Carey Act irrigation growth praised and explained
The article lauds the Carey Act as a pivotal irrigation aid and explains how settlers gain land. It notes the act’s shift from ten years to perpetual, the board’s support for good faith settlers, simple land purchase steps, and widespread adoption in southern Idaho’s Twin Falls region with thousands of farms and water-right pricing tied to irrigation costs.
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Idaho
State Land Board
Twin Falls
Carey act irrigation drive under Roosevelt reclamation law
The 1902 Roosevelt reclamation law spurs Carey act irrigation. States grant desert lands to private companies for irrigation with land patents to settlers only after proof of farming. Prices rose from $15–$20 to $65 per acre with ten to twelve year payments, and ownership ties land and water rights together.
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Roosevelt
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Board of Land Commissioners
Land Board
State Board
Oregon
Wyoming
Idaho
Jerome
Ida
Washington
Irrigation Skills and Challenges in New Water Use
The piece discusses irrigation as an ancient art newly learned in the United States, stressing that drainage is as vital as water supply. It warns against overwatering, notes varied yields from the same soil and water, and highlights the irrigator’s task of timing watering precisely to avoid waste and maximize crop outcomes.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
Doorkeeper Album Play Scene
A doorkeeper offers a pass to someone outside as a victim declines to return. The victim asserts no enemies in the world while a witty exchange unfolds about access and departure.
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Doorkeeper
First Love Question Echoes in Quiet Exchange
A tender dialogue unfolds as he confesses early affection and she challenges the scope of his love. The moment centers on the tension between past tenderness and future fidelity, framed in intimate dialogue.
Begging for Indigestion Tablets Prompted Visit
A bemused exchange shows a visitor asking a woman for indigestion tablets while denying prior gifts, highlighting a rough daily interaction and casual street incidence. The tone captures a slice of everyday hardship and informal requests in the neighborhood.
Diamond output from Kimberley mines reaches record value
Kimberley mines in South Africa yield 12 tons of diamonds valued at 5 billion dollars. Analysts note the immense scale of production while predicting no impact on the position of the current leadership.
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Kimberley
South Africa
Grain and Provisions Features of the Day Trading
The government crop report barely moves the market while cash premiums push prices higher. Wheat closes unchanged to higher, corn gains about 1.5 cents, oats and provisions firm. Final quotes show specifics for wheat corn oats and pork lard ribs with Chicago cash prices listed.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago Stockyard Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Chicago stockyard figures show cattle receipts around 2000 with strong beeves and midrange prices, hog receipts near 10000 with stable to higher quotes and mixed to heavy lots, and sheep receipts about 12000 with steady values for sheep and lambs.
South Omaha Market Cattle and Hogs Report
Cattle receipts 1,300 with native steers $4.50 to $8.00, cows and heifers $3.00 to $5.00, western steers $3.50 to $6.25, stockers $3.00 to $5.25, calves $3.25 to $6.75, bulls $2.75 to $4.75. Hogs receipts 4,500 with prices from $7.45 to $7.62, bulk $7.55 to $7.60. Sheep receipts 14,000 with yearlings $4.65 to $6.20, wethers $3.90 to $4.40, ewes $3.75 to $4.15, lambs $6.20 to $6.85.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Methods for Cleaning Silverware Polished and Satin Finishes
Use a weak ammonia solution two parts water to one part ammonia with soap for bright silverware. For satin or frosted finishes, combine ammonia with baking soda, wet a brush, soap the item, then scrub with baking soda. Rinse with alcohol for polished items. Do not use baking soda on gray silver.
Rain Breaks Drought in Hutchinson and Southwest Kansas
In Hutchinson Kansas on October 9 a long drought ended with a rainfall of one and a quarter inches. The rain was general across southwestern Kansas, easing dry conditions across the region.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Push Through the Crowd to Reach Your Platform in Life
A speaker-like parable urges persistent pushing to overcome obstacles and crowd resistance in pursuit of success. It compares reaching a platform to climbing social or professional heights, advising steady, polite, butfirm effort to gain elbow room and better vantage.
Dawson Returns From Hawaii Trip
Congressman A. F. Dawson and his wife returned to Preston Iowa after joining a congressional committee in Hawaii to investigate naval conditions.
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Preston, Ia
A. F. Dawson
Hawaiian Islands
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