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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

A Texan pleads self-defense in muir
dering a man whom he stabbed sixty
seven times. Doubtless he would
have shown malice If he had stabbed
his victim once more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Taken altogether, the voters of
Omaha when put to the test know
enough to pick the scalawags out and
send them back to the rear benches.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

The railroad commissioner of I'LL
nois are printing figures to show that
the Illinois lines are increasing their
traffic and making more money under
the 2-cent-a-mile rate than they did
when the rate was 8 cents. Those
commissioners are liable to find them
selves in contempt of Judge McPher-
sous court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

That President Taft will retain and ex-
tend the Roosevelt policy Of requiring com
p%etitive civil service examinations for adj
mission to the consular service, Is the
positive assertion of the Washington cor
respondent OF the New York Evening
Post. This service was rescued from the
spoils system by an executive order of
June I, 1906. The terms of this order will
be kept in effect. and il is not improbable
that Secretary Knox will devise other
safeguards and provisions which will elimi-
nate all political appointments whatso-
ever to any consular office. These as
%sertlons are made upon the best possible
authority.
The postponement OF the consular ex-
animation scheduled for March I was purely
a matter Of decorum, but gave rise to a
report that the new administration had de-
cided upon restoring the consular offices to
the spoilsmen and making them part OF the
patronage OF senators and representatives.
Reasons for postponing the examinations
Of applicants for places In the consular
service are simple. Under the practice OF
the State department candidates for this
examination were designated two months
ago. The new administration came into
office a day or two before the time set for
the examination to be held. Under the
circumstances it wss thought best to avoid
possible complications by csncelins the des-
ignations Of candidates and ordering a new
examination. Possibly the entire list OF
candidates will be renamed when another
competitive examination Is ordered. II is
probable. however, that Secretary Knox
will regard the precedent OF the depart
ment and make his designation OF candi-
dates two months before the examination
IL held.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Jim Jeffries says IL he fights Jack
Johnson the aght will have to take
place in America. May have to elect
those two men to congress, as prize
fighting is under ban everywhere else.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

AT last accounts the relief expedi-
ton reported that 1t had been unable
TO nnd a trace OF Joseph Benson For
aker, who left Washington in a blind
ing political snow storm on March 4,
last.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

The discovery OF a British scientist
that sirconium and thorium may be
transmitted into carbon will be cheer
ing news to those of us who have been
worried about what we were to do
with our surplus stocks OF chromium
and thorium.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

An eastern magazine editor declares
that the voices of American women
are too shrill, Evidently he has heard
some of them discussing the tariff on
stockings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

II is said that Mr.. Hartman will
name a consulting board to aid him in
running his business. Mr.. Roosevelt,
on account of his absence in Africa,
will be unable to serve on the board.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
Nice Discrimination.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

The insistence Of that perfectly charming
lady that while she may steal children for
blackmail she would be above using vulgar
and unseemly language. il one OF the lat
est examples Of nice discrimination
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
A Profitable Conclusion.
Washington Post.

After carefully looking over the ground
I'm Nebraska, Bryan concludes there is
more fun in remaining a prophet than try
ing TO be a senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

A scientist has succeeded in breed
ing a duck without q breastbone. Now
let him come to the relief of the board
ers by breeding a chicken without
wings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Castro say he is SUR the people OF
venezuels are ready to receive him.
Indeed they are aud, according to re-
ports, they have a rope handy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Let me win, IL I may, when the games
afoot,
Let me master my Fate when / choose
her;
But my souls deep cry in the fight, o
Lord,
II fail-let me be a good loser!
Respectfully dedicated to those who
also ran.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Shocked Acauaintance-Why, Gayman, /
thought YOU were on the water wagon.
g-gIve my seat to a lady an got off.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
'"They say the New Workers like the new
London play. An Englishmsn's House"
Yes, ] understand hey shoot the Eng
lishman in the climax"
rs It as brutal as hat?'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
IT'S odd to see that pair together-they
suit so badly"
"Why?'
Because he's a bird and she's a peach"
Baltimore American.
Bartender-Say what do you think of
this idea Of runnin' cities on the commits
sion plan2'
don't know much about 1t, but I'm agin u.
The-er-commissions are mighty small and
they don't 60 to the hight people.-Chicago
Tribune.
Father" said the minister's little daugh-
ter, the paper says you 'officiated az the
wedding, clad in the traditional saro o.,
the clergy what does traditional mean
Traditional my dear answered the
good man as he looked at his cheap suit
OF black with a sigh. refers to something
that has been handed down "-ohicago
News. o." s.
Lawyer-Did you take cognlzanee Of the
prisoner Wnen Ht was IN Wv S"i',H'
Witness-No. sir: all 7 took was just one
little drink.-Baltimore American.
Are YOU still helping that poor family
"I'm trying to help them. I gave tho
mother some money the other day so that
she would feel independent OF her drunken
husband -,t -..
"Well?"
"weIi. she had her husband arrested TO-
heating her and then paid his fine. With
the money 7 gave her cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
whore ReforIn HaIts.
Boston Herald

The Pullman company is to make a diff
ferential rate between upper and lower
berths. While in the mood for reform. the
cmpany should put a prohibitive rate on
the passenger who tries to bring In a
snore.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Newport is anxious to know how to
treat the son OF the kaiser. who is
coming over for a visit. Might oner
him beer. as a starter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Even James J. Hill has refused
longer to give the pessimists a peg to
hang their laments on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Boston is living up to it's traditions
by %denouncing the proposed tax on tea
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Hip pockets were unknown in
1900" says a magazine writer. They
bought 1t in jugs instead of bottles in
those days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01


1t is Just as well to remember that
as yet there has been no change made
in the tariff schedules.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Apparently the real achievement in
a tariff bill is to fix it SO the consumer
will pay the a without knowing IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stste OF Nebraska, Dougias County ea:
pSsus =. IsschYch tressnrsf on ~ e.
that the actual number Of full and complete
copies Of The Daily. MorninG. Evening ana
sunday Bee printed during the month OF
February. 1909 vas A. fotiowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Now to get ready for the real tug
Of war.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Ware the innocent-iooking package
on the sidewalk.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

1t is complimentary to Mr.. Roose-
welt that non of the newspapers seem
to think that Elk" fits him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

A tax on oratory and near-oratory
might cause congress to hasten the
disposition of the tariff bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Castro blames the United States for
his troubles. II this nation Is guilty
It is probably glad Of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Speaking Of names, Captain Wind
man of the British army Is the inven-
tor of the latest airship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

1t seems that not only the primary
ballot, but the voters likewise, ro-
tated
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

There is something in America be-
sides money n politics." says the
London National Review. The tariff,
for instance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Shocked Mountaineering, Gayman, /
thought you were on the water wagon,
Slightly lnebriated Person-Ole felr. /
g-glve my seat to a lady an got off.-Chi
cage Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
W~ashington Life

short gketohaa u ~InotdaAts ana
Of Events 1t the Hation's Capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

WHEN OUT Dr. TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city sena-
PorariIy shoaia have The Zee
mailed to thea. Address viii be
changed "a Often m reausstea.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

1.-THE possibilities Of the wireless tele-
graph in all the works of modern industry
are immense" said DR.. Frederick H. Mil
lener OF Omaha, wireless expert of the
Union Pacific railroad, to a Washington
Post reporter.
1T may be noted that whereas IT viii
not take the place OF our wire i~nstalla-
lions At present. II will add TO their ef-
flciency. with proper control Of the wire
less installation, telephones can be sig
nailed from a distance, messages sent to
any point. and then transmitted by means
of a wireless telephone. In that way the
installations of copper wire will be re-
duced; ~torpedoes can be controlled and
steered. guns fired from a point far away
from where they are stationed. Many
wireless experts have thought that the
japanese used the wireless system to blow
up the Russian ships.
9TH wireless for telegraph purposes will
become more and more improved. but the
simple fact remains that in all such work
the man who can make the biggest sound
will get ahead Of all others. One OF the
important uses of the wireless will be that
OF making more efficient the block system
In use on railroads, so that 1t will be pos
sible to signal a train at almost any point
along its route"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

IT'S odd to see that pair together-they
suit so badly"
why
Because he's a bird and she's a peach. "
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Lawver-Did YOU take cognlzance Of the
prisoner when he was in the saloon?
Witness-No. sir; all 7 took was Just one
little drink.-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

The transition from bulldog Pete" to a
mooley COW In the scenic effects OF the
White House lot provokes pat and peril
nent reflections on administrative changes.
Pete as readers will recall, represented
the strenuous life. but lacked discrimi-
mating taste in selecting trousers TO chew
en-. He might have been spared for a long
career of usefulness did he not thought
lessly insert his molars in the neither gar
ment Of a diplomat. sorely Earring the dig
nifty and feelings OF a representative OF
some effete monarchy. In extenuatlon Of
Pete's undogly action it was said at the
time that the spectacle was too tempting
to resist. but the excuse had no weigh
and Pete ceased to be a visible part OF
the animated scenery. The advent OF the
peaceful and picturesque bossy in the ad-
ministration clover patch moves the wash
ington Post to these reflections: Happy,
happy spot! When Mooley roamst through
those sequestered groves, fsuns and satyrs
shyly return, and peep from behind the
massive trunks; Mooley's mellow lowing
brings echoes, as from the pipes Of Pan;
tumult and annoyance are expelled from
this delectable spot and the sharp yelps OF
Fighting Pete are drowned In oblivion.
Time has run back and fetched the age OF
gold.
Mooley has not been in office long enough
to have displayed all her intellectual pc
culiarities. but as the hsrbinger Of the new
era she is well worth the study OF all
statesmen. The difference between Mooley
and Pete lie. Of course. obvious, but the full
Significance Of this difference is still to be
observed. Pete belonged to the imrres-
sionistic school There was scarcely a d.
plomat upon whom he did not leave the
imprint OF his individuality. Mooley, on
the other hand. is pensive and retiring. She
loves the quiet life and abhors the spirit
which would stir up complications between
this government and foreign representa-
tives. Diplomats may come and diplomats
NAV 60 without fear or hindrance from
Mooley. She is a strict constitutionalists.
and while insisting upon her rights. she
does not believe in the usurpation OF au-
thority. So far as Mooley is concerned,
the three great coordinate branches of the
government will enjoy their prerogatives
undisturbed, and this government Will
maintain a correct attitude toward all for
eign powers.
All hail to Mooley, and may she be a
prophet as well as a benefactress!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01

Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day of March. 1909.
n. p. WALKER,
CSeaD Notary Public.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
Water Ready Soon
In Reservoir at the Great Dam and in
All Canals Under Idaho Irri-
cation Companys System

I irrigation companies trust to gooc
weather in the spring, just up to the
last minute for the legal water sea
son, April 1st
Work is going on steadily at tbs
big dam The sheet steel piling is
being driven for the core of the
dam, down in the bottom of the riv-
er bed where it is to shut Of al
possible seepage. The two trenches
biting and as ucep as they can at
one above and one below the steel
dug. are TO be filled with tamped
earth that will be as water-tight as
so much putty. When these are all
in place, the work of filling in the
dam with earth will begin in deadly
earnest. The railroad service from
the steam shovels to the dam is be-
ing reorganized, so that there will be
a constant stream of trains pouring
their earth over the dam. There
are now two steam shovels at work,
and one more is to be added, each
capable of scooping up SIX loads Of
ore and one-quarter cubic yards a
minute-a total theoretical capacity
of 1890 cubic yards day for each
of the great machines. This, how
ever, is far above what can be ac.
tually delivered, as they will not
work the full "a hours, and the ma
chimes must be moved and reset, this
taking considerable time in the
course of a day. The work Is being
dine in two shifts, an electric plant
having 5een installed re ,ently to fu.
nish ligt'.
Therc S no. being a foot of shod y
work tut into the whole project from
the dam down to the smallest lat
eral, and there should be no flaws or
failures in the system when it is op-
ened up for the water next spring
The reservoir is to be far enough
along to catch and hold the flood wa
ters next spring, and turn to useful
instead Of wasting them
selves in disastrous floods like has
been the rule in the past.
All the towns contiguous to the
Idaho Irrigation company project
will get their share of next yeaf
prosperity. But there is no one that
stands to gain nearly so much a.
city water system.
churches. schools, good business
houses, good reputation, and sur
rounded by one of the finest, most
exclusive bodies of land in all the
irrigated section of Idaho, it is bound
to be winner.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

While it is conceded that the
greatest resources of Richfield will
lie in the irrigation possibilities
here, and in the development of the
.rops and crop methods adapted to
that kind of cultivation, there are
other possibilities that should some
day prove to be wonderfully helpful
in building up rich, populous sec
ton. Dry farming is one of these.
Most of the land Immediately
around Richfield is susceptible tc
irrigation and the water can easily
be gotten out on the land ready tc
assist in the growing of crops BAT
there is a considerable acreage that
will not be watered, that would be
yalueless if it could not be cult
vated by other methods. he iands
south and east of the Little Wooc
river have at present no water pos
sibilities, and only dry-land cult.
yatiOn will make them valliab,e.
Except possibly the lower Snake
river valley, where the heat is SO ex
treme, and there is almost no rain
fall. there is probably no section OF
the state more truly arid than this
around here. There is enough rain
and snowfall to produce luxurlant
growth of native grasses, so that this
has been a favorite range for live
stock, but still, it is truly arid. and
there are almost no Interruptions
from the regular round of dry wealth
er, dryer weather, and an occasional
shower in spring or fall, With a good
snowfall in nthe winter. There is
just enough to produce an almost
unvarying growth of grass, or o.
crop if crops had been planted de-
pending on arid conditions. What
there is one year, will be reproduced
almost unvaryingly another year, SO
if there is enough water this year.
there will be enough almost every
year. Moisture and weather condi.
tions being so stable, one can connf
pretty certainly what he is going to
get, once he has established a basis
for his work
On the Quet Johnson place, north
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
CLUB MEETING A SUCCESS

The Recorder was not personally
represented this week at the meet
ing of the Eastern Idaho Press Club
at Rigby, Fremont County, owing tc
great press of work and matters
chat had to be attended to. But il
was a very successful meeting, one
of the most delightful in the his
tory of the organization, say those
who attended
The Oregon Short Line EXTENDED
the usual courtesies, transportation
to and fren the meeting, for all al the
editors and their wives. AS the CluI
covers eleven counties in east and
southeast Idaho, it is no small favor
that the railroad gives The good
people of Rigby did the honors ol
the occasion in a most charming
manner. Gout and dyspepsia and ali
the evils that follow in the wake of
the over-fed might be charged tc
them-but who wouldn't risk thoss
things for such dainties as the hospi
table people of that town served to
the guests? Like the charming youne
lady said who was told by her lover
escort that the anaconda which they
saw at the circus would squeeze a
person to death, holding them tight
or and yaf fi0hfar nntiI dpafh co,na
-"Oh How nice!'-with a smile
and shudder that told whole
lot. So the gouty guests would re-
member the good people of Rigby.
Part of the trip was the visit to
Heise Springs, 16 miles out of Rig
by. The springs are on the bank of
the South Fork of the Snake river,
and are situated in one of the most
beautiful, rugged valleys one would
wish to see The springs are noted
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

1t Is to be regretted that the con-
ditions were such during the past
summer, that there is nothing in the
way of crops in the Richfield segre-
cation to show the prospective buy
ers what may be expected here this
fall. The company did its best to
get water for the tract this summer,
and by superhuman efforts did get
enough to enable most of the settlers
to prove up, though there was not
enough water to develop full crops
anywhere The unprecedented high
water in February shut off the i'm
mediate building of the storage re-
servoir that was to have supplied
the Richfield farmers with water for
irrigation And then came the re-
gular high water, in June, which
was high enough to still further de-
lay the work
But there is one thing that can
be set down for fact-the land, the
water and the human elements all
are right in the development of this
tract. There is no finer body of
land in South Idaho than the Rich
field segregation. Mile after mile,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

as a health and pleasure resort; on
! Sunday the hotel served meals to
more than 200 people, and turned
away many guests who had sent in,
by mail, by telephone aud in person,
to secure rooms for over Sunday.
The bathing facilities are unexcelled,
and in every way the visit was an en-
ioyabe one. The guests, about 25
in all, voted it one of the most de-
lightful of all the many trips they
have taken in the course of the
Club history, with its three meet
ings year and every meeting in a
different place.
The next meeting of the Club viii
be in Poratello. in November It is
to be a stag meetinng, as the la
dies of the Club have voted for next
summers meeting to be held in the
National Park, and they will forego
the November and May meetings for
the privilege of making the more ex-
'ended one next year They will have
eight days of good times in the great
Park, where the bears growl and
he fish bite forever and the elks
come and eat things out of the rear
end of your wagon where the gey-
sers gush, and the tall pines sing,
and Nature paints the most gor-
geOus hues all over the face of the
earth, and where the whole world is
turned topsy turvey for the bewild-
erment of mankind. Oh. yes. they
will go to the Park, and if they don't
paint some pictures of their own
on their return, it won't be their
own fault-it will be because they
have seen things so much more won
derful than their own verbal pic
lures, that they are abashed and
dumb.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

There is no better news for the
settlers, present and prospective, OF
the lands OF the Idaho Irrigation Co
projects, than the assurance that
there will soon be plenty of water in
every canal under the system, and in
The great reservoir on the Big Wood
river.
Hales e Crane, the contractors for
The canal system, have finished up
4 number of their sections of work.
On the Dietrich tract, south of Rich
field, the canal is FINISHED for al
most miles. The crews are work
ing steadily on the lower end, and
will have it all ready for use this
fall, not later than October if all
goes well. The water is nos needed
lntil next spring, but the contract
ors have been given free hand to
finish it as soon as they can-and
they are big enough men to be able
70 finish it in hurry They are
among the biggest, strongest con
tractors in the whole west.
Some changes in the manner of
handling the water on the Dietrich
ract are responsible for some of the
ihortage of water this year. 1t was
necessary to enlarge the UPPER can
ais, to carry all the water for the
Dietrich and south Gooding lands.
rhis water was once planned to be
delivered through the Cottonwood
Slough, or co-jointly through some
If the Richfield canals; but later de
Ielopments called for the starting Of
he Dietrich canal from the Little
Wood river at Richfield, instead 0
ONE miles below town, and so the
pper canals had to be enlarged tt
AIRY the water. The enlarging o
.hese upper canals has been a huge
ask, almost as long as and much
more trying than building the ditches
rom the bare ground. The work il
low about finished there, so that the
big canals could carry an immense
'lood of water
Several miles of the North Good
ng canal have been built, and work
s going on steadily all along the
inc. Hales & Crane, who have the
,harge of this as well as all tae 9th
II canal work, will have it finished
'arly this fall, months before it car
be used. This is perhaps
he only company in the country thai
las had the courage TO so ahead and
inish its canal work so much in ad
rance of the time when it is needed
rhe interest on such a heavy ex
,enditure is enough to make mos