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fully of the water which had run to-
waste few days before, and realized
that their losses We're not due to q
scanty supply, but to its faulty distri-
button. To remedy this. the floods had
to be held back until they were needed,
and farmers began to provide for this.
In order to do this it was not neces-
sary to explore the mountains for res
ervoir sites and build costly dams
ready for this need when it should APP.
pear by providing storage sites amidst
the fields where the water was to be
used. These valleys, like all the coun-
try along the eastern base of the
Rocky mountains. slope away from the
mountains with fall varying from
ten to 25 feet per mile Scattered over
this incline are depressions which can
be filled from the canals which cross
the slope above them and be emptied
by means of cuts or tunnels on the
lower side. Some of these basins have
natural outlets which have to be
damned Where reservoir outlet is
too low to irrigate the lands of its own
ers, an exchange is made with the
holder of early appropriations. Civ
ing the stored water for an equal vol
ume from the stream. The upper
canals fill the reservoirs and the low
er canals take the water from these
reservoirs in times of shortage. leav-
ing the water of the stream o the up
per canals. Such is a brief outline Of
the system.
The reservoir on Canyon creek, a
tributary of the Weber river. Illus
trates the results of water storage in
Utah. 1t was built by the farmers I'M
der the Davis and Weber counties
canal to reinforce their water supply
for the latter part of the irrigating
season, Weber river irrigates part OF
Salt Lake valley surrounding the city
of Ogden. The soil and climate of this
section are we'll suited to market gar
dening and fruit growing. and these
have become important industries
Ten canning factories and beet
sugar factory have been erected here,
and large quantities of vegetables and
fruits are shipped to the surrounding
country during the growing season.
AS the growing of higl,-priced prod
ucts extended it was found shat the
water supply of the river could not be
relied upon. There is IL food in May
and June. but the river shrinls rapid.
ly after this. Only the early appropri-
ators can rely upon an ample water
| supply after the first of July.
The farmers under the Davis and
Weber counties canal have a late an
preparation, and when the water drops
as it did in 1899. from Ass cubic feet
per second in June to AS cubic feet
per second in July, nothing remains
| for such appropriations. This shrink
age to one-tenth of its earlier dis
| charge in so days is not unusual. anG
for several years irrigators under tho
Davis and Weber counties canal have
| had to suffer not only in actual loss
of crops, but in anxiety over the dam
| gers of these losses. Three years age
they united in the construction of q
reservoir on Canyon creek about 80
| miles above the head of their ditch.
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Why Size Dete.tcd II

Again" complains the devoted wife,
II am told that you have been flirting
with that odious Miss Mashem on the
piazza"
"Bah!" .retorts the gay husband,
thinking to ridicule the suspicion of
his wife. 'Bah!" he repeats.
ut isn't SO bad" asserts the wife,
for man to be guilty, but what l de-
test is when he acts SO sheepish about
it. baltimore American.
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Why Philip sobbed.

Little Philip was taken to the sea-
shore for week and he enjoyed the
life immensely the first two days.
He ran around on the beach until his
face was sunburned and he was a
bright red.
Then the skin began peeling of
and itched dreadfully. His mother
was awakened at night by hearing
the boy sobbing, and she called to
know what was the matter.
"The paper is coming off my face, !"
sobbed the little fellow. = N. Y.
Times.
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"Then she wondered which of sew
A Curious Climate.

Stranger Govt wesD-Do you ever
have any cyclones here?
Native-Naw, nothin' but summer
airs. Thinkin' of buyin' land?
No, A relative of mine left me a
tract near here, and"
That so? Well. these ERE summer
airs is mighty Gurus. They'll snatch
up hull settlement an dash it to
pieces ag'in Pixies Peak. What will
We take fer y'r land ?"-N. Y. Weekly.
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states. Inc new law pro-
vides that all moneys received from
the sale of public lands in the states
and territories having arid OF semi
arid tracts be set aside as recama-
ton fund for the location, construc-
ton and maintenance of irrigation
works for the diversion, storage and de-
velopment of waters. including ar
tesian wells. The states and terri
tories which are included in the act
are Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah. Washington and Wyoming.
In all of the states named, and espe-
cially in the mountain states, irriga-
ton canals and reservoirs have been
built to degree that is quite beyond
anything thought of by the general
public further east. In the mountain
states, where conditions have been
favorable, private capital has located
and constructed large number OF
reservoirs at only nominal cost that
have turned many thousands of acres
of otherwise arid lands into productive
fields.
During the two years ended Deem
Der /. 1900, there We're issued permits
for the construction of reservoirs as
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fields show no lack of moisture, while
the district is dotted in every direction
by lakes and ponds. Surrounded by
prosperous and highly cultivated
farms, With margins bordered by trees
and bushes, these bodies of water
form an attractive feature of the land
scape. They harmonic so we'll with
thei:" surroundings and have such an
appearance of age and stability that
one can hardly realize that they are
NIL the results of the work of farmers,
and that quarter of century ago
none of them were in existence.
Many of these basins are irrigation
reservoirs. From them hundreds of
farmers draw their water supply dur
ing the latter part Of the summer.
Without them the most valuable
crops would not be grown. They are
as essential to the success of irrigation
as the canals or laterals which distrib-
ute water, and their construction has
proven far more profitable. There are
81 Of theSe artificial lakes under the
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Mrs. De Style (haughtily)-I am sor-
ry, hut | would not permit my daugh-
ter to go with a man that drinks.
Turnedowne-I thought as much,
for l have never seen your daughter
out with her father.-Judge.
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Because they're found among the
Reason to Be Glad.

Nellie, aged three, was out walk
ing with her father one evening, but
she soon became tired and he was
obliged to carry her.
us 1 vewy heavy, papa?" she asked,
as he set her down moment to rest.
Indeed you are" he replied.
Say, papa" continued the little
miss, isn't you dest awful tickled
Eat I amt twins ?"-Primary Educa-
ton.
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The Jury's sympathies.

stranger-You still have lynchings
here, do you?
Westerner-Only in the case of bad
characters. When fairly good citi-
zen gets arrested for anything, we al
ways let the law take its course.
That's encouraging
Yes, you see an average jury can al
ways be depended upon to hang good
citizen if it gets chance."-N. Y.
Weekly
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Then and Now.

How things will cvolute and turn,
AS march the decades slow!
Our fathers wore three cornered hats
A hundred years ago.
But that was in the bygone days,
And time has changed all that
Each man himself is cornered now
To get his wife hat!
Smart Set
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Workndnx Pnstimea,

First it's golf ard then it's pingpong,
Now and then croquet;
Tennis is preferred by many
AS thing to play.
What 6. difference there would be
If We only knew
Them as things that, ownedl as work"
We We're paid to do.
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Master of the Situation.

cit seems to me-" said the man from
the east, chat you stand great deal
more from that man who just left you
than you would from anybody else"
Eyes" answered Piute Pete. We've
got to. He's one of our usefulest cit
liens and if he gets arrogant he knows
he's in place where we can't resent it,
cause if anybody got the drop on him
it would stump us for shore"
"Who is hep"
"The only undertaken in 200 miles,
Washington Star.
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$4ooo,oooooo in So years?
Men multiply millions by magic and grow power. But
living though he be king will raise such
of his the bones of slaves Cheops pyramid
Women scored the pulpit press foles
but language beside that with which dashed the Ro
DANES No could WELD such influence evil
A HUNDRED SHINING EXAMPLES OF ANCIENT I'M
QUITY.
Some groan of Where n United States does
the gatheer of the income
did in France before the revolution?
Are low ideals modern They prevalent
Huxley ad waited eight before he could
afford wed his promised BRIDE and who awned his royal medal
honor to his dead brothers debt MODERN
AGASsIZ WAS TOO BUSY TO MAKE MONEY!"
Above ALL why should American grumbe? Could
found city here onea of onealf million people accept
kings bounty charity dinner? OF American city
land that 20 cent OF the people do PAU
DREDs.
poyed Kansas farmers offering three dollars
farm hands prove that the republic is opportunity
Material comforts have choked the soul Why should hey
Prof Muensterbeg Harvard that the war
far the people went, of recompense IT WAS CRUSADE
The last century human progress that had pre-
ceded since the coming the standards endure
There kindness everywhere He serves
who helps.
Human nature stumbes upward with many backsding
DOES NOT STOP FACING FORWARD.
There abused word in English language than
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Many Such.

paw" said little Oscar, what is a
community of interest?"
81 guess it is this one" said Miiit.
Every person in this community
seems interested in every other FER.
sons affairs."-N. Y. Timea
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ForSocial Better
ment---The Cafe
BY DIR. DAVID BLAUSTEIN,
Superintendent of the Educational Alliance,
New York

man seeks relaxalon; the people
home from the
and storekeepers have finished the enter the
cafe where they friends there over steanng
glasses OF Russian and the fragrance
into spirited discussions upon topics Of interest plosophic re-
lglous scientific, economic, dramatic, literary
The cafe than club IT is FORUM There is no
clash cults Quite the Different
quarters for of like tastes and sympates SO
found artists; another socialists n musicians
In intellectual stimulus the cafe may club Its
cornwall atmosphere and lack of gives the
thought vjvidness imagination briancy to the expression
THUS, THE CAFE is BY FAR THE MOST POTENT SOCIAL
AND INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE ON THE EAST SIDE
Aus.
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Prof. Blinllers-I hope you did not
find my lecture too technical, Miss
Baynes?"
Miss Baynes with pride)-oh, no,
professor. l was able to follow it all
Prof. B.-I am glad of that, as l tried
to make it ineligible to the meanest
comprehensive
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The UIood of the soldier.

II suppose, colonel" said the beau
tiful grass widow, chat there often
are moments when you wish you were
again on the battlefield, thrilled by the
roar and fired by the excitement OF
war"
eyes," he answered, looking around
eagerly for an avenue of escape and
seeing none, "even now the old feeling
comes back to me. Chicago Record.
Herald.
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Friendship--Its
Obligations ~ ~
by WRIGHT a. Patterson.

You have acquaintance they pose before the world as friends
but have they been the crucial they
been asked to do for something liking
thing that will dscommode something convenent
The may be applied yourself You say you are his
friend but have been tried? Has he
thing that it grant something
difference in your plans pleasures something would
rather not do? Have granted the request
True friendship, like love- virtually demands it
stands every strain meets demanded sacrifice Your friend
hungry and feed him, but the
less yourself hungry and you sacrifice
food that friend be fed Your friend you
Tor him. but the act not test OF friendship unless doing you
sacrifice pleasure that the might be cared for
You "hs friends countless. Be not abuse
the word for sacred proven friends have thew
stood the test have they made the sacrifice statement
and his countless There
to be sure, but the latter is often right.
think the cafe as force for social moral or in
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Monk-Say, mister, have you seen
my little brother?
Tiger-Oh, yes; but don't worry.
I took him in out of the rain.-Chicago
American.
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1t does much good.
During the day the East Side
Cafe is a restaurant pure and sim
pie. After ten o'clock in the
evening and until two in the
morning its character is changed.
Then the worlSingman is finishing
his evening stroll; the professional
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NiI,ped.
ISra ft-The hose Lnc

Kraft-The boss has promised to
give me a raise in my salary next
week.
Newitt-Sorry, old man, but 1
haven't got cent to lend.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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to know its real meaning. You
say "he is my friend,' or Il am
his FRIEND" but is it true; are you
not mere acquaintance?
REAL FRIENDSHIP CAR
RIES WITH IT OBLIGA-
TIONS SO FEW ARE WILL
INC TO MFEpT
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Timely Suggestion.

When from your love you part to meet
again,
One little tip for your considerations:
Don't say au revoir, nor yet auf wieder-
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"First she wondered if any man was
really worthy of her"
eyes"
"Then she wondered which man was
the most worthy of her"
Eyes"
"Then she wondered which of sew
eral worthy men she had refused
would come back to her"
eyes"
"And then she began to wonder what
man she could get" -Chicago Post.
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Points of Resemblance,

Crimsonbeak-Most boys, you know,
are like postage stamps.
Yeast-When they stick to their let
ters, l suppose?
NO"
Because they're found among the
males"
ooh, no."
"Well, I give it up"
"Why, they never perform their
mission in life until they are well
licked. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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The Good PANAMA.

He was fool he rocked tire coat.
The girl, she got ashore,
His panama enveloped him
And he was seen no more!
Cincinnati mmercial-Tribune.
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He-Indeed, there's jolly good fsH-
ing about here. Miss Swift made
great catch when she was here last
summer.
Shelves, that old man was worth
at least million.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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He times are out OF joint some say. Luxury,
Sudden wealth." Extravaganza, corruption, y
low ideals are ugly words in common use.
Are they justified?
IDLE MILLIONAIRES IN NEWPORT
DANCE WITH A DOLL OR DINE WITH
A MONKEY, and there is outcry about the
frivolous rich. What rich man of to-day
matches the proAigacy of Mark Antony, who
according to F. Marion Crawford, squandered
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One does think of the cafe social moral or in
tellectua Advancement Nevertheless East
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D MORE important legisla-
ton was enacted during
the last session of con-
gress than that pertaining
to irrigation in the western
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There is abused word in the English language
hat of Friendship 1t thousands who seem not
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SUMMER ANGLING.

Unless you're sure of the pronun tatlon
pa,.tC at
The age-herald., 1902-01-03
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT BUT THERE ARE VOTES
 TO GET" AT COLUMBUS
CONFESSION WILL
 FREE A CONVICT
A MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE SAYS THE WRONG MAN WAS PUNISHED.

Columbus O., January 2.-The confes- sion of Walter Wragg, a supposed sui eide in Pittsburg, may be the means of liberating Thomas Carter, a Hamilton county prisoner, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for manslaughter.
 Wragg in his confession, sent to Pitts burg paper, said he and pal had held up a saloonkeeper named Hitzler in Cin- cinnati In July, 1896, and in a fight which ensued Hitzler was killed. As they ran away from the saloon Wragg says he shot at a man who was running toward him.
 Carter says he Is the man referred to; that, hearing the shooting in the saloon, he ran to see what was the trouble. He claims he was wounded in the shoulder. When he reported the assault to the police he was taken into custody and charged with the murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years. Carter always maintained his in- noeence, and it was the doubt in his case which prevented his conviction of a high CT degree of murder.
The age-herald., 1902-01-03
centa|of Georgia Freight Engine Exp|odes at Macon With
 Awful Results
SHOCK FELT THREE MILES
 TERRIFYING TIE RESIDENTS
Water Was Too Low in the Boiler, and a Negro Helper Turned On a Cold Stream-EngIne Re-
 duced to Fragments.

Macon. Ga, January IA freight en- zine just out of the repair shop and fired up in the round house of the Central Railroad of Georgia exploded without warning today, killing three men. injuring many others and shaking the entire city. The report was heard seven miles and houses three miles distant felt the shock. The news instantly spread that many were killed and In few minutes hundreds had gathered at the gates, among them wives and children of shop employees, crying and clamoring for information.
 The dead:
 E. W. Hodges. machinist.
 J. M. Mcdonald, machinist (relatiyes live in Knoxville, Tenn)
 Uriah Cornelius, colored helper.
 The injured:
 J. J. o'Neal. machinist, fracture; win die.
 Henry Fox. machinist fracture; will die.
 P. L. Willis, blacksmith, sevsesy scalded.
 F. D. Hambrick. carpenter. head lace rated.
 William Wilson, carpenter. frac.ureo ribs.
 J. M. Meadows. carpenter. general bruises. -->- Peter Hammock, colored. scalp wound. Wesley Johnson, colored. face cut Peter Adams. colored. confused shoul- der.
 The negro Cornelius was in the cab as- sisting the inspector. J. M. Mcdonald, who was on top of the engine. Both were blown to atoms. The others were at some distance from the engine. The cause of the accident is not known. It is SUD- posed. however. that the negro had found the water in the boiler too low and had supposedly injected a stream af cold wa ter on the redhot crown shield. The en. zine was reduced to fragments. parts be- ing hurled through the building two or three hundred yards. One piece weighing 5000 pounds was thrown 150 yards.
The age-herald., 1902-01-03
FHGDON AND KYLE FACE
 EACH OTHER BUT THERE IS
 NO SIGNS OF RECOGNITION
Cuba'S New President is
 Receiving Congratulations

New York. January 2.-Gen. Tomas Es- trada Palma, the newly-elected President of Cuba, has received many dispatches and telegrams of felicitation from various parts of Cuba and this country.
 Senor Emelio Bacardi. Mayor of San tiago, cabled in the name of the Munich pal Council;
 q, with the President, wish you a hap py New Year. and am pleased to greet you as the future first magistrate of the Cuban Republic
 A dispatch from Dr. D. M. Sabalos at Havana, a veteran of the ten years war in Cuba. sent a message of congratula- tion. From Neuvitas, province of Puerto Principe, came the following dispatch:
 Happy New Year. Triumph in Neu- vitas. Hundreds of congratulations.
 (signed ''MIGGUEL ROURA."
 Senor Joaquin Fortune. brother-in-law of the late Jose Marti. said in message from Mexico City:
 q am particularly delighted with your success because you have been an i'm maculate patriot all your life"
 A dispatch from Gibara, Santiago prov ince, which is Palma's native state.reads
 Oriental patriots salute you as the first President of Cuba"
 from New York:
The age-herald., 1902-01-03
MATHIS DENIES
 PREVIOUS STORY
SAYS THE NEGRO LESTER DID
 THE kILLING-BECOMES VERY
 ANGRY WHEN SHOWN LETTERS HE HAD WRITTEN.

. Oxford, Miss. January 2.-The trial of Will Mathis, charged with the murder of the two Montgomerys, began at g O clock this morning. By Il o'clock a jury had been impaneled and the exami- nation of witnesses begun. Orlando Les ter, who was yesterday convicted as an accomplice of Mathis In the double mur der, was next called and gave the same version of the killing that he had given at his own trial. He said that Mathis told him that he did the shooting him. self; that it was planned that the negro should do the shooting, but his nerve failed him and he (Mathis) had to do 1t himself He stated that Mathis shot Hugh Montgomery first, shooting him in the mouth: that he was obliged to shoot John A. Montgomery twice-once in the body and once in the head.
 Will Mathis next took the stand. He denied all previous statements made by himself, claiming that they were made under promises of aid or threats of bodily harm. He said he had nothing to do with the killing and did all he could to keep Lester from killing the officers. He stated that John A. Montgomery was one of his best friends. and nothing hurt him worse than the killing of the officers in his house. He stated that he had noth- ing to do with burning the bodies; that his father-in-law. Whit Owens, and the negro did the burning: that all he did was to take his own pistol and leave the house.
 In regard to the letters written by him. self to his wife while in jail. telling how to assist him in escaping and what she and other parties must testify at the trial, he disclaimed all knowledge. He became violently angry when the letters were shown him and read by the district attorney He said 1t was all a plot of Bill Jackson and he knew nothing of the letters. He at first refused to give sam ple of his writing, but at length consent ed to write his name.
 Wilf- Mathis wife was next called to testify in behalf of her husband. She failed to identify the writing of her hus- band.