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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
THE MULLET FISHERIES OF. THE SALTON SEA

inhabit the sea by tens of thousands, rearing their young on the several volcanic islands, and making daily ex- cursions to the Gul fof California for their food. Isolated mountain lakes are known to have been thus stocked with trout, and probably the fish of the Ealton Sea were carried there in the same manner.
 In short time a considerable col ony of fishermen began to appear on the shores of the Salton Sea. Expcr- iments by several large packing plants at Los Angeles with the can ming of mullet also met with a high degree of success. Due to the terri fife summer heat of the Salton basin, the temperatures often going as high as 125 deg, the fish are iced aboard the fishing boats as soon as they are taken from the water. The fisher men work in canopytopped boats, and in the water as much as possible for the purpose of keeping cool. The fish are landed on Mullet Island, where the receding of the sea has made possible the building of motor road connect ing it with the land. They are then trucked to Niland, on the Southern Pacific line, for shipment to the can ming plants and markets.
 Just what the future of the Salton Sea fishing industry wltl be, no one can say until an accurate water sur vey and analysis of the water is made from samples taken from various DOT tions of the lake and extending over a period of years. At present, the sea has a maximum depth of about 45 ft., and it is already well known that the salinity varies at different depths as we'll as in different locali- ties according to the distance from sources of fresh-water supply. If the Salton Sea should eve F again attain the degree of salinity that it possess ed prior to the flood of 1905, it is probable that the fishing industry would be automatically terminated by the perishing of the fish. The fisher men and old residents about the sea, however scoff at the idea that the sea will ever go dry, or even recede to the point of increasing the salinity beyond the endurance of the fish. They believe that the water is now holding it's own against evaporation losses. Last year the sea receded 4 1-2 it., and then without any aparent reason rose again it. With the con- stantly increasing irrigation area of the Imperial Valley and the develop ment of additional irrigation projects along the Colorado River, an ever-in- creasing volume of overflow water will be drained into the Salton Sea to freshen its waters and maintain its Ilevel. -,@ r..... ."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
Incredible Names.

Speaking of "burdensoIne" names, Stray Stories tells of one Arthur Pep per of Liverpool, England, who' be- slowed upon his infant daughter name that comprised every letter in the alphabet, running from Anna to Yetty Zeno. '
 It Seems surprising that the names of Dickens characters, odd though they were, should be found in real life; for 1t was from life that many of them were taken. Some, as is known, were copied from the names of signs over business places; but that was not the novelist's only source of selection. John Forster, his biographer, found among his papers carefully drawn list of names, with the sources from which he obtained them. Some of the names are too extravagant for any thing but reality: Jolly Stick, Bill Marigold, George Muzzle, William Why, Robert Gospel, Robbin Scrubban, Sarah Goldsacks. Catherine Two, So- phia Doomsday, Rosetta Dust and Sally Gimblett.-Youth's Companion.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
COTTON IN EGYPT AND ARIZONA

During the recent inspection tour of the Imperial Valley cotton growers over the Salt River Valley under the auspices of the Maricopa Farm Bur eau, K. D. McMicken, who has just returned from special trip over the cotton lands of Egypt, gave a most interesting address on the cotton practices of the Egyptians. Some of the items of interest and worth have been taken from this address and brief comparisons made with Arizona practices by R. S. Hawkins, Assistant Agronomist of the University of Ari- zona, who, with Dean Working, ac- companied the cotton growers over the valley:
 Arizona is not the only place on the map that raises long staple cot ton. We must not forget that we are relatively new at raising this type of cotton and that We can we'll afford to take some lessons from Egypt's hund- red years of experience in growing long staple cotton and apply them to our own conditions. This year Egypt has two million acres of long staple cotton, which is about ten times as much as Arizona has. Although the soil of the Nile valley is very fertile, a three-year rotation, with cotton grown one year out of the three, is consistently followed. Arizona must in time fall in line with Egypt's lead in this respect.
 '1n the main the irrigation practic- es of Egypt tally pretty closely with the best practices in the Salt River Valley. They too dwarf the cotton in the early stages by holding off the water in order to force more fruiting instead of vegetative growth. After blooming, their irrigations are light but numerous enough to keep the cot ton growing steadily, eleven or twelve irrigations being put on in season with total of 3.6 acre feet on an average.
 Sandy soils are not considered good cotton soils in Egypt, and cotton is seldom planted on anything but heavy clay soils that are extremely hard to handle, but produce cotton in abundance. A dozen seeds or so are planted in place, so that the young plants can force their way through this sort of a soil In the ordinary year our heavy soils, especially in the Santa Cruz valley, do not produce as much cotton as those with considera. ble sand in them simply because they do not warm up early enough in the spring, and the young plants do not
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

Developing profitable fishing in- dustry, and marketing ocean fcod fish from brine-pickled pool of constant ly varying salinity and water levels, far below the level of the oceans and in the midst of a blazing desert, is an accomplishment of man that is worthy of attention. This newest of American fisheries, which has recent ly commanded the attention of both state and federal scientists, is in the. Salton Sea of southern California, where the industry has grown up un- der some of the most adverse and ex- traordinary conditions existing in any fishing enterprise.
 The lSalton Sea is one of the rost mysterious of all the worlds inland brine pools. With it's surface at this writing 257 it. below ocean level, and its waters at times approaching six fold the salinity of sea water, it has often been termed the Dead Sea of America. It is the lowest body of water on the face of the western hem isphere, and the lowest on earth with the exception of the Dead Sea of Pal estine.
 Little is known of the fish life of the Salton Sea prior to the las. break in the Colorado River dykes. It is definitely known, however, that at the time the sea was something like six times as salty as ocean water, and this fact alone would have precluded the possibility of fish living in it's waters. In 1905, the river overflowed its banks, cutting two channels to the Salton Sea which are now known as the Ne wand Alamo rivers. The flood carried 16O,0OO,OOO cu- it. of water which it emptied into the Sal ton Sea, freshening the water, raising its level, and greatly extending it's area.
 Several years after the flooding of the Salton Sea the salt water mullet, a desirable food fish, of the identical cursions to the Gulf of California for mia, and other Pacific waters from Monterey southward, made it's ap- pearance in the sea. Two theories are advanced by scientists to account for the occurrence of the fish. The first is that they had swum from the Gulf of California into the fresh wa ters of the Colorado River, and were carried down into the Salton Sea by the flood. This theory, however does not seem acceptable, inasmuch as the fishermen declare there is no authen. tic record of the saltwater mule, swimming up into the fresh water of streams. The second theory, anc the more plausible one, is that the Salton Sea was stocked with fish by the white peicans. These great birds
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

make business of growing much un- til we'll along into the summer.
 "The Egyptians look with much disfavor upon cotton plant that grows to be higher than three to three and one-half feet. Their aim is to grow a short, bushy plant with very little vegetative growth and an abun dance of fruiting branches.
 Many of our Arizona fields of cot ton look as though they were being grown for ensilage instead of for cot ton. True, it is hard to hold down the rank growth on some of our more fer tile soils, but by. proper irrigation thinning, and spacing, much can be done to keep the cotton within bounds.
 "Cotton is picked very clean Tn Egypt when compared with the Ari- zona practice. Our labor systen; un- doubtedly is largely responsible for this condition. Cotton pickers in the Nile valley get 50 cents per day since the war. In this country laborer IS paid according to the number ol pounds of cotton and dirt that he can get together. Heretofore our cotton has not been discriminated against to any extent on account of the dirt, but if the dissatisfaction that comes from the cotton mills of the eastern part of this country is any criterion, we may we'll expect it. {
 "That the cotton growers of Egypt know how to grow cotton is proven by the fact that in spite of the terrible ravages of the pink boil worm, which is very bad in Egypt, they are able to produce more lint per acre than we have been producing in Arizona. In 1918 the average production of lint in the Nile valley was 366 pounds pel acre, while that in Arizona ran around 250 pounds.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
Thrifty? Yes

The other day an Indianapolis law yer took one of his women clients out to lunch. He, being discreet, decided to say nothing about the event to his wife. But the tattling friend who al- ways learns of such affairs told wifey instead, and that evening he was duly scolded for this misdemeanor.
 "But you sometimes go out to lunch with men who are our friends" pro- tested her husband, land I don't ob- ject. I can't see why you should ob- ject. Now, what is the difference be- tween yout going and my going in this way?" s
 "Why, the difference is in the bill,'' smiled the wife. "One way you save it and the other you pay it."-Indian- apolis News.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
"CENTER" OF BRITISH EMPIRE
Unprstsntieus Dwelling In London Houses the Real Rulers of Great
 Commonwealth of Nations.

For POO years a severely plain and unpretentious three-story brick dwell. ing has become widely known through out the world as Britain's central of flee of the diplomatic service. "No. 10 Downing street" refers to one of London's historic houses on the so' called "street of power" which nestles close to the confines of Whitehall. There have dwelt therein celebrities, such as Walpole, Pitt, Chatham, Can. ming, Disraeli and Gladstone. In all, no fewer than fifty ministers have lived there.
 Sir George Downing, after whom the thoroughfare is named, was the son of a London barrister, a nephew of Governor Winthrop of Massachu. setts colony, and a graduate of liar
 yard, who obtained the house as a gift from Charles II as reward for unusual service performed by him while he was representing his country in Holland. He had emigrated to America at the age of fourteen and when he left Harvard, In 1646, youth of twenty-one, he became an itinerant preacher in the West Indies. Shortly afterward he returned to England and became a chaplain in Colonel Okey's regiment. As faithful Puritan, who later in life assured Charles II that he saw the error of his ways due to the principles imbibed during his stay in New England, he shortly afterward en- rolled under Cromwell as a scout mas ter.' r
 After Downing's death, when the lease on the building lapsed to the crown, the property was given to the Hanoverian minister, Count BOthma, by George II, and, when the count died
 was rendered to Walpole, who accept. ed 1t on condition that the house should forever remain the residence of Brit. t'ain's minister's. ti5
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
ARIZONA
 STATE FAIR OCT. IA.

Prescott, July 24.rThe Eighth an nual Northern Arizona State Far, will be held at Prescott October 14, 15 and 18th. The officials of the As sociation expect to make this years fair the most successful from every standpoint that has ever been held.
 H. D. Aitken we'll known through out the State of Arizona succeeds R. N. Fredericks, as the president of the Association. Owing to the pressure of personal affairs Fredericks, who has served the fair faithfully since it's inception, will be unable to give hls time as president for this year, all though his support and cooperation will be with the fair from start to finish. The other officials are: A. A. Johns, vice-president; Frank e. Brown, treasurer; G. M. sparkes~, ~ sec retary and J. M. Barrett, assistant secretary. The county vice-presi- dents are: Apache county, Fred T. Colter; Coconino, Lou Charlebois: Mo have, A. M. MacDuffee; Navajo, Ed. Sawyer; Yavapai, w. w. Midgley. The Boards of Supervisors of the five northern counties comprise the Exc cutive committee of the Association. In all departments of the fair work, progress will be developed this year The nature of the Northern Arizona State Fair is purely educational, the stimulation and encouragement of ef- ficiency and excellence in the products of Northern Arizona being the prim. purpose of the Association. This fair has grown from a "baby" tent fair into one of the leading institutions of the State, with permanent build ings in whic to house the wonderful
 agriculture, horticultural, livestock mining, art, educational, culinary and needle work from the northern tier of counties.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
sHEHfFf's sxLE
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
 ON FORECLOSURE.
Plaintiff.

ON FORECLOSURE.
 JOHN BOYLE. Plaintiff. AGNES H. SMITH and ANsoN H.
 Under and, by virtue of an order of sale and decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of the Superior Court of the County of Mohave, State of Arizona, on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1920, in the above entitled action, wherein JOHN BOYLE, the above named plaintiff. ob- against ANSON H. SMITH and AGNES H. SMITH, defendants, on the 22nd day o9 April, A. D. 1920 for the bf $3941.67, in United States gold cofnNbe- cree was, on the End day of April, A. D. 1920 rendered in said action, I am conn
 manded to sell all that certain iand, property and premises, situate, lying and being in the County of Mohaye, State of Arizona, and described as E3l- lows, to-wit: D..
 The northwest (N. W.) quarter A-4, of the northeast (N. E.) quarter C1-4) of Section twenty-five (25), Township
 twenty-one (21) north, range seventeen CID west, less two (2) acres in the
 northeast (N. E) corner of said tract; Also the south half 1-2) of the north | east (N. E.) quarter G-4) of Section | twenty-five (25), township twenty-one tSlD LII, INdHSt seventeen west, | less two (2) acres near the middle of I the northern line of the southeast IS. E.) quarter G-4) of the northeast (N. E.) quarter G-D of said above describ- | ed section, fronting on Ford Street, Richard subdivision; Also south half (1-2) of Section twen- | ty-five (26) Township twenty-ons t3lD | north Range seventeen (17) west, G. & | s. R. M., said tracts of land contain
 ing a total of four hunderd thirty six | (436) acres. | together with all and singular the tene- | ments, hereditaments and appurtenances
 thereunto belonging, or in anywise ap- pertaining. Public notice is hereby given that on | the 9th day of August, A. D. 1920, at | 10 o'clock A. M. of that day, in front
 of the court house door of the County | of Mohave, I will, in obedience to said | order of sale hnd decree of foreclosure | and sale, sell the above described prop
 erty, or so much thereof as may be nec-
 essary to satisfy said judgment, with
 interest and costs, etc, to the highest | and best bidder for cash.
 Dated July 16. 1920. .a
 ". w. P. MAHoNEY, | -. EfFtE Sheriff. { . By JAMES CURTIN,A, Deputy Sh<fN
 1st insertion July IT .A
 Last insertion Aug. 6.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

Dorothy Gish in a comedy drama di- rected by her sister, Lillian Gish, in one of the funniest pictures ever made. She married "gay dog to make him a one woman man. But he broke his leash and went trotting around with a pretty manicure lady and bold bad beauty. with black bag, and that is where Dorothy gets in her work and now, at her slightest word, he sits right up and says, "Woof" Don't miss it. 1arS h,s0 slapstieA comedy by "snub" Pol
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

The novel by David Graham Phillips of college and political life Love un- worthily bestowed is the motif of t'The Cost. This strong picture enjoyed a big patronage at Grauman's Million Dol lar Theatre at Los Angeles and was Judged by the critics as being one of the best photoplays of the season. The acting is all that it should be and the settings are most elaborate Tiffany,s fine jewelry store being used as the background of one of the settings. Also a two part Sennett slapstick, which will make you ache from laughing.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

Here we have a favorite in another good one. Of all the swift moving, heart stirring hair raising, fascinating things you ever saw, this heads the list. In tnls you will see the work of a man. who is possessed not only of brawn to execute, but of braini to conceive and who throws into his work an enthus- 1asm that amounts to genius Here are some Of the most daring feats of skill passed on a story of keenest human in- terest with charming love theme. Al so Coedyart production, that is bound to please.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

An exciting, thrilling mystery story With athletic Geo. Walsh in the title role. He in spirit of adventure meets well known medium, who tells him about the girl he will marry when tbo ponce appear upon the scene, he climbs up the fire escape and enters another room, where he finds al beautiful girl standing mortified beside the body of a man. The police enter, this room and then the play starts Also a scenic of the South Seas by Martin Johnson.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
Eggs Is Eggs

"What became of the scheme to stamp the date on eggs before they were put into cold storage" asked the old Fogy. q haven't seen a stamped egg in five years"
 "No," replied the Crouch. "The ink fades six or seven years after it is stamped on an ."-Cincinnati En- quirer.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

Douglas Fairbanks made this picture out from Holbrook and has as part of his support the Hopi Indians, this is the f1rst time that anyone has been able to get this tribe of Indians to perform betore the camera. It took a long time and patience to accomplish this but Doug and his welcome smile finally ocvercame their prejudice. This. picture IS the pest ever produced by Doug you, By all means do not miss it.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
|II IANG,s T HEArR E. PROGRAM FOR WEEK ENDING JULY s23RD

A comedy drama, a story of an orphan girl who had been sent to an old couple in place of boy and she leads them merry chase. The mistress of the house is very hard and crusty, she for bids Ann from going to a picnic. Ann having never been out to a social gath ering in her life, steals out through a window, with ice cream and cake upper most in her mind Whens he comes up- on what she thinks is a sick kitten, but erally is skunk and then she wonders why everybody is running away.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24

A story of romance and the glamor of beautiful girls. A fascinating comedy drama of Lombardi in Fifth Ave. dressmaking establishment, where SO ciety comes after their silken creations
 Yet he couldn't sew but he had a world
 of dreams, until he found that his bus iness is nearly ruined and then he was awakened from his dreams by his able assistant and he comes to himself. A pleasing picture. Also another chapter of that thrilling serial. IT,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
Limeriskshaw

Limeriskshaw There was young lady named Jessup, Whose sole aim in life was to dress up But her numerous beaux Were afraid to propeaux- "It's the price of her heaux," they would fessup.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
One Hundred Per Cent

The men are very learned, and the
 men are very wise; Of course, there isn't very much es-
 capes their eagle eyes! And their per cent of ignorance is
 probably quite small, But the women have them beaten-for
 the women know it all!
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
Married

"When he was courting me, he'd coo to me for hours" ~ ;. : Yes 2" .,,3a,. ,, ttssrs, 5. 4. T never dreamed he'd holler at me" ."--Detroit Free Press.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-07-24
The Focal Point

First Movie Director-Why on earth was Jenkins arrested?
 Second Movie Director-The Inter nal Revenue Department found him making a "still' in his studio.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-12
AMBER FORMED BENEATH SEA
Natural Resin of Pines Turned Into
Precious Material by the Action
of the Elements.

The worlds supply Of amber, that
rare and therefore precious substance,
the gold of the NORTH" as 1t has been
called, comes from the coast of Sam
land In the eastern Prussian PENN
sula, between the towns of Burstrort
and Palmnicken, and here the shafts
of a famous mine run out under the
Baltic and the miners are actually
working under water. Ages ago the
country was a land OF pine forests
which the ocean overwhelmed; the
pine trees vanished beneath the sur
face of the sea, and then, century by
century, the wood became fossiliZed
and the natural resin of the pines was
turned into amber. Millions of years
were needed to transform the resin
into amber, and the search for amber
has developed romantic and picturesque
episodes like those that have become
part and parcel of the story of gold
and diamonds. An amber mine, how
ever is not necessarily under water,
and there Is an Open-air mine at Palm
nfcken where amber is dug for in much
the same way as diamonds are sought
in the mines of Kimberley. In nor
NAL times this one mine provides Oc-
cupatiOn for abOnt 5000 amber
seekers
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-12
HAVE SIMILAR FINGER MARKS
important Discovery Made by Call
fornia Professor as to Pecuiarites
Of Family Groups.

Prof. J. A. Larson instructor Of
physiology in the University Of Cali
fornia, announced a new discovery in
likely to have remarkable influence
on many important cases that con-
Germ the law courts Of California.
Briefly, Professor Larson's discovery
indicates that a similarity of finger
prints among members of a family Is
sufficiently marked TO enable scientists
to trace family groups and determine
positively whether q given individual
is really a member of the family to
which he claims relationship.
The Importance Of the discovery in
probate cases such as the Slingsby case
is obvious.
Should DR.. Larson's new discovery
be accepted by law and science, the
Slingsby decision may be reversed, as
well as many other analogous cases.
DR.. LarsOn's Investigations began in
1913 at the Boston university.
"Since that time / have examined
prints of members of approximately
100 families" he said, land | am salts
fed in my own mind that such a
means of identification is possible. /
am preparing detailed reports of my
work now in order that science may
be benefited by my discovery. Before
1 complete this, however, I expect to
investigate the prints of fifteen or
twenty additional families so as to re-
move all doubt as to the accuracy of
my discovery. San Francisco Chron-
icle