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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

Subsequent congresses were held at
the following places consccutivcly:
ogden. Utah. I'm 1903; FL Paso, Tex:
Portland Orc during the Lewis and
Clark exposition; Boise, Ida; Sacra-
mento Cal, and year ago at Albu-
qucrquc. y. NJ.
In the Mae years which win have
elapsed bY 1911 the United States re-
clamation service estimates that nearly
100000 acres of land wi,l have been
put under water at cost of $40 O0o, 900.
The entire cost of construction will he
returned TO the government from the
proceeds of the land sales To again be
come available for further construction
work These figures include only the
projects under the direction of the
United States reclamation service and
do not take into account the thou
sands of acres reclaimed by private
enterprise
irrigation by the Anoients.
All this has been done in the rccol-
lection of the present generation, but
the anCicnts antcdatcd us in the idea.
Supplying moisture tu semiarid deserts
by artificial means was practicCd by
the Arabians. Egyptians, Assyrians and
Chinese long before the advent of Solo
mon. and II has since formed part of
the agriculture of the countries Dor
dering on the Mediterranean sea. II
had its origin In this country among
the Pueblo Indians, who inhabited por-
tions of what are now New Mexico and
Arizona. and their descendants were
still cultivatng the lands when the first
Spanish colonists came from the south,
several centuries ago.
The plans for the entertainment of
the congress 10y Spokane are very
elaborate and varied Parades. eXhi-
bitions, banqucts fireworks, oratory
and pageants make up the program
Governor NJ. t.. Hay OF Washington
viii welcome the delegates and visi-
tors. George l. Barstow Of Texas Is
the president. The sessions will he
held i'm the state armory The state
OF Washington has appropriated $40
600, and spokane through its chamber
of commerce has raised n fund Of $40
600. All railroads have agreed t.
grant special rates, These rates are
on a basis of $50 from st. Paul and
similar points and S62 from Chicago
They are good coming for any direct
route and returning for the same OF
any other direct route.
GEORGE WIGHT,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

speed contests on the ground and on
water Just now a program Is being
arranged for an international affair
that will take place at Rheims. France.
within the next few weeks II will be
a seven day race. The most prominent
aviators Of the world have already en-
tered for the tournament. They and
their machines must be on the ground
two days before the races start, which
is Aug. 20. Among those who have en-
tered are Latham. Demarcst, Esnault-
Pelterie. Tissandler and Blcriot. Cur
tiss, whose exploits over Long Island
have won for him considerable favor
able regulations has been entered by
the Aero Club of America. Indeed,
there is money in sight for fleet avia-
tors everywhere. In London the Daily
Mail has offered $1,000 prize for a
flight To he made by British subject
on British soil with n machine con-
structod within the confines of the Brit
ish empire by British subjects. a prize
Of $4,000 will be in the pocket of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

Chicago he was president OF the Mu-
nicipal Voters lcaguc, an organization
IN which Secretary OF the Treasury
MacNcash was a foremost leader and
which brought about reform in the
politics OF that city when reform was
urgent. As a factor in the general
Improvement OF Chicago Mr. Crane
stands IN the front rank. The Crane
company, Of which be Is the second
officer, has branches n forty cities
and has connections With nearly every
foreign land
Mr. Crane cmhodies am tho lualihca-
tious which President Tatt coucoiyes
20 be necessary in an American min
lister TO that country Ar Crane had
made his arrangements To spend scv-
eral months u McNIco but his nee
ceptnncc of the Chinese mission dis
arraugts an his plaus lie viii leave
for hls post carly ia uctobcr
American Bankers interested.
As evidence OF the Interest of Amerl-
can hnanciers in Chinese affairs con-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

The Greeks had recourse to mythol-
ogy when they thought of human
flights. as the fable of Daedalus and
his son Icarus shows, and they failed.
The mathematician of the same coun-
try who later set wooden dove in
motion "by hidden and inclosed air"
evidently never dreamed Of man
sailing In space. Jules Verne took the
other chute and went under the sea
In his dreams, and he thought he had
"cut n figure s" when he reelcd off the
yarn about a trip around the world in
eighty days. The time In which we
live has fable and dreams tied to
post by actual results.
international Sky Race.
The increase In the number and va
riety of sky propellcrs-ull sorts OF
names are applied to machines that
rise above the carth--is eXcclled only
by the growing interest in the problem
OF air navigation. Cup contests and
prizes for results under given condi-
Ions are becoming as common as
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

sitting up I'm the watches of the night
looking for a winged monster Of the
air which. according to rumor, had
been put out by Germany as an expert
mcut. Aside from this scare, European
governments have taken up the sub
ieCt in serious manner Germany
has a fund of over a million dollars for
her army aerial service The popular
fund IN aid Of Zcppcliu's experiments
amounts to over $I2jO,OO0, Germany
also maintains regular acrogtatic
corps as branch Of the army at q
cost for this year Of SI2l 900. France
maintains a school Of aero s,ation at q
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

scooted about In the ether In biplane
above the meadows Long Island. In
one flight he stayed up ffty-two min
utes. making an air trip covering twen-
ty-nine and one half miles.
NJ Paulham, a hitherto obscure avia-
tor of France. scared in tho sky for an
hour and seven minutes I'm his bplanc,
doing thirty-sevcn miles with as much
apparent ease as If lie had been rum
ming motorcar
Hubert Latham, Frcnchman, dis
daining the efforts of athletes who
thought TO achieve fame by swimming
from Dover to Calais, undertook to fly
across the English channel IN his
monoplane. lie started and failed. but
the air currents were against him at
the time.
These are only n few snapshots of
late occurrences. Meanwhile Germany
is actually considering discovery of
the north pole by a dirigible alrship to
he constructed by It's nimble aviator.
Count Zeppelin, who has crisscrossed
the atmosphere of the kaisers confed-
Grafton several times during the past
twelve months with nearly as much
ease as Ord trims herself to the
gale.
Airships are being constructed with
such remarkable rapidity that the
names of the various types are liable
to confuse majority of laymen.
There are acroplanes. biplanes. mono
planes, dirisiblcs and others. In old
Japan. which made ballooning so eff
cient in its war with Russia. they are
pcrfecting a type that, according to
what little is known of It. will be SUI
perior to the Zeppelin drigible. 50
fer as known It is yet to be named
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
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II oU1S BLERIOT has put the cap
shcaf on aviation by crossing
d. the English channel in an
--S aeroplane from Les Baraques,
near Calais, France, TO point two
miles cast of Dover. England. dis
tance of about thirty miles. in thirty
seven minutes. Latham tried 1T and
failed Others have dreamed of do
ing II.
Bleriot is the Frenchman who year
ago made such sensational aflight
from Toury to Artenay that the peo-
pie of Toury put up monument to-
him. erected by popular subscription.
He flew over the channel Sunday. July
25. He started from Les Baraques at
4;ss IN tho morning. He landed at
the North Foreland meadow. near
Dover. He accomplished in the air
without accident what Napoleon
threatened to do by armed invasion
from Boulogne.
Bleriots triumph will start a new
boom in flight mania. 1t puts a big
feather in the cap of France.
other events In aerial navigation
since the birds began to mate last
spring have made cities, towns and
countries stand, lonk up and wonder
and have fihs6 the first pages of tie
newspapers. Here are some recent
events
Orville Wright broke the American
record with his aoroplanc from the vi
cinty of Washington, July 20, flying
sixty miles in one hour. twenty min
utes end forty-five seconds at the ap-
proximste speed of forty-fi five miles an
nour Tha next 1aV ha f1ade ffty-fru..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
.ARLES II. CRANE Of Chi
cago viii be the next Amcri-
can minister 20 China. His
selection by President TAFT Is

~an,~ selection by President TAFT Is
the result Of search extending over
five months.
Mr., Crane Is a man Of extensive
business experience, citizen of travel
particularly cunyorsaut with the his
tory Of the country 20 which he viii
be the accredited representative, not
politician I'm any sense and the pos
SCISSOR Of a fortune. He is a native of
Chicago Is hrty-Ouc years old, is mar
ricd and has four children. His wife
was Miss Cornella w. Smith of Pat
orson, y. j. His children are Charles
T. Crane 80. Mrs. Harold G. Bradley
of Madison, wis; Mrs. Robert w.
Lcatherbcc of Lake Forest, H., and
John Crane of Chicago. Mr. Cranes
uncle Is Professor Frederic Wells VIII
llams, teacher OF oriental languages at
Yale. who wrote In collaboration with
his father "The Middle Kingdom" and
Is himself the author of China and
Japan In the History of III Nations"
The new appointee was q Cleveland
Democrat and is "A TAFT Republican.
The story is told that Mr.. Taft was the
first Republican candidate for presi-
dent that Mr.. Crane ever voted for and
that his reason for doing so was that
In national politics who was personally
convcrsGut with oriental affairs and
who believed I'm an energetic American
policy I'm that part of the world Mr.
Crane Is the son of Robert n. Crane.
who was the founder of the largest
elevator manufactory i'm the United
states. The appointco to China is vice
president of that company He IS
,,h,nt ti,sa foot ION lntbgg t4n .tI by,
blue eyes that look straight into the
visual organs Of any one with whom
he Is talking He wears fun brown
beard. slightly tinEed with gray his
hair is rather light and surmounts
head Of unusual size, His manner Is
that Of cultured gentleman. lie is
"a combination Of the business man and
student. II was his familiarity with
international affairs which attracted
the attention Of President Taft He Is
an authority on the business of the far
cast Ills knowledge of Russia, whose
policies embrace northern Chnn-
which arc still TO be reckoncd with
despite the late war with Japun-is
profound
Mr.. Crane Is well known TO MI the
noted diplomats Of the world He be-
gan his travels when a boy and made
"a tour Of Java. CHINA and India, going
by sailing ship around the Cape Of
Good Hope lie made several long
tours of China, going In from the east
and again from the west He was es-
pecially interested In ManChuria lie
has made seventeen trips % Russia and
speaks tho language of tEc country
intelllgcntly ana nuently Many Of his
foreign friends are statesmen of the
frat order He hlls the American idea
Of good mixer" Here IS an exam
pie:
Typical American Mixer.
ON one occasion hc fouud himself Ia
Mexico llr had two lettcrs of intro
duction one 10 Hn Official the other TO
a journalist The first day Of his AR
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

cost Of $4,000. Il also has an appro-
priauou of Sli2,uCo for the Operations
and Improvement of existing army ma
chimes. Austria has unprecedented oyeS
10000 for dirigible balloons and for
the keeping w of it's aerostatic corps.
England has an appropriation OF $4,000
for the hui ling Of 6irgihlCs, $2500 for
acroTlane eNuorinouts ana $4,000 foo
general 8ruy aerIst3tic work our own
government has recently shawn that t
Is becoming interested in aviation;
hence the Wright brithcrs on tho
heights Overlooking thegFotomac
FRANK II. BROOKS
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

tirc TO China that America Is ready TO
DO business and that no country Ia in
better condition or more willing &c as
sist IN am equitable aud fair way In
the development Of China.
President Taft, realizing the impor-
tance of the Chinese mission has for
some time been casting about for
minister who would combine business
acumeu and experience aud diplo-
matte sagacity Senator Long OF KAN
sas, defeated for reelection last year,
was offered the post. but declined. II
was then offered To senator Fulton Of
oregon, who was also defeated for re-
election but he declined for the reason
that he wished 10 return 70 his prac-
tIce of law John Hays Hammond
likewise declined. on the ground that
his children's education demanded his
tlme The ofrer was then made "a
Frederick A Delmo, president OF The
Wabash railroad and he declined fa-
satisfactory reasons. a
BUFORn ELY REA.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

ference between Mr. Crane and the
prominent bankers Of New York city
was held a few days after his arpolnt-
mcnt at which the obtaining by
American interests Of portion of tie
S275OO 900 Harkow- Szochuan railroad
loan was considered. This conference
was Arranged Wy .Ho state department..
for Ser ry FucN is hand I'm hand
with rT,sioeut Taft I'm The great raii-
road s,he'"". From n purely financial
point rr v'-w It is the opinion Of Mr..
Crane @I't ,ho loan Is uumportant, az
the American share viii not probably
exceed SIpC0,0o0. But participation iu
the loan ~ this country viii BE no.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

propositions was declared by President
Roosevelt. when similar questions
were taken by a previous congress. to
be undoubtedly one of the most i'm
portant unofficial bodies In the coun-
try" Important results will undoubt-
edly follow the work of the congress.
Railroad presidents, financiers. scien-
fists, statesmen. government officials,
engineers and practical men In other
lines of industrial activity have ac-
cepted places on the program There
viii be about 5000 delegates in the
body,
The Dreamers Started II.
The movement for the conservation
of the nations resources is the out
growth of the dreams of carly enthu-
siasts In this almost strictly com
merclal age the dreamer is hustled to
tho rear, but the dreamer had his place
in the good old days. When a little
band of men declared that the waste
places of that part Of the continent
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

chester.
In this country as well as in Europe
hundreds of dying machines have been
finished within the last few months
and are ready for use In the patent
office at Washington there are 3S5 in
dividual patents CT devices for dying
machines, MAJ! OF wlicn have teen
constructed.
Europe Puts Money In Airships.
Aviation has stirred up European
governments in the last year, I'm some
instances to an amusing if not rid'cu-
lous extent. Net long aso Ensla.sj way
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
UNITED AGES OF FOURTEEN
PEOPLE 1.1oS YEARS.

The united ages of the last fourteen
residents of Goldangcr Essex, Eng
land. whose names appear on the
burial registry, total l,l05 years. The
ages were eiRhty-three eighty two
eighty fvc, seventy niucty-one, seven
ty-two, seVenty-three, seventy eight
aeventy-nine, scvcnty-siN. sixty seven
and eighty-siX Before those entries
sixteen months passed without q
hitrt11
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
TelEoRApAY IN BADEN.

When travclcr i'm the grand duchy
Of Baden wants "a send - telegram
while he is ON tho train he writes the
message on postcard, with the re-
quest that It be wired puts on a
stamp and drops into the train letter
box Al the next station the box is
cleared aud the message sent
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21
SEXES OF TWO NATIONS.

Thrre are l0l1 women to 900 men In
lfnsland but IN Italy only 995 to each
LOCO
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

tie irrigation act Since then, under
provisions OF this act the proceeds
from the sales of public lands have
been DEVOTED To the reclamation Of
arid lands IN fifteen states and terri
tories here named; Arizona. Califor-
mia Idaho. Kansas. Montana. Nrbras
lSa, Nevada, New MeNico North Dnko-0
ia. oklahoma. Oregon, South Dakota.
Utah, Washington and Wyoming,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-21

ON one occasion hc fauud himself la
McNico llc had two lettcrs of intro
ductlon one 10 an Official, the other 10
a journalist The first day Of his ar
Evening journal., 1909-04-01
NEED HIGHER TAXES
TO MAKE ENDS MEET

GEORGETOWN. Del, April lat
the meeting Of the County Commits
sioners it was stated that taxes will
rise decidedly before this weeks ses-
sions ERE over. Otherwise the county
win find itself unable to pay rs bills.
Last years expenses took all of tho
1907 taxes and the greater part OF the
1908 taxes. with no money on hand 10
keep things running this year. Tax
collectors are being pushed closely.
and there are no more taxes TO be col
lected until next year. The county
has found itself at a considerable loss
in the past two years. A late Law
did away with a registration tax. los
ing about $4,000 90 the county IN direct
revenue. A special election over q
year ago for local option cost about
$1,000; four terms of court are being
held instead of two as formerly. at a
greatly added expense, while the TAX
ing away OF licenses from the hotels
has decreased the assessment on these
properties two-thirds.
In return for these losses there have
been no substitutes. When the State
cut down the school appropriation this
year the fact faced the County Com
missioners that the county will not be
able TO pay its running expenses. and
the extra $1,000 a month II pays for
the ekeping of it's prisoners In a New
Castle JAN without a heavier tax rate.
Evening journal., 1909-04-01
BISHOP POINTS
DIVORCE EVILS

ALBANY. n. Y. April 1.-The evils OF
divorce were pointed out by Bishop VIII
liam Crosweu Doane. Of the Albany Epis-
copal diocese. speaking before the Young
Women's Christian Assoc alton Of Albany.
He said he believes in greater uniformity
among the States in legislation and COM
mended the work Of the American Bar
Association in trying to make divorce
more difficult, but he opposed a national
divorce law.
That the laws regulating marriage
should be more strict Is. / believe, true, D"
he said. 'The hope OF curing the Ameri-
can danger OF faclle and frequent divorce
lies in two things-hrst, constant and re-
ligious teaching as to the sacredness of
marriage and as 10 the fact that Il is not
simply n civil contract with which the
courts have to do. but a holy estate with
which the Christian church has TO do, and
that its very fundamental condition, alike
in its institution and in our Lords reaftir-
nation Of the institution, is the union OF
one man with one woman til death parts
hem; and the second important element
lies in the power Of social influence"
Evening journal., 1909-04-01
ALL THINGS STICK
TO MAGNET BOY
Freddie Brady Of DOdgeviIIe,
Most Attractive Person
in the County

DODGVILLE. Wis, April Freddie
Brady. the most attractive boy in the
United States, lives at Mount Horeb.
twenty miles east Of this town. All
things come to Freddie; nor does he
have to wait Although he is willing
TO wait irdefinately, objects come fly
ing TO him and at him.
In a word, Freddie, II years old,
is a magnet boy" he draws better
than ever did prima donna or actor.
He lives with his grandparents. who
observed the phenomea connected with
him first on March last. Then a
relative took a basket of eggs to their
home and set Il on the table. There
was absolutely no. deception or trick
about the eggs. They were tho fresh
product OF industrious hens. Suddenly
an egg left the basket and hurled itself
across the room at Freddie. struck him
on the nose. Had he been a bad actor
playing Hamlet. had the egg been bad,
too, it could not have hit him fairer
Soon other objects got in the habit
of seeking Freddie. He swcars he
does nothing. knowingly, TO attract
them, although his grandma has hei
doubts about certain pot OF jam that
vanished ono day drawer few
from the sewing machine and scatter.
ing its contents. hurtled several yards
and landed at Freddie's feet.
So forceful is his attraction that an
ornament separated itself from tn,
parlor stove and whizzed by Freddie'l
head.
A piece Of soap. the last thing 10 b'
magnetized. one would suppose threw
itself at Freddie just after he washe,
his face and hands A string Of sau
sages precipitated itself at the bo,
and wound around his neck. No. thu
sausages did not bark affectionately
this simple narrative confines itself {,
facts.
The superstitious of Mount Horel
fear that Freddie is possessed Of evi
spirits. His grandparents. thinking
the atmosphere of his home nigh
have something to do with the phe
nomena. sent Freddie to a relative
home three niles away. There he &
as attractive as ever. Pretty mucl
everything in the house has been nail
ed down. The greatest dread Of Fred
dies friends is that a dime musemun
or circus side show will get the bo.
and use him to draw money out OF tn
curious public's pocket.
Evening journal., 1909-04-01
WANT DEEPER CHANNEL
Philadelphia Trades Bodies Write to
Major Deakyne Urging New Survey

Major Deakyne Urging New Survey
PHILADELPHIA. April L. Emphasiz-
ing the Importance Of new thirty-nvc-
foot channel survey for the Delaware. the
joint executive committee representing the
Board Of Trade Commercial Exchange.
Trades League. Drug Exchang, Grocers
and Importers Exchange. Bourse. Yes
sells Owners and Captains Association.
Manufacturers Club. Board OF Harbor
Commissioners, Lumbermen's Exchange
and Master Builders Exchange, has for
warded a lengthy letter to Major Deakyne,
OF the United States Engineers Corps
The letter makes 4 complete statement
OF the commerce Of the port and calls at
tention TO the needs Of deeper chan
mel Comparison is made with the condl-
tons elsewhere, and the committee states:
philadelphia cannot take advantage or
its unexcelled facilities unless given a
depth of water sufficient not only TO bring
the deepest draught vessels to its wharves.
but to do so under normal conditions.
without the delays attending the move
ment Of such vessels when confronted by
tho necessity Of awaiting high water IN
order to pass over the shoal areas which
now restrict the capacity of the stream.
Evening journal., 1909-04-01
HOW "A NEW JERSEY WOMAN
MADE HER STOMACH STRONG

I eat everything / want. drink coffee
eat cabbage ham. fried potatoes
things doctor said not TO eat or would
die.
| do all my work, washing and all
We have four in the family, also large
house that requires lots of work, and l
do every bit myself. ! cannot realize
that l am tho same woman.
take pleasure in recommending Mi
o-na to my friends. and when | hear OF
anyone suffering with stomach trouble
in any form, / tell them just what ii
has done for me, and give them some
tablets to try. I would not dare be
without Mi-o-na in the house Why, l
should be dead if it wasn't for Mi-o-na.
One year ago / only weighed 100 lbs;
now my weight is i49 lbs good weight.
1 feel 1 cannot praise your medicine
enough. / hope you VIII pardon this
/ long letter. Thanking YOU for your
valuable time."-Mrs. Carrie Nanaman,
No. rs S. f. Ave, Bridgeton, n. j.
Miller Drug Co. sells Mi-o-na tab
lets for so cents a large box and guar
antees them to cure Indigestion. STOP
belching, sour stomach and all stomach
distress or money back. Mi-o-na is
sold by leading druggists everywhere