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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
DANGER AHEAD.

One can hardly help viewing with
dismay the meeting Of the Conser-
ya.ion Congress at ST. Paul next
month. The PiucAot and Ballinger
partisans from everywhere will be
there in force, and the stalwart re-
publicans of Minnesota headed by the
governor, and the insurgents led by
Senator Clapp viii back their respec-
live sides, SO the congress IS likely
10 be turbulent.
President Taft Is to be there and
presumably will endorse Ballinger.
Colonel Roosevelt will be the princi-
pal speaker and undoubtedly will
support the Pinchot policy and not
mince his words in doing 50. Yes,
there can hardly fail 10 be some diff
ferences Of opinion to say the least.
As the stalwart governor of Mime
sofa and the stalwart mayor OF st.
Paul control the police power of the
state, the democrats should hold them
selves in reserve 10 compel fair play
between the rival republican fac
tions. Let Us have peace and fair
play II We have to fight for it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
WAITING ON THE FARMERS.

What Is the matter with republican
prosperity? In Wall street it has
turned lno almost panic. The iron
and steel business. which is looked
upon as the barometer OF trade, is in
the dumps The cotton and other
textile mills are only working on half
time And 50 on.
Everything Is waiting on ,he farm
.er. II the crops average well, bus
iness viii revive but the yield OF
wheat is poor in sports and there will
be less than an average. Apparently
the cotton crop will fall below the
average. All eyes are turned on the
corn crop which, although the drouth
has injured 1t in the southwest. may
be fair average.
In any event, the best republican
tariff bill ever enacted does not seem
TO be doing its tull duty OF producing
prosperity, and this Will compel the re-
publican spell.bnders, during the next
few weeks, to revise their old
speeches, that the republican party is
the prosperity producer and explain
what is the ma ter with TAFT, Teddy
and the tariff.
The insurgent republicans can blame
il on Cannon and Aldrich and stlll de
clare that the new tariff is as bad as
they claimed It 10 be, and the farmers
will do the rest--that is, give US a
democratic victory.
In their plans for the republican
campaign in Indiana the party leaders
have agreed to talk prosperity No
republican campaign in Indiana was
ever successfully run od talk. 1t is
blocks OF fiye' and a large campaign
fund that will produce the real pros
perity that the Hoosier republicans
have been used TO-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
MeNEAL'S OPEN LETTER.
Asking Cooperation Of Lee cruee
For Honest Election.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. Il, 19lO.-Hon.
Lee Cruce, Ardmore. Okla. My Dear
Sir: am assuming without day!us
received official notification Of the re-.
suit of the primary election he'd 4 l.
gust >, 1910 that you are romllateG
for governor on the democratic tick
et and myself on the republican tick
ct and that our names will be sub
mitted as such candidates to the yst-
ers of Oklahoma on the Sth day Of
November. at the general election. It
has been very pointedly charged THAI
fraud was used in the primary cleo
tion. Your leading competitor for
the nomination under date Of August
10th makes some very grave charges
against the methods adopted by the
state election board as well as the
miror election boards throughout the
state. I assume that you. like my
SEN. would not knowingly sccep the
office of governor Of this state if It
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23

in the roadway Ci aid Broadway from
/ B Street, Northwest. to -treet.
/ Northwest, shall consist of a five (5)
inch Portland Cement Gravel or
! Crushed Some concrete base covered
with a Rock Asphalt wearing surface
two GU inches thick and a concrete
gutter in each side OF said street Two
| t2) feet wide. together with all the
necessary curbs, drainage pipes ano
other necessary Improvements Said
Rock Asphalt wearing surface on all
of said street TO be constructed OF a
mixture OF bituminous lime rock sol.
| bituminous silica and solid bitumin-
Gus silica. Said work to be done in
| accordance with the plans and specif-
cations of the City Engineer of the
City of Ardmore. which are now on
file in my office and may he examined.
That all bids shall be submitted in
sealed envelope and plainly marked
in ink on the outside, and that each
bid shall be accompanied by a certi-
fed check drawn on some bank in the
City OF Ardmore, Oklahoma, made pay
able to the City Clerk of the City of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, in the sum OF
Two Thousand (s2,OOOOO) dollars.
Proposals so received will be con-
sidered by the Mayor and Board OF
Commissioners of the said City of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, at a meeting to
be held at the Session Chambers in
said city at 2 o'clock p. NJ, on the
said oath day of August, 1910, and the
contract will be awarded to the loves.
and best bidder. who will undertake
to perform the work and furnish the
material according TO the plans and
specifications of the said City Engineer
OF the City of Ardmore, when ale
now on file in my office and may be
examined and who will also comply
with the terms and conditions contain
ed in said Resolution of the 9th day OF
August, 1910, which will likewise be
on exhibition in my office.
The contractor to whom the con.
tract will be awarded will be required
to execute to the City of Ardmore a
construction bond conditioned for the
null and faithful execution of the work
and the performance of the contrac,,
and for the full protection of the city
and all property owners interested
against any loss or damage by reason
of negligence or improper execution
of the work in an amount equal to
Thirty 500 per cent of the estimated
cost Of said Improvements, and a fur
ther bond in an amount equal to
Twenty (2O) per cent of the estimated
cost OF said Improvements conditioned
for the maintenance of said improve
ments in good repair for a period of
five (5) years from the completion OF
the work.
The contractor to whom said work
IS awarded shall receive in paymen
Tor the above work street improve
ment bonds at par to bear interest at
he rate Of six 60 per cent per an
lum, TO be issued by the city agalns,
abutting and assessable property as
provided by House Bill No. 231 of the
state of Oklahoma. Approved April
-1th, 1908, and the amendment there.
o.
The Mayor and Board OF Commits
ioners resen the right to reject any
md all proposals that may be receiv-
d If same shall be unsatisfactory for
ny reason.
Given under my hand and seal on
his, the 9th day of August, 1910
SEAL)
q. II. BRUCE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
Notice OF liuuidation.

The lumber business OF the Smith
Fraley Lumber Co. has been pur-
chased by the Smith-FraleyJBarringer
Co., and the Smith-Fraley Lumber
Co. has been placed In course Of
liquidation.
The Smith-Fraley Lumber Co. will
hereafter be In business only for the
purpose Of liquidation. an! all per
sons indebted TO this company will
please make adjustments at once.
THE SMITH-FRAf.EY LUMBER co.
17tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
Very respectfully.
(Signed) J. W. McNEAL

BE sure and take bottle OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrho"
Remedy with you when starting on
your trip this summer. II cannot be
obtained on board the trains or steam
ers. Changes OF water and climate OF.
ten cause sudden attacks Of diarrboea,
and it is best 10 be prepared. Sold by
all ieale-s.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23
ROOSEVELT BEGINS WESTERN TOUR
ADDRESSES CONVENTION Of FARMERS

summit Park. iai, ciry. He spoke a,
follows.
There are no two public questions
o- more vital importance 10 the ~
ure Of this country than the problem
OF conservation and the problem OF
The bettermeut Of pubic life More
over these Two problems are really
interdependent for neither Of them
can be successfully solved save on
condition that there is al least
. measurable success in the efforts TO
solve the other. In any great coun'
try the prime pnysica! asset-the pAy'
sica. asset more 'alla a1!e than any
o,her-ls the fertility OF the soil All
our Industrial ana commercial welfare
an our inaieila4 development OF e''
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the state e!ec'loh DodTu ol any III
nor e.ecuoh DodIdS oy ee'1s ina
each polllical parry ma! nave WV
watchers S'ahulns III o''H
polling pace ana III each cou''o''
room at every Notlhg precinct III 'ile
state and that each c'eTk ol Tue
election board, as Wen as lhe cofN u
ing BOARD De requested 10 h'oP "'
least two caTDon copies oi Ihe 'a4'
sheet kept by MN. one carDoI copy
TO be delivered TO the inspector o.
each election precinct ana one re-
tained by each clerk as MS memo
randum OF the Original taiiy shee''
such carDons TO be ldeh'iieu Oy Ihe
clerks, each writing MS name anu
precinct on ms tally shee'' so l'
Will show on the carbon sheels. Lei
the state election BOARD De organ
lied as provided by la" ana IeO
each county election board nave
party representation from names lur-
nished by the various county chair-
men OF the dlHerent counties ana
each precinct board nave Such HI
nority representation as each party
organization in each county may
name. The fame ana reputation OF
Oklahoma Tor honest elections ana
honest count Is at stake ana every
candidate should be patriotic enough
to want an honest election ana
fair count II the candidates can
agree on basis for conducting TINS
election that VIII aDsouteIy remove
1t from all suspicion oil fraud or
"ronsdoIng or poIlucal ulcheTy' We
Will then have result tAat VIII
De satisfactory to al, the people %
the state, no matter how many finaI-
~ prove to be the choice OF the Ia
Jorlty. am lully informed as 10
Jhe statutory provisions regulating
the precinct board and counuhI
board but no party or person would
be preJudlced by the presence ol
extra watchers IN each room, proNld'
ed by law. From the papers | am
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23

Want advertise your seat estate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-23

Ardmoreite want ads bring results
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03

mlttee on irrigation and reclamation of
arid lands after a second reading. II
was reported by senator Carter with
amendments on February II. and was
passed during the morning session of the
senate Tuesday.
History of the Movement.
The history of the movement which
eliminated in the passage of the Carter
Dill, began last summer shortly before
the Spokane Irrigation congress Il
was decided to send a special delegation
from Ell PasO to the Spokane congress
and also to meet secretary Ba.llinger, who
was to be there during the congress. The
sentiment of the irrigation congress was
unanimously in favor OF the completion
of the projects under the reclamation
service control and a resolution favor
ing the issuance of S100, 00O, 900 worth of
bonds was passed by the congress. The
visit of the FL Paso delegation, headed
by Felix Martinez. J. A Smith, Richard
Burgess and other men prominently con-
1ected with the history of the Elephant
Butte project. was even more success
full. The committee which called on the
secretary was cordially received and Mr..
Ballinger promptly assured the repre-
sentatiyes of the Rio Grande project of
his unqualified support and promised
TO do all he could to protect ali of the
reclamation service projects.
Ballinger's Action.
Acting on his word. secretary Bal
finger took the matter up with the
president upon his return to Washing
ton and the urging of the senate irriga-
ton committee to investigate the recla-
nation situation at first hand was taken
up by president Taft with senator
Thomas H Carter, of Nevada, the chair
man. After visiting the projects in the
northwest and California, the committee
from the senate came to Arizona, Wis
tied the great Roosevelt dam, saw the
Laguna project at Yuma and then came
to Ell PaSO. The three senators who in
spected the Elephant Butte project were
senator's Carter, of Montana; Francis IL.
Warren, of Wyoming; and Wesley L.
Jones, of Washington. They arrived
here on special train on November 1,
spent the day in visiting the valley the
Mexican side of the river and in asking
questions about the Elephant Butte
project at mass meeting at the cham
Der of commerce. Leaving on their Spe-
cial early the following morning the
senatorial party visited Las Cruces and
the upper valley. including the site of
the Elephant Butte project and from
there went to Roswell and the Pecos VAL
ley projects. While here senator Car
ter as chairman Of the committee, prom
Used that he and his colleagues would
introduce bill calling for either a spe-
cial appropriation for the immediate
completion of the Elephant Butte pro-
jecJ or a general one to cover all the
projects approved or under way.
The Men Who Worked.
Returning TO Washington the senator's
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03

5000 feet above sea level.
Average annual run-Off of drainage
basin-15 inches.
Average annual run-iff or drainage
basin-S00,000 acre-feet.
Engineering Data for Complete Project
Reservoir. Engle-Area, 10000 acres;
capacity, 1888. 900 acre-feet; largest in
the world; elevation Of spillway, 100
feet above kream bed
Storage dam. Engle-Type, rubb.e
concrete gravity; maximum height, 2s3
feet; length of crest, 400 feet; contents
100000 cubic yards
Diversion dam-Type, rubble concrete
weir; maximum height feet; length
of masonry, 500 feet; length OF earth
fill, 1900 feet. Three other diversion
dams, not designed.
Agricultural Conditions.
Irrigable area (whole project)-1S0,-
600 acres.
Character of soil of irrigable area
Sandy loan and fertile aIluvium.
Duty of water-21z acrefeet per acre
per annum at the farm.
Principal prOducts-Alfaafa, corn.
wheat, melons, fruits. vegetables.
Principal markets-Towns in Texas,
New Mexico and eastern cities.
General Statement.
Estimated total cost, 1900. 600. Ex-
penditures to October 81, 1909. s414,-
44157. Congress by act of March 4.
1907 ga Stat. l., 1850, appropriated
s., zoe, 600 from the treasury to meet the
proportionate expense of supplying the
land in the republic of Mexico.
The Rio Grande valley is widely
known for the diversity of it's products,
its fertile soil. and favorable climate.
Lands now irrigated by present canals,
which as a rule have an insufficient
supply, sell for S75 to $500 per acre An
abundant water supply is guaranteed
by the enormous reservoir behind the
Engle dam, which viii create one VI
the largest artificial bodies of water IL
the world.
a conservative estimate would place
the value of the lands in this project
in the United States when irrigated at
not less than s15.5o0.O0O. which is the
security for an investment of $4,000, 900
from the reclamation fund.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03
CLOUDCROF THE
GREAT BOON
FOR BABIES
Business Men of the City
Urged by DIR. Stevenson
to Support 1t.

ClOudcrOft, its health and commercial
value, was advanced by Or. H. e
Stevenson at the business mems lunch
con al the chamber of commerce this
afternoon. DR. Stevenson dwelt on the
Cloudcroft-El PaSo equation, and what
the attitude of city toward resort should
be.
"Cloudcroft was known as a health
resort even by the indians" he said.
They took their children there for
health. 1t is a better health resort for
children than California or any place
IN the world. for that matter.
'sThe climatic conditions above the
pine zone cure disorders that medicine
will not reach. 1t destroys germs es-
pecially in chiIdrens complaints
Following DR.. StevensOn's talk, some
remarks on ClOudcrOft from the point
o. view of a real estate man were made
by Horace B. Stevens, Mr. Stevens said
that his best personal investment was
made in a Cloudcroft home. He says
that cottage building is very cheap
there.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03

Two thousand idle and hungry poems
are walking the streets OF Juarez, 600
of their kind are vainly seeking employ
ment in Fl .PasO, and customs and immi-
grafton officials are barring entrance on
account of over supply of labor
Practically no ordinary laDOrers are
being passed by the United States Off
Gals. They say that FL Paso is now
over filled with idle workers. Still there
are estimated to be at least 1000 immi
grants from the interior waiting at Jua
rez for importation.
Mexican police last night were busted
in forcing the idlers into dwellings and
clearing the streets and plazas Many
of the men have become ugly, suffering
from the pangs of great hunger.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03

The average annual receipts into the
reclamation fund from 1901 to 1908. in
elusive, were s7.237,364; the estimated
receipts for 1909 are s7.771. S09; the es-
timated receipts for 1910 are s7.293,000.
Assuming that that the receipts from
the sale Of public lands. and from re-
payment Of building charges will aver
age $1,000. 900 per year in future. an
additional annual appropriation Of ST.
100000 under a bond issue or other
wise. making $14.000.0e0 per annum
available. would permit of the compile
tion of the approved portion of the
projects named in the foregoing table
in a little over two years.
The director and chief engineer Of
the reclamation service advise me that
this amount could be economically and
wisely expended They also advise me
that, upon continuance of the same an
rual addition to the fund, the extern
sionS described would be completed in
four years more.
The table headed Approved portion"
covering an estimated expenditure of
$50. $4,000. represents the projects. or
portions of projects approved by my
predecessors and myself. The table
headed Extensions" covering an esti-
not been approved by me; and it is
possible that, in working out the mat
ter when the work is actually reached.
the amount could be decreased by the
elimination of some of the proposed ex-
tentions
AS recommended in my annual report
TO the president, I am heartily in favor
of an early completion of existing pro-
jects, and of prudent extensions. where
such extensions appear necessary to re-
claim arid public lands, and to utilize
water supplies created in connection
with approved projects. The early COM
pletion of these projects will. I hope,
result not only in meeting the wishes
of settlers and prospective settlers upon
the lands, but secure an early return
to the treasury Of the moneys. expended
in the construction of the reclamation
works 1t is evident that the sooner
the projpects are completed and the
water available. the larger VIII be the
returns to the fund and the greater the
contribution to the nations food sup
ply from the products of those hereto
fore barren lands.
The present receipts in the fund are
not sufficient TO enable this department.
to conduct the construction of these
WORKS TO the best advantage. as it is
HdHIpeFed Dy the lnSufflclencY of mon
eys TO carry forward the construction
on many Of the projects already APP
proved. L am of the opinion that the
suggestion that congress authorize the
issuance of certificates Of indebted
ness or bonds against the reclamation
fund. ito an aggregate Of not exceed
ing s3O,000,0O0. or so much thereof as
may be needed would. if enacted into
law, enable me to complete within a
little over two years the approved por-
tons of existing projects. and make the
more necessary extensions. The other
extensions could be left for future con-
sideration
r. A Ballinger, Secretary.
Hon. Thomas H. Carter. chairman
committee on Irrigation and Melcama-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03
MITCHTM COMES
FROM MISSOURI
Asks Court to Set Aside the
Forfeiture of His Bond
at January Term.

J. F. Mitchim arrived in FL Paso to-
day and viii have hearing in the 34th
district court tomorrow in an effort to
have set aside the order FORGETTING his
bond for failure to appear for the Janu-
dry term Of the saith district court to
answer to the charge OF murder.
Mitchim killed Monroe McClurg Har-
9ell, his former business manage when
he was publisher Of the Evening News.
Shortly after the killing Mitchim sur
rendered the News and went back to
his old home at DeSota, No, where he
has been very i'll, it is stated, for several
months.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03
Several doses will regulate
your out-of order Kidneys
making Backache vanish.

Hundreds of folks here are needlessiy
miserable and worried because OF OUT
of-order kidneys. baekache or BLADDER
trouble.
If YOU will take several doses VI
pana.e Dfurettc all misery from lame
hack rheumatism. painful stitches. in
famed or swollen eyelids, nervous
headache. irritaointy. dizziness. worn
out. sick feeling and other symptoms
of overworked or deranged kidneys
viii vanish.
UncontroIIabIe Smarting. frequeht
urinatiOn especially az nlShJ anu
all bladder misery ends
This unusual preparation goes at
once TO the disordered kidneys. blad-
der and urinary system. and dlstrib-
utes its healing. cleansing and vitaliz-
ing influence directly upon the organs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03
HOOD BILL TO
KIDNEY Or BLADDER MISERY GOES
and YOUR LAME BACK FEELS FINE.

and glands affected, and completes the
cure before you realize it.
The moment you suspect any kidney
or urinary disorder. or feel rheuma-
tism coming, begin taking this harm
less medicine. with the knowledge that
there is no other remedy. at any price.
made anywhere else in the world.
which VIII effect so thorough and
prompt a cure as a fifty-eent treatment
of Pape's Diuretic. which any druggist
can supply.
Your physician. pharmacist, banker
or any mercantile agency will tell you
that Pape. Thompson & Pape. OF Gin
cinnati. is a large and responsible med
icine concern. thoroughly worthy or
your confidence.
Only curative results can come from
taking Pape's Diurettc, and few DAYS
treatment means clean, active, healthy
kidneys. bladder and urinary organs
and you feel fine
Accept only Pape's Diuretic-fifty
cent treatment-from any drug store
anywhere in the world.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-03

ton of Arid Lands, United States Sem
ate.
The Report
The Elephant Butte project as de-
scribed in the pamphlet containing the
secretary of the interiors letter are the
following facts and figures regarding
the Elephant Butte project, which, by
special recommendation of the commit
tee was placed at the head of the list
of projects TO be covered by the Carter
bill:
NEW MEXICO-TEXAS.
Rio Grande PrOject-LocatiOn and Gil
matte Conditions.
Counties-Sierra, Socorro, Dona Ana,
y. Mex; FL Paso, Texas
Railroad stations-Engle. Rincon and
Las Cruces. \. Mex; FL Paso and Ysleta,
Texas
Average elevation of irrigable area
$500 feet above sea level.
Average annual rainfall on irrigable
area-912 inches
Ranges of temperature on irrigable
area-0 deg. F. to 100 deg. F.
Water Supply.
Source of water Supply-Rio Grande.
Area of drainage basin-37 600 square
miles.
Average elevation of drain gs basin