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tune for now and again the water
SIMPLY would almost entirely disap-
near and he would lose cattle and
crops for lack of the precious acqua
pura.
He ran the farm for a time single
handed and then branched out again.
He had some capital now and de-
termined to do things on big scale.
Three wears after he had started on
the farm he took up ranching, rails
ing cattle, horses and sheep, and 5
wears after he went to Greeley he
was the owner of a fifty-thousand
acre ranch and one of the best stock
raisers in Colorado.
on the ranch the irrigation Ques-
tion claimed his attention more
closely than ever, for properly to
supply 10000 acres in dry coun-
try was a serious proposition. He
was near the South Platte, and he
observed in the spring and summer
the immense waste of water in the
floods and freshets when the snow
melted and the river and its tribu-
taries overflowed, only to dry up in
the midsummer days when the
drought parched the land, destroying
crops and herds and making the
land a desert.
He was the first man in the coun-
try TO apply to a large extent the les
son he learned by his own expert
enCe, that conservation is the life of
irrigation and that the reservoir is
the natural ally OF the irrigation
ditch on his ranch he got his
water supply from one or two springs
and sort of natural reservoir.
With the idea of conservation in
mind he set to work storing the wat
ers in his own reservoir, and succeed
ed in obtaining a sufficient quantity
to supply his own ranch and had a
surplus which he sold TO neighboring
ranches. And there he saw his op-
portunity
As a successful ranchman he had
capital at his command, and he used
il to get surveys of sites on which
were located natural reservoirs in
the South Platte valley, and when
this had been done, he filled upon
them. as the legal term has it. This
gave him control of the sites and
he then built artificial reservoirs.
When he had filed claims on the
reservoir sites he went out of the
ranching business and gave all his
attention to the irrigation problem
He was obliged to take his pay in
bonds given by the district in which
the work was done. and for these
he had to find his own market.
Shrewd capitalists in the East saw
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independent inlet ditch which is
taken from the river near the town
OF kersey and when drawn OFF dis
charges into the Bijou ditch, whence
the water is distributed to the lands
lying Hereunder. This reservoir has
a capacity OF upwards OF 100000
0OI cubic feet. The Bijou ditch and
these two reservoirs constitute an
entire system, furnishing ample
water for the irrigation of 10000
acres OF land.
/ The total cost of this system was
4 s95O.000
The construction of the Jackson
I Lake reservoir and its inlet was
actively commenced in 1902. The
inlet commences near Masters sta
tion on the Union Pacific railway,
and runs thence eleven miles to the
reservoir. The reservoir is built
upon a natural site. with a large en-
bankment on the southeast side
and has a capacity OF about 1.600,-
100000 cubic feet. or upwards OF
1900 acre feet This reservoir has
been in successful operation several
years, and has been the direct cause
| OF the building of two sugar fac
tories in Morgan county and the
of the best beet growing counties of
the state. The total cost of this
. reservoir and its inlet was about
$500 600.
The water stored in this rescr-
yoiT is used TOR the most part TO
supply water already under the older
bitches in Morgan county, viz: the
Fort Morgan ditch and the Upper
and Lower Platte and Beaver
bitches The largest interest is
owned under the Fort Morgan ditch.
and is managed and administered by
The Fort Morgan Irrigation district.
a district formed under the act OF
1901 for such purposes. Another
part OF this water supply is admin
istered by the Hillrose Irrigation
district. which was formed of lands
lying under the Lower Platte and
Beaver ditch. In all, this reservoir
is used to supplement the supplies
OF water OF the old bitches in order
to irrigate and supply about $4,000
acres of land.
The next part OF this general re-
clamation enterprise TO be taken up
and completed was the Riverside
. ditch and reservoir. This ditch and
reservoir were commenced at the
same time as the Jackson Lake res,
,eryoir. and partially completed
. Later. about the year 1905. an en-,
, largement was commenced and fiMaI
, completion planned.
The reservoir is now practically
; completed. The inlet ditch con.
! mences on the north side o. the
: South Platte river. about two miles
west of Hardin station, AMI run,
thence in a uortheasterly direction
for distance of eleven miles, where
it empties and discharges into the
: Riverside reservoir. This reservoir
covers about 600 acres Of land
: and has capacity of upwerds o
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the soundness OF the scheme and he
round ready market tor the Secur-
ms which are now held throughout
the country and in England and
France
lhe sites upon which he filed and
on which reservoirs now stand are
tributaries of the Platte. and are the
bIJou' the Julesburg, the Empire, the
jackson and the Riverside. He has
also built the Moutezuma system in
southwestern Colorado and the Eden
IN wyoming, In the last four wears
ne mas completed irrigation ditches
'VV miles long, which will irrigate
and reclaim about 100000 acres at
cost OF S5,o00,O00, and he has un-
GeF way now works which will re-
deem some i25,O0G acres and cost
$4,000, 900
one OF the features in this last
piece OF work is the construction of
tuhhel over three miles long from
the west slope OF the Rocky noun
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creased during and since construc-
ton IRON TWO to tiVe-told The en-
tire amount expended in the aggre-
gate upon these structures has been
about S3,750.OOo.
These works have been CON
structed and put in operation dur
ing substantially the same period
that the United States government
has been engaged in reclamation
work by the construction OF reser-
Nolrs IN the arid western states. 4
recent report shows that upwards
OF $40, 100000 have been expended
DE the government in this work
embracing work and expenditure
upon upwards of twenty different en-
terprises scattered over the west
and, so far at least as the results in
acreage irrigated has not an
preached to the 100000 acres for
which water has been provided bv
the private enterprises above de-
scribed
To illustrate this more definitely
the government has been carving
on a large enterprise in construct
ing ditch and tunnel taking its
supply of water from the Gunnison
/ river, for the purpose Of irrigatiua
a tract of land Of some l6O. 600
acres in Montana county. Colorado.
This enterprise is known as tho .Irn-
! compahgre Project" According Ia
: the last report, there has been ey-
( pended on this enterprise S2.24O. 600
and there remains about ope-tbird
Of the work to be done to complete
the enterprise, which will make thar
enterprise alone approximately 81
| OoO.O The water TO be diverted
by this enterprise is being sold under
contract to settlers at s35 an acre
ana lately notice has been given by
the department that owing to the
increased expenditure over the es-
inmates mat price would have to be
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in the JuIesburg irrigation district.
a tract OF 10000 acres OF land in
Sedgwick county, and has been in
successful operation several wears
900.
These bitches. reservoirs and
waterworks have been turned over
in every case to irrigation districts
formed under the acts of tqo1 and
1905, to-wit: The Bif1u di,cb and
reservoir and the Empire reservoir.
TO the BiJou Irrigation District, the
Jaehsoh Lake reservoir L0 the Fort
Morgan Irrigation district and the
hlllrose district: the EEarside res
erFolF and bitches TO the Riverside
irrigation district; and The Jules
burg reservoir and d.r.N.s To the
Julesburg Irrigation district
All these reservoir AIKEN to-
gether store approyIaat.Tv eight
billion cubic feet of var.r or TO-
gether with water a.r.rted by
bitches and used dirm..- supply
about 300, 900 acre feet ,f water
annually. Part OF this and was
reclaimed before the nr.Tding of
the reservoirs, but aa.- in an
incomplete way, so tEnr we NAV
fairly say that these .a-ious en-
terprises above meutionur and de-
scribed have led to the .onnlete re-
elamation Of about 20U.nm acres OF
land
Lately. also, the pro of the
Pawnee Pass reservoir h.. bean re-
FNed, but upon somaa.at differ.
ent basis, and requIr.re a much
shorter inlet, with a r.saryoir OF
less capacity than was forlerly con
templated
While these waterwor.7 on the
Platte river have been .r curse OF
construction, Mr., Camfo.d md some
OF hts associates, also. ring the
years 1907 and 1908, ave con-
structed the Montezuma Trtches and
reservoirs in Montezuma county
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.-.r,r,.Ir. and the system OF rystL
.....-. ard bitches for the Eden llIl-
.-r.nr company IN Douglass county
.-rt. of Wyoming .,i,,
rra Nuutcmma system Gohs'sV
.-.. -f more than roo miles OF
r..rrrs and two large reservoirs -
.r rrrtIy constructed several years
-rr. but was taken over ABOUT W.
-Se-s ago for reconstruction ana Is
--,v practically completed, at to-
.rr nypenditure OF about SNoo'oVu.
.-ga gater 10 supply the Monts"Hma
valley system is taken from the
,7-rgrrs river and its tributaries
raar Dolores This system covers
.nrr1xlmately 10000 acres OF Iaha'
--f Is The most extensive IRRIGATION
grzfrm on the western slope within
the state.
The Edeu-Wyomins enterprise
.-rrsfsts of one large reservoir ana
.....rgl di,ches. The water TO sup
NV fhfs system is taken from the Big
sandy river. and the system was CON
s.-neted, reclaiming about So'Voo
ceres of land segregated, under the
-.u-rlsions of the Carey act. The to-
.rf expenditure on this enterprise
Was about S250,0O0.
The above enumerated dltches
and reservoirs supply in part ne"
lands and in part are used 10 sup
-rrmpur water supplies OF other
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250O.0OO,0o0 cubic feet, or
so. 900 acre feet
This reservoir is so situate
water may be discharged int
river and taken out again D.
change with other bitches, or
be carried through its main
directly to and upon lands
north OF the South Platte rive
across Morgan county. Thls
of land embraces upwards of @
acres and is nearly all new
which is not capable of irr.g
from other sources. The dll
upwards of 100 miles long
cost OF this Riverside system
upwards of $1,000, 900.
To further supplement tha
ply of the Riverside system
now proposed to build the "
reservoir. with a capacity OF
200, 100000 cubic feet OF W
This reservoir will be prin
supplied by the flood water o.
cat creek, and will be used t.
plement the supply of the l
side system east of wildcat
and the eastern part of s."
county and the western part
gan county.
MIR. Camheld and some OF Il.
sociates. during the construC.
the above described water
also undertook and carried q"
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Completed Camheld
Enterprises
BY HON. JAMES W. McREERY

Biiou reservoir and the Empire res
eryoir. afterward constructed, CON
stitute one system for the irrisatloh
of the lands lying under the blJou
ditch. The Bijou reservoir is To-
Gated Immediately below the dltch
and west of the Bijou creek in Nor
gan county. II has a capacity OF
about 100000, 900 cubic feet The
Riiou reservoir is filled through
the Bijou ditch and has an outlet
which covers most OF the lands west
OF Fort Morgan. belonging TO the
system
The Empire reservoir was con-
structed during the years 1906 ana
1907. and is located above the Bijou
ditch and near the line between Nor
gan and Weld counties. Ii has an
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Completed Y
Enterprl1

lFrom }rh -a.'''''. /,
considerably RAISED. 80,
been going on uE. ,,,
not netu an acre OF land IA, NJ.
ed or redeemed, "n. ms
enterprises a..'. ..,s
ried on by Mr ta.-5i a.,i
associates have NJ, ,ns,
same amount %. ''. n
stantially the 5al.g ...,ts
ready brought .N. .,st
and at much less ''''
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ar we lhera
er ,,r supply to the
,bsy tey the water to |,
That his wors
sound iuycstmrSo,ns,
the fact that duri,, r',
he was carrying ~ ~
pn points with mora ~
ana ana a a force which
month. and 'i'' NJ, S,.o'oe
the entire outfit T.
He has done mora
one man in copss p,s
supply aHI also M
tied lted States goyeruu A.
work, In which he
en- gagged for the las,
made the larger Tss NJ,
y, Although born II
Mr. .Camneld is Of ,
and, like many Of
newer states, is al
praise OF It.
The West" ba
than the East in az :,
There are ten chaI
man to one here
tious people in tba
leave those section
to the West to sur1
more opportunities
a man Who goes ,ba
and with enough u
get on The clima-|
itself and keeps a
care OF himself IN
pitch of physical
cheney.
Greeley named
Greeley It's founder
a village of 1000 n
and has an the moiI
of water works I'D
so on According i
Nearly everyone
and grew mp rich
built a hotel In The
the comforts OF a Id
wealthiest man and
zen in that section
He was proposed
Govrnor I'M one Of
paisns bur refused
to do with the game
married Miss l.o''la
was born iu Fall
when a young child
in Greeley They al
and the eldest dauchd
ing in Boston
That is the one
Camfield In which
the advantage Of
But" he added (,
before We ID De able
their own ground
it's West for busine}
education
ALTHOUGH Nr Cam
80 years ago. when
lawlessnes than thel
although De- visited
ranches and border I
packed a gun, an
trouble OF any Kind.
thing is all nonsense.
there are many il |,
in Providengo today
who carry q pistol
out West
He considers Wes(
good investment y
according 90 his own I
were a number OF
sharks in many OF the
whose chief source OF
tenderfoot f1 whom
and real estate tha'
and were always lo
ers. In these days
have learned rautlol
making ans Iu'estlr
the advice ut some T.
The sharks urr -oll
soon be gone a'iol.
Clares
The great major
in the West Dr.
to-do. Catch .eW
em out West and &
right stuff they a..
ceed
He himself has
in the last 20 year,
and he speaks N''I
Mr.. CamGeld is @
and rather stucEy
fair complexion 5,u.
CRAVING at the tenn
dish moustache h5
es and used 90 Fl1
but OF late years
automobile enIaas.'
from Buffalo a rev.
car with his oFol.
East once q year al
CITY on his annual
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pletion a large reservoir in Logan
and Sedgwick counties, know as
the Julesburg reservoir. Th.s res
eryoir has capacity of 1,2 2-a,I0H,-
0O0 cubic feet. or upwards o., -5,-
000 acre feet. This supply S used
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ditChes The acreage so supplied
by these reservoirs and bitches
amounts in the aggregate to up
wards of 300 900 acres of land. In
every case the values OF the lands
under these systems have been in
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-06-06

upon secondtng a motion to endorse
Bryan (no such motion having been
made) and launching forth in a TRADE
against gag" rule, because Chairman
Peter j. Campbell ruled him out OF
order. In the midst OF Mr.. Apple
garth's performance the Convention
adjourned, and the delegates declined
to stay and listen TO him while he APP
pealcd irantically for trump" Con-
vention. Indeed. the Bryan forces,
realizing that they had not the votes
to win, had decided 70 make no effort
to carry resolution OF endorsement.
In calling the Convention to order.
State Chairman Vandiver assured the
delegates that unity and Concord
would make Our success sure and We
shall once more rejoice in the exnltant
fact that we have safe and sound
Democrat at the head OF the Govern
ment" Query:-Whom did he mean
by "a safe and sound Democrat?"
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BAY VIEW.

Bay View NJ p. Sunday School will
hold festival June 9, on the lawn adj
joining the Mechanics Hail.
Children's Day. June IL,
Mr.. Jethro Johnson. oi Chester, was
the guest OF Bay View friends on Sun
day
Mrs J. r. Matthews and Miss Tacie
oi Chester, are visiting Bay View
friends this week.
Mrs n, V. Chambers and son, Her
bert. Of Wilmington. are the guests OF
her mother. Mrs Margaret 6. Brown.
Miss Cora Benjamin, who has been
under an operation for appendicitis, is
improving very nicely.
Several OF our sports have bought
new buggies. Girls, beware.
What mas become Of our Civic I'm
provement Committee Lots to dc
yet. don't give up Little persever-
ance and white paint will do the work
Some improvements have been made
in front al Mr. John Murray's farm.
II H. Brown did the work. which give:
him praise IN the manner in which il
was done
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c. d D. Canals Good Showing

\ deficiency pi $i6.5l7 in 1907 was
turned into ,urplu, 81 SoSl IN 1903
hy the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Company in the year ended May
20, according to the report submitted
NJ the annual meeting 81 the stock
holders Monday, at slS Walnut street,
Philadelphia Despite the businc, 5
depression 81 the fall and winter, the
company increased lis gross tonnage
nearly $4,000 tons during the last year,
bringing the total up to s76,4i6 tons.
The total inr the previous year was
$3.50 tons.
The revenue from tolls for the year
was Sloo,I7l, compared with SiI2.773
IN 1907. The net revenue amounted
To Siol.7oo. As against SS7.S a year
ago The fixed charges were Sioi. iIS.
the same as last year II was report
ed that considerable Improvement
work had been done at the St. George
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Local lettings

-Ch'drcn's Day service will be OBJ
served in Bethel Church, Sunday
evening, June 7.
The County commissioners the
School Commissioners and the Orp-
hhanS' Court will hold their regular
monthly meetings Tuesday
The Elkton Giants defeated the
Newark Pigmies on the Elkton Base
Ball Park Thursday afternoon. in an
interesting game, by score Of = to ?.
Ernest. the - year old son OF Mr..
ard Mrs. William +. Grant, 81 Upper
Principle, Va, badly hurt Wednc day
by being knocked down and kicked by
4 cali. Tie j. now improving.
a strawberry. ice cream and CON
icct.oncry festival will be held at Elk
Mills. Friday aud Saturday evenings,
june - and ~. ior benefit oi Bald
win NJ f. Chapel Nj welcome.
a hen belonging To- Mrs Susan K.
Grant, ~ Principle laid m egg re-
Gently that wa, D niche. long and !
inches around 1t was nearly closed
IN the middle, the white being N one
end and the yuik IN the other
Charles Currar, IN aged resident
ri Newark. had his right leg broken
Monday by tombstone falling On 1t.
Mr. Currcn. who is - years 81 age,
W, assisting IN digging a grave N
the cemetery He became iatigucd
and ,at down nh the tombstone To
rest The stone tupplcd over and icll
IN ~, leg. breaking II
uhn K Johnson. the owner Vt the
Elktuu Stock Farm, died Thursday 1t
h., home IN Philadelphia, after an i'll
ness Of ten weeks lie was the head
oi the Johnson Forge Co. oi " dining
ton and John K Johnson and Co, ~
Richmond, Va, He was a mcmDc- oi
the Mason, aud oi the Union League.
bur daughter survive, him
-lIupcwcll VI T. Church. Wood
lawn, Rev q! Howard Gray, PASTOR
Services June 7 SUNDAY School at
. 80, preaching It 1890. subject
Gideon and III, Faithful Few.
There will be No services in the even
ing. because OF Chldrcn's Day, at As
bury Church On June -, at 10. 90,
Children, Day services at Hopcwell
and At 80. the pastor will begin a
>cric, OF sermons called Seaside Sun
day Evening Trips" The hr-, will be
Setting Sail
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RISING SUN.

Mr. Hamilton Mendenhall and fam
lily, Of Goughkenamon, spent last SAT-
urday with Mir. c. 5. Pyle and family.
Miss Aravilla Pyle left this week for
months stay with relatives in West
Virginia.
Mrs. Jennie Rhein, OF Reading, has
returned home from visit with her
mother, Mrs. Isabel Buckley
MIR Zachariah Grant spent portion
oi the week with relatives in Philadel-
ph:a,
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ Stcrrett en-
tcrtaincd few friends at supper on
Thursday night
Mir and Mrs c. + Dare 'and little
son, Edgar, OF Alexandria, visited re-
latives in and near town this week
The Home Mission Social" was de-
lightfully entertained on Friday night
by Miss Grace \. Wilson and brother,
Ralph. At Maple Lawn. After a very
good program was rendered various
games were INDUCED in and at the
final, cake and strawberries were
served
Miss Alice Hartcnstine, OF Prin.
epic Furnace. was the guest OF her
slater. Mrs BENJAMIN Briscoe, this
week
Mcssrs. Howard Wilson and CHI
lord Robertson, who are employed in
New York, have returned from spend
irg q few days at their home here.
MIR and Mrs James Mcclellan. %
Philadelphia, visited relatives here in
town during the week
Miss Elizabeth X Stephens spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs Elmer
Nanneman. in llavrc dc Grace.
Mr., Sheppard, Ut Mddletown, is
enjoying visit with her son. Mr..
Harry Sheppard and family.
Mrs G K GraSon has returned
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APPLETON

The farmers in this vicinity are busy
cultivating corn and potatoes. which
look very well.
Miss Elizabeth Scott has returned
from delightful visit with relatives in
Camden. N. J.
Mrs. John Henderson spent Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. Blackson.
Miss Evelyn Kimble. who has taught
in North East during the past year,
is at home FOR vacation
Miss Annie Walker has returned
home from Wilmington. where she
spent few weeks.
Jackson Sunday School will hold
their Children's Day exercises on Sun
day evening. June "a.
Mr. and Mrs. John Love and little
daughter. Bertha May, visited relatives
in Cherry Hill last week
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BRYAN MAKES FREAK

n ECRETARY TAFT may be a
heavyweight. but there is moth
- ing slow about the way he
handles himself in the ring, as William
Jennings Bryan very sorrowiully dis
covered when he made his publicity
OF campaign contributions" pass. The
Secretary caught the point OF his adj
versary's foil with delft twist OF the
wrist and in trice Mr.. Bryan found
himself weaponless and his doublet
down. 1t all came about through the
Bryan trick Of bumptiousness. II not
that. what would you call his telegram
to Mr. TAFT. the other day, suggest
ing that las leading candidates in our
respective parties we join in asking
Congress TO pass bill requiring pub
Lefty Of compaign contributions prior
to election? And then Mr. Bryan,
without waiting for a reply, published
the contents oi his telegram to the
world, and invited the whole great
public To- join him IN watching the
Secretary squrm. But il was not just
the Sccretary's hour for squirming
He simply turned Ia his letter file. took
thcreirom and forwarded to Mr.. Bryan
letter which he had sent a MONTH
AGO tn Chairman Burrows 81 the
Senate Committee on Elections. ex-
pressing his strong advocacy of the
Bill providing ior publicity OF cam
raign contributions Mr. Bryan was
only thirty days too slow ior Mr. sTFlit
And then the Secretary made little
pas, vi his own at Mr. Bryan's pre-
mature assumption Mr. Bryan's mod
c>ty has never been troublesome. so
that he had no he>itancy in publishing
2 communication in which he describes
himself a. the leading candidate Of
hi party" Mr.. Tai, reads him a sly
lesson in the amenities by noting that
HIS letter To- Chairman Burrows was
rot made public because he wcs anx.
'nus ,u ayoid assuming an attitude n
the campaign which j, is quitcpossible
Fl shall never have the right to as
sumo" Unless Bryan has the hide
~ hippupotamuS. he knows now
what il means to "iccl Ike thirty
cents, Or 10 to J" silver dollar