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Elbert County Tribune
J. E. POPE. Editor and Publlahar.
■LBERT, • • * COLORADO.
Tba winner of the America cup
races is now in the water.
Uraguay finished its last revolution
In a week, the best time on record.
Self-made pedestals are a good deal
more numerous than self-made men.
—Puck.
Czar Nicholas would like for once
to take the role of advance agent of
prosperity himself.
The St. Paul woman that tried sui
cide by swallowing pennies was cer
tainly not penny wise.
The baseball player who calls for
too many bigh balls Boon finds his
batting average (ailing off.
A New York society woman has
just paid *1,650 for her spring hat.
Don't let your wife read this.
Truly, wltb basel>all war.. Venezue
lan trouble, legislatures and moral
reform, those are stirring times.
Even royalty has Its limitations.
King Edward Is not permitted to
smoko more than five cigars a day.
The new Chinese minister has
seven children. That fact will make
him a persona grata at the white
house.
Bat does the fact that Lady Gordon
was born In this country make her
an American.? If so, let us have more
“race suicide.’'
Even the despondent have some
thing to live for, after all. Oount
Robert do Montcsqulou is coming
back next year.
Hetty Green will never be happy
until she can find some place where
abe will not be compelled to buy a
tag for her dog.
President Eliot of Harvard says
■that educated men are slow to marry.
He failed to add that married men
aro soon oducated.
Now that the Christians in Macedo
nia have begun to defeat tho Turks
the powers may step In and put a
atop to the trouble.
Sir Thomas Upton's chauffeur haw
been fined for going too fast. This,
however. Is never likely to happen to
Sir Thomas' sklppor.
What with rapid fire justices and
quick dlvoroe attorneys, neither long
engagements nor extended terms of
marital life are necessary.
When the new battleships Kansas
and Missouri shrll be oomploted the
christening fluids will mako a good
highball for old Neptune.
If the accounts are true the new
Mbs. Vanderbilt will bavo to take
along a dummy annex when she de
sires to wear all her diamonds at
once.
If It weren’t for tho man who goes
around In early Bpring without his
overcoat, the doctors wouldn't be so
generally able to go around In auto
mobiles.
Spring fever Is a disease that baf
fles the doctors. No patent medicine
ever pretended to cure It, and against
its baneful lnfluenoe .breakfast foods
are In vain.
Most of the cures for rheumatism
are so far away from the scene of tho
disturbance that the man who *s
really afflicted with the disease can
uot get there.
The man who sent in an application
for government seeds a month ago
and hasn’t had a sign of a response
as yet feels sure that tho country is
going to . the devil.
Steady, now! Hero's a New York
vaudeville Joke: "The truly good
woman Is one who cau handlo a hot
lamp chimney and repeat the Lord’s
prayer at the same time."
An English professor declares that
there Is no more phosphorous In a
fish than there is In a rabbit, and
that its value as a brain-producing
food Is entirely mythical.
A Chicago saloon wan struck by
lightning. This Item should be pant
ed in the hats of people who will
have to argue with the Bcoffers when
the lightning begins to strike churches
later on.
If, as reported. Andrew Carnegie is
to play tho role of "angel" and box
office to a national theater ho may
congratulate himself on his assured
prospect of achieving his great ambi
tion—to die poor.
J. C. Barclay, who was once a mes
senger boy. has, been -mado assistant
general mauager of tho Western
Union Telegraph company. All mes
senger boys are competent to run the
business but fow aro given tho op
portunity.
It Is a curious fact that most of the
advico to marrlod people comes from
people who have never been married.
Also, have you ever notlc«*J that the
leading speaker at the Mothers’ con
gress Is Invariably a flower unplucked
from the parent stem?
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Many inquiries regarding the wage
exemption act are being received at
the office of the secretary of state. The
law does not become effective until
June 9th. Under its provisions sixty
per cent, of the wages of the head of a
family will be exempt from garnish
ment. If the pay Ih $5 per week or
less It is all exempt.
State Engineer Carpenter baa been
requested by the Board of Insane Asy
lum at Pueblo to give advice as to the
best mothod .of protecting the asylum
grounds from flood waters of the Ar
kansas river. He Bpent May Ist In
making an Investigation. The river
has encroached on several acres of
land which It is desired to reclaim.
A Denver morning paper says that
W. C. Munsell, the self-confessed ab
sconder who appropriated state funds
while clerk of the flat tax department
under former Auditor C. W. Crouter.
is In tho City of Mexico, according to
the statements of two residents of Col
orado who Hay they Haw him there.
They have Informed state officials, and
Munsell may be extradited.
During April the State Office
collected a larger sum of money than
during any month in the history of the
department, the excess being SB,OOO.
ThlH Is due to the newly inaugurated
policy of compelling delinquents to
pay up. and the higher rentals. Schools
of the state will benefit greatly as a re
sult of these measures. Of the $30,057
turned over to the treasurer more than
$17,000 goes to tho permanent and in
come funds for the public schoolß.
Prosecutions will be begun of a
number of persons who have been sell
ing a certain product, designated as
lowa butter. Mrs. Mary Wright, the
stato dairy commissioner, haH found
that, most of this product Is really
oleomargarine. She has had samples
analyzed and finds them Imitation but
ter. Both the government and state
laws aro violated by the makers and
sellers of this product. Mrs. Wright
says many are handling it In the cities
of the state.
The following local live stock In
spectors were appointed by the State
Board May 2nd: William Honmerle
Wolcott; Benjamin Boyer. Westcllffe;
B. J. Mooney, Sugar City; Homer
Walker. Hayden; Robert Coyte, But
ler; John Stewart, Kremmllng; W. J.
McAfee, Las Animas; J. R. Smith. la
mur; Dolpli Lusk. Antelope Springs;
J. W. Melrose, Pagosa Springs; Fred
Eubanks. Rnmah; Hubert McNlcliolls.
Durango; Joseph Morrison, Arriola;
H. T. Morgan. Dolores.
The third page in the dispute be
tween F. M. Irish and R. M. Colder,
member of the board of control of the
State Home and Industrial School for
Girlß, was turned In the District Court
April 27th, when Mr. Irish demanded
that Holder's answer to the suit for
$50,000 damages be made more explicit.
Mr. Irish claims that Golder’s charges
ns to his management of the Home
were wholly unfounded and malicious.
Holder filed an answer admitting hav
ing made the charges, and following
this up with the affirmation that the
charges were true. It Is this last alle
gation that Mr. Irish wants made morn
explicit and certain. Mr. Golder has
already pleaded the law of privileged
communication In reply to the charge,
that he. ns a member of the board,
conducted the Investigation and filed
his report with the governor.
Several Colorado Inventors have
asked the World’s Fair board to give
their airships the financial support
needed to contest In the World’s Fair
test, for which prizes of SIOO,OOO have
been offered. William M. Morris of
Monte Vista Is the latest of these In
ventors to write to members of the
board asking for consideration. He
has Invented several ventilating ma
chines for mines and other devices for
this work, and In a letter to the lieu
tenant governor says that he Is cer
tain that his airship would have a
good chance to take one of the prizes.
Two other Inventors have written to
the board. These are Chnrles Hess
of Lockett, Colorado, and William T.
Jamison of Pueblo. Mr. Morris offers
to demonstrate that his machine Is
practicable by giving free exhibitions
In Denver If the fair board will bear
the expenses.
Floods resulting from the bursting
of storage reservoir dams built by Ir
rigation companies will be prevented
by the closest scrutiny of the work by
the state engineer or his deputy. The
slate engineer has announced that the
law governing the construction of res
ervoirs will be rigidly enforced here
after Under tho statutes not only
must the stale engineer approve the
plans of all dams, but he must Inspect
the work from time to time to see that
the proper materials are being used,
and that the specifications are being
followed. Many have misunderstood
the law as to the Inspection of the
work, and reservoirs have therefore
been built without official sanction.
Many persons have written to the
state engineer informing him that
they fear dams In the section where
they reside are unsafe, and that there
Js danger of floods. Professor Carpen
ter says that attention will be given
to make all of these safe.
H. J. Clark, who was sentenced to
fifteen months' In the penitentiary on
the charge of grand larceny, has been
pardoned by Lieutenant Governor
jiaggott. He was immediately given
liberty. The pardon was granted at the
request of public officials, bustnes men
and members of the Jury at Denver
that returned the verdict. Judge Mul
lins and the district attorney did not
bppose the action. William Perkins
was the complaining witness against
Clark. He claimed that he had given
Clark SSO as a deposit upon his ap
pointment as an agent and could not
get the money when he wished to can
cel his contract. The charge was
grand larceny. Members of the Jury.
In tlielr letter to the governor, said
‘l hey misunderstood the facts when
they returned the verdict, and wished
the wrong corrected. Clark Is a mem
ver of a very prominent family In
western New York. He is also a friend
of Judge White, who tried the assassin
of President McKinley, and a son of
the Jurist came to Colorado to aid In
securing clemency.
Appropriations May Wait.
Deputy Auditor Daniels has com
menced the classification of appropria
tions mado by the last General Assem
bly. This shows that the total in $2-
290,198.51, but from this must be de
ducted about SIOO,OOO that was paid for
Ha!aifes and expenses" out of the short
appropriation bill. This comes from
the general fund. From the internal
Improvement there was appropriated
$122,000 by thirty-one road and bridge
bills.
Under this classlfllcatlon a number
of the appropriations are undoubtedly
doomed, because they are so near the
bottom that only an unusual receipt of
of money by the state can provide for
them. Even funds to be devoted to
new buildings and Improvements of
state Institutions will not be available
for a year, because the revenue Is not
in sight.
Nearly one-half of the total Is in
cluded In the first c lass. This Indicates
that the state Institutions will receive
their allotments for maintenance only.
Not until the reports from comities are
received can the auditor apportion the
revenue. Then some of the building
appropriations may be available.
it will alßo be Impossible to draw on
all of the road and bridge funds at
present. The internal Improvement
fund, from which this money comes,
contains only $85,000 now. The Income
will undoubtedly be sufficient, how
ever. to provide for all of them before
the end of the biennial period.
Followlhg is the classification of the
appropriations, with the total for each
class.
First Class—legislative appropria
tion, $50,000; short appropriation bill.
$176,067.13; Board of Health. $6,"00;
Bureau of Animal Protection. $0."00;
general appropriation. $751,500; Kan
sns-Colorado water suit, $25,000; W. J
Hamilton, relief. $100; total, $1,014,-
667.13.
Second Class—lnsane asylum, $50.-
000; Industrial School. $12,000; peni
tentiary maintenance, $25,000; reform
atory maintenance, $10,000; peniten
tiary maintenance. $175,000; peniten
tiary building and Improvement, $26,-
000; Dependent Children’s Home main
tenance. $40,000; Dependent Children’s
Home building. $60,000; Olrls’ Indus
trial School, $15,000; Girls’ Industrial
school building, $15,000; reformatory
building and improvement, $10,000; In
dustrial School maintenance. $96,000;
Industrial School purchase. $5,000; re
formatory maintenance, $70,000; Insane
asylum maintenance, $85,000; insane
asylum bulldlDg. $150,000; insane stor
age plant. $5,000; Insanse asylum ven
tilation, $1,500; insane asylum repairs.
$2,500; total. $877,000:
Third Class-Mute and Blind, $59.-
600; Soldiers and Sailors’ Home, $50,-
000; Soldiers and Snllors’ Home re
pairs and Improvement, $ 10,000; Agri
cultural College. $40,000; Normal
School, $50,000; University, $40,000;
School of Mines building. $30,000; to
tal. $279,500.
Fourth and Fifth Classes—Jackson
park, $1,000; sanitary board certifi
cates. $2,100; traveling library. $2,000;
St. Louis Fair. $100,000; La Plata fish
hatchery transfer, $2,000; H. B. Ben
nett. $4,995.38; W. L. Gilbert, relief.
$1,386; W. P. Owen. $150; E. E. Von
Gohren, $2,000; I-ouis Bergonia. $2,500;
Captain Cooper, relief. $900; total,
$119,031.38.
Live Stock Commissioners.
The retiring State Board of stock In
spection Commissioners held their final
meeting In the board room at the capl
tol April 30th. Secretary E. McCrlllls
stated that $27,438.32 had been re
ceived for estrayed cattle between May
15. 1901. and May 1. 1903.
The following resolution was adopt
ed:
"Resolved, by the State Board of
Stock Inspection Commissioners, that,
having known of their work for the
past two years or more, wo hereby
cheerfully recommend the reappoint
ment by the new hoard of the secre
tary. Mr. E. McCrlllls: the stenograph
er. Miss Mabel Challender. and the fol
lowing named Inspectors: Messrs, C.
F. Hartman. E. O. Locher. W. B.
Horne. M. A. Lee. W. F. Road, J. B.
Simpson and W. E. Fitch.
"During the life of this board these
people have shown exceptional ability
and faithfulness In the performance of
their duties. Many of them have
served the state In the same capacity
for many years before our board was
organized and during their entire term
of office have given first-class service.
The new commissioners whose term
began May Ist. are as follows: A. N.
Parrish. Lamar; B. H. Dußols, Den
ver; A. K. Watkins, Denver; L. B. Sil
vester. Monte Vista; H. F. Morgan,
Ariola; L. J. Tlnch, Montrose; Q. W.
Bennett, Fort Collins; Louis Hemmer
le. Canon City; Myron W. Jones, Ha
mah.
The new Stato Board of Live Stock
Inspectors met at Denver May Ist and
organized as follows: President, L. B.
Sylvester of Monte Vista: secretary.
Edward McCrlllls; treasurer. J. W.
Bennett of Fort Collins; stenographer,
Mlbs Mabel Challonder; state veterin
ary surgeon. Dr. Charles (5 Umb of
Denver; executive committee. L. B.
Sylvester, A. N. Parrish, Lamar; L. K.
Watkins. Denver; M. W. Jones, Ha
mah; B. H. Dußols. Denver. Dr.
Charles G. Lamb of Denver was ap
pointed thestate veterinarian tosucceed
Dr. A. P. McCapes. Each had good sup
port In the board. The salary is SI,BOO.
Edward McCrlllls was reappointed sec
retary at a salary of SIOO per month.
Miss Mabel Challonder was reappoint
ed stenographer.
The State Live Stock Inspection
Hoard on May Ist reappointed the fol
lowing Inspectors: Charles F. Hart
man of Denver; E. O. Locker of Kan
sas City; W. B. Horn of Omaha; W.
F. Reed of Pueblo; Moseby A. Lee of
La Junta; W. E. Fitch of Sterling; J.
B. Simpson of Rifle, and James Run
yan of St. Joseph. A. H. Webster was
appointed Inspector at Alamosa. J. W.
Trusdale at Montrose, and E. p. Moore
was appointed assistant inspector at
Denver. Salaries were not fixed, but
these inspectors will probably receive
the full legal limit of SIOO per month.
SHORT TELEGRAMS.
The crop report of Prussia, made np
to April 154 b shows the conditions to
be worse than la 1902.
German importers of American wheat
complain of lax wheat inspection at
•seem! American ports.
The birthday of General Grant was
celebrated at Galena. Illlnota. April
S7th, the city being handsomely decor
ated.
George Dana Boardman. the noted
author, orator and preacher. died at
Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 28tb,
after a long Illness
Joslah E. Lynn, once a wealthy mac
and associated In the tanning business
with Jay Oould. died a few days ago la
a New Jersey almshouse.
The crop report of all Germany,
dated April 15th. shows an average of
3.2, the poorest for the past ten years,
with the exception of 1801.
Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, re
tired, will probably represent the Unit
ed States navy at the coming congress
of the International Congress at Ge
neva.
The Ziegler Arctic expedition, under
the management of Anthony Fiala. will
start north from Frondhelm, Norway,
in the steamer America some time in
June.
Announcement Is made that the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad la
now in position to build in its own
works every locomotive demanded by
the entire sysetm.
The Spanish general elections are re
ported to have resulted favorably to
the Republicans, who obtained victor
ies at Barcelona. Madrid, Valencia, and
other large towns.
In his report on the condition of the
troopß In the Philippines. General Miles
says that the discontinuance of the liq
uor feature of the canteen has been
beneficial to the army.
Thomas Sexton has declined the In
vitation of the Irish National conven
tion to enter Parliament, saying his
strength is not equal to the trying du
ties as a member of the House.
Over 12,000 persons took part In a
brawl between the troops and marines
at Kronstadt. Russia, recently. The
riot was finally quelled by a detach
ment of soldiers from the fortress.
The Appellate Court In Paris con
firmed the sentence passed on Baron
Henry De Rothschild, of ten francs
flue and one day In prison, for driving
an automobile at excessive speed on
the boulevard.
George W. Cable of Northampton.
Massachusetts, founder of the Home
Culture Club system, has announced a
gift of $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie.
The donation will be used for the erec
tion of buildings.
Charles H. Robb, assistant attorney
for the Department r>f Justice, has
been appointed assistant attorney gen
eral for tho Postofflco Department to
fill the place vacated by James N. Ty
ner, who was dismissed.
Owing to vigorous action on the part
of ministers and tho possibility of the
sheriff enforcing the existing laws,
Sunday games schodulod at Detroit,
Michigan, by tho American Baseball
League have been cut off.
Right Rev. Monslgnor Denis J.
O’Connell was Installed April 22d as
rector of the Catholic University of
America in succession to tho Right
Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, recently ap
pointed bishop of Los Angeles.
More than a majority of the mem
bers of the last Montana legislature
have expressed their willingness to
serve without pay at an extra session
to pass an appropriation bill for an ex
hibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
Minister Lolshmann at Pera cables
that the prohibition of American pork
Into Turkey, which lias been In effect
for five years. haH been removed and
orders have beeu Issued permitting en
try after the customary Inspection.
The annual report of the General
Electric Company for the year ending
January 81, 1903, gives the profits of
the company, after deducting all gen
eral and miscellaneous expenses and
losses from depreciation, as $10,277,-
169.
An order made by Judge Kirkpatrick
In the United States Court at Trenton.
New Jersey, directs the receivers of
the American Bloycle Company to ac
cept the offer of $3,000,000 made by
the reorganization committee of the
creditors.
The plant of tho International Salt
Company, at South Chicago, and three
boats in the Calumet river, were
burned on the night of April 28th. The
loss Is estimated at $1,250,000, that of
Che salt company being placed at SBOO,-
000. About 160 cars were consumed.
In a pastoral letter the Most Rev.
Paul Bruchesi, Roman Catholic arch
bishop of Montreal, condemns labor
lenders and organizations and advises
the laboring classes to pay no heed to
strike agitators, but to look for arbi
tration on Just and reasonable de
mands.
King Edward arrived at Rome ApriJ
TXl\ and was Received by King Victor
Emmanuel In person. The monarch*
embraced and kissed each other four
times, after which they proceeded to
the palace through densely packed
streets. Their majesties received a
great popular ovation.
Aristides Fernandez, minister of the
interior of Colombia, has called upon
nil newspapers and editors to publish
all they can obtain on the subject of
the Panama canal, as it Is a matter
of the gravest importance to the future
well-being of the country as well as
to the commercial Interests of the
world.
A New York dispatch says that for
the first time In the history of Ameri
can athletics a football team will visit
Ireland and England this summer in
an attempt to gain International hon
ors at the game under Gaelic rules. It
will be an all-American team, chosen
from the best players In the United
States.
In a report to the State Department,
Consul General Green at Vladlvostock
says that according to the treaty be
tween Russia and Turkey the whole
northern part of Asia Minor is now
placed under such conditions that Rus
sian capitalists have the field all to
themselves to the exclusion of foreign
enterprise.
MANY THOUSANDS GREET THE
PRESIDENT ON COLORADO SOIL
Denver, May s.—President Roosevelt
took breakfast at Hugo, with the cow
boys, from the end of a "chuck wag
on.” He ate a slight breakfast in his
ear in addition and then worked at af
faire of state on the journey to Den
ver.
Arrived In Denver at 10.25 and spent
two hours and forty-five minutes, trav
eling more than six miles, addressing
25.000 people and responding to the
cheers and acclaim of 50,000 more
along the streets.
He took dinner on his train and
arrived at Colorado Springs at
3:40 where he made u twenty-flve
mimite address to another immense
crowd.
Pueblo was reached at 6:30. Tlie
President went to a stand near the
tracks at Mineral Palace park and
spoke to another enormous gathering.
Then he drove a mile through the
streets to the Union depot, receiving u
tremendous ovation, and left for New
Mexico.
In all, fully 75.000 people heard the
President speak during the day. and
150,000 Coloradoans cheered him os he
passed through the streets.
He was In the state twenty hours in
all. Perfect weather'continued through
the trip in this state.
Upon emerging from the depot at
Denver, as he was escorted to his car
riage. the President was confronted by
a memorable scene. The court in front
of the building was filled with a mass
of humanity that had awaited Ids com
ing for hours with patriotic patience.
Down tho vista of the street so far as
the vision could carry the pavemec'
was packed with a crushing crowd.
But it was a quiet crowd, thoroughly
imbued with the spirit or respect, and
the cheering was of modest volume.
Amid the flaunting of flags and to
the stirring strains of martial music
the procession moved up Seventeenth
street toward the eapltol.
The terraced grounds were packed
from curb to eapltol, and on the
steps of the building was n waiting
multitude. It is estimated that there
were 25,000 people in the crowd that
listened, or tried to listen, to the Pres
ident on the eapltol grounds.
The grand stand was over the lower
flight of steps between the eapltol and
Broadway.
On one side of the stand were the
children of the North Denver high
school, on the other members of the
hereditary societies. In front were
the G. A. R. posts, the Spanlsh-Amert
ean war volunteers and lining Lincoln
avenue were the guard of honor, com
posed of High School cadets and a
company of the National Guard.
The President's chair on the grand
stand was decorated with flowers. Be
fore he began Ills speech he was pre
sented with a beautiful silk Hag by
Mrs. S. M. Casper on behalf of the
Daughters of the Revolution, and re
sponded with a few charming words of
thanks.
Col. Charles L. Cooper. U. S. A.. In
charge of Fort Logan garrison, pre
sented President Roosevelt with a
large photograph of the Rough Rider
camp at San Antonio, which was re
ceived with many expressions of de
light.
Governor Peabody stepped forward
nnd welcomed the President on behalf
of the state. He suid:
“It is my honored and most pleasant
duty to introduce to you the President
of the United States, an American citi
zen. honored as a citizen, soldier and
author, the most beloved of our peo
ple. Theodore Roosevelt.”
President Roosevelt's address was ns
follows:
"Mr. Governor. Mr. Mayor and all
my fellow citizens: Now in greeting
all of you to-day I wish to say a special
word of acknowledgment first to the
men of the Grand Army. (Applause.) To
the men to whom we owe It that we have
to-day either a country or a President.
(Applause.) The men who have tuught
us by their lives, by tlielr services In
war and In peace, how to carry our
selves alike In war and peace. I greet
you first of all; and then the rest of
you will not grudge me greeting spe
cially. In the second place, my own
comrades of the lesser war—the men
whose deeds in the remote Orient 1
followed with such keen interest, and
with the pride taken In them by all
good American citizens. (Applause.)
I am glad. Indeed, to have a chance of
coming back to Colorado, and to speak
to you as chief executive of the Nation.
“I know your people well. I have
lieen with them before; I have visited
the state on more than one errand,
(laughter.)
“I have visited It on business, and
then again not on business. (Laughter.)
“It Is a great pleasure. Indeed, to
come to this great state of the plains
and the Rocky Mountains, this state
with a great past already, and with a
future Infinitely greater even than Its
past.
“But aside from this general and
greater Interest, Colorado is serving
special interests, which shares with
the group of states Immediately around
it. and to my mind one of the best
pieces of legislation put upon the stat
ute books of the national government
of recent years was the Irrigation act
(applause), an act In which we declare
It to be a national policy that exactly
as care is to be taken of the rivers and
harbors along the lower courses, so on
their upper courses care Is to he taken
by the Nation, and the Irrigating work '
to be done In connection with them.
“Under that act a beginning has been
made In Colorado. Montana. Wyoming.
Nevada and the territory of Arizona.
"There is bound to be disappoint
ment here and there, where people
President Visits Denver City Park.
Denver, May s.—After his speech at
the eapltol yesterday the President
and party drove out through the city
park, where thousands of BChool chil
dren had assembled on the lawns to
greet him. He did not stop to make
a speech, but little Miss Kathleen Car
roll. aged eleven, presented him with
a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the
school children of the city.
have bullded hopes without a quite
. sufficient warranty of fact behind, but
good will surely come at once, and
well nigh Immeasurable good for the
1 future from the policy which has thus
■ been begun.
"In Colorado two-thirds of your
agricultural products come from irrl
; gated farms ard four years ago those
! products already surpassed $15,000,000.
, With the aid of the government far
more can be done in the future even
, than has been done in the past.
"The object of the law Is to provide
I small irrigated farms to settlers and
l actual homemakers, dividing the laud
. In small tracts under the termH of the
. homestead acts, and settlers receiving
the Irrigating water at their lands at a
. cost of ten annual payments.
, "The land now under private owner-
I ship can be watered in small tracts by
(tmall payments, but the law forbids
1 abuse or privileges, and the aim of the
t government Is rigidly to prevent a
r ■vnn"ination of rights for speculative
purposes. (Applause.)
, "The purpose of the law was. and
l that purpose is being absolutely car
, rled out. to promote settlement and the
occupation of small farms.
, “The water for Irrigation, under the
, terms of the law. becomes pertinent to
the land and cannot be disposed of
t wrongfully. This is the main factor
. for future success. The policy Is tho
. policy of aid and encouragement to the
l home mnker and the man who comes
, to establish his home, to bring up his
. children, as a citizen of the common
wealth. and his welfare is to be guard
j ed by the union of land and water.
“As the government canot deal suc
cessfully with our people individually.
'• we have encouraged the formation of
I asoclations of water users 1o cultivate
the soil In small tracts. The ultimate
j ownership and control of the Irrigation
. works will pass away from the govern
, men! Into the hands of these users
and home makers. Our aim Is —the
1 aim of the national government is—to
» give locally the ultimate control of
r water distribution, and to leave neigh
. borhood disputes to be settled locally,
i as they should be as far as possible.
The law protects vested rights, and
in framing laws It is Important the
- states should co-operate with the na-
I tlonal government. When the works
nre constructed to utilize the waters
> now wasted, happy and prosperous
i homes wll flourish, where twenty years
* ago It would have seemed Impossible
? for a man to live.
“It is a great nntional* measure of
i benefits, and. while, as I say. It is prim
- nrily to benefit the people of the inoun
i tuln states, und of the great plains, it
i wll ultimately benefit tho whole coun
-1 try, for It is always a truth that any
- j thing that Is of benefit to one part of
-lour country is of benefit to all the
r Republic. (Applause.)
> "The location of new homes upon
- desert lands means greater prosperity
r for Colorado and the Rocky mountain
states, nnd Inevitably their greater
i prosperity means greater prosperity
-for Eastern manufacture and the
i Southern cotton grower; for all of our
r people throughout the Union.
"And now. my fellow citizens. I want
- in closing to dwell upon the fact, which
I think that most of you have shown
1 by your actions that you have at heart,
r “The national government can do
something to help us; good. laws, na
i tlonal and stnte. can help us. Honest
L and upright, fearless and Intelligent.
- administration of the laws help us still
I more; hut when all Is said and done.
- the chief factor In working out the
success of any community must be
* the sum of the qualities that go to
make up the average citizenship of
I that community character.
; You. my comrades of the great
1 war. and you. my eomrades of the
» lesser war (laughter), you know from
i practical experience that while you
» need organization, you need proper
. weapons to make a good soldier; yet
r the main stuff that goes to make a
i good soldier Is the right type of man
- hood.
I "If a man hasn't got the stuff in
I' him. you can't get It out of him! If
-a good man is pitted against another
i good man. he has got to have a good
> weapon to win. but If he Is a poor sol
[ dler and has the best weapon In the
I world he will not win. It is 'the man
1 behind the gun’ that does the work. It
i is the man back of the law who counts
r most.
c “I believe with all my heart In your
. success. I believe In the success of this *
* great typical American state, because 1
I believe you have the right type of citi
. zenshlp in you. because I believe In the
standard of manhood here In your
I state. This is the factor that will de
i termine our success. «
> “Of course, we must have good laws.
« and of course we must have them hon
? estly and decently administered. We
i must have men with the fighting spir
i It hack of them In war, and we must
have In peace a similar type of man
I to ndminlster the law. That man
; should have a sound body: he
i should be a strong man physically. It
I is even more important that he should
. have a sound mind. Man or woman, a
sound body is lmjiortant, a sound mind
is far more important, and most lm
: jiortant of all Is that which counts for
■ more than mind or body —character.
(Applause.)
"I believe In your future because I
i believe you have Just those traits, and
therefore, my fellow citizens, my fel
; ' low countrymen. I wish you well this .
morning. I tlinnk you for your greet- *
i ing. and I look forward with absolute
, certainty to seeing you make your fu
ture infinitely greater than your past
has been. Good luck be with you al
i ways. (Applause.)
Chili and Argentine Railroad.
Washington, May 6.—ln a report to
; the state department Consul Manfleld,
. at Valparaiso, says that during the
last session of the Chilian congress,
which adjourned in February, a bill
> was passed which provided for the
> construction of a railroad over the
Andes mountains to connect Buenos
i Ayres with Santiago and Valparaiso.
■ This will be the first line to cross tho
continent of South America.