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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06

At the meeting of the Odd Fellows
last night the following officers
were elected: J. \. Langsford, n.
G.; G. G. Campbell, V. G.; j. w.
Cooper, secretary. The other Offices
are appointive and will be, filled
later.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06
Crosses lof Honor.

All veterans desiring crosses of
honor to be conferred upon them by
the Daughters of the Confederacy
can procure blanks to be filed out
by calling on Capt. Rhodus. 1t is
important that this matter be at
tended to at once as the Daughters
wish to confer these crosses about
June Is.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06

There will be a special train run
from Ennis to Waxahachie and re-
turn next Monday evening for the
accommodation or the Ennis people
who want to come to hear the Ital-
Ian Band. Waxahachians, better
get your tickets or you may have to
20 way back and stand up.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06
II R TIME TABLE

We want your patronage and will
show our appreciation of same by
treatingyou right. The Brougham
or Transfer wagon 10 at your ser
vice. Phones 40. Copds Mosley. IS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06

fAwton. Okla. June s.-Jesus. the
government Indian interpreter, after
many years Of service. died az the Req
store Of dropsy. He Was a Mexican,
and had an Indian wife.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06

Glens Falls. n ". June s.~Dispatch-
es from North Creek region state that
the Are fighters are holding the fiamee
black Nearly 5000 men are at woFx
nghting the fire ia the Hudson river
water shed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-06

Published Every Day Except Sun
lay by THE LIGHT PUBLISHING Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17

argued on the other hand that. first they
MVulu not so, second they would not STAY,
lhlId they would not work. and last but
Dy no means least. they would not nav
SET 10 work some six years ago to
nut our theories into practice and are
now able TO say positively after more
lndh I'VE years experience that they have
gone and STAYED. they have worked and
ures We have encountered have been a
valuable education to US, and we are now
IN a position 10 handle the largest
schemes with self-sacTificing and
expert managers TO direct the same. and
Win a practical code of regulations to
guard US from the rocks on which so
many similar enterprises have been
wrecked
Army Colonies.
Our three colonies are located in Colo
rado California and Ohio, and comprfse
nearly 5000 acres of land on which about
400 men. women and children have been
settled On the first two colonies every
tamlly is entirely Self-SuppOrting and the
repayments have amounted to consider
ably more than 10000.
On the California colony last year the
settlers averaged a cash income Of $3.50
per family. each twenty-acre farm being
worth, with it's improvements about
S5.OOt The Colorado farms are worth
from $1,000 to 5000 according to their
location and improvements On the town
site have been established some twenty
country stores, most of which are Oper-
ated by COlOnists. A commercial club has
been formed for the development of the
business interests OF the settlement Their
turnover last year amounted to about
100000. while the railroad received some
$4,000 for freight from our little country
depot.
on the California colony thirty-acre
tract has. recently been sold for 81. $50,
including orchard. farm house and other
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
BOOTH
Army Leader Discusses the

Further than this they have been unwill-
Ing TO venture. Aud hence the colonial
ton of irrigated lands has been almost
entirely limited to farmers possessing
capital.
Disadvantages.
This has had several serious disadyan-
l. Irrigation lends itself much more
readily TO the small intensive farm than
70 the large ranch from which such set
tiers usually come.
p Tho small farmer who is not too
high-toned TO cultivate the land himself
WlH succeed where the gentleman
farmer who employs hired labor and
even though the latter may control ten
times as much land as the former, and,
possess a few thousand dollars. Give the
former a chance select him with care,
and back him with say 500 cash for
start and he viii succeed better than the
latter every time. With ample funds for
irrigation now in sight. and with some Of
our bra1niest engineers working out eX-
IensiVe plans what our arid west calls
LOT IS not the nonresident gentleman
farmer with his staff of cowboys but the
resident tWenty-acre hOrny-handed son of
the soil, who does not consider it beneath
MS own or his children's dignity 20 drive
the plough. milk the cow and earn an
honest living by his sweat of brain and
brow. The Old-tine governor of Virginia
was right when he told King George that
ne would rather have a dozen such than
r ShiplOad of the ladies' and gentlemen
wnom the latter proposed to send out
But granted that such settlers are de-
Slrable, why should there be any diff
Guilty about obtaining them? For the
simple reason that they have no caDftal
and cannot move themselves
Ihat there are millions of them prepared
10 move at a few hours notice from a N
quarters of this and other lands IN just
such numbers may be desired, cannot
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improvements. being at the rate OF S155
an acre for land. which cost us some five
Years previously $50 an acre. I mention
tnese Iacts to prove that we were not
oNer-sa 1Sulne when we argued that land
thus thickiy settled would by its own
RAPID increase in value. amply protect the
investor against loss. Thus even supDOs-
ing tnat the colonist himself could not
or Houla , not pay, the populating Of the
land would so add to its value that in the
course of a few years il could be sold
Tor sufficient sum to cover the coll
ontsts entire Indebtedness and leave him
handsome margin with which TO make
The further extension of colonization
VIII depend. not on land being available.
nor on the ability to secure colonists, but
ON the supply of capital. That this can
be safely invested we think We have suf-
ucienuy demonstrated.
Abundance Of Land.
That there is land in abundance adj
mirably suited for colonization no one
fer two most generous donations Of land.
ln one case 5000 acres Of land, in an
other 20.0d0 have been placed 81 our dis
pOsal as u gift but it would require about
other 20 establish a suitable colony. With
this money we could place about 2.G0D
settlers dncluding men, women and chill
draul upon either tract of land. which
would then be worth from so to siG0 per
acre. Hence it viii be readily seen that
the security for n loan of the above
amount would be ample since, in tho one
case. the value Of the donated land thus
settled would be at least tWo-and-a-half
million dollars, and i'm the other case not
less than 9lD0tO3. There are alsu vast
stretches of rich irrigable land near our
California and Colorado colonies. while
the new irrigation projects now on foot
will make available immense regions with
fertile SOIL and salubriOus climate. suited
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not represented; Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia. Florida, Indiana, Indian Terri
tory. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Mississippi New
hampshire New Jersey, North Carolina
Rhode Island. south Carolina, Tennessee
Vermont. West Virginia.
Call Was Erroneous.
The large number of delegates I'm at
Tor the eleventh National Irrigation cOn-
gress provided for the appointment OF q
larger number OF delegates by the gov
ernOrs OF the several states and the may
ors Of Incorporated cities than is au-
thorized by the constitution Of this con-
gress.
Y00r committee desires to call the at
tention of the delegates 10 articles VI
and VII 81 the constitution OF the Ma
uOnal Irrigation congress. as follows.
Article VI. The membership OF this
congress shall De as follows. Five dele
gates from each state and territory. to
be appointed by their respective govern
ors, one delegate from each city of the
United states having a population less
than 5000. and two delegates from each
city having a population over 25.g00; one
delegate from any regularly organized
society Of engineers. irrigation compa-
mes agricultural colleges and CONNER
Ciai bodies and duly accredited repre-
sentative OF any foreign nation or cole
Cny. any member of the United States
senate or house Of representatives, and
member OF q state or territorial irriga-
lion commission may DE chairman OF
each section and the permanent officers
Of the congress.
Article VII Each member uf the
congress shall be entitled 90 one vote,
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vision Of the constitution. The motion
prevailed.
John NoOnan Of Colorado introduced
a resolution faVoFing the construction
Of small reservoirs near headwaters
of streams
The topic for the afternoon was a
discussion of the legal questions allied
With irrigation.
Senator +. T. Dubois of Idaho was
scheduled to speak on "rhe Intent of
the Reclamation Law" but he was alb
sent. Consequently the first address
was on THE Repeal of Some of Our
Land Laws" by Senator Paris Gibson
of Montana Senator Gibson's address
appears elsewhere.
Congressman Frank Mondel took an
opposite view on the repeal of the
desert land and the timber and stone
acts. His subject was Value and Inn
portance of the Desert Land Law" He
began by declaring that the Ogden hos
pitalty Of the previous evening had
left him rather the worst for wear.
Taking up the main subject, he said:
Mondell Against Repeal.
''The agitation for the repeal of the
desert land law, the timber and stone act
and tho Communication clause Of the home
stead act viii receive scant support -
tho public land states
Under the desert land law more land
has been reclaimed from the desert and
made fruitful rhan under all other laws
and its repeal would greatly retard ru-
ture irrigation development The repeal
OF the timber and stone act would deprive
the ranchman and farmer Of an oppor-
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MARY RESOLUTIONS TOUCH
ING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS
ARE INTRODUCED.
lspeciaI b - HeraIdl


Ogden. Sept. Ex-senator Smoot Of
Utah has been elected chairman Of the
committee on resolutions of the con-
gress, and II. D. Slater editor of the
Fl PasO Herald, is the secretary. Al
ready many important matters have
been embodied in the form of resOlU-
tons and placed i'm the hands OF the
committee, although action has not yet
been taken on them. Senator Burton's
was published yesterday.
Ex-senator Carey of Wyoming has
introduced the following memorial TO
the United States congress, asking for
enactments defining the rights of
riparian owners:
Whereas. The broad statesmanship of
our national congress, being governed by
the desire to conserve and promote the
best interests Of the entire country. and
10 etfectuate that purpose has enacted
laws authorizing and encOurag ing the
taxing ana use or the inappropriate
waters OF the streams upon the public
domain. for irrigation and fertiliza ton Of
semi-arid lands since the year A. T.. 1900
and
Whereas. BY reason of the authority
and encouragement OF the general gov
crnment by the enactment OF such laws
our agricultural area has been vastly in
creased and large bona fide settlements
Of great extent and value grown up. un-
der the fostering care or the general
care Of the government, IN an the arid
and semi-arid regions Of the United
States; and
Whereas BY the continuance OF the
same enlightened policy and the enact
ment Of laws for the storage of the flood
waters that otherwise go TO waste.
throughout the arid regions of the cOuu-
try vast tracts of land now Valueless
will be reclaimed end rendered profitable
for agriculture and thereby advance the
general welfare of the country, and
Whereas. Grave doubts and cOntrarity
N#a.#r D.. ~.
of legal rights 10 the waters of the nat
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be denied. The talk about their unwiU-
lngness 20 leave the cities. or go back TO
Inc land, Is pure Undiluted mOOnshinc.
Ihe simple fact is that those who wish
10 be moved, aud who would make the
most desirable cOlOnists are blessed with
large families. are often hampered with
uept. and are unable to move without
financial assistance. Who will pay their
travelling. buy their livestock fix up their
cottages. and trust them with land2 The
farmer like the manufacturer. wants the
single man. or woman, and they must be
Young at thati
Case of a Colonist.
Into my office there walked a few DAYS
ago New York banker. escOrting a
splendid specimen of physical manhoOd-
q typical former. hale. bSartv' manly IjIs
VIE was with him-eVery inch a farmers
wife He held excellent certificates from
an ex-governor Of New York aud other
prominent gentlemen on whose estates
eight children he had been unable "a
more than barely pay his way. He had
no wish for the city But his large family
made him undesirable TO the farmer. and
ne had no capital with which 70 give him
self a start We made immediate ar
rangements To settle him on one OF our
colonies. This is but a typical case among
tens Of thousands Not only do our cities
abound with them, but mulutudes Of
them may be found in our best agricul-
tural districts. Why do our land agents
nasS over these labDTers In favor of the
farmer who has TO sell his land IN order
10 mover Not because the latter would
make a better Colonist but because he
has cash while the former would require
assistance.
Now scientific colonization uses the
worthy family that has no cash. lt SAYS
IN brief. place this waste labor upon the
waste land by means OF waste capital.
and thereby convert this trinity Of waste
into unity Of production. Ii has been
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tunity to secure a timber lot. would es-
taDlish government timber monopoly.
troublesome. perniCiOHs and contrary TO
the spirit OF our institutions. The repeal
or the communication clause of the home
stead law would discourage and retard
settlement and development by reason Of
the menace to the homestead settler OF
loss OF homestead right. labor and i'm
ProVements should sickness. death low
prices or shortage OF crops render ii inn
possible for him TO maintain continuous
residence.
nearly 3la,WdO0J of the $4,000 600 now TO
the credit of the irrigation fund and
lneir repeal would amount 10 a repeal
Of the national irrigation law
me people OF the public land states
are forced 10 tha conclusion that LARGE
part OF the agitation for repeal enA =
mates from large corporate land ard
land-scrip owners. who see in the with
draWal of public land from market a
greater demand for their property
Congressman MOndeU spoke without
notes. with Oratorical effect and he
stirred some demonstrations from the
audience.
Mr. Wooldridge's Speech.
He was followed by w. NJ. Wool
bridge, who read g paper on "The UtiIi-
cation of the Public Grazing Lands Of
the United States
Mr. woodbridge went into the history
Of the use of the public lands for graz
ing, explained the practices and dis
cussed the ways 10 get best results.
protectin gall interests. He opposed
the leasing system.
senator Smoot was called to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
Ell PA5O HAS GOOD LEAD
IN fight FOR CONGRESS
Continued from Page -

any importance was transacted until
the evening session, when the proposi-
ton TO reDeal the two acts mentioned
came up for endorsement. Ex-senator
> VI. Carey OF Wyoming nd w. $.
johnston Of Colorado led the fight
against action favOring "A repeal. while
q number Of the delegates spoke in IA
v0r of the proposition. Senator Carey
began his fight the day before I'm his
speech To the Washington correspond
Crts.
lie had considerable more TO say be-
fore The committee
When the question came to a vote
there was an overwhelming majority
I'm favor OF the repeal A resolution ask
ing congress- to take such action will
be reported and tho fight viii be re-
neWed on the floor Of the Irrigation con-
Eress- Tho committee is endCavOring 70
couiine the discussions TO the subject
Of irrigation as much as possible, elm
mating by unfavorable reports res0lu-
tions dealing with other matters. Tho
report viii not be ready until the last
day or the congress. Friday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
(GRESS DELEGATES DISFRANCHISE THEMSELVES

chair by President Clark 10 prasiae
during Mr.. WoOldridge's speech SEM
ator F. @. Newlands of Nevada was on
the programme for a talk on state
Cooperation With National Irriga-
tion." As it was getting late i'm ne
afternoon, Senator Clark moved chat
an adjournment be taken until ESQ
, CLOCK TINS morning, making Senator
Newland's speech the first thine IN The
programme today. Phis suggestion
carried.
A large proportion of the delegates
went out 10 the seui-arid states ex-
hibit at the Weber county fair grounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17

Sour committee emphaucally- recon-
monds That the secret ry of this con-
gress provide q method for tabulatlng
delegates attending The next session OF
the congress that viii relieve the COM
mittee on credentials OF thaIaFge amount
Ct clerical work that has heen required of
T. at this session,
Thirtieth State Represented.
The credentials of the delegate from
Vermont had not been presented. His
name was added 10 the list, making a
total Of thirty states represented. The
report was then adopted.
General Donovan OF Montana then
moved that articles and of the Ocn-
stitutiOn be amended to permit all
delegates present &c vote. A motion
was made 20 table this.
A discussion followed.
III YOU don't table this motion" re-
marked Senator Smoot. lit viii mean
that over 300 votes from Utah can vote
all the rest Of you down"
When it came to vote. which was
carried out in accordance with the pro
visions of the constitution limiting each
state to twenty votes, there were S42
ayes and only trio Of Does-these from
Nebraska.
A letter was read frem Professor r.
H. Newell, head of the reclamation bu-
reau OF the United States geological
survey. asking suggestions on the work
Of the bureau.
EX-G0rerllor L. Bradford Prince Of
Now Mexic6 moved that a committee
Of FIVE be appointed 10 report on re-
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twenty votes, and provided, when q state
is represented by less than twenty dele
gates, sail delegates, IN all are present,
may cast ten votes for said state; III
some OF the delegates Of said state are
absent. those remaining may cast their
proportion of ten Yotes.n
Limiting the representation Of each
state and territory 90 twenty votes, as
provided by the constitution Of this con-
gress the sovecsl states and territories
would be entitled 40 cast the following
rumber of votes. to-wit:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
GREAT MAJORITY OF DELE
GATES VOTE TO DlSFRAN.
CHlSE THEMSELVES.

At the opening Of the afternoon scs-
sion arose the first scrimmage Of the
congress. and when this was over there
Nas scarcely a. vestige OF one side left.
The controversy came up over the num-
Der OF votes 90 be given each delegation.
The number OF delegates exceeded the
PROVISIONS OF the constitution, which
gives each state a maximum of twenty
votes.
a motion was made 70 amend the
constitution 10 allow each delegate
present vote. This was overwheIm-
insly defeated by a vote OF 342 to 3.
The question came up following the
report Of the committee on credentials,
ot which John Hail of Texas Is chair
man. The report was as follows:
Ogden. Utah, Sept u.s. 1903
Mr. President and Members OF the Elev-
enth National Irrigation Congress:
Your committee ON credentials bags
leave 90 report that the total number oT
delegates attending this convention Is
si9. the several states and territories be-
ing represented as follows.
Arizona .--.--.----- -.--.-.-.... ...... a.
Aidpdild ------------ ---...-----... ........ I
Aihdnsas --..----- ..-----.--.. ..--..-.-... 4
California ............... ....... Il
District Of Columbia ............ -. >
tNdho .------.-----..-- .......-.........-.ll 6
liunols ---------.-- --.---....... ........... IA
Iowa .......... .-.-.-.-.--... .............. o
missouri ..--..-.-...-... --.---.............
CtFal" --'--- .-...--..----.-------- -...... JED
south Dakota .----------...... ........... N
Washington ................. ...-.-..-..... 30
Michigan -..-.-------.- .-...-..-.-
'iittlla 't.+.Fs.'t.. .tss'.----..-- ..,-.-. -
Nenraskd .----.-.--..- ..-....-..-.....-.... s.
NcW Mexico -..-......-.... .............. a
Now 1rk --------------- -----------.,-.... .
q.
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JOSEPH NJ. CAREY.
N. G.. JOHNSTON.
L. W SHCRTLIFF.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06
BLOWN DOWN THE STAIRS
SMITH HART, COLORED, INJURED BY
AN EXPLOSION OF GAS.
He Is Janitor of Colored Odd Fellows
Hall and Tried to Find a Gas Leak
with Lighted Match.

Smith Hart. of No. SAT Indiana avenue.
was hurled twenty feet down stairway
and badly burned about the head and arms
last night as the result of an attempt to To-
cate leak in a gas pipe in the Colored
Odd Fellows Hall, of which he is janitor,
with lighted match.
Early in the evening the odor of escaping
gas filled the entire building and Hart
started out with a pocket full of matches
to find where the gas was escaping from.
He climbed to the top of the stairs and
opened the door of a small alcove room. at
the same time striking match. In an in
slant there was a terrific explosion that
shook the entire building, blew out the
windows, tore all the plaster off the walls,
and a second later Hart was picked up at
the bottom of the stairway In an uncon-
scious condition. The City Hospital am
bulance, in charge of DR.. Turf1inger, was
on the scene a moment later and the in
jured man was taken to the hospital, where
his wounds were dressed. His injuries,
while not dangerous, were very painful.
and IL will be some time before he will be
able to resume his duties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06
THIS CITY TO RICHMOND
TRIP MADE BY PARTY OVER IN
DIANAPOLIs & EASTERN.
As Yet No Regular Schedule Has Been
Adopted-News of Indiana
Traction Lines.

The first party to travel from Indianapolis
to Richmond by electric trolley made the
trip yesterday over the new road of the
Indianapolis & Eastern Company, by way
of Greenfield, Dublin, Cambridge City and
Centerville The party was composed of
the officers and their wives and friends
Of the road. including Mr. and Mrs. Frank
M. Fauvre. Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Chapman,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. z. Coffin, Mr. and Mrs.
M. 3. Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. Nc
Donald, of Indianapolis, and Mr.. and Mrs
Z. j. Binfield, of Greenfield. The car left
Indianapolis at 10 a. m. and stopped in
Knightstown, where the party took dinner
Richmond was reached about o'clock in
the afternoon.
The tracks Of the Indianapolis & Eastern
Company were connected with the tracks
OF the Richmond Company at Dublin last
week and opened for traffic sixty-nine miles
or road. AS yet no regular schedule has
been decided upon. However, temporarily
a two-hour service will be given, beginning
the early part of next week. For awhile
fer station, but before the end of the month
cars will be running straight through to
Richmond, making the distance in about
two hours and a half. The final schedule
will put into effect an hour service
The fare rates have not yet been definitely
settled. As 1t Is now worked out the fare
will be $105, but in all probability it will
be made an even dollar, making the round
trip fare 81. The fare to Knightstown Is
now so cents. Seventy-five cents is ex-
pected to be the Cambridge City rate