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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
THE SHADOUF.

Utility, and a very bare utility, was the
basis of all work in Utah, and as the church
naturally tended towards communism, and
every man in those days did just the bishop
told him, they solved the question of water
ownership at the very start The dam, canal
and bitches belong TO the community, just as
the roads and school houses do, and are under
the control of an official usually called the
water marshal. Every man may b. called
on 10 work the bitches, just rs in the states he
NAV be called upon to work the roads" or
nav Communication. Ordinarily every man
uses as much water as he pleascs and at any
time, but in very dry seasons, and in some
settlements every season, the ' Iter marshal
takes control and directs the water by raising
and lowering the head gate for Il few hours to
this section and then few hours to that, and
there have been times when this had to go on
day and night. In Salt Lake City there Is
usually such abundance Of water that it flows
down both sides of every street, lacing all the
squares with crystal borders, and this feature
it was which so charmed the early emigTants
TO California and caused them 10 write those
glowing letters about the city's beauty. But
there have been seasons when all those bitches
were dry, as all the water was absorbed in the
gardens and orchards
When Salt Lake City was the only settle
ment between the Missouri and California
its crystal streams and fruitful gardens made
IL seem paradise TO those who had tolled
across 100 miles of arid plains and noun.
tains; but now settlements are numerous al
most all the way. and Colorado has vastly
outdone Utah in irrigation works. IL is es-
timated that by their present system 5000,
600 acres i'm Colorado can be irrigated, but
not more than 500 900 acres are yet reclaimed,
while canals in course of construction will
reach all the rest. The San Luis park canal
waters, or is capable Of watering, 100000
acres; the State Land canal, 900 acres,
the Citizens canal, 100000 acres, and the Del
Norte and Saguache canal about 10000
acres; and three of these get their water from
the Rio Grande.
In Colorado two irrigations in ordinary
seasons and three in dry are thought enough
for most crops, but roots of all kinds require
from three to ten times as much water as
things which grow above ground. or course
experience has taught the Colorado farmer
many points which might be of no value else
where-such as to soak his land before plOw-
ing or not, as the indications may direct; to
seed at the proper time after soaking, and to
judge when and how much water is needed
by the growing grain. IL is claimed that
with their extensive system the cost does not
exceed SO per here, and is often as low as
sixty cents per acre yearly, and that the crops
average twice rs great rs in country where
rain is relied on Forty bushels Of wheat, 500
OF potatoes, fifty OF oats, two tons Of wild
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sARNARp,s SUCCESSOR.
Hon. Seth Low. Columbia Colleges New
Praaidanf.


President.
Columbia college, the far famed New York
city university, enters on its lS6th year with
the Hon. Seth Low for president. After
being twice mayor Of Brooklyn and a pro-
spective candidate for governor, he takes in
stead the presidency of great college, for
which he is peculiarly well fitted. With
youth, health and an established reputation
for good works, it may be his good fortune
to rule the college for a very long period and
impress his individuality strongly upon the
intellect of the country.
Seth Low was born in the city of Brooklyn,
Jan. lS, 1850, his father, Abiel A. Low, be-
ing a prominent merchant in Burling slip.
He first took an educational course at the
Brooklyn Polytechnic institute and then en-
tered Columbia college, from which he was
graduated in 1870, standing at the head Of his
class and dividing the second Greek prize of
the year After extensive foreign travel he
went into business with his father, becoming
a full partner in 1875. He was soon active in
politics and a promoter Of the various reform
movements of those years While a member
of the Chamber of Commerce he delivered a
series of addresses on the trade Of New York
and vicinity which attracted much attention
among commercial men all over the country.
In 1850 he took a very prominent and active
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
A GENUINE SURPRISE.
Green II. RauIl, Of Illinois, APP.
pointed I'm Tanners
Place.
The Appointment Looked Upon
as a Good One-Tanner
Likes It, Too.
The Ex-Commissioner Out in Another
Letter Regarding His Differences
With Secretary Noble.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.-The president
has settled the long controversy over the
appointment of a commissioner of pen
sionS To succeed James Tanner, resigned,
by the appointment of Green b. Raum,
of Illinois, ex-member of congress, and
ex-commissioncr Of internal revenue.
In none of the speculation about the sue
ceEsion to Commissioner Tanner has the
name of Mr.. Raum figured prominently
until Friday night, and then the possibil-
ity of his appointment was discussed by
few. Mr.. Raum's appointment as COM
missioner of pensions came as genuine
surprise to most of those interested.
GREEN b. RAUM
was born in Golconda, Ills. Dec. 3, 1929.
He was admitted to the bar in 1853. In
1856 he reno ;ed with his family to Kan
sas, where he made himself obnoxious to
the pro-slavery faction. The following
year he returned y Illinois and settled at
Harrisburg. He entered the army as
major of the Fifty-siXth Illinois regi-
ment. He was made brigadier general
of volunteers on Feb. 10, 1865, which
commission he resigned May 9. He
served i'll congress from March 4, 1867,
till March 3. 1869. In 1876 he was presi-
dent of the Illinois Republican conven-
ton, and in the same year delegate to
the national convention of the Republi-
can party at Cincinnati. He was APP
pointed commissioner of internal revenue
Aug. 2. 1876. and retained the office until
May 81. 1888 During this period he
collected SS50,000.000 and disbursed
$50 ,OOO. 600 without loss. On his retire
ment from the internal revenue office
Gen. Raum began the practice of law in
the District of Columbia, which he has
continued until the present day.
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nay and four tons Of alfalfa are spoken Of as
common, but the official figures Of the state
shrink these figures somewhat for the total
average. The hard wheat of Colorado Is
noted, and Boulder -four already has a world
wide reputation
A ditch ten feet wide and two or three
feet deep land it has proved best TO have
them wide and shallow costs an average Of
81 600 u mile, and the first water companies
in Colorado realized "a per cent. on their in.
vestment, supplying water to cultivators at
so much per duty" The Investments in
that line soon increased, and many bitches in
Wyoming were constructed by Colorado cap
italists, but it is evidently only question of
time when all main bitches will be owned by
the state. 1t was not long, Of course, till a
great many puzzling questions arose as To the
ownership of running water, and now the
courts and legislators are fast building up a
body of common law on the subject
When the governor of Nebraska sent u
message TO the governor of Colorado protest
ing against the taking Of any more water
out of the South Platte in Colorado, because
1t was drying up the Platte in Nebraska, it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
HAS TANNERS o K.
The observation-disclosures Approves of the
President's Choice.

The Ex-Commissioner Approves of the
President's Choice.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-EX-Commis-
sioner Tanner was seen at his home in
Georgetown by a reporter of the United
Press within an hour after the announce,
ment of Gen. Raum's appointment. The
commissioner was in exceedingly good
humOr Notwithstanding the publication
of the Noble letter. Il have nothing tc
say about that letter to-day" he said
"but | will probably prepare a statement
in regard to it." When asked what he
thought of his successor, he said: 81
think it
Is A SPLENDID APPOINTMENT"
Mr.. Tanners sentiment as to the fitness
of the appointment finds a general echo.
Gen. RaumS administration of the af-
fairs of the internal revenue office
earned for him high encomiums. He
took charge of it just after the exposure
of the whisky ring, when the Office was
in a disOrganized condition, and brought
order out of chaos before he left it. He
possesses all the executive ability neces-
sary to cope with the difficulties of the
position to which he has been appointed.
NOBLE FEELS MUCH RELIEVED.
Secretary Noble, speaking of the selec-
ton of Gen. Raum, said he was chosen
from a number of excellent men and he
thought would make a commissioner
satisfactory to the country. He felt
much relieved now that commissioner
of pensions had been selected by the
president.
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ARE PLEASED.
Assistant Secretary BusSey, who has
immediate charge over pension matters,
is well pleased with the selection of Gen.
Raum, and says he is certain he will SO
conduct the work of the pension office as
to give general satisfaction to all.
Among interior department officials the
selection is well received.
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Archbishop Thomas L. Grace.

The RI Rev. Thomas l.. Grace, recently
appointed archbishop by the pope, was born
in Charleston, S. c., Nov. 6, 1914 AT
the age of Is he began the preparatory
studies to taking the holy order at the semi
nary at Cincinnati One year later he en-
tered the Dominican order at the Monastery
of St. Rose, in Kentucky. He then went to
Rome to pursue his studies. entering the Col
lege of the Minerva. Dec. 81, 1899, he
was ordained a priest at Rome. In 1874 he
returned to America and Immediately began
work in Kentucky For over thirteen years
he had charge of parish in Memphis, Tenn.
July "a, 1859, he was consecrated bishop
of St Paul The ceremony of conservation
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A Safe investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
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POWElL'S PENSION.

Tanners Statements About 1t Were Either
misconceptions or Wilful Misrepresenta-
tions.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-Gen. William HI.
Powell, of Belleville, Ills, who was
granted an increase of pension short
time previous to the appointment of Cor
poral Tanner to the pension commission
ership, has written letter to Secretary
Noble denying that the increase was
granted upon letter of recommends
tin to the then commissioner, Gen.
Back, given to him by Gen. Noble. Gen.
Powell claims that it was not case of
rerating. but simply correction of an
error in his original allowance. The
general closes his letter by saying the
statement of Corporal Tanner was mis-
conception of the facts ''either through
ignorance or wilful instrumentation. "
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
ADVANCED GRANGER CASES,

The United States Supreme Court Will
Soon Hear the Gases Involving the Right
of State Railway Commissions to Fix
Rates.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The supreme
court of the United States has granted
the motion to advance the cases of the
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Mime.
apolis and Eastern railroads against the
railroad and warehouse commits.
sion of Minnesota. The court an
nounced that the date of hearing
would be as soon as there was full
bench. These are what are known as the
granger cases, involving the constitu-
tionality of the state giving to the ware
house commission authority to fix the
tariff for the transportation of freight
and passengers whenever rates fixed by
the railroads are found unreasonable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
SAY THEY DIDN'T STEAL.

Canadians Deny the Reported Thefts Of
Timber from Northern Minnesota For
ests.
WINNIPEG, Oct. ga Rainy River
correspondent, writing to The Free Press,
denies the wholesale thefts of timber re-
ported by Special Agent Wallace to the
interior department. The correspondent
says that while timber may have been
stolen it has not been done by Canadians,
but by Americans and run across and
sold to Canadians. In concluding the
correspondent says: 1.-THE whole sum
and substance of the article is easily at
tanned. Mr.. Wallace had an object to
serve-himself-and he has got there.
There has not been any lumber stolen by
Canadians on the river, Americans may
have stolen it and sold it to Canadians,
and if Mr.. Wallace will give as much at
tention to the whisky business as he has
to blowing his own horn, he can easily
wipe out that traffic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
IRRlGATIN9 A Farm.

As a summary of the reports thus far filed
and comparison with the great irrigatin.
works of other lands, il may with confidenc,
be affirmed that the United States has nov
entered upon the work as a part of its perma
nent policy, that while the reclamation O
waste lands will proceed slowly it will con
tinue till a vast wor!; is done That Ameri
cans will improve upon air former method
and that the result will lie to add ut least 30,
900 square miles to the nations farming Lane
and some billions in dollar values to the ma
tinnnl wealth
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
Saws Tanner a Rncknumher

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Secretary No.
BILE is not worried by the publication OF
Commissioner Tanners last letter. He
will make no reply to it. 81 have done
with Tanner" he said. "He is back
number with me-" Said Mr.. Busy: "Al
that he publishes have seen before, and
and think it doesn't need any reply
If he wants TO make me u target, he car
do so. Let him fire away all he
UantI IN -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-25
BARBED WIRE BOSSES.

Eleven Big Mills Make an UnhoIy Com.
pact and Shut Thirty-one Others Out.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-The Herald says
that although nothing has been made
public concerning it, meeting of the
barbed wire manufacturers is said to
have been in session in this city for sew,
eral days, and one of the most gigantic
trusts ever organized in this county is
about to be formed, if, indeed, its organ
ization is not already complete. Eleven
sof the forty-two mills engaged in barb
ing wire, The Herald says. have entered
into combine and have agreed to sell
no wire or wire goods to the thirty-one
mills not admitted.
wASHBURN GIVES HIS PLEDGE.
Washburn, of the Washburn & Moen
company, of Worcester, Mass. who owns
all of the barb wire patents that are Of
any practical value, has pledged himself
not to issue to anyone outside of the COM
bine any licenses for the use of his pat
ents. For this pledge the trust has
agreed to bear all the expense of defend
ing Washburn's patents in any suits that
may be brought to contest his right to
them.
FIVE ROD MILLS IN COMBINE.
The business of the trust has been di-
vided, so as to secure the greatest posi-
ble production. There are in the United
States but five mills that manufacture
the rods from which all kinds of wire
are drawn. With these five mills WASH
burn has gone into combination. and has
taken into the pool besides all the pullers
and drawers of wire and nail manufac-
turers. Until other bar mills are built
itNtt it requires vast amount of capital
and, considerable time to complete one
the mills outside the trust will not be able
to continue business. This information
comes from one of the oldest wire manu-
,facturers, who was not let in by the COM
bination.
The price of barbed wire has already
been advanced So ton, and wire nails
have gone up from 35 to 40 cents keg.
On all other kinds of wire there has been
a proport.onate advance.
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New York Greenhackers.

New YORK, Oct. 22.-Representatives
of the Greenback party met here and
nominated Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, OF
Elmira, for secretary of state; John B.
Sullivan, of West Chester, for comp.
troller; Joseph Madison Hall, of HamiI
ton, for state treasurer. The nomination
for state engineer and surveyor will be
made later. A platform was adopted re,
citing the familiar tenents of the party.
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FIVE ROD MILLS IN COMBINE.
South Dakota Conference Closed.

HURON, s. D., Oct. 22.-The South
Dakota Methodist conference has closed
its six days session here, Bishop Vincent
presiding. The appointments were made
Just before adjournment. The next
meeting will be held at Mitchell.
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took place at st.
Louis, Archbishop
Kenrick being the
consecrator.
When Fa t h g r
Grace became bish-
op the diocese in
cluded Minnesota
and Dakota, and
there were only two
Catholic churches
in st. Paul-the ca
thedral and the
Church of the As
sumption. TIL er e
~ ..
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part in politics, Or
ganizing the Young
Mems Republican
club of Brooklyn,
and gaining a high
reputation as a N
impressive public
speaker. Brooklyn
being n Democratic
city, the chances for
a Republican were
slender, but in 1881
Mr.. Low was nomi-
mated for mayor as
a reform candidate,
and won by a hand
some majority. II
Is admitted by men
nf oil partiaS that
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CHOLERA'S RAvAGES.

Seven Thousand Deaths in Three Months
Along the Tigris and Euphrates.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 22.-The chol-
era is still in frightful ravages in the val
leys of the Tigris and Euphrates. There
have been seven thousand deaths within
the past three months, and there are as
yet no signs of the abatement of the
scourge.
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Tired nfHis nukedom

VIENNA, Oct. ga rich duke, John
Salvador, of the Austrian house OF Haps-
burg, has publicly expressed the desire
to resign all his titles and appointments
and hereafter live the life Of an ordinary
citizen.
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VIENNA, Oct. 22.-The Lauder bank
has signed for its share Of the loan of a.
00O, 900 marks to the Bulgarian govern
ment recently negotiated. Banks in
Berlin take the balance of the loan.
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THE sTUoEsAkER MANSION.

A Magnificent Indiana Residence Recently
Destroyed by Fire.
1t seems a pity that the magnificent resi-
dence of Glenn Studebaker, at South Bend
Ind. should have been destroyed by fire Sc
soon after 1t was built 1t was ready
for occupancy only few months ago, anG
had 1t not been destroyed would have beer
visited by the delegates to the Pan-Americar
congress.
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and population of $4,000. In the whole do
cese were only 81 churches and 81 missions.
1t is not known to what archdiocese the new
archbishop will be assigned.
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HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

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Mrs. ANNIE GEEsLING. Columbus, Ga.
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