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Irrigation Cong Idaho. rlV It Boise Sici'Tio.MiiKU, ."-'I he fourteenth annual I r l igation C undress opened here to day, with a large attendance from all parts of the United States. Representatives of every state governicent, of the government of the United States, delegates appointed by mayors of cities from all parts of the country, representatives of com mercial, industrial and financial organizations, of agricultural and horticultural societies, of the var ious societies, etc., and many other prominent persons, inter ested in th3 subject of irrigation are among those attending the congress which will be in session until September K inclusive An interesting program has boon arranged for the congress It will embrace a consideration and discussion of the following main features: Saving the forests storing the Hoods, reclaiming the deserts, establishing of home: on the reel aimed land. The con gross is held in the midst of ir rigation projects showing every state of development. Two of the greatest enterprises of the declamation service of the United States government, the largest Carey Act project in the United States, and smaller propositions of private and co-operative en terprise, ranging from the first year of operation to iifty years of constant use, will be taken as object lessons, teaching practical irrigation from a practical stand point. Ample arrangements have been made for the use of the di Vision of the congress on engi. n.'oring and mechanic-;, which will hold meetings of special in terest throughout the congress. Stereoptican views of woric un der construction and completed will be used in illustrating ad dresses and reports. A eonipro hensive exhibit of the products of irrigation, including grains, grasses, fruit of all kinds, e"e tables, and especially sugar beets has been arranged in quarters adjoining the convention hal where the congress is holding its sessions. The session todav was opened by Vice President rairbanks and there were about ,()(' delegates present. Prrsident Roosevelt Send essa ,i- ll.i' folliiwiii is :in exirart fn,ni a iih-smi-tp ivail te the OMivcnUoii f-t)m President Koosi-vi-lt : lo tin- oilieers iind nieihlier of tlic IiTiciitioii ('(iiii'cfs, Hni.se, Idaho. i ! . IHTuiM.ns under the t ('-I;i nuitioii net, whieh I signed en June 17, ly.rj, have liicn curried en energetically Uin-lii),' the four years since Unit ilati lli! reclamation service, consist in" of over 400 skilled engineers mid experts in varioi's lines, has heen oraniiM him n, is now handling the work with riHuli1vv nn.l -lJi-i-tivi-iii.-.vs. Construe- lion is already well ad winced on twenty tluve yrfiit enterprises j tK iuiiI sliiles ami territories. ( h.-r l,nn(i. 1'I acres of land have heen l.-ed out lor irrieatioii and of this ,liili),(H)() i-i-en are now nmh i- diteh; son miles of equals and (lit,-h,.s and ;iii,(iini ft.,.t ottnnii.-l hint- heen completed: and lii,0o.i,(in.) ,.,i,; yards of earth d ;t,HK),0"0 -iihie yards of m,.t have In-i-U lii-.v.-d, Detailed topojraplu,. mirvfyn have heen extended over ten theiiMnid si(iiare tnih-s of conniry with in whiejj the reclamation work is locat ed and twenty thousand miles of t.v,.i lines have heen run. Thi-e hundred hiiihiintrs , iiicludi'i- ollici-s and sleep in' iiiit iters for workinen. have heen erected hy the reclamation service ami ahoiit an fiu:i innnher hy the coil trnctors. Uvei- (en thousand men and lihout live Oio'Nai-.d horse? ur t Ji'-esent employed: 'Hi i-rioit of ..;.ni n,..,,j., rxamlimLioM.a f..r prjt-fts i past JfTyrt It 'oiu-en'rat'-d n e;etthif 5li '(-r Uiiiii a snffi.-i.-u hv;l of IrriL'alilk' li'nd it each' project to mj lief! revemie-prodiii-'ii ''lists. To brlrt; all the projects to this point will fj'iuire upwards in forty million ,0. Jnra which amount, it is i-ftinutoil, HI lie available from the m.-tipts The E3ew Tylexico Realty Co, Will sell on Commission Real Estate and Live Stock. Property listed with them will be advertised in the East without cost to the. seller. Unless a sale is perfected. & A. C. Thompson, jZ? Clayton, new mexico. The Clayton Livery, Feed AND vSale Stables Phone No 35 from the disposal of pulilic lands for the years mill -OH. SENSAIIOMAL CHARGE MADE. Former Superintendent of Mew Mexico Pen Accused Of Shortage in Ac Counts. In ;i report by firm of Color ado expert accountants to Gov ernor Ilaporinan of New Mexico, on the condition of the tiliances of the New Mexico penetentiiiry at Santa Fe, charges of the most sensational nature are made against 11. 0. Hnrsuni, chairman of the New Mexico Kopubliean Territorial Cominitteeand former superintendent of the peneteiir tiary, and evidence and affidavits produced to sustain the charges. IJursum has been a, leader in New Mexico politics for ten years is wealthy and has been chairman of the Republican committee for four years, lie is now mayor of the town of Socorro. The re port has caused a profound sen sation throughout New Mexico. I.tirsum is charged With direct shortages aggregating nearly ;?7,imiii and with failing to account for about Jii.ciHi more of pene tentiiiry funds. He is also alleged to have shipped thousands of brick out of the penetentiiiry for which no funds were received by the insti tution, with entering into person al contracts with thcpenctenliary for furnishing supplies, with mis appropriation of funds during the entire period of his adminis tration, with gross mismanage ment and destruction of records. Several of the ledgers, jotir .,..1 i ii , . , nam iiiiu outer important uooks ire -jtisslng from the prison and are said to have boon destroyed. It is understood the report will be used its Evidence before the grand jury in Santa Fe county. Bursnm whs superintendent of the penetentiiiry from July, tMl'J to April, l!Xi? or during the entire period of Coventor Otero's ad ministration. He was displaced wla-n Covcrnor Ihtgcrma.n came Into office. Dursmri is now at .lis sheep ranch in Socorro county Albuquerque News. I : Pf'cn'ising Copper Mining District. Ac'ive develonnient, of enm-m- district in Union county now in progress. Hilton company h;iS rich holdings. For some years it has been John Spring, Prop. Clayton Meat Market Fresh and Salt Meats. Choice Fruits and Vegetables Always in Stock, Phone No. 85 CLAYTON N mJ R. PIERCE, Proprietor. Good Rigs and Careful Drivers, Feed Yard and Camp House in Connection. Hay and Grain Always on Hand CLAYTON, N. M the bel ief of mining men and oih ers that a groat copper ore dis tnct existed in the eastern por tion of Union county extending into Beaver county, Oklahom The section abounds in rich float which assays from seventy-live per cent, to ninety-five cent con per. This tloat has been, from time to time, gathered up by the natives and prospectors and af tor being freighted by wagon for ufty to seventy-miles sent by rauroaii to smelters and gave handsome returns. Throughout this copper one there arc massive chimneys of sandstone which have been forced up through the earth by some subterranean action. These chimneys, it Is believed, through the action of the elements, have furnished the great quantities of tloat thongliout the district. Prospecting on this theory in a desultory way lias ix-eu in progress for several years past many of the prospectors making expense money by shipping out a few tons of the float. Gerod Hater, a prospector, tin ally induced some Pittsburg, Pa and other eastern capitalists to furnish the means with which to do extensive development work 1 he company now han a goo shaft down about two hundrec feet and has developed a body of ore running from twenty to forty per cent, in copper and some mines in silver. The properties of this company, The Hater Cop per Company, are located in Un ion county about -H miles cast by south of Folsom Hovcral Katon business men including Fred Rohr, Robert Vogl.T. (i. Gregory, Geo. R KngH'dcrvi Chits,, Rohr, together with .). P. Ocddrs and Jason Mackey. him", secured a large group of claims in this district situated hi I encode canyon about foVy tu'lcs southeast of Fulsoiu, They i,iv0 formed company k be kiiorn as the Rohr Glides Mhing and devel opment company a".d will pro cecd '.tl'imt lw? of time to de velop til! fSKWO' J. J'.i C'UlT ha mining en gineer Kni J liarrlmi' many years experi'WcJ in f-oppbr mining, Ho has t'tfitle an exhaustive ex- aminttliu'n of the district with the result that iio is fully con vinced tlutt It will makd oho of the largest copper producing districts in the world. Mr. Ged- dos has mined at Hisbeo and pros- ported the entire district as well The Grimm Hardware Co. DEALERS IN General Hardware, Windmill Supplies, Paints, Oils, Etc Tin Shop In Connection, LLAYTON, - NEW MEXICO. FAWCETT & DEAN, a Wholesale and Retail 9 Y General Merchants, Clayton, n.m. PHONE No. 18. Folsom Lumber Co. All kinds of Building material, Builder's Hardware, Faints. Oils, Buggies, Wagons, Farming Implements, and Windmills. Folsom, - . - New Mexico. Condensed Report of The First National Bank of Clayton, N.M, .h roii'HTrci m i up i iniitriiiicr nt Curn-iicy. ..1 the close of hiiKiwss June 18, l'JOti HESOl'KCEH Lmtn and Discounts $l'J2,4i!).'J7 Ormlrtift.... mM1 V. 8. Bowls. , MJOO.OO Furniture and Fivlnrvs 2,375.02 Cuth nnd Sujhi Exchmtyv 40,054,82 $:13,4!)UM2 LIABILITIES Coiil,d Block 75,000.00 tt'jrif imim 50,000.00 VkwV.s ..... 177,708.38 Oilier JitulidilicH InclmliiwHuriiHisuiulrMUs 10,701.24 $:ii:ij!)!)M2 7 he. aboee, shdemnd is eorrevl h Hie hest of ) knowledge. N. E. WiirrwouTH, Cashier. I COLORADO and SOUTHERN Special Excursions TO City of Messioo SePt. to 14, " One m for ruuud trip. Eiberal and $topov?r$ Write for rate ijitoirttlBiiij to Meilefthi Ctiboh, Lnuisonn, and other Soiltli'.'l-it pbltils. Literature tleCcrlpthl Ot ttiia Tefritofy Mil OH HppUisbtlon T. E; FISHER, Gflj Pfl,- Sgtnii . To.xa9 as other famous coppct' pt'o'llIC' itf districts In the sotitllWCst and he says that there is ti'j loubt about this beinK a much stronger and larger mineral dis trict than any of them.---Raton Reporter. V 0. L COOK.V, Ktial Bstate and HomcatCH Lrtcatln, Agents. 6toclc bought and 6oJ4 on Commission. Texline, f Tex