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The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10
GROWS UPON OTHER TREES.
Hawaiian Species Called the Lehua
Must Have Much Suntiuht.

Must Have Much Sunlight.
"Orchids are not the only plants
that grow in the air." said an employe
of the government bureau of forestry
recently in discussing tropical plants.
In the Hawaiian islands is a tree
growing from thirty to 100 feet high
which often begins life away up on
top of other trees. Unless it did this
it could not exist at all in those dark
dank forests. It is a sun-loving tree
Of the kind that foresters call 'intol
Grant, because they will not tolerate
other trees near enough to them &C
shade them.
"These trees are the. lehuas. When
a. mature lehua casts it's seeds, a good
portion of them fall on other trees
Whether these other trees are alive
or dead, the lehua seed begins to ger
inmate on them as healthily as if il
has fallen into the richest earth.
"As soon as the seed opens and be-
gins to sprout tiny roots go climbing
down the trunks of the trees to the
ground. With time, as the little plant
becomes large, the roots increase in
glrth, until at last they are great
solid things, as thick and powerful
as those Of any other big tree.
usually the tree on which the
lehua grows begins to decay about
this time, and after awhile it withers
ard rots away. This leaves the lehua
standing on lis roots high in the air;
and such forest presents a wonder
ful and weird sight.
1T is no joke to get through a lehua
forest where all the trees have CROWD
this way. The roots run one way and
another, and interlace so that often
there isn't space big enough for a
rabbit to crawl through. There is
no use in trying to cut or hew a way
into the lehua woods, for the roots
are as tough as roots generally are
and no American farmers boy who
has ever put in a season at breaking
out stumps needs to be told Just how
tough that isl
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10
Wind Favors the Methodists,

Recently the Methodists Of Issa-
quah, Washington state, found that
they had inadvertently built their
church on lot that did not belong to
them. The owners of the lot insisted
on the removal of the building. The
MethOdists could not afford the money
to move it. But a windstorm moved
the church on it's own lot and all the
Methodists had to do was to put jack.
screws under the building and con-
struct foundation.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10
Now Is the Time.

A new game has cropped, out. 1t is
called Tickle the Editor" and is as
follows: Take a sheet Of ordinary
writing paper, fold it nicely, enclose a
bank note sufficiently large to pay all
arrears and one year in advance and
hand it to the editor. Keep an eye on
him and if smile adorns the face,
the trick works fine. Now is the time
to play the joke. It beats "fiinch''
and pit" hollow.-Logan Journal-Ga.
zette. A. : s.. ... :. 2sl.Z.. E.-zs,
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10
GULLS FOLLOW SHIP.
SEA BIRDS KEEP IN WAKE or
ARMY TRANSPORTS.
Soldiers Make Pets Of Their Feath-,
cred Companions to Vary the Mon;
otony Of the voyage-Fly for Miles
Without Ever Seeming to Tire. )

TO sailors it does not seem very
marvellous that birds are able to fly
from America to Asia and back again.
But, if one pause to consider it, the,
feat is really something after all.
Seagul1s are especially fond of the
army transports, for these ships carry!
many men who, denied the taste for
books, which renders an ocean jour-
ney less tedious, and having limited
facilities for deck sport, take to feed
ing the gulls as pastime. When one
OF the big vessels leaves the Golden
Gate and passes the Farallone islands,
hundred Or more brown bodies with
long sweeping wings leave their rest.
ing place and start in the wake of the
transport.
Then some soldier who has made
the trip before says: Here comes
the seagulls. We'd better feed them
if we want a quick passage this trip"
Many soldiers invade the stewards
premises and gather up the waste
bread and victuals.
The birds seem to know when they
are to be fed, for they come flying
in ever narrowing circles until they.
are within short distance Of the
ship. Then the food begins to fan
on the waters and the brown-winged
forms sWoop eagerly down upon the
waves and seize what has been
thrown out. This is continued until
the food is exhausted. *
The gulls never seem to rest. Day
after day they follow the ship, cleav-
ing the air with swift wings, flying
easily and without apparent effort.
On recent trip of the transport
Logan one of the gulls had it's wing
muscles injured and dropped flutter-
ing upon the deck, it's wide, goose:l1ke
bill open, and strange squawls COM
ing from its throat. A soldier spied
it and took it to his bunk, where he
fed it daily until it became strong
again. Then he allowed it to fly
away.
But the bird had not forgotten it's
benefactor. Every day it would
1.1ShS CAA IA1S uSCh d!4u tLlOW nome
save this particular man to feed it,
1t followed the boat to Honolulu, to
Guam, and finally to Manila.
Where it rested during the two
weeks the Logan lay in Manila is not
known, but when the vessel turned
on it's homeward course, bound for
Nagasaki, the first day out found this
gull, easily distinguishable by fleck
of white on it's neck, resting on the
stern.
AS its favorite soldier did not an.
pear, the gull graciously allowed 9th.
ers to feed it and continued it's trip
with the ship until the Logan passed
the Farallone islands.
A peculiar incident occurred on the
steamer Athenian on a trip from
Yokohama to Vancouver. Five days
out, 1000 miles from land in any
direction, a little owlet alighted on
the deck and was captured by the
second steward. It was baby owl, a
little bundle of brown and white
featheis,' and it blinked it's eyes in
the daylight as it rested contentedlY
in the cage, which the steward pro.
vided.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10

Maj. Davis had the reputation Of
being a martinez, and whenever a pri-
vate soldier found himself before a
court martial he would make up his
mind that If the major had a voice
in the matter he was as good as con-
victed.
There were those who excused the
officers harshness on the ground that
he belonged to the old school-the
school that looked upon the rank and
file as dogs-but the fact remained
that he was not popular with either
his officers or his men.
Affairs in the Indian country were
at peace when the post commander at
Fort Brown applied for and secured a
long leave of absence, and Major Da-
Wis was ordered to take charge in his
place.
1t was a frontier post with a small
garrison OF old veterans. and there
was no call for red tape or rigid dis
cipline. The best drill master in the
army could not have taught those men
anything new, and the officers felt
that they had a right to loaf little
when warm weather set in.
The United States was in no dan
ger of invasion from a foreign foe,
and the red man had had enough of
war to last him for two or three years,
when Major Davis arrived and as
sumed command. An hour later he
began to issue general orders, and a
groan Of discomfort was heard through
out the garrison.
Then began what was characterized
as "a f1um-a-diddle time" The lines
of discipline were rigidly drawn and
the drills were frequent and exacting
The finger of the martinez pointed in
many directions, and the men who
growled went to the guard house ON
trot
At all military posts there are few
favored men-men who suffer now
and then from old wounds or have
performed their brave deeds, and are
tacitly allowed to take things easy.
Such a man was private Tom Cor
man at Fort Brown. Two bullets had
been fired into him as he roGe with
dispatches across the plains one night,
and though not incapacitated as SOL
dier he was given light duty and cod:
died up bit.
The coddling ceased soon after the
majors arrival. He was on the look
out for such men. They were returned
to duty, and even given extra duty,
and the mild protests of captains and
lieutenants were met with the formal
reply:
This is military post, not hos
p;tal; and no man, unless excused by
the doctor at sick call, will be ex-
empt from Duty
In a month the major was we'll
hated man. He realized the fact and
glOried in it.
Private German returned to duty
with a complaint, and subsequent
events proved that the martinez had
special eye on him. He was twice
reprimanded during company drill one
lay, and following that he was placed
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-10

consequence. The wounded man took
the chance of getting under shelter
for a short time. The major went the
rounds that night, caught him dere-
Ect and saw him hustled off to the
guard house.
The affair was looked upon as seri-
ously as if the Sioux warriors were
at the gates of the fort in war paint,
instead of being in their lodges fifty
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

Backed up by over third Of a century of remarkable and uniform cures. record such as no otlIer remedy for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women ever s:tained, the proprietors and makers Of Dr Picrce's Favorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in offering to pay $500 i'll legal money for any case of LeucoTrhea. Female Weakness, Prolapst1s, or Falling Of Womb, which tliey cannot cure. All they ask is a fair and reasonable trial Of their means of cure.
 Very often married woman or young, girl does not know who to turn to for ad- vice in circumstances where she dislikes 10 talk with the family physician about deli cate matters. Al such times write to Dr. R. V Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalid>' Hotel and Surgical Institute. of Buffalo, NY, for free consultation and advice, and the same will be held as sa- credly confidential. It is foolish to consult women f:iencis or persons without medical training.
 Dr. Pie-ce's Favorite Prescription con- tains no alcohol. Is entirely vegetable and was the first exclusively woTnan's tonic CT. the market-it has sold more largely in the past third of a century than any other medicine for women.
 All other compounds intended for women only are made with alcohol, or alcohol is a large component-this alcohol injures the nerves. The little red coTpuscles of the blood are snrunken by alcohol. All such compounds, therefore, do harm.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate the stomach liver and bowels Use them with the rFavorite Prescription when a pill is required. One is a laxative, two, [ mild catlIaTtic.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
An Arizona Phenomenon.

Phoenix Republican: One of the most interesting phenomena is to be observed in the bad lands of Arizona. Out in the midst of an alkali plain there is a desolate formation of rock covering only about an acre in extent, and from these rocks or rather from be- meath them, there issue sounds of music as though an organ was playing and the strains are echo ed from every direction. The place has never been eXcavated 0r fully explored, and the theory of scientists is that there is a peculiar formation of stalactites in a cave there with an opening somewhere through which the wind blows upon the stalactites, producing the music. The h. dians claim, however, that a cathedral was at one time built upon this place, and that there was a bad p.iest placed in charge of the cathedral, who abducted Indian women and children. One night the ground opened during a violent storm and the earth closed in over the top O1 the cathedral. The Indians be. lieve that the music which comes from the ground proceeds from the ghosts of those who were in tered at the time of the earth quake.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

Advanced Rates to Western Points.
 Nearly every pound of freight shipped by jobbers from eastern and middle eastern points to the Pacific coast is affected by ths advance commodity rates put in- to effect last week by the western railroads and their eastern con- nectionS. The lines making the advance are the Southern Paci- fic, Union Pacific, Great North ern, Burlington, Northern Pacl- lie and Canadian Pacific. The increase averages IF per cent.
 Some of the more important commodities affected by the new tariff are machinery, structural iron and steel, sewing machines, stoves, agricultural implements and canned goods.
 Coincident with the advances are new regulations for handling live stock. Shippers of poultry hereafter will be required, to pay for the transportation of every man sent with shipments and those who accompany cattle shipments will not be granted return transportation.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
A Sunday Location.

When A puts a mining loca- tion notice on claim on Sunday but, fearing a legal location can not be made on Sunday, dates it Monday, and B puts up notice subsequently,, dating it on the previous Saturday, no rights are obtained by B. It is question of fact, and while the reading of the location notice-in this case Monday-is prima facie evidence that the claim was located on that day, it may be set aside up on 1t being shown that the first sters in making the location were taken on Sunday. A loca' ton made on Sunday is legal and as valid as one made on any other day in the week.-M. & $. Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
Greatest Dam In United States.

The official figures of the Geo. logical Survey show an interest ing comparison of the dimensions of the big Tonto dam of the Salt River Valley, Arizona, with oth- CT great artificial reservoir struc- lures in the country. The Tonto dam is to rise 250 feet above the channel of the stream: Its thlck- ness at the base will be 168 feet, gradually tapering to a width of 16 feet at the crub; the width of the dam across the canyon will be 800 feet.
 The great Croton dam, which is to supply New York with water is 220 feet above the river channel and 1,800 feet across. It was necessary in this case to dig down 80 feet to insure good foundation.
 The Wachusett dam near Bos- ton is 129 feet above the river channel, 1855 feet thick at the base and $50 feet vide,
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
A Lesson in Success.

There is a lesson for every boy and for many adults in the ex- ample of Herman Felter, says the New York World. A few years ago he was a newsboy in the streets of New York. Now he has been appointed to com fortable position as expert steno- grapher in the government ser vice at Mare Island.
 If ever there was a boy who chad no chance" it was Herman Felter. At 6 he had to sell pa pers to support the family. When he was 8 his father died. It left him the main support of a widowed mather and two little sisters. When he was 10 he slipped under car and lost a leg. Handicapped by being crlp- pied, without an education, bur dened with the support of others what chance Eal he?
 Yet he made his chance. He worked diligently in the day. He went to night school in the eve ming. He studied stenography He entered the government ser vice. Within two months he has been advanced to responsible well-paying position.
 There are boys with two legs who bewail their lack of a chance to get an education. There are grown men who complain that they never had chance. The example of this crippled boy'< perseverance should be life lesson to them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
Never Say Die.
c. P. CrOn
Clerk.

What is more sOul-Stirring than to see a man who, beaten on every side, crowded into a corner, fights heroically to re- cover lost ground? Him, who, when his legs fail him, lights upon his knees. Him, who ex- emplifes the old Morse maxim 'sEither will find a way or make one." It has been we'll said that success consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall" Push on. Friends may desert, the clouds of doubt and Encouragement, of sorrow and despair, may hover around about, but there is no night without it's morn, no lane with out a turn. The world wants men, lG IS DOullo tO lCOOShiHO him who knows how to yield. Gain strength from the words of the Spartan mother, uttered when her son complained that his sword was too short. Add step to it," the brave woman replied. Never envy those who have not, figuratively speaking been obliged to take in their light sails to weather a squall. If you have been crippled, hasten to repair the damage and fall in to line again. You are the bet ter for the experience. Don't be troubled if some people think you are not as strong as before. Bide your time and measure swords with them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

The cry that this will be a office holders campaign is sui fciently answered by the pres ident himself, who says, "I do not wish to dictate to conven- tions their choice of delegates; but I would suggest, whenever it is possible to get good man who are not holding office, to do so. No influence from Washing ton will be brought to hear upon them to influence their votes. '' That sounds very much like a blunt honesty.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

Republicans don't need to say a word or do thing. Democrats are contributing our ammuni- tion. Mir. Bryan bitterly resents his maltreatmentb by his old com rades and at least ten democratic senators will demonstrate by their votes that President RooSe- welt has done a wise, just, hu- mane and patriotic thing in Panama.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
San Die,,o and iuEa Road AS-
 Sured.

That San Diego's projected railroad to Yuma, which will give thls city and harbOr di- rect eastern outlet, is a known and assured fact, Is generally be- lieved. Every indication points to an early commencement of construction, and the companies in wh ch it W Il be vested are fally f)rmed and working daily o perfect final plans.
 Terminal grounds have been partially secured, the route to Yuma has been fully surveyed and found to be practical, and & survey force is now in the field making final location surveys, which precede the actual laying of ties and rails.
 c. w. French, the well known railway promoter of Cleveland, Ohio, with his associate, A. A. Purman, of Fit. Wayne, Ind, has charge of financing the road and while his packers are not yet announced, the vigor with which they are prosecuting preliminary arrangements gives assurance that the construction of the road is a matter of certainty.
 For the building of the line, which aggregates 222 miles in length, the San Diego Eastern Railway Company, with 3 capi- tilization of S1O, 100000, has been formed, with S222, 300 subscrib- ed. The stockholders have de clared a bond issue of the amount of capitalization.
 A. A. Purman is president of the road. A construction com pany known as the San Diego Imperial, has been formed with a capitalization of S1O0, ,0O0 to perform the actual construction work.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

The lower house of Congress, after coquetting with the vicious proposition to take quarter oi a million dollars from the trea- sury to pay members mileage for journeys never made, redeemed its dignity and honor on Satur- day by repudiating the proposi' ton. After advocating it fol two days not one member voted for it on a call of the roll.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

A part of the prevalent pros perity is the remarkable develop ment of electric railway com munication. Boston has been brought next door to New York; New York is within an hour of Philadelphia by the new line of trolleys; grand boulevard will soon be finished from Washing. ton to Baltimore, with a double track electric; and in Ohio an ar rangement has been made to unite the electric roads of that state, so that it can be complete ly traversed without recurring to steam.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
Trust Your Fellow Men.

There is a large amount of dis trust in circulation among the majority of men and women. There are so many who are con- stantly suspecting the motives of others, with apparently no reason whatsoever.
 It is far more disgraceful to distrust your friends than to be deceived by them. Our mistrust only iustifies the mistrust of others.
 We cannot be too careful in regard to our thoughts of others.
 We should strive to show chil- dren by our example that life is more beautiful and more worth living when we act honestly, justly, mercifully and lovingly COWafu all.
 We should teach them that right feeling develops right thinking; the right thinking brings out the right word and deed.
 The confidence we have in the virtue of others is no slight evi- dence of our own.
 Our attitude and bearing to- ward those around us is soon observed by the younger minds, whose training lies in our hands, and is copied. We stand as ex' amples to them for good or evil Stove.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
Official Proceedings
Of Board of Supervisors
 Yuma County, A. T.

Office of the Board of Super visors, Yuma, Arizona, January 13, 1904.
 Board met at 10 a. m. Pur- suant to adjournment Supervis- CT Kinds and Nugent, District Attorney and Clerk present, Su- pervisor w. E. Marvin absent. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
 On motion Board took recess to visit and examine County Hospital, to meet at ? p. m. Board met at ? D.. m. same members, District Attorney and Clerk present, Supervisor Mar win absent.
 On motion the following ac counts were audited and allowed and vouchers ordered drawn. Allen Bridgus, trial jur- or, 4th quarter, 19o3.. IS 10 60 w H Elliott office rent Go Surveyor, i ar, 19O3.. 15 OC Morcea Downey, board, lodging and indigent sick 9O1 74 On motion Board adjourned until 10 a. m., January IA, 1904.
 $. B. Kinds,
 chairman. c. P. Cronin, C1o,,1~
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

The designs for the stamps to be issued in commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase ExpOsi- tiou have been decided upon by the Postofice department. The portrait ts on the new stamps will be as follows: One-cent, Robert H. Livingston. minister to France, who conducted negotia- tions for the Louisiana; 2-cent, Thomas Jefferson; Scent, James Monroe, who with Livingston concluded the negotiations; D. cent, President McKinley;10-cent map of the United States, show ing the territory purchased from France.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
As Predicted.
quake

Tucson Star says: Yes, the Star called attention last August to the fact that there was a scheme incubating in Washing ton which would be fathered by the steering committee of the Senate to join Arizona unto New Mexico and admit them as one state.
 The Star stated that bills for single statehood would be intro duced during the extra session and that the agitation would be kept up until the suspicious mo, ment when the single statehood bills would be sidetracked and joint statehood bills would be in troduced.
 The Star stated that was the programme of Senator Quay. Ii gave the warning that his actiou must be watched, that his pro gramme waS laid out on the lines indicated by the Star. Now VIC have facts developing even soon CT than predicted.
 Senator Quay can by raising his little finger stop any move ment for joint statehood, if he fails to do so, then the prediction of the Star will prove true. The source of the Stars information may prove interesting reading some time.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10
Letter List.

List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Yuma PostOffice, Feb. 10, l9O4. Burns, Sarah T Burkee, James Eyre, Arthur Guerrero, Jose Gleason, Urban Lara, UgnaciO Lopez, Wannetta McCanley, James P. Marable, w T Mccarthy, Mir Oleyta, Miss Vic Patrick, John E toria Para, Antonio Pima, Jesus Romero, Cosme Sloan, George Walden, Will
 Sullivan and Vanderbilt
 Watson, Professor Herbert
 l.. II. Chandler, r. NJ.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

Congress has fixed the maxi mum salary for Arizona's gover- nor and secretary, which is S35OO for the governor and S25OO for the secretary. This will cause an increased. desire on the part of those who are head ing for Ike Stoddard's office chair.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

Governor Garvin, '(dem.) of Rhode Island, says. "It is doubt ful if we ever again have a real democrat in the presidential chair" This is a sickly sort of pessimism. Whats the matter with the present incumbent?
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

The Cocopah Indians are planting a large crop of corn, beans and melons, in the higher valley land that was overfOwed last year. Their wheat looks well. The Cocopah are workers and self-supporting.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

The Baldwin Locom olive Works closed the year 1903 with a record of 2O22 completed loco motives.
The Arizona sentinel., 1904-02-10

There are too many people vegetarians so far as the use of tobaccosiS concerned.