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September 14, 1922
THE CITIZEN
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JErskineDale
Pioneer
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SYNOPSIS
THAPTKH I -To tha K.nOi.kT wIMar.
naaa oulxM rnmniartileil hy Jariim flan
lara. In li t lima liiimniiaialy pr. i i tit
th Kcviiiunon. coma aliit ooy n..
log from irih of Hhawnrva by whom
na hmt hi-in miiturrd an. I atiMal aa a
on of (ha chief. Kahtoo Hi- la git an
holier ami atnaia i ha favwalila aitan
Won of Intra landall, Irali-r aiming
Ui attli-ra
rilTf:H II. -The boy warna hla nw
f M-n l of ti iiiiiiiiia nr a Mliaana war
fsrty Tha furl la atiacknl ml only
Banal by ih timaly ap-arama of a
parly nf Virmniuna Tha trader of lhaaa
la fatally wnunilt-rl. but In h a dying mo.
mania racomir tha fugltiva youth aa
hia aon.
OHAPTKrt III -At Hri Onka. nlanta
Jinn on tna Jamra rivar, Viraima. C'oonH
Imlaa hnrt.t II. a lioy aiipaara Willi a
""" fur ha .ailni.al, who aftar rrait-
ng it inirmluira tha haarar to hla rtawali
tar rUrhaia aa har nmala. k-raKlna Iala
rilAPTKR IV-KraSlp. niaaia two
tl.ar rnuains. Harry lala and Hugh
Willouihhy
CIIAPTFR V -Duallng raiuara on a
ll at Hail rmti attract Krakina a at
tar I ion II lakaa hla rlrat fare lug laaaon.
frtim Much Imva annall, at Vt illlania
burg on bualnraa. alalia Had Oak a
r'HAPTER VI -At tha county fair at
williamaliurg Krakina niaata a youth.
Ina Oray and thara at on.a ariaaa a
dia'ini t aniacnniam hatwaan lham llray.
la liquor. Inaulia Krakina. and tha lattar,
foe tha moment all Indian, drawa hla
aalfa Tandall diaarma him. Aahamad
of hla conduct In tha affair with tJray.
frakine laavaa Rail iiaka that night, to
return m tha wiidarnaaa Tandll. with
Harry and Hugh, who hava baan vr
mlttad to viait tha Mndara fort, evariaka
htm At tha plantation tha boy had loft
a a. ota la which ha cava tha property,
whl h la hla aa tha nn of Colonal Dal a
ollar brother. Is Barbara
rH APTKR VU.-Ttia party la mat by
thra flhawnaaa. who bring nawa to Kr
akina iwhnaa Indian nama la Wkua Ar
row that hla foalar fathsr. Kahtoo, la
ymg and daairaa him to coma to tha
tnho and ba'Timr Ita chiaf Aftar a briaf
rlail to tha furt Proklna goaa to tha triba
Ho flnda thara a whlta woman and har
hainraad daughisr Karly Morn, and aaraa
tha woman from daath. Ha talla Kahtoo
ho ta with tha Amarirana againat tha
Brill ah An anamy, I'rookad lightning,
evarhaar him.
CltAPTBK VIII. -Kahtoo nan da Eraklna
to a cnum II whara Hrillah anvoya mwl
Indian rhiafa liana liray la thara. and
tha blttar 'rating la Intanalflad Crnokad
lightning danntinrra Krakina aa a traitor
and fnand of tha Amartcana Tha youth
scape daaih by night.
CHAPTER IX -Reaching hla tliba. Kr
akina flnda hia anamiaa have tha upior
hand Ha la hald aa a priaonar. waning
only for tha arrival of fr.tokad Wght
ning. to ha burnad at tha ataka Karly
Morn ralaaaaa him and ha raa. haa Jerome
Handara' fort aaf'ly
riUPTKR X -Tha Revolution tprmda.
0rt irera Clark vlalla tha fort.
Krakina reaolvea to ln t'lark'a apadl
tlun to tha Northnrat. At Oak a ha
flnda lan Cray ai i.arrnllr on mora than
friendly t-rna anh Harbara.
t'HAPTKR XI -Krakina ami Qray an
ffatfa In a dial with raiuara. though ttia
former knia nothlna uf fencing Tba
fUhl la aiuifad by Colonel lale.
Tha ITT 11 XII - llarlwra and Krakina
arrive at a aurt of mutual understanding,
tho'iKh the boy haa little hope of winning
liar love.
CHAPTER XIII
With the lit-Hrl if t lin t i-nliiinn of
'alwuri tin, kwiiodHiiii-n went IHva
Tanilrl hihI Krak'n Pule. A hiintlnj
puny of four ShawiiHva lifHTil their
mmlng ftirmitti tlie wn4i. Hmt, lying
like miaki' In thr undertfruwih, n'iTed
out anil kiiw them pus. Then I hey
ri. unit Cri'i'kel l.lk'htiiinif limkeil
at I'.lHrk Wolf mill, with it fcrunt of
anry anlifH. Ih.n. ih the way hume
WHnl. Ami tn the vllliik'e Ihey Imre
tlie iieMR tliHt While Arrow hud mint"
KinmI liia uuril an'!, ahle hy Khle with
the l I a chief of the linf hnlvei, win
liMihni; a wur uriy anlnitt hia trlhe
ami kinsmen. Anil Karly Morn iur
rleil the ne In her mother, who lay
ali'k In a wIkwhin.
The mlrHcle went nwlftly, anl Kan
kaskla fell. Steulthlly a rordon of
huniera urrnunile the little town.
The rest atule to tlie wnlla of the furt.
I.llChl flickered fruiii within, tha
amimU nf loln iind duiu-lnic feet
mine thnniKh -rev Ice and window.
I'lnrk'a lull ncure utole nolaeleasly Into
the (Trent hall, where the Creolea were
ninkltiK merry and leuned allently with
foldeil anna bkhIiinI the dirMiHt. liMik
Ing nn at the revel with a (rave anille.
The llicht from the turehe tllrkered
acnw Id face, and an Imllan lying
(Hi the fliHr Hp r iinn to hla feet with a
curdling wrtr-whno. Women aereuineil
and men nmhed toward the door. The
at ranger atiwxl motlnnleaa and hla grim
mile wai unchanged.
"I lance on!" he roinmnnded tour
taouhly, "hut reineinher," he added
sternly, "you tlanea under Virginia and
not Great Krltuln!"
Thera waa a greHt inline behind him.
Men dualled Into the fort, and ltiwhe
hlava and hla olttrera were prlaonera.
Hy daylight ClHrk hud tha town dis
armed. Tha French, Clark said neit
day, could taa) the oath of alleglanr
to tha reuhllc, or depart with their
fa in 1 1 lea In peace. Aa for their church,
ha had nothing to do with any church
gave to protect It from Inault. Ho that
tha people who liud .heurd terrible sto
ries of tha wild woodauien and who
tperted to he killed or mad slaves.
Joyfully tiet'siiie Americans. They
ven guvs t'lark a volunteer company
ta uiarcb with him n""0 Ceiwikl. and
that" village, toiao.ni hH,me Amerl
rnn. Father Ullmiilt volunteered In
go to Vlncennea. Vlncennea gathered
In the church tn hear him, and then
Dung the Ktar nnd Hfrlpea (o tha
wind of freedom ahove the fort. Clark
tit one cnptnln there to take com
mnnd. With s handful nf hardy men
who could have been controlled only
hy lil in. the datintle one had con
quered a hind aa hlg a any Kuropean
kingdom. Now he hnd tn govern and
protect It. He had tn keep loyal an
alien race and hold hi own agulnut
tha Hrltlah and numerous trlhe nf In
dian, hloodthlmty. treacherous and
deeply embittered agalnnt all Ameri
cana. He was hundred of miles from
sny American troops; farther still
from the aeat of government, and
could get no advice tir help for per
hapa year.
And those Indians poured Into Ca
hnkla a horde of them from every
tribe between the (treat Lakes and the1
Mlnalaalppl chiefs and warrlora of
every Importance; but n before
Clark had formed and drilled four
companies of volunteer Creoles.
"Wstch him!" said Dave, and Kra
klne did, marveling at the man's
knowledge nf the Indian. Ha did not
II va In tha fort, but slways on guard,
always seemingly confident, atsyed
openly In town while tha savages, sul
len snd grotesque, utrutted In full war
panoply through tha straggling streets,
inquiaitlva and Insolent, their ayea
burning with tha luat of plunder and
murder. For daya ha aat In tba midst
of tha tinged warriors sud listened.
On the second dsy Emklne saw Kah
too In tha throng and Crooked Light
ning and Illack Wolf. After duak that
! day he felt tha fringa of hla hunting-
Rhlrt plucked, snd sn Indlsn, with far
hidden In a blanket, whispered as ha
passed :
"Tell the big chief." ha said In
Shawnee, "to be nn guard tomorrow
"Tall tha Big chief," H Said In Shaw,
nt. "to B on Guard Tomorrow
Night"
night." lie knew- It was some kindly
trlhcKiuun. and he wheeled and went
to Chirk, who amiled. Already he big
chief had guard concealed Ir. his
little hoime, who seized the attacking
Indians, while two minutes later the
townspeople were under arm. The
iHpllves were put in inlns, and Kra
klne saw tinning them the crestfallen
fuce of Itluck Wolf and Crooked
Lightning. The Indians pleaded that
they were trying to teat the friendship
of the French for Clark, but Clark,
re-fusing all request for their release,
remained silent, haughty, Indifferent,
f curl ess. He wl ill refused to Inks ref
uge in the fort, mid chIUmI in s number
of ladle and gentlemen to hi house,
where they danced nil night amid the
council fire of tlie bewildered av
agea. Nt-it morning he stood lu the
center of their ringed warriors with
the tasseleil shirt of hi rllleiiien
mussed behind him. released the cap
tive chief and bunded them the Moody
war. belt of wumpuin.
"I acorn your hostility and I reach
ry. You deserve dentil, but you shall
U-ava In aafely. In three duys I sliull
begin war on you. If you Indians do
not want your women und children
killed stop killing ours. We ahull see
who can make that war belt the moat
bloody. While you have been In my
on nip you have had food and fire
water, but now that have finished,
you must t'epurt Kedily."
The cuptWe chiaf spoke and so did
old Kuhtoo, with his eyes ttied sadly
but proudly on his adopted son. They
hail listened to bud bird add been led
strny by tfie tlrltish lii-nV'eTortlTiliey
would be friendly with the Americans.
Hut Chirk was not sntislied.
"I come as a warrior." be en Id
ha ii chilly; "I shall he a friend to the
friendly. If you rlumae wsr I shall
send so many wnrrlors from the Thir
teen Council Fires that your bind
shall be darkened and you shall hear
no sounds hut that of the birds who
live on blood." And then he hnnded
fi"th two t'lts of pence and wnr, and
they engerly took the belt of peace.
The treaty followed licit day and
(lurk Insisted that two nf the prison
er should be put to death ; snd as the
two selected csme forwsrd Krsklne
saw Illack Wolf wits one. He whis
pered with Chirk snd Knbtoo, nnd
Crooked Lightning saw the big chief
with hi hand on F.rnklne's shoulder
and beard him forgive the two and
tell them to depart. And thus peace
waa won.
Ktrslghfwn.r old Kahtoo pushed
through the warriors and, plucking the
big chief by the sleeve, pointed to Kre
klnv, That Is my son," he sold, "snd I
wsnt hi in tn go home with me"
"He shall go," said Clark quickly,
' "but he shall return, whenever It
' pies sea hi III, t,o me."
And so Krsklne went forth one
morning at dawn, and hla coming Into
tlie Sliawin-e camp waa like the com
ing of a king. Karly Morn greeted
Mm with glowing eyes, his foster
mother brought him food, looking
proudly Uain him. and old Kshtoo
harangued his braves around the coun
cil Me, while the prophet and
Crooked Lightning sulked In their
tents.
"My son sKke words of truth," he
proclaimed sonorously. "He warned
ns i4alnst the king over the water
and told us to muke friends with the
Americans. We did not heed hla
words, and so he brought the great
chief of the Long Knives, who stood
without fear among warrlora more
numerous than leaves and spoke the
same words to all. We are friend
of the Long Knlvea. My son I the
true prophet. Itring nut the fslse one
and Crooked Lightning and Hlnck
Wolf, whose life my son saved -thougti
the two were enemies. My snn shall
do with them a he pleases."
Msny young braves sprang willingly
forward and the three were haled bo
fore Krsklne. Old Kahtoo waved hi
hand toward them and aat down. Krs
klne rose snd fixed hi eyes sternly
ou the cowering prophet :
"He shall go forth frsai the village
and ahall never return. Pnr his words
work mischief, he does foolish thing,
and hla drumming frighten the game.
He la a false prophet and he must go."
He turned to Crooked Lightning:
"The Indiana have made peace with
the Long Knlvea and White Arrow
would make peace with any Indian,
though an enemy. Crooked Lightning
ahall go or stay, he pleawea. Black
Wolf ahull stay, for the tribe will need
him ss a hunter and a warrior sgaluat
the English foea of the Long Knlvea.
White Arrow doeo not ask another
to spare an enemy' life and then tak
It ay hlmm-If."
The braves grunted approval. Illack
Wolf aud Crooked Lightning averted
their fuce and the prophet aha mlded
uneasily away. Again old Kahtoo pro
claimed sonorously, "It Is well!" and
went back with Krsklne to his tent.
There he sunk wearily nn buffalo
skin snd pleaded with the hoy to stay
with them aa chief In hla stead
He was very old, and now that peace
was made with the Long Knives he
was willing to die. If Krsklne would
but give his promise, he would never
rise ugiilu from where he luy.
Krxkine shook his head and the old
man sorrowfully turned his face.
Ami yet Krsklne lingered on and
on at the villiige. Of the white wom
an he had learned little other than
that she hint been bought from un
other tribe ami adopted hy old Kah
too; but It wus pluin that since the
threatened burning of her she had
been held ill high respect by the whol
trilie. He began to wonder about her
and whether she might not wish to
go back to her own people. He had
never talked with her, but he never
moved uhout the camp that he did
not feel her eyes upon him. And
Karly Morn's big soft eye, too. never
seemed to leave him. She brought
him food, she sat at the door of hi
tent, she followed him about the vil
lage and bore herself openly as his
slave. At Inst old Kahtoo, who would
Hot give up hi great hope, pleaded with
him to marry her, and while he was
talking the girl stood at the door of
the tent and Interrupted them. Her
mother.' eyes were growing dim, she
said. Her mother wanted to talk with
White Arrow and look upon hla face
before her sight should altogether
puss. Nor could Krsklne know that
the white woman wanted to look Into
the eyea of the man she hoped would
become her daughter' husband, but
Knhfim did, snd he hnde Krsklne go.
Hi foster mother, coming upon the
scene, scowled, hut Krsklne rose and
went to the white woman's tent. She
iit Just Inside the opvning, with a
blanket across tlie lower half of her
face, nor did she look at hltu. In
stead she plied id in with questions,
sud listened eugerly to his every word,
and drew from him every detull of
his life aa fur back as be could re
member. 1'iHir aoiil. It was the tlrst
opportunity for inuny yeurs that she
bad hud to talk with any white sT
aon who bud been lu the eusteru
world, and freely aud frankly be held
uothing buck.
All the while the girl had crouched
near. Iisiklng ut Krsklne with doglike
eyes, and when be rise to go the
woman drnpicd the blanket from her
fui-e and got to her feet. Shyly slie
lifted her hands, took his fae be
tween them, bent close, aud studied
it seurcuiugly :
"What bT your nnnieT"
"Krsklne I rale."
Without a word she turned bsck
Into her tent.
At dusk Krsklne stood hy the riv
ers brlii., with his eye lifted tn a
rising iinM.il nnd bis thoughts with
UarhnTii on the bank of the .Tunics.
Itehind bliu be hen rd a rustle mid,
turning, he saw the girl, her breast
throbbing and her eves burning with
a light he had never seen before.
"I'.lnck Wolf will kill you." she
whispered. "Illack Wolf want Krfirly
Morn and he knows tbnt Kiirly Morn
Krsklne Put Both Hand on Har Shoub
dar and Looksd Down Into Hr
Eye.
want White Arrow." Krsklne put
both hands on her shoulders and
looked down Into her eyes. She
trembled, and when bis arm went
about her she surged closer to him
and the touch of her warm, supple
body went through him like fire. And
then with triumphant smile she
prang hack.
"Black Wolf will see," she whis
pered, and fled. Krsklne sank tn the
ground, with his head In his hands.
The girl ran hack tn her tent, and
the mother, peering at the flushed
face and shining eyes, clove tn the
truth. She said nothing, but when
the girl waa asleep and faintly smil
ing, the white woman sat staring out
Into the moonlit woods, softly beat
ing ber breast. -
(To bo continued)
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CITY MAXAsiKK l'LAX
WILL the city manager plan solve
all the problems of municipal
government T
KnthiisluKtic supporters of placing
city management in the bunds of one
man chosen to direct all Hffulrs Just
aa the president or managing direc
tor of corMmtions ha charge of the
business of these private enterprises,
contend that this comparatively new
method of administering municipal
affairs would be more efficient than
anything tried heretofore.
I tut experience thus far bus not
provided proof that the contention Is
sound. Since the method of choos
ing tlie city inuuuger Is to have biiu
elected hy the council or commission
and not by (he public, It Is found
thut friction often develops between
the man so chosen und those naming
him. Instead of eliminating the evils
of political control or political influ
ences, as supporters of the plan argue
it will, we find that councils are more
inclined to "play politics" or to try
to do so tliuu wdien the chief execu
tive of a city la answerable to the
people direct. It certainly 1 much
easier, to oust a city manager who
doesn't happen to full In line with
the wishes of a few- couiicllinen than
to remove a mayor from office by the
recall which might be a point In
favor of the newest system of gov
erning cities, were it not fer the fact
that, as most people know from actual
experience if they have had anything
to do with couiicllinen. the legislative
body doesn't incline always to follow
the wishes of those who pay the hills.
If citizens of any community desire
to Increase the beauty of their town
and efficiency of Its olticluls so that
their happiness may be Increased and
costa of munugemeiit decreased, It's
pretty ptHir policy for them to exiierl
inent with new -methods of conduct
ing municipal affair. Ortulnly one
would not be wise in objecting to ex
periments when there were possibil
ities of the exierliuents resulting In
better government. Hut where voters
work and vote Intelligently for honest,
efficient officials. Including the mayor,
one flnda good government, and faults
which may be found with the admin.
Isterlng of municipal affairs In most
cases may be directly traced to the
Indifference of thoae making up the
so-called beat cltixenship In the choos
ing and electing of candidate for
public office.
Far better to arouse voters to effi
ciently exercise their right of suf
frage, than to worry shout trying
something new on a chance.
tOapy right fc tk. .!.. (jraJUate. la. I
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE
BABIES. MOTHERS
FEDERAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU
IS WORKING HARt TO END
DEPLORABLE CONDITION.
FINDS CARE SOLVES PROBLEM
Physicians and Nurses Ar Employed
to Travel Over th Country and
Give to Parents tha Instructions
and Service Thsy Need.
By JAMES P. HORNADAY
Washington According tn the lat
est statistic In the hands of the fed
eral children's bureau, each year In
the I'nlted Slates from iTO.UNI tn 2."iO,
(SSt huhles die In the first year of their
lives, and about 2.1,1 ) mothers die
In bringing children Into the world !
There are nine countries where a new
born bnbe lias a better chance of
growing to healthy childhood than In
America, and there are seventeen irth
er lands where It Is safer for a wnman
tn become a mot tier.
With a keen appreciation of this
sltuutlon the Irepsrtment of Labor,
through Its children' bureau, has
taken up the difficult tssk of saving
the lives nf thousands of babies and
mothers who die unnecessarily In this
cniintry.
The nation this year haa Invested
$1.2,0i In the enterprise, .V),Ot)0 of
which will be used by the Department
of Labor for Its administrative work,
snd the balance will be allotted
among the state. All nf this money
goes directly for service and Instruc
tions to mothers snd babies. The
various ststes designate the state
agency which will handle the funds
snd do the work. These agencies sub
mit their plnn for maternity and In
fancy aid to the federal board of
maternity and infancy hygiene, com
posed of the chief of the children's
bureau, the surgeon general of the
I'nlted States public health service
and the I'nlted State commissioner
of education.
Car Is Solution of Problem.
The children's bureau haa made ex
tensive studies nf mortality among In
fants and mother. In various
cities, women associated with the bu
reau have taken np the problem of
Infant mortality In a human way.
avoiding the cold statistical method
and tracing Infant, social, civic and
economic conditions. These women
have reached the conclusion that If
all children i.re well born and well
cared for the deaths among Infants
would he negligible.
The solution of this problem of
saving mothers and babies, the In
vestlgstors of the children's bnrean
have found. Is care. Proper living
conditions and proper medical and
nursing attention for the mother, both
before and after the child Is born, and
proier nursing for the child In Its
Infancy are the primary objects of
the coiupiilgn to have mothers and
babies.
The mothers and fathers of the
country, the experience of the ex
pert of the children's bureau show,
are eager for help. In a Western
state where the bureau held an In
fant welfare conference, mothers and
fathers drove great distances und
iiiniieil out ver night In order that
they might be sure their bubies would
receive attention. In two counties nf
this state, w here an lntens -e study
was made, two thirds of the mothers
were without medical enre when they
brought their children Into the world.
Three were entirely alone, und forty
six hud only their husbands with them
when their babies were horn.
'Child Welfare Special.
The children's bureau bus found
one effective means of currying the
gospel nf child health to the mothers
und fathers In the remote districts
where medical cure Is often uncer
tain or delayed. The bureau has
equipped mi automobile truck as a
"child welfare spechil." It la com
plete In every detull for the work of
ileinonstriitlng bow a child welfare
center should he conducted, nnd It
makes clear to loi al authorities and
orgiinlzntlnii the good thut can be
accomplished In the saving of mother
nnd huhles. In co-ncruthin with
state otlicials the buhy van workers
go Into the buck country und hold
conferences for mothers und babies.
Its stuff consist of a woman physl
clan, a public health nurse, a clerk
and a chauffeur.
The application nf modern business
principles to welfare agenclea, und
the Increased returns on the funds
contributed etTii-ted fbereby, are de
scribed In a report Ji'st made public
by the children's bureau.
The ImmtH.iiite results of the reor
ganisation of the fmt agency studies,
which uflVcted both the nursing stuff
and the office force were: (1) A
marked Increase in the nurses' time
available for field work, due to elim
ination of duplicate clerical work, on
their part, and to Increased office
clerical assistance, (I!) an Increase at
ottlce output, due to redistribution of
duties and orderly rerouting of clerical
work. (3) Increased accuracy In han
dling recordi and office detail. (4)
elimination, of lost motion, with It
waste of time, energy, and spuce, ac
complished by standardizing routing
duties nnd rearranging the Jttice
equipment. In addition to these Im
mediate result the new system u,l
the fouiidntlou for orderly tVvelop
nient ami future economical adminis
tration of the association's affair a.
Work of Reclamation Service.
The Culled Slate reclamation
service will celebrate Its twentieth
anniversary next year. Immediately
after the enactment of the organic
n1 the reclamation service was nr
ganlsed by the secretary of the In-'
tetior first under the direction snd
control of the director of th geological
survey hut not a pHt-t of the geological
survey; then on March l, l!Sl7, by or
der of the secretary of the Interior, a
an lndeHmlent service under a dlrer
tor nf Its own. Investigations and sur
veys were liegun In lisrj Immediately
after the passage nf the act, and con
struction was begun In VM. Project
were selected In moot nf the arid and
acinl-arld states. Active construction
work reached a maximum In lJWtT. and
then fluctuated to fit the flow of In
coming fund to another maximum In
1913.
In l!sl and lix7 the reclamation
service began the ilellvery of Irrigation
water from works constructed under
the act, nnd also from several canal
systems built under private auspice,
which were absorbed Into the larger
government project In association
with Improved and more extensive)
systems of distribution, as well a
large storage reservoirs built by the)
service. Since the passage of the
reclnmutlon act the gross expenditure)
thereunder has lieen, roughly, SlflO,
ni.i.i. Till Includes considerable
money that Is turned over somewhat
rapidly; for example, the annual turn
over for oieratlon and maintenances
The net Investment In construction
work to date Is in the neighborhood of
$ 1. 'HUSK 1,1 IK I.
Big Increase in Land Value.
It Is Impossible to give precise value
for the project lands before and after
the government work, but It 1 known
that the direct Increase In land values
lias been grent. This Is Illustrated by
the frequent sales of the Irrigated
lands at high price. Such price are
commonly reported at $2110, 1:100 and
$4 N) per acre, and In the case of high
ly Improved land have. In rare In
stances, reached aa high aa $1,000 or
HTsSI. On the haala of productivity,
the desert lands were well nigh worth
less before the government work, and
large areas of the projects were then
held at $10 per acre or less.
It has been roughly estimated that
government Irrigation has Increased
tls value of the project land $200 per
acre nn the average, or a total of over
$3ofl,(sX),0(H) ; that It ha Increased th
value of l.oun.ooo acre In other .rej
ects served under the Warren act by
$100. or a total of $100,000,000. Th
Incrense In the valne of landa In th
cltlea, towns and villages within th
project is believed to exceed $100,
000,000, making a total Increase In land
value of over toOO.OOO.OuO, based on
government reclamation work. These
estimates are, of course, extremely
rough and would he. less tn 1921 than
In 1919, owing to changed financial con
ditions. Growth of Irrigated Acreage.
The following table show the pro
gressive Increase In Irrigated acreage,
and crop value since 1913. These fig
ures, It should be particularly noted,
relate only to those areas on the recla
mation projects profier which are cov
ered by crop statistics, and do not In
clude a large area receiving either
complete or partial water supply un
der the Wurren act from the Irrigation
works constructed by the sen-Ice. In
cluded In these ureas, from which no
crop statistics are secured by the serv
ice, it Is estimated that the value of
crops produced in 11)20 amounted to
nearly $114.(NKi,usi.
Irrigated
Year. Acreage. Crop Value.
1913 894,142 $13,074,411
19U 7til,271 ltl,47r,517
191.1 814,906 18,l4,4."i2
1916 022.S21 .'12.813,972
1917 l,02tl.tM rsl.4tl2.ai3
191 S 1,119,,'SUI 0H.S21,:t!W
19111 .1. 1.1H7.233 S.S,U74.i:n
1920 1.22.1.4X0 OH,171,mO
A popular conception of the reclama
tion sex vice Is Unit of a public Utilities
corporation functioning In many line
of usefulness in 13 states. In other
words, it Is a business corporation
whose beiiihuui'ters ure at Washing
ton, I. C, where ure located its presi
dent, the M'cretnry of the interior; It
general malinger, assistant general
liiuiiuger, und legul adviser, the direc
tor, the assistant director, and the
chief counsel ; und Ita hoard of direc
tors, the congress nf the I'nlted Stutes.
llratich olllces of the corporation are
located on the 23 projects, with a Held
superintendent, the chief engineer, lo
cated at Denver, Colo. Its stockhold
ers are the water users ou the project.
The business of the corporation 1
changing desert wastes Into Inhabita
ble lands, bringing together the lud
less man aud Planless land, and virtu
ally creating a new atate from the
standpoint of agricultural develop
ment. At the present time the organization
is siTVlng tlie most linportutit needs uf
thousands of people.
Ak and Bake.
A dentist hud Jusl moved luto
pluce previously occupied by a baket
wheu a friend culled.
"Pardon me a moment." said th
dentist, "while I dig off those en
ameled letters of ituke Shop' from th
front window."
"Why not merely dig off tlie '11' ami
let It go at thut." suggested the friend,
Kverybody's Magaslue.
Man and Their Business,
"A man succeeds by minding hi
own business," suld the ready-mail)
philosopher.
"Not a man In my position," re
plied Kenutitr Sorghum. "1 liav a
large number of constituents, each of
whom regards bis business a en
titled tn my serious and prolonged at-teutiou."
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