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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1907)
7 DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE ICO09OGOI 1 here's no as paym mora tfian th McKIBBIN Pric tor lTp) General Improvement i Reported in Eetail Distribution. i; w mu", U Every eoneeiVabU lata cap fabric; every beat ear-warming fur Inband lining in McKIBBIN the standard caps. Taraaghaiit th Wssl at lest Dealer FACT0BHS ON SHORTER TIME Financial Conditions Are Less Dls tarblns, Mirk Relief Resulting; from Large Imports of Gold. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2.7, 1907. . ..P mm V Taw. M ' . aA i. a . I W1P1XGUUT AN ARIZONA TOWN Its Name is Roosevelt, but that Didn't Save It. OLD-TIME PLAZA IS ROW DOOMED It Ilea te Ge m kat ts Gstrraarat Mar Balld a Da a to Hela Irrl ate the Salt Hirer Valley KL 1'ASO. T., Nflv. 1 An ntlre town In Arlaona wilt be wpt away by the gov. eminent In It work of reclaiming1 arid lands and. making homes for farmer. Th town wii In the way and It had to (co. In another three year, when the great Boose velt dam Is completed to store the water fur the Irrigation of the Bait liver valley the only place In America where the date l.alm growa as well as In Egypt the town tf Roosevelt, or the present town sits, will lie at the bottom of a lake at least sixty feet n depth. Roosevelt la a town many years old. It had been the postfflc and the general lounging and buying place for the cowboys and cattlemen In the mountains thereabouts for many years, but It la to go for the sake of the farmer who tills the wonder fully rich Valley below, where lomons, oranges, olives, dates and almonds grow aide by side, with alfalfa, water melons, cantaloupes and grapes. It la on of the richest valley In the great west. . The alt selected for th dam to Impound 11 th flood waters In the Salt river Is between two mountain of solid rock, and the town of Roosevelt unfortunately Is above the dam alto. Th valley around Roosevelt la In cultivation and I full of bearing orchard, fruitful garden and pro durtlve little farms, but all of these, too, will sink to the bottom of the lake for the alt of th much bigger and greater valley belotf. . Government Work Expensive. Th government hak already apent several ' hundred thousands of dollars, on the Work of erecting the, dam, but it' has only Just commenced. First the town site of Roose ' velt had to be bought out and then the farms that would come under the water. Then th government had to bring out Immense traction' engine, for Roosevelt and the dam alto are twenty-seven mile from th nearest railroad station, the little Mormon city of Mesa, and mule were not capable of performing all the work neces sary In th transportation line. Engineer Louis C. Hill, who Is bossing the job, figured that It would be cheaper for the government to put up and operate it own sawmill and cement plant, and the ma chinery waa purchased and hauled to the alt by th traction engines. The sawmills were carried Into the mountains In pise by the Indian and set up to get out th Umber, and tho cement mill waa put up at th dam, aa th rock on which the dam I to be constructed makes a fin quality of cement when properly treated, The problem of operating the sawmill waa met by building a small dam and a flume across country) - All this done, the government waa ready for work on the dam. The government la only acting a finan cial backer, architect and contractor for the farmers whose land la to be benefited. In the paat the farmers have Irrigated from crude canala dug out through their farms from the Salt liver, and at tlmea they had plenty of water, sometimes an overflow and too much, while at other they were without water of any sort and were forced to watch their orchard and garden wither and die or pump water at a cost so ex orbitant that they could never make any money. The Indian Irrigated by the earn method In the day when Oeronlmo wa king of th whole section, and nobody but a United States trooper and several of htm wa safe In that section. This wss not profits bis, and It was not satisfactory, and th government through th reclamation service came to the rescue. Th reclamation service wa created for Just such a task a this and has performed It elsewhere, notable among tta works being th great Trucks, Nev., project, completed and In operation; the Carlsbad and Roswell projects, in New Mexico, completed and operating, and the great Engle dam above El Paso, now under construction, which will reclaim more than I2,000 acres of land In the Rio Grande valley In Mexico, New Mexico and Texas. What Property Owners ray. All the land suitable for reclamation In the Salt River valley, which completely surrounds Phoenix, the capital of Arlaona, wa surveyed. The annual flow of the river was measured. The figures arrived at ahowed that the government could build, the dam for a sum that would cost each property owner SI a year for the next twenty years, and the owners were asked to "sign up." or, In plain words, mortgage their property to Uncle Bam. They did It gladly and Uncle Bam got to work. When the dam Is completed the entire project will be turned over to the officers of the Fait River Valley Water Users' associa tion and they will operate It for the owners of the land, eacb of whom has a vote for every acre of land he holds, none of whom, however, can hold more than 160 votes or acres. This Is to help the small farmer, and the man who has big tract haa to sell It off, but he will not lose any money, since land that formerly sold for IS to $30 en acre will now sell for from tlOO up ward. Because he Is doing all the work for the peeple Uncle Sam haa to keep accurate ac count of all the work he does. For ex ample, he charges the price of the townslte of Roosevelt and surrounding farms to the water users and Mien collects rent from the occupants of the buildings and buya hay from the ranches, for which credit Is given the land owner. Uncle Sam buy th ce ment plant and the traction . engines and the sawmill and he charge It to the people of the valley who are to benefit by the dam, and then In the course of events he buys the product or labor of these and credit It to the owners, the men who pos sess the land. All of which helps to bring the cost of the construction of the dam down to the figure originally estimated, maybe smaller, In which ewent the pro rata of the charge against the acreage to be Irrigated will be smaller. When the great dam Is completed and the water Is held In check and conserved for use when needed, the farmers will have water all the time, regardless of lessons. The water will be taken down from the dam, which la far up In the mountains, to the farms below. In the old channel of the liver and from this ohannel diverted by means of smaller dams Into canal and dis tributed over the entire valley. The water will be let out of the great lake by means of gate of bronse, Inserted Into the solid rock mountain on either aide of th river at the big dam. Extreme pres sure against th big dsm In case of an unusual rainfall Is prevented by the blast ing of spillways through the mountain on either end of the dam proper. The spill ways will allow the water to run on down the old bed of the river and escape Into th Colorado river below before It rises to the top of the dam. Therefore no water will ever run over the dam. HUBBY HIKED BACK TO PAPA Iniqne Specimen of Domestlo Bliss Shattered the , Morn In After. " Here Is the man who went home to papa because wlfey wouldn't support him. That Is,' here he Is, If the allegations of Mr. Arthur B. Kohr of Chicago are true, and ahe think so well of her ability to prove them that she ha had Arthur ar rested for abandonment and Is suing him for divorce. Arthur la a musical student, whose work on the violin Is great, his teacher saya; but he can't play a tuna with a bucksaw that ' will , produce three - square meal a day. hi wife says. Eh wa Mrs. Mary Rogers, a pretty widow, with a good position, when Arthur wooed and won her with his art. They were married after a short courtship, al though Arthur's father bitterly opposed the match. They went to housekeeping in the cozy flat which formerly had been all Mrs. Rogers' own. Love's young dream had a ptcnlo In that flat for just one week, the bride now avert. But even as the sun rose on the eighth day of wedded bliss Arthur made the fatal mistake which has since led to his return to his doting parent, his arrest, and his bride's action for divorce. "Mary, dear, It la time for you to get up, or you will be late to work," Arthur la said to have remarked on that fateful morn. "What do you mean, Arthur?" asked Mrs. Arthur. "Why, Mary, dear. It la nearly 7 o'clock, and you know the office opens at S. Tou must hurry or you will lose your Job." "What on earth do you mean, Arthurt I gave up my position before we were married." "Gave up your position! What on earth do you meant Tou only took a vacation." "Vacation nothing! I gave up my Job. Quit It for good when I get married." "Tfou did? Wert, I never knew that. How are we ever going to get along for the next two yeara while I finish my musical educa tion T Have you enough lnoom to sup port us without working?" And then the battle was on. Chicago Inter Ocean. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. -Dun weekly Re view of Trade tomorrow will say: Improvement Is reported In retail trade and st-nttment Is more hopeful In some commercial departments, but pending the resumption of active demand manufac turers restrict production, financial con ditions are less disturbing: much relief resulting from large Imports of gold, wlillo a bettor feeling was caused by the an noui.ctment of further government aid, al though the proposed bonds and rertlflrat e have not yet increased tlip actual supply of money. Mercantile collections are Irreg ular, some sections of the country report unexpectedly prompt scUkments, while at other points tiny are slow. The final re turn for October indicated a favorable trade balance fur the I'nited States of Shi), 747.46 and still bettor results ar- prom ised for November by preliminary reports available for thre weeks. No further difficulty Is anticipated in nn-etlng pay rolls now that the micl-ninnt )i settlements have been made without serious delay. Holldiy trade lias openeiJ, wholesale, houses dis tributing goods to dealers throughout the count ry. Llltlo alteration is noticed in quotations of inn snd steel, reduction in pri.es being averted by restriction t output. Any pres sure to force sales would result in con cessions, but producers maintain the statis tical position by shutting down all capac ity for which there Is no demand. NVh le actual cancellations aru few, many ro qumts for deferred deliveries are received and all departments in the Industry await more settled financial conditions. A fair Inquiry is noted for plates, wire products and pipe, the sentiment on the whole being somewhat better than last week. Re duction In blast furnace activity hus checked the vigorous movement of ore and It Is probable that lake shipments will not exceed 41,000,0(0 tons for the season. This will be a new record, but about j.OuO.OoO tons below previous estimates. (Julet continues In the primary market for textiles and production has been mod erately curtailed. Manufacturers of eolton goods make no attempt to force sales wailing for restoration of confidence and sulticlont funds to warrant new undertak ings. Producers readily grant delays In deliv eries, but there is stubborn resistance to cancellations of orders taken in good ialth, for which provision has been made In many case. by arrangement for delivery ot raw material. Although the past week has been the quietest for years as to new orders for cotton goods, a better volume Is promised by the numerous Inquiries which indicate that Btocks have fallen low. Much of the same disposition to defer de cision is noted In woolen goods, although In those fabrics the conservatism of buyers lias produced greater depletion ol stocks and the raw material also more stei.dy. Clothiers' salesmen have returned from first trips, the volume of spring business comparing favorably with normal years, but many manufacturers will reduce the output until the danger of cancellation Is past and currency Is more readily obtained tor j my rolls. Shoe shops are operating very cautiously, forward deliveries being prepared with due consideration for the possibility of counter mi'idci oiders. Some plants are Idle be cause of the difficulty experienced because of the difficulty of obtaining cash for pay rolls and invoices for leather, etc. Sola, leather manufacturers maintain quotation by consistent curtailment of production and similar tactics and now pursued by producers of upper leather, but thl change. Is more recent and less effective. The decline In harness and leather belting butts amount now to fully 2 cents Der pound. i f f i Vi W LV CHICAGO TAKES CERTIFICATE! Bankers Arrange to Subscribe for Two and Half Millions. CHICAGO. Nov. S.-Elght Chicago bank have arranged, conditionally, for subscrip tion to t2.SoO.(00 of th new 3 per cent treas ury certificates. President Forgan of th First National bank, chairman of th clear ing house committee, said the subscriptions were made subject to certain conditions, the nature of which he would not discuss. The subscriptions are reported to have been made with the understanding that the banks be allowed to hold 76 per cent of the purchase price of the certificates as part of their government deposit, the subscrib ing banks being government depositories. Subscriptions amounting to fn.&OO for tha certificates were received at th subtreas ury during the day. (TWA ioj p y a JilXJmJi il SERIOUS FAR-REACHING BLOOD DISORDER Even ia its early stages Catarrh is almost intolerable, caused by the stuffy feelingf in the nose, the buzzing noises in the ears, the continual "hawking ttnd spittinj " difficult breathing etc. But when the blood becomes thor oughly polluted from the catarrhal matter, the inflammation extends to the bronchial tuhes, causing hoarseness, and often an aggravating; cough ; the stomach is affected, resulting in dyspepsia, loss of appetite and strength, and gradually all the mucous membranes of the body become diseased and the system upset and deranged. Frequently the kidneys and bladder are attacked, ' and the constant passage of impure blood through the lungs, diseases these important members, and Catarrh terminates in Consumption. Catarrh is a deep-seated blood disease, and must be treated constitutionally, for it is beyond the re-ich of local treatment. S. S. S. cures Catarrh by cleansing the blood of a'.l the impure catarrhal matter and at the same time building up the entire system. li goes down and attacks the disease at its bead, in the circulation, and removes every trace of the impurity that is causing the trouble. Then as rich, pure blood circula.es through the body, the inflamed membranes commence to heal, the mucous discharges grow less and finally cease, and all the disagreeable ana aisgustiug symptoms ol catarrh, disappear. 6. S. S. has no equal as a cure for this disease. It rtfines and purifies the entire fcirculation and repuirg the dam .tore done by Catarrh. Special book on CatarTh ndaicdical advice free. ; JUS SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA.' BRADSTREET'S REVIEW OF TRADE Aetnal Business Show an Increased Degree of Quirt. NEW YARK, Now. 22.-Bradstreets will av tomorrow: While a number of cities report that the tone of affairs has taken a turn for the better, actual business, taklna- the country aa a whole, show an Increased degree of quiet, both at wholesale and retail centers. There Is evident in the wholesale trade cir cles an Indisposition to do business fjr tu tures periods and the numbers of cancella tions resulting from the past unsettlements are a subject of widespread comment. Re tall trade feels the effect of the smaller movement of cereal from the farms, snd although producers are reported more fa miliar with checks tendered in payment, lower prices now offered are a drawback to sales. In industry the features are the working out more fully of the slowing down ten dency noted for several wweks paat. The Iron and steel Industry, with Its kindred lines such as coke and coal, showing quick est results. The feeling Is widespread that the sharper and quicker this process occurs the sooner the situation wIl right Us'lf when confidence is restored. The lumber Industry is quiet and southern lumbering and manufacturing are reported less active. Collections are rather slower and s.ime attention has been excltod by the request from some states that all creditors be len ient in order that the fall trade be pro tected. The currency premium lessened at New York early in the week, but later on became more marked. The fact that the demands are kept up strongly by the re- fiorts that country banks are taking In arge quantities of currency but not mak ing new loans and some institutions are re ported to be carrying much larger supplies than are absolutely necessary. Wheat. Including flour, exports from the United Elates and Canada for the week of November 21 aggregate 6.103,143 bushed, against 6.192.844 bushels last week. 4,tiJ6.0T3 bushels this week last year and 6,Ep1!1.SuO bushels in 1901. ,-'or the first twenty-one weeks of the fiscal year the exports are M.0.3. 4H5 bushels, against Dt.SSS.T'ltf bushels In 1908-07 and 121.9ti3.796 in 1901-02. Corn, exports for the woek are 600,629 bushels, against 1,133,-lM last week and I'M, mi In 1906. For the fiscal year to dale the exports sre 19,766,891 bushels, against 17,312. 296 In 1906-07. WITH EVERY CASE) OR CREDIT Sale of I0 or over In OVIt MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING DEPARTMENT from now until Thanksgiving day. AVE GIYK AWAY FREE. It's an annual affair with us. Here Is an oppor tunity to get a Turkey without one penny of rout to you by till plan those persons who buy from us get DIRECT DENE FIT in possible to Mrcnre flsewhere. This offer applies only to purchases innle in OFR MEN'S AND ROYS' CLOTHING DEPART MENTS. Let us supply your wants In CLOTH ING, HATS, SHOES. SHIRTS, VNDEKWEAH, GLOVES, FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. MEN'S FINE SUITS AND OVERCOATS Snappy, stylish, serviceable garments. Buy them here snd get a turkey free for your Thanksgiv ing dinner. Our special prices ft 1 ft ft ft during this ssls are $20.00, S III 1 1 1 1 115.00, $12.50 and V i U YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD mm PLAIN FIGURES ON HH EVERY TAG ONE tUg PRICE TO ALL AND f THAT THE LOWEST. o o BUY YOUR TMSG1V8..G CLOTHES M CREDIT Big Reductions On All Ladies9 Apparel Ladies1 $27.53 Suits at 519.50 Just 25 suits in the lot they were a trarellng man's Bam pies all new and the latest materials. Suits that should bring 127.60, on sale bera for only SI9.50 Ladies' $15 Coals Saturday $10 HAVE IT CHARGED FURS! FURS! will sell Just B0 of these coata at tli above price. They are made of good qual ity all wool, black kersey, loose-fitting styles, lined across the shoulders. Our regular $15.00 black coat, Saturday, at. . 310.0J Closing Out Fall tV MV All Goods Marked at Low Prices In Plain Figures To make room for early winter models. Large, fluffy trimmed velvet and silk models, actually worth 110 and sale for or 12 on o r-f ,ur?af: )o.DU mm ' Pick them out now ami have them Hid aside for the Holidays. This we will gladly do on the payment of a small deposit. Now Is the tlmo to choose while the assortment is large and the prices are low. Look ot our scarfs, neck pieces, muffs, throws and fur coats, before you purchase. LADIES' 58.50 SKIRTS SATURDAY AT $3.95 quality cks. Made of excellent Panama. in blues, hlacl browns, Fluffy Kuffles style our regular is. 60 skirts, on sale Saturday for . . . $3.95 WOOL WAISTS In black, blue and brown. and also plaids. Our regular 3. &o wool waists, special r one day only at the low pries of to 98c 16IS & FARNAM STREETS. OMAHA. THE I'EorLKS KfKNITl KE AND CAWET CX. EHTtU. 1887. CASHIERS' CHECKS Taken'on all Purchases and Accepted as Pay ments on Account. :: :: Fla. Va. REPORT OF THE CLEAK1.XC HOUSE Transaetloas of tha Associated Banks for the Week. NEW YORK. Nov. 21 Dradstreet's bank clearings report for the week ending November 21, shows en agffregut of $2,287, WO.OW, as against i.a,lM.0OU last week and 3.4:,8u..(X in the corresponding week last year. Canadian clearings for the week total Ol.friS.to), as against .-i W.'.OuO last weak and ,64C.ouO In the sam weak last year. The following is a list of the cities: CITIES. Clearings. Inc. Dec. l)o t)o l)o PUnELY VEGETABLE New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia . ... fit. I-ouls Pittsburgh Pan Francisco . . Baltimore Kansas City 4 .. Cincinnati .... New Orleans . .. Mlnneapolla . ... Cleveland letrolt lxjulnvllle I. o Angeles Omaha I MiiwuuKea Seattle St. Paul Pr'ivMenca . . . . Pualo 'I'dlarapolls . . .. Penver Fort Worth Plchmond Albany Washington Hilt like City . Portland. Ore. ... Cclunbus. O. ... Bt. Jorph Memphis Savannah Atlanta Spokane. Wash. Toledo. O Tacmna I Naalu llle I Rrchete" Hsr-ford ; Pori I fvs Moines NurfuiK Ni-w Haven irarni KtfplUS , ? a li:i . P r'Uii.l M.. -'UHIX t itv ! I . -. II li i r-1 . i. M.J15 .. KvuliV!.!i' I PlT'i'iniam . , (Syrnouve 1 i.-'Ht. ! n.8!.177.0no. w.sjs.nnr.i, 137.076.001. n.av!.n 67.S47.UOHI. 4H.673.W, 27.M7.OiO!, 5,l!T!0Ol 21.692.(i 19.4fi';.0"Ol. 23.2?ft.riM 16.K51.dOl. 14.1S7.0XII, 8.07OXHO!, s.TIii.rmo . V,5-4.'rti 10,4M.nnfi. 7 Ki.OroV . 9.74.i4V, 079,0 Ol. i.an.'.ovH, S.sTS.Oj. 7.7m .fso1. 8.77SOi'l. .417.0V41 . 5. 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"Th Harsh Word," "The Dance," "Between Shipmates," "The Il limitable Senses," and "Th Joy of Christmas Passage." Published by Charls Scrlbner's Sons. "The Way of a Man," by Emerson Hough, ha its scenes laid In th west, at the Urn of th great westward move ment previous to th civil war. Th hro become engaged to a girl he doe not love. Leaving hi Virginia home, he starts west and at St. Louis meets the on girl. , Shortly afterward they cross th great .plain together, with a large travelling party, meeting with many adjenturs. Straying from th trail on day, they are lost In tha great desert, where they have to live by their wits, matching heir cunning against that of animals, upon which they prey. He fall sick and on her develop th dally hunt for food. In the meantime, they have grown to lov each other and he urges her to become his wife with th simple ceremony of Scottish law, and she agrees that If they are not rescued by a certain time to do so. On tho eve of the time set they are found by a searching party and get back to the settlements. They are to be married, but owing to the machinations of th villlan of the story, who has been sent over by tha cotton, interests In Ktigland to help fan Into flame th Impending war, and who I Iso in love with the nerolne, mlaundor standings o. cur and t!iry are separated. The other girl then comes again into his life, but the war luealts out nd he enlists under the northern flag. In hattls lis meets face to fare tiie other man, fighting with the confedeiate. The villlan Is killed, hen tl.e war is ended the other girl is dead, and the lovers are reunited. Pub lished by the Outing Publishing company. "Vgaa lioli." by Dillon Wallac. author of The Iure of the Iibrador Wild," I a tjle of the fur trapper. Mr. Wallaces account of his explorations In the fruien Interlsr of Luhrdilor have made hl:n well known Ls an a-"hor. In this, h'.s 'i rat attempt at fiction, he gives a tale of a outig liappel In tl.e far froien north ami s'juwh that I una 111' ; u:i'lei t ho auroi r borealls I much th same a nearer home. It goes without saying that he describes llf that he ha seen, and vividly pictures the elusive and mysterious Nascaupen In dians of tha Interior of Labrador and Un gav. The story I heart stirring for young and old from beginning to end. Illustrated by Samuel M. Palmers. Pub lished by th Fleming H. Revell company. Two Important serial features of th eventy-flfth volume of The Century begin In th November issue: Mrs. George Corn-wallls-West's reminiscences of her life as Lady Randolph Churchill and Prof. Percl val Lowell' paper on "Mar a tha Abod of Life." Specially timely articles, though of widely diverse interest, are sympathetic reminiscences of "Grieg the Man," by a friend, William Peters; a suggestive dis cussion of "Automobile Problems," by Henry B. Anderson, and Ernest Thompson Eeton's paper on "The Natural History of the Ten Commandments," setting forth in detail the author' reasons for believing that some, at least, of the ten command ments have a certain effect of law among animals. The full story of ' Lincoln' Of fer of a Command to Qarlbadl," now told by H. Nelson Gay for th first tlm, from authentic records, Is an Interesting and valuable chapter of history. In thl num ber begins, too, Mr. Slglsmond d Ivanow skie's series ot portraits of noted opera singers Mme. Bressler-Glanoli as "Car men," reproduced In full color mads mor Interesting by an appreciation of the artist from the pen of Richard Aldrlch. Th ap peal to lover of the best In modern vers Is unusually strong by reason of contribu tions from Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, "Od on a Lyclan Tomb." and Stephen Phillip, "The Quest of F.dlth." Tho famous plctur of Mms. Vigee Lellrun, representing her self and 'her daughter. Is th subject of a beautiful wood engraving by Cole. In an editorial entitled "BIJnd Mouths." the Cen tury returns to the Important question of forest reservation, apropos of tha Den ver convention of last summer. Tha October number of th Travel Mag azine will be a special Mediterranean num ber, taking In all the countries on would naturally visit on the Mediterranean trip. The three-color cover shows an Arab prsy t In the desert. Winter Tourist Rates -VIA- Illinois Central Railroad To New Orleans, Jacksonville, Fla., Havana, Cuba, Nassau, N. P., Central and South America; also to many points in Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. For rates, descriptive circulars and detailed in formation, call at City Ticket Office, or write, SAMUEL iMOITI-I District Passenger Agent OMAHA, IMES3. ... -t iirsMKan Do you live near 13th and William Sts? v. EMIL CERMAK, Druggist 1204,6 So. 13th St. will take your want-ad for The RFJS at the s.nrne rates as the main office. Branch Want-ad Office OMAHA bc t