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Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

lard, canvasback, redhead, widgeon, brown or fulvous- bellied tree duck, and the little ruddy duck, called wire tail, butter ball and a dozen other names. A few cinnamon teal have been shot along the canals, but they are not numerous. One canvas-b back killed on the club grounds seemed to be a cross with the red-head. The head and bill were enthusiastically canvasback, but the iris was yellow and the belly was white
 On the table, a fat, barley-fed sprig is superior to the canvasback, and any duck in good condition shot in the valley is more toothsome than the best of the coast birds. The little ruddy duck is a delicious morsel, and the mallards and widgeon of course are good. The brown tree duck, common in Mexico, is a comparative stranger north of the line, but in one evening flight when ducks of all sorts were passing the blind in every direction, put down two of that species, and sin gle specimens were secured now and then through the earlier part of the season. The flesh of the tree duck proved to be very tender and finely favored. There is but little of the wild taste" and no trace of fishy fla vor in any of the ducks killed in the valley.
 Flights of the Canada goose and the western black brant are quite com mon, but very few of the birds are killed, Early in the morning large flocks sometimes pass over the valley from the Colorado river to Salton Sea or between the sea and the gulf, but as they do not follow the water courses and usually fly high, the gun ner seldom gets shot at them.
 Large bands of sandhill cranes are seen and heard frequently and a few hundred of them uttering their high keyed cry can be heard when they are so Tar away as to be discerned with difficulty without glass.
 Pelicans, cranes, herons, ibis, gulls and other waders and aquatic birds are numerous about Salton Sea, and ! snipe, plover, curlew and rail are plen- tiful along the rivers but are seldom shot because gunners prefer the larger game and find it easy to kill all they want.
 It is interesting to note how the birds not molested become aware of their immunity and lose their fear of guns. The mud hen, for example, has learned that she is'not a duck and is no good and she paddles and fusses about within a few yards of a blind, paying no attention to the guns or to the fall of ducks around her. After firing several shots, have seen a mudhen swim out of the jules five yards from the boat, and potter around
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

great buildings, and all are reflected clearly in the vast expanse of shim- mering lake The city Is there as plainly as any ever built by man, but immeasureably grander It's skyline is an artists dream, and it melts and changes and the spires come and go with every stroke of the Genii's brush.
 Against the northern horizon, where the Superstition hills lie, the ancient Chaldean city springs into life again. The magnificent arrogance of her towers is there. Terrace upon ter race her hanging gardens leap into being and far stretching, bulking huge in the morning light of the twentieth century, come again to the view of man the fabled walls of Babylon.
 The whole great circle of the hori- zon is the canvas upon which the Genii of Mirage paint their weird pie lures, an ever shifting panorama of illusions that only the mind subcon- sciously recognizes as unrealties. To the vision, all are solid, substantial verities.
 As the sun climbs along it's mount ing pathway and throws it's beams upon the plain, the phantasmagoria sweeps from the encircling hills into the valley, and great lake submerges all the land. Upon an island in the fairy sea stands an imperial city of gleaming marble, beautiful as the dream of genius, it's palaces, monu- ments, domes and arches mirrored again in the encompassing waters. Groves forests, villas, ships with white spreading sails and towering masts are imaged in the shining sea, and imagination needs no spur to peo- pie the dream city with white robed multitudes, to see men and women strolling in the groves, children play ing on the banks and sailors upon the decks of ships.
 Bewildered by the marvels of the mirage surfeited with wonders, wear jed of the effort to disbelieve the evil dence of the senses, one turns again toward the south, and lo the battle ship is but the memory of a vision. Where it rode-formidable and mena- cing, the apotheosis of today, the last word of the age of steel and strenu- ous striving-stand the pyramids, the infinite serenity of the centuries en- bodied in their majesty and the wis dom of all the vanished past con- templating from their tops the rest less bustling of ephemeral humanity.
 This is but a feeble, futile record of impressions of morning on the des- ert, glimpse into the realm of the unreal, where things are that do not exist, where the eyes see what is not and the world is but a phantasm, and the phantasm is as absolute a truth as any material fact of the uni verse.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
HILL SEES END OF OUR
GRAIN EXPORT TRADE

After commenting on the ever r-increas
ing tax on our transportation facilities,
James J. Hill. In The Worlds Work re-
marks.
In one respect. however. the traffic
load promises 10 grow lighter. The great
reduction In the volume of our exports
Of agricultural products VIII soon leave
little OF this business. to which the water
ways is well adapted, for it, TO carry. In
New Orleans and Galveston grain elc-
vators have been standing empty for
some years because OF this decline In
our exports OF breadstuffs The average
annual export of domestic wheat and
flour for the five years. 1906 1903 was
.li6 S9G bushels; for the i've years.
1SS0-1SS5 twenty-five years earlier. il was
1852. .71s bushels, The falling off Is
nearly 25 per cent Within a very few
years our Increase OF population with
continual lowering of soil fertility, must
make our entire product insufficient for
home consumption and seed. This de-
crease, which will affect more or less
seriously all the Items of our present cx-
port Of articles of food, both vegetable
and animal. will tend TO lessen somewhat
the strain upon both land and water
TRANSPORTATION agencies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
THE UNRETURNED.

o. the ships go out to the farthest shore,
And the ships come home again;
The dew that dries on the morning roso
Returns in drop OF rain
But the Joy OF a day that ! smiled away,
/ call TO IL in vain,
o. the primrose hides IN Il cup of rust
Her gold on the winter lea;
And comes, her pilgrim staff abloom
With the flowers that used 10 be
But the golden smile OF little while
VIII neevr come back to me-
o, the stars go out with the break OF
dawn.
And the stars are fun and bright
When the sun has turned his face away,
And the world has need of light
When the glad world beamed | dreamed
! dreamed.
And now the night-the night
O. the birds forsake the colorinS wood.
And the birds come home TO sing:
The breath OF the fallen rose returns
On the wind of the swallows wing
But the harps | know OF the long ago
Lie mute In the soul OF spring,
o, rose that blooms in "A garden wild,
o. bird in Il lonely tree,
j know the gifts OF my heart lie deem
In your far off mystery,
And bloom and sing i'll eternal spring
Though they never come back TO me-
--aloysius Coll in Appleions.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
MAKES CONFESSION
OF TRAIN ROBBERY
Long Sought Bandits Who Held
Up Fast Mail in Cali
fOrnia Caught

FAIRFIELD. Cal. july 1o-Admittine
that he one OF the two men who
held up and robbed the China and Japan
fas, mail near Benicia on the night Of
April IL last, Joseph G. Brown who, with
Carl Dunbar, was arrested Saturday night
by Constable Michael Judge. made "A full
confession OF the affair tonight 10 Sheriff
J. j. Mcdonald OF this county
According TO Sheriff Mcdonald, Brown
stated that he and Dunbar only secured
Slo from the registered mall pouches and
afterWard drove all the way Ia Los An
geies In horse and buggy stolen the fol-
lowing morning from near Martinez.
According 10 Browns statement. me and
Dunbar robbed the Riverside Cycle store
In Riverside n short time before the train
robbery. There they occurred the re-
rolvers which led TO their identification
as as @ the men men who who held mp the China and
Japan fast mail as well as Il shotgun
found in the boat they abandoned on the
Contra Costa shore the morning after the
holdup.
Careful Planning
From Los Angeles. where, Brown said.
they planned the robbery, the two men
came To Martinez and remained there two
weeks before April II. spending their time
IN famlliarizinS themselves with the coun-
Try, After robbins the mail car, Brown
said. they crossed CArquinez straits In n
BOAT and went through the mail sacks
alterward throwing them overheard.
A''''i "ul'illtH lH'S slplt II morse anU
DuGgy and; driving with this rig they
Skirted Oakland and reached san Jose
late sunday night The robbery took
place ut midnight Saturday. From San
lose they continued driving until the
morse gave out near Los Angeles They
tncn put him In pasture and In his
place secured fresh horse, with which
they reached Los Angeles about ten DAYS
after the train robbery, remaining there
until two weeks ago, when they started
back. Upon arriving al SACRAMENTO i,
5elns their intention TO continue on 10
oregon ihcy were arrested on "A charge ot
iorsc-StcalinG Their Identification as
the train robbers followed yesterday, and
ihcH were brought TO the Fairfield jail
last night.
Dunbar has so far denied everything
that Brown has stated
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
A "STAR" WITNESS:
SENSATIONAL TRANSCRIPT
Special to The Tribune.

SPISidl ~ ie lIlDulc
SPANISH FORK. July l9-on the 18th
instant, while Alma G. IIales Jr. was
being tried at Provo for violation OF the
Spanish Fork City prohibition ordinance,
FRED Bosharo, one OF the city spoilers,
was on the witness stand Attorney D.
d. Houtz asked the witness Were you
not lined SIS for fishing without IL
cense?" Boshard answered, Eyes. sir"
Attorney Houtz continued: Was the
fine Daid?' Boshard answered. Yes, sir"
Who paid your fne?" continued Mr.
Houiz, Boshard answered. II don't
swor. which he did Wv A. Jones, the
mayor OF Spanish Fork"
Were you not fined so for stealing
chickens? Boshard answered: Yes. sir"
WHO paid that fine for your wv A.
Jones, the mayor" said the witness.
sides that from Mr.. Jones2" queried the
attorney Yes, sir; 1 have had money
four or five times" answered Boshard.
The foregoing is an excerpt OF the tes-
timony OF one OF the principal young men
who have been foisted onto the people
here as detectives and paid for their serv-
ices out OF somebody's money. Let us
hope that Mayor Jones paid the penalties
OF this young wretch out OF his own pri-
vate funds and not out of money which
purpose of running the legitimate busi-
ness of the city.
There is no doubt but Boshard had
those fines paid under n promise that he
would not dlvulge the facts to the pub
lie. To Boshard and the others who
were with him. Coitrin. one OF the police.
administered an oath OF secrecy to not
tell anything about the chicken stealing
Coltrin gave as a reason for so doing
that he did not want It known till after
some cases they had against Boyacll and
Hughes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
OFF|C|OUS PICTURE
MAN TOO IMPORTANT
Makes Himself Ridiculous in
Eyes of Visiting Press AssO-
ciati0n Members.

Special TO The Tribune.
. OGDEN. July 1g.-But one thing tended
to mar the annual outing OF the members
OF the Utah Press association at the Her
mitage resort in ogden canyon today.
This was ihe "dog-in- the manger' atti-
tude OF one Uodgson. II photographer.
mitoge grove and purchased the conces-
sion to take photographs there for the
season.
The visitors had just alighted from the
electric car OF the Ogden Rapid Transi;
company and We're being grouped by Ar
association, for the purpose of having "a
photograph made OF the delegates by Mr..
SchulthesS. who is something OF an anna
teur photographer. when jodGson
emerged from his tent and. with blcared
and bloodshot eyes informed SchultheSs
that he was the main ea@abo" In the
little grove when ii came To taking pic
lures, and II one was made by the visitors
he would exact his toll.
III view OF the fact that the pictures
were To be made with no purpose of COM
peting With Hodgson. his action was re-
garded small as his manner was boor-
ish
SUPERINTENDENT Joseph Bailey who had
charge OF the car in which the visitors
rode TO the canyon. directed the news
paper men and their wives 10 the other
SIDE of the car. where the pictures were
taken.
In the afternoon. when ''Unclc Billy"
Wilson heard of the action of Hodgson
he read the riot act and Informed the
could have their pictures taken anywhere
pn the Hermitage grounds that suited
them, and that they would not be molcst-
cd In any particular.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
RUSSIA is PERSISTENTlY
DRIVING OUT THE JEWS

K1EV, Russia, July 1s.-The expulsion
| Of Jews from Kiev continues at the rate
| of forty-five 4 day. From July until
July 10. 4S7 were. expelled by what Ii,
known as the second method-that Is,
they were forced actually TO leave town.
During the same period 1121 persons were
expelled by first method, which
In effect Is warning for their departure
but permits them time for a settlement
of private affairs
In the majority OF cases the latter
method proved Ineffective, as the Jews
In that category are prone to return to
kev after temporary absence.
Since May "a, when the imperial de-
cress ordering that all Jews who could
not establish legal right of residence
elsewhere should he returned within the
pale. the restricted district OF the Polish
provinces and the Ukraine, became effec-
tive, there have been expelled from this
city. Solemnka and DmiefflSa suburbs 2o11
persons by the second method and 3641
by the first method. However. In MAX
ing this total OF 6652. allowance must be
made for large number Of Implications
in the count. Many have been expelled
only to return, and be sent away again.
while the expulsions from Solen!nka and
Dmieffka are largely composed OF those
who were originally expelled from this
city.
Officers OF the Jewish Relief committee
Of Kiev stated today that. roughly esti-
mated 700 families had been already sent
out OF the city and 400 families were
still subject to such treatment. The
larger figures furnished day by day in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
INDICATIONS OF OIL;
ACREAGE FILED ON
Special to The Tribune.

SDCCldl W Inc TiDuue-
PROVO, July 19.-WilIiam Hitchcock
and e. Smith of Bakersfield, Cal. came
here q short time ago and in a quiet
way made a thorough examination of the
country in and near Spanish Fork can
yon for oil indications. The gentlemen
represent oil operators of Bakersfield auC
were sent here TO look over the Utah
field They were fayorably impressed
with indications in Spanish Fork can
yon that they selected about 1900 acres
and had 4 survey made and filed on the
same. and the notices OF location have
been recorded in the recorders office OF
Utah county,
The ground taken up Is situated about
five miles east of Thistle Junction, in
what Is known as Dairy fork of Spanish
Fork canyon. Having secured the land
the understanding that they will return In
a very short time with machinery to de-
velop and commence operations They
stated that IT will cost about 500. 900 TO
test the field, and that their associates
were willing to spend that amount OF
money. or more If necessary. While here
they examined n number OF artesian wells
In this city for oil indications, and found
oil in three, which tended to increase
their faith in the possibilities OF Spanish
Fork canyon. There has been a great
many oil prospects located In Spanish
Fork canyon during the past five or six
years. but no great amount OF develop
inent work has been done. OIL however
has been found in shae and sand in the
canyon, and gas and oil are known to es-
cape from many wells in the valley, and
especially In the region OF Utah lake.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
REPORTS OF ABUSE
OF DOCTOR DENIED

WASHINGTON. July l9.-Reports tbat t
Or Lawrence BurGhcn, an American
physician in Nicaragua. was being forci-
bly detained with the Madriz troops was
denied IN Il report received at the state
department today. DR., Burgheim was
physician to General lrias, the Madriz
commander in eastern Nicaragua but
served OF his own will, He recently quit
the Madri8 service unmolested, the re-
port says, and is now in charge OF one
OF Estrada's hospitals in Buefields
The Sunboat Yorktown today started
from Portland. Or. for Corinto via San
francisco, to relieve the gunboat Vicks-
burg. The ViCksburg will proceed north
after the arrival of the Yorktown The
Yorktown may later be succeeded by the
Princeton.
1t is denied both at the navy depart
ment and at the state department that
the orders to the Yorktown are of any
special significance, her presence there
being meant merely as continued insur-
Ancc OF protection to American interests.
No word OF the reported disturbance at
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
NEPHI GETTING READY
FOR INDIAN VETERANS
Special TO The Tribune

Sb''I'li W lHt lIlDullPs
NEPUl. July 19.-Thc Indian War Vel
eran cncampment is to be held at Ncphi
August ), and ;. and Ncphi Is prepar-
ing for one Of the biggest celebrations
ever held here. The people of Nephi are
expecting TO entertain about 250O visitors
There Will be excellent horse racing AT
the Kendall race track. where some of
the best horses I'm the state Will ne en-
tered The baseball teams of Eureka
EDhraim. Payson and six other teams
VIII arrange their games so as 10 have
two games each day. Five bands have
been engaged TO furnish music during
the encainDmcnt. A pioneer parade will
be one of the features OF the entertain
ment An excellent stock company has
been engaged To play at the Arlington
theatcr.
The Nephi Commercial club has dccid-
ed TO make an exhibition Of the resources
of East Juab county during the encamp-
mcnt TO consist mostly of dry farming
products. Nephi has one of the best dry
farming districts in the state and In
spite OF the worst drought in thirty five
years the dry farm crops are practically
as good as they were last year. and ii is
estimated that at least 100000 bushels
of wheat Will be harvested in Juab coun-
ty. Secretary 4. H. Burton is devoting
all OF his time from now until August |
In selecting samples for the exhibit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
PROPOSAL TO MERGE
TWO STATE BODIES
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
OGDEN. July 19.-With the belief that
the state board of education can perform,
the duties of the state library and gym
nasium commission with much less cx-
pense and with the same facility. In con
junction with the other educational
branches, steps were taken last night
to secure the passage Of an act by the
legislature doing away with the commits
sion and placing its duties In the hands
OF the state board of education.
AT the meeting last night. which was
held in the office OF Superintendent John
M, Mills, reports OF the members read
indicated that the plan OF adding library
and gylnnasiumS to the various schools
of the state has met with much success.
and funds in many places have already
been raised for establishing these ad-
1uncts TO educational work.
a committee composed of President
George Thomas and Superintendent John
M Mills was appointed TO draft resolu-
tfons to be submitted to the legislature
for the Improvement of the plan. one of
which will probably deal with the mat
ter already mentioned.
The officers OF the commission chosen
for the ensuing year are: DR.. George
Thomas of Logan. president; John NJ.
Mills of Ogden, vice president; ]. Fl. Paul
of Salt Lake. secretary and treasurer,
DR.. Il. G. Gowans of Ogden and John s.
WEIGH. Salt Lake, auditing committee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
TYRANNICAL PRESIDENT
ISAAC SMITH OF CACHE
Special 10 The Tribune.


HYDE PARK. July 19.-In certain cir
cles here there is great deal OF talk
going on just now about the unusual at
titude that has been assumed OF late by
Isaac Smith president Of the Cache stake
II is said that Smith has had n pretty
hard time getting along with his asso-
ciates for long time. ard clashes have
been frequent because OF the attempts OF
the president to lord it over his subordi-
mates. particularly the bishops. Recent
ly the bishops sold some of the tithing
hay OF which they have charge, to some
one else, when Smith desired It, and since
then he has, according TO current reports.
read the riot act 10 them on several oc-
casions. Within the past few days he
held meeting with them and some OF
ing was fairly under way he arose and
taking his chair from between those of
his two counseors. moved to a position
where IL was isolated from the rest and
then told the astonished brethren that
he was merely emphasizing the fact that
he. and not his counsclors, was tho presi-
dent of the stake. and he proposed 10
rule Then he administered all sorts Of
rebukes to the assembled workers, who
became so indignant that there IS strong
talk of all the bishops In Logan resign
Ing at once as protest against the
Smith tyranny Among local churchmen
versaton. Some OF the knowing ones
say that change will be made in the
presidency at the conference to be held
in Logan soon. AT The meeting hold the
other evening. il Is said, the bishop OF
this town came In for q terrible dressing
down al Smiths hands: and some of the
others Jared little botter.
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dicate the mobility OF the expelled, many
OF whom persistently return to Kiev TO
lace repeated expulsion.
In the case OF the latter the authori-
Ties have adopted drastic measures, the
returning ones frequently being accom-
panied out CT the city by Genda rrnes and
In many cases Punishment by "Etappe.
mas been resorted TO. This system pro-
vides for the shipment OF patches OF Jews
10 their final destination under escort of
relays OF armed guards.
The number OF explosions is constantlvi
growing owing TO the discovery OF illeca!
makcshifts employed by the Jews to gain
the right of residence
Since January ] the authorities have
received l7.2I2 petitions for right OF resi-
dence. accompanied by documents pur-
porting 10 establish such right Among
the number there were discovered 1Is9
fraudulent tradesmen's certificates These
certificates were issued by formr Off
clalS OF the Folikocech Technical school
OF Poland, which was closed In 1903 iIn-
der the order OF the governor general OF
Warsaw After the closing the school
authorities continued TO issue antedated
certificates 10 Jews paying the necessary
sums,
The authorities now require holders of
tradesn1ens certificates to make Drac-
tcal demonstration OF their skill The
greater number are unable 10 pass the
tests. P1' '''0
A large number of cases against Jews
alleged TO be trading Illegally outside the
pale are pending In the courts of Kiev
Where convictions are secured the goods
OF the defendant are confiscatcd