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I JVOI-TgtE XVI: I f V - i ST. JOHNS, ACHEjWTXip JUNE 23. 1900. . NUMBEB 0 r L?- - -. I tttjjKTEDSEVEBAL BRIGHT AND HOnEST A. & B. SCHUSTER, GENERAL HOLBROOK, A. T. Carry Ik Stock a FhAI Ranch and General Supplies. ICrfWro pMrck&sisg- elsewhere get l-VIces, " G. H. d General Merchants, St. Johns & Springerviile, Keep Only the Best Quality of Goods at LOWEST CASH PRICES: 'Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Boots, Shoes FIRSTCLASS ESTABLISHMENT. V The Bank of Commerce, 'In ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., DEALS IN FOREIGN EXCHAN' 3E Solicits Arcoun s and Off rs t; uoueiEictii vu rroinaDie iianitinj;. DIRECTORS r M"SfOT-ROyPriiMent. J G BALDRIDGE. Lumbr W. 0. LEONARD. Capitalist. B. P 8 HDSTEU. Vice Pr sldent A. KI8EMANN. EiRcmann Bros , Wool. W. S. 8 TRICKLE R. C shhT A". IT. BLACKWELL, Grns?, Blackwcll S Co . Grocers. H. J . DilEEaON, Assist. Csshfer. W A MAXWELL, Wholesale Druggist. Depository for Atchison, Tnpaka &. Santa Fe Railway. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Unite StAte7Depository. Authorized Capital Paid in Capifaf- Surplus TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Joshua S. RavnoMs M. W. Flounmy Frank McKee S. A. Hawks w Jig. J-. : Depository of the Atchison, Topeka & GUSTAV HEM MEBC1M Keep constantly on band a large and well selected stock of Bry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, And everything; usnaTIy found in a First - stock will be furnished on special order CANDELARIA BROS, GENERAL MERCHANDISE. ConcliOj Ranch Supplies of any Description t ; Jk.nd of tlie JBest Qixality Low Perlc and, Courteous Treatment Your Patronage is Earnestly Solicited. .Juaat Candelaria. ' Hosalio'Candelaria. A.mbrosio Candclaria. ME RCHANT o- ST. JOHNS, A. T. srml Centplef o "Line ef H, I AND - f-'SUES LETTERS OF CREDIT to .Depositors .Every Facility : S500000 150,000 v....... r. 50.000 President . . .Vice President ..(-ashler .Assistaut'Gaahier Santa Fb and Santa Fe Pacific railroads. BECKER, U J, Oixxd. Slioes Class Establishment, luid on-short notice. Anv article not Ariasona WANTEXJSEVERAL BRIGHT AND H0I1EST pereohB to represent us as 31 an a gera in tliis and close br counties.; Sil-. ary 100 a year anitexpfsnaeB. htraipnr, bon"ji-file, no more, no less Balary. Posi tion permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Rtfdrence. Em-lose self-addressed .stamped, envel ope. The IJominion Company, Lept, 6, Chicago. ST. JOHNS HEUALB, Published every Saturday ; TERKINS-HO.WE :Co.r 'iPiWLslieri Prbprietorsr E. 8. PERKINS, Bdsiness Manager. E.itered in the Posioilice at St. Jobhs a'ssccond diss matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One vear ,$2.50. Six months? . . . . .$1.50 Three months $1.00 ADVERTISING RATES, 1 inch 1 mns. $1. 2 rrios. $1,-50, 34mos.; $2. 6'mos. $3. 1 vear $5. . 2 inches 1 mos. $1,50 2jnos. $2,50. 3 mos $3. 6 mos. $4,50 1 year $7,50. Rates on large contracts given on ap plication. ONS-HUNDRBD THOUSAND Appropriated by Congress For Irrigation Surveys. The A-raount Doubled Over That Allowed Last Year. Friends of Irrigation Maldo a Strong Fight in Congress. ' r: ? rt Always alert in the interests of the arid West, Senator Carter made in able defense of the itein in the Sundry Civil bill of $200,000 for irigation surveys and investigation y the Geological Survey, duiiirg the closing davs of Congress. Last year's appropriation for this work was $50,000 and when it was pro- osed to increase this amount this enr, nret. :.to fciuu,uuu then to $250,000, it of course Raised a storm of ohjectionsfrom Senators, who fail to comprehend the wyilal importance -of irrigation to; the jireat iiriU" regions. After strong urging -by wetern Senators, the $250,000 was voted by the Senate but unfoltinatelv this was cut down by -the-House to the.origi.iinl in crease proposed of $100,000i which amount will be expended by the survey, during the coming year, on this much needed work. The action of-the. House; however shows the-neegsity for the -West to st.tmf together,.and present one solid front and be bold and aggressive in its demands if it is desired to get right ful recognition froni eastern Congess men on these questions of supreme importance. to the arid region. "The question is," said Senator Carter.imthe course of his remarks "does this appropriation go to the acquisition of Information oii some subject'qf con8equetrc):to"the-peo-t)le ? E'e ussee. " A Thousand Million Acres. "There are 17 States and terri tories in the arid hud semiarid region of the United Slates. Those 17 States- and Territories today have a population of about t'hr;ee million and a half- In those States and T"rritories there, are 992,617. 600 acres (f land.: ?Of that' acreage but 30 per cent has passed " in to private ownership; , the. Govern ment of the United States is the owner of 70 per cent. The extent to whrdr these lands can be ier claimed is dependent upon a. knowledge of the volume of water available. No intelligent system-, nfi1pvplnmYiP.it n hn- nrncpnilfpi , until we know the water available for irrigatron purposes. The facts i m of ciiiiroma 'innwlonno tn tllA wv. w i uujiuuiu iih(iwimmivu . neonlfi liviner now an J - to. ( r. - o lfve hereafter civ two-fifths of. the American continent. Sixty Five Million Dollars. &g Mr. President, while we are vot- Fill Mate. i 'Kit ihg ii o.QQQ&O.Q for yanous purposes, all 6? tljein natiou.-il, all oT ;t:ienfnrQ.pei Tinsng certain ap propriations to conqiuernuie huiiip, making additions for river ntuV harbor appropriations in the aggre: gate of oVr $12,000,000 in the Kill and Senators frinn .the arid regions acquiesce in these.; appropriations because they; ate national beneficial does it seems Ue right couiprchen. io.n of ii great-situation to challage an. item m tha-bill intended to eecure-Jieedetl,;ati9 absolutely ne cessary" informaionpln- order to dealyvithprflbleniBirivol ving. the very lifeof the'coUntry itself? We have reached the point irr the arid region-where we cannot now, with out the investment of a very large capital, Invite an' large increase of immigrants to settle upon our soil .""Hundreds of people are pass ing each and every day upon load ed trains over as fertile land as the son shone ' upon, going over- the RockrMountains and" oft11 to the humid regions of tlie Pacific coast. Why? Because in the state of Montana where we 'have 146,000 squarn miles4 people have taken nearly all f,the water and reclaim ed nt arly all of the land, that iudi vidual. effort is capable of reclam ing. Need ofOfiicial' Surveys, "There are instanoes-in California where large interprise went in and constructed heavy canals and sub sequently found that the water sup. ply was wholly inadequate to suply the.canal This has been discour aging to investment in thi's, line. What we need with 'reference to this matter is specific, authorita tive, substantial inforniatioiuvouch ed for by the public records of the United .States. "It is said, Let private individual's do it. Accord- i.ngto that suggestion the farmer living out on the Yellowstone is to build it gttage for the benefit of hn inanity, and is to determine the flow of water that runs down thai stream in twelve mom lis. Win not, on the same principle, let sail ors survev the coast and establish lighthouses for their own guidance? . To suggest that, is to declare thai nothing shall be done at all. Are the new struggling states, wjiere in the government ' of the Uuiied States owns 70, per cent of the soil, and is the great landowners oft he country; to be clmrged with the ex nense jof aeauirinir information; which is'of equal value o Missouri, owai.Nrtbraska, .aiM . .all of the states below? I think not. It is a Government enterprise, looking to 'he development of Goveriuijent property? Linking to tlie creation ol cohditfohs which will, .deyelop a superb population" where waste places now exist Eastern-Opposition;; Senator Titr'ner.- of Washington who strongly favored the, increase struck a responsive chord, wjien he asserted that some eastern senators were prone to antagonize measures because apparently they were in tended to henefitthe westC :V considered the amendment." hesaid "as Vxceedinglj' important to the arid' region. 'Biit'I notice thatnothjug is ever offered in this body in the interest of that section that some Senator from the eastern seaboard, whose sectipnthas been amply provided for, dotfa iint. dis cover that the work cotilii better he done by some, body "else than the particular persons to whom it is promised to be entrusted'or lie dis covers that we are going into a recekless metlmd ofl appropriation which ought to be suddenly stop ped ata j)oint;vhere the. interest o" the West requires consideration." 'Guy" E.: Mitchell.' Sleep Proee Tliens. A medical paper says that, in railway collisions nenrly all the passengers who are asleep, escape" the bad effects of shaking and concus.sion, nature. OWD anaesineiic. preserving luem. .Few "Wild White Sheep. The wild white .sheep is found, no- x-"hprf" in the world but Alaska, and few:. - 1 fi T specimens iui uiuuuuu wixoio ."Aiave ever been obtained. 3 "'Are-' LearSl nj?r. ' v ALondoh -military expert saysthe British have still the arts -of war to" learn. Thev are at least tmincA-.m goodjschoo!,. says- the ChicagoRecqr.loss of -water from-the uncultivated TIMELY HINTS FOR - 1 f MERS NO. 17. Summer Cultivation. By thb. Agriculturist. During this season ef scant wa ter supply it is very important that every .possible means of con? serving the available water be re sorted to. Thoro cultivation is one mean8.of compensating for a shortage of irrigating water. Or chard8and all crops planted in rows may be made more produc. live, during dry weather by keep ing the surface of the soil well pul verized. Tlie effects of cultivation 'are threefold- (1:) the aeration of the soil, (2) the conservation of moist ure and (3) the ilestruction of weeds. The aeration of the .soil is very important. That the necessary niolmncal and c'hennoal nrocesses- may proceed properly in the soil, a constant supply of oxygen is es sential. If these processes cannot continue, a crop may starve,, tho there be an abundance of raw ma terial in the soil. After rains and more especially after irrigation most soils form a crust over the surface, or ''bake" to some depth, and thus free access of air is pre vented. Cultivation breaks up the surface and promotes the aeration of the underlying soil. The conservation of moisture by cultivation is based on well estab lished principles. During a rain storm or during irrigation, the wa ter received by the soil, moves downward. As soon as the supply Irtnn above ceases and the free wa ter settles a way,, by capillary ac tion the niovvment of the moist ure in the soil sets in in the opp jite direction moving upward as well as downward. As the moist ure reaches the surface, it passes off as vapor. Only by preventing the water reaching the surface can this evaporation be checked. The capillary action by which rhe wa ter reaches the point where it evap orates can go on only in a closely packed soil furnishing the innum erable, minute, irregular tubes thru which the water rises. To break up these tubes checks this upward movement. Cultivation not only breaks up the capillary tubes of the surface, but forms over the surface i mulch which prevents rapid evaporation. The moisture will then rise to the mulch, but cannot pass beyond it by capillary action, and evaporation thus pro ceeds much more slowly than if the nnisture were permitted to fol low the capillary tubes to the sur faice. Samples of soil taken recentfy in an orchard illustrates the forego ing. kh's orchard in question had been irrigated last on March oth. Most of it had been thoroly culti vated ; but a portion had been left uncultivated, and had become over grown with weed. A determina tion of- the per cent of water in each of tlie five upper-feet in each area May? 23d gave the following ree tilts : Cnlti- ... Unculti vated, vated. 7.3 :' 3.S 12 6' : 8.1 15.o 10.5 ,1'5.08' 11.6 12:1 117 62.8 45 7. ; First foot, - Second foot, Third fool, Fourth foot, Fifth foot; Totalst It will be seen that as a whole the upper five feet of soil in the oimivateu area containeu over a third more water than the upper five feet in the uncultivated area. But' when only the available water in each is taken into consideration, the difference is much greater. Plants cannot remove all the water a soil contains. In such a soil as the above, at least five per cent would be left in it after the rootlets had. removed all they had power to remove. Making this deduction, the soil in the culti vated -area is found to contain about twice as much available moisture as that in the uncultivated area. Making the statement in another form,, the area from March oth to May 23d ) exceeded the loss from the culti-! Vat I'd nrpn rli oninVnlunf nf nrat two inches of rainfall. To replace thiB loss from a ten acre field it necessitates the running of.a stream of 100 miner's inches for about ten hours. In order to produce the best re suits the soil must be so cultivat ed, however, that it is not left bro ken up into large clods that will permit the air to reach the under lying strata. The finer and looser the surface mulch- the better, and incur arid Tegion it needs to be deeper than elsewhere-. Weeds injure growing crops by appropriating the available plant food arid by removing water from the soil. While a soil may be' very fertile, there seldom is present enough plant food, in form neces sar for the use of plants, to sup port a crop of weeds ami a crop of fruit, grain or vegetables at the same time. But weeds usually do the greatest injury oy. removing from about the roots of the crop the water needed by it. Not only do weeds raqtiire water for their increase in size, hut water is con tinually evaporating from the sur face of their leaves. While thev" may shade the surface of the soil so as to check evaporation there the evaporation from their leaves is much more rapid than it would be from the surface of, the uushad ed soil, if it were proj.erly cultivat ed. Thus, the destruction of weeds by cultivation not only curtails the loss of plant food anrl -of water but the process brings about all the desirable . conditions of the soil mentioned above. MUTILATED MONEY. Work in the Redemption Bureau of the U. S. Tre, sury. arreney Injmred and All Bat D 'atroyed Made Good How Much of the Caaa Jm Damajred. One of the most interesting depart ments in the United States treasury is that devoted to the redemption of mutilated currency. To it are sent i all varieties of bills, in every conceiv able stage of mutilation. It is seldom that the experts cannot decipher the burned crisps or piece together the myriad fragments. The collection is a curious one, changing every day with kaleidoscopic rapidity, says the New York Tribune. The burning of a note usually brings out its design in a sort of metallic relief upon its surface, and by means of a glass and other implements, and also a full and complete knowledge of the intricate designs no two de nominations being alike on every note issued, their face value is learned with incredible dexterity. Some arrive in fairly good condition, some shrunken and - water soaked, others scorched black and twisted out of shape; many are merely thin, tiny black flakes, and in one case., now under consideration, the evidence consists of a small hand ful of black powder, which the affiant swears was $65, accidentally blown into the fire. Often the mischief has been done by mice, handfuls of the tiniest of pieces attesting the evil ways of the rodent; babies are another source of trouble, maniacs, victims of drunken frenzy, plowshares, sawmillB in fact, the - strangest and most unheard of accidents are occurring all the ' en as theJ' look. Italian Proverb. -time. But in a great majority of eases woman can be handsome by the? the money has been burned, for a com- ' force of features alone, any more than, mon practice among people who are ' sIie can oe witty only by the help jzZ their, own bankers seems to be the . keeping of their funds in unused stoves. A cold day comes, the fire is lighted :by;some unsuspecting person "who 4 "didn't know it was loaded," and the ! owner suddenly finds that he had money to burn in spite of himself. In one instance a mau having $7,000 in government bonds, besides notes and gold, kept them in a tomato can which he placed in the elbow of his parlor stove. While he-was plowing his fields, company arrived, his wife had a fire kindled and shortly 1 made the un pleasant discovery that his riches had taken wings. Had he sent the money just as it came from the stove, wrapped in cotton, it might have been saved, but in endeavoring to separate it it became so churned and jrround up that thp ripnartmpiit, was able to identify onlv about S2.C0O for him. ' An old woman who had accumulated about SG00 was one night at her devo- tions, when the candle in some mysteri- ous manner was overturned in the midst of the money. Now, history does not relate why it was there, or whether she was returning thanks or paying a bit of homage to Mammon, but, at any rate, it was destroyed, and as she threw the ashes away and at the in- stigatiou of her friends picked them out again there was only enough left to. return about $1C0 to her. But much more fortunat were an old couple in the west. The man had a FoldiVr. rmrt iw ha i j cumulation of years they had saved a little sum, when one day the wife, in going to look at it, found that the mice had left only a pile of carefully sawed" fragments. . Almost, distracted, :,r": j A rone cRAPt crttASi ortxkzxit pqvzcba PR' CREAM Highest Honors, World's Fair Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair A-roid Balling'" PotTdcrs contain La ilurn. Tliey'are injurious to Iiealtlr she took it to ihe bank, reporting-tliaS! the last time she had counted it the? sum had been 175, mostly in tens aadS twenties. It was sent here, the tinv" bits sorted and arranged as only ex perts can arrange them, and the neces sary three-fifths of eTexy note was. found. But the best of all was thar instead of $275 it was discovered that; the old people's savings oznouatetl to $350, which amount was finally sent te them, much to their joy. Of course, the-greatesfprecantiba is, necessary, and the affidavits must leaver no doubt aa to the utter and entire? destruction of the missing parts of tire notes. In one case of this kind a. farm er sent from Kansas some "greenbacks, amounting to $50. only half of eaci. note being intact. The rest, he Je elared in a strong affidavit, had beerr destroyed, and also stated in what manner. But on consulting the booksn it was found that one-half the s-bes had already been paid to another per son, who had sent the other halresof the notes from another part of tha, country. Conseuently but $25 was re turned to hinu. Thereupon the cashier wno had: transacted the business for the farmer wrote such an indignant letter, saying: the government had impugned tie hon esty of the claimant and that he wouldr prove him in the right, that the afiTalr was put into the-hands of the- secret service, the proofs exhibited and the imprudent farmer fined $1,C0 for fakes swearing; FROG AND SNAKE FARM" BUSY". Aa ladlaaa Man Does a Utri-rfcaac? BailaeM la a Feeallar Live Stock Llae. Al Sphung's turtle, frog and snaker farm in Starke county, Ind is fur nishing employment for a considerable? number of persons in that vicinity, thr his land are several creeks and ponds in which turtles are countless. The frog hams find ready sale at goatii prices in the city markets east an west, while snakes and common turtles go to educational institutions for cos section, says a Chicago exchange. The prices of frogs run from onetE twenty cents a dozen,, depending- upoa. the size. Employes are expert in pre paring the frogs for market. They are clipped in two with shears and tie hams quickly stripped. As the catch ers bring in the frogs and turtles they are placed in large vessels containizi water until they are ready for dressing-. The frogs reach their maturity ia, from two or four years and the smalt ones are thrown back by the catchers- Sphung has a good trade in snakesa with museums, side shows, and parks and the demand for bis turtles. from, hotels and restaurants- is iheavy. there: being no limit, generally. Pie is in tbc enjoyment of a good income from thes farm and it is growing each year. " PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY: "We make way for the man who bold ly pushes past us. Bovee. As we advance in life, we learn thes limits of, our abilities. Froude. ien are as olu asmej ieei.anu worn.- speecn. iiugnes. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who canstand prosperity, there are, a hundred thate wiH stand adversity. Carlyle. I look for power in the man; he af firms the dignity of the law; but tne woman rules, and she will continue to. rule, through grace alone. Schiller. A traveler at Sparta, standing- louc upon one leg. said'to aLacedaemonianr 'I do not believe you can do as muchi! "True." said he, "but every goosevcanJ Plutarch. No nobler feeling- than this, of ad r miration for one higher than himself,, dwells in the breast of man. It is tc this hour, and at all hours, ihe vivify ing influence in ir-an's life. Carlyle TIje Dol'e nnd Dean. The ,ate Prebendary Rogers usedui t.eI1 w t-ord Hosiery joined b,m ,n Pet,t,omil& theduko of Welling- ton to Pen Apsley house on Sunday A a"ecnonf.- so- that the public might tbe P,ctwres- The duke and ifr-. KoSers met ,n the Park. and began to - about memorial. "Among-aR - lhe signatures." said; the duke. f ?,nd P"1 one respectable name, and , tnat is your own. Mr. Rogers ipUed at Dean Stanley had signed. "Oh," f ?d,he l"k,? J -n call him respect- ,ble' "e11' but tbore ,s Lord Kose . bery or! th imicb- of him answeJed thf -"ke; .Jt as yon assure,, me it is all nght. I will see what can be- done." It was finally arreerthat vis- it-ors should be admitted, on conation that they wiped their feet on the mats -and did not sit. down on the sofaju. Westminster Gazette. - - " " " v -7 isr ?- - .- & 1-1 -- 2Z ,E r -- - i . i :" - -i '-