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RATI-RIMY. MT , iQ. r PACT) HX. DS SALE OF I ' UNDER CAREY MEASURE Act Giving States the Right to Irrigate and Sell Lands Proves of Great Benefit. Washington, D. C, May . What ia known as the Carey act, passed by Conireu In 184, authorised the sec retary of the Interior to grant to the different states of the ITnlon as much rid land aa they would agree to Irri gate and sell lo actual settlers up to a limit of a million acres. This legis lation wa Intended to promote the redemption of the vast area f desvrt land in the mountain states by af fording private enterprise an oppor tunity to construct irrigation reser voirs and ditches and make a reason able profit by the sale of water rights. Under that act up to and Including the 15th of March. ISO!, there have been patented in Idaho 76,000 acres, In Montana 1 8,000 acres and in Ore gon 50,000 acres, which means that the area named has been entirely paid for and all conditions complied wtth. And it is eapected that a very large amount of IhikI will be patent ed during the pre.-ent year, as many large irrigation whelm are being carried out, particularly in Idaho and Wyoming. Congress ha adopted a resolution authorizing the secretary of the In terior to grant an additional million acres of land to the state of Wyoming and the state of Idaho, having prac tically contracted for all of Its first million acres. Is now asking for an additional grant of 2,000.000 acres. In the application for additional land in Idaho It b represented that "The state has practically contracted for all of Us first million acres of land under the Carey act. Much of this land lies In the central portion of the Snake Kiver valley and must de rend upon the flood waters of that river for supply. The two Twin Falls projects, which, when completed will reclaim nearly 400,000 acres of land, take up nearly all of the avail able water In Snnke river, and to con tinue the development it will be ne cessary to store the flood waters of the early spring In rewrvoirs In great natural basin at the source of the river. The state Is now ready to enter Into contracts for the con"-uc- tion of such reservoirs, hut before :t can. do so It will be necessary for 'he federal government to relinquish cer tain sites It has already selected for Its own reservoir. It Is represented that, under pres t-nt financial conditions, the reclama tion service will not be ready to make use of these reservoir sites for many years, and therefore Gov. Oooding and other officials of Idaho urge that the general government should not Insist upon reserving them, because that would materially retard the de velopment of the state. He does not ask that the general government make a formal relinquishment until the state Is ready to enter into con tract with responsible parties to build reservoirs and construct systems of Irrigation to utilize the water. But he has called the matter to the atten tion of the secretary of the Interior, who now has the subject under con sideration. The land Is sold at SO cents an acre and the water rights are sold from SIS to $40 an acre, according to the cost of construction, which differs with the topography and the eleva tion. The charge for maintenance varies from 35 to 80 cents per acre per year, according to circumstances. In some of the case expensive dams hxve been constructed and the canals have cost considerable money. The engineers report that the works com pare favorably with those of the rec lamation service, although It will be necessary In a few years to renew or strengthen some of them. The state land board acts In co operation with the Irrigation com panles in all matters relating to the sale and settlement of the land and the cah payment of from IS to $5 an acre, which must be made at the time of entry, la a test which keeps out Impecunious homeseekers. This system, however, does not prevent ' speculation, and quite a large percen tage of entries are made by nonresl dents, who expect to sell out their claims at an advance. They acquire title as jmon as possible, which Is an advantage to the state and to the community, because It furnishes a basis for taxation. The supervising engineer of the reclamation service. In discussing these private enter prises, says: "It in hard to estimate the far reaching effect of these developments on the state as whole. A vast anvtunt of capital has already been Invented, and enough suceews has been attained to warrant the Invest ment of a great deal more. The col onisation of land must be followed by other Investments and various enter prise. Hallways have been extend ed; new lines have been built; an area has already been opened up for settlement under these projects al most sufficient to double the popula tion of the arid portion of the state. The works, after their completion, will he owned and managed by the settlers. There Is no disposition on the part of the construction com panies to re-tain possession for any length of time. All of these projects will undoubtedly pass through the usual troubles, but the people them selves will be directly responsible, and success will ultimately result without doubt." All 'if these projects are said to be very successful, so far as they have gone. Indeed, they are so much so that several other companies are hew ing organised and are applying for I imis. which the state officials are not able to furnish without further graiits from "niigress. an'i mereioro the resolution authorizing the secre tary of tin- interior to give me state another million acres has been adopt ed by Congress. Those who have been keeping a close watch of these enterprise agree that the larger part of the lands al ready settled sold have gone Into the hnnd of actual settlers. who are spending their money building houses and other Improvements and cultivat ing the soil, although a certain per centage of land In each case hns been ibtained by speculators who are hold ing It for a rise. This cannot be pre vented, and ts long as the speculators imply with the legal requirements they cannot be Interfered with. It is difficult to devtseany more complete "r thorough protection than Is now offered to the legitimate homeseeker, except to amend the law so that It shall be necessary for the owner to occupy the tract for a longer time and to cultivate a larger proportion i of his land than he U compelled to do at present. In Colorado there have been two projects undertaken one by the Colorado Land and Water company and the other by the Routt County Development company; but they have not been carried on to a sufficient de gree to afford ground for colony com ment. In Oregon there have been several Important undertakings and the total area withdrawn from entry by the state under the author:t of the Carey act Is 3!'6.07 acre., whi-li are to be reclaimed by 20 different companies at a total estimated cost of $4.S!2, 700. In some caes the work Is well under way and a considerable portion of the lands have been sold and set tled by actual farmers. Other sys tems of Irrigation are atill under con st ruction. Altogether the reports from Oregon are favorable. In Montana, it Is alleged that there has been considerable fraud and that a part, If not all, of the 18,000 acres which have been patented under the Carey act have been unlawfully nb tained. It Is freely charged that the land Is not now cultivated and la not In the hands of actual settlers. The governor of Montana has Intimated that It may become necessary to ap ply for a cancellation of the patents, The state engineer haa been outspok en in his condemnation of the frauds, and has expressed hU conviction that the state should set Itself right by an nulling the patents and recover the land. There are certain compllca tions, however, which would make such action difficult. Bonds have been Issued upon the lands and are now in the hands of innocent purchasers. The question Is an exceedingly per plexing one and Is now under con sideration by the officials of the de partment of the Interior. As a rule, however, the operations of the Carey act have been conducted without fraud or friction. The state officials have beau careful in their contracts with private corporations to see that the rights of the. settler are thoroughly protected and that the generosity of the federal government is not Imposed upon. While the con struction work on several of the Irri gation systems has not been of such a substantial or expensive character as that now being done upon the 13 projects of the reclamation service, it "ill average quite as well as other private operations throughout the arid regions. It is also gratifying to know that the greater part of the land have passed Into the hand, of actual settlers who are prosperous rfnd contended. CHICAGO TURNERS TO COMPETE III ft p. 'Yr- . C...iVX"- r twl"W Win. llerwig, .lap Kraft, V. Langkneulit, O. Ludwlg. IK-rkniHii, turt. T1i"o. Sclioek and Wm. Horgclike. Ixmvr I tow II, Chicago. May 9. Chicago Is soon to send the pick of her German turn ers to Germany to take part in the International contest at Frankfort, July Is. They will represent Chi cago in the fencing bouts, the horl- sontal and parallel bar work, the gymnastic dunces, club swinging and statuesque poses. A triD through Norway. Bohemia and Switzerland and exhibitions in London and the principal cities of the continent, are on their schedule. MAJOR LEAG UEIEXCITED BASEBALL SCORES HOW TIll'Y STAND. AincrUitii League, Clubs Won New York 11 Cleveland 9 Philadelphia 11 St. Louis 10 Chicagi H Boston H Washington 7 Detroit National Ijeugtie. Lost. 7 6 8 8 8 11 11 10 P. C. .611 .600 .579 .556 .500 .421 .389 .333 D Discovery Causes Rnsh to the Mountains and Many Claims Have Been Taken. Clubs Won. Lost. P. C. Chicago U 4 .733 Pittsburg 9 4 .692 New York 10 7 .588 Boston 10 8 .556 Philadelphia 9 9 .500 Cincinnati 6 7 .407 Brooklyn 7 12 .368 St. Louis 3 14 .176 Clubs Won. Lost. P. C. Sioux City 12 6 .667 Omaha 1 1 Denver 12 7 .632 Dos Moines 8 11 .421 Lincoln 7 12 .368 Pueblo 5 12 .294 Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accor ingiy, it ia not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it ia the beat of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanse, sweeten and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time lo time. It acts pleasantly end naturally and truly aa a laxative, and iu component parts are known to and approved by physicians, aa it it free from all objection able aubsUnoas. To get its beneficial effect always purchase U .genuine manufactured by the California Pig Hyrup Co., ouly, and for &lu by all leading drug gut. 10 V.Urn I Attune. YKNTKKOAY'S (i.tMUS, Amerhttn Jjcugtii'. H. Street; E. At Washington It- Washington 3 Philadelphia Butteries: Hughes and Bender and Schreck. t Boston R- New York 3 It 1 Boston 0 1 Hatteries: Manning and Klelnow; Winters, Nurchell and Carrlgan. Kain at Cleveland and Chicago. National Iccue. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Brooklyn ' Philadelphia 1 Batteries: Mclntyre and Bergen; McQuillan and Dootn. E. Introduced French dry cleaning In Albuquerque? THE BROWNS. WHO Stopped the cleaning and pressing going out of our city to Denver, Loa Angeles and other cities? THE BROWNS. WHO Guarantee not to shrink, fade and spots not to come back? TUB BROWNS. WHO Knows how to do Electro-Bentol cleaning that leaves a finish and newness to the garment that no other process can produce? No one within a thousand miles but THE BROWNS. HO Don't cut prices, but does the work tetter than the other fellows? THE BROWNS. WHO Does the cleaning and repairing at 18 4 W. Sliver avenue, open day and night? THE BROWNS. "NuXf 8ed.M Goods called for and delivered. Sex: ond-hand clothes bought and sold. Phone 451. At st. Louis R- H St. Liuis Cincinnati 8 1 Batteries: Raymond and Marshall; Coakei.y, Tozer and McLean. Bain at Pittsburg and New York. Wewtem Iifturiiei. At lie Moines R- II. E. Des Moines I & Sioux City 7 ' 1 Batteries: Clark and Hopklna; Furcher and Henry. Rain at Pueblo and Denver. El Paso, May 9. There Is consid erable excitement In this ity and sec tion among mining men over the dis covery of plncer gold In the aand about fifteen miles from Hachlta. N. M., midway between El I'aso and !ouglos, Ariz. J. A. Freldenbloom, former man ager of the old Plerson hotel, and former County Attorney Lew Davis are among the El Pasoans who have filed on claims and they are positive that there is plenty of the gold to be hail and that it will prove a rich field. They are also positive that there must be rich gold In ledges In the moun tains nearby. eUe they cannot account for the presence of the gold In the sand In the valley. Already Nlehart and Martin have opened a ledge of very rich gold on top of a mountain and are shipping ore to the Douglas smelter, and other prospectors are busy. Nlehart and Martin have taken out nuggets of gold from their ledge as large us beans, according to Mr. FHedeiibioom. The gold waa first discovered last October by the Clark brothers, but they kept the matter quiet until late ly when there has been a rush to the region and all the claims have been taken up. The reg'.un over which claims have been filed covers about fifteen square miles and as no can an take up over twenty acres, It la apparent that many prospectors have been filing. In filing a man must do ten feel of development work and must do J 100 worth of assessment work a year to hold his title. The four Clark brothers, who first entered the field, are actively at work every day with dry washers and one of them last week took out J90 worth of gold. This method Is very crude and the same dirt which he has worked with hi dry machine can be NOTHING TALKS BUT RESULTS WHEN ADVERTISING IS THE SUBJECT It is not hard for the business man to determine which of his adver tisements are producing results, and it is only natural that he should place his advertising where experience shows it will do the most good. That is exactly the reason why The Albuquerque Citizen is carrying more advertising than any other paper published in New Mexico. If you wish to verify this statement, lay your ruler upon The Citizen and the paper that in your estimation i its closest competitor. Measure themSfor a week and take the aerage. You will find The Citizen several columns in ad vance per issue. We confess that we are; in business for what we can make, andiwe realize that lust as soon as an advertiser ceases to get results, we lose his account. That would be bad for us, so we spare no effort that could pos sibly increase the value of on; services to him. One reason why our advertisements secure results, is because The Citizen is issued at an hour when people have time to read. Prove the advantage of this by your own case. How much time do you have for reading in the morning? Don't you read the headlines, and maybe an article or two that are ol particular interest and then go to work? This is true of almost everybody, men and (women. But when The Citizen comes out, it is different. You have time then to read everything, from telegraph to town topics, from editorials to advertisements. The evening is the only time that busy people have time to read. We employ a man whose sole business it is to look after the advertising, In your office, in The Citizen office, and in the composing room. He is a busy man, but never so busy that hr canl talk over your situation with you. He will advise you to your own best interests (for reasons aforesaid) and give you the benefit of his experience. He will write your ad from your sugges tions, or from his own ideas, and he will care for it when it goes into the paper. SEND FOR HIM TELEPHONE IS Co- American Aaaorlullon. At Kansas City: Kansas City 6 lumbua 4. At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 5, In dianapolis 1. At St. Paul: St. Paul 7, Iula ville t. At Milwaukee: Milwaukee 2, To ledo T. When your tnoit aeems to nauseate take Kodol. Take Kodol now and un til you know you ar right again. There Isn't any doubt about what It will do and you will And the truth of this statement verified after you have used Kodol for a few weeks. It Is sold here by J. H. O'Rlelly Co. ACKK IMUM'KKTY FOH SAIiK. In i and 10 acre tracts, within two mile of the city limits, at $20 to $75 per acre. Also a ranch of 1500 acres, all valley land, at $30 per acre. io aokiTtiiaots On Fourth atreet. at $50 per acre. Other small tracts at proportional prices. Money to loan on approved security. Address Felipe J. Gurule, room It, Armljo block. 104 West Central ave nue, Albuquerque, N. at. every man or woman who suffers from a weal stomach, inactive liver or deranged kidney: should not hesitate another minute, but start taking BITTERS Ft at once, because during the paxt & jewrs it has cured thousands of such cases. It also cures Heartburn, Sour Btoniacli, In. digestion, lyprda, Nanxe, Keumle 1IU and Malarial Fever. washed and will give a gu J ' and It Lh said tnat mere ample supply of water, as mere . testan water in the valley a few miles below and a lake two miles long and mile wide near by, rrom wn... wuter can be pumpeu. i crop out In several places, ana pros pectors believe they can get artesian water with 'out little digging. One of the Clark brothers is now in Kl Paxn. but h is said to be doing no talking about the new gold field. The field, while new to preem uj miners, is an old one, a very nia one, and is said to have been originally worked by Spaniards en route from Mexico to the rich copper mines about Silver City. PASSION PLAY ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT in ihr who have not seen the genuine Passion Play of Oberammer irau Dictum had better nurry. as to night and tomorrow's presentations of them will be the last In this city. There are all kinds of so-calien Passion Play pictures touring me country and to be gotten by rental through film exchanges. Some are tinted and some are plain; some posed on the stage of a popular priced the ater and others In film manufactur- ' studios, but the one and only genuine reproduction of the cele brated religious diama as last given In the village of Oberammergau, Ba varia, Is the magnificent hand-colored pictures taken by Pathe or Fana, me w estern rights to which are controlled by the KYanc company of St. Ixiuls, one of the companies of which Is now filling a successful and commendable encasement at the Crystal theater, showing these glorious moving pic tures. If there are any yet remaining who have not seen these pictures they should endeavor to do so by the last exhibition tomorrow evening (9:15) an thev are. without a doubt, the sight of a lifetime. CHIEF QUARTERMASTER'S OF FICE, Denver, Colo., April 15, 1908. 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