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Williams news., 1911-06-10


 will remain here for a few days looking after his business interests.
 Postmaster Fred Smith received another severe jolt this week from Uncle Sam, by having his salary raised another hundred per. But Fred can stand it.
 An endless variety of seasonable merchandise now displayed at the Racket Store at very lowest prices.
 Sam Diamond, who has been at tending school at Tempe during the winter, while on his way to his home at Elagstaff. stopped over in Williams Thursday evening for short visit with his uncle, Joe Blumberg.
 "Sid" Terry, who left here about a month ago for the Santa Fe hos pital in Los Angeles to have a broken collar bone repaired, re- turned Sunday, having fully recov cred from his injuries. He went to Grand Canyon Wednesday to re- sl,me his duties for the Santa Fe.
 FoR SALE-Two pairs of young mules, good workers; four fresno scrapers; two sets chain harness; one road blow, new. Inquire at NEWS office. J. CAUFMAN.
 The tenth annual tournament of the Williams Gun Club will be held July 2d, beginning at 2:3O D. m. The tournament is open to all lovers of the sport, except profes sionals, and it is expected there will b e a large number of competi- tors.
 H. J. Gray, the big woolgrower of thiss section, came in from the south Monday evening, where he has b cen with his focks during the winter. Mrs. Gray, who is visiting with friends in Phoenix. will return in a few days and they will re- main here for the summer.
 Special sale to introduce the latest i'm proved Standard Talking Machine. Price for a few days, only $15. Racket Store.
 J. Blumbt,rg & Go. this week re- ceived one of the latest improved cash registers, and it is a dandy. It is one of Those new fangled ma chimes that dNes everything except take your measure for a new suit, but is guaranteed not to take a stand off," Joe says it does busi- ness on strictly cash basis.
 Cowboy Desperate and Colon nial Belle; Opera House, Satur- clay night.
 Fred T. Golfer of Springerville sold this week, through the L. A. ] i've Stock Commission Co.,, 400 s teers, first class fall delivery, 1cstly 3's up. at 4 cents delivered '.n cars, to California parti es. This $ ale, which is the first mad g since lNuyers withdrew from northern Arizona after furry of high p.rices indicates a good price for fall steers lnost of last years sales being made ut $3.75 and few at. $4.0O.
 Miss s. J. Salter, the efficient stenograp pher of the $. & M. Lbr. Co. for the past year, resigned her position last week and left on No. 1 Wednesday for Phoenix, where she will visit with friends for a short time. From Phoenix she will go to Denver, thence to her home in Mobile, Ala. Miss Salter during her residence here made many friends who greatly regret her departure and hope she may decide to again make Williams her home,
Williams news., 1911-06-10

Every day we hear people say, "What bargains I find at the Racket Store. Why didn't I come here first" Shoes and stockings for everybody. Racket Store.
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Freak of Nature.

uence IIldL ltS tuUfHS were lntenOcQ as
means of defense that the only variety Of
cactus without thorns is found growing
in lodges inaccessible to animals Some
scientists explain this phenomenon on the
theory that rabbits, prairie dogs and
other animals consumed all the spineless
cactus centuries ago. but the other theory
Is much more interesting.
Under the armor of almost every va
riety of cactus may be found refreshing
and nourishing food. The Indians dis
covered this ages ago. They strip the
spine from the leaves and eat the pulp,
both cooked and uncooked. The fruit of
several varieties of cactus is delicious to
the taste, and the roots Of others are
boiled and ground into -four.
determine where the cactus gets its
drinks. All desert plants contain a large
proportion Of moisture. The "barrel cac-
tus," which grows in the dryest places. is
50 per cent water; the giant cactus varies
from 60 to 20 per cent water: the yucca
ia actually a reservoir. upon which Indi-
ans and experienced frontiersmen often
rely when crossing the desert. How these
plants get this moisture In a country
where there is not q spring or river with
in q hundred miles, and where no rain
ever falls, is the problem which the bot
anists of the Agricultural Department and
the Carnegie Institution are trying to
solve.
to determine the economic value of desert
vegetation for fiber. as wei as for forage
Secretary wilson expects to demonstrate
that the desert can produce an unlimited
quantity of fiber for making rope, bag
ging and other purposes which we are
now compelled to import from Yucatan
and other foreign countries.
Growing Eucalyptus.
Everybody in California is growing
eucalyptus: millions Of trees have been
! set out during the last few years. and 1t
is proving to be a money Garner as a
| source of supply for cabinet makers. rail-
| way ties and other purposes. 1t will
grow in swampy boys. in desert sands,
| in the gravel Of the hillside and In other
places where nothing else can be grown.
Australia has more eucalyptus than any
other country, although It is found sv-
J erywhere in Central aand South Amer
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lea, Asia, Africa and southern Europe
In Spain it is called the fever tree and
is supposed to absorb malaria. In Aus
traIia the trees are used for fence posts,
railroad ties, telegraph poles. trestles,
.piling. bridge work, building material
and. for all other construction purposes
where durability and great strength are
required. In California they have been
used for fence posts and for piling and
ties, but often have proved failures be-
cause the trees were cut at the wrong
time Of year and were not properly sea-
soned before being. used. AS a conse-
uuence the ties cracked SO badly that the
! spikes would not hold and the posts and
piling decayed rapidly. II the trees are
cut and seasoned in a proper manner,
however. they are almost as durable as
cedar.
Sometimes the eucalyptus attains great
. size. In 1862 the people of Tasmania
wished to send q native tree of largest
size to q London exposition. They found
a eucalyptus five hundred feet high-flfty
feet shorter than the Washington Monu-
ment and twenty feet higher than the
pyramid of Cheops-but no ship was able
to carry it. In Tasmania eucalyptus lie
| used for ship building. bridge timbers.
railway viaducts Of great height and for
other purposes for which steel is consid-
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PLANTS OF DESERT
Old Barren Wastes in Cali
fornia Now Covered.
COMPANY HAS 1000 ACRES
Secundo Guasti Saw Opportunities
for Raising Of Grapes.
STARTED OUT IN SMALL WAY
Much Time Devoted to Cultivation
of Cactus-May
Be Eaten.
STARTED OUT IN SMALL WAY
BY WILLIAM f CURTIS
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago RecOrd-Herald.

BY WILLIAM f CURTIS
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago RecOrd-Herad.
LOS ANGELES, May s, 1911
Only a few years ago travellers who
entered California by the southern
routes could witness from the car
windows one of the most remarkable
phenomena Of natural history. The
trains passed from a desert into a belt
of luxuriant vegetation in an instant.
The change was SO sudden that it was
startling, and as it approached the edge
of the orange district east Of Riverside
the Pullman conductor would notify the
passengers. SO that they could see it
from the windows. The wild waste Of
sand. sage brush and cactus through
which the train had been passing was
changed like the picture on the screen
of stereopticon into a glorious burst
of orange trees laden with fruit and the
lustrous waxen foliage that is char
acteristic of a healthy tree
Unfortunately. or rather fortunately,
this phenomenon no longer appears. There
are breaks along the line Of the rail-
way. but irrigation and vegetation are
RADIO river to the Pacific. You first
enter the Imperial valley, where cotton
and corn and vegetables and fruit Of
all kinds are now growing between $50
and 800 feet below the sea level; then
the train passes into the orange belt, and
the passenger loses his relations with
the desert until he takes the Clark rail-
road northward to Nevada, or the Santa
FEE through the Mojave valley.
There used to be long belt of barren
waste between Riverside and Los
Angeles, but that is now covered with
one Of the largest vineyards in the
world. The last time j was out here
lit was a sad strip Of sand. Today 1t
is one of the most cheerful belts of
green you can imagine. A few years
ago it was considered so hopeless that
the owners offered it to Frank Miller
LOT Riverside for IS cents an acre.
and he laughed at them. Nothing
would grow on such place but cactus
and sage brush, and this great are
was abandoned TO the prairie dog and
the lizard. because nothing else coulG
live there
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Began in Modest Way.

Mr. Guasti and his friends began in a
small way They planted as many vines
as they could the first year and as many
more as they could the next year. and
kept on planting. 1t takes a grapevine
three years to bear; vineyards will not
pay expenses for five years, and men
who start vineyards have to work and
wait. That Is exactly what was done In
this case. but now more than two thou
sand acres of vines are bearing and the
money is beginning to come back: the
rewards of labor and patience are being
paid. and MIR. Guasu and his wife have
gone to Chicago to buy furniture for a
| large and comfortable villa which they
have built out of the first profits Of the
undertaking. They have made sacrifices:
they have stinted themselves: they have
worked early and late, and now that
they are on Easy street" they are 60
ing to enjoy the fruits of their toll and
| economy.
| There Is a ranch house in the middle OF
the vineyard, surrounded by cabins for
the workmen. but Mr.. Guasti is going "a
live on one Of the handsomest avenues IN
| Los Angeles, and is going to entertain
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Lecture at salvation Army Hall.

Lieut.. Col. A. n. Damon. field secretary
of New York city. of the Salvation Army.
who spoke before the National Missions
Conference last evening. 10 to give free
stereoptieon lecture this evening At 9
O'Clock at the Salvation Army Hall. $50
PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. He will
sneak at the Ninth Street Christian
Church tomorrow morning. and In the
evening at the New York Avenue PreSby-
terrain Church. In the afternoon he 10 to
give an illustrated lecture at Odd Eel
lows Hall on Darkest Africa" Col Da-
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the friends that have stood by him and
given him encoura cement In his struggle.
About one hundred and fifty men are
regularly employed on the vineyard and
six hundred extra hands are required in
the vintage season. All of the grapes
will be made into wine in three wineries.
The principal Office of the company is IN
Los Angeles and it has branch houses In
Chicago, New York and New Orleans.
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| in the Salvation Army. has been identified
with the work Of that body for a number
| Of years.

A bronze memorial tablet has 1ust
been erected over the front door Of the
Wallace Library building at Frederick
burg. Va. IN honor Of Capt. c. wistar
Wallace.
On complaint of Carmina Mongolia, the
Ipollce at Morgantown. W. Va, arrested
Michael Saryano and Mrs. Mongolia, wife
OF the complainant. on the charge OF
clipping.
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cred necessary in this country, but age
and perfect maturity are required to give
it the toughness necessary for those pur-
poses.
For fuel eucalyptus wood sells for 50 a
cord. 1t makes an excellent cooking fire,
as it burns quickly and steadily. Its
combustion .is perfect and its heat Is in
tense The chemists say that one pound
Of eucalyptus is equal to four pounds of
oak and nine pounds Of pine fuel. The
bark IL used for oil and tho leaves and
roots for medicinal purposes.
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The Washington College of Law is to
hold its thirteenth annual commencement
Friday, May d at 8 pm. in Memorial
Continental Hall The dean. Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, will preside and confer
the degrees. The address to the grad
yates will be delivered by Senator Albert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13
BUILT
FOR
POSTED
PEOPLE
4 For people who are

I For people who are
particular. exacting, criti-
cal, when 1t comes to
buying a home: persons
who know what they want
and insist on having 1t
right, who are individual
enough to wish in their
domicile at least q degree
of distinction to differen-
tiate it from dozens and
dozens of others. To all
such we commend the
new houses at EIGH-
TENTH AND MON
ROE STREETS, Mt.
Pleasant.
4 In every feature of
location. plan, workman
ship and material they
excel. Every demand OF
modern city life has been
anticipated. The COM
forts are there. the con-
veniences are there.
4 At the prices no
houses have ever offered
more in quality and guam
tity than these: many at
much higher figures give
less.
4 The houses have
8 rooms and 2 tiled
baths, with shower. They
have hot-water heat and
electric and gas light. Re-
frigerators in Kitchens.
4 A charming library
OF large size Is a feature.
At one end is a great
open fireplace. All are
outside rooms. Hard
wood floors and unusual
trim throughout are i'm
portant incidentals.
4 The houses are 20
feet wide, with large COW
cred front and rear
porches. The neighbor-
hood is Of the highest
character, many of the
nearby houses being de-
tached and costing many
times what rs asked for
these.
T Provision is made
on all floors for vacuum
cleaning.
# The prices are
$3.50. $3.50 and the
corner $1O,t00
4 SAMPLE HOUSE
OPEN TOMORROW.
4 Take Mt. Pleasant
cars to end of line. One
block north to 18th street
and Park road.
Moore & Hill,
Tnc
1888 G st. NV.
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B. Cummins Of Iowa. The baccalaure.te
sermon will be delivered the precedine
Sunday at pm. at All Souls Church
corner 14th and l. streets by the pastor
Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce.
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Musician (after much pressing)- Well
all right. since you insist. What shall
IL play? Host-Anythins you like It's
only to annoy our neighbors.-Le Rire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13

If some men didn't boast of their
honesty the world wouldn't know they
had any.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Recognizes Opportunity.

Then Secundo Guasti came along and
demonstrated the advantage of recogniz-
ing an opportunity when you see 1t. Sc
cundo Guasti is native Of MombaruZzo
in the Piedmont of Italy. He came to
California an immigrant in 1881 and
settled in Los Angeles because the CHI
mate and the soil were like those Of his
native country. He set up little shop
and bought grapes by the crate and sold
them by the pound; then he bought more
grapes and made them into wine. His in
dustry. sagacfty, economy and thrift
caused him to prosper. as SO many of his
countrymen have done in similar way,
and when he got little capital he raised
his own grapes from cuttings sent from
the old country, because it was the prac-
tice In California to raise those that will
produce the largest quantity without re-
gard to quality. Then he organized the
Italian Vineyard Company among his
friends in Los Angeles. They started
with capital of $125.NO: two or three
years later it was doubled. and then it
was doubled again, and now amounts to
half million dollars, all paid in and all
owned by Italian residents of Los An
yeles.
In looking about for a suitable location
for a vineyard. Mr.. Guasti recognized the
the village of Enterprise. which nobod''
wanted He saw that the soil was the
same as that which produced the best
grapes in Italy, and bought the tract OF
loo acres for nominal price. he has
since bought 800 acres more, and his
company now owns and cultivates Vine
yard of 1000 acres upon what was a
dreary desert only few years ago and
this wear will raise enough to make sew
eral million gallons OF wine. The vine
at least the largest in America, il not in
the world
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NOW Open TO
THE PUBLIC

AZ meeting of the Public Service
Association yesterday, the Hon. wal
tor +. Frcar was elected honorary
chairman; W. A. Bryan, secretary and
director; and w. n. Castle, treasurer.
The board of directors IL composed OF
delegated officers from each OF the or
foundations contributing to the support
Of the Public Service rooms. now fur
nishcd and ready for meetings of amy
kind for the service of the public. Any
organization promoting work Of ser
vice to the public * welcome to the
use OF the rooms day or night. but
only those organizations contributing
to the support of the association have
n say in the conduct of It's affairs w.
A. Bryan of the College of Hawaii has
been formally rendered N writing by
the directors the management of the
affairs of the Public Service Assocla-
tion. II Is understood that the college
viii permit him to engage In this pub
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mcnt are at once apparent and over
whelming. The island population Is
n fusion of Asiatic. European, native
and Latin-Amcrican races with a
goodly sprinkling OF Americans. The
complexion, political and ethical, is
80 uncertain and as yet unsettled
that It cannot command the conf
dcncc hero which Is necessary when
sentiment Is in favor of granting the
rights and privileges. the duties and
responsibilities, of statehood to ter
ritory.
1t was the year 1898 when Hawaii
was annexed to the United States aud
It became territory In 1900. Alas
ka, on the other hand was annexed
half century ago and lately has be-
come very well populated with emf
grants from The States and from Ca
NADIA. by these our democratic ideals
and our Institutions and aims for
government arc far better understood
and appreciated than in Hawaii. Alas
ka should be granted statehood long
before the beautiful island in the Pa
cifc.
Hawaii has wonderful future in
store, MS every one knows who visits
II or who reads extensively of It's
natural charms and the spirit Of its
population. Schools. civic improve
mcnts, law enforcement. public spl-
rit all arc taking deep root. and when
the government pcrfects It's naval sta
lions there added interest will be the
result. The future likewise will have
in store for Hawaii the position of
statehood in the greatest union the
world has ever seen but, the time is
not ripe.
Christian Science Monitor.
The Christian Science Monitor OF
Boston takes up the matter at some
length reaching the general conclu-
sion that Hawaii has some racial pro-
blems to work ont before the state
hood idea should be encouraged. Says
the Monitor:
HAWAII SEEKS STATEHOOD.
A petition from the Legislature OF
Hawaii to Congress has been intro
duccd in the Senate, and has reopen
cd the issue of granting statehood Ia
the territory, Assent is not likely
for some time to come, If ever. But
In the nature of the case. pctitioninp
viii not cease. and time will arrive
when square answer with reason
back of II will have 10 he given. AND
when II is made, It should he with
greater Difference to the opinions oi
the descendants of the first American
settlers than was shown when tho
form of territorial government was
set M, When this nucleus of Anne
ricanism, MS II Is known on the con,
tinental mainland. favors change
from territorial to state form ~
government then II will be well to lis
ten TO the appeal: but not before
The population of the islands has be
come SO complex, and the ethical and
political results of fusion of Asia
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QUEER INSTRUMENTS FOR VOLCANO

enabled TO photograph ma1y Intimate
details Of the interior Of the boiling
orator
Even more wonderful arc Tie mic
rophoncs, Instruments for detecting
sounds hundreds Of miles below the
surface Of thc earth So delicate Is
the microphouc that the ripple ~
stream far down IN trc bowels OF tho
earth. or the UrE or sea. can he
detected. Tho approximate depth
can he determined by the relative
clcarncss Of the gcund# The rise Of
the lava seas ~ volcano can he
followed weeks before the lava over
flows the cratcr'H mouth.
Huru over Crater.
Noycl Apparatus iH being taken for
observing temperature Upon cable
of sufficient length ~ span the crater
will he huns M instrument called a
pyrDmc'or The DyrOmc'cr will he
immersed in the scoihing lava, and
is figured to stand the strnin rs II
is capable Of registering heat OF 1900
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