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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

merge 1t.
The Uncompahgre Valley contains land
which, when a suficiency of water Is ap-
piled 10 1t, proves to be as fertile as any
in the world. At present the Gunnison
riv IT is flowing in futile amplitude past
the valley at the bottom of q rocky can
yon, three Thousand feet below the sur
face of the mesa. The Reclamation Serv-
ice is boring n tunnel through the noun
tain to carry the waters out upon the Rd-
jRcent plain. 1t will be six miles In
length. and will effect the irrigation Of
100, 900 acres. The greater proportion OF
this work IS accomplished and Its COM
pletion Is looked for about year hence.
The ShOshone dam IS going up I'm north
ern Wyoming. 1t will lock a narrow
granite canyon and viii rise to a greater
hetght-310 feet-than any other in the
world. The site Of the dam is in a spot
formerly almost inaccessible but the SeTY-
fee has constructed road several miles
In length through the canyon. 1t passes
through scenery indescrlbably beautiful
and affords u new route TO Yellowstone
Park.
At the foot OF the Black Hills, in South
Dakota, an enormous earthen embank-
will be 115 feet in height and more than
a mile In length and will act as a re-
tanning wall to lake twenty miles long
by five wide and in many places over one
hundred feet deep. This project-tts
Belle Fourche is to be opened in ths
present year.
A remarkable piece OF engineering IL
connected with the Yuma project on the
Colorado River. Across that ECCENTRIC
stream is being thrown a huge dam Of
the East India weir type. Lacking bed
rock foundation the enormous masonry
construction will rest upon the sand. y
is to be nearly a mile in length and 10
stretch about 400 feet up and down
stream. It's weight will be 100000 tons
and It's cost three quarters of million
dollars. Another remarkable operation in
volved in this project is The carrying o.
| the ella River through a steel and CO
ment syphon $500 feet long, underneath
| and across the Colorado.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

swTR lat Is the greatest material enter
AHk rise Of the Government at the
~ present day2 Nine persons In ten
r,,iIi ausyyer at once: THE Panama Canal
Bnf we have within our own country q
rerIoraI work I'm progress which Is incom-
DarabIv greater and Of more importance
Than the Isthmian operation. We do not
haar much Of the Reclamation Service
the DiracIe-wOrking bureau Of the Govern
mept 1t was only organized Eve years
sgo md It's projects are located In out
of-tbc-way places. Its engineers are
rnstter-of- fact type of men, intense ana
cIose-mouthed. It is difficult to get a
ztory from them and II you succeed, II
n apt TO be delivered IN the practical
terms Of the craft For weeks the pres
ent scribe pestered "GunnisOn" McCon-
nell for an account Of the famous tun-
mel Now the exploration OF the canyon
and tho construction work on the Six
mile shaft 10 pierce mountain 5000
feet In height have been accomplished
nv blood stirring deeds Of herOism, 0d-
venture. and difficulty, but the engineer
narrative neglected ali these as non-essen-
tials 1t was n plain picture in half
tone Of a project and the mechanical fea-
lures involved In It's execution.
The Reclamation Service has set Its
hand to the splendid task Of converting
90. 900 900 acres OF barren waste into
richly productive land, much Of 1t the
most fecund on the face of the globe.
The scene Of the contemplated transfer
nation which is proceeding with won
derful rapldlty - is the Great American
Desert, embracing our sixteen more or
less arid States and Territories and oc-
cupying two-hfths Of the area Of the
's-i"~' stHt~- II Is a region that we
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

years ago were over-taxed by an assess
ment of seventy five cents per acre. But
private capital has been restricted to the
solution of comparatively simple prob
lens in hydraulic engineering 1t re-
manned for the Government to cope with
the difficult and stupendous undertakings
upon which the salvation Of the greater
part of the arid region depends.
One Of the most remarkable features Of
the great work of the Reclamation Serv-
Ice Is that 1t is being performed without
cost to the country. The national irriga-
ton act Of June 1902, created the bureau
and provided that the funds for carrying
on It's opera lions should be derived from
the sales of public lands in the arid and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I1ZER LAZY1HL
AIhLTRZDLEP RROeNET ARZzQLA

semi-arid States and Territories; that the
cost of each operation should be repaid
to the Government by the sale Of water
rights: that the land should be disposed
of t. actual settlers under the homestead
act In small farm units sufficient to sup
port a family; and that at the end OF
ten years the irrigation works-wtth the
exception of the reservoirs-should be
turned over to the people. Thus the serv-
ice has a constantly increasing fund
which now amounts to about S5O,0Oo,OOO
that is turned over and over and Is at
present appropriated to the prosecution
of twenty-four different projects in Yari-
GUS parts Of the region.
The plans of the Reclamation Service
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

available for rice growing IA Louisiana
and Texas, and the value Of such a crop
would be 500, 100000. This would make
the rice crop fifth In point of value among
the cereals Of this country.
Iron cloth is largely used today by tai
lors for making the collars Of coats sit
properly. II Is manufactured by g new
process from the steel wool, and has the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

depend upon her solvency and the devel-
opment OF her mechanical industries. She
Is carrying a burdensome national debt of
nearly one thousand million dollars upon
which fifty million dollars interest must
be paid annually. The maintenance Of
her government, and her military estab-
hshment is very heavy, and projected
public improvements will make large
drains upon her exchequer. For example,
the national acquisition of the railroads
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

appearance OF having been woven from
horsehair
Where the trouble is physical, such as
failure Of an organ, indigestion, conges-
ton of the liver and so on, strong, firm,
martial music viii gre best results, &C
cording to DR.. Latson, editor Of Health
Culture. For this class OF treatment the
key OF major is particularly recon-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

NOlT.
Colorado, Montana and Utah have shown
a decided decline In the production Of
precious metals.
The steel sleeping cars which the Pull
man Company is building will weigh p
per cent. more than the present cars.
The tip Of the tongue is the most SEN
sitiye part OF the human body; the tips
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

OF the fingers come next, and third, the
skin of the lips
In q discussion IN the House Of Par
lament relative TO the danger OF cordite,
Mr.. HaIdane said that he had walking
stick made OF this explosive which he
had otte9.-carried into the cloakroom OF
Parliament
1t is estimated that q, ooo, 600 acres are
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

some injury upon our merchant marine
and western coast towns. But there her
power would cease and the enterprise
would mark the beginning of her down
fall The moment she declared war
against the United States her main prop
the alliance with Great Britain-would
be knocked from under her and when
after, perhaps, Il years of preparation
we should invade Nippon. there would be
nothing left for the exuberant Japan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

The railroads Of this country are said
to use 81, 100000 ties per annun.
Hindoo prince is & candidate for the
football team at Cornell
Hongkong Imports annually about 2.
100000 feet board measure of Oregon
pine.
New York has 81, 900, ooo, 900 gallons of
water stored away In Its mountain reser-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

MSDQGu-
Wasps prey on dies-a fact which In
well known in Italy. On any summer or
early autumn day in the Tuscan country
parts. when the luncheon table Is black
ened By flies, one may see wasp sail In
at the open window, select fly, roll 1t
over, curl Il up and carry 1t out into the
sunshine and soon return fbr another.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

csc but to retire to the RAMS of the
second rate powers.
Japan is confronted with the most seri-
Gus economic problems. With q popula-
ton Of 1900, O0O increasing at the rate
of 10000 & year, Japan Is oyerpeOpled.
The need OF an outlet for her surplus
population was the chief inducement to
the late war. She now has IT In Korea.
The salvation Of Japan and the maInte-
nance OF her position as 8 world power
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19
a ..Au la, recent WAN scare L.

81 IS
s Euovcr was n moment when the 60
~ eminent of either Japan or America
seriously considered hostiIiues. On our Side
the alarm originated in and was restricted
to the Irresponsible and unbalanced yellow
journals that pander to the popular love
OF sensation. In Japan the agitation had
a similar origin but there the temper OF
the people created real danger OF
grave complications and might have
driven a weak ministry to extremes. The
world has never seen a greater enthusi-
asm for fight than that with which the
Japanese entered upon Une war with Rus
sia. except, perhaps. when England turned
out to man TO repeI the Spanish AT
mada After the victory. the Mkado'S
people were possessed of a spirit akin
to that which prevailed in this country
as a sequence TO the war Of 1872 They
thought that Bhey could beat the world
and SO they think now and will continue
to do SO until the inevitable war with
great power that shall teach them wis
dom and due sense Of proportion. In
q recent number the Toxic Puck, tagged
a cartoon with the following modest sen
ttmeut:
The Pacific Coast has already become
a Ierocious lion and the whole land Is
fast being brutalized. We fear the time
may come when we shall be forced to
use the rifle again at this hideous mon
ster-the rife which we once tried with
success at the savage beast from the
North"
Should Japan attack the United States,
she could seize the Philippines Hawaii.
and our other possessions in the Pacific
with little difficulty and might infiict
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

In New York city alone the great works
of tunnels under city ana river, railway
terminals and depots, water supply and
other similar enterprises now in progress
aggregate the enormous sum of S625, 0O0-
600, or more than four Panama canals,
says Popular Mechanics, while three Of
the undertakings amount to s1o0,oOo.o0o
each
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

The town OF Orson, Sweden, In without
taxes. The necessary revenues are de-
rived from forest reservation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
HOW BIG CONFLAGRA- TON WAS FOUGHT BY BUCKET BRIG ADES AND COTTON SAVED.

Aid Rendered by Co., Work CTS and Business Men Insurance Only $1oo, 900 -Losses-Dynamite Used and Cottages Blown Away to Check Flames-Water Service Responsible For Total Destruction of Plant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
PUBLIC SCHOOL,
 ATHLETIC ASSN
Organized by the Students at the Pine Bluff Flight S"hool-Will
 Play Schedule of Games.

The Pine Bluff Pubic School Association has been organized. A schedule of games of baseball, and nIEer atSletlt5 ls 5-ies arranged hetween the diffe ,cuf seEools Of the city Games ant contests will t,iso be held with out-of-town school teams A 5i- meet is to D" i.old some time in April at Lit lie Rock and W Il be participated in D.. High Schools trol2 this section of the srate.
 The officers oF tie association are Claude Spark, president; Wilbur
 first vic :les 1en, Robert Lee Byrd, second vice prestdent; c. R. Allen, third vice president; Julian Waterman, secretary, and F. w. Lowe, treasurer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
c. c. TAYLOR'S LOCAL
 OFFICE CLOSED
Emmett Wilson, the Local Mana ger, Says He Is Not In a Posi- to Say Whether the Of;re
 Will Reopen.

Following the receipt of mes sage from the main office of C C. Taylor & Co.,, at Texarkana, yo3ter- day, the statement was made at 'r" office Sat the firm had suspended payment. c. c. Taylor & Go. are krown through the South as an 2, tive hause in i!le brokerage huei- ness, it's operations including stocks, cotton and other securities and commodities.
 The local office which is in the Board of Trade building is in charge of Emmett Wilson, who stat ed yesterday that the Pine Bluff office .was closed temporarily at least ana he could not say whether or not it would reopen.
 According to a statement issued by representative of the firm, The suspension was occasioned ty ina bility to collect margins from cus- tt mers.
 The liabilities III Momp''s are placed at from s7.000 to $S,0O0 while the am l:,t due the concern is said to be we'll in excess of these figures.
 The firm also has branches in Helena, Little Rock, and other cit-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
Immediate Action Must Be Taken by Mayor Caldwell or Council to give the City a Better Service. Pine Bluff Now al Mercy of Flames.

Bluff still finds itself at the mercy of flames.
 The destrustion of the mammoth Bluff City Lumber Company's mills aand thousands of dollars worth of property Friday,* has brought the people of Pine Bluff to their senses and it is probable that mass meet ing will be called during the pres ent week to get immediate relief. if Mayor Caldwell c" the Council takes no immediate and decisive action in the matter Pine Bluff must have water protection and that im- mediately, seems to be the motto of every man within it's bounds. The East End fire, the many prom lses of the water company, which have not been made good, the fire of Friday and the increase in wa ter rates in recent months have re- suited in general Announcement of the Pine Bluff Light and Water company and dsire on the part of every business man and property owner to take decisisve action and that at once.
 Manager Fowles of the Pine Bluff Light and Water Company declares that his register showed 90 pounds Of pressure was given at the fire Friday afternoon. This statement insurance men and others who are in a position to kIow, declare to he aosolutely false. Those who wit messed the fire and saw the water pressure, which was hardly strong enough to force the water from the hose, are willing to swear that the pressure was not up to the thiry-pound mark
 Something must be done,' said 8 business man. yesterday. "Pine Bluff nas been taking promises too long from the water company. It will continue to delay matters until the city is totally destroyed some day and then they will say "I told you so. It will be too late then"
 FRIDAYS FIRE.
 The onflagration of Friday af- ternoon, which for a time threat ened the whole of the Western resi- dence. section. will aggregate nearly half million dollars in losses. The big blaming mills of the Bluff City Lumber Company were completely destroyed. Four million feet of lumber and thousands of bundles
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

the Tigers will open a series of three games with the Hot Springs team The two teams will then return here for another series.
 MT. Nixon stated yesterday that -a state league was losing propo,ttian ana until more enthusiasm was shown, 1t was thoayht best, by base- ball men throughout the state, that Independent ball was the best and most profitable to offer. He said that no expense was being spared to equip the local team and that all proceeds from the excursion and the games would go to the betterment of the loca! nine. MT. Nixon will manage the Pine Bluff club. He is at present signing men for the season. but will announce his list later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
PINE BLUFF ID HAVE BASEBALL C|IIR
Havls Nixon to Offer Independent Ball to Local Fans This summer-Has Arranged For Opening ser;ez of Games in the Near Future 1Jniforms , Equipments Ordered and Players Being Signed

An independent ball team, to be known as the Pine Bluff Tigers" is being organized and it is likely that a baseball game between Pine Bluff and Hot Springs will be the feature to 1naugurate the baseball season at Forest park in the near future. T. Havls Nixon, John F. Rutherford, president of the Citizens Light and Transit company, and other local fans are behind the movement to organ ize the Pine Bluff team and promise lovers of the national game some good contests this summer. Suits of pearl gray, trimmed in blue, and the
 other necessary club equipmen nts nave been ordered amounting to $4oo' from Spaulding. On Sunday. April 14, the team will give an ex- cursion to Hot Springs. On that date
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
MAYOR CALDNVEL!.'S FIGURES.

Mayor Caldwell made the follow ing statement yesterday:
 When the fire whistle blew Fri day afternoon 1 went immediately to the pumping station of the water company. When I arrived l found that the suage registered about S5 pounds. Water was being pumped from the reservoir and the wells We're also used. left the station and went to the fire and returned later and found the pressure was about 75 pounds, and was also in- formed that the water had been shut off Tn those parts of the city east of Poplar and south of Sixth in order to furnish all that was necessary for the fire. At the fire I notieed that the firemen were unable to throw stream but a. short distance. My opinion is that somewhere between the pumping station and certain portions of the city there is a stricture in the mains which prevests the water from having the pressure it should have'' !
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
Y. M. c. A. BANQUET
 BIG SUCCESS.

The banquet given last night at the Y. M. C. A. was largely attended and proved a big success, inaugurating the $20,0OO improvement fund cam paign. Judge Selden P. Spencer, W. W. Adair and F. l.. Hamilton, of St. Louis, were the principal speakers. The Graphic is unable to give a de- tailed report of the affair owing to the failure of the gas plant to supply gas for the operation of our linotype machines after midnight last night. A full account of the banquet will ap- pear in Mondays Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
GUSTAVE MILLER
 TO TAKE PART.

Professor Gustave Miller, recent concert-master of the Portland Symphony orchestra, and late con- cert-master of the Theater Thomas orchestra, will render violin solo at the Elks mass mseting this aft ernoon in connection with the Y. M. c. A. program. MT. Miller enjoys the enviable reputation of having been for considerable time under the tutelage of the famous German master, Wagner, and his career has been one of pre-eminent success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

* /" * !. John r. Rutherford, one of the # * officials of the Bluff City Lum- * * Der company, stated last night * that the Bluff City Lumber com * pany will proceed to rebuild it's # * burned plant Immediately. * *. Work will begin tomorrow of :. removing debris from the site * where formerly stood the man. * mosh manufacturing plant. It s' was stated that the company # * would rebuild the plant On * larger scale, mcte mo6ern aad * up to date, end that where It . could be done consistently, brick a buildings would take the place a' < of the old ones. * * Mr. Rutherford said the com * pany sustained loss of $200,- * 900, in addition to the $100,OOO & * insurance carried by the compa-s' ny. * s; * * s. a * *
 With another of it's largest man.
 utacturinS plants in ashes because
 of the local water company's inabil-
 ity to give sufficient water to check
 small blaze in it's inc1piency, Pine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

ies, and represents prominent con cerns Of New York, New Orleans and Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
We Invite Your Inspection

of our high class fabrics in exclusive patterns, the just something different
 kind from the ordinary offerings. Eisenkramer the Tailor, over Citizens
 bank, Second avenue corner Pioa street N
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
John E. Rutherford Announced Saturday Night That Larger and More Modern Plant Would Be Erected on Sight of
 One Destroyed by Fire Friday Afternoon

of shingles, together with tram ways, finishing shop, woodworking shop, steam dry kilns boiler house, four large lumber sheds, water tanks, sash and door and glazing rooms, feed and grocery warehouse were burned, entailing loss of more than quarter of a million dollars to the lumber company alone. The only thing that was saved in the area of four blocks in the burned district was the store room at Fourth avenue and Mulber- ny street, and that was saved with buckets of water after dynamite had been used.
 ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
 According to the company offici- als and others who discovered the blaze, the fire started from a hot box underneath Planning Mill No. 1. As soon as the firemen and the company employees wen to the scene of the blaze they got under heath the flooring and had they been given any kind of water pressure at all, the fire, still in it's infancy, could have been easily extinguished, they say. There was no water at all for several minutes and when it was given it came so slow that it proved useless.
 In less time than it takes to tell th> fire gained great headway and swept everything within it's path. Dynamite was used to check it and when it was seen that the flames had leaped across Fourth avenue and enveloped the large ware tz use of the :omi a:y& commis- sary, Fourth avenue and South i.o- cust street, stick after stick of dynamite was thrown in among the cottages. preventing the spread of the flames Es stHa"' 10 the com missary buildine and adjoining storehouses.. Several small cottages. occupied by company employees. were either destroyed by fire or blown to splinters, after they were stripped of all furnishings and per sonal effects
 \ SPECTACULAR BLAZE.
 By this tlm7 the fire ragged frightfully over the entire area of four blocks, on which stood lumber, stacked high. and various build inss of the company. It was seen that the fire vas far beyond the control and D. A. Kendall. of the Sawyer and Austin Lumber Com panN. whose plant was a half mile away, ordered the plant closed down and directed all of his en- pioNss to assist in saving ma, erial, and if possible. and in checking the flames on the Bluff Cty's prop tery. Mr. Kendall, astriue his horse, directed the men at their work and they accomplished much good work in saving ten thousand sash and doors and many thousand bundles of shingles, which were in the store room, that was afterward saved. It was the only building left standing on the cOmDany'S property.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

J. D. Weber returned yesterday from a several weeks visit in Louise vile, Ky. F
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
COTTON AND COMPRESSES
 THREATENED.

The Standard Compress. just across narrow Mulberry street, was in immediate danger all during the conflagration. Eight thousand bales of cotton, three thousand of which were on the platforms out in the open, were stored there. Sev- eral small streams of water, se- cured at the plant of the Citizens Light and Transit Company a block away, were kept going continually to protect them. The top of every bale was soaked and when one would ignite from a spark of fly ing ember, several men would grab it, roll it into the street and ex- tinguish the blaze. In this manner the compress and the thousands of bales were saved.
 MORE COTTON MOVED.
 Just across Third avenue on the North of the lumber plant stood the large warehouse of the Ham, met Company. In this warehouse were stored three thousand bales of cotton, ready for shipment. In a cotton yard tdjoining were sev-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

For wall paper and paint see Claud Clegg and company, 417 Main street.