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COUNTY ENGINEER FIRED.

AT meeting of the board of super
visors, Monday, attended by J. A
Donovan and J. H. Sihanssey, c. M
Hindman, county engineer, was re-
iieved, and as soon as the action had
been taken E. w. Dahl, who for some
time has been employed by the re-
cIamation service, was appointed by
the unanimous vote of the two Offir
cials to fill thevacancy thus caused
until Jan. 1, 1917 Supervisor Shans-
ST v made the motion. Mr.. Hindman
presented his report, when the Yuma
member moved that ''his resign alton
be accepted" MIR. Hindman stated
tha he had not resigned. Mr.. Shans
sey then made a motion that he be
relieved and both members voted aye
Mr. Hindmlan has served in the posi-
ion one year and nine months. He
owns a fine ranch near Wellton, and
mas been a citizen of the county a
long time The transaction occupied
but very few moments time, and
not single reason was given, nor
an unpleasant word spoken by either
Of the three men.-Yuma Sun.
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To Reside at Mines.

Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Kreiss have
taken up their residence at the prop
erty of the Parker Syndicate, which
recently took over the Manning &
Parker. Mr. Kreiss is constructing
a residence there and fitting it up
with all the conveniences. He will
have charge of the drilling opera
tions soon to be inaugurated by the
Syndicate
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RemodeIing Warehouse.

o. NJ Spence is remodeling the
concrete warehouse opposite the Com
mercial Bank on California avenue,
and fitting the place up for the stor-
age of automobiles. He is expecting
a large shipment of Ford cars to ar
rive soon and is getting ready to
been sold.
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Registration Closes Saturday.

Registration of voters in Yuma
county closes Saturday, Oct. IA, and
if you have not already registered
you'll have to hurry. Since the open
ing of the great register after the
primaries on September IL, very few
have registered in the county. The
official date for closing is the 18th,
but the 10Th comes on Sunday and
does not count. Therefore, it be-
Ihooves all those who have not regis
tered to attend to the matter at
once.
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saufIeys in Town.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Saufley and
sons, William and Robert, drove into
town Thursday evening on a brief
visit with friends, and are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs G. A Marsh They
have been taking in the Sights i'm
and around Grand Canyon for the
past ten days. They came to Par
ker via of Yucca and Planet, and got
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Leaves for Conference.

Rev. r. K Alckuff, pastor of the NJ
4. church, left for Phoenix Tuesday
night to attend the annual conference
of The church which is being held in
that city thisweek. 1t is the hope of
the many friends of Mir Acl1uff that
he will be reassigned to the Parker
charge. where he has been very sue
cessful during the past year.
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for several hours For a week they
rain and muddy roads,
and more or Less motor trouble.
Republican Meeting.

The Republicans Will hold forth at
Hosfelt's hall next Thursday night.
with Tom Campbell candidate for
governor, as the chief attraction.
Several other candidates will also be
present and will discuss the issues
of the campaign. The rally will be
followed by a social dance The Re-
publicans extend a cordial invitation
to everybody to come out and hear
the speeches scheduled for the oc-
casiOn.
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Mining Men Here.

B. L. Vaughn, d. S. Cherry, DIR. G.
H. McGinnis and Geo. Kislingbury of
San Diego arrived i'm town Tuesday
uight and are inspecting mining prop
erty in this vicinity. Mr.. Kisling-
bury making an expert report on
the McGinnis property, located north
of the Empire mines. , Mr.. Vaughn,
who recently was mixed up in an au-
tomobile accident, in Los Angeles,
is as lively as ever, escaping with
but few scratches and minor
bruises.
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Auto to Coast and Back.

Mr. and Mrs. L. p Holiday return
ed Tuesday from an auto trip to Los
Angeles. The feature of the "trip was
the total absence of tire trouble, the
return trip having been made with
the same air in thetires when they
left Parker
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Return From the East.

Fred Riddle and his sister, Miss
Katherine Riddle, arrived home Tues
day might from an extended trip
back east, where they have been
having a delightful time visiting with
relatives and taking in the sights of
the big eastern cities.
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Visiting Old Friend.

r. W. Milhkin of Marion, Ind. ar
rived here last Saturday ON a visit
to his boyhood friend, r. H. Fuller,
This Is Mr.. Millikin'S first "trip to the
wild and woolly west" and he likes
the country so well that he will prob
ably locate perman emily. He is a
telephone and electrical engineer.
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Young Ladies On Visit.

Misses Claire Osborne and Ruth
FuQua departed Saturday night for
Los Angeles, where they will spend
several weeks visiting
The Parker post., 1916-10-14
Construction Of Wells.

Construction Of Wells.
90 A sheet metal casing was
sunk by weights and the pressure
nf Hydraulic jacks at the same time
that the earthy materials were re-
moved from the inside by means of
sand bailer AIS no other type of
we'll drilling equipment was readily
obtaipable this was the only method
tried. 1t is likely that the so-called
rotary method of drilling by use
of water under pressure would work
we'll to one hundred feet depth, or
until boulders were struck.
In two wells, numbers two and
three, the casing was sixteen inches
III diameter; galvanized and perfora-
led before sinking. The perforations
We're l 12 inches slits running
lengthwise of the casing and opened
about 1872 inch. Their number aver
aged abou+ 113 per running foot.
This type of casing was designed for
taking in the water from the sands
at comparatively shallow depths On
account Of the lightness of metal ne
cessary i'll making such narrow per-
FOR ations, the strains of sinking and
Of outside pressures will not admit
Of forcing to great depths.
In well No. l an attempt was made
20 penetrate to depth of 200 feet
oy using 12inch diameter California
stove pipe casing of much heavier
weight. On account of limitations
n the method, accidents and lack of
sufficient funds, a depth of only 1874
feet was reached; nevertheless there
is no reasonable tlubt that under
commercial conditions desirable water
bearing strata represented by coarse
gravel formation found at the bot
tom of the we'll, andpresumably deep
er, can be reached by wells of rea-
sonable cost
In view of the experience gained
ON this work it is thought that good
irrigating streams can be obtained
from the sands without penetrating
below 100 feet, but that the yield
could be much increased, if required,
by sinking deeper.
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WANTED: YOUNG MEN WITH
NERVE. Good pay, short hours, op-
portunity for travel, advancement; /;
normal physique, good references
required. Aviation Dept. THE
O'CONNOR CORPORATION, e3Os S.
Eggleston. CHICAGO, ILL.
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NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
lNGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Visiting Phoenix.

A. H. Ltttlefield is spending the
week in Phoenix on business.
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Famous Girard Cigars, large size,
only 10 cents now, at the City Drug
Store.
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and rounded by erosion. The tor
soil beds are from three to ten feet
In depth.
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Ladies, try the latest face powder,
PUSSY Willow" City Drug Store.
The Parker post., 1916-10-14

Win $1,000. In the Ever Ready con5
test Costs nothing to try. Ask
about it at the City Drug Store.
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Pumping Tests. .

(4.) Sixteen inch wells, Nos. 2
and 3, were given good pumping
tests. Test work on II inch we'll No.
was begun, but could not be car
ried to a finish for lack of funds
with which to correct certain defects
in the conditions and construction
which required seal in the bottom
to shut out heaving sand and addi-
tional perforationS in the casing 1t
would require large sum of money
to put this we'll in condition for pump
ing
Well No. 2, as shown in the record,
was pumped for 48 hours continuous
ly and delivered about IA miners
inches of water, or 826 gallons per
minute, which also equals "a Gu
bic feet per second. This is an
entirely practicable stream for irri-
cation purposes. Two or more such
wells placed near together and under
a single suction will increase the am
ount of water delivered nearly in
proportion to their number. | saw
well of similar construction near
Blythe, Cal, on the opposite side of
the Colorado, consisting of 12-inch
castings placed 8 feet apart, i'm sandy
ground, which delivered a stream of
water reliably reported to be AS Gu
bic feet per second or 674 gallons
per minute for each casing.
The draw-down, or depth to which
the surface of water in the well
While being PUMPED recedes below
the general surface or UNDERGROUND
waters, can be decreased by ncreas
ing the number and area of perfora-
tions. No. Weld had filled with sand
In bottom to some extent at time
OF test SO thatabout 81 feet only of
perforated casing was exposed for the
entrance of water.
A we'll such as No. would irri-
gate homestead of $50 acres under
the requirements usually obtaining
In this region. The power for pump
ing might be economically supplied
by the recently perfected internal
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IRRIGATION OF THE SURPLUS LANDS
OFCOLO. RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION
FROM THE UNDERGROUND WATERS
Official Report of A. Harris. Consulting Engineer of the
State Land Department Who Had Charge of the
Water Investigations On Reservation.
(By A. L. HARRIS.)
Analysis of Data Obtained

Continued from Last Week.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
BOGALUSA CALLS
OFF CELEBRATION.
july I Festival Funds To Go
To Families OF Milltiamen.

RogaIusa, La, June 19-Com
pany g. Louisiana National
Guard is being modified today
On this account the Fourth Of
July celebration has been called
off and the money that would
have been used for the enter
tainment, amounting to about
$1,000 is to be deposited in the
bank credited to a patriotic COM
mittee Of women and men who
are to render assistance to faml-
lies of men who have been called
to the colors.
1t is understood that the
Great Southern Lumber Com
pany is making some arrange
ment to pay their men Il certain
proportion of their salaries while
they are in service. 1t is thought
that the Great Southern Lumber
Company will contribute pay
enough each day to make the
total earnings of the men as
much as before they we're or
dered out.
Arrangements have been made
already to organize a patriotic
committee to look after the fami.
lies Of soldiers while they are
away from home so that every
man leaving Bogalusa in the ser.
vice of his country WHITFIELD that
his family will be provided for.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
FranklintOn Water Supply
Stands Prescribed Test.

State laboratory Car No. 4
early in June collected a specl-
men of water from the court
house well for chemical anelysis
and Mayor Sheridan received a
gratifying report from the test
Monday.
In a letter from the Mayor
Dr.. Bowling stated that the
Franklinton water supply was
safe for potable purposes and
enclosed a certificate from the
state chemist to that effect.
The people of Franklinton and
also Bogalusa, where the deep
wells stood the test, should con-
graduate themselves upon pure
water supply, as some deep wells
in the state we're CONDEMNED and
ordered closed.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
NUMBER Is.
,GeneruI News items IN ,Brcf

Fifty.three OrIeanians were
named to undergo physical tests
preparatory to making tn" trip to
the training camp at Fort OgIe-
thorpe.
British authorities announced
that the delay Of neutral mails
would be limited hereafter to
from three to five days.
Therefore Roosevelt. said to be
suffering from a slight attack of
pIeurisy, repeated the remark, 81
am out of politics."
Political leaders in Washing
ton said the uyphenate issue is TO
dominate al ,thcrs in the coming
presidential campaign.
Two Gulfport, Miss, policemen
were held for the death Of F. G.
Triggs, a strike breaker of the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad,
aud no trains were operated, but
a move was begun to settle the
strike.
Two companies of militia
guarded prisoners held in Hunts
vile, Ala, in connection with the
death Of Judge Lawler.
1t was officially announced by
the Russian war office that Ger.
nowitz, capital of the Austrian
crownland Of Bukowina, had
again been captured,
The entire National Guard has
been called to the Mexican Dor
der for duty; General Funston
will be in charge Of the troops.
Wilson and Marshallwere re
nominated for President and Vice
President by the Democratic ma
tional convention in St. Louis.
Establishment Of a permanent
training camp in Louisiana was
considered by the Preparedness
committee.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
u. S. ON VERGE OF
WAR WITH MEXICO
Entire National Guard and Militia Called Out BY
Presidents Order.-Men From Each State to Be
Modified at Own Camps and Prepared For
Service Along Border.

here who have followed the stu
alton closely.
The hostile attitude of the de
facto government is today made
more serious by the gradual
Tightening of the circle Of $1,000
Mexican troops around General
Pershing and his force of 1900
troops. General Trevino, COM
mander of the division of the
North, has ordered his lieuten.
ants commanding the forces sur
rounding General Pershing to
hem in the punative expedition
and prevent any attempt made
to escape to the border.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

President Wilson, after march
ing at the head Of preparedness
parade, delivered an address in
which he charged that the jnsidi-
Gus underground work of a min.
ority of foreign born in the
United States to levy political
blackmail on the political parties
of this country in the interest Of
foreign countries must stop.
President Wilson insisted on
his own strong wording Of the
Democratic platform plank charg-
ing foreign born citizens with
conspiracy to control the foreign
and internal affairs of the United
States.
Three American troopers Of the
18th Cavalry were killed with
eight bandits of De La Rosa's
band in raid made into Texas
near Laredo.
More than 100000 union and
non union railroad workers were
called on to vote on a general
strike within a month to enforce
their wage demands,
Vance Mccormick, Of Pen
nsylvania, was chosen by Presi
dent Wilson to be the chairman Of
the Democratic national commit
tee to succeed William F. Me-
Combs.
Independents in the Louisiana
House of Representatives lost ir
fights for political freedom anc
economy, the primary bill, three
quarter mill extra tax bill and
measure increasing the salary O
commissioner of agriculture be
ing passed.
George W. Perkins, in New
York, announced a series Of con
ferences had taken place with
view to bringing about gooC
feeling between the Republican
and Progressive parties.
There were 684 bills on tn
calendar of the Louisiana Gener
al Assembly as the time limit 70
Introducing them, except by spec
ial consent, expired.
Army officers at Ell Pase
read the calling out of the Ma
tional Guard as an answer tc
Carrarza's note and presagin,
war within q week,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

Washington, June 1o.-Pres.
wilson has called out the militia
of every state for service on the
Mexican border.
Brig. Gen, Alfred Mills esti-
mated the minimum militia force
to be called out to be $4,000
men.
General Funston, commanding
the border forces, will designate
the time and place for move.
ments of guardsmen to the inter-
national line as the occasion shall
require.
In announcing the orders Sec.
Baker said the state forces would
be employed only to guard the
border and that no additional
troop movements into Mexico
were contemplated except in
pursuit of raiders.
simultaneously with the Ma
tionaI Guard call, Secretary DAN
iels of the Navy department, or
dered additional war vessels to
Mexican waters on both coasts
to safeguard American lives.
At the War, Navy and State
departments it was stated that
no new advicese as to the situa-
ton in Mexico had come to pre-.
cipitate the new orders.
Within the last two weeks,
however, tension has been in
creasing steadily. TheS crisis
presented by General Carranza's
note demanding the recall of
Gen. Pershing's expeditjonary
force has been followed by a
virtual ultimatum served on the
American officer by Gen. Ire
VIVA, the Mexican commander in
Chihuahua. To this was added
yesterday the possibility that
American and Mexican troops
had clashed across the border
from San Benito, Texas.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 18.-The
calling out of the National Guard
by President Wilson today is be-
lieved by local army officers to
be the answer of the President
to the recent note of Gen. Car
rama. That the two nations will
be involved in war during the
present week is the belief ex'
pressed by both State depart
ment agents and army officers
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
Big Feature.

Thursday evening, beginning
at 8:15, Five Reel Feature pre-
senting a noted star, will be
shown at the No-Name Theatre,
under the auspices of the Wav-
erley Club. Interesting Vaude-
Vile by gifted home talent will
be presented in connection with
the films.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
Police Jury Proceedings.

Franklinton. La, June, g.
Preliminary meeting Of the new
Police Jury.
Louis Grain nominated by F.
L. Sanford as Temporary presi
dent, and Walter Green as tenn.
porary secretary, both momina.
tons carried. All members pres
ent as follows: T. D. Foil, S. s.
Thomas, G. NJ. Tate, J. NJ. Nc.
Cabe, NJ K. Pierce, j. R. Leslie
Lonis Grain, Walter Green F. l.
Sanford, T. B. Roberts and R. H
Spring.
Nominations in order, Mr.. F.
l.. Sanford nominated by M. K
Pierce for president and seconded
by J. M. McCabe. T. D. Foil
nominated by G. M. Tate fol
president and seconded by L. B
Roberts. Secret ballot being de
termined. First ballot resulted
as follows: Sanford s, and Fol
3. 1t was moved and seconded
differentiation of F. L. Sanford
be made unanimous and was Car
ried with the exception of ON
vote, G. M. Tate.
Moved and seconded to adjourn
until after dinner.
Meeting called to order by F
L. Sanford at 1850 p. m.
1t was moved by Louis Grain
seconded and carried that tn
matter of passing on the assess
ment rolls be deferred until Tues
day June 18th.
1t Was moved by J. M. Nc
Cabe, seconded by R. H
Spring, that a secret ballo
secret be prepared for all cleo
ton of a secretary and that tn
two highest men run it off. Fol
lowing are applicants: W. E
Banister, L. B. Renard, j. H
Dickerson, Leo OFT, Hubert Nor
ris, D. N. Magee, c. E. Knight
First ballot resulted as follows
Banister 5, OFT 3, Renard 2, Dick
erson |. Second ballot, Baniste
II, OFT 4.
Louis Grain, Pres. Protein.
Walter Green, Sec'y. Protein
Franklinton, La. June, eth
new jury being organized tn
routine of business was taken ur
On motion by M. K. Pierce
seconded by R. H. Spring, tn
following bills were allowed an
ordered paid:
} NJ Bilbo lbr for dipping vat. 1926 !
J Green bridge work ...,.... 657
III Green doe .ork 231
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

Notice-The next examination
for teachers certificate will be
held on July "a, 25 and 26, for
Whites; Il, % and 20 for negroes.
D. H. Springfield, Supt.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
FRANKLINTON, La, THURSDAY, JUNE D, 1910

L f Burch feeding prisoners. ..l36 p
Darlington Store, jail supplieS.. | 80
- Y Rabb salary ............... - 90
j Y Rabb hog SPRINGS. ......... S.
W T Dunlap repairs on jail.... 90
E l. Magee sheriff posse. :. 49,. 80 90
f Kentzell printing poll tax re-
SSlplS ...'. - ~
J j Warner dipping vat male,
7 j Simmon, bill rendered .19l 20
Era Leader printing............ IL DO
} Vol Brock district Attorney. 20 90
W J Morrison. chemicals for
dipping watts. ......... :. 81 "
On motto by J, M. McCabe,
seconded by NJ. K. Pierce, and
carried president, Sanford ap.
pointed finance committee com
posed of ). M. McCabe, H. J.
Cowgirl. Il. H. Wilcox, NJ. Marx,
and j. Vol Brock to confer with
the Pearl River county authOri-
ties with reference to a free ferry
across Pearl River. Company
operating ferry to furnish salts,
factory bond to Pearl River
county and Washington parish
authorities.
On motion by r. H. Spring,
seconded by NJ. X. Pierce and
carried Edward Miles was ap.
pointed to act as Treasurer of
Washington parish.
On motion By J. NJ. McCabe,
seconded by S. S. Thomas and
carried DR.. J. l.. Brock, coroner,
act as jail physician and health
officer, and as such to furnish
own medicines, attend to all in.
terdicts and other medical SER
vices that the parish might re.
quire, salary to be fixed at 81;
per month and any other PROBES
sional services to be paid for by
him.
On motion by NJ. K. Pierce
seconded by G. M. Tate and car
rled the secretary was authorized
to draw warrant in favor Of OF
& johnson for 1883 to apply tc
payment of courthouse certificates
On motion by R. H. Spring,
seconded by G. M. Tate, anG
carried. a committee composed o:
j. R. Leslie, |. j. Green, F. L
Sanford to arrange with the St.
Tammany Police Jury to oper'
ate a ferry jointly across Bogu'
lChitto river near Isabel.
On motion by R. H. Spring,
seconded by Louis Grain and car
ried, bids for the JanitorshiE
will be received up to Tuesday
June 18th, and the duties will bt
to keep the courthouse in
cleanly condition, provide Woo
for fires in the winter, keep win
dows clean, clock in running or.
der, and also attend the pumping
to the collections Of water rents
keeping an account of same an(
making a report to the Polic'
Jury at their regular meetings
turning in all money received
during the preceding month
and also to keep grass cut OF
courthouse square and beautlf!
same generally. The board ha'
the right to reject any and al
bids.
On notion by j. M. MrCabe
seconded by S. S. Thomas, an(
carried, j. E. Batoman was tt
have the Janitors work attended
to till the 18th.
On motion by J. M. McCabe
seconded by r. H. Spring, AM
carried, the disinfectant bill
presented by S. S. Selig Il &c
for $48S.76 was deferred in
definitely.
On motion by NJ. X. Pierce
seconded by Louis Grain all
: carried the secretary's salar
was cut to $40 per mouth.
| " D,l,L ~ n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-19
BY PLEASING OTHERS
| PLEASE MYSELF
''This is My Motto" Said the
Great Spiegel when Speak
ing of the Theater Party
That He is Going to Give
the NeWsboys Saturday A.
tern0On:

When the Great Spiegel comes In
to a city 1t lie customary for him to do
things that are both original and un-:
ique( things that will startle the COM
munity because Of the generosity Of
the giver. The Great spiegel says,
When doing little acts Of kindness
I do not look at them from q mercen-
airy point Of view but have q motto
which always follow. and It is. BY
pleasing others will please myself
II there were more people who fol-
lowed this motto this old world
would be q little better and moro At
to live In"
when. on the first day Of my ar
rival in this city" said the. Great
Spiegel I gave parade and threw
money Into the crowds at the show.
and ever since that day, the news
les and urchins Of the streets have
been coming to me In droves, want
ing to know when. was going to
give another money parade. as they
called Il. Although am very fond
OF the little kiddies and would SOON
er romp or play bail with them than
do anything else. Il has become quite
annoying to my buKiness acQuaint-
ances to have the boys aceosting me
ON the street, 30 I have promised the
boys that 7 would take them to the
theatre Saturday afternoon. and
when the theatre n out would have
another treat In store for them which
would be one that would make them
taIk about mo for pears to come