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: T&tt lctease beat aid lack t mois
ture of the pat thirty cay or more
as caused practically a total failure
of corn, at, 'potatoes acd other pro
ducts over a large area, mainly La the
Mifisip?S-a&4 Missouri t alley. The
fit,e prospects of the earlier season
hare bees i lasted coder a scorching
sun. Kaicfall did cot come la time
to rece that which had endured the
:wltherter fclaM. Thousands of cat
tle had to be markets to save them
from starvation. The prevailing situ
ation U lodeed anything but Inspiring,
'especially la those sections where such
coedltlo&s are of more or less frequent
eettrrefcee,.
Deritr the past week an express
"company operatic la tne west has put
la a low rate la order to permit ship
ment of vegetables from the Irrigated
sections of Idaho to St, Louis and In
termediate points, the report stating
that vegetables were absolutely unob
tainahle la the vicinity tributary to
tfcose markets. And by the way, these
Idaho vegetables are raised la the
sitae rlrer valley and In the vicinity
of our Home makers location, where
water for Irrigation Is cot only suQ
elect and plentiful, but lneihaustible.
Fruit, rraics and all vegetation are
la a splendid condition and bringing
good price. Our members are to be
congratulated that it was possible to
secure surh a favorable location. Ua
til some details are arranged and the
locatloa approved It Is not wise, for
reasons heretofore stated, to announce
the exact location. It can. however,
be staled that the tract is watered
from the Left source of supply In the
state. Is close to railroad, in fact a
portion of the tract Is crossed by one,
and perhaps is the most favorable lo
cation la the state and for the pur
poses of oar settlement could not be
excelled. Adjacent land under cultl
Vatioa ranging as high as $10 per
aer. while unimproved Is held from
Sl to IIS per acre. By taking so
large a body we are enabled to secure
our lands at a fair price and give our
member their allotments under irriga
tion at the same price as if the loca
tion had been enoea in a section
wholly dependent upon. rainfalL Our
members will thereby receive land
worth twice and three times In pro
4aniTeoets per acre what was prom
ied la the outset. They will never
Lave crop failures from lack of mois
ture or hot winds. They will be lo
ctt much nearer to railroad com
munication than was contemplated.
It Is gratifying to the management
of the company to cote how favorable
sr members are towards farming by
Irrigation and express their approval
of oar cour?e, and la securing such a
favorable location, where crops will be
Insured against failure by means of Ir
rigation. The patt two weks a large
tcaW have been added to our mem
bership and the way new applications
are coming in is most gratifying.
Many express themselves as .being
now ready to undertake wnat is aftc
all the only absolutely safe method of
firming, naraHy by Irrigation. Those
who hate toiled year after year In
the sesai-arid sections, with perhaps as
many failures as full crops, are most
ready to assume a change In methods
t a4 great numbers are .being recruited
lib the Horn? Makers
While the Home Makers Company
oCclsls have labored hard and have
had many obstacles to encounter, at
tacks from an occasional newspaper
attempting to give political color to.
the movetseiit, ott down the line to the
calumnies of the real estate shark.
While we have had all the various
little petty annoyances to contend with
we have kept no stone unturned that
wcfuM tend to the suec-ss of the un
dertaking. Every day opens brighter
and the accs of this grand home
making ecterpri.se is already assured.
As stated above obstacles have been
met a.a4 overcome and at the same
time we have met encouragement and
of such m nature as to far outweigh
the former. Every day we will con
tinue to put forth renewed efforts un
til the list member has been added
to the roll, which from present Indica
tions will cot be far hence. Quick
act kin Is what Is desired now, because
If we can place our members on their
lands this fall or at least those who
epuld go this fall, they can do much
necessary work preparatory to putting
la spring crops. In a new country
everything mast start from the bot
tom, every Improvement must be made
by the settler and if he can do this
during the fall and winter he is that
tmsscs ahead when his time Is required
In the Held.
" Land subject to Irrigation In Idaho
as elsewhere is limited and is rapidly
being bought up. During the present
season thousands have settled Into the
region surrounding our location and
land prices have in consequence gone
tspwards. The present drouth condi
tions In the east will bring thousands
more and the result will be an influx
rf immigration never before known In
the state, Those who avail themselves
st once of the opportunity offered by
the Home-makers Company will be de
cidedly the gainers since tbelr lands
will cot only be secured to them, but
they have obtained It at a much lower
price, at the very highest at one-half
what they would have to pay by indi
vidual purchase. Thoee who have read
cit proepeetus can se how ty co-oper-atioa
It is possible to accomplish this
saving to oar members. Those who
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have not should at, once send for it
and carefully study every feature, and
if a good home Is desired, where
neighbors will be on every hand and
all modern conveniences of older com
munities almost Immediately, at com
mand, then send in your, application
without unnecessary, delay. We have
sufficient land to provide for the con
templated number of members, and
when they are secured no more will
be taken, therefore delay in applying
for location stock will mean that those
who are slow will not get In.
The members so far secured are of
the very best class of people, good,
honest, hard-working men and women,
just the kind required to build up a
good, thrifty community. They are
aware that for a few short years much
hard work will be required to be done,
but after that they will be blessed with
all the comforts obtainable through
honest toIL
For the information of a number of
inquirers we will state that as a gen
eral rule such farm Implements as
are In use in the prairie states can
be used on our settlement lands and
Eeed not be sold at a sacrifice, but can
be brought along with other house
hold effects. We will be able to se
cure especially favorable rates on car
load lots for our members, and where
one member has less than a carload he
can join with another and thus both
will effect a large saving, besides
where live stock is taken one person
Is provided free transportation. When
that time comes we will have every
provision made for the comfort and
accommodation of members.
Before the next issue of The Inde
pendent Secretary D?France is ex
pected to make a trip to the west for
the purpose of making a close inspec
tion of our location and attend to nec
essary details, after which we may be
la a position to announce the exact
place of the settlement.
In a number of places new clubs
are being formed and this plan will
be pushed from now on. It is a very
desirable thing to be located in the
same community with ones old neigh
bors, many are the assistances they
can render to each other, and " only
under the Homemakers plan is this
possible. We would suggest that in
every locality such clubs be formed at
once and the secretary of our company
notified, who will then render every
assistance to make it a success.
The Homemakers Company can use
& cumber of honest hustlers in every
county, and parties wishing an engage
ment should write to the secretary, en
closing references. Only men of stand
ing In their own community will be
employed.
The home office of the Homemakers
Company is a busy place these days
and much hard work is required to
keep up with the dally increasing bus
iness. There is a saying that nothing
succeeds like success and the correct
ness of the assertion is being demon
strated in our home office.. The great
care exercised in formulating the plan
of home-making .and the safeguards
adopted to secure the members against
loss is now bearing fruit in the confi
dence the people have in this great
undertaking and In the management.
While as stated in a former article we
are the pioneers in this class of-colonization,
the future will find many
successful imitators, in fact one is
already .operating on a similar plan.
The day of loose and questionable
methods is past and only sound and
economically correct enterprises will
succeed. We have nothing but the
best wishes for the success of all hon
est competitors, who by their efforts
make it possible for the family of
moderate means to secure a home in a
good locality. Home! What a sweet
word. Something like 175,000 home
less citizens registered their names at
the different registration places in Ok
lahoma, yet but a very small per cent
can possibly receive homes out of the
available lands to be thrown open.
This only goes to Bhow the demand
for cheap homes. It is perhaps safe to
say that the great majority of those
registered are poor men, unable to buy
land at the prices prevailing in the
older settled soctiocs of our country
and saw in the opening of the Kiowa
reservation their only chance of pos
sessing themselves of homes. Before
this article is set la type the distri
bution will have been made, and thou
sands will find themselves omitted and
will return downcast and disappointed.
To the lucky ones their allotments,
even if government lands, will have
cost as much and more in time and
travel expenses and fees, than land of
equal productiveness and assured an
nual crops will cost our members. Op
portunities to secure homes are grow
ing daily less and those who allow time
to pass will awaken to the realization
of the correctness of the statement,
AH communication i regarding tLe
Homemakers should be sent to The
Independent Homemakers Co., Lincoln,
Neb and not to the Salt Lake office.
FRANK L. MARY,
Pres. Independent Homemakers Co.
Salt Lake City .Utah, July 25, 1901.
Mr. De France started for Idaho Jast
Monday to make the final arrange
ments for securing the land for the
Home Makers Company. The site has
been located and there is nothing now
to be done except to make the legal
transfer. Mr. De France went over
the Union Pacific, MY. Mary has been
In that portion of the country for some
lime and has taken the greatest pains
and exercised the greatest caution In
the selection for the homes of the
many who will make It their future
residence.
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INTRODUCED BY .
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DESCRIPTIVE FEATURES BY
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'cf cver 800 immense folio pages and neahy 1,300 photographs and colortypes,
pie. The photographs are made by the new Nickeltype process, and are so
accurate and beautiful as to excite the enthusiastic admiration of all who see
them. The Colortypes represent the scenery of the islands in the rich, natural
colors of the Tropics, combined with the perfection of modern photography.
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every itellir:nt citizen desires. The ; photographs and descriptive matter
were obtained by special expeditions sent out to the Islands for that purpose,
at an expense of more than $25,000. ,The work represents the most com
prehensive and successful literary enterprise ever undertaken and its results
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couched in the most flattering terms of praise. Not a single adverse criticism has been made a remarkable fact when it is remembered that the best of
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The following selections are made from a column review in the Phila
delphia Daily Press, edited by Honorable Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster
General:
"Although there is anv introduction by General Joseph Wheeler, this
elaborate work ia in no sense a history of the Spanish war. The field cov
ered by artists and writers is much broader than a mere narrative of those
military and naval operations which- have . already engaged so . many pens.
The new lands and the strange races that inhabit them now under the
protection of the American flag, are a subject of fascinating Interest to
the thoughtful American. The possessor 'Our Islands and Their People'
ought to be in a position to form. his judgineiit on that question as accurately
as if he had spent many months In traveramong the new lands. .."
"The two large volumes in which the work is issued may be said to
contain the most marvelous results yet. achieved by the camera in bring
ing foreign lands to the visual knowledge of the fireside traveler. Rarest
of all is the set of photographs of the. Sulu Archipelago and the curious
races that inhabit the southernmost Islands of the Philippine group.
"The text has been mainly . writteh y Jose de Olivares, a well-known
writer of stories and books of travel, wjio was one of the most successful
war correspondents during the conflict with Spain. A lucky discovery put
him in a position to write of the Philippines and the Filipinos with such
authority as no other man possesses. This was two Immense volumes of
manuscript containing the evidence taken by a Spanish commission sent
cut to investigate the affairs of the archipelago and to suggest such ad
ministrative reforms as would amount to the reorganization of the Colonial
Government, War ended the labors of the Spanish commission, and they
fled, leaving behind their archives, which fell into the hands of Mr. Olivares,
a man exceptionally well qualified to use them for a purpose not far re
moved from that which they were originally intended.
"The accuracy and completeness of the detail of the whole work in its
pictorial and literary features are vouched for. Although the text deals
mainly with the physical geography and topography of the islands and their
people, the pictures are frequently accompanied with narratives and stories
of personal adventure and dramatic incidents associated with the localities
shown in the photographs. Due attention is also paid to the history of the
islands and their people, with descriptions of their peculiar customs, their
domestic life, their religious ceremonies, superstitions, etc. The mechanical
execution of the work calls for the highest possible praise, feo finer reproduc
tions of photographs by modern processes have ever come under our notice.
The numerous full-page colored pictures are particularly attractive in color
ing and lifelike and natural in their general effect."
A Host Magnificent Production.
I am not given to indiscriminate praise, and you will believe me when
I emphatically declare that "Our Islands and Their People" is beyond com
parison the most magnificent production of its character that I ever saw.
My familiarity with fine publications makes this opinion the more valuable,
for I am able to form a just and intelligent judgment. The work by far
surpasses any conception based upon mere description. It is supremely
creditable, and the marvel to me is that you can sell the work at such a
small price. I have shown my copies to a number of my most critical friends,
and there has never been but one opinion expressed, namely, that It is the
handsomest thing of the kind ever placed on the market. J. W. Buel, the
Distinguished Author. . ,
From the Editor Youth's Companion
Let me thank you most heartily for the volumes of "Our Islands . and
Their People," which came to me last week. They are certainly superb
specimens of bookmaking, and before they take their place in the " Com
panion's Library, I promise myself the pleasure of reading your features of
the work. It was very kind of you to send the volumes, and with my own
thanks I wish to join those of the Companion. Editor Youth's Companion.
No Praise Too Extravagant.
(FROM ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT.) ;
"The photographs , are undoubtedly the finest ever made : and collected
of the places and scenes depicted, and they represent a cost to .the publishers
of more than $25,000. No praise can be too extravagant of the artistic and
historical value of these photographs and the splendid manner in which they
have been reproduced. These include pictures of the people and their homes
and home life, noted places, the marvelously beautiful scenery of the tropics,
historic localities, famous battlegrounds, celebrated fortifications, public
buildings, cathedrals, views, of towns, villages, farms, mountains, rivers, val
leys, lakes, waterfalls, etc. 'There are also a number of actual battle scenes,
taken under fire, and showing war in its tragic and thrilling reality."
AH Previous Efforts Excelled.
(FROM CHICAGO DAILY INTER-OCEAN.)
"We are in receipt of the splendid photographic and descriptive repre
sentations of our new Islands entitled 'Our Islands and Their People. It Is
published in two volumes of 800 pages, with 1,200 illustrations, and many
handsome colortypes. The text is a brief history of the islands and their
people. General Wheeler writes the introduction. The previous excellent
work of these publishers alDng similar lines is excelled in this new enterprise."
V An Elaborate Work of Art.
(FROM ATLANTA (GA.) CONSTITUTION.)
"One of the most elaborate works of art to which our attention has
teen directed this season is. "Our Islands and Their People as Seen With
Camera and Pencil." This handsome publication will contain nearly twelve
hundred photographs of historic localities, famous battlegrounds and fortifica
tions, public and private buildings, picturesque landscapes and other features
of interest scattered throughout the various islands, which have recently
come under the protection of the American flag. In presenting this unique
work the design of the publisher is to familiarize the American public with
the resources, attractions, characteristics and possibilities of Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii. Printed on handsome sheets ; of glazed
paper, 12 by 16 Inches, it sets forth in elegant finish the superb reproductions
cf the artists, Messrs. Walter B. Townsend and Jose de Olivares, and makes
one of the most satisfactory works we have yet seen."
No Other Work Like It.
(FROM' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.)
"The publishers sent out expeditions to Cuba, Hawaii and the Philip
pines, each consisting of a correspondent and a photographer. Walter B.
Townsend was the photographer selected to get scenes in Cuba and Hawaii,
and he certainly did his work in remarkable fashion. In no other work have
we seen so many interesting pictures that give one a perfect idea of the
war scenes and of the devastation that followed the long struggle. The pic
tures of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Isle of Pines are extremely valuable, and
the many glimpses of the natives taken off the beaten line of travel, show
the life of the people as it can be shown in no other way. The descriptive
matter on these islands is furnished by, Jose de Olivares, who was an eye
witness of many of the battles of the war, and who knows the country inti
mately. To readers on this coast the views of Hawaii and the Philippines
ere of more interest than the West Indian pictures. Hawaii has been pretty
thoroughly ransacked by the camera fiends, but it remained for Mr. Townsend
to secure some novel views, which shows that certain parts of the islands
have become thoroughly Americanized.
The Editor of the Tribune, Hilo, Ha
waii, is Pleased.
photographs of town and country scenes for "Our Islands and Their People."
tie win secure about 500 views on the various Islands of this group for that
work. On Tuesday he took a dozen views of various points between here
and Onomea, and declares that here are some of the most picturesque spots
to be found in the group.
Life 'on: the.: Islands.
(7ROM CHICAGO DAILY RECORD.)
"Mr. Olivares' text, like the pictures, is especially adapted to the purpose
of giving the reader a clear and intimate idea of the nature of Hfe'on'the
islands and their topography and material resources and the characteristics
of their native population. He presents a full history of the new possession,
together with an account in detail of the origin, racial character and develop
ment of the inhabitants, dealing in a particularly interesting way with the
savage tribes of the Sulu and Philippine archipelagoes tribes concerning
which almost nothing Is known to the average Occidental reader. The work,
indeed, succeeds In bringing home to the reader a more vivid and clearly de
fined idea of what these new acquisitions really are than he would be likely
to get in any other way except that of traveling and observing for himself."
Rare and Attractive.
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(FROM CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE.) -"The
work opens with an introduction by Major Genedal Joseph Wheeler,
which is In the nature of a brief resume of the war with Spain. The photog
rapher, Walter B. Townsend, penetrated to out-of-the-way places in his search
for fitting subjects, and on one occasion was about to pose a group of people
Hipposed to belong to a banana plantation, but who, to his consternation,
turned out to be a company of lepers. What a camera cao do to make an
unfamiliar country familiar is accomplished In this work by a zealous and
efficient photographer. Much of the text is in the nature of quotations from
standard authorities, but it serves to Illustrate the photographs, which, as we
have said, are of remarkable excellence, and serve more than words to give
one an idea of an unknown country. The scenes are printed with rare at
tractive effect and constitute by far the best pictorial description of the islands
thus far given to the public." .
Commendation From Hawaii.
(FROM THE HILO, HAWAII, GAZETTE.)
: "Mr. W. B. Townsend of St. Louis spent the week In this vicinity taking
photographs of town and country sights for the great art work entitled 'Our
Islands and Their People.' , Mr. Townsend will take 500 views on the various
Islands of this group for the work. He has already visited Porto Rico, which
he describes as a decidedly lively island, rapidly getting up to date through
the introduction of American enterprises and ideas, In fact, going ahead of
Hawaii In this respect.'"
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