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VALUE or RANGES

Two bills have been introduced in Congress, one providing for leasing grazing lands in the public domain, not to exceed GAO acres to one person and the other providing for not to ex- ceed 36 sections to one person. The Arizona Republican opposes both these bills on the ground that the of land to be leased to one per son is inadequate, and on the addi- tional ground that 'both bills provide for a minimum charge of two cents an acre-a figure which the arid ranges could not begin to pay"
 This latter statement by the Repub- lican seems peculiar. In some DOT tions of the country men have grown rich by getting wild range from the Government at five cents an acre, though it might be argued that i'll those ranges the feed was much more
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plentiful. In those cases 1t is esti- mated that it requires ten acres per head, and if in Arizona twenty-five acres are required, two cents an acre would be fair figure. On the other hand, if much more than twenty-five acres are required, cattle would wear themselves out looking for food. If an extreme allowance of fifty acres per head is made, the cost at two cents is but Sl head for stock.
 It is altogether probable that the cattle industry would be impractica- ble on Arizona ranges with limit of o+0 acres to the cattle man, which, at 25 acres to the head, would be limita- tion to 20 head of cattle. But on the other hand, an allowance of So sec tions to each person would be equiva- lent to limitation to little over 900 head of cattle to the individuals very nice herd.
 The fact must be taken into consid- eration that Congress will treat the public domain as the property of the whole people, not to be given in vast tracts to be controlled by owners of few great herds of cattle.
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ley, and with the summer crops to be put in, there is a prospect for from 10000 to S0.o00 acres of crops for the next harvest.
 Among those putting in crops near Calexico are F. G. Ravens, with 25o acres; Thomas Beach, with several hundred acres; James Aiken, 1S0 acres, and l.. F.. Shrack, several hundred acres, while from Calexico west to Blue Lake there arc many busy farm CTS.
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Treasury Department
Office of Comptroller of the Currency WASHINGTON, D. C., November 10, 190

Office of Comptroller of the Currency,
 WASHINGTON, D. C., November 10, 1901. Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF in the town of Imperial, in the county of San Diego, and state of California, has compiled with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Bank ing;
 Now therefore I, Thomas P. Kane, Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The First National Ban; of Impcrial,'' in the town of Imperial, in the county of San Diego, and st ate of California, is authorized to commence the business of Bank ing as provided in Section fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Currency Bureau \ In testimony whereof, wit Seal of the my hand and seal Comptroller of of office this nineteenth the Currency day of November. 1901. Treasury T. r. KANE,
 Department. J Deputy and Acting Comp
 troller of the Currency.
 No. 6O27..
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BLACKSMITH and
 WAGON WORK A. w. Patton, Imperial
Notice For Publication
Department of the Interior. Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal December lbth. 1901.

Notice Is hereby given that the following. named settler has filed notice of his intention to commute and make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before U. s. Commissioned at San Diego, Cal, on March lst 1902, viz: Wenzel Langer, H. F. No. o339, for the SEE. H Sec. 5, Tp. 10 S., K. 13 East, S. E. M.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz:
 A. N. Jones of Imperial, Cal, C. w. Lawrence of Imperial, Cal, Peter Larsen of Imperial, Cal, w. S. Wilkins, of Imperial. Cal.
 A. J. .CROOKSHANK, Register.
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CROPS ARE BOOMING

A great change is coming over the appearance of the country immediately adjoining the townsite of Imperial. Bordering the south line of the town 2SO acres of the land owned by w. F. Holt has been sowed to wheat and barley by w. A. Edgar and others, and this is growing with remarka ble rapidity, being from three to eight inches in height, according to the length of time the seed has been in the ground.
 West of town about 320 acres is be- ing put in to barley by the owners of the ten-acre tracts and by the Oakley Paulin Company, and much of this is already up several inches.
 Taking these two bodies of land, all of which is within mile of the busi- ness quarter of town, there is now nearly 600 acres of green carpeting spread oil the valley within sight of Imperial, making a novel scene here, for it is the first ever growu in this section, aside from the crop of sorg- hum grown by A. w. Patton northeast of town last fall.
 While these crops are growing as luXuriantly as crops ever grew in any land, they are furnishing complete refutation of the rather prevalent opin- ion among those who have not studied growth on the land that the soil imme- diately about Imperial is not desirable for agricultural purposes.
 It is, indeed, rather remarkable that those who are unfamiliar with this soil should doubt its productiveness, while those who are here and have seen that every seed put into the ground sends forth thrifty plant, have entire confidence in the future, not only of the valley as whole, but of the particular spot about Imperial which has been pointed to by skep- tics. The whole secret of the differ ence between those who are theorizing and those who are actually testing the soil, lies in the ignoring of the natural drainage by the theorizers, while the practical farmers are seeing that every drop of water put on the land is leach ing it of undesirable properties and making it productive in degree sell dom seen.
 Just north of Imperial the Cameron Lake Cattle company is putting in 1900 acres of barley and alfalfa, blow ing now being under way, while to the northeast of town McKim x Hart will put in about 700 acres.
 In every direction from Imperial farmers are ready to put in all the acreage possible as soon as water is to be had at their respective places, and there will probably be 15,000 acres sowed about Imperial within the next sixty days, with probably as much more at the southern end of the val
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valids living there in tents. A ma jor- ity of them were suffering from con- sumption in is last stages and went to Phoenix as last resort
 |" In Arizona they heard of what was locally known as the sunbath treatment and went to the location in the desert where others preceded them. In two years there have been but two deaths among the pilgrims, and ma jority of them have improved to a won- derful extent, while no less than fifteen have departed for their eastern homes entirely cured.
 |" The fact that the climate in this out of the way place is always warm and dry is one of the first reasons why those afflicted with lung trouble i'm prove so rapidly there,' explained MT. Tanning, but the real reason, we be- lieve, lies in the treatment they under go. They spend the greater part of the day in an almost completely nude condition. The colony has its own laws, one of which is that by o'clock in the morning of each day the men leave the camp and journey half a mile to the other side of a slight sand hill rise, where they remain until noon. They then dress and return to dinner, and in the afternoon the women make the same pilgrimage, the object being to provide the exercise of walking for both men and women, as well as to permit the use of as scanty clothing as possible. At the point where we are Sunbath the desert is over 100 feet be- low the level of the sea, and for years it was thought 10 be impossible to live there. Since then, however, a number of companies have investigated the place and found that not only was the climatic condition conductive to long evity, but that it was possible to pipe water from the Colorado river and ir- rigate the soil in such a way that all most anything will grow there.
 "'The efficacy of the sunbath treat ment was first suggested by the health of the Indians, but it was later proved by an actor who was given up for dead several times, but who came to Phoe- nix, bought horse and tent and went out on the desert and lived, wear ing no more clothing than a breechclout day in and day out. He is now we'll and strong and back in his profession.
 "'The intention of the company l represent is to build two large inclos- ures, one for men and the other for women, fitted up much after the style of the cooling rooms in Turkish bath, with settees, couches, attendants, etc., where the sunbath may be en- joyed without the necessity of the present colony scheme. The sanator- ium building is to be constructed on new and novel principles, and the windows will never be closed except when the weather is extreme. We will discourage any railways, and will en- deavor to make the resort exclusive, the application of patients to be voted on by what will be known as the mem- bership committee
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SUNBATH ON THE DESERT

one or the most deSiraDle resorts TOT persons afflicted with lung trouble, but the lack of accommodations for inva- lids has prevented them taking advan- tage of natures remedies, and not withstanding the fact that no provis- ion has yet been made for caring for invalids on the desert, many of them are coming here and are sharing in the pioneer experiences, while in all most every case the climate is working to the benefit of the afflicted.
 There are certain plain truths which ought to be understood by every per son who comes to the desert with a view to regaining his health.
 It is the characteristic of deserts to radiate heat rapidly, thus producing striking contrasts in temperature be- tween day and night, variation of thirty degrees being common and of fifty degrees not being unknown. This variation of temperature is very desirable, in that it gives one all op- portunity to recover at night through good sleep from the heat of the day. But it is injurious if one lacks provis- ion for keeping warm during cold nights, and no invalid ought to ven- iure on the desert without bringing with him an extra warm tent or can vass house, three or four warm blank cts for himself, and other equipment. Becauae this is a new country, lacking as yet in many of the luxuries of mod ern life, no person can come here i'll justice to himself or to others unless he is able to get about the country and do some work, or unless he brings with him an attendant to care for him. It is absolutely essential that he have money sufficient to support himself, for an invalid cannot depend on earn ing living here.
 Given comfortable quarters, and that implies at least all extra warm tent with camp stove and sufficient money to buy the necessities of life, person who is not so far gone but that he is able 10 QO some WOTk, StdluS all SN- cellent chance for improvement in this climate, where the air is always dry day and night. If, as many are doing, he gets piece of land and sets him. self at work, keeping careful guard ianship over his own strength, he will find that this is beneficial alike to himself and to the members of his family who are forced to take the chance of the contagion of the dis ease, for the germs of disease cannot survive bright sunshine, and the in- valid exposed to the warmth of desert life finds himself and his family con stantly bathed in the disinfectant of sunshine, greatly to the benefit of all.
 It seems needless, possibly, to pre- sent these facts, for they are already generally known, and the ingress of afflicted persons is about as rapid as could be desired. Yet with the eXten- sion of populations over the desert, the opportunities presented to invalids is increasing with great rapidity, and along with the true story, some news papers are publishing sensational yarns which are liable to be cruelty deceptive. Among these, the Denver Times gives publicity to the following, which, for all that can be learned at Imperial near the alleged site of
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Currency Bureau Seal of { h C Comptroller of the Currency Treasury
 Department.
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Notice OF Expiration OF Redemption.

State of Norm .,aNula. cant, q. HcLc;tn SIS.
4. ". Ais M.>e: IUn ltrson>, c"llpaLl,S
q. CDl putntiniIs wlu .h,c VI claim an. cS-
laLe. ii, 10. iltl, nj LeieSt III. Oh claim III,
lien upnl tuc pi. &c IN parcel al lallu herein
atlci ue,,:iiDtu.
You anu clciI I'll you wll pie SC lakt notice
illat me tr,ir. II ian l,eieliia. ter tcS,.llDGu, and
wilcL WITS ;lsScsSc't Tor ttAati'u !or lhn years
.sJ!, 1898 ana 1894 III t 10 ilhilr vi veal Mc ar
| ,lIu was on the 9TH DAY ol august 1898, duly
sold hl The l.,llh III Mclean 'oLhi,
Of l!i.ls pursuant to real estate tax juds-
ulcnt ,ulereu III the ui>tIIcl court of Mclean
county On t.ir 5tn tay al .'uly 1893, In pIOcten-
iIys IL t..luIrc TIE pay ll,liL uf taxes delinquent
upon said real I STATE III sad county an. aitt L.
w:ild to-wil: On the iLl day Ot August 1907. the
wh.le RIGHT. title au. interest III ana TO SAID
lana acquired. ny Mclean, county at said SAID
was duII assigned u L. w. Al.SnUuSe and tue
period of redemption from SAID sale will OK pire
30 days iI,lm aud after the 18TH day OF December
1867.
Dcscriptlon Of land: Northwest quarter (nwA)
drtd ana iorty-SiN tI4Gj range tiGhty-three 1897
west of the 5ti! principal meridian i'll Mclean
county North DLnOta.
Amount assigned for $l02 Is
Amount required to redeem $lO3 Is
And YOU and each OF YOU are hereby Notified
that uni eSS you re,!cem said land from said
safe before the expiration of the time for re-
and the taxes, costs. interest aud penalty
acrrui Z. Including the cost OF this notice. the
herein expressed Will pass to the holder
on the tax sale &C. tiicate.
Witness my hand at teele, n. %. this 9th day
of December, lJU2
r. w. AllShOuse,
Assignee OF MuLetn County, N, y.
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NOTICE OF CONTEST

Departmrnt Of the Interior, United States
Ian. O'ir". "f'marrk. N. ~. l>er. l.. 1902.
\ sufficient conte Il affidavit having been filed in
this iii = =" "rt Toml'Son OF Washbnrn.
n. d. contest mt. against Homestead entry
lots 1. 3. S, &. ant nek of SwL & nwh Of seA
Eectt N II. t0wnSl,i, IA, range 50. hv job. -
Hamilton 'ontestrc. in which HI it Is ALLEGED that
said cl INFANT has totally abandoned said tract
Of Land for moret, an me year lust past. an that
there are M impr", ,ineDts upon said land at
this time, and that said alleged absence from
the said land WAS OF due to his employment in
she army. navy or marine corps OF the United
States as - ~!rivat" soldier. officer. seaman r.
marine during the war Will, Spain or during any
other war IN which the United States may be
engaged. said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear. respond and offer evidence touching said
ALI CATION at 10 O'Clock q. m. on February nth
1903. before Rose a. Ward. a notary public at
Washhurn: \. D.. aud that final hearing Will be
held at 9 O'Clock y. III. on February 10, 1908, he
lore the Register and receiver at the United
states Land Office in Bismarck. n. Oak,
The said contestant having in u proper afridt
VT. Mel pee. II. 1902, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service of this
notice can not be- made it Is hereby ordered
anG directed that Slicil nOtire he given hy due
and proper publication.
John Sattrrlund.
Rrceiyer,
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Notice is hereby Z ven tllt that certain mort
rage. executed AMI delivered hv And. ew A. WitZ
a.td ldi' Witt. his wifi. mart .t 'nrS. t. Adam
Hanna. m"it,.l.r". dated the 9th day Of MAY
1901. fle,i fnf u" ORE in tie office Of thu Register
Of hee'.s OF tie 90 unity o. Mel ear " Il 81 A1e of
NoIt' Dah4ta "I b e2lstday Of May. 1907, and
record :! in book Fof Mort ayes at page o. ann
asst I'D by said mnrtsasrc by an instrument
yestme;t COMPANY, i'm ted. . corporation.
ord in said office IF the Register If Deeds on tile
llth day Of October. A. II. 1890. and recorded in
book F I Mortgages, AT page 1911. and will he
fnreclnstd by II sale Of the premises in such
mortgage and hereinafter described, at the
front door nfth court house n the county Of
Mclean and State OF North Dakota. at the
'inu. OF 2 "'clocN p. III. on the Soth. day Of De
cnmbcr 1862. To sati.fy the amount due upon
such mortgage Oh the day uf sale. The rreini-
se> described in such mortgage and which will
no sold to satisfy the same are described rs FOL-
lows:
The west half Iwi5l Of northeast quarter
.neA and lots five Isl six (6) and seven az OF
section t35,: township One hundred and forty
nine fl49, range sew %nty-four i74] Containing
Doe hundred sixty llGOl acres more or less, &C.
cOrtling to Government survey.
There will he titie on such mnrtgs"e at the
date OF sale tn, sum of Five hundred Eighty
thr' e and 7.-1OO dollars. iS5S3.72.]
Dated November 9Th. 1902.
The Edinburgh North American
Investment Co. Limited, Il cor
pnratiOn, Assignee OF mortgage.
Hanchett & Wartner, Attorneys for Assignee
Of Mortgage, Harvey. y. d.
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NNiaE ilL EST.
lenartlnent of tn Interior

department Of the Interior.
United States Land O,iittl, bismarck. N. y.
Nuyennel. 10Th. 1907
4 Snilcirnt Contest ;~t..,lasit II wing he Il tlled
In this uil.cr y Ottn e., kson cOntcstanl
against nnIntslcau entry M. ,b'T2, made april
list 1902. for sJilh .ialr OF nwA ana lots 8 and 4
e.lipn !. township LAG, range - 10y THOMAS L,
ld>,, ,"i.tcstee IN "hIcn IL Is allege. that
i.lOlnaS /. ld>o mas not since making Ills ,Olle-
sleau entr. eltner iivcu on or improved the
land, OF cultivate ed it OrtXpresSed any intention
to iioll it ,luu maze 1t his lome; that lie has
wholly abandoned SAIL trace: that b. he has
his rc>id.nre therefrOm for more thai
six months since making the entry. that said
tract Is not settled upOn amt cul' waited 10y SAID
party as required Ivy law; and the absence Of
said Tn mas y. IdsO is not due to employment
III u. -. Army or navy III time Of war; said par,
tbs are hereby notified to appear, respond and
offer evi.ciire loucnlls said ale cation at ~
niclock a. m. on January 10Th 1919 b, lore G. L.
King a notary public. at hi, office In DenhOf
No; and tnat fnal nearing vii! De neld At ,
O'Clock p III. o. January u. l91. be ore the
keSi ter and Receiver at the United States
Land Oiii e IN Bi>lnarck North Dakota.
The sail rubtrstant, having, III Il proper AZ
idFivit lied November 18th l9O!. set forth facts
winch show that alter due diligence personal
service Of this notice can MT b. made, 1t Is
hereby ordered and directed that such nUtice be
given Ivy due and proper publication.
John Satterlund,
Receiver, ..
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CONTEST NOTICE..
Department OF the Interior.
United States Land Office. Bismarck, \

Department OF the Interior.
United States Land Office. Bismarck, n. ID.
december ~, 1902.
Asnffclent contest affidavit having been filed
in this Office by Mrs. NC. Prouty, contestant,
AGAINST Homestead entry No. l5ll7 made Oeto.
147. range so. by Frank +. Swift cOntestee, in
which II is alleged That said claimant has aban:
doned said tract for more than six months last
past, and that said alleged absence. from said
land was not due to his employment In the army
or marine corps of the United States us q
private soldier; officer, seaman Or marine during
in which the United States may he engaged,
said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said allie
cation at 10 o'clock a. m on Feb. end. 1903. be-
fore Rose A. Ward. a notary public, at Wash
burn, N. D., and that final hearing will be held
ct 2 O'clock r: N. on February 9Th; 1903 before
Land Office in Bismarck, MD.
The said contestant having. in q proper af-
tidavit. filed December l2tli 1902, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
he given by due and proper publication.
John SAtterlund,
Receiver.
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- Esq NuTIt K
Department OF Int .ior.

y Department OF Int :ior.
Unitri states i..H once, bismarck, ". ID
Dee mbcr T.. 1907.
a suIiici ut rontr.t atlilayit havin. been flee
IN this "t,ce ny ]. l.. Thompson. Of MaSllln,Ir u.
NJ Lean 70. "ni'st'n' against Homestead ~.
try No. l2?+S made unr l1lil. 1900. fer Sw'4,
S.'t on :. Township ll.. rance 81. ~ Christian
II. CHRISTIANS II '"N'e>ter. in which III III.
N"ci tll;l said ciiiu#ul I,:S totally al,anlrne
said Tract OF land: further t'xt that he has n"'
maize settlement up II said tract at any tim'.
sine. entr! thereof, f., rtlrr that Il hebltall
dwelling house WAS ever put upon said Ian
ami that Iii ants absence from said lind i.
not. nor WIS nm caused by claimant being en-
Unircd st",r> in tine ut war; said par les ar
hereby E"'iiir.l t" .plear. resp"nd and offer
a m. on Ja ,''a'''i. 1909. brfrre Lose A. Warl.
notary pm lie, a tl'nln, n. d., and that final
hearing vii 81, ~ al 2o'clocH p. III on Febru-
airy T.. 1893, before the Register and Receiver Of
the United states Land Office in bismarck. N. y.
davit filed becemier II, 1892. sci forth facts
which show that after due diligence. uerSoni
service Of this noli g cannot he made. 1t is here
ny ordered and directed TINT such notice hs
given by due and proper publication.
John SatterlInd,
Receiver.
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GDrNE5r N)rtCE.
Department OF the Interior,

department OF the Interior,
United States Land Office, Bismarck, y. ID.
O'tOb r 23, 40!
a sufficient contest affidavit having be n filed
in this oil q by Addison G Dimi' X contestant.
against ilnmesteal entry Nn. 1895 mane June
% 1870" t,c tie n"rth iIalf SwA section IL and
east .,;.lf ST.. section H.. wis Zip HI. range q
Ivy Dora Eaui'rhoofc onte>tee. III which i, is
%;,iler", that said contest, G has wholly abandon.
%, said t act. that said tract is not settle, upon
and cult waited by said party us required 10y law:
that she never established II residence IN said
tract or lived ~ rested thereon 10 this date.
and that the absence Of the said contestre is not
due I" her employment in the military or naval
service at tie United states in time of war. aid
parties are hereby notiiie to appear. respond
aud "ffer evidence touching said alteration. at
y. B"iseker. y notary ,.ublic at his office at
Harvey. \. y and that final hearing will he
held ut 2 "'clmt u. mo- January H.. 1903 be-
fore tile Register ami Receiver at the United
States Land Office in BIZ mar"k North dakota.
John Satterlund, :
,lnyS Wartnrr. Receiver.
Attorney for Contestant. Harvey, N. ID.
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The legislature should he called
upon this winter to enact a law
prohibiting TIE travelling medicine
shows from doing business in the
state. \ law of this kind woul'
do a great deal of good and save
the people great deal of money.