Yuma Examiner (Newspaper) - December 2, 1909, Yuma, Arizona lAGUNA DAM TO IRRIGATE 140.000 lii WH VOL IX NO 66 YUMA ARIZONA THURSDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 2 1909 YUMA COUNTY What Wants Program for Coming Session of Congress as Outlined by President Will be Interesting Special to the Examiner Washington Dec to several men of prominence who have been advising with the president since his mile jaunt around the circle senators and congressmen gathering for the approaching session are not looking forward to the with treat delight except in instances where the national legislators are in I harmony with President Taft's One by one the measures upon Mr Taft is determined some action hall taken has leaked out u d in one program are of sufficient scope to arouse Inter- est throughout the the president is confident that he will no- secure all that he hopes for during the coming term made his gram so that the he urges will be sufficient to congress for the rest of his ad- ministration Here they are as arranged by one of the statesmen close in the dence of Mr Taft Increased powers for the Interstate commerce commission so that It shall have power to regulate the Issue of railroad securities on a sound basis lo determine the proper classification of freight to institute of its own ac cord complaints of discrimination in rates to compel connecting carriers to form through and to fix and apportion rates among carriers The prohibition of fruin holding stock In the authority for railroads to make agreements with the approval of Hie interstate commission end me creation of a new to n appeals from the decisions the interstate commerce commission Ir fixing rates The compulsory adoption by the railroads of additional safety devices The creation of a central bank of issue controlling the treasury reserve and prepared to guard against cy stringency Postal Savings Banks An amendment to the Sherman anti- trust law It only to trade monopolies not to railroad combinations The adoption of the amendment to the United States Con- such tax to be resorted 10 only in national emergencies Temporary suspension of the tlon for further revision of the Ship subsidies for the if he merchant marine Federal legislation against the cott as well as governing the Issuance of Injunctions Further conservation of national resources Forest preservation Internal waterway Improvements but strictly according to the merits of each project considered In Its national bearing Legislation Imposing restrictions upon the transfer of to private control and providing for the fixing of rentals and the tion of rates to be charged Reforms In the so that the surface of the and the conl and other mineral deposits shall be treated separately with leases on HIP royalty system or sales to miners A congressional commission to In- thp law's In the eral courts and to devise a system for securing quick and cheap Justice In the Federal courts that shall serve as a model for the states CHRISTMAS SALE TONIGHT The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal church will hold their big sale tonight and an immense crowd Is due to attend The program is as an- in the Examiner with one exception Lucille Ketcherside has declined to give the recitation as billed and Miss Scherrer has ted to give the recitation in her stead The ladies of the Guild are a lot of splendid entertainers and if you fail to attend tonight you will be sorry Programme Piano W W Dune Soprano Solo Miss Bellamy Whistling Solo with piano Accompaniment Miss Thompson Tenor Solo Mr Olney Piano Duet Misses Livingston and Lillian Contralto Solo Mrs Speese Recitation Miss Scherrer Mandolin Solo Miss Greenlea Soprano Solo Miss Anita Pos Baritone Solo Mr Barnes Piano Solo Mrs Mr Fitchet Moving pictures facts of Interest to Yuma Reclamation Service Doing Great Work for Many Sections of West MAGAZINES RECEIVED TODAY AT SHOREYS BUI Board January Blue Book Sat Evening Post Dec 4 mas Scientific Amerl can Christmas Pacific Monthly World's Work Pictorial Re view Everybody's Hampton's Home Journal Delineator Woman's Home Companion Argosy Railroad AH Story McClure's Sunset Life Young's and January People's Mow of are am are in small quantities and persons wanting them should call today CAME OVERLAND S B Sealy one of Yuma's ranchers has returned to Yuma fron his ranch Ho came over thr hills on horseback by way of dam and reports a rough trip Mr Scaly is a good the rest of the bunch at are all Socialists and they hold all the offices no he decided to return to where a Democrat has B Frederick H Newell director of he United States Reclamation Service n his report just published extracts of which were printed In Skammer lays much stress upon the work of the service at Chicago as re- lating to the west He In the Chicago office 802 Federal building during the last quarter persons have made personal concerning the opportunities on the various projects At Seattle many thousands listened to tions of the Irrigation works built by the government and by private ties and hundreds have obtained sonal Information concerning the op- for home making In the arid regions The government not only tries to Information concerning Its own lands but furnishes facts as as possible to engineers and Investors concerning the opportunities for er reclamation of the country Millions of dollars have been Invested on Its Impartial statements of water supply and of land conditions and it may be that for every dollar the KOV eminent has Invested In reclamation Individuals or corporations have In- vested ten during tlm last year ThU Is significant In view of the fact that at the time of the passage of the act In 1902 Irrigation was practically stagnant and although the Carey net has been the statute books since 1894 few of the states had taken advantage of It and nothing was being done In the way of The fact that the government believed it wisa to invest gave all work of this kind a in ttw eyes of eastern capitalists The Investigation which the senato committee on irrigation began by itu hearings fn Washington are being continued throughout the arid west and public attention is being even more prominently than in past to the opportunities afforded throughout the arid region Great good Is expected from study and from the pub Hulled r -i The opportunity for settlers which exist each year in the western will be far better appreciated when the facts are brought out as they must be In an Investigation of this kind and It Is expected that as a result of ho United States land and irrigation exposition at Chicago and of gi von to reclamation by the trip of President Taft throughout Hi west anil by the visit of the senate committee to In the and south as well as by tho pownal Inspection of the secretary of there will be a movement of to these most tive lands diverting possibly some of tho current which is now Betting ward Canada It is for the dissemination of edge of this sort that tho office of tne settlement agent has established In QUARTERLY CONFERENCE Presiding Elder S J Rogers of nix held a business meeting or terly conference of the Yuma dist church last night Besides trans- acting the regular routine business it was announced that pasu would be sent to the Yuma charge The new pastor will wr Grace church about three miles down valley and also the church Rev C S Coulter will co fine his efforts to the Yuma church and Rtv J A Crouch will act across the river as missionary to the Indians The Yuma conference will have three pastors and next year sibly another pastor will be sent to preside the needs of thp church which ib south of Yuma JEFFRIES TO BOX IN NEW YORK Special to the Examiner Dec will here at a 0 show the Amboy Athletic CiuL In round bout with Sam Berger three extra mick of who knocked cut Kid The are limply l-e MOVES TO TUCSON J G Compton and wife leave to night for Tucson where they will re side in future Mr Compton will re- main with the Southern Pacific Com pany and also has real estate Inter ests there which demand his atton Uon Many Yuma friends regret their departure The Yuma Theatre Christmas sale of the Ladica Guild tonight at the Yi'.ir.a Theater 2000 feet of films will be shown is an entire of last Be to MC Increased in interest by n between Frank world's and Dr NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Please take notice that after date I will not be responsible for Indebtedness contracted by the Store all transactions are made with my consent Respectfully HARRY The National Bloomer Girls ball Club the original Bloomer Girls organization of Boston Wans In lust mid this afternoon at Athletic Park met the Yuma Club The game was attended by a fair BACK FROM THE GULF Frank Fehr Dr Felix Mueller and Attorney P T Robertson the party that left for the gulf Saturday by auto returned this after- noon after a six day trip The Stag pool parlor will hereafter be known as the Fan pool room Duffy Lewis and T Whulen of the Yuma ball team have leased the place W H Lyon has purchased the Inter est of his partner A Ator In the Yu ma Dairy Yuma of will hold annual memorial services at the Yum Theater next Sunday Gandolfo Lobby V H S P S L A Matthew LOME U M W B Wild dlo L A 11 P U A H In L A H A Miles L A Whitney Potholes G U Martin L A J T 8 F G C Hermann Harry Taylor L A J an L A H G Held Denver J L L A L L A John losers Kansas City Mr and Mrs R W Otter of ville Ky registered with us today 13 A assistant freight agent of the 8 P Co with headquarters at Tucson registered with us today many whom went out of our just to the play haw won many from local In other Uov who hax cities It wan hardly to be expected a they would win from the Yuma j the North Star mme a to The 131 Centre Free Lance of day W W Dunn of the nak was in 131 yesterday looking after filing of the pint for the new town M that a large number of tots 111 the new town have been reserved but that he still has a few left for anyone wishing a good speculation The Karnak Company has doi c extensive advertising throughout tho cant and n larire number of to attend opening cordH 4 foot of barley Apply KOR unl work at corral Fort J W Norvell bank examiner is here on business for a few days J W Logwood of the valley slopping with us S J Rogers of wast us yesterday Geo W Norton of Mohawk Is with UK and will remain several days J M who has for the past three months in Bakers field has returned After on night here he proceeded to tho dan to hlB wife Mr and Mrs A H Lyon of Santa Ana are here looking over the trv OKLAHOMA COURT Tho supreme court of Oklahoma rendered n decision u divorce cannot be granted in Oklahoma cept for grave cause and that dods not constitute cause This Is going at tho divorce evil in the right way The laws of various are entirely too loose on this question Men and women shouM not be allowed to marry remain gether a tew years bring forth dren then throw children out into he world without a home or simply because they fuss a little H they cannot control their anger they should get a policeman to help them There is no man or woman who cannot exercise proper control over himself or herself if he has to law breeds loose If men and women know when they that they marry for life they will use some judgment in marrying nnd will not marry on sight they will know other two balls and n picnic at least before rushing off o the court house after a license The decision of Iho Oklahoma court is a step forward and It is to be hoped that the other states will take up matter and surround tho home with possible legal protection Yuma friends will be pissed to Iwirn Unit rims now of a at his homo November tlv VALLEY EPWORTH LEAGUE The Ruin of Idleness is the sub- ject of the young peoples meeting at Methodist church in YuniA Saturday evening Prot Geo II Madden formerly of tho valley but now of city at Nogales Arizona was lo load but Home other member will load In his stead All young people aro especially requested to attend
