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The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

I every possible advantage and safe
guard, Mr.. Maxwell employed two of
the most expert agriculturists in the
Salt River Valley. whose long resi-
dence there and familiarity with the
country peculiarly qualified them to
select land to the best advantage.
These gentlemen, the Broomcll Broth
crs, spent several months looking over
land and finally selected 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 at
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
homebuilding and for cultivation in
vegetables. and melons and all kinds
| OF truck gardening and small fruit
and berry culture.
SURE CROPS UNDER IRRIGATION.
For such products. the absolute GER
tainty of n water supply always and at
| any time whenever needed without
amy 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 n
solution Of the problem his long ey-
perience 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
tuih liIvIc water llau can DE used
for the irrigation of the lands in ques-
ton. The pumping plant will be or
ganiZed as cooperative water com
pany so that each home owner in the
tract will have his proportion of owner.
ship in 1t, and the furnishing of
pumped water to adjoining land may
be made source of substantial profit
to those who are so fortunate as to be
co-owners in the plant None will be
allowed to become co-owners In it ex-
cept those who ACQUIRE one of the
tracts into which this Rural Settle.
ments Association land will be sub
divided. 1t is therefore manifest that
the tract Of land which is now being
subdivided by the Association under
the direction Of Mr.. Maxwell. with Mr..
!. w. RroOmell acting as Local Suncr.
intendent on the ground. offers the
following advantages to the home.
| seeker:
First. selection Of the very best
tract OF land so far as quality of tbe
land is concerned. that could be found
in the Salt River vallev-rich and in.
exhaustible alluvial bottom land, ne.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

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 home on irri-
gated land.
GREAT IRRIGATION DAM.
After the passage of the National
Irrigation Act, Mr. Maxwell spent
several months in the Salt River Val
ley aiding in the work of organizing
the land owners Of that Valley into an
"a 49l
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

foundation. and 2aO feet above the
river level. EIGHT hundred feet wide
at the top or curb. it will form giant
wedge connecting the towering cam
yon walls, and become, as the en-
gineer's report states, as immovable
and everlasting as the adjoining rock.
1t will create a lake, backing the
water up the Salt River IA or 10 miles
and 10 miles up the Tonic. When ,Ae
reservoir is completed the water will
flow in the river channel for "A miles,
and then be diverted by means of
canals to the irrigable lands surround
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

II have kept close track of the House
and Senate's action on the irrigation bill
ana the President signing the same. and
splendid success OF the work YOU have pn,
In on that. 1t is certainly very grntify-
CHARLES A. MOORE.
President American Protective Tnrir
League.
To you. more than anyone else. is due
,I une honor and the glory of this achieve
,n Hlent. 1t VIII. l am sure. send your nanc
uoWh to future generations as really thu
author author OF most benefcent measure.
eeVinr express tSe sss to ,no, yoa my delight on r."
through the House with so large a major
1-n.o, co. PARIS GIBSON,
United States Senator for Montaha
Accept hearty congratulations over thc
v,ae.ory ,,a won in the passage OF the lrrga.
tion Bill by the House Of Representative
Yesterday, intn which assures its enactmenr
snip and indomitabie energy and cease
less. persistent labor IL due the glorious
nsaed saeis 10 tss TaiSh nD,na means new empire an
value than our island possessions. Futurc
generations born in the happy homes your
smorts ,Ln have made possible will rise up to
Secretary Highland Orange Growers A..
Soclntion,
do not hesitate to expreas my con.
,o',,n muiHn tnnt the National IRRIGATION A.,
would not have been passed and that th'
nIionnl government would not have N
4. ,"rnrated the national irrigation policy y
or !, NM not been for your personal work Q,
orrani,ntion md the rrent campnirn OF
nncntion Wv, which yon personally oririnatr'
rmu nave go successfully carried forwarl
10 others who have co-operated with yoon
,ne credit which IL due To them for thg
sreht results which have been affirmed
q. p. RIPLEY,
president The Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa
Fe Railway System.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

culiarly adapted 10 the culture o. .ne ,,e
crops when yield the hisnes. n''ee'
nrout with intensive cultiNatlou'
secoud, a water right III .ne v't,',S o
and best canal system Ill Tue 'ahes,
winch will be added 10 ny Mu.sa
r,rnr in the Tonic BASIN nesei ,ou ,,,
from the national government, anu sun i
further suppiemenled by risht III ."e
cooperative water COMPANY una. m.'
avn uuu operate the pumping Pi"n''
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

For your sagacious. persistent. untir.
ing and aDle euorts In tins cause th,
country owes you debt OF gratitude.
GEORGE + STONE.
Secretary Chicago Board OF vraQe:
1.-The citizens OF Billings aud Yellowstou.
County, through the unuersigned, ues,r.
TO cypress to you their hearty conxratu.
half OF the irrigation Biii Just passed.
BILLINGS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
I'VE realize that II was owing to your
the irrigation measure was carried to a
successful conclusion at such an earl,
uute.
General Secretary National Business
"There ought to be some recognition OF
the fact that 1t was almost entirely
through the efforts OF your association
Efforts in behalf of the legislation, that thr
great sentiment in the east In favor OF na.
iona legislation came to our relief in the
House of Representatives"
JOHN F. SHAFROTH,
Member OF Congress from Colorado
please accept my henrtiest consratuln.
tions for the favorable action Just taken
by the House on your bill. 1t looks now
as IL you had won the fght. and the great
arid west is to have proper attention from
" H M. KINNEY.
President National Association of Wagon
Makers.
81 extend to you my heartiest congratu-
latons and sincere thanks for the noble
results Of your efforts In behalf OF the ma.
tional irrigation project. To my way OF
thinking the said results are due more to
your untiring work than to any other one
thing"
CARL F. ADAM.
vice-presldent and Manager. Alcntrnz As
phalt Paving Co.. Los Angeles. Cal
ifornia.
'I want to congratulate you on the mag
nssnt aeheysment you won ven m mt sIn
nil the credit thnt is due you. hnt yonr
friends all know that this irrigat tion bin
nesSr nave har wort o' You
certrinly always be remembered by III"
grateful people west of the Missouri
>'' JOHN STEEL,
General Agent The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Omaha.
Nebraska.
ITO you. more than to any other on"
man. ia due a lar-er share of credit, firs
for the conception; second. for the crysta
liza tion, and, third. for the passage of the
National Irritation Bill. yon hnve my
hearty and sincere congratulations"
II. W. TANSILL.
Chairman Executive Committee, Pecos
IRRITATION Company. Carlsbad. New
Mexico.
"It Is trrly rrent pleasure to be able
to congratulate you on the results of your
long campaign and the frst-cass work ycN
have done. The whole west rejoices witt
you"
VIM H. CHADWICK.
President Horticultural Society Of Chi
cago.
| IT was both surprised and gratined
read i'll the Associated Press dispatch
thnt the Irrigation Bill had passed II
House. The monument to your work t.
growing by leaps and bounds. and !
gratulate you upon your splendid success
| 1 called on Mr. Schurmeier this morlinf.
and he In very. very much pleased, and ap
preciates that 1t Is your work that has
done the business
BENJAMIN +. BEARDSLDY,
Secretary st. Paul Chamber Of Com.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

ness men especially OF every Town
and village III the country. IL wiz
De a demonstration and a working
model for the subdivision OF land NOW
held in large tracts near every to"h
or village INTO small Garden noines
where the prosperity oil the many
who will intensIvely cultivate sueh
small garden farms Will contribute 10
the voiume of trade and prosperity
Of the merchants OF the town anu ell
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

"Southern California extends hearty
congratulations and pledges continued sup
port until work of National Irrigation As
sociation 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 irrl-
ration bill are administered and fully safe
guarded c. b. BOOTHE.
Chairman Southern California Section,
The National Irrigation Association.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

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 ull practicable
haste. 1t is believed that i'll less than
two years from to-day the water from
the reservoir will he flowing into the
canal of the Salt River Valley. In
much less time than that the govern
ment will be furnishing electric power
for running the pumping plants of the
farmers in the valley and furnishing
electric power for all the purposes for
which power from this source can be
used.
SMALL GARDEN FARM TRACTS
More than year ago Mr.. Maxwell
conceived the idea that the highest and
best use to which the lands under this
great government irrigation system
could be devoted was that they should
be subdivded 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 be one of
the most profitable adjuncts of these
intensively cultivated garden farms.
In the past this character of land cul-
ture has not been practicable in the
Salt River Valley because of the fact
that ut the season of the year when
the water was most needed. there be-
ing no reservoir. the river was at it's
lowest stage, and the supply of water
the shortest. All this will be changed
by the construction Of the Tonic Basin
I 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 Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

extends congratulations and hest wishes
upon passage OF irrigation bill by Con-
sress Accept our thanks for your great
service to the west ~ e'e"e
R. R. GREER,
President
c. b. GODDARD.
secretary Sterling Chamber of COM
merce. S
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

,. n,,C,onsratnlatlons. ! sincerely bc,,eve
M,,noq, hnvn ho George Fl Maxwell, we would
w. M. WOOLDRIDGE
alton. - ''u'"' Associ-
we congrntnlate you on the noa,,,o -,
the National Irrigation Bill, Mas W"sr rI vi
success continue. FRANK WIC;GIN
secretary Los Angeles Chamber of ro,n
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

tion Movement is demonstrated by the
following extracts from letters and
teleerams sent to him after the passage
Of the National Irrigation Act.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The plans for the building Of this
Homecrofters' Village near Phoenix
is one that should interest the busi.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09
Extracts From Telegrams and
Letters

TO GEORGE H. MAXWELL,
Executive Chairman The National Irrigation
Association, following tho Passage of
the National Irrigation Act.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MARKET GARDEN HOME.
SNAIL FARMS A1lUILL SOL OF TIE SOUTH-WES
WHERE SUNSHINE AND ABUNDANT WATER PRODUCE
MARVELLOUS YIELDS.

Berries Small Fruits and
First
The Ou1skr,. Of Salt River Valley. Arizona.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

PROSPEROUS SCENES
IN TEMPE, ONE OF THE
OUTLYING TOWNS
NEAR PHOENIX.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

''It Is trrly a rrent pleasure to be able
to congrat atulate you the results Of yonr
long campaign and the frst-class work ycH
have done. The whole west rejoices witt
The Greeley tribune., 1906-08-09

WM. H. CHADWICK,
President Horticultural Society Of Chi
cago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
FRIENDS IN MISFORTUNE.
What Happened When Two Blind Men
Met On the Street.

From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
A blind man was making his way out
Washington avenue, using his cane as
| guide for his feet. Across his chest was
a placard Abearing the legend, II am
blind" and suspended by a chain around
his neck was small tin cup. convenient
receptacle. for charity coins. lie
1t was broad daylight, and he knew that
stretch of walk so well that he felt very
little fear of accident He was about the
middle of the block, so he did not have to
look out for the step down from the pave
ment to the cross street. There are never
| many pedestrians out that far on WASH
ington avenue, and no one is going to run
| ruthlessly into blind man.
He was striding bravely along when. to
his utter establishment, he collided with
rapidly moving object. The object was
man, who grew very angry, for the impact
had disloged his hat. 1t had also served
| to hurl the blind man backward so that
he must have fallen had it not been for
| the man who sprang to the rescue, and
who tells the story.
| Haven't you got any sense?" the en-
ragged man cried. Now, you'd better pick
up my hat, you awkard 1ubber!'
| II can't" the disconnected fellow re-
| Piled II think it was your own fault.
| You ought to look where you are going
! How can l look where | am going?
J Can't you see that l am blind? 1t is you
who ought to look where you are going,
| and not go humping into a blind man.
whats that? You blnd2 / didn't know.
l couldn't tell, you see. | am blind. too.
| I'm sorry I knocked off your hat. I'm
| afraid | can't help you find 1t. | wonder
| which way 1t rolled"
The other man was staring blankly at
| him. Then he CROPPED his way forward,
| fell upon the other blind mans neck and
said in a broken voice. I'VE blind people
get selfish, expecting all the world to get
| out of our way. I didn't mean to talk to
| you as did,
! BY this time the witness to the little
tragedy had picked up the battered hat,
dropped a coin into each cup, and hurried
on. saddened but grateful for the price,
| less gift of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
FIRST ALL-NlGHT BANK.
Does Big Business and Takes In $780,
900 In Six Hours.

From the New York World.
The first Might and Day Bank in the
world opened its doors for business at G
o'clock last night, and from that time on
until midnight officials and elarks were
kept busy Within five minutes sixty ac-
counts had been opened. representing de-
posits of about 81 90. 900. When the clock
in the rotunda marked midnight the de-
posits had run up to 100000. At that
hour the bank, keeping open house, had
received 5000 visitors
The largest single depot of the first
nights business was $50 600, and the
smallest 500. There were a large num-
Der of deposits that ran as high as $685.,
900, but it was remarkable at midnight
that In nearly every case the large depos
its were In the form of checks. One wom-
an proved an exception to this rule, for
after hunting for about ten minutes in the
sample folds of a wide-spreading skirt she
found a capacious pocket from which she
pulled a roll of ten one-thousand- dollar
bills
I've carried this around with me long
enough" she said to the clerk at the win
dow. I'm sometimes afraid | might lose
It,"
The Night and Day Bank originated in
the mind of Oakleigh Thorne who is it's
first president. He is president also of the
Trust Company of America. G. NJ. Wynn
koop, vice president and executive officer
of the new bank. was one of the leading
spirits in the organization, which was
effected in January, Ieo5. At that time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

This firm has been doing business in
Birmingham continuously for a number
of years, and they have yet to be ac-
cused of having dealt unfairly with a
patient In any way whatsoever. They
are both gentlemen of the highest type
and carry their honor and gentleman
illness into their business.
The Southern Odd Fellow: We can
not add anything to the reputation Drs.
Dozier & Dozier have already acquired
in the line of their profession, but we
know them to be Brother Odd Fellows
and can be relied upon to carry out
every promise they make to those
needing their services.
Masonic Guide: Drs. Dozier G. Do
zier come from family of prominent
physicians, and with their full store Of
medical knowledge and their large ex-
perience in the profession, can be re-
lied on to treat disease In a most sue
cessfu manner.
The Bessemer Weekly: There are no
physicians in Alabama, II in the South.
as well known as the Drs. Dozier-
Orion T. and Byron-of Birmingham.
We doubt If there are as skilled and
capable physicians in the state as they
are, and we know that there are none
other as successful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
WHEN CHINA AWAkENS


Shall his be not the burden and heat of
the day, the trafficking, the tumult of the
captains and the shouting?
When China awakes, the nations OF
the west will have better protection
against its recuperated energies than
the unequal competitions or war and
trade. They will adopt it's own seclu-
sion. They will ring themselves around
with prohibitive tariffs, with inhospita
BILE customs, with literal or figurative
Chinese walls. In the exhaustion of
their own extraordinary exertions there
will come to them sense of the futility
of all striving. A static civilization will
succeed a dynamic civilization. These
will be Lands of Evening Calm, and the
white-skinned peoples "the mild-eyed,
melancholy Lotus-eaters' to whom "slum-
Der Is more sweet than toll.
While he Is In bivouac, the poppy shall
bloom for the tired Caucasion and dis
till its lessons like its juice. White hui
manity having performed its part and
completed the cycle will watch yellow
humanity toiling and fighting without
the gates 1t will adopt the Celestial S
love of color, his fondness for Saving
his face" his easeful existence. his i'm
perturbable philosophy. his contempt for
"outer barbarians' who take life serious
ly his bland "cui .bono?" There may be
open ports on European and American
coasts where energetic Asiastics will ex-
ercse Jurisdiction, and perhaps punitive
expeditions" of Manchurian warriors will
march upon some pink Forbidden City of
Occidental exclusion at London, Berlin,
Washington. The only remnants of the
strenuous life left in these sunset lands
may be the firecracker and the gong
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
TO SLAUGHTER HORSES.
Band Of $4,000 Wild cayuses viii Be
Killed by 400 Cowboys.

4From the Anaconda Standard.
4 This is the month fixed upon by general
agreement among certain cowboys Of the
state of Washington for an event the like
Of which probably never occurred in the
history of the United States That is, the
proposed deliberate slaughter of band
of 5000 wild horses
The cattle men on 1.-THE range" in Wash
ington want the grass for their beeves.
1t grows on government land. it Is true.
But they claim it as their own, and the
wild horses which have multiplied there.
particularly in Douglas county, have be-
come obnoxious on account of their large
consumption of said grass. So the ami
mails are to be rounded up and put to
death as a means of preserving to the
cattlemen monopoly of the annual crop.
AS scheduled, 400 cowboys will take part
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

in the ride after these wild creatures of
the range. The purpose Is to rid the
range of this great band of grass con-
sumers, and the effort. presumably, will
be to dispatch rather than capture the
horses.
These untamed and practically untam-
able animals are the product of nature
left to itself on the great range for 30
years The stock is interbred and of
course underlined and has no place in the
economy of civilized life.
The careless settlers of 30 years ago who
allowed their PONIES to run uncared for
on the range year after year were Gull
pable In this matter. Their action, or
inaction, was without excuse. except such
lame excuse as thriftlessness makes for
neglect of duty. and the result has been
multiplication of Improbable animals
that have eaten out the grass on the
range for years, to the detriment of the
interest of a legitimate stock industry.
1t is doubtful. however. If the sentiment
of the American people can be brought
to approve a measure which no business
sophistries can rob of its atr0city. The
cattlemen themselves are. we believe, in
fact trespassers on the very land from
which they propose to sweep these inno-
cent herds of wild horses. Quite possibly
majority of the people, who are the real
owners of the land would rather have its
grass cropped by the horses than by the
beeves of the trespassing cattlemen. The
latter are not noted for their tender care
of the range grasses. Thousands of square
miles of land, formerly rich with grasses.
are now barren as the result OF overgraz-
ing by cattle and sheep.
If 1t is within the power of the secretary
of the interior or of the President to
order the proposed roundup and slaughter
stopped 1t should be done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Monk Invented Roulette.

Booklover's Magazine
Strange as 1t may seem, the roulette
wheel, that alluring machine by which SO
many fortunes have been won and lost
(mostly LOST was devised by a monk,
Pascal, during six months retreat
for mediation and prayer. He probably
little realized the gigantic popularity as
a gambling device his simple invention
would In later years attain. In Monte
Carlo, the greatest gambling resort in
the world. more than $5,O00O00 are lost
by players every year. The Casino at
Monte Carlo is controlled by a firm which
styles itself. "rhe Sea Bathing and
Strangers club company" Though no
one was ever known to dip toe in the
surf at Monte Carlo during the winter
season, the profits of this company In
the winter season of 1904-5 amounted to
S.. 204, 600