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Arizona republican., 1907-09-21

"Magon. i'm his letters, speaks OF
arms having been sent and says that
Maria never asks whether she will be
in danger of death when sent on a
mission. II assigned to kill a tyrant,
he says. she will do SO or will make
all the necessary arrangements.
Some of the confiscated documents
indicate that certain Los Angeles
newspapers might find a better use
for their sentimental tears. The halo
of martyrdom for these revolutionists
-Magon and his pals-do not fit
we'll"
The feature of the disclosures which
naturally holds the greatest interest
for the Times is that union labor il
the shape of the !. W. W. and the
socialists of Chicago have been iden
titled with the revolutionary move.
ment to the extent of voting theii
sympathy.
Superior Consul Elias of Tucson
who is in the city. yesterday said that
he had been aware of the existence OF
the letters as had also United States
Attorney Alexander. Mr.. Elias said
that the murderous woman mention
ed in the letters, the revolutionists'
instrument of, assassination. had been
located and would shortly be arrested.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
THE LAND VALUES IN
TWO REGIONS COMPARED
The Famous Delta of .Le Nile is Sur
passed in Productiveness of Land
Nearer Home.

Very often IL is true that results
achieved and material objects which
when standing alone in themselves
appear great, but which compared
with. others of their kind suffer by that
comparison and are dwarfed into pig
my dimensions. Many things which
will bear minute inspection, fail when
brought into the test of contrast. A
great many things have been written
and said concerning the soil of the
Sale River valley and the results
achieved therefrom. 1t has never been
shown wherein any section has equal
led the success of the agricultural in
terests hsre, even under adverse con-
ditions. The east is not in the race.
the middle west has been left far to
the rear.
Great results have been attained
elsewhere. Frank G. Carpenter writ
ing recently from the famous Delta
land of the Nile. which he character
lies as the garden spot OF the world.
the richest region, the most product
i've and wealth producing country in
the world. might find his conclusions
inaccurate and unreliable IL he COM
pared the fabulously rich delta with
what has been already done in this
valley
The famous delta is not the country
of the biggest crops If the figures
which Mr. Carpenter presents as proof
are TO be considered as conclusive. In
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
COLONEL J. f. BARK
A MI6hT.HAVf.BtEN
Phoenix Man Who Would Rather
Serve His Country in PIebian Mod
esty Than in Distinguished Uniform.

| One man has been found who had
rather be an honest real estate agent
in the Salt River valley. than a real
colonel with his title legitimately earn
ed. and the right to wear it through
| life. Fame, glory and brass buttons
are nothing TO him so long as he can
serve his fellow men by settling them
one al time on little Arizona home
! steads. That man is ]. f. Bark. who
| was yesterday rendered by Governor
Kibbey. the office of adjutant general
with its accompanying rank Of colonel
and the modest salary paid by the ter
ritory. Mr.. Bark declined the tender
| with a profuse demonstration of his
| appreciation.
Ii was a most complimentary recog-
milton by the governor of Mr.. Bark s
| fitness for a position of trust and hon.
| Or and the esteem in which he is held
throughout the territory, but he de-
clined on the ground that he is not a
warrior but a man of peace, has never
| sought the glory of military distinc.
ton and at this late date he does not
care to complicate his regular vocation
of fortune building with that of studying
| tactics. practicing with a gold handled
sword and posing before the looking
glass to see IL his chapeau is on
straight. Even the title of colonel.
however alluring. was, not a tempta-
ton. 1t is contended by the friends of
Mr.. Bark that by virtue OF precedent
in Arizona, he should now be called
colonel anyhow The fact that he had
the refusal of the rank is sufficient in
Arizona to entitle him to be thus ad-
dressed.
Who the new adjutant general viii,
be is still a question that remains I'M
decided at the capitol. The governor
has several names under consideration
among them some military men who
have been retired. and it is quite likely
one of these will be named. It was
recognized that Mr.. Bark would make
a good officer if he would accept but
it does not require all the time of the
man who fills the position and yet il
does take considerable time. Mr.. Bark
did not care to undertake the RESPONSE
bilities in connection with his other
business. The Office of adjutant gen
eral is a peculiarly desirable billet for
a retired army officer for the reason
that his army salary is continued as
long as he is in active service with the
national guard and with his small ter
ritorial salary 1t will give him a very
comfortable income.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21

the delta country. as many as three
crops of hay are harvested a year.
This is not at all startling when COM
pared with the Salt River valley where
many ranchers have cut six crops of
alfalfa and Mr.. Forney of Glendale.
whose achievements were recently
noted in these columns. says that If
they viii give him the water he can
harvest eight crops in one year. Nor
can the delta produce the tonnage
which has been grown in this valley
per acre. Yet at the same time land
in the far off region is now selling
from $500 to $1,000 per acre and is rent
ing from 500 to 800 per acre.
The history of the Delta is some
what the same as that of the Salt Riv-
er. Once there were large holdings
but now no man cares to look after
more than 20 acres and there are thou
sands of farms of less than one acre.
But these farms are nothing like those
in this country, there are no fences. no
naystacks. no barns and the fields are
divided into patches no bigger than n
bed quilt. The whole country Is cut
up with canals and irr;gating bitches
from the branches of the Nile. and the
system of irrigation is almost perfect.
In the Delta SIS to sf5 Is the average
profit on the yield from the land. This
valley here can show larger figures
than the region of tire Nile. for s75 net
on alfalfa is not considered more than
a common profit. and some claim with
a perfec: irrigation system. they can
clear as much as 800 per acre in the
Salt River valley
Like the land in this valley the delta
region does not require to be fertilized.
as the soil is so rich and deep from
the accumulation of wash from the
higher regions for ages back that its
strength is inexhaustible and is being
constantly added to by the overflow OF
the water carrying large quantities of
rich earth. A company of capitalists
is so much impressed with the land
in the delta region that 1t has pur-
chased 5000 acres for the low price OF
500 per acre and expect by spending
little money to sell it out in
small tracts for $500 per acre. Yet the
land in that country is no more valu-
able from a standpoint Of what Il will
actually produce than the land in the
Salt River valley which sells for much
less.
One of the main reasons for this high
er price is the large population already
in the delta 3nd the number of for
eigners who are going in there and
buying tracts of land. This region is
capable of sustaining a large popula-
tion. as II is farned by the intensive
methods. though the implements which
the native uses are very Anticipated.
yet they get about all out of the soil
that IT will produce. The same thing
will follow in this valley when the in
fiux Of people makes the demand for
small tracts very brisk. and 1t is real
lied how much can be produced on an
acre Of soil when cultivated by the re-
quired methods. The Nile delta is IA
nous for its richness, its vast agri-
cultural resources. its heavy yield of
products. but that that fame will some
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21

day be more than surpassed by the
Salt River valley. when conditions are
fully developed. is the belief and pre-
diction of more than Il few OF the close
students of agricultural sections and
land values therein. Yet a few Will
continue to say the land is too high
already. For one to say that, is now
days to publicly acknowledge that he
mas not farmed as industriously and as
intelligently as many whose experience
has been the contrary; il is in other
words to admit failure to make the
most OF the opportunities. past and
present
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
Observation-Disclosures
AGAINST TWO REPUBLICS
Disclosures by Letters Found on the
Persons Of Magon q nd Villareal.

II is not known here yet whether
the warrants issued by Commissioner
tombstone for the arrest of MACON and
Villareal, the Mexican revolutionists
Have been served, but they are still
Id fail at Los Angeles. The Los An
geles Times which came yesterday
published the substance OF several let
tiers which were found on them at the
time of their arrest. These letters arr
now in the possession of Horace III
Appel of Los Angeles, attorney for the
Mexican government.
The Times sums up the disclosures
as follows:
Terrific abuse, spread around the
world. against President Roosevelt.
Evidence tending TO show that Roose-
Welt was to share the fate in store for
Diaz.
Support of the American labor I'M
ions in the terrible plots of the Mexi-
can revolutionists.
1.-The existence in Los Angeles of a
brilliant and bold woman anarchist
who dared more than any of the men.
Written statements of prominent
revolutionists showing that the at
tacks upon Cananea, Douglas and
Juarez We're all planned by the gang
recently arrested in Los Angeles.
plot to collect money in Spain by
working on the hatred supposed to
exist there toward the hero of San
Juan Hill.
"AIl these things have been found in
letters confiscated by the Mexican
government from the effects of Rio
ardo Flores Magon. Villareal and Ri
vera, arrested after a fierce struggle
recently in a house on Pico street.
Hidden somewhere in Los Angeles
is a daredevil Spanish woman who
should be standing with the Mexican
rcvolutionists when they are arraign-
cd here in the United States court.
Letters recently confiscated show
that she was the most daring and
reckless anarchist of all the band. Her
name is Maria Talivera- She is said
10 be beautiful and attractive wo-
man. Her friends and even her hus-
band regarded her as a quiet house
wife, intent on cooking frijoles. But
in her frying pans she was seeing men
fighting; hearing in the sizzle Of the
grease the crash of arms. the pound
of horses feet and the din and COM
motion of a nations government over
thrown.
''She was the go-between and fiery
inspiration of the plotters who had
their headquarters in Los Angeles.
Some of the terrible letters that have
been seized show that she was recent
ly entrusted with some dreadful Sc
cret mission into Chihuahua-proba-
bly, the assassination Of some high
Mexican official
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
new YORK LEADS
Z WORLD IN TELEPHONES
The Metropolis With Nearly 10000
Telephones Exceeds Total of Ger
many's Twenty Largest Cities, and
of Many Foreign Countries.

New York, Sept. l5.-New York Is
undisputedly the greatest telephone
city in the world. Enough words are
spoken over its telephones every day
to fill three freight cars with books
containing them. Some one man at
tempt to repeat the messages of a sin
gle day the end of his life would find
him with his task unfinished The
metropolitan area contains more in
struments than are to be found in all
France. Belgium, Holland and Swift
erland combined. or more than there
are i'm the twenty leading cities of the
German empire. These telephones out
number the whole population of any of
the following political divisions of the
country: Arizona, Delaware. District
Of Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico. North Dakota. Utah,
Vermont and Wyoming. There are 3S9,-
instruments now in use here, enough
for instance to give one to every man.
woman and child in the state OF Yer
mont, with the mere trifle of 1000 left
over. The total number. of employees
engaged in the operation and manage
mont. with the mere trifle of 40. 900 left
TEN alone aggregates 1900 or several
hundred more than those of the whole
Bell system throughout the entire
country nine years ago. Americans
are not only the greatest users of tel
ephones in the world but they demand
and get the most. Since every i'm
provement in telephony is brought into
use here as soon as it's permanent val
ne is proved, foreign experts look upon
best example, as setting the standard
for them to follow. Engineer Stegmann
of Munich, indeed, reported after in
vestigation that the local telephone
company's organization should be TAX
en- as a model. a compliment over
which Father Knickerbocker. more
used to criticism than praise. is natur-
ally bit puffed up.
Jennie the Monk Is dead and the
fire department is mourning. Jennie is
the only monkey ever to achieve MEM
bership in the department and for
twelve years, ever since the time when
she was sponsored by Chief Croker
himself in 1895. she has been attached
to the Third Battalion headquarters,
having as a bunkie during all that
time Fireman Murphy. in whose arms
she died while all the members of
truck twenty looked sorrowfully on
Jennie's name is on the official records
for service performed just like that of
any human being. One bitter winter
night after the firemen who bunked on
the fourth floor where Jennie was
chained. had turned in. worn out with
fatigue. the heat ef radiator set fire
to some matches in the pocket of a
coat hung to dry. The fire spread fill
ing the room with smoke and flames,
and menacing the lives of the sleep
ers. The Waterman was three floors |
below. Suddenly he was surprised by |
pool balls coming down the iron STAIR |
way. Jennie's chain allowed her to |
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
coNFIscATIoN IN THIS CASE.

Harrisburg. Pa, Sept. 2o.-The two
cent fare law of the legislature has
been adjudged to be unconstitutional
in its application to the Susquehana
River and Western railway by Judge
Shull of the Perry county court The
Judge quotes figures showing the rate
to be confiscation.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
THE TELEcRAPHERs' APPEAL

oyster Bay. Sept. 20.-whether the
striking telegraphers appealed to
President Roosevelt to arbitrate the
questions involved in the strike could
not be ascertained at the presidents
offices today. Secretary Loeb would
say nothing whatever about the re-
port
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
BURNT UP OIL.
Trying to Burn Evidence Of His EN-
bexxlement.

Honolulu. Sept. Colonel Hart to-
day confessed to setting fire to the
Standard Oil warehouse recently. His
motive was to destroy evidence of his
embezzlement and shortage of thou
sands of cases of oil.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21
INVALID EIGHT HOUR LAW.

Harrisonville Mo. Sept. 2o-The tele-
graphers' eight hour law passed by the
Missouri legislature was declared I'M
today by Judge Bradley
of the circuit court. The railway at
torney argued that IL favored one class
OF workingmen more than another.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21

go only as far as the top of the stairs.
but from that point she threw down
the balls from the pool table and
brought the Waterman. As a result
Of this. after the fire was extinguish-
ed. Chief Worth forwarded his report
in which he stated that the fire in
the headquarters OF the third battal-
ion was repoHed to the department by
Jennie the Monk" And that's the
way il stands Jennie's end had been
foreseen for some time on account of
her age and for six months she has
eaten nothing but Malaga grapes pro-
vided by her fellow firemen.
Secretary j. A. Emery of the Citi-
zens' Industrial Association of Amer
lea, has collected statistics showing
that nearly 6.00O,0 600 children entered
the schools of the country this fall.
Based on previous experience il may
be assumed that less than 100000 of
these will reach the high schools. and
less than 100000 will enter college.
The vast majority of more than s.
100000. will leave school from choice
or necessity before they are sixteen.
lieill VI lltiil Nv lHt
time they are eleven or twelve. While a
certain proportion of these may re-
ceive special training from business
schools. by far the greater number will
begin life with no such fitting as is
needed to enable them to become skill
ed workmen. with the disappearance
of the apprenticeship system. there is
practically no chance for most Of these
boys to become anything but unskilled
laborers or operators OF some kind Of
machinery requiring no special intelli-
gence. These figures illustrate the
imperative demand for a comprehen-
sive system of manual training schools
that Will turn out a trained artisan,
and at its annual convention which is
to be held In Battle Creek Mich, or
october and s, the Citizens Indus
trial Association will recommend a
plan for the establishment Of such
schools through the cooperation Of the
federal and state governments. 1t is
probable that a bill embodying the
conclusions Of the association and
providing for the national encourage
ment of practical Industrial education
will be introduced at the next session
convention will discuss are the growth
Of the open shop and the incorporation
of trades unions.
Broadway without a new sensation
would be strange indeed. and the In
candescent Alley. as it is dubbed. is
always on the lookout for the latest
bit of excitement. Just now ii is buzz
zing over one Russell Hopkins. a mil
lfonaire, who has wagered that he Will
drive pair of Zebras up Broadway
This street has already seen strange
sights of this sort, as only last win
ter an elephant was called in TO draw
a sleighing party along IL. But in the
forthcoming zebra affair Broadway
will have a real sight. In the first
place zebras have never been harness.
ed in this country. They are not
Arizona republican., 1907-09-21

1t occurs to me that a whole lot
behind prison bars think the acct
dental pranks of a common human
weakness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30

In length
 All of the saloons at the union depot. in the residence districts and in the northwestern section of the city, will
 have to be moved to an area covered by
 tl.e Following streets; Intendencia
 street on the north; Hickory Street
 on the south; Tarragona Street on the east and Baylen Street on, the west. The ordinance also provides that the license
 shall be increased from s250 to $1,O00
 per year, and that all saloons shall be closed at 10 D. ni., and remain closed
 until a. m. and that no tables chairs
 or seats of any description shall be a1-
 lowed in them, or shall any one be al- | lowed to loiter about such places. This ordinance Is the result of a re- quest by the saloon men, when the pro- hibition movement started. that the Council pass an ordinance compelling all saloons to close at II p. m. and that
 the district in which they operate be redistricted.
 Mrs. Mary Harriett Armour, the lady rohi5ition speaker, who has been here for the past two weeks delivering ad- l dresses in various sections of the city
 and county. will leave tomorrow for her home in Georgia. Mrs. Armour was 1 brought here by the prohibition people l immediately after the agitation for l closed saloons was commenced. anc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30
COMES INTO FORTUNE
POOR ALABAMA FARMER HEIR TO
 AN ESTATE.
David Davis Of Colbert County Goes To Pine Bluff, Ark, To Take Charge of His New
 PrOnprfy.

Tuscumbia. August 29.-(special) )-- David Davis. a poor, hard working farmer of thisacounty, who resides on his little farm in the western portion of Colbert county, has recently come into possession of a fortune, by the death of an uncle at Pine Bluff, Ark, who died some time ago leaving an es- tate valued at. several hundred thous- and dollars
 David Davis is one of six heirs who inherit the fortune, and a large sum of money in bank.
 The decedent was an only brother of Davis father was unmarried, and his estate goes to his nephews and nieces, six in number
 Davis left today for Pine Bluff, after stating to your correspondent that the estate was probably worth S500,000. Several weeks ago a large syndicate purchased a big tract of valuable land belonging to the estate, and Davis se- cured $10,000 as his distributed share, which he has placed to his credit in a Florence bank.
 He says he has not yet decided whether he will continue working his little farm in Colbert county, or wheth- CT he will invest his money in a bigger farm. He Is welded to his home fin this county. and would reluctantly abandon it.
 Davis is a typical "countryman." He left this morning wearing a pair of jean trousers, a hickory shirt, no col- lar an "sun burned" cheap straw hat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30
BOY ELECTR0CUTED
PENSACOLA YOUTH MEETS A VERY
 TRAGIC DEATH.
It Was Expected That the City Council of Pensacola VIII Re-Disfrict
 All the Saloons.

Pensacola. Fla. Aug. 29--(Special. )-- Peter Farine. 19 years of age, eIn- ployed as a lineman by the Pensacola Electric Company. met instant death at an early hour, this morning by coming in contact with a highly charged elec- trio wire. Farine, with a number of other linemen, was engaged in cutting some wires at the corner of Palafox and Wright Streets in order to allow a house. which is being moved. to pass along Wright Street. The young man was on the roof of the house. across which there were stretched trolley and arc light wires, and In some manner he came in contact with them. Parties who were watching the work of the line men saw the young man throw hlmselr forwarl and the body quivered. A moment later he rolled from the roof of the building, and falling became en- tangled in a number of wires below some of which still encircled him when he struck the ground. Sparks were emitted from the body. which could not be touched until the current was shut off at the power house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30

Anniston Hot Blast.
 According to a recent writer, we owe much to the moon. It fsn't that that worries us, however. It Is what we owe to the banks. The moon can wait
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30
Nerrn fsn,mhler Fined.

George Steele, a negro, was fn p0- lice court this morning on a warrant charging him with gaming. He was one of the gang of crap shooters who were having game fin Elmwood cem- etery last Sunday afternoon when they were flushed by police officers. The negro was convicted of the offense and was fined S10 or twenty days on the streets. ,.
 William Sims, a negro, appeared in court on two charges, those of assault and battery and for jumping on and off a moving train. Yesterday after noon Sims assaulted a negro woman offIcer jumped on a passing switch en- zine. On the first charge he was fined $10 or twenty days and on the second $5 or ten days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-30

ton of two brick stores and work will soon commence on two other brick buildings, one of them for the Peoples Bank. This will make twenty-three brick buildings that have been erected since the fire on April 4th, one three story hotel and one SO by 100 two-story and one 100 by 250 warehouse and guano factory in the number.
 School will open here September 2, and a good attendance is anticipated. The enrollment of the school reached the 300 mark last year and this will be greatly increased the coming term.
 neva county for voting on issuing bonds to the amount of $100.0o0 to build good roads and friends of the measure predict a majority.