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Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
EXPERT
 TO HELP LOCAL HIGHWAY BOARD
Merrill Butler Borrowed From Tommy Maddock to Specialize on 'Yavapai River Crossings;
 State Road Prospects
CFrom Sundays Daily

Following its policy of gathering the best information possible, even to the extent of going to the state highway department for it. the Yava- pal county highway commission has obtained the services of Merrill But Ter, bridge engineer for the state. Mir. Butler came yesterday to spend some days going over the bridge work proposed by Yavapai county and on his way inspected the site of the crossing between Hillside and Kirkland
 Work on the new and sorely need ed state bridge just below Whipp1e Barracks will start just as soon as the department of public roads ap- proves the states design, and a con tractor can be put to work after call for bids.
 This is made possible by the recent of the war department of a joint request by the state and county and chamber of commerce for per mission to bring the Jerome and Ash Fork and Black Canyon road ap- preach into the city through part of the military reservation. This will join on East Gurley street.
 Mr. Butler will shortly examine the site of proposed county bridge over the Agua Fria at Canon. He will work with the local engineers, giving them the benefit of his special ist knowledge.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
CL|BBORN II
 JOIN CQRNICK
Chief Court Deputy Leaves the Service" to Battle With Briefs
 as Assistant to Genius of U. V. X. Smoke Damage" Cases

P. V. Clibborn. who has been for three years the chief of staff of Clerk J. C. Woods of the superior court. administered his last oath yesterday and closed his record books Tuesday he becomes the law partner of How ard Cornick, one of counsel for the United Verde Extension Mining company, whose work in the recent smoke case' will be recalled.
 Chbborn came to Prescott from Clarkdale in 1914, leaving position in the shelter department of the United Verde Copper company. He became chief deputy clerk and dur ing his work in the court he studied law and was admitted to practice fol- lowing his successful passing of the fall bar examination.
 In addition to his new profession, Mir. Clibborn is a talented violinist He is married and lives on South Marina street
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
COFFIN STILL MAN
 GIVEN FINE OF $500
 IN SUPERIOR COURT

J. w. Johnson, owner Of the "cof- fin still, yesterday was sentenced to pay d fine of $500 ill the criminal court for making intoxicating liquor
 ,The case being only misdcmeanor it was not necessary that the defend ant be present. Judge Sweeney ac- ccptcd Johnson's plea of guilty and waiver of his rights as to time, thru Howard Cornick, his attorney.
 Johnson lives IA miles southeast of Walnut Grove.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
REHABILITATION

The marriage has been recorded of Kenneth w. Shepard of San Fran cisco and Miss Svilcna Ludstrom of Clear Creek county, Colorado. The Rev. E. E. Wall of the West Pres colt Methodist church officiated.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
GET OUT YOUR OLD PENCILS;
 INCOME TAXES
Some Slight Changes This Year, but Not in the Time; the Cal culation of Uncle Sarn's Needs Up to Every Taxpayer

With the approach of the period for filing income tax returns-Jan- uary 1 to March Is, 1922-taxpayers are advised to lose no time in the compilation of their accounts for the year 1921. A new and important provision of the revenue act of 1921 is that every person whose gross in come for 1921 was $5,000 or over shall file a return, regardless of the amount of net income upon which the tax is assessed. Returns are re- quired of every single person whose net income was $1,000 or over and every married person living with husband or wife whose net income was $2,0OO or over. Widows and widowers and persons separated or divorced from husband or wife are regarded as single persons.
 Net income is gross income, less certain deductions for business ex- penses, losses taxes, etc. Gross .in- come includes practically all income received by the taxpayer during the year; in the case of the wage earner, salaries, wages, bonuses and com i'll the case of professional men, all amounts received for pro fessional services; in the case of farmers all profits from the sale of farm products, and rental or sale of land.
 In the making of an income tax return for the year 1921, every tax payer should present to himself the questions:
 What were your profits from your business, trade, profession or voca- tion?
 Did you receive any interest on bank deposits?
 Have you any property from which you received rent?
 Did you receive any income in the form of dividend or interest from stocks or bonds?
 Did you make any profit on the sale of stocks, bonds, or other prop-1 srty, real or personal? l
 Did you act as a broker in any transaction from which you received 
 Are you interested in any partner ship or other firm from which you received any income?
 Have you any income from royal lies or patents?
 Have you any minor children who are working?
 Do you appropriate, or have the fight to appropriate, the earnings of such children? If so, the amount | must be included ill the return of in come.
 Has your wife any income from my source whatsoever? If so it must ,e included ill your return or re- ported in a separate return of in ;ome.
 Did you receive any directors fees Il the course of the year?
 DO vou hold any office in a bene- it society from which you receive Income?
 Answers to all of these questions re necessary to determine whether
 person has. an income sufficiently arge to require that return be fled. and may be the means of voiding the heavy penalties imposed or failure to do so within the time rescribed.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
"OLD FAITHFUL" FILLED

NISALIA, Calif., Dec. 29. = Old Faithful, said to have been the tallcst Spanish palm i'll California, has been felled. The palm was planted in the Tulare county court house park here A years ago and grew to}a height of S4 feet. Woodpeckers perforated its trunk and it was considered danger ous.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
TAKE PLAY OUT
 IF CONTRACTS,
 HIGHWAY AIM
Elimination of Uncertainty for
 Bidders, and Establishment of e Fixed Charges, Puts System
 Into Road Program
(From Saturdays DaiIy)


 Take the play out of highway con- !tracting.
 That is the ideal toward which the county highway commission has been working during the tune some Iof its amiable friends" have been shouting delay"
 At the office of the commission yesterday, the plan whereby the ele- ment of uncertainty can be reduced or dismissed from the calculations oi bidders was outlined by Office En- gineer Jim Long. It is simply to provide such thorough specifications that nothing can be left to chance and the bidder will know instantly how much he can hope to obtain for his work
 The specifications, which are frankly a steal" from those of the federal and state engineering practice with some hitherto unused improve ments of their own, will be used from now on by the local commits sion.
 A particular source of grief hereto fore has been in the payment of sur facing. costs In this cost, the in constant factor is haul But now the specifications will wiggle a mean unit price on these items, so that little or nothing will be left to chance The "mile-yard" of surface will be the unit. Fractions can be used and pro-rated costs estimated within a dime. The contractor will have the extreme pleasure of figur- ing on fixed charges. He will know what 1t will cost him to load, haul and spread surface material and can bid accordingly.
 In this way, it is believed that the irritating old lawsuit can be rele- gated to the disturbed past, and a great lot of harmony established.
 The preparation of plans and specifications of type that will in duce high class contracting firms 10 come in and investigate the jobs, has been the chore that has delayed somewhat the. calling of some bids But now that the basic elements of business have been worked out, a great deal more speed is to be ex- pected. Projects will drop into the finished file with frequency and dis patch.
 In fact, within a few weeks, more calls for bids will be issued, and ill the meantime, some bids will be in process of being opened and con tracts let.
 Perfection of every item is expect ed to repay well any delay it may have cost. The reduction of the ele- ment of doubt will bring lower bids. It is also true that at this time, the construction season is off, work is slack and more and better contrac- tors will be offering their services in order to keep their equipment from remaining idle and all smeared up with overhead. Secretary Jones has 90 contractors in Arizona, New Mex ico, Utah, Texas and California on his string, and Long says Engineer Joe Mccarthy will be surprised il less than a score of bidders show up next time, and it may run to 30 of them.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
A WOMAN ASSESSOR

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 3O.- Mrs. Roxic s. Kirby of Campbell county, Wyoming, holds the distinc- ton of being the only woman coun- ty assessor in Wyoming and one of the few in the United States. She the recent state convention of county assessors here, being the only woman present
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
Successful Season III
 Imperial Melon Crop

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23-That "as a whole the Imperial valley cantaloupe- season was probably sue cessful" and that what would have been considered all impossibility ten years ago-the marketing of over 10,- GOO cars from the Imperial valley has been accomplished are state ments in review of the past canta- 1oupe season, just issued by the United States department of agricul- ture
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
LICENSED TO WE'D

A license to marry, the last one for 1921, was granted yesterday 10 John F. McTaffcrt, 42, and Mary E. Rathgeb, 37, both of Prescott.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
From Hot Springs

Deputy Sheriff John E: Shearer was in Prescott during the weekend, coming from the Castle Hot Springs district.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04

Journal-Miner Liners Get Results.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-04
1 922 LICENSE
 PLATES ARRIVE
New Automobile Tags First Elm bodiment of County Serial Numbers; Green Letters Are Against White Background

Rrom Saturdays Oaily)
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
EDUCATION FOR UNSELFISHNESS

Urging more extended course of education for pro-
fessonal the head Of nurses training school
Il believe women Just self-sacrificing they
were but they nellgently sefsacrficing
They do bndy into of sefsacrifice The
greatest sacrifices have always been made by people Of ed
ucaion the education you give modern
the likely they will be to devote their lives to
the service of others.
is fact often overlooked, yet easily proved In
the late war will be remembered the first big voluntary
response the need of soldiers DOCTORS ambulance
drivers etc, made By people of education. 1t
Engiands "best for example that rushed to Belgium to
help advance of the Germans. American colleges
almost empted before America declared against
Germany Thousands of highly trained fastened to
France Well educated men and sensed the meaning
the conflict and responded ito its demands long before
with hearts but without the
same mental equipment and broad outlook realized their
responsibility.
1t is usually with education, and it should always
be Society gets ahead in proportion people of ex
ceptonabe ability devote themselves in some other
to public service.
Unsesh of others is not enoned expressly by
educational institutions it is by religion but the
result likely be almost the The awakened mind
what good religion and good ethc is also good
policy the only way for humanity to get along and
accordingly with apparent unsefshness which IS
really the highest selfishness.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21

out on the front porch, where Toodle
was sitting in the sun to dry his fnr,
the bunny asked what sort of a tootef
Toodlc wanted.
~ want tootcr that toots, eX-
planned Toodle. It's a. sort of horn
YOU know. If you made Beckie Stub
tail IL bonnet out of birch bark, maybe
YOU Gan make me "a tooter horn that J
can blow.
"In try" promised Uncle Wiggily
1" Come on to the woods, Toodle. We II
see about Il tooter.
II did not take Uncle Wiggily long
to find the right kind of "a birch tree
from which the bark peels very easily
The Indians used to make canoes oi
bark, you remember.
Uncle Wiggily took a square pleces0i
bark. He rolled it into cornucopia
shape, making it large ut one end and
small at the other. lie fastened the
edges together with pine tree gum. In
the small end he put a piece of wood.
Now blow, Toodle!" said the bunny
to the beaver boy. Toodle put th'
small end of the birch bark horn il
bis mouth and blew.
"Tootl Toot' went the horn, JUS
as on Christmans morning.
"Oh what fine tooter!' cried tn,
beaver boy. "'Thank you Uncle Wig
gily."
"You are welcome,' answered th'
bunny gentleman.
Just as he and the beaver boy wer,
about to 90 back to the hollow stunl
| bungalow, all of sudden, out of th'
| bushes sprang the Bob Cat with tas
sells on his ears.
=" IN hungry howled the Bob Cat
"All right! Listen to the dinnc
hornl = quickly cried Toodle. And plac
ing the big end of his tooter to the Bol
| Cat IS left ear, the beaver boy blew sucl
loud, shrill blast that it nearly mad,
the bad chap deaf
"Oh, wow!" he cried. '"This is to,
much for mel ! guess ! don't wan
any dinner!" and he ran away.
ats "a good thing made Toolle
tooterl' laughed Uncle Wiggily as H.
and the beaver boy hurried home. An,
! think so myself, don t you!
And If the candy cane doesn't q
out walking by itself and fall dowl
through the hole in the doughnut. ~
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily an,
Noodle s nubbins.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
LADIES! LOOK YOUNG,
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Use the Old-tirne Sage Tea and
Sulphur and Nobody
Will Know.

Gray hair, however handsome, denotes
advancing age, We all know the ad-
vantages of youthful appearance. Your
hair is your charm. II makes or mars
the face. When it fades, turns gray
and looks streaked, just few appli-
cations of Sage Tea and Sulphur en-
hanees its appearance a hundred fold
Don't stay gray! Lock young! Either
prepare the recipe at home or get from
any drug store bottle Of "Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur Compound which is
merely the old time recipe improved by
the addition of other ingredients. Thou.
sands of folks recommend this ready.
to-use preparation, because il darkens
the hair beautifully, besides, no one can
possibly tell, as il darkens so naturally
and evenly You moisten sponge or
soft brush with it, drawing this through
the hair, taking one SMALL strand az a
time By morning the gray hair dis
appears; after another application or
two, it's natural color is restored and it
becomes thick, glossy and lustrous, and
you appear years younger.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
THE STUFF THAT ENDURES

From all parts of the country reports Of harvest
gatherings "Old Home Weeks and all simple. wholesome
celebrations which characterize the early fall in this torun
ate land The industrial disputes which featured more
prominently in the daily not really nall so rep
Tesentatve these affairs.
Every home gathering speaks of growth upon sure
foundation. Ut tesfes to the permanency OF friendship,
the lasting quality of neghborness and the enduring love
of home which every peoples strongest asset Here the
towns history reviewed present activities proved
yisiby and forecast Here IS the old town IT.
self grown gentle and mellow with advancing years or u
of new vgor Justify abreast with the times but IN either
case saving to old settler and visitor alike:
Here am; here have been for generations; here
shall be for many strong myself and III the ln1
ence which exert upon the life of the nation lndusai
disputes and strikes will pass but community lie WIZ
last fractional leaders ard fnancers Will go the way OF
all the earth but neighborness will live forever
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
An eENOCH ARDEN'' DIVORCE

The first divorce has been granted under New Yorks
socalled Enoch Arden law, which considers the uneX-
planned absence Of husband or wife over specified term
of wears sufficient ground for divorce The release was
granted whose husband has been missing for
ii years.
Such a law is Just ard humane. There is nothing in
it which prevents those who prefer the role of Watchtu
waiting keeping faith with the missing spouse ndet
nitey On the other hand presents fair road to free
dom those who through fault of their own must adj
just their lives conditions IN which they are often
hampered embarrassed by being neither bond nor free
1t may be. as reported that cows fed with 2 ration
oneourh sawdus give Just as much mk but are the eA
perimenters sure there's wood alcohol in 1t?
If the government would only let the booteggerg sell
their stuff its liners would save the people at
home lot Of trouble
f that "Turk drive in Asia Minor only couple
of months later maybe paragrapher could get wheeze
out of 1T.
If the new talking film" really works the in
you won't have to read the movie captions out
loud any more.
getting that farmers afraid Of raising bumper
crops for fear Of getting bumped themselves
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE wIGGILY AND TooDLEs
TCOTER.
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
(By Howard II. Garis.)


Toodle Flat Tail, the beaver boy,
went scurrying over the fields, stop
ping now and then to nibble a bit OF
aspen bark, of which beavers are very
fond.
Hello, Toodle!' bleated Billie Wag
tail, the goat boy, who was on the way
to the store to get yeast cake for
his mother "Where are you goingf
II IN going over to see Uncle Mig-
gily, - answered Toodle, and he slapped
his broad, flat tail-down ker-splash.
in apuddle of water near Billie.
"Splish" went lot of water all
over the goat, and over Toodle also.
.'Baa-a-a-a! Bad-a-a-a! - bleated
Billie.
"Ha! Hal" laughed Toodle. Don 7
you like to get wet, Billie?
Well, not as much AS You do, an
swered the boy goat, for beavers live
half the time in water, you know. " But
/ like it little Billie admitted
Splash me again, Toodle!" "
SO Toodle brought his. broad, flat
tail down hard on the water once more
"Splosh!" went the drops all owe,
the goat and beaver boys.
"Ha! Hail. laughed Toodle.
"HolHol" bleated Billie. "Do i
some more.'
So Toodle splashed himself and Billie
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Snntan1h her 21. 1907

Judge Grey of San Bernardino is in
the city and is looking for tenants for
business block which he is planning
to build.
Party of young men arrive from
San Diego by automobiles they came
bv way of Banning and Salton, having
some trying experiences around salton
Sea. While mum as to the purpose OF
their visit TO Imperial valley, they say
the trip over was anything but Il pleas
ure trip.
Taxpayers are loudly protesting the
high rate fixed by the board of super
visors for conduct of county govern
ment. Supervisor Ferguson of Holt.
Vile explains in Press that 1T can not
be helped in view of the expense II
setting up government in the new
county.
Hot wave covers the state and I'm
periaI valley suffers with other see
lions of the country. Temperature IL
San Francisco was "a yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21

one more, until at last Billie was SO
wet that his pockets were full OF
water, and he began TO think perhaps
this wouldn't be good for the yeas
cake he was going to buy. so on h'
ran, knowing that soon the wind wouiJ
dry him.
As for Toodle he was wet more thar
half the time, but he didn't mind
Giving himself shake, which made
his fur fluff up, Toodlc ran ON toward
Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump bunga'
low.
"What are you going to Uncle Wig
gily's for2n called Billie from the toI
of the hill.
"l'm going to ask him to make m'
a tooter.'' answered the beaver chap
And when he reached the bungalow ant
Knocked on the door he told Nurse JAM
Fuzzy Wuzzy the same thing.
ssGraciousl What do you think tha
beaver boy wants you to make himg'
asked the muskrat lady housekcepef
after telling Uncle Wiggily tina
Toodle had come to see him.
''Well, what does he want?'' askc'
the bunny.
a tooter, whatever that is, SAT-
Nurse Jane.
Hunt Toodlo's s tooter--it has mic
sound, anyhowln laughed Uncle wig
gily. 81 II ask him about it. ~
Aud when the rabbit gentleman wen
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
THE PROSPEROUS BEGGAR

legess beggar in New York City who pushes himself
around little wagon collecting nickles dimes and quar-
ters the passing hrong has been found to live in
good hotel occupying comfortable suite with his wife and
children owning automobile and employing ehauf
feur He is said to have respectable bank account and
liberal quantity of profitable investments.
With all due regard fer ancient and more or less
honorable profession, it be admitted that this bit
extreme 1t sort takes fine edge off ones glow OF
generosity making contribution to any beggar, any
where
And perhaps that is Just as well. The beggars who
take in the money the professional who don't
deserve it. and who ought 10 be using their wits in some
honest business The deserving had better be taken
care of through the established channels of charity and
would be- if they needs known. This coun
try for beggars of any kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
Im-PRESS-ionS
Spendthrift

The money / threw away
On things that didn t count,
Would, if | had it today,
Be quite a snug amount;
don t remember whore it went,
Or why or when or how,
/ only know that ii was spent
| wish | had it now.
The cash l blew for things that leave
Brave memories that last,
don t regret; nor do / grieve
Because it vanished fast.
But what | did with all the rest
| can't recall, | vow,
/ spent it with a reckless zest-
| wish / had it now.
When l was young had my fun
From New Year to December;
I don't regret single one
Of follies i remember.
But most of what | had, in truth,
Was SPENT don know how.
Uutil found ia spent my youth
| wish | had it now.
-Berton Braley.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
TEN YEARS AGO
Scptember q, 1912

w. F. Holt came to FL Centre yester
day in his private car bringing mum
her of capitalists desiring to see Io'
themselves the famed Imperial Valley
Harold G. Atkinson of Salomon S Is
working up baseball contest pc
tween the dry goods and grocery clerks
of Ell Centre and the game is to come
off shortly.
People are coming in in unusual mum
hers This month and big demand FOR
houses is reported by real estate men;
Merchants of the city are delighted
With tbe decision of the board OF
trustees TO pave Main street.
The crying need of III Centro IS lor
more conf Portable houses for rental
purposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
TWENTY-oNE YEARS AGO
September 21, 1901

During the past two weeks mercury
has registered about 120.
Demand is heavy in the market for
white comb honey this season. All
kinds are bringing good prices how
ever.
Schools are progressing nicely with
good average attendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
Famous Last Words

''You can drink that i,F perfect
safety. l know the bootlegger person
ally. -
Before I start cleaning this gun,
I'm Just look down the barrel 10 see
If il IS loader. The Toreador in the
Seattle Postlntelligencer.
TO which might be added;
"I1l Just take one more drink be
fore ! drive into the traffic. -
"I1l move this vine out of the
street. Somebody is liable to stumble
over it. b. B. Courier journal.
Yes, and there $ that famous say
ing, ~ can make it all right - the
train S block away, -
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21

want Il cowhand who knows cows
not under 80 years old nor over So
One who smokes, drinks, swears, tells
the truth and hates sheep herders. w
f. Il, the Three B Ranch, Large
Canyon, p. o., Aztec, n. Nj (Classi
fled ad in the Ajo (Ariz.) Copper
News.)
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21
Limerick NO. 337

IIe married five before he learned
Eack female quirk and whlm.
Then he announced to all coheerheu'
There d be no sixth for hIn.
Donna Hordman.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-21

.tuff than her mother; she seems TO
be able to endure rundown from
bored man as cooily and cheeFtuiiy ~
she would the waiter : No-SfaPelfui''
this morning Madam