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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-09-03
Collecting Accounts.

The collection of small accounts by
mail is probably one Of the most diff
ficult things for any one to attempt.
A good letter Is always better than
a poor collector, and it may be that
q good collector will do still better
work than good letter, A man
writes to me that he had otflce-men
who could collect down to three per
cent by letter, while others were not
able to get below fifteen per cent. He
wanted to know what | could do to
help his helpers. don't know what
| could do; but | believe 1t Is possible
to paint the masterpieces Of the art
galleries by machinery when we know
how to make the machines,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-09-03
Self.Management.

No doubt you have realized that the
popular educational information
turned out by the printing press dur
ing the last century has caused things
to be little different from what they
once were. The manager is not able
to do to-day in the same way that
which he could do twenty, forty, sixty
years ago. And the time is coming
when, II he would be successful, he
must not only have wit and a strong
hand, but q humane heart and an
ever clear head. As some may not
recognize the necessity Of an occa-
sional rest from everyday work,
will repeat a story | heard recently
A great corporation offered smaller
one $4,000 in settlement of a claim.
The small concern refused. The large
one had famous lawyer with assist
ants, witnesses and money The law
yer of the little concern had little
money and had to fight 1t alone, After
securing 100000 for his clients he
confessed he never could have lived
through the fight II 1t had not been
for his habit OF dropping all work at ,
Saturday and not taking 1t
up again until Monday morning.
know OF another man who made a
practice Of lying down after the most
difficult mornings work 6f the week,
and by sheer will-power forcing him
self to take a fifteen.minute nap be.
fore starting OH for the most difficult
afternoons work of the week, It Is
necessary to know yourself and know
low to manage yourself. The success
'ul management of men begins In the
correct management Of self
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-09-03
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Meeting Emergencies.

Some managers are like oil on
troubled waters and are successful II
things move along all right, but IL
condition requiring original and
rapid thought Genes up they fall
down, Other managers are like peb-
bles in your shoe, but on account Of
their unlimited natural strength they
just make things hum a golden tune
whether anybody likes it or not.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-09-03

Fall In Alpine Crevasse.
Herbert K. Manner, an experienced
young American Alpinist, and his
guide have had a remarkable escape
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
DAIRY INTERESTS IN MESA.

Statistics show that among the many
great Industries of the United States
the dairy interest stands pre-eminent.
Nine HUNDRED millions of dollars of
annual production, distributed among
thousands of producers. creamery men.
cheese makers, dealers and laborers III
every department of the work, must
indeed prove a material factor of gem
eral prosperity. 1t is also a known fact
that no class of peoples are more uni
forinly successful than the dairymen,
and no sections of our country present
so many visible signs of permanent
prosperity as those sections devoted to
daiFying. Ii accurate means were at
hand to give perfect statistics the value
OF the milk product OF this country
would probably prove to be close upon
81 coo. 10000 anually-more than twice
the value of the wheat crop of the en-
tire country.
But the dairy industry has grown
from nothing until today it is one OF
our leading sources of income, bring
ing into the valley not less than S1O0,
600 annually and contributing an an
nual product of no less than Si25,000.
In fact some conservative men place
it much higher. But this much at least
is known from actual figures based up
on actual sales.
Naturally you ask what are some ct
the factors which have contributed to
the building up of this industry?
First. the mild and equable climate
of our valley has proven the natural
home and paradise for the dairy COW.
Freed from the excessive cold and Sc
verestorms Of other sections she will
produce larger returns and continue in
milk more continuously. Then again
our luxuriant alfalfa comes as near be-
ing balanced ration as anything
known-that is as any one thing. That
being true, naturally our cows need
never be hungry. This feed. combined
with sorghum for a part of the year,
and the fresh green grain fields for the
winter months. with plenty of hay al
all seasons, leaves little to be desired
for the highest productiveness at the
least cost. Then to give impetus to the
business comes the fact that we arc
surrounded III our own territory with Il
market which as yet we are in no wise
able to supply.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

jected milk is not wasted, but returned
TO patrons OF the creamery to be used
| for food Tor calves or pigs The milk.
after separation from the cream runs
through pipes into a vat from which
it is pumped by a check pump" This
pump operates on the principle CT q
nickel lin the-sl machine. For in
stance, the customer is entitled to thir-
ty pounds of milk; he is given a metal
check for thirty pounds which he drops
into the slot and the pump will start
and he will get thirty pounds and no
more. Another is entitled to one hun
dred pounds of milk. He gets a check
for that amount and again the pump
does just what IL is paid to do by the
size of the check. BY this means each
patron receives absolutely fair treat
ment in the distribution. of the skim
med" milk.
The cheese press and arrangements
for making and handling the product
are equally up to date. and there is no
reason why as fine cheese cannot be
turned out at this plant as any in the
west.
The engine for pumping water from
the well. for charging the pipes with
ammonia, and all machinery connected
with the plant are OF the most modern
make, and put in working order by ex
pert machinists. There is in fact moth
ing cheap about the plant. 1t is just
such an one as enterprising business
men would erect.
The present officers of the company
are DR.. Z. NJ. Wilbur. president: w.
A. Macdonald, Jos. w. Clark, Burt
Wingar and j. G.. Spangler, directors
and the latter two treasurer ana secre-
tary respectively.
Naturally Mesa feels proud of her
new creamery. This has long been the
principal dairy section of the territory.
Several small creameries have been in
successful operation for years. and the
new establishment will increase the in
terest taken in the dairy business ami
stimulate the increase of dairy cattle
and the Improvement of the grade by
the farmers.
The new plant means a vast increase
in the wealth of the community and
should have. the patronage of all our
people.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
Mesa, the Gem City
Continued from 9Th page)

the leading papers of two of the lead
ing cities in the valley. the Mesa Free
Press and the Arizona Republican. they
handling the Mesa department of that
progressive paper, are thus able to
keep in touch with the business inter-
ests of the valley.
F. T. Pomeroy. who is also the justice
of the peace of his district, has been
in the real estate business with the
Pomeroy Bros since 1898. and has had
q good business in conveyancing and
attending to legal papers for his clients,
and is fully equipped 10 attend TO any
business affairs that are placed in his
hands. He is also assistant secretary
and manager of the Highland Water
Co, and has now a force of men and
teams cleaning that canal.
They have in charge a large list of
the Highland and Consolidated lands
under the Mesa and Utah and Tempe
Canals and are listed with. them for
from 500 to 500 per acre. according to
location and Improvement. They also
have a good list of city property, both
improved and unimproved. which they
can handle at reasonable prices.
They have an extensive insurance
business, numbering i'm their list four
teen OF the best insurance companies
doing business in the valley They So
licit CORES ondenCe, and are ever ready
to give reliable information or to drive
the stranger or visitor over their in
comparable district. They have stu
pendOus faith in the future of the Salt
river valley and are anxious to convey
this enthusiasm to substantial citizenc
from the outside
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

CONTINUED on page 12.)
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
IRRIGATION.

Arizona, without water, is q land of
desolation and ella monsters; and jack
rabbits carry canteens. Turn on the
water, and the desert blossoms like the
rose of Sharon. There have been mil
lions of words written about irrigation
and every one of them is true, simply
because the subject cannot be eXagger-
ated. And Mesa has a better water sys-
TEN and makes better use of low water
of the valley.
Mesa Canal System. .
Eighteen miles distant from Phoenix
lies the town o; Mesa. This was first
settled and laid out for a colony from
Utah in 1878. II is now a substantially
built town, with good brick business
block, banks, hotels, public schools,
churches, and all the appointments of IL
modern city. An irrigation canal was
run from Salt river and in this work
they took advantage of the old work.
iEgs of the prehistoric irtigators. The
channel of the old canal, filled with the
sand and debris of ages, was discovered
and cleaned out. and used for a long
distance, and in a year nine and half
miles of ditch were ready for use. and
the land below it brought under cult
walton. From that period Mesa and it's
surrounding country have steadily
grown. BY an arrangement greatly to
the benefit of the settlers at Mesa and
its vicinity. the irrigation system has
been merged into that of the Consoli-
dated Canal Company.
For thirteen years the original ditch
and its laterals supplied the $500 acres
Of land which had, during that time,
been gradually brought within it's pro-
vince, but in 1891 the population of the
district had SO increased and the de-
n1ands for water had become so much
more numerous that it was deemed ad-
visable to greatly enlarge the scope
of its functions, and to that end what
is now known as the Consolidated Ca
nal Company was organized, one of the
most far-reaching and comprehensive
Institutions of its kind in the great
Under this system today there are
ITO, 900 acres of absolutely level land,
not merely susceptible of irrigation, but
in their natural topography so irri-
gable as to render these canals phe-
valuable and effective.
The headgate of the Consolidated
canal is located exactly
where the aboriginal irrigators took
their canal from the Salt river. The
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
The Mesa Dairy and Ice Co.'s Plant the
Best in the Territory.

The Mesa Dairy and Ice Co.'s Plant the
Best in the Territory.
In September of this year the new
plant of the Mesa Dairy K Ice Co. was
completed and IS one of the most up-Jo
date plants in the territory.
The plant complete cost between $25,-
600 and $4,000; is fitted throughout
with modern. up to date appliances for
the economical manufacture of butter,
cheese and ice.
II was built by the stockholders of
the company. who are Mesa business
men, dairy men and farmers.
The company owned the ground upon
which il is located. just west of town,
on the line of the Phoenix & Eastern
road. The location is an ideal one.
Convenient Of access, only a short dis
tauce from some of the best dairy
farms in the valley. and with access to
the markets of the world with it's pro
ducts. A spur of the p. & f. viii be
alongside the northern platform of the
plant, and butter cheese and ice can
pc loaded for shipmnet with no expense
for carriage or handling.
The building is of brick, substan-
TALLY constructed and under one roof
are the ice freezing and ice storage
rooms, the cheese curing and cheese
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

% 1O' e''IN1 oPtO4U, Unfairly
Kenton, Ohio Aug %, 1903
Some eight years ago a small blister
appeared on my upper lip. tried several
local applications in an effort to heal it, bur
without avail. Finally consulted a doctor
but the sore did not yield to his treatment
so consulted another without any better
results The third doctor pronounced il
Eczema. The sore in the meantime had
spread quite a little and the skin ebout the
sore was discolored. After treating il for
Eczema and not getting any better. the doc
tor pronounced it Epithelioma Cancer, and
advised that go to Chicago and have it cut
out. did not do this. but having had S. s. s
recommended to me by a couple of friends.
began its use, and the sore soon began to
heal, and after using some six bottles of the
medicine it healed up entirely, and has never
returned. Several years have elapsed since
It's disappearance. JOHN L. SANS
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

nails. All that is said of Mesa lands
holds good under this canal.
Utah Irrigating Association has 12S
shares of the old stock and about 100
shares of high water stock, which are
owned by the land owners. and board
of directors elected by the stockholders
controlsand direct its affairs.
The present board are f. r.. Jones.
y. Far Johnson. II. Simkins, Samuel
o. Fenshaw and w. W. Dobson.
The Highland Water Co.
The Highland canal heads some three
miles above the Mesa canal and is the
highest water way on the south side OF
the river. This canal is some fourteen
miles long and irrigates about 1O,1Oe
acres of very rich fertile lands. 1t COW
ers some of the finest fruit lands in the
valley, lying to the north and east Of
the city of Mesa and traverses through
out rich fertile body of land. This
canal is owned by Swiss capitalists ami
operated by local board of directors,
consisting of Elijah Coffin, president;
George Christy vice president and
treasurer; w. f. Pomeroy, secretary
and manager, and f. T. Pomeroy, as
sistant secretary and manager. Owing
10 the continued drouth OF the pase
four years. the canal has only been in
operation as flood water demanded, but
is HOW being cleaned and repaired, and
v i'll be put in first-class condition and
so maintained. This canal will I'M all
probability be purchased by the land
owners, whose holdings have been al
most universally signed up for in the
Water Users Association for reservoir
water. Lands under this canal are eX-
pected TO advance very materially In
price, and those desiring information
concerning them may communicate with
Assistant Secretary and Manager F. T.
PomerOy ut Mesa, ATiz.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

earth as it does in the valleys of.Arl-
IONA. In the Salt river valley more
than fifty thousand acres are seeded to
1t, and the crop of hay is an enormous
one 1t is shipped east TO New Or
leans, north to Denver, south into Mex
leo and west to the coast cities. Bit
greatest of all consumption IS that by
cattle brought from the mountain
ranges to be fattened in the valley
Every year, the greater number coming
In the springtime. there are driven to
the valley from $4,000 to 10000 head Of
range cattle. In the fall they are ready
for the block. The day has gone by
when beef could be secured from the
range, so the whole of Arizona is Sup
piled from the valley with meat Steers
straight from the alfalfa fields of the
Salt river valley i'm certain months of
the year comprise the greater part OF
the beef supply of Denver and Los An
geles. Again, much of the corn fed beef
so popular with the packers of the
middle west comes from Phoenix or
Tempe, and is merely topped off, by
the Kansas feeders.
Alfalfa is the main stay of the .Salt
river valley +a1rner. rarely lnes he
fai! to cuc three crops season. and.
five. He is reasonably sure OF at least
six tons to the acre, and it will bring
him never less than 81 the ton IN the
stack, before baleing. Double this pric.
has been known of late years. Thus
at the least calculation. quarter sec
ton will produce about $4,000 worth of
hay in year of which at least one
half is profit to the farmer. 1t is a
lazy mans crop. too. Save in the crop
ping time there is little to do save keep
fences in order.
While there is large profit in leasing
pasture to stockmen. the best returns
are TO those who do their own feeding.
who buy the lean cattle from the hills
and sell feedrs in the ia.l. It is not
unusual for a thrifty farmer thus tn
double. his investment within four
months
These great alfalfa fields afford n
charming vista on practically every
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

New Castle, Pa.
was the victim of severe burn having
stepped into a crucible of molten iron. NV
right foot to the shoe top was fearfully
burned. You can get an idea of its severity
by my telling you that I was unable to walk
Tor months. l suppose my blood was bad
as the place did not seem to heal Get
ting discouraged at the slow progress
towards recovery, l decided to use s. S. S.,
and am pleased to say that the medicine did
its work well. 1t went into the circulation.
thoroughly oleansed and enriched my blood,
and In due time the affected area began to
heal To-day it is entirely healed and S s.
deserves great credit for what it did for me.
10 Pearson st. CHARLES HUNTER.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

storage and the butter making and
butter cold storage rooms,
In the ice freezing rgom the watts are
so arranged that. travelling crane car
Ties each case. containing soc pounds.
to the recepticle for loosening its cou-
tents. From this a chute conveys the
cakes of ice to the storage room, where
ammonia pipes keep it solidly frozen
until sent out on its mission of cooling
the public.
The capacity of the ice making ma
chinery is twelve tons per day.
In the butter making room a Jewell
engine supplies power to run the ma
chinery. A 600 gallon vat receives the
milk. and from this is conveyed by
pipes to two simplex separatOrs. each
with a capacity of handling 5000 gal
Ions of milk per hour. The milk is re-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

turned to Il large vat and the cream
passes into a pasteurizer. where all
germs are rendered harmless, and the
pure, sweet cream is conducted to 4
Boyd 'ripener." This is so arranged
that exactly the right temperature is
obtained, and the cream is then ruiz
through pipes into a monster rotary
churn with u capacity of 1000 pounds o.
butter per day. A butter worker, at
tached TO movable truck, extends in
to the center of the churn. When the
butter comes" it is worked by this
machinery and loaded into a tray which
is removed to the jumbo moulder. This
consists of a monster tray, and by a
system of ingenius but simple mechan-
ism is moulded into proper sized cakes
for market.
SO much for the cream. But the re-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
ALFALFA ON MESA LANDS.

Alfalfa otherwise known as Lucerne
or Chilean clover) is the staple and by
far the most important crop of the
salt river valley. Found in no more
hIxuriant growth than in the fine sandy
alleuYial soils contiguous to Mesa. 1t
is doubtful II il fiourishes elsewhere on
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
OLD SORES
ULCERS
Assesses

boil or blister pinple burn often develops into
ennheathy condition of the blood and the place will
reaching the bones and causing them decay unless
the blood is purged and purified and the system thor
oughy cleansed of all morbid and unhealthy accumu-
ations. This cannot be done with washes saves and
soaps, which only afford temporary relief
Such things neither make the blood any purer nor
the system any cleaner and to depend upon them alone
IS sucida- and senseless The ulcer is only
symptom, an outlet for the posons circulating in the
blood and long it remains impure the sore will
never heal 1t may scab and appear to be getting
WELL but fresh outpour of matter from the diseased
blood starts it again, and thus it goes on sometimes
for years. slowly sapPng away the life of the patient
The only way to get rid of these disgusting evil
dences OF impure blood is to remove the cause by
purifying the polluted blood and nothing does this so
surely and effectively S. S. S. 1t drives out of the
circulation impurities and germs of every kind and
under the tonic effect of this great remedy the general
health rapidly recuperates and brokeldown constitu
tons are built up and strength and vgor are restored
to all parts of the system When S. S. S. gets into the
circulation impurities that have been clogging the
blood and causing the old ulcer are driven out
through the natural channels of the body and the
place begins to heal, the discharge gradually ceases
new flesh and IL,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25
SURE INDICATIONS
OF BAD BLOOD

There is better evidence of bad condition of the blood
and unhealthy state of the system than that heal OF
restoring dlscargng Ulcer Abscess There many ways
by Which the blood become
long spell OF malaa fever other facilitating sickness the
excessive OF diseases inactive kidneys and
md lack of nourisng food constitution and cause
ongsed with impurities which taken up by the blood and
rulsed or scratched fostering dcarging ulcer begins
or burn often develops into frgtfu looking Sore because Of
of the blood and the continue TO qr and sneod f
The Washington bee., 1903-01-17
BUZZARD FLEW AWAY.
AAd with Him Went Game Rooster
That Was Tied TO His Feet for
Hot Fight.

Jack Wills, Of Winchester, Ky, fer
mer representative in the legislature,
enjoys the reputation of being a prac-
tical joker of no mean capacity. His
brother-in-law, George Ballard, a
prominent breeder of fine horses and
owner of Pnchem Wilkes, a noted
PAGER, has on his place pen of high
~ bred game chickens.
While George was showing Jack his
faVorite rooster and expatiating on hie
great prOwess Jack pretended to re-
gard the bird as very ordinary chick
en- and said he could whip him with
q buZlard.
A hot argument enSued resulting in
q match being arranged for between
the rooster and buzzard. which Jack
agreed to produce. Jack had a trap
set, and in 4 short time his uncommon
warrior, a very large buzzard, was
brought to him.
According to the terms of the con-
test the rooster was duly equipped
with gaffs, and the two birds were
linked together by the feet with a
yard or so of stout cord intervening
20 give room for action, as Jack ex-
planned.
As the rooster braced himself for
the onslaught the buzzard regarded
him with stoIid Indifference. and at the
first pass lifted his wings and sailed
away, with the rooster squawking in
SIS wake. George ran for q Gun. but
before he could get back with IL the
buzzard and the rooster were high il
the air and away out of reach OF his
Iowling piece. The distressing cries
Of the unfortunate rooster grew faint
er ana fainter, until finally they were
heard no more, aad the i.I-mated pair
faded away in the ether blue. Moth
ing has. since been heard of the birds,
and while Jack is telling the story
with much gusto George is mourning
the loss of his best gamecock.