Arizona Sentinel and Yuma Weekly Examiner, 1911-09-28

exposition in 1915, is likely to be chos - eng at the Tuesday primaries. This election is the first under the charter amendment providing that any mayor ality candidate receiving a majority at the primaries is elected. Also the first mayor will be chosen for four years Heretofore the mayors have been chosen for two years. Mayor P. H. Mc Carthy and James Rolph, Jr., are the two strongest contenders. McCarthy is running on his record, claiming he has established industrial peace Rolph advocates public utilities, the building of a city hall and preparation for the exposition. Both pronounce in favo of union labor. o . WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM San Francisco, Sept. 22., Yuma Daily Examiner, Yuma, Ariz. In the city election here to-day. Rolph,- candidate for city mayor re ceived 48,000 votes, McCarthy, 2G,000. It was a landslide for Rolph'. o Seem to Have Heard That Story Before Colfax, Sept. 25 Engine trouble prevented Robert Fowler from cross crossing - ing crossing the Sierras again to-day. Ascend Ascending - ing Ascending early this morning he rose rapidly to a height of 3,000 feet and flew 24 miles in 21 minutes. Arriving at Blue Canyon he raised his marchine to an elevation of 7,500 feet and started across the 7,000 foot high pass. The eng engine - gine engine suddenly stopped, but Fowler planed down, alighting safely in a meadow. There werx only minor dam damages - ages damages which were quickly repaired. He will make a new start to-morrow. o Arizona Boy Will Construct Big Plant Tombstone, Sept. 25 Ralph Cald Caldwell, - well, Caldwell, son of Postmaster Caldwell, of Douglas, has left for- Tallulah Falls, Georgia, to take a position as superin superintendent - tendent superintendent of construction of a $4,000, $4,000,-000 - 000 $4,000,-000 powor plant. His friends in this icounty are proud of Tiis success. Ho was born in Dos Cabezas 27 years ago. - o Kidnap Girl and Wound Her Escort New York, Sept. 25 The police are searching lor Irene Weseley, aged 17 who was Kidnapped by four unident! unident!-fied - fied unident!-fied men e-iriy to-day as she was re returning - turning returning to I.er home with James Kern, a neighbor, aged 18. Kern was beaten into insensibility with a beer bottle and is ditig at the horpital with a fractured skull. u Wife Resents Husband's Treatment; Shoots Denver, Colo., Sept 26 Resenting a blow from her husband, Mrs. Chas. E. Patterson shot and killed him this aft afternoon, - ernoon, afternoon, after he had fired five times at her. Their trouble began four months after their marriage, when the husband sued for a divorce, but later the suit was withdrawn. New magazines at Shorey'B. o .WEDDING INVITATIONS aDd an nouncements at the Examiner office A fine line to select from. Prices very low. o JOB PRINTING The Examiner has the finest line of commercial sta stationery - tionery stationery and type of any offtee lu town Give us a trial order. New Magazines at Shorey's."

on comniai.'a 01 ueurge .iicunuu. who accused the men of talcing from his premises several items belonging to him. The men were taken in charge and we.'e being taken to El Centro when bv close Questioning they con fessed. Mr. Cranmer turned them over to the sheriff at El Centro and return returned - ed returned home Tuesday. Dr. J. C. Hopkins has accepted a po position - sition position with the college of dentistry of the University of Southern California,. He left "Wednesday evening for Los Angeles to take up his work. Ed Braun has gone to Los Angeles .o accompany Mrs. Braun home. He expects to bo gone about two weeks. jSrnest Stevensen, Charles Parkins, and Allison Ketcherside came over from Yuma Saturday evening to at attend - tend attend the party given at Mr. Hadley's- o Saturday evening, Mrs. B. O. Had- ley assisted by Mrs. Gus Nelson and Miss Jennie Samson entertained a auniber of friends at her home at S'Iev Siiing. The evening was pleas pleas-crJy - crJy pleas-crJy ;nt in dancing. Refresh- tec-re served and all who were is--?t rqjort a very good time. .Miss r Julia Steele after an absence of several weeks has resumed her place at the Bard Mercantile pany's store. Com- "t i fvvti'ed- ha school will open '.'crt'or 16th. C'-r-rl"?? T. Ichroeder was the lucky bidder fcr the erection of the school uiidig fie having been awarded the . tu-act SaMrd'-y last by the school trustees. -Ir. Schroeder's bid waa $?,C9S. Others' who bid were John Wadin, of ' Yuma, for $2,900; Ben De Corse, Yuma, $2,944; A. H. Jones, Lawrence Schmidt and B. O. Hadley -?,7S, $2,990 and $3,1130, respectively. 0 he building is to be completed in fifty days. ? Turner, formeriy of Beaumont. ;as, is visiting W. J. Magoou, his old time friend. Leslie Mattice and Spencer Buster left Wednesday for Minnesota. Mr. Mattice will enter the University of Minnesota. Mr. Buster also goes east to enter school. o "Tr. and Mrs. 3. H. Flood and two fVldi'en returned from Los Angeles e-aesday after spending several WRfkr "here. "Imcr Philips left Monday for Los Angdes. o "Tiss Nattc Fisher has accepted a pooitioT as teacher at the Somerton, Arizona, school. o J. H. Morse made a business trip - t5 ik :-. sri iox this -wenlr. I i:!;.;5"5 Fnc Big Ctive Ne&r Flagstaff Ftegrsff. Sep4. 25 While working north, of Belmont, a few days ago, a arty c insisting of Jas. F. Cox, Hemy T:7lc and J. C. Thomas discovered ? " f e nearly a mile in length. From tr-e entrance the , tunnel goes down h, a:i angle of about 50 degrees for about 100 feet, th"n opens into a large tunnel about 200 yards in length; a cave in for a distance af about 100 feet can be followed in a crouching position. The. floor is of burned slas or lava formation and the roof a solid mass of malpal.

1 gress jn discussion of conditions of rural life. Plans for the organization of community clubs, to improve the educational and religious facilities were put forward by the leaders of a movement to check the tendency, of country boys and girls to go to large cities. Foul Murder Done on Wyoming Ranch a Cheyenne, Sept. 21 The bodies Of Tom Jenkins and wife, were found at their ranch house at Red Bank, Wy oming to-day. Both had been shot. Mrs Jenkins was a daughter or iormer gov ernor Ricards, of Wyoming, and Jen kins was the manager of the Rich ards ranch. There is great excitement, a Socialist Ticket 0 Phoenix? Sept 26 The Socialists of Arizona have suggested a full state ticket for the coming primary and election as follows: For Governor, P. W. Galentine, of Globe. For secretary of state, George H Newsholme, of Phoenix. For state auditor, J. L. Milton, of Wilcox. For state treasurer, J. D. Martin, of Phoenix. For attorney general, J. N. Morrison of Benson. For superintendent of public instruc tion, Wm. Moore Clayden, of Safforcl For supreme court' judges, Wm. Sherman Crowe,- of Globe, Robert L. Morton, of Yuma and Fred G. White, of Florence. For corporation commissioners, Jno. Kelly, of Prescott, A. Charles- Smith, of Douglas and W. H. McCormick, of Phoenix. For United States senators, E. D Simonton, of Globe and E. Johnson, of Phoenix. For representative, John Halberg, of Jerome. The conference elected a committee of seven with power to increase its number, to finance and direct the campaign. The respective candidates vill circulate petitions at once. o Evans Was Chief Figure in Cleveland Fight Cleveland, O., Sept. 25 A general fight followed to-day's game between Cleveland and Philadelphia. Umpire Evans, who was in the storm center, smashed one fan, whom he alleged, hurled an epithet at him as he was going to the club house. Another fan who was standing in the door of the club house refused to move aside Ev Evans - ans Evans and he clinched, and' Evans got the better of the argument in the me melee - lee melee that followed. Evans was spirited away in an automobile. Machine Caught on Barbed Wire Fence Jamestown, Sept 25 Mr. Rodgers came to grief to-day when his machine stuck a barbed wire fence and- was wrecked. Rodgers was uninjured. Aft After - er After an 89 mile flight from Hornell he was forced to stop to repair the spark plug. He came down at Red House, 25 miles from here. After the repairs he started to ascend, but the wind bore his machine down and it struck the fence. Both propellers were wreck wrecked - ed wrecked and the one wing shattered. It is unlikely he will be able to get away to tomorrow. - morrow. tomorrow. o Many a man with a red nose has iieen -wrongfully accused.

liminary arrangements have' been made for the building of a canal on the lower Gila river, with a heading about seven miles above Agua Cali Cali-ente, - ente, Cali-ente, which will irrigate between 15, 15,-000 - 000 15,-000 and 20,000 acres of the richest land in Arizona, lying on the .north side of that stream. The land is lo located - cated located partly in Maricopa and partly in Pima county. I The canal is to be built by the re recently - cently recently organized Palomas Highland .Water Users' Association. J. E. Nelson and W. P. McNealy, of this city are the two principal promot promoters - ers promoters of the project Eastern capitalists are supplying financial backing. The names of these capitalists have not been made public, but they paid a visit to Phoenix and the lower-Gila a short time ago. It is estimated that it will cost not less than $250,000 to carry through the project as planned and place water upon the vast acres of fertile soil, that needs only water to make it as pro productive - ductive productive as any in the world. The head of the canal is to be in solid rock about a mile below the South Gila head. The bed will be from eighteen inches to two feet be-'

low the bed of the river, therefore no dam will be necessary. Only a baffle, consisting of piles driven into the sand in order to pile sand up in the river bottom will be needed. From the river the canal will ex extend - tend extend out toward the mesa and thence westward. Along most of its length which will be twelve miles, it will be between five and six miles away from the Gila. At one point it will be only six mile3 from the Southern Pacific railroad. It is expected that in the ordinary course of events enough water will flow into the river the keep the canal running full. But the promoters of the project are going to take no chances of drouth. A short distance below the head there will be a pump pumping - ing pumping plant, at a point where water is only a few feet below the surface. This pump will be capable of lift lifting - ing lifting 60,000 gallons of water a minute. Whenever the water in the river fails, the pump will be started. Gas will be use to furnish power for operating the pump. This gas will be generated from crude oil piped from Sentinel, twelve miles away In a straight line. This pipe line is one of the most extensive features of the

project day, into the water. Five were drown drowned. - ed. drowned. The bodies were recovered, i Twelve alive, but unconscious, were rescued. ing followed a fight yesterday at Mal Malpass' - pass' Malpass' home in which. Sheriff Preston and Deputy Stiel and the two mulatto sons of Malpass were killed. The offi officers - cers officers had gone to the Malpass home to arrest his sons.

Sis s'-. . AND YUMA WEEKLY EXAMINER 4 A Live, Republican Weekly With All the News All The Time. VOL. 41. 110. 43 YUMA, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1911 Pioneer Paper of Arizona Bard News San Francisco Is Getting Ready to Elect Mayor Want to Keep Children on Farm 20,000 Rich Acres Will Feel Life Touch