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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DAppAsrLLr,, An AnA

March ~ 1900
No,,oc ia horeby plyon that tho iollowlng.
named sottlcr has fled notice Of her intontionu%S
make final proof In support Of her claim, n,, ~,
that said proof will be mado before the VouIv
Clerk Of Crawford County, NJ Van Buren, Ana
on - -
MAY ~, 1900,
via; Mary ", Spears, of Mountainburg AfssSS Afno,S
sas, Homestead Entry No, 2Oib7, for The souM .an
east quarter OF the Northeast quarter soo'WVss
is, Township II, North Range ~ West Az, s
TO Northeast quarter OF tho Northeast qu"'"'
same Section, o,o Aer
Sho names tho following witnoeses 70 prove "T
continuous residence upon and eul'VouV''
said land ylsl .-,... p,ad
Green D. bridges, of Graphic, hrkanson. l,S sISN
Edwards, of MOuntainbufg Arkansas bn,,,Ml bmn,,,nl
irving. ana Franklin Irving, OF sanp rV''
Arkansas. .. ...i.,o,,
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SO fav Hon. Eugene Lankford, OF De-
Walls Bluff, ~ the only avowed candi'
dute for the presidency Of the senate
but II II intimated that Hon. Robert j
Wilson, of Washington, may shy his
castor into the ring and enter the contest
for the honor
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Democratic Ticket.

OBJECTION, MONDAY SEPTEMBER :, 1907
FOR Prosecuting Attorney
ROBT. l.. ROGERS
For State Senator,
W. W. COTTON
For Representatives,
RANDOLPH COMsToCK.
BERKELEY NEAL.
For Sheriff,
JAMES pITcocK,
For County Judge.
At. GROSS,
For circuit Clerk,
w. sADLEh.
For County Clark,
ED. COCHRANE.
For Assessor,
W, A. COLE.
Tor Treasurer,
T. B. swEARINGEN.
For Surveyor,
u.s.. sLAyEN.
For Coroner,
THos TREBLE.
For Justice Of Peace, Van Buren Township
j. II. MILLER,
JESSE MOORE
THOS. DAVIS,
NJ T. WEST.
JOHN MORROW.
For Constable, Van Buren Township.
W. MARTIN.
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County Primaries.

Democratic primaries, for the various
State Offices, will be held In the several
townships of Crawford county on Sat-
urday, June 0. 1900.
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Adjutant General and Chief of staff
strikes aud Lockouts-0r Capital and
Labor,

Judge Allen smalloy In tho JclcrsonIau Demo.
crat
The strike disease is again manifesting
itself In spots upon the body polite In
such way as to remind us that this
complaint, like its over grown relative,
the trust Is the direct offspring Of human
selfshness and greed.
Eternal vigilance has always been
the price Of human liberty, and when
these outward manifestations of inward
disease force themselves upon the at
tenton Of all sovereign citizens u peace
able remedy for this growing complaint
should be earnestly sought by every
friend of liberty and justice,
The new nation brought forth at
Philadelphia amid the throes Of revo.
luton. and dedicated to the principle
that all men are created free and equal
extended our national domain 10 the
Pacific Ocean, and kept this principle
heralded TO the world for ninety years
before such thing US strike or lockout
was known IN free America, This leads
us to consider that Ia the beginning long
before capital was born, labor went into
wilderness withonta penny In its pocket,
and created capita out of the raw
material. God furnished the raw ma
terisl free for the general good of all
OF His creatures, Labor converted the
wilderness and waste places into fruitful
fields and Towering gardens. Labor
prepared shelter, procured food and
clothing, without money and without
price,
First cost Of all we wear aud eat
lis blislered hands aud muddy feet
without QUE grain Of gold
Labor made all capital and without
labor no capital was made that is made.
Labor IL the creator, capital il the
creature,
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IP Cuba was and by right should have
been, free and independent In 1893, why
il she under American military rule In
1902
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Low Ilutcs 10 Eureka.

From now until Nov, LIST the usual ~ snlnS,'ine Y"
Excursion ratcs TO Eureka Springs wll' .ounl KIND
effect Each saturday r, NJ, the rnte i9t MINK ,v,v
l.. w. FURRY NRN
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Via Mo, Pacific,

Reduced ono way second class ratce 70 1,"r MA
fornn points, Portland oregon, seattle Wmn,'osu ,,ou
Ton and Intermediate points, Call ~ "''
Mountain R'y ricketo0ce ,.. Art
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Hoods Pills cure liver Ills the nonirritatlng ane
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparllla:
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REPUBLICAN STATES
'otal. 4 doubtful states.

lOlul,
Mr.. Bryan has been In consultation
with the people ever since he was pushed
Unexpectedly into the fight OF 1895, com
pelling even such an opponent rs Hon
Carl Schurz, the other day In Milwaukee,
TO declare that "he was the one great
American whose hand he would like
to shake. - Thus men who opposed him
then have been ilocking back-.the masses
because he was honest and represents
their wishes on current issues, and the
leaders, charity 1t may be, but none the
less certain, because by themselves they
would be very lonely That Mr., Bryan
will submit to no preliminary bargain
ing or negotiation is certain from his
declaration, just made in Port Huron,
that.
1.-THE Democrats who are coming back
must not expect u single departure to be
made from the position taken by the
party In 1895. First, because the posi-
tion taken then was right; second, 1t
would not be wise to ALLEVIATE those who
were with us in 1896 in order to please
those who were then against us. To
drop the ratio would be equal to dropping
the question, because no one would be-
ieve that the party was very sincere In
It's advocacy Of bimetallism II we aban'
don the only ratio advocated by any con
siderable number of people, -
The Democratic convention will be
nominated by the people, and these
people, whether IN New York, Georgia
or Minnesota, will have before them all
the issues old and new, which go to
make up tho difference between them
selves and the leaders Of the Republican
party. As long rs the way Is open to
them electoral table constructors can
keep up their toywork, but they will be
equally unable to becloud or 70 mislead'
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rangement of "acequias,'' as they call
them, as they at present exist in the
province of Granada and existed at the
time Ferdinand and Columbus signed a
contract for the discovery of America.
The same names and the same methods
were applied by the Spaniards to their
operations in California, and more than
hundred years ago the mission IA
theirs raised immense crops of wheat,
barley, etc. by pursuing the systems of
their ancestors in the mother country
Spain. The Pueblo Indians of Arizona
and New Mexico had "acequias'' when
they were discovered by the Spaniards,
more than 800 years ago.
The first pathways of civilized man
in America may be traced along the
coasts and rivers, which were, of
course, the first to be brought under
cultivation, and it was many years be-
fore the mountain boundaries were bro
ken down and the vast and fertile
plains of the bOundless west opened to
occupation. But in the process of de-
velopment even these have been fully
occupied, and an ever increasing popu-
lation is clamoring for new agricultural
worlds to conquer. 1t is only 81 years
since the Mormons gave the impetus to
recent irrigation in America and set an
example for others to follow when they
Great Salt Lake valley and planted
their scanty stock of potatoes, looking
to crop that might save them from
starvation the following year. They
were probably taught by the Pueblo IN
dams how to pursue the very best
methods, and others since have benefit
ed. Their success in making the will
derness blossom with fruitful gardens
and farms and in establishing homes in
xVio a + Io1, I'll Garf has
a constant incentive and reminder to
their neighbors. Intelligent co-opera-
ton has been their guarantee Of sue
cess, and this has been followed in
many colonies attempted since, notably
in the Greeley colony of Colorado, the
beauty and value of which were Gre
ated by public spirit and enterprise
ombined. What these colonists have
done others may do But it is argued
that these had the pick of the unoccu-
pied lands and that the present arid
areas are too vast and sterile to be at
tackled even by communal co-opera-
tive effort; in brief, that they need the
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food, the necessary conditions are al
ready present for the most remunefa-
tive returns at a moderate. outlay. AS
to the advantages of irrigation in
generaI-of a method by which one
can control his water supply. IN
effect the rainfall, being able to
supply the growing crops with Just
the amount necessary for their rapid
growth and maturity at the proper
time-there is no question whatever r.
rigation, in fact, insures abundant
crops to the full capacity of the land
under cultivation and not alone one
year in a series. but any and every
year. 1t also increases rather than de-
creases the productive capacity of the
soil and destroys many insects fnjuri-
GUS to vegetation. 1t produces almost
perfect grains and fruits, the yields of
irrigated soils, as is well known, sur
passing all others of their kinds for
size. though perhaps not for flavor. It
insures good health to the farmer or
horticulturist, as he is not obliged to
toll in a scalding sun or expose himself
to the extremes of winter temperature
1t permits of the punching of farms and
dwellings,. so that the farmer need not
isolate himself and family from all 9TH
ers of his kind. 1t enables a given
area to support the densest population,
and finally, though the list of advan-
tages has not been exhausted, it en-
hances the value of the soil and causes
it to yield the largest returns of which
it is capable.
Water, indeed, has become the solv-
ent of the western farmers woes, and
he also has the satisfaction of knowing
that its application to agriculture is by
no means in the experimental stage. If
we were to search for the beginning
of irrigation we might go back to the
first known attempt at agricultural op-
eratfons and bring up in the veritable
garden of Eden, for the conjectura1 site
of Adam and Ewes paradise was within
the irrigable area of the east, where OPP
erations of this sort have been carried
on for unknown centuries. It is known
that the Egyptians practiced irrigation
before the pyramids were built; also
that the Arabians, Assyrians, Chinese
and Italians have long been accustomed
to raise their crops by the application
through canals, bitches, etc, of water
taken from rivers, wells and lakes.
Irrigation may be of equally ancient
origin in America for aught known to
the contrary, for When the Spaniards
conquered Peru in the sixteenth centu-
ry they found an elaborate system of
canals conducting water to every part
of the Incas' empire. When Cortez
crushed the Aztec empire in Mexico, he
destroyed another system of irrigation
works which would have done credit to
his own countrymen. The Spaniards,
again. derived their knowledge of irri-
cation from the NIoors, and the writer
has himself examined the perfect ar
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NEVADA FALLS IN THE

MITE

very heart of the Sierra Nevada the
Yosemite includes at least 20 snowclad
peaks among its lofty mountains, hun
dreds Of beautiful streams and lakes,
glorious waterfalls, immense groves OF
gigantic trees, gorges, canyons and
valleys, in which there is a great
diversity of vegetation. It was such
fine grazing ground that the sheepmen,
mainly Mexican herders, drove vast
focks into this region every spring.
These not only ate all the grass, but
destroyed millions of shrubs and young
trees by browsing. When they went
back to the low1ands in the fall of the
year, the herdsmen would set fire to the
forest and thus complete the work of
destruction.
One of the first things done after
the acquisition of the Yosemite as a ma
tional park was to establish there a
troop of United States soldiers, the
commander of whom was de facto su-
perintendent of the reservation, with
authority to arrest and expel every
fntruding sheep herder with his fiocks.
The result is shown in the returning
beauty of the park, which is now car
peted with flowers. small trees and
shrubs, where before the soil was so de-
nuded that it was almost absolutely
barren. It is not claimed that the sol
diers are altogether a benefit, since
they assist the Indians in depicting the
streams of fish. but in the main they
have been of great value.
Forest fires no longer rage, endanger-
ing the lives of visitors; springs are
again yelling forth from the hillsides,
the small shrubbery retains the snow
and prevents floods caused by rapid
melting in the spring, and the rivers
are affected favorably. So, take IL all
in all, the experiment of protecting the
forests and at the same time conserv-
ing vast pleasure grounds for the peo-
pie has proved an unqualified success.
FREDERICK A ODER.
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contented human beings. Some of their
works, in fact, are monumental. as, for
instance. the gigantic dams and reser-
voirs they have built and the hundreds
of canals and conduits they have con-
structed for bringing water from the
mountain ravines through barren, burn
ing deserts to create blooming para
discs as abodes for prosperous families.
Many great works might be cited, but
as an example of an engineering feat
accomplished after great expenditure
of money and labor take the great
Sweetwater dam in San Diego county,
Cal, which cost in round numbers about
100000. It was considered one of the
finest in the country and impounded
one of the most attractive sheets of wa
ter in California. At it's maximum
height of 10 feet the water in the arti-
cial lake created by this dam across a
ravine covers 721 acres. with a storage
capacity of nearly 5000, 100000 gallons.
It has a neighbor in a near county, the
Bear Valley dam, which at its maxi
mum height of so feet covers 2.S12 acres
with water and controls p, 200, 900. 900
gallons. Another (the MERGED reser-
voir) covers 500 acres and stores about
1000. 100000 gallons. The cost of a dam
or reservoir, if rightly located to store
water for an immense area. is insignifi-
cant Wnen compared with the enhance
ment of values of the lands.
OF the various sources of irrigation,
such as rivers, lakes and artesian wells,
the first two are directly and the last
indirectly dependent upon forest con-
servation for continuous service. One
of the most benehcent acts of legisla-
ton in the opinion of many qualified to
judge was that by which the unoccu-
pied mountain and forest lands owned
by the government were few years ago
withdrawn from sale and made perma-
nent tracts of the vast national domain.
The purpose of this act was, as already
mentioned, the conservation of the for
ests in danger of destruction and the
consequent protection of the springs
and streams within their boundaries.
It's wisdom is already manifest in the
Yosemite National park, for example.
This wonderland was set apart by con-
gress as a national reserve in 1890, the
latest to be added to the list being the
region around Lake Tahoe, San Bernar-
dino mountains and San Gabrielle.
With an area of about ]. 400 miles, in the
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sequent trip across the same section he
suddenly became aware of a change in
temperature, the shimmering sands
We're exchanged for dusky glades, the
murmur of waters filled the air, and on
every side was poisoning vegetation
All had been accomplished in the space
of a few years by the mere boring of
artesian wells and the planting of trees
and flowers in the irrigated soil where
before it was impossible to raise a sim
gle shrub in the terrible and continuous
heat.
The arid region of the United States
is popularity supposed to comprehend
Arizona. southern California, Colorado.
Idaho, Montana and New Mexico, the
portions OF Oregon and Washington "
ing to the east of the Cascade range,
Utah and Wyoming. The extent of the
arid area is computed at about 100000
600 acres. and if it We're made billion
a few years ago this figure might not
have been excessive, since much of it is
of a nature precluding accurate survey.
At least two-thirds OF this area, it has
been estimated, is available for irriga-
ton and much OF the remainder can be
utilized for forest conservation and the
building of vast storage basins for the
waters OF rivers. that would cause
great destruction if their spring floods
were uncontrolled
Not less than half a million acres
have already been brought under irri-
cation and made to yield their wealth
of fertility that for uncOunted centuries
lay dormant in the arid soil Space
would be lacking to enumerate the
thousands of individual and communal
efforts at irrigation, and even the nota-
bic transformations of great states like
California, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah
must pass unnoticed. These instances
have become known to all, and it would
be a work of supererogation to cite
them in this connection But it is
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known the world over that never since
the art OF irrigation vas discovered and
applied have such magnificent results
eventuated as from its application to
the parched soils OF otherwise uninhab-
liable regions.
Nature never does anything by halves
or without a reason. In other words, a
divine purpose is manifest in every
process-in every accumulation of coal,
in every subterranean storage of petro-
leum, in every hidden deposit of gold.
At the right time, and when most need
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negative way, Tor starvation was not
far Off even after their crops had been
gathered, and when they went to church
to offer their praises to the Author OF
all good they had to take their muskets
along for a chance pot" at the ''in-
humane salvages' lurking In the ada
cent forest.
In fact, it was not so much for what
they had as for what they had not that
the pilgrim fathers offered thanks
Among the negative causes for thank
fulness one old writer mentions his
narrow escape from the pestiferous
"squnck," a small animal that FREE
quented the woods and highways and
wore a livery of black and white. An
other was overlooking with rejoicing
because he had at last tasted a sup OF
New England ayre," which he declared
almost as rejuvenating as the waters
of the famous fountain of youth which
Ponce de Leon had yainly sought
hundred years before.
But, according to historical annals.
the very Indians of New England were
imbued with the thanksgiving habit.
and their annual feast. or green corn
dance, may have been performed for
centuries previous 10 the coming OF the
pilgrims. Not that we would depreci-
ate their endeavors in this direction.
however. for, while the Indians may
nave had periodical event OF that
character, they never succeeded In get
ting IL universally observed. our fore
fathers probably thought It more con-
ducive to success to count their bless
ings than recount their sorrows. and AZ
is well for their descendants and others
who have since migrated to this coun-
try. that they viewed the matter in this
eminently sensible manner.
The trouble with the pilgrim fathers
was that they imagined they owned
copyright or had a patent on Thanks
giving day because they were the first
to inaugurate it in America, but the
records show that. while their obnoN-
ious Dutch neighbors of Manhattan did
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OUR NATIONAL FOREST RESERVATIONS

shown in those states where it has been
applied within the past few years. The
writer remembers a trip he once took
across the southern section of the arid
region about 20 years ago, when the
barren sands radiated heat like a fur
mace, and it seemed impossible that any
living thing could endure it. On sub
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THANKSGIVING HABIT
A NATIONAL TRAIT.

It should be matter OF graduation
that as a nation we have fallen into the
Thanksgiving habit instead OF the OPP
posite, that we have augmented our
feast days and reduced the number OF
fast days. When we come to look
around the world and note the many
peoples who have increased their days
of lamentation and fasting, while their
thanksgiving days, II they ever had
any. have become almost obsolete, we
should rejoice and be exceeding glad
Not that we should take pleasure In
other peoples troubles, but that we
ought to rejoice that our joys have
more than kept pace with our sorrows.
It is well known to all that the FIRST
to ''set the pace" in America. so far as
we can tell. were the 50 called pilgrim
fathers. when they ordained a day OF
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not adopt il until some
time after. yet their
copntrymen in Hol-
Ian / mad observed n
similar ceremonial. as
fal back as 1875.
In a desultory way
Thanksgiving day was
observed in the colo
MES every two or
three years-that Is,
the citizens Of any
particular county or
township that had
been blessed with
overlooking harvests
would get together
and offer thanks for
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Thanksgiving FOR
their abundant
crops the year
after they made
that n istoricland
ing on Plymouth
Rock. AS their
condition might
be regarded ut
the present day.
they had small
cause for rejoic-
ing. except in a
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their favors, at the same time dccrying
those who did not also come forward
with alacrity TO acknowledge the boun-
ties Of benehcent Providence.
As to the motive for the Thanksgiving
festivals. II depends somewhat upon the
point Of view. For example. when Cen
eral Washington announced the hrst
national Thanksgiving in recognition Of
a return of peace after victories over
the British and the adoption OF a con-
stitution for the United States IN 17S9.
It is quite likely that a certain king
across the water, or. TO be exact. George
III, was not enthused with the idea.
A proclamation Of Thanksgiving was
issued by President Madison in 1915. at
the close OF our second war with Great
Britain. but IL was not until Honest
Abe" was in the presidential chair. in
1864. that the festivity took on a really
national cast and was universally
adopted as a legal holiday throughout
the length and breadth of the Union.
For quite a generation of time. now, the
American people have been celebrating
the recurrence Of the last Thursday In
November as a day OF Thanksgiving and
prayer, and it certainly looks as though
they have more cogent reasons each
year for the continuance Of the festi-
val. Thanksgiving, in fact. is perhaps
our sole anniversary Of national char
acter that does not appeal to some spe-
cial sentiment, as selfshness or patriot
ism, lament for the dead or pandering
to the living, and can be universally
observed without heartburnings OF mar
row minded motive. To the bountiful
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ity and steam, when the powers OF the
earth and sky have been harnessed TO
do our bidding, when the cumulative
products Of all centuries past are forced
into our service. when. even though the
rich may be richer. the poor are better
of in general than at the beginning of
this century. Universal brotherhood is
admitted, the worth in man Is acknowl-
edged, even if the individual is some
times oppressed. It is a great advance
to have humanitarian sentiments rec
ognized as they are today. The next
great step will come when they are In
cluded in the body polite. and nothing
else will so hasten that event as our ma
tional Thanksgiving. A. M. -.
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BRIDAL VEIL FALLS i

intelligent supervision of Uncle Sam
and his powerful arm to save them
from disaster.
However this may be, the great irri-
gators have good reason to point with
pride to their achievements, to the OBJ
stacles which they have overcome, to
the innumerable products they have
raised and shipped and to the sections
they have rescued from desola ton and
made into edenal dwelling places for