The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-08


cause bad dreama-
This printer was little severe on the
/ ether printers, for in reality fmany Of
. the views are fife and would DO credit
10 professional photographers.
Mr. j B. LiIpinco-- a photographer
Of the Geological Survey. who has for
several years been on duty at important
points in the West, has presented a
! plan for making q river pump its OWL
water. He has recently investigated
Kings River in central California with
view 10 increased use Of that stream
for irrigation ard other purposes, Mr..
Llppincott has 4 high standing in the
Survey as well rs IN scientific circles
over the country and his plan Is attract
/ ing considerable attention.
The Kings River Valley IS one Of the
richest irrigation sections of the West
the profits reported from the raisin
crop alone in 1900 from the section near
Fresno being more than s.. 900 000. Near
ly 100000 acres are already under cuI-
tivation and utilize almost all the avail
able flow OF the river, but fertile lands
remain Tor which there is not g SUI
cIent water supply; this is especially
true OF the lands on the adjacent foot
hills of the Sierra Nevada. where high
priced citrus fruits can be grown to
great advantage. Mr., LiPpincott sug-
gests unique plan for the full CO.
servation Of the rivers water.
In the fat lands of the lower valley
commonly known as the delta. the sands
and graveIs of the soil have become
thoroughly saturated through twenty o.
thirty years Of irrigation, SO that an
abundance Of water can be obtained
from wells sunk into them Il is esti-
mated that over 100000 acre-feet coulC
be had from this source annually OF. SUI
hclent water 10 food 300, 000 acres to
the depth Of one foot each year. In
close proximity 10 this supply stand the
steep slopes cf the Sierras. among. whose
SUBMITS the Kings River has its rise.
On the upper courses Of the river, where
the wateFpower pcssi biIities are the
best. il is proposed 10 erect o power
plant Of 1870 horsepower 20 generate
Z,zUV volts OF electricity, transmit X at
nigh tension forty-iTe miles TO the
lower valley. harness it to numerous
pumping stations located in different
parts OF the delta, and so make the rievr
pump UP its OWE water which bas been
once used N irrigation, rendering il
second time available for the reclaim
alton Of new lands Il is estimated t6af
If all the water derived from the pump
ing plants and the proposed storage
reservoirs should be Dut upon new areas
II would mean the addition Of 2G0. COO
acres Of valuable land to the State
Mr. Marsh Budenheimer. one Of the
late appointees to the Government Print
ing Oface, is 2 Georgian, who his been
N the printing business since his ear
lies. recollection He came from Dial
ton, Ga. where his father runs an in
+4rrr Tz1
paper Mr. BudeEheimer' is f3e
printer and an active and studIous voUns
man
An official OF the Pension once. who
has just returned to his desk from his
home IN Georgia, gives some interesting
data in regard TO the growth OF the
peach in that State:
For many years-the States Of Mary
land, Delaware. AMI Now Jersey fur
nished 80 per cent ~ the peaches
shipped to the Eastern markets. Some
htteen years ago an eaterprising nur-
seryman IN middle Georgia, seeing great
possibilities in his section as z Producer
OF the luscious fruit set his wits to {
Work IN order to propagate . peach Of I
me HaYoF, at the same time possessing
the qualities necessary for the long
transportation 10 Northern markets By /
repeated experiments he produced the
liberia peach. which now is recognized /
as q standard Of excellence in the frui,
markets OF the country.
Small orchards were planted and lin +
tied quantities O? the fruit found IT'S
way TO th1 outside world. As the indus /
Try spread and larger capital was in
vested the demand for this peach be /
came much greater than the supply. The /
only complaint the dealers had 10 bring
against the Georgia peach was that there
were not enough Of them From this
small beginning Georgia has moved 20
the hTst place in the quantity OF her
peach production, as vel as its quality.
Ten years ago. according to the Az
ricultUTaI Department the number Of
peach trees in the four States which
produced that fruit most largely was
stated officially as follows Maryland.
Q 100000 Delaware. 4.520,000 New Jer-
sey, 400 GOO; Georgia, 2, $50, 600 Geor-
gia, tlen fourth in the list. had less
than half as many trees SIS Maryland
and more than two million less than
either Delaware or New Jersey
The lapse of ten years however. has
wrought great change in the figures
According 20 the statistics Of 1901 Of tho
number Of trees in the four States
striking contrast TO the figures OF ten
years ago is presented and are as fol
lows: Georgia, 766g, 900; Maryland.
: 0l5 .0o0; New Jersey. 2,7G0. 600, Della d
ware :. 400. coo
During this time Georgia has moved
from fourth 10 first place in the Iist,
having almost twice The number Of
trees in Maryland. her nearest competi-
tor, and almost as many as the other
three States combined. This means {
many millions Of dollars 20 Georgia an
nually and her ultimate emancipation
from bondage to King Cotton who for
many generations has ruled the land
with a rod Of iron q"
Engineer william Il. Burger. Of the
Coast and Geodttic Survey, is in Texas
with a corps Of men establishing and
elevations above the sea level
His chief assist hts are /. Wadsworth
R. K Lyons and J. Daniel Boone They