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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
RooiepeIt til 1t. Souls.

BrGiiocntcn bar Iooet, of ban oil
fomme iii geroeusltSitilinsen / ct
Souls 6en 26be Iooember. Wapor
@eIls fom iibitleoen Sorsbog I'll
8aibington | oct u0trpffeIige aGrerOt
at inobpoe BAN. SoroipnItgpts fom.
mer ban til at blipe / ct. 2otris til
SsnSog aiten Den 27oe.
GrGiioent RooieoeIt bar enifet al
iaa anIe0nins til at ie 9sroenSuoitiI.
Iingen, Iige iiSeu Ben 6leu nabuct
men @~uIefampen boISt bom ! Titeu
Wion tror, at ban oil of8oa ira
@aibington ON aftenen Den 24Oc
GahigeIieSSogeH), % han oil %
bore i ct. 9ouis tiSIig 2srSog Ror'
gen. NogIe al Statsraaoerne TOM
mer til at fslge bam.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
Dor uoenlanospoit.

Superintetoerten ODER Dor lloen.
~IanSspcit. aop. y. 10. proofs. opIp.
Ter I fin Suoberctuin9 for iiOite Regn'
ifubSnar. at Toitiuger til Ell geIt al
16O6S, 9St 3lmo oherStes tiliss,
7craf gif 1922, 9s1 Euno til Saroe
paa Dem anoen Si0c al atlouterbapet
boiIfet bar 10 Brocert mere emo aa'
ret fsr. 9oit6eiororinseu al oenne
gegt foiteoe 81. Bort Bolt.
pGiens SnStrgt ai artiflcr, JON
ielStes til fremmc6e 2on6e, oniluaeS
iii $6,532, 222. Rour Ierico o.
Canada regnes fra, belsb Den iig iii
So ,095, $3.50 eller til 81, 579,336 mere.
en6N Ben foite0e. 4,
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
Stor Srem9an9.
Spciaiiitcrne radSer uucr GU balu
Nillion =tcmmer.
Toglc oplDienoc Sal.

Get iocioIitiffe Garti bcrer. :
1900 ff Sets Observation-Disclosures, Gu.
gene g. Gebs, finn 81 100 Stemmer
| belle 2onSet; men / 1904, ga han
.iIieit bar aaroi0dt, jternte omfrin1
Ell baIo Dfiaion paa ban. Get ri.
ier, at Ell itor 6~ordnOring / Gam.
fuuoSopfotntngeu or foregaoet, og
at SorinIitrrne ogioo / 9lmeritu Il.
aeiom / Spiflaro iuues at bile bIiue
til CIT Nogt iom man ! regne
me0.
Gu rsiugtig Spgape opcr, boor
mango Stenmpr bpcr enfelt Stat aau
0tr. SebS. ION cnomi life meooele5.
6u CptGIliugcn tnger Sio; men ifslge
SeIegrdmncr til Chicago "Sri6ume'
er fslgertoe Ooerilog opIpienoe nof.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
Sneltorm / Deitcn.

SisIge ct SeIegnm fra SmoEu be-
gpnotc oct ON aftcRen Seu 9oe 90.
pember at inc | Rebraifa. % Den i0oc
bar Der en- bel Sncitorm bhen moro
lige on uorogtIige Del al Staten. )
9forfoIf bIeo bcn miten til Ell gIi5'
6orS. Scupcratl;reu iaIot betpSelis
unoer Srpepurftet.
&ugct lieneube meloes fra &arioS
Gitp. Zen isrite Sue ialot Der %
I oct Ip6peitlige 0tiSiouri ben t0oe,
6ra SaIiro telegrufres. at Oct me
eoe | Oct mibtre anuias oen t0oe.
6emperatlIrcn ial6t burtig.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
Sorselie SeiltaeeIie.

ar1tt Sauiou | Gobasiet, Stosca
Gountp, Mirm., bar Den lite go.
bernber uSe paa Sagt meo fin Is.
oaripe syn artbur. timber Sosten
siorSe SuSeren BEN israeIige 5eilta-
gelie, OF ban mistog Ssnnen for en-
gisrn % ifisS BAN. De nprmere
Smit9notgbcoer fortGIes life / Sele.
grammet. Gen iorgbetpnge0e 5aoer
fit en- Gen til at pusie pan 2iset 90
iIeSe til gobasiet, boor ban ooereGo
FIG til 2origbeoen.
3ette er ben anoen Snetlhpffe, iom
| Ssft bor ~inotruffet | bet uorolise
Minneiota.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
|. fsIgeiOe 0OeriIog ~opIpien0e nof.

Som MAJ ler, bar Slinois afnct
0cbs 100000 Stemmer. 5 Chicago
er BON bel ficnot, og oIeue / Gcot
County itemte 46t27 gaIqcre paa
bnm. Oct bar Iiot oper 8 Brocent
al De @oreere, iom foiteoe Ell Stem.
reieooel. On erbSd iterfere 5ilIIui.
ming fit ban i CRUDE. % 2obrit.
9ountperne. ser pnnot ban t6 Bro.
cent al Observation-Disclosures. @ien.
neuinitIig fix ban 10 groeait al
Stemmerrie | belle Statei.
S gfiIrpoufee gioroe ban itsrre
6remgang emo ielpe Barter, Gemo.
froternes grGii0entfanoioat. 9pen
bar / Here aur baut Ell Semofraiiif
Wtouor; men Oct bialp life. Iebs tit
1908 Stemmer, Barter bare 1878.
s 1900 pun0t 2e6S flm 524 Stern.
mer / belle BiSconiiu. men / 1904 life
umore emo melIm 10000 og $4,000.
Sitoioru % Soma oiite bdn ogiaa
m9eu 8urit. San bar iin Sienitopu
II Snoiano, % Stotcn gap BAN -.
600 Stenuer moo 2.374 for 4 Mar
iioeu. S Soma fit ban 10000 moo
I2,742 / 1900.
) Oregon gioroe han ogiaa Ell
ulGrf6ur 6renIgang, BOG euouu mere
/ Wimneiota meO oe itore Soiaing.
bper. 5 Nidigou aif ban oerinoo
oaterlo. Spis rogcn itemte puu boru.
ida er oct life en0mt opfsrt pao 81.
iterne.
De beitIige Sater, iom / 1896 OF
1900 pur beariitreoe for 9rpon. gap
iaQr Glgenc8. 9cbs mango Stemuner.
san ff | aanioS 5000 moo 1900
Tor 4 Mar iiSen. @pDming bar bam
ntinore gunitiat. emo man nenteoe.
iOct ban flm fit 900 Stenmrer; men
lttub gap bam 5000 moo $4,000 !
1900. Sfslae SpgoUe ira Bierre it
Ge6s 1000 stemmcr / SpS 9ufota
mob t76 / 1900. Soeiulnterre /
Sarge tiger, at RorS Satota bar gi.
bet bam $500 Stenurer.
3 Tontouu itgmte 5000 poa BAN
% / Colorado 1900. ArbeiOerre |
oen iiSitnGorte Stut oiISe gierre iloa
EeubpOp pq bans gerrer. Soobo ia.
Itebe ouer 1000 Stemmer for 9ebs
o. 1epa6a 700.
s 2iten giorSe ban ogioa goo
! Tremqong. RusiafuiettS gap hdn
meQem 10000 % 10000 Stemmer.
Raine I 800. 8booe SstanS benoeo
900 men 9ermort neppe 100. San
ft life en- Stemme / oper 200 al
Bermouts 9per.
Scras bar Seitp Iibcrolere trroo
hdm. ga Set gap bnu miHoit 10000.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15
Sfrioer ino.

commissioner for MeIImitatsbdn.
SeIen bor ffriotet ino moo Snternn.
tionul Sorpeiter COMPANY % uuiteS
Sbutes Steel Corporation, olmiroelia
taEoct Sarpdter.1 ruiien, foroi ben
taaer Ell lfblu 8etaIne al gcner,
ipm / Gbicneo beirptter bcns 8rinS
og Spor til "Smithina~. 5sr bnr
getalingen $3.50 pr. 8ogn; men nj
er oen ocIpis forbsict til S12 pr.
gosn. og eiennem fit Reolem grortr
bar commissioner dfsioet ben aien'
belle, al oeIme Eris CT urmeIig oe
Iouftrioig.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

reoe Rooiepclt meb ca. $4,000 Stem.
mers Sberp9gt; Cincinnati gan
ham benpeS $4,000 Stemmcrs 6Ier-
taI % San Srancisco 1888. Den
officieIle SpteIling bill neppe pnhre
bisie Speaper / nogen bctpbeIig
8rao.
GooIepeIts gInraIitet | Ohio breier
ria ON ca. 100000. &epubIifancrue
bar polgt 20 al 81 aoneresm9nb,
SocioIifterne bier flor 6remgang
Staten, ioet beres &anoioater fit
SobbeIt iaomonge Stemmer iaar iorn
for to Iar iioen.
Selaetoe Sfanoinaper palgteS I'll
Meolemmer al Heprgientdntbuiet |
2egiSlotiren / M%inneioto: g. Otter.
neS, Spring @rope; 8. %. Sbunool,
Sarmonp; q. q. 9oIen, Sapfielo;
8. z. &amslanO, Sacreb Scarf;
Ole $. ltpbabL, WanSiieIo; 81. 6.
Morf, 9riccIpn; 8. 8. Seigen, Got
tonpooo; RiIs Sacobieu, Stills; @n'
itop gricfion, Ganbp; Marcus 2ni.
ritserL Spler; eIias Radie, Waoi'
ion; 9. 8. Teterion, 2amberton;
Ole 8eterion, BRIGHTON; Sranf ".
Carlton, Sitdiielo; 81. $. &oecfne,
8umbrota; Sobn SIion, gtortb
Brand; 0apio Sammergren, Ct.
Baul; Wanlep Sosieen, Rinneapo'
lis; Sobn 8. 2unO, @sinneapoIis,
9. Smanion, @ooie 2afc; g. u.
8anoriib, Snnborg; 8. 6. Souge,
9enion; u. 3. 2urion; Serman; 6.
8. 2aHbeer, 8arfieIb; Z. &. DIS.
tbuu, 8lenpoob; s.. e. Siae, Ser
gus Sails; 6. I. Saugen,
SeIican &apibS; Smut gonbp
Battle Safe; Senrp 9isrge, 2ofe
Iarf; 6. 6. Simons, &eo Safe
Sails ;@unoer aroitue, Siiber; SanS
8. Sanion, Stepben. Spereneite Ell
al bisie er HepubIifanere. Salt pil
Observation-Disclosures beitaa at 107 &e-
publifanere og ~ 9emofrater, alt.
iaa 3 ferre 9emofrnter emo | fibIte
2egislatttr.
&ooiepeIt erbolot en- 8lirraIitet at
benpeo $4,000 | 4ennipIponio,
bpiIfet arttageIi9 er bet itsrite Steni.
meilertaI, iom no9en Stat bar eioet
en- GrPiioentfanoioat.
Soole er, iom allereoe meoSeIt.
eienpaIgt til 8uperusr ! Wontana,
men Segislatureu er republifanif, OF
SbomaS $. Garter bill ianoipnligpis
blipe balgt til Sorbunosienator
iiteoetfor 8aris @ibion, bpis Sermilt
uolsber | 1905.
Sn6beretningerne fra SeIatpare
tiIfienbeginer, at Der igien blir en-
"9eabIocf" / 6enne Stats 2egisIa.
tlr. Sette betpoer, at aooicfs heller
life benne Gang fan bIipe palst til
Sorbunosienator, ibnoroel ban biit.
nof fan forbinore, at en- anoen blir
bnIgt. Sslgen bill altiaa blioe, at
SeIaipare faar nsie fig fig meb e n
Senator. Staten greieoe fig, iom
~befienbt, en- lang Sio uoen nogen &e-
p~rGientant | Senatet, foroi aboicfs
bapbe Solpparten al 2eeisIaturmeo.
lemmertie / i'm 8oIo.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

Soole er, iom aaereoe mebbelt,
aienpoIgt til 8uperusr ! Wontana,
men Segislaturen er republifanif, OF
Ebomas $. Garter oil ianoipnIigpis
blipe nalgt til OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
iiteoetfor 8ariS 8ibion, bpis Sermilt
uolpber | 1905.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

reoe Rooiepclt meo ca. $4,000 Stem.
mers Sperp9st; Cincinnati gau
bam benpeo $4,000 Stemmcrs 6Ier-
tai % San Srnneisco 1888. Den
officieIle Spt9Iling bill neppe pnbre
bisie Speaper | nogen ~bctpbelig
8rao.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

&ooiepeIt erbolot en- 8lirraIitet at
benoeo $4,000 | 9ennipIpanio,
bpiIfet arttageIi9 er BET itsrite Steni.
meiIertaI, iom no9en Stat bar sibet
Ell GrPiioentfanoioat.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

&ooieneIts GlnraIitet | Ohio breier
ria ON ca. 100000. &epubIifancrue
bar nolgt 20 at 81 aoneresm9nb,
SocioIiiterne bier flor Sremgang
Staten, ibet beres &anbioater fit
SobbeIt iaomonge Stemmer iaar iorn
for to Iar iiben.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-11-15

Observation-Disclosures Geofommcnoe.
Som omtnIt | iioite Ghlmer bar
enooe aongresmanb @aoe 2oet 3i-
itrift, ben eneite bemofratiife Soon.
gresmano | Stoten buffet imoer for
Den repnbIifanife tornado, Der bar
foret oper Staten. Garter fit fGrre
Stemmer / Soma eno nogen tioIigerc
oemofratiif Gr9iioentfmibibat, no.
get Der bioner omL at DC iaafoIote
grpan.0 emofrater | Ell life rinse
l~tbitrGfning bar unoIoot at iterme
for BAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Daniel Webster was one of the noted men who
found pleasure in fishing for Long Island trout
Season after season he went to Smithtown, and
while there always stopped at the old Vail
homestead. Royal Phelps and Oliver Charlick.
once president of the Long Island Railroad
Company, were among the enthusiastic fisher
men who brought the waters Of the Long ISL
and Country Club into prominence. This clubs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

property Includes about LOO acres actually
owned by the club and a vast additional terri
tory which was leased The Great Seatuck
River passes the clubhouse. Just few steps
from the house Is the main trout pond. Sepa-
rated from it by a narrow dixie is the big bass
pond; far out beyond Is the Great South Bay
and in the dim distance the Atlantic can be
seen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

membership, makes more of a specially Of hunt
ing than fishing. Just at present. however,
much attention Is being paid to trout fishing
by all Of the clubs. The South Side Sporting
Club has some good sport in Great River and
IFS tributaries. The Flanders Club fishes the
Peconic River the Wyandanch Club the Nisse
quogue River and the Brookhayen Club the
Carmen River
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Black bass fishing IN Long Island Is second
only to trout fishing. and is enjoyed through
out its season The open season on trout fn
New-York State is from April 16 to August 81,
exclusive The Long Island season however
opens as early as the last Friday in March
The open season for black bass on Long Island
is from May 80 TO December 81 The trout
fishing far exceeds the bass fishing, however.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
Letter from Capt. Stewart

humboldt, Nan, Dec. ., 1904.
Editor, Chanute TIMES.
Dear Sir:
Perhaps the most important ques-
ton now to be considered by the
farmer of the Neosho valley is how
to prevent the disastrous Aoads thai
have been so frequently bringing
loss and ruin to so many of as.
When the law providing for levees
was passed thought 1t just about
the thing but regret to say that
the sad and expensive experience OF
the Neosho county river farmers
demonstrated, l think, quite clearly
that the levee is based on the wrong
theory. In time Of floods water should
not be held back nor retarded in its
passage. This levees do. ! am
persuaded the thing to do is to pro-
vide for Fastening the water away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
The Eastern War

The two great armies about Muk-
den seem to have gone into perman-
ent winter quarters, Immediately
facing each other.
There are small advances by de-
tachments occasionally and sharp
little fights but no decisive moves
In these late skirmlshes the Russians
seem to have had rather the best OF
the argument.
About Port Arthur the Japs are
very active and are making con-
slant gains. Their latest great gain
was the capture of ao3 Meter Hill
which seems to be one of the main
chain of fortresses and gives the
laps complete control of the harbor'
They are employing their time
shelling the Russian ships and seem
to be making great headway. lhe
Russian vessels will be compelled
to speedily make dash for liberty
or be blowed up.
The Russian garrison has oeen
making heroic and determined ell
forts to retake this hill by assault
but have been repulsed with heavy
loss. 1t is claimed the Russians
have lost 5000 men in these assaults.
The large Russian feet is working
iss way around to the scene OF con-
flict and will soon begin to attract
the attention OF the japanese navy.
lust what will be the result of the
meeting of these fleets can not now
be known.
The Japs, while they profess to
have but little uneasiness in the mat
ter, seem to be taking all possible
precautions and are making hercul-
can efforts to reduce the fortihca-
tions at Port Arthur before its ar
rival.
The opinions of the best military
critics are that the Japanese fleet iS
better equipped and manned than
the Russians and that they will soon
send the Russians to the bottom.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
Still a Mystery

The Mrs. Cassie Chadwick case
seems as mysterious as ever. This
Cleveland woman. for years, has
posed as a very wealth woman and
used money lavishly. She seems to
have been an inveterate borrower and
had the faculty of inducing capital
lists to come down with hundreds OF
thousands of dollars.
1t is difficult to understand how
some people have the faculty OF
playing on the credulity OF Others
If an ordinary man gets fimfammed
out of fifty or hundred dollars by
some smooth stranger We laugh and
say, "served HIM right" che had
no business to be so foolish" Yet,
this Cleveland woman went to
bankers and prominent financiers
and borrowed money in very large
sums with no apparent security
what ever.
She is not young or handsome
but some how she has the knack of
making the old fellows come down.
1t will doubtless develop that she
simply borrowed the money without
any security whatever and that she
has nothing with which to pay,
unless she had laid away a few
hundred thousand from the many
hundreds borrowed, which is not
at all likely.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
SAML. STEWART.

We would call our readers atten'
ton to the letter in this issue from
Capt. Stewart of Humboldt. Cap
has lived on the river a long time
and been a careful observer and
his opinions on this matter are de.
serving of careful consideration.
1t must have become apparent by
this time that the levees alone do
not accomplish the purpose. They
are a constant source of great ex-
pense to the land owners and still
the crops are destroyed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
Back to the Farms
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Secretary Wilson conveys to the
American people the more than
welcome information that the des-
ertion of the farms for city life
which has been going on at an
alarming rate for the last twenty
years seems to have come to an end
and that something like reaction
has set in.
If this is true nothing could be a
more hopeful sign for the future
prosperity and happiness of this
country. Until a few years ago
American cities prided themselves
greatly on their rapid growth in
population and never wearied of
presenting statistical tables showing
an annual increase of 10 or 20 per
cent.
After while it was observed that
all the cities not only of this
country, but Of all countries, were
growing in the same way. Finally
it dawned on our understandings
that the farms were being propor-
tionately deserted and that what we
had been priding ourselves on was
nothing more nor less than deplor-
able national disease. What We had
hailed as solid municipal muscle and
fat was seen to be dropsical wind
and water.
This wild fright of the country
people to the cities is something of
mystery, because il has taken
place simultaneously with an i'm
mense amelioration Of the loneliness
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
Tariff Revision Can Wait

There is some talk Of an extra
session of the next Congress to
revise the Tariff, but it is probably
the idle political gossip which fol-
lows every Presidential election.
Extra sessions are called only when
there IS pressing need for legislative
action, or when the dominant party
imagines there is such need. The
Chicago platform, on which the
Republicans won their victory, is
about the strongest evidence that
can be offered that the Republicans
do not imagine there is pressing
need of action on the Tariff. There
is, in fact, no admission that revis-
ion is either necessary or desirable
All intelligent persons concede
that time may come when a change
in schedule or schedules will be
desirable, and it may be that the
Republicans have in view some
minor alterations, but neither the
condition of the country nor Re-
publican promises would warrant
| the belief that an extra session OF
Congress is imperative. The Tar
ift is one of those things which must
be handled with the utmost care and
skill or the efforts to remedy i'm
aginary evils will result in disaster.
The first question to be determin-
ed in any effort at revision is
whether the present law is working
for the public good, and that is al
ready decided by about three
fourths of the intelligent people in
the country and by the great pros
perity which has succeeded its en-
actment. All laws have their i'm
projections. and there never was
revenue measure passed tina: did moi
work injury to individuals.
The next question, therefore,
must be: Are the inequalities under
the Tariff of character to justify
revision, always taking into consi
deration the harm that may accrue
to business from alterations, as wei
as the tendency of legislative bodie:
to overdo the thing and cause much
much greater injury than they at
tempt 20 remedy. There can be nc
satisfactory work on the Tariff dur
ing the short session of the present
Congress-, for if the house were tc
pass bill the ponderous machin'
ery of the Senate would be an in
surmountable obstacle to its be-
coming a law. 1t would seem,
therefore, as there is no need OF
haste, the whole subject can with
wisdom be left to the first session
of the next Congress.-Baltimore
"Ameriean."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09
inter Seem Become Strangely Jumbed This Year

and hardships of farm life. In oui
day the trolley car darts by the
farmers gate, the letter carrier
hands him his mail and bus calls
to take his childret to school. Farm
work is now beginning to be done
by storage batteries. The farmer
is no longer compelled to manufac-
ture everything he needs, but can
buy 1t for a trife at the nearest
town. On his table are the finest
periodicals and books in the world
he reads them by an electric light,
he telephones his orders around the
farm or his gossip to his neighbors
and rides to the depot In. an autom-
obile.
How it is that men so pleasantly
situated, with the sweet privilege of
looking nature in the face, breathing
unpolluted air, drinking pure water
and eating pure food, can give 1t up
for the CRIME and filth, the smoke
and stencil, the close quarters and
adulterated food, the starvation
wage and incessant lockouts and
mobs of the city will always be re-
CARED as an insoluble problem.
Not only do the farmers wrong
themselves when they flock to the
city, but they inhict terrible in
jury on society. Agriculture is
paralyzed and the cities are glutted
impoverished and corrupted. When
they have come to the city and
made themselves and everybody else
miserable they then propose as a
remedy not return to the farm but
socialism.
"Back to the farm" should be
the watchword of Americans. 1t is
to be feared that Secretary Wilson
is far too sanguine, but if his pro
gnostication is correct it is the bes
news this country has heard since
the surrender at Appomattox.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09

Investors in The New Jerusalem
show at the fair will lose about "
per cent on the investment. Let's
see was there not a man by the
name of Burton who was conspicu-
GUS in this great moral show?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09

The phenominal cotton crop oi
this year as reported by the govern
ment estimate has caused a sh arp
decline in that commodity.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-09

To this end obstru ctions in the river
should be removed, and where
bridges are built ample provision
made for the water to pass. In other
words, if piers are built in the river,
then the width of the river should
be increased to equal the obstruction
of piers. Then, believe in many
cases when the river makes such
extensive bends much could be done
by cutting bitches across such places
shortening the distance of travel of
water and thus Fastening it away.
Take a few instances. Where the
river passes my place, it passes
down into Neosho county past Dr.
Barker's farm; then turns east a
short distance, then back nearly
north almost half mile; then east
half mile. Now ditch started
north of my farm passing down
to strike the river below the big
bend would shorten the distance
two thirds so that while one barrel
of water would pass around the bed
of the river three would pass
through the ditch. That is, this
would be the gain in distance, but
as we could get all the fall in this
one third distance that is made
in going around the circuit it is fail
to suppose the movement of water
would be donble the speed hence
you would get six barrels through
the ditch while one would &c
around.
Thus if these bitches would com
mense taking the water when the
river should come within say foul
feet of bank full, they would SO
hasten the flow of water that tn,
overflow would not come but if il
an extraordinary case the waite
should get out 1t would soon pas:
off. Such bitches could be Gu
whenever the bends of the rive
warrant it. Take as one place th'
bend near DR.. Barkers house, cut ;
ditch to Village creek, then from
Village Greek down east of Chanute
getting into the river again below
town. l mention these place
because many of your readers arr
familiar with the circumstances
The same or similar conditions
prevail the entire length of the
river in the state.
During the last extra session OF
the Legislature, which, it will bt
remembered, was brought about in
consequence of the floods, Col. Car
penter and myself secured the pas
sage of bill through the Senate
securing an appropriation from the
State to provide for survey of the
Neosho river by competent engi-
neer with a view of ascertaining
what could be done on the lines
have suggested 10 prevent floods.
Unfortunately the gentlemen repre-
senting Neosho County in the House
saw fit to oppose the bill, hence the
bill failed to become a law. The
matter was mentioned in the papers
at the time and Prof Haworth OF
the State University wrote me a
very complimentary letter assuring
me that this was the right track.
Thinking this matter over since
then and talking with many inter
ested parties am fully persuaded
if some law somewhat in the nature
of the levee law applied to bitches
could be passed this winter, we
could get started in the direction Of
preventing overhows and save our
crops. l wish interested farmers
could get together on this question
and get something done this winter.
Yours very truly,
SAML. STEWART.