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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

might occur. And only in case 1t can be shown that its agents and employ ees are needlessly negligent and care less in such distribution would Water company No. be liable for any dam ages. We employ the best men we can get and pay them we'll for their work and have kept our ditches in as good conditions as the circumstances would permit with reasonable regard to economy of the stockholders money. You state that if No. l is not responsi- ble "what use have we for No. and why are we paying you salary3" l reply that Water company No. 1 owns and has to maintain and operate its own distributing ditch system. collect for the water supplied its stockholders and settle with the C. D. company for the same semi-annually. This work at the present time requires the ser vices of 30 to SO men. The work has to be systematized and men put in charge of each department and made responsible for the work in their de- partment. The original contracts were very loosely drawn and 1t has required a vast amount of labor to improve and interpret them and as far as possible protect the interests of our stockhold- CTS. There are many things that we have wished and tried to do, but we have improved them and brought in new conditions that were absolutely wanting in the original agreement that are worth at least million dollars to our stockholders, such as the seepage and evaporation provision and other things that anyone can see who will take the time to study the original and compare it to the contracts under
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

which we are now doing business. This latter has largely come under my own care and responsibility and has de- manded an amount of time, thought, energy and ability and financial respon- sibility, which. together with the settle ments, adjustment of claims, the sur vey matter. securing title to our lands, government ownership, etc., that would have earned me several times as much money in my own business as the com pany has ever paid me. We have been laboring under almost insurmount- able difficulties but there has never been any graft in the company and practically every employee of the com pany has honestly done his best. Some men think that because l do not get a shovel and go out and assist the ditch cleaners, zanjeros and superintendents in building and operating the ditches
 that am not earning my salary. But while 1 was earning one dollar in that way if followed that course you would lose ten dollars or one hundred dollars by the neglect of the duties which rightly fall to my office. When you get a new president as you will next year, get better man than me and pay him for his time, for if you do not you will pay good many times my salary in extra expenses, useless law suits and lost concessions of great value. Furthermore the best way to drive your best employees out of their positions is to complain of them unjust ly and expect more of them than they can possibly do. Poor men who have hard work to secure positions will con tinue under such conditions, but good men to whom desirable positions are
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01
RIVERSIDE. CAL. Aug. IA, lo(

MR. FREDERICK s. WEBSTER.
 DEAR SIR: Your letter of Aug. 9th received and contents noted. You ask who is responsible for your damages if water company Mo- is not and state that the inference from my letter is that it is the C. D. company. You ask further what you as an individual have to do with the C. D. company and state that you have no contract with them for water, etc You seem to look upon Imperial Water company No. as corporation organized for profit outside of and independent from yourself that has contracted to supply you with water. wish to call your at
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01
SEVERAL POINTSRAlSED
Ia Interesting letters BetxesnaE: s. Webster and l. w. Gleason Con- corning Rights of Stock
 holders

During the water shortage caused by the carrying away of the Evergreen heading last July one of the sufferers was F. s. Webster. As a result of this Mr. Webster sent a bill for dam ages to Imperial Water company No. ]. This bill was returned by the com pany's officials with the statement that 1t vas not responsible The following correspondence then occurred and Is herewith published on account of the very important statements made by both parties:
 FL CENTRo, CAL, Aug. 6, 1906. IMPERIAL WATER Go. No. 1,
 IMPERIAL, CAL.
 ]. w. GLEASON, President
 DEAR SIR: have your favor re- plying to our claim for damages. Con- cerning your denial of Number Ones responsibility in the matter kindly ad- wise who is responsible. The infer ence from your letter is that 1t is the California Development company. If so, kindly advise what l, as an individ- ual, have to do with the C. D. com pany? have no contract with them for water and if l went to them they might (as you have done) send me to their lower California company and so on up to the head of the river. find that ali my water bills are made out by Imperial Water company No. and not by the C. D. company and I have paid all the accounts to Imperial Wat CT company No. and never cent to the C. D. company. My orders for water are to No. One and No. Ones zanjero turns in my head of water or shuts it off, If No. is not responsi- ble to its patrons for water, why do they take my money? If it is the c. D. company that is responsible what use have we for Number One as a company and why are we paying you a salary2 l maintain that your position is wrong in this matter and that Num- Der One is responsible to its stcckhold- CTS for such claims and that it is the duty of Number One to adjust them and if found to be just then get after the party at fault and make them put up for the damages. It would be jus as reasonable for railroad to deny any responsibility for wreck because 8 firm in the east sold them an engine with a defective wheel as for Number One to deny responsibility in my case In this connection l wish to state fur. ther that Number One is certainly a fault for a portion of my damage through the work of its zanjeros anc others and l am acting on good lega advice when l state to you that this fact alone would sustain my claim. certainly will pay for every drop O water that use, but Number One mus as surely pay me for damages l sustain through no fault of mine from a short. age of water. If Number One is no at fault in the matter they must collec the damage from the party or compan! that is at fault. The very fact tha Number One has the power to den, me water, as stated in your letter shows that they are responsible for the delivery of it.
 Kindly advise your further action.
 Yours truly,
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always waiting will not and you cer- tainly need the best men that are to be had. In conclusion you say Number One must surely pay me for damages I sustain fer no fault of mine from shortage of water" My reply to this is that Number One can only pay you for such damage as may be due to the unreasonable neglect or carelessness of its agents or employees and very little damage has ever befallen any of its stockholders up to the present time that can be shown to come under that head. Very truly yours,
 l. w. GLEASON,
 President Imperial Water Go. No. l,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

CT company No. has any contract with the said company to supply you with water or to do any other thing for you. You are part of Imperial Wat CT company No. and under the terms of its articles of incorporation you have voice in its management and particl- pate to the extent of the number of shares you own in all of its assets. re- sources, liabilities and obligations. Your right to water comes through ow- nership of an interest in the contract Imperial Water company No. has with the C. D. company and hence, of course, is subject to all the terms and conditions of that contract. In that contract or contracts certain privileges and rights are guaranteed, but 1t also provides that the C. D. company "shall not be responsible for a failure to de- liver the water hereby agreed to be de- livered from any cause beyond its con- trol but party of the first part (the C.. D. company) shall use due diligence in protecting the system of canals so to be constructed by it as aforesaid and in restoring and maintaining the flow of water therein.
 stated in my letter that "f your claim is valid against the c. D. com pany we would be glad to assist you in getting it adjusted' but until 1t is ad- justed ''it will be necessary for you to pay for the water ordered and received. " In order to make your claim valid it will be necessary to show that the cause was not beyond their control or that they did not use due diligence in pro- tecting, restoring or maintaining the flow of water. It is not certain at the present time that you would realize anything from suit If you won, be- cause if they are responsible to you for this break they are also responsible to the people overfiowed, fo No. $ and No. 8, to the s. P. company and the salt works for all damages sustained. It would be surprising if this did not go far beyond he assets of the c. D. company and if it comes to scram- ble for damages the s. P. company will probably be in position to collect theirs first. Hence any action on this line is far more likely to pull down the house we live in upon our own heads than to result in securing any damages
 The s P. company is at he present time pouring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to save all the interests in Imperial Valley and they are not by any means all united upon the wisdom of so doing or at all cer- tain that they will not lose the money they are spending and have to move their track in the end out of harms way. Hence, lest they get discouraged and give 1t up and we lose all 1t stands us in hand to assist rather than hamper them with damage suits.
 Section 1859 of the civil code pro, vides as follows; "A contract made expressly for the benefit of third per: son may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescinc it. It is possible that under that sec ton you could bring suit direct agains
 the c. D. company and the Mexican company and our attorney advises tha
 Imperial Water company No. 1 migh
 bring the suit in its capacity as trustee for the injured stockholder. But i any such action were brought 1t mus
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14

ing for elections in dispensary coun-
ties, with which no one has fur
nished him, Judge Cheatham says
he has no authority to call an
election.
Not Enough Names on Petition.
A petition containing $40 names
asking that an election on the dis
pensary be called was left in the
Office of the ordinary last Tuesday
afternoon, but even if there is no
repetition of signatures and all the
signers are qualified voters the num-
Der is not sufficient to authorize an
election under the law. There are
,4S5 white and 125 negro regis
tered voters in the county, making
a total of 1910. 1t will, therefore,
be necessary for a petition of $50
names (one-third of the total num-
ber) to be filed with the ordinary
before he can order an election.
1t is understood that some names
appear twice on the petition that was
left with Judge Cheatham.
The petition has been withdrawn
from the ordinary's office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
MURDERER ESCAPES FROM JAIL
Wrote on Wall God Be With You
Till We Meet Again"


George w Bundrick, the Crisp
county murderer confined in the
Americas Jail, escaped Friday night
by cutting the bars of the prison
window Bundrick and j. H. Par
ker, young white man charged with
forgery, were confined in the same
cell. During the night, by aid of
a rubber tube connecting the gas
jet with a gas stove allowed them,
the prisoners melted the rivets hold
ing the steel bar across the second
floor corridor They then entered
bathroom and cut the bars protect
ing the one small window Two bars
were thus cut, and through the open
ing made Bundrick and Parker step
ped out upon wall beneath the win
dow and thence to the ground. The
escape of the prisoners was not dis
covered until Z o'clock Saturday
morning, when the aged jailer, Mr..
Covington, went up with their break
fast.
Before leaving the Jail Bundrick
wrote with pencil on the white wall
the line God be with you till we
meet again. signing his name in
full beneath. 1t is predicted that
Bundrick will never again be cap
tured. He was granted a respite re-
Gently as he stood beneath the dang
ling rope of the gallows, and will
take care never to get that near
death again. After numbering John
Shrouder he fed to South America,
and four years later was captured
on a Louisiana sugar plantation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
INSTANTLY KILLED BY TRAIN
FORMER DAWSON MAN MEETS
TRAGIC DEATH IN ATLANTA.
Mr.. Levi RuggIes, After Narrowly
Escaping One Engine, is Ground
to Death by Another One.

. Mr.. Levi Ruggles, After Narrowly
Escaping One Engine, Is Ground
to Death by Another One.
Mr.. F. A Ruggles went to Atlanta
Saturday in response to a telegram
bringing the sad news that his aged
father, Mr. Levi Ruggles, had been
Instantly killed that morning by a
freight train. From the Atlanta
Evening News we take the following
4 account of the unfortunate occur
renee:
Having saved himself from being
Killed by one engine Levi Ruggles'
Il an aged cabinet maker, the next mo
ment met instant death beneath the
wheels of a freight train on the
Georgia railway at Mason's crossing
at $3.50 o'clock this morning. Ihree
/ other people at the same time mar
rowly escaped with their lives, but
the old mans feeble strength failed
MIN at the critical moment, causing
MIN to lose his life.
Fred Haas, Mr. Ruggles, a negro
woman and her three-year-old chlld
stood at the crossing waiting for a
switch engine to pass that they might
cross the several tracks. AS the
switch engine moved off the four
started across the first track. But
lney had taken but few steps when
Iney saw the engine backing down
upon them. There was just time
enough to cross in safety.
Fred Haas ran ahead, followed
ny the woman and child. Mr.. Rug
sIeS, very much enfeebled, followed
and Sprang clear of the track ana
onto the next as the switch engine
PASSED rapidly. He had saved MN
sell from one, but dashing down the
rack upon which the old man had
Matted after escaping from one death
Cdme a freight train from Augusta
making up time
!, The old man tried to jump from
Iue track, but his strength apparent
y tailed him and he was struck by
tne pilot of the engine and ground
;2eueath the wheels. His death was
instantaneous.
/, Inc engineer endeavored to stop
s stS Train, but had no chance, as the
b boSt ne saw of Mr.. Ruggles was when
,E e sprang onto the track, and then
nv me engine was but a few feet away.
a ,4e train was stopped immediately
6n5 the accident and the mangleo
Oooy picked up.
Mr. Ruggles, who was cabinet
iiihaAer, was SO years old and had
f hseu at his home on FoOte avenue
NE several years. He leaves d
I. LIE and son, Roy Ruggles OF Al
eta and other children in distant
On Al the time of his death he was
Mo-, us way to the store Of j. p
ii carrying some meat saw
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14

he had been sharpening So great
was the force with which he was
struck by the engine that these steel
saws were broken into bits. -
Mr.. Ruggles was native of Bos-
ton. Mass. He came to Dawson from
that city about fifteen years ago, and
moved from here to Atlanta with his
family four years ago. He was an
industrious man of quiet and I'M
assuming disposition, and had many
friends in Dawson who will regret to
hear of his tragic death.
His remains were inferred in At
lanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
MInGE 6RI6Gs FAvoRs SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT
Chairman of Campaign Committee Reached nome tuesday
Co. Southern Man for Presidential Nomination

Griggs. who managed the campaign or Ine
ats in the recent and reduced the in
democrats closed ms
can n Friday night the south he eacneu MS n0
morning
dpe Giggs gave official statement d b had decided to
themselves ord
gains formal statement concerning the result b fe~nrs The
make nc lawns INC
nteresg Of southern president he t on+
John Sharp "lIanla 10 nS
am Of tbe supposion that southern man NC ocnaIted
democratic
1T IS Nv republican administration the denocauc party
anu put the Offices
am
AFteT thls the nomnduon VI
southern southern
da lO punish us LOT me
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
Pneumonia Follows a Cold

but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar 1t stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
prevents pneumonia. Kendrick' s
Drug Store, Dawson; H. A. Wall,
Brentwood
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
NO WHISKEY ELECTION NOW
MOVEMENT FOR A VOTE ON THE
DISPENSARY is OFF.
Fight May Be Renewed Next Spring.
A Card from Rev. w. f. Smith
Mikes the Announcement.

A Gard from Rev. w. f. Smith
Makes the Announcements.
For the second time movement
to abolish the dispensaries in Ter
rell county has been abandoned
temporarily so, at least. Leaders
say the fight may be renewed again
next spring.
AS is well-known two years ago
petitions were circulated and sigma
lures obtained for a prohibition cleo
ton in the county, when it was
learned that under the act creating
dispensaries no election could be
legally called to vote them out. This
was remedied at the recent session
of the legislature, and the agitation
against the dispensaries was re-
newed some weeks ago. Petitions
we're again circulated, and it was the
intention of the anti-dispensaryites
TO bring about an election in Deem
her. But this will not be done, as
the following card from Rev. w. F.
Smith explains:
Editor of The News: On &C
count of legal technicalities, the
ordinary not having received a
copy of the anti-dispensary bill,
the prohibition election has
been postponed According to
the action of the mass meeting
the time for holding the cleo
ton is left in the hands Of the
l,oou+i17a committee ReSDect-
fully, w. r. 0Mllh'
The recent acts of the legislature
have not yet been received by the
ordinary, and in the absence OF
certified copy of the new law provid-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
DEATH OF A CHILD.
A Little Four-Year-Old Boy Dies
of Diptheria.

Lucius. the little four-year-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Durham VINO
reside about two miles west OF paw
con on died Friday night of diptheria;:
The little fellow was a bright ana
promising child, and his death was d
severe blow to his parents Inc IN
terment occurred in the cemetery at
Cbickasawhatchee church, one mile
east east Of Dawson, Saturday afternoon
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-14
TERRELL COUNTY ORANGES.
Fine Specimens of the Fruit Are
Grown Here.

VJFOWH IIVTV'
There is no better climate in the
world than we have right here
in southwest GeOrgia-God's own
country ~
Proof of this is the fact that a
tree on Mr.. Frank Nasworthys Hlg..
don farm, in the southern part OF
Terrell county, has produced a dozen
oranges this year.
The oranges are now maturing,
and are about as perfect specimens
of that fruit as The News has ever
seen. They are of bright golden
color and medium size, and the naVor
ie enual TO the Florida orange,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-25
Team Off for HibbinQ.

The Bemidj' base ball team left
this noon for Hibbing and will
play a double-header at Hib bing
tomorrow afternoon. The
players were accompanied by r.
H. Schumacher, who will look
after the financial end of the trip
for Manager Barker, The Be-
midi team will line up as follows:
Summers c, Farley LeGore, Lee
LeGore p, G. Bonga 10, Hazen
20, Hoover ss, Gilmore 80,
Finn RI, Carpenter CT, Collins If
The Hibbing team will have both
Freeman and Booth as pitchers,
and the remainder of the team
will be about the same as that
which played against Bemidji at
Hibbing recently. With Bonga
at first base, the locals are
stronger than when they played
at Hibbing, with the except, n
of behind the bat. ''Louie''
Roy's absence from the game
will be greatly felt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-25
Fun on the Pike.

One of the departments of the
Minnesota State Fair which may
always be depended upon to
furnish a large grist of amuse
ment, is the Pike which will be
carried on this year much the
same as last except that it will
be better in every particular.
The Pike occupies the large en-
closure on the west side of the
grounds in the vicinity of the
livestock departme ent. After
entering it's gates one may see a
large variety of free amusements
including a daredevil bicycle
ride and leap, or a dozen different
shows covering wide range and
amnsements may be entered for
"a small fee. Among these special
shows is Switzerland, an electri-
zeal and scenic spectacle brought
from the Pals exposition at great
expense; Creation, the Sun
Flower Bales, Katzenjammer
Castle, the wild animal show and
moving: pictures from San
Francisco. To include all that
may be seen on the Pike and to
describe the shows with any
particularly would require ex-
tended space. 1t is enough to
say that the show will be of high
character and that fakes have
been rigidly excluded. In every
pavilion comforta bleopera chairs
are provided for spectators.
The fair opens on Monday,
Septem ber 8, and continues for
one week. Half-fare tickets on
all railroads will be on sale on
the Saturday previous so that ali
may, reach the cities for the
great events of opening day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-25
Mr.. Steinmetz Leaves.

F. j. Steinmetz left this morn.
ing for Park Rapids, where he
will visit for several days with
old friends before returning to
New Orleans, his present home.
Mr.. Steinmetz was for many
years connected with the Walker
& Akeley Lumber company and
visited Bemidji often while look
ing after his duties. About a
year ago, he was engaged by the
Brook. -Scanlon Lumber COM
pany to 60 to New Orleans and
manage their business in that
PAL t of the south.
Mr.. Steinmetz states that his
company has extensive interests
at Kentwcod, a small town seven
ty miles north of New Orleans,
where he has active charge OF
the logging and railroad depart.
ments. The company is putting
in a new plant that will cut $50, !
600 per day.
Mr.. Steinme.z's family lis with
him at Kentwood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-25
WHO MURDERED WADE? IS .
STILL QUESTION AT EBRO
Suspicion Has Been Lifted From the
P0rters---Third Man Under
Suspicion.

E5ro, Minn., Aug. 25. Especial
to the Pioneer)-The authorities
are now shadowing a third party
who is believed to be guilty of the
murder of Wade, the Indian found
dead here a week ago.
At first it was suspected that
the Porters we're implicated, as
they were with Wade, but at the
inquest they proved conclusively
that they had nothing to do with
his death. They left Wade alive
at Ebro and their innocence in
the matter is not doubted.
Other developments have arisen
and IS is said that Wade's brother
intends to hire a detective to
shadow this suspected party. An
arrest may be expected any day,
as the authorities are using all
their efforts to establish case
against the man.