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tackled the entire feet of five Federal war
vessels in Hampton Roads. It had destroyed
two Of these. run another one. the Minnesota,
aground and had then returned to its
chOTage.
On the day Of the battle with the Monitor
the Merrimac was calmly coming up the Roads
with the intention Of destroying the other YES
sells Of the Federal fleet. Then the plan was
to send this redoubtable fighter to Philadel-
phia New York and Boston one after the
other, and to destroy those cities If the North
refused to make peace. The Confederacy was
confident that nothing afloat could stand
against its new craft.
It was against this seemingly invincible
floating fort that the little Monitor was sent
The Nc nitor had been built around New
York or Brooklyn. from the plans Of Capt.
Ericsson . Swedish engineer. Federal spies
had reported progress Of work the Mer-
rimac. and the Union Government had pushed
work On the Monitor rapidly possible.
The Monitor was q single turret mounted on
. boat whose deck was awash with the level
OF the water. The deck was ironclad. In
the turre two 11-inch Dahlgren cannon,
which through portfolios The tur-
ret revolvIA ID the guns could be brought to
bear and fire in any direction. The sides Of
the boat were under water. and the only target
furnished by the Monitor was the turret This,
being round. would defect any shells which
might strike. Il ives upon this little Yankee
Cheese Box on . Raft" that the Federals
pinned their faith and hopes They had COM
pleted the little vessel and had sent It down
into Hampton Roads. where it had arrived just
in time to head OF the Merrimac IN its maiden
fight.
4 AcKENZIE didn't know much about the why
lVI and the wherefore. His duty was to
sight that gun and TO pull the trigger cord
when the flrst gum captain said go"
I'VE steamed right toward the Merrmac, and
the Merrimac seemed just as anxious to get
to us as we did to it," says Mckenzie I'VE
fred as we went, and SO did the Merrimac.
II saw one OF our big IL Inch shells strike the
side Of the Merrimac. Il just bounced OF up
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Of quitting. After the first few minutes q Aght
We had grown confident. After the big fighter
had rammed and we had bObbed on like .
cork, we decided we could not be injured in
that manner and thereafter did not have
much fear Of the outcome.
The Monitor small and easily ham
died that We could maneuver ali around the
Merrimae and could shoot pleased.
Sometimes we were only q few yards apart.
At other times We were half mile or %
from each other.
Finally after three or four hours Of fight
ing. the Merrimac seemed to have had enough.
Anyway, she steamed on toward the south,
and didn't see her any more. We went to
Fortress Monroe.
I'VE had shown the world something new in
naval warfare. We had made the American
Navy the superior Of the combined navies of
all nations. We had revolutfonized war ON
the ocean and had sent to the junkheap the
great nayies Of England and all other cossa-
tries.
And we had done it with Yankee Cheese
Box on q Raft"
4 AcKENzE Is q Scotchman from Green0ck,
M Scotland, where he was born February
n, 1S4l His people were seafaring people,
and he early went to sea, cruising all over the
world Two or three times he went round
Cape Horn, made India . couple of times,
crossed the Pacific the Indian and the At
lantic Oceans, and IN July. 1851, when 10
years old, found himself in Brooklyn, u. Y,
where he had just left British ship. The
American Civil War getting wen started
and q desire for adventure caused Mckenzie TO
get into the fight, although he was n0e' an
American.
After the war Mckenzie drifted "out West.N
He was employed the Fort Peck, Mont,
Indian reservation for . year or two. Then
he trapped for several years. He settled dOwn
q farmer in Dixon County married, and
had children. The wife and the children died
So did his relatives In Scotland He was left
alone.
Efforts to obtain . pension for the old man
have failed His papers were lost in Q fire
in Eimira. NJ r.. some time after the close OF
the war. He was young In those years and
didn't care whether or not he had discharge
papers. He independent, and he didn't
want . pension. Sixty years aftervard It was
too late.
But there's one thing" says ttae old man,
I'D like to see one Of these modern battle
ships. with its turrets and big guns. They tel
me they're Is big % . city block and biggor.
And the pictures show that they are, too
But don't believe there's anything aGOae
that can whip the little old Monitor. knew
there wasn't 1t the time when We fought the
Merrimac."
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Marriages in Nee0 Mexioc.'
(CoDyrtsht. iesl.I

FAMILY life seems to be the gain in NeW
] Mexico. Figures for 1850 indicate an In.
Grease Of IS per cent in marriages over leaa,
tho total being S.Tl1. At the same time those
already married were . Iittle less likely 10 seek
tho divorce c0urtA the number granted heinz
no. which was per cent under 1879 hgwM
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uT HERE was little lull in the fighting.
Our chief engineer and two or three of
the crew were leaning against the side Of the
turret. taking . moments rest Suddenly there
was the biggest commotion ever heard A
roaring and grinding and all hell seemed to
have broken loose. The engineer and
the men who had been leaning against the tur-
ret seemed to have been shot out Of Q cannon
themselves. They were knocked to the other
side Of the turret, where they landed with such
force that they were rendered temporarily un-
conscious. Merrimac shell had hit the tur-
ret just outside Of where the men were stand
ing. That shell almost knocked our turret on,
the engineers told us the next day.
"A splinter from q shell came through our
port Had it been the shell Itself It would have
sunk U.s. But It did no damage.
"Comdr. Worden was in his pilot house
maneuvering the shin. A shell struck and
blinded him. He was taken from the tower
and Lieut. Greene took his place. Worden was
not seriously injured, but was unable to con-
tnue In the pilot house. did not see this, Of
course. but was todd about It while the fight
was i'm progress.
Hour after hour the fight went ON. Both
sides wanted to fight and there was no thought
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conclusions.

in the air and struck the water beyond her.
She not damaged.
In our turret it began to get hot. Each Of
our guns was manned by eight men. including
tire two gun captains. OF which I the
end. That made 10 men IN the turret.
Il stripped on my shirt. So did the other
men. Therefore We fought naked to our waists.
The conclusion was great when our big
guns were fired that we had to stun cotton in
our ears to keep the eardrums from bursting.
And We had TO stand on our ttptoes to take up
SOME Of the jar. Otherwise. We would have
been thrown down at each shot.
I'VE were firing rs rapidly possible. Our
powder was put up I'm bags, one bag for each
shell After each shot the sponger would swab
out the gun, both to remove stray sparks Of fire
and to cool the metal q little. Then the shell
and bag of powder would be sent home, the
ramner would drive them in. would sight the
gun, the first captain would inspect the sight, I
would give the signal with my left hand for
everybody to get up on their toes and I'd pull
the trigger cord. Then the turret would roll
around. the other gun would come within range
Of the enemy and would be fired This process
would be repeated and again our gun would be
ready to fire. We would load up while the other
gun was being fired.
1T was sitting hot In the turret by this time
Once when went to sight gun, the big
Merrimac was almost upon US. Whereas we had
been firing shells timed to explode in i've sec
onds after leaving our guns, we were now shoot
ing shells with just two seconds timing That
shows how close we WERE
This time it looked like the Merrmac would
run down sure. And that's just what she
tried to do. She struck our deck with her great
steel bow, but we bobbed on just like q cork
bottle-stopper and fired as we passed One Of
the men declared our shot went into an open
port, bat didn't see it.
I'VE didn't furnish any sort Of target at all
for the gunnerS on the Merrimac and I'D to
this time we hadn't been hit with q she'll
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M0nit0r-Merr1mac Memories
Stirred as 90 Year-OM
Tim" McKen&ie Reconnts
HisPart in Struggle
Nearly 20 Years Ago;
an Event THAT CHANGED
the Whole Course of Sea
Wa,Jare.
BY r. X. PORTER.

n HE last known survivor of the crew
OF the famous Monitor in it's great
battle with the Confederate ram
Merrimac during the Civil War is
living in the Dixon County poor
house near P0nca Nehr He has
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animal Acfws.
Coatinued from Fourth Page

the required action. Then send the test to
the director for his O. K. and Peke and trainer
are signed to appear on the set.
For Western pictures we get horses from q
man who keeps them for that purpose. Some
are Just horses; others are trained to take
falls, make spectacular leaps, count, do danger
Gus and thrilling runs.
Payment for stunts varies according to
what Is required. Some horses make Q fall
for $50"
work in movies, but some trained dogs get as
much $3.50 q week
ITS worth while to pay high price for
dog that can do q scene in half an hour rather
than q low price for q dog that will take two
days" declared another oficial property man.
''The overhead on picture will run up to much
more than the money paid the clever dog"
The talented monkey you have often noticed
in pictures answers to the name Of Josephine.
She has been on the screen for 10 years and
belongs to one Gabriel Cannzono.
c NICE talkies came along, lion stuff must be
y shot on the Gay Lion Farm as Mr.. Gay
refuses to permit his lions to leave familiar
haunts. In silent days the crack Of . whip
the voice Of their owner could control an
oyerzealows. king Of beasts but with the silence
necessary to the microphone 1t will not de
to subject dangerous beasts to the excitement
Of strang, surroundings. .r
ST love lions" said w. s. Van Dyke, who
went to Africa to make much-talked-of-
jungle drama. They are so courageous. Moth
ing sneak1 about them One Of our men lost
an arm In. an ecounter in the jungle.
Another white hunter had marrow escape
when we were making the buffalo shots. He
was caught by the belt on the horn Of buf-
falo and tossed I'm the air. Those fellows
never seem to lose their nerve and this chap
was like the rest. while he was being tossed,
he took out his hip gum and shot the butIaAs."
<Copyright, 1881
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In due time Congress appropriated $50, 900
for the statue and the Grand Army of the Re-
public added $4,000 to this amount. The con-
tract for executing the work was awarded to
the sculptor, r. Simmons and Mrs. Logan made
q number OF trips to Rome during the progress
of the work there. April 9. 1901, the day of
the unwilling, marked a notable event in local
history. President William Mckinley and
Senator Chavncey NJ Depew were the orators
Of the day and other distinguished persons
were present to honor the man who was being
memorialized in bronze. It was also one Of
President McKinley's last public appearances
In Washington, for 1t was during the September
following that he was stricken down by the hand
Of an assassin at Buffalo, and the country lost
one Of its greatest and most beloved Presidents.
Senator Depew lived to be nearly - and died
I'm 1928.
THE STARS account of the unwilling written
just 30 years ego, says in part:
"In the presence of the President Of the
United States, the Cabinet, the widow and
relatives of the gallant soldier In whose honor
the memorial and ceremonies were planned, and
q distinguished company. the heroic bronze
equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan,
rep0sing the bronze pedestal In Iowa Circle,
was unveiled shortly before O'Clock this after
noon The sculptor, Mr.. Franklin Simmons.
accompanied by his wife. was also present The
exercises began at $50 O'Clock, and Master
George Edwin Tucker, q grandson of the hon.
ored warrior pulled the unwilling cord some
minutes later. The figure and horse, which
had been hidden during the day beneath the
folds Of large American flags, were revealed
amid cheering by . great multitude gathered
on the stand prepared for the guests Of the
occasion and about the base of the statue,
The presiding of1cer at the unwilling was
Gen. Grenville N. Dodge, president of the
Society Of the Army Of the Tennessee, who was
Gen. Logan's comrade in arms and who is the
only living general represented in the group on
the bronze pedestal showing Logan IN council
of war with his commanding ofncers. Gen.
Dodge paid high personal tribute to the dead
soldier.
I'm connection with the unwilling exercises
o military parade moved from the White House
shortly after O'Clock up Sixteenth street to
Rhode Island avenue and eastward on the latter
thoroughfare to Iowa Circle The column
served as escort to the President and the mem
bers Of his Cabinet who rode in carriages.
Gen. Francis L. Guenther, United States
Volunteers (Colored 4th United States Artillery,
acted as marshal and rode Immediately behind
o platoon of mounted police ut the head Of the
column. Gen. Guenther was accompanied by
IAesat. Col. John A. johnson, q. 8. A., chief Of
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tI E died few minutes before 3, surrounded
by members Of his family and friends
During his dying moments Mrs Logan, sup
ported by her son, stood beside the bed and
caressed her husbands face and head. upon
which the cold sweat Of death was gathering.
When it became apparent that the last mo-
ment was at hand DR.. John p. Newman
stretched out his hands over the bed and Of
fered q prayer. commencing the soul of the
dying man to God and asking consolation for
the bereaved family. When the prayer was
finished death had come and the silence of
the room was broken only by the sobs of the
wife and daughter.
There were present In the room at this
affecting death-bed scene, besides the members
OF the family and DR.. Newman, Gen. Sheridan,
Senator and Mrs. CuHum, Miss Cullun, Miss
Mary Brady, Senator Miller, Senator and Mrs.
Cockeren Gen. Raum, ex-Justice Strong Gen.
Beale, George Francis Dawson, Henry Strong,
A. B. Hall and Beach Taylor, the Senator's
secretaries; Gen. Thomas, Gen. Henderson and
Daniel Shepherd. After the Senator's death
Mrs. Logan was led away from the bedside by
by grief and exhausted BY her long vigil. The
ladies ministered to her comfort and induced
her to lie down and sleep.
'"His death was due to acute rheumatism.
o. ~ ENERAL LOGAN was always friendly
" to the District said Commissioner
webb this morning, speaking Of the death Of
the Illinois Senator. He was at the outset OPP
ri, .'t.T8-: HsFi,a II = ~ o - - $50
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Nogales international., 1931-12-30
TTT T MINIMUM NJ T I0TTT M
j. .. 'l|$1IiY 'II l|'E Rk 'IEYY'lI l
WALTER HOLM HERE

Walter Holm, Chicago representa-
tive of E. Lopez Mendez, arrived
here Monday on business and will
return to Chicago in a few days.
Holm is a former we'll known resi-
dent of Nogales.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
PEPPER GROWER

Arturo Herrera, tomato and pepper
grower from Bamoa, Sinaloa, ar
rived Thursday on business and will
return south in a few days.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Williamson
of Tucson and Mrs. Harold Penn
berton and daughter of Los Angeles
were visitors here Sunday Mr.. Will
hanson is an official of the Con-
solidated National Bank of Tucson.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
F. M. MANSON HERE

F. M. Manson was an arrival here
Saturday from Reno to spend a
few days with his son, James Man
son, manager of the Pacific Brok-
erage Company.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Bisbee Bids opened for road
work on Benson-Douglas route to
start three and five-tenths miles
northwest of city limits and extend
five-tenths mile southeast of Mule
Pass summit.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM KENTUCKY

Misses Clara Doty and Margaret
Fish of Crab Orchard, KY, visited
NogaleS friends Monday evening,
driving down to the border from
Tucson with Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart
White with whom they are spend
ing the holidays.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM MESA

Leonard Bradshaw, of Mesa, and
formerly employed at the local
Sanders store, returned to Nogales
Saturday and is now under the en-
ployment of the Deluxe cleaners.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
WEATHER

Maximum temperature the past
several days was 70 degrees Sum-
day and minimum, 81, Sunday.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

E. L. Juillerat, manager of Banco
Mercantil & Agricola, S. A., was a
business visitor at Magdalena Sum-
day.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Tovrea re-
turned Sunday from Phoenix where
they spent Christmas with Mr.. To-
vrea's daughter, Miss Dura Tovrea.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Mrs. Fritz Cora Wingo) of Ell
Paso left for her home yesterday
after spending the Christmas holi-
days with NogaleS relatives.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM DOUGLAS

Frank Hawkins of Douglas was a
visitor in the city Tuesday morning.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Tombstone Bids opened for con-
struction of road work in Tomb
stone Canyon between this place
and Bisbee.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Winslow- New Hotel Chief, in
building formerly occupied by How
ell Hotel, opened for business.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

The fire department yesterday an
awered a false alarm at Elm and
West streets.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM PHOENIX

Bill Stein of Phoenix spent sew
cral days this week in NogaleS
visiting friends and relatives.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM TUCSON

Chris Griffith returned Sunday
from Tucson where he spent several
days visiting with his wife and re-
latives.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

I. l. Ibacl1 of the Detroit Ra-
diator Works spent Christmas in
Tucson.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
TO LOS ANGELES

M. Pogash, who is associated with
the Arizona Furniture Co., return,
ed Tuesday from Los Angeles where
lie spent Christmas.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30
FROM FLORENCE

Bert Polly of Florence, Ariz., was
a business visitor here Sunday. and
Monday.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Leon F'onseca, tomato grower from
Verdura, Sinaloa, arrived Thurs
day on business and will return
touth in few days.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Carl Kellogg of Moreno Station,
Sonora, was here yesterday. He is
manager of the U. S. graphite mines
at Moreno.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Miss Ester Hawks, daughter of
DR.. Mile A. Wilston, well known
chiropractor, spent Sunday in Tue
son.
Frank D. Wilkey, Hermosillo, Son.
ora, banker, formerly of Nogales,
has been spending a few days in
the city.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

DR.. Dunlap Moore of the Inrni-
grafton Service is spending the holi-
days in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco.
Nogales international., 1931-12-30

Cy Marsteller was here from his
ranch near Tucson to spend Christ
mas with his mother, Mrs. NJ Mar
steller.
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Good-by TO old C0tfle Trails

inexhaustible supply Of grass, grass that was
almost man-high to Indian Territory, and
cattle fattened ON the trail. As 1t became
eaten down the drivers would turn them on
for q half mile or more and continue the direct
course. Thus new routes were continuously
being made.
Trails were made to Kansas through the
seventies and eighties, and these trails were
all called Chisholm trails. So important did
cattle trails seem to men of the Southwest
that at the great stockmen's convention IL
st. Louis In 1894 one Of the main issues was
that Of petitioning Congress to establish a
national trail. It was planned to extend
cattle road from Texas to the Canadian line
that would facilitate the moving of cattle from
the splendid breeding land of Texas TO the
grass country Of Kansas, Wyoming and Mon
tana But the Government knew, If the Tex
ans did not, that the great railroad systems
were fast spreading their rails and that the
cattle trails were to grow dim.
Over this region ny tranScontinenta1 and
Western air transport planes. Transcoiti-
mental trains on the Rock Island and Santa Fe
carry the tourists across this country so rich
in historical background. East and west, north
and SOUTH run splendidly maintained motor
highways through the heart Of the old COW
country
The machine age has transformed the cow
lands into wheat ranches; the tractor has sup
planted the cayuse: round-ups have surren-
dered to farm bureau picnics; civilization has
tanned the outlaws of the cattle paths, but
these sturdy remnants of a hardy era expect
to mark the empire their bravado and industry
won.
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Alaska Rich in Timber.

A LASKA bids fair to become one of the main
sources Of supply of timber and pulpwood
in the future, a survey Of the Territory's huge
forest areas made by the Forest Service indi-
Gates. The forests cover more than 10000, 600
acres, or as much territory as the combined
States Of Maine Missouri and New Jersey. It
Is estimated that within this huge area more
than 85,O00o00O00 board feet of saw timber are
available. In addition there some 50,000, 600
acres of interior forests suitable for industries
in Alaska itself. although perhaps not valuable
as an export source of wood.
The timber now standing is largely of hem
lock, spruce and similar types and compares
fayorably with the best grown in this country.
Large areas of timber suitable for palpwood
also are available and these, together with the
excellent water-power facilities Of the Terri
tory, make the future of the pulpwood industry
bright.
The numbering operations will be conducted
under strict Federal supervision, with q perrna-
nent supply one of the main considerations.
Only the best methods will be used and every
effort will be made to guard against disastrous
fires which have destroyed so much valuable
timber in the United States.
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Pocket G4bhers Prosper.

THIS modern life, which is taking much %
] the labor out Of the life Of the human
family meets with the approval Of the pocket
gopher, one Of the most destructive Of all
rodents. An the newer and better crops which
are raised find the gopher better and better
pleased. It has become SO that pocket gopher
hardly has to work at all to get living for
himself and his family AS result his family
has fourished numerically until now the pocket
gopher is perhaps the most widely distributed
of all types Of rodents in this country.
Alfalfa In particular is his oyster. This crop
is frequently raised for several years in one
field and two or more crops are grown annually.
The roots of the plant are an easy source Of
food for the gopher and he helps himself album
dainty.
The pocket gopher is not to be taken lightly,
however, for the annual damage probably ex-
ceeds that Of any mammal pest making the life
of the agTiculturist miserable The control OF
the pocket gopher is not dffheult, but must be
persistent Funigation of the underground
burrows, trapping and shooting are the MOST
effective methods of disposing of them, but lax
ness over a period of two or three years means
a vast increase in the number of the animals.