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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
Hartman Offer for State
Park Goes a Begging,
The New York Legislature
Seems to Pass Il By.
Other Offers Ignorsd...eov. Hughes
Calls Attention to Il.

Albany, NJ Y, May 22.-Although
Gcv. Hughes announced to the Legisla-
ture on the day it convened early In
January that Mrs. Edward H. Harri-
man. in accordance with the wishes of
her late husband, had offered to give
the state 1O-acre tract of land lying
about her home at Arden for q state
park and 100000 with which to &C.
quire and improve adjacent land SO
that the park might have q river 'front.'
age, five months have passed and the
final week of the session finds the leg
islators apparently still undecided az
to the acceptance of the gift.
CONFIDENT with the announcement OF
the Hartman gift the governor made
public offers of other gifts. designed to
enable the state to establish q park
along the Hudson river readily accessi-
ble to those living in the congested
quarters of New York City. Those Of
fers from John D. Rockefeller, J. p.
Morgan, Mrs. Russell Sage. Helen
Gould, william X. Vanderbilt, E. H.
Gary and others totaling $1,123,000 were
secured through the activities of the
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
and were contingent upon the state
appropriating $2,500.000 to the use OF
the commission for the acquiring Of
lands and the building Of roads and the
abandoning of the Bear Mountain site
for the new state prison.
Governor Hughes recommended the
acceptance of the Hartman GIFT, de-
claring that 1t would afford q basis
mot only for necessary conservation.
but for the development of o public
recreation grounds in a region OF
matchless beauty rich in historical as
sociations and close to the abodes of
more than half the people of the state
He also recommended bond issue Of
100000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
Increase for Our
Railroad Men.

Portland. Me, May pa wage ad-
justment for conductors, baggagemas-
tiers and brakemen, similar to the
rates in force on the Boston & Maine
and the New York, New Haven &,
Hartford Railroads. was effected Sat
urday for the Maine Central and the
Washington County Railroads.
The recent conference. which was in
session for two weeks, secured for the
Maine Central trainmen the same
rates that obtained on the Boston d
Maine and the New Haven roads.
The Washington County Road.
whose men were much lower in wages
than the Maine Central receive an in
crease proportional to the increase
given to the Maine Central
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

NJ. Francois Fertiault, of France, poet
novelist and biographer. recently issued
a volume of essays written in his ninety
fifth year. The same country can BOAST
the oldest editor in the world, in the per-
son of M. de Molnari. who. despite the
burden of ninety one years, conducts the
Journal des Economistes, and writes
largely for it's pages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
LORENZO DIAL EY.
Well.known Lewiston Citizen Taken
Away by Heart Disease.

Lewiston, Me-, May 22.-Lorenzo Da-
ley, aged "a. clerk of the Lewiston
Water Board for several years and Il
former assistant postmaster and who
served as postmaster for a time, died
tonight after two-days Illness from
heart trouble. caused by over-exertion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
Political Conflicts at Cork.

Cork, May 22-The presence here to-
day of rival Irish factions IN spite OF
elaborate police precautions, led to
serious conflicts following demonstra-
lions which were addressed by John E.
Redmond leader of the Irish Parlia-
mentary party, John Dillon and Will
liam O'Brien. Many persons were in
jured. including Daniel d. Sheehan,
NJ. P.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
THE WEATHER.
CLOUDY-SHOWE RS.

Washington, May 22-Forecast for
New England: Cloudy Monday, show
ers at night and Tuesday; light to
moderate east to southeast winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
7-2o-4
l0c, CIGAR.

1Uc. CIGAR.
Factory output now at rate Of A,oo,ooo
annually seth year of continued m
grease sales. Factory Manchester, N. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
TEN MILLIONS
Is Approximate Sum Left
To Princeton College
By viii Of Late Isaac c. Wy
man Of Salem, Mass.
Exact Amount UnknoWn--.Means
Much TO the University.

Salem. Mass, May 22.-While the
value of the immense gift hequeathed
to Princeton by the will Of the late
Isaac c. Wyman is estimated at APP
proxirnatelv $10,000,000, its exact
amount is unknown even to the trus-
tees. John M. Raymond, an attorney
of this city. who is one of the trustees
said tonight that $10,00O,O0O was only
an approximate estimate, He did not
think the estate would exceed that
value and he was not prepared to say
whether it would equal it. There are
millions enough. however, he added, to
take care of the needs of the graduate
college, or proposed graduate college
for which, under the terms of the will
the money is designed. Mr.. Raymond
has assisted Mr.. Wyman for many
years in his business dealings and is
more intimately acquainted than any
other with the size OF the estate.
Mr.. Wyman's munficient gift seems
likely to end the bitter controversy
over the selection of a site for Prince
tons graduate school, which ended in
the Withdrawal last year by William
C. Proctor of Cincinnati, an alumnus,
provided an equal sum We're raised by
the alumni. In this controversy, one
of the most keenly waged in university
circles for years, President Wilson's
favoring of a campus site, was opposed
by Dean West, who favored detached
and more secluded spot.
Trustee Raymond said tonight that
Mr. Wyman, who made his willie July
|. 1909, drew the document with full
knowledge of both sides of the con-
troversy. The Wyman millions will
doubtless greatly strengthen Dean
West in the stand he has taken, Mr..
Raymond said.
In 1902, after six years of planning for
the enlargement of the graduate depart
ments. Dean West went abroad and stud
led the systems in use in the graduate
schools there He made a lengthy report
which was published in book form. Mr..
Raymond said tonight that Mr.. Wyman' s
gift would make possible everything rec
commended by Dean West in his report
and more.
Salem May 21.-By the will of /. c. Wy
man of Salem, filed today in the probate
court, tlle bulh Vi the 'eSld'oi > o"'e''e'
which is estimated at nearly $lO0Oo,OOO,
is left to the graduate school of Prince
ton University as memorial OF MI.
Wyman's lasting affection" as the will
phrases it, for his alma mater.
John M. Raymond of Salem and Dean
Andrew S. West of the Princeton grad
uate school, named as trustees, are Civ
en- almost absolute control in disposing
of the estate, which consists largely of
real estate holdings. Mr., Wyman, who
died recently here at the age of 81, is
said to have had two great dominating
passions-one, Princeton University, the
college from which he graduated more
than so years ago. and the other the ac-
curing, of realty. He is said to have
Continued on Page TwelveD
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31
SOME IRRIGATION FACTS
AND FIGURES GIVEN

ton Congress in Pueblo, September
26 to 80, was practiced by the Arab
ians, Egyptians, Assyrians and Chi
nese long before the advent of Solo
mon, and 1t has since formed part
of the agriculture in the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean sea.
The ancient art had it's origin in
America in prehistoric times by the
Pueblo Indians, who inhabited por-
tions of what are now New Mexico
and Arizona, and their descendants
were still cultivating the lands when
the first Spanish colonists came from
the south several centuries ago.
A census today would show fully
100000 farms in the United States
under bitches, watering more than
100000 acres of land, while
throughout the world 100000
acres are under irrigation.
Colorado leads in the number of
acres irrigated; California has the
largest number of irrigators, while
Washington has the greatest percent
age in the number of irrigators
Irrigation is practiced in England,
France, Italy, Japan, the Argentine
republic, South America, Algeria,
Australia, Switzerland, Belgium, Den
mark. Bohemia, India, Spain and
Scotland, the latter spreading sewage
from the cities over wornout lands by
means of canals. In Canada the area
alone embraced in the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company's system in
the Bow River valley, east of Calgary
Alta, is 100000 acres. making 1t
the largest single project in America
Work on this plan was begun in 1901
1t will cost S5,000,000 when COM
pleted.
History records that the valley of
March, in Arabia, was supplied with
water drawn from a reservoir made
by a dam 120 feet In height and 2
miles in length. The wall was built
of hewn stone and Il restrained the
swift current of an Important stream
for more than 2,0G0 years Mention
is also made of the canal of the Pha-
raohs, connecting the Red sea with
Pelusium. 1t was constructed for ir-
rlgatfng purposes. Flood waters of
the river We're used to irrigate the
valley of the Nile centuries before,
and the plains of Babylon we're liter
ally crisscrossed with capals, some of
them being hundreds of miles In
length. = The Romans also operated
a7heioh SySltiiS, WHICH dl =
IN use at the present time.
The Chinese are credited with hav-
ing put water on their rice lands by
artificial means several centuries be-
fore the Christian era. Much OF tho
! land used by the ancients was irri-
gated by means of laterals and ditch
es from the main canals, while the
bench lands were supplied by sweeps
and water wheels. operated by slave
labor.
,, Mormons settling on the shores of
the Great Salt lake, in Utah. were the
Ehrst of the English-speaking people to
make a systematic application of the
principles of irrigation in the west.
They found the soil so barren that
\only the rankest weeds would grow;
yhey turned the waters of the Wa
satch mountain streams upon their
holdings. the present site of Salt Lake
City, and. after years of effort, they
mastered the art. The priests of the
early missions also practiced the art
In southern California where today
may be seen the ruins Of the works
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Already the sale of seats for the
local engagement of Charles B. Han
ford has been pretty heavy. A big
audience for next Monday night is
assured.
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Supplying moisture to semi-arid
and desert lands by artificial means,
one of the problems of world import
ance to be discussed by experts at the
18th session of the National Irriga-
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Tickets are selling pretty rapidly
for the annual banquet of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Sewed soles while you wait, 20
minutes.-Laffer. Shoe Shop, oppo-
site postoffice.
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Last night work was done in the
rst and second ranks and most
joyable evening was spent at the
sular meeting of the Knights of
ythi-s
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

Any amount of A No. hay at the
ash Feed Store. 307 Main Street
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

each generation that tllls the soil viii
leave the farm to the aez- : cneration
IN even better condition than they
themselves inherited T.
Dairy Cow Most Economical Producer
This IS not the only distinct ad-
vantage the dairy COW has. for she is
furthermore recognized as tia most
-c9EUuaf~s&i p-u7z1c-r ~ fsod a.s-l-~@-A-
Extensive experiments carried on BY
Messrs- Law and GIlberts show that
the COW giving daily ten quarts OF
milk produces six times as much min
eral matter. six times as much nitro
genous material. and Al amount 81 fat
equal to the steer that gains In live
weight Is pounds Of beef per week. A
good dairy COW. too. viii accomplish
this end by the consumption OF cheap
er foods than will the steer. for the
food of the dairy COW is made up
largely of roughase. which IS a cheap
er kind of food. with a small amount
of concentrates. while the ration OF
the steer IS made up largely Of COZ
centrates. with i comparatively small
amount of roEghase.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

to feel better when l had taken only
Que bottle Of Compound. but kept on
as I was afraid to stop too soon-"-Mrs
SADIE MULLEN, 272S n. B. st.. Il
wooc. Ind
Why will women take chances with
An operation or drag out q sickly.
half-hearted existence. missing three
fourths Of the joy Of living. when they
can find health in Lydia Z Pinkham's 9
Vegetable Compoundp
ror thirty years II has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as sdisplacements. Inflammation.
liberation. hbroid tumors. irreguiari-
ties, periodic pains, backache. indigcs-
ton. and nervous prostration.
IL you have the slightest doubs
that Lydia e Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham Mt Lynn.
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will BE- absolutely confidential
and tho advice free.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09
REMOVED STAIN FROM NAMES
Titles Bestowed In Derision Made
Honorable Through Deeds Of
Distinction.

When In 1866 the count Of Barlai-
mont characterized the league Of
Flemish mobiles arrayed against his
Spanish sovereign as "a band Of beg.
gars- the league. until then without q
name. enthusiastically adopted the
one the naughty servant Of Spain had
given them and called themselves the
League des Gneux" They made the
name . badge Of honor for all time.
In a similar spirit the French and
American soldiers In Rhode Island
during the war Of the Revolution
chrtstened themselves the -sanscu-
lcstss" at feast they gave where DO
tatoes and similar viands constituted
the menu. with the distilled trics Of
the corn. and any man considered him
self disgraeed II he appeared with Q
whole pair Of hreschea This name,
originating In this country. was
transferred to France. where II was
applied as q term of reproacn by the
aristocrats to the revolutfonists Of
I7s2. That the revolutionists did not
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09
TRAMP KNEW HUMAN NATURE
Simple ssrstasem That Secured for
Knight Of the Read a Sub
stantial Meal.

A clever little bit Of human nature
was used BY knight OF the road re-
Gently on a ma;ron living In n suburb
OF PittshurE. and as a result he slept
with a full stomach that night
The suburb Is quite small. and when
the tramp dropped OF freight and
ambled up the main street he was quite
hungry There were about ten houses
which gave fair chance Of meals. and
the tramp lost no time. He was not
surprised when the first housewife
slammed the door In bis face. nor the
second. for that was natural snd the
proper thing TO do. But when he
reached the ninth house. or rather was
helped away. he was thoroughly dis
gusted The town certainly had him
hQodooed,
After short rest and desp mink
the hungry one knocked at the door
OF the tenth house.
Madam. can you let a hungry man
have a bite TO eat. | don't think you
can. though he said The woman
opened her ears.
Why can't L. she inquired.
The woman next door said you
didn't have enough for yourself
He got his meal
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

capable Of raising larger crops fron
year to year. while the other farm he
came poorer. and in the course Of time
was useful for very little except to
raise weeds. For this reason the vest
erh farmer is an extensive feeder of
i've stock. concentrating the product
which he sends to market and retains
upon his farm a greater portion Of
ne iertiiizing ingredients. AN classes
OF farm animals are useful for this
purpose. but the dairy COW Is, without
doubt. the greatest retainer and build.
er OF soil fertility. This is proven bv
the fact that a ton OF butter. which
IS now valued at more thar $500 re-
moves from the farm less than so
cents worth Of fertilizfng ingredients
Il is true that by the proper system
OF rotating crops. together with the
feeding Of grains and grasses raised
on the farm to the dairy COW. selling
her product in the form Of butter ana
returning the by-products to the land.
the Iowa farm can be made to produce
more largely from year TO year. and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

quires no painting. no papering inside.
viii be sound-proof. moisture proof and
dreprooE
Mr.. Pease has planned a house that
will be composed of glass and is going
to have It finished in some color that
will make IL attractive. and such colors
will be permanent.
The moment this idea Is started.
Mr.. Pease declared. the public will
be quick to see the value Of the ma
teriaL Its cheapness and reliability
are understood Glass. he said. Is the
most honest and most easily under
stood material In the world. II Is not
mysterious. and people will not have
70 employ experts to see that the
quality IL right The glass for the
walls Of houses need not be transpar-
snt. but dense. like slate or stone. Il
vul. however. be hard and duran-sL
fse rccfs can be made Of the same
snaracter Of glass. It vtthstands heat
sua cold alike. and whatever patents
ESy interfere with the cheapress Of
tD material now are 80 nearly expired
tint IL will be but q short time before
tIere viii be eliminated - . cost
fftoF.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

of each COW once a month. by $,
doing. when the years test has been
completed each COW vii have an off,
cial record OF the exact amount of
milk and butter that she has produced
during the year and there viii be no
guesswOrk about il.
Hon J. J. Richardson of Davenport.
t----- ~----- - --<z - 10 szz1r- IN
1uentiai man connected with the
American Jersey Cattle club of New
York city. at once set about 10 induce
the Cattle club TO duplicate Mr..
Marsh's prizes for Jersey cattle tha,
might enter the contest and win
W. B. Barney Of Hampton. Iowa. pres
ident of the Iowa Dairymen,s associa-
ton and likewise influential with the
H1isteiu-Friesian association OF Amer
lea. induced his association 10 dupli-
cate the prizes TO the extent Of $500
for Holstein cows that might be win
ners OF 4 portion Of Mr.. Marsh's
money. and then II was that everyone
seemed anxious TO put up prizes for
the good Of this cause and seven or
eight pure bred dairy bull calves were
offered as prizes 10 competitors own
ing common grade cows. Dairy sepa-
ratcrs. milking machines and prizes
af all kinds were offered. until finally
the prize list amounted 10 between
four and five thousand dollars. and
then il was that the farmers Of Iowa
began entering their cows until az the
time when the date for entry closed
there we're found 70 be competing in
the one large association $50 COWS and
surprising are the facts that have
beeu revealed from month 10 month A
tsr-e number Of the cows have been
producing from 30 TO 100 pounds Of
buttsr per month and. on the other
hand. a large number Of them have
been producing from 10 TO - pounds
of butter a month: or. in other words.
sor,a Of the eows-in the test are the
sousl in milk and butter production
ard in the end. in the production Of
nronts TO their owners. OF eight or
-, of the COWS on the ether end
rbis yearly contest will be finished
hv the first Of August. 1910. and the
rs.ryv production Of $50 cows can
then be figured up. At that time Il Is
manned to duplicate the test and al
,aaav much prize money has been Of
tered for the COWS that viii enter for
...,.h,r s,,rh race
Now the value Of such a contest is
NOT in the prize which the owner OF a
cow NAV win. because this really Is
sr,an uortion Of the real good. but IL
. surprising as well as very gratifying
!, hnd how intense the interest OF the
owner Of the COW becomes when she
begins her race in public contest
he M once wishes TO learn the very
hest ways of feeding and caring for
har and there is an impulse which
leads him on TO increasing his edu-
cation along lines that will better the
conditions in the dairy for all time
=, come. This growth Of interest
brings questions from farmers. dairy
nsp and breeders all over the state
regarding the building up and caring
for the dairy herd. Many are antict-
mating going into the dairy business
and others who have been in the dairy
business are anticipating making
their business one OF less drudgery.
shorter hours Of confinement and
business Of profit with less Of the
heavy work and care than In most
any other line of farming
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09
BUILDING HOUSES or GLASS
Expert Says That Within Ten Years
They viii Be in use-Exeel in
Many Different Ways

Within ten years people in this
country will be building houses Of
glass. which will excel In sanitary
appointments. beauty and durability.
and also low cost Of maintenance. any
type of structure Of the present time
This was the interesting declaration
made recently by Roger S. Pease. one
Of the oldest giassmakers In the Uni
ted States. a man who has taken an
active part In all the improvements
that have set the glass world face to
face with new conditions. and placed
it In line for the greatest development
in It's long history. By glass houses
Mr.. Pease said he meant Just what ns
said. Foundations Of concrets. whien
are now recognized ~ standard. tns
walls OF wired glass. the ceilings and
roofs OF wired glass. and the floors OF
tile. covered with . light sheetius or
wood-such q building viii prove
practically indestructfble. can be made
of any set Of colors desired, and ~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

u faet the great fertility which was
sAcs TO be found on these eastern
@s nad been gradually worked out
= ne ground. Incorporated In the
eops that were raised and shipped
0ss = The water to Europe. ard al
--oash the process was slow IL was
A'ensive. and the fertility was trans
,-l.ed from the eastern part Of the
Aited States to the farms Of Europe.
MANY Farmers Rob the soii.-
me western farmer is acquainted
!. .1a uais fact and realizes that To con-
-aAiy grow corn and hay and other
!, n crops and ship them away from
- arm IN the raw state means 20
!. aAas'er the fertility from his farm TO
.@e owned BY some other man: the
strztsd
.. = many cases where on one side Of
.oad lived grain farmer and his
snnor across he road fed live
gradualIy-an6 in some in
Anees quite rapidly-it could be seen
- NE stock farmer who was buying
A'n from his neighboring grain farm
"as carrying across the road the
0est portion Of his neighbor's .
-. As years went by one farm in
= case became better by far and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09

The annual production Of dairy prod
ucts in the United States returns an
income Of ss00. 900. zoo. which Is equal
TO one-nfnth OF the entire value OF all
farm products. OF this amount iowa
OF one cent per pound. this money 10
be spent for the employing Of an ex-
pert TO do everything in his power for
the assistance of the patrons and Tor
the upbuilding Of dairying In that
community.
Now. experience tells US exactly
what viii be the result The farmers
Of this organization will dispose OF tne
improbable cows. They will keep the
good cows and during the next year.
although they do not produce so large
an amount OF milk and butter fat- the
labor on the farm with the cows VIII
be less. feed will be saved and tne
net pr.f fits will be far greater Tnen'
and net until then. does the farmer
become really interested in the ousi-
ness OF milking cows. Then Il IS tna-
he sees the manner in which resi
uroft can be made from his herd HIS
ewes have been opened TO some reaiiY
woraerful facts. He has found that
where one COW was producing iVo
pounds Of butter in year ana oare'f
paid for her keeping. another COW
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-06-09
Big Ben

prec,ated the fact that to aim the city
o. London was largely indebted. SO
when the question came up in parha-
ment ss to the name Of the enormous
bell that was to be hung In the tower
a member shouted: Why not call u
big Benz" This suggestion was re-
csiyed with much applause as ven as
with roars of laughter. for Sir Benia-
min was an enormous man, hotn u