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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
FAITH IN

The only need in North Carolina
themselves and in each other. We
have reference now not to faith in
the honesty and patriotism Of our
n~eighbors, but faith in the capacity
and judgment of North Carolina folks.
Faith can remove r o~untains'' in the
business world as in the spiritual
world.
Twenty years & seine Of the most
useful men in North Carolina main
tanned that it was impossible for North
Carolina people unaided TO organize
and successfully carry on a great fire
insurance company. Mr.. A. w. Nc
Allister, a young man from
who had no expert insurance knowl-
edge but understood the fundamental
principles. did not hold that view. He
went to Greensboro and with Mr.. e
P. Wharton decided to ~rganize a fire
insurance company. They wisely Sc
cured the cooperation of some of the
first business men in the State and
as a result of that first small COM
pany North Carolina fire insurance
rates were reduced and Mr.. McAlIis-
ter, the insurance pioneer OF this gen.
GRAFTON IN North Carolina. demonstrat-
cd by actual success that North Car
DINA folks nave the brains to organ
ize and carry on big insurance COM
panies as well as men in any other
States. His owr companies have grown
and prospered and this year, In ad-
dition TO other prosperous companies
in North Carolina. a new fire inslr-
ance company with q capital Of one
million dollars with headquarters al
Greensboro, has been organized and is
doing a great business.
Fifteen years g a few public spir-
tied citizens secured a charter for q
life insurance company in North Car
DINA Leading insurance men and
some business men who had not given
the subject a thought said North Car
DINA could not organize and success
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

(RhamkAtt" itn@s
To the Editor, A Ean .s
RiIlviile yistody a rt1Ia t.
elias ear on the shoe 81. t-.e INA,
to open the vinacr 10 81. .-
are. 1t couldn't be did Tine
sed IL war becauss the Legislator .
tused the RAFT AA thn ria .s-,
bumped along over them rs4ls att
most goin owe sumtmes lie e..
was caused by the % "a a.-s Pal
since the war but he sei tea esa a
new the legislator wuE Eta# Be- 10.
Juice the raft and that Wua sos
didn't put new rales ON taea aarstr
A Teller on the traue SOD 'asf
in Biilv1lle had a calf WltH r#- Pea
The conductor sed u was he aH,
the rail-. A drummer wuE aa The .t,
and he sed hecausS of tbs rat a.
SO meny faulks a riden me eaH.ls
wuz n goin' to take of nn~ - .-sr
francs. He sed tho CumpanE eFg
afford to hall so menny fostss s,sa
wuz a Teller on the trane wIta yale
Shoes on and he kept nocN.ae
the trane wux 30 minits ia4t The
ducter told him what Good He est
wit the RAFT z and one forth cents ~
drummer sed p~ore-foaIEs sg
stay In sekond class kars, ret
becauss OF the raft. Fvcrgt su
a talkin' about tho RAFT Sgm
thing and sum sed anuther.
body handed tho ticket aEeH. s--
moo mummy. / noticed taa' rfs'
The yaller shoe man sed thai q 81
not rite for the pore white Haa grr
in as good a kar as he az AZ aas
sed that n cheep cote uuH
cheep man. But nc never g '
ralerode ticket agtnt emmy ua.r-
ME than he had too. notice. 't
myself. He just CIV them hot #
awl the foaks that think te3 |t
Citing their tickets too cfeea
pay the agint the old price 3
help them moor than not are.
Yures truely.
jim wCCDsgN
Jimville. n. G. s-Is-07.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
Why Are RAILWAY Law ycrs Near9
ways Appointed on iedeiss
Bapch3
7~ilkesbo-o Chrouicle

Wilkesbo-o Chronicle
The recent conflict hcf4ftH
State law and the railroad aa"h
a Federal Judge brings '.ra
matter OF the p~ropriety NJ RE
eleoing their Federal judge
Ia the president can paDk 'fe
judiciary, and there are
that Il has been done IT.
President Roosevelt has a|r N
pointed about nifty FEEDER.
cour- judges and thu tas
pointees are. like the pr.
tralizationists-that '.. .
that all power should ..r'.
ington, and incidental NJ "
l!eve that the States
pendent colonies with
peror. II IL noted too iaat
appOintees are Away ra
neys. The people sh0a..
to help rule themseive7
10 elect their
would be a good start ID.
rection.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
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an SPACE North Carolina
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
LILLINGTON'S BRIGHT FUTURE.

The general trend OF events in North
Carolina for the past ten years has
been in the nature OF a steady and
permanent advance In lines of ma
terial progress, and with his the ad-
vance In moral and Intellectual life
has kept pace, stride by stride. h
State has in It's whole history won for
itself the name OF being co~nservatively
progressive in that II does not spas
medically do things. but rather
reaches the most advanced position
by going forward in the logical step
by step method.
All North Carolina has shown pro-
gress, this In the east and the west,
or the northern boundary with Vir-
giria, to the Tennessee line. along
that OF. Georgia and in the southern
portion where our counties adjoin
those Of South Carolina, and the pro-
gress that is shown is Of the perma-
neat order. being the basis for still
further advancement. In his general
trend towards a greater prosperity
there have been individual cases in
which certain sections have made
greater advances than others because
Of special reasons which have arisen.
In this matter of special advance
ment II is hardly 20 be doubted that
Harnett county in the past four or
FIVE years has shown greater progress
and this because It had been in a
large degree cut off from the rest OF
the State by a lack Of railroad faciI-
tiles, a lack that hampered II great
~. The first dash towards ~prosperltv
and getting in touch with the outside
world came years ago wher the A.
lasltic Coast Line with what was thep
known as the Wilson short Cut..
made possible the n,
Dunn, and opened up one section Of
the county, but this was onlv the he
ginning.
Cutting more deeply into the heart
OF the county has gone in the last few
years the Cape Fear and Nor.berp
Railroad, from which have sprung An
gier and Duke, and more IatAly ~
continued extension OF the Rale,gb
and Southport road has opened un an
other section of Harnett county which
was almost virgin in the possibiIi.is.
which 1t offered for investment and
development in many lines.
The Raleigh and Southnor 80
latest OF the railroads which baya
been large factors in the maxine
farhe't varied industrial life
gives most excellent facilities IN ru-
llngton, the c~ounty-seat Of uarnc4.
which Is sure 10 grow steadily ur.u
~ becomes a large town and ,mror
liant business place. Now ex.a,a,u
from Raleigh TO Fayetteville ana,,v
stopping there to take breath 70 -.
on, the Raleigh and sou,bno- -,
the never urfng John A. Mills as ifs
president and It's spirit, has with re
men who lead in It,,,ra
ton made possible the LIlinro, 20
today n makes bright the LnI,,m
ton of tomorrow.
IN today's issue of the NeyvS -
observer something Is told or ~
county and OF Ellington -bis
maps only a birds eve vfaw
e"'ush TOT one to see that the nro-
sfe OF me county and the So
nave oeen or a remarkable kind -,
tens the story OF how Ellington ~
emerged from Its isolation. ana -.
IN IL the men who have for
taith that 1t would GO for..r "'
ouiioihs up enterprises ana
ready FOR the still further nroaus~
4 town mat has me, prosperity ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
Wanted: Men Who VIII i#E"f .f
ter Political COnditicr "#+
Wishing pay IN -l#l" '
an OfhCC.

Greensboro Telegram.
II is a trifls refrcsh .E
Ex-Governor Frank Bro"
land, Ia not a candida 4
nation again. He f1u
victorious campaign Ga m
politics recently and
that he would insist u.
warded. There is a in..
times for A man WNr
ested In politics Wt'.
compensation in the f.r"
OF some sort. We shnu
INCREASING nur1bcr ~ .
Will take a lively into.
tvs affairs and A. u.
1t be known-and
quently to stick %
that they don't war.
are such men and ma
crease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

The hope of lower rates rests almost
entirely with the Individual States.
Nebraska. Missouri, Illinois and Wis
consin passed the two cent rate law.
What happened? The railroads dur
ing Interstate business are selling in
ter-State transportation at two cents.
Let the matter be one Of exclusive Fed
eral conrol. and it will mean railroad
or New York control, and that will
be of no value to the people.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

the crlre@ OF that race can be traces
to llouor. and most % the aends who
have been hung had oAuch them
selves by drink until they a 1854
everything in them except the beast
II there were 70 other reason for the
prohibition ism" that - growing In
the South Ia not this e strong enough
oue2
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
Giarine TnCoE
Aarshville Home

To contribute 0ur
churches and echaH.
sober men. and the"
that money back hE
make drunkar1s te
inconsistency that
could be guilty u.
wonderful stretch nf
make that sort 81 l-..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

Within a week two members of the
Raleigh Confederate Drum Corps have
died. Like Mr.. Haynes, his comrade
Mr. W. D. Smith, was a brave soldier.
For FEARS he has been almost an in
valid and bore his sufferings with for
.titude. The line of blue is getting thin.
More of them have gone to join Lee
than remain here with Hoke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

Speaker Justice all the time had in
his pocket the letter of Mr.. Barr, stat
ing that the reason the Seaboard could
mot build into Greensboro was that
they feared reprisals." Mr.. Barr
lacked information when questions
a really went to the root Of the
matter were asked him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

Elm n is a queer sort of girl. Dur
Ing the railroad war she moved all
her wearing apparel, rolling stock.
&c, out of h State into Georgia.
Now she has brought it back. She has
only thirteen miles in North Carolina,
and If she should ''skidoo" the State
wouldn't be ruined.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

When Speaker Justice got through
with that Ellen n expert, his testi-
mony to this: if the sworn
statements of the Southern Railway
are true, my evidence shows that the
Z Ia cent rate is high enough. Put
facts to them, and they must dodge or
run away from their statement
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

II confidence io lwI
standard OIL me ans
then IL tho only way ta t..s
10 let Rockefeller N..a.. .a.
the railroad charge 0sa.
The 'conadenc" .r.a
Wall street preduet ~
try 10 compel ar eul nf
ment and regulation sa -t 49,
nothing more.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

Boston Herald.

II would give no ~.
have Mr. Rookie l.ar
man or Mr.. Hi ser.
tiary for persistent ar
tions OF the law. l0.
very general feeling
ination OF a fair trial
Of both poetic and pr
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

No county in North Carolina has
mace more progress this year than
Harnett and its county seat is grow
ing steadily Keep your eye on Lii
hustoa and all other parts of Harnett
~ounty, Il is Just beginning It's sure
development upon large lines.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

A little while ago the Littleton TIo-
sisry Mills rave its employees q recep-
get their usual sumn1er vacation. The
evidsn@e of such spirit betwcen enl-
psoyer and enaploye is re$Jeshing and
~atkfyfnk
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

When a Southern Democrat bolts his
party and then gets a Federal Job
from Republicans. judicial or other
wise. he becomes a HamiItonian and
Reeonstructionist Of the most extreme
sort.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR


The Southern Railway swears it
earned a million dollars in operating
the North Carolina railroad last year
alone. And yet it has stopped double
tracking and has "sont down" word
that it is because Of hostile legisla-
ton a little more of his sort of
foolishness and the 9s-year lease. OBJ
tanned by fraudulent representation of
earnings, will be mule North Caro-
lima folks are not fools and they will
not be driven by these transparent
tricks. They are tired, too. of being
taken for fools.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20

Jimville. n. G.. "s-I6-07.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23

the reclamation service rnishing all necessary materials and labor.
 During the coming season the seed on the Tonto national forest reserve will be collected and stored until the proper time for planting in the seed beds.
 The principal work of forest planting will be in the watershed of Tunto creek. on which the forest cover is inadequate. Owing to this fact this stream probably carries d larger percentage of salt than the Salt river. It is believed that tree planting along the eighteen miles of the power canal will result in furnishing fuel and quick growing varieties like ash and cottonwood will be chiefly used. At safe dis tance below the canal experimental planting of several species of the eucalytus will be made.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23
WILL PLANT FREES
Government to Plant Trees on Drain age Of T0ntO Basin on Exten-
 sive Scale

A general investigation of the conditions on and adjacent to the Salt River project has been made by J. T. Guthrie of the forest reserve in cooperation with the reclamation service. to determine the advisablity of forest planting on areas draining into the Tonto reservoir as an aid in preventing the sitting up of the reservoir.
 The director of the reclamation service has approved a plan of CO., operation in conducting this inn portant work which involves the immediate planting of cottonwood cuttings and ash seedlings on the power canal embankment; experi- ments with the Dew plant as a soil binder for canal banks; the estab llshment of a small forest nursery at the reclamation service ranch on Salt river; the experimental plant ing of ash. box-elder and hackberry at favorable locations on Tonto creek and tributaries.
 Under the plan proposed the for est officers will supervise the work,
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23

that may arise will be carried on by the Geological Survey. The expense of installing such unusual and expensive equipment as may be found necessary will be borne by the three cooperating bureaus. Professor Bigelow and Doctor Gil- bert will meet for conference at Yuma, Ariz., on or about May 10, and will proceed to the Salton basin to determine upon the details of the investigation.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23

number of acres that can be irri- gated from a certain reservoir, the engineer must make some allow ance for the amount of evapora
 ton and must decrease the number of acres to be irrigated by that amount. In the case of the new Roosevelt reservoir in Arizona 1t has been estimated that the evap- oration will amount to about 6 feet per year. Inasmuch as the total area of the reservoir will be I6,- 32o acres, the amount of water lost will be o7,o2o acre feet, sufficient to irrigate 48,o6o acres, assuming a duty of water equivalent to 24 inches per annum. Therefore, in estimating the number of acres that can be irrigated from the Roosevelt reservoir, it is neces- sary to elude nearly 5o,ooo acres that might be served were 1t not for evaporation. It will be ap- preciated from this that the evap- oration from reservoir surfaces is an important matter, and anything that can be done to provide pre- else data by which the engineer can make accurate computations will eventually mean saving of enormous sums of money.
 A conference committee from the three bureaus represented, con sisting of MT. w. C. Mendenhall, for the Geological Survey, MT. C. F. Marvin for the Weather Bureau, and Mir. C. E. Grunsky for the Re- clamation Service, has recently made a plan for the evaporation work that has been approved by the bureaus, and the work will be carried on under the direction of Prof. Frank Bigelow of the Weath- CT Bureau and Dr. G. K. Gilbert of the Geological Survey. The recommendations, in brief, are that the observations be continued over several years and that they be undertaken as soon as possible after the summer floods of 1907, provided that the protective struc- lures, built to force the Colorado River into it's normal channel withstand these floods, thereby indicating that the evaporation studies will not be interrupted by further extensive additions of Col orado River water. Since the re- suits are primarily contribution to meteorology, although of the greatest value to engineers, the observations will be made by trained representatives ot t h Weather Bureau. Supplementary studies of the character of the basin, inflow of surface waters and subsurface waters, and of en- gineering and geologic questions
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23
EVAPORATION STUDIES
SaIton Sea to be Made Study of vaporatlon and Other Phenomena
 by Government

Preliminary arrangements have been made by which the most ex- tensive and useful study of evap- oration and allied phenomena ever made will be carried on in Salton Sea, under cooperative arrange ment made by the United States Geological Survey, the United States Weather Bureau, and the United States Reclamation Ser vice.
 The breaking in of the Colorado River to the Salton Sea in South ern California and the great engi- neering battle that has been waged to drive the waters back into their old channel are quite familiar to the general public. The flooding of the Salton Basin to depth of about 80 feet has caused great loss to property and improvements There are, however, few favor able features connected with it., not the least important of which is the opportunity afforded for studying evaporation. Here is an inland sea, suddenly placed in an old basin, in warm climate, where evaporation is great, and without any important water sup ply in the future. The restoration of the Colorado River to its old channel has practically cut off in- Aux to the sea. The water which remains can readily be measured and accounted for, and in order to determine the evaporation it will merely be necessary to observe the rate of recession of this great lake and to take account of the attendant of the climatological phenomena. In fact the chance for decisive work along this line is one that could hardly be ex- pected to occur in a millennium.
 The rate of evaporation from water surfaces, in the arid country especially, is exceedingly import tant, because it must be taken into consideration in connection with the determination of the amount of water available for irrigation. A reservoir of large surface extent, constantly exposed to sun and wind, will lose by evaporation sufficient water to irrigate many acres. So far the measurements that have been made are unsatis- factory, and when the hydraulic engineer desires to know the rate of evaporation he has at hand only the old data, which may or may not be suitable for this purpose. Nevertheless, in determining the
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23
Railroad Bridge at Parker

The contract for manufacturing steel for the bridge to be built across the Colorado at Parker has been awarded, and the con. tract for the construction of the new bridge is to be let within a few days. The bridge will be built two miles above the Parker Indian agency buildings.
 The structure will include five spans, each 2S4 feet in length, resting on concrete piers which, in turn, will rest on pneumatic foundations, sixty feet below low water mark.
 The construction of the piers on this plan will add much to the cost of the entire structure, but from an engineering standpoint 1t seems to be imperative that the plers De built this way, as after several soundings of the river bed no solid foundation could be found at any reasonable depth, and in more than one place where what was thought to be bed rock was pierced by a drill space was found underneath filled with water, indicating the river at that point was two-story affair.
 The bridge will be thirty feet above the highest water mark known, and the general design of the structure, as well as the ma terial used, will be the best known to modern bridge construction en- gineers.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23

A reliable informant who has just come from the Riverside ranch
 in Chihuahua says that cattle Tn that country are dying by the hun dreds because of the poorness of the range. Weakened because they have not found sufficient food the cattle go to the river to drink and there, becoming begged in the mud, have not strength enough to extricate themselves and perish. The watering places are reported to be lined with cattle that have thus died. So weakened are the cattle that are being sent north from the ranges for feeding in the United States that mortality ot twenty per cent occurred in number of instances of late. Bisbee Review,
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23
The Northern Arizona Normal School, located

The Northern Arizona Normal School, located at Flagstaff, Arizona, will open its Summer Session of eight weeks on July 8, and close on August 29. 1907. By enrolling for the Sum mer session and re- niaining through the regular session, which opens in September, a pupil can do one and one-fourth years work during I2 months, cDm- mencing July 8th, 1907. It IS a most excellent opportunity for those who are teaching [ O take a systematic re- view, obtain credit to- wards a Normal Di- ploma, and gam some enthusiasm along pro- fessional lines. The Training School at the Normal will be in ses- sion from 9 to II:3o
 For InfOrr
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-23
Summer School in an Ideal Climate

o'clock each day dur ing the Summer Ses- sion. T h e Summer Session also furnishes a most excellent oppor- tunity to prepare for the September teachers eX- animation. The session will open at S:3o a. m. and close at I2:I5 noon. His will afford opl or iuuily t) v.sit ti.c l ac- oS ol inp.Ics; around F gstah during [ he
 un.n,ei. I.Ncufsions NH lc made to t'- Pet rified Forest and tbe Grand Canyon at reduc- cd rates during the sum mer. The tuition for the session will be SIo. To pupils who have been in attendance at the Nor mai during the last quar- ter of this school year will be S5. Board and room at the dormitory will not exceed $ per week.