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The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

A number of eminent states men will spend most of the time between now and 1908 mending their punctured parachutes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

The western bankers are all looking toward New York and singing "Oh, bring back my bundle to mel"
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27
THE MAN FOR THE
 PLACE.

Mr. F. l.. Ingraham is a candidate for president of the Water Users As sociation. Mir. Ingraham has lived in the lower valley for years. He is a prudent aud cautious business man and has the interests of the people at heart. He has ably represented the people in all legal disputes over canal questions before the reclamation service came. Thus he knows what the people need and desire. He has been with the Gravity ditch as legal adviser for the past year and understands that propo- sition thoroughly.
 His ability to fill the office cannot be questioned-and furthermore he offers to do the wor;s, and is in q position to do it at salary that will mean a great saving to the water users. He is the man for the place.
 Mir. Ingraham states the following as his policy, if elected, as he certainly should be for obvious reasons:
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

Evidently the people of Cleve- iand did not believe that it was "Too much Johnson.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

Never go in debt for a luxury or an unnecessary article of any description.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

Red Ribbon Beer is the Best. At Alexander & Co.,, the up-to-date gro cers.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

take this method of announc- ing my candidacy for the office of President of the Yuma County Water Users Association. If the shareholders shall honor me with election to this office, 1 shall pur- sle the following policies:
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

The Reclamation officers have. I understand, publicly stated in signed documents that the gov ernment will not purchase the canal known as the Ludy canal. Fortunately the ancient fight on the Ludy company is therefore not an issue in this election. The question of the purchase of other large properties is likely to arise during the coming administra- tion. If elected I shall oppose the payment of more than a reasonable value for any canal property, be it the Ludy, the Delta or the Ives canal.
 1 shall write a more extended discussion of these policies in a letter which will appear in the Enterprise of Nov. 29.
 Sincerely,
 FRED L. INGRAHAM.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

A great many land holders have failed to assume relations with the Association. This makes heavier the burden upon land holders who are members. Only 392 landholders out of all the lands held in the 100000 acres under the Yuma Project have joined. Officers of the Associ- ation should not make attacks upon the settlers, prejudicing them against the Association. The settlers should feel that the Association is their representa- tive, defending their interests. The Association will then have their financial support, which it so much needs. Peace is the proper policy, not war.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27
ARTICLE v.

The affairs of this Association shall be con. ductcd by Board of five Directors who shall be elected annually by the members of the As sociation on the last Monday in October of each and every year.
 The names of the Directors who shall manage the affairs of this Association during the first year of its existence and until their successors are duly elected and qualified are; Thomas o. Henley, P w. Sweeney. s. P. Huss w E Pow CT, and Ed. Crane.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27

The Association's officers should observe a more rigorous policy of economy. It is neces- sary to have a vigorous Associ- ation, but every possible cut in expenses should be made, and every expenditure possible should be postponed till irrigation shall be an accomplished fact. If elected shall be opposed to any further assessments upon the lands of shareholders during my term of office.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-27
ARTICLE l.

The namc of this corporation shall be THE YUMA VALLEY PRODUCE GROWERS
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
insures Life Instead of Souls.

Pittsburg.-Asserting that there i.
more money in insuring lives than Ia
saving souls-ministers of Pittsburs
are forsaking the pulpit to engage in
the life insurance business. Within {.
short period more than a score of min
listers of Pittsburg have gone into life
insurance and all of them are making
more money, they say, than had they
remained with the churches.
The latest Pittsburg preacher to lay
aside the cloth is the Rev. j. c. Car
penter, pastor of the Mount Washing
said:
with sadness | am forced to sever
my connections with the ministry. /
do not quit from choice, but from ne
cessity. 1t is not altogether a ques-
tion of money, but of the high cost o..
living. No charge has been offered me
with a salary which would justify my
actGpting. If ever the opportunity Of
fers, | shall re-enter the ministry.
but at present there is not a living in
it. The shortage of ministers today is
occasioned solely by the insufficient
pay. Although | am entering the in
surance business, still | hope to con
tinue to preach occasionally"
Among other Pittsburg ministers
who have recently resigned their po.
sitions to enter the life insurance bust
ness are the Rev. J. T. Gibson, former
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Sharpsburg, and the Rev. r.
II. Hood, pastor of the Mount Wash
ington United Presbyterian church. All
are doing well as insurance agents.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
kIondike Fever Breaks Out.

Washington.-The gold fever of
the Iilondike has broken out anew at
Sitka, Alaska according to Brigadier
General George F. Elliott, command
ant of the United States marine corps,
who has just returned from trip of
inspection in the Northwest.
General Elliott states that rich
vein of quartz has recently been un-
covered on an island forty-five miles
from Sitka, which yields a heavy per-
centage of leaf gold, and active prepa-
rations are being made for its develop
ment. AS result of this discovery
the forty-five marines whom General
Elliott had intended to order to some
other point will remain to preserve or
der in what is rapidly becoming one of
the boom" towns of Alaska.
The story of the discovery as told to
General Elliott is that two Indians
while fishing, noticed particles of gold
They told the news to Presbyterian
clergyman at Sitka. A company opened
the vein of quartz and succeeded in
mining and transporting TO Sitka in
canoes ninety tons of ore. This one
shipment yielded, after payment of
freight, more than $4,000. The
knowledge of the find at the island
soon became known in Sitka, and the
island now is practically all staked out
by goldseekers.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Hold up a Cashier.

Goldfield, Nev.-Herbert E. Riggs,
bookkeeper and cashier for E. II. New
land, a broker, was found unconscious
on the floor of the office. The door
of the safe was open and cash amount
ing to $1,000 had been taken. Two big
Jumps on F&ggs' forehead showed that
he had been struck with some blunt
instrument.
Riggs says he was working over his
books when a stranger appeared at the
cashiers window and asked for money.
There was a stack of gold on the desk
in front of the bookeeper at the time.
Riggs says he knew nothing more un-
til he recovered consciousness. When
he was found by Harry Greve, a
nephew of Newland, a heavy hammer
was picked up from the floor near
where he lay. 1t is thought that the
robber used the hammer on his victim.
The case has some peculiar features,
and the sheriff is making an investiga-
ton
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
KILLS FOUR
OUT OF SEVEN
THE AUTOMOBILE RUNS CLOSE
RACE WITH RAILROADS IN
KILLING CONTEST
COMING FROM The CLUE
GREAT TOURING CAR JUMPS
OVER BANK AND TURNS
TURTLE.

Colorado Springs.-Coming down q
steep hill six blocks east of the city
near the Huerfano street viaduct, an
automobile containing seven persons
went into the ditch, turning turtle and
killing three men instantly and fatal.
injuring one and seriously injurin!
three others.
The dead:
Allan Marshall.
W. NJ. Ralston, electrician.
"A. l.. Marksheffell, chauffeur.
Fatally injured:
Britton Graves, clerk.
The accident occurred at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning, Sept. 18th. The
party had attended social session at
the Elks club. They took the machine
with Marksheffell is chauffeur and
went to Colorado City and Manitou.
Returning they were coming down a
when Marksheffell lost control of his
machine.
The automobile ran into the ditch
and upset, pinning all seven occupan's 5
under it.
Three were taken out alive, bat
Graves was so badly injured that he
can live but Il few hours.
All are well known here. Markshef
fell was the chauffeur who was in the
fatal Labor day races at Denver, an1
whose machine struck Dasey when the
latter was lying fatally injured in tha
track.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
New Packing House Certainty.

Denver-G. F. Sulzberger. vice pres.
ident and general manager of the
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing
Company, will come to Denver soon
with view to closing up the deal, be-
gun in the summer, for a site on
which to erect a modern packing plant
to compete with the beef trust.
A telegram to this effect was re-
ceived by w. T. Anthony, local man
ager for the company, and sets at rest
the rumors, said to have been started
by representatives of the trust and
other enemies of the Independent con
cern, that the announcement made
some time ago by the SchwarZschild
& Sulzberger company about starting
a plant here was done merely for ad
vertising purposes, and that it would
never materialize.
1t is these rumors that have caused
Mr.. Sulzberger to come to Denver. He
was not prepared to take the matter
up just yet, but, as shown in his tele
gram to Mr. Anthony, he is anxious to
refute the statements that have been
circulated by the enemies of his firm
and will now hurry things through to
a completion, TO demonstrate the sin
cerity of his company.
Mr.. Anthony said that the delay in
carrying out the plans was caused by
labor troubles, partly among the com.
pany's own workmen at Kansas City,
bu more especially by the strike of the
telegraph operators.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Uncle Sam Must Answer Labor.

Washington.-Sig have rapidly
multiplied during the last two or three
days that the next few months will
witness a bitter controversy between
the labor organizations on one side
and the federal administration and
Congress on the other.
That there is to be fight to fin
ish between the National Association
of Manufacturers and the American
Federation of Labor has been shown
by the suit brought by the manufac-
turers against the unions to test the
right to boycott, and by the reply of
the manufacturers to the charge of the
federation that a 100000 fund was
raised for the purpose of crushing out
labor.
Mr.. Gompers today on his return
from New York raised the direct is
sue between his organization and the
secretary of commerce and labor re-
garding the exclusion of the Japanese,
which is likely to lead to protracted
debate between the unions and the
administration
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
To Test Western Goals.

Denver.-Right in the heart of Den
yer, but so quietly has the work pro-
gressed it has just been made public,
the United States government has con-
structed an extensive plant for the pur-
pose of testing western fuels and of de-
termining the best methods of improv-
ing the coke made from western coal.
and also the improvement of washed
coal. The work will be in charge of
government experts and is ready for
operation. The work will be along the
same lines AS the plant in St Louis,
which has done much for improving
the working knowledge regarding coal
and coke outputs to the Mississippi
valley
That such a plant in Denver will be
of great benefit to coke manufacturers
throughout the West can be seen
plainly. The benefit to manufacturers
will consist in reports on the results of
experiments regarding the consump.
tion of coal, its merits for cooking pur.
poses, its steaming qualities and the
general economy of coal consumption
The Denver plant is composed of a
cShiiS sectioH, WdSueIy SectlON anu
chemical laboratory, under the direct
supervision of A. w. Belden as engi.
neer in charge.
The coliing section, consisting of two
standard beehive ovens, is under the
direction of the engineers in charge,
assisted by w. E. Vickers. The wash
cry section is under the direction of G.
r. Delamater. assisted by II. r. Gard
ner and c.. r. Adams The chemical
laboratory is under the supervision of
Prof N. w. Lord chief chemist. with
G. A. Burrell, assistant chemist, i'll
charge.
The coke ovens have been equipped
with standard seven-ton larry for use
in charging the ovens.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Demented Man Killed.

Evanston, Wyo.-William Fern, a
young business man of Almy who has
been wandering about the country for
the past week in a demented condition.
was killed by fast freight on the
Union Pacific near here.
On September Sd Fer with com
panion, was on his way % Almy in a
buggy, which was upset in runaway,
throwing the young man out upon his
head. Since that time he has wan
dered about the country, being occa-
sionally seen by ranch people, al
though the authorities tried in vain to
find him. The remains were brought
to Evanston and will be buried in
Almy, where his wife and child reside.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
TO RECLAIM 5000 ACRES.
Valuable Land in San Luis Valley to
Be Placed Under irrigation.

Denver.-The remaining 100000
acres of the Trinchera estate in San
Luis valley are about to be sold for
between $2,000,00O and $4,000, 900 to a
syndicate of Colorado Springs and
eastern capitalists. represented by
former Congressman f. L. Brooks.
The principal owners of the Trim
chera estate. which acquired most of
the Sangre de Cristo land grant of the
Mexican government, are General w.
]. Palmer of Colorado Springs and
Charles j. Hughes, Jr., of Denver.
David II. Moffat and other Denver men
are also interested in the property,
which is controlled by the Trinchera
Estate Company.
The syndicate of buyers, which is
making the deal for the property
through E. C. Vondiest of Colorado
Springs, plans to reclaim $1,000 acres
of land by means of reservoirs, which
will be built in the Culebra range, a
part of the estate. The land lies in
Costilla county, Colorado. and runs
down into New Mexico. 1t is the east
ern end of San Luis valley. Unlike
the other parts of the valley. the
creeks in the eastern part run in gull
lies, having eaten their way below the
table lands. Water will be put on the
bench lands by means of high-line
bitches.
Although the United States govern.
ment has refused to grant any permits
for the construction of reservoirs on
the Rio Grande and tributary streams
in San Luis valley. this attitude will
not affect the plans of the syndicate,
as the Trinchera estate extends to the
summit of the Culebra range. Many
excellent reservoir sites exist on the
estate itself, and it is independent of
government permits.
The syndicate plans the construc-
ton of a railroad from Fort Garland to
point fifty miles south. for the pur-
pose of opening up the lands which it
intends purchasing. 1t is possible that
the Denver & Rio Grande railway will
build this line, as the syndicate will
assure the company plenty of traffic.
General Palmer and associates have
already disposed of G5.000 acres of the
Trinchera estate. AS General Palmer
is anxious to close up his affairs he is
using his influence to have the pro-
posed deal put through in as short
time as possible.
1t is estimated that l 900 new fami-
lies will be placed in San Luis valley
within year after the deal is closed.
The land which will be reclaimed is
valuable for agricultural purposes. and
with systematic and well directed
work it can be colonized.
There are some numbering interests
in the Culebra range on the Trinchera
estate. and ore bodies are also said to
exist there.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
RAILROAD ADDS
TO Death LIST
TWENTY-FIVE PASSENGERS ARE
KILLED AND TWENTY-SIx
ARE INJURED.
.fACESOFDEADGH CHASTITY
FATAL MISTAKE OF TRAIN OPER-
AToR SENDS UNSUSPEcTiNo
MoRTALs INTO ETERNITY.

White River Junction, Vt.-A fearful
head-on collision between the south
bound Qubec express and a north
bound freight train on the Concord di
vision of the Boston & Maine railroad,
occurred four miles north of Canaan
station early Sunday morning. Septem-
ber 18TH due to mistake in train dis
patchers' orders. and from a demol-
ished passenger coach there were
taken out twenty-five dead and dying,
and twenty-seven other passengers,
most of them seriously wounded. Near
ly all those who were in the death car
were returning from a fair at Sher-
brooke, Quebec. sixty miles north. The
conductor of the freight train was
given to understand that he had plenty
of time to reach siding by the night
operator at Canaan station, receiving,
according to the superintendent of the
division, copy of a telegraph order
from the train dispatcher at Concord,
which confused the train numbers 80
and thirty-four. The wreck occurred
Just after the express had rounded into
straight stretch of track, but owing
to the early morning mist, neither en-
gineer saw the others headlight until
1t was too late.
Operator Makes Mistake.
The south-bound train was made up
at Sherbrooke. where it picked up two
sleepers from Quebec and two more on
the way down. 1t consisted of the
baggage coach, passenger coach and
smoking car in that order, with the
sleepers in the rear. The train left
White River Junction at so, forty
minutes late, and was followed twenty
minutes later by the Montreal express
over the Central Vermont railroad.
The Quebec train is known as No. 30
and the Montreal train as No. 80.
In the meantime. a north-bound train,
known as No. 267, had arrived at Ca
naan, eighteen miles down the road.
at 4:10 a. M, on time. According to
the division superintendent, w. r. Ray,
j. r. Crowley, the night train dis
patcher at Concord, sent dispatch to
John Greedy, the night operator at Ca
naan, that No. "a was one hour and
ten minutes late. The order which
Conductor Lawrence of the freight
train showed after the accident dis
tinctly states that No. 30, instead of
No. "a, was an hour and ten minutes
late. Conductor Lawrence, believing
that he had sufficient time in the hour
and ten minutes to reach the sidetrack
at West Canaan, four miles beyond, be-
fore No. 80 reached 1t, ordered his train
ahead. The superintendent declared
that the accident was due to the mis-
take in placing cipher after the three
in the number of the train, instead of
a four.
The morning was dull and misty in
the western New Hampshire noun
tains and the long freight train, with
a score of heavily loaded cars, lum-
bered up the grade to West Canaan at
the usual speed. On the other side of
the cut the Quebec express was sliding
down the single track with her load
of passengers and the four sleepers in
the rear. The freight train was on a
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Accused of Murder,

El Paso, Tex.-Excitement following
the arrest of A. w. McDuffie, freight
agent here of the Ell Paso & South
western railway, was intensified by
the finding of the body of the infant
with whose murder McDuffie is
charged. The body, partially eaten by
rats. was found concealed in the
Southwestern freight depot. The
mother of the child, divorced woman
prominently connected, says McDuffie
is the father of the child, and that he
took 1t from her two hours after its
birth. McDufiie says he is the victim
of circum stances and is not guilty.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Coal Famine in Sight.

Omaha Neb.-Last winter great suf-
fering was caused among the people in
the West, due to the fuel famine fol-
lowing the shortage in the supply of
cars. The railroads, it is understood
have made comparatively small ex-
penditures for equipment during the
past six months, and a car famine will
result, according to reports received
here. unless something is done be-
tween now and the early winter
months to ward it of.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Shot Conductor; Was Killed.

Sacramento, Cal.-Because Conduc-
tor Jeff Gage of Southern Pacific train
No. 80. eastbound local to Sacramento.
put him off the train on his refusal to
pay his fare, an unknown man seri-
ously wounded the conductor and was
himself killed in a pistol duel just after
the train left Tracy City.
Conductor Gage said:
81 rad stopped the train just outside
OF Tracy to put the fellow off for re-
fusing to pay his fare, and had stepped
down from the platform to give the en-
gineer the signal to go ahead when
some of the passengers who were
watching the man running alongside of
the fence, cried out: Look out! he's
going to shoot But before | could
jump back ! was shot here Indicating
his right groin.
Il stumbled from the effects of the
shot, and finally succeeded in getting
out my pistol and took shot at the
man, who had run ahead about fifty
yards by this time. l don't know
whether l hit him or not.
Some of the passengers had rushed
QUIT by his time. and taken several
shots at him. He fell, and l ran to
where he lay, covering him with my
gun all the time, as l feared he might
be playing 'possum. With the assist
ance of the passengers | took his gun.
but he died few minutes later, one Jf
| the shots having pierced his left lung"
The bullet fired at Gage lodged just
beneath the vest. The fact that the
bullet had to penetrate three thick
nesses of clothing is probably all that
saved Gage from being killed.
The passengers who witnessed the
shooting all say that Gage was per-
fectly justified.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Cassie Chadwick Is Stricken Blind.

Columbus, O.-Mrs. Cassie M. Chad
posing as Andrew Carnegie's natural
daughter. swindled Ohio and eastern
banks and capitalists out of millions
in loans on bogus securities. was
stricken with nervous collapse at the
penitentiary which has left her blind.
Her condition is serious and it is the
opinion of the prison physicians that
she will never live to serve out her
ten-years' sentence, two years OF
which she has now completed.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20
Railroads Kill 1868; Injuries $40

Washington.-The Interstate Com
merce Commission made public an alb
stract of its nineteenth annual statisti
cal report covering the year ending
June 80, 1906. showing the par value
of railway capital then outstanding
was $l4,57O, ,d21.47s.
The aggregate gross earnings from
2,340 miles of lines were $2,325, ,765,.
1865. being S243 ,2S2 .76l greater than in
1905. Their operating expenses were
S1.536, ,S77.271, or s146,275,119 more
than in 1905. The net earnings aggre-
gated S7SS ,SST ,S96, an increase of s97.-
007,642. The net earnings per mile
averaged $3,54S. The income, attribu-
reached $3.50, 1888, ,591.
Deducting charges, the report says
1887, ,lS6.32S is the net income for the
year, available for dividends or sur
plus. There were 977,7O7.s .s3S pas,
sengers carried an increase of co.
100000 and 1,Gi1 ,374,219 tons OF
freight carried. an increase OF
2O2 900 900. The average rev.
enue per passenger per mile was 2.OO2
cents. The earnings per train mile
increased both for passenger and
freight trains and the average cost OF
running train one mile increased
The ratio of operating expenses to
earnings was siXty-six per cent.
The report shows 1868 persons
killed and 97.706 injured There was a
total of 1,52l,35 persons on the Lay
roll.
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20

The war on cruelty to animals has
reached an acute stage at Omaha,
where the Rev. John Williams has
appealed to the City Council for an
ordinance establishing six-hour day
for monkeys. Father William states
that the organ grinders of Omaha
force the unhappy monks to work
from twelve to sixteen hours "a day,
and give them no chance to go to
school. What contrast with New
port!
The Springfield herald., 1907-09-20

A Chicago University professor is
on record as saying that Americans
segregate and isolate themselves too
much and are losing the sense of fel-
lowship. I'VE don't pour out our soul
feelings to one another" he says,
land we fail to become confidential"
Come. come! Where has this profes-
sor lived? Did he ever take three
hours railway journey without some
chance stranger telling him the story
of his life?