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The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
Irrigation Fund.


Apropos of the formal approval by
the Secretary of the Interior of new
irrigation projects under the reclama-
tion law in California, Oregon and the
Dakotas, the Interior Department to-
day issued a statement covering the
disposition of the reclamation fund.
which is in part as follows:
These approvals mark practically
the close Of the preliminary or tenta-
tive stage Of reclamation work. The
projects in each state and territory are
now well outlined and provisions made
for all of the available funds.
During the two years which have
nearly elapsed since the passage of the
reclamation law. efforts have been
concentrated on general examinations
and comparison of the merits of vari-
Gus projects; these have now been Sc
lected and approved. contingent upon
securing the water rights and lands at
reasonable cost. and perfecting all de-
tails partly completed. The situation
in each state and territory is as fol-
lows:
"Arizona-Salt river project. under
consideration at estimated cost of
about 100000.
"California-Yumap project. approved
construction by secretary at cost Of
about 100000.
Colorado-Uncompah projec-. in
volving an expenditure of $2.500.0O0.
"Idaho-Minidoka project, for which
about $2.600,0 900 has been Professionally
allotted. ~
"Montana-Milk river project-gen-
eral allotment of $1.500.000.
"Nevada-Truckee Carson project.
under construction at cost of about
$3.00O,0OO.
New Mexico-Hondo project, at a
cost of approximately $35O.OO
North Dakota-Fort Buford project.
taking water from Yellowstone river,
in Montana, at a cost of about 81 ,000,-
900.
"Utah-Conservation of water in
Utah lake at cost of about $1,000. 900.
"Washington-Recla of land
near Pasco at a cost of $1,500,0OO.
"Wyoming-The storage and diver
sion of Shoshone river. near Cody, for
which $2.250. 900 has been set aside.
I'm all. the projects outlined will
cost 27,250.000. and will require for
construction two or three years; they
will reclaim. in round numbers. 1.00O,-
900 acres of land. all of which will be
susceptible of intense cultivation. and
should be capable of supporting a pop
ulation of 500 900 or more persons. The
money expended in constructing these
works is derived from the disposal of
the public lands. The expenditures are
to be returned by installments to the
reclamation fund, and be used over
again in building other works. many of
which are now under preliminary ex-
animation, data being acquired SO that
the work can proceed as rapidly as the
money becomes available"
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
Canal Commission Rules.

President Roosevelt had long con-
ference with Secretaries Hay and Taft
and Attorney General Knox. at which
the regulations to govern the Isthmian
canal commission were determined on
finally.
While the creation and work of the
commission is committed by law to
the President. whose authority in that
regard is practically supreme. the
President, by the regulations. directs
that the commission shall exercise its
powers under the direction and super
vision of the secretary of war.
General George w. Davis, the army
member of the commission. is appoint
ed governor of the American zone on
on the Isthmus. Until the expiration
of the Fifty eighth Congress. the 18th
mian commission will exercise legis-
lative authority over the American
strip. Governor Davis is given author
ity to appoint one judge. who shall
exercise judicial authority.
Under the operation OF what is
known as the Dockery law, the audit
ing of the commissions accounts will
fall to the duty of the auditor of the
State Department: but beyond the
matter Of auditing, the State Depart
ment will not be charged with any
control over the commission. The
commission will report directly to the
secretary of war as often as he may
direct, upon all phases of its opera
tons 1t will then be under the same
sort of control of the secretary of war
as is the Philippine commission. All
directions concerning the operations of
the commission are set out fully in the
regulations and recitation is made of
all the operations leading up to the ac-
QUESTION of the canal property and the
appointment of the commission.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

II has just become known that a
gripman on San Francisco street car
is descendant of a royal family of
Servia. Probably he kept his identity
secret for fear he might nave to go
home and be king.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Somebody has been looking into An
drew Carnegie's resources and finds
that out OF MS once colossal fortune
he. has only sSs5,ooO,oOo left. Still.
with this remnant Mr.. Carnegie may
do a great deal of good if he uses 1t
iudiciously.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Editor Box prints in his Ladies'
Home Journal the pictures of the
most beautiful children in the United
States" They number two or three
dozen. But Editor Box always was
a fearless man.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Chicago now announces the theory
that disease is plainly indicated by
the thumb nails. This doesn't come
from one of the professors of the
university of Chicago. but it sounds
as If it did.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

A farmer of Nevada. Ohio, n dry
town. having been arrested the other
day for passing around a bottle sup
posed to contain wuIsKy. made the
defense that it really contained hard
cider. Speaking of technicalities!
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Not only is Senior Candamo presi-
dent of Peru. but Senior Serapio Cal
deron, who will do the presidents S
work while he is i'll. is vice president.
And to think that you never heard
before of either of these able states
men!
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

The careful. conservative plodder
who makes fifteen or twenty millions
in stocks during five or six years al.
ways has the utmost contempt for
the simpleton who loses his money
fooling with a get-rich-quick scheme.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Can the sociological experts tell us
why mankind appears to take SO
much more interest in the trial and ex.
ecution of bad man than in anything
that can possibly happen to a good
man?
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

The advent of the odorless onion is
announced. 1t will mean the death
of the popular diversion known as the
onion social
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Barnum's circus will this season
travel with chaplain and be opened
by prayer at each performance"
Adults who go lust to take the chill
dren" may usefully bear this in mind
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Hayti. This seems to disprove the
recent rumor that Hayti was in an
extraordinary state of confusion. Its
condition continues to be normal.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Boys have begun to run of with the
circuses again. Boys are as much
given to the mad chase after pleas
ure" as their parents, in these days.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

History has been made rapidly since
Admiral Dewey sailed for Manila six
years ago.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

The man who sells cakes of coap
wrapped in $40 bills usually explains
that he is animated by desire to
benefit the purchasers, yet few of the
victims have ever been able to figure
out a profit.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Thanks to its suggestion of comic
opera, the news of the death of the
king of Cambodia will make a good
many people laugh.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Principal Tompkins of the Chicago
normal school says he doesn't think
it necessary that children should be
taught TO spell unusual words. and he
particularly mentions "syzygy." BY
the way, can you define it?
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

There is said to be flood of coun-
terfeit money in New Jersey. Some
thing Of that kind might be made use
full in watering trust stocks.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

II the hoped-for boy turns out to
be girl, the czar may feel quite in
the mood to proceed personally to the
scene of the war in August.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

It is not improbable that future
naval wars may be fought out with
torpedo boats. torpedo boat destroyers
and destroyers of torpedo boat de-
stroyers, and SO on.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

The President has made the follow
ing appointments at large to West
Point: ]. l.. Glen, Jr., son of Colonel
John NJ. Glen, quartermaster: William
H. Emery, Jr.. son of Captain Emery.
U. S. N: Jack w. Heard. son of Cap
tain Jack w. Heard. U. S. A.; jeremiah
brennan. son of Ordnance and Cavalry
Sergeant brennan. deceased; Garische
A. Ord, son of Captain E. A. Ord, U.
S. A., retired: Horace Hayes Fuller,
son of Major Ezra B. Fuller, U. S.
A.
The President has issued proclama-
tion for the entry of the ceded lands in
the Rosebud Indian reservation in
South Dakota. beginning August Sth
next. The lands will be selected by lot
and a drawing will be established for
that purpose. There are almost 40O.-
900 acres of the ceded land and some OF
1t is very fertile. Much interest has
teen manifested on the part of would
he. settlers and Commissioner Richards
OF the General Land Office said that he
had received no less than 1000 letters
of inquiry concerning the opening. For
the purpose of great convenience to
eptrymen the land Office at Chamberlain
will be temporarily removed to Bone
steel. which is only four miles from
the reservation. The entries at Bone
steel will continue from August Sth to
September 10th. and afterward will be
continued at Chamberlain. Opportuni-
ties for registration for the drawing
will be afforded at Chamberlain. Bone
steel, Yankton and Fairfax. and regis
tration will begin July 5th next and
close July 23rd. The drawing will take
place at Chamberlain July 2Sth under
the supervision of a committee of three
r3en. The uniform price of lands dur
ing the first three months of the open
ing will be 81 per acre and the choice
of selections will be regulated by the
drawing.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

A New York man proposes to use
tame snakes to clear houses of rats
and mice. He will probably also clear
them of women by this method.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

The patent office at Washington dur
ing 1903 granted 1859 patents, and
II only Langley's airship had done its
duty they might have made it an even
31,700.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

After young man makes up his
mind that he is not genius he
stands a chance to earn his living.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

So great is the demand for crude
rubber for use in manufactures that
the price in New York has advanced
to something like s1.25 a pound. Save
the bands.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

A scientist says that larks rise to a
hight of 1000 feet. That must be why,
when people go out on a lark, they
have high old time.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

A woman can't help having faith
in man who notices when she
has on a new gown.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-10
Cheer Up.
Milwaukee Journal.

mitWduhto JO0hiAaA.
Cheer up. The world is taking your
photograph. Look pleasant. OF course.
you have your troubles. troubles you
cannot tell the policeman. A whole lot
of things bother you. OF course. Busi-
ness worries or domestic sorrows. &c
may be or what not You find life q
rugged road whose stones have hurt
your feet. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. up.
1t may be your real disease is "seif%
shness"-ingrown selflshness. Your
life Is too self-centred. You imagine
your tribulations are worse than othera
bear. You feel sorry for yourself-tha
meanest sort of pity. 1t is a pathetic
illusion. Rid yourself OF that and
cheer up.
What right have you to carry picS
ture of your woe-begone face and fu-
nereal ways about among your fellows
who have troubles of their own7 II you
must whine or sulk or scowl take a car
and go to the woods or to the unfre-
quented lanes.
Cheer up. Your ills are largel yimagi-
nary. II you were really on the brink
of bankruptcy, or II there were mo-
thoroughfare through your sorrows.
you would clear your brows, set your
teeth and make the best OF It.
Cheer up. You are making q hypo-
thetical case out of your troubles, and
suffering from a self-initcted verdict.
You are borrowing trouble and PAYING
a high rate of interest.
Cheer up. Why. man aiivei In a ten
minutes walk you may see a score No4
people worse of than you. And here
you are digging your own grave and
playing pallbearer into the bargain.
Man alive. you must do your work.
Smile. even though it be through youSI
tears-whioh speedy dry-and chesS
upi
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-10

ness?" Edith suggested.
well, aftdr all. we have NOT tn$
casting vote in the decision. IL Is no
business of ours to hurl stones at tho
unhappy creature She must be miser-
able enough without that. Do You
know herr
Yes, / know her." Edith answered.
refiectiyely, as John Rosemarsh press.
ed the slender white hand with Ill
wedding ring to his lips.
I am not asking to ind her out. !
am not interested In strangers. Bus
you, dear--how about your puzzley
Have thrown any light on thatT
| smiling.
"oh yes; much. very much" an1
smiling back uncertainty. Edith pick
ed up her embroidery. She dared NOS
look at him any longer. afraid OF bar
| ing her secret.
Even her worst fears had not pres
sumed this chasm between them. cre-
ated by his fundamental quality or
| truth. 1t bartered no compromise. The
message was direct and unequfvocal-
| Here was a life sentence, and fear OF
| future discovery would hold her In
bondage as to devil worship-a living
| spirit. she was manacled to the vans
| ished will maker.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-10

Private" John Allen tells the follow
ing as illustrative of the Partially OF
the Southern darby for long words OF
whose meaning he is absolutely ignor~
ant:
"A negro named Elijah Thomas. liv-
ing In Tupelo, Miss, recently CHANGED
to meet a friend who complained OF
feeling miserable. In fact. Thomas's
friend feared for HIS life. so 'tuckered
out was he.
"'wot's de matter wifi you'.' In
quired Elijah.
"Lige,' moaned the second darleys
indicating the region where the pain
lay Use got sech awful pains in nah
back heaht
I'm dat case. responded Elijah sol-
EMMY, 7 knows what you oughter dol
You oughter go over ter Jackson. Dcy
says dat dere's de finest backterioligise
over dere in de whole SoufP"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-10

The late DIR. Veranus Morse was cons
versing with a patient and friend re-
garding her baby when the mother
said
Hes going to be the President of tbs
United States, doctor. Did you ever
see finer boy? 1 shall bring him up.
shall educate him with that sole idea
in mind, to be President"
The doctor was going out, but an
swered, with never a smile: "He might
~hA> Ane of the few who ara neta
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17
iioge Created Stir.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 13.-At the
Democratic banquet last night one
little skyrocket was touched off
unexpectedly. The actors in the
lively little incident were former
Governor Iogg, one OF the orators,
and former Attorney General Crane,
the POSTMASTER. The Ex-Governor
had explained that he favored the
Panama canal because it defeated
the great transContinental trust,
and he claimed he was not ashamed
to indorse the action of President
Roosevelt for helping to bring
about the downfall of the Northern
Securities company. The ex-Gov-
ernor said that he had made the
latter statement in Houston; that
he would have made it week
after, and he was willing to reit-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

turned over by the c. c. National
Bank to Mr.. Jeff \. Miller, vice
president and general manager of
the ST, l., B. & NJ. This S., 900
was put up by the subscribers in
compliance with the contract made
between their committee and the
railroad company to have the St.
L, B. s, NJ. trains run i'll and out
Of Corpus Christi for fifty years in
direct connection With their regular
passenger trains operated over the
main line. The COLLECTION Of the
second half of the SO, 900 subscrib-
ed, to be expended by the St. l..
Z. & N, R'y Co. at Corpus Christi
in increased and enlarged depot
facilities, has already been COM
menced and no doubt our people will
see something doing here before
q great while in the way of a
depot.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17
Corpus Notes

From the Caller.
Mr.. VIM. Doherty, the general
passenger and ticket agent Of the
St. l., 2. & NJ, was made happy
this week by his two young sons,
Masters Edgar and Robert. who
arrived Tuesday from Houston to
join their father.
Mrs. Mary J. burst accompanied
by her granddaughter, Miss Joseph
Inc Armstrong. spent yesterday III
Corpus Christi en- route from
their ranch to san Antonio, from
which city Miss Armstrong will so
to ST. Louis, where shewill assist
Miss Driscon IN entertaining at the
Texas building at the Fair next
month
THE CALLER learns that the first
half of the railroad bonus has been
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

Chicago woman merchant /.
given $500, 900 life insurance.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

Ex-Governor Hogs denies that
he is a candidate for Governor two
years hence.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

Pair of Virginia clippers found
dead together by a searching party.
Probably case of murder and sui
eide.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17
crate it again that evening.

GI due IL dSdII1 IlIdI evening"
When Governor Hogg had finish
ed Mr.. Crane arose and stated that
he wished to tell of some Of the bad
things that President Roosevelt had
done, first among them being the
appointment Of a man as campaign
manager to secure campaign fu1fds
from the very corporations whom
he would later have to deal with III
his official capacity as Secretary of
Commerce and Labor. Another
criticism Of President Roosevelt was
that he had done nothing to curb
the alleged packing trust after
receiving information from James
4. Garfield OF the Department Of
Commerce and Labor.
Governor Hogg Immediately rose
to his rect and announced that he
stood by what he had said, and he
would further state that meat
trusts existe in Texas, and Dallas
and Fort Worth.
General Crane was prompt to
tread on the toes of the Ex-Governor.
The incident has produced mich
gossip in political circles Of Dallas
today.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

Senator Fairbanks finishes his
Western tour and returns to Chi
go.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-17

{. II. 0IariS
" N. RatClife
w. F. Sprague
r. c. FOrtO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09
MORE THAN DOUBLED IN VALUE.

When Governor Aycock came into office,
tie stock of the A. and n. c.. r. r. sold
ut about twenty dollars a share. The
stock now cannot be bought for $50 &
srare. A gentleman in Raleigh yesterday
wh1 holds twenty shares was offered fifty
dollars a share for his stock. The party
making the offer wished to buy tie stock
as an investment and not for the purpo So
OF putting the road into the hands of a
receiver. The owner OF the stock de-
cined to sell, stating that he, too, was
holding it as an investment, adding that he
had full confidence in the present and fu-
trre management of the property, if tie
FEDERAL courts would keep hands off and
leave it to the control of its owners.
While no dividends have been paid TO
the stockholders yet this increase in the
value of their stock is equivalent to about
seven per cent dividend, and is due largely
to the fact that much money has been
spent in permanent improvements and to
the superior service rendered by the man
agement of the road
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09
AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL.

In one county in the State-we think it
is Rowan-the Democratic Executive Com
mittee has gone earnestly to work to use
every effort in their power to see that
the first day of May. A committee has
been appointed to devote the balance Of
the month to this praiseworthy task, and
we have no doubt that many votes will
be saved to good government, because Of
this intelligent zeal. The reason the Re-
pubhcans called the Congressional Con-
because they wished to give the candidate
for Congress time to get enough money
from the Republican national committee
to pay the poll-taX of all probable Repub-
lican voters. And that work is now going
On. in spite of the division in the ranks
and the dissatisfaction over Blackburn
revolutionary methods in declaring himself
the nominee.
The Democrats have no campaign fund,
but in every county the executive com
mittee can do much by calling the atten-
ton of all voters to the fact that they
must pay before the first of May. Some
of the best men in Raleigh were deprived
of their votes in the municipal and DIS
pensary elections last year, because they
had not paid their poll-tax until after
May other good men will again dlsfran-
chise themselves unless the party commit
tees are active.
What has been done in your county?
Weeks ago the State chairman wrote an
urgent letter to every county chairman
to press this matter. Some responded,
but some have not given the matter any
attention. Only nineteen days remain to
do this work One days work in this
direction this month is worth more than
a weeks work in October If any chair
man cannot press this matter he should
get some active Democrat to undertake it
and devote his every energy to it until
the first day of May. This is a duty ne
owes his party, and 1T Is tor such I'M
portant and far-reaching service that he
was made chairman.
A word to sheriffs and tax collectors:
Do not wait until after May 1st to en-
force the collection of poll-tax. Then the
man compelled to pay will lose the right
to take part in the primary and be de-
prived of the right to vote in November
that you do it to save him the right OF
suffrage. Some sheriffs and tax collectors
are doing this kindness to voters. Let all
follow the good example!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09
ExChan &c.
A Recogni zed Business
Principle in Raleigh.

A fair exchange is no robbery.
So runs the proverb.
Swapping horses, bartering IN produce
money for goods.
It's all a swap.
How could new back for an old one
strike you?
It's all a swap.
A Raleigh horse dealer tells how ne
got one.
A. Brown, horse dealer, ll5 DAVE
street, residing at 122 Dayie street. says:
II used Doans Kidney Pills ana lound
them to be an A 1 kidney remedy. nay
back was hurting me and had been nurt-
ing me for a long time. The secretlons
from the kidneys were all out Oh hei'et'
very dark colored and fun OIL Seuihiep' !.
read about Doan's Kidney rms IL o,'i
newspapers and procured ooA a' DoO
bitt-Wynne Drug Company stoae' i'"o
no faith in them at first, pu' "i'0i .
them l certainly had for tney pios9u ~
be the best remedy for the pacA anu nll
neys that 1 know Of The kidney seoIo.
tons cleared up and my PACK h'S no'
ached since l used them.
For sale by all dealers. fli.1 ~ -
Foster Millburn Co., Buffalo ~ - 34o
agents for the United States. .o,-.
Remember the name-Doan '"''
no substitute.