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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-10-18
At GibSon'S Drug Store
YOU WILL FIND
Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines
and Toilet Articles

For spring tonic use Beef Wine and
Iron, 80 cents per pint; Sarsaparilla 90
cents per bottle.
TOOTH BRUSHES-We have good
line of Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes,
Hair Brushes and Clothes Brushes. Use
Florident Tooth Wash, recommended
by all dentists, because it possesses anti
septic properties, heals the gums and
leaves a refreshing taste in the mouth.
Free from acid. Large bottle 20 cents.
Call for sample.
To rid your poultry of lice use DR..
Hess Instant Louise Killer; Insect Pow
der. Moth Balls and Paris Green.
TRUSSES-We sell the American Sill
yer Truss, positively the best. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.
KNWES-Just received nice line Of
Pocket Knives.
Observation-Disclosures Pre-
seriptions filled Nth aeenracy--no
SnbstitHfion-pHre, honest Medicines
and BY a Registered Druggist only.
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BLOOD POISON.

the before the true the disease
swollen glands patches the mouth scalp ulcers on tongue sore
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-10-18
E. W. ATHEY,
Contractor and Builder,
Shepherdstown. w. Va.

Offers his services to the people Of
Jefferson and adjoining counties. Barn
building and farm work a specially.
Estimates furnished free upon apph-
cation-correspondence solicited.
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Notice.

This is to give notice that on the 25th
OF August, l will discontinue the mill
Ing business, and all parties having
wheat in my hands for exchange are
mere by requested TO call at the mill
before that date, for a settlement of
.he'r accounts. will be prepared to
GeHyer either the flour, wheat or mar
Aet price for same, as they may prefer
All parties knowing themselves in
ueolet to me are also requested to cal.
ana make settlement.
respectfully,
A. S. REYNOLDS.
July 26, l90O-tf
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food. the necessary conditions are al
ready present for the most remunera-
tive returns at a moderate outlay. As
10 the advantages Of irrigation In
general-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
tlme-therc Is no question whatever IT.
rigatlon, In fact, insures abundant
crops to the fun capacity OF the land
under cultivation and not alone one
year In a series, but any and every
year. Il also increases rather than de-
creases the productive capacity OF the
soil and destroys many Insects injur-
Gus TO vegetation II 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. II
insures good health 20 the farmer or
horticulturist, as he Is not Obliged 10
toll In a scalding sun or expose himself
10 the extremes OF winter temperature.
Il 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 II enables a given
area to support the densest population,
and finally, though the list OF advan-
tages has not been exhausted 1t en-
hances the value Of the soil and causes
It to yield the largest returns OF which
II Is capable.
Water, indeed, has become the solY-
ent Of the western farmers woes, and
he also has the satisfaction OF knowing
that It's application 10 agriculture is by
no means In the experimental stage. II
we were 10 search for the beginning
Of irrigation we might go back 70 the
first known attempt at agricultural OPP
eratlons and bring up in the yerltable
garden OF Eden, for the conjectural site
Of Adam and Ewes paradise was within
the irrigable area Of the east, where op-
eratlons OF this sort have been carried
on for unknown centuries. II is known
that the Egyptians practlced irrigation
before the pyramids were built; also
that the Arabians. Assyrlans, 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-
ny they found an elaborate system Of
canals conducting water 70 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 Moors. and the writer
has himself examined the perfect ar
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contented human beings Some OF their
works, In fact. are monumental. as for
instance the gigantic dams and reser7
yoirs they have built aud the hundreds
Of canals and condults they have con-
structed for bringing water from the
mountain ravlnes through barren, burn
ing deserts 10 create blooming para
discs az 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 Ia round numbers about
100000 II 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 70 feet the water IN the arti'
clal lake created by this dam across a
ravlne covers 72l acres with a storage
capacity OF nearly 9,O00OO0.OOO gallons,
Il has a neighbor IN near county, the
Bear Valley dam, which at It's maxi
mum height OF 60 feet covers 2.Sl2 acres
with water and controls 2lO0O 100000
gallons. Another 1.-THE MERGED reser.
volrl covers 500 acres and stores about
1000. 600 600 gallons The cost Of dam
or reservoir, II rightly located to store
water FOR an immense area, is insignia.
cant when compared with the enhance.
ment OF values OF the lands.
OF the various sources Of irrigation
the first two are directly and the last
indirectly dependent upon forest con.
servation for continuous service. one
Of the most benefcent acts OF leglsla-
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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rangement Of "acequias." as they call
them. as they az 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 Spanlards 10 their
operations In California, and more than
a 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 Il 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-
iation Is clamoring for new agricultural
worlds to conquer II II only 81 years
since the Mormons gave the impetus to
recent irrigation IN America and set an
example for others to follow when they
turned up the arid alkaline soil OF the
Great Salt Lake valley and planted
their scanty stock OF potatoes, looking
to a 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
what was then an arid desert has been
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
combined What these colonlsts have
done others may do. But il 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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about one-tenth Of q penny. is the
smallest coin now current ln Europe
During The present century 400 hu-
man lives Sl25Oo00O and 200 ships have
been los, ln truitless efforts to find the
north pole
Attention has recently been called 10
The fact that while the men OF the
Russian royal family up 10 the present
car nave an OF them been Of unusual.
ly strong build, and many OF them not.
ed for their strength, the only one since
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The time OF Peter the Great who may be
said 70 have reached a ripe age Is the
present Grand Duke Michael, the sole
surviving son Of Nicholas l. who is now
IS years old
one OF the remarkable things about
the late Max Muller was that he never
employed a stenographer or a type
writer and wrote all his life a clear and
legibie hand. Another interesting fact
In his lie was that he ardently desired
In his youth 70 follew the study OF mu.
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which the Lette society proposes to
erect In a Berlin suburb as a model
house for 1000 young girls, who will be
instructed there In bookkeeping house
keeping, photography, etc.
A manufacturer OF paste jewelry at
the Paris exposition says that the best
customer he ever had was the shah.
That shrewd monarch bought quaint
ties Of genuine Jewels for the princess
es, his daughters and their mothers.
but he thought imitation Iewelry good
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sic, but RETAINED because deafness was
hereditary IN his family. and he feared
Il might come upon him In his prime
and iniure his usefulness as a musician.
A notice which was recently posted in
a West Kenslngton (London) church
informed the public that five pews
were Tor sale. and that said pews were
especially desirable" because THE con-
tribution plate Is not passed to them"
Emperor William Of Germany has
given 5o,oco marks toward the building
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
NEVADA FALLS IN THE YosE mErE

I very heart Of the Sierra Nevada, the
Yosemite includes at least 20 snowclad
| peaks among It's lofty mountains, hun
dreds OF beautiful streams and lakes,
glorious waterfalls, immense groves OF
| gigantic trees. gorges, canyons and
I valleys, In which there is great
diversity Of vegetation. II was such a
| fine grazing ground that the sheepmen,
mainly Mexican herders. drove vast
ilocks 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 10 the lowlands 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 SUI
perintendent Of the reservation, with
authority 10 arrest and expel every
intrudlng sheep herder, with his flocks,
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 80 de-
nuded that II 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 hillsldes
the small shrubbery retains the snow
and prevents floods caused by rapid
melting In the spring and the rivers
are affected favorably, SO, take II 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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JUST LITTLE PICK UPS.

estimated at $4,000. OOO OF this amount
about 100000 viii be expended upon
the Midway. The Midway Will thus
represent more than the total cost Of
some very pretentIous expeditions held
IN former years.
A scientist says a sigh is due to wor-
~, but That deeper cause Is lack Of
oxygen.
The Greek ispton, which Is worth
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The contractor who built the city han
q Denver Is now selling cigars and to-
bacco at a stand 10 the corridor OF that
building.
sabetha Kan has a citizen named
Andrew Hrnciar Naturally no one ev-
er calls him by his last name-he IS
simply known AS Andy.
The total cost Of the Pan American
exposition, exclusive Of exhibits, is now
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enough for the lesser lights OF his ha'
rem. The quantity he took 10 Persia
was enormous.
Colonel John NJ Brooke, who design
ed the ram Merrimac and thus reyoiu-
tionized marine warfare, Is still li'lhs
at Lexington, Va, and is protes,s',,.'
emeritus Of physics in the Virginia MI
tary institute, He IL now ~ years pr,
but II stlll vigorous. and walks from ~
residence on the outskirts Of the city "
the postofiloe every morning.
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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 radiatei heat like a fur
mace. and 1t seemed impossible that any
living thing could endure Il. on a sub
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known the world over tina. never since
the art OF irrigation was discovered and
applied have such magnificent results
eyentuated as from It's application to
the parched soils Of otherwise uninhab-
table regions.
Nature never does anything by halves
or without a reason. In other words. a
divine purpose Is manifest in every
procession 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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ity and steam, when the powers OF INV
earth and sky have been harnessed 70
do our bidding, when the oumulAu,
products Of all centuries past are ioiCsH
into our service, when, even though Wv
rich may be richer, the poor are pew,
OF In general than at the beginning %
this century. Universal brotherhood y
admitted, the worth in man is aeknoW''
edged, even II the individual is SONY,
times oppressed. II is a great ad'ah0'
TO have humanitarian sentiments rec
Ognized as they are today the neN
great step will come when they are u,
cluded in the body polite, and no'h.ne
else will no hasten that event as our ma
tional Thanksgiving. A. ~ u
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7sWEETWATER DAN NEAR SAN DIEGO.

sequent trip across the same section he I
suddenly became aware Of a change ln
temperature, the shImmaring sands
were exchanged Tor dusky glades the
murmur Of waters filled the air and on
every side was blossoming vegetation.
All had been accomplished in the space
OF a few years by the mere boring Of
arteslan wells and the planting Of trees
and flowers IN the irrigated soil where
before II was impossible 90 raise a sim
gle shrub In the terrible and continuous
heat.
The arid region Of the United states
is popularity supposed 70 comprehend
Arizona southern California. Colorado
Idaho Montana and New Mexico the
portions OF Oregon and Washington ly-
ing TO the east OF the Cascade range
Utah and Wyoming The extent OF tho
arid area rs computed at about 100000
900 acres, and II ii were made billion
a few years ago this figure might not
have been excessive since much OF II ~
OF a nature precluding accurate survey
Al least two-thlrds Of this area, Il has
been estimated Is available for irrlga-
tion and much OF the remainder can pe
utilized for forest conservation and the
building Of vast storage basins for the
waters OF rivers that would cause
great destruction n their spring Hoods
were uncontrolled
Not less than half a million acres
have already zen brought under irri-
cation and made 10 yield their wealth
Of fertility that for uncounted centuries
lay dormant In the arid soil. Space
would be lacking 10 enumerate the
thousands OF individual and communal
efforts ot irrigation, and even the nota-
BILE transformations OF great states Ike
California. Idaho. Wyoming and Utah
must pass unnouccd These Instances
have become known TO all. and Il would
1e q work OF supererogation To cite
them IN this connection But 10 ls
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THANKSGIVING HABIT
A NATIONAL TRAIT

1t should be matter OF gratuatlo,
that as a nation We have fallen into A.
Thanksgiving hablt instead OF tbs or
posite, that we have augmented o,,.
feast days and reduced the numbe, =,
fast days. When We come to r..i.
around the world and note the p,,,,
peoples who have Increased their doy.
OF lamentation and fasting, while Mi.
THANKSGIVING days, II they ever bad
any have become almost obsolete ~
should rejoice and be exceeding gi,1
Not that we should take peasur. \.
other peoples troubles. but that ~
ought 70 rejoice that our lows has,,
more than kept pace with our sorrows
II Is We'll known TO all that tho e-..
to set the pace in America. 30 far az
we can tell. were the so called pllgrir,
fathers. when they ordained a dav q,
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l5ESEMSa0ISN8d6MlI71
EECAPl IAN,
MERGED RIVER AND

cd. natures treasures come 20 light.
And go Il mey be said OF lrrigation
Where water Is most needed 10 develop
the latent resources of the soil there
we find just the right combination OF
soil and climate to yield the richest re-
suits with q high Temperature ard
consequent absence of cold throughout
the year, with a volcanic sou or one On
which are salts soluble IN water ana
convertible into the richest sort OF plant
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Thanksgiving Tor
their abundan,
crops the year
after they made
that historicland
Ing on Plymouth
Rock As their
condition might
be regarded AT
the present day
they had small
cause for reJoic
ing, except ip q
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BRIDAL VEIL FALLS,

intelligent supervision Of Uncle Sam
and his powerful arm 10 save them
from disaster
However this may be, the great irrl-
gators have good reason 10 point with
pride 10 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 desolatlon and
made into edenal dwelling places for
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EE9:%>3TA !

their favors, at the same time decrying
those who did not also come forward
with alacrity 10 acknowledge the boun.
ties OF benehcent Providence.
As TO the motive for the Thanksgiving
festivals, It depends somewhat upon the
point Of view For example, when Cen
eral Washington announced the first
national Thanksgiving in recognition OF
a return OF peace after victories over
the British and the adoption Of a con-
stltution for the United States IN ll9.
II 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 1873 az
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 festiyity took on 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 me
American people have been celebrating
the recurrence OF the last THURSDAY 10
November as a day OF Thanksgiving ana
prayer. and It certainly looks as though
they have more cogent reasons each
year for the continuance OF the fesu-
val. Thanksgiving in fact is perhaps
our sole anniversary Of national char
acter that does not appeal to some spe-
clal sentiment, as selhshness or patriot
ism, lament for the dead or pander'ns
to the living. and can be anniversary
observed without heartburnings or mar,
row minded motive. To the bountlIul
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Benefactor Of
the Universe
most assuredlN
all can Join In
offering thanks
for some IA.
vor received II
for norhins
more, we should
be thankful
that We live at
the present
time, IN the
age Of electric
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not adopt II until some
time after, yet their
countrymen In Hol-
land had observed u
similar ceremonial as
far back as 1915.
In a desultory way
Thanksgiving day was
observed In the colo
niles every two or
three years-that is.
the citizens OF any
particular county or
township that had
been blessed with
overlooking haryests
would get together
and offer thanks for