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The Parker post., 1913-08-02
MAKE PORT OF
SALTON SEA

Ell Centre Progress: How would
you like to board a deep sea vessel
on New river at any point in Imperi-
al valley and take a trip to New
York city, Galveston or any other
port that can be reached through
the Panama canal or on the west
coast?
If you are a 'rancher, how would
you like to load your hay on board
ship and send it at water rates to
market?
These questions are called to mind
by resident of the valley who, sey-
eral years ago, in conversation with
G. X. Clarke, the engineer, who was
then with Water Co. No. l, as super
intendent. had it from Mr.. Clarke's
own lips that canal from deep water
on the gulf to the Salton sea, max
ing use of the New river channel,
was not only a possibility, bnt one
of the easiest engineering accomp-
lishments that existed today. 1t was
Mr.. Clarke's worry at the time that
some private corporation would get
a concession from the government
Of Mexico for this purpose and the
people as a whole would be tribute
payers to some private corporation.
The engineering possibilities
this case are easy to figure. Landing
of a boat has already taken place
Volcano lake, where the Ida A the
other day dropped 40 tons of mer-
chandise for the c.. NJ. ranch. The
fact that navigable water exists at a
comparatively low stage of the river
from Volcano lake to the gulf, has
been established. Now this boat
landed at the concrete gate on the
levee built by the c. d. company.
1t is not hard to imagine series
of locks with easy grade letting the
canal boats ply back and forth laden
with rich products of Imperial val
ley bound for the wealthy part OF, the
east and west, and cheap water rates
The digging of the canal would
not be serious job. Some one has
said that the water turned loose un-
der guidance would complete the
finest canal ever imagined, digging
the channel to the proper depth
wherever the engineers wished to
guide it. No rocks, hills or valleys
to cross and the grade is sufficient
to make an easy flow Of wa.
1t may be long time coming but
a ship from Salton sea to deep water
will be a fact some day With the
completion of the Panama canal the
incentive toward waterway improve
ments will be greater than ever.
The Parker post., 1913-08-02
PROSPERITY FOR
CIBOLA VALLEY

September LIST, preliminary work
viii begin on the Cibola valley If
,igatiCn project just across the Col
orado viver from Blythe When com
pieted. this project will bring into
cultivation twenty thousand acres
more of rich river bottom land, as
fertiA as any in the world. We trust
the people Of ,Cibola will secure just
as good, economical irrigation sy-
stem as we have here in the Palo
Verde valley, we could wish them no
better fortune.
Here in the Palo Verde valley we
have the most economical irrigation
system in the Unites States A
perpetual water right to irrigate our
land cost but twenty five dollars per
acre, which is less than one half
the cost of any government project
and less than one third the cost of
some, while most of the government
projects have indebtedness of mil
lions of dollars, we have the small
Indebtedness of 100000, or about
$1.00 per acre for each acre of land
to be irrigated. We have assets in
unsold water stock, lands and real
estate mortgages, of over one and
a quarter million dollars to pay for
future improvements to our systC
when needed We have over on.
hundred miles of canals already con
structed, and water so plentiful as
to be wasting through the spillways
No other irrigation system in the
country can approach such
good showing, and best of all our
farmers are the most prosperous to
be found anywhere.
The conditions to be found in th(
Cibola valley and here at Blythe
are Identical, minus the water to If
rigate the land. The Colorado river
is the only dividing line, the soil
and climate are the same
We can see no reason why the
people of Cibola will be less pros.
Gus two or three years hence than
those Of the Palo Verde valley today
The Parker post., 1913-08-02
1t Cannot Be Done.

This is a story appropriate to
spring.
The hero was a great comic artist,
and one day he felt inspired to draw
a caricature of wOman's hat The
picture was SO funny that he almost
had to laugh at 1t himself; but when
he showed it to his wife she never
broke a smile.
Don't you like tt?' inquired the
artist.
Like it?' she replied. "Of course
like 1t! It's the dearest, sweetest,
loveliest hat I ever saw in my life.
Why do you waste your time on those
horrid comic pictures when you are
capable of designing beautiful things
like this? I'm going right down to
have my milliner make me one Just
like it." And she did
Moral-You can't caricature a
Woman's hat
The Parker post., 1913-08-02
WOULD SETTLE WITH MEXICO.

Summing up the issues which are
at stake in the present Mexican sit
uatiOn Ambassador Wilson recently
mentioned the Colorado river IT.
rigation controversy as one that
should have immediate settlement.
Wilson took the position that the
claims of the United States in this
regard were just and should be re-
conized by the Huerta administra-
ton.
The Parker post., 1913-08-02
LOCAL NEWS

There is every indication that
Parker will see the greatest min
ing activity of its history during the
coming fall and winter
H. l.. Sullivan is expecting the ar
rival of Capt Williams within
next few days to superintend the in
stallation of the engines in the new
river boat.
j. Nj. Hackett and wife of Pata-
gonia, Arizona were visitors in Park
er yesterday. Mr. Hackett is min
ing man but is interested in Parker
farm lands.
Guy H. Baker, who has been en-
ployed as linotype operator at the
Post office will leave Sunday morning
for Ell Paso to take a position as
pressman on the Ell PasO Times.
A letter received this week from
A. L. Preston states that his little
daughter, Thelma, is much better.
She was taken to the coast some
time ago in serious condition.
With the present delightfully."- cool
summer weather continuing We can
see no reason why Parker should
not qualify as a summer resort. The
thermometer has not approach ed
the 100 degree mark for three weeks
John r. Cline Of Phoenix was in
Parker Thursday of this week. He
accompanied John Roberts to the
valley land below the Indian allot-
ments and was much pleased with
prospects for farming there.
Rev. Rice was in Parker last Sun
day and held the usual month-end
services at the Methodist chirch.
He announced that as he would be
taking a vacation during August he
would not be present to preach Oh
the last Sunday of this month
r. c.. Saufley expects to leave for
>oeASS
evening. Miss Louis Ross will act
as cashier at the Parker Bank and
Trust company during Saufley's
absence
R. J. Martin has been down on
the reservation during the. past week
putting in pumps at the cattle camps
of Fuller brothers who have several
thousand head of stock pastured on
the land.
Yuma is encountering difficulties
in it's efforts to get a wagon bridge
across the Colorado river at that
place 1t was estimated that such a
bridge would cost SIS, 900 and it was
planned to raise the money by hav-
ing the United States government,
California and Arizona each contri-
butte $4,000 This plan. went
through without a hitch until the
California appropriation bill was
presented to Governor Johnson for
SlSudIuIo AHu C1dt OIlICldl 1dlleu W
fatify it. AS the matter stands $780,
900 is available for the project but
as this sum is conditioned upon the
balance being raised there is a dang
er that the entire plan will fail A
movement has been started among
Southern California cities to raise
the needed $25, 200.
The Parker post., 1913-08-02

regarding future operations but
Judging from general appearances
we will know and hear much OF this
enterprise in the future.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Carriage
Her One Wish

GT HAVEN'T any patience with
people who can't make allow
auces for accidents" said the
girl III you have time to listen IN
tell YOU of case.
Mother thought il would bo nice
to invite Mrs. Whimsher for a little
ride the other afternoon She is that
fashionably dressed woman with the
slightly pstronizng air whom YOU
have seen at the Womau's Club. She
is rather large. so we left johnny
at home i'm order to have plenty OF
room
Well everything went beautifully
until we came To Coreys Hill It's
steep grade, and we were trying
to make il ON the high We had
almost reached the top when the
worst happa--d. you understand We
killed our engine.
The machine stopped. then began
to back slowly down the hill our
guest gave "A cry of alarm. Papa
applied the emergency brakes. but
because ot IN" grade they didn't hold.
The ear began To descend more
rapidly. There are deep bitches at
/ the sides of the road. our guest gave
more cries indicative of extreme
alarm
Do something she commanded.
What shall ! do asked papa
Hclplessly.
Reverse aI the levers and drop
the anchor suggested some one.
The car continued to back up-Or
down rapidly. The next thing we
/ knew our guest had the door open
and dad jumucd.
Now. you know how they make
'uu "t women fuc getting off ears
Backward Well our guest lived mp
tu am the traditions Of the sex. cen
fgIr-Sal force pr sometbiuS took pos
session ~ ner. and she seemed TO
earn O. somerSsulI cor two i'm the air
before she nit tine ground
Tho car Finally reached The bottom
of tine him iu safety Then We ran
+ nICk Ir our guest. She was a sight
f but she had picked herself mp. She
listened i'm sleuc, 10 our apologies
and solicitous inquiries. then she said
icilys
VIII YOU kindly telephone for a
carriage Tor me-"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
A Magic Night
ROMANCE OF A WIFE'S FATE.

cry Of a human being shouting To-
help.
The count took one Of the carriage
lamps and started i'm the direction of
the sound In the middle of a clearing
he discovered q man writing in pain.
his legs having been caught in wolf
trap.
Aided by the coachman, the count
succeeded i'm opening the cruel jaws
OF the steel trap and set the unfoytu-
nate man free. His legs were bleed
ing freely, SO the count told thu
coachman TO carry him to the road.
while he himself hurried toward tn"
hut. where LuCienne was waiting for
him.
When he arrived the hut was empty.
lie examined every nook and corn ~.
but there was no trace of his Wife. 4
pres,ntment of something dreadful
overoame him. The man he had just
freed from the trap-Who was he?
Why. it was Chertier the poache".
And what was he doing here. scarce
ly twenty steps from the charcoal
Burners hut Had he taken revenge
fo- Tie blow he had received cafli' ~
i'm the day He must know SOM
thing: he must be made To speak,
The count ran back TO the carriage.
"CherJier he cried, what has be-
come OF the woman who was in the
hut Answer me, Do you know -
Where is she? Why don't YOU speak,
The man remained silent, occasion
ally his pale face was Convuls i
either with pain Or because he was
making an effort 10 speak. His lips
trembed. but no sound came.
Tho count placed him inside the
carriage, told the coachman to drive
quickly to the chateau, and a doctor
was sent for He examined the
wounded man and worked over him
for nearly an hour while the count
stood by watching every movement
and pleading with the man to speak.
My dear count" the doctor said
at last. that man will never speak
again. He wants 10 say something.
his eyes tell me that. but he can no.
He i9 able to hear. see and und r
stand, but fear has paralyzed ms
tongue
As the moments passed the wound
cd man grew more ana more excited -
through his eyes. Their expression
changed continually, but the language
they. spoke nobody understood.
suddenly he made a supreme cIO,l
to break tie mower that held him par
t'yzeJ ia raised his head. and his
lips moyel = few uGiutclligiblr
sounds escJueG him. and the count
placed his ear close 10 his lips. His
head fell back his eyes grew CLASSY,
and there was huarSe rattle i'm mis-
throat. Then "a deep sigh and Cher
tier. tine poaCher. was dead.
Ii was not until two years later that
the underground passage from the hut
was found accidentally 1t led into a
cave. The GeCompOsed body Of LII
cienne was still dressed in her silk
gown and little blue slippers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

w WA was a Single Single man nam, he VASES va. As
light hearted and care-frec
as butterfly.
He did nos know that the order
Nature pursues so Systematically in
the chronological kingdom is reversed
in the human male.
He had rot learned that marriage is
the transformation period, and that
the male butterfly who enters it IS
hatcnCd out Il worm
This he soon discOVc ed. but there
was more TO learn. A worm he Mas
for many years, meek but nameless.
His species was made known to him
only in recent years when his wife os-
gan wearing a dress that hooked uu
the back.
No mans inventive genius can Ike -p
pace with the fashions, and before
man. in the fertility of desperation.
had invented a gas engine for hooking
up dresses and relieving hooiworm
husbands, the hook had gone and the
button had taken its place
With buttons off his own coat. Ly
sander John found himself confronted
with the daily task of fastening sew
eral hundred on the dress Of his Wife.
The situation was satiuicaL He re-
called as he worked evening after
evening getting these buttons through
their holes the times when his own
buttons were off, and how on many
occasions he had been driven to des-
.perate measures to make his wife
realize il. more than once attracting
her attention, when all other means
failed. by twisting a long lock ~
womau's blonde hair where the but
ton was missing.
He was pUWerieSS in any rebellion
against the woman whose dress I've
buttoueG. He realized this as he but
toned. and then unbuttoned and re-
buttoned because Of blunder along
the line. He must seek revenge To-
his broken nails and bruised fingers
and distressed feelings on d power
higher UP.
He would sue the dressmaher,
Il will sue" he said this morning
when called on in his private Off ,e,
ION the ground that no dressmakar
makes as many holes as there are
buttons.
Her defense will be that she does.
but if ! begin at the top of my wife's
gown. al the bottom or in the middle
there is always one more button Wnen
I get through than there is a hole for
it to go into.
If the extra button isn't at the 100
IL is at the bottom. or in the middle.
and sometimes-an on this point ]
will he supported by the testimony
Of hundreds of husbands-there are
two surplus buttons,
They never come out even! / Will
bring suit against my Wifc's dress
maker for $4,000 for every surplus
button
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
DR.. WOGLLEY'S SANITARIUR

and all inehriety ana
drug aGdicticrs scienti-
fee lily rrea e.. our s.
yea-S experience shows
erts also urea tel A. t3.eir
ss- n uaUN uU ne Sak-
Y a. son, ~. IA Viz
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Does Marriage Bore You?
By DOROTHY DIX.

the wife is called upon 10 make a thou
sand sacrifices where the husband has
10 make but one.
No other work on cartn. is SEQ mo-
uutonous as huuscwork the constant
doing over Of small tasks that have
to bee done again the next minute. ana
that show no tangible result The
housewife. cannot point 90 the dinners
She has cooked and her family have
eaten. the clothes she has washed and
mended, and they have soilcd and torn
again. the floors she has swept and
that have been Uttered tile next hour.
as the result Of her labor.
Women. too, are more grateful for
ku1ness from their husbands than bus
bands are for attentions from their
wives. a woman with really apure-
ciativc husband goes about heating upon
cymhals and calling ON her friends To
observe how blessed she ls. whereas a
man takes everything that a auod wife
does for him as mo- more Jhau his due
Tile average wife has The longest
hours of any worker boz the world. the
smallest amount OF outside diversion
and che least pay. and yet she finds
matrimuny not only cudurabr. hut a
blessed estate. while the one best bet is
that the average man spends his time
wondering what made him fool enough
to saddle himself with wife.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Opium and Whisky

those Of sesSe 49, cgrsbTe Pat
homes Consultation confident
!ert gree DIR Z p Wool F.T.
Ter SsEl,Asigm. Atlanta Ca
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

lINT7IAT do you waut?". asked
wv Count Gremy of the man
who had suddenly jumped
from a thiG!let and rudely caught
hold Of the bride of his horse
81 have found wolf trap in the
Trois Neneurs clearing" the man re-
piled, and ] want to know if that
trap was intended for me to fail
into?"
The Count looked at the man, and
in the red beard and the small pierre
ing and still shifty eyes. he recog-
nizcd Chertier the poacher. whom
his game wardens had described to
him, and whom they had tried i'm
vain 10 catch for months.
81 have no explanation to make to
YOU" said the Count, as he struck
him furious blow across the face
with his heavy hunting crop The
man made no cutlery out Instructive
ly his hands went To his face TO
ward Off more blows. and before he
hau collected his wits the Count had
just pat spurs to his horse and was
gone.
Very well" cried the poachor. II
will make YOU pay for that some
day"
The Count returned To 81. Ger
main-de s-Eois slightly upset by the
incident. \ beautiful vision appeared
to him and soon effaCed every mem
DRY Of the poaCher. His wife, Lu-
cienne was waiting for him at the
door of the chateau.
Have you forgotten, dear, that we
are to dine with the Chavannes at
Antheaunie tonight, and that the
pace is a fair distance from here 90
she asked.
why I really had forgotten all
about it," the Count returned.
lie dressed hurriedly. and as it was
a beautiful evening ordered his
phaetou brought out. declaring that
he would drive the spirited horses
himself
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
CauStic Comments

Remember that an act of charity
works both ways
The less man is abused the more
he doesn't amount TO.
Necessity is the mother of a good
many alleged poems.
Even a plate of hash looks good if
you are pretty hungry.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Daysey Mayme
AndHer F olks
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

w THEN LysanGeT John Appleton
Wv was a single man he was as
light-hearted and care-frec
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

After scraping some acquaintance
a man is anxious to cut them
No, Alonzo, family Jars are not
used for preserving domestic peace
There is no Xecuse for mans
making the same mistake twice when
there are so many other mistakes TO
make.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
I eeth and
Health

TAKE time to eat. Masucate YOUR
food well. II YOU don't you viii
l. take plenty Of time later. and
pain and money as well.
Take half q sandwich IL Won haven't
time 70 masficate a whole one thor
oUabIr
Let iced water and all other iced
drinks ala9c. The temperature Of tie
room IS tho aroper fcmpera ture for ylur
Grirl
Al g-sr tits will taste Fat AMI be
ANYTHING but eariefvipg miss the
shock which accompanies the freezing
rp,xtrre br;r keen on and in little
while Won will become accustomed 10 II
and wonder how, YOU could ever take
iced waite.
You VIII drink less with your meal.
which is a good thing and YOU will eat
less. which is beiter.
a Natural pas,,1t
III j. "e"-Nho"A TACT 'l'"' mum
'e'a OF people hdp'tuaHS e'' TOO iiiu'i''
'7pe''aHy "l meat 'i'e'li''es '''' "a
cess OF 1000 Is 5" great tnat l' passes
through No ai'iiieil'"iE ea''' anu -
"i'""''i ne" P"i 'I""s "i'"ei 80 pun
i've changes ]" ''e lt',eS''iieS'
III any c'St' an 'Ioue s,'alI u pa,
~ .lS oi st i ' nm Vii ~
the strain and broken constitution is
The result
Meat once day FOR person leading
a sedentdry life is quite sufficient. Those
performing hard manual labor Of course.
need more. az they use no more.
Age. sex. occupation and climate
should determine both the quantity and
the quality ~ food.
Boiling the food is national and a
very bad habit, and. like all habits,
once firmly established is very hard To
get rid Of A half-hearted resolution
won't do Nothing but a firm. set de-
termination to quit or break win suf-
flee
Begin with YOUR very next meal. II
is said Of the late Mr.. Gladstone that
he cneved each morsel tbirtv-tyo
times. We hardly believe that he could
have counted each movement of the
Jaw al raeb meal. but rather he be-
came so thoroughly habituated 10 mas
ticstc hts food well that il became a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
The Count Goes.

u was eleven o'clock when they
parted from the ChuvanuCs.
While they We're driving home
through the woods a sudden gust of
wind made the tall pines sigh, and in
a few minutes the air beacmc sultry.
the sky was covered with dark
clouds. and rain began To fall heavily.
Flashes of lightning cut the darkness.
Illuminating the road with their blue
white light. only to make the dark
ness following absolutely mpenetra-
BILE The storm became So bad that
the Count thought il wiser TO stop
at the first crossroads.
Listen Lucienne." he said I'VE
are stin twelve miles from st. Ger
main-de Bots. and YOU will he
drenched long before we get there il
we try 70 go on. I know "a charcoal
burners hut not far from here.
shall take you there. and YOU will
wait there until | can come back with
a carriage
lie kissed his wife. asked her to be
patient and promised To Doe back
within one hour.
lUCieuue felt nervous. as she heard
him drive away. and got dreadfully
lonesome in this small hut uf the
dark forest.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

ilN ts 10 That men ma mttii-
VA muny more OF bore than
women do" Thcy clio, sou
know
The woods to say nothing uf the
dty streets, are fun of wife desert
ers. while you hardly ever hear of "a
woman who deserts her husband and
children
Il lis the men who lind domrfiriN
So dull that they iorsake their fire.
side of au evening FOR the club or corner
saloon
Is is the women who read up on
politics and baseball SEP that they may
be- able 10 taIk utelligcuty and .u-
teres .ugiy tu their husbands No man
ever posts himself up on the fashions
So thaJ he can hold "a heart to heart
conversation on draped skirts and wired
collars and Interrogation point feathers
with his wife