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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
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The reclamation service began it's work In
1902 on the passage of the reclamation act.
The first contract was let in September of the
next year and on June II, 1905, an important
project in Nevada was formally opened
Progress has been rapid and the activities
of the bureau have been extended to 26 or
more projects, which to date have involved the
expenditure of $6O000,0o0. In the seven and
one-half years of its work the service has built
4,215 miles of canal Placed end to end, these
canals would reach from Washington to San
Francisco and back to New Orleans Several
of these canals carry whole rivers.
1t has excavated II miles of tunnels.
Before the end of the year it will have COM
peted four of the highest dams in the world.
It's excavations of rock and earth amount to
the enormous total of 6O000O00 cubic yards.
It's roads have total length of Alt miles;
telephones 1,127 miles; levees, 20 miles,
1t has purchased 915,751 barrels of cement
and has manufactured in its own mill 100000
barrels. AS result of its work water is avail
able for 100000 acres on 900 farms.
The gross value of crops produced the
lands irrigated by the government projects in
1910 was $14,038,0OO. AS a result of the work
of the government 1t is estimated that land
values have increased more than s1O5, 800 OO0
The reclamation service is entering 1910
with money and plans for completing most of
and with about three-quarters of million of
acres of arid land under irrigation
1t will finish this year the great Roosevelt
dam in Arizona, one of the most massive in
the world. 1t has completed the Shoshone
dam, in northern Wyoming the highest struc-
ture of its kind ever built; the Pathfinder
dam, in southern Wyoming, and the Laguna
dam. in Arizona. 1t will for the first time
utilize the Gunnison tunnel, whose completion
The funds available for construction are
somewhat less than in previous years. and the
organization, which is very elastic, has been
cut down to fit reduced expenditures. About
fifty skilled men-engineers, experts and tech
nical assistants-have either sought private
employment, have been transferred to other
bureaus of the government put on fur
Tough. in order to keep the overhead charges
consistent with the expenditures.
Reviewing the history of the reclamation
service as a whole its maximum activity and
expenditures were in the year 1907 In 1902
the expenditures were less than 500, 900, and
in 1903 less than 81 100000. In 1904 they were
s2,5000O0; in 1906 $5O00000; in 1906, little
less than $10,000,000; in 1907 nearly $140OO,-
900. Then the expenditures decreased to
$1O,00O,O00 in 1908, to about. 100000 in 1909
900. 1t is expected that in 1911 they will
shrink to about $7.O00,000, which sum will
probably continue to be available during after
years, assuming that the water-right charges
are paid as they fall due.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

the bearing down. / recommended il
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it, Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mo. -"I was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. l began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now have no more troubles
that way" AL. HERzoG, 5722
Prescott Ave-, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
f1ammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, Irregularities. periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil.
lions to many suffering women.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

called a plantation--and for each pur-
chase he drew particularly polite
check When the banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation a difficult one to
understand. He had thought that the
very purpose Of a banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short of money. Why, If
I'd had the money in the bank he ex-
planned, I shouldn't have written the
checks at all; should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunate
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

candy, and invariably wears a small
hat. veil. and a corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaven, and wears, be.
sides immaculate linen, a careworn.
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch, presumably
to see how much Of the honeymoon is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
"and wife" is written twice as large as
his own name.
She never fails to ask how many
Jumps of sugsr he takes in his coffee
Judge.
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GUS sales. water rentals ETC., $1694S447
collections on water rights, $814,145.34 This
does not include any of the moneys collected
for the water rights which were due and pay
able April 1, 1910.
Among the several large projects. one OF
especial interest is located in northern wy
oming When the springtime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks OF the
lofty mountains on the eastern rim OF yell
lowstone park a thousand streams will rush
downward to fill to trimming the swift-hoW1ng
Shosbone river An important physical change
will occur at that time. The flood that once,
unchecked and uncontrolled, swept madly
through the rock-walled gorge will beat itself
to stiffness against massive wall OF concrete
with which man has blocked the canon.
beautiful lake, 100 feet deep and covering ten
square miles, will appear
In this wonderful cash in the mountains
with perpendicular walls thousand feet high,
the government has erected the highest dam
in the world 1t is wedge of concrete 328
feet from base to top. Its height can only
be appreciated when compared with that OF
some welLknown structure. New York's ia
nous Flatiron building would not reach within
AZ feet of the top of the dam, and the tip-top
of the dome of the United States capitol would
fall short 21 feet of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are thirsty,
the big gates will be opened and the pentup
foods will be released into the river below
AnA dom q
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IN THE ANTE-BELLUM DAYS

please" pay the amount specified. Egg
gleston says: "This custom of paying
by check so strongly commended it.
self to a certain unworldly parson of
my time that he resorted to it on one
occasion in entire ignorance and inno-
cense of the necessity of having q
bank deposit as preliminary to the
drawing of checks. He went to Rich
mond and bought years supplies for
his little place-it was too small to be
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ly the matter came to the knowledge
of well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson j., and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal Of trouble"
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Supply of Ready Money Matter Of
4. indifference to Rich and
~. Poor Alike.

According to George Cary Eggles-
ton, Virginians of ante-bellum days
showed great indifference in money
matters. Money in the form of coin
was rarely seen; the planters were in
the habit of writing checks on slip
OF foolscap, instrIcting the bank to
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LAAC ia -
low structure of
concrete, will di-
vert the waters
through a tun-
mel 3A miles
long into a canal
which for 40
miles pa s s g S
along the upper
edge of a broad
and fertile valley
containing $780,
900 acres.
Two years ago
it was a desolate
waste. Today it
contains m or e
than 200 farm
houses and three
thriving towns.
Ten t h o u $ a n q
acres produced
crops last year
on this project.
With 16 farm
hous es along
each mile of the
main highways.
the valley al
ready has a sub
urban appear
ance.
More than ESQ
farm units Of 40
to 80 acres each
are now avail
able to entry and
offer exceptional
opportunities for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

Cn0 nOOr WI Z q Oup
my heart f1uttering
and I could not even
receive a letter.
Every month I had
such a bearing down
sensation, as If the
lower parts would
fall out. Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has
done my nerves q
great deal of good
and has a1cOrnliova1
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Bride and Groom.

Bride and Groom.
He carries two new grips and two
umbrellas.
He offers her his arm.
She carries nothing but box of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
A Good Guess.

"Ha!" exclaimed the pianist, bright
ening up as he read the lines in the
mans hand: here is lot of money"
Some ones been telling you," said
the victim.
Telling me what?"
THAT I'm a lumber!"-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

OppOr IuulIy' IL
land of boundless dis
tances the altitude is
stimulating, the air is a
tonic, giving health to
the infirm and courage
to those who have failed
elsewhere. It's constant
sunshine encourages OPP
timism and cheerful
ness. The glories Of it's
opal-tinted dawns, the
indescribable beauty of
it's sunsets and the
nameless witchery of its
twilight softly melting
into night are the work
of a divine painter.
There is a mental
and spiritual uplift in
it's mountains, whose
SUBMITS are in regions
of perpetual snow. Its
sapphire lakes, excel
ling in beauty those of
Switzerland, open up
a wondrous field of in
terest and pleasure to
the sightseer and those
in search Of rest and
recreation. The mon
;archs of it's forests cast
their shadows on the
earth before the coming
of the gentle Nazarene.
Its canons, sculp-
tured during uncounted
centuries by wind and
wave, are unrivaled in
their wonderful and
varied cOlOring and in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

This is the most
critical period IL
the history Of ma
tional irrigation
since the passage
of the. reclamation
act, in 1902. By
public notices of the
secretary of the in
terror. issued last
year, hundreds Of
water-right install
ments, involving ap-
proximately 81, 000.-
AAA h4no-14 J.,n IN
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And some people have too much re-
spect for other peoples homes and
not enough for their own.
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His Claim to Prominence.

At social gathering certain man.
intent on knowing every one, was In
troduced to Senator julius c. Burrows
of Michigan.
"The name Burrows Is very famil-
lar to me-" he said. II am certain
that you are a man Of some promi-
nence."
EYES," replied Senator. Burrows, II
am the man that died at first just
before Casey came to bat in that cele-
brated ball game in Mudville. Sue
cess Magazine.
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MORE
PINKHADL
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Oronogo, Mol was simply ner.
vous wreck. I could not walk across
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Different.

Eyes, Brown will stick to anything
he likes"
"True, but he doesn't like anything
he has to stick to."-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
A Difference.

Patience-What reason had she for
marrying him?
Patrice-Why, he had money.
THAT Is not reason; that is an
excuse. Gateway Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
TOUGH LUCK.

why. what's the matter, my lad?"
BOO hoo! Ma SEE got to presi.
dent when I grows UP, an I'd set my
heart on bein' a prize fighter. Boo
hoo!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

hire Of unparalleled richness from the Mlssls-
sippi valley.
Once a wilderness so unpromising that it
evoked derision in the halls of congress, the
west has become today the land of fortune and
Tn
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II Would Depend.

IL Would Depend.
would you marry a man who wore
side whiskers?"
81 might II 1 thought 1t would be
worth while to reform him"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

e spirit OF the west IS
optimism and progress. 1t
is the spirit that fired the
hearts of our forefathers
who erected in the prime
val forests of New Eng
land the superstructure of
the greatest nation on
earth. 1t is the optimism
and faith which imbued
their descendants who
carved an agricultural en-
,,;ob,occ from tba MiSciC-
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-07

The pumpkin pie Of today differs
from the nompin pye' the pilgrim
mothers used TO make. The following
is the recipe they followed;
Take about halle pound Of pumpin
and Slice II, IL handful of thyme. a lit
tie rGsenntry, parsley. sweet marjoram
slipped Oft the stalks; chop them small;
then fake cinnamon. nutmeg, pepper
and six cloves and beat them; take ten
eggs and beat them; then mix and
beat them all together and put as
much sugar as Won think fit, then fry
them to froiz; after it is fried let 1t
stand till it be cold. then I'll your pye;
take sliced apples THINE roundwayes
and lay row of froiz and layer OF
apples with currans betwixt the layer
while your pye is fitted and put a
good deal of sweet butter before you
close 1t, and when the pye Is baked
take six yelk eggs, some white wine
and make caudle of this, but not too
thick; cut up the lid and put 1t in; stir
them well together whilst the eggs
and pumpin be not preceived as so
serve 1t up"
To make chestnut pudding, boil
one quart large chestnuts in salt
ed water for half an hour. then
remove shells and all brown skin; put
kernels through meat mincer, Cook
one-fourth cupful of rice in one and a
half cupfuls of milk until very ten
der; make n boiled custard Of one-haif
cupful of milk. yolks Of three eggs,
one half cupful of sugary add the
chestnuts and rice and put all through
a sieve; add one-half teaspoonful va
nilla and one-half teaspoonful lemon
extract: freeze MS for ice cream; then
pack in mold and bury for three hours
in Ice and salt When ready to serve
lei stand few minutes in warm
room and the cream will slip ont I'M
broken. Garnish top with maraschino
cherries &nd eitron leaves and wreath
base with whipped cream and the
cherries
Nothing makes a bigger "hit" for
Thanksgiving dinner than novel ia
vors, but often the hostess is at loss
to find Something new The novelties
illustrated. made from Grape paper,
may furnish suggestion Each doll
is dressed In orange or any color suit
able and mounted on pumpkin
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"My husband didn't get home until
o'clock this morning" remarked the
lady with the weary eyes.
Indeed" exclaimed the other lady.
dellghtedly anticipating the narration
Of family tiff. "And what did be sag
In explanationT
Nothing. | came home with him
We had been to a theater and TO late
supper afterward - London Answers.
Some Experiences.
"Pshaw~ seornfuliy calculated the
fond mother. What do you know
about babies?" VERY little" humhly
acknowledged the bachelor who had
ventured an opinion. except that SONS
years ago | had considerable practlCs
at being ONE Puck
In the Air.
She Did you notice that an eminent
professor, lecturing the other evening
asserted that were there an undue
proportion Of oxygen In the atmos.
pierre people would become intoxicat-
cdr He-Yes; air tight. suppose DO
naeAl..s
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Tire Artichnhe.

The artichoke has nothing to do with
art or the choking Of IT. Tue arti-
choke Is an innocent vegetable known
to the Arabiaus as the ardischauki. or
earth thorn. The Jerusalem artichoke
was never seen near Jerusalem. Its
first name liz corruption of the Italian
girasole, which means turning TO the
sun. 1t is species of sunaower, bear.
ing tuber like that Of potato.
The Fuel.
Mother (rcadingl- I'm Ireland they
use peat for fuel"
Little Margie-Dld they burn him b'.
cause he wns wickedg
Mamma Burn who. dearf
Little Margie Why Pete. of course.
Chicago News
injustice.
Eurse-What's that dirty mark %
your leg. Master Frank?
Frank-Harold kicked me
Eurse--Well, go at once and wasit
or.
Frank-Why? 1t wasn't me wiY
did itl--London Punch.
II 40 q
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INfWs from OUR NElGHBORS
sssxsssssxs xsxsssyssssss
evening on a shopping cour.

evening on shopping tour.
The crowd which attended the play
or visited in Cairo saturday after
noon numbered aboUt one hundred,
Among this number were Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Williamson and son,
Frederick, and daughter, Alerta; Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Miller and children, Mrs.
Eugene Bryan and mother, Mrs. J.
Smith Of Galveston, Mrs. III. G. Par
Eer and mother, Mrs s. M. Parker of
Dixon, Mrs. g. NJ Gaunt and daugn-
ter, Miss Gale, Mrs. Anna Boeken-
kamp, Mr., and Mrs. w. r. Friganza,
Mrs, Al. Schiller, Mrs Ed Wester-
man, Mrs Tbos Boyd and son To-
rem, Mrs Otto Betts, Mrs. F, :.
man, and Mrs. J. r. Hargan.
NJ SIS May DeesIie or Mounds spent
Saturday afternoon shopping in the
city.
Mcsaanes T. w Proctor, H. Whit.
cakcr, r. P. Eastsr,Iay, G. l.. Harri-
son and O. 1. Comn'opf at;cG,, n e
Il atinee In Cairo Saturday afternoon.
F Kreitner, ST., left Sunday morn
ing for St Louis, where ne will make
extensive purchases of holiday goods
for his store in this city. He will
spend few hours III Belleville with
relatives en- route.
The Barnum and Bailey circus
passed. through Mounds yesterday en-
route to winter quarters at La Crosse
Wis. The animal secion contained,
among others, herd of Is elephants
ami 200 head of fine horses, which
were sef and watered' before great
crowd of pecr,e from the surround.
lag country. 1t required an hour to
transfer the animals.
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pchorninq Dairy Animals.

Dehorning is now so universally
practiced that grade herd with horns
OH Is seldom seen in this country,
Many pure bred herds are now de-
horned. aud / am sure the time is not
far distant when all viii be, writes d
correspondent of the Homestead. /
knew for years before | did come t$it
that ought to dehorn my herd, but in
1900 and 1901 | had my best COW and
another good one ruined by being
gored in the udder. so in the spring of
1902 | dehorned the whole herd. using
the clippers. If | had 1t to do over
again | would by all means use the
saw for old animals as much less
bleeding results. Since that time 1
have dehorned the calves when from
one to four weeks old, using caustic
soda or caustic potash, and when care
fully done land it is no trouble to do
1t right IL leaves the head in as good
shape as on polled animal and really
better, as there Is less of the poll.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-07

$500.
BY the first State Bank of 1'hetes
ILL.,, for best half bushel of wheat
FIRST premium $500, second premium
$500 For best half brshel of COW
! cas-, first premium $500; second
premium $500.
BY the Sturdivant Bank, of Cane
firardeau, Mo-, for best gallon OF
sorghum, first premium $500; second
l<enium, $500 For best display OF
vegetables, first premium $500; see
eng premium $500.
BY G. G. Robertson, of Gale, H., for
I est trio of chickens, first premium
enc pair Of shoes, $500.
BY Jordan & Ross, of Thebes, Ill.,,
for best trio Of chickens. second pre-
'mium, one pair OF shoes $500; for
kess 3fio-of chickens, tnird prize, one
s Tx scarf, $l00.
BY Ford & Ford, Benton. IL, thf
Peerless Milling Co, for best loaf OF
wheat bread, first pre- lium 50 lbs
Perfection Flour; second premium y
lbs. Perfection Flour For hes
lound cake, first premiGn 50 lbs
Perfection Flour; second premium, 70
lbs. Perfection Flour; for best Layer
axe, first pren um % lbs Perfection
Flour; second premium rs lbs. Per-
fcction Flour, Perfection Flour tc
he used MarchilJon, Rolwing & Co
1gents)
BY w c. Sheppard, salesman, ret.
ers Shoe Co, St. Louis, Mo, best
assortment jellies ant preserves, frs
premium, one pair shoes, $500.
BY Milford Brothers, Olive Branch
H., hest assortment jelly and pre-
serves, second premium. one pair
shoes. $500; third premium, one pa.
5 oes, $500,
BY John King, Arthur Brown. R3
Cannon, of rhebes, H., best pound
OF butter, first premium $500; sec
ond premium St50; tnird pecm.rm
500,
BY CulIey & March ldou, hTc"r as
H., for pretti1st baby, under IS
old, first pren&vol, gold ling,
$500; second premium air Of baby
shoes, SL00; third premium, royal
baby plate. St0o
BY l. b. Dexter, Thebes, H., for the
largest pumpkin, frs. premium $1.00.
By f. NJ Riggle, Unity. ILL.,, for PIX.
lest turn rs, pair shoes, $500.
BY Buncombe Milling Co., Bun
"ombe, ILL.,, for best LOAF wheat bread,
frst premium 80 lbs Duponts Best
sour; second premium, Is lbs. Du-
FONTS Best flouf For best pound
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.FARMERS|NSnTUIE|
ALEXANDER COUNTY TO HAVE
ANNUAL DISPLAY AT THEBEs
ON NOVEMBER 17.1e.
Valuable Premiums Offered For Aqri-
cultural, School and HH1shoId
Displays--Bia Gathering
Looked For.

The Alexander county farmers in
stitute will be held at Tnebes on
Nov. II, <ls, aad -, II is expressed
to be the biggest and best ever held
in this county The officers of the as
ISOLATION under whose direction the
institute viii be held are:
Cyrille A. Marchildon, president,
L. r. Cary, vice president and
chairman produce committee
Herman Bunch, vice pres dent and
chairman grain committee.
T. Mark Otricn, secretary.
The Premium List.
A long list of prem iums has been
made up, covering all departments O.
farm industry, as follows:
BY Marchildon Rowing & Co.,
Thebas, H., one chest of Keen kutter
carpenter tools, $40
BY Herman Bunch OF Mcclure, H.,
for attendance, one ful blooded Pc
land China male pig, SIS,
By Arthur T. Sans, Mcclure, H.,
mana ar Of Carbonate Mil & Eleva-
tor Co, TO- attendance, one barrel of
Belle Of CarboJdale -Four
BY the Charter Oak Stove & Range
90. st. auis, Mo, for attendance,
one Charter Oak cook stove $25
~ FIRST Eank & Trust Co, Of
CAIRO, " for host ten ears Of white
corn, first premium S.; second pre-
MUM, $3.50. For best ten ears of
yellow corn, first prem I'm 500; see
ond premium, $3.50
BY the Alexa nler County National
Bank, OF Cairo, H., for lest peck Of
irish potatoes, first premium $500;
second premium $3.50: fer best peck
of sweet potatoes, first prize $500;
second premipn $3.50
BY the Ca,lo National Bank, Of
Cairo, ILL.,, for best bale Of alfalfa hay
400; for best bale of timothy hay
$500; for best bale of clover nay,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-07

eventual selection Of type that will
more effectlally meet the needs of
southwestern sheep breeders.
AS the Dorset is pre-eminently a
mutton sheep and noted for prolificacy
and fall dropping of lambs, 1t Is hoped
that a cross with the other two strains
will produce breed that combines a
good quality Of wool and the confor-
nation for mutton purposes; also the
dropping Of fall lambs to hit the early
spring markets. The outcome of these
experiments will be watched with in
terest by stockmen, as the farm sheep
is gaining in popularity over the whole
southwest and is proving money
maker.