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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Boy May Be in Warren.

Woman Telephoned Garage.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, March 2O.-Chief
Of Police Mcdowell this afternoon said
he knew nothing new in the Whitla kid
naping case. Pinkerton detectives are
said to have arrived here this morning
to take up the case.
Various rumors have been I'm circulation
throughout the day OF reported captures
in different parts of the city, but have
proven groundless when investigated. A
reported telephone call from Sharon by
an unknown woman to local garage,
which was believed to have some bearing
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04
1.-THE CAREY ACT A BAD LAW

Quite a remarkable statement was made in Boise this week
by a judge who has served on the district bench of Idaho. and
who generally is regarded as a capable, levelheaded business
man as well as a lawyer. 1t is this:
MARK my words, before / am dead and buried. the state of
Idaho will find that the Carey Act is the most fallacious piece
OF land legislation, the greatest drain on the state resources,
the most pernicious grant of public property to private sources,
in the history " Of the West"
inns $ a new point OF view. The people Of Idaho have been
believing that the Carey Act was a beneficent piece of legisla-
ton. 1t has made homes for close to $4,000 people, it has
bullded towns, and is b building cities, and the aggregate value
OF the private wealth developed by the development of the
carey Act idea easily runs up into the hundreds of
millions OF dollars. The gain in public taxation has run well up
towards a million dollars, for state and county and municipal
taxes due directly and solely to the operation Of the Carey Act.
The one argument against the law is that it enables capital
from other states to come in and make wonderfully profitable
short time investments in financing the deals, and then take
the money away.
~ ! nS argument IS altogether true, OF course. They have done
1hls, they are dong it today and trey will continue to do it as
long as the Carey Act stands and there is land to irrigate. If
Idaho only had back a 1.-THE Of the floods of cold that was pou-
ed out OF the state in the early placer mining days, we could
finance these deals ourselves. But we haven't that money, nor
any other money sufficient to carry on these great projects. The
snake river would have cut its channel a thousand feet deeper,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04
FARMING As 4 PRoFEssIoN.

President Taft, in a recent address, has said that "Of all the
avenues for success in financial as well as business lines, there
is no path that offers better opportunities than scientific agri
culture
Here in Idaho, even this glowing testimonial is not needed
When apples produce as much as $4,000 worth per acre per year
and cherries as high as 81 per tree, per season; alfalfa seed up
to $500 per acre; besides several tons Of the finest hay; when
potatoes yield from 400 to 600 bushels per acre, and everything
else grows that can be produced in the temperate zone, no one
needs to be told that scientific methods in farming offer the
very shortest cuts to riches.
But it needs to be hammered into the being of the boys Of
today, that this is so. The country is suffering from a plethora
OF lawyers, doctors, preachers, professional and clerical men of
almost every kind; and too many printers, too, perhaps, grind
ing out books and ads for short cuts to professional excellence
correspondence school judges, musicians, anything and ev-
erythng but farmers and workers with their hands. Why, the
Idaho farmer or orchardst has it in his power to make more.
year after year, from d fiveacre tract Of good soil, than the
shyster professional man can ever hope to gain; and health
self-respect, honor, that never can come to the scheming-to-
make-both-ends-meet professional.
The real prosperity Of Idaho, as well as of the nation, lies in
the sending Of educated boys and girls back to the farms, to
make the land more productive and relieve the present alarm
ing congestion to the city that produces nothing, but forces
living prices higher and yet higher.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04

and washed the high mountains into the plains, before the in
dlvldual settlers would have carried Oil d project like the Twin
Fails system, or the Idaho Irrigation system, or the proposed
big Bruneau or the Mountain Home systems. 1t takes the
concerted action OF vast sums Of money to do this work. The
men who settle on barren lands like these Of Idaho, haven't the
money TO put up to do the work. They never could have=be=
cause most OF the expense must be met with money before there
is any return whatever. There is no way to get title to the land,
except through the homestead act or the Carey act. * desert
for the debt on the system, until it is patented, and the patent
cannot be issued until the land is actually watered. 1t is the
ArkansaW Traveller over and over again: When it's rainin' l
can't Tx my roof, and when it's dry it don't need no fixin'.
it's Archmedes trying to raise the world with a lever-he
could do it if he had the lever and the place TO stand ON which
he couldn't get.
Idaho must make some concessions to outside capital. But it
IS very doubtful if the Carey Act pays out Of the state as much
money for Carey Act development profits, as in any other form
OF development. Many Of the big miners of Idaho spend their
profits outside of the state; tn climber men do the same; the
railroad owners spend hardly as much as the price of a postage
stamp IN Idaho. The guilty rich of New YOrk-the Waldorf
Astors and the duke hunting bellies and the hero-Worshipping
snoDs-flock to Europe and all over the globe to spend tnelr
good American money. Probably Idaho sends out less money
o carey act pronls, than IS taken cut by the big investors in
any other Idaho industry of even approximate magnitude.
New York sends out as much money to orher states, other coun
ules-and you can stop 1t. But III our case it is necessary
we haven the money to develop these resources, now or ever.
1t isn't robbing the people Of Idaho, to give them at a nomi-
nal price homes where they can become comfortablely rich in
Two TO i've years. The profits Of the Carey Act company are
not large; they are not one-fourth the profits on one years crop
forever.
If Idaho could sneak out across the line and pick the nockets
OF her ~nelghbors for enough money to develop these enterprises
then we wouldn't need to borrow. But credit is the corner
stone OIL modern business progress. 1t enables the state without
money to get money to develop its resources, and still TO keen
most OF the profits from the development. Idaho makes fifty
dollars to the outside investors one. in the Carey Act IF we
could impress the settlers, and make them work and develop |
the great dams and bitches, we could keep all the money orr
selves. Unfortunately, the Idaho laws do not provide for max
ing the few people who would be living in Idaho under a mo- 4
borrow system, to do this work free. s
Inc Recorder doesn't want to be sarcastic, or critical. but II b
ventures TO put It's opinion against that Of the learned Judge. 3
ever. Il
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04
IT'S GOOD IN
Forest Reserves Arguments
Without the Drawbacks.

CHE following clipping from "Rancl
and Range" gives the theoretical gooC
side of the forest reserve, without tell
ing how it is robbing Idaho of a million
acres of land, or tying up twenty mil
lion acres against settlement. The art
icle is in answe to the query HAS the
Dry Farmer Any Interest In the Con
%servation of the Forests. y
I think he has, for several good
reasons.
The trees catch snow in the biz
zadrs and hold it late in the season,
the leaves and rubbish dam it back
from running oq into the streams
and thus prevent waste of moisture
and erosion of our mountain soils.
Every drop of water that remains
with us to help dampen our atmos-
phere is so much gain. Every drop
that finds it's way into the rivers
and down to the sea, a dead loss.
But the most important reason of
all is this.
Every plant, every tree takes up
it's food in solution with water; and
when this plant food in the sap has
been digested and assimilated the
surplus water is thrown off by the
leaves and transpired into the at
mosphere.
An ordinary apple tree may give
off from 20 to 80 gallons of water
a day, a good sized cottonwood 100
gallons, a big Englemann spruce, Sc
veral hundred gallons.
Now if M tree can t%ranspire into
the atmosphere several hundred gal
Ions, a forest ten miles square can
throw off during the day enough
moisture to make a good sized cloud
3urst over an area of several square
This is easy to figure out.
Now most of this water is from
Melted SHOWS which but for the ex-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04
VOTE LINCOLN COUNTY DRY.

1t is only a little more than a week until the local option
election. The prohibition Of the sale Of liquor in the county is
not a final settlement OF the liquor question; indeed, it is but a
beginning. But it is one step that must be taken and the soon
er il is taken, the sooner the people can know where they stand,
and what to do and how to do it for the settlement of the great
question. There are few people who fail to recognize the fact
as it is usually conducted, the liquor traffic is wrong; and these
laws, however Incomplete help to bring about the final settle
ment.
The present law is aimed to be fair. If it is not, it can be
amended. But the whole country is beginning as never before
to see that lntemperance is an economic, social and moral wrong
the making Of laws will go on untilthe right one is made. Thru
the failures and proven defects of past laws, the perfect one
Will be bullded. For these reasons, in part, the local option
law should be sustained. at any rate, it offers a chance for a
straight majority ruie-and that is good enough for any good
American.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04
DESOLATION.

Halloween night and the rain beat fas
On the cabin roof and the window pane
The windows shudder as caught by tn,
blast
Oh, the desolate, desolate, desolatt
wind and rain.
The old oak tree mourns and signs.
Like the pitiful sound of some lost soul;
And answer the wall of the forests
cries.
Oh, the desolate, desolate rain and cold.
No dear ones to gather round as of
yore
When the rain swirls past IN the wind
that blows
No gentle tap of a friend at the door;
Oh, the desolate, desolate soul that
knows.
Alone in a rain swept cynical world
Severed from dear ones, awaiting your
fate,
From friendly advances so often hurled,
Oh, the desolate, desolate life that
must wait.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04

lstence of these trees would hay,
run off and been lost. The roots o
some of our big e~vergreens reach {
hundred feet down to bedrock ant
pump water back into the atmos.
phere from great depths which 9th
erwise would have escaped from the
surface perhaps forever.
Perhaps o will say, What has
all this to do with the dry farm?''
Just this much: In the growing
season, when u clouds come float
ing gaily over the mountains and
strike a dry streak of air they begin
to dissipate and dry out without CIV
ing us a shower. They are absorbed
by the hot, dry atmosphere.
But on the other hand,
they strike a damp stratum of air
given off by some of our forests, or
lakes or reservoirs, what happens at
that time?
The clouds begin to gain in mois-
ture, growing before our very eyes
until the point of saturation is reach
ed-they can hold no more-the
floodgates are opened and we get a
shower.
When our hygrometers show plen-
ty of moisture in the air and we
hear the train whistles from afar, we
know that almost any cloud will
make a rain, but when the air over
heal is dry then our clouds go float
ing by to raise crops in Kansas and
Nebraska.
Our rainfall has undoubtedly suf-
fered through the firing and devas-
tation of our forests, but on the
whole I believe we have gained more
we have lost, by the building of
reservoirs, bitches and irrigation
works in general, the water from
which when turned on to the heated
soil of our fields evaporates millions
tons into u atmosphere every
lay of the summer season. besides
his we must take into account every !
Flowed field which catches and holds ;
moisture, every crop which trans
Tres this moisture into our atmos-
here, for every hill of corr every
liant of alfalfa or grain throws off
nto the air many times its own
in water vapor before it has
maturity. Thus We e that
he conservation of forests and the
up of a country conduce to
moister condition of the atmos-
here and, as l have already shown, :
moist condition of the atmosphere
0nduces to more dew and more
lin.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-11-04

National Apple Show, Spokane, Wash.
November 18th, to goth, inclusive
Reduced rates via Oregon Short Line
Tickets on sale November 18th and
18th limited to November %. See
agents for rates and further parti-
culars.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

medium 20 carry It
The mass OF the moon "eiLg so Sina,L me
force Of gravity Is small. and ones ordinary
step would be over eighteen feet \ good ha@S- h',
ball PLAYER could bat q h.ll over hsl' /" Inle WIN
ease A hundred and fifty pound man would
weigh only twenty-five pounds oa the moon.
l,y people on the earth as II rcvoivc> exactly
once when It goes round the earth MANY SPEC
ulations exist rs 70 the appearance OF the "'leT
side hut there is no way Of obtaining any Pos
itivc information On account oi What Is
known as libratlon. though We g.lmpSetour-
seyrnths Of its surface
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

a
II new plants WAS discovered
recently bv Frank y Never. one Of the botanical
explorers of the Department Of Agriculture. IN
Northern China In the course 81 an eNpcdI-
t-.-l covering many months, this intrepid IN
s-s~tlsator Travelled over a vast region hitherto
-.uylslted bv any white man. incidentally
.-HSSing three times the great natural barrier
--rown as the Ever White Mountains which
separates Manchuria from Korea
Il Is a very cold part Il the world, and an
5n# rect Explorer Never had particularly II view
MAS to fInd valuable plant varieties that would
prove useful IN the far northern part OF the
United States. where the summers are short
One such plant secured by him was a hul-leSS
oat. which grew at an elevation 01 TWO miles
hove the sea. IN the province of Nhan>l An
.ther. from the same section. WAS hUl-leSS
barley The latter seemed to Ice rare. and Is
believed to have been brought originally from
The far interior of Mongolia bV religious pilgrims
From ths. same region was obtained "a re
-n4rkable cabbage Il i much ike an ordinary
.alhage. but grows on a tall stalk The eN-
-,.etatIon i that L viii prove well adapted Tor
cultivation IN the northern United States
There Was also a red lily. and strawberry
---s " the latter a small evergreen tree. bearing
round. VINE red fruit, very pleasing % the
taste Tins frJllt i eaten fresh. >tewcd- or pre-
served n spirits
1I- Never found IN Northern China peculiar
KIND Il Cl,ince bearing small fruits with a spicy
..-.- which are used bv natives 10 perfume
-f-.-- dwellings, He also came across and col
-a---7 slips of new sort of Ted rose with red
seems and multitude Il splneS- This rose
-5--- which produces not only flowers but
numerous uunches OF large scarlet berries. Is
likely q prove valuable d sol binder IL dry
regions f our own country. 1t has q spreading
habit. and. running rapidly over the ground,
serves The suggested purpose admirably.
Some Different Melons
EXPLORER MEYER has brought back with
l. -5-r the seeds Of two new kinds II water
---t-.- one with yellow flesh and the other with
r---e flesh Both are said 10 be very fine. He
..-~. secured slips Of q number of dwarf trees
.-.~e vegetable c1-rioSltleS which n China are
..v-.--sE ..--ltlcially by growing them II pots.
- -..-.-z-.e their roots One % these called the
lzr4 is also grown IN gardens clipped or twisted
r--. many gratc~que shapes initiating ANIMALS
t-. L ar-alnS a great age, certainly several
centuries Another. known as the Slli Is loaded
m winter with white capsules. out Of which peep
~.a-.e- berries i Is commonly used for deco
r.-llg tables
~loaL--, 4 Hste-meluIl> Il should be men
-. ned that d remarkable new variety has 1Ist
-ee- received from Horace q Knowles, Jnlted
~--- Minister 70 R-1-rla1lia Il small. round,
green u color with q ti7Iu skin. and about the
SIZE & III average grapefruit that Is u say,
-cs- u -uough Tor one person Il has a de-
.-.l.-s flavor and Is likely 10 prove immensely
% -r-s-a- TT ~ervlng n clubs hotels and res
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
By Lawrence Hodges

NO. r,,- pie have often won By Lswre
M -.--- Whv the moon locks
~. ---.- -a-ger when Just Tlslng
~ -,r-lug -lau IL other times II really ought
z. -..-- slightly smaller 70 Us Tor Il j. four
n .--a-E miles farther away, OF distance
e.aal @ the radius of the earth - r-slng and
S ---rg than when Il - directly n the zenith
The cause IS a -5,-uaied optical illusion q but
e Illustrates phase ~ the n. .itv Of the mind
.- man O. reason against previous impressions
,-- .-leHuS n- otherwise The illusion Is eH-
8 .-reE hv the following ~et 81 asterl~ks Let
-la reader decide with himself which is the
longer distance. A-B or Be
Il is u once seen that Alb appcaTs longer,
though both distance are the same i ap-
peers longer on account 81 SO many objects he
.uee- and though i Is known 70 be the same
distance. the eve j. always deceived Just S"
r--l The moon on the horzon.
The WAY this can be proved IN the moon. 5
- -s Up sheet 90 paper II the form ',i
"a .--l-l eE--ule- and lDpl. al the moon through
= The moon IL once appears IN It's natural
Size because there are no objects between 70
give the apDearauge of increased distance
E-e-vaue knows that the moon near the no.
--z.u and II the zenith Is the same object IN
i.-r positions but when on the hDrlzon II
seems larger because the distance j. apparently
..-,a-e-. the mind thus uncon~c1ously res~o1lIrg
--.- being So much farther away II must Teees-
...--v fs -a-ger III order u see i. Nor can one
control hls mind on this point for Whon 'he
.E1r5,r IS taken away the eye is deceived
aE.1- Try Il
There are several interesting things about
The moon itself that w0,ild appear peculiar 70
..-.-r-le from the earth visiting there TO begin
WITH. The dav and night r"gether sre "a Ia"iltl
-.-u. each f.elug about Two week As the
-r.an has no atrnpeplere. IL heat Is Tsdtateo
,-ra space almost as soon - i comes iron the
--- Therefore il is the coolest Of planets. the
ra-ure-atu-e never going above zero, and AT
-.-gt- being over two hundred below mere
crg no ll-fuzed light On account u no atrnos-
-.ae-e. when one stepped INTO the shadow Of a
rock he would immediately become invisible
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
And Potatoes

n Tar The most noteworthy discovery, now now,
ever. IS that %. new klnoS oI potatoes WIlIh
are unlike any WIN Whi'il 'iN'@dt''ii y .''Iil1'
These were found growing IN 'he Hl'ic %T'ii-
pclaEo of Chloe OF the south coast ~ I hiIe bN
lose ID Husbands hat makes the matter
more interesting is that this group OF islands Is
now known L. have been the original nome "l
the much pTlzec tuneT II vas from ms S,iTGe
mat the NianidToN III 'e >'N''cil'' ''l''"lH Cl-
tanned the potatoes thtN earned 10 SPAN
thereby giving a new vegetable TO the world
The archipelago III question Is very remote
and inaeeeSSl3le- Navigation IN ITS NIoln'lY Is
most dIiicuIt' OWING 10 frequent storms, ui-
ohaTtrd rocks aio S"iiI ocean currents winch
nun Tlot among ll' i>''ti}aN- ne lal1eT are
TarcIN VISITED bH >hll,> N'Htfthe't>N. 'heN are
inhah'ee pN spanish = >l',"AnlS "n'te l"rrIle'
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
By Rene Bache

WatCrmcl0n, from Ianama- has a
lemon yellow pulp and a flavor
somewhat resembling that of the hiCkorynut
On the iSthmus It's IuIce Is used 10 flavor ice
cream Il Is also particularly good to eat.
Minister Knowles has forwarded to the Plant
Bureau seeds Of two new kinds OF muSkmelon,
one ohlong and yellow, and the other round
and yellow He saws. They are the most de
liciols muskmclons or cantaloupS ! have ever
tasted In flavor they are as far ahead OF the
Rockvfcrd as the latter is ahead Of the ordinary
musk1nelon. They should make an invaluable
addition to the fruits # Our country
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
SOMETHING NEW TO EAT

taurantS Another new kind of
Watermelon. from Panama. has a
lemon yellow pulp and "a flavor
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

WTHAT the Government Plant
" Bureau calls a klOndlke
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
PECULIARITIES OF THE MOON

No sound could possibly ho
heard on the moon. because Of 10
medium 20 carry i
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-05

ganization of our army need not, how
ever, create the least alarm, nor is it
in conflict with the objects of this So
ciety. The Chinese government has
been actuated by one aim, and that
is to place the troops in state of eff
cheney for police and defensive pur-
poses only. This is in accordance with
the principle laid down by many emf
nent statesmen that in order to main
tain and preserve peace it is necessary
to be prepared for war. China never
has been and never will be aggressive
in a military Way-she is too fond of
peace and realizes too fully the ho.-
rOrS of war.
eff general disarmament should be
proposed, you will not find China in
disposed to accept it. l am aware that
upon this subject there is difference
of views. We all have yet to learn
and to educate public opinion for the
cause of peace. Many inventions and
discoveries have been made in the
last several centuries which have con-
tributed to the welfare of mankind
But what greater good work can there
be, / venture to ask than that of in
teresting people in the cause Of univer-
sal peace and leading them to see the
folly and brutality of Strengthening one
another by fearful machines, which is
the object of this peace society?
L congratulate the president and
those gentlemen who are associated
it affords me great qualification to
take a humble part in the meeting of
this congress.
1T must be rem mbered that in no
period of human history has COM
merce reached such gigantic proper
tons asa present The market ad-
vance in transportation facilities by
the inventions of the last century has
caused international trade to become a
feature of current history. The appli-
cation of steam and electricity, both
on land and on the sea, have revolu-
tionizad methods of trade and travel.
Not long ago 1900 tons >of pig iron
from the Hanyang Steel & Iron work :,
which are in the central part of Chi
IA. travelled six hundred miles down
the Yangtse river and fourteen thou
sand miles by sea and were laid down
in Brooklyn, n. Y, at $3.50 per ton
The terminus of the longest railway in
the world is Picking, and it is possible
to travel today on an unbroken road
from the interior of my country to
Paris, France. These facts alone are
enough to show that nations are inter-
dependent, and should have friendly
relations with each other. No nation
nowadays should wantonly declare war
because the commercial interests of
the worlds nations are too valuable
to be jeopardiZed by such action.
"In conclusion I would add that our
attitude on this question cannot be
better expressed. / think than by a
quotation from Sir Robert Hart, who
has been half a century. in China. He
says: The Chinese believe in right so
firmly that they scorn to think it re-
quires to be supported or enforced
by might" In short, we believe that
right makes right and not might makes
right and / am sanguine enough to
believe that the whole world is COM
ing around to adopt that view, which
is eminently the right one.
Representing as / do, therefore,