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Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-03-12

irregular mountains ranges eX- tend from the southeast to the west, the highest being the San Francisco Range, 13,0OO feet in elevation, in the north central part of the territory.
 With the exception of few square miles in the extreme southeastern part, the entire ter ritory of Arizona belongs to the Colorado River Drainage Basin. The Colorado River enters the territory near the center of the northern boundary, flows south westerly and forms all but sixty miles of its western boundary. The deep canons which the streams have cut through the plateauS of Arizona from a dis tinctive flea ture ct it's tOpOg- raphy. The Grand Canon of the Colorado Is in the northwestern part, and scattered throughout the mountain ranges are many smaller ones.
 In some portions of the terri tory, particularly the plateauS among the mountains, farming is practiCed to limited extent without irrigation, but it is only in the valleys, where water may be supplied to large areas, that agriculture has been especially developed. As yet, little more than O.3 per cent of the total area of the territory has been re- claimed, and, while there is still large area of arabic and irrigable land, reclamation can not be carried much beyond it's present state without reSOrting to the storage of the spring and summer hOOd-waterS.
 The climate of sections in the southern half is so favorable and the soil so fertile that as long as a surply of water can be had one crop immediately succeeds an- other. The principal field crops are alfalfa, barley, corn, oats and
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-03-12

penditure necessary to construct great storage works a paying in- vestment in the end.
 GENERAL. STATISTICS.
 Tn 1902. the total number of acres irrigated was 247, ,250, an increase of 61,854 or 44.4 per cent, sine 1899. The 781 Sys- tems represent total cOnstruC- ton cost of S4, 688, ,698, an aver 'age cost per irrigated acre of .S18.S6. In 1899, the average cost per irrigated acre was S23.- 94. The decrease in average cost per irrigated acre in 1902 from that of 1899 is explained by the fact that the 1899 report in- Cluded several systems costing $9OO,0OO, which were not in op- eration in 1O92. The well-svs- temS are included in 1902, but 648 were Stream-systems. as com pared w tn 5l9in 1899.
 Of the total irrigated area. 242,079 acres received water through 648 systems heading in streams; 1,O61 acres were irri- gated by springs; and 4,11O acres by wells. The total construc- tion cost of the stream was 4,59l, 57o, an average of SIS. 97 per irrigated acre: of the 25 spling-SyStems, S6.766, an average of 50 38: and of the l8O well-syStems, S89, 962, an average of S21.8
 DRAINAGE BASINS.
 Although the, territory vir- tually belongs to one drainage area, from an irrigation stand point it may be divided into five subdrainage basins. These are the basins of the Colorado River and sma Il tributaries, the Lillte Colorado River, the Gila River exclusive of Salt River, the Salt River and the White River. LITTLE COLORADO RIVER DRAIN
 AGE BASIN.
 The ittla COlor.do I0;., l
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

Best eigarsa re at Gri dath's
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

No sword bites so fiecrely as
an evil tongue.-Sir P. Sid
ney.
If thou desire to be held wise,
be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
A man in earnest fiuds means,
or, if he cannot find, creates
them.-Chauuing.
We like to divine others. but
do not like to be OWNED our
selves.-Rochefoucauld.
They do we'll, or do their
duty, who with alacrity do what
they ought.-La Brugere.
No road is too long to the
man who advances deliberate
ly and without undue haste
Brugere.
Vanity keeps persons in,favor
with themselves, who are cut of
favor with all others. .-Shak-
speare.
A perverse temper, and dis
contented, fretful disposition,
wherever they prevail, render
any state of life unhappy
Cicero.
AS riches and favor forsake Il
man we discover him to be d
fool, but nobody could find it
out in his prosperity.-Brugere-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Memory Gems.

Gratitude is the music of the
heart. .-Robt. South.
The best way of recognizing a
benefit is never to forget it,
J. j. Barthelmey.
The affection and the reason
are both necessary factors of
morality.-Fowler.
True love burns hotter when
the weather is the coldest. -
Swinnock.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light OF a whole life
dies
When love is done. w.
Bourdillon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Japan VS. Russia.
War Is HE'LL" Gen. Shearman Spoke
A TCuth That viii Live Threugh
All Wars.

The Japs have pounded the
life and heart out of the most
brutal nation on earth. A ma
tiou that for oue-half a century
has Bull Dozed England and
Germany. the two leading ua-
tions of Europe.
They lard down, submitted to-
unjust demands, to insolence
and impudence and waited tor a
little unknown people to spring
up out of the sea and tell
Europe hands off.
Russia is whipped, worse
whipped than any nation of
Europe ever was. She backed
by England and Germany stole
the result of the Japanese
Chinese war. Then Russia
wanted to steal what was left
on the earth. The Japs said
NO in big caps and Europe
stood agast.
The latest from Port Arthur
aud Moscow is Gen. Stoessell
says: Farewell forever. Port
Arthur will be my tomb"
He simply meant for me To
surrender, or throw up the
sponge, would mean to release
80, 900 Japanese troops to throw
against Gen. Kuripakm and
defeat Russia at one blow.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
PRESBYTERIAN.

Preaching at II o'clock a. m.
by the Pastor.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
The Choir will meet for puac-
tice Friday 8 o'clock p. m.
Every member of the choir is
requested to be present.
The Womaus Missionary So
ciety will meet in the church
Friday at 2;30 p. m. All the
ladies of the church are urged
to be present as much business
is to be considered.
ST. JUDE.
Thirteenth Sunday after Triui
ty Holy Communion 7:30 a. m.
Holy Communion IL a. m. Lit.
any aud sermon 8 p. IN.
Sunday School Alfred Jae-
ger Jr., Supt. a. m.
Week day service Wednesday
LitaUy 8 p. N.
3. E. DIGGs, Rector.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
PleaSantrleS.

She-"What is necessary to
get a divorce in this state?" He
Get married. ~ o n k e r s
Statesman.
HE aims to be an intellectu-
al actor" "Well, 1 shoul d
Judge a thinking part would
just suit him. ."-Ph,ladelphla
Evening Bulletin.
Judge-"I see that Willie
SweIton has given up automo-
billing" Fudge-"When will
the funeral take place?'-Balti-
more Morning Herald.
Marie-'I think there's a
flaw in this diamond" Mary -
"Well, never mind, dear, mayb e
it isn't real, auyway.'-Detroi t
Free Press.
Would you call Jones a we'll
informed man?" "Jones? Why
L venture to say Jones couldn t
name six men in his home
team. "-Detroit Free Press.
"They tell ME Mamie is aw-
fully clever at problems -
"She ought to be. She takes
in all the problem plays. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II declare, said Mrs. Laps
ling, Ito hear Mr.. Raspus ia Tx
you'd think he hadn't a bit of
faith in human nature. He's a
regular clinic. Chicago Trib-
une.
Small Boy-'I want to get a
bale of hay| Dealer-'What
do you want with hay?" Is it
for your father?" Small Boy
mo, sir. It's tor our horse. -
Chicago Daily News.
He-"You might at least have
given me some warning that you
were going to throw me over. "
She-"Well, haven't I been nice
to you for over a week%-De-
troit Free Press.
Killeu-"Do you think we
shall ever civilize those bloody
Moros?" Byrne-"Sure-iu
couple of hundred years. Look
at our success with ssthe In.
diaus."-Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Yerning-'If you !will
only marry me, 1 promise you
I'll make you a good husband. "
Miss De Termind-''Never fear!
| If I decide to marry you I'll
make you that" t."-Philadelphia
Press.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Owen.

Amsley Owen, born in Ken
lucky 81 years ago. passed
from this life into the great be-
yond at midnight Tuesday at
his home northeast of this city.
He was a bachelor and for
many years one of the best
known men in Marion County.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at Mt. Vernon Church at
IL a. m. today.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Preparations.

us you got a razor you could
LEM me to shave merse'f?" asked
Mr.. Erastus Pinkley. 'I'se
gwine to de pahty tonight"
What's de matter wifi yoh
own razora"
"Well. you see. I ies' got it
stropped up fine dis attuhnoon,
an hates to dull de edge, ~
Washington Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Seed Wheat Should be Plump.

Original experiments by the
University of Missouri with
eighty varieties of wheat show
that the annual. yield of this
grain in Missouri might be in
creased more than 1900, 900
bushels if the farmers of the
state would give more atten
tion to the selection of seed.
Prof. F. B. Mumford, acting
Dean of the Agricultural De-
partment, under whose direc-
tion the experiments have been
performed, says:
IA large number of accurate
experiments show conclusively ly
that a large. plump grain of
wheat always gives larger and
more vigorous plants and a bet
ter yield. One farmer who as.
sisted in the experiments !care-
fully screened his wheat, SOW
ing only the larger grams for
several years aud thus increas.
ed his average yield five bush
els per acre. On the State farm
where we have personally con-
Quoted the tests a similar in
crease has been apparent in al
most every case where we have
used the full, plump grains for
seed. Our experience agrees
almost exactly with that of the
Tennessee Experiment Static n
which found that Poole wheat
grown from large grains yield
ed twenty-seven bushels per
acre, while the same variet y
from small grains yielded only
twenty-five and six teuths bush
els.
"Most of the large grains are
produced in large, vigorous
heads, containing many kernels
and thus it follows that select
ing large grains for seed results
in selecting it from the mo st
productive heads.
1.-The simplest method of Sc,
lecting the largest seed is to
screen out the smaller with an
ordinary tanning mill. Screens
are manufactured especially for
this purpose that do the work
thoroughly and they may be
had at a reasonable price. A
little attention to the selection
of seed wheat this fall will in-
crease the yield at least ten
per cent"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

preach at DeMoss at ii Sunday
morning aud at Ely at 8 that
evening. This closes Rev.
Keithley's work for this confer
euce year. He will leave Tues
day for Columbia to attend
Conference.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

Shipments still easy. Boul
ware and Flnks 4 cars of r. r.
ties; Mart Ely 1 car cattle and
i of hogs; Barger and McClin-
tic 2 cars of hogs; D s Sharp 1
car of sheep; Selby Poultry Co.
2 cars Of poultry and eggs; Bal
zer and Dirigo / car Of poultry
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Skinned Hands.

w. E. Jones of south of the
city while putting in in a con3
crete floor in his smoke house to
shutout the rats from his ''tan-
cy hams" skinned the backs of
his hands while handling some
rock.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
Market Report.

For Wednesday before date
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers And Pertaining
To Farmers.

MRS. OLLIE WILSON.
WANTED-100 head Of cattle
to pasture at 40 cents per
month. Salt River to water
out of.-MART ELY.
For good pasture and good
water, see James T. Umstattd.
D L and L o Crigler have
decided to quit farming and
will sell at what is known as
the w L Crigler farm 10 miles
south of this city on Thursday
Sept. 1, their stock, SIS head,
consisting of mules, horses, cat
tie, hogs. Col W T Youell will
be the auctloueer.
Monday we took a drive
through Indian Greek township
and found, we'll, we found the
crops of the earth and we found
Walter Hagan doing what all
farmers ought to do, cutting the
weeds at the road side. If the
weeds were cut on the out side
there would be less weeds on
the inside.
"Taters" yes, Bede Williams,
of Indian Creek raises potatoes.
We received one that weig he'd
2 lbs. 2 OF. Blamed if it didn't
look like an old.fashioned fam
lily. There they were all in a
bunch, little, big, old and
young, ten of 'em.
The meade VS. are closely dot.
ted with big ricks of hay, the
corn fields, we'll, some one
would say, it is a newspaper
lie. The oat fields, how did
they find room to shock them ?
The meadows and clover fields
dotted with fancy cattle.
,SHoRTHoRNS AND HEREFoRDS.
Those who are interested in a
combination sale of Shorthorns
and Herefords in Monroe City
are requested to meet at the
DEMOCRAT Office at 20 o'clock
Saturday morning.
The great Paris fair will be
held this year Sept 90 $4,000
in cash premiums. This is one
of the best fairs in our grand
Missouri and you should arrange
to attend.
The payroll of the Palmyra
creamery paid out 3,408 the
past month, the price paid for
butter fat being 174 cents.
JIM Crooks has sold his farm
known as the James McElroy
farm II miles west of Sidney
and 6 miles east of Monroe
City. He will sell at public sale
at the place on Wednesday
Aug. 81, his horses, cattle.
sheep, corn, hay, implements,
etc.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

and eggs; A H Green 2 cars of
hay; 9 W Lawson 1 Car of hay;
Robey and Robinson 1 car of
pine lumber to Stoutsville and
/ car to Goss. Total II cars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
Interesting News Concerning the Differ.
ent Determinations.
This Column Closes Promptly at = a. m.
Each Wednesday. DOat Forget ii.

EdSW WeuueSudys UUht EOfHeL IT,
Rev. William Galloway clos
ed a protracted meeting at the
Emden Baptist Church last
week that was quite successful,
there being eleven accessions to
the church.
Rev. FIR. John Lyons was
with Quincy friends yesterday.
Rev. I. w. Read and Rev. M.
L. McReynolds left yesterday
to attend the Wyakondia Bap.
tist Association at Canton.
Bethel N. e. Baptist Associa-
tion will meet at Philadelphia
Marion County Aug. 3lst aud
will continue two or three days.
There is considerable business
to transact and we'll as numer-
GUS chickens to dispose of.
METHODIST.
Sunday School Sunday morn
ing at $3.50, and it will be a
Missionary day for the Sunday
School. We hope that all the
members and all the children
will be present, on time, and
ready to make it a great Mis-
sionary day for the School. Let
US see if every body cannot get
to Sunday School this last Sab.
bath of the Conference Year.
We shall receive into the
church all who have given their
names as candidates for mem
bership and we hope every one
will ma ke it 4 point to be pres
ent. If there are those who
| were undecided as to the chur ch
they would join. at the close of
the meeting, we shall be happy
to have them with US Su nday
morning.
want, and shall expect,
every member of the church, if
not sick, to be with us in the
Sunday morning services; we
are expecting a great day in Is
rael, and if you, brother. sister,
are not present, we shall feel
sadly disappointed. Come to
the last service of this Confer
ence year; do not fail. I urge
you. in the name of our Lord
and the church you profess to
love, that you be present in the
morning services Sunday morn
ing.
Our Annual Conference meets
at Columbia August 31st, and 1
have to leave for Conferen ce
next Tuesday morning, and
will be gone one week, and 1
will come back-for my wife
and children, if for no other
purpose. Our own Missouri
Bishop-Bishop E. r. Hendrix,
will preside over our conference
and we know it will be we'll
done, for he is thoroughly ac-
quainted with his mother con-
ference. The Missouri Confer
ence numbers about two hun.
dred and fiftymen and there will
be quite a number of the con-
nectional officers present. We
are hoping for a great Confer
ence, and that every thing that
is done shall be done for the
highest interest of the church
/ of Jesus Christ.
Let all our members, who are
not sick, come to the pra yer
meeting Wednesday evening at
1880 o'clock,
Il n. -,:,.o. A. u;ahaak klasn;,..,o
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-25

Rev. 4. W. Keithley will
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-02
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-02
Good Roads In Congress.
Progressive Farmer

Next to Panama and the canals
the subject of good roads appears tC
be the leading question before Con
gress this winter. In fact, the Pan
anna question had to stand asid, while
Senator Latimer made a speech OF
his good roads bill. He is the junior
Senator from South Carolina, anC
an enthusiastic supporter of the Gov
ernment aid proposition. The scheme
outlined in his bill is quite similar
to that of the Brownlow bill which is
now occupying such a large share OF
public attention. Each bill carries
an appropriation of twenry-fou mil
lion dollars to be used during tEt
next three years, and each provides
that the Federal Governments ma
aid in the Improvement of the roads
to the extent of one-half the expense
but the Latimer bill places three com
missioners in charge of the PRO
posed Bureau of Highways instead
of one director.
Senator Latimer's spe a"h was
clear and convincing. He discussed
the question along IT," usual lines,
He answered the charge Of "uncon
stitutionality" by citing the fact that
Congress had appropriated, and the
Government had spent, many mil
lions for road building n the early
part of the last century. He also
pointed out that the Government
continually uses the public roads as
pOst-roads and argued that it was
not only constitutional, but just that
it should help construct and main
tain them.
The South Carolina Senator >um,
married. the arguments for National
aid as follows:
/. Because the history of road
building demonstrates that a com
plctc system of public roads has
never been constructed in any coun-
try except by the aid of the general
Government.
=. Because the revenues Of the
Government are raised largely upon
articles consumed by all the people
thereby distributing taxation equally,
and as all the people could contrib
ute To the construction and improve
mcnt of the roads. it is only by Fed
cral aid that this can be accom-
plished.
3. Because it Is the duty OF the
Federal Government to bear It's JUST
proportion of the expense for the
construction and Improvement IT the
roads which it uses for the delivery
Of the mails and for military pnr
poses in time of war.
+. Because better roads are Il liza
tional necessity; they clos"iv cnnccr
the general welfare of the nation
and are therefore a proper Object ct
National aid.
5. Because a surplus of about
500, 600, 900 is lying idle in the treas,
ury, which belongs to the people and
should be expended for their benefit
in a manner which will accomplish
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-02

Hes rather an Indifferent char
acter, that fellow, isn't heT
"That's so. He's forever saying,
Il don't care if | do.'"-Philadelphia
Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-02
A Word About The Progressive
Farmer.
Farmer.
Editors Progressive Farmer:

you of making The Progressive Far
mer a greater help to labor, and a
more welcome weekly visitor than
it ever has been. With the added
editorial help under the new manage
ment, it can't help being in the front
ranks of agricultural journals; pro-
vided, the editors do all they have
recently promised. and do not become
pulled up" with the brightness of
the prospects.
Let me quote one sentence IN the
closing paragraph of your announce
ment in the issue of January 9Th:
With such assistance, we cannot
help making The Progressive Farm
er the biggest, brightest and best
farm weekly ever printed in the
South | wish the editor had omit
ted the words lin the South" We
want to blot out sectional lines and
sectional feelings, and give the same
credit, the Same hearty "ha~ud-shake"
and the same honest God bless you
to a good citizen in the Southern
point of Florida hat We give to a
good citizen in the extreme northern
boundary of Maine. \ paper as
good as any lin the South" means to
me a paper as good as any any
where.
Mr.. Editor, I think we too often
associate true goodness. true great
ness, true prosperity, true success.
with money; and the money handled,
consumed or made, determines II
estimate Of the goodness, success,
etc. 1t should not be thus. The
Progressive Farmer Company, with
its thousands of dollars, can do more
TO help North Carolinians than amy
company in New York. Boston,
and Chicago can with its millions.
Did you ever attend Il conference, Il
synod, 4 convention or association
any religious body when its members
had to give an account of their
stewardship! If you have, you OBJ
served that he who collected the most
money was considered the most sue
ccssful; and strange ii Is. that mans
service is in demand on every charge,
much as we hate collections, or turn
our hands when the stewards. dca-
cons, elders or the plate comes
around. The Progressive Farmer
has not as large a subscription list as
some farm journals, nor has it as
big account in the bank, but it has
more brains, more honesty, NOR"
anxiety to do good service than man.
companies with much more capital
North and South of Mason and
Dixon's line; and it ought to be the
best agricultural paper for every
farmer in North Carolina. We place
no discount on big subscription lists
and large bank accounts; but there
IS q premium on brains and honesty
of The latter Will draw
patronage and accumulate cash; the
former, by themselves, will cheer but
few homes and FIJI fewer cribs. We
close by quoting the remainder of the
I au,1,l 20. HAnJ yUo truSt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-02
Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 9Th, 1902.

Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 9Th, 1902.
A little over a year ago l wss ia ken With
severe pains In my kidneys and bladder.
They continued to give me trouble for over
two months, and j suffered untold misery. 1
became weak, emactated, and very much
run down. HAD great difficulty in retain
Ing my urine, and was obliged to pass water
very often night and day. After had used a
sam pie bottle of DR.. k1lmer'S Swamp-ROOt
which you so kindly sent me on my request,
l expert need great relief. | immediately
bought Of nv druggist two large bottles and
continued taking 1t regularly. l am plpassd
to say that S~wamp-ROot GU ed me entirely.
l can now sta d on my feet all Gay withou,
having any bad ymptomsw whatever. You
are at liberty to use this m letter If
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