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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1911)
A Till; HEK: OMAHA. SATUIJDAY, JANTAHY 21. IRRIGATION CONVERTS STICK 0. T. Baker of Colorado Tells Why Modern Method Wim. DOESN'T REQUIRE PROVIDENCE F. I pert Declare. Srttflrlal 1erl of land I nlora Knit ml Prodaee. Certain llesalta. Ruin Fall". TI rr and will cost $ll.Vv nm nf Ih the F"rt Ions Canal company, tll IrrgMe ItiOOO acres, of which "o.noO are alroartv under Hater. Th Mammoth Irrigation project, In Prowers and B nt counties, will coot N.tWO'iand will Irrigate l'-T..ni inn of land. It o claimed. There nre fourteen protect nnd'-r I i t . ii . 1 1 . . , nt i I Which la probably the largest ronn tad I.ert nrer. rf on Hand to agr cultin Ml district In the state. Th I hr llrirlnpmmt Which HILL LINE HAS GREAT EXHIBIT Northern Pacific it a Pioneer in Pre paring Splendid Exhibit. HAS COMPETENT MEN FOR WORK fnnverts to the effhacy of Irrigated lnd" n.v.r htr.ymm backslider. m opinion Tell of llaa Firm total cml of all prnjfcla under way in that district w ill be $11. CX hn com plete, and the number of acres irrl;atud will be M0 ft. The largest project In prog ress of construction In northern Colorado 1 la that of the Laramle-Poudte irrigation , ef n Y. Raker of Hotrhlil-'i. Colo., wnn comny, aesignefl to irrigate me iann in . I. .,n of ih t.romlnent nr hardlMs attend-i th Ureeley-Poudre dlstrct. north, eait at.d ,H. tnrl Show Once thev become 1 northeast of Oreeley. Over half cf a 12.000- nets of the ii ariiuatnted with (nlnar ' n tki l.lne. lona The Northern Pacific did not oveilook a lngle detail In planning tt exhibit for (he Land Show. From every corner uf the vast territory tributary to the road, prod- have been gathered and the advantages of land I foot tunnel, designed to convey the water, j hnve been aseemhled Into what la declared watered by Irrigation dltche. tnev nr ; or the Laramie river. In Wyoming, nroinn;,, b(1 ,he mout attrai.tlve diapiav In the go hack to the old method, of erlruU..re j the range, to the Poudre river, la com- j Altorum- Tn Nol.ern Pn,.lflc tne and horticulture thai nemanu -. pietea, ana tne contract cans ior comme- overworked Prnvldem e. tlon of the gigantic bore by September. one. of the greatest advantages of lrr,; ll'll. Contract time la being eceded every gatlnn la In the regulation of moisture." n,c.nth. and James llwee. who la In charge says Mr. ftak.i. "The farmer In the rain j of th work believes that tha tunnel will belt muit rteenil entirely on precipitation, j he comp,ted In July. nil too or'en lie linos enner hju mu.... ; too little rain It Is seldom that nature provides the proper amount of molHturs at the proper time. With a svstem of Irriga tion the agriculturist or the horticulturist does not need to depend on rainfall, but with I. Is flod rstes and ditches he can regulate the moisture to a fine point. One of tha great advantage of Irrigating Is the possibility of regulating color In fruit. Moisture Color Frnlt. "With the proper amount of moisture at tha right time growing fruit can be colored to the right lint, greatly Increasing Its market value. Color bus a great deal to do with the sale nf fruit, for color Indi cates flaor and full maturity. There are many advantages In Irrigation, but these, are the principal ones. "Colorado la pre-eminently a frult-grow-Irig state," says Mr. Baker, "made so prin cipally by Irrigation." Of vast Importance to Colorado Is the passage of the certificate amendment to the future withdrawal bill by the national congress last June. TIiIm In sures t."O.C00.0iO for the Inauguration and completion of western Irrigating enter prises of the government, and Colorado's share of the proceeds will be about $:',ri00,000. To tlollil rnil oon. v Colorado's senators and repres ntatlves at Washington have expressed the opinion that the proposed High Line canal, in the (Srand valley, will be built at once. About inn.ooo acres of lond In that district will be brouKht under this ditch, and It Is said that the land Is equal In quality to that already under cultivation there, ranging In value from $.'W0 to $.1,000 per acre. The Cncompahgre project, of w hich the main ' t'nlon Narrows Project SI a. The Narrows project.. In Morgan countv. wilt cost So.ttO.OOO, and will put water on 125 000 acres. Over $250,000 have been spent dlMlnctlon of being the pioneer of land exploitation through the medium of the exhibit, and through long experience It Is well qualified to present the most attrac tive demonstration of the numerous ad vantages of the territory through which It ramifies. The grains, in endless variety, are at tractively displayed In large mahogany and glass cases at the Northern Pacific booth. . ioa mnva mi wi i.ui iiii 11 m bi iiu uuvui. on the work to date, and It la expected Tn eKnllbt pet.aly interesting that It will be rtnlshed in mz. rne iri mer and Bog Elder reservoir and filtch Will reclaim. It Is said. S0.400 acres, and will coat $1,300,000. Its financing la complete and the company expects to turn tha water un In May. INVITATION TO THE LECilSLATl RK Mate Molona Are Invited to Visit the Land Show Next Taesday. All members of the etate legislature have been Invited to attend the Land show on Tuesday, when tha Western Development association will hold Its sessions. ' The proposition of tha attendance of tha mem bers of the legislature was suggested to Governor Aldrlch on the occasion of his visit Wednesday night. He expressed him self as favorably Impressed with the Idea, declaring that tha development projects presented by the Land show were of Im portance to every member of the legisla ture. ' Invitation to the legislature was sent to Lincoln Thursday by the Land show man agement, the Commercial club and the Omaha Ad club. W1RKI.K TF.I.KPIIOVK EXHIBIT Dr. F. H. Mlllener Dally Iellerla; l.eetarea on Ilia Invention. The wireless telephone exhibit of the Pacific Railway company at the feature Is the Gunnison tunnel, Is practl- j Land show cany complete, and will require but a small portion of the state's share of the pro ceeds of the bill. There Is no other govern ment project under way in Colorado. Tha total area Irrigated In Colorado, In cluding districts not reported to the state engineer. Is 2.2S2,o;o acres, and the total area to be Irrigated by schemes already under way Is estimated by the state en gineer at ai res. A report Issued In July, 110, by the t'nlted States Department of Agriculture, differs from the latter figure to the extent of saying: "The total under canal which It Is possible to irrigate is 2.900.000 acres In Colorado." Mark Land I ncnlt Ivated. The government report Is authority for the atatement that there are 1,000.000 acres of uncultivated land which could be Irri gated lying In the newer sections of tha atate. Over 900.000 acres are watered from tha South Platte river and Its tributaries, while there are more than half as many ln Arkansas valley and about an emmi numhar in the Hlo Urande watershed. Tha .remainder la scattered through tha state In various smaller valleys. . t In the language of the government re port: "In general way It can be said that all of, the waters of the South Platte, Arkansas aud Rio Urande rivers can be ap propriated for Irrigation. Tha limit of Irri gation along these streams Is the quantity of water they can deliver. An average of J,J3.(K0 acre feet of water escapts through these streams each year. If it were pos sible to divert all this water either Into canals or reservoirs It would reclaim WO.OuO acres of land, allowing :.6 sera f et of water per acre. " Increases Napply. This quantity of water applied to the baa been Installed on the stage of the Auditorium. Dr. F. H. Mll lener, the Inventor of tha I'noon Pacific's wireless phone, will be present to explain the workings of his device. Dr. Mlllener will sIbo lecture each day on the operation of the wireless and its adaptation to railroad work. His lecturen, while they eoffcern a highly technical sub ject, are delivered In simple terms clear to the layman. because It Is composed largely of the soil productions made possible through the ex periments conducted by F. C. Sumner of Clyde Park, Mont., the grain wizard of the northwest. He Is probably not as well known as Burbank, the hot-house marvel, or H olden of corn gospel fame, but his name Is rapidly becoming known through out the agricultural world. During the last season Mr. Sumner produced over eighty varieties of grain, more than forty of which were wheat. By crossing and developing he has produced grains of high germinat ing power that are especially adapted to the northwest. Not only does the Northern Pacific's ex hibit demonstrate the value of the north west as a grain-growing territory, but it shows that the land tributary to the road has unsurpassed qualifications for the growing of all kinds of fruit. There Is on display a countless number of varieties of grapes, plums, cherries, apples, pears and In fact everything that can be grown In tha northern fruit belt. Specimens of these fruits have been preserved In large cut glass receptacles by a secret process that Is known to only five persons In the world. The Northern Pacific's display of "proc essed" fruit was prepared by Mrs. M. J. Weasels of Spokane, Wash., one of these five persons. In fact, Mrs. Wessels pre pared much of the fruit that is on display In other booths at the Land Show. One of the attrsctlve features of the fruit dis play is a large Jar containing a brancli twenty-two Inches In length to which there clings twenty-one gorgeous pears. The Northern Pacific's rmlt exhibit is ortn se !n Panels In raln. The gneil scheme of the attractive dls plsy of fruits and grnlns commands the attention of Usltois from all parts of the building. The background of the exhibit Is elctcantlv set ..ff with three large scenic pan.ls done entirely In Rrsin. I. me seen npnsent a flock of fine chickens, one shows the kind of cattle raised in the mrthest and the oilier is a reproduction of a pen filled with healthy, growing hogs This is a very unique feature, and It Is I especially interesting to note that the pan els represent the handiwork of Mrs. Wea sels. They have taken prlies at eeveral of the w-irld'a exposition. The exhibit was Installed unner the direc tion of L. J. HrlcUer of St. Taul. general Immigration agent of the Northern Pa cific, who can give more Interesting statis tics concerning the northwest than any man in the business, lie knows every foot of the territory tributary to the Northern Paciric. and Is familiar with every one of the hundreds of specimens of grain and fruit exhibited. Mr. Brleker. accompanied by his chief clerk. H. W. Byerly. were In the city yesterday to see that everything was started off In the proper manner. The work of arranging tha exhibit was done by J. B. Jackson, an expert In that line. Mr. F.rlcker has arran $ d to have George T. Foyes. traveling emigration agent, de liver lectures at the booth. He Is assisted by J. L. Duujcherty, the dean of the travel ing Immigration agents of the Northern Pacific. One of the unique displays showing the almost unlimited resources of the north west Is that of bread, rolls and various pastry creations made of alfalfa. This plant Is proud and bolted the same as flour, and In making dough is mixed with a fourth part of corn meal, flour, graham or any other grain. The result is a re markably toothsome and wholesome food. This form of food is the result of a genius, Dr. ' W. X. Sudduth. of Billings, who Is attracting wide attention by his experi ments. Irrigation la Helnlnar. Many acres of land are being reclaimed In Montana and other northern states by irrigation. Crossing into Montana. Wib aux and tha rich grain section of the golden valley, of which Beach la tin? center, are reached. Formerly a valuable stock range, this plateau-like locality la now rapidly developing Into a good grain region. Until recently mining and stock raising were the chief Industries of Montana. Now, however, there are many fertile valleys where agriculture and fruit raising are showing matked success. With the advent of irrigation Montana entered upon a new era. Today various enterprises are being pushed with vigor and new work is being undertaken, both by the United States gov ernment and by private capital. The larg- rlch lands nf the Yellowstone valley, and the Flathead project In the Flathead val ley. In these reclama.ion projects the gov ernment maintains free demonstration farms for the benefit of settlers. At OlendUe. Mont . the Yellowstone val ley Is entered. This little city has taken on an Increased Importance recently. The governments Lower Yellowstone reclama tion project lies In the valley Just below tilenillve and tlT.fXm acres of land are In process of reclamation. The Northern Pa cific is constructing a line from Ulendlve through these lands which will be In opera tion soon The Iower Yellowstone project Is practically completed and Is In operation. At Terry, east of Miles City, the country Is rapidly being settled up and the town Is growing accordingly, and Is a good cx ample of what country settlement does for a well located town or city. Named After (ienerat Miles. Miles City and Fort Keogh. about eighty miles west of Glendlve at the mouth of Tongue river, are In the heart of the old cattle and sheep country, which Is now being rapidly changed Into an agricultural one by dry farming and Irrigation. Miles City Is named after General Miles, the great Indian fighter, and Is the county seat of Custer county. The Tongue river canal, near Miles City, was one of the first Irrigation enterprises in eastern Montana. It Is about thirty miles In length and will Irrigate lL'.aim acres. Values of lands served by this canal range from $.'5 to $100 per acre with an annual maintenance charge for water that varies according to the nature of the crops under cultivation, but which in all cases Ik very low. Indeed, The possibilities of Irrigation and dry farming combined In Montana are ho vast as to be difficult of comprehension. In round figures the Yel lowstone valley, for a distance of 400 miles, runs through a country which needs but the application of water under Irrigation, or the conservation methods of dry farming to render It one of the most fertile sections In the country. Tak ing also Into account tha valleys along the tributaries of this stream which are cap able of cultivation either by Irrigation or dry farming, It Is safe to figure In round numbers, a stretch of country 400 miles In length by twenty miles in width, or, ap proximately 6,000.000 seres. According to good authority and Including the govern ment reclamation projects. It Is safe to say there are In excess of 400.000 acres of lands now under Irrigation In Yellowstone valley. An enormous acreage is also being brought under cultivation by dry farming methods. The principal crops raised are alfalfa, oats, corn, potatoes and wheat. The Northern Pacific, railway, In connec tion with the Montana Experiment station, Is engaged In experimental work for the benefit of settlers, on dry farming lands. j There will be seven stations in Northern Pacific follows the Tellowatone river f rom ! Jortt v of burslsrles which have bocn Rin on in all parta of Omaha during the i.isc few weeks. Ulendlve to Livingstone, a distance of over to miles, affording the traveler one of the finest scenic river routes In the country. Police Think They Have Broken Up the Big Gang of Burglars Confession of One Leads to the Re covery of More Valuable Loot. The police think they have broken up the band which has been engaged In the ma S. (. Fuller, one of the men spprc ncim--' has confessed, and bis confession has to the recovery of considerable more of tl loot, tusking over $l.rt worth which his been recovered during the lat two dss In his confession Fuller declares he w;. alone In the work, bin the police eld ret bcMrve this as It is known that mora than one wcic ongimcd In some of tl". robberies. Friday morning the police received ;i most complimentary letter fionv C .1 Cork hill of K.Vl Pratt street, tliiinkiii tin m for the recovery of the stolen properly. Miss eighth. RnlMlna Permits. Ida Wenburd. sir. South Tweutv frsme dwelling. i:.tV smVESB est government projects are the Ixiwer Y'el- lowstone. north of Glendlve, and the Hunt- i Pacific territory between Glendlve and Llv- ley project, neat Billings, both covering i Inpston. The main line of the Northern When You Visit The D-iSumdl SHraow See the Exhibit from Xtie Big Morn Basin, Wyoming These products were grown on Carey Act lnutK dectlcil ;nnl-. and Government irrigated homesteads. The census figures tell the story of the growth of this wonderfully rich valley where th pop ulation has increased from 4,XM) in MUX) to at preset ii more than 15.000. No other part of Wyoming has grown as l'nt.. The products from these farms tell the story of the richness of the soil and the ample supply of water. Meet the Farmers Yourself. Several of the fanners who raised these products are at th" booth during the Land Show. Go and see them and let them tell you about the lands they purchased only a short time ago for $2.") an acre that are now worth from $(50 to $S0 an acre. They will tell you where you can go and make just as much money ns they have made. D. Clem Deaver, General Agent, LANDSEEKERS ' INFORMATION EUREAU, 1004 Farnam St., Omaha, Ne. I ismiwMWsiJisiiLiiiijjti i.ymTsrss 'L . 'Isms. lum 'LiiirMmn'imw 'vmmmmmmmmmmmmtmt mi i, .11 u iiiiiimnmisa "-. tt 11 ' ' 1 " ' ""W ' 1 '""'Hi' i iiii.ii. sii .1 111 11. 1 1 1 I, ,1 bmiiiiiium.ji hsii U mi 1 ! 1 1 hi. .mw'y 'iv ' 11" A liO Ed) h W Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Commission Men and Others Boost Show Special Nights Deiipnated for Sev eral Important Looal Or- ganiiation. A meeting of the board of 4 rector of Ak-8ar-Ben will be held bat unity to decide upon the program to oe heid by the Knights at tha Land show. The knights are to attend the show en masse on the night of January 28. At the meeting to be held at the office of II. J. Penfold, secretary, Saturday, the outline of a plan .to call attention of the I-and show visitors to the Knights of Ak-8ar-Ben and their work In boosting Omaha will be evolved. Everett Buckingham of the Union Stock Yarda company of South Oman's will head the delegation of stockmen and stock yard's officials, who will attend the Land I land would necessarily increase the seep- j show on the night of January 28. 1 age. return and make still more water It Is proposed that the stock yard's dele-, available for reclamation. Probably Tuo.OUO ! gallon ride to the Land show on horseback' 1 - ' In the most approved western style to give a dash of color typical of the Tranamis- scres more than are being supplied at pres ent can be reclaimed on the water sheds of these streams. No less than five projects sre under consideration for diverting the waters of other streams from the western to the eastern slopes of the mountains Into the watersheds of these three streams by means of tunnels and ditches through the mountains. Some of these projects have assumed quite Urge proportions and will be con structed at some future time. To what extent they will reclaim land It in Impos sible to state, as not enough exploration work has been done to Justify an estimate. The streams in the western part of the state run through narrow valleys and areas which it Is possible to Irrigate from them are quite limited. It would be difficult to say In what county of the state the most rapid prog ress Is being made In irrigation. In Mesa county, on the western slope, are eleven projects which are progressing rapidly to ward completion. These will irrigate 44:!,0 acres when finished and will cost approxi mately tl6.818.0tX). The water has already been turned on OD.OUuu acres of this land, the method of construction make it possi ble to utllUe certain percentages of the total aupply as unit after unit of the va rious plants Is finished. Tueblo county comes In for a largs share of the new projects. There are com panies which will ultimately Irrigate 11 1 . 0 1 sour I country. The commission men of Omaha, nearly 300 In number, will attend the Land show the evening of January 23. The commis sion men of the city hsndle the products from a large part of the territory repre sented at the Land show. At the show ar rangements are being made to present on that night of January U feature of par ticular Interest to th commission men. Fortansle Trias. K. V. Ooodloe, Dallas. Tex., found a sure cure for malaria and biliousness In Dr. King's New Life Pills. ; Uc. Yor sale by Beaton Drug Co. Omaha and South Omaha Public School Day It Wil Teach BOOSTS THE INEBRIATE BILL Davis Is to Introduce Hcsoletlea te Head Heireseatale to Ma cola to Lobby. Councllmsn Charles M. Davis of the Twelfth ward Is Interested In the proposed colony for Inebriates and other unfortu nates to such sn extent that he will offer a resolution to the committee of the whole of the city council Monday afternoon pro viding for the appropriation of funds to send a booster for the bill to Lincoln. Councllmsn Davis knows whom he wants to send. Ills resolution wil rrovlde that acrss of land. These systems will cost 1 Miss Ida V. Jonts be named as the dele- 8..3t!,00i). The big Colorado Southern sys- : tern, which Is being constructed fur the j most part In Krcttionl county, will al ' benefit I'm hlo county, as It Is expected to Irrigate ZtXi.000 acres in I'ueblo, BI Paso and Fremont. Several of the contracts for its construction have already been let. Roatt linl) Prwaperts. In no county In Colorado are Irrigation prospects better than In I'.outl. Several gigantic pro J its have been filed and sur veyed, and' tnere Is practically no doubt of the construction, within the next three ears of l Ik following. The Hughes pro ject. 144.000 acres, the Leech project, aUuuO acres; the Magenhelmer piu;eci, 170.0U0 acres; the Koutt County leveloiiu)nt com pany. MOO acres; the Brown's Peak's pro ject, X.000 seres; Karl Winkins' project, ), WO seres; the Fhinlface project, IS ftx) acres; the Maybelle project, lO.ouu acres; total, about 0O1.WO acres. There are already under Irrigation In Koutt county the following acreanta. ' ap proximate figures: Koutt County Develop ment company, SO.ouO teres; In llayden val ley, SO.uuU acres; In Pleasant valley, IH.uuO acres; on Williams' fork, 14.MU0 acres; In Axel basin. T.'M acres; along Klk river, .. on Klk Head. C.UoO acres; on Fortifi cation crerk. 5.'K) acres, and on Maybell, 1.MI0 acres; total about 120 1.114 sens. 1'ssr I'rtijerl t ailer Way. Pioweis. Otero snd Bent counties, in the southeastern part of the atate have four teen projects under may which will Irrigate gate and a sufficient sum of money ap propriated to ray all her expenses. Miss Jov.ts. who is secretary of the Associated Charities. Is vitally Interested In the pro posed law and It was mainly the result of a paper read by her a year ago that the bill was framed. The bill will be Introduced Into the house next week. SPLENDID FORMULA FOR KIDNEYS AND BLADDER clll)(Q)L UMMjremi amcu more about country than the geography and they could learn by geology of their study in a year. Music by South Omaha High School Orchestra 3 to 5:30 p. m. Special Children's Travel-Talk, by William Bruce Ieffing v4Hat 3 p. ni. Illustrated Lecture, "Scenes of School Life in Hawaiian Islands," by Commissioner Lloyd Chi Ids at 3:30 p. m. I Talks on Insect Life, by Frofessor Bruuner. Special Songs for the Young Folks, by tl e Hawaiian Singers. Contests and Games by the Children, on the largo stage 4:45 p. m. at Commercial Travelers' Night The 1,000 Commercial Travelers who spend their Sundays in Omaha invited. Omaha Real Estate Exchange Night The Heal Estate Ex change will attend the Land Show tonight in a body. An address by President Good. To study educational features and confer with exhibitors, attend during morning and afternoon. Daily Amusement Features at the Land Show If your back aches, rheumatic pain shoot through your Joints and you have' frequent desire to urinate, painful or I highly colored urination, dizzy spells. It's a sure sign that the kidneys are not In I good working condition and need attention, tiet the best remedy obtainable. The fol lowing formula Is one of the. very best. ! Ciet from your druggist a one-half ounce package Murax Compound, one-half ounce riuid ei tract raucnu ana sis ounces eesi gin. Mix these well together and take in duces of one to two teaspoonf uLs after 1 each meal ana at tej time. This simple pi escrlplion acts directly on the kidneys by cleansing theae sponge-like organs, also gives tiiein strength aud power to properly perform their function of filtering the blood of polsunous waste matter and uric acid, and aide to elim inate these impurities from tha system. In this way, diead d.abetee and chrouli rheumatism caa be avoided. Adv. TWO MOVING PICTURE SHOWS-Running all the time. THE SWEET SINGERS FROM HAWAII Every Afternoon and Evening. ' MISS LORA NETTIE RIETER The World's Greatest Cornet Virtuoso Every Afternoon and Evening. CONCERTS BY THE LAND SHOW CONCERT BAND George Green, Director At 2 to 3 p. m., 4 to 5:30 p. m., 7:30 to 8:30 p. m., 9:30 to 11 p. m. daily. A BEAUTIFUL IRRIGATION PANORAMA Showing Irriga tion and Power Producing Methods. Realistic Indian War Dances by Twenty Sioux Braves Every Afternoon and Evening. m Open Each Day at 10:30 A. A hundred interesting features to attract you in.