The Parker post., March 20, 1915, Image 1

About The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918

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VOL. V
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
To Flagstaff.
H. L. Sullivan and wife have gone
for a short visit to Flagstaff, leaving
Monday last.
Looking for Real Estate.
P. Trogden, a land prospector, of
Phoenix, spent a few days in Parker
this week.
Vidal Visitors.
George Owens and Mrs. R. R.
Simon of Vidal, visited friends in
rhis place Thursday.
From Blythe.
Paul Schwqlback, F. M. Lile and
A. Solano, all of Blythe, registered
at the Manitaba Thursday.
Back Home.
C. A. Engle, the assistan t engineer
at the Indian agency, returned
Thursday from a visit to Eos Angeles.
Mining Men Here.
Wells H. Bates and Edmund Thay
er, mining men of Philadelphia, are
in Parker looking over some of its
mining properties.
Visits Family in Phoenix.
B. M. Fuqua, manager of the Par
ker Commercial company, spent Sun
day and Monday visiting his family
at Phoenix, and attending to busi
ness in connection with his company.
St. Patrick’s Bail.
A dance was given at the school
house Wednesday evening in honor
of St. Patrick, and a large crowd
was in attendance. The affair was
given under the auspices of the
school board.
Hogs to Market.
A1 Wright and George Norman, of
the Cohen ranch, brought a wagon
load of hogs to Parker Saturday last.
It used to be a saying that “pigs is
pigs,” U ut nowadays pigs “is” dollars
—lots of ’em.
William Saufley Very Hi.
William Saufley, the five-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Saufley,
is dangerously ill with pneumonia at
Phoenix, where the family now re
sides. The many friends of the fam
ily here earnestly hope for the early
recovery of the 'boy.
Back from the Capital.
J. B. Flanagan and family returned
from Phoenix Tuesday afternoon,
making the trip overland by auto.
Owing to the heavy rains this spring
the Phoenix road is washed out in a
number of places. The desert coun
try between here and the metropolis
of the state is a mantle of green, and
an auto trip through the desert at
this time is highly enjoyable.
A. V. Peck, a railroad man of To
pock, registered at the Manitaba last
Wednesday.
R. J. MARTIN,
Agent for AceLyline Lights - Tinsmith
Phone — 1 short, 1 long, 1 short. California Ave., Parker, Ariz
G. A. MARSH
Notary Public,
Parker, - - - Arizona
JOHN F. COLLINS
Undertaker and Embalmer
Also Contractor and Builder
PARKER, - - ARIZONA
THE PARKER POST
Deputy De Spain Returns.
Deputy Sheriff Wm. De Spain re
turned from Yuma Wednesday night,
where he has been in attendance be
fore the superior court of the county.
!On his way back from the county
seat he brought a prisoner to the
“club house” at Florence. He re
ports that there are numerous bo9t
legging cases now on trial before the
superior court, all of .them coming
from the town of Yuma.
After Stolen Property.
Deputy Sheriff A. Gardiner was in
Parker Thursday, having come to re
cover two mules and two horses that
some Mexican marauders had stolen
from parties do#n near the border
and had. left with Rafael Nevares and
another rancher on the reservation.
The ranchers having become suspi
cious that the animals were stolen
had informed the sheriff’s office of
the fact.
Election Officers.
At a meeting of the hoard of school
trustees of District No. 2, held
in Parker March 13, the following
persons were appointed election, offi
cers for the school election to be
held at the Parker school house on
; March 27 :
Mrs. Abhie Collins, inspector; Mrs.
Celia Raney and Mrs. Alice Bryant,
judges; Mrs. Birdie Brown and Mrs.
Mary Hoff, clerks.
Woman’s Club.
Mrs. Walter Nelson was hostess
to the Woman’s Club last Saturday,
and she made the day a most pleas
ant one for her many guests. A mid
day dinner was served and enjoyed
by the all-day guests, and a delicious
lunch refreshed those spending the
afternoon. The ladies spent their
leisure time sewing for the fish pond
which will be a feature of their so
cial next Friday, the 2Gth.
Finishes Work. j
State Bank Examiner Cheverton
leaves Saturday night for Phoenix,
having completed his work here in
connection with the failure of the
Parker Bank & Trust company. Mr.
Cheverton has turned over all of the
bank’s property to Mr. Dunn, who
has been appointed receiver of the
astitution. During his stay here,
Mr. Cheverton has made many
friends who regret to see him depart.
Advertising Highway Bonds.
An effort is being made to dispose
of the $500,000 in highway bonds of
this county. The board of supervi
sors are advertising for bids for the
sale of the bonds, and it is stated
that several bids have been made for
the securities. If the bonds are dis
posed of the proposed highway sys
tem throughout the county will be
constructed at once. Northern Yu
ma county will receive its share of
the new highways.
Sinking for Artesian Water.
Good progress is being made in
sinking the artesian well at Wenden.
A depth of nearly 500 feet has been
attained, the past 200 feet being in
a hard clay formation. The residents
of that section are hopeful of strik
ing a good f low of water at a depth
of 1,000 feet. If it is proven that
artesian water exists in. t.hat valley,
there will he a big rush for the open
land In that partof Yuma county.
Every indication points that way and
it is safe to say that this portion of
the county is in for a big boom w-hen
the gusher is brought in.
EASTER CARDS
New Assortment
2 For 5 Cents
AT THE
CITY DRUG STORE
PARKER. YUMA COUNTY. ARIZONA. SATURDAY. MARCH 20, 1935.
THE SHAME OF IT
—AND THE BLAME
i
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The Arizona Gazette, in a Scathing Editorial
Says the So-Called “Administration
Lobby” is Responsible for Block
ing Ail Proposed Construc
tive Legislation.
I
(From the Arizona Gazette.)
The regular session of the second
state legislature of the state of Ari
zona has adjourned without date, and
without not much of anything else to
its credit.
Fifty-five thousand dollars have
been expended. Very nearly SI,OOO
per day for forty-eight days actually
.spent in the affairs of state.
The legislature has adjourned with
out passing one single constructive
act.
The great issues that were square
ly before it; the levying of and de
velopment of a system of equitable
and just mine taxation; the aboli
tion of the land commission and the
tax commission; the proper auditing
and control of state departments,
the devise of a system whereby the
voters of the state may have some
intelligent idea of where their money
is going; the creation of a board of
public welfare, and the abolition of
the wasteful and extravagant board
c l control; the investigation of al
leged mismanagement of state in
tutions —all, every one of them, have
fallen by the wayside.
The general appropriation bill has
-ailed in the house of *ts origin, and
barring early compromise, the state
will soon be without funds for the
conduct of its business.
Sixty days of quibble, factional
quarrels, log-rolling and lobbying in
the lower house are responsible for
this outrage upon the people of Ar
izona, who must put up $55,000 it
has cost and the $50,000 or more it
will yet cost before the tangle is un
skeined.
Is it not a shame that such a con
dition is possible In a civilized Am
erican commonwealth, where the peo
ple are supposed to rule?
Fortunately, however, it is possi
ble to put one’s linger directly up
on the cause of the trouble.
As straight as a plumb-line it
leads to the door of the executive
chamber and the so-called “admin
istration lobby” which has blocked
all legislation in the lower house, is
directly, inevitably and irrevocably
associated with the men who are at
the bead of the ship of state.
There is no slightest room to 6oubt
that a mine tax bill, a land bill, a
tax commission billl, a public welfare
bill, an economical expenditure bill,
a banking bill, an appropriation bill
and ail fbe rest of the legislation for
which the state is literally suffering,
could have been passed by the sec
ond legislature in equity and mutual
agreement had the rule-or-ruin pol
icy of the administration been with
drawn and the house lobby instruct
ed to do its duty.
Senator Stapley of Maricopa intro
duced a series of bills which, had
they become laws, would have gone
tar in straightening out the execu
tive tangle. These Included the pub
lic welfare bill, the tax commission
bill, and a measure providing for
economical expenditure of public
funds.
An example of how the lobby work
ed is found in the last-mentioned act,
the only one which got as far as the
house.
It provided that no automobiles i
should be purchased or operated or
chauffeurs paid out of public funds
except under express authority of
the legislature, and it provided for
a maximum expense account of staate
officials when traveling, WHEN THE
BILL REACHED THE HOUSE THE
ADMINISTRATION LOBBY WAS IN-'
INSTRUCTED THAT THESE TWO
“OBJECTIONABLE” FEATURES
MUST BE ELIMINATED. THEY)
WERE STRICKEN OUT AND THE
BILL WAS THEREBY RUINED.
It would have been perfectly feas
ible to have passed the Cook bill,
which practically re-enacted the old
mine tax law, and which was satis
factory to all concerned, and under (
which the state has been fully pro
tected, and the mines have paid
nearly 40 per cent of the total as
sessment.
Instead the house lobby was or
dered to hold up all mine tax legis
lation and use it as a club to either
force through measures demanded
by the administration or else stop
all legislation in the interest of bet
ter business and economy.
1 Well, it worked. Legislation WAS
held up. The mine tax bill WAS
killed for the benefit of the tax com
mission. There is no land bill; there
is no public welfare bill; there is no
prohibition bill; there is no banking
bill; there is no economical expen
diture bill; there is no appropria
tion bill; the affairs of the state
are all but chaotic; there is no im
mediate hope of tax reduction, and
it has cost the taxpayers $1145 for
every working day of the legislature.
The administration did this. We
wonder if it is proud of its accom
plishment.
The legislature must be reassem
bled at an additional cost of approx
imately SIOOO per day s o a citizen
ship already groaning under war tax
ation. The senate, which has per
formed its duty, passed the great
measure it was expected to pass and
“come clean,” will not be coerced
any more in a special session than
it was in the one just ended. The
loyal minority of the lower house,
led by men like John Christy of
Greenlee, Flanagan of Yuma, Johns
of Yavapai, Goodwin of Maricopa,
and Graham of Cochise are still “on
the job.”
State Auditor Callahan, in a re
cent report, handles the situation
from the expert’s standpoint and
without gloves. He says:
“The present administration was
elected on a platform of economy and :
the promise of a business administra- j
ion.’ The expense of government
has increased more than 200 per cen
tum, while the increase in population
has not been greater, perhaps, than
15 per centum. Let us show the peo
ple of the state who have taken us
at our word and placed their inter
ests in our hands, that, though we
may make mistakes, we will not hes
itate in the correction of them.”
The blame for this condition should:
not rest, upon the democratic party, j
The democratic party, as a party and j
as representative of the broad dem- j
ocracy which embraces all parties,
fully realizes the necessity of the
legislation which the lobby defeated,
and realizing its necessity, sent its
representatives to Phoenix to apply
the remedy. The democratic party
stands firm and true and four square,
but IT HAS BEEN BETRAYED.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT, GOVERNOR HUNT?
OLD FORTUNA RESUMES.
The Fortuna mine is to again be
the scene of activities, all of the
equipment of the mine has been re
habilitated, the mill, power plant and
all accessories have been put in
shape.
W. H. Enderton, a well-known min
ing engineer and superintendent of
the Fortuna mine, was in the city
recently settling up some of the old i
affairs of the company, arid making
arrangements for the new develop
ment which is going on. Some ten
men are now working on the property
and the force will be gradually in- :
creased to full capacity.
The Fortuna mine was at one time
one of the greatest gold producing
mines in the United States and the
largest single bar of gold ever
shipped to the U. S. mint at San Fra
cisco w r as sent from the Fortuna
mine in its palmy days. The bar of
gold weighed in the neighborhood of
400 pounds and was valued at a little
over $92,000. —Yuma Sun.
A “WET” JOKER DISCOVERED.
Our prohibition friends are not
j overlooking any bets. They are wide
awake all the time and keep the op-
I position alert. They almost “put one
over” on the Michigan legislature,
recently. What was virtually a state
wide prohibition bill, although it was
not presented as such, was scheduled
for introduction into the senate.
j
When it was found to be loaded
Senator Straight of Coldwater, cen
sored it to conform with the origi
nal idea in mind and then entered it.
The censored bill, which was refer
red to the committee on liquor traffic
proposes to prohibit licenses within
the corporate limits of any city, vil
lage or township in which may be
located certain state institutions of
learning. Had the measure gone
through as originally presented it
would have dried up the city of De
troit and nearly every county in the
state of Michigan.
CITY MANAGER OUSTED.
The Phoenix city commission Mon
day by a unanimous vote declared
IW. A. Parish, incompetent and ad
! opted a resolution removing him
! from the office of city manager.
Robert A. Craig, the former citi
j - s on member of the board of con
i trol under Governor Sloan, was im
, mediately named his successor and
| sworn in. A writ of ceriorari was is
sued from the superior court direct- i
ing a review of the whole matter, in- j
| eluding a transcription of the lengthy j
; evidence taken in the hearing of the :
| charges against Farish and directing 1
| that the commission desist from fur
: ther proceedings in the matter pend
i ing the review.
| Dunn to be Receiver.
Attorney General Wiley E. Jones,
on behalf of the state of Arizona,
has instituted proceedings in the su
perior court of this county for the ;
j appointment ol' a receiver for the de
unct Parker Bank & Trust company.
An order has been issued by the
court on the bank and its directors j
to appear before the court on March
20 to show cause why W. P. Dunn .
should not be appointed receiver of j
the institution. As soon as Mr.
Dunn’s appointment has been con
irrned by the state bank comptroller,
he will enter upon his duties as re
ceiver, and wind up the bank’s affairs
The depositors will be paid dollar
for dollar.
County Division.
An informal meeting was held in
the City Drug Store last Saturday j
evening, at which the advisability of :
a movement looking to the division
of Yuma county was discussed at
some length. While nothing like any
conclusion was arrived at, it was de
fied, however, to call a meeting to
be held this Saturday evening in the
Oasis pool rooms, in order to more
thoroughly discuss the matter. A
good attendance is desired as the
opinion of as many people as possi
ble is earnestly solicited.
Buying Cattle.
Theodore Funke and wife, from
Needles, were in Parker Wednesday, i
Mr. Funke was buying up cattle for
the Brown market of that place.
Parker Meat Market
C. H. HOSFELT, Proprietor
Home Dressed Meats and Produce of all Kinds. Eggs,
Butter, Cheese and Eresh Vegetables.
Our motto: Large sales and small profits
WE SELL FOR CASH ONLY
liTe COMMERCIAL Bank
Os PARKER, ARIZONA
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Safe and Conservative]
Solicits Your Business
Come and See Us
SMART DOGS
OF PARKER
“FUZZY” INSISTS ON THE HOTEL'
GUESTS REGISTERING, WHILE
“TEDDY” SINGS “IN THE SHADS
OF THE OLD APPLE TREE.”
While nearly every town has its
hordes of worthless curs that are
veritable nuisances to everybody ex
cept the owners, and that can do
more to cause bickering among fam
ilies and. disrupt the peaceful dignity
of every rural community than a
whole army of hogs rooting into othe
people’s business, Parker lags more
really smart and useful canines to
the town block than many metropol
itan cities have of reliable night
watchmen or intelligent , policemen,
large cities have their “kennel
clubs” anP t v eh “bench shows” and
make a whole lot of fuss over their
pampered pes. Parker has none of
these but she has dogs that are a
j “whole show” in themselves. Ken
nel clubs value their dogs according
! to their physical qualities, good looks
j and length of pedigree, even though
I they may be as stupid as the
! proverbial “Thompson’s colt.” Par
| ker sets as a standard of value for
i its dogs their intellectual ability and
I usefulness to mankind, with scornful
regard for their line of ancestors.
There are many cute and clever
canines here but space will permit
mentioning only two or three:
“Fuzzy” Fuqua is a little bitch,
homely as sin and of uncertain origin
but her ancestors were undoubtedly
among "the oldest families” of the
Indian reservation with pedigrees
reaching away back to coyotedom.
Her home is at the Manitaba and
Fuzzy has taken upon herself the res
ponsibility of seeing that all guests
entering the house have visited the
register and left their autograph as
a guarantee of good faith. If they
neglect that duty Fuzzy makes a fuss
until the case is investigated. Be
sides she watches the premises night
and day and is never absent from
her post of duty.
“Teddy” Miskell is the circus
dog of the town and besides he has
rare musical accomplishments. At
the word of command from his mas
ter he will perform many stunts such
as to roll a barrel, play “dead dog,”
stand on his head and perform dar
ing acrobatic feats that would do
credit to any trapese performer. But
i* is at singing that he shines. He
knows only one tune but he knows it
well. To the air of “In the Shade of
the Old Apple Tree,” he will sing
with a zest that might well be en
vied by many would-be two-legged
vocalists with uncertain voices. All
Teddy needs is for some one to pitch
the tune or give him the proper key
and he will do the rest. He enters so
fully into the spirit of his song that
in his exuberance he sometimes gets
off on the wrong key or his voice
“cracks” but this is only a trifling
defect and may readily be overcome
with proper “culture.” Besides all
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