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THE OMAHA DAILY Bfffl , ; THURSDAY , JULY 25 , 1S80.
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As the center of the rnlu utul washout
(
belt.Denvor.'a reputation Is established.
TniiiE : is an unusual hum In the
streets of Omaha nowadays. It is the
song of the electric motors.
AKOTIIUR child lifo has boon sacri
ficed "through a demented Georgia
crank. Where is Sum Jones ?
CHAMPION SuLMVAJThas now twenty
thousand dollars in cosh , the diamond
studded bolt and the big head.
HAVE the county commissioners taken
any steps to levy on certain properties
hold for revenue by tax-shirking so
cieties. ? _ _ _ _ _ _
Two deaths , caused by being run
over by vehicles , within a week and
nobody to blame. There is a screw
loose somewhere.
A CINCINNATI judge has declared ice
cream n necessity , not n luxury. Tlio
ice cream "oarlor" will now open wide
both doors on Sundays in that city.
Now that Senator Alger and party
hn/vo returned from Ahiska. the country
bnould hear something definite concern
ing the Alaska Seal company's mo
nopoly. *
Tnn now gun boat Petrol will be
given another chance to demonstrate
her siiiling qualities. Judging by her
former test she should have boon named
the Tortpiso.
THIS regatta at Spirit Lake , Iowa , is
attracting a great deal of attention
throughout our neighboring state.
Aquatic sports are legitimate and should
bo'onoourtigod.
old. saying that everybody's
business is nobody's ' business is well
illustrated by the persistency of the ice
companies of this city in soiling impure
ice toconsumers. ,
Fou the success of Merchants' week
" throe things are essential : First , good
management' second , u sufficient guar-
1 hritoo fund , and third , the co-operation
of'nll business mou.
Tun military is creating a little commotion -
. motion in those parts. Between the
court-martial now in session and the
rifle competition hero , the men of arms
can enjoy themselves thoroughly.
WIIKN Massachusetts can borrow one
and a half million dollars at a rate of
interest averaging two and six-tenths
per cent , it is well to Inquire why west
ern states cannot obtain money at five
per cent.
DKSPITE thp erection of a number of
largo business blocks for wholesale and
warehouse purposes during the past
two years , it is significant that there is
today a scarcity of this class of buildings - '
ings in Omaha.
SALTIs as much of a necessity to
health and lifo as water or air , and any
attempt to limit the supply of an abso
lute necessity to human existence by
enhancing its price through trusts it a
orimo that should bo punished.
TUB Cheyenne Indian palioamon
wltU the suggestlvo name of Hump ,
who resigned from the force because ho
wtuld not sign the commissioners' bill ,
baa yet to leuru that resigning from
ofllco has passed wholly out of date with
white politicians.
IT is about lime that Omaha should
enjoy iu common with Minneapolis nnd
St. Paul the benefits of a watur route
to the aeaboard and a connection with
the Canadian Pacific ? system as nn offset
to the present outlet through Chicago ,
There nro strong grounds for suspectIng -
Ing such a move on the ' part of the
Union Pacific , '
AvriiU a delay of many days the post-
Office authorities at Washington liave
taken stops to Improve the ofllclonoy ol
the Now York nostofllco. The country
at largo IB interested in this move , in
asmuch as Now York is the gateway foi
the foreign malls , and an increase in
the number of clerks will insure bettor
eervlcoin that department.
WILL VISIT OMAHA.
A principal feature of the programme
ol the government for entertaining the
delegates to the congress of the three
Americas , which will moot in Washing
ton in October , is n trip through the
Country. As now arranged , this tour is
to extend from Boston to Omaha , taking
in all the commercial and manufactur
ing cittoa between thosepoints. . Wo
nro not able to say how many there will
bo ot this distinguished party of
the representatives ot the Central
nndSouth American countries , but every
city visited by thorn should make
the , most "generous provision for their
reception and entertainment. Our
Washington dispat6h announcing the
appointment of nn agdut ot the stale do-
pnrtriiont , Mr. William E. Curtis , to
carry out this programme , states that It
is'oxpectod the dittos visited will co
operate with the department in enter
taining the visitors , nnd that all possi
ble help will bo afforded in giving them
a proper idea of American methods. It
is probable that the board of trade ol
Omaha will , within n short time , be
communicated with regarding this matter -
tor by Mr. Curtis.
Both national and local pride should
induce every city that will have the
honor of entertaining this distin
guished company to spare no effort to
render tholr visit as enjoyable socially
and as profitable in information as pos
sible. The assembling of this congress
will bo nn event of no stnnll import
ance , for although its immediate prac
tical result's may not bo all that Is
hoped for , there la every reason
to oxpeOt that it will at loasl
open the way to improved
commercial 'conditions between
the coun tries represented in tno
'
congress' , and particularly between the
other Americas and the United States ,
to the advantage of all. It is obviously
desirable that the foreign visitors shall
obtain the bast possible improsslon
both of the character and enterprise ol
our people. They will roach Omaha
during the most delightful season of the
year in this' locality , nnd also in the
season when our business prosperity is
likely to bo at its best. Wo must nol
bo behind any other city on their tout
in giving them hospitable entertain
ment.
AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM.
As will bo soon from the letter of THE
BEE'S staff correspondent with the pnrtj
of congressmen traveling in the west ,
the question of irrigation is the ono ol
supreme Interest to the people of the
regions where this means of promoting
agriculture is indispensable. lie found
ovcrywhoro > that the people wore pro
foundly in earnest on this subject , and
that the universal belief among-thom ifl
that irrigation ought to bo provided by
the government , slnco in no other way
can it bo successfully accomplished.
The demand for this plan of reclaim
ing the arid lands and providing for
the requirements of agriculture in sec
tions where the rainfall is not always
adequate , is more earnest now than evot
before because ot the widespread and
terrible drought that exists. The ap
peal from the states and territories thus
afllicted that will be made to congress
can not fail to command the attention
of that body"and of the country.
It will bo strongly supported , also , bj
the personal observations of a numbei
of members of congress , all ol whore
agree as to the necessity of a system ol
Irrigation , whatever diversity of opinion
there may bo among them as to the
policy to bo pursued in providing it
The constitutional objection that the
general government cannot expend the
public money in improvements for the
benefit of private individuals may induo <
many to oppose the proposition , that the
government shall assume the task' ' ol
establlshing-a system of irrigation , the
coat of which might roach hundreds ol
millions of dollars , but this objection
appears not to bo insurmountable. The
federal government would confine
its outlays to its own lands
the advantages to private lands ,
as observed by Senator Teller , coming
incidentally. Unquestionably most o
the improvements by the general gov
ernment , aa in the case of rivers , for
example , afford incidental benefit t <
private parties , and in this matter o !
Irrigation it is not asked that the gov
ernment shall construct reservoirs or
other than its own property.
Regarding the sjstom to bo adoptee
our correspondent found the unanimoui
sentiment to bo in favor of constructing
reservoirs on the plains rath or than it
the mountain passes. The people of UK
regions requiring irrigation appear t <
fully realize tha danger that would
bo over present in the oxlstonci
of mountain reservoirs , and thej
bollovo that an effective system of irrl
gation can bo established free frorr
this danger. Engineering opinion a !
heretofore rendered does not agree
with this , but the further investiga.
tions now being proaooutod may load
the Gciontlflo gentlemen to modify thoii
judgment in this particular. This Irrl' '
gation question , as our correspondent
says.lscoriainlyonoof very great importance
anco not only to the people of the state
and toirltoiioa embracing the ari (
regions , but to the whole country , I
the problem can bo successfully solved
it would add immensely to the ngricut
tural resources ot the nation , am
doubtless in the lifetime of a gonoratioi
many times repay the cost. Tha sub
jeot is certain to occupy a lending place
iu the attention oftno next congress
with inoro' favorable promise than eva
before ot the inauguration of a genera
system ot irrigation.
TJJB PROPOSED SALT COJIZJItfB.
Ingenuity in devising schemes o
monopoly -has not boon exhausted
Proof of this is supplied by the propoaoi
salt trust under the title of the Nortl
American Salt company. This combi
nation professes tv purppee to exist , inn
to carry on ite operations in controllln (
a most important product and necessity
under the forma of law . It is Incor
pornted under the laws ot lha Btato o
Now York , thereby obtaining a loga
status and. amenability. It pro
poses something further in tin
way of n departure from the ordl
nary trust , which Is to popularize
izo monopoly by permitting any ouo t <
purchase at par ono or more fifty dollni
shares of common stock issued by tin
combine. The promoters dvJdoutly re
gard this as a particularly magnani
mous arrangement which ought to com
mend the scheme at once to universal
popular approval , It will not servo ,
however , to conceal the fact that the
projoot moans a formidable monopoly
for which the people ot- the United
States will bo nnmmlly plundered to
the amount of millions of dollars.
The company announces that it
has made arrangements for the
purchase or control of nearly all of
the existing salt-producing properties
on the continent. Such aa it will not
own outright it will control the product
of , decreasing or onlarglngit from time
to tlmo , as the interests of the combine
shall dictate. Thus it is not proposed
to purchase at present the salt works ol
Michigan , but the company will tnko
the product of these works , the amount
nf this to bo subject to its regulation.
Doubtless , however , in any event the
owners of these works will rocolvo tha
value of tholr whole capacity. Thus
nil competition in the production
of salt in this country will bo at
nn end as soon as the monopoly goes
into operation at the beginning of next
year. The pretense of this now com
bine is that it will find its profit , which
according to its figures will bo very
generous , by cheapening production
nnd practicing economy , nnd that it
will lurnlsh to consumers n bolter qual
ity of salt and keep down prices. No
body will bo deceived by any such
promise. Just as the sugar trust has
made every consumer pay a higher
price for that necessity , so will the sail
monopoly compel the people to pay
more for that commodity. In
deed , it is said .to bo the Intention to ad-
van co tho-price of salt ton cents a bar
rel at the outsot.
This scheme is far-roaching. The
promoters of it understood that the people
plo would seek relief from the threat
ened exactions of the monopoly by de
manding that the duty bo removed
from salt , and they have guarded
ngninst this by ellocting nn understand
ing with the English salt trust that will
keep the product it controls out of the
American markets oven if the duty
on salt shall bo removed. It is thus
practically an international combine ,
and nothing could make moro obvious
the purpose of the North American Salt
company than this arrangement. Never
theless there will bo a very general and
onrnost demand for thq abolition of the
July on salt , which congress will be
compelled to listen to.
Thus steadily nnd surely are the people
plo being forced to determine whether
they will allow monopoly to tnko com
plete control of the business of the coun
try , or by radical legislation , national
and state , provide for the abolition of
all restrictions on trade by vast combi
nations of capital.
A CASE is now pending before the
courts of Chicago which will attract
considerable attention in stock shipping
circles. It is brought by a prominent
cattle shipper of that city to compel tha
Delaware , Lackawannn & Western to
transport his private stock cars with the
same privileges nnd facilities as ac
corded to others. This is a test case to
decide the question whether railroads
have the legal right to refuse to run
palace stock cars owned by private par
ties on their road , and give preference
to their own. During the past year ot
two it has become customary for large
cattle shippers to opornto tholr own im
proved stock cars and transport their
cattle from ono market to another. Tha
railroads have looked with displeasure
on this growing luxury , duo principally
to the fact that by the use of these im
proved palace cattle cars , the stock
yards along the line of the road , owned
or controlled by the railroads , are nol
patronized. The various trunk lines
loading into Chicago have consequently
decided not to accommodate this class
of patrons. The question is ono which
is likely to go from the courts- into the
hands of the intor-stato commerce com
mission for solution , and will qpon up
another phase in the transportation
problem.
THE people of Oklahomahavo _ given
evidence that they want a form of government -
ornmont something moro substantial
than the provisional laws now in force.
A convention is in session for the pur
pose of drafting suitable and permanent
laws , nnd in all probability a petition
will bo presented to congress early in
its session asking for proper legislation.
At any rate , ono of the pressing dutioi
of congress will bo to provide a tcrrito
rial government for Oklahoma. Now
that the boom and excitement is ever
the people or that region are greatl.\
handicapped by the lack of laws. Thoii
prosperity is retarded and confidence ii
shaken so long ae looao mothoda ot ad
ministration prevail. Oklahoma neodV
A stable and complete territorial gov
ernment to insure permanent improvements
monts and the investment of capital.
A BERLIN journal has just published
an interesting account of Gorman emi
gration to America since the close ol
the Franco-Prussian war in 1871. It ap
pgara that the total number of Gormam
who have como to this country during
the post eighteen years is ono milllor
, slx hundred and oightocm thousand ,
The tide of emigration was. highest ir
1881 , during which year two hundred
and twenty thousand pardpnsputjaoton
America , Last year ninety-eight thou
sand arrived , and about the sama number
bor , It is calculated , will swell our pop
ulation at the end of the current year
The Gorman emigrant has boon a wel
come addition to our ranks. Ho ha :
brought with htm Intelligence , thrlfl
and on orgy , and quickly assimilates
American ideas and institutions with
out losing his love for the fatherland.
A CO&OUKD democrat dismissed fron
the sixth auditor's ofllco at Washing
ton , who claims that his removal is due
to his being a democrat , proposes t (
make a test case of the right of a hoac
of a division to dibcharge an employe
for voting with the party opposite tc
the ono in power. This is a novel case ,
and one which the commission ha :
never boon called upon to decide. .
While it is clearly against tha spirit o :
the civil service law to remove a mar
from his position for voting with the
opposite party , there is nothing In the
letter of thcj' JlAw prohibiting it. At
least that i'g , tjio opinion ot Commis
sioner Lymarn
THE ivhltoi ; Jo'ad trust consolWatol
plants capitalized at fifteen millions. It
immediately * ' organized and ro-
capitalized thcni at oighty-throo mil
lions. Can any ono doubt why It is that
trusta arc. sofipilnr when tbo people
will bo cnllau upon to Pn7 for thla
watered stocby a f iso in the price ot
white lend ?
COULD anything bo moro flattering
nnd encouraging to Nebraska's corn' '
crop than the current report ot the de
partment of agrlculturo ? Sprao twenty
counties , representing different sec
tions of the state , reported , and the con
sensus of opinion is that the prospects
for a largo crop this fall nro unrivalled.
Tim dispatches from Dakota say that
the funds appropriated for the two con
stitutional conventions have about boon
exhausted. If this is true it will bo
surprising to note the celerity with
which the DnUota statesmen will finish
the work of framing the two constitu
tions.
THE council took prompt action in
providing moans for the early erection
nnd equipment of n flro engine house
und apparatus at Walnut Hill. Other
outlying districts of the city may road
in this provision that they nro likowlso
to bo given ample fire protection.
Tlio Right Mnn in the Right Plnoo
Sa IVoticfseo Chronicle ,
Wo condole with our democratic friends In
tbolr disappointment , but really the United
States could not spore James G. Blame nt
Ibis time. He is the right man In the right
place , nnd thcro ho should stay.
It Is a Tough One.
rhilatlelphla I'rtii.
Undo Jerry Uusk la wrestling with the
knotty question whether the work of inq ir-
inp into the habits nnd character of the
oyster plant bolonga to the secretary of agri
culture or to the fish commission.
The Rohbcr Trusts ittust Go.
VMIaaaaMa Ledger.
These trusts are becoming dangerously
numerous and some of thorn aggressive to
foolhardlncss. But the tide of public senti
ment is already rising against them , and
before it obba it will swoop them out of ex
istence. _
The Arkansas Stylo.
St. Louts QloJit-Democrat.
Suits have boon brought against fourteen
ox-county traiiauret-s in Arkansas who nro
short In tholr accounts. The missing money
was probably expended in buying arms and
ammunition to maintain the democratic ma
. ' <
jority. _
There Are > no * Flics on the Eagle.
Baltimore American.
After all , America is to get Millet's
"Angelas. " It' ' will bo observed that the
eagle on the * , good American dollar soars
higher than any other bird of finance , and
although its hchdajs bald , it is not bothered
by flies and h'ojgoj * there just the samo.
"Would Answer the Sama Purpose.
, -Hojfon Herald.
An annex to-thorwlnto house for the trans
action of I public business fj the latest idea In
Washington. It'fy a reasonable suggestion ,
but a notice to ofQccscokcrs who swarm the
executive mansion and pastor the head of
tbq nation from morning till night , warnlntr
them to kcop at a distance , would probably
1111 the bill quite as well.
Unrestricted Trndo AVIth Canada.
Montreal Herald.
Why is not a commission sent to the United
States as well as Sydney , Jamaica , Tim-
buctoo , and other places to encourage trade ?
Because the commission would probably bo
compelled to make n report as would open
up the markets of both countries and upset
all the finest calculations of the combines.
The plain and simple truth U tlmt , though
enlarged trade with the United States would
bo a great benefit to the farmers and gen
eral traders of the dominion , It would do-
creaao the profits of ft few combines and
monopolists who practically awn the Ottawa
cabinet.
* * .
. THE AFTKUNOON TEA.
Now gay young men
And maidens fair
VTo ocean's shores
In crowds repair.
And on the sands
And hillsides green ,
By day and night
In pairs are soen.
Or at the hops
'Tls ' very plain
That fllrting-tlmo
Is hero again
No daughter ot the late. Kmporor Freder
ick has the gift' of beauty. The hereditary
princess of Saxo-Mulnlngon has handsome
shoulders when scon from behind , and so
gets her head painted In profile , wlta her
back toward the painter. Princess Sophlo U
Bald to have the face of a "child staring at
vacancy While it holds a spoonful of padding
in its mouth. "
Wives should never conceal anything from
their husbands excepting their faults , ol
course.
"Canyon manage a type-writer 1" asked
ono married lady of another , "Can I manage -
ago a typo-writer ! I should aay so. I made
three leave my husband's office within the
last two months/ and the last Is so homely
that John is alrftostfttfraia of her. Tin man
agement of a tyj qtyvrltcr Is an art , but I've
got it down fineJ'i
To the queen ' 61 Italy belongs the credit of
ro-estahlfshlngjjhe jUianafaoturo of Burano
lac-j. The Indujitr had almost wholly died
out. The queer ! found nn old woman who
kne w the stitclf and had her teach a number
of younger worfifen , '
Ella Madge hndiher bathing suit on all
hours to-day , dl wonder what makes her
wear It 10 lonlf ! ' Bella JJeoauso it's to
"Stylo , " saysionmter o literary topics ,
' 'means everything , " "Yes , " said Gibson ,
whoso wlfo is detojijid to fashion , "it means
. ' ' , "
everything a m.yj'ijft'ot
The latest feminine orate , that of wearing
the hair In a simple braid , doubled up once
and tied with a piece of ribbon , school-girl
fashion , has souse on its side In this hot
weather , although it Is rather harrowing to
see when adopted by a shrinking , timid
young miss of thirty or forty summers. It
Isn't fair for women with really long hair ,
thoujrh , for their braid 1s so long that it
doesn't look nice , and is in the way besides.
STATI3 AND TJJUIIUTOHY.
NclmiHka Jottlnca.
The cltlreos of York are working to secure
the state militia encampment.
A Masonlo ledge has been organized at
Oandy , with eleven charter members.
Crops in the northwestern part of Holt
county bavfl been badly damaged by hall.
The State bank of Oaks , NucliolU county.
Will bo opened for business about August 15.
Marslaml will bo the name of tha town
no\v called Corbln , between ilomlngfonl nnd
Crawford.
Norfolk's now oroamory and cheese
factory la completed , nnd will beeln opera
tions nt once ,
DTho contract has boon lot for a tO,000
brick school house at Stuart , to bo completed
by December.
J. II. Goodrich , Jr. , treasurer of Uotl Wll-
low county , has resigned , nd has been suc
ceeded by Willis Gossard.
The boys' branch ot the suto Y , M , C. A.
la in session thla wcok at Hastings , with. 200
delegate * Iu attendance.
Crolght Morris has boon elected assignee
of the defunct Farmers1 nnd Merchants * bank
of HumtioUU by tlio creditors.
Peter Jansen , ot Jtnson , Jefferson county ,
has purchased several thousand sheep nt
Denver to bo fed on his runcli.
Tom SpaUldlnp , n Dan-son well digger , was
probably fatally Injured tast wock by n stone
falling on his head , fracturing his skull.
A strange disease has attacked calves nt
Sterling , the nflllotcd animals dying about
llftoon minutes utter showing signs of alck-
not * .
Polo Hatflold , a deaf mute , was struck b.v
a passenger train near Rnlo , Tuesday , anil
no badly injured that ho lived but ) a short
tlmo.
Pntrlck E , Sullivan , a Wallace saloon
keeper , has been bound over for trial on
the charge of selling liquor without a 11
conso.
The caving in of a section of the work' or
the Fnlrhury coal hole has delayed matters ,
but the drill has already reached a tfopth 61
150 feet.
A B. & M. section foreman at LoulsvllU
playfully pointed a target rlflo at Samuel
Ball the other day , with the usual result , except
copt that Ball may recover.
D Superintendent Maltnllou , of the Kearney
reform school , has refused an offer of 95,000
for the products of the school farm , whicl
ho thinks will bo worth fully $10,000.
A former named Roor , residing ncai
Duatln , Una his team of horses killed bj
lightning wnlle holding them by the bit ;
during n recent storm , but was only slightly
shocKed himself.
lown Items.
The state university re-opens September It
Independence is talking of a now $30OOC
holol.
A state bank has boon incorporated al
Mnploton.
A competitive examination for the West
Point cadotshlp will bo hold at Oskaloosti
August 3.
A Swoatland. Muscatlno county , man took
a cold \yator bath and died suddenly from
the effects.
C. C. Dunham , a blind man of Belle Plaine.
carries the mall between that place anil
Irving three times a weak.
The sugar corn planted for the Davenport
and Milan mills promises to yield a largo
crop and excellent in quality.
Rev. B. O. Ayleaworth , pastor of the
Cedar Rapids Christian church , has been
elected prosldont of Drake university at Dea
Monies.
Albert Smith , of Now Hampton , charged
with arson In connection with the Loltoy
flre , has been hold to the grand jury ol
Mower county in the sum of $3,000.
Mrs. D. P. Dufour , near Dos Moiucs , had
n thrilling experience the other day. On
reaching homo in the evening she was at
tracted to the river by a child's screams.
There she found her little boy sinking in the
wator. Being a good swimmer she went in
to rescue him but a piece of drift wood
forced both into an eddy. Her daughter
came In tlmo to throw a rope to her mother
nnd thus the two were saved from drowning.
The Two UnkotaH.
Brulo county has a debt of but $0,000.
The assessed valuation of Spaarflsh is
J102.800.
The Presbyterian church at Sioux Palls is
out of debt.
Work has boon begun on fortv additional
stamps for tho.Star mill at Load City.
Dcadwood's city council has ordered all
pig pens removed fiom the corporate limits.
The Sturpis Record says South Dakota has
less criminals than any other now state had
when It entered the union.
Frank Wilson Is occupying quarters In the
Sioux Falls pen on a two years' sentence for
forgery m Codington county.
Daniel Toomoy , a ranchman living at Sncar-
fish , was shot in the nrrn by his ftva-ycar-old
son , and amputation of the limb was neces
sary.
sary.Miss
Miss Millie F. Tapper , ot Sioux Fulls , who
graduated at Cornell with the degree of
bachelor of Jotters , Is to become pastor of a
chuvch In Kansas.
Pat Mahoney , of Farito. mot death in at
tempting to loosen the barrel of a shotgun
by placing It in the stove. The charge passed
entirely through his breast.
Now machinery and supplies for the tin
mines continue to arrive at Hormoaa and
Rapid City , and the work of building mills ,
erecting machinery nnd sinking shafts goes
busily on.
Horse thieves are again causing owners of
horses considerable trouble In the vicinity of
Chamberlain. "Vvltb the present feoltng
among-tho farmers , " says the Democrat , "no
mercy will bo shown any of the rascals
should they bo captured. "
i
THE 1RUIOA1ION PROBLEM.
Its Solution a Matter of the Utmost
Impprtance to tlio West ,
HAIJ.KV , Idaho , July 24. [ Special to Tnu
BEB.I In the two Dakota- * , northwestern
Nebraska , Colorado , Wyoming , Utan nnd
Nevada , which sections I have visited during
the past mouth , there is ono subject which
overtowors nil others with every class ot
people. It is Irrigation. In all of these sec
tions , with the possible exception of a portion
tion of western Nebraska , n terrible drouth
exists , and the same condition and the-same
sentiment on the subject confronts much ol
Kansas , portions of California , and all of
Arizona and Now Mexico. There Is only ono
way to maka the territories and
Colorado agricultural communities ,
and ono way only , and that is
by Irrigation. This , it seems , will never be
done successfully except by tbo government ,
and tbo question of how far the general gov
ernment van and should go in the diroctlon
of Improving-either Its own public domain or
the property of private Individuals will form
a problem before congress , nt its coming ses
sion , quite as overwhelming and comprehen
sive as either the tariff or the basis for na.
tional banking.
At no time during the past ten years have
so many men from congress visited the
northwest and west as during the present sea
son. This will servo to iflvo Impetus to tha
subject of Irrigation and Increase in the mind
of congress tlm importance of the subject. A
special committee from the senate Is looking
Into the subject by congressional authority ,
whtla Congressman George W. K. Dorsoy ,
of Fremont , Neb. , loft his homo on the llltti
Inat. with a party of representatives from
the lower house of congress , composed of
Messrs. Unrrows. of Michigan ; Stewart , of
Vermont. Goff , of West Virginia , and Hay.
don , of Massachusetts. I am with tins party
nnd have witnessed the Intengn anxiety of
the citizens of Colorado , Wyoming , Utah ,
nnd Idaho for some kind of action on the
lurt of congress. At Denver Senator Teller
said to mo on the subject )
'Tho subject of Irrigation will ha pressed
before congress the coming session as no
other subject will bo presented. The west ,
northwest and southwest will stnnit together ,
and congressional action uf some sort must
follow. Without irrigation one-third or one-
fourth of the oatlro country will bo a desert ,
forever. And irrigation for agricultural
purposes can only bo successfully ac
complished by the federal government , for
two cogent reasons : Firtt , the greater num
ber of localities whera tha water must bo
etorod arc on the public domain ; and sec
ondly , the expense is too great to warrant
Children Cry for Pitcher' * Castorla.
( Than Bby wu Blei , wo g re bet CootorU. *
When die wu B Child , eh crifd for Cootorla ,
When she beo&mo Miw , the clunf to Cutorta ,
WhfB fthotuuf CUlilxeo , she gure thwii Caetorta
private individuals In malting tbo outlay ,
even though they hod the money. The re
turn * from the work cannot bo made In thli
generation In many instances. Hut this
makes no lUfTorcnco to the general govern
ment. Yo % the constitution will ndinlt the
expenditure. There can bo no doubt ot
thnt , A landlord cannot bo prevented from
improving his own vroncrty * ' The federal
government has only to confine its outlays to
Itftown InmlH. The advantages to the lands
owned by private Individuals will como Inci
dentally , just as protection to ollr Industries
11 Incidental to our present system of Import
duties. "
At Choyonnocongrosslonal Delegate Carey
nnd Governor Warren both used the same
words , when they said {
"Only the constitution.onn intervene
to causohesitation on the part of controls. I
should think , however , that the levee system
nloiiR the Mississippi river tins demonstrated
thnt money from the general government
may bo used to protect or Improve private
property RO long ns there la n primary nlm ,
toward federal Interests. If tbo government
mont can use its money to
kcop. water off private property nlouu
the Mississippi I tun sure It can use It to
turn water on prlvato property In the terri
tories , or oven in the state , provided , of
course , tbo work is confined to the public do
main. No ono asks for reservoirs cm private
land. "
I find thnt there Is a unanimous decision
In favor of the construction of lusorvoln on
the plains , at elevated points , \vhcro fall for
the distribution of the water , which is col
lected during the snow or rnlriy season , may
be secured. Slnco the Johnstown disaster
no ono will listen to the original proposition
of damming up the mountain passes , aa the
pressure would bo BO Ri-cat as tc ) mnko
danger from u bursting of the ilnms or
Walls a constant menace. Then the
sediment which Is carried down the
mountain ranges and ; through the
canons would fill the rasorvolts mnda
in the very community wl'oro the
water is collected. The Idea is to
carry the water down from the mountains to
reservoirs out on the plains , n short dis
tance , or reservoir the water from rains and
streams and springs during the. Hood sqa-
Bona , to bo distributed to the avid sections by
moans of ditches. Tuo government has only
to store the water on. Us own lands ; the
people will take It and use It judiciously , nnd
in such a way as. to inuUo the dcsnrts blos
som like gardens and. secure u return for nil
the outlay to the general government , in
time.
time.Mr.
Mr. Doraoy , who is a practical nnd success
ful buslnnss uiau am well ns a statesman , be
lieves tbo federal government could well
afford to supply a complete system ot reser
voirs and , artesian wells for Irrigation , ns It
would bo but mi Investment whioh would de
clare n splendid dividend In the way of taxes.
Wherever the water can not bo secured from
molting snow or rain on the mountains ,
streams or springs , artesian wells onn bo had
easily.
This problem is ono of the greatest pos
sible Interest to the entire pountry for at
luast two reasons : It contemplates tlio
successful operation of moro utiusej agri
cultural lands than there are now in any
four states , thus revolutionizing agricultural
interests overyw'horo ; and it contemplates
such n large outlay of money anywhere
fiorn $50,000,000 to $100.000,000 that
financially the Improvement will bo noticeable -
able in every commercial avcnuo. The
struggle for it is made imminent ami earnest
by the terrible and destructive drought of
this season. Every member of the Dorsey
party has been fully convinced of the wis
dom of the project ; nnd what Is true of the
observations of these dtatosmcn is true no
doubt ot the scores of others now In the
arid regions. PEIUIY S. HKA.TII.
MILWAUKEE IN A FIX.
Mnjor Davis SpenUa Ilia Mind on
Knilroml llnten.
Major J. B. Davis , of Wahoo , now Is Chicago
cage undergoing treatment , writes TUB BIH
requesting the publication of tjio following
letter , which first appeared in the prln's of
Chicaco :
If Milwaukee Is "in a fix" let It be remem
bered , now and forever , that it is not duo to
any action of the Grand Army men. For
years they have had rates fiom generous
railroad companies from ocean to ocean for
these annual encampments A great blow Is
now made about the requirements of the
intor-stato commerce law , and how they pre
vent tha granting of tbo old rate this year.
This U all bosh. The requirements of the
Inter-stato law wcro In force last year , nud
they did not hinder or prcvout the 1-cont n
milo rate which is now asked for. The
trouble is not with thnt law , which seems to
bo made a subterfuge , but rather with the
two railroads having control of the ingress
and egress of the beautiful city of Milwau
kee. The Grand Army made a mis
take at Columbus when they located
the encampment in a city that
could only bo reached by nnd was at the
mercy of two railroads. It is to bo hoped
they will not again commit a similar error.
Hut they located that encampment at Mil
waukee in good faith , thousands and thou
sands of the veterans , desiring to visit the
queen city of the lake , and , then under the
provisions of a liberal ticket to visit the old
homos in Wisconsin , Illinois nnd adjoining
states. But somotblng told the delegates ut
Columbus that safety required some action
to preserve the 1-cont rate so lorn ; enjoyed ,
and so a resolution was passed authorizing
the commander-in-chlef and his advisors to
protect the Interests of the order by holding
at Milwaukee n delegate convention simply
rather than ono of the grand reunions which
has hitherto been the pride of our order and
an object of attention und regard by the loyal
people of the city nnd. the state In which such
reunion was hold.
Who U to blame for this "fix" I Not the
Grand Army. The railroads linvo pooled
tholr Issues with the Booming evident ilculra
to breuvk tlio procwlcnt Riven to the Grnnd
Army. Their actions , speaking louder thftfi
words , iniUcuto this desire , \vhllo the com-
mandor-in-chlcf of the Grand Army , the
council of ndmtnlstrntloni the department
commanders , nnd thousands interested In. the
welfare of the order deMro to maintain for
the future moro than for the past this low
rule for the reunions of the men who saved
this nation They nro not beggars ; they
simply nsk for whnt they have hnd.uua had n
right to bollovo would bo cllowcd.
As given by a railroad ofllcml , under the
1-ccnt a mlle rate the faro from Council
Bluffs to Milwaukee nnd return will bo
910.20. Under the rate as fixed bv the com-
blnation It Is $14.40 a diftorcncoof $1.20 on
each ticket. Kxteml this rate pro ratjywest
nnd whnt Is your prospect for a big crowd )
A Suituostlon.
BANonorr , Nob. , July 3.T. To the Editor
otTiiBBiiu : After readng your article on
"Horso Talk" I would say , I fully ngreo In
all that hoi so man says. Hut I would go
further mid connect a Nebraska northern
s tatn fair In connection With the jooxc.v club ,
locivto the fair permanently nt Omalm , then
Improve our grounds nnd erect proper build-
in KS and hold yearly fnlrs In connection with
the horio club of your olty. I hope the thin ?
can bo started , as I fool sure It would bo n
success. I would like to nee the newspapers
of this part of the state take up the subject
and bring It before the brocdci-s. Yours
respectfully , D. B.
1US MA Kill AOK MUST STAND.
Young Viscount Diuilo Separated
fi-oin lllfl Mitslo Unll Urlilc.
ICtfpj/rftfJit ISX ) l > i"Jtvn ( Torvim nei\naf \ , ]
LONDON , July 24. ( Now Ybrtc UornUl
Cable Special to TUB BUK. ] Viscount
Duulo , by his marnaRo to Belle Bilton , of
music , hall fauio , has given the pnrnppiuhers
n rich Hold for Inuomlo. It scorns thnt T nily
Dunlo. before her nuirrlaqo , had several ml-
mlrors , her husband being ftt the heel ot the
hunt. Ho lacked the experience of his pred
ecessors. He wrote letters. There was talk
of a breach of promise. stilUTiut It was
Mopped by the mairlupo. It Is now alleged
that Earl Claucartv will Involto the law to
nnnul the marrliigo on the ground that his
son is under"ago. . A prominent queen's
counsel told the Herald po rrcsnomlcut t\mt \ a
uuirriago between n woman of fourteen and
a man of sixteen wus legal. The mlnMor or
TCKistor who performed the ceremony could
bo prosecuted under 1111 old net of parliament ,
but Unit would not affect the nmrrtiigo. It
must stand , ns the viscount Is twenty years
old. Ho sailed u few d.iys ago on n long trip ,
but his wlfo remains.
THE U1PPI3K.
A Syndicate to \irni I'lans for HR |
Capture.
[ Gnpirf0M tSfK > l > u Jnma Gordon n > m > ittC. I
LON-POK , July 31. | Now York Herald Ca
ble Special to Tun BiiE , ] Dr. Forbes
WInslow , the eminent "mad doctor,1' ' has n
"plan" for detecting the Whitechapol mur-
derc > - . Strangely enough the police rofusu
to experiment on the lines suggested by tha
doctor , who has determined to operate Inde
pendently. The plan is to form a syndicate.
Every possessor of n sohomo to capture the
murderer may lay It before the syndicate.
The best plan , in the syndicate's opinionwill
bo adopted , The ease with which the selec
tion can be made can bo imagined.
Whitocbnpol is calm. Even the police have
recovered their equanimity. The conditions
will soon suit the "Ripper , " who has doubt
less put a new edge on his kuifo by this timo.
BTUUGGtiE "WITH A TOUPEDO.
JMver Bnrnstlulo Nearly TJOSCS Ills Lifo
at Portsmouth.
Ifopj/r/oM JSSy/iy James ( 'onion Uennelt )
Pauisiuou m , July 4. [ Now York Hor-
nld Cnblo Special to THK BnK. ] A diver
from the VcTiio.ii , tlio torpedo school ship ,
had a tornblo struggle under the water with
a white head torpedo. The torpedo had boon
lost from t boat and Diver Barngmila wni
sent down to Und It. Ho recovered It nnd
brought It the air chamber being apparently
exhausted to the surface of the sea , when
the torpedo became lively. Harnsdalo held
It by the tall , the only sensitive part , and at )
the fins revolved they cut oil his lingers. IU
struggled valiantly , but us the water became
clear and his .ulood uccamo visible , hu wna
quickly hauled up , but sa terribly cut in the
struggle that ho was instantly removed f
the naval hospital at HuaUr.
A liomnrknblo
NBW Yonic , July 34 ISpocJal Telegram
to THR BEE.I The Herald prints a long
special from Washington this morning to the
effect thnt the Samaan treaty may be re
jected by the senate on the ground that
Pliolps and Kasson sacrificed the country's
Interests to personal ends , both wishing to
got foieign missions and desiring to accom
plish something definite. The Hsrnid de
clares the Uintcd States commissioners wor
outwitted bv Ulsmnrck , but iloos tlot 'point
out specific instances.
Wonder
and Satisfaction
will be your experience
when you first try Pcarl-
ine. You'll wonder at its
miraculous cleansing
time labor-saving proper
ties. Wonder why you had
not discovered the truth before.
You'll be satisfied that all the
good things you have read or
heard of Pearline arc true if
you've heard bad , you'll ' be satis
fied 'twas false. There's ' hu ndreds
of uses for Pearline be
side the laundry and
house-cleaning for
washing dishes , china ,
glassware , silver.straw
hats , felt hatis , bead
trimmings , marble ,
bronzes , oil paintings ,
carpets ; in fact , everything in the house , from top to bottom
tom all that's washable will be far more satisfactory
because of the liberal use of Pearline. It is harmless.
V \ Peddlcn and Borne unscrupulous fjroccrs nro offering
I-C f \ TfTrOk imitations which they claim to be 1'carllne , or "the
JDC W dil C same as Pearline. " IT'S 1'ALSU they nro not , mid
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