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THE OMAHA DAILY TIKE: SATTJKDAY, MAY 23, 1904.
FIT FOR CARNEGIE PENSION
Herat la Everyday Li fa 8ok m tha Gim
rkiluthrcpiit Lores
LIFE RISKED TO SAVE A LIFE
Fitting- Kwar4 for tho Hree
Berolnee of Peaoo Thets
Cfcll4ra Im4aora af
la Conner a stooeur.
In hla latest benefaction, Mr. Carnegie
has act apart $6,000,000 to reward heroes. A
permanent commission baa baan estab
lished which U to glva money and medals
whenever It ballevca an act of ha ro lain Jus
tifies such a gift Should a man or woman
die In tha performance of a courageous
deed, those left without up port ara to re
ceive Ana octal assistance. Orphaned children
ara to ba educated. Should tha haro
aurvlva ha la to ba honored with a puraa or
medal, a tha oommlaalon a hall decide.
Tha world recognises two klnda of haroaa,
each tha antithesis, tha negative, tha para
dox, even, of tha other. Tha ona risks hla
life to kill, tha other ta reecue hla fallow
man. On tha battlefield tha aoldler and tha
nurse brara shot and ahell alda by aide,
both of them canaacratad ta purpoaaa called
heroic, but aa far apart aa hell and heaven.
Tha general wha overwhelms a hundrad
armlea la extolled aa tha hero of hla na
tion and made tha aubject of odea, orations,
paintings and atatuea. Tha mother who dies
In rescuing har child from a blazing tene
ment housa leavaa a memoir to few and la
soon doomed to oblivion.
Only far tha haroaa and hcrolnaa of peace
are tha guerdons of tha Carnegla oom
mlaalon intended. "Whenever harolam la
displayed by man or woman In saving Ufa,"
said Mr. Carnegla In his letter concerning
tha project, "the fund applies. Tha
sea Is the Sonne of herolo acts, and no ac
tion is more heroic than that of doctors and
nursea volunteering their services In the
case of epidemics. Railroad employes ara
remarkable for herolem. All these and sim
ilar cases are embraced."
Ooaravareoaia Deeds.
In tha records of the Royal Humana So
ciety of England tha Carnegla commission
may obtain soma Idea of what the scope of
Its work will be. No similar record Is kept
In this country. This society furnishes
medals only to those who have rescued per
sons from drowning and suffocation, yet
in one year it honored 766 British subjects.
Some time ago this society conferred med
als upon two younjr men who risked their
lives to save a couple of black Kaffir boys
from a Da Beers diamond mine in South
Africa, Ona of the youths, by the name of
Brown, had been a football player before
he became a miner, and Brand, the other,
was a member of tha Diamond Fields
Horse of South Africa. Both wars 1
ployed In a mine near KJmberlev.
It chanoed that Brown and Brand were
anout to go into the mine ona day, when
they heard screams, and were aiuManiw
knocked down by a swarm of Kaffirs, who
came tumDllng and sprawling out of the
pit.
"Mud rush! Mud rush!" yelled one who
could speak English somewhat better than
the rest of his black companions.
Both Brown and Brand had been long
enough In the diamond mines to know what
a mud rush was.' Nothing causes such
horror among the blacks as this kind of
disaster. Unlike explosion or flood, the
mud rush gives no warning to Its victims.
Without a sound the black slime wells up
from the floor of tha mine, and, catching
the miner In Its miry grasp. It crawls up
his cheat so slowly that ha may live hours
before death Anally buries him head and
all. .
Two Helpers Missing-.
Fortunately a Kaffir had seen tha first
bubble of this mud rush and had spread a
general alarm. After a hasty count of
those who had escaped, however, It was
discovered that there were two Kaffir boys
employed as helpers miaaing. For several
hours no plan of rescue was possible, be
cause the mud oosed out of the mouth of
tha mine like muoilaga out of a bottle's
mouth. At tha first sign of its subsidence
a gang was put to work digging out the
mire, and when an afternoon, a night and
morning had paased the surface of tha mud
lay about a foot below tha roof of the
mine.
"No use In trying to save those Kaffir
kids," said a veteran miner. "If they
were caught, they're dead."
"But there Is one place where the roof
Is extra high," said rown. "Perhaps
BEAUTY OF SKIN
PURITY OF BLOOD
Ancient and Modern Ideas on These)
Interesting Subject.
UP-TO-DATE METHODS
For Purifying and Beautifying the
Skin, Scalp, Hair and
Hands
Socrates; called beauty a short lived
tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature,
Theocritna, a delightful prejudice, The
ophraatua a silent cheat, Carneadea, a
solitary kingdom, Ilomer a glorious gift
of nature, Ovid a favor of Uie gods,
Aristotle affirmed that beauty was
better than all the letters of rec
ommendation In the world, and yet none
of these distinguished authorities have
.ift cm even a hint of how beauty la to
perpetuated, or the ravages of age and
disease defied. Time soon blentW the
illy and the rose Into the pallor it age,
disease dots the fair face wit) cuta
neous disfigurations and crimsons the
Itoinan nose with unsightly flushea)
moth if not rust, corrupts the glory of
eyes, teeth and lips and Hps yet beauti
ful by defacing the complexion and fliUs
the sensitive soul with agony.
If such be the unhappy condition of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings of those in
whom torturing humors have for years
run riot covering the skin with scales
and sores and charging the blood with
poisonous .elements to become a part of
the system until death!
It Is the treatment of torturing, dis
figuring humors and affections of the
skin, scalp and blood, with the loss of
hair, that the Cutlcura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal In composition, scientifically com
pounded, absolutely pure, unchangeable
in any climate, always ready, and agree
able to the most delicate and sensitive
they present to young and old the
moat successful curatives of modern
times,
"3) r pn
Decoration Day Sales in Every Dept. TJ!r
gaunter through the store cannot fail to prove this. Secure those rousing bargains with the
Green Trading Stamp extras. The little sticker is a permanent fixture in our merchandising
as natural as 'thank you.'' Hope to see you Saturday.
SATURDAY WILL BE WAIST DAY
At the Biggest of Big Stores
TUB MOST COMPLETE DISPLAY EVER MADE) IN OMAHA.
NEW IN STYLE, NEW IN MATERIAL AND PERFECT IN FIT.
WASH WAISTS at $2.7$. H.2S, $LW, $L6, 11.16, 11 1. 89o
75c, a and '
JAP SILK WASH WAISTS at $9.W. $8.96, $4 86, $3.96, $3.50,
$LK and. -
ALL-OVER LACE WAI8T3 at $10.60, 13.30, 13.75
I7.PS and
SPECIAL SILK WAIST, BLACK AND ALL COLORS,
at
EVERT WAIST
-,50c
1.98
B.75
.. . 3 95
FIT
I ititMAm IS
I srosa samples of hand embroidered ladles' linen collars, all
ful colorings and designs, values up to 60c, on
sale Saturday morning, ax.
And $1.00 worth Oreen Trading 5tamps
with Each Collar.
beautl-
29c
Urn
m
100 pleoee face veilings, all this season's styles and patterns. In plain
mie, piaoK wiin wmi usurca nuu uuio, a. wim
nil fanxv mnn. ail white, black with white flrurea R
white dots, gray with black dots and all gray, values in thla
lot up to Wc yard, Baturoay only, yard
.-25c
And $1.00 worth Oreen Trading Stamps
with Every Yard.
ESS
111!
5tamp Sensation In Our Glove Department
78 doteo sample lisle lace sloves and mitts on. sale Saturday mornlng.
t o'clock. Fine dainty pattern a in regular and elbow lengths-colors
black and white values up to 50C
sto, Saturday we put them on sale at
And $3.00 worth Oreen Trading Stamps
with Each Pair.
' I cases women's and child's fast black cotton hosiery-ail sizes values - 2hO
up to 20c pair, Saturday, per pair.
Flags for Decoration Day
In Sporting Goods Dept. Note These Prices.
Jn I Flags tH7H Inches- QC
I per dosen vw
25c
10c
Flags 2Hx4 Inches
per doten -
Flags 7xl0H Inches
COTTON BUNTING FLAGS Mounted on flit spearhead staff these are
large nags each, 2Sc, 16o and
a a e a e
$2 in Green Trading Stamps with every
dozen of our 14x24 Flags get in on
this price per dozen. 50c.
See Oar Line o! Cottle and Wool Bunting Pole Flags.
Perfumes! Perfumes!
Are you a regular patron or our Perrumery counters? Tou will
And the latest products and sweetest concentrations of the famed per
fumeries of England, France, Italy and America. Saturday we will
give double Green Trading; Stamps with all bulk Perfumes.
Dabrook's Parisian Rose. Locust Bloosom or Parisian Violets, or,... 50o
Pllver's Safran, or Le Trine, etc., per ounce 75o
Violets (Vee-O-Lays) Ambre Royale, per ounce 75a
Eastman's Chinese Incense, per ounce 1 60
Double Green Trading Stamps with Violet's fine Toilet Soap, Heliotrope,
Vlolette. Foin Coupe box of three, 75c per cake , 2o
Rubber Sponges ideal complexion or skin sponge in four sizes up from 25a
48c, 38c and 260
TUt ft rnppr5 AlwaJ bUB- Everyn8
x lie VJ.I UWVlD knows that groceries from
BENNETT'S are strictly O. K.
Hints to Housekeepers.
' A practical demonstration of Dur
kee's Salad Dressing the leading
brand. WHITE BOOTH.
Pineapple, can lEo
Cherries, black or white, t-lb can.. 150
Peaches, splendid, S-lb can 15o
Potted Ham for sandwiches, can.. 4o
Worcester Sauoa, bottle 100
60c worth Green
Trading Stamps
witn tnrea cans
Hawkey.
Cream for
15c
Table Syrup, can 10c
Baking Soda, package 4o
Corn Starch, 1-lb package 60
Best Laundry Soap, 8 bars 254'
Ham Loaf, can lOo
H.0A worth Green
Trading Stamps
with each 8-lb can
Diamond S Fruits,
most Ottn
delicious
Coffee
Best values in fresh roasted goods.
Maracalho Coffee, pound 15a
Golden Santos Coffee, pound 2o
Finest Java and Mocha, pound 3bo
Cigars
Tibl a genuine Manila Cigar,
packed 25 in tin boxns always to
keep moist, box, tl. 20 each
General Thnnins a bis club house
shnpe clfrnr 50 for ! for 25o
BOX TRADE A SPECIALTY.
60
Meats and Provisions
Strictly fresh Dressed Chickens, per pound 10c
Fresh Dressed Roosters, heads and feet off, per lb 8c
Fresh No. 1 Leaf Lard, 15 pounds for 1.00
Pure Kettle Rendered Lard, all best grades, 3 lbs. for. 25c
3-lb. pail of Rex or Silver Leaf Lard, for 25c
3-pound pail of Compound Lard ; 22c
No. 1 choice regular hams, all best brands and any brand, tic
Boneless and Cottage Hams, per pound .. .J0c
MorreH's Iowa Fride Cal. Hams, per pound 10c
Fresh Roast of Pork, per pound 6c
Spare Ribs, per pound 5C
Tickling Prices in
JEWELRY SECTION
INDIAN PEAD
I.OOM8, regular
tO-cent tQn
Xrade IVW
nd li.OO In Green
Trading Stamps.
Indian Reads a
Saturday per
II colors
bunch ....
15c
-
i'ViiWlVJvH'
Gold flllPd Sot
Ring, thoroughly
guaranteed to
wear OE
each AOfc.
And $1.00 in Green
Trading Stamps.
FANCY DECO
RATED VASES
j.hchcr: 98c
And 15.00 in Green
Trading Stamps .
ARTI ARTII
Trading Stamp Bpeclals for Saturday and
Monday.
Pyrography franicH,
worth 85c and 45c, sale
price, each
25c
And $100 of T.lttl
Green Stickers thrown
in.
Framed landscape pic
tures with brass name
plate, worth at least
Soo, aala pvlce
29c
And $2.00 In T.tttle
Green Stickers thrown
In.
Framed landscapes,
little mothers, etc.,
braes name Klates an
exceptional bargain for
4VC
And 13(10 of Little
Green Stickers thrown
n
it
JJ Or
In.
Japanese nut bowls, sale ()
price 4
Frnmed pictures on bargain HUn
table J3.
Pyrography outfits
1.98
And $8.00 worth of
Green Trading Stamps
with each.
Special In the ratchleet picture of the sea
son, "It's a Shame to Take ;n
tha Money," for OyC
Art Department, Second Floor.
Saturday from 8 a. m. to 12 m. Dou
ble Green Trading Stamps, Shoe Dept.
280 pairs men s Chocolate t! Qi
vici lace Regent, worth 2.?0
128 pairs of men black
vici lace Regent, tl OiZ
worth $250, for LL.SJ
i
More tan shoes for ladies and men than any store in Omaha.
pirftr i fif ay
Russian
Colgate's La Frano Rosa Toilet Water four sixes 74c,
Special for
Saturday
Drapery Dcpt , Third Floor.
Remnants of
CURTAIN
SWISSES
Saturdaj at 8:30 o'clock we are
going to place on sale 6,000 yard
of splendid dotted and figured
Curtain Swisses, regular 15c and
17c values. IMeces measuring
from 5 yds. up to 20 yds. also our
complete line of French Colored
SwlHses.
Special for Satur- 71
day only, per yd...
Third Floor.
lac
Millinery
For Decoration Day
Millinery styles that are exclusive, very individual and striking, the
product of the highest millinery culture of the day, selling at prices that
mean a saving. ' x
For Decoration day needs sale Saturday 'we will make a special dis
count of TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT on Virot's Pouyanes and all other
imported pattern hats, giving you a charming choice every possible am
bition met, every tasto abundantly gratified Saturday. These superb
creations at ONE-FOURTH OFF.
Big lot of trimmed hats for Saturday divided Into four
lots lot 1, $4.98-lot 2, 3.40-lot 8, $2.00 and
lot 4 .....
Street Hats worth as high as four dollars the most of
them easily worth three dollars at
08c and
1.00
25c
An assortment of Flowers
at per bunch. ...........
And $2 Worth of Little Qreaa Stickers Thrown la
IOC
Crockery at
"Snap-'em-Up" Prices
yU-T) & CO. 100-PrECK WHITF
AND OOLJ DINNER SETTS-handsomoly
lfUed with bent coin fold-a. regiiliir
S60.00 value introductory
J pouyat" s ' 'waiiTB' china"dra ON
HANDLE TANKARDS tha O 1C
U.00 kind-for S. IU
(Limit one to a customer.)
K. T. AND K. VITRIFIED HOTEL
CHINA DINNER PLATES- fZS-,
per dozen UCJC
m One gallon Stone Crocks,
ware each 1 VL.
And tl.60 worth of Little
Oreen Stickers. Limit of
six.
HAVILAND St CO. TEA PLATES.
BREAKFAST PLATF39 AND TEACUl'3
AND BAUCERS nice delicate pink deco
ration ana gold handles on Kart- Tf )p
son shape
Li
mogea china each.
CRYSTAL GLASS VASES,
12 Inches high On
each .
And 2.00 in Little Oreen
Stickers thrown In.
WATCH ADS
FOR SALE OF
JUNE SKD, 4TH AND 6T1L
WILL REJOICE.
AND SHOW WINDOW
FINE CHINA PLATES
Kaufman's Superb Orchestra of Bandmasters in a Raging Rag Time Concert Saturday Evening from 7:30 to lO. Comin
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they have hid there, where they could
keep their heads above the mire."
'"They're dead all right, never you fear,"
said the superintendent
"I'm going to find out, anyway," said
Brand, and the words were hardly spoken
before Brown clasped hla hand, and tha
two plunged Into tha black river of ooze.
Too thin to support them, yet too thick
to swim in, the young man could only
foroa their way ahead by scooping out
tha mud with -their hands and walking
on tiptoe. It was impossible to carry a
light, so that they could only feel their
way In tha Inky darkness. Now and then
the roof would desoend so far as almost
to reach the surface of tha mud, and here
they were only able to prevent suffoca
tion by blowing tha mud away from their
nostrils. At another time tha mud sud
denly began to rise, and they were hor
rified with tha fear that they were about
to be engulfed U another rush.
There was no answer to their shouts.
until they reached a place where tha
roof began to slope upward, tha place
where the boys were If they ware atlU
alive. Then low moans met their ears.
A moment later and the Kaffir boys were
In their arms. Tbey had only escaped
death by clinging to a crag, and thus
keeping their heads above tha river of
slime. Yet, with the subsidence of tha
stream they had no means of knowing
If It had sunk enough to permit them
to wada out. They ware still blinded by
an utter darkness. But Brown and Brand
lad them back to daylight and safety.
Traarady la TbmL
Whan tha work was begun on tha North
river tunnel, one tuba of which was com
pleted only the other day, a workman saved
seven out. of thlrty-Hve man by an act
which would have been honored by a hero
commission had there been ana then. The
men had gone down Into tha tunnel Just
after mldnlgkt, when one of them discov
ered water pouring through a leak la tha
Iron roof plates. There was an air lock at
the landward end of tha tunnel, a rectang
ular chamber, fifteen feat long and six feat
in diameter, with both of lis Iron doors
opening toward the tunnel. When tha men
went out ordinarily they opened tha first
pair of doors, stepped Into the lock, and
then waited until the air pressure was de
creased to that of tha outside atmosphere.
Then, and not till then, could they open tha
outer doors.
At tha alarm Peter Woodland, a Dana,
and tha foreman of tha gang, yelled to his
fellows:
"Get Into tha lock, boys, and get alone-
lively!" To help them ha ran back and
puahed them ona by ona toward tha lock.
As tha eighth man passed him, however, ha
leu across tha threshold of tha Inner doors.
As ha did so tha roof began to cava In.
Peterson by this time waa u to his neck
In tha foul, slimy water, which had leaked
down from the river bottom. The doors of
tna look would not shut because of tha
prostrate body.
Rip off your clothes and shove them in
between the doors!" shouted tha foreman.
Mover mind me, X can't get Into tha lock
now."
In mad haata tha man etrlDoed and mt,,t.
fed their clothes In tha crack. StlU tha
water leaked la. There waa a glass bulls
eye In tha outer door, whloh. If broken In
an emergency permitted tha oompreaaed air
of tha lock to rush out, and thus permit
tha opening of tha look's outer doors.
-Knock out the bulla eye!" yelled Pet.
son. who now stood a-tiptoe In tha mire.
WeU ha knew that his order meant hla m
death. As soon as tha oompreaaed air was
released tha roof of tha tunnel wduld am
In completely. Borne ona crmahed tha glass
and tha doors swung back. At tha same
Inatant tha river poured dowa Into tha tun
nel, drowning all those twenty-eight men
like so many rats In a hole.
Bravo Rescue.
. A hero of peace in American waters who
won the recognition of the governments of
both England and the United States was a
negro, Wilson McField, one of the crew of
the schooner Dolphin, wrecked by a hurri
cane off the Caymen rocks of Nicaragua.
The boat turned bottom up, and after Mo
Field had dragged five of his comrades out
of the sea on to this raftlike refuge, a
knocking was heard against the timbers,
as of some one that had been imprisoned
In tha overturned cabin. McField dived
down with a rope In his teeth, and, groping
about the submerged deck, found a hatch
way, and ascended until his head popped
out of the water and struck heavily against
a post The blow stunned him for a time,
but, recovering his wits, ha crawled to
ward the cabin. There he found two of the
crew, hlalllts, a young rubber cutter, and
Obando, a halfbreed stevedore, clinging to a
splinter of wood. Fastening the rope around
tha waist of MalUU. McField signaled to
haul Mm In, and he guided the youth
through the hatch, out from under tha
deck and up through the outside water.
After a short rest he rescued the half
breed In tha same way. New York Tribune.
ANOTHER LEAP YEAR PERIL
Eligible Yonata; Men Likely to Look
Vpom tha Ellen-rllle Case as
Omiaoua.
There are features to tha EUenWUe, N.
Y., $10,000 breach of promise case that de
mand more than Idle attention in view of
the year and tha prucarlous position of
many of our eligible young men.
Tha defendant In this case Is a bashful
youth of SO. When tha crusaders of tha
Women's Temperance union went to Ellea
vllle to wage a campaign against sin and
Intemperance to restore, as it ware, tha
"lid" to tha place from which It appears to
have been blown by soma iniquitous power
this defendant waa an Interested ipecta
tor. Ha waa attracted by the crusade.
Later ho was attracted by ona of the cru
saders. "Talk of temperanee," according to tha
news from EUenvllle, "led to talks of
matrimony." In tha end tha crusader seams
to have veered from temperance and con
fined herself exclusively to matrimony. At
any Vate, she claims that during ona of
these conversations the youth now the de
fendantproposed marriage. She, the oru
sader now tha plaintiff-accepted. The
youth then stopped to think. Thus ha be
came tha defendant, for "after ba had
thought about It ha triad to hack out and
sho entered suit for 10,000 and had him ar
rested." The defendant's plea Is, In brief, that ha
did not talk matrimony, but that the plain
tiff did. In other worda. taklna- idvintm
of tha fact that this la leap year, tha plain-
ua propoaea marriage, and in his confusion
ha accepted. Now ua tnaaea an frrt t.
evade the oonsequenoes by showing that ho
la a minor. A guardian ba been appointed.
If tha plaintiff shall lose har rasa a
precedent wUl ba established that will for.
tlfy thousands of youths who are open to
the leap year peril. Aa matters aland, no
man under tl la safe from the reform ex
citements and tha enthusiasms of fair cru
saders who. mavhaD. use their arrest unu
merely to entrap fair but shy victims.
uniu tna present year la fairly numbered
with the paat there It obviously but cna
course for those who do not wish ta
coma defendants In proceedings vlmllar to
this, and that Is to go Into court snd have
a guardian appointed Uuttanter. Chlcngo
Chronicle.
MAKING THIRSTY LAND SMILE
Capirtment of Agricu'tara Trying to Tjy
derdraia Alkali Lrmd iu tha Wait.
SALTS FIRST BROUGHT UP BY IRRIGATION
Impoa-tant Experiments Undertaken
with a View to Reclaiming; Mil
Hobs' of Acres of tbo Pmb
lle Domain.
A bulletin just Issued by tha Department
of Agriculture in Washington tells of an
interesting and Important experiment that
Is being made with the view to demon
strating that arid alkali lands In the west
may be reclaimed for Dumosea of sktI
culture) The following extracts from the
bulletin give an Idea of what It la hoped
may be accomplished:
"The rise of alkali has been one of the
most threatening and least understood of
the problems confronting the Irrigation
former, i There are areas In the west where
land has been rendered unfit for crops
after having been cultivated for over
twenty years. Land which once sold for
$300 an acre Is now practically worthless.
How to prevent the rise of alkali In areas
not yet damaged and how to reolalm those
which have been Injured la a question
the answer to which Is eagerly sought.
'"The presence of alkali la duo primarily
to the cllmatlo oondltions of the west The
soils of tha eastern states hare had tha
alta which they originally contained
washed or bleached out by tha annual
rains. Tha soils of the arid regions of
tha west, not having undergone this
leaching process In tha ammo degree as
tha eastern soils, contain a largo part of
tha salts whloh were present In tha rooks
from which tha soil are derived.
First Reaalta of Irrigation.
"When tha land Is first Irrigated tha
water dissolves tha salts and carries them
downward. With continued Irrigation,
however, tha subsoil becomes filled with
water and unlees there be an adequate
underground water movement the water
table of tha locality rises. When it rises
within three to six feet of the surface,
the depth depending mainly on the texture
of the soil, the capillary power of the soil
grains and tha organic matter In the soil
draw the water to the surface, much as
on rises In a wick. Hera It Is evaporated
and tha salt content la left behind.
"This process soon results In aa accumu
lation of alkali In the surface soil and
vegetation is Injured or destroyed. Many
attempts have been made to free land
from alkali by the application of gypsum,
stable manure and other substances, or
by washing out the salts by flooding the
land and quickly draining the water off
the surface. None of these has proved of
any permanent benefit to tha land.
"After careful Investigation, , the bureau
became convinced that the only way per
manently to reclaim alkali land Is by
under drainage and flooding. This con
viction was strengthened when the bureau's
expert In alkali land reclamation made a
trip to Egypt and Algeria during the sum
mer of ISO and Investigated the work be
ing done there by English and French en
gineers. In tha lower Nile valley they are
reclaiming land so salt that It contains
180 tons of salt per acre to a depth of three
feet.
Vaat Area Available.
'The reclamation of alkali land by under
dralnage and flooding la purely a mechani
cal process. The drains carry off tha un-j
derground water aa fast aa It rises and
thus break tha connection between the
water table and the soli surface. The
flooding diesolves the salt In the layer of
soil above the drains and carries It down
and out through the drains.
"In order to demonstrate the efficiency of
this method of reclamation the bureau of
soils Is underdrainlng and flooding tracts
of land near Salt Lake City, Utah; Fresno,
Cal.; North Yakima, Wash... and Tempe,
Aria. The experiments on these tracts
have been so successful that the bureau re
gards It as proved beyond question that
thorough underdrainage and flooding will
reclaim the worst of alkali lands. The cost
of reclamation ranges from 10 to $30 per
acre.
"It Is difficult to realize the vast im
portance of this work to the arid regions
of the west. Of the 74.000,000 acres of land
In the west for which there la sufficient
water for irrigation over 9,000,000 acres con
tain an excess of alkali salts. The value
of this land If freed from alkali would be
over $600,000,000. It Is estimated that land
values In the Immediate vicinity of Salt
Lake City alone will be increased over
$3,000,000 as a result of the bureau'a suc
cessful demonstration of alkali land
reclamation at that place."
allowed Ave minutes for combing It out r.nd
parting It on one side." Chicago Tribune.
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The conductor on tne southbound train
opened the door of tha car and put his head
Inside.
"Texas state line," he called out. "Gents
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ATTACKED BY A SEA LION
kxpresa Mesaenarer Baa a Lively Ad
vtarare with tbo Anlnanl on
av Moving; Train.
W. H. May,' a Wella-Fargo A Co.'s ax-
press messenger living at $112 Garfield ave
nue, Kansas City, had an encounter with
a 806-pound sea lion In tho express car of
the California train on the Santa Fe. Tha
aea lion waa one of three that were being
carried from San Francisco to New York.
The affray terminated by May shooting
the Hon with a "stub" shotgun suoh as Is
now carried by all express messengers. The
encounter occurred at 10 o'clock at night
near Peabody, Kan.
May was at work In oca end of the car
when he heard A orash, followed by tha
bark of a big sea lion. The animal had
broken out of Its cage and was advancing
toward May down the dimly lighted pass
ageway between the piles of baggage.
May untied two bulldogs he had in the car
with him. The big sea Hon kept coming
toward May and May retreated. Tho dogs
started to give fight, but turned and fled
when the sea Hon struck at them. During
his retreat May had secured his shotgun.
When the animal reared again May fired,
the charge from the gun taking effect In
the neck and head of tho aea lion killing
It Instantly.
. At Kansas City tho dead animal was re
moved from the cor and taken to the base
ment of the Wells-Forgo office at tha
Union depot The two ' other soa lions
went on to New York on the regular Chi
cago train. The three sea lions were large
animals, tha weights on the waybills be
ing 275, 295 and SOS pounds. May killed tha
largest one.
May told tho story of tho encounter to a
reporter for tho Star. "The animals
had been reetleas all day and when
I heard a crash I knew that one of them
had broken out. I got my dogs and started
to keep out of tho way of tha thing. At
any time tho bark of a sea lion isn't par
ticularly soothing rouslo but In the semi
darkness of the car It seemed almost ter
rifying. I kept out Of Its way for a few
minutes, but when I found that it was
determined to attack me I shot It. The
cage waa too light to hold the animal.' It
had been put Into a box that under sofne
circumstances wouldn't hold chickens.''
F. L. Terry, cashier in the city office of
tho Wella-Fargo St Co's office and a
brother-in-law of Mr. May, had a similar
experience on a Santa Fe train euveial
years ago. Three sea lions got loose in
the express car and fought among them
selves. Oiia of the animals was killed.
Terry and a man named Hilton, who was
with him, escaped from the car and rod
from Holliday to Kansas City hanging on
to tha side rods of tho car. Kantas City
Star.
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