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VOL. VIII PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN* INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Marsh, accom panied by the former’s sister, Mrs. Grace Strong, arrived from Los An geles Friday evening. They made the trip by auto. ♦ * • We handle a full line of Union Oil products—gasoline, distillate, oils and greases, both wholesale and re tail. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Parker Motor Co.-—Adv. * • • Mrs. J. A. White arrived from San Diego Saturday night to join her husband, J. A. White, who has charge of the work on the new hotel building lor the Adjustment com pany. * * * William Eshom, who has large cattle interests near Yucca, was in Parker a few days the past week. While here he purchased sixty head of calves from the Parker Cattle com pany, which he shipped to his ranch last Tuesdav. 4 * * * * Mrs. C. E. Fugatt and children arrived from Los Angeles last week, after spending two months visiting with relatives and friends in that city. Mr. Fugait has rented the Hosfelt residence on E street, where he is now residing. * * * Our big, modern equipped garage is always at your service. Every thing convenient for motorists. Free air. Come in and make yourself at hpme. We are always at your ser vice—-day or night. Parker Motor Co.—Adv • • • B. M. Fuqua transacted business at Wenden last Saturday. He re ports considerable activity in the Wenden section and predicts a pros perous business season there the coming fall and winter. Several mines are operating, and the ore shipments from that district are in creasing every week. * * * Mrs. E. S. <>sborne, Ed Osborne, Jr., and wife and Miss Clara Osborne arrived last Saturday from Los An geles, having made the trip in Miss Osborne’s new Chandler car. Mr. Osborne and his wife returned 'to Los Angeles by train Sunday night. E. S. Osborne, Sr., is expected to ar rive from the east Saturday, where he has been on business for the past three months. ♦ • * Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Raney returned from Los Angeles Wednesday morn ing. Mrs. Raney reports having had a delightful time visiting friends and relatives the past several weeks. Among other places she visited was San Francisco, where she went by auto with a party of friends. While In Los Angeles Mr. Raney purchased the material necessary to complete the new hotel building, besides buy ing a complete cold storage plant for his meat market and fixtures for the new general merchandise store which he will open in the hotel block upon the completion of that building. MAY CALL UP ALL ELIGIBLES Provost Marshal General Crowder has been condsidering the advisabil ity of calling up for examination every man registered under the se lective draft law for the purpose of determining who might be of mili tary liability and allowing those unfitted for service to go ahead with their personal affairs without inter ruption in business. This sugges tion has been sent to the governors of all the states and the approval has been practically unanimous. It Is probable that men may be called for examination us soon as practicable. WANTED 6OO cotton pickers. ~ Season opens September 15, lasts un til February. $1.50 a hundred. Pickers can make from $3.00 to $6.00 a day, according to skill. Steady work, no rain, mild season. Good opportunities for right parties Palo Verde Cotton Growers’ Associa tion H M, Fraser, 96cy., Blythe. Cal- . THE PARSER POST A FLEET OF NEARLY 10,000,000 TONNAGE SOON READY. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Within a little more than a year the United States will have an ocean-going mer chant fleet of more than 1600 ships, aggregating 9,200,000 tons, the ship ping board announced today in a statement giving details of the gov ernment’s ship building program. This amount compares with a present tonnage of 3,500,000, of which 700,000 tons represent Ger man and Austrian ships under oper ation by the United States. The American ships available for overseas service number 485, with a tonnage of 2,871,000. There are 117 German and Austrian ships with i tonnage of 700,000. The emergency fleet corporation aas commandered, in American ship ards, nearly 400 steel ships of more than 2,500,000 tons and has ontritcted for 636 ships with a ton lage of 3,124,700. “The fleet in prospect,” said the tatement, “is already becoming a ceality. Several of the commandeer 'd ships have been completed and al •eady taking cargo, others will leave he ways in increasing numbers with ach succeeding month. The ships or which the shipping board has ontracted are under construction ind the first launching is expected vithin sixty to ninety days.” In addition to the ships building ! ;nd contracted for, the board plans o construct several million tons, for vhicli a billion dollar appropriation | ms just been asked of congress. LAND CLASSIFIERS WANTED. The government is in urgent need »f a number of qualified men to as ist in the work of classifying public .ands in the western states with re gard to their value tor grazing and aising forage crops. A large ap iropriation for this w’ork became vailable in June, and Secretary Lane .f the interior department, has in truded the United States geological urvey to expedite this classification n every possible way. The area to •e classified in the near future is uore than 20,000,000 acres and ex ends into fifteen states. Appointments to the survey staff ire made on certification by the ivil service commission. The com uission has announced open com letitive examinations for the posi ion of junior land classifier, at sal aries of SI,OBO to $1,200 a year, ssistant land classifier, at salaries >f $1,500 to SI,BOO, and classifiers at ntrance salaries of SI,BOO to $2,400. lacli appointee’s expenses w’hen or. ield duty will be paid by the Burvey. 7o formal written examination is .rescribed by the commission, and •andidates are not required to as emble for examination in any par ieular place. They will be required o file with the commission certifl •ates as to their training and exper ence, from which ratings will be nade by the commission. A VICIOUS KICK. Raymond O’Connor has been nurs ng a very sore foot during the week, imping around like one who has -een better days or a “pollu” just eturned from the trenches, as the result of a kick from a horse Ray mond and another lad, Joe Hauger, vere'riding along Sunday last, when be former in spuring his horse, ac- Identallv tickled the flank of the aigh-horse w'ith the toe of his boot. The nigh-horse resented such 1 icklish business by letting go a wdft cow-kick with its off-foot vhich landed squarely on Raymond’s pedal extremity and nearly knocked ' nis nigh-foot “oil.” No bones were ; broken, however. Raymond went i borne for repairs and has since been j wondering if the prohibition law, which so effectively took the “kick” out of w'hiskey, wouldn’t be a pretty good thing to try on horses. .CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR. John Newton, who has a ranch i near Empire Flat, was hailed into • ihe justice court Monday last, on a ; < harge of misdemeanor preferred by ; Jack O’Connor of Parker, who also has a ranch near that place. The i complaint alleged that New'ton tore down and removed certain fences enclosing a millsite and other lands belonging to O’Connor, during the latter’s absence, and refused, when requested, to replace the fences or otherwise repair the damage, the de fendant claiming as his reason for i the action that the land In question belonged to him. Newton, when he appeared In court, claimed to be too ; ill to proceed with the case, and a continuance was granted until Tues day, October 2d. PARKER, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917. toißin VISITS RIMER CHIEF OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IN SPECTS RESERVATION WITH VIEW OF OPENING SURPLUS INDIAN LANDS. Hon. Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs, accompanied by sev eral other officials in the Indian ser vice, arrived in Parker last Friday night, and spent Saturday and Sun day inspecting the Colorado River Indian school and reservation lands. The commissioner was well pleased with the condition of the local Indian school and with the progress beeing made by the Indians in devel oping their allotments. Commissioner Sells was accompan ied by Chief Engineer Reid, Assistant Engineer Olberg, Frank Thackery and Attorney Reeves. They secured much additional data relative to the t reclamation and opening of the sur plus lands, and it is reported that a definite irrigation policy for this project has been adopted by the In dian department. The plans for the irrigation of the • Parker lands have not been given out for publication, but it is said upon reliable authority that the surplus lands are sure to be opened and every effort made to make them produce to their fullest capacity. Owing to the great demand for foodstuffs during the period of’ the war, Commissioner Sells is desirous of more extensive cultivation of In dian lands, and as the surplus lands of the Colorado^River Indian reser vation are capable of producing many thousands t of tons of food stuffs the commissioner is of the opinion they should be made pro ductive at the earliest possible date. During their visit here Superin tendent Duclos entertained the dis tinguished visitors, and showed them what had already been accom plished under the limited pumping facilities of the government plant. Monday Commissioner Sells, En gineer Reid, Mr. Thackery and Superintendent Duclos motored to Blythe, making the trip through the reservation via Ehrenberg. The Blythe trip made for the purpose of showing the commissioner the ex tent of the reservation’s irrigable lands, and, by comparison with the Palo Verde valiey, demonstrating the possibilities of the surplus lands of the reservation under similar conditions. From Blythe the party went to Yuma, and from there Commissioner Sells will probably go direct to Washington to complete his plans for the irrigation and opening of the Colorado River reservation. SWANSEA MINE BIG PRODUCER. E. C. Lane, manager of the Swansea Consolidated Mining company, in the northern part of the county, and Mike Hannon, in the employ of the same company, arrived in Yuma Sat urday, says the Yuma Sun. They came down in an auto on mining business. Mr. Lane is the man who pulled the Swansea mine out of the rut. He took the management when the property was in bankruptcy and was by most people regarded as a failure. He has made a big producer and has paid off all its debts. Swan sea is at this time shipping 300 tons of ore a day of high grade. This ore is going to Humboldt, Clarkdale and Sasco. Mr. Lane is of the opinion that the Swansea Consolidated is des tined to become one of the best pro ! ducing mines in the state. Mike I Hannon says that there is great ac j livity in the northern part of the county and that a number of great mines are sure to be developed in the' Bill Williams country. While here Mr. Hannon visited his ranch in the valley, which he had not seen for several months. You can get more service out of I the famous Goodyear tires than any I other tire made. The Goodyear products are sold with an absolute ! guarantee.We are the sole agents for j these famous tires for this part of , Yuma county. Mall orders prompt ly attended to. We carry all sizes of tires and tubes. Your patronage respectfully solicited Parker Motor Co.—Adv PRICE Os com ED AT TWENTY-THREE AND A HALF CENTS BY AGREEMENT BE TWEEN GOVERNMENT AND COPPER PRODUCERS. I Copper prices have been fixed at I 23 V 2 cents a pound, about three cents : below the prevailing market price, by agreement between the govern ment and leading copper producers, effective for four months. Sales to the government, the pub lic and the allies will be at this price, f. o. b. New York, and produ cers agreed not to reduce wages now paid in the industry. They also j pledged themselves .to maintain ; maximum production and to prevent ! copper from falling into the hands j of speculators. All Plants Must Conform. Although the price is fixed, under j voluntary agreement between pro -1 ducers and the governmnt’s war in dustries board, with the president’s approval, it was announced officially i that under the executive .war power, ! “the proper departments of the gov i eminent will be asked to take over the mines and plants of any produc | ers who fail to conform to the agree -1 ment and price.” Recent government purchases of j copper, for war purposes, have been | made under agreement to pay the I price to be determined by the war • industries board. Early in the war, ; vchen copper sold at 3 6 cents* the ; government contracted for 45,000,- ! aOO pounds for the army and navy at 16 2-3 cents, but future contracts j will be at the new rate. The price | agreed upon Saturday was set after j extensive investigation of production coe?s by the federal trade commis sion. The commission’s report was understood to have indicated that copper could be sold profitably at a much lower price than 22 Mi cents, but in reaching its decision, the war industries board, headed by Frank A. Scott, took into consideration that ihe price should not be pared down to the point where production would be discouraged or wages reduced. The Conditions Imposed. “Three Important conditions were imposed by the board,” said the an nouncement. “First, that the producers would not reduce wages now being paid; second, that the operators would sell 10 the allies and to the public at the same price paid by the government, and take the necessary measures, under the direction of the war indus tries board, for the distribution of copper, to prevent it falling into the hands of speculators who would in crease the price to the public; and' third, that the operators pledge themselves to exert every ef fort to keep the production of cop per at the maximum as long as the war lasts.” Present High Wages Assured. Without the wage stipulation, it was explained, present wages, the highest ever paid in the copper in dustry, would be reduced by the new under-market price. “Within the last year,” said the statement, “copper has sold as high as 36 cents per pound, and the mar ket price would now be higher than it is, had it not been well known for some weeks, that the government would fix the price. “The principal copper producers throughout the country have evinced an admirable spirit and for weeks have promptly supplied every request of the government for copper, with out awaiting decision as to price, agreeing to accept the price which the board should fix.” TEXAS' GOVERNOR IMPEACHED. Governor Ferguson of Texas was | convicted Saturday on the first arti j cle of the impeachment proceedings, , according to a dispatch of that date. •The governor for two hours before ! the voting pleaded for acquittal, and | compared himself to Daniel in the lion’s den, fighting for his life. The senate sustained ten charges of im peachment against Governor Fergu son. , FOR SALE—S2S6 in stock of the Commercial Bank of Parker Adjust ment Company for SIOO. Address, jJohn Carson, Parker, Arizona. GOVERNMENTAL IDEAS OF HONOR. President Vv'ilson on several ooca casions, notably In his war message of April 2 and in his reply to ihe peace note of the pope, has called at tention to the fact that no peace can be maintained with the imperial Ger man government; that no autocratic government such as it can be trusted to keep faith; that only free people can hold their purpose aud their honor steady to a common need, and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. The president was only restating a difference between two systems of governmental policy, two different governmental ideas of national honor that has long existed. The quota tions given below show the American idea of a nation’s honor from the in ception of this government down ro the present day and the idea of na tional honor held by the German gov ernment since the days of Frederick the Great. “The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private mor ality. There exists in the course of nature an indissoluble union of vir tue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between honest policy and public felicity. The smiles of heaven can never be expected on a government that disregards the eter nal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained.”—George Washington, President of the United States. April, 1789. “We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and their governments that are observed among the individual citizens of civilized states.”—Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. April, 1917. “We are now in a state of neces sity and necessity knows no law. Our troops have occupied neutrhl Luxemburg and perhaps already have entered Belgium territory. This is a breach of international law. The wrong we hereby commit we will try to make good as soon as our military aims have been attained He who is menaced as we are, and is fighting for his highest possession, can only consider how he is to hack his way through.”—German Chancellor ad dressing the Reichstag, August 4, 1914. The German chancellor was sim ply following the keynote given by Frederick the Great, speaking in 1740: “The question of right is an affair for ministers. Take what you can; you are never wrong unless you are obliged to give back.” Contrast the American and t-he German standards •of national hon or. The honor and good faith of the American government from Washington’s day to Wilson’s are back of the Liberty Loan Bonds. Well may they be called the safest investment on earth—the premier security of the world. ARIZONA LIABILITY LAW IS QUESTIONED. PHOENIX, Sept. 22.—Judge Ross of the supreme court today filed his dissenting opinion in the case of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper company vs. Mendez, involving the Arizona employers’ liability law. Judge Ross declares the act is not a proper exercise of the police pow ers of the state and that it denies the employer due process of law. He deplores the confused, chaotic and unsatisfactory condition of the legal means for settlement of damage cases in Arizona aud expressed the hope that a Just, reasonable and equitable law settling the question of compen sation may soon find a place in Ari zona. The majority opinion of the supreme court filed some months ago, held the employers’ liability law con stitutional. » STEEL PRICES AGREED UPON. Uniform steel prices for the Amer ican government, the public and the allies which represent reductions from 40 to 70 per cent in present market quotations, were approved by President Wilson Monday. The prices were determined in an agreement reachetf between steel producers and the war industries board after conferences lasting more than a month. They were based on cost of production, figures furnished by the federal trade commission, w'hich made an investigation at the president’s direction. The agreement reached stipulates that there shall be no wage reduc tions in the steel Industry, and that producers shall exert themselves to maintain capacity production. Ilf PHI HUH BANK I I WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS— SUCCESS OF THE NEW BANK IS ASSURED. The Parker Valley Bank, with a \ paid-up capital o£ $13,000, will open for business within the next couple of weeks, in the new hotel block. G. A. Marsh, who has been working on the organization of the new bank for the past few weeks, returned from Los Angeles last Saturday and announced that the new institution was assured. Besides $13,000 paid up capital a surplus amounting to $13,000 has been paid in by the stockholders. This latter sum will be used to defray the running ex penses of the bank until such time as the institution is put on a paying basis. The articles of incorporation will be filed within the next few days, and as soon as all of the capital . stock will have been paid in, the state bank comptroller will issue a license. It was the intention of the organ izers of the new bank to name.it the Farmers & Merchant’s Bank, but as that name has been adopted by an other state bank the bank comptroll er requested that another name be used, and it was decided to adopt the name of the Parker Valley Bank. A meeting of the stockholders of the new bank will be called at an early date, at which time a board of directors will be named. Newman . Essick, vice-president of the Califor nia Savings & Commercial Bank of Los Angeles, will be on the board of directors, and will act as one of the auditors of the bank. . The Parker Valley Bank will be among the safest and strongest . banks in the state, as its connection with the California Savings & Com mercial Bank assures its success as a safe and conservative banking in stitution. REFUSES TO ISSUE WARRANT* FOR CHECK SWINDLER. It is easy to pass bogus checks in Parker and escape paying the penalty of the law—that is if the said bogus check does not exceed $lO in amount. Last week Bernard Flin of 'the Cen tral Garage cashed a check for C. L. Smith amounting to $lO, the said Smith being a tourist traveling by auto, and supposed to hall from Aguilla. Smith was given $5 in labor and merchandise and $6 in * cash, giving in return a check on a Phoenix bank. The check was sent in for collection and the bank re turned it with the advice that there were no funds to the credit of Smith to pay same. After realizing that he was bun coed, Mr. Flin demanded a warrant from the local justice for the appre hension of Smith, but the local justice stated as the amount was so small he would not issue a warrant for Smith. M. Flin says he de- ' ~ matided the warrant for Smith’s arrest four times, but there was nothing stirring with thee local J. p in filing complaints against people who obtain money under false pre- I tenses, especially where the amount | is a mere $lO. Not being able to have the ea raping criminal arresed through i the local court, Mr. Flin will leave ! for Bouse tomorrow, where he will | file information before Justice of • | the Peace DeSpain. Justice in the j local court has been a joke of long j standing, and the present instance Is only a repetition of numerous others. Business men should exercise great caution in accommodating strangers who want to cash checks, as it is evident they cannot get the local authorities to bring the bogus check swindlers to justice, in the event that they should be swindled • A big stock of Goodyear tires, tubes and other accessories have just been received by the Parker Auto Co. We carry all sizes of tires and. tubes, and we are better able ;to j take care of your wants in this line than ever before. Parker Motor Co, i —Adv. NO. 20.