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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

rest. Crockett, Austin. Houston, were
borrowed sons whose blood bought us
and whose dust consecrates the soil in
which they sleep. They all Quilt an
empire far greater than they knew.
There have been kings whose widest
dreams of kingdoms did not surpass
the vastness Of Texas.
Texas is larger than South Carolina,
New York. Illinois. Ohio. Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Delaware and Tennessee
combined She has an area OF 265,1S0
square miles, an equiva<snt of 110,039,-
200 acres, divided into 246 counties.
The state in length is $40 miles; in her
breadth, 80. When my friend. Doctor
Wellborn. was pastor Of a Presbyterian
congregation in Texarkana. an old
churn Of his blew in from Chicago. His
mission was TO close a big lumber deal
for an eastern syndicate. Having two
OF three days on his hands. he SIg-
gested to Doctor Wellborn that they
run over" to Corpus Christi and have
some Spanish macke;el fishing on the
Gulf. They were then on Texas north
boundary and Corpus Christi lies on
on the southern rim. Doctor Wellborn
EIflllfu bldnulN dA AliH IpaahNN eh-Ai
said: Two or three days! Do you
not know that YOU are now closer to
Chicago than you are to Corpus
Christie And the fellows eyes got
large while his mind tried to take In
Texas To describe its diversity of eli
mate, peoples. industries. and possibili-
ties, would require a bigger string of
superlatives than | carry with me. She
has both extremes Of everything, and
fills all the intermediate points with
everything one could imagine. Some
body was droll enough to say THE
Lord made everything by a pattern he
found in Texas" That about describes
it.
Do YOU know that Texas has 45,302,
500 acres OF timbered land. with APP
proximately G7.508. 100000 feet OF stand
ing timber? That is has about 5000.
600 acres of cotton. yielding over p
500, 600 bales? That it has 1.400, 900
head Of horses and mules. valued at
S33 166.33S? That it has 7.260.767 head
of cattle. valued at s51.17S.530? That
is has 4S7s. 500 head of sheep and goats
valued at s6.5fO,279? That it has >
600 OO0 head of hogs. valued at $1,000
OOO? That it has a school fund of over
s175 10000. and a taxable valuation far
beyond billion? And all this mighty
territory threaded by over 1900 miles
o. RAILWAYS?
one can scarcely take in the size of
the territory. Texas has 1874 more
square miles than the Austrian empire:
larger than the German empire by g.
365 square miles and is more than one
I =
put the 76.503,3S7 population Of the
United States on Texas soil. and they
would each have about two and one
fifth acres. and not be nearly so much
damned up as are the peoples of New
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

Jersey. An authority says that Texas
now ranks fifth in the union in point
of population, having passed Missouri
since the last census. Pennsylvania,
New York, Illinois aId Ohio are the
only ones ahead of her now. II the
ratio of advance moves at the pace it
has in the last few decades, Texas will
outstrip Ohio before 1920; Illinois by
1890; and Pennsylvania by 1890. BY
the time 1850 rolls around New York
will be outdistanced and Texas will be
really the Empire state.
Granting that Texas is not TO be
carved up in the future years, her bal
ance of power makes one dizzy. Her
governor will be as a king CT many
peoples. and her legislative halls will
be throrged like a congress of the ma
tions. For when you populate Texas
YOU deal with a land larger than
France or Germany, more extensive
than all Italy or the whole Of Great
Britain. She has now only about thir-
teen people to each square mile. Eng
land has 627 contented, thrifty people
to each square mile. People Texas
with England's proportion and you
have a governor whose authority eX-
tends over 1866 millions; or. with Mas
sachusetts' present average. he would
rule over a hundred million souls. And
all this is an amazing and actual pos
sibility in the coming years, Who
can grasp 1t? The time is not far off
when the great Southwestern state
shall hold balance of power. both
moral and civic. that the country can
not ignore She is destined Ia take
first rank among the powers Of the
world.
Phenomenal as is this Texas growth,
other parts of the mighty Southwest
have been even more wonderful. Be
tween 1890 and 1900 Texas advanced Sc
per cent in her population. In that
very same period Arizona rose 105 per
cent, Indian Territory came up III per
cent and Oklahoma's advance was
near 544. Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. as the state of Oklahoma, have
swept into the union. She was born
more than a million strong-as large
as cid Connecticut or Maine. New
Mexico and Arizona stand knocking at
the door. Were they to enter as one
They would begin with over half a
million. And what is more-these two
territories would form a state whose
area would be second only to Texas.
Before the war, the realm of cotton
lay along the Atlantic seaboard-thOse
those states that touch the Gulf from
the Carolinas to the fields of Alabama.
Texas has literally changed the cotton
map. She can place one-third of the
lcountry's output on the market. n
wide and overwhelming diversity of
crops each year is fast making the cot
ton crop in the great Southwest vast
surplus fund. The results have been
the passing out of the cattle barons
and their mighty leagues of land. a
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

soaring of the landed values, the shift
ing of the country's center Of popula-
ton, and far less OF dependence on the
great money markets of the east.
With the building of the great sea
wall at Notwithstanding safety OF
life and property along the sea 'front.'
age, and with the governments active
interest i'm deep water ports on the
Gulf of Mexico, Galveston has sprung
like magic to her place as second
among all the American ports-New
York City alone leading her. Apropos
of this marvellously rapid development.
Charles NJ. Harvey makes some very
Interesting and accurate observations.
The time is long since gone when a
consideration of the Southwest con-
Germs only a fragment of the nation.
We are now in the times when a back
ward or n forward step in this partic-
ular territory drags nation into cor
lrespondence with its movements.
may, just here. reproduce those weighty
observations:
More and more the great railways
are establishing terminals at the Gulf
outlets. From the chief productive
centers of the Mississippi valley the
distances. to these points are shorter
than to the Atlantic, and the grades
are easier. In population. productivity
and general industrial and commercial
importance. the southern end of the
| vast Mississippi valley Is growing with
ldisproportiOnate rapidity. The South
VESTS pull on the population center of
the United States is shown by the fact
that during the decade ending with
1900 that point moved fourteen miles
westward and three miles southwark
THE center of the country's produc-
ton of wheat and oats. and the center
of the country's total area OF farms,
are now west of the Mississippi. The
center of the production of cotton. now
on the western verge of the state of
Mississippi and the center of the pro-
duction of corn, now in the western
part of Illinois, will cross the big river
before 1910. More than s. per cent OF
the country's exports already originate
west of the Mississippi.
For all the region between the Mis-
sissippi and the continental divide of
| the Rockies, the Texas ports, chiefly
Galveston, will be the natural outlets
to the sea. In aggregate value of mer-
chandise exports Galveston has left
I Charleston. Baltimore. Philadelphia
and Boston fer behind. She stands
second in the list of American ports
New York city alone taking the lead
over her.
Much has been said Of the benefits
which the Panama canal will bring 70
the United States by giving short
cut to the Pacific littoral of our own
continent, to the west coast of South
America. and to Asia and Australia
Undoubtedly the isthmian waterway
will open new markets TO Galveston
and other Texas ports. existent and
projected. and will be powerful in
fluence in enabling the Southwest 10
score further Industrial and CONNER
cial conquests"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21
MAN-EATERS OF THE DEEP.

Imagine a whole school OF 40o0-
pound monsters swimming at railroad
speed. And with vast jaws armed with
twelve rows Of triangular teeth that
spring erect like snake-fangs when
prey is struck in a lightning dart!
Such are the voracious and dreadful
ocean tigers. the largest or the man
eating sharks, feared and hated by
every seaman afloat.
Last year the British cruiser Euryd-
ice was at anchor off Santa Lucia, in
the West Indies. and a party of ma
rines were disporting themselves in the
sea around the great armored walls.
The water was most inviting for a
swim. and Petty Officer Henry Pell.
was giving an exhibition of fancy div
ing 10 his mates. His record was a
full minute under water. They watch
ed him swim downward into trans
lucent depths and glance along the
mighty steel hull nearly six fathoms
below. feeling the velvety moss and
weeds as he went
"Sharks," TIE word struck terror;
the mere sight of racing. knifelike dor
sails threw the helpless men into
panic But they were soon out Of
harms way swarming uD the sides of
the vessel. This took but a few sec
onds Henry Poll was still below. He
had left the weedy hull, however. and
was swimming away from her under
water.
Suddenly he paused, about to rise.
Something vague and big took shape
shadow or a blur at first against the
lovely blue. Then a mighty dun-col-
ored form. tiger-swift in movement.
unanswered so rapidly with the pecu-
liar side of lateral swing of its great
tail that the man seemed to meet the
awful creature face to face. He could
almost have touched the sharp, up
standing dorsal fins.
Pell knew he was in frightful peril.
with sudden resolution he shot up. and
as he did. the terrified monster-sharks
are VIGOROUSLY timid-swung its huge
tail and swept away in perfect cy-
clone OF mud and sand.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21
THE MIGHTY SOUTHWEST.
CBy J. Marvin Nichols.)

A vast exDanse throbbing with inn
measurable possibility is :he great
Southwest once the map-wakers
called it The Great American Desert"
now it is the progressive and potential
areas Of Arkansas, Oklahoma the
new state formed of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory-TeXas, Arizona and
New Mexico.
Corn. cotton AID wheat, cover the
immense acreage where once the cattle
king and his cowboys drove their herds
in the reckless freedom of the plains.
The hills Of Arizona and New Mexico
pour their wealth Of minerals into the
Golfers Of powerful syndicates and their
valleys are blossoming like the rose.
arkansas AID the eastern section Of
Texas are breaking even with the lum
Ter barOns Of the great Northwest.
Galveston has Won her battle with the
set and made herself Il queen among
the ports. Along the overland trails
vast corporations have fought to build
uanscontinental lines to the gulf. For
oign hordes come in steady streams to
build their homes in the great South
west No other section in the United
States has advanced like this mighty
territory in the growth of her popula-
ton. her agricultural development,
railroad pioneering. and her commerce
Of the seas. Texas has more railway
mileage than any other state in the
union, followed by Illinois and Pennsyl
fania- There are the only three COM
llouwealths that have above ten thous-
and miles. Galveston is outstripped
only by New York city in her maritime
;-ade
The immensely of the Southwest has
as yet har6;-- been grasped by our peo-
lI". Her possibilities are almost be-
E"nd thought. Leave out the Alaskan
possession, and the Southwest is one
nth Of al our republic. In so far as
civilization goes. scarcely any of it is
more than half a century old. Not
outstanding hordes are pouring in
pom us from foreign parts. yet much
b hfr vast plateaus, her sierra region.
.@r fertile valleys, her timber and
.'fSiWise country. is raw and unused.
10 sort Of soil, husbandry, climate, or
Industrial possibilities. but what some
pace n this mighty region offers I'M
lardlleled inducement. The great
southwest is an Industrial and agricul-
'lraI empire whose possibilities are
IMPLY amazing.
" hat genius can measure the state
eNas2 She was born in a baptism
'' blood. Her story of the Alamo. the
'.'liad and san Jacinto. will be told to
me ages as the one heroic page in a
..allon history. She is empirical in
"er gifts 10 other states. And she is
an empire because she levied on the
"oolest sons and daughter of all the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

waiting five minutes while you and
your friend argue affectionately which
shall pay the fares. The Alphonse-
CASTOR performance is not appreciated
on the car.
Never quarrel with a conductor.
however good your reason. Pay quiet
ly and then report him. a lady does
not make a scene over a nickel
Do not shout college yells and songs
unless all the passengers are college
people. Others are sometimes annoy
ed by such demonstrations.
In general, remember to be quiet.
alert and courteous. 1t is just as i'm
portant to appear sensible and we'll
bred there as anywhere else. More
people judge you by your behavior on
the cars than you would imagine.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

Once on the surface the man beheld.
as he knew he would. little flotilla of
the fateful triangular fins. He was
perhaps 200 yards from the cruiser and
saw boat being lowered. Slowly and
with much deliberate splashing he be-
gan his return. Now and then he
would pause and look behind, and saw
always the looming shadow of the
giant that had located him first. A
most ferocious creature. Now and
then it would spring level with him.
but at a respectful distance on one
side-an apparently effortless bound
rolling its hideous white belly to bring
the little gray eyes to bear upon its
living prey. Pell was fast losing his
self-control; he was firing and crying
out to the men in the approaching
boat. The immense shark, now holder.
more determined, was lashing right
around him with incredible speed.
churning the blue sea at each revolu-
tons A terrible situation for a help
less man,
Once-twice-thrice II flashed its
vast Jaws. only to dart back as Pell
splashed with the fury of desperation.
But the boat was alongside. A dozen
eager hands seized the swimmer while
others attacked the monster with
hooks and bayonets.
But II was not to be denied. Even
as Pell was in the very act of being
hauled over the side the creature
made one last plunge through the
water. dyed with its own blood-and
snapped off the mans left leg just be-
low the knee Not all the efforts of
the surgeons of the Eurydice could
save him. Pell died next day.
These horrible creatures attain an
enormous size-up to forty feet, or as
large as some whales. / have seen a
specimen taken off the Great Barrier
reef thirty-six feet long. 1t had eaten
a horse thrown overheard from the
Port Moresby steamer: and its serried
rows of fangs were the most dreadful
sight / have ever beheld. Some of
them were nearly two inches long and
two and half wide.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

The women of two Mendon churches
accepted the offer of farmer Of all
the hay they could load on two wagons.
The women were uniformly dressed in
Mother Hubbards and hickory hats and
were armed with pitchforks in plenty.
Only one man was allowed in each
crowd: he was to do the driving. but
his costume had to be en- regle-he
"druv" to the field and back in a Hub
bard gown. with his whiskers project
ing horizontally from beneath the gen
erous flaps of the sunbonnet. The
wagons were loaded with nearly 4.o00
pounds each.-Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

Mr.. Fairbanks successor in the
senate. James Alexander Hemenway.
is doing what he can to boost the
boom along. THE candidacy of the
vice-president is growing in strength
ali the time" he SAYS. THE people
are learning to know Mr.. Fairbanks
better. They are finding out more and
more what big. strong. able man he
is. They are seeing more of the per-
sonal side Of the man. and discovering
for themselves that any impression
that he is not a kind hearted. genial
man was a mistaken one. The.- are
reading his speeches and finding that
Senator Hale was right when he said
Mr.. Fairbanks was the best informed
man in the senate of the United States.
They are wondering why it has been
said that he is cold and unapproach-
able"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

NJ. Dabro Of Egypt is in New York
city. having seen the delights of New
port. He's going to Texas soon to see
the improvements in cotton culture
down there. and will stop over at Bal
timore, Washington and Richmond.
The Baltimore Americans New York
correspondent saw him Wednesday and
was much impressed. He says the
visitor is a prince and belongs to one
OF the oldest families Of Egypt. He
was told by the visitor that Egyptian
cotton. once sold for cents per pound
now brings % cents. The prince is
about 81 years Old" he reports. lis of
fine appearance. and. with five other
languages, speaks English perfectly
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

broidery wrought directly upon the
bands. or a piping of silk or velvet
such as the piece-bag might provide.
would be pretty. The cost of the model
Illustrated is herewith itemized:
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-21

Twinkle. twinkle. little star.
! am wondering if you are
An astral body genuine
or a light along the airship line.
Albany Times-UnioI
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
MONSTER BASKETBALL
CARNIVAL is PLANNED

NEW YORK. Jan. Announcements
have been completed for the greatest
Championship basketball tournament
ever held in this country Twenty-eieht
basketball teams. considered the lead
ing opponents or the game in the East.
nave entered the Protective Basketball
Association championship tournament.
The tournament is scheduled 10 start
on or about Sebruary Is and viii con-
unue with two playing nights weekly
until completed. There will be two
classes, one for heavyweight teams aV-
er2ging over 40 pounds and one for
lightweight teams under 10 pounds The
number OF lightweight entries Is so large
as 10 require the division OF the con-
testing teams into groups OF seven,
which viii play round robins. the win
ners OF each round robin or division will
then meet To determine the champion
ship. There has yet been no decision
reached as 10 where the tournament VIII
be held Several places in New York
and New Jersey are being considered,
and decision VIII be made IN q short
time.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
New Orleans Entries Coz Monday :

First raee-Five and One-half furIonss
Mimics' Daughter. lis: Dry Dollar, 100;
Paragon, los. Boserrian. l9l; No Quar-
ter. 81; TmpeTtmence. les Blackburn.
1O1: Odd Trick. -. Sam Rec. TO-, ALTa.
l05: Duchess Of Montebelio. 100; Nedra.
( 100: Sir Nagrant. 20.
Second race-Three furlOngs. Queer
Mclba los; BaloleC. ll2, Ada o. Walker
10; Bitterly, ll2: Shirley, Rismer. 1l2;
WinOla, 10, Anna Irish. ll2. Lady DE
Orc, lle; Hazel NJ, IL; Convenient, 10:
Ruby Wick. 1i2; Dew Of Dam. 10;
Princess Rue, us.
Third raee-Six furlongs. KohinoOr.
10. Western IS PalOda, III, Fantastic.
%; Golden Wave, SO; Grenade. 10;
Morales, IS; Dargin, rs; Benevolent,
g. Pasadena, lis. RalbeTt, n5.
Fourth race-Mile and seventy yards.
Sehoolmate. 1O4: Missouri Lad. 100:
Giorifer. III; Besterling. los; Beau
Brummel. 81.
Fifth race-Mile and twenty yards.
Canyon, H.: The Englishman, ii5;
Katie Powers, 10; Dr. Spruill. lis: Tom
DOlan, 81: Kittie Plat. 10: BOnart. 81;
McIlvaine. us; Elfell, 81. Flavigny. 40.
Sixth race-MiIe and twenty yards
Merces, 10; Nutwood, 1O7; Gold Bearer.
1O7; Ancestor. 10; Sponge Cake, 1l2;
Pride Of Woodstock. 107: CampaigIer.
80: Marietta Bush. 81; OerOn 107; Glad
Pirate, 90; Zick Abrams, 50; Guacith.
10
Seventh race-One and oBe-sixteenth
miles. BroOkston. i9I: Kemp Ridgeley,
Continued on Third Page)
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
STEWARDS WILL LOWER
FEES FOR SCH00LB0YS

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-Oarsmen are
well pleased that the American Rowing
Association has decided 10 encourage
sehOolboy rowing through the medium
OF a free entry list for its next annual
regatta on the Schuylkill river
The former entry fee 70 the school
boy race at the American Henley, so
called, was SO a crew, and even this
comparatively small amount was sup
posed 10 have a lettering effect upon
the list OF eligible starters IN the school
lads event Since the association has
made the announcement Of the waiving
OF any entry fee there has been lively
talk as TO the number Of schO0lbOy
crews 10 participate IN the regatta which
win be held May q. Springfield will
send a crew, so will Worcester. il is
stated Boston may send two crews and
Philadelphia will have at least two
Fights IN the contest.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
GRlDlR0N HEROES IN
FOOTBALL ON STAGE

Local college men have consented 10
appear on the stage of the National
Theater during the engagement Of Rob
ert Edeson in "Strongheart, the col
lege play. One of the most striking
scenes in this drama is pictured in the
campus and training quarters Of Co
lumbia College. New York city Two
teams in all the appurtenances and ap-
parel OF the ptgskin battlefield line up
on the stage, and interest will be very
keen among the younger theatergOers
10 see their husky favorites in histrionfe
dcestins. Robert Edeson, who is an
athlete Of note. will train the boys for
their stage football.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
BIG COLLEGES ENTER IN
INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

NEW YORK. Jan. 19-Yale Harvard.
Cornell. Princeton. Pennsylvania. and
Columbia will be represented in the in
tercollegiate indoor relay championship
at the grand indoor meet of COlumb ia
University to be held in Madison Square
Garden on Friday evening. January Is
Gustavus T. Kirby, graduate director
Of athletics. ana Ernest Stauffen, IT.
who, with Manager Iage and Capt. John
W BrOdiX. are managing the games.
have sent a special invitation to the
Michigan University Athletic Associa-
ton to send a team for the four-mile
intercollegiate indoor championship.
The Washington times., 1907-01-20
!. N. c. A. TEAMS
WIN TWO GAMES
Regulars Defeat Baltimore,
West Branch and Reserves
Win From Western.

The first and second teams OF the
Young Mems Christian Association won
both games Of a double header in the
Seventeenth street gymnasium last
night by a good margin. The regulars
defeated the West Branch Y NJ q. A.
Of Baltimore, in a fast game by 4S 70
i. and the Reserves won from the
Western High School qulnt by p 10
Is.
At the start OF the big game both
teams looked to ne about even up in all
departments except weight the locals
OutWeighing the visitors slightly. For
the frst I'VE minutes neither could
score. The Orioles managed 10 carry
the ball 70 within scoring distance sew
eral times, but effective guarding by
Williams prevented any goals until
Birmingham opened things by a beauti-
ful shot fifteen yards from the basket
Williams Ties Score.
williams tied the score shortly after
on two free losses, and Haight's goals,
made IN quick succession, put the
Neutrality-suspicious. in the lead They were
never headed after that. but several
times before they secured a safe margin.
excellent passing on the part OF the
BaltimOreans. coupled with accurate
basket shooting, made the losers appear
dangerous
The opening tally by Birmingham,
OmOhundrO's overland shot from a diff
hCult angle, and the an-around work Of
McLain and Williams were the fea-
lures.