Daily Arizona Silver Belt, 1907-10-19

of weight four pounds. As to Parcels Posts Two interests aro opposing tho ex extension - tension extension of parcels post in this country tho express companies and tho coun country - try country retail merchants. Tho latter fear that tho mail order houses will derive a benefit to their own disadvantage. It is in connection with tho country retail merchants that I desire to speak es especially. - pecially. especially. I proposo to recommend tho estab establishment - lishment establishment of a pnrcols post on rural routes which will meet tho objections of tho small storekeepers and rotnilers. This will bo a boon to our rural popu population, - lation, population, and to tho storekeeper, ns the latter can receive his orders by mail or telcphono and dispatch tho desired mor mor-chandiso - chandiso mor-chandiso by tho rural carrior. Tho farmer will bo saved from hitching up to his horso and losing tho timo ho needs for planting or harvesting his crops, nnd it will cnablo tho storekeopor to incrcaso his sales and moot tho re requirements - quirements requirements of modern trado.

streets. Little work was done, however, as the plow used by tho city street de department - partment department made but one trip down tho street. Sovcral water pipes wore en encountered - countered encountered and the work had to be sus suspended. - pended. suspended. Mayor Sultan notified tho wa water - ter water company to have tho pipes lowered by Monday so that tho work could bo resumed then. There was considerable comment dur during - ing during tho day concerning tho grading and it was freely rumored that an injunc injunction - tion injunction would bo applied for in the district court by Alderman Denis Murphy to prevent tho city from going on with tho work. Mr. Murphy, who is tho heaviest property owner on the east side of tho street, has hiado a strenuous fight against tho cutting down of his side of the street" and had succeeded in de delaying - laying delaying tho grading for several months. If tho work is done as proposed, tho present sidewalk on Broad street in

will at once go on the index expurga expurga-torius. - torius. expurga-torius. The probability of practical jokes will not be considered and hus husbands - bands husbands who slip in a bide door and con confront - front confront photographs of themselves upon tho mirror will understand that their helpmeets have learned of tho new rule. "The law has decided that a man who gets drunk twice a year is a habit habitual - ual habitual drunkard," explained one saloon keeper. "Who can dodge that!" The Liquor Dealers' association also has prepared to have agents point out men whose photographs cannot bo ob obtained. - tained. obtained. The association's officers de declare - clare declare the trade of habitual drunkards is not desired anyway. Five saloon keepers recently havo been fined in South Chicago and many have been warned by judges of the municipal court for selling drinks to habitual drunkards.

other sections of tho city and each Chi Chicago - cago Chicago saloon may have a privato art gallery that will force present theatrical gems and pugilistic posings to the ash heap. The startling similarity of the pres present - ent present collection of photographs has puz puzzled - zled puzzled the saloon men. The description of one 'rends: "About 45, baldheaded, scraggy black beard and one eye." Although the liquor dealers' associ association - ation association asks the proprietor to post the pictures on the mirror, some have ob objected. - jected. objected. Several have decided to place neat plush albums on the bar, whilo others have arranged a decorative scheme in color along tho side walls. No investigation will be made by tho liquor dealers and any man against whom a complaint is lodged by a wo woman, - man, woman, and whose picture is produced.

history of tho order has been a pros prosperous - perous prosperous one nnd plans aro being con consummated - summated consummated to rankc tho ensuing year still moro so. Tho grand lodgo mot again in- tho afternoon and by 4 o'clock had not finished tho routino business. Tho election of officers will take plnco tomorrow. Last evening tho delegates with thoir friends nnd families attend attended - ed attended tho performance of tho "Hollings "Hollings-worth - worth "Hollings-worth Twins" nt tho Elks' opera house and tonight thero will bo a banquet nt tho banquet ball of tho Elks' building. Tho various lodges nro represented by delegates as follows: Arizona lodge No. 1 J. A. Dufton, R. J. Harrell. Nogales lodgo No. 2 A. A. Dohcrty, W. A. O'Connor. Tombstone lodgo No. 3 Ray Swain. Florence lodgo No. 4 Juan Aguilar.

ter completing a three-year scntenco in tho penitentiary, Leroy C. Harding, al alleged - leged alleged to bo Blazer, former 'head of tho defunct Viaduct bank here, wns arrest arrested - ed arrested at tho doors of tho prison today and taken beforo United States Commis Commissioner - sioner Commissioner Johnson. Harding is charged with devising a schemo to defraud by mail at Birmingham, Ala. Harding says that it is a caso of mistaken identity, and thnt ho is not tho Blazer, tho operator of tho defunct bank, nor the Blazer who secured jew jew-olry - olry jew-olry in Cincinnati on falso pretenses. It was for tho Cincinnati crime that Harding was sent to tho penitentiary in 196s. Harding asserts that he is a member of a well-to-do and respected southern family. , Friends of Blnzer say that ho had falso teeth; Tho woman with whom

oflicc department, that the government for a long time had lost on an average of $1,000 daily through error and fraud in tho money order system, the congres congressional - sional congressional commission which is inquiring into postal methods has gone far enough to decide that important reforms nre necessary in the conduct of the service. The postoffice for years has bcenjnth bcenjnth-out - out bcenjnth-out tho bystem of checks and balances known to every efficient private busi business - ness business enterprise. Before steps wero ta taken - ken taken to correct this defect, a postmaster in a western town, for instance, might issue a money order for $100 to be paid in New York. He would receive tho $100 from the applicant and notify the

heavy fines inflicted on saloon keepers and the prosecution of several success successful - ful successful suits against dealers who had sold drinks to habitual drunkards. Their pleas that tho men were unknown to them were unavailing. Hereafter any wife or other relative requesting that no drinks be sold to a man will be requested to bring in a photograph of the bibulous one. Copies then will be made and distributed. On the back of the picture will be placed a description of the man, his name and address. His favorite drink also will bo recorded, together with other notations that may lead to his identification. If tho plan proves successful the liquor dealers intend extending it to