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Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
PLENTY OF POWER

Electricity some day soon will turn every wheel in the Salt River valley It will draw the railroad trains, as it now pro- pels the trolley cars, will light the churns anl operate the city streets, will operate the mills and factories, will turn the churns and operate the sewing machines; every farm will have its electric power line, as it now has its tele- phone, and the service will be cheaper than power that could be produced in any other fash ion. For the might Of the river already has been har- messed and 1000 horsepower now is available, wired through from Roosevelt to the valley. This supply will soon be raised to a minimum of 1S,000 horsepower, with possibilities for 26,OO0. It is not improb-
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
TIE CO.
Phoenix, Ariz.

Bartlett Heard Land 6 Cattle Co.,, Phoenix. AriZ Gentlemen
 Regarding the alfalfa on the 35 acre tract in section 2S. which l bought from you this year. will say that l have already cut five crops and will cut the sixth on or about the first of December. The first crop was cut tine 18th day of April; the next crop about five weeks later: the third l be- gan cutting July lst; the next crop the middle of August: and on September 2ith I started cut ting the FIFTH CROP. The al- falfa now stands about two feet high ard will be ready to cut about the first of the month. The total tonnage to date has been about five tons per acre, and the SIXTH crop will yield about three quarters Of a ton.
 There is not a very heavy nor thick stand of alfalfa on my place. and in December I am going to harrow the piece and drill in al- falfa, so I expect to increase the yield considerably next season and believe I will get at least eight tons per acre. Yours very truly,
 JOS. ROSEVEARE.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
Milk and Honey"
IN THE SALT RIVER VALLEY

This was the desert Who would dream of men bold enough to come here and fight for a home?
 Yet here men hare come. Sud denly at sundown, we emerged iron. a thicket of cactus, and there stretching away for miles and miles. was the soft green of fields. with rows of rustling cottonwoods. the roofs of homes. and the sound of cat tie in the meadows A wire fence was the dividing line. on this side lay the fruitless desert; on ,he other green alfalfa. full of blossoms and bees, brimming over the fences. Al the ro2dside a ditch ran full of fresh, cool water-red- wing black birds whistled in the cottonwoods. and wild pigeons flew up from the fields. Fat cattle stood knee-deep m the pastures; the men were com ing out whistling to milk. A little brick house stood back from the road. almost hidden with palms and umbrella trees; there were chick ems and bees and children about it. and the scent of roses from the porch. Everywhere the landscape was sercnely quiet and beautiful: here were homes and happiness. It was something to stir a mans heart. this change from the hard, dry, mer- ciless desert to this sweet. green paradise of irrigated land"-FrOm The Great Southwest" by Ray Stannard Baker. Century Magazine. July. 1902
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
ALFALFA AND CATTLE

On the Bartlett-Heard tract are about four thousand acres in all falfa. This was pronounced the finest and largest body of clean. irrigated alfalfa in the United States by experts of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the T.. S. De- partment or Agriculture. who in spected the tract several years ago.
 While alfalfa is the principal crop of the valley. the most pro- ductive industry IS the fajtening of cattle. Steers are purchased lean. driven in from the noun tain ranges. and within a few months are ready for ,hc block. salable just now for S5.FO per hum dredweight IL is profitable in dustrv, for not a pound of feed do the cattle get save alfalfa. The Bartlett Heard company early saw the advantages and satisfaction that lay in the breeding and pos session of blooded stock. Register ed prize winning Durhams and Herefords were brought in from eastern herds. and the second gen eration was put out on the ranges As a result new arrivals of range cattle each spring show more ''whiteface" and better size and shape. compared with the stock that came for fattening a few years ago. The same course has been successful in breeding up the horse and mule standard of the great ranch.
 THE OLDEST INHABITANTS
 In the Salt River valley the wis itor finds an. ever-renewing source of interest in the remains of the
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
Bartlett-Heard Land & Cattle Co. Phoenix. Arizona.

Bartlett Heard Land .& Cattle Co, Phoenix. Arizona
 Gentlemen:-
 In reply to your recent inquiry. will say that I have been employed in the United States reclamation service for a number of years in the Chicago office. I have had ex- ceptionally good opportunities for gaining complete information re- garding the government reclamation projects and the various irrigated areas of the west. having visited all of the more important ones. and being acquainted with the engineers and officials of many others
 As you know. I finally decided to purchase land in the Salt River val ley, and that the best place in the valley in which to locate my home and orchard was on the Bartlett Heard ranch. l have had a house built, orchard planted. etc. on my tract in the south half of section 29. and hope to be able to move out there, permanently. next year.
 Yours very truly,
 K l.. WALKER.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
WHAT THE HOME MAKERS SAY

Our First Year Under the san FranciscO,'' is the name of a small booklet of lett rs written us by some of the buyers Of Bartlett Heard lands. We are proud of these letters. of the success and satisfactory conditions indicated, and on request will gladly mail copies to any address. We would like to have you meet these people, see their homes and farms and learn for yourself how well they are doing. BARTL LAND & CAT TIE CO,
 Phoenix, AriZ.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

civilization of ancient races Seat
 tered over the valley at points al- ways chosen with regard to the fertility of the land and distribu-
 ton of water, are to be found the ruins of ancient towns several of them of large extent: one of which, seven miles south of Tempe, was extensively explored by Frank Hamilton Cushing. the noted eth nologist, who has given it more
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
NEARBY SCHOOLS

Outside of Phoenix the prin- cipal towns Of the Salt River val ley are Tempe and Mesa, both on the south side of the river. Tempe lies only a few miles to the eastward from the ranch with which it will soon he connected by electric railroad. It is not ably pretty town, of about two thousand inhabitants, agricultural in it's predominant industry. but best known for the excellence of
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
CHICKENS AND SUCH

IL is an unusual housewife upon an Arizona farm who does not pay all expenses of the home table from her poultry yard.
 Poultry of all descriptions ranging from ostriches to pi- geons, finds here a healthy home
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
Phoenix, Arizona.

Bartlett-Heard Land X Cattle Co, Phoenix. Arizona.
 Gentlemen:-
 Although we started rather late in the season with our nursery on lot II. section 20. Bartlett Heard ranch, We are very well pleased with the results of our work there.
 Seven acres of this tract which was in wheat netted us over s2OO. which indicates how rich and fertile the soil is.
 As you know, we make speciality of the EUCALYPT industry and this year have raised several hundred thousand seedlings. Some of the finest are the Rostrata variety, the seed for which We obtained from your large grove near headquarters. Our eucalypt expert, who has had a good many years experience in the business in California, says he has never seen such sturdy plants or any which grew more rapidly.
 We wish to thank you for the way in which your foremen have aided us. and wish particularly to say that the supply of irrigating water has been very satisfactory.
 We now have all sorts of nursery stock for sale and will do all we can to help along the present rapid de- velopment and subdivision of the Bartlett Heard ranch.
 Yours very truly,
 HILLS SEED HOUSE,
 Irving l.. Hill. Prest
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06
Phoenix. Arizona.

Phoenix. Arizona. Bartlett-Heard Land X Cattle Co, Phoenix, Arizonaa. Gentlemen
 Although l bought my tract of land from you by mall. not seeing it until eight months after I pur- chased it. I am glad to say that am more than satisfied with my pur- chase. in all respects. l think that soil and water conditions on the Bartlett-Heard ranch are as good or even better than represented. wish to thank you for the way in which you looked after my place previous to my arrival, and I think the improvements made were most satisfactory considering the small ex- penditure
 Yours very truly.
 T.. N. THORNTON. NJ. D
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

Phoenix, Arizona. Gentlemen:-
 We have had splendid success with our truck garden on lot 6. section 20 of the Bartlett-Heard ranch this season. The sandy loam soil is just exactly right for raising vegetables and with the very good water ser vice we have had. nothing more can be desired for our business We have done particularly well with corn, sweet potatoes and pea nuts.
 Yours very truly,
 w. II. HARRINGTON.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

THE OLDEST INHABITANTS
 In the Salt River valley the vis- itor finds an. ever-renewing source of interest in the remains of the
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

As long as mankind eats meat. the agricultural prosperity of this val ley is assured. The best market of today is in the mining camps, where practically all supplies must be brought in. Phoenix is the great food and forage depot of the southwest.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

it's schools At Tempe is a splen- didly equipped new $50,000 high school. There also has been To- cated the normal school of Ari- zona. one of the model education- al institutions of the southwest, where hundreds of students are instructed not only in the art of teaching but in practically the whole range of aacademic knowl edge.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-06

than national fame under the name of Los Muertos."
 The remains of ancient villages and of ancient canals are to be found at several places within the Bartlett Heard tract, doubly inter- esting through the fact that but little exploration has yet been done with them. Cushing pronounced these people of the present day ruins Toltecs. pre-AZtec in period. It is to be noted that the canals they built have been paralle!ed by the more modern ditches, which in some cases use the exact lines of the ancients
 WHERE THE PRODUCTS GO
 The market of the Salt River valley includes the whole south west, within which it has no agri- cultural competitor. Never satis- fled is the demand for beef, pork. poultry, eggs, butter, vegetables, fruits, berries. alfalfa and grain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
SHORTEST DAY OF
TIE WHOLE YEAR
NIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO SHORT
EN- WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS-WlNTER BEGINS.

Officially this is the shortest day of
the year. From now on the days are
supposed to lengthen, However, the
change will not be perceptible until
after the first of the year for the days
during the next week will be practi-
cally of the same length. After the
first the year noticeable change
will be made and the nights will be-
come shorter. This is supposed 70 be
the first day of the winter which ends
just three months from now. Evil
IDENTIFY the weather man got a little
mixed in his calculations this year
and dished oft a good deal of the
sort of weather supposed to be re-
served until after winter before the
time for it's appearance arrived. No
vember came across with some genu.
Inc wintry blasts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
ALBERT SHIELDS
PROMOTED IN THE
WESTERN COUNTRY
APPOINTED AUDITOR, TREAsUR.
Err AND GENERAL RAILROAD
AGENT IN DENNISON.
HIS FATHER LIVES HERE
has Had Remarkable Advancement.
Was Freight Trucker Here a Few
Years Ago When But a Strip of a
Lad.

The recent appointment of Albert
H. Shields, Jr., to the position Of au-
ditor, treasurer and general freight
agent of the Missouri, Oklahoma 4
Gulf Railway, with Offices at Denni-
son, is but the recognition of a de-
serving and capable young man.
Albert Shields is the son of A. H.
Shields, of the freight department of
the l.. & N. Railroad here, and about
ten years ago began his railroad SER
vice trucking freight in the yards
here. He showed such an adaptable
lty to railroad work that he was soon
put in a more responsible position,
and from that time his career has
been one of successive promotions.
He went from here to Nashville
where he was employed as chief
freight clerk in the Office of R. s.
Wilcox of the l.. & N. Something
like year ago he accepted a better
position in the West, and the news
Of his recent appointment is only an
other chapter in the success of a
young man of special merit.
He Is yet under twenty-five and
bids fair to achieve even better for
tune in the railroad world, and the
many friends of Albert and his ia
Their in this city welcome the news of
his advancement in his chosen line
of work.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
WOODROW WILSON
STANDS OUT
FIVE WHO ARE PROMINENT FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC NOM
NATION.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 21.-The
following is from the Birmingham
News:
Consider the five men, Of whom
one will be elected President next
year, and Woodrow Wilson stands
out" said John Smelter. of Atlanta,
Ga. "The FIVE men are Woodrow
Wilson, Judson Harmon and Champ
Clark, for the democrats, while Taft
and LaFolette are the possibilities on
the republican side. Wilson Is a
much better progressive than LaFol-
lette; a much firmer man than Taft;
a much more astute and militant
person than Harmon, and much bet
ter all round than Champ Clark.
have just returned from a trip East
and these are the sentiments OF the
people up there as | gathered them"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
CHEAIRS MAYES
DIES OF TYPHOID
WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN Sue
CUMBS IN STRUGGLE WITH
GRIM REAPER.

Cheairs Mays, one of the best
known young men of the city and a
member of a prominent family, died
at o'clock this morning at the res
idence of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. M. Mayes, on High street after a
brief illness. Mr.. Mayes returned
home Thanksgiving and after seeing
the football game at Nashville COM
planned of being sick but his illness
did not take serious turn until about
ten days ago when typhoid fever de-
veloped since which time his life has
hung in the balance. Intestinal
hemorrhage was the immediate cause
of death. -...-..
The funeral services will take
place at st. Peters Episcopal church
tomorrow morning at II o'clock and
the interment will be at Rose Hill.
The following will act as pail bear
ers: George E. McKennon, Eugene
Anderson, Ulna H. Foster, William
Evans, w. B. Wooten, Hardin P. Fig
uers, .Jr. Carriages from Cakes &
Nichols.
Mr.. Mayes has been engaged in the
dry goods business for many years.
For several years he was a most val
liable employe of McKennon, Ander-
son & Foster. He afterward secured
position as travelling salesman for
Marshall Field and was later with
Mauser Brothers, of New York, a
position that he held when he died
Mr.. Mayes is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Mayes, and
by three sisters, Mrs. Otey J. Por-
ter, Mrs. William Freeman, Mrs.
Richard Smith, and one brother,
Stonewall Mayes Of Birmingham.
He was genial by nature and had
many friends. He was charter
member of the local Elk's Lodge and
was also a prominent member OF the
Century Club He was a devoted
son and brother.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
WILL GIVE AID TO
THE STATE AIR
UNCLE SAM MAY BE INDUCED
TO HELP TENNIS
SEE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 21.-One
hundred thousand dollars for the
Tennessee State Fair from the Unit
ed States government is what Secre
tary Russwurm and Congressman Jo-
seph w. Byrns are at present putting
in some hard ticks for, and from pres
ent indications, it is said, the bill
which Mr.. Byrns will shortly intro
duce will pass without much opposi-
ton.
A part of this fund is expected to
go toward a government building and
governmental exhibit each fall, the
other will go to the fair in general
The Tennessee State Fair is already
one of the largest of it's kind in the
United States and if the trustees and
officers keep up the rate they have
been going in the money-getting line
it will be made the greatest STATE
fair in the entire country, they be-
lieve.
The state fair people and almost
the entire Tennessee delegation in
congress have been at work for some
time in laying plans for the bill
which Mr.. Byrns will introduce. The
bill carries an appropriation of $780,
900 for each state that has a state
fair and enough pledges have already
been secured, it is said, to pass the
bill This money is being asked for
instead of the government appropri-
ating large sums to aid the large ex-
hibitions as has been done in the
past.
Mr.. Russwurm believes that this
bill will go through at this session of
congress and the money will be ex-
pended on Improvements at the State
Fair grounds before next fall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
SCHOOL
TO ENTERTAIN
WILL HAVE A CHRISTMAS PRO.
GRAM ON FRIDAY AT.
TERNOON.

The Christmas entertainment to be
given by the pupils of the Mcdowell
school, the different grades partici,
pating, will take place Friday after
noon at 8 o'clock. Following is the
program:
Part |.
The Living Christmas Tree-Grades
one, two and three.
What Means Christmas
Cecil.
The Angelic Choir-Kate Estes.
The Wise Men-Sixth and seventh
grades.
Save a Little Christmas-Barrett
Alexander.
The Dawn of Christmas Day-Male
Quartette.
A Pointer-Charlie Parks.
Star Drill-Fourth and fifth grades
Part II.
In Santa Claus Land-Clara Nc
Fall.
Christmas Tinkers-Fifth and
sixth grades.
Lieut.. Santa Claus-Mayhew Der
ryberry.
A Letter to Santa Claus-Fourtt
and Fifth grades.
Chimney Song-First, second ant
third grades.
Watching for Santa Claus-Firs1
grade.
Play-'Christmas Secrets"-First
second and third grades.
An admission fee of fifteen cents
will be charged, and the receipts will
go to the piano fund.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
ACTIVITY In
SOUTHERN IRON
ESTABLISHED in
TENNESSEE DURING THE
WEEK..

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. I'll
Commenting on the conditions in the
iron and seeel market the Trades
man of this week says
can unprecedented condition pre-
walls in the southern pig iron and
steel market. There is an activity
in the buying for the month of De-
cember that has never been felt be-
fore and what has been going on and
promises to continue for a few days
at least yet is creating a good feeling
among the manufacturers. Inquiries
are in hand which may not be consul
mated until the coming year, during
the first three months of 1912, but
there has been enough business book
cd already to warrant steady opera
lions next year and to arouse the De-
lief that before the end of the first
half the make will have to be sup
plving the demand alone, the accnmu-
lated stock to be wiped off.
Following are the industries estao-
,;sbod in Tennessee during the week:
Cleveland-$2O,OOO foundry and
machine works.
Nemphis-s5O,OOO manufacturing
oomnanv. $4,000 shade adjaster
oon,nanv. 100000 building company.
Tnllaboma-s2O,OOO bank.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
WILL INSTITUTE
A new LODGE
Al CORNERSv|LlE
GLENDALE PYTHIANS TO GO TO
THAT PLACE NEXT
THURSDAY.
GRAND OFFICERS TO BE PRESENT
Camp Ground Is Honored by the Des-
ignation to Do This Work-Twenty-
One Members to Start Under the
Charter.

Camp Ground Lodge No. 203
Knights Of Pythias at Glendale, will
institute new lodge at Gainesville,
Marshall county, on Thursday night,
December %. The members OF
Camp Ground will be assisted in this
work by Phineas, of Columbia, Clo-
yer Leaf, of Culleoka, Mooresville, of
Mooresville, and the Lewisburg
lodge. All Pythians are invited to
be present and participate.
Camp Ground lodge has one of the
best teams in the country, the desig-
nation to do the institution work OF
this new lodge is quite a feather in
it's cap.
Grand Chancellor H. F. Stratton,
of Brownsville, will be present, as
will also Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal, W. d. Fox, of Ovoca. 9th
er grand officers are expected, and
the institution of the lodge will COM
prise twenty-one members, thirteen
of whom will take all the degrees,
the other eight members being on
transfer.
The members from Glendale and
Columbia, and perhaps from other
points, will 60 through the country
on Thursday afternoon in automo-
biles, the weather permitting. 9th
erwist the trip will be made to Lew
isburg on the train where conveyance
will be sucured to Cornersville.
The work of comforting the de-
grees will take up practically all
night, and it is expected that re-
cess will be taken for refreshments
and leafs" about the middle Of the
second watch.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
TARklNG PARTY
MEMBERS FINED
ARE CONVICTED AND ORDERED
TO PAY TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS.

LINCOLN CENTER, Kan, Dec. q.
Sheriff. Clark and John Schmidt,
under conviction for completely in
the tarring of Miss Mary Chamber
lain, the Shady Bend school teacher,
were today fined 5000 and costs.
The two men were accused with
A. N. Simms, of being accomplices
in the tarring case, although they
were not actually present when the
tarring was done. The jury acquit-
ted Simms and found Clark and
Schmidt guilty.
Clark denied that he and others
charged with tarring Miss Chamber
lain had arranged a $4,000 settle
ment with her.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
MUST PASS ON
PUMP BOARD
TROUBLE BREWING FOR COMP
TROLLER REGARDING HIS
OWN CREATION.

NASHVILLE, Dec. 21.-By a pecu-
liar turn of the wheel of fortune,
Comptroller Dibrell has ben placed
in the embarrassing position of be-
ing compelled to pass upon the vail
dity of the trump" election beard
that he helped to create. The
trouble that now confronts the comp
troller is whether or not he shall
honor the vouchers drawn as ex-
pense money by the regular election
board, which met in regular session
here some two months ago. 1t was
stated at the comptroller's office
Tuesday that these claims had been
presented in due form, but that they
had not been acted upon.
Should he comptroller honor he
vouchers he would be, in practical ef-
feet. saying that the board is valid
and legal and that the "rump" board
ia merely political scarcecrow.
Should he decline to pay the vouch-
ers, then he would incur the hazard
of paying similar vouchers issued by
the trump" board, in the event that
It should hold a meeting.
The situation Is one OF the most
interesting that has ben developed
even by the complex conditions that
have prevailed for recent years in
Tennessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
TO
PLEAD INSANITY
WILL BE EXAMINE DAS TO HIS
MENTAL RESPON.
SlBlLlTY.

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 21.-Coun-
sci for Malcolm c. Paterson, who
shot R. T. Seal on Dec. at Port Or.
chard, and who is held here in de-
fault of $500 bail on the charge of
assault in the first degree is prepar-
ing to ask for a commission ID in
quire into the sanity Of young Pat
terson.
Patterson's father, Malcolm r. Pat
terson, former governor Of Te1nes-
see, is directing his sons defense.
1t will be shown, according to friends
of Mr.. Paterson, that his son never
was normal, and abundant evidence,
they say, will be produced to prove
mental alteration. Seal continues
to improve.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-22
STATE LAWS
ANENT MINES
CONDEMN BY THE CENTRAL
LABOR UNION OF CHAT
TANooGA.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 16.-
Referring to the recent mine dis
aster at Briceville, Tenn, the Gen.
trail Labor Union of this city has
adopted a strong resolution, con-
demning the present state laws for
not providing proper precaution for
minesrs, and calling for immediate
and drastic steps to be taken by the
governor of Tennessee and the legis-
lature to minimize. the loss of life
from such accidents.