\ ! VOLXXViL VA!)K 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 ....... .-..I.-.awn.-; ..-."..-'.'wr..** i ::s , U'ah'. .t <-i ;itdt . T'; r.n<- jf .a ' ; .. "tit' ;< .in.:. ;d r s a agatiist r . re r . -r : .titled t<.':v i. - - ;;.r , 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 ' ..4 ^ t \ tj* y * ^ - i\Oi' on --0 tl - SO d. H'- * a i .a.' a. .. ,:; .: I.'il' a :a.. .'.a -..a } s-1 et a., : i ! cap ..rid n j ;.;t..":.- at } an. t [la < ,.st ! t i n . .. t t. r .. ; OO. : . V t -t s --.. 1 -. t -Jl' nt ' . a g t !' was t a! .1 t L< t . .'^' a,ned. * - raa - .. ^ a tat as' - .o. . a,: .. .., .ui . lew- -- ; .-'- S---^ I* . i . .-' .* ' c. ! Mr. and Mis iiinm'ihinvi.X', i, . ' ,, ' 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.

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