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MARCH 19, 1903. THE NEBRASKA 4NDEPNEDENT.' 5 NEBRASKA IRRIGATION Mr. Stewart's Paper Bead Be for th Ne braska Irrigtlea AmocUUob Hon. H.' G. Stewart, of-Mitchell, Neb., was on the program for a paper to be "read before the Irrigation meet ing held some weeks ago at Lincoln, but was unable to attend. His knowl edge of conditions In western Nebras ka gives great weight to what he has to say on the subject. The paper is as follows: I -regret exceedingly that circum stances prevent me from attending this meeting of the Nebraska Irrigation as sociation. And I also regret that these very important gatherings are not made more so . by being held in the region of operative Irrigation. While irrigation is as old as the race and was the primitive method of agriculture, to us it is new; and an association organized to promote and fabric the practical experience of the man behind the shovel. To do this a part of its meetings at least should be held where they will be accessible to practical irrigators. "Supposing that this association is interested in pushing forward every thing promotive of irrigation and espe cially measures suited to Nebraska, I wish to bring to your notice cer tain of our necessities on the line of national aid to irrigation or to the reclamation of arid lands. To that end and for the purpose of making myself understood briefly, I have proposed a bill setting forth what I deem to be ' the most practical plan for such aid as it would be immediately available and would cost the general government nothing in the end, as there seems to be a strong opposition to government aid which involves the expenditure of money. While I think the present national irrigation law a good one, its benefits are too far in the future for us . of this generation, but when worked out it will be productive of great things. Mr. Newlands himself said it would take fifty years to per fect the plan. No doubt most of us may need water as bad then as we do now, but I see no provision in the law locating a reservoir in the region we are likely to occupy and this is one in stance wherein congress cannot be ac cused of looking out for itself. "Be it enacted by the senate and bouse of representatives of the United States in congress assembled. "Section 1. - That when the citizens of any state having a district irriga tion law shall organize themselves Into a district under such law, having voted bonds to construct or purchase irrigation works, shall have complied with the law as to voting bonds and to having such action passed upon by the courts then the government of the United States shall take such bonds at their face value and pay therefor out of current funds or out of any special fund created for such purpose under the following conditions: "Sec. 2. Before the irrigation dis trict bonds shall be purchased by the government, the state engineer in company with an engineer employed by directors of the district shall run the proposed route, make an estimate of cost of the completed works and the number of acres to ba irrigated there f by, and measure the water supply. The report of the said engineers containing such estimates shall be forwarded to the secretary of the treasury at Wash ington who shall immediately dispatch a competent engineer in the govern ment employ to review said estimates of such . works and it Jiis- report shall agree as to cost and practicability with the estimates of the aforesaid en gineers and if such estimated cost shall not exceed six dollars per acre of Ir ' rigable land for dirt ditch or nine dol lars per acre for stone ditch then the secretary of the treasury of the United States is hereby authorized to pur chase with any available funds provid-? ed by congress the 6 pr cent twenty year coupon bond3 of said district, payment to be made therefor as con struction proceeds upon estimates made and signed by the d strict board and their engineer and indorsed by the government engineer who shall be associated with the district engi neer upon said works until com pleted." I simply offer this as the outline of a plan which I believe would be of greater benefit than anything elce which is within the range of possibil ity. As the government can borrow money at 3 per cent and the district bonds draw 6 per cent the extra 3 per cent would pay all of the expense of the government in the case and in the end the government would be out nothing. Objection is sometimes made to such plans as this on the ground? that it interferes with the investment of private capital. Such objection i3 not good in this cae, as private capi tal is not seeking investment in irrl--gation securities as it leads to over- bonding. , No better security exists than good irrigable land where the water supply is sufficient for the act ual cash cost of necessary works. To emphasize the necessity of such a measure will say I know of threa large districts (first-class Irrigat'on propositions), which have only real ized about one-third on the bonds they are carrying and their construction was dallied along for years for want of money. AH could have been done in one season with $4 or $5 per acre cash while now the farmers them selves must pay for three ditches to get one. And there are other locali ties which have been waiting for years to secure money for construction pur poses at even these terrible discounts. I .believe that this or a similar and well perfected measure If enacted into law would result In putting under Ir rigation 200,000 acres in Nebraska in two years' time. I present this paper to your meeting hoping that it may, receive favorable consideration and support H. G. STEWART. MitchellNeb. In his History of American Politi cal Theories (Macmillan), Mr. C. Ed ward ' Merriam traces the historical devolopment of American political the ories from the colonial days down to the present time. The political phil osophy of the colonists is first con sidered, with especial attention to the significance of the Puritans. The doc trines of 1776 and their expression in btate constitutions is made a subject of iuvestigation, and is followed by an examination of the reaction from these fdeas as seen in The Federalist, and in the school of which Adams was the great theoretical exponent The characteristic doctrines of the Jeffer 01113 n democracy are carefully anal yzed and the further expansion and ex pression of these ideas in the Jack son'an democracy is described, the poIJical philosophy of the slavery controversy is examined and the texts of the pro and anti-slavery parties studied in detail.; The development of political ideas in connection with the great conflict over the nature of the unioa is discdssed at length, and the principles of the great schools of in terpretation compared from the stand point of modern political science. Re cent tendencies In political specula tion are tancu up and contrasted with the doctr'nts characteristic of earlier diys. Throughout the discussion, the various iype of political theory are considered in connection with the facts of American history and the intimate relation between the ideas and the en vironment is strongly emphasized.. A Heinous Crime Charles Rlebe, an old man, was ar rested yesterday afternoon by Special Detective Wilson of the Big Four rail road. Riebe has been out of work since summer. His wife goes out washing in order to make a living and a daughter works in a laundry. Both were at work when Riebe left the house to pick up some coal. When they came home in the evening he was nowhere to be found and,;the mother asked the police to help them find him. The police found him. He was in a cell at .the central police station, charged with petit larceny. When Mrs. Reibe told her story to Night Police Clerk Tratzmiller, he allowed the man to leave the prison and go home on a personal bail bond. The of fense which brought misfortune to his family is that of stealing 15 cents worth of coal from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company. Cleveland Recorder. - Editor Independent: I herewith send you a clipping I took from the Recorder, a daily paper published in Cleveland. I desire you to print it in your paper, and make such remarks as you deem proper. We are living in a time of prosperity (?) when such incidents are of frequent occurrence. If a man, destitute of fuel, his wife and children slowly freezing to death, steals a bucket of coal, the officers of the law are ready to pounce upon him, like an enraged tiger upon his prey; if a man, woman or child, to satisfy the pangs of hunger, steals a loaf of bread that retails for a nickel they are speedily arrested and are doomed to suffer the full penalties of the law. There is no mercy shown to poor suffering people who In their dire ex tremity are forced to steal a hod of coal or a morsel of bread, to save the lives of the sufferers, but those fav ored ones who steal on a gigantic scale, and who steal, not to save life, but who steal to add to their millions. they are allowed to go scot free. There is no safety in stealing on a small scale; there is safety in stealing on a large scale. See a Carnegie, a Rocke-1 feller, and a Baer, and the trusts, Northern Grown POTATOES For Seed. WHY NORTHERN GROWN POTATOES ; are better than "NatiYe Stock" They mature earlier, yield mora to the acre, are not irrigated, are more solid and free from scab. They are little effected by drouth, and produce large, smooth, regular sized potatoes that bring the highest price on the market. Acme - The wost profitable early prtato in cultivation. Fit to eat in six weeks and crop fully matured in ten weeks from planting. In yielding it raoki with medium and late varieties, a rare trait in an extremely early kind. Tubers are oblong, smooth; skis flesh color: flesh white; upright, strong vines with tubers growing compactly in the hill t in this retpect similar to the Early Ohio, but large ly surpassing that variety in yield of uniform and large sized potatoes. Eyes shallow, quality excellent, mealy and of fine flavor. Keeps well. Qrown in North Dakota. Order at once as our supply will, without doubt, be exhausted before planting season is over. Trice peck, 35c; bushel, 11.00; barrel, $2.00. Carman No. 3 This handsome new main crop pot a" to is of large size, yielding immense crops of uniform size and shape. It Is of perfect form. It has but few eyes and tbryare shallow; the akin ' and flesh are extremely white and , its cooking qualities are very fine. It is a remarkably handsome potato, enormously prolific. Keeps well. Per peek, 30c; bushel, 90c; bbJL, 2.40. Red Triumph Wear all familiar with it as sold at our groceries when the first "new po tatoes" are shipped in. Extremely early, earlier than any others, but not of very good quality, and more subject to blight than other varie ties. Tubers nearly round, medium in size, reddish pink in color. Grown in North Dekuia. reck, ZZci b'dihei, SUc; barrel, $2.10, Red River Early Ohio Early Ohio is the most popular early potato in this country. We have more calls for it than any other early variety. Every potato arower knows' what it is, and knows just-about what it will do in his locality. It is the standard extra early the world over, and other varieties are mea sured by it. We have an extra choice strain of Early Ohio. Onr Red Hirer Valley stock, grown in North Dako ta, is as fine as one cares to see. The tubers are smooth and regular in ah ape, free from prong, uoifoctl pure and full of vigorous life. Price, pock, 25c; bushel, 80c; barrel, 2 10. Griswold Seed Co.; P. O. BOX K LINCOLN. NEB. i i S Columbian Beauty Seed Cora, the premium corn of the world. It took the premium ; at the World's Fair. The Corn is snow white, large grain and small Cob, weighs 6o I I ! THE DAISY SEED FARM The Daisy Seed Farm founds te tft Bushel, 3 3 Ears to the talk; grows from as to 300 Bssbela to the Acre, it is wortn its weight in gold. Jhe seed from wtitcb this Corn waa grown was brought here from Genoa, Italy, in 1890. by Col, Geo. 8iewrs. The price of this valua ble Corn is, by mail, postage paid. Half Peama jec.. One Pound 50c., Three Peuads $1.00, One Peck $3.50, Half ftatshel $4.00. One Bushel $7.00. Twe Bushels $13.00. Every package guaranteed to give satisfaction or aaoney cheerfully refunded atones. I refer yon to 3. E. Stewart, postmaster at thia place, or to any reliable merchant. Order today and be ready to plant when the season comes. The best is always Wis cheapest ForaaueoesSr SEED CORN Get a Larger Corn Crop by planting high bred seed. My varieties include corn that is suitable for different climates and localities. Carefully selected seed.shelled or in the ear. Illus trated seed catalogue free. Enclose 2-cent stamp and samples of six varieties will be sent to you. Write today. Address C. M. WEST, Shenandoah, la. ittak, $15.00 To Billings. $20.00 Butte, Helena, Salt Lake and Ogden. $22.50 To Spokane. " , $25 Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco and Los Angeles, via the Burlington daily February 15th to April 80th, 1903. .v.; City Ticket Office . Cor Tenth and O Streets Telephone No. 235 Burlington Depot 7th St, between P and Q Tel. Burlington 1290. combines, monopolies, and such like, that rob and steal and violate the law every hour they live. REV. W. M. KAIN. Ashtabula, O. (The remarks that the editor would make, Bro. Kain, you might not "deem proper." You have stated the case accurately, and no reader of The In dependent Is so tongue-tied that he could not make some appropriate, though perhaps not elegant, remark. Ed. Ind.) The Independent Press, Sheridan, Wyo., is the latest 'kangaroo" socialist paper . infant "just brung." A little better proof reading would Improve it sane. . , Good paint 13 cheap. It will pay you to paint your house and barn this spring. See the special paint bargains offered by the Farmers Grocery Co. of this city in their ad. , this week. Write for color card and mention The Independent i . Certificate of Publication ' j - BUte of Nebraska . , . Office of Auditor of Public Aeeonnts . V Lincoln, February 1st, 1903. It is hereby certified that the Pntomee inenr. aoce company of Washington, in tba District of Columbia, haa complied with the insurance law of thia state, applicable to such companies and is therefore authorized to eontinue the businesa of Fire and Lightning insurance in this state t0L?P cu,Tent Tear ending January 31st. 1904. witness my band and the seal of the auditor of publio accounts the day and year first abora written. Charles Weston, J. L. Pierce, Auditor of publie account. Deputy. . Certificate of Publication ; V ' State of Nebraska Office of Auditor of Public Accounts , , . Lincoln. February 1st. 1301 It is hereby certified that the Concordia Fir insurance company of Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin, has complied with the insurance law of thia state, applicable to such eompaniea and is therefore authorized to continue the bu iness of Fire and Lightning, insurance in this state fortbe current year ending January 31st, 1904. ' , a, ' j Witness my hand and the seal of the auditor of publie accounts the day and year first abora written. . Charles Weston, J. L. Pierce, Auditor of publio account 4, Deputy. 1
