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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03

went down and down, in spite Of all
mis- efforts TO save them, till they dis
appeared beneath the rich. black. Oozy
soil, never TO reappear, he was still
more regretful. He had, nevertheless,
good thing. but he did not know it.
The bog was opportunity, but il took
another to discover it.
Eight or nine years ago a man from
the East wandered down TO Santa Ana
and there saw Mexicans and Chinese
hauling wagon loads OF dried peat
about town, selling the product for
fuel. Peat burns very nicely when
properly prepared, and coal and wood
being extremely scarce in Southern
California, a number OF persons man
aged 10 get a fair living out Of the
big tule swamp. The stranger had
never heard Of the great peat bog but
he asked some questions and learned
all about il. Then he went down TO
Smeltzer and saw il for himself Next
he began purchasing all the swamp
land he could buy.
ctranEers s Level Head.
Public opinion was divided regarding
the stranger. He must be either idi-
otic or insane, the people thought. and
the vote was about q tie as to which
was the case. Nevertheless the own
ers Of the swamp lands made haste TO
profit by his supposed mental infirmi-
", and they eagerly unloaded most OF
the bog upon him. Some OF them. Her
vey among the number, retained a part
OF the bog land just TO see II the stran-
ger really had rational motive in ac.
quiring the well-nigh worthless real es-
tate. They are now congratulating
themselves that they did so.
Some Of this swamp land brought the
owners as much as SO an acre. The
most Of it, however. went for less than
half that sum. To-day the land is
worth 500 an acre. and of the 1900
acres which are being utilized the
owners will obtain this year a revenue
Of S3OO, 900.
Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Buf.
falO Pittsburg, Chicago. Cincinnati. ST.
Louis. and a hundred other cities in
the East are eating celery raised In
the great tule swamp Of Orange conn
". More than 90 cars q day are ship
ped from the fields and the most OF II
goes east Of the Mississippi river. II
has taken some work and expense n
put the swamp in condition to bring
this income, but nothing compared
with the return II yields.
The first work was to drain the
swamp sufficiently to permit of the
land being worked. In order to do this
huge drainage canal, IA feet wide
and II feet deep, was run from the
swamp TO the ocean four miles away.
The lateral drains empty into this.
Chinese labor was employed In digging
the bitches and laying the tile through
the soft earth and the same labor was
used in clearing the swamp of the tule
and other growth and putting the
ground in condition TO be plowed. Then
came the problem. how to plow the
land. Notwithstanding the drainage
the lands were still soft and spongy
and the danger Of begging the horses
was not slight. The stranger from the
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03
WEALTH IN A bog.
An Easterner Taught California
Land Owners a Lesson.
NORTHUMBERLAND
This He Turned Into a Celery Farm and
Sta ted Great Industry.

First Crop of Celery Raised on Land
Which Was Bought for "A Song-Pro-
duction and Marketing of the Crop
Is Full of Interest-SInny of the East
ern States Are Supplied and Some
: Heavy Profits Are Made.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03

oh" replied Eve, ''he is mercy ra'-
ing Cain. lit requires strong lang"as
to raise a child like that"
And thus an expression was coin,s
which promises to outlast history itseN'
Portland Oregonian.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03
For Connoisseun,

"Richard Harding Davis is going to
farming in Connecticut.
81 wonder if he'll have Charles Da.
ma Gibson scaIecrow?''
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03

Largest Farm Known
The biggest average farm III
world is In South Australia, wnere 'A'
average squatter holds 7S,OOO acres
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03

There is nothing in the vide W. ..
world that so speedily POUNDS s' !.
into foolish girl as marriage
improvident man.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-03

Go be conunued.l
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
Railroad Headed for Imperial.

The following from the Fl Paso Her aid, shows that one of the railroads from the east headed for the Pacific Coast via Yuma and Imperial is get ting to work in good earnest:
 John J. Hodnett, vice-president and manager of the Fl Paso. Phoenix & California Southern, the new road which is to be built from Benson to Yuma, Ariz., via Tempe and Phoenix, announces that the company is now ready to let the contracts for construc- tion of two hundred miles of the same, from Phoenix to Yuma The entire length of the road will be five hun dred miles, and will pass through the rich agricultural valleys of Salt and Gila rivers. The grading of the first two hundred miles will be light, but several bridges will have to be built. Across the Salt river 1700foot bridge will have to be built while the Gila river bridge will be one thousand feet long. An eight hundred-foot bridge will have to be built across the Agua Fria and another, four hundred feet long will span the Hassayampa river. Eventually the road will be constructed to San Diego, California.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
FixinQ Water Rates.

The fixing of water rates by Boards of Supervisors does not directly in terest the settlers in the Imperial Set dement's as under the mutual water company system Boards of Supervisors have nothing to say, but as a matter of personal interest we note that Judge Morrow of the United States Circuit Court has just decided in favor Of the San Joaquin and Kings River Ca nal company as against the Board of Supervisors of Stanislaus county. The point at issue was the fixing of the rate to be charged by the company.
 On September 29, 1896, an injunction was applied for to the United States Circuit Court to restrain the Supervls- ors of that county from fixing the rate for water at such a price that the com pany could not collect sufficient to pay 1h per cent. on it's capital stock of $1,- 000,000. The Supervisors claimed that the rate fixed would yield the legal income on $337 500 which they claimed was a fair valuation of the canal com pany's plant. The court held that the facts showed that the company was entitled to a revenue on its own val nation.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
Compliments to an ImperiaIiSt.

The Riverside Enterprise thus speaKs of the action of the Riverside County Board of Horticultural Com missioners on the departure of Felix G. Havens to Imperial to reside:
 The departure of Felix C. Ravens from Riverside to the new colony of Imperial takes from this city one of the most experienced of the inspectors for citrus scale on the Riverside force and the board of horticultural com missioners at their annual meeting last Saturday passed the following resolutions and sent MT. Ravens copy:
 Whereas, That in the resignation and subsequent removal from the county of Felix c. Ravens, horticul- tural Inspector of Riverside, the hor- commission of Riverside county has lost the services of one of the most capable and efficient mem bers that has ever served on the county board of horticulture; and in recognition of his untiring efforts to improve and upbuild the efficiency and usefulness of the board of hor ticulture of our county during his connection with said board extending over continuous period of eleven years; now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we tender him our sincere thanks as a token of apprecia- tion for his valued services as above set forth, and hereby order these res olution be spread upon the permanent records of this office.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
To Imperial Overland.

]. w. Schenk, president of the Cal exico Cattle Company. who is on his way to point twelve miles beyond Imperial. between Cameron Lake and Calexico, camped here last night with a large outfit of horses, wagons, etc, which he is taking to that reclaimed desert country to open up ranch of two thousand acres, few hundred acres of which were planted to sor-
 ghum and millet last season. MT
 Schenk was editor and publisher of the Omaha Christian Advocate from 1890 to 1900 He is accompanied by
 his wife and his son, ]. w. Shenck, Jr., who is a law student from Ann Arbor, Mich, and is secretary and gen eral manager of the company.-Corona Correspondent of Los Angeles Herald,
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
Cattle for Imperial.

There will be large shipment of cattle today. They will go forward by special train to Flowing Wells, Cal, and were purchased by Mir. Harper, a large rancher in that section, from Woolf Sachs. These are all feeders and as fine lot as has been shipped out of Tempe for some time.-PhoeniX, Arizona, Republican.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
Says National Irrigation: Thirty

Says National Irrigation; Thirty thousand carloads of oranges and lem ons are shipped yearly across the cont nent from Southern California, re- zion that two score years ago pro duced little better than mesquite and cactus. The reservoir and the irrigat- ing ditch are the mediums which have caused this development. So the say ing so common in California that;
 Water Is King" is really true one.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
Los AngeIeS and San Francisco.

Here are the figures showing the relative growth of San Francisco and Los Angeles during the past twenty years:
 1880 1900 Per ct.
 Inc. San Francisco .233,956 342,742 47 Los Angeles ..... 11,311 102,479 SO6 Now, let us note the relative growth of the two cities during the past ten years:
 1880 1900 Per ct.
 Inc. San Francisco =. ,997 342,7S2 15 Los Angeles ..... 50,395 102,479 1O3 Suppose this relative rate of increase should be kept up for the next two decades, the population of San Fran cisco and Lon Angeles in 1910 and 1920 would be as follows: San Francisco; in 1910. ....,.. S94, ,199 Los Angeles; in 1910. ........ 20S,03Z San Francisco in 1920. ...... 4b3,32S Los Angeles; in 1920 ........ 422,3O
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25

   and September The circulation of THE than its history. reading hal any other daily publication the Rockies"
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-25
SEPTEMBER CIRCULA LAYTON
 OF THE Los Angeles Times
 FOR 12 YEARS.

following the daily number printed by THE the September inclusive, period of twelve
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03

twenty of land in this country is oi little value Improve it thoroughly possible that is, develop it, and its value will increase in direct ratio to the work done upon it, always provided that it contains gold in paying quantities. Certain it is, at any rate that falow placer claim is in the same category as an unmrroved piece of agricultural ground. It may produce weeds, but these are not merchantablo pro ducc
 THE NrGGIr would like to see every claim held by individuals developed. l. is true that many men are unable through lack of means to open up their claims, but we sUbmit if they arc at all promising usually the whcrewithal for the work of development may bc had. The large companies the corpora ton with capital may be depended upon to look out for their own interests. We want however, 10 sec the individual miner exert himself in effort to de vclop his holdings. We not yet ready to admit that this entire section must be given over to cor poratons although undoubtedly to concerns backed by ample capital will the greatest profits accrue. There will still remain the opportunity for the ind vidual miner. But lie must proceed along legitimate lines. He must work He cannot hold a claim for speculative pur oses only. That time has passed if it ever existed
 Wild eat mining claims good deal like self righteousness The more you have of them the worse you are off. TIE NrGGET'~ advice to those holding a number of twentyacrc tracts would be to select one and develop it. Ii it lroycs valucess after thorough prospecting, get another and prospect it. also thor oughly. It may and will take time and labor, but ia the end, you will be rewarded. Intelligent, per sstcnt effort seldom fails.
 One trouble with many people is that they b'come discouraged too easily, and they fall by the wayside Few find the royal road to wealth, but more would did their stock of painstaking patience
 )t fail them just when they most need it.
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
AS TO RECORDING DISTRICTS.

Two judges of the district court have ost and slashed and carved commissioners districts in the Second judicial division. They carved without reason and cut without mercy. It was q case perhaps of "Shere ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise" and they followed the adage to Its fullest extert. One judge who shall be nunelees, created arecordng dis tict in order to furnish job for friend; second enlarged, cutailed expanded districts at his. pleas in order to a lew dollars into the treasury of the United States. And all the time that these kaeidoscopc changes taking place the miner and lrospector suffered He paid the judicial piper for the Adding.
 It seem to Tur NUGGET that the time has como when a re-agnmen of the recording districts becomes necessity in the interests of the actual miner and proslector, and without harm to the United States treasury. We do not think that it is the intention of the law that q recording district must be source of proitto the government of the United States. If it pays it's own way should be expected of it. If it does not afford a salary of $25O month to the incumbent, there plenty of men who would gladly take it for what it will honestly produce, because the recorder combine the duties of his office with his legitimate business We speak in behalf of the men who making this country, realizing that re- marks will not meet the appreciation of the profes- siona office holder Alaska was not made for his especial use and behoof so far we know.
 In this connection we may refer to another phase of the situation far recording districts are concerned. Appointments in the past have been made of men notoriously unfit for the position. Cheap, ordinary everyday graiters, incapables and professional office seekers have been given the places and men, honest and competent, have been turned down. without apology. It seems to that is about time that merit should be recognized and the professional place seeker be given the cold shou der. We may be mistaken in our conclusion but this is our honest belief.
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF.

TIE NUGGET has always had the courage of its convictions as it's readers know. It has always stood
 for what it believed to be for the best interests of this section of Alaska. It is an Alaskan newspaper, with out any outside affiliations It is published for the benefit of its proprietor in the first place. To say
 that it is published for fun solely in the interests of the people would be stating an untruth It is not published for glory or for honor or renown. It is plain business proposition. Having made these ai- missions frankly, we will proceed: No newspaper worthy of the name be anything else than loyal to it's constituency. In being thus loyal sometimes it may have to 'overook' things and conditions, the exploitation of which would bring good to nobody
 It is not the province of newspaper to take sides in family braws in town scandals. Newspapers are frequently criticised by or less discriminating public because they do not "roast" Smith because Jones, who is subscriber, does not like him. It night be pleasant task to ''roast" Smith, but the wise newspaper will turn the task to Jones him. self so that he may baste Smith to his own liking
 The newspaper especially the frontier newspaper does more than any other agency to develop coun- try. This may appear to be broad statement to some people, but we hold it to be true. How would the progress and development of any country be known it not for the faithful press True the assiduty which is shown may be dictated by self
 interest, but the fact remains that the modern news paper is developer. It works unceasingly, and it's labors receive but scant acknowled gment; the butcher, the baker and the candlestck maker profit by it's york; while giving it, perchance, grudgng dole. How many men in community will you find who will tell you they give the newspaper S5 or Sl0 "ad@ because they feel that it is their duty" to do Men
 like this look upon the newspaper as sort of elee- mosynary institution, necessary evil that must sej
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
THE OUTLOOK IS PROMISING.

The mining outlook for Northwestern Alaska was mover brighter than at present. In fact the present season has brought a era in mining development Readers of TIE NUGGET have kept in touch with the progress made, for it has been aim to convey 10 them the exact conditions as they unfolded them selves.
 A larger area of mineral ground has been worked this year. The owners have gone about their work ,auistly and scores of claims in various places have been added to the list of producers New methods of mining have been introduced with gratifying results. The era of ditch building for the purpose of supply ing water to arid gold lands has Lcen nauguratetl and the results already manifest Ground that has lain practically idle for three years Is producing abundantly. Other ditch enterprises in adjacent Aectons under way. One at Topkok will open up alarge tract of aurerous ground; another that s projected will increase the water supply in the i'm mediate vicinity of Nome; the Wild Goose Company'D pumping plant is a success. The Nome Exploration Company will, next spring, add another. Up in the Cripple section another ditch will be built which will open up thousands of of goldbearing ground. These are but few instances.
 The outlook for Council City district was never so good. Yet this district was known before Nome had been discovered. It has developed slowly but surely and today it is of the most promising districts of Northwestern Alaska.
 Acouple of years ago the Solomon river country was held in dersion. PaLsaking efforts have dem .onstrated the fact that condemn without knowing what they do solomon river is producing gold in considerable quantity and has a promising future. Port Clarence and Kougarok districts, heartily cursed year ago by horde of disapponed men, are not deserted Those who have stayed with" them are confident that they will be rewarded. Indeed the output from these districts this year will be considerable.
 A section of country of which we hear but little is the Casadepoga. Yet it is gradually commanding attention Men who know whereof they speak say that it is of the very best mining sections of the penin- sua. The fact of the matter is that large portion of the peninsula has not been mperfecty pros fpected The next ten years will witness marvellous changes from mining point of view. Thousands of acres of ground will be producing gold where only .one acre today is being worked. There is mining country on earth with such future before it not withstanding the fact that
 Down the chill wind from the mountain peak,
 From the three thousand summers old:
 On the barren and the hilltop bleak,
 It has gathered all the ccld.'
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03

given grudging support. These arc the Siiurians whom God made, but whom God has forgot. When He makes up His jewels they will not be found even among the dross. They represent the class of men, a large one by the way, who want something for nothing. They ate the class of men who will loaf around town while the real miner prospects a claim on a creek where they hold the one adjoining, and wait for the toiler to strike it, '" and then mark up their 20aCre lot 1000 per cent on the strength of the other mans work.
 Alaska is full of such impedi- ments, God help her! This is the truth as viewed from this stand point. There are three kinds of poor. These are the Lords poor, the devils poor and thepo0r devils. The class of people who hope to thrive by another's enterprise be- long to the latter class, for they are really to be pitied.
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
DEVELOPMENT OF PLACER CLAIMS

The Pioneer Mining Company has been steadily acquiring new ground all summer. Some of its pur- chases have been large but it is noticeable that the company has bought only proved ground. It is doing speculating in wildcat properties, and un- less the claims have been prospected thoroughly or were paying properties there has been no sale.
 There is an object lesson in this, and one that should teach owners of claims the utter futility of attempting to hold them without doing work that will tend to show their value want of it. couple of years ago men who held location certificates show ing that they possessors of hundreds of claims were numerous. Happily the number has decreased, and the country at large has been benefited thereby The idea that to hold hundred or more claims was easy and quick road to wealth has been exploded. An unprospected claim is comparatively worthless; a hundred unprospeced claims are positive menace not only to the individual holding them, but to the community. This being exclusively mineral coun- try, it can only be prosperous when it shall have bsen developed and made producer This will be obvious to most people. An unimproved tract Of
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To C. r. Church:
 NorcciN hereby alycn you that the under SiEued, Martin Angel. being Il c"-oWuer with yOu of that certain placer Giniug claim in the Cape Nome Mining District. District of Alaska. situated upon mat certain -ulch known aN Grouse 2'ulc!. and bC nt known and G"~igHatcd the Angel fractional claim h.~ performed on thc aforesaid placer mining claim. at his own expense. more than one hundred dollars GTD worth of labor and luprDy' meut, for the year igOl: that the ufOr",uij C. r. Church iS the owner of an undivided Uue-half O-.) interest in the aforesaid placer mining claim, and the un- drr~ignCC i, ne cNjicr Of the remaining one half N-2l tlt" ssst Of 'Naid cialm that ta" said c. r. Church 1A~ not contributed hl- proportion of said expense incurred bF the undersigned in performing said labor and improvements on sad claim male during the year l!ni, which said expense k in lhe sum of one hundred dollars and the proportion of said expenses that should have been contributed by C. r. Church k N5O.
 And noticc is hereby given that unless tho said C. r. Church shall contribute his propor- tiOn of the aforesaid expenses the said C, r. ChurchS undivided onehuf interest in said placer mining claim will. at the expiration of ninety tD1) uaY~ from this 18th day of July lsG2 b" forfeited unto the said Martin Angel and the interest of Said C. r. Church in the aforesaid placer mining claim will become the property of his cO-Owner. Martin Angel. who has made the required expenditures. as afore- said.
 Dated Nome, Alaska, this 18th day of July lgO3.
 MARTIN ANGEL,
 7-l6-3mW Co-owncr
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03
FOR SALE.

The following claims and interests in claims belonging to the estate of Sigurd Koppang in Kougarok district, are offered for sale; price, Tj00
 One-sixth interest in No. below, Boulder creek. Onehalf interest in No. 2i above, Boulder creek. One quarter interest in No. Frost creek, above Goose. Onequarter interest in No. Buzzard creek. below Goose. Onehalf interest in No. Chechako creek. No. s aoove on Skookum creek No. 9 Grouse creek. One claim on Miller creek. One-quarter interest in No Bernhard creek Also the following claims belonging to the estate of N. H. Hansen, situated in kougarok district, price SJD: No. 13 above discovery, Boulder. No. above lower discovery, Turner creek. No. above, Last chance. No. , above, Aurora
 R. T. LYING.
 Administrator of said estates Nomp AuU t Itkfl
The Nome nugget., 1902-09-03

The appointment of Thomas R. White as city clerk is good one, and Mr. White will give complete satisfaction. He is an honest man, he is competent and will always be found at his post of duty. The city's financial condition is in such shape that economy is needed, and Mir. White will soon demonstrate that he is the right man m the right place.