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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
WHERE SECRETARY SHAW WILL SPEAK

Washington. Aug. S1-Secretary Shaw will
speak in the State of Missouri during the week
beginning September It, follows: Hannibal
Monday afternoon. September IL: MoberIy.
Monday evening; CarrolltOn. Tuesday altar
noon: Kansas City Tuesday evening: Pleasant
XIII Wednesday morning; Joplin, Wednesday
evening, Dixon Thursday afternoon: Lebanon
Thursday evening, Crystal City. Friday MORN
ing; Pennington. Friday evening: Slkeston
Saturday afternoon. and Poplar Blur SATURDAY.
evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
PREDICTS REIGN OF TERROR.

st. Petersburg Aug 31-Premier Stolypin
has taken up his residence at the Winter Pal
ace. in the quarters formerly occupied by Count
Witte. The woman who assassinated General
Min at Peterhof August &c still refuses to
disclose her identity. but admits that her pass
port is false and has warned her jailers that St
Petersburg Is the of series of acts OF
terrorism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
KAISER HoNoRs HERMAN RIDER.

Berlin, Aug. 31-Herman Rider. Editor OF the
New Yorker Staats-Zetung." who returned TO
Berlin to-day. found at the American Embassy as
a souvenir of >his audience. gift from EN-
peror William, consisting OF a steel engraving of
the royal family and reproduction of medallion
portrait Of the Emperor and Empress, commence
rating their silver wedding. There autographs
IN hot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
LOOKING INTO CANOE CLUB SCANDAL.

(By Telegraph 10 The Tribunel
Paterson. " j.. Aug. 3l-The governors of the
PassaIc Valley Canoe Club this afternoon began an
inquiry into the stories OF scandals involving canoe
ists and young girls. Two girls mentioned are con-
fined In the Florence Crittendon Home. Commodore
Braddock said tonight that II the members sus-
pected guilty they would be expelled. The
most OF the canOeIsts concerned he said, were not
members of the Pdssaic Valley Canoe club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
VISCOUNT HAYASHI MAY RESIGN.
Rumor of Serious Trouble Between Japanese
Premier and Foreign Minister.

Toxic Aug. sl.-Although the leave of absence
granted to Viscount Hayashi. Foreign Minister and
ex-Ambassador to Great Britain. is sem-ohicially
declared be devoid of political significance, there
is reason 10 believe that serious differences have
arisen between him and Premier Saionji, and that
the viscount Is likely TO resign his portfolio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
GAR REWARDS AMERICAN.

St. Petersburg. Aug. 31-Emperor Nicholas
to-day bestowed presents in recognition of the
defence OF Russian interests and the of
sick and wounded In japan during the upon
NJ Harmand. the French Minister at Toxic.
Countess Coward his daughter: NJ. Fossarieu
who was then the French Consul at Kobe. and
Mr. Powers American citizen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
WOMEN WOULD BRAVE EXILE.

Sebastopol, Aug. S1.-Admiral Skrydloff. COM
mander of the Black Sea fleet, has received a
number OF applications from women who desire
to marry sailors condemned 10 be exed to
Siberia for rnutiny and accompany them to
exile. Several of such requests have been
granted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
SULTAN RELEASES HIS BROTHER.

Paris Aug. 3I.-A dfsoetch the Temps from
Tangier Morocco, to-day. saws that he Sultan has
released his elder brother, who mas been in
nrison since the death of their father. The cor
RESPONDENT adds that reports that IL is the Sui
tanis intention to transfer the court from Fec
to the CITY Of Morocco continue to circulate. but
no confirmation is obtainable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
SALISBURY WRECK VICTIM RECEIVERS.

London. Aug. 31.-Robert S. CritchelI. Of Chicago
who injured in the wreck of the steamer
press at Salisbury. July l. has far recovered
that he has arranged to sail for the United States
on the American Line steamer ST. Paul which Is
scheduled 70 leave Southampton for New York on
September %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
BOMB KILLS AND MAINS AT WEDDING

Usovka, Russia. Aug. 31.-A bomb was thrown
at a wedding here to-day, killing or woundine
sixteen persons. the perpetrator of the outrage
being among those killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01

1t there IS one member of the
human system that will pay you
PACK IN iull measure for all the IN
Iary you 90 ii, ii is the teeth. Neg
ieci Is no worse than experimenting
with worthless Denhfnces. Both
VII u hasten the day of bitter regret.
Stand by sOZODONT and
your teeth Will stand by you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
PERsIANs AGAINST REFORM.

=. uo On sept 1.-The Daily Mails" correspond
- t.ne'an asserts that the bulk OF the pooula-
49, y oHerng strong and united sesss,snce 70 an
SttSIhpts al reform on the mari -, 10 an
4eacers or the government F-' VI me enlightened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
ROBBERS DESPERATE CHURCH..

Moscow, Aug. 31.-A church situated near the
railroad station at Buttovo was pillaged las.
| night by robbers. who even carried off the altar
|
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
ANARCHISTS COMING TO THIS COUNTRY

Bialystok. Aug. 31-Many prominent Jewish
anarchists have left this city. emigrating TO the
United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01

a. the same hotel ]. l.. Foy, ~. 8. Navy.
Inc latter. who has also departed. took APP
parent action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01

The Sheridan IS 4s5 feet inches long and as feet
inches beam. Her gross tonnage is S.G79. and her
draft under normal conditions Is 90 feet She
Vas bull, IN Ireland In 1882 and wac formerly known
rs the British steamer Massachusetts, In the Span
isl-Amercan War she was taken into the service OF
The United States government ard her name was
changed 10 Sheridan in ACCORDANCE with the plans
or giving names Of eminent commanders TO the
army transports
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

Down in the historic Southwest,
that portion of the American continent
whose ancient civilization antedates,
possibly, that Of even old Egypt, a
wonderful work of transformation is
going on. The magic of irrigation is
again making populous and wealthy
the wonderfully fertile lands of Ari-
iona, which in ages gone by supported
great cities and a dense agricultural
population. The most remarkable
single instance of this development is
seen in the warm and sunny valley of
the Salt River, where by means of
irrigation the city of Phoenix has
arisen, and is soon destined to become
one Of the large cities of the South
west through the construction Of the
enormous Tonic BASIN Reservoir.
A Homecrofters' Village is now be-
ing formed near Phoenix: it is the out
growth Of and combines three great
ideas.
/. That the national government
should irrigate the deserts and drain
the swamps to create opportunities for
men to get homes on the land who
want only sufficient land each to oc-
cupy and use and intensively cultivate
with his own labor.
2. That the men who want such
homes should be aided to get them by
an organization which should work
solely for the benefit of the Home
seeker and aid him in every possible
way to get the best quality of land in
small tracts for the lowest possible
price with perfect titles and water
rights.
8. That the success of the Home
seekers who secure those homes should
be promoted through an organization
which would plan to aid in building
village communities where the highest
possible advantages of education, CO.
operation and social life and the most
attractive rural environment would
surround the homes and be a part of the
home life of the residents Of the vii
lage.
To carry into practical operation
these three great ideas, three separate
organizations were in turn Planned
and formed by George H. Maxwell.
The first idea was carried out through
The National Irrigation Association,
which conducted a great campaign for
national irrigation resulting in the en-
actment Of the National Irrigation Act
in June, 1908.
The second idea was formulated and
put into working operation through
the organization Of the Rural Settle
ments Association.
The third idea has been embodied
in an organization recently formed
called the Homecrofters' Gid Of the
Talisman, an account Of which was
given in the last issue of this paper.
In each Of these associations Mr..
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10
GRAPES AND ORANGES, ONE MILE our OF PHoENIx

large its Social Circle and add to the
charm of it's social life One quarter
section of land thus subdivided will
add thirty-two families to the COM
munity and correspondingly increase
the trade of the town.
This movement for the building of
Homecrofts or small garden homes in
the outskirts of existing towns or vii
lagos or in the suburbs of the cities
is logical enlargement of the central
idea around which the National Irri-
CATION Movement was organized.
That idea was that the greater the
number of such small garden farms
the greater the general prosperity and
stability of the country. The success
Of the Homecroft Village near Phoe-
nix will lead to its duplication in the
neighborhood of many other cities and
towns throughout the country.
All inquiries or communications as
to the lands or matters above referred
to, should be addressed to
GEORGE H. MAXWELL,
Executive Chairman and General Counsel.
Rural Settlements Association, laos
Fisher Building. Chicago. Ill.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

association known as the Salt River
Valley Water Users Association. That
Association contracted with the nation
al government for the construction
under the National Irrigation Act of
the great Tonic Reservoir which is
now being built on Salt River.
Some 70 miles above Phoenix, and
what was once an almost inaccessible
region, visited only by the murderous
Apaches and the old-times outlaws,
the Salt River and it's tributary, Tonic
Creek, emerge from a frowning can
yon. Here 1000 men are at work on
the great Tonic dam. This huge
structure will rise 2S4 feet above the
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

SCI have kept close track of the House
and Senate's action on the irrigation bill,
and the President signing the same, and
congratulate you most heartily upon the
splendid success of the work you have put
in on that. 1t is certainly very crafty
ing"
CHARLES A. MOORE,
President American Protective Tariff
League.
''To you, more than anyone else, is due
the honor and the glory of this achieve
ment 1t will, I am sure, send your name
down to future generations as really the
author of a most benefcent measure. I
cannot express to you my delight on re-
eeiv1ng the news that the bill had gone
through the House with so large major
ity."
PARIS GIBSON,
United States Senator for Montana.
"Accept hearty congratulations over the
victory won in the passage Of the Irriga-
ton Bill by the House Of Representatives
yesterday, which assures its enactment
into a law. To your magnificent general
ship and indomitable energy and cease
less, persistent labor is due the glorious
victory, which means new empire an
nexed to the United States of far greater
value than our island possessions Future
generations born in the happy homes your
efforts have made possible will rise up to
bless and honor your name and memory
E. ]. YOKAM,
Secretary Highland Orange Growers AS
ISOLATION.
"T do not hesitate to express my con.
viction that the National Irrigation Act
would not have been passed and that the
national government would not have in
augurated the national irrigation policy If
it had not been for your personal work Of
organization and the great campaign Of
education which you personally originated
and have so successfully carried forward.
In saying this fully recognize and accord
to others who have co-operated with you
the credit which is due to them for the
great results which have been attained"
E. P. RIPLEY,
President The Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway System.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

will be developed for use by the resi-
dents of the lands irrigated in the
Valley below from the reservoir, for
pumping water for irrigation and other
purposes. The work on this stu
pendous government structure is being
pushed forward with all practicable
haste. 1t is believed that in less than
two years from to-day the water from
the reservoir will be flowing into the
canal of the Salt River Valley. In
much less time than that the govern
ment will be furnishing electric power
for running the pumping plants of the
farmers in the valley and furnishing
electric power for all the purposes for
which power from this source can be
used.
SMALL GARDEN FARM TRACTS
More than year ago Mr.. Maxwell
conceived the idea that the highest and
best use to which the lands under this
great government irrigation system
could be devoted was that they should
be subdivided into small tracts for
garden farming, berry culture and the
growing of small fruits, melons, and
other products of intensive cultivation.
The raising of poultry in all it's
branches would of course be one of
the most profitable adjuncts of these
intensively cultivated garden farms.
In the past this character of land cul-
ture has not been practicable in the
Salt River Valley because of the fact
that at the season of the year when
the water was most needed, there be-
ing no reservoir, the river was at it's
lowest stage, and the supply of water
the shortest. All this will be changed
by the construction of the Tonic Basin
Reservoir
Believing that the first practical
demonstration of the profits to be de-
| rived from garden farms of this class
should be so organized as to embody
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

foundation, and 29O feet above the
river level. Eight hundred feet wide
at the top or curb, it will form giant
wedge connecting the towering can
yon walls, and become, as the en-
gineer's report states, as immovable
and everlasting as the adjoining rock.
1t will create a lake, backing the
water up the Salt River Ia or Is miles
and 10 miles up the Tonic. When the
reservoir is completed the water will
flow in the river channel for A miles,
and then be diverted by means of
canals to the irrigable lands surround
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

every possible advantage and safe
guard, Mr.. Maxwell employed two OF
the most expert agriculturists in the
Salt River Valley, whose long resi-
dence there and familiarity with the
country peculiarly qualified them to
select land to the best advantage.
| These gentlemen, the Broomell Broth
ers, spent several months looking over
land and finally selected tract adj
joining the tracks of the Phoenix &
Eastern Railroad, one mile from the
street railway in the city of Phoenix,
Immediately under the Salt Canal, and
having the oldest and best Of all the
| old water rights in the Valley. To
these old water rights will be added
the Government Reservoir Right as
soon as the reservoir system is COM
pleted.
The soil in this tract is the finest
alluvial loan, resulting from thousands
of years of rich deposit from the Salt
River, but above all danger of over
flow. For more than year the Rural
Settlements Association has been at
work preparing this land for subdi-
vision and settlement. 1t has been all
bitches and cross bitches built, the
avenues planted with palms and olive
! trees, and everything done to put the
tract in the best possible condition for
BODYBUILDING and for cultivation in
vegetables, and melons and all kinds
of truck gardening and small fruit
| and berry culture.
SURE CROPS UNDER IRRIGATION.
For such products, the absolute GER
| tainty of water supply always and at
any time whenever needed without
any human possibility of shortage is
the corner stone and the only sure
foundation for success. Any uncer-
tainty in the water supply means
failure.
Realizing this, and bringing to a
solution Of the problem his long eX-
perience and wide observation of the
essential elements of complete success
! in the making of such homes as it has
been planned should be made on this
tract, Mr.. Maxwell went still beyond
the assurance even of water from the
river and the government reservoir,
and there has been put down on the
| PIOlSily q S>lOup vi Wells, Oll NhlCA q
pumping plant will be constructed.
These wells have an ineXhaustible sup
ply of underground water which will
furnish more water than can be used
for the irrigation of the lands in ques-
ton. The pumping plant will be or
| ganized as cooperative water COM
pany so that each home owner in the
tract will have his proportion of owner
ship in it, and the furnishing of
pumped water to adjoining land may
be made source of substantial profit
to those who are so fortunate as to be
co-owners in the plant None will be
allowed to become co-owners in it eX-
cept those who acquire one of the
tracts into which this Rural Settle
ments Association land will be sub
divided. 1t is therefore manifest that
the tract of land which is now being
subdivided by the Association under
the direction of Mr.. Maxwell, with Mr..
J. w. Broomell acting as Local Super
intendent on the ground, offers the
following advantages to the home
seeker:
First, a selection of the very best
tract of land so far as quality of the
land is concerned, that could be found
in the Salt River Valley-rich and in
exhaustible alluvial bottom land, pc,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

ness men especially of every town
and village in the country. 1t will
be a demonstration and a working
model for the subdivision of land now
held in large tracts near every town
or village into small Garden Homes
where the prosperity of the many
who will intensively cultivate such
small garden farms will contribute to
the volume of trade and prosperity
of the merchants of the town and en-
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

culiarly adapted to the culture of the
crops which yield the highest acreage
profit with intensive cultivation.
Second, water right in the oldest
and best canal system in the Valley,
which will be added to by a water
right in the Tonic Basin Reservoir
from the national government, and still
further supplemented by a right in the
cooperative water company that will
own and operate the pumping plant.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

Maxwell was and is still the active,
moving spirit, and those who avail
themselves of the opportunities he is
laboring to create for men of moder-
ate means to get homes ON the land
will secure the benefit of his wide
experience, extending over more than
fifteen years during which time he
has given the closest study to every
element necessary to the success of
the man who makes a home on irri-
gated land.
GREAT IRRIGATION DAM.
After the passage of the National
Irrigation Act, Mr.. Maxwell spent
several months in the Salt River Val
ley aiding in the work of organizing
the land owners Of that Valley into an
"a 4ol
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

ing Phoenix. This lake will hold Is
times as much as the s million dol
lar Croton reservoir, which has just
been constructed to supply New York
City with water, and it will hold more
than the great Assouan dam across the
Nile. Many of the day laborers on this
work are Apache Indians, now peace
full remnants of Geronimo's wild band.
A Power Canal has been taken out
above the reservoir which will carry
the water around the mountain side
above the level of this artificial lake,
to a point just below the dam, where
it will be dropped over in water
fall 200 feet to the power house. In
this way, and by other drops which
will be placed in the river and canal
system, twenty thousand horse power
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

sSouthern California extends hearty
congratulations and pledges continued sup
port until work of National Irrigation AS
ISOLATION is accomplished. AS the leader
in one of the greatest successful fights
ever made on behalf Of the people, you de-
serve the highest honors that can be con-
ferred upon you, but your work is not
completed until the provisions of the irri-
CATION bill are administered and fully safe
guarded G. b. BOOTHE,
Chairman Southern California Section,
The National Irrigation Association.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10

For your sagacious, persistent, untir1
ing and able efforts in this cause the|
country owes you debt of gratitude
GEORGE + STONE,
Secretary Chicago Board Of Trade.
The citizens of Billings and Yellowstone
County, through the undersigned, desire
70 express to you their hearty cOngratu-I
iations and thanks for your efforts in be-
nan OF the Irrigation Bill just passed.
BILLINGS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
I'VE realize that it was owing to your
ablnty, tact, industry and tenacity thatE
the irrigation measure was carried to 81
successful conclusion at such an earlyi
date"
A. A. BURNHAM,
General Secretary National Business
League, Chicago.
''There ought to be some recognition of
the fact that it was almost entireIv1
through the efforts of your association
and particularly through your untirineE
efforts in behalf of the legislation, that theI
great sentiment in the east in favor of ma
ional legislation came to our relief in the7
House of Representatives.
JOHN F. SHAFROTH,
Member Of Congress from Colorado. |
''Please accept my heartiest congratula-I
tions for the favorable action just taken
by the House on your bill. 1t looks now
as II you had won the fight, and the great
ard west is to have proper attention from
the government.
H. NJ. KINNEY,
President National Association of Wagon.
Makers.
ST extend to you my heartiest congratu]
latlons and sincere thanks for the noble
results of your efforts in behalf of the ma !
tional irrigation project. To my way Of
thinking the said results are due more I'd
your untiring work than to any other one
thing
CARL F. ADAM,
Vice-president and Manager, Alcatraz Ash
phalt Paving Co., Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia.
IT want to congratulate you on the mag
nlhcent achievement you won in Congress ]
fear the nation at large will not give you|
all the credit that is due you, but you'd
friends all know that this irrigation bill
would never have been passed but for you'd
untiring efforts and hard work You will
certainly always be remembered by tho
grateful people west Of the Missouri
JOHN STEEL,
General Agent The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Omaha, |
Nebraska
''To you, more than to any other one,
man, is due larger share of credit, first,
for the conception; second, for the crystal
li5ation, and, third for the passage of the
National Irrigation Bill. You have my7
hearty and sincere congratulations
R. W. TANSILL,
Chairman Executive Committee, Pecos|
Mexico.
cit is truly a great pleasure to be able|
to congratulate you on the results of yourE
long campaign and the first-class work you'll
have done. The whole west rejoices with
you
VIM. H. CHADWICK,
President Horticultural Society of Chill
cago.
'T was both surprised and gratiaed to|
read in the Associated Press dispatched
that the Irrigation Bill had passed the|
House. The monument to your work isl
growing by leaps and bounds, and I conf
graduate you upon your splendid success
called on Mr. Schurmeier this morning,
preciates that it is your work that has
done the business
BENJAMIN F. BEARDSLKY,
Secretary ST. Paul Chamber of COM
merce.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10
sLu1cB GATE OF THE GOVERNMENT cANAE.

congratulations. sincerely believe,
without George H. Maxwell we would
have had no irrigation legislation.
W. M. WOODBRIDGE,
President Montana Agricultural Associ-
alton.
eve congratulate you on the passage Of
the National Irrigation Bill. May your
success continue FRANK WIGGIN,
Secretary Los Angeles Chamber of Com
MERGE