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WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1922
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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
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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.
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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.
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