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PAGE TWO The Parker Post AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. —Published Weekly By— POST PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. J. B. FLANAGAN, Manager. subscription rates: One Year $2.50 Six Months 1 50 Three Months 75 Entered as second-class matter Ma 28, 1910, at the postoffice at Parker, Arizona, under the Act of March 3, 1879. A NEW PAPER. The first number of the Casa Grande Valley Dispatch, published at Casa Grande, and owned and edited by Angela H. Hammer, formerly of the Bulletin, reached us this week. It is a four-column, six page paper, re plete with news and'editorial matter and in every respect up-to-date. TO OPEN SOON. The prospects for the opening of the Parker Indian reservation at an early date are very good. We note this with a great deal of satisfaction, not only for what it means to our good friends up the river at Parker, but because the opening of this vast tract of rich agricultural and mineral lands means much to the tow r n of Blythe and the Palo Verde valley. While the towrn of Parker will receive the greater 'benefit by the opening of this reservation, there is a large part of the low r er end of that valley whose trade will naturally be long to Blythe. It will open up one of the richest, undeveloped mining sec tions in Arizona, which is located just across the Colorado river from Blythe, and this towrn will naturally become the trading center for that section. While we claim this for Blythe we are not attempting to de tract from the benefits Parker is justly entitled to, and will receive, when this happy day she has so long waited for will come about to make her one of the best towns in Ari zona and the first metropolis of the Colorado river valley.—Blythe Herald THE DISASTER IN JAPAN. TOKIO, Jan. 14. —Enormous loss of life and the practical annihilation of Sahura-Shima by the terrific; volcanic eruption and earthquake which be gan Saturday, and has continued ever since, are reiterated in brief message which have come from various sc tre es during the day. The Governor of M.iyaski, near the east coast of Kiushiu, telegraphs that the hundreds of terror-striken refu gees who have managed to reach Mi yas aki state that there has been ter rible loss of life, because thousands of the inhabitants of the island were unable to reach the mainland before being overtaken by fire and lava. It is stated that no accurate esti mate of the number of causualities will be possible in a few days.becaus of the interruption of rail, telegraphic and all other means of communication throughout the affected area, which impedes the work of rescue. Most of the communications so far receive have been by wireless. The governor of Kumamotto report that the volcanic eruption and earth quake shocks are subsiding, but re ports to the forestry bureau from Kagoshima state that there has been several heavy shocks during the day. A wireless message from the com mander of the Japanese cruiser Tone states that not a single person re mains in Kagoshima. The message does not indicate whether the people of the island escaped or were over whelmed. A FIGHT FOR EXTERMINATION. The three cattle grower’s associa tions on the Chiricahua mountains in southern Arizona are determined to rid their ranges of wolves and lion if possible, according to a recent dis patch from Portal. They are offer ing a bounty of $50.00 for any of these animals killed in the Chiriahua mountains. The hide belongs to the hunter, wich allows him to collect in addition the county bounty of $15.00. A lion or wolf will not return when hungry to an old carcass, but must have fresh killed meat. Due to this habit, the animal loss to stockmen is very large. It is estimated that a wolf kills stock to the value of SIOOO each year. The associations, to show that they mean what they say, have had cloth posters advertising the bounty, put up throughout their ranges. These associations are located largely on the Chiriahua national forest. Nearly every forest in Ari zona and New Mexico has one or more of such associations. They are proving very beneficial to both the stockmen and the forest service in working towards the extermination of predatory animals, and in lookin after the salting of stock, the num ber and grade of bulls necessary and the location of drift fences. PRODUCTION OF METAL (Continued from page 1) was larger than in any other year. The total output was nearly 14,000,- 000 pounds, valued at about $612,000, as against 6,806,443 pounds, valued at $306,290, in 1912. The mines at Bisbee produced much lead ore, and in 1913 there was a large increase. The Shattuck mine became a regular producer of silver-lead ore as well as copper ore. In Mohave county an in creased tonnage was shipped regular ly from the Tennessee mine to the concentration plant at Needles, Cal. The mine production of recover able spelter was about 9,000,000 pounds, vaued at $510,000, which was an increase of about 340,000 pounds, or nearly 4 per cent, over the production of 1912. On account of the lower price paid for the metal, the total value decreased more than $90,000. The Golconda mine in Mo have county, formerly the largest producer, was making shipments of zinc ore and concentrates only part of the year, and therefore had a greatly decreased output. Much ore was, however, shipped from the San Xavier mine in Pima county and much concentrate was made from Mohave county ores milled at Need les. DOES NOT FAVOR SPOILS SYSTEM. WASHINGTON, January 15—Pres ident Wilson intimated that the bill now before congress exempting as sistant postmasters from classified service would be vetoed if passed. This indicates that the administra tion will not tolerate any return to the “spoils system.” The president, it is understood, has decided to calp a halt in what has been charged by the civil service advocates as a ten dency in congress to break down the merit system. He was confront ed in the tariff, currency and ur gent deficiency bills with the civil service problem, but in signing these measures took the position that his power of placing employes in the classified service had not been weak ened, and that the merit system could be applied. To Hold Civil Service Examinations. The United States Civil Service Commission announces that on the date named above an examination will be held at Parker, Arizona, as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a contem plated vacancy in the position o? fourth class postmaster at Parker, Arizona, and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interest of the service to fill the vacancy by re instatement. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $753 for the last fiscal year. Age limit 21 years and over on the date of the examination, with the exception that in a state where women are declared by the statute to be of full age for all purposes at 18 years, women 18 years of age on the date of examination will be ad mitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is an nounced. The examinations are open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Application forms and full informa tion concerning requrements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at Parker, Arizona. Applications should be properly ex ecuted and filed with the Commission at Washington at least 7 days before the date of the examination, other wise it may be impracticable to ex amine the applicants. STATE PROHIBITION. In the near future initiative peti tions for the enactment of a state prohibition law will be in my hands for circulation in Yuma County and I am now making a call for volun teers to assist in its circulation. I shall be pleased to have every one who is willing to aid in this work send me his or her name and ad dress. . PETER T. ROBERTSON. (34-37) Yuma, Arizona. A contract agent for an electric con cern has invented what he calls a “cent-hour” meter designed to give a positive answer to the question, “How much does it cost to operate?” The meter is mounted on a pedestal with a shelf attached on which the device' is placed. Whemany current consum ing appliance is connected with the meter a hand on the dial points in stantly to the number of cents per hour it costs to operate it. It is espe cially useful in demonstrating to a prospective consumer the cost of cur rent for a device that consumes en ergy at more than one rate. Experi ence has shown that this method of answering a most important question has more weight with the customer than a verbal reply. The reading of the dial of each meter is made to cor respond with the*central station’s rate for current THE PARKER POST, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. SRk 1 ,‘a % jpfe\ lNeu)s*ndVieu)s Capitol Arizona Hu'es With respect to railway train bulletins and station facilities which On- more radical than those ot Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas or any other 1 sta 6 te are proposed by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The commission ‘ ha S drawn a set of rules and ordered all railroads carrying passengers n Arizona to have representatives at a hearing January 26, when the rules will be discussed and perhaps modified. Some of the rules favored by the commission are: Railroads shall bulletin complete train schedules wherever tickets are Sol hlh an hour before the arrival ot each train at a station the fact snail , be bulletined, stating whether it is on schedule and if behind time how '“ whenever there is an accident delaying traffic the nature and location shall be bulletined at stations affected, and the same information furnished passengers on delayed trains. Adequate waiting room facilities shall be provided wherever tickets are sold. Depots or waiting rooms shall be kept well lighted and heated for an hour preceding and an hour following the arrival of each train. On the same day a proposed schedule of distance tariffs on lumber and limber will be considered. The proposed rates range from ninety cents a ton on lumber and sixty cents on timber, for hauls of five miles or less, to $6.60 on lumber and $4.50 on timber for hauls of 680 to 690 miles. These rates are much lower than those now in effect. From Williams to Bisbee. for instance, the suggested, reduction is $1.60 on lumber and $1 on timber. In defending a suit brought in the superior court of iWaricopa county by a Tempe councilman, the Mountain States Telephone Company attacks the rights of courts to pass on public service rates, claiming that all such powei is vcsLtd in tlie Corporation Commission. v ... Once more Chy les P. Mullen of - Tempe is to head the Arizona Cat tie p, Growers” Association. He was ra- VtjpL-- elected president at the annual con T*' vention, held ir T* cron. The other >f ficers, all re-elected, are ... 1. I-lar mpr., Phoenix, vice president: Sam B. Bradher, Phoenix, secretary: bred T.‘ i|f/ Colter, Snringerville, treasurer. It was 1 fob.. agreed thc-.t the 1915 convention mk '-w should oe at Douglas and that for ■jfiT 1916 at Prescott. The cattlemen went on record as ‘ 'X opposin; a.vy changes in the bounda- Irak.. ries cf national forests within Arizona, mffim and of lavorh g the Kent bill, now gSllgf pending in congress, which provides fer the leasing of public grazing lands. ™ ‘ Nove- ie» ( t 14, inclusive hav; y been tentatively fixed as the dates for state fair for 1914. It is possible -.at jfy \ the fair will oi)or1 Satu y> 'Jovem 'J) /)„.? her 7, and last eigh* days instead of the usual six. Th_ m cion has I decided ?o offer $2,000 each for ten i Wr > * races, five trots and five paces. iff 1) \ C .B. Wood, secretary of the fair commission far the last two years, has f r The management o* the San Fran cisco exposition as set aside in the J mining building a space 122 by 85 CHAS P. MULLEN eet for a mineral display from Ari > zona. l Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior, will visit Arizona next sum , mer. Reclamation Commissioner I. D. O’Donnell is to be in the Salt River valley during the present month. Dr. H. A. Hughes of Phoenix has formally announced himself as a can didate for the democratic nomination for governor. He was formerly presi i dent of the Anti-Saloon League of Ar izona and favors capital punishment. A farmer is to be employed.to teach agriculture at the state industrial school. A garden, a large field of grain and an orchard are to be planted at the school next spring. * A second' hydrotherapeutic bath has been installed at the state asylum i for the insane. The hydrotherapeutic system is proving a great success Nervous patients are kept in the baths for hours. The water is automatical ly changed and kept at the same temperature. Is a cycle car, manufactured by a fourteen-year-old boy for his own use I a motor vehicle in the eyes of the law and subject to legal registration fee’ L This knotty problem has been put up to Secretary of State Osborn by C Harold Hirst, a youthful mechanical genius of Douglas. Thousands of hunting licenses have been sold since the first of the year All the old licenses expired with 1913. A change has been made in the form * and color of the licenses to avoid confusion. Robert L. Webb, formerly a clerk i n the land office, has been appointed clerk of the federal court. Chief Clerk George W. Lewis is to make his head quarters in Tucson and Webb will have charge of the Phoenix branch OUR NEIGHBOR MARS. Now comes the famous astronomer Professor Worthington, to support Professor Lowell’s idea that Mars is inhabited by a superior race of be ings; that they are far ahead of the human race that people the earth. They must be entirely different, for all the physical conditions are wholly unlike those on the earth. Water there boils at 110 degrees, and the at mosphere is less dense and both are slowly disappearing. This fact, ac cording to the evolutionary idea, will cause the physical natures of the peo ple there to change or it will soon be a dead world. Its destiny is very in teresting to us, for what will become of the Martian people will become of us. This whole universe started with mind. Its first objective force was light; and then on to every form of matter. Mars is going back to its first estate, and its dwindling mate rial forces are being succeeded by spirit. The receding air and water have excited their intelligence to the utmost to provide physical conditions in harmony with their needs. This very effort has lifted litem up to a higher intellectual plane. So Mars teaches the doctrine, from matter to spirit,, and probably, some day, the earth will learn the lesson. Cancer ma? oe curable, as the doc tor says, but the knife isn’t half as in viting as turtle serum. Peace hath her horrors no less than wax —especially in the Balkans. The scientific world is beginning to recognize in the United States a de gree of progress in certain branches of medical science which puts this country even ahead of Germany. That this is not mere empty talk is demon strated by the circumstance that the eminent Viennese phyician, Dr. Carl von Noorden of the medical faculty of Viennt university not only has at tested these things by word of moults but has sent his son to this side ol the Atlantic to become a student at Johns Hopkins. National theaters —of an open all kind —at one time existed in England as Parran Round, in Cornwall, testi fies. Here we have a vast amphitljea ter, tufted to seat over 2,000 persons says the London Chronicle. The be ginning of British dramatic art sprang from these open air theaters, where the mediaeval plays were produced— «nd forgotten. The sands of the Corn ish coast have covered more than one specimen of these pioneer temples o) the dramatic art. Now the historic cow of Mrs O’Leary that was reported to have kicked over the lamp that started the great Chicago fire has been exoner ated by the writer of the story. St another cherished illusion is threaten ed, though it is doubtful if any ex oneration or proof of innocence wit ever reinstate that injured coin in the good opinion of the country a\ large. The Basis of a Real Bath— H HYDRO PURA produces instantly the chief essential to an enjoyable bath—soft water. Just add a little to your bath water and use any good soap. You will be both cleansed and pleased. Use it in preparing soft water for all toilet purposes. 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Claimant names as witnesses: Walter A. Simons, of Mesaville, Cal ifornia. John I. Bunch, of Blythe, California. Frank L. Malone, of Mesaville, California. Julius Schwerdt feger, of Mesaville, California. Non-coal FRANK BUREN. (35-39) Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. , 011725 , t Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Los Angeles, Calif. Jan. 7, 1914. Notice is hereby given that Walter A. Simons, of Mesaville, California, 4 per cent paid on deposits It has always been our aim to extend to our patrons every fa cility and accommodation in accordance with safe and conserv ative banking. We take pleasure in announcing that we are now prepared to pay 4 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually, on savings deposits. Call in and see us about this important fea ture. Parker Bank & Trust Company COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY We are in the market for ail kinds of Gold, Silver, Copper ores and concentrates and Copper Matte, making prompt payments in full. Our sampling operations are open to the inspection of shippers. Write us for prices and treatment rates, giving approximate assay and analysis. ADDRESS Copper Queen Cons, Mining Co. REDUCTION WORKS, DOUGLAS, ARIZ. R. J. MARTIN, | Agent for Acetyline Lights - Tinsmith Phone —1 short, 1 long, 1 short. California Ave., Parker, Ariz. who, on November 11, 191.0, made Homestead Entry, No. 011725, for Section 7, Township 5 S., Range 22 E., S. B. Meridian, has fil ed notice of intention to make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Regis ter and Receiver, U. S. Land Office, at Los Angeles, California, on the 25th day of February, 1914, at 9:30 o’clock A. M. Claimant names as witnesses: Frank Malone, of Mesaville, Cal ifornia. Tyndale Boice, of Blythe, California. John I. Bunch, of Blythe, California. Harry Peterson, of Mesa ville, California. Non-coal FRANK BUREN. (35-39) R*si«ter M. A. No. 023751. APPLICATION FOR A PATENT. U. S. Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona. December 17th, 1913. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Anzota Mining Company, a cor poration organized under the laws of the State of South Dakota, and trans acting business in the State of Ari zona, by M. M. Briggs, its agent and attorney-in-fact whose postoffice address is Wenden, Arizona, has this day filed its application for a patent for 1500 feet of the Grand View vein, lode or mineral deposit and 1240 feet of the Grand Prize vein, lode or mineral deposit linear measurment; situated in Harcuvar Mining District, County of Yuma and State of Arizona and designated as Survey Number 3063 in Town ship 7 north of Range 14 W. Mag netic Variation 14 deg. east, as fol lows, to-wit: GRAND VIEW LODE: Begin ning at Cor. No. 1, from which ;u. S. M. M. No. 2927 bears N. 41 deg. 29 min. 30 see. W. 1764.26 feet; thence N. 56 deg. 00 min. ,E. 600.00 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 36 deg. 35 min E. 1500.00 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 56 deg. 00 min. W. 600.00 feet to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 36 deg. 35 min. W. 1500.00 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning; containing an area of 20.640 acres. GRAND PRIZE LODE: Begin ning at Cor. No. 1, from which U. S. M. M. No. 2927 bears N. 52 deg. 50 min. W. 539.3 feet; thence N. 56 deg. 00 min. E. 600.00 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 36 deg. 35 min. E. 1240.00 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 56 deg. 00 min. W. 600.00 feetjtp _Cor. No 4; thence N. 36 deg. 35 miin. W. 1240.00 feet to Cor.No.l,the place of beginning; containing an area of 17.063 acres. The location of mines included in this survey being recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Yu ma County, State of Arizona, as follows, to-wit: Grand Prize lode, Book 5 of Mines, page 49, and Book 6 of Mines, page 142 et seq.; Grand View lode, Book 5 of Mines, page 50 and Book 6of Mines, page 141 et seq. The adjoining claimants are Ari zota Mining Company, claimant here in, claimant of Good Hope and Whitehouse lodes, unsurveyed, on the wedt; other adjoining claimants unknown. THOMAS F. WEEDIN. Register.