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HE MAY BE FUTURE STATESMAN OF OKLAHOMA
MANY ACRES SAVED
Minnesota Swamps Are Turned
Into Productive Farms.
^One-Fifth of Total Area of State of
( Minnesota Is to Be Reclaimed, Ao-
cording to Report of Drainage
Commission.
St. Paul, Minn—Reports of the state
drainage commission on work done in
Minnesota from August 1, 1898, to Aug
ust 1, 1910, have been placed in the
hands of the legislature.
The commission estimates that Min
nesota had originally 10,000,000 acres
of swamp lands, too wet in their nat
ural condition for agricultural pur
.poses. This vast area, comprising
about one-fifth of the land of the state,
Is fast being transformed from swamp
lands to productive farms. Conserva
tive estimates place the total area re
claimed during 1909 and 1910 at 1,500,-
000 acres.
, Ditches are constructed by the state
and by the various counties. These
are made by the drainage commission
only where such ditches will benefit
state lands. Incidentally private lands
are also benefited, and in such cases
the cost is defrayed In part by assess
ing private lands according to the
benefits. Lands owned by railroad
companies are assessed like private
lands.
During 1909 and 1910 the commis
sion has constructed or has had under
construction 15 state ditches, having
an aggregate length of 460 miles, re
quiring an excavation of 6,828,378 cubic
yards, costing $605,873.30, or an aver
age of 8.8 cents per cubic yard. These
ditches will drain and reclaim 141,144.-
63 acres of state land and 403,640.81
acres of private lands at an average
cost of $1.25 per acre.
The policy of the commission has
been to drain only such lands as Im
mediately will become available for ag
ricultural uses and lands requiring lit
tle clearing or other expense to bring
under cultivation. The work to a large
extent has been confined to localities
in the proximity of railroads and trade
centers and open meadows and marsh
lands, the commission avoiding as far
as practicable the drainage of lands
where life of valuable growing timber
would be endangered.
In the construction of ditches, public
highways were constructed along the
side of the ditch from the earth exca
vated from the ditch, wherever such
construction was practicable. When
drainage work contracted for in the
years 1909 and 1910 is completed, there
will be 400 miles of graded roads along
the several ditches, constructed at a
small additional cost, the average cost
being not more than one-half a cent
per cubic yard, or $75 per mile of road.
The commission, with the co-opera
tion of the United States geological
survey, has made a topographical sur
vey of a large area in Ottertail, Doug
las, Grant, Traverse, Stevens, Pope,
Swift and Big Stone counties. The
same two departments have made sur
veys of the following waters in the
state, for the purpose of devising plans
for their Improvements and preparing
estimates of the cost of the work, to
the end that drainage work may be
facilitated and disastrous overflows
prevented: Parts of the Minnesota,
Mustlnka, Watowan, Embarrass, Red
wood, Cedar, Chippewa, Long Prairie
and Wild Rioe rivers; Stony brook,
Benton county; Okabena creek. Jack
eon county; a channel through Pierce,
Clayton, Bright and Turtle lakes, and
Mllle Lacs lake. Plans, estimates and
geclfloatlons of these proposed im-
WASHINGTON. —Never wm there a prouder father than
Thomas Pryor Gore, the senator from Oklahoma, and
according to him, there never was so bright a baby as that
recently born to Mrs. Gore at their residence, 1863 Mintwood
place. He is a handsome youngster, too, though pathetically
enough, the blind statesman must learn this from the mother
and from "his numerous friends who have called to see the
child that may some day carry on the tradition started by
his father and become a statesman whom the young western
state will delight to honor.
provements have been prepared and
furnished the counties affected there
by.
The legislature of 1909 appropriated
$200,000 for the use of the state drain
age commission. The commission says
that if it again receives such a fund it
will be able to drain practically all un
drained state swamp land available at
the present time for agricultural pur
poses. Anticipating further appropria
tions, the commission has caused sur
veys to be made and maps, plans and
estimates prepared for several sys
tems of ditches, which, if constructed,
will drain 100,000 acres of state land
and fully double that amount of private
lands. All of this will become avail
able immediately for agricultural pur
poses.
The state drainage commission con
sists of Governor Eberhart, State Audi
tor Iverson and Secretary of State
Schmahl. George A. Ralph is state
drainage engineer.
FISH THAT LOVE DYNAMITE
Winsted (Conn.) Variety That Feed
on High Explosive Are Not
Wanted by Women.
Winsted, O—' —Highlaw lake fish
are at a discount owing to the dis
covery that they dine on dynamite
and like It.
Workmen who are blasting in the
neighborhood made the discovery by
accident. Since then they have
amused themselves by breaking little
bits from dynamite cartridges and
throwing these “crumbs" overboard to
see the perch grab for them. House
keepers regard the experiment with
disapproval. They fear the dynamite
fed fish would fry too noisily, and in
stead of reposing quietly on a plat
ter might suddenly decide to serve
themselves on the ceiling.
WIN SUCCESS BY RIGHT HUES
Wearing of Proper Colors Makes for
Worldly Advancement, Says
New Thoughtist.
Denver, Colo.—Success and charac
ter are merely a matter of colors. If
you want to be successful, wear a bit
of emerald green. If you are nervous
and high strung, wear more blue and
calm down.
Also wear good clothes and mingle
with rich people, even if you are not
financially able to back up your fine
“front.” Opulence Is a matter of vi
brations and by mingling with the
rich you will absorb their waves.
These are a few of the theories ad
vanced by Mrs. Elizabeth Severin,
new thoughtist, who announces the es
tablishment of the Psychological soci
ety of Denver.
"If a man wants to know the essen
tials of a woman’s character, all he
has to do is to note the colors she
wears,” she said. "Red signifies love,
and persons fond of it are emotional
and full of life. Orange stands for
pride and ambition. Yellow signifies
wisdom. Those who favor violet are
splrituelle.
“Black should never be worn under
any circumstances. It is the negative
of all things and depresses immeas
urably.
"A woman should not dress accord
ing to the shade of her hair, but
should wear the colors that her tem
perament calls for. If she wants to
change her mood, let her change her
dress. Neurasthenics and enemies
CHICAGO BEHIND THE EAST
Dr. Hart Says Other Cities Are Clos
ing Orphan Asylums and Putting
Children In Homes.
Chicago.—" Chicago is far behind
the ease in the care of the orphan
and neglected child, although the east
took up and followed along the lines
laid down by Chicago years ago.
"Orphan asylums in the future will
be unheard of. In some states they
have already disappeared.
"Chicago must wake up and make
haste along the lines originated by It
self, by which other cities and states
have profited.”
Dr. Hastings H. Hart, who is an ex
pert in the care of neglected children,
spoke these words in an address be
fore the City club the other day.
"The east, especially Baltimore and
Philadelphia, have developed at a re
markable pace, after following In the
footsteps of Chicago,” said the speak
er. "Those cities have used family
homes in providing for the motherless
and fatherless and have closed up
their orphan asylums.
"Chicago has not kept up with the
pace. Boston received $125,000 a year
for the support of its orphans. New
York, exclusive of Brooklyn, Is given
$500,000 a year for the support of the
children’s society, while Philadelphia
gives $85,000 for the same purposes.
"New York City has $20,000,000 In
vested for the sake of these children,
while Chicago has but one-half that
sum, or possibly three-quarters.
"I have a list of thirteen orphan
asylums being closed In Massachus
etts and twelve in Indiana.”
Dr. Hart, while declaring that Chi
cago was lagging behind in the matter
of orphaned and neglected children,
insisted that the orphan asylums now
conducted in Chicago were excellent
in every Way and the finest institu
tions of the kind. But home and fam
ily life, he said, should be provided
for the children and there should be
no more asylums built In Chicago.
should have a good share of their
household furnishings in red. It
should supply the color lacking in
their makeup. Color of course Is a.
mere question of vibration, and sue-!
cesS is, too. If a woman wishes tol
succeed let her put on her rustling
silk skirt and her ostrich plume and
mingle with those who have already
found success. The success vibra
tions are bound to ladlate her way.
It Is so simple.”
Collegians Down and Out.
Oakland, Cal. —In an address be
fore the students of the University of
California on “College Men I Have
Met in the Slums and Prisons of New
York,” C. M. Mercer, special secretary
of the Association for Colleges of
North America, said:
“There are 12,000 college-bred men
In New York alone who are down and
out through liquor and fast living.
There has been a marked decrease of
the proportion of graduates who fall
since the prevalence of college ath
letics amounting, I estimate, to 50
per cent.”
$30,000 for Moslem University.
Calcutta. —The Aga Khan, the head
of the Ismaili Mohommedans, urges
the commemoration of the king’s visit
to India a year hence by the founda
tion of a Moslem university at Ali
garh, "comparable to those of Berlin,
Paris and Oxford.” He offers a con
tribution of $30,000.
E. C. MOMAND
wish to announce to the people of Wilkin-*
son that I have opened up a first-class
business consisting of
Dry Goods
Notions
My prices are as low as consistent with sound
business principles. I shall try at all times to
keep my stock up to the highest standard. I
will appreciate a liberal share of your business
I am here and here to stay, and my motto,
“Fair, square dealing to all.”
Yours to serve,
E. C. MOMAND
Irwinton, Georgia.
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