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Show discoverer siand.n the court yard of the Palace, a here the President of the " s Republic While Hart! find Santo Domtego are J - nm as they are none the less rich and when a stable government Is secured they wtTT take their places among the other countries for which the world owes a debt of gratitude to Columbua Coffee and logwood are the principal ' now-restde- K: proftiable-to-ttoewbr- feasts AAAr2arA A? C&fa7?2jix&,i cjr'J&rrsye. cJdrysn By b y The Copyright NUMBER of the tn- - ej-- W GREAT and discoveries which f ventions been of benefit to man-- J PjI have kind have been subject to the aeoraof.-trrttetilewad h vise one of the period just preceding Even ducovant. after success has been assured and the Inventor or explorer has been proclaimed a great benefactor 10- hit some pessimists bave underestimated rhe vsrtue' bf TheWOrh bp e filter would asserting that have been accomplished any how In ' of course due time. the Born Navigator. ' Born in Coigolato, in the territory U Genoa, and having been schooled In navigation early te life the skill of the Portuguese In this line to attracted him that he decided to locate in Lisbon As the Portuguese had already discovered a part of the Coast of Africa and were anxious to find a .ptStSS no doubt -- that by sailing west he night discover a shorter way to that land and by this means obtain the commodities cheaper than they were sold'to the Venetians In Egypt He laid his proposal before King of Portugal, who John 11 sn like many men of the pres. m day literally stole the Ideas of - the-sam- -- Castilla did Can.g Bpnti fai iv r ic'ed OCQ ' r flh3T"lto4lci.Jxnsnnia-i- ; the .Dhmu w ict .r- t . .'S Ih veais,-an- in. a , - -. d rto rj,,( Bpn ' I aiviu i s time went ne. Brdr--wa-cop the ence came on day the cmir'rv rj ru- - ,P at non , , r,;. it rirut f SCvesatvT j a A' this time on account of Its use as a . r Cl Santo Domingo, known to CO- Lu re- - ' lumbus as HispaTuda. In merely jjmi set up on one side of the island many iherft public courts and "the home of, the brave of Haiti. At present it I beinit admin-j fhr tphaf Cuba alone, istered to to a certain eirtent gnd land of the free. n. riTUtl, hfiro'c i c where one of his successors using the ftia United States, who on account fy of International Syndicate. great discoverer's chart landed m j the Monroe txxrtrine were compelled o ir Tr ro Rvfi he 161$, Imports many millions of dot- - i to Columbus, and fitted out a vessel sendet'the Dominican houe In order co'V-n-ffoods from European 01' j numerous revolutions Co ing one of bis favorites to command, jtf t n ifr countries and over one hundred mll- - g lumbus spent much time on this hoping in this way to make use of . A me r fi'j r w lion from United the States, wile rdA7&sw?cx5'. whirli the knowdedge of the Genoese narL t'oiurribur her exports in sugar and tobacco also him for a the time s home, still stands gra, gator without allowing him to have run Into millions for her sugar goes ms Ifr 4ee eelba tree -him and denied which Pinta of the or the Mwrlthe of an such any profit thewcria.-T?T jo. THtle honys jven 5111x31. aet out"oa Hie voyage of In death- - Hla hy the natives, wh.deeiare-fvn- f V a, We place has iflar.d was Spains richest colony until rTTfir- that the discoverer tied hi boat Columbus resented this unfairness discovery which later gave to the always been a meeca for tourists who 'an unjust government at. Madrid for the and resolved to go to Spate. Jn the world America. Hla trials and tribudally about the tomb and with pressed the people to such an extent the trunk of this tree when he an Anti chored at of island. This art meantime "he sent hie brother. the In of that the' and .the on are one well interest known accord declare that the world lations humanity 'hn journey Meb in super cana-awilh .iho-sa" proposal- to- - to Very gehdoi boy. " ' hires a debf of gratitude to fills Veal Mi1Wh tfce United States wix comT- ib The oi ( is bananas. Jn to Henry YIL King of England, while he an fr atet ,an1 pellei seaman, who was willing to risk his Died In Obscurity., owes Columbus a debt of uminous nnd mary England journeyed to Spain. But the mesof from the thraldom rula Spanish tfi,bj-vall for the discovery of a new' world or) th for the Barbs docs snd rttrn senger ,1 su England was . robbed . by . The great navigator died In comis- - duly grateful to Columbus gratitude reveal him ntcr f In 'discovering land to andCuba pirates during his Journey anil was ao parative obscurity at YalladolU, on Columbus on the Fpbt Where the Spanish Jamaica their rich "colonies of the injrt nrt v-t- o n in rttnetr? reduced In circumstances 'that it was May 20, 1600. HU body was laid In the West opened up' new sources of landing was made they have erected West Indies. The latter wks taken by hi on vie ni'-f rW not until three years later thet he was the Carthusian Monastery, at Santa commerce which during the past a chapel to his memory. When the the English In 1855 and their posses- ol able to gate an audience with the king. Marie de las Cueraa, et Seville, but la centuries have filled the coffers of Unding was made a huge ceiba tree i slon was confirmed by the treaty of ness of purnote. irf! r U rr f quTiirj t He was successful In Interesting the 1602, It was removed with that of hie the European nations with millions stood on the spot and when'the bones j Madrid in 1870. It haa always been rution are hrs-t have king in the project, but Christopher son. Diego, and interred in the Cathe-(Jrqlj- n of dollars for the exports and imports of Columbus were brought to Havana 8n asset to Great Britain on account they r H nx h - p was prevented from coming to Engthe City of 6anto Domingo, on from the Western Hemisphere have In 1755, the ebony sarcophagus was0 If sugar, bananas, cocoanuts, leg know!dt a a n land to carry out the project. Had he the Island of Haiti (one of his dis- been It Is one of hi enemies tn placed under the venerable tree where whl. rom and coffee. w of enormous value. . 7. hb reached that country England instead coveries). When Haiti was ceded to they were formally inspected by the the most loyal of the, British colonies , pellet xq sx.jfe d.,: The Rich West Indies. of Spain would undoubtedly have Jhadj Spain, la 17 J 5. the body was traas- and hundreds vrf irs nsrtvss are row M to and General lcptatn pronounred Mxsa& nun, ths. honor e Cat hodrah mt'H avana. - Had h discovered the West Indies tbs feticd of the dtiooverer. lighting with TbeTEngTtgh army. discovering the rerta'n 4tm, w! tz? , hv to the west. Although Columbus was where It remained, until 1812, wheq only their value to t$e world should ThethO'CTUteryfllcs Panama. chape! was erected in 1828, and his arrsnd roneeption of exposed to ridicule In Spain and hU Cuba was lost to Spain. The bones have won for him the gratituderof the js known as El Templets (the little In the letters of Columbus written berau rf it he f Ideas were scoffed at by the large ma- of the father and son were brought European world, hut added to these, chapel or temple). The building la to Ferd'nand and Isabella Is contained R m a entire worM jority of persons there were some back to Seville, and placed in the his discoveries opened up both North open once a year, November 18th, San the earliest account of the Isthmus of tud and on earh h h tvnr learned men. who coincided with him Cathedral where a magnificent monu- and South America, not only .to ChnstobaTs Day, when a memorial Panama In existence He wrote th a r emn day set njvirt .n in his views and were anxious that he ment has been erected to his memory. wealth, but to settlers whose descend- service to Columbus la held. A young letter while on the Coast youths of the ration v,D.ud fto should be outfitted fn Spain. Finally It bears the Inscription, translated In ants do honor to hie name for hla ceiba tree has grown up near the of Jamaica, shipwrecked at the end of his fourth emulpe him In h' o Qnum EngUshi. To CastHe and Leon Col mn- - - making r TlldleK SW! pose and do bonor d last voyx V' riitai'-- ?t Columbus wtth 12 men and three bus gave a new world. Thus honors from the restriction of European A monument to the memory of the when he reached 8pain his stories of ot our discoverer land th at His, Perseverance and Discovery of a New World Columbus Had Made Many Lands . Wealthy By Commerce. 1B17. -- n IH , -- . dye. ! M Y i " lr nrf old-rqf- ! lnjifwe IEe-Kin- last-restin- topvror er Barth-.odtm&- prai ! hi. i: w - b-- rk U p ! Coi-irm: new-lm- d 1 to---t- r- -- - d' j , i -- - ft-- rtvT I vj c J '; Si I. -- --c - ''-- . t - v -7 .'v-., tL JAe.'yfiw-- b ; " r4W , r-- c hj J tbli-- V "W , ii. nv i - ..'""Of vby ,trf Jf&s 076 os' VEVTV )& G&r'Gfens ifie Zi'xn5'fs0r2 sfrv- Cc?cfcf& & Cov&rzyr Mrvas&ti - C7&ffe?Z&&rv:israt to conserve and produce all products we proceeded at once to motorize all department where motor trucks could be1 substituted for horse and disposed of the horkee to farmers to produce more food aa well as to save food by the Introduction of the automobile. "The next step taken by us was to secure and plant sufficient lands to corn and peas In order to produce enough corn, and bay to 'take care of all -- the remaining city team sir and 4 while wo scarcely had time to.do this; war having been declared late In the spring, we are glad to aay that the city PresrA frfrcwfZ&nerQe&cy; zjp&sr avTsrjv-roJ- r University of Missouri - Boy Irrigates Land 0n Top of Arizona Moun-- j Dozen! e NatfonalitiesWork Side 5rJXi? Tli.iilii 1 Jairys-Whe-r- alL-th- a, wllX-mxk- e. BySide; RUSSELL T. EDWARDS. WAR GARDENERS Is a shoot at next RElfE forforlistyouto to the claim of that sh haa the big-t'war garden In the country. She Lo tomes forward with the claim that she has the highest, for It is away p there where the Cost of Uving le 1 JO!) feel JjJgh , Where- - U- - I nsplra-tioDo not look on a map foi you not find It. Do In the Joitul guide for yod will not find It, tor It I fa nearest th and Arixoct, Jo'it office Is Miami, in Gila county. whole country la one vast garden By - st n? 111 according then not-loo- to fine best aero-ey- e jvlew Arizona wrae laid out little or attention was paid to th yearning f the average man for a little golf or If tie garden and when Inspiration decided to do Its bit there was no place butup to, find a place big wnough fop a war garden that was tong enough to put a harf doien ahbage planta In the ground. - Ari-cha a native 'predilection ' for nornera on Its surface hence the Just kept right on going htil thfy got to the top of the moun alns that make the ad boys for the railroads happy. Instead of going West Horace Greely urged they went straight North. Outside of the fact no - na hay necessary to care for the teams owned and used by the city In the s2rfrY5y?. 'public work. "As soon as thts matter was out of the wny we took up the question of a number of- residents of Miami, and j which is grown In tbs war garden, fuel for the city schools, city halt. Jail a large number of children have been This market. 1 believe, to tbe first of and other public, buildings, and upon given space. .The gardeners are made j Its kind in' the United Staton This to Inquiry of the mines or coal dealers, up of many nationalities, such as the largest single tract of land devoted many of them, refused to quote ut Italians Mexicans, Indians, Chileans, to war gardens In the West. With 217 prices on account of the scarcity of Germans, Finlanders and Swedes, Over j acres under cultivation, I believe It to cars and those that did, the prices were from-570 cent have never had experience: the largest in tbe countr- yper cent, to 75 percent. In this work or at least where higher than we had formerly paid for Sell llerswTe JUvy Auto Truck. similar coal. So we proceeded, to cut necessary to Irrigate and they had to ' Now take itie raw of Laurel. Miss., our own wood and while we are not be taught. " a different much but with problem, "Methods: Aw expert makes three quite through with the wood cutting conservation Jus tbe same This proposition we are far enough along tripe a day over the gardens to Instruct food auto town and horses sold the bought with it to know that we will. wlthout the gardener. Bulletins and posters aro placed at convenient spots in the trucks for th fire department so the great inconvenience, be able to secure The animals the could have farmers all the wood needed for city schools gardens which are 217 acres In area. town which nr under cofttelssion Term and city generally and at the same "Syetem: Tbe double crop system of govemmedt then balked at an at- time the effect a great saving in the revwas used. For example, squash were tempted holdup on coal prices, and enue of the city. planted among corn ao that when corn the town turned out and sawed enough Sam's Food Bill fS00.006. came off squash covered the ground. wood tr heat the c!y buildings and - Unde 8 cent per day per man as the With demThU winter. school most the but We grow anything need was through eonsitdered flrvt, ond 5 per cent of the onstrate whaeshe people wen do When estimated cost of feeding a soldier and set their mind to It. Her Is a wtth !,O04.Oraen under arms ltmeana to Mexican. Pink they ground was planted T. G. MeOallum. one of Uncle Sams daily board bill for soldier from letter Bean and Sweet Com. Nothing goes to president Pack, alone to 8800.000. This does not take th commissioners, to waste and drying and canning to Into account the food for officers. True of the National Emergency Food Garencouraged, especially drying lot our den Comtetovtonc-- w hteh was written these men were all healthy eater here Joining th army they doubtlesg climate permit eun drying. thanking the Commission fog 850 food "War Garden Market: We have conservation manual that wtr sent le more than forty cents worth, but they have suddenly become non pro. opened a war garden market, where to Laurel: tbe excess Vegetables are sold for the Immediately upon the- entrance of ducers and they most be fed. Flood Crisis. gardeners without cost to them. Noth- th United (Pales into th war and ing to sold at this mar ket except thet 7he Government' appeal to the peep :.L- "The world faces the biggest food soil was best suited to growing tame copper mines and that, there tha-- placa. aeleclcd for was ter the banner garden of the country was Ideal. But when man sets out to garden he generally gardens, ao five wells were sunk. Water was. struck when they gol down to where the rest of the earth Is In other parts of the country. 'bn..hure ..water mains were laid to provdde the Irrigation. J. R- - Sandige, from the Arizona Agricultural Station, handled the practical work of the garden. Bandige to a graduate of the University of Missouri, and has specialized la garden work. A rush telegranp for canning and drying mahuals came to the National Emergency Feed Garden Commission for "the b'ggcM war garden In the The work Of the Commission WAt. halted for a few minutes. Inspiration. Arizona, was the date line and the telegram w signed by J. R. Bandige. Nobody In the Commission's Charles Lafhrop Pack, president, and P. R Ridsdale, th that the no-wa- offices.-Includin- g retary could find Inspiration on any map or In the postal guide Inquiry et the post office showed the mall eta- -, lion for Inspiration to Miami, Arizona, two miles away. , -- Not Oi Tbe Map. . Assertion that a town, not on the map and that did not have a post office, had the biggest war garden made everybody sit up and taka notica, to President Peck asked for some substantiation of tbe claim when hd 'ordered the manuals expressed. The Commission requested data on other war garden and submits herewith the letter from I. R. Sandige, "the garden expert. Which claims so mach tar Inspiration. "Location: Tbe gardens are two milts east of Miami, Gila county, Arisons, at in elevation of 8,80 feet. l, The climate to making It possible to grow torn vegetable - throughout the year, "Gardeners: Majority of the gardeners are copper workers, but quite . -- semi-tropica- -- pr 0 1 1 - sr? sfic' :A crisis since scan has bein writing history. Mr. Pack told me. "It to not a question of today, but one of tomorrow that w must answer," continued the man who has conducted this nation wide food saving campaign la conjunction with the American F ores-tr- y Association of wh'ch he to pres!- ident.' " unmen two to million close "With dec arm end a sood nraacect oi hav- Img to help-feeablg part of Europe; -'what are we going to do? The Scientific American calls it a war tragedy. In an article by H, C, Harty, I find j this paragraph, which 11 the whole' " , story: "Win the United States Government of permit a useless criminal sacrifice food, of labor, of money, and courage and patriotism from Its people hecause of lack of appreciating of the need of speed when perishable food must be harvested and stored or allowed to rot and frees 7" "The women of the country are 1th patient toll, the great erectlngT si mopurnent to freedom the world ever .home J4 J saw, and. Ififl. mULon Jars canned vegetables and fruit will be - f !- placed on pantry shelves this fail, "Stand the Jart .in a pyratrud atid 1 you would need a guide to find th 1; Washington Monument, were that th center of the structure built of Jars. the As bricks, those Jar fall of Niagara and leave s good sixed Elfel Tower to top off the work For next year the Commission urger the closest sort of organization and between civic, religion end other bodies In order that there no motion as Has been be lost may th ease this year because of the hurried elTort necessitated by the sudden I declaration of war. This cooperation will result in wonderful saving and th people of the country now have one big garden lesson a the corner stone of expctencei .Much has teen-do- n This. year under adverse xondi-triMuch more can "be dons next. --- ' ,f would-doubl- n -- ,- I -- wtrs&sm, ys |