anaheim-gazette 1912-03-28

IRRIGATION IN KANSAS Irrigation by pumping has taken on important proportions in western Kansas of late, and the following contribution to the subject by F. D. Coburn will be found informing and encouraging: For years the feasibility of utilizing the underground waters of western Kansas for irrigation has been discussed at the annual meetings of the state board of agriculture, and learned scientists have contributed much on the subject. Though the west third or half of the state possessed a so-called inexhaustible underground water supply, it seemed the consensus of opinion that it could not profitably be made use of for the irrigation of any considerable areas on the high lands because of the lift being too great. Irrigation of the valleys, where water is near the surface, by pumping, long since passed the experimental stage, but its possibilities are not yet fully realized, as each season sees some new development. While this is important to the valleys, the great significance of the later investigations is the demonstrating here and there that the uplands can be profitably irrigated by pumping from deeply drilled wells, as these lands comprise by far the greatest acreage. Their soils are rich and of such texture that experts declare they will need less (some say only about one-half as much) water to produce crops as the sandier lands of the valleys. Again, there will be seasons when the rainfall will be such as to require only partial, if any, use of the pumping plant, and it begins to look as if many thousands of acres of western Kansas may be made reliably productive through artificial watering. In each of cherry, peach and plum, and 1500 grapevines, all now coming into bearing. Between the trees he raises vegetables in profusion, such as tomatoes, beans, peppers, cantaloupes and watermelons. It is a most impressive demonstration of what a combination of soil, sunshine, intelligence and water will do in that region, and is suggestive of future developments. Much interest has been manifested lately too in the development of artesian water. PANAMA CANAL'S GREAT LOCKS The Largest Ever Designed for Any Purpose The canal, from deep water in the Atlantic to deep water in the Pacific, will be fifty and a half miles in length, on land, forty and a half miles. In passing from the Atlantic to the Pacific side, ships will enter the canal from Limon Bay, passing on through a channel 500 feet wide to Gatun, a distance of about seven miles. Here they will enter a series of three locks in flight, and will reach at once the highest elevation of the canal, eighty-five feet. And will find themselves on the surface of Gatun Lake. Gatun Lake is an immense lake, formed by impounding the waters of the Chagres river by Gatun dam, and will cover an area of 164 square miles. Over this lake steamers will move under their own power at full speed for a distance of twenty-four miles, until they reach Bas Obispo, the entrance to Culebra cut. Culebra cut is about nine miles long, the minimum width of the channel being 200 feet at the bottom. At Pedro Miguel one lock will lower the ships to the level of fifty-four and two-thirds feet above sea level. far the greatest acreage. Their soils are rich and of such texture that experts declare they will need less (some say only about one-half as much) water to produce crops as the sandier lands of the valleys. Again, there will be seasons when the rainfall will be such as to require only partial, if any, use of the pumping plant, and it begins to look as if many thousands of acres of western Kansas may be made reliably productive through artificial watering. In the valley from Garden City to Syracuse many pumping plants are already operating or being installed. There are a number of wells being drilled and put into use on the higher lands at the present time, here and there, from Meade county, in the southwest, north and west to Sherman county. At Fowler, in Meade county, the Walker well is finished and equipped ready for use. In Sherman county two big wells have been drilled into the gravel that carries apparently unlimited water, and the pumps are now being installed. This suggests in a very general way something of the territory where a water supply may be profitably available for irrigation by pumping. Only one of these big upland wells was in commission during the last crop season. This was the J. W. Lough well about twelve miles southwest of Scott, in Scott county. From it were irrigated 180 acres, all that could be made ready in time for planting, but its owner estimates the well will take care of 320 acres. On the 180 acres were raised potatoes, beans, cucumbers, water melons, turnips and other vegetables in profusion. The yield of milo was estimated as high as seventy bushels per acre, and oats and barley-at fifty to sixty bushels. Sorghum grew to a height of 10 feet. This was planted the 1st of June, irrigated three times and cultivated. Another field was broadcasted to sorghum the 1st of August, irrigated twice and attained a growth of about 6. feet, making the finest quality of fodder. From a thirty-one acre field of alfalfa, sown in 1910, four cutting were secured in the past season, averaging about a ton to the acre for each cutting. This is notable not alone because there was no considerable rainfall there in 1911, but because the summer was unusually hot, one of the most trying and unfavorable in years. The weather itself subjected the demonstration to the severest test, and the results, in spite of the inhospitable conditions, were most gratifying. At Pedro Miguel one lock will lower the ships to the level of fifty-four and two-thirds feet above sea level. The descent from Pedro Miguel is to a lake eleven and a half miles long, ending in the Miraflores locks. Here two locks will lower vessels to the sea level. Passing through a bottom channel 500 feet in width the vessel's will then pass out to the Pacific, covering eight and one-half miles in the sea-level channel. It will be seen that the actual work of dry excavation is ch'efly centered in the Culebra cut and in the foundations for the locks. The mental picture of the canal does not carry with it a view of a continuous channel, as the greater distance is over the surface of Gatun Lake. The actual visible channels are at the entrances on the Atlantic and Pacific sides and at Culebra cut. According to a time table of transits which Col. Goethal's chief engineer and chairman of the Isthmian canal commission, has prepared, twelve hours will be allowed to the slowest ships in passing through the canal. This allows three hours for the passage through the locks. The control and disposition of the Chagres river has been the crucial problem in all canal projects. The high level plan converts this river into a valuable auxiliary, and disposes of its waters so that they shall afford the greater part of the means of transportation. The dread Chagres is made to form and feed a vast lake, over the surface of which ships will pass with speed and freedom. This lake is the chief feature of the project and its creation will be contrived by the erection of the Gatun dam, closing the gap in the encircling hills through which the Chagres finds its way to the Atlantic ocean. The dam from end to end is one and eight-tenths miles long and 1900 feet wide at its greatest width. The crest of the dam will be 115 feet above sea level, placing it at about thirty feet above the normal level of Gatun lake. The width of the dam at the eighty-five-foot level, where it other institution sports the first country, from threes firesides of civil ly be a few ye will be a rae Not that they are rapidly now th past, but they are sonality and insorption of their people. It is not bracing of civility checked their invasion of their domains, l introduce many before the invaders to. The that do not thie life of their matters not hortions may be to vancement, they been put upon them the same soner. They n't to the inevitable it becomes kill. According to Commissioner o including Alaska 412 Indians in day. Of this m are residents of Oklahoma, where 101 ranch, which of the Indians ans in existence of civilized tribes those who have a thirty-one acre field of alfalfa, sown in 1910, four cutting were secured in the past season, averaging about a ton to the acre for each cutting. This is notable not alone because there was no considerable rainfall there in 1911, but because the summer was unusually hot, one of the most trying and unfavorable in years. The weather itself subjected the demonstration to the severest test, and the results, in spite of the inhospitable conditions, were most gratifying. From this it seems that these large wells, with centrifugal pumps and powerful cheap-fuel engines, are helping to solve the problem of utilizing the underground waters to irrigate the uplands. To what extent this may be carried, no one can tell at this time, but that it should be developed to its fullest capacity is patent. One of the most striking examples of the transformation possible by irrigation in western Kansas is afforded by the experience of P. Finello, on two acres in the outskirts of Garden City. This of course is in the Arkansas river valley, where the distance to water is only about 9 feet. When he moved on the land it was devoid of trees or vegetation, and now it is a wonderful garden. In the spring of 1908 he installed a pumping plant, consisting of a 7 horsepower gasoline engine, and one centrifugal pump, with accessories, at a cost of $293. His well is 46 feet deep and 16 inches in diameter. The pump draws 265 gallons per minute, with no perceptible decrease in the water supply, at a cost of about 7 cents per hour, and in six hours the entire tract can be thoroughly watered. Mr. Finello's actual work with trees on this tract began in 1908,and he has on this tract about eighty project and its creation will be contrived by the erection of the Gatun dam, closing the gap in the encircling hills through which the Chagres finds its way to the Atlantic ocean. The dam from end to end is one and eight-tenths miles long and 1900 feet wide at its greatest width. The crest of the dam will be 115 feet above sea level, placing it at about thirty feet above the normal level of Gatun lake. The width of the dam at the eighty-five-foot level, where it meets the crest of the lake will be 375 feet. The dam is semi-circular in shape, meeting and including elevations or hills in its contour, which have been left intact, thus reducing the cost of construction. It is said to be so immense that it does not have the appearance of a dam, so much as of a natural mound connecting the side hills at Gatun. Some idea of the magnitude of the mechanical portion of the work may be gathered from the fact that 100 steam shovels are at work on the entire line; that the plant carries 4131 cars, 279 locomotives, eighteen dredges, thirty-nine barges and sixteen pile drivers on the canal alone with sixty-eight locomotives, fifty-six coaches and 1495 freight cars on the railroad. About 35,000 men are employed. In the construction of the locks the canal builders have had to meet with novel difficulties. In the first place, the locks are the largest ever designed. They are constructed in pairs, and involve an immense amount of excavation and concrete laying. Excavation of 5,500,000 yards of dirt is necessary for the construction of the twelve to be built. They will be approximately eight- ANAHEIM GAZETTE ty-one feet high, the center wall has a width of sixty feet for its entire height, the side walls will be from forty-five to fifty feet wide at the surface floor, narrowing at a point about 24 1-3 feet above the surface of the floor until they are eight feet wide at the top. The interior chambers for the accommodation of ships will be 110 ft. usable width, and 1000 feet long, giving sufficient space to hold the largest ships ever built. It will require about eight minutes to fill the locks and in order to facilitate the passage of ships through, intermediate gates will be placed in the lock chambers, dividing the locks into chambers of 400 and 600 feet respectively, so that when a monster ocean liner passes through, the two chambers can be thrown into one. WILD WEST SHOW Will Exhibit at Anaheim on Monday, April 1st Considered from an educational standpoint the 101 Ranch wild West Show which will be here on April 1 fills a niche that no other amusement can fill. The study it affords of the rapidly decreasing Indian is a lesson that can be taught by no potent to conduct their own affairs free from governmental control. During the past year the leases approved by the government numbered two thousand less than in 1908. The group of intractable Indians, the real aborigines, are insignificant as compared to those tribesmen who have embraced industry. At the time old Crazy Snake was heading his braves on the warpath last year, the students of the Carlisle Indian school were conducting graduating exercises and the Crow Indians in Montana were sowing seed and plowing. Among the older Indians a graduate of Carlisle loses caste. Frequently after returning to the tribe the graduate will discard the education acquired and don the blanket and take up the nomadic life that the government sought to have him forget in educating. Once when taken to task for doing this a young buck gave to a government officer the excuse for doing so in these words: "The government gives us the means to secure a good education, but makes no provision for us after we graduate." Carlisle has done much to educate the Indian and this will become more apparent as time advances. However, among the older braves the influence is not felt to any extent and it is these Indians, as they were before the trend westward of white man's progress, that the 101 Ranch Wild West show brings with it. Not only the Indians, but their habits, dances, manner of living, the hunts, battles, craftiness, religion, and all that goes to make the Indian interesting. In the Indian village that exists in connection with the show proper, the Indian is seen as they are in the wilds. Not alone for exhibition purposes, but because the Indian prefers it. The squaws are expert makers of crude bead work, LEONARD EVANS Attorney-at-Law Special Attention Given Probate Matters Notary Public. 105 E. Center St. Pacific Phone 246J Anaheim, Cal H. V. Weisel Roger C. Dutton WEISEL & DUTTON Attorneys and Counselors at Law SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN PROBATE MATTERS German Language Spoken Notary Public 2d Floor Mullinix bldg Phone Main 110J Anaheim, Cal. F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Odd Fellows' Block, Center Street Anaheim, Cal. J. JANSS, M. D. Physician & Surgeon 523 W. Center St. Anaheim Office Hours, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. Both Phones Phones, Main 135 R Home 140l DR. JOHN H. BOEGE DENTIST Office 200½ East Center St. Hours 9 to 12; 1 to 4 Evenings by Appointment GEO. C. BRYAN, M. D. Successor to the late Dr. Rich, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA OFFICE:HOURS 10 to 12 a.m; 2 to 4 p.m.; 7 to 8 p.m. Phones, Pacific 45; Home 62. Dr. W. S. McFarlane VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST Diseases of Horses, Cattle and Dogs a specialty J. C. MILLER other institution, as it literally transports the first dwellers of this country, from the plains to the very firesides of civilization. It will only be a few years before the Indian will be a race entirely of the past. Not that they are dying off any more rapidly now than they did years past, but they are losing their personality and individuality, by the absorption of the ways of the white people. It is no secret that the embracing of civilizations has materially checked their multiplying and that the invasion of the white race to their domains, has had a tendency to introduce many forms of disease that before the invasion they were strangers to. The Indians are a race that do not thrive when away from the life of their forefathers and it matters not how good their intentions may be to live the life of advancement, the restraint that has been put upon them is not unlike to them the same as that put on a prisoner. They may desire to submit to the inevitable, but the submission is so contrary to their nature that it becomes killing. According to the figures of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, not including Alaska there are out 300,412 Indians in the United States today. Of this number about 110,000 are residents of the new state of Oklahoma, where is also situated the 101 ranch, which harbors thousands of the Indians. Of the 300,412 Indians in existence 101,228 are members of civilized tribes, freed men and of those who have intermarried among of white man's progress, that the 101 Ranch Wild West show brings with it. Not only the Indians, but their habits, dances, manner of living, the hunts, battles, craftiness, religion, and all that goes to make the Indian interesting. In the Indian village that exists in connection with the show proper, the Indian is seen as they are in the wilds. Not alone for exhibition purposes, but because the Indian prefers it. The squaws are expert makers of crude bead work, blankets, basket and even pottery. The bucks still make bows and arrows and will sit for hours, carving out some weird design of their idea of an image, without looking up, or saying a word. Representatives of every known tribe are with the 101 Ranch and tribes that for generations have waged war, now dwell amicably together. Not simply because they want to, but possibly more because they are compelled to, for the Indians are never left without guards. They have no respect for the white man's laws and have a very beautiful way of settling their own difficulties if permitted to do so. Indians are but one of the many features with this meritorious aggregation and taken in its entirety the 101 Ranch Wild West Show is the one truthful depictor of the early days and the present life in the far west. HOW LONG WOULD YOU LAST If You Had to Negotiate All These Stamps If you were an office boy and had to lick an average of 243,000 postage stamps every month how long do you suppose that your tongue would last? Do you think that one office boy could do it? The Southern Pacific Company uses this many stamps every thirty days and while one boy in the general offices of the company at San Francisco does not place all of them on envelopes, he has to perforate the initials on each stamp before they are distributed from the treasurer's office. In January of this year 24,000 one-cent stamps were used by the Southern Pacific. During the same period 173,000 two-cent stamps, 10,000 three's, 13,000 four's, 13,000 five's, 4,000 eight's and 6000 ten's were used. January is an average month in the use of stamps, say the clerks in the treasurer's office. The Southern Pacific uses approximately $48,000 worth of postage stamps annually. GEO. C. BRYAN, M.D. Successor to the late Dr. Rich, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA OFFICE HOURS 10 to 12 a.m; 2 to 4 p.m.; 7 to 8 p.m. Phones, Pacific 45; Home 62. Dr. W. S. McFarlane VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST Diseases of Horses, Cattle and Dogs a specialty Office and Hospital corner of Oak and Lemon streets Phones—Home 1253; Pacific 424 ANAHEIM Abbott School of Dancing and Elocution OPERA HOUSE SATURDAYS, 2 to 5 P.M. Classes in national, aesthetic, folk and social dancing. Also physical culture and Delsarte poses. Pupils may enter any time. Children and adults. Eva Lyons Smith TEACHER OF PIANO Cor. Center & Claudina Sts Over Duckworth's Store WANTED!! Spanish Pupils by competent Spanish Teacher. Sunset Phone 82J2 Postoffice box 364 7 per cent in amounts of $1000 to $5000 on Improved Real Estate. L. N. CLEVELAND 336-9 Title Insurance Bldg, Cor. Fifth and Spring Sts. A2450 & Main 5986, LOS ANGELES Boston Bakery and Confectionery STEPHEN KISTLER, Proprietor Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies daily. Chris topher's Chocolates and Bonbons always fresh, on hand. E. Center st., opposite City Hall Anaheim Anaheim Bakery Peter Syre, prop. Fresh Bread Cakes and Pies Confectionery, Etc. Wedding Cakes a Specialty According to the figures of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, not including Alaska there are about 300,412 Indians in the United States today. Of this number about 110,000 are residents of the new state of Oklahoma, where is also situated the 101 ranch, which harbors thousands of the Indians. Of the 300,412 Indians in existence 101,228 are members of civilized tribes, freed men and of those who have intermarried among the whites. The agency of New York state wards the following: Cayugas 178, Oneidas 276, Onondagas 537, Senecas 2747, St. Regis 1349, Tuscaroras 368, Oklahoma with its 110,000 is followed by Arizona with 40,000, California 18,000, Colorado 4500, Kansas 1000, Michigan 6500, Minnesota 6000, New York 5200, Montana 10,000, North Dakota 8000, South Dakota 19,000, Washington 6000. While there is a slight tendency on the part of the younger generation of the Indians to become industrious and to seek success with their white brother, the older ones do not humiliate themselves by working. The government has done much to promote the uplifting movement and put the Indian on a level of contemporary civilization and during the past two decades no less than forty thousand has been added to the population of those who have intermarried. While the Indian irrespective of age does not take kindly to labor of any kind, it is not entirely impossible to interest him, and once interested he becomes very greedy for results. The government to interest him has found the plan feasible to cut down the number of approved leases on Indian allotments and thousands of Indians have becomecom- before they are distributed from the treasurer's office. In January of this year 24,000 one-cent stamps were used by the Southern Pacific. During the same period 173,000 two-cent stamps, 10,000 three's, 13,000 four's, 13,000 five's, 4,000 eight's and 6,000 ten's were used. January is an average month in the use of stamps, say the clerks in the treasurer's office. The Southern Pacific uses approximately $48,000 worth of postage stamps annually. Every time a two-cent stamp is placed on a letter the railroad must haul one ton of freight three and a half miles. Think of it. All it costs to haul a ton of freight three and one-half miles is two cents. The government charges the same rate to haul a letter that weighs one ounce. True, the post office department transports the letter more than three and one-half miles for two cents; but you have to pay two cents to have it taken even a half mile. All of the Southern Pacific stamps are perforated with the company initials before they are distributed. This is done for the purpose of identification. Upon different occasions the Southern Pacific deposits have been burglarized of several hundred dollars worth of postage stamps but the burglars have never been able to dispose of them. This perforation is done with the permission of the government. HOW THE FIGHT BEGAN "Miss Johnsing, why did yo' refuse tooh take yoh mask off las'nite when de call come foh unmaskin?" "What's de mattah wid youse,nigger? I didn't hab no mask on." "Dats what I tol' all dem niggers but dey wouldn't believe muh." ARD EVANS orney-at-Law ention Given Probate Matters 105 E. Center St. 246J Anaheim, Cal Roger C. Dutton L & DUTTON and Counselors at Law TION GIVEN PROBATE MATTERS on Language Spoken 2d Floor Mullinix bldg Anaheim, Calf SPENCER ORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Book, Center Street Anaheim, Cal. ANSS, M. D. an & Surgeon Center St. Anaheim from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. Both Phones 135 R 1401 HN H. BOEGE DENTIST 10½ East Center St. 9 to 12; 1 to 4 days by Appointment BRYAN, M. D. to the late Dr. Rich, CALIFORNIA OFFICE;HOURS 2 to 4 p.m.; 7 to 8 p.m. Pacific 45; Home 62. S. McFarlane NARY SURGEON DENTIST of Horses, Cattle is a specialty. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY Fitted with the most up-to-date machinery for turning out the best work on short notice and at moderate prices. Patronize home industry, especially when you get just a little bit better service here than you can get anywhere else. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY J. E. FISHER & CO., Props. SOUTH LEMON STREET Anaheim, Cal. W. E. Cooper A. Shriner THE NATIONAL MARKET No. 107 W. Center St. COOPER & SHRINER, Proprietors The Best of Beef, Mutton and Pork, Sausage, Ham, Bacon and Lard. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. ANAHEIM Cigar Factory ARNOLD & SON, Props. West Center St., Anaheim. Manufacturers of The Anaheim Eagle and LUMBER, CEMENT, BRICK ARDEN PLASTER MILL WORK Beveled Well Curbing C GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY CHAS F GRIM. Manager INTERIOR FINISH We furnish the finest interior finish promptly. Slash Grain Oregon Pine Finish fresh run and mill sanded. Also Kiln Dried Flooring and Ceiling. We Have Pattern Books which contain the latest ideas. Get our figures when you contemplate building. GIBBS LUMBER CO. ANAHEIM, FULLERTON PLACENTIA. For First-Class Fumigating You should get a man who knows how. I have had the experience and can deliver the goods. H J Westerman BRYAN, M. D. CALIFORNIA OFFICE:HOURS 2 to 4 p.m.; 7 to 8 p.m. Pacific 45; Home 62. S. McFarlane NARY SURGEON DENTIST of Horses, Cattle a specialty ... and Hospital corner and Lemon streets school of Dancing Elocution ERA HOUSE DAYS, 2 to 5 P.M. national, aesthetic, folk and Also physical culture poses. Pupils may enter children and adults. yons Smith ER OF PIANO er & Claudina Sts Buckworth's Store NTED!! Pupils by compenish Teacher. cent in amounts of $1000 to Improved Real Estate. CLEVELAND Insurance Bldg, Cor. Fifth and Spring Sts., 5986, LOS ANGELES Bakery fectionery KISTLER, Proprietor akes and Pies daily. Chris ocolates and Bonbons fresh, on hand. site City Hall Anaheim The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. PLACENTIA. ANAHEIM Cigar Factory ARNOLD & SON, Props. West Center St., Anaheim. Manufacturers of The Anaheim Eagle and Rosebud Cigars. We make a Specialty of Private Box Trade. For First-Class Fumigating You should get a man who knows how. I have had the experience and can deliver the goods. H.J. Westerman North Olive Street, ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA LOW RATES FROM THE EAST From March 1st to April 15th, 1912, inclusive, from all points in the East, tickets will be sold at low rates to California. EXAMPLES Omaha ... $25.00 Chicago ... $33.00 Kansas City ... 25.00 New York ... 50.00 Houston, Tex ... 25.00 St, Louis ... 32.00 Proportionately low fares from other points Ask us for literature and further details and write your friends to come west via the Southern Pacific for prompt and reliable service. See Agents Southern Pacific C. W. Pendleton, Agt., Anaheim. Both Phones Los Angeles Office, 600 S. Spring St. Anaheim, Monday April 1 MILLER BROS & EDWARD ARLINGTON'S REAL WILD WEST 550 101 RANCH REAL WILD WEST 550 PEOPLE & HORSES CHEYENNE CHAMPIONS BARBAROUS MEXICO BULL RING SENSATION FOOT BALL ON HORSE BACK STAMPEDE ROUND-UP 60 INDIANS BIG FREE STREET PARADE 10 30 A.M. TWICE DAILY 2 8 P.M. RAIN OR SHINE Advance sale of tickets at Mullinix Drug Store. Positively no advance in price for early reservations.