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The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
POSSIBILITIES OF YUMA
 REGION UNEMPLOYED. The Soil Simply Marvellous in Its
 PrOduCtiveneSS. And the Climate is int0xiCdtiHQIy
 SdiubriOuS.
BY GEORGE w. BURTON. In Los Angeles Times.

It Is very far from q Semi-mellenium since
 three little open boats under the flag of Spain first touched the waters of the western hemi-
 sphere and revealed the New World to the eyes
 of Europeans. It iS only q little over century
 since the United States of America sprang, so
 to speak, like PallaS Athene from the brain of
 love, Il completely armed addition to the family
 of nations. It is but little over half century
 since California became part of these United States of America, and less than generation since the settlement of the Great Southwest began.
 In all the l25 years since the Republic was founded also in the half century since California became one of the States of the Union, and dur ing every year of the last thirty, 6 realization of the vast riches Of the American continent, of the territory of the United States and of this Great Southwest has been more and more as- toniShing the minds of men. One would sup. pose that by today we knew pretty thoroughly what the undeveloped resources of the Great Southwest might reasonably be expected to be- come. We have not reached the depths Of this great ocean Of wealth with our plummet line yet.
 In residence of forty years on the Coast, the writer thought he knew little about what there is on the Coast, and as most of these years have been spent in and around Los An geles he naturally had a little conceit that he was pretty well acquainted with the Great Southwest Last week trip to the Colorado River bottoms, below Yuma, made him feel as a tenderfoot who had come Tn on the last train. New to him, this wonderful region and it's poSSi- bilitics are pretty well known to q great many readers of The Times by the stories published if not by the demonstration of their own eyes.
 Yuma lies on the map just twelve miles from where the government is putting in the great Laguna dam, at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. It is twelve miles from Yuma down the river to the Mexican boundary line on the Arizona side of the river. At one point, just below Yuma the international boundary line runs up along the river, which there takes 3 westerly trend and from Yuma to Mexico is only few miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26

proval of bond of Geo. W. Morton
 as overseer for road district No
 1; sureties, J. W. Darlington ana O. c. Johnson.
 On motion the following ac counts were audited, allowed and warrants ordered drawn:
 N c Nelson, judge of cleo
 ton, No. $, 1906 .....$ 5 0( w B Gilman, marshal
 same election ........ s O(
 On motion board took recess until , p. m.
 Board met at , D. m.
 Joseph H. Godfrey filed a re quest, in writing, for map de lining the boundaries of the sev- eral school districts in Yuma county; whereupon, on motion, the clerk is hereby instructed to write the superintendent that the lines of the school districts are confused, and call his attention to the provisions of paragraph 2155, revised statutes of Arizona, 1901, and request him to change, harmonize and describe the boun- daries of the several school dis tricts, and make a report of such action to the board of Supervis- ors, when they will take suitable advice in the premises.
 Joseph H. Godfrey, superin- tendent of schools, filed a notice in writing notifying the board of supervisors that school district No. 20, at Harqua Hala, has lapsed, under provisions of sec tion 129, chapter Is, school laws of the territory of Arizona; and it further appearing to the board that Harrisburg school district No. 8 has also lapsed, it is order ed that the territory embraced in the boundaries of the said dis trictS be and the same is hereby added to school district No. 19.
 The shariff appeared and stat ed that he had issued to various people in the county retail liquor licenses and received the money therefor before the recent ses- sion laws were printed, and that at that time he did not know he was exceeding his authority in issuing said licenses, and re- quested the board to ratify the licenses so issued. Whereupon, on motion duly seconded and carried, the action of the sheriff in issuing said licenses to the several people, named below, is hereby ratified and approved, to-wit:
 " D Scott, retail, Quartzsite.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26

TT H. ELLIOTT CIVIL ENGINEER AND
 Surveyor; U. $. Deputy Mineral Sur . :yor. Yuma Arizona.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
PROFESSIONAL CARDS:

INRANK BANTER, Attorney at Law and T Notary Public. Will practice in all the courts Of the Territory. Special attention to Mining and Land Laws. P. O. Box 40l. First Street, South Side, Yuma, Arizona.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
ONCE A MIGHTY STREAM.

Ages ago, when the mountain ranges of Ari- zona and California lowered toward the stars, at least twice as high as they do now, rains were very frequent and came down in torrential volumes all along these mountain ridges. The Colorado River in these past ages was a mighty stream. sweeping down debris in tons every second of it's flow. The Colorado sink vas at that time great inland sea. which spread over the country on both sides of where the river now runs. As the erosion Of winds and storms lardSlideS and glaciers wore down the mountain ridges year by year, the great river carried down vast amount of silt, erosion from the rocks full of phoSphateS, Times and disntcgrated graniteS, as well as the vegetation along it's banks and this was ail deposited in what gre now the sinks of the Colorado.
 As the mountain tops were worn down, the rains became less frequent and less in volume but the erosion of rocks and river banks, the trees and vegetable mould torn from the banks still came down and settled into the bottom of the great inland lake. This geological process went on from age to age to our time, leaving the Colorado at Yuma stream about half mile wide and being at the present time about twenty feet deep in the deepest portion.
 It is not necessary to remind CalifornianS that the Spanish missionaries and explorers called this river the Colorado because of the reddish color of it's waters. It is the Colorado up in the Grand Canyon in Arizona and down past The Needles. But at this time of the year. after passing the mouth of the Gila. instead of the red river It becomes the brown river. It act ually looks today if 10 per cent of it's flow was silt and only 90 per cent water. The great weight of this mass of liIuid jmDrepnated hv S,l much solid makes the cutting of of the flow of the river where the railroad is trying to close the break much more difficult Once choked of, however, the silt will settle around the rocks and make q solid dam for all time to come.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26

Stellmans Freckle Cream, the only reliable 0 face bleach. MRS. 4. J. HEYL. Special Agent, Cor. Jones and Madison Ave. Phone 75
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
RICHES OF SOIL WONDERFUL.

But the object of this story iS to call attention once more, and for perhaps the thouSandth time to the riches of the soil along the Colorado on both sides, incident to the depositing of this mass of debrIS during all the past ages. Going through the country on the Arizona side of the river, for several miles below Yuma, one en- counters the same type of country and soil that is found in the Imperial Valley country around Brawley, Calexico and other points west of the river. The fertility of the black prairie soils of Illinois has astonished people engaged in agri- culture for nearly 100 years Tho fertility of the valley of the Nile has been d matter of history for at least 6c09 years Those who are familiar with Illinois prairie soil, and those who know what the valley of the Nile is for agriculture know that this lower Colorado River region sur passes both of them.
 If you ask farmer along this stretch of country if the soil is six feet his eyes will open with aStoniShment at your ignorance He will tell you no one knows whether it is 60 feet 600 or GOOD feet deep. It is practically without bot tom. It is so thoroughly well mixed with sand, diSintegrated granite and other rocks that it never bakes. 1t is as easily worked a heap of ashes, and responds to cultivation in way that is marvellous.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
NO 34

10. On motion said appoint ment IS hereby made.
 The clerk is instructed to mo- tify Frank R Knight of his ap- pointment and instruct him to immediately furnish bond iu the penal sum of one thousand dol lars as required by law. The clerk is also instructed to notify Frank R. Knight to submit to the board a complete list of all males in his district liable to road tax; that he shall insist on each person so liable paying, either by cash or labor; the tax of all persons not doing so to be deducted from the overseer's al- lowance. The clerk is also in- structed to furnish him with statement showing the amount of money i'll his district, with in- structrions not to exceed such sum in expenditures.
 RESOLUTIONS.
 Whereas, the true boundaries of the several election and just ice precincts of Yuma county are confused and in many in stances difficult to determine,
 And whereas, the best inter- ests of the county and conven- fence require that the same be changed and renumbered and the county further divided into election and justice precincts;
 Now, therefore, 1t is resolved: That the designations of the sev- eral election and justice precincts in Yuma county, and the boun- daries thereof, be and they are hereby changed as hereinafter provided:
 Yuma precinct No. 1 shall be known as Precinct No. 1.
 Somerton precinct as Precinct No, 3.
 Gila City precinct as Precinct No. 3.
 Mohawk precinct as Precinct No. 1.
 Laguna precinct as Precinct No. 5.
 Kofa precinct as Precinct No.
 Cibola precinct as Precinct No. 8.
 Quartzsite precinct as Precinct No. 9.
 Ehrenberg precinct as Precinct No. 10.
 Harrisburg precinct as Pre- cinct Mo- II.
 It is further resolved that in addition to the above, there are hereby created and established the following election and just ice precincts:
 Precinct No. 6
 Precinct No. 12.
 It is further resolved that the of the several above designated election and justice precincts are and shall be as fol- lows:
 Precinct No. Commencing 1t a point where a north and south line through the center of township 8, south, of range 21 vest, interSects the Gila river, md running thence down the center of the Gila river to it's junction with the Colorado river; hence down the Colorado river 10 a point where a line between sections IS and 9 in township 9, iouth, of range 24 west, inter- ectS the Colorado river; thence asst to the southeast corner of ectiOn 17, in township 9, south, f range 9, west; thence south o the international boundary inc between the United States nd the republic of Mexico; hence southeasterly along the boundary line to a 'oint south of the place of be- inning; thence north to the 'lace of beginning.
 Precinct No. 2-Commencing t the southeast corner of sec ion 17, in township 9, south, of ange 3, west, and running hence west to the Colorado
 Continued on Page Twol
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
CUT TEN CROPS YEARLY.

SO EAhL
 Arizona has established an experiment. Statio2 in the heart of this big valley, which is some twenty four miles long, and in spots ten to twelve miles wide, down on the lower level. The results are wonderful. Last week they were cutting crop of alfalfa on this expert mental farm, and for ten consecutive months they will cut succeeding crops. Tho only months when the crop is not cut here are December and January.
 Cotton and tobacco grow with the greatest luxuriance, and this rich alluvial soil will be noted in a very few years as the ideal spot in the whole country for dairying, hog raising the production of poultry and vegetables, which one hesitateS to call early or late as they will be perennial. New potatoes will be produced in the middle of January, tomatoes will be ripe by the first of March, ripe grapes will be gath cred in the early days of May and aprcots by the middle of the same month. Chickens and turkeys flourish there in the winter time beyond all experience anywhere else.
 The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes only three or four times in whole winter. With an abundance of green alfalfa and vege- tables in the dry and not overloaded climate prevailing in the winter months, chickens are free from the diseases that make their raising difficult elsewhere There is DO spot !1 South
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26
Neahr'S BOdfdinQ House.

Wanted-Lady 10 advertise our goods locally Several weeks home work. Salary Sl2.00 per week, Sl co day for expenses. Saunders Co.,, Dept. w.. 4G-49 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, III.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-06-26

Bonanzo & Golden Eagle Mfg. Co.,, retail, Harqua Hala.
 Petition received from the res idents and taxpayers of road district No. 10 asking for the ap- pointment of Frank R. Knight as overseer for road district No.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23

presented gala appearance this
morning, aud many inquisitive guests
and visitors who. attracted by the rip
ping notes of piano accompaniment
and the blended soprano and alto OF
clear. girlish voices, peeped in at the
door were surprised and delighted
land few of them were even moved
TO send up boxes of bonbons) by the
pretty scene The nine Hawaiian girls
Cf the Honolulu Evening Bulletins
excursion party were seated in the
parlors, with hundreds of yards of
golden crepe ribbon strewn about
.hem, busily making the yellow
wreaths (known in the islands as
"leis') with which the happy-hearted
Kanaka is wont TO deck himself, the
men wearing them about the crowns
of their hats and the women festooning
them about their shoulders, as well
rs using them rs an adjunct to their
millinery.
The dark-cycd maidens were making
the wreaths for distribution as souve-
Mrs, among the friends who have en-
tertained them and extended social
rOurtesies during their visit to Port
iand and were singing over their
work. Something of the happy, care
free, atmosphere of the Paradise OF
he Pacific" is associated with the fes.
tive yellow "leis" and will linger with
The decorative tri1es, which have been
distributed literally by the Hawaiian
girls among those who have extended
courtCsies to them since their arrival
or the mainland at Los Angeles some
weeks ago
The girls were entertained at lunch
con today by Mrs. Tozler. mother of
iIdyth Tu2ior Weatherred. their chap
CrOnc and this afternoon they are en-
JOKING the play, "Other Peoples
Iioney" at the Lyric Theater. as the
guests of the stock company. They
will he rendered reception this even
| ing at the home Of Miss Dtlta Watson,
and tomorrow morning early will
leave for their trip TO The Dallcs and
Hood River, returning here Friday
evening or Saturday morning.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23
NEW YORK'S FRENzIED FINANCE.

The Bulletins supposition
that the trouble Of the Knickerbockcr
Trust Company might be an outcome
Of the traction scandals with which
the interests Of Thomas +. Ryan are
associated, Is strengthened by the
comment on the financial situation
made in Henry GIews' circular receiv-
ed by the latest mail.
Clcws says, Confidence has rccciv-
cd another rude shock through the
gmuZing exposures of the MetrOpOli-
IAN Securities investigation. 1t is
disclosures of breach of trust in high
financial circles began, followed by
the collapse Of the copper manipula-
ton, and finally these later scandals
connected with the local traction sit
uation. Hence no wonder confidence
is seriously disturbed"
The New York City traction sean
dal has grown out of the company OPP
Grating the New York City surface
roads passing into the hands of re-
ceiyer. This Is a part of the great
traction trust controlled by Ryan and
belmont, and incidentally watered for
millions of dollars. The investiga-
ton is being carried on by the Public
Utilities Board created 'by the last
New York Legislature.
The probability that the most re-
cent slump follows criminal practises
IN finance Is undoubtedly the reason
for President Roosevelt giving out
word that he will not change his pol
iCiesr and Secretary Of the Treasury
.CortelyOu announcing that he will
help Legitimate business interests but
never n penny for the stock jobbers
and gamblers. Clews puts II thus in
his letter of October 70: Those who
have trifled contemptuously with
public interests and displayed a blind
disregard of stockholders rights are
the real culprits."
There is no installing the fact,
however, that this righting of the
wrongs is causing a very general dis
NAi bhh'' III wow l'A n NtHltlH, anu
the difficulty is intensified by none
tary conditions resulting from the de-
irnands for moving crops and the high
prices prevailing tor all commodities.
Europe seems to be short of money
and an evidence of it is the delay in
buying American wheat and cotton
on the high basis until absolutely
forced to IT,
The crop funds have left New York
and are now an element of strength
for the cities of the West and South.
A financial writer Of the Hearst pa
pers says that when the West begins
TO feel the pinch, Wall Street viii
have recovered.
Clews closes his circular with this
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23
MARIP0SA
Continued from Page 81

'SONtlHucu ITOn1 rage )
The officers admit now that her sit
uation was desperate in the extreme,
but at the time they made light of it
among the passengers, and Captain
jollying" the women and the more
tim!d among the men, and allaying
the few fears hat were expressed.
Had gale arisen the vessel would
nave been at the mercy of il, and the
MaripOsa would have been driven on
the rocks or leagues to sea, out of the
course OF vessels, and provisioned for
only a short voyage. Her danger in
case of fog would have been scarcely
less, for she could neither warn an
other vessel Of her proximity nor get
out Of the way herself.
Mtae Watson Volunteers
II was at this preCariOus situation
that Chief Mate Watson and four of
the crew volunteered to go ashore in
small boat and notify the company
Ct the vessels plight.
In the meantime CHEZ E5s.l12t
Grundell was wOrkiGS VIA a. h..
day and night in "a a,terl. - &C.
Tair the disabled machinery. Fer af-
teen days his mattress lay in the en-
CINE room and his only rest was OBJ
tanned at odd moments when his pres
Cnce was not needed. What food he
ate was carried to him by the chief
steward, and he arrived here yester-
day a physical wreck. The fuel oil
was long since gone and the lighting
plant was kJ. in operation by burn
ing copra, which costly fuel was
shoyeled into the fire boxes by the
ton.
On Saturday afternoon at i:3O
O'clock the tug Dauntless was sighted
and an hour later took the Mariposa
in tow. Saturday night at II o'clock
the tug Relief hove in sight and the
two tugs remained with the disabled
vessel until she reached port yester-
day afternoon.
The passengers expressed them.
selves in the highest praise of Chief
Engineer Grundell, and the other of.
ticers of the vessel.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23
WEDNESDAY. OCT 28. 1907.

The endorsement of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce is not handed
out to every applicant who asks for
the favor of that very powerful or.
ganization. Hence the officers of the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce and
the people Of the Territory are to be
congratulated on the latest addition
to the working force behind an ap-
preparation for Pearl TIarbor improve.
ment. Under the influence Assem-.
bling for the benefit of Congress ii
should be possible to make the first
step for the improvement Of the har.
Dor a mighty long one.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23
CATARRHAL DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
Often Lead to Consumption by Stealthy
and Gradual Degrees.

THE word catarrh designates IN in.
L nammatory condition of n mucous
membrane. 1t usually results from
catching cold.
While 1t is true that catarrh is Gener-
ally confined to the nose and throat, yet
1t may affect any mucous membrane of
the body.
CaiarrL of the throat is liable to
spread backwards and downwards
through the bronchial tubes until it
reaches the lungs, when 1t Is apt to pro
duce condition OF the lungs closely re
semblinS consumption.
Indeed, some writers regard catarrhal
Inflammation Of the lungs as consump'
ton.
As soon as the cafsrrfr reaches the
lungs the appetite fails, the patient be-
,,y., N'' n ]nu 'l ~ onnS,,n,I,n n,aro
their appearance, and vet the catarrhal
element which has produced this condi.
ton is not ALWAYS recognized,
rbera &c o,Jy o,e u,sv of reJ;cy;1o
s,rb cases and that Is 10 combat thS
catarrhal condition,
porrno "a an old and tried romedv for
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oh,oinod =, tho drnscist for tba asking.
hny ,,n having caiarrh of tho head.
,hront Irn.s or .tomocb shouId not fail
IN cIve petpna n trial. one trial Is
usually sufficient to convince. 1t rarely
fails to produce immediate benefits.
Weak. Rundown and ParaIyzed.
A.. ill., p.oa,or r,orord nm,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23

comment: There is just one other
element which tends to delay the res
tOration of confidence, and that is the
growing conviction that the present
year has witnessed a turning point in
business and that we are to face at
least a moderate business and indus
trial reaction. Wall Street has held
to this opinion for some time past,
but the conviction is now extending
beyond, and naturally has a percept-
iblo-thouEh iudirect--e effect upon
stock market Values-Chieny the in
dustrias. II is quite evident that any
curtailment of manufacturing profits
would quickly affect the common
stocks of these properties; and since
many Of these still contain u large
proportion of water the shrinkage
would naturally become more severe
Ihis explains why bankers are dis.
eliminating more and more against
this class of collateral. The bond
market continues in a very unsaIis-
factory condition. Here, too, are the
possibilities of profitable investment
with little danger from loss of reve-
aue; but the general exhaustion OF
buying power is evident and shows
that the country has not yet had the
opportunity of accommodating a suni
cient supply of new capital"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23

"The condition of my head and stom-
ach was very annoying. l had coughed
day and night for three months, as the
result Of cold which had contracted
from sudden change of temperature.
"My brother advised me to try Poruna
and l did so, for he was cured by Pc
runa. / took II regularly and improved
steadily. ! have now taken three bot
ties of it, aud am completely, cured"
Soon improved on Pe.ru-na.
Miss Pearl Bousch, 1919 franklin St.,
Richmond, Va, writes:
"When ! was a baby contracted ca
tarrh, and was doctored by several good
physicians, but none did me any good.
"My mother was taking Peruna at
the time and gave some Of it TO me, and
soon began to improve and am now
well and fat. l am twelve years old.
The doctors told mo had consumption,
but ii was only catarTE."
structions covering the most effect
U, Hawaii: Benson, Smith 6 Co.,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-23
FEWER JAPANESE COME

WASHINGTON, ID. o. oct 10
immigration from Japan for Septem-
her was 1894, being decrease of 500
from last year. The total immigra-
ton from all countries for September
was 9S,G9I, being 3 per cent. more
than for 1906. immigration for six
months was 1887.