Irrigation Firm Eyes Vast Denver Valley Project
Lawyer P J O'Donnell of Colorado River irrigation returns to Denver astonished by Valley crops and prospects. He tours with F K Atkins and Granville Malcolm as General A J Sampson guides them. Their plan envisions a gravity canal across 19,000 acres of former Yuma reserve and 1,500,000 acres of Colorado desert, about 200 miles long and 156 feet wide, to deliver water along the desert edges. Wood yields and eucalyptus uses noted, with projected profits per acre and early timber value.
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P. J. O'Donnell
Colorado River Irrigation Company
Denver
F.K. Atkins
Granville Malcom
California
Florida
Georgia
Havanna
France
Italy
Honolulu
Phoenix
Sandwich Islands
O’donnell
Olorado County
O'Donnell
Yuma Indian Reservation
Colorado Desert
The Eucalyptus Tree in California Uses and Growth
The eucalyptus promises long term usefulness for California like bamboo for Japan and China. Introduced over twenty years, it grows rapidly with little care and has diverse value. It improves land, yields fuel wood, offers medicinal qualities, and serves as windbreaks for gardens and orchards. A crop can reach ten feet in a year and fifty feet within a few years.
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Australia
California
Scientific American
Japan
China
Rat Poison Fraud Foiled by French Police
A man at an Albi fair sold a rat powder claim for five pence a box. He ate a sample bread with the powder to prove its safety, then a rat under glass died after touching the bread. Police revealed the powder was sugar and a hidden electric battery killed the rat, ending the scam.
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France
Albi
New Jersey Engine No 1809 En Route for Fast Service
In Tucson a powerful new locomotive numbered 1809 arrives from New Jersey and undergoes trial runs on the Southern Pacific. Master Mechanic Gray notes it weighs more than any engine seen in the city and anticipates fast service once worn in, as it powers the flyers on future records. In Port Turon Michigan ministers challenge show bill ads by demanding modest wardrobe for burlesque performers, boosting attendance. A Dunkark colony sets up irrigation pumping plant at Agua Fria.
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Tucson
New Jersey
Gray
Great Iron Horse
Silver and elastic currency debate in Mills speech
The article records Senator Mills of Lexus denouncing a powerful money interest and the push to retire silver and treasury notes in favor of gold. he defends a dual gold and silver standard and criticizes bankers influence and elastic currency. It also notes a Covina girl discovering old love letters, and mentions leaders and the upcoming International Monetary Conference with mixed Senate support.
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Mills
Lexus
Treasury
Debce
Wall
Secretary of the Treasury
Manning
United States
Covina
House
Enquirer
Randt South Africa Records Record Gold Output in December
December gold from Randt, South Africa reached 102 104 ounces the highest on record, improving 35 747 ounces over December 1893 and pushing 1894 yearly total to 2 029 159 ounces. Output now nears 828 million dollars annually and rises as new mines open.
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Randt
South Africa
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Montezuma and Adams Sts
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