Vision of a mile wide irrigation canal across four states
Judge I C Bartow of Gordon Nebraska pursues a huge irrigation vision to divert flood waters from the Missouri River to turn 10 million acres of dry western Nebraska Kansas and the Dakotas into fertile farmland. His plan includes a dam below the Yellowstone mouth and a 1000 mile canal 25 miles wide spanning North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Alliance Julesburg to irrigate vast plains. The Lincoln Star has published maps and articles advocating the project while warning skeptics that the future wheat fields depend on water.
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Judge Burton
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Lodgepole
T. C. Bartow
Pierre
E. D
Gordon
Neb
Lincoln Star
Congress
Star
Bartow
Solomon
Nebraska
Lincoln
Alliance
Kansas
Dakotas
Middle West
Judge I. C. Bartow
Gordon, Neb
Panama Canal
Judge Bartow
Missouri River
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Missouri
Gulf
America
Yellowstone
North Dakota
South Dakota
Allance
Julesburg
Yellowstone River
Vast irrigation canal to move Missouri River water north to Dakotas and Nebraska
A former judge promotes the Great Plains Irrigation Project, proposing a 1000 mile canal from a North Dakota reservoir to Nebraska and Kansas. The plan imagines 27 million acre feet storage, 3.1 million horsepower, flood relief for the Mississippi valley, massive farm expansion, 400000 new 49 acre farms, 100 new towns, widespread cheap electricity, and 1.5 million jobs for three years. funding via 60,000 members at five dollars, possible 4 percent bonds, and soldier-bonus tie-in. Judge Bartow seeks federal backing and ex-service farmer recipients, with Lincoln as headquarters.
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Panama Canal
Dickinson
N. D
Mott
Morristown
Pedro
S. D
Wounded Knee
Creek
White River
9. D
Wounded Knee Creek
Albany
Nebraska
Missouri
Urtow
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bartow
Great Plain
United States
Lea
South Dakota
North Dakota
I 1
Kansas
North
Plains
Harding
Congress
Judge Bartow
Ohio
Mississippi
Cairo, Jr
Mississippi Valley
Lincoln
Lancaster
Great Plains I
Burton
Mother rescues child from well earns hero praise
Mrs Norman Girling of White Plains New York descended 15 feet into an open well to save her two and a half year old boy. She emerged with the child in her arms and that night gave birth to a fifth child. Enthusiastic letters and gifts followed despite Carnegie Hero Commission’s refusal of the hero prize.
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Carnegie Hero Commission
Norman Girling
White Plains
N. Y
Mothers deserve more than Carnegie medal says Shelton Clipper
In a letter excerpt the Shelton Clipper argues Mrs Girling should be honored beyond the Carnegie Hero Commission medal for her courage, noting she has two babies and suggesting the commission could not keep up with all deserving heroic mothers nationwide.
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Carnegie Hero Commission
How Insects Talk and Their Antenna Code
Insects use a delicate antennae based code to communicate. Bees in a swarm touch the queen each morning, and if the queen is missing the colony would abandon the hive. Ants demonstrate collective effort, recruiting teammates to move tasks beyond a single ant’s capacity, all guided by their antennae signals.
Class Wanted Mr Nouveau Riche Gift Book Selects
London Opinion notes a humorous request for a more refined votional gift book. Hail Insurance is mentioned with Livoni and Son cited in a brief, archaic-style item.
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Mr. Nouveau Riche
Common Rayer
Clarssy
London Opinion
Hail Insurance
Livoni & Son
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Box Butte
Morrill
Cheyenne
Devel
Perkins
Chase
Dundy
Sedgwick County
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Rushville
Antelope
Dunlap Uemingford
Berea
Bonner
Vance
Bridgeport
Ciubrie
Alden
Broadwater
Chappell
Colo
Venargo
Imperial
Benkelman
Bird City
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Wyominc
West
Fyes
Virgil Marsh
Sidney
NEBR
Los Sidney
Sidney’s
Stuht-Hink Building
Sidney Ice Co
Studt Bros., Proprs
Button of
Satifacton
BUICK
Enhlan
Sai
Flint
Michigan
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Mich
Pioneer Builders
Hahler Garage
Lincoln Highway
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