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Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15
OF WATER STOCK

" A resident of Orange county, who
has hslt enough water stock for his
xaLlay land and who must make final
sg'asEs In April, asks the Press whether
se should buy water stock. This Jour-
nss does not undertake to solve the
huzncial or industrial problems of its
RxSers, but this is question that has
lsonge home to many landowners, and
II is best to state the fact very plain
z Ezxt it is apt to be year or two
Azszss the irrigation district will be
Rs working shape. There is a bill be-
fszr che legislature, however, which
scu5abty will be passed, requiring all
DnssSc service water companies to
ssrEe all land adjacent to its bitches
NJ zue lowest price charged any user
nj water for similar service. Should
this Bill become law, as it probably
NIu, all land in the valley within ac-
Iaas TO the bitches will have right
90 Remand water at 80 cents an acre
fo0e- regardless of water stock. This
Inv puts in statutory form the deci-
ssou of Judge Hutton in the Thayer
zse
The passing of this law will make it
imperative TO rush to completion the
of the district, to place
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

engine capacity of pumping plants was
1913, $50 horsepower. The acreage irri-
gated with pumped water was 800, 9,134
acres Flowing wells supplied water
to 55,S1S acres.
The total cost of irrigation systems
reported in 1910 was $72,445,669,
against $19, ,1S1 $40 in 1899, an. increase
of $53,264,0 ,059, or 277.7 per cent. The
average cost per acre was $4,000 in
1910, against $13.26 in 1899, an in
crease of $6,76, or 81 per cent. The
average cost of operation and mainte-
nance per acre in 1909 was $1.54.
Distribution by Type of Enterprise and
by Source of Supply.
The acreage irrigated in 1909 has
been classified according to the state
and federal laws under which the
works were built or are operated, as
follows: United States Reclamation
Service (act of congress June Il,
1902, 400 acres, or less than l per
cent of the total; United States Indian
Service various acts of congress),
3,490 acres, or OIL per cent of the to-
tai; irrigation districts, 1873 acres,
or 65 per cent; cooperative enter
prises, 779,020 acres, or 29.2 per cent;
commercial enSerprises, 1926 acres,
or % per cent; and individual and
Partnership enterprises, 961,136 acres,
or 361 per cent. United States Re-
clamation Service works are to be
turned over to the water users for op-
GRAFTON and maintenance as soon as
they are paid for. Including these, Iii
per cent of the acreage Irrigated in
1909 was supplied by works controlled
by the water users.
Streams supplied 2,265,032 acres, or
So per cent OF the total acreage irri-
gated in 1909; lakes supplied 1910
acres, or o. per cent; wells supplied
332, Alb acres, or 12.5 per cent: springs
supplied 81, ,779 acres, or 1.2 per cent;
and reservoirs supplied 16,410 acres,
or 0.6 per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

a limit on the acreage which will have
to be served from the canals.
A few days will determine whether
this bill is to become law, and should
it be enacted it would be difficult to
find any value in water stock aside
from the physical value of the distrib-
uting systems of the respective mutual
water company.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15
PARTIES WISHING STORAGE
SPACE.

We have leased the large sheet iron
warehouse formerly occupied by the
Hamilton Supply Co., and are prepared
to handle any and all kinds of storage
business. See Pioneer Transfer Co.,
at Office on 5th, just north of Main.
Phone Main l.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

Everybody smiles when there's box of
Merriman's Chocolates around. John E.
Davis, druggist. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

g,ressmaking and sewing of all kinds.
loom 10. over h Ceutro Bank. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

Anything in mems wear for Christ
mas presents at Hartigan FISHERS,
fer Christmas presents. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

Anything in mems wear for Christ
mas presents at Hartigan & Fishers.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15
Extra Xmas Special, Apiece

Dinner Set, neatly decorated
patterns, well worth $3.50, for
$500.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15
$3.50 WATER SETS

$3.50 Water Sets, beautifully
decorated and considered a
bargain at $3.50, on sale Dec.
18th and 18th for Sl.G5.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-15

Tree Decorations, closing them
out at cost.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
GOOD WINTERS WORK

People have such short memories.
They forgeI that every time the
Legislature meets it is called fool
Legislature. They forget that Two
years ago and four years ago and
six years ago, the people reading
the daily proceedings of the Legs
laure were impressed with the fact
that they had the most elaborate set
of iackasses for draft and general
purposes ever shown In Kans s'S
Legislature. Yet, when the sum f
the work of each of these Legislatures
is made up, it appears that they
have really done number Of
excellent things, and have refused
to do lager number of foolish
things, and have behaved the e.aselves
considering everything, with about
the average common sense of the
average man. The Legislature just
adjourned is like its predecessors.
Ga the whole, it has done good
winters work.-Emporia GazetIe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
WE ARE GLAD TO GET HOME AGAIN

After two months spenti in Topeka
among the law makers we are glad
to be at home again among our
friends and neigbbors and at our
desk and the old familiar grind.
Our experience at Topeka was
altogether new to us and we must
say was agreeable, though the long
hours and hard work of the session
were somewhat strenuous. Any
man who thinks a legislator has an
easy snap, on the suppositlon that
said legislator is Conscientious and
wiling to do his part, is off his
reckoning. Yet, there used to be
members Of legislatures in the long
ago who made of the session a regu
lar debauch.
The recently deceased body was
said by Capital habtues TO be a
good averge body, and really think
they succeeded in adjoining with
out doing the state any serious hahn.
A few very Saturday laws were
passed and not many foolish or
freak ones. Many foolish bills died
in committees. Many old laws were
amended and fixed up to be more ser
viceabe.
There were intro 1uced ia The
house over a thousand bills and
nearly as many in the senate tha
had to be thrcshed out. read and
amended unless killed by the com.
mittee to which they were assigned.
A good many of the senate bills were
duplicates of house bills and which
ever got through first was substtu-
ted in the other house.
Some of the bright men Of the
state were members of the house.
Almost ali lines of business and
every profession was represented,
farmers predomlnating. There were
some bright farmers and stockmen
lhsre who were able to kold their
own in legislative councils with the
best Of them.
Logan County was represented by
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
ARE YOU EDUCATED?

Educated is not book learning.
The educated man is the useful man.
Education, therefore, is preparation
for efficient citizenship. Efficient
citizenship means, first, the desire
on the part of the individual to per
form we'll his part of the worlds
work, and second, the ability on the
part G. f the individual to live by the
fruits of his own labor.
Education is not luxury, it is a
necessity. Education is not meant
to teach one TO live without work,
but its purpose is to teach how to do
things more economically and intel
Iigently. An educated person for
gets disagreeable things, never has
nervous "spells" and is always mas
ter of the art of saying pleasant
things.
The well educated man does not
expect to be always served, but is
ever ready and willing to do service,
is not wholly dissatisfied with the
work he rs doing, nor does he be
lieve that the world is all wicked
and unkind. An educated man is
sympathetic, kind, congenial, and
never forgets that kind word and
a smile are the cheapest, yet the
most priceless treasures. The life
of an educated man or woman can
be measured by the "golden rule"
and it comes up to this standard.
Are you educateiP
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
new VIEW OF SUNDAY REST

Rev. DR.. Lchlter is a man OF
brilliant parts and of Infinite re-
source. He has said some things
of deeply peuetrative quality, but
none, we believe, more practical
than an observation i'll his sermon
of Sunday last. He was urging an
abatement of the old PuSitanical
rigors of Sunday observance. H :
thonght that laying too much stress
upon prol ibition Of all Sunday
amuSements reacts against the
church in day of wider demands
than existed in Colonial days and
for many years following.I He
feared that the church will suffer in
influence for real good If il is n
expend its energies IN needIeSsly
arousing antagonisms among ele-
ments IN which it must seek TO
strengthen itself.
He look I'd with federation upon
Sunday baseball and other innocent
sports and pastimes, and he hailed
the Saturday afternoon half holiday
as an effective ally toward reducing
Sunday attendance at evil places
and perhaps increasing the attend
ance at church services. His view,
on this point, as we find him quoted,
is positively Illuminating "If half
days liber y is granted the average
individual" be SAID, "nine times
out of he will exhaust his
physical exuberance in that space
of time and spend Sunday in
much milder manner" He urged
employers to regard the Saturday
afternoon half holiday as a better
time for the men to work oft their
"physical exubefance" and have all
of Sunday in which to recover,
t1an to make Monday the day
necessary for their recovery. "The
half holiday would repay the en-
ployer amply" said he, "by the
increased vitality and energy of the
VINO would be fresh in
body and mind on M onday. Globe
Democrat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
VETOED INHERITANCE lax LAW

The Governor is using his veto
prerogative quite eff ctively ON the
bills passed by the legislature. He
has just vetoed the inheritance tax
law, leaving the old law asit was.
He has likewise vet )ed the single
board bill for the educational lusti
tutlons. We think be acted very
wisely in this last veto.
We were very much opposed to
that bill aud thiuk it would have
been a very severe blow to our big
institutions of learning. Before pas
sing on the bill, the Governorconsulted
with many of the leading educators of
the country and found sentiment to be
very much against the measure.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY

The newspapers have a good dea
TO say of late on the question O
canadian reciprocity. We have
refrained from discussing the matter
because we never thought the
Democratic free trade ideas of the
President would be considered
seriously.
But now that there is probability
that the measure will become active,
we wish to suggest, that in our
opinion, the farmer will be the one
most hurt by the new plan. We
thihk this may be good object
lesson to the people on free trade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
AMER ERLCA IN The BREACH

AltruiSm in d nation is hard fol
the Old World countries to under
stand. On this account there are
intimations in the London, Paris
and Berlin press that the United
States military demonstration in
Texas aims at further acquisition oi
territory? 1t is significant, however
that Mexico, which is nearer at
hand, and which has direct IN
terest in the movement, has no
such suspicion. Her statesmen,
from Ambassador De la Barra
Foreign Minister Creel and Finance
Minister down, say that they take
our governments explanation at it,
face value. American diplomacy
may not be so astute as that of some
of the European and Asatic
countries, but it means what 1t says
every time. The words which ii
uses generally meet the old Roman
grammarian'S test In that they AIRY
their import on their face, and can
not be made to tell any other story
than that which their author COM
missions them to tell.
Europe's statesmen ought to
know that the United States often,
as a nation, does things that benefit
Others more than they do ourselves.
When, in 1898, Monroe issued his
hands off the American continent
warning to the Holy Alliance he
placed a dozen Latin American
countries on the map, and we have
kept them there ever since. France
and England asked the United
States in 1852 to join with them in
promising not to attempt the con
quest of Cuba, and to discounte- !
nance such an attempt if made by
any other nation, but Flllmore's
secretary of State, Edward Everett,
promptly disclaimed aLy intention
Of conquest on our part, and also
them that the fate of Cuba
vas an American question solelv.
in which our government would
resent any foreign interference
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
ITALYS FIFTY YEARS

On Tuesday of this week the TIA
liam ambassador at Washington in
formed the State Department thaI
his country as united nation was
just fifty years of age, and The State
Department, speaking for the Amer
ican people as well as their govern
ment, sent its congratulations to
Rome. That city, however, was
not the ca pitaI city fifty years ago,
and did not become the capital un-
til nine yeaIs later. Turin was The
seat of government when Italy
ceased 10 be what Metternich, at
the Congress of Vienna, called a
"mere geographical expression" and
be ame great nati.n.
March IA, 1861, was a great date
mark in the history Of Sardinia,
L ,mbardy, Sicily, Parma, Modena,
the Romagna and other adjoining
provinces. On that day the first
Italiaa Parliament met, and three
davs later it chose Victor Emmanuel
H., the Sandman monarch, the first
king of United Italy. The I'm
tied States promptly extended re-
cognition, and George P. Marsh
was sent by Lincoln to the Italian
court, and he represented US there
for more than twenty years or
until the middle of the Arthur ad-
ministration. The FIVE great ma
tions of Europs-England, France,
Russia, Austria and Prussia-were
increased to six with the advent of
Italy in 1861. And in the wars of
1901 France became republic,
Prussia went to the head ofthe newly
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17

Rev. Williams. (now stock man)
the same Williams who several years
agc, held a big evangelistic meeting
ir Chanute.
1t was both entertaining and
. fable to one in contact with
and brush up against soma of the
brightest lawyers of the state, and
realize that in the final vote we cut
just as much ice as they did.
Hines, a former school teacher
Of Morehead, represented one of
the western countieg and Mr.. Parker,
who in the early day lived over in
Wilson county, in the Shirley neigh
hood, was one ofthe representatives
from Leavenworth county.
Mr.. Parker was cur seat mate and
we learned to appreciate him very
much We believe the legislature
was entirely clean as to money
being used 10 influence votes.
If there was any Doodle going
around. we failed to get our share.
There was a great effort at combin
alton TO force lot of new normal
schools onto the state. and consider
able swapping in that line but all
the schemes in that line failed, as
they should.
1t was these combines that gave
rise to the pork barrel talk. We
managed to live through the ses ion
on the salary and only had to draw
on home once, that was for money
to get home on.
We were honored by being giver
place on the Ways and Means
committee, which is the mos
important committee of the hous
Ii entailed an immense amount ol
work and kept us from many
sessions Of the house. This com
mlttee passes on all appropriation
bills, and has more power in keeping
expenses down than any othei
a5ency in the house. 1t was good
committee and it seems to me. did
its work we'll.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
Drug Store Wall Paper House. Barn and Carriage Pa

created German Empire, ana Italy
gained the States of The Church and
removed its capital from Turin to
Rome.
For more than one reason Ameri'
cans have a latee interest in the ca
reer of Italy. The araest single IN
gredlent OF our imm grafton comes
from that country, and most Of y
readily merges itself into the mass
of the citizenship. The Mafa, and
other cults Of lawlessness form a
very small part of the great body of
Italians who come to US. Most OF
them are industrious and order low
ing people, who make valuable
element of the American composite.
Moreover, despite the heavy exodus
to the United States and the rest of
the world every year, the population
of Italy grows with considerable
speed. Exclusive of her colonies
Italy has &C, 600, ,ooo of eoplt, as
compared with "a, 900, 900 for the
same territory in 1861. For an Old
World nation this is a fair rate of
increase. The country of Victor
Emmanuel III. deserves all the fe
lcitatons which the peoples of the
world sent to it on March ID
Globe Democrat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
!. j. DOnham Dead

l. ]. DJnham died at his home l00t
South Forest avenue last Thursday
caused from complication OF
diseases. among them heart trouble
and brighJ's disease.
The funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Christian church, conducted by
the pastor, Elder NJ. NJ. Berkeley, af-
ter which the remains were inferred
iD Elmwsod.
Mr.. DOnham was II years old. He
had lived Ia Chanute for the past i've
years. He is survived by widow and
six children.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
REGULATION OF DIVORCE

The need for uniform divorce laws
is typically illustrated in the case of
man arrested in Kansas Guy the
other day and turneG over to Kan
sas authorities because he had not
paid the costs in divorce case
which had been decided against
him; this failure, under the Kansas
law, invalidating the divorce and
making the subsequent marriage il
legal. Entirely apart from the
merits Of this particular case. it
clearly points ont the wisdom of the
movement for uniformity ia the
statutes governing divolce. The
whole problem could be solved most
easily, perhaps, by making divorce
federal q estion-which it is a
matter of fact, touching the inter
ests Of all the people. Federal laws
safeguarding the sanctity of the
marriage .e.ation, neitLer too rigid
nor too lax, would cure many of ths
most hogrant evils Of divorce con
ditlons in this country. They would
at least eliminate the absurdi,y Of a
marriage or a divorce beng legal in
enc state and illegal III anu,her
stat5-a crude survival of states
rights that ought to have gone when
state sovereignty was eliminated.
II marriage and divorce were
purely state matters, there would be
less reasoD-in fact, none at all
for arguing for federal regulation,
though there would be little hope of
uniformity under such conditions.
Any idea that the legislatures of all
the states could agree upon identical
provisions in marriage and divorce
laws is cMmerlcal. But this fact
does not make present conditions
any more reasonable. Bigamy is
too serious a matter to depend upon
whether few dollars of court costs
had been paid or left unpaid, and
the rights of injured wives or hus-
bands and those of wholly innocent
children are too fundamental to be
kicked about the court dockets of
crazy quilt state legislation The
man wuo breaks into postoffice in
Louisiana is held to the same strict
account as the man who commits
the same offence in Minnesota.
Does this offense strike deeper So
the institutions Of government or
touch more universal rights than the
offenses against the marriage reia-
tion, which are misdemeanors ia
one state, crimes in another and pos
sibIy not offenses at all in otners?-
Kansas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
NO INVASION

It's not even probable that the
mobilization of Uncle Sans forces
along the Mexican border means an
invasion of that country. Il seemed
an imperative necessity that the
border be thoroughly proieclei
from the forays of armed baGds
either way.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-03-17
THAT CHARuTE BATTLE

The Tribune is out with scare
lire headed "The battle of Cha
mute" The possibilities of this
battle are rather remote to cause
any loss of sleep by our citizens.
We do not anticipate that Japan has
any desire for col flct at the
present time at least.
Should the time ever come when
the United States is called upon TO
humlliate that haughy little empire,
the danger of any invasion of
this couatry is very remote.
Should an invasion be made, we
don't think the hostile forces could
be got very far inland. So really
don't think we need worry yet about
the japanese battle In Chanute.
Our battle amorg ourselves is of far
more importance just now, than the
danger of an invasion by foreign
foe.
Ii is about time for the internal
strife to cease and the citizens take
hold as one man and make a united
effort to get our beautiful little city
to moving upward and onward again
instead of beng torn and distracted
by internal strife. We have the
environment and the internal ele-
ments of city twice our present
size if we but work together to that
end. We had better all work
together to build one another up
and build on what we have, than to
try to succeed by tearing someone
else down. The success of any
man who is doing legitimate
business IN our city is benefit to
all the rest. A united effort in
advertising the town and its wares
in the country for IS miles around
would bring great results.
The department stores and mail
order houses that are getting annu-
ally many thousands of dollars Of
tr de that belongs to this town,
could be roufed by little harm on
ious action among the merchants in
the line OF advertising.
Goods can be sold here as cheap
as they can in Chicago and save the
freight, and they wou. as rule,
prefer to buy. at home, but they
must be shown. Oae man cannot
stand the expense, it must be the
united effort of all. Why not
develope the hint and give it fair
trial.
Other towns will take it up and
soon we need not be troubled by
mail orders.