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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Hose Company No. 4 made a gaad prac-
tice run Friday evening in preparation
for the Labor day events. In the team
run excellent time was made. The Hook
&, Ladder Co. was out and made an eX-
cellent exhibition. raising the large lad
der to the church and sending a man to
the top.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

A party from this city went to South
Gardiner last evening to attend DEM
ucratic rally and flag raising. Trans
portation was furnished free to all who
desired to go. it being by small two
masted schooner and two barges. The
Gardiner Band accompanied the party
and furnished the music.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Miss Katherine Hatch returned
Thursday evening from Boston. where
she had been passing few days. She
was accompanied by Judge and Mrs.
O. H. Marten of Boston and Stoughton
who will visit her for a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

J. w Chadwick. who had been maxi
ing a short visit with Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Cobb, Main avenue. Farmingdale.
returned Friday morning to 'Wolfboro
Bridge n. f.. called by death in the
family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Considerable trouble has been caused
on the walks, of the Gardiner and Ran
do,ph bridge by the boards becoming
loose and turning over. This is now
being remeded by the laying of two
narrow strips over the ends of the
planks and will avoid any serious ac-
cid.nt happening. ...- g.. .....
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Rev Horace r. Holton, pastor of the
Ivanhoe Park Congregational church
of Kansas City. Mo. is the guest of
Rev. c. f. Stimson for a few days. Mr..
Holton will preach at the Union ser
vices of the First Baptist and Congre-
gational churches at the Congregation
al church Sunday morning and eve
ming
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs. II M. Bartlett, who had been
making twO-wceks visit with her
laughter, Mrs. g. r. Hartley, Highla nd
avenue, returned Yesterday to Haver-
hill. Mass. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Hartley's niece. Miss Clarice
Lang. o..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

William T. Kent of Washington. D.
c.. expert accountant. arrived at the
Branch yesterday to make the yearly
inspection of the accounts of the Home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Three members left the Home yes
terday on furloughs: Grin A. Hidden
to Buxton, Harry NJ Comerford to Bos
ton and Henry j. Wright to Newbury-
port
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
WATERv LIE.

One was arraigned for intoxication
Friday morning in the municipal court
ell paid his fine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
Saturday and Sunday Concerts.

-March-"The Watchword- ~ Carter
.Overture-" tabat Mater RoSsin
Fantasia Lang Syne. Hartmann
Piccolo solo, Ernest W. Hall.
selection from .'rThe Sere made" Herbert
Serenade-..C Taubert
Medley of Scotch Airs. Hartmann
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs. Haidee Hall of Brighton Mas -
is at the home of her sister, MIS- ID y,
Douglass. No. Middle street cane''
here by the death of her mother MIS-
Susan G.. French.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Leo Berliawsky, a youth at the North
End. badly cut himself with an ave Fri
day afternoon. He was chopping wood
and held stick in his right hand. The
axe almost severed the little finger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
Quick Action Prevents Bad
Runaway. on Bridge,
Remember. The Grand Band Con.
cert This Evening. on Street.
fsrnaId Club Meet Monday Night
u Water District Notes. IN

Rev. D. w. Blaisde1l of Sidney will
speak at the Winter Street Advent
chapel at 2.3O p. M. Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Robert w Atwater of Newport. r. I :.
late seaman u. s. S. Vermont. Sham
rock and Wyalusing. has been admitted
to the Home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mr. and Mrs. jeremiah Blake ana
their granddaughter. MISS Hiaos
.Deane of Winthrop. Mass, VINO nave
been visiting relatives here. returned
to their home yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Miss Minnie f Morse is enjoying cot
tage life at Five Islands with MT. ana
Mrs. F.. B. Richards of Augusta ana
Mr.. and Mrs c. +. Bailey OF LISBON
EollS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
Mrs, Susan G. French.

Mrs. Susan G. French of this city
d;.,l.,a at the Augusta insane hospital
FIR the insane Thursday evening after
q long illness in the 9TH wear of her
age Mrs, French was taken to the
-. -. zss- 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Charles H. Mathews late Co D. 5th
n. Y Cav. has been granted an hon
orable discharge from the Branch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs B. n WEIGH and his daughter
Miss Achsa. are visiting friends. IN
North JAY and Wilton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Rev Daniel w Waldron of Boston,
who has been the guest of. his sister.
Mrs. Anna S. Gould. No. 10 Lincoln
street. returned to his home yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs J. w Carter and little grand
daughter. Minnie. have gone to Dryden
to visit Mrs. Carriers sister. Mrs. John
Adams. Y -. '
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. c. W.. Twombly and
friend, Mr.. Abbott of Chelsea Mass /,
are visiting Mrs J. d. Bailey. AZ water
street. - 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

f. r. Thurber and Daniel Quigley
have returned from Bangor, where
they have attended the fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs. Samuel Crocker of Westboro
Mass. is visiting her daughter. Mrs. 3
f. Turner at the Baptist parsonage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Mrs F., c. Ames Of Boston. has re-
turned to her home after a snort WISH
with her sister. Mrs. {. y. HOODS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

]. P. Giroux. who has been working
for the Ocean Point Association, has
returned to this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

Hamilton G. Turner has returned
from Ocean Park. where he had beeh
the guest of his friend, Donald Perry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
ODD FELLOWS

Earned runs-kirk Longfellow Two
base hits-Craig > Stolen bases-Crais,
Gordon 3 Kirk, Hopkins. Lang. Pierce.
Struck out--By Gordon 1. by McCurdy g.
Double play-Lang to Burrill. Hit by
pitched ball-Meath. Base on balls
Lang Umpire. Chatel. Time, III. At
tendance. 600.
Officer of the day. Capt. Henry
NegravaL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

The schooner Edna is discharSlng
coal at the Hallowell Granite COS
sheds. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27

A new order has been received at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

Mimbres valley from Deming to the line
of Old Mexico, from 20 to so feet Deep
the vision of the land man and his IN
ebTiated accomplish would no, be I'M
possible for realization; for there Is
verify an underground river at Dem
ing. and in the wells of this region. the
direction and velocity Of this river can
be accurately determined
However, the canals are unnecessary
IN order to have the use OF water from
this river for irrigation. Within the
last year or SO, big wells have been
sunk which. equipped with uptodate ma
chinery, deliver al the way from one
thousand to two and even three thous-
and gallons of water per minute. There
are five big well driving outfits in the
vicinity Of Deming now busiiy engaged
in tapping this underground flow of
water.
River Covered over
Biologists say that the Mimbres Val
ley has been built up by the erosion of
mountains surrounding ii, and that at
one time in the history Of the world
there was nothing here but gorge IN
mountains miles high, which gorge was
the channel of a gigantic river over 20
miles wide in places. Then there was a
time. say the scientists, when sufficient
Osil was built up to support vegetation
comparable in its luXuriaDce to that OF
the Amazon river bottom That there
was abundant and varied animal life
here al one time is proved by the fact
that many bones are encountered at
depths varying from Is to 40 feet In
many places, il is impossible TO dig 10
or 20 feet deep without uncovering
human bones, and authorities on the
subject say that IL is quite likely that
these are the remains of a prehistoric
race.
OVerfIoyvs of silt.
The overfloWs of this great river dur
ing thousands Of years kept depositing
their silt, this covering the river deeper
and deeper, until none OF the moisture
of its hidden waters reached the sur
face The country then became a desert.
and how many cons passed by while
all this region above the covered river
remained a desert, it is impossible for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11
Irrigating From An Underground RiUer
The Great Good Fortune Of Demingites
By
r. Bedichek

from Deming. Mr.. Humid is Il scientific
farmer he was one of the pioneers OF
Venture county. California and was
one of the men who helped to turn that
wind swept, desert waste into one of
the garden spots of the Golden state.
He Is veteran irrigationiSt. and was
for years the manager of one of the
finest fruit ranches in California, but
has the lust the pioneer still in his
veins He came into the MimbreS val
ley little over a year ago and COM
menced work on a hundred acres of
wretched looking sage brush and mes
quite He got nothing planted before
July l last year. Nevertheless he took
premiums on indian corn, milo maize,
sorghum cane, and a number of other
crops He got a number of acres of
alfaIfa successfully seeded so that it is
now nearly ready to cut; he netted over
$40 per acre on his bean crop. He will
have 1000 acres in cultivation and I'M
der irrigation this year. He has box
elder trees set out along the entire
north and west lines of his farm. This
farm looks like an oasis in a desert
and it. is.
Some Examples.
But there are other cases in this vi
entity Shull brothers have $50 acres In
cultivation. They raised the prize Irish
potatoes Of the southwest last year.
They are putting their land this year
into beans. potatoes and onion.
COL T. b Burdick. one of the wealth.
thlest cattlemen of Luna county and
one Of the oldest of the old-timers. is
developing a farm about four miles
east OF Deming- He has we'll which
pumps thousand gallons of water per
minute, and has one hundred and sixty
acres ready to receive the water. Ex-
OerNs fnr
onions, he is putting his entire farm
into feed stuffs
And there are others and others whom
space does not permit us to mention.
Water ut Touch OF Button.
Sam Schwing las twenty acres in
alfalfa just at the edge of town He
mas installed an electric motor The
power is furnished by the Deming Ice
and Electric company. He has merely
to touch a button in order to get five
hundred gallons of water per minute
His entire plant. we'll, pump, motor and
all can be duplicated for five hundred
dollars.
The Chinese farmers, who have beer
truck-Sardening one mile from Deming
for the last ten years and clearing up
from two TO three hundred dollars per
acre per year on their land, have lately
Oh ClCCIAAC IilOSOIs anu llHU Tue
problem Of irrigation much Simplified
thereby J. NJ Williams, whose farm
lies five miles southwest OF Deming. is
having a twenty-five horsepower cleo
trio motor installed: and Mr.. Milliken-
who owns a farm adjoining that Of Mr..
Williams. has ordered a thirty horse
power motor.
The Deming Ice and Electric company
are pushing their transmission lines into
the country as fast as practicable. and
it is just matter of little time when
there Will be a network of power lines
all over the irrigable lands of the MINI
bres valley, and water will be guSh-
ing from thousand wells to the must
cal hum Of this new electrical appliance.
transportation Facilities.
Demings splendid transportation IA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

opportunities 20 the investor. the ely
matte conditions are such as to try
the hardest constitutions; but the ell
mate of this portion of New Mexico is
such as to invite the normal man and
is a positive inducement to the person
who is in i'll health. There are on ar
average 800 cIoudless days in the year
in this part Of the southwest The
air is dry and pure, the elevation above
sea level is 1900 feet. the winters are
mild. the night cool and the mornings
bracing throughout the year The
United States government. after hav-
ing it's experts make an exhaustive
study of the situation, finally located
its sanitarium for army men afflicted
with tuberculosis in this region. Fort
Bayard is only about 80 miles from
Deming.
The Mimbres valley is practically I'M
advertised It was just recently that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11
Farmers should eat
more oatmeal.

Although the farmer of today is able
to buy almost anything he wants to
wear or TO eat he isn't paying enough
attention to food values when it comes
to his own table.
If he has been watching the extern
sive researches and experiments on
the question of the best human food
for muscle and brain he will heed the
advice from all sides to 'teat more
Quaker Scotch Oats.
Ouak r Scotch Oats is mentioned
becaus, it is recognized in this country
and Europe as the best of all oatmeals
Feeding farm hands on Quaker Scotch
Oats means getting more work out of
them than if you feed them on anything
else.
For hot climates it is packed in her
metically sealed tins; and in regular
packages. 81
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

one who has had no training in geology
to imagine. OF course, during years OF
excessive rainfall the naturally rlch
soil supported abundant grass. Such
was the condition when the first cattle
men drove their herds into the MINI
bres valley 80 or 40 years ago
Old timers still talk of the time when
this vast stretch of valley between
Cooks Peak and the Florida Mountains
was waving sea OF grass. In that
time this valley was the best breeding
country in the world. From go to 80
percent OF an ordinary bunch of COWS
would bear calves in a season. record
unequaled, we believe. By any other
cattle raising section in the world
The Droutas.
But drouths came. and then this coun-
try was not exactly tie "cattleman S
paradise" 1t was nearer what Sheri-
dan said Texas was The ranges be-
came overstocked, and dividends in the
cattle business were represented Dy
poverty hides and bones for the bone
mills.
Then people commenced to wander in
who were hungry for the land 1t mat
tered little that it was desert land
what they wanted WAS land. and they
got it, The first settlers that is, the
first 'nesters'' know nothing of the
possibilities of irrigation. and they
soon starved out Another crop OF
--nesters- ceme. and they starved out.
and so on Ruins of old adobe huts
and shacks attest This fact, as we'll as
the memories Of the old timers.
Pumping the Water.
In the meantime. however. the Amer
lean genirs for invention had cncoun-
tered conditions in other portions of
the west where cheap water meant sal
vation-not only salvation, 1t meant
Millions of money. Inventors set about
devising some means of raising great
quantities of water economically. Pow
erful pumps were the result, and SaSo-
line and crude oil engines. Then IL be-
came possible to transmit a high vol
tage of electricity to almost any dis
lance without appreciable loss With
this invention the central power plant
became feasible. that is, plant. where
electricity is generated and from which
by mears of transmission lines the
power (juice il i c1lled) is conveyed
TO motors which run The pumps. so that
all the farmer has 10 do Is to touch
the button, as of old the prophet smotc
the rock, and abundant water gushes
forth.
All of these means of lifting water
are now in use in the Mimbres valley.
and 10, this vast river valley which it
took nature countless ages to make in
to desert is now being unmade into
gardens and fields and orchards. The
rcooprlating of this desert valley is
signal triumph of mans genius for
making nature subservient to his will.
Men cs Ueans.
The men who are now coming into
the Mimbres valley are not hungry for
free land. They are men of means,
Judgment and imagination, and most Of
them. thoroughly acquainted with the
science of irrigation. They are build
ing fine country homes. they are pump
ing water at the rate of 1000 gallons
per minute, they are setting out orch
ards and vineyards. and seeding their
broad fields with alfalfa
To take a single instance of what a
man with a little money and lots Of
brains and experience can do, we point
to the farm of John Humid, two miles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

a chamber of commerce was organized
at Deming. No systematic effort has
ever been made to place the claims OF
this favored region before investors who
were on the lookout for a new location
While land under the various govern
ment irrigation projects has been given
widest pull LEFTY, and the wonders
wrought by irrigation in many regions
have been heralded TO the world through
popular magazines and descriptive
booklets blazing in color and adorned
with artistic photography. the Mimbres
valley has slept In the consciousness OF
its unrivaled natural advantages II
has been this feeling OF security in the
possession of the best that has been
responsible for the long silence here,
while other sections of the west have
been beating their tom-toms. But ne
pains are being taken at the present
writing to conceal longer the fact that
the Mimbres valley IS on the earth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

NNE OF the most curious natural
phenomena in the Southwest is
the Mimbres river which issues
from the mountains about 20 miles
north Of Deming, y. NJ. only to sink
<into the sands. II does not reappear
within the borders of the United States,
but rises again d few miles south Of the
Mexican line and there forms ire
mendous lake
A few years ago an enterprislnS l2hd
man got ahold Of a talented, but drunk
en, landscape painter. and the TWO OF
them saw q vision OF steamb oats putting
UP the MimbreS river ana unloading
costly bales of merchandise at elaoor-
ate wharves in Deming- The artist made
the picture and the land man had II re-
produced. OF course, il was great
joke in the community, but il illustrates,
in a way. the soaring fancy and buoy
ant optimism of some of our western
land men who dream dreams and see
visions.
Deep Canal Would Solve 1T.
Now IL a canal could be cut down the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11
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Tempting Offers.
In many regions Offering tempting
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-22
WOMAN'S ESTATE IS
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Alleged Bigamist Must Show
What He Has Dene With
Wife's Property

OAKLAND, March 21.-Bigamy and
the charge that he has taken posses
sion of the property of wife No 2, now
dead, are laid at the door of A. L.
Weber of Fruitvale by Attorney L. Err
nest Phillips, who has asked the supe-
rior court to inquire into the matter.
Weber has been cited to appear before
Judge Wells court next Monday and
show what has become of the property
of the woman he married, which is val
ued at $4,000.
According to Phillips Weber married
the woman while he still had another
wife, from whom he had secured an in
terlocutory but not a final decree of
divorce. The woman was Sarah Eliza :
beth Mitchell of Fruitvale. She had a
home worth $4,000 and several thou
sand dollars in the bank. He induced
her to loan him $500 and he took her to
Vancouver, where they were married.
Then he took her into a mining coun-
try where he was interested and she
gave birth to child there
Shortly after this she died and
Weber came back to Fruitvale Phillips
says that he has settled in her house,
has taken her money, amounting to
about $4,000. and has never accounted
for any of it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-22
CONSOLIDATION is
URGED IN PETITION
Document With 6,O4l Sigma
lures Submitted to Council
Calling for Election
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

OAKLAND, March 21.-Petitions
containing 6,041 signatures were sub
mitted to the city council tonight call
ing for an election for the consolida-
tion of Oakland and Berkeley. The
matter was laid over for one week, so
that the city attorney can determine
the necessary legal steps for the calling
of the election.
The statute by virtue of which the
petitions were submitted makes the
calling of such an election mandatory,
but ina smuch as it has been asserted
the law is unconstitutional the city Of
ficials desire to have their legislation
clearly defined before proceeding.
The Piedmont petitions are expected
later this week.
The plan is to speed the annexation
election so that in the event annexa-
tion carries, Berkeley and Piedmont
will have just representation on the
freeholders board which is to frame a
new charter. The council passed to
print tonight an ordinance calling a
freeholders election July 6. An annex
alton election is to precede this, pro-
vided the law is found to be constitu-
tional. Contest on this point is ex-
pected from Berkeley, where the
statute is now under investigation.