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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
GREAT WATERMELON
DAY LOOMS LARGE
Parade, Ball Game, Melon Spread and
Dance Will Take Place Today.

Arrangements were completed yes
ton Of Watermelon Day" one long
to be remembered bv the citizens of
Phoenix, the farmers of the Salt
River valley, and by the members of
the cantaloupe and watermelon grow
ers' association. Eastlake park will
be a scene of animation this after
noon when a crowd of baseball en-
thusiasts witness the game between
the All Stars and the FOrds. and
whet up their appetite for the melon
feast by cheering their fevorite play
ers.
The program for the day will
begin at II o'clock when all the
stores i'm the city will close their
doors a petition circulated on We'd
nesday and Friday among the mer-
chants secured this concession from
Phoenix business men, all of whom
feel a natural interest in the work
of the farmers associations. Be
tween IL and | a flat car, loaned by
the Phoenix Street Railway company.
will be loaded with watermelons. and
seventy-five crates of cantaloupes at
the corner of First street and Wash
ingtOn. The car will be run to the
capitol on Washington, very slowly
To give the people an opportunity to
inspect the melons. This will be the
parade feature of the day
A ball game will be called at
O'Clock on the grounds at Eastlake
between the Fords and the All Stars.
The managers of the festivities plan
to serve watermelon and cantaloupe
after the game to everyone on the
grounds. and there will without doubt
be large number of citizens in at
tendance. who will witness the game
either through their love for base
ball, or their desire to be present
when the melons are cut A dance
will be given in the evening under
the auspices of the Fraternal Broth |
erhood.
The melon growers and cantalOupe |
growers associations will be the hosts
and they plan to entertain |
their guests in a way that will |
be peculiarly adapted to the char
acter of the day. The finest products
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
THE ONE SAFE PLACE.

The last thing the woman did was
to put four rings in the clock on
the mantel
so thieves won't get Them she
said
Il should think that would be sim
ply inviting thieves to run away
with Them" said her friend. THAT is
handsome clock, and thieves like
clocks"
They do said the woman. but
they will never steal this clock. 1t
ticks too loud. No wise thief will
run away with a clock that goes like
a threshing machine. 1t isn't the
alarm about his person that he Is
afraid of. for he can stop the clock.
but the occupants of the flat are like
ly to return before he gets safely
away, and if loud ticking clock is
gone they will miss it the minute
they step inside the door and maybe
give him a hot chase for his plum
der."-New York Times. :. :. :. 49,.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
SURE! SARAH SHOT EN-.
They Wondered In England il Nine
Bernhardt Killed Crocodiles.

Nine. Sarah Barnhardt's manager.
Mr.. Louis Mercanton. called at the Col
iseum offices recently to discuss the ar
the building with the globe topped
tower" on September 49,
Mime. Bernhard is now at her for
tress home in Belle Isle, taking a six
weeks rest after her nine months tour
of the United States" said Mr.. Mer-
canton. And, of course" he added.
"she is resting in her own particular
way-bathing, fishing. shooting, walk
ing, writing shoals of letters to her
friends in Paris. sketching the ships at
sea from her castle windows. tending
plays by the doZenl"
Asked if IL was true, as reported in
an American journal, that Nine. Bern
hardt spent a night in New Orleans
shooting crocodiles, Mr.. Mercanton re-
piled that ii was afact. 1T happened
this way" he said: AN old sports
man called at the theater one night and
asked to see Nine. Bernhard He was
an old friend. and had taken her croc-
odile shooting some five and twenty
years ago, when she was last In that
country. Reminded Of their expedition
the actress expressed a desire - be tax
en- once more to the swampS for a
nights sport. Although she had had a
matinee that day, and had been for a
long motor drive between the afternoon
and evening performances. Nine. Bern
hardt left for the swamps at midnight.
and tramped about in the liquid mud
until close upon II the next day. She
'bagged' two fair-sized crocodiles and
any amount Of wild fowl"-London
Chronicle
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
WILD ROSES.

Oh. the pale-red twin wild roses
BY the path adown the dingle.
Where the Summers heart reposes.
Where the witching wood scenes
mingle:
Where. for once. the sunbeams. well
tered.
AS the harps of heaven sounded;
Where the peace of angels sheltered
And the hour of hours was rounded
And we watched each frail red bios
som
As the breezes set them swaying,
And she trembled at my bosom
AS they nodded in their playing,
Mid the rustling of the grasses
And the murmur of the river.
Oh. the joy that thrills and passes!
Oh, the dream that lives for everi
I will tread that path In Springtime
With the vale yet bare of flowers.
When the robins find their wing time,
And I'll pray the April showers
by the woe that life discloses,
Be We gentle i'm your weeping
On the bed of our ,yyild roses,
on the grave wherF Che is sleeping"
Joseph l. C. Clarke, in Columbian
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
do THEY MISS NE AT HOMER"

Do they miss me at home. do they
miss me?
II would be an assurance most dear
To know that this moment some loved
one
Were saying: Il wish he was here:
To know that the group at the fireside
Were thinking of me as l roam,
Oh, yes. 'twOuld be joy beyond meas
ure
To know that they miss me at home.
To know that they miss me at home.
When twilight approaches the season
That ever is sacred TO song,
Does some one repeat my name over
And sigh that | tarry so long?
And is there a chord in the music
That's missed when my voice is
away.
And a chord in each heart that awak-
eth
Regret at my wearisome stay.
Regret at my wearisome stay?
Do they set me a chair near the table
When evenings home pleasures are
nigh.
When the candles are lit in the parlor
And stars in the calm azure sky?
Are joys less invitingly welcome,
And pleasure less hale than before
Because one is missed from their cir
Gle,
Because I am with them no more.
Because l am with them no more?
Do they miss me at home. do they
miss me
At morning. at noon or at night?
And fingers one gloomy shade round |
them
That only my presence can light? Z!
And when the good-nights are re-
peated.
And they all lay down to sleep,
Do they think of the absent and watt !
A whispered good night" while they |
weep,
A whispered good night" while they
weep? old Song. |
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
EVOLUTION OF THE STRAWBERRY

Strawberries have improved very
much in flavor since the fifteenth cen
fury. Until then the only strawber-
ries eaten were wild strawberries OF
kind which would never find a market
nowadays. BY 1880. however. they were
beginning to b cultivated. for Holm
shed records under that date partic-
ularly fine crop grown by the Bishop OF
Ely in the grounds of his place. now
covered by Hatton Garden.
He quotes the Duke of Gloucester as
saying to the bishop. my lord, you
have very good strawberries i'm your
garden in Holborn. require you to let
us have a mess of them" This speech
was copied almost verbatim by Shake
speake in Richard Ill" Still. even the
bishops fruit would not appeal much
to modern connoisseurs. for the garden
Strawberries at that period were only
transplanted wildlings. the plants being
sold at about fourpence a bushel.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
A DROP OF WATER.
II Was imprisoned Thousands of Years
in Piece of Quartz.

! Whether the world be 5000 years
old. its generally accredited Biblical ex-
istence, or whether il be 5000. 900 years
] old, more or less, as biologists would
have us think. just so long has a tiny
drop of water been imprisoned in a
small prismatic amethyst recently picked
| up by Mr.. s s. Uldric near Due West.
I this county. says the Abbeville Is. c.
/ Press.
| That there are quantities OF crude low
I grade amethysts near Due West this
/ editor has known for more than twenty
/ years, having used one weighing about
sixpounds as a door prop when he was
student there. But the curious little
stone that we hold in our hand while
writing this must be unique as a min
eral find.
The first question asked when one
sees the little bead shift from side to
side in the prismatic quartz is: How
do you know this is water inside? This
was the thought that came into our
mind on first seeing It.
In the first place, air or gas Is in
visible: but the head made by a small
amount of air in an ordinary spirit level
is visible, because OF the presence of
liquid that is displaced by the bubble
of air When you raise one side of a
spirit level the bead comes to the
raised side. receding from the lower
side Just SO with the bead in this lit
tie stone. If 1t were a perfectly round
fragment of the quartz. which is the
least likely thing possible. 1t would
tend. as do all solid bodies. to go down
and not up an incline plane. under the
action of gravity. We know that it is
said thas in a vacuum iron or stone
has no greater weight than a feather
II the interior of the little rock is a
vacuum the bead inside would not fol-
low so strictly the we'll defined law so
APPLY Illustrated In the principla of the
spirit level. but would move without
law. bounding from side to side.
That the liquid substance within the |
stone is water. pure water. IS largely !
but that it is a liquid. es-
sentially water mainly in it's compost |
ton. there can be no doubt.
The little stone is not larger than an !
ordinary thimble. 1t Is a hexagonal
prism. ending in pyramide. There are
several small excrescent pyramids
to it that mar it's otherwise
symetrical proportions.
Now let us turn to the term Of I'm
prisonment of this little drop IF water.
There are what are known as archaean
locks to be found at great depth. some
places showing alta the surfce. on a
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28
MURDERER
WILL HANG
Governor Has Not Granted
a RepPieVe
his EXECUTION TODAY
Will Mount the Scaffold Be
tween Eleven and Twelve
to Pay Penalty for Muir
der of Louis Yeager at
Humboldt.

The dawn of the day set for his
execution will find Alexandra Gal
legos. the murderer Of Louis Yaeger,
without hope of reprieve and pre-
pared to die. He spent the greater
mart of Yesterday alone in his cell,
only being visited by priests who
came TO administer the consultations
Of religion. No one has intimated or
suggested to him that efforts have
been made to secure the commute
ton of his sentence.
Secretary Norveil left for Prescott
last night to confer with Governor
Sloan in regard to granting Callegos
a reprieve until his case can be con-
sidered. and other matters which have
come to the governors office during
his absence in California.
No one has any intimation of Gov
ernor Sloan's intention regarding the
Communication of Gallegos sentence
but il is not believed that he will
take any action at this late hour
The appeal for the Communication Of
the sentence was presented to him
July 10 by Henry c. Yaeger, and it
is thought that had the governor de-
sired to grant Yaeger's request he
would have done something before
the day set for his execution.
Before he left for Prescott, Mr..
Norviel communicated with Mr.. Yae-
ger. who still has hope of freeing
Gallegos from the scaffold. and he
was the bearer OF messages to Gov
ernOr Sloan urging him to commute
the sentence. Until the hour set for the
execution at Florence. which will be
between II and u o'clock today. Mr..
Yaeger will be eXpectantly awaiting
word that Governor Sloan has grant
ed the murderer of his son a re-
prieve.
Although he has seemed unnerved
since he was taken to the prison I'M
der sentence Of death. it was stated
last night by an official Of the ter
ritorial prison that Gallegos seemed
more courageous, and he judged from
the quiet manner in which he passed
the day that he would give no trou-
BILE when the hour came for his death.
He spent the night with the death
watch, and slept little
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-28

of the valley farms will be on dis
play. and an opportunity will be fur
nished the people of the city, to gain
an accurate idea of the Importance
which the cultivation of watermelons
and cantalOupes will finally assume.
There viii be a number of repre-
sentatives of large fruit companies
in attendance. and the day will have
strong influence to increase the
reputation of Phoenix as the center
of one of the richest melon districts
in the United States
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-22

dare, at the BaSilica of the Holy
Cross, Orleans, France, May 8, 1899.
the occasion of the four hundred and
SEVENTEEN anniversary of the death
of the French heroine, and went to
Paris to make the address at the
presentation of the statue Of Gen.
eral La Fayette by the school chill.
dren Of the United States to the
republic of France, July 4, 1900. He
rendered great service in the cause
of bringing about Cancellation be-
tween the French Catholics and the
Republic of France.
The Philippine Problems.
Archbishop Ireland Iabored in 1901
and 1902 for the settlement of the
problems that the United States
government encountered in the Phil
ippine Islands and was an adviser
in the connection of William H. Taft,
then governor of the islands and aft
erward secretary of war and of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, as he had been be-
fore that, friend and counselor of
President William Mckinley. The
Taft commission, which dealt with
matters affecting the rights of the
church in the islands, has been said
to have been largely a creation of
the archbishop's.
Numerous honors outside the
church have come to Archbishop
Ireland. Yale conferred the degree
l.. L. D. upon him and France made
him a Commander of The Legion of
Honor. He has acted as national
chaplain of the Grand Army of the
Republic, is a lieutenant colonel IN
the Loyal Legion and was for sew
eral years president of the Mime
sofa State Historical society and of
the st. Paul Catholic Historical So
ciety, which he founded.
Identification With Education.
His identification with education in
the northwest and his record as a
constructor covers vide field. In
1885 he established the old ST..
Thomas seminary, which was given
over to collegiate work in 1896 when
the new St. Paul seminary was COM
pleted. st. Thomas Military college
owes it's origin to him. He founded
the Cretin high school for boys, st.
Paul; the De La Sale institute for
boys, Minneapolis; St. GATHERINGS
college for girls, st. Paul; st. Mar
garet's academy for girls, Minneapo-
lis, and, with Archbishops Keene
and Spaulding, took a prominent part
in founding the Catholic University
of America, Washington.
What he has himself declared to
be the greatest work of his life is
now under way and will perpetuate
his memory. The two cathedrals
of Minneapolis and st. Paul are ris-
ing, and that in Minneapolis has
reached stage where it's full beauty
is beginning to be seen. This, he
has said, is to be the browning work
of his long life. The efforts for fifty
years have ben devoted to the up
building of the church in whose serv-
ice he has labored and the upbuild
ing as we'll of the cities of Mime
apolis and st. Paul and of the great
northwest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-22
(From Mondays Daily.o

Property owners on Fourth street
from Spring to Broad, will hold a
meeting tomorrow evening at hose
house No. 3, Dukes addition with
the city council present. This was
decided upon this morning at the
council meeting. For some time
past, the matter of buying the
right.of.way from the Omaha rail-
way on Fourth street, so that this
street could be used entirely for a
driveway, has been under considera-
ton. The meeting will be held for
the purpose of trying to raise money.
Should the citizens acquire this prop
erty and make a street from it, it
would prove one of the finest and
longest drives in the city.
Defer Action on Statue.
Judge Cray appeared before the
council as a member of the G. A.
r. committee to determine what
shall be done about the monument
at Lincoln park. He requested the
council to defer any action until a
further meeting and decision of the
G. A. r. committee. More tangible
plans were to be made by this COM
mittee. Plans and designs for a
statue had been sent for and the
matter was now under consideration.
The council decided to comply with
Judge Cray's request.
Judge Cray said that from past
experience it seemed that it was in
advisable to have monument and
fountain combined, as the sediment
from the water quickly destroyed
the metal. He said that he had
tested a piece of metal from the
statue that had broken, and could
not decide just what it was compos-
ed of, but it burned brightly in the
furnace all night. The statue will
probably be sold as junk for what
it is worth.
Letter From Brewing Company.
A reply to the objections made by
the city council against the build
ing of an addition to the present
building of the Minneapolis Brewery
company was read, in which it was
stated that the company had no in
tention of using sawdust for filling.
The company showed just how the
addition was planned, and that they
thought the objections of the coun-
Gil should be cancelled. However,
the council thought different and de-
cided that before the building per-
nit should be granted, an inspec.
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ton of the place and plans should
be made.
Two applications for liquor license
were made, each one being accom-
panied by $4,000 bond. The first
was that of w. J. Hodge of 124
South Front street, to take effect
January 6, 1912. and the second of
r. B. Flint at 1O1 South Front
street to take effect December 81.
These were granted. r. F. Werthen.
bach made application for a liquor
license, which was approved.
Approved Two Actions.
Commissioner Lamm said that
John r. Bowen had been engaged at
salary of SO a day to assist the
city treasurer in transferring the
books at the end of the year, and
desired the approval of the council
This was approved. He also report
ed that the city treasurer had taken
up two warrants of $1,000 and
$391.86 with a total interest of $1366
and this action was also approved.
Mr.. Kelsey's bill for $685. for
damages received because of tipping
over with his wife and child at the
corner of Fourth and Elm streets
was allowed. Mr.. Kelsey stated that
there was no light there at the
time and that protruding gutter
and curb construction was the cause
of the accident.
Draft of Plumbers Ordinance.
City Engineer Blomquist and City
Attorney Daley had drafted plumb
ers' ordinance which received it's
first reading at this meeting. This
ordinance provides that a plumber
must first secure a license for $40,
and that he must hold the city i'm
mune for any lawsuits because of
defective plumbing. 1t differed
slightly from the former ordinance,
in that all licenses will hereafter
expire on May /. The plumber must
also give a bond Of $4,000 with two
or more sureties which are free
holders in this city.
Mayor Taylor reported that the in
spection of electrical wiring was
rather lax and that an ordinance
should also be made providing for
the rigid inspection of such wires.
M. l.. Fallenstein, who was present
at the meeting, said that this would
be one of the best actions that the
council could take, as it would
make the electricians do better work
and a preference would be given to
the better class of men.
Provide Skating Kinks.
Mr.. Bangerter then reported that
he thought the usual custom of pro-
viding skating Kinks for the young
people should not be overlooked
this year. He said that this was
one of the best things that the
council could do, as it tended to
keep the young people off the
streets. He wanted the places at
Rock and Broad streets and the
West Mankato slough flooded. Mr..
Fallenstein then said that the old
tennis courts on South Front streeL
would make an ideal place for a
skating rink, and that was the real
purpose of his appearing before the
council. The matter was referred to
Commissioner Henline.
After the reading of the bills,
the council decided to meet at one
O'Clock this afternoon to make an
inspection tour of all the improve
ments which had been made during
the summer. They will then return
to the city hall and hold a meeting
at four O'Clock.
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eight, work on Bunker hill described
at nine above, amount $500; nine
work on Bradley, ETC., described at
ten above, amount, $500; ten, work
on Willard street described at eleven
above, amount, $500; eleven, work
on st. Peter road described at
twelve above, amount, $1,000.
The commissioners violated the
provisions of Section 76 relating to
the sinking found in that they did
not set aside the amounts therein
provided for, but on the contrary
spent the same in their work.
The city settled judgment of
some 5000 which they had on the
G. w. Monks property on Front
street and between Marshall street
and the Milwaukee tracks on west
side for $500 and returned $69
which they had already collected for
sprinkling tax.
l claim that the commissioners
spent the money of the city too Law.
ishly.
On or about May 1 there was
some $4,000 in the city treasury.
Since then the city has received
the regular taxes amounting to some
$4,000, believe.
The city also collected the saloon
licenses, the most of them coming
due July I.
The city also collected some fines.
The city also collected the water
rents, which amount to a large sum.
Now there is still left in the city
treasury about $4,000; and the city
owes $4,000 at one bank, $4,000 at
another, and $4,000 at still another.
The city also owes $4,000 on pay
ment certificates issued this SUM
mer.
1t will take the city at least $751;
900 to conduct it's business until
March first.
l understand that the city has
sold or is about to sell bonds in the
amount of $4,000 to cover part of
this Indebtedness.
/ have given the above facts and
figures as nearly correct as l could
remember them. ask you to in
vestigate them thoroughly and to
make a fearless and true report of
what you find. l think the people
of Mankato wish to know the truth
about these facts and wish to know
the exact facts, and they are en-
titled to such truth and such knowl-
edge. Yours respectfully, e. V.
Waters.