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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
THE POST OFFICE BILL.
The Appropriation Measure Goes To
 Conference.

Washington. May 31.Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, chairman of the Commit tee on Postofices and Post Roads. to- day asked unanimous consent to take from the speakers table the post office appropriation bill. disagree to the Sen ate amendments, and send the bill to conference. MT. Underwood of Ala hama. in the absence of the floor lea der, MT. Williamson. objected.
 MT, Dalzell of Pennsylvania. then re- ported a rule from the Committee on Pules that the post office appropria- ion bill be taken from the speakers tahle to the end that the Senate amend ments be disagreed to in gross and a nonference he asked with the Senate.
 On thls resolution MT. Dalzell moved tbe nrevious question which was or dered by yeas 153: nays ss. present IS,
 By another yea and nay vote the bill u,as sent to conference and Mir Over stfeet Mir. Gardner of New York. and Mir Moon of Tennessee, were appointed conferees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
DISMISSED BY JUDGE EVANS.
Case Tn Which All Steamboat Men Are
 Interested.

Louisville. May S1.-Judge Walter Evans in the Federal Court today reached speedy decision in a case of interest to all steamboat men. w Hunt and J. Cameron, deck hands, tied up the towboat Joe R. Williams at Paducah. Hunt and Cameron shipped on the steamer at Louisville. When the boat was ready to proceed to New Or leans all of the deck hands signed a contract to make the round trip.
 When the steamer arrived at Peducah on it's return trip Hunt and Cameron wanted the money due them for ser vices They were informed that they would have to accompany the boat to Louisville before they would be paid.
 They then libelled the boat and Judge Evans today dismissed the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
EQUITABLE DIRECTORS.
Re-elect Paul Morton as President of
 the Society.

Ne-eAect fH9l Moft0n As freNf0ent Of
 the Society.
 New York. May 31.---After a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Equit- able Life Assurance Society today Paul Morton, President of the Society. re- appointed Gage E. Tarbeil as Second vice-President President Morton also appointed new committee, the Finance Committee. composed of himself, E. B. Thomas. T. Dewitt Cuyler. Frank 8. wetherbee and James McMahon.
 The Board of Directors reelected President Morton and elected former Judge William A. Day. Vice. President. The Board approved the form of the amended charter of the society provid- ing that a majority of it's directors shall be policyholders. but was unable to adopt 1t formally because of an inJunc- ton against the naturalization of the society had been granted by the courts
 President Morton said after the meet ing that the Board voted to call a ape cial meeting of the stockholders on June IS to consider the naturalization plan. and that the Board of Directors expects to take final action on he amended charter on June 20. provided the injunction has been dissolved in the meantime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
FUNERAL OF DAvITr.
Dead Patriot VIII Be Inferred at GAxald.. C.s...x.4xz AIa..a xII.

Dead Patriot VIII Be Inferred at straide, County Mayo, Hts Birthplace.
 Dublin May s1.--The funeral of Mi- chael Davitt. who died at midnight has been fixed for June 2. and will be as private as possible in accordance with the expressed wishes of the dead pa- triot.
 His body will be Inferred at Straide. County Mayo. Davitt.s birthplace. Mes sages of sympathy are arriving from all parts of the world. Mir. Davitt's body will he removed to the Carmelite Church. where 1t. will remain until Saturday. His will leaves his property to his wife absolutely and concludes:
 ITO all my friends leave kind thoughts to my enemies the fullest possible forgiveness. and to Ireland. my undying prayer for her absolute free- dom and independence, which 1t has been my life's ambition to try to ob- tain for her"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
san. .nnn Fire fin Nn.hxiIIe.

Nashville. Tenn. May S1 Fire broke out at il o'clock thls morning on Third Avenue In the uptown business district and owing to a stlff wind prevailing threa tened the destruction of several of the finest business houses in that section. The fire originated in the Greenfield Talbot Furniture Company's building and was confined to that struc- ture. The loss Is estimated at about s6O.OOO. and Is fully covered by insur- ance,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
STILL HELD UP.
No Prospect of Vote On Confirmation
 of Wykersham.

Washington. May st--Most of the Senate's day was devoted to consider alton in executive session of the nomi- nation of Judge James Wykersham to be Judge of the United State District Court for the district of Alaska, but he was not confirmed.
 The charges against him which have prevented confirmation for three years were urged strongly by Senators Mc- Cumber, Hansbrough, Nelson, Teller, Pettus and a number of others. He was defended by Senators Foraker, Dilling- ham. Bailey, Culberson and others. No vote was had nor did it appear that one Is imminent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
HIGGINS WARNS SHERIFF.
Violations of Anti-Prize. Fight La,
 Must CeGne.

Must Cease.
 Albany. N. r.. May 31.-Governor Higgins today directed Sheriff Hayes of New York County to enforce the law prohibiting prize fighting In the territory under his Jurisdiction.
 The notice sent by the governor says:
 Complaints have come to my at- tention relative to alleged violations of the law prohibiting prize fighting and public sparring exhibitions in the city of New York.
 '.It is your duty to execute the laws sn your county and shall hold you to account for any failure or neglect to prevent and stop any such unlaw- full exhibitions"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01

floor leader of the minority of the House today insisted upon a yea and nay vote on the motion to send the to conference. The bill was sent to conference. yeas 224. nays eighteen. present seventeen. Messrs Iittauer, tNew York,) Bingham. tPenn.) Livings- ton (Georgia) were appointed confer ees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
vo, Nomed for Goverror

PhIladelphia. May S1-Lewis Emery vss nominated for governor by accIa- nation today hy the Lincoln party state convention. The party is made m of Independent Republicans oppos- ed to the rule of those at present in control of the Republican orRaniza- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
New Steamship Line.

Portland, Ore. May Sl-Accordlng to Captain William Matson President of the Watson Navigation Company of San Francisco. the company will es- tabllsh a steamship line between Port land and Hawaii during the coming month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01
uuI sept to Conference,

Washington. May Sl.-Following hts expressed determination to fillibuster until some agreement be reached on statehood, Mir Williams, (Miss) the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29
Ida no..

IRENE southeastern corner of Idaho
all the lands in the state are en-.
braced in the Columbia river drain
age, OF which $4,000 square miles
the valley of the Snake riyer--is in
cluded in Idaho. The normal flow of
the Snake and its tributaries are prac-
tically appreciated by the canals now
in operation and those under construc-
ton. The plans of the government
provide for storage reservoirs in the
head waters where the floods will be
conserved and utilized during the
seasons of minimum flow.
The largest irrigation project in
operation in Idaho is that of a private
concern, the Twin Falls Land and
Water company. The dam which di-
serts the water from the main canal
is in the Snake near the town of
long, rs feet high, and 25 feet wide at
the top. From it leads a main canal,
which IS so feet wide on the bottom
and 1870 feet wide on top. 1t carries
10 feet of water into what Is known
as the Dry Creek Reservoir" which
covers 700 acres to a maximum depth
of GO feet From this reservoir the
canal continues for a distance Of 2S
miles from the dam and then
branches into two other canals, each
about 90 miles long. From these
canals radiate more than 1000 miles
Vt lateral canals, which carry the
amount Of water desired in the yari-
Gus tracts irrigated.
The project now irrigates about
100000 acres In Cassia county. II Is
the purpose to so extend the system
that II will supply irrigation for 100
600 ac.es more on the north of the
Snake river. When the proposed eE-
tensions ere in operation the PROJECT
will irrl-ate nearly 400, 900 acres Of
land that two years ago was as bar
rem as any ,ction Of the great Amcri
can desert The irrigation plant has
been constructed at cost Of several
millions, not a dollar Of which came
from the government
One or the most extensive and cost
" irrigation projects under the gov
ernlnents direction Ii also in south
ern Idaho. Water for this project Is
taken iron! the Snake. Near Mini.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29
Pardoned After Forty Years.

Rerezowski the Pole who tried to
assassinate tho Gar Alexander II. In
Paris 40 years ago, and who has just
received a pardon, is mentioned in sey
eral books o. he islands Of the Pacific
When the late Julian Thomas, author
Of tCannibals and COnyicts, visited
New Caledonia. he found BcrezOwski
the privileged prisoner Of the place
possessing his own cottage with a
pretty garden attached. and well sup,
piled with books and magazines sent
by old world friends. 4 later visitor,
George Grif,hs author Of An Tn.
known Prison Land, gives less pleas.
ant picture Of the would be rcgicide
who seemed 10 him to he insane That
impression was correct, and Berczow.
ssl now gets his pardon because he ia
mad
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29

more valuable than land in the humid
middle states.
This is due largely to the fact that
every acre of irrigated land can be
made to yield its best crop every year.
Summer falow is not known in an
irrigated country. Rotation of crops
cleans the land The annual weeds
so troublesome to grain crops do not
bother the alfalfa which Is cut be.
fore the weeds so to seed, and the
perennial pests of the bayfield, can.
not stand the annual cultivation of
the grain Where diversified farming
is practical, where the crops requiring
much moisture and those requiring
little can be grown side by side,
changes of crop can be made frequent
~ enough to prevent the land becGm-
ing foul The quality Of the land has
much to do with the crop which
should be attempted, but whore the
soil is uniformly good and the climate
conditions are right the amount or
moisture controls the crop to be
grown.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29
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in the telling justice cannot possibly
be done them and an observation rip
through shop devoted to children's
things or through the chiIdren's de
partment Of any Of the high.class de
partmcnt stores is necessary in order
to realize their charm. Simple and
unpretentous in appearance and yet
rich and costly enough in reality for
little Processes.
Perhaps no style Of coat is more
adapted to childish figures than the
Empire, and one frequently sees such
little garments, which are replicas OF
those worn by older women Coats
fashioned along these lines are sure
to be graceful and becoming, whether
Intended for plain or drcssy wear, and
all sorts of materials lend themselves
charmlngly to this style. The coat
may be originally cut on regulation
Empire lines, or the Empire effect
may be simulated by clcyerly ar.
ranged trimmings such as folds,
stitched bands, fancy braids and the
| like
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29

gradually Gaining In favor since they
wnre worn nv the orinccss of Wales
after her return from India. She Is
narticuIarly nartial % the soft m,te.
rial which drapes So gracefully. and
so Is Oueen Alexandra
Another rage This winter is for
velvet and cloth. dresses with very
deem bands ON the hem # the skirts
For evening toilets thi. band Ia al
most always covered with paillettes
or with elaborate embro,deries, but
for street wear cloth drosses OF the
same design show the lower part OF
the skirt covered with intricate braid.
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! o. ,,an ,,i,,I. hona 600, {, soma
nronIne, n,antras t,imned with mar.
ho,t IN BRIGHT shades ot emerald
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29
WHAT IRRIGATION HASDONE:
FOR STATE OF IDAHO
Remarkable Development of Reclamation Service
Brought Out at Recent National
Irrigation Congress

doka, a station on the Oregon Short
dam of the rock filled" type. 1t is
700 feet long and 50 feet high. On
the north side the water will be dis
tributed by gravity from this dam and
on the south side by a gravity ditch
eight miles long. From this ditch
the water will be conveyed to n reser,
voir and then by means of pumps
raised to higher levels. Power to
operate the pumps will be generated
at the dam by the water passing the
waste ways heing forced over tur-
bines.
The main ,~lals and branches and
distributaries have total length OF
about 500 miles. The gravity system
of canals, which will be completed
within the coming year, will irrigate
some 10000 acres BY means of the
pumping system 10000 acres on the
higher levels will be reclaimed. The
lands in the Minidoka trkct are gov,
eminent lands and are taken by
settlers under the homestead laws
/ The first cost of these lands is simply
the filing fee for a government home
stead. Where homesteader sells
his improvements the prize asked is
usually no more than covers the act
ual cost of the original entrymen
| The government engineers estimate
the maximum cost of the water rights
| at about S26 an acre. The govern
ment is also constructing a project in
the Fayette valley that will reclaim
! many thousands of acres of desert
| lands. The government projects alone
| in the state of Idaho will cost over
$4,000 600.
The rule of the irrigated country is
the small farm. In many of the irri.
gated tracts the land has been plated
| into what are known as farm units
Each farm unit consists of 40 or so
acres, except those lying within a
radius of a mile and a half of the
towns To the visitor from sections
of the country, that do not require
! irrigation it is somewhat puzzling
that land in the irrigated west is often
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29

This Is A white season" for there
Is a perfect rage for white fox, ermine,
whitefaced cloth, and above all ivory
white Indian cashmere. The latter Is
really an ideal material for dresses OF
ceremony. but it has been rather out
of favor the last three or four years.
Now It Is rushing to the front again
and in connection with rare, lovely
embroideries.
Marguerite, dowager queen of Italy,
is credited with this universal adop.
ton Of white for on every possible
occasion she appears in white cos
tunes. The late king of Italy was
very fond Of the virgin tint and was
really angry when his queen appeared
in any but tho palest and most deli
cate colors He deClarcd-w truth
that pretty woman looks her best
in robes composed OF soft white laces
and he used to present his wife with
costly hounces, on condition that she
wore them on ordinary, as we'll rs
extraordinary, occasions. Indeed king
| Humbert's two special weaknesses
were laces and pearls, and with these
two most desirable possessions Queer
| Marguerite is richly endowed.
The queen has been heard to say
that beautiful white lace and rich
white furs belong by right, to women
who have left their youth behind
them. 1t is a very comfortable doc
trine and one which contains many
grains Of truth.
We saw a handsome pale gray
cashmere robe the other day which
had several founces on the skirt
Each of these tlounces was edged with
hand embroideries of the finest de
scrption in fact so fine that the eli
feet was lost unless at close quarters
There was a tight-litting jacket, with
basaues at the back and most attrac
tive little waistCOat OF palest tan
suede On the jacket there were
some beautiful cmbroidcries to match
those on the skirt, and the under vest
was OF tucked muslin-yery neat and
plain, like mans dress shirt.
Another embroidered cashmere cos.
tune. of the same order, was in Ivory
white with elaborate scrolls and gar
lands OF flowers worked in pale pink
and pale green silks.
These Indian cashmeres have been
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-29

In no other section of the barren
west is the progress of reclamation
more effectively Illustrated than in
Idaho. At the recent gathering of the
delegates to the national irrigation
congress in Boise the development of
the reclamation service was presented
in detail. 1t was shown that in 1870
settled territory of Idaho. That by
means of crude irrigation the aggre
gate number of farms in 1900 had in
creased to more than 1900 Today
In that state are approximately 1853
900 acres of irrigated lands under cul
tivation, with total of over 100000
acres under irrigation canals await
ing the settler.
These lands produce wonderful
crops. The results of irrigation are
emphasized near Boise. A highway
skirts the foothills west of the town.
To the right of this highway are
| slopes of arid waste lands on which
| grow nothing except the dun and
| gray sage brush of the desert. To
the left are fruit orchards, fields of
clover and alfalfa, berry patches and
pastures lined with suntlowers.
The desert lands of Idaho are being
reclaimed by means of three agen-
cies: by associations OF land owners;
by the state under the provisions of
what is known as the Carey act"
and under the provisions of the re-
clamation law enacted by congress in
1902 All of these plans have the
same end in view, the ownership by
the land owners of the canal systems
from which they take water Through
private enterprise projects for the re-
clamation of nearly 100000 acres have
been completed. Under the Carey act
near 100000 acres are in process of
reclamation.
The government projects now under
construction will reclaim about HOO,
600, a total area of about $500, 000
acres, which will be irrigated and
made producing lands within the next
few years With the exception OF
about 1900 square miles in the ex
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-10

liars. and unless he is personally at
tracted by some one of the places,
he hies off to California or some
other place. No one knows the num-
Der of people such talk has driven
away. nor the amount of money that
they have taken away. The Seattle
Spirit" is known almost the breadth
of the country, and the true Seattle
spirit, the spirit which sees that
every part of the country knows that
Seattle is on the map and why she is
there is one to be initiated by both
the other towns The spirit" be 1t
portland" Tacoma" or Seattle
that undertakes to persuade visitors
that there is only one town on the
north coast, that slurs and sneers the
mention of either of the others. that
belittles in speech or in print those
Others whenever their names are
dropped, that spirit is to be Stunned
as is the plague.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-10
The Gorernor,s Wife.

Next Tuesday evening will see the
two favorltes. Mr.. Claude Amsden,
the comedian, and Miss Hazel Daven-
port, soprano. at the Grand Opera
house. They will appear In their
own production, backed by their own
company, with a big chorus, and the
performance will be "The Governors
Wife," a musical comedy opera, writ
ten and staged by Mr.. Amsden him
self. Seats on sale at the box office
Tuesday at a. m.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-10

ly approaching the state OF ~
ed machine.
1t is apparent, too, that the
field of utility as distinct from
pleasure is hardly touched In N
lines where delivery wagons
freight trucks have been used IN,
tion is being paid to the new h.
of transportation. With proper +.
ulation of speed in congested n,
oughfares the increasing use Of IA.
horseless machines ought to have
portant bearing upon cleanlineu
the streets and their greater fred,
from obstruction. II the cost can
reduced so as to appeal to peopl.
moderate means there seems to be-
reason why the industry should ,
attain great proportions during /
next few years. II certainly Is
casion for congratulation that
American manufacturers are han
so prominent a part In the ImpFu
ments which are being made.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-10

(Heald's Tourist Bulletin. J

(Heald's Tourist Bulletin.)
One of the most unfortunate condi-
tions that exists in the Pacific north
west, and one which initiates against
the district as a whole, is the spite
fulness with which the three largest
cities treat each other. There hard
ly passes a day in which the news
papers of Portland, Tacoma and Sc
attic do not take occasion to sling
mud at each other. In muchly mis-
taken idea that each is benefitting
his home town. There is no portion
of the United States able to support
three important cities than is that
part where these three towns are To-
Gated. Yet to read the newspapers
of any of them one would gain the
idea not that any of them is pre-
eminently the best. but that the
Others are unspeakably the worst
holes on the face of the footstool.
This foolish attempt to climb up
by clawing someone else down only
reacts on the towns that do 1t, and
nauseates every thinking person who
reads or hears such ideas.
One cannot help asking the ques-
tion whether these three towns real
ize that the territory which is tribu-
tary to one is tributary to the others;
in other words. that which causes
one causes the others. 1t is very
poor reasoning that identical condi-
tlons can produce utterly dissimi-
lar results. If the reason for the ex-
istence OF any one of the three towns
is poor, 1t stand to reason that none
of them have. much excuse for exist
ing.
II resident OF any of these towns
declare that the other two have no
place on the map, he Is making al
most the equivalent of an assertion
that his own town has none. There
is another thing. The visitor who
comes to Portland is impressed with
the unimportance of Seattle and Ia
coma; is assured that the sound has
no agricultural field tributary to it,
that while the tonnage of the sound
country may be greater than that OF
the Columbia river. 1t works no good
to the towns located on 1t because
these towns are only way stations as
It were, places where goods are mere
ly transhipped from rail to steamer.
The tourist goes to Seattle or Taco
ma and hears the same tale, with
only the names of the places changed.
All three places he finds to be fine
large magnificent towns. He be-
comes convinced that all men are
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-10

II would serve as its own label, and
become distinctively oregon wherev-
er It was displayed. All agreed, how
ever, that valley growers should look
to their laurels in the matter of
proper and extensive advertising, and
that all should work together for
one common cause, the advancement
of the interests Of all Oregon fruit.
Enthusiastic and instructive adj
dresses we're also delivered by Prof.
Il. r. Lake, OF Corvallis; II. NJ. Will
Hanson; County Judge John II.
Scott; H. B. Thlelsen, George Weeks
and others. all tending to show the
great advantage of spraying, packing
and shipping Of apples, and the Inn
portance of subsoiling and the use of
fertilizers, and Mr.. Williamson stated
that the Hood River growers were
the sad mistake of overlook
ing flavor and good quality In their
efforts to produce an overgrown and
coarse-grained Spitzenburg, and pre-
dcted that, If they did not be care
full, they would ruin the reputation
they have gained for their fruit.
The society will send 25 delegates
TO the Portland meeting in January
as well as large and representative
display of apples and other season
able fruits.