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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Confessions Of a Medium
The Influence OF the stars; More EL-
pOsures of the Tricks of Those
Who Profess Second Sight.
--Ll-- Lh... L..a..an.
KNOW a woman who is a great b

7 KNOW a woman who is a great be-
lever in all the weird mysteries.
She attends seances. receives mes
sages from the dead. is a constant vis-
itor at the fortune teIlers, and claims
to have seen ghosts She has a son
now twenty-one, the sole heir to her
many millions.
He is a lawyer and hates his profes-
sion. I don't say that he might any
kind of work, but he yearns toward
surgery He would love to change the
! book of Blackstone for the doctors
/ knife. 1t is not too late to learn,
it is true, but he is in q nut He has
spent years at law, and no doubt at law
he will remain
We were talking together-the
mother. the son and myself. Robert was
telling how he had spent the day How
the hours had dragged in the drOWsy
courtroom; how the regulation proceed
ure bored him.
Robert" the mother said inpatient
", Il do wish you would not run down
your life work like that; you know
you don't mean it"
But, mother, I do" he said. 7
wish I could get out Of it
There was a little squabble. and in
the heavy silence that followed, for
the want of something better to say.
asked how he happened to get into the
law.
Y put him there said the mother.
"on the advice Of B" "a noted
astrOlOger.)
And how did he know - I asked
surprised
when Robert was born I went to
B, in whom 1 always had the full
est confidence He looked up the lOca-
ton of the stars and planets, and de-
clared that Robert would make a Won
derful lawyer. This was his absolute
dictum.
Roberts planetary influences cut
him out for a great jurist. I asked If
any other profession might .be substi-
tUted. but 1 was told only law was suit
able.
.'You know I believe in astroIogy.
Everything that B. has told me and
my friends has come out correctly. and
I knew at that time that he was right
in relation to Robert. He pointed out
how all the great lawyers had been
born under Roberts sign So from
that time forth determined to educate
my son for his life work He hasn't
taken to it. I admit but it has been be-
cause he was lazy, am sure"
AstrOlOgy as a Science
AstrOlOgy is the science which pre-
sumes to fOreteu future events by the
aspects and situations of the stars at
a birth. If the moon is full or the
moon is new; if the Mars is here. or
Jupiter is there; if Venus is flippant or
Mercury is strOng-all these things
will influence your life and make Won
a poet or a butcher, a cruel tyrant or
a kindly Samaritan. A true astroIoger
would be afraid to let the moons rays
fall on his face while asleep.
If a man believe in this science he is
entitled 10 peace in his convictions If
however, he attempt to use the know
ledge in holding credulOus minds. it
is time to call a halt It is all very
well for an astrOloger to tell You what
signs were in the ascendancy at the
time you were born, and what is the
star which rules your destiny. Never
theless, he should not be allowed 10
outline human lives. II people think
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

OWHERE is there a bigger op-
NJ portunity for the man who
i wants q home OF for the man
who wants to improve large tracts to
cut up and sell to the home buyer
in smaller ones, than in the Rio
Grande valley.
With the completion of the Ele-
plant Butte irrigation project above
Ell Paso, every foot Of land in the Rio
Grande valley will advance greatly in
price and, with WAFER assured for
every season and the soil and climate
capable of producing anything that
will grow anywhere else IN North
America, the Out look is brilliant
The Elephant Butte dam is located
twelve miles southwest of Engle, New
Mexico. OF about 40 miles north Of
Ell Paso. The cost Of the completed
project will be about S11,0O0,OO0.
The crest Of the dam will be twenty
feet wide and 400 feet long; its ex-
IRENE height 275 feet. 1t viii have
storage capacity of $500, 600 acre feet
An acre foot Of water IS such water
as will cover an acre Of ground one
foot deep. Three acre feet OF water
is the maximum amount Of water re-
Quired for one seasons irrigation and
il is estimated by the government en-
EineerS when the reservoir IS Illled
that there will be sufficient supply Of
water to irrigate all the land of this
project for three years or more, with
ont receiving any flood water during
that period The reservoir will re-
ceive the water from the drainage Of
the mountains and rivers Of $1,000
SQUARE miles The principal supply OF
water comes from the snowsheds IN
Colorado
The records maintained by the recla-
nation service for 20 years past
show that the river viii fill the dam IN
three years. The amount of land to be
irrigated will be 80, 900 acres, which is
divided into four distinct valleys,
namely: Las Palonpas, Rincon, Mesilla
and FL PasO. Three are located IN
NeR Mexico and contain 115. 600 acres.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Let Us
Show You

valley, has received more than $4,000
a year from his orchard for the
past three years, at an average cost
of production of $500.
Pears.
The Rio Grande valley is particularly
adapted to the growing. of Bartlett
pears, which grow to a very large
size, have a fine flavor and are very
much sought after by eastern buyers
Harvey Stiles, state fruit expert de-
clares this is the only region he has
ever visited where he failed to find the
scale among the Bartlett pears. There
is none of it here, though there are
some Bartlett pear trees here that are
ybeen5sgf. 1ymount- "a
100 years old During the past Two
years more than fifty farmers in the
Mesilla and FL Paso valleys have
planted from give to twenty acres to
pears. Almost without exception every
orchard is growing handsomely
A sample Orchard.
Since water from the dam has been
assured in 1915, there has been great
activity in this direction during the
past few months. One orchard in the Ell
Paso valley of twenty nine acres is
owned by c. o. Coffin, who has
sold his seasons crop for the past
sixteen years to one firm in New Or
leans This orchard yields from S16,-
900 to $4,000 per season Mr. Cof-
fin says at no time has his orchard
cost him more than $4,000 per season
for operation.
Corn. wheat, beans, oats, barley, sug
ar beets and cotton grow very large
crops, but do not show as great
profit because cultivation is not so inten
sively performed. These cereals are
usually used for the feeding of the
animals on the individual farms, al
though the local market provides good
prices.
Poultry
has been made to establish creameries
The climate of the Rio Grande val
ley is particularly suitable for the
poultry industry and considerable pro-
gress has been made in this direction
within the past three years. One Of
the most enterprising poultry grow
ers, r W. Long, has established IN the
FL Paso valley a $4,000 poultry plant
daily and matches from 200. to 500
chickens per day The average price
for the year for fresh eggs, for which
Ell PasO furnishes ready market. is
thirty cents per dozen. Chickens sold
live weight in FL Paso market, bring
an average price of fifteen cents per
pound This industry has not been
sufficiently developed to supply the
home demand and no effort has been
made by local producers to supply the
large mining camps and cities tribu-
tary to FL Paso- For some time TO
come the city of FL Paso will continue
to import, as has been the custom
for years past. turkeys, chickens and
eggs from eastern Texas, Kansas and
Nebraska.
Dalrying
Up to the present time no effort has
been made to establish creameries in
either the upper or lower valley, al
though this is a very profitable in
dustry and has been developed very
extensively in Arizona and southern
California, where they have irriga-
ton projects with similar conditions as
those of the Rio Grande This in
dustry offers a splendid opportunity
for investment.
Hogs.
On account of this dry climate. hogs
are wonderfully thrifty when fed on
green alfalfa and will produce two
Iltters per year. Hogs nine months old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

prises that could not previously ex-
ist without cheap power. The exact
amount of money derived from this
source has not yet been determined by
the engineers in charge
Soils.
The soil Of the Rio Grande valley is
rich alluvium, the wash of ages from the
mountains and plains to the northWard,
rich in lime, potash and phosphates,
not in any way impoverished but rath-
er improved by the superficial cult
walton and irrigation practiced by the
abOrigines. Like the valley of the
Nile, where the fertile sands of
NUbia and Sudan are deposited on the
Egyptian bottoms, only the life giving
waters are needed to bring forth abun-
dant crops It is claimed that the sed-
iment of the Rio Grande is richer in
potash and nitrogen than that of the
Nile, and the proportions are as fol-
lows:
Phos.Acid Potash Nitrogen
Rio Grande II 1.21 .13
Nile - q s. 70
This sediment continues to be depOs-
tied in every new irrigation with this
muddy water. thus giving renewed life
to the land.
Principal Products and Values
Following is a table compiled from
actual results, showing the annual val
ne of the variety of crops raised with
in twenty miles of the city of FL PasO,
the wide range of the amounts pro-
dUced per acre being due to the ranch
er's knowledge of modern irrigation
methods more largely than from any
actual difference in the soil titled:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

Apples and Beefs
Two crops that have been given very
little attention up to the present time are
apples and beets. The beets raised in
the valley contain an unusually high
percentage Of sugar, and a sugar re-
finery would no doubt prove profit
able in this locality. AS the rainfall
is very slight in the irrigated districts.
the farmer is practically master of
the situation and a crop Of beets
rich in sugar content is the rule
rather than the exception. The control
of the water supply makes certain
what would otherwise be in doubht It
assures the harvest.
Alfalfa.
Alfalfa produces from five to ten
tons to the acre under irrigation, and
is cut five or six times in a season.
It is a crop which, after seeding. re
quires no care nor expense but the
harvesting and is Therefore a favorite
with those who do not wish to keen
a large force Of labor employed all the
time, or who have business cares re-
curing their attention the greater part
of the time The price ranges from
$40 to $50 per ton, depending on the
time of the year marketed. About
fifteen years ago, Oscar c. Snow, a.
graduate of the College of Agriculture
at Las Cruces, New Mexico. rented
sixty acres Of land. which he farmed
carefully and intelligently, investing
ms prOIlIS yearly he now owns
1900 acres of land all under fence
He has $50 acres in alfalfa. which
makes him profit of $4,000 to $4,000
yearly. His entire possessions are
worth 100000 and he made it all by
farming in the Mesilla valley.
Apples.
Apple growing is one of the most
profitable industries of this section. al
though very few farmers have given
much attention to this class of
fruit One year old trees. at the time
of planting, will yield a profit in four
or five years There is a splendid local
market for all fruit that can be pro-
duced here for years to come.
James G. Stewart, who has a thirty
a.- nr.ha lncn tarla in The lLa.llI-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
DaIrying

On account of this dry climate. hogs
are wonderfully thrifty when fed on
Ereen alfalfa and will produce two
ntters per year. Hogs nine months old
have developed as high as 500 pounds
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-13
HIGH TURK IS KILLED
scUTARrs GOVERNOR SLAIN AND
TWO POSITIONS TAKEN.
Refugees Flee From GalIipoli to Trans
ports and Drown in Panic as
6ulgars Advance.

London, Feb. 10.--Scutaris governor
has been killed and the important
positions of Rushati and Bardenjolt
have been captured by 10000 Monte
negrins and Servians bombarding
Scutari, say Balkan war dispatches to
London papers. Taking an oath of
victory or death, Enver Bey has en-
barked for an unknown destination
with all Turkish troops that were on
the Asiatic coast OF the Sea OF
Marmora.
Fighting between the Balkan allies
and Turkish forces at Gallipoli and
Adrianople continue, but in the alb
sence of Independent reports the con-
fiicting accounts from official sources
provide no basis for critical judgment
of what has happened.
The most daring feat of the war
was performed by Captain Maraitmis,
Greek army aviator, who flew over
the straits of the Dardanelles In q
hydroplane and dropped three bombs
southern point Of the Gallipoli PENN
sula.
According to a dispatch from Con-
stantinople the residents of Gallipoli
are fleeing panic-stricken before the
advance OF the Bulgarian troops. This
dispatch states that hundreds of refu-
gees were drowned when the over
crowded transports on which they
were fleeing were overturned
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TELEGRAPHTC
NOTES

London, Feb. Sit was announced
here Thursday that James Bryce, Brit
ish ambassador to Washington, had
been appointed n member of the per
manent court of arbitration at The
Hague.
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 1.-THE wire
less operator at the United States
army post at Eagle, Alaska, heard the
government station at Key West, Fla,
sending a message to Mare Island,
Cal, on December IS, according to
mail advices received. The airline
distance from Key West to Eagle is
more than 1000 miles.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb r. A legisla-
tive investigation of the recent strike
of the American Steel &c Wire com
pany employees in Rankin and Brad
dock was practically assured follow
ing the adoption by thu lower house OF
the legislature of resolution proyid-
ing for a commission to investigate
the labor trouble
Cleveland, o., Feb. flames M. Nc
Nicholas, mining promoter, recently
arrested in Boston and charged with
separating Cleveland, Elyria, Con
neaut and other Ohio towns from
100000 by fake mining schemes,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned III
federal court here.
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WOULD OWN ROADS.
TAFT TRANSMITS REPORT OF
ALASKAN COMMISSION TO CON-
GREsS WITH MESSAGE.
FAvoRS BUILDING OF LINES
Says No Matter Whether Government
Operates Carriers or Net 1t Should
Be the Possessor of Them and
Help Develop Country.

Washington, Feb. 7.--Accompanyin
q report of the commissioners who
have been conducting an e1amina-
ton in Alaska with the idea of recon-
mending routes for the building of
railroads, President Taft on Thurs
day sent a message to congress in
which he favored governmental own
ership and private operation of the
lines which may be constructed.
The commission recommends the
construction Of two railroads in Alas
ka, which shall connect tide water on
the Pacific coast with the two great
inland waterways, the Yukon and the
Kuskokwim rivers. The railroads thus
recommended will constitute two indie
pendent systems, involving 1888 miles
Of new construction, at q cost of
$35, 100000. The commission in it's
report states in conclusion that it lis
unanimously of the opinion that this
development should be undertaken at
once, and prosecuted with vigor; that
it cannot be accomplished without
providing for the railroads herein
which will insure low transportation
charges and the consequent rapid set
Element of this new land and the utili-
zation of it's great resources.
President Taft in his message says:
1.-THE necessary Inference from the en-
tire report is that, in the judgment of
the commission, its recommendations
can certainly be carried out only If
the government builds or guarantees
the construction cost Of the railroads
recommended
"If the government is to guarantee
the principal and interest OF the con-
struction bonds, it seems clear that it
should own tIc roads, the cost of
which it really pays. This is true
whether the government itself should
operate the road or should provide
for their operation by lease or operat-
ing agreement. am very much OPP
posed to government operation, but |
believe that government ownership,
with private operation under leases, is
the proper solution Of the difficulty
here presented"
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N. Y. INSPECTOR IS HIT
HIGH POLICE OFFICIAL is SUS-
PENDED FROM OFFICE.
Confession Of Captain Walsh on Sick
Fed Causes Downfall of Himself
and His Superior Officer.

New York, Feb. 8.-Commissioner
of Police Waldo, here Thursday, sus-
pended from the New York police
force Dennis Sweeney, inspector OF
police. His name had been mentioned
in the graft confession made by Po-
lice Captain Thomas Walsh.
Commissioner Waldo also suspended
Captain Thomas Walsh, who confessed
on his sick bed that he was CRATER
to the extent of 100000, and had
shared graft with an inspector Of po-
lice, and another man higher up.
The commissioner took action as
soon as he had confirmed from the
district attorneys office the anthem
ticity of Walsh's confession. No ac-
ton against the inspector had been
taken.
A deputy police commissioner is
implicated by Walsh's confession and
his connection with the charges was
the subject during the day of investi-
cation both by Police Commissioner
Waldo and District Attorney Whit
man. Commissioner Waldo sum-
moned the official to his office, with
two members of the staff of the &C
cused inspector.
Walsh will tell his story to the grand
Jury. Soon thereafter numerous in
dictments are expected.
Walsh's confession was made on his
sick bed. 1t was forced in part by
charges made by Policeman Eugene
Fox, who pleaded guilty to graft col
lections on February 8, and turned up
on Walsh as the man next above him.
Fearing that heart weakness with
which he has long been troubled might
foreshadow his death, and wishing to
purge his conscience, Captain Walsh
admitted taking vice graft to the ex-
tent Of perhaps 100000 in a single po-
lice precinct. Half this amount he
turned over to those above him.
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OIL MAN STRICKEN
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER NEAR
DEATH IN COLLAPSE AT
PuJo HEARING.
QUIZ ENDS VERY ABRUPTLY
Questioned on Money Trust, After
Long Search, Finaneier Falls Back
Choking and observation-disclosures
Is Opposed TO Examination.

Jel1yl Island, Ga. Feb. 10.-Between
William Rockefeller and the Puio
money trust investigators the shadow
of death came Friday. Face to face
with the oil magnate, brother OF John
d. Rockefeller, after pursuit which
lasted over year, Chairman PuJo
and Samuel Untermyer, counsel TO
the committee, were compelled TO
abandon a victory which was In their
grasp through the danger that the
long-sought witness might die under
the pressure OF cross examinS"
ton.
Submitting to the jurisdiction of the
committee Mr.. Rockefeller received
Chairman Pujo and Mr. Untermyer
in the library of his apartments here
He was practically voiceless. With
Doctor Chappell at his side, however,
the examination was begun after he
had lifted a palsied hand to subscribe
to the oath.
But twelve minutes elapsed. Mr..
Untermyer had been able to ask but
single question germane to the inves-
tigation when the witness was at
tackled by a violent fit of coughing.
His whole frame trembled; he became
absolutely speechless. The blood
rushed to his face, which turned pur-
pie and crimson. To all who looked
On it seemed evident that crisis was
at hand. Doctor Chappell hastily ad-
ministered an opiate, under which Mr..
Rockefeller partially revived, but be-
fore the examination could BIO re-
sumed the doctor interposed:
Il strongly urge you not to pro-
ceed," he said, las in doing so you are
endangering his life at the present
moment"
Chairman Pujo and Mr.. Untermyer
exchanged hasty glances. BY this time
Mr.. Rockefeller had fallen b'.ck into
his chair in a state of almost COM
plete collapse. Doctor Chappell was
sworn and amid deep silence, while
every eye was riveted upon the wit
ness patient, he solemnly swore that
a continuation of the examination
which had brought Mr.. Rockefeller to
verge OF a spasm Of the larynx
might choke him to death.
In the examination Mr.. Rockefeller
said, in answer to Mr.. Untermyer's
question, that his residence was ESQ
Fifth avenue, New York. That he had
never played game Of golf in his
life. Remembered the organization
of the Amalgamated Copper company
in 1898. 1t was at this point that Mr.
Rockefeller collapsed.
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River I alls Journal
lsARELLA,s DESCENDANT.
S. r. MORSE. Editor.


The discovery is attributed to Presi
dent David Starr Jordan of Stanford
university that almost any American
of distinction can trace his descent to,
a common ancestor, one Isabella de-
Vermandois, duchess Of Warren, who
lived in the twelfth century. So far as
that is concerned, none Of US has any
difficulty in proving by unimpeachable
mathematics and irrefutable logic that:
he is warmed by the transmitted blood
of nobility, royalty and genius. A:
child OF today has two parents, four
grandparents and so one. Counting
for convenience three generations to
the hundred years, his theoretical an
cestors in Isabella's century are num-
bered by millions; few centuries fur
Their back by billions. The actual num-
Der is far smaller, since lines OF. descent
criss-crOss from common ancestors,
but it is a fair logical inference that
among so many millions and centuries
every one may count on possessing a
reasonable number of royal or dis
tinguished forbears. But what does
that prove? How much influence on
the life Of an American Of today could
be claimed for one-seven-millionth
part of Isabella blood. or for any
probable number Of multiples Of that
share? Here is the crucial test Of the
heredity fallacy, the scientific basis of
democracy, says the New York World.
Eugenics is a fact; but better far
descent from a reasonable proportion
of coed stock in the three or four most
recent generations than the ability to
claim onetwo-hundredth part Of sin
gle drop Of blood as coming from some
priced ancestor of the twelfth century,
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1t is sufficient comment on that
scientific discovery that a large num-
beS of the leading men of this country
are descended from the Countess Isa-
bella de Vermandas of the eleventh
century, that not counting intermar-
riages they had about billion other
ancestors, which is presumably more
people than there were in the world
then. Whence we may draw the gen.
eral mathematical conclusion that
everybody in the 1100's was the ances-
tor of everybody in the 1900's.
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out Of ArchboId letters.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Efforts to
trace unpublished letters which passed
between John d. Archbold Of the
Standard Oil company and members
of the senate and house proved I'M
successful when the senate committee
investigating campaign expenditures
Intercepted Charles Blumeling Of
New York, who is said to have sold
the Archbold letters to the Hearst
newspapers. Blumeling testified that
so far as he knew, all the letters
which had passed through his hands
had been made public.
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MEN PAY FINES OF $4,000
Bucketshop Defendants Admit Their
Guilt After Their Appeal to
Supreme Court Fails.

Washington, Feb. 1O-Several men
caught in the governments anti
bucketshop crusade in 1910 pleaded
guilty, or nolle contendere, in the dis
trict supreme court here Friday and
paid fines aggregating $4,000. Louis
Celia Of st. Louis and Angela Celia
and Samuel w. Adler of New York
were fined $4,000 each, Oscar J. Rap
pei of Jersey City $4,000, and William
F. Fox of Baltimore and Charles r.
Alley of Washington $4,000 each. The
defendants had appealed in vain to
the Supreme court of the United
States.