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at Bonlez. By the agreement made With
Hiss GouIds lawyer. viii become her
property on the death OF the Duke.
The Duke de Looz-eS-C orswarsm Is net
to be confounded with TIE Prince de
LooZ-st- Corsvarern. a EraceIess scamp ~
nobility. who hss been Identified with
nany svinGIing schemes IN London ard
on the continent and xho IS a nephew Or
the Duke. The Prince was az ore time
guilty 81 announcing that h was en-
"a ged 20 Dc married 10 he Princess Dem
idoS. OF Russia. but II was afiervsrd
learned that this was merely a pot o.
his par; 20 force the money lenders g
let hin have further supplies
MSS GOULD DENIES REPORT
There + absolutely no truth n the
story that Miss Could e engaged % rar-
p a foreigner. she Il very much s.r-
prised at such report
she does rot even kneE the D1ks G.
Looz-et- C9rzwaren-
HELEN GOULD
Clearly. lsEiblT. "a q woman VITO kue~
her ozn snfsnti9ns and had ID t5sz %
chansinE her nuin1. Miss Go-gd xrst~ ts.ls
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the steer stopped in his tracks and bolt
ed He knew his business. The rope fell
short In five seconds the girl on the
horse had her lariat in hand again. coiled
Just the way she wanted it. Her pony
ed tail The beast saw that he must give
battle again He turned.
That was fatal
''Whish,''
The sinuous string of cowhIde tipped
through the air. 1t caught the big steer
clean around the fetiocks. He started 70
jump cut, but at the moment the rope
was drawn taut. Instead he stumbled and
fell
Just then the pony felt the spurs He
plunged straight at the PROSTATE animal.
His rider never lost her head. Instead
she reeled in her lariat faster than the
pony could gaIlop IN When Mr.. Steer
essayed to rise he found himself in such
only made his plight the worse.
The rest was easy.
The steer was rcpelessly tangled up.
Soon the girl had him bound in regula-
ton cowboy flshion-roped of from the
rest OF the herd and poweTless to start a
stampede, that JOY OF any well-condition-
cd and well-educated steer. The stop
watches recorded the time
Stee- No was Just a. bad. He was
out for freedom. The girls blood was
up; she was there TO beat him TO a stand
still She did. II was really a throw
down. No. passed out in quicker time
than No. /
The luck OF the draw brought in a steer
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systematic employment ard training Of
men out of work, for whose benefit civiIi-
cation elsewhere provides nothing better
than slnshouses, jails and peters fields.
They cover an area OF $500 acres. and on
them the men are prepared TO own their
own farms.
In addition TO the settlement of farm
lands, loans are made 70 workmen in the
towns. so that they may acquire their
own suburban lots and cottages The ad-
vances made by the government can be
either on the fixed loan or the instalment
system On the instalment plan mort
cages are payable by seventy-three half
yearly payments of principal and inter-
est combined. These payments amount
to only $14.s0 per half year On each ssS6.65
advanced, so that they VIII be within easy
reach OF the settlers.
On the fixed loan system mortgages
may be granted for any period not ex-
ceding ten years. the principal being pay
able ar the end OF the term The result
in New ZEALAND has been eminentIy sat
isfactory TO all parties concerned. and the
effect that was aimed alto check the
exodus from the country to the cities
has ben speedily brought about
In going somewhat into the details of
his plan. Commander Booth Tucker says
the value OF the United States government
lands in their arid state Is E,25 per acre.
II will cost 81 can acre 70 irrigate them.
and when thus delivered 70 the settler
they viii represent an actual value of
81 %. One hundred thousand acres ready
for cultivation. could be turned over in
forty-acre farms 10 twenty-five hundred
cOloRists. which with loan Of $500, would
represent an advance of 1850.
II is asserted by the Commander. how
ever. that as soon as a colony is formed
and houses and buildings are erected. the
value of the land viii Immediately in
crease TO $ Can acre. he shows this BY
figures a TO the growth OF other colonies
where land that was bought for $50 an
acre is now worth 500 and Sl25 after
period of five years. He argues. therefore.
that the government, holoing the title in
the land will be amply secured, having
made cash advance of 1.250.056 on prop
erty worth s., 900 900 and rapidly increasing
in value.
He points TO New Zealand, which has
been engaged IN her remarkable expert
ment in sociology for ten years and has
thus far net lost dollar on account of it.
but, On the contrary, it has become
paying institution. the government bor-
rowing money at three and one-half per
cent and lending it 10 colonists at four
and One-half
hr Ha= no
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% haul 70 Bliss staten. ne2r vsich IN
ranch Il lozaEss. q tTzizle=s - s~e4-
Travellers are ze1 treated q the 81
-zrch -zuen after tne c1s-osz &C plsats-
tor days II tie sos-th before he VIZ.
ore nan IS enjoyed az sbe tire D. TIE
EsusTs. x5e@e ozly 9ury s. h - drive
txzvesers- free % chsr<s from Ei.ss .
To- rs-ch arza back zEan wherever gssF
hare glslsa6 IS lozg a. thsy Wtsa. IT,
naest csefz tAs cosufrS rrudssess arr EN-
rsoye9- ard owne-s visitors. ard e Z
Ezn1z are s~-vss Eah ~ bsEf tE@ Izzs
ca g-e~ Zach Tsztss = p-rxl1s. -1fs
. poag and Re ray Ss<r1 as =Ecz il-ss
a. b 6ssl-ss IL tracing ever TIE farz
and sz--rulErslz-E coG1rsy. tAk1sg ln n
!razezse Gei5z - corr ard w1>&f. riEs--
lzw zisn coz eoys s-so1g tAe cattle 81
rsszi-x r. TIE stat sio-g sz1f Fc-s ~
stream wssch csrsseS - rzrcs tn TIA
Ths sn61aa zksa meets fair plzy st shs
hzaax q the N-ssr@. Sho tgrasas s~sYsz
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\ dispatch from Paris TO the New York
American says:
Negotia tiors have been in progress for
sorsne time past by the attorneys of The
Duke de -Corswarem. OF Belgium.
locking TO the arrangement OF marriage
between the Duke and helen Gould.
I This startling statement comes from tie
Duke himself. head Of che Of the eldest
families in Europe. cousin TO King Ed
ward OF Great Britain, connected by blood
snd marriage with every royal family
In Europe, ard whose son would be heir
apparent 70 the throne OF Belgium. The
Duke has confided TO his intimate friends
that he has been thoToushly investigated
BY the attorneys OF Miss Gould aud found
satisfactory by them Ths Duke de Looz-
et-Corswaren states further that the ne
gotiaticns have proceeded further and
that the consent OF Miss GoulI has been
obtained 70 the marriage. II this IL is be-
Tieved he is mistaken. and that the mat
ter has never been brought 70 the atiel-
ton OF Miss Gould.
That the Duke IS convinced that prepaF-
atoms are going speedily forward for bis
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million. two million, five millionaire
these great fields OF the west 10 save life?
The statesman who win put his hand 10
this plough and faithfully carry out this
great project Will be mightier than the
hero Of hundred battles. Joscup did it.
These seven years IN Egypt of famine
and DESPAIR were the greatest blessing
that the world has ever known, for JOS
I eph Led the people from one end OF Egypt
10 the other and laid the foundation OF
! the home and liberty.
We are reaping the benefits Of that
/ colonization of Egypt today. Why.
/ should we. then, at this high stage CT
civilization leave our colonization TO hap
hazard? Noses took three ra.IIioa people
l from Egypt 10 Canasn-thTee hundred
miles across the country. We have .
tract one thousand miles each way which
is the garden spot of the world. VIII
there not arise some modern Moses to
lead our millions into the new light, into
the new Iife?"
Commander Booth-Tucker said this at
the headquarters Of the Salvation Army
the other afternoon He had just return
ed from Ogden. Utah, where he had at
National Irrigation Congress. The result
Of this congress VIII doubtless be active
measures on the part OF the government
to irrigate vast tracts of arid lands in the
west and southwest
Within the next few years the United
States will expend something like sic. CO.,
600 for Irrigation purposes. II IS in this
600 for irrigation purposes, but irrigated
land without settlers is valueless II is in
this connection that Boom Tucker has
made a proposition to the secretary Of
state, who in turn has promised TO bring
the matter before President Roosevelt.
with the view of having him recommend
in his message to congress an amend
ment TO the present laws, so that the
government may make loans 70 the actual
settlers and inhabitants thus helping
them TO colonize the districts 10 be de-
veloped
The whole plan IS TO keep out the land
grabbers-the Spectators, who. with the
aid Of dummy homeseekers. obtain pos
session of thousa nds Of acres of choice
lands and debar the genuine settler from
obtaining a farm and home But the head
of the Salvation Army in America goes
further than this.
Hha purposes to revolutionize the meth
DDS Of colonization in the United States
Instead Of the colonists being men of
poses 10 give the worthy paupers an OPP
portunity to reach independence and be-
come taxpayers. His plan is this:
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I in the question" said Commander Booth
Tucker. is aware that the one dlscourag-
ing feature in irrigation has been the
occupied On the sual voluntary principle
Of settlement by farmers possessing
small amount OF capital
The heavy expense connected with
keeping up the canals makes II imperative
/ that the land should be occupied with tia
utmost celebrity. Otherwise the charges
for irrigation. falling upon the few. be-
come extremely burdelsome alarming
prospective settlers. TIE entire work OF
/ colonization should be done systematic
ally under the direction Of some expert
enced head BY no means should it BE-
done by private capital for private gain
IF some philantrophist should advance
the money the colonization could De equal
| ly well performed by the Salvation Army
by purchasing the land outright as by an
advance by the government. But as the
government Is anxious to have its lands
flied by coed settlers il seems to me that
p. the plan have suggested is entirely prac-
/ teal ard conservative"
| The question as TO the ability of Com
mander Booth Tucker 20 carry forward
such a project as he proposes is best
answered in the statement that ne has
pack OF him the precedent of three sue
cessful American colonies to his personal
credit. and others in Australia. South At
RIGA and England 10 the credit of the
Salvation Army During his twenty
years residence in India as commander
Of the Salvation Army forces Booth Tuck
I er made a close study OF irrigation that
/ has served him well In the work he has
been since called upon TO perform.
The farm colonies Of the Salvation
! Army in America were organized in 1855
1 to prove the possibility OF relieving the
| congestion OF the great cities by renov-
ing worthy but poor families, furnishing
| them with the necessary capital. and set
Ting them as home owners upon the land
1t was argued by some in the start that
the poor persons in the cities would not
go. that they would not stay. that they
would not work and would not pay On
the contrary. they have gone. have stay
ed. have worked and have paid. They
have become owners OF their own farms
and homes. and the percentage Of failures
has been much smaller than was antici-
pated. In addition to this. thousands
more would have settled there II the nee
essary capital had been available
The colonies of the Salvation Army in
America are Fort Arnity in Colorado. in
! the valley Of the Arkansas river, on the
line of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
J Fe railroad. 2e7 miles east OF Denver;
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her.
The stars OF the southwest. brave in
fringed buckskin and sombreros, went
boldly into the ring. Each mans three
: steers were drawn by lot Some Of them
did superbly. All showed that they were
the best that the world knows But Miss
MulhalI beat them all.
She trotyad into the ring on her favorite
pony Around the horn of her saddle was
looped her Uest Iar.at-a splendid, we'll
oiled. well-tried rope OF cowhide She
wore a short corduroy skirt and a simple
flannel waist. Under the habit peeped
a tiny pair OF rawhide boots. On her
dark locks sat a stunning sombrero OF
Mexican make.
IAN ready" demanded the master OF
ceremonies, with just as much severity
as he had asked the same question Of the
stoutest man among the competitors
Ready" answered Miss Mulhai1.
She gracefully unco.lsd the lariat from
the pou,mel Of her saddle and lay back
waiting for the word. The cowboys and
Indians gathered there from everywhere
crowded a bit closer. Three steers were
ready for the girI-steers picked from a
herd by lot
Many times before had he faced his
traditional enemy-the cowboy. He knew
how 10 dodge and how to run. He knew
TO toss the hurting rope from OF HIS
shining horns. He was there TO fight for
freedom
On he cane.
It looked as II ne were going TO over
whelm the girl and the pony that faced
him. The Iariat whirlAd round and round /;
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HISTORY OF TIE .i1i RANCH F K AHoMi WHERE ARE LARGE FARMING OPERATIONS

The New York Commercial has the fol-
lowing
II viii be even surprising 10 Oklahon-
ans when they contemplate the fact that
within the territorys borders there Is
oae fam so big that Il IS necessary to
PLANT several varieties of vheat-one OF
which rirens several days later thar the
.other-in order that All OF them may be
harvested az their prime On this farm
the wheat fields are leo acres each. thu
cattle pastures are OF 100 TO 15oe acres
each and pasture $500 head anuusliy. the
corn rows are one and Z h2lf miles long.
requiring 500 mules and 10 men To handle
the cror, and it takes thirty eif-binders
three wees 10 cut the wheat crcp and !
dozen or more steam threshers forty days
60 tfresh H.
The above description, only in part
however. tells the wonders Of the '.lal'
ranch, located in the heart 81 the Ponca
Indist reservation, and established there
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That the United States government
shall make the Salvation Army the colo
nization agent OF 10000 acres OF irrigated
land TO be sold on long time payments to
worthy poor persons In order that these
settlers may properly cultivate the soil
and build homes aid make nvelihoods
for themselves and families. It is pro-
posed that the government shall lend 70
each purchaser OF forty acres $3.50. which
with the price OF the land. shall be
charged UP against him at fair rate Of
interest-say per cent.
It is suggested that the land be sold on
contract and until fullyp aid for, that the
title shall remain in the United States IN
fee simple The Salvation Army asks for
no remuneration for acting as agent. and
the actual cost OF finding settlers for the
land VII be nominal, as It viii be con-
Quoted in connection With other philan-
throplc work performed by. the vast ma
chinery of the big organization. All that
the Salvation Army desires to gain from
the project is the right TO provide homes
for poor persons who have ben carefully
Investigated by board of examiners
In other words. Booth Tucker wants
! the United States to follow the action OF
New Zealand which was the first gov
ernment TO undertake colonization on a
systematic plan. and which under the Ad-
vances TO Settlers has voted SIS. 600 to
be lent 10 coloaists, at the rate of ~ per
cent per annum.
In the last few years the New Zea-
land government has been buying back
large estates from private individuals TO
whom they were formerly sold, resurvey-
ing them and dividing them into farms Of
from fifty 70 one hundred acres and graz
ing farms OF from five hundred TO three
thousand acres, which are sold on time
and advances made to the proper persons
to stock and equip them. One large tract
of 100 acres was recently bought back
and subdivided in this manner. Applicants
for land in New Zealand are put through
q rigid examination. and If it is found
that they have farms elsewhere they are
denied the privilege Of occupying gov
eminent land. The man who has neither
land. money nor experience in farming
is carefully "shepherded BY the govern
ment and is put 20 work till he has gain
ed the necessary knowledge, and is then
horne owner
Under the tutelage the very tramp be-
comes in few years a taxpayer. and
even during the preparatory ehrysalis
stage meets all the expenses Of his trans
formation. without being brought into
competition with outside labor There are
forty-five Of these form settlements IN
New ZEALAND. the object of which is the
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agricultural section. the Iazd Il occGaizs
IS easily worth So per acre ard : in
cresSins n valve
Tie wheat crop 90 TIE ~ rauch this
year occupied s0a acres. and the M
chimes have Just completed the forty days
TIRES hing AS the wheat. II cut IN Is
prime. must b. harvested within three
weeks tire. fo-sv Sc f-binders were at
w7rk for that length q tine cutting fhs
1916 crop. AID al army OF men are nov ~
work preparing the ground Tor next
years crcp- The entire acreage 70 - PUT
il Shest vii C ready To- SOW nS carry
in September. ard Z as usual ihe rains
core alsnt.fuily following the painting
w-eAa a few IVES the wheat wiu be
ready f1r psstnrias. Six thousand head
q cattle are annually psstared On TIE
wheat. which IN Okiahczaz grows 70
luxuriznt height during The fan and win
ter months and consequently must BE
pastu-ed- With the exception o. enc
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Two million and a half of paupers and
tneir families, taken from the Sums of
New York, and other large cities. are
TO be metGznorphosed into land owners
and tax payers. according TO the promise
held out by Commander Booth Tucker
OF the Salvation Army. in a gigantic irri-
CATION and colonization project TO be pre-
sented to congress at the coming session.
The United States has 10o.C0O.e coo acres
OF lard that by irrigation viii be the fin
est IN the world" said the Commander
TO the writer Of the New York. Herald
ID outlining his plan. Now, if the gov
eminent will allow the Salvation Army
10 COLOMBO 10000 acres of this land it
VIII be but the beginning of the COLOMBIA
uon Of the remainder of it. The exam
pie set by the army will he followed
oy other organizations, and this mighty.
tract of arabic country-a new world in
itseif-wiil be turned into homesteads for
Gods people. Do you realize what that
nleans?s'
The Commander took a pencil and
marked silently for moment on a slip
or paper When he looked Up his face
giowed with earnestness.
II means" said he. that 2.5e0 01e men
who ARE now starving paupers, living in
misery and depreciation liz the overcrowd-
ed cities. viii become owners of homes.
anfi instead Of being supported as objects
of charity by the government will help
TO support the government. 1T means that
their wives and chiIdren-more than
twelve million souIs-will be given the
right to live. If our nation is 20 be built
I So that IT Will not decay Il must be built
or that solid foundation of the home.
There are 6o.00o,9o0 people in this great
America that are entitled to homes.
God made men in families. What man
has the right to deny others the blessings
Of the hearthstone and send them wan
derers over the face OF the earth? Why.
II was only the other day that a friend
asked me what 1 thought OF marriage.
Ny dear sir said I. you have touched on
the first. the greatest question of all life
In London one-third of the people are
married and two-thirds unmarried. In
America two-thirds are married and one
third unmarried.
Ihere Is whole volume of history in
these two simple facts. Need they ask
why America is a great nation? Need
they ask why America is ahead Of all
nations in commerce ana IN enterprise9
With marriage and the home the future
OF any nation is assured.
We have mighty armies for killing
men, We send one hundred thousand
men into the field TO destroy life. Why
not send one hundred thousand-yes, one
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II fSSl hy Georse ". Miller. a Kentuck-
ian The recent death OF Miller left The
oi-ch OF so.ooo acres II the hands - TIRE
sons. George. Joseph and Zach. who ex-
poet 10 continue Il during Their life t.7nes.
The ranch Is over twenty-five miles loag.
averaging from seven 20 eight miles II
width Twenty-Five thousand acres are IN
pasture, wherein Slows the most luxu-3-
ant Wa grass capable e being pastured
the entire year. Annually over go acres
gre broken Tor ether crops.
The greater part q the '1al~ ranch 3
indian land. leased fran the Po7ca. Oroe
ard Missouri Indians, pith the approval
Ct the Interior Department Recsrt rules
from the department. allow the sale OF
lands. bef5nEing 10 dead Indians. ard tax
ing a6van.age Of these rulings the Mulers
have recently purchased 40Q3 acres. their
intention = TO add 10 thesr private hoif-
iasS as rapidly as possible. As the ranch
+ located in northern Oklahoma, the best
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wedding with Miss Gould Is evident TO his
intimate friends. Is attorneys in Brus-
sells have been busted with correspond
ence with lawyers in New York for some
time.
1t Is quite likely that the Duke Is vic
tim Of over-ccnhdence in his attorneys.
for he has been most definite and specific
Ing marriage. Further than this. he has
in his statements with regard to the com
consulted George W. Roosevelt. United
States consul at Brussels. on the tariff
on jewels, and learning the high rates has
decided to carry with hi ma mo5est we'd
ding present, rope OF pearls costing
81 20.
The exact form OF the proposal of the
Duke has been made known here e has
never met her, but has nevertheless made
this proposal TO his lawyers The mar
rage is 20 be marriage OF separation.
one OF the three forms OF marriage recog-
nized by the Code Napoleon and under
the arrangements proposed Mss Gould
need never see her husband from the
moment she parted from him az the altar.
The Duke has proposed il return for
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month during the entire winter tas wheat
OF the "a ranch nay Il pzsturei. ard
4 Is then necessary % coTa-fsed the cat
tie but a short tine Il er5e- 10 pace them
On the MARKET as -coru-fed-'
Rotation OF crops Is pract'ced ar zzIiy-
The sane g-oz1d u sczn &C wheat tGr
tgo seasons T. successor. the-. after Ire
wheat Il harvested. thu ard = -e%n 70
ka1r corn. which gfvez the cattle Fzs-
su-e uztil tlEe 20 plant Indian corn 0n the
sane land n shs spring II rs corr laa3
Is needed fer the wheat. the corn Is cEt
early bet Z not. than the corn stAas9s 1n-
ri thoroughly riEeaet. and sae Lzzd -
planted 70 corn again IT, s0lic~tng spr.zg
Nothizs bat the pzreSt varieties are sTe-
Planted. fer n farming sch : hss tact
o ian3 the Nllsrx have tvo kssas-eztIIs
raising. ard selling see1 corr. Wheat. ard
ether ce-ez,s. one CT TIE farms heaviest
Incomes ANNUALLY Il from the sale Ct se-1.
20 uncommon thing i Il .or the Santa se