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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-10
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Allen AC0damN iNs<~cNvhCu '"i
the term yesterday. with a ull mousse.
and several more pupils are expected
to arrive today. Following is the
list of teachers fOr this splendid
school: J. n. Allen mathematics; K
/ q Allen. English. n w South, His
tory and modern languages; W. J.
4 Moves Latin; NJ, L. Massingu, assls
/ tapt I'M English; +. r. Evans assis
taut i'm English
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-10

Fresh bread, cakes, ETC., at the Tex.
as Bakery. Mrs. Otto Boehme, Pro.
DriptOr. dtt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-10
ZkkoAp TIME CARD.
X, g. T. c. Schedule.
un1FNp PERSONALS.

IND PERSONALS.
Ihanan's DIFF.
on Seed Meal at vlck's
23s
Johnson left for Nava-
IBond came in from wix-
IYByars was here from Re
Nance yesterday
Mr.. J. H. Carroll OF College spent
Wednesday In the city.
Mr.. All Wilson left for his planta.
ton at Mumford yesterday.
Mr. VIII Hudspeth was a business
visitor to Bryan yesterday.
Mr. Lee Andrews of Harvey was
here on business Wednesday.
Cotton sold here at DC yesterday
| the highest price for 10 days.
- Counters and lumber for sale. A. j,
Wagner a Co. dtf
Mr.. Sam Buchanan is transacting
business in Fort Worth today.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Locke arrived
iioii Gan Ahlohlo sfotNludg 0A'ihVoh
Insurance payers should read Boy
PIT a. Myers ad. II
Msr Moehmann returned yester
Afrom a lxip TO relatives In Nava'
Caldwell Davis N~~Sfimes
was a visitor TO the city yes
fr. J. II. White a prominent TAR
her OF wixon spent Wednesday In
he city. ..
Bryan Ice Factory wants 100000
AT and bran sacks. Hi
Mr.. Ed Walker is critically III nj
he residence OF his uncle, Mr. Pete
= pse McIaln OF Grimes county
gee to Bryan merchants yes
p Hall and Tom Hen
steep Hollow were here
!. lowers returned to her
illican yesterday after a
r daughter, Mrs. Walter
y city
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
MUSIC FIRM GROWS
WITH THE STATE
KohIer & Chase Overcome ALI
Early Obstacles in Their
Vast Business


To the music loving spirit of the
golden west there has never been a
boon more appropriate nor ansiniuence.
more potent than that accorded for
more than half century by the growth
and development OF the Pacific coasts
oldest music house-the firm of Koh-
Ter & Chase Since 1859. the year that
California was admitted to the union,
this home of music has kept pace and
prospered with the progress of the
state, and has been a powerful factor
in the esthetic development of the en-
tire west.
In the early days Of strenuous. work,
hardship and the rugged unconvention
ality of a pioneer country. culture and
refinement. so synonymous with music
We're scarcely TO be reckoned with, and
the music business was not the most
prodtabl of commercial enterprises.
But in the face OF a discoura ging OUT
look the house Of Kohler & Chase
passed its infancy and grew strong and
healthy. As the state, with its mar
vicious resources and its wonderful
climate and its wealth of ma tural beau
..ties. began to hold the eyes of the
world and attract thousands upon
thousands of visitors and pleasure seek
ers from every state and every land
the house OF Kohler & Chase naturally
took It's place as a necessary adjunct
TO tAis development and soon became
known from end TO end of the Pacific
coast
Now the firm of Kohler & Chase has
the enviable- reputation OF being not
only the eldest but the largest music
House n4n the coast, With large whole
sale branches aud retail stores in san
Francisco. Oakland. Sacramento and
Seattle. All this has not come about
without bitter STRUGGLES and in the face
of many discours gements that were
near insurmountabie. but there was no
earthquake so great. no fire so big. no
financial -stringency so disastrous as TO
dGunt the men with the success of the
firm in their keeping. Indomitable
energy. close application to business
and strictest integrity in all its deal
ings has now. after 5S years, made the
firm one Of the most substantial mer-
camille houses OF the west.
California owes much TO Kohler &,
Chase. The firm entered new and
unsettled country to contribute TO a
little felt want and engage in busi-
ness that bore ~ almost incongruous
relation TO the times. But in spite of
this incongruity no one feature con-
tributed more to the enjoyment and
happiness OF those early settlers than
the Introduction OF musical instru-
menus. musical culture and musical de-
Velopment Through the blending of
musical progress with the ideal en-
viroument for art and culture offered
by the great golden west there has
come about that fuliness Of the west
ern atmosphere Of pleasure known the
world over
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

ding presents, with solid gold match
safe. were stolen from bureau drawer
while Mrs. Hammond and her husband
were spending the evening at the
home of John r. Merrill at 32o1 Clay
street.
1t was at first supposed that thieves
had climbed the IRE escape to the Ham
monds rooms on the fifth floor. but De-
tcctives Riordan and Wrenn say that
the robbery could Only have been COM
mitted by some one familiar with the
arrangements of the place. All the
servants were put through a rigid ex-
animation by the Detectives.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
BLAME HOUSE SERVANTS
FOR THEFT OF JEWELRY

The sensational robbery of Jewels
valued at $4,000 from the room of Mrs.
Leonard Hammond, a guest at the fash
ionable st. Xavier apartments in Pacific
avenue near Webster street. Friday
night the police declared yesterday,
was committed by some one from In
side the house. The jewels, consisting
of costly diamonds and q pearl neck
lace. which had been given as we'd
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

vaiuation with proper allowance for
depreciation.
.Iourth-Complete publicity Of the
company's. affairs. Agreement between
the city and the company as to future
work aud possible representation OF
the city in the company's board of
directors.
..Ffftlt--Agreement as 10 the ultimate
disposition Of the property in connec-
ton with the city's plans for an inde-
pendent supply
The law and physical conditions
hare forced the cty and the water
company into partnership, whose pur-
pose is the safety and sufiiciency of our
water supply and this partnership VIII
fail in its purpose unless it can be
placed upon the basis of an equitable
agreement between the members.
number of the supervisors will
visit Crystal springs and the other
peninsula holdings Of the company to-
day They v-ill be accompanied by
John f. Behan. clerk of the board;
Harry McKanney. the mayors secre-
tary: City .ngineer Marsden Manson
and City .,ttorney Long.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

Milton Sawyer. the bellboy ON duty.
declared that he had not seen anybody
enter the apartments. Wong, the
Hammonds' Chinese cook. was equally
positive. The thief overlooked a sec
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

ond box. containing gems more valuable
than those that were stolen.
Hammond is son OF A B. Hammond,
the millionaire iunlberman and interna-
tional president of the Citizens al
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Army Orders

WASHINGTON. April Army or
Gers: BY direction OF the president
First Lieutenant Arthur ". Brown of
the Twenty seventh infantry is re-
lievcd from detail as captain OF the
Twentieth company of Philippine
scouts and viii join his regiment
A board or officers TO consist of
Captains Alden Trotter Edwin G..
Davis and Raymond II. Fenner. coast
artillery corps: Captain William R
Davis. assistant surgeon: First Lieu
tenants George +. Jucnemann, assist
ant surgeon and Thomas a. Jones,
coast artillery corps. recorder. is ap-
pointed TO meet at Fort Baker. Cal.
April. IS for the purpose of conducting
examination or applicants for commits
sions IN the volunteer forces.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

lance. He viii offer large reward
for the return of his wife's jewelry.
Easter Cards and Booklets. Interna-
tional Stationery&S supply Co, 3ef1 16th.s
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
BOURN BUYS IN
THE SPRING VALLEY

Continued from Page Is. Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

Il herewith inclose you OF my latest
photographs, which Will show you that New
bros Herpicide Las done for ny hair Since
using your remedy my hair is much longer
than 1t was ard II has that iuster to IL that
ones hair always has when their scalp is in
a healthy condition.
fSigned) MADELINE CLUTTER.
1858 Michigan Av., Flat 210, Chicago. Ill
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-01-17
Der ]nuriGo.

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ten unb bic Iaut senus ipraden, tint
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ih nod ME elm Bib geieben babe.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-01-17
Der ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

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Cine 5ol6e fonberbare 2~htharfeit
Bel @ele9en6ett zines ESobtenmdbleS
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5ulebf getan5t, bod nur gang traurige
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po3u stIi9e &Iagepei6sr fansen unb
ipeinten. llebtr cine Weiie fam Elm
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ben Observation-Disclosures 0tez
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unb gepeint purOe. Sas mar gar
poiiirIi9 gu ie6en uno 81 boren. Der
ungarii6e SpisImann ipielte -beim
4benb 5u iebem @eriAt, has aufgtrdz
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9ansfonate, gum 9raten Die 8rdtens
fonate, unb 70 gu iebem @eri6t cine
befonbere Sonate. 0iefen Spielmanr
fragte i'd, ippber Der Sreibuuoertipttts
frauentan3 ieinen Ramen babe. Der
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feien BEL Der golos unb filferreiden
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Orb erf9lagen, tppbur6 %oreibinoert
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tpeten Srallen nebIt allen unberen
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rem. bas 1T elm rarer SanS, Sbr tpers
bet Guer 2ebtag ni9t bretbunosr.
Wittfrduen dltf einmdl 10 .lu'tig uno
tdn5en geieben 9dben, ol8 Shr bier
febt." Worauf Elm grobts !Ssulen uhb
Weinen ii9 erboben. neil bic Trauen
bernommen, baB lire Mdnner burd
ben Ginfturs bes 9ergiperts um's 2es
ben 9etommen ieien.
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IaFen urb periprofen iie in turaem
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unb bann bat er lie nit @e'tberten BON
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-01-17
9nlaMa

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-01-17

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Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-08

employing legal counsel, who shall be directed to take necessary steps to present arguments to the Commis- sioner of the United States Land Of flee and the Secretary of the Interior, urging the necessity of reversing and modifying the recent ruling of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as contained in his letter of Dec. 3, 1907"
 MT. Gleason appears to have re- tained B. A. Meserve and Shirley c. Ward to follow him to Washington and present legal arguments after he shall have made a touching appeal on behalf of five millions worth of property.
 Effects of Ruling.
 Ira Aten said he saw no reason why the Chamber should not endorse the resolutions of the stockholders. He was not particularly gratified by the selection of Mr Gleason, but many persons seemed 10 think he could do some good, and possibly he might
 Mir. Aten had no fear that any hon estly-acquired title would be inva1I- dated, but the ruling created con dition of uncertainty and was injur. ious in it's effects. If allowed to stand, it would endanger some iand titles; probably not to the extent al legged by MT. Gleason, but to an ex- tent detrimental to the valley and to some bona fide settlers. Congress had come to the aid of Imperial Valley settlers whenever they needed aid and no doubt would do so again should legislation be required to correct what seemed to be defective ruling on the land laws.
 Perhaps some lano. grabbers would oe benefited incidentally, but that would not be good reason for refusal to protect honest settlers. There are land-grabbers in all new countries Prosperity attracts grafters, and land will be stolen from the government in spite of all precautions. But the set tier in good faith must be protected It has been clearly understood, and the people of the Valley have been advised time and again that two or more assignments of desert land claims are valid if they do not aggre gate more than S2O acres. MT. Aten knew of persons who had bought two assignments, one for forty and one for eighty acres, and had settled up on, reclaimed and farmed the land Such persons were settlers in good faith, and he believed the law would protect them in spite of the ruling oi
Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-08
CONTESTS UNDER NEW RULE
 REJECTED BY LAND OFFICE
No Cause For the Scare Worked Up by Assignment SpecuIators, Reasonable View of Law Protects Bona Eide Settlers Farmers Refuse Credentials To Gleason. Definite Relief Requested,
Los Angeles, Fe6. z. Especial to The Pre88l

Los Angeles Feb 7[Specal to Tue Press] United States LGnd Oce a Los Angeles hos rejected G some tentafve filed tue ground that taOo assign mag be made to The first o these contests filed the of Harrington Perry Tue ruling foUo0s
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 Los Angeles CaHfornid Feb. 5, 1908. Mr. EdUurd ". Hdrrington,
 Imperial, CdLfoYmiG.
 Sir-Yo~ afdevt ot contest ogainst Desert Lgnd Emty S922 T. PeyTy made Mdrch 1905 for N R Sec 19, T. 14S R. 4 F. S. E. M the ground tbqt be cainan had exhausted rights under te desert Gnd d by hGUig exercised land right prior to sad ry @ rejected ground that assignment of desert and entry to dis oofed to acquire the desert land a does ot render the entry raudlen the title thereuder stU n tue entrynan. (2S Ldnd Decisions 497.)
 notice of contest issued by is office sdd 0dGvt IS qudshed.
 You aUoaOed try ddys aOiti ahich to appeal to tue Honorable Commissioner of General Land Office from hs rejection.
 Very respectfully,
 FRANK c. PRESCOTT, Register.
 O. E. w. ROBINSON, Receiver. From h5s of General Prescott and Mr. Robinson, H aO be seen occasion for the aarm and tional suggestions e this connection.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-08
RumorS of Flood and Break in Colorado Wildly Ex-
 aggerated
REPORT OF ENGINEERS
Nothing Alarming In Possible Change of Rivers Course In the Delta-Easy to Keep Overflow Out of the New River Channel.

Rumors of breaks in the river and exaggerated reports of floods have been flying about for several days. There is no break, no danger of a break, and the flood is only flash rise of the Gila and Salt rivers, which brought the gauge reading at Yuma up to 23.9 yesterday morning. At that time the Gila had ceased rising, and there was no reason to expect a flood crest above 25. at Yuma The water was not against the c. D. levee, and there was not the least danger of break in the river bank any where. Instead of 90,O00 second feet carrying only 50,OO0. Mistakes in te1e- grams made the Salt flood 50,00O to 75,OO0 and the Gila 5O,0O0 more, where as the total was only 50,00O. Engin- eers of the c. D. Go. were at the head ing watching things, and they tele- phoned yesterday that there was no |
 The situation below the Paredones also has been exaggerated by rumor. l he arroyos leading into the Pescador and Volcano lake have been cut to a depth of fifteen feet only, instead of fifty, an excess of seven feet over nor nal depth, and they run back to with i,, e,ix Of fnr dred yards, of the Colorado. Chester Allison has been over the ground and made his report to Engineer Herr mann, and the report shows that the alleged imminent danger to the head works of the irrigation system does not exist.
 Even if the Colorado, next June, should roll out of bed and go tumbling down hill to Volcano lake and the Hardy on -ts way to the Gulf, the recession of the. channel by cutting would not lower the old bottom at the heading more than foot or two, and no lowering of the cement gate would DS uSCSSSdIy.
 If no obstruction to overflow from Volcano lake into New River were provided, large volume of water would pour into Salton Sea again, and the Southern Pacific might be forced to move it's track The only possible injury to the irrigation system would be breaking or carrying away of the Hume across New River to the Vest side, but in no other way would the situation of 1905-6 be repeated. The flood could not get into the Alamo, and the canal system except on the Westside would not be endangered The New River channel averts all danger of overflow of valley lands
 All danger can be averted by build ing a dyke from Black Butte across the New River outlet of Volcano lake. and to save it's tracks the railroad will be obliged to do that work be- fore next June. grading outfit prob ably will be seen going down soon to build the levee. Also the railroad to Yuma will be completed early this year. and that will double the safe guards to the irrigation system.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-08

A. c. King, who had been running a skating rink in Fl Centro, was arr rested and held for identification on suspicion of being Bert Hansley being wanted in Ohio for breaking parole from the State Reformatory Last Thursday night King escaped with the help of four friends from the county jail. taking the Sheriff's rifle along. and hasn't been seen in these parts since.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-08
Mr. EdaOurd ". Harrington,

The Fl Centro Chamber of Com merce has endorsed the action of the stockholders of Water Company Nc. 1 in authorizing the directors to CO., operate with other water companies in employing legal counsel to present to the Secretary of the Interior argu- ments against the ruling of the Land Office affecting assignments of desert land claims, but has declined to en- dorse the action of the directors in delegating I. w. Gleason to represent the settlers of Imperial Valley before the Department, and refuses to give him credentials.
 The Chamber of Commerce declines to go into mysteries over what ap- pears to be an erroneous ruling, to ioin in any wild talk about rifles, violence and bloodshed," such as MT. Gleason poured out to the Los Ange- les Times, or to be stampeded into a movement to pull chestnuts out of the fire for speculators in desert land as signments. That body asks only that the true intent and spirit of the law shall be embodied in the practice of the Land Office, and that the reclaim CT of desert land and the settler in good faith be protected in his right to hold not more than 32O acres of land before patent and safeguarded from annoyance at the hands of jump CTS and speculating contestants.
 Water Company's Action.
 A special meeting of the Chamber was held last Tuesday night Super visor Clark presiding. Proceedings began with the reading of a communi- cation from Water Company No. l., setting forth the action of the stock holders and the directors, and re- auesting the Chamber to issue ere dentials to I. w. Gleason as dele gate Ito acquaint officials of our Gov ernment with the extreme gravity of the situation produced in our com munity by the recent ruling Of the Commissioner of the General Land Of fice," and to urge the Secretary of the Interior to reverse such ruling, or, if necessary, to appeal to Con gress for such legislation as shall pro tect the owners of $5,OOO,OOO worth of property from the attack of claim jumpers and contestants"
 The resolution under which the di- rectors profess to have acted in ap7 pointing MT. Gleason reads;
 Resolved that the Board of Direc- tors be and they are hereby author ized, at their discretion, to cooperate with the other water companies in