The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-21
MEN WHO MAKE
LAWS OF NATION
Peculiarities and Pendants Of
Them and Their Friends.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL
INTERESTING ANECDOTES AND
"REMINISCENCES.
Especial Corresnonaenoen

Especial Correspondence
HTASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Represent-
! w alive Bell, in presenting TO the
secretary of the interior a petit
ton of residents of the Grand river
valley, Colorado. for examination and
survey of desired project for divert
Ing the course of the Grand river so
that high lands along the stream may
be irrigated, wrote as follows:
J There probably is not a better GER
Jalniy not safer, place in the entire
arid domain for the construction of
| waterways for irrigation of the public
lands than in the Grand valley The
most essential feature is that the
| Grdnd river, a great and inexhaustible
! stream at all seasons of the year, is
unclaimed and unused by anyone. Sec
ondly, there is a great body of the
unclaimed and unused public domain,
as fertile, inviting and as accessible TO
! transportation and markets as any in
/ the entire arid region Thirdly, where
/ the lower lands have been watered and
! cultivated through private enterprise
! the land exceeds in value almost any
/ thlng east of California. The peach,
pear, apple, plum, nectarine, cherry,
I SEUEIdl CfODS
thrive marvelously, and its fruit trains
annually go TO many eastern states.
I They have a fine sugar beet factory
near the center of the valley, good
railroad facilities, unlimited quantities
OF COAL oil and everything 20 invite
early and thrifty population. In nv
Judgment, the moment the government
begins the survey, with the determine
uon of diYerting the Grand river. and
II 1t would permit the same, every acre
under the line of the ditch would be
located, and that there would be an
abundance of land to repay the gov
eminent for the reclamation, as this
land is located as it is. with settle
ments and cultivation bordering upon
/ would bring a very high price, com
pared with the general run of arid
lands.
Inc Grand river, with a superabun-
dance of water, runs through the val
ley, and the government could make
an experiment here which would be
absolutely safe, and which would in
VolVe no chance of breaking reser-
Volrs, great dams, or any other
chances. The proposition is simple.
the mere diversion of a great stream of
water from the level of the natural
now around the foothills of the noun
talns, and the people would eagerly
take the land and build the distrib-
utlng bitches from the main canal
earnestly ask that this be selected
ana surveyed at the earliest possible
moment, because of the many superior
Iacllltles presented for government
reclamation, and because of its excen-
CohaI location, supply of water. eli
mate, transportation, the great BODY
or arid, unclaimed land, and other IA
CIiIIles Tor successful reclamation nv
the government, and a fun remunera-
ton almost Immediately of tbe av-
penditure made
Inc Chinese dragon and the stars
ana stripes waved in fraternaI har-
nony at the reception given bv the
Chlnese minister to celebrate the &c
IestlaI New Year. The white stone
legation was filled almost to over
cfOWdlng with men and women prorni-
hent IN every phase of Washington So
clety, who We're there to wish Mr.. Wu
ring Fang and his family and at
1dches many happy returns of the dav.
NINE. Wa sat on a high stool near the
ooof' reaoy to welcome everybody with
a handclasp and smile. 1t is we'll
known that Nine. Wu's comnrasseJ
1eet do not permit of her STANDING
enc wore a gold embroidered Costume
OF old rose and blue silk. EARRINGS
corsage ornaments of diamonds and
fastened in her hair was the quaint
national head dress of flashing gems
and large pearls.
The minister, in magenta and dark
gray satin, received in the ballroom
MI. Shen Tung, the first secretary.
smiling and suaYe, stood at the door. of |
the parlor on the opposite side of the /
nan, and to all who greeted him he /
introduced his wife. She was so small /
and pretty, and so very youthful. that /
eacn guest fingered as if to carry a /
E!Vld picture of her away in his mind. /
She was gOwned in blue and black 4
with embroidered effects in rich col |
ors, and in her glossy hair was fas- /
tened a pink rose. She carried a clus- /
ter OF volletS. At no time after the /
reception opened was it possible to see /
more of the tea table than the top of /
the eenterplece of pink and white roses. I
and the twinkle of candles under pink
shades, so NcrOwded was the room. /
Moving throughout the various rooms
were the attaches of the legation at
tired in beautiful costumes of light
tinted satins.
The Chinese minister long ago
achieved a reputation for generous
hospitality and his annual tea in honor
Of the New Year is always one Of the
crush affairs Of the season.
Succumbing to the unsentimental
vandalism of modern progress. the his
toric Washington home of Jeff Davis
mas been torn down and on the site
on which it stood is now being erected
an apartment house. The home was
on q street between Seventeenth and !
Eighteenth. This immediate vicinity
was once the court circle" of Wash
ington society, and the residence now
torn away was the home of Davis |
from the time he entered national pol
tics till the close of the Pierce admin
lstration, during which he served as
of war.
When the growth of the city and the
changes which time has wrought in its
features robbed this locality OF
It's social prestige and distinction. this
Did house, fragrant with so many de-
iShtful memories of social life. was
to other uses In this hum
bic structure the signal corps-the IA
Their OF the wonderful weather bureau
was first established. In the next
order Of things there is nothing re-
naming OF the building to remind one
# the scenes and events that trans
oired within its walls which had so
much TO do with shaping and fore
'hadoWing period without a parallel
n our national life
That particular locality was largely
Of the homes Of men Of wide
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