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The age-herald., 1901-11-15
REAL ESTATE.

 s2S50-s cottages. 21st street Avenue G. S1500-2 houses; rents for S15 per month: terms good. $75O-4-room house, 10th street. south S3l5O-Lot 50xl90; Groom cottage on front: good Groom servants house on rear lot: all bring SS6 per month. $65o0-Nice residence on Underwood Hill. $60O0-Lot 75x150-Nice 7-room house, Ar lington avenue. $700-Lot 50x14l-s-room house (new), pan- try and hall, 18th street, north. $S00-3-room house. rents for $S per month; lot 50x150; Cedar street, Gate city car line; S10O cash balance $15 per month $1S00-Nice cottage, East Lake; terms good. $10O0-one new 4-room house, pantry, coal house, good well; everything new and complete; Fowler Station, Woodlawn; terms $500 cash balance $25 per month $4500--2 eight-room houses; rents for $45 per month, 18th street. South High lands. S30Oo-14th street, near 11th avenue South Highlands; New broom cottage, mod ern.
 $3OO0-7-room cottage on Avenue G. on car line. $S0O0-E Elegant residence, Fist street, South Highlands. s7250-7-room house, beautiful lot, 18th av- enue, South Highlands.
 VACANT PROPERTY. Lot 25x140 2d avenue, near 18th street, north. 26 lots, South Highlands. 5S lots, North Birmingnrm. lot, 23d street, 12th avenue, north. A beauty.
 See prices at office.
 MALONE REAL EST. & INS. Go. Both phones 613 2017 First Avenue. P. S.-Give us your insurance. We rep- resent the best aggregation of companies. representing $5000.000 of capital. If you have real estate for sale, you will do well to place your property in our hands.
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
THE AeE.HERALp IN TUSCALOOSA

The Age-HeraId Is delivered by car. ricr to any address in Tuscaloosa. Your subscription SC a trial Is soilc. tied. Leave your name with .. Q.
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
WANTED.

wANTED-Everybod to know that I make the shingling of houses special ty. J. F. Hayles, the shingler, 1901 Ave nue I; new phone 1412. old phone 1547. 11-13-7t
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BOARD WANTED.

WANTED-Room and board by young man; must be close in and have con veniences. Address H. c. G., care Age Herald. 11.14-2t
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BOARDERS WANTED,


 WANTED-First class boarders in a nice residence nicely located with modern improvements, at Mrs. J. Abrahams s, 2315 4th avenue. u-9-7t WANTED-Boarders; a handsomely fur nished room with private dressing room attached, with board. Call or address 700 West 20th street. 11-S-7t
The age-herald., 1901-11-15

FIVE PER CENT MoNEY-we have money to lend at B. 51k and per cent he valuation and the security fixes the rate. Both phones No 42. w. B. Lccdy & Co.,, 112 North 21st street 11-10-14t
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
NEM RARGAINS-

NEW BARGAINS. S6500-S15O0 cash; 10-room, new and strict ly modern handsome woodwork;' pol ished floors, etc.: corner 10th avenue and 18th street, South Highlands. s5e00-2-story, modern S-room house: large lot; Avenue G. between 20th and Fist streets; rents $480 year. s12O0-50x14O 12th avenue, between 24th and 18th streets; fronts south; choice property. s2750-26 acres adjoining Kingston; bar gain.
 s3O00-50xl40 improved; 4th avenue, near 23d street.
 s. B. THOMPSON, Phone A 223 2lst street. 11-3-tf-su-wed-fri
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OUR FACILITIES for placing real es- tate loans are unsurpassed. Will lend money in amounts ranging from 5000 to $150000 at rates cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. Steiner Bros
The age-herald., 1901-11-15

A meeting of the committee was held yesterday morning in the Mayors office, and a few minor matters taken up. All of the big features have been arranged and only few small matters are yet open.
 A joint meeting of all the commit ees will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:3O O clock when the work will be reviewed
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
FOR SALE.


 FOR SALE One locomotive Walter Hoffman. 24O1 Morris ave. Birmingham. Ala. 10-19 -30t FOR SALE-Gcod, gentle family horse, surrey and new harness for sale cheap. Party leaving city; exceptional oppor- tunity. Address Opportunity, care Age Herald. 11-I5-3t FOR SALE-A number of good, high grade Jersey milch COWS and springers. Southern stock yard, 1st avenue and 27th street. 11-14-3t FOR SALE-Five 72x16 inch boilers, now at the Consolidated Electric Plant: can be seen under steam pressure of 125 pounds. Delivery after January 1, 1902 Apply to Charles T. Lehman, 1901 Powell Avenue. 11-14-tf FOR SALE-Sawdust delivered in wagon loads. Phone Kennedy Slave and Coop craze Co.,: Peoples phone IT. 11-1S-7t FOR $2C00-House and lot .00x178. rear 14th avenue, south. and 18th street
 five rooms; a bargain. W. B. Leedy & Co.,, 112 North 21st street. 11-10-10t
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FOR RENT.

We offer for rent within next three days the best store house on 2d ave- between 18th and 20th sts; new; all modern im- provements; elevator and store fix lures. Apply at office. Brown Bros. & Co.,, So5 North th st.
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
SITUATION WANTED.

AN EXPERIENCED BooKKEEPER wants to take charge of a small set of books that will require not more than to hours per day; terms reasonable; city references. Address P. O. Box IA. 11-14-3t
The age-herald., 1901-11-15

WANTED-Feather beds and pillows; highest market prices paid for old feathers; send postal. Charles Simon, 2114 Second avenue. 11-11-U
 WANTED-To exchange a sewing ma chine for board. Apply to the Singer Mfg. Co.,. 30l 20th st. North. 10-16-tf
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

WANTED Intelligent colored girl to wait on lunch trade. Apply between Il a. m. and 12 -m., or after p. m., 1904
 2d ave. l1-13-tf
The age-herald., 1901-11-15
HELP WANTED.


 WANTED-Men or women to sell sewing machines; salary or commission. Ap- ply to Singer Mfg. Co., 301 North 2oth street. 10-15-tf
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
LAND TITLES.
MONEY TO LEND.

~-@~-~~~~-~-------~-~----- MONEY TO LEND-We have $25O, 900 to lend on Birmingham property at very lend from $500 up; call on us. 302 Chali- foux Building. L. F. Allen & Co.
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f2S50-3 cottages. 21st street, Avenue G. Sl500-2 houses; rents for S15 per month; 1;
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22

of the District of Columbia, including
the hospital for the insane, now having
under construction a million dollar ad-
dition; Freedmens Hospital, Toward
Institute and hospital for the deaf,
dumb and blind; the care, repair and
reconstruction work Of the national
Capitol-these and scores Of others
make up the burden carried by the Sec
Rotary Of the Interior.
In this trying position, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, of ST. Louis, the present In
cumbent, has acquitted himself credit
ably and enjoys the esteem Of his chief
and his subordinates as well. Mr..
Hitchcock Is great-grandson of Ethan
Allen, Of Vermont. He was born in
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 10, 1885, lived year
at New Orleans and then removed to
Nashville, Tenn, where he attended
private schools, completing his course
Of study In 1855 at the military acad-
envy In New Haven. Then he went to
st. Louis and engaged In the mercantile
business. In 1880 he went to China as
the representative of large CONNER
cial concern. In 1872 he retired from
business and spent couple of years In
Europe. Returning to the United
States IN 1874 he was engaged as pres
ident Of several manufacturing, mining
and railway companies, until he was
appointed In 1897 envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Russia
When the title Of this commission was
changed to ambassador, Mr.. Hitchcock
was the first to be thus designated. In
1890 he was appointed Secretary of the
Interior to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement Of Cornelius Bliss.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22

ground as 1t proceeds, dividing into
numerous branches or rills as 1t in
creases Its distance from the opening
in the ditch. To facilitate Its spread
ing and to insure Its thorough appllca-
ton to every portion Of the surface the
irrigator follows Its course, and by
means Of long-handled shovel guides
1t to every position Of the field. This
guiding Is done by moving q few
shovelfuIs Of earth here and there. and
thus separating the various small rills
and starting the branches In different
directions. In this way the irrigator
follows the water through the field and
prevents Its collecting In the depres-
sions. leading 1t out upon such points
as would without his assistance be
missed by the water.
Under this system an experienced ir-
r1gator can cover from ten to twenty
acres day, the area depending upon
the character Of the land surface and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22

vent the water from coming into actual
contact with the trees, because of the
danger of scalding. Flooding the
surface also results, In some soils, In
baking and compacting the earth about
the trunks and roots Of the trees. To
avoid these consequences one or two
burrows are plowed along each side. of
row Of trees. at a distance of two
or three feet therefrom, and the
water Is turned from the ditch into
these burrows and permitted to traverse
them slowly from end to end, thorough
ly soaking the ground as 1t progresses,
and reaching in to the roots without
coming In contact with the stems above
the surface. The necessary moisture
Is thus impaired without the wetting
and subsequent baking Of the surface
which might result from flooding.
When the trees are sufficiently irrigat-
ed the water is turned out Of these fur
rows and into others, the process being
thus continued until the whole area
has been served. The burrows are
then filled in with a pillow, the whole
surface worked over with cultivator
and nc trace left of either the burrows
or the application of water. This
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
snonstble for the proper performance


Of their duty to no other authority.
That this supervision of the distribu-
ton of the water may be ei1ecuve ln
detail. II becomes necessary TO police
and patrol the streams from which II
Is diverted. To this end 1t Is the duty
of the water commissioners or water
masters to examine and regulate the
head gates Of all bitches or other con-
; duits by which water is diverted from
the stream or streams under his
charge. to determine that each claim
ant receives the volume of water TO
which he Is entitled under his decreed
priority of right.
In the time of scarcity of water the
water master has In the discharge Of
his duties not only the right to close
the head gates of those not entitled to
water at the time, but the authority to
lock them down When this authority
is exercised he usually posts a written
notice upon the gates so closed. which
gives notice that the same are under
the control of the water commissioner
and must not, under the penalty of the
law, be opened or interfered with ex-
cept by his authority.
Reservoirs.
Reservoirs for storing the surplus
during the early part of the season for
use In the later months are constructed,
lofty and expensive dams have been
built across the canyons Of mountain
streams. The greater number Of stor-
age sites which have been utilized, and
those which give the largest return for
given expenditure of money, are the
lakes often found near the heads Of
streams and the natural basins or de-
pressions frequently found In the val
legs which border them. In some
localities these basins are quite numer-
Gus and extend for long distance from
the stream out into the plains which
border them. Others are broad open
ings or valleys In the mountains which
were doubtless formerly lakes, but
which have been filed by sedimenta-
ton. The basins found on the plains
are more desirable, both because they
are nearer the place where water Is
to be used and are freer from floods,
and because 1t usually requires small
er outlay to improve them. To do
this requires the construction Of canal
to fill them. and Of outlet works for
drawing off the water and transporting
1t to the land to be irrigated.
In the plains reservoirs the water
usually is conducted directly to the
lands, but In those Of the mountains 1t
has first to be turned back into the
river and carried with the natural flow
Of the stream to the headgates Of the
bitches or canals through which 1t Is
to be diverted and used. This Is neces-
sary because of their distance from and
their great elevation above the lands
on which 1t is to be used.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
rres. The precipitation ordinarily

SOURCES. Inc precipitation ordinarily
occurs In the form of snow, and even
this is not abundant except in the
mountains. 1t Is the melting of the
snow with the advent of warm weather
which causes the periodical rise of the
waters. April, May and June are the
high water months. With the ex-
ception of the grasses. and perhaps al
falfa, few crops require irrigation
earlier than May 1, nor do they often
require 1t later than September 10.
June and July are the months of maxi
mum use of irrigating water, and the
use In August usually Is much greater
than the use In May. Grain requires
less water than alfalfa, potatoes need
less than grain. and fruit trees less
than any of them. For the ordinary
farm products of the temperate re-
gions two or three irrlgations usually
are required for the production of
satisfactory crop. The amount for
each irrigation varies from five to nine
inches over the land.
Patrol1lng the Ditch.
When several persons are interested
In the same ditch, the necessity for
some system of control arises. In
the case of unincorporated community
canals this control is secured by the
selection of a water master, who Is
usually one of the owners, to have
charge of the operation and mainten-
ance of the system and the distribution
of It's water to those entitled to Its use.
It is on the large corporation canals,
however, that the necessity for care
full system of operation and manage
ment is most apparent. Many of these
canals are more than fifty miles long,
and number their water users by hun
dreds. The representative with whom
the farmer and irrigator comes into
most frequent and intimate contact Is
the ditch rider, who usually Is ap-
pointed by the manager or president.
He is provided with a list of, the per-
sons having water rights from the
canal, showing the amount to which
each Is entitled under his contract; or,
in case Of community stock companies,
with a list Of the stockholders and the
amount Of stock owned by each. Such
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22

the volume of water at his disposal.
For such crops as grain, alfalfa, clover
and the various grasses-for every
thing, In fact, which Is sown broadcast
and is distributed uniformly over the
surface-the flooding system Is en-
ployed, and furnishes the best, in some
cases the only, practicable method Of
applying the water.
Under the furrow method parallel
burrows are plowed, leading from the
ditch through the field between the
rows of the crop to be irrigated. A
small opening is made in the ditch to
let the water into each furrow. A dam
of canvas or earth Is placed in the
ditch just below the lowest furrow into
which water is being run at the time,
thus holding the. water nearly level In
that part of the ditch from which 1t
| Is being drawn. Where the slope of
the ground Is excessive these burrows
must be run dlagonally or irregularly
In order to reduce their grade and thus
prevent erosion of the soil
In the case Of fruit trees 1t usually
is desirable during hot weather to pre-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22

phens' direction active enlistment ;.
the various Fenian societies was ~
dertaken in 1864, and secret drill,na-
were carried on all over the island
This activity had been preceded M
year before by convention in m
United States, at which Stephens wa.
proclaimed the practical head of m
Irish nation, or, as he was called h,
the Fenians, the central organizer ~
the Irish republic. John O'Mahonan
was chosen head center for the United
States.
With the close of the Civil War NAM
Irishmen who had won fame in tha
Union army on Southern battlefields re
turned to Ireland, having been led to
believe through Stephens representa-.
ton that a good-sized army of Irish
patriots had already been organized
and equipped, and was only waiting
FOR competent commanders. When II
was urged upon him that the time for
action had arrived, Stephens insisted
upon a delay, and he was openly &C.
cused of being braggart, of being
vain and altogether incompetent
What might have happened had the
revolution actually begun no one can
state. The fact Is that the British gov.
eminent got wind of Stephens plans,
found him In Fairfield House, Sandy.
mount, suburb Of Dublin, through the
skill of the famous detective, Dawson,
and on the morning of Saturday, Nov.
II, 1865, the agitator was arrested and
lodged In Richmond Bridewell prison.
Three days later he was arraigned be
fore Magistrate .Stronge.
He was remanded for examination,
but before he could be brought into
court again he had escaped from prison,
chiefly through the efforts of Capt
John Kerwin, who is now in New York
Stephens made his way to France and
thence to the United States. He was
received with great honor In New York
by the Fenian brotherhood. In 1891 he
was unoficially informed that If he
would give up all further Fenian agi.
tation he might return to Ireland. He
accepted the offer and the closing days
of his life were spent in retirement in
Dublin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
SPRING MAKES HIM HOMESICk.
Texan Afflicted with the Ai1ment Like
the Cattle on the Range.

Texan Afflicted with the AiIment Like
the Cattle on the Range.
you can talk about Christmas and
Thanksgiving and the other holidays
being the high-tide times for homesick-
ness, but they aren't circumstance to
the first spring days"
The old Texan looked out Of the win
dow Of his Broadway office, and eyed
the trees In Trinity churchyard wlstful-
ly while he talked with Sun reporter.
II can stand this blamed town all
right, in winter" he went on, land
can put In a summer at Bar Harbor,
without much grooming; but every year,
when the first spring days come, l get
30 homesick that I'm actually maudlin.
Maybe a young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Of love, in the spring,
but ! know one old man whose fancy
turns heavily to thoughts Of Texas.
Great Scott What wouldn't | give to
be down there to-day, with good horse
under me, and a herd of cattle.ahead of
me- and the prairie rolling off, In big
waves, to the horizon line. I'm home
sick, l tell you.
Its this soft limiting weather thai
has crept into me. That's nature. Why,
the very cattle on the range get restless
on such days and break away. If the
boys miss any of the herd In the early
spring they don't fool around wonder
ing where the brutos have gone. They
know the place to find them Is ON the
range where they were born.
I've known steers 10 go across coun-
try, straight as a die, through all kinds
Of obstacles, back to their old range.
Horses will do the same thing. I've
had wild mustangs break away in the
night and make tracks for the place
where they were foaled. A man Is only
a higher order Of brute, and he keeps a
good many instincts, though he doesn t
always recognize them.
I'm homesick for Texas, but Pm
homesick for something further back
than that.
1--WE been sitting here at my desk.
and every little while, without any rea-
son or warning, | would find shallowy
pebbly stream running across my
ledger and shutting out the figures.
while there by the inkstand a dirty lit
tie chap would lie on the bank, fishing
with an old hickory rod. don't be-
lieve ever caught fish In that creek.
but l was tremendous optimist.
Homesick weather l call It,"
And the Texan blew his nose angrily.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
ETHAN A. HlTCHCOCk.
a. Has Established Reputation az
secretary of the Interior.

Secretary of the lntcrioT.
Though generally regarded as less
.,,nortant than most of the cabinet po-
.ltions and ranking below six OF them
n tbe Presidential succession, that OF
secretary of the Interior has greater
diversity of duties than any OF tne
other portfolios. An outline Oh tne
scope of his department indicates put
meagerly the duties and responsibilities
that come to him In a day. the Generai
Iand Office, the Patent Office, the Bu-
roam of Pensions, Office Of Indian Az
fairs. Office of Education. Office OF
Commissioner of Railways, the Geo
logical Survey and the Central once
all pour a mass of knotty and difficuit
nroblems into the Secretary's office Tor
solution. The education Of children IN
Alaska: general supervision and appfi-
cation of the money appropriated for
agricultural colleges In the different
States. now aggregating $1,2OO,ooo per
annum; Immigrant railroads; internal
affairs of Indian Territory, Arizona,
Hawaii New Mexico, Alaska and Porto
Rico; national parks and government
reservations; eleemosynary institutions
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
that 1t could be made higher II any one
dared to maintain the fight.

that It could be made higher If any one
dared to maintain the fight.
Phillips is fair and open In all his
dealings, and shows no disposition to
conceal anything or to spring any sur
prises. He says: II believe In legitl-
mate market. If corn or oats are not
In sight the market should be rising
one. The farmer Is entitled to the best
prices possible, and the traders aim
should be to deal on the facts as they
are. l am in this business as bust
ness man dealing with facts"
Those who admire him most In the
Board of Trade say: Gle has done
more than any Ave or ten of the old
time operators to bring outside trade
to the Chicago market. He has big
line of customers buying corn on It's
merits, and ought to be helped Instead
of injured"
Mr.. Phillips works hard and Is mod
est and retiring. He cares nothing ior
the glamour Of SOCIETY. In an unpre'
tentious dwelling on the edge of the
northwestern limits of Chicago his nap
piest hours are spent with his wife anu
three little children. He hates notoriety
and avoids 1t In every way possible. ne
does not wish to be interviewed or helu
up to the public view In any way. tic
may be deposed Corn King IN time
but II will not disturb his full ana
greatest enJoyment-his modest home
iifa
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-22
THE CHICAGO "CORN KING"
George H. Phillips Is Young, Modest
and Hard working.

George H. Phillips Is Young, Modest
and Hardworking.
The "big little man" of the Chicago
corn pit is George II. Phillips. He Is
"big" because of his tremendous trans
actions In corn, but In physique he is
small, being little else than a bundle Of
wire and steel nerves. He Is "a years
old and was born in Morris, Ill. His
father was a grain dealer, and the life
of the young Spectator has been asso'
ciated with grain and principally corn.
AS soon as his school days were over
he went to Chicago and worked at any,
thing his hands found to do. Owing to
his knowledge Of corn he secured po
sition with the corn inspectors Of the
Alton and Burlington Roads. Later he
became a buyer for the house of
George A. Seaverns & Co., and finally
started In as a commission merchant
on his own account, having very lin
tied capital but wide experience.
His first big transaction was In the
corn deal Of November, 1900, when
without dollar to control the market
he had the entire product Of corn then
In sight under his thumb. This was
because he depended upon the farmers
for his guidance and support, and not
upon Government or other crop reports.
The farmers had confidence In him,
and were ready to help him, for he be-
lieved that through fictitious opera
lions the bears kept the price of corn
too low In the Chicago markets, and