The Evening statesman., October 09, 1905, Page TWO, Image 2

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Capital Stock $100,000 Surplus $ioo.ooo
OLD F.ST BANK IN THE STATE
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
miles C. Moore President
T. C. elliott --- - Vice-President
H. H. turner Cashier
b. k. Johnson - - Assistant-Cashier
Directors—Miles C. Moore, T. C. Elliott,
H. C. Baker, W. W. Baker, E. L. Smith.
S. E. CARR, President.
B. F. CULP, Cashier.
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General Banking Business
Interest paid on time deposits
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In Denominations oi
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Oreund Value 4% to 6% per
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PLANS HAMPERED BY LAW
GOVERN MEN UT IRRIGATION PRO
JECTS ARE HELD IN ABEY
ANCE FOR TIME BEING.
Arid Lands In Washington Are Held
In Large Tracts By Private
Parties.
One of the principal officers of the
reclamation service, who has re
cently returned from the west, said
today that the chief obstacle to rapid
progress in the semi-arid portion
of the country arises out of the es
sential requirement of the reclama
tion act that water shall not be sup
plied by the government to more than
160 acres in the hands of any one
land owner, is the report that comes
from the national capital.
"Practically al lof the land which
may be reclaimed by government
works in North Dakota, Oklahoma
and Washington is now in private
ownership," said the official. "The
opportunities of reclamation are limit
ed. Probably not to exceed 1 per cent
of the area of these states can ever
be irrigated to advantage. This 1 per
cent being now in the hands of indi
viduals or corporations, it results that
.hese persons have practically a mo
nopoly of irrigable land. The govern
ment cannot carry out the terms of
the reclamation act without the con
sent and active co-operation of these
monopolists.
"They appreciate this position, and,
believing that the government must
spend its funds on this particular
tracts, they are holding out for the
very best terms obtainable. The values
of these reclaimable lands have in
creased enormously; but not content
with this, the owners are trying to
force the government to most liberai
concessions. On the one hand public
clamor is being stimulated to spend
immediately the reclamation fund
without waiting for necessary safe
guards, and on the other hand, the
men who own the land are standing
out s'iffly for privileges which are not
thought of in the truly arid parts of
the United States.
Arizona and Nevada.
"In other words, the people in the
most arid parts of the country, as in
Arizona and Nevada, are more than
content to have their lands reclaimed
by the government under any condi
tion which may be deemed wise.
Water is vital to them, and they only
ask to be supplied with water, and
leave to the government the terms,
knowing that these will be small in
accordance with law, and equitable,
without profit or interest.
"On the other hand, the people in
the less arid part of the country, who
are now owning the irrigable lands do
not, as a rule, want these irrigated.
The tradesmen in the towns and local
statesmen are exceedingly eager to see
the government spend its money and
are indifferent as to how it is spent.
They are the ones who are urging
immediate construction of irrigable
works.
"The men who own the land to be
irrigated do not display anything like
'his eagerness. Many of them state
frankly that they will not irrigate;
that they do not want the water; that
for the last year or two they have
had good crops and do not wish to be
bothered with the necessary change in
form of agriculture. More than this
they prefer to cultivate on a large
scale—several hundred acres —rather
than confine themselves by intensive
farming to forty or eighty acres.
Accustomed to Machinery.
"They have always been accustomed
to the use of machinery and cannot for
a moment admit that they will ever be
content to go back to the careful and
thorough irrigation and cultivation of
what seems to them mere kitchen gar
lens.
"The owners of these lands are per
fectly willing that the government
•hould put in irrigating plants, build
he ditches and be in a position to sup
>ly them with water if they should
av«r want it; but they absolutely re
fuse to pay for it, unless in the future
they might wish to use it on a small
area. In other words, they would like
to see the money spent in their vicini
ty; would like to be in a position to
enjoy the benefits of such expenditure,
provided they be not put to any incon"
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WALLA WALLA, WASH.
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THE EVENING STATESMAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1905.
venience or called upon to pay for the
improvements unless they so desire."
Because of this difference of opinion
Chief Engineer Newell has decided
that the reclamation service will not
take any further steps toward the es-
tablishment of projects until there is
some agreement between the parties
interested.
Attended Many Meetings.
While he was in the west he at
tended meetings held for the purpose
of talking over the proposed work. He
outlined the benefits to be derived
from the establishment of irrigation
works on arid land; pointed out that
it would insure crops each year, and
warned the land owners that they
could not continue to raise rain crops
in such abundance indefinitely, ex
perience having shown that the aver
age yield of grain, wheat, for instance,
is steadily declining year after year.
His talk in North Dakota particularly
was along this line, and with special
reference to the Bismarck pumping
project.
In the state of Washington there is
constant warfare among the owners
of alleged rights along the Yakima
river, where the government wants to
put in an elaborate irrigation system.
He urged upon the claimants there the
necessity of agreements as to the
amount of water needed, and to agree
to an apportionment of the available
supply among themselves.
Having presented the government's
side of the case Mr. Newell is now
waiting for the leaven to work, as he
believes it will. He believes that those
in favor of the establishment of works
in North Dakota and Washington out
number those who do not, and that
those who favor the government's
plans will work among the opponents
of the proposition and eventually bring
them into line.
RANSOM IS RAISED.
Brooklyn Man Is Told to Pay $5000 or
Son Will be Killed Tonight.
NE WYORK, Oct. 9.—Michael Ma
reaneina, the Italian contractor of
Brooklyn whose little son, Tony, was
kidnapped last week and held for a
ransom of $5000. received a letter to
day from a "secret society'* raising the
ransom to $5000 and threatening to
kill the boy at 6 o'clock tonight if
the price was not paid. Detectives
who were watching the house saw the
father receive a letter from the post
man today and demanded that they be
allowed to read it. It said:
"We have got tired waiting for you
to come to terms. This is the last
warning you will receive. We told you
to do business with your friend and he
could do business with us. That is
the only way this can be fixe i up. Un
less we get $500 by Monday night at
6 o'clock, your boy will be dead. You
will find the body along the Shore
road. This is positively the last warn"
tag."
The letter was signed "Secret Socie
ty," and dated Oct. 7th. Evidently it
had been mailed at a subpostoffice in
Brooklyn.
The police are mystified by the con
duct of the father. Salvator Picona of
Brooklyn has been arrested on suspi-
cioncion of knowing where the boy is.
When Picona was arraigned in court
today it was announced that the boy's
father would give bail for the man un
der suspicion. Picona was released on
bail.
Woman President Sells Out.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.—Mrs. Mary S.
Holladay, who made herself president
of the Williamsville, Greenville & St.
Louis railroad because, although she
was a director, the manager of the
railroad refused to give her a pass, has
sold the road for $1,000,000, re
ceived the money and returned to so
ciety.
Until she sold the road Mrs. Holla
day was the only woman railroad pres
ident in the United States, probably in
the world.
The road, only sixty miles long, is
one of the best feeders in southern
Missouri. A purchasing syndicate,
headed by John S. Long, Kansas City,
succeeded Mrs. Holloday at the helm.
Mrs. Holladay is in high spirits: "I
guess I have made more money in the
last ten months than any women in
America," she says. "I liked being at
the head of a big enterprise all right,
but it hardens a woman and she drops
out of society. I will move to St. Louis
now and return to society."
East Pennsylvania Lutherans Meet.
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 9.—The
East Pennsylvania synod of the gen
eral synod of the Lutheran church
opened its two days session here to
day. Over 200 ministerial and lay
delegates, representing all the churches
of the synod were in attendance at
the opening meeting. The sessions
are held at St. John's church and the
Rev. T. C. Pritchard, president of the
synod, occupies the chair. He preached
the sermon at the opening session this
morning. Many prominent preachers
of the church are in attendance and
will address the sessions of the synod.
WHO SHOULD PAY FOR If?
IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT IS
AGITATING THE DEPART
MENTS AT WASHINGTON.
Many Officials Have Had Their Sta
tionary Printed at the Expense
of United States,
If a cabinet officer, what kind of
stationary would you want for your
self and your department? Would the
highest-priced paper, with fine em
bossed letters, announcing your office
in pleasing type be indispensable, or
would something neat and plain,
printed at the government printing
office, do? And then, there are your
official cards, cards for yourself and
for your family. Should the govern
ment pay for the engraving at private
establishments, or should you foot
these bills yourself, with all the flood
of bills that pour in upon a cabinet of.
ficer, who tries to keep up appear
ances in Washington.
In recent months the question has
been fought out pretty thoroughly,
and the cause of engraved and em
bossed paper has apparently lost. The
point was first raised two or three
years ago, while Mr. Cortelyou was
organizing the department of com
merce and labor. The supplies of writ
ing paper for that department were as
fine as ever seen in "Washington. No
paper was too good for the head of
department and for the offices of
bureaus in the department.
Believed in Good Stationery.
The most capable printing firm In
Washington was engaged to emboss
the paper. Of course that cost money.
But Mr. Cortelyou believed in doing
the government's business with a dig
nity becoming the government. He
thought, as many others would think,
that the paper was preferable to any
that could be had at the government
printing office.
Under the classification of emergency
work, that kind of engraving was
done by private firms and paid for un
til one day about two years ago. Then
an auditor in the treasury department
held up the vouchers. The case was
argued and not long ago a bill for $455
for this work was paid. Annually,
each of the larger departments pays
all the way from $20,000 to $60,000 for
stationery. That, of course, includes
200 or 300 different articles, including
divers styles and grades of paper.
The obstacles to securing visiting
cards at government expense have
loomed up more recently. Most heads
of departments have had plates for
their visiting cards and the govern
ment owned the plates. The cards read
simply, "The Attorney General," or
"The Postmaster General," or "The
Secretary of Agriculture," as the case
might be. It became a recognized cus
tom in the departments for the fami
lies of cabinet officers to secure visit
ing cards for the head of the family in
this way, the government paying the
bill.
Not Such a "Snap" Now.
Now that has stopped. A recent
cabinet officer's bills for visitng cards
were paid as presented up to the time
he left the cabinet. After that date,
some unsettled bills of the same char
acter were brought in. The new rul
ing had been put in force, and the cost
of printing those other cards came out
of his private funds.
It is understood that some officials
still find a way to have their official
cards engraved at government expense,
but, as the government printing office
does no engraving work, it is becoming
more and more difficult to avoid pay
ing such bills.
Shoots up an Auto Party.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 9.—ln an
attempt to have fun and scare the
horse of a cowboy yesterday, four au
tomobilists from Denver had a seri
ous time of it, when the cowboy "jerked
his gun" and began having fun of his
own by seeing how close he could
come to the people in the automobile
without hitting any of them.
The cowboy is "Jack" Buline, said
to be a wealthy young man from Los
Angeles, who follows life on the range
because he likes it. The automobilists
met Buline in the road and instead of
permitting him to pass, began swerv
ing their car from side to side, laugh
ing heartily at the antics of the horse.
Buline saw their game and began firing
at the hats of the automobile party.
He is a crack shot and hats began to
fly, to the consternation of the autoists.
Turning on full power, the chauffeur
bolted by Buline and escaped.
NOTICE.
To the general public. I will not
be responsible for any debts or any pa
pers or checks signed by anyone else
but me, from and after this date.
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