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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

Montana Agricultural college is building
a girls dnTnirury 10 c0st <5a.Sse
Interstate colleges aEHesss To- erect SF1dE9
g0iiege building az Harlan. La
The Board Of Education of Tacoma.
WASH, hRs built a stadium, which was
dedicated June 10
North Dakota Agricultural college has
begun the erection Of a new chemical build
ing which viii COST SlO0.Da
Marquetre university at Milwaukee, will
Immediately expend IS, 90 Tor quarters tor
the college OF engineering.
The University OF Minnesota viii erect
two new engineering buildings the cost Of
the two structures 10 be Sz5s.eo
The cornerstone Of the S70e9a5 Harper
Memorial library building az me University
Of Chicago was laid on June IA.
The students OF the University OF Colo
RADIO are ID erect a xi0tso club house,
meeting place Tor every man in the uni
vRrsity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
AMONG The HOME BUILDERS
Notable Prowr~A of the Nsbrn9kEA
AssSsfRrisn TN Promoting Home
OyEuerzhtD.

The Nebraska Savings and Loan ALSO
ciation or Omaha makes a notable show
ing Of gr0vth in its rep9rt Tor tiis e.scAI
year ending June 30 Loans 10 home max
erz amount 70 <34s.05a. and its total r.
sources. SEs0,sss. a gain OF a7eo0o in the
twelve months. In the thrse years and nine
months since the association changed from
the zeEsal 10 the permanent system. thsrs
has been a growth in Assets from 81, g74
70 xs0.9oo. and the demand tor money sx-
cseds the supply al the present time The
prufst side Of the business shows per
cent dlVidends crsdi1ed On shares: q reserve
ruud OK G.6l and undivided profits az
8. az, notwithstanding a neenctlnn OF six
tenths Jf I per cent IN tbs interest charged
borrowers during the year
The annual eiecrlon OF thrae directors
viii take place AZ the association office.
Board ~ Trade building. Wednesday alter
noon. Ealloftng will begin at noon and
close a. 5 p. m
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

ChiIdr-u rzuEhr 60 speak and Enter
Higher Classes.

ChiIdr-n rzuEhr 81 speak and Enter
Higher Glasses.
N only three OF the many sCiiuuls for rns
deat IN this country Is II the practice "a
accept a cnia oefors IL Is of the Average
public school age. ana - Il any wonder Dlal
81 many children who enter sta-s schOu.s
for the deAf az the age OF fall 10 make
uncourAsEaE progress m acquiring spescn,
and sre Obliged finaiiy 70 resort % the
manual alphabet and the lasEiAgs or
signs: Tie good done BY ne menta4 gym
nasIics Is a5ons a cash value that iusJi-
rs infant schools. says Robert A. SanD0Tn
In The Deiineat8r for July After AZ least
SIX years OF chs WORK the child. who mas
entered az the age OF years. Is IL
tended 70 be rsaiy 10 80 out among -le
hearing childrsn in the common schools.
There the practical value OF the training Is
pun TO the hnsr severe test
On mis- point 1 have solicited the tsstl-
mnny OF two public school teachers. the
two VINO have in their respective classes a
Buy, james, and a girl. Rebecca- Both OF
these children learned speech IN the Home
for Training of Deaf Children lbefore tIey
arc Of school age,. a state institution To-
Gated near Philadelphia
ReDeeca would De- recognized al Erst
sight as a gtrf OF quick intelligence She
has a very slight amount OF hearing, DuU
not enough 70 enable her % acquire speech
from al ordinary speaking voice even wnen
raised. her fnstr1lCti@n speech did ncr
begin until she was 8 years old. when she
mad 40 speech whatever According u
her teacher. her advent into the public
school class was dreaded, but al uncsr-
ta1nty as 70 her fitness as a pupil was dis
PEELED before the dismissal bell had cIng
upon her first morning. Contrary 20 ne-
being, IA was feared. a stumbling block
that would retard the progress of the
others. she has made herself an inspiration.
not only % her sChoOiDAIes but Also 20 her
tsaches, vino Is nov as -eIuctanu 10 give
I'D the child as she once was 70 receive
her.
RE testimony OF James teacher agrees
with thar OF heT associate James Was
taken into the Home school ar the age OF
Els deafness Is total, anu compared
with Rebecca 3 his speech Is not always
80 easily understood His lip reading, how
ever, IL quite as certain HIS teacher had.
Ike the other known the dread To accepE
so untried possibility, and likewise expert
enced the change from dread 70 gratitude
and affection. Il have no trouble with
James He and I understand one another
perfectly, she said.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
WEALTH OF BIG COLLEGES.
Prosperity Value Hans FAR Lam the
MIIlaRna.

Property Value Huns Var lam the
rhs financial condition Of a majority az
OF our institutions Cor higher educGriun ID
very satisfactory, and their wealth n In
crsasing constantly. reports the American
Educational Review. During ths closing
months OF $50 ana during ma months
thus Tar scratched Off ths calendar for L9lD
many millions have bean g1ven % schools
more millions, perhaps, than we're sFsr
benons given - educational Institutions
during 4 similar psrtOd These millions
ara NOT recorded In the LATEST report Of me
United States Commissioner Of Education
for IL ends It's reckoning vita Tuns ~ Illa
but a financial stacesnant IA made that Ia
az more than passing interest.
The value az the DropsrrY OF - leading
universities and colleges IN tho Cnitsd
States Crhs institutions listed IN the 70
port u -. lta.ass. rWo-thirdH me worth az
the snrirs pubiic soh0oi plAnI The uni-
verzity and college propsrry CONSISTS Of
-. ISIS In grounds. E,1s SE.a5 IN bufla-
mEA 81. lEo.1e in Libraries. n lG0t ID
soisntide apparatus, and Sso.Tss.So IN an
d0Wmsnrs and productive hundH-
The asEreEzts recslrts from all sources
nspurted bY ms tr.Asurura Of thess - tn
stituti0ns for Iso were EG5asa u watch
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
BRIEF CITY NEWS


EA~s Root Prnt II
raEs Jour prfnrsng TO ths rimsu
zlsG=raa EEzs-aurSsna-ar.nds ca
Bsst my Chasing Of Earnenta Twin
City Dys WORKS.. to7 south Fiftsanth.
E1ms og1srznip Is the hope OF svsrY
familv, Nebraska Savings and Loan asao-
cia1iun snow Y0u rhs way la6 Board ~
rrads BidE., Isth and Faruam. Onaha.
Pratr1s Paxx csIshrasion-rhs Prairie
PARK club has auproprfated $50 TOR IRE
works. with wHiGh to appropriately esle-
brats Independence day az the club
grounds.
Property r1carporasod-The Cook prop
e~-v On Nintun street. opposite tie bali
PARK. has been put into an incorporated
Company vita czpiLa ization OF sL00. eco.
Nineteen houses viii De built
Festival az EIm-ood-The Swedish So
cleties OF Onana and south Omaha have
Joined in arranging a bag national festival
Ak Elnwuod park today. National games
and. singing viii be indnIged in.
nnd-ctrT Club PtGnfcs-A picnic. with
fiuE program Of amusemenss and edl-
Dlss. VIII be held by he Mid-City Liberal
club az the West Leavenwurrh Street
park Sunday. Music viii be given
throughout the picnic
nahImau GOES 90 Two P1cnirs-Mayor
Da-Ilman VIII be among the speakers al
two piCnfcs IN Omaha tomorrow. he viii
speak az the, swedish festival t. Esmwood
PARK and az me annual picRic o. ne Md
t-Ey Liheral club a. NielEens park. on
the West Laavenw0Trl- line. several other
poiirtal sandiUatsa are also billed Tor
talks At these piC-ics. Comptroller Lo-
beck viii be On the list at hOUn places.
wOOdmsn Buy Honds-The Woodrnen u
tne World Yesterday purchased. through
Samuel Burns. ir-, S520GO south Omaha
street Improvement bonds. for the emery
enCy fund This Investment On the part
OF locai insluuI3un Is in marked con
tT-ast win the faith shawn in western
cities a few years aso. when il was ceii
necessary for them TO negotiate theiI
-Ians through eastern bankers entirely
Nebraska municipal bonds OF the larger
cities are now being looked upon witt
considerable favur by the investing pub.
i0 on account az their interest rate and
reliability
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
BIC SUPPER AT GUN CLUB
one OF Best Evenrs in Histary of Rod
and Gun CIub Held Friday
EVENING.

One OF the largest suppsrs AZ the Rod
and Gun club, was given FfSday evening
in honor OF Miss stella Thurman OF LAuiH-
vile. Ky, by Mr. and Mrs. L. l. Goldman,
forty guests being present
Following we're those vita. attended.
Mr.. Frank .srotz M Bay Rarz M
isd ka1Z, Mr Walter MandelberE Mr.
Gore Margof1. Mr Syd ManaeibsrR NJ
joe OriUn. Mr sam Block. Or BeI-stsen
Dr. James GoetZ. Mrs. Lery. Mr. and Ms
J. Lauroack. M ana Mrs =. "a Never
IA. ana Mrs. ;. : Gnidstrnm, Mss stella
thurman, Miss Laura Guetz Miss Elsie
tEoetz. Miss Florence Killer MISS Lena
RenEeld Miss RusiuH MandeibeFE Ms
Evelyn bergman. Miss Minnie Never Nts-
Mildred Kreamer, Miss Dor1thy Klien Miss
Fannie Block, MisH Erna Haara. " Les
ter t1eyn Ar- Jerome EeFn. Ar edward
Heller, Mr. Ike Klisn. Mr. Henry Gratte.
Mr. Joe Newman and Mr Ben Newman
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

the regular holiday crowds OF visitors. As
lsua. llinE hundreds OF people visit the
PARKS and spend the day taking their
inuch and enjoying an aH-slRv picnic.
Another attraction will be the Westera
ssgue base bail game Omaha will play
Lincoln during lhe Afternoon az vinton
street park.
Probably the most popular attractions
fer ths Afternoon viii be the bulletin
boards. giving returns N The Jeffr1es-
Johnson fight
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
MEDAL CONTEST At BENSON
First Of Series - Held and Miss
Merle BSngasre wilma First
Prfaa Tar Ha2dtnR.

Tho nrst monthly contrast for a silver
medal IN the media ounnnzr' was haid
Friday sreafns ar ths Latneran ohurofi.
under rns direction OF Mra. Beach, Drasi-
dent 1f ths local WOmsn's Christian Tenn
psrance union The readings Wers nfsr-
spe1sed with music. uldsr tins isAdarsinD
OF Nh. James PsSarson. Tbs evening
entertainments was srsA<lS EoprUaihfsd by
a Eooa Andisncs. also ths readings gwen
by Mn. GhAllia. snAta approximations "a
medAa umfest WORK ms contestants Wera
drilled by Nh. Levy az Omaha
rhs aontastA1Es ana raAdingH werS4
Carl. az a MoJhers Incuessra," Isabelle
EaWkfna
con Wniah SIDE tJaremiAh and his pa
engaged IN an0thsr 1vaay aisousao1l'
"a Il Warth the sa@afiosF' Rurh Hnh-
"a L1ssl4 chHd SHAH LsAd Ehnn." bar
nioa Whnaiar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
HASTINGS Y. N. C. A. cLEARs
ITSELF FROM ITS BIG DEBT
William Parker, seerrtary- Formerly
OF Omaha. Does TeoHAn
Sarvtee.

The Young Mems Christian assoc alton Of
Hastings Is celebrating the clearing of the
dent on the new building OF the association
tllers- a sum OF z.1D8 was raised by tna
association workers In a strenuous CAM
paign. headed by william Parker, tbs sscre-
JArT. Mr. Parker isft the Omaha zssocia-
ton on July L 100 and since that tins he
has RAISED not 1niy the debt Of the Hast
.ngs branch. bur mas Increased the member
shin, there by a third.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
NOTES FROM PERU NORMAL.
Brick Ws<A< RsEnh IN New AdRints-
rrartsa BufIdAaW-


trar1Sa Building
DR.. 81 c. HOuse Prof. Ross House Ms.
E4uuss ana Anna L Paine favored tha
students with s0ms very delightful music
a. conv0czrion Tuesday morning.
The RoekDOrt CGo.l haee ball team came
ID Peru Friday and we're beaten by uhs
normal team, % L ROcEpsTr defeated
ths normal on its home ground few
weeks Ass. aud nav the ris VIII have to
be played an
rho brick work VAS begun tbs Erst az
ths wsak On ths nav Administration build
lng and Is alrsAdy ueAriy complstsd %
tho basemanf nOar-, ms work - being
rashsd az rapidly as possible and tins a0r-
asrstons Win bs laid Ebout the middle az
Jtly.
Tennis enthusiasts u very high IN the
normal dis summer. rhe members Of tina
club ara a. onII0wa. A. J. stoddArd. Ca
csiin. Wshrs. Belva Nleksl. r. o. Jackson.
Lsuisa HsrriEk. A. l. RobsrtA. E.iison
Petit Joy T. M0rsan. EiizAbsth Curry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
MANY ATTRACTIONS OK FotRTH
Parks and Pleasure Resorts VIII h
Mecca for Crovvds.

anu EAeMHuEE hHN1EN8 ~ IA Nc
Mecca fur CEowds.
Ample provision il made for Omaha pe1-
pie for the Fourth Of Juiy. Every actrac-
ton and place OF amusement Is making
some kind OF preparation Cor Independence
day, ami opportunities FOR a day VI pleas
ure are assured
A special Fourth or July excursion viii
be made by the Ak-Sar-Ben 70 TekaEnAh
and q large number Of Omaha residents
ara expecting 10 go. special round-Crtp
rate Of $50 viii be made on the Mchesn
motor cars and many automobiles viii
journey to Tekamah Al who go in auto
mobiles are requested 70 stop AZ Samson 5
Headquarters. III Douglas street. for Gags
with which to decorate the machines. The
ofiics VIII be open from 5 20 10 a. N.
The parks In and about Omaha will put
on their holiday air and viii prepare for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

PICTURE MOULDING REMNANTS.
Tuesday morning We viii pia0e On sale
large number Of patterns m short lengths,
70 so at one-third 1f--r ne regular price. AL
in good conditions. and viii make desirable
frames. Alexander =. So B'way.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

n your liver is sluggish ana CUT on tone.
and you FEST dnII. bilious. consupatsd. take
a dose az Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
rahists tonight before rstiring and you viii
fsss all right IN the mOEning. Said by AL
dealers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

soutn Dak0tAs GnIy sGh0aI exclusively
for siris. BaAutiruily ana heAlthf1ily
located Faculty Graduates OF leading
aniiAazes Music. Art. PhFsicAl Culture
Combines tbs basr educational ADVANTAGES
WITH che refining iucuencna az a Chris-
uan hdme- Catalogue Address
Az aArME8 BCZooE. Sioux Raln, q y
RI Rev p y. Johnson. D 2. PrazidenL
Miss Eeien 8. Peabody. FrinnipaL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

or bruised by fail. apply Buukien's Arniea
Salvs. Cures burns. wounds. sores, eczema,
pfles. Guaranteed Sc. For sale by
BeA1on Drug ca.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

pyAuast@rx 10 = aAnsarous diSAasA, onf can
De cured. chAEnbsEiAan's csilo. Chelsea and
piArsoh~A Ramady has bsan SaoeanAEniiy
nssd IN ains spidsmios az ayaEntsry. =
has asgor kAzn knosR ~ ealL "a - equally
valaAbis tor sh1drsn and sdzaits, ana wnan
rsdll0ad with water aud awsetsnna. a u
DLaAszar u TAXA Sold ny al 4ealsrA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

When you have anything IN sail or tsaAds
.fvsrtasa II in This Bee Want add columns
and Get quick rasulcA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

summer slits % ardsf ara nadnnsd cr0Hia
FzS-Aoc4rrhgIW1Sau, ~ Sogta isth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04
send your young people tn
TABOR COLLEGE

An accredited school OF the highest stand
A Trained Faculty OF Specialists.
Law Expense Best Facilities
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-04

United siates-namelv
with assets Of IS 20 On
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
MUST LABOR EVERY DAY
NO REST FOR 2,628 AT BETHLE-
HEM STEEL WORKS.
Report on Investigation Of Condi-
tons Attending Strike Made by
Direction Of Secretary Nagel.

The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
today transmitted to the Senate a report
of an investigation made by the bureau
of labor of the strike at the Bethlehem
Steel Companys works. The report is
based upon. an investigation begun by
the direction of Secretary Nagel March
II. The strike at the Bethlehem works
started February 4.
One of the elements of the strike was
that it was strike OF unorganized men.
Opposition to overtime and Sunday work
was the basic cause. According to the
January pay roll Of the company. of the
.. 184 persons appearing on that pay roll,
2,G2S, or % per cent, were regularly re-
quired to work seven days a week, and
for these Sunday work was not consd-
cred overtime.
Eghty-two men were reported as hav-
ing a 13-hour-t1ay for the entire seven
days Altogether, 4,725, or over SO per
cent of all the employees appearing on the
January pay roll, worked in positions
regularly requiring twelve or more hours
of labor per day on their regular work.
ing days
A large percentage Of the laborers
working twelvehours q day seven days q
week. earned only 1211 cents an hour.
Machinists on first-class work, working
straight time. averaged 276 cents per
hour; the machinists working under the
bonus system averaged 1927 cents per
hour. Taking all machine hands and
helpers together, the average, including
the Armor plate shop, for 1905 men was
1875 cents per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
NEW YORK IN 1879.


Memoirs Of Mime, Modjeska. ia the Csnturr.
The following extracts from a letter
to 6tanislaus Witkiewios give some idea
of my first impression on land:
"'Juiy Is. 1s7e-New York.
Dear Mr.. etanisiaus-t 10 Sunday
today. and 70 quietl The whole city seems
plunged into deep slumbsr.
We shall stay here few weeks on
then we intend to start for California on
the steamer Colon. across Panama, and
we probably shall settle in California.
There are yet many miles before us, and
much anxiety az to our future prospects.
New York IL a monst Gus, untidy
bazaar. The buildings are large. but
without style. Brick or chocolate houses
(the latter called here brown stOne), with
green window shades, look simply awful
The whole city 10 a. ugly as can be. But
what makes the streets look still more
unattractive are the soles Of mems boots
in tbs windows. Imagine that men here
have the singular custom of sitting in
rocking chairs and putting their feet on
the window silis. You can see and ad-
mire the size Of their shoes in the hotel
Hobbies. the barber shops. the clubs and
even In some private residences. Wherever
you turn. these soles stare at you.
"'A few days ago we went to Central
Park, with the desire to take q walk and
breathe some cooler. fresher air; but. oh
what a disapointment! Most OF the trees
are too young yet to give any shade. and
the roads and paths are asphalted. The
asphalt meits under the scorching sun,
and poisons tho air. We returned as
soon as we found q conveyance. There
H. however, one thing that like quite
well, In tho evening we go to watch the
ferries. There are large boats on the
two rivers that encircie New York and
carry passengers to and from the differ
boats are lit inside they make q pretty
sight, and a. there are many, many of
those moving. small palaces. the whole
river looks al though II were on fire."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
FOR WIRELESS EQUIPMENT.
Bill Relating to Ocean-Going Steam
ers Passes Senate.

The bill requiring all ocean-going steam
ers to be equipped with wireless appa-
ratus and an operator that will summon
aid in case the lives of passengers on the
boat are in danger was passed by the
Senate this afternoon.
The recent success in sending the IS.
O. s." signal over the Atlantic ocean by
steamers in distress started a popular
demand that ocean-going steamers be
equipped to send out such signals. Sena-
tor Frye introduced a bill to that effect,
and the Senate committee on commerce.
Of which Senator Frye is chairman, made
favorable report on it.
There was no objection raised to the
provisions of the bill during it's considera-
ton this afternoon.
The bill provides that ocean going
steamers of the United States or any
foreign country conveying passengers
and carrying fifty or more persons, in
GLIDING passengers and crew. shall not
leave any port of the United States with
out being equipped with an efficient ap-
paratus for Accommodation, in good
working order, in charge of person
skilled In its use.
Tho person in charge OF a steamer that
leaves a port In violation of the act Is to
be fined from $1,000 to 5000. and the
fine is to stand as lien On the vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04

Robert s. Sharp of Tennessee. the newly
appointed chief post office inspector. was
indicted into office this morning. The oath
o. Office was administered in the chief
clerks Office of the Post Office Department
by Chief Clerk Weed. Among those who
witnessed the ceremony were Acting
Chief Inspector ingalls,, members of his
Office force. Postmaster Harris of Charles
ton, S. c.; Herman Suter of Chatta-
noOga, Tenn, and others.
Mr.. Sharp at once entered upon the
discharge of his duties. On his desk
were handsome floral tributes from the
Anei-Sa1oOn League of Tennessee and
the w. c. T. L. of Tennessee, tributes
of appreciation of Mr.. Sharps efforts in
enforcing the laws of the state against
illicit manufacture and sale of liquor
Former Revenue Collector.
Mr.. Sharp has just relinquished the
Office of internal revenue collector for
the district of Tennessee to become chief
inspector at the earnest request Of Post
master General Hitchcock.
He was given a reception at the
Hotel Patton at Chattanooga. Tenn. be.
fore coming to Washington. The day he
turned over his office of internal revenue
collector at Nashville he was presented
with a handsome chest of silver by his
friends and associates in the Office.
He was formerly a Washington high
school boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
TO RAISE THE NAMES WRECK,
House Bill Passed Without Opposi.
ton in the Senate.

Exactly as it passed the House, the bill
for the raising of the battleship Maine
in Havana harbor was approved by the
Senate this afternoon.
Only the signature Of the President of
the United States and the consent OF the
republic of Cuba is now necessary for
the work to be begun.
The bill directs the Secretary Of War
Ito provide with all convenient speed 1or
the raising or the removal of the wreck
Of the battleship and for tho proper in
torment in Arlington cemetery Of the
bodies of the men who lost their lives, in
the blowing up OF the ship. The sum of
100000 is appropriated on account of the
work.
Senator Hale reported the bill to the
Senate this morning from the Senate COM
mittee on naval affairs. He explained that
the bill had been unavoidably held up in
the Senate committee and, asked. to pre-
vent further delay, that 1t be considered
at once. No objections to the passing of
the bin were raised. 1t being passed in
the time necessary to have 1t read and
the proper motions put.
This Is practically the elimination Of
the movement inaugurated by many pa
triotic bodies shortly after the ship was
blown up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04


The possible realisation OF the project
for reopening the old empire OF Nebu-
chadnexzar to civilization. a project which
only yesterday was a dream, Il fore
Swallowed by the efforts OF the Turkish
government to reclaim II, 500. 900 acres OF
waste land In northern Mesopotamia
through irrigation. Given the success OF
the experiment, the ancient realm OF
Assyrian and Babylonian moparchs may
be refertilized and repeopled with an in
dustrious race and the worlds old gran
airy restored after centuries OF desolation
Mesopotamia' early greatness was due
to a system OF irrigation canals in con-
nection with the Tigris and Euphrates.
It was by their neglect that 1t declined
and was transformed into a sandy plain.
the haunt Of nomad races. Within recent
times the engineer and the archeologist
have invaded 1t. the former plotting the
route of the Bagdad railway which 10 to
unite it with the western world and the
latter delving In the dust-heaps which
have disclosed in turn the site OF Nebu-
chadnezzar's palace, the hall in which Bel
shaxzar gave his feast and the very site
of Babel. To reclaim II to cultivation will
cost S2OO, O0O, 900, and incidental TO the
scheme 10 the plan OF coionixing the per-
secuted Russian Jews In the redeemed
territory. Certainly to recreate the old en-
pire to plant there q frugal people and
to make 1t again a vast srAnary would be
q notable triumph of peace.