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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

acres staggers comprehension. In n
littlo spot In Colorado. called Greeley,
from radius of eight miles, come
enough sugar beets to support sugar
factory costing one and quarter mil
lion dollars; enough fruit and vegeta-
bleS to maintain canning factory.
enough alfalfa hay to fatten 900
lambs, and. greatest Of all. 5000 car
loads OF potatoes that brought home
81. 900. 600 to the growers. All this from
radius of eight miles in an irrigated
country, 30 years old, with a water
supply not so good as the North Side
tracts, where a foot of snow and a
freeze threaten in October. and where
the soil, for responsiveness and yield,
does not compare with our volcanic
ash.
This wonderful record will be more
than duplicated all over these 3I6, 900
acres.
An estimate OF what these $4,000
acres VIII ultimately produce fairly
makes one dizzy. On the basis of 40
acre farms with few cut up into
tracts around the towns. there are farm
homes for 10000 families That acre
age In fruit, potatoes, alfalfa, sugar
beets, with lambs, pigs and steers to
eat the hay and grain will produce
more than $50.000000 annually. Moth
ing has apparently been left undone by
the Kuhns, All this production of
crops means little without transporta-
tlon.
RAILROADS.
Not alone are the Messrs. Kuhn en-
gagged in the great work of reclamation.
but they are building a standard gauge
railroad which at present has Its ter
minus at Gooding. Idaho The road
extends from Goodlng to Jerome. q dis
tance of "A miles. now in operation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
SOIL IS INSURED

raising of sugar beets an industry
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
Marvellous DEVELOPMENT the Twin Falls North Side Irrigation Ira

In the Snake River Valley Of Idaho x
The Largest Most Conete and Substantial Irrigation DeDnt
in America $4,000 Acres of Idahos Most Productive Land
Reclaimed IN Less than Three Years.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
EMPIRE BUILDERS.

tablish an enterprise and take their
profits back to the older parts OF the
country, but be 1t said to the credit of
j. S. and w. S. Kuhn that they have
not only carried to a successful COM
pletion mighty reclamation project
whereby homes for thousands OF peo-
pie nave becn provided. opportunities
created for people of moderate means
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
5000 EXPECTED
 ON EXCURSIONS
ALL RAILROADS LEADING OUT OF BIRMINGHAM WILL OFFER FIX cEPTIoNALLY CHEAP RATES TO ALL POINTS TODAY.

It is estimated that fully 5000 excursion ists will depart from Birmingham over the various railroads today to take ad- vantage of the exceptionally low rates which have been offered to points throughout the north east and west.
 During the past week there have been a great many inquires concerning the excursion rates and a majority of those intending to take advantage of the re- duced fares have bought their tickets In advance. Theesuccess of the excursions, 1t is said, is already practically assured.
 The rates which are effective today have probably never before been equalled in the south. The scheme is general, all of the railroads covering the same points offering the same rates, and 1t Is stated that the success of this years excursions will mean that the low rates will be put on annually.
 the various railroads, tickets to be good for departure today and valid for the re- turn trip until August 31
 Frisco-To Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, s22; Kansas City, SIP; St. Louis. SIP; Chicago, s15; Hot Springs, s1o
 Queen and Crescent-Chicago, $15; Cin- cinnati, $l1; Detroit, s17; Louisville. $105o; Richmond. s15; Washington. SIS; Tate Spring, Tern, &; Asheville. Henderson vile, Lake Toxaway and Hot Springs, N. C., $9.
 Illinois Central-Chicago, s16; St. Louis. SIP; Detroit. $17.
 Southern Washington, SIS; Richmond. $15; Norfolk $15.
 Louisville and Nashville-Washingto SIS; Chicago, $15; St. Louis, $12; Cincin- natl, $1l; Louisville, $10.50; Detroit. $17.
 seaboard-w Washington, SIS; Richmond and Norfolk, $15.
 Central of Georgia-Tybee, $12.
 Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Cumberland Island, ZIP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
CLAY MURDER CASE
 AGAIN DELAYED

Meridian, Miss, August 13.-(Special.)- The Clay murder case did not go to trial today as scheduled, the Walton case still occupying the attention of the circuit court. Dr. J. M. Buchanan, superintend- ent of the East Mississippi Insane hos pital. was placed on the stand by the defense to give expert testimony on alco- hol insanity. He said that there Is such a thing as alcoholic insanity. There are two different kinds, acute and chronic al- coholic insanity. Acute alcoholic insan- ity is more easily described as delirium tremens.
 Raymond Walton, a son of the defend ant testified to numerous peculiarities of his father which he attributed to an unsound mind. c. w. Woods, leading real estate man, testified that he had business dealings with the defendant, and that at the time he considered him a man of unsound mind. When court ad- journed the defense announced that 1t had a number of witnesses yet to testify. and after the defense closes the prosecu- tion will introduce many witnesses in rebuttal. It Is now thought the case will not go to the jury before Tuesday night. The Clay case will then be taken up. Judge Buckley stating that he will not adjourn court until that case Is dis posed of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
Losses Must Be Paid.

Atlanta, August 13-Judge Newman in the federal district court today decided against plea that the transactions of the New York cotton exchange were not bona fide, and that losses sustained un- der them should not be paid. D. w. James of Blakely, Ga. had refused to pay A. New York cotton brokerage firm $10,145 lost in cotton dealings by the broker for him through the New York exchange and pleaded that he had done nothing more than wager money on cotton prices and should not, therefore, be com pelled to pay the losses. James claimed that his total losses In cotton dealings were over $2o.o00 about half of which he had paid to the brokers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
MIMIC ARMY WILL
 BESIEGE BOSTON

Middleboro, Mass, August 13.-Tomor- row at noon Boston will be besieged. by an armed "enemy." Landing somewhere on the southern coast of Massachusetts, the hostile force will make every effort to 'capture' the metropolis of New Eng land.
 The hope of the city in the matter of defenses and security lies with Brig. Gen. William A. Pew, Jr., who has been designated by Governor Draper to com mand the entire force of Massachusetts troops. Despite the fact that in the com- ing bloodless war the enemy in fighting strength will be nearly 40 per cent stronger, General Pew has no fear that Boston will be "captured." Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will command the in- vading forces.
 Both generals will follow closely the rigid rules of warfare. The automobile is to play an important part in the maneu- Yers, and as the enemy, or the army of the red" will be much stronger In this respect than the defending 'blue' force, General Pew must use his wits to combat their effectiveness. One plan he will adopt Is unique. By his orders Capt. Charles s. Clark, quartermaster of the Eighth infantry, has secured barrel Of giant tacks, two inches In diameter across the head, and the same length on the shank, which are to be distributed on the sa>Niy roads of Plymouth and Bristol counties which may be used by the "red' army.
 During Saturday and Sunday there will be no fighting, but both generals will maneuver for positions and try to as- certain each others real location.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
TIGERS ARE QUIET
 ALONG THE BORDER
DEPUTY SAYS THEY HAVE ALL CLOSED UP AS RESULT OF THE sTRINGENcY OF THE NEW LAW.

Deputy Sheriff Dave Kennybrook sta- believes that the only way to tame blind tigers is to treat them gently and scratch them on the back, at the same time deal- ing firmly and striking quickly when such steps are found to be necessary.
 MT Kennybrook works the territory in the vicinity of Bessie and Banner mines, and is necessarily forced to deal with a very rough element. He states that many men living on the border of Jefrer- son and Walker counties have been de- liant and fearless of the law, in conse- quence of which, he states. many tigers have virtually overrun the particular community
 been very hard to catch these tigers, partially on account of the feeling of a majority of the people against prohibit tion and partially on account of fear of people to turn evidence against the vio- lators of the law, several of whom have fairly terrorized the community.
 The deputy states that a few days ago he went around among those who were alleged to have been selling liquor and kindly warned them that 1t would be ad- visable to quit the illicit trade on account of the stringency of the new law. He states that practically every place in his territory has closed shop, and that things have never before been so quiet. The warning, he says,swas evidently taken in good faith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
NO LEASE YET FOR
 BESSEMER COURT
BOARD OF REVENUE WILL SEND COMMITTEE TO SEE WHICH BUILDING WILL OFFER BEST TERMS.

The Bessemer courtroom matter Is still hanging fire as far as persons other than the members of the Board of Revenue can tell, and while 1t is believed that the commissioners have practically made up their minds as to which building they will lease, 1t Is understood that much depends upon which building will afford the best lease.
 The board sent a committee to Bes- ter, and 1t was expected that the com missioners would take action In the mat ter yesterday. The board took up the question yesterday morning and finally decided that the proper step to take would be to send committee to confer with the owners of the buildings to see what kind of lease can be secured.
 The matter of moving the city court rooms at Bessemer is proving quite a live subject. The court is at present quar- tered in Rebie hall, where 1t has been To- cated for number of years. The present lease on this hall Is about to expire, and quite lot of opposition has arisen to the matter of retaining the old hall. McAdory hall Is the only other place mentioned. and the fight for the location of the court Is eliciting the active interest of prominent Bessemer citizens, especially attorneys.
 The committee appointed by the presi- dent of the board will probably take up the question today and the matter may be definitely acted upon this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
RECORD FOR CROSS
 COUNTRY FLIGHT

Mineola, L. l., August 13-What is said was made by c. Foster Willard in the Golden flyer today when he covered 12 miles In 19A minutes. Much longer cir cular flights have been made by the Wrights, however, and longer cross- country flights have been made abroad
 MT. Willard started from Mineola at 5:26 a. m. today in an attempt to make a new worlds record cross-country flight His route lay around an irregular square and carried him from Mineola over Gar den City, Westbury and Hicksville and back to Mineola a distance of IA miles, Leaving Mneola, Willard sailed the ma chine about 150 feet in the air and going off at a fast clip. his machine was quick ly speck on the horizon. Soon 1t dis appeared behind the trees and the watch CTS waited expectantly.
 Nearly b minutes elapsed before the speck again appeared miles away in the direction of Westbury It was growing larger every minute and the watchers were preparing to congratulate MT. Wil- lard when the machine began to glide slowly downward, and then landed in a field between Mineola and Westbury, about two miles from Mineola. The ma- chine was undamaged, but the magneto was deranged. On his flight Willard passed over several sets of telegraph wires and groves of trees.
 The machine was returned to Mineola, where the trouble with the magneto will be remedied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
CHAMBER OPPOSES SPLITTING COUNTY Speakers Explain Tactics Used
 By BeSsemer HARD WORK NECESSARY Chamber of Commerce Instructs En. tertainment Committee to Arrange All Details for Visit of
 President Taft.

A resolution placing the Chamber of Commerce still more emphatically on rec ord as being opposed to the cutting off of a portion of Jefferson county for the formation of Pettus county. was adopted at the regular meeting of that body yes- terday afternoon. A telegram was sent to Senator Miller at Montgomery asking him to use every effort possible to pre- vent the forming of the new county, while an effort will be made to send a large delegation to Montgomery Monday morn- ing to fight 1t.
 It was decided to follow the same tactics as employed by the new county adherents. Prof. J. c. Henry, who was in Mont gomery last week, stated that the new county followers had worked on a prayer followed by active work proposition. Two ministers of the gospel the Rev. MT. Sturdivant and the Rev. MT. Brandon, att tended the legislature and Mir. Sturdivant opened one of the days sessions with prayer. Tn this prayer he prayed for the new country" said Professor Henry, and then after the prayer was com pleted the new county people went &C., lively to work. l am a great believer In prayer and would suggest that we do the same thing, though we've got to hurry"
 Rufus N. Rhodes indorsed the idea and suggested that the club members follow it up with still harder work.
 Several speeches were made on this proposition, each speaker being heartily in favor of pushing the matter imme- diately and endeavoring to get several hundred people to go down to Montgom- cry Monday morning to fight for 1t. An effort will also be made to get a large number of people from Bessemer and the country beyond Bessemer to go down and join in the fight against the new county.
 Vice President Fred M. Jackson pre- sided over the meeting in the absence of President Frank Nelson, Jr. Beyond the new county proposition there was nothing of exceptional interest taken up.
 The question of the entertainment of President Taft during his visit to Bir- mingham was turned over to the recep- tion committee with instructions to make all detail arrangements. The matter of extending an invitation to Vice President Sherman to visit Birmingham with Pres ident Taft was not taken up as expected.
 T. H. Aldrich reported on the History of Coal and Iron in Alabama being got ten up by Miss Ethel Armes, stating that subscriptions for 200 volumes more were needed and then the book would go tc press. He asked the members of the clut to subscribe for as many as possible and quite a number of those present did so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
NOEL INVITED TO
 VISIT ST. LOUIS

Jackson, Miss. August 13.-(Special.)- The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways association and the Business Mems league of St. Louis have invited Governor Noel to be their guest at St. Louis during the visit of President Taft, October 25, and also during their trip down the Missis- sippi river to New Orleans. and he will very probably be one of the party. Gov ernor Noel understands that about % governors of states have accepted the invitation, and that quite a number of senators, representatives and others inter- ested in this great project will make the trip in the presidential party. The chief object is to secure information and data on the needs and the possibilities of this great water highway. looking to it's fur ther development.
 The party will leave St. Louis on De-. tober 25, and is due to arrive at New Orleans on the 30th. There will be a great deal of speech-making en route, be- fore departure and after arrival at the southern metropolis. Stops are to be made at important towns along the way in all the states which border the great river, and MT. Taft will be given a corr dial welcome everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MT. Bowie Explains.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: - In your issue of August Ii Mir. George H Estes is quoted as saying. among other things: Sydney J. Bowie was at torney for an alderman. who happened to receive a check for his services"
 I was not in Birmingham at the time of this meeting, and I did not see the above statement until today. If MT. Estes Is correctly quoted. the statement he made, SO far as 1t relates to me, is absolutely untrue. I went to Montgom- cry and made a speech against the com mission bill because I believed there was no necessity for 1t, and I though. it vicious and indefensible in principle. I went as a citizen on my own responsibil- ity and at my own expense. I never re- ceived nor expected to receive and will not receive any compensation from any source whatever, directly or indirectly in this matter. While 1t is in no sense material. the, statement that am the at- torney for an alderman is equally un- true. Yours very truly,
 SYDNEY J. BOWIE.
 Louisville, Ky, August 12. 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
TO IMPROVE
 BRITISH ARMY

London, August 1s.-One great homo- genous imperial British army uniformly trained and equipped is to be the out come of the imperial conferences on the navy and military defenses of the em- pire held at the foreign office the latter part of July. This was the sugges- tion submitted to the colonial delegates of the home govern ment, and after ex- haustive suggestions from the military command 1t has obtained the complete acquiescence of the over-sea representa- tives.
 In general terms the plans provide that all troops of self-governing colonies shall undergo precisely the same training as the home regulars in order to be ready to take their places beside the latter whenever and wherever necessity may arise.
 In a recent speech outlining the prob- able strength of this army of the empire, War Secretary Haldane estimated that the United Kingdom. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa could fur nish a total of 46 divisions. This is equiv alent to 23 army corps, which is the strength of the German army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
ONE SALOON NOT
 REACHED BY LAW

Chattanooga, August 13.-There Is one saloon in Tennessee now being operated without apparent violation of the state wide prohibition law. It is the famous Conger saloon in the Cumberland moun- tains, near McMinnville, and is the only spot in the state which the four-mile law does not reach.
 W. R. Hamilton, superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon league, has just made a thorough investigation of the saloon and its environments. and will at once be- gin a campaign to oust it.
 The property on which the saloon is op- erated is owned by Col. A. M. Shook, and was leased for grazing purposes only. He is said to have authorized ejectment pro- ceedingS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
Veterans Elect officers.

Pittsburg, August 1S.-The American Veterans of Foreign Service in conven- tion here today elected the following offi- cers: Commander, J. Alfred Judge; senior vice commander, Thomas Devine, Pitts- burg; junior vice commander. Roger L.. Landis, Harrisburg; adjutant, Rudy Foreman, Jersey City; quartermaster gen. eral, Albert Schaefer, New Jersey Fol lowing the election of officers many of the foreign service delegates accompanied the delegates to the convention of the Army of the Philippines, which also is in session here, to Greensboro, where all were the guests of the IF lighting Tenth
 giment' of Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
BIRMINGHAM GOES
 AFTER 0STEOPATHS

An effort will be made to secure the next annual convention of the American Osteopath association for Birmingham The convention will be held in Minneapolis for several days and Dr. Percy H. Wood wall will attend as a delegate from Bir- mingham. He will make the invitation to visit Birmingham in behalf of the Cham Der of Commerce and has strong hopes of securing the convention.
 It has been several years since the as- sociation met in the south and 1t Is believed an invitation to visit Birming- ham would be gladly welcomed. The as- sociation has a great number of members and several hundred delegates would att tend the convention here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
MALE CHORUS IS
 DOING GOOD WORK
REGULAR REHEARSAL HELDLAsT NIGHT IN ENSLEY-PERsoNA AND GENERAL NEWS OF THE STEEL CITY.

Ensley, August 13.-(special) l)-The Jef- ferson Male Chorus met tonight for reg ular rehearsal at the club rooms on Nine- teenth street. The meeting was largely attended and profitable rehearsal was held. The chorus under the able direc- tion of Prof. s. Alsop is praeticing several new selections and will give a concert at an early date. The organization was started about year ago and has met regularly, notwithstanding industrial con- dltions. They have added an orchestra to the chorus, composed of number of well known local musicians. The chorus Is well trained and reflects much credit on their director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
counterfeiters' Den RaIded.

New York, August 1S.-An alleged unterfeiters' den on the East Side was ided today by federal secret service n, who arrested Vincenzo and Salvatore s,mpanelli, brothers, whom they accused
 conducting illicit coining operations. A
 of newly cast 10 and 50-cent pieces and plaster moulds and other parapher- lia were seized. Finishing touches were eIng put on lot of newly cast 50-cent ,ces when the government officers ap- ,e ared. The prisoners were held in $5O00
 Il each for examination on August 2l.