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The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
TOO MUCH TAXING
Coast Papers Lie About COndi-
 tions on Colorado

The San Bernardino, Redlands and Riverside newspapers ought to know enough about the I'm perial valley and the Colorado river to be doubtful of the ac- curacy of "scare" news sent to them from Yuma in the food seasons. It would seem to be reasonable for them to get their information about Imperial val ley from the papers published in the valley, but some of them re- fuse to avail themselves of such a source of news, and seem to prefer wild yarns that can be be made to carry sensational headlines. They have even been known to "doctor" the news and interject yellow rot of the most pernicious sort.
 The San Bernardino Sun, last Sunday, prominently displayed a fool dispatch, or faked dispatch, from Yuma, asserting that the Colorado had broken loose and done S3,OO0,O00 damage; that a hole had been made in the "heavy concrete dam" across the the Abejos; that it was expected that the break in the levee would be quickly repaired; that "de- spite the most expert engineer ing" the Colorado can not be controlled; That Herculean eff forts are being made to fill the breaks in the levee and "save the ranchers of Imperial valley" and that if the levee gives out the river will go to Salton Sea and strew it's path with destruc- tion from Bee river to the des- ert sink.
 There IS not shred of truth in any one of these statements. The true state of affairs has been described clearly in valley papers that go to the Sun office, and there is no plausible excuse for the apparent ignorance of the Sun or the stupidity of it's Yuma correspondent.
 The simple truth is that levees built by the Government have been washed away, just as was expected, and Colonel Ocker sons rock-fill, not concrete dam, at the Abejos has been made g mere monument to futility. The breaks in the levee can not be repaired now and no efforts are being made to fill them. There has been no expert engineering on the job; nothing but block headed blundering The river is flowing to the gulf by the route ii made for itself two years ago and it is not flowing toward Sal ton Sea nor causing any uneasi ness to the ranchers of the I'm perial valley. The only damage has been the destruction of worE that could have been done fol $500, ,066, but cost the Govern ment a million.-Imperial Valley Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Inventor SpauIding

Jay Spaulding, Yuma's boy inventor, has recived a patent from Washington on his "wagon reach" A big wagon has been fitted up with this simple and durable reach in the Sanguinetti Vehicle Department. No doubt but Mir. Spaulding's invention will prove @ great success and the Sentinel trusts that he may receive g. great fortune there from.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
TunG9 Mines Closed

The mines at Tumco have been closed and Ben Heyl and family, Bennie Levy, Alex Sortillon and family, have returned to Yuma from that camp. The ore at these mines is of very low grade and it is probable that the clos ing down will be permanent.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
kIngman Holocaust

The home of Hon. Kean St. Charles, ex Councilman from Mohave county and editor of Mineral Wealth, was burned in Kingman last week. The entlre household goods, including 8 fine piano, were consumed by the fire.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
ANOTHER BIG FIND
Rich Placer .Diggings Near the
 North Star Mine

Ono or the most promising mining propositions to be float ed in Phoenix for long time was organized yesterday, when the Nugget Placer Mining Company was formed by $. P. Healy of Phoenix, Ed Hodges of Yuma and M. Quenner, the we'll known placer expert and inventor of machinery for the handling of this type of mining.
 The corporation is 8 close one, and little, if any, stock will be offered for general sale, the lessees of the property feeling confident that they have in their possession a bonanza. Already several large nuggets have been removed.
 It was about May 1 when Messrs. Healy and Hodges start ed for the Yuma gold fields. They secured several claims at Dome, and while there were told by a Mexican, a very old man, who knew the desert as a tale oft told, that there was some very rich ground located between the King of Arizona and North Star mines.
 On the strength of this report Healey wired MT. Quenner. That expert proceeded to make care ful investigation, which was fol- lowed by the following state ment:
 "I have had forty-seven years experience in placer mining and have been in every big placer mining district in America, Mex ico and Alaska, and will say that in this claim the run of gold is very coarse, running as high as $50. There has been taken out within the past few weeks over seventy five pounds of nuggets. This work was done by Mexi- cans in @ dry washing process and without and machinery whatsoever. It is only about five feet to bedrock where this gold was taken out. This is @ new placer find and has only been worked by hand for short time"
 The company has secured a three year lease on the 200 acres which comprise the basin in which the find is reported and is making preparations to put in the new Quenner machinery and get to work at once.
 The seventy-fve pounds ot pure gold which has been taken out thus far comes from very small space. The pay streak was picked up mile down the gulch and the indications are that it is just as rich all the way down.
 The owners of the ground did not know of the rich placer val. ues at the time the lease was se' cured, the few Mexicans who were in on the secret keeping their knowledge closely to them selves.
 The new company has taken possession of the ground and employed guards to watch it. S. P. Healey, who is 8 member o1 the firm of Healey, Conrad & Co.,, 37 South Central avenue, has several Of the nuggets, taken from the mine, in his possession. l-Gazette' June p,
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29

volved was trivial, the case was one of the most important that has come up at the present ses- sion of court. Had Judge Rents decison been the other way it would have meant that the $40, 900 or more spent on the Central avenue boulevard was spent it. legally.-Phoenix Democrat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
New Limited Train

A report is current that the Southern Pacific has ordered equipment for 8 twentieth een- tury limited, to be placed on the run between San Francisco via Los Angeles and Yuma to New Orleans. This is to be one of the feetest transcontinentaI trains and it's equipment will be unsurpassed. Direct connections will be made at the Crescent City with steamers for Havana and New York.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Expensive Work

San Francisco, June 29.-It is announced at the Southern Pa cifie offices that the cutoff from Colfax to Rocklin, thirty three miles through the Sierras, is completed. It is the most ex- pensive single piece of work in double tracking on the Harri- man lines from Missouri to the coast. and cost S15, 100000
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
GreenIee to the Front

Clifton, June 28.-It is pre- dicted here that the tax rate for Greenlee county fer 1911 will be S1.8O on each $1OO of assessed valuation and it may be as low as S1.75. If such be the case Greenlee's tax rate will be the lowest of any county in Arizona, which will constitute big ad- vertisement for that county.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
MaxGy Secures Contract

J. H. Maxey has secured big grading contract near Los An geles and is transferring his stock to that point to begin op- erations at once. Contractor Maxey has an all-summer job in this big piece of grading.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Saved Her Own Life

Tecumseh, Okla.-"I believe" says Mrs. Eliza Epperson of this place, "that if it hadn't been for Cardui I would have been dead today. Before 1 began using Cardui. suffered from pains in in the head, shoulders, back, side, limbs aud the lower part of my body. Cardui helped me more than anything and I am now in better health, since taking it, than for four years" Nobody can deny that the best tonic woman can take is tonic for women-Cardui. Please try it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Pioneer Passes Away

Stephen Sumner, commonly known as "Generap Sumner, passed peacefully to his reward at his home in West Yuma early Monday morning, at the ad- vanced age of 82 years.
 Mir. Sumner came to Arizona in 1862 with the California Vol, unteers. At tthe close of the war
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29

The woman of ,today who has good health, good temper, good sense. bright eyes and lovely complexion, the re- suit of correct living and good diges- tion, wins the admiration of the world. :. your digestlrn g faulty Cham ber- lain's stomach and Liver Ia aJlets will correct it. For ssIe by all dealers,
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
TALKS ON PLACER
Mitt Quenner Tells Douglas Paper
 About Arizona PIacers

Mitt Quenner, inventor of the Quenner machine for dry plac- ering, arrived in this city yester- day morning from Phoenix, on business connected with the Quenner Dry Crushing Company says the Douglas Dispatch.
 Mir. Quenner reports that he is working 8 very rich placer claim about thirty-fve miles from Yuma, in Arizona, on a lease, and that fifty pounds of gold was shipped from this claim last month, worth about $12, 900. He reports, however, that the eli- mate is so hot at this time that but little work is being done and he does not expect much further work will be done in this dis trict until the weather becomes cooler.
 MT. Quenner says that there is a strip of country just this side of Phoenix, some thirty-five or forty miles long, that IS virgin placer ground. It is 8 common occurrence, he says, to take out nuggets ranging all the way from S1O to $500 in value. He expects a great rush into this placer field as soon as the hot weather is over and the country is more habitable.
 It is his opinion that this ground has not been worked be- fore, on account of the scarcity of water, but in the last few years there have been several wells sunk, which makes it pos sible for the first time to develop the wonderfully rich placer coun- try. Mir. Quenner will be in Douglas for few days on cons pany business and will then re- turn to Phoenix. s
 The recent development of the placer fields in which MT. Quen- ner is now interested in the Yu- ma country show these fields to be within twelve miles of the rich North Star mine that Felix Mayhew recently sold for 1885, 900. He discovered the mine while looking for dry placer ground and it is located but 8 short distance from the King of Arizona mine which has been g. dividend payer for the last four teen years.
 The Quartzsite country, in Yuma county, has been known to contain dry placer ground and has been worked in a desultory manner by the natives for many years, but no large or success ful dry placer operations have been possible until the invention of theQuenner machine has made profitable the working of ground considered before practically worthless.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
imperial on Water Wagon

The City Trustees of Imperial City passed an ordinance pro- hibiting the sale of all kinds of intoxicating drinks last week. The ordinance goes into effect July 5 It is understood that an effort will be made to get the people to agree to the granting of saloon license.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Anderson Gets Six Years

Globe, June 28. Robert M. Anderson, former City Marshal, was yesterday sentenced to six years and six months in the pen~ itentiary, having been convicted of manslsughter, following the killing of George Shanley, . wealty cat4.elan-
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Water Meters Being Placed

The water company has a force of men installing meters for all taps of filtered water. The company announces that this is done on account of so much water being wasted through poor plumbing and also by ex- cessive irrigating with filtered water.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
San Juan Day

Last Saturday was San Juan day in Yuma and the Spanish Americans held successful cele- brations at both Cook and Will sou Parks in honor of the saint. The day was pleasantand crowds were in the park all day and late into the evening, enjoying the sports and incidentally dancing the time away.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Thirty Chinese Deported

Tuesday mornings west bound train had 8 carload of Chinese for deportion from San Francis co to China. They were in charge of United States Marshal Overlook and four guards.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Box Canyon Decision Postponed

The Department of the Inte- rior has postponed the decision in the matter of the Southern Pacific Company for right of way until September.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29
Militia Drilling

Companies H and L, National Guard of Arizona, are conduct ing tri-weekly drills preparatory to going into encampment near Prescott, July 10.
The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-29

Drop in ana see your friends g. the Old Plantation; you'll be sure to find lem there.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

sible apples with us are those ike
Tie Lvman's Prolific. Wealthy. Pat
tens Greening. etc, APPLIES that orig
mated In the northwest.
While the developrnS1t OF ne~ va.
neties is a thing apart from apple
culture as generally understood. yet in
4 new country where apple growing is
more or less uncertain because Of the
absence OF thoroughly hardy varieties
all who are Interested In the develop
ment Of the apple industry will he
planting apple seeds from time to
time In ten years most of the trees
thus produced will be bearing fruit.
There were exhibited at Minneapolis
last fall over one hundred Seeding ap-
pies. many of them Of high quality,
all grown from apple aeds planted
ten years ago D..
At the same time. it is possible to &C
compiish something with the varieties
In existence Crabs and hybrids of
the following varieties have been
found suitable for growing in the
northwest: Virginia. Whitney. Early
Strawberry, Minnesota, Gideon No &.
Florence and Lyman's Prolific.
Among apples suited for the same
region are the Duchess, Hibernal.
Charlamof, Patterns Greening.
Wealthy and Malinda
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
NORTH DAKOTA APPLES
Crabs and Hybrids Have Been
; Found Suitable.
sprult In Northwest Seems 70 succeed
Setter II :. rees Are Headed Very
low-CIean Cultivation 10 Un.
doubtedIy Best

0y &. q. WALDRON. North Dakota
Agricultural College)
To the average man. fruit growing
means apples All over the country
>p farms where no special effort Is
made to raise fruit, one will find apple
trees growing Because OF the great
adaptabiiity Of the apple to meet vary.
ing conditions this is true over large
regions that generation or two ago
Sfoduced no apples. Generally speak
eng 1t has been found that the apple
y introduced into regions of new con
lltions only as new varieties have
been created to suit those conditions.
practically all OF the apples grown In
che eastern states today are Of varie-
ties that were created there, and the
same condition is being found true In
lhe northwest Aside from the Russian
apples that were created under condi-
tons similar to our own the only pos
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

college grounds. 1t is set SO that 1t
throws the soil toward the center of
the road This photograph was taken
few days after heavy rains. No ruts
were found as. the road being high In
the middle. there was no place for wa
ter to stand and make soft places This
drag can be made of wood, facing the
cutting edges with iron.
Notice the crown in the road or the
raise In the center, that is one of the
most important principles in road ma
king As soon as place ID left where
water can collect ruts will form and a
poor road results.
Where there are ruts, there Will be
dust as when the Jumps arc broken
up they will be powdered. A road a.
shown above develops very little dust
as there is nS&htng TO be ground ~
IN making and repairing roads the
first thing to watch Is that the road
bed lie kept 10 that water can mel
stand OF II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

Apples In this region seem to suc-
coed better il the trees are headed
very low. those heading right at the
ground after the original tree had
killed back often proving the most
profitable trees. Where the soil will
admit It Is advisable to plant the
trees from SIX inches to d foot deeper
than they grew In the nursery Trees
thus planted naturally grow little
slower aud ripen their wood better
thus possibly reducing the danger Of
blight and winter killing and at the
same time they are less affected
drouth.
Ordinary varieties may be planted
about twelve by sixteen feet apart or
II they have good shelter aud rich
soil, sixteen by twenty feet, 1t is not
wise to try to try and grow apples
without good shelter belt on the
south and west This may be plant.
ed at the time the trees are set II Ia
a poor plan to buy large trees. They
cost more and are worth less for tho
planter. 1t is better to buy twoyear.
old trees or even root gratis, When
one does not feel like investing much
money in apple trees he can buy root
gratis of the best varieties for three Or
four cents each that will make him "a
good trees in eight or ten years as he
would obtain through planting trees Of
the regular size. Rootgrafts should be
planted deeply. leaving single bud
above the ground. The situation may
be still further Improved by planting
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

them in a broad trench made with 4
pillow.
Clean cultivation for apple orchards
is rndoubtediy the best. especially III
a dry cotfntsy n very wot seasons
a bushei OF oats to the acre may be
sowed upon che land hate In July and
narrowed In. These will help the
trees to ripen their wood and will al,
ford a protection in winter They will
not greatly interfere with cultivation
the following spring The apple
blight must be guarded against and
when twiss or branches turn brown
and die, usually in June. they must be
cut off and burned
1t is found best not to trim apple
trees much in regions like our own.
but rather to let the head grow dense
and compact to protect the trunk and
larger limbs. The lines of successful
apple culture has moved toward the
northwest 80 rapidly during the past
twenty Ave years that North Dakota
also has something more than 4 rea.
sonable hope for future SUCCESS.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
ROAD DRAG ESSENTIAL
One Shown in Illustration Made
of Angle Iron.
Implement IL Best Thing Ever In
vented for Road Making-keep
Bed SO That Water Cannot
Stand on X 10 Factor.

Ry W. C. PALMER. Agricultural Ed
to-. North Dakota Agricultural Col
sieg&b
The roSd drag. or tporhaps better
amowu Is split log AsaG. 10 tho ,hsss
soad making implement yet invented.
In the Illustration Is shown one q
these drags made Of angle iron -
used I'm the North Dakota Agricultural
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

9TRAYD-CAns 70 ny Dlaeo .s3out
one week ~, oAs 4srsy horsA
weisht about 100. Owner a.
.haxe~sans. By aJEoviag property ~
paying charges. l.. B. Yodsr. ~
miles east a1h one mile :south ~
Surrey, r. r. 4, ,Ni1ot, n. D.
81 10 a
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
selling, OWNER must devote tlme b
caring for other interests. In9atrs
r. w. Greer, Wiilist0n, N. -.
10 - IL q

We want to buy your cream and
can hendle III YOU have to sen. ny
ing you the highest market price, N
cash. We can Eve the best ~ refer
ences. Send US = trial shipme nt.
White Ice Cream factory, Minot, N. N.
10 26 If
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

ESTRAYm-From tho Mcclure Goa.
mine at Tssker, Sept. 10, one bay
horse. years old, weight about 400
lbs. slightly crooked hind legs.
Please notify Geo. r. Mcclure, Tas-
ker, N. D. 1s1s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

FOR SALE OR TRAD1-NO409n
house in Eastwood park. Julius A.
hue, 3o1 6&h avenue, Mhot, n. d.
10 u Il
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

STRAYED-From my place, miies
south and I miles west Of MinSt. or
oct II, eleven spring calves. Find
or please notify VIM. McCorlnfck,
r. r. 8, Minot, N. d. It ~ -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
rates reasonable. Peter KulaAs, Nj
not, N. d. . - 4

Buy your lumber fDom the Bovey-
Shuts Lumber Co. The stock u clean
ana complete. Limo. cement, plaster
and roolne, our spscaaltiss. c. II.
Rudd. Agent. SIS Il
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

FOR SAL0 OR TRADE-For uain-
numbered N. D. real estate, pool
and billiard parlors in thriving olty
eof 5Deo, choios location, with ~
tab1ished select trade, sevel mas
sive new tables, rich and elegant
fixtures complete, price moderate.
terms to suit purchaser; reason for
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
Clean Nests.

It Ia almost waste of time on
your part as we'll as that Of q
hen to set her In q house infested with
vermln,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

Town several farms in Ward county
which will trade for good citp yrop-
erty l will also buy some good farms
II offered cheap for cash. Cali Or A6-
dress, M. T. DahlQuist, room -.
Brauer block, Minot, N. d. So II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

Flax In Grand Valley, south Of
brady, averaged up to 10 bushels per
acre.
j. A. Fedge. a brady farmer
raised some fax that averaged 20
bushels per acre and another field
went 16 bushels.
Il. T. Larson, a brady farmer,
raised IL bushels Of wheat and II "a
bushels Of ffax per acre on the farm
which he bought rom D. J. Carly
His crop from tho farm tKis yea,
will about pay for the Land.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02
WM.s a. BURKE RAISED
1900 WORTH or ckops
North Prairie Farmer Grew Enough
Flax 70 Psy for the Land THAT Pro.
duced u.

VIM. e. Burke, from fifteen miles
north Of the city, paid the Independ'
ent visit Saturday, as we'll as q
dollar on subscription. Mr.. Burke
harvested $4,000 worth of crops this
year.
A year or SO ago he sold his home
stead for $4,000. investing in a farm
in that ne1ghborhood for $3.50. This
year he broke and seeded 80 acres Of
this farm to fax, raising 1900 bushels,
which will net him more than the
land which produced it cost him. He
has figured that 120 acres of fax
would have paid for the farm. 81
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-02

EOST--Liver colored Pointer, with
collar No. 10. Dog suswers to The
n41ne of Ned" Return 20 the Wind.
sor hotel for reward John HoolliA>
ger. 10 10 "a
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FOR SALE+Or will trade for n. n.
farm land, - room lotel now doing
4 good business In good North ~
kota town. II Interested In good
income city property It viii Day
you to investigate. For further IN
formation address Look Boz ST,
Minot, N. d. ~
Graham guardian., 1911-02-17
Stafford BAND

The quarterly financial report of
the above named organization was
submitted at a business meeting last
week. All the members were pres
ent and a unanimous vote was taken
approving the report, which showed
that through the united efforts of
the members the band was on a
thoroughly sound financial basis.
New instruments are coming into
the band all the time and the young
boys of Stafford and Layton are ap-
preciative of the efforts put forth
for their advancement. A very
good grade of music is now being
played and. progress is the motto Of
all the members.
The instrumental valuation is
above the $1,000 mark, with other
valuable additions in sight. Arthur
Nelson has just received Conn cor.
net for which he paid $500. W..
M. Clayton, Jr., has also purchased
a King trumpet at cost of $4,000.
This is the first instrument of this
kind to be brought to the valley.