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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06
LESS RIoTING OCCURS.
Threat to Call Out Troops Proves
Beneficial.

Chicago, May 6.-Bluntly warned by
Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett that troops
would be asked for by him if police
and deputies together proved unable to
control violence strike sympathizers
were less in evidence about the many
strikebOund stores and stables during
the day A distinct innovation was
made by the police. Chief O'Neill is
sued a general order to arrest all per-
sons following police guarded wagons.
When the strike first broke out, :"
said Chief O'Neill, persons followed
the wagons out of curiosity. Now
they follow them to incite riot. There
will be no discrimination by the police
in such cases in making arrests"
For possibly the first time since the
strike began caravan Of coal wagons
manned by nonunion colored teamsters
traversed the center of the city abSO-
lutely unmolested. The caravan con.
sisted OF sixteen wagons en- route from
the stables of the Employers Teaming
company at Eighteenth and State
streets TO the Daniels Coal company
yards at the foot of South Water
street. Not jeer was heard as the
wagons moved along the streets. The
wagons were loaded with coal and
then escorted to various Office build
ings and department stores in the busi-
ness district.
Retailers Make Deliveries.
A canvass of the State street shop
ping district showed that delivery
wagons were sent out from nearly
every retail store. In many cases po-
icemen furnished with light runabout
buggies accompanied the wagons. The
general resumption OF deliveries Of
goods to residences, though on a
greatly restricted scale, was in de-
cided contrast to results on previous
days when such traffic had almost
reached the vanishing point.
Bricks and baseball bats were used
with bloodletting effect in Dearborn
street, near Nineteenth. Nearly a
score of negroes, all nonunion men of
the Employers Teaming company, pre-
pairing to take out wagons to transfer
goods for various establishments, were
attacked by a mob of strike sympathiz-
ers. Several men were hurt. one Sc
verely. The worst sufferer is Harry
jameson, bystander, whose head was
cut open with baseball bat. Jameson
was taken to a hospital, where sur
geons said he had little chance of re-
coyery. A squad of police with swing
ing clubs dispersed the rioters after
beating many men over the head.
Two thousand men constituted the
police force available for strike duty
during the day. With this number
the police officials expected to guard
1000 wagons. Renewed confidence
was experienced by the police officials
in their ability to exercise a reason
able degree of control, taking into con-
sideration tumultuous conditions in
evitable to a great labor disturbance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06
PlckETs KEEP CLOSE WATCH.
Street Car Powerhouses Threatened
With Coal Famine.

s :
Chicago, April s. The fuel supply
Of the Union Traction company, which
controls over half the street car lines
in Chicago, was placed in Jeopardy
during the day. Pickets of the Team
sters' union were on duty all night to
prevent shipments being made to six
big poWerhouses supplied with coal by
the Peabody company, an ally of the
Employ ers' Teaming association. This
watch continued all day and every un-
ion man that could be spared from the
sstrikebound yards of the Peabody,
Standard Wash, HartWell, Pattison
and I;.snisls companies was sent to the
poweshorses to h.. aper incoming ship
ments. 'l'he six cwerhouses threat
ened each use fro1n 25 to Its tens ot
eoal 4 day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06
READY TO ASSUME
THE OFFENSIVE
Activity Against Linevitch's Left May
BE Prelude to Another Gen
eral Engagement.

scale and activity has already begun
against Gan. Linevitch's left. This
may be prelude to another general
engagement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06
SECURE MUCH BOOTY.
cracksmen Rob Postoffice Safe at vi.
bora, S. D,

Sioux Falls, S. D., May 6.-The post
Office at Viborg was robbed during the
night by cracksmen, who secured
about 500 in stamps, cash and notes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06
Domestic Servants Strike.

I1'iflis, Caucasia, May 6.-About TO-
900 domestic servants and walters of
this city struck during the day
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-05-06

Fenghushshieng, Manchuria, May 6.
: Field Marshall Oyama seems resdy
o assume the offensive on large
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

Department, through the Geological
Survey, made an examination and sur
vey of the Truckee-Cafson irrigation
project in Nevada, which at first had
in view the utilization Of that great
natural reservoir, Lake Tahoe, by
means of dam which would have
heightened the water in the lake from
four TO six feet, thus providing suf-
ficient surplus water to irrigate nearly
all the lands lying under the reservoir
This enterprise, on account of the
ownership of the damsite required fos
the purpose resting in private owner
ship, and the Government being un-
able TO make what it considered rea-
sonable terms with the owners for its
acquisition, has been abandoned for
the time being.
The main watershed for Western Me-
vada is in the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains. The chief rivers are the Truekee,
the Carson and the Walker. They flow
for a considerable distance through arid
wastes and then disappear in sinks or
lakes. Great bodies OF desert land lie
near these sinks or lakes, which can
be easily irrigated and brought under
cultivation by storing the Hood waters
in the sinks.
The Truckee River, especially in the
early spring, carries a great volume of
lands near Reno. Below these lands
the river fiows through a narrow can
yon and then turns northward empty
Ing into Pyramid and Winnemucca
lakes The Geological Survey has de-
cided to build in this lower CANYON a
canal, taking out the flood waters OF
Truckee River, which would otherwise
be lost in the lakes, and Carrying them
southeasterly to. resef voir site on
the lower part of Carson River. This
reservoir would also conserve the ex-
cess waters of the Carson River IT
is estimated that several hundred thou
sand acres Of land in this vicinity can
be irrigated by means of this reservoir
and its distributing bitches now under
construction.
1t has also been decided by the Geo
logical Survey to divert water from the
Carson River at a point about five
miles below the Lower Carson reservoir
site by means of two main canals.
These canals, with their branches. will
traverse Carson Sink Valley and con-
stituts the main distributing system
for more than 100000 acres Of land.
For the Truckee-Carson irrigation
project the Government has set aside a
million and a half dollars. The work
of construction has rapidly progressed.
On the 18th day Of June of this wear
(the anniversary of the enactment of
the national irrigation law water will
be turned into the main canals, thus
putting into operation the first irriga-
ton system In the United States fos-
tered by the General Government That
date will mark an epoch in the historv
of Nevada, as from that day hence
forth the State will forge ahead IN
progress and development by leans and
bounds. Very few States in the Union
can boast of such elements of wealtY,
both mineral and agricultural, and such
admirable climate as can be found in
Nevada. Her people are progressive
and industrious. ana all they ask is
to work out their own destiny.
It was, indeed, great boon and COM
pliment that the Roosevelt adminis-
tration extended to the State in in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

Service, and printed in the Sunset
Magazine for February, 1905:
Irrigation began in Nevada little
over fifty years ago, when the rush
to the gold mines of California brought
thousands over the plains and deserts
Where the overland trails met and fol-
lowed the natural water ways, trad
ing posts were established. The posts
on the mountain streams on the east
ern slopes of the Sierras were espe-
cially prosperous. The creeks were cas-
ily diverted to flood the adjoining land
and vegetables, hay and grain brought
such fabulous prices that many turned
their attention to farming.
Later the lands along the main riv-
ers were taken up and irrigated by
means of simple bitches. In all or the
valleys so much land is now under ir-
rigation that the summer flow Is not
sufficient for present needs. Storage or
the flood waters and better system
of distributing canals are necessary to
the reclamation of the irrigable area,
and these are planned for In the
Truckee Carson project.
"The agricultural development Of Ne
vada is but beginning. Her grains and
apples long ago took first prizes at
great expositions, and her potatoes and
butter have never failed to bring prices
in advance of the market rate in San
Francisco and other coast cities Yet
fruit culture with one or two notable
exceptions is not attempted. To be
sure. there are hundreds of small ap
pie, pear and plum orchards, but they
care for themselves and, neglected as
they are, bring forth fruits Of excel
lent soundness. color and flavor. The
area devoted to potatoes, which in the
Reno Valley and the valley about Day
ton on the Carson River, often gives re-
turns of $3.50 an acre. is comparatively
insignificant. The sugar beet. which
is considered an ideal crop under irri
CATION, is not grown, although test
CROPS show the Nevada valleys to be
unusually well adapted TO its culture.
There are only a few creameries in
operation, but their product Is Of such
value that even after long shipments
by team and r. y handsome profits re-
suit to the dairymen-
1.-THE reason for the lack Of diversity
in crops Is that the farmers to-day
have such large fields Of hay, alfalfa
and grain that their attention Is en-
tirely occupied with the forage crops
and cattle feeding. But with the adj
vent OF the forty and eighty acre
farmer under the Government works
we can look for new and surprising
DEVELOPMENTS Irrigation lends itself
especially to intensive farming. In the
great valleys about Logan, Ogden and
Salt Lake City in Utah, the average
size Of a farm is fifteen acres. and
the owners are very prosperous. As
the climate and soil conditions are the
same in western Nevada as in Utah,
intensive farming should be just as
profitable here"
The governmental irrigation OF lands
in Nevada and their early opening to
settlement affords exceptional oppor-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

The star of Nevada is again in the
ascendency. No State in the Union has
suffered misfortune through circum-
stances over which it had no direct
control more than the Battle Born
State" For twenty-five years Nevada
has been seemingly on the decline, both
in population and material progress.
That condition, however. 1 am happy to
say, has passed by and a new era has
been inaugurated. Within the last
four years events have transpired
which are destined to make Nevada
one of the great and populous States
IN the Union. These events were:
First, the discovery of the wonderful
mines at Tonopah; then at Goldfield,
and latterly at Bullfrog; second. the
national irrigation act passed by the
influence Of that great leader and
friend Of the people, Theodore Roose-
welt.
Without detracting a particle from
the credit given to several public men
for procuring the enactment of this
law, it is well-known fact that if the
Roosevelt administration had not put
its dominant influence behind the
measure 1t could never have passed in
the face ofthe opposition from leading
Senators and Congressman from the
New England, Southern and Middle
West States, who were apprehensiye
that the wholesale reclamation and
settlement of the immense area of arid
lands would bring the farms and pro-
ducts OF their section into serious COM
petition with those of the arid West.
The experience of the President while
living on the plains of the Dakotas.
and his knowledge of the essential
needs Of the arid region, made It pos
sible. through his personal prestige and
power, to meet and overcome the OBJ
Jections Of leading public men and
thereby secure the enactment of the
law which to-day is gradually bringing
water upon the arid lands, not only of
Nevada, but of nearly every State West
of the one hundredth meridian where
rainfall is not sufficient to raise crops
without irrigation. thus making the
virgin soil Of that great barren sec
ton, heretofore worthless, productive
and habitable.
To Nevada, however. was given the
honor of being the first State selected
by the administration to receive the
benefits under the national irrigation
law.
The national irrigation act was
passed July II, 1902. The act pro-
N4ucS IOI Tie cCLOliS dSlQ6 IN the
treasury OF the United States Ali
moneys arising from the sale of pub
lie lands in what are termed the arid
States Of the West. to be used by the
Secretary Of the Interior for the sur
vey and construction Of storage reser-
yoirs and Of canals and bitches neces-
sary to bring the water upon the lands.
1t further provides that after an frriga
ton project is inaugurated the land
to be irrigated thereby shall be sold
only to actual settlers, who are 10
make entry under the homestead law
in 40, so. 120 and 160 acre tracts
and pay the actual cost Of the
introduction of the water upon such
land in yearly instaIlments, covering q
period of ten years. to reimburse the
Government for its outlay.
Soon after its passage tia Interior
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23
K ernick Is
on Velvet.

only the brave deserve the fair"
is said, but when a man at the age of
80, who at one fell swoop overtakes the
tickle goddess of fortune and almost
simultaneously a handsome and accom-
plished bride, he is going some" to
say the least, and with such a start in
life-on velvet, as it were-their pos
terity Will be entitled to be bred in the
purple.
The famous Jumbo mine and the Vel
vet claim have been responsible for the
good fortune Of George A Kenrick. out
of which he has cleaned up in cash
over quarter of million dollars and
still retains an interest in the Jumbo
a third interest in the Velvet Mining
Company. a third interest in the Pot
latch Mining Company, third interest
in the Gold Horn Mining Company and
third interest In a number of unin-
corporated properties In the Goldfeld
and Bullfrog districts.
He is a native OF Canada and an
assayer by profession. The enterprise
he displayed in his prospecting tours
over the country not only developed
his opportunities for acquiring proper
ties, but gave him a wide acquaintance
among the early and successful pros
pectors and mine owners who were
compelled to utilize his superior knowl-
edge of ores In making their assays of
new finds.
Through this excellent business
qualification he was enabled to avail
himself of his opportunities as they
were offered on the ground floor. He
is keen, level headed and possessed of
a superior education sustained by an
abundance Of good hard sense that Is
sufficient to keep him and his on velvet
for life. He will continue to operate
at Goldheld and Bullfrog.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

tunities for industrious people through
out the United States who are seeking
homes Large and regular crops can
De relied on nearly every year. A
FAMILY can be self-supporting and be-
come independent on forty or eighty
acres OF irrigated land in his State.
IL has been often demonstrated that
the virgin soil of the arid region when
irrigated will produce twice as much
crops as can be raised on land depend
ent upon rainfall. Farming by irriga-
ton insures steady returns. One need
not fear droughts or too much rain,
which often blast and ruin crops on
the eye Of harvest. because the land
can be covered with water at the prop
er time and the quantity can be regu-
lated according to needs. In my opin--
ION the fairest land to-day for indus
tr1ous, ambitious men and women to
locate, where opportunities are as
great as in any other State In the
Union, Is In Nevada under the
Truckee-Carson irrigation project.
Those who settle upon these lands will.
/ am confident. reap a reward COM
mensurate with the labor they bestow
upon their homesteads, and the result
of such labor will find each settler
after the expiration Of ten years own
ing his home, free OF debt to the Cow
eminent. and leading a happy, con-
tented lie.
1t is very fortunats that at a time
when the fertile valleys OF Nevada are
about to be brought under cultivation
by means Of irrigation there Is a gen
eral revival OF mining all over the
State. Not since the sreat Comstock.
Eureka. Austin and Phoebe mines were
discovered have so many valuable
mines been opened as to-day. Such dis
coveries have put new life and energy
in every man and every industry in
the State Six hundred million dollars
in gold and silver were produced from
the Comstock mines alone While that
precious metal was going into the chan
nels OF trade and commerce. business
OF every nature in Nevada and the sur
rounding States was most prosperous
and remunerative- The production from
the rich and extensive mines OF South
western Nevada recently discovered, It
is estimated by leading mining men
and engineers, VIII exceed the total
output Of gold and silver from the Com
stock. If this proves true-and there
Is every reason to believe that the pre-
dictfon will be verihed-the halcyon
days OF the early times in Nevada will
again reappear. and all the products
raised on the newly opened lands
brought under cultivation by the bene-
ficent irrigation act will find ready
markets and at good prices. and the
large population surely to follow In the
wake Of progress and prosperity will
make Nevada one Of the grandese
States in the Union
Th.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

A shaft has been sunk on the BulIfros
National Bank property to intercept the
ledge that crosses Laid Mountain. At 100
feet the entire bottom Of the shaft Is In
high grade ore. An assay was made by
n. NJ. Simons Of q sample selected by D.
H. Peery OF Salt Lake City that shows
l2e ounces in silver and 237 ounces in gold
or sz76s per ton. Rock taken from the
bottom of the shaft is said to be lousy
with gold.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

A gasoline hoist is about to be put in
place at the top Of the shaft, and the
work Of prosecuting the ledge to discover
it's width will be begun on the lOO-foot
level. The high grade ore will be sacked
while thu work of prosecuting is done.
but the Bullfrog National Bank Mining
Company's treasury funds are ample to
carry on the development work, and the
directors declare they do not find the need
Of making an immediate shipment at the
present cost of transportation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

A strike is reported on the property OF
the Bullfrog National Bank Mining Com
pany. situated on Ladd Mountain, oppo-
site the town of Rhyolite and about 1000
feet removed from the famous Montgom-
cry Mountain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-03
WOOD FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

BOSTON, August General Leonard Wood has announced
his intention the Philippines.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-03

On his former temporary incumben-
cy of the Governorship, it will be re-
membered, A. L. c. Atkinson did a
Napoleonic stroke for citizen labor in
connection with public works on Ha
waii and Maui
Next to the settling of the public
lands with people who are either citi-
Zens or eligible TO become such-per-
haps indeed ahead of that purpose
Acting Governor Atkinson places the
matter of encouraging the employment
of citizen labor in every way possible.
Now he proposes to extend this prin-
ciple in manner liable to cause a
fluttering in the dovecotes. His plan
is TO introduce means of encouraging
citizen labor into the administration of
public lands. Let himself tell how it
may be done.
IT have made suggestion with
view to promoting the employment of
citizen labor the Acting Governor
said yesterday.
There is a piece of land up Nuuanu
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-03
CITIZEN LABOR POLICY
APPLIED TO HOME SITES
Acting Governor Atkinson Would Compel the
Grantees Of Suburban homesteads to En-.
pIoy Citizens in Building Houses.

Valley suitable for homesteads. We
old Nuuanu homesteads. Two lots
We're bought by Mr.. P. c. Jones. There
are more for sale at the same rate.
superintendent Holloway asked my
permission to agree to it and 1, having
in mind that the purchaser of the form
er piece. Mr.. Jones, built his house with
alien labor and not with the labor Of
citizens or those eligible for citizenship.
was moved to make a suggestion.
Il have asked Mr.. Holloway if a
condition cannot be made-I being will
ing to make the sale-whereby build
ing of certain value should be erect
ed on the land, which building should
be constructed by citizen labor or by
those eligible to become citizens.
''On every side 1 see rich people put
ting up good houses with alien labor.
There is a house costing probably
$1,000. for instance. being erected on Lu-
nalilo street by alien workmen.
1T is not right. How can We en-
courage people to come to this coun-
try with such a practice?
How can we encourage the planters
to bring in immigrants suitable for
citizenship if those rich people do not
set the example.
II am not a member of a labor
union. but It is live and let live with
me-"
Then Acting Governor Atkinson shot
off the epigram at the head of this ar
ticle saying it was his definite policy
10 Americanize instead Of JapaneSing
this Territory.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-03
STORIES OF MUTINY ON
THE LAYTON AT MANILA

Some tell mutnv of short
of
the a to
called
the As a
reported endeavoring
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-03

MIR. TRENTS STATEMENT.
Yes, I refused to pay to Mr.. Samuel
Johnson the sum of S1446.44 on County
Auditors warrant No. 63, presented at
my office this morning. This war.
rant so-called, was, in fact, a pay
per, and containing the names of forty
four employees of the Garbage Depart
ment, the amount due each being set
opposite his name.
after this payroll had been approved
by the prorer committee, it went to the
out separate warrant for each en-