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THE DISTRICT COURT
The Week's Doings
of a Busy. Session
THURSDAY, JCLY S
Tbe dittrict court convened t 9
o'clock this morning alter a rece of
several day e,
Tbe Unit case called was of a civil
nature, entitled Virginia Alice Carter
and Lee Carter vs. Lee Sugisb, for
damage A jury in demanded by the
plaintiffs in the case, and the trial
jurors reported for duty at the regular
hour this rooming.
Shortly alter the case was called the
.defendaut't counsel, presented a de
murrer to the complaint and tbe ar
gument of counsel on both side fol
lowed. After the court bad teen
advised in the premises, th- demurrer
to the complaint as presented was
ordered sustained. Leave was then
granted to the plaintiff) to amend
their complaint.
The trial jury was then ex;ucrl
until 1pm. At that hour it was
summoned to try the oise. Cunning
ham A Riggs appear for plaintiff and
Ben Goodrich represents the de
fendant. Trial Juror John II
Walker was
excused from jury service for the day.
Charles W. Singner has filed suit
in the district court age.in.-t Ms ife.
Elibabeth Singner, for rlnorce. Attor
neys Worsley A appear as counel for
the plainti. This makes 1G divorce
caes filed since tbn first of January
of this j ear.
In the case of tbe Carters vsSugish, extreme interest to American poople.
the plaint.ffs came into court and riled I I)r Godfrey declares that tho Ma
their amended complaint. Tbe dt- rine h'Pitft' " 'e Unit
fendant then presented a plea of lira f?ta,e'' has maJe "'W' to fur
itation. rf h .,.,. .ill .. ..r, I the board of health of each terri-
the rulinc at 9 o'clock tomorrow, the
cae having gone over until that time.
The trial jury was excused until 9
o'clock in the morning, when they
will be empaneled to try the above
cause.
Trial Juror L. J. Leach was excused
from jury service for tbe balance ol the
term.
The case of E. G. Riley vs. Jacob
Pirrune, appeal from justice court of
Bisbee, passed for tbe term.
FRIDAY, JULY 9.
Tbe civil case of Virginia Alice Car
ter and Lee Carter e. Lee Sugisb, for
damages alleged for falso imprison
ment at Biibee on the 14th day
of April, 1903, was called this morning
shortly after the court convened for
the day, and the following jury was
empanelled to try the sa:d cause:
W H Marr. Harry Welsh,
W Fowler, Thomas Laity,
C Munsou, E B Miller,
George Wilson, W E Mauldin,
H E Coles, J McEwen,
W A Harwood, Joe Johnson.
In the case of Thomas Pidwell et al
vs.TE Wilson, for damages, the plain
tit!" precented to tbe court an applica
tion for an injunction, which was de
nied. In tbe case of E. G. Kiley vs.
Jacob Pirrung, appeal from the justice
court of Bisbee, the plaintiff intro
duced evidence at the last term of the
district court, and was allowed to in
troduce further evidence by the court.
Tbe case was passed until July I3th,
Tho -aseofT X. Lakio, receiver
of the First National Bank of Bisbep.
vs. A. E Hurst appeal from the
justice court of Bisbee, was pet for trial
oa July 14th
The C..-e of E J Mannigan vs.
Charles F. Wren and Edwin B. Moore,
appeal from the justice court of Bis
bee, was set for trial on tbe 14th day
of July.
Tbe following cases were set for trial
today: Allen K. English vs. Jose
phine. M. English, divorce. Amanda
E. Chase vs. J. P. Chase, divorce and
injunction. Territory of Arizona vs
C. E. Crites, assault.
The transcript of judgment from the
oatice, of the pece court of Tomb
stone, in the case ol Joe Stamfeld vs.
L. E.Theo Fisher, was Bled in the
office of the clerk of the district court
this morning. Tbe total amount of
tbe judgment including interest and
cost" of the sait is 23l .55.
In tbe case of tbe Bropby Carriage
company, a corporation, 'vs. E. F,
Fisber and Lulu Fisher, bis wife, for
debt, judgment was granted to tbe
plaintiff in the sum cf $52.90, together
with interest and costs of suit
Edward C. Purnelle was granted a
decree of diorce from bit wife, Laura
Purnelle.
An action- has been filed in tbe dis
trict court entitled E. A. Tovrea vs.
Bail L. MeKtnuey, (or accounting
sod the appointment of receiver for
"-SSJf
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the meat market of the litigants, sit
uated in thg town of Courtland.
The Hartford Fire Insurance com
pmy, a csrporation, has filed an ac
tion in the clerk's office against II J
O'Reilly et al. The complaint al
leges that the defendant, O'Keillv,
was employed by tin company to
solicit, issue policies ol insurance,
collect premiums therefor and remit
eame to the compauy after deducting
his commission; that the plaiutifT
company has demanded of vhe de
fendants tbe payment of f 3,1(53 82.
alleged to have been collected and due
them, but the delendanU bate re
fused to pay tbe same or any part
there jf, wherefore the plaintiff prays
for judgment against the "aid defend
apt" in tbe foregoing um, legal in
terest thereon and thecostsot tbe suit.
Neale iSutter appear as attorneys for
the insurance company.
Tho ci6e of tho Territory vs. Leach
was postponed to MontfSy, July 12.
Home Treatment
For Hydrophobia
Dr. E S. Godfrey of Tucon, terri
torial health officer, who returned re
cently from a trip to the eat coast.
! w'',,re a de'egate from the Terri
torial .Medical association, he attended
meetings of the state and provincial
bnardt ol health at Washmgt n, a con
ference with the surgeon general of
the Marine hospital service and tbe
annual Convention of the American
Medical association at Atlantic City,
tells of the proceedings, which are of
tor nd 8,ate '" ,he l,uiou with '"P"
piies'for the treatment of persons f
llicted with hydrophobia. This is do
' nated free of charge by tbe govern
ment, and this provides f-ee treatment
j of the victims by each state and terri
tory.
The material furnished by the Ma
rina hospital servic comprises a num
ber of spina! cords of animal", such as
rabbits. These cords are iunoculatd
with the hydrophobia gnrms in differ
ent degrees of virulence. They are
emulsified in the Is bora tone! of tbe
boards of health and injected into the
patient, the mildest in virulence be
ing injected first and the solutions
cetting stronger as the treatment pro
gresses. This is virtually the Pasteur
treatment, and thus Arizonans who
are subjected to hvdronhobia by bites
' of animals are not compelled to rush
j to Pasteur institutes (the nearest one
being in Texas) to insure protection
against the ravages of hvdrophobia,
but can be treated at home.
A Mexican Consul
Files Charges
What may result in an international
complication, though so largo an
ending of a comparatively small be
ginning seems scarcely creditable, is
the battery case of Elenor Enrique
Comacbo, Mexican consul at Yuma,
versus Frank Green, which bas been
dragging in tbe justice's court at that
city. The trouble started Sunday
last, the consul declaring that he was
set upon by Green and another man
and badly pummeled as punishment,
tbey declared, for his lack of interest
in tba defense of Comacho's country
men in tws recent casrt where Mexi
cans have mixed jip with Yuma In
dians. The first of these cases was
that of the policeman, Charles Et
calante, who was stabbed by two Mex
icans tome eight weeks ago and sub
sequently died of hit wounds, the
Mexioant being turned over to tbe
United States authorises, by whom
they are now hjld in Los Angeles.
The other case which furnished a
grievance against Comacho was that
of the Mexican boy who was shot,
apparently accidently, by two Indian
boys who were playing with a gun on
the Yuma reservation about three
miles from there several weeks since,
o
Counterfeit money baa been put in
circulation in Courtland and there it
reason to believe that the plant where
tbe "queer" it being made it located
near that camp. Several arrests were
made but the evidence against the
parties tupected of making and past-
I ing the Lad money was not sufficient
and the government hat not been a bit
to catch the counterfeiters.
By reason of tbe slump in prices tbe
United Verde's net income in 1908
dropped to $2,319,633, at against $3-
078.8i in 1907.
Successful Dry
Farm Potatoes
That there is a promi-e of this v.
cinity tecoiiiio noted for its dry farm
potatoes is ahown by the exper:ne
of C V Je.se, who hat a homestead in
the Queen Creek section. He has just
dug 1G sacks of as fine specimers of
"spuds" as are olten seen in the terri
tory He took a few potato's with
him one day when he wuntout to build
fcoc and loeged them in the ground.
He did not e e the patch until fe
dr.ys ago, when he went out to dig
tl em. The potatoes had one ain in
April, the only one th'y had from the
time of pUutiog until they were dug.
Mr. Jesse will lie asked to send a
ttmp'e of his crop with the Arizona
exhit it to be displayed at the Inter
national Exposition of Dry Farm Pro
duct" at Billings, Mont., during the
Four'h Dry Farming Congress, Octo
ber D6-U8, 19o9.
To Combine
All Restaurants
The combining of all the restaur
ants of Douglas and possibly all cf
southern Arizona under one hesd, the
establishment of railroad eating
house and more too, is the gigiutie
cheni3 that is maturing in the mind
of Fred Hast, tbe (optilar proprietor
of the Haas cafe. Already the propo
sition has been placed before s. Dum
ber cf local capitalists and bas been
looked upon with favor. Dispatch,
o
Official Records
Of the County
DEEDS
Sarah K Edwards to F E
Lsncaster; lots in Bis
bee 5 ..
M K Cobbe, widow, to F
0 Cobbe; land in sec31
Michael Donaboe et in
to S P Thompson; lot
in North Douglas....
J II Helm et ux to 1) W
Phillips, land
MR Helm etux to D M
Phillips, land
It D Martin to EP Grin
dell; lots in Overlock
addition
5.000
lfW
.too
600
10
T W Story to Josephine
P Moran; Fisher ranch
past of Fairbank
10
CHATTll. UOKTGAQE
J E Mistier to Stimp.cn
Scale'Co; 2 computing
scales
D E Barks to National
National Cash Regis
iter Co; register
MOKTCAGE.
Second Baptist Church
of Douglae to First
National Bank, Doug
las; lots in Douglas
ISO
150 00
SATISFACTION XOBTOACE
Paul Schwabe to A L
Ulumenthal; on furni
ture in Douglas
f.37
EXCCCTIOX
E A Tovre Co, plain'iS,
vs Cora Niles, defend
ant levies on lots in
Bisbee; demand
54 70
PATEJ.T
US to Earl A Hemphill;
land in tec 26
PATk.ST.
US to E PGabbart;Iand
in sec 15 .
Acm.EMf.sr
Alexander Bannon and V V Mil
ler agree that the stock of Keystone
Copper Co shall consiit of three liund
red thousand hun cf treasury stock
and six hundred thousand thares of
promotion stock.
It STRICT COUBT
O Gutierrat vs. It O de Gutierrat;
action for divorce.
Ansel M. Bragg, pioneer and prom
iuent in Masonic circles, formerly of
Tucson and at one time gracd matter
of the masons for Arizona, died ft hit
home in Uarvanza, Cal , last week, ae
78 yeart.
Tbe nature faker is abroad in the
Bait River valley. He it sending out
the unprecedented story of bent jn hit
community which lay eggt with three
yolkt each, aud atk tha question ol
whether they should go to mtrket tl
one ege or three eaggt each.
Resolutions
of Appreciation
At this time when Mr. Ilenedict is
closing big period of service as i-ur
pattor. we, the nifi'b-is of the Con
grega(ional Church of Jumbftone, re
membering with what z-al and dv
votedness he did so much to help in
building our church and pa'sonsge;
enthused with new life our church
work, which he found in h disorgc-iz-'d
condition, visited our jail, u I
and with his large optimism and
cheery good humor, his fiith in men
at well as in God, brought renewed
hope to many, and the promise of
better things; and minietertd to th
sick and dying in our hosnital do
hereby resolve that we, as a churcb.
expre our appreciation of hi" years
of service with us, and now bid htm a
hear'y God speed in hs new w rk.
R"s,o!ed, That the"e resolution" be
spread on the miuutes of the church,
and be. published in Tiik PaoPhCTOit.
ElXJAH H. Kl.K8.
Frances Adell,
Flora M. Uockfelloiv,
Committee.
Whereat, Our pastor. Uev. A J.
Ilenedict, after six years of leadership
in our church and rinndiy school is
now leaung for other fields of mission
ary act'vity , it becon.es a pleasure to
us to express something of our appre
cistion of his zeal and demotion, by
which In a large measure our schoul
i made to grow from a weak, oia
organized handful to
school.
Therefore, He it resohed that wedo
declare our gratitude for his years of
faithful work as teacher and leader in
our school; that we wish him a sin
cere nnd hearty God speed in his
further Christian work
fie it further resolved. That thee
re" jlufons be made a part of the re
, .
cords of the Sunday school
published in The Tombstone Pros
PfcroE.
E. L. Kobinsox.
P. D. D. McLackiv
E. H. Reeves,
Committee
o
Capitalization of
E. P. & S. W. Ry
A certificate for filinh in tbe county
records was received today from the
secretary of state of New Jersey to the
etlect that the capitalization of the El
H!oi Southwestern Railroad com
pany had been increased from f!7,0J0.
GtW to 25,000.09-?.
The El Paso 4 Southwestern com
pany is the holding company -which
ow us all of the so-called Phelps-Dodge
railway line", both in the United
States and Mexico.
Reduction Likely in
Passenger Rates
Among tbe various other live ques
tions which it has up with the rail
roads, the Arizona Railway commis
sion has for some time teen pushing
thesuljct o! local passenger rate".
This (net wa stated by Sims Ely,
who ha9 ju-t returned from a brief
busine-s vieit to New Mexico.
"Some wevLt ago in personal con
ference with railway ofScers, and later
in formal correspondence, the matter
was taken up " said Mr. Ely to the
Phoenix Republican, "and I hope it
will njt be long until wecan announce
reeults. We have asked for reduc
tions of 1 cent per mile.
"In arriving at these figures." said
Mr. Ely "the commission was guided.
largely by the statistics of the earn
ing of the various lines; we reached
tbe conclusion that on the whole it
would not be unfair to the railways to
have the suggested redactions put in
operation. The commission i satis
fied that with the auggested rate in
force the railways will sutler no sub
stantial reductions of earnings. Cheap
er faresre alwaya appreciated by the
traveling public and increased travel
Invariably follows passenger rate re
ductions. '
Entering the delirious ttaget of
lypl.oid fever, Tom Cook, who was
taken to the A. C. hospital at Clifton
tl few days ago, wandered into the
bathroom and drank the contenti of a
vial of nitric acid. He died in s few
momenta in terrible agony.
The output of the Douglas smelters
lor June is reported to havo been
13.500.000 pounds.
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TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN
TEREST CONDENSED.
BL
T. H. II Watfcer ol Dallas City, III.,
ii iltrrtitiiig for Henry P.Walker,
who was lat heiird cl in tho employ
of Lar.try i. Slurp, railroad contrac
tors, in Arizona, at Truxtoti, in 1905
and would like to have auyono who
knows Hny thing, of the whereabouts
.'f tt.e miisit! man to communicate
itli him.
Flirce shifts areat work rehabilitat
ing the Humboldt smelter, which is
t-aou to reopen.
Kleptomania is the only explanation
ol the act of Francisco Ortrga, e. Pre
cott Mexican, who stole a roll of blan
ket the other day when the thermom
eter reentered 100 in the ehad-j.
The bull ling of tho new road from
liouiM' to Swan ta is now under jj
and the constructors are hiring rnerr
and teams as rapidly as they cm !
found.
Thecelebratisu of Indepcndenceday
in Arizona this year s remarkable
for the small number olacctdentsfiom
fireworks, all of which were trivial, no
accident of a serious niture being re
ported in the territory.
II l'. Uranaall lias leen appoi
county examiner of Yuma county
y at
a saliry of 10 per dy.
A "pechnen of the monkey-faced owl
a rare and almost extinct bird, was
di-cowrtd by a prospector in anabau-
siLvss'ul ! doned chatt on the Money Metals prop
j erty in the Black Hills district.
The El Paso i Southwes'ern rail
road i" suffering from a famine of
Mexican laborers, who have been Ieav-
ing Bisbee and docking ta the South
ern Pacific main lin, where eliine
wok i in progress.
Aroau meeting will becilled at
j Dougla tarly next week for the pur-
I poae ol organizing a republican cluh
whose purpose will be' to prepare for
tht- first state election.
E L Thew, proprietor of the New
York store and one of Tempe'o most
promii-eut bu-iness men, died ol ty
phoid fever Saturday after an illo.ee-
of several weeks
At the cowboy tournament at No-gale-,
Sonora. Julv. a, the world's rec
ord (or throwing and tying a wild
stttr was bronen by Ed Hall of Nutt,
N. M , in 21 "econds.
By tbe -iccitlental discharge of
shotgun in the hands of a pompauion
Guiuisindo Orosco, & Mexican cf
Temp, was instantly killed Saturday,
the entire erlect takinc charge in
the shoulder and causing a territlc
vound.
Plans are btinc prepared for a new
mill to be erected at the property of
tbe YultU'e Mining company, near
Wickeuburg.
Governor Sloan and Private Secre
tary C!eaelar.d are bury preparing
tbe annual report of the cond.tlon
of the territory, which will be made
to the secretary of the interior Sep
tember 1.
The will of the late O. M. h'endrick,
who we recently killed by lightning
near Tempe, bequeaths all bis prop
erty, a modest fortune, to the ue of
the Southern General Presbyterian
assembly.
The Ray Consolidated Co. is adver
tising for 150 men to work on the
railroad being built between Kelvin
and Ray.
Paralyzed by Bite
Of a Black Spider
According to the Gazette, little Jo
sephine Ralsz,th 13-year-old-daughter
of Mr. and Mrs JueBalsz, who live in
Phoenix, wat near death Wednesday
afternoon and night at the result of
the bite of a small black spider.
About noon the girl was bitten on
one thigh. The bite stung a little at
first, but the thought nothing ol it.
Soon after, however, the began to feel
badly and Dr. Hawiey was summoned.
By the time the Dr. arrived Miss Balsz
was in a serious condition. Dr. Haw j
ley labored over her fcur hours before J
he dared leave her
At times she was out of her head
and raved wildly. This continued
throughout the night
Aside from throwing her into del
iriuni the po'tou paralysed her lower
limbs. Next morning the paralysis
had partially passed and Miss Balsz
it now on the road to recovery, though
still unable to leave ber bed.
'V-
From Thursday's Daily
George Wales returned last evening
from a trip toMexico, where he has
been for the pant several month.
Couetiblo Jay Wilmoth is In the
county seat from Iliabee on business
with tbe sheriff's nlhce.
E Mor ' M Adainson of Doug
las, is county seat visitor today from
the smelter city on business mat'ers
II N ltcnii, the well Lno'tn I ug
lasite, is a Totnl touo visiter tody.
E G Meyer of Uislee i" in the c ty
today on a brief vis-t.
Mr. and Mrs F. II King are counjy
fat visitors from Duiiglm lor a, few
1 'J'.
A J Cunningham is a Tomlstone
business nitor from Las ojely.
Georg S Gie, city clerk nf the
City of Bistiee, is in Tombstone today
on court business,
J. W Pierc is in the city from Los
Angeles.
C. J, McOrmand departed th;s
morning for the coast on a vacation.
At the recent meeting of tbe board
of "iipervisois, that body authorized
the sheritf to isue i'oon license in
the Courtland district.
W M Zcek of I'eneon, was an incom
nied ing passenger this morning from the
J ju
junction city.
All trial jurors of trie April term of
the district court are again in the
county seat awaiting the orders of the
court.
District Attorney John 8 Williams
returned from Bisbee this morning,
where he was called to attend the
preliminary bearing of Arthur lruy,
who on the night of June 19th killed
Lee Perry, a well known miner in the
big copper camp. Altera number of
witnesses had keen examined in the
case the district attorney "tiled that
he was "ati'Sed from tbo ewdenee
herd that it an uc fortunate
atlair, without c iminal intent,
and tierefore upon the m'ltio" of tbe
ottcial the case was dimis-ed.
Kay Swa'n left this morning for
I. o Augeles, where he will tate in
tho Elks' doin's, and from there will
go to seatt'e, where he will attend the
exposition.
George M. Miller and C. C. George
are Tomb-tone visitors today from
El Paso
Attorney J. W Ross of Bistre, is in
Tombstone toJay on court matteis.
Miss Vernette llatcheldor has re
turned from a trip to Los Angele-a
where she spent several weeks
Mrs. Y.J. Fowler returned to her
home at St. David jesteidty.
Attorney R. N. French is m the
county set t-rfUy from Douglas on
legal bu-incss.
Orin Wilson ol Sailord, is a Tomb
stone visitor today.
County Auditor Charles Purdon
was an incoming passenger this morn
ing Irom Douglas on business con
nected nith his officii! position
Assistant District Attorney Edward
J. Flannigan was among the arritals
from Bisbee od the morning train.
Attorney William B. C'eiry arrived
in the county seat this morning en
matters pending before the district
court.
Jre Norcross, loader of the Copper
Queen band at Bisbee, arrived in the
city today on a visit to friendj for a
few- davs.
Apportioning Inter
est on School Bonds
The board of supervisors have ad
journed until July 19th, which will be
the last opportunity for assessed prop
erty owners to appear before them as
a board of equalization.
During the present session the
boaid determined tbe assessed valua
tion of the various school districts for
tho purpose of assessing and appor
tioning the interest on the school
bonds of the various districts. These
assessments by bonded school districts
are: Bisbee. $8,661,920.77; Douglas,
(511,571; Tombstone, 559,4I3.73;
j, - ,COf :31,20-J; Willcox, $3S3 CS2;
Marcu,fll0,8J8.
Since the action of the Board of
Supervisors in allowing saloon license
to be issued at Courtland, tbe six-mite
limit on railroad grades having been
lifted, no less than five taloon licenses
have been isiued for the new camp.
The county is $1,500 ahead and. more
to hear from
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h . k , m.;
From Friday's Daily
Lee Sugish acd John Bugih, mem
bers ol the Bisbee Commercial cori.-
I panv, are in the city today lii busi
I nes be ore the district court
Charles Hall, cashier of thlcnu
missioo firm of Buxton-Smith Co.
lhaW, is a Tombstone visiter for a
fortuight.
Doane Merrill, tbe well known
Iten-on banker, is a county seat vis
itor tedsy on ourt business.
Mr and Mrs Lee Carter are in the
city today from Uisbee, having been
summoned here on matters before the
court.
S V Spjiks is a Tombstone visitor
today from Tucson having arrived on
the early train.
George Lutz arrivid in the city tbii
morning from Doughs to look after
business matter" that req lired his
attention.
E F Happe of Bisbee is a visitor in
the c'ty, being among the arrivals on
last evening's train from the big cop
pT camp
H L Hutch'nson wte an incoming
passenger this morning from Long
Beach, Cal., on court business.
G It Strong arrived in the county
seat today from Bisbee on a brief
business visit.
Joe Larrabee has returned to Tuc-
j son after spending several days in
Tombstone visitiug friend-.
Deputy Sheriff NeJ White hsa pur
chased the residence of C M Brown
en llruca street, and will make that
place liu home in the future.
Miss Lydu King arrived Tombstone
recsn'ly from her horn" in Silun,
Ohio, on a vi.t to her brother, W. A.
Kins, and family. She will visit for
a fortnu'iit
Tiro -snsitional incidents of a
Tombstone dirorce case that is now
being aired in court would be . choice
morsel of news for some of the yellow
press, but The I'm splctok chooses to
ignore thn details of what I claimed
to be a most salacious arlxir and spare
our readers any nauseating details.
Thct.H Douglas died at the County
hospital this morning. Ho wsj a
eutlerer from cancer winch caused bis
death Deceased will be "hipped to
Hutchuca for burial.
Attorney J. F. Ro"s was among th e
arriva's on the noon train from Doug
lis on.court business.
Mayor George Neale is a Tombstone
visitor today on legal matters.
C. D. Parsons, the well known
Douglas attorney, is in Tombstone to
day. Charles Laygol is a Tombstone vis
itor to 'ay Irom Bisbee as & witness in
tre esse of Sugish vs. Cuter.
Chester Nevins was this morning
granted a irurnags licen-e in tbe
probate court to wed Frances Logan.
U ith are rsid-'nts of Bisbee.
The Laguna Dam
Is Holding Its Own
A Washington dispatch says: The
engineer in oharge of the Quina irri
gation project reports that a Hood of
139,000 feet is passii-g over tbe re
cently completed Laguna dam. Both
the dam and the levees which for
miles protect the bottom lands are
holding their own and no trouble is
anticipated.
Tbe news is very gratifying to tbe
officials who erected tbe dam, as it
confirms their judgment that the Col
orado could be contro'led and the
bottom lands protected from floods
and irrigated.
The Laguna dam is patterned after
weirs which have been successfully
operated on erratic rivere of the old
world (or half a century, and the lev
ees are of the type which experience
on the Mississippi r.ver durii.g the
past six'y years has proved to be
the bet.
Practically every business man in
the city interviewed yestetd-y in
dorsed the suggestion of The D snatch
th-t a big carnival and county fair be
held in Dmigla some time in Septem-
t-er or October. Although only a small
major ty ol the merchan's were visited
there was not one who was not heartily
in favor of the plan. It was the gen
eral opinion that the holding o! a big
baseball tournxinent at the time if the
fair and carnival would be practical
and would prove a big drawing rard,
Dispatch.
tF