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Arizona republican., 1911-12-11
COLORADO |S REAL MENACE. Vast Amount of Property
 is Involved GOVERN ENT MAY ACT.
Engineering Paper Points Out Danger to Vast In terests in the Imperial Valley From Impending Floods.

In April and May last. the United States government spent some $500, 0GG under direction of Mir. J. A.Ocker- son, an engineer of long experience and high reputation. in the attempt to restore the Lower Colorado river to its old bed and avert the danger to the Imperial Valley in lower Califor- Tia Of another break of the river into the Salton sea, says the Engineering News. The attempt was a failure and the newspapers of that section for weeks and months were teeming with articles condemnins the engineer in charge and the methods employed.
 There can be no doubt that such failures of engineering work Go seri- Cus harm to the whole engineering rrOfcs sion. At best the public. par ticularly in the west. is inclined to distruSt the educated and trained en- gineer and to place it's reliance rather on the man who has practical eXpe- iience only.
 IL was through misplaced confidence in such practical men" and dsre- gard of the warnings of engineers that the original break of the Col orado river from it's channel to the SaltOn sea was brought about. Under these circumstances. the failure of last springs attempt to turn the Colo rado back to its old channel was a serious blow to the prestige of the engineering profession all through the southwest
 IL seemed to us. therefore, exceed inSly important that the facts regard ing this work of last spring should Dc put oh record. IL was important for the public to know whether the failure was due to mistaken methods of prosecuting the work or whether the conditions were such as to make success impossible by any methods within the range of engineering prac- tice. Was it the fault of the en- gineer in charge of the work. or was
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11
SAVED HIS WIPES LIFE.

My wife would have been in her grave today" writes O. H. Brown. of Muscadine. Ala, If it had not been for Dr Kings New Discovery. She vas down in bed. not able to get up without help. She had a severe bron- Chial trouble and a dreadful cough. l got her bottle of pr Kings New Discovery, and she soon began to mend and was well in a short time" Infallible for coughs and colds. its the most reliable remedy on earth for desperate lung trouble. hemOrrhages. lagrippe, asthma. hay fever. croup and whooping cough. soc. $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug gists.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11

the engineering profession unequal to
 such a task?
 Further than this. it was important
 to the engineering profession to know
 the facts One failure teaches more useful lessons to the profession than fifty successes. We have none too much information on record as to the best methods for regulating rivers flowing through an alluvial delta. Here was several hundred thousand dollars worth of engineering work swallowed up by the river it was in
 tended to control within a few days
 or weeks after the work had been
 done. Such d phenomenal failure is
 as important to the profession as the
 breakdown of a bridge or dam or
 the explosion of a steam boiler
 We therefore set about the task of
 finding an engineer competent to un-
 dertake the task of preparing an un- biased and accurate report upon the
 work in question. We consider it fortunate for our readers that We were able to secure the consent of Mir H. T. Cory to make investigations and prepare an article for our col umns.
 As most of our readers will re member Mr. Cory was the engineer under whose direction. in 1906. the breach was closed in the Colorado river banks and the flow into the Salton sea was stopped in the nick of time to save the entire Imperial Valley from eventual flooding and destruction. The method which was originated on that work. under Mir. Cory's direction dumping rock from trestles carried across the channel to be cloSedD. has since been success fully used in other locations. notably on the closure of the west channel of the Charges river at the Gatun dam site
 Mir. Corey's experience and reputa- ton and his familiarity with the en- tire situation in the Colorado delta. enables him to speak with high au- thority. In addition it may be said that MT Corey is no longer connected with the Southern Pacific company. hut is engaged in private practice as q consulting engineer with offices iH san Francisco He was therefore in position to report as an impartial Ob- sewer upon the work attempted under MT. Ocllerson's direction last spring
 We should add in addition that it " as with difficulty that we induced Mir Cory to undertake the investiga- ton and report He was at the time a paper for the American Society of Civil Engineers (which has since been presented at the meeting of the san Francisco members of the society on october 20), and he argued that if his statements were published the channel, Colonel Ocker- ] son and his friends could have ample opportunity to criticise or controvert anything which might be said
 In reply. however. We urged upon l Mir. Corey that the facts ought to be | spread before the public in defense Of | the engineering profession and its | ability to successfully accomplish even ] such difficult tasks as the control of | ,he lower Colorado river. Further. | We propose that Colonel Ockerson be | given an advance proof of MT. Cory's | eport when prepared. with an oppor- ! unity to make reply in the same is | sue. With this latter stipulation. Mir. | Cory consented to make the inveStiga | zen and prepare the report which ap-
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11

stood, and the government is prepared to accept compromise on practically any terms. The administration can
 not be carried on more than a few days unless funds are forthcomIns. At the legations it is believed the end of the revolution is approaching.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11
THEY'RE TALKING PEACE.
Rebels and ImperiaIists May Soon
 Reach an Agreement.

PEKING. Dec. 1O.-Tang Shao Vi, Yuan Shi Kars representative, ac- companied by several influential off cials. left today for Wu Chang to he- gotiate with General Ii. revolutionary commander. and delegates from vlri- ous provinces. for peace. The govern ment professed confidence that the revolutionists would accept a limited but Tang Shao Nj possesses
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11
With the Coming of Middle Aqe

There is letting down in the physi- cal forces often shown in annoying and painful kidney and bladder aii- ments and urinary irregularities. Foley Kidney Pills are a splendid regulating and strengthening medicine at such time. Try them. Elvey x HuIett.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11

The imperialists have recaptured Ia tung-Fu in shan Shi province. and dispersed therebels. who retreated 10 Tai Yuan-Fu.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-11

James Boys in Missouri shown in three reels, Coliseum tonight only.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Stops a Deep-Seated
Cough in a Hurry
A Family Supply Of Unequaled Cough
Remedy for 5oc-Money Ro-
funded II It Fails.

Cough medicines, as a rule, contain a
large proportion of plain syrup-a good in
gredient, but one that anyone can make.
A pint of granulated sugar, with l-2 pint
of warm water, stirred for minutes, gives
you as good syrup as money can buy.
A 50-cent bottle of Pinex, mixed in q
pint bottle with homemade sugar syrup,
gives you a full pint of really better cough
syrup than you could buy. ready mixed for
$3.50. There's clear saving of $500. Full
directions in package.
And money couldn't buy a quicker,
better remedy. Takes hold at once, gives
almost instant relief, and usually stops
the most obstinate, deep-seated cough in
"a hours. 1t stimulates the appetite, is
slightly laxative and has pleasant taste
children take it willingly. Splendid for
hoarseness, asthma, chest pains, and other
throat troubles, and unequaled for prompt
results in whooping cough.
Pinex is special and highly concen-
trated compound of imported Norway
White Pine extract, and is rich in guaiacol
and other natural healing pine elements.
Simply mix it as directed with sugar syrup
or strained honey, and it is ready for use.
Used in more homes in the U. S. and
Canada than any other cough remedy.
Pinex has often been initiated, but never
successfully, for nothing else will produce
the same results. The genuine is guaran-
teed to give absolute satisfaction or money
refunded. Certificate of guarantee il
wrapped in each package. Your druggist
has Pinex or will get it for you. If not,
send to The Pinex Co., 234 Main St., Ft.
Wayne, Ind.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Million Dollars to Be Given This Ag-
ricuItural Society.

Colorado Springs.-One million dol
lars is to be subscribed and placed in
n fund to endow the International Dry
Farming Congress as an agricultural
society, to carry on experiment, re-
search and publication. The matter
took definite shape here at banquet
given at the Antlers hotel, attended
by the members of the official board
of governors and foreign delegates
present at the sixth congress. Presi-
dent Worst presided and the gathering
Endorsed an amendment to the consti-
tuition presented to the congress by
Secretary Burns, which will permit of
the new government The sessions of
the congress were well attended and
full of interest. Speeches on hundreds
of topics of special interest to farm
ers and others were delivered by ex-
perts from all over the world, men
who have made farming their life
study. In connection with the dry
farming congress several other con
ventions were held simultaneously,
chief of which is the first Information
al Congress of Farm Women, the pur
pose of which organization is the i'm
provement of home life on the farm.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
JUSTICE HARLAN
PASSES AWAY
FAMOUS JURIsT DIES AFTER AN
ILLNESS OF LESS THAN
A WEEK.
80 YEARS ON BENCH
AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
WAS ACCLAIMED GREATEST
AUTHORITY OF DAY.

Washington. - Associate Justice
John M. Harlan Of the Supreme Court
of the United States, often acclaimed
the greatest constitutional authority
of the day, once a conspicuous figure
in national and Kentucky Republican
politics, and long leader in Presby-
terian church councils, died, aged
rs.
Justice Harlan had been i'll with
acute bronchitis less than week.
He sat on the bench when the court
heard arguments on the so-called an
thracite coal trust case.
The following morning Chief Jus
tice White announced that justice
Harlan was slightly ill" and he asked
attorneys to consider that Justice Har-
Ian was sitting in their cases, al
though not psyically present.
Justice Harlan was in much more
serious condition than his colleagues
in the court realized. DESPITE his ad-
vanced age, he was robust and ordi-
narily enjoyed the best of health. He
was rarely absent from the bench, an
attack of influenza a few years ago
being almost the only illness from
which he had suffered for a long
period.
His death was a great shock to his
judicial associates. They had greeted
him on his return in apparently fair
health from his summer residence
near Murray Bay. Canada, ten days
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
A Queer Aeroplane.

it is claimed. must pay the Wrights
royalty.
The Wright and other flyers meet
changed conditions, caused by gusts
of wind on one side or the other. by
warping the main planes of interme.
diate planes. If they didn't their ma
chimes would skid sideways into the
first air pocket and be wrecked Mr.
Gary's machine presents a side riding
at the bottom of the hoop In which
his three planes are enclosed. brings
the center of gravity of the machine
so low that it can't tip over 1t is
now awaiting the building of heavy
motor to have its final trial.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20

to look after himself. become mem,
Der Of the band and live as they do"
This lone Yana. Mr.. Davis believes.
is the last of group of four or five
Indians who for years had lived in
the virtually inaccessible haunts OF
canyons along the Feather river.
Several years ago party OF surveyors
the reports adds. evidently drove them
from this seclusion. and in the at
tempt to find another hiding place all
OF them perished. save the old man
taken few days ago. HE is an ex-
pert" Mr.. Davis says. "in initiating
the calls Of wild animals, showing he
has preserved the wiles of the savage
to allure the wild game to him.
THE capture of this man is OF the
utmost Importance to anthropologists.'
says Professor kroeber OF the Univer
sity of California. He represents a
dialect that we supposed was extinct
He is more OF an aborigine than any
OF the Indians we have been studying
for the last ten years"
fshi is SO densely ignorant that he
does not know what money Is. for
money has been OF as much use to
him as 1t was to Robinson Crusoe.
lshi is not very strong; his muscles
are not well developed. and when he
grips the testing machine as hard as
he can he makes a low record. He
talks in high keyed musical tones.
which have something of the plain
tiveness OF child. When he sits he
squats on his ankles. He dips up
thin soup with three fingers, which
he crooks. and uses only two fingers
for thick soup.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
FAMILY OF five
IS BUTCHERED
TERRIBLE CRIME COMMITTED IN
OUTSKIRTS OF ELLIS
WORTH, KAN.
KILLED while SLEEPING
FIEND ENTERS THE HOME AND
cRusHES VICTIMS HEADS
WITH AN AXE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Ellsworth, Kan. - The bodies OF
Will Snowman, chauffeur, his wife
and three small children. were dis
covered slain in the Snowman home
by a neighbor who CHANGED to call
and who entered the house when no
one responded to his knocks.
The features of all the victims were
battered past recognition by the blows
of an axe. which the slayer had used.
The youngest member of the family
baby, had been beaten until it's head
was severed from the body. All three
of the children were under seven
years of age.
The bodies were not discovered un-
til twenty-four hours after the crime
had been committed.
The authorities have failed to find
crime, nor a clue to the guilty per.
son.
The Snowman home is a small. two
room cottage in the outskirts of
ASiiS " oltu ouU VI 4UU ydTuS lIOlu tue
nearest house.
The bodies of the five victims were
found in one room. The father. moth
er and baby on one bed and the two
other children in second bed
The room looked like slaughter
pen. There was blood on the walls,
ceiling, floor, beds and every article
in the room.
In this room also was the bloody axe
which the murderer had used and
which he had left in his flight.
The night before the murder all the
members of the Snowman family WIS.,
tied at the home of Mrs. o. w. Shook,
friend living several blocks away
They left the Shook home about 9
O'Clock. This was the last time any
of them were seen alive.
Mrs. Shook discovered the quintuple
killing. She called at the Snowman
home. Her knock was unanswered, so
she opened the door and walked into
the house. entering the room in which
the bodies of the five victims lay.
She quickly gave the alarm. 1t was
then nearly dark and the officers were
unable to find anything which would
furnish clue.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
AGED LOVERS PART AT ALTAR
Kansas Couple Quarrel Over Property
Within an Hour Of Time for
Wedding.

Lawrence, Kan.-lnstead OF wedding
bells for James w. Faxon. sixty-nine.
and Mrs. l.. J. Speary, sixty-tive years
old. there is to be a suit for breach or
promise. An hour before they were
to be married the preacher was noti-
fed he was not wanted.
The couple fell out over a pre-nup-
tial contract. Each Is well-to-do and
their comfortable homes are on oppo-
site sides of the street. Mrs. Speary
went east when the wedding was de-
clared of and her attorney has Just
filed suit for her and has asked an
injunction restraining Faxon from dis
posing of his property. Mrs. Speary
estimates the damages to her heart at
$4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
OLD INDIAN is ALL ALONE
ishi. the Wild Man Recently Captured.
Has Voice Tricks to Snare
Animals.

Washington. d. C.-Oficiais OF the
Indian bureau here are wondering
what they shall do with the lone sur
vtvor of the Yana tribe OF Indians.
popularity known as the Nogis. who
was captured near Oroville. Cal. re-
Gently. A report was received from
Charles l.. Davis. one OF the agents
OF the bureau. in which he recon-
mened that the lone Yana be cared
for by some member of an allied
tribe. This. 1t was said. probably
would be the course adopted.
After year or two." said Mr..
Davis. "he ubtless would be able
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Some Shakespeare statistics.

A Shakespearian enthusiast with a
turn for statistics has discovered that
the plays contain 106,0O7 lines and
814, ,780 words. Hamlet" is the long
est play, with 1890 lines. and the
Comedy of Errors" the shortest,
with LIT lines. Altogether the plays
contain 1927 characters, Of which 157
are females. The longest part is that
of Hamlet. The part with the longest
word in 1t is that Of Costard in Loves
Labor Lost" who tells Moth that he
is mot SO long by the head as honori-
icabilitudinitatibus."
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
A PECULIAR NEW AERoPLANE
It's Unusual Shape Is Expected to OBJ
viate Present Difficulties-Inven-
tor Claims Stability.

Paterson. N. J.-W. A. Gary. of Pat
erson. has built an aeroplane which
looks as though 1t might easily make
a noise like a hoop and roll away"
But 1t really can't. Moreover. Mr..
Gary thinks it has solved the problem
of stability. and that is the chief prob
lem before the flying machine today.
Mr. Gary thinks his aeroplane has
met the Wright patents and avoided
any infringement Of them. while all
the -,r successful flying machines.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Eastern Produce.

Chicago. - Butter-Steady; cream
cries, 23@29c; dairies. 21@26c.
Eggs-Steady: at mark, cases in
cluded, 17c; firsts, zoe; prime firsts,
81 1-2c.
Cheese-Steady; Daisies, IA 1-2c:
Twins, 13 1-2@13 3-4c; Young Amer.
icas, IA 1-4@14 1-2c.
Potatoes-Easy choice to fancy, 65
d70c; fair to good, 63@65c.
Veal-Steady; 80 to GO pound
weights, S@9c; 60 to S5 pound
weights, 1-2@10 1-2c; s5 to 110
pound weights, lie.
Poultry-Easy; turkeys. 15c; chick.
ems, 10 1-2c; springs, lie.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20

ago They had sympathized with
him in his recent indisposition. They
felt some concern when the marshal
hurriedly summoned carriage for
Justice Harlan. when Justice Nc
Kenna accompanied him to his home
and DR.. L. B. Hardin, who was called
to the house, found the justice suf-
fering from high fever. But the ex-
tent of the illness was not under
stood. He had had some bronchial
affections for nearly ten years.
Justice Harlan left widow and
five children. Four of the children
were at his bedside. They included
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Ian of Chicago, and the Misses Laura
and Ruth Harlan, who live at the
Harlan residence here. The third
son, Rev. r. D. Harlan, formerly
president of Lake Forest University,
is touring Europe.
The sudden death of Associate JUS
tice Brewer of the Supreme Court.
who was not only colleague on the
bench but very close personal
Harlan.
Chief Justice Fuller's death in the
summer of 1910 was also great
shock to the venerable jurist. Justice
Harlan continued to perform his share
of the work of the court.
His great ambition was to serve
until next June, when he would have
,c
man who sat on that bench. AS it
was, his service was longer than that
of any other justice except Chief JUS
tice Marshall and Associate Justice
Stephen ]. Field. Fields was the
longest service, "a years, months
and 10 days. Marshall's was "a years
months and days; Harlan's SO
years, 10 months and 25 days.
With Justice Harlan's death the op-
portunity has fallen to President Taft
to select during his single term in Of
flee a majority of the members of the
Supreme Court, including the chief
Justice, duty that has devolved upon
no other President since Washington
formed the court in 1890.
Washington.-Claim involving mil
lions of dollars and suits against the
federal government in which claim
ants are trying to secure patent roy
alties and damages of other kinds
awaits the decision by the United
States Court of Claims which has be-
gun its fall sessions. The most i'm
portant case approaching decision is
the claim of the Missouri Kansas and
Texas railroad to damages of $61,-
$4,000 for lands which it declares
were originally granted to the rail
road and afterwards granted by the
government to Indians.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20

tism. My limbs and feet were terri
bly, swollen and SO inflamed l could
not walk for days. After doctors had
failed to help me. began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. Three boxes cured me
so completely that have not had the
slightest trouble since"
when Your Back Is Lame. Re-
member the Name-DOAN'S." SOC a
box at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Prices of Metals.

New York. = Copper = Standard
very dull. Spot, October. November,
December. January, S11.75011.S5.
Spot, e54 SIS Cd; futures, C 55 5s. Ar
rivals: Lake copper, s12.50@12.62 1-2;
electrolytic, s12.25m12.37 1-2; and
casting, S12.00a1 1926.
Tin-Weak. Spot, $40.75141.0 90;
October, November, December, jan
uary and February, si0.50@41.00.
Sales in local market, five tons spot
at s41.00 and 81 tons November at
s4O.75.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Meet.

Denver. - The forty-fourth annual
session of the Independent Order of
odd Fellows and the twenty-first
yearly meeting of the Rebekahs took
up and disposed of matters of vital
concern to these organizations during
their meeting in Denver
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Mother and Five children Lost.

San Bernardino, Cal.-To be lost OF:
the desert with five small children to
care for, the remains of husband un-
buried and menaced by bowling coy
otes. was the frightful experience of
Mrs. George McDermott, of Utah. who
was found by desert teamsters twenty
miles from Wild Rose canon.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Live Stock.

Omaha. - Cattle-Market steady;
native steers, s50O@7.S0; cows and
heifers, s3.25@550; Western steers.
$3.75@6.50; Texas steers, $4,000
$50; COWS and heifers, $3.00@5.00;
Gamers, $2.65@3.65; stockers and
feeders, s3.O0@5.6O; calves. $4,000
$50; bulls, stags, etc. s3.25@5.1O.
Hogs-Market steady to stronger;
heavy. s615@6.25: mixed, s6.2O96.25;
lights, s6.25@6.30; pigs, s5.O0@6 co.;
bulk of sales, $6.20@6.25.
Sheep-Market slow to 10c lower;
yearlings, s4.20@450: wethers. $3.50
@4.1O; ewes, $3.OOa363; lambs, $3.50
@610.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Taft Turns First Dirt.

San Francisco.-The first actual
work on the Panama-Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition to be held in 1915
was begun when President Taft
turned the first spadeful OF earth at
the fair site.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Hay.

Hay.
Colorado upland. per ton. 16.00@17.00
Nebraska upland. per ton 14.0O@15.00
Second bottom. Colorado,
and Nebraska, per ton. .10.Co@11.00
Timothy, per ton ....... 1850 @16.5O
Alfalfa, per ton ......... 10000 @11.OO
South Park, choice. per
San Luis Valley, per ton. 14.00@15.00
Gunnison Valley, per ton. 80 q 1850
Straw, per ton ........... 1000 500
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Cactus Makes Durable Paint.

Washington.-A new use for the
common cactus plant of the western
country is suggested by Theodore II.
Adams of Denver, who is authority
for the statement that durable
paint may be made from the cactus
and that the people of South Ameri-
can countries have used this natural
paint for years.
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20

tions. II you sus-
pect your kidneys,
begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills at
once.
e. R. Wilson,
Emmettsburg. To-
wa. says: II was
completely laid up
with kidney COM
plant and infam-
matory rheuma-
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
Arkansas Mob Lynches Negro.

Forest City, Ark.-A negro, who it is
charged attacked Mrs. Thomas Cox al
her home near here, was taken from
prison by a mob and lynched
The Springfield herald., 1911-10-20
u. p. Official Resians.

Omaha, Neb.-A. L. Mohler retires
from the general managership of the
Union Pacific railway and his posi-
tion will be filled by w b. Scott, for
merly assistant to julius Krutt.
schnitt.