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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26
COMMUNICATIONS.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26
THE DAY IN
CO N q r e S S
SENATE.

Not in session: adjourned last Monday
until Thursday next.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26

LENT is only gone two weeks and
yet here is a society woman who is so
over-worked with bridge that it won't
be long before she viii have to go to
an asylum for a really good game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26


Not. in session: adjourned last Monday
until Thursday next.
HOUSE.
Underwood opened the debate on the
farmers free list bill. Mann followed
with presentation of minority opposi-
ton to the measure Garner OF Massa-
chusetts, Aiken of South Carolina and
others spoke in it's favor.
Committee on expenditures In the
postoffice department decided to order
favorable report on the Saunders
resolution asking for an investigation
of the alleged political machine built
up by Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Berger introduced a resolution de-
handing an investigation OF the ar
rest and extradition of John ]. Nc
Namara of Indianapolis. charged with
dynamitins.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Taft had a reception for
delegates to the Episcopal church Con-
gress.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26
Heart toHeart
7 alks.
AT The CENTER.
by EDWIN A. NyE.

For a thousand years astronomers
have tried to find the center of the uni
verse
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
r AN DO M
THINGS s. FILINGS

N "A IN H. ~ IV1
THINGS s. FILINGS
THE more you think of some peo-
pie less you can't help but think of
them
NO use kicking about tight skirts,
in fact the ladies say they can't kick
N them.
ONE way to avoid publicity in this
| world is to become bridegroom and
marry pretty girl.
| If there are no taxes to pay in
Heaven, it is simply because there is
no place for liars above.
| HAMMOND couple which cannot de-
eide on menu ought to return thanks
giving that they have one to squabble
over.
| JACK Spratt and his most estimable
wife had nothing on John Stauffer of
Hammond and his most estimable con-
sort
| VS. shall have to abide with patti
ence the baffling slowness of the U. S.
supreme court with regard to oil and
tobacco
WHO will be the first mayor of
Crown Point? Let all who want the
job stand up. Now sit down if you
can all find seats.
RYE crop in 1910 amounted to 49,
100000 tons more or less. Seems to
be running full time at the Hammond
distiilery all right.
%
! A BOUT between Jimmy Clabby and
Knockout" Brown is on the tapis for
Hammond. Better send a ticket to
lGovernor Marshall.
-
NOTE with interest that the rail-
roads are going to raise the price of
excursion tickets again this summer
t"Again" is very fair.
"a
THE high school frat is not Civ
, ing the Lake county schol authorities
the same pother that is giving others
elsewhere in the state.
ANY fool can rock boat" says
: an exchange, "but that's no indication
: that he can swim No. but it is in
disputable truth of his identity.
when he was a boy
FUNNY that great man is gener
t ally found nowadays to have rur
! around barefooted selling newspapers
GIRLS should put as much care il
having a dress match their lungs al
n they do having it match their com
n Iplexion and longer life would be theirs
IN the meantime, what has become
of our old friend Colonel Guffey wht
won certain acclaim once upon a tim.
by giving away stained glass win
. ldows?
BARNUM'S circus has a whiffle
spool with it this year This is on,
i of the animals that the Gary board o
S Health failed to find in that foreigner
t. shack.
IT is to be hoped that in the All
sence of Mayor Smalley the old adag
L of the mice playing when the cat
J. away will not be verified in Ham
e mond.
LOOKS rather funny to read tina
the largest contributor to the demo
cratic congressional fund was a.
lagent of J. Pierpont Morgan. Wha
n hath w j. Bryan to say now?
A NEIGHBORING. exchang asks
"How can we expect our population
to increase when the home girls MARI
ont -of-town men and the home boy
It and bachelors don't marry at all .
-
LENT is only gone two weeks an
yet here is a society woman who is S
over-worked with bridge that it won
be long before she will have to go t
an asylum for really good game.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

possess such high value but the COM
parison is true for all irrigated dis
tricts.
AGENCIES IN IRRIGATION DEVELOP
MENT.
Il is of interest to know thru
what agencies this vast wealth has
been created. What has the indi-
vidual irrigator done and what
forms of organized efforts have
been instrumental in helping him
to accomplish so great an undertake
ing?
Several district forces have con-
tributed to this result. In the first
place we have the individual irrigat-
or who has either built a ditch
himself or called in one or two
neighbors TO help him. Out of a
total Of nearly 100000 acres of
irrigated land in this country, We
must credit this class with 45h per
cent tower 100000 acres). Next
come cooperative companies without
formal organization, which are
really merely larger groups of
farmers acting together to build
the necessary structures. This
class covers another 1873 per cent
tower a million acres). Then
come the commercial enterprises of
one sort or another that have
launched into the business of fur
nishing a water supply and selling
il to the irrigator. This class COW
ers lOa per cent (roughly u million
acres).
Irrigation districts, sort of
quasi-muncipal corporation. come
next with $50 per cent Capproxi-
mately one-half million acres).
The Reclamation Service is next
in line with 80 per cent (less than
400. 900 acres).
Companies operating under the
Carey Act come next with 81 per
cent (something under 100000
acres). Under the National Gov
eminent grants to each Of the arid
states not exceeding a million acres
Of desert land. with the proviso
that the state shall obligate itself to
reclaim the same and cause 1t TO be
occupied by actual settlers in small
tracts. The states which accept the
act in turn enter into contracts with
corporations which construct the
works and sell water rights to the
settler.
Lastly comes the U. S. Indian
Service with LIZ per cent.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

are derived chiefly from our state
agents and from the published re-
ports Of the Bureau of the Census
with which our branch has been
cooperating for eighteen months
past. They shall also be
confined to the arid region since
Mr.. Williams of our Office is to fol-
low me in presenting irrigation con-
ditions in the humid region.
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION TO
WESTERN STATES.
Those of you who have watched
the rise and progress Of the COM
monwealths turnout the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific Coast regions,
must have observed how large a
part irrigated products now bear
to the total revenue. Unlike min
ing. which mas unearthed countless
millions by the toll of the many,
but has allowed nearly all Of this
vast wealth to pass into the hands
of the few, leaving the original
toiler st landed and helpless; irriga.
ton Ids up enduring common.
wealths by establishing homes on
the land and fostering high order
of citizenship, good institutions and
stable government.
Irrigated agriculture lies at the
foundation of much Of the material
prosperity of the West. Thru the
agency Of water wisely used, des-
erts are being converted into pro-
ductive fields and orchards and
hocks and herds and prosperous
communities take the place Of wild
animals and an uncivilized race. II
also furnishes food and clothing for
jewellers in cities, raw material for
the manufacturers and traffic for
the transportation companies. II II
were possible to remove from the
arid region the comparatively small
area which has been rendered high.
ly productive by means Of irriga-
ton. II wonld go far to undo the
labor of half a century in building
up the western half Of the Union.
THE POPULATION OF THE WEST.
The census for 1910 gives the
population Of the II states and ter.
ritories lying west of the Missouri
river at nearly 1864 million. This Il
an increase Of AZ per cent In ten
years. In the same time the rate
of increase thruout the remaining
81 states was only II per cent.
'ofien look upon the trend Of popu.
lation from east to west in this
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

country as bearing some resembl-
ance to the passage Of raw material
thru a mill. The raw material is
dumped into the hoppers Of the
immigrant-seeking states of New
York and Pennsylvania and the fin
ished product energies on the Pacific
coast and the slopes of the Rocky
mountains. This is indeed FORUM
for the West, for IL there is any
place where the quality Of the man
counts il Is on an irrigated tract.
So rapid an increase Of western
population must not be attributed
solely TO the irrigation Of desert
lands. OF late the dry farming
districts have attracted thousands
of settlers, more manufactures
have been established and more
railway lines built and ever-increas-
irg numbers are seeking homes in
towns and cities.
MONEY INVESTED IN IRRIGATION
WORKS.
The progress of irrigation devel-
opment may also be measured by
amount Of money invested in irriga.
ton works. The census figures
for 1910 place this amount at
nearly sSO5, 100000. Dividing this
sum by the total acreage irrigated,
gives S2z per acre as the average
price per acre of irrigation works
such as reservoirs and main canals.
This, however, does not include the
expenses incurred by the farmer in
installing head bitches and laterals
and preparing his land for irr.ga-
ton. These expenses would easily
average up another 500 per acre,
raising the total to some thing over
$40 per acre and giving us a
grand total Of approximately $780,
10000 Of capital invested.
Large as this sum may appear II
is yet small when compared with
the wealth created by the water
which such works have provided.
II one reckons the cost Of irrigation
works in millions he should use
billions as unit to reckon the val
ues created by the water which
they furnish. A relatively small
amount Of capital Is invested in the
pumping plants and canals Of the
Santa Ana Valley In California but
the purchase Of the citrus orchards
and other improvements which this
pumped water has created would
entail an immense outlay. The
irrigated lands Of few localities
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22
SAMUEL FORT|ER'S
IRRIGATION SPEECH
Chief of Irrigation Investiga-
tons Office of Expert
ment Station
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE
Tells of the Past, Present and
Future of Irrigation in
the Southwest.

Following is the address given
before the National Irrigation Con-
gress in Chicago, December Z, 1911,
by Samuel Fortier, Chief of lrriga-
ton investigation. Office of Expert
ment Station. U. S. Dept. of Agri-
culture:
Two branches of the United
States Government have to do with
irrigation. The Reclamation Serv-
ice operates under the Department
of the Interior in accordance with
the provisions of the Reclamation
Law of 1902. Under that law this
service provides water supplies for
Government lands and has a fund
at its disposal derived from the
sale Of the greater part Of the pub
lie land In the West. This fund is
employed in the building of canals
and structures for certain well de-
fined tracts Of land. 1t, therefore,
expends large sums on comparative
ly small areas.
Our Office, on the other, hand,
operates under the Department Of
Agriculture and receives annual
appropriations from Congress for
irrigation investigations. We cover
q very wide territory with a very
limited amount of money. Our
organization not only extends over
the whole arid and semi-arid belts
where we carry on investigations
helpful 10 The individual irrigators
Of those entire sections. but we are
also making a study Of rice irriga-
s:on II the Gulf States as well as of
supplemental irrigation in the humid
region.
Tbs statements that | shall make
II attempting 70 outline the present
stage Of development Of irrigation
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

good times we have added to the
irrigated area of the West but
$500, 900 acres. In other words, in
order to bring settlers To- the fifteen
million acres of lands which are
ready or will be- ready To b. served
by irrigation canals in the next
seven or eight years, W. will have
to procure settlers about three
times as fast as We have secured
them in the past decade.
Now, no transportation company
would be foolish enough to con.
struct railroad and make no pro-
vision for its operation and main
tenance. Is il therefore wise Tor
irrigation enterprises to provide
water supplies for land which can
not be soon be- cultivated and irrl'
gated? Four years ago when tins
Congress met in Sacramento, CaF
ifornia, and still again at its es'
sions in Spokane, Washington, ana
Pueblo, Colorado, | tried to poln'
out the large areas that were uN
reclaimed because there was no One
to plant the seed and moisten ne
soil. then urged as ! do no"
that more consideration be gwen
those features of irrigating WV"
directly concern the irrigator' W
now our duty to teach the nD
already on the land how 10"
higher returns from the a''D
already open to settlement
Throwing open new areas WIN
solve the problem. We must
onstrate increased returns "'
more intensive cultivation ''"'
methods of applying water w"
wisdom in planting and in ha'''''
ing.
The West must not place on W
industrious settler a burden g'''a'
than he can bear. Already iheps
Of land under many of the irrlS'D
enterprises is more than he Gnu
for. Raise 1t a little higher an'
will stay at home.
The value placed npon inc
lands Of the United States py w.
owners has increased III per
In ten years but the value OF '''
eleven Of the far western s''U'
increased In the same time ~ =. :
cent. Only a little more lnn's ..a
needed in some irrigation disid' =,
burst the bubble created !"
boomers. Then the ra''y"s 4, +
will be Back to the shop a's
OVER
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

once generally used, is being rapid
ly replaced by concrete and steel,
resulting in better. safer and more
permanent structures. Greater eff
forts are put forth to prevent un.
necessary waste in transmission OF
water by lining canals. The sur.
faces of fields are being better pre-.
pared to receive water and more
care and skill are being exercised in
laying out farm systems.
Among the irrigators of Western
America are to be found nearly all
classes and nationalities. Each set.
tier from another state or from q
foreign country introduces on his
farm some custom or practice com.
mon to his old environment. In this
manner we are gathering from
every corner of the globe about
irrigation. These are being tested
out under favorable climatic and
soil conditions by an intelligent PEG.
pie working under free institutions.
The result is foundation so deep
and broad that foreign scientists
and engineers are visiting America
IN ever-increasing numbers to learn
about this new practice in American
irrigation.
A FORECAST OF THE FUTURE.
have touched upon a few of the
achievements of the past but what
OF the future? The West is now
undergoing a temporary setback
ou' d stacking OF the too rapid pace
OF recent years may prove beneficial
IN the end. The rate of progress
as shall attempt to show, has not
been uniform in all directions and
1t may be well to halt the vanguard
until the stragglers in the rear
catch up the procession. II IL a
TACT that the building Of irrigation
works is far in the front and the
settlement Of irrigable lands is far
IN the rear. There are today s or
. million acres supplied with water
out unlrrigated for lack Of settlers.
4" ADDITION to those areas that
await val settlement, there are fully ten
'"''''on acres included in partially
completed projects, whose mana.
gers are looking forward to the
''me when water will be in the
canals and settlers on the land. We
naturally compare this total acre.
Sse' which is to DO opened to act.
''ement IN the next seven or eight
years y. to the rate of settlement in
'"e past decade. In ten years Of
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22
The figures given in detail are as
LANDS IRRIGATED AND FARMS Es-
TABl.ISHED.

TABl.ISHED.
! have but time to touch briefly
on the geographic distribution of
irrigation and the sections where il
is making greatest Roadway. Cal.
ifornia, and her great rival of the
Rocky Mountain region, Colorado,
are still well in the lead as regards
irrigation hut the progress of nei.
Their during the past decade has
been so rapid as that of Texas
Washington, Idaho and New Mex.
leo. The Lone Star State is in a
class by herself in this respect
Excluding the area given to rice
culture. Texas has gained 300 per
cent in irrigated area in the decade
mentioned. Washington, Idaho.
North Dakota and New Mexico have
each more than doubled in the same
time. Oklahoma stands at 96
Wyoming Sc, Montana and Oregon
n. Colorado's increase was 73 per
cent and California 66 per cent.
As water is provided for dry
land, more farms are carved out Of
the desert, the increase in the mum.
Der of farms keeping pace with the
construction of new works on one
hand and with the establishment of
new homes on the other. 1t is sur.
prising that more than one.fourtb
OF all of the irrigated farms that
have been established in the II
western states and territories be-.
tween 1899 and 1909 has been in
California. Rapid progress has
also been made by Texas, Washing.
ton. Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado.
New Mexico and Oregon, in the
order named. While the states of
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and
the Dakotas have greatly increased
their areas under irrigation, the
number Of their irrigated farms has
not increased in the past decade.
IMPROVEMENT IN IRRIGATION pRAc.
TICE.
The past decade has also witness.
ed a marked improvement in irriga.
ton practice. Lumber, which was
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-22

The past decade has also witness.
ed a marked improvement in irriUa.
ton practice. Lumber, which was
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-14

2 Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chica- go, Ill, says "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice and find it very satisfactory
 Dr. William Belmont, of Clevs- land, Ohio, says [" Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place."
 Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich, says : I prescribe your Cas- toria extensively as I have never found anything to equal it for chil- drenis troubles. am aware that there are limitations in the field, but l always see that my patients get Fletcher's."
 Dr. Charming Fl. Cook, of Saint Louis, Mo, says e have used your Castoria for several years past in my own family and have always found it thoroughly efficient and never objected to by children, which is . great consideration in view of the fact that most medi- cines of this character are obnox- ious and therefore difficult of ad- ministration. As a laxative I consider it the peer of anything shat I ever prescribed"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-14

peS<S Help cs{i| |xIst Eli the fSxsS and plaoed them in safe keeping. The foxes haHe been doing consdderable damage around there lately having killed many z tt1Flaeye on the place. There 10 no storifston, and just what will be done with them is not known.
 Holiday Hours.
 Today Good Friday and a legal holi : day; the bank will be closed all day. The postof1ice will keep regular holi- day hours, from 6.30 a. m, to 10.30 8. m. and from 5.30 p. m. to 6.30 D. m- No money orders will be issued.
 I. A. Grover was in Providence on
 Miss inez Butten is visiting her grandparents in Potter Hill.
 Entertained Great Chiefs.
 Wednesday evening Sassacus tribe, I. o. R. M, entertained the grand off cers of the state The speakers of the evening were H. J. Hopkins, grand sa- chem, of Naugatuck; F e. Oatzel, jun for sagamore; Alfred Longourie of New London, district deputy and P. J. Will son, past sachem, of New London, who spoke on the interests of the order. committee in charge was Philip J. But ten, Stanton King and J. Howard Payne.
 Auto Accident.
 Attorney Benjamin H. Hewitt, who recently purchased an automobile, met with an accident Thursday morning when near Joseph Princes store. Mir Hewitt. who had not been long learn ing to manage the wheel, tried to put on his coat, but lost control of tho wheel, and the machine ran into tele- phone pole MT. Hewitt was not much injured, but the machine was wreck, and a new pole will have to be set in the line The machine was taken to the garage.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-14
A Question of Clothes.

John Burns accepted a place in the British cabinet and when occasion re :. quired donned court dress. But Signor Bissolati, leader of the socialist party in the Italian chamber of deputies, is made of sterner stun. Because he would have to wear a uniform on state occasions he refuses to enter the cabinet
 The other day, on the royal invita- tion, Signor Bissolati called on the king and discussed the political sitha : tion. Whether on his visit to the pal ace he wore his everyday suit and a soft cap or the statesman's long dark coat and silk hat, none of his principles as a socialist were violated.
 Certain kinds of clothes in certain kinds of politics are almost as import, ant as principles. The Italian socialist is a friend of the proletariat and ab- hors the f1ummeFy of royalty. Con- vention requires that he shall believe as deyoutly in :. democratic attire as that the court chamberlain shall insist on gilt and braid as outward em- blems. Each is the slave of a fashion but royalty in Italy is am established institution and the socialists merely a. minority party; so Signor Bissolati re- mains outside the cabinet. Still, if he were less concerned about clothes he might have accomplished more in ad- vancing the political principles he ad- vocates by taking office as a member of the governme ent.--New York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-14
EASTER DAY.
How It Will Be Observed in the churches-SpeciaI Sermons and Mus ic Arranged.

Easter services in the Putnam churches will be as follows:
 At the Congregational church the customary sunrise prayer meeting will be held in the church parlors ot 6 o'clock. At the morning service the choir will sing a half hour cantata, Easter Eve and Morn, bs Stevenson, with solos for soprano, alto, baritone, tenor and bass.
 In the evening at o'clock the Bible school will give an Easter concert. Miss Harriet Brown Mrs. C. M. Let ters, Miss Marion Warren and Miss Ethel Strahan are in charge of the concert, and Miss Gertrude Hall is in charge of the decorations: The pro gramme is as follows:
 Professional, Hear the Bells; prayer by the pastor: responsive scripture; Haileluiah Christ is Risen, choir; A Little Blossom, Helen Wheaton, song, Happy Easter Day. Ruth Bartlett; Roberts Easter Bunny, GeneVieve Let ters: song. Fill the Air With Music, school: The Butterfly, Alfred Barber; song, Death is vanuuished, Mrs. Rus sells class: Do You Know? George Child; The Little April Breeze, Flora White; song. Tidings of Love. school; A Childs Thought of Jesus, Elizabeth WileeIock; song, primary class: When Easter Bells Ring, Mary Carpenter,