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ache, pains in my limbs,
and my head ached nearly
all the time. Our family
doctor treated me, but
only gave me temporary
relief. I was certainly in
bad health. My school
teacher advised me to
TAKE
Cardui
The Woman's Tonic
I took two bottles, in all,
and was cured. I shall
always praise Cardui to
sick and suffering wo
men.” If you suffer from
pains peculiar to weak
lr women, such as head
kl ache, backache, or other
I symptoms of womanly || I
I trouble, or if you merely I
y| need a tonic for that tired, It I
nervous, worn-out feel- V /
CASA GRANDE FARMERS
• AFTER IRRIGATION OUTFIT
FLORENCE, ARIZ., Aug. 19.—Al
leging that they have been compelled
to spend over $25,000 In repairing the
canal system owned by the San Carlos
Canal and Irrigation company, and
asking reimbursement and an ac
counting of the company’s affairs,
fifty-one farmers of the Florence dis
trict yesterday filed complaint with
corporation commission against
company.
The complaint after the
history of the old
company, and the Cue
system to the newXcorporation, states
the been forced to
last three years
‘ J*' wait-r r the;.'
11l
tUpS"
BWe fo!|ri
sum of $11,924, the
states has been spent this
year. The area of land irrigated by
the system, it is alleged, has decreased
from between 15,000 and 20,000 acres
to 2500 acres, owing to the filling of
the canal and reservoir with silt,
which has not been cleaned out.
The complaints ask that the com
pany be required to render an ac
count showing its transactions, and
also a statement of condition at the
present time; that a good intake dam
be built, and the canal system put in
good repair; that th efarmers be re
imbursed in the amount expended,
and that if the company refuses or
fails to comply that it be disfran
chised. H. M. Fennemore is president
and W. R. Ryan secretary of the
1 company.
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COUNTY VOTES
ROAD BOND ISSUE
ARIZ Aug. 20.—8 y a ma
■ jority of more than 300 votes, Gila
H county has approved the proposed
at the special election was quite light
and there was little opposition to the
issue. It is expected by the County
Supervisors that the bonds will be
sold at once and that road work will
be in full swing early in the fall.
F. B. Hahn has purchased 140 acres
of land lying in a flat at the bottom
of Golden Hill, about half way be
■ tween and Globe. He intends
* \am rtlfablis.' a 40-acre amusement park
with a swimming pool, dance hall,
baseball gorund and tennis courts.
During the first 12 days of August,
27 building permits, calling for a
total expenditure of $160,000, were is
sued in Miami. The most important
of the buildings now being constructed
are a new high school and hotel.
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WILL REPRESENT ARIZONA
AT MINING CONGRESS
PHOENIX, ARIZ., Aug. 19.—As
delegates from Arizona to the Amer
ican Mining Congress, which meets
in San Francisco, September 20, Gov
ernor Hunt has named Edward P.
Oliver of Payson, Geo. Kingdon of
Globe; E. H. Horton of Clifton; P.
0. Beckett of Globe; S. W. French
of Bisbee; J. P. Gaskill of Ajo; Charles
Grimes of Oatman; Fan H. Brooks
/ of Casa Grande; Frank L. Sizer of
Dos Cabazos, and John D. Burgess of
Tucson.
THE FAILURE OF “606”
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been to Hot Springaand returned oncured? Have you
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THE MASTER KEY A Serial
CHAPTER XXIII.
Sir Donald Faversnam Volunteers.
s£j| vlx his search for the Hindu,
a j who had bought the idol eou
laming ihe plans of the moth
■ eI Hale of the "Master Key”
mine. Jobu Dorr had recourse agaiD to
the pawnbroker.
That individual’s curiosity was arous
ed by now, and he asked a great many
questions, which John answered eva
sively.
When it came to getting a descrip
tion of the Hindu the broker could give
but few details.
He Said emphasis on the fact that he
sold rugs and that he looked like any
one of a dozen East Indians frequent
ing a Pacific port. He knew of no ad
I dress.
With this Dorr had to be content, and
he returned to Ruth to discuss with
her what they should do nest.
"If Wilkersou gets it there is an easy
way to get him.” he said in tbe course
of their conversation.
"How?” demanded Kutb
"Have him arrested as a fugitive from
justice and held for the county sheriff
and the warrant that Tom Kane swore
out. ’ ne replied.
Ruth considered this thoughtfully
and shook her head.
"It would mean our going back to
the mine and all kinds of trouble,” she
j said wisely. "Besides, we wouldn't be
\ any nearer the papers father wanted
me to have.”
"That is very true,” John agreed
"We’ll keep that in reserve in case
we discover that he has tbe idol. Our
only plan, then, is to trace this Hindu.
That will be a hard job.”
"Why not put detectives on the
trail?”
“I don’t think any detective could do
better than myself.” was tbe reply.
"But you can’t do it all,” she argued.
"You can’t be looking for this peddler
and keeping an eye on Wilkerson and
seeing to me at the same time ”
“The seeing to you is the pleasantest
part of the job." be said laughingly.
"I refuse to delegate that to any oue.
Os course you're quite right, though,
about it's being too Dig an affair for
me to handle alone I think I’ll ask
Everett to join os. Maybe be can sug
gest something .I’ll wire him, and
then we’ll take a trip down to the wa
ter front and interview our launebrnan
again. He seemed to me a pretty level
headed chap, and he’ll maybe be able
to put us on the track of the Hindu If
Re took a steamer for the north, as 1
strong , suspect he did.”
Hujg> could not understand why the
perU’er should do this, and Dorr ex
plalried that the Hindu evidently had
set great store on the idol, as he had
not only paid cash, but had given a rug
as well in exchange.
_“fel y oul .fl_kJ** l *V-tliuf-tfae thing was
worthless as an article of merchan
dise." he went on "In the next place,
he wasted no time in getting posses
sion of it once he saw it. I nave no
doubt that it is sacred In* his eyes—a
god. it was stolen at some time from
“Seeing to you is the pleasantest pjirt
of the job.”
a temple. What more natural than that
| tie should see the chance of a great
reward for doing a pious duty and re
turning it to its native place?”
"But Hint's all guesswork.” Ruth in
sisted practically.
"1 know it.” he admitted. “But a
good guess is better than nothing to
work on. I.et’s go and see our skipper
person.”
I The launch captain received them
j genially and listened to John's story
At its finish tie agreed with John that
it was very ilkeli that the Indian had
recognized a native god and would re
store it to its own temple.
*1 ve visited those eastern ports a
good deal ' he told them. ”1 know
boys on a lark from ttie ship will do
just that trick run off with an idol
for a curio and t know the fuss the
heathens about it too. They’ll
go any length to get back a first chop
god "
Before they left he promised to beep
an eye open for the Hindu and inform
them if he got the smallest clew. With
this they had to be satisfied, as In
quiries elsewhere developed nothing
helpful.
Everett arrived on the evening train
and after dinner listened to the story
of their adventures with great interest.
When he had asked a few questions
he and John looked at each other
Finally Everett spoke
"It might take years to locate that
lode without the exact plans.' he said
thoughtfully. "1 don t doubt that your
fattier. .Miss Until, spent many a long
hour and day prospecting for it. No
we must have the pians if it's ;n the
bounds of possibility to recover them
I think you wilt have to find your
Hindu '
"There is the question of t tie in me.'
John said soberly. "It nns already
"But Mrs Grundy insists on the maid.”
tteen allowed to go pretty much to
ruin, loin Kaue would do ins best, of
course, but actually we are .ookitig for
tbe bird in the hush when we have one
in tlie hand
"I see your point." ttie promoter said
promptly "My offer of days ago stil.
holds good lit tinance this matter to
the end and I’ll took altet the mine
too So you can be care tree so tar as
that goes, Julia '
"You know i wouldn’t take it for
myself," John hegau awkwardly and
was silenced by a smile.
The next morning they had barely
captain yvus announced
l lii- three of them found him burst
tng with uews
“I flunk i located-your Hindu," he
told them "He came down at day
light this morning looking for a steam
er sailing for the north. The Halcyon
leaves at noon, and the steward gave
him a job lu the galley.”
"But it might be another Hindu.”
Rutb suggested.
Tbe captain turned toward her and
shook his head "I don't think im
possible." be said "He answered the
description clear down to the rugs
Besides that, he seemed kind of nerv
ous. and when one of the sailors jollied
him the man nearly had a fit I'm
sure he's yoiu man."
“There’s only one thing for you to
do,” Everett said promptly-"take pas
sage on that steamer yourselves to San
Francisco By that time you can be
pretty sure whether he's your man or
not." m
This was agreed upon, and Ruth
started on her preparations immediate
ly. Everett insisting that she take her
maid with her.
"But I don't need her!" Ruth protest
ed. “She’s so expensive too!"
“You are merely a youngster." Ever
ett said quietly, "and yott must have
a woman traveling with you It is ali
right to do as you like in the mines
where no one would dream of speak
lng evil or thinking it. hut Mrs. Grun
dy insists on the maid "
John agreed with Everett and de
parted to get the tickets, in spite of
Everett's warning that he bad better
send and get them.
The result was that George Drake,
just landed from the mine and in
search of Wilkersou. found him shad
owing Dorr
Drake explained his coming by say
ing that be had heard nothing from
either Wilkerson or Mrs. Darnell, and
he could be of no use at the “Master
Key."
"It’s just as well.” Wilkerson said
sulkily. “I have a dozen things to at
tend to, and you can help. The first
is not to let that man Dorr get out of
our sight or turn a hand unless we
know It "
In a few sentences filled with bitter
ness be told the story ot the finding of
the chest and the futile search for the
plans and the abstraction ot the idol
containing them.
When Wilkerson found that Dorr
and Ruth booked passage on the Hal
cyon for San Francisco and had in
qulred about the next sailings for the
Orient he took Drake aside and they
ietermined that this could only mean
me thing-
Don was on the track of the idol.
"We'll follow them!” he said savage
ly. “We’ve spent too much to quit
now.”
Jean Darnell received Drake coolly
nnd listened to Wilkerson’s explana
tion of his new scheme without a
word.
Her stormy eyes boded no good to
some one. and Wilkerson feared she
would abandon him.
But there was the tenacity of a ti
gress in her passions, and now she
could not give up her sweet revenge
nor forego the thought of possessing
the wealth which had once been Tom
Gallon's and which he had tried to
conceal.
She agreed to go, and they decided
to leave by train that evening, thus
being in San Francisco in time to meet
the steamer and watch for Dorr’s next
movement.
Two days later Everett again met
John and Ruth in the hotel in San
Francisco
John’s news was that the Hindu they
sought had undoubtedly been on the
Halcyon and that John had bought a
steerage pussage for Bombay.
“You ought to get the plans before
you get to India." Everett said ear
nestly "You’ll find yourscll in a strange
land, where It will be like looking
for a needle in a haystack to get hold
of your man ”
Dorr acknowledged this and outlined
his tentative plan of getting Imld of
the idol during the passage
“After all. we don't want tile idol
I shall try to persuade the man of this
and get him to let me have the papers
concealed in it."
At this moment Sir Donald Faver
sham was announced.
The entrance of the Englishman who
had made himself so attentive to Ruth
at the southern hotel awakened little
enthusiasm In either Dorr or Everett,
but for Roth's sake they played the
civil part
She. on the other hand, rereived Sir
Donald with every evidence of lively
pleasure.
“We are this minute talking ot go
tng over to India, where you lived so
long." she told him after the first
greetings. “And yon are just the man
to tell us all about it.”
"Going to India!" ejaculated tbe bar
ouet. “My word!"
“Yes," she proceeded. “We are aft
era Hindu and his idol ”
At this point John laughingly came
to the rescue and briefly explained the
object of their quest.
Sit Donald listened quietly, occasion
ally glancing at Ruth, whose beauty
was enhanced by pretty excitement.
At the conclusion of the tale be
nursed the end of his stick awhile in
very apparent perplexity
“You know, my dear fellow.” he
said, addressing John, ‘that India is
a large country filled with millions of
different races Even granting that
this man is a Hindu and that your
surmise about the idol is correct, i
don't see how you are going to accom
plish anything"
“That is just where you can help
us!" said Ruth impulsively.
For the instant Sir Donald actually
blushed with embarrassment.
—TfTWt—hx* - hiniself "together
and went into details of what they
must expect and the difficulties they
must encounter.
“if you could only go along!" Ruth
said plaintively when he had got them
thoroughly discouraged. “You could
talk their horrid language and make
them behave."
“By Jove.” said the baronet, smiling
“that’s not a half Dad idea! I have
nothing to do, and 1 might as well see
the chaps in India again as stay here."
"You know. Sir Donald was Id the
army there.” Rutb explained to Ever
etL
“Brought up there.” Faversham add
ed “Know India pretty well. I real
ly believe I’ll go with you If you’ll ae
cept of my company. What a lark!"
Neither John nor Everett received
this proposal with undue warmth, but
Ruth found it delightful, and before
any of them realized the seriousness
of the conversation everything had
been arranged.
Outside Faversham spoke to Dorr as
man to man.
“I don't want to thrust myself on
you in any way.” he said briefly; “1
happen to know India and to be sure
that I can he of service to you. In
fact. I should think it a jolly trip.
But If you think I took advantage of
ihe little lady’s courtesy say so."
Entirely disarmed John Dorr had
to confess that Sii Donald’s offer re
lieved him of a responsibility too
heavy for hint
The two parted the best of friends,
though John could not refrain from an
expression of jealousy to himself.
But he knew that Ruth’s interests
were now doubly safeguarded and
tried to restrain his unruly heart.
As the steamer sailed the next day
they had little time for their prepara
tions, but John made sure that the
Hindu was on board before the last
line was cast off and the big liner
backed into the stream and headed
slowly roimd for the channel to the
open sea.
CHAPTER XXIV.
“He Is a Prisoner!"
DURING the long voyage to
Hongkong the three were
thrown much together, aud
£j r Douaia learned in full the
history of the “Master Key” mine and
the present search for the pians of tbe
site of the mother lode.
At first he could hardly believe that
such things could happen, but slowly
he came to understand that the tre
mendous passions that were fighting
to be satisfied would stop at nothing.
“1 fear you will find 1t different in
India,” he told John many times “The
country is immense, it is inhabited by
races of different speech and habits
and religions, and yet over it all there
is the vague spell of the east which Is
so foreign to your western America
that I fear you will not easily recover
what you seek.”
“But I must get the papers back,”
said John quietly "There is no ques
tion about it.”
“Many a man has refused to ac
knowledge that a thing is impossible,”
Faversham warned him, "and the east
has driven him mad. However, I am
much interested myself, not only for
the sake of Miss Ruth, but from a
sporting standpoint, and I promise you
I’ll do my best to help you.”
They considered tbe suggested plan
of taking the idol away from the Hin
du during the voyage, but Faversham
vetoed this after a somewhat exten
sive investigation
"You see," he told Ruth, “I know
the fellow's language, and he comes
from a tribe far in the north of India
Most of those chaps are looked upon
as rather sacred, aud this man in spe
’al, I see, is much respected by the
otner natives in the steerage. To des
eerate his image would simply mean
an uproar that we could never explain
to the satisfaction of the captain and
his officers. In fact, we should all get
into the most serious trouble.”
“Then your advice is to wait?” she
murmured.
“Most decidedly," said the baronet
“And the waiting isn’t so bad, is it?"
Tbe steamer was slipping easily
along across a moonlit sea that night,
and Ruth and Sir Donald were far in
the bow watching the waves foam
softly away from tbe cutwater
The girl had awakened during the
past few weeks to the dim happiness
of being always tbe center of men’s
thoughts
She was not in love, but she was
ready to be. The experienced man be
side her surmised this. His own heart
was beating a new tune. He had lived
much, and women had not been aloof
from his life.
But this fair, proud, inexperienced
yet self contained girl wakened in him
a deeper feeling than he cared to con
fess.
To be sure, he had John Dorr to con
tend with. Faversham did not under
estimate him as a possible rival when
he allowed himself to go so far as con
templating marriage with Ruth.
He liked the young American, and
none knew better than he the effect
that constant association with Dorr
must have upon a young and very im
pressionable girl. John's own sent!
ments w’ere unmistakable be was
deeply In love
From Hongkong they transshipped
to a I*, and O steamer for Bombay
and under Sir Donald's expert guid
a nee they shortly found themselves in
India and installed in a very good ho
tel.
"We must wait here til! 1 discover
through natives just where that fellow
Is bound for.”
“Why not simply trace dim?" de
tnanded Dorr, impatient to be about
his errand. ~
—That would be out of the question,".
Faversham explained. "In the first
place, you don’t understand any native
tongue, and In the second place the
British government doesn’t look with
favor on strange and unattached Eu
ropeans stumbling about among the
natives.
“If you leave it to me I think I
not only can ascertain the exact place
where this fellow comes from, but the
temple where the idol belongs.”
Several days passed, during which
Sir Donald was busy among old ac
quaintances, leaving John and Ruth to
their own devices
They occupied their time in sight
seeing. At <ast Faversham came Into
dinner one evening with a smile on his
face
“I’ve found your man and learned
something of the history of the image.”
.he said
“ And we can get It bac k?" Ruth In
quired promptly.
Sir Donald shook his bead gently
"Not so fast, young lady!’
"But (hat is what we came for,” she
went on.
“The fact of the matter is this," said
the baronet—"that image was stolen
g : 'V
"Not co fast, young ladyl”
several years ago—a great many. In
truth, it is the tutelary deity of a
small city on tbe river Bhala, and it l«
about as sacred an article as you could
pick up The people of that city think
that since they have lost their image
the god. is angry with them, and for
some years they have quietly conduct
ed a search for it”
“And this map will take it to Bhala?’
demanded Ruth.
"He has already started, I under
stand from some of the natives l
Know.”
“Then what are we to do?” demand
ed John
“Bbaia is some hundreds of miles op
country,” Sir Donald continued. “Part
of the way we can go by rail, but part
of the road we must travel either on
foot or by litter—if we go.”
“Os course we are going!” said Ruth.
“1 most earnestly beg of you to stop
here,” said the baronet. “You don't
know your India as 1 do, and even if
we accomplished our purpose we should
run double risk in getting back.”
They argued the matter for some
time, but Ruth refused to •consider re
treat at this stage, and John, impress
ed though be was by tbe other’s evi
dent sincerity, could not help feeling
that as an outsider he did not under
stand the necessity of the recovery of
the plans
WheD he and Sir Donald talked it
over alone the baronet was even more
insistent.
He characterized the whole expedi
tion as rash and plainly stated that
should the British government get
wind of such a search immediate steps
would be taken to see that the Ameri
cans went no further
Dorr was unconvinced and finally In
timated that Faversham had not meant
what he said when he had volunteered
to help them.
Sir Donald shrugged his shoulders
aud admitted himself helpless In the
face of such arguments.
“At least I can go along and do what
I can to save the young woman from
actual peril,” he remarked. "I by no
means promise to give you active as
sistance.”
“I’ll be satisfied if you’ll just tip me
off once in awhile,” John responded.
They made the journey to Bhala
safely. Ruth and John viewing the
novel sights that met their eyes on
every hand, Sir Donald acting as gen
?ral guide and Instructor
On their arrival at the teeming city
they were soon installed in an inn out
side the center and some distance un
the river
Faversham wasted no time in look
ing up certain people he knew among
the natives and was in a position to
inform them that he had not only dis
covered the temple. Dut that he had
learned tlint the idol had been recov
ered and would be restored to its prop
er shrine with due ceremony and great
festivity.
“That will be just our chance.” said
John. “In the crowds we ought to be
safe."
Faversham tried to convince htrn
that this was not so. but Dorr insisted
so strongly that the Englishman yield
ed to his better judgment.
“I’ll try to get you within sight of
tbe idol anyway," he consented “But
I must insist that you obey my instruc
tions implicitly Otherwise we shall
all get into trouble and you will effec
tually kill any chance you may JJSYS
of year purpose.”
The result of this was that Ruth
late that night was wakened by Sir
Donald's rapping on her door.
When she had flung on some clothes
aud opened she saw from his manner
and his disheveled dress that all had
not gone well.
“It's true," Faversham told her
"Dorr couldn’t resist what he thought
was a chance to get hold of the idol.
He was captured, but 1 managed to
get away by my knowledge of the
language and the help of some natives
who are friendly to me”
For the moment Ruth was speech
less; then she inquired for the particu
lars. and Sir Donald gave them briefly.
At the conclusion he remarked, “They
won t harm Him, but if it gets out that
he really intended to steal that Image
we shall have trouble."
“But he is a prisoner!” she cried.
"True,’ said Faversham wearily "1
didn’t dare stay if they had got me,
too, you wouldn’t nave known anything
übout what nad happened for days
possibly "
"But you will save him?" she pleaded.
In her appealing beauty Rutb stirred
Sir Donald to the depths. He knew
now that he loved her.
For love of her he would do what he
knew might mean his own death, but
he was helpless In the grip of this
sweet passion
Yet he would uot go without at least
a word of hope and promise.
“I’ll get him.” he told her. "It will
be a hard job, but I’ll save him for
your sake. Ruth, and when 1 come
hack with bim”-
Sbe leaned forward, gloriously con
tent that John was to be brought back
to her.
She did not read aright the expres
slon in the man's eyes She threw out
her little bands to him joyously.
“I’ll always love you if you will.”
she whispered
He stared dizzily, and she withdrew
before he could put out his bands or
say a word. Five minutes later he
was hastily making his way back to
ward tbe temple.
To his dying day Sir Donald was
never able to explain just how he found
John Dorr nor how he extricated him
from the howling mob who yelled for
the life of the impious man who had
Inld foul hands on their god.
His own recollection was of desper
ately using his tongue, his muscles and
his knowledge of the usual Intricacies
of a native city.
John himself could give no clear de
scription. but confessed that he had
given up hope of rescue when Sir Don
aid appeared as by magic
It was dawn when they reached tbe
hotel, and Ruth was on the balcony
watching. When Faversham looked
up and called out, “I managed it!” she
leaned far over, her eyes shining, and
threw him a kiss.
The baronet’s heart beat high. He
had won her for his wife.
Tbe fact that Dorr and Rutb bad
sailed for India did not escape Wil
kerson and Mrs. Darnell’s sharp
senses, and they sailed, with Drake as
their companion, on the next steamer.
“We can easily pick up Dorr’s trail
when we land. ’ Wilkerson. told them.
He found tnis true. Within two days
he had also ascertained that they had
left for the interior under the escort of
Sir Donald Faversham.
Without delay they followed and lu
due time landed in Bhala, not long
after Sir Donald had rescued Dorr
from the mob who had seized him
when he had tried to recapture the
idol. Wilkersou grinned when he told
Mrs. Darnell of this fiasco.
“But will you fare any better?" she
demanded.
“Sure.” he said confidently. "I’ll lei
Dorr and this British baronet burn
M&Sk
'
“Then the ‘Master Key’ will be ours.”
their fingers getting the tiling; men
I'll get it away from them It’s a long
way back to America, and if we stick
tight to Dorr we ll sooner or later 1 be
able to handle the plans ourselves.
“Then the 'Master Key' will be ours
for good and all*”
WILL OUTLINE INIiIAIiVE
PROGfiAM AT CONVLNIION
PHOENIX, ARIZ.,^AUg>-A9-—Ac
cording to Bert Wilkinson, secretary
of the Arizona State Federation of
Labor, the amendment to the con
stitution Os the federation providing
that each member voting must cast
one ballot and no officer or member
shall be permitted to cast more than
one ballot for any candidate or meas
ure has been adopted overwhelm
ingly.
He anticipates, according to a state
ment made today that the new law
of his organization will result ad
vantageously. Preparations are be
ing made for the annual meeting to
be held in October at Tucson. The
law and legislative committee will
not propose to the convention the
adoption of any measure, but it is
known that individual delegates will
urge that the convention endorse the
initiation of a miners home law; a
labor commissioner law;, a state
architect and building inspector law;
and the Kinney bill. It is doubtful
if the last named measure will be
endorsed in the convention on ac
count of the opposition to the bill
by the Western Federation of Min
ers.
At the convention the first work
will be begun in organizing a cam
paign against the adoption of the
proposed constitutional amendment
which requires that initiated and
referred laws shall, to be validated,
be approved by a majority of the
voters voting at an election. Prior
to the convention Mr. Wilkinson an
ticipates that the Miami miners’
union and the Miami engineers’ local
will have affiliated themselves
the state federation of labor, thus
strengthening the membership which
was weakened materially by the loss
of the bartenders and brewery work
ers unions which had a membership
of nearly 800 and which of course
passed out with the voting of pro
hibition.
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TEACHERS AND IRRIGATIONIBTS
APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR
PHOENIX, ARIZ., Aug. 19.—Gov
ernor Hunt has named J. D. Lop6r,
superintendent of the Phoenix city
schools and W. E. Lutz superintend
ent of the Douglas schools to be mem
bers of the State Board of Education,
succeeding A. K. Stabler and O. F.
Munson. As delegates to the confer
ence of Western states scheduled to
be held at Portland, Ore., on Sep
tember 21 for the purpose of dis
cussing water powers, irrigation and
other subjects of vital interest to
the west. Governor Hunt has named
to represent Arizona Howard S. Reed
of Phoenix; E. F. Sanguenetti of
Yuma; T. A. Riordan of Flagstaff;
Prof. W. H. Lawrence of the State
University, and Alexander T. Nelson
of Sacation.