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The Washington times., 1906-10-21

Three pumping projects have been
located for the irrigation OF land in
the extreme western portion OF North
Dakota Two Of these. the Wnliston
and Buford-Trenton, are now under
construction. The fall of the Mis-
sGuTi river is so slight ia this section
that IL is not possible 10 take out
canals and distribute the water by
gravity, and pumping Fas therefore
been Tssorted 20. The presence OF Zig
mite fuel in abundant quantities IN the
vicinity makes possible the develop
ment OF power AT an economical cost.
Il is proposed 10 generate power at
point located directly at the mines.
the power being transmitted electrical
lv 10 the several pumping stations for
the two projects. The hrsJ pumps
will be placed on floating harges.
These viii. Of course. accommodate
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long, with a capacity Of 100 second
feet.
The Farmers Ditch covers portions
OF the uplands and bottoms OF excel
lent quality The semi-arid region Of
western Kansas requires but "A small
amount Of water per acre OF irrigated
lands, and the natural rainfall and
the quality OF the upland soil renders
possible "A very high duty of water.
Another advantage is the fact that the
settlers have been well schooled ia the
most economical use Of water on ac-
count Of the unreliabIlity Of the sup
PLY from the river. The value Of the
land in this part Of Kansas in its nat
uTal condition is from s. 10 SO per
acre. When reclaimed By irrigation IL
Is easily worth from 500 10 $50 per
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

of the prayers, calmly rolled a cigarette.
The praying grew more irksome. She
strolled ont of the room and engaged
the reporters in lively conversation.
Her cigarette. meanwhile. was perfect
ed, and rested easily between her teeth.
A Grecian hliet of imitation pearls was
wound i'm her hair. her features were
classic She appeared 10 be the right
sort OF convert. Rev. AR Flower ap-
preached. He paused. He took In the
effect of the classic dTapery. lie began:
My dear child. why can't you"
He got no further. a dainty foot was
raised "Rubie' struck a match on the
sole OF her shoe and with the utmost
saugfroid puffed the smoke gently in
TO the clergyman's face. He sought
other fields OF endeavor.
Rev. 5. c. KendeH. an expert on the
white slave traffic. investigated the for
eign resorts. These varied from the
French and japanese 10 those in Bed
Bug row. which were unspeakable.
There were women in the party and the
sights brought tears TO their eyes. There
was great contrast in the groups which
gathered In the missionaries wake. In
front of Louis Weiss they We're inform
ed by a bouncer of burly proportions
that il was no GO" While the crowd
of Calm-faced women and earnest men
were gathered in front of the place
woman who had turned 10 expression
less rolls Of fat. and whose face bore
every imprint of the life which she had
led approached with huge can of beer
and offered everyone in sight a drink
All along the sidewalks the mission
aries would corral some blear-cyed
youth and try to convert him. AT one
time Mother Caverly. a member of the
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
How Uncle Sam Has Owen Forth dn Ult-
matum That the Arkansas River Must Do
Its Full Share Of Work. and How the Rec
ldnaton Service Will Bring the Waters
Of the SubteTaneaR Lake in the Western
Part Of Kansas to the Surface and Turn
the Great Plains Into a Garden.

water which flowed IN the river, and
fell out of the heavens could be alb
sorbed by the sun. The question was
what became OF it all. and the man
with the "hunch" discovered that
there was a substratum of water-b bear
ing gravel which extended for many
square miles, in fact, a subterranean
lake. Wells We're sunk by a few Of
the Industrious farmers and what had
been a desert was soon in reality a
garden. and the name of the city
which had grown up in its midst was
no longer Joke.
But il was not until 1904 that the
United States Government in the shape
OF Engineer Slichter OF the Reclama-
ton Service began 10 make investiga-
tions with a view TO irrigatng, or at
least showing the farmers how 10
irrigate this wide stretch Of plain
which had hitherto been valued at s.
or so an acre when at its best. There
were two plans considered by Slichter,
one for an intiltratiOn gallery, and the
other for a series Of Wells and pump
ing stations. The first plan was de-
cided 10 be not feasible because Of the
conformation OF the land.
The other plan, however, that OF the
wells and pumping stations. was left.
and that was chosen. And from IL
has developed the so-called Garden
City Project.
This project contemplates the recov-
cry OF ground water in the Arkansas
valley. in the vicinity OF Garden city,
by pumping, and its distribution by
means of an existing canal know as
the Farmers Ditch. 10 about $500
acres. This ditch has been serving a
very uncertain supply 10 the lands
under IT on account OF the unreliability
Of the flow OF Arkansas river. The
proposed system will consist of "A
series of separate pumping stations.
each dischargiHg into a concrete lined
fiume OF surface conduit, which will
carry the water 10 the main canal. The
water will be delivered into the Farm
ers' Ditch about ons nile northeast Of
its heaugates. The entire plant is TO
be operated by electricity from "A cen
tral power station. located near the
middle OF the line OF pumping stations.
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Z n AN operation performed on Miss
Mary Kilshore in the Norwegian
Hospital. Brooklyn. the surgeons
have successfully removed the larg-
a human being.
Miss Kilshore became i'll a week ago
in her home. at 35f Sixty-hfth street.
Or. Edward Day Ferris. her physician,
diagnosed her trouble as appendicitis,
and as she was suffering great pain he
advised her removal to the hospital.
II was decided yesterday that an oper-
alton was imperative. and. assisted by
two hospital stan. T3r. Ferris performed
II To the astonishment Of all the sur
geons the knife laid bare a vermiform
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A Wonderful Drainage System.

The bottom lands at this point are
very wide and constitute an excellent
catChment area for rainfall. and the
gravels beneath the bottom lands form
an underground drainage for the con-
tributOry watershed extending both
and south OF the river valley There
is practically no surface run of
from this portion OF the plains. The
ground is so level and porous and the
Eravels beneath the surface so ample
that they act like drains IN removing
all OF the rainfall that is not appro-
priated by the vegetation and evapora-
ton. The entire pumping plant is de-
signed to recover an average of loo
secOnd-feet OF ground water for per
iod of 80 days. which is equivalent TO
a total OF $4,000 acTe-feet for the irrl-
cation season. a portion Of the water
recovered Will be carried under the
Arkansas river by a syphon 500 feet
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A Great Underground Lake.

Now the Arkansas River doesn't dry
up in the sense that Is usually meant
by drying up, Il sinks down into the
earth and joins that great under
ground lake which stretches for miles
through that country and whose exist
ence has only been discovered in re
cent years, and which is due. except
for the part the river contributes. 10
the rains. And when the river van
ishes the farmers have no supply OF
water with which 10 irrigate their
land. They are. 10 put II mildly, up
against the real thing. Some one with
a sense OF humor settled in a spot on
the banks of the river years ago. The
land was arid enough and there seem
ed to be little chance of giving the
parched soil enough water 10 make
any crops grow. But this humorous
party decided that the place must
have a name so he called 1t Garden
City. For a long time this was con-
sidered one OF the best jokes that ever
came out of Kansas. and there have
been some amusing jokes IN the sun
Flower State"
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
wiston, Dakota Is
Pumping Project.
n Bearing Gravs of Kansas.

themselves 10 changes not only IN the
water level but 10 the shifting OF the
stream. the water being conducted
from the pumps on the barges through
pines = ith flexible joints 20 the mann
canal Additional substation lifts viii
be introduced wherever required No
long and expensive canal system viii
be required.
The beauty of this plan is that IL
costs comparatively little and the ap-
paTatus is adjustable The land in
this part Of Dakota only needs water
TO make il produce splendid crops. But
the ultimatum seems 10 have gone
throughout the land that the rivers
Of this country can no longer remain
sluggards. They viii have 10 do their
work II the Reclamation Service mas
its way.
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
Crazed BY Love of Man
She Did Not Know
r n the Covington. Ky, circuit

= n the COvinEtOn. Ky, circuit court
Miss Eva Mcintyre. now only a
i shadow OF a once beautiful girl.
was adtudged insane. and will be
sent 10 an asylum
Eva Mcintyre is the girl who became
infatuated with Rev. Herbert S. Bige-
low pastor of the Vine Street COngre-
eauonal Church in this city, and who
was the Democratic candidate four
years ago for secretary of state of Ohio
Rev, Mr. Bigelow. who is married
knew nothing Of the girls infatuation
until she had herself repeatedly told
OF her love in public. She had never
seen him except in the pulpit.
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
Woman Buys Coffin
AS a Good Bargain

H6 RS. Percy Bogardus. of Des
M Noines, scored what she de-
vi clares is a big victory over
the Coffin trust when she
purchased a coffin for her aged father
who, although severty-six years Old
declares he has no intention of dying
for several years to come.
Mrs. Bogardus. who is regarded by
her neighbOrs as a splendid bargain
hunter, read in newspaper that a
sharp advance in the price Of collins
was sure to take place in the near
future. She Immediately went to an
undertaken. selected a coffin and paid
the cash. She told the undertaken to
deliver the goods when called for. Mr
Bogardus, in discussing his daughters
thoughtfulness, remarked that she al
ways had been model business
woman"
The Washington times., 1906-10-21


hand Of Engineer Charles
S. Snchter is digging
a few holes in the ground. put
ting in a few pumps. II is simple
looking operation, and as simple as 1t
looks.
But upon the success of this project
known 10 the initiated as the Garden
CITY Project. hangs the fate of great
portion of the 100000 square miles of
semi-arid country known as the great
plains region.
The fact is that a great river is
playing hide and seek with itself in
this particular stretch OF the plains
the Arkansas. During the flood sea-
sea son. the river is a river in
its entirety. reaching hundreds of
miles from its source in the noun
tains of Colorado TO the point where
IT empties into the Father OF the
Waters. But for a great part Of the
year there are long sections of the
Arkansas River which vanishes as
completely as though a magician had
waved his wand above IL commanding
the waters To dry up. There IS moth
ing 20 show for the broad stream
which flowed through the plain only
few days before. Only gravelly
river bed remains.
And when the river vanishes there
is no hope fo- the farmers except the
rains, and the rains in that country
are as uncertain as the temper OF a
grand opera singer. There is only
one other hope. wells for iTrigating
purposes, and that is a field that so
far has not been developed, but
field with which the Reclamation
Service is now busying itself.
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View Near Canal Intake of BufoTd-
Trenton Project, N. D.

territories Of that kind. Is the center
or the United States. geoErap phicaIly.
and II this system OF irrigation IS car
raied out on The scale which the Gov
ernment hopes IL VIII be. the center Of
the country should become The very
garden spot Of an the world. For the
soil ia This great plain has accUmulat-
ed richness during ages. and with a
little water the crops there equal OF
excel those of any other gardens IN
the world.
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win Deliver ~The Goods"

The engineers Of the Reclamation
Service say now that they hope To ne
able 10 deliver water sufficient 10 sup
pIy about 1900 acres IS means Of this
system next year. The Reclamation
Service has "a record for doing those
things which it say o. going 20 DO.
so. in ali probability. the farmers out
in Kansas Will be wetter In 1877 than
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
Largest Appendix Revealed

appendix six inches in length and one
inch In diameter at one end and three
quarters Of an inch al the other
The extraordinary size of the organ
made its removal unusually difficult but
the patient, who is twenty-one years old,
rallied finely from the shock and the
surgeons regard her chances Of recovery
as excellent.
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

walton Sugar beet factories are al
ready located within easy shipping dis
tances from Garden City Back OF the
lands "a be wateTed are wide strips OF
excellent grazing lands, which Will
grow cane and forage plants without
Irrigation.
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
NOT A BAD IDEA.

Bluejackets from the ships of the Aus
ualian squadron are permitted to travel
free Ola the New Zealand railways as
the government considers that their
talk or the country when they return
home Will attract immigrants
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
NO CHANCE FOR NoRAH.

Mrs. Finnigin's Nor-rah must be
nigh thor-rty now, and she not mar
riedi'
She says she amt met her mon"
HUH Her mon amt BORN yit and
his mothers dead Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
LONDONs FINEsT DiAMoNDs.

The three finest diamonds worn in
London society are those belonging TO
the Duchess Of Westminster. the Coun-
tess Of Dudley and the Duchess Of
Portland. II is emnently right and f1t-
ting that these lucky women should be
the wives of three of the richest noble
men in the peerage
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
To Make Another River Work.

But the Arkansas river is not the
only river which is not doing all its
duty by the farmers according TO the
conclusions of the reclamation serv-
ice Out In North Dakota the Mis-
souri, river IS about To b. made TO give
up better supply.
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
Uncle Sam Takes a Hand.

But finally some one had a ''hunch. "
II didn't seem possible that all the
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

UT in the southwestern
part Of Kansas the United
States Reclamation Ser
vice under the guiding
hand Of Engineer Charles
5. Slichter is digging
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
w arriDq lD stip st

They also fight duels. This is the case with
manv other insects. Spiders not only fight,
but eat each other like human cannibals.
"From the elephant to the mouse the quad
rupeds fight, even the gentlest, under sufi-
cient provocation. ~
Nearly all birds, from the ostrich to the
humming bird, are fighters. Whenever it
happens that two 7humming-birds meet among
the flowers, they signal the encounter with a
shrill war-cry, and dash at each other in fierce
antagonism For an instant they close togeth-
er then give each other chase, and, with the
sneed of meteors, are lost to view. Shortly
after, the return of one alone announces that
the victory has been quick and decisive
"Diminutive as are these puny sprites, they
are heavily charged with combativeness The
entire race is pugnacous and quarrelsome,
imprudently assaulting each other and birds
of much greater size.
$50 excessive is the pugnacity which char
acterizes the game cock that broods scarcely
feathered are occasionally found to have re-
duced themselves to utter blindness by their
combats"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

great blue eyes, "doughnuts is doughnuts, and
cents is cents, and the doughnuts is present
and the cents is pay"
| laughed aloud at his reasoning, which GER
tainly was most sensible and true, and then
said:
NOW, Jack, want you to keep your five
cents till some night when you haven't any
supper, and let me fill your basket with some
thing that I know will go round. want
Susie to have glass of fresh milk. So you
must carry this tin pail, besides the basket.
Do you think you can manage them both?
''Well, a'am, / guess you'll see whether |
can manage 'em or not. But do you. think
l can dig green's enough to pay for all them
things you're putting in?"
"No, Jack, l don't; for they are not to be
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

thought upper, and twas only her lips that
said lower She meant upper all the time. She
isn't well-Sue isn't.
"She's little and white and one potater
amt much of supper for the like of her,
anyway; And at last l made her eat the whole
of it. | told her that we'd have good dinner
to-day cause / knowed somebody would buy
my green's, and I'm going to spend the whole
five cents for one dinner What do you think
of that? I'm going. to get three herrings at
cent apiece, and the rest in potaters."
And he smacked his lips as he thought of
the treat in store for them all.
"I think" he continued, "that you've paid
me pretty well for my green's in doughnuts
without any five cents at ALL Still, as I look
at it, he added, with a sly twinkle in his
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
Maeicia,n aDd Majesty

and then exclaimed that the hidden article
was in the kings mouth. His majesty shook
his head savagely. The professor" insisted
that the article was there, and finally demand
ed that the royal mouth should be opened
wide. The king refused The professor
was firm. Great was the excitement among
the Maoris who crowded around. By-and-
by the kings mouth was slowly and reluct-
antly opened. The lost article-a button
was not there! The next instant, however,
the king began to cough. lie tried to hold
in, but couldn't. He coughed up the but
ton, which he had tried to swallow The
didn't know which to admire the more-the
wisdom of the magician or the heroism of
the king.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

paid for. l want to send these to your moth
er-that is all; and, as you said yourself,
doughnuts is doughnuts and cents Is cents; Isr
To be sure" he answered, merrily. wen,
ma am, | just wish you could see EN- when
tell 'em how good you've been to me. Some
folks amt good, you know" he added, witn
sigh
While filed the basket, he told me their
little history, never realizing how tul IL was
of the deepest pathos-the struggles OF the
poor mother to keep her family together a1ceVr
the death of her husband, a good, kind man,
who had left her one morning, full OF lie ana
foundry, and was brought back to her few
hours later, having met his death while TOLL
ing for those he loved.
He did not realize, either, how his own self
sacrificing spirit shone out through his words
proving to me the strength and sweetness OF
his character. What hero he was, this little
twelveyear-old Jackl
"Mother has worked so hard for Sue and
me that she hasn't much strength left And
don't you think" he added, STRENGTHENING him
self up proudly-"don't you think I'm big
enough to take care of US three! ,Leastways,
I've been lucky this morning, Tor I've sold my
greens and found you.
The gratitude in his heart was plainly visi-
BILE in his little face as he turned it up to me-
l told him that henceforth we would be the
very best and warmest of friends, and that
happier days were in store for him and Tor
those at home; that could find work for him
to do, which would certainly heip toward tne
support of all three.
Spch happy Jack as he was when / sent
him home that April morning, with the heavy
basket on one arm and pail OF milk on the
other; and 1 wish I could tell you-forr am
sure you would like to hear-what pleasant
days followed for Jack and those so dear to
him; but it would make such long, long
story we should never come to the end Of it.
Indeed, there is no end to 1T. 1t Is story
which is being lived through now, and il
grows more interesting and more beautiful, s
more tender and true with every chapter.
Jack is proving himself the hero knew him
He works early and late on small piece
of ground which we allow him to cultivate
| on our farm; and he carries his produce TO
| town in a basket, strapped on his back, and
he is as happy as king-happier than many
little pale Susie is not half so pale as
she was before she, too, had the chance given
She has free range in my flower garden, and
makes up the daintiest "button.h hole bouquets"
with which she fills her small basket every
morning for Jack to take with him.
He never finds the least difficulty in dispos-
ing of them ALL and proud little lass she is
when he drops the pennies into her lands
The mother, we Think is growing strong and
well again-happy in her boys thoughtful care,
and CHEEKY, light-hearted ways.
He is not yet thirteen years old, but his
mother calls him the "head of the house." and
he truly deserves the title.
Brave little man-God bless him!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

of locomotion?
"Oysters and clans cannot fight If their
organ of combativeness is not wanting, they
have no use for it. Lobsters fight, and are
wonderfully voracious. They even devour
each other, and may be said to eat themselves,
for, changing their shell and stomach every
year, yea these remains are generally the first
morsel to gut their new system.
"The life of all fishes is one of perpetual
warfare The carnage of the sea exceeds that
on dry land.
''Bees fight savagely, both in swarms and
singly Two bees, having quarrel, go. out
armed with their deadly stings-more formid-
able than ten-inch bowie-knives-go out of the
hive and fight a duel.
"Ants fight with great ferocity. Armies of
ants meet other armies in deadly battle, and
cover the field with killed and wounded
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

0REENSi Dand-lion gree ms
10 g-r-e-e-n.s!" shouts'a child's voice.
And / heard the quick steps OF
IfY small bare feet pattering up the
g. lane.
Presently face appeared at the
open window of my kitchen, where l was busy
experimenting the Saturdays baking"
"Please, ma am don't you want basket OF
fresh green's all picked with the dew on EN-!
They'll make a good dinner, and only cost hVe
cents" Z
Poor little manikin! I thought, to work
so long and to trudge so far, all for five cents!
My dinner was provided, and dandehon green's
were not included in the bill-offare-but how
could | refuse him?
eyes, Jack, come in here and eat dough
nut while l empty your basket"
He was not slow to accept the invitation,
and chattered like magpie every minute while
he eagerly devoured the several doughnuts,
and looked longingly at pan of cookies just
taken from the oven.
"Thank you, ma'am! You see, it makes a
fellow awful hungry-this dand'lion business
does | like to get 'em when they're fresh
and cool, before the sun has been on 'em
long, so / start at five o'clock and sometimes
earlier and of course | don't have any break
fast first, and when it happens that feller
hasn't had any supper either the night be-
lore II mdhSS lllul lSSL hluu " tupt5
All this was said without a moments pause,
and swinging his little bare heels together as
he sat perched up on the window-sill, he
laughed the merIiest laugh in the world,
which brought to the surface great diInple
hidden away in each sunburned cheek, and
showed all his pretty white teeth.
''But you had your supper last night, hadn't
mo, ma am. You see, there was only two
potaters to go round, and the round they had
to 20 was mother, Susie and me, big round
for two small potaters-dont You think So,
ma amp
And again he laughed, as if it was the fun
niest thing he had ever heard of, instead of
most pathetic story
Chow did you manager" I asked.
"Well you see, maam, / haven't been to
school long enough to learn how to divide
two potaters among three people so that each
shall have a whole one. So says 1 to mother,
1You take this one, and Susie and I'll handy
sprandy for the other Then | held it behind
me, and said to Susie 'Handy-sprandy, Jack.
a-dandy. upper hand OF loWerH
Lower says Susie.
"And lower it was, to be sure, cause held
both hands even till she answered, and then
dropped the one with the potater in it lower,
which wasn't cheatin', ma am, now was it?"
mo, my brave little Jack; it surely was
not cheating" / answered, turning away, that
he might not see the tears in my eyes
''We, Sue, you see, didn't like to take it;
for she's awful generous, if she is poor and
she tried to get it back on me by saying she