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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13
JUST A BOY PLAN
 ID AID BELG|AhS

ROANOKE, Va, May 12-Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner-In the Green Memorial Sunday School in this city is a class of boys who have de cided to be known as the "Belgians. '' The boys ages range from ten to twelve years and they have determin- ed to band together to work for the stricken children of Belgium. They will set aside a sum of money each month to send to the children in the war-torn country across the sea.
 The teacher of the class is James M. Bennett, newspaperman who crossed In the steamship Lynorta, which was laden with the gifts of the people of Virginia for the sufferers. MT. Ben nett went into Belgium where he saw the food distributed to the people.
 When he returned to Roanoke the boys in his Sunday School class be- came deeply interested in the chil- dren of Belgium and the stories MT. Bennett told them. They decided they wanted to help and after a meeting among themselves the boys adopted the name of "The Belgians."
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

implies, but a sheer confection of face, net or batiste, topped with gay
 silk or lingerie jacket
 So cavalier have fashions become,
 hey carry us back to the Cromwellian
 era. Like spirits of the old French empire, society in lingerie dresses trips across the velvety lawns or loi- ters in old rose gardens. The other day I chanced upon party enjoying tea in the far corner of a green lawn under the shade of mulberry tree; the black wicker furniture, upholster- ed in broad stripes, strewn with apple blossoms was as striking in effect as the frocks the girls wore.
 A vivacious dark-eyed Miss, who served tea at the glass-topped table, carried off we'll the style of the smart coatee in frock that bespoke the cou- turier Jenny. The bodice of aIl-over nipped in at the waist as fashion approves, showed from be- heath the jaunty jacket of dark blue taffeta silk. The Quakerish collar and cuffs of white organdy made a con- meeting link with the billowing folds of organdy, laid in deep crosswise folds, paneled with embroidery and with Valenciennes lace, which formed the skirt.
 That she was a devotee to the fad of fancy shoes, one could easily guess, for her pumps were the last word in style; the heel, back and vamp was of patent leather and the uppers of white kid to match the white silk stockings. Beside the low chair, a gar
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13
TeasdaIe Wants Majority Vote for the Common Good
SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD
 BY THE GOOD ROAD ASSOCIATION

Many valuable suggestions for keeping up the interest in good roads will be presented at the Tucson conference. For the first time the board of directors, representing ev- cry county in the state, will hold a special meeting. On this occasion the directors of the Good Roads Association will be the guests of the Ex- ecutive and Advisory Con- mittees at luncheon. Plans for holding quarterly confer enceS. will be outlined. It is suggested that. the next SeS- sion be called for some north ern city in August, probably Flagstaff or the Grand Can yon. The directors of the as- Sociation invited to meet at Tucson, are:
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

was circled with tulle with pond lilies beneath and like all other broad -brim- med garden hats, it had black velvet streamers attached to the back; and these sprawled on the grass as if they were tired of their voyage thru the wind
 The guest of honor. an artist of fame, who is making the best of war enforced exile, was a credit to the maker of the clothes she wore; what could be smarter for a woman past thirty than symphony in black and white? Again the coatee was the chief detail of the costume; this time it was a short Zouave jacket of ex- quite batiste, heavily embroidered. It opened as she lounged in her chair, showing waist of plain batiste. Flouncing, repeated in the sleeves and skirt yoke, and lower skirt of plain batiste Scut circular that it might flare the more, needed only the black and white, blazer striped, girdle to bring out it's style, so perfectly was every detail worked out
 The skirt cleared the ground by about four inches; mature women have all adopted this length as more becoming than the extremely short skirt. Below the skirt trim white buckskin tie laced in black could be seen. Her white Milan straw, medium in size, with brim flaring just enough to soften her face, sported a bow of the blazer striped silk and her slen- der-handled parasol resting open on the back of her chair completed the picture of an up to date woman we'll dressed.
 So diverse are the effects gained with these jackets, it is hard to be- lieve so many frocks have the same feature. Here is a coatee of robins egg blue taffeta, fitted through the body, having flaring tails, and leg Continued on Page A
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

A. J. Eddy, Yuma; John w. Francis, Flagstaff; Fred T. Colter, Colterville; J. M. Sparks, Douglas; Geo. A. Foorte, Stafford; Sam Abra- ham, Clifton; Pat Rose, of Globe; Oscar Walker, King man; Wm. A. Mouer, Tempe Harry J. Karns, Nogales; Nose Drachman, Tucson; w. Y. Price, Florence; Wm. Ste- phenS, Prescott; w. H. Clark of Holbrook.
 The chairman of the board of supervisors of every coun- ty in the state, has received a wire, especially inviting him to attend the conference, along with other members of the board, the county engi- neer and all friends of good roads.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13
C0ATEE A NEW FEATURE; BLACK
 AND WHITE EFFECTS TO THE FORE

Special to the Yuma Daily Examiner
 NEW YORK, May 11-Nowhere is the American idea of directness more strongly felt than in clothes Paris offers wealth of ideas and America tion, while the popularity of one style or another in the priceless collection received after perilous trip across the Atlantic, quakes in the balance, the American public, at last, places emphasis on one chosen feature and the coatee dress becomes universal;
 not tailored creation as the name
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13
Declares It Most Essential for Yuma Project Land Hold CTS to Present United Front to Congress If Pro- gress Is to Be Made in Strengthening Out Tangles; Article in Reclamation Record Contains Valuable In- formation for the Chronic Kickers
Los Angeles, May II, IS!

Los Angeles, May II, Is. Friend Shorey:
 If space allows, run this article from the Reclamation Record of July-August, 1914: It is appripo in the light of the recent opposition to my appointment as a member of the Cost Board, for San Pas cual Valley.
 Pm trying to unite those people for action. I'm get ting a long way to the good, and for their good in it, and if they will let me, I'll get them strengthened out and on a good basis. l shall do so unless l am prevented.
 know it must come, and they must be more of a unit upon things and not oppose simply to be opposing-aS it seems some are. It is all wrong and | want your help about this and to try to get these people, who are so bur dened, relieved, and in such shape that they can go on.
 Help me and l think we will prove to them that we knew what was needed. It is only a few who oppose, but enough to keep things stirred up. Very truly,
 E. P. TEASDALE.
 Majority Vote Essential
 The importance of having a majority vote of the water users on any proposition Sub- to them has been en-
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

 There is not much of note occurring at school these days, for most of the students are settling down for the home stretch-the last few weeks of school-and they realize that good be- haVior and good marks go hand in hand. However if you watch for this column next week, you will probably receive a big surprise, for big things are ln the air. No I can't tell you now, it would spoil the effect. But just remember to watch the Examiner and you'll be amply repaid for your trouble.
 SCOOP.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

Coach Wilkerson of the local team is working hard with the squad in an endeavor to turn out a winning aggre- gation. In fact, the little coach thinks he has team picked for next fall that will be able to trounce any other high school aggregation in the state We'll, Captain Jack has travelled pret- ty we'll over Arizona and has seen most of them play and played against them, so he ought to know.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

Come and see what a good time you will get for 10 cents, Thursday night at the Celebration Dance. 4S-50
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

The local boys may not be much on weight, but they have the knack of hitting the line hard for good gains. and they are quick. Quickness itself cannot win, but it goes long way to- ward bringing home the bacon.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

Everybody's going to the Celebra- tion Dance Thursday night at Yuma Theatre 1850
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

The game with Bard a week from Sunday promises to be a humdinger. Bard will outweigh Yuma; but on the other hand, Yuma will outplay Bard. If you don't believe it, drop over to the Indians grounds, Sunday after noon. the 23rd, and watch them play.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

The local boys are showing the right spirit by endeavoring to help the celebration to be a success, and they deserve due credit for their efforts
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-05-13

den hat carelessly dropped, glistened
 in the sun, for it was one of the new dark blue shiny straws. The crown
Evening star., 1915-12-26

tered in 1894, is another of the institu-
tions of the county seat.
The old church is still standing in
Manassas where the first public school
in Virginia under the constitution OF
1853 was started before the act for the
establishment of the public school sys-
tenn had been passed by the legislature
In the same church building was held
in 1873 the first state summer normal
school. George g. Tyler of Haymarket
the present superintendent of schools,
is making his administration noted for
the construction of new modern school
houses and the organization of farm
ers, boys and girls clubs. He has be-
gun the medical inspection of schools
and has inaugurated other reforms.
Manassas has water and sewer sys-
TENS and electric lights. Tt has nu-
merous brick buildings. banks, hotels.
newspapers, gasoline fire engine and a
volunteer fire department, street fire.
plugs. brick sidewalks, a wood paving
block factory, candy factory and an
ice plant. 1t is a town of attractive
shady streets in summer
Prince William county is not yet a
county that is famous for its good roads.
but there is a disposition on the part OF
the inhabitants to bring about a marked
improvement in this essential. The gen.
eral sentiment throughout the county is
in favor of good roads. and progress 10
being made. A prominent citizen Of the
county said to The Star man:
I'm the matter of road making the
reputation of Prince William is not
enviable. While some good roads have
recently been made in the county. il seems
to be an acknowledged fact that in the
lower end of the county, in the loY-lying
grounds adjacent to old Dumfries, the
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poorest stretch of road between Quebec
in Canada and Miami in Florida is to be
found. But with the help that is now
rushing to the rescue from automobilists
it is thought that this link will be fixed
up before 1915 passes from the calendar"
According to one of the historians of
Prince William county. the first road
through that county was what is now
called the Telegraph road, from Alex
andria to Richmond, by way of Fredericks-
burg. Next in age was the Carolina road.
from Pennsylvania to Georgia. and known
in the south as the Rogues' road, from
the great use made of it by escaping
criminals. Hotels, or "ordinaries,' were
early established along this road twelve
miles apart, and by way of encourage
ment certain amount of land was given
to each owner of a hotel. The first
house of entertainment. at what is now
Leesburg, Loudoun county, but which
was then part of Prince William, was
one of these inns, and among others
along the road whose names have been
preserved, were Nevilles Ordinary, the
Red House at Haymarket and White
Ridge Ordinary in Fauquier. then a part
of Prince William This ancient road
is still heavily travelled, and is treated
IN all respects as a public road, though
it is said that there exists no record of
this road having been ceded to the public,
and that it might be claimed by heirs Of
its builders and early proprietors.
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place In this series, FREDERICK,
Montgomery. Prince Georges and
Charles counties. Md, and Alexandria,
Fairfax and Loudoun, Va, having been
presented.
In a north and south direction Prince
William county extends from a point
on the Potomac river opposite Indian
Head. Charles county, Md. twenty
miles in an air line below the Arsenal
point at Washington. or twenty four
miles by river. to Chappawamsic creek.
where that creek flows into the Poto-
mac river something more than a.mile
below Quantico and thirty-five miles
below Washington, following the
course of the river. In southeast and
northwest direction the county of
Prince William extends from the Poto-
mac river to the Bull Run mountains,
about thrty-two miles. The northerly
boundary of the county follows the
n idle of Belmont bay. from the Poto-
mac up Occoquan creek to the confiu-
ence OF Broad run and Bull run. dis
tance of thirteen miles from the Po-
tomac. The line then continues north
west, following the winding course of
Bull run 20 the crest of the Bull Run
mountains, twenty-seven miles from
the Potomac river. The line sttN<es
the Bull Run mountains near the north
end of that short range about two
miles south of Aldie in Loudoun
county. where the wagon road from
Washington, by the way of Fairfax
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quarries were abandoned many years
ago.
Slate occurs in Prince William coun-
ty. In that county, and extending
through the counties of Stafford and
Spotsylvania, is one of the most ex-
tensive beds of slate in Virginia. Dar-
ton, the geologist. named it TIE Guam
In Stafford county the slate is exposed
in the "fall-line" gorge of Aqua creek
northeast of Garrisonville, and it is
exposed again in Prince William coun-
ty to the northeast of Dumfries. In a
report by the Virginia geological sur
vey it is said that mo developments
have been made on this belt, and it is
not known whether it contains slate of
commercial grade or not. but it is being
carefully investigated by the state geo.
logical survey
The mining of barytes is an old in
dustry in Virginia. and the first of the
barytes mines of the state was opened
about 1845, in Prince William county
close to the Fauquier county line, near
the village of Catlett Biologists have
reported that it is associated with red
filing fractures of from four to eight
feet wide in the red shale. and in thin,
cleavable masses in the limestone.
Commercial pyrite is another of the
resources of Prince William county. 1t
is found in the counties of Louisa.
Stafford and Spotsylvania, but Prince
William and Louisa counties are the
chief producing areas of the state. 1t
is officially reported that the pyrite
mines in these counties are proba bly,
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mattox. Prince George. Sussex: Charles
City. Dickinson, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna,
Frederick and Rappahannock. OF the
neighbor counties of Washington other
than Prince William, Fairfax shows
population density of forty-nine to the
square mile; Loudoun. forty-one; Alex
andria, 500: Frederick (Md), hfty-
e eignt; Montgomery. sixty-two; dS .hfnte tf,nee
hve; Anne Arundel, seventy-two, and
Calvert, forty seven.
The populations of the minor civil divi-
sions of Prince William county under
the last census were as follows: Brents-
Vile district, 1853; Coles district, l:4!5;
Dumfries district, including. Dumfries
town. 1.723; Gainesville district, includ-
ing Haymarket town, 2,609: Manassas
district, including Manassas town, g.
3S1, and Occoquan district. including
Occoquan town, 1,190.
The largest town in the county is
Manassas, which is also the county seat
and a town which has enjoyed and
promises to enjoy substantial devel-
opment in population and business.
Under the count of the last census the
town had 1,217 inhabitants, while in
1900 it had S17. and in 1880. $50, while
before that it was a mere hamlet
strung along some dirt roads and the
railroad tracks of junction point. 1T
has had a satisfactory growth since
the last census, and its prospects are
that it will become one of the principal
small cities of Virginia.
Inc pOpulat1On OF the town OF DuIH-
fries was only 15S, but old Dumfries
has it's own particular story which is
one of singular historic interest. Once
it was one of the great towns and
trade centers of the region around
Washington. The channels of trade
changed and the new arteries of COM
merce and travel, the railroads, pass
ed 1t by. The creek on which it stands
or stood. Quantico. filled~up in front
of the town, and is not now navigable
above the village of Quantico, where
the railroad from Washington to Rich
mond and the farther south crosses
Quantico creek. This is about three
miles below Dumfries and very close
upon the confluence Of Quantico creek
and the Potomac river. Then, in the
early part of the nineteenth century,
and again in the midnineteenth CEN
tury, fire swept the solidly built town
and it's banks, warehouses, hotels,
shops, market house and theater be-
came heaps of ruins. The old kings
highway between the northern and the
southern colonies passes through Dunn
fries, and since the civil war this has
been famous or infamous as one of the
worst roads in northern Virginia. Re
Gently it has been considerably i'm
proved, and it is parts of this road.
especially that part which passes
through Choppawamsic swamp, just
beyond Dumfries, which is now engag-
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War Ec0nomy.

lR( lCHARD HARDING DAVIS, the war
correspondent, said, the other day,
in Pittsburgh:
THE allies are getting together at
last They are working together. In
their, plans we see no more selfishness.
They were pretty selfish at first.
Their selfishness was typified, in fact,
by an economy story-a story about q
rich Englishman.
This wealthy old fellow, when the
economize-and-save movement was at
its height, said warmly over a regalia
and a glass of liqueur brandy at the
club:
'Economize, eh? Economize, is it?
Well, by Jove, it's incredible how one
can economic If one sets ones mind to
it. l Topped five pounds a week off my
household expenses at one stroke this
morning by cutting off all the servants
meat"
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Stafford county line close to where
there grew up a settlement called Or
lando. The Jail. it is said. was of logs,
and old residents will tell you that its
remains were visible half a century
ago. Traces of the courthouse could
old buildings can be found today. In
1871 the court was removed to Dunn
fries. In 1922 the county seat was re-
moved from Dumfries to a point nearer
the center of the county and there a
town called Brentsville grew UP.
r
1t would appear on the authority of
Bishop Meade. born in 1889. died 1862,
that Hay Market was once the county
seat of Prince William. In his work,
''Old Families and Churches of VE-
ginia." published in 1857. in the chap
ter on Dettingen> parish. which was CO.
extensive with Prince William county,
he wrote:
new and excellent stone church had been built
at Brentsylle and the old courthouse at Hay
Market had been purchased and converted into
handsome and convenient temple of Worship A
pReaching there in former days have seen on
Sabbath from the courthouse bench on which l
stood the horses in training for the sport which
was at hand. Those times have, / trust. passed
away forever.
From Brentsville the county court
Speaking of the transfer of the county
seat from Brertsville to Manassas,
George c. Round. one of the leading
citizens of Prince William. a Union
veteran, chief sponsor for the famous.
peace jubilee at Bull Run, and now an
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court House and Chantilly, crosses the
Bull Run range and passes on by way
Of Middleburg and Upperville to the
valley of Virginia.
The county line from the northwest
.ngIe OF the county follows the crest
of the Bull Run range. ten miles to
ThorouYhfare gap. where Broad run
and the Manassas branch of the South
ern railway pass the ridge. From
Thoroughfare gap the line dividing
Prince William and Fauquier counties
runs southeast for twenty-five miles
until IL intersects the Stafford county
line. Then it strikes northeast for two
miles TO Chappawamsic creek and fol-
lows the windings of that creek for
twelve miles to the Potomac river.
The principal creeks of Prince Will
liam county flowing into the Potomac
river and bringing the mingled waters
of hundreds of branches are Occoquan.
which Is formed chiefly by Bull run
and BROAD run, Marumsco creek, Neap-
SEQ creek, Powells creek. Quantico
creek and Chappawamsic creek. Some
of the historic creeks whose names are
associated with civil war history are
Chestnut lick. Catharpin run, Little
Bull run. Youngs branch, Kettle run.
Slate run, Cedar run and Sandy run.
The principal towns and settlements
of the county are Manassas, Haymar
ket. Gainesville. Thoroughfare. Nokes-
vile. Brentsyilie. Buckiand, Greenwich.
Antioch. Hickory Grove. Catharpin.
Sudley Springs, Wellington. Bristow.
Quantico, Dumfries, Occoquan, Wood
bridge. Freestone, Cherry Hill and In
dependent Hill.
Prince William was created in 1880
out Of the counties of King George and
Stafford and takes its name from Will
liam. Duke of Cumberland, youngest
son of King George II, who was re-
puted 10 be a man of military talents
with important victories. one of which
was the battle of Detteugen, which
name was given TO the Church of Eng
land parish which once included Prince
William county. The man after whom
the county takes its name fought at
the battle OF Culloden. and. according
20 the poet Campbell. in his verses
"Locheil." William "insulted the slain
and was given the sobriquet William
the Butcher"
At the time of the creation of Prince
William county its territory embraced
over 100000 acres. but fn 1742 from
that area was created Fairfax. out of
which later Loudoun and Alexandria
counties were organized. In 1859 over
100 900 acres were taken from Prince
William and the county of Fauquier
A.as created. A writer on Prince VIII
liam county in the Manassas journal
OF May 10. 1911. said of the erection Of
the new sounties: both cessions were
in colonial times when the house of
ourgessee did the bidding of an Eng
1ish king, but these territorial despolia-
tions left Prince William with lands
that stretched from the mountains to
the laving tides on the shores of the
Potomac"
Directly after the organization of the
county IL Is a tradition that court
building and jail were erected near the