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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

ground for the purpose having already
been set apart.
The acreage of the segregated district
is one-fOUrth as large as the state OF
Rhode Island, and nearly seven times
as great as that Of Salt Lake valley.
AT one time during the construction
Of the headwOrkS, there were 900 men
employed. This small army has at no
time been reduced to less than 900
The land will sell at $3.50. OF this
50 cents represents the. purchase price
Of the land, the balances goes for water
rights
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

= he west-the section Of the coun-
try to which reclamation Of des-
ext land means most-is about to
witness. the opening Of the greatest IL
riSation project ever undertaken or
planned in the New World-the man.
moth canal system of the Twin Falls
Land & Water company of Idaho.
When the Snake river begins the
work. next month, which enterprise
and capital have made possOble-the
watering of 271.000 acres of hitherto
arid soil in southern Idaho-the dream
of one man. l. B. PeTrine who saw
before all others the one thing need
ed TO complete Nature, will have been
realized.
This irrigating project in Cassia and
Lincoln counties, Idaho, differs in sew
eral material points from others now
tn process Of completion under direct
control OF the government. BY the
Carey act the lands embraced in the
canal system were withdrawn from the
public domain by the state board Of
Idaho. The Carey act is a congression-
al measure by which desert lands are
turned over 10 the state for reclama-
ton. the state in turn contracting for
This with private individuals. The lat
ter are repaid for their work by the
sale of water rights at a price fixed
by the state. While individual capital
Is behind projects under the Carey act.
they are under state supervision and
control.
one-Third Now Open.
or the 10000 acres included in the
segregation Of this, the third largest
trrigating enterprise in the world, $780,,
900 acres are now open for settlement
A canal siXty-nine miles long viii feed
this vast area moisture, which has in
the past been the one thing lacking
TO make il one of the garden spots
OF the west Water viii be conveyed
within n half-mile OF every quarter
section Of the segregated property.
Already thousands of acres have
heen cleared of the dense sage and
desert vegetation which covers the
lands i'm their native state. When wa
ter is turned in il viii feed soil which
Is absolutely free Of alkaH or other
substances injurious and which viii re-
main mellow under cultivation. The
soil is a fine volcanic ash, easily cul-
tivated. As is well known. where age
brush grows thickest viii be found the
soil best adapted to agricultural pur-
suits under proper conditions.
To Open Next Month.
The present calculations of the COM
pany are To turn the Snake river into
the main canal about Dec. 10. At this
date about thirty miles of the sixty
nine-mile canal will be available leav-
ing about thirty-nine miles TO be COM
pleted within the next twelve months.
When the gates are thrown open a
river eighty feet wide at the channel
bottom. ~ feet wide at the water line
and ten feet deep at center viii flow
westerly on the south side of the Snake
for "A distance OF twenty six miles.
Here the diverted water viii divide,
one-balf or part pursuing high line.
the other d low line. The latter branch.
with a vertical drop of seventy five
feet. WIFI afford thousands OF horse
power. Eventually the two branches
viii meet further down. terminating at
the canyon Of the Salmon river.
OF first interest ia any great irrt-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

crease in population of over $4,000
The main canal. together with later
ais and bitches, would il placed in line
reach from Salt Lake to San Francisco
and back.
AT a moderate expense more than
100 900 horse power may be obtained
from ShOshone, Twin and Anger falls.
This figure is much in excess of power
actually developed i'm Utah today.
The city of Twin Falls has been laid
out by the chief of construction Of the
Worlds fair grounds, st. Louis, and is
Of model design. Parks are planned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

CATION project is the steam utilized
stolen from Nature to strengthen Ma
ture The Snake river rises thousands
of feet above sea level in the very
heart of Yellowstone park, Wyoming.
There are two distinct heads, known
as the North and South forks. The
Snake flows or rather writhes west
ward across southern Idaho where the
state is widest until a point near the
western limit of Idaho ~ reached. Then
it takes a nOrthly course and for two
hundred miles form the boundary be-
tween Idaho and oregon. II joins the
Columbia river at Pasco, Wash.
During it's journey of nearly d thou
sand miles between Yellowstone and
the Columbia, the Snake drops $500
feet, its elevation at Pasco being about
500 feet. Throughout the greater part
Of its course the river IS interrupted
by cataracts, and only from the Wash
ingtOn-IdahO boundary to its mouth is
it navigable. The gorge which the
Snake cuts through the breadth Of Ida
no is narrow and steep-sided. It flows
through canyons banked by volcanic
overfiows, as do, in general, its tribu-
taries.
Enormous Water Supply.
The water supply available for the
great IS the rivers discharge that the
largest possible diversion. for irriga-
ton can have no appreciate effect up
on the total flow. save in one or two
months of the year. In a paper read
by James D. Schuyler. vice president
Of the American Society OF Civil En-
gineers. before the Eleventh Irrigation
congress. at Ogden, Sept. Is, 1908, valu-
able statistics on the total flow Of the
10 rafN~
OF the irrigation canals were given.
In part, Mr. Schuyler's report follows:
The area Of the drainage basin
above Montgomery Ferry, near Mini
doka, Ida, has been determined by the
United States geological survey to be
1880 square miles. The maximum dis
charge of the river at this point in
1897. as measured by the United States
engineers in the month Of Nav. was A.
$50 cubic feet per second, the minimum
How, IN September of that year, being
$500 second-feet. In the calendar year
of 1897 the total discharge was comput-
ed TO be 9,334.300 acre-feet'
of the total annual fiow OF the river.
it is believed that not more than 10
or 10 per cent will ever be applied to
the soil A portion Of this will. OF
course return to the river in time by
percolation from the irrigated fields.
All attempts TO divert the Snake pre-
vlous TO the one which is nearing com
pletlon were made above American
Falls, which is about fifty miles above
Miner the site of the Twin Falls dam.
l. B. Perrine saw that Miner. the head
Of the great canyon Of the Snake. was
the place Of all places TO undertake the
work Of damming and diverting.
Perrine Conceived Project.
l. b. Perrine came 10 southern Ida
no, as man of small means, from In
diana. about eighteen years ago. He
was then only about - years old but
possessed of pluck and determination
TO succeed. He chose as a site for his
home a canyon wsteFed by the Blue
lakes, so-ealled, which spring out OF
the ground about five miles below
Shoshone falls. Here. with the aid OF
partner, Tom lehman. he began a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

ible in these times of almost universal
plenty. The men smoke home grown
tobacco which sells for ten cents per
pound, and which is so rank that it
might safely be declared expensive IL
it were given away. The green tea
which is used, is of such cheap quail
ity that a traveller declared it had no
more strength or flavor than so much
dried hay. Instead of butter a thick
grease is utilized which is obtained
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27

Here are some data OF Americas
greatest irrigation enterprise
The finished work viii represent an
expenditure OF s2.5Qo.000
The completion of the project, il is
estimated will mean within FIVE years
an Increased taxable valuation for the
state of Idaho OF $4,000 G06. and an in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
Tunnel Through Island.

The tunnel. which was completed
some time ago, and through which the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
All Eyes on St. Louis.

All eyes are on st. Louis. There
will be more national history made
there in a day next week than was
made in three days at Chicago during
the republican national convention.
Not before in the history of national
politics has more interest been mani
fest in a great convention than is
shown in the approaching democratic
gathering at st. Louis. This unmis-
taxable condition is due not so much
to the anticipation of heated contro-
versy as il is significant of the ear
nest state of the public mind in gen
eral. Quite markedly in contrast is
it with the painful apathy that was SC
characteristic of the proceedings at
Chicago that were dominated by the
man whom everybody was for but
whom nobody wanted"
The democrats who go to st. Louis
to nominate national ticket will not
find their work cut out for them in ad-
vance. They will participate in fact
in the doings, and no matter how
widely may be the honest differences
of opinion on the question of most
available candidates, out of the pro
ceedings will come a man whom all
democrats may enthusiastically sup
port and a platform on which all good
democrats may safely stand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
Saturday, July 2, 1904.

The prohibitions cannot get along
without their little Swallow, after all.
Quincy Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
Where the Speaker Stumbled.

Speaker Cannon did not always keep
his feet in the course of that ''ramble"
of his before the republican national
convention. He occasionally stun
bled. and in the following case he
stumbled badly:
In the last two years the wind and
the water that came from overcapital-
ization in forming the so-called trusts
have been squeezed out, and there are
people who make mouth bets about
the price of watered companies and
companies that have gas on top of the
water made by the printing press GER
tificates. Oh. they stand around and
say. Why. there is the most extra
ordinary shrinkage in values that was
ever known How much. oh. good
many hundreds OF millions; the Wall
Street Journal says over $1,000, 000,-
000.' daughter and applauSe). And
yet every dollar of property, every
particle of property that was repre-
scented by this over-capitaliZation two
years ago is yet with us. daughter
and applause). Now all the fools that
bet il to go down and all the fools
that bet it to go up can fight it out.
1t don't make one particle of differ
ence to the 100000 of people who
live in the sweat of their faces and
do a legitimate business" CAP.
plause.)
Thus Mr. Cannon admits the enor-
nous shrinkage in quoted values, ridi-
cules. the idea of its having any sub
stantial meaning, and then goes on 10
talk of the hard times of the Cleveland
administration.
The Springfield Republican wonders
whether Uncle Joe ever thought of
asking himself the question whether
it was not equally true of the hard
times of eight and ten years ago that
every dollar of property, every par
ticle of property that was represented
by this Tor former overcapitaliZation
did not yet remain with the country.
But that was the fact. whether the
speaker can see it so or not. Real
property did not take wings and fly
then any more than il has of late.
IL was a case then of shrinkage in
accepted valuations as much and no
more so than il is now. and while the
consequences of the present shrinkage
have been by no means as far-reaching
and d:S; :-bing as was the case then,
they are far from being of that un-
substantial character which is repre-
Eented.
And right here we have the whole
explanation of the difference between
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

what is called prosperity and what is
called hard times, and the cause of
each. Prosperity in its extreme
phases is a state of popular overval-
uatiOn of properties and enterprises.
People come 10 feel richer than is real
ly the case. They tend accordingly TO
consume goods and make commit
ments beyond their means, and as
consumption expands production leaps
forward and appearances for the mo-
ment take on every feature of perma-
nent reality. But a crisis inevitably
succeeds. -Over-cOnsumption cannot
go on but stops, production for i'm
mediate use spills over into over-prO
duction, glut and reaction succeed
and a process of reyaluation ensues
which is usually carried TO the ex
| IRENE of differentiation. People then
lose confidence in pretty much all
values and rush from over-consump-
| ton TO under-consumptiOn; and a state
of hard times" is brought about. II
| is naturally, therefore, as impossible
to experience extreme prosperity
without reaction and depression as il
is 10 have hard times" without re
covery and another swing of the pen
| dulum.
| 1t must be observable, then, that
what we see going on under high
tariff differs only in degree and not at
all in kind from what went on IL
years ago when the tariff was about 10
| be reduced and under the reduction
which was made. AS high tariff
| l.. IN
ton of that industrial reaction which
brings more or less of a measure OF
depression and hard times it can
not be considered a primary creator
of good times; and tariff reduction
necessarily becomes an alleged cause
of the reaction ten years ago, which
we must question so far as to cast il
out altogether.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
Plumbers the Farmer.

The policy of protection has. from
the beginning Of our government. been
u burden, and a heavy one, upon the
farmer. 1t is pity that our farmers.
who are the backbone OF protection to-
day, could not read and learn the les
sons of history. What Congressman
Smith of South Carolina said in our
first congress, in 1889. is as true today
as il was then. He said:
at has been said. and justly said, sir,
that the states which adopted the con-
stitudon expected it's administration
would be conducted with a favorable
hand. The manufacturing states
wished the encouragement of manu-
features, the maritime states the en-
enlargement of shipbuilding and the
agricultural states the encouragement
OF agriculture. We have laid heavy
duties upon foreign goods to encour-
age domestic manufactures, we are
now about TO lay n tonnage duty for
the encouragement of commerce, but
has any one step been taken to en-
courage the agricultural states? So
far from it that all that has been done
operates against their interest, every
duty we have laid will be heavily felt
by South Carolina. while nothing has
been done to assist or even encourage
her or her agriculture"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
Gettysbure and valley Forge

Indianapolis Sentinel: 'Mr. Roose-
welt happens to be president of the
United States. 1t happens because a
monstrous thing was done by a luna,
tic-but a criminally responsible lun-
attic. AS president he is given many
opportunities to make addresses on
fields historic and sacred. On Deco
ration day he spoke at Gettysburg and
on last Sunday, which was 'Evacua'
ton day" he spoke at Valley Forge.
These things are not to his discredit,
but one is naturally reminded that
Mr.. Roosevelt does not belong to the
Washington or Lincoln class. Ii is a
long cry from Valley Forge and Gettys-
burg to the present occupant of the
White House-the accidental occu
pant. In the speeches he made at
both places he no doubt did the best
he could, but there was a lack-a dis
tressing lack. There were words and
words. but they did not reach up.
They were metallic. And yet, with
ont opposition. he is to be the candi'
date for the presidency of the party
of Lincoln, But is it the party of Lin
coin. after all? This question is worth
considering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
The shortest legal argument ON r

The shortest legal argument on rec
ord was made the other day at Battle
Creek, Mich. A well known character
about town was put on trial for the
theft of whip from a farmers bug
gy. His attorney made a long speech.
contending that he had merely Dor
rowed the whip to kill a rat. Then
the prosecuting attorney arose, looked
at the jury, uttered the one word.
Rats" and sat down. That was
enough. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty without leaving their seats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

What the bosses of the republican
party like and what the rank and file
of that party must have are not one
and the same thing and hence there
will be many republicans vote the dem
ocratic ticket this fall Roosevelt and
Fairbanks look good to the bosses of
the republican party. but they are not
taking very well with the rank and
file
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
inst For Effect.

Mrs. Henpcck put on your
Turkish cap ana smoking jacket and
spend the evening at home. Won't
you. dear?
Mr. Henpeck-Huh! Beginning to
appreciate my society at last, hey.
Mrs. Henpeck--It isn't that. l want
you to sit in the new coy corner to
give the effect!-San Francisco Exam
iner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

The postoffice at Bluffdale, Ill, es-
tablished in 1929 and conducted ever
since in the same house by two gen
erations of the Russell family, has
been discontinued because of the rural
delivery. John Russell was the first
postmaster and his sons, Spencer and
w. A. J. Russell, succeeded him at
various times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

Two Japanese spies. disguised as or
gan grinders. were arrested in a Rus
sian town. The Japs never can hope
TO hold the sympathy of Americans if
they send organ grinders out into the
world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

Talk about candidates for the demo
cratic nomination for president. The
Springfield Register says there are
more democratic candidates than
there are republicans who are pleased
with the nomination of Roosevelt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DIR. King s
New Life Pills These pills change
weakness into strength, listlessness
into energy, brain-fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in build
ing up the health. Only % cents per
box. Sold by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
BY THE ). w. POTTER co.

TERMS-DaiIy, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance
All communications of argumenta-
tive character, political or religious,
must have real name attached for pub
ncation. No such articles will be print
ed over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill I'm
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

John d. Rockefeller didn't even
cross his fingers when he read the
antitrust plank in the republican plat
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12
TOYS OF QUEEN VICTORIA,
Baby Days of the Late British Ruler Recalled-Exhibit at Kensing-
 ton Palace.

The toys and playthings ot Queen Victoria, which in their in trinsic value do not compare with the priceless jubilee presents, will appeal to the sentiment of all who see them, says the Minneapolis Tribune. They are at the replica of the Orangery at Kensington palace, the birthplace of the queen.
 When a child she spent many happy hours in the quaint old building, designed more than 200 years ago for the famous Queen Anne.
 Some of the dolls bear the marks of the affection lavished upon them by the little princess. The arm off one, the leg off another and the paint rubbed from their cheeks.
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12
Ages of Presidents.

Washington was 67 when he died; John Adams 90, Jefferson S3, Madison 85, Monroe 73, John Quincy Adams 80, Jackson IS, Van Buren 79, William Henry Harrison 6S, Tyler 72, Polk 53, Taylor 65, Fillmore "A, Pierce GA, Buchanan 77, Lincoln 56, Johnson, 66, Grant 63, Hayes 70, Garfield 49, Arthur 56, Benjamin Harrison
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12
BIG TREES LIFE STORY.
Wonderful Recuperative Power of a California Forest Giant-Record
 in Its Rings.


 A letter by William Russel Dudley to Senator o. H. Platt, ac- cording to the Detroit Free Press, says:
 A remarkable recuperative power following an injury was found after examination of the I Sequoias of the Converse basin. 1 The effects of certain tremendous I forest fires occurring centuries ago are registered in the trunks of these trees and the record completely concealed by subse- \ quent healthy growth. Among a number of similar cases the most instructive record of these ancient forest fires was observed in a tree of moderate size-abour 15 feet in diameter-5 feet from the ground. It was 270 feet in height and 2,171 years old. I This tree when felled had an enormous surface burn on one side 30 feet in height and occu- pying IS feet of the circumfer- ence of the tree; this was found to have ben due to fire occurring in A. D. 1797. The tree when cut, in 1900, had already occupied itself for 103 years in it's efforts to repair this injury, it's method being the ingrowing of the new tissue from each margin of the great black wound. When the tree was cut the records of three oher fires were revealed. The his tory of the tree was as follows:
 271 B. c. it began it's existence.
 The first year of the Christian era it was about four feet in di- | ameter above the base.
 254 A. D., at 516 years of age, occurred a burning on the trunk three feet wide. One hundred and five years were occupied i'll covering this wound with new tissue. For 1,196 years no fur. ther injuries were registered.
 1441 A. D., at 1,712 years of age, the tree was burned a sec ond time in two long grooves one and two feet wide, respectively. Each had it's own system of re pair.
 One hundred and thirty -nine years of growth followed, includ- ing the time occupied by covering the wounds.
 1880 A. D., at 1851 years ot age, occurred another fire, caus ing burn on the trunk two feet wide, which took 56 years to GOV CT with new tissue.
 Two hundred and seventeen years of growth followed this burn.
 1797 A. D., when the tree was 2,O68 years old, a tremendous fire attacked it, burning the great scar IS feet wide. ..sss. One hundred and three years between 1797 and 1900, had en abled the tree to reduce the ex posed area of the burn to about IA feet in width.
 It is to be noted that in each ot the three older burns there was a thin cavity occupied by the charcoal of the burned surface, but the wounds were finally fully covered and the new tissue above was full, even, continuous, and showed no sign of distortion or of the old wound.
 II TOYS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12
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Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12
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Newport daily independent., 1904-04-12

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