Irrigation Methods Shift Focus From Canals to Land Prep
The U S Department of Agriculture will publish a bulletin on land preparation for irrigation across arid regions. It notes that land prep costs can exceed canal costs, with California checks ranging from 9.96 to 18.05 per acre while San Joaquin valley canals cost about 4.99 per irrigated acre. Different water application methods are tested, showing deep furrows save water compared with flooding, and deeper furrows reduce water needs, implying higher profits and potential for larger irrigated areas.
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Office of Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
California
San Joaquin Valley
Census Bureau
Wyoming
Columbine Reservoir and Investment Company planned
Florence Colorado reports a major irrigation project the Columbine Reservoir and Investment Company has emerged with a grant for eighty acres at the head of Four Mile creek. The plan includes a second site of seventy acres, 10,000,000 cubic feet storage for 12,000 acres, a summer resort trout lakes and an electric power system linking Florence Pueblo and local coal mines. Bonds start at 500000 with expansion to several millions. sites require a twenty foot dam. Investor interest spans wealthy eastern capitalists and local backers. A Montrose report notes government support pledged for a tunnel project with subscription books open through August 15 and over 5000 acres applied since Wednesday.
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Denver News
Florence
Colorado
Columbine Reservoir and Investment Company
United States
Four Mile Creek
Fremont Mining and Development Company
Fee
Arkansas Valley
Pueblo
Montrose
Denver
Montrose and Delta Committee
Newell
Water Users’ Association
Peruvian president elected as Jose Pardo wins
Jose Pardo has been elected president of the republic of Peru. Other notes include a postponed Jeffries Munroe prize bout to June 30, 1909, and various international items from labor, science, and politics.
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Jose Pardo
Republic of
Peru
Champiion
Jeffries-Munroe
Swedish Free Church of America
Rockford
Illinois
Whistler
London
Guerrero
Chinapas
Mexico
Colima
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah the Prophet
Tribute to His Lawyer
A Louisiana legislative joint committee toured Angola and Hope prison farms to report on the board of control. A Black convict identified a rising New Orleans lawyer as the one who sent him there, saying he was his lawyer and had represented him.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Tokeka
Fort Scott
Chanute
Cherryvale
Wheat Belt
Chicago
Montrose
Nogales
Arizona
Federal Custom House
Southern Pacific
Sonora
Wells-Fargo Express Office
Russian War Office
Botkin
United States Army
Washington
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
John McCoy
Independence
That City
McCoy
Plains
Santa Fe
National Packing Company
Ruddy Brothers’ Packing Company
Armourdale
Kan Itin
Ruddy Brothers
Comony
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Mary Virginia Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Asheville
North Carolina
Virginia Rhodes Baker
Black Mountain
Tacoma
Northern Pacific Railroad
War Department
Fort Russell
Wyoming
Tangier
London Times
Morocco
Rudolph Bingham
Prohibition Party
Camden County
New Jersey
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Austria
Italy
Balkans
Salonica
Garibaldi
Joaquin Miguel Artal
Premier Maura
Spain
Barcelona
Senor Maura
Louisiana
Angola
Board of Control
New Orleans
Yaas
Darky
Erin
Louisville Herald
The Value of Bulbs for London Parks
The London county council approved a 2500 appropriation for flower bulbs. The London Chronicle notes the vast number of bulbs that money could buy and uses two examples the white trumpet daffodil Peter Barr and the yellow trumpet Lord Roberts to illustrate how little could be purchased per head. Not a Monsey in Caviar reports bankrupt Astrakhan caviar merchants with no tenants seeking Volga fishing strands.
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London County Council
The
London Chronicle
Parks Committee
Peter Barr
Lord Roberts
Monsey
Astrakhan
Russia
Volga
Esquimaux Bible Translation Completed After 150 Iscara
The Esquimaux gain a native Bible translation finished after 150 Iscara. Norwegian pastor Hans Exgede began the work in Greenland in 1721 near life’s end, with completion and publication by the Bible Society of Denmark.
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Esquimaux
Hans Exgede
Greenland
Bible Society of Denmark
Divorce Laws Across States and Clergy Roles
The text notes divorce is legal in all states except South Carolina for general cases, and in New York for willful desertion. It also mentions that ministers act as civil magistrates to solemnize marriages, with varying causes for divorce beyond adultery.
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Union
South Carolina
New York
Immorality in Abyssinia Highlighted by Observers
The piece condemns Abyssinian customs of discarding wives at random and argues they have eroded morality. It notes devout Christian forms contrast with a debased social life carried through most of the year.
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Abyssinia
London Bridge widening cost and traffic benefits
The report details widening London Bridge from 53 feet to 65 feet at a cost of 3500 dollars per inch. It notes the bridge roadway is 35 feet wide with 15 foot footwalks on each side, and estimates the increased facility for traffic adds 500000 dollars in value.
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London Bridge
Rare Feat of House Moving in Kansas City
A three story brick house was raised 160 feet up a steep bluff in Kansas City. It rested on a strong timber framework and was lifted by 300 jacks arranged in 30 groups.
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Kansas City
Japanese Needlewomen Exhibit Swift Needlework
A description highlights a Japanese seamstress who threads fabric by sliding material onto the needle rather than pushing through as in Western technique, praised for speed and precision. The passage notes the delicacy and neatness of her work.
Art of Grave Digging Academy Attracts Belgian Sexton Officials
A Brussels cemetery company runs a school teaching grave digging. It gained official approval after proving successful and all Belgium sexton candidates must graduate from this academy.
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Brussels
Belgium
Sunday School Enrollment and World Membership
The article notes about three million people are enrolled in Sunday schools in the United States, compared with sixteen million in public schools. It also states world Sunday school membership totals twenty five million. A separate item describes refreshing lemon baths popular in the West Indies using sliced lemons or limes to soak 30 minutes for a cooling effect.
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West Indies
Monuments for Bumpers and Blunder Arrest Era
A reflective quote by Earl Pratt praising bumpers as guardians who absorb shocks and slow blunders. It distinguishes bumper roles from bouncers and crowders and envisions future recognition with monuments for blunder counters and mental lightning arrest era.
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Earl Pratt
Study Aide's Long Duel Ends In Tragedy
Christian Busch, a chemistry student at the University of Giessen, failed to pass after sixty six semesters due to a head injury from a duel. He died recently.
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Christian Busch
University of Giessen
Militaria critique echoes in historical voice
A quotation from Gibbon condemns militarism as a vice that corrupts the noble and elevates destroyers over benefactors, arguing that public applause favors military glory and fuels ongoing conflict.
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Gibbon
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