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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Irritation in the West.

Few subjects of more Importance have been
taken up by the Congress in recent years than
the inauguration of the system of nationally
aided irrigation for the arid regions of the far
West. good beginning therein has been made
Now that this policy OF national irrigation has
been adopted, the need of thorough and SET
entifc forest protection will grow more rap
idly than throughout the public-land
states.
So far as they are available for agriculture
and to whatever extent they may be reclaimed
under the national irrigation law, the remain
ing public lands should be held rigidly for the
land, and for else. In their actual
use the desert-land law. the timber and stone
law, and the Communication clause Of the home
stead law have been perverted from the in
tention with which they were enacted as to
permit the acquisition of large areas of the
public domain for others than actual settlers
and the consequent prevention of settlement
The sound and steady development Of the West
depends upon the building up of homes therein
Much Of our prosperity as a nation has been
due to the operation of the homestead law
On the other hand, should recognize the fact
that in the grazing region the man who
responds to the homesteader may be unable to
settle permanently II only allowed to the
same amount of pasture land that his brother
the homesteader, is allowed to of arabic
land. One hundred and sixty acres of fairly
rich and well watered soil, a much smaller
amount Of irrigated land, may keep a family
in plenty, whereas no one could get living
from $50 of dry pasture land capable Of
supporting at the outside only head Of
cattle to every ten In the past great
tracts Of the public domain have been fenced
in by persons having no title thereto, in direct
or construction of any such unlawful inclos,re
Of public land. For various reasons there has
been little interference with such Enclosures
in the past but ample notice has been
the command of the government will hereafter
be used to put a stop to such trespassng.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11


and laying OF he cable. subject to any
alterations or additions thereto imposed
by the Congress. This was deemed prop
er. especially as 1t was clear that a cable
connection Of some kind with China, a
foreign country, was part Of the COM
pany's plan.
These conditions prescribed. among
other things, d maximum rate for COM
mercial messages and that the company
should construct a line from the Philip
pine islands to China. there being at
present, as is well known, British line
from Manila to Hong-Kong.
The representatives of the cable COM
pany kept these conditions long Under
consideration, continuing, in the mean
time. to prepare for laying the cable.
They have, however, at length acceded
to them, and an .all-American line be-
tween our Pacific coast and the Chinese
empire. by way of Honolulu and the
Philippine islands. is thus provided for
and is expected within a few months to
be ready for business.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Librarian. Report.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The annual re
port of Herbert Putnam, librarian OF
congress, shows that during the past
fiscal year the fees from copyrights
aggregated .s64, 1857. The total number
of books in the library is LILA, 112
volumes, of which 172.75o arc dupli-
Gates. The accessions to the library
during the year were s1,7o1 printed
books and pamphlets, 69,913 manu-
scripts, 500 maps and charts, 34,4o1
pieces of music, 2o.676 prints and 1861
additions to the law library.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
The Hansons Arc Hapr..,

Ashley, N. D., Dec. 8th.-Cured Of
that nest dangerous of all Diseases,
rheumatism of the Heart, ]. H Han.
son of this place loses no opportunity
Of singing the praises of Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills.
Il am able to work again." says
Mr.. Hanson. "And am feeling better
than I have for five years. Broken
down and fairly used up and suffering
from Rheumatism of the Heart and
Dropsy l was in very bad shape.
Then l started taking Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and-well, you can see how
/ look and l feel as well as look
My Rheumatism is gone and the
Dropsy with it.
Il don't think they'll ever bother
me again. but If they do I'll just get
some more of Dodd's Kidney Pills. /
know that will fix them"
Mrs. Hanson. too, whose health was
far from good, took the same remedy
and she joins with her husband In
recommending Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Some Bills by scott.

Washington, Dec. s.-Representative
Charles Scott introduced bill provi-
ding for the erection of public build
ing at lola, Kans., at a cost of $50, ooo;
also a bill to erect a monument costing
$40, 900, in memory of the Union SOL
diers who are inferred in the National
cemetery at Fort Scott. Special bills
to pension John Mosgrove, of Geneva.
Kansas, and S. B. Moorehouse, of
lola, Kansas, at the rate of thirty dol
lars per month were also introduced by
Mr.. Scott
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
CRAY ars all Sick.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 3.-The
United States auxiliary cruiser Pam
Their, with 800 marines on board, nearly
all sick, has sailed for Norfolk. She
came from Colon. The Colombian gov
eminent asserted that it could protect
the isthmus, so the opportunity was
seized to take the fever-stricken sol
diers back. The gunboat Bancroft has
sailed for Colon to replace the Panther.
Rear Admiral Higginson has sailed
for Culebra island on board the gun
boat Scorpion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Mexico Divided on silver.

Mexico City, Mex, Dec 2.-Fluctua-
tons in silver keep exchange continu-
ally varying. The largest business
men and most bankers incline toward
a gold basis Farmers in the interior
are disposed to regard the agitation in
favor of a gold standard as mere out
cry on the part of the interested for
eigners The silver dollar is down
nearly to one-third of its nominal
value. The banks are all prosperous,
and business interests report excellent
trade conditions
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
more of Them Guilty.

Kenosha, Wis, Dec 2.-Annie Ketel-
hut, 16-year-old girl, appeared before
the district attorney and asked for the
arrest of eight we'll known young men
of the city on charges of gross irnmor-
atty. The district attorney stated
that the arrests would be made. Sew
eral of the young men fed to avoid the
disgrace which would follow the ar
rests While refusing to give any
names the police declare that the men
are connected with several of the best
known families in the. city.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Need of LEGISLATION for Alaska.

l especially urge upon the Congress the need
Of wise legislation for Alaska 1t is not TO
our credit as a nation that Alaska which
has been ours for thirty-fve years, should still
have as poor a system Of laws as is the case
Alaska needs a good land law and such pro-
visions for homesteads and prescriptions as win
encourage permanent settlement. We should
shape legislation with a view not to the ex-
plotting and abandoning Of the territory, but
to the building up of homes therein. The land
laws should be liberal in type, so as to hold
out Inducements TO the actual settler whom
we most desire to see take possession OF the
country. The forests of Alaska should be pro-
tected, and as a secondary but still impor-
tant matter, the game also. and at the same
time II is imperative that the settlers should
be allowed to cut timber, under proper regu-
lations for their use. Alaska should
have a delegate in the Congress. 1t would
be well II a congressional committee could
visit Alaska and investigate its needs on the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Scientific Aid to Farmers.

In no department of governmental worS IN
recent years has there been greater success
than in that of giving scientific aid to the
farming population. thereby showing them how
most efficiently TO help themselves Ihere Is
no need of insisting upon its Importance, for
the welfare of the farmer is fundamentally
necessary to the welfare of the republic as u
whole In addition to such work quzran-
tine against animal and vegetable plaques, and
warning against them when here introduced,
much efficient help has been rendered TO the
farmer by the introduction OF new plants spe-
cially fitted for cultivation under the peculiar
conditions existing in different portions of the
country In the Southwest the possibility Of
re-grassing overstocked range lands has been
demonstrated in the North many new forage
crops have been introduced, while In the East
it has been shown that some of our choicest
fruits can be stored and shipped In such
way as to find a profitable market abroad.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Phillupine Policy indicated.

On July last, on the one hundred and
twenty-sixth anniversary Of the declara-
ton of our independence. peace and am
nesty were promulgated in the Philip
pine islands. Some trouble has since
from time to time threatened with the
Mohammedan Moros. but with the late
insurrectionary Filipinos the war has en-
tirely ceased Civil government has now
been introduced. Not only does each
Filipino enjoy such rights to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness as he has
never before known during the recorded
history of the islands, but the people
taken as a whole now enjoy measure
of self-government greater than that
granted to any other orientals by any
foreign power and greater than that en-
joyed by any other orientals under their
own governments, save the japanese
alone We have not gone too far in
granting these rights of liberty and self
government; but we have certainly gone
to the limit that in the interests of the
Philippine people themselves it was wise
or just to go. To hurry matters, to go
faster than we are now going, would en-
tail calamity on the people of the Islands,
No policy ever entered into by the Amer
lean people has indicated itself in more
signal manner than the policy of holding
the Philippines. The triumph OF our
arms, above all the triumph of our laws
and principles, has come sooner than we
had any right to expect. Too much
praise cannot be given to the army Tor
what it has done in the Philippines. both
in warfare and from an administrative
standpoint in preparing the way for civil
government; and similar credit belongs to
the civil authorities for the way in which
they have planted the seeds of self-gov-
eminent in the ground thus made ready
for them. The courage, the unflinching
endurance, the high soldierly efficiency.
and the general kind-heartedness and
humanity of our troops have been strik
ingly manifested. There now remain only
some IL, 900 troops in the islands All
told, over 100. 900 have been sent there.
OF course. there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them.
They warred under fearful difficulties of
climate and surroundings; and under the
strain of the terrible provocations which
they continually receive from their foes,
occasional instances of cruel retaliation
occurred. Every effort has been made
to prevent such cruelties. and finally
| these efforts have been completely sue
cessful. After making all allowance for
| these misdeeds, it remains true that few
| indeed have been the instances in which
| war has been waged by a civilized power
| against semi-civilized and barbarous
| forces where there has been so little
| wrongdoing by the victors in the Phil
| ippine islands. On the other hand, the
| amount of difficult. important. and bene-
| ficient work which has been done is
| well-nigh incalculable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
suift,s Chicago Plant.

Chicago, Dec. "A boiler in Swift &
Co.'S plant exploded. Thirteen lives
were sacrificed, and scores of employees,
visitors and others were injured.
Huge boilers were sent through the
roof of the boiler house and hurled
hundreds of feet. Nobody within the
boiler room survived to tell the story
of the accident and it may never be
known what caused the explosion Five
minutes after the explosion nothing OF
the boiler house but pile o. twisted
iron, brick and mortar remained.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
NAV Lease Mineral Lands.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The supreme
court in an opinion by Justice White,
sustained the power of the secretary of
the interior under direction of congress
to lease mineral lands held by Indians.
The case was that of the Cherokee
nation versus Secretary Hitchcock, in
which an effort was made on behalf of
the Indians 20 enjoin the leasing of
lands. Justice White said that'as the
Cherokee lands were under the control
of congress, congress had power TO
delegate its authority to the secretary.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Grain Fre,cht ADVANCED.

Washington, Dec 2.IOficial notice
of an increase of 21S cts per 100 pounds
in the freight on grain from Chicago
to New York has been filed with the
interstate commerce commission The
new basis which will Be observed by
the lines east bound out of Chicago
and other points in the territory east
of the Mississippi river and north OF
the Ohio, is twenty cents per hundred
weight This increase usually follows
the closing of navigation on the great
lakes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Trust Cannot Collect BINS.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 3.-The Kan
sas City court of appeals decides that
the combination of brewers that exist
in this city, is trust and as such it is
expressly forbidden by the statutes of
Missouri and is unlawful, and the
brewer can not collect the debt, evea
by going into the courts. This decision
was made in the suit of the Ferd- Helm
Brewing company against the saloon
keeper, who owed the brewing COM
pany. In the lower court the brewing
company got Judgment.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11

Department Of Commerce Needed.

department. OF Commerce Necoco.
1t is earnestly hoped that Secretary
of Commerce may be created. with a
seat in the Cabinet. The rapid multipli-
cation OF questions Affecting labor and
capital, the growth and completely Of the
organizations through which both labor
and capital now find expression. the
steady tendency toward the employment
OF capital in huge corpora lions. and the
wonderful strides OF this country toward
leadership in the international business
world Justify an urgent demand for the
creation Of such position. Substantial
ly all the leading commercial bodies in
this country have united in requesting its
creation. It IS desirable that some such
measure as that which has already passed
the Senate be enacted into law. The
creation Of such a department would in
itself be an advance toward dealing with
and exercising supervision over the whole
subject OF the great corporations doing
an interstate business; and with this
end in view. the Congress should endow
the department with large powers, which
could be increased as experience might
show the need.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
How He Miobt Be Id.n+i1.d

An amusing story is being told il
Paris Of an Auvergnat coal merchani
of that city, who was found intoxicated
in the streets. Asked who he was, he
said he didn't know. but go and ask
the coal merchant in the Rue des
Ecoles. If he is at home, don't know
who l am, If he's out, it's me-"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
An Ancient Food.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Breakfast food,
which has been in use by the klamath
Indians since aboriginal times, has
been discovered by Frederick V. Col
vile, botanist of the department of
agriculture, who says it is more pala-
table and more nutritious than many
of the patent. foods now IL Use. The
food consists of the prepared seeds OF
the ''wocas," large yellow water lily,
which grows in the klamath marsh
on the Klamath Indian reservation in
Southern OREGON.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11

CAS- to the suggestion that the coun
try's stock Of unsold novels be used
for fuel in this emergency" observed
Mr.. Naggus, literary editor of the
Daily Bread, "all / have to say is that
the idea is ridiculous. They will NOT
burn. Most of them are too rotten."-
Chicago Tribune.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
The Indian Problem.

In dealing with the Indians our aim should
be their ultimate absorption into the body of
our people. But in many cases this absorption
must and should be very slow. The nrst and
most important step toward the absorption OF
the Indian is to teach him to earn his living;
vet II is not necessarily to be assumed that
in each community all Indians must become
either tillers of the soil or stock raisers Ihelr
Industries may properly be diversified, and those
who show special desire adaptAbility fol-
Industrial or even commercial pursuits should
be encouraged SO far practicable to follow
out each his own bent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
National Guard REORGANIZATION.

The measure providing for the reor-
ganization of the militia system and for
securing the highest efficiency in the ma
tional guard, which has already passed
the House, should receive prompt atten-
ton and action. 1t is of great impor-
lance that the relation of the national
guard to the militia and volunteer forces
of the United States should be defined,
and that in place of our present obsolete
laws a practical and efficient system
should be adopted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Getting Rid of the Cause.

Doctor binding patient sampling a
bottle of whisky)-Here, here, my
man, that will never do. That's the
cause of all the trouble. Facetious
Patient-Well, then, fill your glass,
doctor. Now we've found the cause,
the sooner we get rid of it the better.
Glasgow Evening Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Transit of Venus,

A transit of Venus occurs only four
times in 2S3 years. 1t is most i'm
portant to astronomers, because it
gives them an opportunity Of meas
uring the distance of the earth from
the sun.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
l.reditu in Office,

Lord Dudley is not the first Of his
name to be lord lieutenant of Ireland.
AS far back as 1928 Sir John Sutton.
the fifth Lord Dudley, was Irish vice.
roy. He summoned an Irish parlia-
ment and held the office for three
years.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
STRANGE WaIkinn Fish.

The walking fish" of Santa Gaia
lima channel, California, is a member
of the pediculati tribe, and has con-
geners among the gulf weed of the
Mexican coast. Its pectoral fins are
shaped so as to serve for legs, and
it can rest on them so as to snap its
prey. 1t builds a nest of seaweed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Paw Labor Representatives.

In England the labor unions provide
appropriations for their representa-
tives in the house of commons, the
boilermakers paying their member
$4,000 a year and providing house,
while John Burns gets from his union
only 81 $50.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Praise for Friendly FiIiplnos.

Taking the work Of the army and the
civil authorities together. 1t may be ques-
toned whether anywhere else in modern
times the world has seen a better exam
pie of real constructive craftsmanship
than our people have given in the Philip
pine islands. High praise should also be
given those Filipinos, in the aggregate
very numerous, who have accepted the
new conditions and Joined with our rep
resentatives to work with hearty good
will for the welfare of the Islands.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
charcoal Eph,s Daily Thought.

de rule OBJ three in de boa'din'
house." said Charcoal Eph, in one OF
his ruminative moods, lam diserway:
Fust, hits tough meat, mex hits hash,
ana den hits soup, Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Accounts for Misaivlnas.

A magazine writer says that woman
is still the prey of man, filed with
timidity, a trembling, hunted thing.
1t is suspected that this gentleman
has always consumed his beer and
smoked his cigarette with Mrs. Carrie
Nation several miles away.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Nav Be Valuable Habit.

The kinkajou, says a traveller, eats
his food and drinks while hanging by
its tail in the Brazilian forests. Well,
if rents follow other necessaries in
price, the kinkajou habit will become
popular.-New York Telegram.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Church Attractions.

Rev. Wilson Garlic, the noted Lon
don minister, has introduced moving
pictures into his church services and
furnishes all persons desiring it with
a free cup of coffee as they leave the
church.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
The Future of Coal.

Apropos of Lord Kelvin's assertion
that in 400 years the coal of the
world will be used up M Cartleux,
chief engineer of the Northern Rail-
way of France, says that in ten years,
between petroleum and alcohol, coal
mining will not pay.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Lonu Felt Wants,

The profession of medicine and law
are already overcrowded and young
man are advised not to prepare for
them. In at least two professions, how
ever, there is a crying demand for
trained men. They are forestry and
soil physics.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Aoed Student of Law.

Thomas c. Boyd, sixty-two years OF
age, of Chicago, has just graduated
from a law school in that city. and
hopes to carve out career for him
self by strenuous work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
NOTHING to Gain.

Her Mother-May, why do you treat
Jerrold so shabbily, while he treats
you so good? May-Why, the dear
boy couldn't treat me any better, no
matter how / treated him.-Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Needs of WASHINGTON.

The District of Columbia is the only pa-t
of our territory in which the national govern
ment exercises local municipal functions,
and where in consequence the government has
a free hand in reference to certain types OF
social and economic legislation which must be
essentially local or municipal in their charac-
ter The government should see to 1t, for In
stance, that the hygienic and sanitary legis-
Iation Affecting Washington is of a high char
acter The city should be a model in every
respect for all the cities of the country. More
over, while Washington is not great INDUS
trial city there is some industrialism here.
and our labor legislation, while 1t would not
be important in itself, might be made model
for the rest Of the nation. we should pass,
for instance a wise employers liability act for
the District of Columbia, and we need such an
act in our navy-yards. Railroad companies in
the district ought to be required by law to
block their frogs
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
Good Advice.

When you don't know what you're
talking about, keep still. BY wearing
a wise look, trimmed with lurking
smile, you may be able to bluff along
without anybody finding out how lit
tie you do know.-Exchange