davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
DEMOCRATS ID
 START CANVASS
Mass Meeting Called at City Hall Tonight to Fill Committee
 Vacancies
GENERAL DISCUSSION

It is up 10 the democrats of Bis bee to quit kickin that dawg aroun' md to get busy The time for talk ing. cogitating and making tentative plans has pa sed It is a condition and not theory that confronts. 1t is up to the majority political party of the'city to get busy to select can didates and prepare to put a ticket in the field There are only three days remaining to make nominations for tho primary election which is pre- liminary 10 the real business of the city election and the control of the administration oc the city. Bisbee IS democratic. and should be back in the democratic column Tor keeps. say the party leaders. but this cannot be done by working the Micawber stunt and sitting around waiting for some thing to turn up IL is time to get candidates in the field.
 It is recognized by the democratic leaders that the time is at hand to act, and in another column Of this issue of The Review there is published the call for a mass meeting 10 be held tonight at the city hall. The objects of the meeting are set forth in the call and briefly stated as the filling of vacancies on the city central com mittee All members of the commit tee and all democrats of the city are urged and requested to attend this meeting, that the political situation in Bisbee may be thoroughly dis cussed, and that all of the party, rank. file. workers and others, may be informed of the actual conditions which the party must meet To keep the city democratic.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
MINERS WANT RAISE

DIES MONIES, la. March 13:-Un- ion miners from all the mining sec tions of this state are gathering here in large numberl to attend the state meeting called to meet in this city to- morrow. It seems practically a fore gone conclusion that the men at their meeting will make a demand for a raise in wages of 10 cents a ton and of 20 per cent for day work. Should the operator refuse to grant the in- crease demanded, it is said. all work in the mines of the state will stop on April 1, until a new wage scale is agreed upon.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
BY WILLIAM l.. LAREIN (Manager Farm Land Department Chicago Record-Heraidj

ChlCaGO RtCOru-Lerdll
 Is il possible that Florida in drain. ing the Everglades is Iatheriug tho greatest land swiudle ever perpe trated on the American pCople?" is q question that some persons have been asking since Florida s recent CT. ploltation began
 Experts who have investigated the project say no.
 Those who have never investigated say yes.
 1t reminds me of the agitation con cerning Chicago s great drainage can nal problem. A million persons COZ demned that project before it was completed Today every man will agree that it is one Of the state greatest blessings.
 lt is my belief that after July [. 1913, the date set for the completion Of the main drainage canals in the Everglades. not man. woman or child in Florida will admit ever hay ing criticised the policy of lhe state government in retaining this great area of muck land
 This is lhe greatest reclamation pro 5ecr in his tory. The Everglades. land ot mystery. home of the Seminoles and iraught with fortunes lying dor mant, Is being made ht for human habltauou and culture Ignorance of the true situation has caused what ever agitation exists Critics who never have seen the wonderful crops along the InCOmp,eted main drainage canals might as well assert that water will not seek its own level as de nounce the feasibility Of this under taking
 Eventually nature would reclaim the Eyera ades. but t might require several centuries 10 complete the work The taxpayers of the state iu- slst on having the earning power Of this 4.uHu,"Un acres of muck land for tae benefit ot this generation.
 The Everglades uroper comprise t.unD square miles, or as great all area as Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined lt lies between reefs of sauCeI-shayed rock extending l6r miles north and south and sixty miles east and west. The average depth of the soil is eight feet. It is uuderlaid with rotten porous limestone The land just south of Lake CkeeChObee Is twenty-oHe feet above sea level T he drainage problem consists Of low. erlng tlds lake four feet. SO that it win not overflow during the rainy season.
 When the drainage canals are com pleted their combined channels will equal that Of river 250 feet wide and ten feet deep. II this vast system is insufficient the state can aford to double the capacity and reclaim still at small expense. The present. ex- Iendimre. under contract, is about Sl 9n acre. The state has a standing cf- fer from colonization companies that have proved the land value Of from SIH to S+1 per acre in 5o.N0p-acre tracts That is for the land in it's present condition.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
AUTOMATON OR MAN
 WHICH IS HE. OR II?
Exhibit in W indow Phelps Dodge Store Puzzles
 the Public
.Mhat.s it2n

Whats it?'
 Hundreds C. people in front of the
 Phelps Dodge store show windows
 last night asaed that question, an.
 finally, baffled. removed the question
 .naik alter the question and called
 it a What sit" The thing-Or wds
 it a man?-in the show window actci
 SD much like a human being that one
 minute those who saw it would have
 sworn it was man, but the
 next minute. so much like a mecnani-
 ca! invention was it, they would have
 sworn they were forswOrn.
 he Thing is apparently an electrl-
 cally operated contriyance, the Ce-
 sign of some wizard of invention, l!- asmu.h as 1t seems to be connecCoC
 with the electric light current, and II it is such. thel, the height of ne.
 chanical perfection has feen reac-e0
 or the man does everything that a fesh-and-blOOd man can do. apparent r. The only iWDerfectiOn is tne halt ing step and he jerking movement
 of the head and neck, of the torso and. arguing agaInst the mechanical
 man theory, this could easily be af- fected by g fiesh-and-blood man. Has All Guessing
 All arguments heard in the crowd before the show window simmered down to Lets, but invariably, just as the Thing was making a perfect imitation of a man. he would do something to suggest the contrary 1 theory, and no money was placed. It appears to be able to handle it. self with the ease of muscle and ! brain, but on the other hand, muscle Ind train could simulate the move ments of the cOntrivance, so any argument Is qualified with an if" Either theory leads one to an ap- | parent impossibility. It might be ar gued that no man living is equipped with nerves under such perfect con trol and a brain which would lie idle at command, for it is a scientific 1 fact, discovered by criminologists, ! that every impression ug the mind registers g corresponding expression il, the features. It would also appear 1 impossible that the mind of man could contrive a mechanical man Of
 such perfection that it dehes classi- fcation. Whatever It. it, it is well
 worth a personal inspection, and
 everyone may guess for himself the puzzling riddle. What is it?
 There will be two demonstrations
 todly, one this morning from 10:45 o'clock 10 I1:lj o'clock. and one this ! afternoon between 4:30 o'clock and
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
RACE FEELING
 GROWS BITTER
Serious Trouble Between Railroad Graders Is Feared by Those
 on Work
MAY STOP LIQUOR

TOMBSTONE, March l3.-(Spec' iaD-Phn Taylor of Charleston. who has been actind as B4tchman for the Pittsburg and Arizona Gold and Copper Mining company for the past year or more, was in the city today oa a short visit He states that dur ing the past week or ten days. MeXi- can laborers employed on the Lewis Springs Fairbank cutoff have been causing a number of disturbances along the line and have made number of threats against the Ameri- cans on account Of the report that the American troops were going into Mexico He further says that the Americans hiaye armed themselves, and on several occasions trouble has been narrowly averted. The MeNicans visit the saloon at Charleston run by Maria Gallego. buy whiskey by the gallon and carry it to the various camps. and then start trouble, fight ing and carousing all night long. He brought with him a petition asking the board Of supervisors to take some action in regard to closing the sa- looon. so that a stop may be put to the Mexicans securing liquor at that place.
 The board Will not be m session until April :, but the filing of the petition against the saloon will stop the issuance of it's license, which be- comes due on April 1.
 Map Appoint Officer
 There has been some feeling at the Lee Moore camp between the MeXicans and the Americans since the shooting of a Mexican few weeks since by Timekeeper Sands. of which charge he was eXOnerated, but this did not satisfy the MeXicans and they have continued to keep trouble brewing and to make threats of ven geance. but so far have failed 10 make any effort to carry them into effect
 It is more than likely that some steps will be taken to have an oitl- cer or two appointed to look after the disturbing element until the s3- loon can be closed, after which 1t is thought there will not be any further trouble. The only occasions upon which the Mexicans become unruly Is when they are under the influence of jquor. There are some three hun dred Mexicans employed on the work and only about fifty Americans, so that should q race riot start, 1t i5 feared that the Americans wodld have the worst Of it. as they gre scattered all along the work. while the Mexicans are more or less to- gethef.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS

All members of city Democrat Cen traI committee and all democrats of the city are requested to meet at the city hall tonight. March 14th- for the purpose of filling vacancies in committee and other impol tant busI' ness.
 J. J. BOWEN. Chairman. 31Z
 II. w. THOMAS, Secy.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
FLORIDAS GREAT RECLAMATION PROJECT IS
 ITS OWN ANSWER ID UN|NFORMED CRITICS

by the chief engineer, Major Wright, 10 the trustees ol the internal I'm. proyement Fund His Last report shows the busineSslihe manner and acceleraung speed with which the work of drainage is being prosecuted.
 The following table presents in brief compass a mass of valuable in. formation.
 Total cubic yards earth and rock removed during the three month"; ending
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
APRON SALE.

The Woman's Home Missionary SO ciety of the Methods church will have an apron sale in social hall next door to the church Thursday even. ing. March l4. Pie and coffee vii! be served at I5 cents. 34S.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14
REBEkAH DANCE.

The Rebekah lodge will give dance Friday evening. March 18th at the Odd Fellows Hall. Music by ihe Brennan orchestra. 5t".
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14

In 1850 Congress passed the swamp land act. enabling states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits By the terms of this bill the public wet lands in each state were granted 10 the state in fee simple, but with the provision that the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind. shall be applied exclusively, as far as mecca sary. to the purpose Of retaining said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid"
 Getting the lands was one thing. draining them another Thirty-one years passed before Florida seriously attempted the work Then the state entered into a contract with Henry Disston of Philadelphia whereby he was 10 drain them, receiving his pay in land. He continued work on the con. tract about eight years. drained some of the higher lands, differed with the state and gave up the work.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14

Nothing more was done until the Jennings administration. beginning iu 1900 Prior to this era, from 1855 down. the state had been lavish ir granting it's land to railroads Gov. ernor Jennings held many Of these grants Illegal His administration was marked by a series Of fights with rail roads m the courts whereby much of the state lands was recovered
 Jennings vas followed in 1904 by BToward. whose viewpoint was the same. Jennings became attorney for the Internal Improvement Fund, having charge of the wet lands, and was an important adviser to Broward He proposed that the ditch digging be begun at once. The first dredge be gan throwing dirt July 4, 1906. From that day 10 this the work mas Leen carried on.
 On July 8, 1910. the work O, drain ing was turned over to a big drainage firm, the Furst-Clark Company of Baltimore and Galveston. The com. pany is up with it's schedule and the outlook for the successful completion ot the work is first class. The state is paying the bills and has an abund ant fund derived from two sources the sale of everglades land to com. panies which retail them to individ- uals, and the drainage tax of cents an acre on lands benefited by the drainage.
 Furthermore, the state took from the office Of drainage investigations at Washington, a drainage expert who. while in government employ. had investigated and reported on the Ever. glades This man, Major J. o. Wright is supervising the work of drainage.
 Monthly progress reports are made
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14


 stalled by one of the companies. This company also maintains a demonstra. ton farm on which are growing frui; trees. winGbreaks, ornamental trees and the hEe Among these are bas Eet willows. kumquats, Persian lines, lemons. oranges, grape. fruits, figs. guavas. Australian pines, camphor trees and the eucalyptus Among the vegetables growing are celery, lettuce. egg plant, tomatoes. cucumbers, Der muda onions. carrots, cabbage, okra, refugee beans, lima beans, watermel- Cns, squash, asparagus, grasses, cloN CTS, alfalfa. pigeon peas and numer GUS other products.
 The everglades are cool in summer warm in winter and directly on the ocean highway through the Panama Canal, between North and South America and the Occident and Orient
 Thousands of acres of wet lands are now being reclaimed in Florida by private capital, but the public never hears adverse criticism of private projects, because there is no political capital to be gained by an investf gation.
 The Feisemere Farms CompSny or Felsemere, Fla, is spending Sl,0OO,OOO in retaining 115.000 acres of land in Brevard and Saint Lucie counties Palm Beach County has voted to re. claim 8 million acres Of wet land b. constructing a ditch from Lake Okee- chobee to the Atlantic. a distance oi forty miles.
 Private capital is retaining 125.O0e acres of rich land in St. Johns County by spending a million in drainage canals
 Regardless of the opinion of critics, just so sure as the sun shines by day and the moon by night and water con tlnues 10 flow down hill, the Ever eades reclaimed land project will oe the greatest boon 10 mankind of any of the reclamation work accomplished ;, 4b. biStorv of our country on com.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14

ReqardIess of the opinion of critics, just SO sure as the sun shines by day and the moon by night and water con tlnues to flow down hill, the Ever. olades reclaimed land project will be the crestest boon to mankind of any of the reclamation work accomplished in the history of our country on com pletion of the main canals July 1, 1915.
 would advise every prospective pur. chaser of Everglades land to insist on lateral ditches being constructed if buyind for inmediste use or spec uIaIive purposes. The State of Flor ida should insist on every colonization company including this clause in its sales contract. There is only one com pany operating m the Everglades that includes the construction of lateral ditches in it's contract. Every company should be forced to do so.
 The Davie farm mentioned in the foregoing RecoTd-Herald article was sold by the Everglade Land Sales company and the demonstration farm and packing house mentioned are also enterprises of the same company This company Is represented in this section by L. R. Allen, general agent for Arizona and Mexico and by local agents and as practically all the large amount Of Everglade land sold in Arizona and Mexico has been sold by this company any intelligent buyer who reads the foregoing article can not help out be impressed with the soundness of his investment and great possibilities of profit.
 Anyone interested can obtain litera' ture and information by addressing l.. k. ALLEN, BISBEE, ARIZONA, General Agent for the sale of this company's land.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-14

The main canals connect Lake Okee Chobee with the gulf through which the Caloosahatchee on the west and with the Atlantic. al Miami, Fort Lan derdale and Hillsboro, on the east In addition, new canal recently has Teen proposed which will connect the lake with the famous tourist resort Palm Beach Three supplementary canals also have been ordered to pro vide additional mouths for the main canal on the Atlantic side. These find their egress through Snake Creek Snapper Creek and Cypress Creek.
 The everglades is a land not only of promise. but of performance. Win. ter cultivation is now in progress on some portions Of the tract. Two years ago extraordinary results were being accomplished on the shore of Lake Okeechobee in mid-winter. waile the mercury was at its lowest point. Farm ing this winter has been in progress on the Davie tract on the south canal some eight miles west of Fort Lauder dale.
 While this winter throughout the country generally has been the cold est in many years, the lowest point touched by the mercury at Miami was 40 degrees. On the Davie tract some 200 people-gathered from the four corners of the earth-are now living and some 500 acres are planted ir truck crops. principally potatoes, toma toes and beans that were covered with three feet of water two years ago. The growth is magnificent.
 In order that products may be turned into cash most expeditiously a grower and marketing association has been organized. IL comprises more acreage than any ether similar organ ization in south Florida. and enables the producers to market their prod ucts without riskinE them with com mission men.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
HORSES AT BENNING
SOON TO LEAVE
Trainers Will Start To-day
for the South.

The old course OF the Washington
Jockey Club at Benning has been un-
usually busy Of late with the many
strings that are preparing for the COM
ing season OF racing at Charleston. To-
day four carloads will pull out for the
South Carolina track, and in the lot
will be many horses that are ready for
the colors as soon as they are unloaded.
1t has been possible to keep the horses
going along briskly at all times, and the
Columbia course has lost none OF its
fame as a training ground. With the de-
parture Of the Charleston division the
colony will be thlnned out considerably.
but there are several strings on hand
that will not be called on to race until
the opening of the season OF the Mary
land Jockey Club at Pimlico, while others
have nothing in view until the meeting
of the Ontario Jockey Club at Wood
bine. Toronto.
One string that will wait for the Cana
dian opening is that Of A. c. Mcfarland.
He has four in charge of Harry Shan
non. and made the trip TO Washington
to look them over yesterday. All four OF
them are three-year-olds, and particularly
well set up.
In the shipment that is to leave for
to-day Walter Condor will
take FL Bart. ]. r. Sweeney has Black
Chief, Outlaw, and Ethel lie Brume here
in charge Of Jerry Carroll.
Albert Simmons Is going along smartly
with the Harry Payne Whitney lot that
he has In his care and at this time his
is the largest establishment. They are
intended for q start at Pimlico in the
spring, and unless all present signs fail
they will cut an important figure in the
two-year-old races OF the early season.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
JUAREZ RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-One mile. Ben Unczs lOi nIoles-
worth, ~ 70 !, won: EyeWhitr lol (HinA, TO ..
seoDnd: Oscuru. i8 CBuItonl, 9 to I. thrd. Time
l.o Is Keep Moving Rake. Charles Green. and
Riddy Lee also rIn.
SECOND RACE-seven-eishths Of . mile Zulu
los IT. Rioel. to . won: Black Mate los tGroSg.
"a TO !, second: OnAtAsSa, Ill (Estepl, D to l.
third. Time, lss IS. Rosew0rth. nens. Rampant
and Judge Cabiniss also ran.
THIRD RACE-OBe mile. Mamie McDee CHfD
to !. won: Sleepland. l02 tGrossl. to l. seCuoa
Dudo, los tSeldsn). to 5. third. Time lsil.
Thistle Rose. Robert, lain. BooEer Battle. Bnck
Bonita, sam Connor and Jack Wainwright also r1n
FOURTH RACE-SeTen-eighths q a mile. F.
Mulholland los tGrussl, to /. won; l.. NJ. EckeTI,
los IT. Rice, TO !. second: Flying FootSteps, H.
tTEplin). to ]. third. Time. l5 IS Tim Judge
Juan, Little lane. and WoolWindeT also rsn.
FIFTH RACE-hreequarterS q a mile. Rosamo
III tTaplin). to l, won; John H. sheehan. los
tMolesvorthl. 20 l. secOnd; Waner. l0 tSeldenl. :
10 L third. Time, l:l3 Is Serrnada, EmrnA g..
Hereto. lex. HEncOck. Aoquia. P1tApat and Gram
mercy also nn.
SIXTH RACE-One mile. Miami loI lIoles-
WORTH, to l. won; Lena LeCh. 100 Parker, . to
l, second; Yankee Pooh, s tGuyl. 10 to !. third.
Time. l!Dl-S MaiEie Girl. Flying Feet Judge
Walton and Jim CsfeTty also an-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
BANNER YEAR In
AUTO PRODUCTION
American Cars Winning Fa-
VOr in Foreign Fields.

The year just beginning will be the ban
ner year in the production OF all kinds
OF motor vehicles. From good authority
more than 10000 cars of all kinds will be
produced. In the foreign field every day
marks the American car winning favor
with the automobile users on the CONT
nent and In England. The lower-priced
car especially is winning great favor.
showing that we are able TO market
better car at a lower price than is possi-
BILE there.
As fewer foreign cars are seen on the
streets OF Washington and New York
and throughout the country, the general
opinion is that with a given amount Of
money one Is able to secure a better
made car and a car better able to stand
up under the strains OF the average
American road than is possible in an
imported car. Furthermore. the Ameri-
can manufacturer is taking greater pains
with the equipment and for luxury and
the many little comforts that money can
buy. The high-priced American car en-
bodies all and cannot ne surpassed.
There are now in active operation nearly
6o0.00O automobiles In the United States.
besides nearly 10000 trucks.
Standing on a corner when the traffic
was at It's height recently In New York. a
count was made Of the vehicles passing
during a one-half hour period. and the
result showed the horse-drawn vehicle to
be but one in every 162 passing during
the time mentioned.
Il is all a question II dollars and cents,
and everywhere every day It becomes
more apparent that in order TO solve
the delivery problem the up-to-date mer-
chant who wishes to give his patrons the
worth Of their money must OF necessity
abandon the horse and make use of the
motor truck. made for his particular
business. and thus save for himself and
his patrons the difference in the cost of
delivery. proven time after time in every
line Of business to be from Il cent to
many cents for each mile
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
GEORGE MULLIN NEVER
SLIDES INTO A BASE

During all my years as a
member of the Detroit team ]
have never slid into a base"
says Pitcher George Mullin. MY
I'LL of sliding came when / was
just breaking into baseball. I
was young and ambitious then.
and. thinking I saw a chance to
swap third base for second, /
started on a gallop for the sack.
"As ! neared It the ball came
flying across the diamond to the
third baseman, and, quite Cobb
esque, I started a fail-swsy slide.
'T hit the turf, all right. but
when ! banged into the sack I
not only scraped the skin on my
nose and filled my ears with
terra firma, but ! also broke my
right leg.
That was enough! Never
again"