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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
MILLION A MONTH
New Director of Land Reclaim
alton Will Have S4O,OOO,-
900 to Spend
DURING NEXT TWO YEARS
F. II. NeWall at Head of Twenty five
Vast irrigation Projects Under
taken by Government.

Frederick Haynes Newcll the Penn.
syivania nan recently appointed Iii.
rector of the reclamation service of the
interior department, will have $4,000
600 to spend in the next two years, APP
proximately S1OO0,0G0 a month.
The magnitude of the work of the
reclamation service can be gathered
from q few figures. Reclamation work
is now going on in thirteen states and
three territories. The projects mum
Der twenty-five and involve the eX-
penditure of $40,000,000 and the ulti-
mate reclamation of 1.2Oo,O5O acres OF
desert land. In less than five years the
service has completed four projects and
will supply water this year to 2S2,OOu
acres of arid land, says the Columbus
Dispatch.
1t has dug 1,2G7 miles of canals, sew
eral of which carry entire rivers. Its
tunnels are more than nine miles long,
and the excavations of earth and rock
amount to 33.000O00 cubic yards, OF
| about one-fourth the estimated yard
age Of the isthmian canal. 1t has con-
structed nlnety-four large structures
| including two great dams in Idaho
| and Nevada. 1t has built 3I0 miles oil
| road in mountainous country. 1t has
| erected 1.3I:; miles of telephone lines
! 1t is operating twenty three miles OF
| railway. 1t gives employment TO 10,
| 600 people AS Il result of its opera
| tons eight new towns have been eS
| tablished, 100 miles of branch rail
ways have been constructed, and thou
sands of people have taken up thei
residences in what was once the DIES
| ert. Every line of industry in thu
west has felt the benefits of this mar
yelous work.
| Weather Retarded Work.
Severe weather conditions this win
ter have retarded the work in many in
stances. The work on the Roosevelt
dam on the Salt river above PEcniX
Ariz., has been delayed by floods whic
eleven times this year have WASHED
away the railroad tracks.
Mr.. Newell. who is at the head of a
these tremendous undertakings. is for
ty-five years old. He was born il
Bradford, Pa. He took an engineerin
course in the Massachusetts InStitut
of Technology in 1885 and later a posi-
graduate course in hydraulic WORK
Then he began his professional wor
/, in Colorado His goal has been the III
tional reclamation of the Great Amer
can desert, and for eighteen years h
has studied that wonderful problem
He is said to have first hand know
edge of every important stream in til
west. While working in the Nevad
desert. which for forty miles is COY
cred with the bones of animals an
men, lie found water within fiftee
feet of the surface. This land, he say:
: is possible of cultivation and in a fey
years will be land of farms.
. The $40,O0O,000 now under his col
troll is looked upon as an investmeu
; by the government. Larger apprOpri;
tons will follow. The reclaimed land
are given to settlers with the provis
, that they must pay for the water.
Idaho, for instance, the stipulate
price is $40 per acre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Killed the Biggest Panther.

c. l. Hamilton of Stephens, Ore,
killed the biggest panther of the sea-
son. He brought down cat that meas
ured eleven feet from tip to tip, ac-
cording to the report sent from Oregon
MIR. Hamilton is said to have killed sew
eral bears also in the Oregon noun
tainS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Charles E. Hodqson
Fire In surance
Agency.
Established 1874.

American Ins. Co. ...... Newark, N. ]
Continental Ins. Co. .....-. New York
Agricultural Ins. Co.. New York
Williamsburg Ins Co.. New York
lew Hampshire Ins. Co.. N Hampshire
Northern ms Co. ..........N New York
Security Ins. Co. :. New Haven, Conn
FMS. Co. State of Illinois. D.. p oxford, III
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. Of Connection
ONCE, room 3, Buford block. Rates
a low ~ consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

Ole at the lllinois.-"Ole Olson" up
TO the standard of former seasons is
seen at the Illinois last evening. The
house was poor 1t takes a strong at
traction to fill the hteater now that the
aroma of baseball has begun to per
wade the atmosphere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

Some Stories by Ezra Kendall.-"In
the earlier days when the theatrical
business had not become so systematic
ed as at present, many of the man
ayers did much of their booking prac-
tically as they went along. wild cat
ting" this is called today. | was book
ing "A Pair of Kids much after this
fashion, and Oftentimes would leave 4
town after a night performance, go
ahead. and secure a theater in the next
town. and then move the company. 1t
was in a small Indiana town, and the
manager of the opera house, one
story affair, was also the postmaster
and keeper of a general store. They
always are in these stories. In any
event, l went in, few hours ahead OF
the show and made an attempt TO book
ii for that night. Finally, as the terms
were nearly closed. | asked him what
kind of a show town it was. Wall.
he replied resting his arm on the
counter and screwing his face up into
an air of some importance. I kent
say how the town folks will like your
opry, but they certainly do tern ouI
well fer fire here" Kendall is at the
Illinois tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Women on Police Force.

1t is stated that the chief of police in
Client, Belgium, has determined to ap-
point number of women on the police
force. The female policemen will pa
troll the streets. 1t is supposed that
they will be able to preserve order in
ways which the male policemen might
overlook. Client was the first city in
the world to detail dogs as thief catch
ers. With men, women and dogs on
Its police force. the city now promises
10 be the best policed place on earth.
Take me back TO old Wisconsin,
Where the sugar beets and tobacco
grow,
Where the farmers are healthy, happy
and bright
They all take Rocky Mountain Tea at
night.
IT. H. Thomas Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
AT the Tbeafer.

with the clever author when they
meet on the Strand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

Gets African CoIor.-Richard Hard
ing Davis. who wrote the book for "A
Yankee Tourist" in which Raymond
Hitchcock is now touring the Pacific
coast, writes from Cape Town that he
has accumulated enough South African
color for his next book and will sail
this month for London, where he eX-
poets to meet Henry W. Savage. Mr..
Savage has also been accommodating
some rich brown color during his va
cation in Mediterranean countries and
will be in a position to compare notes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
)oKINGS AT THE ILLINOIS.

BOOKINGS AT THE ILLINOIS.
April ezra Kendall in "SwelI Ele
giant Jones'"
April 12-"The Denver Express"
April 142o-chase-Lister company.
April 21-"The Umpire"
April 26-Otis Skinner.
April 29-"Slaves of the Orient"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08

IT. H. Thomas Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-08
Take me back TO old Wisconsin.

Where the sugar beets and tobacco
Il
The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-07


 donated to the farmer by our government than that of rural free delivery, and sir, to accom- modate the people in this line every rural mail r.slte should be amply and carefully guarded, and the counties should see to it that while it's demands for an increased service is being urged, general Improvement of the road system is the one thing most essential; and the best method of accomplishing these Improvements should claim the attention of our officials and legislators, actuated by that broad principle Of eoyermnnt, the greatest good to the greatest number.
 Mr. President. here l drop the question of the benefit de rived by t5e ase of good roads to the mail service. and wish to address myself more specifically to the agricultural benefits and the usefulness to the farmer by an improvement of the internal highways of our State and Re public. Sir, if you would give Us a good macadam road instead of the present deDlored system of mudholes, crossWays and pole bridges that have becn 70 famil- iar to Us and our fathers in the past history Of this Republic, no prophet is wi@e enough to tell. no prophet is shra1d enough to figure the net benaits in the an ual savings to our people in the wear and tear of machinery, tie cost of maintaining teams for the transportation oE the products Of o4r country. Thousands upon thousands of dollars annually are lost to our people, due to the negligence alone af f5al improve ments. and if we had the perfect system of highways. lands that are today seemingly remote and that are valued upon thetax books of the State at a very low value. would be enhanced in value, and a series ofipta~lali.a2eovanane would be the results thlt would add directly totienateYial wealth Of the State beyond the most Vi sionalF comprehension CT ex pectation of the wisast of u to- day There is nothing that aIIs to the beauty of country, t11s makes the interior more teaable and it's people more haopy ia the free social relation tat exis il the rural districts than that Of permanent and safa methods of public highway imBrovements.
 Sir. one has but to judy the history ancient of Rome to appre- ciate fally the benefits and con venieacas to nation thqt has good roads; and 1 am proud to say today that throughout ti!e length and breadth of the United States can be heard tie clarion
The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-07

,--.-,-----.-.,s,------ t.--, voice of the agitatar in beilaIt jf this question. and the pen or the great writers are busy telling 4s of it's many beauties and Iaxur. ies, and as l see 1t today. there is nothing that can be added ta our present system of sociai government that will in benefit exceed tl2t.of the establishment of good roads.
 Mir President l. sir, as a ser want of the farmers of the State of Arkansas, feel it a duty that I owe unto them to lend whatever aid 1 can n mE feeble condition to fnrtheFance of this great question. which l cherish most dearly on behalf Of the agricuI- tural masses ofthe State. Sir, 1t means a reduction ofthe taxes. in the saving ef expenses to the farmcrit means the protection tq life and property; 1t means pleas ure andprotit; yes, it means more chan that; to establish good roads thro@hout the entire State of 8rkansas-it means to establish beautiful and happy homes on her fertile hilis and valleys. Sir. itmeans the reception within her borders of all intelligent, educated class of citizens. to develop her internal resources that are al most unknown today; and with out the establishment Of good roads, which means q more easy and rapid system of comanica- ton will possibly be unknown fof
 many years hence
 Therefore, in concluding my remarks, l wish to tender to this association, and also to the people of the State of Arkansas a5 large. ay services, thcueA hsmble they be. b the work iH question. the establishment ef a more perfect and useful system of highways. In making this statement I do 1t fully realiz- ing that we have n our midst. as a people, class of get alang-anyvag folks; but, 3Ir. President. there isa class of oar people wAonead an adninistra- tor in looking after their affairs, and to this class, who are con tent with the primitive roads of our country. and who are afraid to launch out with the determina. ton to accomplish the building of good roads, for fear that they would lose something themselves CT to be taxed by 8 3-lnill levy. fo2 the public good, I dedicate unto them the Good Roads Association of Arkansas. with its able officers and earnest co-wor- kers, as the administrator of eheir affairs, in the building of good highways. My organiza- ton is pledged to do all in it's power in the work and will ever be found backing up this pledge with their power and influence. and also with their money
The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-07

Roads Convention at Little Rock last week was that Of Ben l.. Griffin, state secretary of the Farmers Union and editor of the Union Tribune, on the subject of Good Roads as They Relate to ti1a Industrial Development of the Farmers. ." He spoke as follows:
 It affords me great pleasure as the representative of the S0,000 members of the Farmers Union of Arkansas, to be here on this occas on and attempt to deliver an address on the subject before me. Mf. President, allow me to say ct the beginning that though 1 am counted an enthusiastic supporter of good roads and the indu 5trial development of the farmers this is my first occasion to attempt to AaliveR speech befcre a representative body of peoi-.a .oa the subject of Good Roass.'' '' Therefore tlsis will suffice to WaFn you of my ina0ilil ity ta haaale the subject before me, but I hope what lack in the poine Of ability th2t I will be able to ne!a.sa up in sincerity,
 ''F7 nile, as many of yoG are 2ware, 1 am the honored repre- sentative of the great Farmers Educ 9tional and Cooperative Tn:.3.s Of Arkansas, which is com s2ose. of s0,000 farmers, who are andeavoring to better theif con dition by organized effort, and of which they have demonstrated to the world in a great measure their ability to do, 1 feel assured tod y tbat one among the greatest and most important questions that affect directly the interest of the farming class in our great State IS that of good roads. Hcrce my willingness to be here and ta1 Id my little mite 02l behalf of t@ese farmers to q futherance of this great cause. Please par lon me for thQ personal re ferance just here, lest some might suppose from my general demure and beautiful polished features and Eed hair that 1 belong tp class foreign to the farmer.
 "Yes, sir, l am q farmer. Thirty four of the 41 years that l have lived I have lived on and worked a farm, and therefore what l shall say today on good roal.s as pertains to the inaustrial development of the farmer will be from the knowledge that l ha5s eleGrad 5ICm tie actual .Cx pel cnce gained on the farm have ever been an advocate of internal improvements, though 1 have not made so much fuss as mary of my fellow citizens, yet 1 am proud to sag that in every ccr2 .lunity in which ] have been per nitted to reside l have made it point of personal interest to lena whatever assistance l could to | ss industrial and elgcational bennts of my country; and l have ever been an advocate of better xoads for the rural districts. hase been conscientious supper ter f the idea that it was the duty khe Federal Government to irtke Special appropriations for good roads Improvements in the .arious states. If such had bee, done instead of so much wor. sless appropriations as has bee.s the practice of Congress for the s5ast 20 years, or since my staMe of recollection and observa
The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-07
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AS | r sure that the country would have been at least 20 years ahead of it's present development. 1 speak here especially of the in tasior districts.
 'Fbat I may be fully under stood here, l wish to use 4he quotation of 8 gentleman whom I regard as authority-on criticism In speaking of the millions of money that had been wasted in special pet appropriations for individuals and concerns by Congress that he deemed seconda ry to the improvement of the public highways, he said that he was opposed to the Government appropeiating so much money for cleaning out of frog ponds and little spring branches, many of which would not support a dam
 for a mill site, and would not support a mill by a damned
 sight" Yes, sir, 1 agree with
 aim, in sentiment at least, that
 no better appropriation can be
 made fer tbe advancement of
 civilization than that to develop
 md build the public roads of the
 country. This is an avenue of
 improvement that goes to the seat of wealth and acts as a Stimulant to encourage and promote the thrift and industry of that class that produce the wealth of a nation, but who have been badly neglect ed by both National and State legislation. so far as tue subject of good roads is concern ed. Until within the last decade the legislators have turned a deaf ear to the wants of t5e people who till the soil on the direct question of roads.
 Pardon me here for a refer enee to the first good roads crank that ever invaded the Nation $ capital on behalf of the common people. Yes, did I say crank: yes sir, or at Ieast he was so denom- mated, when, in 1891. I believe it was, Jacob s Go4sy of NJ ,scelona, Ohio. disgraccd himself in the eyes of an indignant aristoc racy by marching into Washing ton City with brigade of tranps so called, to impress upon the Nation the importance of the building of good highways. Well, sir. he was actually fined and i'm prisoned for walking on the grass of the beautiful capitol grounds in Washington City-fQr being 6 good roads crank. MY, Presi- dent, while I don't, as an indivi- dual farmer, approve of the method that Mr. Coxey adopted to procure favorable legislation, CT impress upon the Nation the necessity for good roads for the entire country, 1 must confess that Coxey's move was a move in the right direction in the sense of insefpal Improvements and industriai development of the country at large, and since this memorable event I ara proud to say that the good roads question has burned itself into the minds and hearts of the American people in a way that one can see today. If abreast of the times, that this is one of the most popular and peytinent issues of the day.
 Here pardon ne foT an incl. dental reference to a question that I do not wish to discuss; yet it has had to do with the building
The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-07
How Good Roads Help Farmers, fsasterly Address Delivered By Ben L. Griffin Before
 State Good Roads Convention

of roads, and will hinder the pro- gresS of the same until the masses of the people speak out as one 1pal in defense and sup port of the measure that is, peanut politics. You can trace the throttling of much useful legislation in recent years to the manipulation Of this evil in the body polite. and here I want to say that but for this question of individual political sentiment
 more good would be done in the way of good roads legislation than there is today; but 1 leave this to my bearers, and turn my remarks more directly to the subject under discussion.
 Good yoads to the farmer are at this present time of indispensable m DOT a Il c e and in connection with this remark 1 wish to review sowe of the facts relative to my own county. Faulkner. In Faulkner County We have at the present time II rural free delivery routes The average length is 22 1-2 miles per route, or total Of 319 miles
 This service is supported by the General Government at an average salary of S700 per year, or S9, 800 for the service. Here 1 wish to ask you to notice one i'm portant feature of this statement of facts, which is so closely aligned with my subject; s9,800 per year paid by the General Government to deliver to my clsas (tl4r farmer,) in ny county alone. his mail, which is fl com fort to deny him of l feel safe in say ing that he would sagister Ii kick at once. Please permit me to say here that the county of FaulEaep hes a fairly good system of public roads, yet there is not first-clasS mile of road in the county. The 3-mill tax levy that is collected from tho county, l am informed by the county authorities, will this year, 1907, aggregate a sum of SS,000, to be expended in good roads improve ment. Thus it will be seen from the figures above that while the Federal Government is extend ing the mail service directly to the doors of our fasmers and paying more for the service annually in my county than is paid by the county fer good roads purposes.
 This, mind you, somewhat embarrasses me; yet 1t Is the best that we have done, and I feel sure that it will compare ia vorably with any other county in the State in proportion to the mail service received. To extend the rural free delivery service roads, and the mail roads generally The reason that l use tbe term mail roads general ly is because of the fact that in many places there are demands made upon the goyernment for a rural free delivery that do not follow the public roads altogeth- CT, and it is a fact, obvious to the informed, that our county judges and road com miss o n e rs pay no atten- ton at all to roads other than those public highways so mark ed. Now, here is point of great interest to our people,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
MINING APPLICATION NO. 224O-MIN-
ERAL SURVEY NO. 1920.

United States Land once,
Denver, Colorado,
June "a, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
proved May 10. 1872, The Little Harry
Mining and Milling Company, by Ar
thur J. Rowell. attorney In fact. whose
postoffice is Denver. Colorado, has
made application for patent for 1900
linear feet on the Little Harry No. 2
lode, bearing gold and silver, the same
being 500 feet n "a E. and 1000 feet
S 34s w from discovery cut thereon,
with surface ground $50 feet in width.
situate in Spanish Bar mining district,
Clear Creek county. state OF Color do.
and described in the plat and field
notes IN file in this ONCE. as follows,
viz
ReginninE at Cor No l, whence the
n u Cor Sec. 3. T. s, r 73 w. of
the 9Th p NJ bears S 20' 0S' E. 1513.10
feet: thence n So w. $50 feet to Cor.
No .: thence n 34' E. 1900 feet to
Cor No. 3; thence 9 56s F.. $50 feet to
Cor No 4: thence S. "a w. 1900 feet
to Cor. No. /, the place Of beginning.
cepting and excluding al conflict with
surveys Nos 1895, 5411 s4s1 and
unsuhdivided township south. range
73 west of the sth principal meridian.
Said location being recorded In volume
1874 page 52s. of the records of Clear
Creek county, Colorado
Adjoining claimants the owners of
above excluded surveys and survey
'' C.. D. FORD.
Register.
First publication June 90; last Aug.
1907
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
6euyaehing Again.
Editorial from Gilpin Observer

Editorial from Gilpin Observer,)
Two Lromiuent residents of Idaho
Springs were indicted BY the federal
grand jury last week charged with hav-
ing used the mails TO defraud IN float
ing stock in properties they had no title
to. We thought our neighbors would
sooner or later land in the m. sne. of the
law aud have tried to advise them
against laying claim to mines and not
belonging to them. Even the newspa-
pers of Idaho Springs are con,in ually
misleading the reading public. trying
to make the people believe that ali the
big properties in Russell gulch are in
Clear Greek county. such gross mis-
representation as practised by our
neighbors is bound to get them into
trouble.
We can't understand why miners con-
tinue to leave Glpin county when work
is as plentiful.
In regard to the above it might be
noted that the issue of the Observer
containing the above comment devotes
the FRS, column in the first page to ex-
tended mention Of the Morning Star
mine on Fall river. no part of which
property lies in Gilpin county. and runs
also eight columns OF boiler plate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06

F. E Cove, of Denver. was in the city
the first of the week and wa. the CUES,
of Attorney E. l.. Regennitter at Lake
Edith Tuesday. Mr. Cove was delighted
with his trip as he was successful in land
ing two trout unaided. Mr.. Regenni.ter
as usual, came home with crowded
creel. He is the most expert fisherman
IN this section of the state and as faded
largely in making big catches by using
moral suasion, or a sort of a subtle hvp
notlsrn on the piscatorial denizens of the
lake. 1t is stated that he can catch more
fish by holding bare hook between his
forehnger and thumb than Com odore
kimball with his $500 gold-tipped rod
and SIS book OF flies.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06

delph,a arrived Wednesday for weeks
visit with Mr.. Adams brother Rev,
Robert K. Adams and wife Mr.. Adams
is prominent manufacturer of the Qua
ker city.