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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-07-28

." Wv 'eo DtttCof GU OICL JCCL Itut UE(L11CL1y,
health of lungs even sent to his pa
per little item. This unexpectedly
brought Wallace Carpenter to the spot.
The place was an amphitheater for
such as chose to be spectators. They
fould stand or sit on the summit of the
gorge cliffs, overlooking the river, the
fall and the jam.
At last Shearer became angry.
we've been monkeying long
enough" said he. "Next time we'll
leave center that will 20 out. Well
shut the dams down tight and dry
pick out two wings that III start her.
The. dams were first run at full
speed and then shut down. Hardly 4
drop of water flowed in the bed of the
stream. The crews set laboriously to
work to pull and roll the logs out in
SUCH nat Iasn1on mat neau OF wafer
should send them out.
This was even harder work than the
other, for they had not the floating
power of water to help them in the
lifting. As usual, part of the men
worked below. part above.
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CHAPTER xxx,

THOR moment the three men
stared at each other without
speaking.
~ what does it mean?" almost
whispered Carpenter.
Mean? Foul playy' snarled Thorpe.
Come, on, Tim"
The two struck into the brush, thread.
ing the paths with the ease of woods
men. It was necessary to keep to the
high inland ridges. The pole trail had
by now become impossible. Thorpe
and his foreman talked briefly.
ITS Morrison & DAILY" surmised
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CHAPTER XVIII.

In TURING perhaps ten seconds the
I'LL survivors watched the end Of
D Thorpes rope trailing in the
- food. Then the young man
with a deep sigh began to pull it to-
ward him.
At once hundred surmises, ques-
lions, calculations, broke out.
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CHAPTER XVII.

l"vdE rear laQ Deen tentlng at the
dam for two days and was
about ready to break camp
~ when Jimmy Powers swung
across the trail to tell them of the big
jam.
Ten miles along the river bed the
stream dropped over little half falls
into a narrow, rocky gorge. 1t was al
ways an anxious spot for river drivers.
The plunging Of the logs head-on over
the fall had SO gouged out the soft rock
below that an eddy of great power had
formed in the basin. Here, in spite of
all efforts, the jam had formed. The
bed was completely filled, far above
the level of the falls, by tangle that
defed the jam crews best efforts.
The rear at once took the trail down
the river. Thorpe and Shearer and
Scotty Parsons looked over the ground.
Without delay the entire crew was
set to work. Nearly a hundred men
can pick great many logs in the
course of day. Several times the jam
started, but always "plugged'' before
the motion had become irresistible.
well have to Shoot" Shearer re-
luctantly decided.
The men were withdrawn. Scotty
Parsons cut sapling twelve feet long
and trimmed it. Big Junko thawed his
dynamite at a little fire, opening the
ends of the packages in order that the
steam generated might escape. When
the powder was warm, Scotty bound
twenty of the cartridges around the
end of the sapling, adjusted a fuse in
one of them and soaped the opening to
exclude water. Then Big Junko thrust
the long javelin down into the depths
OF the jam, leaving thin stream of
smoke behind him as he turned away,
zigzagging awkwardly over the jam,
the long, ridiculous tails of his brown
getaway coat Topping behind him as
he leaped. A scant moment later the
hoarse dynamite shouted.
Great chunks of timber shot to an in
conceivable height. Entire logs lifted
bodily into the air with the motion Of
a fish jumping. A fountain of water
cleaned against the sun and showered
oO"H Ill Lilo Idlu. L ne JAIN shrugged
and settled. That was ALL The "shot''
had failed.
The men ran forward, examining Gu
riously the great hole in the log forma-
ton.
''We'll have to flood her." said Thorpe.
So all the gates of the dam were
raised, and the torrent tried its hand.
It had no effect. Evidently the affair
was not one of violence, but Of pa
tience. The crew went doggedly to
work.
Day after day the clank, clank, clinlk
of the peaveys sounded with the regu-
larity Of machinery. 1t was cruel,
hard work. A man who has lifted his
utmost strength into a peavey knows
that. Any but the Fighting Forty
would have grumbled.
Collins, the bookkeeper, came up to
view the tangle. Later photographer
from Marquette took some views, and
by the end of the week number of
curiosity seekers were driving over ev-
cry day to see the big jam. A certain
Chicago journalist in search of balsam
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well on the food they receive. There
Is plenty Of rice about Port Arthur,
and they could live on that, as the
Japanese soldiers do, pending the ar
rival of othor supplies. The formation
of the coul y about Port Arthur is
very much like that Of our New Eng
land coast, and the climate is similar
The snowfall is not sufficient to block
trains. On my trip across the Siberian
railroad l SAW no snowrHows or snow
sheds along the railroad line until we
We're close TO Moscow"
But even General Miles roseate view
of the situation does not change the
fact that transporting an army 5000
miles and keeping it from starving to
death are very serious propositions for
Russia to solve.
A weakness not mentioned by Cen
eral Miles Is the vast number Of men
required to guard these thousands of
lmiles Of railroad through Manchuria
and Siberia. Hostilities had barely be-
gun before an important bridge on the
Manchurian line was blown up by the
uaps, and that they will cut the rail-
foad many times during the war is 10
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+: :: z: : Difficulties Faced by the u u
n War ~
" hHC(uln( ~ How the Fighting Men III
~ 4 UNuOOuOuDO =" Are Handicapped ~
~ *4 ~ f. ~ # ++ r. r. RI II # II II
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be expected. The Manchurian line
above Dalny and Port Arthur runs
along the shore of the Yellow sea for
miles and is thus open to Japanese at
tack by strong landing parties, while
passing trains may even be shelled by
Japanese ships stationed miles from
land.
It is also said that many Japanese
disguised as Cinnamon are at work
niong the lines In Manchurla and 81
IBERIA and that they have secretly min
ed the roatlbed and the bridges at
many points.
The Russians thoroughly appreciate
the difficulty of guarding Il single line
of railway of such great length; in
deed their military position bears
striking resemblance to that of the
british in South Africa, where Field
Marshal Roberts and General Kitchen
er had TO keep an enormous number
OF troops on watch duty along the rail
road from Cape Town to Johannes
burg. The Siberian and Manehurian
lines are very lightly laid "a weak
point which the Russians recognize
and the chief danger is Of a break
down under the pressure of the enor-
nous military traffic.
For months past soldiers and mill
tary stores have been sent from Rus
sia to the far east in such numbers
that the ordinary traffic of the Siberian
railway has been entirely suspended, a
state of things which the officials en-
deavor to explain by stating that the
permanent way ON the Manchurian
section has been seriously damaged
by heavy rains and that many of the
bridges have collapsed. Yet the Man
,hurian section is considered to be the
lest laid part of the Siberian railway,
tie bridges in particular being sub
75antial works.
OF Port Arthur itself Lord Ronald
shay, who recently returned to Eng
land from the far east, says: "1t is not
necessary to be a military expert to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-08


numerically is overcome in no small
measure by the appalling length Cf her
lines of communications. She is very
tall giant, and she is drawn out so thin
that strength is turned to weakness.
Her Baltic fleet, to re-enforce the Rus
sian squadron at Port Arthur, China,
must steam distance equal to half
around the world. This formidable
voyage Of 10000 or $1,000 miles from
the Baltic to the Yellow sea is one Of
the magnificent distances of the cam
paign. Another is the 800 miles Of
sea that stretch between VladivOstok,
Russia's harbor in Siberia, and Port
Arthur, her new base in Manchuria,
the important port she and other pow
ers compelled Japan to surrender after
1t had been captured from China.
Still another of the magnificent dis
tances is the journey by rail between
St Petersburg, the Russian capital and
Port Arthur Her Transsiberian rail
way, covering nearly 1000 miles, and
its southern branch, the Chinese East
ern railway, running through Manchu-
ria to Dalny, Port Arthur and Nladi-
vostok. 4 distance of about 100 miles,
are both single track roads. and the
task of transporting soldiers, munitions
of War and food supplies many thou
sands of miles over such roads and
through dcsolate iccbound wastes is
one to strain to the utmost the strength
of the Russian Goliath. According to
Lieutenant General Nelson a. Miles,
who passed through Manchura and 81
IBERIA not long ago. these railroads are
we'll built, the SHOWS are not as severe
as along our Northern Pacific in Win
ter, and the country is not very rough
or mountainous.
.''fhc Transsiberian railroad, in my
Judgment. is capable of moving about
5000 men day General Miles said
recently. But this would not include
supplies for them. The road could be
used five days in a week for transport
ing soldiers and two days in moving
supplies for them. The ration of the
Russian soldiers looks very much like
a loaf of very dark rye bread. They
eat very little meat and apparently do
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L.
recognize that Port Arthur is practi-
cally impre"nable. The CHIEF danger is
of its being starved out ana cut off by
a breach in the lines Of co!nMunica
ton The only way in which Port AZ
thur could be taken would be by land
ing troops north of Balny and estab-
fishing across the peninsula Il Gordon
in the rear While simultaneously block
aiding the place from sea.
while | was in Manehuria it was
quite evident that every preparation
was being made for war. was told
on good authority that so far back as
August last there We're 10000 Rus
sian troops in Manchuria, and imme-
diately ahead of me another six train
loads of soldiers had passed over the
railways, AS l travelled along the line
| found that at most of the stations
there were trains crowded With troops,
and in many cases the soldiers We're
living in the trains owing to insuffi-
cient barrack accommodations
That Russia already has vast army
whether it is any better prepared for
war than her unfortunate navy re-
mains to be seen Not long ago there
was a report that because Of poor food
and quarters and inadequate medical
supplies her soldiers in Manchuria
We're dying like flies" but she has a
war strength Of about 100000 men to
~,
new men to take their places
Vladivostol, one Of Russia's two i'm
portant Pacific ports, is icebound dur
' ing part of the winter and will be Of
little use to her in winter campaign
despite the efforts of the great ice
breaking steamers she utilizes in at
tempting to keep the harbor open.
Then, too. the short route for the 800
mile trip from VladivoStok to Port Ar
thur is through Korea strait, narrow
passage only about 100 miles wide be-
tween Korea and Japan. and as this
strait is dominated by Japan, 1t will be
of little use to the cars fighting men.
In the struggle Japan is not ham,
pered by long lines of communications.
1t Is but few hours sail across Korea
strait from Japan to Korea; the dis
tance from Naeasaki. Japans great ma
val base, to Port Arthur is only 5S5
miles; from Nagasaki to Fusan and
Masampho, at the southern terminus
OF the railroad she is building from Fu-
san to Seoul, Korea's capital, Is only
2oo miles, and from Nagasaki to Che.
mulpo is 800 miles, In short, the entire
theater of war Is at Japan's very door,
and, situated as she is on we'll guarded
islands, she seems to be fairly safe
from the danger Of invasion. NAPOLEON
sound the narrow British channel all
too wide to permit of a successful in.
vasion of England century ago. and
auss1a faces a similar situation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-08
Not So GIoe<uI

80 you belong to glee club?"
Well answered the youth with
ions.sh hair, that's what we can II.
out no one seems very joyous when
we sing. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-08
.HE present struggle between Rus
sian and Jap, like that between
Boer and Briton, Is war Of

BOor and BfltOn, IS WHT OI
magnificent distances. There
is another resemblance, for 1t is also
war between giant and pygmy, be-
tween David and Goliath. Every one
knows that the British Goliath, con-
trary to the Scriptural ending expected
by Dom Paul Kruger, overwhelmed
The Boer David but at this writing no
one can forptell how the present ap-
parently unequal contest will end.
The magnificent distances in the pres
pnt war, as in the South African Strug-
gle are serious stumbling blocks in the
path Of the greater nations success. for
Russia's vast superiority over Japan
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que va defender a varios procesados
de aquella villa.
Ain no Sc ha nombrado ell secre-
tario municipal de esta ciudad, ape
sar de que la ley dice que todos los
nombranientos Sc harlan Ell 10 de Ju-
lio. Tampoco Sc ha nombrado el sub
secretario de esta Corte de Distrito.
Con motive de la llegada esta
ciudad del Juez instructor de Tribuna-
les, Mr.. Frank Fewille, tendra efecto
esta nocheen la.Corte una reunion de
jueces y abogados, para zanzibar i'm
presiones.
Con motive de la nueva combi-
nacion judicial, han quedado cesantes
en- esta Corte los empleados don Pa
bio E. Medina, Official de sala de 10
civil; don Manuel Dfaz Dfaz, Official
de sala de 10 criminal los escribien-
tes don Santiago Mercader, don An
gel Vdzquez, don Jose Ramirez y don
J ose Scbater. Tainbien han quedado
cesantes los senores alguaciles.
Los joyenes artesanos juan NJ ar
-inez Sepdiveda, Francisco velez
Ramuel Mangual, uniran sus destinos
may en- breve con las distinguidas Sc
1oritas Carmen Odiot, Marina Fores-
tier y Costansa Baeis. Tambi1n tene-
mo, Ioticias de otros, que daremos 4
en- su oportunidad. A todos |
deseamos una eterna luna de miel.
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Una |eonera descubierta
en- Sabana Llama
BUEN SERVlCIO POLICIACO

Antes de anoche en- el barrio de
Sabana Llama (Rio-Piedras) fue sor-
prendida una iugada a 10 prohibido,
por ell cabo MARTINEZ Chapel dos
policfas q sus 6rdenes en- la casa de
.un tai Juan Calcano.
AL llegar la policfa ser vista por
los iugadores, lie fue dado un mache-
tazo al quinque 81 cual volo hecho pc
dazos quedando oscuras la casa.
En- este estado las cosas los policfas
Sc vieron rodeados por los jugadores
que pasaban de % los cuales armados
de palos, navajas, revolvers, mache-
tes otras armas trataban al parecer
de acometerles. Los policfas cargaron
sus carabinas hacienda luz con fos-
foros intimaron los jugadores & que
Sc diesen presos, logrando solamente
detener cinco de ellos pues los demas
Sc escaparon. Cast todas las armas
que portaba la partida fu6 ocupada
por la polic1a, Y los cinco que no To-
graron escapar han sido conducidos
hoy esta Capital para comparecer
ante ell juez municipal sef1or del Vale
ell caal juzgara este asunto.
Hace tempo que la policfa venfa
vigilando esta guarida de juga 1ores
que mejor parecfa una leonera.
Creemos que el servicio prestado
es bueno aplaudimos la policla.
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AVlSO Al PDBLlC0
ONOFRE MOGICA.

En- la antigua Y acreditada
oastreria de r. MOntes acAbase de
in5taIar una sucursal ds la muy
reputadafabrica de sombreros xLa
Bella Borinquena. de Sucesores de
do Juan Cabrer S. en- @. de Ponce.
En- dichO establecimiento ha-
lara ell pubIico, continuamente,
variadosurtiiO de SOMBREROS de
to las clases; para cabaiieros, para
amos, senoritas y ninas.
De pajilla, de imitaci6n jipiia.
pa , deltro, do pelo v lana.
Se hace la Orden cualuuier
sorabrero; p ara precios Y demas in
fel mes. drljirse a FORTALEZA 28
San Juan.
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Noticias de QuebTadi|Ias
(De nuestro Corresponsal.)

QUEBRADILLAS,4 JULIO 9.-El
domingo pasado llev6se efecto en- es-
te pueblo una velada lirico-literaria
organizada beneficio del tenor puer-
torriquef1o senor Goicoechea.
Cooperaron a tan brillante acto
distinguidos caballeros Y virtuosas
senoritas de la localidad.
Hizo las delicias del pdblico en el
teclado Ia simpatica Teresina Coma
lez que cada nomento interpretaba
divinamente q Jubal: clio lie sirvio
para recibir nutridos aplausos que lie
dedicaba el p1blico a cada momento.
sQue diremos de las senoritas
Luisa Estrella, Maria Hernandez Y
Digna Gonzalez? Dejemos que aque-
Hos que conocen ell arte dramatico
aprecien cuanto vale su trabajo. No
sotros solo diremos: & Afrontad ell pc
ligro y dad un paso mas. que la glo-
ria sera grande, y no olvidad que de
vosotros sera ell porvenir,>
Vaya nuestra felicitaoion todas
elias como tambien los senores Rou-
re (Ramon), Conrado Santiago la
angalical nina Carmelita Acevedo.
-Desde el dia 10 Sc encuentra
alberta la estaci6n telegrafca bajo la
direction de la senorita Conception
Molina. Por fin Sc lograron nuestros
deseos
Sc encuentra enfermO aunque no
de cuid ado, un nif1O de nuestrO amigo
don Felipe Avila.
Aver dieron principle las move
mas del Carmen.
En- dias pasados acompanamos
su Ultima morada los restos de la
sonora madre polftica de nuestro buen
amigo don Felix Lamela.
-Tambi6n eXperimentamOs pes ar
al acompanar la metropolis Ell cada-
yer de un terno nif1o de los esposos
Badia Estrada, que era la sonrisa de
aquel felfz hogar.
-Desde el dia 10 esta alberta la
escuela de verano solo han acudido
ella ii alumnos. A 10 que ha lie
gado Puerto-Rico.
traido por el Sr. Jimenez de Aguadi-
lla podemos asegurar que agrada
mas al p1blico que los de la compaffa
americana.
Sc encuentra entire nosotrOs, des-
de hace dias, el distinguido DR.. Audi
not.
-Ha gustado mucho Ell brillante
art1culo dos dos discursos1 que trae
LA DEMOCRACIA.
Sc CORE, y con demasiada ante
iacion, Ell rumOr de que este ano no
tendremos fiesta patronal; falta mucho
tempo y no nos atrevemos dar nues-
ira opinion, pero creemos que no su
cedera, pues es muy necesaria para
alegrar un POGO ell espfritu va cansa-
40 de TRAFALGAR. .Venga, pues, San
Rafael!
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CARTAS DETEN|DAS
En- Ia Administration de
C0rre0s de esta ciudad

Julia Ayala, Mrs, S. M. Bascley
DR.. w alter Brice, Isabel de x. Bre-
nes, Agustin Becerril, Leandro Cruz,
Francisco Costa, Josefa Cebilla, Lau-
rance J. Carm alt, Sixto Diaz, Carmela
Diaz Lanaury, Isaac Enacar, Bitorio
Elias, Jose Echevarry, Gaspar Flores,
Br1gida Flores, Joaquin Franco, Juan
Forastier, James P. Tanning, Pedro
Guzman, Manuel Gonzalez, Juan Ma
ria CULLEN, Juan Maria CULLEN, Ma
ria Heredia, Trinidad Mercedes Her
nandez, William Hayk, Cooper T.
HON, Jose de JESUS, John Lankford,
] ohm Lankford, La Nacion Espanola,
Ramon Martell, Nicolas Marcano, Do
mitilo Martinez, Romano Machuca,
Mercedes Martinez, Manuel Mallen
Ortiz, J. M. Messu, Eustaquia Melen-
dez, Felfcita Melendez, Enriqueta V.
de Moret, Guadalupe Moreno.
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Banda San Fernando"

En- la Carolina ACADIA de ser for
mada una banda de m1sica que Sc de-
nomira &Banda San Fernandez. Esta
banda cuenta con unos veinte musicos
entire ellos buenos profesores.
-El objeto es dar retretas periodi-
camente en- los pueblos de Carolina
Rio Grande, tsmbien iran q tocar dom
de les Ilamen.
Ell professor don Jose G ari ha sido
director de dicha banda.
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Isaac Sharp, ez-Gobernador de Kansas,
Ell una carta de 1927 I ST., n. E., Wash
ington, u. c., escribe:
"Pued0 con fOdo c0raz0n recon7endaf
IL Perlfna como I'm exceIenfe f6HicO.
81 reputation como I'M renediO para
ell cqfarro esf6 f1rn1en1enfe esfab!ecida
por mis- amigos, que han n7eiorado poI
su uS0, y Ell oLblic0 debiers COnOcer SIS
grandes DOderes curafivOs. "---lsaRc
Sharp.
El Congresal II. Henry Powers nos
escribe de Morrisville, Vermont:
"IIe usado La Peruna en- mi familia con
buen 6xito. PueGo recomendarIa como
remedio domestico excelente."
Si no Sc obtiene buenos y prontos re-
sultados con e1 uso de Ia Peruna Sc debe
escribir inmediatamente DR.. Hartman,
describiendo su case y el tendrG gusto
Ell Garle su invaluable consejo gratis.
Diriase DIR. Hartman, Presidente
del SAM .ario Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, FE. UU.
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i 7 i A D 0

Sc suplica los senores suscrito-
res de este peri6dico el pago de los re-
cibos que adeudan, para poder liqui.
dar con la empresa las cuentas atra-
sadas que tengo.
Sera favor que 10 agradecera q sus
buenos amigos
Ell Agente.
/, IGLEsIAS JORDAN,
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Una exposition
Hon. Comisionado del Departamento
de Educaci6n.


de Educaci6n.
San Juan, p. t.
Sr Los vecinos que suscribimos
espetuosamente por medic de este,
ante usted comparecemos, manifestAn-
dole que: sinceramente lamentamos
que Ell professor don Miguel Medina,
usted no lie haya mand ado certificado
para poder continuar como regense de
la eseuela que desempef1aba & salts
faccion no solamente de los padres, si
que tambien de la infantil juventud
que va lie llora.
Ell senor Medina por mas de 20
amos viene educando nuestros hiios,
es tan correcto caballero tan ficl
cumplidor de sus deberes, como el que
mas puede considerarse
Rumores nos hacen Greer que este
sucede causa de maledicente infor-
macion que usted le han hecho
nosotros justificamos que el senior Me-
dina vive en- este poblado, solo en- su
habitacion y no Sc puede usar conduc-
ta mas acrsol ada.
oOl dnonto Gu las LdrdeS de los
viernes Sc marcha su pequef1ita pro-
piedad, que dista de esta poblaci6n
dos horas, y los domingos la una de
sus tardes va ha regresado para en-.
prender los lunes Ell cumplimiento de
sus deberes.
For tanto como padres de fami-
liza = vecinos de este pueblo, le hscs-
mos esta manifestation, para que us.
ted proceda en- justicia, remitisndo al
certihcado d don Miguel Medina para
que pueda continuar educando q nues.
tros hijos.
Es justicia y esperamos sn aten-
ci6n.
Respetuos amente,
A. Garcia, jose ID. Carminely.
Gaspar Lobr6n; miembros de la-Jun-
"a escolar.
Is copia.
PLAcIDO DE La PLAZA.
Patillas, JUNO - de 1904.
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Junta Esco|ar de Camuv

Sc hace saber, por el presente, que
los senores profesores que deseen as
pirar al desempeho de las escuelas de
este Termino Municipal para ell en-
trante ano escolar, que hasta el dfa 20
del presente mes Sc admitiran solicit
tudes con dicho fin.
ARTURO UMPIERRE.
Presidente.
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BAS & Co.

Agentes comisionistas. Corredo-
res de Aduana. Representatives. de
importantes casas de Europa y Esta-
dos nidos. Compra Y venta de fru-
tos del pals. Sc solicita correspon-
dencia.
Allen, Ga St. p. o. Box 751.
San Juan, p. r.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-03-01

mission will be to devise some law that
will not come within the inhibitions of
the constitution and will still supply a
practical solution of the difficulty. The
law must necessarily give some person
or commission authority to decide what
amount of water is required under ev-
cry specific appropriation. Until the
state has some such law on its statute
books, the government, according to the
announcement of the interior depart
ment, will not take up any irrigation
projects in this state other than the
work of making preliminary surveys.
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F. Cotterill, civil engineer, Seattle.
The seventh member will be of Spokane,
to be named later. The place has al
ready been rendered and the governor
is awaiting reply.
The principal defect in the laws of
this state concerning irrigation is said
to be the lack of any specific statute
governing the distribution of the wa
tiers of lakes or streams suitable for
the purpose. The appropriation of wa
ter for irrigating purposes is now con-
trolled by common law, which, at most,
is unsatisfactory. The task of the COM