The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-24

small cost, as the distance OF trans
mission Is short Two lines Of
electric railways are projected from
/, Spokane to Miles. One Of these
will be built by the Spokane q
midland 10mpire Electric Railway
system, headed by Jay p. Graves
who Is backed by Chicago, New
York and Boston capitalists. This
company already has more than 220
miles OF electric lines in operation
In eastern Washington and northern
Idaho. One OF Its lines is wtthin
few miles of hte Occur dAlene
reservation.
The Indians on the Spokane reser-
walton are generally intelligent and
peaceaIble and all are support
ing. In character they are as far
above the vagabond Siwashes. who
frequent the alleys and backdoors OF
the city, as the white farmers are
above the common hobos. Chief
Joseph head Of the once powerful
dNez Perce tribe, who gave General
o. o. Howard his hardest fight in
the frontier days, lived there several
years after his banisnment from
the Snake river country. He was
the most Intelligent Indian of his
time and his death was deplored by
the white and reds alike.
Antoine Shelea is the sole survivor
of the old chieftains. He lives In
| Antoine valley, near the Okanogan
river. In the early days there Was
only one great chief, but before his
death he appointed three, one OF
whom is old Antoine, who Is head Of
the tribe. Most of the Indians live
in houses and cultivate small farms
while the squaws busy themselves
with basket -mal1ing and bead work,
ct which they are adopts. They like
to visit and they are never too busy
to feast and talk of the days that
were and of those TO come.
Spokane, Wash, June 23--Former
United States Senator George Turner
of Spokane, has gone to Washington
ID. c., TO appear before the United
States supreme count In the noted
Litigation of the Irrigation Land and
Improvement company OF Arizona
against the government. He will first
have conference with Richard A.
Ballinger, secretary of the Interior,
with the view to bringing about a
compromise, in which event the suit
will be dismissed. Otherwise, 1t Is
Expected to attack the constitution
Iality of the entire reclamation service
as organized by the government.
4 The Importance of the case be-
comes apparent when II Is known
that more than 1920 100000 has been
Iexpended by the reclamation service
since January 80, 1909, in irrigation
works In the western states and ter
ritories, and that I'm the various pro-
jects are 10000 miles OF bitches car
rying water to 10.OO0,00O acres OF
lands, which annually produce crops
valued at more than S250.000, 900.
The government plants are In Wash
, ington, Idaho. Oregon, Montana, Cali
fornia, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Kan
sas and Wyoming
The case in question began when
the government started reclamation
project in Arizona after the company
had expended considerable capital on
, its works. The company sued claim
ing that through its entrance to the
project the government has crippled
and practically ruined the private en-
terprise.
A decision, which has bearing on
the case, prepared by Justice Brewer
and handed down by the supreme
court two years ago, intimates that
the reclamation work is not legal un-
der the constitution of the United
States. II the Arizona case goes TO
supreme court that point will be
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