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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

here in regard to Manchuria, as ex-
pressed in these dispatches yesterday.
IMPRESSES VIENNA FAvORABLY.
Vienna, Feb. 1.-THE note OF Score
tary Hay has created a favorable i'm
preston in diplomatic circles here, and
NJ. Maxine, the Japanese minister, has
expressed his satisfaction with 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
TRACK SETTLES AGAIN.
400 Feet of Salt Lake Embankment
Goes Down Into Water.

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 12-Another settling
of track has occurred on the Southern
Pacifc's Ogden-Lucin cutoff across Salt
lake This time about 400 feet of track is
reported to be affected, the settling rang
ing from a few inches to four feet. The
engineers believe that this is about the
last difficulty that will be encountered.
They say the present sinking is not at
all serious and indicates that solid bot
tom has been encountered at last.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

cheerfu1y
medicine all female
I troubled
female Had headache bache and such pains
hardly walk the
"a medicine which
was 1 annnn thankfu everyd day for nycu
do ANDERSON,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
aunboat Rams q Collier.

steamer San Jose, Just arrived from
South American ports, brought the infor-
nation that the United States naval col
Iier Hero had been ramrned by the gun
boat Concord in the harbor of Panama
The injuries sustained by the collier were
so serious that she had to be beached-
The Concord was not injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

spans, the channel span being GIL feet
long, the spans on each side of the
channel are 521 feet long and the two
end spans 51S1a feet long. The bridge
is double-tracked and is 231 feet high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

81 tell what remedies
would have spells everything ard would
doctor medicine
table Compound L began to improve
advise all a tra"MR
9E Above a ara s . G P b .ss1S sa
e. Co, Lynn,M /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
snottar Furze Arrested.

Dick Furze, the ex-spotter who is
often before the courts, was arrested
Thursday on a warrant from the city
court charging him with stealing some
clothing from NJ. E. Donnelly Of 412 East
Fifth street Furze's bond was placed
at $500 which he could not furnish. He
went to jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
Move Headquarters to Chicago.

Omaha, Neb., Feb 12-It is announced
that the offices of the Trans Missouri
Omaha to Chicago March 1. w. K Cum
din- who has been in charge OF the bu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
Two would Be Doctors.

DR.. D. T. Nicholl and DR.. E. W. Eliin-
as county physician and health officer.
EIIjnger holds the position at present. Tho
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
EXTRAORDINARY

Thousands suffer from a hacking cough
who might be CURED by Piso's Cure. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12


If there
wider
Ills She has helped hundreds thousands
foolish if do her kind invitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

London, Feb. X.-With regard 10
Secretary Hays note to the powers on
the neutrality and integrity of China,
the British government foreign office
saws it sees no reason why the PROPOSE
ton regarding China proper should not
be Joined in by all the powers but the
government shares the views of
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

zines @iI6pogcns utto tpur6e erbeb-
Ii6 an Der ltnfen Seite berIett. Ger
auti6er oe3 8ogens brodte ben
8noben in Oeiien eIterIi6e 8obnung.
9ie eriten o@beiaPeafe
8ap Slabs" puroeu geiteru ouf
ben 0arft gebradt, uno 5tpor befan-
6en It6 oarunter 9ra6teremplare
oieier 6iihiorte.
SdGtttihubfabren m
g atterion 8urf." SIM
,8atterion . @ort" mar e~eitern Der
@ootfee ben gon5en Gag binburd
BON S6ItttibubIdufern frequentirt,
uno ou8 S6IittidubIdufen mar bis
nm II llbr 9tbeu0s geitattet. auf
Dem neuen gee lit bos Sis nod gu
oiinn nm ou8 2aufen auf oenielben
81 geitotten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16
@rGn0e.

Stom ORB. Conn, ID. 9ej. -
0n5 beige o8rano Opera Souie,"
III iueIdem iih ollBer Dem Gbeater
5lpei @eid1ItS(doen, cine an3obl
8iirealtr mo sic Snlle Der ySoo
8eloiu8 . 2oge" befonoen, puroe
beltte @orgen Ourh 6euer 5eritort.
Wfit Wtiibe gelang es ser 6elerluebr,
OuS ongren5enoe arcooe.8 ebGuoe, in
melhem ooS SoltptpoItomt eingerid)-
tet lit, 5lt rctten. Ger 8dhter oes
5erItorten SpernbouieS lit s. Sc.
Sopt, ser oltd Observation-Disclosures
gen in Den StGoten 0erbp uno Ror.
mali, Conn, Icitet. Der 9ranoihu.
oen miro allf 100000 berehnet.
ATLANTA, Ga, fl. DECEMBER. -
z. 81. Snlutcle'5 groBe 8iebbofe
itebelt III Slonmen uno idtuerer Ser
lllit itebt in altsltdt. Hegen uno
S6Ioiieu fallen uto oo3 8etter lit
uuBerqclp0bnli6 toIt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16
Ius Dem SnuerH NargInub's nnS
ben %uugren5enben StGaten.
u oti5en.


Die Soiion fir Die Sugo ouf Wfos
iGu5ratten bcginnt beute, Conner
flag, 1no ihlteBt am 10. MGr5. Sn
pielen Counties oeS Situfer8 oetoie.
men iih Sdger manheS Sobr mebrere
Sunoert Collars nit oieiem Sport.
Su 8eIair puroen Clarence S. Gn-
geImann in ieirer 9loge gegen Die
,WorDlono = Stobl 60" $1,000 SIT.
%9eIprofen.
3urd ooS 8erihtpinoen oes &c.
ih1itSfiibrcrS s, @. Groipforo bon
Der ,Warplono Yroouce Grhange" in
SogerStonn Iino ole 6ormer in iener
@egeno um nnbe5u $4,000 beI6win.
oeIt iporoen.
Sn annapoli5 bat Elm 9ron0 III Ser
8obnung oeS Scnots.S efretGr8 3o.
bert WtoB einen SAooen bon ca. $500
ongeridtet.
Sn SunfStoipn bat ser 6orner 6.
&. Soiporo Elm S6luein geihIadtet,
iueIheS ooS Observation-Disclosures
bon 55t Hfuno bate.
Sn charlottesville, &a., bat Iid
ser % Sabre oIte SEQ. ". Sill, ein
friiberer NngcitclIter Der oSoutbern
9ubn," eriboiien.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16
n'lpillpuueillp5

3onnpfer n3eelano" am II. 9e5.
mad @nttperpen.
9ampfer y2ucania" an II. 9e5.
nod 2iuerpool.
9ompIer ngitoria" am II. 9ej.
nod 8losgon.
Gampfer oSefIa" an1 II. 9e5. nnG
Copenhagen.
9unlpfer oYtonitol," am II. 9es.
nad Sonoor.
Sampler oRcus9ort" am II. 9c5.
nah Soutbompton.
9Oampfer ~9elsrnpio" or II.
0e5. mad Sontburg.
Gompier DSlooonia" an 20. 9e5.
mad Heopel mo 8eullo.
9ompier oGittd oi Sorino" ont 81.
3ej. mad NeapeI uno 8eniid.
9ompfer Yllniteo States" ont 81.
0e5. nod Copenhagen.
9antpicr rNteieitic" oit 81. 9ej.
mad 2%iperpool.
Gompfer "&otterbam" an, 81. Gej.
nod 8otterbam.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

am 26. December lpurOcn 6eenoet uno
Elm Gomite ernonnt nm sic Norrenz
Gibung 5u arrongircu. Qieies 60.
mite beItcbt aus Den So. Geo. SIM
meIbcber, Or. s, ScmpeI, 81. Gel
mann, Gbrilt. @oier uno 6. @eis.
Gin aftipes glitgIico murOe oufae.
uommen.
@efongoerein uGtHcns
Franz"
Der @eiaugperCin nGi6enfron5"
belt gcItern sIbenO in S. S6miOfs
Sole, ode 3. llno @ouabItrose,
SigbIanotopn, feline rcgeImGBige
Siugitunoe ab, Die icbr itorf bclud)t
mar. Sn Der @ei6dftSijbung lpur.
ben inter 8orlib oea @rn. geniamiu
Oeo uno ser Brototoufiibruuq oeS
Srn. Serrp @ieiefing ole 8orbcrei-
tlrngen fir Die @eibnodt5feier am
%. Os. MtS, beenoigt, Gin uttioc3
Olitalico mrroe Gligcnommcn, uno
Sr. @iciefing erItottctc cinen 9erid)t
iibcr sic Ieete GeIcgotcniiBung ser
Ser. SGnger."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

untCt 6mercr anflage.
- cSm noroli6cnS totionSbnllie luitr.
DC geItcrn Der t6 Sabre olte @eorg
@crlod) bon Nr. 1928, gnitern.9 lpe.,
Dem @crid)tSperfobren untcr oer9lli.
ifuloigrng ii6erwieien, elmer Drill.
dcrei IN Sompocn, fir wcldc er oils
6l,brmnnn ongeItcllt luar, $27.32 bel
Dem Goaeftiren unteri6la9en SIT bl.
ben. Der anobe mar Ole ein5igeStii.
be ieiner beriuittpeten Mlltter.
@ar WomenSpetter D G 8
GaroinalS. - Ter fleinc Sobn
6es Goli5ilten s. $. Snurin lit ON
Wontog in Der 8ebouiung ieinerGl.
tern, Rr. 1910, SiamonItroBe, &C.
itorben. Gr bieB Somcs Gibbons
Sourin, mad Oenl aorbinnl getauft
mn 2eBterer nobnt groBes Sntereiie
an linn. Boli5iit Snurin'S 9ienlt.
Heuier ifliebt Die 8obnung oeSGor.
oitalS ein.
gei'm e hltttenfobre n
p@erIcst. Ger Z Sabre olte
Seronte giurpbp bon gtr. 925, SIt,
Gogeritrabe, gerietb 9~eltcrn Nnhmit-
tog bei'n S6littenfobren ot Der
enior', 5wiifen gaeerItraBe unO
Giblano.aOenue, unter Die R1oer
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16
Ger araipolG Yro5eB in
8omeL

8omcL, HlIBlon0, II. 9c5ember.
49, @Gbreno Scr bcltigcn Sttu1g oeS
@eri6tS, lpeld)eS Ole fir Die llnruben
I'M September 1903 ueronttuortliden
WtGnner pro5cilirt, idiIoertc eirt reller
3eugc, eir geomter, feline
EerIude, Die gnn5 me6atiif mo
o6nc beionocrc 2tuiregitng ronooli'
rcn0cn Nrbciter 81 %bcrubigcr. Ger
3cliQe logte, IS bate bios GINGER
cncrgiihen 9cfeble bcourit, Inn oen
ltnrltbcn Elm Gn0e 5lt mod)et. ST
lcnftc Die NltfmerfIumfeit ueri6ieoe.
lcr YOIi5ei.O ifi5iere alif oieic Sbat-
iohc, nber feline @ortc iuuroen BON
oieicn nid)t beoftct. Der 3eltge bate
longc bon bcu beoorItebenoen @ir.
rem gcbort, eDe lie lid creigneten.
Not6 in 9cBarabien.
&iihineff ii. 0e5ember. -
Ger 9iitritt 3cntittuo bat $t05,0OO
gum &auf bon 9ro6 mo sur Croft.
mtlg bon @etrcioe an Die Notbleioeu-
Den 5un a%oitcnpreile beipiligt, oa Die
Sduolcr oIc8@etreioc in oen0orfern
ouffnuien mo eS 5unt Oreirol 10 30.
ben Yreiie wicoer uerfoufcn. Ger
3cntitipo ifldgt Dor. Den Gerfoitf Die.
ler SlrtiteI an Snoibioucn ouf 200
YfunO 5lt Backgammon.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

alf griuden 6e8 @igentbiimer8 70.
fort obge5ogen luuroe; an Sennie &c
@eop uno Sulanna 8iuiamS fir
gtr. Z, Observation-Disclosures, $791,
Napor Eimonus un%ter5eitnete
geiteru Die ougemeine Steueroeroro'
nllnG.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

D8eitIi6 10 arpG sc +
y obn H." - gtGdIten Wontoo be,
ginnt ein nellcr Abihnitt i'm 9etrie6c
Der ~@eItlifcn Wnrpl1noer 9o6n"
lett lie inter Scr Gontrole oes ,0d.
boib.S pitem8" lit. an oieIem Gaze
iuerben nomlid) gum eriten Nale
Foiiogier5iigG bon bier brett mad,
Soncod n10 5uriid fnbren., Gesglei.
den miro 6rodt fir bic Stotioncn,
ioiuie nod) Oem Siioen uno @elten
in Den bcridieoenen GepotS oergobn
ongenommen. Won iebe had oelt
Gn5ei9cn al anoerer SteIle oeS
,0eutifen Gorrei2onoenten."
y Bum @eiten bes yMorDlGnoer
@efangenen SiilfS @ereins" finbet
belGte 2lbeno III Sebmonn'S Sane Elm
CONCERT itatt, iiir meltes ais Gintritt
cin Collar feItgeiest lit. SIN Snter.
ciic Ocs gllten 8irfenS bes 8ereirs
pcroicnt onS CONCERT einen icbr Itor.
fen Yeilif.
Srgantfirnng Der &Ici.
BERN h erinner. I'm Der
9%citrigcn Sisnng per Baltimore
6e0eration Of 2obor" belt SRI. 2i1ic
6rcOeIif BON indianapolis, aSno.,
Gtqlniiotorilt Der rDtdnteImod,er.
%liniorL" cine entbuiioItiide Gcoc.
SRI. 5reoerif pin bier Die lronen,
tuelde Wdntel naben, gu elmer Union
orgoniiiren.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16
Grganiiirtcs @Oblt6un.

SobreSberi6t be8 ~&ercinS sur Ser.
beIIerung Ser Gage ser 9(rmen."
49, Notbitouo unO &dItc perurio-
den cine beOelttcnoc @ebrou8-
Qobc. - I'm 3ulcnourrg bon frei-
miQigen 9eitrGaen 9ebcten. -
lleber $4,000 criorocrli6.
Der SO. SabreSberibt OcSn &erein8
sur 8erbeiierun9 ser Gage Scr gr-
men" mel6er nit Dem 80. Scptenls
Der 1904 enoet, lit iocbcn im DRUID
erifienen. 9erieIbc entb0lt cine
2iIte Ser 8eanlten uno 0ireftoren
Ger @eieai6oft fir OoS Iolrfenoe
Sobr, einen @e9mciicr, Ole Central
uno 3iItrifts . 8iireour, eincn Spe.
5iolberid)t oeS 9irettoriumS iiber oie
Nrbeiten pdbreno oeS nergongenen
SobreS, cine fur3e Sti55e, betitelt
Gin Gag in @eleuihoit zines Igen.
ten Scr 8eieuidoft," Sabeqen, tpet-
DIE Die Arbeit Der @eieui6oft oe8 am
30. September poIcnoeten Sobre8
5ei9en, eineu 9erift oeS @enerol-
S6obmeiIterS uno cine 9iite oerBer-
ionen, lpeIde Der @eieai6oft 8er.
mG6tniiie binterIniien bobeu, 2iiteu
Der Broteftoret utto lebenSldrglider
Mitglteoer.
Dem 6inon5bertft entnebmen mir
folgenoe 6nbele' iiber Die glltSgnben
i'm &ergleih gum oorbergebenOen
Sabre: o..
Sei5moterio( 1908 $t624.79, 1904
$2355.84; 2ebcnsmittel 1903 $5427..
26, 1904 $S7t5.S6; &taufen 9i1t
1903 $4209.O7, 1904 $579i.O4; Spc.
5iulbiilfe 1903 Sa03.45, 1904 $443,s
48; GiS 1903 $780, 8 1901 $179.4O;
Stills = 0toteriulien 1903 SIT ,609.t8,
1904 $17,485.62; aoHflnIien 1908
$2l4.6i, 1904 $267.62. 3otol . Gin.
nobmcn 1908 $22,2SS.55 1904 $27-
075.70; Gotol Z Ausgobcn 1903 $22,.
1854; 1904 $27,904JS9.
Der Nusmeis fir 6os yobr 1904
5eigt cine geluulti9e 3lnobme Der
Slrbeiten Der @eieQidoit, pcld5c
boitptlGdlid ouf ben ftrergen 8iu.
ter 5rriif 81 fiibren lit. 9nS 9irefs
torium berihtet, ooB ole Iilsgaben
Oieies Sabr INN $1,000 b6ber tuorclt,
alS III irgeno eilten Sabre felt Dem
groBen 8li55oro in 1899. Gle Nus.
goben ocS 8ereinS fir oo8 louienoc
Sobr iueroen auf $25,000 geih1bt,
bon mcld)er Summe $4,000 ourdJ
frcipiQigc 9eitr19e oifgebrodt iuers
Den miiIien. Nad I65rg Der fret
tuiaigcn Gontributionen ocs Srn.
Senrb 8olterS bat Der Bercin bon
ben 9iirgern Der Stoot ungefGgr
3luci Gents pro &opf crbolten. Der
ScfretGr @oIter 9. llfforO mod)t
ooroui oltfmcrfiont, Dob 6oS GoQef.
tiren' bon fleincn 9eitrGgen 3u foIt-
ipiclig lit uno baB oaber freitpiai9e
@eitrGge ant 9citen oireft an Den
S6obmeiIter S6omoS 6. Bono, 9tr.
f01, BeIt SarotogoItroBe, geianot
perOen iollten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

Die Baiiagtere Ser rOIo
Ban mi e" iueroet bon iebt oil
1le an ben Eiers Gr. 10, If, II ut0
13, SiebtitroBe, gelanoet, unb Die
Baiiagier . Station an Der Concord.
StraBe miro gGn5lif abgei6afft.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1904-12-16

Snt arcis9eridt bat Hi6tcrS 6arp
9eItern entihicoer, ooB @ltguit Gem.
inert III 3ufunft feline alinncnte mebr
an leine Srou Barbara 2cmmcrt 3u
bc5a6len bralift, ood muB cr i6r
ole aniualtSgebiibren erieben, Oanlit
lie iid in ocm SdeiOungs 8 8ro5eB
oertbeioigen fam. &emmert bate
Der 8rou, tpelde felt flint Sobren BON
ibm meg lit, in letter 3eit Die S. pro
Wode nifyt be5oblt uno wiGs nod,
Dob Die 6rnlt bel ibrem 8cg9eben
einen 8ertrag nit ibm genlaft babe,
lponad iie i'd mit$20O obiinom IieB.
Die Bopierc pliroen porgclegt mo
ST. 2entnrer bclpies, boB lid ieinGilt.
fomnten nid)t iibcr $t2 pro 8od)e
beloufe. Inrulii entidieo ser Rid.
ter, ooB Die Jrnu iid orlrd ben Ser.
trng Die alimente peri6er5t babe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24

has already outstripped her mines, so in few years will Montana's farming lead her mines.
 With lands of surpassing fertility, in which agricultural plant food has lain stored for centuries, with no drenching rains to leach them away, and with a magnificent water supply from the rain and snows which fall upon the high peaks and water sheds of the continental divide Montanas fat cattle and sheep. splendid fruit, heavy grains and varied agricul- tural products will become widely fa- nous.
 Great Agricultural Wealth.
 'The next ten years, said a prominent official of the government reclamation service. in speaking of the great present and coming development of the far north west, will see Montana lead all the west ern states in the area of her irrigated land. Her agricultural future is assured and brilliant. She has the land and she has the waterfall that are needed in the arid region to produce fabulous wealth."
 Montana has an area equal to that of France. She has, it has often been stated by various authorities, with all her great water supply conserved and made to ir- rigate her rich lands, room for as dense a population as that of France.
 Over three-ffths of this, great state Is drained by the Missouri river and It's big
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24
Care That Prevented Horror.

From the New York World.
 A train was running away down a steep grade on Saluda mountain in North Carolina. The speed increased with every foot travelled. The air. brakes would not work. Trainmen were helpless, passengers in state of hopeless fear.
 Just at the moment when the worst was expected the train ran up a short incline and stopped. Yesterday morn. ing in the New York papers, in place of the lists ot de and injured that might have been, there was the story of how safety switch had worked and had saved many lives.
 In1s was story of preparation. The railroad company in North Carolina knew of ce-taln- dread possibilities on it's route. It pro.ided against them and has reaped in the happy conclu- sion of a terribly threatening incident the reward TOT it5 forethought.
 When the Slocum took fire in the East river the first fact revealed about the boat was lac-l of preparation against the horror then impending. Yet the possibility of what was hap ming Lad be demonstrated many times-with what skould have been everlasting force in the case of the Seawaahaka.
 What is the difference in the educa- tion of passenger-carrying corporations which brings it about that in North Carolina they take care while in New York they take chances?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24
CAT RELEASED FROM PRISON.
Animal Had Been Behind Brick Walls
 for Nearly Two Years.

New York, July 23.--After nearly two years Imprisonment between brick walls four stories high and only little more than a few inches apart a cat has been rescued by means of lariat. The feline dropped into the crevice when it was only few weeks old and has been there ever since-fed and cared for by families in the buildings
 The prison which It occupied so long Is between two buildings in East Fourth street. The crevice is closed front and back, and partly at the top by tin roof ing. Efforts which the kitten made dur ing the early days of it's imprisonment to climb up the slippery walls only to fall back, were watched with sympathy by the nefghbors. and they became divid- ed Into factions-those who thought the kitten ought to be killed and relieved of It's misery. and those who held that while there was life there was hope The latter fed the cat and gave 1t water by means of long string. Discontented neighbors many times threw in chunks of poisoned liver, but the animal never touched it.
 Meanwhile the cat grew and every effort was made to release 1t, but without suc- cess. few days ago the story became generally known and came to the notice of an ex-cowboy who with an old lariat soon dragged the cat from It's prison, thus removing a source of much worry to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24
Changing Course of Nature.

The project for storing the flood waters of the MIX river in Northern Montana under the direction of Engineer Cyrus c. Babb of the geological survey, is one of the first great works investigated by the government engineers, even before the passage of the national irrigation act. This involves huge dams and canals, and will reclaim, when carried to fuli com pletion, a very large area-probably half a million acres-of exceedingly rich land in the already famous Milk river valley. It will be famous engineering exploit, by which the water now flowing into the Saskatchewan, and thence Into Hudson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24

diverron propositions without expensive danlf ana the cost has been vary light; land reclamation averaging according to theb ls0o census, but s4.s2 per acre. The opportunities are legion where bands of twenty or forty or one hundred enter prsing farmers with a little money and with their strong arms and good teams ,s1ay build diversion or storage dams and lead the water out upon 1e0-acre home stead claims, building up homes upon the desert which will make each and every one of them prosperous and wealthy. The great productivity of Montana's lands is shown by the census figures. The total amount invested in ditehes in Montana up to June 1, 1900, was s4.sSs.07s. while the total value of irrigation products for the one year, 1899 was s7.2SO. O.042.
 At the rate of increase in farming and irrigation In the state during the last cessus decade the next ten years will see Montana's cultivated area trebled if not quardrupled, even leaving out of consld- eration the vast reclamation works pro- posed by the Federal government under the national irrigation law,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24

tributaries, such as the Yellowstone. the Jefferson, the MIX river and other branches. Strong rivers these are rush ing down out of their mountain fast nesses-the Absaroka, the Snowy, the Big Horn and the Wind river range where at elevations of eight, ten and eleven thousand feet the snows are per- petual melting under the summer suns and furnishing a constant water supply, especially in the late summer when 1t IS most needed for irrigation.
 Much has already been accomplished by cooperative effort in irrigation among farmers The irrigated area, according to the census figures has increased the past two years at the rate of about 100000 acres year and now aggregating 1.14o,o0o acres. This has been accomplished by the cooperation of small communities and some of the most successful examples are seen at such places as Hinsdale and Chinook In the Great Milk river valley where farmers have combined, taking up land under the flve-year homestead law and constructing their own irrigation works, thus owning the land and the water and paying no rent or tribute to water companies or water bond-holders.
 Cost of Irrigated Homes.
 Most of these works have been simply
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bay will be carried into the Missouri
 basin and ultimately reach the Gulf of
 Mexico. The government has also. taken
 up the Fort Buford project in Eastern
 Montana and North Dakota and is like
 wise preparing to spend $2,500,0O0 in the Wyoming -Shoshone project which will re-
 claim some of the lands of Southern Mon-
 tana. These are the most advanced of
 the government works In various other
 parts of the state the national hydro graphers are making reconnoissances and
 surveys, Investigating reservoir sites and reclaimable areas.
 A serious menace, however, to the ag- ricultural future of the state lies in the tendency to land absorption into immense private holdings, which have resulted largely through the abuse of the desert
 land act and the commuters clauses of
 the homestead act, under which govern
 ment land is entered by spectators and
 dummies and not by actual settlers. w. W. Woodbridge. president of the Montana
 Fruit Growers association, in a recent address cited eleven great ranches in
 Montana with an average acreage of 55,-
 900 and showed satisfactorily the greater benefit which would have come to the state had these been settled up into sev- eral thousand small farms and occupied
 by settlers and their families. There
 seems to be a strong sentiment through
 out the state for the repeal of these laws leaving only the original homested law which has worked so successfully In