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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-09
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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Irrigation Congress at FL Pasc
Dr. Phillips Address.

DR.. VIM. b. Phillips, director
Of the Texas mineral survey,
University of Texas, read an in
teresting paper upon Irrigation
Upon the School Lands of Texas. "
In the discussion which followed,
r. L. Taylor, professor of engl-
neering of the University of Tex
as, drew attention TO the fact that
this State has never expended a
dollar to promote irrigation IN
any way, and he declared that 1t
ought to do so. Later OH Mr..
Taylor read n paper on "Rice IT.
rigation in Texas " lie correct
ed statement to the effect that
Texas has $4,000 acres irrigated.
He showed that there are 22o, OOO
acres of rice irrigated III Texas,
besides about 100000 acres lrrl-
gated outside OF the rice belt.
Among the other interesting
discussions was an address by W.
j. Spillman, agriculturlst of the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Besides dealing with
grass for the irrigated districts,
he spoke of these suitable tor
non-lrrigated terri tory and
preached an allround sermon up
ON diverslfication. He declared
that when the farmers OF the
! South had gone little further III
the practice of dIyersIIicatlon
those of the North and East
would feel their competition.
"They can beat you, he SAID
"because they can grow two crops
to your one, and .they are learn
ing very fast"
An announcement which wa
received with evident great inter
est was that the department vii
soon issue bulletin giving u Ger
tain recipe for the collecting o
Johnson grass. Mr.. SpilImal
thinks this an extremely valuable
grass for non-irrigated terrltor.
and believes that it will grow ii
popularity once the farmers hav
learned how to get rid Of it wheI
they desire to do so.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
An Epitome Of the Work Of that Body. lie
phant Butte Reservoir Recommended.
Officers Elected and Numerous
Resolutions Passed.

ment and cultivation is today ly-
ing idle, is farmed in the most IN
different and shiftless manner,
because It's owner has too much
land to properly till, or is irrigat.
ed merely to produce n crop of
hay to winter feed stoCk-where-
as, we're open to settlement 1T
could be taken up in 100 acre
tracts and an immense population
created.
"Today. the west is looking
through the vista into u glorious
future. With one of the widest
measures for internal improve
ment ever enacted by any nation
being pushed forward rapidly and
ski!fuIly by engineers Of the high
est intelligence and honesty, up
on n basis of merit, and for the
general good Of the country, 1T
remains only that the United
Stntes shall return to the great
spirit of the old homestead law
and provide, that settlement and
home building shall follow the
disposal Of our magnificent pub
| lie domains and our splendlc
water resources "
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01

providing for the opening of the
Sabine and Neches rivers TO navi-
CATION, and for the extension of
the national irrigation law TO in
clude Texas within its provisions
in so far as the existing land laws
Of the state will permit.
Other resolutions was intro
duced by A. A.sSwitzer, Of Mimi
esota, to prevent land holders
from monopolizing the benefits of
National irrigation projects; by
Truman Ct. Palmer, Of New
York, that the sugar beet culture
of the United States be encour-
aged by the presentation of con-
tract coolie labor on the sugar
plantations of the Philippines or
wherever the American flag floats.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01

The Twelfth National lrrlga,
ton Congress convened ut Ell
Paso, Tuesday of last week and
remained in session until Friday
evening.
The chairman of the creden'
tials committee, Delegate Hayes
of Oklahoma, reported total OF
"a states and territories represent
ed with 400 delegates present, as
follows:
Arizona, 42; California, 81;
Colorado, -; District of Column
bia, If; Idaho, 8; Illinois, .; In
dian Territory, /; Kansas, .;
Louisiana, 2; Michigan, ; Mimi
esota, 7; Missouri, 4; Montana,
>: Nebraska, IL; Nevada, i; New
Mexico, 80; North Dakota, ];
Ohio, /; Oklahoma, BIB; Oregon,
II; Texas, 60; Titan, 2G; Wash
ing. >; Wisconsin, 10; Mexico.
10; Egypt, |.
Prof. +. Benjamin Andrews
presided over the irrigation sec
ton and number of prominent
men we're in attendance from all
parts of prominent men were IN
attendance from all parts OF the
United States and from Mexico.
President Roosevelt was repre-
sented at the congress by Mr.,
Pinchot, Chief Forester of the
United States. Mr.. Pinchot read
Il letter from the President in
which President Roosevelt con-
graduated the congress on the adj
vancement which had been made
toward the improvement OF the
soil and reclamation of arid
lands. The President said II
closing:
THE future growth and great
ness of the other Western inter
ests will depend, in the first de-
gree, upon the development of IT.
rigation, and the development OF
irrigation will depend upon the
protection and wise use of exist
ing forests and the creation o
new ones, and the proper contro
of the grazing. Your work fol
the good of one interest is for thu
good of all. "
Many interesting and instruct
i've papers were read and ad
dresses made to the congress ant
it is believed that the work of thu
congress will be productive o
much good. Certain it is tina
their work tends to the enlighten
ment of the people and to II real
ization of the value of irrigation
while the work which the con
gress has accomplished is Of con
siderable magnitude,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Notice OF sheriff's Sale.
FATE OF TEXAS,
,rNTY ~ Tow GREEN.

County OF Tow GREEN. \
By VIRTUE Of u certain
Order of Sale issued out Of the
Honorable County Court of Tom
Green County, on the 9TH day of
November, 1904, on certain
Judgment Of foreclosure IN tavor
of Joseph Moulin, Plaintiff against
r. +. McSweeuev, Defendant, for
the sum Of Five Hundred and
Eighty-two Dollars and Thirty
five Cents ($5S2.35) besides in
terest and cost of SUIT il cause
No. 75S in said Court, styled
Joseph Moulin, Plaintiff. versus
II. f. McSweeney, Defendant, and
placed in my hands for service, l.,
J. b. Allen, as sheriff of Tom
Green County, Texas, did, on the
9TH day of November, 1904, levy
on certain Real Estate, situated
| in Tom Green County, described
| in said Order of Sale as follows:
Acre lot, number twelve, (l2) of
and in Miles Addition to the town
of San Angelo, in Tom Green
County, Texas, being a part OF
survey number 800, i'll name of
Christian Saliinger, which said
Judgment is a foreclosure OF
Plaintiffs Attachment Lien on
OH the said Real Estate. And on
Tuesday, the 9th day of Decem'
Der, 1901, at the Court House
door of Tom Green County, in the
City OF San Angelo, Texas, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. NJ. anc
4 p. m, ! will sell said Rea
Estate at public vendue, fol
cash, to the highest bidder, by
virtue of said Order of Sale.
And in compliance with law,
give this notice by publication, II
the English language, once
week for three consecutive week
Immediately preceding said da
of sale, in the san Angelo Press
a newspaper published lin Tor
Green County.
WITNESS my hand, this the st
: day of November, 1901.
> J. B. ALLEN,
: Sheriff Tom Green County, Texa
BY p. f. WEST,
= 45.4t Deputy.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Nest For Small Farms.

GUY Il. Mitchell, secretary OF
the National Irrigation assocla-
ton, read n paper Oh "Ihe west
for Small Farms J." He said In
part:
~ h e irrigation movement,
which is sweeping over the coun-
try is pregnant with vast posi-
bilities for good in the United
States. Irrigation begets small
farms and no country is 50 pros
porous, so stable, as that which
has for Its basis multitude OF
small farms, "
Starting with the greatest bo-
nanza farms in the world, the
west, declared Mr.. Mitchell, will
become in the next generation
Il region of small farms, with
units of 100 acres, so and even
10 acres to the family
AS the magnificent results OF
irrigation become more widely
known throughout the country,
the practice will invade the east,
even to the Atlantic coast, until
in time every water supply from
ocean 10 ocean will be utilized fol
irrigation, and with this vii
come the subdivision of hundreds
of thousands of farms into small
er tracts more carefully titled ant
more productive,
The question at present o
whether the western public land
shall become settled and farme'
in small tracts. or whether the
shall continue to be of easy &C
qulrement in large tracts is ON
of vital interest to the west, an
of no less interest to the entlr
nation.
"The most liberal constructlo
has been in the past placed upo
all of our land acquiring laws
there has been no strict enforce
ment of the principle that whe
the government gives away
piece of its land, that land shou
as n return, become HON
Vast areas of the land of Il
west, which have passed from Il
government into private owne
ship by a transfer, the spirit
which contemplated its settl
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
New Officers of the Congress.

The congress proceeded before
final adjournment to the cleo
ton of officers and the selection
Of the next meeting place.
The election Of officers resulted
as follows: President, Gov. Geo.
G Pardee, of California First
vice president, Judge l.. M. Shurt-
lift, OF Utah. Second vice presi-
dent, Congressman J. II. Steph-
ems, of Texas Third vice presl-
dent, +. l. Smith, Of Hood River,
Oregon. Portland, Ore, was se'
lected as the next meeting place
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01

Among the many resolutions
presented were the following:
Clifford Pinchot, of the District
of Columbia. presented two reso-
lutions, one urging legislation APP
propriatng funds for forest plant
ing on denuded water sheds IN
the forest reserves, and the other
repeating and emphasizing the
resolutions of previous congresses
in favor of the consolidation Of
all government forest work in the
United States department OF
agriculture
Delegate r. Dewitt Lawrence,
of California, introduced reso-
luton providing for the recIama-
ton of the eastern portion of San
Diego county.
Delegate Fairweather, OF Fresno
county, Cal, introduced reso'
| linton to bring about more de-
termined effort to carry fowarc
the reclamation work, explaining
that many corporations, etc,
were working III opposition to the
reclamation service. The reso
luton also called for an endorse
ment by the congress of the worl
of the reclamation service.
Congressman Stephens, o
Texas, introduced resolution
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
TO Dam Rio Grande.

Probably the most important
project before the congress was
the matter of an international
dam which was settled by adopt
ion of resolutions favoring the
construction of the Elephant
Butte reservoir.
The representatives of Old Mex
leo, New Mexico and FL Paso at
the irrigation congress held u
prolonged and somewhat heated
conference and finally adopted
resolutions favoring the construct
ion of the Elephant Butte reser-
voir near Las Crucas, n. NJ,
seventy miles above FL Paso on
the Rio Grande. This reservoir
has the endorsement OF the engl-
neers of the United States recla-
nation service, whose estimates
show that it will store sufficient
water TO irrigate 10000 acres OF
the Mesllla Valley, New Mexico,
20, 900 acres of Texas lands above
FL PasO and 1000 below.
BY the adoption of this COM
promise the long contest between
El Paso and New Mexico over the
rival International and Elephant
Butte Dams is probably settled
forever. International Dam pro-
iect was the outgrowth of claims
set up by Old Mexico tor $4,000
to her citizens in the Juarez dis.
trict, whose farms were ruined
several years ago by the eXhaus'
ton of the water of the Rio
Grande 10y irrigators in Colorado
and New Mexico. Old Mexico
agreed to cancel her claims pro
vided the international reservoir
was built on the border and he
citizens were given the use OF TIT
water on an area of 100000 acres
The United States Government
regarded the project with favor
and under the Cleveland admins
tration the negotiations reached
an advanced stage and II treat,
was framed, but never signed.
Private capital from London ha'
while these negotiations were Il
progress begun the constructor
of a reservoir at Elephant Butte
The United States Department o
Justice enioined the promoters o
the ground that the Rio Grand
was navigable stream and tn
work was stopped.
y Meantime CongressmaE Joh
II. Stephens, of Texas had repea
l., edly tried to pass special III
! providing for the construction
n the International Dam. Not lor
+ ago engineers of the reclamatlo
Il service examined both sites al
IS pronounced that at EIephal
l. Butte the best suited for the co
d struction of reservoir, al
agreed to recommend it to the d
If partment, provided the oppo'
Is ton of the people of Ell Paso
ID withdrawn. Furthermore tn
~ showed by their estimates tn
C. Ell Paso would derive almost
Ne much benefit from the project
I'd New Mexico and that if nece
re airy half of the water reaching t
Texas border could be given
IN the despoiled citizens of Juar
IN A meeting was therefore cal
s; of the citizens of New Next
,e- El Paso and Mexico and in jo
en- session all opposition to the L
plant Butte project was remoN
Id and the dam will probably
ne. built, but in event the Ell p
he Valley is to derive any BEN
he from the waters the passage o.
en- special act must be accomplish
of Texas is not included under
le- reclamation laws.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Letter TO San Angelo Ice Company
SAN ANGELO, TEXAs.

Dear Sirs: Mr., Frank Robin
son, Titusville, Pa, bought Devoe
with a good deal of feeling against
the whole tribe of mixed paints.
Our agents there, Messrs. Kerno-
chan & Co., got him to do it. He
says: Il am more than pleased
with the job. | had one-third of
the paint left over; | know of sew
eral other jobs, year old or more,
painted with Devoe, that are wear
ing we'll,
What Il pity we have to all go
through the same school, to find
out what paint to put on house
Experience teaches, Isn't there
any easier way to learn?
+. w, DEvoE & Co.,
New York.
P. S.-B. B. Hail & Co. sci
our paint. 7
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Members EXECUTIVE Committee.

Indiana, n. A, Gladding, India
napolis. Nevada, j. NJ. Jones,
Reno Oklahoma, J. Is. Thomp-
son, Guthrie. Texas, Geo. a
Barstow, Barstow. Utah, F j.
Klesel, Ogden. LOUISIANA, Chas'
X Fuqua, Baton Rouge. Wash
lngton, II. b. Scudder, North
Spokane. Minnesota, Benz. f.
Beardsley. Michigan, w X
Morley, Grand Rapids.
Iowa, Geo. A. Latham. Arizona
b. A. Fowler, Phoenix. Colora'
do, a. f. Frances, Cripple Creek
New Mexico, l.. b. Prince, Santa
Fe. Oregon, A. X, Wilson, Port
land. California, G, B. Boothe
Los Angeles. Nebraska, f. '
Magley, Lexington.
The congress will convene mex
in Portland in 1908 during tn
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Honorary Vice Presidents.

Indiana, U. A. Carlisle, South
Bend. Nevada, Sen. Newlands,
Reno. Oklahoma, w. II. Little,
Perry. Texas, T. L. Taylor, Aus
tin. Utah, J. II. Smith, Salt
Lake. Louisiana, c. A. Tiebort,
Roseland. Washington, Cyprus
Happy, Spokane, Minnesota,
Prof. Thomas Shaw. Michigan,
Congressman Smith, Grand Rap
ids. Iowa, Jesse II. Hawley,
Arizona, Dwight b. Heard, Phoe-
nix. Colorado, f. H. Branden-
burg. Denver. New Mexico,
Francis Ct. Tracy, Carlsbad
Oregon, Thos. G.. Horley, PendIe-
ton. California, Sciplo Crag,
Redlands. Nebraska, w. II.
Wright, Scott's Bluff.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
45-4t

Dir. J. w. c. Love of Tuspan,
Mexico left Monday for that
place, after a visit of few days
to his brother, Dr.. O. b. Love.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
Cured Constipation.

Mrs. b. w. Evans, Clearwater,
KAN, writes. My husband lay sick
for three months. The doctors said
he had quick consumption. We pro-
cured bottle of Billiards. Horehound
syrup, and it cured him. That was
six years ago. Since then we have
always kept bottle in the house We
cannot do without it. For coughs and
colds it has no equal" Doc, 5Oc and
81. 90. Sold by Central drug store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01

Miss Blanche Marie Bell and
brother Frank returned Thursday
from lengthy visit to relatives
md the Fair at st. Louis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

bLA~A~N1S-1
Washington April S-AIrs. AUdenried entertained
ar dinner this evening in compliment to Mr. ana
Mrs George Kendricx. Of Philadelphia VINO az
now her guests. Senator AID Mrs Scott were ~
Audenrieds guests of honor at dihner @S'
Wednesday night -
Mrs Jobn r Mclean resumed tonight her Gus
tonarv Saturday evening dancing parties winch
have been interrupted by the illness OF her Sun
John r Mclean. The guests were members OF lh9
usual dancing class reinforced BY some friends On
Monday afternoon Mrs. Mclean will give a tea IN
honor OF the members Of the Mask and wig Cluo
of the University of Pennsylvania who VIII present
Alice in Another Land here on the same eVeiils
for the benefit Of the Diet Kitchen.
musical was given this afternoon at the holne
NJ Mrs Clifford Steven Walton for the Episcopal
Eve Ear and Throat Hospital The artists were
DielaI AIunif Bey. first secretary OF the IurKlsh
LEGATION; Mrs Bertha Lucas Stoddard and oscar
Ciarressen, Of New-York.
The Dream OF queen Elizabeth" TO be produced
Tuesday night Is assured Of financial success
every box and seat in the Lafayette having been
sold at unprecedented prices The PLAY, which was
written by and is under the direction OF Mrs A
c. Barney IS in three acts which serve 10 introduce
over sixty characters all represented by men and
women prominent in Washington society Mrs
John c. Fremont. wife Of Commander fremont
L s ", takes the part OF the Queen ana MISS
Durand daughter Of the British Ambassador. Is
Marchioness Of Gotham. first lady-in-waitins-
Other members Of the class include Miss Marion
Oliver the Misses Calderon, daughters or tne
Peruvian Minister: Miss Van Reypen, Miss Gene
Crosby Miss DeeriEg. Lieutenant II. b Butler
L. s. ": Gist Blair. Paymaster V L. Jackson
Charles Lee and Captain Beach In series OF
tabeaus, representing the most beautiful women
IN the worlds history. Mrs Oliver Cromwei IS
Herodias: Miss Ellen Coin Helen OF Troy; Miss
Elizabeth Warder. SaIome. Miss WadswOrth.
Judith Mrs. John Davis, Du Barry, Miss Belle
Hagner. Juno. Miss Ethel Secondorh. RosamOnd,
and Miss Edith Harlan Child. Mary Queen Of Scots.
The long list Of patronesses includes nearly every
woman Of official society and the diplomatic corps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

making them instruments of his power. Human
nature is much the same at all times but
human nature now and then is able to rise
above ITSELF be dissatisfied with itself, and
earnestly seek righteousness. Maybe the COM
munities where the general standard of honesty
was higher than with us were more simple
But it is an indictment of civilization and relig-
ion to say that they cannot provide an ethical
standard adequate to this complex life and
make it dominant over all the activities of
men.
What Mr.. Steffens points the way to is a
preacher on sin. He is one himself; and that
is the great need Of the church, of society and
of business to-day. There is to-day, perhaps,
more morality of a kind than ever before, GER
tainly more of the humanitarian impulse But.
in the words Of Isaiah, Every one loveth gifts,
and fOllOweth after rewards" and the time is
ripe for the preacher sin who, with the true
prophetic voice and power. can put the new
and complicated activities of modern life in
subsection to moral law, so that it will be as
disgraceful. and appear to men themselves TO
be as dishonest, to steal indirectly through cor
pOrariOns to pick neighbours pocket. We
know all about corporation thimble rigging. bad
faith in speculations. graft in labor unions.
bribery in politics. But our eyes are not opened
to their full significance our consciences
aroused to own responsibility. The need of
the time is the SavonarOla who, whether he
comes in a cow or a sack coat, turn mems
minds from the mint, anse and cumin Of
morality to the development of the character
which lies at the basis of honest society, and
who will concern himself less with the
preaching Of the letter OF the Ten Command
ments than with the pointed, practical and in
spring application Of "the first and great COM
mandment' to the social. business and political
conditions of modern society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
RRTAN ON PAREER

Colonel William J. Bryan. as was TO be e1-
pected declines to accept the theory that Chief
Judge Alton B. Parker viii make an accepta-
bic Presidential candidate because his political
opinions are unformulated and unknown In
last weeks issue Of ''The CommOner" its editor
declares that Judge Parker is not available"
as a Presidential nominee. The "Commoner"
article was written, apparently, before the ap-
pearance Of ex-President Clevelands cheerful
Endorsement Of Judge Parler's candidacy. That
fact nav account FOR the relative midness Of
Colonel BrYans protest against the nomination
OF the yelled statesman Of Albany and Esopus
Evidently Colonel Bryan did not think that any
rveIl-wisher Of Judge Parker would have the
maladroitness to proclaim him at this inter
esting jucture not a "judicious and judicial
onloozer at Democratic fractional squabbles and
squabblers, but "a IL representative" Of ultra
conservative Democratic ideas. The Princeton
Interview has doubtless reached Lincoln. and
we expect 10 see 1.-THE C0mmoner' do justice TO
Il this week with scare" heads and blackface
type.
Lacking the light thrown on his candidacy
by Mr. Cleveland's feeling eul0Cy. and still re-
garding him only a statesman Of undiscov-
cradle views and Eympathies, Colonel Bryan
has two distinct objections 10 urge against
Judge Parker's candidacy. The first IS that
the conduct Of his canvass has been intrusted
knows Mir. Hi. II he does not know Mr.. Hiils
political protega he does not therefore grow
enthusiastic at the chance-hOwever distant
OF finding Mr.. HID 1.-The power behind the
throne" IN a Democratic national administra-
ton BE says:
Ngr. I'm has made himself the champion OF Mr.
Parker IN New-York. ana il IS not likely that
he would do this without having understand
ing with Mr.. Parker to his own position with
the administration. il can be safely taken for
granted that IN case OF Judge Parker's nomina-
ZION and election Mr.. Eill would be the control
lsng figure ia the administration, and that would
White House would have wade through pea
nut shells knee deep.
There may possibly be touch Of peanut
notifies" In the above suggestion. But Colonel
BRYAN takes a second and more serious excep-
don to Judge Parkers availability" What
no asks IS the judges real attitude toward
trust legislation and trustsg The Democratic
Uartv makes violent professions OF hostility to
combinations which Cypress the consumer and
restrain the freedom of trade But practically
what does II do to check the operations or these
gigantic conspiracies against the public inter
pstg As Colonel Bryan says. Mr.. Cleveland not
pnlv neglected 10 enforce The Sherman Anti
Trust law. but he put on the supreme court
bench three Democratic justices who hold the
remedies OF the Sherman law inapplicable 10
State chartered corporations Ike the Northern
Securities Company. Judge Parker II elected
would probably be called 10 make further
Supreme Court appointments Would he ap-
ante with Democratic colleagues already on