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The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
of Course 1t Is!

From the Springfield Republican.
The whole country is astir over base
hall.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
Uncle Pcnny,vise Says:

Money is sometimes called chicken
feed. You'll grasp the significance of
this if you ever Try to raise chickens.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
The Administrntion Gam,

do YOU know anything about golf"
A little bit"
whats the proper club to land
government job with?"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

Very interesting is what the authoress
has to say about the stores of Washing
ton in those days. especially in view of
our present-day big department houses:
The shops, in ls45. were not numerous.
and were located chiefly in Pennsylvania
avenue. Seventh street then being a resi-
Dental section. The most prominent dry
goods store was kept by Darius Clagett
at the corner of Ninth street and Penn
sylvania avenue. Mr. Clagett, invariably
courteous and cordial always stood be-
hind his counter. / have had many
pleasant chat with him while making
purchases. Although he kept an eX-
Cellent selection of goods, it was the
custom for prominent Washington folk
to make their larger purchases at Balti-
more. A little later, Walter Harper kept
dry. goods store in Pennsylvania ave-
nue. near Eighth street. and some years
later two others appeared, one kept by
William Shuster, on the Avenue, first
between Seventh and Eighth and later
between Ninth and Tenth streets, and
the other by Augustus and Thomas
Perry, on the corner of Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Charles Demonet,
the confectioner, made his appearance
still later on the Avenue. between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
Charles Gautier, on the Avenue between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, was his
successful rival, and was regarded more
favorabIy in aristocratic circles. Nine.
Marguerite NJ. Delarue kept a shop on
the north side of the same avenue, also
between these streets, where small ar
ticles OF dress, dear to the feminine heart,
could be bought.
''There were several large grocery
stores on the south side Of Pennsylvania
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
TO HYDRAULIC OLD
LA PAZ PLACERS
Work Now in Progress on Big Reser.
voir-Engineer Houx Estimates
Value of Ground at $3.50 Per Cubic
Yard.

The famous old La Paz placer
fields are again undergoing active OPP
erations under the New La Paz Gold
Mining company, and work is being
pushed as fast as possible on the
two-milliOn gallon reservoir, which
they expect to finish in about 30
days.
The company has purchased two
250-horse power Commercial gas en-
gines and two Deane triplex pumps of
a guaranteed efficiency of $50 gallons
each per minute.
Engineer Houx, who represents
the California investors, is very en-
thusiastic regarding the workings and
doubles the estimate of the value set
upon the ground by Engineer Rasor,
and gives the estimated value of S.
80 per cubic yard on test of one mil
lion three hundred thousand yards
He estimates that there are twenty
one million yards of gold-bearing
gravel on the company'S property
ten million yards of which is estimated
to be worth $3.50 per cubic yard
When the machinery Is Installed
the company expect to handle about
1000 yards of gravel per day at a
cost of about five cents per cubic
yard
A dredger will be installed on the
lower properties utilizing the water
from the hydraulics and thus increase
the production quite materially
o. L. Grfmsley, president of the
company, is now at the mines and
overseeing the work, P. J. Abercrom-
bic Is experimenting the reservoir
work, while E. A. York has charge
of the development work on the low
er properties.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
RUSHING EXTENSION.

Within sixty days the grade for the
extension of the Western Railway of
Arizona from the present terminus at
Chloride, Mohave county, to the Ten
uessee mine, will be complete, says
1t kingman dispatch. Orders have
heen received from headquarters to
rush construction of the extension,
Which will furnish transportation to
some OF the richest mines in north
ern Arizona and will assist greatly in
the development of that highly miner.
allZed section.
Surveys for the extension have been
completed The new road is to begin
at thu Chloride depot, pass between
the old Schuylkill smelter and Silver
hill, and al' cg the north side of the
big wash south of Chloride at a point
on Tennessee ground, where new ter
minus will be established.
A large force has been put to work
grading and work is to be pushed
with all possible dispatch. From the
fact that thu rush order has been is
sued it is inferred that some heavy
ore bodies have been encountered in
the Tennessee and that shipping to
the Needles smelter In large quanti-
ties Is intended.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
KERR FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

j. R. Kerr, candidate for state rep
resentative on the democra ic ticket
will make an excellent legislator fol
Yuma county if elected by the voters
on December 18th next Mr.. Kerr
has lived in this county for many
years and holds the respect of every
one who knows him. He is a member
of the real estate firm of Kerr E
Murnoe, and possesses the necessary
maker. Mr. Kerr recently made a
maker Mr.. Kerr recently made a
campaign tour northern Yuma
county and met with great encour-
agement from voters of both poll ical
parties. 1t is safe to say that h..
will receive a handsome vote in thi1
end of the county.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
FAVOR OPENING OF LANDS.

T. M. brennan Is in receipt of a
letter signed by Mark A Smith and
Henry F. Ashurst, candidates for
United States senator on the demo-
cratic ticket, pledging themselves to
use all honorable means to secure the
opening of the Colorado River Indian
reservation. The letter follows:
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 21, 1911.-
Hon. Thomas M. brennan, Parker
Arizona ""Dear Mr. Drennan:-We
are fully aware of the immense i'm
portance it Is to the people of Ari-
zona and particularly the people of
Yuma county, to have the 100000 acres
of land in Arizona embraced within
the Colorado River indian reservation
opened for settlement. We believe
this land should be made available
for settlers, homesteaders and others
and We favor the application of the
Carey Act to encourage irrigation en-
terprises.
eff chosen as senators, we shall usa
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
]. w. FUQUAY.

]. w. Fuquay, republican candidate
for county road superintendent spent
Monday and Tuesday in town inter-
viewing voters. Mr.. Fuquay has had
considerable experience in road build
ing and handling men, and declares
that if he is elected he will see that
the money spent on the roads of the
county Is well spent. He has resid-
ed in this county for ten years and
for several years has been employed
by Karr & Kaster, the S. P. contract
ors. The experience gained with this
firm will be of considerable assistance
to him If he is elected road superin
tendent.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
voted back into our constitution al
the earliest opportunity.

voted back into our constitution at
the earliest opportunity.
]. H. GODFREY, the candidate for
superintendent of schools, previously
held this position few years ago,
when he acted as probate Judge. Dur
ing his incumbency he made a good
record as school superintendent, and
if elected this time Mr.. Godfrey prom
ises to place the schools on high
educational basis.
j. e. LUDY is the republican can
didate for representative to the first
state legislature. He has been res
ident of Yuma since 1898. His pro-
fession is civil engineering and he
was the first to construct and build
successful canal system in Yuma
valley, which is now included in the
Yuma project He is well known and
respected and if elected he will serve
the interests Of the people of this
county in an able manner. He pledg-
vote of the people at the earliest pos
3ible moment making effective thu
recall of the judiciary. He favors
the election of United States sena
tors by the direct vote of the people
and pledges himself to vote for the
candidates for United States senator
who receive the largest advisory votG.
He is in favor of giving cities and
counties the greatest possible liberti,
in matters of self government. Hc
believes in the purchase of all school
books and supplies by the state or
county thereby relieving the parentS
of this burden and distributing the
expense over the entire community.
A paragraph from Mr. Ludy's person
al platform reads: There is but
one use for law, but one necessity for
government-the preservation of lib
erty-to give to each man his own;
to secure to the farmer what he pro-
duces from the SOIL to the mechanic
what he invents and makes, to the
artist what he creates, to the thinker
the right to express his thoughts
Liberty Is the birthright of intelligent
progress
CASH M. SMITH, republican candi-
date for supervisor, has resided In
Yuma county since 1890 He is a
practical business man, farmer and a
heavy taxpayer. He is respected by
all who know him and is thoroughly
competent and qualified to fill the
responsible position of county super
visor.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
KENT FOR TREASURER.

A. H. Kent, republican candidate
for county treasurer, was a visitor In
Parker last Saturday. He was tour
ing the northern part of the county
in the interest of his candidacy and
with the prospects of his carrying
this Part of the county on election
day. Mr.. Kent Is well qualified to
fill the office of treasurer of Yuma
county, and has many friends in this
part of the county who will vote for
him. He has good record as a pub
lie official and this with his wide
acquaintance through the county as
sures him securing large vote.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
M'NAMARAS PLEAD
GUILTY TO CHARGES

The following Ass ociated Precs dis.
patch is aiken from yesterday even
ing's Arizona Democrat
LOS ANGELES, Dec. flames B
Mcnamara this afternoon withdrew
his plea of not guilty, and pleaded
guilty of murder in connection with
the Times explosion John J. MoNan
ara pleaded guilty of destroying the
Llewelyn iron works.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02

all honorable means to bring about
the throwing open to settlement of
these lands and We would be glad at
all times to have you offer sug-
gestions to us from time to time in
this matter.
with kindest regards and sincere
esteem,
yours respectfully,
MARK A. SMITH,
"HENRY F. ASHURST.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
SURVEYORS ARRIVE.

The surveyors arrived from the low
er end of the reservation Wednesday
and for the next month or more they
will be engaged in subdividing the
lands in this part of the reservation.
The Indian lands will be the first to
be surveyed in order that the bitches
may be built for the project to be
installed by the government for their
use and benefit.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
YUMA WANTS ALL
OF THE OFFICES
Many Voters in Lower End of County
Do Not Believe North End Entitled
to Representative - Republicans
Should Stand BY brennan.

Leaders of both political parties i'm
southern Yuma county frankly state
that the northern part of the county
Is not entitled to a representative in
the legislature, or to any county
office for that matter Of course, this
is not the opinion held by all of the
| leaders down Yuma way, or at least
hey do not say they hold to this be-
lief, but from information received by
this paper the sentiment is quite gen.
aral.
To say the least this is very mar
row view for anyone to hold. North
ern Yuma county contributes heavily
toward the support of the county, yet
We are not entitled to representa- ion,
are not so entitled is because our
voting strength is not so large as that
of the south end. We're outnumbered
in votes and the majority, you know,
rules the minority, even to the point
of unfairness.
Northern Yuma county has but one
candidate out of twenty-eight candi
lates hailing from the sou -hern
part of the county But this ratio
doesn't suit some of our southern
friends, who believe it should be %
to 0. For the first time in its his
tory Parker and the north end are
asking for representative in the
state legislature in order that the res
ervation opening may be hastened.
and ds consequence a few, narrow.
1rejudiced citizens down south are
howling their heads off over our un-
nitigated gall.
It Is the plan of the government
and of the irrigation company which
is to construct the dam at Parker
that the reservation lands be opened
under the Carey land act. This ne
cessitates the passage of a state Cas
rey act, and believing that Parker
business man who is vitality interest
ed in the future of the town would
take a deeper interest In securing this
needed legislation as quickly as pos
sible, Mr. brennan was prevailed up
on to make the race for the office.
The opening of the reservation lands
is Of vital importance to the county
at large as well as Parker and the
north end. This rich tract of agri-
cultural land will when opened con-
tain approximately 1000 40-acre farms,
and under intensive irrigation millions
of dollars of taxable property will be
added to the state and county.
The plan down in Yuma is to vote
for one republican and one democrat
for the state legislature, thereby de-
feating the candidate from Parker.
The only way to circumvent this move
is for the republicans Of northern Yu-
ma county to vote solid for Mr. Dren-
nan. This would bring him to the Gil
la river with such a majority that
would be hard to overcome in Yuma
precinct.
1t Is to the interest Of the entire
county that Mr. brennan be elected,
and If every voter in this end of the
county stand by him, as they should
and will, his election Is practically
safe.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
ATTEMPTING TO
GET AWAY WITH IT
Unknown Owner Of Alleged Mexican
Grant Trying to Grab Lands of Col
orado River Indian Reservation-f ,
Record of Grant Exists in u. S.

In the past there has been some
talk about heartless corporations and
bloated monopolists attempting gret
steal of the Colorado River Indian
reservation. In fact, it is quite a
common occurrence for some people
co steal most anything that's lying
around loose, and if they cannot stink
off with it unseen the most down-to
date method is to appeal to the law
of the land that they may secure tn
coveted valuable in legal way
Well, it's happened. Some parties
are making an endeavor to get away
with the reservation, and as they can
not very we'll pick it up and take 1t
down to the gulf by boat, they per
force must invoke the aid of the law
Did you ever know of valuable ira
of land that somebody did not atten
to secure by fraud? Well, it could
not be expected that the reservation
lands would prove an exception.
Now comes one Arthur Murphy,
the Federal Guaranty Co. of Los
Angeles, who is endeavoring to estab-
lish title to the vast acreage contain
ed in the reservation on the ground
that it is an old Mexican land grant.
1t is alleged that the grant was made
by the Mexican government to
Frenchman who was adopted into Oh.
of the northern Indian tribes of the
old dominion of Mexico. Through ig-
norance, 1t is held. the title was no.
submitted to the United States gov
ernment commission which passed or
the validity of the Mexican grants
1847-S, and therefore the title viii
have to be established in equity
which is the means to be employed BY
the company.
According to an interview published
in Los Angeles paper Murphy states
that it would probably take year to
get all the details of an abstract Of
title finished. He said he had made in
quiries at San Francisco and at Wash
ington and in the state records. h
said his Investigations had convinced
him that the case would be lonC
one, but that he thought therc
was a good chance to establish
the title The grant makes use of an
early United States government su
vey in it's description of boundaries
according to Mr.. Murphy's belief.
The present owner OF the grant
living in Indiana and it was intimate
by Mr.. Murphy that If he and hi
associates succeeded in establishil
the title, they will share in the enter
prise and its ultimate profits.
1t appears that there is no record
in this country of the grant said tC
have been made to the Frenchman,
and it is safe to say that such a grant
never existed No doubt a bunch of
land grabbers have gotten together in
an attempt to corral this valuable
tract, but we doubt that they will
get any further in their scheme than
to secure some cheap notoriety. Or
it may be the publicity given to the
matter is simply clever scheme
of the Federal Guaranty company
to get little cheap advertising in
the press
At any rate the government is now
surveying the lands for subdivision
into 40-acre farm units, and a title
from the United States government il
good enough for the settlers intendir :
to settle on this land.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
ANOTHER CLAIM
JUMPER AT WORK
Property of Copper Basin Mining Com
pany Jumped BY Wesley Martin,
Who Is Also Alleged to Be Inter-
ested in Jumping of Quartz King.

While it is not definitely known that
the attempt of the unknown Hoosier
who is trying to get away with the
reservation on the ground of alleged
prior ownership has INSPIRED others to
make similar attempts to acquire
property rights, still the recent claim
| jumping stunts in this section
strongly tend toward that beilcf. In
fact, jumping" property is becom
ing quite the fad of late for this part
of the country.
First, the reservation was Jumped, -
then the Quartz King mine, and now
it is the property of the Copper Ba-
sin Mining company. Last Monday
the officers of that company were no.
titled to pelase not trcspaGs on the
claims, that they were now owned
by Wesley Martin, who located them
owing to the alleged failure of tn
company to do the annual assessment
work last year.
T. M. brennan, one of the stock
holders in the company, stated Mon
day to this paper that the company
did its full legal assessment work on
the claims last year; that the con-
tract for the work was let to Har-
vey Hon, and that the proofs of labor
setting forth that $10O was expended
on each of the company's nine claims
were filed with the county recorder
of San Bernardino county soon after
the labor was performed.
These calims were located abou,
twelve years ago by j. L. Curtis,
who is at the present time one of the
principal owners of the property, hold.
ing a large block of the stock. Dur
ing the years that Mr. Curtis owned
this property he expended thou
sands of dollars in development work
and has succeeded in opening up one
Of the finest showings in the Copper
Basin district A few years ago he
organized the Copper Basin Mining
company for the purpose of raising
more capital for the development of
the property, realizing that in order
to make mine it would be necessar,'
to expend a consfderab le sum of
money.
Mr.. Curtis is one Of the pioneers
of the Parker country and has done
much toward it's development Many
years of labor and thousands of dol
lars of his money have gone into the
Copper Basin property and every min,
ing man in the district Is unanimous
in saying that Joe Curtis always did
full legal assessment work on hic
claims.
Wesley Martin, who jumped the
property, is a retired cattleman, hav-
ing come from Mohave county about
year ago. He has considerable mon
ey loaned out on real estate here and
is reputed to be wealthy. 1t is al
legged that Constable William McGee
Is also concerned in this latest jump
ing with Wesley Martin, and that the
latter was in with McGee on the
Quartz King affair
The mining men are becoming
stirred up over this latest case of
jumping, and there is talk of organ
izing for mutual protection against
claim jumpers. Surely something
should be done, as no company or
individual owner is safe from being
harrassed by those who covet thei.
property.
SO far as this paper has been able
to ascertain both cases of claim jum,.
ing were unwarranted, and in neither
instance is it possible for the claim
ants to successfully establish own
erShip.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
DIRECTORS ELECTED.

At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Palo Verde Mu-
tual Water company held at Omar
on Nov. II, the following directori
were chosen: Frank Murphy A. L
Hobson, Joseph F. Donlon, F. H
Desbrow and l. w. Stewart.
The directors met the same day
and elected Frank Murphy president,
l. w. Stewart secretary, and F. w,
Holt manager.
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
RANNELLS BUYING
MORE WATER STOCK
Six Hundred Acres Signed Up Last
Week and More to Sign Up Soon
Standard Plaster Company Buys
Gypsum Property.
(Palo Verde Valley HeraId.)

The lower part of the valley in the
vicinity of Rannells is getting busy
again and during the past week wa
ter stock has been purchased for over
900 acres of land and a number more
are now ready to buy.
Among those that took stock last
week were, r. J. Kuhn, 160 acres !;
John Norvill, 152 acres; F. S. Stark,
40 acres; Lupie Wellingham, 100
acres.
With the lands for which water has
already been purchased and the above
list there is now quite body of land
with water stock in that vicinity. A
large part Of the lands are being put
in shape for crops the coming year,
and the lower end will soon have
some fine farms.
The Palo Verde Blythe Land &
Town Co. report that there is also
considerable lands changing hands,
Mr.. Fox Of Ventura, Benjamin Walk
er of Corona and F. J. Tejeda having
purchased property the past week ard
that there are number of good deals
under way both for alnds and water
stock
The Parker post., 1911-12-02
A GYPSUM DEAL.

An important mining deal in thi
district was consummated last week
when VIM. N. Johnson of Blythe
transferred his gypsum interests to
the Standard Plaster company of Loa
Angeles. This is a strong compan!
Of which Frank Garbett, better known
TO oil fame, is president The compa
ny is now at work on the property
and expects to patent the claims.
These claims, together with thoc
of the the United States Gypsum
company's are located in the Maria
mountains between Blythe and Blythe
Jc., and rumors are very persistent
that railroad will be extended from
the Santa Fe to this district, as it
has the largest gypsum deposits on
the Pacific coast. and the product will
be in great demand for building pur-
poses at San Diego and San Francis
co during the exposition to be held in
1915.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-23
FARE FOR TUNNEL
GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT,

The small sum of two cents, the price
of a stamp. will be extracted from the
commuter at one minute after mid
night tonight, in addition to the regu-
lar hve-cent fare, if he wishes 10
journey to uptown New York from New
Jersey on the Hudson and Manhattan
railroad. The increase of two cents
goes into effect tonight and follows
the announcement made by the rail-
road officials some time ago. The fare
to the Hudson terminal remains the
same.
General Passenger Agent George w.
Boyd explained that the reason the
commuter will have to buy the two
cent ticket and the 1ve-cent ticket at
separate booths is because the COM
pany wishes to avoid confusion, and
wishes to educate the public.
Passengers going from one point in
New Jersey to another point will be
given identification slips along with the
regular tickets to show that they did
not come from New York, In New
York the same plan will be carried out.