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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17

There are a good many rabbits play
ing lion parts.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
PLENTY OF cANTALoUPES.

During the past few days there has
been a noticeable decrease IN ship
ments of cantaloupes. and some people
have imagined that the season is about
ended. This is a mistake. Just now
the shipments are lighter for the reas-
on that the melons are passing from
the first to the second paintings. The
first fields to ripen are now cleaning
up and the later paintings are just be-
ginning to ripen. The carlot ship
meny will increase very rapidly FOR
a week or ten days longer. and while
the totals may not be as great as the
growers had estimated, the aggregate
will be sufficient to place Mesa in a
high place as a producer of melons.
The prices received start out well and
there is no fear of a slump until the
Rocky Fords have been thrown upon
the market.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
RETURNS FOR GRAPES.

Manager Bowen yesterday morning
received a wire from the II. Woods Co.
Chicago, saying that the first car
shipped had arrived there and had
sold at a price that Melted the growers
s115 a crate. This is better than the
growers had anticipated, being some
thing over four cents per pound.
A wire was also received telling the
association to ship all the grapes pos
sible as good prices could be obtained
for them. The Thompson seedless is
an early grape and gets on the market
before the other varieties are ripe
which makes it desirable to handle
The early grape catches the money.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
!. Personal Mention

j. L. Vinson and family left last
night for Tucson to make a visit to
the family of his brother, r. b. Vinson.
The following were guests at the
Hotel Adams yesterday: F. J. Web
ber Michigan: Walter s. Langdon.
New York.
The arrivals at the Ford hotel yes
terday were: w. L. McEwen. Detroit;
F. O. Mackey. Bisbee: W. II. McDou-
gall. Denver: c. a. Hill. Los Angeles:
Thomas Proctor New York; w. j.
Dick. Chicago: w. G. Cleveland. city;
w. H. Dougherty and wife. Mammoth,
Arizona.
The following registered at the
Commercial yesterday: Mrs. Don l..
Robinson. Jerome: Grant Lewis,
Greenwater: NJ. Jones. Chicago.
Miss Jessie Allen. who has been Wis
iting friends in Los Angeles, returned
to the city Yesterday morning.
Miss Shirley Miner. who has been
stopping at Iron Springs for short
time. returned to the city yesterday
morning preparatory to leaving with
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
MESA
THE APHIs OR PLANT LOUISE.

About two years ago the aphis was
first noticed on some Of the melon
vines in this valley, but its operations
were limited, and not enough damage
was done to attract attention. Last
year a few of the late vines were af-
fected. but not of sufficient import
ance to cause alarm. This year the
pest has been more noticeable and in
several instances has practically ru-
ined small patches of cantaloupes. As
a rule, however. where il has appeared
but few vines have been affected. Coal
oil has been used to good advantage in
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
AFTER RUNAWAYS.

Mr.. Waters. one of the teachers at
the Indian school. came up from Phoe-
nix yesterday afternoon after three In
dian boys who IAN away from the
school. The boys were captured by As
sistant Disciplinarian Paul Mickey,
who turned them over to Marshal Bur-
ton for safe keeping until Mr. Waters
came for them. The boys belong at
Sacaton and had started out last night
to walk home.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
MUSLIN SKIRTS
MUSLIN GOWNS

One lot of Ladies' Muslin. Night
Gowns, low neck and short sleeves,
hemstitched ruffles in neck and
sleeves today.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
UNDER VESTS
UNDER VESTS

% dozen Ladies' Fine White Lisle
Ribbed Vests with tapped shoulder
straps and lace yokes. Extra value
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Monday afternoon little Miss Hazel
Dixon was given a birthday party by
her mother, Mrs. John w. Connolly. 1t
was the occasion of Hazeps twelfth
anniversary. The children passed the
time in playing games. and eating the
ice cream and cake which Mrs. Con-
molly provided for their refreshment.
The following Young friends were
present: Misses Helen and Blanche
Mumford, Luly Stewart and Louanna
Coleman: Masters Roy Diehl. Len
Thompson. Lloyd Drew and Wesley
Connolly.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17
PERSONALS.

p. T. Archer. independent adjuster
of fire losses. was in Mesa yesterday
and adjusted the loss on o. p. Coop
er's grain field. He was delayed in
reaching here by reason of having the
Bisbee losses to look after The fire
in the big copper camp destroyed over
100000 worth of houses alone. with
about one-third covered by insurance.
Miss Rose McBrayer left this even
ing for Bisbee. where she will visit for
some weeks with her sister. Mrs. Carl
Carlson.
Attorney Geo. w. Silverthorn went
to Phoenix on the morning train, re-
turning at noon.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17

her mother for Colorado. where they
will spend the summer.
G.. w. Benton left last night for San
Diego, where he will remain until
October.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17

The man who rolls" his own cigar
cites will always tell you how injurious
the manufactured article is.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-17

IL you think an occasional skim
ming does your friends good ii is a
sign you are fond Of gossip.--Atchison
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

} small is the present engineer
corps of the American army
that a prominent officer said
of it recently: UNLESS the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

their pupils to be tremendously in
earnest, eager to be taught and thor
ough and untiring in their work
During their four years apprentice
| ship these citizen soldiers have learned
how to go into the field, how to ap-
proach the enemy and to construct
hasty intrenchments to cover recon
noissance. They have learned how to
convert these hasty intrenchments into
deliberate intrenchments and to con-
vert deliberate intrenchments into
siege works. In imitation of the regu-
lar army engineers in an active cam
paign, they have thrown their men out
into the field in open formation. There,
prone and silent, they have loosened
the earth surrounding them with their
bayonets, scooped it UP with their
drinking cans and heaped 1t before
them as a protection from the bullets
of the enemy. They have rolled into
! this shallow pit and there dug a second
cut deeper to provide more effective
, protection. This embankment thrown
up ten inches and excavated nine inches
has enabled them to fire in light Skin
mishing, or it has provided start for
a kneeling trench, followed to a depth
of eighteen inches, where they might
maintain a position under hot fire for
several hours. They have converted
these in turn into standing trenches of
foot's greater depth and greater
height, where a position can be main
tanned for a day or longer. And they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

and his latest speech of note was in
support of the stand pat doctrine of
the tariff problem at the recent session.
This was accounted one of the stron-
gest tariff speeches during the session.
Mr.. Lands is an amateur humorist.
He keeps most of his fun for private
consumption and does not make the
serious. mistake of overlooking his
speeches in congress with wit. Mr.
Lands is witty in the cloakroom and
wise the floor
Young Frederick Lands used to be
private secretary to his elder brother
at Washington He had a liking for
newspaper work and did correspond
ence for several journals while at the
capital. One day he packed up his
things and started back to Logansport.
when will you return to Washing
ton?'' inquired the elder brother.
mot until 1 come back as a member
of congress-" replied the youngster
Charles B. chuckled. Frederick hung
out his shingie in Logansport and
practiced law, with his weather eye on
a possible nomination. The chance
finally came. When he was twenty
nine in 1902 he went after the nor1l1-
nation against the veteran Major
George Steele. Lands won on the one
thousand and twelfth ballot He was
elected easily and went back to Wash
ington on equal terms with his big
brother, who ceased to chuck1e.
Frederick Landis sat still during his
first term in congress, but after re-
election he got up in the house one
day and made a speech against the
life insurance 'swindlers which, to use
a familiar term, electrified all hearers.
His brilliant career was just blossom
ing when cruel fate interrupted it by
defeating him last fall. Lands still
looks boyish,- though he is now nearly
thirty five. On the day of his first
election a Hoosier constituent yelled:
Hey, boy! Does your mother know
you're out?'
YES" replied the candidate, "and
when the votes are counted tonight
she'll know I'm in
Frederick lives with his widowed
mother in the old homestead at Lo-
gansport. He has been known in his
home town from boyhood as Buckskin-
When boy of ten he was newspaper
carrier. He used to ride his fathers
horse, named Buckskin, on the deliv-
cry route; hence his nickname. But
the young man made such a dignified
record at Washington that he seems
to have left his Buckskin handicap at /
Logansport.
1t is a pleasure to make note of the
fact that the five Lands brothers are
devoted each to the others. When one
of them takes a step forward and up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

them. The United states engineer
corps, lacking as it IS in numerical
strength, is fully up to the mark. It's
members are carpenters, bridge build
ers, electricians. sappers and miners,
and it is withal the best drilled body
of soldiers in the army.
There is no more important work ac-
complished by an army in the field
than map making Lack of readiness
and skill in this essential feature of
modern war on the part of the Rus
sian army explains its defeat in Man
churia by the Japanese, who are ex-
perts. The keen orientals realized the
value of map making, and the sluggish
Muscovites did not. Even when they
knew that the war which they had
courted was coming they made no
maps. Hundreds of Japanese engi-
neers in the disguise of laborers were
at work on military maps of the Ash
attic mainland, but the stolid Caucasian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27
Must Make Ready, Then Fight.

/ Congressman Charles. Some one ask
ed the latter why he called his brother
Old Ken, and the congressman replied
that it was because Ken was the cid
est in wisdom, that he knew more than
all the other brothers and deserved
the title.
Kenesaw Mountain and Charles B.
were born at Millville, o. Frederick is
a native of Seven Mile, o. The Lam
dis family removed to Logansport. Ind,
when the boys were small. That town
is still the family home. Old DR.. Ian
dis held the theory that boys brought
up to work have a distinct advantage
over boys raised in idleness He made
his boys work and encouraged them in
such way that they loved their work.
Every member of the quintet has made
a success in life
The man with the battle name the
present jurist, went to Chicago early
and began the practice of law. Presi-
dent Cleveland made Judge Walter O.
Gresham his secretary of state. The
secretary had been comrade of DR..
Lands and had fought with him at
kenesaw Mountain. He observed that
K. NJ. Lands was a rising young law
yer of the right sort and made the
youth his private secretary. Lands
served two years in that position at
Washington and won high praise for
his ability and tact.
81 have met lawyers of all ages" re-
marked Secretary of State Gresham
ANY man who has been a judge for a
number of years necessarily comes in
contact with them. Lands is the
brightest and soundest lawyer for his
years and the quickest lawyer for his
years and a man who has the most
common sense for his years that have
ever known
Kenesaw Mountain returned to Chi
cago and resumed his law practice
President Roosevelt appointed him dis
trict judge two years ago. The Judge
is said to be very democratic. He likes
to call men by their front names, and
when a name can be abbreviated it
suits him best. When the federal
judges in Chicago were Christian c.
Kohisaat, Peter S. Grosscup and James
L. jenkins. Judge Kohlsaat once said
sternly to Lawyer Landis:
Il understand that you have been
referring to me Chris Kohlsaat.''
I'll bet I know who told you that"
exclaimed Lands. TT was either Pete
Grosscup or Jim Jenkins"
When counsel for Standard Oil in
terests sought to have Mr. Rockefeller
excused from appearance as a witness
Judge Lands uttered some democratic
language The trust attorney dilated
upon the fact that Mr.. Rockefeller is
an old man, very wealthy man and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27


claimed Charles B. Lands of
Indiana in a speech on the floor of con-
gress.
of Mississippi, ''but four of them re-
main to serve their country in offices
of public trust"
Mr.. Lands had the floor, but it was
MT Williams who brought down the
house. There were four Lands broth
ers in federal offices when Mr.. Will
liams made his sharp retort- They
were the Lands upon whom Williams
landed, who represents the Ninth In
diana district; his younger brother,
Frederick Lands. who represented the
Eleventh Indiana district at the time:
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands of
the United States district court for
northern Illinois. and Walter Lands, in
charge of the Porto Rican postal serv-
Ice With the exception of young
Frederick, who was defeated for re-
election in 1906, the Landises are still
in office. AS matter of fact, four
lands brothers still serve Uncle Sam,
for Dr.. J. H. Lands of Cincinnati acts
as a medical examiner for the pension
office.
These five Lands brothers form one
of the most interesting family groups
In America. Just now Judge Lands is
most visibly in the public eye. because
Of his recent rounding UP Of John d.
Rockefeller. whom he compelled to tes-
tify before him as to certain matters con :
corning the Standard Oil company. 1t
deyolves upon Judge Lands to assess
fines against the Standard Oil company
of Indiana, an offspring of the parent
trust. on 1,400 counts, a jury having
found the concern guilty of accepting
concessions to that number from the
Chicago and Alton railway. Judge Lam
dis is empowered under the statutes
to mulct Standard oil to the extent of
about SIS, 1000. Should he assess the
maximum fines there is no doubt that
his name would belong to history from
that moment.
Judge Lands of the peculiar given
names is only forty years old. OBJ
Ftously he was born later than June
~, 1864, the day of the battle after
which he is named. His father was a
Federal surgeon and was seriously
wounded in that engagement. The next
hoy in the family was born Nov 22,
1855. and his name, foreordained, was
Eenesaw Mountain. In his boyhood
his brothers called him Ken, and the
Judge is Old Ken to his brothers now,
slough ne is eight years younger than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

40 small is the present engineer
corps of the American army
a that a prominent officer said
of it recently: Unless the
engineering corps is doubled shortly it
might as well be abandoned entirely.
1t is now spread out so thinly that it
resembles the traditional clam chowder
with the CLAIMS left out If the United
States does not enlarge this service,
as an other up to date powers have
done, 1t viii be out of 1t in actual war
fare when war comes. There is no
branch of the military service more
important. more necessary"
About the only thing the national
government has done in recent years
to recruit the service has been to au-
thorize the national guard organization
to equip certain regiments of the ciu-
zen -soldiery as engineers instead of
ordinary infaBtrymen. Thus far only
one regiment Of the militia. the Tween
ty-second Of New York, has accepted
the Invitation. Four years ago this
regiment was assigned to engineer
duty and thus far it has stood alone in
the field. 1t must be said to the credit
of the regiment that il has performed
its duties so well that it has received
much commentator from high officials
in the regular service. In the event of
war it would become at once a most
valuable addition to the army organi-
cation.
So vast in its scope is the work done
by the engineer corps that its members
are, now distributed over the entire
military system of the nation. and even
in time of peace they are altogether
too few to perform the tasks that are
waiting tn be undertaken. At the pres
ent time the engine ers in the regular
army muster only three battalions.
which must cover the whole field of
government engineering work through
out Uncle Sans widely extended do
main.
a 3is Undertaking.
The ma gnitude of the duties and re-
spnusihility attached to this branch of
the military service is not well under
stood by the seneral' public. one If
ths three battalions is now in the Phil
4pnfnes. one in Cuba and only one in
-. Emitted States proper. at Fort I-eav-
e;ssFotth In the United States alone
taiS service has the expenditure OF sS3.-
e-sl0o0 of public lreaoy in river and
iiafbor work to arra-ee. II must plan
and carry out these extensive improve
ments. take care that the money is
economically and wisely expended and
supervise all operations connected with
it. It is expected to furnish all the for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

interlopers were ignorant of the danger
that lurl1ed therein. ---e.--- ,l.,.....-
The United States government has
been forewarned by this example and
has. directed all it's energies toward the
preparation of a system of war maps
that is wonderfully comprehensive in
view of the limited conditions under
which it is. being secured. This is es-
pecially true of the battalion of engi-
neers assigned to Cuba. Starting off
with points astronomically determined,
these engineers have obtained other
points by triangulation. Then from
these points have been drawn detailed
plans of the neighborhood surrounding
each point until every section of the is
land has been covered by the network.
and every path and roadway. every hill
and valley every house and landmark,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27

tifications for the seacoast defense Of
the country and also for that OF all of
its dependencies. 1t must build rail-
roads and bridges, dig trenches and
canals, erect buildings and perform all
work of a like character All this must
be accomplished besides its regular
preparation for service in the field in
time of war.
A score of regular army engineers
are now at work on the Panama canal
The battalion now in Cuba has recent
ly completed the making of a military
map of the island showing its every
feature and popularity in minutest de-
tail. 1t is now hard at work on the
road system of the republic, at which it
has already accomplished wonders. In
the Philippines the regular engineers
are engaged in precisely the same &C.
cupation.
An Erroneous Notion.
Nothing would be wider of the mark
than the notion held by many persons
that an engineer attached to a military
establishment is a mere mechanic and
noncombatant. That would mean that
Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest
soldiers of modern times; George G.
Meade, the hero of Gettysburg; Flight
ing joe Hooker. who fought the bat
tie above the Clouds" and the clever
Beauregard had never existed, for all
of them We're accomplished engineers
During the civil war it was the habit
of George B. McClellan'S detractors to
declare that he was too much of an
army engineer to make a successful
fighter, but his subsequent career dis
proved the criticism. 1t is the fact that
the services of engineers have been of
the greatest importance in the field
General Scott, always slow to commend
and chary of compliment admitted
that he could not have conducted his
Mexican campaign to such a speedy
and successful end had he been de-
prived of the services of Robert E. Lee
and his fellow engineers. 1t was an
officer of engineers who discovered that
Little Round Top was the key of the
situation at Gettysburg and hurried the
Union forces to its occupancy just as
the Confederates were massing for the
same purpose.
Must Make Ready, Then Fight.
The military engineer must not only
assist in every way to bring his army
face to face with the enemy; but, hav-
ing accomplished this. he must turn in
and night He must be equally at home
with the hammer, the spade and the
rifle. He must plan and erect the for
tidcations. indicate the proper posi-
lions for the guns and. if necessary fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27
SEARCHING FOR SHOT AND
SHELL

0GfAnSTVIlNG TOh SatOe 49,
SHELL.
A very singular mode of earning
living is practiced by number OF men
of the fisherman type living on the
shores of Spithead, to the westward of
Portsmouth harbor. England. Locally
it is called Shooting" 1t comprises
the locating and recovery of the sub
merged spent shot and shell fired by
the gunboats and forts in Spithead at
fixed and also moving targets during
gun practice.
The number of boats engaged in this
calling is limited, as the captain of each
one must possess a shooting license
from the admiralty.
1t is very wonderful to see these men
out on the water for many hours watch
ing and marking down the plunglng
shells until the firing ceases and tnen
unerringiy proceeding to the spots
marked finding the shells by means OF
long weighted sweeping lines" and re-
covering them from depths varying
from two to four fathoms of water by
simple contrivances called "tongs."
The recovered shot and shell, which
range in size from three inches in diam
eter. Weighing thirty pounds, to twelve
inches, with a weight of 800 pounds. are
returned to the government dockyard,
where they are paid for by weight.
For many years Shooting" was car
ried on Unrestricted, but eventually the
admiralty was forced to issue license
and make regulations in order to limit
the number of boats engaged and to
check the reckless eagerness OF the
"shotters," in whom intimacy with dam
ger had bred contempt and who would
work literally under fire." undeterred
by warning signals from the gunboats
or frequent narrow escapes from death
One crew was actually known to have
recovered a 400 pound shell after il had
passed between two of their number as
they piled at the oars, and being
drenched occasionally by water thrown
up by a plunging shell was not deemed
a very serious matter at ALL
This kind of work breeds very Keen
sighted, hardy class of men, as is usu-
ally the case when the sea is master.