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PAGE TWO WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1922 St -4, .Jii - M. t ... PAULI CHARGE IS HISSED Court Finds Strong Evidence Tending to Prove Partnership With C. W. Le Van of the City Fruit Market (From Fnaar" Daily) Oh the -finding of the court of strong evidence tending to prove that there was a co-partnership exist ing between C. H. Pauli and C. W. Lc Van, Justice of the Peace Mc Lanc yesterday dismissed an embez zlement charge against v the former, on which the latter had niadc an ef fort to. prosecute. Pauli was held to have collectc'd dertain sums of money due to the City Fruit Market, of which Lc Van is proprietor, and to have appropri ated the money for his own -use. The defendant fought the case, claiming to have been entitled to cer tain of the proceeds on tlic ground of community interest in the busi ness Witnesses came from Phoenix to testify in the case, which has been running for over a week, due to the unavoidable absence from the city of E. H. Lovcridgc, one of the at torneys. . -"Doc" John W. Heninger, One ' of Tombstone's Pioneers, Goes Over Great Divide at Pioneers' Home; Shea Seeks Sister (From Friday's Daily) Jolui V. Heninger, 80 years old, died at the Pioneer Honic at 5:40 yesterday afternoon. Superintendent George A. Shea announced' the death immediately and began attempting to communicate with a sister of the de ceased, in California. "Doc" Heninger, as he was better known, made his first Arizona home at Tombstone in 1880. He had come from Cumberland comity, Pennsyl vania, where he was born' in 1842. On November 5, 1914, the pioneer was admitted to the home from Co chise county. His records at the Pioneer Home make no reference to surviving rela tives, but -Mr. Shea is in formed of the existence of a sister who lives in California and will try to get in touch with Lcr. FOR OFFICERS Legislature May Take Action on Suggestion That the County Places Be Filled by Men Who Can Pay Attention to Business PHOENIX, Feb. 10. There has been considerable discussion in capi tol circles of late relative to the ad visability of increasing the term of county and stale elective officers from two to four years, and a move ment is now on foot to have such a bill introduced in the special session. Advocates of the four-ycar-tcrm idea declare that under the present system an officer gets to devote no more than 18 mouths to state busi ness, and that the remainder of the time must necessarily be spent in campaigning for re-election, cither to that office or some other. Again,, it is pointed out, the of licial, in two years' time does not have an Opportunity to prove his worth to the office, and as far as financial betterment is concerned usually quits 1ifs two year term poorer than when he entered the of fice. This is due in part to the fact that his campaign has cost him some thing, and that very often he is put to the additional expense of moving his family to the Capital city. There is a question of course, whether a matter of this kind might properly come under the call of the governor. The terms of the call, however, arc very broad, broad enough, it is believed, to include the consideration of any matter looking to increased efficiency. SOFT COAL SCALE INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10. Final consideration by the scalevcommiltcc of the United Mine Workers of America- on proposed demands of soft coal miners for the basis of new working agreements, effective April 1, was postponed today until next Monday, the day before the union's special convention meets here to pass ou the demand's. AGED PIU CRDST DIVIDE TERMS OF SURE TO (From IfrWatj'q DHy) "I really believe," says Bert Tilton of the Music Store, "that the appear ance in Prcscott, March 6th of Helen Davis, mezzo soprano; Victor Young, composcr-pjanist, and Samuel Hun gerford, violinist, will be one of the greatest musical treats music lovers of this vicinity hare ever had an op portunity to hear. All three artists ccme to us highly reepmmended. "Miss Davis is one of the most popular singers on the concert plat form. During the past season she ap peared in 140 cities. Her popularity is easily understood, as she possesses musicianship, a delightful voice, and rare physical chacms. Miss, Davis before entering the concert field was soloist in several of New York's lead ing churches and for two summer seasons was a ncmber of the Artist Quartette at Ocean Grove auditor ium, New Jersey. She is one of the artists giving concerts via wireless at the W. J. Z. broadcasting radio Station in Newark, N. J. These con certs reach an audience of 200,000 within a radius of 800 miles- of New ark. "Mr. Young, tlic pianist, lids ap peared in concert for years with sev eral well known artists such as Anna Case! Alice ' Vcrlet, Mario Laurenti, and others. His songs have found a place on the programs of numerous singers. "Mr. Hungcrford . while still very young is an accomplished violinist. He plays with deep musical under standing, possessing a tone of un usual depth and beauty." GETS PRINTING County Work Awarded Lowest Bidder; Dr. Looney County 'Physician; Meat and Bound Book Contracts Not Awarded (From Saturday's Daily) The contract for avapai county's p: inting during 1922 was awarded to the Journal-Miner, which presented the lowest bid, $5,700, it was an nouueed yesterday by R. E. Dono van, clerk of the board of super visors. The only other bid offered was that of the Prcscott Courier, ?6,120. Other contracts awarded were: Dr. R. N. Looney was awarded the contract for county physician, bidding ?7S per month, while Dr. H. T. Southworth bid $80 per month. Dr. Looney also was appointed at tending physician at the county hos spital, at $75 per month. The Owl Drug & Candy company was awarded the contract to furnish the county drugs, their bid being at cost plus 4 per cent, while that of W. H. Tiincrhoff was at cost plus 5 per cent. Lester Ruffijcr 'was -awarded the contract for the burial of the county dead, bidding $25 per burial and $15 for furnishing caskets at the express office for . out-of-town burials. The contracts for furnishing the county with meat, and for furnishing bound books, were not awarded. Because some of the bidders losing in competitive' bidding have sought to create the impression that preju dice existed among members' of the board, said Mr. Donovan, "I wish you would print the figures, so that the public will not be deceived." Bids on the printing were: Journal-Miner: $5,700 for furnish ing all job printing aiid 'all election supplies, and all advertising during 1922, or $4,200 for furnishing all county printing, with legal advertis ing to be charged for at the rate of 30 cents per column inch. , Prcscott Courier: $6,120 for fur nishing ali county printing during 922, "it being understood that -the minutes of the board shall be charged for at not more , than 35 cents per inch." Or, furnishing the county printing and Advertising dur ing 1922, $6,996; and furnishing the county bound books for actual cost plus V2 per cfj'U. " Tl-liraiL IN Of 777 applicants for positions as rangers on the national forests in the' southwestern district in the fall of 1921, only 201 attained .. eligible rat ings, according to the. office of the southwestern district forester. No ex planation was given for the inability) JOURNAL-MINER of over two-thirds of the applicants to register as cligibles. It is estimated, however, in view of the gradual slowing down of the personnel turnover on the Southwest ern forests, the number of eligiblcs available will be sufficient for neces sary appointments during the com ing field Season. NEWS OF BOURBONS 1 ABOUT COUNCILS Of DEMOCRATIC PARTY (From Friday's Daily) Here -is a summary of the .recom mendations of the democratic state party council at Phoenix recently, which will be of interest to the many democratic readers of the Journal Miner. The data provides the dates for various party activities, together with the apportionment of the mem bcrship of the "state-county confer encc." May 2. Precinct election of dele gates "to county conference, consist' ing of 'One delegate for each 200 votes, or major portion thereof, cast for the democratic candidate "for gov crnor at the last general election; provided, that each precinct shall be entitled "to at 'least one delegate to the county conference. May 9. Precinct delegates to as scmblc at a place to be designated by the chairman of county central committee in county conference for no other purpose except to' elect delegates to a state conference con sisting of one delegate for each 200 y.otes, ox major portion thereof cast in the county for the democratic candidate for governor at the last general election. Said county confer ence shall select its own officers who shalT certify to the election of the delegates to the state conference; There shall be -elected at the lime 0 electing delgates to the state confef ence an equal number of .alternates who, in the absence of any delegate at the state conference, shall have the right to exercise the privileges " of any absent delegate from the same county. In the absence of both dele gate and alternate ,thcrc shall fie no representation. No proxies will be recognized at the state conference. May 15. County delegates elected to state conference to assemble at a place to be named by the chairman of the state central committee for the purpose of recommending and endorsing candidates for the nomi- hatio'n for state offices on the demo cratic tidk'ct to be voted on at the primary "'election to be held on Scp tcmbcr 12. June 14. Precinct election of dele gate to a county conference consist ing of as many delegates ' as may be decided upon by the county central committee of the county in which said conference is held. June 21. Precinct delegates to as semble at a place to be named by the chairman of- the county central com mittce and recommended and endorse candidates for the nomination for county offices on the democratic ticket to be voted for at the primary election to be held on September 12. The chairman of the state central committee is empowered and in structed to adopt rule and regulation and to do all other things necessary for the carrying out of this resolu tion. Delegates by Counties Apache 3 Navajo .. ....J . 5 Coconino 4 Mohave 4 Vavapai : 12 Maricopa 46 Yuma . C Pima Santa Gruz Cochise . Greenlee ..1 7 T11...1B Graham Gila Pinal . STREET LIGHTS S Vync Brothers Carry Cable-Lay ing Down Cortcz From Mon tezuma; Standards and Globes Will Arrive Within Week U'rotn Saturdays Dally) Work was resumed yesterday by crews from Vync Brothers Electric company 011 the cable installations for the new downtown lighting 'sys tem, which will be in operation, Gary Vync estimated (yesterday, not later than the first of the mouth. Cable has been laid now ou the entire project with the exception of that stretch 011 West Gurley street between' Montezuma and the Granite street bridge, and the -ground cover ed by the new contract recently IRK 1 awarded Vync Brothers by the city. This contract calls for installation on North Montezuma from Gurley to Willis streets and on Willis from Montezuma to Cort6z, of exactly the same type of lights as those to be in stalled in the rest of the downtown section. The recent heavy snowfall Stopped work, and had rains not come, Vync said, his men could probably not pro ceed with the work now, since frost would have frozen the ground. Yes terday, however, trenches were being excavated down East Gurley from Montezuma, alongside the double layer of gutter 'curbing formed of early Prcscott cobblestone's and later Prcscott concrete. The standards and 'globes will ar rive from Phoenix in about a week, and will then be set up. Work by the Savage Electric company, which has the county contract to install the ornamental lights around the plaza, will be resumed presently. When the entire city and county lighting sys tem is in, an outdoor carnival cele bration will be held, weather" permit-: ting, when the lights arc turned on for the first Jimc.. Residents ofth'c city' arc optimis tically looking forward to seeing the city modernly. lighted and paved within the next six months. As one resident said yesterday: "We can then' cah ourselves a city without having a bad conscience." no VALUES ON RAILROADS BY DEIAO BOARDS Corporation Commission's Fig ure for Revenue Is Higher Than That of Tax Commission on Which..System Pay, u '(Journal-Mlnr Capital 'Bureau) PHOENIX,. Feb. 10 The railroads of Arizona arc escaping taxation on millions of '-yollars worth of valua tions, thanks'to a democratic tax commission. Either that .or the railroads arc. be ing allowed to get away with a ficti tious valuation in order ' to boost their 6 per "dent .earning as high ' as possible,- and If ' this is the case, they can thank a democratic corporation commission. . , This is tltCj, impression .which pne Js bound to gel upon a comparison of the valuaJfn figures on file in the corporatism .commission with these in th". tax commission, 'il the tax'commissioin is allowing, the roads to get away with uuder-valuations it strnds to reason that 'the ' burden of the average taxpayer is increased. just that much. If it is a case of the roads over-valuing their proper ties, then the general public pays an indirect tax in the way of in creased fa'res and rates. Just why there should' be such a gnat disparity 111 the valuation fig ures is a matter winch the rale de partment of the corporation commis sion do not attempt to explain. Suf fice it to say there is, as shown by the following: . The Arizona Eastern railroad places its book valuation at $15,000,- O00 in round numbers. The inter state commerce commission' fixes the value at $11,000,000, but allows it to earn 6 per cent on a basis of its own valuation less 8 per cent or $13,800,- 000. And in the face -of these figures on file in the corporation commis sion the company pays taxes on only $10,000,000 worth of property. In cidentally, the.- railroad claim? 313 miles of track, while they arc as sessed for 286 miles only. From this it Will be seen that the tax com mission has apparently lost 27 miles of railroad. t In like manner tlic Santa Ft cteims a valuation of $56,000,000 on the 812 miles of railroad in Arizona, but is taxed only on a valuation of $37,000,000. The El Paso & Southwestern claims .1 valuation- of $261,000,00, but is taxed only on $U,00Oj00O worth of property. The Southern Pacific carries a book ' valuation of $48,000,006' but is taxed only on $30,000,000 worth . 'of iroperty. ACID RATE The corporation commission has is sued ' a special rate authority, reduc ing the rate on sulphuric acid from Douglas 'to- Curtiss, the .site bf the new5 powder works of Arizona. The new rate is five and a half cents per hundred pounds as against the 'for mer class rate' of 12Jd cents. Large quantities of acid arc used in the manufacture of the explosives, and the new rate will give the manufac turers a decided advantage, it is stated. Journal-Miner Lmers net results. E1ILINE agee ASKS CHILDREN Custody of Two Minors and Possession of Homestead Ask ed by Wife in Divorce Action Against Robert Thomas Agee ; (From Saturday's Dally) Alleging cruel and inhuman treat ment and outrage toward her, thru acts which she says caused her great anguish of mind and bodily fear, Emmalinc Agee yesterday filed thru her attorney a divorce complaint against Robert Thomas Agco, in the superior court. Two 'children were born of the marriage, which took place August 24, 1905, at San Rafael, Marina county, California, the complaint re cites. The plaintiff asks the custody of the children, Robert John and Helen Evelyn, aged 14 and 11 years; complete possession of community property consisting of a homestead of 66 acres 011 Old Mill creek, this county, and $50 worth of household property; money for the support' of herself and the two children to the extent of $75 per month; and at torney's fees of $175. (From Saturdays Dally) There arc almost twice as many rural dwellings in Arizona as there are urban homes,, according to the re port of the census made in 1920, says a bulletin from Southwestern District Forester,' Frank C. W. Pooler, o'f .Al buquerque, to the Prcscott National forest service office, lycstcrday. According to the census report, there were in 1920 73,673 dwellings in this state, 4S.709 classed as rural, and 24,964 as urban. In New Mex ico, there were 78,024 dwellings, -64,-113 rural and 13,911 urban. Thus, although New Mexico has 4,351 more dwellings than, Arizona, and 15,404 more rural dwellings, this state would show a more advanced type of civili zation through the fact that it has 11,053 more urban dwellings than its neighbor. IN COMPLAINTS FOR TWO NEW DIVORCES With and without children, it is alj the same: marriage is a failure; if it is not the husband, it is the wife who deserts. These arc observations 'gathered from two divorce actions, filed yes terday in quick succession by Roger O'Mallcy. Bessie B. Ravi, childless, asks scp ETalior. from Vint Howard Rayl -on the grounds of desertion and failure to provide. They were married at Globe on April 14, 1917. A longer mar.ricd life was exper ienced by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Green. Charlotte M. Green, the complaint says, (he mother of a daughter of 17 oi.d a son of 12, deserted her hus band over a year ago. Green is the plaintiff. They were married in New York state in 1902. ELEIEN ALIENS TAKE DEGREES' AS CITIZENS Few Failures Mark Admission Examinations Under Ander son; Lamson Hears President Chosen by "Electrical" Vote The president of the United States is mechanically chosen; in fact he is elected by the electrical votes, of the various states, but ll men of for eign birth yesterday successfully ran the gauntlet of Ex:.miuer Anderson of the immigration department and Judge Richard Lamson and became citizens. It was a very intelligent class that faced the court in one direction and a large class of high school students in another, and went through the paces required of aliens who desire to renounce allegiance to foreign priuce and potentiates and become nephews of Uncle Sam. But few failures marked the effort, which re quired virtually the day. One applicant for citizenship went into court under his "borned" name and emerged with a new one, grant ed him by reason of his ability to handle questions of American gov ernmental practice and his oath to be faithful to his new country. He was Peter Heiririch Juenck, when he .was Working on the section at Rams gate; he goes back to his home at Skull Valley as Peter Henry Young. The following were made citizens by solemn oath, the entire attendance in court witnessing' "the ceremony standing: Thomas' Logan of Clarkdalc; Wales. Victor Herbert, Dewey; Canada. John Harry Nicholas Van Trcel, Whipple; Belgium. Robcrt Fletcher Grant, Cotton-M wood; Canada, James Taylor, Clarkcklc; Canada. Prospero .Bignotti, Prcscott; Italy. Robert McDonald Robertson, Kirk land; Scotland. Johannes Frederick GrOnlund, Vc nezia; Finland. , Charles Jones, Prcscott; Wales: John Stargios, Prcscott; Greece. Peter Henry Young, Skull Valley; Germany. Van Trcel was naturalized under the regulations, 'governing the en trance into citizenship of soldiers and veterans of the American war with Germany. IRK STARTS 'S RELIEF Advisory Board Assured City Can and Will Take Care of BudgefAsked by Visiting Staff Officer for Corps Work Here The sight ot three Salvation, Army uniforms on the streets already has brought activity to the camp. Staff Captain Bradley, chief speaker at yes-'. crday's meeting of the advisory board, where it was intimated that he thought Prcscott would be negli tnt about raising $3,000 a year for the -local corpsr was not to be cntcr Uincd twice, announced that if the srmy workers were to get to work at once, they would find plenty to do. Arrangements for, financing the corps, finding a place for meetings and the dispensing of lodging and meals to the needy, were discussed Fledges were given by the pastors of two churches cf monthly funds for the cause, the Rev. E. J. Dunlap of the BaptisUand E. E. Wall pf the West Side Methodist, responding right under the gun with promises o $10 each. Hed Aitkcn said he know the money could all be raised those he represented preferred their. good works to bp like those of the Elks, done on the quiet. Exalted Ruler Hcrndon of the local. Elks pledged assistance and discoursed briefly on the charity work of the order; the proudest thing he was of, he said, was the wide demand for Elk assistance. Judge Sweeney, presiding, outlined the purpose of the meeting and Cap- tain Bradley gave a very interesting history of the Salvation Army work at El Paso. He is to establish Cadet Summcrville here as the local worker. Mrs. C. E. Ryckman said it was against orders to solicit at the post, but that she had been told officially that the people there from high to low, were too grateful to the Salva tion Army ever to permit an oppor tunity to go by without giving a little help. Harry Heap pledged $20 a month from the Rotary club. t IS BATTLE IN COURTS? A rooster may be worth $2.50, no more, but it is certainly worth a fight. That is the attitude. of two' Mexican women who yesterday en tered into litigation before Justice of the Bcacc McLanc over the posses sion of a big red fowl. According to a sworn complaint filed by Guadalupe Sanchez, Maria 'dc Corona, a neighbor, had stolen the rooster. Maria "was haled before the court ou a warrant charging petit larceny and, entered a plea of not guilty. Why? Well, because the rooster was her rooster and not Guadalupe's rooster. GOES TO 'PHOENIX Attorney Howard Cornick today is 1 ;o)iig to Phoenix forya short stay on business. ON SALVATION T INLET PLANS Federal Aid Project for En trance to City South of Whip ple Barracks May Be Next Big Job for Hiscox's Crew (From Saturday's Daily) Signed -and scaled agreements be tween the many parties to the "con struction of the'4j-mile federal aid approach road Into Prcscott. are be- to be ready at Phoenix by reason pf reports reaching here yes terday. Shcp Hiscox's crew of state road builders at Coyote Wash, may any day be ordered to Prcscott to shovel and dirt that will give this city a new outlet. The job was called for in adver tisements for bids on the Granite creek bridge last November, but then the chamber of commerce .got busy and obtained, the consent of the war and other departments to build the road into town by way of the reservation south of "Whipple Bar racks. That move invalidated the earlier surveys and a delay has en s'ued while the" engineers were wait ing to ge the' new plans approved in Washington. Hiscox, ,who was in town yester day, did not know anything positive about the matter but admitted that he also had heard the rumor. There is 2,400 'feet more six days' work on the surfacing job in Lone some valley. Then there is about 1,700 feet of patching to be done be tween the Ash Fork turn and the cattle guard near Granite Dells. From that time on ' tlie crew has nothing to do, unless the inlet plans arc actually approved as reported and instructions come for the camp to move over and get busy. The -bridge will be let on contract WHIPPLE STAGE Corporation Commission Up holds 35-Cent Rate for Pres ent, Says John Sills; Patients Committee Asks a Reduction (From Saturdays Tailyy ' The stage rate to Whipple Bar tricks Is to remain at 35 cents for the round trip and 25 cents one way, under a decision of Ihc Arizona cor poration commission, if was reported here yesterday by John J. Sills, one of the proprietors of the Whipple Stage Line, which holds a franchise to operate between Prescott and the post. In the light of facts and figures presented to the commission at Phoe nix by the company, Sills said, the commiss'bn decided tq allow the 35 ccnt rate to -remain in force while the situation is investigated further. "The rate will remain," said Sills, "until the commission has been con vinced that the present service can be given at a lower tariff." According to Sills, the present fre quent service in pdpular 'demand can not be maintained at a rate lower than that now charged. "It is doubt ful," he said, "whether the stage service could be furnished Whipple at all for a 25-ccnt rouitd-trip rate." Mr. Callahan, a member of the patients' committee of Fort Whipple, has gone to Phoenix, invested by the committee with authority to look into the matter of the recent order of the corporation commission reduc ing the stage rate. The patients' committee, members said . yesterday, insists that the rale be reduced. Maria de Corona was fined $5 yes terday by Justice of the Peace Mc Lanc, who found her guilty of petit larceny, on a complaint preferred by a neighbor, Guadalupe Sanchez. Se- nora de Corona, her neighbor charged, had appropriated unto herself i rooster which Scnora Sanchez claim ed was hers. When the defendant appeared be fore Justice McLane Friday, she en tered a plea of not gii'Ity, because, she said, the rooster in question was hers, and'' that she had taken it for that reason. Witnesses yesterday tes- erday testified that the rooster Se- hora de Corona - brought into court was not the one she -was alleged to have taken. Whereupon, Justice Mc Lane found her guilty. AREJPPR01ED tariff