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Crook County Journal. COUN1Y OFFICIAL PArEU. THURSDAY. JAK. 30, 1902. Desert U to Ulooin. At a meeting of the senators and representatives from the arid and wmi-arid states to consider the ir rigation bill drafted bv a subcom mittee on irrigation, it was agreed unanimously to present the bill to congress for its aetion, Xewlands being sponsor in the house and Hansbrough in the senate. It pro vides that all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colo rado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Ne braska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, including the surplus lees and commissions in excess of allowances to registers and receiv ers and excepting the 5 per cent of the proceeds of the sales of public lands set aside for educational pur poses, shall be set aside and ap plied as a special arid land recla mation fund. The secretary of the interior is directed to make the necessary ex aminations and surveys, and to locate and consolidate these irri gation works, reporting to congress at the beginning of each session the results of examinations and . surveys, with estimates of the cost of all works. The bill empowers the secretary of the interior to withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works, and to restore them when in his judgment they are not required for irrigation purposes. The bill authorizes the secretary of the in terior to let contracts for the work nd to limit the area per entry to that reasonably requited for the purpose of a familv. and . tu. charges therefor, as well as the cnarges cn lands ship benefitted by the government irrigation plants. A day's labor is fixed at eight hours. The bill prohibits the em ployment of Asiatic labor. No tight to use the water for land in private ownership shall be sold for tract exceeding 160 acres to any one person, and no right shall per manently attach until all payments therefor are made. When the pay menu are made for the major por tion of the lands irrigated, the management and operation of, but but not the title to, such irrigation works, excepting reservoirs and works necessary for their protec tion, snail pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under rules and regulations to be pre scribed by the secretary of the in terior, who also is empowered to acquire rights of property by pur chase or condemnation. The appropriation, use and dis tribution of ihe waters rendered available by the works provided for in the bill shall be governed by state and territorial laws, the right to use the water being appurtenant to the land irrigated, beneficial use to be the basis, measure and the limit of the right. A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women endure Backache, Headache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved that Electric Billera will quick ly curt, such troubles. "I nulTered for years with kidney trouble," writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, In., "and Ik me hack pained me so I could not tlreaa myself, but Electric liitters wholly cured me, and, although 73 years old, I now am able to do all my housework." It overcomes Conatipa- i lion, improve '"write, gives perfect health. Only 10c Vdamson A Win uek Cu.'i drug vuc. A Croat Urn ft. "One of the cleverest grafting schemes it was ever my lot to get up against was that perpetrated by a Colorado man," said James Sage, formerly of Kansas City. "He was county recorder out there on the divide, and conceived a brilliant plan to increase the receipts of his oflioe. He had prepared elegantly lithographed maps of a townsite in his county. Under it were photo graphs of the 'proposed waterworks' the 'proposed electrio light plant,' and other 'proposed' improvements. He sent this prospectus broadcast with a letter saying he would pre sent one of the 25-foot lots to the party to whom the letter was ad dressed. All that was necessary was to send 12.50 for recording the deed. This looked like a bonanza to the fellow who received the let ter, and in most instances he has tened to send the money. He got his deed all right, and along with it came a letter from the enterprise ing landboomir, saying he could secure the lot next to his in the proposed city for the small sura of $25. Well, of course, there was nothing to jo but send the money. All the recorder did was to enter his land with the land office, which cost him about $2.50 an acre. His scheme was originally intended to help out his fees, but the money came in so fast that he was ready- in a few months to retire. It was most plausible scheme, and know there are plenty of people who are holding deeds to lots in town in Colorado which is nothing more than rocks and wire irrass. Which shows that 60 of those in dividuals who are not as wise as Solomon are still born to the hour. I was one of them, and hold a deed, which I keep as a souvenir." Price Blacksmith Shop E. A. PARKER, Prop. All kinds of blncksmithing and wagon repair work done at reas onablo rates. PRICE, : : OREGON. Hotel Piwilk Remembered by Employer. N. P. Peterson, of Corvallis, has fallen heir to $2000, left him by- Frank H. Peavey, who recently died at phicago, says the Times. Mr. Peterson was in the employ of the dead grain king, as he was called, for nearly 18 years. Speak ing of the legacy, the Lyons, Neb., Sun says: "Readers will be par ticularly interested to note the in terest of N. P. Peterson, now of Corvallis, Oregon, in the will. Mr. Peterson was in the employ of Mr. Peavy for many years, and this snug sum of $2000 comes as a re ward over and above wages for faithful service." C. E. McDowell, Prop. Thoroughly Renovated and Re furnished Throughout. American Plan. Ilntes $1, $1.50 nnd $3 per day. Accommodations are Unsurpassed in the city. Sample Rooms for Commercial Traveler, Long Distance Telephone Station , in the house. Billiard Parlors AND , BOWLING ALLEY DAVIS A COLLI, Props. Nuts, Candies, Cigars, Smokers' Ar ticles and Tropical Fruits. Furnished rooms by day, week or month. Moore Building, Main street. FRANK ELKINS & GO. South, End Blacksmith Shop Wo Have Canton Gang Plows, Canton Sulky Plows, Canton Walking Plows, Canton Blue Jay Plows, In both Chilled Iron and Steel. Wc Have Superior Hoe Drills, Superior Disc Drills, Superior Shoe Drills. Superior broad cast seeder With Cultivator attachment. We also carry In stock the Famous Canton Disc Harrows, U Bar Harrows and Favorite Pipe Frame Harrows. 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