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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
COMMENT is KINDLY.

The following comment may be taken
as the veterans view of the rece-t
grand encampment in Salt Lake, be
cause it is taken from editorials in the
National Tribune, organ of the Grand
Army organization, and a paper that
is more largely patronized by veter-
ans than any other published.
The forty-third national encampment
Grand Army of the Republic, has now
been historically added to its forty-twO
predecessors. In every way ii was quite
successful, and those who attended were
delighted that they were there. The at
tendance was much larger than was eX-
peCted, and there were surprisingly large
delegations from the far eastern depart
ments, There was nothing but
praise on the lips of veterans who were
entertained at Salt Lake City. Much as
they had heard of the beautiful place, the
reality exceeded their expectations
The streets we're wide and clean,
and the streams of pure water from the
melting SHOWS which rippled along the
sides Of the street were a cneer in that
hot and dusty land. The people
seemed to feel all the honor that was due
the veterans. and greeted them with kind
ly appreciation and friendly heipfulness
A great many Of the veterans We're enter
tanned at private residences, and all told
the same tale Of the hospitality of their
hosts, and the moderation of their
charges. Salt Lake certainly did
her part in the fervidness of the vel
come.
The current number of the National
Tribune is filed with reports of the
encampment And in every line the
verdict Of the men and women Of the
real army and its auxiIiaries is such as
to crafty the people of Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
ALDRIcH comMgNes HIS FRIEND

1t is good TO work earnestly, intel
ligen,ly-and successfully. It is good,
too, to receive the commentator of
those whose judgment is sound, whose
approval is worth while.
Senator Aldrich. chairman Of the
finance committee Of the United States
senate, writes the following letter to
Senator Smoot Of Utah:
Committee on Finance, Z. S. Senate:
Providence, r. l., August 10, 1909.-My
Dear Senator: I did not have an oppor-
pressing to yoI my appreciation OF the
efficiency and value OF your work as a
n amber of the finance committee during
the tendency of the tariff bill. Your in
tellgent attention to the details of the
great work we had In hand, and your
unUring industry, were the subject of
favorable comment on every hand.
ca, 1 nope you are enjoying your vacation.
ncarely yours,
NELSON W. ALDRICH.
Hon. Reed Smoot, Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah stock has risen very greatly
when that can be the word of a man
so prominent as the leader Of the SEN
ate. And what the Rhode Island SEN
ator has so frankly written is Endorsed
by millions Of eastern people who a
Few years ago were almost unanimous
in the expressed belief that no good
thing could come out Of Utah
Our state is approved by the SEN
ators we have sent to Washington. And
the people Of Utah deserve the better
opinion in which they are held by their
neighbors in the other states.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORD.

Back in Indiana in the very early
days a baby was born to frontiers
man named Ralston; and his father in
sisted that he be christened Young. And
he was. And the name chung to him
because it had a right to. He grew to
manhood, waxed fat and rich, and in
the course of nature was gathered TO
known.
From his early manhood Young Raj
ston's constant reply to the challenge
Of neighbors was Good enough" He
always found the bright side of the
question. He never complained. He
probably had as many difficulties as
other men have, but he met them with
smile and a will to overcome them.
And ne did overcome.
Always had a good word" said his
neighbors as they followed his clay to
its long last rest.
And there isn't a better eulogy to be
written Of any man, This old farmer
never had an enemy, and yet he never
was robbed. He could take care Of
himself without losing his temper. It
isn't necessary TO act the bear. The
bear doesn't have an especially good
time
They told him their hopes, and he
cried: Good enough," They told him
their achievements, and his comment
was; Good enough" They asked him
how he felt, there in the falling days
and he never missed the courage and
the strength to answer in his familiar
strain. He made the world brighter
while he lived. He lived in the hearts
of his neighbors when he died.
Old Young Ralston! Let's have many
like him here in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
UNWARRANTED CRITICISM.

One of the widely read and commonly
influential publications Of the country
is the American Review of Reviews
In its current number it follows the
lead of certain irreconciIables in and
out of public life in condemning the
new tariff law enacted at the extra
session Of congress. But even the
American Review of Reviews goes
much too far in assuming the position
of infallibnity. BY way of supporting
its editorial policy of condemning the
law, the Review prints a long unsigned
article dealing entirely with the de-
tails of the law, and advancing state
ments as matter of opinion on innum-
cradle minutia, but in every case Ieav-
ing the reader nothing better by way
of evidence than he had before.
And it is too much for the Review to
say of its contributor. The article has
been prepared without bias and with
the greatest regard for accuracy, by an
expert who is much better able to deal
with the question of rates and sched-
ules in detail than is either member
of either house of congress, without ex-
ception."
Who is this wonderful man? The
country is not going to take the Re-
views estimate. The country is not
going blindly to pin its faith to the
bald statement Of any man Of whom it
knows nothing, if by that decision the
country must believe that every man
voting for the law Is mistaken or dis
honest.
We have read with greatest care
every available attack on the present
law. And we know Of no exception to
this rule: The criticisms are vague
and wholesale. Facts are utterly lack
ing. Examples of injustice are not con-
clusively given. And the broad and
general effect Of the new law, both as
a revenue getter and as a measure of
protection Tor American industries and
American capital. is utterly ignored.
The tariff question is a big one The
average man doesn't pretend to COM
pletely grasp 1t. It is complicated, and
complex. The country believes that
honest men sought with sincerity and
with ability to give the nation a law
that would be helpful to the nation II
will not do for any magazine, however
large its circulation. 10 risk the I'M
supported statement that the men the
American people have erected to repre-
sent them are either less honest or
less shrewd than is the editor OF a
monthly magazine.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

their fellow men. It lie their bank Of
exchange, their carrier of funds.
The report means that a great many
more letters have been written from
Salt Lake last year than in the year
before. It means that more stamps
have been consumed. It means that
much more money has been forwarded
from this office. or received at this Of
flee. And above all, It means that all
the people-in every line-have swelled
the grand total on which the percent
age increase is based.
There are more people In the city.
They are better off. And the differ
ence is so great as to compel amazed
attention. Salt Lake must indeed be
growing when its postof1ce can grow
more than one-fourth in a single year.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
MAYoR ROSE Is coMINe.

Arrangements have been perfected
for an address to be delivered by Mayor
David Rose OF Milwaukee at the Taber-
nacle next Tuesday evening. He is
likely to have a very large audience,
and he is certain to be listened to with
profit
Mayor Rose is opposed to prohibition.
He is by no means the type some i'm
petuous gentlemen paint the advocate
Of his cause. A successful lawyer, a
successful business man, sound
thinker and a strong debater. he seeks
to present the cause of the temperate
man. He does not believe that prohi-
bition has been a successful solution of
the liquor problem in the states where
it has been tried. He feels very sure
It has proved a mistake. And his effort
is to convince his fellow countrymen
not to extend the circle or that mistake
any farther
Those who hear him will not be
abused. They will not hear any one
else abused. They will not be assailed
with accusation, but will be addressed
in reason.
We believe that our Utah people, as
good people everywhere, are simply
seeking for the best and wisest solu-
tons of their several problems. Their
decision must rest on facts and on rea-
son. Because of that, they viii listen
to Mayor Rose, and WIN give his argu-
ments the weight their merit pos
$4,000,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
ANY WAY, WELLMAN DIDN'T.

We are not entirely sure that DR..
Cook has really reached the North
Pole. The evidences all are in favor of
the truth of the dispatches. There is
no sound reason to doubt the statement
that he has actually succeeded, except
the fact that so many others have tried
and failed. and that through SO many
years Of endeavOr.
But, on the other hand, we are far
from believing that he hasn't found
the pole. The matter seems best viewed
as a momentous statement that waits
confirmation.
1t will be observed, at the same time,
that Walter Wellman didn't discover
the pole. He didn't reach the mag
netic north. nor any other very unusual
point in that famed direction. The
character of the two men is very plain
ly shown in the known record of their
Iabors. Cook remained in the far
north. watching, waiting. forming the
acquaintance and gaining the conf
dence and loyalty of the people. And
when the proper time came he went
with their help-straight for the pole.
Wellman. after repeated trials, year
after year, every one of them abortive
in the dawn of the very first difficulty,
launches a balloon, and starts north
with his food basket slung by strap
and swinging below. The strap breaks,
and Wellman turns back. There was
no effort 10 recover the supplies; no
attempt to repair the broken leather.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
THE BEST ANSWER TO sTERRErr

The best answer that can be made
to the discredited Sterrett is to bring
him back here by stern process of law.
if he has done anything which clearly
warrants that course. If he has not,
let the matter drop, and be well rid
Of a scamp.
The encampment committee needs no
defending in Utah. The Commercial
club needs no explanation in Salt
Lake.
The people of this city and of this
state can be charged with no failure in
the matter of their receiving, providing
for and entertaining the Grand Army
Of the Republic. And no one here can
be accused of less than perfect love
and generation for the soldiers them
selves.
So that either warrants and extra
ditions should be discussed, or the in
cident should be closed.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
REATI I'LL.

Blest is the man whose heart and hands
are purei
He hath no sickness that he shall not
cure,
No sorrow that he may not we'll endure;
His feet are steadfast and his hope is
sure.
Oh! blest is he who ne'er hath sold his
soul,
Whose will is perfect, and whose word
is whole,
Who hath not paid to common sense the
toll
OF self disgrace. nor owned the worlds
control.
Through clouds and shadows of the dark
est night
He will not lose a glmmering Of the light
Nor, though the sun of day be shrOuded
quite,
swerve from the narrow path to left or
right.
John Addington Symonds.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
IRRIGATION BONDS.

Many years ago, the men say, w. A.
Mccormick said he regarded living
water here in Utah as among the best
Of possible securities. An eastern
writer makes the following similar
! comment:
That the SPECULATION of yesterday may
have become the investment of today IS
often overlooked by bankers of restricted
view. As little as couple of years ago
many fasteners whose business it is TO
keep well informed shook their heads
over irrigation bonds. But that was be
fore the completion of engineering and
agricultural marvels such as the 3,456
miles of canals and bitches that the recla-
nation service has built. as per its re
port Of this year, bringing under irTiga-
ton 1856 farms, covering nearly million
establishment of more than 10000 people
on land formerly elassed as arid.
Eastern opinion has changed, Mr.
George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan &
Co., a director in many railroad and
industrial corporations, is quoted as
saying of irrigation bonds, during a
trip through the western grain and
fruit regions:
THE market for bonds Of this charac-
ter is getting better, with certain limi-
tatiOns. Financing such enterprises will
become easier with wider knowledge Of
their Importance and. safety. We realize
the importance Of irrigation to the north
west and the entire country"
There can be only one conclusion. It
is not only the duty but the interest
of every Utah man to conserve the
water of every spring and every stream
in the state. The time viii come when
irrigation water will run in concrete
bitches, and never in the porous soil
which permits so great a measure to
escape. Every drop Of water must be
sacredly dedicated to the land.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
PosroFEIcE BUSINESS GROWS.

Postmaster Thomas reports a growth
of twenty-six per cent in the business
Of the Salt Lake postoffice for the year
just ended, over that of the previous
year. And if there is any one thing
in the world which is conclusive of the
growth of city's business, it is the
reports of the postofnce.
There is the agency nearest the peo-
pie. It is their most familiar relation
with the government It is their COM
monest means Of communication with
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

It was simply the first rebur-and
Wellman quit
The one thing that the world will
listen to with least patience viii be
Wellman's comments on the achieve
ment Of Dr. Cook
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

Three thousand Of the Smith family
assembled in a little meeting at Seattle
the other day. 1t was as many as
could be spared for social frivolities in
the haying and fruit season.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

All people will unite in thanking the
committee for arranging President
Taft's Sunday Tabernacle meeting for
9 o'clock in the morning, instead of an
hour later 1t will enable every one
in the, city to attend, and still not COM
pei their absence from regular places
of worship.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

But just before sCnustmas he's as
good as he can be-" We note with in
terest that the city authorities are talk
ing of new and extensive sewer i'm
provements in the Second ward. And
the election only two months away.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04

Judge Sorensen of Manti is enforcing
the liquor laws in a manner which
makes it extremely unlikely that there
will be any more trouble in his neigh
borhood.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-04
JoY AND GRIEF.

Oh. deem not they are blest alone
Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep;
The power who pities man has shown
A blessing for the eyes that weep.
There is q day of sunny rest
For every dark and troubled night;
And grief may bide an evening guest,
But JOY shall come with early light
w. c. Bryant.
All tourists eat at KniefeI's Cafeteria
III South Main.
Floating at Saltair-Water delightful
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Floating at saltair-Water delightful
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-12-23
POSSIBILITIES OF YUMA
REGION UHFATHOMED
The Soil Simply Marvellous In Its
PrOdGCtiYeneSS
And the Climate is iHtOxiCatin9Iy
SaIubriOuS
BY GEORGE N. BURTON.
In Los Angeles Times.

It is very far from a semi-milenium since
three little open boats under the flag of Spain
first touched the waters of the western hemi-
sphere and revealed the new world to the
eyes Of Europeans. 1t is only a little over a
century since the United States OF America
sprang so to speak, like Pallas Athene from
the brain OF Jove, a completely armed ad-
dition TO the family of nations. 1t is but
little ever half century since California be-
came part of these United States OF America,
and less than q generation since the settle
ment OF the Great South west began.
In all the l25 years since the Republic was
founded, also in the half century since Cali
fornia became one OF the States of the Union.
and during every year OF the last thirty, q re-
alization of the vast riches of the American
continent, OF the territory of the United
States and OF this Great Southwest has been
more and more astonishing to the minds OF
men. One would suppose that by today we
knew pretty thoroughly what the undevelop-
ed resources of the Great Southwest might
reasonably he expected to become. We have
not reached the depths of this great ocean of
wealth with our plummet line yet.
In a residence OF forty years on the Coast
the writer thought he knew little about
these years have been spent In and around
Los Angeles, he naturally had little con-
ceit that he was pretty well acquainted with
the Great Southwest. Last week trip to the
Colorado River bottoms. below Yuma made
him feel as a tenderfoot who had come in on
the last train. New to him, this wonderful
region and its possibilities are pretty well
known to great many readers Of The Times
<l,a had ff Inv had
stration OF their own eyes.
Yuma lies on the map just twelve miles
from where the government is putting in the
great Laguna dam, at the confluence of the
ella and Colorado Rivers 1t is twelve miles
from Yuma down the river TO the Mexican
boundry line on the Arizona side of the river
At one point. just below Yuma. the interna-
tional boundry line runs mp along the river
which there takes = westerly trend and from
Yuma to Mexico is only few miles.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-12-23

The United States has an experiment farm on
the mesa just on the outskirts of Yuma. Here
ults even more marvellous than in the valley
| are produced. Down on the lower levels there
are little nips of frosty mornings occasionally
during December and January, but On the mesa
the breath Of frost never touches the most del
icate vegetation. Oranges grown at the FEEDER
al experiment station are unsurpassed in their
delicious quality.
Yuma is busy, up-to-Gate town. The mere
modern Improvements consist of several blocks
OF attractive brick buildings. three story post
office building, also of brick, and many other
nice structures. Among some OF the greater
improvements which are being made, are a
S35, 000 school building, O s75C00 ice plant, a
fine clubhouse for the railroad employees, a
larger passenger depot and the probability of
q new court house to cost $4,000. There is con-
siderable business done there but the people
have not begun to awaken TO the vast posSibili
ties Of the place. They should at ouce erect an
up-to-Iatc tourist hotel 1t should have ample
grounds around it and be planted with all
kinds OF tropical vegetation If atmosphere
were only transportable like mineral waters,
and one couAi send consignments Of this Yuma
winter air to the East, the inspiration of its
health-giving qualities would bring 25.C0O
tourists every winter to the banks of the Colo
RADIO River.
Yuma needs only to make known its climatic
attractions in the parts of the East swept every
year by billiards. and snowStorms to attract a
city full every winter. The fertility OF the val
ley below will almost make itself known with
out effort on the part of the people. But with a
valley full OF intelligent and industrious rural
population, producing fruits and vegetables
poultry. eggs, fresh milk and fragrant butter,
Yuma should be one Of the most delightful
winter resorts in all America. There is every
thing there to furnish tourists with the most
healthfnl and delicious food. and if the air in
that region does not drive doctors to seek Il
living elsewhere. it will be because the people
do not know how to live properly.
The Laguna Dam will be completed in 1909,
and in ten years from today the attractions of
Yuma as q health resort and the fertility Of
these bottom lands will be so well known that
it will require 81 900 in cash to buy a single
acre of it.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-12-23

Midget, in Book W of Mines, page 254,
ct seq: Sunny Side, in Book V OF
Mines. page 247; Ada, in Book No. w
of Mines, page 256, ct seq; Treasure
Trove, in Book No. w OF Mines, page
252, ct seq; Arroyo, in Book No. w Of
Mines, page 80 ct seq: Mountain
Queen, in Book No. w of Mines, page
249, ct seq, all mining records of Yuma
county, Arizona.
There are no known adjoining claims.
FRA NIX II. PARKER,
Aug 1T 8 Register.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-12-23

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS: That, we, the Undersigned, q ina
jOrity of whom are citizens and residents
of the State OF California, have this oay
Voluntarily associated Oul selves together
Tor the purpose VI forming q corporation
unIer tue laws of the StaJe Of California,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-12-23
Serial 03080
Yuma Project.
1st Form Withdrawal.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior,
N g land Ofiaa at PhnPniy A riZOp

department or the Interior,
.. s. Land ONCE at Phoenix, Arizona.
September H. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Angel Tonini, of
Yuma, Arizona who, on August p. 1904, made
Homestead Entry No. 1923, Serial O30SU for the
Wa of NwA and VIZ of Sw4, section IA.
Township 9, South, Range % West G. and S.
r. Meridian, has filed notice OF intention to
make final t1ve-year proof to establish claim TO
the land above described before Charles H,
lifting, Z. s. Commissioner. at his Office in
Yuma, Arizona, on the 22nd day of October,
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Moses s. Hubbard, Henry Wupperman, Jo-
Seph Kean and Wingate Lindsay, all OF Yuma,
Arizona
Frank H. Parker, Register.
Sept Is 1909
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Serial 01386
Notice for Publication
Department OF the Interior,


U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona.
November "a 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John G.. Knox,
father OF homaS w. Knox, representing the
heirs OF sail thomas w. Knox. decC aSed. OF
Yuma, Arizona, who, on January 80, l9C 3, made
Homestead Application No. $780, Serial 0l3S6.
for lots 9 and 10 ana 81 seq Section 81 Town
ship 8. South, Range p West, G. & S. R.
Meridian, has filed notice OF intention to make
final ffve-year proof to establish claim of said
heirs to the land above described before Charles
H. Utting, U. s. Commissioner, at his office in
Yuma, Arizona on the 4th day of January, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George f. Caylor, William E. Lynch, Tom
Harris and William NJ. Irby, all of Yuma, Ari-
IONA.
Frank H, Parker, Register.
Nov. 800