VOL. 11.
HOUSE MEMORIAL
MAY HELP MINERS
T. M. Drennan of Parker Introduces
Memorial to Congress in Legisla
ture, Asking That Mineral Lands
Be Segregated From Reservation.
Representative T. M. Drennan in
troduced in the lower branch of the
Arizona legislature Tuesday, House
Memorial No. 4. calling upon congress
to enact such laws as may be neces
sary to furnish relief to owners of
mines and mining claims located in
the southern portion of the Colorado
River Indian reservation, which were
worked and located prior to the re
cent survey.
The recent survey of the reserva
tion included considerable area o.
mineral ground south of old La Paz
necessitating the cessation of opera
tions by the La Paz Gold Mining com
pany, which was preparing to develop
its placer holdings in that section
on an extensive scale.
The memorial introduced by Mr
Drennan is as follows/:
House Memorial No. 4.
To the Senate and House of Repres
entatives of the United States ol
America in Congress assembled.
Your Memorialists, the First LegL
lature of the State of Arizona, in sec
sion convened, respectfully represent:
WHEREAS, by an Act of the Con
gress of the United States, passed
March 3rd, 1865, certain lands lying
along the East side of the Colorado
River in Yuma County, Arizona, now
known as the Colorado River Indian
Reservation were set apart for Indiar
purposes; and
WHEREAS, by Executive orders
dated November 22, 1873, November
16, 1874, and: May 15, 1876, the boun
daries of said reservation, were des
cribed as follows, to-wit:
“Beginning at a point where La
Paz Arroya enters the Coorlado riv
er about four miles above Ehrenburg,
Arizona, thence Easterly following
the course of said arroya, to a point
South of the crest of La Paz Maun
tain, thence following the crest oi
said mountain, in a Northerly direc
tion, to the top of Black Mountain,
thence in a North-Easterly direction
over the Colorado river, to the top of
Monument Peak in the State of Cal
ifornia, thence South-Easterly in a
straight line to the top of Riverside
Mountain in California, thence a dir
ect line towards the place of begin
ning to the West bank of the Col
orado river, thence down said West
bank to a point opposite the place
of beginning, thence to place of be
ginning ; and
cent survey
WHEREAS, the description as giv
en in said Executive orders is ambig
uous and uncertain, in that, there is
much dispute as to which Mountain
l>eak is meant by La Paz Mountain,
:is well as the crest of that mountain
to be followed in a Northerly direc
tion; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner ci
the General Land Office at Washing
ton, D. C., has recently had surveyed
the lands embraced within said In
dian reservation as per Executive or
ders as above set forth, and the
South-East corner of said reservation
has been established on a certain
Mountain peak, purporting to be the
I>articular mountain described in 3aid
Executive orders, as La Paz Maun-
tain and run a line from said point
to a certain mountain called Black
Mountain, and
WHEREAS, the lines so run ha:
established the South and East liner
of said reservation, and
WHEREAS, the said survey, as
now established, will include within
the said reservation, a large amount
of mineral land, including mines and
mining claims that have been owned
by citizens of Arizona since 1861, and
WHEREAS, owing to the uncertair
ty of the exact location of the boun
i dary lines of said reservation during
k the past thirty-five years, many pros-
L pectors have located, worked or sold
their mining claims to innocent pur
* chasers, who have in turn expended
large amounts of money in develop
ment work, erecting costly hoisting
works, building roads, and otherwise
building up this section of the coun
try; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of that
community firmly believe that it wa3
the intention of the Congress of the
United States, in setting apart the
lands embraced within the Colorado
River Indian reservation, to include
/ ' within Its boundaries, only such land
as could be U3ed for agricultural pur-
THE PARKER POST
poses, and did not intend to include
mineral land; and
WHEREAS, the only land within
said reservation, which can be used
for Agricultural purposes, grazing or
timber lands lies in the valley along
the Eastern side of t/he Colorado rlv
er; and
WHEREAS, that portion of the land
now taken in by the recent survey,
as set forth above, which lies on the
mesas or the mountains East of the
valley does not contain a single acre
of tillable land, contains no timber
nor pasture, hence is of no Value
whatever, except tor the mineral con
tained in the gravel on the mesas or
in the veins of ore in the mountains.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED by the House of Representa
tives and the Senate of the State of
Arizona, that we call upon the Con
gress of the United States to enact
such law as may be necessary to turn
ish relief to owners of mines and min
ing claims, located and worked prior
to the recent survey, as above set
forth, lying within the boundary lines
of the said Colorado River Indian res
ervation, to the end: that title to said
mineral lands be confirmed to its
present owners or their assigns.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
a copy of this Resolution be forwarded
to our Representatives in Congress,
the Honorable Marcus A, Smith, the
Honorable Henry iF. Ashurst, and the
Honorable Carl F. Hayden, and that
they be requested to do all in their
power to bring about the passage o
an Act that will afford the relief a?
above prayed for.
DEATH OF JUDGE WEST.
John H. West, one of the most
widely known men in San Bernardino
county, and well known in Parker
died Sunday evening at Patton, Cal.,
where he had (been ill for many
months. Perhaps no man who evei
lived in San Bernardino county num
bered as many friends a.s Judge West
For to them his word was known to
be as good as his bond. Straightfor
wardness, frankness and honesty wer
sea ures of his character that stood
out in bold relief even among manj
other good qualities.
For many years he represented th~
first supervisoral district or Needle;:
district on the board of supervisors
of San Bernardino county. Despite
opposing candidates and a majority
of voters belonging to the opposition
party, Judge \Vest was elected to the
board time and again. He was of
the Democratic faith. He lived in
Needles, to which place he was much
endeared. It was there that) he won
back health and strength during hit.
earlier years and his loyalty to the
town was characteristic.
One brother of the family survives,
Peter West., who lives in Neetles.
The remains were brought to Need
les Monday, and the funeral was held
the following morning.
SCOTT PRICE STRIKES PAY.
A letter to The Post from Scott
Price states that himself and partner.
T. A. McCullough, have struck R
rich in the Rain Crow mine, near
Kirkland. They have a ten-stamp mill
on the property and last week coin
Dieted a trial ran of the ore, which
plated S2O per ton in gold. About
$40,000 worth of ore is in sight., and
the mill will continue grinding out
the yellow stuff for an indefinite per
iod. Scott says that he has arrang
ed to put tin a hoist and small mill
at their Grass Roots mine in the Old
Woman mountains early next fall. Hi:
many friends will be pleased to learn
of his good fortune, but,, then, it’s a
pretty hard matter to keep this old
desert tarrior from striking it rich
eviery once in a while.
ARIZONA’S COWBOY SENATOR.
That the man who sets his .heart
on the achievement of a given Object
and sets his pegs continually in that
direction stands a most gratifying
chance to ultimately reach his desti
nation, is well exemplified in the
case of Henry F. Ashurst, one of the
new senators from the state of Ari
zona, who is attracting much atten
tion at the national capital. His life
reads like a genuine romance, with a
southwestern setting that but adds
to its charm.
What Henry Asihurst has achieved
in this direction is worthy the care
ful study and emulation of other
young men of the southwest, who
may one day be called to high and
important positions in the affairs o.'
government. His achievement has
blazed the way for those who may
come after him, and if emulated by
those who are looking in the same
direction will insure to the south
west the type of statesmanship that
stands for something.—El Paso Times
PARKER, YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1912.
WESLEY AND JESSE
MARTIN ARRESTED
H. L. Wilson President of Copper
field M. & M. Company, Alleges
That Martins Broke Into Store
house at Mine and Took Supplies.
Wesley Martin was arrested Mon
day noon by Deputy Sheriff E. H.
Todd of San Bernardino just as hi 3
crossed the Parker railroad bridge
from the Arizona side of the Colo
rado river to the California side, on
complaint of H. L. Wilson president
of the Los Angeles Copperfield Min
ing & Milling company, charged with
larceny. He was immediately taken
to Calzona, and from there accompan
ied the deputy sheriff to San Bernar
dino.
It appears that the deputy sheriff
resorted to a trick to get Martin a
cross the river, claiming to parties on
that side that he wanted to see some
mining property belonging to Martin.
Martin was telephoned about the mat
ter and said he would be right over
and bring along some samples. When
he stepped from the bridge approach
on the California side he was accosi
ed by the officer, who said that he
did not want to (buy his mine, but
wanted him on a charge of larceny.
His brother, Jesse Martin, is also a
joint defendant. According to re
ports reaching Parker yesterday he
was arrested at Murietta Springs by
Sheriff Ralphs. Jesse Martin had
been spending some days at the
springs with his bride of a week, on
their honeymoon.
H. L. Wilson, the complaining wit
ness, was in Parker Wednesday and
visited his camp in Whipple moun
tains. Upon returning to town he
stated that in checking up his
supplies at the mine he found
that between SSO and $75 worth of
supplies are missing, consisting 01
powder, canned goods and some steel
The principal witnesses for the
state are William McGee, constable b.
Parker, John Roberts, George Owen;
and a Mexican named .Joe Flores. The
latter claims to have been with Jesse
Martin on one occasion when it is
al’eged he visited the mine. .John
Roberts and George Owens it is al
leged were eye witnesses when Wes
ley Martin is said to have broken in
to the storehouse. The witnesses were
hidden on a nearby hill and claim tc
have seen a quantity of the stuff load
ed on the wagon. After arriving a
Drennan the stuff is said to have
been cached, and part of it was se
cured to be used as evidence against
the accused men.
The arrest of the Martins caused
quite a sensation in Parker, where
both brothers own considerable real
estate and are reputed to be wealthy.
Wesley Martin returned from San
Bernardino Friday morning, having
been released on $25 cash bail. The
preliminary hearing will be held with
in the next two or three weeks.
TAFT FORCES WIN
PHOENIX, May 2. —Backed to the
wall, and pawing for air, Robert iS.
Fisher, Dwight B. Heard and P. H.
Hayes fought four hours last night
to prevent the indorsement of Presi
dent Taft by the republican ■state
executive committee. They fought
for the selection by primaries of dele
gates to the Chicago convention. Af
ter a state convention had been order
ed for the 3rd of June, at Tucson,
they wanted primaries to select dele
gates to that gathering.
But the old steam roller was in
good working order and the Roose
velt supporters were smashed out flat
An indorsement of Taft was adopted
by a A)te of 9 to 6 and a state con
vention was called. The method of
selecting delegates to that conven
scion was left to the county com
mittees, and the Taft forces are con
fident that they control those com
mittees, with one possible exception.
A party from Parker was taken sev
eral miles up the Colorado river on a
sight-seeing and picnic excursion Sun
day in the gasoline launch, Arizona,
by H. L. Sullivan. Several stops
were made at mines and places of in
terest and a picnic dinner was eaten
'n one of the scenic canyons that
are to be found up the river from
Parker. The members of the party
were; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lamoureaux
and son, Ogbert, Mr. and Mrs. Ran
dall Henderson, R. Q. Edgell and H.
L. Sullivan. Messrs. Lamoureaux and
Henderson had their kodaks and se
cured a number of landscape views
from the boat.
TEDDY favorite
IN CALIFORNIA
Strength of Ex-President Surprises
His Most Ardent Admirers —Appeal
to Women Voters of Riverside
County.
/
BLYTHE, Cal., May 2.—So far
as California is concerned the
coming week will decide who. are
our favorite sons or rather our choice
of candidates at the election this fall.
The race between the republicans
has now reached the stage where
Taft and Roosevelt have practically
eliminated the other hopefuls.
Roosevelt has come forward the
past two weeks at a rate that sur
prises even his most ardent admirers,
and wherever the choice was left to
the people by primary elections, with
two exceptions he has won the day
by overwhelming majorities and can
now point to the results of the pop
dlar votes in Illinois, Pennsylvania,
Nebraska, Missouri, Oregon, and we
may as well add California to his
list for there is no doubt that he will
carry this state. Os course he has
carried a number of other states and
now is running neck and neck with
Taft.
Taft, on the other hand, has car
ried New York and claims the dele
gates from that state, but they are
umnstructed, and most all his dele
gates are from states where the old
primary system is used, which is only
a tool for political tricksters. As a
republican we place our bet on Roose
volt.
The democrats are also putting up
a pretty race for delegates, having
three men in the field who are in the
running. They are Clark. Wilson and
Harmon, but Clark and Wilson have
a shade the best of the going and
they are about a stand off.
From the trend of affairs recently
it appears, however, that the burden
of upholding the democratic platform
wiv fall upon the shoulders of the
man from Missouri. Anyway he is
entitled to it for he has been a firn
supporter of democratic principals all
his life and his record as a democrat
is one to be proud of.
Let the republicans and democrat;
alike, also socialists, turn out next
Tuesday and vote for their favorite
candidate, also the other matters that
come up at that time.
BLYTHE BRIEFS.
Mr. Bowyer is erecting a new black
smith shop at his old stand near the
cotton gin, the building being made
of corrugated iron.
The Water company has been
strengthening the intake the past
week, having raised the retaining
walls with a concrete wall three feet
high.
C. W. Adams reports that his mel
on crop is coming along fine and
that he is planning for a big “Melon
Day’’ some time this summer, so be
prepared.
Marcus McClain has been awarded
the contract for carrying the mail on
the new route between here and
Ehrenberg, the contract taking ef
fect May 1.
W. P. Hamilton and J. G. Hamil
ton of El Centro were visitors in
Blythe, coming in by auto last Friday
'I hey were shown over the valley by
b A. Benson.
John Reichling is busy these days
working ihis mining claims down at
the old Bay Horse. He has some ex
cellent specimens to show, and says
there are lots more like them.
The voting at the primary election
on May 14, will be held at the jail
building as that day is the last day
of school and it was thought best
not to break in on the teachers’ plans
Floyd Brown is having the engine
and boiler set for the new barley rol
ler mill just west of the lumber yard,
the work being done by the Palo
Verde Valley Brick Manufacturing Co.
Fred Springer is very busy these
days watching his apricots growing
and says they are doing fine. This
is not to be construed as a general
invitation to the public to make him
a visit when the crop ripens.
Mrs. Viola J. Randall of Santa
Ana, who has been visiting with her
son, C. B. Randall of Blythe the past
two weeks, left for her home last Fri
day. Mr. Randall accompanied his
mother home and will go on to Los
Angeles and Riverside on business
before he returns.
The Palo Verde Motor Transit Co.
is announcing special round trip rates
between Blythe and Los Angeles to
take effect from April 29 to May 6,
the rate being $25.00 for the round
trip which will be good for 60 days.
Also that after Mayl the regular sum
mer rates of $26.50 will go into ef
fect.
L. B. Todd reports that he has com
pleted the well on the mesa for D. D.
Shuck, the well being sunk to a
depth of 300 feet and that there is
almost 100 feet of water in the well.
This well will furnish considerable
vater for pumping purposes, but just
how much ha 3 not yet been determin
ed as no test has been made.
A number of young folks met at
the home of Miss Marion Hall last
Friday night, the gathering being in
the nature of a surprise on Miss Hail,
it being her birthday, also a farwell
for Miss Wallace, the teacher at
Neighbours. The evening was spent
with games, dancing and music and
a very enjoyable evening resulted.
Harold Gilmore and wife and E. A.
Page and wife of Los Angeles drove
into Blythe Friday evening by auto,
having come byway of Mecca and
the Chuckawalla valley where they
have property. Mr. Gilmore reported
the roads in good shape between Mec
ca and Corona Wells and that with
a few exceptions the roads caused
them no trouble. They left for home
Saturday afternoon.
Dr. A. B. Brown has completed
his new home and now enjoys a mod
ern up-to-date cottage which is one
of the best in the Valley. It contains
four rooms with large porches and
brick water tower and cooler. TTie
doctor says that you had just as well
l.a\e a modern house here as any
where and that you will certainly en
joy it as much here as any place else.
E. S. Littlejohn did the carpenter
work.
Active work is now going on west
of Rannells at the American Flag
mine owned by the Stanchfield Gold
Mining company. The company has
several shafts down, one of which is
135 feet, and they have uncovered a
large body of ore that runs about
$15.00 a ton and is very easy tO' han
dle. The company is not a stock
selling scheme and is quietly going
ahead with the work and may pos
sibly greatly enlarge the present plant
in a short time.
Omar L. Babcock, Indian agent at
Parker, and A. S. Prescott of the
same place spent several days in
Blythe the past week. JNjlr. Babcock
is interested in placing am umber of
Indian boys among the Blythe ranch
ers, as he is anxious to have them
learn the modern methods employed
in farming, especially the cotton crop,
as he is of the opinion that the In
dians will raise cotton extensively on
the lands now being allotted them.
Both gentlemen were much pleased
with this valley and the activities
taking place here and say as soon
as the reservation is thrown open to
settlement that Parker will be right
with us in helping to make the Colo
rado river district famous.
DEVICE SHOWS ALKALI IN SOILS.
Through the use of am instrument
known as the “slide-wire bridge,” a
device often used in determining the
electrical resistance of a conductor,
the United States department of
agriculture has found it possible to
examine the thousands of acres of
soil within the arid regions of the
United States and determine acur
ately whether these soils are exces
sively charged with alkali. The test
ing of soils to determine the amount
of harmful soluble salts present is par
ticularly important where the govern
ment has opened up Indian reserva
tions for settlement, and on the lands
adjacent to the big federal irrigation
projects. Irrigation has tended to
bring alkali to the surface, and the
lands so affected have to be treated
by flooding and otherwise, so it is
of great importance that the amount
of alkali in the soil be aeurately
known to a depth of a! least 6 feet.
ARIZONA FOR CALIFORNIANS.
To those who have visited the state
of California, more particularly the
southern portion, and heard the res
idents of that favored clime expand
on the advantages to be secured there
it seems strange that so many of
those same people given to telling
the world of their unexcelled land,
are pulling up stakes and coming to
Arizona. Like the well advertised pro
duct from a Battle Creek concern,
“there’s a reason.” Moreover, these
same Californians, who a year ago
were boasting day and night for their
state. ha\Ae been coming over into
Arizona and are now getting their
wind, so that they may begin spread
ing the gospel of a greater Arizona.—
Mesa Free Press.
HELP IN SIGHT
FOR ENTRYMEN
Senator Perkins Introduces Bill in
Congress in Behalf of Settlers in
the Palo Verde and Chuckawalla
Valleys.
A recent Washington dispatch says
that in behalf of many who took up
desert land in the Palo Verde and
Chuckawalla valleys, Senator Perkins
has introduced a bill reading as fol
lows:
“No desert land entry heretofore
made in good faith under the public
land laws for lands in townships five,
six, and seven, south, ranges seven
teen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and
twenty-one, east, S. B. M., State of
California, shall be cancelled because
of failure on the part of the entrymen
to make any annual or final proof fal
ling due upon any such entry prior to
May 1. 1913.”
Continuing, the dispatch says:
“Many delays and disappointments
havje befallen those who took up these
lands. There was a plan to dam the
Colorado to get water for irrigation.
Congress was slow to grant permis
sion to put in a dam. and meantinme
the claim holders were expected to \
perform work in accordance with the
law for the reclamation of their lands.
“Among others, R. S. Hainwaid of
San Francisco, wrote to Senator Per
kins explaining the difficulties beset
ting the claimants and asking ‘that
a bill be passed by congress with
drawing the land from entry pending
proper investigation of conditions
and ascertaining through the proper
department of the government for
what, if any use, the land can be
reclaimed, and that during such per
iod the requirments of an annual ex
penditure of one dollar per acre by
the entryman be suspended.’
“The Interior department told Sen
ator Perkins that in its opinion ‘the
circumstances disclosed do not au
thorize or justify it in promulgating
any order suspending the township:'
in such manner as to relieve the en
trymen from the requirments of
the law, nor does the department
deem it practical, or advisable, to
undertake the investigation suggest
ed, through the detail of an expert
from the Reclamation Service for the
reason that a complete investigation
to determine the ultimate feasibility
of any efficient scheme of reclama
tion for the lands would cover such
a broad field and require the examina
tion into such numerous details that
the expense to be incurred would be
unwarranted.’
“Neither would the department
recommend an investigation of the
lands as to agricultural possibilities,
believing that a dangerous precedent
would be established thereby. It de
clared that it would have to enforce
the laws requiring expenditure for
reclamation and cultivation until Con
gress would suspend such laws and
believed that a year’s time should be
givten for entrymen, ‘who have per
haps been deceived as to physical
and climatic conditions and who have
already been induced in some in
stances, to make large expenditures,
which will all he lost unless the lands
can be economically reclaimed and
are worth reclaiming.’ ”
ONLY FORTY FEET TO GO.
The siphon tunnel under the Colo
rado river is rapidly nearing com
pletion, says the Yuma Sun. Only
fourty more feet, of actual tunnel will
be excavated when the tunnel is to
reach the wall of the siphon shaft
on the California side of the river.
Daily and nightly, working in three
shifts of eight hours each the sand
hogs are boring the tunnel to its fin
al end. When the tunnel reaches the
California siphon shaft the wall of
that shaft will have to he cut and
the tunnel connected therewith and
the work will be completed. The
middle of June, baring any mishaps,
will see tins part of the work com
pleted. It has been a long hard pull,
hut the end is now in sight.
A BIG DIKE.
The big dike along the Colorado
river in the Mohave valley is fast as
suming proportions of magnitude. The
dike will be one of the largest in the
west and will reclaim many thous
ands of acres of the richest farm
lands in the state. Much of the re
claimed lands will be planted to altal
fa and cotton as soon as it is
well protected from the overflow of
the river.—Mohave County Miner.
No. 52.