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AT WORK ON WATERWAYS

Louis engineer and student of inland
waterways, found continuous stream
Of tramc.
Great Britain has a royal commits
sion appointed for the purpose of as
certaining the feasibility Of developing
an elaborate system of waterways
which will involve an expenditure
larger than the total amount expend-
ed on American rivers and harbors up
to'date. -.,. .---
In the River LEX, Holland, and it's
connecting canal to Amsterdam, the
trafic amounts to over 5000 vessels
of all kinds per annum.
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All Nations See Availability Of I'm.
proving Canal systems.

Coincidently with the rise of Ger
many's sea power there is going on a
remarkable development of the ma
lions waterways. Berlin is now am
bilious to be seaport and a project
for a maritime canal from the Baltic
sea is under way. The Kaiser Will
helm canal, but few years old, has
already been found Inadequate, and a
project has been adopted to double
the width and increase the depth to
40 feet at 2 cost Of 81, ,O00, 1000 per mile.
Germany's example is felt by her
neighbors. Brussels, Ghent and
Bruges are engaged on similar pro-
jects. ,,'r~..,
Russia has an elaborate project in
view for enlarging the waterway from
tho Baltic sea to the Caspian, q pro-
ject not unlike that from the great
lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico. Through
out IN extended tour Of the Russian
waterways from the Baltic Sea to the
Vole3 river, ]. n Ackerson, the 0t.
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An event Of Tar reaching importance
and marking the partial consummation
OF plan to transform to agricultural
uses the largest body of brush
land embraced in one project in the
United States has just occurred at
Boise. Idaho.
In the presence of a large number
of settlers and residents of the val
ley, the big headgates of tie newly
constructed government dam in the
Boise river were opened and the pent-
up waters gushed into the broad canal.
For months the settlers on the south
side Of the project have been watch
ing with deep interest the progress OF
the work on this structure, for upon
it's completion rested their hopes Of
an early and abundant supply of wa
ter. The dam is located eight miles
southeast of Boise where the river
energies from its canyon. It is Of
cyclopean concrete founded on COM
pact gravel The spillway, or dam
proper, is ZIG feet long, so feet wide
at the base and 81 feet high. Along
the downstream toe of the dam and
securely fastened to it is timber
apron. This apron is so feet wide
and 13 feet deep on the lower side. 1t
is built up of 12x12 timbers bolted to-
gether and the spaces between the
timbers filled with rock and gravel.
At the west end of the spillway is a
logway four feet lower than the spill
way crest, and just west of the log
way and forming the west abutment
of the dam is the fish-ladder. This is
of concrete, as are the tunnels, which
were built for the purpose of divert
ing the river during the construction
of the dam proper. These tunnels are
closed by two 6xSfoot cast iron gates,
and will be used when need arises for
sluicing the silt from the reservoir
The main canal with capacity of L.
500 second feet, heads at the extreme
west end of the dam, and the water
is taken through eight 5x9foot cast
iron controlling gates supported by
concrete piers and abutments.
AS the big headgates were opened
and the life-giving waters gushed into
the canal, the scene was viewed with
varying emotion by the throngs gath
cred there. The engineers gazed with
satisfaction at the beautifully finished
structure; the farmers saw an abun-
dance of water in their canals, or
chards laden with fruit. and enor-
nous yields of grain and alfalfa. But
to the statesmen came visions of a
new Idaho, an Idaho with possibili-
ties unsurpassed by any state in all
the golden west. They saw a home on
every 40 acres Of the project, a rural
population of not less than $4,000
people, and $4,000 more people living
in the cities and towns which have
been growing by leaps and bounds
since the initiation of the government
system gave assurance of an ample
water supply. From conservative esti-
mates of a decade ago ON the value
of irrigated land and crops it took no
complicated calculation to figure out
that more than $18,000,O00 worth of
taxable property in land values alone
will be added to the wealth of the
state upon the completion of the
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project. and that crops worth not less
than $6,000,000 will be grown annually.
Already new railroad lines are being
built through the agricultural area,
new mines are being opened, and the
stock raising industry increased.
But let us follow the progress of
the water taken from the Boise dam.
The canal extends for "a miles to a
point on Indian creek above Kuna.
This creek then carries the water for
eight miles, when another canal 70
miles long carries it to the Deer Flat
reservoir. Occasionally along this
route smaller ditch diverts water
to supplement the supply from other
sources, but the principal function of
this canal is to feed the Deer Flat res
ervoir.
This reservoir Yas formed by build
ing two long earthen dams in depres-
sions between surrounding hills. The
lower embankment, known as the
Hubbard and Carlson dam, is 1880
feet long and 68 feet high. It is 800
feet wide on the bottom, and a drive
way 20 feet wide extends along the
top. The upper embankment is only
43 feet high and 200 feet wide on the
bottom, but it has a length of nearly
a mile and half, and the volume of
each embankment is approximately
100000 cubic yards.
The plans for the project also con-
template the diversion Of the waters of
Payette river by gravity canals, and
the utilization of the Snake river by
pumping. The canal work is being
done principally by the farmers.
The lands are generally smooth,
with gentle slopes. The soil is vol
canic, free from rocks, easily worked
and rich in the necessary mineral con-
stituents. The climate is delightful.
the mean winter temperature at Boise
being about tie same as that of Fred
ericksburg, Va, although occasionally
the temperature falls below zero for a
day or two. The summers are long
and warm and with irrigation promote
the most rapid vegetable growth. The
lands produce from five to seven tons
OF alfalfa per acre each year, four to
six tons of clover, so bushels CT wheat
and Is bushels of oats. The surround
ing mountains furnish large areas of
grazing lands and alfalfa for winter
feeding is always in demand and
brings good prices. But it is for it's
dne fruit that the section is becoming
famous throughout the country, the ap-
nlpS
the highest prices in eastern markets.
The lands under the project have
practically all been filed upon, but
many settlers will be compelled to dis:
pose of their excess lands, as no water
right will be issued for more than 100
acres. 1t is no wonder that these
lands are being rapidly taken up, for
the marvelus crop yields are becom.
ing widely known. In 1901 a farmer
who was brought up in one of the
humid states in the Mississippi valley
cleared $1,000 from a three-acre apple
ordchard, and in 1907 the same or
chard gave him a net prof. of $3.50
per acre. One neighbor was clearing
from 500 to 5000 per acre en- a prune
orchard, and in 1907 the same or
high as IS bushels Of wheat per acre.
Last year a number of bis friends
from back home" moved to Idaho.
But the significance of the opening
of the canal is not purely local in char
acter. The completion of unit of this
great project only marks another mile.
stone In the development Of the west,
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India Ink Made from soot-

In both India and China there are
thousands Of people who manufacture
India ink as side line to their reeu.
lar business. working at it in the win
ter. at night, and on days when they
are not otherwise employed. 1T is
made by burning some kind Of oil in
lamp with q very long chimney,
usually made in Joints which can be
taken apart for greater convenience
In cleaning out the SCOT which makes
the ink.
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Perhaps one of the most Interesting
places from the standpoint OF the curiO
hunter Is the little museum which is
tucked away in an obscure corner Of
the Charlestown navy yard. It is 10
Gated near the Water street entrance
to the navy yard. It is chartered from
the state of Massachusetts, but be-
longs to no one. The 1000 books in
Its library can be taken out only by
members of the society that supports
the museum-and the society has no
MEMBERS
1t happened like this: In 1912 the
officers of the navy yard and number
of prominent citizens of Boston formed
an association to provide a reading
room. Daniel Webster, Grey Otis.
Stephen Phillips, Rufus Choate. John
Quincy Adams. Caleb Gushing, Bishop
Fenwtck and Gen. Bancroft were made
honorary members.
A reading room was needed more
in those days than 1t is now, and the
plan of the association met with in.
stant favor among the men. For the
adornment of their apartment they be-
gan to bring in odd things they had
chancad upon in foreign lands or in
this country and many of the members
found the room convenient depository
for curious but clumsy objects that had
gathered dust at home.
So jealous were they and the public
in adorning the reading parlor, that
the quarters soon became too small
for what was fast assuming the char
aster of geod-sized museum. Per-
mission was obtained from the secre-
tary of the navy to use an adjoining
room as library, and the society was
granted charter from the state. A
bylaw forbids books to be drawn by
any except members of the society.
but the active members have died out
and the books remain undisturbed
upon their shelves.
AS places of recreation and the
facilities for reaching them increased
In Boston, the museum was less fre.
quently sought by the men at the
yard, and when the members were all
dead there was no one to care for the
collection But since the museum was
in government building on govern
ment grounds, the government ap-
pointed a custodian. So it results
that the curator and the building b.
long to Uncle Sam, while the collec-
ton belongs to nobody.
Every one is welcome to inspect it,
however, and the museum we'll repays
inspection. It started with few shiy
models as nucleus. Now it contains
everything from the huge straw hat
made and worn by Tamehameha l.,
king of the Sandwich islands, to the
bound volume of the Gentleman's 8
Magazine for 1875. And Curator Dean,
who may be found any day at bis desk
in the Office that rejoices in fsfus and
a clipper canary bird, is quick to call:
"Come right in!" to every vfkitor. =
One one of the shelves ia a small
box flied with human boneg and sur
mounted by a skull. It ia marked:
Bones of men killed at Bunker HILL"
and the remains were dug up not far
from the buildings. Whether the bones
are those Of Americans or English
MEL is unknown, but it gives one q
shtvery feeling to see this mans hol-
low eye sockets turned toward the
window, beyond which rises the r,onu-
ment that marks his death place. In
the same cabinet With the bones and
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skull one can see an old powder horn.
sextant, battered bugle, a toma+
hawk and a piece of the feHce that
was the dead line" at Andersoaville.
At one end of the room is hideous
wooden figurehead, painted red and
brown, which belonged, its placard
says, to the United States brig-of-war
Gen. Armstrong.
Riddled with shot, the Armstrong
next morning put into shallow water.
Her crew discharged a niae-pounder
gun down her main hatc'lway and
abandoned her. Meanwhile a British
brig-ofwar had been brought close in
and was peppering the hulk with grape,
shot The Americans reached the shore
In safety, but when the British ap:
preached the Armstrong; boatswain
cried: 'They won't get our figure.
head!!" caught up q hatchet and ran
back toward the water. Two men fol-
lowed him and they started to swim to-
the Armstrong. On the way out ono
OF the men was killed. With the other,
the boatswain boarded his ship,
chopped offthe figurehead under a con-
slant rain Of grapeshot from the Brit
1sh brig and returned to the beach
with his prize.
Among other war relics is Chinese
gun made in 1907, during the reign of
War; Lee. Very likely the only one Of
it's kind left in the world, it has especial
interest as being the forerunner of the
modern magazine rifle. The willy Co.
rean manufacturer gave it six cham
bers, each holding powder and ball. On
the side of each chamber is a small
hole. A slow match was applied to this
hole which ignited the powder and dis
charged the gun. This gun was cap.
tured in Corea in 1871.
China also contributed to the
Charlestown Reading room" a suit of
Corean armor, made of paper, but
strong enough to resist sabef cuts; a
bunch of poisoned arrows: another
gun, made in 1900; small brass can;
non taken from Chinese pirate, and
a fearscme model of a Chinese war
junk.
From the, South Sea islands have
come wooden paddles and war clubs
exq'.isitely carved, together with the
clumsy stone and bone Implements
the cannibals used for such delicata
and accurate work. From the Dar-
t!anelles came great stone cannon
balls, fired by the natives from stone
1nortars. 1t is said that one of these
stone shot fired from it's stone can
non is of sufficient power to knock
down house, and the size and weight
of the ball certainly bear out the
statement.
On the walls of the museum are
many rare and valuable prints, paint
fngs and letters. Among them is a
print made in New York in 1920 of the
U. s. s. Ohio, which at one time was
the receiving ship at Boston. Near
by is a water-color painting of the
ship Columbus in the Bay of Naples,
with Mount ,Vesuvfus, belchfng forth
fire, steam and lava, in the back
ground; a picture of the flag of Fort
McHenry, that flag which inspired
Francis Scott Key to write "The Star
Spangled Banner" and a picture Of
the battle between the Constitution
and the Guerriere. A number Of Eng
lish prints, one of them showing the
defeat of the Danish feet OF Copen-
hagen in 1901, also occupy a prominent
Dlace
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accompanies frame unstrung by Dc.
feat and drink, is begging with the
utmost importantly from the j paas-
erby.
Neither Of them was what mi~h+
be called evil at heart. or Of natu,
rally vicious tendencies, but they had
never formed a character or tried to
form cne. They had no sheet anchor
rooted in firm principles Of any sort
j. Wilbur Chapman.
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Measure Of Virtue.

The strength Of a mans virtue must
not be measured by his occasional ef.
forts. but by his. ordinary life
Those great spiritual efforts tQ
which the soul sometimes attains ar
things ON which 1t takes no perman
ent hold. It leaps to them. not as u
g throne. forever, but only for an In
IA Ez:g@ :. ~: :.*s$5 Is.=s: 3 3
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have been considered an unlucky hus-
band, else he would have been unlike
ly to have won Little Ear (possibly
her father. Big Club, may have had
something to do with it,, whom he
took to his cave the next day after the
episode of the berries, even though
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-16
Strange Origin of Prouerbs
BY Stanley Waterloo.

but was always trying it, was gobbled
up, or rather down, by some sort of
river monster; the fourth had disap-
peared mysteriously, and the fifth, be-
cause of her lack of all botanical infor-
nation, had eaten too rapturously and
fully of the enticing berries of plant
known in these modern times as night
shade.
Yet. somehow. old Moss cou1d MT
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1Wbeat Crops Of United states.
= The annual crop Of wheat in recent
years averages e7oooo.oo :Bushels n
the United States. ( =-. ,.z: s: -. q
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A Turtle Which Doesn't Grow Up.

A Brooklyn boy whosspent last sum-
mer IN Connecticut found~a turtles
egg in the course of his country wan
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Yet, somehow, old Moss could not
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-07
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That that
certain mortgage made, executed and
delivered by Charles Ebeling and
Lulu B, Ebeling, iswife, mortgagors,
to james y. Brown, msortgagee, dated
August III, 1904, and fled and recorded
in the Office of the Register of Deeds
in and for the County Of Steele and
State of North Dakota, on Septem-
Der %, 1904, at 2 p. m. in book 9 of
Mortgages, page 1926, will be fore
misses in such mortgage and herein
the Court House in the village of
Sherbrooke in the County of Steele
and State of North Dakota, at the
hour of one O'Clock p. m. o Satur-
day the 10th day of October, 1909, to
satisfy the amount due upon such
mortgage, together with the taxes paid
by the mortgage, and interest, on
the day of sale.
The primises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows,
o-wit:-Commencing at a. point on the
north line Of Steele Avenue in the
town or village of Hope in Steele
County, North Dakota, Sixty-six 1867
feet west of the right of way of the st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, or
Great Northern Railway, thence due
west on the north line of said Avenue
to the section line between Sections
One az and Two ~ in Township One
Hundred and Forty-four (144), North
OF Range IS west; thence due north on
said Section line until a point Sixty
six 1857 feet due west. of the right OF
way of said Railway is reached; thence
in a southeasterly direction in a
straight line Sixty-six 1867 feet west OF
and parallel with said Railway right
of way to tho point of beginning;
and containing about two acres Of
land, and being all the unplatted por'
ton of the northwest / of Section One
(1) in Township IA, North of range
Sc west, lying west of said Railway
right of way and north of said Steele
Avenue, excepting a strip Of land 81
feet wide along the west side and ad
joining to and parallel with said rail
road right of way heretofore conveyed
to the Northwestern Elevator Co.
There will be due on said mortgag'
on the date of sale, including the tax
es and interest paid by mortgage, tn
sum ofTwo Thousand, Thirty-sevel
Dollars andforty-two cents : ,037.42,
together with the costs and disburse
ments of this foreclosure.
Dated September 7, 1909.
JAMES D. BROWN,
Mortgage.
VIM. BARCLAY, i
Attorney for Mortgage,
Sherbrooke, N. D. 9-9-lo-l4.
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NOTICE: All parties interested are
hereby. given notice to..move..all build
ings, out houses and. other obstruction
from the land west of the Great North
ern right of way at and near Great
Northern section house, Hope, N. D.
If said buildings are not removed
within the next 30 days they will be
torn down or otherwise disposed of.
Signed this 18th, day OF Sept. 1909.
s9-18-1O-7 Oh. DICE.
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staS Go; y vo ~ st DH1eVa Iu County Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of krud E. sund,
sometimes known and called by the name Of
Knud Endresen Sund Deceased.
serine K. sund. Executrix,... Petitioner.
VS.
Serine K. Sund Matthias Sund, Ellen M.
Thompson, Anna Gurina Anderson. Martha
Sund. Hannah Sund, now called Hannah An
derson. lnga Sund. Maggie Sund. John K.
Sund. and 0len "a Sund and Marie Harveland,
Minors and M. 7. Langager, Special Guardian
of said minors, and all other persons interested
in SAID state respondents.
Notice and Citation, Hearing Of Fiual Ac-
count, and Petition for Distribution OF Estate.
The state Of North Dakota. and the said
ents:
You. and each Of you. are hereby notified
that the final account OF Serine &. Sund, Exc
cutrix OF the last will and testament of knud.
E. Sund. sometimes known and called by the
name OF of Knud Endresen Sund, deceased.
has beef rendered to and filed in this Court.
therein showing that the estate of said de-
ceased. is ready for final settlement and dis.
tribution. and petttioning that her said final
account be approved and allowed. the residue
of said estate distributed to the person en-.
titled thereto, her admin: StratiOn closed, and
she be discharged.
That Friday the 10Th day OF October 1909
at 1o'clock p. M, at the Court Rooms OF thi:
Court, at the Court House in the Village OF
Sherbrooke. in the County Of Steele and State
OF North Dakota. has been appointed as the
time and place for the settlement OF said fina
account. and hearing the petition for tie dis
tribution Of the residue of said estate. a.
which time and place any person interested
may appear and file his or their exception IL
writing to said final account and petition. ant
contest the same.
And you. the above named respondents. ant
each OF you. are hereby cited and required tt
be and appear before this Court at the time
and place above stated. and then and there
show cause. il any you have. why the said q
+, nalaccount should not be allowed. the residue
of said estate distributed. said administrator
closed. and said executrix discharged.
Dated at Sherbrooke, N. D., this 10th day O.
September 1909.
BY the Court,
ADAM s. MOoTE.
(sEAL] Judge Of the County Court.
VIM. Barclay. @
Attorney for Executrix.
SherbrOoke, N. D.. 9-16-lO7
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STATE So Of North of s1 ps5eta' 1u County. Court.
In the matter of the estate of Krud E. Sund,
sometimes known and called by the name Of
Knud Endresen Sund, Deceased.
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The State of North Dakota. and the said
COUNT Court. to the above named Respond

Notice and Citation, Hearing Of Fiual Ac-
count, and Petition for Distribution OF Estate.