Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
IMMIGRATION TIDE.
Arrivals from Foreign Countries
Fewer Than for Many ears.
4 GIGANTIC IRRIGATION SCHEME.
A New York Capitalist Arranging to Water
$4,000 Acres In Colorado aud Utah
States Rights In Texas-R Railroad
Commission Eujoined.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.--The tide OF
immigration is at the lowest point
since the general government assumed
jurisdiction of the subject in 1882
The number of arrivals from all coun-
tries, according to treasury statistics
during the last fiscal year, was s3O,SSs
a decrease as compared with the pre-
vious year of liz, 4S5 The lightest
immigration of any previous year was
in 1898, when the number from all
countries was s79.94S. The, year OF
heaviest immigration was the first
Of the period beginning with
1882. when the arrivals numbered
7SS,902. During the entire period
Of federal supervision, 7,43s,Ol6 have
entered the United States. The ar
rivals of Russian Jews for the past
year numbered %, $50, as against 65, 1877
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1896
Italy furnished the greatest number OF
immigrants, 81, 543, decrease OF $500
from last year. The cause of the
heavy Italian immigration of 1895 was
assigned to the war of Italy with Abyss
sinia, but the figures of the last year
are not abnormal, having been ex-
ceeded by several years of the period.
Since 1882, there has been large
and steady decrease in German immi'
grafton. In 1882, 25O,63O entered the
United States from that country, while
in 1896 only g. arrived. 1t will be
seen that the number of German i'm
migrants during the first year OF gov
eminent supervision exceeded the i'm
migration from all countries during
the last year. Immigration from
Austro. Hungary decreased from 5j.1OS
in 1896 to 1901 in 1897. The decreases
from other countries are as follows:
England, 10, 499 in 1895 to 1914 in 1897;
Sweden, 81. 1877 to 1S,l44f Norway, s, lbs
to 5,s42, and Ireland, 4O,2s2 to 2S,4sl.
A GIGANTIC IRRIGATION SCHEME.
DENVER, COL, Aug. 12,--Col. Balloon,
of Wall street, New York, arrived in
Denver yesterday to make arrange
ments for carrying forward a gigantic
project in western Colorado and Utah,
in which he has become interested.
Col. Balloon has been personally in
vestigating the ground to be covered
by the irrigating system. The plan is
to irrigate Mesa county, COL. and
Grand county, Utah. The canal will
start at the head of Platte creek,
above Grand Junction, following the
Grand river and then branching off to
the west, running through now prac-
tically arid section. In the first six
miles the canal will irrigate $4,000
acres in Colorado alone, and
2OO,OOO in Utah. provided the
Utah state government consents
to build a two-mile tunnel
through which the waters will be con-
veyed. 1.-THE water said Col. Balloon,
twill be drawn from the Grand river,
which, you can quote me as saying,
contains more water than all the rivers
combined on the western slope Of the
Rocky mountains He has received
assurances that the state of Utah will
consider the project very favorably.
After brief stay here, he will 60 to
Salt Lake City to confer with the state
government. He will discuss his plans
with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and Gov. Adams in day or two
STATES RIGHTS IN TEXAS.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. u. Attorney.
General Crane may conclude to disre-
gard the injunction recently issued by
Federal Judge Mccormick restraining
the state railroad commission from
taking any steps toward forfeiting
permits to do business Of the express
companies of this state. The injunc-
ton was obtained because of the rates
to be charged by express companies
recently promulgated by the commits
sion, and restraints their being put into
effect. The encouragement is now
said to be seriously considering begin
ming the suit to forfeit their right to
do business, thus defying the right Of
Federal Judge Mccormick to make
such an order and presenting exactly
the same case which has recently
arisen in Kansas.