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The sun., 1906-01-26
MESSAGE IN FISH'S STOMACH.
Bottle Containing II Sent Adrift From
Prince Edward Island.

PLAINFIELD, n. j., Jan. 25.-Whie clean
ing a large bloater smelt that came in a
consignment OF fish from New York this
morning, Fred lvamy of West Second
street found in the fish's stomach a bottle
about the size of mans thumb. 1t was
securely corked and contained the follow
ing message written on a small piece Of
paper:
Whoever gets this note will confer a favor
by replying to the undersigned, Harry Durant,
Margatc. Prince Edward Island. Canada
January I, 1909.
The bottle holding it was stamped with
the firm name of the r. Eaton Company
Ltd. Toronto, and though almost as large
as the smelt's mouth could easily have been
swallowed by it.
The sun., 1906-01-26
MR. CLEVELAND WON'T RESIGN.
He Is Not Dissatisfied with His Place As
Rebate Referee.

PRINCETON, n. j., Jan. 25.-Grover Ceve-
land was asked tonight whether he had
any thing to say on report that he was
dissatisfied with his position IA rebate
referee for insurance companies and would
soon resign the place He said:
Il have only to say that there is no truth
in the statement
Mr.. Cleveland is feeling better since his
return to Princeton and has almost fully
recovered from the illness which seized him
in New York a short time ago.
The sun., 1906-01-26
FERRYBOATS IN COLLISION.
Railing OF the Lakewood Ripped On-The
Bound Brook All Right.

The Jersey Central ferryboat Lakewood
of the Liberty street line was caught be-
tween the ebb and flood tides as she neared
the Communipaw shore yesterday after
noon and turned completely around swing
ing stern on against the ferryboat Bound
Brook of the same line bound for New
York.
The railing of the Lakewood was ripped
off and some of her windows were broken.
Edward Martin of 70 Grand street, a driver
for the United States Express Company,
was thrown of his wagon. He lost two or
three teeth. The Lakewood laid up for
repairs The Bound Brook continued in
commission.
The sun., 1906-01-26
CLING TO RUNAWAY'S NECK.
POlIceman's Horse Resti>e, lie DismOunts
10 StOp Wagon and save Children.

Mounted Policeman May of the West
Chester police station made flying tackle
yesterday morning but for which several
school children might have been killed.
May is stationed at the corner of Middle
town and Pelham roads to protect the
school children who gather there in the
morning to await the stage for the Union
port school. He was sitting his horse and
chatting with the youngsters when run
away team attached to n heavy bakers
wagon came plum ging down the hill directly
for the children.
Mays horse, Il green one, became un-
m anageable and May jumped from the
saddle to meet the runaway on foot He
made a leap and got both arms around one
horses neck, dragging the team enough to
one side to clear the children.
May was dragged nearly half mile be-
fore he succeeded in stopping the team.
The sun., 1906-01-26
CONCESSION TO COLONIES.
Transynal and Orange NiNcr to Have
Representative Government.

Special Cable Despiteh 10 THE SUN,
CAPE TowN, Jan. 25.--Dr. Jameson, the
Prime Minister, in a speech to-day con-
frmed the recent report that to the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony would be
simultaneously granted representative gov
ernment, an official announcement to that
effect being expected in few days.
The sun., 1906-01-26
sEABOARD FLORIDA LIMITED-DAMY.

Electric lighted leaves New York 1925 noon. Hand
soonest Quickest Florida train Via shortest route
through attractive winter resorts. once liSs
Bdwy.-Adr.
The sun., 1906-01-26

The Second Empire" OF the New York Central
is fast daily train. caNing New York at O2 p. M,
arriving Buffalo 1920 p NJ. stopping at Albany,
The sun., 1906-01-26

REDUCED RATES TO MONTREAL, QUE
BEG AND OTTAWA from February lst 10 llth
by New York Central Lines. For particulars In
QulIe Of ticket agents.-Adp-
The sun., 1906-01-26

One fare for round trlp. going Feb. !, returning
until Feb. II. Inquire Agents N. y. n. Ii. & II.
X. R.-Adp.
The sun., 1906-01-26

SAVANNAH LINE TO Georgia and Florida
Phone Ni Franklin for particuiars.--.hdr,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

is a well built and attractive city in
every respect, with all the modern con-
veniences that the cities Of the east
possess. The same can be said, of all
the Idaho cities. Every one is growing
fast, and there is an intense pride
shown by their citizens in their state
and community.
The chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the National Irrigation con-
gress, Monte B. Gwinn. is a resident of
Boise. and an enthusiast on the sub.
ject Of irrigation. Speaking of the
coming convention, Mr.. Gwinn said:
eve want to arouse the attention Of
the public to the tremendous possibili-
ties of irrigation. Out here in this
country we have millions of acres that
as soon as you put water upon them
are the most fertile lands on earth.
They are better lands than those Of the
famous Nile delta, but without water
they are valueless. 1t will only be d
few years until all the free lands of
this country are taken up, and then
where is the land-hungry man going
to settle9 But with irrigation enough
lands will be provided for millions of
people, and our congress at Boise Is
going to do everything in it's power to
stimulate public and private interest
in this most important topic. We have
the land and we have the water. The
only thing to do is to bring them to-
gether. Nature will do all the rest. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

can be left in the field undug and come
out sound and ready for the table in
the spring.
. The Crops of Idaho.
What can be grown in Idaho9 This
was a subject On which I felt consid-
cradle interest and one which took
great deal of trouble to investigate
on recent visit to the state. Briefly,
it may be stated that Idaho can grow
everything that can be grown in any
deciduous climate, and with an album
dance Of yield that is simply astonish-
ing. They can grow, more corn to the
than any state in. the union. The
wheat production is also enormous, and
in the raising of sugar beets, which is
becoming great industry in the state,
the profits are amazing. For fruit no
better country exists in the states, and
the display at the St. Louis exposition
was revelation to every beholder, and
attention to the state 8 possibilities in
this line.
All root crops grow with astonishing
results in Idaho Take potatoes, for an
illustration. Utah and Colorado have
been famous for years for the quality
Of their tubers, and they have always
commanded in the markets of the east
d 1lICl6 u1SuGI pI1CO Gudu luOSe lIOu
any other section. But Idaho grows
just as fine a potato, only out there
the yield is anywhere from 200 to 500
bushels to the acre. These figures seem
incredible, but they are facts, just
the same. Farming in Idaho is not gen.
orally conducted on vast tracts Of land,
as in many of the states, but is car
ried on in comparatively small tracts,
say from forty to sixty acres. Every
foot Of this ground is utilized, and, as
the farmer is able to regulate his water
supply at will, big crops are a GER
tainty.
Profit in Potato Raising.
The figures I have quoted are COM
mon yields. The potatoes are large,
smooth, dry and mealy; in word, they
are ideal potatoes. According to. the
condition of the market, the growers
obtain anywhere from 80 cents to $3.50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
IDAHO BEING. TRANSFORMED
BY THE IRRIGATING DITCH
Waste Water Being Brought to the Waste Lands Which,
When Irrigated, Produce Wonderful Crops-A Land
of Sunshine with No Extremes.

are being controlled and gently spread
over the deserts to transform them into
garden spots. There is never any lack
of water in Idaho-the only problem
hitherto has been it's control. From
its snow-capped mountains in the sum-
mer constant stream is flowing down
as the snow and ice upon them melts.
verified to the benefit of man. What
has been done in Utah and California
is now being done on vastly greater
scale in Idaho, and already the bene-
fetal effects of the great and compre-
hensive plans of the government are
apparent. III &c.,.
One Of the advantages of life in an
irrigated country is that you can make
it rain just when you want it to. The
blowing, for instance, because the
ground Is too wet, neither does his
wheat sprout in the shock because it
is too wet to stack. Drought has no
terror for the farmer, because he can
supply just the requisite amount Of
water to his land at any time, and at
just the time when the growing crops
need it most. Irrigation enables the
farmer to conduct his work on strictly
scientific principles and eliminates the
law of chance entirely.
has been water, and now it is getting
it. The soil is there, and it's climate
is an ideal one. Cyclones and blizzards
are unknown. It is essentially a land
Of sunshine, the sun shining there from
300 to 1926 days year. In the sum-
mer the temperature sometimes goes to
the 100 mark, but, owing to the ele-
Of the atmosphere, men can work out
during the hottest weather without the
slightest danger Of sunstroke, while it
Is always comforts able in the shade. In
the winter there is an abundant snow
fall, but the days are generally clear
and crisp. Owing to the light, dry at
me cUih 10 4 6e as IN inc
humidity. Ten degrees below zero does
not seem nearly as cold as 10 above in
the east. The ground does not freeze to
any great derth in winter, and potatoes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
BY Herbert Vanderhoof.

~ congress meets in Boise, Idaho,
" next September, its members
will have an opportunity to inspect
some of the greatest rigation works
in the world. Its members will be
within a short distance Of the famous
Twin Falls irrigation works, which
have been constructed at an expense
of several million dollars by private
capital and which are converting hun
dreds of thousands of acres of desert
land, heretofore the home of the sage
brush, coyote and jack rabbit, into the
most fertile and productive. lands in
the world. It's members will also have
an opportunity to inspect the vast
reclamation works which the national
government is now constructing known
as the Boise-Payette project, which is
to cost a total Of 81 100000. and which
will throw open about 100000 acres Of
desert land to settlers.
Idaho is being transformed by irriga-
tion. With mighty rivers flowing in it's
confines and hundreds Of millions Of
gallons Of water daily going to waste,
Its lands have been without value in
aridity Of the climate. For miles and
miles one can travel thru deserts in
which nothing grows but the sagebrush.
Put water on these lands, however, and
the result is nothing short Of miraculous.
Land apparently Of no earthly value
Is found to possess the elements Of fer
tility to the most astonishing degree.
Before the water the sagebrush disap-
pears, and the whole face Of the coun-
is the metamorphesis that is taking
place in Idaho today, and that is at
tracting new settlers into the state by
the thousands. The waste places are
In truth being made glad, and the state
Is fast taking it's place as one of the
great agricultural states Of the union.
Never Any Lack Of Water.
In the works now being built by the
government, and also by private capital
The rivers are being brought under sub
Lection and their laundering torrents
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

bushel, and potato raising is there a
safe and profitable business. All other
vegetables produce on the same liberal
scale, but the demand is always greater
than the supply, because the art of
gardening is Just beginning to be
known in Idaho, the farmers as rule
having hitherto devoted their attention
to crops that did not need such assidu-
Gus attention.. -, ..#@
Take the subject of wheat raising. for
instance, which is and always will be
the farmers favorite crop, simply be-
cause it requires the minimum Of labor,
and is always a salable and cash pro-
duct. In any of the great wheat grow
ing states an average Of forty bushels
to the acre would be a bonanza yield,
and land that would produce such a
fancy price. In Idaho that would not
be counted 50 much. I saw one farm
out there the owner Of which last year
had thirty acres in wheat, and his crop
was seventy-fve bushels to the acre.
Irrigation again. A good farmer with
the aid of irrigation is practically the
ruler Of his own destinies, so far as his
crops are concerned.
Stop moment and think what such
figures mean. The wheat crop Of the
United States for 1905 averaged about
eleven bushels to the acre. Out in Ida
no sixty bushels was a common yield,
and the average for the state was lit
tie over thirty-eight bushels. Such fig
ures mean that vast amount of money
is pouring into the state, and are a suf-
fcient explanation for the high degree
Of prosperity that is apparent on every
hand there. :'...-
A Great Fruit Country.
1 have spoken of the superiority of
Idaho as fruit growing country. Let
me give. a few figures to show how the
orchards are bringing in stream of
gold to their owners. It was only a
few years ago that Idaho shipped out
it's first car Of apples. Now it is ship
ping them by the hundreds of cars each
year, and the production is steadily, in.
creasing. From one county alone last
year over 500 cars of fruit were shipped,
of Boise thinks it pretty profitable bust
ness: Last year Mr.: Myers sold the
fruit from three acres Of pear trees and
received therefor $4,000. idaho ap-
pies bring in New York price Of 1925
a box, and this nets the producer from
$3.50 to So a box Oh board the cars
This. in the ordinary orchard, means a
return Of about $400 an acre.
They claim out in Idaho that they
I saw no reason to doubt the assertion
| Oregon, believe, has for some years
| had the supremacy in the prune indus
try, but it is only a matter Of time
when Idaho is bound to surpass it
! The reason is simple one. West Of
the Cascade mountains in Oregon, where
the climate is moist and damp, it takes
about seven pounds of green prune:
when dried to make pound. Tt takes
lust half as much of the Idaho fruit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

and, conceding that an acre Of ground !
in both places will produce the same
number Of pounds of green fruit. the
Idaho acre would have just twice as
much marketable fruit by weight as
would the Oregon acre. But that is
not all The very fact that the Idaho
prune loses SO little in drying is prima
facie evidence that it contains more sac
charine matter, and this fact makes it so
atable.
Fine Country for Stock.
Idaho has been for years great stock
raising country, and it will in all prob
ability remain so in many sections for
of grass and hay of the most nutritious
character are raised, and on the irri-
gated tracts where alfalfa. has been
planted they get five or SIX cuttings
is worth about $1,000 900 a year, The
long summers and the short, mild win
ters make the state an ideal one for
cattle and stock Of all kinds. In the
Boise valley they told me that they had
ty years to make good sledding, and
zero weather is exceedingly rare. Stock
can roam the range without shelter,
and can always find good forage.
The raising Of sugar beets in Idaho,
while already large industry, is yet
in it's infancy. There is something in
the soil that makes it peculiarly adapt
ed to this crop, and the enormous yields
that are obtained on the irrigated tracts
the farmer The state has some very
large sugar beet factories and num-
Der of others are under construction and
contemplated, so that an immediate
market is afforded the farmer for his
crop. A fair average of results so far
shown in the cultivation of beets is
from $40 to $50 net profit an acre. With
tract of say sixty acres this means
a net profit to the grower of about
$4,000 to $4,000 year. Even better re-
suits than this are predicted, as the
ing this crop.
The sheep Of Idaho are numbered by
the millions, and the state is one Of the
greatest Of wool producers In one coun-
ty of the state alone there are 100000
sheep, and the wool clip of, the state
each year runs up into the millions in
value. In addition to the wool clip the
state each year obtains other millions
from it's shipments Of sheep to the mar
kets, and 'trainload after trainloai is
sent to Chicago and the other impor-
| tant livestock markets every week.
State Is Growing Rapidly.
| Idaho is growing and growing rapid
1y. Take the city Of Boise as an illus
tration. By the census figures of 1900
it had population Of about eight thou.
sand, and now, five years later, it has
over eighteen thousand. It's, growth has
been solid and steady, and there is
nothing Of the boom order about it. It
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Kw HEN the national irrigation
~ congress meets in Boise, Idaho,
" " next September, its members
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
A CRYING ABUSE
Nebraska State Journal.

Railroad men Of the next generation
will look back at the trial Of the Burling-
ton officials at Kansas City with amaze
ment. Their surprise will be all the
greater when they read the testimony of
one witness that these secret rebates,
amounting to Is or 40 per cent of the face
of the freight bills, had been paid not
for one year nor for four years, but for
twenty-five years. This sort of thing has
become intolerable to the railroads as
we'll as a stencil to the public, and must
be done away with at any cost
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
NATURAL ENOUGH.
-. Phi1a dp1nhias I,a1rar

HIIduUIpHI4 ItuR6T.
"Why does he behave in that silly
fashion when he's with her9
ooh! that IS his fiancee; she simply
owns him. - 80 : 6Fs~;H =
"What has that to do with it7'
"Well, under the circumstances, it IS
natural for him to behave like one DOS
sessed.' va,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
NO HONOR AMONG Thieves
New York Press


I heard Tom Byrnes say one night: IT
never met a thief in my life, provided he
could benefit by peaching on his confed-
crates, from whom I could not find out
anything I was DESTROYS to- know. There
is no such thing as honor among thieves"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Sixty years ago there were 10000 children
In school In India. Now there than
100000.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-08

TIN 1intcrnazo q plena obscnr;a.:,
Y hi ell President c nj Ia conqreo.o;la
han tenido en- c uenta que p1di.. 1di.0a
haberse dado IN ejemplo desdiobs
dfsimo al pals puertorrioue6o
afortunadamente a education de a.! 81
en- los m6todos y la democraoia Ts.e -,
ropeas no 1e hicie Sc yer con aSoaa
bro y con indigna cion el tristA 0al- a.
pectaculo de la DIT .stituci6n r5;.sS %
de IN elevado flnclonario de i "s5' ~
ministracion de justi cia american
ST las cosas han su cedido tai COW.
las hemos relatado, IS impossible -aao noo
parece que as1 sea, es de Sentir 10 -
ocurrido por Ell buen nombre ~
prestigio de las inst1auciones Al +
Gran Repdblica, 4 las, euales nir9,ia
enemigo euconado podrz hacer1eg : -
mas daflo mayor que ell causado on ~
la inesperada y al parecer capncboea
destituci6n de Mr.. Pettingil.
En- las naciones StrosSd4s, como
Francia y Espaf1a, Mr.. Plttingil ~
hubiera podido ser destitufdo Sin qer
dido Previamente y sin demostr5rselA
la incorreccion 6 incorrecciones -
que hubiere incurrido.
En- Norte America. 49,. roh, en- Nor
te America!.. Esperamos detalles DE-
Ia prensa neoyorquina acerca de IL
destituci6n de Mr.. Pettingill para de.
cir que es 10 que puede pasar en- Nor.
te America con los funcionarios MI
bllcos por alta y respectable que sea
su gerarqufa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-08

Debe haber alguna autoridad
en- Puerto Rico que pueda su-
p1imirle al pals Ell triste espec-
taculo de que yea MORN a ufl
hombrc hidrofobo, Y dcbe cxis-
tir, tambien, a!guna autoridad, 8
tai vez sea la misma, que este
|obl1gada a procurar porque un
pcl1gro tan serio como Ell que
ofrece para todos cl abandono
en- que Sc deja a ese desdichado,
no Sc considere como una cues
tlon sin impOrtancia, nj SC mire
como una cosa baladi.
.Esto de una parte, de la otra
la trlste vision que ofreccn los
perros intoxicados expirantcs
len las Gales, enmedio del reqo-
clio cruel de la infancia calle-
jera, y todo este presentado en- Ell
l1gubre escenar1o de la actua-
hdad desconcertadora, es bas-
tante, es demasiado va, para
que pucda soportarse en- silen-
clio sin que a los labios acuda Ia
protesta que condena tanta de-
sidia y tan grande abandono.
FL comite de salud publica
reunido antes de aver, no tuvo
a su disposition los datos que
necesitaba y que Sc juzgan in
dispensables para estudiar ell
problema grav1simo de las aguas
del acueducto de San Juan.
Poca prisa Sc han dado los
que cualquiera que fuesen sus
ocupaciones y Sus dcberes han
debido mirar con mas @nteres
una question en- Ia que va COM
prometida la salud p1blica.
En- vcz del problema palpi-
tante. los senores que compo-
men el Comite va nombrado,
discutieron ST los cadaveres
pueden ser llevados a las igle-
sias tratando de armonizar los
intereses sanitarios, con Ell res
peto a las anejas tradiciones.
Lo del aqua del Acueducto
ha quedado para las pr6xima
reunion.
ALA veremos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-08
I'm IA IGLESIA DE- SAN FRANCISCO

Suntuosa por todo extreme
ha resultado esta manana la
fiesta que Sc verified en- la Igle-
sia de San Francisco, con mott
vo'de la festividad de la Purfsi :.
ma Conception.
FL altar mayor aparecio con
profusion de luccs Y art1stica-
mente adornado. E1 temple lu-
cfa sus mejores galas como en-
los dias de las grandes ceremo-
Mas religiosas.
A las nueve empezo la misa
mayor. La concurrencia selec-
tisima llenaba de bote en- bote
cl templo La Colonia espanola
con el Vice-Consul scnor Ro-
dr1guez, tuvo nutridisima re
presentation. Ocupo la cate
dra Sagrada Ell reverendo capu-
chino padre Daniel, pronun-
clando TN buen discurso en- loor
y gloria de la patrona de Es-
pafla.
Hizo resaltar la maravillosa
obra que realiza la iglesia cato
lica por la union de todos en- los
dogmas inmortales de la liber-
tad, Y traternldad de todos los
pucblos Y de todas las socieda-
des. Su discurso fue escucha-
do con religioso silencio y email
tccldo como merece. Ell acto
solenn.e termino a las diez y
velnticinco minutes. La concu-
rrencla estaba compuesta la
parte de bell1simas da-
de Santurce y San Juan.
In fin: la fiesta de hoy en- la
lglesia San Francisco ha reves-
t1do gran solemnidad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-08
EN- LA C0RTE FEDERAL
RESOLUTION lMPORTaNTE

Aver el Honorable Juez senor Ro-
dey, resolvio IN punto de derecho
de sumo inter6s para Ell foroy y publ.
CO en- general Sc trata de una de,
manda iniciada por Maximino Me-
rrero, ciudadano puertorriqueflo, con-
ira Bernardo Antonio M8rquez, So
clos bajo la firma social de Marquee
y ca. s. Ell c ambos de estos sef1o-
res siendo s1bditos espafloles.
Representa- al demandante ell 1etrado
ST. Antonsanti Y los demandados el
enlnente letrado Sr Dexter,y Sc trata
Ide Ia reivindicacion de una hacienda
de cafe. Despues de haber los de
mandados contestado la demanda
Ipresentaron por conducto de su abo-
gado, sehor Dexter, TN escrito plea
to the Juristion" atacando la juris.
dlcci6n de la Corte para conocer del
pleito fundandose en- que ST bien los
.socios de Marquee y ca. Individual
mente eran espafloles, la sociedad en-
Isl era una entidad jurfdica, y como
constitufda en- u pals era una socie-
dad puertorriquefla, y siendolo tam
bien el demandante no existfa la di-
versidad de ciudadanfa para conce-
der 4 Ia Corte Jurisdiction.
FL honorable Juez Rodey despues
de or los extensos argumentos en-
pro y contra de Ia mocion, solicito de
los respectivos abogados la presen-
taci0n de Briefs, resolviendo en-
el sentido de que una sociedad mer-
cantil constitufda en- Puerto Rico, pa
"a los fines de Jurisdiction Sc regfa
Por IA ciudadanfa de sus socios, y en-
este case siendo estos espaf1o es el
denandante puertorriquef1o, Ia Corte
ten{a juridiccion para conocer del.
pleito, desestimando e1 escrito pre-
sentado por los demandados.