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he was astounded at what work the water had wrought in the 24 hours. According to his judgment the channel along the former line of the main canal had cut out at least a mile and was cutting more rapidly when we were there than it was the day before.
 The work that Is being done now Is in an effort to dam the main canal shut the water out of It so there will be no discharge from 1t to cause the bank to cut away and then endeavor to defect the course of the channel away from the canal by dyna miting This may or may not be suc cessful but as the quantity of water coming around this way Is bound to decrease the channel should not cut away the main canal very much more. The action of the water In cutting this channel and carrying away the main canal for half mile. which includes the evergreen heading, one of the best on the system, was so unexpected that if took both the California Develop ment company and imperial Water company Mo-. by surprise. However there was no time to lose. The carry ing away of the main canal at this point cut off the water supply to about 5O,OOO acres of land and this included Brawley and Imperial Water company No. 4 besides large area in Water company Mo- north ot Imperial and Mesquite Lake as we'll as all the terri tory under the Elder, Elm and Eucalyp- tus canals.
 Prompt work was demanded for hun dreds of thousands of dollars worth of is al stake. The cantaloupes will need d,irrigatine within week and while the alfalfa could go a month or two the COWS and hogs must have wat CT all the time. However it don't take long to get action anymore and we saw an evidence of it. The evergreen heading went out about 8 o'clock in the morning and by noon big crew of teams with scrapers were at work on a canal to carry water from the Dahlia canal to the Brawley main so that all the people up there can be served. This canal will only need to be one halt mile long and we passed along there after six o'clock and the canal was more than half done; the lumber was on the ground for the headgate This prompt work will supply Brawley and Number Four and the lands north of Imperial with water for stock and cantaloupes almost at once. Another cross ditch was begun at once to cary water to the Five headgates for dellv- cry to the lands under the Elder Elm and Eucalyptus systems.
 A call was issued Thursday for three hundred teams to put In this cross ditch first as temporary exped- tent and later to construct the mile or more of main canal to connect around the break with the Five headgates So quickly will this work be done that 1t is not believed that any damage will result to crops from the few days they will be out of water On Thursday the work of dynamiting In the main chan nel was resumed and that channel was thus carried forward quite distance beyond the one that was washing away the main canal This had the effect of drawing the water away from the latter channel and 1t almost ceased cutting entirely. However during
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-09
WHAT THE WATER IS DOING

Progress of Channel Cutting New River Renders the Valley Free From Danger of Flood Main Canal Carried Away and Water
 Temporarily Cut Of
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-09

w. H. Webber Is building 2 cosy cottage on his lot near D. D. Pellets house and will become a resident of Fl Centro In short time Mir. Web Der has been the lice man" al lmper- ial for a long time but has accepted a position with the Holton Power Go. in their ice nanufactory
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-09

Mir. ]. R. Johnson, of Rocky Ford. arrived this week and will inspect can taloupes at the Fl Centro packing house. Mir. Johnson has had wide ex- perience in cantaloupes and says that Albert Hart has the finest field of can taloupes he has ever seen in his life. Quite considerable shipments of canta- loupes are being made every day now and the packing house will be in full blast within week.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-06-20
The Old Field School.

spartauburg, s. G., Msy c3.-It
was q long time-s very long time
ago---when little school house about
20 feet square was built out Of pine
1nga, about ege mica fr,m t3et5se7.
The fireplace was fully 10 feet wide.
The furniture consisted Of. three or
four benches made from slabs, the
splinteEs. being worn of by the chill
dren sliding about on them. There
was q board about IL inches wide
resting on three pins driven into one
of the logs. That was TO write on.
The teacher HAD an old fashioned
split bottom chair, aud riokety lit
tie table, on which he set copies.
The floor was Of plank, but they were
wide apart. Slate pencils were always
getting under the house. There was
no lead pencils suoh as the children
use by the hundred now, but they
had the genuine article, msde by
pouring melted lead into the joint of
cane. Steel pens were not heard Of
in this part Of the State. 1t was the
duty Of the teacher to make and mend
pens and set copies. There were no
holidays, and if heavy rain fell, and
only a few children attended, the
whole Cay was put in.
Summer and winter the teachaa'
''took in school" as soon as he reaoh-
ed the. school house. He boarded
around, and If he tarried for night
where breakfast was early, he would
start at once for the school house and
begin work on arrival! He gave one
to two hours at noon for 'play time"
They had no recess then. He, having
no watch, had to guess ,at the time.
When the sun was shining, he was all
right. Going to the door he would
cry aloud "Booka,": or :"Come. to
bocks.'' He would "turn out" that
ie, dismiss school in time for all to
reach hons by sunset, Every tesohe,
. had his rules, and they were read fire.
quently. If there were any text books
=. in that 6rst school except Webster
Blue Back, and smiley's and Pixies
arithmeties, we do noe know what they
were. There were no classes. II wal
. gc.as-you.please affair. OCCASIONAL
ly sopas one would bring. a Bible .,
:: Testament ~snd read few lessons
There we1e no classified readers. The
I scholars strnuld stick to the ''Blus
B back unt:!! they knew it By heart
I .e.biind spelling included. just bs
Il fore; i oon and ts'susning OUT in til.
Afternoon, the mors aa sanoed ,sohols,i
] ~sss dss.s 4 np 81 lins go :""spell p,
Shekt; ;.,; ,.,sas & wAs always ! sofam
4 bles Is II :., =s,,taa a aad Head Eyery EFridA,
4 al ftetn,oa a al espsa were = chosen, aniti
II \ they Ii Il, All ~ Iotsl sfor tirst choics, an;
!. 81 hsn the division ss!aa th'
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"spelling across the heneh" began.
The teaoher skipped from place to
piaoe, sud wh5u . few Of tie best best
spoilers were left he picked the hard.
est words.
That teacher knew nothing Of books
except those mentioned above. If
he ever cav an English grammar,
geography Or dictionary there WAS no
evidence tit. II he ever gave any
instruction as to writing, reading or
pronunciation, it is not remembered.
But somehow, in his simple, weak,
imperfect way, he laid the foundation
we'll, and few Of those who attended
that primitive school would turn down
college graduates and acme nrnfaaanrs
We know, on spelling. Suoh we're q
few of the schools in the backwoods
Of the Piedmont 60 to 80 years ago.
There were no oommeneements aud
exhibitions and addresses nt the close
Of the session. If the teacher ''took
up" tix-months' school, he taught
six calendar months; If it was q twelve.
mouths school, the hoys would gen.
orally turn him out the day before
Christmas, aud thus secure q weeks
holiday. That turning ont" plan is
not q bad one. There are cases in
every county where the schools would
be benefited If some Of the teachers
we're turned out and required to stay
out. =: -,
just nov as commencement pro.
grammes are appearing and any little
crossroads school eau: have; It's
commencement and two or three
addresses by titled men with marked
desire fox. speaking, it ia good time
to let the young people kLow what
kind OF schools some of their grand.
parents had. Looking backward to
those old schools. taught at times by
men who we're said to be too lazy to
do anything else, shey seem to have
been blessing to this upoountry.
The poorly qualified teachers, tho ab'
sclute ven: Q: system, The scarcity o;
text book the uncomfortable school
houses AND the ignoranos Of the chill
] dren set the farmers to thinking
They then began to talk : little, and
i before 1850 better teachers were ee
cured 10 many places. 49,. /. '..,.,. -.
] :: The Limestone Springs Femal,
i High School Was evolved OF. Of shes.
i conditions In 1886, the first feami;al.
school with. q college curriculum II
j the State, unless It, WAS the fsn;eu,
sohs5o sf Dr.. Il. 3ssls ssslkss ss a 4 Bas hamville
Then eamo " offord College aud Fur
MAI, |, at GrssnYille. Then folIowet
/ high schools ;all i5ovsr 4 these sSS:uppo
aeun lies nniil sif. any One 1S 1SahouM as
sert thst ths Piisano ont !, NTH O,emsol
4 in Inc west: ana sWinthrop SinG thla .ease
h ID she gtsst ed1aati ionslss sstesntrs, dp Is IS
4 IS: 3too quick ~ taksS issdis d lAppss
4 entity ! dysIss sSnd itions u ,Ss sssns sSsl
II
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"Apybody who wants any yarns
out OF me has to dig for .them," an
pouneed Senator Tillman, cornHeld
lawyer, rose oulturist. and geographi.
cal expert. II don't propose to be held
up FOR an interview and thsn have
to sweat it out of myself into the bar.
gain. 49,. -
::tAnywsy, I never know. what TO
say to frilly women, who expect me
to tone down my conversation. 7 will
never be able to do that successful.
ly." -: .. - -. :, :.... :.
"Well, If You'll let me have little
Of the raw product, I'll be much oblig-
ed" I replied. ....;>.,, = :,
"Then sit down over there: :..s..'
The broad brow Of the "pitohfork"
Senator was furrowed in psrplexity.
"What must I say?" he demand
Cd Of his wife. .- =. =. : II :. !
Mrs. Tillman smiled sympathetioally
over his trials. Even the raw product
scanned hard to get at. - ..>. =. !: .S:.. s.,
"The object seems to be-" he con.
tinued, with his most judicial air,
30 get of some sprightly persiaage
for the public gsyety.'''. .:...::<:. .5s !
1--WE are all familiar with the gen:
tie rose eu'turist,' ; which is your most
persistent character before the pub.
lio.".I suggested. "suppose you spin
some yarns about the rosesP'' ,*::: >s.:::5
"Yeu ssnsation hunting lunstics,'''
said the Senator, shaking with laugh.
ter. ''Osnt / have my little flower
patch in peace? > When people begin
70 taaE about mo and impress me- as
being At all worth encouraging, + teil
them T. have three passfons--aowertss,
musio and women 81 s.. .= II 1?l5$f$5 S..
fare you q musician2" ! asked. Z !: i.
! A gentle laugh from Mrs. Tillman
warned me that I: Was on dangerous
ground, bat tho Senator cold ;mat blspsa.
" that he performed d. the, harmon.
ica.{ < :>:: !. ,: E$ e 81
*s"I don't do muob, playing: these ,
Idass. Lam veryS busy Sansssu.arila y.
| fool letters and keeping sthia woman
! tpes name Sor drs. Ti;lmasn) 6ont ,,l I'll
trouble. s don aniiusl Ii swsst =. strains d ii 81
loat 81 my old S} monica Ike I usstda ia
/ tnI, . s !4s 9x a
S g He g I; mad y 3, ,baye |. .plendsd yoiss
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write imaginary debates for them, in
most cases better than they, ,ooulS do
for themselves. So you just 10 aud
write out Q pretty interview, and I'll
say pretty near anything you like. !
'.Don't you 30 mesains into politics,
because You viii be- sure e. get me
into trouble, and don't mako me
any more 'rambunotious'' thsa you
have to, to make the public believe
you hsve seen me at all, and you Gan
make any. kind Of . rumpus, you
please" : b :. : tji sy,, ...$@ g. i, 6
."Doa't3' be too hard on: him. ad-
ded Mrs.. Tillmatii.. 81 =. ae does talk 8
good doal.* but. he doesn't do much
narm. 5 5 =. :.: E:,
"You please remember. soue Of
what I've said +: tonight, and forget
some more, and I ought To be able. To-
hold nv head up after this eifasion Of
yours comes out" !" Il 5ss II
I tried e ,rsmoI oIstrate, to: convince
him that the public was s not .interaated
ina fabrication Of my brain, but The;
ides oft newspaper. s 'fakirs' q was too i
well grounded ia his head 10 let hin,
ooleve ne, and his parting in3uno;.
tion, don't get me into trouble;
was given ia . manner :oS. .onss whogis
abbetin 4 lorlorn hop Ruth :Hale, :
in Baltimore Sun. sssss:
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he claimed that he did not always let
her off so easily. - /. IL:

he claimed that he did not always let
her off SO easily. -. /. !.
''sometimes when she gets very
saasy," he said, afseosionasely, ~
seoise poetry to her. Now, che don't
like poetry, and tells me 60, very
frankly. Then I lecck :aasuEnfuui; fui and
Sigh, !. like. Topchssone: Would
that the gods had made thee posti-
cal.' That gets even, with her every
time" 49,. -. =. :...>..'. =.
"Please don't talk 30 me about
roses. If you do I'll be homesiek.
I'll have 20 leave all shis work over
yonder," nodding toward che capitol,
"and go down there to eae them
again. I: -: *.. ;l;:s+ 81
"Why, right now there ie an old
hooking bird sitting on the! round
knobs at my front gate in South Caro-.
lina that's been singing there since
suppsr. time. I: reckon By now he's
pretty sleepy and is just fussing q
little before he goes 20 bed. Why;
I'd, rather hear that old fellow to-.
night, myr''--aud The tlery iuggler Of
pitohforks was sailing back in. the
dreamship to magnolia scented Tren-
ton, listening 90 the sleepy good night
Of drosy mooking bird. ..3: E >s.s: II 4.
"HeS site mp late this stime of tho
gear % snell the Pwistaria,' :: he said,
without coming back from South Car
olina. f.'One year i. big srae 81 ID ad
was killed by ! the f.ost and J I had 10
trim ii down 10 . ''stump. q On ono one
side Of This I planted: . yellow climb
ing rose, and on: the other wistaria.
Tha'two bloom at slie same tirin,ss, sysYy
spring, and the air 10 heavy With ths
perfums. The old mooking bird sill
up till the roses chat have bloto,lmaiesd i
during the day begin 70 VIII aud tke.,n.l
hesgetu Tho full 4ofoe9 sof ! ths otaior., ai,.,
Has { sharp old shap. 5E5 :l : s
IA Rprnomen, ,snyl mother ;wss this
ansst Woman That, ever ,liyeds Shs
tsggat $ms when; i sWsa III IS siissIsskid
to stiek to} the trnsh, /, ana dsspisss y
lie. Then 3 was as.ill mighty syoana our
when khfs oman cams 81 m thea sssrs. ). s,s.
She took me: ini oharss vhAp Il swas
! is, and 4 married Hot bsseaes IS 'nas
2l.piI have had Iots oss sxpssdrii ossessas III,
with i sooa sonsn. I; & sht :Is lsvs
thst,ss y;Ss3 h SSys S:5ss
Saddenly ssnAso TtiiilmsH, J, s,s rsnSna. m
berad thst be; was taltips forgtk pnb.
lfp.ssnd hs same O. 3 psssii iisai astitads
with 6 tesk. y
llhsys seo make ap i,s yssur suts dWn
assSf1g ayW GS91a1
SO ao. .s ~ os youss 1. a tai yen Jsa ooaa
i n 81 81 ia5GlS Tadi
,tik viii bss an ssinsis;
;tkSs yeadosj t ssS IS ana II, Maii III
ilantEs u ssssy q ii $50 MID sistsa
tos Harke Ana its ;xns!E 81 a 4 yhos IS bil
1 ifsiioNs N Il ! s.stt tgsias 81 s M md
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out the greatest good Cor the com
munity, or State, as we'll as the in
33:77:ass==!. 33::77::as=! II these =pp7ssSh:=s 1oza=
mencement days We wish to pay q
tribnte to tho old field schools, which
kept the fires from going out on the
sltars in the temple Of knowledge.
-~Esaa and Courier.
The Delta independent., 1906-07-13

control the legislature would use to
get control of and destroy every acre
Of unreserved timber land In those
territories. The country owes a debt
of gratitude to Senator Burroughs of
your State for his aid in preventing
that bill from passing the Senate.
1t seems Incredible that these
things should be done by Congress,
but there are reasons for it.
In the first place the people at
large take no interest in the preserva-
ton Of their own property.
What is everybody's business is
nobody's business"
In the second place we have not
yet as people. risen far enough
above the mere worship of Mammon to
realize that we are deliberately sac
rlficing to the Golden Calf the re-
sources without which we cannot ex-
list as nation.
And worse than this. we are crowd
ing our working people, both native
and foreign born. into an environment
where congestion Of population is de-
generating our workers and rotting
their physical and moral fibre.
Where will you find any citizenship
in the slum and tenement districts
Of our cities to whom you can effect
lively appeal for help to stop the waste
OF our forests? They know nothing
about II and care less. The first need
Of any nation Is an Intelligent citizen
ship, and the slums and tenements OF
our great cities are maelstroms into
which the citizenship of the country
Is being drawn to its destruction in a
steadily increasing volume.
We are suffering just now from a
spasm OF national hysteria because
what everybody who ever took the
trouble to 20 and look knew long ago
the revolving conditions under
which the great packers OF Chicago
have been operating their plants, and
because diseased meat has been sold
for food.
But you may draw the worst pict-
urc that your Imagination can paint
OF the horrors Of the slaughtcrin. and
packing of meat In those establish
ments and nothing you can imagine
equals the horror Of blichiinc the
lives of thousands of children who
are condemned to live and grow up in
the foul physical. social and moral
miasma that pcrmeates the whole
sium district OF Packingtcwn. 1t is
n national disgrace and is bound TO
prove n national curse.
There Is only one remedy for those
The Delta independent., 1906-07-13

horrible conditions OF life for the
children. and that Is TO get the work
Ing people and their children out of
the slums. and into the suburbs
where they can have sunshine and
fresh air and pure and nourishing
food from home garden.
Let us realize once for all that this
problem OF the children OF our work
ing people is our greatest national
problem and go mt Its solution with
the same patriotic and self-sacrific-
ing national hcroism that led the
Homccrofters OF Japan TO 20 into bat
tie with their lives In their hands. like
hand grcnndcs. to throw Mt the enemy
that sought 10 crush out their ma
tional life
Let us catch the inspiration of the
slogan OF the Homccroftcrs' Move
mcnt In this Country. and never cease
our work until we have
Every child In garden-Ercry
Mother in n Homecroft-and lndivid-
ual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker I'm n Home OF his own
on the Land"
The Creed and Platform OF the
Homecroftcr tells how 1t may be done
and anyone who wants copy OF 1t
postnl card addressed to me, mt the
Fisher Ruilding In Chicago.
The Great Cities are our most
serious menace In this Country. Our
greatest national danger lies in the
Capitalization OF wealth and pcpula-
ton and trade and industry. The
hope of the nation Is in the farm and
suburban home and In the country
and suburban town and village.
Let us go seriously to work to ere
ate and upbnild them. Let every
student who goes out from this
splendid Institution go with the spirit
OF n soldier to fight the great battles
of peace for higher national ideals.
for a purer public service. for the
preservation OF our national resources.
| for n better educational system. and
above and beyond all for the multipll-
cation OF Homes on the Land where
the children can grow to manhood
and womnnhood In the uplifting en-
vlronment of rural community
where the evil influences OF the cities
can he forever kept Mt bay. In such
an environment children can be
reared to citizenship next to Nature
from whence they can draw health
and vlgor both moral and physical for
the discharge OF nll the duties of life.
It Ia not in the cities that this country
now needs the service Of the flower OF
Its patriotic manhood, II Ia In the
country where the great national
problem Of the Improvement OF the
rural life IA to he solved. where moro
beautiful towns and villages and bet
, ter roads are to he built. better
schools to he established. telephones
and trolley lines constructed. and all
the Influences put to work that will
socialixe the country, and drive away
the isolation and hnrdships TINT were
formerly It's drawbacks.
We must not only stop and reverse
The Delta independent., 1906-07-13
EDUCATION
COOPERATION
OPPORTUNITY
NOMECROFTS

We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
e. the Whole People of this Nation
: nuld he Every Child in a Garden
/ "ry Mother in Homecroft-aud In
t! dual Industrial Independence for
| ry Worker in n Home of his Own
n, the Land" and that until he owns
81 Il Home. the concentrated purpose
@ chief inspiration to labor in the life
~ every wage worker should be his
nrmination to Get an Acre AMI
on 1t"
We believe that the Slums and
T, lements and ConCeSted Centers or
in the Cities are a savaGely
u, nriorating social. moral and polit-
teal influence, and that a great public
should be organized. ana
t1r. whole power of the nation and
tl. states eNcrted for the bctterment
~ Ill the conditions Of Rural Life. and
t. create and upbuild Ccntcrs of So
e. and Civic Life in Country and
: urban Towns and Villages. where
Tr de and Industry can be SO hrmiy
NJ hored that they cannot be drawn
into the Commercial Maelstrom that
is now steadily sucking Industry and
humanity into the N"rteN of the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen In
th, Country has an Inherent ana
fundamental Right to an Education
witch will train him to Earn LiH-
ing and. II need be. TO get his living
strlight from Mother Earth; and that
he has the same right TO the opportun-
ity to have the Work to Do which VIII
n ford him that living, and to earn not
only L cor eortahle livelihood. but
cuuugh more to enable him 10 be a
Numecrorter and to have Il Home OF
his Own, with ground around II
to yield him and his famiiy
a living from the Land as the reward
for his own labor.
We believe that the Public Domain
is the most precious heritage of the
people, and the surest safeguard the
nation has against Social Unrest. Dis
turhancc or Upheaval, and that the
Cause OF Humanity and the Preserva-
tion OF Social Stability and of our Free
Institutions demand that the absorb
tion Of the public lands into spccula-
tiv" private ownership. without settle
mcnt. he forthwith stopped: and that
the nation should create opportunities
for Homecrofters by building irrisa-
ton and drainage works to reclaim
land IA fast as II Is needed to give
every man who wants a Home on the
Land a chance to get II.
We believe that. as u Nation. we
should be less absorbed with Making