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I Crook County Journal. County Odlolal Paper. TIIUKHDAY, DKCKMHKH II, 1001 I'HI I Illicit Y W0IIK fMt( third, tho powiitiility cif Htoring water; and fourth a knowledge af tho rainfall of ihi region, on which the How of tho ulreain depend. ? Ono of tin) firt steps taken in the iiivestigotion wo a careful re view in l'uriH of the records of niinfiill a twl ui ,,, n... i,....i i... ;ilwillVCtm.i((,n of (h, water tho enrineers of Fren.l, P.. cuppiy lor tho Ithrmun cmiiil wAHiI'M Una, Companion, both first o impnrtttiit a factor in tlm hcIm- and second, which though fairly complete, wero found lacking in r(wxietH to flood records. The next timi of the route an the survey of tnu physical feature of the coun try through which it must iw. If tho original , intention of the Ficnch onginoors to moko the can al a tidewater canal had been car ried out, the water supply of the country would not . have been a factor to lie considered, except for the . euibaraHHmont occasionally caused by cxtrctno floods which' might find their way into tho can al. Hut when tho tidewater pro ject wan abandoned and it was de cided that a canal crowing the con tinental divido by means of locks with a summit level of nearly 100 feet above the sea was tho most feasible plan of construction, it be came of tho utmost importance to 'determine whether tho natural supply of tho region in the form of nearby streams would be sufficient to provide the amount of water ii(essary to ojHTate the canal. There will obviously bo a constant drain on the waters of tho summit level with every vessel passing through the locks, which will be go considerable that large quantities f water must t tuoured t re plenish it Careful dstimates have placed tliis amount necessary to meet the losses from lockage, pow er, leakage, and evaxiration the hint being by no means an unim portant factor in a tropical climate at an amount cjual to a con stant flow of 1,070 cubic feet per second. Such an investigation was car ried on by tho Isthmian Commis sion for a number of years under Mr. Arthur 1'. Davis, of the United States Geological Survey, as chief hydrographer, and included both the regions of tho Nicaragua and the I'unnnm routes. The results of this work are o much interest and will shortly appear in the Twenty-second Annual Hoport of tlie I'nitcd States Geological Sur rey, l'art IV, which is now in press. From this comprehensive report it is seen that the feasibility of the Panama route rests upon the magnitude and habit of the Chagres river, from which it must draw its. supply for the summit level, and from which its lower ' levels will be in danger in times of flood. To a less degree tho Grande river, at tho southern end of tlie line, is of similar importance. Hefore the Panama route could be definitely recommended Beveral important facts regarding the Chagres river had to be determined. First the amount of its minimum How, to find how little water might be expected at certain seasons to feed the summit level; second, the magnitude of its , flood discharge, to show how much surplus water would have to be disposed of in times .of freshet without injury to the canal or detention to its traflic; step was to verify and extend these observations. This was done by establishing gaging stations, where careful measurements were made of tho amount of flow by means of current meters and float rods and by gages set in tho stream to re cord its daily heights and fluctu ations, from which the maximum, minimum, and moan discharges a canal, the land would be taken investigations have been corn-' pleted. Attention is called to tlie' fact that all the entries made upon the lands referred are subject to the following proviso, of the act of August 30, 1890, (20 Stat., 391): That in all patents for lands hereafter taken- up under any of the land laws of the United States Or on entries or claims vali dated by this act, west of the one hundreth meridian, it shall bo ex pressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described, a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States. Under this provision of the law, should a homoslcad entry embrace land that is needed in whole or in part for a dam sito,' a reservoir, or wore computed. The projected canal from , Colon to Panama Is 47 miles long, and for more than half its course it fol lows the valloy of the Chagres river. Although tlie country is covered with heavy vegetation, the slopes are so precipitous and the rock is so near the surface that violent Iropieal rainfalls lasting only a few hours causo heavy and sudden floods. This is the feature which makes the study of the flow of the lower Chagres of such im portance. i'hn rainfall, though copious, wits found to be ieculiar on account of the striking difference in its amount on the northern and southern sides of the isthmus, the mean yearly rainfall at Colon being l.'iO inehes, while that at Panama less than 70 miles distant, was only C0.8 inches, for such purpose and the entry man would have no claim against the United States for the taking of such right of way. You will post a copy of this cir cular in a conspicuous place in your office anil give the subject matter hereof such general publicity as may to possible. Very respectfully, Iil.WKR ilKKMA.NN, Commissioner Approved Octoler 25, 1902. E. A. Hitcacock, , . ' , Secretary A Modern ftaiauiaa. CIRCULAR. . DKI'ARTalKNTOF THK INTERIOR. , OIIKUAI. LAJ wnc s. Wamikutok, I). ; Oetouor 26, MM. R unman AMI K(U tlVII'i, t'nlteil Stelee laud ofllroa In Arltune, Cali fornia. Colorado, Idaho, Oregon Waali- In (Con, oic. ' oknti.emen: You are hereby directed, in ad dition to the instructions contain ed in office circular of Septemlicr 9, 1902, to call tho especial atten tion of all persons that have made, or are intending to mako, home stead entries on lands that have been, or may hereafter be, temporarily withdrawn for irriga tion purposes, to the following statement. Tho withdrawal of these lands is principally for tlie purpose of making surveys and Irrigation in vestigations in order to determine the feasibility of the plans of irri gation and reclamation proposed; only a portion of the lands will be irrigated even if tho project is feas ible; it will be impossible to decide in advanco of cureful examination what hinds may be watered, if any; the mere fact that surveys are in progress is no indication whatever that tho works will be built, and this fact can not determine how much water there may be avail able, or what hinds can be covered, or whether tho cost will be too There is talk of deposing or, oth erwise disciplining our great and good friend, Hadji Mohammed Wolomol Kiruru, Sultan of Sulu because it is reiorted that he has been making roundups among his subjects and selling them for casl; contrary to the treaty with Uncle Sam, by which he was to receive a salary of $187 a month, quit slave dealing and be our good friend and brother. But who can blame him for catching some Suluites and selling them, considering what a-paltry stipend is paid him, and that while when ho made this treaty, he ha only 67 wives, he now has 298, and expects to take on a f,ood many more. ' No 'man can support sncfi a family on such a miserable pit' tance paid the Sultan, to say noth nig of maintaining the dignity of tho throne. The government should at once abricate the causo of th treaty prohibiting tho sejling, of slaves or else grant His Excellen cy an increase of salary. Raw Death Near. "It often made my heart ache,'' writes L. C. Overstreei, of Elgin Tenn., "to hear my wife cough until I l. . - , , u Buenieu ner wouk aim sore lungs would collapse. Good doctors said she wasso far gone with Consumption that no medicine or earthly helpcou save her, but a friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery and persis tent use of tins excellent medicine saved her lifo."' 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