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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
SIXTEENTH YEAR.

The recent passage Of the irrigation
act by Congress has served to draw
particular attention to irrigation mat
terz and the following facts condensed
from recent census bulletin are there
forc Of special interest at the present
time:
During the decade 1850 to 1850. Col
-orado advanced to the front rank OF
irrigated states. surprising California
In the extent OF land under irrigation.
but remaining second In the number OF
trrigators and In the value Of Irrigated
crops. The colder climate and greater
altitude Of Colorado make IL impossi-
BILE 10 raise the hish-priced citrus or
semi.tropicai fruits, or to practice the
degree OF intensive farming for which
Arizona and California are noted.
The surface OF the state il divided
about equally into mountain AREA and
plains. the latter lyin. to III. east. nnd
being continuation OF the Kansas up
lands. Among the mountains OF the
western hnif OF the stat. are open val
leys. surrounded by lofty ranges. In
the southwest. the mountains are par
ticGiariy abrupt. presenting Jagged
and rocky peaks. Alpine In their char
actcristics. Al an elevation OF 900
or 500 feet. surrounded by noun
tains rising 5000 feet higher. are found
a number OF green parks which are
widely different In aspect from the
lower plains OF the East. or the vast
pinicnus or table lands Of the middle
Vert. Most of these parks. once the
basins OF lakes. have iioors which are
apparently level. but which have sum.
Client fall to bc easily irrisnblc.
The plains. which comprise mn area
of 5000 square miles. are barren OF
timber. and have gradual slope co.
ward the Mississippi valley. About
two.thiris OF the people OF Coiornuo
live In this area. The soil Ir rich and
the vegetation Is particularly luSuriant
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18

the South Platte and its tributaries.
Embraced In its drainage system are
many populous cities and towns, and
the Richest farming communities In the
state. The area under bitches and
canals divertins water from the main
Platte and Its tributaries In Colorado.
Wyoming and Nebraska. is approxi'
mately ,a.DO.OOO acres. Ia Colorado
the area irrigated In 1879 was ~. .lSs
acres, an increase since 1879 or Gs.i
per cent. In this section ARE $50 per
cent. OF the total number OF irrigated
farms. HI per cent. Of the total irri-
gated area. and Aha per cent. Of the
Total population OF the state. The TO-
tai vaiu. Of the farm land and build
inss Is 5l-S per cent. OF that of ths
whole state.
The first irrigation enterprise OF the
state was founded at Greeley ON this
stream. The summer How has been
Increased by the diversion OF some OF
III. heaiwntcrs OF the western side OF
the range. and also by the building OF
reservoirs. both In the mountains and
out on the plains. The great problem
before the irrigators In this division IL
that OF water storage nnd conscrv-
atIsm Of the foods which run to waste.
There is already under ditch more land
than can bc supplied during times Of
drouth. but II the present supply OF
water were used with greater skill ana
economy. much larger arcas could bc
cultivated. The acreage Of fertile
land to which water could be carried
by canals and bitches already con.
sirucicd cannot bc definitely asccr.
taIncd. but unIucstionably II far cx-
cccds the AREA actually waicrcd. The
system Of water storage Is. however.
bcin. eagerly adopted by irrirniors
aud others Interested In such matters.
ns relief from the trials aud unccr-
tnintics OF the chance supply. Rcs"r-
voirs are being built by individuals
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
SOME COLORADO IRRIGATION STATISTICS
FROM A UNITED STATES CENSUS BULLETIN

they carry considerable water. especial
~ In the spring. but a. the major i'or-
ton Of the supply is taken -or srrisa'
tion, contribute. liiiie or M water Ia
the Arkansas during the irrigation sea-
son. These strranis are suDIsE; To sui
den rises during storms or local cloud
bursts. and NJ such times iischn rsc
great volumes OF water into the main
stream, much damage often resulting.
Among ti. tributaries Of the second
class, which drain the plains. arr such
streams as the liorrc. Adois. Bis SAT-
dy and Timpas creeks. and many 9th
crs of lesser note. The volume of wa
ter received by these streams II at
times enormous, but fo- the greater
portion of the year their channels are
dry. During the Hood season their
flow has been estimated to be 10000
cubic feet per second.
III. average size OF the farms n Ills.
upper Arkansas valley II very snail.
the majority Of them ranging from nve
auencc. III. average value per acre II
the hishcs, In the stat.. Where Tie
valley broad-ns. III. cannhr bccoihc
more extensive and Important. an'l the
farms Increase In size. Vast h-lds of
alfalfa stretch for miles along the big
ditcises. producing winter forage nn.i
nfror,iinE late fall pnstururc for herds
OF cattle and sheep that Craze ON the
free range IN the spring and summer.
The acreage In wheat. oats and cosn Is
large and the yields arc uniformly
good. This valley IL especially adapt.
cd to the raising OF sugar bcct-. and
the Industry IL n growing one.
During great part OF the Irrigation
season the entire How OF the Arkansas
river In exhausted by the canals nnd
ditchc. In Colorado and the supply b
insufficient for the land under ditch
The deficiency occurs when the water
Is most needed. aud In many districts
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18

along the water courses. The rain
fall Is insufficient, however. and crops
cannot he produced without irrigation.
The land surface OF Colorado COM
Yrlscs ~, 81. 500 acres, OF which only
9.4TJ,5SS, of 1I.3 per cent, were In
cluded In farms in 1900. and 2.2i3,06S
acres, OF 3.4 per cent, were improved.
or this area, 2.2iO acres are included
in the Indian reservations. OF the to-
tai area In farms, 2..O per cent is i'm
proved.
The Importance Of irrigation as n
feature of the agricultural develop
ment of the state is SHOWN by the fact
. that the irrigated land outside of the
Indian reservations amounts to 1.G11,-
I'll acres, or TO.9 per cent. of the i'm
proved farm land. In 1880 the acres
irrigated outside of the Indian reserva-
tions numbered S9O,I3J, or 4S.S per
cent, OF the improved land. Since
then, by the opening of new bitches
and canals, by the enlargement OF
, those previously constructed. and by
the application of more Intelligent
methods of water distribution, 12O.536
acres Of land have been added to the
irrigated area of the territory, an in
crease of 800 per cent. In 1870 most
of this land was public domain and
comparatively valueless. At the pres
eut time its value, ut II low estimate,
is 2S96S ,552, an average OF S4O.II per
acre, Irrigation has added this large
amount to the farm wealth of the
state.
The principal rivers of the state are
the South Platte, Arkansas, Rio
Grandc. San Juan, Grand and Green.
The last three mentioned are triDu-
tnr.es of the Colorado of the West. The
state has been divided by law into six
large drainage divisions, corresponding
with the natural photographic basins
of the above named six principal riv-
ers. For administrative purposes,
these divisions are subdivided into wa
ter districts.
The South Platte River.
The most important drainage basin
in Colorado is that of the South Plntte
river, which includes the following
counties: Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas,
Elbert. Jefferson, Larimer. Logan,
Morgan, Park. Phillips, Sedgwick,
headwaters Of the South Platte are in
South Park in Park county. In the
mountains the stream has a consider
able fall, which gradually diminishes
as 1t enters the plains. Like most
streams in this region, it Is subject to
great fluctuations in volume. During
the spring floods its channel is nearly
d mile wide, and the discharge is very
great. while at other seasons, 1t sinks
into its sandy bed and becomes almost
dry. The area comprised in the drain
age basin of this stream and branches
is 9O,O11 square miles.
On no river in the United States has
,srrigatiin been more largely developed
or extended to larger area than on
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
Pope 10 a Hustler.

Rome. July 9.-The answer of the
committee of cardinals 80 Governor
Taft's recent note on the subject of
the frIars' lands in the Philippine isl.
nnds was presented to the pope yes.
terday morning by Cardinal Rampolla,
the papal secretary of state. The pom
tiff expressed his pleasure ut the celer-
ity with which the business had been
dispatched and said jestingly:
I'VE are teaching the Americans the
renowned art of hustling."
The answer will be translated into
French and will be printed.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
Great Heat at Pittsburq.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 9.-There are
no indications of an early abatement
of the hot wave. The mercury Mt IL
n. IN. was 81 degrees. Eleven deaths
and six serious cases of prostration
have been reported with the last
twenty-four hours.
Two deaths and seven prOstrations
were added to the heat victims in
Pittsburg to-day. OF the seven cases
of prostrations the majority were mill
workers, and 1t is reported that all
are in serious condition.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
BIG FLOODS IN KANSAS.
Considerable Damage at Manhattan
and Topeka.

Topeka. Kan. July 12.-Specials from
Manhattan say the water is now
twelve feet high on the Union Pacific
tracks there. The railroad bridge over
the Blue river is covered to n depth
OF five feet. and the water is rapidly
rising. William Il. Hickey. soldier
in the Eighth cavalry. from Rort Riley.
was drowned there early this evening.
All the trains are blocknded.
The Kansas river here has been
steadily rising. and has now reached
it's highest point. The gauge shows
over fifteen feet higher than the low
water mark. A number of families
have been obliged to leave their homes.
The water has overfiowed several hun.
dred acres of corn north of the city,
and will damage 1t considerably.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
High Water at Kansas City.

Kansas City, July 9.-The Mis-
souri, and Raw rivers at Kansas City
have reached close to the danger line
of twenty-one feet, as result of the
recent heavy rains in this part of the
Southwest. and the local weather bu-
reau has warned persons in the bot
toms to guard their interests against
u quick rise that would likely follow
another rain
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Experiments With Clover.

In cooperation with the United
States department of agriculture the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
has during the past season conducted a
comparative study of red clover obtain
ed from different parts of the world,
The object of this study is to determine.
if possible, the best source from which
to obtain seed for general farm pur-
poses. To this end the questions con
sideIed were: rate and per cent of ger
mination; date of blooming and conse-
quent earliness of crop: date of cutting:
yield per acre; general condition of the
stand.
Some striking differences were noted.
but OF course no general conclusions
can be drawn from one seasons work.
Seed was sOwn May 10 on So plots of
two square rods each. The first bloom
was noted August 2, on plots with the
seed from England, Russia, Nebraska,
Tennessee, Iowa, and Missouri. The
first plots ready for harvest (cut Just in
bloom were those from Indiana and
one lot from Bohemia. The largest
yields were obtained, in the order given.
from plots with seed from Bohemia,
Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Brit
tany, Ohio. Plants from American
seed were invariably very hairy, while
those from European seed were almost
as invariably smooth.
The experiment will be continued
through another growing season and
the result will be given in detail in a
station bulletin.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

GARDINER, Me, Nov. 20. A change
has taken place in the management Of
the American ice company in this State
The offices, which have been in Au-
gusta since the formation of the COM
pany, and managed by George N. Law
renee, have been closed, and the old Of
fees formerly occupied by the Knicker-
booker ice company of PHILADELPHIA
here in Gardiner have been leased for
a term of years.
S. c. Ballard, who has been identified
with the Knickerbocker company since
its organization, and who without aues-
ton is the best authority on the bust
ness in the State, has been appointed
manager for the company in the State
of Maine.
This brings the business back to the
natural headquarters of the industry in
years past, and will certainly prove of
great benefit to the stockholders in the
State.
Every indication now points to an en-
couraging revival of the business on
the river, and cid icemen' are looking
forward to the renewal of the industry.
Of course nothing can be learned at
this early date as to the intentions of
the company during the coming season
on this river, but the return to the city
and the placing of the management into
hands has the most en-
couraging outlook of anything yet
transporting in the ice world.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
California
Waterso Of Life

SPECIAL REPORT BY WATER EN-.
vada and California in the interest of an Ohio
institution says the finding of
IsHAM SPRINGS
and the nature OF that water was wonderful
discovery and a valuable acquisition to the ma
terra medica. They are located on the northern
spur of San Miguel Mountain, about thirteen
The waters flow out of the side of a hill, which
is crowned with heavy strata of chalky deposit.
Unlike other spring waters, that continually
form calcareous deposits and incrustations which
require removing, or if ferruginOuS and sulphur
Gus constantly cover the watts with slime, these
waters flow over the solid rock without showing
the least stain of accumulation of any deposit,
ly clear.
The medicinal quality is an antacd and where
alkaline lotions are used III fevers or clltaneous
diseases, warm or cold. this water has no rival.
attention to the drinking and using externally,
must yield to its healing influences.
Patients suffering from gastric catarrh or acid
dyspepsia will find by its proper use a tendency
to remove abnormal coating and bring live tissue
into action.
Also persons from same cause or from i'm
proper digestion or unsOund teeth have offensive
close conversation, will find the use of these
waters as gargle and drink render the breath
pure, sweet and wholesome.
Persons in good health will find no better den
tiice, as the water quietS fermentation and de-
StrOyS parasite growth.
Hair dressers find in it an excellent shampoo,
neutraliZng any excess of fatty substance in the
hair and removing all dandruff leaving the hair
light and pOmpadOur.
(Signed) L. A. CURTIS.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Coal for Augusta.

AUGUSTA, NOVEMBER ~. The
schooner Maggie Ellen of Portland ar
rived at 11.s0 yesterday forenoon, with
800 tons of hard coal consigned to
Charles H. White. The coal consists of
egg, nut, and stove coal. This is the
first hard coal of any quantity that has
arrived here since the strike, only few
carloads having arrived. Purinton
Bros. have a cargo of 27O tons at the
mouth of the river, which is expected
today. These two cargoes will give the
city good supply for the time being
and the price at which it will be sold is
very reasonable, it being only so per ton.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Cambridge, Mass.
Ringing in the Ears.

This is an unfailing sigh of catarrh, and
if not checked will ultimately result in
deafness. The simplest remedy is Catarrh-
ozone, which if inhaled few times daily,
prevents the catarrhal condition from
spreading. Catarrhozone quickly stops the
the ringing in the ears, hes d noises, gives
permanent relief to catarrhal deafness. For
Catarrh in any part of the system, Bronchi-
It's, Asthma, Lung or Throat Troubles,
to permanently cure or your money back.
Large size, $1.O0; trial size, 25c Druggists
or Poison & Co., Kingston, Ont. Sold by
". O. Poor & Son, Belfast.
DIR. HAMILTON's PILLS CURE CoNsTIPA-
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

Cholly (proudly)-by jove! I'm quite
professor OF swimming, don't you know, l
taught Mabel Galley how to swim in two
lessons.
Jack-Gad! That was quick throw
down.
Cholly INDIGNANTLY do you mean?
Jack-Why, she let me give her ten les
sons before she learned Brooklyn Life.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Nasal
Gaia R Ri

should be cleanliness.
Ely's Cream Balm
cleanses, soothes and heals
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
r,;olvl-
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
If You are a Farmer
And Have One Cent

Buy postal card and send to The New
York Tribune Farmer, New York City,
for free specimen copy.
The Tribune Farmer, is a National IL
Illustrated Agricultural Weekly for Farm
ers and their families, and stands at the
head of the agricultural press The price
is s1.OO year, but if you like it you can
secure it with your own favorite local
newspaper, The Republican Journal at
bargain. Both papers one year only 1925.
Send your order and money to THE RE-
PUBLICAN JOURNAL PUBLISHING Co.,
Belfast, Maine.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

The Heroine of the New Story by the Author
of MRS. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
lEE|MM11B6

On and after Oct. Is, 1902, trains connecting
at Durham and Waterville with through trains
tor and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and
Boston, will run as follows:
FROM BELFAST.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed Relief is im@
mediate and cure follows. 1t is not drying-does
not produce sneezng. Large Size so cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren Street, New YORK.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

TFIag bt3tiOh.
Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at
$500 from belfast and all stations on Branch
Through tickets to all points West and North
west, via All routes, for sale by L. W. GEORGE
Agent, Belfast. GEO, f. EVANS
Vice President and General Manager
+; =: BooTH6Y, GEM Pass. and Ticket Agent.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
COMMONWEALTH HOTEL,

Cor. Main and Pleasant Sts., Belfast.
This hotel is centrally located near the railroad
depot and steamboat wharves, and has lately
been put in first-class condition. 1t will be con-
Quoted as an up-to- date, one dollar a day hotel.
33tf MATHEWS 4 LAWRENCE.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
Interesting Legal Decision.

An interesting matter was decid- ed by MT. Justice Riddick in the supreme court last week. One Ru- fus Johnson was indicted by the Jackson county grand jury for mur- der in the second degree. Before trial in the circuit court the circuit judge, upon ex parte testimony, it is said, concluded that the grand jury had not done its duty and that an indictment for murder in the first degree should have been re- turned. He, therefore, referred the matter to the next grand jury, thus, in effect, setting aside the indict- ment of the first grand jury. In the meantime he committed John son to jail, and Johnson made ap- plication for bail, which was re- fused. In this way the matter was taken to the supreme court, on Johnson's application for bail.
 Justice Riddick upheld the decis- ion of the lower court, and refused bail, holding that while the circuit judge had express authority, after trial had commenced, to stop the trial and remand the matter for the investigation to another grand jury when, in his opinion, the indictment should have been for d greater of fense, it was also obvious to have the same power before trial.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
Arkansas State News
Federal Jurors.

The following petit jury has been drawn and ordered to report in the United States district court at Lit tie Rock on January 12: P. l.. Fakes, McCrory, Woodruff county R. s. Co1fman, Russell, White coun- ty; J. W. Deidelman, Little Rock :; A. L. Aydelott, Hill, Prairie coun- ty; Fred Sanders, Little Rock; Sol Arthur: Hector, Pope county; C.. J. Julian, Hamburg, Ashley coun- ty; A. C. Jones, Hot Springs, Gar land county; Howard Adams, Lit tie Rock; R. H. M. Mills, Pine Bluff, Jefferson county; Henry El- lingsworth, Carlisle, Lonoke coun- ty; Ben W. Allen, Wilmot, Ashley county; W. B. Ferguson, Little Rock; c. A. Haskins, Gum Log, Pope county; W. $. Grove, Argen- ia, Pulaski county; J. W. Ragsdale, Perryville, Perry county; Capt. &. Geisreiter, Pine Bluff; o. J. Owen, Sr., Moore, Faulkner county; Chas. $. Stifft, Little Rock; M. c. Banks, Wrightsville, Pulaski county; Q. R. Reynolds, Enola, Faulkner county Maj. s. A. Duke, Baxter, Drew county; Charles T. Abeles, Little Rock; J. J. Brassell, Stuttgart, Ar kansas county; J. H. Mason, Center Ridge, Conway county; F. M. lief ferson, Little Rock; A. M Aver, Grand Lake, Chicot county; Henry Thane, Arkansas City, Desha coun- ty; John H. Hammon, Monticello, Drew county; R. B. Gress, Little Rock; D. B. Russell, Morrilton, Conway county; Walter Kirst, Lit tie Rock; J. E. Mason, Maries, Pu- laski county; J. P. Whitehill, Ar kansas City, Desha county; c. o. Kimball, Little Rock l.. $. Smoth- CTS, Pulaski county.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
New Roads Incorporated.

Two new railroads were charter ed last week by the state board of railway commissioners, as follows The Piggott. and Northwestern Railroad Company, to build a branch road from Piggott, on the Cotton Belt road, in a northwestern ly direction to point in Clay coun- ty, twelve miles distant on the east bank of Cache river. The Arkan- sas, Red River and Paris Railroad Company; the capital stock is $266,- 900, divided into $100 shares. The proposed road shall begin at the station of Morris ferry, on the Kansas City Southern, where it crosses Little river, and thence run westerly eight miles to the line be- tween Arkansas and Indian Terri tory thence westerly eight miles to Aliens Siding on the Arkansas and Choctaw railroad; thence in south westerly direction to Harris Ferry on Red river, twenty-two miles, making a total of thirty-eight miles.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
New Railroad.

A new railroad, running from Newport, the county seat of Jack son county, to Pocahontas, the coun- ty seat of Randolph county, a dis tance of 75 miles, and another from Newport to Jonesboro, the county seat of Craighead county, will be started in the course of the next few weeks. The route to be taken from Newport may be to follow the route of the Iron Mountain on the Batesville branch, until Ellers, the first station across the Black river, is reached. Then the road will pro- ceed northward on the west side of the Black river, by way of Char lotte, Independence county, thence to Strawberry, Lynn and Powhatan, thence across the Kansas City and Memphis to Loland and Pocahontas, Randolph county. The road between Newport and Jones' boro will go by way of Grubbs, Jackson county, Cash and Dryden, Craighead county, to Jonesboro. The extension of the first road southward will cross the White river west of Newport, proceed by way of Adler, Pleasant Plains and Tyler to Heber; thence by way of Darcey, Rosebud, Mount Vernon, Bristol, Cascade, Vilonia, Otto and Oldstead to Little kocE., by way of Barring Cross.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
Shot by Mistake.

A sad accident occurred at the home of Verbal Stewart in Colum- bia county. A Mir. Blatson went to the home of Stewart, his brother-in- law, and attempted to arouse him by firing a pistol. The noise awak- iened Stewart and he, not knowing who Blatson was, shot him through the. window, the bullet taking effect in the abdomen.
Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20
Watch Glasses.

In the production of common watch glasses the glass is blown into a sphere about 40 inches in diameter, sufficient material being taken to give the desired thickness, as the case may be. Discs are then cut out from this sphere with the aid of a pair of compasses having diamond at the extremity of one leg. There is q knack in detaching tho disc after it has been cut. A good workman will cut 5000 glasses in day.