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Arizona republican., 1919-09-01
SUNDAYS STORM
 GOOD RIVAL TO SEASONS WORST
Caused Considerable Dam
 age To Crops-Accom-
 panied By Brilliant Light ming and Violent Thunder

The storm which broke over the valley a little before ? o'clock yester- day morning was the third heavy storm of August and was accompanied by an electrical display even more brill iant than that of the Sunday morning of q week ago. For three hours the heavens were almost constantly light cd and the roll of the thunder, far or near, was almost inceSsant. There was hardly an instant's intermission. The roll, every few seconds, was pune tuated by a mghtyi crash, and some times three or four of them in rapid succession.
 The rainfall was divided into two periods. The first began just before o'clock and the latter took place about } o'clock The latter was the heavier. The total rainfall here was 061 inch, of which 0S7 inch fell be- tween 5 and 80 o'clock. The accom- panying wind was less violent than that of the storm a week ago, whose velocity was 49 miles. The highest ye- locity reached yesterday morning was A miles.
 The storm seems to have been gen eral throughout the southern part of the state. Yuma reported fall oi 0.52 ncih. In this vicinity the dam age to crops, especially cotton, may have been heavy, as plants beater down by the storm of a week ago de pended upon dry weather to recover date, 5.62 inches.
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01

decides not to deliver it.
 The next day the postman tells her about an arrest having been made or a man whose crime was robbing the mail Terror stricken, the girl decides to deliver the letter, but she finds that her dog has chewed it up.. In the meantime the cruel landlady has been robbed and as the little Lindy arrives to confess what she considers a crime in not mailing the letter, she over hears the woman instruct the sheriff and her secretary to Fget that thief . Not hearing of the robbery the girl thinks the reference is to her and flees without making the confession. She is thrown in with 8 band of thieves and the story picks up the influence of this innocent girl on the leader or the gang of crooks, also or a tramp with criminal inclinations on thiel who had tried the straight and marrow path, but who was about to fall back to the old profession of a hold-up man. The author has woven a wonderful story and the character for which Viv- l ian Martin is cast will long be pleas antly remembered by all who are fov-
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01
At the Lamara

Vivian Martin, 'the sweetest girl in pictures" holds the screen at the la mara where she is presenting for the final showings today An Innocent Adventures. This is her latest pic ture from the Paramount studio and offers this most accomplished actress in most charming role As is the case with many of her stories, the present bill finds her cast as a little country girl, innocent, unsophisticated. good, kind and always seeking to help someone else. It is this trait of her character that gets her into the diff culty which this picture is all about.
 She is handed a letter by the post man to give to a poor family but "Dindy' CVivian Martini having heard that the husband of the house is out of employment, and knowing the let ter to be from the landlay whose repu- tation for cruelty is more firmly es- tablished. believes this letter is a mo- tice to vacate and so out of goodness.
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01

mind working and to bring the past before her in all it's bitter truth. What that past is and how innocent of blame is the young matron comes out inN the ensuing scenes. The plot may be said to hinge upon those words whis- pered over the wire.
 A Mutt and Jeff cartoon reel, a Sunshine comedy and a Harold Lloyd comedy combine with the feature to make the Columbia program for today one of unusual excellence.
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01

he sees in Muriel a vague memory of some kind. He is not wrong and when he obtains information which identi- fies her one of the strongest moments in the play occurs. It is brought about by a telephone call Just two words serve to eiectrify Muriel. Incidentally the instant affords Geraldine Farrar a chance to illuminate gripping mo- ment.
 Hello Coral" That is all the voice says. but it is enough to set MurieIs
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, MONDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER

mands that her roles be exacting and pitched in high key. There will be a continuous program today from 2 to Il o'clock.
 Tn Shadows" Miss Farrar is Mur iel Barnes, the adored wife of man of wealth. She is in the bright mid day of her. popularity and charm when the first shadow appears on her hori- zon. A stranger comes to her husband with the hope of engaging him in a financial coupe and this man imagines
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01

tunate enough to see it.
 Tomorrow begins the engagement ot Marguerite Clark, bringing Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"
 Shadows Geraldine Farrar's big dramatic offering to be shown at the Columbia theater for the last times today, abounds in moments of dra- matic intensity. This almost goes without saying, for it is well known that the international celebrity de-
Arizona republican., 1919-09-01
Riq Proaram at Strand

The Strand is offering most at tractive holiday bill in the double pro- gram which is holding forth at the most handsome playhouse in Phoenix.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

of her court:ers begged her to call him back. They reasoned that Sna:n's treasury was almost empty and that it would not cost much to fit out a fleet and that there was q chance of Columbus discovering Cathay and great wealth might come to the lands. So a messenger was sent after Co., lumbus and he returned to Court. where the Queen made a contract with him and knighted him as Don Chris topher Columbus Martin Pinzon was to accompany him and be gwen one-eighth of the profits. We have | been taught that the Queen pledged her jewels to outfit the expedition, but such is not the case, for these had al ready been pledged to help to raise money to fight the Moors. At last | Columbus came to relaize that his dreams were to come into fruition. Preparations at once began and Pa1os was selected as the port of sailing. | Columbus asked the people there to meet him at church Of St. George for prayer before sailing. but many re | fused to come and by the Kings con- mand the city was made to pay a fine which was used to help outfit the lit tie fleet.
 This was composed of three ships the Santa Maria. used as the flagship; the Pinta and the Nina. The largest was the Santa Maria, which was about the size of one of our fishing smacks.' Sets Out At Last
 At last on August 3rd. 1492, CoIum bus set sail on this perilous voyage ] Columbus troubles soon began. fol something went wrong with the Pints and she was compelled 10 put in a
 one of the Canary Islands to be re paired. Then Teneriff. the volcano began to spit fire and the sailors were frightened and there was danger of nutiny. Again when they saw mirage and they thought it must b. | Cathay and when it faded away the! attempted another mutiny. Columbu. had difficulty in queIling this, but aft CT a few days Pinzon saw a flock O
 parrots flying south and after a tall with Columbus they decided that lanc must be near. At two o'clock the neX
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15
Proposed Park Ha Wonderful Scenery and Con tains the Worlds Biggest Trees-Trees Which Were
 Centuries Old When Columbus sDisCOVeredAmeriC
Copyright, 1919 The International Syndicate.

of the most beautiful in America, abounding in splendid streams, str;k- ing ridges, flower bestrewn meadows and as the summers are practically rainless an ever increasing number of adventurous Nature lovers penetrate into the fastnesses of this region.
 The Sequoia National Park is a big tree park in every sense of the word. The pines, frs and cedars are the largest of their kinds and there are more than million of big trees known as Sequoia Washingtonia. Writing Of these trees John Muir says, "The Sequoia Gigantea is Natures forest masterpiece, and, so far as know, the greatest of living things. It belongs to an ancient stock, as it's remains in old rocks show, and has a strange air of other days about it, a thoroughbred look inherited from the long ago-the auld lang syne of trees Once the genus was common, and with many species hourished in the now desolate Arctic regions, in the in terior Of North America, and in Flu rope, but, in long eventful wanderings from climate to climate only two species have survived the hardships they had to encounter, the gigantea and sempervirens, the former now re- stricted to the western slopes of the Sierra. the other to the Coast Noun
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among groves of magnificent conifers, beside cool. glacial streams or beneath towering gray granite cliffs The Grand Sentinel, the largest of all these cliffs rises $500 feet above the river. North Dome and the Sphinx are still higher rocks. In the distance count less glacial lakes reflect the blue of the sky, and hundreds of rivulets fall ing from austere heights dance down the canyon to the alpine zone where bloom the fragrant meadows.
 Two miles above the Grand Sentinel the Kings Canyon bends abruptly northward and Paradise Valley begins. Here, too. are wonderful trout-hlIed streams, groups of big trees and sIop- ing meadows. Few visitors to the Sierra are content with a glimpse of one region and after visiting the Kings Canyon they desire to see it's south ernly neighbor the Kern and Kaweah watersheds. The Kern River Canyon Is the southernmost of the great Yose- mite-like gorges of the Sierra Nevada For thirty miles it cuts straight through the range. an enormous gash between the Sierra and Great Western Divide. Its walls rise from two to four thousand feet above the river. are wonderfully colored and sculptured and the effects of light and shadow are remarkable. At the end two lakes nearly fill the floor from wall to wall and reflect the cliffs. forests and sky. Few regions of the West present such opportunities for lovers of wild scenery and the impressive beauty of sheer precipices. steep snowf1elds and lofty summits that challenge approach inspire and elevate. Many Sierra sum- mits are guarded by precipices but the majority can be reached by experi- enced mountain climbers. Some peaks have never been explored and as they are guarded by wild regions and treacherous cliffs it may be long before their summits are reached
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

Cathay. He tried to interest the King of England, the King of Portugal. the King of France and the King of Spain, but each one refused. During all these refusals his hair grew gray and he seemed like an old man, but he never gave up his one great idea. He married Philippa PerestreIo, daugh ter of the governor of Porto santa, one of the Azores and went to live with his father-in-law. While at the government house he had access to many charts which seemed to confirm his theories and had some correspond ence with an Italian named ToscaneII. who was of the same belief. After the death of his father-in-law, he went to Portugal and tried to get King John to help him but the latter refused. Then for seventeen years he labored to get people to believe in his theories and came to the verge of starvation, eking out a bare subsistence by draw ing maps and charts.
 King John was 8 sort of politician and after he had secured all the in formation from Columbus he fitted out a fleet of his own who were to sail according to the charts of Columbus and if they succeeded he would be
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able to keep the entire spells for him self and deprive Columbus of his share. When the latter learned of this, it nearly broke his heart and he determined to leave Portugal forever. King Johns fleet put out to sea and very soon encountered a great storm and had to put back. The sailors hunted up Columbus and abused him, heaping all sorts of epithets on him for his "crazy ideas" His wife in the meantime died and taking his little boy Diego, he set out to try what he could do in Spain.
 Finds \ Friend
 Mentally weary and almost starved, he wandered to a convent near Palos where he begged food for the child. Friar Juan Perez was its head. This was in 1484. The friar on hearing Columbus talk took a liking to the man and invited some of the most learned men of Palos to visit "the man with one idea.'' Columbus in his youth had been handsome man but he had aged as the result of his failures for no man has ever shown more persist ence in his theories. The wise men of Palos disagreed with him. The Friar. however, began to feel that perha ps
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celebrated is the General Sherman tree, which has been called "the old est living thing" This Is in the Giant Forest It is 27s feet high. Closely following 1t comes the Abraham Lincoln, 27O feet high. and the Will liam Mckinley, 291 feet high. The diameter of the last tree Is, however, less than that of the General Sherman. In the Muir Grove the largest tree is the Dalton, 292 feet high. The Gar field Grove contains the California, 260 feet high. None of these have the thirty-six feet diameter of the Gen eral Sherman.
 Nucleus Of Roosevelt Park
 This park will form the nucleus of the proposed Roosevelt National Park. It is entirely different from the new addition which is largely mountain top country. The Eastern boundary extends about seventy miles and is composed of the very crest of the highest of the Sierras. Mt. Whitney is II, ,501 feet and others approximate. There are wonderful lakes in the new area, innumerable streams, and the lerge Kern and Kings Rivers, which e3rm canyons that are second only to those of the Yosemite.
 Secretary Lane Enthusiastic Secretary Lane says: Tt has been in mind a long while that this Se- uuoia Park shouId he extended. This
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he was right and invited Columbus t0 stay at the Convent for some months. The Friar happened to be a friend of the rulers, Ferdinand and Isabella. who were at this time at war with the Moors.
 When Columbus first saw the rulers they were at an army camp at Cor dova. now known as one of the dead cities of Spain, yet one of the most interesting to the traveller. They had neither time to listen to Columbus nor money to spend on the voyage. So the disappointed man had to return to his map making. The Friar however. encouraged him and tried to enlist the sympathy of others but to no avail. Yet the faith of Columbus never fal- tered and he felt that somehow and sometime he could interest somebody in his theory. Reduced to the most abject poverty he spent much time in prayer and became a most pathetic figure. disappointed. growing old and after a while he came to fear that his dream might never be realized.
 In November, 1491 Columbus weakened from lack of food, came again to the convent and Friar Perez asked some sailors to come and talk W1JIl the man or one 1CG1, q name by which he was known. One of then was Martin AIonzo Pinzon, who be came so interested that he offered tc loan Columbus money to make a las appeal to the Spanish rulers.
 At Grenada
 Brenda was still in the hands of the Moors and both King and Queen were with the army, who was making { desperate effort to capture it. Frial Perez talked with Queen Isabelle again and she finally sent Columbu! sixty-five dollars with which he wa! to buy a mule and a suit of clothes to appear at Court. In the meantime Grenada fell into the hands of tho i Spanish and by January, 1492. tht Moors had fled from the Alhambra. Columbus again pleaded his cause before the Queen. She. however, wa not convinced, and the great discover CT was sent away. In silence he left but he had not gone far when severa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

reached there by crossing the desert. This discouraged the boy for he hoped to reach it by sea. Then Prince Henry the son of the king of Portugal de clared that he thought it might be reached by sailing around Africa and the Indies as India was then called, but Prince Henry's sailors failed.
 Columbus kept on studying plans and maps to reach this promised land. While at school he had read of a Greek named Pythagoras who said that the earth was shaped like an orange" As he grew older he came to the conclusion that if the old Greek was correct in his theory that Cathay might be reached by sailing west from Italy or Spain.
 By this time Columbus had reached the age of thirty, and was known in Genoa as a fine seaman. He still clung to the idea that the earth was round and after 9 time people began to thin k he was insane and when he went on the streets boys called him 'crazy ex- plorer."
 Royalty Turns Him Down
 His one desire now was to get the backing of some European ruler, who would fit him out for the trip 10
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

morning the watch on the Pint9 caught sight of a long low coast IT raised the cry of 'Iandi land!" With the old idea that might makes right Columbus with two of his chief men and some sailors to row the boat pulled away from the Santa Maria 10 take the land in the name of Spain
 Dreams Realized
 The people on shore were not dressed as the discoverer expected. fcr instead of being clothed in robes of velvet. they were almost nude, their bodies being covered by grease paint The place of landing was on one Of the coral islands of the Bahama group now known as Watling's Island. Co., lumbus knew that he had failed to find Cathay. but hoped that this land was of far more vaIue.
 He at once made out 9 report which he carried back to the Queen. It read as follows: Have planted the stand ard of Spain in a country which eXcels all others as far as day surpasses the night in splendor. The natives love | their neighbors as themselves; their conversation is the sv. v.eetest inagin- able; their faces smiling and so gentle and affectionate- that I swear to your ! !Highness there Is not a better people in the world
 l This is a strange statement to read i at the present day when one knows i the history of the Indians for the pasI centuries. and yet it leads one to be- Iieve that all their cruelty and treach- cry must have been learned from the white man. Columbus theory had been vindicated and he was a happy man. He returned to Spain, taking with him several natives as exhibits and was received with great honor.
 Dies Fricnd1ess
 But alasI this man who was loaded with honors in 1492 was friendless in 1A96 for politics existed in those days as they do at present and the intrigues against him are too long for the short space of newspaper article. Suffice it to say that after Columbus had served some time in prison he died on May goth. 15O6, aged sixty years, a perfect example of the faith of glory leads but to the grave.''
 It was years after that, the world began to do him honor, and today Discovery Day, October 12th. is ser apart in his memory and statues and monuments have been erected n his honor in every part of the world. His faith in his theory was greater than that shown by any other man known and he will always be looked upon as one of the worlds greatest heroes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

tains and both to California, excepting few groves of redwood which ex- tend into Oregon.
 Centuries Old When Columbus Sailed!
 It is not easy to account for the colossal size of the sequoias. The largest are about 300 feet high and 30 feet in diameter. Who of all the dwellers of the plains and prairies and fertile home forests of round headed oak and maple. hickory and elm, ever dreamed that earth could bear such growths, trees that the fa- nothing about-lonely. silent, serene. with a physiognomy almost Godlike; and so old, thousands of them still living had already counted their years by tens of centuries when Colum bus set sail from Spain and were in the vigor of youth or middle age when the star led the Chaldean sages to the infant Saviour's cradle. As far as man is concerned they are the same, yesterday, today, and forever emblems of permanence"
 Giant Trees
 These trees are in twelve groves scattered throughout the park and be tween them are open glades carpeteC with wild flowers. Among the sequoia trees of all sizes, twelve thousand of them have attained great size and are over ten feet in diameter The most
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usual size and majesty. Lofty peaks abound. Interesting volcanic phe- nomena add to it's picturesquenes and scientific significance. I know of no country of similar magnificence whose Businesses can be penetrated and en- joyed with similar comfort because of the practical absence of rain during the summer months. Few trail travel CTS carry tents"
 Ideal For Camper
 As a rule one summer spent in this locality is the precursor of many and intrepid mountain climbers and other adventurous spirits have spent sum- mer after summer travelling over ac- cessible trails or on unfrequented paths where piled-up rocks at inter- vals indicate the way. The Kings River Canyon may serve either as the scene of summer outing or as a start ing point for innumerable trips. It is unequalled for quiet camping
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

is the natural extension of it. This development is going to take place sometime. It might just as well take place now. The name that is suggest ed for the park, naming this the Roosevelt Park, particularly appeals to me, and, particularly, I think ap- peals to the West" And again Seen lcally this country is uneXceled of its kind in the United States. Its eastern
 boundary follows the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. from a point tifty-five miles below the Yose- mite National Parks boundary south ward to and including the climax of the Sierra, which is the mountain grouping in the neighborhood of our loftiest summit. Mount Whitney. In kind it is similar to Yosemite, but diff fers materially in variety. climax and particularly in the extraordinary mass ing of peaks. Its small glaciers are many. Its granite cirques have un-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

A& HERE Is every reason to believe A we will have a Roosevelt Ma A tional Park situated in California.
 | The bill to establish this park has passed the Senate and bills have been introduced into the new Con- gress. There has also been a hearing on the project before the House Com rnittee on Public Lands. The pro- posed park will include the Sequoia National Park consisting of two hun dred and sixty-f7ve square miles and created in 1890, and the country north and east of this park. It is accessible by trail from the Giant Forest and comprises a large area of mountain top country approXimating 1885 square miles, making a total area Of 1.600 square miles.
 The Sequoia National Park has been popular with visitors ever since it's creation. The country to be added has for it's Eastern boundary, the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in a part where there is extraordinary rnassing of peaks. Mt. Whitney is one of these and it is the highest noun tain in Continental United States proper The area contains many glaciers, giant cirques and sorges that exceed the Yosemite in beauty. Great and small rivers run through extraor- dinary canyons. The country is one
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ga HERE Is every reason to believe we will have a Roosevelt Ma tionaI Park situated in California.
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