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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
DROUGHTS Do NOT
AFFECT FARMERS
Of THAT AREA
Abundant Irrigation Insures
Crops of Finest Sort; River
Looks Like Missouri Rather
Than New Mexico.

Farmington y. ~. July lT.-To
understand fully the resources and
possibilities OF the san Juan valley
VI New Mexico q visit Is necessary,
Then the magnitude of these re-
sources. and the almost limitless op-
portunty for Development fairly
strike one In the face. We drove in
tu the san Juan valley from the
shlprock Indian agency over a turn
piked road. NJ a speed OF thirty miles
an hour; a speed which u was not
necessary to ubntc hair a dozen times
In the thirty miles from Shiprock To
Pennington. During nearly an Of
this distance We were driving through
alfalfa fields and orchards. fields OF
grain n Corn. and With a river In
sight which looked more like tue
Missouri. than "a Sew Mexico desert
stream Most OF as Who roa New
Mexico printed matter know hat
more water flows through The san
Juan In u ear, after u receives the
water OF The Ia Plata and the AMI
mas az F~arminrto1, than through all
the rest Of New Mexico streams oum-
hincd. But YOU do not realize Just
what that means until YOU SEQ the
san Juan. broad ard deep ana swift.
running bank fun ia this season after
all the u water be- gone and the
floods are over. There has been no
rain along the san Juan watershed
for sixty days. yet every i|rrigIting
ditch II fun and In spite Of millions
ui acre feet OF water taken out from
the Colorado line Co Shiprock. not "A
traction Of "a foot has been marked
On the river gauges. u is water
enough TIA reclaim % million acres Of
land. Government measurements
prove II. and when one sees the river
itself. the big figures become roa-
funable and plain.
The irrigation systems Of the
Pennington district ar" modern and
efficient. The canals are broad and
straight, The service Is permanent
aud reliable and abundant. That is
why the farms nlong the dusty roads
are bright green and beautiful iu
spite uf e period of no rain which
would have burned up almost any ir-
Tigatrd district in the state. This
first huge advantage the San Juan
irrigated districts hnyr-an almost
Imitlcss and q certain water supply
az an seasons ~ for all purposes.
This resource alone would insure the
permanent prosperity aud the even
tual development of the farm lands
surrounding Pennington and Aztec
aud stretching away mn-like along
the three dig riyeTs which rise IN the
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
SILVER CITY N
BIG DELEGATION OF
MOOSE TO

silver city. y. NJ. July 17-Silyer
city ls sending % biz delegation "a the
Moose convention In san Diego THIS
week. the convention opening July ~
and continuing through the gath. The
delegation is 20 make a strong hsht
for the location OF the proposed
81. 900, 900 Moose sanitarium for Ia
bercuiosis at silver City.
G. W. McSherry, dictator Of the To-
Others will be: w. D. Murray. 4. l."
cal lodge. will head the delegation.
Others will be: W. y. Murray, T. l..
Lowe, Chris Rheis, Matt Fowler
Wayne MacVoaRh Wilson. H. ".
Retts. Jackson Agee, william Bassett,
Frank Wesley ana u. r. Barnes,
Several thousand very attractive
badges have been provided for by the
silver city delegation and the ell
matte advantages Of this city are 10
he well advertised at the convention
a limited number Of very handsome
badges. comprising a sterling silver
spoon In the shape of q pin, holding
II miniature Navajo blanket have
been furnished by Delegate Mcsherry
and these especially are cena.n TO be
eagerly sought for az the convention.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
VALUABLE NEW LOG
FOR AUTOISTS
ON PRESS
FL Paso Chamber Of Commerce
Prepares to Distribute
Guides and Maps of South
west Tour Territory.

Especial Dispatch to Evening Heraid.)
~ Paso. Tex. July l7.-Robert ~.
Reinhart and Harry Locks Of the nj
PasO Automobile club. an auxiliary
Of the FL Paso chamber OF commerce,
have just completed "A log OF the au-
tomobile routes and roads leading Ia
eyery direction from FL Paso. which
HhOuld be of great value To tho auto
mobilists not only OF the Albuquer-
que and the rest OF the territory COW
cred by the log. but OF all auto tour
iats from other SECTIONS travelling
through the southwest.
The now log. which In now on the
press and will be In the hands of the
auto travelling public within the next
ten days or two weeks. Is very COM
plete. showing every crook and turn
IN the road logged, every bit OF sand.
aud IN long stretches. every ranch
house at which accommodations mas
be had By travellers ,sho may not De
fortunate enough To reach hotel
towns.
Reinhart and Locke had already
completed a log OF the B0rderiand
route from Los Angeles and san Di-
ego through Phoenix, Tucson. Bis
bee, Douglas. Lordsburg and Demlng
To FL Paso and TO this have added
logs OF the roads from ri Paao 20 Al
~buquerque. Via the Elephant Butte
dam. to connect with the ocean 10
ocean route, from III Paso to Ala
mogordo. ~CloudctOft, Tularosa. Car
rizozo. white oaks and Roswell: from
~ Pnso to Midland. Texas. by way
OF Artcsia. Carlsbad, Pecos and Fort
stockton. and from Il Paso to Al
pine by way Of Sierra Blanca. Valen-
tine and Maria. The total distance
covered approximntes 1000 miles.
The new logs viii be issued under
the auspices OF the El Paso chamber
% commerce and the publicity de-
partmeut Of that organization Is at
work upon "A system Of distribution
which will place the log IN the hands
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17

Let The HsrAla want ae DO yOuf
work.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
Today Live News of the Sunshine State

orally get fairly good returns for
their crops, although even they suffer
severely for lack OF transportation.
some energetic growers are getting
apples out by parcel post. n book
Ing orders now for next years bus
lnass. one man told me he sent 1900
boxes Of apples to- Albuquerque last
winter. by parcel post. He sold them
for from ninety cents to a dollar a
box. with nifty cents added for post
age. You Albuquerque h~ousekeep-
ers who paid t2.25 and t2.75 for APP
Piles last winter. "a figure out FOR
yourselves what a parcel post trade
with a Juan county would do for
you.
FarminHtOn H. Prosperous.
The town of Pennington u pros
porous. busy aud hopeful. The
farmers around about are busy and
theig farms and orchards are models
of NEEDLESS cleanliness. They suf-
fer from lack OF transportation, but
their courage Is without limit.
The Pennington chamber Of COM
merce Is "A busy organization of about
nifty business men and fruit growers.
l.. W. GALES. formerly Of Albuquer-
que. Is at It's head ana Is giving "A
vigorous and successful administra-
ton. The secretary. O. G. smith. ~
a former employe OF the American
Lumber company. At present he Is
the honey magnate OF this section.
He shipped several car loads OF
honey last year aud made money at
a. His stands are scattered all up
and down the san Juan. the La Plata
and the Animas. lie IL going to
bring an automobile load Of the pro-
duct To the state fair In october,
coming through the Jemez mountains.
II viii be an exhibit well worth see
ing. and will be notable as the first
fun auto truck shipment between the
san Juan and Albuquerque.
San Juan's great exhibit to the
mex fair will come by rail; the
Pennington people believe aud hope.
for the last time. IN 1916 they hope
to load IL lnto the big trucks that
rush mail and freight from Farming
ton To Shiprock. II Will Ola through
two days QUICKER and In 100 per cent
better shape.
Il b. "A fact which Albuquerque GUS
iness men Who want trade and Albu4
qucrque consumers who want cheaper
iruit and produce should keep in
mind thinH over ana work out; that
this great agricultural district, where
every condition IN right Tor growing
the finest fruit out of doors. has oniy
me need To make its It's farmers and
fruit rover prosperous; to build up
its towns AID double its land values
an outlet To the south. Albuquerque.
Tor its " sake, should supply hat
outlet
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
COLFAX SHEEP MUST
BE DIPPED BY OCTOBER

Ration. n. NJ, July t7.--Aii sheep
IN Colfax county must be dipped be-
fore October I. according to the
terms Of n general order issued by
tho sheep sanitary board.
Dipping will be started at the Fer
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
beautiful Women.

Nothing adds more 10 the beauty
o. women than luxuriant hair. The
regular use Of Meritol Hair Tonic Will
keep the hair healthy, promote its
growth, keep IL clean and bright. and
give II that wayy appearance 70
much admired. Price sec. ti.O0.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17

nandez vat In the southern part Of
the county. on the 27th inst. and
other watts win be placed IN opera
ton soon after mat at several Of the
larger sheep ranches In the county.
This general order II for the proven
ton OF the spread OF affections
which. according 20 Or. r.. r. John
son. federal livestock Inspector for
this district. have not yet made their
appearance In this county.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17

OF the greatest possible number 81
auto tourists contemplating "A tour Of
the southwest this fail aud thercaf-
ter.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
RANCu snIn.

T. G. Bryan's ranch OF Grants. n.
NJ, advertised In the Evening Herald,
has been sold.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
THE wasted Fruit crop.

Albuquerque women who are pay-
ing fancy prices for tastelesg Califor-
mia cherries to DE used IN pies. and
who are longing for cherries cheap
enough to be put up. will be- inter-
csted to know that one may 60 out
into the cherry orchards here. just
now loaded down with luscious fruit.
ied ripe ana about To drop. and
gather this same fruit and carry IL
away. for exactly ten cents the gal-
Ion. Thcy are rotting on the trees
and on the ground at that. one
grower told me that he had 5000
crates Of cherries which he would
permit To drop. for lack Of a market.
When | showed incredibly he took
me to his orchard and showed me
the trees. "A whole orchard Of laden
cherry trees. the finest cherries I
eve saw. Mind you he rs but one Of
a hundred orchardists who have
cherry trees just like those described.
\ woman who makes a specially of
red and black raspberries showed us
six rows of vines a quarter OF n mile
long. deep black with the ripened
fruit. You q have your automo-
bile full for a dollar. II your pick
en-. she told us. There Is no mar
ket for them ana they will rot on
the vines"
It's 70 sad story 10 tell but it's true
that his district Is oyerdeyeloped
simply because II has no outlet. II
is % gadder story for Albuquerque
people who would lse every pound Of
these soft fruits eagerly. n they
could get them.
With the apples Il IL a different
story. They will stand holding and
shipping ana the apple growers gen
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-17
Water Resources of San Juan
Valley Limitless In Extent


Colorado mills.
Rio Crandc 10 broad Gnagc.
Just one ihiag the San Juan
country needs. This In an outlet.
The business men of Pennington and
Aztec Just this week have had word
that a surveying corps ~ being put
In the field to lay lines for standard
guaging the Denver and Rio Grande
into Durango. THIS will help some
since IL will eliminate the ruinous
fruit transfer at Durango. which
which makes shipment Of delicate
fruits almost impossible. They tell
5ou 81 Il with bated breath and In a
whisper. u great IN their fear that
something will happen now to delay
the long needed Improvement.
But even the standard guaging Of
the Rio Grand road will not relieve
this need of an outlet. what the
san Juan wants and must have. Ia AN
outlet To the south; into New Mexico,
lts home ana It's natural market.
when "a railroad outlet viii come II
Is hard to say. The motor road out
let viii come very soon. Wen " The
men 81 Pennington have to get out
build u themselves with their
own shoyels and teams. These peo-
pie are now forced "a trade In COL
orado. They are eager to get into
closer touch with New Mexico. and
especially with Albuquerque. They
want to give us their huge business
and they need very much the help
W. can give them.
Upon a wager II would be safe TO
bet bis stakes on the assertion that
rhould the board OF directors Of the
Albuquerque Commercial club visit
this district, a survey OF an automo-
bile road from Albuquerque to the
san Juan would Doe under way within
weeks.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21
The Sunken GaLLeOn
By Henry James Forman, in Collier s

On every coast, in every land legends of hidden
treasure. Not bay inlet of the but sunken
gaeon longost treasure ship is moderng the
bottom with golden douboons and yellow ngots pouring
from her ribs But the has no monopoly of hidden
wealth. Write tale of buried riches Gold Bug
Treasure Island and the popular fancy rises to it to
allurng bait Scarce grange farmstead thorp
village, but of buried gold has touched it with
Truly the tradition of hidden riches is part of
the of all the of and could but
trace it out people would be found devoid of it. But
deeper still in the human soul the very center of being
beyond the mind material pictures of wealth. the heart
tains and cherishes less tangible spiritual form of
the belief The golden douboon become the wealth of
the SOUL the jewels and the ngos the rich human quail
ties that transcend poverty that transcend Without
them evolution from the beast had been impossible That is
the inner kingdom of heaven that founders of religions
claim that the treasure of the heart compared with which
all other worthless From soul there Shines bright
DIM the gold among the wreckage And the business of
right living reality kind of great salvage enterprise
Send your will down like diver to the oundered galleon,
and if it be but strong enough it will return laden with the
the wealth of the Indies Send it, and will it return
quite empty handed And-greater -stilsend the
diver into other hears Always beneath the hulk of the gal
eon however Deep however covered with weeds and
barnaces the gold lies cleaning for the seeker and you
find his treasure make him rich indeedand
sharer in his riches And surely this truth you will
raise for everyone least fragment of his deepncused
despatched gold will you not people the earth about
you with the grateful you have enriched from their
treasuresf
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21
DEMONIACAL BOXERS
HAD HEALTHY FEAR
OF GERMAN SOLDIERS
Simple Tactics Cost Many OF
Maddened Chinese Their
Lives.
TERROR OF TEUToN NAME
Later When q Wild Chance Shot
From 8eIeaguered Christians
Killed Magician Chief, Be-
siesers Fled.

CharIest Ernest Scott In the Sunday
School Times.
had walked over TO village where
one of our Christians was sick-a
young graduate of our medical school
who had nearly blown out his eyes eX-
perimenting in the manufacture OF
mine, remarked: These revolution
US here as the Boxer days" And he
added, with a humorous twinkle, you
see the German troops are known now
bombs to use against the "Manchu
tyrants" His uncle. a dear friend of
In those days they were not" This
put him in reminiscent mood and over
our Chinese dinner he told me tale
that Is worthy a place in church his
tory.
His village is heather, but his own
clan there resident is, in solid phalanX
Christian. Though its members have
the brains and education, the acres
and the money, the push and the
grace they are but q handful. Per-
haps because OF this fact they, dur
ing the early days Of the Boxer move
ment were marked for destruction
There was no other village safer than
I their own, to which they could nee
as every Christian was well known
and all the countryside was alive with
Boxers. Everybody, apparently, had
become either a Big Knife society
brave on the warpath, or an active
spying sympathiZer.
Under such circumstances 1t seemed
necessary to the German government
in the interests OF law and order in
and near "Gehiet," to send out punt
tive expedition into the surrounding
villages. on the approach OF the
troops to this place, the Boxer war
rioTs, rendered fatuously reckless by
their incantations, which were sup
posed to render them bullet-proof
mounted the village wall there with
bows and arrows, spears and clubs,
and some muskets to annihilate the
black hearted barbarians."
When but few rods from the wall
the German captain. who understood
some Chinese, heard the command
given to fire. He instantly ordered his
men to lie fat on the ground in posi-
ton for sharpshooting. Just. as they
dropped, the venerable guns on the
| wall, accompanied by the clatter OF a
choice miscellany of medieval weap-
| ons, banged harmlessly at them. And
the Boxers, seeing the rows OF SOL
diers prone and motionless, thought
their foes killed to a man. With tn
temerity Of know nothing, fear moth
ling" they forthwith sprang to their
Sect. capering about in wild jubiliation
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21

Details OF a curious family complica-
ton come from st. Gall, Switzerland.
A naturalized Swiss citizen, German by
birth, is married to a Hungarian. His
brotherinlaw is fighting against the
Servians and the husband of his sister
inlaw is fighting against the Austrians
OF the mans two brothers. one is In
a Prussian regiment and the other Ia
serving France under General Gallient.
That animals are sensitive to the ap-
proach OF earthquakes is a fact fire.
quently observed, and the more recent
seismic troubles in various countries
give numerous examples OF this singu-
lar faculty which many animals pos
sess. For instance, In Japan, horses set
up an unusual agitation whenever q
seismic shock is near at hand. In cen
trail America dogs and cats flee from
houses, and the inhabitants have be-
come so accustomed to this that they
follow the example Of the animals and
leave their dwellings, so as to escape
danger. In Italy 1t has been observed
that birds left their nests and flew up
to great height in the air, but this
without noise, before the earthquake
took place. However, at the time when
the earthquake shocks were produced
the birds uttered cries which lasted for
all the duration OF the earthquake It
is asserted that in Sicily cocks crow
and dogs howl just before an earth.
quake.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21
lronv2 Oh. No!

For presiden'. Boies PenrOse. The
BlaiTsville (Pa), Courier explains why;
First. he has come forth victor in one Of
the most strenuous campaigns ever
waged;" second this victory came to him
in business campaign" third, Boies
Penrose is courageous:
He has kept
The Wilderness Of his soul
To quote our Pennsylvania contempor-
standing on the solid rock of republic
anism he watched unmoved the gathering
and breaking OF a wild tempest. I.
Calmly and serenely he waited for the
outcome and refused to desert the house
OF his father or to worship strange gods.
Today the wisdom OF his course Is made
manifest"
We repeat: For president In 1916 Sena-
tor Penrose OF Pennsylvania. 1t Is none
too early to launch this boom. Other he
roes aspire to those laurels which PEN
rose alone merits. There Is lusty young
Jo-Cannon OF Illinois for one. There IL
that earnest Teformer from Illinois, VIM
b. Mckinley. w. Barnes of Albany, N
Y, has his good friends-Barnes might
beat Boies to II. But Penrose really
comes first-Pennsylvania's purest patriot,
the protective tariffs loyalest sandwich
man, the republican statesman whose
heart Is oil, whose soul Is steel
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21
EnaIand'a Elaat.

From the Chicago Post.
That we should speak out to England
she and ourselves have upheld in the past
yes.
But that we should twist the lions tair'
or unfairly embarrass combatant In this
great war-no, a hundred times no.
This should be Americas position.
Let US get It clear in our minds before
American public opinion forms definitely
upon President wilson's protest in behalf
Of the rights Of our shipping.
We have q feeling OF momentary re-
sentiment against Eugland's fleet because
we fairly consider Geviations from our
mutual ideas Of international law.
Yet after all, what Is England's feetI
Without It. where would the United
Ninety per cent of the sea-carryina
trade OF the world Is done in English bot:
toms. Thanks to tho English feet these
common carriers are free to sail the
gent or even unfair rules. but the fact
remains that they are busy at the world
task of carryin~ goods TO and from neu.
trail ports to English ports.
1t Is as II the railroad systems" OF the
ocean were kept IA operation instead OF
being tied up by y great strike, Recal
the paralysis that fell upon all American
business at the outbreak OF the war before
we understood that England's feet wal
going to keep af1oat anu In business thu
overwhelming majority OF the boats II
which our foreign shipments were naue
should that fleet be put out of action,
the worlds fabric o. sea commerce would
fall utterly.
Think. too. of what England's feel
means to that difficult yet vital American
tenet--the Monroe doctrine.
What man can douot that were Germany
to sweep the seas Of British warships
her strong commercial grasp upon South
America would be turned into an actual
governmental grasp? Then we would be
faced with the choice Of throwing the
Monroe doctrine overheard or fighting for
It, In this sense tho English fleet today
is really the American fleet.
Our protest to England on her treat
ment Of our ships is justified. Our pro.
test to German against the violation OF
Belgian neutrality. the greatest national
crime of our century, would also have
been justified. We made the protest In
one. case, we did not make II in the other.
Let us not let this fact swerve us from
the straight IL OF neutrality I'm which
we have tried to guide our course. Let
us not turn a reasons bic note to a friend
" nation into an occasion for tingoistid
onslaughts upon her IN her hour of need.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-21
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