The National tribune., 1910-05-19
How We Grow.

How We Grow.
Col. ]. T Douglass of Kenosha, Wis.
and several other of the large cities o.
the United States, and who may be
considered something of a "trekker,'
for he has managed 10 get over pretty
much of the globe, while in Washington
the other day indulged In statistics a
little, and he said that America doubles
its population every 81 u years. Col
Douglass was on hand when Alaska's
coal lands were discovered. He is an
inventor and a hydraulic engineer and
was an ante -bellum AbolitioRst and a
Horace Greeley supporter He won't
talk politics. but he is always ready to
! talk population. While he declared that
! population increases thus rapidly, he
also declared that the necessities of life
! do not, and went on to state that our
| big surplus of grain and other necessi-
! ties and foodstuffs which are now ex-
ported viii hardly be sufficient TO feed
our own people in the future unless
measures be taken now to create new
farming lands where the necessary food
supplies may be grown.
But where can We get the new
lands? There is only one way of doing
that, and that is by draining swamp
lands and making dry land arabic. This
will add millions of acres of useful land
to the country, filing the needed want
-AHOLHtF Way VI SpiNtlIS tilS DTODlenl Is
by installing proper irrigation plants
wherever necessary to make arid lands
arabic, without too much expense. l
know of a scheme to harness the power
of every river. 1t is not necessary to
have a waterfall or a rushing torrent
according to my scheme, but any river
can be made to furnish the necessary
power. 1t will be an inexpensive enter
prise to install the plant, but it will
hTinr
arid which may now be cultivated"
A Pretty Act.
The millionaires in the Senate do not
often let their right hand know what
their left hand does, altho it is well
understood that they are mighty seldom
without their hands in their pockets to
nelp along some good charitable cause
A public expression OF this sentiment
was given the other day when Mrs.
Eliza V. c. Harris, who was known dur
ing the war as the angel of the hospi-
tails" applied for assistance.
Mrs. Harris, who was a woman of
some fortune during the sos. is now in
straitened circumstances. Her case
came to the notice of Senators thru a
bill introduced for her relief b. Senator
Bradley. of Kentucky IT called for an
appropriation of 1900.
The Senate committee decided 1t had
no authority to report the bill Senator
Smoot suggested that 10 Senators be
asked to contribute for her relief
Senator smoot started the bail roll
ing, and at his request Senators tiug-
senheim, of Colorado; Elkins. of West
Virginia; Du Pont. of Delaware; Oil
yer, of Pennsylvania; Bourne, of Ore
gon, and Rulkeiey, of Connecticut, all
Of whom are classified by William J.
Bryan as representatives of predatory
wealth" and Senators Smith, of Michi-
gan; Carter, of Montana, ana Briggs. or
New Jersey, each turned 800 into the
fund. The total viii be presented to
Mrs. Harris BY Senator, Bradley.
GFrs. Harris was a volunteer nurse
during the war. She ministered to the
wants of Union soldiers without charge.
spending her time in. hospitals. and
came out of the struggle a heroine dear
ly beloved
Admiral McCaIIa Dead.
Rear-AdmiraI Bowman H. McCaila.
Z. s. N, retired. died in Santa Barbara,
Cal, last week.
He had been on the retired list since
June 10. 1906 He WIS born in CAM
den, N J.. on June a1s, 1914 and en-
tered the Navy at the, outbreak of the
civil war in 1851. -.f
During the Spanish War he COM
manded the gunboat MarbleIfead. He
was advanced three numbers in rank
fo- conspicuous conduct in the battles
engaged in by the Pekin relief expedi-
ton during the Boxer uprising in 1900
Admiral McCails saw active service
in the last year of the civil war. and
afterward served on various warships
at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, in
the Bureau of Navigation and at the
Naval War College. He was in the
Philippines during the Aguinaldo revolt
s.,..
commanded the landing party from the
American Asiatic feet. which formed Il
part OF the column under Admiral Sey-
mour. of the British Navy, sent to re-
lieve the besieged legations in Pekin.
For this service he was advanced three
numbers in rank. He reached the rank
of Rear-Admiral in 1903, and was as
Island Navy Yard, where he remained
until retired.
While commanding the Enterprise in
European waters in May, 1890, Admiral
A1cCalla became involved in a difficulty
with drunken sailor, who, when repri-
manded, swore at him. McCalla, in
anger, struck the sailor with the fiat of
his sword, and was court-martialed and
sentenced to be dismissed The SEN
tence was afterward commuted to three
years suspension and loss of numbers.
In December, 1891, the unexpired por-
tion of the suspension was remitted-
Admiral McCalla was the recipient of
three Congressional medals and was
decorated with the Order of the Eagle
by the Emperor of Germany and the
China war medal by the King of Eng
land.
Miss Alice Sorrell Blech. who was for
a few months Mrs. Taft's social secre-
tary, was married recently to Lieut..
Richard Wainwright, Jr. Among the
bridal presents was a very handsome
one from the wife of the President.
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