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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
DEMAND FOR LITERATURE


There is an enormous and unprcc-
cdentcd demand for Salt River valley
literature at the Santa 70 office in
Los Angeles Yesterday W =. Colds
worthy. general agent Of the =. r
p IL T.. received a letter from the
Los Angeles office asking for $50
copies each OF the booklets entitled
Salt River Irrigation Project" and
Arizona. Salt River Valley" The
letter stated that the demand for
Arizona literature was heavier than
it had ever been before. Mr.. Colds
worthy called on the board of trade
to help him out and sent small
consignment Of booklets to the coast
city The demand is attributed in
great measure to the board Of trades
Los Angeles bureau
HANSEN'S ASSAIlANTS - Four
MeNicans who committed an assault
upon Dolph Hansen week ago and
who were convicted last week were
before Justice tombstone Yesterday for
sentence. MARTINEZ. Antonio ROsas
and Jose Berdugo were given twenty
DAYS each. Tomas Talamentcs. the
leader i'm the assault. got twenty-five
DAYS and Manuel Macon who was IN
the party and though ne had perhaps
no part in the attack upon Hansen
was found when arrested To- b" in
possession of a slung shot Its owner
ship cost him thirty DAYS i'm the
county tail Ben Martin who bur
glarized the room Of Pete Flannerv
AT the Central hotel was given a prc-
liminarv examination and was held
in the sum Of $500
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
SAIOME VISITOR-I

SALOmE VISITOR-Dick WicL
Hall is in the city from Sal"mc. Mr
Hall says a large area uf land has been
,ilcI upor recently u the vicinity of
Salou.c 10y those who have decided 20
tax, Il chance iu the practical cNporI-
u,cnt of dry farming The biz test wll.
90. course come later when the summer
drouth is on Just now every thing
looks Zine and the deserts are green.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
GOOD BEGINNING, coLoREO K.

OF P.-On last Thursday night. F"bru-
AIRY >. the colorcd X. of =. gave its an
nuaI masquerade ball There were
two prizes awarded To- the best dressed
lady and gentleman Mrs Frank Shir-
ley won first prize in her unique cos
tune as an Indian maid. James toss,r
SECOND in q costume as that OF George
Washington
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07

TRADES CoUNCIL-At recent
meeting the directors Of the board of
trade passed q resolution inviting the
Phoenix trades council To- iuin the
board Of trade as body. No action
upon the invitation has been taken
by the council
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
A FEMALE ASTRONOMER Word

4 FEMALE ASTRONOMER Urd
has been received by Phoenix friends
of Professor and Mrs. SHphcr of
Flagstaff tu the effect that ON Sotur-
day morning an eight pounG boy ar
rived at their home in IN" skynght
CITY This is the second child th"
first one being daughter Professor
Siphcr is in charge of a., Lor-l
observatory At Flagstaff
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07

LOST 6OY-Oniccr John Fralcy
picked w four ycar-"ld boy on
Washington street YESTERDAY after
noon The boy was badly lost not
knowing straight up from sideways.
His brother appeared soon after At
the police station and took the wan
dcring youngstcr home
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07
GOING TO LOS ANGELES

GOING TO LOo NNOEIEo TT
and Mrs + PAYNE Palmer and their
fine baby. viii leave this evening tor
Los Angeles where they expect To-
make their home permanently. The
doctor has spent the last two years Iu
fitting himself especially for career
as a surgeon and he expects O." open
offices in that city for practice 900 that
particular line of his profession.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-07

LOST HORSE-A- Z WCbb n
the overland Telephone company is
looking for q horse that straycd away
a couple of nights ago. y description
of the animal left 1T the office of thu
sheriff states that thu horse is a bay
with white feet and face and is
branded on the LEFT thigh with two
bars over Z
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inclined, swings commanding officers
blade as colonel of an insurrecto troop.
With her, as aids-de-camp. are her two
daughters. And with the national army.
which has huzzas only for the established
republic, as with the force which is strik-
ing for what they call liberty and a new
order in Mexico, an average Of one wom-
an for every eight men! Armies of men
and Of women, -..
If you want to know where Mexico got
the spirit of this you will find ii perhaps
on the banks of the Aragon and Ebro, in
Spain, for the Maid of Saragossa is quite
as much a heroine here as she was in
her own country. They tell the story of
Augustine around the campfires. She it
was who snatched the lighted match
from the fingers Of the dead artilleryman
when the line was wavering and fired the
gun at Napoleon's invaders. The solid
shot, truly aimed, opened a hole in the
advancing column and for a moment de-
layed its progress. Then this girl loosed
her apron. tied its strings to a branch
plucked from a roadside tree, and waved
1t above her bare head. Inspired by her
fearlessness, the towns defenders charg-
ed the enemy, fought it back, and won
the day. captained to the end by this
girl, a peddler OF fruits in the city
streets. Spain honored her heroism and
made her sublieutenant In the army
The town did more-it memorfalized her
as the Maid Of Saragossa, and Byron and
Shelley found in her daring theme for
the poets song.
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So the spirit Of the thing. Is natural.
and ever since the time when Spain ruled
In Mexico there have been women in the
ranks - women who have fought with
bravery, suffered with fortitude, starved
without complaining, and died as soldiers
must.
Our own Grant, then q lieutenant, with
his career at arms all before him, saw
them at Chapultepec; Mcclellan, likewise
wearing his first shoulder straps. heard
of their bravery at Peru del Rio. They
marched out OF Mexico City when the
United States troops marched in. sixty
odd years ago.
In the organization Of the Mexican
army, and. of course. in the insurrecto
army, there are no department Of COM
missariat, as they are known in the Unit
ed States. Supplying food for fighters is
not considered as important there as
some other things. Still, men must eat
or die. So II long ago became the ac-
cepted thing to have the wives and Sis
tiers and daughters, and sometimes even
the mothers Of soldiers. accompany the
moving columns. giving first aid to the
soldier stomach and relieving the COM
mands of all duties touching on and ap-
pertaining 10 the soup kettle and the
bean pot.
Armed Women Do the. Foraging.
Obviously where governmental supplies
are short it becomes necessary for levies
to be made on communities for that
which is needed. The women accept this
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as he glances UP at the uniformed youth

as he glances up at the uniformed youth
before him.
Yes" timidly announces the little
brakeman, wondering IL he Is to be told
that employees should not attempt to rub
shoulders with the patrons of the rail-
road lines
New one. too says the cashier. Then
with a pen full of red ink he scratches
a few figures on the brakeman's check.
Employees have a 30 per cent discount.
says the cashier, and the brakeman
breathes again.
Tour OF ClubrOOms.
With nearly three hours to spend, the
little brakeman returns to the club
rooms. This is what he finds:
Three new pool tables. with number
less willing players ready to engage him
in a contest forthwith. Fellow-employes,
all of them no sharks, no betting. just
the game for the games sake, and that
is all.
Perhaps he doesn't care for pool. Then
there are checker and chess boards and
dominoes ready at hand. If none of
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RACE BECOMING DARK

That the American type is changing
physically as well as mentally is as
serted by The Outlook. Tho ideals.
aims, and active qualities of men and
women do radically change from age to
age" 1t goes on to say. "and. while the
possibilities of. human nature remain
substantially the same. the development
Of these possibilities which contribute
character are constantly taking on new
forms
This is true of the body as well as
the spirit and the mind. There seems
to be no doubt that the American has
changed greatly in this country. The
typical American il . more substantial
person than he was thirty years ago. and
probably enjoys better health. He takes
great deal more rest ana exercise: he
II much given to the open air: he plays
many kAunas With snthuslasm. and his
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as their particular task. With revolvers
swinging at their skirted hips, they go
forth in bands of foragers. They do not
ask, they demand. for the gentler feel
ings Of the sex are forgotten in this at
mosphere of accomplishment where the
end always tustifies the means. To plump
a bullet into an obstructionist at the door
of a plethoric grain bin is part of the
game.
these m!stresses of the mess, drawing the
needful from all sources of supply, and
back with the column go others to set up
the tripod. suspend the cauldron. and
coax the blaze for the soldiers meal,
keyed alike to a form of loyalty and pa
triotism peculiar to their sex.
Broadly, this particular feminine arm
Of the general scheme of war, being rep
resented by women of the rougher fiber
Of the plantation and scullery, there may
also be a place for those whose impulse
to serve in time crisis comes from asso-
citation with the loftier social sisterhood
women like Senorita Neri.
A roster Of the armies Is not at hand,
and even II 1t were 1t would not make
mention Of the women who are fighting
under the colors. But they are every
where.
Little Patrociana vasquez a girl not
yet sixteen. crossed the border to Ell Paso
a week or so ago with q war record. She
went to the front with her father. q nom
commissioned officer in the army under
Gen. Madero. She was chubby little
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game. He. made nine strikes in piling
up that record and 1t has been posted
on the wall of the alley to keep less ac-
curate wielders of the boxwood ball from
getting conceited.
The gymnasium OF the Terminal Club
is separate from the main rooms of the
club. 1t covers all of the space of the
third floor of the station. above the stand
of the Terminal Taxicab Company.
The gymnasium occupies two big
rooms the first 159 feet long by 64 wide.
This room Is used for indoor baseball
and similar sports. 1t is also used by
the caIisthenic classes. The second room,
an alcove of its larger fellow, is sixty
four feet wide and fifty feet in length.
Here are installed the wall apparatus
and the room may be used for individual
exercise when the bigger room is being
used for sports.
Have Physical Director.
From October until May the associa-
ton employs a physical director who has
charge of the gymnasium work. Such
of the members who prefer systematized
training to the exercising for fun in
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the Terminals. composed of employees in
the Offices OF the terminal and in general
work within and Immediately around the
big station; the Shops. mechanicians and
engineers I'm the shops of the Terminal
Company; the Car Departments, workers
in the car yard and car repair and in
spection services; the Baltimore and
Ohios, who, as their name implies, are
workers for that company, and the
Southerns, composed wholly of employees
of the Southern Railway. Five teams in
all, evenly matched. and promising a
busy and likewise a profitable season.
The religious features of the life of
the Terminal Y. NJ. c. A. are simple
and interesting. The association main-
tains series of tri-weekly Bible classes
throughout the. year. These are con-
Quoted by the members. Each Sunday
afternoon there is a service in the main
hall of the associations quarters. 1t is
a combined song service and lecture.
The association numbers among its
membership many excellent singers and
several good instrumental performers.
The services have proved immeasurably
attractive and are always well attended.
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interest in sports is probably twenty.
fold what 1t was generation ago.
"a Harvard professor has recently
made the prediction that other changes
are taking place in him which involve
the disappearance Of the light COM
plected' American, to use a good old
country phrase. The people. OF this coun-
try, according to this observer. will
gradually grow darker. though wide eyi-
dence of this Development will not be
visible for several generations. Ono rea-
son for this change u found In the large
migration from Southern Europe, and the
large Jewish immigration a. .well. The
South Europeans ana the Jews settle
largely in cities. while the Northern. or
blond races, 90 into the country. with
the result that the Northwest, which
has especially attracted the Scandi-
navians, shows . large percentages Of
blonoA while many ct the eit1o9 show
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girl and full of determination. At first
they thought she would be in the way
and unable to stand the strain of long
marches and attendant hardships.
"Are you not afraid?" she was asked.
NO" she replied with spirit, II am not
afraid. and 1 can blow the bugle and
fight. Try me-"
From Santo Thomas she went with the
detachment which was ordered to hold
Casas Grandes. Kneeling in the trenches
beside her father. she received instruc-
ton in the use of firearms By and by
Col. Cueller's column Of federal troops
came over the hill, 500 strong, and the
fighting began. The girl in the trench
gave a good account of herself. She fired
revolvers with deadly aim and helped
hold the position until the tide of the
conflict turned against the insurrectos.
The opposing cavalry bore down upon
them when the retreat began, and the
girl was among those who became pris-
oners of war. She was still armed with
pistols and over her shoulder was slung
the bugle the cord thereto being daintily
knotted and interviewer with ribbon.
Gen. Aguila Lis saw this and laughed.
'Why, she's only a schoolgirl, with an
eye for ribbons" he exclaimed. Prepare
an order for her release at once and give
her passports through the lines to her
soldier father"
This was done. but Vasquez. having
escaped capture. had gone with his troop
south to Rancho San Diego. and thither
it was impossible for the girl to follow.
so she was escorted to the border and Ell
Paso. which has come to be known as
one of the American windows looking out
upon the battle panorama.
poforo chn Ua ho
manding general asked her to tell about
herself This she did.
Il had no other place to go when the
trouble started. and the best place I
knew was beside my father In battle, :"
she said. 'T fought because they were
trying to kill him, the only one had in
the world. had learned to blow trum-
pet calls while we were waiting outside
Of the Casas Grandes for the attack, and
I wanted to be OF some use to the cause
Of my father. think hit some Of the
federals. for I aimed straight al them
and pulled the trigger. Girls ought not
to be afraid to fight for that which they
believe to be right"
The best report at hand Is that there
are no less than dozen women leading
troops Of their own In the insurrecto
army. Many Of these women have turned
In their fortunes. whether large or small.
to the cause. It was 30 with Sonora
Talamantess who fought with her daugh-
tsrS st her side . Spartan mother.
> .
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games and the library. Almost every
evening i'm the week there is an i'm
promptu concert. The songsters who
furnish the choral music for the church
service gather in the lounging rooms.
There is a good piano and. around it.
after supper the boys gather to chorus
the popular tunes of the day. There is
no embargo on the class of music in
which the choristers engage.
The smoker is another popular form
Of entertainment. In the railroad de-
partments of the Y. NJ. c. A. there has
never been a restriction against smok-
ing. Deprivation from the after-dinner
pipe or cigar might drive some of the
boys who have a prediction for 1.-The
weed away from the club rooms. Hence,
in the office quarters of the association,
there is a tobacconist's stand, where the
members can buy cigars, cigarettes,
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these pastimes attract, he can, by going
up a fight, find three of the finest bowl
ing alleys in Washington ready at hand
for a trial Of his skill. There is a charge
Of five cents per game for club men,
bers, just half the rate charged In the
public alleys Of the city.
Duckpins or ten pins. take your choice.
and il you develop proficiency in the
game there is a chance to play on the
famous Terminal team Of the District
Bowling League. While he is looking
over the bowling alleys, a big. lusty
looking man In engineers overalls will
drop in. The young man will do well to
look the engineer over. for this is F. F.
Chadwick. once president of the Terminal
Bowling Association. Chadwick holds the
club ten-pin record Of 2T for a single
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big porcelain tub with clean white towels
and every other appurtenahce of the
bath.
Bedrooms. fourteen in number occupy
the fourth floor of the station, furnish
ing a total of 100 beds. Each patron re-
ceives fresh suit of bedding. No dupli-
cations, no turning the, ends on the
sheets, UP in the Y NJ. c. a. Every
thing fresh and clean, every time. The
cost of a bed is 10 cents. There is an
average daily patronage in the dormitory
of 125. The baths are free for members
of the association. They cost the non-
members five cents. A member may
bring a friend to the station and for
double price obtain for him the same
courtesies and comforts that he does for
himself.
The little green brakeman who came
to Washington last night, so0 tired, so
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dirty, and so homesick, has had a night
Of sweet repose. following his shower
and his needle spray. He has left n call
for o'clock. His train doesn't make
up until II. so he starts on tour of in
spection.
Breakfast is the first consideration.
The Y. NJ. c. A. does not furnish meals.
but down in the big dining-rooms and
at the lunch counter of the station he
can find every delicacy OF the season.
The prices strike terror to his heart, the
first time he looks over the bill. He
finds that he has ordered too literally
for his usually slender purse.
I'll have to find a cheaper place." he
says to himself as he walks to the CASH
iers desk.
Employer queries that functionary
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which most Of the younger men engage
can put themselves under the care Of
the director and go in for real develop
ment along the most scientific lines.
The director also assumes the work OF
drilling the calisthenic classes Meetings
Of these classes are held six days Of the
week and each day at different hour. so
that the railroad men whose times of
arrival in and departure from Washing
ton are widely variant may avail them
selves of at least two chances q week
for systematic instruction.
Out Of the association has developed
the Railroad Y. M. c. A. Baseball
League. which holds a regular season
Of games and gives a pennant at its con-
clusion in true major league style. The
teams comprising this years league are
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War being a business of bankers bat
ties, and bullets, in which industrial salt
peter is introduced wholesale into legal
lied homicide channels. and even in this
year Of our Lord 1911 having interna-
tional sanction, if not Endorsement, 1t is
probably all right for men to abandon
the pursuits OF peace and go forth to
slay their brothers for cause. But what
are fighting men going to do when they
sduint eyes along rife barrels and see
fighting women on the enemys target?
Here We have 1t, like 1t or not as you
will.
1t is a picture such as Greece and Rome
looked upon in centuries long past, and
such as France and Spain saw hundred
years ago.
Imagine. If you can. a girl who almost
at a bound has leaped from the quiet of
convent life into the saddle as a troop
captain. Such Is the story Of Senorita
Dona Margarita Neri, who is fighting
down in Guerrero She is the daughter
of Gen. Canuto Neri, who served with
distinction in the army Of Diaz. and, see
ing a new light in his declining years,
went over to the side of the insurgents.
He lived not to see the fire of discomfort
burst into flame. His fortune went to
the convent girl. She Immediately made
upoh IL " Cquip hoiSC VI NV
men and they in turn elected her to be
their leader.
The Success of "La Neri.o
This girl commander, who at last seed
sowing knew no sterner life than that
which is reflected in the story Of the
saints, is now accredited far and wide as
warrior Of strategic. resourcefulness.
She knows not fear. Thrice has she been
in engagements where her girls wits
and unfaltering nerve were matched
against -hard-headed veterans bred In the
school Of war Once did she repulse an
enemy Of twice the strength Of hers. and
twice has she driven outnumbering COM
mands from the field in battles where
dead men lay with wounded as proof Of
its severity.
la Neri' they call this maid. whose
every heart beat Is patriotic and whose
presence in the army OF the insurrectos
Is an inspiration. She rides daringly and
fights as well as commands. and has
never been wounded. Strife-torn Guer-
zero both fears and admires her.
Here, too. is a slip of maid still In her
schoolgirl teens touching shoulders with
her grixxled sire in the trenches back Of
Casas Grandes. armed with larGe-bore
army pistols which kick, hard enough to
tear the muscles Of her fran arm. On
toward the Sierra Madre Mountains as
write matronly sonora who might be
sitting In her drawinx.room we're she 70
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A railroad mans club for the railroad
man. That is what the founders Of the
Terminal Railroad department Of the
Young Mems Christian Association had
in mind when they established the
superb club plant covering the upper
floors Of the Union Station.
1t was not to be club for molly
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pipes. smoking, and even "eating" to-
bacco at cost. The privilege is appre-
ciated highly.
The members like the smokers" and
they have never been at a loss to find
plenty Of amateur entertainers right
among themselves, so that the smoker
evenings are the best patronized Of any
Of the clubs sessions.
This is one of the most successful
branches of the Railroad Y. NJ: C. A"
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c. A. Later he feels that he must Join.
Then the 5H members receive an aug
mentation., willie Green" the brake
man, begins to live again.
The baths of the Y. NJ c. A. rooms
are Of the most modern construction
acknowledgements. sprays, and needle
baths, or, II the patron wishes 1t. great
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RAILROADERS ENJOY LIFE
IN Y NJ c. A. QUARTERS AT UNION STATION

It has become the practice to make
the lectures less in the nature of ser
mons and more in the way of instruc-
tive talks son subjects Of Biblical history
and current secular work for the ad-
vancement !of general reform along
Christian lines. The association has its
own stereopticon and many Of last win
ter's lectures were beautifully illustrated.
The social life Of the club is by no
means entirely dependent upon the
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city OF MEXICO y.llex.

The valley in which the City of Mexico
Is situated Is some fifty miles long by.
forty broad. It Is supposed that the basin
was formerly filled with water. and sew
eral lakes still cover . part Of It. Tho
site h ono II extraordinary besuty- and
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Interstins Facts.

More than rs. 100000 worth Of precious
stones have been imported into the
United States 30 far this year. exceeding
tho record for several years.
Carrying the. vibratory principle as Q
therapeutic stimplant 10 the limit. an in
yentor has brought out . vibrating chair.
which is aid TO stimulate the entire sys-
tn e ~ user at once.