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Smyrna times., 1931-07-29
SHERIFFvS SALE
OF VALUABLE
r E. A l. E ST A r F.

BY virtue of writ of Levari Facias to
me directed. will be exposed to sale at the
Front Door of the Colonial Hotel, in the
Town of Smyrna. Kent County, State of
Delaware. on
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1881
At 200 P. M.
The following described Real Estate, to-
wit:
All that certain lot. piece or parcel of
land situated in the Town of Kenton. Kent
County and State of Delaware on the
northerly side of Main street, adjoining
lands of John Numbers, Sr., on the east.
lands of Alvin bigger on the west. lands of
John w. AttiX on the north and having
a frontage on Main street of about sixty
five feet. more or less, be the contents
thereof whatsoever they may. Being the
same lands which were assigned to the
said Leonard bigger on the tenth day of
December A. D. 1906, by the Orphans
Court in and for Kent County, as part of
the intestate real estate of Francis Green
we'll. deceased, sold on Partition Proceed
ings as appears of record in the Orphans
Court aforesaid at Dover.
The improvements thereon being two
story frame dwelling with out-buildings.
Together with all and singular the build
ings and improvements of every kind
rights, liberties. privileges. improvements.
hereditaments and appurtenances. whatso-
ever thereunto belonging or in any wise
appertaining.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of LEONARD BIGER. Mortgagor,
and will be sold by
AUSTIN D. SMITH. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Ofice. Dover. Delaware.
July 25. 1881.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29

Motorists should take note
of the severe penalties being
imposed upon drivers who
through recklessness, care
lessness or speeding cause the
death of pedestrians. Thous-
ands are being indicted for
manslaughter because the
speed at which they were
travelling when a fatal acci-
dent occurred constituted
criminal negligence.
No one who observes auto
mobile traffic can fail to see
that safe rates of speed are
often exceeded and that it is
chiefly watchfulness on the
part of pedestrians that pre-
vents many accidents in
which a charge of man
slaughter would ensue, justi-
flying severe punishment.
There is little doubt that
anany unavoidable accidents"
are due to neglect of drivers
to exercise reasonable care
the sort of care the law says
shall be used everywhere and
at all times.
Motorists cannot proceed in
congested areas as if no one
man, woman or child is ever
going to step Unexpectedly off
the sidewalk, or as if children
at play are never going to for
get to be cautious. The law
contemplates that car shall be
operated under proper control
and that due regard shall be
had for the fact that they op-
crate on highways where
there is always chance of acci-
dent. Were juries so dispos-
ed, strict enforcement of the
laws would find more motor
lists in jail than now 60 there
for disregarding their plain
intent.
All the more reason, then,
for pedestrians to look before
they leap, and for children to
stay off the streets. A thor
oughfare crowded with speed
ing cars is a poor place for the
pedestrian to assert his
rights.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29
SMYRNA JOINS LEGION HOSTS
CONVENTION IN WILMINGTON
Continued From Page One

Wilmington, alternate; Mrs. H. L.
Larson, of Wilmington, chaplain,
and Mrs. ]. P. Murphy. of New
Castle, historian. Mrs. William N.
Cam, Miss Harriet E. Rogers,
Mrs. Stephen Springer, Mrs. Jacob
Ehrlich and Mrs. William C.Speak-
man were elected delegates to the
national convention. Alternates
are Mrs. Joseph H. Martin, Mrs
John o. Bader, End, Mrs. John
Murphy, Mrs. Melvin Hopkins and
Mrs. Orville Little. A parade of
bugle and drum corps of many
Legion posts in Delaware and
neighboring states featured the
closing of the convention Saturday
night.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29

ing ships? If one nation
builds warships and another
nation follows in the sam I.
path they are practically as il
neither had these ships. But
nations never see that point
of view.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29

1t does seem odd during
these days when there is SO
much peace talk and debt talk
for some nations to continue
warlike preparations. For in
stance, Arthur Henderson,
the British foreign minister,
has delicately suggested that
France slow up OF halt the
construction Of her new twen-
ty-three thousand ton cruiser
in return for similar adj
journment Of Germany's
pocket dreaddaughts. The
United States has a consider
able naval building program,
but the United States is car
rying this out under terms Of
an agreement. The United
States is building for parity.
1t would not be surprising il
France and Germany did get
together on this and other
things. France, it is said, is
becoming convinced that the
plan proposed !.y President
Hoover with all it's implica-
tion would be better fol
France than to witness cha
otic scenes in Germany
France surely does not want
a turmoil next door. Anyhow,
could it be avoided by build
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29
The Smyrna Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
r. ID. HOFFECKER- Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July S.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which it
is a part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
Subscription price. sl.5o per year. strictly
In advance.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-29
Origin of ''Mugwump"

The word "mugwump" cannot be
said to have been coined. 1t is an
Indian word, meaning leader or big
chief. Eliot used Ii in translating
the Bible into an Indian tongue.
1t became a political term In the
1884 elections
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
FIVE J. $. COMMUNITIES
 ARE NAMED CHRISTMAS

Christmas is the name of five communities i'll the United States. There are communities named Christmas in Gila county, Arizona; Orange county, Florida; Lawrence county, Kentucky: Bolivar county, Mississippi, and Roane county, Tennessee.
 Tennessee also has 8 village named Christmasville in Carroll county. There is Christmas cove in Lincoln county, Maine, and a Christmas lake in Hennepin county, Minnesota.
 Indiana is the only State having a town named Santa Claus. It is in Spencer county. However, there is a St. Nicholas in Duvall county, Florida, and St. Nicholas in Stearns county, Minnesota.
 Study of the Atlas reveals three towns named Santee, one in Knox county, Nebraska, another one in Northampton county, Pennsylvan- ia. and another in Charleston coun- ty. South Carolina. There is also a Santee Bluff in South Carolina, in Williamsburg county.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
HANGAR ROOF ID BE PUT
 ON As SOON ks POSSIBLE

If Seward residents are of the opinion that skyscraper is being erected on the aviation field be- cause 1t is already visible from the city limits they are wrong, for 1t is the Seward Airport hangar framework which they see.
 A. H. Thody and Mamie Senft, contractors who are building the hangar for Seward Airport, yester- day laid the Sills and erected some of the roof supports. It is the in- tention of the contractors to get a roof on the structure as soon as possible so that they will be shel- tered from adverse weather con- ditions.
 Frank Laugerquist, Seward car penter, was to join the hangar con- structors today in order that the roof could be put on much sooner Four men are now employed on the hangar construction.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
NOTICE o. E. s. AND MASONS

Monday evening, December 28, directly after the Eastern Star reg ular meeting, there will be install lation of officers and a social meet ing. All Masons and their wives and Eastern Stars and their hus- bands are cordially invited to come, and please bring present costing not more than g cents. Please remember the date and the 25-cent present.
 Signed: MRS. HAROLD PAINTER.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
ON CALIFORNIA SOIL

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 24. (P)-- The Tulane football squad is now on California soil and are somewhat tired after their long trip. They had a workout in the Rose Bowl Wednesday and still have a few more days to get climatized before they meet the University of South ern California team and should be in good condition when the day of the game, New Year, arrives.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
SEASONAL INTIMIDATION

Sonny" said the dietetic mother, "do you want mama to tell Santa Claus to stay away from here? Then eat your spinach"
 "All right" sighed the modern child, "only it sounds like blackmail to me"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24

10 YEARS TO GROW XMAS TREE
 It takes about 10 years to grow Christmas tree. At the end of that time it has achieved a height vary ing from five to 10 feet.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
CHRISTMAS SEALS

As usual, 1t is expected that Dora this year will think that Christmas seals are fur coats.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24
WANTED PACKAGE x-RAYED

A dentists little boy came down the other morning with a package that wasn't to be opened till Xmas and asked to have it x-rayed.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-24

Fresh Eggs at Brown g. Hawkins; delivered twice a week from Seward Dairy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

COOLIDGE DAM DATA
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

east than anyone else. 1t was too
close to the mountains for citrus,
critics said. Water could not be
OBJ aimed, others claimed This,
that and everything else was wrong
with the project because he had
started out in location that others
had failed to consider ahead of him.
Fortunately for the progress of
his plans, Mr. Ackel had no faint
hearted partners. He had no
acreage for sale, no stock to be
placed on the market and he could
go ahead as his judgment dictated
without being hampered by respon-
sibility to anyone else. He has
done so.
The land was purchased in 1928.
Then the virgin desert was cleared
and last spring 400 acres were set
out to citrus. OF last years plant
ing 80 per cent is in grapefruit.
This year the holes are dug for 16O
acres more and all of it will be set
out to grapefruit. He has 10000
sturdy trees with hardly a replace
ment necessary in the whole or
chard. Although the valley has
suffered from one of the coldest
winters in the last 80 years, there
is no sign of frost in the entire
tract. Some of the trees on the
higher ground were wrapped but
the unwrapped trees on the lower
ground appear to be in even better
condition than those that were pro-
tected.
He also has 20 acres in toma-
toes between orchard rows. Young
tomato plants were up two and three
inches last week, without a vesuge
of protection, save for the fact that
they are on the south side Of the
row. Workmen at the
time were starting to cover them
with brush to hasten the growth
Of the seedlings.
Hauled Water
Mr. Ackel started his grove be.
fore he got water for IA months he
hauled every drop necessary to
keep things going. In the mean
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

cereals, corn, watermellons, etc.
Power plant at base of plant.
Installed capacity, 10000 killio-
watts.
Average annual revenue, $780,
Reservoir area involved submerg-
ence of old town of San Carlos, es-
tablished in 1872 as military post
for Apaches. Notable for locale of
Geronimo, Apache Kid, Naches and
other Apache Chieftains. Involved
removal Of 20 miles of Southern
Pacific R. R. running from Bowie
to Globe. Cost of removal $2,400,-
900, Of which Government paid ST.
100000. Indians removed, $50 in
over 100 homes and teepees. so
government and traders buildings
torn down and salvaged.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

WHEN you make out your
w supper menu don't forget
those crisp, delicious rolls and
wonderful, fresh bread. Don't
overlook a delicious pie or cake
for desert. And don't fail to
get them HERE---fresh every
twenty-four hour.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13
SALIN ACKEL LEAVES
TRADE FOR FARMING

Thirty-eight years ago a lad ar
rived in the Salt River Valley, haY-
ing travelled from the other side
of the world to find his new home.
The lad was Salim Ackel. He came
from Beirut, Syria and the trip
covered a distance between 5000
and 5000 miles. When he landed
in New York City he had $35 left.
The city's climate and the city's
hear, Iessness did not appeal to him.
He wanted warmer sunshine, friend
lier neighbors. When he landed
in Phoenix he mad SO left and an
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

unbounded faith in the future of his
new homeland.
'Tn those days" to qoute Mr..
Ackel, you could borrow from the
banker 'On your face | got a man
to set me up with horse and buggy
and a small stock of goods to ped
die. Every day as l drove through
the Salt River valley, l became
more and more convinced that there
was nothing with a greater future
before it than farming. And l was
not a farmer by birth. In fact
never did a half-hour of outdoor
work under the sunshine until two
years ago. But back in those horse
and buggy days, | began dreaming
and planning of making things
grow and gathering harvests. Or
anges appealed to me. l knew
about them before came to United
States"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

time he sank a we'll, 20-inch bore,
penetrating the soil for 512 feet.
The water stands at 210 feet in the
we'll 1t is drawn off at the 270-
foot level to insure a constant sup
ply and because the water analyZed
softer at that depth. A monster
three-stage turbine pump brings the
water to the surface at the rate Of
5000 gallons per minute. The
pump, which alone weighs 1S tons
and is driven by 800 horsepo wer
motor is the largest pump on a pri-
vate agricultural project in the
southwest. The water is warmer
than surface pumpings. 1t averages
80 degrees, Fahrenheit.
Carrying the water to all por-
tions Of the orchard now planted
are five and one-half miles of con-
cret pipe, 20, 16 and IA inches in
diameter. The lines are arranged
and the gates so placed that one
man can handle the irrigation of
80 acres without difficulty. Such
volume Of water as is delivered by
the pump would make slow or light
irrigation impossible. Mr.. Ackel has
solved this problem by building
several concrete reservoirs of $4,000
gallon capacity each. From these
he can feed any size stream of
water desired. The reservoirs are
scat cred over the grove, thus avoid
ing long runs to get the water
where needed. The land has a fall
Of approximately SO feet to the
mile, he says.
Pays for Perfection
The cost of water installation,
pumps. we'll and piping has run
between $4,000 and $4,000. Water
delivered costs less than $3.50 per
acre.
"They say / am crazy the way
spend money" the former merchant
exclaimed. "But | feel this way
about it to make a success you
must not set limit on the money
you will spend to get the best.
Everyone comes out here to tell me
how to do this racket | listen to
everyone and then use my best
judgement for what is the right way
to do it. This is what | have
wanted to do for many years. l
have watched this valley grow
most of my life time. l know this
orchard will succeed and in sue
ceeding will give me happiness.
Even though l was crazy in Sc
lecting this Site" he added with
twinkling eyes, 81 notice every bit
of land has been bought up around
mine and the new owners are busy
planting citrus project for him. -
Arizona Republic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

Elevation top of dam,2535 feet
above sea level.
Height CT dam above bedrock.
$50 feet.
Height OF dam above stream-bed
220 feet.
Thickness of domes at bottom
II feet.
Thickness of domes at top, feet
Length of dam on top, $50 feet
Length Of dam on bottom, 800
feet.
Distance from rear of dome to
toe Of buttress 2S6 feet.
Buttresses spaced 180 feet on
centers.
Buttresses from 60 to "a feet
thick.
Area of land submerged, $4,000
acres.
Reservoir length, % miles.
Reservoir capacity, 1,20O,OO
acres.
Will irrigate (present designa-
tion) 100000 acres.
Concrete in dam, 205,OOO cubic
yards.
Steel (reinforcing) $500 tons.
Rock and gravel excavation, $780,
900 cubic yards.
Present stored water supply $780,
900 acre feet.
Present available above pen
stocks, 145,100 acre feet.
Area cultivated this year $4,000
acres.
Annual runoff ella river 3S5 ,OOC
acre feet.
Duty of water, acre feet per
acre Of land.
Congressional Act authorizing
construction June 7th, 1924.
Preliminary construction started
Mach 1st, 1925.
Construction contract let Novem-
ber 1st, 1925.
Contractors, Atkinson, Kier Bros.
Spicer Co., Los Angeles.
Construction work started Jan
uary 1st, 1927.
Dam completed January 1st, 1929
Storage Of water started Novem-
ber 18th, 1929.
Appropriations for dam costruc-
ton, $5,5OO,O
Estimated cost entire project
$10.OOO,O0O
Project lands all in PInal County
100 miles below dam immediately
adjoining Salt River Project on
South.
Ownership, $4,000 acres Indian:
$4,000 acres white.
Railroad, Southern Pacific thrl
center of project running from Tue
son to Phoenix
Principal towns, Florence, Cool
idge, Casa Grande.
Climate, average maximum TEN
perature 113 degrees F. Average
minimum 81 degrees F.
Precipitation, 10 inches; soil
gravelly loans to heavy silt.
Crops, cotton, cantaloupes, let
tuce. alfalfa, oranges, lemons.
dates, grapefruit, figs, olives, grain
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13
Prospers At Trade

In the subsequent years Mr.. Ackel
promoted himself from the pedd-
ler's route to a grocery and general
store, then to the woman's ready
to-wear trade In the meantime he
built Hotel Jefferson, fine home
on Nome Vista road, bought and
sold several farms and is still a
farm owner,
Two years ago, he declared his
independence from all trades, sold
his store turned the management
OF his hotel over to others and
bought a section of land north of
the Apache highway and farther
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CHURCH

SulGay school meets each Sun
day at 10 a. m.
B. i. P. U. meets each Sunday at
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
1880 p. m.
You are welcome to all these SER
vices.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13
INFORMATION
COUNTY OFFICIALS

Court House in Florence
SHERITF-Walter Laveen.
TREASURER-Alva L. Weaver
COUNTY ATTORNEY Ernest
w. Mcfarland.
SUPERIOR JUDGE-E. L. Green
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT-Dan Bennett.
SCHOOL SUPT.-Margaret T.
Randell
ASSESSOR-Thad Moore.
SUPERVISORS. w. Ray, Supe-
rior; Carl Lynch, Ray; Robert
Denton, Casa Grande.
Supervisors meet first Monday in
each month.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS M. Hall.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

WEST BOUND
No. 105 due GAS p. m. regular stop
No. 103 Discontinued.
Office Hours.
Agent, 500 a. m. to 400 D m.
Operator, 700 p. m. to 800 a. m
M. L. DURHAM Agent
American Express and Western
Union Telegraph Co. representa-.
tive.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

COOLIDGE COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Third and Pima
Rev. Earl M. Ward, Pastor.
Rev. j. w. Henderson, PastorEm-
eritus.
Preaching at II a. m. and p. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
intermediate and Senior Endeav-
n, 1870 p. NJ.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13

OFFICIALS AT THE CASA
GRANDE RUINS
Distance from Coolidge
One and One-half miles
FRANK PINKLEY-Superintend.
ent Of Southwest Monuments.
M. o. EFANSTEAD-Chief Clerk.
FRANK l.. FISH, Ranger.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-02-13
TIM { TABLE

Southern Pacific r. r.
EAST BOUND
No. II due 1:49 a. m. flag stop.
No. 104 due SAB a. III. regular sop.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09

There are score upon score of wor-
thy incidents in this life-all too
long, perhaps all too unimportant
in comparison with her poetry. In
deed, Charlotte Ruth Wright, most
recent editor of the poems, has SEEM
ed to me to catch the significance
in comparison.
GAS a poet she phyllis Wheatley)
is priceless to American and particu-
larly Negro literature; as a woman
she is source of inspiration for the
generations of Negro girls and wo-
men who have followed her." she
writns of Phyllis Wheatley.
With that in mind one can only
present her work-a poem:
"On Being Brought from Africa"
Twas mercy brought me from my
pagan land,
TAUGHT my benighted soul to I'M
derstand
That there's God, and there's a
Saviour too;
Once | redemption neither sought
nor knew,
Some view our sable race with
scornful eye,
Inelf COiOT Is u uidDOllc ult.
Remember Christians, N egroes.
black as Cain.
May be refined and join the an
gelic train.
And then, snatched from a later
one, when the gods had become I'M
kind, is better relation of her life
at the time than any biographer
could conjure. This from "a Fare
well to America"
"Adieu, New England's smiling
meads
Adieu the flowery plain;
] leave thy op'ning charms, o
spring
And tempt the roaring main.
In vain for me the flow'rets rise,
And boast their gaudy pride,
While beneath the Northern skies,
| mourn for HEALTH deny'd.
Celestial Maid of Rosy hue,
o let me feel thy reigni
! languish till they face view
Thy vanished joys regain"
A true life of Phyllis Wheatley
has heer written in tenderest verse
by Phyllis Wheatley-all other is
so bare.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-09
Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poetess,
Possessed Rare Intelligence

It is the quintessence of presump-
ton to try to put the life of Phyllis
Wheatley in words she herself did
not write. Who could know her real
life what she thought :. how
she loved and how in silence she
bore patiently the curse of the ,whim-
steal gods a bad marriage .
unless one CLEANS it from the wine
of her own son?
Phyllis Wheatley was brought to
the United States, a slave in 176l,
and to appreciate the heights to
which she rose, one must of neces-
sity, appreciate the conditions bf
that time, and the average mental
condition of the slaves who were sold
in American marts. Phyllis, in APP
pearance, was an example. One piece
of carpet was all she might boast of
as dress. But, as the world later
acknowledged, she was different.
Uncommon Intelligence
Sold to Mr.. Wheatley, she auto
matically became known by that
name, and it is recorded, that after
being installed in the Wheatley
home, in the heart of New England
her uncommon intelligence soon re
ceived attention, and she was taught
by the daughter of her owner. In
sixteen months she had mastered the
English language and at twelve years
of age. was corresponding, elegant
ly, with her friends and acquain
tances.
At fourteen came her first poem
BY the time she was seventeen. sh'
spoke and read Latin fluently, ant
at nineteen was already an author
ess