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Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
TEMPE GETS
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CTS are in similar circumstances and looking down the river from the state highway bridge many houses can be seen completely surrounded by water, barely the roofs showing on some of them. The septic tank and electro chemical purifying apparatus that was installed to handle the towns sewer age, is entirely covered by water The electric motor operating the pur- flying apparatus was removed when the water first came up, bu, the re- mainder of the plant is entirely GOV cred. The row of Mexican homes stretching along the south are barely on the edge of the stream and if the water continues but foot or two higher the MeXicans will he forced to move. The two slaughter houses owned by the local butcher shops and situated several miles west of Tempe are both surrounded by water Governor Hunt. a state engineer and Engineer Harris of the Reclamation Service, were in Tempe greater part of the afternoon. The governor came 1 over on the request of President A. J. | to take every precaution against a possible breaking of the river into | town. Measurements were taken by the engineers and 1t was shown that raise of twelve feet or more would be required before the water would break over the railroad track east of here and into the town.
 The city council, with Engineer L. c. Knipe also spent a good share of the afternoon about the river taking in the situation from every angle. That the town is safe is generally conceded, and no fear is felt that further damage may result within the city limits.
 On the south approach of the bridge, where some anxiety was felt that the embankment of dirt and rocks might give, force of men and teams were at work all day Sand bags and brush
 were piled in front of the approach to retard the eating current and a
 breakwater was constructed by a force of carpenters and placed to throw the water back into the main current.
 Probably no place in the river, after the Salt leaves the hills. is the flood
 water required to squeeze through a narrower opening than beneath the highway bridge here. On the north
 the bridge abutment is built into the foothills and on the south side a
 sudden approach rises from the rivers
 abrupt bank. The current beneath the
 bridge is exceedingly swift A hun
 dred yards below the highway bridge
 is the Arizona Eastern railway bridge 1t IS considerably longer and the water
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
" SPOR \ g Y
COACH CEhny MAY
 CO TO CALF ORN|A
Coast Schools After Phoenix Coach TT Students
 Want Him Here

Will r. IT, $. lose Coach Francis Geary. who has placed athletics on the map for three successive years in Phoenix High? It certainly looks that way from the number of colleges that are trying to get him to sign up contract to coach football this coming season
 A news item printed on the pink sheet of the Los Angeles Times last Sunday morning stated that "F. S Geary, who coached the Phoenix high school football team for three years and landed as many titles has been spoken of for the position of tutoring the Pomona Huns next grid season. Other schools are now trying hard to secure Francis Gcury for the coming season, now that Stanford university has adopted the American game of football, and they will look for another coach who understands the game. From the number of r. II. s. delegates that are now attending this college, Geary might have another opportunity for a job as football coach on noted college squad.
 Francis Geary is wanted by many different schools because of his coach ing D. II. $. to state champions for three successive years, and again be- cause of his experience during his col lege career.
 Why can't Phoenix high have Coach Geary next year to turn out a fourth state championship team? Is it be- cause they are not satisfied with championship teams or is it because certain members of the school board are not willing to pay q good coach what they think he is Mnrfh2
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BAKERSFIELD. Calf, Jan. 19.- Phillip Bulletti and James McGowan, two aged men lost their lives in the flood waters of Kern river the first of the week. The body of Bulletti was found this afternoon in his little cabin. He was lying across his bed where he had fallen. either from exhaustion or from infirmities after having appar- ently prepared to escape from the wa ters which on Tuesday morning flood ed the area around his house in the Arp addition. north of this city.
 McGoWan disappeared on Tuesday morning before daylight While at
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
Family Escapes Waters

ONTARIO, 'Calif., Jan. 19-The family of J. NJ. Garrison, who resides on the bank of the Cucumonga wash, near here, barely escaped drowning to- day when the flood waters from the storm swept their home into the wash. The occupants were rescued by neigh bOrs.
 Several thousand smudge pots, filled with oil, were washed from beneath or ange trees in the Pomona citrus dis trict, causing a heavy loss to orchard istS
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
TWO AGED MEN LOSE LIVES IN RAGING FLOOD AT BAKERSFIELD

tempting to cross the Beardsley weir on the south side. of Kern river. His body has not been recovered although searching parties patrolled the district all day today in hopes that the reced ing waters would reveil his body
 Flood conditions are rapidly subsid ing and it is expected that by tOmor- row the state highway which was sub merged for half a mile to the north of Chester avenue bridge over Kern river will be from under water.
 The remains of Bulletti were carried from his cabin by stretcher bearers who waded the water three feet deep with the body.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
F|ELD|NG'S
 THRILLING RETURN

Rivalling in thrills nis own most daring photo dramas. Romaine Field ing dashed through the flooded dis tricts of California and Arizona, ar irving in Phoenix yesterday on a hand car.
 Utterly disregarding the advice of his friends in Los Angeles who urged him not to attempt an overland trip while the roads were in the present condition. MT Fielding left the coast Thursday for home There were big scenes in a new western play to be filmed early this week and the hero of the drama was d bit on "neces- sary detail" One of Mir. Fielding's hobbies is system Here was a scene scheduled to he photographed Monday and it was up to him to be here on that day to see that it was carried out. He didn't arrive on Monday, but that he arrived at all, makes him the winner of a score of wagers made with leading motion picture stars in Universal City.
 You cant make it. they said. Its impossible to motor over the country with the roads in the impossible con dition they are. You will die on the desert" they argued.
 It was enough for Mr. Fielding He started out through rain and mud. Nc speed demon ever experienced more danger. Despite the chains the big car skidded and sWirled and more than once the fight for life was a serious one. At Buckeye a washed out bridge prevented the completion of the journey in the automobile i Crawling over the railroad tracks fol two hundred feet, the motion picture actor finally sighted a hand car or which he made the remaining dis i tance from Phoenix.
 T wish I had had camera mar with me" was Mr. Fielding's onll comment.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
Youth Is Drowned

SANTA ANA, Calf, Jan. 19.- Jesus Ramirez, l5 years old, was re- ported drowned today in the flood wa ters of the Santa Ana river, near Tal- bert station, about ten miles south of here The boy attempted to rescue his pet dog He was swept down by the strong current. His body had not been recovered al a late hour tonight
 The flood waters of the Santa Ana river broke through the bank one mile south of Huntington Beach, Calif., in undating several thousand acres of farm land. The water surrounded the Seaside Orphans Home imperiling the lives of twenty babies in the home. They were removed by rescue party when the water threatened to sweep the building from it's foundation.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20

is permitted it's full width in flowing under
 Just west of the north end of the Arizona Eastern bridge the raging river water broke into the old Con solidated canal early this morning and but couple hundred yards below that the rushing water went into the new crOsscut canal. backing up under the power house and making it prac- tically impossible for machinery there to operate, even if there were water in the canal above. On the west in the Crosscut tonight the fifty yard bank between the river bed and the canal is rapidly vanishing. Huge chunks of land are being eaten away and it appears but a question of short while until the canal will com bine into q part of the river.
 Water entering the septic tank this morning backed up into the sewer lines and it was feared that it would be necessary to pump the sewerage out through a manhole. The water later receded and the sewerage is flowing out voluntarily now.
 
 the biggest Tempe ever witnessed. Hundreds of people from the country south of Tempe and hundreds more from Mesa. where it appeared the citizens had more fear for this towns safety than the local citizens, thronged in to view the river from the state highway bridge. All through the day wagons, teams. autos and buggies and hundreds of pedestrians crowded the structure The butte, too was q great vantage point. and many climbed to its peak to view the flood situation. Even tonight spectators continue to frequent the bridge and the butte, and with the full moon the sight is one that even an artist would find it difficult to do justice to. The moon beams playing on the raging water was pretty, and viewed either from the butte or the bridge the sight is one almost without comparison in these parts.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20

they had succeeded in filling up the deep hole and successfully staving off the threatened washing through of the approach at that place
 The men who handled the sand bags did yeoman service. It was no child's task to pass the bags from hand to hand. and the men on the end of line next to the water. were soaked through and through by the splashing water caused by throwing the sand into the water. over two thousand bags of sand were put into this hole. More bags were ordered, and preparations have been made to have them filled. to be used in case of any threatened danger
 Water Higher
 As predicted in the Republican yes terday morning, the water in the Salt River was considerably higher than the day before Practically all of Riverside Park was flooded Only a short strip of land was high and dry. Most of the buildings were washed off their foundations. Any number of benches. chairs and other i park appurtenances which happened i to be loose were washed away.
 In order to ease the wash of the water against the bridge all the trees anywhere near the structure were cut 1 down. In order to do this. it was necessary to use a scaling ladder Two boys from Ohio. who had been teered for the dangerous service l SWartZ. A rope was tied around one of the young men. and they went down the ladder to the waters edge Standing on the most precarious foot ing imaginable, they either chopped or sawed until the trees gave way The clearing up of the trees anG debris. gave the water a clearer scope and eased the pressure on the bridge
 The men who responded to the cal for help in the morning, were kep
 hard at it constantly. At noon, steaming hot dinner was sent doWr
 from the American Kitchen. Tn,
 men were fed while they worked
 Thousands of Spectators Practically everyone in Phoenix, wh, ; could buy borrow or beg a. ride , made the trip to the bridge Riverside Park in it's balmiest days never say , such a crowd If admission had beer
 charged, a harvest beyond the drean of any promoter would have beer
 realized.
 It is estimated that fully ten thous : and people were on the ground dur ing the day Jitney drivers hastil, | p1 cit head, reaped a harvest Those wh
 could not get a ride, made the tril
 on foot in spite of the deep mud
 On account of the work on tn
 bridge approach, no one was alloWe,
 within fifty feet of the bridge Tn
 crowd insisted upon going out on tn
 structure. Finally a barb wire and
 rope were stretched, and no one al
 lowed out there without pass iron
 the county authorities In spite O
 these precautions, people would insis
 on getting in the road of the trucks which were hastily rushing back an,
 forth with sand
 Good Work of Officials
 Too much credit cannot be givel
 to county officials, and others wh took hold of the situation and h
 their efforts saved the day at tn bridge. County Engineer Carruthers in spite of being out all the nigh before, was on the job all day. H
 was assisted by Harold Bargmanr who had had experience in flood con < ditionS before. To him may be givel , credit for the work of saving tn !southern abutments of the bridge
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20

Another big assembly was held yes terday morning during the first hour. at which Prof. Butler of the Univer- sity of Arizona gave a very inter esting talk on The opportunity that is before r. H. s. students for col lege education" This speech will probably encourage many of the students in preparing for a college education.
 Acre City will play the Coyotes on the Polk street ball diamond at 800 o'clock sharp Saturday afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
CENTER STREET
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thus taking a great deal of strain off the structure. It was finally decided, that the relief sustained by the cut ting through of the approach at the south end would be sufficient and that an effort should he made to stop the cutting at the bridges abut- ments.
 Work was at once started. and truck load after truck load of sand bags were rushed across the bridge, and thrown into the hole. As fast as the trucks came up. they were backed up to the end of the bridge, and unloaded. They were then passed from hand to hand, out into the water.
 It took several hours to make any showing, but at three o'clock, the men handling the bags at the end of the line had worked out about ten feet from land Several hours later
Arizona republican., 1916-01-20
WATER |S HIGH AT ELS|NORE, CAL., T00
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 ELSlNORE, Calf, Jan. 19.-Waters of lake Elsinore were rising at the rate of ? feet every twelve hours, threaten ing to inundate farmland adjacent to the shores of the lake tonight. A wall of water was pouring over the lake banks into Temescal canyon, for the first time in 30 years.
 The San Jacinto river was d haif mile wide at this place and several thousand acres of land had been flood ed. Several ranchers were forced to leave their homes and flee from the floods.
 This town was without electric power and railroad service tonight as a result of the storm. The rainfall here since Saturday amounted to ten incEeS.
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if the grounds are in condition by that time.
 Two classes have been formed for civics owing to the large number of students interested in this subject. Prof, Osborne will have his classes the first and second hours.
 Never thot it was in you, Levy. All kinds of gifted orators in this in stitution. Joe Mandle surprised us last Friday.
 The Coyote couldn't have been given q better boost Tuesday. Now if our public spirited merchants will also
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helm. They were reported to have lost their lives in the Anaheim river near that place.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
THE COMMUNITY BELL WETHER

Every farmer who raises sheep
knows to what the above refers. The
"bell wether" is the leader of the
flock. He usually wears a bell, and
wherever he and his bell go thither
his flock obediently follows. For good
or i'll, to safety or into danger, where
he leads they go. If he happens to
be a wise old fellow his followers
profit by his wisdom, but if he devel-
ops vicious and unreliable traits dis
aster is almost certain to overtake
the flock.
Have you ever paused to think how
like sheep are we humans in this re-
spect? Look around in almost any
community and you will easily spot
the bell wether. And not only can you
locate him, but a little study of local
conditions will invariably disclose to
the careful observer his true charac-
teristics as a leader.
If the community is progressive,
prosperous, law abiding and happy,
you may put it down that this state
of affairs results largely from the
fact that these qualities r inherent
in the leaders of community life.
We know that many people like to
think and assert that we are all equal
and recognize no leaders, but this is
purely a Pigment of the Imagination.
Nine out of every ten of us are too
busy with our own affairs to take
time to attend to the details of COM
munity life. There are a thousand
and one questions of public import
that must fall to the lot of some one
who has the time and the capacity to
grapple with them, and under such
conditions community leaders are de-
veloped. If, happily, he possesses
wisdom, coupled with a spirit of I'M
selfish devotion to the interests of the
community, then the community is
indeed fortunate. But when he de-
velops vicious traits and an inclina-
ton for self-seeking, then, like the
sheep, his followers are in danger.
While, as we have said, most of us
are too busily engaged in our own
pursuits to assume these burdens of
civic responsibility, we yet may keep
a watchful eye upon those who have
assumed the burdens and assist them
in the faithful discharge of their
trusts.
This we can and should do, every
one of US. This is a pretty good old
world, after all, and safe leaders and
public officials can easily be found,
and every public spirited citizen
should join the hunt.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
Editors P~leasantville Press
l HAVE SEVERAL OFFERS FOR
MY PLEASANTVILLE PROPERTY.

In fact, one local real estate owner
has a customer waiting with the mon
ey, but | don't care to sell. What if
the taxes are increased, see what we
are getting for our money paid in
taxes. Look at u city improvements
of all kinds going on. l would rather
live or have my money invested in any
town where taxes are high than live
in some quaint old place where no
local improvements are taking place.
P|leasantville will boom, grow big
ger, greater and more prosperous, but
one improvement we must and should
have is Sewerage. l have sounded
the warning time and again, but don't
let US go to sleep on the matter. Let
us have Sewerage before an epidemic
strikes US and also before the State
Board of Health steps in and instals a
sewerage system. Sewerage must
come and to those who do not favor
municipal improvements, let them
move back to Mckee City or some
other place so that the progressive
people who want to see Pleasantville
go forward may be allowed to take
the lead and improve our civic condi-
tions. Then watch our city grow big
ger and greater. l myself never did
or never will complain on my tax bill
if l get the civic improvements that
will make our city one of the best,
most progressive and hustling cities
in our great State of New Jersey.
FRANK B. HUBIN,
Owner of Hubin's New Theatre,
Pleasantville, N. J..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
HOW HIGH DO YOU AIM IN LIFE

In this age of great attainments in
the arts and sciences, in the trades
and professions, we hear much said of
the duty of "aiming high" meaning,
thereby, to excel in some particular
line.
The farmer is urged to develop his
soil to the maximum of fertility, the
stockman to develop his live stock to
the highest point. The manufacturer
is not satisfied with an inferior article,
but must produce the best. The law
yer aspires to be a leader in his pro-
fession, while the doctor would be a
final authority on the ills of the flesh.
This is all commendable and as it
should be, for it is just such an uni
versal ambition to excel that has
made of these United States the great
nation she is today.
But there is one Industry" in
which, without careful thought, we as
a nation are in grave danger of ret
rogration-of disintegration. That is
in the building of character, in the
making of good citizens.
Too many of us appear content to
live just within the law, to keep just
within the lines, giving scarcely a
thought to the higher duties of life
that lie before US.
Should we not give more attention
to the creation of a high grade of
manhood, as well as a perfect horse
or hog? Should we not strive to
produce men who will raise the stand
ard of citizenship to a higher plane
than that to which we, their fathers,
have attained?
The old adage, "like father, like
son." has long ago been exploded in
the brute creation. 1t can be so in
the realm of human affairs-is so in
innumerable instances.
While it may not be possible for US
to scale earth's loftiest mountain
peak, yet does that give US license to
grovel at the base of the meanest
hill?
To reduce a sermon to a few words,
we achieve nothing in life that is
higher than the goal to which we as
pire, for the destiny of each mar is
controlled by the quality of his own
mind.
How high do YOU aim in life?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26

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