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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907.
No. 13
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Returns from Three Weeks' Trip
Exploration of the Sea and
Surrounding Country.
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START FROM MECGA FEB. 5th.
The party who accompanied Dr.
Daniel Trembly MacDougal, direc
tor of theCarnegie desert laboratory
situate near Tuson, on his recent
cruise of the Salton Sea returned to
Yuma Tuesday night. G. Gordon
Copp, a well known maagzine writer
who is gatherinc data for a series
of desert articles to be published
in Harper's Monthly, and Herbdrl
Brown, Godfrey and Stanley Skyes
were members of the. party
The start was made from Mecca
on Februray 5th. A sail and row
boat combined, seventeen feet in
length, which had been secured for
the expedition, was well loaded
with provisions of' the kind best
suited to the most extreme type
of outdoor camping. For fully a
week the explorers sailed over the
blue-green waters of the great
Saltbn Sea, Dr. MacDougal study
ing the effects of the Sea, upon
botanical life, Mr. Copp taking
pictures -ind gathering notes "for
his stories, and Mr. Brown devbt--
ing his attention exclusively to the
animal life of the lake.. The cruise
was in a westerly direction from
Mecca, and, disembarkation was
, made at Old Beach. During the
a trip camps were made at night
along' the- shore. Fortunately no
bad' weather was experienced.
'f At Calexico the tfarty 'secured a
comfortable wagon and the services
- of a driver by the name of Jenkins,
J who was well acquainted with the
, territory ear the 'Cocopah range of
mountains, where $he party were to
study the surrounding country.
These mountains are situated about
' sixty mile south of Calexico and
may be seen to the sodthwest of
Yuma on a clear day. Ten days was
spent on :this part of the trip, a
distance oV over 200 miles being
covered by easy stages, the party
entirely circling the base of the
'Cocopah range. On the west side"
' . of the mountains is a lake which
has never been named, measuring
- fully forty miles in length and ex
ceeding tho Salton Sea in saltiness'.
How the laKe came Jinto existence,
or how such large quantities of salt
became deposited in the lake is not
known. On the southern end of the
lake are the Coyote Wells, dug no
one knows when, and which have
been repeatedly boarded up by pros-
' pector and cattlemen. Near the
edge of the lake constantly rising
v steam announces the presence of hot
springs considerable magnitude.
The Cocopah Indian, who were
driven from their native heath by
the erratic wanderings of the Col
orado river, have again taken up
their former abode at the western
base of the Cocopah mounhtains.
On the return trip several days
were spent along the shores oi the
Volcano Lake and mud volcanos
' which are twenty miles from Mexi
can and can bo seen from the Black
Hills, two miles south of the same
place, The Volcano lake, a mile
long and probably a half mile wide
borders the mud volcanoes on the
east, the Hardy river running di
rectly through the lake from east
to west. The mud volcanoes are
' the only natural phenomenon of
their-kind known to exist in the
1 Unted States or Mexico, and are
t of especial' interest to searchers for
the unique in scientific facts. They
'cover an area of noarly a hundred
fiacres, twenty - acres being covered
with hissing, rumbling, seething,
active mud volcanoes v The cones
are in instances fifteen feet in
height, and two cones near the
southern end of the volcanic area
are fully twenty-five feet high. The
surface between the steaming
mounds is a sulphurous crust, vary
ing in color, white and shades of
yellow predominating. -The ground
is of a decidedly uncomfortable
temperature and walking over the
yellowish crust is not only liable
to result in badly burned f;et but
is positively dangerous. The noise'
isalmost deafning, 'and mud, steam
and, water are being continually
spouted in the air.
Mr. Copp is still in, Yuma and
will visit the Laguna dam and the
Intake before returning to New
York City. Two years ago he and
Dr. MacDougal made the trip on
the Colorado from Needles to the
headwaters of the Hardy river, and
an'article on the 'similarity of the
Colorado to" theV Nile, written by
Air. Copp, appeared in a recent is
sue of Harper's. Yuma Sun.
MURDER NEAR PHOENIX
Searchers Find Body of John Lelcht
who was Drugged and Rob
bed by Louis Eytinge
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Saturday atfternoon searchers
found the body of John Leicht, for
whom an unremitting search has
been kept up since he disappeared
last Sunday. The body was found
near the north bank of the Ari
ozna Canal, a short distance from
Central aVenue, eight miles north
of Phoenix. It was badly decom
posed, yet recognizable.
In the pockets were' no valuables,
though it had been supposed he
had about $150 in cash. The body
was viewed by a Coroner's jury
which returned a verdict charging
Eytinge with the murder of Leicht.
,There can be no doubt that Leicht
was murdered by Eytinge, who has
been his associate, on a Sunday
drive from which Eytinge returned
alone. Eytinge said he left Leicht
at a friend's residence in Phoenix,
which statement was later shown to
be false.
Eytinge left here Sunday night
March 16, was seen at Maricopa
that nieht and is believed to have
"started west. He told an'acquian-
tance at Maricopa that he- was on
the way to California, there to
marry a rich widow.
The Sheriff mailed his descrip
tion broadcast, but absolutely no
clew seems to nave come of his
whereabouts. There is doubt con
cerning the manner in which death
was inflicted. On the face of the
corpse was found a handkei chief
and near by a corked vial of chloro
form, seeming intended to indicate
suicide. A short distance away
was a pint can marked "chloro
form," as well as three cartridge
shells of the caliber of a revolver
known to belong to Eytinge. It is
assumed that the man was drugged
then thrown from the buggy and
shot.
Leicht was a barber by'trade. and
asthmatic. He lately arrived here
from Sheboygan, Wis. He was
about 28 years old. Eytinge, a
nephew of the actress, Rose Eytinge,
came on the samp train though they
were not previous acquiantances.
It had been found that he had
been released, only lately from the
Ohio State penitentiary, where he
had served a term for forgery.
Several small checks forged by
him on Kohlberg and his friend.
Leicht have materalized.
A kiss on" the lips is worth two
on the hand. ChfcagoNews.
fllff MB' fltON THE RESERVES
AdmhilstratlenvAlds Development of
County and Improves the Forest
The -Government during the past
year has furnished $75,000 worth of
timber to settlers and ranchers in
or, near the fesqrves without charge.
One of the regulations of the Forest
Service provides that legitimate
applicants may secure what timber
they need by what is conveniently
called the "free use" privilege.
Fifteen thousand permitted in this
way obtained timber to supply their
wants.
, From these figures it may readi
ly be seen that the settlers are se
curing very material " assistance
without cost from "the foret reserves.
At the same time, the free-use busi
ness has been so handled that the
material taken out has improved the
condition of the forest. Dead tim
ber which would otherwise have
rotted or helped to spread forest
fires hns been removed first of all.
Where it was necessary for settlers
to have green wood the rangers, so
far as possible, marked trees which
wer j suppressed, diseased, or from
some other cause no longer in a
condition for further grpwth. In
this way the ranchers secured ma
terial whicn they desired, and at
the same time the forest was left
stocked with the thriftiest trees,
whose chance to develop will be -unhindered.
The greatest amount of free use
was on those reserves ,which lie in
the semi-arid parts of the West,
where there is least timber. . On a
number of reserves the value of the
material for which permits were is
sued exceeded 3,000, and on the
Wenaha Reserve in Washington and
Oregon, the Bear River Reserve in
Utah and Idaho, and the Weiser
and Henrys Lake reserves in Idaho
it exceeded $4,000. If there had
been no restriction on the settlers
in securing this material, great
waste would have resulted, because
the settlers would have, paid no at
tention to the future good of the
forest or its value as a protective
covering. Another distinct advan
tage of the system is that a settler,
when he has secured his permit, is,
sure of being able to get the ma
terial ,from the locality -assigned
to him without interference from
other people.
Very little changein the handling
of the fiee-use busines is contem
plated for the next year. The ex
perience of the past year has
shown, however, that methods can
be systemized so as to give yet bet
ter servce to the people and be moie
economical to the Forest Service.
Thia branch of the work of the
Forest ervite gives good evidence
of the fact that the aim in the ad
ministration of the forest reserves
is to aid in the permanent deveolp
ment of the country and place
only such restrictions on the cut
ting of timber as are necessary for
the maintenance of a preinanent
timber supply and the conservation
of water needed for irrigation, for
cities, and for the generation of
power.
The free-use privilege has been
granted fieely to ranchers who are
building up homes, and enough
timber will be reserved to supply
their wants even if this will co
siderably reduce the amount of tim
ber that can be sold. i
Judge Doe Fought Long Battle.
' Judge E. M. Doe of Flagstaff,
one of Arizona's most prominent
attorneys, is visiting Phoenix on
business before th& supreme court.
Judge Doe has been the. lpgal adviser
of Ralph Cameron for "years and
was largely instrumental" in araw-
ing up council bill No. 77. known as
the Cameron trail bill.
Judge Doe has given Mr..Cameron
his best efforts to secure relief in
his contest with the Santa Fe rail
road forbears, and the gentleman
now has the pleasure and distinc
ion of seeing a friend secure in
his rights not only by legislative
enactment but.by a law that met
and overpowered the governor's
veto and the objections of the sec
retary of the interior. The judge
is a brilliant lawyer and a man of
great force,. His attitude in the
unequal contest has been magnifi
cent, and Mr. Cameron owes his
success largely to Judge Doe's
magnificent management of the con
test. Phoenix Gazette
Saturday last, at Ash Fork, Ed
ward J. Sullivan attempted to
board a train, fell and had his right
foot cut off by the wheels of the
car. He was brought to the county
hospital . Courier.
NEW EXPERIMENTS.
Government Will Try Conditions In
Arizona for Raising Cotton, Sor
ghum and Rubber Tree.
The United States agricultural
experiment station at Yuma will
make some extensive experiments
this spring.
Cotton and sorghum will be plant
ed and the results of theexperiment
with these plants will be awiated
with much interest.
Cotton has been experimented
with heretofore, but as yet no
sorghum has been planted. Last
year the cotton grew too rapidly
and an effort will be made to re
strain the growth this year.
In the sorghum experiment speical
note will be taken of the amount
of moisture necessary in its cultiva
tion. A number of the forest and
experimental trees will also be cul
tivated and planting will begin in
about ten days. T. H. Kearney,
who has charge of the cotton selec
tion department, with headquarters
in Washington, and C. S. Schofield
who is in charge of the western
agricultural extension, will visit
Yuma occasionally to note the pro
gress made.
Among the trees to be planted
will be the rubber tree. Should
this tiee thrive a new and profita
ble industry will opened up for
Southern Arizona. A number of
coffee plants will also beset out.
To aid in scientific experiments
apparatus is expected shortly from
Washington which will be used in
determining the moisture require
ments for the various plants.
The experiments are under the
general supervision of Professor
Forbsof Tucson.who is at the head
of the experiment station In ad
dition to the Yuma farm there is
fclso a farm at Tempe.
T. E. Pollock, who has been visit
ing his former home in Iowa, re
turned Tuesday. He had a plesaant
trip to the old home and says every
thing is prospering in Iowa.
T. E. Pulliam, deputy sheriff,
left this morning for Prescott on
business connected with the sneriffs
office.
The Pioneer society of Northern
Arizona held their regular, meeting
Monday night at the G. A. R. hall.
It is the intention of the society to
old a reunion of the pioneers some
time in the near futrue, and it is
probable that some date in May will
be chosen as the time.
Get Big Appropriations for Schools
-- and Other Purposes. Congress Is
Good to the Words of the Nation
THE PIMA IRRIGATION SYSTEM
The recent congress made the
following appropriations of direct
interest to the territories of New
Mexico and Arizona, says the
Albuquerque Journal:
For the purchase of land on
which the springs now supply Fort
Bayard are situated and the land
adjacent thereto required to protect
the water supply of the post,
$90,000.
For the resurvey of all public
lands in New Mexico.
For the support and education of
300 Indian pupils it the Indian
school at Albuquerque. $50,300; for
pay of superintendent $1,800; gen
eral repairs and improvements, $5,
000; for cottage for superintendent,
$2,500; for office building, $2,500;
in all $62,500 for the Albuquerque
school.
For the support and education of
300 Indian pupils at the Indian
school located at Santa Fe, $50,300;-'
pay of superintendent, $1,800; for
general repairs and improvements,
$5,000; for water supply, $l-,500;
for office building. $3,000; in-all,
$61,600 for the Santa Fe shool.
For pay of one special attorney
for the Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico, $1,500; for necessary travel
ing and incidental expenses of said
attorney, $500.
For the general incidental ex
penses of the Indian service in New
Mexico, including traveling ex
pense of agents. 1,000.
For the completion of the.Zuni
dam and irrigation project in New
Mexico, $30,000.
For pay of the Indian agent at
the San Carlos agency Arizona,
$1,800.
For support and civilization of
the Apache and other Indians in
Arizona and New Mexico who have
been or may be collected on re
servations in these two territories,
$225,000; provided that the unex
pended balance for the fiscal year
of 1907 is hereby appropriated and
made available for 1908.
That the secretary of the interior
be authorlzd to allot lands in sev
eralty to the Indians of the Moqui
reservation in Arizona, in such
quantities as may be for their best
interests: provided, that the allot
ments hereunder made shall other
wise be subject to the provisions of
the act of March 2. 1887.
For the support and civilization
of the Indians of the Pima agency,
Arizona, $40,000, to be expended
for their benefit in such manner as
the socretary of the interior, in his
discretion may deem best.
For the support and education of
200 Indian pupils at the Indian
school located at Fort Mohave, Ari
zona, $33,400; for the pay of. the
superintendent, $1,600; for gener
al repairs and improvements, $2,
000; for boys' domitory, $800; for
lighting plant, $2,000; in all,
$45,000.
For the support and education of
700 Indian pupils at the Indian
school at Phoenix. Ariz., $116,900;
for pay of superinetendent, $2,500;
for general repairs and improve
ments, $10,000; for addition to
water system, $7,500; in all, $136,-
900.
The above items carry a pro
vision providing that the secretary
of war be authorized and directed
to cause to be issued to the Indian
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