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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
IN ARID EMPIRE
Waiting to Be Reclaimed BY Proper.
Irrigation.
TRIBUTARY TO MINNEAPOLIS
George H. Maxwell OF National Irri-
cation Association Talks to
MinneapolitansA About It.

George H. Maxwell, executive chairman
OF the National Irrigation association, ad-
dressed the Commercial club this after
noon on the irrigation movement. Mr..
Maxwell has been identified with it for
several years. He has addressed bust
ness bodies in every section of the coun-
try and following his present trip through
the west intends to go to Washington to
assist in pushing irrigation legislation.
The secretary of the interior in his last
report recommended that congress make
for several irrigation
schemes. One OF these was the turning Of
the waters of st. Mary's lake region into
the headWaters of the Milk river,to be used
u 1rrlgating a large tract in northern
Montana Another was for irrigating a
large section In Arizona. It is these
propositions that the National Irrigation
association seeks to have carried through
rather than the passage of any. general
bill. The northwest is interested in the
Montana scheme for which $3,0O00OO Is
asked. Mr. Maxwell said in part:
we cannot succeed without the cooperation
OF the east. The west has but one-tenth OF
rne membership of the house. The western
business men can arouse the active interest
OF the eastern people by showing them that it
IS 70 their interest to have these lands peo-
pleo Our association desires to get the bust
ness men of both sections to work in harmo-
ny on the proposition. The settlement of the
arid regions will increase internal commerce
and multiply the opportunities of eastern
manufacturers and business men. Realizing
this fact. many eastern business men have
Joined the association
The fundamental principle upon which the
association Is based is that the lands for
which water is provided by government irri-
cation systems shall be reserved for actual
settlers only, and that the lands reclaimed
shall pay to the government the expense o!
installing the irrigation systems. The asso-
| citation stands upon the recommendation in
the presidents message and the report Of the
secretary Of the interior
Mr.. Maxwell said there were about
| 10000 acres of arid land in the ST.
Mary's lake region in Montana, waiting
| for water to make them productive
Properly irrigated, these lands would
be worth $10,OOO000 and would be capa-
bic of raising crops to the value of $12,-
100000. Every inch of this territory
| would be tributary to Minneapolis. The
! merchants of this city would sell large
amount of the supplies to be used In this
new territory, as we'll as the material
used in the construction of the canals
! If the waters of Montana were used
for irrigation, 10000, 900 acres, of arid LAND
could be reclaimed This would near
more homes for Industrious people and
| a. big increase in northwestern trade
| Mr.. Maxwell pointed out that the only
| successful plan would be to reserve the
land for actual settlers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
NEED j, FUEL IlIl AND FOOD
intendent Of the Poor
johnson.

More than 400 families are dependent
upon the city for fuel and food during the
present cold snap, and at least 100 OF
them are in the utmost restitution. So
reports Superintendent of the Poor John-
son this morning. This number is con-
siderably in excess Of the number aided
last year and this, the superintendent
says, is due to the prolonged cold weather.
During January, 403 families were fur
nished with wood and groceries, and thus
far this month LIS families have applied
for further assistance, and seven new ap-
plications have been made. The poor de-
partment finds that in only few cases
are the applicants undeserying, but in
stances have been found by visitors for
the department, where wanton Incidence
has led able-bodied persons to seek
charity. ss up
In a shed at the rear Of 2s4 Sixth street
S, a. few days ago, a visitor for the de-
partment found a most. pitiful case IN
one small room not fit for human hablta-
ton, a middle-aged man and his wife were
cooped up, without food or proper; shell
ter. At 5O7 Third street N, woman
with nine children, but without means for
their support, was found suffering intense
ly. Her husband had left her.
Superintendent Johnson says that in
seven-tenths OF; the cases where appllca-
ton has been made for food and fuel,
women and cnlldren were sEaue uePeAuoA'
upon the city by constituencies HUSBANDS.
Many of these cases grew out or the drink
habit, he says. Assistant G. f. Brown
| who was clerk in the poor department
in Philadelphia few years ago, says that
he never saw more intense suffering from
| poverty in the slums Of the Pennsylvania
CITY than he has seen in Minneapolis this
winter, but. of course, the number o.
| cases is much smaller here. About $780,
| 600 is available for distribution to the de-
serving poor every year, and superintend.
ent Johnson says that he could spend
500, 900 year in this work and yet make
good use of every dollar Of It..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
WATCHING A COLLECTOR
iChildren's Home Society Says Coz
tributiOns Are Diverted.

Children's Home Society Says Com
tributions Are Diverted.
Minneapolis officers Of the Children's Home
Society were notified to-day that Mrs Hart
was at st. Peter, soliciting funds for a home
for unfortunate women and children in Min
neapolis. She gave the Impression in asking
contributions that it was a public institution,
and in one instance said that Mr.. Savage,
superintendent of the Children's Home Soci-
ETY., looked after the disposition of homeless
children. Mr.. Savage knows nothing of any
such Institution, but believes that the woman
maintains private lying-tn hospital in the
city,
For two or three years. said Mrs. Savage,
Of the Minneapolis office Of the society, reports
have come to them of funds contributed for
the Children's Home. which never reached
the society. 1t developed, upon investigation,
that a Mrs. Hart had made the collections.
1t is the opinion of persons associated with
the work that this woman makes her repre-
sentation very indefinite, and while she does
not claim to be a solicitor for the Children S
Home Society she leads the impression that
that is her work. The society is considering
the advisability Of proceeding against Mrs.
Hart. II f5s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
A PETITION FOR DELAY
NO. APPEARS ON. CHANGE
1t Asks That Action on Tax Law Be
Deferred and Is for ndiyid-
ual Signers.

Another petition against the tax bill
appeared on change yesterday for sigma
lures. The petition Is like the one re-
Gently circulated, and addressed to the
Hennepin delegation, but specifically to b.
G. Potter, senat or, and Sherman S. Smith,
and w. P. Roberts representatives. The
petition reads as follows: s.
The undersigned, citizens and taxpayers of
the city Of Minneapolis, believe that the tax
law, if passed in its present form, would be
severely injurious to the business interests
of the state of Minnesota.
We also believe that no just or equitable
system of taxation can be enacted until the
restrictions and limitations ofsso present
constitution are changed.
We therefore respectfully request that ac-
ton on the present proposed tax law be de-
ferred until proper changes can be made in
the constitution, either by constitutional
convention or by submitting proper amend
ments to vote of the people s.
The petition is designed to bring out
individual sentiment. Business firms are
not urged to sign, but the signatures OF
individual voters are desired, and signers
are requested to give residence numbers
and streets.
To facilitate the circulation the city
! has been divided into six sections First
and third wards, third and tenth, Second
and ninth, eighth and thirteenth, seventh
| and twelfth fifth and sixth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
more LAKE PHONES IA FAITHFUL HOODOO|A
Hard Luck Of the Hyde Family Has
Continued.
THREE OF THEM ARE SENT AWAY
Been Fooled by Mis-
fortune.

Mrs. Sarah Hyde, her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Phillips, and her 19-year-old son,
a cripple. We're sent to West Superior last
night at the expense Of the city. THESE
were the last of the unfortunate Hydes
who came to Minneapolis from St. Louis
four months ago and whose case was the
most pitiful ever brought to the notice OF
the poor department.. A sister OF Mrs.
Phillips at West Superior has rented q
house for her relatives and will see to it
that they have shelter and food until the
family is able to get on its feet again.
Z Last October the Hyde family, consists
ing of father, mother, two daughters and
the husband of one of them, and the Grip
pied son reached Minneapolis, having
travelled overland in an emigrant's wagon
from st. Louis. They were without
money and unable to procure work or q
home, and were living in their wagon
near the city. They were suffering from
want OF food and proper shelter and were
driven to seek aid from the poor depart
ment John Hyde, the father, said that a
Minneapolis man in St. Louis had told
them of exceptional chances for the Ia
boring man in this city and had induced
them to sell out and make the trip.
The 1S-year-old girl daughter, the only
one able to work. was sent back to st.
had been offered her. She expected to be
able to send money to her destitute father
and mother and the crippled brother but
sh had been there only short timeawhen
placed under quarantine, in which helpless
position she remained for month In
the meantime the father had found a place
to work but misfortune followed him, too.
A board fell and he was Knocked from a
scaffold on which he was working. He
sustained several broken ribs, and a friend
in st. Paul consented to furnish him a
place to live until he regained his health
and strength. Then his wife fell and
broke out several Of her teeth and re-
ceived other injuries Mr.. Phillips, the
son-in-law, recovering from illness, Sc
cured work in the woods and it is to him
that the family now look for support. The
boy is not able to do manual labor and
has not the education to do any other kind
of work. During the past three months
! the family has been dependent upon the
city for supDOrt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
X.RAY.ING A CANCER.
The New Treatment Is Being Used
In Minneapolis.
IMPROVEMENT SEEMS MARKED
Physicians Make no Attempt to Ex-
plain the Healing Action OF
the Rays.

A few weeks ago paper was read at
a meeting of the New York Post Graduate
Clinical society by Dr. Charles Warren
Allen, of New York, in regard to the new
treatment of cancer by X-rays. Tne paper
was then published In the Medical sRec-
ord and in this way reached physicians
all over the country. The experiments
and the account of them have aroused
much interest in tn profession.
The treatment has a local interest, LOT
1t has been adopted here, although it Is
not claimed for 1T that it has passed.
beyond the experimental stage. One Min
neapolis patient has been given the treat
ment for about two months with gratifying
results. The Minneapolis experimenter
is DR.. Cora Smith Eaton and She feels
that the results warrant a continued trial
and further investigation.
The Minneapolis patient had suffered
for years from cancer incolv1ng the
upper part of the nose, the eyelid and
the eyebrow. The external growth has
now almost wholly disappeared and the
apparent improvement is marked. Be
yond this DR.. Eaton makes no statement.
Her method of treatment has been lden-
tical with that Of DR.. Allen and OF DR..
William Allen Pussy, of Chicago. All
other parts except those to be treated
are protected by metallic masks. The
Minneapolis patient has her head COM
pletely covered with a mask of tinfoil over
cloth and in addition shield OF thick
lead foil completely covering the upper
part of the body.
The distance of the tube from the part
treated is variable matter, depending
much upon the nature of the case and the
susceptibility of the patient. Dr.. Pusey
recommends about two inches for skin
cancer work and DR.. Allen has used from
three to FIVE DR.. Eaton has followed
the latter method. Her patient had daily
Is minute exposure at first and after the
healing process began these were grad
ually reduced
alton but thinks the rays act much like
concentrated sunlight. No effect is OBJ
servable for from 10 to IA days and then
the action is much like sunburn, slight
reddening Of the skin, some tenderness
and a scaling off Of the skin.
The cause of the therapeutic effects is
left unaccounted for by the operators,
opinions varying as to whether they are
due to the Roentgen rays proper, to the
violet ray that accompanies it, or to an
induced current on the outside of the tube.
The ray used is not of the highest inten-
sity but is produced in a rather low
vacuum. 1t shows only the bones of the
hand vaguely like sticks of carbon.
Several Minneapolis physicians have
X-Ray machines but so far as could be
ascertained no others have yet treated
cancer cases with it. Most of them use
the machines wholly for diagnosis, al
though there is some treatment of skin
diseases by means of the rays, as we'll as
the removal of hair.
One of the greatest advantages claimed
| equal efficacy on, external and on deep
1 seated 2rOwthS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
CAUSE OF THE BEET
Senator Theden Stirs Up Beet Raisers
Against Reciprocity.

Gustav Theden of the Minnesota Beet
Sugar company, st. Louis Park returned
this morning from campaign of edu-
cation" throughout the southern tier Of
counties. The sugar company has been
waging an aggressive fight against the
proposed Cuban reciprocity legislation,
and Mr.. Theden reports that all Minneso-
ia farmers in any wise interested in the
promotion of the beet sugar industry in
this state are up in arms against any leg
1slation (which will let down the trade
barriers from Cuba to the United States
and force American sugar interests into
ruinous competition with the sugar trust
which would then control the situation in
the island
Mr.. Theden said that Congressman
Heatwole bad heard from his constituents
in no uncertain language as to WhaA his
position should be regarding the Cuban
bill, and had promised to take no hasty
action.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
CITY NEWS

Lieut.. johnson Here-Second Lieu
tenant Walter H. johnson Of the Eighth In
aantry is in Minneapolis for a three days
stay on his way to the coast to prepare fol
Parish Priest for Its Guest - The
City salesmen's association viii lunch FIJI,
Second avenue. Dan sully, the Parish
Priest will be the guest Of the day.
MIR. Hulbert's Vacation City
Treasurer Hubert left last evening for Cali
fornia where he will spend three months IN
Tecuperation. He has not had Vaca1lon ~
hve years, and at a recent meeting OF .ne
in his Office while he took trip. The coun-
Gil gave the desired permission on the spot.
The Office will be in charge of w. J. King
Mr.. Hulbert's son-in-law.
Promises to he GOOd-O. ]. Dorsey,
the Minneapolis travelling man who got into
matrimonial mixup recently ana was vas, ar
woman not his wife, Is said to have straignt
tened matters out by promising to leave tne
woman ard to support his wife ana TWO s CHI M
dren who live in this city. He and tne
woman, Miss Burr, by name, spent nine days
in Jail at Topeka.
Carriers Vacations-At meeting OF
the letter carriers last evening new sys-
tenn Of vacations was considered. flnal az
tion will be taken on the proposition mo4 ~.
hence. 1t is the rotary system as against ne ~
PROPOSED that vacations shall be taken during
the months from July to November me
older carriers in service coming hrst supsti1
tutes will be benefited also in that tney Will
have steady employment during several con
secutiye months.
A Midnight Radcliffe boarders at 41S
Second avenue S were all hustled from their
beds just before midnight last night to re-
epond to a call for vaccination. one or lhe
twenty-five boarders there reported hlmseli
to the health office as being in suspicious
condition and his trouble was found 10 !De
smallpox. He was sent to the quafantlhe
hospital and the health board authorizes tnen
moved on his boarding house at the houI
when it was reasoned that everybody woulo
be present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
NO ONE TO FIGHT
For the Appeals From Great Western
Printing Companies Bills.


For the Appeals From Great Western
Printing Company's Bills.
The two suits of the Great Western Print
ing company against Hennepin county were
quickly disposed of this morning When
called by Judge McGee, c. S. Jelley moved
for Judgment for plaintiff on the pleadings.
Judge MCGEE took the motion under advise
ment. There was no opposition.
The suits are on appeals by certain tax
payers from the allowance of two printing
bills by the county commissioners One bill
for supplying the county with court calen-
Oars and two tax list books amounted to
$464, but was reduced to $404 by the commits
sioners and allowed at that figure. The other
bills, also for supplying court calendars
amounted to $113.28 and was allowed in full
Their payment was protested and the print
ing company was forced to begin suit. The
answer Of the county virtually acknowledges
the justice of the claims. In the case of the
larger bill, it is stated that the appeal was
made in ignorance of the fact that the county
commissioners, in passing the bill, had dis.
allowed the items complained Of. In the othe,
case, it is stated that the appeal was taken
on a mistaken understanding of the facts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
READING BETWEEN THE LINES.


Swiftly flew the sleigh, with its two occu-
pants. down the wide boulevard.
The moon, which had been behind cloud,
peeped out from one corner of it.
Mabel" whispered the young man. look
in my eyes. What do they say?
According to my reading of them. MI.
Harry Fillmore the maiden saucily an
swered, they say nothing they haven't said.
am sure, to dozen other girls
5..Then read between the lines. he said,
throwing his left arm carelessly around her.
Whereupon the moon discreetly went behind
the cloud again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
WILL LOOK AT MISSIONS
II. e. Hughes and G. M. Stocking
Make a Trip East.

T. E. Huges, president, and c. M. Stocking.
superintendent, of the Union Mission; leave
tonight for New York to look over the Mills
hotel and other similar institutions. They
will also visit Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore. The growth Of the Union Mission
in the past six years has attracted the at
tention of the business men Of the city and
the Commercial club Endorsed its work. In
order that definite plans may be laid before
them, however, Mr.. Hughes and the other
supporters of the mission thought 1t desirable
to Investigate before laying out plans for the
enlargement of the work. Hence the present
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
BUYS ANOTHER FAST ONE

Directum, Jr., Is Coming to the
Savage Stables.
NJ. w. Savage of the International Stock
Food company is still adding to his stable
of fast horses. Not content with Directum
and Online, Mr.. Savage recently negotiated
the purchase at New York of Directum, Jr.,
a promising youngster, aged 18 months. Di-
rectum. Jr., is a product of the well-known
stables at Parkville, r.. I. When 16 months
old he gave promise of future speed by trot-
ing an eighth of a mile in eighteen seconds.
Mr.. Savage has several locations in mind
for the big stock farm which he intends to
start near Minneapolis this spring He has
not yet decided which is best adapted for a
stock farm, but he has his eyes on a likely
stretch of country along the Minnesota bot
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
CRACKsMEN FOILED

Could Have Joined the BunnIoes Had
They Succeeded.
Safe crackers broke into the office Of
the Western Scrap Iron company, at
Fourth street and Eleventh avenue S. last
night, but were evidently frightened away
before they completed their work. Using
an ak, they broke off the dial and handle
Of the safe, but we're unable to get the
door open Had they succeeded in forcing
the safe they would have found that it
contained only IA cents in money, four
2-cent postage stamps and ticket for the
nolicemen's ball. Their bungHng and
bootless attempt to open the safe will me-
cessitate the expenditure of $50 for re-
!: pairs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
NJ

Being crank depends a good deal on who
turns the handle
1t is wise woman that lets her servants
have their own way
The kind that ought to drink themselves to
ger thirst.
week-old New Years resolution ceases to
be an ailmert that will cure itself; it is a
disease that must be got rid of.
A woman will get mad with You IL you
don't try to have the last word, because you
have to do that to give her another chance
to have it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
VICTORY FOR BRANCH

Mrs. Beson's Services Didn't Wipe
Out His Bill.
In spite of Mrs. Beson's attention to Pep
per, the swell Angora cat, and her numer-
GUS favors to Edwin Branch, as testified to
by herself, she gets only a cold, heartless
stare from the jury and verdict of $128,20
against her.
In dismissing the jury this morning, Judge
Simpson thanked them all for their patience,
fortitude, and particularly for their self-re-
straint during the two days in which the ia
nous cat case had the right Of way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06

This gives, as it appears to us, picture
essentially different from the English end.
A fortnight later war was declared
Afterwards, in June and July. while the
United States was making great progress in
the Philippines, England tried to induce the
Spanish mission in England to ask for peace
proposals., for then, to no power was the
American encroachment in the Pacific more
annoying than to England.
The above is the historical connection OF
events we hope that, in giving the same,
we have thoroughly exposed the absurdity OF
the English legend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

second-story Charlie-I hear poor Bill
is in the itsy house on Wards Island.
Light fingered Mike-Yes, it made Bill
Ioony always readin in the papers, after
he would crack a crib, about the piles Of
cash and yaluables he had just overlooked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
win Grind lis own Feed.

Owing to what were considered exorbitant
Lids for supplying ground feed for the Owa-
tonna state, school, the board of control, at
its last meeting, instructed the superintends
ent of that institution to buy a feed mill and
grind feed needed at the school. The plan
has already been tried elsewhere, and has
resulted in considerable saving to the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
FORCE OF HABIT.

..These editors make me weary complained
the Eminent Architect.
Explain" suggested the Sympathetic
Friend.
swell, designed ten-story building for
Fibbler's Magazine and they have rejected
five stories and said they would pay for the
others after publication
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
POWER OF THE PRESS.

a 1.7l99114s New. Y0FKE weekly &, - ~
Famous Scientist (excitedly) Something
must be done to stop the spread OF the opium
habit among women.
Great Editor (cafmly) Very well. sir. I'll
put in a paragraph saying that hankering
for opium is q sign OF old age.