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age reservoir liuilt then?, not only for the benefit of Wyoming, but for Ne braska as well. The Secretary has set aside $2,250,000 for (he Shoshone Hiver, Wyoming, project and $.'1,330,000 for the Pathfinder project on North Platte Hiver, to bo partially expended for the benefit of Nebraska. Tliua about 15 per rent, of the entire re clamatlon fund will be laid out In Wy oming, although she has contributed only about 4 per rent, of the fund. Scenes along the Platte and the Sho shone canyon are among the wildest and most picturesque In America. Second to Wyoming comes the terri-' tory of Arizona, with the great Salt River project at an estimated cost of about four million dollars, requiring upwards of it per cent of tbe entire reclamation fund, although Arizona baa contributed less titan 1 per cent It is stated by the engineers that'the opportunities for water storage in Ari zona arc. next to Wyoming, the Itefet in the arid West, while the soil of that territory is not only extremely fertile and lying at a moderate altitude, but the climate Is semi-tropical and under careful cultivation, ten or even live acres will support a family. Southern California to-day, with a similar soil and climate, has thousands of pros perous little five and ten a«TO farms. The third State In order of Irrigation benefits in Montana, which, although lying far north, has a splendid water supply and likewise rich land. Actual construction lias been bdgun by the Government on the Yellowstone, where, owing to the plentiful How of water, none of the embarrassing com plications of vested water rights ex ist, which have prevented work thus far on the upper Missouri Hiver and on the Milk Hiver. The funds allotted j to Montana for the Huntley, bower Yellowstone anil Milk Hiver projects amount to over three million dollars, or nearly nine per cent, of the fund, which is in excess of thu amount con trihuted by Montana. The fourth State in order of benefits Is Nevada, contributing the least, money to the fund hut probably most needing the benefits. It was. in fact, ; through the dire wants of this Stato that the law received Us inception, be ing first known as the Newlands hill this unique plan of automatic appro priation being originated and intro duced by Senator Newlands, then a Hepresentative, in the spring of 1901. Following Nevada come Idaho, j Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, I South Dakota, Oregon, North Dakota,! Oklahoma, Utah, Kausas, and lastly New Mexico. Throughout these States Govern ment surveyors and engineers aro working upon many Interesting pro jects where strong rlvors rush down out of tho mountains in time of heavy spring floods, hut which will bo im pounded behind great masonry dams to form storage lakes whence the water will later he diverted Into the Irri gation canals and used for crops on the desert Boils. Thousands of prosperous homes'will he tho result when these; works nre completed, and the great West, which Is to-day in reality but a spnrsely settled community, will be come more rounded out and better bal anced against the more populous Fast ern half of the country. ' fcj .■” " As *ll the money which is being ex pended in the construction of these irrigation works ts to bo paid back to the Government hr the settlers taking the land, and to go into the •reclama tion fund," the work of future con struction will proceed as fast as the re payments are made from the projects now under construction. Possibly also, when the first few completed Irrigation projects shall have thoroughly demon strated themselves to 1h» the successful experiments which they are proving. Congress will not he averse to making a direct appropriation as a loan to the "reclamation fund.” A direct Congressional appropriation for such a loan is not believed to be at alt beyond the bounds of accom plishment some time in the future after, as stated, the systems now under construction shall have demonstrated themselves to be the successes predict ed. The present figure above noted of $"7,000,000 for irrigation would have been looked upon as the dream of an impractical enthusiast at the time that the irrigation bill was being discussed In Congress, less than four years ago The year before the passage of the act, the securing of a hundred million dol- ( lar appropriation would have been believed to be as likely a figure as five million, to say nothing of thirty-seven million. « Peter Larsen, of Montana, is the richest Scandinavian In the United States. He Is quoted as next in wealth in Montana to Senator William A Clark. JUDGE CROSSCUP’S SOLUTION. SO TED fl’R/ST WOULD ESTABLISH COUNT Ol TRANSPORTATION TO REGI'LA TE RAILROADS. Numerous Rate Bills Before Congress at Preaent. Senator Morgan Opens Discussion. —General Public Desires More Enlightenment. Whether or not there is to he the j specific railroad rate legislation In ' Congress after the lines of the vigor ous demands of tlie President, it is a fact that many laws have been started | rejoicing on their iniiial courses at both ends of the Capitol. They are of all sorts and conditions. Some will die | in tho horning, some will he the bases ! for thunderous tirades of denunciation against the railroads, with no inten tion by the authors of accomplishing anything but getting their “remarks” before their constituencies at. home, in the horning, some will Is; the basis tho committees, and pigeon-holed, or possibly merged into the one or two bills which will he taken up for serious j consideration by the House and Senate themselves. There is a vast difference of opinion on the railroad rate question. There aro some who tell us that the term "railroad" signifies everything that is IB™ JITXiE I'ETKH UHOB.SCCP. had, nnd that no legislation could be | too severe to mete out ns a proper pun ishment for these monsters of extor j tlon. On the other -hand, there are those who think that tho railroads have been of a very material benefit to the country and that while they should ho regulated and shorn of their j undoubted powers to injure the ship pers and the communities which de pend upon them, they should still be accorded a hearing and reasonable treatment. The President’s attitude on the rail road question Is specific. Ho favors tho enlargement of tho powers of tho Interstate Commerce Commission so as to enable that body to fix railroad , rates, whero they are deemed by the I Commission to ho excessive, at the n same time he has stated that it*Ts of course his desire that nothing should be done to injure railroad properties or drive the companies out of business. The railroads themselves are not pleased with this plan of regulation. While many of them may not have done, in past times, the best possible by the public, they fear that to give an absolute rate-making power to a politi cal commission, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, appointed by a Chief Executive, would be not only an unconstitutional method of regulation but would place In that body a power which if not wisely administered might practically put them, the rail roads. out of business. The provision that they would have recourse to the courts after a rate had been fixed by the Commission and put into effect would help them but little since their entire schedule would be changed and the damage done, before the courts could be brought to reach a decision. The other point of view Is that with the knowledge that their rates will be S carefully scrutinized and contested they will bo extremely careful about ‘the making or enforcing of any ex ’(Cessive rates, while with the enact < meat of a comprehensive law the rem- I*dy will always lio with the Govern ment to inspect and supervise any ex isting rates, without, however, disturb ing or overturning the business of the railroad or interfering with the busi ness of communities. | At the last session of Congress the greatest Interest In railroad matters centered around the Esch-Towsend bill In the House, which after some discus ■ sion was passed by that body. No ac tion was taken, however, by the Sen ate, hut after adjournmenuthe Senate • Committee on Interstate Commerce held extended hearings, and during the present Congress there has been a flood of railroad rates bills In both houses, ranging all the way from the , Interstate Commerce Commission bill, i which is generally considered as the administration measure, to bills widely and radically different in- their pro > visions. Bills have been Introduced by i Senator Dolliver of lowa, by Senator • Foraker of Ohio, by Senator Elkins of > Virginia, the Chairman of the Senate i Interstate Commerce Committee, by 1 1 Senator of Alabama, by Sena- I tor Culberson of Texas, by Representa i tive Hepburn of lowa, the chairman of > the “railroad rate committee” of the i House, by Representative Hogg of • Colorado; also the Interstate Com ' nierce Commission bill and various others. , Senator Morgan recently made the i first argument in the Senate on the ’ rate question, In support of his bill, 1 which provides for the regulation of railroad rates through the regular courts of tho country. Senator Elkins’ bill also proposes that the Federal i courts shall determine whether rates ■ are excessive, and provides for an in i Junction against any road which is i found to be charging an excessive rate. The bill which has been Introduced by Hepresentative Hogg, formulated by Judge Peter Grostscup of the United States District Court of Chicago who rendered the decision against the Beef Trust, provides for a special railroad court to decide all such matters. Judge Grosscup’s bill establishes seven Courts of Transportation, situated in different sections of the country, to try tho particular cases arising within their territory. During a stated period of each year the judges of the seven courts are to meet together and hold court en banc in Washington or else where, Just as the Supreme Court of the United States sits together for a stated term, after having held individ ual court in the different Federal dis tricts of the a United States. There is right of appeal from this Court of Transportation to the Supremo Court of the United States. It Is argued in : favor of this bill that inasmuch as railroad rate matters, even where they are decided upon by the Inter state Commerce Commission, must fi nally go to court, tho matter can be simplified by having them considered in tho beginning by this Court of Transportation. Also that this Court of Transportation having no other business to attend to, can try the rail road cases much more opiekly than ; the regular courts, while. i*he members will be experts on the subject, making the subject the study of their lives. The Grosscup bill also continues the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission with some modification in j organization, authorizing that body to , arbitrate railroad matters wherever; possible and to act as counsel or at-; torney for the shipper or complainant, at the Government's expense, wherever any case of controversy arises between 1 the shipper and the railroads. This bill Is favored as a measure whose provisions overcome the danger 1 which It Is stated would arise from the creation of a Commission at Wash Lngton which would hold tho vast rail road Interests of the United States In the hollow of Its hand. There Is an apparently growing sentiment among many people that to constitute any body of men a political commission with such vast power as the ability to make or unmake any railroad rate on the 70.000 miles of railroad In the country, would afford such an enor mons centralized power as lias never heretofore been dreamed of by the most radical advocates of the central government Idea as against the diffu sion of power among the people and the several States. It Is realized that such power In the hands of any ad ministration would. If misused In any degree, make possible the indefinite continuance In power of that political party and require an absolute uprising of the eutire nation, en masse, to bring about political changes. The great number of railroad bills thus far Introduced and which are be Ing widely discussed, show that there is as yet no general erystalization of sentiment on the subject and that statesmen and supposed specialists, to say nothing of the average Individual throughout the country, are in a recep tive mood and seeking for information and education on the question. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. The Turning Point of the Civil War. A Remarkable Guide.) There Is a guide at Gettysburg. Pa., Charles D. Sheads, to be found at the Gettysburg Hotel, who is a genius. While not himself a soldier, perhaps f few If any of the actual participants I of that three days’ terrible fight have j a tithe of his knowledge of the details. He has been a resident of the town j since 1855, and was conductor of the Gettysburg & Hanover Railroad until j it was burned by the Confederates l June 26, 1863. j Upon the memorable first day of July, with many other citizens, he went out j to the right of the Union army, where , the battle had already commenced. A , member of the Twelfth Illinois cavalry fired the first shot, and a squadron of 1 i that regiment continued skirmishing until relieved by the infantry of the First corps, commanded by Maj-Oen. Reynolds. Later in the day Gen. Rey ’ nolds was killed, and the Union troops ’ under Doubleday fell back through the ' town and fortified the heights beyond. Every house, public and private, had ’ become a hospital, and Sheads found his little homo filled with dead and ? dj ing of both armies. Upon the second i and third day of the battle he was car -1 . ing for the wounded and shortly after ? commenced again running his train. For the past nine years he has em -1 ployed his entire time as a battlefield guide, and no one has witnessed more -of tbe 450 monument unvei’lngs. over - the 35.000 acres where the battles were fought. Generals and privates. Feder al and Confederates by the hundreds have been piloted by him over every » spot where thev had been stationed and have listened to his truthful history of their movements, while from them he f has steadily added to and increased his store of knowledge. 5 The name and location of all the 1 corps, divisions, brigades and regl-| ments and their commanders in the ■ Union army and the general location of all the Confederate forces and their i movements are to him an open bool:, i and the hours spent with him leave but : little to be desired by even those who , are seldom satisfied. Gettysburg will always be considered , by the North and acknowledged by the South as the high water mark of th* iTlatl 4 ' i. ' ON" GETTYSBURG liATT : ' ! great civil contest, and when the sun went down on that bloodiest of fields where the dead and dying had fallen by thousands, as it looked upon the defeat of Pickett’s immortal charge, it also saw the beginning of the end of the greatest of modern conflicts. And because there was no shame In that defeat and because deeds of en durance and heroism belong to each army in equal measure, the battlefield will remain forever the Mecca of all brave Americans and of every military student of the entire world. Auloa for Rural Delivery. The recommendation of Fourth As sistant Postmaster General DeGraw | that rural carriers be allowed to use [automobiles in serving their routes ! has been approved by Postmaster Gen eral Cortelyou. The Postmaster Gen eral, however, expressly reserves the right to require the rural carriers to discontinue the use of such vehicles and resume the service of their routes jin the ordinary vehicles prescribed by the regulations, if proof is made of un i satisfactory service arising from the I use of automobiles. In addition to j tftis, the rural carriers are required : also to maintain a fixed schedule so jthat the boxes for their patrons may Ibe served at or about the same time each day. Tho greatest depth to which a sub marine boat has descended and re turned to the surface is 138 feet. The Coffee Importers and Roasters are Attacking POSTUM FOOD COFFEE All Along the Line. “THERE’S A REASON.” Many people have found out the truth about old fashioned coffee. They have overcome disease caused by it. The plan was easy and sure. Quit Coffee and use Postum. Proof with one’s self is stronger than any theory. The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands yearly. The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now derid ing Postum through the papers. Because their pocketbooks are hurt, they would drive the people back to the old coffee slavery 7 . One coffee prevaricator says: “It (Postum) has lately been exposed and found to contain an excess of very 7 ordinary coffee.” Another that “it (Postum) is made from a small amount of-parched peas, beans, wheat, dried sweet potatoes, and paste of wheat middlings.” Here’s to you, oh faithful followers of the tribe of Ananias: $100,000.00 CASH will be deposited with any reputable trust company (or a less amonnt if desired) against a like amount by any coffee roaster or dealer. If the charges prove true we lose, if not we take the money as partial liquidation for the infkinous insult to our business. The Postum Pure Food factories are the largest in the world, the business having been built upon abso lutely pure food products, made on scientific lines, "for a reason” and the plain unvarnished truth told every day and all the time. These factories are visited bv thousands of people every month. They are shown into every cranny and examine every ingredient and ONLY ONE LIFE TO FIVE That’s the Reason Why everybody should get the most out of life that they can. The place to get it is in the Home, and in User lagazire comes every month in the year and tells you 'How to Build a Home How to Make a Garden Around It How to Live In It How to Entertain In It How to Enjoy Life In It Some of the regular departments of the magazine are The Home Garden Music in the Home Hints to Homemakers The Home Study Health in the home Home Etiquette Home Cooking Little Folks in the Home Home Cheer Entertaining in the Home AXU REMEMBER ■■ —... It isn’t made with a scissors and a paste pot. There’s good “grey matter” goes into every page of it. There’s human sympathy in every line of it. There s originality and genuine good hard common sense all through it. It don’t under i take to tell you how to be happy on a million a year, but it does tell you how to be happy on the modest income that so many millions live on who don t have a million a year to spend. And the magazine cost 10c. for One Whole Year—That’s All And it’s worth ten dollars for its good suggestions about life and health and homemaking. Send your dime or five two-cent stamps to MAXWELL’S HOMEMAKER MAGAZINE, 1409 Fisher Building, CHICAGO. immmmmu =a——■——————— jb 1 ————* 9 He Has Thrown Away His Bottles and Scales i \ and uses the N. P. C. C. Photographic Preparations only. ** We do the weighing and you add the water j \ METOL-HYDRO DEVELOPER N. P. C. C. The old standby. 25 cents for six 1 DEVELOPER tubes, making up the same amount of ; and will not stain the developer. j >r six tubes,sufficient IM. P. C. C. SEPIA TOIMEK loperfor Velox, Cyko, Black and white prints on developed ' leveloping papers, or paper may be re-developed at any time r film developer. to a perfect sepia. 25 cents for six tubes. , . PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICAL COMPANY nrt Pa. Aye. Washington^,D« C. - --- - l process. Each visitor sees Postum made of diffe. parts of the wheat berry treated by different mechan ical methods and one part blended with a small part of pure Xew Orleans molasses. So he knows Postum contains not one thing in the world but Wheat and New Orleans molasses. It took more than a year of experimenting to perfect the processes and learn how to develop the diastase and properly treat the other elements in the wheat to produce the coffee-like flavor that makes suspicious people “wonder.” But there never has been one grain of old-fashioned or drug coffee in Postum and never will be. Another thing, we have on file in our general offices the original of every testimonial letter we have ever published. We submit that our attitude regarding coffee is now and always has been absolutely fair. If one wants a stimulant and can digest coffee and it does not set up any sort of physical ailment, drink it. But. if coffee overtaxes and weakens the heart (and it does with some). Or if it sets up disease of the stomach and towels (and it does with some). Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with' some). Or if it causes nervous prostration (and it does with many). Then good plain old-fashioned common sense might (without asking permission of coffee merchants) sug gest to quit putting caffeine (the drug of coffee) into a highly organized human body, for health is really wealth and the happiest sort of wealth. Then if one’s own best interest urges him to study into the reason and “There’s a reason.” he will un earth great big facts that all of the sophistries ths coffee importers and roasters cannot refute. y
