The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24

letter on a typewriter and signed her
husbands name. She agreed TO the de-
tails for the meeting and made some
suggestions. One or two letters were
exchanged and the arrangements for the
meeting were completed.
All this time General ArtZ knew
nothing of the plot being made IN his
house. When he returned TO the city
his wife said nothing to him about the
letters.
The time for the meeting arrived and
the woman from Ottawa was present.
She was waiting for the General" and
she did not have long 10 wait, but in
stead of the towering form Of the war
rior a plump, spry little woman bobbed
up before her and said:
We'll. I am here. What do you
want?''
The woman from Ottawa was dumb
founded. She tried to explain, but Mrs.
Artz, who had come in place of her nus
band, gave no time for explanations.
She told the Ottawa woman what she
thought about the matter.
There was a wordy war with no wit
nesses. When the interview was ended
the woman from Ottawa went home end
Mrs. ArtZ hunted up the general her
self
What she said 10 him no one knows,
but in a. day or two ne shook the dust of
Topeka Off his feet and he has not been
seen since. Mrs. ArtZ's friends say she
has not heard from her husband since,
either.
A reporter called TO see Mrs. Artz last
evening, but was told by a nurse tina I
she was too Ill to be seen.
Mrs. Artz has called on lawyer and
1t is likely that 2, divorce suit will re-
suit.
A week ago an item appeared in an Ed
wards county paper saying that Gen
eral" Artz had been in the county, but
nothing was said about his business.
MORE IRRIGATION.
The state board of irrigation is max
ing an effort to secure from the govern
ment an appropriation to assist in the
development of the underfi0w, for the
purpose of aiding in irrigation Of west
ern Kansas. The principal workers on
this proposition at this time are Dick
Blue, Chester |. Long and Charles Cur
It's.
Correspondence between the board and
the three members of congress indicate
that the Kansas delegation is very much
interested in the work at hand and VIII
labor TO secure the needed apTopria-
tiOns.
In a letter received by Chairman Frost
of the board Congressman Blue, among
other things, says:
Il am a firm believer in the practical
bility Of legislation TO provide for stor-
ing the surplus water of our larger
streams rising on the eastern slope Of
the Rocky mountains, in reservoirs, 70
be used for irrigation, and thus accom-
plish the twO-fold benefit of retaining
vast acres of our arid and semi-arid re-
gionS for the purpose of agriculture, and
at the same time diInish the peril of our
lower Mississippi plantations occasion
ed by foods and overfioWs annually.
This IS not a visionary and chimer-
ical scheme, open to the charge Of wild
extravaganza in expenditure with no
commensurate results, hut in the near
future will be acknowledged as a policy
of national concern with the merit Of
economy to recommend it. 1 regard it
as a matter Of pre-eminent moment to
a very large proportion of our popula-
ton, and one affecting the prosperity
and happiness of millions of people
President Frost addressed communi-
cation to Mr. Blue asking that he confer
with the director Of the geological sur
vey with regard to irrigation in Kan
sas and the promotion Of its interests.
In reply to this letter Congressman
Blue announces his intention of con-
ferring with the director, but says: The
difference. as 1 see il. between his work
and ours is he is evolving a theory, and
We are attempting to put one already
matured. into practical effect.
at is the difference between making
crops grow in books and producing them
in the fields"
The members Of the state board Of ir-
rigation, now in session in this city, an
ticipate much good from the efforts OF
the Kansas delegation in congress.
The board is here on business connect
ed with the publication of its prelimin-
airy report, and held conference with
the governor yesterday afternoon. The
session will continue today.
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