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Proposition Incorporated
in Amendment to APP
preparation Bill.
OFFERED BY Mr.. M'MllLAN
Money to Be Advanced to Meet Ex-
penses-Revenues to Be Paid Into
Treasury-Deficit to Be Repaid by
July /, 1920.

The much discussed project CT allow
ing the District to borrow from the
United States treasury such money ds
the District Commissioners may find
necessary to make and complete i'm
provements authorized by Congress is
embodied in an amendment TO the Dis
trict appropriation bin introduced in
the Senate yesterday by Mr.. Mcmillan.
Text of Amendment.
The text Of the amendment is as fol-
lows:
THAT the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized and directed TO advance.
on requisiticn CT the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia. in the manner
now provided by law. out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated. such sums as may be neces-
sary from time to time to meet the eX-
renses or the District Of Columbia. as
already provided for by law. or as may
hereafter be provided by law. Such
portion of said advances as are or may
become chargeable TO the revenues OF
the District of Columbia shall be paid
out OF the taxes and revenues OF the
said Distrit, collected for the support
of the government thereof. as follows;
THE entire revenues OF the District of
Columbia shall be paid into the United
States Treasury as now provided By law.
At the end of each fiscal year the Sec
rotary of the Treasury shall state the
deficit, If any, in the revenues Of the
District of Columbia occurring under ap-
preparations heretofore made by Con-
gress; and the Treasury Of the United
States, as ex ofiicio sinking fund coz
missioner of the District Of Columbia,
shall include in his annual estimates
such proportional amount OF such 6e1ri,
together with interest at the rate Of :
per cent per annum on the deacit &c
stated as shall be necessary 10 pay the
entire amount OF such deficit and inter
est by July ]. 1929: and such proportional
amounts shall be paid annually cut q
the revenues of the District Of Colua-
bia.'
Approved by District Committee.
Senator Mcmillan is backed BY the DIS
trict Committee in the amendment i
is understood that the appropriations
committee also favors the plan, provided
the personal tax bill Is passed to In
crease the revenues Of the District, and
make possible the payment OF the loan
in a series of years. II is thought 10 be
entirely probable, therefore, that the
amendment will be adopted.
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BILL TO REARRANGE
LICENSE TAXATION
Measure Proposed by Dis
trict Commissioners.
Slightly Amended When introduced II
Senate by Mr.. Mcmillan, of the
District Committee.

Mr.. Mcmillan yesterday introduced In
the Senate the District Commissioners
bill. providing for general rearrange-
ment of the license taxation in the Dis
trict.
The bill has been described hereto
fore in The Times. It has been amend
ed slightly since first drawn by the
Commissioners. One amendment is TO
the effect that all licenses where the
tax is less than SIS year shall ter
inmate one year from the first day of
the month in which the license was is
sued.
Section Regarding Vehicles.
The section regarding vehicles for
hire provides that a license Of Sc per
annum shall be paid for each vehicle
having a seating capacity of ten pas
sengers, the word seating" being an
amendment. The same amendment is
made on the tax CT s12 year on each
vehicle having seating capacity ex-
ceeding ten passengers.
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Ensign Nelson Testlfles
to Value of the Sub
marine Craft.
EXPERIENCE OF ENGLISH NAVY
Great Britain Has Profited by United
States Development of Such Engines
of War-Testimony of Holland Tor
pedo Boat Company officials.

In the hearing yesterday before the
House Committee on Naval Affairs,
which Is now considering the advisa-
bility of appropriating more money for
submarine boats, 1t was brought out
that England had profited by the United
States development Of such engines OF
war in equipping her navy to greater
degree with vessels OF this type than
any other country.
Ensign Charles Nelson. who Is the
torpedo expert in charge OF the Unitea
States torpedo station at Port Royal
S. c., was testifying to conversation
he had had with British officer while
In China on the question OF submarine
navigation. Ensign Nelson said the
English officer had told him that Eng
land considered very. favorably the use
OF torpedo boats of the Holland type
and commented on their superiority
over the boats in the French navy. AT
this point Mr.. Lessler, OF New Yorh,
reading from report Of the British
admiralty. quoted several opinions OF
that office deprecating submarine boats
This don't look like England favors
submarine boats" he remarked to the
witness.
1T may be information for the COM
mittee," interrupted Mr.. Isaac L. Rice.
president of the Holland Torpedo Boat
Company, ito know that the English
Parliament, In their budget OF a month
ago. appropriated money for the pur-
chase OF ten Holland torpedo boats and
asked for estimates on four additional
ones. II Mr.. Lessler will permit me
would suggest the document he reads
from is rather an Anticipated one Mr..
Rice made further statement. In which
he said that England paid f35.O0O each
for her Holland boats, which was $4,000
more than they cost the United States.
the cost OF building them across the
water being much cheaper than in this
country.
Must Look Elsewhere.
Mr.. Rice also made the statement
c., r,,5o Gonna an
tha' unie's No"e'
preparation Tor more submarine uod's
his company would have to go out Of
,,,,,,,o,s horo nc they couId not stand
,.,
the enormous eApense vi
perts In their employ with practically
nothing to do for two years. and said
yorv MAINLY bis corporation would have
% look for future business with for
o,ar ,owars
E,s,o, Nelson gave the committee
som. Interesting information about the
English Intelligence office whose re-
.ourc.a ba said for obtaining informa-
ton were almost unlimited. and they
seemed TO De IN 'ouch win Shat "aS
so.ns ou u - ,ha,r nossession nhotopronhs
and complete drawings Of the French
submarine torpedo boats. this knowledge
having been impaired to him by an OH
GER on II. NJ. S. Powerful while sta
toned In Asiatic waters.
In answer to questions from MT
Loudenslager Of New Jersey. Mr.. Day
ton of West Virginia, and Chairman
Foss, Mr.. Nelson testified that he had
carefully examined the testimony In re-
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Senate Agrees to Conference Report.

The conference report on the agri,
cultural appropriation bill was present
ed to the Senate and agreed to yester-
day.
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MARRIED.

KENDALL-WEY-O April -. 1902. at
Mia. p. J.. by the Rev A. Z. Chenoweth,
the Methodist Episcopal Church. MISS MN
KENDALL of Ravens Wood W Va,
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in this city October next. will be received up
to JUNE 3. at u O'CLOCK. Specifications
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II, Post Building my2s-tteX>s
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COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
HOLLAND TORPEDO BOATS

danger OF serving on such vessels ant
battleships He maintained there wa'
no more danger On one fighting machine
than another. and that as an officer he
would prefer to serve on submarine
boat
Would you be willing to go out tC
sea a hundred miles on a Holland
boat?" asked Chairman Foss.
"Oh yes
And come back again?" added the
chairman.
We'll. | certainly would like to come
back" answered the young ensign in SC
sorrowful and yet earnest a tone that
everyone in the committee room laugh
ed at his reply.
The most important testimony he gave
regarding submarine boats was regard
ing their safety under all circumstances
Always Safe Craft.
The great safety in submarine
boat Of the diving type" he explained
'is that she is held below the water
entirely by her horizontal rudder, and
the moment there is an accident the
boat will Immediately come to the sur
face In case this happens in the face
of an enemy's fleet, however. there are
several small tanks which can be open
ed and she can go to the bottom and
lie there"
Capt. T. +. Cable. the electrical en-
gineer and surprising constructor for
the Holland Boat Company, gave the
committee q technical description OF the
workings and maneuyerings of the Hol-
land submarine boats. He said that
they could be steered definitely in all
kinds OF weather and sunk to any re-
quired depth. He related his expert
ences in testing a Holland boat adopted
by the English navy in the Irish sea,
where the sea Is always rough and the
ground swell heavy.
He was probed at considerable length
by the committee as to the accident on
the Fulton. which he declared was the
result of an explosion of hydrogen gas
ignited by spark from defective in
sulation and possessed no Significance
except that 1t enabled the inventors to
guard against future accidents OF the
kind. and he was firm in his assertions
that gasoline had nothing to do with
the causalty.
Claim of Infringement.
Just before the committee adjourned
Representative Dayton read a letter
signed by Richard B. Painter. claiming
that the Holland Boat Company was
using one OF his patents in the con-
struction OF their submarine boats. Mr..
Dayton wanted to know IL the Govern
ment could be held liable In such a case
and what guarantee was offered by the
Holland people.
Mr. Creecy, attorney for the Holland
Torpedo Boat Company, said that he
had never heard OF Mr.. Painter. and II
was strange that man in his position
did not enter suit against a corporation
who had infrinsed on his patents.
I'm any event. however" said Mr..
Creecy, the Government stands no
risk. | am one OF the sureties on the
bond OF the Holland Torpedo Company
to the extent Of $780, 900. and the com
pany is under a contract to refund the
Government any money where another
patent has been infringed upon. so you
see | am one of the men who will be
called upon to pay Mr.. Painter but who
he is have not the slightest idea. and
| might add that no suits have been en-
tered against the Holland Boat Com
pany in the last nine years"
The committee then adjourned.
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Table d'Hote Dinner at Barton'a,
sl-6 TO p. III. daily Music
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CONTINUED on Third PaGe.)
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Three Specimens Produced.

He produced three specimens Of the
bullets and testified that they had been
served out to him for use in the Philip
pines. and had been forwarded to him.
on his request, from his cartridge belt
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
Central Minnesota Hardwood Lands.

Hon. Joseph Underleak, of Chatfeld,
MIMI, who has invested in lands in
this section of the state, says:
THE hardwood lands of Central
Minnesota produce abundant crops OF
all kinds of grains, vegetables, grasses,
including clover and timothy, which
grow abundantly. The richness of the
soil and the unfailing rains make
sure crop every season. Crop failures
are unknown
"This is a splendid stock country,
and when stock or grain is ready for
sale, it is within easy reach Of St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth, the best mar
kets in the Northwest For either the
actual settler or for speculation, I con-
slider these lands the safest and best in
vestment of any acre property in the
Northwest"
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to work, and Mr.. Carpenter thinks that
land OF this character that can be
bought at the price it is selling at today
IS a great snap for anyone, and that
the farmer who is looking for a new
location passes up this section is max
ing a mistake Mr. Carpenter far1ned
long enough in Ohio to find out the
value of clover for land and he says
that in his judgment the country around
Princeton is well adapted to the Sue
cessful cultivation of clover. Under
proper care it will produce two crops
OF seed, and will yield five bushels of
seed to an acre. With clover seed at
81 per bushel it is easy to see that clo-
yer is paying crop, besides imparting
to the land great fertility The eli
matte conditions here are very favor
able to the growth of clover. There
is not that muggy, damp air that causes
rust and damages the farmers crops.
Then there are no great crops of weeds
to look after, as there are in those Sec
tons where fertilizers must be used so
extensively and curse the land with
all manner Of mongrel SEEDS In Ohio
farmers under the extensive system of
farming do very we'll, but at great ex-
pense in many cases. Onions will go
500 to 1900 bushels to the acre, but
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A kanabec Stock Farm.

Albert Bray is another Kanabec
county settler who has nothing but
good to say of the country. He locat-
ed on section IS in the town of Kan
abec in September, 1901. He has 1880
acres, 200 acres being meadow and til
liable land, while the balance is timber
land. Mr.. Bray has gone mostly into
live stock, having 90 head of cattle at
the present time The character of the
soil is heavy, and is good for small
grain, grasses and potatoes. Mr.. Bray
says that he has only raised some pota-
toes and garden truck, and that the
yield OF potatoes has exceeded his ex-
pectations. He paid $3.50 per acre for
his land and considers it worth $18 per
acre at the present time. Since NOV
ing on his land he has cleared I'D 2s
acres. He says that he likes the coun-
try and the land much better than
where he formerly lived and considers
his investment a good one His land
is well watered with three wells and
stream running through both sections
Clover does well and he says that there
IS also great quantity of wild pea vine
which in the spring and summer is the
best feed for stock that he knows of.
He has on his land two houses. cattle
barn, horse barn and chicken house.
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"There is probably no spot in the state
where greater changes will take place
within the next ten years than in
northern Mile Laos county.
mature has destined that there will
spring up on the south shore of Mile
Laos lake the future metropolis of our
county. Our fertile soil with its rich
belt of hardwood timber, our beautiful
lake with its sandy beach and shaded
shores, our nearness to large cities, and
our remoteness from local trade CEN
ters,-will all be important factors in
bringing about such a change
THE one thing needed, however, to
give it start is a railroad, which will
bring with it the new blood and money
necessary to develop Our natural ad-
vantageS.
at. F. NORTON"
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largely by Kanabec county, which in a
large measure partakes of the general
character of the country in Mile Laos
county.
Geo. w. Shipton, who lives on Sec
ton 22 in the town of Southfork in
Kanabec county, has a good report to
make OF that country, where he has
resided since 1899, locating in that
country in November of that year. He
has farm of 100 acres, consisting of
100 acres of good ti1lable land, while
the balance is meadow land. He paid
for the land only So per acre, and he
says he would not sell it for less than
$50 today. The soil where his land is
located is black top soil with clay
subsoil, and the land is we'll adapted for
general farming. He has cleared up
70 acres of his land Mr.. Shipton saws
that this year his corn went 25 to 40
bushels per acre, oats SIS, potatoes 2oo
and millet cut three tons to the acre.
MI. Shlpton says that the general yield
IS much better than where he formerly
resided, the land and climate is better.
lie says that the country is we'll adapt
ed to fruit raising and that it a good
all-around country, snap for the poor
farmer as well as for the speculator.
He is going into live stock to con-
siderable extent and has at the present
time 50 head of cattle. The land is
specially adapted to stock farming, and
clover, timothy, redtop and blue Joint
grow in abundance.
Mr.. Shipton has house 16x32, with
wing 16x16, log barn 36x19, and
frame barn 4ox16, a chicken house,
etc., and his farm is all fenced with a
three-wire fence.
There are lots of farmers who have
settled in Kanabec county who have
done equally as we'll as Mr.. Shipton.
The land is some higher than when he
settled in that section, but there are
good many locations where the settler
can find snaps yet.
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From Benton County Farm.

P. G. Olson, who lives on farm of
100 acres on section II in the town.
ship of Glendorado, Benton county,
has done we'll the last five years. When
he located in that section he paid from
So to $14 per acre for his land, and
there is not an acre, that he would sell
for less than SIS. He has a good soil
of five inches of rich black loan with
two feet of clay and gravel underneath.
His land is high and level, with fifteen
acres of rolling land. He has cleared
up 81 acres and is making good prog
ress with his farm He raises pota-
toes, beans, corn, oats, wheat and flax.
He has lot of good timber land, on
which is oak, Eastwood, maple iron
wood, ash, and small quantity of tam
arac. Mr.. Olson says that the climate
and soil is all that anyone can ask for,
and there is an abundance of good
pure water. In the way of grasses, tim
.othy, clover and millet do finely.
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Comparisons BY An Ohio Farmer,

c. R. Carpenter, who is an Ohio
farmer, and who located on farm
which he bought three miles northeast
of Princeton last spring in the town.
ship of Princeton, is more than salts
fed with his investment, and after liv-
ing here but single season, he says
that he has seen enough of this coun-
try to satisfy him that there is none
any better for general farming. Mr..
Carpenter came from a part of Ohio
where farm lands are very valuable and
where the farmer is obliged to husband
his resources, and he says that while
the land where he came from is worth
all the way from $1oo to $500 per acre,
the land around Princeton which can be
bought at SIS to $40 is better land and
will produce fifty per cent bigger crops
than the Ohio land. Mr.. Carpenter
paid for his 80 acres of land $34 per
acre. The land is sandy and clay
loan, and is rich and very easy land
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on his land does as we'll as anywhere,
and his wheat goes 20 bushels, and oats
IS to the acre. Mr.. Tam has IFS acres
of timber land, $50 of meadow land,
while the remainder of his land is tilla-
bic. He came here because he thought
the land good investment 1t is all
tributary to Princeton market, one of
the best in the state. During the past
year he has built one new brick house,
made extensive repairs on one of the
brick houses, and built an addition on
one of his frame houses. He raises
Durham cattle and Poland China hogs
Mr.. Tam thinks that this is health
full, progressive and desirable place for
home. His land is valued at SIS to
$50 per acre.
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Over the Line in Morrison County,

OVer the Line IN morrison County.
Frank Sterr in the spring of 1901
bought 600 acres of land in section Is
in the western part of Morrison coun-
ty, his land being located a short ways
from the western line of Mile Laos
county, Mr.. Sterr paid S. an acre for
his land at that time, and he says it is
worth today So an acre, almost twice
what he paid for the land. His farm
consists of 100 acres of meadow land
and the balance was timber land, of
which he has cleared seven acres and
finds that the soil is very rich and will
raise all kinds of farm crops His land
is yellow clay with a red clay sub
soil, and he says that the soil is as good
as any in Minnesota From this land
he has raised corn that has yielded 50
baskets to the acre, his wheat goes as
high as rs bushels, and oats from 40
to 80 bushels, while potatoes yield as
high as $50 bushels. Mr.. Sterr bought
his land more for stock raising, for
which it is admirably adapted. He has
got 40 head of Red Piled cattle, be-
sides keeping some other stock. Clo-
yer, timothy and blue joint do we'll, and
Mr.. Sterr is we'll satisfied with his To-
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ltasca counties. In Our opinion Mile
Laos county and vicinity is far the best
for mixed farming. Other counties are
good for stock raising. Five years
residence has convinced me that I
showed wisdom in my selection. The
climate is healthy, the soil rich and
productive, and here we are more sure
OF crops than on the treeless prairie,
and we do not have those hot, dry
winds to which a prairie country is
subject. The nature of the soil is such
that it retains the moisture better than
the prairie soil. There are many ad-
vantages in timbered country like this
section which make it far superior to
prairie country. I have not made
this statement to boom this country as
the only place on this earth fit for
man to live, for there are many pleas
ant places in this world of ours, and
the man who can't see anything beau
t1tul outside Of his own dooryard is
near sighted and narrow minded"
Mr.. Smiths farm of 80 acres is To-
Gated on section % of the town of
Milo. He paid So per acre for his land
five years ago, and it is valued at S35
per acre at the present time. The soil
is clay loan composed largely of de-
cayed vegetation, and there is clay
subsoil, and the soil is rich and very
productive. His average yield Of wheat
for the past four years has been IS
bushels to the acre, oats IS, corn IS,
and potatoes IFS. He has 80 acres of
meadow land, the balance being timber
land, OF which he has cleared IS acres.
Mr.. Smith is we'll along in years and
has farmed most all his life time and he
is good judge of farming conditions.
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In the Rum River VALLEY.

In October, 1901, Mr.. C. A. Taft
went up into township 1925, in Mile
Laos county, and bought $50 acres on
section 80, this tract of land consist
ing of 90 acres of fine meadow land and
the balance cut-over land with fine
hardwood ridges. Mr.. Taft paid So
per acre for this land which he would
not sell today for cent less than $40,
as he knows what the land is actually
worth for stock raising and farming.
The soil is rich clay or sandy alluvial
soil. Mr.. Taft says that he raises corn
and potatoes, and considers that for
stump land that the yield is very salts
factory. He says that clover does i'm
mensely we'll wherever sown and when
he was asked if the country was adapt
ed to fruit raising he said very en-
phatlcally, yes. The climate Mr.. Taft
finds so much better than the climate
of the southwest where so many hot
winds prevail. The water supply is the
best that could be desired, with plenty
of pure water easily obtained and with
fine streams running through the land.
Mr.. Taft's farm is located in a section
OF country that is we'll adapted to stock
raising and farming and which will wit
ness rapid development in the next
few years.
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cation, that is we'll adapted to general
farming and stock raising. The water
supply is abundant and easy to get, the
supply of timber is large, affording
him plenty of material for buildings of
all kinds. He says there are good
schools and many good roads are be-
ing built in that section, which is rap
idly being settled Mr.. Sterr says that
that section offers many inducements
to the settler.