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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Work on the Sipf1on Under the Colorado
Begun, and to Be Finished in 6 Months
No Cessation Until Whole Project is Completed. Water
Will be Flowing Over 100000 Acres Within
Eight Months

has greatly smpfed the construction of the sphon and maer
ally reduced its compared with similar tunnel through
silt The sphon Will be massvey constructed and made in
the bed rock in which it contained
tunnel will be IA in diameter and 500 feet long This
merely continuation the main which
the California the Arizona ide and the
Laguna dam ITSELF is the important piece of work in the
project estimated that eight months will be consumed
building the sphon which would point to the happy result of
flowing through the canals and bitches for the irrigation Of
eighty thousand of land the richest in the world
July Verify Yuma has occasion be glad for the
her greatest prosperity is close at hand.
After passing the sphon the canal which to water Arizona
lands will the upper portion of Yuma valley for short
distance when will be separated into channels That
side of the valley will be located along the high ground
the the side will follow along
the foot of the Both of these canals will
southwark to the Mexican boundary and placed
all of the rgabe bottom lands in this portion of the
Project The branch will be of sufficient capacity carry
extension and the pumping station for
will probably lie this canal short distance be
All the canals will have such dimensions and incna
will allow them properly perform their functions and
maintain throughout the system uniform velocity of
about q feet per second.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Rev. Vandermaesen Leaves

At Sunday mornings services
Rev. Vandermaesen of the Cath
Ollie church in this city announc-
ed that he was officiating at his
last masses here, having been
transferred by Bishop Granjon
to Las Cruces, New Mexico,
where he will take up the work
of reorganizing the parish. His
successor, Father Fernando Ru-
zelle, who has been an assistant
priest at the cathedral in Tue
son, has already arrived to take
charge of the Yuma congrega-
ton. On Monday night the
Altar Society rendered a fare
we'll dinner to Father Wander
maesen at the residence of Mrs.
Balsz, on ella street, where
great regret over the departure
of their priest was expressed by
the members Of the church.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Visitors to the Fair

A considerable part of the pop
ulation of Yuma and the valley
is spending she week in Phoenix
taking in the Fair or attending
the sessions of the various fra
ternal organizations being held
in the capital city this week.
Among those leaving here Sun
day and Monday were Nick Lar
sen and wife, Capt. Harry Donk-
ersley, who goes to be present
at meeting of the line officers
of the Arizona National Guard ;
Postmaster Chandler, who will
attend the meeting of the post
masters of the territory; Mrs.
John Speese and sister, Miss
Agnes Balsz and brother, Dan
BaIsz; Miss Nele Lyon, Billy
Koran and sister, Miss Nora,
Roy White, E. G.. Caruthers,
City Attorney Frank Baxter,
John Donovan and wife, John
Gandolfo, Sr., o. F. Townsend,
Mrs. A. L, DeMund, Mrs. A. F.
White.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

The gladdest dngs has heard in many day were
Sunday morning, when 1T was announced from
the S. that work would be commenced
the following sinking the shaft for the great sphon which
carry the Laguna dam under the Colorado river
to the valley side waiting receive It, Inc
which ncacuabe to the citizens OF Yuma
the valley hailed with great rejoicing
since its has been the principal topic OF con
the engineers office at reclamation head
busy since Sunday drafting and dsposn
the premnares work. which will be we'll under
by the end of the week.
Two shafts the Arizona side and on the California
to so feet west OF the Southern Pacific
railroad brdg almost opposite the buildings OF the recama
ton buildings Behring'S made months ago demon
rated bed at this point underad by sandstone
at such depth that tunnel operations through
be readily conducted sandstone which appears be of the
the bluff that tanks the eastern border
of the vicinity about so feet below the river bed in
below the surface at the site OF the
California side Shafts for the construc
ton of will be sunk through the sand and silt into the
thoroughly sealed to exclude the water above
the excavations sandstone will continue until
the tunnel is obtained when the tunnel
ling will begin The OF this bed rock
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Great Automobile Race.

Phoenix, Nov. 6.-The Buick
car arrived here at l ;O6 o'clock,
Pacific coast time, winning the
great Los Angeles-Pho des-
ert race.
The time made by the winner
was 10 hours and 30 minutes,
breaking all records for the race.
Heretofore the record has been
about "a hours.
The Isotta (Italian) car driven
by Polsmans was second.
The winning car was driven
by Nikrent.
The Buick car led practically
all the way and won by a good
margin. When the cars reached
the Colorado river the Buick led,
Isotta second, Pennsylvania third
Columbia fourth and Studebaker
fifth.
Practically the same order
prevailed at the finish.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Charley Parks rIarried.

Charles Parks, of the plumb
ing firm of Parks & Parks, re-
turned to Yuma Sunday night
with his bride, who was Miss
Bertha Brain of Los Angeles.
The happy couple were met at
the depot by a number of friends
who escorted them in an auto
mobile to Mr.. Parks apartments
in the Gilroy house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Parks have the best wishes
of many friends for happy and
prosperous future.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

ers of the valley will be given an
opportunity to meet and confer
with the committee. Returning
again to town they will visit the
orange grove on the mesa, after
ward dining at reclamation head
quarters. In the evening the
senators will first have a confer
ence with the board of govern
ors of the W. U. A., after which
there will be public reception
on the grounds of the govern
ment reserve, at which nun Der
of the visitors will speak. The
address of welcome on this occa-
sion will be delivered by District
Attorney Timmons.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
$4,000 BUILDING.
Paul MOretti Awards Contract
for Modern Structure on
Main Street

Paul Moretti on Tuesday clos
ed contract with Charles Olces-
ter for the erection of a $25, 900
cement building on the corner of
First and Nam streets, to be
completed by January 10.
The building will have two sto-
ries, 100 feet frontage on Main
street and a depth of IS feet on
First street, The ground floors
will be designed for stores and
the second floor for offices. The
building will be modern through
out and one of the very best in
the city.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

l.. w. Alexander, of the Yuma
Mercantile Company, and County
Recorder j. M. Polhamus, who
had been at Aqua Caliente for
some little time, returned Tues
day, materially refreshed and
benefited from the use of the
water there
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
RECLAMATION
funds ASSURED
Senate irrigation Committee
Promises to Urge COHgreSSiOH-
al Appropriations to Complete
and Garry on Great Work

Sacramento, Nov.7.-The SEN
ate committee on irrigation and
reclamation was the guest Of the
city today on an inspection tour
which carried the members over
the principal reclamation dis
tricts of this vicinity.
The committee arrived here
this morning, and after a ban
ouet were taken in automobiles
via Fair Oaks and Folsom on a
fifty. mile iaunt. The govern
ment representatives will leave
tomorrow morning for Willows
and northern towns, and later
the members go south toward
Ell Pasc, stopping on the way to
inspect the Yuma and Salt River
projects.
At the banquet the senator's
declared that at the next session
of congress they will put bill
through which will carry with
it sufficient appropriations, not
only to complete reclamation
work now under way, but to take
up new projects along the same
line.
Senator Carter of Montana, in
reviewing the progress and de-
velopment of California in the
last few years, proclaimed that
this state has grown out of pro-
portion to any other.
"You are an empire of your
selves" he said. "You can de-
pend upon it that this committee
will do all in its power to help
you in this reclamation work,
which is making your hitherto
uncultivatable lands the most
productive in the world.
owe have been authorized to
visit the reclamation districts of
the country, and what I have
already seen of that work in
California iusti6es me in saying
that you are not only the most
hospitable people, but the most
productive"
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Monday Weddings

Marriage licenses were issued
by Probate Judge De Vane on
Monday to W. B. Chapman and
Margaret Woods, of Bouse;
Danny Brice and Lee Vance, of
Los Angeles; and Luis G. Caril-
10 and Aurelia Salazar, of Tue
son. Judge DeVane subsequent
ly performed the ceremonies in
two of the cases, uniting Mr..
GARLIC and Miss Salazar and Mr..
Brice and Miss Vance.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
To Entertain Visiting Senators

The programme for the enter
tainment of the Senate Irriga-
ton committee headed by Sena
tor Carter, which is expected to
arrived in Yuma either on Sat
urday or Sunday morning, was
perfected yesterday at COM
mittee meeting of the Water
Users Association. The COM
mittee during its visit in Yuma
will be in charge of this body
and of the reclamation service,
assisted by the Commercial Club
in the matter of entertainment.
The senators will be met at
the station, and later taken to
Laguna dam by special train, re-
turning to Yuma in time for
luncheon. In the afternoon they
will make tour of the valley by
automobile, going almost to the
Mexican line and making two
stops Ell route, one at Nichols
hall and one at Somerton. On
both Of these occasions the farm
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
Al D. Beasley has been out for

Al D. Beasley has been out for
the past ten days or two weeks
hustling for business, gathering
data and taking photographs in
various parts of the county for
the Christmas number of the
Yuma Examiner, which promises
to be a fine edition.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

Father John J. Gallagher of
Los Angeles, who has been for
the past eight weeks in charge
of the Mission church on the
Yuma Indian reservation, left
during the week for Los Angel
es, where he will resume MS
former charge.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
HOSPITALS
THE RODGERS HOSPITAL

and Training School for Nurses
For Surgical, Maternity and General
Medical Cases. A limited number
of pupil nurses taken for training
tuberculosis not received.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11

MARK A. RODGERS, n. D.
I28 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, Ariz.
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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-11-11
CITY EXPENSE ACCOUNT

The following bills we're allow
ed ane ordered paid at the regu,
lar meeting Of the town council
held Tuesday, Nov. 2:
Notes redeemed from
NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29

field Of Gettysburg, the councilman
rose while the band played the Star
Spangled Banner, and said, as his eyes
filled, and his voice choked: 'Oh, If 1
could only die for my country And
then the crash came Arrests for brib-
ing and accepting brides were made.
Whereupon the prosecuting attorney be-
gan to get anonymous letters, faultless-
~ typed, telling him what witnesses
to summon, what questions to ask
them, and in general how to get ut
the truth. Every day came these let
tiers, and the thieves in the city, big
and little, were in CONSERVATION at the
acumen of the district attorney. The
district attorney never fathomed the
mystery of his anonymous, friends
identity. But he found that the in
formation was invariably accurate. So
the district attorney followed the blind
lead and got results. He knew that
some one was aspiring beyond his
courage, that some one saw the sin of
bribery, that some man, apparently an
educated man, obviously a man high
in financial councils, was holding out
life line to the people. And then one
day the man who had wept for a
chance to die for his country fed from
his country to a foreign land, in fear
of a prison, and the pillar of society
died by his own hand, an absconder
of the funds Of widows and orphans.
And the day the rich man died this
anonymous letters stopped"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
KNIGHTS OF OLD TIME AND NEW.

Those romantic persons who are
prone to lament the decay Of chivalry
ard the fecadence OF knighthood and
20 tuon wistful eye backward to the
time when belted knights stuck one
AnothSr with lances and hacked holes
In each others cranfums with battle
Eaes over the length of a lady's eye
lash, a.e recommended to take note of
the knigh+liness of little Hugh Ghorm-
ley Of Das Moines. Hugh won a prize
In spelling match the other day over
Che entire grade of seven-year-ol
Gste MktJe girl stood up for a long time
and gaxs him contest to remember
but SIZE uipped and Hugh was hailed
winner Of the prize and the glory of
victory we'll won. After he had gone
tonne he told his father that he hadn't
Won t44rfy; that he missed word that
the teacher had not noticed and that
be di1n't think the prize and the credit
belonged to him. Then he and his faith
Or, wac seems to be the right kind Of
man to have such a boy, telephoned
to the principal and explained mat
4Ars. 1aae little girl was given the prize
sud holds the honors of first place as
= spsfler.
Nobody ever did better. 1t was the
sssense OF well doing. 1t was true man.
lsi1ess and simple honesty which are
tbs essential elements of knightliness.
One wonders if the false standards Of
aIlnre this boy away from his nature
when he gets out into the whirlpool;
whether he will be content to take I'M
lus aAd treacherous advantage of his
eom1stitor, glad to win by the ignor-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
Levitsky's Wheat Culture,

Folks are likely to look with sus-
picion upon new methods of raising
wheat, since the bursting of the Alas
ka wheat bubble, but it will do no
harm to pass on the results reported
by General Levitsky in Russia. He
soWs single grain of wheat at the bot
tom of conical pits from a foot to a
foot and a half deep. AS the grain thus
sown in the center of the pit begins
to appear above the surface it is
earthed over, and each time the leaf
appears more earth is filled in. After
five or six earthings the pit is full and
level with the surface. The result of
this treatment is that the plant, which
has branching knot at the base of
the original stem and of each new
stem, sends out a number Of new
shoots at each earthing. 1t is said that
one grain treated in this way sent up
1858 shoots. The gentleman wh6 is
performing this experiment believes
that the wheat can be made a peren-
NAL.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
A parable of Politics.

William Allen White tells a story in
an article in the American Magazine
for April that is calculated to make the
readers of the story ponder AS it epit-
omizes so much of the good and most
of the bad in our municipal life. the
story of these two men, about whom
the parable is told, bears repeating:
During the early years of this cen
fury two men living in a great city in
the southwest epitomized so entirely
much of the good and most of the bad
in our municipal life that the story of
these men, in so far as the story illus
trates the parable Of politics in the
great cities of the land, should be set
down here. One man was rich. He had
family. His father was parsonage in
the state and in the nation forty years
ago. The other man cme up from the
people. He was no one in particular.
The rich man kept out of politics; he
was in business, and in society. He was
pillar of society. The poor man went
into politics, perhaps with the idea that
some day he might become a pillar of
society. He went to the common coun-
Gil for the glory Of it. To go he went
and asked for the city boss to send
who are in politics for the honor it
/ brings. And after the poor man had
been in the council for a time, he
found-did this common councilman
that to get results, to get favors for
his ward, he would have to tie up with
the Combine" And the boss cinched
up the girth Of his control on that
common councilman two holes when
the common councilman joined the
gang. Then when the boss fixed It so
that a little money might be distrib-
uted amorg the faithful, the common
councilman man accepted the common
practice and took his share. And the
other man, the pillar Of society, the
rich man, knew it. Also he knew that
mach money was distributed among
the councilmen by the boss and his
friends. For part Of the money came
A from funds which the rich man was
4 guarding. He knew how franchises
were bought, for his clients and friends
were in the market.
"But it came to pass when things
reached their worst, that the pillar of
society grew dfsgusted with the rniser-
able business And when the member
of the common council heard great
= orator tell of deeds upon the battle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
The Strawpile1

bore two-inch hole in the top board
of the hive, take quart tin can and
set the top of it in about a third of
an inch, making an opening in it and
put on a perforated cap. I fill this
with syrup made from the best white
sugar; seven parts of sugar to three
of water I invert this can over
the hole in the board, and then put
on the cover of the hive. The bees
take out the SYRUP thru the holes
in the perforated cap; and the vacu-
UNI In the can made by the extraction
of the honey prevents it from coming
out any faster than the bees use it,
In this way the bees can be fed quietly
and without awakening the robber in
stincts Of the neighbors.
If anyone finds that any Of the hives
have died of starvation, he should take
out the combs, clean them of dead
bees, and hang them up in dry place.
They will come in very handy during
the summer, saving the bees just that
much work in building comb. 1t
should be remembered that comb is
simply bee-fat, and it takes about
twenty pounds of honey to make a
pound of comb. Hence comb should
always be saved. If they are al
lowed to remain in the hives, they
are simply a harbor for moths, which
might give trouble afterwards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29

=
ance and i'll luck of others, satisfied
with possession and not inquiring as
to chow he got it," Today he is true,
knightly as any paladin. God keep his
future clean.
Those romantic persons referred to
fail to look about them, if they did
they would find finer examples of self
sacrifice every day, the murderous
history of that wolfish medieval day
records. They might see a cripple
bent double. twisted of body and at
tended by pain as by his shadow look
ing life in the face bravely and work
ing to retain his independence and
keep out of the poorhouse; they might
see if they were not looking backward,
a thousand men and women giving up
the hopes of their youth and their
dreams of comfort in old age that their
children may be given a better chance
than they. Many man is shoveling
dirt today whose honor and courage is
higher than Bayard's and whose sacri-
flee makes the cup of water the peer
less knight waved aside to be given
and enemy seem little and of small
worth Those three hundred Spartans
have dressed their hair under the eyes
of forty centuries; Telemachus still
stands facing the tigersh empire with
the lions of the ampitheater behind
him; and vet there are thousands of
men driving teams today whose abne-
cation and willingness to die for 9TH
ers are greater than any of these. For
these latter are willing to wear life
away by inches that others may be
more learned, live larger lives, hold
higher hopes and ideals than them
selves. And to live in self denial for
others is grander, whatever we may
write or think, than to die in furry
of swords or in the thunder of cannon
for an idea. 1t was easy for John
Brown, enthusiast, to defy a govern
ment and die on a scaffold in his SUI
preme hatred of slavery than it has
been for other men and women to live
their lives in the ignorance and vice
of the black belt unknown and unno-
ticed in the effort to save and assist
the future of a race
All men are possible heroes. The
greatest heroes are never known They
are quietly doing drawer deeds and
offering greater sacrifice than the bull
les of history ever dreamed. They are
neither belted earls nor men at arms,
but just people, common, hard work.
ing, simple people who love some one
or ones we'll enough TO live and labor
and sacrifice themselves.
Knighthood has not persisted but a
new order has arisen and the section
hand and the scavenger may be the
knightliest knight of all.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-29
Cannot Lecture in America.

Princess Kropotkin of Russia is said
to have given up her plan of making a
lecture tour in America because of the
law which excludes anarchists. The
princess is described as a gentle, mot
fensive woman, but she and her hus.
band have been for years "philosophi-
cal anarchists" AS the immigration
laws Of America make no distinction
between the different classes of anar-
chists the princess would not be al
lowed to land.
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