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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Chicago. Nov. .3.-The National irri'
CATION Congress got down To business
yesterday. President Eiwoot Mead OF
Wyoming presided
Seipio Craig OF California made q
motion '1at the motto OF congress be
Save the forests and store the Hoods,
and that committee ON resolutions he
Instructed To draft a memorial setting
forth the objects OF the congress anu
showing the Importance OF the fecia'
nation OF the arid lands in the United
States and To IMPORT on Saturday,
ON motion OF cx-,.oy.rn0r j. brad
ford Prince OF New Mexico committees
on credentials. organization. rules anh
resolutions were appointed. eonsistins
OF men from each state and territory
represented. Captain Hiram NJ, Chit
t.nden OF the United States engineer
corps was then Introduced rnd spoke
on '-Heiations OF III. General Govern
ment 10 Reservoir Construction.
lie said Ia part; The storage OF III.
waste How Of its streams becomes an
indispensable. condition TO the highest
development OF the Western country.
lit Is evident that Congress Is not
unfayorabiy disposed toward the GOV.
srnment construction OF reservoirs. but
into the irrigation business Here then
1. on. rock which We should try TO
avoid lest IL caus. us shipwr~ck. The
reservoir question must he divorced
from the irrigation question 40 fur ns
active aid from the scn.Eal govern.
m-nt Is concerned.
These two principles should be CIV
en- corpoTat. form In the resolutions
which this association may present TO
Congress In asking for government aid
In III. construction OF storage r-ser-
yoifs.
"First-That the water so stored shall
b. for the FREE us. of the people. sub
Iect only to such laws and regulations
ns may h. In fore In the states
through which they flow.
''Scconi-Thnt. In thus ndvocItin.
the construction Of reservoirs by the
federal government to conserve the
waste waters Of the arid regions. this
association discialms any purpo~. OF
drawing the government into q policy
OF constructing irrisnilns works or Of
cnnciinI legislation for the control OF
the waters used In irrigation. ns In Its
Judgment such matters should bc left
exclusively TO the states nt present.
And In proposing law for the ap'
preparation Of money TO build any u.s.
crvolr. particularly the inst which may
be built. II should contain the follow
Ing provisos:
"flrst-Thnt the water so stored
shall be for the free use OF the people
and shall he rclcas scd under regulations
to be established by the secretary OF
war Tor interior. ns the ease may bel.
'Sccond-Thnt the waters so released
shall. after flowing on the government
reservoir property. become part OF
the stream In Its neutral condition. and
be subject TO the laws and regulations
OF the state or states through which
they flow.
''Thlrd-That the construction Of this
reservoir. or OF any other that may
hereafter be built. shall not In any
way commit the government to pol.
Icy OF constructing irrigation works.
nor OF controlling the distribution OF
the waters which How from such res.
eryoirs. .--
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
DECISION STRIKES AT
IRRIGATION INTERESTS

Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 23.-The Supreme
Court has rendered n decision which,
If not reversed on n rehearing, will rob
the western portion of the state of all
hope of reclaiming arid lands by irriga-
ton. The opinion written by Chief JUS
tice Norval holds. in effect, that the
owner of property adjacent to n stream
has the right to its water undiminished
and undiverted. This is the old Eng
lish common law, and it was against
such ruling the irrigation companies of
the West were fighting.
The suit was one brought to the Su-
preme Court by the Crawford 1rriga-
ton Company from Dawes county. 1t
had originally applied to the District
Court there for n restraining order to
be issued against certain persons who
had threatened to destroy dams across
the White river belonging to the Craw-
ford company. The irrigation company
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
NatlOnnI Grnngc Adlnnrns

Washington, Nov. 23.-The National
Grange adjourned sine die to-day, aft.
cr transacting considerable routine
business.
a resolution recommending the es-
tabllshmcnt of a department of COM
merce, with representation in the Pres
ldents cabinet, was referred without
the prevailing opinion
seeming to be that die first interest of
the grange is in the Department of
Agriculture.
"A communication from the President
said he would be pleased TO confer
with the legislative committee of the
organization on legislation pcrtaininp
to agricultural questions.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
We MUST SAVE THE FORESTS
AND STORE THE FLOODS

Colonel II. u. Maxson. the secretary.
In his report. stated that the member
ship OF the association now comprises
nearly l.0O Of the leading mercantile
and manufacturing concerns OF th''
United States and extends from Cali
fosnia To Maine and from NinnesoIa
To Texas
\ paper ON '-'rhe Wyoming law; q
Solution OF All Water Problems was
read by Fred Bond. stale engineer at
Wyoming. This MIS- followed by nj
address on Irrigation and the Sugar
Beei." by Herbert Myrick. editor Of
the Orange Judd Farmer.
The Sugar B.et ne Profitable
Arid Land Crop" was the topic dis
cusssi by Hugh n. Wiley. chemist Of
the United States Department OF AsEi-
culture.
Thomas Knights OF Kansas city
spoke on THE Public Lands ahi Ihe.E
Reclamation AMI Settlement"
rapers were read ON Irrigation lie
sources OF Montana" hy Professor ;,
forti-r. director OF the Montana -sI-E-
iment station at iiozcmnn. Montana,
and '-Co,OI-ratiye Canals and lrElsaI'
ed Homes" by !. u. O'oonneli. pEs-si-
dent OF the farmers' Canal Company
OF Billings. Montana.
Tho Auditorium thrnt-r wns well
fiiied when President, Mead. called ,h''
night s-ssion To order. \ letter from
Governor Roosevelt was rad in which.
among other things. he said:
II believe To the last point in the
vital Necessity OF storing ia. floods AMI
preserving tile forests. especially
throughout the plains AMI III. Rocky
Mountain region. The problem OF the
development of the srs-atrr West l. Ia
part n problem OF irrigation. mt
urnily believe In government giving
generous MD TO the movement. for II u
not possible. and II II wcf- possible. IL
would not L. wlss. to have this sioEas"
work done merely through privn,.
ownership.
without pretending to outline den.
nliciy n working scheme. venture to
point out thnt without the attainment
OF the following objects your plans
must mcasurrably fail:
"first-Goyrrnm-nt study OF the
STRAINS upon which your plans de-
pend.
Second - Government construction
aud control OF great Irrigation plants.
'Thiri-Thc preservation OF forests
by the extension OF the forest reserve
system nni hence OF government con.
troll OF the forests.
"fourth-Sntionai protection and use
OF the forests under expert supervision.
FIFTH urge you TO see to II that
private OWNERS OF forests In the West
and East alike understand that timber
ran bc cut without forest destruction
1.-THE Department OF Agriculture will
tell them how and that III. ownership
OF water rights In the arid country and
Of forest lands anywhere entails public
ns well ns private duties aud rcsponsI.
bIiltics.'
Clifford Pinchot. the government for.
ester. then gave an illustrated lecture
entitled Forestry In Business
Senator Addison q. Foster OF Wash.
ington then addressed the congress on
Lumber Supplies for Irrisators."
The session closed with nm address
on 'Thc Mountain Rninfair' by Pro
fcssor Willis l.. Moore. chief Of the
weather bureau.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
NATIONAL IRRIGATION
CONGRESS- PROCEEDINGS

Chicago. Nov. 2i.-Troublc arose in
the meeting OF the Irrigation Congress
yesterday afternoon. when the report
Of the committee on permanent organ
izaiion was presented.
II named Buffalo for the session OF
1901 and this causes SO vigorous pro-
test from the western delegates that n
decision was delayed until to-day.
The report honored Colorado by man,
Ing Thomas +. Walsh rs the next presi-
dent OF the national association.
Frederick V. Covillc. botnnist. of the
United States Department OF Agricul-
turc. spoke about New Crops for Arid
Lands" lie said In part:
"In transforming the plains and the
deserts from purely grazing region
to one In which crop-growing shall as
sumo an important position. both the
ory and costly experience indicate that
the varieties OF fruits, cereals and
other crops most successful in the
humid East are failures In the arid
West. The most pronounced successes
in arid land agriculture have come
from crops introduced into the United
States from those ports of the world
in which the culture Of arid lands has
been practiced for centuries.
About 1883 Kansas began the culti-
walton Of n cereal and forage plant
from Egypt and India known as
Kaflir corn. In 1893 the value Of the
Kansas crop was SG53. 600: in 1896, S3,-
10000: in 1897. S4.275 600. and in 1888
S5.Si2,OOO. The Turkey wheat now so
extensively grown in the Great Plains
is an immigrant from Russia. The
cold-resistant variety of alfalfa re-
Gently introduced by the Department
of Agriculture from Turkcstan prom
ises to affect an important extension in
the cultivation of this crop into the
higher and more northern plains. The
date palm has now been successfully
introduced into Southern Arizona and
extensive experiments under the aus
pices of the government are under way.
There has been set aside from the
Congressional seed distribution appro-
priation n special fund which the de-
partment of agriculture Is devoting to
n systematic prosecution of this plant
introduction work. Within the past
three years new plants have been Inn
ported which are capable of adding
enormously to the agricultural product
of the country. The Introduction of
Kiushu rice brought from Japan two
years ago by one of the departments
agricultural explorers means saving
to Louisiana rice planters of n million
and n half dollars per year.
The arid West will profit especially
by those importations Of new crops,
because the arid-land agriculture Is
comparatively new and undeveloped,
and offers attractive and lucrative
possibilities both to the cxperimenter
and practical agriculturist.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

According to the results OF studies by
Prof. A. Z. verrill the beautiful Ber-
muda Islands are merely the remnant
OF an island. very much larger than
the present entire group. but which
has sunk In the ocean. The origina,
island had an area OF 200 or 400 square
miles, whereas the Bermudas today are
only about twenty square miles in
area Within n comparatively recent
period. says Prof. Verrlll. the Bermu-
das have subsidized at least SO or 100
feet. Their base is the summit OF an
ancient volcano. while their surface
Is composed OF shell sand drifted into
hills by the wind and consolidated by
infiltration.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

mus, have no; Osly I'd
sistrncr.
I'VE shall no, rv,ss.al
and br.ihmB. by saue
not Redeem q, BY 1r}
shall no; r''ie,4a {, I'D
per that Wraps it, si-|
and turns it, tasE ssas
burning with rrll a.. Il
a high purI-osr o, ,ayr.j
city to-day srral ssaaj
aud wOincn. Thy ~
lisions: they nus isrs.j
OF different na,i6siif~
forget that ThsJ a.. 4
iitical assoclailgat. =s1
must force; that al
reached iha, polni. wtr
or nvc men whoa 10 4
licvcd In t,hcrr n, I'D
and say 10 ihe.- iA-sl
Now. then. tell Rs a.a:|
10 do. where yog IL.
what relation 10 yss rl
our church. our or:a;ls
TO the h.itcrIneH; o, u
will trus, your jgis=sj
low your lead. abi IL \
Next TO that In this ssrl
cncd soul We wan; III
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Captain S. p. Emmerson. who has
Just died in Denver. was distinguished
as the leader OF a company of irregular
Confederate forces. commonly known
as guerrillas. who hoped to capture or
destroy Chicago. Captain Emmerson
escaped capture on that occasion by
stealing a horse and riding away.
Many of the exploits OF his command
were as daring as those OF the Guam
trell. Morgan or Moseby raiders. He
was once captured in Kentucky. but
escaped by cutting a hole in the roo,
of his prison. Captain Emmerson was
. warm friend to the James boys. H..
never recovered from the grief caused
by the fall of the Confederacy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

It is with some surprise that one
reads in recent report of the director
of the National Observatory at Athens
that, taking area into account. earth
auakes are about twice as frequent in
Greece as they are in Japan. The lat
ter country has been looked upon as
par excellence the land Of earthquakes.
1t would appear that its earthquakes
are, upon the whole, mo. severe than
those in Greece, although the great ar
chitectural monuments of Greece have
suffered much from seismic disturb
ances.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

lated by the siss,. 81
the pE~esRl unali.
In the celestial s1-ti,s
Yea the fac, rp@a,
I've powers have tss
kin the pOss e,..rsr
have evidently iar,.,,
signed 10 pgoTst. \
armed resisIaHor \
An imIsoEtaE. ta..rJ
declarations IL tla, L,sJ
y state that lL9 ~
ton OF the ChiE-~. 49,
adapted BY any ia,..'l
without iahssF 70 :, y
Minister C"Fsgk N
upon his collrass.. III
agreeing alSa i-ssa,s.|
reasonably esrtais n
the chihese Th-Ernl
iary Hay apfsrsr,- n
the inPTisi soT,rrn~
want the shsi6a a, m,1
TO DISAPPEAR as a rWI,|
nations Of roE-gfti NJ
ciais. ~
The snssrs,55s fsr,|
the ausstioE by a. ssl
ference. 10 l@ ya,us,vl
s~ntatiSss Of ,h-p.s.,||
In some Eurprua n,,nl
Sir-,i. bug aEaSas ua~,,
II Is believed ,hl, =,
would L. the p.ilrf nj
matter 10 TIE IIa.# 4
ton.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
RooLer I. Washing

Boston. Nov. 2i.-Bn1
ington said last night VI
cent lynching Of a n,ssl
that the same class ol
gan to break the las I'll
negro will soon learn !, y.
by lynching a wil,'e NJ. n.
"that the Colorado lyn!a
the fact that the only VI
outbreaks is, in the W., l,,,
about such genera sa w..
in books, but in indus
MS will make odiouS y
which provoked the ,i', WI
then to educate puOlli
the point wherr Ptvrs 4
the country will see s',,,- y
have the highest cirtli1
is enforced regardless
"Wherever people 4
,.,,J Of otfpnSe W
into the Temptation on,
any any other kind ,,,. Of Gaf =
the injustice that = "a
the individual put y
legal Leg trial, we m",f nH,m,sl >
there is 4 perm" .Gn
which comes to , ,nr rit1
takes part in ana, anu WI 'u
outrage as occurred In
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Recent improvements In teiephoto
cameras arc said TO have obv!aied the
old ditacul,y which required long es-
posurcs. and have rendered II possible
to take pictures with such cameras as
quickly as with those OF ordinary con-
stFuetion. The improvement; has brra
effected by placing a tube. containing
n positive lens at one end and a mega
tive Mt the other. in front OF the or
dInary lens OF the camera.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

An electric railway IL TO be con-
struc;ed between Livcrpoo, and Man
chester. intended especially for the
swift transportation of passengers. I,
is said that the system adopted will be
that OF the single elevated rail-. the
cars being suspended from the rail.
The projectors talk OF sending trains
from one city to the other, a distance
OF about twcnty-nIne miles. In fifteen
mInues. or at the rate OF li5 miles an
hour,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

The Census Bureau has made public
the returns OF the population in Ala
bama. The population of the state in
1900 is 1,S2S.697. as against 1,513,0l7
in 1890, representing an increase since
1890 OF 3156S0 or 20.S per cent. This
rate of increase is slightly greater than
that for the decade from 1880 to 1890
when 1t was 1913 per cent. The popu-
lStion in 1900 is more than fourteen
times as large as that given for 1920,
the first census taken after its organ!-
zation as a state. in 1919. The total
land surface of Alabama is approx
mately 51.54O square miles, the aver
age number of persons to the square
mile at the censuses Of 1890 and 1900
being 29.3 in 1890 and 35.4 in 1900.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

out the necessity OF firing n rife shot.
l have never ceased to demand a tribu.
nal OF arbitration, which UP to now
has always been refused.
The war wlged on us in the two re.
publics has reached the last limits of
Darbarism. During my life have had
10 hght many times the savages of the
tribes OF Africa, but the barbarians we
have to fight now are worse than the
others. They even urge the Kaffirs
against us. They burn the farms we
worked so hard to construct, and they
drive our women and children, whose
brothers and husbands they have
killed or taken prisoners. leaving then,
unprotected and rooness aud often
without bread to eat.
But, whatever they may do, we will
never surrender. We will fight to the
end. Our great imperishable confidence
reposes in the Eternal. r. God. We
know our cause is just and II the jus-
tice OF men Is wanting to US, He, the
Eternal, who Is master OF all peoples.
and to whom belongs the future, will
never abandon us.
II assure you that IL the Transynal
and the Orange Free State must lose
their independence. it will be because
an 'hc bocT people nave been de-
stroycd with their women and chill.
dren."
After this speech at the hotel. the ap-
plause continued until. to testify his
gratitude. Mr.. Kruger took in his hand
corner of the French tri-color that
was flying between the Transvaal and
the Free State flags. and pressed It to
his heart again and again. The enthusi-
astic people cheered him until he with,
drew to his rooms, which he found half
filled with bouquets and garlands pre-
sented by his admirers
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Prof. Kolthor OF Sweden. who re-
Gently returned from Greenland ~ith
a pair OF musk oxen. one OF the OBJ
,ee,s OF his travels. believes these In
t-restIns animals can bc aeciImatIr-d
In the north OF Sweden. In ma,,es OF
food. he says. they arc as easily
pleased as the American goa, that d.
s~s,s oyster cans A tull-sro~n OF
will weigh between i.t0o aud 1900
pounds. and It's fczh is good eating
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Kersehdors. near Heidelberg. has
lively nine,y-ons-yeaE-old blacksmith.
and church warden who recently
climbed to the top OF the church
a,scple and tied q new rope to III. bell
after the younger men in the rillsE-
had refused TO risk themselves.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
Queen wi,helmi,a,. Mc..npc.

The Hague, Nov. 4.-Quecn Wilhel-
nina has sent n message to President
Kruger saying she is happy to learn
that he has completed his voyage and
Is in good health.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
CensorinC Lettsrs.

Berlin, Nov. 24.-From n number OF
postal cards and letters that have just
arrived from China, it Is inferred tNat
Count Won Waldcrsee has forbidden
the German soldiers to write home re-
ghrdiuE the incidents of war.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

New York city has i.5.. poliins
places. only 81 less than the whole
state OF Nebraska. and > more than
there are in North Carolina
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

No matter how poor a native OF the
Hawaiian islands may be. be Is nsSeF
seea Begging. The only bsssaTs
there. arc chiefly the Impoverished
Portuguese residents.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Owing TO the big vintage and the
scarcity OF casks wine Is selling al one
cent a quart al many vineyards IN the
bordeaux district OF France.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

II man has chronic dyspepsia i, !s
hard to convince him that the world
Is growing better,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

Prof. Emil funs. of Geneva. s~l'r'
eFland. has eouared the ants In nNe
nests Their numbers were 5J.ois. Co.
40. 1883. $685.. tE.s.s.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30
sr,,an Need. rel

Constantinoplc;, ;,,.,ea SSI d
has definitely rclt,'iI'i J Ind
an exequatur for 2 mi,
SUI sui at Hnrpoo'ii poo ii,njted ted 4
garded by the ui,,t't ,Inn q
Ss n direct violat'VSi', IA, VSi',splj
and an l. consequently; y%ortos. qtsa'
DR.. Thomas nlll.,.i'ISnt Il, HSI II
pointed by Pres,%Iljsh essanljsh 81
time time ago to cstaO'd,Iirr aa lind
Harpoot, has been
to his post. , ,isit Of \
The expected v.sr '.sn, i 4
Kentucky to Sll'y, N.Y. io to thli
late quite as m'l," ',l,nestIop.
the indemnity que'"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

A maa usually laughs when he Is
amused; a woman usually laughs ~hsa
she thinks other people think shs
ought 10 laugh.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

In 1883. by an act OF Parliament. the
use OF dogs in i4ondon 10 dEa- eaFs-
ss beasts O. burden ~as abolished,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

was diverting the waters of the river
for the benefit of farmers thereabout,
and this affected the working of a mill
owned further down the stream by the
defendants. The District Court denied
the writ and the Supreme Court af-
iirmed the ruling.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-30

S12.9l0 actually available for interior
finish. There has been a total expendi-
ture on the Pueblo postoflicc of S292.-
2S6 and the available balance now on
hand is SI,31O.
Employment agents for the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company are trying n
new experiment in the matter of en-
ployes mt the steel works, says the Pu-
eblo Chieftain. They have recently
put twcnty-cight Greeks to work there,
and If they turn out to be good men n
large number will probably be brought
to Pueblo and given situations. The
Greeks are II new addition to Pucblo's
population. and besides those now ell
gagged at the Bcsscmer plant there are
nearly fifty more in the city. They
came from Chicago in body to secure
work. and are said to be Il very indus.
trious class.
When interviewed in Denver recent
ly, Warden 11oyt of the state penIten-
tinry is represented as declaring him
sell IN favor of the restoration of can
ltal punishment. "rhcrc will undouhi
edly be Il great many legislators who
Will advocate clcctrocution," said thc
warden, but as that is not anv moro
humane than hanging. favor the lat
ter and cheaper method There Is ono
thlng. though, | do not favor making
slaughter house of the penitcntiarv
ana | do not think that criminals
should be executed there They should
De hanged by the sheriff ut the differ
cnt county jails."
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
YUMA ARIZONA SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 1900

Adam Ludy for the following school lands, towit: R. H. Thiel- man for lease on NJ and SW4 of Sec. Is, Tp. 10, S, R. 24 w., G. & s. R. NJ, in all 48O acref, and Adam Ludy for a lease of Sec. 16, Tp. 9 s.. R. 24 w., in all $40 acres, are hereby vacated because each of said parties failing to gay the rental and execute the leases there for.
 At 4::3G p. Ri. the board ad journed.
 P. G.CoTTER,
 Chairman Board of Supervisors. Attest: W. E. MARVIN,
 Clerk Board of Supervisors. 1
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
THIS SAFE INVESTMENT HAY LEAD
 TO FORTUNE..S1OO.O .OOO.

THE SUM OF $lO0,OOO IN Real Estate will be given away at Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the 18th of December to subscribers to the Humanitarian Home and Sanatarium for Consumptives, Invalids and Health seekers, Incorporated. The real es- tate consists of stores residence build, ing lots in the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico also 320 acres of land with improvements thereon in San Miguel county. All the improved real estate is ren ed to good tenants. The home is receiving donations of sewing ma chimes, watches, books, etc, which will also be given to subscribers. Sub. scribers will receive coupons. Every holder of coupon will receive some thing. All subscribers will partici pate in the giving away of the real estate and property which will take place in presence of citizens, officers and members of fraternal orders. Let every subscriber aid the worthy enter prise. All will be welcome. Sub scription price for whole coapon Five Dollars, halves $2.50, ffths $1. Remit to J. H Teitlebaum, Treasurer, East Las Vegas, New Mexico.