/ ^WonderfulDevelop- / " ment Since Dawn of Irrigation ^c ^ By C. J. BLANCHAfiD ; IS J. Reclamation Jervicc ue ite »«t i* — a»J (tafrw* It m the siant that fired tbe kevts of oar forefathers mtm eroded t* tbe |f» »r-ckrr? otf :t* •wttagfct •aft'y me!tiac t: if t ar* ttr «srk mt a TVr» a a Bteatal •: i •rents*: ipsm la t> BT22V.il • !><*«• eJ!i t» la ntkai Its tv; ta t*ts Ha I* «»star*t rf »>» ts j«oe«itiai araitb rf aotl •=4 c5a»t» as. is r1nr> rf rmstaat •f* t1" >*a a«ar2s« arJ dwalavKMa: H»—* sarcr* offcas *.« r\er\ i^as tea faSrsfartait—a nar »-*;■« tb* aaaabla«i tba aaat. a»4 a **** r«»»ari far tstoi'.ippBi H« ttnp «rr »r; rt rttraicn too TW las* C*« Jofea A Jc&asea *aJ3 *jl:4 tba »as* t'tebahaaa "te>«s»** foe- tb* botnoioaa. t*f ter tbo ter*— srort ter *b» aooHsplor^f. lard ter :fc* te£in* cr»'4 ter tbe p*aat>». tertat tor tb* ratatv4 aimrat for tb* r**s-*** Ca:e»r> tar tb* trai*. aa sskacaa »«r.l tr wa»wr ar t rota: tor all" Irr-^aticir baa aToocb* ita Kaacte aad 11. merr* r*claa>*i ar* aasoalir rwofa rtat ter-»»-»t» vatea* at swr* tba* *15 asd aa$«anke ta beer** of tb*ir o*a axra t^aa M* Mt !*=~Vf Tbo wealth of -ta: por tiaa of tte eaaasrr »b*rt pr*at *-:aT*k-*r ia ITOtotim 4a» «rr» aeat to 4*ciar* aortb -as to mem tba% iiat of tb* tatire u-te to 19»» to tb* raif; narrfc of satl-tma: «nti dar •-*« tb* part toraQi tb* co<-,«te»#t of Tb* »*« baa bnarf tb* artratioc rf tb* aarti It farsisb** oo» rf tb* asoot sasrirta* pa«*a la !b» aaaa’a rf oar naoraaiats It Is a star* of |ta|rw art tetn trh^irarat—a barti* arstk aafr:-* is fe*r atoracat aaf to«at arCrr* %: r*>- orfi tb* irrtfattoa a* aa *peri ta oar biater? tb* far rf abieb f. rrsbaJoaod ia ta •ertKBW af tV V:«*« i a* *ai aar> ia rf rasr ar-a* ri *-ci*aa abicb is br tb* S*-'*ra r-*r«-Eta*«T Jt urttec >■ rcajaai Ooa to rf prateatoi nwcex •warrant? tea tbaa cm>l tb* 0&£AnESTlteos£cr or toe Jiccuutmm •Samas^ J2?o GffAJMt VAliLY N£vr Mexico £> 11 2*QKsyGlkmnt jmv Timur Qtrrvjf Takika J&ojzcr. HteMMSTwr The redamat cn wnw b< gaa its work in ' i« th* of the rwtatito *c: T7> fS—v- cvetrao: »let ;a Se; tetaber «f the c-vi year and on Jane IT. 1S05, an lapanwt ;ro>« in NVtiia *t$ fcmiaUy opened Pr.-vg-ess tas been rapid and the activities oJ the bureau have bee* extended to 3« or ejot» i r ;>cts which to dxte haw involved the expecii: ure of $-50 • *•• 0 *0 In the seven at;., one hju* 'ear* of ns work the service has built < -"■" mik-s of canal Placed end to end, these *~ana < would reach from Wash..ngi.m to Sa* Pram sco and ha k to Nett Orleans Several of these canals carry whole rivers 1: has excavated IT miles of tunnels Before the end of the year it will have com ; etei tour of the highest dams In the world. Jts excavations of rock and earth amount to the enormous t :al of ft* > 0 " H» cub:c yards. Its rvads hate a total length of 41T miles; t» ephone*. 1.137 miles: levees. 70 miles It has purchased 815.751 barrels of cement and ha* manufactured in tts own mill 340,000 barrel* As a resu't of it* work water is avail able for 75e 0*0 acres on 13.000 farms The pros* value of crops produced on the anos irrigated by the jeovernment projects In 13*10 was $!•».< > o «» As a result of the work of the government it is estimated that land value* hate Increased mere than $105,800,000. The retention service is vntering 1*10 « :h money and plans for completing most of it* larger and unfinished masonry structures and with about three-quarters of a million of acre* of arid land under irrtsatkvn It will finish this year the great Roosevelt dam tn Artcoca. one of the most massive in the world I- has completed the Shoshone cam in northern Wyorr.ing the hishest struc •are of Its knd ever built the Pathfinder dam. ia southern Wyoming and the l.aguna d»m. tn Arfnona. It will for the first time utilise the Gunnison tunnel, whose corn; let ton was ce.vhrat-d ; ■ President Taft last summer The funds available for construction are somewhat less than in previous years, and the or dan talk*, which is wry elastic, has been cut down to fit reduced expenditures. About skilled men—engineers. experts and tech nical assistants—ha'-e either souitht private •tnpiov aer. have been transferred to other bureaus of the government or put on fur In order to keep the overhead charges consistent with the «xpenditures Reviewing the history of the reclamation **TV**'c a* a whole, its maximum activity and expenditures were in the year 1807. In 13H>i the expenditures were less than $100,000. and to ->C lew. than $1,000,000 In lbOi thev were $3 in S>5 in l$«R. a little .‘ta than $:•«.{- ..40; in 1807. nearly $H.000. Ttw“* i-“* expenditures decreased to J: •— <• In :**08. TO about $3*000.000 in 1*00. anc ia 15*1 vr they will he a little under $8,000 t*-* It is exjected that in l$u thev will shrink to about $7,000.04*. which sum writ I j r ■hably continue to be available during after xr assureiug that the watertight charges are paid as thev fall due. This is tbs nxvst critical period in the history of na tionai irrisation since the passage ot the reclamation act. in ISO! Hy public notices of the secretary of the in terior. issued Ust year, hundreds of a aterrijtht install uients, involving ajv proxiinately $1,000. 000, became due on Ji\*h£Srj>A.Y i> XtS HV.Cw’' JX-OMOMfone J*u*t WYz>Arjr$ April 1, 1911 That date is a memorable on*, act only to the settlers. whose on trios are liable to cancellation for failure to make the pay nietits due, hut also to the reclamation service', which is concerned in sex'uring the re turn of its investment in the engineering writs. It is also a matter of interest to citi sens of the number of sections containing fea sible projects, the construction of which cannot be undertaken without additional funds. As the repayments are made through the local land offices and not directly to the service, some time must elapse before the actual amounts collected are known. Oh a number of the projects, like Sun River. Shoshone and Huntley, the settlers have already made their initial payments and will not he delinquent on the second Installment until April. 19U. which enables them to market two creeps be tween payments. Ou several other projects, such as the Minidoka. Klamath, l.ower Yellow stone, ltelle Fourche. Carlsbad. Trux'kee-0»r sou. Nortn 1'la tie and others, the first settlers haee had the- use of water her two crops, and It is probable that a Majority will be able to meet their obligations without difficulty. IVtalled reports ftein various sources on each of the projects have been received at Washington The conditions as a whole are described as favorable for a large return to the reclamation fund. On several of the projects there will he no delinquents. On a number of projects the engineering work is not fully completed, but water Is ready for large areas and is being supplied on a rental basis pending the announcement of tne actual cost of water right. The reclamation service has derived considerable revenue from these sources and at the same tiine the farmers • have been enabled to increase' the areas in cultivation The following financial statement is interesting as showing the status xvf the reclamation fund and the amounts which thus far have been credited to it through the opera tions of the reclamation service Total moneys received and transferred to the reclamation fund from sales of public lands under reclamation act to February 2$. 1910. 9.'8.342.617.02. Approximately $4,390,000 are still in the treasury of the I'oited States* but not yet available. Moneys received under operations of recla mation act from all sources in cash and cred its. for work done. $2,379,473.04. divided as fol lows: Town lot sales. $103,673.91; misceliane Kalxalfa , JC7HZ * JSaXK ACCOUNT 7N Tff£ AJUP COUNTRY" ous sales, water rentals, etc., I1.W.H4 «• , collections on **t« Hfhts. JSH.Ui-H- Ttiis does not include any of the moneys collected for the water rights which were due and pay able April 1. 1510. Among the several ia^ge projects, one of especial Interest is located In northern Wy oming. When the springtime showers and sunsh-ne fall upon the snowy peaks of the lofty mountains on the eastern rim ot Yel lowstone park a thousand streams will rush downward to fill to brimming the swift-flowing Shoshone river. An important physical change will occur at that time. The flood that oure. unchecked and uncontrolled, swept madly through the rook walled gorge will heat itself to stillness against a massive wall of concrete with which man has blocked the canon. A beautiful lake. 100 feet deep and covering tea square miles, will appear. In this wonderful gash in the mountains, with perpendicular wails a thousand feet high, the government has erected the highest dam in the world. It is a wedge of concrete StS feet from base to top. Its height can only he appreciate,! when compared with that ot some well-known structure. New York's fa mous Flatiron building would not reach within 47 feet of the top of the dam. and the tip-top of the dome ot the Ignited States capltol would fall short tl feet of the parapet. In the summer, when the crops are thirsty, the big gates will be opened and the pent-up floods will be released into the river below. Another dam. a low structure ot concrete, will di~ vert the waters through a tun nel S\* miles Ions Into a canal which for 11 tulles passes along the upper edse of a hroad and fertile valley contain ins 15ft.' 000 acres. Tw o years as® it was a desolate waste. Today it contains mors than Sftft f*™» houses and three thrivins towns Ten thousand acres produced crops last 'ear on thts project. With l* i*«* houses along each miV of the main highways. tW valley res.;' has a suh ur*aa appear anee. More tha* i50 farm units ot t# to SO acres each are now avaii *» to entry and offer exceptional opportunities he men ot moderate kmm to bonw» ta * imprnw an.' grow ins eo»ntr> Close to the Black Htlls. in ^'u,h Vmko*K Hos the beautiful \ alloy of Belle Wmrche. e*» taming WSVOO* acres of grawyoeered prwirl*. Many mites of >'*«*!* have boon tab* aotwss its level surface. an.i what »as only a short tin-* as" the finest fnv cattle range in thts country is rapidly Nvomliis a oympMty settled wrtoii t viral community \n impressive engineering feature of tfcn prvvyvt is the 0»l i'twIi vl»i». on a ot the K«s est an.) highest earthen embankments in the atirM. This structure, no* noartns completion. Is i^i'vHi bet Jons ha* a mntwuw height of III tool an.) contains i SvV .HH' cable > ar\t* of nva terlal. Tho Roosevelt .tanv. which t* about eom pteied as you read tho storv tesla' is tn man* reapects tho most remarkable structure of la km.) tn tho world Its towering height. f$e reef. Its length on top. V0$0 foot, tho Inspiring soon ery a o a lake 8®9 foot deep in ptaoos ami containing enough a at or to eov or Delaware a fvvd deep Tho Salt River reservoir ahon Ml has a capacity sufficient to O'.) a canal ;'.V foot wsj* an.) tf foot deep ovtorv.iins from v'hlewsv. to San War oisoo My one regret is that tho space allotted n o Is too litt'.o to permit mo to describe tho chars-» and advantages of other protects of tho govern ment. l should like to toll you of tho oppertu cities on tho Klamath project. located In south orn Oregon. in a res son of unrivaled scenic beauty; of tho w-onderful ores toss made in I ho Poise valley, in Idaho, and tho prom iso of oven sroator advance as tho work of tho severnntont nears oom plot ion; of tho Orland project, la tho Sacramento valley, the land of fralts and flow ers; of the Rio Grande valley, where there wi!| one day ho erected the most stupendous dam in the west—a region In which irrisatictt hecan before the Spanish invasion, which win become fruitful and prosperous. The beacon of hope shines brightly in tha west. It beckons tho landless man to the matt less land. Belong to Southern City itmrm G«a* rw? *»*« t Orleans that seen to U to the m»r». «* born.” fji Plousle. the other 4»» They think they tare a snon opetfr on these. One Is the French ogpcrt aa4 the other is the iltrji tin*. They say that the opera is the leading feature of their social life for oeer *• years they hare tad this load at Basic sod 1 rather think now it is honored more for its age than for anything else. Soma of our party C=C-0=0=0*0xa* DsO*OaO>tCROaOS • went to 'he opera Some staved at i l'ol"e»x Those who went congratulated . those who stayed. When the opera had its highest run it was about all ! there was to New Orleans society. Not to be a subscriber, or at least not to be a regular attendant, w as! tantamount to being ignored by so- j I ciety. and io being looked upon as a person lacking in taste. It was a ! swell affair and on each Tuesday and Saturday night— full dress, head wait i er clothes and white golves for the . men. and for the women all that New K}*0»0*as0*0s0=0s0s0*030s0=< Orleans society would stand for. The display of undress was positively startling to a stranger. All of which reminds me of Jerry Simpson. He at tended a swell social function in Washington, and his wife. w«»o had not attended, ashed Jerry when he got home how the women were dressed. The quick-witted Jerry re plied: ’Well, my dear. I cannot tell you. 1 did not look under the table.' ~ Whistler*. Not oingers. A young man and a young woman >=0=0s0*c=0= o=o*o*o*~o*o*o*o stood at the foot of the steps leading '■ to the New York Metropolitan Art museum. They were evidently unde | eided whether it would be better to so i in or stay outside in the sunshiny [ tark. “Let's go in.- said tue young man. at 1 last, and to make the suggestion more j ioreible. he added. “Isn't there an ev hibition of Singers going on in the museum now?" ~ Singers!" “ exclaimed the girL round-«?> ed “Oh. you mean Whisliers. Yes. let's go m.' VAN VALKENBUR6 IS JUDGE | juviare Arba S Van Vaifcenburgh. recently ap pointed Utited States district Judge, western di vision of Missouri. Is one of Use youngest jurists on tbe federal bench. He is only 4$ years of age, but his friends say this will not prevent him from making an enviable record. Mr. Vac Valkenburgh succeeded Senator War ner as United States district attorney for the western district of Missouri in 1 and was re appointed by President Taft in Etecetnber. 1WS. He had previously served seven years as assist ant to Major Warner in that office. He was born in Syracuse. N. Y . in 1S62. When he was seven years old his parents removed to Illinois and later to M.chigan. He was graduated from th« University of Michigan in ISSi. attaining high rank as a schotar. Mr. Van Yalkenbargh went to Karlas City In 1SS5 and entered Use law' offices of l^bso£. Douglas and TrtssWe. being admitted to tie Jacksoc county l*f in 1SSS. Ttse same year fee formed a law jartaetship with D. J. HiS. He was'married in 1$$$ to Miss Grace Ingold oi Kansas City. Mr. Vaa Valkenburgh was appointed assistant district attorney by Major Warner in 1SSS, succeeding William Draffen Upon Major Warner's ejection to Use senate In 1M5 President Roosevelt appointed him to the place be sinew fas held. Law came naturally to Mr. Van Valkenburgh. HU father. Lawrence Van Valkenburgh. was a Justice of the peace hack in New York in t-*e early 60 s. Friends of the newly appointed Judge say that at the department of Justice In Washington Mr. Van Valkenburgh was considered as ranking among the ablest United States district attorneys In the country. As Cnited States district attorney. Mr. Van Valkenburgh first attracted national attention in the prosecution of all the packing companies to compel them to comply with the interstate commerce laws regarding the shipment of meats for export. He brought the sust In this Jurisdiction and won it before Judge McPherson, sitting for Judge Philips. The wincing of this suit brought Mr. Van Yalkenhorgh into the lima light before ail the big attorneys of the country and he was highly compli mented ft»r the record he made. He earned recognition bar hard work and unusually high legal ability. He had an honorably conspicuous part in that great movement for the "sQuare deal' whose beginning distinguished the Roosevelt administration. POINDEXTER IN LIMELIGHT R«rr^iUtlvif Miles Poindexter of Washing tea. candidate for tie United States senate, ■whose cause has been espoused by Theodore Roosevelt, was bora fn Memphis, Tenn.. fifty-two years ago and has lived in Washington nineteen years. He has served oniy one term in congress and has been Identified with the ‘nsorgents. which makes the action of Colonel Roosevelt aU the more important to national politics. Mr. Poindexter has been a political foe of Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior in the Taft cabinet, with whom Gifford Pinchot. former chief forester and friend of Roosevelt, has had a fend for some time. The Washington congressman visited Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Rill a few days ago and came ««ay in juoi.ani spirits. Know Tien nan promised to aid him ta his fight for the senate and ho had a right to feel harpy, for help from Roosevelt wus help of the right kind and Pctndexier needed it. Mr. Poindexter was educated at Ftoc-y HiU academy. Rockbridge county. Va, and at Washington and Lee university. Lexington. Th. in both the aca dernic and iaw courses. He located at WalSawalla. Wash, in 1SS1 and began the practise of law. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Walla walla county in 1SS1 and in 1S$T moved to Spokare He was assistant prosecuting attorney for Spckace stx years acd la 1KH was elected fudge of the superior court and remained on the beach uat:‘ nominated tor oyr.grcw a the newly created third district of Washington. He was ejected by a majority of 15 000. When Secretary BnlUnger learned that CMoaet Roosevelt had promised to lend hfs influence to the Poindexter cause he expressed the belief that the former president had been misled as to the situation ta Washington The seat tn the senate to which Representative Poindexter aspires is new held by Samuel Henry Flies, who is not in the race for re-election. There are six vaadidates in the field and Washington is expecting the hardest fight for a seaatorship the state has ever witnessed Former ratted States Senator John l. Wilson is one of the candidates and he is gacted as saying that Secretary Kallinger has not meddled a the political affairs of the state recently and he denies the statement that the Taft cabinet officer is the Republican leader of Washington. GIVES MILLIONS FOR BOYS l>*vja J, Ksr.iew. ,'r, (w of tk* cm'Uim tssoe of ^t 'Leals. has acted 5;tera‘.fv trvo that K'wh'Udvxfrtsed sayi&$ of Andrew Cantefr.«. that ^ *vo dws r:ch cws d graced.” and has ranted over h-s ertv fort^ae estimated at a Mute more tfcir. $d XV XV. to IXvvi 4 Raafcen. Jr_ School of Tt*«os. bo founded. res^rv ir* osly $d XV a tear for hts own modes: uses. TN* school *»s established a year afro with as endowment of $X\VX\\ Its purpose beta* to Sixe hoxs over fifteen years oM a trade education Sv a coronal satn The school has prospered ar.d to amplify *ts usefulness the additional ea dowroeat h> Vr Kar.kea has been made Ka.'vt'" who was tvva ta loRdeod^rrr. trx'.sr.- ;» '.XSo ar . who has heea a resident ot -- *4® in HNU and stock tnansactxxaa The Stunts at the Rankes school are charged "*J' *** * "**r r*>*^ * tSHY* ll»St*l'WW«tSs and are tfree » twxw. >"««* h*5 oucattoR i* or a practica, kind. K,!,lw »nvv; x>* ;>rw small rooms over a (trom; be ecters X. f d»'t »rM o n; Nv to hi* rooms be shuts out the world a~U dec f , N? »«* ->- ho >a« lived tor rears and sorted oat the plans and un^tjoe of bts fa the foc-vin* or tit# trades school share jxxnt W* CJla rwvi^. • ttade rdoMtUoa ft# * ft* V Kxntrr, , K-tx M* sckool cerv .c<3 the bov* at werh Uo - tw in teaohm* «*er> a the Itto, reo» uniess 't has ",T ‘ZT .tr w^^Vn *• tN' *N>* ^ Owvaretry fe ta^ht. but IMmI ** !,K ,h* K" tit# celu-r.s of a oor.e. the> are taurht the ho>d t«ts «o ot • frneel of l!he distensions. CSassnon work ia all branches "* wvr , brichlavia*. paiattas and steatn <5guwto£ is ah»< pmoMil litres. ^ ^ vV.’ *-*2 ****** «* * >»** «*» »«fc 'W. to drive » bargain, but a t»> nei.rei'M s:w»ds aroat sums to oamr out his pJaas. n” ' of ># Kart set- trades scHxd is extremely plain in his habits .«,i dro.. W*e »c*M not think, ho was entertny the oflce of a millionaire tab' Rankin* ottc* Ho maintains no suite of carpet#,! rooa-s o»:, * v-MtJo OX'W ard the smallest one oa the Skx>r FaSTOUNDS CHOATE’S FRIENDS I Not «tr the Jodies and lawyers of the coantrv bet a*! ettisens who follow the affair* of the na tioo were astonished when charges of unprofe* *K'°*1 conduct were made against Juseph H Choate, tamer ambassador from the inlt.sl States to Great Britain. The Amenran Bar association. of which Mr Choata is farmer president, will thoroughly f«obe the barges at Its convention In t'hatta Bociga. Tern., neit month and Mr. Choate's friends sa there Is no doubt that the verdict will comp :el» exonerate him from all blame James L Watts of Staten Island hi Mr Choate's a user. Me altogea that Mr Choate caused hln to lose hundreds of thousands of do! lars throuc "omission* and wmn.o.i .. acting ** 1 t Ur Chant* lost 0o ,irn« in demanding a thorough probe of the charge*, the Brat ever made .... ■ him in bis long and honored career. ******* Mr Choate is T$ years old an l intcmattcnalty famous as a tanver mat. orator and after-Jin to r speaker He was ambassador to the eon St, James from ISSs to ISOS. His 1 «**-»! finer began In 18SS when h ** graduated as master of arts at Harvs and admitted to the liar «.f u **s chusetts.. He went to New York In IS and with the exception of thU***** be served as ambassador has beea practising his profession there u *ini* been connected with maiir famous cases and was elected a bench.. "** °** Inner Temple. England. In l*ui. an honor conferred only on < r of ,h* Unction- Verio,* of ^ Mr. Choate's many friends say the charges against him are a mistake and Is confident that the A uict can l Ur association win aodetnr 8°m*