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The Delta independent., 1922-04-14
GEO. SEABOljRN MERCANTILE co.

of $45 100000. it would be $50 feet
high, and its storage capacity would
exceed 21.0O0,O00 acre acre feet; or,
more than enough to cover the land
surface of Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, New Jersey. Delaware
and Rhode Island a foot in depth. At
an additional cost of S10.000.000 the
capacity could be increased nearly
Notwithstanding the dam T31 feet
above bed rock. These figures in
clude preliminary work and the COM
pletion of the dam to serve for stor-
age purposes; and ready for but not
including cost. for power plants.
The calculations of the engineers
SOC, 900 to zoe, 1000 H. p. the leasing of
which to numerous cities, towns, min
ing camps. etc, will bear the entire
cost OF the dam Relieving the land of
this heavy burden of cost greatly SIM
plifies the irrigation problem, which
is reduced to the construction Of less
important and costly structures, max
ing the pre-acre charge extremely rea-
sonable. Such lands total in area
10000 acres. OF which about 60 per
cent is in the United States. and 40
per cent in Mexico. The ownership of
the area in the United States is as
follows:
Private. $4,000 acres: public. 227.-
400 acres; Indian. 1+5.60O acres;
State. $4,000 acres; railroad. $4,000
acres.
The most important construction
work contemplated In connection with
these irrigation plans will be for the
Imperial district. and the extension
thereto, including 100000 acres in
East and West Mesas. Dos Palmas
tract, and the Coachella Valley.
For these lands. 1t is proposed to
divert water at Laguna dam. alredy
constructed, into an all-American
canal-the estimated cost of the work
being s2s s.7s3.OOO. The area to be
served is roughly estimated at SIS. 900
acres The distribution system in the
United States. including pumps, will
cost $l5.111 900. For power installa-
tion along the canal. and for Yuma,
an additional expenditure OF $3.307 900
will be required. The cost of water
right and power for the 166,9o0 acres
Of unentered public lands will be
about 1920 an acre.
Combining cost Of Boulder Dam and
the irrigation and pumping system in
the valley. would require a total in
vestment of nearly $100.000.000.
A reasonable estimate OF increase
hin value OF 100000 acres Of desert
lands after irrigation is 5000 an acre.
Therefore. the increment to land val
ues In the Imperial Valley extension
districts alone would be $4,000 900.
II is extremely reasonable to assume
that with abundant water guaranteed
through storage and delivery in an all
American canal, the lands at present
irrigated in the Imperial Valley would
be worth not less than $50 an acre
above today's price; or, an increase
of $25. $50 900. as a result Of this work.
In these two items alone we have
an increase of values OF sSO,75O,000
produced by a reimbursed investment
of about onehalf of that sum.
The public lands, when irrigated
will afford farms OF 40 acres each for
more than 41OO ex.service men. On
the basis OF Yuma Valley crop re-
ports, these farms will return annual
crops in value totaling $12,517, 900.
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Market Report
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HAY: Market continues strons
because of light receipts. Urgent de-
mand is for immediate needs only
Clover prices same as timothy at
Pittsburgh, prices slightly firmer At
several markets. Quoted April tim
othy New York $31, Philadelphia $23.
Pittsburgh $24, Chicago $27, Mime
apolis $21, Kansas City SIT. No. al
falfa Kansas City $3.50, Memphis $26
Minneapolis $24. No. 1 prairie Kan
sas City $11.75, Chicago SIS. Mime
apolis $18.
FEED: Mill feed markets steady
but inactive. Wheat and corn feed
production continues heavy. Oher.
ings heavy demand light. Oil meals
declined about 81 per ton in shipping
markets export demand poor. Lin.
meal dull demand and offerings light
Hominy quiet and quoted lower. OF
unchanged, production heavy, demand
fair.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Po-
tato markets dull and weak. Sup.
plies liberal. Shipments average 700
cars daily. New York and northern
sacked round whites $1.85-$2.10 in
eastern markets. Car lot sales in
Chicago down 5-10c at $1.45-$1 .55.
Western rurals week in Chicago and
ST. Louis at S1.5O-s1.65, Maine green
mountains weak in Boston at $1.65-
s1.SO. Bulk stock weaker in New
York and Philadelphia at $1.90-$1.25.
h
central shipping points at s1.25.
LIVE STOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog prices ranged from 35 to 45c
net higher, medium and heavy ad-
vancing most. Beef and butcher cat
tie and feeder steers averaged about
steady. Veal calves were weak to
soc lower with spots 75c lower. Best
handy weight lambs steady to 25c
higher with mediums ranging from
weak to 75c lower. Yearlings weak
to Csc lower with feeding lambs and
fat ewes unchanged. The trend of
eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
was upward. Pork loins gained 81 to
So; lamb 81; beef generally soc;
veal and mutton practically unchang-
ed. April prices good grade meats
Beef S1250-S13.50; veal $3.50; lamb
s27-s29; mutton s1S-s21; light pork
loins s23-s26: heavy loins s1s-22.
COTTON: Spot cotton prices de-
clined points during the week, clos
ing at 1852 cents per lb. May fu-
lures contracts at New York declin-
ed 4 points, closing at 1883 cents.
GRAIN: Prices lower first of week
10. xNf e-sv
cash news, but undertone improved
later in week and close showed small
net gains. Chicago May wheat up
3. at closing at s1.32la; Chicago May
corn up 1Ac at 59c. Closing prices
in Chicago cash market: No. red
winter wheat sl.33; No. hard winter
wheat sl.33; No. 2 mixed 5Sc; No.
yellow corn 5sc No. 3 white oats 37c.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets steady to firm following a week
of unsettled trading. Chicago high
er than New York part of week with
result that receipts there increased
Closing prices 90 score: New York
35c; Philadelphia 35hsc; Boston 36c;
Chicago 341c. Cheese market weak
trading light. Wisconsin cheese
boards broke sharply Monday and
buyers who anticipate still further de
clines are holding of. Productions ap.
pears to be on increase under more
favorable weather conditions. Prices
in Wisconsin primary markets April
9Th; Twins 16lac daisies 16Ac dou-
BILE daisies 16A: young Americas 1sc;
longhorns IKE; square prints 17%c.
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DEFINITE PLANS DEVELOPED
FOR DAMMING COLO. RIVER
By Albert B. Fall, United States Sec
retary OF the Interior

retary OF the Interior
From the inception Of the Reclaim
alton Service, its engineers have
never lost sight of the potential val
ue OF the Colorado River. the. Ameri-
can. Nile. The investigatory work of
this great drainage basin. carried on
In connection with a dozen or more
projects, four OF which have been con-
structed, and more recent studies. en-
couraged by direct Congressional ap-
propriations. and contributions of
states and organizations, have made
available much material of value. up
on which definite plans have been
formulated for comprehensive de-
velopment of this great water supply
for power and irrigation.
Unlike other works for irrigation
and power development. which are
local only in their use, the Colorado
River project comprehends the en-
tire drainage area, embracing more
than 244.000 square miles. included in
seven western states and Mexico. In
its entirety the plans cannot be work
ed out during generation and will
involve the expenditure OF hundreds
OF millions of dollars. The engineer
ing problems are numerous and COM
plicated, owing to the varied inter-
ests OF seven states. and n foreign
country: and could never be success
fully solved by any other agency
than that OF the federal government.
Studies for a number of years have
conferred largely about the lower
reaches of the Colorado. where irri-
CATION has made such strides during
the last decade. as to emphasize the
need for early construction. in order
to safeguard the property of many
thousands now threatened by alter
nate nood and drought.
The perils which for a season men.
aced the Imperial Valley. through the
ravages of this river. have not been
forgotten. We must not forget that
similar condition may return. We
are similarly aware that the increas-
ing demands, due to the astonishing
spread OF irrigation. already have ex-
hausted the normal how, and that
further progress is impossible with
out storage. The paramount needs
are two.fold: Flood control and water
for irrigation.
Far-sighted engineers long ago pre-
dicted Just such conditions as obtain
today. and have been preparing for
them by assembling data. making Dor.
ings for dam sites and mapping large
areas of land now vacant and value.
less. but OF enormous value when ir.
rigated.
have before me the report of the
service on these studies, together
with estimates and recommendations
A perusal OF these plans will, am
sure. create a feeling OF pride in the
breast of the American public akin to
that which awakened when our en-.
gineers launched forth on the Pana
ma Canal.
The engineers OF the service pro
pose the development OF the Colorado
River project by units-the first OF
which is the construction OF the Boul
der Canon Dam.
II constructed as planned, this
dam would dwarf in height any Other
dam on earth. At an estimated cost
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-19
Breakfast Table Nit
! THANK you.

samuel Grindstone was a hustler
/" the modern school. lie believed
tne gospel Of speeding up.
over every desk in his office he
p'aoeu a large printed notice, read
"si DO II Now"
DOt week later. with tired fin
GERS and exhausted air. he tore them
al down.
=. Hello" said friend. dashing in
and ,jal seeing the ceremony of destruc-
10y. What's up? Doesn't hustling
SSay Going back to the old leis-
usg m,thods?"
yes, l am" snorted Grindstone.
,snn ,s,usIllns doesn't pay, I gave six
Ience each for these notices, think
g w6,, ,theyd spur my staff on 10 hard
Well"
We'll the net results IS that
sey We acted on the motto. The
,nt ,nIet cashier has bolted with the
,Im,ehts or the safe. my typist has
hvPed with my youngest son, four
fn'ors ~ came in yesterday to ask
- raise, and the office boy has
itSSnu better job and gone off to
u,A inomas Hardy" said an Eng
in ind,. lecturer, rs a serious enough
''oual today, but there was a
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CHS Make You Live L0nger--Fere:S Page of Lite
lust Folks
A MODERN CURSE
Copyright. 1874 by Edgar A. Guest.

In olden days when hate grew hot,
The days of brave Sir Launcelot.
In classic phrase or rhythmic verse
AT enemies they launched curse.
"A plague besiege you," they would cry,
MAY you be withered, arm and thigh!'
When anger rose to fever heat
The maddened person would repeat
Some prayer to his imps below
To blind or lame his hated foe,
"a murrain seize you!" he would shout
"And wipe your generation out"
No torture known to human ken
Was overlooked by cursing men.
MAY apopleXy end your race,
And smallpox scar your ugly face.
In agony" the knight would cry
May you and all your family diew
The custom has passed out. IT'S well.
'Tis not good taste for men to yell
In hate such harsh and ugly things,
Or pray the pain disaster brings,
Yet still there stays one goodly plan
In hate to curse a golfing man.
would not pray that he should meet
An accident along the street.
"A torture infinitely worse
Would be the burden of my curse,
This would cry: while you're alive
May you forever slice your drive!
Plague on your game of golf" I'd cry;
May you forever lift your eye,
May you be prey to trap and ditch
And always shank your mashie pitch
While you and all your tribe survive
May you forever slice your drive!'
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time in London when he was the
gayest Of the gay
AT a bohemian club one evening
Hardy rang up one after another
80 or 40 Of the most distinguished
people in town-dukes, bishops, ac-
tor-managers, society queens, stage
beauties, and so on. He told all
these people TO call up 625 CHS
wick at once.
"You're wanted there badly he
explained TO them, and the celehri-
ties all thanked him hurriedly and
rang off,
well when Hardy got through
his telephoning we looked up '625
Chiswick' in the telephone direc-
tory. It was Wormwood Scrubs
PrIson!"
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rs that an interesting book you
ara road.Hs?" asked tho sa.Tuio.s
traveller.
"Why, yes" said the crafty old
gentleman. carefully concealing the
title Of the best seller he had In
his hand. This is a book OF rela-
tivity. Now, IL you have an hour
or two to spare, I'll explain the the
ory TO you, So"
But even as he spoke the garrur
Gus traveller rose from his seat and
fled to the smoker.
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We TOWNE GOSSIP
Copyright 1924, by Star Company.
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But 1 wouldn't let them.
AND TOLD them all
THEY'D HAVE to go homo
AND GET permission.
AND SOME OF them did.
AND SOME OF them didn't.
AND ANYWAY.
WENT in the house.
AND LEFT them there.
AND AFTER a while,
I WENT out again.
AND THREE little girls.
WHO WERE oil dressed up.
WERE SOAKED to the skin.
AND ENJOYING themselves.
IN SIX dollar shoes.
THERE'S TROUBLE about IT.
AND ONE OF the mothers,
WAS HEARD to say.
I WAS becoming a nuisance,
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IT WAS very hot.
AND THE four-year old.
WAS OUT in the sun.
AND suggested.
WE GET the hose
AND PUT on a sprinkler.
AND LET him in 1t.
AND HIS mother agreed.
AND DRESSED him for 81.
AND HE went on out.
AND GOT in the spray.
AND A little girl.
AND A little boy.
WHO PLAYS with him,
WENT HuRRY1NG home.
TO ASK their mothers.
TO CHANGE their clothes.
AND THEIR mothers did It
AND THE three Of them.
HAD A wonderful time.
AND THE other kids.
IN THE neighborhood.
CAME FDoCKING around.
AND SOME of them.
SHOWED AN inclination.
To WALK right in.
AND GET under the spray.
DRESSED AS they were.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13

MF. Tubbs. got the story from Cuthbert Vane, and I must say | was unpleasantly struck by the facility with which my aunt seemed, to have l0llen into Mir. Tubbs' embrace-as if with the ease of habit. Mir. Tubbs, 1t appeared, had staggered little un- der his fair burden, which was not to be wondered at, for Aunt Jane Is of an Overf1Owing style of figure and Mir. Tubbs more remarkable for brain than brawn. Violet, however, remained ad- mlrabIy calm, and exhorted Aunt Jane to remember that whatever happened 1t was all for the best.
 "PoOr Violet" I commented. ITO think that, after all, 1t didn't happen!"
 A slow flush rose to the cheeks of the beautiful youth. He was sitting beside the hammock, where 1 was sup posed to be recuperating.
 Tt would have happened, though" said the Honorable Cuthbert solemn ly, eff 1t hadn't been for old Shaw. can't get over 1t, Vlr-Kiiss Virginia. that 1 wasn't on deck myself, you know Here's old Dugald been doing the heroic all hls life, and now he gets his chance again while I'm sleep ing off those baIIy coconuts. It's hard on @ chap. I-I wish 1t had been me-"
 However dubious his grammar, there was no mistaking the look that bright ened like the dawn in the depths of his clear eyes. My breath went from me suddenly.
 "Oh," I cried excitedly, "isn't that yes. I thought 1t was the dinner gong"
 For. as If in response to my dire need. the clang of Cookies gong echoed through the island silences.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13
RICH IN HISTORIC INTEREST
City of Santo Domingo Crowded With Landmarks Connected With the
 Famous Conquistadores.

Santo Domingo Is rich In historic interest. It is the oldest of all the permanent settlements of American soil. Here Columbus founded various colonies, and Santo Domingo city be- came his favorite of all the New world. It was here that he spent some of the happiest time of his life, and here that he was reduced to pris- on by his political enemies, and from here he was sent in chains and dis grace to Spain. The old tower where he was imprisoned still remains, and his bones lie in the great cathedral of SantO Domingo city.
 In this oldest city of the New world one still sees the remains of the first church built in America. Its foundations were laid in 1902. Here Is the house where Cortez kept the court records before he had ever heard Of Mexico. From here Ponce de Leon set out in his search for the Fountain of Youth. Here lived Piz- zarO before he went to Panama, and sailed down the west coast to con- Quer the Inca empire. Everywhere one turns he encounters old land marks where the famous conquis- tadOres had their first experiences in. the New world.
 Padre le las Casas entered the priesthood here, and in his lndigna- tion because of the abuse of the h.. dians by the Spaniards began to im- port slaves from Africa to make light CT the work of the Indian laborers. Here was founded the first university of the New world when in 1538 royal charter was granted for the es- tablishment of the University of St. Thomas.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13
CAKE SUFFICIENT FOR ARMY
Monste- confection That William of Prussia Set Before Thirty Thousand
 Fighting Men.

When William of Prussia gave hls army a tegale in 173O he let them feast on vegetables and roast beef, and then wash 1t down with lots of beer and ale according to William S. Walsh, who has a taste for compiling curious in. formation. When the thirty thousand guests had almost finished their meal they saw their dessert coming on g dray drawn by eight horses. The dray bore a gigantic cake-sald to have been the largest cake ever baked. It was twenty-four feet square and foot and a half thick.
 Mixed in the cake were products which would have fed a small village. More than thirty-six bushels of flour were mixed in It; 2OO gallons of milk had been used; one ton of butter had made it rich. and one ton of yeast had made it rise; 5000 eggs had been pa. tiently broken and beaten into the bat. ter. The result, baked under extreme difficulties, was the big cake, contain ing over $50 cubic feet of the goody.
 But the thirty thousand guests had flied themselves on roast beef and vegetables and 1t was impossible for them to eat all the cake, although it would have been possible for them to do so had they all been hungry. Obvi- ously. so much cake could not be al- lowed to go to waste. So the remain der of 1t was cut up and distributed in nearby villages to the various needy families, who made short work of 1t;
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13

GrainOla, Okla.-'T am now absolute ly free from the feminine trouble from which I suffered, together with annoy ing nervousness, and I certainly owe my recovery to Doctor Pierce's Favor ite Prescription. have taken only three bottles, but am sound and we'll and have gained 19 pounds. Minnie Austin.
 If you're nervous or troubled like Mrs. Austin, go to your druggist at once and obtain this Prescription of Dr. Pierces, in tablets or liquid. Write. pr. Pierce in Buffalo, N. r., for free, confidential medical advice Send 10c if you desire trial package tablets
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13
REALLY NO NEED FOR WORRY
if Young Hubby Had Known WIfey Was Not to Undergo Such a
 Terrible Operation.

A young husband came home from the city one day to find that a note had been left for him on the table by his wife
 He opened it and as he read the note his face paled.
 Good heavens!" he exclaimed, 'stO think that anything so awful could have happened" <.
 He rushed out, jumped into a taxi, and was driven to the nearest hos pital. .
 My name is B-,'' he said to the secretary. 'tIs my wife hereT'
 He. was informed that she was not.
 "Are there any other hospitals near here?" he asked, and again came the reply in the negative. :
 In despair, and with a view to ad- vice how to act, he showed the sec retary the note his wife had left.
 This is what the secretary read:3 Dearest Jack-I have gone to have. my kimonO cut out"
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13
SPANISH g Szs46A f4N355z DOUBLOONS ::::::::::::::::. :::::

I Then l found that was looking, not at Crusoe, but into a little dim in- closure like a locker, in which some small object faintly caught the light. With a revived hope of finding relics, got out my knife-a present from Cuthben Vane-and set briskly to work widening the seam.
 penetrated finally into small locker or cubby-hole, set in the angle under the roof of the cabin, and, as subsequent investigation showed, so placed as to attract no notice from the casual eye. ascertained this by lying down and wriggling my head and shoulders into the cabin. In oth- CT words, had happened on a little private depository, In which the own CT of the sloop might stow away cer- tain small matters that concerned him intimately. Yet the contents of the locker at first seemed trifiing. They were an Old-fashioned chased silver shOe-buckle, and a brown-covered man. uscript book.
 The book had suffered much from dampness. whether of rains or the wash of the sea. l seated myself on the cabin roof, extracted hairpin, and began carefully separating the close written pages. The first three or four were quite illegible, the ink having run. Then the writing became clear CT. l made out a word here and there:
 e.. directions vague. :. my grand father-man a rufian but. :. mo mo- tive. police of Havana. {. {. .frightful den. grandfather made sure. .. reg istry. :. .BOnny Lass. ="
 And at that 1 gave a small excited shriek which brought Crusoe to me in hurry. What had he to do, the writer of this journal, what had he to do with the Bonny Lass?
 Breathlessly read on:
 e.. thought captain still living but not sure. .. lost. :. .Benito Bon. -"
 I closed the book. Now, while the coast was clear, 1 must get back to camp. It would take hours, perhaps days, to decipher the journal which had suddenly become of such supreme importance. 1 must smuggle 1t unob- served into my own quarters, where l could read at my leisure: AS set out I dropped the silver shoe-buckle into my pocket, smiling to think that 1t was I who had discovered the first bit of precious metal on the island. Yet the book ln my hand, l felt in- stinctively, was ot more value than many shoe-buckles.
 Safely in my hammock, with a pill low under which 1 could slip the book
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13

in case of interruption, resdmed the reading. From this point on, although the writing was somewhat faded, It was all, with a little effort, legible.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-13
CHAPTER TX.
What crusoe and 1 Found.

When after those poignant moments n the boat met Dugald Shaw in commonplace fashion at the table, a sudden. queer, altogether unprece- dented shyness seized me. sat look ing down at my plate with the 'gaucherie of silly child.
 During the meal Mir. Shaw asked Captain Magnus if he had had good sport on the other side of the island Captain Magnus, as usual, had seemed to feel that time. cOnsecrated to eat ing was wasted in conversation. At this pOlnt-blank question he started con fUsedly, stuttered, and finally ex- pIained that though he had taken a rifle he had carried along pistol cartridges, so had come home with an. empty bag,
 At this moment I happened to be looking at Cookie, who was setting down a dish before Mir. Tubbs. The negro started visibly. and rolled his eyes at Captain Magnus with aston IShment depicted in every dusky fea- 4ure. He said nothing. although wont to take part in our conversation as it sui'pa AiIh. but saw him shake his