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Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
CHARGES FEDERAL JUOGE
BEING HAB|TUAL DRUNKARD

| [BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSJ
WASHINGTON. June 7.-Charging
| that Judge Cornelius H. Hanford of
| the United States district court of the
state of Washington is an "habitual
drunkard and morally and tempera-
mentally unfit to hold a judicial posi-
tiOn," Congressman Victor Berger of
Wisconsin introduced a resolution in
the house today directing the judiciary
committee to investigate his charges
and. if substantiated, to recommend
Hanford's impeachment.
When the resolution was referred to
the committee, Berger arose on a
question of the highest privilege and
entered upon a scathing arraignment
of the Washington jurist, saying, in
part:
Il accuse Hanford of being an habit
ual drunkard. | charge that he an.
nulled on May 13, in violation of the
constitution, the naturalization papers
of COnard OLSON, citizen of Tacoma.
! charge that he issued in collusive
suit of August Peabody against the
Seattle RentOn and Southern railway
in August. 1911 an injunction in the
interests of the company and against
the interests of the citizens of Seattle,
f1agrantly violating justice and law
Il charge that he is morally and
temperamentally UNFIT to hold judicial
position.
Il charge him with having been re-
sponSible for long series of unlaw-
ful actions"
Four detailed charges, designated as
specifications" are advanced in the
resolution. Berger soon will appear
before the committee in an attempt to
substantiate his charges He claims
he has score of affidavits from repu-
table citizens of Washington After a
preliminary examination the commit
tee will report on the question of
recommending Hanford's impeach-
ment"
In attacking Hanford Berger used
the high privilege" as Il member of
the house. which is an official function
seldom requiSitiOned
The four specifications against Han
ford are:
''First-That the annullment of
Olsson's certificate was unlawful. and
an uSurpation of power On trial the
defendant denied he was an anarchist,
and that no testimony to the contrary
was introduced. OLSON admitted that
he was a Socialist. On the ground Of
this admission, and wholly without
warrant of law. Hanford arbitrarily
cancelled Olssons certificate.
Second-That Hanford's reputation
for rendering corrupt decisions is
matter of common and long standing
nOtoriety. His record has been pub
lished and further proclaimed in mass
meeting attended by 5000 Seattle citi.
Zens.
fhird-That the Injunction in the
Peabody suit is fraudulent and dictat-
ed by corrupt motives. The Injunction
aroused public sentiment to a degree
which forced Hanford to dissolve the
injunction shortly afterward
"Fourth-That charges of habitual
drunkenness in court, his moral and
temperamental unfitness to hold a ju-
dicial position will be sustained by
sworn testimony, covering his record
on the bench for years"
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
LEVEE NEAR NEEDLES GOES

SAN BERNARDINO, June 6.-The
levee protecting the Cottonia Land
company's vast acres opposite Needles
has been carried away by high water
in the Colorado river and a flood Of
water is streaming over agricultural
lands of the San Benito ranch. The
storehouse and other buildings are al
ready under water. Since the river
cut through the Ievee below Fort
Mojave the river at Needles has low
cred two feet
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

tBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION
BUDAPEST, June AFTER a ya
attempt to assassinate the HungariI
premier, Count Tisza, in the chamb
OF deputies, NJ. Kovacs, oppositia
deputy, shot himself in the head al
die0. Kovacs and his associates ht
been excluded from the chamber sin,
May 81, as a result of the electit
riots. Today he suddenly entered II
correspondents box and fired thrlt
at Tisza, missing. Tisza RENAME
seated, did not raise a hand and col
tinued business after Kovacs' suicid
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
WATER SOON READY
FOR YUMA VALLEY use

After waiting for years for water, it
is announced that it will be available
some time this month, the official an
nouncement being as follows:
Department of the Interior, United
States Reclamation Service.
The reclamation service desires TO
announce that some time in June. 1917,
gravity water from Laguna dam will
be ready for delivery to land immedi-
ately below that structure on the Arl'
zona side. and also TO lands in the
Yuma valley which are under the eX-
listing canals. Pending the opening OF
the project, this water will be deliv-
cred on a rental basis, the charge be-
ing at the rate of so cents per acre
foot as measured at the government
laterals.
This water service will be confined
to lands covered by subscription to the
Yuma County Water Users association
which are in good standing, except
that until further notice, squatters on
public lands withdrawn under the first
and escond forms cannot receive wa
ter; provided, however, that during
the season of 1912 water may be de-
livered to the areas held by squatters
Immediately below Laguna dam on the
Arizona side of the river which were
under cultiv alton in 1911. Water will
be delivered TO these latter areas
when the occupants thereof have en-
tered into a contract with the reclama
tion service which contains the follow
ing clause:
The undersigned hereby agrees that
neither the racaint nf the. contract nor
the furnishing of water or anything
done hereunder shall operate in any
manner as a recognition of any right
or claim of the undersigned in or TO
the lands concerning which this con
tract is made.
Blanks for contracts may be obtain
ed at the Office of the project engineer.
Yuma. AriZ.
FRANCIS l.. SE!.I.EW
June 4, 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
IS BUSIEST SEASON OF
THE WHOLE LONG YEAR

Imperial valley has entered on the
busiest season of the whole year, with
grain, hay and cantaloupe harvests on.
with a great acreage of corn being
grown, and with the cotton growers
busy with their young plants.
The result of all this is that there
is scarcely an idle man in Imperial
valley, and the number of persons to
be seen on the streets has shown a
falling off
This is the sort Of experience that
will bring many dollars to the pockets
of all classes of people.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
Extends Congratulations

Imperial valley residents will extend
their congratulations TO the people OF
Yuma valley over the fact that after a
long period of waiting that valley is
ready to enter into the field of larger
production and parallel the achieve
ments in this neck of the woods.
The two valleys are practically the
same in character OF climate and pro-
dactive possibilities, and their future
will in large part always run on much
the same lines There may possibly
be points of competition between the
two, but their interests will be COM
mon on so many lines that these
mutual interests should bind the val
leys together rather than cause feel
ing of estrangement.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07

Shrode. for the north half of the
southeast quarter of section 25, 1915,
by the resurvey being the north half
Of tract 49, 1915, being in lieu Of
patent No. 1923, cancelled because
of error; by Barbary Downing, for the
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section Is, 1915, by the re-
survey being lots 2, 4, 16 and IS of
section 80, 1916; by Alice r. Howard,
for the northwest quarter of section B,
14-13, by resurvey being tract 81, 49,
12
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
Final Certificates Issued

The United States land Office has is
sued the following final certificates for
Imperial valley lands: To Charles F.
Henderson, for the east half of the
southwest quarter of section 5, 1913
by the resurvey being tract 1884; to Ida
Hillhouse, for the east half of the
northwest quarter of section Is, 1918,
by the resurvey being the east half OF
the west half of tract 1O6; to Daniel
Rice Raymond, for tract SO, 14-15; to
Seneca NJ Sheldon, for the southeast
quarter, the east half of the south.
west quarter and the west half of the
southeast quarter of section "a, 1913,
containing 800 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
Col. Holabird's Lecture

The lecture given by Col w. III
Holabird last evening at the Christian
church under the auspices of the TeI
Thousand club did not draw so largd
d crowd as the excellent lecturd
merited. The few present had thd
pleasure Of seeing a beautiful series
Of views of Yosemite and other Cali
fornia beauty spots.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
Methodist Church

In the morning Rev. f. NJ. Morgan,
Methodist pastor of Holtville, will
preach and Rev. Oliver Saylor will
preach in Holtville In the evening
at p. m. the pastor breaches the
third in the series on the life and
Times of Christ The Epworth
League meets at p. N. OF ver Say
lor, pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
Patents Received

The following patents for Imperial
valley lands have been received from
the United States land office: BY Myr-
tic n. Maxwell, for the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of
section n, and the northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of section "a,
15-13, by resurvey being the east half
of tract 96: by Charles T. Ferguson,
for lots 2, 3 and 4, the southwest quar-
ter of the northwest quarter and the
northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 25, 1928; by Will
liam G. Ferguson, lots and Z, section
6, and lots | and 2, section 7, 14-24:
by Clarence f. Ferguson (from the
state), for the east half of the east
half of section SO, 1914; by Willis X.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07

Ell PASO, June 1.-ConSternatlOn
pervades the rebels as result of the
reported rout of the rebel force under
General ArgumendO at San Juan de
Guadalupe by federal troops near
Torreon.
The federals were IN three columns.
The rebels, numbering about 1000,
were caught in the jaws of the three
federal columns and the federal vic
tory was reported as complete.
Hundreds are reported killed and
wounded. The majority of the rebels
fed south toward Zacatecas, according
to report. A small body retreated
north into Durango, closely pursued by
federal cavalry.
General Banquet, who defeated the
rebels who had got in behind Huerta,
waited until the commands of Colonels
Aguilar and Contreras were in fav-
orabIe position to cooperate and wipe
out the rebels The federal command
numbered 1900 men.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
STORY OF FIRST DECADE

This elegantly printed, Illustrated and
bound history of Imperial valley, by Ed
been out of print. but a few more copies
of the original edition are now to be had
Exclusively on sale at the Valley School
Supply. Original price IS. now for So. So
When these are sold there will be no other
edition. 1t is a history which every resi-
dent Of the valley should have. If
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
For Wife Desertion

For Wife Desertion
T. A. Spence, sentenced to serve
two years in the penitentiary for wife
desertion, appeared before Judge Cole
this morning on petition for probation,
" Which was denied.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
PARTIES WISHING STORAGE SPACE

we have leased the large sheet Iron
llton Supply Co., and are prepared to han.
die any and all kinds of storage business
See Pioneer Transfer Co., at Office on 5th
just north of Main Phone Main l.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07

Dressmaking and tailoring. 521 Olive
street Mrs. Cooper. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-07
LEADER READY TO FLEE

CITY OF MEXICO, June 7.-Uncon-
firmed dispatches from the north say
mutiny has broken out in the rebel
ranks and Orozco is ready to flee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
ADJUSTERS AT WORK
ON ALAM0GORDo LOSS

Alamogordo, \. NJ, Feb. 1O.-Cbas. Fl
Coats, A B. Williams and J. H. BANKS
adiusters, representing. respectively. the
Germania, Connecticut and Colonial fire
insurance companies, are here ATTENDING
to business in connection with the fire
which DESTROYED the main building of
the AlamOgOrdo sanitarium early last
Sunday morning.
Earl Phillips IS at home from the uni-
versitv of Kentucky.
Dean Sherry is IN Santa Fe on busi-
Jas. D. Hanna, who spent a part of
last winter in Alamogordo, is here for a
visit.
DR.. w. G. Rountree has returned from
Mineral Wells, Tex. where he was called
on business.
The Beavers viii give a masouersde
ball at their hall on New York avenne
this evening.
The building on New York avenue. for
merlY occupied by the Cook store Is be-
ing renovated and a number of changes
made in the interior arrangement. When
the work is completed the building will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
Do You Answer Your Letters? . A. o.
objectionable Sin Not To Do So =
EngGhman Crcises Us Strongly For This Neglect Of Correct
Social Usage

cial fabric Of the British empire. We
entertain more largely and literally
here, and we have many interests be
sides merely social ones. With many
large affairs in mind, Americans may
be prone to overlook lesser ones, and
one OF these lesser ones is, possibly,
attention to correspondence.
Suppose each woman who reads this
makes honest answer to herself: y es,
am careless about correspondence
I must do better How shall we go
about it?
First. let her keep the unanswered
letters in sight. Herewith to prick
her memory The letter that is put
aside under cover OF some screening
door is likely soon to be- utterly for
gotten, or when a search Of the drawer
reveals IT. il will raise a doubt as to
whether It has not been answered
Rather than repeat the reply, the hid
den cheeseman's unanswered, and in
turks and the seeds OF enmity have
been sOWn- A brilliant friend Of mine
whose life is crowded with engage
ments Of the useful sort, has had a
rack built upon one side OF her desk
Here 1 saw 10 or y letters arranged In
fanliSe order. No glance at the filled
yet orderly desk but would include
this fan show Of letters Her eyes
followed my inquiring one and she
smiled
They are reminders that I must
write decency letters.
'Decency letters2' I repeated.
Yes. Letters to thank someone for
a favor done, letters of sympathy for
some blow received. OF letters of In
curry about the writer's welfare or
that Of someone dear to him or her I
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10


~ o YOU answer your letters? Do
- you answer them promptly? Do
you forget to answer them, or
forget whether you have answered
them?
An Englishman paying a visit TO TINS
country Is charmed with US in all re-
spects save one. he says that we are
seys, before he visited this country, he
judged a WOman's social status by the
condition Of her teeth. Since. he has
decided 1t by the way she answers her
letters.
TT is the unpardonable social sin
not to answer a letter" he said 1t Is
absolutely no excuse that woman Is
a little girl who writes good hand
TO come in and answer your letters
for couple OF dollars a week
Americans are free and independent
spirits who care little what English
men, or HottentOts, think OF them,
II 1t isn't true. If it is true,
we are willing TO admit our
careless about answering letters2 1t
is a question every woman must an
sWer for herself and the first an
swer viii probably be, like the begin
ming Of many letters We send and re-
ceiye, an excuse.
q have been so busy" is upon eevry
tongue and pen point in the United
States. We are a busy nation, for we
have much worth while TO do. Golf
and hockey do not absorb US and our
social fabric IS not supported by tea.
Take away the English habit OF offer
ing a cup OF tea and one trembleS 10
think what would be come Of the So
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
By Ada Patterson

call them decency letters because. II 1
did not answer them, L should not feel
on decent terms with myself When
they are answered, i toss them into
the waste basket or put them in my
drawer Of precious things"
In a current play a senator's house
keeper simplifies his tOrments about
which letters have been answered and
which unanswered, by wrapping the
first with red ribbons, the second with
white. He was so grateful for this
minimizing OF his troubles in CORES
pondence that he married her, a result
worthy Of consideration this year OF
feminine proposals.
But I haven't time to answer my
letters" complains some Overburdened
housewife. Perhaps your problem will
be solved by writing short letters.
The long letter is, except in cases Of
extreme interest and intimacy, a mis-
take. The long letter is nearly as
of mercy to both to make the letter
short A short kindly letter, written
to the point, not above nor under
meath nor round about it, is always
welcome. A famous actress. owner OF
a theater, busy with family and social,
as well as professional matters, yet
finds some time in her crowded day.
half hours to make personal reply 20
her letters. The letters are Away
brief. Four or five lines are made to
cover the subject or subjects preached
in the letter to which il is reply, but
they do cover them.
An unanswered letter is an affrOnt
SystemiEing our correspondence robs
1t OF most OF its terrOrs. Don't let il
accumulate and the terrors Will flee
away.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
new LANI0FFIGE RULING ELIMINATES
Constructive RESIDENCE feature
Date Now Is From Time Of Actual Residence and Not
of Entry, and in Communication Proof Old Rule of
First Six Months Residence Is Changed
and Actual Residence Of IA Months
Now Required Of Homesteaders

Las Cruces. y. A.. Feb. 1O.-The re-
cent ruling OF the general land office
In Washington regarding the necessity
OF five years actual residence on the
homestead In order to prove uD does
away with the six months "construc-
tive residence which has heretofore
been accepted where the claimant went
upon the land In good faith and estab-
hshed residence on the land within si,
months after the date Of his entry
The rule now is to date the resi-
oence from the date OF actual bOos
tide residence. and not from the data
OF entry as heretofore. and the c1si~7-
ant and witness must show actual resI-
dence on the land as a home FOR five
years exclusive OF absences on n leave
Of absence.
In the case OF communication n-oof
the old rule TO permit the claimant TO
count the first six months OF the Tffe
or the entry as actual residence where
he went upon the land within the SIX
months and established actual resi-
cence, IS also changed and the claim
ant making eommuted proof now must
show an actual bona fide residence OF
fourteen months continuous presence
on the land.
Question often Raised
The question is often raised whether
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

at one central point and put together
in units, such as one, two or three
room buildings. All Of these sections
have TO be reinforced, as they must
De necessarily built very thin.
In the buildings now constructed,
tho walls are built Of sections or slabs
about three inches thick. They fit to-
getber by means Of q tongue and groove
Joint which viii allow for weather
e.-Uunsion and still give n wa
ter proof joint They are held
In Mace at the. top by a-metal or
wooden band. TIE window and door
frames are likewise made Of concrete
built in forms which are patterned
very much after the wooden frames
The roof is OF concrete slabs painted
with several coats o. asphalt, which
makes Il water proof
On the top % the roof. Mr. kroeger
has constructed a pergOla Of cement.
All the columns and rails are built with
hollow centers and are very light
The sidewalks, are built in sections
and can be taken up and removed at
any time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

residence on a homestead counts where
the claimant goes upon a tract that he
- cOnlestlngs and establishes residence
before being allowed to enter the land
The general land office has ruled that
actual residence on a tract OF land
does not count unless the land IS sub
1ect TO entry by the claimant who is
residing thereon, or actually entered
by him. The mere fact that 2 contest
has been instituted does not give the
claimant the right to count his resi-
dence on the land until the contested
entry IS Cancelled and his own entry
allowed
In the case OF a claimant making
desert land entry for $40 acres Of land
on which he resides the necessary four
teen months and then rslinqutsnlns ne
tract on which he has resided with the
object OF making homestead entry ana
offering cOmmuted proof; u has been
held by the local land office tnar me
residence on the land while held as
desert land entry does not operate %
perfect title under the homestead avs
where the land is subsequently entered
as a homestead
The right Of a desert land entryman
20 come from one state into another,
Continued on Page Twelve.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

CONTINUED On Page TwelveJ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

'Conrinued on PAge Twelve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
ecoLLEEN BAwN~ THIS AFTERNOON

@COLLEEN BAWN" THIS AFTERNOON
colleen Bawn" proved to be all that
its producers claimed for It and the
Wigwam was unable TO accommodate
thu crowds that came last night. al
though q full show was put on extra.
IT will be run today from $50 until Z
o'clock Then it viii be taken off and
an entirely new bill Of three pictures
win be put on for the night
The Crystal win have an entire
change OF program today
His Mother" a picture made in both
ireland and America, will be shown at
the Crystal Sunday It was by the
company that produced Colleen Bawn."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

The external committee Of the
school board met at the Mesa school
Friday night to discuss plans for the
new school to be erected in East El
Paso but no action was taken The
regular monthly meeting of the school
board viii be held Monday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

FLElNs DIl y II IT w ITTl IIIl-NIIs
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. I0-The Rev
Frank Dewitt Talmage died at his
home here tonight OF heart failure He
was ~ years old. HIS father was the
famous divine, Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
Mr.. Talmage was pastor Of the Cham
bers-Wylie Presbyterian church He
came here from Los Angeles. Calf. He
also had occupied puipits in Chicago
and PittsbUrg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

be occupied bv Chas. F. Prince The
new store viii be connected with Mr..
Prince's other store BY an arch door.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-09-12

The Avalanche editor is in re-
ceipt of a season ticket to the
San Angelo Fair October LIST to
5th inclusive. This fair is be-
coming quite a factor in the de-
velopment of the west and
should be well attended by peo-
pie from this section of the
State.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-09-12
A BusinessIike Step

Inspection Of the states prison
system before the coming session
of the legislature as proposed by
Governor Colquitt in order that
advisable changes in the peniten-
tiary law may be studied before
hand is a commendable step, and
one such as a business man
would take in looking after any
department Of the business en-
trusted to his care.
Both. B. F. Looney. nominee
for attorney general. and Will n.
Mayes. nominee for lieutenant
governor have accepted the
governors invitation and the in
vestigation Of penitentiary needs
and reforms may be expected TO
be under way before long.
There is only one suggestion
for the Improvement Of this bust
nesslike step on the part of the
governor. Ii being the intent
to have the investigation made
for the purpose of informing the
legislature, it would not be amiss
TO have a member or two of the
house and senate added to the
committee. In this way they
would be members within the
bodies capable of giving such in
formation and advice as the two
gentlemen named are expected
to gather in their inspection, for
the guidance of the legislature.
The governor has already out
lined some changes he believes
should be made. and desires that
the other officials should gain
first hand information. The adj
dition of house and senate men,
bers to the committee could only
strengthen the recommendations
that may be made. and might do
much to facilate their passage.
Star Telegram.