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, M0NTANA'S RECLAMATION -


In northern Montana, in the heart OF
the Rocky mountains, is a beautiful river
basin that in a time not far distant will
furnish the supply upon which large
population will draw for it existence and
prosperity.
1t is a precipitous area Of high noun
tain peaks and deep and narrow gorges.
The lofty crests of the mountains are
eternally covered with snow, in marked
contrast to the slopes clothed with their
evergreen forests. The gorges and can
yons hold slowly moving, frozen rivers,
miles in length and hundreds Of feet in
thickness. Here is one of the few seq
tons of country where there can be
found types of our wild animals that are
rapidly and surely disappearing; where
on account Of the restricted area to
which they are now reduced, the timid
and nimble mountain goats and the fierce
grizzly bears almost lie down together.
The Crown of America.
In the center of the basin is the Crown
of the Continent. Colorado may boast
of lofSer ranges, but only with a slight
margin. 1t has not such peak as this,
so well called the Crown, which receives
rain drop on its point, and sends the
uiVlueu portions rolling down the slopes
to find their ways eventually into three
oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific and the
Arctic.
st. Mary river has its source in this
snow-capped mountainous region and is
thus insured a olGnteous water supply
The streams issuing from the mighty
glaciers descend with rapid fall and are
collected in the lakes below. The st.
Mary river, from the outlet Of the lakes,
continues northward into Canada, and its
waters eventually find their way through
the Saskatchewan river to Hudson bay.
In former ages the ancestor of this
stream may have traced it's course to
the Atlantic but from Canada there was
pushed during the glacial period, gravels
and boulders; high ridges were formed,
and st. Mary river was diverted to It's
present course. There is now suggested
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
Is Amply lRevarded.

Grover Cleveland. during his first term
as president. stopped en- route one after
noon at Weldon, NJ c.. and was greeted
by a large crowd of natives on the plat
form of the little station. A wiry old
chap, with 'backwoods' written all over
him, forced his way through the crowd
to Cleveland's side, and asked:
Be you the president?'
Il am SIR" was the polite reply and
Cleveland's hand was stretched out in
greeting.
The old fellow grasped It. shook it like
pump. handle for half minute and
then said:
1--WE voted for many president in my
time, but never afore seed one
he stepped back, looked Cleveland over
admiringly from head to feet, advanced
again, and once more grabbing and shak-
ing the visitors hand. said from the bot
tom of his heart:
We'll; Lor'! You are a whopper, tewr'
Philadelphia Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
Familiar as a UtcnsiI.

Patrick Egan, ex-minister to Chile,
who was in the city last week.. tells the
following story illustrative of the lack of
sense of humor which characterized the
late Charles Stewart Parnell:
"Parnell, though the greatest leader of
the Irish race was in many respects
much like an Englishman," said Mr.
Egan. cit took him long time to see
a joke. I remember well when the old
Land league was first organized in the
Imperial hotel in Dublin. Andrew j. Ket-
tie, q well known Irishman, presided.
After the business had been transacted,
I rose and moved that Mr.. Kettle leave
the chair, and that Mr. Parnell take the
second chair. Now, Mr.. Chairman I
said. move vote of thanks to Mr.. Ket-
tie for the admirable manner in which he
directed this meeting
"Parnell put the motion, and in doing
so said: Gentlemen, I need not say, in
putting this motion, that the name of
Kettle has been household word in Ire
land for many years., The burst Of laugh
ter which greeted Parnell's break stopped
him. He looked around confusedly, and
said soto voice to me: Egan, what
In thunder are these people laughing
at? philadelphia Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01

brilliant plan to divert this flow from
canada and utilize IT, in Montana.
Duflng the past two seasons the Unit
ed states geological survey has had par
ties IN the field surveying reservoir sites
and locating canal lines, for the purpose
of storing the flood water of st. Mary
lakes and diverting it into the adjoining
drainage to the eastward, the great val
ley of Milk river. This latter basin oc-
cuples the greater portion of Northern
Montana, extending for $50 miles, from
about the center of the state eastward
to near the Dakota line. 1t is a gently
rolling country, eminently suited to ir-
rlgation, If a sufficient water supply could
be furnished It. This important feature is
lacking, however, as Milk river, in the
summer time, when it's waters are most
needed, is hardly ankle Deep and only
few yards wide. The diversion canal,
as planned on st. Mary river, will sup
ply the deficiency, and restore the whole
rainfall of the mountain catchment area
to Milk river.
Storage Dam.
1t is proposed to build a low storage
dam at a point about three-fourths of
mile below the present outlet of lower
St. Mary lake. This dam will have max
imum elevation of fifty feet above the
bottom of the river, and will form a
reservoir of capacity of 250,OOO acre-feet.
This reservoir will serve to hold the flood
waters and the supply received from the
melting snow in the mountains. The head
of the diversion canal will be on the
right hand or eastern side of the dam
The canal will continue down along the
right bank of the river for about seven
miles. then turn easterly through a low
gap.
The water Of the st. Mary river is not
used in the United States; but in Cana
dian territory, seven miles north of the
international line, is canal. completed
IN 1900 Between the site of the pro-
posed dam, at the foot of st. Mary lake
and the head of the Canadian canal. a
considerable number of large streams dis
charge into st. Mary river, furnishing an
ample supply for the land irrigated In
Canada. 1t is not believed that any inter
national complications can arise concern
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01

ing water-right, since the water which ii
IS proposed to store and divert occurs
wholly within Montana. and it would be
impossible for the Canadians to store and
utilize this flood water, even if needed in
their canal
Several plans have been suggested, but
the most complete one is to carry the wa
ter by canal to Cutbank creek allowing it
to use the natural channel of that creek
and part of the Marias river, then to
carry 1t across and eventually into the
Milk river again, after that river chan.
mel has returned from Canada into Mon
tana. 1t is here along the lower Milk
river that the water can be most adVan-
tageously used for irrigation Plans have
also been considered for a secondary sys-
tenn of storage reservoirs to save all the
flood waters in this lower Milk river ba-
sin.
In the complete DEVELOPMENT of the sys-
tenn, including the utilization OF the St
Mary and Marias river waters and the
construction of the secondary storage
works, about 100000 acres can be reclaim
ed at cost, 1t is estimated by the gov
eminent engineers, not to exceed $40 per
acre, or $5,000,010 This land when re-
claimed would be worth, at a conserv-
alive estimate, from $S5 to $50 per acre,
or an aggregate of, say $40 600. 000 and
would support a dense and prosperous
agricultural population.
To Insure Land for HOmebuilderS.
Early in January of the present year,
Senator Gibson, of Montana, having IN
sure to attempt to reap the benefits Of
such a government project to the detri-
ment of the homeseeker. requested the
secretary of the interior to withdraw
temporarily, pending the investigation of
the geological survey certain public
lands to be benefited by the st. Mary
project. His letter specified 157 town
ships, or, in round numbers 100000 acres.
This matter was referred to the geological
survey, and approved Subsequently the
area was reduced TO. seventy-seven town
ships, or, in round numbers, 1.774,0O9
acres, from which is to be deducted the
area of lands now filed upon. Early in
April the secretary of the interior direct
provision.
AS soon as it is found that any of the
lands in question cannot be covered by
canals, or DO not include reservoir sites.
such lands VIII again be thrown open to
settlement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01

pany, the Omaha & Grant Smelling
company, the Pueblo Smelling and Re-
1ning company, the Bimetallic Smelling
company, the Colorado Smelling COM
pany and the Philadelphia Smelling and
Refining company.
The complaint recites the fact Of the
formation of the trust in New Jersey.
adds:
To Create Monopoly.
THAT said American Smelling and Re-
ming company was organized by the
aforesaid defendants for the specific and
deliberate purpose of creating a mon1)-
oily of the business of smelling and re-
filming gold and silver and other valuable
ores and metals as aforesaid and to sub
stantiallv engross the same. contrary to
the public policy and the laws Of the
state of Colorado"
The trust now refuses to receive for
smelling all gold and silver ores offered
1t by the citizens of Colorado, it is stated,
and the company has shut down and dis
mantled divers Of its smelling and re-
firing plants, to the great injury of the
public. Said plants were prosperous
poin" concerns nrior to thoir corvevanra
- o-s ~--.~~-, c---~fi.-, -
company. and would. but FOR said con.
duct Of said company, be prosperous con-
Germs today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
INSISTS ON PROPER DEATH.
WiIe Objects to His burning, bat
Offers No Effective Aid.

OMers NO Effective Aid.
"A friend of mine who has been mar
RED only a snort time has been INVITING
his wlte considerably because of a re-
mark she made the other day when UNI
Ger great excitement said a Washington
gentleman. The immediate circum-
stances were somewhat tragic, but since
the end was happy / suppose II can be
called comedy.
MY friend purchased one Of those cab
met bath arrangements about a week
ago, and one day this week decided to fix
it up and enjoy it's benefits. He got
himself fastened into the thing, and
touched it off, but something must have
gone wrong with the contraption, for no
sooner had he got settled than the thing
exploded.
His wife hearing the noise burst into
the room, and seeing the smoke and
flames, to say nothing of the tub, envel-
oping her husband, she lost her head, and
instead of trying to rescue him from his
precarious condition she went over to the
wall and began dealing it sledge-hammer
blows with both fists. With tears stream
ing from her eyes, she inconsistency
cried:
oh, John; get out! What a horrible
death! What a horrible death! wouldn' t
mind your dying in a natural way, bur
to have you burned to death
My friend finally broke from the burn
ing cabinet, and kicked it out oflthe VIM
dow; then going over to his frantic wife,
who was still landing on the wall like q
ritzsimmons. he said, with mild sarcasm,
My Gear, since you don't object to my
dying in natural way I have decided
to wait for another opportunity
She grabbed him up with a Shrek Of
joy and decided not to faint. He was
burned only slightly, and his wife says
she doesn't care how much he Jokes about
her indifference at his dying a natural
death since she still has John alive and
well."-Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
City of MankatO Is Celebrat-
ing Semi Centennial
Anniversary
TOWN is IN GALA ATTIRE
An Attractive Programme Is Ar
ranged for the week, Including
Speeches, Band Concerts and
Amusements by the Elks.

Special to The Globe.
MANKATO, Mimi, June S0.-Mankato
today began a celebration which will last
a week in honor of the fiftieth birthday
of the town. The town is in gala attire
for the occasion, and most attractive
programme has been arranged, today be-
ing termed Church day.
Exercises took place at the opera house
at II o'clock this morning being presided
over by Gen. James H. Baker, president
of the centennial movement, who made a
formal address.
Rev. ]. A. Powell followed with an ad-
dress on the Frontier Preacher" and
the following pastors presented papers
bearing upon the church history of the
town:
Rev. George w. Davis, for the Presby-
terrain church; Rev. +. r. Cowgirl, Meth
odist, Arthur Schaub, Catholic; Rev.
George H. Davis Episcopal; Rev. F. E.
r. Miller, Baptist; Prof. j. II. Schaller,
German Lutheran; Rev. II. e. Williams,
Christian. The opening exercises were
well attended.
The amusement features are under the
direction of the local lodge of Elks, and
the Boston Eel ari Carnival company will
furnish a number of good attractions
Band concerts will be given by the Red
Wing training school band, the ST.
Charles, Blue Earth City, Tyler and cir
Gus bands and the G.. A. r. band of Man
kato.
IullOITOW Will De EDUCATIONAL Gay, ana
the exercises Will take place at IL o'clock
IN the morning. There will be a parade
or the Elks and the circus at 10 o'clock.
Wednesday, July 2 will be Industrial
DAY, with exercises at Sibley park at IL
a. m. At 10 a. m. there will be a grand
industrial parade, and in the evening at
z William a. Marsh, of GAINESVILLE, and
Miss Bertha Bates, of Stockton, MIMI
VIII be married at the country store, on
Hickory street, by Judge Shissler. After
the ceren ony a reception will be rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. Bates at the German viii
lage- GOV. Van SAINT aid staff will arrive
at p. IN.
The laying of the corner stone of the
new Carnegie library building will take
will have charge of the ceremonies.
Thursday, July s. will he Old Settlers
day. and Gov. Van SAINT and staff will
be escorted to Sibley park, where the ex-
ercises will be held at 10 a. m. There will
be addresses by Gov. Van SAINT, Thomas
OF ST Paul: j. b. Wakefield, of Blue
Earth, and Judge Daniel Buck, of Man
kato. An old settlers basket dinner will
follow.
The evening prcaramme includes a
hover parade at 1880 p. m. and an old
settlers banquet at A. o. u. w. hall at
8 p. m, at which Gen. H. H. Baker, of
Friday, July 4, will be Independence
day, and there will be fraterraI order
parade at y. m, and concerts by the
different bands. In the evening there,
will be a fine display of fireworks.
saturday will be Travelling Mems dav
turned over to the travelling men, many
OF whom make their headquarters in
Mankato. IN the evening at 7:30 there
VIII be comic parade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
HORSES IN WARFARE.
Experiences of British in Africa
Demonstrate Value of Cavalry.


Demonstrate Value of Cavalry.
Experience in modern warfare has ac-
centuated the fact that successful cam
raignS can only be made by rapid trans
portation of the fighting forces from one
point to another For years the military
students of Europe depended mainly on
railroad facilities, al lof the great trunk
lines and their branches were planned and
laid solely on their military and strategic
Importance and availability. But actual
war has revealed that it is not only the
railway but that in conjunction the horse
must be relied upon for the movement of
large bodies of armed men. Three or four
hundred cars can carry 10000 or 10000
troops to a given point, but a railroad
terminus or junction is not always the
natural selection Of a site for a battle.
During the war in South Africa the
British government has been compelled
to use over 100000 horses, 1900 of which
were purchased in America, and military
strategists already recognize the fact that
mounted infantry and mounted artillery
must compose the bulk of an army in
active service. The rough rider of Amer
lea and the mounted yeomanry of Eng
land have come to stay. The cossack of
the Russian steppes and the sikh cavalry
of India, the rurale horsemen of Mexico
and South America, the light cavalry of
France and the chaSSeurs d Afrique of AL
giers will hereafter take a leading and
tremendous part in the battles of the
future.
Learned in Indian Fights.
The Indian campaigns in the now old
wild West country was the school in
which the lesson was learned that the
horse is valuable in military operations
ard Col. Cody with his Indian braves, his
cowboys, gauchos, vaqueros and represen-
tatives of European and American cav
airy, taught this lesson in England,
France, Italy, Russia and Germany His
congress of horsemen has shown the revo-
luton in modern warfare
Illustrated by Cody.
Since this famous American scout has
exhibited his rough and rapid riders all
of the nations of the earth have recog-
niZed the continued value of the horse
just as the Romans, the Vandals, the
Gauls and the Goths of ancient history
appreciated the Importance of mounted
men for swift campaigns and decisive bat
ties. The only difference is in the
description of weapons. Instead of the
bow and arrow, the javelin and spear, the
short sword, saber or bayonet, we have
now the magazine breech-loading rifle and
rapid-fring field gun.
This is only one more proof that the
wild west exhibition is instructive and the
development of the mounted soldier in our
modern armies may be clearly traced to
its practical manifestation of the i'm
pcrtance of horse and saddle in conquer
Messrs. Cody and Salisbury nave been in
structors in methods of warfare for the
entire civilized world. Will be here on
1ulV Ok
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
HARvEsTERs' WAGES IN WEST
Some of the Experts Earn as High
as 81 Day.

Wheat growers pay the laborers from
$3.50 to $3.50 per day. Some, more expert
than Others earn 81 a day. The cost of
harvesting an acre of wheat is divided as
follows: Irvine, % cents: ploughing and
narrowing, 81; drilling. 40 cents; seed 30
cents; cutting, $1.25: hauling. $50:
threshing, $1.75; total, $6.65. If sold at SO
cents a bushel, the farmer doubles his
money. Machinery saves much to the
farmer, but the day laborer yields him
even greater profit. A binder will cut
fifteen acres day. The Irvine costs %
cents an acre, the binder driver is paid
$3.50 and the hire of the team is $3.50. In
some section the header is used insteaN cf
a binder, thus eliminating the cost of the
The total expense in cutting LOCO acres
is 5000, of which $410 goes for horse hire
and Irvine. However, the farmer pays
larger wages to those who do the harder
work of the harvest field. The binder
driver sits under a sunshade, riding upon
his machine. His work is frequently
given to young women when there is a
scarcity of men in the field. Those WHO
shock the bundles of grain, tramping
through the wiry stubble all day long,
are paid $3.50 day. Stackers and haul
ers earn a similar sum.-R. Draper, in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for July.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
MEN STAND OUT FOR THE UNION.
Freight Handlers at Chicago Reject
Individual Proposition.

CHICAGO, June so.-A proposition
made by the railroads to the freight
handlers individually today was rejected
by the latter. The railroads proposed
that the committee appointed by the en-
ployes at the various freight houses meet
with the railroad superintendent to dis
cuss the demands of the men and adj
mitted that some advance in wages
might be justified.
Having been warned that an attempt
would be made to ignore their union the
men declined to be represented at any
conference unless by the executive COM
mittee Of their organization.
An attempt to address the men in
Rock Island freight house made by Mr..
Hit, the Chicago agent, met with a re-
buff. Mr. Hit offered the men All in
crease in wages. President l.. J. Cur
ran, of the freight handlers union step
ped forward when Mr.. Hit asked if the
men had anything to say. Curran was
not allowed to speak and ---e two hun
dred men in the freight house followed
him out Of the warehouse, where a meet
ing was held.
The men later reu-~od to work without
taking action on the question of accept
ing an advance in wages without recog-
milton of the union. Trouble IS feared
over the latter question.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
CONFEssEs AT THE INQUEST.
o. W.ROdericIS Admits Beating Clark
Meyer to Death.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, June 3d.
QUO w. Rodar1ck, of South Omaha. to-
day caused a sensation at the in6luest
ever the 1emains of Clark Meyer, a mail
Clerk, who Sc dead body was found on the
street Sunday morning, by confessing
Meyer by beating him to death.
Roderick was the first witness called.
He said that his party mer Meyer on tho
street and that the latter passed an in
sUlting remark Rodericl1 then StrncI,
Meyer in the face with a club, from the
effects of which he died.
Roderick Is under arrest and the police
ere looking for his companions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01

Why. not have the early,
dark, rich color restored?
It's easily done with Ayers
Hair Vigor. Nearly every
body uses it. Ask your own
friends. Probably they know
howit always restores color,
checks falling, and keeps the
hair rich and glossy.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor and
have found il great remedy. II
checked the falling of my hair when
all other remedies had failed" Mrs.
G. A. Morrison, Millinocket, Me.
sl.oO. All druggists. &c. AVER CO.. LEVEL. Masa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
NO MONEY FOR ANTHRACITE MEN
National Organization Has Not Aided
Them Financially

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 3O-The
National organization of Mine Workers
Is still sending three carloads of provis-
ions a day to the strikers in the West
Virginia fields. Money is also being sent
10 the West Virginia strikers from the
headquarters from Indianapolis, but Sec
rotary Wilson said today that the nation
al organization has not spent a cent sup
porting the anthracite strike, which is
now in its eighth week
Inc local anthracite miners were pre-
pairing for the strike several months be-
fore they went out, and they have funds
to hold out several weeks longer without
appealing to the national organization.
secretary Wilson says the operators
need not expect the miners to weaken,
as they are prepared for a long siege.
Wilson left this afternoon for Chicago
TO confer with President Mitchell regard
ing the general situation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
TO ADJUST ILLINOIS MATTERS.
President Mitchell COnfers With
Leaders at Chicago.

CHICAGO, June 30.-President John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of
America, who came to Chicago yesterday,
held conference this afternoon with
PRESIDENT Russell and Secretary Ryan of
the Illinois Mine Workers union, and
PRESIDENT Reese. of the Iowa Miners
union.
Mr.. Mitchell said the conference con-
cerned only the miners of Illinois and
Iowa and had no connection with the
strike in the anthracite fields of Penn
sylyan1a President Mitchell also held a
conference with Commissioner Herman :,
Justine, of the Illinois Coal Operators
association. and adjusted several differ
ences between the Illinois operators and
miners. '-o'
Regarding a report that a. movement
had been started to settle the anthracite
coal strike. President Mitchell claimed to
know nothing ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
Long-Distance, Run Record.

NEW YORK, June SO-Eupt A. A.
Harrington, of the Mohawk division of
the New York Central railroad, tonight
announced that the Twentieth Century
Limited broke the worlds record for
long distance running on it's trip today
from Albany to Syracuse. 1t made the
14S miles between the two cities, in 145
minutes, including a stop at Utica and
made necessary by the train being de-
fayed at West Albany.