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Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
Fiuhns Into ,hs Country

People are nockine into the country from all sections of Southern Califur- nia and at the present rate several thousand acres will bc under CultiVa. ton in a few months The canal sHs- tom of thc Imperial company is being extended as fast as possible li has new reached she cid bed of the New River and through that channel the waters have been carried Co Caluga Lake. The company has a great abun. dance of water and can readily sup. ply several times the present amount when the facilities for handling ii have been completed San Diego Tri- bune.
 Tempe People Investigating.
 Two car loads of cows belonging Co P T. Bania were today sent out by special train. Mr Banta Is now lo- cated near Imperial City a section ot Southern California That Is rapidly coming into prominence as one ot the greatest agricultural sections uf the Southwest There are thousands upon thousands ot acres ot land of incom- parable fertility Plenty oi water Is supplied from a biz canal that taps the Colorado River \ number of Tempe people are now Investigating this section with a view Co making extensive investments there. - eInpc tArizA News
 Takes A Section
 C. F. White visited Imperial few days this week and practically de- cided 10 possess himself ot a section of that fertile land He is very san guine in his opinion that that portion of the Colorado Desert will yet become a great country Pomona Review
 Seven Thousand Acres
 The Crawford Bros. leave the first of the week for Imperial. where they are holders Of a 70pG-ac-e tract o{ des- ert land. with 8 mixed car Of horses. lumber furniture. etc These gentle men will not permanently locate ai Imperial. but will be there for a greater or less time during the year. Pomona Review.
 Fifty Working Mules,
 George 4. Carter ot Pomona tells me he has just closed contract to take fifty working mules to the Imperial lands. on New River. The teams will be employed in leveling ibe hum mock lands. D preparing the lands for farm ing. and in building canals throughout the district MT Carter also has freighting contracts which will em- ploy a limited number of his teams These are only a few pointers tndi- eating the rapidity with which the delta lands are attracting settlers The Pomona contractor will improve a section of his own land this winter. and engage in acii1- farming whi' 2 experimenting his other work. IL is expected that the Imperial country will make wonderful progress during the next few months.-IOs Angeles Times.
 Twenty Days Trp.
 City Clerk Walter F.. Butler. Ed Bailey. C II Hamburg and D. J. Cook. the advance guard of the overland Im- perial party. arrived in the city Wednesday evening after an enjoyable trip Of twenty days to inspect the biz irrigation proposition of the Imperial Land and Water Company. the largest work of Its kind in America.-Whit- tier News.
 A Section for Gleason.
 l. ". Gleason returned last evening from Los Angeles. accom- panied by J. F. Jack son. MT Gleason secured Gi0
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16

personal observation hc considers C the greatest irrigation undertaking in America -CoyinA Argus.
 Sixteen Horse Power Ditehef.
 Tho California Development Com pary has received sixteen horse power ditchcr which will at once be put in operation on the Imperial Canal says the Times. for use on the laterals a large number ot scrapers have been brought tn Another mann moth steam cXcayator has been shipped also to be used on on the excavation ot the great canal system An enormous amount uf dirt will be moved in day when these two large machines have been put in operation. supplemented with the hundreds of scrapers. and in a comparatively short time it will bc possible to get water on the larger portion of all the land in this section cf the valley California Cultivator.
 Down the Colorado to Imperial.
 MT R C. Mcoueston leaves Monday night for the Needles and intends go- Ing from there down the Colorado to Imperial and perhaps will locate on some of the lands of the Imperial Company Mr McQueston Is a long time resident of RandsburE has been iu the employ of C C. IH'ngwoTth for more than two years and k thor oughly reliable gentleman. Few men in Randsburg have more sincere friends. all of whom regret his going away Randsburg Miner.
 Nest B.autiiul Garden Spots.
 X portion Of ,-c Colorado Desert Is being reclaimed and soon there will hs. another region which will be duplicate of the marvelously produc- tive country about Phoenix, ATiz- Quite Q section of the Moiave Desert will soon undergo the same kind ot transformation. and then two of the most forbiddlng deserts In the world wfH contain some of the most beauti- iul garden spots in the world \ view of Phoenix before irrigation was installed and Of its luXuriant verdure at present Is enough 10 convince any one what the change sifinifes. If may be noted also that great degree nf prosperity comes with the trans formation -- Modesto News
 kETUGaf steamer Line
 Yuma will celebrate on the 10th of next month the opening of regular steamer line between that city and Guaymas There will be an excursion on the river and a banuuet which will be attended by the Governors of Ari- zoua and New Mexico and the Mexi can State of Sonora. Yuma k really ambitious to figure as a seaport and lcoks forward 10 direct steamer con nertious with San Diego. San Fran cisco Seattle and with New York via the lsthmlan Canal.-Riyerside Press.
 PondeIoso Quality.
 Of course. the Imperial country could beat in quantity and quality the greaJest beets grown. but the sugar trust is too much tn evidence to con- gidey the beet sugar question at pres enf. but for stock these added to al- falfa and all varieties of grasses and grains. corn. millet. rice and cotton. wlll make a pretty good list to grow and prosper on. without adding the vegetables which all grow of the pom deroso quality.-San Diego News
 Wonderful Growths.
 F.. C Wilsic oi Sordhon. was n town Tuesday displaying some of the products Of the much-touted Imperial land country. The wonderful growth of grain. sorghum and vegetables since the canal was completed a few weeks ago demonstrates beyond queA- aH A..
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16

 printed of which are included the above figures for september 393 and for Septemb the circulation THg in history. more than daily publication of the Rockies"
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
PRESS CLIPPINGS.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXCHANGES ARE STILL TALK ING ABOUT THE IMPERIAL SETTLEMENTS. THE PRESS CAN FIND ROOM HEADING A FEW OF THE SHORTER NOTICES DAILY CLIPPED FROM EXCHANGES, LONGER ARTICLES ARE TREATED
 SEPARATELY.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
Seven Thousand Acres.

The Crawford Bros leave the first of the week for Imperial. where they are holders Of @ 7@pG-acTe tract of des- ert land. with 8 mixed car of horses. lumber furniture. etc These gentle men will not permanently locate ai Imperial. but will be there for a greater or less time during the year. Pomona Review.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
Takes a Section

C. F. White visited Imperial a few days this week and practically de- cided to possess himself of a section of that fertile land He is very san guine in his opinion that that portion of the Colorado Desert will yet become a great country Pomona Review.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16

which it will reach in about ten days The canal is bcing dug deeper C. af- ford larger supply of water Yuma Sun
 Greatest Irrigation Undertaking
 W R Bruadwcil. our local dry goods mrrruart lcft on Sunday for a trip Go Imperial returning Wcdncs- day evening He staged it as far as Inc Mexican line and from hts own personal observation hc considers C thc greatest irrigation undertaking in America - CuyinA Argus
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
Quite SD Excitement.
Deepening the Canal

Joe Carter was up from the Imperial heading country yesterday. Mr. Car ter reports that the big dredger is working back toward the heading.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16

printed of inclusive period of twelve
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
AMERICANS ARE FAR AHEAD
Machinists of This Country Have No
Equals in Any Other Land.

Machinists of This Country Have No
Equalsi in Any Other Land.
One Of the greatest obstacles to the
general introduction of American ma
chine tools into continental Europe is
the ignorance of the average European
machinst. This Is especially true of
the higher classes of machine TOOLS
The intelligence which enables an
American mechanic to understand and
operate machine seems to be dor
mant or entirely wanting in his Eu-
ropean brother. The American Manu-
facturer quotes the sales manager of
one Of the leading manufactures of
machine tools in this country as say.
ing:
"Install a fine machine In shop on
the continent. and unless the maker
has sent with 1t from the works an ex.
pert to break the dunderheads into the
using Of it the chances are three to
one that the perfect mechanism will
be a wreck inside of forty-eight hours
after the power is applied to it. Ac-
customed to work with tools that are
crude and simple. compared with the
ingenious and intricate American in
ventiOns, the operating machinists of
Europe are slow to comprehend the
latter and often do them lot Of dam
age by stupid handling. These facts
are so well recognized by our machine
tool builders that when giving an .esti-
mate on any considerable amount of
work care is had to add enough to the
price to cover the sending of man,
or men, to install the machines and
stay with them until they have proved
their merits"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
COuundruns

What is higher aud handsomer when
the head is off? A pillow.
When Is lady's arm not lady's
arm? When it Is little bare?
What is that which cats have that
nothing else has? Kittens.
When may a chair be said to dislike
you? When 1t can't bear you.
What sort of countenance is welcome
to an auctioneer? One that is forbid
ding.
What does lamp-post become when
the lamp Is removed? A lamp lighter.
Where was Napoleon going when he
was 80 years old? Into his fortieth.
What letter in the alphabet Is most
useful to deaf woman? A. because
It makes her hear.
Why is a clock symbol Of modesty
Because 1t covers It's face with its
hands and runs down its own works.
What nation does a criminal dread
most? Condemnation.
Why was the first day of Adams life
the longest ever known? Because II
had no Eve.
What did the spider do when he came
out Of the ark? Took fly and went
home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
Bad for the Counsel.

The fair plaintiffs counsel in the
breach Of promise case thought that he
would make life burden to the unfOr-
tunate young man who was the unwill-
ing defendant.
DO you mean to say" he asked after
lot of embarrassing questions, "that
after you had been absent for an entire
month you did not kiss the plaintiff, to
whom you were engaged to be mar
ried, when you first saw her on your
return"
81 do" responded the defendant
firmly.
"Will you make that statement to
the jury"
"Certainly. II necessary"
DO you think they would believe
you"
zone of them would, know"
"Ah. indeed! Why should heY"
Because he was present when first
saw her. He was at the gate when
rode up. and she stuck her hand out of
the second story window. and asked
her, How dye doY and said I'd be
back to supper In half an hour. I'm no
giraffe. New York World.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

on that one shoe. They'd get the giant
four boxes under the sole and one by
itself under the heel. And then they'd
get at it. The boy with the heel box
would stay at that end and black the
heel and rear end of the shoe. The
boys. one on each side. with the two
boxes under the sole nearest the shank
of the shoe, would work on the sides
of the shoe from the shank up, and
the two boys with the boxes at the
forward end, one of these always be-
ing the boy that had struck the job,
would bang away on the upper.
with so many of 'em at it at once
they'd make a fairly quick job of it..
Notwithstanding the size of the giants
shoes. and when they'd got through
the four boys that had been called in
would shoulder their kits and step
away, unconcerned as could be, and
the boy that had got the job would
shoulder his kit and wait for his pay.
Three cents was the price of shine
In those days-this was before the war
-and don't doubt the boy would have
taken 3 cents for this job and never
said boo. But there was not anything
mean or small about the giant. He
didn't give the boy 3 cents and pass
on, nor 3 cents to bother him little,
and then give him a quarter; but he'd
just hand him down five passes to the
show, one for each boy.
"Of course. he couldn't have done
anything that would give the boys
more pleasure. And the whole busl-
ness was great experience for them.
They got passes to the show, and they
got them from the giant and they were
easily the star bootblacks in the town,
for they had just successfully com
pleted the greatest job in their line
that anybody had ever heard Of 1t
was fun. all this, for the great giant.
but don't believe any of us could
compute. If we tried. the deep-down
JOY 1t gave the bootblacks. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
Gravedigger Lost His Job.

when was boy" said the vet
eran, as he puffed on his strong cigar
after dinner, 81 remember there was
an awful scandal in our town-a little
country place-because temporary
gravedigger, who had been hired to do
the work when the regular hand was
i'll, buried a man with his feet to the
west. Ours was religious, as well as
superstitious, town. Among the older
people there was well-grounded be-
lief that person must be inferred with
his feet to the east, so that when Ga
briefs trumpet should sound for the
final awakening the dead should be
able to face the angel on arising. This
new gravedigger couldn't have known
the tradition, or he would not have
flown in the face of superstition and
buried his victim with his feet to the
west. The thing made such scandal
that they actually disinterred the body
and turned the coffin around so that
the dead man should rest in the right
position. or course, the new gravedig-
ger lost his job. don't know that
have thought of the incident for long
time, until l had to 60 to WOodlawn
cemetery short time ago to attend
the burial Of friend. Then. for the
first time, it dawned on me that there
had been change in the superstition,
and that 1t had probably been wholly
lost to sight, as have so many Of the old
ones. l noticed that the direction in
which bodies are buried now seems to
be settled by the direction of the path
in front Of the plat you own; that Is,
that interments are made with the feet
pointing toward the path. no matter In
what compass direction they may
point. New York Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
YOUNG vIOLINlST.

Little Chicago Girl Who Pays the
Most lifficuit Music at sight.
Little 7-year-old Mabel Woodwork,
of Chicago, is something of a musical
prodigy. She plays the violin and plays
it in a manner to cause some profes-
sionals of three times her years to won
der and envy. Mabel is small for her
age really appearing to be not over 5,
and she performs on little violin that
was made to order, SO that her tiny
fingers could manage all the strings
easily. Recently her parents have rec
ognized the child's marked musical abil-
ity and are now giving her the advan-
tages of instruction under one of the
best professors in the city. Mabel has
already played good deal in public,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

The first American deep-sea cable
was laid last summer across one of the
broad Alaskan bays, and the work OF
continuing the connecting land line uI
the Yukon valley Is now going forward
Iron masts are used in place of timber
A hole is chopped in the eternal ice,
and the pole soon firmly set by pouring
a little water around it into the hole.
This rapidly congeals, and unless dis
turbed in some other way will remain
frozen forever. Evidently, unstable as
water, thou shalt not excel" was not
gpoken of Alaska!
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

Heredity does not determine courage,
or Its opposite, but the constitutional
tendency may be clearly marked
through generations. A recent rescue
of shipwrecked persons off Grand Ma
nan Is the subject Of report from our
consul ut st. John, New Brunswick.
During period Of more than seventy
Ave years, grandfather, father and sons
Of a certain family have repeatedly
saved life or piloted vessels out of dan
ger. 1t Is said that the Canadian gov
ernment is to give the rescuers suitable
testimonials. The whole world Is a
debtor to Its heroes Of peace To
strengthen the courageous purpose of
others by brave doing or enduring Is
to fulfill one purpose of living.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

An Illustration of the present eager
ness of practically all nations for
oceanic Islands is furnished by France
In Its attempt at introducing sheep-rais-
ing on Kerguelen Island, about half
way between Africa and Australia.
These new sheep-ralsers will be nearer
the south pole than any other Pacific
islanders and the most southerly people
on an oceanic island. The island of
Kerguelen for many years was claimed
by both British and French geogra-
piers, but as 1t was not supposed to be
of any special value no steps were
taken by either government for the for.
NAL occupation of the lonely isle. In
1893 France formally annexed the isl.
and, owing to accounts from the
French island of Reunion. Inhabitants
Of the latter found that Kerguelen had
an abundance of fish, that 1t was a re-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

1t cannot possibly make a man. OF
q hoy to pour n peppery sauce down his
throat; to pour hot grease on his feet;
TO pull him ut night out Of bed into the
dirt and mire of the street; to compel
him to persist in gesture or movement
till he faints "-om agony; to make him
stand on his nead in bathtub; or ride
logs and sing senseless verses; to goad
him into offensive replies and then
challenge him to fight Il higher-class
man of more experience, with the re-
suit of being knocked out by blow
IN the stomach and distigured with cuts
about the face; to bedevil him night
and day so that his nerves shall be un-
strung and study and success in exam
nations will become impossible, caus-
ing him to be expelled finally.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22

A novel case has been decided by a
New York court. A passenger brought
suit against the New York Central
Railroad for being deprived of his seat
In the car. The question involved was
whether man, when he puts his valise
or any hand baggage into seat. there
by reserving it for his own occupancy.
Is legally and morally entitled to it.
The court decided that when passen-
ger buys a ticket he presumes that he
Is to get a seat, and unless there is
some unusual condition he is legally en-
titled to 1t. If he enters an ordinary
coach where no seats are reserved and
there Is no trainman to usher him to a
seat, 1t is the custom of railway COM
panies to allow the passenger to choose
his own seat. This practically amounts
to a regulation of the company There
fore. the court ruled. If n person occu-
pied a seat and then for any reason
'eft Y without n some way marking
1t as reserved by himself and returned
to find 1t occupied by another passen-
ger he has no right to ask that passen-
ger to give up the seat. If. however.
he leaves his cane umbrella or hand
bag in his seat when he goes to the
platform to buy paper. or for any
purpose. and finds his baggage moved
and the seat occupied by another, he
has legal right as well as moral right
to that seat. The court further held
that passenger was entitled to but
one seat, and could not reserve one
seat in an ordinary coach while occu-
pylng another seat in smoking car
This decides point which has been
raised thousands of times on railway
trains.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-02-22
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
Giant Has Little Fun on His Own Ac
count with Bootblacks,

sometimes" said the old circus man,
"the greatest of all giants would have
little fun on his own account; mebbe
with the bootblacks. don't suppose
that anything ever feazed a bootblack,
probably he'd offer to black the boots
Of man tall as a church steeple and
with shoes as big as the meeting house
If one came his way; but, anyhow, the
bootblacks used to offer to black the
giants shoes when the great man took
his walk through the town. just as
they would offer to black any mans.
Sometimes the giant would look
down on the boy and then at his own
shoes, and then back up against the
sidewall of some building somewhere.
where there was room and no awnings
in the way, and get his shoes BACKED.
The giant always considered 1t sort
of joke on the boys to accept their Of
fer, but the boys never appeared to be
put out by 1t: on the contrary, they
were always ready, as they would have
been, as said. II he had been twice as
big. And 1t was more fun than you
could shake stick at to see the way
they went at 1t, and the giant enjoyed
this as much as anybody.
"Of course. no one box would support
the giants foot, unless he balanced II
on 1t very carefully, and the boy that
got the job always. invariably, called
In other boys-all the bootblacks in
that town were sure to be right around
there, and I've often seen five boot
backing boxes under one of the giant
feet at one time. and five boys at work