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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

to produce the maximum yield OF
which the land is capable. a few
wears ago the man who would have
said that 10 acres of farm land was Il
sufficient area for Il man to make I
GOOD living from would have been
looked upon as Il crank. Now there
are thousands of little 10 acre and even
> acre farms from which men are
making more money than many
others are from attempting to till 20
times that amount. That 10 acres,
under favorable conditions, will pro
duce a living is recognized in Il bill
Which has Just been passed by the
House of Representatives II which
will likely he passed by the Senate at
this session. 1t is I'm amendment to
the National Irrigation Law. Under
that law the homestead entry upon
public land irrigated by the govern
ment ranges from 40 to 100 acres, TO
he determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, according to the conditions of
the reclamation. 1t was recognized,
at the time of the passage of the law
in "O2, tlat in some sections OF the
country 40 acres was an ample area
for Il farm. 1t is now seen, II ad-
mitted in the bill above mentioned
that 10 acres is not too small Il sub
division under favorable conditions.
Another amendment was recently
made to the Irrigation law allowing
the government 10 establish toWn-sites
and divide the land hereunder up
into various sized tracts ranging
from toWn-lots to 10 acre a%llotlnents.
When this bill which is now before the
Senate becomes a law it will there
faTn ha I4,gGilI, for thn rptnppY,,ant
in any of its irrigation projects to di-
vide and sub-divide its land into
town and farm units ranging all the
way from lots UP to 100 acre farms.
MODEM RURAL SET"rLEEfE N1S
This nlan will doubtless develop
some of the finest examples OF pros.
nerous rural communities to be fOund
anywhere in the world. Many OF the
best developed sections of some OF
the western states include great
numbers of little farms and trult
ranches of 3, 10 and 20 acres each,
where the appearance is almost IKE
the outskirts of a village. with such
n dense rural population there is an
ideal combination of practically NIL
the advantages TO be found III city
life and the splendid results of country
work and living. Houses, in such a
community, are almost within a stone
throw of each other. the population IS
sufficiently large to support splendid
roads, good school and churches, water
and lighting improvements, good
sewerage, etc. Thus the lonesome
ness. the isolation and the many UNI
attractive features of the big farm dis
appear while yet the joys and n
wholesomeness Of country life are all
present.
The report accompanying this bill
states that since the passage OF the
irrigation act. it has developed that
on some of the lands to be irrigated,
particularly those in fruit and truck
farming districts, less than 40 acres
is needed for the support of the family,
and in fact experience has demon
strated that the average farmer Is
more prosperous on a small than on a
large irrigated farm. In view of this
condition Of affairs it has beer deemed
wise to reduce to 10 acres the mini
mum entry which may be allowed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

year. The factories last year had a
total capacity for slicing 10,05O tons
of bectS daily.
In the acreage planted and the
sugar manufactured from beets Colo
RADIO leads, h. wing + vested $4,000
acres and manufactured 1000 tons
of sugar. Michigan came second in
acreage with 1000 acres, but third
in sugar with $4,000 tons. California
grew 81 900 acres and produced 10
900 tons of sugar. The next states in
order were respectively Utah, Idaho,
Nebraska and Wisconsin with a total
of 1000 acres and $1,000 tons of
! sugar. Other states grew 1000 acres
of beets, producing about 1000 tons
of sugar, or Il total for the United
States of 307,361 acres with a pro1uc-
ton of 312,920 tons of sugar.
RAPID GROWTH LOOKED FOR.
Indications are favorable, the report
states, to the further growth of this
pursuit both in irrigation and rain
fall districts. 1.-THE industry is prov
ing to he a powerful aid to CONNER
cial, agricultural and industrial devel-
opment. 1t promotes irrigation, immi-
grafton. land settlement, the building
of railroads and trolley lines, the
making of other improvements. and
the upbuilding of various industrial
enterprises. Such results can only be
| appreciated by those who have visited
the factory districts in Colorado,
Utah and Idaho. or in other newly
settled and improved areas throughout
the West. The beneficial effect of the
industry is also shown in the better
| settled, more highly developed agri-
cultural districts of the East, where,
after beets have been given a proper
trial in competition with established
crops. they are demonstrating their
staying qualities and potency in in
dustrial development
GROWS MORE THAN TT EATS.
One feature of this report is a series
of tables accompanied with outline
maps designed to show graphically the
magnitude of sugar production in that
part of the country lying west OF the
Mississippi River. These indicate that
the estimated production of sugar
west of the Mississippi in 19O6 will eX-
ceed by $4,000 tons the amour OF
sugar consumed in the same area in
1900 (the latest year for which we
nave fellaDle census uSuTeSl. ne
estimate of production for 1906 is
made by assuming that all the beet
sugar factories, including 10 new
| ones, will run at their full capacity for
campaigns of 100 days, and that the
cane sugar product for 1906 will be the
same as that of last year"
TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION
AND CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN
STATES WEST OF THE MISSISS-
IPPI RIVER.
Pounds
Estimated cane sugar, 1906. sos, $50, 000
Estimated beet sugar, 1906. 1873, 2OO, COG
Estimated total sugar pro-
duced. 1901. 1882, OSO, 900
Total sugar consumed, 1900. 1,433, 800. sos
Excess of production over con-
sumption .....-...... $3.50, 49o
The amount of b~eet-sugar which
will be produced in factories east Of
the Mississippi during this year, if
run at their full capacity. will also
equal about II per cent. of the o n
sumption of sugar in the TRANSMITS
issippi area.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

This showing of the Department of
Agriculture. while it makes = COM
paratively small inroad upon the vast
consumption CT sugar in The more
densely populated nc lion east of the
Mississippi. yet indicates that the
young ~Deet-sugar industry is making
substantial progress, and that CON
sidering the uncertainty of legislation
and the great cost of beet-Sugar fac
tory Investments, very satisfactory ad-
vances are being made in this new
American enterprise.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

buttons. which were catered in n book
he had for that purpose. Among these
many names there appeared. Mrs.
Russell Sage. S25.' The good nan
went to Mr.. Sage's Office, and. showing
him the contribution entered in the
book by Mrs. Sage, asked if he could
not give a like sum. And what do you
suppose he did,"
well, l suppose he at least doubled
it." remarked a listener.
Doubled it. Not Russell!' ex-
fclaimed the teller of the story. "Why,
he simply took his pen and wrote
Mr.. and before his wife's name, and
handed the book back to the good
man."-Harpers Weekly.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
4 Family 4nair.

"Once upon a time there lived "A
good man of New York, who was
soliciting contributions for the erection
Of an orphan asylum said the story
teller. He had been to many rich
people and received liberal contri-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
TEN ACRE FARMS.
Pending Bill Allows Government tC
Cut up Home SteadS into Small
raCIS.

The tendency OF the times is TO en-
courage better farming and in smaller
areas. Ii is coming 10 be recognized
that the proportion is small OF farms
which are thoroughly titled and made
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

In spite of apparent efforts to Grip
pie II kill it off. the beet-sugar in
dustry of the United States is making
steady progress.
Congress has just received the an
nual report of Special Agent Charles
+. Saylor of the Department of Agri-
culture on the status of the beet-sugar
industry for last year. Fifty-two
beet-sugar factories were in operation.
3 were standing idle, and Il were be-
ing constructed for operation this
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
MET PRINCE CHARMING.

General Grants daughter made n
tour of Europe soon after she formally
entered society, and everywhere re-
ceived the most distinguished atten-
lions from the royal families of Great
Britain and the Continent. On the
way home on the steamer Russia she
met Mr.. Sartoris, the Prince Charming
who was later to win her heart and
hand. From the moment that the en-
gagement of Miss Grant was an
nounced the whole American people
manifested an interest in the bride-to-
be which never found a parallel save
in the enthusiasm for Alice Roosevelt.
The fact that the lucky nan was an
Englishman and not a citizen of the
republic, while it vas a matter of deep
regret to many persons, including
President Grant himself, was not al
lowed to cast a damper upon the joyous
occasion. Mr.. Algernon Sartoris was
but twenty-three years of age and Miss
Grant was only nineteen when, on
Thursday. May q, 1874, they were
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

The railway ton mileage OF the
South in 1882 was one-eighteenth OF
the whole and In 1905 was o%ne-seventh
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
BEET-SUGAR GROWING.
GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS
HEALTHY GROWTH IN NEW
AMERICAN INDUSTRY.

Colorado Leads-lndustry Every
Where Proving a Powerful Aid to
Agricultural. Industrial and Social
Development.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
NELLIE GRANT SARTORIS.
SKETCH OF THE LOVELY WHITE
HOUSE BRIDE OF THE DAYS
OF GENERAL GRANT.

She Met AIgernon SartOriS, Her
Future Husband. On Shipboard On
Return European Irip-lS Mother
oil Three Children.
No American girl, not even President
Roosevelt's daughter, ever had a more
brilliant wedding than Nellie Grant,
the beloved child of the great Civil
War hero; yet of late years the public,
which has always taken a kindly inter-
est in Gen. Grants family, has heard
comparatively little of his only daugh-
ter.
When Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow
of the President, was living, her
daughter spent much time with her
mother at the latter's home in the city
of Washington, but since the death of
her mother Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris
can scarcely be said to have had a fixed
residence in any American city. How
ever, she has always been very fond
of st. Louis, and she made her home in
the Missouri metropolis during most of
the time the recent Worlds Fair was
in progress there.
Possibly the liking of Mrs. Sartoris
for st. Louis is to be attributed to the
fact that her birth, in August, 1855,
occurred at her Grandfather Dents
country home near st. Louis, the birth
place of her mother. When General
Grant was elected President, and in
deed during the first three years that
he and his wife lived at the White
House, the daughter was at school
Toward the close of President Grants
first term, however, Miss Nellie made
her social debut at the Presidential
mansion, and her cadet brother, home
from West Point, was her escort and
companion.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

Mrs. Grant accompanied the young
couple TO New York, whence they
sailed for England.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

She Met Algernon SartOriS, Her
Future Husband on Shipboard an
Return European rrip-IS Mother
OF Three Children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27

The invalid was recovering from the paroxysm and there was nothing foI Emily to do but introduce David tp her l employers.
 Mir Mcguire extended a trembling hand. Mrs. Mcguire raised her lorgnon. From Chicago? In pork, I sup poss?"
 David's eyes twinkled. even as Emily Hunts echeeks colored.
 'fNo--not exactly-in the law for pork men"
 Emily bit her lips, and, returning to her chair, stared hard at the flying l scenery.
 Forgive me, Emily; but I simply had to do 1t. She Is impossible" But you are in the law"
 And for men in pork. I am going to Europe on my first big commission ''
 T am so glad you have found suc- cess" said Emily in a calm voice. though her heart beat suffocatingly. She might have helped him to find 1t. but now he was going to Europe for a mighty corporation--and she was a companion, the most despised and in- adequately paid parsonage in the Ma- guire retinue.
 Emily. ring for the porter and order clam broth for us all from the buffet car"
 q don't cars for any. if you will ex- cuse me, Mrs. Mcguire. I'll order for two"
 Nonsense" said the domineering Mrs. Mcguire. You're looking a bit white this afternoon, and we can't af- ford to have you sick on our hands now, with Mcguire on the edge of pneumonia
 The piercing tones ran the length of the car, and there was smOthered laughter up and down the lines. With crimson cheeks Emily touched the but ton, but when the waiter arrived, it was Marston who took the matter in hand and ordered a dainty luncheon.
 Mrs. Mcguire admitted that for a man fin pork" he knew how to order. II. annoyed her that she could not conn municate this discovery to her husband. Later she said something of the sort to Emily, who had brought Mir. Mcguire an evening paper picked up at POugh- keepsie.
 Emily did not seem to. hear the pa tronizing remark Of her employeG Her mind had leaped forward to that mo- ment when the train should pull into the Grand Central Depot Then she and the Maguires would enter the carriage held in waiting by liveried servants, and Marston would go his self-made, way. When she returned to her chair. the dull foggy dusk was settling down on the river Pretty soon on the broad, six-track way. trains loaded with suburbanites would be shooting past them. Asuburbanites go- Ing home to cottages and firesides all their own, where women who had never of artistic careers waited for them.
 The porter received Mrs. Maguire's curt comment on poor gas with abject apologies.
 @Suthn's sure wrong, but we can't locate the trouble, but we'll soon be In town" he&Said and hurried on. He knew the Mcguire type.
 Emily started. Marston's hand was l on her arm, not gently as a re- hinder that he deserved her attention, | but In a mastevly, determined clasp.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27

Emily, do you think for one minute am going abroad and leave you with that-that sort of a woman? I've got to sail in the morning-there Is mol much time-but you can get frills and frocks In Paris, and when we come home, if visiting art centers abroad has reused your ambitions once more, I'll have you study with the best--''
 T don't want to study--I have nc ambitioAs-I just want-'
 Marston bent very close to catch the last wUrd--'you."
 Emily. get arug for Mir. Mcguire. " exclaimed Mrs. Mcguire so sharply that the dozing passengers all woke up. phen as the girl leaned over to pick up the fallen rug. Mrs Mcguire whispered harshly
 'I guess you forget where you areP'
 "No." replied Emily, happily. fI've only just found out where belong Mir. Marston and are going to be married tonight and sail for London in the morning.
 Mrs. Mcguire gave vent to an excla- nation that reused her husband to frightened wonder and made several men in the farther end of the car laugh aloud.
 The little bride in chair il leaned over and touched her husbands hand.
 Billy, dear, believe there's q little story going on right under our noses"
 Her husband patted her hand tender ly under coveS of the friendly dusk.
 Wouldn't be surprisedh sweetheart and all I've got to say is I hope that the young man is the sort who will not consign Emily to a draughty seat.'
 q hope he Is just as dear and good as you alel"
 And down in the front of the car and Emily Hunt sat gazing out into the night, too happy for words
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27
1MnMHm EaumaEI wBMIrm mIum mlaE
ON BOARD THE FLYER.
Fly Marion Benton.

s (Copyright, 1906, by F. c. Parcells
 wen take those three seats-I sup pose it's the best you can do. Law renee, you sit there. No, no--on this side. There's a draught oni that side.
 But want to see the river" said the elderly man. querulously, and with a gesture akin to throwing aside de- taining hand, though his fortd and over dressed wife had not laid so much as a finger tip on his arm.
 q tell you there's a draught on that side" she said, sharply.
 Well. you don't want to sit in a draught, either" persisted her hus- band.
 NO. Emily can sit there. She is young; draughts won't hurt her"
 David Marston raised his paper sud- denly to hide the smile that would come. He was sitting on the draughty side. too, right behind the chair In the parlor car which had raised the discus sion. He, too, wanted to see the Hud- son, the Palisades, and other points of interest of which he bad read. and which he was enjoying for the first time.
 band. now settled unwiiiingly in the chair selected for him.
 she's making sure that there's a nice man in the baggagefcar to look after the dogs She'll be along in a minute"
 By this time David Marston was not the only passenger interested in the domestic drama. Every man and wo- man in the car had laid aside paper or book, reused to attention by the pIerc- ing tones and dominating bearing of the woman. The shrin speech might have been forgiven on the plea that the husband was evidently very deaf. The manner was less forgivable. Newly acquired riches were stamped all over the tightly laced, middle aged figure. The characterless face, due to much electric massaging, spoke of hours spant with beauty experts. Her frock, wrap and hat shrieked Paris"
 Evidently the couple were going back to Nev, York after a brief stay at their lodge in the Catsknl flor the limited had stopped at the small town close to mountain fastnesses on spe- cial orders.
 you don't think anything will hap pen to Emily. trying to cross the plat forms?" asked the man. anxiously.
 Tt vestibuled train" shrieked his wife. 1 told her to stay until all three of the dogs had been properly chained. You remember the time we came Oh, there she ls!'
 There was much craning of necks as the third member of this interesting party came through the narrow pas sageway around the drawing room. Her advent promised further entertain ment to travel bored passengers. only one Of the later did not crane his neck. He simply sat storing at the girl, his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27
AMERICAN AT HEART.
English Clergyman Thanks New York
 Baptists for Call.

New York, Nov. 25-Dr Charles F. Aked, pastor of the Pembroke Baptist church, Liverpool Eng. who "ecently received a call to become pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of this city, in addressing that congregation today said:
 Tn asking me to become your pastor you have bestowed upon me the great est honor I could ever hope to attain. When you invite me to become one of you, to take up the great york of tn < great church, you give me the oppor- tunity to accomplish the desire of my life, to become an American citizen. to be an American.
 q have loved this country since have been a child. I have studied its ways and its people; I have been an American born on the wrong side. Your call places within my grasp the real- zatiOn of all my dreams and even more for you invite me to become the head of one of the greatest and most influ- ential churches of this country.
 q am confronted with a problem to which must give much thought. Be- fore I say to you that l accept your call l must return to my l. 5me to con suit those to whom ] think l belong. who have worked by side sor sixteen years and who are great part of my existence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27
-:- OUR DAILY SHORT STORY

I hands Eripped hard on the arms of the chair.
 She was slender, refined-Iookine I girl. dressed in black, from her dull ealfskin ties to her stlffiy tailored trav- cling hat. At her throat and wrists were line linen bands. Marston recalled with shudder that a maid Rho had opened the door for him at fashion able Denver home had worn just such 8 black frock with white bands.
 The girl carried bundle of canes, umbrellas and golf sticks. As she tilted them in the corner beside the elderly man she said something to him which he seemed to hear, though she did not follow hks wifes example and raise her voice. He settled back with contented air.
 There's your chair, Emily" said the woman, waving her hand across the aisle The girl turned, stepped across the aisle, looked at Marston, caught her breath sharply and sank into her chair, which she wheeled so that her back was turned squarely upon him.
 By this time David had recovered thought and speech. He rose, delib- erately walked in front of the girl and extended his hand
 Don't tell me that a mere trifie like a beard makes me unrecognizab ble, Elm fly. l should have known you, even if you had dyed your hair"
 The girls hand lay Imply in his, then she pulled herself together and with drew it.
 "oh. knew you at once. But the shook"
 Precisely. It was shock to me- to find you with them"
 The gesture was slight. but Emily Hunt knew what he meant and her cheek crimsoned.
 T can explain---"
 Let me turn your chair round so we can talk" Marston. suggested. and a moment later they sat side by side facing the river bank, their backs to Miss Emily's employer, who sniffed in bahied curiosity and gazed their way through a jeweled lorgnon.
 "oh, the story is short enough" said Emily, bitterly. Selling daubs and teaching youngsters in Colorodo town and making good with your brush in New York city are entirely different propositions. I saw 1t was starvation or real work, and so-"
 Being companion to a woman of her calibre is real work, eh?''
 She Is really very kind at heart. and MT. Mcguire is just lovely to me"
 At this juncture MT. Mcguire was shaken with violent coughing spell,
 Emily" exclaimed Mrs. Mcguire where's the cough medicine?"
 But Emily Hunt was already digging into her employers bag.
 Deftly she poured the medicine and turned to bring a glass of water Mars ton was at her heels. his own drinking cup filled to the brim
 Thanks. Mr Mcguire took such a dreadful cold while we were at Groton Lodge."