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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
1
Advertisement outlines a plan to recruit renters and buyers for arable land and good ditches in the Arkansas Valley. It invites prospective farmers, recent residents, and successful farm families to visit local districts and encourage relocation to the valley to boost population and farming activity. Diversified districts will host visits to recruit settlers and improve land use.
Signor Marconi announced receipt of wireless signals across the Atlantic from Cornwall England to St Johns Newfoundland. He described plans with Poldhu station and daily tests, noting the embryonic stage and the need for powerful equipment to strengthen reception and two way communication.
A historic December storm devastates eastern and central Pennsylvania with unprecedented damage and at least four fatalities. Rivers topped banks, dozens of counties flooded, and railroad traffic halted as coal regions suffer heavy losses and power remains out.
A congressional committee completed an irrigation bill to be debated by western members. The measure creates a land reclamation fund from public land sales in sixteen states and territories and assigns reservoir site selection, land withdrawals, and contract rules with a $10 per acre cap. It allows water rights sales at $5 per acre and outlines state law deference, while giving Interior control over property condemnation and rulemaking.
Isador Rayner expressed disappointment at the court of inquiry findings in Baltimore and said he would go to Washington to counsel Admiral Schley to exhaust every appeal. He believes Dewey's judgment will be accepted and that the controversy will not end with the ruling.
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