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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
SECRETARY LANE
Tells Of Steps
TO SAVE WATERS
River Improvement Recon-
mended by Head of Interior
Department in Annual Re
port to Congress.

Washington. Dec. tt.--In his forth
coming report secretary Lane says;
No one can survey the phys.cnl con-
di;ion Of the United states without
being Impressed aud almost over
whelmed with the magnitude 81 the
work that must be lone In keeping
our rivers within bounds and putting
them To use. a. By the largest task
that the government must uldertakei
sooner or later, and the sooHc In my
judgment the better, This matter came
Immediately and most practically to
my attention on q trip made in he
late spring 10 the lower valley OF the
Colorado river. ON the Arizona side
OF this river the government D. re-
claiming the desert That lowllnd viii
grow almost anything. from dates 10
alfalfa. lts most helpful friend. and
rs u%nrelentlng enemy. too. is the river
Itself. for without the river 10 would
return to cactus a1d sage. Yet the
river Is ~ Jealous uf her freedom that
| she yearly attempts with violence. and
ty lnsidious methods az well. to re-
claim Tor herself each Zoe, of land
that has by stealth been taken from
her.
on the opposite OF the river. the
AAlAlNfAlA hANff ANt lANfl ~ Nflh III W
mountains until IL has reached the
Mexican line. There. by a capricious
turn. il deserts ia old-accustomod
! channel and flows westward into what
was once a lake. but Is now little more
that a morass and SO slowly ind It's
way 20 the Gulf of California. lmme-
diatciy north OF this westward bend iu
the river is the Imperial valley. which
has l~attcriy been used by several nov
eiists 20 Illustrate the heroic struggle
uf man with nature. For this valley
was once q sea itself, and has indeed
left "A sort OF rudimcntary sen In "a
lake known as ne Sdltou sea. The
fruitful soil OF this valley. hundreds 81
feet deep. is the silt OF the Colorado.
the deposited wush of "a thousand
miles OF mountain channel Each
/ June. Whe the SHOWS Of the Rockies
melt. the Colorado. %rcseuting the linn
i%tations which man has set up Tor 90.
presses with two strong shoulders
against both sides Of IT'S prescribed
banks, Ike Porthos under the slow
caying OF the earth. And az long as
that Hood comes the people ON both
sides must watch and Wo'. a. tho
Hollanders have done
There are two distinct aud argres-
si,e schools OF thought ou this matter
OF Keeping the Colorado jon ija place.
one Be- FOR sending the river willy.
Mills down the Ola channel Tho other
b. for letting the river live itH uWi lifp.
but keeping 10 of our pre- -r,,s Du,
may be termed he absoiutls; theory
ana the other The democratic theory
Congress has thus Gar committed r-
self 90 the latter And this year wleu
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
MCCULLOUGH RAISES
5000 FOR HOSPITAL
FOR NAVAJO INDIANS

santa Re. y. a.. Dec. 1t.-The
REV. ~ 2. Mccullough has raised ~
proximately one-haif. or 5000, Of
the needed sio.e0o 10 start a hospital
for the Navajo Indians. The money
was raised on a recent trip east.
which lasted six weeks. The hospital
Will be on the reservation. about 40
miles from Shiprock. and viii be
managed by the Presbyterian home
Board 81 missions.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
F. N. SCOTT BADLY
BURNED AT CLOVIS
IN GASOLINE FIRE

clovis. y NJ. Dec. II-F y. scott
sustained serious though probably not
fatal, injuries here yesterday In a
gasoline fire. Scott was burned
when hc Kicked over "a tub OF pail o.
gasoline iu his cleaning establishment
In an cnort TO save am empluyo from
iguitinR a Easoline-soakcd pair OF
trousers ne was cleaning.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
SMALL COLLEGES
WANT TO RETAIN
YOUNG ATHLETES
Institutions Lacking Large
Enrolment Make 1t Diff
cult to Eliminate Freshmen
From the Teams.

Ivy ANNNNNN - " ANN
San Francisco. Dec l4.-Those who
have been following the agitation over
the question ~ - whether OF not
freshmen should be allowed 60 play IN
intercollegiate contests. point 10 the
alignment OF the Northwestern con-
ference recently held. In support %
the contention tina; the smaller col
lcges are the ones who generally are
opposed to the elimination Of the first
year man. They submit the follow
ing figures. showing the approximate
attendance NJ the various institutions
Interested;
Anti-Freshmcn-University OF CALI
fornia. 1900. University OF Washing
ton. 500. oregon Aggies. g,soo. uni-
versity OF oregon. 1900; total, it,soo
Pro-Freshmcn 49, stanford. 5000;
Washington state. 1850. University OF
Idaho. soc; Whitman, SECS total,
1900.
Here is further proof. proponents
OF the a~nti-freshman idea claim, that
the only motive behind the desire Of
the small institutions II to have their
entire enrolment TO cali On. They
say that the elimination OF freshmen
as a safeguard against professional
ism and the purity OF intercollegiate
athletics do not enter into the cOn-
sheraton which IL entirely selfish.
Stanford as the natural rival Of Call
fornia, and Washington state OF the
University OF Washington. with their
fewer number a. compared 60 their
rivals. are said TO gnore the ethics
Involved and subordinate Il TO The
mere desire to make "a show ng.
As put by one former collegian
some of us believe That eve.y safe
guard should be thrown around COLI
lege athletics TO avoid the possibility
Of professional faint. Those who ia
Vor the playing OF the first year men
have advanced no real objection 20
our stand thai ] know Of"
Old-time athletes cannot recall the
time when there was so much travel
ing done by teams OF all kinds for IN
tersectional contests. II is only with
in the past decade that these events
have become general, and the success
with which they have been attended
augurs. d Is believed, for an incrcas-
ing number of pilgrimages by the
athletes Of the various sections OF the
country.
The trip OF the Stanford crew TO
Poughkeepsie last spring, the invo-
sion OF Michigan by the oregon Agri-
cultural college. and the western trip
u Syracuse university are some 81 the
more recent ones which come 90
mind. The coming OF the Brown uni
/ versity eleven from Providence. r. J.,
Co play az Pasadena. Cal, on January
/ IL another example Of the fact that
only the waters OF the Atlantic and
the Pacific set a limit ON the distance
that organizations will travel go play
an in-tersectlonal game.
That these events are popular and
arouse an immense amount OF inetr-
est. Is practically the unanimous
opinion. The. resulting benefit as q
stimuiant 10 sport apparently is UNI
questioned. with California back
again on the American football map
additional meetings 81 this kind are
anticipated In the future.
Already there IS talk uf Pacific
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
PACIFIC IN
STATE EARNS $3,156,0 900

Santa Fe. y. NJ, Dec. 1.-THE an
nual report Of the Southern Pacific in
this state shows earnings OF S3.l5e.-
600. or an average OF Si2.2l5 for each
mile operated in New Mexico. The
total number OF passengers carried
was iSO.277.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
ID Mnnc, srnI In-

Santa pc. IS 3d.. Dec. IA Lincoln
county has rcmIttcd $4,000 toward
Its share of The state taxes. but even
this. with tho santa BE comfy remit
lance viii not provide "nourh to pay
the salaries OF state officers before
Christmas
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14

coast athletes lnvadins the east to,
take part In a number OF the major
events IN various lines 81 sport next
spring. which includes rowing and
track athletics.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
MCKINLEY Count, nolI- nccci,cd.

santa Fc. a.. a.. Dec, IA ckin-
ley county's taX rolls, the fourth set
to be- received ny the state tax CONF
mission. arrived today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
MANY u. s. TOURS
TOR THIS SUMMER
A. A. A. Will Furnish Maps
and Other Route In
formation.

Reduced to figures that will dem
onstrate the monetary returns from
the great volume OF transcontinental
travel that will be done this year. the
most conservative estimate is well
borne out by the inquiries for touring
and route information received at
the Washington and New York tour
ing bureaus Of the American Automo-
bile association. on April l the total
was l,0O6 Facts supplied by all
these inquiries indicate an average
of four persons to a car. Placing the
average expenditure at SO per head
per diem-and this sum makes al
lowance for a portion that will camp
out at least some of the way-this
plainly shows a net income Of not
less than $4,000 ca each Of the states
crossed. As the season for this infor-
nation has hardly started, it can read
lily beSeon that the amount Of money
Which will be spent in each Of the
states by the automobile tourists will
run into seven figures
Whatever estimate may have been
made as to the amount Of touring
that will be done this year in the
United States, it will fall far short Of
the actual count. This view of the
situation is warranted by the enor'
nous increase i'm the number of in
quiries being handled this spring by
tho A. A. A. This increase over any
previous years records not only
comes from the membership of the
national body of motor car owners,
but also through the various cham
beTs of commerce and like business
associations between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. These inquiries log
ically find their way to the national
body Of organized motorists because
it has atits command all the general
touring and route information and
has accumulated a large amount of
unusual data as to roads and condi-
tions, Contributions are continuously
being received from the more than
one hundred thousand membership of
the a. A. A. throughout the country.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
Auto Firm Makes Remarkable Sales Record for March

During the past week there have
come to the national clearing house of
touring and route information the
very latest information as to the pres
etn road conditions between the Mis-
sissippi river and the Sierras These
reports have been sent in by twenty
one chambers of commerce and road
associations and have been added to
by state highway officials outlining
the work to be done during the next
sixty days This applies not only to
the east and west main arteries of
travel, which will be most particularly
used by the automobilist in crossing
the continent, but also the the many
north and south feeders and scenic
detours.
Maps and specific information can
be had either at national headquaT-
tors, 437 Fifth avenue, New York city,
or national capital headquarters,
Riggs building, Washington, d. G.
Parties contemplating cross-country
trips I'M the spring are especially in
vlted to take up these subjects with
the A. A. A. without delay in order TO
secure attention before the rush Of
the seasons fun activity is on.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
THE MOTOR CAR VALUATIONS
Several Systems Used in Taxation
Plans of Cities.

Methods of fixing valuation on
motor cars for purposes Of local tax
alton vary to so great an extent in diff
ferent communities and with succeed
ing boards of assessors in the same
community thatfa systematic plan Of
determining a fair scale Of valuation
based upon the annual depreciation
Of a car would be welcomed by the
car owners, who have too often been
the victims of assessors ignorant o..
motor car values. From Hartford,
Conn, comes the following system Of
valuing automobiles, which starts with
the manufacturers list price as q
basis: The car is put in the tax list
the first year by the assessors at eX-
actly the list price, less ten per cent;
the second year 1t is put in at 20 per
cent less than the first year; the third
year at so per cent less than the sec
ond year; the fourth year at 20 per
cent less than the third year; and
the fifth year at 20 per cent less than
the fourth year. After the fifty year
there is no further reduction and the
car remains in the list at the as
sessed value reached on the fifth year
That is, a $4,000 car would appear in
the tax list the first year at $500,
the second year at $3.50, the third
year at $675, the fourth year at S540,
and the fifty year at $432 and would
remain on the tax list at $432 as long
as it could be found to be taxed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Jimmie Nelson OF the Tulsa Motor
Car company made trip to Sperry
last week.
The New state Auto & Supply co.
report the following sales: McEwan
Manufacturing company, model csc
roadster; Mr.. NJ *. Farmer, Collins
vile, csc roadster; Selby oil ~ Gas
Co., C-25 touring car; r. NJ. Nc
Daniels Skiatook, C-25 touring car.
Mr.. Dan Hunt is having his Chal-
mers six painted at the Modern Auto
Paint shop.
i. i. Gacomini Of the Jeffery Motor
Sales company, sold three cars in
Enid last week, also one at Pawhuska,
and at this writing has not returned,
because Curt Adams told him TO stay
on the Job while selling was good.
Anderson Auto company report the
following sales: Orpheum theatre,
Maxwell touring car; Mr.. Edward Fox
Of Skiatook. Maxwell touring car; G.
O. Adsit Of Tcrleton. Maxwell touring
car; Sapulpa Mineral Well company,
Dart truck.
Mr.. ]. r. Chapple was visiting rcla-
tiyes in Chanute, Kan, last week.
Mr.. W. A. O'Neill Of Kiefor, Okla.
claims to have driven his 1914 Max
well car over five thousand miles on
the original tires without single
puncture and only 10 cents repair bill
Mr.. O'Neill further states that he still
has factory air in his tires.
Mr. Heth Of the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber co. of Akron, Ohio, was in the
city last week
Mr.. Charles r.. Dent made 5O-mile
trip in the country last Sunday.
Mr.. d. D. Wertzberger had his
Cadillac all dolled up with a new coat
Of paint and varnish. 1t looks just
like new car.
Mr. Eugene b. Lawson of Nowata
purchased n new Cadillac eight tour
ing car last week.
+. d. Misner is the proud owner Of
a Cadillac eight touring car.
The New Cadillac company delivered
a 31a ton G., M. c. truck to the Tulsa
Ice company last week.
The Cadillac company has G. NJ
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

.. The spark gap in breaker box
should be even and clean. A gauge
for measuring this gap will be found
in the little envelope in which tho
fuses come.
3. Spark plug gaps should be set
at OPS inch In order TO get best re-
suits Any repair shop will have a
thickness gauge which viii measure
this.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
IGNITION SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT
Some Points 10 Observe To Obtain
Best Results.

TO obtain the best results from the
battery ignition system on StudcbakeI
cars the following should be observed.
/. See that an terminals to which
wires are fastened are tight
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Come and bring YOUR girl, wife or
friend; we are going to have the big
gest time ever. 1t doesn't matter how
old, rush out and join us at $3.50
o'clock at % West Second street We
will have good time and plenty to
eat.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

The Tulsa Motor Car company re-
port the following sales: Chalmers
light six sent to Muskogee sunday;
Mrs, TheO Tack, new five-passonger
Chalmers; Mr. III. j. Stcinbcrgcr 1915
saxon roadster; Mr.. Coy Warden OF
Henryctta, 1915 Saxon roadster, V. A..
Spencer Of Cleveland, OKLA 1915
Saxon roadster Ted Russell OF Spcrry.
five passenger ear. Mr. Mccarthy.
deputy sheriff Of Oilton, fNo-passen-
ger car; H. u. Cornell Of Tulsa, Two
passenger roadster.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Mr. II. c. Ferguson of the Tulsa
Motor Car company claims that more
Chalmers cars are driven by women
than any other make Of car because
Of the Chalmers extreme feasibility
and because it is not necessary to
change gear to slow down.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

w. G., Bryson OF the Black SivaIs
y Bryson Tank CO., purchased new
Cadillac eight last week.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Anderson Auto company unloaded
a carload of Maxwell cars last week
consisting Of five touring ears.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Have you seen those nickel-p plated
Fords? They sure look nifty. y.--Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

The four war correspondents Of the
San Diego Union wanted to get into
the thick Of the fighting as soon as
possible. Warner NJ. Bateman, local
Studehaker dealer, was called by
telephone, and ten minutes later y
'Studebaker six was hurrying the five
men to the battlefield. 1t turned out
that there was no battle, but the
'Studebaker had delivered its passen-
gers in time to have witnessed the
first skirmish had ther been one.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

G. truck Chassis on their floor, 500
pound capacity, which is a new model
and the only one Of this size equipped
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

You are invited to attend an egg
roast given in honor of the Tulsa
motorcyclist, which will take place on
Mingo creek Easter Sunday, April 4.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

j. II, Rrickner Of the Brickner-
Laws Construction company is now the
proud owner of New REQ Six.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Mr.. Ed Harmon of the REQ Motor
Sales company reports the sale Of a
two-ton truck to the Rea-Rcad Mill
ing company.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
Along Gas ROzv

Jimmie Nelson OF the Tulsa Motor
Car company made u trip to Sperry
last week.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

Mr. Dan Hunt is having his Chal-
mers six painted at the Modern Auto
Paint Shop.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

The Cadillac company has C. NJ.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

L. i. Gacomini Of the Jeffery Motor
Sales company, sold three cars in
Enid last week, also one at Pawhuska,
and at this writing has not returned,
because Curt Adams told him 10 stay
on the Job while selling was good.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

The New Cadillac company delivered
a 31a ton G. M. c. truck to the Tulsa
Ice company last week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15

That's what it is.
When anyoue comes to you
with a line of glittering gable
about balmy breezes, somnifer-
GUS sunshine, salubrious climate,
inexhaustible fertility, etc., in
the endeavor to sell you land,
put it down as bunk. Especial
ly that inexhaustidle fertility
business. 'There amt no sich
animul."
st. Martin Parish, Louisiana,
in this good old U. S. A., has
Just about as good soils, accord
ing to government tests, as ever
were turned out in Natures la
boratory, but some few fools
who run them hard enough have
found them not inexhaustable.
It's hard to wear them out but
they can be deprecated.
As for climate, the writer
has never been able to deter
mine exactly what salubrious
means. In Florida it means
one thing; in California another,
and in Canada, quite another
again. l take it that the main
interest the farmer has in eli
mate is as to how many working
and growing days it will allow
him i'll a year.
Now we can get together on
some basis of understanding,
guess.
We have more lands here
than can be worked by our peo-
pie. We could supply thrice
our present population with
ample land and still have plen-
ty left. Mechanical and chemi.
cal analysis shows this land to
be similar to those of Central
Illinois, and Iowa, with general.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15


articles of this series. BY work.
ing twice as hard, at little more
expense, you can grow two farm
crops year; that is, you can
double your gross returns from
similar lands in the North. And
these lands you can buy for
about One-third what equally
good soils would cost you in the
North.
Why you ask are our lands
SO cheap?
Let me tell you. Supply and
demand for one thing. Land
poverty of our people for an
other. And, finally, POLITICS.
AXE FOhCED ~ LEI OO.
Our people have been land
grabbers, most of them have
been paying taxes, interest, etc.,
ON three to five times the land
they could cultivate profitably.
The manufacturer who keeps
his plant running at one-ffth
capacity soon gets into difficult
ty. Perhaps no stronger
voucher for the productivity of
our lands here can be given
than the fact that we have sur
vived fifty years of such econo-
mical inefficiency. And we
would be hanging ON yet but
for politics. The removal of
the tariff from sugar and rice
didn't destroy our soils, but it
did rip up the back lot of one
crop farmers, men who were
fitted neither by training nor
temperament to undertake the
learning of modern, diversified
agriculture such as should and
must be the base of any perma'
nent prosperity
continued on third page
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15

V a little more numuS. In
practice, besides sugar cane,
cotton, and rice, the typical
southern crops, our more pro-
gressive farmers are producing
corn, potatoes, oats, and the
clovers, in quantity comparable,
acre for acre, with crops in the
above mentined sections.
CAN GROW TWO CROPS.
And we have this advantage
over them, that we can take off
our Irish potatoes in May
(about five hundred cars are
now in process of loading and
shipment hereabouts) plant to
sweet potatoes or corn, or sow
to peas Or soy beans and harvest
another crop from the same land
in September. By sowing then
some cover crop and plowing
under in December or January,
comparatively little barnyard
manure or commercial fertilizer
will be needed to keep up the
soil fertility.
But believe me, this all takes
work. In fact the only advan-
tage We urge upon your consi-
deratiOu for our climate is that
you can work twice as many
proft-making days here in a
year as in the northern states,
OF course there are some Incl
dental advantages, such as saw
ing in clothing and fuel. Then
by proper crop rotation You can
always have winter pasture fol
your stock. Furthermore, the
housing problem for stock is
much simplified. In fact
Well, here's the idea. We
have soil as good as any in
America, a statement you vii
find borne out by government
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15
St. MARYINYILLE

The Capital City Of 500 square
miles of Rich Farm Lands.
Rail and Water Transporta-
ton.
Municipal Water (Pure) and
Light Plant.
Splendid Schools; Public and
Parochial.
Two Strong Banks; Liberal
in Policy.
Syrup Factory,
Sugar Factory.
Cotton Gins,
Saw Mill now operating,
We have raw material ada
cent for Cooperage and Furni-
ture Plants, Silo Factory and
Canneries, with high grade
fuel oil cheap in nearby field.
For courteous and detailed
information write to
SIDNEY E. DELAHoussAyE,
City Clerk.
St. Martinville, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15
Two Railroads and a
Boat Line compete for
freight at PARKS.
An ideal location for a
cannery in the heart Of
fine truck lands.
BAYOU CHENE

DAYOO NHEl\E
offers attractive head
quarters for hunters
and fishermen who
want the real thing in
sport. Birds or bear;
perch or shark, any
thing from hu1ning-
birds to alligators can
be found within an
easy march, or paddle
Come and see.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-05-15
The New Agriculture In An Old Land

Bunk (!
That's what it is.