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ASK RECALL OF GERMAN ATTACHES: WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 3. The State Department announced formally late today, that it had asked for the recall of Capt. Boy-ed and Capt. von
Papen, Naval and military attaches respectively of the German embassy, because of "objectionable activities in connection with military and'naval matters."
TOWER COLLAPSES DURING STORM: SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 3. (2 p. m.) The 20Q-foot electric tower collapsed today during the heaviest rainstorm in years; streets are blocked, and long
electric sparks flashed in all. directions; but no one was injured". . v rM'
VILLA IN FULL RETREAT- DOUGLAS, Dec. 3. -It is announced in Agua Prieta that a message has been received from General Dieguez saymg that Gen. Villa, with 2,'50Q troops,,, is now atTeco
' ripa, southeast of Hermosillo," on the road to Chihuahua. The bulk of Rodriguez forces has crossed the Nacozari railroad-and is now headed for Chihuahua. " , " r- ; " . -.
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VOLUME XLV. NUMBER 50.
YUMA, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
Yuma Greatest Agricu
AGRICULTURAL DEMONSTRATION
TRAIN TO BE DISCONTINUED
A recent ruling of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture is
to the effect that extension
workers receiving any part of
their salaries from the Smith
Lever fund will not be aliow
ed to accompany or in any
other war assist with agricul
tural demonstration trains.
This ruling prevents any
members of the U. of A. agri
cultural extension service
from participating in agricul
tural demonstration trains.
The reason for this ruling is
not difficult to see, and it is
interesting to note that the
Agricultural -Extension Ser
vice had already come to a
similar decision, before this
ruling was made, that agricul
tural demonstration trains
were not an effective form of
extension work.
It is believed that the snug
amount of money which is
spent on agricultural demon
stration trains can be more ef
tively used for other forms oi
extension work, such as fi
nancing the work of exten
sion specialists and county
farm advisers.
Experience has shown that the most
efficient work is being done by means
of repeated visits by these extension
workers to individual farmers, groups
of farmers, and farmers' organizations, j
It is not enough to simply run a de
monstration train and make a great
deal of noise and attract a big crowd,
for this does not bring results. As a
rule, not long after the demonstration
train has passed, the farmer has for
gotten what he saw on the train or
only has a mixture of remembrance of
what he did see. The real effective
work in extension lies in the "follow
up." After the farmer's interest has
been awakened, it is the desire of the
Agricultural Extension Service to
make him repeated visits so that he
may be assisted in putting into prac
tice any new ideas that he may be in
terested in.
In the Annual Report of the Agricul
tural Extension Service the following
statement appears: "The demonstra
tion train has in the past served to
attract attention and arouse much in
terest, but from the viewpoint of effi
ciency and results the Superintendent
believes that it will not be desirable
to operate such a train in the future
unless more abundant funds are avail
able. The cost to the railroads and
the Agricultural Extension Service of
this six weeks' trip is about 5,0UU,
which could be more effectively spent
in other forms of extension work. Two
thousand farmers visited personally on
their farms by extension specialists
would derive greater benefits measur
ed by dollars and cents than 20,000
people (not all farmers) receive from
visiting the demonstration train. Five
thousand dollars would pay for visits
to 2,000 farmers, for 200 farmers' meet
ings attended by 8,000 farmers and
their families, and for many co-operative
demonstrations, boys' and girls'
clubs, and farmers' organizations besides."
LARGE FRUIT CHOP IN
GERMANY IS BLESSIN
(Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. 3. The unusually
large crop of fruit throughout Ger
many this fall has made unnecessary
the existence of a conservation organi
zation known as the "War Committee
of the Fruit Manufacturing Industry."
This, composed of manufacturers of
preserves and marmalades, was form
ed when it was feared that large quan
tities of fruit would go to waste unless
some step was taken to make it into
substitutes for butter and fat.
Individual manufacturers all over
Germany have taken the initiative
themselves, however, and report that
because of the good season they have
produced twice and in some cases
three times as much marmelade as
usual. Virtually all the rest of the
crop not so used has been eaten as
fresh fruit. No less than 200 German
cities have imported carloads of ap
ples, pears and the like for their pop
ulations. Germany not only has eat
eng an unprecedented amount of fruit
this season, but has also a record
amount of preserved fruit on hand for
future needs.
6ct
ion on Eart
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Edwards
Had Edward VII been king of Eng
land, he might have so beguiled the
Kaiser at a series of pleasant little
parties, that there would have been no
var. Louisville Courier-Journal.
State Representative of Yuma County Tells the DEVELOPHEHT OR EXPLOIT
vvona or mcnness or luma oou ana nun-
Frostable Orange Belt Prospects Good
For Influx of Eastern Capital to
Yuma and County This Winter.
OF ARIZONA LANDS. 1
"Yuma is either the great
est agricultural community
on top of the earth or you
are the biggest liar that God
ever let live!"
Thus spoke an eastern cap
italist at Long Beach, Calif.,
several days ago to James L.
Edwards, Yuma booster, real
estate man and member of
the Arizona legislature from
Yuma county, who has offi
ces at Long Beach and also
at Orange,Cal., and Yuma.
It isn't the first time that
Mr. Edwards has been ad
dressed by land buyers in
language like that, but jim'
can deliver the goods for
Yuma, as the home of pros
perous farmers, rich soil, and
bumper crops is all, and more
than he claims for it.
"The Queen of Yuma Pro
ject," 2000 feet of films, now
being shown to multitudes
daily at the world's greatest
fair in San Francisco, only
goes to substantiate to the
outside world that Yuma is
the greatest agricultural com
munity now in course of de
velopment by Uncle Sam's
Reclamation Service.
That Yuma oranges are
grown on land that is aosc
lutely frostless and the only
such land known, is being ad
vertised to California and to
eastern investors by Mr. Ed
wards and is one of the argu
ments that gets results for
Yuma,, and Mr. Edwards says
he has splendid prospects for
futurfe sales of Yuma lands.
Asked when the legislature
will meet, he did not know,
but he ventured to say that it
would not be very soon since
apparently nothing can be ac-i
complished when they do
meet a deadlock being the
rule, all of which is familiar
history to Arizonans who fol
lowed the doings of the last
sesson.
Mr. Edwards expects to re
main in Yuma for a few days
and then return to his Long
Beach office' to continue!
boosting for Yuma.
U. S. RECLUUTIH
FRISCO
IL NOI PREDICT
OPENING OF GANAL
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 General
Goethals, governor of the Panama
canal zone, will venture no prediciton
as to when the big waterway, now
closed by earth slides, will be reopen-'
ed to navigation. '
(Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. Dele
gates from eighteen western states
were here yesterday for the opening
session of the TJ. S. Reclamation con
ference that is to last two days.
The main object of the conference,
it is announced, is to prepare the way
for the national reclamation conven
tion to be held in Washington, D. C,
next February.
The purpose of the national conven
tion is stated to be to provide a plan
to help the owner of semi-arid or
arid land to develop that land through
irrigation.
Imagine calling this civilization
when it is spending $50,000,000 a
day to blew itself into splinters!
TERRITORY
S III BUI
MAI CHANGE THINGS
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 3. News
that the Russians have enter
ed Bulgaria is expected to
have a far-reaching effect on
the internal situation in Bul
garia, according to the Reuter
Saloniki correspondent. This
may force the Bulgarians to
abandon their conquests in
Serbia.
BRITISH STEAMER IS SUNK
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 3. The Britsh
steamer Langdon Hall was sunk by a
submarine. A part of the crew has
reached land.
3 AMERICANS BEATEN
AN8 ROBBED; BUT ALIVEi
(Associated Press)
DOUGLAS, Dec. 3. Three Ameri
cans, J. W. Cunningham, Gus Hen
dricksson arid H. G. Southard, who, it
was stated, had been killed by Villa
bandits, have today been reported
alive by Col. Jesus Aguierre, Carranza J
officer, who telegraphed that he had
rescued them near Calabasas after
they had been robber and' beaten by!
the Villa men. '
The people of the State of
Arizona are facing a serious
situation with a complacency
that is perhaps equaled only
by their ignorance of the sub
ject The history of all the other
states in the Union proves
that they have been exploit
ed instead of developed. Thus
development is a scientific
business process and is based
on the theory that the natural
resources of any state belong
,to the people of the state and
not to "carpet-bagging" inter
ests which may come into the
state from the outside.
It is, nevertheless, true that
a new state must be developed
by outside capital; but there
is no erason why outside capi
tal should be allowed to take
away more than its share of.
the natural resources. A le
gitimate system df taxation is
one which will tax the output
of concerns or individuals
who are developing the natu
ral resources, thus giving to
the people in the state their
.proper share of what really
belongs to them.
In Arizona the exploitation
of agricutlural lands' by un
scrupuolus persons is Issum
ing serious proportions.
Acting on the antiquated and un
scientific theory that three install
ments of settlers are necessary in or
der to establish prosperous farming
communities, the real estate dealers,
land companies, land locators, commer
cial organizations, and even the pub
lic press, are busily engaged in a pro
paganda to attract new settlers to Ari
zona will-nilly. As a result of this,
one of the best agricultural crops
which has been produced in Arizona
is of the knocker variety. The people
can hardy be blamed when they come
to the State expecting to find certain
unusually favorable conditions and
meet with disappointement.
The U. of A. Agricultural Extension
Service believes that no effective de
velopment can be accomplished in this
State until everybody concerned in its
development, including farmers, bank
ers, transportation interests, business
men, and the press will agree on a
policy of scientific, business-like, ra
tional development which will put its
agriculture on .a firm foundation.
There sometimes seems to be some
question as to wheteher the press of
the State is sincerely interested in its
developments Shall we" continue to
allow the agricultural resources of
Arizona to be exploited, or shall we
take a hand in the gameand.do some
real developing? University of Ari
zona Press Letter.
lira m born
II "SHOW -ME" STATE
(Special to the Yuma Daily -Examiner)
CLINTON, . Mo!, Dec. 2. Delmar
Gentry and wife have the smallest
baby ever born in Missouri.. At its
birth it weighed 16 ounces, and was
placed n a quart cup. At two "weeks
old it measured 12- Inches in height.
An ordinary band rins will slip over
the hand-of the 'baby and up to its
3houlder. It is healthy and thriving.
AGAIN WE PROTEST
BRITISH IKTERRUPTION
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 Vigorous
representations will be made to Great
Britain by the United States against
the requisitioning of the American
steamer Hocking, which has been de
tained at Halifax since its seizure
while enroute from New York to Nor
folk. The United States will charge
that this action is in violation of all
international laws and will - demand
prompt action, if this ship Is being
detained by a prize court.
TEUTONS OCCUPYING MONASTIR
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 3. Austro-Hungar-ian
forces occupied Monastir yester
day.' A Salonika dispatch says that
the Bulgarians encamped outside city
avoid offending Greece.
Get acquainted with the 15c popular
music at Mitchell's, 355 Main. tf
$6.00 Per Year 50 Cents Per MonthLess than 2 Cents Per day will pay for the Yuma Daily Examiner delivered at your door or mailed to any
address in the United States or Canada.
- . "To live as a member of the great White race of men, to share its thoughts and its aspirations, it is necessary that a man should read his newspaper," said United States Senator Sterling, of
South Dakota,' in an address to the students at the University of South Dakota. "The newspaper," he continued, "has come to be indispensable. It goes and penetrates everywhere. It has been
said of the newspapers that they are to the whole civilized world what the daily house talk is to the, household; they keep our daily interest in each other; they save us from the evils of isolation.
I like to go back to the splendid principle on which the fine structure rests. And J:hat principle is the freedom of the press. Our forefathers must have had the gift of prophecy in regard to
the press; they must have foreseen to what power and influence it would come. Triey had no dread of publicity of official acts or motives. They had faith in the ultimate triumph of truth. And
Jefferson was willing that error might be presented if truth could only be left free to combat it. He was opposed to a censorship of the press, and said that if he must choose between a govern
ment without newspapers and newspaper without a government, he would prefer to rish the newspapers without the government. He believed that public opinion would measurably enrrect things
if public opinion was left free, but that government without a free expression of public opinion would soon become a despotism." ' . . -
