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New-York tribune., 1916-07-11

tween the two points that probably
have never got beyond the official
records al Washington. There is one
story. for instance. which concerns a
0etail Of regulars who swan too close
10 the Mexican bank. Mexican soldiers:
with whom they mad got on terms OF
friendliness as weeks OF mOnOtonous
pa.rolling passed anG nothing
happened. had beckoned 20 them. When
the Americans were close enough I'D
make targets almost impossible %
miss the Mexicans opened fire. The
score in that little game as the Texans
have il chalked up was two killed
The sxty-fye men, who form a pro-
visional troop under the personal com.
mand Of Major Edward McLeer, VIII
remain on duty along the r yer Tor SIX
days. When they return, and II is hhe-
ly enough they will come back know
ING what J.. sounds like and feels Ike
70 be mark for snipers, they will be
replaccd by similar detachment.
While on the river men and officers VIII
benefit by the experience OF the nfan-
trvmen and cavairymen Of the regular
army handful Of eachl, who for
months have been the sole military
guard Of the bad forty"
Announcement Of the departure u
the cavalrymen was the big news ot
the camp to-day. To the men who are
anxious for action it had bigger slg-
nifcance than the arrivals. which ~
cluded signal corps battalion. the
first section Of the 74th Infantry from
Buffalo. and Colonel Mordon Johnston,
new commander Of the 18th Regimen.
Camp Site Cleared.
The advance guard Of the 7sth. a
battalion and a half strong, went into
camp at Pharr, the sigma corps men
cleared a camp site Immediately west
of the fist Infantry at McAllen. and
Colonel Johnston, who used 20 be
Captain Johnston, Of the regular army,
aid 20 Major General Leonard Wood,
inspected his new regiment at evening
parade.
Private ". :. Becker. of b Com
pany. 18th Infantry. whose leg was
broken in a wrestling match with
mule. was sent back 20 the base hos
uital at San Antonio. on the train
which took the ID Texas Donna-ward.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
WILSON WILL FIGHT
ONLY If FORCED TO

Toledo. Ohio. July 10
The United States will go
TO war only in case OF un-
mis,akablc necessity said
President Wilson in a five
minute talk at the Union Sta
ton here this afternoon on
his way back to Washington
from Detroit.
President Wilson added:
Our rights, our border citi-
zens and our sovereignty
must be respected. We will
rcspcc, Mexico's sovereignty
in return.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11

able to get from their own and Federal
officers.
Payrolls for the days the men were
on state pay were made out during the
day and forwarded 10 Albany IN the
evening. They will have TO pass through
many hands. though. and II may be
weeks before the money reaches camp.
Sixty-five picked men Of the lst Cav
alry, mounted on the finest horses IN
the command will rot out Of Camp
Scorpion IN the morning 20 make the
first tour Of real border patrol duty
that has fallen 20 the lot of the Ne"
York National Guard.
Thus far the guardsmen three
branches concentrated here, under the
lights of McAllen and seven miles
north Of the Rio Grande have mad no
more military experiences than night
sentry duty about the camps. In TINS
way they have been unmolested, save
by an occasional mule which mad wan
dered from its corral in Mexican
town"
But the sixty-fve cavalrymen are go
ing into the country wnere a bigger
danger than a mules Kick turks. II
will be their job to patrol the forty
mile stretch of the northern bank Of
the Rio Grande forty bad miles. where
scores Of American soldiers. Mexican
soldiers. bandits and civilians have met
violent deaths in the last few ycare
The troopers work will take them
as far east as Progreso. and they viii
hear there the story Of Private John
son. Of the regular infantry. on the
west they will ride out beyond the site
Of Camp Sergeant Schaefer, and in
that mesquite wilderness they will
learn what happened 70 the soldier in
whose memory the camp was named.
Raiders Beheaded Soldier.
Mexican raiders captured Johnson in
a skirmish in which a little detach-
ment Of regulars. guarding the store
and irrigation pumping station at Pro-
greso. was forced by weight Of num-
bers 70 fall back from the river
When the raiders crossed 20 their
own side Of the Rio Grande. loaded
down with loot. they took Johnson with
them. The next morning his head was
mounted on a pole as a warning TO all
gringoes in a territory that NeXicans
think Of still as Mexico.
An adobe house. into which the
blazing sunlight filters through thou
sands of bullet holes, will serve 10 illus
trate the story Of Sergeant Schaefer
when the cavalrymen come 10 hear II.
II was in that shack that the sergeant
and his border patrol squad took
refuge when bandits crossed the river
in force. There Schaefer and several
OF his men held out for hours and
there they died when their ammunition
was gone.
Progreso. where the now familiar
word "Johnsonized" will be coined.
and Camp Sergeant Schaefer are only
the extremes of the forty-mile line. In
between are a dozen fords and a dozen
bullet-scarred adobe strongholds that
each have a history for the forty
miles have been the gateway through
which bandits have poured into this
section of Texas during the last seven
years.
Lots of things have happened be-
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
FOUR NEW SUBMARINES
TO JOIN ATLANTIC FLEET
Ii, L.2. L-3 and Id Coming
SOon-FOur Others Later.

Four ncw submarines of the latest
type end a new submarine tender VIII
be added 20 the Atlantic fleet Of the
United States Navy within the next few
days, il was said last night at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. These boats arc
INC Ii. L.2. L-3 and La and the tender
hushncll. all Of which already nave
oeen placed in commission. Wlthin
;,ew weeks il is expected that the ~
"-lO, LII and Nj also will be added;
,,One Of the new features OF the j. ana
81 type Of boats is the presence OF q
Inch naval gun mounted on dech' the
ms. time that American submarines
nave carried armament other th"h ,Vi-
peco tubes The tender Ozark wiii De
we mother ship TO the L-9, L-lo' A"ll
and the Nj.
The new division of undersea boats
VII be under the command Of Lleu'eh-
ant Commander T.. ". Pinney. VINO mas
zen IN charge Of the g type ooH's.
tnese latter craft will 20 to the NC"
~'Hu'n submarine station.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
Tc Release Alleged Swindler.

John Deinhardt. real estate OPP
orator Of Ridgewood. Queens. recently
convicted Of swindling Miss Alice
Fuchs. obtained a certificate of rea-
sonable doubt Yesterday from Justice
Kelly in the Supreme Court. The GER
titicate was sought on the ground that
Dcinhardt's sentence OF one year would
have expired by the time the appeal
was settled. He will be released on
bail.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
ADVERTISEMENT.
Buses Now Make
FAR Side Stop

The Board of Aldermen
has gwen us permission to
serve the comfort of our
patrons in still another way:
To stop on the far side in
stead Of the near side at any
corner. 1t is no longer nee
cssary for you to pick your
way among other vehicles,
held back by traffic, when
YOU want to take
New-York tribune., 1916-07-11

NREAT organIke chords ripping. coloriul runs without
hint of the mechanical, sweet, singing melodes-the
entire rance of wonderful musical effects that the tai
ened pianist employs delight his hearers you may obtain
easily and surely with the Panoa.
SO long has the PLAYING of the piano been looked upon
privilege of the trained and talented musician only that is
difficult credit the extraordinary perfection of the Pianola
performance without hearing and playing the instrument one
self But for musician not to sit before the lanola
and find that gives phase of musical beauty that 1T re-
spends instantly every demand for the most delicate shades
of expresson-s realize that indeed the modern
development of the Panoioe The highest type OF musical
instrument. vet which may learn to play.
E.pecall, Pianoa revelation those who know other
1t the simplest of all instruments of It's tpehe
exclusive features such the Metro
and the Ihemot artistic nish perfection OF touch
beyond the possibilities of other player instrument
Notwithstanding the obvious superiority OF the Plano 1t moier-
purcla.ac the convenient terms For example
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 5, BRANCH 1

Commencing at point seven hun
dred ten (71O) feet west and one hun
dred eighty G80) feet north of the
thirty-one (31), township one hundred
twenty-four (124) north, range forty
three (43) west, and running from
west IN 81 degrees w two thousand
fifty feet (2O5O1 to station twenty plus
fifty feet GO plus 500;
Thence north eighty-three degrees
minutes W. twenty-three hundred fifty
feet (2S5O) to station forty-four 90
Thence north sixteen degrees west
(110O) to station fifty-five (55);
Thence north thirty-one degrees
twenty minutes west IN 81 degrees 20
minutes w two thousand two feet
feet (75 plus p, where it terminates at
station sixty eight plus fifty feet (68
plus 500 of Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK T RRANCH I

forty-five feet (1O45) south sixty-six
degrees east Is Sc degrees Ed of the
northwest corner IN. W. Corr of the
northwest quarter (N.W.A W of the
southeast quarter (S.E.A) of section
thirty (3O), of township one hundred
twenty-four (124) north, range forty
three (43) west and running from
thence south eighty -four degrees west
Is "a degrees W. nine hundred sixty
seven (967 feet to station nine plus
sixty feet g plus SD;
Thence north along the quarter sec
feet (1983) to station twenty-nine plus
fifty feet GO plus SOY;
Thence north fifty-seven degrees
west IN 81 degrees W) fifteen hundred
forty-five plus twenty-seven feet CAS-
plus 27), where it terminates at station
one hundred twenty-six (126) of
Branch One CD.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
RR ANCH d

Commencing at a point fourteen hum
eight degrees thirty minutes west IN
4S degrees 80 minutes w of the south
east corner Is. E. Corr of the south
east quarter (S.E.A) of the northeast
quarter (N.E.A) Of section eighteen
(18), township one hundred twenty
three (123) north, range forty-four
south seventy seven degrees west Is
II degrees W. seven hundred feet (700)
to station seven 60;
Thence south twenty-five degrees
thirty minutes west Is % degrees so
minutes w thirteen hundred Seventy
five feet G375) to station twenty plus
seventy-five feet GO plus 75);
Thence south one degree west IS
degree W. thirty eight hundred ninety
eight feet (3998) to station f1fty-nine
plus seventy three feet CSC plus 7S)
where it terminates at station eighty
eight $3.50 of the Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
LOh Nh. q. Stntn Rnnd NM O

:, Sections Il, % and 26, Township 125,
Range Al, and East line Sections 2 and
II, Township 125, Range Al, Town of
F'ramnas and East line Sections "a and
30, Township 1875, Range Al, Town of
Swan Lake.
Grading, 1854 cubic yards
Turnpiking, 9,400 1ineal feet.
Side ditching, 40 cubic yards.
Off-take Ditch, 374 cubic yards.
Guard Rail, $40 linea1 feet.
Hauling and installing 1904 1ineal
feet IL inch Corrugated Metal Pipe.
Hauling and installing 1872 lineal feet
Is inch Corrugated Metal Pipe.
Hauling and installing 20 lineal feet
18 inch Corrugated Metal Pipe.
age, 52.82.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK G BRANCH /

Commencing at a point three hundred
fifty feet (35O) south of the corner com
mon to sections twenty-five (25).
twenty-six (26), thirty-five $3.50 and
thirty-six (36), township one hundred
twenty four Cpd north, range forty
four (44) west and running from thence
north six hundred eleven feet GID to
station six plus eleven feet C plus ~ j.;
Thence north nineteen degrees
twenty-five minutes east IN 10 degrees
25 minutes Ed fifteen hundred forty
nine feet (1549) to station twenty one
plus sixty feet (21 plus 500;
Thence north seventy-six degrees
As minutes Ed eighteen hundred forty
feet C1840) to station forty (4O);,
Thence north eighty-two degrees
thirty minutes east IN 80 degrees 80
minutes Ed forty one hundred Seventy
seven feet (4177) to station eighty one
plus seventy-seven feet Isl plus ~
where it terminates at station one
hundred two plus ten feet 1O2 plus
10) of Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 4. BRANCH l

Commencing at a point seven hum
dred forty feet GAO north seventy
three degrees west IN 70 degreesW(
of the corner, sections twenty-five (25)
bred twenty -four (124) north, range
thirty (3O) and thirty-one (SD, town.
north, range forty-four CAD west, and
running from thence south thirty six
degrees thirty minutes east IS Sc de-
grees 80 minutes E) five hundred feet
mates in station sixty-one plus twenty
seven feet (61 plus 2D of the Main
Ditch,
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 3. BRANCH l

Commencing at point seven hum
dred thirty-ffve feet $3.50 east and
forty three feet south of the corner
common to sections thirty-five $3.50
dred twenty -four (124) north, range
forty-four (44) west and running from
thence north sixty degrees thirty min-
utes east IN 60 degrees 80 minutes b
eight (S);
Thence north sixteen degrees fifteen
minutes east IN 16 degrees Is minutes
Ed eighteen hundred feet (1SOO) to
station twenty-six $3.50 where it termi-
mates at station twenty-one of the Main
Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 1. BRANCH 3

Commencing at a point seven hum
dred thirty feet (73O) north twelve de-
grees thirty minutes west IN IL degrees
80 minutes W. of the southwest corner
g. W. Corr of the southeast quarter
(S.E.A) of the southwest quarter g.
Wa of section seventeen CD, town
ship one hundred twenty-three (123)
north, of range forty-four (44) west
and running from thence southwesterly
six hundred eight feet (608) to station
fifteen plus eighty-three feet (15 plus
$50 Of Branch Three %.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 3. BRANCH 1

Commencing at point fifteen hun
dred fifty (155O) feet west and two rods
twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25),
township one hundred .tWenty-fOur
(12N north, range fortyfour(44) west,
south of and parallel to the section line
twenty-one hundred thirty -four (2134)
feet to station twenty-one plus thirty
four (21 plus 34;
Thence north Sixty-Six (66) feet to
station twenty-five (22);
THENCE east two rods from the paral-
lei to the section line thirty-four hun
$3.50, where it terminates at station one
hundred twenty-nine plus fifty feet
(129 plus 500, Branch 1.
BRANCH 2
hu1Gsd a9 feet south P94t txe5ss
grees forty-five minutes west Is 66 de-
grees As minutes w of the northeast
corner of the southeast quarter (SEAl
section twenty-four (24), township one
hundred twenty-four (124) north,
range. forty-four CAD west, and run
grees forty-f1ve minutes east IN So
degrees as minutes Ed fifteen hundred
feet (15OO) to station fifteen (10;
rs minutes Ed five hundred sixty five
feet $3.50 to station twenty plus sixty
FIVE GO plus So, where it terminates
(71 plus SOY of the Main Ditch.
BRANCH
Commencing at point eighty feet
(80) south and two hundred feet (200)
west of the quarter corner of sections
thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24),
township one hundred twenty-four
(24) north, range. fortyfour (44)
west, and running from thence north
forty degrees east IN 40 degrees tE)
three hundred seventy-nine feet (379)
to station three plus seventy-nine feet
6 plus 79);
Thence north eighty-six degrees
thirty minutes east IN Sc degrees 80
minutes ED twenty-five hundred twenty
one feet (2521) to station twenty mine
Thence north forty-two degrees
fifteen minutes east IN AZ degrees Is
minutes Ed two thousand feet (20OO)
to station forty-nine (49);
Thence south seventy-five degrees
five minutes east Is rs degrees min
utes Ed one thousand fifty-four feet
(1054) to station fifty mine plus fifty
four feet (59 plus 54) where it terlmi-
mates at station one hundred six plus
forty feet CLOS plus 400 of Main Ditch
FORK /, BRANCH 8
Commencing at point eight hum
dred thirty feet $500 south ten degrees
forty minutes west Is 10 degrees 40
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
FORK 2

Commencing at a point eight hum
dred forty feet (84O) south of the south
west corner IS. W: Corp of the south
quarter g. W. ", section seventeen
(17), township one hundred twenty
three 123) north, range forty-four
(44) west and running from thence
northwesterly nine hundred forty-three
feet (943l to station seventeen plus
seventy-three feet CT plus 73) of
Branch Three CD.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05

fIFirst Publication April 81; 1850
AUDITORS NOTICE OF, HEARING ON
PETITION IN DITCH PROCEEDINGS
State of Minnesota,
County of Stevens, IS.
In the matter of the petition OF James
c. Foster and others, for a Public Often
in the County of Stevens, State OF Min
.nesota, Designated and Numbered as
County Ditch No. 10.
ton has, been filed in the office of the
County Auditor of said County, praying
for the construction of a public ditch,
Idesienated and numbered by the County
J. Auditor of such County as County Ditch
No. IS.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
SPUR 1. FORK 1, BRANCH 1

Commencing at point four hundred
twenty-five (425) feet south sixteen de-
grees thirty minutes west IS 16 degrees
80 minutes w of the northeast corner
(N.E.C Corr of the southeast quarter
,(S.E.A) of the southeast quarter (SE
~, section thirty-six (36), township
one hundred twenty-fOur (124 north,
range forty-four (44) west and running
from thence north thirty degrees ten
minutes east IN 80 degrees 10 minutes
Ed twenty-one hundred ten feet (211O)
to station twenty-one plus ten feet
(21 plus 10) where it terminates at
station fortY-four CD of Fork Five %.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
Job No. 8, state Road No .

West line Sections 80 and 81. Town
ship 124 Range AZ, Town of Darnen
Grading 6,4O4 cubic yards.
Turnpiking, 1853 lineal feet
Hauling and installing 1873 lineaI faa+
II inch corrugated Metal Pine
Hauling and installing 80 lineal faa+
10 inch Corrugated Metal pipe.
II 9 % Concrete Culvert, total yardage
at p ian a and specifications may be seen
o OF Sc Of the State Highway Commission
All All work must comply with the sneci-
ncatlons prepared by the State Hish-
Way commission, and on file in fhe
once Of the County Auditor.
each proposal or bid must he 90
fe oI by cash or certified check
Tor not less than 5 per cent ~ fI,e -
amount bid, payable to the COUNTY
All bids must be on blank forns 80
nlshed by the undersigned Aur-
me Board reserves the ripb+ -
cceep p or reject any or ali PROPOSALS - ac-
lSeal( G. r.. WOTI.THPAsM'
o7loo County Auditor. Stevens e Co,,,n.,,
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
rnpK . .Rp A.Ncu /

Commencing at point two hundred
ten minutes west IN 16 degrees 10
minutes wv. of the southwest corner
Of the southeast quarter (S.E.A) of the
northwest quarter (N.W.A) section
thirty-six $3.50, township one hundred
twenty-four (124), range forty-four
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
job No. 5, State Road No, n

North line Sections and 2, Town
ship 123, Range AZ, and North line Sec
ton 3. township 123, Range Al, Towns
Grading, 11,601 cubic yards.
Turnpiking, $40 1ineal feet.
Guard Rail- 500 lineal feet
Hauling and installing 388 lineal feet
II inch and 81 lineal feet Is inch and 81
lineal feet Is inch Corrugated Metal
One Concrete Culvert, total yardage
24.53. =
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05

(44) running from thence south forty
two degrees forty-fve minutes east
Is AZ degrees AS minutes Ed nine humid
red feet (900) to station nine (9) where
it terminates in station eighteen (l8)
of the Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
BRANCH 5

Commencing at point five hundred
feet (500) north of the center of section
nineteen Sds t9ywn ndrtb one HUNDRED
four CAD west, and running from
thence .southeasterly four hundred
eighty three feet (483) to station four
plus eighty-three feet a plus $50,
where it terminates at station ninety
six (96) of the Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
SPUR I. FORK 6. BRANCH I

Commencing at point eleven humid
degrees twenty-five minutes west IN 80
degrees 25 minutes W. of the southeast
corner IS: E: Corr of the southeast
ter (NE.A) section twenty-five $3.50
and running from thence south thirty
three degrees five minutes east IS 33
degrees minutes Ed, nine hundred
eleven feet OLD.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
BRANCH 2


Commencing at a point three hun
dred ffty-seven feet (35D north ten
degrees forty minutes west IN 10 de-
grees 40 minutes W. of the quarter
section corner common to sections
seventeen (17) and twenty (2O), town
ship one hundred twenty-th (123l
running from thence south eighty de-
grees thirty minutes west Is 80 degrees
80 minutes W) fifteen hundred eighty
three feet (1583) to station fifteen plus
eighty-three feet (15 plus $50;
Thence south forty-five degrees fif-
teen minutes west IS As degrees Is
minutes w one hundred ninety feet
three feet (17 plus 73);
Thence. south seventy eight degrees
thirty minutes west IS 78 degrees 80
minutes W) eleven hundred eighty-one
feet (1181) to station Twenty-Five plus
fifty-four feet GO plus 54) where it
terminates at station sixty-three (63)
of the Main Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
Job No. 2, State Road No. ?

Sections q and 27, Township 125,
Range AZ, Town of Morris.
Grading, 2,473 cubic yards.
Turnpiking, 1920 lineal feet.
Side ditching, AZ cubic yards
Hauling and installing $40 lineal feet
IL inch Corrugated Metal Pipe.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
(First Publication April 27, 1850

AUDITORS NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION IN DITCH PROCEEDINGS
State of Minnesota,
County of Stevens, SIS.
In the matter of the petition of S: M.
Johnson and others, for a Public Ditch
in the County of Stevens, State of Min
nesota Designated and Numbered as
County Ditch No. 81.
Notice is Hereby Given, That a petit
ton has been filed in the office of the
County Auditor of said County, praying
for the construction of a public ditch;
designated and numbered by the County
Auditor of such County as County Ditch
No, 81.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
.Ioh MA. A. Statn Rnnd Nn- q

Between Sections 10, II and A. IS,
Township 124, Range A, Town of Baker.
Grading, 1870 cubic yards.
Turnpiking, 1900 lineal feet.
Hauling and installing 284 lineal feet
IL inch Corrugated Metal Pipe.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05

East line, Sections 1, 2 and 49, Town
ship 125, Range AZ, Town of Morris.
Grading, 5000 cubic yards.
Turnpiking, $500 1ineal feet.
Hauling and installing 248 lineaI feet
IL inch and "a lineal feet Is inch Cor
rugated Metal Pipe.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
BRANCH T

Commencing at point five hundred
feet (5O0) north eleven degrees thirty
minutes west IN II degrees 80 minutes
W. of the quarter section corner COM
thirty (3O), township one hundred
twenty-three (123) north, range forty
four (44) west, and running from
eighty-four feet (1284) to station
twelve plus eighty-four feet (12 plus
84), where it terminates at station one
hundred nineteen (119l of the Main
Ditch.
Morris tribune., 1916-05-05
BRANCH 4

Commencing at point nine hundred
seventy feet (970) south and forty feet
(40) east of corner of sections seven
teen 1O, eighteen (18), nineteen Q9)
and twenty GOD, township one hundred
twenty-four (124 north, range forty
three (43) west, and running from
thence north forty-six degrees forty
five minutes west On 46 degrees As min
utes W. two hundred feet (20O) to sta
ton two (2);
Thence north ten degrees fifteen min
utes west IN 10 degrees Is minutes W.
seven hundred ninety-seven (797) feet
to station nine plus ninety-seven g
plus 90;
Thence north seven degrees fifteen
minutes east IN Z degrees Is minutes
Ed seven hundred three feet (703) to
station seventeen 90;
Thence north one degree fifteen min
utes east IN l degree Is minutes E)
two thousand seventy-two feet (2O72)
to station thirty-seven plus seventy
two feet (37 plus 72) where it termi-
mates at station one hundred thirty
eight (13S) of Main Ditch.