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Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
ALKALI IN THE SOIL
How If Is Affected Where
 Land is Irrigofed.
Greatest Danger Lies iE OVer-lrriaaf- ng-InVeSfigafion by RgTiCuI- furaI Department Shows inc Best Remedy 10 Be Under-Orainaqe.

Washington. March 20.-(Special)- The division of soils in the department of agriculture has issued bulletin on the alkali soils of the Yellowstone val ley from preliminary investigation Of the conditions near Billings Mont.
 The work was commenced because of the report that serious trouble was threatened in the valley from the rise of aIkali in the soils. It was conducted by Milton Whitney, the chief of the di- visicn interested, assisted by Thomas Means of the same bureau. The bull letin states:
 "The results show that the ultimate source of the alkali is in the sandstone and particularly in the sha!e or slate rocks from which the soils have been derived. Before irrigation was intro duced the salts were present in rather large amounts, but well distributed throughout the soil, and not in such large quantities as to be injurious to crops. The injury is due entirely to over-irrigation, to the translocation and local accumulation of salts by
 
 imperfect drainage facilities in the compact gumbo soils and the inability of the soils to remove the excess of salts and of seepage waters.
 There are many areas in the val ley, of course, which have still a low or moderate salt content which are probably safe for years to come. There 11yIi oh, now accumulating to such an extent as to render the future value of the land very uncertain, while there are still other areas which have gone be- yond this stage, and what were once fertile tracts have been thrown out l as barren flats. The investigations | show further the very disturbing fact | that the injury need not be due to a local application of water but to the | injudiciOus application of large quan- titles of it in remote localities and OF | neighboring farms ever which the un- fortunate person has no control and for the effects of which he mas at present | no redress.
 The investigations point clearly to IAC Adtul al uIeluOuS Ol preventing InlS | injury and of retaining the lands Where the damage has been done CT where the conditions are so imminent that ultimate ruin can be foreseen the logical method of reclamation is in providing adequate systems of drain age to carry off the excess of water and the accumulated salts. This is l hasten the s1cw processes of nature, which are entirely inadequate in the presence of the present methods of ir-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21

SPRING TIREDNESS is different from the weariness caused by labor. The last is cured by rest; the first re- quires a few bottles of Hoods Sarsapa- 1illa to cure it.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21

That distress after eating is cured by Hoods Pills. They do not gripe. 25 cents.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21

they would get ashamed of themselves. The Porter brothers with two mando- lins and guitar rendered a beautiful selection in perfect harmony and time and were compelled to return and play again.
 The new c. C. quartette made it's de- but and fairly captivated the audience At the opening of the programme they sang, The Soldiers Chorus and as an encore gave Solomon Grundy." They sang at the close. Voices of Free dOm." Messrs. Mosher and campbell, recently from California are possessed Of remarkably fine tenor voices that blend perfectly in male quartette sing ing
 Altogether the meeting was one of the most pleasant affairs of the season.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
THE POST EXCHANGE
Doubt as 10 Whether inc Army Bill
 Section AbOIiSheS It.

Washington. March 20.-The secre- | tary of war has withheld an official in depreciation of the -post-exchange
 section of the army reorganization law. and in a general order he pub
 fishes to the service flor the guidance
 Of post commanders" the clause which
 was evidently intended to strike q
 blow at the institution familiarity
 known as the army canteen, the coop
 erative association of enlisted men at
 each garrison, where light drinks have
 been sold hitherto. The secretary was
 advised that the clause as it reads
 does not have the effect of abolishing
 the post exchange: it simply prohib- ited the 'Fdetail' of any officer or en- listed man as a bartender, or otherwise
 in the exchange, and the granting of license to any other person to sell liquors on an army reservation.
 Inquiry at the war department today developed the fact that there was some confusion over the issue Of the general order in relation to the exchange, and that the one which has now appeared Hdu D6eH dppfOF6G III the uSudI fOt- tine manner before the draft of the other order construing the law had been presented to Secretary Alger for his signature. The interpretation will p-obably appear later in the form of a communication to post command CTS, who ask for departmental con- struction of the peculiarly worded section. In the meantime post com manders are left to their own devices to carry out the provisions of the law Some of them will undoubtedly at once close the post exchanges; others will await some designation from the authorities as to the def1n- ition of intoxicating drinks, under | which beer may or may not come.
 The judge advocate general has ad- vised the secretary of war that beer | has been regarded legally as an intox- cant, but this view does not operate 10 | close the canteen under the interpre- .ation of the law now before Secretary Alger The temperance people have already opened a campaign against my other interpretation of the law han that which requires the immedi- lte closing of the post exchange.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
RETURN OF THE FLAG
Impressive Ceremonies Last Night
 in Good TempIarS' Hall.

Colonel M. H. McCord returned the
 regimental flag of the First regiment of l territorial volunteer infantry last
 night to the Good TempIars. who had given it last summer, before the regi-
 ment left Whipple Barracks An en- thusiastic audience that overfiowed the large hall and filled the railways, was
 present to cheer the beautiful banner
 and to extend a welcome to the sol
 dier boys who carried it to the front
 The flag was brought in by Color Ser geant Williams. who received it in Prescott, carried it while in the field
 and brought it across the continent to
 restore it to the donors. Colonel Mo
 Cord, in handing it to Grand Chief
 TempIar Doan delivered an eloquent address, breathing forth patriotic sen
 timents and eulogiums upon the
 brave sons of Arizona who had rushed
 to the front at the first call, in de- fense of a helpless and enslaved peO-
 pie, with no hope or thought of per sonal gain. His allusiOns to the brave
 O'Neill and McClintock called forth prolonged applause, as did also his praise of the boys who composed the First regiment of territorial vOlun- teerS.
 Grand Chief Templar Doan respond ed in an address full of patriotism and eloquent flights of oratOry and words of cOmmendation of the I. o. G. T.. the members of which had shown their keen interest in the cause of liberty and justice, by the presentation of the flag to our territorial regiment. He ho of credit for the important part that they had taken in the late war, and paid high tribute to their loyalty and un- selfish devotion to the cause of free- dom, as exemplifed in the sacrifices they had voluntarily made in sending their fathers, husbands, brothers and sweethearts to the front to free an enslaved people.
 Following Judge Doan's address, three wee, little tots, Bella, Nina and Ada Forbes sang the Star Spangled Banner" which called forth prolonged applause T. B. Payne, a Rough Rider, rendered Henry Waru Beecher's apos- trophe to the American flag in OK cellent voice and received a round Of applause that made him blush. Miss Galpin and Miss Andrews sang, Just as the Sun Went Down." in such a captivating way that they received q hearty encore, but refused to respond. | The Rev Ferguson of the Christian | church, spoke interestingly upon the Effect Of the late war upon the fu- | lures of Spain and the United States"
 He expressed confidence in the | statesmanship of the nation and be- | lieved that the question of the annex ation of the Philippines would be set tied right. he predicted that Spain | would now awake from her lethargy | and would be a greater nation hun dred years hence, than it is today
 As to our own nation, he thought it would be solified and the people would have more national pride, and that they would take broader view of life. The war had demonstrated that cur men are brave, and that our nation is unselfsh in her advocacy of freedom and the equal rights of mankind He II thought our example would have sal utary effect upon the nations of Eu rope that had been waging wars of II conquest in Asia and Africa anu that
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
COSTA RIGA.
The Resources of This Little Central Am.
 ericaa Republic.

The Resources of This Little Central AE1-
 erican Republic.
 Costa Rica's name indicates her rich ness. Everything will grow within her 23,233 square miles of territory The favored people number 214, O0O Costa Rica is the great banana country. The cultivation of the banana has in creased greatly to meet the demand from the United States. Wheat and other grains are produced. The for ests abound in valuable timber. Rare woods for cabinet work and medicinal and Oleaginous plants are found, as well as rubber, textile plants and dye woods. Costa Rica. according to the lat est statistics, has 250, 900 head of cattle. 50,030 horses and other animals. Ske is also rich in gold, silver, coffee, zinc nickel, iron, lead and coal. Manufac- turing has made some hefdway. There are breweries, iron and tool foundries and a distillery in Costa Rica The principal articles that country buys are silk, woolen, linen and cotton goods. toilet articles, wines, iquors flour, re- fined sugar, wearing apparel and leather goods. The total foreign con- merce of that country amounted last year to nearly SIS, ,00O. 900. The Unit ed States has recently superseded Eng land in the commercial good graces of Costa Rica. Last year the United States sold to Costa Itica more than one fourth of her total imports, and took from her 40, 900 tons Of bananas, 45. eco sacks of coffee and altogether nearly S3. 900, 900 worth of goods and bulliOn.- Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21

rigation and culture. Under drainage is expensive. but it has amply repaid for the investm in other localities where land is worth not more than in the Yellowstone valley. Any land
 which is worth $50 per acre could well afford to be taxed fer der-drainage"
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
Hats and Caps.

Special Values in the hobby Fedoras, Crushes and all the latest shapes in Soft Hats.
 5s: B5s5 $s: :$sTa "''i S a5:. 's E @5 lO
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
Our Tailor Department.

Stocked with all the Latest Productions of Foreign and Eastern Markets. Come in and leave your order for suit of clothes. We Guarantee a Per feet Up-to-date Fit.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21

THE WEATHER MAN Springs early coming.
 Already establishment is prepared to display Spring Styles SPRING GARMENTS are already making their appearance counters. .s. .s .s
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
The Odd Fellows.

All over the United States today the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows celc-
brates the S1st anniversary of its exist
ence in this country. The work of its
800. 900 members with nigh 4.000,0 600
people dependent upon them is done
without ostentation and so quietly
that the influence is scarcely noticed
in the political or business world. Yet
it is an economical and fraternal force
eXerting as great an influence as any
other body of men organized for any
purpose. Its work is altogether along
the line of well doing, of assisting the
sick and needy, of supporting the widow
and the orphan, of teaching grand
principles to its members and not along
political and business lines. Immense
sums of money are spent each year by
whom would have to be supported by
public charity were it not for the work
cidedlv the better for the existence of
the Odd Fellows and kindred organiza-
tions, and when SOC. 900 men of this
nation celebrate the anniversary of
such an order the other men of the
United States can well afford to extend
sincere congratulations and to wish the
order success,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
Indian Farmers Successful.

The article in today's paper written
by a staff correspondent, relating to the
farming enterprises Of the Indians at
the Mescalero reservation in southern
New Mexico, shows what may be done
with the race when proper methods are
pursued by the government agencies.
This is probably by all odds the most
successful effort made to induce west
ern Indians to become agriculturists.
Undoubtedly a large portion of the
success is due to the fact that the
climate and soil of the favored locality
are so well adapted to farming, fruit
growing and cattle raising. Many of
the previous experiments were made in
bleak sections where even experienced
farmers have been unable to succeed to
any great extent. In their present
home the Mescaleros of that section
have an ideal climate, they have the
advantage of irrigation and a soil that
yields abundant returns for cultivation.
Some day the reservation will be opened
for settlement to permit the timber and
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
WE ARE THE MASTER.
Boston Journal.)

Within the memory of all persons of
middle age or beyond, Great Britain was
known everywhere as the chief iron and
steel manufacturing country. Almost
all of the choice and many Of the com
NOR and bulky iron and steel articles,
from penknives to railway metal, came
from across the seas, and Americas
competition with the vast workshops Of
Sheffield and Birmingham seemed to be
ludicrous and hopeless. But a few de-
cades of strenuous effort have brought
about a complete reversal in relative
positions. The United States is now the
first iron and steel manufacturing ma
ton, and Great Britain is the second by
a margin which suggests that she must
o 70 drop out of the race.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
Reckless Generosity OF municipalities.

Governor Roosevelt has SEN a mes
sage to the legislature of New York in
favor of municipal ownership in a city
asking for the privilege of selling a
waterworks franchise to a corporation
that has made a cash offer for it if the
term shall be made so years. The gov
ernor advises that if the municipality
does not undertake the enterprise itself
the franchise should be sold in the open
market to the highest bidder. Fifty
years from now the wonder of sensible
people will be that any progressive city
parted with franchises for a stated sum
or a percentage of the gross receipts
instead of the municipality controlling
the utilities. There is substantial profit
in them and every cent of it is made d.
rect from the people Of the town. These
corporations, in many instances go into
politics to elect officials who will permit
them to rob the public, bribery and cor
rupt jobs resulting, the people paying
the freight A city government could
manage waterworks as well as a cor
poration, reduce the rates to a basis
that would maintain the plant, provide
some revenues and yet be an economi-
cal proposition because the profits that
would otherwise go to individual own
ers would be cut off. AS to interest
upon funds thus invested, any active
city can borrow money on long time
bonds at as low a rate as a private
individuals. In time the custom of
selling municipal franchises will be
looked upon as foolish as now appears
the old habit of giving them away; or
the acts of cities that were tiattered by
appeals to their progressive spirit into
giving bonuses to railway corporations,
when the amounts granted were fire.
quently sufficient to construct the roads.
The companies really got the prop
erty for nothing, when they would have
constructed the lines anyway, in many
cases. rs
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
Only the Effect Of Climate.

A few sunny days with the ground
softening enough to allow holes to be
chopped into the crust of the earth's
surface, have inspired the editor of the
st. Louis Republic to break forth in
verse in a column usually devoted to
grief and lambasting the Republican
party. And this is what he sings:
It's golf and ball and polo now.
And tennis and the wheel;
It's MISUNDERSTANDING in the park,
Or good old toe-and-heel;
Its driving in your W fine drag,
Or trolleying here and there.
But, anyway, it's all hands out
Into the open air!
Oh. fill your lungs full of ozone,
And tan your skin will sun!
The finest time of all the year
Is only just begun!
A house is but a place to sleep
When Nature smiles so fair,
And now the shout is all hands out
Into the open air!
1t was probably the st. Louis editor
who in winter gale or summer cyclone
wrote that good old hymn:
II would not live Away,
| ask not to stay,
Where storm after storm
Gathers dark DER the way"
Santa Fe is a mile and a half nearer
heaven than a st. Louis editor is accus-
toned to being, and if his t%ransporta-
ito. reads h~eavenwards the rhymestel
should come up this way to find a land
where ever Mature smiles so fair q
land where,
Bikists bike thro all a year,
And weather plays no pranks:
Though t~rolleys nit are here.
There's golf and tennis cranlSs.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
EPIGRAMS.
Some Bright Sayings That Have q
Good Deal of Meaning.

Some Bright Sayings Tint Have q
Good Deal of Meaning.
Trouble gets into many a home by
means of a night latchkey.
Any man possessing IA stout heart anu a
good liver can be a hero.
The man who tries to make the best OF
it seldom gets the worst of it.
Time goes to beat the band and the
leader of the band beats time.
When a mar is getting on we'll we
usually mean he is getting well OIL.
A mans religion represents his intel
lectual rather than his moral standard.
1t makes a difference whether you call
a man a "brick" or IA 'gold brick.
One soon forgets the charm of a dimplu
in a cheek alongside of a sharp tongue.
The donkey is sure that all voices ex-
cept his own are more or less out of tune.
There is but one truth and 10000 false
hoods, hence truth is easier to tell.
There is 10 doubt as to the DE Bergerac
nose being the most striking feature oil
the play, :
Be careful not only Of the company you
keep, but also Of the company your com
pany keeps.
Poverty is sent to us as a lamp where
with to find our true friends when TIT
world grows dark.
More men are assassinated with mort
cages and grocers' bills than with knives
and pistols.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26

A romance has become public involv-
ing Admiral Dewey, his sweetheart and
a Spanish duke. Several years ago
Captain Dewey as he then was, courted
an ca stern girl named Virginia Lowery
and might have won erhad not a titled
Spaniard of wealth sought her hand.
The sailor went to sea and did not at
tend the wedding, while the duke went
to Mexico as Spanish minister. Not
long afterward Dewey sailed to Manila
and smashed Montejo's feet to smithe-
reens, with much satisfaction. Now the
duke is minister at Washington, and
when Dewey comes home the trio in the
will meet at social events given
at the capital in honor of the Yankee
admiral. No n is privileged to read a
woman's heart, but the bride may have
cause to regret that she chose a duke
instead of a Dewey who is first in war
and first in the hearts of his country
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26

Recently at a banquet Secretary Gage
and Senator Depew urged bankers to
induce patrons to have no financial
dealings with inflated trusts. When
not more than rs per cent OF the pre-
ferred stock of a trust can be regarded
as fairly representing full value, what
does the common stock represent? Ii
this inflated paper remained in the
possession of those who received it in
exchange for industrial property sur
rendered to the trust, the matter would
not be worth discussing from the in
vestor's point of view. But the very
knowledge that the stock held is based
on an excessive valuation will cause them
to dispose of it at the earliest moment.
Most properties of this class should be
left exclusively in the possession of
those who created them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
SANTA FE ROUTE.
ANNUAL MEETING GENERAL AS
SEMBLY CUMBERLAND PRES

ANNUAL MEETING GENERAL AS
SEMBLY CUMBERLAND PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH.
For this occasion the Santa Fe Route
will place on sale tickets to Denver and
return at rate of $3.50 for the round
trip; dates Of sale, May 16 and II, 1899,
good to return until June Is, 1899.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIA-
TION CONVENTION,
Atlanta, Ga, May s to IA, 1899. For this
occasion a rate of $500 for the round
trip will be made from Santa Fe on GER
tificate plan.
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION MEETING.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, April 81 to 20, 1899.
For this occasion a rate of SALE for the
round trip to Albuquerque will be made
from Santa Fe. Certificate plan.
ANNUAL CONVENTION AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF NURSERY
MEN,
Chicago, ILL.,, June IA to Is, 1899. A rate
of $54.75, Santa Fe to Chicago and re-
turn, will be made for the above con-
vention. Certificate plan.
BIENNIAL MEETING SUPREME
COUNCIL CATHOLIC KNIGHTS
OF AMERICA,
May 8 to 16, 1899. A rate Of $3.50 Santa
Fe to Kansas City and return for this
occasion. Certificate plan.
ANNUAL MEETING GENERAL AS
sEMBLY OF THE PREsBYTE-
RAN CHURCH,
Minneapolis, Mimi, May IS to June 1,
1899. For the above occasion the Santa
Fe Route will place on sale tickets San
ia Fe to Minneapolis and return at a
rate Of $41.05 for the round trip. Dates
Of sale, May Is to II inclusive; tickets to
be good for return leaving Minneapolis
up to and including June 3, 1899.
H. s. LUTZ, Agent,
Santa Fe, N. M.
w. j. BLACK, G. P. A.,
Topeka, Kan.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26
THE RAILROAD WONDER STORY
New York World.)

(NeW YORK N0fld.)
The Interstate commerce commission
has gratifying reports of earnings, eX-
penses, etc, for the year ended June 30.
1898, from 720 lines, operating ISL 1873
miles of railroad.
The gross earnings were 81 ,223S, 523,-
$50, an increase of S165, 161 ,5S3 over the
previous year.
The net income after deducting OPP
Grating expenses, was $456, 100, ITO. Of
this sum 1858, 1s9, 2O2 went to interest on
bonds, taxes, &C., and $65, 995, 915 was
distributed in dividends, leaving a sur
plus of $42, 604, 800 in the treasures of
the roads. During the preceding year
there was a small deficit instead of this
surplus.
These figures tell the same tale of
reviving prosperity that has been told
in statistics of exports, manufactures,
crop production, and everything else.
They suggest q rapid growth in the
country's wealth, and Il very great in
creased employment of men. For in
order to earn less than $11O, 900. 900 of
dividends and surplus for the stockhold-
ers the roads paid out $S11,241,4 5s in
operating eXpenses-the most of it 60
ing directly or indirectly to workmen as
wages.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-26

The dispatches yesterday read very
much like the American commander
was sending an expedition out to put
the finishing touches to the Filipino
forces. 1t is greatly to be hoped that
the rebels stayed where they were until
the matter was settled, instead of run
ming away after potting a half dozen
volunteers from the shelter of a ditch.
The kilograms today indicate that such
a result was accomplished. The
guerilla warfare is very a%ggravating
because American forces are more dis
tressed over losing m man than the
rebels are over leaving a hundred bodies
in the jungle. ANY good American vol
unteer is morally and mentally worth
100 of such people. The rebels proba-
bly, know this and consider matters
ever if they can kill a a for every
hundred slain by the United States
trOOnS.