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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-10

Mansfield turned the page.
where's the rest of it?" he asked
of the writer-man with the red race
and yellow mustache.
"There isn't any rest" answered
the writer-man.
"But it hasn't any ending to It,"
at has very logical ending"
"But you didn't give that brute,
Hamilton, chance to do anything LOT
the girl--ro make amends" ~.
There wouldn't be any moral 70 II
if | did," replied Webb. .
"And I'm afraid the readers Woula
be dissatisfied with the way 1t ends,
continued Mansfield.
After a pause the writer-man said:
what are you going to do with it?
'I'll give you a hundred dollars fol
it. but l shant publish 1t the way u
ends-or rather, doesn't end"
rWhat good is it to you, then
Imperial press., 1901-04-27

from my mind. Why? The Colorado river, now at its minimum, is 9 feet deep by about 200 feet wide. About the first of May it annually begins to rise, reaching its maximum depth of some 20 feet, with greatly increased width, in August, then receding until October. The capacity of the great Imperial canal, with its volume of water at the intake 45 feet wide and 6 feet deep, coupled with the two Ari- zona canals, cannot carry one-twen- tieth of even the surplus flow. The river is at its highest when the most water is needed. It is simply needless to question the supply of water.
 \ "Imperial city is 28 miles south by 5 miles west from the Southern Pacific railroad at Flowingwell. It is new, necessarily small as yet, but inviting. Contains hotel, with seperate eating house, store, blacksmith shop, three cottages, lumber on the ground for church, and printing establishment, from which the first "IMPERIAL PRESS" will issue on April 10th.
 What character of land did we pass over on this 28-mile drive to Imperial2
Imperial press., 1901-04-27

cut, temporary one being now used, coming in from below.
 Another feature of this heading of great importance must here be dealt with. Many persons have condemned the use of the waters of the Colorado to be carried any great distance through canals, because said water is impregnated with sediment or silt and would soon fill up any canal. It is not to be denied that these waters are heavily charged with silt and this very fact has caused a scientific study of and all adoption of plan to over come this objection.
 "The plan adopted entailed a great expense, but is being constructed in a most substantial and painstaking manner, and consists of a series of large settling basins, through which the water passes into the canal.
 Ut is remaEkable how quickly the heavier silt percipitates when the wa ter is relieved of the momentum of the river. Of course, these settling basins would soon fill with the canal in full activity, but to relieve them a huge hydraulic dredger has been construct ed, and is now in operation forcing
Imperial press., 1901-04-27

Southern California are the facts and workings of these companies as im- portant as they are to our own people. Some of Us have, it is true, in person and by representatives, been investi- gating the merits of the New River country, but such investigations have been quite limited to date. The time is surely ripe for more critical exam- ination of this enterprise, and this is the purpose of your two San Diego representatives"
Imperial press., 1901-04-27
THE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
E. J. Swayne Talks of the Imperial COuntry and its Wonderful
 Possibilities

Under the above caption the San Diegan Sun publishes series of let ters from the pen of MT. E. J. Swayne, who, with MT. H. P. Wood, represent ed San Diego in the editorial party which visited the Colorado desert re- gently and investigated the soil of this country and the work being done to place water upon it. We make the following extracts from MT. Swayne's letter under date of April Is:
 "For many years past there has been awakening in the minds of some far seeing men an interest in that portion of our country located in Califor mia, east of the coast range and immediate ly north of the Mexican line, and known as the Colorado desert. These men, beginning with Dr. 0. M. Wozen- craft, as far back as 1856, have per sistently declared that it was feasibly to place great portion of these so- called desert lands under good state of cultivation, by flowing upon them the waters of the Colorado river.
 "Men come to the front, plan and begin to work out great undertakings, and are often thwarted by uncontrol- able conditions, or called hence. Thus, as in this case, for many years the un- dertakings sleep. Men think ahead of their time, and endeavor sometimes to foster enterprises that belong to fu- ture generation, the conditions not be- ing ripe in their own.
 "It has not been until within a few years that this great undertaking has been again revived. The time is un- oubtedly ripe, and the men who, by their progress, have shown their ca pability, are now in the field. Such has been the progress that the people generally are seeking deeper knowl- edge of the matter.
 "The newspaper is, or ought to be, the conductor of information for the public good. It was, therefore, con- ceived that if large number of rep resentatives of the press should make a thorough inspection of this enter prise, a whispered knowledge of it might be had earlier than by any other process. The plan was adopted, and it was a jolly-good party of fifteen who met at the Arcade depot at 2 o'clock on the 8th inst, to make the trip-not only to inspect the great work of canal construction, but to ex- anime, as well, the lands proposed to be irrigated.
 "As true Californians, indeed as true Americans, many of our people are seeking more complete information concerning these enterprises which are operating at our very door, and within our own county. No community should be more aroused concerning these de- velopments than should the people of San Diego county and particularly the citizens of San Diego. To no part of
Imperial press., 1901-04-27

this deposit out over the banks to find it's way back to the Colorado.
 "True, the silt does not all settle; the finer particles flow on down the canal, and fortunately so, as, instead of nuisance this fine silt pays out a two-fold blessing to the water taker. It furnishes (according to actual tests made by MT. Blaisdell, a successful farmer living below Yuma some $3. 40 worth of fertilizer to every acre foot of water, and in time lines the ditches, so that large proportion of the ab- sorption is prevented"
 The Water Supply
 From MT. Swayne's third letter, pub lished on the 18th, we take the follow ing paragraphs:
 Before leaving Yuma, must an- swer very important inquiry, ire quently made-'is there a sufficient water supply for this great undertak- ing?" Every vestige of doubt on this subject has been absolutely removed
Imperial press., 1901-04-27

We'll, I am pleased to tell you, as it
 was for the critical examination of the
 lands and water system that we were
 on the journey. For three miles after
 leaving Flowingwell. the land is
 sandy, and such lands as we are ac- customed to class "desert land," and such land as expected to find cover ing a very large area of this vast plain. For this reason have been critical as to the result of pouring water upon such ground. I soon found my in- pressions erroneous, as, with the ex- ception of the Salton river bed Ia mar row channel), the remaining 25 miles south to Imperial was over land mostly of good character and requiring little work to bring it under cultivation.
 Y
 "I cannot pass from here without first making reference to one MT. w. F. Holt, a man of money from Globe, Arizona. MT. Holt came here some months ago, canvassed the situation critically, saw the evident outcome, grasped his opportunity, and is hard at work building for ultimate success. He has almost completed telephone line along the railroad three miles to Flowingwell, and across the desert 8 miles to Imperial; has a stock of mer- chandise in the said new city, and pur- poses bank just as soon as the case will warrant. Such as he are the men who make prosperous country, and who leave the snails to spin around in a circle and end where they started"
 The Soil Is Deep and Rich
 We take the following extracts from MT. Swayne's fourth letter, published in the Sun the 10th:
 "As our party goes forward, sur- prises great and small are of daily oc- curance. The great proposition Ia word so familiar to California; grows in magnitude and importance as we continue our investigations. The vast amount of fertile soil, deep and rich, ready for the blow, requiring little or no preparation, and practical surprises.
 "The territory to be irrigated is simply immense; 5OO,OO acres is said to be conservative estimate of the good land in our own county under this system of irrigation. Some of your readers will ask, is there not a great quantity of sandy waste?" The amount is surprisingly small.
 "The second day of our travel by team covered some 45 miles. It is safe to state that 35 miles of this trip cov- and upon the major portion of which there is no sand or grit. I believe there is a much less number of waste acres to the square miles on the desert, south from Flowingwell, in San Diego than there is in the county between the coast range and the sea, and that it averages better in quality. It costs comparatively little to possess this land with a permanent and an abundant supply of water.
 "In 1867 I crossed by team from the river to the Rocky mountains over what was then called the "Great American Plains" The name has passed from use, as the major portion of that great territory has been trans formed from a seeming desert plain to agricultural and horticultural districts. I look as surely toward the early trns-
Imperial press., 1901-04-27
The Intake of the Canal

MT. Swayne continues his narrative of the Imperial country in the Sun of the 10th, from which we take the fol- lowing extracts:
 "Let it be understood that the rise and fall of the Colorado river are such that the ordinary provisions for an in- take of water into the canal would be useless. There is, fortunately, at this point bluff through which the per manent opening into the canal will be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

back, approve the new style. They de-
clare it Is more modest than the skirts
worn on side saddles, is safer for the
women and easier on the horse, but
none Of them have yet mustered the
courage to face her friends in that po-
sition.
Two seasons ago Mrs. Smith -Hadden,
of New York, was the only woman at
Aiken, to ride astride. This season her
lead for emancipation from the riding
habit" has been followed by Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., Mrs. John ia
cob Astor, Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. George
Smith, Mrs. Eustis and a number of
others.
Following the hounds, in polo games
and on pleasure rides, they wear baggy
breeches, or "bloomers," If that sounds
better, top boots and riding coats. Dis
mounted in the country, the wearer Of
such a costume has not to hunt for a
stump, fence or a man to help her
to the saddle. With greater natural
suppleness than man, she throws her
self across the horse with more ease
and grace, and once there she Is more
difficult to dislodge.
All admit that the side saddle will
remain in use for good many years
yet, but those who have taken the
plunge and dropped the long skirt, de-
clare they could not be induced to re-
turn to them, and that their unemanci-
pated sisters are sacrificing much sat
isfaction and comfort to sentiment
Aiken special to the Baltimore Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

THE BRIDES TRAGEDY.-The bride of
a brief month crouched in a corner of
a divan-crouched among her gorgeous
pillows, while the bitter tears streamed
down and stained the delicate fabrics.
This was the end of her young ambi-
tions, her brave efforts to make life one
grand, sweet song. AS she uttered one
last sigh of despair her mother entered
her room and flew to the divan, casting
her arms about her PROSTATE child.
my darling girl, what is it?" she
cried. "Confide in your mother. What
is it that wrings your heart?"
"N-nothing. ma; n-nothing. B-but
it is all over"
What is all over?" questioned the
mother in alright. HAS your hus-
band abused you?"
mo, ma" said the bride, raising her
self upon her elbow and speaking with
tragic emphasis. You remember what
my ambition has been for months? W.
well'-sobbing-"I cut both bloomers
for one leg, and it was remnant and
I can't match it anywhere"
my child" said her mother solemn
ly, your trouble is indeed too great to
bear."-Leslie's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
Humorous department,

Mr.. O'REILLY AND THE DUKE.-Once
there was a millionaire named O'Reilly,
who had a servant girl working for him
also named O'Reilly.
O'Reilly disliked fortune hunters, so
when one came to town-a duke from
England-O'Reilly Immediately invited
the penniless man to his home.
pleased to meet you, duke" said
O'Reilly. Let me introduce you to
Miss O'Reilly.'
The duke and Miss O'Reilly, who was
dressed for the occasion, got along IA
mously, Miss O'Reilly doing most OF
the listening. Before two hours had
passed the duke came out of the parlor
and said to Mr.. O'Reilly:
Margaret and love each other de-
votedly. Will you give me her hand in
marriage?"
Certainly, duke" answered Mr.
O'Reilly, gazing up at his cigar smoke
Margaret has always longed for IT,
tie. Can I send for a clergyman and
have the ceremony performed now?"
The duke was delighted with this, OF
course, and answered heartily in the
affirmative.
So they were married, and the drinks
were on the duke.-Indianapolis Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

and the gallant Hugh Farley saved
Tillman in 1892, by making a subject
for laughter the philippics Of Lawrence
Youmans, which Tillman could not an
swer and had not the address to laugh
away. Had he been content to be a
lieutenant Of Tillman, carrying out or
ders and accepting blindly the dictates
of that leader, all would have been
smooth for him, save such opposition
as Tillman has had, but which was
powerless to keep him from holding
office. Had McLaurin's only ambi-
tion been to hold office, 1t would have
been to his interest to have initiated
Latimer and other Tillmanic para
sites. But he was not built that way.
When he saw that the evils of party
management which he had become q
Reformer to overthrow were about to
be revived in worse form by the Re-
form leaders, he protested. His famous
my Dear Applet" letter was the bugle
blast of the fight which prevented Re-
form ring rule succeeding the other
ring rule the Reformers had displaced.
That letter made it possible for Jos.
H. Earle to be elected senator.
Following up the letter to Applet,
McLaurin was one Of the starters of
the Forty movement, which broke the
backbone Of factionalism. In this, as
in his Appelt letter, he displayed his
independence.
If the factional lash could not keep
him silent, neither could the party whip
make him follow self constituted lead
ers blindly. He has done his own
thinking in congress and has had the
courage to follow out logical conclu-
sions he had reached. Small minds,
which never leave well-beaten con-
ventional paths, object to this and
condemn him. He is ready to again
face his accusers and traducers. as he
did in 1897, and leave it to the people
to pass Judgment. He was branded as
a Republican in that memorable cam
paign; but that charge did not fright
en- the people into voting against him.
His defense of his course satisfied them
and he won by big majority. He ac-
cepted that election as an evidence
that the people appreciated the inde-
pendence of a representative who
thought for himself and has continued
to do so. There is no puzzle as to his
course.-Columbia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

ANOTHER ILLUSION DEsTRoYED.-"]
wish you hadn't had your hair cut sc
short, Harold!" exclaimed the young
woman, turning from him involunta-
rily.
What difference does it make, dear
est?" asked Harold with tender anxi.
ETY..
"You-tave destroyed an Illusion
she sighed. THAT is ALL"
You didn't think was poet, did
you, Clara, because I wore my hair
long?"
mo, I never suspected you Of being
a poet"
Nor an artist?"
mo"
Then what illusion have Destroy
ed?" he demanded.
Perhaps should say, Harold" she
answered with tears in her voice, "that
you have unconsciously revealed fac,
I never suspected, dear. Your ears
don't match.-London Stray Stories.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

Ar During the performance OF an op-
era in Manchester, the inferior sing
ing was made more wretched by the
efforts Of an augmented orchestra, In
which some of the violinists were play
ing decidedly out of tune. This made
the disappointed audience so angry
that when a person in the gallery
brought their displeasure to climax
by causing a heightened interruption
a number Of them seized him amid
cries Of:
Throw him over!"
Throw him QUIT"
Throw him into the pitt"
Then a rather gentle voice was heard
exclaiming during lull in the storm
"Oh, please, if you throw him over
don't waste him. Kill a fiddler with
him!"-London Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
WOMEN WHO RIDE ASTRIDE.
Aborlgines Of Aiken Much Shocked BY the
Ooings of the Smart Set.

It will take the good, quiet people of
Aiken and vicinity and whose ances-
tors have lived in the same place for a
hundreds years or more, long time to
get accustomed to the ultra-fashiona-
BILE method of horseback riding adopt
ed by some Of the leaders Of the smart
set who spend their winters and their
money in this town, built on healthy
sand.
It required about five years for the
old set here to get used to seeing Wo-
men on bicycles. In Charleston's inner
circle it will never be considered mod
est. The gray-haired matrons will de-
clare such exhibitions would have been
considered shocking "in our day."
Fortunately, these are safe from the
shock Of seeing women ride astride.
No native would ever dare attempt It,,
and visitors will respect traditions and
the sense Of propriety that pervades
the place. Indeed, the police might
not permit it.
But in Aiken it is different. The ma
tives rent their houses and sell their
lands for large profit and are In sense
prepared for eventualities.' They and
the -Four Hundred" don't mix. The
Aikenites just look on from little dis
tance, making all the money they can,
selling everything they can, and in fact
reserving nothing but the privilege Of
an occasional shock. The visitors, for
the lack of conventional amusement Of
the cities, and having to manufacture
pleasures or occupations, act without
restraint. They are on a lark, out Of
sight of the world.
It has been two years since a New
York woman first rode on a mans
saddle in Aiken and electrified the
town. It is related that a lawyer Of
prominence, noted for his eloquence
and the ease with which he expressed
himself, was embarrassed when, after
witnessing her mount a horse, he met
a bevy Of his townswomen and at
tempted to explain to them the phe-
nOmenOn.
When the lawyer, to impress upon
the doubling ladies Of Aiken how the
visitor from wicked Gotham got into
her saddle, explained that she had put
her foot into the stirrup and thrown
the other-he came to stop, hesitated.
stammered, and finally admitted the
lady had got her other foot" over the
saddle. He abandoned her in a position
that would have done credit to an ac-
complished circus performer.
An old countryman, driving an OK
cart loaded with ''lightwood" into All
ken recently, was passed by a caval-
cade composed Of men and women, the
dainty boots Of a pretty girl showing
on each side Of her pony. After they
had passed he exclaimed:
"Wal, eff that fellow hadn't been q
settin' straddle I'd swore twas gal.
These yere smooth-faced dudes is turn
in ter wimin."
Many native women who ride horse
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
RUSSIA'S QUICK WORK IN ASIA.
The Military Value Of the Siberian Railroad
Proved In the Chinese Trouble,

The Russian official account Of the
military movements necessitated by
the Chinese troubles contains some
very interesting matter, particularly
that relating to the service rendered by
the Siberian railway.
The imperial ukase ordering the mo-
bilization Of four army corps in the
Far East, was dated July "a, 1900. The
local Siberian mobilization comprised
more than 100000 men, with % hospit-
ais, 12 parks Of artillery, five remount
depots, and three sanitary divisions.
In regard to transport, part Of the
troops were mobilized on the spot
while the rest were carried by sea or
rail. Large numbers were sent by sea-
10, 107 to Vladivostock and 9,709 to Port
Arthur.
The Siberian railway carried 54,4O7
men, and II, 4O7 horses into Transbaik-
ALA, and Of these $4,000 men and 5000
horses were forwarded to Manchuria
by way of the Shilka and Amur rivers
on steamers, barges and RATS con.
structed especially for the purpose
Supplies to the extent Of 1900 tons
were sent from Europe by sea, and q,
900 tons by rail to Irkutsk, 5000 tons tc
Transbaikalia and 1000 tons into Man
churia with the troops.
In the middle Of October there were
in Manchuria and in the Province OF
Pechili 126 battalions Of infantry, 11S
sotnias or squadrons Of cavalry, 33t
guns, machine guns and four battal-
ions of foot artillery, making a tota
Of $500 officers, and $4,000 men. Up to
October Is the Russian losses were q
officers and 220 men killed; and 60 off,
GERS, and 1928 men wounded.
By a decree Of October 8, after the
capture of Moukden, the Russians ir
the Far East were divided into two
classes, one being permanently main
tained on a war footing and the others
being progressively demobilized and
sent back to their regular stations.
The value Of the trans-Siberian rail-
way for military purposes was amply
demonstrated by both the rapidity and
the secrecy with which the Russian
government was enabled to throw a
large force Of men and horses into It's
eastern Asiatic possessions.
Since the mobilization in July last
considerable additions have been made
to the rolling stock and the facilities
for transport otherwise improved. The
pacif1cation Of Manchuria likewise en-
able the railway construction that was
going on in that province before the
troubles, to be resumed, so that In a
short time there will be direct commu-
nication by rail between Vladivostock
and Port Arthur, and between those
two places and Russia in Europe; an
immense advantage to Russia in future
eventualities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

COULD ONLY SIGN FEw.-The
pompous man walked haughtily up tc
the hotel register, seized pen, looked
way off over the clerks head, and in
scribed with a great flourish the fol.
lowing:
Professor Hewitt Howler, Phi. D.
LII. D., M. D.
Then he threw the pen down and
stared superciliously at a man with q
clay pipe, who Immediately picked the
pen up and wrote:
Professor Pat McCann, H. o. D.
G.. A. R., r. l., l.. R."
After which they glared at each 9TH
er. and the bell boy took the professors
grip and died.-Indianapolis Sun.