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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20
TRIAL BY JURY LOSING GROUND

TRIAL BY JURY LOSING GROUND.
London Law Journal.
Trial by jury continues TO decline in
popularity in the county courts, notwith-
standing the numerical change in the
jury and the increase In the more inn
portant cases. The number OF actions
determined in 1906 was 8I5.2S0. and only
S43 were tried by juries. This is the
lowest number OF which there Is any rec
ord in the returns. Juries have never
been much in request in the county
courts. The demand for their services
has actually diminished as the business
of the courts has increased 1875, 1890,
1885. 1850. 1895, 1886. 1905. S43.
There were ten circuits In 1905 on
which the number OF cases tried by juries
did not exceed three. On the circuit which
includes Bolton, Wlgan and Oldham not
a single case was tried by jury during
the year. In the employment OF Jurors,
as In the treatment of debtors, the views
OF county court judges differ. The de-
cline OF trial by jury in the county courts
may be attributed not so much TO an In
creasing want Of faith In the institution
on the part Of litigants as to the strong
prejudice which some county court judges
exhibit against It.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Looking over The list Of delegates n
hls convention, Brother Smoot feels TO
thank the bishops and other good men
Tor their devotion to their religious
duty
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20
MATERIAL, Fop A

Chicago Chronicle. /
German scientists anno,a,
material for a man weIoh,rs
can ,ada be found In the white 4
l2oo hens eggs. Reduced Ia
average man would yield
cubic meteps OF illuminating
drogen enough to Gll a bal,
Of lifting 155 pounds. Tha
man body has in 1t the iro
make seven large nails. the
teen pounds OF candles. the
slxty-four gross of crayons
phorous enough for S2O,000 n
OF 1t can be obtained. bca5
colfeespoona OF salt. ffty i,
gar and forty-two liters NJ
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

President Smith might have tried to
fool the New York reporters with mere
disingenousness by telling them that
he was from Europe and that his name
was Schmidt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

AS Salt Lake county is away down on
the list, It's anti-machine delegates will
not have the pleasure of being anon Q
the first TO cast their votes for the ma.
chine.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Mr.. Livingston may have a eood
chance to achieve unique distinction in
the convention by showing that ne be-
lieves that the way to fight is 20
fight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Mr.. Howell has seen some pretty
good State conventions, but none, prob
ably, that seemed to him so desirous
Of doing the right thing as the one
meeting today.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20
CURIOUS WAYS on

chicago Record Herald.
There are about 5000 snc
bees, all with interesting "
own, Among them is a speci
males arc veritable Amazon
more and better weapons tho
There are the cuckoo" be
posit their eggs in the nes1
the progeny Of both living I
gether until maturity, when
rate. Then there Is The 4,
who cuts leaves with her
jaws, and Ats a snug linfne
material into her caye-sbar,l
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

By opening headquarters, Mr.. Fish
burn has provided q gathering place for
such delegates as like to courteously
accept n man g hospitality when they
can do nothing else for him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Some raised benches on the stage,
properly occupied and backed bv 4
choir, would complete the resemblance
of today's convention TO conference
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Something may be said, however, in
the Smoot gathering today to remind
Mr.. Christensen of this city that he has
been running for the Congressional
nomination,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

None of the candidates onnosino :,
howell will be called upon TO make a
few heartfelt remarks to the conven-
ton, thanking it for the unexpected
honor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Perhaps Logan Will kindly try to
give the Smoot assemblage little life
and gayety by introducing the Agri-
cultural college question.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

That he has kept out Of politics our,
ing the convention work, Marshal Spry
Will be able to prove by the few dele
gates he will not talk with.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

All the Republican convention posi-,
t'ons may be generously given to anti.
machine men. there being no salaries
attached to them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Some of the biggest of the machine
guns Will be ready in today's conven-
tion for such automatic firing as Gen.
Smoot may deem necessary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Among the things the Smootites IN
convention assembled will not view
with alarm is the growth Of the idea
OF iighting the machine within the
party.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

Bitter anti-macbine speeches may he
expected from independent delegates.
in which they will show why Repre-
sentative Howell should bo renomi.
mated.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20

preciated, if he will merely go down
and look at the number of men sun
ming themselves on the street corners.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20
Thursday, September 20, 1906.

y notable meeting of machinists will
be held in the Salt Lake Theatre to-
dav.
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70 produce fine heather are much ap-
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
At Work on the Belle
Fourche Irrigation Project

bottom, sixty-three feet wide at the
at the top. The entire embankment
will be faced with concrete blocks
weighing 5000 pounds each, and the
outer surface will be arranged in ter
races and seeded down to grass. The
greatest depth of the water will be
100 feet, and the average depth from
twenty-five to thirty feet. The water
surface will cover thirteen square
miles and the shore line will be about
fifty miles in length. The reservoir
will contain sufficient water to irrigate
about 10000 acres of land The CON
tract for this work has been let to the
firm of Orman & Crook of Colorado,
and work was begun April l this year.
The intention is to have it completed
by Oct. I, 1909.
On June 10 Of this year an order
was signed by the president setting
aside the northeast quarter of section
"a, township 9 north, range 5 east,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

water surface, and twenty feet wide
Black Hills meridian, for a govern
ment town to be built in the heart
located midway between the north
and south side canals and about
twelve miles east Of the reservoir.
The advantage TO be gained from hav-
ing this important town in the hands
of the government is that it will do
away with the possibility Of specula-
ton by firms or moneyed individuals.
All money received from the sale Of
town lots will go directly toward i'm
provements for the city, and it will
start out in life without one cent OF
Indebtedness. There are a number of
government towns in Oklahoma,
among which are Lawton, Hobart and
Enid, all of which are exceptionally
well improved. Lots for this new
town will not be put on sale for an
other year at least, and the name for
the town has not been chosen. Land
has also been set aside for two gov
eminent villages, one to be located in
the northwest corner of this district
and the other in the southeast.
AS the diversion dam and the inlet
canals are practically completed, the
first water to be used in this scheme
will be the water from the Johnson
lateral leading north from the inlet
canal, where the water will be TUNED
on some time next spring.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

dam known as the Owlcreek reser-
voir. The water taken from the Belle
Fourche by the diverting dam Is
brought through a canal six and
half miles long to this reservoir. 1t
Is built in a natural basin, and the
earthen dam, one and one-fourth miles
in length and lis feet high at the
deepest point, 1t, considering both
length and height, the largest earthen
dam in the United States. 1t Is built
of adobe clay. In the building Of this
embankment dirt is put on to the
depth of eighteen inches and then
rolled down with steam roller until
It is only six inches deep. AS this
adobe clay hardens when exposed to
the air, it will make the strongest and
most permanent kind Of dam. This
smbankment will contain 100000 Gu
bic yards of earth and will be 500
feet wide at the widest point at the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

being brought back to White Lake he
was taken before local justice. Fla
hart waived his preliminary examina-
ton and was held for appearance at
the next term Of the circuit court.
However, at this juncture, an ac-
quaintance OF Flahart's voluntarily
confessed that he (the acquaintance)
was in reality the guilty party. Tho
man who really stole the buggy went
to the owner Of the vehicle and made
a settlement with him. The owner
then withdrew the charge against Fla
hart, who has now been released.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
One Project Completed.

So far, out Of the thirteen large
projects which have started, the gov
eminent has completed one, the
Truckee- Carson in Nevada, where the
water was turned on in June, 1905.
The reclamation act was passed on
June II, 1902, and work on this scheme
was begun the next day, preliminary
plans and surveys having been made
previously. This project, which was
built at cost Of about $4,000, 900, will
irrigate about 10000 acres of land,
and so far bids fair to be a great sue
cess. The problem, however, which
the government will have to meet, as
it has faced all irrigation schemes
both in this country and abroad, Is
that Of sediment. 1t is generally
stated that the success of an irriga-
ton scheme is In inverse proportion
to the amount Of sediment carried by
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

lie lands. The work, however, Is I'M
der the direct supervision Of the gov
eminent, but will become eventually
the property of the Water Users asso-
citation, which will be composed of all
the people holding land under the
project. These irrigation projects, in
fact, and eventually will cost nothing
either to the government or to the
state; not to the government, because
they are built with state money, and
not to the state, because the yearly
assessments paid for ten years by the
people owning land under the project
will meet the cost of the work and
will be turned back to the credit of
the state. The cost of putting through
these irrigation schemes differs in diff
ferent localities, but ranges from 500
to $50 an acre, with an average Of
about S25. 1t is estimated that the
cost for the work being done here
will be about $33 an acre; thus, each
settler will pay about $3.50 a year for
ten years. At the end of five years
he is given a title to his land though
the payments go on for five years
longer and constitute lien upon his
land. At the end of ten years the
settlers under the scheme own the
water and the state is reimbursed for
the cost.
Largest of Earthen Dams.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the work being done here is the big
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

the river or streams from which the
water is taken. 1t was this matter
that forced so many private companies
to the wall, and finally made it neceS
sary for the government itself to take
up the matter. It is estimated that
these thirteen schemes will reclaim
about 100000 acres.
AS there is a considerable cost at
tached to the taking up Of land under
these projects, cost varying from
$3.50 to over So per acre yearly Tor
ten years, it will be readily seen that
neither the very poor nor the SHIFT
less will be attracted by these posi-
bilities. Hitherto the West has been
settled often either by men who were
not practical farmers, by those who
gave their chief attention to live
stock, in a few cases, by men VINO
hoped to make an easy living OFF l6O
acres and failed at that. The settlers
who will take up land under these
bitches must be practical farmers,
must be thrifty and must devote their
attention and energies to the cultiva-
ton of their land rather than to out
side interests if they would be able
to reap success. The immediate ef-
feet of irrigation upon the land values
is shown as well in the Belle Fourche
vally as any place in the world. On
the south side of the river for short
distance a number of farms are un-
der irrigation from a private ditch.
This land now sells for SIS an acre.
Just across the river, where there Is
as yet no irrigation, land Of identically
the same character sells for from So
to $12. People are rushing into the
country by the hundreds to embrace
the opportunity of taking up land
along the line Of the projected ditch,
and the next ten years will see In
this northern country a change such
as will seem almost the work Of a
magician.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
MAY ANNUL LICENSES.
Unorganized Towns Come Under Bal
lots of townships They Are Part OF.

Unorganized Towns Come Under Bal
lots of Townships They Are Part OF.
Judge Smith, in a recent term OF
court in Lyman county, rendered. de-
cision which will affect a number OF
saloon licenses which have been grant
ed in Stanley and Lyman counties.
The case came to him from Kenne.
beck and was in the shape Of an in.
junction restraining the county com.
missioners of Lyman county from
granting license at that place.
Judge Smith held that no saloon Ii.
cense could be granted where favor.
able vote to license has not been had.
and that where a license was request.
ed at a town without an organization
Of it's own, favorable vote must have
been secured in the township In which
the town Is located BEIGE a legal H.
cense can be granted.
About all the new towns along rail.
road extensions In Lyman county,
where application has been made,
have been granted licenses by the
commissioners OF those counties, and
IL the decision Of Judge Smith holds
good, none of them have any legal
standing, as none of the towns in Ly.
man, except Oacoma and Presho, and
in Stanley county, Fort Pierre, are
organized as towns.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

AS the work Of the government ir-
rigation scheme north Of Belle
Fourche progresses, people begin to
realize the great difference that it
will make not only in the character
of the country, but also in the charac-
ter Of settlers who will be attracted
by these lands. Irrigation makes
over both a country and people.
This Belle Fourche irrigation prof.
ect, as it is known, will reclaim 10000
acres Of practically arid land lying
north Of the Black Hills, and the sum
Of 100000 has been appropriated by
congress for the work. Contrary to
the general belief, the United States
does not put up the money for these
irrigation projects, thirteen of which
now are under way, but the money
comes from a fund which each state
has to it's credit in Washington, and
which is derived from the sale of pub
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
ONLY WOMAN IN TOWN is BRIDE.

Cooking School Arts Are Utilized by
Cupid.
The first wedding In the new town
of Florence has taken place; more
over it marks the marrying off OF the
only woman in the town Of Florence,
the elimination of a spirited rivalry
among the pioneer residents Of the
booming town. Little Cupid carried
on his Vaccinations to the accompani-
ment Of rafting dishes and the in
cense Of ham and eggs, but it's arrows
were none the less deadly.
A few days ago Miss Emma Shop
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
oRTLEY CITIZENS OBJECT.

Whether the town OF Ortley Will be
named Anderson q the town OF Ander-
SON be named Ortley Is live issue
with the citizens OF Ortley, Roberts
county. Ortlsy is new town between
Summit and Waubay. II has several
business houses and two grain elsva-
tors.
Some enterprisins real estate men
who did not own lots In Ortley started
another town adjsfning the Ortlsy sl@e,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

They named the town Anderson and
proceeded to annex Ortley.
The railroad refused to change the
name of the station, bur petition has
been sent to the postofice department
asking that the postoffice name be
changed to Anderson. So far no 40
ton has been taken. The original set.
tiers Of Ortley are indignant at what
they term an attempt to swallow up
their town. Before the matter Is set.
lied the courts will be called upon ia
lscl0s 40 to the rights Of the Andsr
- boomssA.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

pard was the only woman in Florence.
She still claims this distinction, but
has better half to guide her, and she
signs herself Mrs. w. p. Austin.
When the town was first started,
and horde of business men thronged
into the town, living in tents and
whatever they could get to live in,
the cry was for food. Miss Sheppard
was an Eastern woman just out OF
cultured associations. The rough
conditions daunted her for a moment
but back East were parents dependent
upon her, parents who had expended
their means in giving her an educa.
ton She had taken a course in cook.
ing and domestic economy and decid
ed to realize upon it. The result was
that the delicate artistry OF her
cuisine was so attractive that the den.
liens of the boom town flocked to her
table with enthusiasm. Then com.
menced the fierce rivalry Of the new
town. Mr.. Austin proved irresistible
and to the accompaniment OF rafting
dishes, the sweetening influence OF
steaming coffee, the sweet and tender
condolences were exchanged. The
couple went to Watertown to see the
circus, but the performance proved a
mere incident, and when they returned
to Florence they were "Mr. and Mrs
w. P. Austin"
The disappointed suitors for the
hand Of Miss Sheppard have accepted
their defeat gracefully, and still eat at
Mrs. Austin's table, mingling their
congratulations with their order for
ham and eggs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

A young Japanese who recently
committed suicide by leaping into
the crater Of the volcano at Asama,
left behind him note. in which he
said: Suffering feeling Of despair
impels me to throw myself into the
crater OF vehement Asama, thus
winning a splendid death, and ascend
ing the mountains smoke to q lofty
life above the sky
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
Baby Rhinoceros,

One Of the attractions at social
functions at Nairobi, Central Africa
at present is baby rhinoceros. At a
children's party the other day he
played till he was tired, drank the
milk Of three cows and then went to
sleep. He is five months old and
weighs 126 pounds.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09
FRIEND coNFEssEs THEFT.
Arrested South Dakota Man Gets His
Freedom Thereby.

Somewhat of a sensation was Gre
ated by the arrest Of w. d. Flahart, a
well known resident OF White Lake,
on the charge Of having stolen q
buggy from the barn Of A. L. Wood,
who resides In Jerauld county. Fla
hart stoutly protested his innocence.
Notwithstanding that the stolen vehi-
Gle was found in his possession. When
arrested he was at Chamberlain. Upon
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

Flahart had purchased the buggy from
the man who stole 1t, not knowing It
had been stolen.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-09

The mysterious disappearance or
Christian Nelson, a prominent and
wealthy Lincoln county farmer, and
the failure to sesure the slightest trace
Of him, has led to the belief that he
wandered away while temporarily de-
ranged and may have met his death
by drowning or otherwise. The miss
ing man last was seen At Hudson,
where he took southbound train.
There was no reason for his strange
departure, as his financial affairs were
in excellent condition, and his family
relations were pleasant. Mrs. Nelson
states that before his departure he
had expressed fear that some one
wished to do him bodily injury. II
Nelson Is deranged, his condition or
mind is believed to be due 10 work
ing in the hot sun, the heat before
having affected him in this way.
The vital statistics report for the
fiscal year ending June 30, FOR Beadle
county has been presented TO the
board of county commissioners. Dur
ing the year there were 2OS births, OF
which los were males and lO3 were
females; 81 deaths occurred, OF which
81 were males and % females. and 3
sex not given; "a persons signified
their intention OF becoming citizens
OF the United States, and received
their final certificates of naturaliza-
ton. There were 12S marriages SOL
emnized, and only three DEGREES OF d.
vorce granted.