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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Mr. Pasquale l.. Montani has returned
from visit of five weeks at French Lick.
The Davidson Dancing School will open
its season Tuesday evening at the Pastime
Hall.
Sunday evening services at the Fourth
PRESBYTERIAN Church will be resumed this
evening.
Mrs. John F. Murphy will entertain the
Mothers Club of x. L. M TUESDAY
afternoon.
The Needle Society of the First Presby-
terrain Church will hold an all-day meeting
Wednesday in the church parlors
Miss Margaret Ward will entertain the
Jacqulin Club on Tuesday afternoon at
her home on North New Jersey street.
The Manetto Club will give it's first card
party of the season, followed by an in
formal dance Friday evening, Oct. g. in st.
Joseph's Hall.
Mr.. Louis Hagedorn and Mr.. William Won
Zell will give their annual outing party to-
day. The party will be chaperoned by Mr..
and Mrs. Hagedorn.
The regular meeting of the Auxiliary of
Typographical Union No. ! will be held
tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. at ll9 West Mary
land street, Room 49,
The Ladies' AiG Society of the First Eng
lish Lutheran Church will meet Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Anna Rush, 3l4
East Mccarthy street.
Rev. DR.. Joshua Stansfield will deliver an
address at the Irvington NJ r. Church on
Tuesday evening, Oct g. under the auspices
of the Irvington Temperance Alliance.
Miss Ola Smith, who has been spending
the summer at Long Island Sound, Will re-
turl. tomorrow, and Will be with MISS
Emma Atkins on North Meridian street
for a month
Mrs Isabel Rodenberger. Gle East North
street, will entertain the Queen Esther
Auxiliary Friday afternoon, assisted by
Mrs Sarah f. Traub. Mrs. Jennie Miller
and Miss May ELgle.
The women of the Irvington NJ. Z. Church
will give an lat home for the pastor. Rev.
Robb Earring, and wife, at the residence of
DIR. T. l.. Thompson, on East Washington
street, next Friday evening, Oct 9.
The Womens Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church will meet on Friday,
Oct g. at 2:30 o o'clock I'm the church parlors.
\ paper will be read by Mrs. Maria Jane
son. of the Central Christian Church.
The Rev. Schuyler C. Fulmer has bought
the residence of Robert Hawkins, l12a
Ruckle street, through the A. j. Meyer &
Co. agency: consideration, $500. Rev.
Fulmer will take possession about Oct 10
A pie social will be given by the Sun
day-school of Trinity Congregational
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The free night high school, which has
been conducted for the past three years
by teachers OF the different schools of the
city, will open tomorrow night at 7:so
O'Clock at the Shortridge High School on
North Pennsylvania street. This will be
the beginning of the fourth year OF the
school, and the outlook is for a better
attendance than In former years. The school
was established in order TO give those who
work during the day the opportunity of
getting an education. Classes will be formed
in shorthand, German, Grecian. Roman and
modern history. civil government. political
economy, English literature and drawing.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
The Arpny.-

Capt. Conway II. Arnold, jr., Artillery
Corps, has been granted three months
leave of absence with permission to apply
for an extension of three months on account
of sickness.
First Lieut.. Irvine W. Patton, assistant
surgeon, has been relieved from further
duty in the division of the Philippines and
from temporary duty at the Preside of
San Francisco, Cal, and ordered to Fort
Hamilton, n Y, to relieve First Lieut..
Walter ID. Webb. assistant surgeon, who
has been ordered to West Point NJ Y,
for duty at the United States Military
Academy.
First Lieut.. Irvine W. Patton, assistant
Corps has been relieved from further treat
ment at the United States General Hos
pital Washington Barracks. d. c., and or
dered to Fort Monroe, Va. for the purpose
of completing his examination as a men,
Der of his class Of 1903 at that school
Corporal Harold Rasmussen, Company A.
Corps of Engineers, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, has been detailed for duty at St.
Louis In connection with the War Depart
ment exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.
The Navy
Lieut.. 4. Moale. granted three months
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leave of absence on account of sickness.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. V. Stone. granted
leave until Dec. 81
w V. n Rose has been commissioned a
paymaster in the navy from March 8, 1903.
Paymaster r. w. Hart, from the naval
station Key West, Fla. TO the Puritan.
tan and continue other duties.
Paymaster G.. p. Dyer, from the navy
ward Pensacola, to the naval station, Key
West.
Paymaster II. l.. Robbins, from the Bu-
reau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy De-
partment, to the navy yard, Pensacola
Carpenter -. ID. Pender, from the navy
Springs, Ark, for treatment
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PLUCKY MOTORMAN.


NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Five masked men
attempted to hold up and rob the conductor
and motorman OF Eighth-avenue cleo
trio car at Fifteenth street before daylight
to-day. Three of the ordered the
motorman. Thomas Gargan, to stop the
car, but he pluckily kept going. though
stabbed in the hand, until two policemen
were encountered. These captured the men
after a short pursuit. The conductor
Charles Mccarthy. defended himself with
a heavy iron connecting bar from the two
men who boarded the rear platform. one
being knocked from the platform and the
other then jumping from the car Both
escaped
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John Davis and John barrett, both living
on Patterson street, were arrested yester-
day by Detectives Lancaster and Kurtz and
Bicyclemen Lowe and Morgan, and locked
UP at the police station on charges of bur-
glary. The men. Ii Is said, broke into the
saloon operated by Beck Bros, at Michigan
and Blake streets, on Friday night, and
burglarized the establishment, after which
they burglarized nearby grocery store.
The goods stolen by the recov-
cred, and Davis, on being questioned, con-
fessed TO his guilt
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PITTSBURG. Oct. 3-Unless the difficult
ties at the new Philadelphia plant of the
American Sheet Steel Company is adjusted
by Monday morning. a general strike of all
the union workers of that company is
threatened by the Amalgamated Associa-
ton OF Iron. Steel and Tin Workers. IL Is
alleged that the American Sheet Steel
Company has violated the agreement and
these works in removing the limit of OUT
put The fight. IL Is said, Will be a deter
mined one. and II Is given out that the strike
will not be confined 10 one plant. but TO all
union mills operated by the American Sheet
Steel Company. III Is understood the advisory
hoard will authorize the enforcement OF Sec
ton q OF Article IL. which reads: Should
one mill In a combine or trust have diff
Guilty all mills In said combine or trust
kshali cease work until such grievance is
brought about by the enforcement of this
law
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responsible for il have earned by siren
uous endeavor in the past the right to re-
sent the charge Of negiecting the interests
Of the industrial population
MR.. VINCE'S ARGUMENTS.
Mr. Vince's arguments. which have re-
ceived his leaders sanction, are concisely
stated in eighty-seven pages. They begin
by saying: THE course of events has
brought US the opportunity Of doing some
thing definite, something practical and
something permanent in the way of pro-
noting that consolidation of the empire
which has long been a theme for idle elo-
quence. That was MIR. Chamberlains case
as colonial secretary. He now appeals to
Parliament and TO the people and says:
Now is the time for you 10 help. Our pro-
gresS towards federation has now reached
a point at which legislative assistance is
wanted. We have encountered difficulty
which cannot be overcome with the means
at our disposal and therefore we must en-
large our powers.
Mr.. Vince puts the imperial issue to the
forefront and declares that Mr.. Chamber
Iain's plan presents an irrevocable oppor-
tunity for the federation Of the empire. He
forecasts that the much-debated food taxes
may take the shape of two shillings go
cents) duty on wheat and per cent. ad
valorem on foreign imported wheat Mr..
Chamberlain, 1t is declared, has not the
slightest intention of reviving the old corn
laws and that even if the wheat tax slight
ly raised the price or bread II could not be
accompanied by a revision of other taxa
ton so as TO make 1t absolutely certain that
the working classes will not pay farthing
more in their necessary household expendi-
ture than they paid before the change in the
system of tariffs"
American trade and the dumping of the
American surplus are dealt with and
summed up as follows: THE fact stares us
in the face, plain and undeniable, that Nc
Kinleyism has not produced the injurious re-
suits which 1t should have produced If the
economic doctrine which fiscal sys-
tenn is based really contained the whole
truth of economic science. Which is the most
prudent course? To treat the facts with dis
dain or to reconsider the doctrine?''
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cause the operators have failed to comply
with the law providing that the operators
shall erect wash houses near mines for the
use of the miners.
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NEW YORK. Oct. AIT the home OF for
mer Gov. Levi =. Morton IL was said to-day
that Mr.. Morton was recovering rapidly
from the severe cold which has confined
him TO his home for a few days.
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s,r,lxe of uIinoi. Min.r.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Oct. 3.-Eieven hum
zred miners In this district have struck be-
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masses OF the people. of the poor much more
than or the rich and that those who are
responsible for il have earned by siren
uous endeavor in the past the right to re-
sent the charge Of neglecting the interests
of the Industrial populatiop
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SuSSesff0n

Thread and Thrum'' rugs are among
the really artistic products of hand
labor. These rugs are washable, and
come in an almost inconceivable vari-
ETY. of tints, sizes and patterns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

Manufacturers of talcum powder
have grown wise; Bradley's may now
be had with either rose or violet odor,
and Mennen's,.so long without odor. is
now delicately perfumed with violet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-20

are well known in a general way. but
they are merely suggestive of the posi-
bilities OF a careful. scientific study Of the
methods and times OF applying water to
crops
1t may be possible that regulating the
time OF applying water 10 crops and the
amount applied viii be found 70 be one
OF the greatest agents IN eliminating un-
desirable qualities and perpetuatinx val
liable ones IN all our raised under irri-
CATION. The possibilities along this line
. are unlimited. as they are along al lines
Of agricultural practice.
Farmers can not. as a rule. make these
experiments for the improvements Of the
upon the returns from the fields for their
living and must therefore stick to meth
DDS and to crops which have and must
therefore stick 10 methods and 20 crops
which have proven 10 be successful Pro
gress in agriculture. both in the ard re-
gfon and elsewhere. must depend very
largely upon the work OF the government
in testing new ideas and introducing those
witch prove beneficial.
The work just outlined applies 20 that
part of the country where irrigation Is
necessary TO profitable farming. But ir-
ngation is not confined TO the west. In
the east IL is coming 20 be looked upon
in the same light as fertilization or any
other means OF securing large returns
from the soil. and the Agricultural De-
partment is under the same obligation TO
study irrigation that IL is 20 study any
other phase of farming in that region.
The east has ore great advantage OF
the west in irrigation; It has a much
larger water supply. owing 10 the heavier
rainfall. The question OF n water supply
is therefore OF much less relative import
ance than IL is In the west. In the east
the main question is the agricultural one:
VIII Irrigation pay? This. of course. in
cludes the study OF methods which win
make IT most profitable. Our work in the
east has gone far enough 10 show that
in raising small fruits and vegetables at
least irrigation pays well Experiments
have been carried on in New Jersey for
a number Of years. Our reports show that
for the years 1898 and 1899 irrigated black
berries yielded "A per cent more than IN
irrigated the increased yield being worth
more than SOS per acre The increased
WELD OF currents was % per cent worth
H2.s per acre. The increased yield OF
sweet corn was S1.5 per cent: sweet pota-
toes, 72.s per cent: worth S6s per acre;
lima beans. Gas per cent: watermelon. 20
per cent; and Irish potatoes. 81 per cent.
These returns were from experimental
pists and from market gardens. In al
most every case the increased Yields for a
single year were enough 10 pay the entire
cost OF the plant necessary 10 furnish
water and the operating expenses. leaving
the Increased yields OF future years above
operating expenses as profit. Not every
year would this show equally good re-
turns. as In some years the rainfall is SUI
hcient 10 produce good crops but our
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/ that in many canals the larger part of the
I losses occur in short sections of the ca
mails, and the measurements locate these
| sections. Where this is the case. The
I losses can be stopped by lining the canals
or putting n fumes for these short dis
tances where the losses are greatest. The
measurements show another fact: The
percentage of losses from small canals
are much greater than those from large
canals. Average of our measurements
show that
canals carrying 100 cubic feet per sec
ono lose .9S per cent per mile
Canals carrying 50 to 100 cubic feet
per second lose Isl per cent per mile.
Canals carrying 20 to 80 cubic feet per
second lose 5.22 per cent per mile
Canals carrying less than . cubic feet
per second lose 7.4S per cent per mile
These figures show that the percent
tage Of loss from small canals is more
than seven times that from large canals
Great saving can. therefore, be made by
running water in large canals rather than
in larger number Of small ones.
Various experiments have been made
in lining bitches to prevent loss, and the
Department is collecting all available in
formation on this subject. The problem
is not to find means of conveying water
with out loss, but to find d cheap means
of doing this. Where the CROPS raised
will justify the expense, the loss can be
be stopped but the expense cons; dered
so. AS the demand for water becomes
greater, larger expense will be justified
Errr yhot &c Id
tiv means of stopping the losses from
canals. We are working on this problem
It's solution means as has been shown an
addition Of at least one-third to the area
which can be reclaimed.
The losses from materials have been
shown to be nearly if not quite as great
as those from bitches. We are studying
methods of constructing laterals and of
making them more economical carriers of
water. All the field agents of the Irriga
ton Investigations have been instructed
to study the practice of the best farmers
in the sections covered by them. The re-
ports from all these agents will be digest
ed and combined and published in the
form of farmers bulletin Experiments
looking to the same end are being carried
on. AS with canals. the question of saw
ing the losses from laterals is a question
of expense. and what we are looking for
is some cheap check on these losses. the
saving Of which means the addition Of
another third TO the reclaimed area.
Great as are the possibilities of saving
by stopping the losses from canals and
laterals, they are not so great as the
possibilities of saving in use. Our meas
urements of the quantities actually used
by farmers show that some use from five
to ten times as much water as others
who are raising the same crops under
similar conditions and who secure equally
good If not better returns There is no
way of telling what proportion of farmers
use too much water, but the measure
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exhausted 1t is a well-known fact that
plants will adapt themselves TO new eli
matte conditions. There are great posi-
bilities along the line of developing plants
which will produce equally good results
with less water than is required by the
plants now grown in the arid region. In
cooperation with the State Experiment
Stations we are working on the produc-
ton of such varieties. y
To sum what the Department Of ag-
riculture is doing to further the prime OBJ
ject of this congress-the greatest posi-
BILE extension of the area irrigated.
Our measurements show losses from
main canals and laterals of more than
the water diverted from streams We
are studying ways of stopping these loss
es. which means a doubling of the area
which can be reclaimed.
Our measurements of the quantities Of
water used indicate that the duty of water
can be doubled even under present meth
DDS. We are demonstrating to farmers
that this is true. and studying means of
inducing them to practice the economy
which will make possible another doubling
We are experimenting with improved
and new plants in the hope that the water
requirements may be still further reduced.
permitting a still wider extension Of the
area which can ultimately be reclaimed.
This great increae in area is possible
through the saving of what is now wasted.
But the damage resulting from losses Of
water from canals and from use OF too
much water is not limited to a reduction
In the area reclaimed. The surplus water
is actually reducing the area now farmed
by swapping fertile lands and brin ging
to the surface such quantities of alkali
as TO kill all useful vegetation We are
studying means of relieving these condi-
tons both in this country and in the
older countries where the damage has
been of long standing. and are making
experiments along the same line in num-
Der of places throughout the west. We
have also employed a drainage engineer
whose entire time is occupied in advising
communities as TO met hods and plans for
relieving wet and alkali lands There Is
a peculiar reason why this work should
be done BY the government. The water
rule. come from his own wasteful use, but
from some canal over which he has no
control or from lands lying higher than
his own. so that he is in a measure help
less to prevent the injury. No improve
ment in his own practice can ward off
the damage For this reason this work
belongs especially 10 the public. just as
does the enforcement of quarantine regu-
lations
The work of the Agricultural Depart
ment has so far been discussed from the
one standpoint Of increasing the area re-
claimed. But this is not the most i'm
portant phase of our work. The main
object of the Department in all branches
OF its work is TO promote the prosperity
4 our agricultural population. and the
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agents estimate that IN every year tia
yield OF some important crop vii Dc
greatly increased by the application OF
water. and IN many years al crops VIII BE-
improved New Jersey Is typical Of a large
area along the Atlantic coast and the
question OF the prohtse ienesS OF srriga;-
ing there IS considered settled. We have
therefore gone on 70 experiment with dif->
ferent methods q distyibuanS and using
water 70 End cut how 10 produce the best
results under the varying conditions 81
soil and crops.
Wisconsin has been chosen as typical
cf the middle west and We have carried
cultural Experiment Station % that state.
20 determine the value q irrigation IN
raising general farm crops. These ex-
pssfmentS have covered a number q
years The average net profit after de-
Quoting all expenses OF operation. inciud-
mig interest all expenses % operation.
T including interest OF the cost OF irrigsttsa
works and the depreciation OF the plant.
has been for hay SO per acre: corn. ST.
per acre; and potatoes. 81 per acre What
has been done az Madison can De juriicat-
ed anywhere in the middle west. and the
possibilities OF increasing the products Of
f, our farming areas In this way arc almost
| unlimited
We are carrying On another series OF
experiments in Wisconsin which may
prove Of great value 20 the sandy areas
around the Great Lakes. although this
has not yet been demonstrated Thee
lands retain so little moisture that ali
attempts 20 farm them have failed The
experiments have included he use OF both
manure and water Manure alone proved
OF little use. as there was not water
enough 70 make the plant food available.
Water alone produced good results, but
the application OF both gave the hest re-
suits The cost 81 Irrigation or the ex-
perimen,aI farm was $40 per acre. and
the net gain from irrigation In 1901 was
potatoes. Sc per acre: corn. 81 per acre:
watermelons. SIS per acre. musSmelons
SIS per acre From these experiments Il
seems that with special crops irrigation
OF these SANDY lsrds Il profitable. hut
with corn the Increase IN Weld Is not
enough 20 Justif5 the expense Of securing
a water supply These experiments are
being continued as they have nos Fecev-
cred long enough period nor wiss
enough range OF crops 10 justify ans cona
illusions as 10 the possibility Of reclaim
ing large areas Of the barren sandy lands
which have been cleared 81 timber IN
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Michigan. But
the results 50 far secured seem 90 point
10 irrigation as a possible means OF re-
claiming these lands.
The great drought Of 1901 led 10 the
beginning OF experiments In Irrigation IN
Missouri b. the Agricultural Department:
The experiments were begun too late IN
the summer OF 1871 to AFFECT the crops OF
that year. but the orops irrigated IN the
late summer Of 1901 showed the results %
the use Of water on The crops OF the next
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