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Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18
IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA.
The Subject Illustrated by the Successful
Experience Of Colorado.
HOW WATER IS APPLIED TO ARID LANDS,
Operations in the South Platt Coun-
try, just Across the State Line
How the state Assists
tho Work.
(Third Artlcle.)

The arid region Of Nebraska adjoins the
state of Colorado on the west and south. On
both sides Of this imaginary limo the soil, the
climate and all natural conditions are the
same. But on one side there is agricultural
prosperity of high and growing order. On
the other side there Is poverty and distress.
On one side lies the garden, on the other side
the desert. During the past season the farm
ers living in the valley of the South Platte in
y Colorado raised train loads Of potatoes and
sold them for fabulous prices In the same
period the farmers living in the val
ley of the South Platte in Nebraska
raised scarcely anything, and rany of
them are now receiving food and clothing
from the state and they must look to the
same source for the seed Of future crops.
Nebraska had the advantages Of earlier
settlement. She has larger population and
more wealth in the aggregate, but in the
matter of irrigation she is but an infant to a
man when compared with Colorado And ir-
rigatlon in Colorado has only begun.
These facts are not, however as discredit-
ever pretended that Colorado could depend
on rainfall. Western Nebraska, with the aid
of unscrupulous land agents, was persuaded
tudJ Suc COulu' I1hpCiiCuCc 10 a udti
ter but we are learning the lesson at
last and the late severe drouth may turn out
to be blessing in disguise.
As the best possible means of illustratin 6
how irrigation can be accomplished here, this
paper will undertake to trace how it has been
accomplished In Colorado in the face of SINH
lar difficulties.
I-BEGINNiNGs OF THE w DIRK IN COLORADO.
The total area of Colorado is 66, 100000
acres. OF this vast domain 26, $4,000
acres is mountain land. hopeless for agri-
culture, but rich In minerals and
timber. The balance, of 100000 acres,
is composed Of plateau, plain and valley, and
has soil fit to grow any crops that will
thrive in this latitude and altitude. But it
Is perfectly arid.
When the first pioneer settler pushed his
way, acfoss tue plains and into Colorado,
lover thirty years ago. he found only few
Thousand of these millions of acres under cul.
tivation, and those only by means of rude
bitches constructed by unskillful Mexican
= farmers Now, according to the latest statis
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18

"Noah's Ark" the new play which is to
follow the season of the pantomine of "Babes
IN the Wood" at Niblos, New York, late in
February, is not at all descriptive of the days
of the food, but deals with life in the big
city. Noah in this case, being a pawn
broker, and the "Ark" the title by which his
loan bureau is known.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18

takes its water from the north fork of the
Cache la Poudre river, in the northwestern
portion of Larimer county. The dam in the
canon is as good a specimen Of this class Of
work as is to be found in the state. The dam
cost s., 500.
These are the largest irrigation enter
prlses in the portion of Colorado nearest
Nebraska, though there arc hundreds Of
smaller canals and bitches of great value to
the region
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18

nI-soME LARGER COLORADO ENTERPRISES.
In other parts of the state, especially in the
San Luis, the Gunnison and the Arkansas
valleys, there are still larger works of irriga-
tion.
Prominent among them Is the Empire
canal, in the San Luis valley, which takes
water from the Rio Grande fourteen miles
above Aamosa and extends southwark to the
Rio Coneios. This is thirty miles long, sixty
feet wide at the head and five and half feet
deep discharges 400 cubic feet per second;
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18

tion Of what is locally known as the "English
company an association Of Scotch capital
ists Their first undertaking was the con-
struction OF the Larimer and Weld canal,
which takes it's source In the Cache
la Poudre river, two miles north
west OF Fort Collins, and runs
east across Larimer and Weld counties for a
distance Of forty miles. 1t is twenty-five
to thirty feet wide and from five to seven feet
deep 1t has a capacity sufficient to irrigate
40, 900 acres, almost all of which are now in
high state of cultivation. This large canal
has now been in operation nearly ten years.
Three small reservoirs are used in connection
with this enterprise.
The success Of this canal led the same capi-
talsts TO undertake larger and more diff
cult project. This was to tap the Plato
river as 1t leaves the mountains and develop
the lands lying around Denver The scheme
had been long talked Of and for
years had waited only for the assist
nee of capital. The construction of
this High Line canal,'' as it is called, was
begun early in the spring of 1850 and con-
tinued without cessation till 1888, 1t is q
fine piece Of engineering with its dam in the
river, it's tunnel at the head of the canal its
across the creeks that lie in its course. The
main canal is seventy miles long, and forty
feet wide for large part of its length 1t
has branch about twenty five miles long
and of smaller dimensions. 1t waters be-
tween fifty and sixty thousand acres. 1t cost
$650,O0O.
This was the beginning Of irrigation in
Colorado. 1t demonstrated that If water
could be applied to the arid soil the
desert would blossom as the rose. 1t
converted timid, unbelieving capital
intoan aggressive ally Of the states devel-
opmcnt. With the success of these two
undertakings Of the English company, irriga-
tion was established as great and promising
factor in the life of Colorado. Capital came
from England, from Holland, from New
York, from Chicago and st. Louis, to seek
investment where returns were assured. And
Denver itself-a hint for Omaha-readily in
vested in irrigation enterprises the capital it
had accumulated with phenomenal rapidity
in mining and real estate. Nebraska stands
today where Colorado stood ten years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-18
u.-IN NORTHERN COLORADO.

From N ebraska standpoint the most in
teresting part of irrigated Colorado is that
portion lying between Denver and the Ne
braska line, and especially in the valley of
the Souzh Platte. The accompanying map
shows the developments In this region at a
glance.
This part of Colorado is precisely like our
arid region. 1t has the same soil aid climate
and draws its water supply from one of the
sources which we must utilize. The state
line that separates Nebraska from Colorado
is only imaginary, but the line that runs be-
tween irrigated prosperity and arid distres
Is real line, plainly marked on the surface
of the earth.
The association Of foreign capitalists al
ready alluded to undertook the development
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

and his neshIess hands clutche5 my
throat and the dry. sharp nails cut
deep into the flesh
In my yony awoke with q wild
cry and piteously evoked the mercy of
the friends that seemed TO inhabit the
Egyptian darkness fell many times
In my flight to the door-unseen bats
swished around me "A screeching
nIghthawk clawed my dr with his
sharp talons and beat my head with
his heavy wings As / gained the
grounds a thunder storm broke upon
me and a nigh Y oak which had stood
IA centurys storms was torn to frag-
ments by the lighining's fury. On
sped like a mailman pursued by de-
mons-on 1 Jew to where | saw q
light Two men were bending over a
human form. l looked and saw that 1t
was a woman.
She was kill ed by falling wall, -"
said one.
Better of dead" said the other.
LED a hermit's lie in q cabin on
tie outskirts OF the town"
Crossed In love, they say when
she was a girl"
Her mana? Old Mary they call
her. Soc herF VI course you may"
Fell senseless upon the PROSTATE
form fingered many weeks in q
delirous fever-would that had never
recovered,
/ am pack again in the busy world
but have sought in vain 20 forget two
faces. l see them ght and cannot
sleep One in beauty and innocence
one in despair and death. ] see them
both and think of the trouble that lay
between. -Arkansaw Traveller.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
Al bncA

every cent you've paid for it, if il
doesn't benefit or cure You. A med
icine that promises this is one that
promises to help you.
But there's only one medicine of
its kind that can and does promise it.
It's DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It's the guaranteed remedy
for all Blood, Skin and Scalp Dis
eases, from a common blotch or
eruption to the worst scrofula- Il
cleanses, Purifes, and enriches the
blood, invigorates the system, and
cures Salt-rheum, letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas and all manner of blood
taints from whatever cause. Great
Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence.
It's the best blood-purifer, and it's
the cheapest, no matter how many
doses are offered for a dollar-for
you pay only for the good you get.
Nothing else is "just as good" as
the Discovery" 1t may be better
for the dealer. But he wants
money and yo4 want help.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
Kindness and Cleanliness.

In York noticed an earthen dish
in front OF a shop. L re I'd down
through the clean cool water with
which the dish was filed these merci-
full words burned at the bottom:
Water your dog"
One good man started that good
fashion. and now there are many such
dishes on the pavements OF many
towns and there is not very thirsty
dog in England.
As | have said before, Great Britain.
is remarkable for her care OF gu
dumb rel lions Horses. cattle. sheep
chickens and birds are cared for ten
derby. No English born horse volun
tarily takes Storage p; ssage for Amer
lea The use of the feed bag for hor q,
is universal; waiting for fare the
cab horse has a lunch-a shsrt order
lunch. English drivers take better
care of their horses than they do OF
them selveI
want TO mention again that Lon.
don is a clean city. 1 never by ans
accident stumbled on a vile smell-not
even in q d rk alley.
The plague described by Defoe was
the result of dirt In the wrong place.
Dirt is now taken into the country and
fed to the hungry soil II five mil
lions of people are long to live TO
gether they must keep their city clean.
The people OF London realize that
The people of any city will realize IL
due time that certain kinda OF slckn sss
are preventable. Typhoid fever Is no
an inscrulAble providence Of God
Myron w. Reed
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

TIE question for cooked or uncooked
food of swine is one that cannot be
decided by any narrow series of ex-
Periments. and the fact that farmers
are alb ,ut equally divided regarding
the question. show that there is merit
and demerit in the results Reasoning
from our own natures, we would I'M
hesitatingly say that cooked food
would make not only the most but the
best pork Nearly everything which
we eat is digested and assimIlated
better when it is cooked. Nature in
PREF airing her food for man and ami
mails generally surrounds it by tough,
Nitrous substances, which can only be
masticated with difficulty. and then d.
gested Mt great expense OF energy.
Cooking often softens and moisteus
these coverings. so that the stomach
Is greatly helped in it's work.
Pork is laid on the body OF swine
only according to the quantity OF food
which is digested and assimilated. and
not according to the quantity that is
eaten. Many pigs are great feeders
but they do not get fat. II is a com
mon symptom of dyspepsia and indi-
gesion TO have a ravenous appetite.
but this does not make the person fat
On the contrary. all OF the food is
taken into the ztoInach TO help over.
load t and no good results follow.
The majority OF the experiments
have shown that cooked food thus ben
etits swine, and that they improve
faster and fatten better when fed with
cooked food than when kept solely on
raw. But another point NUT be con-
sidered. Cooked food by aiding the
digestion al 80 makes it possible 10
produce better pork. and the swine
that have been properly kept in other
ways will have sweeter and ucier and
tendsrer pork for having had their
food cooked. The only question that
remains is, does this extra quality and
quantity OF pork pay for the time and
trouble spent in cooking food? As
suredly. it does in many cases, but
each farmer must decide that for him
SELF 1t is not such difficult matter
to cook the food when the arrange
ments are made for it on a large
scale.-American Cultivator.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
Farm Noes.

Sunhower seed ground is fully equal to
hnseed oilmeal as feed for stock
With the exception of poultry drop
farm
Stunted animals of any class do not
make as good use OF the feed given them
as do the more thrifty ones, even under
the same conditions
The proportion of the different nutrients
needed by an animal, varies with the age
and the purpose for which it Is kept, and
the class 20 which it belongs.
ANY animal that does not make a good
gain in proportion to the amount of food
supplied should be considered scrub
whether native or imported.
1t is often the case that a veriety Of
one or more years TO become sufficiently
always the case
If corn stalks can be run through . feed
cutter they would make good bedding
Otherwise they make fresh manure very
inconvenient to handle, and they are not
good absorbent
In feeding, even with hogs it Is posi-
BILE TO over feed. and they will not do as
we'll as when fed just enough. At no time
should animals be led more than they will
eat up clean at each meal.
The earlier in an animals age full feed
ing can be resortel to the better, in orIer
to secure a rapid growth. This win near
ly always be found the case whether the
animals are raised for market or for
breeding
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
WHERE HE SLEPT.
a Case wh ere MONEY Is Saved By being
Fin'cal

Case Where Money Is Saved By Being
Fin'eaI.
Fred Williams. the Pullman ticket
agent in the Pernsylvania station
Jersey City. has more stories to tell
OF the peculiaritie5 OF the average
traveller than any man in the state
Fred naturally meets more people in
his line of business than most ticket
agents on account Of the immense
number OF people who pass his win
dow and ask questions Fred says
that patience very often ceases TO be a
virtue with him. and Il it were not for
the fact that his outlook with the
company is very bright one he would
keep a gun in his office to shoot
cranks. Here Is a specimen OF a re-
cent experience Fred had with an I'M
sophisticated traveller. One after
noon a man with an Ohio granger cast
OF cOuntenance apProacheN- his win
dow and inquired:
Young man, want to go to
Akron"
Akron is in Ohio" responded
Fred, rubbing his French cut beard.
That's true" said the stranger.
and want q lower berth clear
through. and have it in the center
car. too I've got rheumatic and am
st fern a yard o whale bono and
I'm no climber neither"
Lower berths were sold out an
hour ago" answered Fred. and
there's nothing left but the porter s
lower in the stateroom- That OF
course, you cant buy"
Young man" breathed the man
from Akron. as he planted his callous
palm down on the glass ticket counter
'yOuse fly ticket men are dead skins
and nevet have anything decent to
sell unless a young lady or a friend
comes along; then the lower berths
are thicker than daisies in June"
Fred persisted that the lowers were
all sold. and offered the man q good
upper berth
Il want no u3pers," responded the
Ohio man. until some one invents a
means OF climbing in them without
breaking his neck. But I'll tell you
what | will do. young man. I'll crack
this 81 ba k in NY wallet sleep In the
smoker. and call myself so much n.
I'm not paying good money to SLEEP
next the roof when can snooze In
the smoker for nothing"
Then he walked out OF the station.
glad at heart that no lower berthc
were available on the diagram New
York World.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
About CturnL

Your correspondent B. ". H.
Writcs IL Stewart to the Country Cen
tlerlnn. will find the wooden churn
the best unLe ali circumstances If he
will only uso 1t rightly. | have used
the wooden churns for thirty live years
aid never found any trouble sIch as he
complains OF. They are made OF per-
fectly seasoned wood. quite free from all
woody huvOr. and when properly used
they never shrink or swell, as Ii. says
his does, or become so r. the churn
now have in use is nearly ten years
old. and IA sound ns when new. II is
IN the caro- Of churu that its durabil-
Ity and perfect ,nditiol depend
Perhaps your zorro pOndent does not
know how Il wooden churn shoU d be
kept In o; his remark about summing
seems TO Indicate this at leas- / would
suggest the following way to him:
First procure a CHI Urn OF the best
make know OF none Of metal nor
would / recommend one Of that ma
terial-wOod * the best and entirely
free from objections when properly
cared for Before 1t Is used let it be
well rinsed with boiling water and
Ara ned then rinsed with cold water
and Immediately drained 1t is then
ready for the cream After churniny.
It Is thoroughly drenched with cold
water until IL Is quite free from milk;
the oreviccs should be cleaned of all
remains OF tho cream. and after q
thorough cleansing. boiling water Is
poured in and the churn rotated sew
sral times quite briskly TO reach every
part with the water. 1t is then DRAINED
. dry and left in an airy place In the
shade to air. When dry. it is put
away in the dairy and covered with q
-leEn cloth
! a ehurn should never be exposed to
the sun There is no necessity for It
It L. injurious and quite unnecessary.
The sunshine does no good; it Il rath-
er injurious than otherwise Il checks
The wood. and instead of protecting
the churn from injurious germs IL en-
ccurAges thee by the exposure Of the
churn to the air. which L. always
CHARGED with them Metal churns
b ve been used. but always with more
o. less objection as they are subject
20 rust and the acid of the cream pro-
duees poisonous compounds with The
metal There e no reason Why =
ohurn should ever smell so II. II it Il
thought advisable to take any precau-
tons 70 prevent it the churn MAJ Be
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
Domestic Dots.

A bowl Of quicklime kept In the cup
board will quickly absorb the moisture, II
there be any.
Ordinary rubber ink erasers, It Is said,
will quickly remove rust from polished
cutlery without injury.
In bottling catsup or pickles boil the
corks, and while hot you can press them
into the bottles, and when cold they are
tightly sealed Use the tin foil from com
pressed yeast to cover the corks
In some new table cutlery the handles
of the knives are OF Dresden china to
match the table service. Salad spoons
and forks are of wood, with cut glass
handles, and the glass handle carving
knife and fork accompanies these very
frail- loo king implements
10 allay itching In some cutaneous at
fections a very pleasant application con-
sists of the freely expressed juice Of q
lemon diluted with four or FIVE times its
bulk OF water, TO which a few drops of
cologne have been added or the same
quantity OF rose water. This Is very
COO ing
The waite plate Is q great addition to
the tableware It may be had in plain
china or handsomely decorated; the for
Ener cost 81. the latter 81 to 50. The per
forations In the top admit the escape OF
steam. SO that the cakes may be kept
warm, yet free from moisture. The deep
bowl gives ample space for the half-dozen
circles OF de icious BROWNIES.
FlAvortng butter with the Odor Of fresh
flowers IL one OF the arts of the French
peasantry The process IL very Simpls.
and consists OF putting the little prints,
which have first been wrapped In thin
cloth. into q tight porcelain dish on bed
Of roses or whatever blossoms are chosen
Among the flowers which give ths most
desirable results are clover and nastuFs
tfums.
Elderberry wine Il said to possess great
medicinal qualities, and it Il particularly
beneficial where the system Il reduced
from long sickness To make it gather
ripe slderbsrTies. press out the juice, Al
low one measure Of sugar and water each
to every measure Of juice. put In an open
vessel and skim every morning until clean;
bottle and set as4ds for three months -
fore ustnR.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
NATuRE.s scRAp aooK.


The Michigan copper mines are said to
: deeper they go.
Owing 70 the salmon industry the Col
urnbia river Il said to give out more wealth
than any other river In the world
In an English coal mine plants have
grown at depth of 1 600 feet They
we're perfectly erect and their foliage was
blanched
The SILK industry shows that = single
cocoon from well-fsd silkworm win often
produce continuous fibre more than /,
900 yards long.
ference and weighing eleven and q half
pounds bloomed In the garden of a farmer
in Garfield, Wash. last fall
The sponge industry OF the Bahama
Islands employs 500 small vessels and
about 5000 men. This industry Is. being
rapidly developed on the Florida coast,
and the sponges in this locality are said to
be finer than on the Bahamas
A writer in Nature tells OF q small tor
totse which last winter was inadvertently
LETT In its small pond, the water OF which
closing the tortoise. When the thaw came
the creature was found alive and flourish
ing.
Among the vegetable and salad plants
longest in cultivation may be enumerated
the following: Turnip, onion. cabbage,
purslane. the large bean (Faba), chick
pea lentil and one species of pea garden
peal To these On antiquity of at least
1900 years is Rscribed
The laughing plant OF Arabia produces
black, bean like seeds, small doses of
which when dried and powdered intoxi-
cate like laughing gas. The victim dances.
shouts and laughs like a mailman for about
an hour, when he becomes exhausted and
falls asleep, TO awaken after several hours
with no recollection of his wild antics.
A druggist in Worcester. Mass, has In
his store pet humming bird. This merry
little hummer has the freedom Of the
store, but his favorite perch is on the
branch OF the gas pipe over the soda foun-
tain. from which vantage point IL not in
frequently surprises a customer by dart
ing forth and dipping its slender beak into
the glass from which he is drinking.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

o golden wedding dayI For ysu
This anreats dover Of weather
Intensified. heavens perfect blue,
By yon frail snowy feather.
A counterpart. this glowing day,
To one the past l. shrining.
That was as wondrous fair. you say,
As this that's on US shining
Sincere petition. hearts, for thee
May anniversaries vanished
Blend glories for the days to DO
TIL eV'Fy cloud be benished
Bright day. where golden fancies turn
And golden roses lead,
And golden years their torches burn
September seventeen.
Chicago Inter-OcAan.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

The Fair Visitor (hssitatingiy)-If
Jon please. heres little notice wish
inserts1.
The Society Editor-Csetainlv. mad
am; let me have IT
The Fair Visitor (readsO-The sev-
euth engagement of MrsA Smith-Jones-
Brown-ThOmas-R icnRrds nee Quit
email Is announced. The favored
seventh ID Mr. Percy Wuncemore. OF
Wabash nve1se. -PittsburR Bulletin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

BEFORE the use Of Prickly Ash Bitters
became general throughout the South and
and daily doses of quinine, that was forced
down the Threats of sufferers from all ma
larial troubles. In place of such obnoxious,
narrowing curatiyes Prickly Ash Bitters
with It's mild, soothing action now holds SUI,
pTeme sway. and after one trial its use
when Necessary. is forever established.
You who have sick headaches, sour stom-
achs diseased liver or kidneys, can do no
better than to give it a trial
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20

Economy In feeding is not true econ
omy If it is done by attempting to re-
duce the allowance at the expense OF
production. Something cannot be had
from nothing. and animals will not be
productive il they are deprived of the
necessary materials pertaining to the
objects for which they are intended
Feed literally. but without waste.