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The Imperial press., 1905-04-01
OUR WATER STOCK

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ican company. So, as a natural conse- quence water stock came to be repre- sented as water rights, and the owner ship of the water to be apart from the land.
 The natural result of this error was speculation in water stock, it's purchase in large "blocks" and "placing" it on desirable government land. In spite ol the fact that the articles of incorporation of Imperial Water Company No. 1, reads Second, That the purposes for which it is formed are: To secure supply of water for irrigation, domestic and other purposes from the eociedad de Irriga- tion Terrenos de la Baja California (Sociedad Anonima) and to distribute the same at cost among it's stockholders only for use upon lands OWNED BY THEM within the boundaries herein after described. ."
 The stock of this company was at once sold off in large blocks and located on government land. One an in this way held about 6,000 acres of choice land ill the Calexico region until the company could raise the price of the stock and he could sell it at profit. The settlement of the Valley in those early days was conducted with many et-rich-quick v features, only portion of those who in- vested, doing so for the purpose of set clement and cultivation.'
 The value of the lands for farming was only incidentally considered; it being the announced policy of the California Development Company to raise the price of "water rights" as fast as the improvement and settlement of the country increased the value of the farms.
 It was often stated by their agents that when lands became worth $lOO per acre "water stock" or rather "water rights" as they were called, would be held at $98.75 per acre. In this connec- tion it can be said that in almost every case the water stock of these Imperial companies was sold by the California Development Company to speculalors and syndicates, and these schemes of raising the price, placing it on govern ment land, selling floating stock, con- trolling the settlement of the public lands, and the numerous other abuses that sprung up as a result of the era of unbridled power that accrued to the owners of this water stock by reason of the belief that it was water rights; was the work of these speculators and syndi- cates and the California Development Company was not the beneficiary of these practices.
 We believe it to be true that the Cali fornia Development Company has ex- pended all of the money it has received from the sale of this water stock, in en- deavoring to comply with it's contracts. The company, however, has not dealt directly with the settlers in the matter of selling this stock, and this very fact has introduced factor into the trans action, to which can be traced practlc-
The Imperial press., 1905-04-01

ico Chronicle, to which reference was made last week, raises features of the matter requiring more extended treat ment, and in doing so we will briefly touch on several points as preface to the matter which is to follow.
 To begin with, we will say that "water stock,' the stock of the various Impe- rial water companies, is authorized and issued in pursuance of contracts for the delivery of water, executed between the Imperial water company on the one hand, and the California Development Company and the Mexican company, on the other hand.
 The basis of all these operations was the water appropriation of the California Development Company from the Color ado river; which together with the con- tracts between that company and the Sociedad de Riegn, its Mexican company, on one part, and the owners of Mexican lands, on the other part, constituted all there was of their right to conduct water through Mexico at the time the Imperial Water companies were organ ized. These contracts with the Mexican land owners in generel terms, provided that water from the Colorado river might be conducted through their lands for delivery in the United States, pro- vided a sufficient quantity for the irrl- gation of their lands was delivered to them on the same terms that it was fur nished to people in the United States.
 At that time no diversion of water for irrigation in Mexico had ever been made from the Colorado river, and no author ity for such diversion had eyer been asked. It was assumed that the appro- priation of the waters under the laws of California authorized their diversion, and that as a result of the passage of the water from the United States to. Mexico, its ownership became thereby trans ferred to Mexico.
 To meet this condition the Mexican corporation, Sociedad de Riego, etc., rCc6lV6U UIlo WdJeT dU Ollc NCAlOdh HIC1 conducted it through Mexico in pursu- ance to the contracts with the Mexican land owners, and upon it's arrival at the International boundary, SOLD 1t to the various Imperial water companies.
 The California Development Company in consideration of the delivery to it, of all the capital stock of the Imperial water company agreed to construct a distributing system of ditches for said water company and to furnish said Mexican company with the water which the Mexican company would agree to deliver to the Imperial water company, the California Development Company becoming party to the contract, and in effect, guaranteeing the delivery of the water to the Imperial water company.
 At the time this scheme was figured out, and these contracts were made, this plan presented probably the only feasi- ble one for this operation, and it is no matter of surprise that with the Califor- mia water appropriation law as a founda- tion and the subsequent maze of con tracts as a superstructure was believed that the water belonged to the Califor- mia Development Company and its Mex
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Of legal notices. etc., . newspaper
must contain matter Of general inter
est"
Who gets the buttons?
Starts Tomorrow.

The new addition to the Dorcas
mill which has been under construo-
tion the last two months will be
finished tonight and the first tank
will be put in operation on the eight
O'Clock shift tomorrow. There are
three tanks in the building end the
other two will be used just ~ soon ~
the arrangements to 90 30 are complet-
ed.
This addition gives the Dorcas a
greatly added treating power and
the capacity Of the plant will be in.
creased rs much as twenty five per
cent. No extra men will be re-
auired to operate the new department.
Gradually the Dorcas is expanding
into q big cyanide plant and it will
be continued to be improved until its
capacity is still greater enlarged.
Mr.. Hover told the writer some time
ago that he expected to live to sec the
day when the Doroas will be treating
40, 900 tons Of Cripple Greek ore per
month.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Who gets the buttons?

The city council at its first meet
ing in May instructed the city attor.
nsy to draft and ordinance covering
junk dealers license. At the meeting
Of the council last night the reading
Of the ordinance was called for. The
city attorney arose and Informed
an ordinance in his pocket. but til at
1t was not satisfactory to the board.
neither was 1t altogether satisfactory
to himself. The city attorney said he
had never seen an ordinance of such
nature-had not been able to find
one. He was given further time.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN.
What Constitutes a Legal News
paper.

Last night the con ncil made the
Weekly Tribune the official organ
by reason of its bid being the lowest
Of the three papers bidding. There
was some question about using the
daily for fear it would cost too much
and it seemed to be the opinion Of
the legal advisor that the daily could
not be used. Here is tho law on the
subject and it is plain enough for any
ordinary sohoolboy to understand.
Sessions Laws 1901, pages 800.
AN ACT
Concerning the Introduction. Adop-
tion and Publication Of Ordinances
of Cities.
Be it enacted by the Gen. Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Sec. mo ordinance shall be
adopted or passed by any city council
Of any city. in this state, unless the
same has been previously int oduced
aud read at q preceding regular meet
ing Of such city council and published
in full in one or two papers Of gener-
al circulation published in such city
at least 10 days before its passage, and
il there be no such paper or papers
published in such city, then by post
ing copies thereof in at least six pub
lie places In such city at least tsn
days previous to its passage or adop-
ton. All Of which such previous
introduction of such ordinance ut such
preceding regular meeting Of such
city council and the fact of it's publ
cation in such newspapers or by post
ing shall appear in tho certificate o,
attestation Of the olerk on such or.
dinanoe after its adoption.
SEQ. 2-All acts or parts Of acts IN
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved April 12, 1901.
What constitutes q newspaper
Current Law 1904, page 1887 says
IA newspaper published every day
except Sundays and legal holidays Il
daily newspaper. A weekly pub
lication is . Newspaper. As used II
statutes regulation the publication
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
TROOPS MAY Be
ORDERED OUT
Chicago Strike Assumes More
Serious Phase.
Conference Between Mayor,
Sheriff and Chief of Police
Results in Report That
Militia Will Take Hand.

Chicago. May 23--It 10 believed
this afternoon thxt the papers are be.
ing prepared to call out the state
troops to quell the striking teamsters.
The express managers who came
from q conference with Mayor Dunno
left at noon in an angry mood.
Mayor Dunno immedi ately summon
ed the sheriff and chief OF police
which would indicate that extreme
measures are about to be taken.
The express managers will oonoede
nothing to the strikers and . fieroc
fight must ensue.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
GERMAN BOAT
IN THE LEAD
Atlanta, American Yacht, a
Close Second.
Expensive English Vessel Far
in the Rear-Tidings of
Race Brought in By
Passing Steamer.

New York, May 2S-An incoming
steamer today brought news Of the
yacht race to this place. It appears
that the German vessel Hamburg 10 in
the lead and will probably win the
voyage. The American boat Atlanta
is . close second, while the English
yacht, v hich cost 40 much. is far in
the rear with no hope Of seeing the
fniah. .
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Who gets the buttonsp
p. n. Carries Mail.

Post master Davie got into the har-
ness this morning. threw the mail car
rier's sack over his shoulder and
went out to distribute mail on carrier
route No. l. Frank Perkins and
Robert Smith, two Of the carriers
are out on Upper Beaver today pic.
nioking with the high school students
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Who gets the buttons?
Lightning Great es Panic.

During q severe electrical and rain
storm at Colorado Springs Sunday
lightning struck q street car OIL
South TETON street. No one was hurt
by the bolt, but one woman tainted
and several passengers were cut slight.
ly while breaking windows to get out
Of the car, which was heavily loaded.
The electricity In the air was &c
plentiful that door. bells and those on
telephones rang in many houses.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Japanese Driven Back.

st. Petersburg, May 2S- Skirmishes
of . serious nature occurred Sunday.
The Russian center drove hack Japan
ese advance causing the latter to
abandon considerable stores. It 10
believed that Liuevitch is determined
to assume the offensive and 10 king
q general engagement.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Is Rojestvensky Dead?

Paris, May 23-A report from
Saginon says that Admiral Rojest.
vensky is dead. The Russian am
bassador says he can not believe It..
1t was few days ago however that
the admiral WAS reported very i'll.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
FREMONT.

4. 4. g colt, Pueblo; Jack MAthe W.,
Omaha; H. g. Gould, Portland; H.
Rosenberg, Minneapolis; p. Griffith
and wife. city; o. T. Simpkins, Den.
yer; @. Il. Seymerer, Denver; ]. o.
Roberts, Denver.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
400 Mules Cremated.

East st. Louis. May 2S-A fire in
the National stock yards today caused
loss of 5000 There were 400
mules cremated.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Making Circle from Color adoSprlngs
via Florence.

mdAihS SuCAe 1iou Noioi doooPi AuSe
via Florence.
Cripple. Greek. Colo May 23-
President Jesse Waters Of tho Midland
Terminal and Florence and Cripple
Greek railroad has returned from New
York and 1t Is reported that work
will commence In . short time on
the laying Of third rail on the F..
and O. O. system. connecting with
the Midland Terminal on Boil hill
and thus enabling passengers to make
q circle trip from Colorado Springs
by way Of Divide. Cripple Greek
Florence and Pueblo without change
of cars.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Stricken With Paralysis.

Omaha, May 2S-E. ". Nash.
president Of the American and Ex-
plorAtion company was stricken with
paralysis this morning. Little hope
Of his recovery 10 entertained.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
THIRD RAIL ON F. & c. C.

Who gets the buttons
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23

Our cartoonist expresses more
in his drawing than a column in
the newspaper could. We wish to
impress on the public that good
merchants who handle reliable
goods and who own their merch-
andise at right prices, do not find
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Died OF Meningitis.

st. Petersburg. May 23-Prinoees
Napolie. youngest daughter Of Grand
Duke Constantine. died today Of
meningitis.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-23
Packing House scorched.

Kansas City. Mo-. May 28-A por.
tion Of Dold's packing house was
destroyed by hre this morning the
loss amounting to about 500, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
Some Good Bills
the Coming Week

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is
crowding the Columbia Every one seems
to have read the book; and every one
seems to wish to see the play. Further,
every one who has seen the play has ad-
vised his neighbor to do likewise, and
the house is crowded with those who have
taken the advice. The play-making and
the acting could hardly be better Mrs.
Madge Carr Cook as Mrs. Wiggs realizes
the character to perfection. Nor less
good are Miss Helen Lowell in her imper-
sonation Of Miss Hazy. Mr.. Carter as Mr.
Stubbins, Bessie Barriscaie as Lovey
Mary, Helen Redmond as Mrs. Eichorn
and the whole rest of the cast, not for
getting some amazingly clever children.
This afternoon the popular Irish actor
and singer, Denis O'Sullivan, will begin
three weeks engagement at the Grand
Opera-house, in the favorite Irish play
"Arrah ma Pogue." Mr. OSulliyan's en-
gagement is one impatientlys awaited
by playgoers and song-lovers alike. Pos
sibly the best of Irish comedians now on
the stage. he Is unequaled as a singer
Of Irish ballads. AS usual there will be
generous programme Of these with
"Arrah ma Pogue," including the Wear
ing of the Green" 'Savourneen Dhee-
lish' Gin Gaelic. Believe Me, If All
Those Endearing Young Charms ''The
Low Backed Car" "PhiI the Fluter."
kitty of the Cows" THE Leprechaun"
and others.
The company supporting Mr.. O'Sullivan
is unusually adequate. including among
the women Alice Lonnon, e. s. Willard S
leading lady. and Lillian Albertson, a
graduate of the Grand Opera-house Stock
Company, who will appear as Arrah A
feature of the production will be Gaelic
dances by Hazel Allen, Bessie Allen,
The Alcazar will have an interesting
bill this week with the first production of
a one-act play by Jack London and Lee
Bascom, entitled 1.-THE Great Interroga-
tion." 1t is a play dealing with Klon-
dixie life, and is Mr.. London's first ef-
fort in the dramatic field. Mrs. Bascom
has already appeared as a playwright
with some little success
David Garrick,'' the charming cos
tune comedy written about the cele-
brated player, will take up the rest of
the evening. White Whittlesey will be
seen in the title role, which should well
suit him. The excellent company now
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

CANDLES, wild Flowers Near Willow
Camp a commission of which I would
not have accused this clever chap If ne
hadn't acknowledged its parentage 1t
Is on the same lines as much of his
best work, but he must have painted 1t
on an off day or in the dark. However,
he may be forgiven, on the delicacy
and beauty of his 'Soda Bay" which
shows him in his usual good form. But
don't do 1t again. will you, Mr.. Gamble?
A pretty bit Is shown in Harry Sea-
wells "The Old Homestead simple and
suggestive So, too, is his Monterey
Moonlight" with the added qualities
of illusiveness and atmosphere Like
Peters? Why. it's moonlight showing
an adobe hut with bit of light stream
ing out into the night. But will some
body tell me why any man hasn't a
right to paint moonlights II he wants to?
-and this with all due respect to Mr..
Peters-whom / take to be too big a
man to question any fellow-artist's right
to do So 1t is his DER jealous friends
who raise a howl Immediately upon some
fellows producing moonlight, just as II
any creature here below had a patent
upon the liquid night. As to Mr.. Peters.
his technique Is essentially his own
that is his, and will always remain his.
But moonlights were painted before our
good friend Mr. Peters was born. hence
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

with grooming cypress beside 1t, sway
ing with the wind-blasts, like a human
thing, fate-battered: or the red-brown
marshes, besplashed with green, embed
ding a bit of blue sea. All these-and in
finitely more-are the hereditary prop
critics of California artists and art
lovers. They belong to the seeing ones
by gift of God, and no Rockefeller nor
Morgan nor other money king can take
II from them-the sole wealth of lot of
happy fellows who pity the poverty of the
rich who have not eyes to see.
J
That the painters hereabouts have been
o'er busy, visit to the interesting little
exhibit at 119 Geary street gives evidence.
Here are some clever bits-and few
rather Indifferent bits-of recent work
from c. Chapel Judson, Sidney Yard. H.
w. Hansen, Henry Raschen, Harry Sea-
well, c. d. Robinson. John Gamble,
James Griffin, L. P. Latimer. Giuseppi
Cadenasso, H. r. Bloomer. VIII Sparks,
C. Rodgers. Carl Dahlgren. Gordon
Coutts. T. H. Guptill c. p. Nelson C.
Jonnevold, M. Burial, Neil Hagerup, H.
D. Gremke. E. w. Currier, Eugen Neu-
haus, Harry c. Best, K w. Newhall,
Sarah Bender dc Wolfe, A. B. Scott and
NJ Herrick Ross.
Now, not all of these are in the paint
ers' best form. notably one of John
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

the absurdity of the howl Of indignation
and the suggestion of plagiarism when
any other painter essays to produce the
mystic beauties of night.
Really 1t is an injustice to Mr.. Pc
ters-the over jealousy of his friends
Yes, they mean well enough, but q
little thought upon this matter would
improve the quality of their friendship
One of the most interesting things
in the exhibit is head by Henry
Raschen-a character study from a
model picked up from the fiotsam Of
Clay street. So interested was I In
the head-which, by the way, had ac-
quired a fine tone of age-I trotted down
to his workshop at 420 Montgomery
street, where 1 met Mr.. Raschen, a
jolly, frank, business-like sort of a fell
low, with no fantastic notions and with
a lot of vigorous ideas falling afoul Of
Art for arts sake" He's a mighty
convincing talker and he's just that
kind of a painter.
In the studio were several other
heads similar in treatment to the one
at Schussler's, and some that were even
stronger. And he was good enough
to explain to me that he OBJ
tanned that reverential tone of age
a highly respectable tone of age. I as
sure you-with an application of war
nish. Shocking to be thus disillusion-
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

"Out of Town has been the abrupt
proclamation on many studio door dur
ing the dog-days 6og-days would perhaps
be more in line with truth, but the flight
of the artists from town has brought to
us a lot of good things from field and
forest, from woodland, marsh and noun
tain. And where. good friends, in all the
world does nature show herself in more
varied forms and moods and personalities
than here in this pocket 'twixt the Sierras
and the Sea?
In this great showplace Of the express
sions of nature. every painter can find
his affinity-that which most allures
him-whether it be the wooded mountain,
hooded in amethyst mists; or the shady
canyon whose breast is cooled with the
spring that leaps from the mountains s
side; or the valley below, whose pregnant
soil yields millions of yellow heads of
grain, nodding to the summer breezes;
or the deep redwood groves. where the
woodwardia grows, the handmaiden of
the stately sequoias: or bit of lagoon,
with spectral eucalyptus lowering in the
distance like the shades of the departed: !:
or bit of the sea, the wild, blue sea,
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

parts of Bret Harte and Joaquin Mil
ler will be literally used in it's make
up. Robert Hilliard will be just plain.
ordinary leading man, not a star. He
will play Western gambler.
From the necessities of his profession
1t is hard for an actor TO have a real
home" in the best sense of the word.
Yet William Gillette claims three One
the one in which he spends most Of
his time when he Is not appearing be-
fore the public-is a houseboat. The
boat is called Aunt Polly and Is a
houseboat only in the sense that slen-
der lines have been sacrificed to roomi-
ness of cabin and deck. The Aunt
Polly has a staunch, sea-going hull, is
powerfully engined and is capable Of
travelling at high speed. During the
summertime Mr.. Gillette takes long
cruises in her. This actors second
home is among the pine trees In the
hill country of South Carolina. A little
log cabin sets far back from main
travelled highways-this Is his refuge
from all care and weariness The little
cabin in the hills sees him but seldom
now that his life Is 50 full Of affairs
which may not be neglected. The third
of William Gillette's homes is his old
home. His sister and her family still
occupy the old Gillette homestead in
Hartford. Conn. This Is a roomy old
house in the colonial form. vine-cov-
cred, standing among trees OF dignity
and age. Next door to the Gillette
place Is the Charles Dudley Warner
residence; near by is the residence Of
Samuel M. Clemens Mark Twain) |;
while just over the way Is the former
residence of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
BY Laura Bride PoqUers.

lied, isn't IT? But what a freshness. as
Mr. Raschen's ancestors might have
said, to meet a man who hasn't any
qualms about saying that he paints
pictures for the money there is In it
that he makes his living that way, and
a good one. And when he gets time
between his commissions he paints
things that appeal to him-for instance.
a redwood canvas that hangs on the
wall and an Indian portrait that stands
by his easel. both indisputably high
class canvases.
Just now he Is up to his eyes in
work painting a panel Of heroic size for
a local cafe representing the forty
miners crossing the plains.
Mrs. May. .Mott-Smith Bird. artist and
clever artisan, is sending some credit
able work on the circuit of the Society
of Western artists. specially designed
jewelry holding first place. though her
black and white work and her paint
fngs show her versatility and intelli-
gence. 1t is matter OF interest to the
devotees of applied art that at st. Louis
Mrs Birds exhibit OF jewelry was as
signed to the High Arts building.
This classification. though a little
startling, would meet your approval
should you visit her shop or her studio
on Sutter street. near StocktoA