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The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
NO AFFRONT TO JAPAN.

The silly talk of the visit of
 the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific
 constituting a menace and an
 affront to Japan is pretty effect
 lively set at rest by Ambassador Aoki's announcement that if the fleet on it's return trip will visit Japan it will go far to cement the friendly relation of the two nations. No plans have been made for the return of the fleet as yet, but there is food for thought in the ambassadors sQg- gestion- The jingo party in Japan is the minority party, which has sought to utilize false stories of the treatment of Jap anese in the United States, to make trouble for the party III power. The men who govern Japan have never entertained any but the @ost friendly rela- tions toward the United States. The people, some of them, at least, have been afflicted with in. sufferable conceit because ot their victory over Russia, and il nas made them too ready to pick quarrel. These jingoes are the same people who insisted that the peace of Portsmouth was { disgraceful surrender on the par
 of the Japanese, for they were wholly ignorant of the fact tha
 the Japanese treasury was empty and that Japan could net have fought another two months They have not yet realized tht predicament of their governmen
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

All of the Wouid-be presiden- tial candidates are finding politi- clans to give interviews to the press declaring that they will be the candidate of the next nation al convention, hut majority of political prophets seem to have decided that Secretary Taft will be the republican and William J.. Bryan the democratic nominee.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

district has been disturbed even though it be within the legal limits. By general opinion the city council should not allow any red light district within the city limits, thus fore ing the poor soiled doves, their patrons and advocates, to con- duct their business of slaughter ing souls at or about the flats where butchers used to slaugh- ter their teef. Other towns, with a name and fame not as fair as Yuma's, have their 'gulches, 'newtowns' and hog ranches. If Yuma must have a hog ranch let it be where the Stench will not breed pestilence among the children and youth.
 z. A question to the parties who circulate the said petition Why should the red light dis trict be abolished within the legal limits of a high-walled pen itentiary and have it established in front of a church-youl church-where daily services ar' held and daily children gathe i for moral instruction?
 REV. M. VANDERMAESEN, Catholic Pastor
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
Governors Report on Public Schools

Governors Report on Public Schools.
 In his annual report for 1906, Governor Kibbey states that the public school system of the rer- ritory embraces primary, manual training and grammar schools, high schools for the principal centers of population, two nor nal schools and a university, a very considerable and commenda- ble educational outfit for so young a territory, and signlf- cant of the strong Americanism which is inspiring the people ot Arizona to build for the future.
 The university IS at Tucson. 1t has an excellent faculty, which is under the supervision of the board of regents.
 The normal schools are at Tempe and Flagstaff, and com pare favorably with the best normal schools of the states.
 The report gives the following statistics:
 Children of school age, 1906, 30, 230; gain over 1905, 94.
 Enrolled in district schools, 1906, 23, 3,223; gain over 1905, ,43O.
 School districts, 1906, 290.
 Schoolhouses constructed, '06, l12.
 High schools, 1906, 6. Primary schools, 1906, 377.
 Grammar schools, 1906, 165.
 Male teachers, 1906, 10.
 Female teachers, 1906, Al.
 Teachers holding first grade certificates, 1906, 379.
 Teachers holding second grade certificates, 1906, 175.
 Average monthly salary, male teachers, 1906, $39.41.
 Average monthly salary, fe male teachers, 1906, $71.10.
 Revenue of schools, 1906 S57O, 365; gain over 1905, S47, E8O9.
 School expenditures, '06, S581 335; gain over 1905, S109,971.
 According to the 1905 repor of United States Commissions of Education Dr. Elmer ELS worth Brown, Arizona has 49 schoolhouses and the estimatet value of her school property S9O0, POI. The average daily at tendance in that year was IA, 009 or 64. 29 per cent of the enroll ment. The aggregate numbe of days schooling (all pupils com
 bined) in 1904-5 school year wa t 1896, ,819. r Ninety per cent of Arizona P total school revenue is fror I local taxation. That speak we'll as to the direct interest C r the people in their shools.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

A wall Streetpaper announces that money is easier.' We had noticed that-easier to spend it than to earn 1t.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
Comes Far to Marry a Stranger.

Louis l.. Kramer came all the way from Yuma, Arizona, to marry girl he had never seen. The bride was Miss Flora WeiSe of Tazewell county. Kramer wrote to his aunt, Mrs. Patter- son, to ind a girl who would make good wife, as he was leading a lonely life on ranch in Arizona. Mrs. Patterson rec commended a neighbor's daugh- ter, Miss Weise, and correspond ence was commenced, resulting in the wedding. --Greenyille Item, Greenville, Illinois.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
REV. VANDERMAESEN
 STRONGLY OPPOSES
Proposed New Location of. the Red
 Light District.

Rev. Vandermaesen, pastor of the Catholic church in Yuma, furnishes the following for pub lication:.
 Against a petition being circu- lated asking the common coun- cil of Yuma to designate new red light district, bounded on the north by the south side of Fourth street, etc., 1, the undersigned, in the name of the Catholic church and in the name of all self-respecting property owners and residents in proposed dis trict, do most strenuously and emphatically protest, and sub init to the city council and the public the following considera- tions:
 l. It is the general belief that no city council can officially designate a red light district, even should no protest be made by residents or property owners.
 2. The Catholic church is situated and owns nearly two
 blocks of property in the pro
 posed district, and cannot and
 will not consent to the establish ment of said district beginning
 at the south side of FourtE
 street-namely, at the church's
 very doors.
 3. The petition is being cir
 culated by parties who would
 and do object to having the sait
 district esta blished in the neigh
 berhood of their own homes
 Furthermore the petition is be
 ing signed by non property own
 CTS and signatures are being ob
 tained by false presentations. 4. The proposed new distric is inhabited by large numbe } of families who have built thei homes in this particular sectlol of the town with the special pun pose to be: able to raise thei children away from the perni l ciouS influence of the red ligh district. It would be simply . crime and an injustice to thes : numerous children to have tn ], red light established in thei l midst. The fact that the fam l lies concerned are mostly ntcA tM M l cans viii not lessen the crim = that is intended nor the sham that will be the perpetrators. ,. It is a burning shame feI : by every self-respecting inhat itant of Yuma to have the worl t at large know that citizens ( < Yuma intend to ask and petitio g the city council to officially de. t ignate a red light district, an D that in the residence section ( t the town, where the greate> e harm will result to the younge t generation.
 ' 6. It is the common conser e of the people of Yuma that, ;. the moral necessity of immora e ity be admitted, it Is to be r t gretted that the red ligl
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

nor do they appreciate the ex- tent of Japan's present inde0t- edness. To such people as these the sight of the United States great naval feet might prove most salutary lesson, and would doubtless go far toward assisting the governing body in it's counsels of moderation and peace.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
Birthday Party.

A birthday party was given this afternoon by MT. and Mrs. A. H. Mcclure, ,at their home in West Yuma, in honor of the tenth birthday of their daughter Louise. Twenty-two little guests were entertained right royalty and all had a delightful time.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

The Yuma public schools will open next Monday, with the fol lowing teachers in charge: Su- perintendent, A. H. Mcclure; Misses M. E. Post, Alice Arm. strong, Lulu Smith, lone and Alice Greenleaf, May MCconkey and Daisy Bush.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
Fine Beef.

The Hodges market on Tues day slaughtered one of the larg est beeves seen in Yuma for a long time. The animal was a four-year old steer from Joe An derson's ranch, near Gila Bend and dressed over 900 pounds.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18

There are many indications that the Philippine tariff will constitute one of the most impor- tant issues in the coming session of congress. This measure pass ed the house last session, but was killed in senate committee. The president is an earnest ad- vOcate of the measure, as are Secretary Taft, Representative John Dalzell, Speaker Cannon and other influential republicans.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-09-18
F. and E. Hodges Yuma Meat Market Phone 23

AGENTS WANTED-Part or all your time. Highest commission paid monthly.
 THE ESCHROEDER-S SON NURSERY Co.
 Lafayette, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23

Fort Morgan. Colo.-The most de-
structive fire that ever visited the
town of Fort Morgan occurred Sunday
morning. starting at o'clock. The
Platte Valley flour mill. one of the
most extensive mills of its kind in the
state. was totally destroyed, including
10000 bushels of wheat The total
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Practically all of the -four in the
mill was saved. although some of it
was damaged by water.
The fire started in the engine room
and soon burned through into the
main building. When the department
arrived the building was completely
enveloped and beyond all hope of be-
ing saved. The structure and ma
chinery were valued at $4,000. and
are total loss. Twenty thousand
bushels of wheat was partly consumed
and nearly all of 1t was damaged to
such an extent that it is unfit for any
thing except stock feed.
There was $4,000 insurance on the
mill and its contents.
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
oENvER's AUDITORIUM MAY 1.
It Will be Completed in Time For the
Bio Political Conve ntions.

Denver.-lt Is an assured fact that
Denver's big auditorium will be COM
pleted by May /. 1908. In answer to
letter written b. w. F. r. Mills to
Mayor Speer, asking him if he
thought 1t possible for the National
Surety Company to finish the auditor
ium in time to accommodate one of
the national political conventions next
summer. the mayor stated that 1t was
not only possible. but practically GER
tain that all work would be completed
by May list.
Ralph w. Smith, third vice presi-
dent of the National Surety Company.
wrote as follows to Mr.. Mills, chair
man of the convention league:
Referring to your inquiry as to
when the Denver auditorium will be
built, l desire to inform you that it
will be built by May 1. 1908. Since
assuming the contract for the con-
struction of the auditorium, we have
made arrangements whereby there
cannot be any delay. We have ar
ranged for the prompt delivery of the
steel necessary and have sub-con-
tracted already about seventy-five per
cent. of the work to be DONE l have
placed in charge of the actual con-
struction work one of the most COM
petent superintendent in the coun-
try, and / personally expect to give
this matter every attention and con-
sideration. | want to assure you that
no one in the city of Denver is more
interested in the prompt and early
completion of this building than the
writer. and l will do everything in my
power to have the building completed
on or before May /. 1905"
Mayor Speers letter was similar to
Mr.. Smiths stating that If it were
necessary. double shifts would be
worked night and day. The Republi-
can national committee meets in De-
cember and the Democrats meet in
January, at these meetings the con-
vention city for each party will be
selected and 1t is though that Denver
has good chance of getting one OF
the large conventions
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
COLD PRODUCT
IS $94.373,0 600
COLORADO HEADS THE LIST
WITH $22,s34,4oo IN THE
PRECIOUS METAL.
NET GAIN OF Sc, 900, 900
THE UNITED STATES SHOWS
WONDERFUL MINERAL RE-
SOURCES YET IN INFANCY

Washington.-GeoIge +. Roberts,
who retired from the position of d.
rector of the mint on August l., 1907,
has completed compilation of the
statistics on the production of gold
and silver in the various states and
territories of the United States for
the calendar year 1906. Roberts esti-
mates the production of gold for that
time to have been S94,373, 800, as
against $SS.19o.700 Tor 1905. net gain
Of $6,193,10O.
which amounted to $6,439,5OO. Ne
vada's gain was s3,919, 500; Oregon,
$4,000; Tennessee. $22.3OO; Arizona,
$55,S00 and Virginia, $1,000.
The greatest loss Of gold in any
state was in Colorado, where there
was decrease of $2.766,700. The
next largest loss was in Montana,
1857. 300. California lost $364,2OO
South Dakota. $4,000: Washington,
$4,000; Idaho. $3O0,5OO; North Caro-.
lima. $4,000; South Carolina, $780,
500; Georgia, 81 100. and Wyoming,
$4,000.
Arizons's Silver Gain.
The total production of silver in the
United States during the calendar
year 1906 is given as 56,517,90O fine
ounces, of the commercial value of
S,256, 400, as against 56,101 600 fine
ounces, of the commercial value of
1874. 221 .976, in 1905. The net gain in
the production of silver during the
calendar year 1906 in Arizona was
1868. 500 ounces; California, 435.5OO;
Idaho. 10000. and Utah, 1,1S8.2OO
The loss in the production of silver
during the year in Montana was 914,-
400 ounces, and in Colorado 1876, 400
ounces.
The average price of silver for 1905
was $O.6l7 per ounce. as against
$0.67531 for 1906.
Production by States.
The approximate distribution made
by Roberts of the production of the
states and territories of gold and sill
yer, for 1906 is as follows:
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
krupp Industrial Colonies.

Think of owning 10000 houses &C.
commodating 100000 persons. OF con-
Quoting 10S supply stores and related
establishments and 80 other institu-
tions of most varied Intricate charac-
ter. Count in the difficulties OF fairly
administering IL great aid funds. and
then consider that all this is but one
part of one element in the govern
ment of a great industry. Count the
cost OF construction and administra-
ton. Figure that of the 10000 but
10000 are wage earners whose aver
age income is but eight dollars a
week, and that they are well fed,
well housed. clothed. educated. guided.
insured against sickness. accident or
death. and pensioned when their use
fulness is gone, and then realize that
1t is all one huge. happy success and
that 1t pays. This. in nutshell, says
the American Industries, is what
Fried. Krupp. Actiengesellschaft, are
doing for the workmen at the great
Krupp Steel Works in Essen. Ger
many. where the Krupp guns are
made.
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
DOLLAR WHEAT
HERE AT LAST
THE FARMER is HAPPY, AND
WHEN HE SMILES OTHERS
FEEL COMMENTED.
SHORTAGE OVER WORLD
RUSSIA FALLS SHORT 100000
BUSHELS AS COMPARED
WITH LAST YEAR.

Chicago. - Dollar Wheat !" For
years this has been the cry OF the
farmer. He has thought that If this
could be realized he would be happy
and prosperous and all would be well
with the country.
Today the farmer is selling his
wheat for dollar a bushel or more.
1t doesn't have to be very good
wheat at that to bring the long-cov-
eted price at the barn door in North
Dakota. Kansas or Nebraska.
The farmer has not as much wheat
to sell as in some previous years, but
he is getting larger aggregate sum
for his crop than ever before.
But this is only the bright side of
the picture. To the consumer the
prospect of dollar wheat Is not so
rosy. But If that were all. the out
look might not be 30 black.
Looking Into the future a little, he
can by exercising his imagination but
slightly see wheat at $3.50 or even 81,
flour at $40 q barrel and bread at 10
cents a loaf.
And he can see no relief by turning
to other cereals, for corn and oats,
usually CO1bIuCICu Iccu lOI btoCh, dIC
bringing almost unheard-of prices and
the whole world is scrambling for the
supply.
The seriousness of the situation
from the consumers point of view is
shown by the action of the Chicago
market
Friday. owing to the stock market
tangle in New York and the resultant
uncertainty. the prices OF wheat went
down about cents q bushel.
On this slight break from the usu-
ally high level. foreigners rushed in
and bought every bushel OF grain and
barrel Of flour offered for sale, the
export business being the largest ever
recorded for a single day.
The result was that wheat has
gained twice as much here yesterday
as 1t had lost the day before.
The anxiety of the foreigners to buy
on every break shows that they must
have wheat regardless Of price.
The fact is that there is shortage
of wheat all over the world.
The Russian crop Is 100000 bush
els smaller than last year. and this
was the cause of a famine over large
part of the Russian Empire last year.
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
COLORADO FRUIT BRINGS MONEY
Grand Junction Product Not Exeelled
In the World.

Denver.-Grand Junction. the much
lieralded fruit center of the western
slope, has had wonderful har-
vest OF fruit of every description
this season. and the fruit growers
association of Grand Junction has
paid several thousands of dollars
to the owners of the orchards
as the returns on the first ten cars of
Grand valley contaloupes shipped dur
ing the season. The prices obtained
for the fruit were remarkable, the
standard grade bringing $1.05 per
crate. jumboes 80 cents a crate, ponies
AZ cents and gems 10 cents crate.
For the ten cars a total Of $3.27S.90 was
paid the growers. These prices. good
as they were, have been surpassed
out, and the standard cantaloupes
sold this month for $1.6s to the
crate, the jumboes "a cents. po-
mics Al cents and the pink gems IS
cents per crate. The vast majority OF
the shipments are made to New York
and Chicago and the markets in the
great cities are more than willing to
pay tho best prices for the Grand juno
ton fruit. At the present time the
shipping season is near its end and the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers asso-
citation shipped out its last car week
ago.
Nor are cantaloupes the only fruit
which has seen the best of prices paid
for II in Grand Junction. Fourteen cars
of pears shipped out of Grand juno
ton in September Melted the sum or
$23. S74 to the growers. This shows an
average of $1,705 for every car. and
the average prices paid for fourier
pears was 1895 a crate. for rive-tier
pears $3.50. for six-tier pears $2.75, and
for choice pears $3.50. All OF these
pears were of the Buerre d'Anjou va
riety. or the fourteen cars. six went
to Chicago, six to New York, and two
to Philadelphia.
Encouraging prices were likewise
paid to the growers for apples.
Together with Rocky Ford, Grand
junction enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the great fruit center of Colorado,
and the rivalry between the two towns
to see which shall make the largest
and most profitable sales is keen. 1t Is
said that the land on which the fruit
is grown is advancing most rapidly,
and in some parts of the country about
Rocky Ford and Grand junction the
land can not be bought at all. or only
for exorbitant prices. The horticultural
department of the state Is II: receipt OF
hundreds of letters monthly, seeking in
formation from all parts of the world
regarding the great opportunities to be
found in gruit growing on the western
slope of Colorado. The towns in the
center of the fruit districts are enjoy
ing steady and continuous growth.
and the resources Of the country have
only begun to be developed. There is
much of the land in western parts of
the state on which irrigation
facilities are lacking. and 1t is said that
when all of the possible fruit land in
Colorado is under cultivation, this state
will be second only to California as a
fruit producing land.
The Lamar register., 1907-10-23
SUMMONS.
STATE OF COLORADO.


In the County Court
Mary II. Johnson, Plaintiff. versus Will
liam +. Johnson. Defendant
william F. Johnson. the defendant
:. above Misunderstanding:
hou are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff. in the County
Colorado. and answer the compIaint
thefein within thirty days after the ser
vice hereof. If served within the stat.
VI 1oiorado or by publications; or If
within nifty days after the service here.
oI; exclusive OF the day of service; or
SAID action may be regularly set for
orial me same as though such appear
Joined on such complaint
ne SAID action is brought by plain
III 70 OBTAIN II decree of divorce dis
sowing the bonds of matrimony now
EXISTING en, between planting and defend
psated acts of cruelty towards Tho
plaintin, thereby inhicting grievoms
mental suffering. and thereby greatly
impairing her health and rendering iifs
plaintiff the custody of the minor c6iId
the issue of the said marriage. as viii
more fully appear from the comnInint
IN SAID action to which reference il here
MADE ana copy of which is hereto ar
And you are hereby notified that ~
YOU ran TO appear. and to answer The
sai9 complaint as above required the
sh paaintin will apply to the Court for
.,ven ~, tnerein demanded.
$40 $40 Sonrt at Lamar. in said countV.
,s.,n GEORGE H. THoRnEi so'-
'9eap Judge and Acting Clerk.