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Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
MAGNIFICENT HIGH SCHOOL

At the head of San Diego's school
system is the magnificent high school
building, the most complete and thor
oughly equipped school building on
the Pacific coast. The building and
equipment as it stands today repre-
sents an expenditure of about 5000
600. At the time the building was
thrown open three years ago it was
thought by many people that the
board of education had planned for a
building far in advance of the deyelop-
ment OF the city. The enrolment of
the school is now more than 800 and
after the mid winter graduation from
the grammar school this number will
De augmented to about 1900. If an.
pears that the board of education.
therefore, builded wisely at the time
for the city's marvellous growth
means the growth of the high school
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
Mineral Wealth

siderable activity. A large amount
of development work has been done
in the mines of this section and eX-
perts declare that the district is des-
ter. The deposits are in quartz and
porphyry formations. The ore is free
milling, the values being saved by
amalgamation. A stamp mill with a
capacity of 20 tons per day is now
in operation
On the Boulder Creek district ore
of refractory nature is found. The
district is renowned for heavy veins
of free gold quartz together with
heavy deposits of iron. Development
is being carried on, and at one mine
there is a stamp mill and cyanide
plant. Experts believe that in this
district there is a continuous ledge
penetrating the country in northerly
direction. Many claims have been
prospected in the district
The district of Hedges is in the
eastern part Of Imperial county, where
there is stamp mill with a battery
OF 140 stamps i'll operation. At Pi
cacho there is a roller process with a
capacity of 1000 tons of ore per day.
Two OF the richest mines of the coun,
ty are to be found i'll the Descansu
district. These mines have produced
so far considerable quantity of ore.
Escondido district is the most ac.
tive OF the county's mining districts
Two mines are operated continuous
ly and there are several prospects
upon which prospecting work has
been done.
The surface values are mostly free
gold, but as depth is attained sulphites
gradually take the place of the free
gold with an increasing value in lead,
At depth the ore is of a character
that denotes permanency and paying
quantities. The Cleveland-Pacific
property in the Escondido district is
equipped with a five stamp mill and
hoisting machinery. Other mines in
this district have surface showing
that give promise of good paying
properties.
In the Grapevine district important
development work has been done and
several good mines will be opened
there. The ore is high grade and
similar TO that found in some of the
Nevada districts. San Diego county is
also rich in deposits of marble, cop
per, granite, onyx, cement, salt, fire
brick, koalin, pottery clay, sulphur,
alum, sodium, gypsum, phosphate
rock, limestone, manganese, mineral
soap, antimony, bismuth, sandstone.
graphite and mica. Among the pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
SAN DIEGO HAS PRETTY SUBURBS

San Diego is fortunate in having
splendid suburbs. There is National
City, where a citizen may live within
a short distance of the city, conduct
his business in the city, and at the
same time live just outside the city en-
vironment, yet close enough to take
advantage of metropolitan advantages
il he so desires.
Chula Vista is another delightful
suburb, the place where fortunes are
being made and where the famous
lemons come from. La Mesa and El
Cajon are others. La Jolla, the pretty
little residence town beside the sea,
with its wonderful cliffs and caves and
its artists and writer's, IS a delightful
suburb
Coronado is just across the bay,
with its famous resort hotel and its
pretty streets and modern buildings
and residences. Pacific Beach and
Ocean Beach, easily reached from the
city, are delightful suburbs by the sea.
Roseville is a splendid suburban dis
trlct, and there are a multitude Of
others A person can just about find
exactly what he wants in the way Of
a suburb at San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

cious and semi precious stones mined
in the county are kunzite, tourmaline,
hyacinth, beryl, topaz, chrysolite,
zircon, catseye, moonstone, pearl,
chrysoprase and epidote
Already the attention of steel pro-
ducers has been attracted to the eX-
tensive iron deposits in San Diego
county. The magnitude and quality
of these deposits bid fair to make this
section of the country the steel-pro-
ducing center of the western part of
the United States.
In the Escondido district zinc is
found in large quantities. The coun-
ty is the only place in the United
States where lepidolite, the lithia
stone, is found The mines are locat.
ed near Pala and great quantities OF
the stone have been mined The rare
Corsican stone, Orbicular diorite, is
also found in the county. This beau
tiful structural stone is found near
Dehesa. San Diego granite is well
known throughout the west.
Large deposits of marble are alsC
found in the county. Since 1907, whel
development of this industry began
there has been almost $4,000 worth
quarried and marketed.
The gem industry is one of the i'm
I portant lines of endeavor in the coun
ty. Lapidary work has attracted con
siderable attention, and eight lapidary
establishments fully equipped are il
| operation. During the past year thes,
! establishments turned out cut stone.
! valued in excess of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. The most popular of tn,
gems is the tourmaline, which come
from the Mesa Grande mines, anG
I from the Rincon, Ramona and Palf
/ districts.
The mining exhibit of the county in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms
shows at a glance the mineral wealth
OF the county and tells story O,
great development to come within the
next few years.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
and the entire school system.

and the entire school system.
There is also a state normal school
in San Diego, a beautiful structure on
Normal Heights, where the instruction
is as efficient as the building, and the
grounds are beautiful. Sixty were
graduated from the Normal last June,
the majority of them from different
sections of California, but the quality
of the school was demonstrated by the
fact that some of the graduates were
from Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota
New Mexico and Kentucky.
Professor E. l.. Hardy is president of
the state normal, and to his careful
administration is due in great meas
ure the high success the institution
has attained. Professor Hardy is a
great believer in individual training, as
is superintendent Duncan MacKinnon
OF the city's public schools. The cur
riculum of the state normal school is
approved, modern, scientific. 1t is the
intention to keep every bit of energy
from being lost, to make the most Of
every minute, to eliminate lost motion
and useless action and to concentrate
on the things most needed and pro
ductive of the best results
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

Mining is an important industry
through these two counties, and the
mineral wealth of a section of coun-
try is a great factor in that section S
upbuilding and growth and wealth as
computed in dollars and securities.
Regarding mineral wealth, San Diego
county is a section of country that has
a variety and richness of mineral re-
sources second to those of no county
in the state of CALIFORNIA; state
noted for its mineral wealth.
This contention is borne out by de
velopment work already done, by
mines and Quarries that already pay
large dividends and have for decades
and by the reports of prospectors who
have tapped the hidden treasure chest
of the county here and there in their
quest for wealth.
No other section of the country af
fords such magnificent opportunities
TO the mining man, the investor. San
Diego has the advantage of climate
which inSures work the year around
She has the advantage of easy trans
portation. of good roads. Up in the
mountains of San Diego county is
stored wonderful amount OF water
that can be utilized in some branches
of the mining industry. These things
taken in addition to the wonderful
natural resources, make the county
sure of present ard of future that
looms magnificent IL regard TO min
erals
Mining has been carried on i'll san
Diego county since the days of tie
early Franciscar monks. In the dis.
trict of Escondido the mine Eow
known as the cleveland Pacific" was
first worked by the friars, who took
out great quantities of gold. The mine
ran a high grade of ore, and the faith.
ers took out the precious mineral by
their primitive methods The relics OF
tneSe prlmltlVe methods can be seen
at the mining exhibit of the San Diego
Chamber of Commerce.
Placer mining on a small scale was
also attempted in those early days, but
most of the free milling ore found was
not rich enough to pay to run it
through raster, which was the only
method the miners of the early days
had of crushing the rock.
The mining districts of the COUNT
contain good gold producing mines
which are now being worked and are
proving big paying propositions. The
famous Stonewall mine near Julian
produced, during its activity, several
million dollars worth of gold ore
Ihls mime has not been worked lately.
Duizura is mining district OF con-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

San Diego has fresh vegetables and
fruit every day in the year
San Diego has "a public schools.
costing s1,525,OOO and employing $50
teachers.
San Diego has 81 secret orders and
fraternal societies, three of which have
expensive club and lodge rooms, viz:
Elks, Masons and Knights of Pythias.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
BISHOP GRAFTON Of
FOND DU LAG DEAD
Episcopal Church Prelate Sue
cumbs to Diabetes.
IN PRIESTHOOD So YEARS
AS Leader of High Church Ideas He
Secame> Renowned and Served
Many Big Parishes-6ecame Bishop
of Fond du Lac in 1889.

Fond du Lac.-Bishop Grafton,
head Of the Fond du Lac diocese OF
the Episcopal church in Wisconsin,
died at the rectory on Aug. 80. He
had been i'll since February with dla-
betes. He was 80 years old, and had
been a priest for fifty-three years.
The end came quietly. The aged
prelate had been in critical condi-
ton for many days, during which
time physicians at his bedside said
he could not survive.
The Right Rev. Charles Chapman
Grafton, bishop of the diocese of
Fond du Lac, for almost quarter
Of a century, widely known as the
leading exponent of the high church
idea in America, and famous in ear
ly life by reason of his labor Of
sacrifice and love in the slums Of
London, and his work as volunteer
chaplain to cholera hospital in
Shoreditch, was born in Boston,
Mass, on April IL, 1880.
On May IS, 1851, he was con-
firmed at st. Stephens chapel and
later in that same year entered the
Harvard law school, receiving his de-
gree of LIB. on July 20, 1853. 1t
was while pursuing his law studies
at Harvard that he determined to
offer himself for holy orders to Bish-
op Nottingham of Maryland. He
was admitted to the holy Order of
Deacons in the Church of Christ" on
Dec. %, 1855, and was ordained to
the priesthood by Bishop Whiting
ham on May 80, 1858, in ST. Pauls,
Baltimore.
In 1858 Grafton became assistant
minister in King and Queen parish,
Chaptico, and in 1859 he was called
to be curate of st. PauPs church, Bal
timore. FIR. Grafton remained at st.
Paups church until 1865, when he
went to England and took leading
part in organizing the great London
mission,
On Nov. 10, 1888, Dr. Grafton was
elected bishop of the diocese of Fond
du Lac, and on April %, 1889, the
conservation took place in st. Pauls
cathedral, this city.
Bishop Grafton was the author of
about dozen books, as we'll as of a
great number of tracts and pamph-
let's. His last important work was
''The Lineage of the American Cath
Ollie Church" published in 1911.
Bishop Grafton was one of the few
Episcopal clergymen in America who
wore the clerical garb as it was worn
by the churchmen in England. Dur
ing the latter years of his life he
wore the ordinary dress of bishop.
While at home he was attired in a
purple robe and vest. On the street
he wore a long black coat and
bishops apron tight knee breaches
with leggings, fastened down the
sides with a row of black buttons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
COLUMBUS IN STATUARY

Gated on November 9, 1852, although
the foundation had been laid as far
back as 1876 The inscription 1t bears
is: ITO Christopher Columbus, the
Fatherland." Spain, which country
failed the Genoese during his life
time, has been more generous to his
memory, and here are many shafts
raised to record the greatness of his
deed
Perhaps the noblest monument yet
erected to the memory of Columbus
is that which stands in Barcelona. It
was in this city that King Ferdinand
and his consort, Isabella, received
the admiral on the return from his
first voyage. 1t Is most appropriate
situation. Much care was taken in
the selection of the design Of the
Barcelona monument, and the result
is artistic in every sense Of the
word
In the new world nearly every
country has testified in recognition
Of the deed of Columbus by the erec-
ton of some character of monument.
From the magnificent efigy which
graces the center of Columbus circle
in New York to the simple shaft
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
BADGER STATE NOTES.

Beaver Dam-The body of a
young man was found on the railroad
tracks between Dalton and Engel. He
was a stranger in this vicinity and
foul play is suspected He was seen
with two negroes few days ago, of
whom no trace has been found.
Kenosha.-The most unique school
ever seen in Kenosha, was at the
courthouse and for the next FIVE
days officials in charge of the pri-
mary election studied the provisions
of the law
Manitowoc.-Men with grab hooks
recovered the body of John Guspade-
rex, IL years old, the latest victim of
the ''ole swimmin' hole" here. The
lad got beyond his depth and
drowned, despite efforts of comuan-
ions to save him.
APPROPRIATENESS complain that
oats are of dark color and will run
only thirty bushels to the acre. Bar
ley is running forty-two bushels,
while wheat is bumper crop.
Marinette.-The project of bond
ing the city for s15o,00O for build
ing a high school will be submitted
to the electors next spring.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
SENATOR'S ILLNESS SLIGHT
Deny Rumor That Isaac Stephenson
Was Stricken With Heart Fail
ure While on Fishing Trip.

arinette.-Senator Isaac Steph-
enson of Wisconsin, who was report
ed to have suffered a paralytic stroke
While encamped near Watson, Mich.
on the Escanaba river, where, with a
party of friends he has been fishing,
is not nearly as i'll as first reported.
AdVices received here are that the
senator suffered a severe cold and
from stomach trouble, and that mem
bers of his party sent for physicians
against Mr.. Stephenson's wish. The
report that he is in a critical condi-
ton is denied, evidence to substan-
tate this being had in the fact that
the fishing expedition is being con-
tinued.
Former Governors Davidson and
Peck are among the members of Sen
ator Stephenson's party.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
WELLER SUCCEEDS GRAFTON
Will Ee Consecrated Bishop of Fond
du Lac Diocese of the Episcopal
Church Before October |.

Fond du Lac-Rt Rev. Reginald
Heber Weller, who will now become
bishop of the Fond du Lac diocese
of the Episcopal church as a result
of the death Of Bishop C. c.. Grafton,
is one of the most prominent mem
bers of the Episcopal clergy and is
Bishop Weller was born in Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, on November 6, 1857.
At the age of 27 he was graduated
from the Nashotah seminary in Wis
consin in 1884. On May 8, 1880,
while he was still student at Nash
otah he was ordained a deacon. In
September, 1884, he was admitted to
the priesthood at the Milwaukee
Cathedral and Immediately after
ward accepted the rectorship of
church at Waukesha. In 1890 he
went to Stevens Point, where he
served ten years, at the end of which
time he was cansecrated as Bishop
Coadjutor Of the Fond du Lac do
cese. Fer the past year he has had
full charge of the diocesan affairs.
considered the greatest missionary
speaker ir the Episcopate.
Rt Rev Weller will be enthroned
as Bishop of Fond du Lac before
October 1.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
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US, that there is no need here to re-
count the many injustices which he
suffered at the hands Of his contem-
poraries The salient fact that he
was shorn of his honors and returned
laden with chains, proves conclusive
ly the cruel contempt with which the
fearless navigator was treated in his
own day. Time rectffies many mis-
judgments, and 1t has done so in the
case of the discoverer Of America.
The wonder of his achievement is
universally recognized and the worlds,
both old and new, have testified In
many monuments to the respect and
honor in which they hold Column bus.
The custom of preparing ef1gies In
stone, so that the names and achieve
ments of a nations heroes may be
passed on to posterity, finds it's or
igin in most ancient times. 1t is but
natural that this custom should have
been followed in the case of Column
bus. Today>we find statues erected
to the discoverer in Italy, Spain and
France, and in nearly all of the
countries of the new world
At Genoa, which city claims the
honor of being the birthplace of Co.
lumbus, there has been erected very
magnificent statue, which overlooks
the bay. 1t was completed and dedi-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06

the first dfScOverer. 1t is said TO be
the original monument erected on
this continent to commemorate the
achievement of Columbus.
1t is unfortunate that there Is no
contemporaneous painting or likeness
Of Columbus extant For this reason
artists who have attempted to repro
duce his lineaments in marble have
been at great disadvantage
AS matter of fact the accepted
likeness of the admiral is after the
manner of being an ideaiistic con-
ception. All are familiar with the
strong, ciean-shaveR face from which
deep, expressive eyes look out under
a broad brow. The deep lines from
the nose to the corners of the mouth
are also characteristic of the popular
portraits of Columbus. Who would
recognize the discoverer depicted
with gray beard? Yet it is more
than probable that he wore one
when he planted the banner of
Spain on the shores of the New
World.
The few descriptions of the person
al appearance of the admiral which
We have from those who knew him
we'll tell us The was man of sturdy
stature. rather above the average
height, of a very rudy complexion,
with freckles and red hair when he
was young. The latter soon turned
white. which was also the color Of
his beard" Boards were the fashion
of his day In Spain, and It Is easy to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06

clean shaven In effigy. So 1t Is with
the new Columbus statue unveiled in
Washington on June s. This marks
the first great memorial which the
United States government has erect
ed to Christopher Columbus.
There has long been a feeling that
this country has not had a really
worthy monument to the man who is
primarily responsible for the exist
ence of the nation.
The feeling took concrete shape
when, in 1906, Representative James
a. Goulden of New York introduced
bill appropriating the sum of $780,.
900 to be used for a Columbus memo
rial. Congress passed the bill and 1t
was signed in 1907 by President
Roosevelt
The design ts a combination Of
fountain, shaft and statue.
The fountain is semi-circular, 20
feet wide and 65 feet from front to
rear. The balustrade which half en-
circles it bears the ef1gy of a heroic
lion at either extremity. The salient
feature of the memorial is a splen.
did stone shaft surmounted by a
globe. Before this shaft, which rises
in the center OF the fountain circle.
Is statue of Columbus
The globe which surmounts the
shaft indicates the contribution the
discovery of Columbus was to the
science Of geography. This globe
is supported by four massive eagles
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Cl&D1zSD1 JZza%ZZ III n

which marks the spot of the sup
posed first landing On Watlings
island, we find a great number of
statues erected in honor of the dis
coverer Even the English have done
honor to the navigator at Nassau in
the Bahama islands and at Trinidad;
and the people of Santo Domingo
have also raised splendid monu-
ments; while in Cuba, where, in the
cathedral at Havana, the bones of
Columbus were so long inferred,
there are a great many representa-
tons of this historic figure. The
statue which is now placed in the
presidents palace, Havana, is an ar
tistic piece Of work, but the most
striking eff1gy of all in Cuba Is Vail
mitjana's sculpture depicting Column
bus in chains. It Is to be regretted
that this beautiful work Is only a
clay model The representation is
that Of Columbus In his old age. He
is seated on coil of rope on the
deck of the ship which is carrying
him to Spain. He reclines against a
capstan, his fettered hands held
before him. The artist has caught
striking expression OF resignation
combined with melancholy. The work
is a masterpiece of sentiment and ex-
preston.
Another historical group is that
which was pr >nted by Empress Eu-
genie of France to the Republic of
Colombia. 1t now stands at Cristo-
bal, the Canal Zone
Throughout Latin America the ven
Grafton for Columbus is universal, and
we find his memory honored in cities
Of Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and
other Pan-American states.
1t Is curious to note that it was
also Latin, a FTenchman, who
erected the first monument in the
United States in honor of the achieve
ment of Columbus. In Baltimore
there still stands a monument erect
ed over a century ago in honor of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-06
Original "Old Oaken Bucket"

over the household on the day 1t was
stolen. 1t seemed as If one of the
family were missing. In this age of
souvenir collection, who knows but
that some day the real old moss
covered bucket that hung in the welP'
may turn up in a museum or serve
as a water tank In the show windows
of some enterprising advertiser?
There Is no other water bucket in the
world so enshrined in homely. genu.
inc romance as this one. Even the
golden goblets Of royalty, and the
treasured chalices of the Crusaders
have never awakened the universal
and por liar interest attained by the
'old oaLen bucket that hung in the
WELL" until 1t was stolen and carried
away in the zenith Of its fame.-"Af-
fairs at Washington" Joe Mitchell
Chapple, in National Magazine.