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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14


Replying to an inquiry as to whether
hope remained for the finding of more
men alive in the mine, an engineer who
had been down the shaft said: 1T is
scarcely possible. The state of the gal
leries is such that clearing them will be
so fierce that many of the victims must
have been reduced to ashes"
The engineers are endeavoring to de-
wise means for locating the dangerous
zone in the mine and aerating the gal
leries. The shaft of pit No. 3 is COM
pletely blocked and the authorities are
considering the ACCESSIBILITY OF dropping
a heavy mass of metal down in order to
clear it.
Troops Restrain Mourners.
The vast mortuary camp is under mill
tary guard, 400 soldiers having arrived
there to assist in holding in check the
crowds of distra mourners. For
time hope had been held out to the peO-
pie that tapDings on pipes by the impris-
oned men mad been heard but gradually
this hope vanished and the people even
of troops.
For the time being the mine building
has been transformed into a mortuary
chamber and all about in it lie the car
bombed and almost unacceptable bodies
of miners which were taken there as they
were brought up from the mine. Strlck-
en- relatives arrive at the mine building
and indescribable scenes of grief occur
as women recognize loved ones.
Stories of the Rescued.
A young miner who escaped from pit
No. 4, where about 800 men remain, said
Il was working about fifty feet from the
shaft. Suddenly l felt a puff of hot gas
and started toward the shaft. l was half
suffocated and was unable to advance
farther because Of the fumes. Finally
however. | succeeded in reaching the
cage and came up in it.
After the blast | neither heard nor
saw more of my comrades, and [ believe
that all in that gallery in which l was
working are dead"
One reScuer has asserted that he heard
voices in the mine, and others found two
horses still living. This gives rise TO the
hope that some of the men are still
living.
How One Man Escaped.
A graphic description OF the scene ut
the mine was given to ministers Dublet
and Gautier by Leon Cert, one of the
rescued men. He said:
Il was working with a gang when the
explosion occurred. The foreman imme-
diately shouted for us to follow him, and,
dash1ng into a recess in the gallery, we
were followed by a blast of poisonous
gases which rushed by, however, without
affecting us. We remained there for
eight hours, when we crawled in single
file toward the shaft, but several of the
men dropped dead on the way, including
my son and the foreman. l carried my
nephew on my back for forty minutes,
and succeeded in saving him. 1t took us
four hours to reach the shaft"
President Fallieres has given $4,000 to
aid in relief measures. The ministry will
add a further sum to this, and the Cham
Der of Deputies will be asked to vote
100000 for the purpose of alternating
distress.
The Austrian meteorological observa-
tory at Laibach reports that all the in
struments were agitated March 9 and
March 10, and that some of the sensitive
apparatus became valueless. The observ-
ers traced q connection with the mine
disaster at Courrieres. France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
Tail of the Fish.

The tail of the fish was the first
rudder, and also, it may be added, the
first screw propeller. Any one watch
ing the movements Of fishes tails while
swimming will be struck with the re-
semblance to those Of a screw propel-
Ter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
No Quilting.

Marryat-You don't believe In di-
vorce, then? Mugley-No, sir; I've got
too much sportin' blood. Marryat-
What has that to do with it? NIugley
i believe in a fight to the finish
Philadelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14


Deadnaugm
made from timber Of the Victory The special
gathered
The Dreadnaughts displacement
will be than
twelve main
pedo attacks The warhp will
wh on the night before the launching the weight
OF
fasteni
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14

PORTABLE STOCK FENCE.

the same material as is used in the
frame. Nail them together as illustra
ted and cut notch in the crosspiece
at the bottom to receive one Of the
tongues on the fence frame; the other
the two upright pieces.-Farmers' Bull
letin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
LOSE LIVES TO
RESCUE VICTIMS.
Volunteers Succumb in French Mine
Horror While Seeking Thou
sand Dead

PARIS, March 12.-All rescue work
has been suspended at the Courrieres
pits, where over 1000 miners lost their
lives on Saturday, owing to the danger
of gases and the carnations from decom-
posing bodies. The engineers fear an
other explosion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
Sfe.
A PERMANENT ASH HOPPER.

or on top Of sides, and top cleat ex-
tends beyond inner edges Of posts, and
by raising up with lever comes through
notches in posts, thus taking whole end
out Of hopper. We use a hollow tree
for trough, and if desired the whole
can be rooted over, and made to last
almost lifetime-C. e. Pleas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14

PARIS, March 1.-THE enormity of
the mine disaster in the Courrieres dis
trict of the Pas-de-Calais is told in the
figures which number the dead. Of the
1900 men who were in the mine when
the explosion occurred, 100 have been ac-
counted for. alive or dead. This leaves
1881 dead in the ruins of the mine
Despite the danger incurred, the volun-
teers, who include a number of those
who were successful in escaping at the
time of the explosion, do not hesitate to
descend the shaft Some of them have
been down more than a dozen times. One
of them, after having brought up four
teen bodies, was suffocated on his ff-
teenth attempt, and it is feared that 9th
er fatalities among the volunteers will
follow, as the air in the mines is still
impregnanted with noxious gases.
Extent of the Disaster.
The following tabulated statement pre-
pared by NJ. Lavaurs, director of the
mine, shows the extent Of the disaster:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14

no effect With an ease that is exas-
perating he simply lopes out Of danger
and Is soon lost In the brush Kansas
City Star
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
spoken from the Heart.

ITS great thing to be single"
1--WE bachelors realize that"
But not like a married man does. -
Philadelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
Contempt of Court III a Look.

The public executioner OF the grand
duchy Of Hesse has been fined $40 for
casting a disdainful glance" at the
judge of the Supreme Court of Darn
Stadt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
AMBUSH DEPUTIES.
Three United States Officers Are Killed
in Hills of Indian Terri
tOrY,

vINITA, I. T., March 12-Six United
States deputy marshals were ambushed
in Spavinaw hills, near Kansas, |. t.,
10y a band of full-blood Indian outlaws
last night.
In a fight that ensued three deputies,
/. Il. Gilstrap of Kansas, Otis Tuttle of
Vinita0 and Richard Carey of TahleQuah.
|. T., were killed.
Whole Force to Enter Fight
Thomas Wofford, one of the deputies
who escaped, carried the news to Table
quah today and Marshal Daraugh issued
orders to rush every deputy in the north
ern district of the territory to the scene.
Marshal SDarraugh wired the depart
ment of Justice at Washington asking
authority to swear in 100 additional dep
uties and to offer $1,000 reward for each
of the outlaws, dead or alive. He will
personally direct operations against the
outlaws.
Outlaws Sons of Supreme Judge.
The outlaws are headed by Charles.
John and Thomas Wickliffe sons of a
former Justice of the Cherokees' supreme
court. The three Wicklitfe boys began
the career of outlaws five years ago
when they were concerned in a stabbing
affair at an Indian dance.
Last 'darch members of the gang
kaiea Deputy Ter and escaped after a
batlie with osse, and they are cred
ited witG having committed many other
crimes. They are professional horse
thieves tAnc ave given the authorities
much trouble
on II unit Tor Deputies Murderers.
The a,i% deplty marshals were am.
pushed ! last Cight while hunting the
Vickiin tor the murder of Deputy
Fier. The horses of the deputies were
shot IiaEu u1Ger them, and Deputies
Cilestrag, Turtle and Carey were killed
outright.2
The other tree sought shelter behind
some ROCKS. 0ae of them, Wofford was
sen back on loot to Tahlequah for re-
iIfoycsuo eb3ts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
A Portable Stock Fence.

The frame Of this portable fence is
made - feet by 3.5 feet, of 1 by G
inch lumber that will not twist or
warp. The pieces are securely nailed
st the corners. Wire fencing is stretch.
ed over the frame and we'll stapled
The hurdle is made of three pieces OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14

top Of lower hole and remain there
until barrel is empty. The barrel must
be absolutely alright. Best to place
on floor for hogs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14

ufacture and a general account of the
location and condition Of the industry
in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
Curing Hams.


Hog raising has declined so much in
some sections that farmers are reduced
to the purchase of the coarse and
chemically treated hams sold in the
markets. These are far inferior to
farm raised, corn and milk fed hogs
Of the smaller breeds with the hams
cured in the old-fashioned manner. A
plan still practised is to hang the hams
In a barrel which connects by a con-
duit with a great hole in which are
burned large quantities Of cobs The
cobs make a very clean, wholesome
smoke and there is no danger Of fire, as
in the use OF the ordinary smokehouse.
Care of Stock.
The care Of stock takes precedence
Of other kinds Of work at this season.
The animals are now in their winter
quarters and wholly dependent on the
owner Or caretaker. Their present con-
dition and future usefulness will large
~ correspond with the carefulness and
good judgment exercised in their favor
lIC SOhiALS ASW OOul-
Portable stables, judicious feeding and
kindly treatment are things that will
pay right along.-American Cultiyator.
Farm Notes.
TIC pour drops from a bottle moisten
the edge.
A good way to destroy a bad habit
or practice is to get something better
to take its place.
1t Is not best to let any dealer Sc
lect the best lambs from the flock and
leave the culls behind.
will fail in her milk when fed on pump
kins but there is no truth in the the
DRY.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

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-
zons, 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.
1. That the national government
should irrigate the deserts ana 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.
.. That the men who want such
homes should be aided to get them by
an organization which should work
1olcly for the benefit of the Home
seeker and aid him in every possible
way TO ret the best quality of land in
small tracts for the lowest possible
price with perfect titles and water
rights.
3. 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 lie and the most
attractive rural environment would
surround the homes and be n part Of the
home life of the residents Of the vii
larc.
To carry into practical operation
these three great ideas, three separate
organizations were in turn pllnned
and formed by George II. Maxwell.
The first idea was carried out through
The National Irrigation Association,
which conducted a great campaign fo-
national irrigation rc-ul,irg in the on
actment Of the National Irrigation Ac,
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..
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

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 a 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 its
branches would of course he 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 its
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
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

Z 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 70
select land to the best advantage.
These gentlemen, the BroomCll Broth
crs, spent several months looking over
land and finally selected a tract ad-
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 mt
work preparing this land for subdi-
vision and settlement. 1t has been all
leveled and checked and distributing
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 i'm
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
tanty 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-
pericnce and wide observation of the
essential elements of complete success
In the making of such homes as ii 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
property n group of wells, on which n
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-
tion. 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 II, and the furnishing of
pumped water to adjoining land may
be made a 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 1t ex-
cept those who acquire one of the
tracts into which this Rural Settle
ments Association land will be sub
divided. II is therefore manifest that
the tract of land which is now being
subdivided by the Association under
the direction Of Mr. Maxwell. with Mr..
]. w. Broomell acting as Local SuDer-
intendent on the ground. offers the
following advantages to the home
seeker:
First. n selection OF the very best
tract OF land so far as quality OF the
land is concerned. that could he found
In the Salt River vallev--rlch and in.
exhaustible alluyial bottom land, pc
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large its Social Circle and add 10 the
charm Of its social life. One quarter
section OF land thus subdvided 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 viii
lages 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
neiChbOrhood of many other cities and
towns throughout the country.
All inquiries or communications as
TO the lands or matters above referred
TO, should no addressed TO
GEORGE H. MAXWELL,
Executive Chairman and General Counsel.
Rural Settlements Association. laos
Fisher Building, Chicago. Ill.
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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 Tonto Reservoir which is
now being built on Salt River.
Some 20 miles above Phoenix, and
what was once an almost inaccessible
region, visited only by the murderOus
Apaches and the oldtimes outlaws,
the Salt River and its tributary, Tonic
Creek, emerge from a frowning can
yon. Here 1000 men are at work on
the great TOntO dam. This huge
structure will rise 2S4 feet above the
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

foundation. and go feet above the
river level. EIGHT hunl-cd feet wide
at the top or curb, it will form a giant
wedge connecting the towering can
yon walls. and become. as the en-
gineers report states, as immOvabe
and everlasting as the adjoining rock.
1t will create a lake, backing the
water up the salt River IA or 10 miles
and 10 miles up the Tonto. When tne'
reservoir is completed the water will
flow in the river channel for - miles,
and then he diverted by means Of
canals to the irrigable lands surround
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

ing Phoenix. This lake will hold IL
times as much as the 8 million dol
lar CrOtOn reservoir, which has just
been constructed to supply New York
City with water, and 1t 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 mountc'n side
above the level OF this artificial lake.
to point just below the dam. where
II will be dropped over in a 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
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culiarly adapted to the culture OF the
crops which yield the highest acreage
prOnt with intensive cultivation.
second, water right in the oldest
and best canal system in the Valley,
which will be ADDED 10 by wafer
right in the Tonic Basin Reservoir
from the national government, and sTill
further supplemenIed by right in the
cooperative water company Inat VIII
own and operate the pumping plant
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

ness men especially of every town
and village IN the country. 1t will
he a demonstration and a working
model for the subdivision of land now
held in large tracts near every town
OF village into small Garden Homes
where the prosperity of the many
who will intensvely cultivate such
small garden farms will contribute to
the volume of trade and prosperity
OF the merchants of the town and ell
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

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
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

Southern California extends hearty
congratulations and pledges continued sup
port until work OF National Irrigation As
8oclatlon 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-
ration bill are administered and fully safe
guarded" " G. B. BOOTHE.
Chairman Southern California Section,
The National Irrigation Association.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

''The Sterling Chamber OF Commerce
extends congratulations and best wishes
upon passage OF irrigation bill by Con-
gress. Accept our thanks for your great
service to the west
r. r. GREER,
President.
c. b. GODDARD,
Secretary Sterling Chamber of Com
merce.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MARKET GARDEN HOME.
SNAIL FARMS ALLUVL4L SOIL OF SOUTH IVES
WHERE SUNSHINE AND ABUNDANT WATER PRODUCE
MARYELOUS YIELDS.


Form the First HomerOers' Village
Outsklrts OF Phoenl1. Salt River Valley Arizona
The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-01

PROSPEROUS SCENES
IN TEMPE, ONE OF THE
OUTLYING TOWNS
NEAR PHOENIX.