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The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
BLESSINGS OF IRRIGATION
Makes for Highest Social and Indus
trial Stntua-No Land Mononoly.

trial Status-No Land Monopoly.
Hon. William Il. Smyth, author Of
"Arid America" has truly said that no
consideration of the subject can be ap-
preciated when it starts with the narrow
view that irrigation is merely an ad-
junct to agriculture. 1t is social and
industrial factor in Il mucn broader sense.
1t not only makes it possible for civil
ization to rise and flourish in the midst of
desolate wastes; it shapes and coIors that
civilization after its own peculiar design.
1t is not merely the life blood of the
field but the source of institutions. These
wider and more subtle influences are diff
cult to define in abstract terms, but We
may trace them clearly to the history
OF various communities which have
grown up in conformity with these con-
ditions.
The first great law which irrigation
lays down is this: 'There shall be no mo-
nopoly of land" The edict it enforces by
the remorseless operation of its own
economy. Canals must be built before
water can be conducted upon the land.
This entails expense either of money or
of labor. What is expensive cannot be
had for naught. Where water is the
foundation of prosperity it becomes pre-
cious thing to be neither cheaply acquir-
ed nor wantonly wasted. Like a city's
provisions in a siege, it is retained to be
carefully husbanded. to be fairly distrib-
uted according to mems needs, to be
wisely expended by those who receive it.
For these reasons men cannot acquire
as much irrigated land. even from the
public domain. as they could acquire
where irrigation is unnecessary. 1t is
not only more difficult to acquire in large
bodies but yet more difficult to retain.
A large farm under irrigation is a mis-
fortune; great farm. n calamity. Only
the small farm pays, but this small farm
blesses its proprietor with industrial in
dependence and crowns him with social
equality. Industrial independence is, in
its simplest term. the guarantee of sub
sistence from ones own labors. 1t is the
ability to earn n living under conditions
which admit of the smallest possible ele-
ment of doubt with the least possible de-
pendence upon others. Irrigation fully
satisfies this definition.
The irrigating canal is an insurance
policy against loss of crops by drought,
while aridity is substantial guarantee
against injury by flood. OF all the ad-
vantages of irrigation this is the most
obvious. Scarcely less so, however, is its
compelling power in the matter of pro-
duction. Probably there is no spot of
land in the United States where the aver
age crop raised by dependence upon rain
fall might not be doubled by intelligent
irrigation. The rich soils of the arid re-
gion produce from four to ten times ms
largely with irrigation, as the soil of the
humid region without it. AS the meas
ure of value is not area, but productive
capacity, twenty acres in the far West is
equal to 100 acres elsewhere. Such is
the actual facts.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Teaching Gunnery,

The new system of giving young
British sailors a six weeks prelimi-
nary gun drill to see if they are cap.
able of further tunition works fairly
well and is great improvement on
the old system, when a man was fully
trained in gunnery, whether he was
htted Tor it or not, at the expense OF
the country, says the London Ex-
press.
The only drawback to the scheme is
that gunnery is so complicated nova
days that man does not have time
to grasp the details thoroughly. The
admiralty tries to make him fight
ing machine before he is an individual.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
DEMocRAT-"sue,, rs irrevocab,y and firmly fixed.

ner will ship to the nearest and best
market. The miner will buy the pro-
ducts of garden and fruit ranch and in
return give his gold from the mine.
Within less than quarter of CEN
tury this vast area, extending from Mex
leo to Canada and from the Dakotas to
the Pacific ocean, will be one moving.
surging hive of variegated industries. Not
only so. but the surplus to be disposed of
can be utilized in the East, and many
eastern manufactured products, which
will not be produced in the West, will
be taken in exchange. Again, millioas
OF acres of so-called bench land, and the
foothills, will be utilized in the produc-
tion of large quantities of wheat. This,
together with lumber, can be transported
to the Orient and exchanged there for
products which are not grown in this
country.
Party of Construction ResponsibIe.
The Republican party "Duilded better
than it knew" when it perceived that the
work of reclaiming arid America should
be undertaken by the federal govern
ment. President Roosevelt has done
more to contribute to the future we'll
being of millions of American citizens
by his advocacy of the National Irriga-
ton Act and by having made it law
by his signature, than any other Presi-
dent we have ever had-with the possi-
BILE exception of Abraham Lincoln.
Will the people of the arid region vote
for President Roosevelt? There is but
one voice from that district to-day, and
that is for ROOSEVELT AND FAIR
BANKS.
Judge Parker has never been west, has
never spoken a kindly sentiment of the
II
not know nor care whether the West
exists
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
CROW is A cHRoNoMETeR.
Bird Marks Time for Cuckoo Clock
by cawing the Hours.

by Cawing the Hours.
George Wreake of Sibley township,
near lie Sueur. Mimi, has pet crow,
Bob, which has been with him four
years and which he claims is the
most Intelligent and useful bird living
There is in the Wreake home an old
heirloom, beautiful cuckoo clock
brought from Switzerland in pioneer
days; one of the kind that have
little door at the top in front. out of
which springs little bird every sixty
minutes and calls the hours.
After the crow had been in the fam.
lily about two years he began to mock
the clock cuckoo, and this finally
grew to be a passion with him, SO
that he hardly ever failed to give
melodious "caw" when the clock
cuckoo was calling the hour.
Some six months ago the clock fell
and the striking. or cuckoo part, was
completely broken, so that the door
never open and the bird never comes
out. This appears to be great puz.
zle to Bob for he watched the clock
for several days and seemed to be
studying deeply.
At last, however, he came to a con-
clusion and greatly startled the fam.
lily by taking up the duty the cuckoo
had previously performed, and count
ing out the hours perfectly. at the
exact moment, with a clear call of
cav" for every hour the clock ought
to have struck, one for l o'clock. five
for o'clock. and SO on around the
circle.
He has kept his work up to the
present time and calls every hour
when he can see the face of the clock
as regularly and as perfectly as an or
dinary timepiece with its hammer and
bell.
If lamp be set at night where the
light falls on the face of the clock,
the crow, though he will doze be-
tween times on his perch, will waken
up and call every hour all night long.
Minneapolis Times.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
The Fruit Cure.

The lady of the house was giving
party, and all the invited guests being
assembled, the bell was rung for din
ner to be served.
Bridget appeared with the first
course, and began putting the dishes
in place An involuntary exclamation
from one of the guests caused the
mistress to look up in surprise.
Bridget" she cried, whatever Is
the matter with your face?"
Don't yez take amy notice av me,
mum and ladies'" said Bridget genial
.ly. "Orm only thryin' the shtraw-
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
LESSONS OF HISTORY.
Candidate Davis Revives an Iasue that
We're better Let Alone.

Liberty and free government have al
ways been secured at the cost of great
sacrifices: but history teaches us that both
OF the people. Hon. III. G. Davis, Demo
cratic candidate for Vice President.
Foreigners may not understand this
as it is understood by the old soldiers
and sailors and citizen survivors of the
civil war. Read a history of that period
Learn what We're the sacrifices of this
country in reclaiming the liberty and
free government deliberately conspired
away, without the knowledge of the
people," by a Democrat in the Presiden-
tial chair. Easily lost was that "liber-
ty and free government" referred to by
Mr.. Davis. 1t has been, for years,
dominant issue-this antagonism between
Patriotism and Democracy as the latter
now exists in America; but forty years
ago it nearly destroyed this government
of ours, made tens of thousands of wild
ows and orphans, and gave the land a
great army of crippled soldiers whose
scars were vouchers for heroic sacrifices
To insinuate in words and style that
amount to an accusation, that Mr.. Roose-
welt, or the party that uphods him
desires, intends, or has the slightest
leaning towards the acts of Buchanan
and the Democratic party that backed
him, revives that issue. 1t is not the
Democratic party that can fitly preach
loyalty and patriotism to the present gen
Grafton. The sentiment of Mr.. Davis is
all right in the abstract; but, coming
from him as a representative of the po-
litical faction that tried to wreck the
nation, it is proof of the hypocrisy that
will pervade the government should his
party come into power.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
s. T. DUUTHART
Chicago, Oct. IA. 1901.
lie. Well Enough Alone.

The bank clearings at the principal
cities of the United States for the first
week in October afford striking crite-
rion of Republican prosperity. and show
how every section of the United States
is beneficiary of Republican policies
The total clcarngs. as compiled by
Bradstreet. show a gain of 1873 per ceut
over the corresponding week last year.
Following are some of the cities where
during the week there were specially in
teresting evidences of Republican pros
perity:
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Gruesome Advertising.

New York has always had quite as
many curiosities in the way of adver-
tising as any other large city, but a
firm of undertakers who are doing up
the outside of a building on a main
thoroughfare for their occupancy have
something that is probably not to be
equaled in the world. 1t is brick
building of good size which they have
had painted black. the intersection Of
the bricks outlined with white, and to
add to this funeral appearance they
have painted across the front In large
letters, also In black and white, the
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
LONELINESS OF THE PRAlRIEs.
TrackIess, Treeless Waste Without
Water or Human Habitation.


II had almost as soon be set adrift
in small boat in mid-ocean as to be
dropped down on the vast prairie near
the Kansas Colorado State line," said
a man who is familiar with the West.
"One cannot realize the loneliness
of the Western plains until he has
crossed them. There are very few
human habitations, comparatively
little Of the land is under cultivation,
and water is scarce and precious
commodity. In every direction moth.
ing meets the gaze of the eye except
a trackless, treeless waste which is
bounded only by lowering sky.
Prairie dogs are the chief denizens
of this region, and as the train whirls
past they perch themselves on their
hind legs and sit bolt upright as mo-
tionless as statue. There are few
houses, but they are at wide intervals
The one single advantage that lone
ly pedestrian has in that region is
that by following the railroad track
sufficiently far he will reach a town
some day; but walking at this season
under the burning prairie sun and in
waterless country is by no means
pleasant.
"1t is positively tiresome to the eye
to ride across the prairies in a COM
Portable Pullman car surrounded by
all the luxuries of life. This being
true, it must be next to appalling to
have to tramp over this region with
out food or water, except what one
begs at the way stations along the
route. l have never been able to see
anything picturesque or inviting about
the wide stretching plains. ."-Birm-
ingham News
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

der his chin to keep out the glare,
was leaning on the arm of his COM
panion. who was helping him careful
ly over the hummocks of sand. Just
then they were spied by two women
who were strolling along the board
walk-one stout, rosy soul. hailing
Enthusiastically from the neighborhood
Of Cork; the other, from her kindly
but somewhat severe expression.
marked as good North of Ireland
Protestant.
There's our archbishop. God bless
him!" said the South OF Ireland wom-
an.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Force of Habit

Your church organist is fine, but
the effect of his execution is marred
somewhat by the words he mumbles
to himself during the music. Why
don't he quit it?"
He can't, old man. He was a pas.
senger brakeman in his youth and
has never quite recovered from the
habit of calling out the stops!'
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

of the proposed federal irrigation works,
it has been officially announced that the
letter of the national irrigation act will
be strictly adhered to. and no person
who holds over 16O acres will be furnish
ed with water from the government
works for lands in excess of that amount.
The strict enforcement of this rule will
compel owners of large tracts to subdi-
vide them in small holdings and sell
them at a reasonable figure.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

berry complexion-cure OF read about
in yer society paper, mum. You rubs
a shtrawberry on yer face, an laves
the jooce on for couple av hours.
Only, Strawberries bein' now out av
season. OF used a tomartho!'-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

"The two Industries farming and
rnanufacturinRl IN have bscone, under
the economic policy of our Govern
ment, 40 close1y interviewer. so mutu-
ally interdepe ndent, that neither can
hope to maintain itself Mt the high
water mark of prsEress without the
other. Whatever max cs to the nd va.t
age of one Ia equally to the advantage
sf the other."-Roo,eyelts letter of accept
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Sure Thino.

Managing Editor-Here it is almost
midnight, and you haven't sent up a
front page leader.
Night Editor-Nothing important
enough has come in yet, so I'm wait
Ing for a big train wreck story.
There's sure to be one before long
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

Irrigation and forestry are insepara BILE
and must go together. President Roose-
welt has well said that without forestry
irrigation must fail. Without adequate
protection of the sources of water sup
ply. the great irrigation projects about to
be commenced by the national govern
ment would prove far short in the bene-
fits their construction is expected to
bring to the arid West.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
lncrenSe ONor

Let well enough alone is motto
that should surely he potent in COM
munties which see such pronounced evil
dences of Republican prosperity.
Why should any section of the United
States entertain the slightest hankerinr
for Democratic policies which brought
desolation and depression when they
were last experimental with. from 1893
to 1897?
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Mrs. Cumrox in Error.

What are you studying now?"
asked Mrs. Cumrox.
We have taken up the subject of
molecules" answered her son.
Il hope you will be very attentive
ard practice constantly. tried to
get your father to wear one, but he
couldn't make it stay in his eye"
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

Hes a fine man, entirely. Sure,
he's the good friend to the poor!"
"Yes," agreed the other, with the
air of giving the devil his due, "and
will ye see what care he takes Of his
little ould wife"
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
About It.

ABOUT Il.
at is better to be born lucky than
rich," remarked the man with the quo
tation habit.
Don't you believe it," rejoined the
contrary person. III a man Is born
rich he doesn't have to worry about
luck"
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
The Kind Archbishop.

Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal Glib
bons were walking down the beach at
Cape May one day, prepared for their
morning dip. The cardinal, clad in
sexless tapping flannel garments.
with a womans bathing hat tied un.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Not His Place.

The train robbers had the conductor
down.
Quarter! Quarter" he shouted.
Not bit of it," roared the leader
OF the masked men. THE Pullman
porter is the only one on this train
who has any right to demand a quar-
ter"
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

If the American people really want
change from the present conditions to
those which prevailed before Mckinley's
election in 1896, they know how to get
it. Every vote for the Democratic par
ty is vote for such a change.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

ar they tour oppouentsl are sincere
In this matter abolition of the tariff,
then their advent to power would mean
domestic misfortune and misery as
widespread and far-reachinR as that
which We saw ten years ago. o.'-Roose-
velts letter of acceptance.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Wisdom Of Experience.

Parker-''Did the climate in Flor
ida agree with your wife?"
Enpeck-"You bet it did. other
wise she would have made 1t hot for
the climate"
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Lurinq Him On.

Bess-Oh, dear! wish knew how
to get Jack to propose.
Nell-That's easy. Just get some
one to tell him you had declared that
you wouldn't marry the best man or
earth.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

word "Undertakers." This structure
is on Sixth avenue, and stands out in
gruesome fashion from the other bust.
ness buildings which surround it.
New York Times.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Interested, but Not Informed.

Tess-Oh. yes, I'm so interested in
football. l have a cousin, you know
who is on the varsity team.
Jess-Yes! What does he play?
Tess-Well, l forget Just nov
whether he's touchdown or a punt
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Hay Will Stay.

say.
Did you hear that Hay
Is a-going to stay
As Secretary of State for the q. S. A.?
That's a move that will pay
We will know every day
That the U. S. A.
Will move along in the proper way.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

Successful homemakng is but an
other name for the upbuilding of the ma
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28

Regarding the incidental irrigation of
lands held by private parties within lines
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Con fdencs.

Confidence.
It's wrong to bet, but lots of men
Would bet all that there is in their
banks
The winning side is mentioned when
You speak of Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
Great IudustriaI Activity.

Mammoth factories will be erected in
all the valleys and many of the canyons,
for the manufacture and conservation OF
the various horticultural and agricultural
products which will thrive to an exag-
cerated degree in this favored locality
The labor of one set of individuals will
serve AS a complement or fair exchange
for that of others. The fruit grower will
sell his fruit to the Gamer, and the can.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-13
MASSAGE

MISS LEEKE will reopen her massage par- Tor. at 23T Dlxwell avenue on Thursday. October 22. Removed from Malley build. ing. All branches of massage Electrici- ty. Special treatment for Attenuation. Facial. Six treatments five dollars. Take Dixwell avenue car to Charles street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-13
WALLlkeFoRD

No arrests have been made for the al- leged assault on Mrs Hannah Chase early Thursday evening whereby she was cut in the left forearm at the house on Constitution street.
 It is stated that Mrs. Chase opened the door in response to a knock and was confronted by man who asked her if she was going to return and live with her husband in Massachusetts. On receiving a reply in the negative the man, it is claimed, stabbed Mrs. Chase and she. putting up her arm. re- ceiyed two cuts upon it. The cuts were dressed by pr. Wilson.
 There are many who do not credit the story as told and think that perhaps there might be another side not yet brought to light. As near as could be learned last evening the person who made the assault had not been located.
 Yesterdays real estate transfer was: Augustus H. Hopson to the heirs of the late George A. Simpson, 27 1-2xsOO feet on Elm street.
 The registrars were in session from F to o'clock yesterday and up to 7;SO not a voter had shown up to declare his politics.
 LincoIn's birthday was observed by A. H. Dutton post, G. A. R., last even- ing. by interesting and appropriate ex- ercises.
 A marriage license was issued last I rr-x Eva Mrzowski. Both are Russians.
 Arthur L. Davis of Washington, D. C., of the United States census office was in town yesterday compiling statistics concerning the borough affairs.
 Last evening was ladies night at the Wallingford club and a very interesting evening resulted from the same.
 The mercury was down to zero again yesterday morning.
 Six weeks of sleighing beats the rec ord for this section for many years.
 Six weeks ago to-day the snow came and it is still here, although most of it has gone into ice.
 Assistant Town Clerk Henry Martin will be seventy-flve years of age to- morrow-St. Valentine day.
 Almon Hall has returned from Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. John Ohr and Edward Chr have returned from Newark, N. J.
 A son was born Thursday to Rev. and Mrs. Robert Craig in Paterson, N. J.
 George E. Dickerman left yesterday morning for Florida. Raymond Sturtevant of Harvard uni- versity, who has been visiting in town, returned to Cambridge yesterday.
 Miss Bertha Wildman is home from Madison, N. J.
 Tickets for the Country club minstrels Monday and Tuesday evenings are sell ing fast and big house is assured. Rev. F. H. l.. Hammond will conduct the services at the Masonic home Sum day afternoon.
 Last evening Albert Jones was report ed in critical condition with rheuma- tism around the heart
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-13
ANNOUNCEMENT.
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DEATHS.

REDFIELD-At Durham, Conn, February 10, 1904, Frank H. Rediield at Clinton, Conn.
 Funeral services will be held from his late residence Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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erIatseu1ts.
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REMOVAL NOTICE.
FOR SALE.

Registered Scotch collie pup. pies. Extra specimens; finely marked; from prize stock. Call and see them. 273 NORTON ST.