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Arizona Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 4, 1907.
" PRESIDENT'S WISE POLICY
Every unprejudiced observer
of the present administration
must regard with admiration the
marked change in administrative
methods which President Roose
velt has introduced. The presi
dent is a tirtn believer in the ad
vantages to be derived from per
sonal observation and contact
with the people. He has there
fore urged the members of his
cabinet whenever possible to
leave their desks and go them
selves tp the scenes of their re
spective operations in order that
they might acquire a more prac
tical knowledge of the affairs
with which they are called upon
to deal than is possible where all
information is gained from inter
mediaries. It is in accordance
with this policy that the secreta
ry of the interior has just com
pleted an extensive trip which
has taken him into practically
every western state and the ter
ritories. Secretary Garfield has
visited the forest reserves, -the
land offices, the irrigation pro
jects, and has come iuto the clos
est contact with the people who
will be most affected by his ad
ministrative acts, and it is cer
tain that the information which
he has thus acquired will be
more accurate and trustworthy
than that which ordinarily reach
es cabinet officers through mem
bers of congress, whose views
are more than often biassed by
political consideration and expe
diency. Gifford Pinchot, chief
forester, who has- been4 often
charged with being a theorist,
has also, upon the president's
suggestion, spent his summer in
the national forest country.
Judge Ballinger, commissioner
of the general land office, has
visited most of the local land
offices.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The present session of the Na
tional Irrigation Congress at
Sacramento is vested with more
interest than any yet held. An
effort-to bring the grievances of
several irrigation localities be
fore the congress resulted in all
debate on these matters being
shut off .at the outset, the ques
tions being passed up to a com
mittee. Among the notable speeches
delivered were those of Vice
President Fairbanks, Chief For
ester Gifford Pinchot, Senator
Newland and Governor Kibbey.
Senator Newland strongly advo
cated a National irrigation board
of control, which has many sup
porters in irrigation circles, the
belief being that the reclamation
act gives too much power to one
man the secretary of the inte
rior. Mr. Pinchot ably defended the
forestry service policy, and
spoke at length upon the general
and wide-spead waste of not only
timber but of gas, oil and all our
natural resonrces. In line with
the present wise policy of the
forestry service, he deprecated
the disposition of wastefulness
and strongly urged conservation
in the interest, of posterity
A motion by a California dele
gate to "repeal the duty on tim
ber" caused something of a stir,
but a discussion of the question
was not permitted, it being re
ferred to committee.
A western senator, writing to
a friend, says: "The corpora
tions here as elsewhere are all
against Roosevelt and are doing
all they can to down him and to
prevent a continuation of his pol
icies." That is the whole story
of the political activities of the
present years, and the effort to
"down Roosevelt and his poli
cies" will not end until after the
next election.
The officers of the coast de
fense artillery don't like the sug
gestion that their branch of the
service to the navy. They don't
like the prospect of becoming
what Kipling calls "Just a
bloomin' hermaphrodite," soldier
and sailor too.
The long list of casualties to
automobilists which fills the
newspapers every Monday morn
ing almost reconciles us to the
fact that we don't own a "ben
z.nn hnggy.''
Late Railroad Story.
A Phoenix correspondent of
the Los Angeles Times, under
date of Sept. l2, writes;
The latest railroad story of in
terest is that the Southern Pa
cific is to have another crossing
of the Colorado river to a point
known as Cocopah Bend, about
twenty-five miles north of Yuma,
where rock bottom is to be se
cured. The main line referred
to is that which is being con
structed down the Gila from San
Carlos, through Phoenix. It has
been reported that the road
would cross the Gila abonb ten
miles east of Yuma, to a connec
tion with the present line.
Now, according to private ad
vices, the road is to leave the
Gila valley at Arlington, forty
eight miles southwest of Phoe
nix, and is to run thence almost
westerly to the Colorado, a good
route without grades having
been found past or through the
desert ranges that spot the map
in that region. On the Califor
nia side an available route has
been laid out north of the sand
hills to a connection with the
present line, about forty miles
northwest of Yuma.
This change would save . at
least sixty miles over the pro
posed connection at Yumar and
the road, in all, would save fully
120 miles over the route as at
present and, even more impor
tant,, the new line practically
would be without grades.
It is a weakness, or a virtue,
of President Roosevelt that he
always wants his information as
nearly first hand as he can pos
sibly get it. For instance, he
asked Secretary Root last sum
mer to visit the countries of
South America in the belief that
a more intimate acquaintance
and a closer familiarity with the
problems which confront our
neighbors to the south would
make for more friendly relations
and greater success in any dip
lomatic negotiations which may
arise. The same purpose actu
ated the president when he asked
Secretary Taft to go to the Phil
ippines and open the Philippine
assembly. It is the hope of the
president and of Secretary Taft
that th& Filipinos may be gradu
ally educated to a point where
they can successfully govern
themselves. To that end they
have been granted an assembly,
every act of which may be ve
toed by the Philippine Commis
sion, which will continue to be
appointed by the president. This
assembly, they believe, will ena
ble the Filipinos to learn the
process of self-government. Mr.
Taft goes there first to observe
the progress that has been made
in the islands since he left there
two years ago; and, secondly, to
impress upon the people the re
sponsibilities which devolve up
on them as a result of the meas
ure of self-government which
has been granted them.
There is a rumor in circulation
that it William J. Bryan will
agree to make ex-Senator Petti
grew his campaign manager and
will, as president, further agree
to direct the activities of his de
partment of justice away from
those trusts which contribute to
his campaign fund, he can have
unlimited money with which to
gratify his ambition to occupy
the White House. The rumor
may or may not be true, but
somehow it sounds just like 'Tom
Pettigrew.'
Some one has started the story
that General Clarence Edwards
will be secretary of war if Taft
is elected president. This is
ouly a hot weather story. The
man who would be Tuft's secre
tary of war is that hard-working
Nebraskan, Charles E. Magoon,
now provisional governor of
Cuba.
Secretary Wilson is making an
extended tour of the western
states with the purpose of learn
ing the extent to which his ef
forts to benefit the farmer have
been successful and how best to
direct those efforts in the future
iu order that they may accom
plish the greatest good.
Alton B. Parker made a stir
ring address to the members of
the American Bar Association
the other day on the subject of
State's Rights. Alton B. Parker
seems to us we've heard that
muua before.
Verdict for Br Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home JournnJ.
Sending truth after a He. It is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel scvo.n
leagyes while truth is getting its boots
on," and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr. It. V. Piorco
and his"Favorito Prescription "published
in tho May (1904) number of the Ladies'
Home Journal, with its great black dis
play headings, who never saw the hum
ble, groveling retraction, with its incon
spicuous heading, published two months
later. It was boldly charged in the sland
erous and libelous article that L)r. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman's weaknesses and ailments, con
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi
ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers of tho Ladies'
Home Journal, for $200,000,00 damages.
Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Eok, tho
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such falso and defamatory
matter witji the intent of injuring his
busincsxlurthermore, that no alcohol, or
y'urious. or habit-forming, drug3
were, contained in his "Fa-
iption"; that said medicine
5m native medicinal roots and
'no harmful ingredients what-
fd that Mr. Bok's malicious state-
,'ere wholly and absolutely false.
TYthPrPtrnct.inn printed hvsaid Jmirmil
thev were forced to acknowledge t hat they
had ohiainea'maTvsel; of "Favorite Pre
siti ntion," from ntn incn t h om lstsT all of
whom cpftined that Jt didnotavintaili a!
cohol onanyoLthe alleged harmful jrngsT
'These factsVere also proven in the tnal of
tho action in the Supremo Court. But the
business of Dr. Pierce was greatly injured by
the publication of the libelous article with
its great display headings, while hundreds or
thousands who read the wickedly defamatory
article never saw the humble groveling re
traction, set in small type and made as Incon
spicuous as possible. The matter was. how
ever brought before a jury in the Supreme
Court of New York State which promptly
rendered a verdict in tho Doctor's favor.
Thus" his -traducers came to grief ana their
base slanders were refuted.
JUSI.
Contracts to furnish the city schools
with supplies were awarded to the
Yuma Drug Company by the school
board. Probably the total bill for the
year wiU amount to $300.
The agreement whereby the Yuma
Eagles rent the upper story of the new
Joe Efenry block has been put on re
cord. They take the hall for ten years
at $40 a month".
Mrs. A. C. Cohen, wife of the general
yardmaster, with her little daughters
and accompanied by her sister, Miss
Mabel Ryder, have gone to Long Beach
for a season.
Miss Grace Fredley has returned
from the north coast, being joined at
Los xVngeles by her mother. Miss Fred-
ley visited Oregon, Washington and
California points at length.
Miss Lottie De Mund, Miss White
and Jay Sullivan leave tomorrow for
Tempe to attend Normal.
George W. Thing has been appoint
ed as a special deputy for Yuma to
serve the government ?n protecting the
Yuma Indians from the sale of liquor.
WANTED 10 men in each state to
travel, distribute samples of our
goods and tack signs. Salary SS5.00
per month; $3.00 per dav for expens
es. SAUNDERS CO., Department
P., No. 46 Jackson Boulevard, Ctnci
go, Illinois.
SALTON SEA HAS NOT IN
CREASED RAINFALL.
Much has been said about Sal
ton Sea and the effect it is sup
posed to have on the climate of
the southwest, many people being
of the opinion that the Salton
Sea is responsible for the excess
ive rainfall throughout this sec
tion for the past few years.
Prof. Alfred J. Henry in the
Monthly Weather Review says
ihat 27 cubic feet of rain fell in
Arizona in excess of the average
in 1905. This quantity, he says,
is twelve times greater than the
total volume of the Salton KSea.
In other words, the total volume
of the latter would barely suffice
to produce one-twelfth of the
surplus rain that fell in Arizona,
to say nothing of the rainfall in
adjoining regions. The total
amount of water now in Salton
Sea, if universally distributed
in Arizona, would cover the ter
ritory to the depth of about an
inch and a quarter, or the equiv
alent of one good soaking rain.
How, then, could the evapora
tion from Salton Sea, even if it
amounted to 8 feet per annum,
granting that it was all condens
ed and precipitated to earth, pro
duce the enormous quantity, of
water that fell in Arizona in 1903?
As pointed out by Mr. Arthur
P. Davis in the National Geo
graphic Magazine, January, 1907,
the advocates of the idea that
Salton Sea has caused an in
crease in the rainfall of the great
Southwest seem to have ignored
the presence of the Gulf of Cali
fornia, a body of water hundreds
of times larger than Salton Sea,
and distant from Arizona about
the same number of miles, This
water body washes the shores of
a region probably as arid as can
be found on this continent. It
has done so for centuries, yet no
progressive changes from arid
to humid conditions have been
observed.
Mr. Davis also pointed out
that the disaster which caused
the formation of the-JSiilton Sea
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NEWLY FITTED,
ROOMS BY DAY, WEEK .
CRoMOpNTH. 50c PER DAY TOOflSt L0(!Q1 0 ? IfOlfSS
MRS. A. L. ROBERTS. Manager
West Main Stpeet . . . - B , n - ,
NEAR THE MISSION VENTURA. CAL.
has prevented the normal over
flow of the lands of the Colorado
valley below Yuma. The areas
of land in that region which
would have been overflowed un
der normal conditions are nearer
to Arizona and New Mexico and
of greater extent than Salton
Sea, so that if evaporation alone
causes rainfall, the tendency of
the formation of Salton Sea
would have been to reduce rather
than to increase the rainfall of
Arizona and New Mexico.
The obvious deduction from
the foregoing is that the Salton
Sea is not responsible for the
phenomenal rainfall of 1905 in
Arizona. As a matter of fact,
however, the sea jw.as only of
small proportions when the ma
jor, part , of rthe rain fell during
that year.
Notwithstanding the deduc
tions of scientists, the actual
conditions have unquestionably
changed to a degree. While the
rainfall has perhaps notincreased
yet we have had, this season and
hist, a greater humidity and
longer spells of sultry weather
than formerly, though as a par
tial offset there has been a slight
lowering of the temperature and
the nights have averaged decid
edly cooler.
CONCERNING WOMEN.
The Oklahoma State Federa
tion of laboi, at its recent meet
ing, adopted a resolution in fa
vor of woman suffrage, and pro
poses to make this a test ques
tion in supporting candidates.
It is proposed to increase the
salaries of the New York City
school teachers by three million
dollars a year. It was claimed
by the opponents of the equal
pay bill that if the women were
given equal pay for equal work
it would cost the city nine mill
ions a year. So, even if the
three million increase goes thro',
which is very doubtful, the wom
eng teachers will still be getting
six millions a year less than if
they were voters. .
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch,
with a .courage and degree of
self-respect worthy of her illus
trious mother, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, has brought suit against
the management of the Hoffman
House, New York, for refusing
to serve herself and a woman
friend in their roof garden cafe.
Why should the vast number of
respectable women be constantly
subjected to insults because of
the existence of that compara
tively infinitesimal'class known
as "bad women?"
Governor Magoon is about to
issue a decree compelling the
Cubans to observe sanitary con
ditions. That is a wise govern
ment. Cleanliness is essential
to self-respect and self-respect is
essential to self-government.
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A Pastoral.
It was a beautiful night. The
gentle zephyrs of the evening
played musically amid the silky
leaves of the turnip trees and the
onion bushes and wafted delicate
fragrance of the growing cab
bage and the far-off odor of the
bean trees.
"Betsy," he cooed,, as they sat
on the rickety wooden fence sur
rounding Mrs. Finnefran's nis?-
r d X O
sty, "Ow bee a utiful is lav J Jest
think uv it, Betsy. Wen we're
married we'll have a pig all uv
our own, all to ourselves."
"Willy urn," she whispered re
sentfully, "why should we want
tor buy a pig? I shan't want ter
buy a pig when I've got yew."
Then all was silent once more,
except that that the gentle zeph
yrs still played amid the fronds
of the cabbage bushes and the
silver-throated frog still sang
from the roof. Reynolds' News
paper. Do not wrap paper around an
incandescent elecrtric lamp for a
shade, A fire may easily ba
started from the heat.
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ATTY AT LAW
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