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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
WAGES ARE INCREASED.

Delaware, Lackawanna Western
Gives Employees Fine Nesy Years
Gift.
New York, Dec. 3l.-Beglflnihs 70.
morrow new schedule OF wages VIII
go into effect on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad that VIII
increase substantially the pay OF q
large percentage of the emTaoyes in all
departments Of the road. The percent
ages of increase vary in different de-
partments and will approximate $780,
600 per annuln.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
MAYOR OF coGeoN FOUND.
4. M. Sheldon, Who Disappeared 1
Month Auo, Returns.

Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Dec. Sill. M. Shell
don, mayor of Coggon. who disappeared
a month ago, was found today at Ana
mosa. He had wandered away while
temporarily deranged and had been as
far as Georgia. The rumors of GRIM
inality were untrue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
Presidentia / Appointment.

Washington, Dec. Sf.-Milton M.
Price, of South Dakota has been ap-
pointed commercial agent of the United
States at Jeers. De LaFrontera, Spain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
POOR PROFIT BY INHERITANCE
Mystery as to Relatives of Miser Who
Died in Toronto Solved.

San Francisco, Dec. 31.--Mrs. Rebee-
ca Hyman and her daughter. a Mrs.
Hart, who have lived in poverty in this
city for years, have been Identified as
the widow and daughter of Eli Hyman.
who several weeks ago died a supposed
pauper In Toronto hospital and was
afterward found to possess coin and
paper to the value of $4,000. The
women will inherit his estate, estimated
at Sl0O, ,000
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
oLlN CASTLE DEPARTS.
One of Central Figures in the Eldorad
Tragedy Seeks New Home.

Eldorado, Kas., Dec. 31.-Olin Castle.
husband of the woman whom Jessie
Morrison was convicted of numbering,
has departed for California, accompa-
MED by his mother and sister, to find
a new home,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
But Little Alarm Felt in Eu-l
rope Over the Situation in
Morocco
POWERS WILL NOT INTERFERE
Spain Will Be Allowed to Carry Out
Her Program and Maintain the statu
Quo-Eisht American Missionaries,
One an lowan, in the Disturbed Dis
trict-other Foreign News.

London. Dec. 31.-Missionary head
quarters in London has teIegraphed to
Tangier for information regarding the
missionaries in Morocco, for whose
safety, however, not much fear is felt.
Latest advices from the Americans at
Mequinez show Welliver, of Minnesota,
and Reed of Kansas City, went to Fez
after the recent trouble at Meaulnsz.
Six other missionaries are presumed to
oe at Meauinez.
Lisbon, Dec. s1.-The government OF
Portugal is sending warships to Nor
Deco to protect Portuguese interests
there.
Gibraltar Dec. 31.-The Spanish war-
ships Infanta and Isabel sailed today
for Morocco.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
Dr. Lorenz Starts Home.

New York, Dec. 31.-Dr. Lorenz, or
thopedic surgeon of Vienna, sailed to-
day for England.
John Dillon, Irish leader, and Mrs.
Dillon also sailed for home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
Wisconsin Central Raises Wages.

Milwaukee, Dec. 31.-six hundred to
seven hundred locomotive engineers
and firemen on the Wisconsin Central
will be given an advance OF ~ to 20
per cent In wages tomorrow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
TOWN LACKS POSTMASTER.
Official at o!eson, Wis, Goes to the
Moods and Assistant Moves.

Grand Rapids. Wis, Dec. Sine
postoff1ee at Oleson has been discon-
tinued, for the reason that the post
master has resigned, and no one else
could be secured to take his place. The
former postmaster is a camp cook by
trade. and left the office in charge of
his sister during his frequent absences,
but recently the sister married and
moved away, leaving the office without
an attendant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
TOD SLOAN ROBBED. IS
American Jockeys Valet Took His VAL
uables.

& London. Dec. s1.--Tod Sloan's valet,
a Swiss named Carloz, was remanded
at police court here today, charged
with stealing the American Jockeys
diamond sleeve links. valued at $425, a
dress suit and other articles. Sloan,
who said he, desired to go abroad, was
bound over to attend the trial.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
Not Very Serious View.

Madrid, Dee. 31.-Germany has noti-s
fed Spain she intends to observe AN
attitude towards Morocco similar ia
that of France and Great Britain AH
the powers are thus in accord witt
Spain's decree to maintain the statGs
quo. &
A dispatch from, Ceuta, Morocco, says
o Moor who was under British pros
lection had been murdered by Moor4s
between Tangier and Tetuan. The
people who have arrived at Ceuta from
Fez do not take a very serious view OF
The situation there. The cruiser Rio de
La Plata has been ordered to TangieI
to watch events.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
INCREASE or s1s,ooo,ooo.
Customs Figures for the Calendar Year
Giuen

Customs Figures Tor the CaIehuar rear
Given.
Washington. Dec. s1.-The customs
figures for the calendar year December
estimated) show imports of gold and
silver of SIC, ,50S,357, against S19.S67,7s5
1sat year. Merchandise imports aggre-
gated $5s3,621,495, against $555,o20,575
last year. Duties collected for naer-
chandise amounted 20 S179,o54,5o4, an
increase of about $ls.ooo,OoO over last
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31

4 sit down, fill my pipe. and com-
mence to read the Daily Sensational
Before my pipes smoked out have
read 1T thru"
(statement of John Doe.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-31
IoWANs AMONG THEM.
Eight Missionaries in the Disturbes
District in Morocco.

District in Morocco.
Kansas City, Dec 31-Eight mis-
lsionaries who are working in Morocco
under the direction of the Gospel Mis-
sionary union. whose headquarters are
in Kansas City, are believed to be IN
peril AT Fez are stationed George c.
Reed, of Kansas City, formerly Of Me-
braska, secretary of the .Morfseo a1iiss
sion: Mr.. and Mrs. Welliver, of Iowa.
Maude Carey, of Emporia, KIM: Irene
Ward, of Avoca, Ia, and Nsslie Alison,
of Alabama. Another pirty now az
Moquinez is composed of +. G. Enyart.
of Kansas City and Victor Swanson, OF
Nebraska. This town is forty miles
west of Fez.
A letter from Mr.. Reed at Fez, dated
December 4, TO George S. Fisher, presi-
dent of the union, has just been receiv-
ed. Mr.. Reed writes:
Word to hand indicates that the suI-
tan Is returning to Fez from Moqufnez
instead of going to Rabst.
The fight last Sunday east of hero
was a serious reverse for the govern
mentkeaa6t; alffmentshrd sh sh sh shrd
ment and estimates of the loss are very
high, some putting it at 500 on ths
army side; probably one-half to two.
thirds of that number
Mr. Fisher believes that Christian mis-.
sionaries would be slain Ii captured by
the fanatical rebels.
The Mr.. Welliver mentioned in the
above dispatch is brother of Mr.. ]. G
Weiliver, editor of the Sioux City 'Tri5-
une. In a recent letter written at Fe:
Rev. Mr.. Welliver described the agiia.
ton in favor of the pretender as si1lilAa
to the boxer uprising in China, and
primarily based on opposition to for-
eigners land the western Innovations
which have been favored by the sultan
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08

effect of this drainage is shown about the lakes. where the presence of water has bauished all traces of alkali. Eut one needs only to study the alkali map in the report on this valley to see the demonstration of the fact. Mesquite lake receives the drainage of over 100, ,0OO acres, including Imperial town- site, and one would expect to see an accumulation of alkali there. But as matter of fact the map shows less all kali at the lake than on the surround ing country, and this can only be ex- plained by the drainage carrying off the salts.
 How irrigation purities land where it can leach downward through the soil has already been stated in these columns in quoting the bulletin issued by Prof. F. w. Hilgard, director of California experiment. stations. It was shown that, at Bakersfield, simply by irrigation, land carrying 23o, ,6So pounds of alkali to the acre was leached until there was but lS,o4o pounds of alkali, and crop of alfalfa was growing on the ground.
 It is scientific principle testified to by Thomas H. Means as well as Prof. Hilgard, and disputed by no authority, that drainage, where possible, can be relied on to wash out salts. It was not possible in Pecos Valley, according to Mir. Meaus, but he admits that na- ture is at that work here.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08
GUESS WORK AND SUPPRESSION OFI
 MATERIAL FACTS
These are the Characteristics of Document Prepared by Youthful Expert of the Bureau of Soils the Deductions of Which are Being Proven False by Growing Crops

27O0 acres, and the average distance travelled each day with horse and buggy was about fifteen to twenty miles. The report also shows that in the whole work but four deep borings were made, to the following depths: One to twelve feet, one to fifteen feet, one to sixteen feet and one to eighteen feet-this to test the character of 10S, 160 acres of land. That this is superficial work of the rankest kind it is almost needless to say, and that definite knowledge of the productive power of the valley can be based on such haphazard work few people will claim. Beside this, all other tests made were of soil on the surface of the land, or but short distance below the surface.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08

"These grades represent the average for the surface six feet, tests having been made for each foot in depth and the arithmetical mean taken.
 "The to O.2 per cent grade is soil that is practically free from alkali
 (Continued on page 7)
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08
The Water Level

The report made by the bureau of soils is most remarkable of all in what it does not contain. There lies before the writer the reports made by the same bureau on the soils of the Pecos valley, New Mexico, and of the Salt Lake valley, Utah. These are elabor- ate publications, each report being accompanied by three series of col ored maps, one series showing the character of soil, another the percent age of alkali, and the third, being of the utmost value, sets forth the depth to the water level. The alkali country along the Pecos river and that in the Salt Lake valley is condemned chiefly because of two reasons: the alkaline nature of the water used in irrigation, and the high water plain underground, which prevents water from sinking and carrying off the alkali in the soil.
 In the report on the Imperial valley the character of the water used is thus referred to:
 "The water supply in the Colorado River is abundant, at least sufficiently so to supply all present demands. The water is very muddy when taken from the river, containing a great deal of fine sediment of a reddish brown color, which must make the keeping of the canal clean quite problem, but it can no doubt be done. It is rich in plant food and will aid greatly in preserving the fertility of the soils to which it is applied. The soluble matter i'll the water, according to all analyses avail able at this time, amounts on the aver age to less than 100 parts to 100000 of water. In the soluble matter lime, calculated as sulphate, makes up 40 sium, potassium, and sodium chlorids and sulphates, with probably 20 per cent bicarbonates. Carbonates have not been found in more than very small quantities, and the presence of gypsum would preclude all possibility of the accumulation of black alkali in a we'll areated soil. The use of such water is attended with no risk, pro- vided the soils are not allowed to be- come water-loyged. The amount of plant food in solution and in sus- pension makes the water valuable as a source of strength and nourishment to growing plants"
 of one of the elements on which alka- line lands can be condemned. The water is not only harmless, it is valu- able in plant food.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08
Extent of Alkali

From what has been published in the papers, based on the report on lmpe- rial soils, the impression might prevail that about one-half of the lands filed on are condemned as valueless and some of the remainder is of doubtful value. The wording of the report IS we'll designed to carry this false inn pression. It says:
 "Aside from the alkali, which rem ders part of the soil practically worth less, some of the land is so rough from rullies or sand dunes that the expense of leveling it is greater than war rapted by its value. In the 10S,OOO acres surveyed, 20, $40, or 27.7 per cent, is sand dunes and rough land. Of the total area level enough to permit prof itable cultivation, F per cent contains less than O.2 per cent of alkaii and B per cent contains from O.2 per cent to O.4 per cent. The remainder of the land, or 51 per cent, contains too much alkali to be safe except for resistant crops."
 It was very considerate in Messrs. Means and Holmes to furnish inform ation regarding gullies and sand dunes. But no one can acquire the land with out taking affidavit that he has seen it, and it would be necessary for him to overlook sand dunes and gullies if he would suffer thereby. But after all this is not the issue in the case. The practical farmer knows whether he is getting level or hilly land.
 There is some of this 10S,0OO acres surveyed by the soil experts which is not desirable farming land, which has never been considered such by anybody. But when percentages are given it must be remembered that they are the percentages of land surveyed by the soil men, and not percentages of land which has been counted on as part of the tillable land of the val ley.
 The real issue which has been raised by the report is in regard to alkali, and the table in the report and com ments thereon are as follows:
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08

 showing the water level, such as were published in connection with the re- ports on the Pecos Valley and Salt Lake valley. We find the soil map and the alkali map, but there is no map of the water plain, nor is there any apology or explanation for its ab- sence. The fact might easily have been explained that it was impossible to give such map because the water level is so low that no one has yet been able to find it, but for some in- comprehensible reason the absence of that condition which led the bureau of soils to condemn the Pecos Valley was not of sufficient importance to lead to a careful study of the water level ill Imperial valley. On the whole sub feet of the water level in this valley, the report on Imperial contains only the following:
 "Standing water at Calexico is less than so feet below the surface, while at Imperial it is less than 30, and at this point moisture comes to within 5 feet of the surface"
 Now that would be important if it were true, but in some respects it is absolutely false. Calexico is within a half mile of New river and two miles of Cameron lake, and water is within less than so feet of the surface, but Imperial is in the heart of the valley, and the statements regarding it is without basis of fact. The atten- ton of Mir. Holmes was called to the fact that within the townsite was a we'll 612 feet deep in which no water was found. Water has never been found within 30 feet or any other deptl, at Imperial. Mir. Holmes claimed while here that in one of his borings he had found moisture within 5 feet of the surface, which is probably true. Imperial is level country and within year had had one storm with 2-inct rainfall, besides two other storms which might easily have furnished the moisture. But to take that simpl, boring of few feet, instead of the well drilled 612, to establish the deptt to the water plain was the night of absurdity. Not only that, but if de pendence was to be had on the borings, when four of them were made in the valley the presence of moisture in one and its absence in others should have prompted further investigation before condemning investments of money running into millions of dollars.
 Drainage Question
 "So the permanent reclamation of alkali lands depends wholly upon the drainage, natural or artificial" This is the gist of the alkali question as stated briefly in this report on Impe- rial, though the opportunities for drainage are practically ignored in the report. But there is one very signifi- cant sentence in the report. It is:
 "Salton salt works are at the bot tom of the basin, where tons and tons of salt are taken from the surface of the ground each year, only to be re- placed by the evaporation of seepage waters, which must, in part, be the drainage from this very country" So by the admission of this report, it is not simply theory that drainage
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-08

power of the ordinary individual. There was once dog which succeeded in eating a rattlesnake, which was a great accomplishment for a dog of its size. But the dog spent the remainder of it's days regretting, as it went creeping toward the grave, that it did so. Often it happens that young men, in the enthusiasm of youthful spirit and undue responsibility forced upon them, are led into positions which they regret for the remainder of their days. It is believed by the writer that such will be the experience of the almost boyish young man whom the bureau of soils of the Agricultural Department sent to Imperial to report on the soils of this valley. But if the young man had been older, if he had been some what restrained by the feeling of great responsibility which was imposed upon him, it is altogether probable that his report would have less of the arbitrary nature which characterizes it, for it is but three years since the bureau of soils began its survey of soils and its systematic study of the influence of alkali. The best authorities on soil admit that their study has but been begun, and Mir. Thomas Means, i'll charge of the work of the bureau of soils in the West, told the editor of the Press and Farmer that no soil chemist could analyze soil and tell what crops it would produce or would not produce, because there are so many local conditions of which the chemist would know nothing.
 In another place is given reply to the sensational reports published in various newspapers, based on tele- grams from Washington, purporting to give a digest of the report on Inn perial soils by J. Garnett Holmes, sup ervised by Thomas H. Means. Since that article was in print, there has been received a CODY of the report, and for the first time definite understand ing of the scope of the report is pos sible, and it may be well to analyze it and give something of its history.
 History of the Report
 On October F last J. Garnett Holmes arrived in Imperial to make survey of the lands of the valley, be- ginning actual work in the field a week later. He continued at work six days a week until in December, a con- siderable portion of his later work be- ing in compiling his notes and not in field work. On December 13 he was joined by Thomas H. Means, who re- vised the work, remaining here one week, the two leaving the valley on December 20. About forty days of actual field work was done in the valley, covering, according to the re- port, 169 square miles. This implies
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-23

lures, working without intermission day
and night. When one felt the need of
sleep he lay on a couch, holding in his
hand a ball, beneath which, on the
floor, was a brazen bowl. When his
muscles relaxed sufficiently to release
the ball. it fell into the bowl, and the
noise wakened the sleeper who resumed
his work.
But it is one thing to give up sleep
and another thing altogether to be
unable to sleep Those who suffer
from asthma, bronchitis and other dis
eases Of the organs of respiration are
only too familiar with this enforced
wakefulness. They would give almost
anything for nights unbroken rest.
THE SECRET OF SLEEP
for them lies in the cure of the diseases
which Danish slumber. That this cure
is possible is abundantly proven by
those who have used Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for the cure
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coughs, lung "trouble" and other dis
eases OF the organs of respiration,
81 can this day say that DIR. Pierce's
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-23
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Annie Russell may go to London
this summer to appear in "A Royal
Family"
Lewis Morrison will return to the
boards next season. appearing In
Faust"
Mr.. Stephen Phillips has nearly COM
nleted the Ulysses" play he is writing
for Mr. Beerbohm Tree.
Maurice Barrymore's condition has
improved OF late. but the physicians
have no hope Of his recovery.
Mr.. James X. Hackett has secured
the dramatic rights for England and
America OF the American Winston
Chruchill's new novel. The Crisis"
Rose Coghlan is to star next season
in a play written for her by Charles
Coghlan just before he died. 1t Is
a romantic drama and has for it's foun.
dation an old French play.
J. II. Fiagler, the Standard OIL man.
has arranged to build new theater at
Palm Beach. In Florida. Charles B.
Jefferson will manage 1t. AIR. Joseph
Jefferson will be the opening attraction.
Miss Sandol Mllllken. who was Jefr
de Angels leading woman during the
past season, will be prominent in
musical comedy by Harry d. Smith.
which Is to be produced by Klaw 8
Icrlanyer.