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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-30
ZE SWIAT.A..

o sILE BORROW Afryce
swiadcsyl nallepiej Ia okollcz-
no6t, Be potratia skutecsnliie
trsYmac " oble3eniu 1900
Anglik6w zamknletvch v
Estcourt i Ladysmith, q oprocz
tego potzss6li jesacae 1000
arm; przefzucit No po}udnie by
powstrsymac 5pieszacYch 2
odsiecza.
Skoro sic do tego doda
powstanie kolonlst6w holen-
derskich W Da2e Colony, to
sic otrzyma obrazck, ktorY
Anglikom z pewnoscia PREY
jemnosci ME sprawia.
Podtug ostatnich wladomosci
kazaf general Jubert cofnac
sic Boerom z pod Petermarity~
burgu, do ktorego JUL wkro~
CYL ang,elski general Butler,
ably potem ma lego wojska z
boku uderzyd.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-30

POLNA, " Czeckach. -
Dziwna jest procedure sadowa
pod rsadem austryackim Widat
dotykalnie, jake tam 2ydz!
msjs wptywy "a pomoca pie
niedsy. Morderca H'uzowny
lyd H'lsner, skazany ma smiert
przez powieszenie, po udowod
nionem morderstwie, siedzi We
wiesieniu, a 0 spelnieniu wy
roku dotad ME pom7slano,
Zydzi batamcca -. uzna6 go
miano "a niespelna rozuuu. a
gdy to sic ME uda}o, wymy~
slono innc osoby, kt6re Hru
z6wne zamordowa6 mia1Y
Tymczasem wsp6}winny, rabin
dr.. Goldberger, opuscit Polne
W dniu ogloszenia ;nterpelacyi
pos'5w autysemlckich Bielo-
hlaykn, S ;hneidra i towarzyszY.
Znikf, lak kamfora W powietrau
! pewnle jn4 do Polny ME wro~
ci.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-30

PRZYMIERZE chinsko.is-
pchskie zostato zawarte. 1apo-
MIA oddaje Chinom zabrane
rodczas ostatnie] wojny okrety,
ale Gaia hota chihska i 2oszcze-
g6lle okrety otrzymaj9 do
w6dzc6w japohskich j pozosta~
ma pod ich komenda, dop6ki
oni sami ME uznaja; De NIGGA
ustapic mie)sca w>6wiczonym
W sskole japohskiej oficerom
chihskim.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-30

ozdobna strvnica tytu}ow9.
Kosztuie tYlko..... 80. $l.5o
GDTuwx7D unG " -,
dizzy Wyb6r Plesni Naboz.
nYch Katolicklch ola u
zytku kosclelnego domowego.
piesnl 2 dodatkiem nieszpor6w
%{aclnskich, % p1esnl "a Polske.
o. fnrmetn NJ n;axnvm nan,a-
re z wyz}acanemi tvtullkaml.
!
CAFE " skore l=wYzfacane
Ao12AA ~"
n 1,u;. do,,o ls,n v;a,k;m
o,arown;L" TX IT..
Krvstyny, wyci9g z Zywot6w
SStych Pansk,ch IA. Plotra Skar-
Of. 5 ct.
Testament Psotr0 Wsetkaego czy-
cafego swlata. S ct
Ina oluoy cz7ll Aen1aczKa
AmerYkanska ....""...... ~ Ct
foEroEo csYh ''hleoy fgac,to
juz dobrze. G.
Prmoctsoo Mchaldy, Kr6lowej
20 Saby, l3tej SYblli
Zud aoaeczuv tufncz.
nz.h,, .,,. INN do,o~o,,
~ n no+,suo neIod,;a5w1n
po"i1so u-o Tl.no... L.Sr,'
~ ~ low, mnsuo9 %r.,,Emtv nrzv
a - LAT poAu'o""'' pr1'Ao'S a p3cy
sAai oo''
z,unot Geno,cefu. powie66 moralna
oatlzo e." 20 s'''o on =
n' ~ -
- ana +ni,k'ng 5o =
20 z'ooonfm ~
Bo7es,o,, czv,; ualszv C;ap Geno-
,rof, +}6@,noo1on,o n~zoz ta f)s.
mo..no, onrav,o ~ 60
= I'd SAN" noonoJ op'""'0 W
Eah;oz, Pou;o6t > czas6v nrza-
S1annwania Chrze6cian y roku
oo2. Nap'sa' nai ~ . 's WILT.
on"'le .o1"o sn .
~
:" mocnet % 1onn
.1a: mua
HsSto'yo = S~'"T'see"e, 1u'ty0'n
GORGE hlo.a rtioo
LIZ AS.S" .LS
~szczescla :~'eszczescla PREY q
m'anach o"ylnego s"'ata repre-
zentujaca.... 49,. -. 3oc
~
Lowry" y.
chy !, smutki %szczescla / nle-
szczesclaI PRIV odmianach o.
mYlnego sVlata przedstawla1a'
ca................. 80" SOC
p-x-
r. 4. IuozYnsk'ego.... oo
20 salne v ILL., op1"le %
'y'uiiAie" 'o
He;os A-1,,,oo1o,. ieoo s}noa Mn.
ste fs oan,, ,ai, eoh;e 10 nodc;o-
lie tax SIG tez i wyspi. Powiesc
przez rs. NJ. Osmahskiego 80 G
Luter 70 Gro0Se 40 n~oTzeczone2: 70
wles: bolandena... QUO
w nocne1 opraW'e 70 zfoconym
tytullkle" 20
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-30

sZysoo,sy s,oifsy y a&skich Ks.
Plotra Skargii. Oprawne v poi.
sk6rek,z 20 Observation-Disclosures DO
.Opraw1ne cato wsx6re e ztotylmnni
/ tytullkaml....... ......$3.25l
Oprawne Gallo v sk6re, wyzfa,.ccalnrlee.
brzegi : ztotYml tYtulikami $500
Drukowane ma pargaminle, ozdo5--
ME prawne......... 5000
LEKCWZ ma,
wssystkie Niedziele Swleta q
lego roku podfug przek{adu *
Jak6ba Wujka T. J. st6sowDie
do Msza1u Rzvmskiego wypraoo-
wal ks adj s. Tomieki . potwier-
izonY przezK onsystorz Generality
arcybiskupl OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
nanskl. Ksiazka ia jest cd wlelu
lat W ca1ej Polsce jak POL Pru-
sakiem tax pod McsKalem j
Austryakjem. Jest v mocnel
oprawie re ztoconym tytuliklem
! ozdobna strUnica tytu{owa.
Kosztuje tYlko.......... $l.5o
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
An ASYLUM Wanted.

Hon. j. F. Cunningham, who
was a member of the 4 twenty
third legislature, has this to say
relative to an asylum at Abilene:
"Abilene intends making a
strong fight in the legislature for
state insane asylum. Ex-Sena-
tor III. A. Tillett, w. j. Bryan
and others of Abilene will 60 to
Austin to present the claims of
Abilene for the location of an
asylum there. The western sena-
tors and representatives in the
legislature have indicated their
approval and support of such a
measure. We expect the CO.
operation and influence of Lieut.
Gov. Browning and State Treas.
urer Robbins, both of whom are
western men. Tom Bledsoe and
fifteen or twenty other citizens of
Abilene will go to the inaugural
ball, and while there will push
the claims of Abilene. The citi-
zens of Abilene propose to donate
100 acres of land and anything
else in reason which the state may
require. We have just raised our
water dam four feet and now have
an adequate water supply, equal
to any city in the state. We claim
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Rangers Report.

The following is the report of
the work performed by the differ
ent companies of state ranger for
the month of November:
Company B, Captain w. j. Nc
Donald-Arrests for assault to
murder two, arrest for aggrava-
ted assault one, arrests for theft
of horses three, arrest of escaped
convict one, arrests for minor of
lenses five, attendance on district
court thirteen days, number of
scouts thirteen, assistance to
sheriff thirty days, stolen horses
recovered and returned TO owners
seven, guarded jail at San Saba
five days, number of miles tray
eled 1875.
Company D. Capt. John R.
Hughes-Arrest' for theft seven,
arrests for burglary two, arrests
for minor offenses thirteen, num-
Der of scouts thirteen, assisted
different sheriffs seven times, at
tended district court seven day
at Ell Paso, wagon and horses re-
covered and returned to owner
one, number of miles travelled
1868.
Company E, Captain j. H.
Rogers-Araests for theft two,
arrests for carrying concealed
weapons four, arrests for sminor
offenses four, arrests for perjury
one, arrests for aggravated assault
one, assisted different sheriffs
twelve times, number of scouts
twenty four, stolen horse and
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

to have the health est location in
the state, and 4 lie regarded as
in the west now, hs a matter Of
fact we are in Il be geographical
center of tue state. p
In regard to prai rie dog legisla.
ton Mr.. Cunningham said:
81 believe to get adequate re.
lief in the effectual determination
of prairie dogs constitutional
amendment 10 requisite. Some
relief along that line, however.
can be given by simple act of the
legislature empowering the com.
missioners' coults to use a por.
ton of the general revenue fund
each year for the purpose of des'
troying the dogs. Jail enterprises
and industries in the west favor
legislation that will eradicate the
prairie dog nuisance. | favor g
constitutional convention to re-
wise the present constitution to
meet growing den lands for GER
tain legislation of the character
indicated, as well as other mat
ters of vital Importance to tho
state at large"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Railroad Commission.

Austin, Tex.-From the advance
sheets of the railroad commission
the following statistics have been
cleaned: The track mileage of
Texas railways on June 30, 1898,
1884. increased mileage, 181;gross
earnings up to June 30, 14l, 102,-
5S7. IA; earnings per mile, $1135;
operating expenses $50, 293, 749;
average stocks and bonds issued
per mile, 500, 295; total passenger
train earnings (including mail,
express, excess baggage, etc.)
SO, 076, 96S.69; passenger train
earnings per mile of road, 1851
IS; total freight train earnings,
$31 170,641.94; freight earniegs
per mile, $3291.47. The period
embraced in all these totals is
from June 80, 1897 to June 30,
1898.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

"a word to the wise is sufficient
and a word from the wise should be
sufficient, but you ask, who are the
wise? Those who know. The oft re-
peated experience of trustworthy per-
sons may be taken for knowledge. Mt.
w. NJ. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy gives better satisfaction than
any other in the market. He has been
in the drug business at Elkton, Ky, Tor
twelve years; has sold hundreds of bot
ties Of this remedy and nearly all 9th
err cough medicines manufactured,
which shows conclusively that Cham
berlain's is the most satisfactorily to
the people, and is the best. For sale by
all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Charters Filed.

Austin, Textile following
charters have been filed;
N. A. Matthews Lumber COM
pany of Wills Point, capital stock
$4,000. lnhorporators, N. A.
Matthews, G. S. Rhodes and r.
Hendricks.
The charter of the Acme Tap
Railroad company was approved
by the attorney general and filed
with the secretary of state. This
corporation is formed for the
building of railroad from or
near Acme station on the Fort
Worth and Denver City road, in
Hardeman county, to the Gypsum
mibes, quarry and cement plaster
mill of the Saline Cement Plaster
company, situated about one and
a half miles north of Acme sta
ton. The company hat capital
stock of $4,000. The principaI
office shall be Quannah. The
incorporators are Fred H.Quincy
E. r. Homes, l.. l.. Gebhart and
others.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

buggy recovered and returned to
owner one, miles travelled 1865
Company F, Capt. j. H.
Brooks-Arrests for theft of cat
tie six, arrests for minor offenses
four, number of scouts fifteen,
assisted different sheriffs twelve
times, attended the district court
at Cotulla twelve days, number
of cattle recovered and returned
to owner two, miles travelled 1850.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
RuDTrMATISM CURED.

My wife has used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for rheumatism with great re-
lief, and can recommend it as a splen-
did liniment for rheumatism and other
household use for which we have found
it valuable.-W. j. Cuyler, Red Creek,
MI
Mr.. Cuyler is one of the leading mer-
chants of this village and one of the
most prominent men in this vicinity, =
Wv. CT. ThffpIii2., editor Ped Greek Hog
aid. For sale by all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Change Hands.

Austin, Tex. The Austin Morn
ing Statesman has been purchased
from the present owners by a
company having at its head ex-
State Treasurer w. B. Workman,
who announces he will direct the
management of the plants 1t is
generally understood that L. j.
Workman will be managing editor
and George w. mcdonnell, now
of the Tribune, will be business
manager. The terms of the sale
are private.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Prospective Oil Mill.

Representative pitizens of Fort
Worth met r. X Erwin of Wax
ahachie, who represents himself,
Messrs. Culbertson of Paris anG
Scales of Corsicana, cotton oil
mill operators. The object Of Mr..
Erwin $ visit there was to submit
a proposition to build and oper-
ote an oil mill at Fort Worth.
Mr.. Erwin's proposal was to erect
a sixty-ton mill to cost $40, 900.
He and his associates obligated
themselves to take half of the
capital stock conditional upon
local subscriptions for the re.
mainder. The site upon which the
same will be built is included il
the cost, $40, 900. Mr.. Tuck Boaz
of Fort Worth, w%o is interesting
himself in behalf of the location
of the mill there, stated that thus
far $4,000 of the $4,000 had
been subscribed, aud he feels con-
fident that the remainder will be
raised.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Air Ship Invention.

The appropriation made by the
war department in favor of
Prof. Langley to enable him to
build an airship encouraged in
ventors to prosecute experiments
in that line and one result is that
w. d. Custead, young man in
McLennan county, has completed
n model which several experience
ed aercnauts believe to possess
remarkable merit and originality.
Mr.. Custead is u railway man
and telegraph operator He
was station agent at Geneva, a
few miles north of Waco. Gus
tead studied the theories of the
most famous aerodynamists and
also made his own observations
birds and fish and their methods
of propelling themselves in their
respective elements of air and
water. He fully believes he has
reached the solution of aerial nav
igation. He has now built ma
chine capable Of ascending with
the weight of man attached to
it. He has gone north to place
his invention before the moneyed
men, and while in Washington
he will file caveats in the patent
Office to protect his rights. MIR.
Custead has not given up his rail
way position. He is joint agent
of the Houston and Texas Central
and the Missouri, Kansas anc
Texas, Geneva being the point OF
junction of these two routes.
His employers have given him
leave of absence. tactical mer
who have examined Mr.. Custead'i
airship model say his ppRGhanica
conUrivance IS perfect in its con
ception and supplies the one mis-
ing link which has batfled al
those who have sought to sen,
ships under complete control fror
point to point supported by tn
air, all touch with the earth sever
ed. "My invention, said Mr.
. Custead, in talking over hi
invention, sis the most simple il
operation and construction tina
human brain can conceive.
There is nothing about it expen
sive or complicated. 1t will b
propelled by carbonic acid mo
tor weighing twenty pounds
Which will possess the force o
an ordinary five-horse power en-
CINE. 1t will move in the air like
a steamship on the water"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Cotton Congress-.

The low price of cotton has
aroused the producer and the
agitation of the question of pro-
duction has crystallized into a
sentiment that all interests af-
fected by the low price of the
staple should be represented in a
cotton congress il New Orleans.
Urgent letters froA leading cotton
producers in LouiS Jana, Alabama,
Mississippi and Y Xas have been
received there b persons inter
ested and the nedbssity of a con-
vention was presel tied the mayor
of that city, who has joined in
the movement and has issued the
necessary call. The congress will
assemble there BIB, Is, immedi-
ely after the carnival festivities,
when low transportation rates will
lend attraction tp the planters,
ginners, compress owners, trans
portation comp rs and all other
lines intimate Effected by .
cnange OF conS IS.
Whether re- Mon of acreage
or movement h.Iavor of diver
sifcatlon on a large scale will be
instituted are interesting proba.
billties.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

I was reading and advertisement Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in the Worchester En-
tedprlse recently, which leads me to
write this. 1 can truthfully say never
used any remedy equal to it for collie
and diarrhoea. 1 have never had to
use more than one or two doses to cure
the wost case with myself or children
w. A. Stroud, Popomoke City, .Nd.
For sale by all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
In His Own Estimation.

First Venerable Man-odd that one
can remember things happening to him
when he was about twenty better than
he can those that happened a few years
ago.
Second Venerable Man-But you
must remember how much more i'm
portant he was then, indianapolis
Journal.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

In 1888 my wife went East and was
attacked with rheumatism. She re-
ceived no relief until she tried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. Since that time
we have never been without it. We
find it gives instant relief in cases Of
for all rheumatic and neuralgia paIna-
ID. O. Brant, Santa Ynez, Gal. For
sale by all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

During the yeaylS9S there were
recorded in the CD Hnty clerks Of
flee of Collin county 1888 chattel
mortgages. In 1897 there were
4515 recorded, showing an in
crease during 1898 of 1923. The
marriage record is as follows:
For 1898 number of licenses is
sued 40, for 1897 500, showing a
decrease for 1898 of 32. Number
of divorce suits filed in 1898 81,
number filed in 1897, SO, showing
an increase for 1898 of 3.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

It's bad enough that they must eat
mules in Havana. To ask If they serve
it table d'oat or la cart seems to SAVIOR
of levity.-Philadelphia Times.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

Several carloads of cattle from
the west have arrived at Bonham
to be fed for mort bern markets.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

Sherman is :. have new high
school building. SIT
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
HER IDOL SHATTERED.
The Sad Love Affair of the Girl at
the Quick-Lunch Counter.

Kansas City Independent.
It's all a mistake to think that US
girls at the quick-lunch counters don't
have our romances same's folks in the
higher walks of life, for while we may
look frozen-faced it amt nothin' but
bluff, an, down in our hearts we are
every bit as susceptible to the tender pas
sion as any. of the high-born DANES. Yes,
you're right; /, too, have known what
love u.s. and felt it tell me that there were
ether things in life than Brown the
wheatsi and Draw one! but, as Miss
Libbey has SO beautifully said in Fair,
but False, the cup was not for my lips
- He came IN one day and ordered a
pan roast at rs cents a throw. Now,
only the real thing eats pan roasts, and
1 teok notice of him right away He came
in rig lar .eV'ry noon, and l kinder got
to watching him. After he'd been coming
an l told him: I didn't like sensational
plays, an that real dramas like East
Lynne was more my. style, an he said
I was girl Of considerable mind.
T@' I knew he loved me, for once I only
put four oysters In his pan roast, stead
of six, an he never noticed 1t. AS for me,
I own up to takin special pains with
the roast. Things went on that way for
two months-I was In a dream-then came
the cruel awakenin.
''Beezie O'Brien came here to take di-
rectton of the pies-quite a promotion for
Beezie, for she'd been workin' down at
Jones, an awful cheap joint. That's
Beetle over there. with red hair and
freckles, cause she's mortal sensitive.
Well, me an Beezie was chinnin' when
in walked me pan-roast friend. The min
ute he set eyes. on Beetle he turned pale
as death an shot out of the door. All, I
can. see his face yet-despair and agony
wrote on it.
''Then the truth came out. Beetle gave
1t away that he was a steady customer
at Jones' mornin' and evenin, where he
took nothin' but coffee and sinkers at 5
cents a throw, an that the pan-roast deal
was nothin' but a bluff he chucked 10
try an win me affections. Yes; I've torn
his image out of me heart, but the scars
still there.
"Ah, me!'' YEARLY sighed the quick
lunch girl as she made out my check, 'ft's
mighty hard to find a real gent now
adays."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
OLD 0AKEN BUCKET.
The One Now in the Poets Well
Has a Silver Plate on 1t.

Boston Transcript.
Ir a shady corner of as beautiful a
New England garden as one could wish
to see, The old oaken bucket still
"hangs in the WE'LL The memory of his
country home, stirring a poets fancy in
a far-off city, made possible the tender,
simple verses that appeal SO strongly to
the heart. That was nearly a century
ago, but such poems live and that is the
reason the feet of many pilgrims turn
toward this pretty place summer after
summer.
Greenbush is small section set off
from Scituate. and 1t does not belittle the
quiet restful hamlet to say that it's chief
attraction is the farm where Samuel
Woodwork once lived. Young and old
come to visit it from far and near, and
every one looks for 1.-The orchard, the
meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood"
Many changes have been made since the
poet found 'the source of an exquisite
pleasure" In the clear waters of the we'll,
but 1.-The wide-spreading pond" the mill
and the dairyhouse are still to be seen.
The original house was destroyed long
ago.
The thrifty farm is now the property of
Henry Northey, whose grandmother mar
ried the poets father. Mr.. and Mrs.
Northey are exceedingly kind to strang-
toned, that there are disadvantages in
having renowned place for ones dwell
ling. Through all the long summer they
are besieged by visitors, who ask exactly
the same questions AS those who came
before. Sometimes as many as a hundred
persons have crossed the smooth, green
lawn to the we'll in one day; frequently
there is an array of fashionable equip
ages before the low stone wall that Dor
ders the road, and it is sometimes quite
unlimited guests.
The poet was born In Scituate but not
on this farm. He lived there from in
fancy until he was fourteen, when he en-
tered the family of the Rev. Nehemiah
Thomas to study. He began to write
verses when very young, and always sign
ed them "Selm," a name that he used
throughout his life. He became a printer
in Boston, and editor in New Ha -sti, and
later lived in Baltimore and New York.
where he was associated with George P
Morris, in establishing the New York Mir
ror His life was full Of interest, and
every page of his printed poems speaks
OF a refined, cultured nature. Mrs. Nor
they treasures a portrait of Woodworth
also a book he owned, 1.-THE Life of John
Howard, ESQ.," in which his name is
written In remarkably beautiful char
acters. The family also has the original
copy of the verses that have become so
celebrated, and which, 1t is believed, were
written in 1917.
The bucket Is not the original one. The
one that now comes dripping with cool
ness to satisfy the thirst of interested
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
REMARKABLE GEYSER.
1t Throws Column of Water 500
FeetsHtgh.
SCIENTIFIC American.

Scientific American.
The people of Southern California have
recently been favored with one of the
most extraordinary exhibitions of natural
phenomena on record, one which has
even astonished beyond measurement all
classes of community familiar already
with instances of what nature can ac-
compiisE when it sets out to do something
out of the common,
Southern CallfornianS are so used to
shocks of earthquakes, incipient Volcan-
noes or threatening tidal waves that 1t
takes something extremely erupttve to
disturb their ordinary composure, but the
successful effort of a ruraf rancher in his
search for water with which to irrigate
his fields, parched with long drought,
has turned the gaze of the whole state
toward the little town of Whittier, a
hamlet loca ted in the neignborhood Of
Los Angeles.
Some weeks ago a farmer named My
ers, living at Santa ,Fe Springs, began
sinking an artesian well. Others in the
neighborhood had successfully tapped q
subterranean flow at depths of from 300
to 400 feet, and Mr.. Myers hoped for q
successful issue to his enterprise. By
slow stages the drills descended until Il
depth of 500 feetcwas attained. Phis was
on Sunday, May IA. A drill 200 pounds in
weight. was employed, and the prospect
of tapping a good flow Of water was be-
coming more and more encouraging. A
ten-inch pipe had been sunk some dis
lance, and the usual preparations made
for controlling the flow when it did make
its appearance.
The heavy drill was working with It's