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The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
RUSH TO SECURE LEASES.

Those people of this city identi-
fled with the land situation at Par
ker will be interested to learn that
since the government has given per-
mission to the Indian to lease his
holdings, quite rush is going ahead
to secure the land.
Twenty leases were executed in
one day and it is believed that in
side of the next month practically
all of the tract allotted to the red
men will have been absorbed Lo,
the poor Indian, is reaping the bene-
fit of long years of waiting, and while
he will neither SOW nor reap, he can
have the satisfaction of basking in
the sun and awake up in the morn
ing with the Great White Father look
ing out for his welfare, in the pale
face being brought to toe the line in
an obligation that caonOt be sidestep-
ped in glittering promises.
1t is believed that the next month
will see the throwing open of the
entire reserve of thousands of &C
res of fine fertile bottom lands, and
rush in is anticipated when the
time ball drops at Washington In
this city there are over thirty resi-
dents interested in the future of th
fertile domain.-Prescott Journal
Miner
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
New Gold Strike.

Ed s. Osborne was in town Thurs
day and reports an important gold
strike having been made on one of
his properties adjoining Mineral Hill,
about 20 miles east of here. A speci-
men weighing nearly $50 pounds
has been taken from the surface
workings, and the yellow metal
sticks out all over it. Adjoining the
place where the rich speciman was
found old workings were discovered
when workmen were sinking shaft.
From all appearances these workings
were covered UP many years ago. Mr.
Osborne states that the strike has
been made on a contact, and it has
every appearance of :permanency.
Prospecting the new gold find is now
under way, and more particulars re-
garding the phenomenal discovery
may be forthcoming in few days.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Boat Thief Caught.

Constable Clayton succeeded in
capturing the party who stole row
boat belonging. to the Chuckawalla
Development company at this place
about two weeks ago. On the trip
down the river in pursuit of the thief
a motor boat containing the officer,
H., E. Buckignham and H. B. Hull,
missed the fugitive, but after arriv-
ing at Yuma they kept a constant
lookout for their man. Returning
up the river On the way home,, they
found the boat and the thief. Coz
stable Clayton again returned to the
county seat with his prisoner, and he
was tried last Monday before a JUS
ice of the peace He pleaded guilty
to a misdemeanor and was given 80
days on the rock pile The Par
kerites who participated in the pur-
suit are returning home with the
motor boat and trailing the row boat.
They are expected in by Sunday.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
County Officials Here.

Sheriff Mel Greenleaf, District
Attorney Ingraham and County Road
Supervisor j. B. Smarr spent a couple
of days here the past week. The
district attorney came to make full
investigation of the recent killing Of
Juan Lara, and decided that the kill
ing was entirely justified under the
circumstances. He found that the
deceased was running amuck, armed
with deadly weapon which he fir
ed at intervals, and at the time the
fatal bullet struck him he was in the
act of shooting a member of the pos
se,who was attempting to arrest him.
Mr.. Smarr was here to look over the
condition of the roads in this Sec
ton. They left in the new county
auto on their return trip Thursday
morning.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
REPAIRING DAMAGES.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 24.-Los Ange-
les and Southern California are SLOWLY
recovering from the effects of the
great rains which held the country in
thrall for three days last week. No
estimate can yet be made of the dam
age done, but it will run into the mil
lions.
Train service is slowly being re-
sumed. Thousands of men after des-
perate work, have succeeded in knit
ting together the broken lines of the
railroads. The first train in three
days to leave Los Angeles went over
the Satna Fe Monday morning, u.s.
ing the Fullerton line. Trains later
in the day were also sent over this
line by the Southern Pacific and the
Salt Lake roads.
The Southern Pacific sent out it's
first train to Imperial valley in the
afternoon. 1t will also resume traf
fic on it's valley line to San Fran
cisco. The coast line will remain out
of commission for several days to
come.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Gone to Yucca.

Harvey Clutch of Chicago, who has
been spending the past few months
at the Osborne camps east of Parker,
left for Yucca, Thursday morning.
Mr. Clutch will begin development
jointly owned by himself and Ed s.
Osborne
Short orders of all kinds. Regular
Dinner 35c. Try our Mexican Chilli,
10c bowl.-The Oasis Bar
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Assessed Valuation.

In 1909 the assessed valuation of
property for the purpose of taxation
was $4,000, 900; in 1912, $4,000, 900,
and in 1913, $21,000,00O, while the ac-
tual value of property in the valley
is not less than $5O,OO0,O0O. In 1912
the production of the valley shipped
cue aggregated $1O,OO0,00O
''1here is no doubt that a million
acres capable of producing two or
three crops year and not now under
irrigation, and therefore entirely un
productive, in the Colorado river ba-
sin, may be brought under high pro-
ductive cultivation by the power sys
tenn of reservoir conservation of the
flood waters of the Colorado.
'"The reason why system of great
reservoirs is necessary is that at the
lowest stage of the natural flow of
the Colorado river, the present ap-
preparation and use of water for irri
cation leave little, if any, margin for
increase
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

of lots at the government auction
sale in May, 1910. He expects to
make Parker his winter home in the
future, and is planning a bungalow
to be built on one of his lots. For
many years Mr.. Connors was gener-
al agent for the Equitable Life In
surance company, with headquarters
at Detroit. Three years ago he re-
tired from active business.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
THE BASIN OF
THECOLORADO
PRESIDENT WILSON, HIS CABl-
NET, AND MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS RECEIVE FACTS RE-
GARDING AMERICAN NILE.

President wilson, his cabinet and
members of congress have received
copies of a pamphlet on the Colorado
river-''the American Nile'-issued
bv the Arizona and California Regu
lation Commission, calling attention
to the possibilities of the Colorado
river basin Following are excerpts:
The panaphlet says in part;
1.-THE object in view is to bring
into cultivation more than million
acres of extremely rich and produc-
tive land, capable Of producing two
three crops a year, which is now ab-
solutely barren desert, thereby
making homes and farms for a
half nillion people, and adding to the
national food supplies and agricultur-
al product not less than $3.50, 100000
worth annually.
''In the year of 1900, what is now
known as the Imperial valley was a
barren desert Not an acre was I'M
der irrigation or cultivation nor did
any human being live there. Shortly
thereafter the first irrigation project
from the Colorado river was put in,
and the work of reclaiming the land
commenced. At this writing there is
a population of 100000 in Imperial
county with a county government,
handsome county and school build
ings, churches and banks.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Blythe Constable Here.

Constable B. Russell of Blythe ar
rived Wednesday night with three
prisoners charged with selling liquor
to Indians. He was met by Officer
c. R. Price of Phoenix who took the
accused men to the capital city for
trial before the next term of the U.
S. District court
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Road Damaged.

The wagon road leading to the
Empire Flats district was damaged
considerably by the recent rains, and
while here the past week Road
Superintendent J. B. Smarr of Yuma
authorized the Board of Trade to- hav
the roads repaired at the county's
expense. 1t is believed that 5000
will put them in good condition again.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Schedule Resumed.

The Santa Fe resumed running reg
ular trains through here last Tues
day, after being out of commission
since the previous Friday The east
bound passenger due here at 2:25
Saturday morning arrived at 8
o'clock Monday night, having been
stalled at Summit in the San Bern
ardino mountains on account of the
washouts caused by the heavy rains.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Woman's Club Social.

The social to be given by the Wo
mans club Saturday night, Feb. %,
at the Grotto Cafe, promises to be
one of the most enjoyable events of
its kind ever held in the town. The
ladies are making great preparations
for the amusement of those who will
attend. Everybody is cordially inyit-
ed to be present and participate in
the affair.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Leave For Coast.

Judge Frank w. Overs was over
Thursday afternoon, and accompanied
by M. W. Connors left for Los An
geles the same evening on a busi-
ness trip.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Return to Parker.

w. G. Miller, who has been engag
ed in business at Goldroads Tor the
past year, returned to Parker Friday
morning. He has disposed of his in
terests at Goldroads, ,and expects to
remain here permanently
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Joe Cavanaugh Here.

J. ]. Cavanaugh of Bouse spent
several days here during the past
week Mr.. Cavanaugh is seriously
considering building a hotel here as
soon as congress passes the Parker
bill opening the reservation lands
to settlement
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Hotel Arrivals.

Among those registering at the
Manitaba hotel the past week were
the following: M w. Connors, De
troit, Mich; Mrs. Geo. Owens, Cal
zona, Cal; Mel Greenleaf, Fred In.
graham, j. B. Smarr, Yuma, Ariz. !;
B. Russell, Blythe, CAL; Chas. R.
Price, Phoenix; F. S. Pyeatt, Phoe.
nix.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Returned From Kentucky.

Dan Nelson returned from an ex-
tended trip to Kentucky last Satur-
day and expects to remain in Parker
for an indefinite period.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Groziers Draw Prize.

A card from Mr. and Mrs GrOzier
announce the birth of a baby boy.
The Groziers are now residing at
Clarkdale, AriZ.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
M. W. Connors in Town.

M. w. Connors of Detroit, Mich,
is spending few days in Parker en-
joying the best climate in the world.
Mr. COnnors owns considerable real
estate here, having bought a number
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Called to Capital.

A. S. Prescott was called to Phoe-
nix OH business Thursday night He
expects to return Saturday night.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
lNGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
PARAGRAPHS.
Calzona Visitor.

Mrs. George w. Owens is here
from Calzona on a few days visit.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

FOR SALE-3OOO secondhand ore
and cement sacks, cheap Inquire
H, L. Sullivan.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
Ample for irrigation.

"At the same time the amount of
flood water in the river at it's high
er stages, if conserved in great reser-
voirs, would be more than ample to
irrigate every available acre of land
along the Colorado in the United
States, and also in that small por-
tional boundary and the mouth of the
river, within which our treaty obli
cations and international equity re-
quire some consideration upon our
part.
Here are two great public bene
fits to be accomplished of sufficient
magnitude to justify national consid-
GRAFTON and action: The protection
of the Colorado river basin OF Ari-
zona and California from destruction
by seasonable floods coming from the
states of Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah; the reclamation of a million
acres or more of land, now desert,
but capable of irrigation, of remark
able productivity of early and high
value horticultural and agricultural
crops, capable of sustaining popu-
lation of half million people,
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

The pail of Lent shall fall upon
The tango and the minuet,
And in the bliss of winter gone
The colt shall turn a somerset.
The wind shall make the weather
Vane
Erode a groove around the stick,
The equinoctial hurricane
Shall push the mortar through the
brick,
The Democrats shall chase the trusts
Through trackless deserts of de-
bate,
And in hope that Huerta busts
The Government shall watch and
wait.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

We are not doing quite so we'll as
if the army should intrude, but still
are satisfied to shell the palace with
our attitude. The big, round shot of
what we think invade the windows
and the doors; they perforate the kit
chen sink and make dilapidate the
floors. They fire the sheets in Huer-
ta's bed until he gets but little rest,
they hit the house cat on the head
and knocks china galley west; they
spit and sputter in the soup, and over
turn the royal wine; they make the
household loop the loop and knock
the fig leaf from the vine; they mu-
tilate the royal purse and render
hazardous a meal, and are indeed
great deal worse than if we fashion
ed them of steel
The psychic missiles we project at
tyranny behind it's wall are far more
lasting in effect than any real can
nonball Behind the one are nothing
more than powder flashing in the
pan, the darkness that has gone be-
fore, the base brutality of man. The
wall may fall, the tyrant die, and evil
still may be intact; but let the
worlds opinion fly and see the diff
ference in fact. Behind that sort of
shot are all the progress humankind
has made, the better triumphs great
and small, the. hosts of conscience
afraid. Those unseen shot are very
strange to neighbor Huerta and his
kind; we always seem to have the
range,no matter what they getbehind.
Our gunners labor day and night they
never seem to tire or quit; they al
ways take proper sight, and never
fail to score a hit. They keep the
place in such a plight as never place
was kept before; twenty shells pop
in the door; the thing fills Huerta
with disgust-he doesn't sabe psychic
metal; and when he quits he'll put
up dust as high as Popocatapetl.
At any rate, the warning shot
In trust reform shall rouse the fats.
And milliners shall show us what
The tariff cut has done for hats.
The hen shall try to overcome
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
FORECAST BY
GANDERBONE
MONTH GETS ITS NAME FROM
MARS, AND NEXT THIRTY DAYS
WILL BE TRYING ONES FOR
MEXICO.

March gets it's name from Mars,
the god of war, and in the old Roman
calendar it was the first month of the
year. One of the most unique and
terrible controversies in history ragged
over it's availability for that purpose
from the time of Numa, in the
seventh century before Christ, to
that of Caesar Just before Numa
came to the throne the Roman Sen
ate passed law prohibiting spring
duck shooting. Numa, who was
duck shooter and had one of the best
blinds in the Pontine Marsh, nulli-
fled the law by beginning the year
in March and throwing spring over
to the heated season, when the
ducks had. gone north. The game
protectionists made stubborn resist
ance, but they were defeated at Bolo-
gna and driven back beyond the Rubi-
con-
Duck shooters held the fort sue
cessfully until Caesar, who restored
March as the first month of spring
and began draining Pontine Marsh
for agricultural purposes Caesar had
no patience with duck shooting He
was subject to fits, and he found that
whenever a bunch of ducks came in
to his decoys and he didn't get any,
he always had a particularly hard fit
This prejudiced him against the
sport and he tried to ruin it. He
was promptly assassinated by Brutus
and other duck shooters, but he was
very popular, and the calendar re-
mains to this day exactly as he left
it.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

Subscribe for THE POST.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28
How to Do Great Work.

There is really only one method
by which both of these great objects
can be accomplished; that is by
conserving and regulating the flood
waters of the Colorado.
''This may be done by the con-
S ruction of great dams at points
lich have already been chosen by
t.s United States Reclamation Ser
V e, above the mouth of the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, within which
may be impounded large lakes Of the
floCd waters which come from the
melting snow and heavy rains in the
Rocky Mountains.
The second and not less import
ant result would be that at the an
nual lowest stages of the Colorado,
when the flow is hardly sufficient to
furnish the necessary amount of wa
ter to lands already under irrigation
systems depending upon the river for
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

At any rate, the warning shot
In trust reform shall rouse the fats,
And milliners shall show us what
The tariff cut has done for hats.
The hen shall try to overcome
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

CONTINUED on Page ~
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-28

Continued on Page A.
Evening journal., 1914-12-22
BAY STATE IS
FOOTBALL Center
Harvard'S Stars Are Hailed
From Schools in
Massachusetts,
ONLY FEW MEN
FROM OUTSIDE STATE

BOSTON, Dec. .22-The Haughton
system as an abstract thing is I'M
deniably a Boston product, and the
material with which Haughton has
turned out those winning teams has
been CLEANED for the most part from
Massachusetts. Only a few of the
Harvard football players live outside
the state boundaries. and the 1915
team at present gives promise of be-
ing even more like an l-Massachu-
sets eleven than the combination
that won honors in the season just
past.
For years the best football ma
terial at Harvard has been drawn
from Massachusetts,. Some of the
great names that will live in Harvard
memories for long time TO come
have Massachusetts, for their ad-
dress Percy Wendell, Bob Fisher.
Charlie DAILY and Dan Hurley were
all drawn from within 10 miles of
the state house dome And the pre-
sent line OF active players are still
claiming residence net far from Bos-
tons civic center.
OF this years flrst-string team only
three men live outside of Massachu-
Sets Wallace. the center, halls
from California, where he played
football before entering Harvard.
Pennock, the all-American guard, is
from Syracuse, n. Y. and Parson, the
tackle. comes from Providence.
Captain Charley Brickley. OF the
1914 Harvard team made Everett ia
NOUS and Captain Eddie Mahan. of
the 1915 team, is unfolding the pres
tige that Natick has gained in the
past by being the bailiwiek Of the late
Mike Murphy, Keone Fitzpatrick
Pooch Donovan, Tom Connolly, John
ny Mack and others identified with
athletics
The backfield of the Harvard team
this year was a Greater Boston af-
fair, Nal Logan. the quarterback,
has his home In South Boston: Brad
lee. the all-American halflack. lives
IN Boston; Mahan comes from Mattel,
and Francke, the fullback. resides in
Evening journal., 1914-12-22
BASEBALL
ODDS AND ENDS

Evidently the high three in the
National league last year we're
fright"
Ihat isn't all the figures show.
either The three next best twirlers
in the National league last season
were Vaughn of Chicago. Sallee OF
st. Louis. and Cooper of Pittsburgh.
Each of these is a southpaw.
Below their names you may sec the
names Of the curved-ball pitchers,
the fadcaway pitchers (the original
and imitators). the fast ball pitchers
and all the other kind of pitchers in
the world.
But the spit hallists and the south
pcwists are there with the record
Less than two runs per game were
scored off each Doak, James and
Prefer. You get that? In other
words, if, on every day either of these
marvcls was in the box, the team
behind managed to score two runs,
il won.
Evening journal., 1914-12-22
DAVIS CUP LOST But NOT
lifted: IT'S Still here

Nobody can dispute the victory Of
the Australasians in the international
tennis match. but as matter of fact,
the Davis cup is still with us.
When Wilding and Brookes depart
ed from these shores the great war
had just begun IL was feared that
a German man-of-war might inter
cept the steamer, and that the l'eu-
tons might lift the cup and hold it
for the ransom Of Froitzheim and
Krouzer, the players from the Father
land who we're captured by the Brit
ish
II Is probable that the United
States may issue a tentative chal-
longc, with the understanding that
the challenge will be withdrawn if
the war continues. In the meantime,
while the Davis cup belongs in Aus
tralasia, in the eyes of the law the
nine points Of possession are credited
to this country.
Evening journal., 1914-12-22
SpifbaIIers and Lefthanders
Made the Best Showing LastYeaF

Here is where the camp of the anti
spit ballists is blown TO shreds. Just
take a glance at the figures compiled
on the deeds of pitchers who took part
in 10 or more games in the National
League last year.
What do we see?
At the top of the column the figures
show that the leader-tho big noise OF
the league lis none other than Doall.
pitcher for the Cards and a spit bali
pitcher.
No. in the list is James. miracle
pitcher OF the miracle team from Bean
bure-and spit ball pitcher.
No. 3 is Pfeffer. of Brooklyn, a spit
ball pitcher.
Whatre you going to say to those
figures?
Some managers utter wicked things
about the spit ballist They say he's
a wild man and can't be depended
upon oh, yes, but only when he's
right"
Evening journal., 1914-12-22

Cambridge, where his father is a pro-
fessor at Harvard. Tack Hardwick
has his mail addressed to Quincy
when nc is away from college, Wallie
Trumbull lives in Salem. Weston, the
guard, lives in Cambridge and Jeff
Coolidge, the end, resides in Boston.
It is a notable fact that four OF the
five Harvard players whom Walter
Camp picked for this years all
American eleven, live in Massachu-
sotts. the fifth one being Pennock,
from New York state Also, IL is a
notable fact that for five consecutive
years now the Harvard football cap
tains have been Massachusetts, men.
MahGn of 1915 and Brickley, of 1914.
are, of course. from the Bay State.
and Percy Wendell. captain OF the
1912 team that defeated Yale, 20 TO
0. lives in Roxhury; Bob Storer, last
years captain lives in Boston, and
Bob Fisher. captain in 1911, lives in
Newton.
Evening journal., 1914-12-22

are TO be rewarded His ball clubs
played the gamc-and more in the
spirit in which a game should be
playCG than any other They accep-
ted decisions on the field with bcttor
Srace and with less of protest No
touch of rowdyism was allowed. but
vir'ue isn't always rewarded With
sucC ess or with gain. Il is supposed
ID be its own reward-only being its
own reward doesn't pay a fair profit
on an investment of 100000. So
Connie decided to rearrange affairs
AID Try another scheme IL he is as
hislny as tn fans think he is. the
next machine may not be quite as
great. but t will be mere human.
In addition to batting eyes, etc, IL
win have more appeal to the crovG.
For baseball is not only a sport ard
a business lineup but it is getting to
Nc IN OutdOo Vaudeville. There
must be other attractions over The
fG,l route than those elements alone
INCH figure in the makeup Of the tex
score
Connie may not win a pennant mkt
summer, but his old machine had toe
much inherent might TO be wrecked
in a year. The old Cubs hung on for
seasons after they were supposed TO
be pointed toward the cellar.
Evening journal., 1914-12-22
REGULARS UP
AGAINST Alumni TONIGHT

At the Friends School gym tonight
the school alumni will line up against
the quintet which is this season repre-
senting the school. In the alumni
lineup will be several of the fastest
scholastic players that have ever been
produced in this city Among them
will be Eckman, the wonder of the
1913 team He is now attending Yale,
and is in the best of condition. He
will probably play one of the forward
positions. Another former star who
played on last years team is Taylor,
who is a wonderful shot and floor
man. Berl, who was star guard on
the same team that Eckman played