The Parker post., October 04, 1913, Image 1

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VOL. IV.
YUMA COUNTY
SETS THE PACE
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PROPOSAL FOR BOND ISSUE OF
HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR
GOOD ROADS CARRIES WITH
BUT SLIGHT OPPOSITION.
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Yuma county is the first county ;
in Arizona- to take action for good ;
roads. At the bond election last Sal
urday the taxpayers of the county
voted overwhelmingly in favor of is
suing $500,000 in bonds for construe
tion ojt highways. According to lat- j
est advises from the county seat, the j
vote w as 381 for to 81 against, with [
several small precincts to hear from.
The precincts which have not yet re
ported will not materially change the
results, as all of the larger precincts
have returned a big majority in fav
or oif the bonds.
The returns from the majority hear*
front are as follows:
Yuma No. I—For1 —For 55, against 7.
Yuma No. 2 —For 229, against 19.
Crane —For 99, against 29.
Somerton —For 52, against 18.
Wellton —For 19, against 0.
Laguna—For 11, against 0.
Parker —For 16, against 8.
According to information received
from the county seat an offer of par
has already been received for the en
tire issue of bonds. The rnonej
should be available in two or three
months.
Roads to be Built.
The roads to be constructed in tht !
Yuma valley are fully described in i
the notice, followed by a description
of the proposed highways to be built
in dther parts of the county. Fol
lowing are the roads mentioned out
side Yuma valley:
Yuma-Dome - Maricopa-County line
road —Commencing at the quartet
section corner between sections 27
and 28, township 8 south, range 2.‘
west, thence east one mile on tht
half section Itne to the quarter sec
tion corner between sections 26 and
27, township 8 south, range 23 west
Thence south one mile to the outh j
west corner of section 26,, township
8 south, range 23 west, thence east
on the section line between sections
26 and 35, and the continuation there
of 8 miles to the southwest cornei
of section 30, townsrip 8 south, rang*
21 west, thence north one and one
half mile on the range line between
range 21 west and 22 west, thence
along an undetermined route about
8 miles on the outh side o£ t he Gila
Hlver to Dome, thence east abom
26 miles along an undetermined ront
on the south side of the Gila 114vei
to Antelope Hill, thence crossing th*
Cilia river byway of Nortons and
Palomas to the boundary line be
tween Yuma and Maricopa county.
Bouse - Quartzite- - Laguna-Yuma
road —Commencing in the town ot
Bouse thence along the most feasible
route through the town of Quartz
site thence to Castle Dome, thence
down Castle Dome road to Laguna
thence across the Gila River near
its mouth on piling bridge and con
nect with the Yuma-Dome road.
Parker- - Bouse-Vicksburg - Salome
Wenden road —Commencing on the
east bank of the Colorado river at
the foot of California Ave. in the
town of Parker, thence through tin
town of Parker by the most, feasible
route to the town of Bouse, t.henct
through the town .of Vicksburg,
thence through the town of Salome,
thence through the town of Wenden,
thence to the boundary line] between
Yuma and Maricopa county.
Cibola Valley-Catle Dome-Laguna
Yuma road —-From Cibola valley and
connects with the Catle Dome- La
guna roac}.
THE MONTH’S FORECAST.
October was the eighth month in
the old Roman calendar, and gets its
name from the Latin octo (eight).
This brought apple cider in at. a sea
son when the heat caused it to fer
ment very rapidly-, and after having
a couple of barrels bloW| up on him
Numa Pompilius made October the
tenth month, which it has remained
since 71.3 B. C.
It was on the 12th of October that
Columbus discovered America. Smel
ling cracklings ahead, he shortly cam
in sight of a small island on which the
inhabitants were butchering hogs
Columbus landed, and not having had
anything very good to eat for sever
al weeks, he seized the cracklings in
the name of Spain and called the
land America in honor of Americus
Vespucius, who found out how the
Indians fixed them.
THE PARKER POST
The festive calf will buck and dance
For joy of Autumn’s golden glow,
1 And the football player will advance
Upon his fat and padded foe.
He’ll strew excelsior about
j Until lie finds the inner man,
And subsequently put him out
i As mercifully as he can.
o
The gentle chemistry of Fall will
! turn the sumach tassels red, and the
lusty hired man will bawl for thicker
covers on the bed. The desolute and
dying fly will hang around the kitchen
. fire, the poet with a. frenzied eye.
; wjill deftly fall upon his lyre, the
i dreaded mosquito will expire, its face
still pressed against the screen, the
ghosts of Nineveh and T yre will
waltz around the scene, the katydid
will yield its soui to immortality’s j
grim chance, and the moth will drill i
i another hole in everybody’s win tea j
; pants.
—o —
The loud-complaining cider press
will render sweet, the passing breeze,
and ladies in the new slit dress will
show the populace their knees. The
butternut will bounce around upon
the sere and yellow leaf, the sink
ing bullfrog will expound his final
theory of grief, the artful wife will
work her lord for one of those new
Paris hats, the lesser bugs with one
I accord will get swollowed by the hats
great Nimrod and his mystic thrall,
will beckon from the autumn sky, and
we’ll have the same old riot calls
where the restaurants serve the
pumpkin pie.
—o —
There is no other season quite s:. j
beautiful as that ahead, when it tak
jes a stick of dynamite to get tht
i farmhand out of bed. The golden
.glory of the morn will fill the soft,
; high arch of space, the quail will
whistle in the corn until he has to
rest his face, the wild goose with its
honking brood will wedge its way
across the sky, the hunter in the
solitude” will mark them with
his wistful eye, the pneumococcus in
the lake will long to pierce h is rub
ber boot, the melancholy coots will
make dry jokes about his fancy suit,
the duoks will see him all the time
and, laugh and chatter all the day, but
the prospect still will be sublime,
and h e’ll have the outing anyway.
—o~
The Hunter’s moon will sail the sky
To render beautiful the night,
And the bobolink will bobble by
Intoning carols of delight.
The scent of moth balls will arise
From many a crinkly-looking suit.
The tramp exiled from Paradise,
Will hit the city destitute.
The colt will breathe the bracing airs
And do the Cubanola glide,
.And the audience will seize its chairs
And chase Ihe picture show inside.
—o —
The first 22 days of October will
he under the influence of Libra, the
seventh sign of the zodiac. Persons
born under the influence of Libia
are very conservative and are not
paying bills until they see how the
new tairrif law is going to turn out.
The last nine days of the month
will be under the influence of Scor
pio, the eighth sign of the zodiac.
Scorpio people have tremendous will
power, and can hold a son in college
down to his allowance. Col. Roosevelt
is a typical Scorpion.
—o —
The moon will he full on the 15th.
and Haloween will come on the 31st.
Halloween comes down to us from
the Roman festival to Pomona, the
goddess of fruits. It has been cele
brated in 'enumerable ways, but boL
bing for apples has come to the ir.) »*.
as the world has grown older and
more practical, inasmuch as after hat
ing the fun you can still eat. the ap
ple
There will be no exceptional, astro
nomical phenomena during October,
the necessary majorities for both the
tariff and currency meapres seeming
to have ibeen brought into line by
the two eclipses of last month. Ju
piter, who has successfully resisted
every effort to impeach him, will con
tinue to he the evening star.
And then November, gaily plumed,
Will come to rattle at the lock,
And the turkey trot will be resumed
Around the old familiar block.
CANAL UNINJURED.
PANAMA, Oct.. 2. —An official state
merit issued this afternoon shows
more damage done in Panama by yes
terday’s earthquake than at first be
lieved. No walls are seriously broken
but there are slight cracks in some
concrete buildings. The Gatun dam
and canal locks sustained absolutely
no injury. Instruments show the com
mon point of origin of the shocks
to be in north Colon beneath the Ca
ribbean sea.
PARKER, YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1933
WATER COMPANY CIRCULATING
PETITIONS FOR LEVEE DISTRICT
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Land Owners of Southern End of Valley Must
Sign Up or Be Cut Off From Protection.
$200,000 Is Estimated Cost of Work.
♦
BLYTHE, Calif., October 2. —
Backed by the Palo Verde Mutual
Water company as an organization,
and by practically all of its stock- ;
j holders as individuals land owners, a I
i movement has been started to or-
J ganize the valley, or as much of it as
is willing into the levee district finder
the state laws.
The movement, which has been
slowly gathering force for sometime,
crystalized into definite action last
week when petitions were put in
circulation by the directors of the
Mutual Water company. These pe
titions ask the county board of su
pervisors for an election to deter
mine whether or not the majority
of land owners here favor the forma
tion of a levee district.
Two petitions are being circulated.
Fn the first one the bounds set forth
for the district include the entire val
ley. If this petition is successful t
levee will be built, from the intake
to the southern-most point of the val
ley. Every landowner and entry
man whose land can be reclaimed
will come within this district. And
this is the petition that is most fav
ored by those back of the movement
The other petition includes in its
district bounds only the land north
of Rannells. A levee constructed ac
cording to the lines set forth in
this petition would leave the river at
a point a half mile directly east of
the north line of Rannells townsite.
At a point a half mile east cf th
town it would turn south and take •
southwesterly course to a point on
mile north of the Imperial count;
line, and from there run due
to the mesa.
It will be for the la'nd owners of
ASSESSMENTS M*IED UP.
!
During the past week most of the
taxpayers here received notification
that their taxes are now due, and a
polite invitation was conveyed bv
means of postal cards to- call around
ami pay up. The Parker Bank and
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Trust company is acting as agent
for the county for the collection of
northern Yuma county taxes, those
Who have the price may call at the
bank and pungle up.
Many people report quite a mix-up
in their statements, which are sup
posed to show the amount of taxes
due the county. In numerous cases
these statements show the same pro
perty assessed to different parties
and in other cases the property is as i
sessed to the wrong party, having
been transfered and recorded from
one to two years ago. There are
also a number of people who have
reoeieved notice that taxes are due
on lots which they bought from the
government and are only partly paid
for, the title to the same still being
vested in the government. As there
have been no patents issued for the
these lots the county cannot legally
collect taxes upon them. It might be
well if the board of supervisors
would investigate this matter and
bring order out of the present cliqos. ,
Palo Verde Valley Needs
Cotton Pickers at Once
HI very available man, woman and
j child is being pressed into service to
pick the enormous cotton crop of
the Palo Verde valley this fall and
there is a call from allparts, of
the valley for more workers.
One hundred more pickers could
j go to work tomorrow and by Novein
| her 1, there will be work for 300
j pickers more than available in the
valley.
Wages to be paid this year are
SI.OO a hundred for the first picking
and from sl.lO to sl.2f> per hundred
for the second time over. This is the
| highest wage paid for picking the
I short, staple varieties any place in
I the United States. In Texas and the
! Southern states the wages run from
|!30 : cents to 76 cents a hundred. In
the lower end of the valley to decide
whether or not they will come into j
the district. The stockholders of the
I Mutual Water company and the land
j owners in the upper valley want, the
'entire PaV> Verde included. But they
have fresh in their minds the mem
ory of a levee petition of a year) ago
which died because those in the low
! er valley would not support it..
The two petitions have been formu
lated to guard against another such
failure. The land owners below Ran
nells must either sign the petition
and come in with the rest of the val
ley, or lel esc U do so and be cut
out from the protected district.
Farmers in the upper valley are
signing both petitions. By so doing
they are expressing their desire to
have the lower valley included in
the district. At the same time they
are insuring the upper valley of a
protection district whether the lower
portion want one or not.
Just what portion of the Mutual
Water company’s levees would he
taken over by the new district is a
matter that will have to be decided
by the directors of the district after
formed. These directors will be elec
ted by the vote of property owners.
The law under which it is proposed
to form this district provides that
the petitions must contain a majority
of the land owners in the proposed
district. After the supervisors have
passed on the petition an election
will be called to select directors to
manage it. Another election will be
necessary to vote bonds to finance
the work. An approximate estimate
"place the amount of money necessary
for the building of a levee at SB.-
000 a mile or about $200,000.
CONDUCTOR SPROTT DEAD.
Injuries that resulted fatally were
received by Conductor Tom Sprott
of the S. F. P. & P. in a runaway ac
cident ttiat occured Monday evening.
His collor bone and one rib were bro
ken and he received internal injuries,
says the Arizona Gazette.
Sprott was thrown with terriffic
force against a telephone pole in
front of the residence of S. Black
man between 16th and 17th
avenues. Corporation Commissioner
F. A. Jones, who was the first to
reach his side, thought he was dead.
The horse became frightened and
ran west, on Washington street al
most t o the capitol. There he was
caught by two men. It was found
that t. e bolt, attaching one shaft to
the buggy was broken. Sprott man
aged to tie the shaft up with a. rope
1 ami then started eastword to pick up
his hat. Mr. Jones spoke to him
and urged him not to attempt to
drive the horse, Sprott thought he
could handle the animal and drove on.
A few minutes later the horse came
tearing westward, the buggy swaying
behind. The left wheels of the rig
went into the ditch and the rig smash
ed up against a pole. Sprott was
thrown right against the pole.
Wanted —Clean white c-otton rags
i at this office; 5 cents per pound.
Imperial valley the wages are from i
7"> cents to SI.OO
The acreage in cotton at Blythe j
is yielding from one to two bales \
acre- according t.othe reports of farm- |
ers now picking the staple. The av
erage promisies to he about a bale !
and a half.
With the high rate of wages and !
the enormous yield, pickers can make i
from $2.00 to SO.OO a day. Inexperi- |
enced pickers will be able to make |
■good wages from the start. Picking ;
will last until about February 1, and j
workers are certain of getting steady ;
work until that time.
The Farmers Cotton Growers’ as
sociation in the valley is advertis
ing widely for pickers and say there
will be work for every one who
comes.
LETTER FROM A. S. PRESCOTT.
NEAR SAN ANTONIA, TEXAS,!
| Sept. 29. —Editor Post: —Just strik-j
ing the cotton fields. See them, pick- i
mg it from the train window. Passed !
through my old stamping grounds, i
and my old friends met me at the
stations along the way. Seemed
| glad to see me. Everything looks
j good. Lots of rain and the cattle are!
j doing fine.
While awaiting connections at El
{ Paso yesterday (Sunday) I went over
| to Juarez to see if I could not help
' settle the war. There were about
j 3,000 more Americans there to see
some prizefights and other sports.
You could no evidence of of war or
that “anti-American” feeling you read
so much about. I learned that the
most, terrible “murders” of American
citizens was usually some fellow with
a jag, or dance hall fight. The El
Paso people say they get their news
of those battles the same as we do —
out of the papers.
I have been homesick aIL day. Those
old hills here have not changed any
since l saw them last, and when I
count back the years since 1 saw
them first I cannot realize how time
has passed. I will be in the city of my
birth in a fewhours and I would; like
to see the old homestead just once
more, but 1 won’t take time now, for
I feel that I ought to get to Washing
ton as soon as possible. 1 still feel
confident that we will accomplish
something.
Kindest regards to all.
Yours truly,
A. S. PRESCOTT.
HIGHWAY ALMOST COMPLETE.
Members of the San Bernardino
Highway Commission who have re
turned from Needles report, the con
struction of a fine highway from
Needles to the point where the na
tional highway is to cross the Colo
rado River has been practically
completed, and that arrangements
have been made there for transfer
ring automobiles over the railroad
bridge on a gasoline motor flat car.
The new highway across Arizona
is nearly completed and will like
wise finished across New Mexico and
Colorado on the Trail of the Padres
within a few months. The cross
ing of the Colorado River has been
a troublesome feature on this route,
but with that solved it is expected
that a large number of machines will
begin to make the trip.
The road from San Bernardino to
Needles is practically completed and
in splendid shape for travel. It has
been straightened by Supervisor But
ler, graded, and i s as good as any
desert road to be found anywhere.
ARIZONA NEWS NOTES.
The Arizona State Fair Commis
sion met on September 29th to take
up the final details in regard to the
Ninth Annual State Fair, which
from the present outlook will be
the greatest fair in the history of the
state.
On September 22nd the books were
opened for bov reservations,and there
were applications for every box in
the grand stand, with some twenty
or thirty more than could be supplied
Some ten or a dozen boxes will be
built, but not near enough to* supply
the demand. Next year when there
will probably be built another addi
tion to the grand stand, the supply
may equal the demand.
SALOONS LIMITED.
A law limiting the number of sa
j loons in unincorporated settlements
io one for each 100 votes listed to
j the precinct upon the county Great
j Register became effective in Arizona
j on Oct. 1. The law will not. affect sa
loons now in existence. It was sup
ported in the last legislature by both
the prohibition and liquor interests,
who beleived they secured the bene
fit.. Under the new law Parker will
have but one saloon until the reg
istration in this precinct reaches 200,
j aft( r the two saloon licences already
! issued expire next. year.
!
HOUSE PASSES TARIFF BILL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—The Un
jderwood Democratic tariff bill pass
ed the house of representatives short
ly before 5 o’clock this afternoon by
| a vote of 254 to 103.
TO PAY 80 CENTS.
The wages to be paid in Imperial
valley for picking cotton are as fol
lows: First picking, SOcents per hun
dred; second picking, $1.00; third
: picking, $1.25.
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The fact that you get up early
every morning is no particular credit
to you. The chances are that ;
have to get. up early to liv
ing ioi yourself and famib .
Territorial Librarian
COTTON UNDER
CULTIVATION
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GOVERNMENT EXPERT WRITES
OF METHODS OF PLANTING
AND CULTIVATION TO BE EM
PLOYED FOR BEST RESULTS.
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The following article on cotton as
it is cultivated in an irrigated coun
try was written for this paper by
W. L. Rockwell, Irrigation Engineer
in charge of irrigation investigations
in Texas.
The production of cotton under ir
rigation has not been practiced in, the
United States a sufficient number of
years to determine in detail and un
der various conditions imposed the
best methods of culture, ft is a crop
the returns from which, both as re
gards quality and quantity, are very
largely influenced by the methods of
irrigation and soil culture practiced.
It is grown exclusivey for the mar
ket, an acting market , hence it is
important that the farmer should know
what is demanded that he may pro
duce what is desired and so obtain
the largest return.
To grow a plant that will produce
a crop possessing certain definite
qualities, it is necessary that the
seed be selected with much care.
With no crop is this of greater im
portance than with cotton. The saf
er and more satisfactory way to c
compiish this is to study the crop
during growth and maturing period
and mark the plants that are most
promising, by card or otherwise. As
the fruit on these plants mature it
should be gathered and ginned sep
erately. The gin should be thorough
ly cleaned before the seed cotton is
passe , through.
The distinctive characteristics of
high grade cotton are a long, fine,
silky, blue strong lint, uniformly p*ure
white or ecru in color, free from
trash and dirt. There are certain
characteristics which assist in the
selection of desirable plants for seed.
A long large boll of nearly Uniform
diameter signifies uniformly long lint.
The vegetative and fruiting branch
es should be evenly balanced. The
nodes, or length of stem between
three or four inches from the ground
and continue uniformly toward the
top of the plant. They should begin
developing early in the season and
each should contain from three to six
bolls. After fruiting, begins, in a
sweeping glance over the field, squar
es and bloom should be largely in evi
deuce. The leaf growth should at
no time become luxurient nor appear
sappy.
If cotton differs from other crops
in regard to the advisability of keep
ing the seed pure it is on the side of
greater necessity. Ordinary hybreds
possess little value. It were far bet
ter if all the cotton growers in the
district would select one variety of
seed. In fact, it is impossible to suc
cessfully produce Egyptian cotton
where other cottons are grown in
proximity. The pollen is carried by
the wind and by insects consider
able distances rendering it impossible
to maintain pure seed with other var
ieties in the neighborhood. If all
the growers in the Imperial and Palo
Verde valleys would plant Egyptian
cotton, obtaining their seed from
Salt. River valley, there is not the
slightest reason why it slioud not be
produced as successfully as at Phoe
nix and Mesa. It would increase the
return at least 25 per cent.
Ootton is a plant that thrives best
in a warm soil. It is deeply rooting
plant, a strong feeder, one that un
der uroper culture does not require
a large amount of water. In the
very fine soils of our delta valleys,
the principal cotton areas, the soil
should be deeply plowed. Subsoiling
to a depth of fifteen to eighteen in
ches will improve the physical con
dition of the soil, allowing the air to
enter ar.d assist in breaking up in
soluable compounds, setting free
plant food in an available form, and
permitting the roots to penetrate
and feed deeply.
After plowing or harrowing, a few
days before time for planting, the
ground should be thoroughly irriga
ted *by opening furrows every three
or four feet and running the water
down these furrows from one head
ditch to another. On sandy soils
the head ditches should not be over
350 feet, apart, on clay loams not to
exceed 450 feet apart. The slope
which is allowable in the furrow ir
rigation varies with the nature of the
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