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Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28
Handling Planting. Of Mixed Seed

certain responsibility to the cot
ton industry of the Imperial valley
rests on those who plant mixed Du-
range seed. Their imm ediate respon-
sibility consists in doing their utmost
t. provide first class Durango fiber
from their mixed crop in order to in
crease the outturn of high quality cot
ton from the valley. This can best
be accomplished by removing the short
staple plants from the mixed Durango
field previous to picking time.
The eradication Of the Mebane plants
and plants Of other varieties OF cotton
from paintings Of mixed Durango Is
entirely feasible. as Durango plants
display characteristics Of leaf and 9TH
er features which distinguish them
throughout their growth from plants
of other varieties Durango leaves
Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28

lasA Apelae kssAatlx pisces ~ asm-
nsgcisi Sultuss II ne ympsp,Ai valley
ri1esuoAtbe Ais(ssSueiaa Of sssl by the
Usasss etstN dsyssta,sat ~ asrioul-
turA n Ssoauoss =. even absr one
ea9 thfee-y1xtesnths % one ana . quar-.
tesps ont 81 70 aa PET cent Of lint.
y hAe large bolls ana can be picked
Noo0t ~ sAsiiy rs short staple cotton.
More than 5000 acres will be planted
TO Ou1aago long staple cotton In the
Imperial valley In 1918. About l50o
acres v1ilibs planted to mixed valley
VIII be. .planted TO Durango seed
brought from Texas. some Of which II
knowns 70 Be free from mixture with
ethss varieties OF cotton. About 10000
~cfes win BE- planted 10 short staple
eo4ton. In tho selns valley.
a a long staple cotton Industry based
oh OQfango cotton can b established
only BY maintaining clean and select
stocka af Durango seed and by using
the proper cultural methods to provide
notmsl growth for the plants and fiber
Srcat Advantage can be gained by
better msthode OF picking ana handling
the mature crop. ..3-.. s-
AAch individual who plants clean Du-
range aseA THE spring should assume
the reaoensibility Of providing clean
sesd from his crop for planting exten-
savely throughout the valley In 1914.
In order 70 provide such clean seed he
must take every precAution until the
seed ie finally sacked next fall TO pre-
vent mixture with other cotton.
Planters Of mixed seed by industri-
ous attention to the removal Of plants
OF foreign varieties from thsir mixed
Durango helds can insure themselves a
more valuable product in evener fiber
than y they leave the short staple
plants 10 be picked with the Durango
tby, application TO the matter of distin-
EsufShins tbs Dpranso plant type from
6slA the planter OF mixed ssed takes q
s<ep towafd learning 10 breed superior
cottsn.
cotton growers sboofA compare Du.
lYAngo with Mebane plants At their nrst
opportunity ana distinguish for them-
SELVES the differences in the leaf and
| bYact characteristics.
| No seed from mixed Durango fields
should be preserved FOR planting in
1874.
I Durango cotton one and three-six-
teentbe TO ohe and q quarter inches
tiehk and u even running length can
be produced only by prov1dins condf-
lions OF culture that will allow normal
tunacceletated and unchecked growth
lot. tho plant. Underwater1ng or over
waterinR or any shocking Of the plant
growth will tend to cause unevenness
and other undesirable features In the
| hber.
| Clean picking 10 exclude trash)
should be insisted upon, as II insures
IL clean grade, which Is of decided
advantage IN selling.
! Tho Capitalization of the ginning Of
all Durango cotton grow IN the 1mpe-
rial rAiley will prove Of deinits ad-
vantage TO grower ana sinner alike
Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28

of me community resIs In great parl IN
their hands. They probably realize THIS
as fully as anybody. and the commis-
sioners undoubtedly will enter upon
their duties with the intention OF either
taking vigorous steps to protect the
health of the public or make way Tor
others on the committee who will look
out for the public health.
This is fly time, and it is hoped that
every time a citizen sees fly he will
think of the typhoid fever it seeks to
spread and also of the fact that the
fly is here only because the community
permits it to be here.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28


ualeHs ths weaay n len jepg 1aeuoh =.
sSsj1. yles lS5isaijes % kSs1 8aS 81
~ AtoAANoD1a0A ~S aoaGtnD q oAh1Ins
ef he peSl, wlieA - egDse5al11 49,.
sira4ls aheRt yoopS y1&la
tfpn BAeolo bs 1efsTfoa - Ions ~ pos.
sibis aftsf the cotton - uv ts stAaa.
plAhss BY Early irrigation ia4e exese.
|sive veIsfstlve Uruw1hs which VIII
later have 70 be susteinsd BY lSavS
and frequent iTrigetions and viii re-
suit In crop dtfdcult 70 pick beceusa
OF oveYsiSed plants. Other disadvsnt-
ages result unless pYecautioR H. taken
to control the growth Of piants when
\ DstsyMhips whsn 10 frrisate.~ .~-ThA
|gS6rsr shooid kAsch HE WowinD up
|of tAS cottph plAnts for tndloatfens thai
the plants hSed water. While ~ Bep-
sral wiitinS In the hottest past oS TIA
Day does rot 'neeessaSily moan that
the plants lFs sspffArin0 for watef. VIII
thB of the youn6 leaves Of the 9rowins
clear Indication that the plAntB are
gettinR TOO much or too little water.
Long staple cotton will be moet eue-
cessfully 4rown by those who apply
water when the ptAnts Indicate that
they neea u In order to MAKE onin-
terrupssa Browth. PEI
Fvrrswea asa vsaunaesseA P1ants
PLANTING In shallow furrovs may fina
it's place In cotton culture In the I'm.
pertaI valley In connection with the
volunteering Of the crop. The sol!
gradually worked toward the plants In
tho process OF cultivation VIII ceves
As~A 10 hn
whom cultivation Is completed IN mid.
sommsr one TO three % the buds wil!
be completely protected. This pfotec,
ton should preserve the buds from
killing frosts In the w1ntsS, 20 that
prompt ana Uniform volunteering car
be brought about IN tho epT1nE b
turning tho sell away froip the sle
lstumps. OtAeTwlve volunteesf1y - {
slow and 'uno6reain PROCESS.
Ciess rio1ass ..,.
cleansr picking and handling Of lena
staple cotton should bk bracticeA mora
than has been the custom In conhect1un
with short staple cotton. The adSahi.
age of clean grade has bAAp abpfs-
ctAtea in the sales u short s4Aple cot
ton 6urinB the past season. II Il even
Of greater comparative value ID ths
case Of long staple cotton. Is low
grade occasions greater comparative
loss In value In long staple than In
short staple cotton.
Cleaner picking can be insisted on
The seed cotton In the 6eld cen be
dumped on big canvas wagon sheets
instead OF on the ground TO- E2thei
more trash and grit or into wagons
standing IN tho 6eli. aud Il can b
covered at night to exclude blowing
sand. Any eSpedient Used to provide
higher grade cotton Il e3 aistinc; aa.
vantage TO tho grower.
CehsraliaeA <aanAIse
II . central ginning piaht IS provided
for ginning Durango cotton exclusively
in VIII Be very Desirable that all Da.
range cottoh In the valley be Sen,
There. rhe eqoipnaent should be suited
to hAndffns the long hbsred cotton IN z
way 10 preserve It's value ana 70 turn
out high graae. Less difficulty Will be
found In preserving clean stocks ol
seed, Q more uniform and superior bale
can hs turned out, and centraltaatier
will facilitate sale. All these items are
OF advantage to the grower.
Summary
DURANGO cotton Il a long etanIe un,
Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28
Planting

Planting Time.-As q general rule
ing after March 20. Earlier paintings
may be subjected<s numerous setbacks
amounting In some instances to a COM
plete loss of thee stand. All cotton
should be planted &y the last Of April,
though good crops have been grown
from May paintings.
Depth-Planting Is don with q
one-row or two-row machine planter
II only a very limited quantity Of
choice seed Is available q larger acre
age can be planted by dropping tho
seed by hand, four or five 10 the hill.
The seed should be covered to q depth
of IN to 2 inches.
Distance.-It Is usual to plant rows
from feet 6 Inches to feet 10
Late Thinning and Close Planting
inches or more hpart In the row when
hey are about Ave inches tall. Late
thinning. when, the plants are about
ten inches tall, ito leave them to IL
inches apart, will in all probability
provide better conditions for cultiva-
tion and harvest. as weli as a larger
crop. Durango cotton adapts itself es-
pecially to thib plan. From the results
Of tests of the new method Of thinning
|it would appear that marked progress
,an be expected In cotton culture by
the introduction in the Imperial valley
Of late thinning 10 close distances. It
is suggested that cotton growers In the
valley try this new method on q few
acres Of their paintings.
=
Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28

Durango cotton Is a long ataple up.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25

in the cotton producing industry. MT. SWingle said that the finest instance he ever saw of it was in a rural neigh bOrhoOd in Spain. In the central town and the outlying country there was a population of about 35,000. It was an irrigated district and all the inhabi- tants were served by single ditch which was a community affair and all worked together to make the water do the most good. Alfalfa was raised with out water or with as little water as possible But when a farmer saw that his crop was suffering from lack of water he went to town and purshased it by auction. In that community there was no waste of water.
 Mir Swingle left yesterday afternoon for Sacaton and within a short time he will start for Africa. That country is not new to him. He was there as well as in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and the Balkans ten years ago studying agri- culture and biology. Following his visit he introduced into California the fig insect making it possible to raise smyrna figs there. MT. Swingle de veloped the citrange a hardy citrus fruit. by hybridization. He had charge of the introduction of the date palm. the pistachio nut, and other plants of the Mediterranean region into America. He is the inventor also of numerous improvements in high power micro scopes.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
CITY FLORIST ID LOOK
 AFTER CITYS FLOWERS
Newly Appointed Official is N. A.
 Crissman.

The city dads were in session last sidering a number of routine matters, among which were street paving, arc lights, sidewalks and parks. The most important act of the session was that of employing a city florist at a salary of $100 per month, in response to the recommendation of Park Superinten dent Sharpe. N. A. Crissman was ap- pointed. Harry Henz. a cripple, who wants to sell papers in a metropolitan way was granted permission to place a wagon at the Heard corner to dispense the papers, and the city attorney was instructed to bring in an ordinance to amend the present ordinance so that the council may grant such permission without having to make d new Ordi- nance
 The Barber Asphalt company was re- quested to turn over the balance of the sewer connection fund collected some time ago, so that it can be distributed to the proper persons. This came in connection with the complaint of A. B. Williams that he did not want to pay for connections twice
 The tax commission notified the council that it could have it's taxes collected by the county collector in the future if it was so desired by paying five cents per folio for the descriptions of the property and five cents per fo- liO for the tax roll. An ordinance was adopted establishing the grades on DOT tions of North Center street, and a resolution of intention to pave was ordered printed.
 The report of Holmquist and Phillips on the storm sewer was received and filed The next meeting of the council will occur on Friday.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
HE LAID DOWN
 L|FES BURDEN
Distracted by Pain and Un- able Longer to Support His Family, Philip Rear den Put a Bullet Through His Head
When I can no longer support my family it's time for me to die.

When 1 can no longer support my family it's time for me to die.
 "P. REARDEN."
 So wrote Phillip Rearden, q carpen- ter who resided at 71S East Polk street, on Sunday night before send ing a bullet into his head. The terse note was written in firm, business like hand with such flourishes as an easy penman sometimes uses.
 Just what time Rearden died is not known. Early in the morning Mrs. Reardcn called her 14-year-old son to make d fire, and after he had done so she arose and prepared breakfast. When the meal was ready she went to the door of her husbands bedroom and called him. Receiving TO reply she went to the bedside to shake him. When she touched his forehead it was clammy, and something adhered to her hand. It was blood.
 No one about the house had heard the sound of the shot but that is not strange considering the size of the weapon and the fact that the muzzle of it had been pressed tightly against the side of the head.
 Coroner JohnstOnc was summoned and after the jury had viewed the body it was removed to an under takers. The inquest will be held this morning. Rearden was a6Out sixty years of age For a long time he had been sufferer from rheumatism and most violent headaches. He had particularly bad day on Saturday but on Sunday he was feeling much better and was even in d joviaI mood. He assisted Mrs. Rearden in the bak ing of a Ina thanksgiving cake and he looked forward to that day of annual rejoicing.
 The Reardens came to this state from Encampment, Wyo., and settled at Bisbee where they remained until about six months ago. Mir. Rcarden, when he was able, worked at the carpenters trade He was well liked by those who knew him. Mrs. Rear den said that their life had been most happy one for her huspanu was uniformly kind.
 The family here consists of the widow and three children, the eldest fourteen There are three grown children in other parts of the country.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
q OSEO CAR SALES
 LEAP THIS WINTER

It was only a few short years ago that the motor car, still fighting strenuous battle for consideration by the public, was considered absolutely as a summer proposition and every owner prepared to store his car in the winter time.
 Now practically everyone uses a car all the year around and the closed car has been gaining in popularity every winter. The growing demand for d closed car is evidenced by a report of the Ford Motor company which says that the demands from their agents for closed cars is greater this fall than ever before.
 The use of the closed car was un- doubtedly helped along by the taXicab, people seeing how the taXis operated all winter came to the conclusion that they could use their own cars as well.
 The Ford company, by the way, has always been a strong factor in the taxi cab field. The first Ford taXicab in New York was driven by Max Eller. lie saw how the profits of the taxi business, largely given over to foreign cars, was being eaten up in mainte- nance. charges and he bought a light Ford with a landaulet body As soon drivers how much Max was making be- cause of the small sum necessary to maintain the Ford, many other inde-
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
IDENTIFICATION
 OF SUICIDES BODY
May Have Been That of Jack Davis,
 Foreman of CIayson's Ranch

II is pretty certain that the body of the man found on the other side of the Hole-fn- the Rock last Saturday night with bullet in his head and revolver held tightly in the right hand is that of Jack Davis, who for some time had been foreman of the Clayson ranch nearby. On February s Davis sent his wife on visit to relatives in the east. The following day he left the ranch and was not seen after ward. At the time he was wearing a long gray overcoat such as was found on the body. A MT. Sidell living in that vicinity, it is thought will be able to identify the coat hat and shoes if they were the ones worn by Davis when he was last seen.
 Deputy Sheriff Woolf remembered on Sunday night that some time late in the winter he was called up one night by an automobile driver who had a stand in front of the Ford hotel. The driver told him that a man had disappeared from the vicinity of the Clayson ranch; that he had a large sum of money and it was feared that he had met with foul play. The deputy sheriff the next day made in quiry of persons living in that vicin- ity but he could not learn that any body was missing.
 Since there is a probability of full identification of the body, Cor oner JohnstOne yesterday decided to continue the inquest.
 It is said that the wife of Davis is now in Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
ARMY AV|ATORS
 FALL IT DEATH
Drop Eighty Feet From Wright Dual Control Bi- Plane Across Bay From San Diego, and Are In stantly Killed

SAN DIEGO, November 24.- Lieu tenant Hugh Kelly and E. l.. Filing ton, attached to the first camp of the Aeroplane Corps were instantly killed when they fell from an altitude of eighty feet in d Wright dual control biplane.
 The fatal accident occurred across the bay from san Diego at the North Island army aviation school grounds. Welly belonged to the Twenty infantry and Ellington to the Third Cavalry.
 No reason for the accident has been discovered by those who are in Nestigating the affair The machine was completely shattered. but the of ficers who examined the wreckage state that the controls were all in faltless condition.
 Captain A. c. Cowan, commander Of the post and an eye witness of the accident said:
 They were trying out a new six cylinder machine and were between eighty and one hundred feet from the ground when they lost control Ellington went up as instructor with Kelly as a pupil. The machine was equipped with dual control mechan- ism which enabled either occupant to control it.
 The two officers rose at 7:33 and sailed around the field for about five minutes" continued Captain CoWan. "Of course they were making no at tempt at sensational work. They fell at a place about a mile from head quarters tent, toward Point Loma. The land slopes so We could not see the machine strike. although we saw the beginning of the plunge.
 Tt seemed to me that the machine began the descent in the proper man ner at the usual angle. Then sudden ly it appeared to get beyond the con trol of it's occupants. Their altitude was so low that we all felt that the
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25

Arbitrators have been selected to arbitrate the wage controversy be- tween the conductors and trainmen of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the company. The differences involve B demands submitted by the employees regarding working conditions and wages. the principal demand being for q standardization of rates. The six arbitratOrs named are Henry s. Boutell, Washington. D. C. and Garrett J. Diekema, of Holland, Mich. representing the gov crHment; Fairfax Harrison, president Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville. and P. H. Morrissey. assistant to vice president of the Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy, representing the railway, and E. P Curtis. vice-presi- dent of the Order of Railway Con ductors, and E. l.. Harrigan, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, representing the em- piOyees.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
COTTON MUST
 BE UNDEF|LED
Advice By Walter T. Swim gle, an Authority, Against Admission of Short Cot ton as Destructive of the Egyptian Industry

Walter T. Swingle, botanist and hav- ing charge of crop physiology and breeding of the department of agricul- ture, is in the valley for the purpose
 of making investigation of the Egyp- tian cotton and date growing indus
 tries but more especially of the cotton industry which he regards as most
 prOmising In a conversation yeSter-
 day afternoon MT SwingIe especially
 urged the cotton growers of this valley
 to keep out short staple cotton. Egyp- tian cotton is easily contaminated so
 that the seed becomes not that of
 Egyptian cotton. The result is that the
 second year there is a hybrid cotton,
 perhaps not much inferior to the Egyp-
 tian but within a year or two there is
 a great deterioration. These two kinds
 of cotton fight with the result that the
 better grade is Worsted MT. Swingle illustrated his point by saying that one may engage in the business of raising bIoOded dogs and bIooded sheep but the
 wise man will not try to raise them
 both winthin the same enclosure. In Egypt, said MT. Swingle. the whole country is contaminated so that there
 is comparatively little of the best
 quality of cotton. The inferior staple there is called hindi and it pervades all
 sections of the cotton growing region.
 You have here", said Mir Swingle.
 ''the highest grade of cotton in the
 world because it is the most uniform.
 The markets have not found it out vet but they will know it. The thing to do is to keep up the standard and that can more easily be done here than in Egypt
 because it is cultivated by people of
 greater intelligence Labor in the fields
 cost ten times as much as it does in Egypt but in spite of that on account
 of the superior grade of cotton you can produce you need not fear Egyptian competition
 "The department is assisting in pre-
 serving the grade by "roguing" the
 seed. eliminating all contamination
 preserving as nearly as possible a pure seed. This valley has an opportunity 1 to develop a grade that will be prac- tically without competition in the market. Your growers will be able to make contracts for years ahead by maintaining the standard, something that the Egyptian growers cannot do on account of the steady deterioration
 there. The only competition there can be, will be sea island cotton and the area of it's production is growing small Ter every year. The reputation of Salt River valley cotton will become world wide so that you can get two cents pound more for your cotton instead of two cents less"
 MT Swingle said that Professor Ma son, of the department is now in Egypt making m investigation of the cotton and date industries there and MT Swingle himself will shortly leave for
 North Africa to study the cotton situa- tion in Algeria and other countries bor- dering on the Mediterranean.
 There is, he said. need of co-opera-
 tion in the cotton growing business as it had been found by experience in all parts of the world. In Africa there are cotton growing associations as there re in this country
 Speaking of cooperation. though not
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
INTERMARRiAGE LAWS.

The laws in regard to intermar- riage of races differ greatly in diff fCTent states, as does public senti- ment. Just now southern newspa- Ters are urging the dismissal of q university professor because in an ar t:cle in this journal he spoke kindly of the mulattoes In Maryland whites and negroes or mulattOes who in tcrmarry are deemed guilty of an infamous crime" and are subject to ten years imprisonment, while a mile away such marriages are legal. Ap- parcntly white person and a null alto who marry in Pennsylvania can return to live in Maryland, but would be subject to five years imprison- rnent if they went to Texas. In Cali fornia and in several other states marriage of a Caucasian with a Mon gClian is illegal and several states have laws against marriages with North American Indian. The diversity ol the laws of the different states. marriages that are legal and approved by public sentiment in one part of the country being crimes elsewhere. indicates that it may be less difficult to apply eugenics in practise than it is to determine which kind of cu- genics it would be desirable to ap- ply.-The Popular Science Monthly.
 There were in New Zealand on March 31. 1912. 2SO8 miles of railway owned and operated by the state and 29 miles owned and operated by private com
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25

Seven young men from the ranks of employees of the Southern Pacific have recently been awarded scholar ships in the school If practical rail roading which that company main tains. They are A. C. Posey. a lease clerk: John A. Starbuck, a freight c'erk; Warren Tucker, a station bag gageman: J. J. Sullivan. assistant chief clerk on the Tucson division; p A. Warrack. a file clerk; w. M. Whitney. a draughtsman. and F. F. Yoakum. a yard clerk. Five of the seven are college graduates.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25

two officers would experience nothing worse than rough fall We have made a careful examination of the wrecked machine and I am thorough lE convinced that the controls were in good order. The two officers were killed instantly so we have no evi- dcnce of any sort to account for the accident"
Arizona republican., 1913-11-25
NOT VACUUM CLEANERS.

Mind cures are not always sue ccssful."
 "Of course not. They've got 70 have American