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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Probate Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the followin e
accounts and vouchers have been fled in
the Probate Court o. Hrckii g County: Ohio.
for First and F'inIl Settlement. II: G. Hnnsel
Administrator oil ihe Estate OF William Gnr-
don, and the same will come on for hear
ing on the 2lSt day OF January. A. ID. 1909
at 10 o'clock n. m. or as soon thereafter as
'' F.P. MARTIN. Probate Judge
December %, l90i-3w
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py. Resry ql pnfoR Furnace i. .
professional visisos in our city today.
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HEALTH
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is the Il
Most
Important

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years Of scientific experience.
Every method of bread-and-
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abroad.
The result is a perfect prod
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There is no substitute for it.
The purity and efficiency OF
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been commended by the highest
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These facts mean two impor-
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First: that Royal Baking
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makes wholesome food.
Second that Royal Bak-
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good to taste;
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up in the Logan yards Yesterday fore:
noon. He:was In the act OF climbing
a box car under way. when he was
caught bv car that had been care
leesly left on q spur too close e the
track which he was on and dragged
off, injuring his hips and legs.
We learn from his physician, DIR.
Raunells, that Dr.. Steward has very
much improved, isabie to %als' ahou,
| his room, and that he is recovering his
speech. This is gratifying news to all
our readers. all Of whom are DR.:
Stewards g admirers and friends. Hi
! church congregation has granted him
very properly and kindly indefnats
leave Of absence. = i
We had a pleasant call Yesterday
I from Nathan Plank of Buenavista
who was in attendance at court ss
witness before the grand jury in ;'ths
Pinkstock murder case. Mr.. Planl
was formerly one Of Perry county
most popular and efficient county com
missioners, and IN the neighho.hooe
where he now lives maintains the eam'
high esteem as be held when in his ole
home in Perry. = ''''
DR.. Donaldson, ST.. Of Gore, diet
on last Friday from 'appoplexy. H!
j sustained a slight shock last fall. ant
i; was thought would get we'll, but b
never fully recovered. and on Frida,
the fatal admmons. came. :: he was
man much estesmed,' Both al . goo:
citizen aud . good. doctor, and 81
death will be sincerely 'moufned by til
entire community in which hs live
land lAbo1ed ah bin lie. : : :; y,
q
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

a 4 .-H. I---- -,
hns for many years diluted Ills meals
with only tie Infusion of this fascinatS
Ing plant; whose kettle has scarcely
time to cool; who with ten amuses the
evening, with tea Golaccs the midnight
and with tea welcomes the morning.
1t Is an Amazing confession, but we
are boInd to remember that this In.
temperate tea bIbber lived to tile age
Of scvcnty-iivc.
.Jollnson's record was cqualcd by
Bishop Gilbert Durnet, the author of
the well known History of My Own
Times who is reported to have dis
posed of twenty-five cups in n morn
ing. Another man OF letters OF very
different type. Nathaniel Hawthorne,
who might have equalcd the doctor,
curhcd his tea drinking propcnsities
carly. When he was very young
man Hawthorne was in the habit OF
visiting ut house where the hostess
made excellent tea. and one evening
when the visitors cup was passed 10
lie retillcl she said: Now, Mr. lIaw-
thcrnc, ] am going TO play Mrs. Thralc
TO your Johnson. know you are n
slave to my tca." Tic young man
made no reply, but he had T., inciiila-
ton 10 Play the role assigned ~ him,
and for five years from That night
Hawthorne did not taste cup of tc:,.--
Il protest Which seems as excessive. Il,
its WAY rs the inclination which his
hostess lad attributed to him.
There have been other heroes of the
teapot not Il few. Hartley Colcril-e
inay fairly claim Il place among the
tea topci's. Some one is said to have
asked him once low many cups hr
usually drank AMI TO have received ti:t.
scorniul reply: Cups! don't count
by cups. count by pots" Their
there have been others whom It would
be hardly fair TO rank Us tea toner's.
but who have shown marked devotion
to the teapot. In recent days Mr.. Glad
stone and Dean Stanley would appear
in this class, but indeed any list OF
enthusiastic lovers in recent times OF
what Waller called the ''best OF herbs
would be of most inordinatr length
London GlClc.
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sssdq Scenic Ronse
ss6uT |ssss To tho West.

! hour ami 30 minutes to Richmond.
Schedule in Effect June 4, 1905.
LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS:
7:i0 n. M, daily, Local to Richmond
Connects for Lynchburg, Lexington,
Va, New Castle and Clifton Forge,
except Sunday for Rnsney and Es.
mont. Leaves Fort Monroe, 7:1O a.
M; Phoebcs, 7:l3 n. H.; Hampton,
lisa. M
1910 a. M, daily, Fast train to Rich.
monh tstopping only at Williams
burg). arrives Richmond l1I5 n. m,
connecting with "St. Louis Special,"
leaving 2 u. IN. with Pullman for Gin
cinnati, indianapolis and Chicago:
AMI Pullman service for St Louis
aud Louisville. Cafe parlor Car. Ola
Point to ItOncevcrtc. Leaves Fort
Monroe, 9:i0 n. M; Hampton, 9:4S
n. M
1:25 p. M, daily, Fast Train for Rich.
lnond (stopping only Mt Williams
hurS(, arrives Richmond 700 u. III.
Connecting with II. +. ", lcaving
io:ih y. m, carrying Pullman Sleep
or to Cincinnati and Louisville.
Leaves Fort Monroe, 1858 D. M;
PhGchus. i:5S u. M, and Hampton.
5:03 p. III.
a:4o D. M, dailu, stops Mt local sta.
lions oil Peninsula, connects Mt Rich.
mnnd with +. i. V. Limited.
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM RICHMOND
800 n. m, daily: 1890 a. M, daily:
5:30 y. m, daily, ana 7:20 n. M.
daily.
Steamer Virginia leaves 7:i0 n. m.
daily, Tor Norfolk and Portsmouth;
1883 n. M, daily, for Norfolk, ana
D:5o D. NJ, daily, for Norfolk ana
Call on Mr. Il. w. Robinson, Ticket
Agent, Newport News. Va. for the
lowest rates by any possible route 10
The Wost and Southwest.
W. o: WAl,THEN, Dist, Pass. Ast.
II. W. FULLER, Gen. Pass, Agt.
G. II. DOYLE, General Manager
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a whales JnwboneS.

The jawbones OF a whale are some.
times twenty feet in length, and the
mouth, when wide open, Is II by Is
Feet. The throat, however, is so small
as scarcely TO admit a hens egg. Tho
whaie gets his living by straininS tho
nnilnalculae and small fish out of Tho
water he takes into his capaciouJ
mouth. 1t must be slow work, but
then he has plenty of time and nothing
else to do, SO he attends to his eating
SO regularly that he often accumulatc3
n ton Of oil in his bulky system.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
A QUAINT OLD CITY.
lfruGes, the Chief Industry of yyhic1,
IL Lace Making

IL Lace Making.
Brugcs lace has been made in the
converts OF Bruges by old women
whose hands have grown stiff clicking
tue bob5lns back and forth, who lea n
Ell when they We're children from OF ,r
Old women, who in turn had Learned. it
from other Old women, and SO on bacl,
FOR hundreds of years. Lace making is
the chief industry OF this city Of Bel
glum, The capital OF the province OF
West Flanders, but that it has not
made for the prosperity OF the place
Is nttestcd Ivy the fact that in Il popu-
iation of something like $4,000 there
are 10000 paupcrs. 1t is very quaint
Old city, the corporation or weavcrs OF
Brugcs having been celebrated IN The
time of Charlemngne. 1t reached the
Height of its prosperity in the fifteenth
century. When 1t was one of tue great
commercial cmporiulus of the world
and was famed far and wide for its
tapestries. The great prosperity, how
ever, led TO such extravaganza habits in
dress and social life that Charles V.
was obliged to pass stringent sumptu-
ary laws. Complications between sub
scquont rulers and tho people led to
the removal of all trade to Antwerp
and the ruin Of Bruscs as n CONNER
cial center, but the nnmc ard fame of
Its lace have been imperlshnble.-New
York Herald.
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OLD SWISS LAWS.
Queer stututcS That Governed we'd
- uinEs and Wcariur Ann..rcl

queer StntutcX That Governed We'd.
dihEs aHo Wearing Apparel.
Switzerland had Il law that no we'd
ding party should have more than
twenty gucsts--tca men friends of the
bridegroom and ten women friends Of
the bride. No wedding procession was
permitted to have more than two sing.
ers, two flddlers and two truinDeters.
Married women were forbidden to
wear silk or decorated hoods, though
maidcns might. No woman, whether
married or unmarried, was allowed to
wear any dress i'll which the opening
for the neck was so large that It did
not lie ut least two inches wide upon
the shoulders, and the gown must not
be buttoned or laced up in front or at
the side. To restrain tie Cushion OF
long pointed shoes it was ei.actcu that
no person of either sex should wear n
shoe With point extending beyond the
foot enough to allow anything 10 be in
serted III 1t, nor was any woman or
girl permitted to wear lace, shoes. No
man or boy should wear coat that
uid not reach to the knee Garments
were forbidden to be slnshcd so us to
show different colors or kinds of mate
rial, and trousers; were required TO be
made without stripes and both logs OF
the same color. In 1IIO one Swiss can
ton in council assembled enacted that
hereafter no one shall make points OF
shoes or boots longer tlmn one joint OF
the finger, and il amy Shoemaker shall
make them lougcr lie shall be fined IL,
as also the lIerso:. wearing them Lon
don Express.
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VICE PRESIDENT KING.
He Took the Oath OF once Abroad,
but Did Not Live to Serve.

he TOOK the oath OF once Abroad,
but Did Not Live TO Serve.
William Rufus King. born April G,
17SG, died April is. 1853, WAS II vice
president OF the United States who
never served in that capacity and ono
who took the oath OF Office OH foreign
soil, something which can be said Of
no other executive officer who las ever
been elected by the people OF this coun-
try. King was III invalid, but his
friends urged him TO take second place
on the ticket with Pierce in 1872.
Both We're elected, but Mr.. Kings
health failed SO rapidly that he was
forced to so 10 Cuba some two months
before Inauguration day. Not having
returned 10 the United States by
March 4. congress passed special act
authorizing the United States consul
at Matanzas, Cuba, 90 swear him in
rs vice president at about tic hour
when Pierce was tuklns tile oath OF
Office at Washington
This arrangement WAS carried out 10
II dot, and OH the day appointed. Mt
Il plantation Oil one OF the highest hills
in the vicinity OF AlainnZas, MIR. King
was made Vice president OF the United
States amid the solemn "Naya vol con
Dios' God will be with you) OF tile
creoles who had assembled to witncss
the unique spectacle. Vice President
King returned TO his home at Calaw-
ba, Ala, arriving at that place April
II, 1858, and died The following day. !
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.
IN EFFECT JUNE, IS. 1905.

$3.50 n. III. Daily. Local for Suffolk
Franklin Emporia. Dnnvillc AMI in.
tcrmediatc stations Close conncc-
tons made ut Danvillc with fast
through trains carrying Pullman
sleeping cars and through coaches to
all points South ana West.
800 Il. m. Daily. Local to Clarks-
vile, Oxford, Durham and inferno.
diate stations. Arrive Durham 6:35
y. m.
1880 p. nj. Daily. Fast Express train
for all points South and West, carry.
in% through Pullman sleeping car TO
AShevillc. No change of trains to
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville
and Memphis. Pullman car handled
South of Danvile on Florida IEx-
press. providing in this way through
service without change of irains tn
Columbia, Augusta, Savannah and
Florida points.
7:3O pm. Daily except Sunday, for
Durham and intermediate stations.
Trains arrive Norfolk S.35 n. m. and
5:35 p. m.
City Ticket Office, 95 CRANKY street
Monticello IIotcD.
w. w. CROXTON, Passenger Agent.
Norfolk, Va.
II. b. SPENCER, General Manager
Nv. II. TAYLOE, G. p. A.,
Washington, D. G..
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Merchants and Miners Transportation
Co.'s SteaTnpship Lines for Boston,
Providence and Baltimore.


Leave Newport News. vim Norfolk
for Boston every Tuesday. Wednes-
day, Friday and Sunday Leaves for
Providence every Monday. Thursday
and Saturday, sailing from Norfolk at
GOO y. IN.
Leave Newport News for Baltimore
daily, except Tuesday ami Wednesday
mt 6 p. m, connecting for Washington,
Philadelphia and Now Yur,i.
Fare to Baltimore, one way. 5000;
round trip. $500. including statoroom
berth. Accommodations and cuisine
uneIunllcd.
Freight and passengers taken for all
POINTS North and South Steamers
leave Baltimore, foot of Long dock,
daily, promptly ut G y. III.
Only line running n Sunday steamer
between Newport News and Baltimore.
For further information apply to
L. c. SAUNDERS, Agent,
Newport News, Va
w p. TURNER, G.. p. a.
]. c. WHITNEY, A. ID. STEBDINS.
2d V.-P. Ut. NJ. Gcnl Mgr
General Office, Baltimore, Md.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
NOTABLE TEA TOPERS
MEN WHO aIMslsEo. THE sTlmuLAT-
ING BREW TO EXCESS.

dc 0rinccy Emptlcd Ills. Guns From
O'Clock mt Night TIL 4 In the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II ShamcIcss Ten
Bibbcr-Why Hawthorne Quit.
The most hardened tea drlnkcr may
admit that ten drinking can be nntl
often Is ovcrdone, and yet the best
known tea topers DO not appear to have
Suffered III consequence CT their excess.
i've indulgence In the cheering cup.
De Quincy was notable ten topper
IN his picture OF II winter evening in
bis cottage among tile Cumberland
hills he mentions the tea ctluipagc OH Il
table beside the fire. and behind the
table fair tea maker, whose duty it
was 10 fill all almost endless process
sion of cups. DC Quincy declares that
he drank tea from 6 O'clock ut night
10 i IN the morning. and claims the in.
fusion as "tlic ravorite beverage Of the
intellectual"
Another tea topper was IIaZlitt. the
cssayist, who was not only very fond
of the beverage, but seems to have
drunk it of extraordinary strength
We arc told OH excellent authority that
lie used two ounces for his breakfast
aud two for his tea. with cream and
litt for this tcn-thc finest Soochonr-
ic paid ut first ii shillings and after.
ward IL sllillings per pound Perhaps
this extravaganza and excessive con-
sumption OF tea may account for some
Of the cssayists qlarrelsomcncss.
C0wpcr, as we all know, appreciated
TO the full the charm of the fragrant
leaf. but there is hardly sufficient cvi-
Iclice to slow that lie was guilty OF
undue indulgence. Tho most famous
tea topper WAS OF course DR. Johnson.
whose fcats with the cup which Mrs.
1hrnle filled SO assluOusly are too Well
known to need charging upon. Ills
record appears to have hccn twenty
five cups. which he drank ut Il sitting
but in mitigation of Judgment IL should
lie remembered that in all probability
the cups wore much smaller than The
tcacups In Use II, The present time.
Still Johnson told Miss Reynolds in
playful verse
Thou canst not mako The tea SO fast
as can gulp II DOWN.
And lie described hiisclf us Il ''har,l.
cnc,i AMI Shameless tca drnl;ev. w.:
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y INV 4 b0itoIk

LEAVE NORFOLK DAILY
/ 7:40 a. lM.-CHICAGO EXPRESS
Parlor. car (broilcr service) to Roam.
oke. Slenpcrs Roanoke to Columbus.
Cincinnati and Knoxville. Cafe Dining
car Roanoke 10 Williamson.
9:25 A. M.-OCTAN SHORE LIN.
lTEB-Arrives Richmond 11:4O n. m.
Connects Mt Petersburg for Roanoke
and mt Richmond tex. SUM for Wash.
ington
$3.50 P. M.-RICHMONDL LIMITED
Arrives Richmond ESQ p m. Connects
for Washington
7:4o p. MIST. LOUIS EXPRESS
Shoppers to Lynchhnrg. Roanoke, Bris
tnl and Roanoke to Columbus. Cafe
dining Car:
7;4o PM NEW ORLEANS SHORT
IINlG-TO the Southwest. SIeepers 10
New Orleans and Memphis. Cafe Din.
ing Car.
Trains arrive Norfolk daily s:1o a
m, ll:2O a. M, $500 p. m and 1890 D.
m.
ONCE, III Main St, Norfolk.
JOHN Z. WAGNER.
Passenger Agent
Gen. Pass. Agt,
Roanoke. Va
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
Early Rlsine nnrn1tx

According to the following entry in
Pepys' diary of March Z. 1860, royalty
rose somewhat earlier in tie day than
is the custom now for the purposes Of
witnessing sport. PcDys SIGH, II hear
that the king (Charlcs III sn1 the
Duke Of York set out for Newmarket
by in the morning to see some foot
ind horse races"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
An iwrui plg.

"Oh, dear, I'm going 1n tho stage
next month. Aren't YOU surprscd:'
WHY, no. I'm sure son will have NJ
trouble i'll getting position
why do you think sol"
because there are very few womci'
who are willing to take the Grandmoth
~ Darts."-Dallas News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24


700 D. m. II
FARE-First-cass one way, $500,
meals and stateroom, berth included.
Round trip, limit thirty days, s14OO.
Steerage, without subsistence, S..
Tickets on sale at C. IL o. Railway
Ticket Office.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN
NEWPORT NEWS AND RICHMOND.
Steamers Brandon and Berkeley leave
Pier n" $50 every evening, passen-
gers only
Steamer Hampton will leave Pier A
daily, except Sunday, at o Il. m. going
TO Norfolk. and at 4 pm. going to
Smithiinld. Steamer Accomac vii!
leave Pier a daily, except Sunday, at.
a. m. going to Smithneld and about
2;30 y. m. going to Norfolk.
All business between New York and
Newport News transacted at Pier G.
All business between Newport News,
Norfolk. Smithfield and local points
transacted at Pier A, foot OF Twenty.
NTH street.
NJ. B. cRoWELL, Gen. Agt.
IL. 70. Walker. Vice-Pres. g. Traf. Mgr.
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NORFOLK & WASHINGTON STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY,

or1lS- COMPANH.
: The new AMI powerful Iron Palace
steamers Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily MS fol
lows:
NORTHBOUND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot OF
North street 500 d m
Leave Norfolk. foot of Wa
ter street .,............ 600 p nj
Leave Old Point Comfort. ZOO p nj
Arrive in Washington -. 700 n m
Arrive in Philadelphia,
Penn Il. r. ""10:50 n m
Arrive in Philadelphia, u.
& D. II. r. "aI1:l0 n IN
Arrive in New York, Penn.
X. R............ 500. 10 m
Arrive in New York, b. &
0. r. r. *1:25 y nj
soUTHDouND. : :
Iv. New York, Penn. r. r. 1890 D m
Lv. New York. B.&O. n. r. 1900 D m
Nv Philadelphia. Penn. Il.
X. ........ .......... 2:12p IN
Lv. Philadelphia, B. G o.
II. r. 2:O7 p m
Il. .............. 80. 3:1Op m
Ar. Washington, B. & o.
II. r. ............... $4,000 n m
l,v. Washington .......... $3.50 m
Ar. Old Point Comfort -. 1900 IN
AT. Norfolk .............. 500 nj
Ar: Portsmouth .......... $50 m
%Dnly. afDaily, except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
river and Chesapeake Bay on the Gle
CANT steamers of this company Is un-
surpassed. The steamers are compnr.
ativcly new. having been built in 1891,
and are fitted up in the most luxurIant
manner with electric lights, call bell
and steam heat in each room. The Ia
hles arc supplied with every dcicacy
OIL the season from the markets Of
Washington and Norfolk For tickets.
reservation of statorooms and further
information apply to IRWIN TUCKER,
Ticket Agent. 2711 Washington Ave.
Newport News, Va, or to d. T. CAL
LAlIAN, Agent. Norfolk, Vn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

Suffolk & Carolina r. II. train en-
route from Elizabeth City. N. c., and
intermediate points arrive Portsmouth
1919 a. M. daily: returning leaves
Portsmouth, ASS p. m. except Sun
day. Sunday. TOO p IN.
Connections nt Jacksonville and
Tampa for all Florida East Coast
Points, Cuba and Porto Rico
Only line out Of Norfolk operating
through sleeper to Charlotte. n. c.
No. 80 arrives ut Portsmouth daily
at 800 n. M.
No. 38 arrives at Portsmouth daily
at $3.50 p. m.
j. w. drown, Jr..
Passenger Agent, cor. Min md Gran
by SITS, New Atlantic Hotel Bldg.
Norfolk. Va.
WHY not try the Press Want column.
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Free TRANSLATION.

MIS- Reeder-i wonder what this pa
Ter means by this: "hIr. KadIey's mcih-
od OF entertaining his guests was quite
original and unconventional? Mr..
Rccdcr-1t means simply that he il
bonrlsh, but Inns plenty Of money.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

Those WHO have no Gool qualities cau
neither appreciate nor comprehend
hem Id others. IT ocslefoucauid.
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NORPOLK EXPRESS.
PINE BEACH ROUTE.

Effective Sunday, May 7, 1905
Leave shipyard for Pine Reach and
Norfolk, tbs. S:45. 1915, 1f:.i5. LIE.
2;45, 4:l5, t5:i6, 7:45, 9:15, 1890
. Leave Norfolk for Newport News,
6:2o. 7:3e, 900, 1890. 1900. 1870,
300. 4:aO, 600. S:00. 0:30, II 100
GEORGE w. HATCH, Supt /,
Norfolk, Va.
Hampton, Va.
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UiD DUMINa,slN LINZ.
DAILY aERVICE

FOR NEW YoRK-From
Company's Wharf, Nor
folk, every week day. at
700 D. m.
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The new anG powerful Iron Palace
steamers Newport News, Washington
nnl Norfolk will leave daily rs fol
lows:
Arizona republican., 1905-11-19
THE COMMITTEE
 OF SIXTEEN
Continued from Page 3.

teen years, together with the table of the water commissioner showing the present basis of distribution, and in the light of all the information we have been able to obtain from all sources, we have concluded that all the cultivated lands under the various whether subscribers for stock in the Salt River Valley Water Users Association or not, are entitled to the use of the normal flow of the Salt and Verde rivers up to and including 60,G00 miners inches, for the reason that they have bene- ficially used the same for the past 15 years.
 In our deliberations, all lands have been considered as cultivated upon which crops have been raised and water applied from the rivers for the cultivation and irrigation thereof so as to initiate valid appropriation of water therefor, and where, from the time such appropriation was initiated, there has been a reasonable effort up- on the part of the owners thereof to continue such cultivation and irriga- tion, even though at the present time, owing to the scarcity of the natural flow, certain portions of such lands are not now in actual crops, such lands have been considered as cultivated.
 Upon this basis the committee finds that there are now 127,512 acres of cultivated lands in the Salt River valley, distributed as follows:
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Arizona canal, 23,44O acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Grand, Maricopa and Salt River Valley canals, 5O,505 acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Highland canal, 2,S70 acres.
 Lands lying under and irrigated by the Mesa canal, 14,122 acres.