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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01
Successful Irrigation In India.

Since irrigation has been adopted as
a public policy of the United States gov
eminent for the purpose of retaining
the vast tracts of arid but fertile land in
the west, it may prove of interest to
know something about the experience
of Great Britain along the same line in
India. The report OF Consul General r.
T. Patterson, at Calcutta. is largely de-
voted to this subject the Importance OF
which as great humanitarian and
economic project is not to be overesti-
mated. ii it were not for irrigation in
India the frequent famines in that
drough ty land would be much more dis
astrous than they are.
The British government did not by any
means introduce the system of irriga-
ton in India. for the system is a. old as
the traditions of that ancient people.
What the government did was to de-
velop old systems and build new ones,
and so persistently and inteligently has
this beneticent policy been adhered to
that today India has the most extensive
and expensive irrigation works i'll the
world. A most elaborate plan was de-
visrd by Sir Anthony Cotton, famous
hydraulic engineer in 1888, the object
of which was to extend irrigation canals
to ali parts OF India in need OF an arti-
fetal water supply. This accomplished
engineer did not realize his full expecta-
tions, but he has left grand monument
in India in the shape of a most credit
able system of irrigation works.
The works projected by Sir Anthony
Cotton are situated in the Madras presi-
dency. His great dams have relieved
vast sections of the arid country from
the dangers of famine and in not a few
instances caused fertility and great
abundance TO result. Some of these
irrigation plants have proven very profit
able as an investment, one OF them
yielding as high as 81 per cent. Another
plant, which has made one of the poor
Cct lCSloHb Vi llluld DlDcsOul ds u EOct,
pays 10 per cent on the investment.
The British government has expended
fully $780, ZOO, 900 on irrigation works in
India. The Ganges system, which was
opened with much jubilation in 1854 by
Lord Dalhousie, then the governor-gen-
eral of the colony, at present contains
over a thousand miles of main canals
and branches and conveys the precious
fluid to an area exceeding sos 900 acres
There are several irrigation canals in
India more than $50 miles long, and
nearly every year witnesses material
extension of the great works.
The works are described as constitut-
ing two general classes, known as the
major and minor. The major works are
subdivided into productive works, the
cost of which has been wholly sustained
by loan funds ON the supposition that
the revenues from the improvements
would pay the interest and protective
works, or works to ward off famine, the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01
Wonderland for 1903 is at hand and

Wonderland for 1903 is at hand and
surpasses all previous efforts of the
Northern Pacific to produce a booklet
embodying valuable information and
historic know ledge. 1t is a masterpiece
in point OF art and as literary produc-
ton is a compliment to the genius of
its writer, DIN d. Wheeler. As usual
the pages cover number of subjects,
including illustrations of various Sec
tions tra,ersed by the railway. Irri-
CATION is given special mention and the
Yakima valley scenes are made con-
spicuous by nice half-tones. The book
let can be secured by addressing Chas.
s. Fee, General Passenger Agent, St.
Paul. and enclosing six cents in stamps
for postage.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01
Pennsylvania legislator l

4 Pennsylvania legislator named
Blumble believes that ";nfant industries
should be fostered." Mr.. Blumble is
the father of IL children and he has in
troduced bill providing that mothers
of large families shall be subsidized in
prizes and medals ranging from $40 to
$50; the seventh son or daughter born
within the state to be educated by the
state at an expense not exceeding $500.
The gentleman is entirely too modest in
the value of the prizes offered. If he
expects beneficial results from his bill
in the way of an increase in population
the inducements offered should be in
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01

expense of which is met from the fam
inc grant. The minor irrigation works
are those which are built and developed
from the revenues of India.
In time it is expected that these irri-
CATION canals will protect the great do
main of India from the periodical fam
ines which from time immemorial have
slain tens of millions, and when once
substantially completed, India will be
wonderful factor in the worlds bread
stuff supply.
These facts go to show that our own
government is doing praiseworthy
thing when it seriously undertakes the
reclamation OF the great American
desert by irrigation. We may not need
the land so badly as do the Hindos, but
it is practically useless, save for grazing,
as it is, and ii our time honored home
stead policy is to be made effective to-
day, it can only be made so by making
the land susceptible of profitable cult
walton. The area of land in the United
States that NAV eventually be made
fruitful by irrigation amounts to the
number of square miles embraced in
several of the larger states OF the union.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01
IR PlGATION.

Some four weeks ago, there was a
series of meetings held at the CONNER
cial Club in this city considering the
impounding Of water for irrigation pur-
poses in this water shed.
The debates over the plan proposed
were many and vigorous. What
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-04-01

For Sale-One good work horse price
$65. Two well matched bay colts COM
ing = years old. A. McDermid, Mob
Hill.
For Sale-Ten room house; modern
improvements terms il desired. Call
at ia South Sixth street. 7-tf
For Sale-Good seven room house and
lot 81 Is North Second street, house nearly
new and well finished. Also 20 acres
fine farming land, with new room
house and outbuildings 4 y miles west
of city. For particulars address A. w.
Brewer, X. F. ID. No. 4, North Yakima.
For Sale-Pure Bred Golden Wyan-
dotte eggs, 81 a setting of Ii.
Mrs. Robert Johnson. X. F. d.. 2. Hit
Wanted-Employment as Bookkeeper
whole or part time. Eight years expert
ence. Balance sheets and statements Of
affairs prepared. Apply by letter. w.
Mortlock, Ill North First street. lott
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creased thousand fold. a prize of $40
to $50 would be no sort of an inducement
to any woman who wishes to avoid bear
ing children.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-03

La Guayra on horseback than it took
by rail over the longer route. The crest
of the first foothills. admirably adapted
for the posting of mountain artillery
completely dominated the two cities
below. At La Guayra two little noun
tain forts placed one above the othef.
carried large guns, which, II wen
served, might have placed the despair
of any ships Yenturing within thelr
range. On the highest ridge above
where there is a splendid double we"
of the harbor of La Guayra and the
great blue sea On one side, and the
city of Caracas lying far below the
valley on the other side, lay another
dismantled fort, which once evidently
dominated both approaches. On either
side l could see diminutiVe strings OF
mules and burros climbing up ana
down in single file, or halting at turns
to let others coming in the opposite d.
rection pass. Properly defended. such
a road should prove impregnable.
If President Castro showed wisdom
in selecting this position as his first
| defense, he showed still greater wisdom
| in putting General Ferrer in command
of it. Ferrer is a Venezuelan of I'M
| usual education and experience, we'll
| fitted to observe the niceties OF war
with foreign opponents, and wlthal
brave man, twice wounded in battle,
who could be depended on to hold po-
sition until the last extremity. AS
soldier he distinguished himself at his
| first battle by his superb marksman-
shin with a rifle which he had snatched
from a bungling private's hand. AS
military governor of Zulia, ne gained
| an enviable reputation by his consid-
crate treatment of the poor people and
of the much-persecuted merchants OF
Davila's general officers, in full view OF
| Maracaibo. / saw him once at Mara
caibo, at the time that the notorious
Davila was making the nearby GoaJlra
peninsula, single handed, disarm one OF
his own troops, for looting.-Colonel
Edwin Emerson, Jr., in Golfers Week
",
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MESSENGER
lTACTFUL
BOY

<IACIE'OL MhSEAANdEIE d. =
Zone of the beautiful traits in the
make up of Washington messenger
bows" said a railroad man who lives
in, Washington, sis their tactfulness," I
think otherwise. They are chock full of
and loaded down with tact-With the
copper on. To illustrate:
INV wife went over to New York a
few weeks ago to attend the bedside of
a seriously i'll relative. who was not
expected to live. This morning I was
sitting in my office, wondering why I
hadn't got letter from her by the first
mail, when a tousle headed messenger
boy logged open the door.
'where'Il / find de office O Mr.. p"
he asked, mentioning my name.
:" Right here, son. said l. You're
talking to him.
Well said the kid, measuring me
up. with the probables eXpection that
I'd do a stage back fall. I've got a
death message for you, an they ,tole me
at TIL office that it was important.
r. Mice, mild, tactful way of putting it!
wansnt it. He just left it up to me tc
wonder. while I was ripping the en-
velope open. whether the message an
snounced the death of our aged relative
or the decease of my wife. 1t happen
cd to be the former, but I am inclined
to believe that boy would have beenjust
a bit better pleased had it been the
latter. "-Washington Post
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THE MULE PATH AND GENERAL
FERRER.

There Is another memento of the
stormy fortunes Of Venezuela more elO-
quent than all monuments. This is the
steep grazing trail that leads over the
high hills which separate Caracas, the
capital, from La Guayra, the nearest
seaport This mule path, over which
Admiral Drake, the dragon of the
Spanish Main" long ago led his band
of English Adventures to the sack of
Caracas, has since been trodden by a
long succession of fugitive Venezuelan
presidents and dictatOrs, from Bolivar,
the great liberator, down to President
Castro's immediate predecessor 1t
was on this same path commanding
the English railway line and wide road
running from La Guayra to Caracas,
that Catsro's soldiery, a few weeks
ago, intrenched themselves for last
stand in defense of their otherwise de-
fenseless capital.
No better position could have been
selected. When | last rode over this
path I was struck by its strategic ad-
vahtages. Short cut over the noun
tains as it is, it took me little more time
to cover the distance from Caracas to
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-03
HAD CHINESE DOCTOR.
Wanting Travelled All the Way to
Philadelphia to Get Him.

Wanting Travelled All the way TO
Philadelphia to Get Him.
THE patient is doing nicely and is on
the speedy road to recovery"
That was the latest bulletin given 10
friends of Wan Ling. laundryman OF
Merchantville, N. j., who was brought
here on Monday night suffering from a
severe wrenched knee. Wan Ling has
no faith in the medical practitioners In
this country and refused to allow any
one but fellow countryman to treat
the injured limb. 1t was only after the
greatest difficulty that Ling was
brought to this city.
Wan Ling slipped on the ice on Mon
day while returning a customers laun-
| dry. AS he fell his right leg was bent
beneath him and he was unable to
arise. Several men carried him into his
| shop and some one went for physl-
| clan. But when the latter arrived, with
| a medical case lined with formidable
! looking surgical instruments, Wan
| Ling stopped moaning and held up his
| hands in horror Despite the physl-
clans earnest solicitations, Ling Kept
| him at a distance and the doctor was
finally obliged to go away in disgust.
| Il want Chinese medicine man" said
| Wan Ling to his friends. The latter
| were dismayed, for the nearest Mongo-
liam physician lived in Philadelphia.
| The injured man continued to ask for
native doctor, however, and word was
| finally sent to Chinese practitioner in
| that city. The doctor was too busy to
go to Merchantville, and as Ling's leg
| was swelling to an enormous size his
| fellow Countrymen decided to bring him
to Philadelphia A stretcher was pro-
duced and the injured man was placed
on train and taken to Camden, where
ferryboat brought the party to the
Market street wharf.
Wan Ling's human ambulance at
tempted to carry him through the
streets on the stretcher, but the injured
man was soaked with rain. Ling pro-
tected and a wagon was finally hired
which conveyed the party to the Chi
nese doctors office. Ling was carried
up stairs and given bed.
The doctor had been preparing for his
patients arrival, and when Ling was
put to bed a dozen steaming potions Of
various colors were hanged beside the
bed, in pots and kettles. The injured
man cast a frightened glance at the
dreadful array, but he took consolation
in the conviction that the physician
could cure.
The physician examined the limb and
diagnosed it as a strained tendon Of the
knee. He began treating his patient by
invoking the indulgence of the Chinese
gods and burning incense at a small al
tar. Meanwhile the magic connections
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BrteI Mention.

! High water to-day, 1927 a. M
Miss Lord, of West Haven, has re-
turned from a weeks stay in New York
city.
The Evening Whist club of West Ha-
. ven was entertained last evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nettle-
! TOM
The Branford passenger station and
the freight depot and signal tower were
equipped with fire extinguishers yester-
day.
The Rough Riders of West Haven
will give their fifth annual masquerade
ball in the town hall on Wednesday
evening.
Alderman Frederick is ill at his home
i. threatened with typhoid fever. There
has vet not been any serious compiled
lions and only a short illness is antici-
pated.
Secretary Eli c. Birdsey, of Meriden,
has just issued the call for the annual
meeting of the Connecticut Association
of Past Grand Commanders, K. T., tc
! be held at the Hotel Garde, this city, or
Thursday, January Is.
The large sheep that was on exhibit
ton at Nottingham cafe on Oak stree
New Years night was awarded tt
George, Alling, of the Peoples market
The prize weighed eighty pounds, ant
Mr. Alling will give a sheepbake to hi:
friends tomorrow evening. There wer'
over 500 competitors.
James l.. Goodwill and wife, of Bris
toll, will leave on Monday morning TO
Jacksonville, California, where the.
will reside in the future. Mr.. Goodwill
has been in the employ Of the Sessions
Foundry company for years as foo
Tnoulder. He has purchased place IL
California and will retire from activ
work.
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SNAKE FEELS GRATITUDE.
Has Same Emotion as Dog or Other
Animal.

Has Same Emotion as a Dog or Other
Animal.
did you ever know that a snake
coud feel grateful towards you just the
same as a dog. cat or any other ami
MALI" asked the Old Story Teller.
well, if you fellows don't believe this,
| will tell you a story of how the graft
tude of snake saved me from hor-
rible death once. 1t happened this
way: Early one mornig, while out on
hunting trip. accidentally stepped on
large snake, badly injuring it. The
snake had magnificent eyes. and cast
them in my direction. IN those eyes,
bows, was an appeal tina t. could not re-
sist and l picked up the poor fellow
and tenderly nursed his wound. In
short time it regained consciousness
and seemed about to burst into tears. |
stroked it tenderly, and then, putting
it back Mpon the ground, resumed my
hunt. That night l camped out about
four miles from the place where l had
left the snake. About midnight I
found it necessary to get out of my
blanket and replenish the fire as the
! summer WAS AAAlO tht tdlA az
| that time. / discovered the Same snake
living coiled up near the red embers.
The poor fellow had evidently followed
my trail all that day and did not catch
up with me until after l had gone to
bed. I stirred my fire, and in doing so
| awakened the snake. He started up
suddenly with Venomous CLEAN in his
ewes but when he saw who it was he
Law down again ] smiled sweetly at
him and he seemed to return my greet
ing. After having replenshed my fire.
lay down to sleep again. The snake
! then crawled over to where l was ly-
( ing and coiled up by my side. About
an hour later / was awakened by a
rustling of the leaves close at hand. [
opened my eyes and saw a. venomous
! looking snake crawling quietly towards
me and my pet snake. 1t was evidently
the intention of the serpent to eat us
both while we slept. Anyhow, he reck-
oned without my snake. for that faith
full fellow had been watching him close
" all the while. Suddenly the serpent
made ready for a spring. They both
Jumped at the same time and met in
mid-air. MY snake struck the serpent
fair and square, carrying him back
about two feet. Then began one of the
prettiest struggles I have ever witness
ed. Each snake was hot after the 9TH
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er. and the way they fought was a
caution. Finally my snake got the
other down and he literally 'chewe3
him up Ii about five minutes the
serpent had been placed out Of bust
ness. My snake then crawled over to
where 1 was lying and affectionately
rubbed mis- head aginst my face. We
both then went back to sleep and slept
soundly until nearly noon the next
day"
Wake up. old man. and light your
pipe; IFS going out" said one of the
! listeners. and the Veracity Club ad-
1ourned without date.-New York Trib-
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had cooled down somewhat and table
spoonful of each was poured down the
thrat of the suffering man. Half an
hour later the dose was repeated and
Wan Ling said that he was much re-
lieved. The doctor varied treatment by
applying various coiOred liquids to the
injured limb until Ling's leg resembled
a decorated Easter egg. The swelling
decreased and the patient passed the
night in comparative comfort.-Phila-
delphia Press.
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Mrs. Youngbride--I bought box of
cigars for my husband for one dollar
this Christmas
Mrs. Wise-He'n consider that rather
stingy wont he?
Mrs. Youngbride-Oh, I fixed all that.
nut an old price mark on it, marked
60 os.-Philadelph Press.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. c., Jan. ., 1903, p. IN.
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
For New England: Rain i'll south and east,
rain or snow in northwest portion Satur~
day; Sunday fair and colder: fresh to brisk
south winds shifting to west Saturday
night.
For Eastern New York: Rain Saturday,
Sunday fair; colder; brisk east to south
winds, becoming west Saturday night
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R.ear,rea spsreh aud Hearing.

Messrs. Ely Bros: I commenced US
ing your Cream Balm about two years
ago for caterrh. 3iy voice was some
what thick and my hearing was duh.
My hearing has been fully restored and
my speech has become quite clear.
am a teacher in our town.
L. G. Brown, Granger, o.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at SO cents
or mailed by Ely Brothers. Sc Warren
ST., New York.
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Saturday. January ). 1908.
AETv ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY

rag
Bargains-S. S. Adams.
Big January Sale-Meigs & Co.
Carpets-N. II. Window Shade Co.
Clearance SaIe-ChaS. MOnson Co.
CastOria-Druggists'.
Cuticura SOap-Druggtsts
Estate w. L. Allen-Prolate Notice.
Estate E. A. Bradley-Probate Notlce'
For Sale-Farm-G. A. IsbelI.
Financially. J. Hayes X Sons. l
Green-Tag Sale-J. Johnson X Son.
Holiday Stock-E. L. Washburn q co.
Inyestments-C. w. Scranton Co.
January SaIe-HOwe x Stetson.
Notice-N. H. Ice Go.
Notice. H. & w. Railroad Co.
Norka Cooked OatS-GrOcers' l
9ptician and Jeweler-Darant.
Pie and Cake-BOstOn Grocery Co.
Semi-Annual Sale-Edw. Malley Co.
Skates-Mallett Hardware Co.
Underwear Sale-Gamble-D Desmond Co.
Naudeville-Poli' Theater.
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Beryl - Do the Smythes live within
their income?
Sibyl-They don't live within it, yet
they couldn't live without it!-Balti-
more Herald.
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20 Years of
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Powers of DIR. Agnew's Catarrhal
Powder

Chas. o. Brown. journalist, of Duluth,
Mimi! writes II have been a sufferer
from Throat and Nasal Catarrh for over
20 years, during which time my head
has been stopped up and my condition
truly miserable. Within Is minutes
after using Dr. Agnews Catarrhal Pow
der I obtained relief. Three bottles
have almost if not entirely, cured me-"
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