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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

and George Gerlinger, manager 90 -.
Dallas Lumber & Logging comnapy @ ~ 'ne
y. 9. Hayter and p AZ F;napta ;,'g 7 :,
Dallas last Sunday mornine 'os'i, on' ! lelt M
cation trip around the born !, "a 4
Newport. They will travel by t,.;p =
70 Dram. From there to Mars6fala
the Journey will be by antomnh;Va Si'
stage line. After seeing Marsbaola opI,s =,
to their hearts content tber '0,u IN,
make their way to Newport. ienend' = 4
ing ON providence aud an uncertain
schedule OF an uncertain coastw;sa
schooner. They hope to be hael, s%i;e ;e
''al,as 1., Dy the first Of September.
Clarence Veazie, of Portland. has
neen visiting his mother, Mrs Har,;at
=. Veazie, at her summer home in tbis
city. ' = 'i'is
Q. A. Spinney, of Falls citv wac .
business visitor in Dallas SATURDAY.
DR.. G. G. Polling, presiding eldey of
the Oregon conference of the United
Evangelical church, conducted tba
services Of the Evangelical church % at
Corvallis, Sunday.
Oscar Hayter and w. " Fnllar
went to Corvallis Saturday NIGHT Il
the latter's auto, where they took the
train for an over-Sunday visit at
Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Castle went to
Dayton Saturday. Mr.. Castle attend
ed a board meeting of the Fire Insur-
ance Association of Dayton. and Mrs
Castle will visit awhile with friends
there.
DR.. and Mrs. c. G. Polling and
Rev. D. A. Polling, accompanied by
their guests, the Misses Diebold, Of
Columbus, Ohio, returned Thursday
from an outing at Newport.
The Misses Tillie and Louise Die
bold, who have been visiting at tbe
home of DIR. and Mrs. c. C. Polling.
have departed for their home in Co.
lumbus, Ohio, and will visit their
brother in Canada on the way.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Returned by Sheriff.

Sheriff J. M. Grant returned from
Brownsville last Saturday with man
giving his name as Porter Tucker,
who was arrested on charge of sell
ing goods which were said to have
been stolen in Falls City some time
last winter Tucker says he was for
merly a resident of Black Rock. JUS
tice of the Peace Flower met the
sheriff here and took the prisoner to
Falls City for trial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Before 1t Is Too Late.

Have your family photographed. 1t
will yield you more satisfaction as the
years go by than anything else. Do
It now Cherrington is still in Dallas
and will make you the very finest.
Your friends will love you better if
you give them a fine photo of your
self.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Green Prunes Wanted.

= I am offering the highest mar
= ket price for green prunes in
4 large or small quantities. Must be
Z picked by stem from the trees
: and delivered at Soehren IS ware
: house. Also want pears Bart
: let's or late varieties; must be
I free from scab, etc. For further
+ information, address immedi-
+ ately, w N. Sayre, Box 298,
! Dallas. 88tf
= %%-e++#*+%%%*@++++ = = -
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
PERSONAL MENTION

M. John r Gibbs, q
NJ. aga ri pi'H Dakota, are in the city
rs, sG'''l' ,ar @iibbs sister, Mrs, Frank
iting y ;ntend to locate here.
arls' alla ,.,aer. ' master mechanic Of
81 &c t'e''I|iIl FaIls City & Western rail e !
Salem 4 Portland on business Fri
cu,ith. mill foreman Of the
IN. : Lumber sIpI & Logging company ,.pon;io,, !
as '"' A. ten-days vacation
E'Gl i ~ wiII spend in Washington
7'a,ting ~ Il various lumber man''iac-
.ug planls' /, town Saturday,
! ;os for hop-picking.
'lll,',a ~ lister, Mrs. George T. Hop
cmitb. real estate dealer OF
I'M, :, was in the city Saturday
bnsl,,sdS' a"d Mrs. H. G. Campbell and
NJ "a I'm Ms. D. y. Young have re-
E.ad 'l'p from a vacation outing at the
'aIs '''g1 IF siletz bay. p.o,,.. /. !
Y. ~ and Mrs. Joseph l.. Brown are
y srom So several weeks vacation at
b sart w. where they had a very
,sA''' G. VanOrsdel, Mrs. G. l..
~ n sGss Pauline VanQrsdel and
h Eas, Il VanOrsdal returned from
FAN, ayt Friday afternoon, where
n, have been enjoying the delight
\ ,0ast weather !,
'Pp'I + Flower, the Falls City lawyer,
/ !" n Dallas on legal business Satur-
.,,op /. Wright came home Fri
'v;s ;sbt from an extended stay at
N "a and Mrs. w. j. Kaerth, who
4, been enjoying an outing at New
Il J Ieft there last Thursday for
|e,ia. where they will visit the
They expect to reach
IN this week
III and Mrs. w. H. Boals have re-
Iii II, from Newport, where they
\ Seen during the past month.
\, and Mrs. Lee Crider returned
.aav from three-weeks' outing at
Erpltor S. Irvine went to Newport
sardav for a few days outing.
B;sree Riggs, prominent farmer
hon grower of Polk county, is at
<ope Grove taking treatment in a
'iIarium there, for nervous trouble.
/ 4. Morris, the jeweler, went to
stland this morning on business.
/ arl Williams, travelling represent
h Of the Carl Gerlinger Flange
Edeator company, of this city, re-
hed Yesterday from a week 8 So
bn in Portland.
N (Iborke, of the Observer me-
1nical department, and his brother
4 spent Sunday in Black Rock.
HS' Oliver Johnson, of Wren, has
4 visiting her sister, Mrs. Jane
Hi, and Mrs. Mary e. Hallock.
h and Mrs. w. l.. Soehren re-
he'd Sunday from Newport, where
4 have been enjoying the salt sea
NJ and Mrs. Fl. p. Shriver were
bHllsboro over Sunday, visiting
b daughter, Mrs. r. ID. Jennings,
i Of the Southern Pacific Compa-
/ agent there.
h. and Mrs. George Mans, who
Ned at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Stefy have returned to their
BE IN Portland.
|onnty Judge Coad and Commits
Ia Petre made a visit to the
hty rock crusher in Willamina last
ES H. D. Brunk and her daughter
4, Of Independence, were Sunday
|toB at the home of her sister,
/ l. A. Dickinson.
NayOr and Mrs. j. R. Craven ex-
TO leave today for a vacation trip
Portland and to the Centennial at
|aa.
|r and Mrs. Mark Hayter have re-
bed from visit to Newport.
u and Mrs. L. Gerlinger, of Port
arrived Friday and have been
BIS at the homes of Louis Gerlin-
Jr, general manager of the Sa-
Falls City & Western railway,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

Of DIR. Bells Antiseptic Salve to do
what we claim. Try it for ulcers,
boils, running sores, letter ringworm,
eczema, salt rheum, fever sores, cuts,
bruises, pimples, black heads, chaps,
felons, burns or any skin disease. 25e.
a box.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

People with children should keep z
hottie Of DR.. Bells Pine-Iar-honey
- band AT al times. Group Is worse
ii niobt when It Is sometimes hard to
1brsieian. Look for the bell 1n The
bottle.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
DIR. Rell,s Pine. Tar Honey

Is the best for coughs, colds, Group
grip, whooping cough, bronchitis
asthma, and all throat and bronchial
troubles. Sold everywhere; look for
the bell on the bottle.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Baptist Church Services.

Rev. A. N. Jacquemin, Of Los Ange-
les, who has been in the city several
days, will preach at the Baptist
church Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, August 90 and "a. The
general public is cordially invited to
attend.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Open Next Month.

FALLS CITY, Aug. 22.-The
schools will open September 25. The
teaching force has been increased to
nine by the addition of an assistant
nrincipal
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

Big lot s0xI5O feet, seven blocks
from court house; price f225.oo; VIII
.sl an InstalIments. II desired.
Id. BROWN
sis-s22
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

The Farmers Fire Relief Associa-
ton of Butteville, Oregon; ]. d. Winn'
agent, Buena Vista. oregon. II
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

= roard and room IN strictly =
= .~irate family wanted ~ man. ?
= berinning about September l. =
= ssfre-- with parficuiars y. =
. care Ohserrer-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

Oscar Hayter. lawyer. Rooms 5 and
s. Ugiow Building
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

Is desirable. Dr.. Bells AntiseptiC
Salve is. a creamy snow white oint-
ment and guaranteed for all skin dis
eases, such as eczema, salt rheum
chaps, etc. 25c.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

1t was a beaut',
But stolen fruit
Is often quite deceiving;
The things it did
TO that poor kid,
Is why the Doctors leaving.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
Group

Brown 4 smiley. Attorneys. Notary
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
That Pear.

A big ripe pear
Was hanging where
A little boy could spy it.
And now that pear
Amt hanging there,
Nor did that small boy buy it.
-Medford Mail
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22

In the Circuit Court Of the State of
Oregon for the County of Polk.
G.. Floyd Boughton, Plaintiff,
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
Unreliable PhysIoanomx.

am profound disbeliever in phys
iognomy. Features are false wit
nesses. Stupidity frequently wears a
mask of intelligence. know bust
hess men who look like poets and
poets who look like business men.
Men Of genius invariably look like
idiots. and II you pick out the man
who looks most eminent in party
you are sure to find he is nobody.
l always distrust men who look mag
nificent. Nature is a stingy creature.
She seldom gives a man the double
gift of being great and looking great.
She took care to lame Byron and de-
form Pope and disfigure johnson. Bht
the browning example of her jealous
parsimony is Shakespeare. have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes
peare's face. 1t does not live up to
his poetry. 1t is dull. heavy and COM
monplace.-Adventures in London.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
WEST ERIN

Mrs Ella Wilson has been elected
mayor of HONEYWELL. Kans.
Fire in Gore City, Kans., burned
several business buildings, causing
loss estimated at $4,000.
The value of the stocks and bonds
stolen recently from Mrs. s. B. Ar
mour in Kansas City was Sl50.000 in
stead of 100000, asoriginally reported.
George w. Mcmillan, one of the best
known football players on the Pacific
coast, was run over and almost in
stantly killed by freight train in
front of his grain warehouse in Port
land, Ore.
A war of determination that will
turn Mexico into a vast burial ground
is believed imminent following the
positive statement by Madero, provi-
sional president of Mexico, that the in
surgents will never lay down their
arms until their demands are granted.
Three million persons are starving
in northern, Anhwei and northern
Kiangsu, China, according to letter
written by John C. Ferguson, chair
man of the Central China Relief Fund
executive committee, to the Shanghai
Mercury in Seattle, under date OF
March 5th.
Announcement was made by the
school land department that 1,535,S62
acres of school land would be sold in
Oklahoma beginning June 23rd. Pur-
chasers may buy as many sections as
they can pay for Heretofore not
more than quarter section has been
sold to one man.
That the Mexican government has
the revolution well in hand is the be-
lief of Major r. L. Hirst, formerly
chief of staff of the Department of
Colorado, who returned to Denver
from the frontier, where he has been
stationed for several months with the
United States troops.
Driven temporarily insane by mar
tial troubles and suffering from an in
jury due to fall with his horse early
in the winter. Cliff Roots, cowboy
and freighter residing about forty
miles north of here. ran amuck with
rope and six shooter and after kill
ing his young bride of few weeks,
her brother, Andy Render, his own
stepson, James Bridges and his wife's
sister. Mrs. w. S. Thompson, COM
mitted suicide.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
GEN ERAL.

The latest thing in st. Louis is a
suffragette shining studio.
Commander Edward B. Latch, o. S.
N, retired. died at his home in
Merton, Pa.
large part of the business sec.
ton of Dalton. Ca, was swept by fire.
The loss is estimated at $275,OOO
The Republican ticket was elected
by a safe H. ,rity in Michigan, but
it iE difficult to estimate the ma
jority.
Chicago is to have a new trust
combination of the theater ticket
scalpers, who have stations in all the
hotels.
A shortage of $500 has been re.
ported in the Wholesale stamped en-
velope department of the Chicago
postoffice.
AS the result of two recent mine ex-
rlosions. one near Scranton, Pa, and
the other near Birmingham, Ala, 1911
men are dead.
By the explosion of kerosene stove
six children and their mother, Mrs.
Luddie Pototil. were fatally burned in
a suburb of Chicago.
The total surplus freight cars in the
country March 29th was 1927, a de.
crease of 1870 since March 18th, &C.
cording to the Railway Association.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
MEx-JAP TREATY
IS ALL B0SH.
PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES STATE
MENT ALPHABETICALLY DENY
ING THE STORY.
WAS ONLY PREPARING
WANTED CONGRESS TO TAKE
CHARGE OF SITUATION WITH
PREPARATIONS MADE.

Washington-Preside Taft moved
swiftly to squelch the latest Japanese
war scare story. Incidentally a num-
Der OF the Senate Committee on for
eign relations revealed some of the
reasons which the President has CIV
en- that committee and the House
committee on foreign affairs Tor the
mobilization of troops on the Texas
border.
Through Senator Burton of Ohio.
the President made an emphatic de-
NAL of the report from Mexico City
that proposed treaty between Japan
and Mexico caused the movement of
troops to Texas.
1.-THE President authorized me-"
said Senator Burton, ito deny in most
emphatic terms the story from Mex
leo City about secret treaty between
Mexico and Japan. There is not one
word Of truth in it,"
Senator Bacon of Georgia, ranking
minority member of the foreign re-
lations committee. after "a talk with
the President. declared that Mr.. Taft
was surprised and indignant at the re-
ports duplicating Japan and Mexico.
You can put the whole story down
as absurd" said Senator Bacon. THE
President has talked to me and to
other members of the committee and
explained the reasons for sending the
troops south. There was danger of
widespread revolution and perhaps
anarchy in Mexico. The President
acted quickly and decjsiveIy He be-
lieved that the aSmy should be on the
border ready for any contingency
when Congress met"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
Minor Mention.

The cost of the recent election in
Pueblo is $4,000.
John Arms, aged 30, is the Oldest
citizen in Weld county.
David Koontz. a Colorado pioneer,
died at Ault recently.
Greeley potatoes have advanced to
.s1.30 per 100 pounds.
branch of the Boy Scouts has been
organized at Fort Collins.
Some smudging has been done in the
Grand Junction fruit belt.
Backed by the Commercial Club, a
band has been organized at Eaton.
A resort in Telluride known as the
big Swede" has been destroyed by
fire.
By the accidental discharge of his
gun Fred Nutshell of Ault was fatally
injured.
All Rio Grande engineers are to. get
raise of wages amounting to nine
per cent.
Robert Archibald of Trinidad, C.
F. & 1. superintendent at Sopris, died
in Pueblo.
Sanitary drinking cups have been
placed in all public schools in Colo
RADIO Springs.
The majority of farmers who fed
sheep the past winter lost so cents to
s1.00 head
Contracts for 1900 acres of beets
have been. signed for the Fort Collins
sugar factory.
The first Catholic church edifice to
be built in eastern Colorado has been
dedicated at Brush.
improvements of public utilities,
which represents an outlay of s25O,O0O
are being planned at Boulder.
Arrangements are practically COM
plete for the annual Chautauqua at
Greeley from July sth to 18th.
Caught under tons of falling rock in
the Baum mine, at Frederick, s. Nor
nanz, a Bulgarian, was instantly killed.
Large and enthusiastic crowds at
tended the Religious Educational AS
sociation's annual conference in Gree
ley.
Wednesday, April 26th. has been de-
cided upon as the date for the dedica-
ton of the new Masonic temple at
Trinidad
Boulder wants to be included in the
list of Colorado common points to
which tourist tickets may be sold from
the East.
Palisades holds the record in the
United States for gain in percentage
of population in the 1910 census. The
gain in ten years was over 5000 per
cent.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
Ria Irrigation Project.

Greeley.-Work on the plains sys-
tenn of the Greeley-Poudre irrigation
district from MeGrew reservoir to the
Poudre valley ditch, embracing six
reservoirs and numerous bitches, will
begin at once, with a double force and
continue without interruption until the
system is completed. While crews
have been employed on the Dover res
ervoir and the main laterals of the
system during the last two months,
matters pending have been adjusted
SO that all contractors will push the
work together. 1t is understood plenty
of money is on hand to complete the
system which will bring water to
$4,000 acres of Weld county land.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
FOREIGN.

The government troops after stub
born fighting, have defeated the Arap
rebels near Sanaa, in Yemen, killing
more than 100.
In the House of Commons in London
it became known that the British gov
eminent contemplates asking the
United States to grant to Great Brit.
ain the same concessions contained in
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
The boring of the $15,0OO,O0o tunnel
through the Alps under the Lotsch.
berg, in the Swiss canton of Oberland,
finished recently, is a work which
will shorten the railway journey from
Italy to London from two to three
hours.
Information received at the Quirinal
indicates that $4,000 Albanians are al
ready in revolt and that 10000 more
are preparing to take the field. Mon.
tenegro and Bulgaria are said to be
encouraging the rebels with the idea
of making reprisals against Turkey.
Eighty-three wounded and num-
Der of prisoners taken by the federals
at Casas Grandes have been brought
into Juarez. The wounded lay prone
in boxcars. but were well cared for
by the escort. which numbered about
900.
What is believed to be the highest
price ever paid for antique china was
paid at the Hotel Drouot. In London,
for a soup plate of old Faience of
Deruta. which fetched $14,400.
A declaration that all talk of peace
in Mexico is futile so long as Presi-
dent Diaz refuses to resign and thai
the recent cabinet changes have
served only to convince the insurrec-
tos of their ultimate success, was
made by Francisco l. Madero. the pro-
visional president. in an interview in
his camp.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14

Pierce wants to form a union High
School to be composed of the Pierce,
Collins, Olive Branch and Harrison
districts.
Bert Hanna is at Leadville hospital
with a bullet through his jaw and
Frank Dutro is in jail. charged with
the shooting.
While riding to R. H. fuckers sheep
ranch, about three miles from Glen
wood Springs, Lee Elrod was shot at
by an unidentified person.
Paris green is being shipped into
northern Colorado by the carload in
the anticipation OF the big matches of
grasshoppers this spring.
The northern Colorado interscholas-
tic track meet will again be held in
Greeley this year. The date decided
upon for the meet is April 18th.
The new county of Moffat, created
from the western two-thirds of Routt
county by act of the Eighteenth Gen.
eral Assembly, is in full swing.
More than 100000 fruit trees have
been set out in Pueblo county this
year and fully as many more Will be
set out before the season is ended.
The county commissioners have or
dered the construction of bridge at
Clifton to cost $4,000. contingent on
an appropriation from the state Legis-
lature.
Tuesday evening. April 18th. the I'M
proved Order of Red Men will give
demonstration and street parade in
Denver, . which will be characteristic
of the aborigines.
Chief Postoffice Inspector w. E.
Cochran received notice at Denver
that the postoffice at Crestone, in
Saguache county, was destroyed by
fire. The postmaster wired that he
saved all the mail and stamps.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany has placed an order for $4,000
tons of steel rails with the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company, and the entire
tonnage will be turned out at the Min
nequa works of the company in
Pueblo.
The State Board of Coal Mine Exam
liners announced the result of the ex-
aminations held for applicants for the
position of coal mine inspector. Those
who passed the examination were
James Dairymple, Frank N. Oberding.
James Wilson and George Mcfarland.
Twenty-one carloads of fine sheep,
have been gathered from the north
epn part of the state and made up at
Fort Collins sent to the eastern
market.
According to prominent orchardists
of the Western Slope, the fruit, with
the exception of few apricots, has
not been damaged by recent cold
weather.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14

Orson w. Hayward, 1O1 years, IS
days, Waterbury. Conn.,, oldest resi-
dent, is dead.
AS a result of a suicide pact, S.
L. DANA, Spaniard, 81 years old, and
Eva Bovee, his young adopted daugh-
ter, lie at the county hospital in Los
Angeles, in critical condition.
Ellis Wainwright, millionaire st.
Louis brewer, who was indicted in
1902 in the Doodle crusade of Governor
Folk and since then has remained in
exile in Paris, has appeared in court
and surrendered at st. Louis.
An Iron Mountain passenger train
was boarded within the city limits of
st. Louis by an armed and masked
robber, who held up the white steward
on the dining car, four negro walters
and negro chef. The robber did not
get more than $40.
Inspector p. d. O'Brien announced
he had discovered a plot to kill every
leader of the United Association of
Steamfitters and Plumbers in Chicago,
in war that already had been marked
by several pistol battles and two muir
ders.
One of the most serious mine disas-
tiers which has ever visited that sec
tion of the mining country occurred at
the little village of Throop, a short
distance from Scranton, Pa, when be-
tween fifty and sixty men and boys
lost their lives.
h. eynt re,-r,r, s.v,t
in its fight to drive out of Chicago a
ring of Italian blackmailers known as
members of the Black Hand and said
by the police to be responsible for
nearly fifty dynamite outrages and
many murders.
In driving the last interlocking steel
piles of the last of the twenty caissons
forming the inclosing wall of the huge
cofferdam. surrounding the wreck of
the battleship Maine, at Havana, the
first stage in the work of removing the
shattered remains of the warship has
been concluded.
Intense feeling against the negroes
of the town was evident among the
whites at Laurel. Del, following the
recent outbreak, when a party of des-
perate blacks shot up the town, kill
ing one man, and wounding several.
and further trouble is feared.
Sixty-six babies from the New York
Founding hospital left in special car
on their journey to as many childless
homes in the West and the Southwest
Some will be taken to homes in Kan.
sas and the Middle West; the others
will fill cradles now vacant in Arkan.
sas, Oklahoma. Louisiana and Texas.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-14
La pIata's New irrigation scheme

Durango.-Dr. B. l.. jefferson, reg
lister of the State Land Board. has or
dered the segregation of 10000 acres
of state land in La Plata county at
the request of the Interstate Irrigation
Company. This company intends to
begin the construction of s1.000,000
irrigation project that will reclaim this
large tract Of land. 1t is planned to
put water from the Animas river on
this land. The company is said to be
backed by Eastern capital and to have
ample means to complete the big un-
dertaking.