The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-21
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Artificial irrigation by a system OF
drainage canals has arrived at perfection
in Idoho where IL first originated" said
John NJ. Dexton. at the Normandie this
morning. Arid alkali wastes are now the
most fertile tracts in the State Artificial
irrigation has many advantages over rain,
which falls or fails 10 fall without regard
TO utility, or, in other words where il is
most needed OF where it is not needed at
all. Many crops need water more than
others. and such can be assisted artifcially
While such as need no irrigation can be
deprived Of it.
1T has been stated that in he straw
berry crops falling rain splashes grains OF
ear h and sand upon the fruit which pre-
vent it from arriving at a perfect maturi-
ty. The Idaho berry is large and spotless,
fine CT flavor leaves nothing 20 be desired,
and proves the superiority Of artificial IT.
risasiOn over nature"
William McAdoo, OF New Jersey. ex-As-
sistant Secretary of the Navy under Sec
rotary Herbert during Cleveland's Admin
istratipn, is a guest at the Shoreham. Mr.
McAdoo is now practicIng law 10 the me-
trOpolis and is in the Capital on profession
al business.
''on my trip up the Potomac from Nor
folk" said DR.. Frank P Webster. of the
city named. at the Arlington this morn
ing. Il was surprised at the absence of
habitations on either bank of the river It
is fertile country, well wooded and drain
ed by many streams but there appears 10
be little crop-raising in progress. 1t would
make an ideal truck-farming country, ! be-
lieve and would have the advantages of
such a market as the city Of Washington,
and On the other hand the largest port for
the shipment OF truck farming in the
country, the port of Norfolk. It is a
strange condition that permits this country
to lie fallow.'
c. w. Westbury, of Richmond. Va.
travelling passenger agent of the Southern
Railway. is guest at the Raleigh.
Newport News is a busy place." said
DR.. Noah johnson. of the city named, at
the Shoreham this morning. The ship
yards increasingly reverberate day and
night with the sound of hammers on metal
The United States warship Kentucky has
just been completed and the Illinois is
nearing completion. A number OF mer-
chant liners are being built at the yards,
and any number of vessels are on the
docks for repairs. The largest dry dock
in the world is being built at the News,
which will accommodate the largest ship
afioat. There is plenty OF money; ex-
penses, though. are rather high, but still
it is a likely place for energetic young
business men and investors" Dr. Jackson
is in Washington to attend the Conven-
ton of the American Institute of Ho-
meopathy.
The S2-foot steam yacht "Nereid," pur-
chased recently by Colonel Staples, Of the
Riggs, left this city yesterday for the
Thousand Islands House at Alexandra
Bay, St Lawrence River. The trip will
consume ten days and viii be made over
inland water courses The run will be
via the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay, to the Delaware and Chesapeake Ca
nal, to the Delaware River to Kill-Van-
Kull, up the Hudson River to the Ere
Canal, through the Lakes and Welland
Canal into the St Lawrence River.