4
WILSON'S WAY OF
GETTING THINGS DONE
Tlrt-four Million IMlax Spent In
IUm lajnaUon Work in Three
Ymm Means Itceulta
Washington, D. C, Aug. 24 Irri
gation work under the reclamation
lavs baa bitn pushed more rapidly
by the Wilson Administration than
eer before. The determined policy
of Secretary Lane baa been to push
te completion as rapidly aa possible
all projecte under way, to finish the
work undertaken and bring Into pro
dsctlre use the largest possible avail
able area in the shortest possible
time. During three fiscal years of
bis term there has been expended In
pursuance of this policy $36,165.
.420.16, an average of over twelve
millions a year. During the preced
ing ten yeara the total gross expen
ditures amounted to $81,760,288.80,
an average of less than nine millions
a year.
In 1910 Congress provided an ap
propriation of twenty millions "to
enable the secretary of the Interior
to complete government reclamation
projects heretofore begun." Not one
dollar of this appropriation had been
put to the usea for which It was
made, when the present administra
tion came into office, but it has been
o largely drawn upon for the pur
poses intended that the projects ap
propriated for are rapidly nearing
completion and will soon be complet
ed if the policies of the Wilson ad
ministration are adhered to. The
accompanying table shows by states
receipts and expenditures from the
reclamation fund from March, 1913,
to May 31, 1916. The total of ex
penditures is less than for the period
above stated because the period cov
ered is shorter.
Work on reclamation projects has
been pushed forward since 1913,
nearly doubling the area watered
Aid cropped until today almost a
million acres of arid lands are thus
being Irrigated and yielding crops
already worth upwards of twenty
million dollars per year, a produc
tion exceeding that of a number of
eastern states.
These large projects, built thru
the medium of - the United States 1 admitted
Reclamation Service, includes some
enplnee ring achievement unexcelled
throughout the world. Two mam
moth dams are among the recent
works, were completed in 1916. The
Arowrock dam on the Boise river,
Idaho, Is the highest in the world.
The Elephant Butte dam oiHhp Rio
Grande, New Mexico, forms the larg
est of all Irrigation reservoirs.
The Axrowrork dam Is a massive
concrete structure rising 360 feet
from Its connection with bed rock
and spanning the river in a slight
curve 1,076 feet long at the crest.
Despite the inaccessibility of the site
which made necessary the construc
tion and operation of a seventeen-
mile railroad, the dam and appur
tenant works were built with econo
my and despatch, saving over two
million dollars and a year's time un
der the estimates for the work. The
dam stores the floods of Boise river
for use as needed on the Irrigated
lands near the capital city of the
state. Nearly 200.000 acres are
covered by the canal systems In the
vicinity of Boise.
On the historic Rio Grande ajioth-
er engineering monument nas oeen
erected by the government engin
eers. Here the Elephant Butte dam,
800 feet high and 1,250 feet along
the crest, forms a reservoir with a
capacity of 2,638,800 acre-feet, or
over 860.000,000,000 gallons. This
great volume of water will Irrigate
165,000 acres extending along the
river in New Mexico to El Paso and
beyond in Texas.
Thirteen millions will be expended
during 1916 in this great work and
the appropriations for 1917 provide
for nearly nine millions more. This
policy of hastening the work of re
clamation bo as to make the lands
productive Is clearly Justified by the
results. The annual product of
lands 'reclaimed has been nearly
doubled In three years, making an
increase of almost ten millions a
year in the agricultural yield. Each
year shows like startling results.
And when it Is considered that the
creation of this new wealth will con
tinue for generation after genera
tion, long after expenditures for Ir
rigation works has ceased, long af
ter Uncle Sam has collected every
dollar he has advanced, the wisdom
of the Wilson way of getting things
done finished completed, will be
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a.u. a pm. oom
$795
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Introducing
The New Thousand-Dollar-Class
Car at $795.00
Statf Expenditures
Arlsona $1,020,043.63
California 587,720.19
Colorado 3.576,449.76
Idaho (5.436.762.02
Kansas 552.64
Montana 5.971,631.91
Nebraska 1.357.000.72
Nevada 1,115,591.86
New Mexico 2.943.930.01
North Dakota 172.906.59
Oklahoma C 8.340.66
Oregon 1.273.948.44
South Dakota 461,393.80
Utah 910,461.76
Washington 2,738,222.27
Wyoming 1,254,462.20
Twxas 1.745,650.43
TOTAL . . . 34.574,974.78'
Miscellaneous
Receipts
$1,632,823.86
158,746.14
263,857.62
1.846.716.79
191.47
401,711.69
306,821.76
276.983.24
276,880.55
97,304.43
.20
320.757.82
212,809.82
119,404.77
1,072,235.68
367,908.67
120,866.92
7.476.021.43
Receipts from
Land Sales
$306,208.33
948,685.76
1,302,058.25
662,624.13
65,360.98
3,191,437.83
220,176.68
132,244.85
714,463.42
355,106.33
93,302.92
583.662.93
520.169.43
438,666.00
678,462.94
769,757.72
10.852.288.50
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greater vindication of this one act
than any words or message she miglii
leave or could possibly express. Her
I home environments were most pleas
ant. Her father, mother, brothers
and sisters are all of the liberal,
'agreeable and Indulgent clacs, enter-
Itainlng and always pleasant, and elif
u,w neBsie Westervelt. eldest was always very devoted h:r home
f K,iHor K. T. Westervelt " relatives.
f the Scottsbluff Republican, was Jessie May Wertervelt was bom
7' -a aa in tho Republican office at Gering. Nebr., September 2. 1889.
tnrdav morning when the office and passed away Auj-uki 19. 1916. nt
onened for work. The Herald
DEATH OF YOUNG LADY
Ihtuahler of Well Known Western
Nebraska Editor Died by Own
Hand Satunlay
Rumer Motor Car Co.
Opposite Postoffice, Alliance, Nebr.
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joins in extending sympathy to Edit
or' Westervelt and family.
The followiug contributed article,
telling of the young lady's death, is
taken from the Republican of Tues-
' ' u nnnnlntod a fOnrlt In fnn
Again has tne uai oi ucm - - - - - -
Scottsbluff. She was a member of
the Presbyterian church of this city,
and gave freely and liberally for the
Bupport of all benificent projects. She
graduated with honor from the
Soottsbluff high school after which
she entered the civil service and was
postoffice
.k ..ih, rrnm our midst one of here, which position she tilled credit-
IVIVU ssasaa in v- -
our fairest flowers
our beautiful characters,
ine whh sudden and terr:
t.i .n and an entire community
was shocked and stunned when the
ers as well as one of ably up to the time of her resigna- ' - ia(
haracters. The call- on on account of falling health a Jon8tantly
and terrible to mor- few months aKo. She was agreea- y
ble, pleasant and ladylike, very pop
ular iind deserving, a beautiful char
acter with a pleasant greeting and
gladsome smile for all, and we know
of no o'.e who would be more sadly
missed from fcniong us. The pall
bearers were me hers of her gradu
atinK class, and the floral offerings
were beautiful byoad description
The funeral aer vices were held from
thf home, belr-g in charge of T. C,
Osborne. assisted b Rev. K. L. Bak
er, and the Tt-m;.i; laid to rest In
Fairview cemetery. The dec-eased
leaves to mourn her loss, beside ber
parents, four brothers. James
and two sisters, Muriel and Cather-'r
ine Westervelt
Intelligence was flashed over the city
etnnluv liiorninic of the death by
her own hand of Dessie Westervelt,
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene T. Westervelt. prominent and
influential citizens of Scottsbluff and
pioneers of Scotts Bluff county.
The causes leading up to this act
are attributed to nervousness and a
fear of possible mental collapse, ii
has been known for some time that
she was in poor health and resigned
her position at the poHtoflic but a
few months ago on account of her
extremely nervous condition, but
owing to an outwurd show of happi
ness and pleasantry sh. was able to
cover up her real mental condition
and none realized that Dessie had
other thoughts than those of happi
ness and good elver and an ambition
to be of service to her fellow beings. ,
Even the members vt the family fail- j
ed to note her failing condition be-!
yond attributing her few unusual ac-
tions to a nervous condition of long UUrtMM official Claim that Right,
standing, never realuing that sue . oup i,,,,, Would Increase
might be on the verge of a nervous j Wage $100,000,000 .
breakdown. .
Saturday morning" she arose and (Statement issued by publicity de
remarked to her sister Muriel that partment of the railroads and sub
she was going for a walk. She was mltted to The Herald for publication
not seen alive again and when the by the Burlington Railroad.)
printers arrived at the Republican! The train and engine service em-
office at about 7:30 a. in. one oi i ployees who are threatening to tie
whatever Increase In wages is grant
ed, either In Increased freight and
passenger rates, or in decreased abil
ity on the part of the railways to
give the service which la demanded
by the public and is necessary if
facilities for handling the
expanding business of the
ntry are to be provided.
- In form the demand of the men is
for an eight-hour basis for comput
ing the pay for a day's service and
for time and a half for overtime.
This if granted would either give the
men the same pay for fewer hour
than they are now working or would
give the;n greatly increased pay for
the same number of hours they are
now working. Either the men now
in service would get more money in
their envelopes or they would work
shorter hours and the railways
would have to employ additional
men which, either way you look at
it. means a very material increase jn
the operating expenses of tho rail
ways. The demand of the men is in no
sense a demand for the adoption of
a real eight-hour working day. The
demand relates altogether to com
pensation and has no bearing on the
number of hours the railways may
work the men, provided they are
willing to pay for it. In many cases
under the rules now in effect the men
get a day's pay for less than eight
hours' service and In the conference
held between the Brotherhood lead
ers and the committee of managers
it was clearly brought out that the
men expect such conditions to con
tinue. They are v not seeking a
working day of eight hours in which
no one would work more than eight
hours and every one would work that
much.
Under existing rules employees i
train and engine service have most
favorable working conditions. If
they do any work at all In a day they
are given a full day's pay, no matter
how short a time they may work or
how few miles they may run. If
they are called on to work overtime
they are paid for It at the regular
hourly rate. They are paid extra for
every mile over 100 they may run.
They cannot make less than a full
day's pay and If they do anything ex
tra they get extra pay.
The com.nlttee of managers offer
ed to submit the controversy to the
Interstate Commerce Commission or
to arbitration under the Newlands
Act. The Brotherhood leaders re
fused both offers and went back to
the men for a strike vote. The rail
ways were so convinced of the Justir
of their position that they were will
ing to abide by the decision of an
impartial tribunal. This the leaders
were unwilling to do.
shown by a report issued by the In
terstate Commerce Commission. Only
one employe In five on the average
lust year was compelled to remain
on duty n ore than ' sixteen hours
during any one day in the whole
year. Stated in another way, the
chance of an engineman of trainman
remaining on duty beyond this pre
scribed limit was reduced to once in
five years.
ICvery time a train is so delayed
by a blizzard, washout or other caus
that any part of the train crew is on
duty longer than sixteen hours the
railroad company must report the
occurrence to the commission.
The reduction of nearly 80 per
cent In such cases In three years
shows that the working of men for
long stretches of continuous service
has practically disappeared except In
That long hours In train service
have been reduced to a minimum is 'rare cases of unavoidable delay.
DEST PAID MEN
MAKING DEMANDS
them discovered her lifeless body ly
lng behind the composing stone with
a bullet hole through her right tem
ple and a 38 calibre revolver lying
on ber breast. Death had been in
stantaneous. What mad thoughts
had prompted the act or the mental
anguish she had suffered before com
mitting the deed none will ever
know. She left no word, no mes
sage. Being of rather a reticent na
ture concerning herself she gave no
hint of her intentions but passed on
leaving a mourning and bereaved
household and a host of acquaintanc
es and friends to form such conclus
ions as they may. While possibly
she did not realise it, yet a sympa
thetic community considers that an
almost blameless life, filled with
deeds and acts of kindness and love
and tender sympathy for others is a
up the commerce of the entire couii
try by a general strike unless the
railroads will grant their demand
for Increases in wages amounting to 1
$100,000,000.00 are already, the;
highest paid class of employees in I
railway service and are among the!
best paid men in any line of Indus- I
try
As these men alieady get 28 per
cent of the wages paid out by th
American railways although they
constitute only 18 percent of the to
tal number of employees, the man
agers of the railways felt that they
could not grant these demands with
out doing injustice to the stockhold
ers of the railways, the 82 percent of
the employees whose earnings are
not so high as thoss of the men now
making these demands, sod to the
public which must pay the bill fi
1 I
Sometimes A "Fill" Makes A Lot of Difference
YOU WANT THE WEIGHT AND THE PRICE HERE ARE THE
AMONG THE VERY BEST
Mtt. GEORGE ASH BURN, assistant to
Mr. McPIIAIL in the hog yards has been
actively engaged in this line of the business
for over ten years, and (s considered among
the VERY BEST. He know every valued
point that is in favor, of the shipper when it
comes to watering, feeding, weighing and
caring for hogs. He is on the JOB before 6
A. M. each morning, and the INTER-STATE
are of the opinion that he has no EQUAL.
He is 27 years old, born in Douglas County,
Nebraska.
The Inter-State Live Stock Commission Company, South Omaha
A Seriea of Cartoons fall of Human Interest. Number 9. Watch for No. 10 Next Week
I CAKC. Of YOUR tN-ICRTS
I DON'T WANT AMY
I PArJ '
f GEO.ASHBURW
-, j - , V.5T ,W AS4 T.
PEOPLE THAT GET'EM
ALWAYS ON THE JOB
Another native Nebraska!)! Doesn't it
beat all? Aud he's altvaysVon his job, too.
They say you ean lead a horse to water but
can't make him drink. But if that horse
was a hog and was going to be sold by The
Tnter-Slate Live Stock Commission Com
pany, George Ashburn would see that he
drank before being weighed. It depends
upon knowing how. Perseverance and the
know how accomplishes great results.