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VOLXXViL
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C., THURSDAY, DECEMRER !, i9:D
§ECLMM ARM
! AREAS CF WEST
r !
flatten Proposed to Spend
$250,000,000 to Open up
Unproductive Land.
)MTKM !S 19 EE REPMS
j^Vouid Pisce at Disposat of Settiers
What May Become Most Fcrtiie
i, Soi) in the Country—320.000
3 Thrive On irrigated Lands.
' Washington.—New legislation is he
Dg prepared by committeegtof c: ngrrss
opening up to mankind li e arid
Lands of the West.
f Nearly 200,000,000 acres remain utt
mproved in the reclamation group of
ttatos—more than ail the productive
ands of Germany and the United
Mrgdom combined. This improve
nent would accommodate many mil
MMss more people and add in iions to
The aggregate weaith if recimuation
{Were attended by a success eommon
pnrate with that which 1ms foilowcd
{the work hitherto done.
20 Years' irrigation Work.
The resujts of twenty years of irri
gation mayhesummarixeti tittts;
Gross cos!. not cost,
^127.('ht).PO(t:estiinate<iarea.onconi
piefion of ai! projects. 3.212d?!J acres;
!n*iya!'de a'-reatte. 1.T3-.37* acres;
!rripa:o.! acreage in 1!)1S, l,t-U.518
jacrosi.'ropodacronttcinlfHS.i.i'ol,
p.93 art! ;:(-=' pYai!!o"fi['!'iya{(-<ii:r;(l
jyieii! .< rid. SiW.OfMl.iHK); vaiue
{aver: < per acre. average
Co^: on inisis of total area
v! . - 'i.RiL!: average cost nor
a t' : o!' area to wiiioh service
w:- sttpniv water <lt!r!na*t!"'
ft-: aver:)"'' co-t per
ect'o. ' - s< ;':](-n:a]:.roa cr.-ppmi
In'tyt-S. 'P.'P,
j Atftn. t'Oits on the results of Irri
gation ; i-ee that tho in'*os!hi''r;t or
ad.va:n-o i'.v tin; h'ovorntnettt of fttnds
pnttto rotate <tf loans ltasi,, '.;v-o
ductiycoproatwe.'itii.
t!:o ' resent time." ^ccorlitia: to
tlteri:'
!i!Y(St
.1
.'^tinir
P. Davis of
"tite net
so-,ace,
t'<'!'eo!a;noti<!ij': ih-ap
XllO.DKt.t".'!)."/ , . :ht-.r
'-tnsintet'.'d a'.-.n't 1- :iy
whicharoti 'Y, inv
- fconmle+li'. several!,
'(.ntp'ptrlr-xlwc*
irr'-oliirtwcrh'
!'"a!tl.Q'*o.<'i.)acr
.1. amen].'; at.
attc-rr
ocaool'coni
'. -n di.lri< ,s a i' tiiors,
on previously eonstruct
.Iticit f-o water suppiy
to in tint !at; f part of
naye servt :1 i.y 'r"tiai
- ; rota 1 . t in
i:!t private pro.; , is a
1.-10,000 acres, so t'.;:t we
< *'ntateiy U-f'l.'.'Op ceres
!io!ec?rinpart h- tite
the;';
Wi 'i
jr-tsii:
lit' v.w:.'
plea'! j!)<
"On t!.r
itaYebeen
ationupon
tdA'c.'y "OYcra.m. mpi'o
:'ox:!hatelyl20.-.)t.)iioop!o
'lp"p'.iiation<;nC: f:ti'!ns
of
and 1 enc-w alto
ant for about 2'tt}.t.00p;'O
:a!, making soiiuu!:;ngii):e
that''havebc.rn afforded
result (<f this work.
' overnment projects there
aldishcd .100 schools, 470
.Clmrciies, : n<! 23t! iuiuks. These banks
haveaca). a!of$012.0(X'.<")tjand#l^
- posits of: *t;;.(Ht0.0t)O. 1'here are, ai-^
together, oYt-i'200.0(X) depositors,
deposits in relation to the population
are much greater on the reinitiation
projects tha.n in the country at large.
"Ip the year 1010. '-Mcii was the
peak of prices, the returns from the
reclamation projects proper—gross re
turns of vegetable products—were
abou^$70.OMl.000. ^
"The bait River iu Arizona
illustrates we!) the i^H^ts of irriga
tion dOYelopment. basen^^^ie federal
work^, The Salt river project is in
Maricopa County, surrounding the city
of Phoenix. cap: la! of ArizoAa. Ac
Icordipg'fo ihe census data and other
MMg^ifdde statistics, about the time the
^R-laBiatiou. itet became' law the
^opu^)tlov..j)^rhocnix was ttt^Moxi
nmt^y il.W^^and that bf Mbfmopa
4*oun^? S^.UW, Millie the taxable value
*of piioperty in the county was ^0.000,
000. !
f Due to irrigation.
'To 1020. the population of Phoenix
had reaeh^l 20,000. that of Maricopa
county SO.OtXl, whiie the taxable value
of property in the county was close
to $100,000,000, or more than ten times
what it was when the reclamation
iact was ]<assed. These resuits are at
trihitai)! mainly to irrigation devei
opment by the United States. In nH
ture, that country was distinctly ar^
with rain fail wholly insuHicient
any cultivation.
"Tise main staple product thy o^^
years ago was alfalfa, coupled. H
(iairying. Thougti tl.ere were
gardens and some fruits raisewnnd
oiher industries and a good d^l of
grain, hut the most important stapie
was alfalfa and dairying.
"A few ymrs ago the success of
long staple cotton was demonstrated
for that region. That bringing very
high prices large areas of alfalfa were
pioughed up, the cattle were sold, and
the people went extensively into the
raising of long staple cotton. That
was very profitable up to 1919 and was
one of the principal reasons why the
product that year was so high.
"In 1920 about 149.000 acres were
planted to long staple eotton, but the
market failed nnd very tittle of that
cotton ha.s yet been marketed, al
though it was picked six months ago.
It has potentiai value, hut leaves the
people in rather straitened circum
stances, because of the iack of
market at the present time, and many
of them are going hack to alfalfa and
dairying. The difficulty is to get
high-grade cattie, which they had be
fore in a marked degree, but gradu
ally they are getting hack into the
more stable industry. Almost any
agricultural industry down there is
profitable."
Frank W. Robinson, a railroad
oiiiciai, reports improvements in Idaho
which he thinks are typical of the
whole irrigation section.
increase in Weatth.
"In Latah county, in 1900." he said,
"the assessed vatue of property was
$3.500,000; in 1910, $20,000,000. and in
1920. $34,000,000. The increase in the
wealth of Twin Falls county in the
last ten-year period was about 200 per
cent, while in Latah county in the
70 per cent. Tise number of acres of
improve^ land and in farms only—
not including waste lands an<] lands
not under cultivation—in the Twin
falls cnaT)ty s(.(-fio;t in litlO was ap
proximately 100.(NX) acres, and in 1920
190.000 acres, while in Latah county
in 1000 there were ISO.(too acres in
farms; in 1010. 2:2.000 aeres; and in
1020, 222.:.MHt acres, indicating that in
the last hm-year period 10.000
acres of this:' .rriyr.led section had
;cen placed toi ler cu!tivnt'on,w!:ile
's se.'dian 9O.0CX1 acres
1 tinder etdtivation.
otai value of at; crons
in Fa Os section on
22'-,-ri..;22. whil
-ops
00
'as$;2.
a' l
;*o !*'
and f. a in th
r
thel!.'-#^
dared Eastern rr -oj-t. t -a
!'';2.f)25.
' in
the
a
Li!
d'm'd
mrni
i! -
1 trntio:! t.'picnl <2 that. a;"i
icv''i'Yi!"ia'Ut''flso{":onin!:.e.'.h- ;h..t
' is developed, is "e h', lod e <::.nr.--. of
! tite reehnnatiou s rvi;;e the 'ihn
d;d;o pc .iect.
"In 1010 the v.' 're of L' < :"'ps;\\ '- -
?.1.92-l.do!'). 'The e *!'!')!:! ..
t!arti'-lcs used - ;l : project
\":)s In oth
pro'J.rrini'd'.'tlteypi.. :!,n" imoi".
th.anthoyproihncd." - *>
*\Y. 1*. L. Doflsno. r 'ir.i 'U'oft'tc
' l.otio.ooo aet-es of irri^it'. 1 h.rds r&
clnimedntol'ilyiPldYatuiinrSl.i'l.
000.000 tvasoiiiaiicl lut! :;.id$fO.
CoO.OPO i!) 1019.
"TliC value of the a"' r"4" yield,"
he said, "was (12.00 per acre from'
! crops alon<' for all the h-];:..)io.iie!i!i
in 1911, ns compared with .<_;n an acre
fur tite avertitt-* of ail the cultivai<*d
land of the ttaToninth:^ year 1910."
Purpose of Legislation.
The purpose of the proposed legis
lation is to authorize and direct the
secretary of the treasury to trans
ifertotherecla.mationfutiduponthe
j reguc^t of the secret ::ry of the interior
a total Stttn of :<(2:Vi.0t)0.0f)O in the fol
lowing manner:
During the fiscal year ending in
1922 net exceeding $2^.000.000; 1923.
$ e.WO.OtiO; R)24. $43,000.000,-gnd for
each succeeding year for a period of
three years net to exceed $30,000,000.
The money is te be used by the In
terior dei'nrtincnt in reclaiming arid
and semi-arid lands iu western
states.
Reclaiming these lands includes the
examination and survey of the lands,
determining the characteriof the soil,
the feasihiiity of placing water there
on by means of dams, reservoirs? tun
nels, canals, dikes and such^other
means as scientific engineeri!^& may
determine as feasible and pradSbabie.
At the end of 6ve years, ubder the
bHl a physical valuation of the prop
erty of the district shall be made and
if the taxable part is found by compe
tent appraisers to be double the cost
of construction the district shall issue
its bonds and from the sale thereof
the reciamation fund of the United
States treasury shall be reimbursed
to the amount of money expended on
the projects, principal and interest.'
The whole real and personal property
h< to the
tpl^onds. Titeyrunnot
feeding twenty-five years.
under tim existing iaw. persons
firing to open an irrigation project
pnust he organised into a district in
conformity with the laws of the state
or states in which Mm project in
whole or in part is situated.
The totat of advanced
to the n'ciamationfmei is tot) ^ re
paid to tite United States treasurv^
front this fund hexinnin^ with the fis
cal year RU2.
; Pumpkin Vine Growing ;
^ !nside the Parent Sheii ^
^ When Airs. D. S. Thompson of ^
^ Waynesboro, Pa., cut open a ^
^ pufnttkin she was surprised to !
^ see that the seeds on the inside 2
i had started to grow and that a *
^ young pumpkin vine had start- !
? ed to RU the entire inside *
% of the shel!. The pulp was %
* in perfect condition and the *
, shell had been unbroken until it I
^ was cut. Roots sevcrai inches *
, in length, and full-shaped leaves I
^ had neen developed. *
I
BL9
Reinhardt Thiessert, Research Chena
ist, Says Scientists of, the Fast
Oniy Had a Vague idea of
the Composition of Ccai.
Washington.—Conceptions of the or
igin, couipositina d genera! nature
of coal held hy scientists in the past
are so different ami contradictory that
it is a ditHcuit matter to <!e: ermine the j
real extent of knowiedge avaiiaide or !
lo rciy on ''o litirainic. says iiein-i
hardt Tidrs-.'-n, rc ^arrh ohn:aist <d
the'.urt'aui:.,! ' .Pa '-iaara-t
orathadoai; na;,raciti'aoiii'"c<tin!
pc.i'.u"i'a(.:c;d, t'i).: .at ."t.-oa.-i
i ..;*a ;a d C-,. (radii
The ch.-mist <:h
f'n.!a:n.:a;
Ciia. .'..' '.rykti*.' r
a -, ah-. :
itii'jYCoaoi'ah'
o!o:-.:t;-.it;'C
dirrcia' !'. hne!
did:.-', i-avo-ai
. aaC k 't'cetud-t
- - SiCtS iia: !!" '.. ii.aiiiai cii. c-.'iang
a doili.'r pr.'r. '.'js plating to th ' Us'r'
ofcoai, !,"''.ce1kc ;'';!cIc!<tu{iti::; t!on
(a''"aaii:''''is!.;ia','.-:hassir' ' it
. )'K!n, !
i.i'ila-nrnrroii'aiit if. j
yhehar'.-nuof'-diM.'. inorderto;
Cii-ar up aoino of the cpufusi;.!!l ih"ti
ca:st.s;'i;d ia r d a exai'tkn
cdgeofthemdureofc.-.aiinganr-r:.).
as\vcl!::st'<t('.!)t:::n<.a-:*:a!nft;ndaiii'';:
ta! facts, has boon conducting at its
i'ittsiura'liy;::!'.'; na't-i^oopics'udy
,tk. -.*r' . a Onaof'd.
grenthi:uira.r.t;. it.f-'HL".:y. frontti.. ^
time die earliest investigators to
I tlto presold, has itr ntho ddiicn'ty in
: preparing ri:in se-ti-.. ts for microsco!'!c
i ahservatian. f.iany ath-ntpis hmi been
made to ovi.rr'Oitio lias <!iih;'u!iy. and
aiao to devise otiter :noaus of study.
For a mu::!)or of y-'-ars iho asit undh
i t;d was pursued, ides of coa! iaung ei
}tniU'tota!iyoi'part!yt'in'm'dnndtkc
! ash examined nnd.-rtiiemici'iisoojHa
Later, maceration was tried witii somo
success. hut on the whoie it failed to
reveal the true nature of coai. More
recentiy the method was tried of sof
tening the coai with reagents and tiien
cutting it into thin sections with a mi
crotome. But this changes the coai
too much to show its true appearance,
besides the method is Inexpedient.
Bu!! Spoiis Pipnic.
Northumberland, Pa.—When a hull
charged down upon a party of picnick
ers at a grove near here the other day
dinner was forgotten in a wiid scram
ble to reach safety. Staid matrons
tried to ciimb trees, others made in
effectual efforts to reach automobile
vans, while some climbed into the cars,
Grover D. Savidge, a Stnabury business
man, seized a shove! and beat the en
raged animal over the head until sevr
era! farmers who had been chasing it
arrived with pitchforks awl drove th$
beast back into, the barnyard.
Notice Contractors
We want to contract wit!' some
one to top-soii one mile of road
from the Dixon Rid Bridge to
Brewbaker's shop bv the yard.
Apply to A. Din!;ins. or R
Reavis.
Meteor Shower to Mark
Earth's Race With Comet
Herkeiey, Cal.—For a month
this summer the earth wiil en
gageinaracewiththeporiodic
eomet Pcne-Winneckc, amt be
cause it wiii have tiociiance to
win it wi'i endeavor, through
a.-drai inducnvos, to"lr:p up" its
gaseous rivai. accoidiitg to a re
port made puidic by the observa
tory of the University of Califor
rda.
On June 27 the comet wiH Hip
its t:;il so hard against its ter
restriai rivai tiiat the impact
wiii send out sparks. These will
go down into the records as a
meteoric shower.
At the greatest briitiancy ob
servahie from the earth the
comet wiH be of the eighth or
ninth magnitude. Nothing great
er than the sixth magnitude can
be observed by the naked eye,
so the world at large will see
nothing of the visitor except at
the tail-tHpping episode on
June 27.
Ernie Shore Suffers
Burn on His Hand
Mr. Ernie Shore, of East Bend,
Yadkin's noted bah player, is
nursing a badly burned hand
sustained a few nights ago.
He was out tiding in an auto- j
mobile when they ran out of;
gas. Going to a garage, he se- i
cured a can and was carrying it I
with a lantern. In pouring the!
gasoline into the machine, his !
left hand was saturated well
gas, " hich ignited, and the ball
player was unable to extinguish
the flame until all the gasoline
had burned off his hand. Xo
otLe: damage wa& done.
NOTICE
- g ofrM' chnnic'sh.?'
; f ,er '** we — ' undersign e
W;.. ..kneem'!.or a*-. .
. *'*, .csi )'?uacr on ;
r.r. .... t'.Ti, ! . c.-.a k ...
rr, ihe. ,k .-.tr'Xy.monalpro,-'
c.:y, to'.Gt:
. - - ,
or^. ,<:ane.
"i liis sale i'-de. r made to satis
fy a debt or d'Beh and
st .age, nring and "ur'pk =
smcc Apni, i.w
This g.i, r;,E
Burn -GiiCi Eon ^Tcrhs.
—..-r'-'-t
d . . : ye:;;:-.whd.;!M<.X=;cUt;Ot'e.'
(t.i, i';;ditii':(-t.!!i)(y, 'n)Hk
C<* ".-tin:! t^is'i-i 'o!<et.iiy.;ll{'i'i'
sonsk<ddt:;grk; ias aga:n^t sa'-.i
f-- t (-t'('jireS"'.'!-tu(Un t-0 fl:<* MU
dji'.'igiumwitiiiaoHt' year bom
Cate f.I this noti-aro*'same wiiilte
p ..Jadinbru'cttiithr teeevery.
Ai!pets<.ns indebted to haid es
tite will please make immediate
s^t t tement.
TldsBov. d4, Ihdl.
Henry E. Shore,
JolmO.Sinne,
Exeeutors.
Benbow.Hail & Benbaw, Att'yw
Miss Hanna King Dead
Miss Hanna King, 13-year
oM daughter of ^ir. and Mrs. W.
L. King, of Route 1, d^ed at the
home of her parents last week
after a short illness with pneu
monia.
Funeral and interment were at
Flat Rock church, the services
being conducted by Rev. Ho'lo
way.
Yadkin Superior court in ses
sion this week..
To ^y^gi
Tim time has come when we
cur subscribers to ccme in and
hon. We have re! {be lime, nij
^vri!e each one a icncr, but tb^
ting up in the cost 0( printing
item aione.
^ e are, therefore, comp
paid in advance to come in
this matter.
T he smai! amount von owe mav not he much, but
severe! hundred like it means much to us, so do your
part \GW. AYe can no! carry these accounts over m
to a new vear.
THk R!rTLK.
Mrs. John Bough
3i r! Lost Fr^ay
Mrs. John K- Gougn died at
her home near East Fend hist
Friday morning at the age of tT
years. Whiie \irs. Gough had
been in declining health tor neat
ly two years she had not been
confined to die bed end her
death was unexpected by the
family and a great shock to ad.
Site is survived by iter husband
six sons, one daughter, one sis
ter and one half-brother and
one half sister anti twenty grand
children.
The funeral was conducted
Sat nrday . -.c''"'. n h T... ,,
F. 'donor-.. - Tn jry T 'b
liam Fr\ . at - the ! ' ^ .a.
tist church, of a she had
hr J e.''e' Tnr e '
-..a:- frt"rmc..t A., ns m b
c..t rr
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T'; r.n<- jf .a
' ; .. "tit' ;< .in.:. ;d r
s a agatiist r
. re r . -r : .titled t<.':v
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d . - -r, .<tT'.
T .! : - -.ri 1 < - !.:! i r
' i : . :s
: . re';;-..' - at -ubr nr
. ,.h, T'G.
.John T. Bhddey,
.* t ..(.hr-)',
<{)!a':! d;.';''X< atr:*? *f (.
: \.b. '. .:,d . ;.:r
: id' kin ( - At'l'th ;:i't)
'--''Sc.ms
estate
toiHo*:s!ne"d!itItc ut.dersi^ued
-t'l'romc it.eofthis
lt)e]<!end
inb.n'fttiii-' Alljter
SOUSiO'ettr^ ts^ -iM,hi--t'S.tate Wlii
please '.uai- pa y
Uieat.
Ti/ts
(r. itCrdaodj.^.t^Cidi,
Executors,
Wiiliams& Eeavi^, Atty's.
NOTICE
A: , 'OH - i'e t!ie'Y.
esti!). ^!()'ei-.-.*ted'.^d-*.^-S.et.
tlc*tii ii ai'c<ij!its at <)itcc. All
s"t'!):s;u.o.(l)ie Do
cpiol)<-! l, l 'dEanilyonarenoO
tiedti^setthMittlratthhe. I will
behtY.'(tX'a\iitoei'di't'eye)'i-tt:t,)
foE
these accol'ttts.' '
1 / A\ . W- AYoodi of!, Adiin'i
"i -
12
!s for
Governor of Seam
f rank Hants,, a promi
nern fawyat ^ i Yndk^\^^jias^
been recomnn-ndt.d fo^
mtnr to die governors
! 'd (e;a;e.
oeean,purt :!^se ! !)v
States some ti: <j jj
i tarns one o: d:e targcst eab!e
Stations in tita aiathern Pacnic.
A'r. HaLes ts .nwnibci* tn the
ikatvinm of !Ptd)o\\(, Had .d
; r.^e.;Uow of sd.stoy Salem, kt-. i
— : - , - a
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y * ^ -
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on
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a! .1 t L< t
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! Mr. and Mis
iiinm'ihinvi.X',
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jiitui nyn,
le sun,J
WuuuiM'JHH, wlujil
id/
Buriat
CiiUieti^UQUl
o'^h.rk m
iar^e concom;
fruuu^ ^uuoat
co ducted at tite il
!,. ^.jtiodoway, past!
c.dt^c; , !)tc\ tous to tut'
1 he deceased was a j!
of lion. B. R. Brown. aiH
the youngest of a fami!v of nn^
c!ii!da.n, who wi'.h his parents^
surviv.e.
3 AFRhk-NH:.
Card of Thanhs
AVe .\ish to thank onr neigii
bnrs andfrieuds for tiie kindness
sftowu us through the sickness
and:deathof ^nr d;nghter and
sister, Hanna King.
W. L. King and family.