age reservoir built there, not only for the benefit of Wyoming, but for Ne braska as well. The Secretary has set aside 2,260,000 for the Shoshone River, Wyoming, project and $3,330,000 for the Pathfinder project on North | Platte River, to be partially expended | Thus | i for the benefit of Nebraska. about 15 per cent. of the entire re clamation fund will be laid out in Wy oming, although she has only about 4 per cent. of the fund. contributed | JUDGE GROSSCUP'S SOLUTION, NOTED JURIST WOULD ESTABLISH COURT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REGULATE RAILROADS, Numerous Rate Bills Before Congress | at Present, Senator Morgan Opens Discussion,~General Public Desires More Enlightenment, Scenes along the Platte and the Sho-| shone canyon 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, réquiring | upwards of 9 per cent. of the entire reclamation fund, although Arizona has contributed less than 1 per cent. It is stated by the engineers that the opportunities for water storage in Ari- zona are, next to Wyoming, the best | In the arid West, while the goll 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 five acres will support a family. Southern California to-day, with a similar soil and climate, has thousands of pros- perous little five and ten acre 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 has been begun by | Government on the Yellowstone, | where, owing to the plentiful flow of water, none of the embarrassing com- plications of vested water rights ex- | st, which have prevented work thus | far on the upper Missouri River and | on the Milk River. The funds allotted to Montana for the Huntley, Yellowstone and Milk River projects amount to over three million dollars or nearly nine per cent. of the fund which is In excess of the amount con- tributed by Montana. The fourth State in order of benefits is Nevada, contributing the least money to the fund but probably most needing the benefits. It was, in®fact, through the dire wants of this State that the law received its inception, be- ing first known as the Newlands bill, this unique plan of automatic appro-| priation being originated and fntro- duced by Senator Newlands, then a Representative, in the spring of 1901. Following Nevada come Idaho, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, Bouth Dakota, Oregon, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, and lastly New Mexico, Throughout these States Govern- ment surveyors and engineers are working upon many interesting pro- Jects where strong rivers rush down out of the mountains in time of heavy spring floods, but which will be im- pounded behind great masonry dams to form storage lakes whence the water will later be diverted into the {irri gation canals and used for crops on the desert soils. Thousands of prosperous homes will be the result when these works are completed, and the great West, which is to-day in reality but a sparsely settled community, will be- come more rounded out and better bal- anced against the more populous East- ern half of the country. are among the wildest | | Commission Whether or not | specific railroad Congress after there is to be the rate legislation in the lines of the vigor. ous demands of the President, it is a fact that many laws have been started [rejoicing on their initial courses at both ends of the Capitol. They are of {all sorts and conditions. Some will die {in the boruing, some will be 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 borning, some will be the basis the committees, and pigeon holed, or possibly merged into the one or two bills which will be taken up for serious consideration by the House and Senate | themselves, There 1s a vast difference of opinion on the railroad rate question. There are some who tell us that the term “railroad” signifies everything that is the | Lower, JUDGE PETER GROSSCUP bad, and that no legislation could be {00 severe to mete out as a proper pun- ishment for these monsters of extor- tion. On the other hand, there are those who think that the railroads have been of a very material benefit to the country and that while ti should be regulated and shorn of their undoubted powers to injure the pers and the communities whicl pend upon them, they should ¢ accorded a hearing and reason treatment, The President's attitude on the rail road question is specific. He favors the enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Comp as to enable that body to fix railroad rates, where they are deem r the to be exces he ¢# no a = i ad =» ! i - G. - 4 i oy ahin taglnn ive, — ] b-/ i ! North Platte Rivers Near Government | Dam Site. \ Building Government Dam As all the money which Is being ex- nded in the comstruction of these rrigation works is to be pald back to the Government by 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 Bow under construction. Possibly also, when the first few completed irrigation projects shall have thoroughly demon. strated themselves to be the successful experiments which they are proving, Congress will not he averse to making 8 direct appropriation as a loan to the *reclamation fund.” ' A direct Congressional appropriation for such a loan ig not belleved to be at all 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 tho successes predict. od. The present figure above noted of Bh n00) for irrigation would have looked upon as the dream of an fmpractical enthusiast at the time that the irrigation bill was being discussed fn Congress, less than four years ago 0 year befare the passage of the act the securing of a hundred million doh appropriation would have been ed to be as likely a figure as five! million, to say nothing of thirty-seven million. i Sara. X. Mohtaga, the hie Beater William Ar Y | statesmen and supposed specialists, to {the creation of a Commis lin the House, which after some discus. { slon was passed by that body, No ac | tion was taken, however, by the Sen fate, but after adjournment the 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 Commerce Commission bill, which is generally considered as the administration measure, to bills widely and radically in their pro- visions. Bills have been introduced by | Senator Dolliver of lowa, by Senator | Foraker of Ohlo, by Senator Elkins of { Virginia, the Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, by Senator Morman of Alabama, by Sena tor Culberson of Texas, by Representa- [tive Hepburn of lowa, the chairman of the “railroad rate committee” of the House, by Representative Hogg of Colorado; also the Interstate Com- {merce Commission bill and various | others. | Senator Morgan recently made the | first argument in the Senate on the [rate question, in support of his bill, i which providea for the regulation of { railroad rates through the regular courts of the country. Senator Elkins’ {bill also proposes that the Federal {courts shall determine whether rates | are excessive, and provides for an in- { junction against any road which is found to be charging an excessive rate. The bill which has been introduced by Representative Hogg, formulated by Judge Peter Grosscup of the States District Court of Chicago who rendered the decision against the Trust, provides for a gpecial r court to decid 1} | Judge Grosscup's Courts of Tr different sect try the parti thelr territory. of each year the judges courts are 10 meet t urt en bane in Was! here, just as the Bupr he United States sits together stated term, after having hel ual court in the 3 of the right of apr Transportation of the United § favor of this railroad they are d¢ state Commerce | Interstate different {lroad ular ca During teint § in the ni y hi Transportation. Also that of Transportation having business to attend to, can try the road much more kl the regular ¢ will be eo ot ine beginning casrg urine il N norts on the gn al y Ir tava Commission with an organization, aut! arbitrate railroad possible and to art as « for the shins at the Gon any case of contre tha an! This ’ " is w! wh! h matters wherever insel or at- plats ant, | ernmont CTT , wi ver | 3 between | torney or Or con er and the ral! fa sions overcome the danger would arise from sion at Wash ington which would hold the vast rall road Interests of the United States In the hollow of its hand, There Is are apparently growing sentiment on many people that to body of men ored as » meas re sn pros it is stated a political eo with such vast power as the make or unmake any rallroa he 70,000 miles of country, would afford mous centralized power 2 heretofore been dreamed most radical advocates governs nt idea as against thn : sion of power among the people 4 the several States. It Is res 1 that such power in the hands of any ministration wonld, if misused In any degree, make op» the indefinite continuance in power of that political party and require an absolute uprising of the entire nation, en masse, to bring about political changes. The great number of railroad bills thus far introduced and which are be ing widely discussed, ghow that there is as yet no general ervstalization of sentiment on the subject and that rallros 8 LA of of the cx —- . at ow "na say nothing of the averare individual throughout the country, are in & recep tive mood and seeking for information and education on the question. wtf — 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, same time he has stated that it is of course his desire that nothing should be done to injure raliroad properties or drive the companies out of business The raliroads themselves are not pleased with this plan of regulation While many of them may not have by the publie, they fear that to give an {eal 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 | roads, out of business. The provision that they would have recotirse to the courts after a rate had been fixed he the Commission and put Inte effect would help them but little since thelr entire schedule would be changed and the damage done, before the courts could be brought to reach a deelsion The other point of view Is that with the knowledge that thelr rates will be carefully wmerutinized and contested, [they will be extremely careful about ithe making or enforcing of any ex. jeesnive rates, while with the enact ment of a comprehensive law the rem. edy will always Ha with the Govern. ment to Inspect and supervise any ex. isting rates, without, however, disturb. Ing or overturning the business of the raliroad or Interfering with the bush ness of communition centered around the Eoeh-Towsend bill done, In past times, the best possible | {absolute rate-making power to a politi | them, the rll | AL the last session of Ouagress the freatent interest In rallrond matters While not himself a soldier, perhaps few if any of the actual participants {of that three days’ terrible fight have a tithe of his knowledge of the detalls, { He has been a resident of the town since 1855, and was conductor of the Gettysburg & Hanover Raliroad unti] {It was burned by the Confederates June 20, 1863. | Upon the memorable first day of July, wilh many other citizens, he went out 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 {that regiment continued skirmishing until relieved by the Infantry of the { First corps, commanded by Ma). -Oen. teynolds. Later In the day Gen. Rey. [ nolds was killed, and the Unlon troops { under Doubleday fell back throngh the town and fortified the heights beyond, Every house, public and private, had become®a hospital, and Sheads found his little home filled with dead and dying of both armies. Upon the second and third day of the battle he was car ing for the wounded and shortly after commenced again running his train, For the past nine years he has em. ployed big entire time as a battlefield rulde, and no one has witnessed more of the 450 monument unvelllngs, over the 35.000 acres where the battles were fought. Generals and privates, Peder. als and Confederates by the hundreds have been piloted by him over every spot where they had been stationed and have Mstened to his truthful history of their movements, while from them he has ot added to and increased name and location of all the United i Beef | £2 ments and their commanders in the Union army and the general location of all the Confederate forces and their movements are to him an open book, ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE and the hours spent with him leave but little to be desired by even those who are seldom satisfled, Gettysburg wiil always be considered by the North and acknow edged by the South as the high water mark of the EVERYBODY should get the most out of life that they can. 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OFFEE WAR 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 : fashioned cofice, They have overcome disease caused by i The plan was easy and sure Quit Coffee and use Postum, Proof with one’s self is stronger than anv theory. The Postum army grows by hw yearly. " The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now ing Postum through the papers, Because their pocketbooks are hurt, they would drive the people back to-ti.c old coffee slavery. One coffee prevar.cator says: “It (Postum) has lately been exposed and found to contain an excess of very 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 faithiul followers of the tribe of dre ds of thousands derid- Ananias: ———— $100,000.00 CASH will be deposited with any reputable trust company (or a less amount 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 infamous 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 by thousands of people every month. They are shown corps, divisions, brigades and regi into every cranny and examine every ingredient and 1 made of different rent mechan I with a small part So he knows Postum t Wheat and nore than a year of he processes and learn how nd properly treat the other luce the coffee-like flavor “wonder.” But there Id-fashioned or drug ie iit 1! ] one part biende . ‘ 3 » w OUrlcans moia clement that ma 1 Pe Another thing, we have on file in our general offices onial letter we have ever Hee tum and never w the original of every te publish I. 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 discase of the stomach and bowels (and it does with some), Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with some). Or if it causes mervous 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 stndy into the reason and “There's a reason,” he will un- carth great big facts that all of the sophistries of t+ coffee unporters and roasters cannot refute,
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