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The Alliance Herald READ BY EVERY MKMBKfl NKnilASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL T1IK NKWS OP ALU A NCR AVD WESTERN NRRRASKA OFFICIAL. OttO AN NKBRAMKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEITH ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR I0.OOO FIREMEN k , Watch for Watch for Other Sections Other Sections VOLUME XXIII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915 NO. 2 T 7 GOVERNMENT SHOULD ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIVATE LANDS Speech by Hon. J. G. Beeler, of North Platte, before 5th annual convention of Nebraska State Irrigation Association at Bridgeport on December 8th, with resolutions passed and speech made before the 1914 convention. Below we publish the address giv- Keith, Garden, Lincoln and Dawson eai by J. G. Beeler, of North Platte, counties, to the south and north of Nebraska, before the fifth annual us, a crop of corn that promised to meeting of the Nebraska State Irrlga- bring at least sixty bushels to the ac tion Association, held at Bridgeport, re and along about the first of Aug Nebraska in December of 1914; and . ust ln leBa than ten dayB. tlme that also an address given by him at the crop of corn waa prRCtically com. stath annual meeting of thoassocla- ,ete, rulned and m fle,da th t tlon hld at nrlricunort nn Dnwrnhfr 7 8 and V 19 If ? together wUhthe i JluUon. which theasaocit n n- resolutions which the association en torsed, and embodying the sentl nsenta of said . addresses. At " this time, while the "Taming of the Riv era" Is a prominent subject, these addresses are appropriate, and we be lieve that the irrigators of the West will be Interested therein, as well as the congressmen and senators who will be called upon to act upon some ml the bills now pending before the Waited States congress in relation to tawe subjects. Chairman and Gentlemen: Some of as have observed the development of the river valleys of Nebraska, the North Platte, South Platte and the epubllcan, for a. number of years. 8. me of us have had dreams of what would take place some time ln this valley, as to what stage of perfection ml - development of these valleys wuld sometime or other assume. If man should have prophesied that rainfall. Those people oiu to ai these valleys would have devel- vocate the construction of a ditch. eyed to their present state of perfeo-, tlon ln twenty or twenty-flv. years, it r".:' ""HZl" ZT'Z l 1 W a . Ia-oa .wAa m n Wald not have believed that in so saort a Urn. such a great develop- sent eouia nave laaen p.ace. wnen we looa nui to me eany . . - i ,k MBHUHI, say (ur lunuiuto iu iuv . a culmination of four or five reason ably wet seasons preceding that year. That is, the seasons ln the late eigh ties were pretty fair and pretty fair erooa raised, although a small a- Mount because the acreage was small la those years. I remember very well that people talked after that year 1191 about the tremendous In- crease in the rainfall ln western Nebraska that had taken place and that would be absolutely permanent. I remember how the homesteader of that day said to the old cattle men that had been ln the country for a aamber of yeara and who had told wnen ne came mat ne couia noi raise crops. I told I you we could tee glTlng mj ldea in gard to the raise crops here. The rainfall has matter That my ldea iast taereased wonderfully and there will ,.year waa to get the government to e no more trouble. Lo. and be- CODBtruct the reservoirs for the stor held, 1892 waa not very good. A little age mm so that the water could wheat and oats were raised, corn did placed in those reservoirs at the set amount to much- 1893 came and tlme when the river nn a great deal we did not get a thing. Wheat dried of water. store them up and then us, oaU dried up. PoUtoes and corn graduaUT let that water down the were no good. 1894, and It was still riTer when there waa a Bcarclty of worse, and In many places even as water lQ the rl7er We hard. far east as Lincoln county I have ,y Mpect the national government to seen places where the buffalo grass do that or UB unieBB we couid pre ever sprouted at all that summer. A 8ent u on a broader plain than slm loud would cotne up and we would p,y tQ help ua For yeara the gov. think it was going to rain, but only ernment of tne United States has ap wind cam. The clouds would go to prtpriated mini0ns of dollars for the the southeast and then the wind improvement of rivers and harbors would blow from that direction and am, fof the bui,dlng ot great levees that waa all it did. That was about prev.nt flood water8 from over- IBe time irrigation gov us 4n, h uriv nioncurH of irrl- h. w. a man bv the name of lion was a man by tne name or gallon mmK ho Tom Fort, and I re . . . tyy. used to go around over the prairies aad advocate irrigation. Well, the people considered that he was a little btt cracked in the upper story when he would stand up ln a school house two hundred feet above the valley, aad talk about running water up on te that valley and irrigating that tana. Dy tne raiomg. ui mo phase of the problem to get the nat- m mat way maae to me national gov- gravltation to thoBe divides. He i(mal overnment back of us. Now. ernment. said he would go up the streams so other fellows that want to WHEREAS, the records of the of- many miles and gradually run the - g Q dlvlde nce of the State Engineer show that sanals up on to those divides "" ,, t ln the sub-Boil without one and three-quarter million acre aad Irrigate those lands. Tom dream- L JS.1", "n uriwSeresSeS in fpet of water 'rom the Platte rtTer ed that that could be done. Fellows "J1 bik of the ha one to waste on an average te whom be talked said he was crack- Kt t"n the(sfft0' ?t L M pactt e" tor the ,a8t neteen years; ed. I bring that out for this reason: problem. Now then, some of us fel- and The development of these valleys has 1 'ho have been working at these WHEREAS, under the Act of Leg been great By Incessant labor and I irrigation problems for Bonie time ,8laturs of m5 known Senate flle by going down Into our pockets .we've realued the difficulty of even No. 166 belng Chapter 66 of the ses have succeeded ln doing a good deal i ettlng the ear of the legislature of 8lon ,aw8. of 1915 page 165 the fnrt aftr we had done some our-! Nebraska. Those fellows there said United States Government has con m1m wa finally succeeded In get- to us. "Why there is nothing ln the templated the appropriation of unap ffil !fc7-.Hti.i .nTernment to a western part of Nebraska for us. proprlated flood or unused waters of irtai? .ten ca of yourselves. We are the Platte river for the use and bene oertaln extent lnterestea in puiiaini, ,.,,. .. fr,, ia , .h. Tri.PA,.nt. T.ricoii projects for the Irrigating of public :, lands. At tbo present time there is. I be lieve, a better opportunity to get the government Interested ln other proj ects than only government lands. The public lands are nearly gone, but there are any number of acres of land in this western country that need additional water to what they receive from the natural rainfall. We have plenty ot places In the state of Nebraska where, by a little addition al water, successful crops could be raised every year, which under pres ent conditions falls Just at the crit ical time. Last year, gentlemen, there was growing through the part of Nebras ka that I am personally Interested In. F ' " Promlsed abit the fore Pa of Aug- u! flft to sixty bushels to the acre did not produce five. It was the lack i might be possible to get our problem noniethtng we all seek to attain. In of a little water at the right time. ! there alone, but at least it would fact all of life is but a seeking after From that condition and by the way : stand a better opportunity by the perfection, and yet it seems hardly I want to make another statement ! people of the valleys getting back possible for any mortal man to reach right here on that divide, three I and helping those fellows that are perfection in any stage of any thea countles at least, Gosper, Phelps and working for that divide irrigation tre of life. Perfection of Irrigation Kearney, a country that I am quite ' and they helping us. Get together laws Is, therefore, as hard to attain familiar with from having Uught ! and present the thing as one prob- as it is to attain perfection upon any school there iu the early days, there , lem, not as separate ones. We will other subject, and I do not hope to are prairies, gentlemen, as magnifl-' stand a better show of getting what be able to even suggest how such per cent as any that lay outdoors any-; we really want and so will they, be- fectlon may be reached. But as i. is where ln the United States, and soil ' cause after all, gentlemen, every pol- the duty of man to seek after Perrec that is productive with a deep sub- Ulcian tries to have his ear on the tlon in the physical, mental and i mor- soll. that is capable of holding large j ground to find out what the people a J'fj. J?.' S1r io wlk - .. . i w , ,ni 0. i i,... aiuov. .dm tho life of a nation, so It is proper to seek quantities or water, wnen tney nave : sufficient rainfall they raise splendid crops, and yet, gentlemen, the coun ty of Phelp has had six consecu tive failures of crops, not for the lack of a large amount of water, but for the lack of a sm i iinuuat ot natural water to' be added to the headgate of which is to be con 8lrUcted on the Platte somewhere a. . . W v-a. J .1 J V.lJt. wtt,r up to those high divide, and irrigating or saturating those lands witn water aunng we ran ana spring montns, wnen people on tne vauey ao . .v.. 1-Tr n m. w uui ueu iu wmcr v rn.ii. iuej shoulders to the wheel, and they have j succeeded ln getting It under way that far. , - . - Mow then," I want to combine the Idea that I gave to this convention ittBt I want to combine that idea wltn te idea of the Holdrege fellows so that If It Is possible to get tne national government back of the lrrlgatlon project, that they can get Dack of U8 here ln NeDraska ao as to nelp 8 feUowg in tne valleys as well OQ the djTldet ao that we can all work togetner for the Bame purpose and for that purpoBe i nave drafted reuointion and handed It to the caarman of the Resolution Commit th land, alone the rivers uw'u6 i" "" " ravor or tne national government down ln the central porllon of our making a sufficient appropriation for oa Mr Na.ioH unntnr..!.. . ... ' country, and as Mr. Newland. senator in nevaaa, aaiu, n you s ipiuumir e of conBtructlng 1!V. eeBthere'why do not you take a part , and conBtruct res-! onolrs at the head of tho.se streams and prevent the waters from getting ! provided the cost of such construe into those streams. Now then, as tlon is made and charged upon the ... ... ... niixnr .n thn voliov aro Manila thiiB to h) watered, and renav- concerned we are interested ln that ".i, mhpr, nt th Nebraska legislature In many All W VJ tlVUt wauv v wv w - - a day gone by. However, we have , kept hammering away until now' Blnce we have got this organization back of the fellows that go there, we ; have got so we can get at least a re- .LT.fMi Crinir h-fnro th loeiala- spectful hearing bejore the leglsla-1 .... n . , n ,'n Tin T,.'a"y irrigation project now ln exist made a little aproprlatlon to help ui, thefore, be it out. What 1 mean Is this: That while this opportunity presents itself, to get the members of tbe congress and senate, the national congress, iuter- eeted in this problem because that part of Nebraska where population Is denser and where votes are cast Into the ballot box In large rnumbers thsn here, we should combine the problem ( heartily endorses said project, pro and get men in the west and central vlded that the details as to the re part of Nebraska together, working ' payment of the costs thereof be sub for the same thing and not present ! mltted for the approval of the Recla our particular valley problem, in the ! mation Department, construction of reservoirs, separately I Perfection, of Irrigation Uwi and their construction of ditches sep- (Address delivered Dec., 1914) arately, but let's get togetner ana i "-w. . - c- -ovv. - work together and get it presented before the national government. It """ -'"-j" people of America can get any thing bad enough to get behind It and pul their shoulder to the wheel and push hard enough. We have had congressmen here, "enators here, but It is pretty hard to get a move on them. Why? Voters here ln the western part of the coun try are pretty badly scattered. They lLll SJCUU 41t UUUUUW lUirrUBirU W1U1 UB ill the nroblem and we will accomnlish iuuvi aa tuvuum luiricovru w iiu un iu -ometh ng and they will. too. There ,on Kentlemea, the western V" " " ... .T years are more familiar with them - . . . . , . ... . . . iue iwb ruuicui, iub cuumtuinuu i v. i vi - v. - ii m reservoirs In the valleys for the pur pose or storing up waters to ne nsea i in the time of scarcity by the people in the valley and the problem of the rnnntrnrtlnn nf illtrhoa to forrt th nooa waters up onto tne aiTiaes ana throw them In the tall of thn vpar ; over those lands that have a deep sub-soil that is a natural reservoir for the holding of water. The IteHolutionN Pawwtl The following resolutions are the ones referred to by Mr. Beeler In his speech and which were introduced ana pasBea oy tne tonvemion ; u-remiwroin. Be It Resolved by the Nebraska State Irrigation Association that we are in ravor or tne national govern- ment appropriating, through the reg- ular River and Harbor appropriation committee, sufficient runas lor. ttie;era, known aa the Reclamation Act. rpaervolrs so constructed with pub construction and maintenance of res-1 A u ,B wel, known this act aproprl- Uc fund8 to owned and controlled r.,u.. .uu w.u, ur .-, ready constructed. In or adjacent to the rivers of the arid and "ml-alrd i.uu-. "'lu , "UJT " ilands situate within the arid ana lessening the floods in the navigably b1 q t te8 The COBt8 thereof rivers, into which the waters of such." bJ against the lands regions finally find the r way. and for J Trttlers upon said lands to re the purpose of ncreaslng the flow of.""",, rec amatlon fund. and such rivers during the time of scare-: J. " ai . k ..ml for the of the waters of such rivers' such wa cording to the law. of priority of th, trar Una at at aa anrl wa a rn n Ian iti . . . . ... . . . o t .hi v,r.t i the purpose of const ructing ditches 10 convey tne nooa waters oi tne riv- ; f thye arld and Beml.arld glonB onto tue divlde or hlgh ,and8 for lhe purpose of storing water in the sub- soil of such divide or higher lands; . ment of the cost of construction to be Lh .k. is r .nnniement the W m rainfall over Gosper, Phelps and Kearney counties. Nebraska; and WHEREAS, the State Engineer has reported favorably upon the feas- IbiHty ot said project, and WHEREAS, such appropriation and diversion of said waters can in n lnterfere wltu the rights of RESOLVED, that It Is the sense of this convention that said project will prove beneficial to that locality and j also to the entire state of Nebraska and can in no wise impair or Infringe upon the rights of any apropriator up ! the stream from the point of such dt- version, and therefore, be It RESOLVED, that this Convention l ne title OI ID j tlon cf irrigation high-sounding on Laws ", is rather a one. I'errection is ,, - - i.ru.iinn la wa of after perfection "ft."'?! when a new sudjpci comes up .u iu He country, state or nation. It must be regulated by 1w, m4 m . perience is neoernii - new subject or upon an old subject uu" . "",",," kV iw leinpi oi reKUiaiiiis """ ' , laws. Irrigation exlsU by reason of , -A-a.U-i JtTkAri f hati tlfiA tI 1 111 111 U ,7""" r.1""-,i n BtRteB wnlch were arid. and ad .wept OTer th. mi-srld portions of "UI liil.t.. .v..', ."hi Vt. rtti uiiiu v .r nHi irumi m thA lands for the Dur- " , , . " ill iiri m utuvm.ii " n " " - . . 1 t, ta1 ma1a A niTftniOn OI I . - - ---- . Va waAW Af tflA arrumi. UUL UI . . ,,tAm. Out of this cus- w torn nnaiiy laws oenau w w Although they were crude, and im - perfect, yet gradually tne courts ana legislatures of various states benn to apply and pass laws for the dlstri- - , and paBB ,awa for the dlstri- l" '' ouu i ! v.... ..j i.u nf watora of these -,.,rv.. nntn ut tha nmnnnt time ev- ery state In the Union that Is located In the arid and semi-arid regions has av.tom nt lava rneuIatlnK the nnronrlatlon and distribution and ' . ,.. . .ruimi At first Keneral government took no in- tere8t ln the matter, and it was onir hv atr-tiuoua action that some or tne mOBt able mt)n ot the arid and semi- ,d BtateB of tbe nnion were able to maae Rn impression upon congress. for th. paesage of an Irrigation law. ; c finally passed what Is gen- a1ed 175,000,000.00 for tne purpose nf conBtrnctmg reclamation projects , Jn order tQ reclalm portions of public .nit Hume auii u I construction of other projects. The iri awwuw i uumu iuwv . respects. The people living on tne , '.v ,,1,rirI1 haw streams along which retirs Jaye been constructed for the storage of Htorm waters for the purpose of us- ; " , .r,.n lng and some ' Iad,J" ?! portions of the public m?e n' fT la'tn 1"! Lv reclamation service, some of tbem ev-1 . Dnln In thn ettont of hlamillZ tliol Tne tltle of my HUbJect. "Perfec- construction or the reservoirs and ! no refund. The water then to be let WftS the nattoual government. Large the storing of storm waters therein, down under the government's surr- 'V- as a result of what was done at as the main and leading cause why vision and to be distributed In each , "at irrigation congress, the New the North Platte river and Platte rlv- tate by local authority under local 1 ,an b"' received a strong impetus, er have gone dry during the summer i tawa. There is. and in fact there ! nd yet, strange as it may seem, at months. To my mind mis is a great error. I ao sot wins mat me reser- ing berore congress, cauea tne ruew volrs are ln any way the cause of the ! land's Bill, and though not embrac scarcity of water which we have ex- ng n its provisions all of the above perlenced ln the rivers during the enumerated objects, yet ln its pur past four years. I think we should I)0ne tends to an accomplishment have had the scarcity of water dur-; thereof. The mountain states, or ing those years the same as If no res- ( the states in which these rivers or ervolrs had ever been constructed. In . iginate. have always been opposed to 'fact, It Is my opinion that we would have had even less water, naa me reservoirs not been constructed. Nat- urally, also at times of scarcity of water for Irrigation purposes, the eye of the farmer was cast with longing to the water enclosed within the res - ervolr and when he saw the fierce sun of western Nebraska beat down upon his crops, and feared that bib labor would be In vain, the clamor naturally arose that the government of the United States, through the re clamation service, was wlth-holding the water stored in the reservoir do ing no one any good, and that Ir. some manner the reclamation offlcerh should be compelled to allow the wa ters ln times of scarcity to run fron the reservoirs into the rivers to br used by the Irigators. Many said that the government holds the water In the reservoir during the Irrigation season and then when the irrigation season Is over allows It to flow out ot lhe reservoirs down the river, and upon different occasions such was a fact. But that waa an Incident rath er than a custom, and waa occasion ed by the fact that repairs needed to be made to the reservoir. But nev ertheless there is a general anxiety on the part of the people who have constructed lrrlgitlon works, to ob tain the water from the reservoirs for the purpose of supplying their ditches when the natural flow Is not sufficient. The r.uestion Is, how can the same be obtained equitably and Justly, to the government and all par ties concerned. :ome have purchas ed water from the government for a stipulated price, and they together with others who have to pay assess ments upon the lands which they have homesteaded, are naturally op posed to having the government turn out the water in the reservoir to be distributed under the state laws of priority to the various ditches along the rivers, and one can not wonder that they should be. But Is there not some equitable and just way oui of the difficulty, by which the gov ernment of the United States will not distribute water as an article of com merce, but rathor as a great benev olent force aiding In the development of the arid and semi-arid regions, and at the same time expend no more of ,nnAm th.n It la nnndlni treams- It mo uidi ci a tt tMaDNVU of the United SUtes. known as the "Tiffi "i'Jg .other laws upon a new "W"'" curred to the legislature, nor to the thinkinc mn nt the nation that the tninking men or ui nation, urn iu . - ! T A WAS FrAfTI DO luO UKUU1HIUU nn -, mA --.11- i, - umuft UCI mu wrnrn " entering wedge. But since Its pass- - " m.n f .inr-p-nt narts of . , . the country have given the "ubJect ciose attention, nnu tounj eastern portions of the country It Is admitted that the government can admitted that the government can . ..., kmrin hi leeltlmatelv. and snouia. oegin tne construction of storage reservoirs in the non-navigable streams, for the two-fold purposes of preventing the atnrm water from flowing down (hose non-navigable streams into the navl- rnria mm and throhv ipaaen the de- structlon occasioned by the floods in the lower streams; and for the pur nose of allowing those waters so Btored up to flow down these non navlKable streams Into the naviga ble one8 and thereby lncrwise the now ot water for navigable purposes durlna periods of low water. Such entirely by the national government both for the benefit of lessening th flow of water at times of flood, and increase tbe flow thereof during the time of scarcity, and for the benefit of the people living along these streams. In order to carry out this nnVaA I A V fkit 1 4 Ka It Ttll11 11 1 MO be necessary to have the reservoirs this organisation grew, will never already constructed to come under 'Pft ,be war ' words that raged ln the same management and control, that congress for some three days. A law making such an appropriation 11,8 lant Platform speakers of the should also Include a provision by nation were , there, and expressed which the reclamation fund should pro.aand con8 of h government con be reimbursed by such public appro- trolling tbe waters of the interstate priatlon so that the people living un- streams, and yet after that debate der any project be relieved from pay- waB OV8r, that National Irrigation lng for the costs of the construction J-ongress by a large vote decided that of the reservoirs, retaining priority 'he only power strong enough to cou nt use from the reservoir of the wa- tro1. ""fflclent means to develop the t6T which they had purchased, and ..ulA fnr if ih nfirril to rMiiT has been for some time, a bill pend - this plan for the reason that they claim that the waters in the rivers ' that arise in these states are the ! property of these states with which they can do as they desire. In order, i then, for the states of the plains to ! obtain a right, equitable and Just i solution of the storage problem. It will be necessary for them to unite on one definite plan, get behind it and push it with all their power. This is the manner in which the first act wan passed by congress, vis: the Re clamation Act. In the fight for the Reclamation Act, they got behind it and puBbed with all their might, and finally the wagon of progress ran ov er the moss backs of the East, and something was accomplished. But even this could not have been done nt that time bad It not been that Theodore Roosevelt, a man largely familiar with conditions in the West, was at that time the presiding genius of the White House. But once the wedge has been driven ln. it is easier for great things to be accomplished. and It is my opinion that If the vari ous Irrigation organisations would get behind a plan, that we could ac complish what we seek. We cannot do this, however," by abusing th reclamation officers or by continually finding fault 'wHh' that department which has charge of the irrigation b71 aironi niu nV.Yi bT a" et"- projects. - . . . and a pull, without ceasing, and with only one' bbjtot In view. I do not claim that those who advocate the above plan have all of the elements of perfection, bat to my mind It la the solution ol the problems that vex us at the present time. There Is no question In the' world that the supply of water dursag the Irrigation season must be increased i n some manner In order that prosperity may accom pany the efforts of the agriculturist In the art aad semi-arid states. Plenty of water 'runs down the rivers during a portion of the year, and yet during the vry part of the year when the Irrigators need the use of water there la a deficiency. Storage reservoirs mil he constructed and tbe water t besot stored, and the wa ter equitably esMributed among the irrigators. The arms oi associations, corpora tions, aad em the states, are too short to aaeorapllsh the task. No power bat 4sm national government can handle the problem. And this power will never he handled properly until the peosss of the arid and aeml- arid SUtes get hehlnd a definite plan ana or rag to sear upon the national congress all tbe Influence at their command. At she present time light comes from the South and from the Bast to light the path of the Irrigat ors oi the Wast. The people of the Houtn nave organized associations for the parpen of pushing this nlan as they deefr to decrease tbe flow of water In the Uswliwlppl during times oi 0008, ana Increase the flow of that river dwnax times of scarcity. The people Irthag along the Ohio riv er are begra?g to see that destruct ive noode arejpt necessary, and caa be overcome fy tbe holding back of the flood waters at the head waters of these streams. But some are loudly protesting against the control . of tbe waters of these streams by the national government. The neonl under .irrigation i . projects of public lands fear that. In some manner It will endanger ,t supply of water for their .lands, The persons. ass& ciationa smd Irrigation districts that, have purchased water from the govT ernment supplied from these reser voirs, also fear that their rights will, be Jeopardised , should the govern ment take general control and sup ervision over these reservoirs. To my mind these dHngers are imagin ary more than real, and the only thing that can overcome these fears, however, is open 'and free discussion, which has always overcome ground less fears. Those who attended the National Irrigation Congress at Tutb lo some few years ago. at which meeting the nucleus out of which arid and semi-arid states, and to Cause the dVsert tO bloom as tho man i '"-"-e neia at uenver last spring, cUled by the officers of the Interior Department a vote endors ing the New laud's bill was rescinded m iucu au but erne vote given there on largely by the representatives of the states that had their giant orators at Pueblo, strongly advocating gov ernment control ef the waters of In terstate streams. When such is tbe case the people tff the East naturally feel that tbe West does not know what It wants. And while with our best efforts we may not be able to reach perfection r of Irrigation laws, yet by a united effort we will be able lo accomplish much toward this ob ject. Let ua, therefore, get behind some definite plan and then get be hind it with force and push It along and it will not be long until the peo ple of tbe Bast and South will rally to our plan, and a law passed by con gress giving ns the use of all ot the waters in these streams, equitably and fairly distributed. RespectfnUy submitted. J. O. BEELER, North Platte, Nebr. New Mojnagemeut Take your meals at the Burlington Hotel dining room. New manage ment. Best of service. W. 8. Bar rett. Proprietor. l-tf-6548