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The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

The amount of labor required for the crop itself was about Is working days, with team lh days. The seSbania used as green manur- ing on the west half of the potato ground was given l7 irrigations. Bermuda grass, more over, fiourished beneath the sesbania to such an extent as subsequently, to require 2 days labor for cleaning up the .15 acres so fertiliZed. Although the larger part of the crop came from the sesbania fertilized portion Of the pO- tatoes. this method of enriching the soil proved very costly, ? days mans time and 3 days teamwork being required to put the ses- bania under and afterwards get rid of the Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor en- tailed could easily have been managed by a careful farmer, as the Bermuda digging was done in January when other work was not urgent.
 Tomatoes, Dwarf Champion and Burpee,s Quarter Century; .52 acres: Seed planted in cold-frane, Feb. l. 1906. Transplanted to field March I2-l5. First ripe tomatoes, June 10. Last of marketable crop, Sept. s. Yield, first class, ll282 pounds; second class. salable, 22f9 pounds; waste, most Of which could have been canned, lSl0 pounds. Total crop of 33OO vines, l534l pounds or 4.6 pounds, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, 30c for a single pound on June 10. Bulk of first-class crop sold during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at 6H to 41sc f. O. b. Yuma. Second class crop sold locally down to 2c.
 Cash Cash
 outlay, returns. IS irrigations, H acre 4.5O 438 crates for shipments to
 Tucson and Bisbee. 66.50 1851 pounds of tomatoes at
 BOG to %. c.................... S634 6C* Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting labor. ............... 55l.S8
 $624 60 S62I6O *Not including SLIGO, failed to collect. Until the last of June this crop required but little labor. During the shipping season. however, four persons were employed on about half time in picking, packing and ship ing the crop. The entire labor requirements for the crop were, mems time, S5 days; women and boys, 38 days; and team 10 days, the heaviest demand upon labor being during July D~eg: C5arsS!oa and B1rpee's Quarter
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

POSTOFFTCE HOURSi Mali open on Sundays from to 9 Q. 10. Week days, a. m. to 6 p. m. Ho Money Order business on Sundays Mail (East and West) closes every day at D. m
 R. Fl. Chandler, P. M
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

One should never hit 8 man when he has you down.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

Tasks are light if done cheer fully.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22
EXCLAMATION OF THE GROUND.

The soil of our tract. warm. sandy loam we'll adapted to gardening operations, was leveled, ditched end bOrdered at a contract price Of Sl7.1 an acre, considerably less than the average for the locality, reckoning the labor of men and teams at current rates. In addition, barbed wire and posts for fencing cost $50. 10; lumber for headgateS cost S39.57; a drive well point and pipe, a pitcher-spout two-rOom house. including five and one. half days carpenter hire, sl52 75; and brush-roof shelter for herses about $500. Only skilled labor employed in Ievelling, bordering and ditching the ground, and for part construc- ton of the house, is included in the above estimates, as the common labor required or dinRrily would be, and in this ease was, fur nished by the farmer himself
 To bring this ground under cultivation and make 1t habitable for small farmer and his family, as stated above, therefore required a the average instance must be included a team, wagon. blow, harrow, having eQuip- ment, Shovels hoes and other small tools.
 CHOPS AND MARKETS.
 The crops selected for the season Of 1906 were Early EOse potatoes, White Bermuda onions. Rock yford cantaioup pes, Dwarf Cham pion and Burpee's Quarter Century tomatoes, and alfalfa, besides a few hills Of watermelons and sundry vegetables.
 The produce was marketed in Yuma with the exception Of tomatoes, which, for the largest part, were expressed to Tucson and blSOee 1uc IoIIOWlhk statements TOT the various crops are on the basis Of net cash le- turns to the small farmer, who with ar. aver age family of five and a team of horses is as- stunned to do the work required. as explained below. Items neceSSitating cash outlay, as seed. irrigating water, and crates are deducted from gross returns. Water costs an average Of 50 cents for irrigation per acre for the crops grown. The yields In certain instances arc low, due to the unimproved condition Of the soil, which, like desert soils In ger-Ial, was low In nitrogen and organic matter. Some small salty areas also affected yields locally
 White Bermuda onions; .47 acres; Seed planted Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 1905. Young onions transplanted, Feb. 59. l9Oa. Crop matured about June l. Yield, 39l6 pounds of dry on- ions. Highest price received, 21sc a pound; lowest price received, l8c pound. Entire cr1n ma of fnh I'm YIhIr
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22
In the District Court Of the First Judicial District. Territory of Arizona, in and
 for Yuma County.

Joseph R. Henry, Plaintiff, l Mary c. Good win, Victoria
 B. Kinsler, a minor child, James H. Kinsler and the unknown heirs of John Cos
 tellO, deceased, Defendants
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

The labor on this crop was light, but in this case time consuming. because eofinconvenient arrangements for marketing. There were em- pioyed on the crop 3l days men's time; days weInen ana boys; and days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertilized with barnyard man. ure In about three-fCurths of the hills and as stated above. the stand was poor. The results Of this acre are therefore conservative.
 WatermelonS and aundry small items Of produce were sold locally to the amount oi..: '.'..... :....-... ......... SIS. .6s Seed and irrigating water, about S2OO
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22

century yielded about equally we'll, both be- ing Of the dwarf bushy sorts best adapfed to this climate. Barnyard manure was used un- der the double rows. otherwise the ground
 was unfertilised save by the mudd y irrigating water used. Rock yford cantalouDeS acre: Seed planted
 March 7-9, l906. Cold, backward saason re- suitinR In thin stand equal to about three fourths Of an acre. Crop picked July to Sept.7 T. Yield 7S0 dozen, sold locally at from 35c to l5c dozen
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-01-22
sl5.6s sl5.cs

Seed and irrigating water, about 8 200 Lea ving 8 cash return of about. 1885
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
is
SERIOUS OFfENSE
Is Error Especially Easy to
Make With Present Elab-
crate Styles.

There is no more serious error against
good taste than 20 overdress. and there
is none that is easier to commit IN this
day Of elaborate hats and fro0ks.
II in doubt il is safe TO err on the side
OF being too simply dressed. The smart
est women are those who know the eN-
act degree OF elaboration suited 20 diff
ferent hours and different occasions.
They would no more 90 To market or
shopping ln "A reception gown tldu they
would attend the theater in a shirt waist
and skirt
With women OF wealth overdressing
IS more a question OF lack Of taste than
Of anything else They can amOId 10
own an sorts OF costumes, and all that
Is necessary is 10 know when Co wear
them.
The cir! Of few clothes must keep a
sharp watch that she gets the right
kind. no matter how much she Is
tempted TO squandeT the bulk OF her
allowance on one handsome gown, she
should go slow on such purchase
IL viii probably be far too elaborate
for general utility. Besides having cost
so much, she viii feel bound 10 wear
are sick of the sight of H.
Customs differ as to appropriate
g0wning for certain occasions When
iu one CITY q woman will 20 10 an after
noon card party IN a tailor suit with
blouse TO match Ia another place no
larger in size she would not feel over
dressed IN high-necked lace iTock
with a picture hat The woman who
would avoid mistakes viii acquatnt her
self with the social habits OF the own
in which she lives.
Oyerdressiug IS particularly 10 be- de-
pl0red II IL means SuOddy mdteridl ,.
quiet elegance is always IN god taste
Simple, Wcll-Cut clothes VIII never De
out of place even in a thrOng of richly
dressed women. while one soon feels
conpicuous in fussy array among those
who recognize that smart dressing is
not oveTdressIng.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
COLD WEATHER MAKES
DEMAND FOR MEATS
Great Variety Of Sea Food to Be
Had at Markets.

The cold weather has caused the
housekeepcr 70 iucIud, meats among the
principal items Tor her dinners. Prices
OF roasts. chops. and 80 on are fairly low
just now, bat must Ice expected To ad-
vance as winter progresses. Iuasmuch
as variety appeals to everyone, meat is
occasionally sUpplanted by poultry OF
numerous in tho stalls were sea food
IS sold.
This Is more plentiful this year than
IL WAS few weeks ago. amt prices are
just now is the supply OF mackerel from
Boston, the first of which arrived re-
Gently They sell for about 80 cents
each but a large one. easily enough for
two persons. may bee had at that figure.
Bass are selling az - 10 20 cents per
pound. rock at l5 TO - cents. and perch
al from j. 10 20 cents. Specklei trout
may b had at j. cents per pound, and
smelfs at - cents
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

Letters to The washington Times
Inquiry Column are invited. Cues
tons which are not OF general in
terest viii be answered by mail;
rush inquiries. by telephone. Can
Main SEQ. Names and addresses Of
writer's must be eaixed 20 theiY
questions as an evit ence Of good
faith. and d stained and addressed
envelope must accom- any eacl in
quiry which Is not OF public interest.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

ed ns-tmeg. cloves. and cinnamon. on@
cupfh Of -four, a half pound each p
cleaned currants, seeded and chopped
raisins, and a quarter of a pound OF
shredded citron-all thoroughly dredged
with -four Last Of all. add a table
spoonful Of rose water. Turn into a
deep tin, well creased, and bake IN a
steady oven until done.
To brown flour cover a tin pie plate
lightly with flour. and place n a mod
crate oven, watching Carefully that e.
does not burn.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
A sure Null watch.

Dear Santa Claus: ! like YOU 20 send
me a watch that viii run and keep
good time. and a cowboy suit, ] am
ten years old. If you send me these
things J will love you, dear old santa
Claus. ----,-y.
CHARLES W. DIPPLE,
live at T24 Brewers court n l.
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Bottle Of Cologne.

Washington d. c.
Dec. ], 1908.
Dear Old Santa.
1 want you 10 give me a doll, bottle
Of cologne and a box OF writing paper
and some green hairribbOns and a
iOcket and chain a new pair OF shoes
and stockings il you bring these things
I guess III be pleased I'm IN the sixth
grade Bring me a chip diamond ring.
So Good Bye
Mayme
COTrill
1910 o St y. W. Washington d. c.
and some candy and nuts.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Coffin in Congress.

T. J. How long was Charles
Coffin, . fth Maryland Congressional
district in Congress- When did he
take his seat2 When did time ex-
pire?
From December 9 1894, TO March 4.
1897-last session Of Fifty-third and
both sessions of the Fifty-fourth Con-
gress.
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the one that can lift the ladder and a
FIRE engine that pumps water. a Moan s.
Ark. A Robinson CrusOe. and two other
books and set Of blocks. A little
house. That is all. GoUdby / viii write
10 you next year
David Mercer Hartley seven years old.
IA 18th St, n. w.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Recipe for Christmas Fruit Gaze.

A w L.-TIis cake may be made as
long before Christmas as you desire
as u viii keep Tor months. Cr4am to
EeJher "A half pound each OF butter ard
sugar, and stir On six beaten eggs. Now
DeaI In one teaspOOnful each of powder.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
An Indian Snit

Dear Santa Clans: Please bring me
q engine. A box Of handkerchiefs, In
dian suit. story book and a box OF
writing paper,
BERNARD GLEESON.
--LF Eve ST " T.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
" eight Is Normal.

Constant Reader: / think for your
age and height your weight is ab6ut
normal. ! do not know OF any prepa
ration TO recommend 10 increase weight
but advise YOU 10 take plenty Of exer-
else and drink plenty Of water between
and before mails.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Durant Murder Case.

L. " LIN the DuTant murder case
i1 San F'raEciscO, the minister OK the
church did not confess: IN fact. there
was not any evidence to connect him
with the crima Arrangements are be
ing completed for the publ icatiOn %
the Seeing Washington sketches run
ming in The Times.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Game of OLD Maid

Dear Santa Claus: / am a little girl
eight years old. ] want doll, go-caTt,
skates, table and dishes. a game of old
maid, a piano and some story books
A big Christmas tree. From
ESTHER TAYLOR.
2E L St n T.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Largest Oysters.

II. Wesley Please inform me where
found and weight of largest oysters
Ia the world.
leans iu Gulf of Mexico. They are
known as baycu oysters. Biggest
ones weigh as much as two pounds.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Will Rite Next Year.

Dear santa
Please bring me pair OF KID giuF s.
A don carriage and a. nice big doll and a
tricicIe That will DO for this time and
I will write to YOU again next year.
Cora Dement,, SIS q ST. Sc
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Rersns, Rakarz Rve Bred

More appetiUng bread was never
baked: nor bread more uourisling and
easily digested. II you are troubled with
INDIGESTION after meals, try eaJIEg
RcFeusr i've Bread. instead of starsAy
wheat breads. You VIII Ike lit VIII
like" YOU.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
The Latest Sly

The Latest Styles IN Ladies' Fur Coats,
Collars. and Muhs that must ne closed
out in the next is days az your own
~rire can AID see them sam Solomon,
Room Z. DeiIz Building. Z g. j. SITS NV.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
ANY Sing Else.

Dear Santa Claus; / am little girl
two years old. Bring me a doll. go
cart a dess for nv doll a Christmas
tree, a little dOld pin and any sing else
on want TO biuE me From
LITTLE LENA TAYLOR,
207 z St n E
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Wishes Pair of Shoes.

nv dear santaclus
I would like TO have YOU bring me a
pair Of shoes no If you cant bring
me them please bring me "A pincu box
and some oranges and candy and nuts
and apples
yours sincerity,
John III, Smith
Washington, d. g.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
A BeIlervwapper.

Dear santa claus. I'm a little boy g
years Old in the grade would YOU
please bring me a bellerywapper and
= pair of skates and book of Robinson
crUEoe. and a moving picture machine
and a pair OF boots. That's all Good
by from,
George Schwab, 500 G st. n. Z.
washington. D. @
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
LOCAL MENTION.
Hotel Johnson Cafes

The cool weather and westerly w.lds
have bettercd the oyster trade. Ours are
direct from the catchers. We also have
all kinds OF game. lsh, etC--Iu fact
sea food in abundance. Noon lunch
table d'h0te dinner and q Ia carte sery-
ice
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
In the First Grade.

Dear Santa Claus: 7 am a little girl
seven years old and in the first grade.
I want a nice doll, a cart, games, piano
and books, table dishes and anything
else. From
MARGARET TAYLOR,
Ell y ST. Y. i.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Holmes Homemade Mince Pies

appeal % every one because OF their de-
IcioIsness. crisp JE-gencrous nil
uzs OF n0We-prenared miuCc-neat, Zoe
each delivered direct Homemade MIX
Bread. &c. Holmes BAKERY, lsJ and T.
sis. Phones Linen. 1870 ana 14H.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
ODD NECKLACES.

Girls are now wearing necklaces made
of rose quartz beads, ONYX and crystal
beads, Of laris lazuli beads, Of cut coral,
end Of plain amber mixed with tur-
QuOise.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
COWBOY Suit.


Dear Santa Claus. Please bring me
g cowboy suit, engine, 2 u and a sword
everything belongs TO a cowboy.
ALOYSlCS GLEESON,
533 Eye St, n. T..
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
OLD SANTA BUSY
READING HIS MAIL
Friend of Little Folk Receiv-
ing Letters by Hun
dredS.

If anybody hears great racket at
night and cannot account for il by
blaming il on the next door neiPhbor,
he may be sure that it is due 10 nothing
else than the activity of Santa Claus.
Old Santa Claus has his hands ful
these days, for every time he hears the
jingle of his RENDERS coming up 10 his
fairy home ne knows IL means another
load Of mail from the little children OF
Washington who are faithfully sending
in to him their requests Tor Christmas.
lie is a mighty busy person, TOO, these
days, for if there is one thing which
Santa Claus always tries to do it Is to
give his little friends just the very
things they want And So II might be
that his stock needs replenishing, IN
view Of the big demand that IS being
made upon fl. for every little boy ana
girl is thinking up the gifts that he or
she moss wants.
Each day the mail brings TO The
Times more letters 10 Santa Claus. and
each day they are bundled into mys-
FERROUS mail wagon and sent to Toy
land. where Santa Claus waits TO read
them and determine now he Will get
this plaything OF that one down a CeT-
tain chimney, But he always manages.
and today there has been sent big
batch of letters 20 the Whlte-halred
friend OF the children OF the world.
Soma OF them read.
Bat Nine Years Old.
Dear Santa Claus.
/ am d little Girl . years old, all
want is some Candy nuts and oranges.
That is all ] want for have everything
that heart can wish for.
Maudie May Newman.
% Myrtle St. y. j..
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Marine Band.

NJ NJ 1.-The Marine Band gives a
concert every Monday at 2 p. m. at the
Marine Barracks Joseph G. Reale.
Representative from Pennsylvania. lives
at 2ll5 Kalora ma road northwest.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Lot Of Dood Fings.
Dear Santa

am four years old want lots OF
dood fings an a TrisImas tree Oswald
Hoover. 425 2nd St, y. r.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

TIE Demand for Schneider's Malt"
Bread increases daNy. il UniJes deli
cf0usuezs and highest nutTitive proper
ties Have your grocer supply you
FRESH from the ovens, &c. ASK for f.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
But Nine Years Old.
Little Bov of Six.

Washington. d. c.. 213 Penn. ave. n. W.
Dear Santa.
am a little boy six years old and
would ike for you to bring me, please,
a Or OF skates, a sled, an engine and
cars, an automobile and some candy,
oranges and nuts And Oh. / want a
BOOK of Fairy Tales too, please.
Your little boy Edward Livesay,
Dec 1gr.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

weIsbach Lights Order Direct, Mail OF
Phone. we DO not AVE CanvaSseTs.
Ie94 .. q. A Mud6 imam & Co.. 6I6 l2th
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

r Cakes OlelHe Soap for zoe; U. S.
Mali Soap, 3c: starch. ac. Fat MaCkeroL
&c.. doz Herring, &c; Hominy, 4izc.i
Beans D.. j. T. ID. Pyles stores.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

NJ. W.-The largest oysters known
here are from Lynnhaven, Mobile bay
Alabama. They weigh up 10 three
rounds each.
The Washington times., 1908-12-04
Hook and Ladder.

Dear Santa Claus
would ike TO have "A pair of bali
bearing skates And a hook and ladder
The Washington times., 1908-12-04

Gold, silverbriel and col paper Goulds,
The Washington times., 1908-12-04


( McCouas
=
a daughter
a
exceptionally
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

LILLE 1ihL. section. In some
occult manner the news had gone
from one end to the other of the
limited that little girl in section g.
car Florodora. had hung up her stock
ings for Santa Claus. The hearts of
fathers. mothers and doting uncles re
sponded at once. Dressing cases were
unlocked, great valises were opened,
mysterious bundles were unwrapped,
and from all these sources came gifts
of surprising fitness.
A succession Of long drawn. ecstatic
breaths and happy gurgles awoke the
passengers on the car Florodora at an
unseemly hour Christmas morning, and
small white figure, clad informally
in single garment, danced up and
down the aisle, dragging carts and
woolly lambs behind 1t. Occasionally
there was the squeak of talking doll.
and always there were the patter of
small feet and soft cooling of child's
laughter Dawn was just approach
ing, and the lamps still burning, fared
pale in the gray light. But in the
length of that car there was no soul
so base as to long for silence and the
pillow Grabbed old faces looked out
between the curtains and smiled. Eyes
long unused to tears felt sudden.
strange moisture
Throughout the day the snow still
fell, and the outside world seemed far
away and dreamlike to Dr. Van Val
kenberg The real things were this
train, cutting its way through the
snow, and this little child. growing
deeper into his heart with each mo-
ment that passed. The situation was
unique, but easy enough to understand,
he told himself. He had merely gone
back twenty-five years to that other
child whom he had petted In infancy
and loved and lost in womanhood. He
had been very lonely-how lonely he
had only recently begun to realize and
he was becoming an old man whose
life lay behind him. He crossed the
aisle suddenly and sat down beside
the nurse. leaving Hope singing her
doll to sleep in his section.
"WilI you tell me all you know
about the child!' he asked sShe ap-
peals to me very strongly, probably be
cause she's so much like some one
used to know"
The nurse closed her book and look
ed at him curiously. she had heard
much of him, but nothing would ex-
plain this interest in strange child.
He himself could not have explained
It. He knew only that he felt 1t pow
erfully and compellingly.
Her name is Hope Armitage.n she
said. Her mother, who has just died,
was a widow. Mrs Katharine Armi-
tage. They were poor. and Mrs. Ar
mitage seemed to have no relatives.
She had saved a little. enough to pay
most Of her expenses at the hospital.
We all loved the woman. She was
very unusual and patient and charm
ing. All the nurses who had any
thing to do with her cried when she
died We felt that she might have
been saved Ii she had come in time,
but she was worked out. She had
earned her living BY sewing after her
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

she grew up and became a young lady,
and-well, she went away from me.
and never had another little girl
did she go to heaven?r asked the
little girl softly
'Oh, dear, nor answered the doctor.
with brisk cheerfulness.
'.rhen why didn't she keep on being
your little girl always
The doctor hesitated a moment. He
was making the discovery that after
many years old wounds can reopen
and throb. No one had ever been
brave enough to broach to him the sub
ject of this single love affair which
he was now discussing.
We'll you see" he explained '.other
boys liked her too. And when she be-
came a young lady other men liked
her. So finally-one of them took her
away from me"
He uttered the last words wearily
and the sensitive atom at his side
seemed to understand why Her little
hand slipped into his.
"Why didn't you ask her to please
stay with you?" she persisted pity
ingly
4 did, he told her. But, you see,
she liked the other man better"
.'Oh-h-hv' The word came out long
drawn and breathless. II don't see
how she possibly could
There were such sorrow for the vic
tim and scorn for the offender in the
tone that, combined with the none too
subtle compliment, it was too much
for DR.. Van Valkenberg's self control
He threw back his gray head and
burst into an almost boyish shout of