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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-19
LAND GRABBING SCHEME.

A recent issue of Fremont
county paper contains an innocent
looking notice bearing the title
"Forest Reserve Lieu Application"
This particular notice is probably
all right, but it brings to mind one
of the biggest land grabbing
schemes worked for many years.
To the present time, Idaho has not
much suffered, but operations have
been begun in this State, and un-
less the present law be radically
changed thousands upon thousands
of acres Of the public domain will
pass into the hands of spectators
to the exclusion of bona fde settlers.
The scheme is worked almost ex-
clusive1y for securing timber lands,
and the trouble is that upon its face
the law looks fair and just. The
idea of the law is that any one own
ing lands which are included with
IN a forest reserve, may upon deed
ing such lands back to the Govern
ment, take other lends in lieu there
of in any part of the United States
where there are public lands, sur
veyed or unsurveyed. The estab-
ishment' of forest reserves is of
comparatively recent date, there
fore it happens that within reserves
in California and some other States
there are thousands Of acres OF
land owned by private individuals.
These lands were never valuable
except for the timber which grew
upon them. That timber has all
been cleared off and sold in the
form of lumber, shingles, poles, etc.
so nothing remains but the barren
land which is va1ue1ess. But the
title is in the individuals who ac-
quired it from the government, and
the law of 1897 provides that any
one having such title may upon
surrendering it to the government,
receive title to an equal amount Of
land elsewhere. Now comes the
scheme. Big numbering concerns
have bought up these denuded and
value1ess lands within the forest re-
serves of California and other States
for mere song, and they are turn
ing them back to Government and
receiving in lieu thereof the right
to go upon other lands. For ex.
ample: A man goes down to Cali
fornia and buys 10000 acres oi
"orked-out forest reserve land at
10 or IS cents an acre. He then
! deeds it back to the Government
and receives what may be called
land scrip" which enables hin
to come up into Idaho and secure
10, 900 acres of the best lands in the
State. AS there are hundreds O.
thousands of acres of good timbe1
lands available, this scrip" is a
present used almost exclusively fo,
securing timber lands. 1t may easily
be seen how, if this scheme is no
checked. the best timber lands 0
the State will pass into the hand!
OF these land grabbers. The law
was designed to recompense poo1
settlers whose lands might be in
c1uded within forest reserves, bu
it is being used for very differen
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-19
BE PREPARED.

During the years from 1898 to
1897, there was practically no emf
grafton out Of the old and crowded
States into the far west. In 1898,
a small movement was perceptible,
in 1899 it assumed considerable
proportions and in 1900 a veritable
wave Of immigration began to flow
into the west. Next year and for
many years afterwards there will be
an immense immigration into all
this section of country, and if Can
yon county is to get its share it
must be prepared. If, for example,
500 families should land here in the
next year, where could they be
placed? That number might posi-
bly, be located by displacing as
many who are already here, but
that is slow way to build up a
country. We should be Just as
much concerned to retain those we
have as to secure others. The peo-
| pie who are here are Just as good
as any who may come. Hence the
thing to do is to prepare for more.
We understand that the OREGON
Short Line people have been sys-
! tematically and extensively ad-
vertising this section of country;
that now the results are becoming
apparent and hundreds Of people
are turning their eyes in this direc-
| ton, but they cannot come here
because there is no place for them.
In the way Of preparation an irri-
CATION enterprise has been under
taken looking to supplying with
water magnificent body of land
on the north side Of the Boise river,
near Caldwell. The promoters of
this enterprise are 7. c. Eglestor
and other we'll known and respon-
sible citizens of Caldwell 1t
should be thoroughly understood
that those gentlemen are in no
sense real estate boomers. They
are giving their time and energies
to this matter purely for the pur-
pose of preparing the way. Their
idea is to make possible and prom
ising legitimate settlement, and
. they should be supported and Ell
couraged by every possible means.
Along this same line is the move
ment for the organization and per
fection of the Pioneer Irrigation
district. This 1audab1e undertak-
ing will be not only direct benefit
to those who are already here, but
it prepares the way for hundreds OF
others. 1t will be demonstration
: that farmers are competent to man
: age their own affairs and the begin
: ming of a movement which will
f mark the end Of the water lord.
: AS an indication of what happens
2 when conditions are such that the
l farmers may become the owners
e and managers of their own irriga-
D ton systems, we need only to point
S to Roswell, 20 miles below Cald-
. well. Eight years ago that beauti-
f full section Of country was practic,
a ally sage brush wilderness. The
n Methodist ditch was looked upon
: as failure and the tendency was
II to abandon and forget it. But Mr.
d Lowell and other men with Tlght
# ideas took hold Of the proposition
t People were given to understand
b that if they bought lands in Ros
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-19

purpose. The people of Idaho
should call the attention Of their
delegation in Congress to this mat
ter. =. r..
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-19
THE 1900 PLATFORMS.

The Philadelphia Press summar-
ICES the Republican and Democratic
platforms up to date thus:
We indOrsc- We repudiate-
We rejoice We mourn
We glory We decrV- ,.
We are proud We are ashamed.
We heartily support We condemn
We entrust-- We denonnc4-
We commend We diS9yow-
1t is scarcely necessary to say
which is which.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
ATHLETICS AT COLruBI4

Columbia's candidates for the track team are
busiy engaged at their training quarters, at Co
lumbia Oval The squad is at present composed of
about fifteen men, but there will be at least thirty
within day or So
Columbia will be represented at the University of
Pennsylvania games April % by teams in the
mile and two mile relay races. Her competitors in
the latter contest will be Cornell, Syracuse La
fayette, Pennsylvania. Dartmouth and Western
University of Pennsylvania.
Columbia is feeling somewhat discouraged over
the fact that Clark Barker, MosenthaI and Jel-
hnghaus. four Of her crack runners. have retired
and will not be able represent her in the inter-
collegiate championships May %
Tennis was played on the outdoor courts in South
Field last week for the first time this season. The
courts are at present covered with a rank growth
of stubbe. but is hoped to put them shape for
the interscholastic tournament April IS and the
interclass matches early In May.
The freshman baseball team is scheduled to play
two matches this week. Thursday with CO.
lumbia Grammar. the second Saturday with
POLY Prep" Both matches will take place at
Manhattan Field.
On Saturday April A. the gymnastic wrestling
and basketball championships of the university will
be decided. The college freshmen will give an ex-
hibition wand drill, the Mines freshmen will swing
Indian clubs. and the sophomores will display their
knowledge of fencing and single stick work In
addition. Manager Briggs has invited the schools
of New-York and vicinity to compete in two inter-
bronze medals will be given A large number '' Of
schools have responded and. the competition
will be made feature.
The Fencers' Club has invited Columbia to take
part In the fencing competition for the Morris
medals on April a. The Blue and White will be
represented by Ware, Lawrence and De Mile
The Automobile Club contemplates run to Phil
adelphia on April Is TO witness the University Of
Pennsylvania games.
The freshman and sophomore lacrosse teams will
play the first of a series of tches at Manhattan
Field Thursday. The varsity lacrosse twelve
have presented loving cup to 'Cy'' Miller OF the
Crescent Athletic Club. in token of their apprecia-
ton of his services coach this year and last
Gieschen. of the lacrosse team has been invited
to join the Crescent Athletic Clubs team and go
with 1t to Paris
The Executive Committee has now definitely de-
cided to lease Manhattan Field for year from
December l. 1899. for $1,000 1t will henceforth be
known Columbia Field.
The Gun Club will begin practice at Columbia
Oval tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

Hrssh Theodore Goldberg Mr. and Mrs Wsna
naRey j II. KitoRmen Samuel J. Keesh Thopas
Crosby @ L. wellington John r. R SST1eao.
william e. s shl%an Mt E and S' Srs
Mrs }ohn Mr. and Mrs Ri5as JGn 4onso
Wills WI and NJ and Ms L H%mms e n,aDsv Mr.
Aqorp NJ and Mrs H@oePfr re Mg sma
p Goodwin Samuel Adams MI R and mrs Mr. 1am nnd
Mrs. NJ G fhaeS M Sissn Helen
Ma Ie P M and nm MRS j. r Fayner Frank
shsburne E. W. Scott. G s Cox Nh Miss M, G:
saret Bottome, Mrs Edgar PaTEe: Mrs Nogma a.
seo9t MISS h@'Gar L SSSP' Harold Hayes
J. Nethersford; Miss Eleanor Nethersford and Mr.
a2 sea M5s inaTes 8 Hrfas
ssG Mr # s rs Miss
Mr. And Mrs NIT Mtehs . Miss Meh Mr S Mr
Mrs Henry o PTiea j. f. H"ntnedon Mrs
Rogers, F. p Crittenden. Miss Olive Crittenden and
csa4ss aIG Mis-! E. % Fapn Mr. Mrs W.
oT5 Mst 4 K Knox Mr. and
Mrs. T: P. Kelly, Miss May E. Kelly and Mr. and
l AbemarieLc aI B. Nevin s Graw. George E. Aus
tin, Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Malone and Miss Marie
Chester lnn-Mrs. Alexander Lakini A; W. Ro-
ana MSs dD & Kef Pns Mrs DqTE
Miss Mamie Johnson. Victor Grisel and Samuel
Bleak House77Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace, Joseph sp
Little Little Mr. and Mrs S Barnes MI and MIS- RS
Edward Fowler.
Iroquois-A. B. RisIey. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall.
Louis Fleming c. J. Beakman and G.. NJ. Brooks.
Ponce de Leon..Mr. and Mrs. James, E1gar Miss
Florence Elgar. Mrs NJ B. Guilford and Miss Mabel
A. Ciuilford.
strand-Mr. and Mrs John D. Durey, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Jaros p G. Benedict and F. 9. Cassay
De Vile NJ Lowenstein. Miss German, Mrs.
G. Nichols, Miss Nichols, Louis Hadholz. Joseph
7. Fallon, A. Lyons and ingalls, Stewart.
KenilwOrth Inn-Mrs. =. c. Murray, Mrs. STRAIT
ton. Miss Emma A. Kaufman ard Joseph kauf-
Revere-Thomas J. Robinson Mrs. W. H. Streeter
and Mrs. Victor Sternberg.
Witshire-Miss Sadie Fernberg. Miss Freda Fern
berg. Miss Flora Tucker and George S. Harrison:
Anchorage-Mr. and Mrs Patrick Regain and Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Johnson
Pierrepont-E. l.. Meyers, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
A Jacobs and Charles Conman.
- Berkeley - Ernest Louis Walz and George C..
Royal-Leo McMullin and ]. Keppar.
RichmOnd-Mrs d. G. Seymour, Mrs. z. A Law
renee and Mrs. NJ e Kidd.
Senate-Mss Dickerson.
Stickney-Miss NJ. Hewitt
Westminster-W. NJ. Tierney.
Belmont-E G.. Garrison
Cedarcroft-Ben Wertheimer
Irvington-W. NJ. Baldwin.
Roman.Miss Elmer. Miss Anoinette Elmer and
Mrs A. Gunberg
Holmhurst-Mrs H A Cramer and Miss Dorothy
S. Cramer.
Morton-T c. Bunting.
Avon Inn-Mr. and Mrs. w. l. C1ute, John Coop
err Mr. and Mrs II. Fisher. Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Williams. Mrs. NJ. A McIntire, A. Reed McIntire,
Professor Clarence McIntire Master A. B. McIn-
Smith Miss H. EIseman and sister and Mr.. and
Mrs j. r. Turpin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
MORRIjSTOWN NEWS.

Mr. Phillips Of England. is the guest Of his sister
Mrs. H. T. Carter of Madson-ave
Mr.. and Mrs II. Ward Ford and family, who
have been spending the winter in NewYork, viii
return TO Norristown this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Freiinghuysen, OF Whip
pany Farm. will return to Morristown after Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard A. McCreedy. Mr. and Mrs.
Louis a. Thebaud and Mr.. and Mrs. Abner W. Col
gate will from Southern California after
Easter.
Arthur Evans Swartwout spent last week in Nor
ristown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Evans and family will
return 10 MorristOWn the first OF next month.
Mrs. and the Misses HoVey will return Morris
spend the summer in New-England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. McCurdy will return to
Morris Plains after Easter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav +. Keisel Will return to
Wheatsheaf Farm this month.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert {. Walsh Will occupy their
house this summer.
Miss Z. Elizabeth Dana and her sister, Miss Mary
Dana. will go abroad in June and spend the sum-
in Sweden. Norway and Russia returning TO
MorristOwn in the autumn.
Miss Mary Cockburn Smith and Miss BostWick
Nill return 10 Morristown next week.
Miss Wallace, OF Washington has been visiting
Ers. Phipps. of South-st.
Mrs. Poland. the widow OF General Poland who
was killed in the American Spanish war died re-
Gently IN Havana. Mrs. Poland was the niece of
tirs. w. f. Bailey OF Macculloch-ave.
The last OF the Assemblies will take place at
McAlpin Hall on Monday, April 16.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Curtis James and their
party OF friends who started recently the yacht
months cruise. returning TO Madison in midsum-
Miss Pauline Johnston. of New-York is the guest
of her aunt, Mrs Thomas w. caldwell.
Mrs. George +. Stone and the Misses Stone will
return 10 Fair oaks next month. No definite time
has been arranged for Miss Stones wedding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

dred OF these letter boxes to be put I'D \, NJ.
York City, and the route Of twenty boxss a.
this city Is a test experiment to insure tha ~.
feet operation OF the scheme
QUEER ELECTION INCIDENT
The city election Monday brought ON, 40.
Of the funniest situations that has ever d.
veloped in Hartford politics The RepubIIc.,
of the First Ward named a ticket without a,v
idea OF being successful the ward having haau
Democratic for over forty years. The caucn,
was but slmly attended and there was son,.
difficulty in getting TO stand up as cana,-
dates. Finally George Whitman who va,
vouched for a good Republican. was nom
mated and he was elected as Alderman. ovIng
TO the general drift OF votes toward the Pa
publican candidate for Mayor. The CITY mar
shall in calling the Aldermen together for tn
purpose OF canvaSsing the vote was unable IN
find Whitman in the city, and for four DAYS tia
search was kept up by Republican and Demo
cratic politicians alike until at last he was
found in Manchester. where he had been living
for some time. He promptly resigned. but
Mayor HARRISON refuses 10 accept his resig-
nation until after he appears and takes the
oath of office. IL is then expected that he will
return TO the city and serve out his term.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
REFEREES APPOINTED.
SOME BOER WAR NAMES.
Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
A correspondent asks for information as 70 49,
pronunciation OF certain names which are JUST nr,
frequently printed. Well. usage Is the ON, . ~
terion; and b. p is usually called Bayden f0.o
his relatives Similarly Mafeking Is In Soa1n 4,
rica always called Marking. though the e"a,ris
tempted to regard II as one OF those native W.
that begin with NJ. and to pronounce p1Ssr IS
with a sort OF hum in front. The Iugeta ~ -aln
known locally as the ''Tugella." But here as trt-
the 'vox popuf' triumphs. and Will reInahs u,sr-
umphant Ever since last Thursday the enros H..
chant has been selling weapons or milo on ,rat
which he calls 'Buller's Tugelas AZ ie $3.50
Is no doubt what he means by "Buers ucA0, sis
Moreover tho seal OF poesy has been set upo har5
pronunciation In the current World. Wnos'
thus fixes the metrical value or the woro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
WITH THE CREWS.

The Columbia varsity and freshman have
been holding their usual practice the Harlem
River this last week The men started using the
slides for the first time last week. DR.. Peet has
devoted particular care to keeping the reach long
There has been some tendency to shorten the
stroke. but this fault has been overcome. and the
Fights rowing in good shape. Vaccination
due to the recent smallpox scare at Columbia has
laid up several of the men, including Captain Jo-
seph w. Mackay, but seven or eight are
boated every day.
The launch Columbia has been undergoing ex-
tensve repairs. but Manager Oakley has received
word that she is ready for service. DR.. Peet will
put her into commission soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
RELIEVED OF A MAJUBA BULLET
he London Leader.

Quarternaster-Sergeant c. Johnson Of the ROYAL
Engineers Aldershot, writes to Sergeant-Mafor Him
of the Northamptonshire Regiment, at Northamn,
ton Private =. Murphy. Of the 18th Northamntopn
shire Regiment. is at present an inmate az The
Farnham Union Inhrmary. where he has been for
the last seven or eight weeks suffering from a
wound received at Matuba Hill in 1881 He was
shot high Up in the chest the neck and The
bullet remained in him and worked down through
his body TO just below the joint of the thigh
whence the doctor has just taken IT, The man
pleaded 10 the doctor let the bullet stop in hts
body until Majuba DAY, but that not allowed
myself-it is very precious 10 him"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

MAN WELL KNOWN IN NEw-HAvEN SUCCEEDS
IN TAKING HIS LIFE.

Walter Cross. for many years buyer for large
New-Haven drygoods houses died yesterday in
Bellevue Hospital a result OF his own act
Cross had been out Of work for two months. He
used TO get his mail at the Moss Rose Manufacture
ing Company, at Seventeenth-st. and Broadway
and he often stayed at the Continental Hotel
On Thursday he swallowed carbollc acid and oil
of hemlock and turned the gas In his room ~
No. 100 East Twefth-st., and was taken to the
hospital. When he found unconscious ~ aro
was a volume of Ruskn on a table. with many
marked passages. On the inside cover was a nhntaS
graph Of beautiful young woman with the nerna
Emma" written II. letter was found in TIE
room addressed TO Miss Emma Leary OF No ~
Lafayette-st. New-Haven. OF which the police tool
possession. He hired the room the night befors
he found Cross was forty-iye years old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
CHAMPION RUNNER OF ENGL4yD

London. April 7.-At Stamford Bridge to-day the
ten mile amateur running championship was won
by S. ]. Robinson OF Northampton Time "a
minutes IL 2-5 seconds
Large crowds of people were present as IL was
announced that c. Bennett would attemnt IN haa,
w. @. Georges record for the distance Xxi ri
utes 20 seconds). but Bennett did not compete
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
SCOTLAND WINS AT FOOTRaJI

Glasgow. April THE forty-ninth internat,ora,
football match under association rules resulted to-
day in victory for Scotland The scora MO.
Scotland. 4: England. ]. About eighty thousan.
persons were present. Lord Rosebery wa. an in
terested spectator. ~ Aa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

WIFE CHARGES ABANDONMENT AND WANT!
$4,000 FROM HER HUSBANDS UNCLE.

Wilson Gorsch, twenty-sx years DID, Of No 2O5
East hty-seventh-st.. a defendant In the
Harlem Police Court, before Magistrate Cornell,
yesterday. charged by his wife, Mrs. Annie T.
Gorsch of No. l67 East One-hundred and twelfth
St, with abandonment. Mrs. Gorsch told the
Magistrate that for five years her husband had
been in Texas. and she has tried in vain to serve
him with a process in her suit against his uncle
Hugh Gorsch. the wealthy storage man, of No.
204 East Eighty-eghth-st. Mrs. Gorsch said that
had asked for $4,000.
Young Gorsch asked for adjournment, and
Magistrate Cornell set the for April 8, and
fixed Gorsch's bond at $780,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

The first interscholastic championship baseball
game between Trinity and Barnard, originally
scheduled for Friday. has been cancelled owing to
Trinity's resignation from the league.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

The regular monthly meeting OF the local asso
citation will be held on Tuesday. No business OF
special moment Is scheduled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

PUBLISHERS SKULL FRACTURED FOR ANNOYING
A CHINAMAN HE OWED.

John c. Prince publisher. tapped on laundry
window at No. Il West Ninth-st. as he passed
yesterday morning. Joe Ching big Chinaman
who inside, out and dealt Prince a blow
the head with a policemans club knocking him
unconscious and fracturing his skull. Policeman
James Foley arrested Ching in time to save him
from violence at the hands Of 4 crowd Prince
was taken to St Vincents Hospital, and Ching
held in Jefferson Market Court. without bail
await the result of Princes injuries
Joe Kee, the owner of the laundry, said in court
later that Prince owed him bill of 81 or S. which
he had not tried TO pay. Prince lives at No II
East Eleyenth-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

Trinity School has decided not to hold open games
May 2, but in their place has substituted dual
meet with Hotchkiss School. 10 take place at Co
lumbia Oval.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

Horace Mann School gave John Kendrick Bangs s
farce "A Proposal Under Difficulties" for the bene-
fit OF the school athletic association yesterday