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"Independent In all things." Yuma, Arizona The Gate City of the Great Southwest
VOL. 39. 4 YTJMA. ARIZONA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1909. NO. 52
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TEKUITOBIATj ovficehs
Governor K. S. Sloan
S ujretary -Geo. U. ouiir
Treasurer E. E. Kirkland
Attornor Generals.... Ji hn B. W r;gnt
Purveyor General P- S. Inpalls
S rp't of Public Instruction... Kit fee T. Moore
Delegate to Conj:rcss Ralph Cameron
Sup't Territorial Prison Thomas Rynning
PHOKNIX LAND OFFICE
Rccister Frank II. Parker
Receiver C. E. Arnold
COUNTY OmCKBS
District Judsre ... John H. Campbell
Clerk of District Court.. ....C. H. Utting
. J, H. Shanssey. Chairman:
Supervisors A H- Kttnt and w. E. Marvin,
-Clerk Board of Supervisors 1. J. "Miller
Probate Judpe D. L. DeVane
County Sup't of Schools Fre 1 Wessell
Sheriff Gus Livingston
Under Sheriff.., Walter Riley
District Attorney W. F. Tiinmons
Treasurer Geo. Michelsen
Surveyor H. C. Johnson
County Physician Dr. Henri ApJohn
County Recorder Jas. M. Polhamns
County Assessor C. V. Mceden
PRECINCT OFFICERS
Justice of the Peace J- C. Jones
Constable Julio Martinez
Trustees Yuma School District. Geo. Rock
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Mayor J- H. Shnnsscy
( P. O, Spiitler. L. W. Alexander,
Councilmcn -t Henrv Gandolfo. Newt Parks,
I W. C. Peterson, C. E. Potter
City Attorney. Frank Baxter
City Clerk and Treasurer J. L. Redondo
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FOR FARMERS,
A Lesson in Intensive Farming by
R H. Forbei, Director and
Chemist of Agricultural
Experiment Station
University of Arizona,
January 15, 1007.
Jnst west of Yumn, Arizona. In the alluvial
flood-plain or the Colorado, lies u little rarm
or?.2 acres which. on Aluy 1, 1905, was virgin
bottomland, covered with saltwecd, urrow
brusli and creosote bushes. The original
purpose or th tract whs for planting selected
varieties or date palms imported by the U. S.
Department or Agriculture rrom the Old
World. The Experiment station, May 2, be
gan preparing the ground, and on May 20 the
work or levelling, bordering and irrigating
the tract and the plari ting oi 152 palms, was
completed.
T1IK l'LAN OF WORK.
Recognizing, however, that a farmer with
bis living to make meantime, cannot- uHbrd
to wait, for an orchard to come into bearing,
it was planned to plant crops for .quick re
turns between the tree-rows, thus putting the
work on a feasible basis rrom the small farm
er's point or view. In order to. economize
ground the irrigating borders were so placed
aR to coincide with the rows of palms, thus
utilizing space otherwise usually wasted.
The tract was divided by the borders into
lands, for the most part one-half un acre in
size. Irrigating water rrom the Colorado
Vulley P. & 1. Canal was obtained In the cus
tomary manner, and E. L. Crane, himself u
Yuma Valley farmer, undertook the care of
what was nicknamed our "play farm."
In size, as well as In.tlie intensive character
of the work planned, this "farm" Is the op
posite or the average holdings or this locality.
The prevailing crops or ihe region are alfaira,
com, barley, and rorages in general, compara
tively little attention being given o vege
tables and fruits. Withal, the cost of levelling
land in this region is high, rarely falling be
low twenty dollrirs an acre at current prices
for labor and teams. Moreover, the cost, ex
clusive of maintenance, of the Government
irrigating system now under construction)
will be about 83.50 an acre annually ior ten
years. To meet these and other heavy items
or expense In connection with the establish
mcntof a farm in this region, intensive crops
ora more remunerative character than those
now In vogue, are essential. It was Partly,
therefore, as an object losson bearing upon
these flnunclal aspects or the general situa
tion, that this cultural work was planned.
KKCJ.AMATIOX OF THE GROUND.
Theoll or our tract, a warm, sandy loam
well adapted to gardening operations, was
levelled, ditched and bordered at 'a contract
price orS17.2(i an acre, considerably less than
j the average Tor the locality, reckoning the
labor or men and teams at current rates, in
addition, barbed wire and posts for fencing
I cost 60-10; lumber for beadgatos cost S3!I.."j7;
' a drive well point and pipe, a pitcher-spout
! pump and a barrel, 313.4o; a smull lumber
; two-room house. Including five and one-half
days carpenter hire, SI52.75; and a brush-roof
shelter for horses, about 85.00. Only skilled
labor employed in levelling, bordering and
ditching the ground, and for part construc
tion of the house, is Included In the above
estimates, as the common labor required or
dinarily would be, and in this case was, fur
uished by the farmer himself.
To bring this ground under cultivation and
make it habitable for a small rarmer and his
ramily, as stated above, therefore required a
e:ish outlay or about $100-00. In addition, in
the average instance must be Included a
team, wagon, plow, narrow, haying equip
ment shovels hoes and other small tools.
CROPS AND MARKETS.
The crops selected ror the season or 1900
were Earlj Rose potatoes, White Bermuda
onions. Rocky ford cantaloupes, Dwarf Cham
pion and Buree'9 Quarter Century tomatoes,
and alfalfa, besides a few hills of watermelons
and sundry vegetables.
The produce was marketed in Yuma with
the exception of tomatoes, which, for the
largest part, were expressed to Tucson and
Risbee. The following statements for the
j various crops are on the basis of net cash ic-
tunin iu iiie annul liiijiLuj, iiij witu in, uc:i
age ramily or live and a team of horses is as
sumed to do the work required, as explained
lielow. Items necessitating cash outlay, as
seed. Irrigating water, and crates are deducted
rrom gross returns. Water costs an average
or50 cents Tor irrigation per acre Tor the crops
grown. The yields in certain instances are
low, due to the unimproved condition or the
soil, which, like desert soils in gen. ml, was
low in nitrogen and organic matter. Some
small sulty areas also airected yields locally.
White Bermuda onions; ,A7 acres; Seed
planted Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 1!K)5. Young onions
transplanted, Feb. 5-!), 100. Crop matured
about June 1. Yield, 3910 pounds of dry onions-
Highest price received, 2'4c a pound;
lowest price received, L8c a pound. Entire
irop marketed in xumu.
Cash
outlav,
Cash
returns.
'Seed S 2.88
9 Irrigations in seed bed and
I 8 irrigations In Held, about 3.50
' Sacks and sundry, about 2.WJ
3'JIG pounds or onions at 2.5-
i 1.8c
?73.21
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor 01.30
873.21
573.21
The amount or labor expended upon this
crop was large ror the area, especially at the
transplanting time. One day's team work in
preparing the land and about 32 days, men's
time, were required to bring it through, al
though the work was not heavy and could
have been largely perrormed by boys. The
yield was low owing to the desert and unfer
tilized character or the soil, onions requiring
large amounts or organic matter in the soil to
give good results.
Early Rose potatoes; .SI acres: Seed pota
toes planted Feb. 10-19, 1900. Beginning to
bloom April 13. Crop all harvested June 13.
Yield, 2(il." pounds. Highest price. May 21,
3&c. Bulk or crop, 2Kc. All marketed In
Yuma.
Cash f Cash
outlay, returns
250 pounds seed-potatoes and
freight on same $ S.03
Irrigating water for sesbania
used as fertilizer 2.1)8
2 irrigations for crop ,R1
Formaline for scab, includ
ing express 1.00
2(515 pounds of potatoes at
3'5-2c 870.00
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor 57.15
70.00 f70-00
The amount of labor required for the crop
Itself was about 15 working days, with team
154 days. The sesbania used as green manur
ing on the west Imirof the potato ground was
given 17 irrigations. Bermuda grass, more
over, flourished beneath the sesbania to such
an extent as subsequently to require 23 days
labor ror cleaning up the .45aercs so fertilized.
Although the larger part or the crop came
from the sesbania fertilized portion of the po
tatoes, this method of enriching the soil
proved very costly, 27 days mans time and 3
days team-work being required to put the ses
bania under and afterwards get rid or the
Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor eng
tailed 'conld cosily have been managed by n
careful farmer, a-s the Bermuda digging vas
done in January when other work was not
urgent.
Tomatoes, Dwarr Champion and Burpee's
Quarter Century; .52 nciv: Seed planted in
cold-rrnme, Feb-1. l'JOti. Transplanted to Held,
March 12-15. First, ripe tomatoes, June 10
Last or marketable crop, Sept. 8. Yield, lirst
class, 11282 pounds; second class, salable, 2219
pounds; waste, most or which could have
been canned, 1S10 pounds. Total crop of 3300
vines, 15341 pounds or4.fi pounds, gross, to the
vine. Highest price received, 30c for a single
pound on June 10. Bulk of flrst-class crop sold
during July In Tucson and Bisbce markets, at
(iYz to i''C, f. o. b- Yuma. Second class crop
Bold locally down to 2c.
Cash Cash
outlay, returns.
Seed 8 1.72
18 irrigations, Yt acre 1.50
438 crates for shipments to
Tucson and Bisbee 66-50 1
13531 pounds of tomatoes at
30c to 2c 8621.60
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor 551-88
SR2I.60 S621.60
Not including 814.60, failed to collect.
Until the last of June this crop required but
little labor. During the shipping season,
however, four persons were employed on
about half time in picking, packing and ship
fog the crop. The entire labor requirements
inr the crop were, men's time, 85 days; women
and boys, 38 days; and team 10 days, the
hpaviest demand upon labor being during
July Dwiiil Ciiuuipiou una" i;urpce't Quarter
Centnry yielded about equally well, both be
ing or the dwarf bushy sorts best adapted to
this climate. Barnyard manure was used un
der the double rows, otherwise the ground
was unfertilized saveby the muddy Irrigating
water used.
Roekyford cantaloupes; 1 acre: Seed planted
March 7-9, nxVJ. Cold, backward saason re
sulting in thin stand equal to about three
fourths of an acre. Crop picked July 5 to
Sept. 7. Yield 780 dozen, sold locally at from
35c to 15c a dozen.
Cash Cash
outlay, returns.
1 pound seed 8 1 .00
16 Irrigations 8.00
780 dozen cantaloupes at 85c
to 15c i.. 8141.60
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor- 135.60
8141.60 8144.60
Thelaboron this crop was light, but in this
case time consuming, becauseof Inconvenient
arrangements for marketing. There were em
ployed on the crop 31 days men's time; 8 days
women and boys; and 2 days team, not other
wise included.
The crop was fertilized with barnyaid man
ure in about three-fourths of the hills, and, as
stated above, thestand was poor. The results
ot this acre are therefore conservative
Watermelons and sundry small Items or
produce were sold locally to the amount
of 815.65
Seed and irrigating water, about 8 2.00
Leaving a cash return of about.. 13.65
815.65 815-65
Alfalfa; 1.70 acres: This was sown May 18
1905, yielding three cuttings of about five tons
of clean hay the first season. During the sec
ond season, covered by this Timely Hint,
there were seven cuttings with a total of
about 20 tons of hay. The only cash outlny
was 822.41 for irrigating water. The labor re
quired was, mnn's.llme, 14 days and team
ninp doys, which is rather high labor require
ment for this alfalfa on account or the small
size or the field under consideration, and lim
ited use or machinery. This crop at 85 00 to
810.00 a ton, loose, which ha been the price
this season, represents n cash return or not
less than 81V0.00 for the crop; but tills hay was
used to reed 'ho team employed on the place,
proving to be more than sufficient Tor that
pumose, since n stack of about three tons re
mains nt the end of the.sea.son. The manure
from this source, being rree from Bermuda
grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil
izing a part of the crops grown
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Serial 03035
Yuma Project.
1st Form.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Ofllce at Phoenix, Arizona,
5, October 8, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John B. Caruth,
of Laguna. Yuma county, Arizona, who, on
Mav 20. IDol. made Homestead Entry No. 4955,
Serial 0303- for the NwJi. section 9, Township
8. South, Range 22 West, G. and S- R. Merid
ian, has filed notice of intention to make final
five-year proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before Charles H, Utting, U.
S. Commissioner, at his ofllce in Yuma, Arizo
na, on the lnth day or November, 1909.
Claimant names s witnesses:
John Mccarty, William Boyle. Harry Leon
ard and Joseph 13, Smarr, all of Laguna, Yuma
county, Arizona.
FRANK H. PARKER, Register.
Oct 14, 1909
1 Serial 03030
Yuma Project.
1st Form Withdrawal.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona.
September 11. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Angel Tonini, of
Yuma, Arizona, who, on August 24, 1901. made
Homestead Entry No. n023. Serial 03080. for the
WJ4 or NwK and WYt of Swfcf. section 14.
Township 9, south. Range 23 West, Q. and S.
R. Meridian, has tiled notice of intention to
make final five-year proof to establish claim to
the land above described, before Charles H,
Utting, U. S. Commissioner, at his office in
Yuma, Arizona, on the 22nd day of October,
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Moses S. Hibbard. Henry Wuppcrman, Jo
seph Kcan and Wingate Lindsay, all of Yuma,
Arizona. . .
Frank H. Parker, Register.
Scpt.16 1009 a
Serial 03096
Yuma Project. 1st Form
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,
Sept. 28. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that John R. Ellis' of
Santa Barbara, Calif., brother and heir-at-law
of Nealy P. Ellis, deceased, who, on Sept. 12
1901. made Homestead Entry No. 5055, Serial
03096, for lots 6. 7. 8 and 9. Section 12, Town
ship 10. South, Range 23 West, G. & S. R. B. &
Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make
final five-year proof to establish claim of the
heirs-at-law of said Nealy P. Ellis to the land
above described, before Charles H. Utting, U.
S. Court Commissioner, at his office in Yuma,
Arizona, on the 4th day of November, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Samuel H. King. Mrs. Lucetta A. Wrigley,
Johannes Johannsen and Fred peterkin, all of
Somerton, Yuma county. Arizona.
Frank H, Parker, Register.
Sept 30-09
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In spite of the charges of Peary
against Cook, some of them spe
cific, says Collier's, Dr. Cook
holds the public with him. "That
must be admitted by all open
minded observers. The Satur
day Review, which wcd beam
with joy, if it could nail an Amer
can liar, says;
"Even Commander Peary-smust
perceive that Dr. Cook's case
does not wear at all badly as
time goes oh."
Various cities are giving Dr.
Cook as hearty a welcome as if
there were no Polar controver
sy. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington,Pittsburg,St. Louis,
Chicago and( Kansas City have
turned out large crowds at Ihe
railroad station and the local
theatre to see and hear the ex
plorer It is time we began to get ac
tion. Commander. Peary has
been talking more charges for
three weeks, but the detailed
charges have not been released.
Also it is time for Dr. Cook to
turn in his data to whatever
body of scientests he selects.
The souvenir hunters have
well nigh stripped the Roosevelt
of its portable junk, and the
crew have been hospitably enter
tained. Commander Peary re
mains in pretty complete retire
ment. The most human paragraphs
in Dr. Cook's Polar Dash serial
story are those that tell of the
dogs.
"The long strain of the march
had giveu a brotherly sympathy
to the trio of human strugglers.
Under the same strain was made
tne descent to canine levels. The
dogs, though still retaining the
savage ferocity of the wolf, had
taken us into their community.
We now moved among them
without hearing a grunt of dis
cord, and their sympathetic eyes
followed" until we were made
comfortable on the cheerless
snows. If our dogs happeued to
be placed near enough, they
edged up and encircled us, giv
ing the benefit of their animal
fires. To remind us of their
presence, frost-covered noses
were frequently pushed under
the bag, and occasionally a cold
snout touched our warm skin
with a rude awakening."
"They willingly did a prodig
ious amount of work each day,
and then as bedfellows they offer
ed their fur as shelter and bones
as head rests to their two-sooted
companions. They had leatned
to appreciate the advantage of
their beating breasts. And now
there was a reason than ever to
appreciate po'.ver, for together
we were seeking an escape, from
a world which was never intend
ed for creatures with thumping
hearts."
Law in the United States
President Taft's declaration
that our criminal procedure is a.
disgrace to the country is match
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Brewer of the Supreme Court of
the United States,.that the. "re
versal of a judgment by an ap
pellate court on the ground of
mere technicality, when substan
tial justice has been administer
ed, is an outrage." In the ca
of Byers against Territory of
Oklahoma, decided last March,
and reported in 100 Pacific Re
porter, the Oklahoma Court :
Criminal Appeals says: "Tf-
"The Court accepts the verdi t
in the case at bar as a fair, hoi -est,
impartial and humane fim -ing
upon the fasts in the cas--and
again announces that this
Court will not revers a case when
the record before it shows thai
the accused had a fair trial by a
fair and impartial jury and trial
judge,simpl because some harm
less technical error may have
occurred at the trial." One of
the law reviews, which, at ..first
criticized us severely for essay
ing the role of legal critic, has
recently quoted with approval
the words of Professor Roscoo
Pound, who has declared that
the near future must see a com
plete practice act along newer
and simpler lines, and who adds:
"Our etiquette of justice in this
country is the most rigid, the
most minute, the most subver
sive of the ends for which it ex
sts, to be found in any business
or industrial communities of the
modern world. . . A very
large part of our adjective law
is as out of place in a twentieth
century bourt as gold lace and
red coats upon a modern skir
mish line." A poll of the Su
preme Court judges of one of
our Western States recently
showed three out of seven of the
judges unaware of the code pro
vision of their ovsn State which
provided thatnojudgmentshould
be set aside where the substan
tial rights of the defendant, re
gardless of technicalities, had
been fully accorded in the trial
court. The entanglement of our
present system is the result of a
century of judicial hair-splitting.
Perhaps Horace Binney was
right when, i.n his "Life of John
Marshall," he said that the world
had produced fewer instances of
truly great judges than it had of
great men in almost every other
department of civil life. Col
lier's Weekly.
The So-Called "Spanish
Swindle."
The Department of State at
Washington has received a re
port from the American consul
general at Barcelona, Spain, in
regard to the band of swindlers
operating in the various towns
aod cities in Spain who make a
practice of writing to persons in
the United States inspecting the
imprisonment of a relative and
the guardianship of a child.
The consul-general states that
the alleged prisoner generally
describes himself as a political
prisoner from Cuba; he is at the
point of death and has but one
friend the prison priest thro
whose good offices he is enabled
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