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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
A Story of Tom and Jack

One day Tom and JACK TOOK
their dinner out In the woods.
They took their guns. When they
got to the woods they made a
tent. Tom said, Il am going to
get nuts" Jack said, Il will take
my gun and hunt rabbits while
you get nuts 30 they started.
Just as they got there they saw
a bear coming towards them. They
ran to little shed in the woods.
They shut the door and the bear
lay down and thinks they will
come out, then he can have them
for dinner.
But there happened to be q little
round hole in the shed just big
enough for Jack to get his gun
through. He shot the bear and
they went out and skinned the
bear and took the fur with them.
Besides they got two sacks Of nuts
but no rabbits.
They took the nuts and the fur
and went back to the tent. They
ate their dinner. After dinner
they ate nuts and picked flowers.
At 3 O'Clock they went to sleep.
They slept till 8 o'clock. Then
they went home. ate their supper
and went to bed.-Dorothy Evans,
GA Grade, Hibberd School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
RIDDLES

/. As went up stilnper-stimper,
l looked out drom-a-lee; ! saw
Number Noggens turning over Ben
Foggens. l said: "Oh Peter Wig
gins, go drive Number Noggens out
of Ben Foggens."
2. II the president and vice pres
ident should die, who would take
charge?
3. There was woman and there
was water under her and over her
and yet 1t did not touch her. An
swers next week. Lauren Owens,
e-B Hibberd School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
EDITORIAL
BE Like Columbus

When the sailors said to Colum-
bus that they were going to throw
him overheard, he replied, sail
On!" think we could do the
same thing too, by saying. Sail
On!" and never quit one thing
until You get the other thing. IL
we would do that in all our studies
We would be exactly like Colum-
bus.--Roland Erbse, Sixth Grade,
Hibberd School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
BEST COMPOSITION

\AAC lOAlOWAu6 ID tuC Dcot COtupO-
sition from the Fifth Grade and
received the grade Of 1907
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was born
at Genoa, Italy. in 1875. Columbus
thought the earth was round like
ball. He wished to find water
way to Asia. The Queen OF Spain
sold her jewels and gave him the
money to buy ships.
Columbus set sail from Palos,
Spain, August 3, 1892. He discov-
cred land October IL, 1892. The
strange people they saw had red
skin and black hair. He called
them Indians because he thought
he had discovered a part Of the
East Indies.-Mary Meerhoff, ga
Grade, Hibberd School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
SOCIETY NOTES OF 1892

Mr.. and Mrs. Wigwam enter.
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Redskin Oc-
tober IL. Mrs. Wigwam insisted
on having the guests stay all night,
They did. The next morning the
three ships of Columbus arrived
They thought they were ghosts SO
they ran home as fast as they
could. When the men came ashore
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wig.
wan had all climbed trees.-War.
rem Cottingham, GA Grade, Hib-
berd School.
On the 18th of October, Black
wifi saw. a ship coming in the
harbor. He said to his daughter,
White Lily, IF that is ship full
Of people, we viii invite them to
supper"
When Columbus stepped off of
the ship White Lily invited him
to dinner and he stayed. Black
Wolf also invited White Plume,
Plume, Lady Bird. Wild Lion, Wild
Root and Spotted Higer. the wo-
men, and White Dove, Wild Dog,
Wild Parrot and Black Bear. the
men. All came, and even Black
Mud, Black VOLTS son, was there
on time. Lucille Norman, GA Hib-
berd School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
Cocoon Opens in School

! was cutting corn Monday morn
ing when saw beautiful cocoon.
IT had yellow dots around 1t. !
took 1t to school and our teacher
put 1t in glass, Tuesday morn
ing just after school commenced
we watched 1t hatch. II is the
Monarch or milkweed butterfly
Roger Asburg, ga Grade, Hibberd
school
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
DOING THEIR RITZ

Dear Aunt Molly: ! think we
are doing our bit by our room not
eating candy but once In whole
week. And II we do not eat candy
we get to wear badge. We sup
ported a French orphan and we get
a badge. So we get to wear it
when we are doing out bit.-Fior-
ence Rogers, 6-B Grade, Hibberd
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
SEE AEROPLANE

Dear Aunt Molly: We went to
the art gallery last Wednesday aft
ernoon. think we had a fine
time. They had many beautiful
pictures. As we were coming home
we saw an aerOplane 1t was a big
one.-Florence Rogers, 5B grade.
Hibberd school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
SOCIETY NEWS

Master ROLAND ErDS0 nau DlrLn-
day party Octover s, 1917, at his
home. IL was q surprise party.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert Erhse. Miss Anna Erbse, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilton Hibberd-
The Salvation Army Sunday
school gave nice entertainment
Wednesday, October 10. 1877 I
was in II and sang q song and also
said piece. There were many
children in it that said pieces
They had q soldier drill, too, that
was very nice.
They had the hall decorated with
corn fodder, golden rod, sumach
and pumpkins.
AT the closing Of the entertain
ment the lights were all turned
out but one red light on the plat
form, Then my sister knelt In q
long white nightgown and said q
prayer. And then we all sang
song. We also had some fine
music. Mrs. Beard dismissed us.
Ellamay Fosnot, Hibberd School
Nina Murray, Margaret Wagner
and Elizabeth Jay met with Eliz-
abeth Kreimeier Tuesday evening
and held knitting party.
Pauline pile was six years old
last week. We girls and boys sur
prised her by putting flowers on
her desk. She surprised us by
treating us to fairy sticks.
We are in the lib grade, we went
to see some oak trees In front Of
Willard Eloff's house. Then we
went to the woods and gathered
beech nuts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

Nina Murray, Margaret Wagner
and Elizabeth Jay met with Eliz-
abeth Kreimeier Tuesday evening
and held knitting party,
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
RECLAMATION RECORD BOOSTS
 OUR YUMA DATES (Continued From Page Three)

cannot ripen with enough juice and sugar to give 1t any value.
 Few people appreciate the food value of dates, but they con be ship ped in very compact packages, and those who eat them find when 1t comes to the feeling of having satis- fled the inner man a few dates go a long way. In addition to the above considerations, it appears that al- though dates are imported in large quantities by the boat load they are regarded in this country as more of luxury than staple food product; still they are relished by most people, and thus we find field for an almost untouched agricultural industry, with population of 100000 900 waiting to be educated to the value of dates as a common article for the table.
 One naturally inquiries at this point if there are any favorable climatic and soil conditions for such an indus try in the United States. There are; and these are in the southwest, al ready demonstrated by experimenta- tion that is approaching in s)ms quar- ters a commercially paying enter prise. In Yuma Valley and neal Phoenix, in Arizona, in the Imperial Valley in California, and perhaps in some other quarters the air is dry, and proper soil conditions can be de- veloped with the ample irrigating water available.
 This brings us to the Yuma Valley, the principle unit of the Reclamation Service at this point, where Mr. Der nard Johnson has planted some 25 acres of date palms. He has put in Deglet Moor palms imported from Al geria. In the Persian gulf district are fould the Halay, commercially known as the Dromedary, dates, and also the Fard dates; and from Egypt come the Hayani dates, spoken of later.
 The Johnson trees are in their fourth year, and are just beginning to
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05

bear About seven or eight years are required to bring this variety to full bearing, but last November this Yuma orchard produced some two or three hundred pounds to the tree.
 They are planted 25 feet apart in rows 35 feet apart The local and San Francisco markets have paid 50 cents per pound boxed, which has netted 40 cents after the dates are picked. When the trees come to full bearing the above figures will tell the profits that should accrue from this small acreage. The irrigation for these trees have averaged only one run of water each two months, and during the winter months very little water is required. For instance, Mir
 Johnson has not run water to his trees since last October and probably will not water them again until March, and his land is the average run in the Yuma Valley, composed of the bottoms formed by sediment de- posted by the Colorado river. The basin method of applying water may be used. and to obtain the plant food abundantly contained in the muddy waters of the Colorado river, the land is flooded now and then in the same manner as an alfalfa field would be irrigated. MT. Johnson estimates that an acre of dates can be taken care of for $25 a year, without the picking.
 The supply of trees and shoots in this country is almost negligible. The trees are raised from shoots which are sold at from $7 to $10 each, and tree will cost about $50, although it is not unusual to transplant the older trees. So it is seen that the matter of raising a date orchard, a. determined by the long time required to get the trees into bearing, becomes largely one of financial resources. And of course the grower must know the peculiarities of the plant
 The Hayani trees of Egypt are har- dier than the Deglet Moor, and with careful cultivation will produce from 200 to 300 pounds year. The price received for the fruit is lower, but MT. Johnson thinks this type may eventually be the preat producer if the industry becomes established in the United States. This tree has been thoroughly tested out at Tempe, in the Salt River Valley near Phoenix, 1 Ariz. It propagates faster than the | Deglet Moor, producing nearly double the number of offshoots each year, and will come into bearing one or two years earlier. The market price for Hayani dates would probably run
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
PARKER NEWS.

The past week witnessed the addi- tion of a new company to the ranks of the shipping mines in the Parker field, when the lola landed the first consignment of ore from the Western Arizona Copper Company's property on the bany of the river near the bridge. The ore is expected to aver age about 12 per cent copper and car ries about $4 in gold per ton.
 The initial shipment from the Wes- tern Arizona amounts to about two carloads. The ore was sorted from vein matter removed while driving the new tunnel which is in about 60 feet at present. The tunnel follows the foot wall of the vein which has been crosscut for about 20 feet without en- countering the hanging wall.
 General Manager Gordon R. Steu. art Tuesday put several additional men at work on the mine and expects to make regular shipments in the fu- ture. There is a considerable amount of shipping ore on the dumps at pres. ent.
 The incline shaft on the Copper Basin has reached a depth of 300 feet and is in better ore than has yet been encountered on the property. Sulphide ore was encountered at about 90 feet, the level at which surface water be- gan to filter into the shaft At the present level about 25OO gallons of water enters the shaft every twenty four hours, according to computations of the miners and it is understood pumps to handle the flow have been ordered.
 Lateral work from a station at the 200 foot level will begin this week and the ore body will be extensively explored. Developments on the prop erty are being watched with great in- terest by local mining men.
 The churn drill outfit ordered for the Mammon property arrived Tues day and is now on the property. The result will determine the location of the three compartment shaft which will be sunk at as early date as pos sible.
 The workings of the Mammon are being surveyed and mapped by Fred Crosby, E. M., of Los Angeles, and a general plan of development out lined. It is expected ore shipments will begin within the next week or two. There are approximately 10000 tons of ore on the dumps, a large amount of which is high-grade
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
The Sentinel
 $2.OO PER YEAR --dnd worth it
THE FOLLOWING LETTER
 SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

Kennett, Cal, March 26, 1917. Col B. F. Fly,
 Editor Arizona Sentinel,
 Yuma, Arizona.
 Dear Sir In your Arizona Sentinel of March p, page 4, column 4, is printed an application for water right, to place irrigation water on some 36 sections of land within four town ships on the mesa, and to build 16 foot by 6inch thick crushed rock roads on section lines thereon.
 And to charge to land owners the sum of s75 per acre, plus per cent interest on deferred payments for pe- riod of fifteen years, or in other words, $1,73S,0OO plus interest men, toned above, for an expenditure of about s850,000. No mentiining is made of the amount of water to be delivered per acre year or the cost of water per acre year. Therefore, as I am the owner of a small piece of the mesa (namely 40 acres), and it has been my constant desire along with all other mesa land owners for the past several years to get irriga tion water on the mesa, I naturally feel it my duty to place my objection to this projected water right for the several reasons stated as follows:
 1.-Who is this company?
 2-What is back of this company?
 3.-Who gave them permission to water the mesa and to build roads?
 4-How much water will they fur
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
nish per year per acre?

pcI year pcI
 5.-Why don't they propose taking water from canal in valley?
 6.-The river below the Gila river has too much silt in it; this as you no doubt know is a great source of trouble to the Imperial Valley; and also to the Imperial Heights Orange grove, on our as you say, beloved mesa," and I believe you are right in calling it so.
 What use is inch crushed rock road in a farming community? ? It would cut to pieces in three years time with farmers wagons loaded with two to four ton loads, which is not unusual loads.
 8.-It is not stated if this water right is ever to be turned over to the land owners or not.
 9.-If not. Then the land owners would pay all the cost of installation, plus a profit and interest thereon, plus a perpetual water rent with prof. its, which by rights they themselves should own, after having paved, the SIS per acre, plus per cent interest as stated above.
 This, MT. Fly, is why I for one, at least, object to any company at any time being granted water right on any such terms as outlined in your valuable paper, as mentioned above, and I hope that you will forgive me for putting into this project in this manner, and I have tried to plainly state my reasons to you, and I think you will agree with me that they are all just reasons, at that.
 But this water right as outlined is not square deal to the people who own and are paying taxes on the mesa lands.
 I was and am still under the i'm pression that when the Reclamation Service sells the mesa lands this con- ing winter that the money derived would be applied to installing an irri- gation system for the mesa lands, and all land in private ownership to pay their prorata of same, plus. the pro rata cost of the project, to deliver water to the base of the mesa. This to my way of thinking would be a square deal.
 No one but fool would expect for nothing. But every one has a right to object to graft.
 I wish also to state that my am- bition is to establish a permanent home on my 40 acres of mesa land and just as soon as water is assur- ed for the same. That I, my four
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05

about 10 cents pound, and this
 would be somewhat reduced when a good many dates were at first put on
 the market, and later should rise
 again as the people become educated
 to greater consumption.
 The Dromedary dates now raised on the Parisian gulf can be shipped,
 when a boat is chartered, in lots of two or three thousand tons at about
 $5 ton, and in the last ten years with this product coming steadily in- to America the price has doubled. In 1902-3 these dates could be purchased in New York markets for or cents, and quite recently they sold for and 8. This Is due to the fact that the de- mand has increased faster than the supply. These statistics are of i'm portance in considering local produc- tion. It is interesting to note that re- gently the price of Dromedary dates has risen to 12 and Is cents. Upon being asked as to this, MT. Johnson said that perhaps the transportation facilities were interfered with on ac- count of the upset affairs of the Euro pean countries that handle the busi ness. The dates may be higher pric- ed merely to keep in line with the inir rlyak NQ nl1 which Is at present felt. Otherwise, the quotation ought to read lower, as the consumption in central Europe has undoubtedly been cut off to great extent because of the war. There are some 40,O00,000 bearing trees on the Persian gulf and they bear 40 to 50 uounds to the tree. This low output per tree, as compared to what Is expected from well-tended trees in Arizona, is accounted for by the lack of attention by many of the inferior peoples in Arabia who raise dates as a matter of course.
 The pollenizing of date trees as now practiced is strictly out of the ordin- ary in the field of agriculture. It Is commonly understood that dates have to be pollenized," but the details of the why and the when of this pro- cess are not matter of general knowledge. The fruit grows on the female tree and when the bloom ap- pears small branch or twig of the blossom of the male tree is tied onto tha: of the female tree. This must be done within four or five days after the bloom apepars and needs prompt and painstaking attention if a good crop is to be tken off One twig used thus will pollenize a stem of dates and the rule is to have 1 male tree to 200 or 300 of the producing trees.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05

children and Mrs. Keane will estab- fish ourselves permanently in your community and will try to do our mite towards boosting and uplifting the Yuma country.
 Wishing you every success for the future, I am, very truly yours,
 HARRY J. KEANE Box 273, Kennett, Cal.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
WEATHER DATA FOR WEEK
 ENDING APRIL i, 1917.

Mean temperature 69 deg.
 Normal temperature 67 deg.
 Maximum temperature 94 deg. Minimum temperature 42 deg. Mean Rel. Humidity 39%o.
 Rain this month o inches. Rain this year 1.08 inches. Normal rain for April 10 inches. Normal rain for year 310 inches. Forecast for the week ending Sun- day, April &: Generally fair, with tenn perature somewhat above the season al normal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-18
Sutfragists
In Jail Hear
Babies Wall
Fines Of Married Pickets to
Be Paid; Others viii
Serve 60 Days,

WASHINGTON, July ls,--Home
husband and children today became vital
issues in the cases OF some OF the six
teen suffragiss sent to jail here yester-
day for their demonstration in front OF
the White House last Tuesday and II
appeared that these forces would be suf
ficient to cause several OF the eight
married prisoners to he released by pay
ment OF fines, regardless of their per-
sonal wish
At the womans party headquarters II
was declared that all OF the women were
anxious TO serve out their sixty-day
sentences but il was admitted that the
SIS fines of. some OF the married women
would be paid
As result OF the situations that have
arisen in the home, OF married women
prisoners, the single prisoners and wom-
en- who cpn be spared a, home were be-
ing taken today as volunteers for the
next piekeiing demonstration, which
probably will be attempted again.
The sixty.day sentence was a great
shock TO us," one OF the leaders said TO.
day I'VE did not expect such heavy
penalty, or we should have selected our
piokets with greater care"
Besides the married women, several
others OF the older prisoners also may
be released soon, II was reported today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-18
MichaeGs in Reichstag Speecl
Expected to Support Radical
Munich Paper Asserts Holl-
weg's Successor Will Line
Up With Parties Of Left In
Thursdays Address,
OTHER REPORTS CONFLICT
Copenhagen Dispatch Indl-
Gates Pro-German Accent
Will Feature Talk,

BASEL, Switz., July Is. -
The Neustes Nachrichtsn Of
Munich. says that the declara-
ton Of the new German chan
cellor, DR.. Michaelis, before the
reichstag tomorrow will be for
peace, having the same general
trend 90 the resolution pre-
pared by the parties Of the left.
The resolution referred to probably
10 the one drawn up BY the radicals,
socialist and Catholic depusi>s IN he
s9ishaleat ls4asi ~ rsblol n ph
tion, whith KS MAj0rIty Bloc dsSlSed
10 Introduce unchanged upon the re-
asssmbfing Of the parliament, stated
that the reiehstag was laboring for
peace and reconciliation, that forced
acquisitions Of territory and political
economic and financial violations were
incompatible with such 4 peace. that
economic peace must be assured and
that the reichstag would promote the
creation Of an inter judicial orsaniza-
tion.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-18
Ashton in Tulsa
on Strike Probe

TULSA. Okla, July i8-(Special)--
Hundreds Of carpenters are still idle
today, refusing the offer OF the con-
tractors to return to work at $50 a
day The contractors have given them
until Thursday to return to work and
say they will replace them with non
union men II the offer is not accepted,
Other unions not affiliated with the
carpenters will remain neutral.
State Labor Commissioner Ashton
came here today and is endeavoring TO
settle the Yarhola pipe line strike-in
which about 1000 men are out at the
Skiatook end Of the line.
Ashton said some OF the camps are
working and that he hopes to settle the
strike today The men want a raise
from s. to 81 day and may com
promise on $3.50. There are about 800
OF the strikers in Tulsa. but there is
no danger Of the other building trades
going out.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-18
Prince Joachim's
y. S. Sweetheart
To Wed Yankee

s x2Rk, l. ,,,,& g;I.Iss g;- T.
kaisefH reported In Holland ru-
mors t6'be shout to become ruler
Of oil Germany---
Listen--remember, prince. that
pretty dark-eyed Yankee girl you
met in Egypt four years ago-the
one that made your heart Jump and
set you trailing around after her
until your imperial guardians
called a halt' Miss Olive Hunt
ington, you know,
Well, she's going to get married.
To a title'--nol To JoNph
Christopher Worth OF Norwich,
Conn.--produce deAleri
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-18
Lindberg Refuses
Confiscated Razor

Carl Lindbers, held in the county jail
on 4 charge Of numbering his wife,
Leota Lindberg, is particular about the
razors he uses to shave himself. He
has not had q shave since his prelimi-
nary hearing before Justice Of the Peace
Robert w. Maupin last week
Jailer Bruce offered to allow him to
use one Of the raIors taken from pris-
oners but Lindberg declined to accept
the offer.
A friend Of Lindberg's called on him
yesterday and Lindberg asked him to
bring his razor to him so that ne might
shave The friend has not yet returned
and Lindberg does not propose to shave
until he gets his own razor. He declared
today tina! he hoped to he able to shave
this afternoon.