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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-10
MANY RECLAMATION EMPLOYEES
Over 400 Engineers and 1000 Assist.
ants in the Service.

On the fourth anniversary of the
formation of the reclamation service
from the photographic branch Of the
geological survey. it has definitely
broken away from the parent body
and moved into new quarters at
Washington.
During the four years of it's exis-
tence the organization has increased
400 engineers end assistants. carrying
on work through wildly scattered To-
calities in the arid west.
Contracts have been let and work is
under way involving the expenditure
of upwards of s25.O00.OOO. and other
contracts have been prepared which
will necessitate the expenditure in all
of nearly s4o.OOo,000.
There are now working for the con-
tractors about 10000 men, and the
reclamation service has working d.
rectly for it over 1000 men. including
day laborers and mechanics. The
monthly expenditures aggregate about
$1,O00.000, having gradually increased
until they are now practically at the
maximum. 1t is not probable that
there will be further expansion, but
on the contrary considerable consol-
idation and reduction of force as the
larger works are completed.
The rapid growth Of the reclamation
service is indicated by the annual ex-
penditures. For the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1908, these were little over
half a million dollars; for. 1904, one
and one-half millions; for 1905, three
and three-quarters millions. and fol-
the year ending June 80, 1906. very
nearly eight millions. the greater part
of this amount being expended dur
ing the months Of May and June
when the expenditures reached over
million dollars each.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-10
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1906.

The Lewiston Commercial club and
the business men generally of this Sec
ton should not allow the remarks OF
City Engineer Wrighter to pass UNI
noticed. He feariessly declares that
much interest that could have been
aroused for this vicinity was lost at
the irrigation congress because the
delegates were not supplied with prop
er literature exploiting the resources
with which we have been gifted by ma
tur. This Is but another evidence OF
the fact that the value OF advertising
II overlooked until 1t IL too late and
others have brought their value to the
attention Of interested ones ana robbed
you Of what should rightly be yours
A dollar spent IN advertising Is a dol
lar sent into a channel from which
their is no turning and no limit and
It must come back to you. And when
It does. It never fails to be accom-
panied by many more.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-10

tanned his ditch. and this embodied
the whole reclamation problem in it's
simpler form and met all its require
ments.
| The next stage in the process of
development involved the first COM
plicating element. namely, the princi-
pie of association or unification OF
effort which was derived from the
very necessities Of the case, and vet
the theory Of combined ownership and
| control of both land and ditch was not
called In question.
BY this time hydro agriculture had
advanced to a stage where reclama-
ton upon a scale even too great for
community effort became a necessity.
for 1t was not to be supposed that
the emigrant or settler who found it
necessary to seek home in the iso-
lated regions of the aird domain
would have the means or by COM
bining with any number Of similarly
situated neighbors would unitedly
have the means to undertake the con-
struction of the costly irrigation
that would be necessary to meet the
requirements of the case.
At this point in the process Of re-
claiming the arid lands 1t became an
parent that the investment of capital
upon a large scale would be required
to meet the demands of advancing
settlement. and as the demand for
additional land was increasing rapid
ly the field of irrigation Industry be-
gan to present inviting opportunities
for the investment of capital.
Under these circumstances it was
not difficult matter for adroit pro-
motors to figure out with a pencil
and piece of paper very attractive
and alluring investments in irriga-
ton projects.
Many investors were induced to en-
bark hastily in doubtful and in-con-
sidered projects after a most casual
and indifferent investigation, only to
discover later that their investments
had no basis Of security whatever.
A popular illusion. and the one that
probably was the source of more
failures In the field or irrigation in
vestment than any other was the be-
lief that an irrigation project supply
ing water to the owners of the UNDER
lying lands for hire or for an annua,
rental at so much per unit could be
made profitable.
Other investors were deluded in the
belief that ditch constructed to COW
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-10
RECLAMATION UNDER CAREY
AND RECLAMATION ACT
Walter H. Graves Contrasts the Two Enactments in Re-
spect Both to Theory and Practice, His Con-
clusiOns Being in Favor Of
Private Enterprise

Walter H. Graves, who is one OF the
most eminent engineers of the north
west. read a paper Monday before the
irrigation congress on Irrigation I'm
der the Carey Act In Contrast With
Government Reclamation" His paper
tain the opinion that private enter
Gain the opinion that private ente-
PRISE can and does bring large irri-
CATION projects into fruition in less
time. and In the end at lower figures
and on easier terms than the same re-
suits can be accomplished under d.
rect government auspices. Mr.. Gra-
YES paper. In full. follows:
The reclamation Of the arid lands
of the United States by irrigation has
been in process now for more than
half century, ana during that period
many valuable lessons have been
learned by those engaged In the field
81 irrigation. OF all such lessons
perhaps none has been so thoroughly
taught by experiment and learned by
experience as that concerning the re-
iationship existing between the land
and the water in the proper admins
ration and successful operation of
any irrigation scheme.
IN dire final analysis in differentiat-
ing between success rnd failure in
that the land and waters are inse-
parable and must be under one con-
roi, ana that the owner of the land
must also be the owner of the ditch
that SUPPLIES the water. ANY system
er scheme of reclamation that con-
templates the separation of either the
ownership or the administration and
control Of the land and the irrigation
system that supplies ii with water
b doomed to failure and offers ample
provision for future loss and inter
1hiHable controversy.
OF course this idea of combined
ownership and control of both land
and conductive irrigation facilities
implies the obligation for the first
cost for the construction Of all the
necessary irrigation works and also
the expense OF operation and perpet-
uation, which must naturally be
borne by the land owners of the BEN
eficiarfes.
These statements are easily recog-
nised as irrigation aXioms.
The irrigation development of the
country began with individual effort
under the provisions of the home
stead or desert land act. constructed.
1hs settler having located his holding
svned. controlled operated mad main
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clared. and they may take it all back
before the summer OF 1908,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
PIECE OF ooerLls TAPESTRY FROM FRANCE

United States Ambassadors and Min
listers in the various capitals of the
world. Two governments, those of
Cuba and France had already made
all arrangements for governmental
gifts ere the intimation came from
Washington and CT course, in each case
the original plan was carried out but
at the other courts Of the world the
governments took no action but mere
ly left matters In the hands Of the
rulers who were, to be sure. at entire
liberty to send presents provided they
paid for them out of their own pockets.
Incompatible Cobelin Tapestry.
OF the thousands of wedding pre-
sents valued at hundreds of thousands
of dollars which arrived at the White
House during the first half of the
month of February undoubtedly one
of the most attractive was the won
derful pieces of Gobelin Tapestry, the
gift Of the Republic Of France and
which was presented to Miss Roosevelt
in person by M. Jusserand. the French
Ambassador to the United States
This gift has especial significance from
the fact that the factory where II
was manufactured was established by
Louis XIV and is under the direct con-
troll of the government Of France
Never before have the looms in this
French governmental tapestry plant
produced work Of art that was not
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
Titled Celebrities.

Edward VII, King of England and
Emperor of India, is imposing enough
but such a slender collection of words
would never serve to fire the Oriental
imagination, and the Sultan of Turkey
is known as "The Finest Pearl of the
Age and the Esteemed Centre of the
Universe, at Whose Grand Port 8
Stand the Camels of Justice and Mercy
and to Whom the Eyes of the Kings
and Peoples in the West have been
Drawn; Lord and Master, the Sultan
Of Two Shores and the High King of
Two Seas, the Crown of Ages and the
Pride of All Countries, the Greatest of
all Khalifs, the Shadow of God on
Earth, the Successor of the Apostle of
the Lord of the Universe and the Vic
torious Conquerer Sultan Abdul-Hamid
Khan"
The kings Of Ava and Ceylon each
calmly appropriated to themselves the
attributes of divinity and proclaimed
themselves "God," to which His
Majesty Of Ava added king Of Kings,
whom all others must obey, as he is
the Preserver of all Animals, the Re
gulator of Seasons, the Absolute Mas
A
ter of the Ebb and Flow of the Sea.
Brother to the Sun and King of the
Four and Twenty Umbrellas" an anti
climax essentially Oriental.
The Persian Shah takes his title
upon the instalment plan, making up
| in number what each lacks in length.
He is "Shahin SHAH" king of Kings
1.-THE Rose Of Delight" "The Branch of
Honor" and others of note. to say
nothing of what his subjects call him
among themselves.
Perhaps the oldest and most truth.
full of them all is the title of the King
of Monomopotapa, who was styled
'sLord of the Sun and the Moon, Great
Magician and Great Thief"
After such glories as these European
monarchs might be forgiven envy
though it is not apparent that such
has developed, and democratic kine
Edward is content with Your Majesty
or even "Sir."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16

gems. The Kaiser's envoy in America
and his bride senta set Of dessert plates
of Dresden China. The Represent
ative's fellow Congressman from Ohio
gave silver loving cup said to have
cost $500 and the congressman re
presenting the State of New York
made up a fund and purchased q
splendid set of ornamental glass made
by Tiffany. The White House bride
has reason to congratulate herself that
all foreign donors. including the Eur
opean and Oriental sovereigns arrang
ed to themselves pay the duties on
their wonderful collection of silks
rugs, vases and other ornaments Ii
the Presidents daughter had been
obliged to defray from her private
funds the import tax on these SOU
venirs 1t would have played havoc fol
some time to come with her personal
income of $4,000 year..
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
MESSAGES UNDERGROUND.
"A Jesuit of Pennsylvania the Invent.
or OF New Wireless Telegraph
System.

Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes.
Barre, Pennsylvania, expects, within
the next month or two to be able to
send wireless messages to Europe by
means of his new system which Is
now in practical operation.
Since the completion of the aerial
wireless system and its development
to its present stage of perfection
Father Murgas has been experiment
ing with an underground service
which he believes will be more valu
able than the aerial system. His ex
periments so far have been limited
to short distances with moderate cleo
trical power and shallow holes. Blu
he Is now completing underground
stations in Wilkes-Barre and Scran
ton and will conduct the experiment.
on a larger scale.
SO far as he has proceeded will
this work, so successfully has hi.
theory Of underground wireless tel
egraph worked out that recently hi
announced he had no doubt of hi.
ability tossend an underground mess
age to Europe and that the expert
ment will shortly be made, despite
the fact that 1t is estimated it will
cost $4,000.
To accomplish this, he says, shat
5000 feet deep must be sunk in thi
country, and one of similar depth il
Europe. Each of these will have to b,
concreted to render It impervious Il
dampness, which would destroy tn
efficiency of the wires with which tn,
sending and receiving apparatus vii
be connected with the surface.
great deal Of power will also be re
quired.
The shafts at Wilkes Barre an
Scranton are 800 feet deep and th
distance is eighteen miles. The shat
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
left dependent on New York's public
charity through the desertion OF the
parents Is reckoned by the thousands.

left dependent on New York's public
charity through the desertion OF the
parents Is reckoned by the thousands.
As to the little unfortunates who are
classed as ungovernable, who run
away from home, etc.--the fault lies
largely In the home. Indifference.
neglect and Ill treatment are the
causes of juvenile crime. Third class
theatres and their flaming advertise
ments are frequently the incentive to
petty thieving in order to obtain the
price of admission, while the CAV
career of the villain In the play fire1
the imagination OF the slum children
whose surroundings all tend to give
him cros>eyed view of morality.
Though the gallery Kisses the sage
villain, it admires his good clothes and
dashine pose, and the boy who has
stolen. piece Of lead pipe to pay hi
way In thinks he has just the nerve
and wit to save himself from the MIS-
cradle climax which finishes the bad
man on the stage.
lid victim Of poverty and ita
evils In New York who,
through the death or Incompetence OF
it's parents or its own depravity, comes
within the jurisdiction of the public
charities is usually first sent to one OF
the city's institutions. There are 127
of them, and to each the city pays
SO cents a day foc each infant cared
for and ~ week for each child over
two years. The wadower sending his
child en- to one of these institutions 10
requested to pay something towards
their support. II he fails the city
pays. A municipal officer is sent to
visit the surviving parents Of the chill
dren once year, and where conditions
have improved to the point which as
sures health and comfort, the child ~
returned to its home. The parents are
not always anxious to regain possess
lon Of their children. It IL a sad COM
mentary on human nature that they
exhibit more eagerness In this direc-
ton after the child has reached an aga
where 1t can earn money. @
To Make Better Citizens.
New York gives more largely to
charity than any other city and its
methods are most severely criticised.
Nearly $S,000,000 was contributed last
year, almost half OF which went to in
stitutions for the dc-4itute. It has
been universally agreed, however, that
the best means for caring for the waits
OF great cities Is by providing them
with homes In country families. Tho
precaution OF FIRST making sure that
the chifds parents or relatives win
never be able or willing to care for Il
IS urged. When this point has been
established and a family can be found
willing to accept a founding, the child
may be adopted outright. But IL
there 10 uncertainty on this point, or
for any reason the family Il unwilling
To definitely adopt child, he may be
sent out with the understanding that
he 10 to receive wages for such WORK
as he may be fitted to do, but be treat
ed o. one of the family. In Massa-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16

AWARDED carnegie Medal and educational Fund.
able to swim, quickly sank in the deep
water. Upon coming to the surface,
however, she was seized by the Newark
heroine who brought her safely to
shore.
For her act of heroism, Miss Titus,
who Is only sixteen years old, was a
warded Carnegie medal, although
at the time her name was under con-
sideration, hundreds of other persons
were brought forward as worthy of re-
ward.
Since receiving the medal Miss
Tituss father died leaving insufficient
money to send her to college as she
craved. Miss Reifsnyder, apprised the
Carnegie commission Of her friends
desire for an education and the com
mission decided to grant her $2,50(
Five hundred dollars of this is to be
paid upon her entrance to a school
$500 annually in advance for three
years, and $500 at her graduation
This Is the largest reward ever giver
by the commission, the highest previ
ious being $1,000.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
MAGAZINE SECTION

designed as a gift either for royalty or
for some distinguished son of France
and even such honor has been paid
but rarely.
1t was the wish of the French people
and officials to present to the White
House bride the most exquisite and
precious thing that could be selected
and quite naturally they selected a
special product of their best workshop.
This Gobelin tapestry,-the only one
of the kind ever sent to this country,
has as its design a reproduction of
a painting made by Ehrman of Stras-
burg, famous Alsatian painter.
The tapestry is two feet wide and
four feet long and the predominating
colors are blue, green and yellow. 1t
was made fully fifty years ago and the
subject is allegorical in character, re-
presenting woman Of the Middle
Ages dressed in long flowing robes of
blue and yellow and standing before
a lectern making Examinations upon
a scroll. The figure is almost in pro-
file and the dark hair is curled about
the head in classic style. Around the
main picture is a border wider at
each end and narrower on the sides
in which wreaths, leaves and MEDAL
lions appear at intervals. This tap
estry, small as it is, is said to be worth
from $4,000 to $4,000
Jeweled Necklace from Cuba.
For the new Republics gift to the
daughter of President Roosevelt the
Cuban government appropriated the
sum of $4,000 and the Cuban Minis.
ter at Paris was entrusted with the
task Of purchasing the handsomest
jeweled necklace that could be obtain
ed with this sum. The White House
bride, by the way, has received sever
al pearls and diamond necklaces.
Most of them have come, however,
from relatives Of the bride and
wealthy New York friends.
The German Emperor did not take
the world into his confidence with re-
ference to the present sent to tn
young lady who christened his yacht
but it proved to be jewelel bracelet
for which the Emperor and Empress
personally selected and matched the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
RICH WEDDING PRESENTS,
GIFTS TO PRESIDENTS DAUGH.
TER THE MOST MAGNLFICENT
EYER PRESENTED.
Valued at Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars-Rare Tapestries, Silk,
Jewelry and tournaments from
Every Country.

OSWSiTy anu entertainments from
Every Country. -
No other American girl has received
wedding presents so numerous, yalu-
able or interesting as those which
have been showered upon President
s Roosevelt's Oldest daughter. Nelly
Grant who, next to Alice Roosevelt,
had the most brilliant White House
wedding received many costly gifts
from all parts Of the world but her
trophies pale by comparison with those
Of the first White House bride of the
present century. For one thing there
were only two hundred guests at the
marriage of Nelly Grant and Algernon
Sartoris whereas nearly one thousand
persons were invited to the White
House wedding of 1906 and of course
the number of presents in the latter
case outnumbers those in the former
instance in the same proportion.
Recognized as Great World Power.
Then too, Uncle Sam was not near
ly so much of a World Power in the
days OF President Grant as he has
been since the Spanish-American
War and consequently it is small won
der If the various rulers Of. the world
have manifested greater interest in the
nuptials of the daughter of the pres
ent Chief Magistrate than they did
In the similar event quarter of cen.
fury ago.
However, it should be explained
Just here that President Roosevelt's
daughter has received very few pre-
sents from foreign governments-al-
most all of the gifts having come from
the sovereigns or other rulers as in
dividuals. That the governments
should not send tokens was the express
wish Of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and was clearly indicated to the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16

at the former city was completed and
partly concreted when it filled with
water and another one will have to be
bored. The Scranton shaft is now
nearly completed.
Father Murgas' wireless system diff
fers from all others by dispensing with
the Morse system and substituting
musical tones-each tone represent
ing letter or code word or group
of words, so that a speed about ten
times as great as the fastest Morse
code can be attained.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
REWARDED BY CARNEGIE.
Miss Maud Titus Presented With a
Medal and an Education.

When Miss Maud Titus of Newark,
N. j., rescued her friend Laura Reif--
snyder from drowning in yachting
accident in Casco Bay, Nova Scotia,
July 30. 1904, she did not know that
her act placed her under the watchful
eye Of Andrew Carnegie, the Steel
King. Miss Titus and her unfortunate
friend were out yachting on that fate.
full day when sudden squall upset
their yacht. Miss Titus is an expert
swimmer, while Miss Reifsnyder I'm.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16

astrous to the family than sudden
death of the providing head. The
healthy members are deprived Of the
necessaries of life to provide some
slight medical aid and small measure
Of comfort for the invalid, SO that by
the time the end comes the whole fam
lily is frequently half starved as well
as wholly impoverished, and to make
matters worse the survivors are apt to
spend the last cent on the funeral.
vice and crime are yet more discour-
aging sources of distress. The num-
her of children rendered homeless
through the misconduct Of their par
ents Is large and is increasing. In
Temperance is the most common form
Of vice and brings countless evils IN
| it's train. Sooner or later the Gerry"
agent comes down on the miserable
home. The parents are sent to penl-
| Tertiary or workhouse, or are Simply
| nut under bonds to contribute 10 the
support Of the children. The children
pass through the Children's Court to
an asylum, and are sometimes glad to
escape from their homes, public chari.
ty meaning to them warmer clothing,
sufficient food and comfortable bed.
Inability to obtain work in New
York usually means INCOMPETENCE.
London is full of the unemployed bus
that is hardly the trouble as yet IN
the American metropolis.
Law Against Desertion Of Childern
Desertion has become 30 common
that several states have recently
passed laws making It a felony,
| Under these laws the authorities are
able to impose heavier penalties and
also to secure extradition IN cas<
the deserving parent has gone to some
other state. The number Of children
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16
A Vast Greenhouse.

The atmosphere of the earth acts
very much in the same way as does
the glass of greenhouse-it allows
the rays Of the sun to pass, through,
but imprisons the heat Thus 1t is
colder on the top Of mountain than
at the sea level. because, though the
mountain-top Is slightly nearer the
sun, the atmosphere is very much less
dense.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-16

chusetts and Pennsylvania children In
the second class are placed in country
families and their board paid by the
state.
Since taking up this method OF pro.
viding homes for its charges, the
Children's Aid Society Of New York
City has. had 23,52S children legally
adopted and secured homes In the
country for 25,537 others who receive
wages. At present it is placing an