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Arizona republican., 1906-09-03
IMPERIAL INTAKE
 CONSTRUCTION CAMP
Description of the Huge Task of the
 California Development Co.

Yuma. Ariz.. Aug 3O.-(Special Cor respOndence of The Republican. )-The camp of the California Development
 company, or as the place is better known. the Lower Heading. is a model camp. It is located in Lower CalifOr- mia. about four miles south of the line
 It is under the immediate control of the company and has neither priest. bishop. prayerbook nor church bell but notwithstanding these grieVous short ages it is one of the most quiet. order ly and best governed camps in the country. It has a population of about 25O. whites of all nationalities. Indians of every tribe in the southwest with a small percentage of hOmbres from the land of the Manyana They are hard working big eating and law abiding. This apparent godliness is not sup posed to lie so much in the moral com position of the people themselves as it does in two orders cOnspicuously post ed on the highways and byways of the municipality one. issued by the gov ernor of Lower California. prohibits the sale or possession of spirituOus liquors, under penalty of arrest and imprisonment. This means much more than such order would mean on the American side of the line. In the lam guage of an eXpatriated American. with whom the writer talked. Ut is just hell to be in prison in Mexico, for one never knows when he is going to get out" The other order was con ceived and put in force by the man agement of the California Development company and tabOos gambling in every form. There is neither cut. shuttle or deal, and no chips for the Kitty while the mandate is in force
 There is no law in Mexico against the selling of whiskey to Indians, whereas in the United States it is a penitentiary offense. For the past sev- eral years a joint had been in oper- ation south of the California line and had a. most demOralizing effect on the Indian employees of the company The whiskey sold was of the frightful kind. The order put an armed guard astrad- dle of the barrel and drinks can neither be sold nor given away within a zone of six miles on the Lower California side Of the old Mother of Mud. To see what is to be seen and do what is to be done, a half dozen rurales under comandante :. Villarino. have been as signed to police the district. They are rather a fine looking lot of fellows and wear the only visible guns in camp. and like young roOsters making their first crow are immensely proud of the per formance
 The town is built on overflow land and is made of tents protected by a 1 heavy roof of brush and wide ramadas. l thus making them comfortable even in ! the hottest weather. Figueroa street is | the most fashionable thorOughfare and | much of the business of the place is |
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.

Does you back ache? Do you get up lame in the morning? Do you feel dull and tired? Does it hurt you to bend over, to lift anything. to get up from a chair? Do you have sudden "catches.' .' or stitches of pain in the back? Does dull, throbbing ache settle in the small of your back and bother you day and night? Do you sometimes feel that you simply cannot straighten up?
 If you do have backache, be careful not to make the very common mistake of treating it as a muscular trouble. Do not rub the sore place with lini- ment. nor put on plasters, for the seat of the trouble is inside in the kid neys, which lie just beneath the small of the back. on either side of the spine.
 A cold. a chill, a fever, OverwOrk, overeating or Overdrinking may start a slight congestion or inflammation in the kidneys that will at once interrupt the kidneys work of Altering the blood. It is this condition that sets up the aching. and makes your back so bad.
 You can not make any mistake by treating the kidneys at once, for it Is
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03

40 feet apart and to these brush mats 100 feet wide and IS inches thick are anchored. If it is considered necessary a second and a third mat will be sunk on top of the first. they will, however, be not more than 50 and 30 feet wide respectively The brush in the Colo radO river valley is admirably adapted to mat making. Much of it with a base not more than one or two inches thick will be from 20 to 30 feet long. It is cut and hauled to the river bank, made into bundles a foot or more in diam eter taken to a barge with sloplng deck and there woven into mats. For this purpose five sixteenth steel wire cable is used. Forty miles of cable will be used for this purpose alone. It is the intention to mat only the present channel of the river, that portion of the channel not wow covered with water will be levied and riprapped with brush. Sand bags are now being used to hold the mats down. but when eV- erything else is in readiness. and the water turned through the Redwood gate. rock and clay will take the place of sand.
 The old Imperial headgate has been replaced by new one of steel laid in concrete on solid rock. At this time II lS nedElN a ndlI liiile lIlldllu' anu lilC canal will have to be opened to it. It cost $5O.O0O by contract and is said to be one of the best pieces of work of it's kind ever put in. It had been the intention of the company, and may be yet. to use this headgate also if it was found that the Redwood gate could not handle the flow of the river. Ap- parentIy the canal from the river to it will not be ready for a month or two yet. However that is merely the guess of an outsider. A mammoth Clam Shell dredge is being built for that purpose. It will not be ready for a month yet. The cost will be about $I5,000 MT. J. w. Brown. an expert dredge builder has charge of the construction.
 The present flow of the river is about 25. .OOO second feet but it is liable to drop to half that amount within the next month or six weeks unless there should be heavy rains up country.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03
A GRATEFUL WOMAN'S TESTL
 MONN

Mrs. Ysabel Moreno, of 97 South Main street, Tucson. Ariz., says: "I suffered more or less with my kidneys for nearly six years, indicated by pain through the arms. shoulders, across the small of the back and down through the loins. During the entire winter of 1902 I was miserable and constantly on the outlook for some means to check the trouble. Reading about Deans Kidney Pills influenced me to go to George Martins drug store for a box. I gave Doan's Kidney Pills a thorough test and I know from the results ob- tained that they can be depended upon"
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03
cents FosTER-MLBURM Co.,. Buffalo ", Proprietors.

| transacted on it. but Paradise Alley is the Mob Hill of this embryonic city of ! the southwest The men have bunk houses and are as comfortably situated as is possible under the circumstances | The health of the camp is good. Dr. | HeffernOn, well and faVOrably known in ! Yuma, is in charge of the medical de- partment. The boarding house is in 1 charge of a Jap. He is neither Togo nor Kalamazoo. but he puts up a rough. substantial meal of meat, beans, potatoes and bread. Pie and butter are also in evidence. Plenty of ice water and iced tea fills the cup of con 1 tentment. He is allowed to charge 40 cents per meal, but the men pay. only 25 cents. the remaining 15 cents being paid by the company.
 The railroad runs by the custom house and the custom house runs by the International line, and tribute is laid on everything movable and inn movable. It costs 20 cents to get a box of railroad spikes south of the line: one dollar gold on every 90 pound sack of flour and S10 gold on every tin of block matches. Air goes oyer free but it is wise not to breathe it too liberally and be seen by the men of tape. If you are in need of a good
 
 it. but do not look too guilty when you come out unless you have an extra Dos realeS' lose in your clothes. Although the Mexican officials are ob- liging as possible the red tape of their profession is often felt to disadvantage by the company. A deprecating shrug Of the shoulders and a semi sympa- thetic 'manyana" sometimes means serious delay in the matter of cOnstruc- tion.
 The work has been divided into three departments viz: The railroad and all things pertaining thereto. is under con trol of Jack Carrille. who by the way is a capable and an energetic rustler: the teams of which there are about 300. are in charge of Shattuck & DeS- mond. well known railroad contractors; the river or intake work is bossed by MT. Tom Hines. He is one of the most unpretentious and unassuming of the men. but in capacity and thoroughness he is said to be equal to the occasion, and the occasion. in this instance. Is as big as the Colorado. These severfI departments make report to MT. H. T. Corey. MT. Corey is general manager and it is under his immediate and care full supervision that all of a million of dollars is being spent to dam the Col orado and return it to it's old channel. To successfully do this many things had to be done. and much yet remains to be done, before the great work can be completed.
 The old headgate of the Imperial canal was about one mile north of the International line. From that point the canal ran parallel with the Colorado river. from which the canal took it's water. for probably seven or eight miles. The intervening distance be- tween canal and river was not more than a fourth of a mile. About two years ago the Colorado river in one of its playful moods, put the Imperial headgate out of business. with a rush, and the entire Imperial valley shouted itself hoarse for water To meet this demand the company took a short cut to supply by connecting the canal with
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03

these small troubles that lead to dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease. If there is any doubt in your mind that the kidneys are affected notice the urine for a few days. If passages are irregular: painful. or too scanty, dis colored, or full of sediment, the kid neys need help right away and there is no other medicine more helpful than Doan's Kidney Pills. simple remedy for the kidneys, yet so powerful that it quickly cures the cause and so ends all the painful and annoying symptoms.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-03

Be wise if you can. If you can't keep your face closed.-Chicago News,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19

New York to SanFrancisco and from
the Gulf of Mexico to Manitoba de-
serted his instrument and walked
out of shis offices. The throbbing,
vibrating, nervous pulse of America
was stiifed
Many years have gone by since
that eventful day. OF course, Grant
wasn't dead and this was only the
signal to strike. Few Of the opera
tors of the present generation are
veterans of the mighty struggle.
Most of them have drifted into better
and more lucrative occupations.
The introduction of the typewriter
for receiving purposes, sending ma
chimes, and other labor saving de-
vices have wrought a revelation in
the business. A youngr element
has taken their places and the old
timer who only depended upon his
superior penmanship his steady
nerve and keen brain have been
relegated to the ranks of the has
beens. W. J. S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
HAMMOND TO HAVE IDEAL
STREET ON SOUTH SIDE.
South Holman Street to be Improved
so that it VIII Hardly be Recog-
nized by Those Living There.

The property owners on South
Holman street are not going to stop
with their Improvements by build
ing new sewer. They propose to
keep right On until this street is the
most beautiful in the city.
With this object IN view a petit
ton is being circulated among the
land owners which will ask the city
to make the following improvements.
namely:
Pave South Holman street with
vitrifed brick from Douglas street
to the cemetery. all curbs to be Of
cement
Remove all trolley poles and re-
place them with ornamental iron
poles
Put all electric light wires and
electric feeders for the street rail-
way in conduits under the pavement.
Compel the telegraph and tele-
phone companies to remove all tele-
graph poles from the street and
place them in the alleys
Make all property owners build ce-
ment walks in front Of their property
as far south as Conkey avenue.
This work viii not be done until
next year. however. in order to permit
the filing over the sewer to settle
50 that there will be no danger of
the new pavement settling after be-
ing laid
With the great number of houses
that are to be built in Homewood
in the near future and the extensive
fsreet improvements that are being
authorized on many of the side
streets on the south side. this resi-
dence portion of Hammond viii be-
come more popular than ever.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
MOMENT
FLASHES
JERRY ELLIS MARRIED AGAIN.

Jerome A. Ellis, who recently fig
ured in a sensational divorce case
in Chicago. was married at two
o'clock this afternoon in the Office
OF Judge ". ". McMahan. the judge
performing the ceremony. The bride
was Miss Ida NJ. Plata also of Chi
cago, but whose parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Platz are said to be now
living in South Bend
The contracting parties came to
Hammond about noon today. with
two other persons. a man and wo-
man in large touring car having
obtained n marriage license in Crown
Point this morning After luncheon
at cafe on Holman street the party
left town in the large automobile, go
ing in the direction of Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
AHLBORN'S TEAM RUNS AWAY.
Horses Fall While Rounding the Cor
ner Of Sibley and Holman Streets.

A bad accident occurred in West
Sibley street this morning when a
team of horses belonging to VIM. AhI-
oorn Of 40 Russell street, ran away
and was topped only when one of the
horses stumbled and fell as they
rounded the Holman street corner.
Bystanders managed to secure the
control Of the frightened animals be-
fore they scrambled to their feet and
it was soon found that in spite of
the fact that one horse had been
dragged half way across the street
by the other, there had beee no in
jury to either. The accident was
was caused by the team becoming
frightened while tied to a post on
West SibIey street, while the little
boy who had been driving was visit
Ing in a nearby house.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
HIT THE ROAD
At s 4. N.
Soldiers Break Camp and
Resume Hike to State
Capital.
COL. PITCHER MAKES HIT
Grizzled Commandant of Fort Sheridan
Beloved of the Men of His
Regiment.

With the sounding of the reveille
at $50 this morning the United
States troops which eneamped on the
banks Of the Calumet just east of
Hammond and south of East Chi
cago yesterday noon began to break
camp and continue their march to-
ward Indianapolis Last night was
cool and the camp the most quiet
one the boys in khaki have had since
they left their post at Fort Sheridan
last week. Consequently the soldiers
were .loath to leave their blankets
beneath the little brown shelter
tents which lined the prairie near the
river
AS the last notes of the bugle died
away the sleepy mixers, for the most
part, scrambled to their feet and
rubbed their eyes. Here and there
could be seen one of the boys trying
to wake his tent mate, who didn' t
seem to relish the idea of giving up
those forty winks, probably because
of the long. quick march of yester-
day or, possibly, because he had taken
advantage of the freedom which Col
Pitcher has been disposed to grant
the men since he took command o
9th two weeks ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
REAL ESTATE MEN
GET AUTO HABIT.
Peter Meyn Travelling to Chicago to
Surprise Friends--And You, too,
Judge McMahan.

A judge and real estate man are
the latest victims of the automobile
craze and soon will be 'honking"
their way through the streets with
all the assurance of an experienced
chauffeurs.
Peter Meyn dropped all of his
business cares and quietly stole away
to Chicago this morning where he is
learning to operate his fine $2,375
Haynes. He expected to learn to run
the car in Chicago and then come
out to Hammond and astonish even
Murray Turner by his ability to
thread the tortuous way through the
tangle of vehicles on Holman street,
His friends are on to his game, how
ever, and will refuse to be taken by
surprise when he rides triumphantly
into town.
Judge McMahan must have profited
immensely by what the American
chooses to call his marriage trust,
for he to, has decided to own an
automobile and will buy a runabout
as a starter. He has anticipated the
yellow journals and positively de-
clares that he does not intend to
take all of the people he marries on
their honeymoon in his automobile
in order to even things up with JUS
tice Jordan, who is now marrying
people free in order to crush out his
competitor He does not claim, how
ever, that Fred Frank is not to use
the auto and it is not impossible that
this hustling bridge and groom finder
will wait at the gates of the city for
incoming couples A chance to ride
to the altar in an automobile would
be simply irresistible.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
Company was Stubborn.

In short, had our country been
on the verge of war with powerful
foreign nation. the anxiety and con
sternation could not have been great
er. To all this the telegraph ofici-
ais turned deaf ear and absolutely
refused to have any conference
with the Brotherhood Of Telegraph
ers. The result was inevitable and
at noon on July 19. 1883, there fash
Ell over the wires of the country the
most startling and potential message
in history: Grant is dead" Start
ling because General Grant was in
good health and his sudden demise
shocked the world; potential be-
cause Of its import and significance.
for at that moment, simultaneously,
every Union telegraph operator from
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
MAIL ORDER" CITIZEN
THIS IS TOR YOU.

Joseph Folk, the reform
governor of Missouri, struck a
keynote when to a conven-
tion of the retail merchants
of his state, he said this:
We are proud of our splen-
did cities and we want them to
increase in wealth and popu-
lation and we also want our
country towns to grow. We
wish the city merchants to
build up, but we also desire
the country merchants to
prosper. I do not believe in
the mail order citizen. If a
place is good enough for a
man to live in and to make
his money in it it is good
enough for him to spend his
money IN.
No merchant can succeed
without advertising one way
or another. Patronize your
town papers, build them up
and they will build the town
and build you up increased
trade and greater opportuni-
ties. Do not be afraid that
business is going to be hurt
by the recent exposures of
wrongdoing in the comerciaI
world. No man who is doing
honest business can be iniur-
ed by the light. All business
will be better for the cleans.
ing process it is going
through and for the stamping
out Of evil.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
SISTERS DO NOT LOOK
FOR DIVIDENDS.

There has been persistent rumor
afioat today that another hospital is
to be established in Hammond to
share the work of st. Margaret's hos
pital but upon diligent inquiry no
one can be found who is willing to
connect his name with the under
taking in question 1t is only a few
months since the Hammond hospital
went out of existence, the under
standing being at the time that il
could not he run on a paying basis.
While st. Margaret's hospital is at
times almost overcrowded. stiH the
sisters have never been obliged to
turn away any patients.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
BIDS ARE REJECTED.

The building committee Of the
First N Z church was in session
last evening in the church parlors
and opened the bids for the contract
OF the new church building. Two bids
We're presented and after considering
them the board decided to reject
them Advertisements for new bids
will be made, which are to be opened
next Thursday night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
sAENGERBUND'S FINAL
REHEARSAL.

Messrs. Theodore Kelbe OF Mill
waukee and Theodore G. Behrens
of Chicago, will be at the rehearsal
of the Hammond Saengerbund this
evening in Chopin hall.
The singers are making their final
preparation for the Northwestern
Saenbergund saengerfest which is to
be held at st. Paul from July 26
to 20 Mr. Kelbe will lead the sing
ers at the fest and has ben touring
the states which viii send delega-
tions to St. Paul with view Of adj
ding the final touches at the separate
rehearsais. Mr.. Behrens is the
president of the organization.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
TO REBUILD MERRILL
VILE STORE.

NJ. F. Pierce. owner of the Weis
store in Merrillville which was COM
pletely ruined by fire in the after
noon of July 5 is making prepara-
tions to rebuild the place. The Weis
store was the largest store in Mer-
rilIville and its destruction is keen
y felt by the whole neighborhood
which depended upon it for sup
plies. Mike Weis, the manager, has
gone to Rome City. Ind, in order to
recuperate his health
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
Appreciated the Calumet.

Just as soon as they had performed
their simple toilets they gathered at
the mess tents near the river for
breakfast This was soon disposed
of and they started to load wagons
with tents and baggage of the Off
GERS and to knock down the cooks
and mess tents Within an hour
from the first blast of the reveille
the line of march was formed and
the hike resumed.
Yesterday afternoon the tired sol
diers took advantage of the elegant
bathing facilities provided by the
nearness of the camp to the river,
nearly every man in the camp being
in the water at some time between
their noon repast, which was served
within an hour Of the time they
reached their camping place, and
nightfal. Some of the boys also
washed their clothing and hung the
articles on the trees or spread them
on the grass to allow them TO dry.
When the bugle sounded the guard
mount at FIVE o'clock last evening
and those who were to do patrol
duty for the night were told off, the
camp by the Calumet had every ap-
pearance of a real, sure enough army
during actual war
During the few brief hours his
command tarried by the Calumet Col
Pitcher succeeded in getting close to
the hearts of the Hammondites who
journeyed over to the camp yester-
day afternoon and evening.
1t is easy to understand how this
grizzled veteran, the son of a sol.
dier, the brother of a soldier OF
equal rank and the father OF two
soldiers himself ,endeared himself Il
the rank and file of his comrades.
By a strange coincidence he find.
in his command two companies o
the historic Fourth" which wai
commissioned over one hundree
years ago. 1t was in the Fourth
that the father Of the present eolone
of the Fourth and the commandan
Of Fort Sheridan foHs4.
Col Pitcher did no. reserve TO
himself the choicest place in "CamI
Calumet by whiea name it here
after will be called.
There was nothing to distinguish
his yellow tent from the yellow
tents of the subordinate officers ex
cept the blue flag of the 27th and th'
gold bordered ensign Of the Unites
States. Between those two flags Col
pitcher from a seat at the foot o
his cot looked out on a scene whicl
he said reminded him of the Philip
pines
His feet and his chest were bare
his boots and mis- sword were lyin
Continued on Second Page).
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-19
$500 PROFIT ON $1,000 HOUSE.

Otto Peterson sold his home on
Carroll street at an advance Of over
three hundred dollars over the cost
price. after holding it only a short
time He bought it for 1000, made
some improvements and then sold it
for fourteen hundred to Bernhard
Doege. Even at that Doege got the
property cheap and both parties are
well pleased with the deal.