The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume], November 23, 1903, Image 4

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1 THE NEW CO'NGRESS.
Collier's Weekly: A rancher came
up to Washington from the southwest
-last session to see congress at work.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico took
him to QtievOf tfan galleries in tlte lower
house.
They sat together for an hour.
Rodey pointed out the leaders on the
TABLEWARE
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THANKSGIVING CUTLERY—Something to arouse
the interest of every housewife. Our cutlery .stock is
overflowing with numerous good savings. A visit
would do you more good than a whole page of details.
...Silverware....
THANKSGIVING SILVERWARE—Many of the
best makes in this line are represented in- the Pabst
assortment and special inducements for you 0 do your
Thanksgiving shopping in this stock are very plentiful
...Cut Glass...,
Cl£T JifoLASS-'-Go where you will, it
possible to find a better, a higher grade or a more
artistic showing of correct table appointments in Cut
Glass—thus assuring my patrons the utmost satisfac
tion for the smallest outlay.
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Heating Co
iWhich in a little less tharfthr'ee years has bUome
ithout question the largest and best equipped
electrical institution in the state.
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This department has grown from the employment of one boy*
two years ago, to a force of FIVE EX PERI ENCED and EXPERT
ELECTRICIANS who are employed the year around on new
contracts for this company. ^V"' '.T,
public antl^Trieiids who do not know that the co npanv is in the dccfrical business iMt itr,i8^
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properly equipped for all kinds of electrical work—tio job too large and none t'c*t snialf.
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A visit to the show rooms where we afe aft :ep:
t.cvcr brought to the stato will convince you. ,.
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stkte ami this department lias breome «o important that it HOW rfrpwwrpts a^arge portion of tbp^
work done by this establishment, which has avjKcckly.piw roJl of over $800,p*Which,fin^f
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For instance, to demonstrate the capabilities of this department, the Hmise of Lords, of
tfoorlwad,thc^pontr^ for wfiich was secured ffDoa McshI*. Haas Jfe tlillj dalls fot* 1,500 incandes-
eqni lights, in a bniMing ope stor\| high but having ai floor srtrface of approximately 15,000 square
fjtct. Here lights have been pl^cedj every eight in^hegf aliont the walls, windows an$l ceilings, b£,.^
sjdea numerous chandeliers. It is I9 wired that ally.onc-ha^ pr on(^-juaftef of th'e 1
ights niay .he:?
Ittrrhed on by a simple snap of a switch. vlCach eliand^lje.r and each" soction ,pf lights are ,djs-
Minct and have a separate switc^i. The swjt '.'hVwd is qnr espfcial pride there ife a tptal of
GO switches brought to one point at,the end of tho ha^ o»V¥$ tdchnicaLt^rni, a ^^5 0an^
Switch, so that fro mth'is one central ])oint in building every"]iglit can be turned on or off. $:
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There is also a high power transmitting motor generator installed here for the purpose of fur-
nishing power* to the House of Lords* AutomobilV'vWhen tiie tNfoorhcad Power House turned oa-w.
the .current, it was found that the plant was tovWeak to carry it.' A temporary line was strung'
to the Fargo plant until Moorhead could provid vfor tlie increased, current to meet the demands^
of this contract put in bv this electrical departrrunt J}i tfiepmost tt^dem palgtial arid np^ to^at.^
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Another electrical contract that The Fargo Plumbing & Heating Cd Electrical Bepartmeni
can point to with pride is the new three-story E lwards Bh)ck, one of thc large«t contracts of ra/
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The company wants an opportunity to figure with you, when _v
in the market for anything in the electrical lind, 'Call
Of mail a postal which will receive prompt atte/iiioiv
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Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Gas and Electric Fixtures.
Broadway,
floor and explained what was going on.
"There.don't seem to be any.great
big men there," said the rancher.
"Perhaps not," Rodey replied, "but
it is a mighty good, fair, average lot
of legislators."
"L see." said the rancher, '"plenty of
tableland, but no peaks*.*V
The rancher's designation fits the
new congress, too. There is plenty of
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My lotig experience in dealing in precious stones, and
Diamonds, gives me cpnfidsi|pe that the stones I offer,
.selling"them' ate the best in th.c 'Northwest for, theiflty#'
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tableland, but no peaks. The abiding
senate reassembles for the extra ses
sion without its sum-total of ability
having been seriously disturbed by the
subtraction of the,men whoi went out
or the addition of the men who went
in. except that ill Senator Gfjrin^iyitlje
democrats now have a tangible Head.
In the'house not manyu»f^the-old and
prominent leaders have liQen dropped.
It is an average organization.
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The North Dakota constitutional
provision^, reserving flowing streams
and natural water courses to the state
for irrigation, mining and ^manufactur
ing purposes^ was/adopted upon the
advice and' 4»,uggest|qn of "Ma
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Not only did Major Powell address
the convention upon this subject but
he met leading members of the con
stitutional convention informally and
outlined to them the provisions that
he thought should be incorporated in
the constitution to .make national irri
gation possible and successful. Acting
upon his advice and suggestions the
constitutional provision was enacted
as it stands today to prevent the gob
bling up of water rights by individuals,
thtis making the land subject to their
greed or desire.
Major Powell visited Bismarck on
Monday, Aug. 5, 1889, in company with
Senators Stewart and Regan of the U.
S. senate committee *on irrigation and
arid lands. His address was devoted
largely to the matter of irrigation, and
i nthe light of subsequent events, was
almost prophetic. Instead of express
ing a fear that the constitutional pro
vision that he suggested was deteri
ineutal in, any way to the project of
irrigation. Major Powell urged it as
essential to the success of every irri
gation undertaking.
His address of that,day will be read
with.widespread interest now, when the
patter of irrigation has come homevto
us with such force. He said:
Mr. Preaid^t and Gentleiujeiv of the
Convention:
I am not accustomed^- to speak 011
occasions like this. In the first place
I never made a political speech iti my
life, and it seems to me I am almost
out of place here. When I was a boy
they' used to bring to the table the
4ipn er, and the finest things were at
I he last of the feast, but somehow In'
the high falutin dinners they give now
they fill the people with wines and
viands of many kinds, and then end with
cheese and hard crackers. I think that
is .what your president is doing today.
He wants to top off with something
very, plain. I know nothing about the
silver question,, but I. have studied
somewhat the. subject of irrigation. I
was a farmer boy and had been en
gaged lh farming, and have spent a
good deal of time studying many other
problems which interest your people.
I remember in my childhood my father
moving into Illinois. Then I remem
ber when Wisconsin and Minnesota
were making states, and now you are
making two states of Dakota. AH
these years I have watched the march
of, progress across the continent, and
have seen all this western half of
America grow up as it were from a
wilderness. Of the questions that prac
tically interest the people who are en
gaged in farming, I have made some
£tudy. and in my remarks I will con
fine myself wholly to some practical
questions relating to irrigation, and
then I will show what the constitution
al 'convention should have to say
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MAJOR POWELL ON 1RRK3ATION
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logical Survey on the 6ubjtct of Irrlgation—Rmoihmended
Strongly the Adoption of the Present Constitutional Provision
Reserving Water Rights to the People, „•.... ...
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Powell, diffcetor of the Uniibed States,
geological Survey, who in
X'spe.ech
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fore the constitutional convention.'of'
the state pointed out thev difficulties
that had arisen in other states from the
accrued rights of private corporations
and persons to the water, and urgently
advised that the constitution be so
safeguarded in this respect that no cor
poration, body of men or capital could
get possession of the waters of the
state. Major Powell was a student of.
irrigation and agriculturt as depending
upon irrigation. He had made a study
of the matter in many states and knew
where the stumbling block lay. 'And
not only did he urge'this constitution
al provision, but he stated, after a geo
logical study ,?f the state, that it had
all the running streams, coulees and
ravines necessary to store up the sur
plus waters and turn them upon the
land in the season of necessary irriga
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Be on Time at the
THANKSGIVING
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DINNERSfc
.14 yOM are inviteii put, be o.n tiifte. 'To assure you' be
ing on'time, carry a g(5od watch. Goftd Watches are
pur torte. We have, an assortment of standard makel
that wc can guarantee and at prices just low enou|fh 1
to' it^ure. ^al^y^as timekeeper*.
iarty ti'tte "than 11
noi expenslveY'b&ause yb^- fcet
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about them. The state of North Da
kota has ppsition geogra
phically in rera&ptvllio 'fcgjrwuitufe. The
eastern "portion of tho state has suffi
cient rainfall for agcjpiltut&l, purposea*
the western part h*s in^ufficiferit raih*:
fall and the western portion is, prac
tically, wholly dependent upon. irriga
tion. In the western portion, all" de
pendence upon rain will ultuifately
bring ^li-s^ster to the peopf^. They "ate
Hot wiUhigyet, a-'good many Of them.,
to admit it, but the study of tne physical
conditions which prevail lh «thi£ eounL
try ami the application of the fcnowK
edge which has been giten to mankind
through the sttfdj^ ot the ^ame/prob
lems in Europe and Asia and Africa,
all prove- this one fact—rthat in the
western portion of thisj state they will
have tft foreveri'depend ort artifical ir
rigation, for agriculture. In the east
ern portion thye -may depend upon the
storms that come from the heavens,
and there's a middle belt between the
two regions which is of very great in
terest. They will soon learn in the
western portion to depend upon irriga
tion "*and nrovide themselves with figeii
cics for tiie artificial fructifying of the
soil" wijh water., in the eastern paj"t
they will depend oil the rainfall, and
in the middle portion they will have a:
series of years when- they.will, have
abundant crops then for %wT) or three
years they will have less rain/afl, ajud
there will be failue^ ofxrtops and dis
aster will cbme on thousands of peo
ple. who will become discouraged and
will leave. Up and down the tempera
ture of agriculture will rise and fall
with thp seasons'in. this manner,*artd
the only practical way- to do'is Vo look
the thing squarely in the face and re
member thsfr the middle Dakotfc agri
culture will always be liable to meet
with.'failure unless .von provide -against*
it. That is the history of all those that
live 011 the border between the-humid
and the arid lands. 'Years'will coirte
of abundance, and years will come tof
disaster, and between the two the peo
ple' will be "prosperous and unprosper
ous, and the thing to do is to look the
question squarely in the face and pro
vide for this and for all years. You hug
to yourselves the delusion that the
climate is changing. This question is
four thousand years old. Nothing that
man can do will change the climate. A
long succxfssioh of. years will give you
the "same amouiiV of rain'fall that any
other succession, oi..the. saute. JeijgUvUl
will' give you. The settlement of the
country, the population of the' 'coun
try, the planting of the country, the'
cultivation of trees, -the building of
railroads—-all fhes.e matters will haye
110 influence upon your climate. You
may as well not hope for the improve
ment in this direction. There i$ al
most rainfall enough for your purpose,
but one year and another you need a
little more than you get. It is flowing
past in the rivers. Storms come and
spread over the land, and the water
runs off into the rivers and is carrieid
into tbe waters of the "Gulf of Mexicd.
There are waters rolling by you which
are quite ample to redeem your laivt
and you must save those waters. I
say it from the standpoint of the "his
tory of all such lands. Civilization was
born in arid lands. Taking the world
at large most of the agriculture of the
world has depended on irrigation fqr
more than 4,000 years. The largest
populations have depended upon irri
gation, so it is an old problem, and it
has been solved time and again, so
that it may be said that there is notli
ing to learn. All you have to do -is tct
learn the leSsons- already taught by
history, and that ij is that in these
lands you have to depend on placing
the water on the soil, and when you
have once learned' to do that you are
in 110 unfavorable condition. In the
humid regions the storms come, arid
the fields receive the gentle shower,
,hut frequently 'just before the harvest
a great storm devastates it all. In this
arid region if you depend on artificial
E. C. KIN NEAR,
60 Broadway, Faryo.
the will of the people that property
water should be impossible for individ-
right to the water should inhere
great snap.
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ston Murphy, Dr. Reed'f
celebrated cushion, W. I. Doug
liiaiMt Hathaway, Soul© & Har*
Lofton's Men's fine Shoes also
The Plngree Co's. fine Ladies'
Shoes, C. P. Ford & Co's. Mne
Ladies' Shoe and Medlow &
Holmes Co's. fine Ladies' Shoes*.
irrigation, you are independent of
storms. The -waters1 that are brought
on the land by irrigation, are sources
of fertilization beyond all other sources
There are fields in the eastern World y
that have been cultivated for 4.OCO
years—where water
was,.brought
riri the jv
land to irrigate, and all other fertiliza-
tipn is unnecessary. Now in all lands
high culture,• where the fields arf ir
rigated, they are ceasing to uset any
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other fertilizers In France where they &&•:•*£••
arc irrigating their lands, they Mve p'
commenced a system in every cohnty
and township—the sanie in Spain and
Germany, iliey find that they 'must.
pour the waters ol thctf 'streams -on
their lands.- i,
As mehibers of this convention this ?A4.%.i
is what 1 want to say to you. Not be-^.^v_,
ing a public man, it may be considered .'V!,
a little presumj*uous for me to say it .-
—in 'Dakota-you are to depend' here- Wj^C-aL,-,lH
after in a great measure 011 the running j.Vv*
^kreams^in small part on your artes-^
ian wells, and in part on the storage
of the storfii wafers. The* chief source
will be running'streams: These- waters
are to be preserved and stored during
th$- seas'orrs .of non-irrigalion. There
are, say, ^(ro jtionths of. th'e~ yiear when
you need to irrigate, and ten months
when you should store the water. All 'V
other wealth falls into- insignificance
compared with that which is to come
from thfcse lauds frbm the pouring o 1'1
them of the running -Streams of this V-^-:
country. Don't let-these streams get ,4
out of the possession of the peon!e. If
you fail in making a constitution in any*1:
other respect, fail not in this one.'Take
lessons from California and Colorado.
Fix it in your constitution that no cor
poration—no body of men—no capital
can get possession and right to your
waters. Hold the waters in the hands
of the peo.ple. Think of a condition of
affairs in which your agriculture—
which you wiH- have to depend on
largely—depending on irrigation, is aty
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the mercy of twenty companies ,who/A,\»./,
own all the water. They would laugh
at ownership of land. -What is the
ownership of land when the value is in
e w a e Y o u s o u o v i e i n i s
constitution WTat you-are making,, that
w-ater»-whieli falls from the- heavens
and rolls to the sea. down your great
riyers-4*th£it wW.er feball be under the
control ot the people, subject always to
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Acting upon the suggestion and ad-"?"
vice of Major Powell, the state cohsti-^
tutional convention adopted the follow
ing constitutional provision With rp-v'v'^.|»y.
gard, tcf irrigation:
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Sec. 210. All flowing rtrcarns
natttral water courses shall forever
main th property of the state ,for 41111
ing. irrigating and manufacturing jpttr
poses.
NOT THE FOREIGNER'S FAULT.
Pittsburg, Dispatch: It is an eviT
dence of the persistence of the humanA|jv
mind..in. running, along a single I
that many people are attributing the rei^%'/^'
suit of the New York election fo^the in
flux of uneducated foreigners. It is thef'
ignorant people who put bad •government^' 4! ^c',i^...
into! power. say these critics. ThiR crv",*^'
is peculiarly'inapposite to the New York^9^!$ S-''©1^
election. It was not in the districts peo~ y V
population is made up of well-to-do edu-*
cated, native-born Americans, who 'stay
ed at home and did not take the trouble
to go to the poll^ and vote for good gov-^l
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.PAPERS .WERE SAFE.
About a
tweek
ago Judge Pollock wasv§
looking ovpr toine valuable papery jega1:
and otherwise, in his library, at his
home, and the thought occurred to him s
that While he liked to have them handy
so. that, he could show to his friends Mv
.when talking over historical incidents ~?v^ K"
of the state and nation he thought he V*?!
would feel easier if he had them safe in '%.&
a fireproof vault and thought the one. in-"/S "',X
hisa chambers, at the courthouse, would '.^V
be just the place. He accordingly moved
a little charred and injured by 'watef'%
4 smoke were practically intactjO'}t
"t)lev "V^ete the originafe^M^v^^'"'
.Wtfts' of the jpfohibn'ion bill and th^
^iginal copy signed by the governor, oi^: V
Web were notated, in pencil, the name»^
""W!» who were in the jsoyernor's
#en. the bill was sipped. An^€^
W ac opy of a newMijiiir. UniV#'
Washington,
Dec.
te judge fearanged the pipit**
Pl»ced them in a vault in tbe ledl®
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the land* and ^qo .cqmpany or individ-^
ual showd have property in the run-^?W
ning streams. Such a provision will v
prevent you* great agricultural sources' I--
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his chambers v^ere all on fire with the^Y"
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