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Douglas Island news., 1910-03-16

Gov. Clark has gone down to Wash ington to confer with the heads of de- partments about the needs of Alaska. Among the recommendations he will make will be better aids to navigation, an investigation of the fish industry, forestry service and Alaska coal, to the end that the latter may be mined and used in the territory.
 A Valdez dispatch to the Post Intel Iigencer says: Walter Scheela, a Fair banks man, who was badly frozen while travelling over the Fairbanks-Valdez wagon road during the blizzard of Jan uary, died here recently. Scheela was the travelling companion of Franz Giebel, the old man who was frozen to death while Scheela was eudeavoring to secure assistance. Scheela leaves a sister in Index, Wash, and also has relatives and friends at Douglas, Alaska.
 Negotiations have been closed be- tween the Alaska Steamship Go. and the Moran Go. under which the latter firm will construct steel steamship for the former. This vessel will be for both passengers and freight and is eX- pected to cost about S3O0,00O. She will be used either on the Southeastern or Southwestern Alaska routes. She will be 25O feet in length, beam of 4l feet and depth of 20 feet. Double bot toms will be installed and fuel oil will be used. The vessel is expected to carry 1000 tons of freight and about 100 passengers. Work of construction will be rushed as much as possible, and the vessel is 10 be ready in five months. Railway and Marine News.
 Rate wars are not uncommon on the Southeastern Alaska run. In 1896, when the Pacific Coast Steamship con- pany, with the AK and the City of Topeka, and the Alaska Steamship company, with the little Willapa, now the Bellingham, locked horns, the con- fiict waged for twenty one months and only ceased when the Willapa was wrecked. Two years later the two for mer warning companies, with the c. r. R. and the Union Steamship company, of Canada, waged war on Dowell Co.,, and the white flag was not flung in the breeze until months of continuous scrapping. In 1902 there was another general war on the route and a cleaning up of independent steamships which lasted for months.
 Martin Harris, pioneer of the upper Copper river and Tanana country, froZe his feet while going to the head of the White river with some Nabesna h. dians, for whom he was going to build a mission building. Being 200 miles from the surgical assistance which would have saved his life, Harris died before his last message reached the telegraph station at Tanana crossing "Shusana" Harris, as he was generally called, WAS a native of Tennessee, about 70 years of age. His wife and mar ried daughter are said to reside in &c., attle, and two daughters are at Neg Perce, Idaho. He has been in Alaska since 1898, acting for while as agent of the North American Trading and Transportation company, exploring the Copper river and White river countries for copper. He is believed to own some mines for which he and his partners were offered 815O,0Oo some time ago.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-16

John Houston, formerly editor of the Prince Rupert Empire, died at Quesnel, B. c. oo the 8th inst.
 Time does not dim the glories of the gold lost in the wreck of the Islander. Every few years it increases another million or so.
 The home of Dave Willard, the h. dian policeman at Haines, was de- stroyed on the 4th inst by fire. IL was valued at 3l,5OO.
 At Ketchikan the rainfall during the month of February amounted to 6.9 inches; snowfall during the same period, 21 inches.
 The Prof. Belmore Brown expedition to climb Mt. Mckinley will start north from Tacoma on May 3rd, on the steamer Portland.
 The revenue cutter Tahoma reached Seward last Friday with the six missing members of the crew of the wrecked steamer Farallon.
 The meetings of the Haiues council are held in barber shop. In the af- fairs of a young city close shave is sometimes necessary.
 The storm which ragged on Lynn canal the first week in March is said to be the most furious within the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
 John Roman, who made the race for delegate two years ago, spent the win ter in the States and is now on his way to his home in Fairbanks.
 It appears that the Fairbanks Times is doing James Wickersham an injus- tice when it alludes to him as an "al- most speechless delegate"
 Rev. James M. Thompson, who was formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church at Skagway, was killed in the slide at Wellington, Wash.
 Mary Thomas, a colored lady of Peters burg, was fined Sl,0O0 for selling liquor without license by the judge of the federal court last week.
 The Cache Creek Mining company, which controls nearly all of Cache creek in the Yentna country, will oper- ate five giants the coming season.
 The Beveridge bill for the govern ment of Alaska doesn't look good to us, but to the contrary. It spells graft, both ways from the middle.-Fair- banks News.
 An easy rule. e.of-thumb to remember in estimating the weight of material is that a sheet of iron one foot square and one inch thick weighs 40 pounds Mining Science.
 C. L. w dlSus WuS PACCHOA ASA UhO Skagway ball team last summer, has gone to Dawson, where he is employed in the electrical department of the Yu- kon Gold company.
 Tim Vogel, of Haines, has purchased a big combination freight and passen ger automobile which will be used on the government road between Haines and Porcupine this summer.
 A Dawson news item states that one- half of Grand Forks was destroyed by fire on the 2nd inst. The fire started in the Grand hotel, formerly notorious as dance hall and gambling resort.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-16

John Stritzen, miner from Eureka creek, Dawson, claims to have invented a perpetual motion machine aud is go ing outside to get a patent. Siritzen claims that the secret of the machine was revealed to him in a dream.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-16

John Houston, formerly editor of the Prince Rupert Empire, died at Quesnel, B. c. on the 8th inst.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
JOINT CONVENTION OF THE
RIO GRANDE DELEGATES

Las Cruces, n. ". Aug. 1S.-On Aug
%, there will be a joint convention held
in Las Cruces for the purpose of de-
Gliding on delegates to the 18th trrfga-
ton congress to be held in Pueblo this
fall. The chamber of commerce, the
Mesil1a Valley Produce exchange, the
water users Of the valley and represen-
tatives from the Ell Paso chamber or
commerce will meet here on the above
date and 1t IS expected to- have a. rous-
ing meeting. The MeSilla valley is go
ing to send at least 90 delegates to the
congress. these delegates to go on q
special train with the delegates from
Texas and Arizona, the whole to be
known as the Rio Grande valley delega-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
Las Cruces and the Mesilla Vallev

, land in the vicinity.
The experiments were conducted with
the view of finding which seed gave
the largest yield and also as TO which
seed was the best drouth resisting 1t
was found that the seed from the wheat
which had been taken from strains which
have been grown at the college and in
the valley for years gave the highest
yields and required less water. The
maximum yield was 67.5 bushels to the
acre, the wheat being plump and well
formed, showing good milling quail
ties. The minimum yield of all strains
tried was % bushels to the acre, these
strains coming from northern and nom
irrigated countries.
Prof. Squires has reached the opinion
that wheat can be very profitably raised
in this valley and that 1t is in fact a
better crop for the average farmer than
alfalfa Heretofore the main trouble
about raising wheat has been the diff
ficulty of threshing it, there being no
machines and the work having to be
done by horses or goats. In the last
year, however three threshers have
been brought into the valley. Under the
old system OF threshing by animal power
the straw was worthless except for the
manufacture of adobes. With machine
threshing the straw can be baled and
sold as bedding al the rate Of So ton.
Good Prices Paid.
Wheat is selling here at 80 cents a
bushel and by winter the price will be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18

Las Cruces, N NJ, Aug 1S-Ine 1oI-
lowing deeds and other papers have
/ been filed for record in the office of the
recorder of Dona Ana county:
Deeds Filed.
Chas. E. Miller and wife TO Chas. B.
! Bosworth, warranty deed to lots ?, 4,
| and and the west half of lots Il. Is. IS
and 20 in block of the c. E. Miller adj
dition to the town Of Anthony Con-
sideration 1927.
poration, to ]. ii. Connolly, quit claim
deed to lot s in Dona Ana county, as
shown on map of the property Of
August GustafsOn. Consideration 81.
Sunshine Valley company of New
Mexico to o. D. Wing, warranty deed
to lots 81 and % in block % OF the
Mesa Heights addition No of the town
of Las Cruces. Consideration, $50.
United States government to Manuela
Chaves de Trujillo. patent to cas-. halt
of southwest quarter and the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of
section "a, and the northeast quarter OF
the northwest quarter OF section % in
township 19 south of range 4 west OF
the New Mexico meridian, containing
$50 acres.
Louis Goodman. of Ell Paso. to Tomas
Ramirez, quit claim deed TO a parcel OF
land near Chamberino containing 22
acres Consideration SO.
Decree of Court.
In the matter of VIM. H. Baker, VS..
Gregorio Trujillo. ct al, judge F w.
Parker has entered a decree giving the
plaintiff tide to land located at the
corner of Main and Third streets in the
town of Las Cruces, said land being
so varas long by so varas wide.
Letters of Guardianship.
Letters of guardianship have been
filed. appointing J. c. Ross guardian Of
Santiago B. Green, a minor child Of
John and RafaeIa B. de Green. deceased.
Certificates of Death.
The following certificates of death
have been filed for record: Infant
daughter of tEil PadiIla and wife. died
August s.
Melquiades Madrid, aged As. died
August 10.
Pablo Rival, jr.. aged 1s. died Angus
10.
Certificates of Birth.
August u, to francisco Casas and
wife, a boy.
August 7. to Jose Jaques and wife.
a boy.
August Is. to Juan D. Gonzalez and
wife. a girl.
July 81. TO sisto Gonzalez and wifes
boy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
REPUBLICANS HOLD
CRUCES PRIMARIES
Insurgents Win One and
Lose One Precinct; Dem
OcratS Meet Today.

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Aug. IS.-The pre-.
clnct primaries were held in this county
yesterday to select the Republican dele
gates TO the county convention which
VIII meet on Saturday, August 20. The
hardest fight was made In precinct No.
20, which comprises the northern half of
the town Of Las Cruces, the forces be-
INF for Holt or against Holt In this
precinct the Holt men controlled. The
insurgents" finally withdrew from fSe
place of meeting and left the selection
OF delegates entirely to the other crowd,
who named the following: Oscar Lob
man, Jose Gonzales, Manuel Lopez. II. B
Holt, NJ. B. Thompson, r. z. Mcbride,
Felipe Lucero, J. P. Mitchell and Mar
cisso Alvarez.
In the other Las Cruces precinct No.
3, the Insurgents securued control and
the Holt faction withdrew, the follow
ing being named as delegates: w NJ.
Adair. w. H. H. Llewellyn, T. ROuault.
Roman De la o, d. V. Peacock, Joe
Lowe, r. P. Porter and Isidoro Armijo.
In the other precincts from which re.
turns have been received there was no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
LAS CRUCES FOLK ENJOY
MOONLIGHT AUTO RIDE

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Broaddus, Mrs. L
A. Broaddus and daughter and Miss Hill
enjoyed a moonlight ride and picnic UP
the valley last evening. DR.. T. c. Sex
ton and wife joined them late in the
evening.
H H. Van Sickel Of Lima. o., who has
been here for several days looking over
the valley. returned to his home this
morning. He expects to be back in Las
Cruces in October, at which time he
will invest in Mesilla Valley land He
will probably be accompanied by his
family upon his return and they will
spend the winter here.
H F. Bennett, of Eli Paso. who has
been the guest of his brother, c. o. Ben
nett, since Sunday, returned to his home
last evening.
Mrs. John G. Miller and daughter,
Doris Elizabeth, leave for Santa Fe Sat
urday night to~join Mr. Miller, who is
engaged in work for the territory. Mr..
and Mrs. Miller have only recently re-
turned from the Philippine islands
where Mr.. Miller was in charge OF one
of the government scientific schools.
George Mundinger and family, who
have been at DOna Ana fo- the past few
months. left today for their home in
Covington. La.
". W. Cox and daughter, who have
been in California for some time for the
benefit of the formers health, arrived
in Las Cruces today and went direct to
his San Augustine ranch on the east
side of the Organ mountains
H. B. Holt and family took an auto
mobile trip down the valley yesterday.
Mr.. Holt made the trip partly TO visit
his ranch and partly on political bust
ness
DR.. B F. Lane and family have ar
rived from a summers outing in the
Ruidoso mountains. east Of here.
VIM. Palmer, jr., Of Rincon, was in
the city yesterday on real estate bust
ness.
D. J. McCauley, a prominent farmer
and cattleman from near Cutter, was IN
Las Cruces yesterday and today on bus
mess.
W. E May. OF Deming, who has been
in this end of the county for the past
few days. has returned TO his home.
]. b Alexander and wife, of Denver.
who have ben making a trip through
New Mexico and western Texas. were
here yesterday on their way to their
home.
W. o. Sample, a prominent business
man of Grand Cane, La. has been in this
vicinity for several days looking over
the land. He is contemplating a change
of residence and states that the Me-
siIIa valley is the best place he has
struck.
Mrs. Anna Heron was left for Wich-
ita Kans., to visit relatives. From there
she will go east and expects TO remain
there until cold weather, when she will
return to Las Cruces and again make
her home with her daughter, Mrs. John
Mcclure.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
LAS CRUCES MAN
HAS ANTIQUE VIOLIN
Chicago House Wants Price
Placed on 1t But the
Owner Refuses.

Las Cruces. n. NJ, Aug 1S.-Patrons
Of the Airdome theater had the IN
conscious pleasure of listening to music
played on a violin that is almost 400
years old 1t had been loaned to\ the
Airdome violin player just for the jone
night. A good many years ago an Ital-
ian musician died on one OF the Mississ-
ippi steamboats, and gave his only pos
session. violin-to a family on the
boat who had befriended him. About
20 years ago one of the Holt boys
traded an old horse to this family for
the violin and when Holt died he gave
the instrument to his brother. Walter,
who still owns it.
1t is a magnificently carved and in
laid case and burned into the inside Is
the following: Gaspard Diuffo-Pruggar
de Namilfo-Anno 1916. On one side Of
the case outside are burned or carved
the words EFT Rocy Gorgio."
The violin was recently sent to Lyon
& Healy in Chicago to be polished up
and that firm has been writing letters
at frequent intervals since then in the
attempt to buy the instrument, or at
least have the present owner place a
price on it. This he refuses TO do, wish
ing TO Keep his violin in memory of his
dead brother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
LAS CRUCES HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Aug 1S.-At the
Don Bernardo. T. Kaoley. Albuquer-
que; H H. Stermanson, Albuquerque;
VIM. Palmer. jr., RincOn; -. ]. McCauley
Cutter: w. W. JoIEifee, Tucson; w. E.
May, Deming; E. 2. Wall, Baton Rouge
J. o. Law, Ell Paso; Sam A Blair. Albu-
Querque; 7, W. Carlson. Austin; H w
Brandt. Albuquerque; S. B. Marks. FL
Paso; V. N Ward, Fort Davis. Texas;
]. B. Alexander and wife, Denver; Mil
dred S. King, Ell Paso; f. N Davis, Chi
cago; c. A. Scoggins, Pittsburg
At the Park Hotel-MrS Ruby F. Auf-
fret, Ell Paso: c. NJ. Henry: P. H. Camp
bell; E. E. Wall, Baton Rouge, La; L
W. Estus. San Francisco; Abe Ebien F.
Paso; w o. Sample. Grand Cane. La.
G. A. NJ. WoIlson and wife, Ell Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
FARMERS OF LAS CRUCES
TO RAISE I.EAI.EA SEED

Las Cruces, n. NJ. Aug. 1S.-A num-
Der of the prominent farmers north Of
Las Cruces are making plans to raise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
RAISING OF WHEAT
IN MESILLA VALLEY
Experiments Show That 1t
Is the Most Profitable
Crop to Raise.

Las Cruces, \. NJ, Aug. 1S.-The ag-
ricultural experiment station Of the New
Mexico college of agriculture and me-
chanic arts, under the direction of as
sistant professor SQuires, has been con-
Quoting an experiment with wheat
Sixty-three varieties were planted and
each was carefully watched in order to
see which would be 1he best for this To-
cality.
Among the varieties tested was seed
grown from wheat which has been
raised in this valley for years; some
from the United States department of
agriculture; some recommended by var
ious seed firms; some from other ex-
pertinent stations, and some that was
hand selected from mixed varieties All
the varieties tested were spring wheat
and each was sowed at the uniform
rate Of one and one-half bushels to the
acre.
The fields used for the experiments
were the ordinary ones of the college
farm, the soil being perhaps even a
ltrifle poorer than the majority of farm
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18

$1.20 a bushel, very likely reaching $3.50
by spring. Even with a yield of 50
bushels to the acre, which is very con-
sentative, the farmer will realize as
much or more than lie could on alfalfa
In addition, the wheat crop natures
long before the river was ever known
to go dry and this gives it the greater
advantage over the forage crop.
This is not meant to indicate that
alfalfa is not good crop to raise, but
is simply to emphasize the fact that
alfalfa is not the only crop which can be
raised here at a good profit. The scien-
tific end of wheat raising will soon be
handled by the college in a bulletin
which is now being prepared
number of valley farmers have been
growing wheat this year and they all
report good yields and good quality of
grain. Some of these wheat growers
are following their wheat crop with
crop of late corn, thereby making their
land produce two crops for the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18

one crop OF alfalfa seed net year. The
seed which has been raised in this VAL
ley has been found TO give better re-
suits when planted here than seed
raised elsewhere and under different
climatic and water conditions 1t Is
expected 10 reserve about 1000 acres
next year from the seed crop. the seed
to be sold locally. Alfalfa seed will
produce from 500 TO 500 pounds to the
acre and sells at wholesale at from 10
to II cents a pound There Is already
an alfalfa huller In Las Cruces. so the
crop can be taken care of in the right
manner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18

contest and the following were named:
Precinct I, Augustin Lopez. Cipriano
Guerra and Jose CaveZ. Precinct 3. w.
z. Garrison, $. P. Stewart, A. J. FOun-
tain and NJ Aldai. Precinct s, c. NJ.
Bouggy and Rosario Gonzalez.
The fight in precincts 3 and 20 has
aroused more excitement than has been
manifested here since the last town
election and from now until the regular
election each side will be strictly on the
aggressive.
The Democrats meet tonight with the
exception of precinct 20. which had its
meeting last evening and named the
following delegates: T. s. Hunt. d. c.
Ames, n. c. Frenger, John Gambler, ].
D. Isaacs. F. A Hawley, DR.. Hodges
Francisco Roble and W. F. Jacoby.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
LAS. CRUCES DAILY RECORD.

Las Cruces, \. NJ, Aug. 1S.-The fol-
lowing deeds and other papers have
been filed for record in the office of the
recorder of Dona Ana county:
Deeds Filed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
LAS CRUCES CANTALOUPE
SEASON HAS NEARLY ENDED

Las Cruces, y. NJ, Aug. 1S.-Owing to
the dry season the cantaloupe crop is
about exhausted, but the price remains
very good up to the present time. The
late shipments are bringing 81, net, to
the growers, per case, but the supply
is limited. Complete returns on the
seasons crop have not yet been re-
ceived, but the growers have made big
profits from their investments.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
DEMING LAND INVOLVED

Las Cruces, n NJ. Aug. 1S.-The con-
test of William E. Warren against Ethel
Kohler is being heard before the United
States land office I'm this city today, be-
fore r. H. Sims, receiver. The COM
pIainant lives in Albuquerque and the
defendant in Deming, the contest in
volving land near Deming. \. NJ, which
is worth several thousand dollars. A
large number of Demins people are here
as witnesses IN the case.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-18
ACTIVE WORK HAS STARTED
ON LAS CRUCES RAILWAY

Las Cruces, n. ", Aug. 1S.-The Las
Cruces Railway company has been busy
this week getting material on the
ground for actual construction work on
the new railway line from Las Cruces
to MesiIla Park The rails have been
hauled and placed along the right OF
way almost TO the city limits.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-20

The liner has on board ia cabin
passengers, of whom 80 are from
China and Japan. In the steerage are
100 Asiatics, most of them Hindus.
The Chinese who went to the FIowery
Kingdom for the new year festivities
were not ready to come back when
The liner has a 1000 ton cargo, of
which 1900 tons is for overland points
The New York freight includes 10
tons weight of raw silk.
City of Para Sails for Isthmus
The Pacific Mail liner City of Para,
Captain Nelson, sailed yesterday for
Panama and way ports with a large
number of passengers and an extra
large cargo. made up almost entirely
of California products. Among the
passengers on the Para was Command
er Victor Blue of the United States
navy who is going to Corinto to take
command of the Yorktown. Captain
Blue is brother of DR.. Rupert Blue
of the marine hospital service. An
other passenger on the Para was Da-
yld Crowley, vice president OF the
honor every Crowley launch in COM
mission blew three whistles as the
Para passed down the bay, and Cap
tain Nelson acknowledged the salutes
whistle
Crook Sails for Manila
Deeply laden with quartermasters'
stores and carrying number of pas
sengers the army transport Crook
sailed at noon yesterday for Manila.
The Crook carried 200 marines for
the Asiatic station, number of cas-
uals and a few cabin passengers. The
Crook is making the trip as an extra
ship and was dispatched principally
TO carry a large amount of govern
ment freight, which otherwise would
have had to go by regular liners at
commercial rates.
Lost Ship Well known Here
Word was received yesterday of the
loss with all hands of the Italian ship
F. S. Ciampa off Dunworly bay on the
south coast of Ireland. The Ciampa
was bound from Mejillones for Fall
mouth and was almost at is journeys
end when oVertaken by disaster. The
Ciampa is well known at this port,
having been frequent visitor.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
The navy collier Justin from this
port arrived yesterday at San Pedro.
The American Hawaiian freighter
Missourian arrived yesterday at Sa
lima Cruz from Hilo.
The German steamer Erna will leave
Salina Cruz today for this port.