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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-17
Question of Authority.

A question has arisen whether the
President has authority to direct the
commission to go to California. The At
torney General will submit a ruling on
the matter.
San Francisco. it is understood. guar
antees to pay the expenses of the fine
arts commission on its trip to and from
the coast.
Several hundred high school students
from Massachusetts, New York and
Kansas were received by the President
in the east room of the White mousse
this afternoon.
Representative Francis of Ohio, who
succeeded Representative Hollingsworth,
was introduced to the President today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-17
Boston Eats Lobster Again.

BOSTON, April 17.-Boston's lobster
famine has been broken by the arrival of
the steamer Boston from Yarmouth, n.
s. with 1900 crates of the crustaceans.
The catch off the Nova Scotia coast is
reported successful and regular shipments
will follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-17

session Mr.. Sutherland said: Inc Sena.e
will not favor any free list proposition
that NAV come over from the House.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

the future Of the valley. Larger flows,
however. are expected. for the reason
that bedrock has not yet been reached
in any Of the wells all Of the flows be-
ing in sand GuShers are therefore not
impossible on sinking wells to SUI
ficient depth.
The Globe company will engage in
on an experimental farm Of about
20 acres Everything viii be tried out
with a view to aScertaining what crops
do best on the soil and with the water
at hand. No doubt particular atUen-
ton viii be paid to alfalfa and fruit
however, as these crops bid fair to
excel all others here according 10
present indications.
Preparatory to this farming, the com
paIy will build suitable reservoir
of large capacity, fence the land, lay
out bitches, etc. The farming viii be
under the management Of A. T. Ham
mons, manager Of the Old Dominion
hotel Of Globe, who is an experienced
farmer
And this is but the beginning Of the
Globe cOmpany's plans with respect to
the san Simon valley
Another artesian well. the fourth,
was brought in at San Simon this
week by 7. s. Hodge, on his land one
mile and one-haIf west of town close
TO the S. P. railroad right of way.
Until the tools are removed and the
well is cleaned out it is impossible to
estimate the flow. but IT is good,
satisfactory stream of water. The
well is about $50 feet deep. 1t is a
two and One-half inch hole, reduced
from q start at the top Of three inches
and the well is cased only a portion Of
Jess Averiu with a letting rig in about
two weeks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
Many Big Games For Cham
pionship Honors to Be
Played in Feast and West.

The real squirt in the football race
for championship honors viii begin
generally Saturday. Only from two
to three games Will remain to be
Dlaved after the Saturday games and
from now on teams that rank in the
first class only are being taken on
bv the big colleges. In the east the
Big Three have worthy opponents ana
tbe teams will have to look to their
laurels or their football hOnOrs OF the
wear might be snatched from them
Harvard meeB the fast Carlisle in
dian team which last Saturday ran
away with Pennsylvania Glenn War
ner's braves this season are consid-
cred the best football players ever
turned out at the indian school and
have an enviable record for their
years work. The Crimson may meet
another surprise in them, as they did
with Princeton last Saturday, as the
indians are in for blood IN the game,
as by winning from II award they can
be classed among the lest This bat
tie will in all probability be the tight
est and best game played in the east
Saturday, and the odds on the two
teams are about even.
XaIe-BrOVm Game.
Yale meets Brown in It's final game
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
FARMING
BIC FARM FOR THE
SAN SIMON Valley
Company Arranges to Start
Large Undertaking
There Immediately

san Simon. Ariz. Nov. 1O.-A flow
estimated at 200 gallons per minute is
the result at the arteslan wei OF the
Globe Water and Irrigation company,
two miles northwest Of San Simon. af-
ter .perforating the casing. The water
is soft and pure, and has temperature
for frrigaCsOn purposes. The company,
which is composed Of prominent Globe
men. including F. Z. TOwle, president
of the Globe chamber Of commerce;
sam j. Gibson, president Of the Gibson
Copper company, and others, is well
pleased with the result and has let Q
contract for the drilling OF three more
deep wells
This is the largest flow Of the four
artesian wells in the san Simon valley
fin this vicinity, and means much for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
AMARILLO NOW HAS
MOST NOVEL FARM
Demonstrates Farming by
Irrigation Methods in
Vogue There

Amarillo, Texas, My 1O.-A tract Of
20 acres Of land has been granted to
the chamber Of commerce, the real es-
tate exchange and other individuals
ana organizations working IN cOnnec-
ton with this commercial body. near
the city limits, for the demonstra ton
Of the possibilities Of irrigation, with
water drawn from a distance Of an
proximately 200 feet. The tract is to be
prepared in the most scientific way
with sub-irrigatiOn tile, and machinery
Of the latest model installed so that
nothing viii have been omitted from
the demonstration scheme.
1t is the belief of the promoters of
this enterprise that 1t viii open the
way for better and grander things for
this section Of the Panhandle through
irrigation. Through this means it is
believed that the lands Immediately
surrounding AMARILLO, although having
an altitude Of approximately 1000 feet
may be made to yield abundantly OF
varied crops, including fruits and veg
etableS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
PORTALES SHIPS
SWEET POTATOES

Portales, n. NJ. Nov. ION. J. Fag-
gard and company have shipped out the
first carload of onions and sweet pOta-
toes ever shipped out Of POrtaIes. They
will also ship another carload next
week.
gar beets on his place in the edge Of
town. He had a patch p by 100 feet,
or about One-eighteenth Of an acre, in
beets, and the yield weighs 2236 pounds
since they have been cleaned and
topped. This is his first experience
in raising sugar beets, and he says he
has learned so much about growing
them this year that he is satisfied he
could make a larger production next
year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
NO SALTS, OIL OR
PILLS But CASCARETS
No odds how sick your stOmachJ how
hard your head aches or how Bile
iOus-Cascarets make you feel

You men and women who somehow
cant get feeling right-WhO have an
almost daily headache, coated tongue
foul taste and foul breath, dizziness,
can't sleep. are bilious. nervous and
upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, dis
ordered stomach, or have backache
and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping clean inside with
Cascarets. or merely forcing a pas
sageWay- every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil? This Is
important
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse and regulate the stomach, re-
move the sour, undigested and fer
menting food and foul gases take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out Of the system all the decompOsed
waste matter and poison in the intes-
tines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight viii straighteu
you out by morning Decent box
from any drug store viii keep your en-
tire family feeling good for months
Don't forget the children. They love
Cascarets because they taste gOOd-dO
Eood-neEeE- Eripe- Or sickel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

Princeton VS.. Dartmouth at Prince
ton.
Cornell VS.. Michigan, at Ithaca
Pennsylvania VS.. Lafayette, at Phil
adelphia.
Navy vs.. West Virginia, at Annapo-
lis.
Syracuse vs.. Vermont at Syracuse.
Oberlin VS.. Wooster, at Wooster.
Colgate VS. Pennsylvania State at
State College.
Colby VS.. Holy Cross at Worcester.
Case VS.. Ohio Wesleyan, at Cleve-
land.
Buchte1 vs.. Western Reserve. at
Akron.
Amherst VS.. Worcester P. L, at Am
herst.
West
Chicago vs.. Northwestern, at Chi
cago.
Indiana VS.. Illinois. at IndianapoIfs
Nebraska VS.. Doane. at Lincoln
Washington VS.. Missouri. at St
Louis.
Idaho vs. Whitman, at Moscow.
St Louis VS.. Arkansas, at St Louis
NOtre Dame vs. st. BOnaventures, at
NOtre Dame.
Purdue VS.. Iowa, at Lafayette.
Denver VS.. Colorado S. ~, at Denver.
Colorado State VS.. Colorado Univer-
sity, at Boulder.
DePauW vs. Wake Forest at Green's
burg.
South
Baylor VS.. Texas Christian. at Waco.
Tulane VS.. Alabama, at Tuscaloosa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
Sale ofPIunles

CHRISTMAS IS COMING
A DEPOSIT HOLDS ANY PLUME
WilIows-black, white and colors,
worth to $500, for ...----. $3.50
WiIlows-black, white and cOlors,
worth to $4,000, for ....--- $1,000
WiIlows-black, white and colOrs,
worth to $4,000, for .....--.S17-5o
Willows-black, white and cOlors,
worth to $4,000, for 1900. $3.50
French PIumes, black only, the
$3.50 quality .....-...---.--S1.35
French PIumes, black only, the
$500 quality ...-.-------...S 2-l5
French Plumes, black only, the
$1,000 quality ..-...-....---S4.95
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
BOY SCOUTS WILL
AID THE AVIATOR
Will Help Fowler to Build
Road For Aeroplane
on Desert

The Boy Scouts are going to the
rescue of aviator Bob Fowler and his
9eroplane, which is stranded in the
their hike Friday afternoon and III
the improvised aviation field in New
Mexico is not reached by night, they
viii camp at some suitable place. In
the morning they viii continue their
journey, and hope to reach the point
where the machine is stuck in the
sand early in the morning. The Scouts
viii then lend their assistance to the
aviator in building a road for the
aerOplane to start on its journey to-
wards FL PasO. The Boy Scouts will
return to Ell PasO sometime Saturday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
Two Texas Teams Play.
The Games.

The games to be played Saturday
follow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
PECANS RAISED
IN PECOS VALLEY

roswell. \. ", Nov. 10.-E. T. Hard
wick. of this city, has the distinction
of raising the first pecans in the Pecos
valley. There are nine trees in his yard.
The trees were planted seven years
ago. They blOssOmed two years ago,
but bore no fruit until this year
J. j. Beck has packed 1000 boxes Of
apples from his IA acre orchard and
scld $3.50 worth Of peaches from %
trees
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

Yale VS. Brown, at New Haven.
Army as. BUcknell, at West Point.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
HOME AT MIDLAND IS
nEGTR 0VEyn

Midland, Tex, Nov. 1O.-Fire broke
out here last night in the home of J..
A. Clark and consumed practically the
entire building Only the prompt re-
Spouse Of the fire department saved a
portion Of the contents of the lower
floor. The loss was partially covered
by insurance.
Prof A B. Conner of College Station
delivered a lecture here yesterday un-
der the auspices Of the Commercial
club on the subject Of forage crops.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

Baylor VS.. Texas Christian. at Waco
Tulane VS.. Alabama, at Tuscaloosa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

VS.. Dartmouth, at Prince
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

the famous Hearst ranch in Mexico was
received at the stock yards Friday for
shipment to the east.
Another shipment of eight cars was
also received at the same time and four
cars Of lumber from the lIadero mills
Of the Pearson company at MADEIRA
Chin.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
REAL Squirt IN FOOTBALL WILL
Be PULLED 0FFIN SATURDAY GAMES

preparatory to meeting Harvard and
Princeton and will probably not dis
play its class of football which it viii
exhibit in the two big games to fol-
low. 1t viii save its strength for the
two Saturday games following, and
the Brown game viii probably be
close on this account. Yale may need
to work its best men in the game,
however, as in previous years Brown
has proved a tartar in football
Princeton has a worthy opponent in
Dartmouth and a good close game Is
promised. Princeton, however, is the
favOrite.
CorneII-8Hchigan Game.
The Corneu-luchigan game which
is to be played at Ithaca will prob
ably be the most interesting game in
the whole schedule for saturday
Michigan has had some hard games
and close scores this year, as has Cor
nell and the teams seem to be evenly
matched 1t is a game where the east
is pitte- against the west. The Army
viii meet the Buckneu team and the
Navy is matched with the West Vir-
ginia eleven. Syracuse and Vermont
viii fight 1t out at syracuse
In the West.
In the west there is q scarcity Of
big games for Saturday and the ban
ner contest will probably be between
Indiana and Illinois. Both teams are
fierce rivals and have always put up
some good contests when matched on
Outclassed in the conference race this
year and Saturdays game will decide
a position for each of the teams in
the standing of the conference teams.
Chicago viii meet Northwestern, and
if the Maroons do not put up a better
article Of football than they displayed
against Minnesota, the Northwestern
ers will show them a few tricks. 9th
er games of interest in the west are
the Nebras ka-Doane game, the NOtre
Dame-St Bouaventure game, the Pur-
due-Iowa game, and the Washington
Missouri contest.
Two Texas Teams Play.
only two Texas teams viii be on
the gridiron Saturday. and these are
Baylor and the Texas Christian, who
will play at Waco. The Texas uni
versity and Texas A. and NJ. annual
game viii be PLAYED Monday.
Neither Minnesota or Wisconsin
I viii have games Saturday, but instead
will put in their time preparing for
their struggle a week from Saturday,
when they decide which of the two
viii have the conference football hon
ors of the west.
The Games.
The games to be played Saturday
follow.
East.
Harvard vs. Carlisle at Cambridge.
Yale VS. Brown, at New Haven.
Army as. Bucknell, at West Point
Evening star., 1911-01-27

good for a little longer-so II you don't
mind, Pepperton, Miss Hollister will re-
sumo her promenade alone
Pep had told me since that he thought
me quite mad that afternoon. | bade
Cecilia patrol the long terrace slowly. She
turned up the collar of the covert coat
and obeyed, laughing a little nervously.
but asking no questions. The scene could
not have been more charmingly set. Inc
great house loomed darkly behind her.
beneath lay the garden, over which the
dusk was stealing goldenly.
She paused suddenly as j watched from
the window, and l stepped out to see
what had attracted her attention. There
into the garden from its farther entrance
filed the six suitors who had previously
come to sit beneath the windows OF their
stricken lady. Having failed to visit their
wrath upon the perfdious Dick they had
changed their clothes and returned TO
Hopefield If Hezekiah had not expressly
commanded me not to become the sixth
mar l should have offered myself on the
spot, and waited only until Cecilia had
made the inevitable answer before sum-
moning Virgins to end the whole anair
Such. however. was not to be the order
of events.
The procession headed by Ormsby. was
within a few yards of the terrace. Cecilia,
apparently unconscious OF their proxlm-
ity. continued her promenade. In a mo-
ment she must recognize them, ask tnem
into the house, give them tea. and other
wise destroy my hope of securing her
happiness before the days end.
chorus of yelps and barks. as OF dogs
suddenly released. greeted my ear. The
oncoming suitors heard it too. and the
line wobbled uncertainty. Then round
the house swept mastiffs. hounds. ter
riers-a collection of prize winners such
as few kennels ever boasted. loping gayly
in unwonted freedom toward unknown
and forbidden pastures.
The vanguard of fox terriers leaped
down into the garden. with the rest OF
the pack at their heels. Happy dogs. to
find grown men ready for a gambol! Six
Evening star., 1911-01-27
perhaps five minutes-not more.

perhaps five minuteS-not more
"You have never yet deceived me. Ar
mold Ames, and such is my confidence in
you that il you tell me that something
interesting will soon occur. | have no
reason to doubt you. 1t is worth remem-
bering. however. that fowl is not I'M
proved by prolonged roasting.
/ heard Virgins laugh in the hall. and
Miss Octavia raised her head. Then Ce-
ella came into the room, and walked Ill
! rectly to her aunt.
Aunt Octavia. here is the nttie silver
noteboo you gave me in Paris; l nave
lust written Mr.. Virgins name in It,
and as I have no further use for the
book. / return it with my love and
thanks"
Without a word. Miss Octavia turned
to the wall and pressed the button twice
..Nilliam." she said, as the butler ap-
peared, "you may serve Oriana %. and
be careful not to freeze it to death: and
the hour for dinner is changed to eight.
berry bungalow for my brother and niece
They dine with me tonight
Hezekiah and / built our bungalow in
the orchard where on that October after
noon 1 found her munching red apple
on the stone wall. She is the most scru-
pulous Of housewives. and only now took
me to task for scattering the hearth with
fragments of the notes from which this
narrative has been written. She has just
been reading these last pages. with medf-
fative brown eyes and not without occa-
sionally reaching for the pen and retouch-
ing some sentence in which. she says,
SCOT from my chimney-doctoring days has
clogsed the ink. Cecilia and Virgins live
at Hopefield across the fields. Miss Oc-
VIA insisted on this. for the reason that
the sword of Hartley's great-grandfather,
found in the chest under the old house.
give him inalienable rights to the prem
ises Miss Octavia and her brother Bass
ford are travelling abroad and enjoying
those mild adventures to which they are
both temperamentally inclined. AS Miss
Octayia carried with her the Parker
Evening star., 1911-01-27

coattails streamed from the hips of six
gentlemen in a hurry. Several battered
hats mixed with geraniums were retained
later as spOils of war by the gardener.
That garden had been built for repOse
and contemplative amblings, not for panic
and flight. The disorder was superior In
picturesqueness to that which attended
the pumpkin stampede: at least it struck
me at the moment as funnier; and l have
never since been able to attend day
wedding without appearing idiotic-the
procession of ushers suggest possiblllties
that are too much for me. Four OF the
suitors found one OF the proper exits into
the road; two 1eaped the box hedge on the
other side without shaking a leaf.
1. ran round the house, stumbling
through the rear guard of the truant ca
mines, and passing the kennel master, VINO
had rallied the stable men and was in
hot pursuit.
Somebody turned 'em out-turned 'em
out.' he shouted, and swept profanely
by The gate of the kennel yard stood
open. a familiar figure, running low,
paused. and then sprinted nimbly along
the paddock fence. A white sweater was
dStinguishable for q moment on stone
wall. then it followed pair Of enchanted
heels into oblivion.
Time had been passing swiftly. and the
shadows were deepening. l retraced my
steps toward the terrace. hearing the
cries of pursued and pursuers growing
fainter. l had not yet gained a position
from which 1 could see Cecilia. when
man appeared some distance ahead or
me, walking guardedly in one OF the gar
den plots. He came uncertainty, pausinS
to glance about, yet evidently led toward
the terrace by a definite purpose. All
may be fair in love and war. but I con-
fess to a feeling of pity for John Stewart
Dick as I watched him slowly advancing
to his fate. He was going boldly now,
and l felt a sudden liking for him; nor
can l believe that he was other than
manly fellow with sound brains and
good heart
/ reasoned, as l marked his approach
Evening star., 1911-01-27

friend good, and l felt that l was deal
ing with live man at last. Our speed
did not permit conversation. but feeling
that Virgins was entitled to some further
assurance, l waited until we were climb
ing our last hill to add word.
'I'll tell you all about this after We
have. a goodnight cigar tonight You
know l told you l was going to help.
and IL nothing goes wrong and Hezekfah
doesn't fail, you will see the world with
new eyes before you sleep.
We rode direct to the stable, and took
Virgins to my room by the back stairs
and bade him help himself to my raiment.
He was perfectly tractable, and | was
glad to see that he trusted implicitly to
my guidance
/ met Miss Octavia in the lower hall.
She was just in from the kennels. Her
new Airedale was perfect specimen or
the breed, she declared, and she an
nounced her intention of exhibiting him
at all the reputable bench shows in Amer
lea.
Il hope. Arnold. that you have not been
without entertainment today.
Miss Hollister, the three musketeerS
were fat monks asleep under the sunny
wall of monastery compared with me-
II am glad you are not bored. BY the
way, il you should by any chance see
Hezekiah. you will kindly intimate to her
that II she returns that Estaorook mare
she borrowed this morning In reasonably
good condition I will overlook her indis-
cretion in taking it from the stable with
out permission.
She did not wait for a reply. but con-
tinued on to her room. and l went direct
to the terrace Cecilia and Pepperton
were just going into the house to look
up a book or piece of music which they
had been discussing. Cecilia was making
herself interesting. as she so wen knew
how to do, and she seemed in no wise
anxious.
I'VE had forgotten tea she said.
Aunt Octavia has just ordered 1t.
'She and Mr.. Pepperton may nave their
tea. l believe the air outside will do You
Evening star., 1911-01-27

to the terrace, that he had been loiter-
ing in the neighborhood, probably watch
ing Cecilia and Pepperton, and when the
architect retired he had assumed that
the sixth man had spoken. The appear
ance Of his former comrades Of the inn
had doubtless disturbed him as 1t had
me: then. thanks to the resourceful Heze-
kiah, they had been routed and the coast
was clear. / think it likely that the sight
OF Cecilia somberly pacing the terrace In
! the darkening shadows was too much for
his philosophic poise, or, like the rest OF
us who were actors in that comedy. he
may have felt that any end was better
than the doubts and uncertainties that
beset us.
l watched him draw nearer to Cecilia
as l have watched deer go down to a
lake to drink. He would speak now; I
was confident Of 1t; and l stole round to
the side entrance and sent word to Wig
gins to go to the drawing room and wait
for me.
Miss Octavia and Pepperton still lin
gered over their tea cups The row made
by the fugitives from her kennels had
not, 1t seemed. penetrated to the library,
and Miss Octavia bade me Join the talk,
which had to do I remember. with some
project for national hall or fame that
had incurred her characteristic displeas-
ure. A hall of immortal rascals i'll pill
lories she thought far likelier to please
the masses.
In fifteen minutes 1 saw Cecilia crossing
the hall. She stopped where l could see
her quite plainly, and thrust her hand
into the pocket of her coat. Out flashed
the silver notebook. She made a swift
notation with the pencil that now.
knew, wrote the fate of the sixth man.
I went out and spoke to her, and walk
ed beside her to the drawing room door,
where Hartley Virgins was waiting.
Miss Octavia had risen when 1 returned
to the library. and it was time to dress
for dinner.
Just a moment, Miss Hollister. Some
thing of great interest is about to occur"
ana / made excuses for OBTAINING her for