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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

water power sites equitable as between
the public and the inv estor.
There is now no power vested in the
secretary Of the interior to impose the
conditions suggested. The matter has be-
come so important that under the last
administration large tracts of lands
amounting to ard Of 1000, 900 acres were
temporarily withdrawn from settlement in
order to prevent the acquisition Of water
power sites under the general land laws.
This amount has ben reduced under the
present administration to 10000 acres. 1t
should be understood that these with
drawals are temporary and can be justi-
fled only as having been made in order
to permit congress to legislate on the sub
ject Of water power sites.
Legislation Suggested.
II shall therefore urge upon congress at
its next session the passage of a law
authorizing the disposition of such water
power sites. upon terms to be agreed upon
by the secretary of the interior with the
proposed purchaser. Ny impression is that
the demand for water-power is going to be
80 great that these restrictions will not
prevent the investment of capital, but will
ultimately bring to the public Golfers a
revenue from an entirely proper source and
will secure the development of power for
manufacturing industries that will prob
ably in time exceed the utility and value
of coal and become a substitute for IT,
OIL, coal and Phosphate.
II now come to what should be the proper
disposition of coal lands, oil lands and
phosphate lands.
1T seems wise in the disposition Of coal
lands and, indeed, OF all mineral lands hav-
Ing agricultural value, to separate the sur
face Of the lands from it's mineral contents,
and then either to lease the right to take
coal from the land at a specified compen-
sation per ton-that is, to provide a sys-
TEN OF royalties-or to sell the deposits Of
the land outright to the coal miner. In
every case restriction by way of forfeiture
ought to be Included to prevent monopoly
Of ownership. This is the greatest object
OF a change in the method Of their dispo-
sition.
THE same provision shout be made with
reference TO the disposition of the phos-
phate land in Wyoming and Idaho, which
contains the wonderful fertilizer which it
will soon be necessary to use on much of
the land in the United States.
TT oil lands of California, as well as
the phosphate lands and practically all the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

the projects were begun. 1 think 1t wise to
apply to congress for relief by urging the
passage Of an enabling act which shall
permit the secretary of the interior to issue
bonds In the sum OF $40, 100000 or more to
complete all the projects. These bonds
should be redeemed from the money paid
into the funds after the COM
pletion Of the projects.
From conversation with senators who
have visited much of the reclamation work
I infer that such appeal seems to them to
be the easiest way out Of the difficulty and
1 shall take pleasure in recommending the
passage of such a remedial measure by the
next congress.
lone subject that is now being agitated
in some quarters calls for notice. Payment
for irrigated lands is required in ten annual
installments. Suggestions are now being
made that these should be heightened in ,
a longer term. I sincerely hope that con-
gress will not listen to such appeals. 1t
may be we'll to make the first three OF four
installments nominal. but after that time
the in~stallments should be large enough
to pay the total amount due, upon which
no interest is calculated, in ten years. An
other course will encourage lack of thrift
and industry and greatly embarrass the ex-
tension ana continuance OF irrigation.
Never until now has adequate provi-
sion been made for a classification Of
lands to show distinctly what are mineral
lands and what are agricultural lands. The
truth is that the needs OF the country
have developed some and the demand has
also much increased, that in order to Sc
cure a sensible business like disposition of
the lands remaining in the public domain.
there must be authoritative classification
of lands by the proper bureau.
with respect to forest lands owned by
the public. they should be surveyed and
held by the government under the regu-
lation of the forestry bureau, permitting a
sale OF such timber as shall be necessary
in the proper forest preservation.
As to Power sites.
"As to water power sites, there has been
such a change in conditions that a special
provision should be made in the interest
Of the public for their transfer to private
control.
w nave reached a time when the i'm
portance of these water power sites has
greatly increased and there would seem
TO be no reason why it would interfere with
a speedy development of the country to
impose restrictions upon the use of such
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Galloway Fair Ends.

GALLOWAY, Neb., Sept. 2S.-(Special)-
The third annual meet of the Galloway
Fair association came to a close Friday
night, after -four days of showing. The
stock xhibit was as fine as is found at
any county fair in the state, while the
grain, vegetable, fruit and farm product
exhibits exceeded that of the county fair
Of Custer county. The racing program
was fairly good, although not many horses
were present. Good crowds were in at
tendance each day and no accidents nor
fights occurred to mar the pleasure of any
one. The Galloway Fair association was
organized three years ago by the business
men of Galloway and the farmers of the
community AID is self supporting, receiv-
ing no appropriation from anyone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Y. NJ. c. A. Wants 100000
NEBRAsKAN BUYS VERMONT LAND
Jesse Gregg of MerrIck County Hunts
Up Bargain in East.

Jesse Gregg of Merrick County Hunts
Up Bargain In East.
CENTRAL CITY. Neb.. Sept. 2s.-(spe-
cial. )-Heretofore when farms in Merrick
county became too expensive and too scarce
for farmers desiring more land to invest
here they have been in the habit Of moving
further west, but It has remained for Jesse
Gregg OF Mead township to invade the
east and with the proceeds Of his labor in
MerrIck county fields to purchase himself
a home there cheaper than he could secure
good land here, Mr.. Gregg has just re-
turned from an extensive tour of the east,
and brings the news that he has bought
himself a fine farm on the banks of his
toric Lake Champlaln in Vermont. He SAYS
that he secured d good tract Of thoroughly
subdued farming snd there and that the
price was 5000 for seventy acres, which
is cheaper than the poorest land in Merrick
county has been selling for this year, while
the higher priced land here f. going at
double and treble that price when It can
be secured at all. Mr.. Gregg will move his
family to Vermont some time during the
month Of February next.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
A Bracing Tonic After Typhoid

Mr. Francis Sheppard, Of Scranton, Pa,
says that he was left so weak after
an attack of typhoid fever that he
could scarcely walk. He took Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey; one bottle put
him on his feet. The second bottle
gave him his old time viRor and
strength. He recommends it TO All
who are weak and need something 20
build them up.
Having read a great deal about
Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky, / decided
to try it, and cannot praise II too much.
During the typhoid epidemic in our
city two years ago | happened to be
one of the victims Zone OF the lucky
victims, thank Cod 1t left me in such
a weak condition that / was scarcely
able to walk. Thanks to Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey, after taking one bottle
of il | was able to go TO my work.
After the second bottle I can say / am
entirely well. I think there Is nothing
equal to #, and would recommend It
to anyone who Is run down with fever
or any other disease, Although l DO
not drink liquor in any form, / do re-
commend Duffy's Pure Malt whisky
as per directions" Francis Sheppard,
Scranton, Pa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
TWO CUSTER COUNTY MEN
ACCUSED. OF ROBBERY
Sheriff Kennedy, After Exciting
Chase, Lands Them in Jail
at Broken Bow.

BROKEN BOW, Neb., Sept. 2s.-(speciaI
.)-Elmer johnson and Harry
Lueck, charged with having robbed Gaines
store at Ansley Sunday night
making way with two fine horses belonging
to DIT. Hanna, we're arrested here last
night by Sheriff Kennedy after a short,
but exciting chase. Johnson was taken
near the stock yards while Lueck was hauled
from the feed rack Of a stock car. When
searched, Lueck had twenty-eight different
varieties Of knives concealed about him.
The stolen saddles we're sold here to livery
men and merchants.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

coal lands, have been withdrawn from set
Element in order to await the action OF
congress and l expect to TO
congress legislation on the lines above In
dicated. What, however, I wish to make
as plain as possible. Is that these purposes
cannot be accomplished unless congress
shall act. The executive can act, but tho
Legislature must enact.
Many Unfair differences.
There has been a good deal of discus
sion in the newspapers as to the attitude
OF the present administration toward the
general policy of the conservation of re-
sources, and some very unfair and alto
gether unfounded differences have been
drawn. The truth Is my administration
is pledged to follow out the policies of
Mr.. Roosevelt In this regard and while
that pledge does not involve me in any
obligation to carry them out unless / can
get congress to give me full authority to
do so, it does require that take every
step and exert every legitimate influence
upon congress to en- { Legislation which
shall best subservo the purposes indicated.
Il hope nothing will prevent our taking
the further steps needed when congress
meets.
Secretary Balinger OF the Interior de.
partment, upon whom will fall the duty
of executing the new provisions of the
law. Is in entire accord with me as to the
necessity for promoting m every legiti-
mate way the conservation of the re-
sources which l have noted and he can he
counted upon to use the great influence
which he must have as secretary of the
interior to this proper end.
Indeed, It will be found that in his
reports as commissioner of the general
land office he brought these matters to
the attention of congress and urged the
adoption of a federal policy along the
lines l have indicated"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
The Weather..

WASHINGTON. Sept. &.-Forecast Of the
weather for Wednesday and Thursday:
For N~ebraska-Fair Wednesday; Thurs
day increasing cloudiness.
For Iowa and Missouri-Fair Wednesday
and Thursday; no decided cnange in tenn
perature.
For South D~akota-Fair Wednesday;
Thursday increasing cloudiness with cooler
in west portion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

the track west of that station. Later
Croft Scott OF Kearney reported that his
his horse and buggy had been stolen from
that place. The buggy being of the same
make and the description of the horse
the same. It is assumed that the horse
and buggy were stolen by escaped reform
school boys and driven to shelton, where
il was abandoned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

southwest Of here yesterday. He states
the gun would not work and he tried to
cock It with his heel when it went off,
shooting him through the fleshy part Of
his hand and entering his breast near his
heart. Drs. Massey of Huntley and Baker
of Aim were summoned. They report his
chances Of recovery very favorable at
present. His mother. Mrs. Frank Howard,
is very low with typhoid fever in Alma.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Stranger Actions Cause Alarm

FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 2S-(speclaL)-
Considerable excitement was caused at
North BEND late yesterday afternoon by
the peculiar actions OF a strange man, who
lad enticed a number of young girls from
s to II years OF age into a secluded place
in the outskirts OF town. A numbtr OF
people noticed him assembling the chill
dren and notified their parents and the
city marshal. The man was arrested and
brought to Fremont last evening. He is
about 80 years old and gave his name as
Henry Story. He had been in North Bend
two days and says he came from David
City. He is being held awaiting a further
Investigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
RuKRy ON EngIne Pilot.

GIBBON, Neb., Sept. 2S-CSpeciaI)-
A top buggy was taken off the pilot of
No. 5 this morning at Gibbon. The
engineer and fireman did not know of its
presence until the train stopped. A mes
sage was received from Shelton saying
that a dead horse had been found near
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
STREET RAILWAY o HASTINGS
Dayton Men in City Looking over the
Field.

Field.
HASTINGS, Sept. DISQUALIFICATION
pf an electric railway system have been
here for several days inspecting the field
with q view to establishing a street car
line in this city. They are Albert Emanuel,
r. c.. Beane and w. r. Sullivan, all of
Dayton. They built and now operate cleo
trio systems in Tulsa and Enid, Okl, and
Parsons and Lawrence, Kan. They are
favorably impressed with the situation
here and II they decide to build the line will
ask no financial aid in Hastings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
n.nth frnm inland PnIsnn

was prsvented by 6. w. eToyd, PUNK, Mo,
who healed his dangerous wound with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Csc. Sold by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

Chamberlam.s Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is today the host known
medicine in use for the relief and cure of
bowel complaints. 1t cures gripping, diar-
rhoea, dyBentery, and should be taken ut
the first unnatural looseness Of the bowels.
1t is equally valuable for Children and
adults. II always cures, Sold by all drug
| aIgtS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-District Attorney
William Travers Jerome today filed the
necessary petition with the bureau Of olec-
tions endorsing his candidacy for r~e-elec-
tlon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Temperatures at Omaha yesterday:


OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Sept. 2S.-Official record Of tenn
p%erature and precipitation, compared with
the corresponding period of the last three
years: 1909. 1908. 1907. 1906.
Maximum temperature. SO AZ Ga 76
Minimum temperature. so rs Al Al
Mean temperature ........ 6S AZ 81 81
Precipitation .............. 90 .6 90 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March l,
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature So
Deficiency for the day .................. 6
Total deficiency since March 1..........1 100
Normal precipitation ...........,.. II inch
Deficiency for the day........... IL inch
Total rainfall since March liz "a inches
deficiency since March 1........ .SS inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1903. 2.72 inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1907. $50 inches
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Boz AccidentaIIY Shan.

HUNTLEY. Neb, Sept. H.-(special)-
Eddie Webster, aged IS, OF Alma. accidentiy
shot himself while hunting about one mile
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29

But something must be done TO relieve
the present situation which is one OF dis
appointed hopes to many settlers upon the
arid lands, who counted ape an early
completion Of the projects undertaken and
invested their money and spent their time
and seemd to be no nearer the goal Of sat
isfactoTy irrigation than they were when
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
TAFT DISCUSSES
IRRIGATION WORK

CConinued from First Page.)
Arizona republican., 1909-08-23
 DOCTORS
 FAILED
LydiaE. .Pinkham's sVegeta-
 ble Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn.-"For five years I suffered untold agony from female troubles, causing backache, irregulari- ties, dizziness and nervous prostra- ton. It was impossible for me to
Arizona republican., 1909-08-23
BELT LINE TROLLEY
 PROPOSED FOR VALLEY
Owners of Property North of the City
 Will Assemble to Discuss It.

Within the past few days plans have been gradually maturing for belt line trolley to connect with the end of the new extension of the Indian school car line, and then, by a loop of twelve or fourteen miles, to end at Six Points and connect with the Grand avenue line
 The scheme at present is embryonic, but it is an evidence of the determina- tion of residents in the valley, and of those who live in the city but have ranch land that is now accessible only by carriage or wagon, to see to 1t that the valley shall eventually be criss- crossed with trolley lines.
 As soon as practicable there will be a meeting called of those who have route As a good many of these men are now absent from the city the meeting will not be called at once. Among those who are interested in the proposed road are H. P. DeMund. w. D. Fulwiler, Elliot Evans, w J. Mur- phy, H B. Wilkinson, G. H. Woodson. c. J. McElroy, R. P. Davie. H. I. Latin am and Arthur Warehouse. There are a great many others who have ranches along the proposed route who will be asked to participate in plan ming for the road.
 It is understood that the general plan is to find out just how much of a bonus the ranch owners will agree to put up and then to consult with the Sherman interests to see If the road can be built with that amount. There will be about 5000 acres of land immediately adjoining the road. all of which will benefit tremendously by the advent of the trolley. levy of ten dollars an acre on this land would be almost sufficient to build the road as the estimates furnished show that it will cost about $SOOO a mile to build.
 In regard to turning the road over to the Sherman interests Mir. Water house said: Tt seems to me that the most feasible plan would be to have the road operated by the company all ready on the ground. They have the equipment and the knowledge.
 The proposed line will carry freight as well as passengers. It would afford ready access to a market for the farm CT and a delightful sight seeing trip through the valley for the tourist. It is suggested that the line run north from the terminus of the extension os the Indian school car line. This termi- nus will be at the base of Section 16. a school section. The proposed road will either run through this section or around it and north nearly to the Ari- zona canal. From there it will go west for several miles and then direct ly south to connect with the Grand avenue line at the Fair grounds
Arizona republican., 1909-08-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER
 BY WAGON LOADS
An Industry Which pr. Lightburne
 Found Himself Up Against.

Dr. ,R. F. Lightburne presented problem to the court of Justice Parker on Saturday in prayer for relief against individuals who were selling real estate at dollar a load It look ed for a time as if there was a serious hiatus in the laws for the protection of property.
 The doctor owns several lots south east of the city, just below the rail- road tracks and within stones throw of the city limits. He had made the discovery that for some time persons unknown to him had been carting away loads of earth and selling it to sidewalk contractors who used it to build up the sidewalks to grade in or der that the concrete might be laid on them. The doctor found that the mar ket price of this earth was a dollar a load That was a good price for the land; the doctor himself might have undertaken to sell it all at that figure, digging down to the center of the earth or as far as his property rights extend downward but he would not undertake to deliver it.
 Anyhow he was not getting the mon ey for the real estate. Then he discov- cred that his lots were being sold piecemeal, the thieves had carried away one side of a burro ditch which was easily handled and then they had begun digging holes in the lots them selves.
 It was then the doctor went to court and he was astounded to find that the law prohibiting trespass did not eX- tend to him; it's activities were con fined within the city limits. In cur sorry view of the landscape the district relief for Dr. Lightburne above the horizon.
 The law seemed plain: It prohibites the cutting down. destroying or injur- ing any kind of wood; digging. taking, carrying away any earth. soil. stones, ore or anything else of value from property situated within the limits of any city; or the doing of any sort of damage to property within the limits of city, but as has been mentioned. the doctors lots were a stones throw outside of the city.
 Finally Justice Parker believed that action might be taken against the threspassers under the law relating to malicious mischief which seems to rec ogniZe that property outside of city limits has some rights which are bound to be respected and it is prob able that the earth merchants will be proceeded against today.
Arizona republican., 1909-08-23
SOCIALIST LECTURES
 MRS. DOROTHY JOHNS
She Will Address Meetings at Various
 Points in the Valley.

Mrs. Dorothy Johns, formerly the Countess Dorothy von PientkOwski, will deliver addresses at the city hall Plaza August 24th. 2sth and SOth at 7:30 D. m: Mesa, 25th: Tempe. 2Gth; Liberty. 2Sth. and Wickenburg. 31st. Her subject will be, Socialism De fined"
 Mrs. Johns is a Virginian by birth, daughter of w. c. Bowman, who for years has been an ardent worker for the cause of socialism. Her marriage to Count Frederick von Piontkowski, "a grand nephew of the last king of ill-fated Poland, took place when she was 15 years of age. Count von Piontkowski was resident engineer of a Mexican railroad, and for twelve years of her married life and widow hood, the young countess lived in Mexico.
 Before the death of her first hus- band she became interested in the study of surgery and contagious dis eases, and later took up nursing as a profession. IL was as a nurse that she first came in conflict with the author ities, for violation of a Mexican or dinance against the giving of first aid to the injured on the streets before the arrival of mounted officer In Mexico she was only reprimanded and warned by the judges. and it remained for the judges of her own country to send her to prison for violation of a city ordinance, in Los Angeles. Cal, which discriminated against the socialists in allowing free speech on the public streets.
 Her second marriage, to ClOudesley Johns, a socialist writer and speaker, took place in March. 1906, while on a visit to her father and mother in Los Angeles. Though she had been student of economies, taking the socialist view for years, her active work for the movement began with the socialists free speech fight in Los An geles in 1908, in the course of which she was confined for fourteen days fin the reeking city jail. Her exposures of conditions there, and of the relation between crime in the city jail and city hall, in interviews and from the plat form after her release. created a sen- sation and gave the first impulse to the investigations which ended in in voking the recall, the overthrow of the Mayor Harper administration and came within 1,500 votes of electing a socialist mayor of Los Angeles in the recall election, out of 27,000 votes cast.
 As a speaker in California. under the state office of the socialist party, Mrs. Johns has toured the state twice, ad- dressing large audiences and making many converts to the cause.
 Though Mrs. St. Johns voice is low pitched. and rarely raised for the sake of emphasis. those who have heard her declare that, through the earncstness of her manner and the repressed emo- tion in her voice. she is the most i'm pressive woman speaker in the field.