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The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
The Wonderful Delta.

The following interesting ar ticle is taken from the New Years edition of the San Diego Union:
 The Colorado river has made it's way through the passes and defiles of the Rocky mountains, carving from the solid the inde- scribable grandeurs of the ia nous canyon in Northern Ari- zona, and debouched upon the southwestern plains and deserts on its way to the Gulf of Cali fornia, before it becomes availa- ble for irrigation upon any large scale. Its true delta was formed on its right bank along the southeastern extremity of Cali fornia, reaching many miles in to Mexico. Here is the most re- markable body of land to be found in North America. The conditions which make this so extraordinary a field for irriga- tion, for settlement and for the production of regular and profit able crops may be but faintly conveyed by verbal description, and must be seen to be fully ap- preciated. But these conditions relate to it's extent, to its feTtil- ity, to the abundance, cheapness and easy application of water supply, and to the advantages of the climate. When these points are comprehended in their full significance, no argument is required to prove the need and value of a railroad outlet to tide water. Here are approximately 2,OOO,OOO acres lying in one com pact body. It's fertility, now demonstrated by actual cropping, follows as natural consequence of the process which created it for it is one uniform deposit of sedimentary soil, built up through the ages by the rivers overflow. In some places the soil reaches a depth of several hundred feet. The superabund- ant water supply is turned upon the land by the simplest and easiest methods. The Colorado delta is the bed of an ancient sea, or, more properly speaking, was formerly a large arm of the Pa cific ocean. The climate, which is distinctly that of the semi tropics, is favorable to the pro- duction of crops throughout the year. This factor more than doubles the productive capacity of each acre of land. Thus we have, in a single body, practical ly all of which will be irrigated, in time, 2,0OO,O00 acres-more land than is now irrigated in all the rest of California; more land than is now irrigated in Utah and Colorado combined; more than in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana combined. And the climate and range of production are such as to assure the maxi mum result upon each acre.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
The Otter's Romance.

A bit of romance which cOlOred the lives of the native women in the early days of the Russian occupation of Alaska, was due entirely to the sea otter. The right to hunt them was pro- scribed to all except natives or the husbands of native wives. As the pursuit was exceedingly profitable, and the women not al- together bad looking, there came about amarrring epidemic among the white sailors, especially the Scandinavians, which gave the dark skinned belles chance to be courted into home of their own, which, it is safe to say, they never enjoyed before. From these unions grew up a race Of hardy half breed otter hunters whose prowess is still famous on the coast.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
He Went Round 1t.

Before Bismarck reconstructed the map of Europe, and made d united Germany, dozen little principalities used toannoy tray elers by stopping them at their frontiers until they had satisfied the custom house demands. A Yanl1ee once had his carriage stopped at the frontier of a petty Prince country. The Herr Ober, controleGr at the custom house came forward, and, much to his indignation, was received in a
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
The Heaviest Locomotives Ever
 Built.

The following is a description of the ten wheel locomotives now being built for the Santa Fe.
 Two of these big engines are now
 in use on the heavy grades in California, and six more are to be delivered within a few months.
 The engines weigh in working order 259, 800 pounds, the weight on the drivers being 232, ,00O pounds, and the weight on the truck, 27, 500 pounds. These To- comotives, in point of weight,
 exceed the heaviest engine built by nearly 10000 pounds. This weight is distributed over five pairs of driving journals, and, as a consequence, no excessive weight has been placed on any pair of journals. The truck and the two forward drivers are capitalized and the three rear dri- vers are capitalized. The total rigid wheel base is twenty feet, and in this connection it will be noted that all wheels are Hanged.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

The Dodge & Co. smelling plant at Bisbee is to be moved to the new town of Douglas. The new plant will have a capacity of 1900 tons daily. It is the in tention of the company to bring refractory ores from Globe and Nacosari and smelt them at Douglas.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

The city election held on Mon day for the purpose of incorpor- ating under the provisions of Chapter 9, Title II, of the Re vised Statutes of Arizona, re- suited in tig majority for re- incorporating on a broader and more comprehensive basis.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
Desert Land, Final Proof f-No
 tice for Publication.

United States Land Office, Tucson, Arizona,
 Jan. 17, 1902. Notice is hereby given that John c. De Witt, Of Yuma, Arizona, has filed notice Of intention to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 2912 for the NE NWA, SE4 NW14 and NEA SW14 Sec. 20. T. 9. s. R. g w., G. and s. R. E. and M, before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma. Arizona on Saturday, tho first day of March. 1902.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
 John " Taggart, Thomas Despair and Frank W. Jordan, of Yuma. Arizona and John l. Toler of Somerton, Arizona.
 MILTON R. MOORE, Register. First publication Jan. 22, l9S2.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Members of congress from the Pacific Coast are deeply inter- ested in the construction of a Chinese wall around the United States-only this wall is to keep the Chinese on the outside.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Phoenix is to have another daily paper. A deal has been consummated whereby the Ari- zona Democrat becomes the prop erty of Sam Webb and John Dunbar.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

The Southern Pacific has in augurated the following low rates for colonists to this coast. The rates go into effect on the first of the month. S25 from Missouri river, S33 from Chicago, and S30 from St. Louis.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

The maximum limit of the riv- CTS and harbors appropriation bill is fixed at sixty millions of dollars. Yuma will be cOntented if it receives the one hundred thousand dollars asked for by the levee commission.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

The Tempe News warns the public against a fellow named Harry Wilson, who claims to be an oculist, physician and likewise a barber. The News says he is a dead beat. He left Tempe for Yuma. Look out for him.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Our troops will be properly housed and cared for in the Phil ippines, the democratic minority to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Government ownership of tel egraphs is a possibility of the near future. The senate com mittee on postofices and post roads is preparing a measure for the purchase of existing lines and it is declared that President Roosevelt and his closest politi- cal and personal friends in con- gress favor it, and that Henry c. Payne, an expert organizer, was made Postmaster General in order to assist in carrying out this plan. The measurerit is believed will be popular with the people because it will promise an immediate reduction in telegraph tolls. The capital stock of the two great companies, the Vest ern Union and Postal, aggregates $171, GOO, ,000, which is prepared to pay for by the issue of thirty year two per cent bonds, and these will probably be offered to the public as an investment, so that it will really be benefited by the purchase. These bonds will be accepted as security for National banks, and will be eagerly sought after.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
KEEP YOUR EYE ON YUMA.

Take this paper if you want to be well informed. It will give you more points than a paper of pins.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19
Bilious COiiC.

H. Seever, a carpenter and builder of Kenton, Tenn, when suffering intensely from an at tack of bilious collie, sent to a near by drug store for something to relieve him. The druggist sent him a bottle of Chamber lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr- hoea Remedy, three doses of which effected permanent cure. This is the only remedy that can be depended upon in the most severe cases of collie and cholera morbus. Most druggists know this and recommend when such a medicine is called for. For sale at Cotter's drug store.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Assemblyman Bonnet has in troduced bill in the New York legislature to prohibit street flirting.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

If whiskey was not an antidote for snake bites, what excuse would snake have for living?
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

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The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

Location notices for sale at the Sen tinel office.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

In 1878 Sierra Nevada mining stock advanced from $3 to S183.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-19

That Monday. February IT, l9OZ, at the court house Of Yuma county, in the territory of Arizona, in said corpora tlGn, between the hours of a. m. and p. m.,a vote will be taken by the quail fled electors of said corporation who are property tax payers therein, upon the question of granting or refusing the above petition for disinccrpOratiOn. The clerk is instructed to have print ed 1000 ballots and poll list in conform ity with the requirements of law
 On motion recorder is allowed a clerk until February l, 1902.
 On motion board adjourned until 10 o'clock a. h., February 21, 1902.
 C. P. CROWN, T. w. UNDERHILL,
 Clerk. Chairman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18

to make as we'll as receive concessions
II the wish of the masses of the Eng
lish and Boer peoples is fulfilled peace
will be arranged on foundation built
of concessions from both sides of the
controversy.
England will do we'll to make peace.
The loss of prestige consequent on con-
cession is past consideration. Her
prestige is lost as fully as another year
of unsuccessful war could lose 1T. II
she attains the supervision of the
Tranvaal she has accomplished the end
she has long desired and the Angliciza-
ton of South Africa will follow as Il
natural sequence. The conquest may
be completed more thoroughly by Eng
lish farmers and enterprise than by
British bayonets. With the opening up
of Dutch South Africa to trade and set
Element the Boer must lose his narrow
ness and keep step with the world or
be pushed aside. Twenty years of
English supervision of the South Afri-
can territory will restore all that has
been lost by war and plant splendid
state where the narrow, half hermit
Dutch republic once existed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
WHY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST woMEN7

| A circular sent out by Hon. j. Il
Proctor. president of the civil service
| commission, should furnish political
| equality clubs and woman suffragists
generally. with cause for complaint, eS
| postulation and cenSure of the domi-
nant sex. Under the rules of the COM
mission referred to as well as under
statutory provision, officers making re-
QUESTION for certification of those eligi-
bic to fill vacancies are given the right
to specify the sex of the person 20 be
circular that women have been dis
eliminated against in this matter and
the specifying of males has become
general. AS a result during the past
three or four years many male elegi-
bles who made comparatively low av-
erages have received appointment
while at the same time the stenography
and typewriting and some other spe-
cial registers have been abundantly
supplied with female eligibles having
high averages" The register of males
has scarcely a name left upon 1T while
the names Of eighty females with high
averages appear on the female register
Mr.. Proctor suggests that selections
from the lists of eligibles be made
without regard to sex, excepting where
some vital reason exists. He thinks
expert stenographers, typewriters, etc.
should not be Disseminated against fol
personal or political reasons
There seems to be more expediency
than justice in the specifying of males
with a low average over women with
high qualifications. Still. there is prob
ably a reason for the discrimination OF
1t would not exist. 1t is scarcely cred
ible that the head of a department
whose promotion depends very largely
on the efficiency and discipline of those
under his supervision. would pass by
an eligible technically expert and Sc
Iect one less dextrous without some
sufficient reason. Possibly it is a ques-
ton of discipline and the feminine Gus
tom of having the last word is at the
root of the discrimination in favor OF
men. Perhaps the prejudice against
the customs and costume of DR.. Walker
has never been entirely eliminated in
official circles. AT any rate the ladies
are recipients of injustice at the hands
of the department heads and the mat
ter is to be investigated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
DEMOCRATIC USE OF MILES.

The real Importance of the Miles epi-
sode is explained in the following from
the columns of the democratic Tele-
graph Herald of Dubuque:
THE president, who dreams of mill
itary despotism, with himself as the
principal despot, is opposed to tbs
plans suggested by General Miles and
in hearty accord with the policy of
Secretary Root, which is not singular
fact, for the present conduct Of the wal
Is in conformity with the chief execu
tive's wishes"
Coupled with the now famous alarm
raised by Henri Watterson about the
Man on Horseback" we can see what
purpose underlies the fuss that General
Miles has deliberately stirred up with
the administration. 1t is political mis-
chief-making, pure and simple. The
cry of despotism in a country where
the people are free to vote the despo.
out every four years. and to tie him
hand and foot with an adverse congress
every two years, will be received with
ridicule everywhere. The attempt to
make an issue out of this Miles affair
will prove abortive. The public knows
that Miles has been disturbing ele-
ment in army circles for years. His In
sane vanity and Unsuitable ambition for
notoriety, if not political preferment,
has led him to become chronic
"knocker.' He quarreled with Presi-
dent Cleveland, also with President
Mckinley, and now has picked a row
with President Roosevelt, and it is not
surprising thai. the latter should make
short work of giving Miles his orders.
1t is the Roosevelt way. Miles will be
retired, as he ought to be, and the man
on horseback. the despot who is said to
be riding down the liberties of free
republic, will continue to appoint Iowa
men to good jobs on the public service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
A PROSPECT OF PEACE.

There now seems to be a prospect of
permanent peace in South Africa. No
peace treaty can be concluded, how
ever. that preserves the independence
from British rule of the Dutch repub-
lies but this the Beers are reported
ready to waive if granted autonomy
and political government. They
insist On a general and complete am
nesty, the restoration of the farms des-
troyed by the British armies and that
the invaders shall pay all expenses of
amount to the establishment of a home
rule government under British super
vision and put the South African prov
ince practically on level with Can
ada.
There is a strong likelihood that
these concessions will be granted in
the face of strong opposition by Mr..
Chamberlain and those who favor a
war of determination or absolute con-
quest. The great mass OF tne BRUSH
people are i'll favor of an end to the
drain on its purse and manhood and
its wishes are likely to prevail. The
Boer war which England hoped TO end
successfully within a few weeks has
proved the greatest strain ever borne
by that country. The people of the
Transvaaf are as anxious for peace as
the English commonalty. Mr.. Kruger
from safe distance and with pie
thoric pocket book may counsel
continuation of hostiilties, but the
Boer farmer who has seen his farm
house go up in smoke and his family a
part Of concentration camp is ready
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
FEW TO MOURN SUBSIDIES.

Republican leaders in the United
States senate have decided to ABANDON
all effort to pass snip subsidy bill and
ii is well, Economically there may be
merit in the scheme of subsidies for
American shipping. altho we have NOT
all been convinced of the fact, but po-
litically the subsidy scheme would have
been a most unfortunate piece of legis-
lation. In these days of the billion dol
lar combine, the beef trust litigation
and sugar trust legislation, the fund of
campaign explosives for the dema-
gogue and the class prejudice agitator
is large enough already to cause untold
trouble. 1t is time that the careful
conservative elements now in control
of the government thru the success OF
the republican party take precautions
to allay the prejudice against property
and business success that is bound to
be excited in the minds of the masses
in the next political campaign.
Economically the subsidy scheme
was no different in principle from the
protective tariff which fosters infant
industries, the land grants which have
built railroads, the river and harbor
bills which have improved commerce.
or the bounties which have improved
agriculture. There was a large ques.
ton as to the need of subsidies for
shipping at this time, and the letters
from shipbuilders themselves had
raised the suspicion that a little tariff
tinkering in favor Of cheaper steel
plates for this country would have ar
rived at the same result by a short cut
There was great danger that the few
would profit to an inequitable proper
ton and the opportunity offered by the
bill for the demagogue to grow rabid
over the fancied greed of the million
aire made it certain danger to the po-
litical party fathering it, as well as to
the peace Of the country. 1t is well
that the bill is dead. There are few to
mourn its demise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
5 Important Decisions
OFFICERS DE JuRE AND DE

i OttlSE6Sos LIE JOtSE AMI |AI
FACTO.
| A person who intrudes into public
office, claiming to be sheriff, does not
become sheriff de facto. The doctrine
of officers de facto applies for the pro-
| lection of third persons and the public,
who have acquired rights upon the
faith of an appearance of authority and
who will be harmed by the actual truth.
| The doctrine was not established for
the advantage of the intruder, but on
lily for the benefit of third persons and
the public. Chicago Legal News, April
IL.
| LICENSE TAX ON OCCUPATIONS.
| An ordinance imposing a license tax
upon the merchants of a city, by which
| they are divided into classes according
| to the amount of their sales each class
| including all whose sales range be-
tween a certain minimum and maxi
mum amount. does not violate the
equality clause of the 14th amendment
to the constitution of the United States,
altho the result is to make persons in
different classes pay different rates,
and to make those in the same class
| pay a different ratio if the amount of
their sales differ (Clark VS.. City of Tit
usville, U. S. supreme court, % SUI
preme Court Reporter, for April.)
NUISANCE ELS.
1t being the duty of telegraph COM
panies under statute, to receive and
transmit all messages rendered to 1T
which are couched in decent language,
| the fact that such company received
and transmitted race track news to a
certain person who was engaged in
maintaining common nuisance at a
certain place in betting and gambling
on the races thus reported to them,
and that the company delivered the
news to such persons, with knowledge
that such news was to be used for
gaming and betting purposes, did not
make the company guilty of maintain
| ing the nuisance complained Of 81
Southwestern Rep. (kentucky, Judge
| Paynter) SO.
DUTY TO PASSENGERS.
| While a street railway company is
not bound to furnish safe places for
| depositing it's passengers, yet where the
| dangerous condition of a street at the
place of discharging a passenger is
known, or is such as must be known to
/
| darkness. he cannot see it, the COM
rany is bound to warn him of the dam
| ger, or to assist him in safely alight-
ling. 81 Southwestern Rep. (Kentucky
Judge O'Rear) 4.
PURE FOOD LAWS.
| A statue providing that any person
who manufactures or sells any sub
stance made in resemblance of lard, or
as an imitation thereof, shall cause the
package containing it to be labeled
Lard Substitute" is held, in a Minne-
sofa case to forbid the sale of cotto-
lene, unless the package is labeled as
provided in the statute. 81 Lawyers
Reports Annotated, 46S.
BILLS AND NOTES.
The fact that at the time of signing
q note the maker is voluntarily intoXi-
Gated to the extent that he cannot give
the proper attention to the execution
of the instrument, is held, in late
case decided by the supreme court of
| Alabama, not to render the note void.
"a Lawyers Reports Annotated, 440.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18

The Fairfield Ledger gives warning
that when Iowa begins the one or two
term policy with her congressman she
will lose the distinction she now en-
joys in the affairs of the government y
The Cedar Rapids Republican thinks
the beef trust ..is not wholly to blame
for the high prices. Providence which
neglected to send the necessary rain is
quite as much to blame. The farmers
and their hogs"
The Dubuque Telegra PHI Herald pre-
sumes that waterloo will probably
dispense with the Henderson club this
campaign"
The State Register says: THE river
and harbor bill calls for the expendi-
ture of s15O,oOO at Sioux City. An APP
preparation for Des Moines river slack
water canal would be just as reasona
BILE, and a great deal more practical"
The Davenport Leader, mentioning
that Dave Brant, of the Iowa City Re-
publican, asks that the next republican
ticket be a strong one" inquiries: rs
this because he sees the handwriting
Upon the wall or because he feels that
he will prove an element of strength? ~
The Nonpareil casually remarks: "Of
course there is still left to Senator
Jones the opportunity of buying an old
hand press and starting weekly"
The Grundy Republican notes that
there has been some adverse criticism
of the work of the legislature, but is "of
the opinion that the record of the
Twenty eighth general assembly is as
good as that of former Legislative
bodies"
The Algona Republican feels t'.at
1.-The greatest injustice was done the
Northwestern counties by the late IN
eral assembly in continuing the sena-
torial districts as made UP III 1884"
The Sioux City Journal says Il.
those Des Moines murderers shall b.
apprehended there will be few persons
in Iowa SO tender hearted as to regret
that capital punishment has not beer
abolished"
Reduced Rates.
To points in Utah and Colorado via
Chicago Great Western Railway. Free
chair cars. For full information ap-
uly to ]. A. Ellis. ticket agent, Mar
shalltown, la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
a Doctors Bad Plight.

1.-TWO years ago, as result of Sc
we're cold. I lost my voice" writes DR.
M. /. Scarborough of Hebron. o.; then
began an obstinate cough. Every rem
edy known to me as practicing physi-
clan for thirty-five years failed, and
daily grew worse Being urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. Coughs and Colds, found
quick relief. and for the last ten days
have felt better than for two years.
Positively guaranteed for throat and
lung troubles by George P. Powers
druggist. Fifty-cent and 81 trial bot
Ties free