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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-20
Walking Craze In Paris.

Paris, Nov. 16.-The walking craze
continues. Sunday morning nearly a
thousand scholars from the higher
classes of various schools took part
in the competition, the distance for
juniors being several kilometers and
for seniors Is kilometers, over public
roads. The organization was perfect
and crowds witnessed the starts and
finishes. The winners covered their
respective distances in good time.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-20

The car shortage Of the Southern Pa
cific company has caused the Booth
Kelly company, the largest manufac-
turers of lumber in Oregon, to close
all its logging camps, throwing about
1000 men out Of work and stopping a
payroll Of $4,000 a month,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
ROOSEVELT MAKES ADDRESS.
1000 People Listened at Missionary
Meeting Sunday.

Washington, Oct. 26.-"Intelligent
Service to God and to the State" was
the subject of an address by President
Roosevelt to the 1000 people who at.
tended the public open air missionary
meeting Sunday evening on the
grounds Of the cathedral of st. Peter
and st. Paul. The PRECEDENT was &C.
companied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Admiral
Dewey and Brigadier General John NJ.
Wilson. After procession, led by the
marine band and a choir OF 500 voices,
the clergy of the diocese of Washing
ton and the bishops of the ANGLICAN
Communions of America, the opening
prayers were read by Bishop Doane
OF Albany.
The president was introduced by
Bishop Satterlee. At the close Of the
presidents address the Most Rev.
Enos Nuttall, archbishop of the West
Indies, asked permission to say q
word on behalf of the British people.
Speaking, as he said, for them. he
told Of the reverence and respect
which all Englishmen feel for the
president of the United States and for
Theodore Roosevelt, "the man and the
Christian" He declared that England
welcomed the expansion of the United
States into world power and II Presi-
dent Roosevelt should visit England he
would receive the greatest welcome ex.
tended foreign visitor.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Engineer Gillespie's Report.

Washington.-The annual report Of
General George l.. Gillespie. chief Of
engineers. for the past year is made
public.
General Gillespie submits q total
estimate Of $10.366. 100 for the fortin.
cations Of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1905.
Coquille river, Ore, $4,000: Coos
Bay, Ore, 100000; Columbia river at
Three Mile rapids, Oregon and WASH
ington, 100000; canal at Cascades of
Columbia river. $4,000; Willamette
and Yamhill rivers above Portland.
$500. 900; mouth of Columbia river.
$500, 900; Gray's Harbor and Chehalis
river, Wash, $55,O00; Puget sound
and tributary waters. $4,000; New
Whatcom harbor, WASH, $35, 5,00e: i'm
provement Yellowstone park, $250,00
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
TRADE REPORT.

R. G. Dunn & Cos. Review Of Trade
last week says:
Numerous labor controversies have
appeared and more furnaces and
mills have closed, the tendency be-
ing to operate only the plants pro-
vided with the most modern equip
ment. Despite thc' curtailment Of &C.
tivity In many manufacturing lines. q
heavy volume Of business is being
transacted. Western traii1c facilities
are proving inadequate, the distribu.
ton Of merchandise being enormous
at the interior. and taking the coun.
try as whole conditions may be con-
sidered fairly satisfactory. although
there are indisputable evidences that
the abnormal activity has received q
check.
Jobbing trade has become quiet. with
the advancing prices, and at many
points the weather Is not calculated to
maintain buying Of wearing apparel at
retail.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF.
Variety Actress Deserted Claude NJ
Arbuckle.

Seattle. Oct. 27.-Crazed with the
knowledge that she had deserted him
for Thomas Bullene, well known min.
ing man Of Nome, Claude N. Arbucklc.
formerly floorwalker In local dry
goods store, fired two shots into
Gladys Grey. formerly a variety act
ress at Nome, in a room at the Hotel
Cecil, and then blow out his brains.
The woman will die.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT.
santo Domingo once More Seat Of
Disturbance.

Cape Haltien, Oct. 27.-The town
of Santiago, IN the Dominican repub.
lie, was surrounded by insurgent
troops under the command of General
Epifanio Rodriguez. After severe
fighting. which lasted for several
hours, and during which a number of
men were wounded, the revolutionists
triumphed and Santiago fell into their
hands.
The revolution which has broken out
in the northern part of the republic Of
Santo Domingo, and which has already
resulted in the establishment of a pro.
visional government at Puerto Plata
under General Morales, was caused,
according to advices here, by the num-
erous customs house frauds and the
prevarications of the ministers of war
and foreign office.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Big Irrigation Project.

Spokane, Oct. 27.-Nearly 2,000. 900
acres Of land in central Washington.
forming q gigantic loop through the
Big Bend country from the north end
Of Douglas county to Pasco and circl-
ing up the Snake valley towards Spo-
kane and the Palouse, are likely to
have the immense benefits of irriga-
ton. Over three fourths of this vast
territory, about 100000 acres. will
get its water supply from the Spokane
river. a few miles above this city. The
feasibility of this vast project is what
over q dozen Of Uncle Sans engineers
are now investigating.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Sweeny Won Suit.

P Charles Sweeny has won the famous
million Dollar Suit" brought against
him by Patrick Clark and others.
The final decision has been render.
ed in the supreme court OF the United
States, when the petition OF Patrick
Clark for a writ Of certiorari was de-
MED.
This means that the decision Of the
United States circuit court Of appeals
at San Francisco will stand as the
final judgment. and the case will new
er be heard in the supreme court.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Senator Stewart Married.

Atlanta, Ca. Oct. 27.-United States
Senator William M. Stewart Of Ne
vada was married tonight in q private
parlor Of the Piedmont hotel Of At
lanta, to Mrs. Mary Agnes Cone, widow
of the late Theodore C. Cone Of
Georgia. and for several years past
a resident of Washington.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
MoToRMAN TAINTED.
Then His Car Ran Away, Killed ,
Youth and Wrecked q DWELLING.

Joliet, ILL.,, Oct. 2C.-Motorman Bou.
ray fell In a faint and rolled from the
platform of his car on the Chicago &
Joliet electric line and the car plunged
down a steep hill at terrific rate.
The only passenger. Miss Anna West
bourg. jumped and was painfully
bruised, At the foot Of the hill the car
struck and killed Peter Sharp. aged IS.
and jumped the track, crashed into and
wrecked the dwelling Of Charles Holl-
stin. Mrs. Hollstin escaped by jump.
ing through a window.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Receiver Thompson Indicted.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 27.-The United
States grand jury has returned an In.
dictment against Asa d. Thompson.
receiver Of the land office at La
Grande, Ore. The indictment charges
Thompson with soliciting money to in
fuence his official decision for ap-
proval Of homestead applications which
had been held up for insufficiency Of
proof.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
ROCK CRusHEs OUT LIFE.
A Dozen Laborers Killed by Premature
Blast,

Blast.
New York, Oct. 26.-The total Of
lives lost in the gigantic undertaking
10 provide New Workers. with rapid
transit, known as the subway, was ma
terially added to recently, when q Sc
ries Of blasts at One Hundred and
street and Broadway loos.
ened many tons of rock, which fell
on a gang Of men engagd at work in
the tunnel. At midnight two dead
had been taken out. two others were
lying in view, with huge rocks on
them. dead; four severely injured had
been taken out, and 1t was estimated
that there were perhaps 10 other men
buried beneath the mass OF stone.
Later Report.
New York, Oct. 26.-Ten lives were
lost by the cavein Of the roof and walls
of the subway tunnel at One Hundred
and Ninety-fifth street last night, and
four persons were badly injured. All
Of the dead and injured were workmen,
and most of them Italians.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Safe Blowers Got $1,000.

Portland. Ore, Oct. PA special
from Sheridan, Ore. says:
At O'Clock in the morning burglars
entered the banking house Of Scrog-
gins & Workman, at this place, blew
open the safe with giant powder. Sc
cured $1,000 in coin and made their
escape before the sleeping residents
Of the town could be aroused.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Harry Eabert Captured.

Boise. Idaho, Oct. 27.-A special
from American Falls says:
Harry Egbert. wanted in Nevada for
murder. was captured at Rockland
by posse Of citizens while at
livery stable where he kept his horse.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Child Accidentally Shot.

Agatha, Idaho. Oct. 27.-Willie. the
year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Evans of Evans Ferry. had the
top of his head blown on by the acci.
dental discharge Of Q gun. The child
had found the gun in q bedroom and
was dragging 1t across the floor by
the muzzle when the shell exploded.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
cHINAMAN A Big WINNER.
An Lee Rakes In 5000 on Turn ot
Wheel.

Wheel.
San Bernardino. Cal, Oct. 26-Min-
ers from Dagget desert. headquarters
Of the Salt Lake road construction
crews, brings reports that All Lee, a
Chinese restaurant keeper, recently
cleaned up 5000 at a gambling table.
He lost during the evening, and. be-
ing reckless. bet all his remaining
money on a turn of the wheel. the
amount at stake being an even 5000.
AS the wheel spun around the quiet
was intense. When It stopped All Lee
was winner, but displayed NO excite
ment as he raked mis- big gains into a
sack and left for mis- shack.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT.
The Bandits Surrender After q Hard
Chase.

Chase.
Burton, Kan.-After q determined
chase and bloody battle, the bandits
who looted the bank at this point were
captured on an island in the Arkansas
river and lodged in the Newton Jail.
The men give their names as James
Bell, George Olsen, 4. H. Johnston,
Thomas White and Frank Harwood.
The bandits had only SIS in their
possession when searched.
The money from the Burton bank
robbers has been found. Arthur Con-
ley discovered burglars tools, dyna-
mite and the money in the grass on the
island where the burglars were cap
tured. The find was Immediately turn
ed over to the bank officials, who re-
fuse to disclose the amount Of money.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
WANTS MEDIATION.
Business Men Submit q Plan Of
Settlement.


Settlement.
Butte, Mont, Oct. Rehabilitation 10
now proposed by business men as q
means toward settling the disputes
which have caused the closing Of
plants Of the Amalgamated Copper
company, which throws out of work be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 men in west.
ern Montana, and threatens to innict
terrible suffering upon innocent peo-
pie.
kilograms have been sent from
Great Falls to Senator ". A. Clark
in this city. Governor J. X. Toole at
Helena, Representative Joseph Dixon
and J. J. Hill, president OF the Great
Northern, asking each of them II they
would act with the other gentlemen
named and Senator Gibson in an effort
to mediate between the warning copper
interests. with a view to keeping open
the mines and smelters OF the Anal.
gamated company.
These kilograms were the outcome
of consultations by the business men
Of Great Falls.
MaeGinniss at Salt Lake.
Salt Lake, Oct. 26.-John MacGiH-
Miss Of Butte, vice president of the
United Copper company. has arrived
from the north. and went at once to
the home Of friend in this city. Mr..
MacGinniss refused to discuss the con
ditions at Butte.
Fight Goes On.
Butte, Mont, Oct. 27.-All chance
Of an immediate settlement in the war
between the big copper interests com.
posed Of the Amaigamated Copper
company on one side anu f. Augustus
Heinze on the other was dispelled IN
a statement issued by President viii.
lam Scallon, head of the Amalgamated
copper interests in Montana. Mr..
Scallon's statement followed q pro-
posal made by Mr.. Heinze to a mass
meeting Of $4,000 miners of Butte.
called by Mr.. Heinze. He authorized
to sell the MacGinniss stock for $2e,-
900 in B. and M. company, and to have
the privilege Of buying five thirty
sixths of Nipper. Scallon rejects it,
speaking for the Amalgamated, and
declares that the proposition is ridicul-
GUS.
With the exception of the scene
when President Long of the miners
union interrupted Mr.. Heinze, demand
ing an immediate answer to the propo-
sition Of the miners union to purchase
the MacGinniss stock, nothing dis
turbed the peace of the meeting.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Copper Goes up,

New York. Oct. 27.-A rise of four
points sterling in copper per ton at
London. followed by three fourths of
a cent per pound here. was the feat
ure of Mondays stock market.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Aaed Minister Dead.

Oakland. Oct. 27.-Rev. Thomas
Fraser, former synodical missionary
for the Presbyterian synod. is dead at
his residence. 916 Myrtle street. His
death resulted from pneumonia and
was sudden. for only the day before
Rev. Fraser. despite his age Of 81
years. was well and attending to his
Affairs.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Locomotive Exploded.

Lancaster. Pa, Oct. 27.-Two men
were killed and two fatally injured BY
the explosion today Of freight loco
motive on the Pennsylvania road. near
Rohrerstowu.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Gale In Great Britain.

London, Oct. ga heavy gale
swept over the coasts Of Great Brit
ain Monday and vessels run to port for
shelter.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

Nan-Is there any infallible cure
for seasickness?
Tom-Oh yes; when you feel the
symptoms coming on. all you have to
do is to 60 out and sit under q tree.
You will very soon recover.-Puck.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

T. w. Hauschild, President,
A. ]. Womach, President,
w. w. Zent, Secretary and Treas.
Empire State Title, Insurance
and Trust Company
Incorporated.
Capital, IS. 100000
Directors-J. d. Bassett, T. w. Haus-
child and G. E. Lowell. L. r. Kuster,
Manager.
We have Just completed our books at
great expense and they are accurate and
reliable. Abstracts promptly, accurate
ly and neatly made and satisfaction
guaranteed. once, over First
Nstionei Bank, RitxvliIo. Wn.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Model Meat Market
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BUTCHERS. ;.

Fresh meats, poultry. 1sh, but.
ter and lard. always for sale at
lowest prices. Your patronage
very kindly solicited
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

Salvation II not by culture, but cul.
turs comes by salvation.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

Church membership II not an ole
vator into heaven.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
FATHER KILLS HIS SONS.
Murders Little Boys Because His VIII
Ignores Him,

Marion. Ind, Oct. 26-Pesse Nc
Clure, a farm hand, murdered his two
sons. aged and Z years, near Frank
lin, because his wife refused to see
him. Later Mcclure drove to this city
and surrendered.
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-02-21

are included the value will be in creased $775,OOO,OO0, while the aug mented wealth through railroads. .cities, mills and factories is beyond estimation.
 The annual value of all the farm D. oducts in 1900 was $4,579,000, 900. The average value per acre of products of irrigated lands was $14.81. At this rate the area to be reclaimed will add products worth $740,500,000, an addi- tion of nearly one-sxth to the life sustaining powers of the country.
 The number of irrgating ditches and canals in operation in the United States exceeds 20,000 and their com bined length is not less than 50,000 miles. If joined end to end they would reach twice around the world. Formed into one they would constitute a navi- gable canal such as the Erie, thirty feet wide and five feet deep, extending from San Francisco to New York, a distance of over 5000 miles.
 The figures of the last census show that the works required to irrigate 7,263,273 acres cost $64 2S9,6 ,601 an average of $S.85 per acre. At this rate the expenditure required to re- claim the area proposed would be at least $450, 0,000,000. After the govern ment has performed it's part there will be no delay by the farmers in carrying on the work. While the mi tial expense is enormous, it is not comparable with the value of the crops which will be grown on the lands reclaimed.
 The total cost of all the irrigation
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-02-21

owns is not apportioned out among the stockholders pro rata, or acCo. q ing to the acreage represented. The water is sold; and both rates for ir- rigation and for domestic purposes are fixed by the City Trustees. The rate for irrigation is 15 cents an inch, and the irrigator buys the number of inches he needs for irrigation and pays down the money for it when he puts in his order.
 Now does it stand to reason that he is going to pay for water that he does not need? Would a man buy sugar or flour, for instance, that he intends to throw away? It is true that 15 gating water, but no man is going to pay even that for it unless he need it and will use it.
 We have been growing oranges here in Riverside for the past 30 years, and by many experiments and long experience have learned the amount of water which we need for the best results in orange growing. Young groves of course, require less water than groves in full bearing, and the character of our soil varies in different parts of the valley, so that some orange trees need less water than others of the same age. But we think we are entitled to the credit of knowing how much we do need, and as we have to pay for every inch we do use, it is not likely that we shall indulge in extensive purchases of water we do not need. Whenever an inch to four acres is used, it is
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-02-21
Irrigation Facts.

The acceptance by Congress of the principle of Federal aid in the con struction of irrigation works in the Western States has given a great i'm petus to every industry in that sec tion The people of the East are just beginning to realize the opportunities ohered in the territory to be opened up. As the proposition develops a tlde of immigration will inevitably set in, and this region will become one of the most populous and prosperous in the country. With large areas of re- claimable land, California especially will be benefited by the measure, writes the special Washington cor respondent of the San Francisco Chronicle.
 The actual work of surveying, locat- ing and constructing reservoirs and other irrigation works will be done by the Geological Survey. In order to obtain a better understanding of the present extent of irrigation, the loca- tion of the areas irrigated, and to gain other information useful in this work, the Fifty-seventh Congress author ized the Director of the Census to bring down to date the irrigation sta tistics obtained in 1900 by that of flee. Letters of inquiry and schedules are now being sent out to secure the necessary information. All interested in irrigation should answer as fully and as promptly as possible any in quiries they may receive, so that the merits of the various sections of the
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-02-21

because our experience has demon strated the necessity of the use of that much water to produce the best results, in growing oranges, alfalfa or anything that We may produce.
 And far from having surplus water that we are wasting, the Riverside Water company, the Gage Canal com pany and any other companies which water lands in Riverside valley, are constantly developing water to meet the demands of new orchards and of orchards already bearing as they be- come older, and to offset the diminu- tion in some sources of supply due to drought. Large sums of money are spent every year for this develop ment. Is it likely that the stock holders of these companies would go down into their pockets to pay for these costly developments unless the water was needed?
 Judge Works attack on Riverside Chght to be a note of warning to all the irrigators of Southern California He virtually serves notice on water users of this part of the State that his bill will make possible not only expensive and annoying litigation, but will open the door for specultors to come in and lay claim to the water which is now ours, which is as vital to us as the land itself and which is really the most essential and important agricultural right which we possess. Is it strange. that a unanimous and in dignant protest against the bill goes up from Southern California?
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-02-21

country may become known. Irriga- tors who do not receive blanks within reasonable time should notify the Census Office at Washington and they will be supplied.
 It is interesting to note in this con nection how much it will mean to the country at large to have the arid lands of the West reclaimed. According to the census of 1900 the total improved farm area of the United States was 414,S00,000 acres. It is cons eIvatvely estimated that the reclaimable area is rot less than 5O,000,0O0 acres. It's reclamation, therefore, will add nearly Oneeighth to the actual crOp-prOduc- ing area of the country, and will eX- ceed by a liberal margin the tillable land of all the States, excepting New York, on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. Allowing forty acres the average size of irrigated farms, or a little less than Ore-fourth the number in the United States in 1900. The occupants of these farms will add directly to the population 6,25O,000, and indirectly, in accom- panying mercantile, professional, manufacturing and industrial classes at least 3,125000 more, or a total in- crease in the population of the United States of 9,3750O0, or nearly 124 per cent,
 The total value of all the farms in 1900, including all improvements ex- ceut buildings, was $13,115,OOO 900. At $42,50 per acre. the average value of irrigated lard, the 50,0OO,OOO acres to be reclaimed, will add to the value of farm lard $1250, 100000. If buildipgs