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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
ALLEGES PLOT
TO WCTIMIZE
AYERS AGED WOMAN Is BEING
MlSTREATED
DEPOSED ATTORNEY MAKES
STRONG CHARGES
Lawyer Says Guardian of Wealthy
Ward Admitted to n i'm Her Son
Had Persuaded Mrs. Ross to
Deed Him Property

AS the outcome of a suit, filed yes
terday in the superior court by MRS.
Anna M. Scanlon against Attorney j.
II. Merriam, 1t is expected facts Will
be revealed of an alleged plot to Sc
cure large property holdings belong
ing to Mrs. Elizabeth p. Ross, 66 years
old, who last March was declared In
competent. At that time Mrs. Scan
lon was appointed her guardian by
Judge Rives.
Mrs. Ross is a widow. Her property
in Sierra Madre Is valued at $4,000,
and her entire estate is said to be
worth about $4,000. In recent years
she has been living with foster
laughter, Maggie Steinberger, at Pasa-
dena.
In June, 1906, Mrs. Scanlon, a sis
ter of Mrs. Ross, with her son, r. e. r.
Scanlon, came to California from Colo
do. and later, according to Mrs.
Steinberger, induced the aged woman
to accompany them to Massachusetts,
the latter to pay the expenses of the
trip. They remained three months.
In March, 1908, Mrs. Scanlon, with
Merriam, acting as her attorney, filed
a petition in the superior court to have
l. self appointed guardian of Mrs.
Ross, alleging incompetency. She was
appointed, but Merriam, as the result
of an investigation, has filed papers In
a new petition asking that Mrs. Scan
lon be removed as guardian and that
Mrs. Steinberger be appointed In her
pace.
According to Merriams statements,
Mrs. Scanlon admitted to him that her
son had persuaded Mrs. Ross to deed
to him $4,000 worth of property in
Tulare county, which he has decided to
others, 1t is said. Attorney Merriam
says he instituted suit against Scanlon,
on behalf of the latter's mother, but
Scanlon had left the state.
In December, he says, Mrs. Scanlon
asked to have the suit dismissed. He
refused to do so, on the ground the
deed had been obtained without con-
sideration. A break occurred between
Mrs. Scanlon and Merriam at this time
and she employed other counsel. In
the suit filed yesterday she asks that
Merriam be restrained from counsel
ing or taking part in any proceedings
in connection with her affairs
The petition of Mrs. Steinberger to
+ appointed guardian of her foster
mott r is set for hearing November
5. At the time of Mrs. Scanlon's ap-
pointment, $175 a month was allowed
her for caring for her ward, but in
Merriam's statements, filed in the new
petition, he claims Mrs. Ross is kept
a prisoner above a Pasadena store;
that the light In her rooms Is poor;
that she receives little attention and
is not allowed to see friends. He also
says when Mrs. Scanlon was appointed
guardian, there was $1,000 to her credit
in Pasadena banks, but that this has
dwindled until only $3500 remains.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
SPANISH PROGRAM
WILL BE REPEATED
BAZAAR FOR SAN GABRIEL IS
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS
Several Hundred Dollars Have Beer
Raised Thus Far for the Restora-
ton of the Historic Mis-
sion Building

Under the direction of Miss Lolita
Corrella the program of Spanish dane
ing, music and song for the benefit OF
the old San Gabriel mission will be
repeated at the mission at $3.50 o'clock
tonight. The entertainments given at
the mission SO far have met with pro-
nounced success, several hundred dol
lars having been raised toward the
re-esta blishment of the mission. The
program for tonight follows
Lolita David and Lillian Shattuck.
la Mariposa," Delphine Gillespie.
'Leguidillas." Sonora Lolita Corrella and
Senior Jose Escobar.
"Espanita," Margaret Roalfe.
"El Duo de los Paraguas" Senorita Lolita
Corrella and Senior Jose Escobar.
'tRaile Espanol," Gertrude Jolly.
"Dansa Tri" Senior Jose Escobar.
Santiago" Senorita Lolita Corrella and
Senor Haines Reed.
''Ahanico," Consuelo Castillo.
''Cubanola," Senorita Lolita Corrella.
Song, Miss Grace Moreno
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the exhibits
Of California products at the Chamber OF Com
merce building on Broadway, between First
and Second streets, where free information will
be given on all subjects pertaining to this
section.
The Herald will nav $40 in cash to anyone
furnishing evidence that will lead TO the ar
rest and conviction OF any person caught steal
ing copies OF The Herald from the premises Of
our patrons. THE HERALD
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24

returned to town yesterday, thoroughly
delighted with its trip to surrounding
cities. The company rehearsed Tom
Moore" the play for next week, while
on the road. Attention is called to the
fact that the opening performance for
next week comes tomorrow night, in
stead of Monday, and that the theater
returns to it's regular scale of prices.
The Belasco theater management has
decided to follow the production of
"Tom Moore" next week with an elab-
crate revival of "Old Heidelberg"
The Nelson-Gans fight pictures, sue
cessfully presented at the Peoples the
ater last week, return today for brief
supplemental engagement. The films
will be shown this afternoon and this
evening.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
G. A. r. ASSOCIATION PIcNIcs
AND ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

SAN BERNARDINO, oct. 2S.-The
annual picnic of the G. A. f. associa-
tion of San Bernardino county was
held at Meadowbrook park in this
city, was largely attended, dinner
being served by the W. r. c., and a
program given. officers elected for the
coming year were: President, G.. T..
Ordway of Redlands; vice presidents,
Mrs. Jennie Huyck of San Bernardino
and Mrs. Harriet Belle Hamilton of
Cotton, secretary, Mrs. S. c.. Rucker
of Redlands; treasurer, j. G.. Wood Of
San Bernardino.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
Injunction Denied

States circuit court this afternoon re-
fused to issue an injunction restraining
the interstate commerce commission
from putting into effect an order re-
ducing rates on cattle shipments from
the southwest territory to Chicago ST..
Louis. Kansas City and other points.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24

Do Los Angeles boys and girls see the
things about them they walk In familiar
paths? II so, let them write of what they
see Between my house and the school
house" for Herald Junior. Two one dollar
prizes.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
by siDLE LAWRENCE

TT AVING endeared himself to Lo'
Angeles audiences in the guis'
IL of a German music master
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
DECIDES TO VIOLATE HIS
RESOLUTION NOT TO WORK
Convicted of vagrancy Second Time
Henry Dahms Chooses Ball and
Chain In Preference to
Dungeon Cell

Compelled to choose between spend
ing his fifteen-day term for vagrancy
in the dungeon at the city Jail or
working on the chain gang, Henry
Dahms, president, vice president, board
of directors and sole member of an
anti-work league formed by himself,
decided to violate the constitution of
his organization by consenting to work
with a ball and chain tied to his leg.
Dahms declares it is a sin for any
man to work, and is, himself, a good
specimen of what the no-work germ
will do to a human being.
Several days ago he was sentenced
to serve fifteen days in the city Jail
for vagrancy, after having been out
of jail a little less than a month, where
he served three-months' sentence on
similar charge. Part of that sem
tence was served in the dungeon be-
cause he refused to do anything that
resembled work.
This time he chooses to work rather
than endure the inky blackness of the
solitary "hole" in the city Jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
The Theaters
"A GRAND ARMY MAN
PLEASES PLAYGOERS

"a GRAND ARMY MAN" play in four
acts by David Belasco Pauline Phelps and
Marion Short, presented last night for the
first time in Los Angeles upon the stage Of
the Belasco theater with David Warfeld In
the leading role
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

The main offices OF the Bluewater
Development company in Albuquerque
are at the corner of Second street
and Gold avenue, whore L. u. Ross
manager of the project, is in charge
The offices are likely to prove one
OF the interesting places during the
coming irrigation congress, for there
will be on display some of the finest
specimens of grain and vegetables
ever shown anywhere. In addition
the company Is just now completing
a set Of magnificent photographs Of
the project and the lands under H.,
photographs which show the reservoir
and the canals. the broad valleys and
the fields with alfalfa waist high, oats
that hide a fair sized man, wheat and
corn and all the products of the re-
glon. These pictures are not only fine
examples of artistic photography but
they show conditions exactly as they
are and are well worth seeing
The Albuquerque offices are in CON
stant receipt of letters from settlers
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

1000 acres of the land has been in
cultivation and the man who doubts
may go and see for himself the grow
ing grain and alfalfa, the potatoes
and truck. A perpetual water right
goes with the land and with a soil that
yields itself readily to cultivation all
the farmer has to do is to go and
PUT his plow into the land. The whole
tract is level, uncut by gullies and
free of stumps and rocks.
Lumber at Bluewater station Is
worth eight to fifteen dollars per
thousand; wood. coal, lime and build
ing stone may be had for the hauling
from the surrounding hills and a good
home may be built as cheaply as In
any locality In the west. Water for
domestic use may be had from the
sheet Of pure clear water that under
lies both the Bluewater and San Ma
teo valleys at depth of from 100 to
l1SO feet, although the water that
comes down, from the reservoir Is
clear and clean and wholesome. The
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

All varieties OF garden truck -four
ish and with the fine train service
and close connection with market
truck gardening is sure TO become one
of the chief industries. 1t may be
coupled successfully with dalrying and
poultry raising and without either.
and standing alone. Will prove lucra-
tive. The cabbages and cauliflower
grown In the Bluewater valley have
II size and crispness not attained else
where and are especially easy of 'cul-
tivation while practically every truck
garden product from rhubarb to
pumpkins Is equally successful.
The small, highly cultivated farm
Is the future money maker In Ameri-
can agriculture and with land Of the
highest fertility. an assured water
supply, absolute independence OF
weather conditions and an immediate
and crying market. conditions In the
Bluwater valley are almost ideal. The
district is particularly favored as TO
markets. Albuquerque Is but i07
miles away and Albuquerque Is the
chief distributing and consuming mar
ket between Denver and Los Angeles.
To the west are the coal mines at
Gallup. the lumber camps OF the Zunl
mountains, and the stations along the
Santa Fe, where there is ready mar
ket at high prices for all kinds of farm
products. There are two railroad sta
tions In the valley. Bluewater and
Toltec- and every acre under the pro-
iect is In close touch with the rail
road. All of the santa Fe SYSTEMS
ltranseontinentai trains pass through
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05
Practically All Products Of the Temperate Zone
Have Been Grown With Marvellous Success

the tract and there is frequent mail
service both from east and west. The
survey of the proposed Arizona and
Colorado railroad passes directly
through both valleys
The farmer who goes to the Blue
water valley is not entering a new
region. He is not shut Off from com
munication with his friends and with
the world. He has the advantages
of close mail connection. of the tele-
graph, of good schools and of enter
prising. energetic neighbors for the
class of settlers who have gone into
the valleys under the Bluewater pro-
ject are of the highest class The re-
glon offers It's special attractions in
the way of scenery The broad valleys
are themselves beautiful. while Mount
Taylor looms in tie distance stand
ing in plain view from every point in
the surrounding country. like mighty
sentinel "brooding o. er things eternal. ="
The vicinity of the reservoir is espec-
tally beautiful. Bluewater canyon Is
winning, typical Rocky Mountain
chasm and it has not been spoiled in
the building of the ~lroiect, the water
finding its way down with all the
beauty of natural stream. The res
ervor furnishes a magnificent sheet
of water and both boating and bath
ing are popular with the settlers it
being the rule to spend Sundays on
the banks Of the lake. The lake Is 10
be stocked this year with Wisconsin
brook trout and other game fish which
are known to do well in the region,
Home building in the Bluewater val
ley Is not an experiment Every
things is in favor Of the homebuilder.
He is certain of his crops for fully
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

grape, small fruit and forage lands.
Both soil divisions are tractabe deep
and readily watered and drained. The
to 80 feet in depth. Beneath the tufa
or volcanic soil there is at about forty
feet, a volcanic hard pan.
"The limestone soils are underlaid
with gravel and hard strata. Drainage
waters for we'll use can be obtained
in the volcanic or red soils at from
thirty to forty feet. The subplane
waters are about the same depth in
the lime rock soils( admirably adapt
ed for ALFALFA. In short these soils
will produce abundantly all the crops
of the temperate zone. This will be
found to be an excellent sugar beet
section All root crops as well as
grain, forage and legumnous products
will thrive abundantly. The natural
grasses are of the best The range
and foot hills furnish Wild fruits,
gooseberries, raspberries, Rocky Noun
tain cherries. plums, etc, In album
dance. High altitude timber Is ample
for years TO come scrub oak, cedar,
mesquite. plnion or scrub pine Coal
has been found within six miles. Min
eral float has been found. Pine tim
ber Is near by. Fine limestone rock
furnishes the kiln men, and there are
works in operation producing about 80
or 95 per cent pure lime. | noticed
excellent building stone also"
Aonther writer says Of this soil:
'One feature Of the Bluewater soil
and one that is of first Importance, Is
the constant fertilization by natural
causes. The wash from the surroud-
ing hills bringing down to the land
constant supply of the rich deeomposed
lava and lime. The chief function of
lime in farming is to improve the me-
chanical condition by loosening heavy
clays and also by holding together
and giving body to light sandy soils
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

and bale, and from that It is very easy
10 figure our the net profit per acre
each season. The crop never fails.
Mr. II L. Brock on his Bmewater
farm sowed alfalfa broadcast upon
sod land in the spring of 1908. He
now has as fine and healthy a stand
as could he desired. The alfalfa In
this region grows uXuriantly with
small stalk and abundance of leaf
that enables stock to eat IL clean
Oats is another crop that is sure
and a wonderful producer, The Yield
Is all the way from 65 to so bushels
to the acre and the quality is unex-
celled. The Bluewuter Development
Company now has on exhibition in it's
Albuquerque offices several sample
lunches of oats pulled AT random
while in the milk, the stalks of which
are six feet high and these in the
field will attain a height of seven feet.
Indian corn has been grown this
season with stalks eleven feet high
ana the yield Is very heavy.
Bluewater wheat is prize winning
ValenciJ county wheat took first prize
at the Chicago exposition and has
been among the prize winners at
every one Of the great exposltions.
and the Bluewater product Is fully
equal to the best grown in the coun-
ty. Bluewater products have been
| prize winners wherever exhibited.
Barley and Rye have been grown
upon large experimental plats and
have produced wonderful results,
showing conclusively that the region
is well adapted to every one OF the
staple field crops.
The farmer VINO cares to give up al
falfa growing can produce timothy
and millett with equal success
The potatoes grown in the Bluewater
valley are equal To the very finest pro-
duct of the Greeley and other famous
potato growing districts of the west
1t is invariably the case that irish po-
tatoes flourish and produce marvellous
crops in all of the higher attitudes OF
New Mexico and the Bmewater valley
seems TO have gone them all one bet
ter In the matter of yield Potatoes
produce from $4,000 to 10000 pounds
to the acre while specimens have been
grown this season which weigh more
! than 22 ounces each. Onions. planted
as field crop, also do we'll The sugar
beets grown in this region analyZed 2l
per cent saccharine matter and the
Golden wax bean, one of the staple
crops of the southwest produces
abundantly
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

however, Is by no means confined to
expert testimony. The Bluewater re-
gion is by no means new" one. For
some years small tracts of land have
been in actual cultivation, not as test
plats but as the homes of farmers
who depended upon the land for their
living and these men had demonstrate
ed, long before the larger undertake
ing was begun. that the land will pro-
duce, with proper cultivation, prac-
tically every farm product of the
temperate zone.
Altogether about 1900 acres. have
been in cultivation.
1t Is not practicable, as Il rule, for
the farmer who goes upon new land
to turn his attention Immediately to
intensive farming. and the forage
crops and field crops usually receive
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

Lime aids also in the decomposition
of animal and vegetable matter, such
as vegetable mould, manure, etc. and
tends to convert them quickly into
available plant food. Lime can be used
to advantage on freshly drained swamp
lands and also on lands newly clear
ed The presence of a constant sup
ply of lime in this soil is therefore OF
considerable Importance. The de-
composed lava is considered the great
est soil renewer known. Its value
has been demonstrated frequently in
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

land and the water are both absolute
ly free from any taint of alkali
This from the standpoint Of the set
tier; the man who is going to build
a home
10 New Mexico, to Albuquerque and
to all the surrounding region, the
Bluewater project means much 1t
means increased population, increased
wealth, one more large and prosper
GUS farming community one more
source Of increased business.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

on the land or from buyers expressing
satisfaction with the country and the
land. Some of these letters are inter-
esting as showing the opinion of prac-
tical farmers as to the possibilities OF
the land, The following Is from MIR
Hugh Thornton of Highland Califor-
mia, who recently visited Bluewater.
Highland, Cal. Aug. %, 1905,
Mr.. Il. u. Ross, Albuquerque, y, NJ,
Dear sir
In reply to your letter asking my
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

opinion Of Bluewater valley. am
pleased to reply as follows: AZ To the
land Il Is as good for general farming
as any ! have seen in California or
the middle west and has the great adj
vantage OF being easy To cultivate.
The water supply Is. in my opinion,
ample or can be easily made so to
meet the demands even through ex-
tended drouth. For a home the Blue
water valley is SO situated that most
any one might be content to live there
permanently.
Very truly
HUGH THORNTON.
This is but one of many similar let
ters which show how practical farmers
view this project and the land under
1T. The time is coming. and coming
very rapidly, when the Bluewater md
san Mateo valleys will be humming
with industry and when they will ,1n-
tain the homes OF a happy and proI-
porous people.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

Italy where the peasants venture al
most to the mouth of the crater Of
Vesuvius with their farms and vine
yards in order to obtain it,
Comment like the above from men
who know is convincing; in itself, an
insurance that ths reclamation pro-
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

per acre per cutting, a yield that
means ready money: for alfalfa at
Bluewater station sell steadily at a
year round average of $1,000 PER
TON on BOARD THE CARS. 1t
costs less than $3.50 a ton to produce
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

ject is destined to make homes for
hundreds of prosperous farmers and
to prove one of the great wealth pro-
ducing districts of New Mexico.
What the Land VIII Produce.
The value OF the Buewater land
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05

the first attention. Alfalfa, the great
staple forage of the southwest and
one Of the most valuable crops that
can be produced, fiourishes almost
from planting II produces three cut
tings per season and the average yield
IS from ton to a ton and one-half
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-05
Mexlcos P reducing Area
Deep, Rich Soil and Abundant Water Combine
. With Perfect Climate to Make Farming
of All Kinds. Ideal

the BMewate Project Northwest Valencia
Will Stand the Test of Successful Completion the Undertaking Means
Much for the Wealth Producing Power and Future Development Western New Mexico
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-12

ings at those cities in the fall. The
great success of the meetings at Hous-
ton and Beaumont last spring encour-
aged the plans for more extensive fall
meetings. However, all these race
meetings will be held on half-mile
tracks and the sharp turns which must
be made by the horses will be much
to the disadvantage of the eastern
horses that are accustomed to long,
easy turns. The Texas quarter horse
flies around these turns like squirrel.
Friends of Barney Schrieber will be
pleased to know that he has so far
recovered from the effects of injuries
sustained in the earthquake that he
has discarded his crutches and stick
and now walks as good as ever and bs
free from limping as previous to the
big rumble. George Rose brings the
good news.
Packy Mcfarland Is not reaping the
rich harvest he expected in the east
when he left Los Angeles. Strange.
indeed, how slow the public is to rec
ognize a man at the value at which
he holds himself In a recent inter-
view Packy is quoted as saying that
he is confident he can stop Freddie