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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
GREAT SCHEMES
OF IRRIGATION

I TAH IS THE MOTHER STATE of
y irrigation. It was here that west
ern pioneers first demonstrated the
feasibility of Transforming the arid
desert lands into garden spots by util-
izing the waters of distant mountain
streams. Since the first crude efforts
of the early Mormon settlers irrigation
has been continually spreading, and
the methods of dealing with 1t growing
more scientific. Two years ago the leg
isIature passed a bill for the purpose
of encouraging the storage of irriSa-
ton water 1t is not improbable that
still further action in this direction viii
be taken during the next legislative
session.
Many large and daring undertakings
have been successfully carried out in
the matter of water storage and iTri-
CATION. and still greater ones have been
begun or are in contemplation. The
mere diverting of the waters Of noun
tain streams as conducted in the early
days is no longer sufficient. The needs
Of the state demand the securing and
utilizing of the great overflow at diff
ferent seasons. The water must be con-
Veyed to the lands with as little waste
as possible. This has necessitated re-
course to scientific methods. bitches
are giving way to scientifically con-
structed canals. There must be no
The endeaV0r is to get the water TO
the ground as quickly and with as lit
tie evaporation, seepage or friction as
possible
The recently constructed Bear River
canal furnishes a striking contrast be
tween old and new methods. the wa
tiers of the river were damned and
carried a distance of some forty miles
through this canal The cost amounted
to something in the neighborhood of
81 500, 000
Other gigantic irrigation schemes
have been put in operation. A big
storage reservoir and head works for
conveying water around Kimball Greek
valley have been built by the Mt. Nebo
Irrigation & Land company. This has
already been the means of retaining
$4,000 acres of land. It viii probably
eventually result in watering twice that
area Another enterprise of this char
acter is the GunHison reservoir. This
has proved so successful that it viii
Dc enlarged. Several small lakes have
/ been taken possession of and their wa
tiers successfully made to do irrigation
service by the Clear Lake Irrigation
company.
Among the greatest of the contem-
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plated projects is that of the Bonnie
vile Water company. When the plan
is put into operation it viii reclaim
25O. coo acres of land. Already 300 miles
of surveys have been made for the pur-
pose Of deciding on canals. The storage
pIant and head works viii be located
near bennington, on the Sewer river
Then there is the Mammoth Reser-
VoiF cOmpany'S scheme, by which It IS
proposed to reclaim between $4,000 and
IS, GOO acres in Sanpete county. y dam
125 feet high is to be built and a two
mile tunnel run through the mountain
range. The water will be carried tC
lands in the vicinity of NeDhi. The
scheme is being promoted by the men
who win use the water, and its esti-
mated cost is S250.000. Another big IN
dertaking has been begun near Green
River station. on the Green river. The
Highland Canal company has begun
operations near CfUnniSOu and Mayfield
and several other important plans are
in contemplation in various parts of
the state.
IN this connection might be men
toned the plan announced by the Utah
Light & Power company of building a
series Of reservoirs for the storage OF
10000, 900 gallons Of water for irTi-
cation and power generation. These
are to be constructed on the south
north and middle forks of the ogden
river The company has already taker
the preliminary step of fling a notice
Of appropriation Of the waters of the
Ogden river and suitable reservoir sites.
This plan is the outcome of the pol
icy adopted by the company of keeping
the resources of their plant well ahead
( Of the constantly growing demand. In
addition to the scheme mentioned. the
company contemplates constructing
reservoirs in Big Cottonwood canyon as
well as the erection of a new power
plant at It's mouth which will srrea +lH-
increase the generating capacity OF
tleir miami
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Resolutions Of the
Ninth c l555s555SR


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We hail Of the great pouai
in declared FAVOR OF ~
faridA
to that nation
magnitude the proDl
forests and the
policy of internal mn
flood
and of irrigation the waters W
, Of waite
waters subject to pubic
irrigation should nhee IN
irrigated basis the measure ana ~
of
building necessary to store e HO'u
of under laws
all
getf rste employ and a land
the OF the
the
irrigation and in promoting the
of methods OF irrigated az
providing
ationsf for impo
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(San Francisco Special Chicago Tribune.
At 10 o'clock on Tuesday eve""- ''.
+. Woodward of the United States
and Miss Catherine Mcdonald were
known TO one another. They m'' a-
night at an after-the5Jre ~1pH..- D..
army man induced Miss MeL'...'
drive to the Cliff House with MIN. ~ his
the gallant surgeon to,d me ~
She bIushingly said Yes .' .-- -f.-
treaties. and then drove back % - ...4 Ten
where a license was secured. -----ancs
minutes later they were IN iIe trr-f-.v,-s ri
of DR.. Clarence Wilson of the l lL' ,l-1v5
Street Methodist church, taking '--
which made them one. en- army
Dr. Woodward is well known ~ home.
circles and in Chicago. which Is --
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Mother is the Only One

D.
An. mothers geItin- old and gray:
some day why shell be I'D away
Down in a. field by tn old mill stream.
Where all the roses love to dream.
And when thet happens. like ez not,
The old farm'H jest bout go to pot;
We'd lose all hope. eff ma was gone.
Fer she most runs the farm alone
I'd with the sDaTroWs every morn.
Calm the chickens TO their corn:
She cooks a meal I wouldn't trade
Fer the finest farm house ever made;
She cleans tn house an sets the hen
An Shoes the pigs back to their pen:
She feeds the COW. an then she goes
Inter tn house an sews. an seWs
An Bakes a cake. an runs tn chuITl
An athers in tn wood { burn:
An eff YOU say. Ma. rest aWhilei'
She'll answer with her old sweet smile
Child. I amt tired bit Are you?
We can't rest when there's work to do.
An, supper Ger. the chores all done.
She hears our lessons. one by one.
An then she sees TIA cat is fed.
An puts the children all L bel
An when tn family's tucked away.
Then she alone, kneeis down TO pray.
Yes after all is said and done,
Your mother is the only one.
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TE THE YEAR 1851, half century ago
Daniel Webster, ct the laying OF the
4 co~ner. stone of the extension OF the
capitoI. quoted some statistics showing
r4he growth Of the country from the year
the corner. stone Of the capitol was laid
bv Washington, ia 1888 up to that time
The third milestone has just been passed
and thanks TO cur government sJallstt-
clans, one IS able TO note what progress
bas been made during the century that mas
Just gone out, or. rather, since the tune
Washington, the founder, lald the corner
stone of the capitol The statement made
use Of by Webster showed the value OF
the agricultural exports OF the Jhlte0
States for the years I.s5 ana DBL ana n
given below, 10 when rs appended tLle "a
Qorts for the year 1900;
Total Agricultural Exports.
1888 70 lt3 ~
1S5l.. so s s'
IN 1862 the commissioner of agriculture
made a statement that exports OF 1901
amounted 10 500 IL, 2g6, and in speaking
of the agricultural development OF the
country. used the following language
The lOftiest figures Of rhetoric would
fail to impress on orr minds such a clear
IMPRESSION OF the --astnesS Oh american
industry as do these statistics. No patIloJ
can contemplate tneEa without pelhe llie
more impressed with the magnitude OF the
interests involved in the issue OF the pres
eut struggle 10 sustain union on Which
fhis INDUSTRY is based and of that con
situation under which these interests have
found protection and support
Country on Up Grade.
The same language is applicable today
fifty wears later. With the addition TO
fne statement of the exports of the last
Year of the century one is forcbly i'm
pressed with the fact that the country
fhrCuehOut the century has con lnued on
fbe uT,-grade Who would haV dared a
century ago 70 predict that the nation, in
eDife Of wars at home and abroad in spite
OF everything, would show the continuous
magnificent development that these fig
11re5 Indicate? There is no Tnistaking the
TACT that the country has never yet reach
~ a Dcint ia It's development where
further progress was impossible; more
rban chat study OF the statistics fail
~ show that the county is any nearer
that nos be- than IT was q century ago. As
long as forty and fifty years ago there
were evidences in the government reports
of grave apDrebensiOn5 as TO the future
OF aerIluIture. Predictions were freely
offsre6 that the farms would soon ''rlln
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TEE AGRICULTURAL scribe VIII have

II ME AGRICULTURAL scribe viii have
Il wait a while vet before he can
head an article with a Century Of
Agriculture in Utah" Utah's agriculture
had not yet been born, like many other
things Of which we boast, at the close of
the nineteenth century. Nor yet can we
date it half a century ago, 50 far as sta
tisticaI records are concerned 1t Is only
about the year 1884 that the government
report contained any reliable statistics as
TO the amount and value of agricultural
products in Utah
The following statement will give an
idea of the growth of our agricultural
products during the past sixteen wears
The first table gives the amount Of bush
els OF the six principal crops OF the farm
and the number of tons of hay for 1884
and 1899. the completed returns for 1900
not vet being available. This shows an
increased production for wheat oats and
rye. and a decrease for corn, barley and
ROTatGeS-
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bushels zer acre, and during the latter
1874. a gain of 80 per cent.
This opens uD an interesting field for
discussion. The farmer evidently as he
farms. has been studying. The figures
point to the-fact that the aveTag s- farmer
has learned the lesson that he must put
back mo the soil. IN some form, what he
takes from It. This has been accomplished
by the feeding of the farms crops to
animals % the farm. and selling them
IN conceU tI5ased form. and a study of the
livestock statistics viii bear out the state
ment. There is no danger of exhaustion
of soil fertility. On the contrary, the
facts point to the conclusion that not
only may the fertility be maintained, it
may certainly be increased. 1t is an alb
soiutely safe statement to make thai by
, Ihe wedding out of the poor farmers with
their pOe- methods the present ctItiva ed
area could be made to give double its
present production. In some of the oldest
states the statistics show that an area
Of land is more productive now than it
was forty or fifty years ago. The sue
ceSsfuI farmer. we know, Is not content
/ with thirteen bushels per acre of wheat
! He figures on getting double that and he
gets it. 1t is the army of Door farmers
! that brings the general average down.
| France get from twenty-five TO thirty
/ bushels per acre. So long as the AmeFi-
/ can farmer continues to improve his
/ methods OF farming there IS no danger OF
Our agricultural progress being arrested
Values.
" = nave bGGn speaking OF the increase
/ in production. The value however OF
/ these farm products has not kept pace
/ with the increase in production. The
: question - economies has been against
TIE tiller of the soil. The following table
! illustrates the point It gives the tOt11
amount in bushels of corn. wheat oats.
barley, rye, buckWheat and potatoes, with
the total values for 1865 and 1893.
Bushels. Value
1865 ...-.........-....15- 80 22S S4f 81 81 S42 4
1888 3 75S, S46. 501 12S4 243 AZ
ans statement shows thar the nTnd15e-
ton Of 1865 was worth as much to the
farmer in dollars as double the quantity
in 1899
AS to livestock, the showing is better for
/ the farmer. The following table gives the
number and value of cattle. mich COWS,
| horses, sheep. swine and mules:
Number Value.
1850 ,234 S12S7. 2l2.I
1900 900 Col 2.212. 80 551
3 This shows that livestock is valued
about 10 per cent higher now than in 1866.
4 This statement contains the secret of the
increased DrOductiveness of American
farms, and says. in effect, that livestock
/ is the salvation of the farms as well as
! the farmers. Tt furnishes "A market fOl
/ the raw material of the farm. and al the
same time furnishes the material for the
rehabilitation of the soil.
The Exports.
/ OF what do the agricultural exports OF
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Increase Of Production

The second table gives the value Of the
same crops The total increase in value,
it viii be Noted is far short of the in
crease in production. There is a greater
Dercentage Of increase in hay than in any
other Of the crops mentioned. The signi-
ffcant fact is noted that while in 1884 the
hav. crop was worth just half as much az
the total Of the other crops mentioned, IN
1893 the hay crop alone is worth a great
deal more than all the other crops COM
bined This has been the direct result OF
The Increasing demand for fodder to feed
the increasing numbers of livestock on
tho farm. This statement viii be corrob-
cI-afed bv a study of the two tables which
follow; the first gives the number of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
Farm Values in Nation
Constantly Increasing

out" and that an Inevitable decline
would set in. a glance at the following
table viii show how grOundless were
those fears; how greatly the false pro
phets underestimated the resources Of
tie country. the expansion Of the country
and the productive industry of a people
under free institutions. In spite of fore
holdings of disaster, the marvellous prog
ress continued
Bushels Wheat. Corn. Oats, Barley, Rye,
BuckWheat and Potatoes
1895 80 $500 $3.50. ....... I 45o. IS. Sl4
1879 - . .........--.. ........ =, 75S. S46. sol
Numbers of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, swine
1870 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "A. Sg7. SS4
1885 ................... q. 3S2. 294
Ie0e 800 ......... ........... 140 060. Sol
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the United States consist2 The following
table gives the value in dollars of the
four leading items of export Tor 1888 and
1889. and Increase during the five years:
1895 500 900 $50 S1II. el4 $50
Increase ............... 5.Iss,5s6 l59. .gl9
Products. Animals.
1893 .................. S12S $780, 13 S35, 045
1899 ----....-.-.-.....-. l66,6lg,l66 Sa,SSgSl9 10
The above shows that cotton, bread
stuffs and meat products constitute the
bulk OF the exports. and SHOWS an IN
crease on the four items of over S20l00lOO
in five wears. OF the total amount of eX-
ports for 1899 Europe took s595,512, l02, or
about siX-seyenths of the whole Or TINS
the United Kingdom took S29S, PSI 49S; Ger
many. S115. 352. 81. France, SIS, 80; Meth
eTlands. S53,156,059; Belgium, So, ooS,95S;
Italy, $1S.106. 749.
The amount sent 10 China was $3.50. 292;
to HongkCng, $5,447111, and to Japan,
I S9,694542. breadstuffs constituting the
principal item exported to Asia. The eX-
ports to Asia have about quadrupIed dur
ing the past five years
The exports TO the Philippine islands
have increased from S11 s34 in 1880 to ST.
sec in 1859. 1t viii make the farmer laugh,
however. when he learns that of these
agricultural exports TO Luzon IN loso
$245 vas for malt liquors bottled, anu IN
1899 the amount of the same COMMODITY
was S91 .S17; and of bourbon WHISKY tne
! exports rose from nothing in 1SS9 to s56,4t2
3
constituted more than one-haH OF the
/ total exports TO the Philippines
The exports of breadStuffs TO HaWah
increased from S6G3 $50 in 1898 TO S95LI4i IN
1893 Japan took S5.775.7Sf in 1899. against
ass in 1885 There is evidently grow
ing market for the farmer in the Orient.
Imports.
The following shows The amount and in
crease of imports into the United States,
called agricultural Imports: ... ..,
44S0 - 81
1901 ------,- Lt2sI92'91o
1ofo --.---.--.--.- D. 1850
1888 "1-l-,147z col
T.2e following statement shows the
character of the principal imports in 1893
and 1899 in dollars
Sugar. Coffee. and skins Woods.
1895 rs 462 S36 96.1GG7tT 26.122942 25,556. ~
1899 "a 9Gf.129 81. 20 40 4L9SS.04S S,322,S 1871
Silk Fibres. and nuts.
1895 D 626 056 1895 456 Il -, 923
1899 5000. 81 1861 25.3f3 259 1S,3l4206
The item of sugar comes largely from
Cuba, Germany and Hawaii; coffee, large
! " from Brazil; hides and skins and woods,
mostly from the United Kingdom silk,
principally from Japan; vegetable fibres
come principally from Mexico. though the
Philippine islands furnish over 1900, 900
worth of Manila hemp
JAMES DRYDEN.
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An Accepted Fact.

(Om0El " OTId-FT"T1----- -
It NAV be set down as an aceet' ali bv
i il5I mid ga for in AN american money Will O
bOsSed By Americans
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sample Of 81 ImpeTialisn

(BaltimOre AmericanI -,
Secretary Long is great man ~, 70 rsvy
care OF his friends as long as
can stand It..
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MILLIONS OF VALUE
PRODUCED ON FARMS
Year 1900 Showed the Most Substantial Increase
in the History Of the State.

Farm Proceeds Easily So 900 600 in Excess of 1892 AmOS
All Credited to Animals and Animal Products.
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The following table gives the total
mount OF certain crops for 1850 and 1899:
Farms Not DeteriOrating.

After half a century of cultivation. ii is
seen the farms are n0I losing their pro-
ductiveness. During the five years of
1856 To 1870 the average weld per acre
Of corn was 25.3 bushels in the United
States During the five wears ending 1859
the Weld was z5.6 The average yield of
wheat during the former period was 11.9
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An Interesting Comparison.

It is a significant fact that during the
past year the exports of agricultural
products exceeded in value the total value
Of farm crops produced on the farms in
1S6c. the value of the latter being S736.5 %
326. or about 10000 COO less than the value
OF the exports of the past year though
prices were very much higher in 1862 than
IN 1850
A comparison of the value of thl prod
ucts by states for 1852 and 1899 IS an inter
esting study. Utah, IL may be said. does
not appear in the list at all in 1862. New
York is the only state whose croDs figure
up q value in excess of S10O.oOo000, the
figures being 1854. 610 Pennsylvania
comes second, Illinois third Kansas. poor
Kansas is credited with but s., OBS. 2Se less
than half as much as the present annual
vsl-a of the farm crops of Utah. But
poor Kansas is no longer poor; in 1899
Kansas produced of the same crops about
SlzG.G00C60 more than the best state in
the Union produced in 1852. What a
transformation for poor, bleeding Kan
saSi
The following table gives the total
amount of certain crops for 1856 and 1899
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livestock in 1884 and 1899. and the second
the value Of the same in each Near:
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the United States consist2 The following
table gives the value in dollars of the
four leading items of export for 1895 and
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Efectg of overgtocking.

There is one point the wool growers,
as an association, might discuss. Is it
possible to limit the sheep population
to the capabilities of the range? 1t IS
clearly evident that the range sheep
cannot be increased indefinitely Even
now there is talk of the range being
overstocked The first effect of over
stocking viii be To diminish the sup
ply of range feed, il being destroyed
by close cropping. Next, with an IN
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OF what do the agricultural exports of
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organized out Of Emery cHGE-
#~OrganiZed out OF PiuTe cn"H..-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
Let Well Enough Alone.

The indications are that South Da.
kota will give surprise to the country
in the shape of heavy republican
majority. Populists are coming back
to the republicans in great numbers.
H. l.. Loucks, formerly populist
leader of the state is stumping the
state for Mckinley. The Sioux City
Journal reports of him as follows:
Mr.. Loucks says that wherever he
goes he finds that the paramount issue
with the people is not anti-imperialism
nor trusts, nor free silver, but il is
LET we'll enough alone" On his
tour he not only talked to the voters in
public meetings, but he sat down and
talked with them singly and IN knots
in hotels, stores, shops and CD.,vs, and
found the overwhelming feeling to be
that Imperialism is bugaboo. So far
rs the trust issue is concerned, it is be-
coming rapidly understood that the
Bryanites defeated the legislation
which the republicans undertook in the
last congress to effectively bring trusts
under control, and that this defeat was
ordered because otherwise the ques.
ton would have been taken out of the
campaign, and the democrats had to
have it to howl about, just as Bryan
admits he favored the ratification of
the Philippine treaty with Spain in
order that he might have imperialism
to howl about.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

The school boy space writer on the
Advocate tries to make it appear that
the democratic county nominees are
not in the contest for the sake of OBJ
tanning the offices but because of their
devotion to the principles of the demo
cratic party. That being the case we
suppose the Advocate will agree with
us that they should not ask for or ex-
pect republican votes, for if they do
not care about holding the Offices they
don't need the votes and if they are
simply running to maintain the princi-
pies of democracy, then republicans
who don't believe in those principles
surely should not vote for them. He
also has the effrontery to claim the
democratic candidates are Influenced
by principle only and that the repub-
lican candidates are influenced by a
desire for gain only. That is a spirit
of insincerity only equaled by him and
his party associates when they make
that other claim that republicans favor
subverting the republic and the demo-
Gratis favor maintaining it. 1t would
be beneficial to better understanding
of the situation if such fellows would
leave off such charges and confine
themselves to discussion of the prin-
ciples of their platform.