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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
SUGGESTION TO ROOSEVELT.

Chicago Paper Tells Him How to Con.
dense His Coming Message.
Already the Washington correspond
ents are writing President Rooseve.t's
message for him-albeit he is still in
possession of his voice and can COM
mand the services of a typewriter
If. however, Mr.. Roosevelt intends
to cover one-half of the ground laid
advice to him is to issue his message
ord-Herald. He has the pen of ready
writer and an exhaustless fund of
ideas of his own to draw on. and yet
he is said to contemplate the fncor-
poration of the reports of his cabinet
officers In his own reviews of the
state OF the Union" and recommended
sary and expedient" for the considera-
tion of congress.
( If President Roosevelt will consult
the sound sense of the American
people he will make his message
unique in the history of modern
presidential messages by it's brevity.
He can say all that is necessary to be
said at this time in message of 5000
.WOAoS, anu ny using the I0ptIlS "a thO
departments as appendices in less
space.
! The constitutional idea of the presi-
dents message was that 1t was for
the Information" of congress and the
people. But that was before the daily
press had come to keep the public bet
ter informed as to the state of the
union than it could be if presidential
messages were issued weekly.
The president cannot do better be-
tween now and the first week in De-
cember than to devote his spare time
of which he will not have too much
to the strenuous task of condensing
what is necessary and eliminating
what is unnecessary to be said in his
first message to congress. He should
be familiar with the superiority in
range and accuracy of rife over a
blunderbuss.
Every unnecessary word in a presi-
dents message increases the oppor-
tunity for error.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
A MERRY-GO-ROUND WIND
ENGINE.

Much has been accomplished al
ready. Utah and southern California
owe their greatness as agricultural
countries to the irrigation ditch, and
in a dozen places in Colorado great
tracts of land have been redeemed
from the desert and made most pro-
ductive farms. These great plants are
as a rule controlled by large companies
which have invested thousands in
building bitches and reservoirs and
which furnish water to a multitude OF
farmers as gas is furnished elsewhere.
In western Kansas individual farmers
have largely built their own irriga-
ton plants, and in one corner of the
Sunf1ower State there are more than
1 200 windmill irrigation plants owned
by individuals. But after all is said
about the wonders which irrigation
has accomplished, the fact remains
that the work still remaining is in
f1nitely greater. Roughly speaking,
it is said that there are now not much
more than 100000 acres under irri-
cation, while the total area which it
is estimated may be prof1tably brought
under irrigation, and which will not
be productive without it, is estimated
to be over one hundred million acres.
AS a fair example of what irriga-
ton will do for a country and its peo-
pie, Rocky Ford, in the Arkansaw val
ley of Colorado, may be cited. Men
still young have hunted buffaloes over
the site of one of the greatest sugar
beet factories in the world. and in a
single year Rocky Ford sends to mar
ket 900 sheep and 800 carloads of
melons. All this is due to irrigation,
and as a result land has increased in
value from SIS to $3.50 an acre.
In eastern Colorado. near the Kan
sas state line, the largest irrigation
system in the country has just been
completed. 1t will furnish sufficient
water for 200, 900 acres of land, and
more than a million dollars has been
spent in it's construction. The system
consists of five great reservoirs, cover
ing ID, 900 acres of land. and provided
with seven great canals and number
of subsidiary bitches. with a total
length of more than 500 miles.
But even this irrigation system is
entirely dwarfed by the colossal work
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
"FADDY'' MEALS LONDON.

Flower Breakfasts" a Popular Form of
Entertainment In London.
The fad of Flower breakfasts" which
threatened to become a popular form
of entertainment in London, is said to
have failed of popular approval among
the t'sassity'' people, and SO probably
will not trouble us on this side of the
water. For three seasons a certain
set has been trying to make them
go" The first season they were popu-
lar, the next less so, and the past sea-
son hardly were heard of. These break
fasts consisted of dishes made entirely
OF flowers. Salad made from the bios
SONS of the nasturtium alternated with
caper jelly and myrtle flower soup at
these repasts. Usually the flowers of
peculiar species of pumpkin vine con-
stituted the principal dish. They were
yellow in color, f1eshy and about the
size of a silver dollar. These edible
blossoms were picked before the petals
were fully opened, baked or stewed in
fresh milk and favored with cloves.
which, as every one knows or should
know, are the unexpanded flowers of
an evergreen plant growing in the East
Indian archipelago. The feast was
finished off with plentiful supply of
CdhuiCu IOSc lcdNSS, NlOlclS, ClC IL Was
an extremely aesthetic sort of meal
but not filling enough to meet with
popular approval. After one of these
breakfasts the guests generally went
out and got something to eat.
Dinners of sauces have met with
more favor than the flower breakfasts
and are not infrequently given by cpl
cures searching for new gastronomic
sensations. One OF the most success
full of these sauce dinners was given
by a member of swell" London club
not long ago.. The soup was repre-
sented by gravy sauce, and in lieu OF
fish, oyster and lobster sauces were
handed around. Then came egg sauce
and bread sauce, and for dessert there
was brandy sauce. This last course is
probably what saved the lives of the
guests and host, for they all survived
and pronounced the dinner a success.
1t really seems as if the giver of the
dinner should have included in his bill
| of fare Worcestershire tomato catsuI
and tabasco. A dinner was given at
| the Hotel Cecil in Lonoon the other
| Gay at which everything served began
| with &C. There were "clear" soup
| chickens, chops, claret, champagne
| coffee, outlets, carrots, custards, cham
| pignons, curry. currants and cucum-
| bers, besides many more articles OF
! food beginning with "c."-New York
| Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
WOMEN AS INVESTORS.

Their Nervousness About securitie>
Causes the Brokers Much Trouble.
Two women had 81 600 to invest,
and after talking to broker for two
solid hours bought government bond
because it was safe. Next day they
sold it because it paid very little in
terest and bought gas stock. That
evening some friend alarmed them by
saying that if the gas works blew up
stock wouldn't be worth anything, SO
they returned to the broker and
snapped for railway stock, which they
returned TO him next day because the
railways might go into the trust and
stock wouldn't pay any dividends. Yes.
they bought Suspension Bridge bonds
at 2:1O p. m. and were on hand at
$50 e. m. next day to sell them.
Hadn't slept all night. Had just heard
about the Brooklyn bridge Suppose
a tornado should blow our bridge over.
what security would be left ?" For
bridge bonds they secured an upper
county bond, and actually kept from
worry for a whole week. Then they
swooped down on the poor broker and
had him sell them. He gave up his
clients. Then came a fine looking gen.
tleman named Adams, from Dallas.
Texas, who wanted to borrow 81 900 at
10 per cent on his big ranch, and
would pay interest in advance. The
women trusted him, and now learn
that there are worse investments than
gas, bridge, street and governments
Adams boards at the expense or the
state of Texas, and won't answer any
communications from the hfty-odd
first mortgage holders on the same
piece of land.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26

al Department of Agriculture has de-
voted much attention to it Under the
direction of the department a corps
of experts is kept constantly in the
field with the idea of helping the ir-
rigation farmer. One expert for in
stance, is kept busy experimenting
with pumps and endeavoring to de-
termine what style is best for the
purpose of irrigation. Another expert
drives over the arid country and de-
termines the depth from the surface to
water in various places and also what
is the nature of the water supply. All
the results of the experiments and
tests are printed in pamphlet form by
the Agricultural department and are
sent free of charge to any one who
may be interested
One of the great benefits of irriga-
ton is often lost sight of. Not only
does the irrigation of a considerable
section Of land reduce the probability
of crop failure in that district to a
minimum, but it also has beneficial
influence on other fertile lands which
lie contiguous to it. The intensely
hot winds which blow across the
leagues of barren and heated desert
lave a bad effect on the crops of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
LATE JUDGE WILSON
HE BEGAN LIFE asa LAWYER IN INDIANA

Jere Wilson, whose death at Wash
ington, d. c., caused a temporary
lapse in the proceedings of the Schley
court of inquiry. he being the Admir-
ais principal attorney, was a native of
Indiana, having been born in Fayette
county. He studied law at Corners
vile, entered on the practice of his
profession there and served as circuit
judge of Fayette county one term He
is remembered by the older lawyers of
the eastern part of the state as clean
cut. aggressive young man.
He defeated George w. Julian for
Congress and at the end of the term
for which he was elected settled down
in Washington to practice his profess
Sion For more than thirty years he
has been regarded as one of the fore
most lawyers at the capital.
While in Congress he was a mem
Der OF the committee of the House on
the affairs of the District of Columbia,
and was SO attentive to the affairs of
the district that when he opened a
law office in the district he quickly
acquired lucrative practice. He sell
dom returned to Indiana, but he al
ways took keen interest in the affairs
of the state
Some years ago he was defending a
contractor accused of defrauding the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
One Mail in Nine months.

In private letter to a Goteborg
editor dated Tjarkhlik, April 81. the
Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin, relates.
that he had just got his first mail and
received his first news of the world in
nine months. His Chinese companions
and servants were gentle and amiable.
At Tjarkhlik he fitted out a caravan
of the thirty-eight camels, twenty-four
horses and seventy mules His jour
ney for ITO Swedish miles had led
him through an absolutely unexplored
part of Asia On one occasion, when
his caravan was in danger of perish
ing through lack of water, a mass OF
snow was luckily found in a gulch-
Another time the party was saved by
blocks of sweet ice floating on salt
water-Indianapolis News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
GRAIN MOVED IN STREAMS.

ThrilIin. Night Scene at the Lake
Elevator.
Nowhere in North America will you
come on a more thrilling night scene
than the fresh water cargo tank un-
loading at Buffalo, says Roflin Lynde
HART in the Atlantic. Here she lies,
beneath the towering grain elevator,
which thrusts a long pumping pipe
(called the lego down through her
hatchway. Mount the gangplank,
lodging the spinning ropes that make
your head reel; stumble about on the
dark deck; look down, down, down,
through the open hatch, and-zounds,
what sight! The hold CLOVIS with
electricity. 1t is misty with blown
dust 1t roars with mechanical activ-
fly. An enormous steel shovel" big
as the inside of a house, and manipu-
lated by countless flying ropes, charges
back and forth through the whole
length of the ship. pitching the yellow
grain before it, and heaping it up
where the leg can get hold of it to
whisk it into the bin that is somewhere
up in the sky, Beneath, in the hold.
an army of blue-clad men, with wooden
scoops barely dodge the deadly
shovel as they swing the grain into its
path
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
MODELLED AFTER A BATTLE AK.

fresher and more fertile lands beyond,
as was shown by the partial destrua-
ton of the Kansas corn crop during
the recent summer by the hot winds
blowing from the west. When a desert
region is redeemed through irrigation
the winds which blow over it lose their
sting and are tempered to the grow
iAg crops In this way desert does
harm far beyond its own limits and an
irrigated district scatters blessings out
side it's own boundaries.
Of the hundred million acres of arid
land still remaining in the west the
government experts have made thor
oAgh survey, and they report that a
Sufficient water supply is easily avail
able to redeem 50 per cent of it. Gov
eminent lands open for free settlement
are becoming scarcer, but this enor
nous tract still remains practically I'M
touched, and simply waiting for the
touch of water to blossom. 1t is said
by those competent to judge that forty
acres of properly irrigated land in
Kansas or Colorado will furnish
surer and a larger competency than
160 acres in the east.
The experience of thousands of irrf-
CATION farmers has been practically
the same. They pay perhaps slips or
50. or perhaps even SIS an acre for their
land in an arid and entirely unpro-
ductive state. At an average cost of
not more than 500 each of them puts
up a tower sixty feet in height and
surmounted by sixteen-foot wind
mill. This windmill works an eight
or ten inch pump in a we'll twenty feet
deep. The water brought to the sur
face is stored in reservoir about sew
enty-five feet in diameter, and which
will cost another 500 to build. With
such a plant man can irrigate thor
oughly at least ten acres of land If
he plants ten acres with alfalfa he will
have water enough for twenty acres
in all, for the alfalfa needs to be irri-
gated only in the winter time, for it's
hong tap roots run down SO deep below
the surface that they will find a suffi-
cient supply of moisture even when the
surface of the ground is baked and
hot
In this way, with an expenditure of
not more than $3.50 for an irrigating
plant, a man may raise the value of
his land from 81 or So to $40 an acre,
this being a conservative average of
the value of irrigated farming lands
along the lines of railroad.
A few years ago there was a big
boom in the formation of huge irriga-
ton companies. Many of these COM
panies failed because the plants they
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26

now under way in Egypt, under the
direction and control of the British
Governors of the kingdom. This irri-
cation system, work on which has
been going on for some time, is much
the largest ever undertaken in the
world, as is indicated by the fact that
1t will cost upwards of $25, 900. 900.
There are two ways in which arid
lands may be irrigated. The first and
simplest is by means of the so-called
gravity bitches. according to which
water is diverted from a river or res
eryoir and flows by the force of CRAWL
ty through irrigation bitches to the
land 1t is desired to water In hilIy
and mountainous country this system
has proved immensely profitable and
successful. But gravity bitches are
not practicable on the fiat prairie lands
which make so large a part of the
arid West. AS a means OF taking their
place it was long ago discovered that
over almost all fiat desert country
a plentiful supply of water may
be reached by sinking shallow wells
Then came the question of finding
power to raise this water to the sur
face, and out of that need has grown
a demand for huge windmills of curl
GUS construction. AS for the necessary
power 1t has been estimated that the
free winds which sweep over the Kan
sas prairie develop more power than
all Niagara during the same length of
time.
So Immensely important In this
question of irrigation that the Nati0a-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26

government, and as the case developed
the law and testimony seemed to be
closing around his client The prose-
cutor. anticipating victory, was elated.
and the presiding judge could scarce
ly conceal his satisfaction But when
Mr. Wilson made his appeal to the
jury no calendared saint wore bright
'er crown of glory than that with which
he invested his client.
j. The judges charge was not auspf-
.cious- for the defendant but the jury
remained out q surprisingly short
time
I'VE find the defendant not guilty,
they reported.
Judge aud prosecutor were aston
ished. The judge, addressing the de-
PENDANT, said: Though it is my pain
full duty to discharge you. cannot re-
frain from congratulating you upon
having retained so eloquent an advo-
cate!'
( Turning to the jury, the court
added:
But it gives me pleasure to dis
charge you, for a more unconscionable
jury never dragged verdict through a
temple of justice!''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
NEWLY OPENED INDIAN LAND.
Crop Conditions There Are Similar to
Those In the south.

Crop Conditions There Are Similar to
Those In the South.
The Kiowa-Comanche-A Apache coun-
try, recently op5ned for settlement,
has agricultural conditions somewhat
similar to those obtaining in South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
pi, Louisiana and Texas. 1t is the most
southerly region yet thrown open to
settlement of the homestead order, and
for this reason the northern immi-
grants to the new country will find
entirely new conditions confronting
them 1t is entige'y out of the corn
belt, and the great staple of the coun-
try must prob by be cotton. To the
average northe~ner the cultivation of
cotton is a new trade, and it will be
years before they can hope to COM
pete with their hern ne ghbors in
planting, cultivsting and gathering
this crop OF ecu So, some corn can
be raised, as well as wheat and oats
but the climate is more particularly
adapted to the growth of sub-tropical
CROPS As a consequence great many
southern people have been attracted
to the new country The country is
most of it level and rolling in char
acter. excepting a small area through
the Keeche hills in the northeastern
part and the Wichita and : Rainy
Mountain ranges in the central west
ern part The SOL is Almost invaria-
bly, a red, sandy loan with alternating
strips of gypsum land Cutting dag
onally through the territory from the
northeast are thessacross timbers, a
heavily-wooded tract from 10 to 10
miles in width. The timber is largely
pest oak or black jack. and is useless
for any other purpose than for. fence
posts and fuel. Occasionally groves
of stunted white oak will be found,
and considerable elm, walnut and
some pecan groves. The China tree,
common to the south, Is also found
in considerable abundance. The pre-
vailing grass is the mesquite, with con-
siderable blue stem Much of this is
cut for hay and is now being baled
and shipped to Kansas City and Wich-
ita. where it brings from SIS to $40 a
ton. The mesquite grass country is
Invariably good wheat land. As might
have been expected, the Indians have
selected all the bottom lands as their
a1lotments, and vast majority CT
the homesteads will have to be taken
On the high lands. There have also
been reserved by the government 4S0,-
900 acres of pasture lands in the
southern part of the strip for the spec
ia1 accommodation of cattlemen who
have been compelled to remove their
herds from the pasture lands thrown
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26

The following is an excellent cleans
ing ball to prepare for use on clothes
and woollen fabrics generally, says
What to Eat Dissolve a bot of white
soap the size of an egg in enough alco-
hol to cover it. Mix in the yolks of
three eggs and a tablespoonful of oil OF
turpentine. Work in Fuller's earth till
it becomes stiff enough to form into
balls and let them dry. When you
wish to remove a stain, moisten the
fabric with little water, rub the ball
well in, let it dry and brush off the
powder. There are three classes OF
stains these balls cannot remove-ink
iron rust and fruit stains. For ink
pour over milk, and as it becomes dis
colored absorb it with blotting paper.
Then wash out we'll with tepid water
and CASTLE soap. If on white goods
lemon puice and common salt, often
renewed, and placed in the sun, are
most efficient.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
The queens Kind Heart.

To illustrate Queen Alexandra's kind
ness of heart a story told is that of
an elderly lady-in-waiting to her
mother, the late Queen of Denmark In
one of King Christians weekly letters
to his daughter he wrote that the old
lady was dying and that her one last
wish was to speak again to her dear
Princess Alex" At that time it was
Impossible for Alexandra to leave Eng
land, but she spoke long. tender mes
sage of love and hope and remem-
brance into a photograph and sent it
by special courier to Copenhagen. 1t
arrived only a short time before the
old lady's death, but it made her last
hours serene1y happy--Philadelph
Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
Troubles of a Lady Lecturer.

A certain lady lecturer tells two
good stories against herself. II was
on tour through the provinces she
says. lone night, as 1 appeared on
the platform in small town. the
chairman introduced me to my audi
ence in the following way: You have
heard of Mr.. Gladstone. the grand old
man. Let me introduce to you
the grand old woman This was in
tended as a sincere compliment On
another occasion a bluff old farmer,
who boosted of his ability to look on
all sides of a question, announced me
as follows: This lady's come here to
talk about her rights he said. She's
hired the hall, and so she's got a
right to be here, and if any of you
don't like what she's got to say, you've
got an equal right to walk out in the
middle ont
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26

On a hot afternoon last summer
when every self-supporting young
woman in London was enjoying the
lot of the simply clinsing'' female,
stout, elderly lady, somewhat resem-
bling a violet silk balloon, waddled out
of her carriage and entered the post
Office. The young persons" behind
the brazen latticework kept the stout
lady waiting for nearly minute and
a half before one of them was at Ieis-
ure to weigh her parcel, reply to
dozen questions and issue the needfuI
stamps. In consequence Of the un-
seemly delay, the stout lady fwho kept
her coachman waiting by the hour
while she killed time in superfuous
shopping) was naturally annoyed
"And do you expect me-" she asked
arrogantly. ito put the stamps on my
self" why. no. madam" replied the
postofnce girl. demurely, I'm AFRAID
we could hardly send you by post for
I'D
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
In Round Figures

Not long ago lady was giving a
lecture. says the London Answers
Her subject was the human figure, and
the requirements in the way of pro-
portion, for beauty She herself was
of generous-one may say unwieldly
size, and her NAME was supercil-
ious and lofty. She was trying to DEM
onstrate the relative sizes of the limbs
as they really ought to be- For ex-
ample" she said, twice round my
thumb'-she held it up-"once round
my wrist; twice round my wrist. once
round my neck; twice round my neck
once round my waist" Here she
paused. and a shrill- voice from the
audience exclaimed: Twice round
your waist, once round Hyde parkP
The lecturer hastily passed ON to an
other branch of the subject.