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are common knowledge. During the recent excavations in Mesopotamia some remarkable irrigation products nave been discovered showing that the people of that period were well up on that subject. So, 1t will be seen that the greatest nations of the ancient world maintained dominion Tor centuries in a practically rainless iand and raised crops equal to their needs by the system of irrigation.
 Even in our own land irrigation is older than tradition. Evidences of it are found in many places in the Southwest, especially in Arizona and New Mexico. Some of these ancient canals are still plainly marked and so well constructed that in some sections the irrigatcrs of the present time are utilizing the work of this prehistoric race. According to the records, at
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paving crossings at the intersections. The county will extend some assist ance, and the city will contribute ST. 900. leaving about $15,000 of the cost for the owners of property.
 Mayor Bloom calculated that the investment asked of the owner of each 60-foOt lot will be not more than $50, payable in ten annual in- stallments of $15 each. The mayor states also that the owners of West Fourth avenue property benefited by the improvement will be called upon to pay less. under the cooperative
 plan offered. for the entire II blocks, than the owners of property in Har- din place invested in the four blocks of improvement just completed
 Because the offer made by the Iron Mountain may be withdrawn at any time, citizens interested in the up- building and improvement of the city are anxious that decision to proceed with the improvement be reached without further delay. The meeting Friday evening will allow everyone to express his views, and ought to be a conference that will reach definite conclusion.
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BEST FOR LIVER,
 BOWELS, STOMACH
Van Lax-It Liven the Liver, Cleans Out the Bowels-Doesn't
 Gripe.

When you are sick, bilious, played out, constipated, have bad breath or sour s,omach, are clogged up, take only the best medicine. Van Lax is the best. It takes the place of colo mel without producing sickness. Van Lax can be taken morning, noon or night. No gripping, pain or bad feel ing after taking Van Lax; but you will enjoy the incest, gentlest bowel cleansin~ you ever experienced. Your head will then be clear, stomach sweet, breath right, with clear tongue and bright eyes. Just get 9 soc bottle of Van Lax from any druggist or send to Van Meet Drug Co.,, Memphis, Tenn. Van Lax livens up your liver and cures you after all else fails. Mothers will do we'll to give the chil- dren Van Lax. It acts gently but surely on their bowels.
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QUIT MEAT WHEN
 KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take 9 Glass of Salts if Your Back Hurts OF Bladder Troubles
 You.

No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheuma- tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous ness, dizziness, sleeplessness and uri- nary disorders come from sluggish kidneys.
 The moment you feel dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts ,or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at tended by 8 sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy; take Ia tablespoonful in a glass of. water before breakfast and in a few days your kidneys will act fine. This fa- mcus salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for gen. erations to flush and stimulate the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irrita- ltion, thus ending bladder weakness. lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes 9 delightful efferves- cent Whitewater drink which every one should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications.-Adv.
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the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico appropriations of streams for irrigation prevailed among the Aztecs. the Toltecs and the Yaquis, and the practice survives to this day among the native tribes of the Pueblo In- dlans The Pueblos use the water as they have done for generations and hold sacred their irrigation rights acquired by use and recognized by law, Down in Peru irrigation is of ancient origin too, and several centuries ago appropriation was directed by the State, which constructed and main- talned canals for the use of the tillers of the soil. For many years parts of spain, Portugal. France and Italy have produced crops by the aid of irriga- ton. The Moors carried it into Sicily and Algeria. The Spanish ccnquerors brought the art to America. From Mexico the knowledge was carried northward into the Californias by the Jesuit and Franciscan padres who had Irrigation ditches constructed about the Missions where a few still exist.
 There was nothing in the way of extensive irrigation carried out in the united States, however, until 1S47, when the Mormon colonists of Utah frst diverted the waters of City Creek near Salt Lake City for the purpose of using it in cultivating the soil.
 Under Interior Department.
 At present the irrigation work comes under wl. is kE ow:l ac the Iteclan.s,- tor Service. a part of tSe Depart-
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of a change in the air pressure. You
 are nearing the bottom. The struc'
 ture seems to shake by the vibration
 due to the rush of water to the power
 plant and the sensation is by no means | pleasant. The whole work is marVe!
 of engineering.
 The West Changed.
 All over the West one finds evi'
 dences of the excellent work Of tae Service. and more than S,ooo,ovv Americans are now living on crops grown on lands made fertile by lrrlga' tlon. Almost everything Is grow.
 upon these once barren hills anu plains. Beautiful homes now stan. where once only the rattlesnaKe anu the cactus plant could thrive; grea'
 wheat fields spread out over lan. where the sage brush and grease "esa once held sway; alfalfa has taken 'no place of the mesquite brush, ana rose. bloom where once the stickey caot.. thrived alone. Green spots where CO.,, '. tie find plenty to eat are now fouhu " the arid lands of the great soutnI west. Even in the cold Northwes. W. find great apple orchards ana wn'al and barley fields, with fine homes " house the farmer and big barns V. hold the crops until they can pe eon. to market. Already more than sAv., OOO, 100000 has been spent in lrrisa~o. projects and the prospect IS tha' Ss s much more will be spent during 'A' next ten years.
 A few years ago Congress app,v, priated additional funds for irrlsauoaa and as certain project is comple.eSS arS 1t is made available for settlement aA .ts each settler may take about loa S acres of ground for a homes'ynsr These homesteaders then go tose.m,, ,n. and form a water association, pasino o'so the cost of operating the plan'' ',n,. " setting apart sum of money to ie an. purse the Government for the oU uov struction of the plant. As thls ll.vrs. "ra. comes in to Washington other op of tlons are started-a clear caSV o,n Uncle Sam helping those who ,.nom - themselves. Those of us who ah,a h, the great West and the remalnana reona changes which it has unde,s,a a,a. through irrigation feel that the f'ost esset mation Service is a national .as a and is laying the foundation ioa a,th great increase in the national wea .s;re and production as well as proV,na an outlet for the increasing pops ton of our country.
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The chairman will appoint all H.,
 CT committees. Ns'i 'lle
New Hair Remover ia Demand, Say Drucoist, (phelactine Removes Raos
 AID aAa

Since the virtues of phelact;0o
 hair remover became general],, l,.'e 1s as a druggists in this country bs bsva a''SNa4 I having a really eXtraorlioarv So, oeel for this remarkable product Tba TIs'nsAQ that it actually removes the "e,. ne .Sa before ones very eyeg-as VIC wall 'oO's~ o9 surface hairs, is of course ma;rls 9; qs IAe sponsible for its large and inrras,; il,is !e sale. The new method is not I''t'sl1ss ts F compared at all with the usnal J.. Jo :e atory, electrical or other pTocessas m ae",. IL is entirely safe, non-irritatin~r r''s' sn " poisonous, odorless - and instsn+apl apl' ous. A stick of phelactine used iu S'.ls' a cordance with the simple iD.tmcl;SS l4 as, which accompany it, can be purc6a'aS sal anywhere on a money-back bas;s ;N1,a .a certain is it to satisfy and delight tis p user.-Adv. ''' 0'
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ment of the Interior. It is also the
 home-making bureau of the Govern.
 ment and was organized in 1902, Ir
 the sixteen arid States there are about
 45o, ,oO0, GOO acres of land belorgine
 TO the Government, and it is esti- mated that at least 40,0O0,OOO acres can be cultivated with proper irriga-
 ton. By the Act of Congress, known
 as the Reclamation Act, of June IT, 1902, all proceeds from the sale of l publlc lands in the arid States shall
 be expended in the construction of 1 irrigation works. Since that time re- markable progress has been made by the Service. and at the present time more than million and a half acres 1 of desert land have been made to blos- | som as the rose by means of ditches and laterals connected with the big reservoirs set up in the mountains More than thirty thousand families have been established in homes of their own in prosperous agricultural com munities. farming the land which was formerly the desert home of the Jack Rabbit.
 Deeds Or Daring.
 Deeds of daring and resourcefulness almost without parallel in history have been performed in the perfecting of this great scheme of desert redemp- tion and engineering feats have been accomplished which have astonished the world. Take for instance the great Uncompahgre project in the State of Colorado. The land in this section was found to be particularly fertile if water could be brought to it. So the engineers of the Reclamation Service set about the project and &C., complished it only after strenuous work.
 The Uncompahgre and the Gunni- son rivers were ten miles apart and by a mountain two thousand feet high. It was decided to take the superfluous water from the Gunnison River and divert 1t into the Uncom- pahgre and so make fertile the hum dreds of thousands of acres in the valley. This could only be done by the mountain, which was l no easy task. Surveying the route was | hazardous as to accomplish this the | men had to swing ropes over precipices | and often cling to crevices in the 1 rocks. while others floatcd down unex- l plored streams on rafts encountering many dangers. They. however, suc- ceeded and completed a tunnel six miles in length which is accepted by all engineers as the greatest under ground waterway in the world.
 Four Great Dams.
 The Service has also constructed four great masonry dams. this work being second only to the building of Lhe Panama Canal. The great Roose- velt dam dow in Arizona has stor- age capacity of water sufficient to cover more than a million and quar-
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RECRUITING HERE FOR TRAINING CAMP
 OFFICERS RESERVE
Maj. Miller Arrives, to Establish Headquarters.
 Enthusiasm Is Shown.

Major Harvey w. Miller, U. s. A., arrived in Pine Bluff last night from Martha, Texas, where he has been in service With the Thirty-fourth infan- try on the border. Major Miller is registered at the Hotel Pines. where he will establish an office, in the lobby, to enlist men for the officers reservecorps training school, which will be located at Fort Logan H. Roots, near Little Rock.
 Major Miller will start work re- cruiting candidates for the training school this morning and will be here until April 29. Leaving here, he goes to Stuttgart May 1 and 2, Clarendon May and 4, and Helena May and 6. He will return to Pine Bluff and reopen his recruiting office in the Hotel Pines for two days, May and 8. The office here will be open from 3 a! m. to 12m., and from 1 to D. m.
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completed it will open up homeste,ds ,oi hundreds of people. Parts of inc .anu are still being irrigated from Q reservoir near Caldwell. q
 The Elephant Butte Dam
 4he greatest work. however. ts tbe nuge Elephant-Butte dam in the southwest which has recently heon completed at the cost of over ss 0oo
 uOo'oo. The completion of the d,no orines 10 an end the bitter interstate e anu international controversy wb;ch mas ragged in the Rio Grande va1Io,, oetween New Mexico and Texas and With Old Mexico. It was strifo .an, @ n,an. & between the farmers over water
 n's' ana at times there was daneer iup,ure Tn the relations between .ne united States and Mexico wbosa a4on valley was threatened with de~ s.l uc'lon by reason of the shortage or "a.er. Mexlco has now cancelled her claims and in lieu thereof will accant supply of water drawn from +ha oroau base buried beneath the w.+ars ano the sands of the river bed reach- ;n s oeep into bed rock below. there costly room for two teams to nass ea"eeh tho the two six-foot parapets on ;d ;ne roadway that forms the ton It .s nVe minutes walk from end to era "ish a magnificent view spread o,,+ oeiore the traveller. The lake ;s h,, ;. .o means filled as yet. but the water .. contains is unusually clear. Grest s,r;r, anu t-nsh of an unusual size
 Tho ooue m contented fashion. ,erien ne m, man dah has numerous gal n,omo ana passages and one may ex- pro.e us lnsides at will. Steps lead tt tvtse.Swhere-in .. fact 1t would seem . ". you were going through to Asia H st. you go down and down these iron .o "n ways. Finally, the walls are damr 'o the touch and you become consc,n,,e %
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Sketch of the Work of Reclaiming the Great Vest How Water Has Been Brought To Arid Lands-
 The Great Elephant Dam
Copyright, 1916. by The International Syndicate.

~HE practice of irrigation is very ancient-in fact. it is one of
 the oldest arts of civilization
 N As early as 2,000, B. C., history tells of the extensive irrigation proj- ects and storage reservoirs of Egypt. Herodotus, writing four hundred and nifty years before the Christian era, described the Assyrian irrigation sys- tenn built by Nimrod, King of Babel
 or Nebuchadnezzer about 2204, B. C., and which utilized canals and laterals some of which were navigable and connected the Euphrates with tfe Tigris. The historian Pliny wrote of the reservoirs of the Nile Valley con- structed by King Maeris about 2084, B. c. The ancient flooding system of Egypt. the reservoirs of Persia. the Grecian aQueduct, the Roman conduits and the Jewish canals near Hebron
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GRAIN PRICES AT
 NEW HIGH [ EVpIs

Chicago. April 25,-Another mip stone in the advance of wheat nrics, irs to unprecedented heights was reachsd rsd on the board of trade this afteruoon when May wheat sold at S2.5O q hush el. A few minutes later $2.51 9.4 wal, bid. ""'
 Prices of wheat, corn and oats wep all on the highest level in the his. tory of the board of trade.
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Show Much Enthusiasm.

Adrian Williamson of Monticello, widely known and popular young at torney, is in Pine Bluff. to make formal application for enrolment as a student officer at the training camp for the officers reserve corps, to be opened May 8. at Fort Logan H. Roots.
 MT. Williamson arrived last night, from Little Rock, whither he had gone to make application for admis- sion into the training camp At the
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A prudent wother is always on the watch for symptoms os worms in her children. Paleness, lack of interest ill play, and peevishness is the signal for WHITES CREAM VERMIFUGE. A few doses of this excellent remedy puts an end to the worms and the child soon acts naturally. Price 25c per bottle. Sold by w. l.. Dewoody Go. Adyt
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The Cologne Volks Zeitung an nounces the death of Councillor Ernst F. von lime architect of the modern official buildings in Berlin. He was born at Elberfield in 1S4S.
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Now is your chance to be- gin buying at home. Phone us. Taylor & Co.,, Insurance and Real Estate.
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The government of Ecuador is establishing weather service in con- nection with it's agricultural school that eventually will have thirty-one stations.
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l reservoir.
 1t required five years to construct the great dam which will hold e,ph+ hundred and fifty-six billion gallons or water-a regular man made ocean In the heart of the desert. The an glneering problems met and solved in the construction of the dam were numerous and difficult. Preliminary work before a rock was placed in the foundation consumed as much time as the actual building of the structure itself. A railroad thirteen miles lone and through a difficult country had to -pe constructed and camp accommo. oatlng four thousand people was established with complete lighting. water and sewerage systems.
 The huge gray dam itself Is dwarfed by the gray hills around 1t, and one must stand on its crest to appreciate its size. Shaped like a wedge with the narrow edge uppermost and the ter acres one foot deep. It is known as the Salt River project and is one or the largest of the irrigation prot ects. Its purpose is to regulate the flow of the Salt River, and the dis tribution through the dam ,includes nearly eight hundred miles of canals
 In Wyoming the engineering work on the Shoshone dam was unusually interesting on account of its great helght. Its construction is of the strongest type. being over one hundred rect thick on the bottom. The Soil there is light and sandy and is an excellent place for dairy farms.
 I'M
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The Boise Project:

The Boise, Idaho. project will re- Claim quarter Of a million acres in beautiful country. To do this 1t was necessary to build the Arrowrock dam the highest of its kind in the world
 When all the ditches and canals are
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-05
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Some people don't like Judge Rob-
inson because he speaks the truth too
plainly to suit 'em.
In the future whenever fire occurs
at Leith, the inhabitants will be mott
fed by the pealing of 600 pound
bell recently installed.
Ernest Sully, former Kenmare
young man, is counted amongst the
killed in recent mine disaster at
Butte, Montana.
With the bone-dry law in effect in
North Dakota, we'll drillers should
teap a harvest during the next few
years.
The North Dakota National Guard,
second battalion will leave July Is for
Deming, Mexico. Later it is expect
ed that the boys will be sent to France.
Little Mac, in his Flasher Hustler,
said that the Kaiser was waiting most
impatiently to hear Of the success or
failure of the Liberty Loan. He heard
it all right.
The Wells County States Attorney,
the sheriff and Editor Brinton of Fes-
sender, were among those who the
Chief of Police wanted to arrest for
exceeding the speed limit in the above
town last week.
Sioux county has the distinction Of
not having patient in the state in
sane hospital, and it is also true that
Sioux county has no inmates in the
penitentiary or any other state insti-
tuition.
Adam Stoltz and wife of Mandan,
were terribly shocked by live wires
Thursday evening. Recently Stoltz
ing room to the cellar of his home
Thursday evening he accidently took
hold of the live wires and was terribly
shocked. Unable to release the wires
he was hurled about the room by the
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force of the current His wife ap-
peared on the scene and seized him
arm to pull him away from the wires.
AS result she too was badly shocked.
Both are under the care of a physician.
Mrs. Stoltz being in serious condi-
ton.
The first murder trial in Kidder
county since North Dakota became a
state is set for the summer term of
district court beginning July 10, when
Cleon Nash will be tried for the killing
of Clyde Hicks, who was murdered in
a lonely homesteader's shack near
Robinson last December.
Mike Brown of Fessenden, drayman
for the G. M. Lyness dray line, sus-
tanned broken leg last Friday when
a cask of beer which he was unloading
fell on his limb. He took hold of
the barrel at the top and in attempt
ing to bring it over his foot caught,
he lost his balance and the cask came
down on his ankle He was immedi-
ately taken to DR.. Matthaei's- office
where the bone was set and the next
morning he was taken to the Caring
ton hospital so as to have the best of
care while the injured leg is mending.
The break was bad one and he suf-
fered much pain, but at last reports
he was doing as well as could be eX-
pected.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-05
CITY IN BRIEF

Mrs. S. Eide is building modern
arm home at her Wang township farm
L. T. Larson of Crosby, visited old
Minot friends Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob Anderson OF Yang town
ship, who has been seriously i'll, is
reported better.
Mrs. Sam Hanson, wife Of the SEX
ton Of Rose Hill cemetery, is serious
ly i'll with bloodpoisoning.
The United Lutheran Ladies' Aid of
Wang township held very successful
sale last Thursday.
E. T. Sveum and Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Berke motored over from Max Fri
day and transacted business.
o. L. Osteross is moving from the
Underdahl farm southwest Of the city
to his old homestead north of Makoti.
G. L. Nuremberg returned from Bad
en-, Flaxton and Bowbells where he
attended conferences Of the Mennonite
church.
Albert Mork from near Hesnault,
who was in quarantine for several
weeks on account of, diphtheria, is
breathing free air again.
wang COWllSulp IS pldllHlllS OIl LII
vesting in large road grader and ex-
poets to outshine all other townships
with roads soon.
S. M. Halvorson, the Grelland post
master, came to Minot Monday for his
wife who visited three weeks with
her daughter, Mrs. Blaine.
Peter Underdahl, H. Leifson and
Christ Hanson, prominent Wang town
ship. farmers, motored to Montana last
week to look over some land.
John Sundby returned Saturday
from a business trip to Minneapolis.
He reports a vast amount of rain
throughout Minnesota and consider
able in the eastern end of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Eby of the Motor
Inn and Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Veth left
Tuesday for an extended motor trip
through Montana, taking in the Vel
lowstone and Glacier Parks.
G. L. Matson from northeast of the
city was in Minot on business Satur-
day. Mr.. Matson has a fine farm
home and is considered one of the
best farmers in his district.
H. M. Henrickson, manager Of the
Farmers Elevator at Genoa, N. D.,
was in the city Friday enroute home
from Fergus Falls, Mimi, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
Mjesen Laget, which is an annual re-
union of Norwegians from one Of the
sections of their fatherland. Seven
hundred attended the sessions, June
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that it will be hard to cut what little
crop there is. Mr.. Gown has trav-
eled many miles north Of the city and
says the wheat crop looks about the
same wherever he has gone. The
wheat crop is as near a failure as it
has been since 1910. Mr.. Gown plant
ed Is acres of garden truck at his
farm near Glenburn, most Of which
has failed. He planted three bushels
of beans which cost him $12 bushel,
on six acres and they have not come
up. He has some potatoes and onions
which under favorable conditions will
pay him back the cost of his seed $500,
on the 25 acres.