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Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

resents the greater part of the expens
she will be called upon to bear t
facilitate the movement of her good
over her docks and through her ware
houses. When it is remembered tha
San Francisco has expended over $25
100000 on her water front alone; Sc
attic nearly as much; Oakland SIS
! 600, 200; Los Angeles over $4,000, 900
with nearly twice as much more
necessary and promised, San Diego.
advantage as a great entrepOt, com
mercial center and distributing poin
is obvious.
Regarding San Diegos principal as
set-her harbOr-"Tne Harbor of the
Sum-" as it was recently described b.
distinguished visitor of poetic pro
clivities, and as such it will go dowr
into history, there is much to be said
There is none better on this, or any
other coast; there is none more favor
ed by nature, climatic, geographically
or in any other way. San Diego har
Dor has depth width and every other
facility with which haven for sea
going ships is provided. 1t can con
tain-do they wish to come-all the
fleets of the world and there will be
no pushing nor rushing for a fair
anchorage.
Absolutely the nearest smooth water
haven to the nearly completed Pana-
ma canal, where must come the leyla-
must also become a haven for them.
And San Diego knows what she has
III the matter of harbor facilities. She
fully appreciates her opportunities
She realizes her strength, and is
strong in that strength. San Diego
knows,
Today, ranking as the third in i'm
portance on the Pacific coast, San
Diego harbor may, tomorrow attain
q higher position in harbor relations.
That sentinel promontory, Point
Iona, stands as a shield against the
storms which might blow from the
north. but which don't blow in San
Diego's harbor. for stormy winds are
unknown in the ''Harbor of the Sun
Naval officers. who have inspected
all the harbors on this, and every
other coast, have decided that there
is none to equal that of San Diego
they state that it is most accessible;
free from rock and reef
With her $4,000, 900 great improve
ments are TO be made Wharfs and
sea wall are TO be Constructed, and
il is estimated, that in the near future
San Diego's harbor will have some
eleven miles of docks
tits expected that=upwards of 1906
acres of tide lands will be reclaimed
through this reclamation plan, which
i: is estimated will be of greater value
to the city than the cost of it's bonded
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

rem come and go, now cluster around
| her like chicks trying to get under the
wings of an old hen, now dashing away
to sea for target practice or for a
new speed record, for all the world
| like children at play.
Whenever the torpedo fleet comes
home, and the little red pennant flies
from the mast of the mother ship of
ficers and men rejoice. Officers meet
on the deck of the mother ship to
stretch their legs after the cruise, and
talk over the efficiency of their YES
sells, and the men get shore leave and
rush up into the city to greet their
friends and relatives For it isn't an
accidental visit, it is a home coming.
Then there is a torpedo station in
San Diego bay. Uncle Sam is mighty
particular about that You may go
as visitor and see the sights, and
there are perhaps some sights you will
not see, for there are things every
mans eye is not welcome to look up-
on, At the torpedo station are two
marine monsters, mechanical fish.
They are the submarines Pike and
Grampus. They have a mother ship.
too. Almost every day they plunge
beneath the waters of the bay or go
out TO sea. For a time, perhaps, they
will drive through the waves with
deck awash, then, suddenly, there is
a squirt OF water-and they have dis
appeared from view. Down, down they
go, on and on, perhaps to turn be-
meath the water and rush back into
the bay, perhaps to come to the sur
face miles away from where they dis
appeared. 1t is a ticklish business.
but 1t is necessary. And when prac-
tlce is over they hurry back to the
station in San Diego bay, and the
men are home again
Government Coaling Station
There is government coaling sta
ton in the bay, too, and great bunk
ers Great colliers like the Prone
theus slip up beside the dock and me-
chanical scoops carry the coal from
the ship to the dock.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

tory sites, 500 acres of which, lie con
tiguous to the business district 1t is
estimated that the annual revenue
from the rental of this large tract OF
land within the heart of the city will
materially reduce the operating eX
/ penses of the city government al
though at the present time San Diego
has very low municipal tax rate.
The plan which the city is now de-
veloping contemplates the building Of
$4,000 feet of sea wall having mini
mum depth of So feet at low tide. This
improvement, it is estimated, will cost
6,OOO,O 900. .... -t ..t...-
Most important of all and a factor
which will have a decided bearing for
good upon the future commercial and
industrial development of the city is
the fact that it will require less capi-
tai to conduct new enterprises in San
Diego than in any other city of the
west, because investors will not be re
quired to purchase factory and ware.
house sites. 1t is proposed to place
the land reclaimed in harbor improve
ment, which will be worth $50 to $500
ront foot, at the disposal of prospec-
tive manufacturers for a nominal
rental for the use of the ground occu-
pied That the city tan afford 10 do
this and still receive a princelv revc-
nue. per annum is evident to the most
casual observer. For example, a rent
al at the small sum of S25 per month
per acre will net the city. when ali
ground is occupied under lease, $780,
600 per annum, which is sufficient to
pay interest on all bonds necessary to
make the harbor improvements. In
fact, it would pay the interest on >
per cent bonds and still leave sink
ing fund which wOulc retire a bond
issue of S3,0o0,0OO in 20 years. A
manufacturer figures 10 per cent rs
the minimum net return on the capi-
tai invested AT this rate of interest.
the rental of an acre of ground would
equal an investment of $4,000, which
would be a mere bagatelle, consider
ing the advantages this land will have
in the way Of transportation facilities
Opportunities for Business
Low reight rates, cheap fuel. mod
crate taxes, splendid transportation IA
cflities, free factory sites at low rent
al, a rapidly increasing home market
and trade extension with Central and
South America and the Orient offer
exceptional opportunities for manufac-
turing industries that can be made to
pay big returns on the investment.
While most manufacturing projects 70
be operated successfully must be on
a comparatively small scale at the
start, the city has today the best open
ing for cotton mills on a large scale
to be found in the United States.
American cotton goods command the
markets of the world and the greatest
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

4 All the interior country must be in
terested in studying the city which i
destined to be the great gateway fol
its products and the supplies they ge
from distant points. rr ~.
r In point of commerce San Diego
ranks second of all cities south of San
Francisco and is only surpassed by
one city in southern California in
amount of business done. Her com
merce can, therefore, be called import
ant and it is growing at rate that as
tonishes those whose business it is to
complete data on the commerce of the
country.
AS an indication of the amount of
cash business transacted during 1911
are the bank clearings, amounting to
SS6.725,O00. The percentage of in
crease is %, placing San Diego in
fourth place among the cities of Cali
fornia in this respect. No city in the
state shows a greater percentage of
increase. Her bank deposits amount
10 $1S,000.000.
Her imports. by way of the Isthmian
routes alone, amounted to SIC, 800, 600.
Only San Francisco exceeded her with
S32, 800, ,000 Seattle had $4,500,000;
Los Angeles less than one million. Ia
coma and Portland had 100000 each.
This means that San Diego received
over ten times as much freight from
enc source alone than did the port of
Los Angeles, a powerful illustration of
hat will come to this port when the
Panama canal is open.
Added to her imports by sea, which
amounted TO a little over $4,000, 900,
are those by railroad. which amounted
10 $10,30O,O0O, total in goods that
passed through the warehouses of San
Diego of s22. 100000. nearly $4,000, 900
a month
During this period she began new
structures. the contract price of which
amounted to over S5,600,O00, as shown
by building permits issued. On the
first day of December there were over
1900 houses of all classes in course
of construction in the city.
Her products for the year amounted
40 S13. 400 900, of which amount her
orchards and farms yielded $4,000, goo
The balance (from factories) of $4.-
100000 shows the great opportunities
Of San Diego for manufacturing bust
ness
Most of the commerce of San Diego
is attracted to her by her magnificent
( harbor facilities and the further fact
. that with her enormous back country,
her position at the terminus of water
level routes. commerce gravitates to
her naturally. 1t will never be neces-
sary for San Diego to expend millions
of dollars and years OF effort other
ports have been compelled to expend
to attract commerce. A paltry So
0,000 for harbor improvements rep
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
Some Details Of Preparations for Making Great Commercial City

have never seen a warship. There are
scores of ports in the United States
where a warship is a rare visitor. But
there is scarcely a man, woman OF
child in San Diego or vicinity who
has not only seen warship, but has
seen great fleets of them.
| San Diego Is Naval Base
For San Diego is a naval base, and
almost a perfect one, high officials of
/ the navy say.
The great Pacific cruiser fleet makes
it's home here. When the grim dogs
of war come into the harbor after a
practice cruise the officers and men
feel that they are at home. The Off
the first class hotels as are travelling
statesmen, they are as well known 10
San Diego's society folk as persons
could be, for they are a part of San
Diego society. The enlisted men feel
that San Diego is their home, too, and
many of them have wives and families
iii San Diego. Generally two or three
cruisers are in the bay, or anchored
off Coronado and if they are gone it
is only for a short time to carry out
the orders of the department at Wash
ingtOn, or to have spin up and down
the coast to maintain the high state
of efficiency among the men.
And if the cruisers are gone it is a
fifty-to-one bet that the torpedo boat
fleet is in These little black sheep
of the navy hold interest eternally for
the civilian. They are not beautiful
they do not shine spick and span and
guns that are wonders to behold. and
they carry no 500 to 500 men
They are sOmber black, not pretty
| to behold, but interesting as wonder
full pieces of machinery are interest
ing, and powerful to an extreme.
When the black smoke pours from
their stacks they rush through the
waters of the bay, curve gracefully
around Point Iona and disappear
toward the north at a great rate of
speed, the water caScading over their
bows. They are deadly engines of war
which carry no man who has not a
certain bit of work to do and do we'll
There is not square inch aboard
a destroyer but is utilized. There is
not a square inch wasted They are
ready for business always, a danger
Gus and necessary business, and they
are as important part of Uncle Sans
fighting force as any great 2S,0OO-ton
battleship or any great, swift, beauti-
| full cruiser.
! Torpedo Headquarters Here
The Pacific torpedo boat fleet has
its headquarters at San Diego bay
Its home is here The mother ship
Iris, is always anchored in the bay
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
Torpedo Headquarters Here

The Pacific torpedo boat fleet has
its headquarters at San Diego bay.
Its home is here. The mother ship,
iris, is always anchored in the bay.
There she swings at her "mudhooks, =
mother ship in fact, and her child
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

have never seen a warship. There are
scores of ports in the United States
where a warship is rare visitor But
there is scarcely a man, woman or
child in San Diego or vicinity who
has not only seen a warship, but has
seen great fleets of them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-12
CHAPTER XXX,
The Judge Receives 6. Letter.

The Judge Receives g Letter.
After be had parted with Solomon
Mahaffy the judge applied hinse,r
diligently to shaping that miracle
working document which he was pre-
pairing as an offset to whatever rlsE
he ran in meeting Fentress. As san
guine as lie was sanguinary he conii-
IDENTIFY expected to survive the en-
counter, yet it was well to provide FOR
a possible emergency-had he not his
grandson's future to consider? While
thus occupied he saw the afternoon
stage arrive and depart from before
the City Tavern.
Half an hour later Mr. Wesley, the
postmaster, came sauntering UP the
street. In his hand he carried q let
ter.
"Howdy," he drawled, from just be-
yond the judges open door
The Judge glanced up, his quill pen
poised aloft.
Good evening, sir; won't you step
inside and be seated?" he asked gra-
ciously. His dealings with the United
States mail service were of the most
insignificant description, and In per-
sonally delivering letter, If this was
what had brought him there, he felt
Mr.. Wesley had reached the limit OF
official courtesy and despatch.
well, sir; it looks like you'd never
told us more than two-thirds OF the
truth" said the postmaster. He sur
veyed the judge curiously.
II am complmented by your opin-
ion of my veracity." responded that
gentleman promptly. Il consider two
thirds an enormously high per cent.
to have achieved"
There is something in that, too,
agreed Mr.. Wesley. Who is Colonel
Slocum Price Turberville?'
The Judge started up from his
chair.
Il have that honor" said he, bow
ing.
Well, here's a letter come in ad-
| dressed like that, and as you've been
using part Of the name l am willing
to assume you're legally entitled to
| the rest Of it.. 1t clears up a point
that off and on has troubled ME con-
siderable. can only wonder l want
| smarter"
:. What. point, may I ask?'
Why, about the time you hung out
! your single here, some one wrote a
! letter to General Jackson. II was
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L ByXAUGF1AnkE STER.
.AsaHs~--~
cosv,aa1s Ic,. lie haSa, .hG.Asai ca.s~Ar1

"sho., they'd got. him! sho'-he
want no bigger than Richard! Shot,
"Oh!" cried Betty, with a fearful
glance toward the keel boat. cant
you. stop them?"
What fo'?" asked Polly, opening
her black eyes very wide. BLESS yo'
tender heart!--you don't need to wor-
ry none, we got them strange gentle
men licked like they was passel or
children! Connie, you-all mind that
fire."
She accurately judged the outcome
OF the fight. The boat was little bet
ter than a shambles with the havoc
that had been wrought there when
Yancy and Darlington dropped over
its side to the raft. Cayendish fol-
lowed them, whooping his triumph as
he came.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-12

| said Hannibal with deep breath,
viewing Yancy Enthusiastically in the
flesh.
Never once. l been floating peace
fully along with these here titled
friends of mine; but was some anx-
ious about you, son.
.Aud Mr.. Slosson, Uncle Bob-did
| YOU smack him like you smacked
Dave Blount that day when he tried
to steal me?" asked Hannibal, whose
| childish sense OF justice demanded
reparation for the wrongs they had
suffered.
Mr.. Fancy extended big right
| hand, the knuckle OF which was
skinned and bruised.
HE were the nearest man ever
felt obliged TO- to hit with my list,
Neyvy; it appeared like he had teeth
all over his face"
"Sho'-where's his hide, Uncle
Bob?" cried the little Cavendishes in
an excited chorus. "Sho'-did you for
get that?" They themselves had for
gotten the unique enterprise to which
Mr.. Yancy was committed, but the
allusion to Slosson had revived their
memory of it.
We'll, he begged so piteous to be
allowed TO to keep his hide, hadn /
the heart to strip it off," explained Mr..
Yancy pleasantly. And the winters
comm on-at this moment can feel
a chill in the air-don't you-all reckon
he's going to need it TO- to keep the
cold out? Sho', you mustn't be bloody
minded"
What was 1t about Mr.. Slosson's
hide, Uncle Bob?" demanded Hanni-
bal. What was you a-goin' to do
to that"
"Why, NeTvy, after he beat me up
and throwed me In the river, | was
some peevish TO- spell. in my feel
ings TO him." said Yancy in a tone
Of gentle regret. He glanced: at his
bruised hand. "But I'm right pleased
to be able to say that I've got over
all them oncharitable thoughts of
mine" 49,.
"And you seen the judge. Uncle
Bob?" questioned Hannibal. . ,
Yes, I've seen the judge. We was
together fo' part OF a day. Me and
him gets on tine?" ....,.r.
Where is he now, Uncle Bob?" !.
Il reckon he's back at Belle Plain
by this time. You see we left him in
Raleigh along after noon to tend TO
some business he had on hand.
never seen a gentleman OF his weight
so truly spry on his legs-and all
about you, Nevvy; while as to mind!
Sho'-why, words flowed out OF him
as naturally as water out Of a branch
OF Hannibal's relationship to the
Judge he said nothing. He felt that
was a secret to be revealed by the
Judge himself when he should see hit.
Uncle Bob, whom | going to live
with now" questioned Hannibal anx-
iously. .
THAT pints already come up.
Nevvy-him and mes decided that
there won't be no friction. You-aH
will just go on living with him
"Rut wha. about you, Uncle Bob?"
cried Hannibal, lifting wistfu little
face to Yancy's.
"Oh, Newell. you-all will go
RIGHT on living with me"
And what will come of Mr.. Ma
haffy?'
Il reckon you-all will go right on
living with him, too
Uncle Bob, YOU mean you reckon
We all are going to live in one
house,"
~ low it will have to be fixed that
Always" agreed Yancy.
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You Judge a man not by what he
promises to do, but what he has done.
That is the only true test. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy judged by this
standard has no superior. People eve
rywhere speak Of it in the highest
terms Of praise. For sale by all deal
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Ladies, did the idea ever strike you
that the Red Cross Shoe is the pre'''-
est, neatest and most durable loo'-
wear to be had, and don't you hf'o"
that Marshall has It. adv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-12

x y
= Faint Heart Meier Won 4
= Lady Fair Nor Trip Across
X The Blue Atlantic.
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An hour later Pegloe's black boy
presented himself to the judge. he
came bearing a gift, and the gift APP
propriately enough was square case
bottle Of respectable size. The judge
was greatly touched by this attention,
but he began by making a most tenn
perate use of the tavern-keepers OIL
fering; then as the formidable docu-
ment he was preparing took shape un-
der his hand he more and more lost
that feeling OF Spartan fortitude
which had at first sustained him III
the presence Of temptation. He wrote
and slipped in complete and quiet lux
ury, and when at last he had exhaust
ed the contents of the bottle it &C.
Cured to him that it would be only
proper personally to convey his thanks
to Pegloe. Perhaps he was not un'
inspired in this by Interior hopes; II
so, they were richly rewarded. The
resources Of the City Tavern were
suddenly placed at his disposal. he
attributed this to a variety OF causes
all good and sufficient, but the real
reason never suggested itself; indeed
it was OF such pertidious nature tnat
the Judge, open and generous-minded'
could not have grasped it.
By six o'clock he was undenlaDly
drunk; at eight he was sounding sui
| deeper. depths OF inebrtety, with only
The Washington times., 1912-07-15

Charles T. Goods, chief of the Alex
andria police force, who for the past
week has been in attendance at the
convention of the Information Associa-
ton of Chiefs of Police at Toronto,
Canada, returned to this city today.
Benjamin F. oliver died at his resi-
dence, 924 Franklin street, early today,
death coming as the result of gangrene
OF both limbs. He was a blacksmith
by occupation, and was born in La
Plata. Md, sixty-three years ago. He
! is survived by his wife, Mary V. Oliver,
and several children. Funeral services
will be held from the house at o clock
tomorrow afternoon, Rev. Henry NJ.
Canter. of the Southern Methodist Epis-
copal Church. officiating Interment will
| be made in Bethel Cemetery.
! The Chamber of Commerce has now
! ready for distribution large maps OF
! Alexandria, the work of Harry L. Pey-
ton, local draughtsman. They are
| complete in every detail, even to the ex-
| tent of showing the streets in the terri
/ tory adjoining this city, which Alexan-
| dria proposes to annex.
The map also contains matter of in
terest to commercial Alexandria, giving
the city's manufactures, population,
salaries, railroad and steamboat facili-
ties to the actual gateway" of the
South.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
RESOLUTION CANNOT
ABOLISH HELLF|RE,
DECLARES PASTOR
Rev. F. w. Johnson Scores
Action of Bible Students
Association.

Scoring the International Bible Stu
dents Association for its action in ref
erence to the question of burning hell,
the Rev. F. w. Johnson, pastor OF the
Grace Baptist Church. Ninth and d
streets southeast, last night said that
hell fire could not be abolished by
resolutions.
In speaking of the convention of Bible
students held here during the past week,
the Rev. Mr. johnson said there were
more elements in It to arouse fanatic
ism than any movement he knew Of
They are more certain Of the future, Il
seems. than they are of the present. II
is simply movement to destroy the
churches. 1t appeals to the frenzied
feeling Of men and women
The Rev. johnson called the delegates
to the convention 'Russellites."
The idea of abolishing hell fire by q
resolution. II such was within the
power Of men, the hundreds of sinners
that have gone there would pass reso-
lutions and abolish II"
The pastor contended that the Scrip
lures did say there was a burning he'll,
and that as long as the Bible was used
as the authority Of Christianity hell
fire could not be abolished by a resoIu-
tion."
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA VA JIrIY IL

A letter was received from Gov. Will
liam H. Mann today by Newell s.
Greenaway, clerk of the corpora ton
court, designating Judge r. H. L. Chi
chester. of Fredericksburg. to sit at
the hearing of the quo warranto pro-
ceedings brought by Robert s. Barrett,
who seeks to oust Urban S. Lambert
from his seat in city council.
/ The governor states that Judge Chi
chester will be at liberty on the week
beginning July 81, and the exact date
for the hearing will be arranged at the
convenience Of the attorneys in the
case.
Judge Chichester is assigned to the
bench Of the Fifteenth judicial circuit,
and Is we'll known here.
When Barrett's suit came up In COR
probation court last Monday. Judge
Louis c. Barley stated that he felt, in
justice to both parties, that some other
official should preside, owing to the
fact that he may have informally eX-
pressed an opinion on. the case, when
it first came up. prior to the time when
1t was thought that legal proceedings
might become necessary.
Lambert was appointed by council to
fill out the uneXpired term of the late
Hubert Snowden AS Barrett was cleo
ted at the last general election he con-