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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10


Last week I referred to an outburst
of hostilities between Seymour Hicks
and the Theatrical Managers associa-
ton. of which Tree is president. Since
then matters have nueted down some
what Tree recognized that any at
tempt on his part to stop Hicks PLAYING
Richard III at the Coliseum might
tend to bring him Crrcc) into disfavor
with the public, Moreover. the measure
would throw 10 people out of cmplov-
ment just before Christmas. So he de-
cided to try what Cancellation would do.
The result is that Hicks is to 70 on
playing "Richard H." while Tree viii
approach the lord chamberlain and sec
IL something cannot be accomplished
10 alleviate the present tension between
theatrical and music hall managers.
Inc easiest and most obvious way out
OF the difficulty Is of course to estab
lisli free trade in amuscmcnts. su,h
as You have in America. But to effect
ms an act of parliament will be re-
CURED, ana parliament Is much too
buSy looking after its own affairs to
bother about the theater. In this cnn
ncction rather an amusing incident In.
taken place. Tree owns Il little piece
called THE Nandyck'' which was orig
lhn'lN done at Ills Majesty's. Hicks
offered to buy it from him for tho
vaudeville stage, proposing to nut If
o., IL ne were compelled to withdraw
'liichard H." But suddenly the dis
covery was made that THE Vandyck'
played into so minutes, about 10 min
utcs more than "Richard III" itself
and Tree promptly int,natcd to Hicks
mat he must condensc the story to inc
stipulated time-limit Of half an honr
Hicks replied with his accustomed
Suavity that he would see Tree some.
Wherc tlrst and returned the mana
SCript With liS--colu u imnnta -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

Fred Whitney arrived In London las,
Monday and a few hours later I vas
having q chat with him at tho Hotel
Cecil. HIS chief object in coming over
Is TO find q theater for the now comic
opera, Baron Tronck." which no orig
inally intended to produce first IN thc
United States. He has changed his
mind, however, and now tells mo he hns
practically settled to make a start In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10
THE ORPHEUAt.

Augusta Close pronounced Cilosay,
and Ida O'Day are joint headliners on
the coming weeks bill at the Or
Fheum. They will be supported by II
series of acts that measure Up well to
the highest standards of the circuit.
Miss Close will present what she
terms II panalogue. though her act
includes piano playing, singing. and
imitation of types in spoken songs In
an oif-hand way the picture actress
losses to the audience dainty child
songs. bits of Dutch mimicry. laugh
able limitations o fthe athletic girl, Of
mammals pet and the like.
Miss Ida O'Day will be remembers
ed as the charming. little actress who
played "a Bit Of Old Chelsea" in the
Road Show bin last season. This
year Miss ODay has n new sketch,
"Cinders" in which she has the title
role. appearing as an English slavcy.
Henry Horton and company. whose
Uncle Lens Dilemma was one Of
the marked successes OF the season
two years ago, will present the same
homcly sketch. which has been term.
cd THE Old Homestead" of vaudc-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

After llvc years in THE Nirginian,
ono in "The Suuaw Man" and three
IN Cameo Kirby" Dustin Farnum is
to have new Fart. Lieblcr e Co. his
manager. have arranged for him to
appear as the hero in a dramatization
Of Edwin Milton RoNc's 'rhe silent
J'ulI ', .U.s-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

indication that the play is losing its
hold upon the public,
Last Sunday George Edwardes rush
ed over to Vienna to have Il peep at
"rhe Doll Girl" Leo Falls opera upon
which he has an option. His stay is
bound to be q short one inasmuch as
he is badly wanted in London where
two productions await his attention.
Just to gain breathing space he has
let the Gaiety for II few weeks to
Judge Parry and Frederick NLouillot
who have written u farce called ",rhc
Captain CT the School," which was
tried in Manchester with sufficiently
encouraging results to induce the au-
thors to bring it to London. 1t seems
to me that it's chances are of the
slendcrcst: the Gaiety, with its firmly
established musical comedy associa-
tons. Is about the worst theater they
could have selected for their purpose,
and even If the piece does make a hit
1t will have to be moved elsewhere
always ii dangerous step-in the course
of week or two. Meanwhile, there Is
little hope that "The Count of LuXem-
bourG." can be got ready for Days
under two or three months time, and
rs Edwardes is not exactly enamored
OF the prospect of Keeping the house
closed for so long a period he Is now
considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of a short
revival either of THE Merry Widow
or THE Waltz Dream there. He has,
by the way, despatched George Cross
smith. Jr.. to New York especially to
engage two artists for the new piece
at the Gaiety. l shouldn't be at all
astonishcd If at the same time &c. CT
contrved to pick up some unconsid-
cred trfles in the shape of songs,
dances or effective "business."
- IL
The same steamer that carries this
letter bears Louis n. Parker and the
company engaged for his new comedy
'folanucr walk across the Atlantic.
fancy few of the cast are well known
to playgoers ON your side: even here it
would be regarded as rather a COM
monpace one. George Giddcns. of
course, has spent a '-ood deal of his
time in America: for over Il 12-month
he played the leading part in a three
act farce called Joseph" which /
adapted from the French for Elsie de
Wolfe some IL years AGO Yorkc
Stephens and his wife. Helen Leyton,
are practically strangers to you; both
belong rather to the older generation
of playgocrs. although the first keeps
his youth marvelously. II. Wigney
Pcrcyval was for long time a mem
Der of L. S. Wizards company, play
ing the Spider in "Thc silver King"
and similar parts. Lennox Pawlc is a |
stout. amab!e comedian. quite anus
ing in his own particular line, who |
graduated in the east end of London |
and ended by cnlisting under George |
lIdWardes' banner. "Pomander Walk"
by the bye, has just been returned to |
the author by Herbert Trench of the |
iiaymarket who found in it something |
he did not think quite suited to his |
audience who are nothing If not |
dclicately fastidious. He suggested |
certain alterations to Parker who re-
fused point blank to effect them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10


holidays in the direction OF the theatcrs.
] Is ahard task. and they all know it.
hut with bills Of such nttractvcncss, it
will be strange If they do not succeed.
Pretty Polly was rather submerged at
first by tho Russian iuundation, and
weeks stay at holiday time, on Il
second visit, has rather severely tested
her pulling powers. but she has pleased
the masses Who Ccngrogatc in the fami-
IL sections Tile Orphcum on sew
cral evenings has felt the strain
of holiday competition. and dis
played the first empty seats IN
evidence for many moon past. Mr.
Favcrsham Is fully referred TO else
where. Would that he and his talented
Wife could have found it In their way
to keep The Squawmnn" in their re-
rertoirc n while longer. Mr., lngcrsoll
and his clever people had 81 huge task
to play against the memory of Mayo,
Ada Dryer ana Camneau, but they all
"perked up and did fine work after
the rough edges were worn off.
The city still echoes with the eXcla-
nations Of wonderment over the Rus
sian Dancers. Pavlowa and Mordkin.
With that marvellous orchestra, will
long be the tn mes of conversation in
social and critical circles. 1t Is worth
noting here that the suggcstvaness of
the Arabian Nights act, referred to in
The Dcseret News account, has been
cmphaticallS attacked elsewhere One
Chicago writer, in referring to the sup
preston of "Salomc" last week. owing
to the indelicacy Of Mary Gardens de-
lincation. said it was purity itself COM
pared with the artistic indccency" of
the Pavlowa Mordkin episode.
THE DOLLAR PRINCESS"
mans big musical production. ''rhc
Dollar Princess" viii begin three
days engagement ut the Salt Lake the
nter. and our thcnter-gocrs will have
an opportunity Of seeing for the first
time Il New York success. which ran
for. over ten months at the Knicker-
booker theascr
THE Dollar Princess" differs from
tho ordinary musical comedy in the fact
that 1t possesses Il clcnr, consistent
plot and not the usual musical comedy
hodSe-podgc excuse for Introducing
miscellaneous vaudeville without rhyme
or reason, The story written by Messrs.
Wilmer and Grunbaum, Is logical and
fntclligible. and their book is filed
with amusing situations and clever
dialogue. Leo Fall the Austrian COM
poser has furnished n score that is
sad to be as tuneful as any heard in
years. In fact, his countrymen class
him as the peer of all musicians.
AS In his production of THE Arcad-
ans" Mr. Frohman has spared neither
expense nor pains in making 1.-THE
Dollar Princess complete in every de-
tail, and tho result is n most gorgeous
production, splenddly mounted and cos
tuned.
Cleanliness and refinement IRE the
watchwords Of the piece. and a grea:
deal of its popularity may be attributed
10 these two facts. Not an objections
able line or situation can be found in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

Tho weekly theatrical reviews and
criticisms of the "Ncws" appear rccu-
inrIS IN the Tuesday issues.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

1t is reported that the next play in
which David Warfcld will appear will
have to do with, in the first act, an
old man who pledges his friend. since
they both believe in reincarnation. that.
If after death. he returns in another
guise to this world. he will make him
self known to his companion. Hc dies;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

Victor Herbert is considering an offer
to establish an orchestra in PittsburG
which Will be second to nothing in the
country Rumor has ii that there are
ten men in the Smoky city who are
ready to raise a fund Of Sl,000.000.
the income OF which Is to be devoted
tn n ORC n
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
San Francisco Firm Protests Against Departments
 Delay
School Section Complications cause the Hold-up of TitIes In the Valley and Are Being Adjusted by Special
 Agent Satterwhite in Practical Way Patents May Issue in Sixty days.

How many settlers of Imperial Val ley have taken enough intelligen in terest i'll their own concerns to write to the President about the intoler- able delay in the issue of patents can not even be guessed, but judging by the apathy with which they treat any request by their newspapers for in- formation of public value, the proba- bility is that not letter has been sent by farmer in pursuance of the plan recently suggested for drawing the attention of the man higher up" to the negligence of the Interior De- artment-negligence being the mild est word that could be used. Some attention has been paid to the matter by persons out side of the valley, however. member of the firm of Lombard & Son recently wrote to President Taft protesting against the arbitrary refusal of the Interior De- partment to issue patents and urging him to investigate the matter and use his power to compel just treatment of settlers.
 Special Agent Satterwhite, who has been working for about year to ad- just conflicting claims in the valley, explains that the department is with holding patents in the townships in which there are floating" school sec tions and that he is getting those sec tions located by agreement of the var ious claimants. The section that has been holding up one whole township was adjusted this week, and progress is being made in other cases. It is believed that all the disputes and un- certainties can be settled within the next sixty days, and that patents will begin to issue this spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
SECOND DESERT ENTRY
May Be Made if No Benefit Was De. rived From the First, Says
 Department.

The Secretary of the Interior has decided in the contest case of Har- rington vs. Patterson that second desert land entry may be made or held under assignment by one who has re- linquished or abandoned first entry without deriving any benefit there from.
 Patterson claimed 320 acres under assignment from Rome T. Perry, who had held 320 acres by assignment, re- linquished the claim and then made a desert filing on another 320. liar rington's contest was made on the grounds that Perry had exhausted his rights by taking the assignment and was not qualified to make the entry.
 The Land Office decided adversely to Harrington, but the Secretary sends the case back for rehearing, holding that if Perry can show that he ob- tained no benefit from the relinQuish- ment of his first entry, but abandoned the same without any valuable con- sideration, he will be allowed to hold the land under the second desert land entry Act of March 26, 1908.
 The decision says: "The assignment was made to Patterson by Perry long after the filing of the contest against the entry and proceedings hereunder, and Patterson must be charged with notice thereof. He cannot, therefore, be considered as having greater rights under the entry than Perry had"
 Had Perry assigned to Patterson be- fore the filing of the contest, Patter- son would have been entitled to pro- tection under the recent Dennett de- cision.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
FLINT BILL PASSES
Carefully Amended to Avert Danger of Repeal of all Other Land
 Laws.

The Flint bill for the relief of des- ert settlers, amended to apply only to Imperial Valley and to exclude cor porations from the benefit of it's pro-
 visions, passed the Senate last We'd nesday. It was already loaded down with provisos that it should not be so construed as to permit fraud and violations of the law, and another pro-
 viso was added to the effect that it should not authorize anyone to hold more land than the law allows him to hold. But one important safeguard seems to have been overlooked by the careful statesmen. This should have been added: Provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to au- thorize anyone to use the Washington monument as a shot tower" Funny that the Interior Departments bright young lawyers did not think of that.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
Nominations Made by Petition Instead of Primary
 Election
City Must Go Through the Form of Direct Primary to Comply With tho Law, But No Party Tickets Likely to be Presented-All Nominations Independent of Party Lines.

Although formal call for a. primary election has been issued in compH- ance with the law as interpreted bV the court, it is not probable that any party nominations of candidates for municipal offices will be made in M Centro. Nominating petitions are be- ing circulated and several have been filed with the city clerk. The caa- didates for city trustees already in the field are: Walter Hamilton, J. Stanley Brown, T. F. Force, M. c. BoswOrth, F. M. Berger, w. c. Whitescarver, H. B. Pearson, F. A. Preston and Wm. Egerer. The discovery that an entire board of five must be elected has changed the situation and put a crimp in the scheme of the near politicians to slip in "unbeknownst" a candidate who would not stand ghost of a chance on straight election. The first five candidates mentioned would make excellent trustees and would command the confidence of the con- munity.
 Candidates for city clerk are F. G. Ravens and W. H. Sprague. MT. Ha- vens is the incumbent and is an eff ficient and competent clerk, but his connection with the business of land contesting makes him an impossible candidate for any public office in this county. MT. Sprague is young law yer and has had business experience that fits him for the office.
 Cadidates for the office of Marshal are the present incumbent, Clyde A. Bradford, Jake Meadows, Sidney Cain and c. c. Toney. Mir. Toney is man of years experience and sober judgment and would make an excellent officer.
 F. B. Fuller and G. s. Helms ara candidates for the office of city treas urer. MT. Fuller is president of the El Centro National Bank, and no bet ter custodian of the public funds could be chosen.
 The city will go through the me- tions of a primary election on Tues- day, March 15, and the city election will be held on April Il.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
MONEY FOR OIL MILL
Capital Available For Establishment of Factory to Handle Cotton
 By-Products.

Geo. E. Carter and R. E. Wills re- turned from Los Angeles this week with assurances of all the capital needed to finance the cotton oil mill project. Loans will be made to the company through the local banks, and tl.ere will be no difficulty in obtain ing the $6O,OOO or $1OO,OO0 that may be required to install and operate the plant. The company proposes to put up at least seven gins in the valley and will establish at Fl Centro mill of sufficient capacity to handle all the seed from this years crop.
 The company will not handle the business of making advances to plant CT but will leave that to the repre- sentatives of capitalists who have in dicated their purpose to invest mon- ey in promotion of the cotton grow ing industry. The J. R. Loftus Co. will handle the loan business
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

tion for March 15, and the general city election on April II, were read. The former was adopted and the lat ter was laid over for one week.
 City Sanitary Inspector Gibson re- ported on matters of sanitation and urged the passage of an ordinance which shall prevent the erection of privies or the construction of new cess pools within the present sewer district, and asked for other legis- lation which shall lead to better sani- tation. The matter was referred to the City Attorney to prepare an or dinance covering the subject.
 The Board adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening, March 15.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS
Valley System to Receive Various Betterments This Spring, and New Switchboard Provided
 For Fl centro>

J. F. Bezdecheck, manager of the Imperial Telephone Company, amour ces that he has recommended to the managers of the company the expen- diture of approximately $250O for i'm provements in the El Centro central telephone this spring, which includes provision for new switchboard that will be great betterment to the ser vice.
 Material is now on the way for the . construction of new line through the entire district of Water Company No, 12, and for system of lines through the territory east of Brawley and northeast from Calexico.
 An expenditure of approximately $1S,000 in extensions and improve ments is planned next fall
 MT. Bezedecheck states that in ad- dition to the initial cost of purchas- ing the system from w. F. Holt, his company has expended up to the first of last Jaunary the sum of $38,6OO in construction, improvements and equipment of the system in this valley,
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
WOMAN COTTON PLANTER

Imperial Valley has woman cot ton planter, and one who shows her faith in the new industry by making arrangements to seed 160 acres of her ranch to cotton this spring. This cotton planter is Mrs. s. F. Wiles, at present guest at Hotel oregon, whose home is in Los Angeles.
 Mrs. Wiles is the owner of S2O- acre ranch four and half miles east of Heber One hundred and sixty acres of this Is in alfalfa, and the balance Is the land she will have planted to cotton this spring.
 Mrs. Wiles honors the State from which she came to California by nam ing the ranch the Lone Star Ranch. She is having extensive Improvements made at the place, and it win soon become one of the show places of Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

faded away. William Haney, wanted in British Columbia on the charge of murder, was in El Centro, and was spotted by Hubbell, who had known him in the mountainous regions south of Tehachepi. While Hubbell was getting assurance that Haney was wanted, the man evidently took fright and decamped.
 Haney it was whom the Los Ange- les papers recently reported as be- ing securely hid in the fastnesses of the Calabasas country, where he de- fled the authorities to capture him. It is now known that all this time Haney was ranch hand on a place west of Fl Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Directors of Water Company No. One Select R. S. carberry, From Rec
 Iamation Service. v Fl

R. v. Carberry, for the past five years connected with the United States Reclamation Service, has been ap- pointed superintendent of Water Co. No. 1, vice C, K. Clarke, who re- signed to take the position of super intendent of the California Develop ment Company. ae
 MT. Carberry has been in imperial the past week, and has also made a general inspection of No. 1 water sys- tenn. He will not assume his new duties until April 1, and in the mean while will arrange for moving his headquarters from Nebraska to this valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
MAY BORE FOR OIL

Los Angeles oil men are arranging to secure lease on land in the southern portion of the townsite of Coachella, in the heart of the Goa chella Valley, for the purpose of bor- ing for oil. By the terms of the lease, 1t is said, the well must be com pleted within sixty days from the sign ing of the lease, The land selected is not far from. the Thurston land, on which oil was discovered in well drilled for water. Traces of oil have also been discovered in the Abbey we'll, to the east of Thermal.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
REASONABLE SAYS COMMISSIONER Decision iu Davis Case Ignores Judge WeIIborn's View
 of Land Law
Innocent Purchaser and Bona Eide Reclaimer of Land Entitled to Pro- , tection Against Speculative Con- testors-one of the Notorious Skin ner Contests Knocked Out.

Fred Bennett, Commissioner of the General Land Office, has rendered a decision in the case of Sigel E. Skin ner against John E. Davis, assignee, in favor of the defendant, dismissing a contest that was based upon want of good faith on the part of an ori- ginal entryman, and upholding the doctrine of protection to the inno- cent purchaser.
 This is one of the many contests brought by Skinner against owners of valuable ranches, and in Novem- Der, 1907 it was decided by Register Prescott in favor of Skinner and ap- pealed by Davis to the Commissioner.
 The original entryman, Frank Pierce, testified that he took up the land for the Imperial County Land Company, and received $6 for his services. It was not charged that John D. Davis was party to the fraud, or that he knew of it. He was a San Diego druggist, and he bought the land on October 9, 1906, from Mrs. Allie Thompson, wife of a lemon grower in Los Angeles, and, at the same time, bought the water stock from Roy Wimp, paying for both $56O0.
 Davis, thereafter, placed the land under cultivation and expended alto gether between $7000 and 5000. The department holds that the law does not require cancellation of the original entry because of the admitted fraud, and the injury thereby of the innocent purchaser, who, Gin addition to his original investment, has, by years of labor, brought the land to a high state of cultivation" and, "out oi the worthless sand and cacti of the desert has produced an estate worth many thousands of dollars" The department holds that desert land entry is, by law, assignable at any time after the same has been made. Fraud, says the commissioner renders contract or agreement void able, but not void. The only party defrauded was the United States. The commissioner says;
 Tt is my opinion that a voidablei but not void, unprotected desert land entry of record, assigned for valua- ble consideration to a qualified as- signee, who has no knowledge of the fraud, is so far new entry as to take it out of the class of entries contesta- ble for fraud in the inception of the original entry