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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Her License Missinn.

Parkersburg, Jan. z0.-The towboai
clifton, owned by O'Hara Darlington
OF Pittsburg, a millionaire boatowner
Is tied up here in the hands of Receiv
er c. ID. Dots0n. named by Judge Moss
yesterday The boat is at the head OF
Blennerhasset island. Her govern
ment license is missing. II was this
fact that caused tie difficulty.
The boat had been leased by the
owner 10 George T. Jones and II. 3.
Hullings, the latter being her captain.
Jones entered recently into a new
lease, he taking charge and deposing
Hulings. With her feet OF coal
she was compelled 10 lie here for the
ice gOTges TO pass. Yesterday it is al
legged. Rulings entered the boat ana
stole her license. When demanded by
Jones Hulings refused 10 restore it
and swore out a warrant charging
Jones with assault with Intent to kill
Jones had another warrant issued
charging the theft Of the license. BE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
General Weather Conditions.

Slight depressions or disturbances
centered yesterday morning off the
New England coast. in Oklahoma ana
In Nebraska. Pressure is highest in
the northwest.
The temperature has fallen in the
upper Mississippi valley, the DaRo.
tas and In northern Montana. and ris-
en- in southern Montana; elsewhere
the changes have been unimportant.
Within the last SO hours light pre-.
cipitation has occurred in Oregon,
Washington, northern Montana, the
Dakotas, middle and eastern Tenne-
ssee and in the south Atlantic states.
ICE CONDITIONS: Ohio River
Ice continues passing at Louisville;
Evansville reports some light ice run,
ming. Ice disappeared from the Ohio
river at Cairo last night
Mississippi riyer-Chester reports
the channel of the river open. The
gorge back of Cairo continues
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
ELkS WILL Give A
BIG MINSTREL SHOW
GENERAL COMMITTEE ON Ar
RANGEMENTs APPOINTED
LAST NIGHT - WILL BE CIV.
EN- SOON.

There is perhaps no class of enter.
tainment looked forward to with more
genuine pleasure by the anus ament
loving public of Cairo than an Elks'
minstrel show. TWO OF which have
been given in as many years and have
proven the talk of the town.
At a meeting held last night II was
decided TO give another of these popu.
lar performances in the near future.
and a general committee Of arrange
menis consisting Of Messrs. Chas.
Feuchter, Edw. l.. Gilbert Chas. ca
rey. p. H. Smyth and G.. w. Logan.
was appointed. delegated with power
to appoint subcommittee.
Everybody in Cairo is acquainted
with the character of performances
given by the Elks ana II is unneces
sary TO speak OF the quality of the
same, but when IT, is said that the
show this year viii be greater. grand
er and more elaborate than the two
proceeding years. people are led 10
wonder what viii be done.
The committee viii begin work at
once and definite arrangements will
soon be completed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Workina Mani and pay.

Paducah. Ky, Jan 20,-With a
force of 400 men the Illinois Central
is working night and day to complete
its track from Wickliffe to Fort JEFF.
ferson before the river rises and
completely washes is present track
away The new route runs directly
through the center of the town and
several houses had to be moved. For
several years the river has been eat
ing into the bank until the roadbed
is now threatened with destruction.
The contractors use electric lights at
night A nine-foot cut has TO be
made through the large Hill at Wick
life, which is the deepest in western
Kentucky for railroad construction.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
WAS THE FASTEST
GAME OF SEASON
GREEN TEAM OF THE RAINBOW
LEAGUE DEFEATED THE
REDS IN FoRTY-FIVE MIN.
UTES.

The Irish team of the Alexander
Club Rainbow league defeated the
Redskins last nigh by score of 5
TO in a game of forty-five minutes
duration, the fastest ever played on
the Alexander club diamond. Each
team was minus right-short stop,
but the game was fast and exciting
notwithstanding. The pitching of
both box artists was of high order
while the work of Lewis and II. Gil.
hofer of the Reds was sensational.
The games are getting more excit-
ing as the time approaches when the
winning team will be given banquet
by the losing teams.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
PURELY PERSONAL

Mr.. l. T. Bibbs leaves for Sikeston,
Mo, today.
4 Alderman John Snyder is in
Thebes on business,
Miss Ida Halliday is visiting
friends in ST. Louis.
Hon. Reed Green went to St Louis
this morning on business.
Miss Adele Miller has for her guest
her cousin. Miss Augusta Staff of St
Louis
Mr. F. E. Thurman, foreman of the
Citizen, is i'll at his home on Ninth
street
Miss Rose Howley is visiting her
sister Mrs Thomas r. Lindsay. Of
Charleston, Mo.
Miss Edith English of upper Syca-
more street has for her guest Miss
Stella limbaugh of Louisville.
Mr.. Byron Gross of the Illinois Cen
tral ticket Office is confined to his
home, 1908 Poplar street, by illness.
Mrs. Edward L. Gross and son Rus.
sell returned yesterday from a short
visit with relatives at Charleston,
Mo.
Mrs. c. Fred Gallagher has for her
guests Miss Eleanor Jones of Chicago
and Miss Blanche Hogan of Mound
City.
Mr. H. G.. Haner leaves this morn
ing for British Columbia where he has
been called to install ms chinery for
the Berlin Machinery company of Der
lott, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Severn and
daughter of Centralia who have been
guests of Mrs. Seyern's parents. Mr.
ana Mrs. w. R. Halliday, returned to
their home yesterday.
Mr.. 5. J. Stockard. managing editor
of The Bulletin, is confined to his |
room at the residence of Capt. John |
;. Hacker. AIS Washington avenue
With an attack of la grippe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

A coterie of Cairo's young society
people have been unable TO select an
appropriate name for their dancing
club and The Crowd" is the en-.
phoneous appellaton that has been
applied to them.
THE Crowd" gives dances in the
building at 613 Ohio street and one
of the enjoyable terpiscorean diver
sions vas given last evening.
Those who participated were Misses
Hattie Mcknight, Josie Winter. Alice
Carey, Iona Swoboda, Ethel Charles
Alice Walker, Mabel Woodford, Ma
~ Huetta. Louise Phillips, Mabel
Cronan, Clara Herbert, Esther Staple
ton. Xenoline Ricketts,. Messrs. Albert
Hilburn, Jacob Kolb Charles Wood
John Sheehan, Carl Theis, John Ladd
Henry Steimel, Roy Sutton, George
Weldon, Eugene Sadler, Morton Yale.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

THE OHIO - At Evansville and
Mt Vernon, viii continue rising du.
ring the next "a to 36 hours at a
much decreased rate. At Paducah
and Cairo, will commence rising with.
in the next ~ to "a hours and rise
for two or three days.
THE TENNESSEE - From Gun.
tersyille to below Johnsonvine, win
continue falling.
THE MISSISSIPPI - From Glow
St Louis to Cairo, no material
change during the next "a hours. The
stages at the several points on The
Mississippi will depend upon the
movements OF ice
p. H. SMYTH,
Local FOrecaster
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Heaviest in Years.

The Evansville Courier of FRIDAY
says:
AT 10 O'Clock last night heavy ice
began to pass this port and Night
Waterman January of the Mail Line
wharfboat says IL was the heaviest OF
the season.
For several hours the channel was
almost completely blocked but nc
damage was reported The cakes
were large and heavy and quite a
number OF people gathered at the
river front to witness the scene.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
OFFICERS INSTALLED. \

The following officers were install
led last night by the Knights and La.
dies OF Honor by William Johns:
Past prOtector.-William Johns.
Protector-Jpseph Steagala.
Vice protec tor-Andrew I,ohr.
Chaplain-lhrs. Helen Hamilton.
Financial secretary-nrs. A. A.
Comings.
+ Secretary--Mrs McEwinr
Ireasurer--Mrs. Mollie Alvey.
Guide-A. Comings.
inside glardian-Airs. Koehler.
Sentinei-Mrs. H. Steagala. vi
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
In Honor of Guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baur of 9l9
Commercial avenue, entertained last
evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Saindon of Chicago, who are
their guests.
The evening was spent with music
conversation and recitation by Miss
Pansy Cronan.
Delicious Refreshments were served.
Those present were Mesdames Rus.
sell, Jean Meacham, Misses Lizzie
Livings, Hattie Beard, Pansy Cronan
Ada Potter, Clara Pc ter, Mary Huet
te, Messrs, Robt. Maxwell of St.
Louis, g. d Williams of Perks. Ill.
Rollo Rule. Leonard Deaton, Paul
Clendenen, Jodie Ross OF Jackson
Tenn, Edward j. Allen, Carl Baur.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
River Man Dead.

Newport, KY Jan 20-Captain
Samuel 5. Fearn. aged AZ years, one
OF the best known steamboat inspec
tors on the Ohio river, dropped dead
yesterday morning in his apartments
at the Grayson. the result of paralysis.
He was in the act of lighting the
gas when stricken. Captain Fearn
was born at Milton, Ky. and had
been in the government service II
years His body will be taken to
Madison, Ind, for burial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
POLICE NEWS


Following We're the culprits tried
before Judge Robinson yesterday
the offense, the fine and the name of
the officer making the arrest:
Robt. Mack, vagrancy, fined $50
and given stay to leave city. Officer
Wessinger
NJ. S. Galbraith disorderly, fined
$40 and given stay. Arrested by
Chief Price
}. p. Mackey and Victor Downey.
drunk, small fines. stayed. Oneer
Wessinger. =
Frank Bliss, frequenting house Of
III fame fined $40 and confined in
city jail Officer Wessinger.
John Givans, di-orderly, fined s.
Paid. Officer Wright.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
CHRONOLOGICAL
Jan. 81 Tn History,

1863 Miles Csverdale translator of tho
Bible. died born 1857
l743-John Fitch. inventor OF the steam
boat, born in Windsor, Conn; died
1888 Fitch was originally a brass
founder and sllversmith: his expert
ments in applying steam power to nav
igation extended from 17S5 to 1890.
lsl2-John Charles Fremont, soldier sena-
tor and explorer. born IN Savannah;
died 1880
1924 Thomas Jonathan jackson C'Stone-
wal) born In Ciarksbnrg, W. Va;
died 1868.
96-Generai Thomas Ewing a Federal
veteran OF the war died In New York
city
leo2-Camilla Urso, famous woman Ylo-
lInist, died In New York city; born
1872
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
scalpers Lay a Trap for Themselves.

Some Of the publishers and editors
of newspapers along the lines of the
Big Four system have received with
in the past few days letters from a
st. Louis ticket scalping agency to the
following effect: IF you have any con-
tracts for editorial trip transporta.
ton or mileage, write to us for bids.
We can handle anything in the way Of
transportation over any railroad
Should you write rs please state what
you can get and we win make you a
bid on the same Ii is needless to
add that these letters have been turn
ed over TO the proper authorities and
that the writer's will be promptly pros
ecuted and punished,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
River Editor RESIGNED.

Capt. John S. Hacker who has ed
tied the river column of The Bulletin
several months, has resigned The
new ferryboat Three States demands
greater portion of HIS attention
and he decided to withdraw from the
river editorship for a time at least.
During his service Capt Hacker has
made the river column one OF the
most interesting features of the pa
per, his writing being read by all
classes, and the Bulletin regrets to
lose his services.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Approaching MARRIAGE.

Invitations to the marriage Of Mr.
George Crawford of Jonesboro, and
Mrs Beatrice Birdsall Lanier of An
ma. have been issued. The ceremony
viii be performed at the home of Mrs
Lainer's parents, Mr., and Mrs. II. II.
Kohn, on Main street, Wednesday
evening, Feb. I. Mr.. Crawford is the
son of Judge NJ c, Crawford The
contracting parties are known in
Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

says he win 20 before a United States
commissioner and secure federal
warrant In the meantime the boat
is lying here pending settlement ana
the decision as TO the proper authori-
~. An injunction issued yesterday
restraints Jones from going on or
about the boat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Washinaton Bulletin,
le Associated Press.

BY the ASsOciated Press.
Washington, Jan. 20--Following is
the weather forecast for Illinois for
the next "A hours:
Partly cloudy Saturday. probably
snow in the northwes, colder in
north and central Sunday fair; fresh
north winds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Mrs Wells of 52S Tenth street en-.
tertaned last evening in honor Of
her guests Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Lemen
of Memphis. Tenn, who departed at
3 O'Clock this morning for their home
The evening was spent with music
and conversation. Dainty refresh.
ments We're served.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
RAILROAD NEWS
%..4%%..%.%.+~.@a.4Yt.t..
son0.Oo0.0nn In lies.

The number OF timber sIeepers on
the railroads Of the world is calcu-
lated to be about 1,49f000,000, and
heir value is estimated at about
S90O,000000. This item makes Sc
rous drain on the timber supplies Of
the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Last Ninht.

One arrest was made last night. Of
ficer Allen found Joe Jones in town
after being given stay some weeks
ago of a $50 fine in consideration OF
his permanent removal from the city.
Jones was drunk and hunting trouble.
He found it,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Movements of the Boats

The snagboat II. G. Wright is on
the way from Memphis to Cairo. She
will go to ST. Louis.
The Dick Fowler made her usual
trip.
The Stacker Lee is due today from
Memphis
The Susan arrived from below yes
terday with corn.
The Fred Hartweg was expected
early this morning from below.
The Voolfolk left yesterday With
the transfer steamer Pierson. for
Paducah. The Pierson is from below
and viii go on the ways for repairs.
The new ferryboat Three States
made her maiden trip yesterday on
the Mississippi. Capt. John S, Hack
er took the boat to Dry bayou, about
thlrty-seven miles below Cairo, and
brought a load Of corn from that
point, arriving last night.
The Paepcke left for the lower Mis-.
sissippi river last night after logs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
IN SOCIETY
ts+.-%%%.........+>..~....


Mrs. 7. J. Kerth and daughter Miss
Eva will entertain at cards Wednes-
day afternoon. It will be the first OF
a series OF entertainments to be Civ
en- by them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Harahan Was Here.

General Manager w. j. Harahan, of
the Illinois Central. spent a short
time in Cairo last night. He came
from Paducah on a special train and
left on No s at $40 for Mattoon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

]. b. Kennedy, the fellow who
snatched a pocket book from the
hands of W. J. Peeler of Ulln,
was not ready for a hearing yester
day morning and Judge Ross pospon,
ed his trial ten days.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.


Rapid City, 5. d.. Jan. 2O--News
has been received of the myaterious
murder OF Cain Brothers. two bach.
elors Who lived at Tsmarack. Nine
Is miles vest Of this city. 1t IS
Known the brothers had trouble with
soae Of their nejghbors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Sam Bailey is locked in the city
Jail charged with robbing an old col
ored man named Kelly, who was
drunk. Sam was escorting him home
and it is said his hands strayed to
the old mans pockets where he kept
his small change.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon over the remains
Of Nicholas Cantwell A large mum.
Der Of sorrowing friends followed the
remains from the family residence on
Fifth street to the Presbyterian
church, where the funeral services
were held. The services were con.
Quoted by the pastor. Rev. DR.. Knox
and the Presbyterian choir sang sew.
eral hymns which were favorites of
the deceased. Stafford lodge of Odd
Fellows attended the funeral in
body and conducted the service at
the cemetery. The floral offerings
were very beautiful. but the best ties.
timonial of the esteem in which the
deceased was held was the large
number of citizens who gathered to
pay their last homage to his memory.
The remains were taken TO Villa
Ridge cemetery for interment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Mr. and Mrs. William Egan, nee
Decker, who We're married Thurs
day night win reside with the groom's
sister on upper Sycamore street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Indications for Cairo and vicinity
today.
Probably rain or snow; not much
change in temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
Longest Canal in world

The imperial canal in China is the
longest in the world. and connects no
fewer than Il cities in the course Of
its 500 miles
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
THE WEATHER
Weather Yesterday.

Maximum temperature. SO degrees.
Minimum temperature, 2 Gdegrees.
Minimum temperature, 26 degrees.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS

A 12pound baby girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Crab
tree, 209 Third street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
: POISONED HIS WIFE.


I.eoa. Ia, Jan. 2O.-Chas. Wooa-
ward vas convicted OF murder in the
f|fst aeEree ny 9 jnry this afternoon.
IIe raazge vas that he had poisoned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Potato parings as a successful chin
ney cleaner is the latest discovery
and is youched for by the head of the
Milwaukee fire department who
claims that when the parings are
burned in the stove tie chimney Is
kept free from soot and other con
ditions which breed fires. The damp
weather is particularly favorable for
originating fires from spontaneous
combustion and when the SCOT be.
comes dampened it is more liable to
ignite than in dry weather. Burning
potato parings prevents the gather.
ing of SCOT, which is the cause of
nearly all chimney fires. Zinc is also
a good preventative against SCOT. The
suggestion is worthy of trial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Did you ever stop TO consider the
comfort of the delivery boy especially
during the winter months? He Ger.
tainly deserves kindly thought from
YOU When he delivers your groceries
he may appear to be all smiles and in
a good humor, but if it is the seventh
trip that day. and the amount is only
a cake Of soap or a loaf OF bread, his
looks give the lie to his thoughts. A
thoughtful and considerate housekeep-
er will not make more than one order
day. Some people will step into a
store and make Scent purchase and
order ii delivered. but think nothing
of making five dollar purchase at a
dry goods store, consisting of several
bundles, and Juggling them home -Ex.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

The editor Of the Sumner Press in
endeayoring to give the local tooth
carpenters a healthy sendoff" in.
dulged in this flight of imagination.
We have excellent dentists here
They are so careful with their pa
tients While under treatment that
many times the patient is waited to
the arms OF Morpheus" And then
The next week in a half-column edi-
toral he explains to the brush-hogs
Of that vicinity, who cant read plain
United States. that Morpheus and
morfeen,' as the natives dub il. are
not one and the same. and that the
dentists do not dope their victims
with morphia before applying the
cant hooks.-Mt. Carmel Register.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

The Paepcke left for the lower Mis-.
sissippi river last night after logs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

Engagement Extraordinary
The most impressive play ever
written
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21

The snagboat H. G. Wright is on
the way from Memphis to Cairo. She
will go to ST. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-21
River Forecasts.

= HWI anu DIV NHVUITi ITOItH.
Stage at Cairo, Jan. 20, 1904, S.3.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-22
Didn't Like the Engine.

AS a delivery wagon of Jaffa, Pra-
ger & Co. was crossing the railroad
on Fifth street at six O'Clock last
night, an engine standing nearby
gave a couple of short, quick blasts,
and the horse started up as he had
never started before. He ran like a
quarter-horse for hundred yards,
throwing out one of the drivers,
Frank Patterson. The other driver,
Will Buoy, remained in the seat un-
til the horse ran through a barbed
wire fence. The whole outfit then
came to sudden halt with the only
damage being a broken cross-bar and
demolished set of harness.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-22
TO TRY LAND DRAINAGE.
a. F. Barnett and George Slaughter
Will Tile Some of Their Land.

a. F. Barnett and George Slaughter
Will Tile Some of Their Land.
Some people from the East might
not believe it, but two citizens 1f
Roswell are planning to put tiling
in their land to drain the surplus wa
ter
Surplus water. Who would have
believed it a few years ago?
But such is the case. R. F. Barnett
and George M Slaughter have each
bought mile of cement tiling from
A L. w. Nilsson and will have it
put in their land east OF town, at
once They believe better farming
results will be secured by thu sdrain.
ing the sub-irrigation of the ground
east of town; and as nothing is too
good for Roswell and the Pecos Val
ley, they are going totry it.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-22

o. E. Cettrell, who was formerly
employed in the store of Porter. Ew-
ell & Co.. arrived last night from
Owensboro, Kentucky. to look after
his land near the .Hondo reservoir.
Mr. Cottrell left here two years ago,
but still talks for the Pecos Valley,
and has been the means of bringing
a number of settlers to the Valley.
He is. accompanied on this trip by
two farmers, sPs ". Pardon and J. w.
Coots, of Owensboro, who will prob
ably buy lands. Mr.. Cottrelf takes
the Record, and after reading it
hands the paper out TO friends who
come into the store, thus having
been the means of securing a num-
Der of subscribers in Kentucky, and
interesting many people in the, re-
sources of the Pecos Valley.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-09-22
INTERSTATE TROUBLES.
California Protests Aeains Railroad
interfering With Government
Ir.i< ia.. Ora L. 80.

: irrigation Projects.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept 22.-Inter
state difficulties growing out of di.
vergent interests may result between
Colorado and California over the
question of erecting dams across the
Colorado river in Colorado for the
purpose of furnishing irrigation for
arid lands in Colorado, Arizona and
parts of California. The Los Angeles
Realty Board and Chamber of Com
merce at a meeting held yesterday,
authorized the appointment of com
mittees to wait upon U. S. Senator
Flint and Congressman McLachlan
to get their support in the matter.
1t is Charged that the Denver,
Northwestern and Pacific railroad.
better known as the Moffitt road,
which is now building from Denver
to Salt Lake, is endeavoring through
the courts of Colorado to prevent the
construction of proposed reservoirs
along the Colorado river in Grand
Canyon, Browns Park and Northwes
tern Colorado, urging as a reason
for so doing the railroads require
ments in the matter of right of way.
1t is the contention of the local bo-
dies that prevention of the building
of dams would destroy the irrigation
plans of the government looking to
the reclamation of about 100000
acres of lands in the Southwest, a
large portion of which is directly tri-
butary to this city