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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
tBy e. G. s.yaer.,

Washington, d. c., Aug. 2O.-In re-
Spouse to requests from the residents
OF Carbon county, Montana. the U. 8.
reclamation service recently made q
reconnaissance of the elevations and
approximate areas of irrigable lands
on the east side of Clarke Forks near
the Montana-Wyoming state line. It
has long been the belief of settlers
In that locality that large bodies of
land are 80 situated as to be irriga-
BILE from Clarke Fork.
1t was found that a tract of land
known as Chapman Bench lies along
Pat O'Hara Creek for q distance Of
twelve miles. This bench has an aver
age width Of one and one-half miles
and contains approximately 10000
acres Of good land which lies we'll for
distributing water. Owing to its high
elevation above Clarke Fork Canyon,
however, and 4he long rough country
through which the canal would run,
any scheme for irrigating the land
from the waters of Clarke Fork is not
considered feasible. There is no other
tract Of land from the lower end of
this bench north to Chance, Montana,
with the exception of q few small scat
Along the stream bed of Big Sand
coulee there are several small areas
of land from one to several hundred
acres in extent that lie low enough to
be watered from the Fork. but these
could all be readily handled by pri-
vate capital. One tract of 5000 acres
In extent, we'll up on the stream and
at an elevation of approximately 4,400
feet above sea level, probably could be
watered very economically by divert
ing water from the proposed high
line canal of the Shoshone project.
There is about 5000 acres of good land
on the Sand coulee drainage. All the
remaining land in the vicinity of Big
Sand coulee and to the east of the
Chapman bench is of sand dunes and
bad land breaks. The tract of land
known as Big Mesa is in the Shoshone
drainage and is properly part of that
project. It is too high for irrigation
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20

continued almost without Interruption
from either snow or cold weather, and
not more than twelve or fifteen days
were lost during the entire winter by
reason of weather conditions.
There Is no very great hope among
the members of the general staff of
the army that brigade camps will be
established to any large extent
throughout the country, local condi-
tions and politics seriously interior
ring with any accomplishment of this
character. Cities and towns nearby
which are located army posts will
never consent to see those army posts
reduced and finally abandoned simply
because it may he the desire of the
secretary of war and some of those
associated with him In the war Office
to consolidate posts in one great camp
for purposes of instruction. Senator's
and members will be found generally
opposing the scheme although the
policy of concentration which has been
outlined by the general staff is COM
mended most heartily not only as a
money saver but from the highest mill
tary point of view. Some of the older
posts of the army particularly those
located In the brush" as remote gar
risons are called, will gradually be
abandoned and the more modern and
most accessible garrisons will be i'm
proved to the highest degree of eff
ficiency.
Reforms in the army are matters OF
slow growth and they are brought
about after endless discussions. The
most striking example of a recent re-
form Is the determination of the gen.
eral staff through Quartermaster gen.
eral Humphrey to make our Tommy
Atkins" the peer Of the worlds soldier
both in spirit and in dress and to this
end an English tailor has been in the
United States to cut new uniform for
our boys in blue. So vital is the
change in the new uniform especially
in the cut of the coat and trousers
that already many officers are adopt
ing the new trousers for their personal
wear and when the American Tommy
Atkins" dOns the uniform which is now
being fashioned by a London military
tailor he is promised to be the admira-
ton of the world.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
C0C0S ISLAND A
TREASURE 1R0VE
Steamship Xema Starts on an
Expedition in Search of
Buried Gold.
sso,ooo.ooo OF GOLD alN SIGHT"

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Victoria. B. c., Aug. 20.-Once again
treasure-hunting expedition is head
ed for Cocos island. The steamship
Xema, twin screw, three-masted
steamer of 446 tons net, owned by the
City of Cork Steam Packet company,
has started from Grevesend, England,
and her destination Is stated to be
COcos island. She is in command of
Captain Grey, who made several trips
to Cocos island in his yacht Rose
Marine. Earl Fitzwilliam bought the
Xema in 1904 for use in the Cocos
island expedition, but found her too
small for the purpose, and bought the
Hariech, rechristened the veronique,
Of the Union Castle line. The Xema
is magnificently furnished. Several
women accompany the expedition.
Admiral Palliser, formerly of the
Esquimalt naval station, was one of
the leading spirits of Earl Fitzwil-
liam's treasure-hunting party. He be-
came infected with the idea of seek
ing treasure on Cocos island when at
Esquimalt, and it was at his sugges-
ton the British earl went to seek his
treasure.
Capt. Fred. Hackett, who recently
sought to organize company at
Seattle to sail for the island of the
Costa Rican coast in schooner, but
found money did not come in too
quickly, had gone to Cocos island in
the sealing schooner Aurora, on behalf
of number of victorians, and on his
return, unsuccessful, he brought as
Mr. ri 10 IL
Connecticut matchmaker, who brought
with him document written in Span
ish which purpOrted to be concession
from the Costa Rican government ar
ranging with him to search for the
buried millions Of Cocos isle. BY vir-
tue of this agreement a Costa Rican
gunboat, the Turalbia, was to have
called every three months to bring
him food, but the gunboat had failed
to appear, and he took advantage of
the sailing of the Aurora to come to
Victoria. Mr.. Harris introduced Har-
ford to Admiral Palliser on board H.
NJ. S. Imperieuse at Esquimalt. just
before the warship, in company with
the Amphion, was about to cruise in
southern American waters. Both ac-
companied the admiral and he went
with the warship to Cocos island,
where Lieut. Lee and party of over
100 men was landed to delve for the
treasures, but without result After
leaving the service some time after
ward, Admiral Palliser went again to
the island, having fired Earl Fitz-
william with the idea of seeking the
/ treasure.
Captain Hackett also made another
trip, going to the island with the brig
antine Blakely on behalf of company
organized in Victoria, and he came
back again without any of the jewels
or dOublOons.
Many are the searches that have
been made from Victoria, San Francis
co, Sydney, Panama, and Costa Rican
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
IS \ BIZ 'J!!!.::
TO THE ENGINEERS
A Sliding Mountain at Golden,
Colo, Causes Much Fear
and Trouble.
ROAD AND SHELTER IN DANGER

Associated Press to The Evening" Times.
Golden, Col, Aug. 20.-Anyone who
knows of good way in which to
snub sliding mountain can sell this
knowledge on favorable terms to the
Colorado & Southern railroad.
A mile from Golden is a spur Of
the Rockies known as North Table
mountain. 1t rears square head
something like quarter of a mile
into the atmosphere, and is a pretty
husky sort of mountain, taken all in
all.
For the last two weeks a portion
of it has taken to sliding, and the
railroad people have found it neces-
sary to keep a force of 100 men busy
shoveling the mountain dirt off the
tracks. So far they have been able to
keep ahead of the slide, but even with
the aid of steam shovel the task is
a difficult one.
A quarter of the way up the
mountain runs a fiume through which
are conducted the waters of Clear
Creek over into the farmers irrigated
lands to the west. On one slope lower
down is the Golden smelter. Below
the ditch and above the smelter runs
the highway, and bordering this are
farms.
Engineers say that the cause is an
unusual one. For down in the ground
is stratum of hard, dry potters' clay,
smooth as glass, and the great weight
of the earth resting upon it is simply
causing the mass to move slowly down
toward the level.
1t is scarcely an avalanche, as in
the mountains this term is under
stood to represent a sudden slide
of great masses of earth. The only
difference is that this mountain is
moving with almost imperceptible
speed, about ten feet day.
The county officers have already ex-
pended thousands in trying to keep the
road in passable condition. In the last
week the road has dropped four or five
feet in some places, while other por-
lions are twisted and heaped up. 1t
has become necessary to put up fence
rail barricades at night, inasmuch as
no one knows what will happen within
an hour.
The slide started below the level
of the ditch, which has not yet been
affected. Up above on the noun
these are supposed to furnish the
solvent which causes the earth to slip.
The side of the mountain is torn and
scanned with great assures.
At points these are eight or ten feet
wide, giving the appearances of an
earthquake. Every few minutes, In
some spot, there is loosening of the
overhanging earth, dull thud and
new assures appear on the mountain
side, with a fence gone here and a
part of the road there.
The smelter was thought to be in
danger of joining in the slide, but the
work done by the railroad men has SO
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
WORTH $4,000.
Farmer Near Minot Made It All In Less
Than Six Years.

If anyone believes that prosperous
times do not exist in North Dakota,
they should read the following account
of what one man did since coming to
the state: Give years ago VIM. Sayer,
a Des Laos farmer, arrived in Minot
with just $500. He invested part of
1t in house and lot and filed on a
claim near Des Laos. Last week Say
ers sold one of his lots for s1,1OO, and
the other for $1,000. These lots cost
him but 5000. He Immediately pur-
chased 2S0-acre farm joining his own
giving him an entire section of land.
Sayer is worth $4,000 today and he
made practically all of it in North Da-
kota in less than six years" Kuhn
Messenger,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
STILL A MYSTERY.
Inquest Throws No Light On the Re.
gina Tragedy.

gina Tragedy.
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Regina, Sask., Aug. 2O.-Interest in
the recent fatal shooting affair con-
tinues to grow. The police were oc-
cupied today in searching the Gilbert
farm, here the tragedy occurred, for
the gun with which Barrett Hender-
son is said to have been shot, but so
far all their efforts, aided by the man
Koch, who says that he saw Gilbert
throw the gun away, have failed to
bring the weapon to light.
The adjourned inquest was resumed
this afternoon at o'clock The first
witness called was Dr. Charlton, by
whom post-mortem examination of
the dead mans body was made this
morning. The Doctors evidence was
chiefly of a technical character, tend
ing to show that the deceased died
from the shotgun wound in the face.
j. H. Boyle, real estate agent, told
OF the circumstances attending the
sale of the Gilbert farm to Hender-
son, and Gilbert's subsequent anxiety,
as stated by Henderson, to get the
farm back. He stated that Henier-
son informed him that the Gilberts
were crazy to recover the property,
and the old man had offered him So 900
for it on the deal, but that he had
named $1,000 as the lowest he would
take.
Eye Witness Story.
The other witness heard tonight was
Richard Koch, one of the two Sedley
men who drove up to the Gilbert farm
after the shooting took place. Koch re-
lated how Henderson came running up
to them calling out that Gilbert had
shot him and was trying to shoot him
again. Gilbert, the witness stated,
was running after the deceased when
they first saw him with the gun in his
hand, which, however, he dropped on
seeing them. Koch then went on to
describe how Henderson had been put
in his own buggy and driven by his
two hired men to town, Koch and his
companion following with Gilbert in
their rig. On the way in he stated
that Gilbert explained that the shoot
ing had occurred accidentally, when
he was carrying the gun out to go
with Henderson to shoot gophers. Ear
lier the prisoner had said to Koch that
he was going to shoot chickens. At
1880 the inquest was adjourned until
II a. m. tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
Longevity and Wealth.

Pittsburg Dispatch: An attempt is
being made since the death of Russell
Sage to prove connection between
millions and longevity. Rockefeller is
81, Morgan and Carnegie SO, Hettie
Green II. But if the possession of for
tunes like theirs is to be an essential
qualification for old age, most of us
will die young.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20

continued almost without interruption
from either snow or cold weather, and
not more than twelve or fifteen days
were lost during the entire winter by
reason of weather conditions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-20
Because of One.

DtCduSe OF Une.
Because of one dear infant head
With golden hair,
To me all little heads
A halo wear;
And for one sanity face knew
All babes are fair
-woman's Life
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
The End OF The World

OF troubles that robbed r. II. Wolfe
OF Bear Grove, Ia, Of eli use.
iu'ne.s, came when he began tab
ing Electric Bittsrs. lie writes
Two PEARS ego kidnsy trouble caused
me great suffering. Witch I would never
have survived had I not taken Electric
bl',en' They also cured mo OF gen.
eFaidebility." Sore cure FOR all siom.
aeh' liver aud hidnry complains, blood
diseases. headache. dizziness and
weakness or bodily decline. Price Soc.
Guaranteed a. all drug ,torcs.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
GaIveston's Sea Wall

Makes life now AZ safe in that city AZ
on the higher uplands. +. W. Good.
Toe. who resides on Dutton ST.. ia Wa.
co. Tex, needs no sea wall for safety.
he writes; II have used Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption the
past i've yeaTs and IL keeps me we'll
and safe. Before that time | had n
cough which for years had been grow.
ing worse. Now it's gone Cures
chronic coughs, Ia grippe, Group,
whoopihR cough aud prevents pneu-
monia. Pleasant to take. Every bot.
tie guaranteed at all drGg stores. Price
SOC and tl,0O. Trial bottle free.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
FROST IN VERMONT.
Mrs. nulton Writes from Townshend
OF Reported Frost in That Section.

/ NS'h w WaA eNGANVWs
Col. II. +. Dotton has received from
Vermont an interesting letter from hil
good wife. who il now soiourning 81
Townshend.
IL 10 nothing uncommon for Col. Dat
ton to receive from Mrt. Dut,on an 10.
teresting letter, but the uucommonly
interesting point 10. this particular
letter was the reference Of the lady to
the effect that frost wac reported or
the hill farms in The vicinity OF the
to"n In which she is sojourning.
The letter was dated on August Is.
"wednesday, aud proved Of unu.ual in.
teFest on account of recording a frost
at this season Of the year
But notwithstanding that New Eng
land can produce frost in August.
Florida 10 cool and delightful AZ this
time, and those "unfortunates" who
have occasion to remain here Tor H.
nancial aud other reasons are enjoying
their nocturnal slumbers with peace
and comfort.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
GUARDS RIFLE TEAM
HAS RETURNED HOME
Many Individual Awards Were
Accorded the Team.
LIEUr. sLANoIMe wAs HoNoReo

Has Been Selected for Third Time e
Represent Florida State Troops a
National Shoot--indviduaI Orstirc
ton 10 ssrgssn, eoyd
Gainesville's crack rife team from
Company n, Second Infantry. Florida
State Troops, being the Gainesville
Guards, ,retJrned Monday from sc.
Augustine, where they hate been con-
testing FOR prizes for the past few days
in the State contest. While the team
a. q whole did not bring back any
state prize, there were several indi.
vidual honoTs bestowed upon the team
for Workmanship.
The team comprired five men, and
was In command of Lieutenant J w.
Banding. The team entered AZ mat.
ter OF course the contest for the hand.
fome TaliaferFo trophy. which goes TO
The winning team each year. aud came
out remarkably veil, but Sc. Angus
tine was the lucky winner this ytM
Lieutenant Banding won the Hut
prize in rapid firing, 200 yards, and |
second prize, medal, in the individual
match.
The team vas also recognized, re-.
sewing fourth place out OF fifteen
competing teams. which Lieutenant
BlandinR considers unusually hne.
considering that ihis 10 the fire, year
the team has worked nn q government
range lie 10 very proud Of nj, team.
and declared that, with proper prac.
tice, they would be 40 a whole the best
10 the Florida State Troops And among
the best In the country.
SeTReant O. b. Boyd was honored q
BY being third highest man In the 900
yard contest. which IL one OF the most I
disficalt contests In use Sergeant BOYD b
IN this match demonstrated his ability e
10 . mAThsmAn.
Lieutenant Blandlng was selected a. '
member Of the crack team to attend v
he National shoot a. Sea Glrt, n. j..
which will be held In September. be. -
IInnlnE the 9TH, Lieutenant BlsndinR =
good marksman, the beet evidence n
'eIns the fact that he has been mem. iC
or OF the Florida team for the pas,
NO years, one year shooting a, Fort -
llisy, and last year ct Sea Gin, where Ia
. made good records. 70
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
osainsm c.rne, b. Cured

by local applications, az they caHuo,
'sseh the di.vssvd portion Of The ear
fasrv % oaly one say 20 ears deafa-ss
and Tia, 70 By constitutional remedies
hvaius's 10 saS'sd bS sh inasmsd eon.
di''Sn OF ,he mueas lining Of the Eus.
,sshiAn Tubs. whea this tube 10 Ia.
aamsd goa have . rambling sosaa %
'mFsrfret hearing. ana wAsn a 10 en-.
iiFv,v eiosse. deafness 10 ne r.sa,s.
and ah'vss ire inflammation can 10
'aAsS oa' sHd ,h1s Ises r,,sorsd TO "a,
aotmal eoaditioa. Asanng wili =. as.
s.rOyed forever aips eases cas- q zee
are eaosed ~ eatsrsA. ~AieA Il aesAlus
ssa 80 1snaaed soaeisioa % 49, nase.
saFfAees.
We uill glvp Oas hunarsa pollass
TOE aay ease q deAsaess geaassa Ia
essattal thai eannes - earea b. Hail.
Ca,arfe cafe. sod ~ eissalars. frss
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
WALDO NEWS NOTES.
Accidental Shooting Of a Small Boy.
Other Notes Of interest

Other Notes Of interest.
Waldo, Aug. 20.--Two small sops oil
{ Jasper strickland went out to kill a
chicken and one shot the other acct.
dentally with n pistol, the ball enter
ing the jaw and lodging In the meek
The wound, under the treatment OF
Dr. Boring, IL not serious yet.
The white nv. 80 disastrous 20 orange
tree, has made lie appearance in this
vicinity IN great numbers, attacking
various trees. aud 10 the only insect
knoWn 10 infest the China tree.
Mrs. :. r. Entsnza and little Mis-,
Bernice retained Wednesday after a
long and very pleasant Welt 10 rela-
tIves In South Jacksonville and friend.
90 Mayport.
New sweet potatoes are selling In
the home market at eighty cents per
bn'hel, A large area has been plant. |
ed.
M''. VI Z. Robinson Of Tampa 10
visiting relatives here and AZ Gaines.
vile.
Mrs MOdRbt, after returning North
several years ago, hss again come TO
Florida to stsy, and will be Joined
here by relatives lster. who will come
TO live with her.
A. jolly Of Orange Heights cold
syrup over year ago 60 be paid for In
lumber when wanted. Upon going
Tor the lumber o few days ago he ,
found the prise had risen from SO to .
$50 per thousand, the price Of syrup ,
the same.
Col. White Of Cedar Key, acoom. .
panied by Miss Burns. visited HE
laughter, MU. A. l.. King. recently. A.,
Mrs X. w. Campbell and daughter,
hiss Blanche. are visiting here. {
Miss Cornsila TrowbridRs has re-.
uFnsd from = Wilt 10 Jacksonville.
4. r u. Kite hes presented his wife
With hne new piano from Ludden 4 !,
sales.
Mrs A. u. Birt has gone on q Wait >,
o her parents In New York.
Mn. Mid Cheves 10 on Q vislI to her :
ls,er. Mrs. J. h. Ksnuard, here.
Waldo Hicks sas one Of the soldier :,
oys o, Tampa. ?
Claude sparkmah Ia on q vlsl, TO No. =
'lsvsa lake TO tecupsSatc from a spell :.
I illness. -
J. =. EuienSa has disposed Of hi. in :.
efvs' 10 the 81 Antonio cigar factory
Earle rrowbFidse aud will locate q
nsinss' elsewhere.
Geo Granger, engineer Of the sea-
'srd Ale Lins RAilrCad. Ia. pur. n,
'ased The e,ns aud Rrist mill Of Y e
I hacssu and 10 10 run by HE sou, =
Imss
u L.. Brannine sold lWsaty head Of
'i,le saturday 20 A, u. ri,on AZ go
- head
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
Runaways Galore.

Monday was = red-letter day for run
always. The mule-the faithful. gen
tie mule" Msud-which has been n
long In the employ Of Saunders 4
Earle ~ draft animal, took a sudden
notion to show what she could do on
a sprint, with the result that Saunder 70
a Earle sustained quite q loss. No,
content with tearing up the wagon to
which she wss attached, she ran into
another vehicle owned by the firin aud
need for delivery purposes, wrecklnR
The rear wheels. The animal vas n.
nally apprehended, after doing the
damage referred to.
a few moments after this runaway.
q horse attached to q wagon. and be-
longing TO n. n. Arnold OF Fairbanks
became alarmed ~ the approach OF a
train on the Atlantis Coast Line and
made a bold dash down Union street
aud over into East Gainesville. where
The animal WAS caught. the wagon
having collided with a telephone mole
~ the corner OF Prairie and AIachua
avenues. No serious damage was done
10 either horse or wagon.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
Cured Hay Fever and summ,r e

Cured Hay Fever and Sumnor Cold
A. J. Nusbaum. Batesville. Indiana
writes; Last year suffered Tor three
months with . summer cold % distress.
log tbati' interirred with my busines.
had many OF the symptoms Of hay
fever. and Doctors prescription did
not rrach my case. and took several
medicines which seemed to only az.
Eravs,e M case. Fortunately I in.
sisted uron having Folsy's Honey and
Tar aud h quickly sured me, Ny Niie
has since used Foley. Honey and Tar
with the same success" j. W. Me-
Collum a Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-14
HIGH HONOR
For President RooseveIt-Norwe-
gian Parliament Awards Him
Nobel Prize

Christiania, Norway, Dec. 10.-The
Norwegian parliament has conferred the
Nobel peace prize upon President Roose-
welt.
American Minister Perce thanked
parliament in the name of President
Roosevelt, assuring the house that the
President was profoundly appreciative
of this greatest honor which could be
bestowed upon any man. Mr.. PIERCE
also informed parliament that it was
the Presidents intention to create a
permanent committee at Washington
with view of maintaining peace be-
tween employers and their workmen.
The Nobel prize is awarded Presiden t
Roosevelt in recognition of his services
in bringing about the ending of the
Russo japanese war. The prize is part
of a bequest left by DIR. Alfred Boihhard
Nobel, a Swedish scientist, who died in
1876. 1t is valued at about $40 900 and
is awarded annually by the Norwegian
storthing.
Mr.. PIERCE said words were inadequate
to express the deep emotion he expert
enced at receiving this distinguished
testimonial in behalf of the President.
who recently cabled that he regarded
this prize as one of the greatest honors
any man in any position throughout the
world could receive The award. Mr..
Pelrce added, would deeply appeal to the
hearts of the American people.
Mr. Peirce then read the message
from President Roosevelt, expressing
deep thanks and saying there was no
gift he could appreciate more.
The President also announced that
he had concluded to use the prize to
establish at Washington permanent
industrial peace committee with view
OF maintaining righteous peace in the
industrial world, which was as import
ant as the maintenance of peace in the
world of nations.