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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12
NAMES FOR BIG GUNS.
Two Significant Ones That Were 90.
ieoted and Rejected.

'ected and Rejected.
AT the Fort Pitt foundry, Fort Pitt,
Pa, We're cast In 1867 for the monitor
Puritan two twenty-inch guns, which
Captain w. @. Wise, then chief of the
naval bureau Of ordnance, proposed to
call Satan and Lucifer. This PROPOSE
ton called forth protest from the
pastor of a Presbyterian church at
Pittsburg. who characterized It al
most unseemly, If not impious." His
letter was referred by the member OF
congress to whom 1t was addressed to
the department and finally came into
the hands of Captain Wise for reply.
In answer he called attention to the
Foreign custom Of giving to vessels
such names as Jupiter, Juno, Vulcan.
Venus, Juggernaut, Inferno and Luci.
fer and Satan to convey an idea of the
power OF the destructive agent used In
battle. These guns, argued the learn
ed captain, We're not intended for
peace and the utterance of good win
toward men, but to infiict as mucb
mischief and destruction on human be-
ings In time Of war as their namesake.
The devil, tries to do at all times. He
further remipdsd- his- ele-.-~i--xitie that
number of clergymen had witnessed
without protest his act of "christen.
ng In presence of large assembly
Dr. ladies and gentlemen the first TWEEN
y inch gun cast for the navy as Beel-
'ebub. However, the argument ala
lot prevail. for religious sentiment was
,needve in preventing this use Of Bib
zeal nomenclature.-Army and Navy |
Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12

market as the Rigby man he would
have received at the rate of 1917 per
acre for his crop. There is evidently
money in growing cabbage on irrigat-
ed land, and any dry farmer who has
good well and windmill can irri-
gate from one to several acres. Cab
bage does not do we'll on new land,
however.-American Falls Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12

known as frogs legs and
sold here for seveny.avJ
en-. ........
Mr.. Black has an Ideal |
frogs because he is nd
little creek that flows |
part of Weiser fiat and \
could be fenced of for |
Frogs of this variety an.
tarians and will stay d
water where they can Al
OF the tulie plant, the |
other plants that grow ii
The profits and adyaut,
ing such a crop as frOs,
be seen when one stops |
whole thing out. A conf
innate places the incress
year at something less d
lion. 1t costs nothing to 4
the hind legs are worth
cents a dozen.-Weiser 81
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12

although riches have wings they
Pn't seem to be very good ON the
rch.
Teaching woman to be quiet Is a
ielong task for a man.
Dnly lawyers for the defense hate 10
P people get their just deserts
Dentists do not consider toothachs
inful-to the dentist
'heE trouble is headed In your di.
ton diplomacy is the better part OF
bragg.
: Is easy to deceive lots of people,
II takes genius to keep them
Reived.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12
Rumor ono Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

There are people who are very smart
tut don't know how to prove it.
The Wild waves are saying that they
lear lot OF fool things about this
ime of the year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12

Any pretty girl
Is guaranteed to
be able to supply
help to a bashful
young man.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

meridian; thence south to the international boundary line be- tween the United States and Mexico; thence westerly along the said international boundary line to the Colorado river; thence up the Colorado river to point where 8 continuation of the west line of section 33 in township 16 south, range 22 east, $. B. M. Fintersects the, Colorado river; 1 thence south to the southwest corner of section 33 in township 16 south, range ? east, 5. E. NJ; thence east to the northwest corner of section 2l in township 5 south, range 23 west, c. 6 $. R. E. {; M. thence south to the southwest corner of section 21, in township s south, range 3 west, G. & $. R. B. & M. thence east to a polnt B feet east of the northeast corner of section 28 in township $ south, range 23 west, G. & $. R. B. d5 M. thence south to the place of beginning.
 That said board has called an election of tine resident taxpay- CTS within said proposed district to determine for or against the formation of such special road district; that said election will be held at Nichols Hall at Valley Center, situated in Road District No. ?, in said proposed district, in said Ynma county, on Tues day, the 18th day of December, A. D., 1908; that said election will and shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the manner prescribed by law for the con- ductlng of school elections; that the polls will be open from nine o'clock a. n. till four o'clock ID. m. on said day; and that the fol- lowing named electors resident within said proposed district have been and are elected and by said board of su- pervisors as the judges and clerks of aud for said election:
 W. W. Woodman, Inspector and Judge.
 W. J. Nichols. Judge.
 J.. $. Garvin. Judge.
 Mulford Winsor, Clerk.
 C. W. Schutz, Clerk.
 In witness whereof the said board of supervisors of Yuma county, Arizona Territory has caused these presents to be signed by it's chairman and at tested by it's clerk and seal. at it's office in the Town of Yuma in said county and territory, this Ist day of December, A. D., 1908.
 Fl. II. DONKERSLEY, of said board of su-
 pervisors.
 Attest:
 SeaD J. NJ. PoLHAMUs,
 Clerk.
 g. That the following named electors resident within said pro- posed special road district are hereby selected and appointed IS judges and clerks of and for ,uch election:
 TCCnfiDVo1 ,,,, Doc, 'IN,,,
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
RESOLUTIONS

Whereas, a petition has this
 day been presented to this board of supervisors of Yuma county, Arizona territory, requesting the formation of. special road dis
 trict, within said Yuma county,
 -A2'iaona5t ffitoFy, under the pro.
 visions of Chapter 66 of the Ses- si0uS Laws. viz, Chapter 66 of Site Acts. Resolutions and Me morialS of the Twenty fourth Legislative Assembly of the Ter ritory of Arizona; which said chapter and act is entitled "An Act Providing for the Formation of Special Road Districts. :"
 And Whereas, said petition is signed by more than twenty-fiv tax payers within such proposed district,
 And Whereas, the. boundaries of such proposed district are de- fined in such petition as follows:
 Beginning at a point B feet east and 33 feet south of the northeast corner of section B, township s south, of range 23 west of c. and $. E. B. and M., and running east to the 114th meridian; thence south to the international boundary; thence westerly along the line of the international boundary to the Colorado river; thence up the Colorado river to a point where the contlnuation of the west line of section B, township~16 south, of range g eastof $. B. merid ian intersects the Colorado river; thence south to the southwest corner of section B, township 16, south, range p east of s. B. M. thence eastto the northwest corner of section q, township 8, south, range 23 west, G. and $. k. B. and M.; thence running south to the southwest corner of section 21; thence running east to a point s feet easb of the northeast corner of section 28; thence running south to the rlace of beginning.
 And Whereas, it Appears to 5his board that such petition at0uid 2e granted.
 l. is Resolved;
 l. That an election of the resident ax,payers within said proposed district be, and the : same is, hereby called to be held i at Nichols Hall at Valley Gen. ter, situated in Road District No. ,, in said proposed special road . district, in Yuma county, Arizo aa Territory, on Tuesday, the i5th day of December, A. D.: 1908, to determine for or against the formation of a special road district, i. e., for or against the formation of d special road dis jrict under the provisions of Chapter 66 of the Acts, Resolu- ions and Memorials of the Hwenty-fourth Legislative As of the Territory of Ari
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

zona the same being entitled
 "An Act Providing for the For
 nation of Special Road Dis
 tricts," with boundaries as fol lows:
 Beginning at a point B feet east and B feet south of the
 northeast corner of section s in
 township 8 south, ,s of range B
 west, of G. & s. RIB. & M, in Yuma ceunty Arizona Territory, and running thence east to the
 l14 meridian; thence south to the
 international boundary line be- tween the United States and Mexico; thence westerly along
 the said international boundary line to the Colorado river; thence up the Colorado river to point where the continuation of the west line of section 33 in town ship 16 south, range p east, of the $. B. M. interSects the Colo rado river; thence south to the southwest corner of section B in township Is south, of range 2 east, of the $. B. M.; thence east to the northwest corner of sec tion Fl in township s south, of range 23 west, of c. & $. R. E. $ M. :; thence south to the south west corner of section Fl in township 8 south, of range 23 west, of C.. 6 $. R. B. & NJ. !; thence east to a point B feet east of the northeast corner of section 28 in township s south, range g west, of C.. & 5. R. B. $ M. thence south to the place of be- ginning.
 2. That notice of the time, place and purpose of such cleo ton shall be posted, by the sheriff of the county, in three of the most public places in said proposed district and at the front door of the court house of the said county of Yuma, for at least ten days before said election and that such notice be signed by the of this board and at. tested by the Clerk and,seal and be in substantially the following form and substance;
 NOTICE OF SPECIAL
 ROAD DISTRICT ELECTION
 Notice is hereby given by the board of supervisors of Yuma 1 county, Arizona Territory, that 1 ! petition has been presented to said board requesting the forma- ion of special road district ia l said Yuma county, under the ! provisions of Chapter G6 of the Acts, Resolutions and Memorials ,f the Twenty fourth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona: that said petition is igned by twenty-five taxpayers esident within such proposed llstrict; that the boundaries of he said proposed district are as ollowS:
 Beginning at point B feet asst and s feet south of the lortheast corner of section B in ownship 8 south of range 9 rest, of G. & s. R. B. & M., and unning thence east to the 11Ith !
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

The amount of labor expended upon this crop was large for the area, especially at the transplanfng time. iOne'lay'S team work in preparing the land and about 82 days, mems time, were required 10 bring it through, al- though the work was not heavy and could have bee, largely performed by boys The yield was low owing to the desert and uufer- tilized character of the soil Ouious requiring large amounts of organic matter in the soil to give good results.
 Ea1.y Rose potatoes; .Sl acres: Seed pota. toes planted Feb l6-l9, lHOG. Beginning to bloom April IS. Crop all harTested June F.. Yield, 2G5 pounds. Highest price; May 2l, $3ac' Bulk of crop, 224c. All marketed in Yuma.
 Cash Cash
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
S62I 6D

SnZf UJ SIZ1.UU
 *Not including $l4.6O, failed to colIect
 Until the last of June this cron required but little labor. During the shipping season, however four persons were employed on about half time in picking, packing aud ship ing the crop. The entire labor requirements for the crop were, mems time, S5 days; women heaviest demand upon iat,or being during JNiy DWGrl Champion ,,nI Burpc"'S Quarter
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

WANTED: good hustler m every town to sell our perfect water filters, retailing from $i.j0 to sS %, loo per cent profit to agents; exclusive ter- tory. Seneca Filter Coa -SerTpca, Mo
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
ST0.O


 The amount of labor required for the crop itself was about l5 working days, with teau l1s days. The SeSbania used as green Tnanur- ing on the west half of the potato ground was given H irrigationS. Bermuda grass, more. over, 1iourished beneath the sesbania to such an extent as subsequently, to require 2} days
 labor for cleaning up the .45acres so fertiIized. Although the larger part of the crop came from the seSbania fertilzed portion Of the po- tatoeS, this method of enrichinS the Soi proved very costly, ? days mans time and 2 days teamwork being required to put the seS- bania under and afterwards set rid Of the Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor en- tailed culld easily have been managed by a careful faTlner, a the Bermuda digging was done in January when other work Was not urgent
 Tomatoes. Dwarf Champion and Burpce7s Quarter Century; .32 acres: Seed planted in cold-frame, Feb. l. igj6 Transpltn Led tu field, March I2-l5. First Ttpe tomatoes, June 10. Last Of mar ketahle crop, Sept. :. Yield, first class, ll232 bounds; second class. sa:a5ie, -t2la pounds waste, most 0f which coGid have. been canned, I6lG pOUpds. Total crop Ot 800 vines, l,iii pnunds or 4.G rOandS, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, 3Oc for :. single Dound on June }0 Bulk ofErst-clasS crop scld during J&ly IT lUcSon aUd 5iS3ee markets at 6;a to d32c /. O, D. Yuma. Second class crop sold locally down u e.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
CROPS AND MaaNETs.

Fire crops selected for the season of laGG wLle Early Rose potatoes, N bite Bermuda onions. kocIlyfOr' cantaiuupes, Dwarf Cham piOn and Euriee's Quarter Century tomatoes and alfalfa, besides few hills of w&terlnelons and Sundry vegetables. -
 The produce was marketed in Yuma with the exception of tomatoes, which, ior the largest part, were expressed JO Tucson and Bisbee. The following statements for the various crops are on the basis of net cash le- turns to the small farmer, who with al. aver age family Of five andl team of horses is as suJned to do the work required. as explained below. Items neceSsitating cash outlay, as seed, irrigating water. anctcrates are ded ducted from gross returns Water costs an average of 50 cents for irrigation per acre for the crops grown. The yields in certain instances are low, cue to the unimprOved condition Of the soil, which, like desert soils in ger1letl, 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, 1865. Young onions transplanted, Feb. 5-9. l9M. Crop matured about June |. Yield, 3giG pounds of dry on- ions. Highest price received, 2lsc Il pound: lowest price received, l.Sc q pound. Entire crop marketed in Yuma.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
POSTOEEICE HI

POSTOEFICE HOURS: Mail open on Sundays from to d. m. Week days, d. m. to 6 n. m. No Money Order business On Sundays. Mail (EaSt and Vest closes every day at ?. m.
 k. H. Chandler r. N.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
Sl5.65 Sl5.6E

Alfalfa; l.10 acres: This was sown May Is I9O3, yielding three cuttings of about five toii; Of clean hay the first season. During the sec- ond season, covered by this Timely Hint, there were seven cuttings with a total of about 70 tons of hay. The only cash outlay was S22 Al for irrigating water. The labor re- quired was, mans time IA days and team min" days, which is rather high labor require ment for this alfalfa on account of the small size of the field under consideration, and Iim- tied use of machinery. This crop at $ co to SlOG0 ton, loose which has been the price less thar Sl20.G0 for the crop; but this hay was used to feed the team employed on the place, proving to be more than sufficient for that purnoSe. since stack Of about three tons re- mains at the end of the season. The manure from this source. being free from Bermuda grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil- izlng part of the crops grown.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
OFFICIAL MINUTES Of Proceedings of tlie Board of Supervisors of Yuma
 County, Arizona.

Office Of Board of Supervisors, Yuma County. Yuma, Arizona, November 2S, 1908.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

"UMA LODGE NO. z A. Q. r. ". MEETS every Tuesday evening at o'clock. Visit Ing brathren in good standing are invHed to attend Yours in c. II. and r.
 r. L. EWING, N. w.
 ED MAHES, K.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

SIff,UI The labor on this crop was light. but in this case time consuming, because eofincOnvenient arrangements for marketing. There were em- women and boys; and days team, not other wise included. Tine crop was ferthiZed with barnyaId man. uTe m about threc-fCurths of the hills, and, as Stated above, the stand was poor. The res ults of this acre are therefore conservative
 Watermeions and Sundry small items of produce were sold locally to the a mount 9f..:..... .......-.. -.................... Sl5. 65 Seed and irrigating water, about 2.00 Lea T1ng a cash return of about. l3.65
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
RECLAMATION OF TIE GROUND.

The soil of our tract a warIn, san655s loan well adapted to gardeuing operflyiaGS was ltvel!ed. ditched ard hOI dereu at q c0D tract price 0t ST 2u an acre, considerably less than the aH craze f3T the iOcaiity, reckoning he ilbOr OI men anG teams at current rates m addition, barccd wire and posts for IsnGing cost S60ln; lun!ber fo hdttdgaies eos ssst. :3. ; a drive wei! point and ijipc, a pitch af>e ptui pulnp and q barrel Sl3.$5: a Siauli iuni0er tWo-ro0n house, including five and 0ne half shelter fer horses about S5.0E Only skilled labor employed in leyeil,ng hordering and ditchinE the ground, and for bart consir;ge- t,on of Line house, is included ir tne above cstinla teS, 2s thG colnmon labor re,i,ireG or dinarily would bc, and in tIis ease NY6s fui- uis!ieU ny the farmer himself.
 To bring this ground under cultivation and make it hab!i2b.c for SHiai! fuTmcT and his ialnliy as.s1<iteG above, thereforr reCn:rCJ a .,sts ii-si'a 5tats-,f strVt SIa}' In at,d,ii51 in tue average inataucc must Dc included @ team, wagon pi0W, harrow, having souip- lient S!l3ve!S hoes and other small tools
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

Century yielded about equally well. both be- ing of the dwarf bushy sorts best adapted to this climate. Barnyard manure was used un- der the double rows. otherwise the ground was unfertilized save by the muddy irrigating water used.
 Rockyford cantaloupes; acre: Seed planted March 70, 1906. Cold, backward saason re- fourths of an acre. Crop picked July to Sept. '. Yield 7S0 dozen, sold locally at from S5c to l5c {; dozen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
IIIAI ] A|A|

passed i2y Congress forbidding railroad
 operators working more than nine hours q day, has created 6emand for about 30 Oo0 more telegraph operators than can now be secured. Railroad companies have cut rail- road wires tntO IclrnranhN Elarlrfmenfs ot
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16
TIMELY HINTS
 FOR FARMERS, A Lesson in Intensive Farming by R Fl. Forbes, Director and Chemist of Agricultural
 Experiment Station
University Of Arizona,
 ,JGnrnrV i5 lW11

l Just west of Yuma, Arizona. in the aIluvial | foOd-plain Of tine Colorado, lies a liLtle farm l Of - acres which on May !, 1905. was virgin 1 bOttOElland coveted with Ealtweed arrow- | brush and ciroSute bushes. The original purpose of tine tract was for planting selected varieties Of tate palms imported by the l.. S. l Department of Agriculture rom the Old 1 World. The Experiment. station, May ,. be- gan preparing the ground, and on May 20 the work Of ievelling, bordering and irrigating
 the tract and the planting of l53 palms. was completed.
 THE PLAN oy WORK.
 Recognizing, however, that a farmer with his living 10 make meantime, cannot afford to wait for an orchard to come into bearing, it Was planned tO plant crops for quick re- turns between the tree-roWS thus putting the work on feasible basis from the small farm CTS point of view. Ill order to economize ground the irTigating borders were so placed
 as to coincide with the rows of palms, thus utilizing space otherwise usually wasted. The tract was divided by the borders into lands, for the most part one-half an acre in
 size. lrrigating water from the Colorado Valley r. & ]. Canal was obtained in the GUS tnmary manner, and k. l.. Crane, himself a Yuma Valley farmer, undertook the care of
 what WAS nicknamed our play farln."
 Tn size, as well as in the intensive character
 of the work planned, this "farm' is the Op-
 pOSite of the average holdings of this locality.
 The prevailing crops of the region are alfalfa,
 corn, barley, and fOrages in general, comp;lra-
 lively little attention being given to vega
 tables and fruits. Withal, the cost of levelling
 land in this region is high, rarely falling be-
 low twenty dollars an acre at current prices
 for labor and teams. Moreover, the cost, ex-
 elusive of maintenance, of the Government
 irrigating system now under construction
 will be about S350 an acre annually for ten
 years. To meet these and other heavy items
 of expense in connection with lie e .ablish-
 menJ of a farm in this region, intsns .e crops
 Of a more renI],nrrajve chara ter theH those
 now in vOg;1P, are essential II vast partly
 therefore, as an object lesson beayiUg upCa
 these financial aspects If the genero si!Ja-
 tion, that this cultural work was banned.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

[Continued on Page Two.l
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-16

FETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH M Preaching every other Sunday morning at II o'clock and Sunday night at 7:30 by the pastor. J. M. Ocheltree. Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, P. T. Robertson, Superintendent.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-30
Melha In Paris.

Nine. Melba has seldom received
such a remarkable ovation as that
,hich greeted her appearance at the
recent opera gala performance in
Paris. 1t cannot, however. compare
in del!rious enthusiasm with one she
received some years ago in St. Peters
burg. On one memorable night, after
the close of the opera, she was called
before the curtain again and again
for more than an hour, until she was
so exhausted that she could scarcely
stand. Her enthusiastic admirers
then followed her carriage to the ho-
tel. where they serenaded her. al
though it was bitterly cold night,
until three o'clock in the morning. On
the following day when she reached
the station to depart the platform was
crowded with hundreds OF adoring
music lovers. AS the train was leav-
ing they took the pencil with which
she had written her autograph for
all who could get near her. bit 1t into
small pieces and passed them around
as souvenirs.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-30
A Sensible Literary Chap.

I'm not runnin' ten-acre farm in
connection with the literary business"
says the Sweet Singer of southwest
Geoi gia, .and so. the outlook is more
cheerful. l hope to make enough cot
ton to have my poems published in a
book and enough corn to feed the fam
lily while I'm waitin' for the public to
buy The book. l also take contracts
for the digging of wells, and these lit
tie side issues will enable me to show
American literature just what l can
do!"- Atlanta Constitution.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-30
cUTIcURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch.
ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.

my baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that did for it took
effect until used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full of letter or some SIM
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that l could hardly stand it,
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and box
OF Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after 1t broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes l would go
nearly crazy for it itched so badly.
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-one set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was cake of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lille Wilcher. 10 Eleventh ST., Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1907"