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4-Vi nmHnp nut tlift -provisions oC the South Dakota 742.730.60 " .., a - I TTtaii anri National Irrigation Jaw. Three years ago !thero -was no such service; there was a mere" hydrographic division Jn the Geolog ical Survey, which was studying, on a small scale, the water resources 01 iae 302.351.03 .. 2,733,362.98 875,253.83 Utah .... "Washington ...... Wyoming ........ Total 123,012.836.40 The largest contributions were made by Oregon, North Dakota, "Washington, arld-SVest, and gathering data wmcn nas Oklahoma and California. The rush since proven of Inestimable value in car- i tor timber land on the Pacific Coast swelled the receipts of the Land Offices in the Pacific Coast states, while North Dakota and Oklahoma have each en joyed a land boom, which accounts for their large receipts. The Apportionment The reclamation fund Is a permanent fund, und every dollar laid out In the construction of any project ultimately finds its way back, to be used In an other locality. Moreover, the fund re celves contributions each year from the receipts or salcsof public lands, mak ingr it not only a permanent, but a con direct suDervisIon of the work of that stantly enlarging: fund. The Secretary ,., ,o rtf om.rA hwm subordinate or the interior, acting under autnonty to Hon. C. D. Walcott, Director oi xne bi i we nuuuuiu a,,-a. rn- tv.ft Tipiamat!on ! act. has annortioned the reclamation Service Is a bureau of division of the sur- j fund among J14 states and territories .tr' TIT tf f Hft TfmA InP rPPIHIHULlUll 1 V- w f AUlUfe A W4 LUUDLlUUliUU A. was -passed. Director walcott paid ntue i ngaiion worKs in au 01 xne arm-iaaa attention to the study of water resources, J states and territories, save Kansas ana rvinK on work under the Irrigation law. F. H. Newell was in charge of the hydro graphic division: he was placed, in charge of the Beclamation Service" as Chief En- 'gineer. Under his direction a mere di vision, with a limited corps of officers, was' expanded into a broad, important and far-reaching arm of the Interior De partment, one which today. Is charged with more important work than any oth er bureau under the Secretary of the In- -terior; one which numbers Its employes bythe hundreds, if not thousands. While Chief Engineer Newell has been "directly in charge of the organization of tKpnR.eri&matlon Service, and has had but devoted his attention largely to other work in hand. But when the Govern ment entered udou the Irrigation business, he took hold, made a thorough personal study of the irrigation possibilities, of the West, was very active in the reorganiza tion of the Irrigation service, and was at air-times consulted by Mr. Newell, and approved the action of the Chief Engineer. After -three years of conscientious study. Director "Walcott has thoroughly famil iarised himself with the workings of the National irrigation law, and Is now a rec- ntmlzed authority on this, as well as other subjects. Plunged Into Work. Unlike the first Panama Canal Com mission, the Reclamation Sen-ice went right .to 'work. Its officers did not cool their heels on comfortable desks in "Wash- Oklahoma. The apportionment as it stands today Is as follows: Name of State Prolect. Amount. Arizona Salt River. S 3.000.000 California Yuma 3,000,000 Colorado Gunnison... 2.500,000 Idaho Minidoka... 1,300,000 Idaho Py'ttBoJse 1,300,000 Montana Milk Itlver. 1.500.000 Nebraska Pathfinder. 1.000,000 Nevada -Truckee.... 3,000.000 New Mexico Hondo ..... 275.000 North Dakota Ft, Buford. 1,200,000 wortn uakota JBismarcn.. zoo.ooo North Dakota Buford - Trenton.- 300.000 Oregon Malheur..,. 2.000.000 South Dakota B. Fourche. 2,100.000 Utah'.. Utah Xko. 1,000.000 "Washington Palouse . ... 1.500.000 Wyoming Cody 2,250.000 Total .$27,475,000 It would appear from the foregoing ta- ington; they plunged into the arid re- I bles that the Secretary has apportioned srions of the West, the most unattractive portion of the entire continent, and they set about doing things. Engineering par ties of the Reclamation Service scattered over the entire West; no state or terri tory -was overlooked. At the end of the first year. Chief Engineer Newell was able to 'give a general idea of irrigation conditions throughout the West; he was .able, in a general way, to pick promising .projects from those that gave no prom Ise7"and. on his recommendation, certain nroiects were designated on which work should first be undertake. ,, Then It wad that the nrevious work of the Hydro- c-ranhJr! "Bureau became of service; it was this information that enabled the Government to enter Immediately upon the construction of several projects in the Southwest. Itvis too early to tell what success will attend ihe work of the Reclamation Ser vice; none of its work has yet been put to tho test, but from the extreme cau tion that ha3 been exercised fjn the verv first, and from the high class of en gineers who have been entrusted with the work, there is every promise that the -Reclamation Service will "make good." Its friends have confidence, its enemies ran findno oDenine through which to be- gitvan. attack. No doubt a great deal ofStKb' success, if attained, will be due lo'fffo-fact that Chief Engineer Newell haVcarrled on his work with an utter dis regard for nolltical influence or interfer ence,' but has rather proceeded solely on .the.merit plan. The Consulting Engineer. "Asv.the work of the Reclamation Ser vice has expanded, as many difficult prob lems plied up on the hands of the irriga tion engineers, it became apparent that the .service should have the aid and ad vice of the best irrigation engineer tho country could produce. President Roose-" more money than he actually has at his disposal. The fact is the Government Is not ready to begin the construction of soma of the projects named, and will not be for months to come. By the time work is commenced there will be ample funds available, for it is expected that on the first of next July approximately $3,000,000 will 'be added to the reclamation fund, bringing the aggregate away above the amount covered by the allotments. .Moreover, as tne nrst projects are com pleted. the money expended In their con struction will begin to return to tho rec lamation fund, and wil tend to meet the demands of new works, Below is given an Idea of the work tho Reclamation Service la, doing on the more important projects now under construct ion or soon to be placed under contract. Salt River Project. Work on the Salt River project in Arl zona Is well under way. Prior to the passage of the reclamation act the Geo logical Survey had made an exhaustive study of the water resources and irrlga. tlon possibilities of Salt River "Valley, so that little was needed In the way of sur veys when the Irrigation law became operative. This project presents many In tricate engineering features, and involves the construction of the largest dam in the United States, the Roosevelt dam The waters of Salt River will be held In check by a mammoth wall of masonry J10 feet high, 700 feet long at the top and ISO feet wide at its base. It is calculated that this dam will hold in check the flood waters of Salt River, creating lake 25 miles long, and conserving enough water to Irrigate from 160,000 to 200,000 acres of land. In connection with this project the Government is putting in series of power plants, which will bo utilized In pumping water onto large areas of lrmd belonging to the Pima, Papago vlt approved the plan, and, at the sug- Maricopa Indians, 'who have long gesuoni.cn director wmcou, ui mo l -suffered on account of drouth, Traf Knrvnv vha 1 -iTr TtfWCITS lm- 1 - mediate superior officer, and who Is him- 1 Gunnison Project, Colorado. rVnrfc dtated E Another Intricate engineering problem cvi nrnBiri- of California, late of the had to be solved before the Government Panama Canal Commission, as consult j could -undertake the construction "of the ing engineer -of the Reclamation faervice Gunnison project In Colorado. In that at a. salary of $10,000 a year. Because of the. salarv. it was rumored that Mr. Grunsky was to take charge of the Gov ernment irrhration work, replacing Mr. Newell. This report was erroneous. Mr. Grunsky is exactly what his title implies consulting engineer of the Reclamation Service. Incidentally It may he very gratifying to Mr. Grunsky to know that his -salary exceeds that of the head of the Reclamation Service, the Director of the Geological Survey, and even the Secretary of the Interior. In point or lact, jar. Grunsky receives the largest salary of any Federal official in Washington except ing the President nimseit. Mr. Grunsky will in reality bo a sort of balance wheel for the Reclamation Ser vice: he -will lend his aid In the solution of the difficult irrigation and engineering problems, "but will take no part in the ad ministrative work, which will remain in Mr. Newell's hands. There is no fric tion In the Reclamation Service; quite the contrary. Projects Under Way. The Reclamation Service at the pres ent time has nearly 525.0DO.OOO with which, to carry on its operations. This is money enough to complete a dozen large projects, but as the fund is 'con tinually growing, and asianoneys paid out are bound to return, the work need ' never cease until the water resources of the'West are exhausted. At the present time, contracts have been let for work on the Truckee-Carson project, Nevada; Salt River project, Arizona; Gunnison project, Colorado; Minidoka project, Idaho;. .North Platte project, Nebraska and Wyoming', and the Hondo project. New Mexico. But for trouble over the bids, contracts would also have been let for the Colorado River project. Call fornia. Under recent advertisements, con tracts will soon be let for the first work on the Belle Fourche project in North Dakota, an'd advertisements will be is sued for bids on the Boise-Payette project, Idaho; the Crow Indian Reser vatlon project, Montana; Fort Buford project, Montana, and Shoshone project. Wyoming1. Local difficulties prevent the advertisement for bids on the Mai heur project in Oregon and the Palouse project, Washington. Both are ready for advertisement when these local dif ferences are adjusted. The Klamath project in Oregon and California is in the same condition. From ibis statement of facts it be comes evident that National Irrigation Is an established fact. Already much work is in evidence, and results are about to be attained in one locality. Thousands of men are given employ ment each year on the various projects. and as the number of projects increases the payroll will Increase. All pay ments for labor, for construction work, for engineering; in fact, all expend! tures incident upon the carrying out of the National irrigation law come from the reclamation fund, and for instance there was an abundance of water, but it ran through a deep canyon heretofore considered inaccessible. After" several years- spent In surveys, a method was devised whereby one of the rocky walls of the canyon is tb be pierced by a six-mile tunnel, and the waters of Gun nison River diverted onto a trdct of 100.000 acres in Uncompahgre Valley. This project hinges entirely on the tunnel, which Is the-principal item of cost. Oth erwise It Is a pure gravity project. Its estimated cost is $2,500,000. Idaho- Projects. It was the original intention of the Reclamation Service to construct only the Minidoka project in Idaho at the present time' and let all others wait. But a fur ther study of the Irrigation possibilities under the Payette-Boise project convinced the engineers that it would he well to divide the fund allotted for the Minidoka project; to abandon temporarily the pump ing feature of that work, and spend one- nair . the original allotment on the ay- ette-Bblse project. The pumping feature of the Minidoka project Is not aban doned; It will be taken up at a later day, but since the Payette-Boise project offered opportunities for cheaper Irriga tion than the portion of the Minidoka project dependent upon pumping for Us water supply, it was determined to spend the money where It would be of most immediate benefit to settlers. Power planta will ultimately be built In connec tion with the Minidoka project, and this power will be largly utilized at some future time In raising water on the lands which He too high to be supplied hy a gravity system. . Down in Xew Mexico. The Territory of New Mexico Is sorely In need of Irrlcatlon. but does not stand to receive much immediate recognition from the Reclamation Service, as only $250,000 ha3 heen allotted to complete a small project on Hondo River. This is a simple project, of cheap construction, involving earth dams and short canals. Only about 12,000 acres xe to he irrigated. An Interstate Project, The only Interstate project so far at tempted is the Pathfinder project In Ne braska and Wyoming. The waters are to be stored in Wyoming, but most of the land to be reclaimed lies In Nebraska. The flood waters of the North Platte will be stored behind a 200-foot dam, thus creatine a reservoir with a capacity of over 1.000.000 acre-feet. This aam wiu- cost approximately $1,000,000- What ren ders this project extremely expensive is the fact that the lands to be irrigated lie 140 miles below the dam, necessitating the construction of the lonrest canal yet con templated on any Irrigation project In the country. However, the acreage to oe reclaimed is large, and this will tend to reduce the proportionate cost of the project. Rough estimates show that it will cost $5,000,000 to complete this worn, Tho International .Project. Sooner or later this Government may have serious trouble with Canada over the Milk River project in Montana, which contemplates the diversion of water from a stream which rises In Montana, flows Into Canada, and back Into Montana. There are vested rights on both sides of the International boundary, and there Is a way of amicably adjust-ng the differ ences, but Canada has been unwilling to make terms. Keanzing tne iutinry ot iur ther argument or negotiation, the Presl dent has given Instructions to go ahead. with this project, regardless of uanaaa. it CannAa. tcsnts to make terms, this uov ernment will negotiate, but hereafter the advances must come from the other side of the boundary line. The Milk River pro ject can be constructed In a way to benefit Canadians as well as residents or ion tana, or It .can be so constructed to shut off Canadian Irrigators entirely. It re mains for Canada to say what shall be done, and If she does not say, all the wa ter of Milk River will be diverted onto American farms, leaving Canadians high and dry,' i In North Dakota It Is not definitely known what will be done In North Dakota. Several projects have been, presented, all of them feasible, hut-are usually dependent upon pumping. The Reclamation Service wants to ex haust gravity systems before It enters upon the policy or irrigation by pumping. would already have commenced looking to the reclamation of SO.O00 or 100.000 acres over by the Idaho state line. The Mal heur project is entirely feasible; Is a comparatively cheap project, and one the Reclamation Service Is anxious to con struct. But until some satisfactory agree ment can be reached so that all land owners under this project will agree to contribute toward the cost of watering the land, no step can be taken in the di rection of construction work. There Is an alternative the Klamath project In South ern Oregon but this, too, Is tied up by serious complications.. The service looks for an early clearing away of the situa tion in Oregon, and when that comes dirt will begin o fly. Work in South Dakota. The Belle Fourche project is well under way. This project alms to reclaim lands northeast of the' Black Hills by the di version of Belle- Fourche and Redwater Rivers into a natural reservoir north of the town of Belle Fourche. From this reservoir the water will be distributed onto approximately 100,000 acres of very "fertile land. This Is largely a gravity canal project, with simple diversion prob lems, but it will cost jover $2,000,000, and will require three years for Its comple tion. Yuma Project, California. There has been considerable time de voted to Irrigation Investigations in Cali fornia, and in regions most in need of Irrigation it has been found that reclama tion problems present most difficult fea tures. The Yuma project, however, has been worked out In detail, and a plan de vised whereby 107,000 acres of land can be irrigated at a cost of $35 an acre by using the waters of Colorado River, This river is another international stream and navi gable, a- fact which tends to seriously complicate the Yuma project. California is also interested in the Klam ath project, along with Oregon, but the obstacle that stands in the way of the Oregon work also blocks reclamation in Northern California. Ultimately It Is be lieved the Klamath project will be built. in which event Oregon and California will share equally Its benefits. Palouse Project, Washington. As soon as some agreement Is made with the O. R. & N. Co. to remove its tracks from the principal reservoir site of the Palouse project in Eastern Washington the Reclamation Service will undertake the irrigation of at least . 100,000 acres of land lying northeast of Walla Walla. There are no especially Intricate prob lems to be solved In connection. with this project; it Is a pure diversion problem, on a large scale, and means the expenditure of nearly .$1,500,000. Its feasibility Is set tled; plans have been completed, and work awaits only the removal of the railroad tracks. This Is the only Washington pro ject ready for construction. Others are still under investigation, but do not prom lse early results. In tho Mormon Country. There are Irrigation possibilities In Utah, and funds have been reserved for the Utah Lake project; but this, like every other' project so far examined In tho state, shows serious complications, par ticularly as' to water rights. At least an other year's study i3 necessary before any construction can be undertaken In Utah. Work of Examination. Jackson s Famous Patriotic Toat DEMOCRATIC BANQUETS RECALL " OLD HICKORY'S " ANSWER TO FAMED NULLIFIERS d . At the feast of Balahaxzar and a thousand of his lords, As they drank from soldea- .vessels, as the Book of Truth record. In the nlcht. as they reveled in the royal council-hall, They -were seized with consternation 'twas the hand upon the' wall! ROM the day of Queen Esther's ban quet, when the haughty Haman was humbled- to the day of the Bryan. "dollar dinner," when the plutocratic? Democrats were severely rebuked, the banquet half has occupied a picturesque place In history, both in the Old World and In the New. It was at a. banquet that Washington Impetuously hurled de fiance at "Citizen" Genet and hla follow ers. It was at a banquet that the gallant Captain Cognlan, his blood still warm with the tropical .glory of Manila Bay. recited "Hoch der Kaiser" so dramatic ally that he almost strained, the diplo matic relations of his country and Ger many, and caused his countrymen almost to split their sides with laughter, while the German Kaiser gave a more warlike twist to his Imperial mustache. It was a speech at the festive board that brought a reproof from the War Department to General "Agulnaldo" Funston for de nouncing the antis in plain Anglo-Saxon. And it was by a "feast of reason and flow of soul" and spirits, at a Seattle din ner, that the "tie that binds" was eo strengthened among the- .supporters of Senator Piles that they were finally en abled to quaff the wine of victory, with that of other vintages. And only a few days ago two Jefferson birthday banquets were added to the long list. One was held in New York City; the other In Chlcaso. At the former the "late lamented" Judge Parker was the gueot of honor. At the latter Mr. Bryan appeared In the limelight, and for a mo ment cast a shadow over that golden .tongued and golden-whiskered orator. Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis, who adorned ,the table by ..his presence and delighted the diners by his eloquence. The speeches of the leaders at these banquets show that the Democratic party Is divided into two powerful factions, with- widely diverging principles. Nor is this, the first time that the birthday anniversary of its patron saint has found the Democratic party bitterly divided. Three-quarters of a cen tury ago the administration of Andrew Jackson was torn into factions by xthe nullification issue. President Jackson and Senator Benton-belnff the leaders of one faction, and Vice-President Calhoun and Senator Hayne of the other. The echoes of the great debate between Webster and Hayne had not yet died away, and the whole country was on the tiptoe of ex pectancy. X The disunion leaders planned to take advantage of the coming Jefferson birth day banquet, -to be held at the Indian Queen Tavern, in Washington City, by proposing poisonous toasts of treason and uttering polished phrases of disloyalty. So on the evening of April 13, 1S20, the Nulliflers jubilantly gathered In large numbers at the Indian Queen, but just as the feast was to begin, "Old Hickory" himself walked sternly, into the room, fol lowed by Martin Van Buren, the Secre tary of State; General Eaton, who had married, the charming Peggy O'Neil. and Senators Benton. Marcy and other friends. The first toast was: "The memory of Thomas Jefferson," and was drunk In silence. The grlm-vlsaged countenance of the hero of New Orleans dampened the ardor of the Nulliflers. After a. few perfunctory- toasts, the toastmaster, Mr. J-ee, of Virginia, called for volunteer toasts. This was the opportunity desired by Cal houn, and he Instantly presented, a paper to Lee, who took it and read: "The Federal Union Next to our lib erties the most dear. May we all re member that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the states and distributing equally the benefits and bur dens of the Union." As these words were read all eyes were fixed intently upon the President. Seizing a pencil be hastily wrote one short sentence, which he quick ly handed to the chairman. With breath less Interest everyone leaned forward to hear this patriotic toast: "Our Federal Union It MUST be preserved." This in spiring sentiment electrified the Union men in the crowd, and was received by them with hearty applause. It fell as a stunning blow upon the disunlonists. The Iron hand of Jackson had written so clearly that It needed no prophet to In terpret the writing on the wall. As tha Nulliflers emerged sullen and disheart ened from the Indian Queen, they real ized that the defiant declaration delivered In the banquet hall would go forth as a; ringing message of cheer to the Ameri can people. In his "Thirty Years View." Senator Benton says: "This brief and simple sentiment, receiving emphasis and Interpretation from all the attendant cir cumstances, and from the feeling which had ben spreading since the time of Mr. Webster's grand speech, was received aa; a proclamation from the President to an nounce a plot against the Union, and ta summon the people to Its defense." It was a happy thought that led thia eminent Missouri statesman thus to link Webster's historic speech with Jackson'3 historic toast. These two great patriots will be forever associated together in the public mind, and their momery will for ever join Jn an unbroken chain, the grate ful hearts of their countrymen. The words of Webster and the action of Jackson, during this crisis, should always be treas ured among the glorious traditions of our Republic. GLENN N. RANCK. Vancouver, Wash. Recollections of Ex-Pugilist John L. Sullivan Some Scattering Shot at Various Pugilists and an Adverse Opinion of the Japanese. w HEN I. returned to Boston." from my tour of England, a tug loaded with friends met the steamer down the bay. There was a banquet at one of the hotels that night, and more than 230 sports paid $10 each to get their legs under the table. Some of my friends wept with joy when I landed from the steamer. Some joker tried to spoil the reception. He sent a bogus cablegram to one of the leaders of the party just before the tug, started down the harbor. The "bogus cablegram read something like this: "John L. arrested In secret just berore steamer sailed. Now In jail, charged with being In a plot to blow up the House of Parliament." The man whq received thl3 bogus dis patch has since died, so I'll cut out his name. He was a joker himself and he kept the "news" to himself, got off the boat, and "let the rest of the party go on what he thought would be a wild goose chase. He turned the cablegram over to In Boston, and tho paper got seasons to determine .what areas in the great West can be Irrigated and what cannot, and It will be many years before and this may serve to indefinitely postpone the tSovernment exhausts the available work in that state. Examinations are j water supply. But all the time the work still under way to locate more "attractive I of examination is kept in advance, so that projects in North Dakota. ' j as quickly as one project is completed an- . The Oregon Situation. other can be' commenced. There is no b v dilly-dallying In the Reclamation Service; But for complications arising" from land It Is all hustle and bustle, and the re- ownershlp under tho Malheur project, work suits speak 'for themselves. The work of the Reclamation Service never ends. As quick as one Investigation Is completed the engineers are sent Into a new field, passing from one locality to another recommending or. condemning proposed projects. The reclamation engi neers are scattered over the entire West; t i. -...! . a miner ever o S " mu, ana as ono,.,M miinn with thi "nws" quickly as the surveys justify and the ev t out. though, as I landed funds Permit, work is being commenced " " d fated States mud before the when favorable conditions present them- ! 3itin was put out. selves. Where one project in each state By the way, that English tour of mlna is marked for first recognition there are badiy mismanaged by the Canadian usually four to eight other projects under I "gCnt," ' who had charge of things. A exam!nation, some In an advanced sta?e. nttie horse-tiense mixea Into the arrango- otners just Degun. it i a wotk or many ; ments and there would have been a'bar- rel of money in- it. As. It was, thero was considerable British gold 'collected on the tour, but If we had P. T. Barnum or some other good advertiser to handle the preliminaries, we could have re duced the Bank of England to a lS-to-1 basis, sure. I am gradually edging toward the Pa cific Coast, where I Intend to hold forth for some time to come, unless I go. on to Alaska. Several pressing invitations have come to me to go up to the Klon dike country, where Juicy purses are to be hung up by the miners, and If some of the beefy bruisers will agree to meet me there the entertainment would be sat isfactory all around. At present writing there seems to be a fair chance that Charley Mitchell will meet me In a ring on the coast some where, and If he does, and I am able to catch him, I hope to convince him that he escaped a knock-out when we met In France years ago. This meeting, if It comes off, will make a good many people think that the clocks are going backward. Here's a brief report of the fight between myself and Mitcholl, writ ten by one of the fairest men that ever lived, John Boyle O'Reilly, In a book he printed soon after the battle. "The men fought near Chantilly. France, on March 10, 18SS, for 500 and the championship of the world. The rules were those of the London prize ring, and these rules enabled the in ferior man to escape and might easily have made him the victor. The fight last ed three hours and 11 minutes. In which time 3D regular rounds and four or five Irregular rounds were fought. After five or six rounds, during which he was knocked down literally every time hov stood up, Mitchell adopted a system of running away and falling to escape blows. A .cold rain was falling on the fighters, and Sullivan became chilled, and in the 33th round Sullivan had a fit of the ague. He was overtrained; he had hurt Ms right hand; he was too heavy to plow through the mud after his running adversary, whom he could not catch; so he agreed to end the contest as a. draw." If Charley can't run as well now as he could then, you can guess where he'll get oil at when I get him at arm's length. I don't want to do any knocking, and I XT T TP" . f ,1 TT ". 1 C. . A.T Combines Features of Ordinary Cruiser With iNew i.ype or r ignter tor the United otates lNayy Those of the Torpedoboat-Destroyer. r-------- - .... ........... .-.o.. -......---..--..-..-.--y OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 24. The latest thing in the American naval circles" is the scout cruiser, a type of vessel known to some of the modern navies of Europe, but yet to be Introducsd in American waters. The scvut cruiser is ji vcfsH about what its name indicates; a. vesjui Of slight buld; great speed, moderate fighting capacity and great endurance. tunately the fund is large enough to 1 It Is larger than a torpedo-boat destroyer; meet all reasonable demands. it is smaller than the ordinary cruiser. Oregon's Contributions tho Iargcst. j but combining some of the characteristics of each. Three or these vessels are to he THE SCOCT. CnnSEK; NEW TTTE OF FIGHTING MACHINE FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. j . -. ; ' 1 I The following table shows the amounts contributed to the reclamation fund by the various Western states and territories, and covers the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904: Arizona. -JV. $ California Colorado .....w... Idaho .............. Kansas Montana -.. Nebraska Nevada. ... . New Mexico. ...... North D akots... Oklahoma ...;....-,---.....v.. Oregon . 16C.403.S0 1.971.90S.21 1.591.1C7.56 1.645,520.55 37.S49.00 1.74D.002.00 477,073.42 48.153.41 420,202.26 3,406,100.14 2,352,137,33 4.230.659.75 built for the United States Navy, to bitr the names Chester, Birmingham and Salem. These vessels, although unlike anything in the United States Xavy, arc designed by the naval draftsmen of this Government along entirely 6riglnal lines. The estimated speed, 24 knots, is great er than that of any other cruiser of the Navy, and is exceded only by that of the torpedo-boats and destroyers, and while It is -slightly less than that of the Eng lish scouts now building, the difference in speed is more than- compensated for' by the ability to maintain the high speed In all conditions of weather, more than twice thdxcoal capacity of the English scouts, and. consequently, a greatly increased ra dius of action. Twenty-four Knots an Hour. The plans as fully developed call for a vessel of the following characteristics: Length over all. 423 feet 2 Inches; breadth, 40 feet S inches; draft, fully loaded. 10 feet lVt Inches; depth nmldship. 36 feet, S 1-16 Inches; displacement, fully loaded, 4040 tons; draft on trial. 10 feet 0 inches; total coal capacity. 1250 ton;; feed water total, '100 tons; maximum speed, average of four hours run, 24 knots; steaming radius at 10 knots per hour, about C250 knots; steam ing radius at full speed, about 1S75 knots; maximum Indicated horsepower, main en gines. 1(1.000; time allowed for completion, 32 months. The freeboard of the vessel is. greater than that of any other vessel In the Navy, b'elng, at the normal, draft, 19 feet inches amidships, 31 feet at the stem and 21 feet 6 Inches at tho stern. The high -freeboard Insures good seagoing qualities, gives great range of stability and pro vides a safe and dry vessel-under all con ditions of weather. On -account of the hich freeboard it has been possible to provide commodious quarters for the of ficers an'd crew, well above the water line. A forecastle has been provided above the main deck, for about one-quarter of the length, and deck houses have been arranged abaft the forecastle, Ample subdivision haa been made to in sure the vessel keeping afloat with no resulting serious change of -trim or loss of stability If several of the compart ments are pierced. Strength and Swiftness. In planning the structural details tho greatest care has been exercised to pro vide a hull which shall combine with lightness the strengtlfand stiffness neces sary to successfully withstand the severe shocks which the vessel may be called upon to undergo, and particular atten tion has been paid to the longitudinal strength of the vessel and to the strength of the watertight bulkheads, that they may be able to withstand the p'ressure due to the flooding of any compartment, and. thus avoid endangering the vessels as a- whole. ' The hull will be built of steel through out. Two longitudinal bulkheads will be worked continuous throughout the en slno and boiler spaces, one on each side. extending from the bottom of the vessel to the main -deck. Five decks will be worked, the main and beVth decks being continuous from stem to stern. Nickel steel protection of SO pounds per square foot will be worked, on the shell plating for the length of the machinery space. Including the dynamic room. The Armament. The battery consists, of -12 3-lnch rapid fire guns and two -1-lnch" submerged tor pedo tubes. The disposition of the "bat tery Is -as follows: One 3-I-ch gun on the forecastle deck, and one on the main deck aft, with a large and unobstructed arc of fire in each case; two 3-Inch guns, one on each side on the main deck forward, mounted in sponsons. and 'two 2-Inch guns, one on each side of berth deck aft., having art. arc of lire from dead ohfad or astern respectively to about 25 degrees forwaid end abaft of the beam; six 3-Inch, guns mounted in the waist on the main deck, three on each side. Two submerged lorpsdo tubes of the side-loading type, with all necessary ay cessories, Including, air compressors and Jbcumulators, will be Installed in thotor-pedo-fobm forward, one 'on each., side. Four torpedoes for each tube will be car ried. The magazines have been so arranged that about half the total supply of am munition will be carried at each end of the vessel. The engines will be of , the vertical. twin-expansion type, located In separate compartments, of - a combined Indicated horse-power of 1C.C00. There will be 12 water-tube boilers of the "Express" type, placed In three water-tight compartments. An evapor ating .and distilling plant capable of evap orating- and condensing 16,000 gallons of water per day will be installed, and a re frigerating plant of two tons' capacity will also be fitted. The vessel will be steam-heated throughout. The vessel will be lighted throughout by electricity. The arrangement of the quar ters provides accommodation for. a com manding officer, 12 wardroom officers, five warrant officers and 340 men. The quarters for the officers are located win the after portion of the vessel, with the usual staterooms, messrooms, etc., as customary in the naval service. -The amidships, and forward portions of the vessel" are given up to the crew. believe that Jeff should have credit for all he has done, but he has made hla record walloping FItzslmmons and some second-raters. FItr, of course, never be longed In the heavy-weight class, and ' all honor to him for what he did in it He put Corbett out, but Corbett never had any punch. The gentleman boxer ViLl er SI? by cPy-n5 Mitchell's game. But Fitz hasn't killed anybody tweaP"weJsnt cIass- petQr Maher had Fit2 down and out In the second round of their first fight, and the Cornlsh man was saved by Joe Choynskl. who was m i-itzs corner and sneaked over to tha timekeeper and pulled the gong to end the round a quarter of a minute too soon. Then Choynskl Jumped back to Fltz's cor ner. Jabbed pins In him to waktf him up. hlm shape to continue. But T,?Sht be,Ionscd to the Irishman, in their second meeting, in Mexico, Fits won by hitting Mahcr when Maher was Breaking clean after a clinch. That wasn't fair, but it -went. It is upon records of this kind that tha two great men, Jeffries and Fltzsimmons, nail their fame, and are so chesty that they pooh pooh Yours Truly off the boards. All the samee, I am getting tho American public to do a little sizing up. and the notion js growing that the man. who In his time met all comers, crossing the ocean to find more opponents, and f6? a dozen year3 hold the belt agalns the "u"u a sun. reauy to light, ought to have a look-in on these paper cham pions. I'll make Jeffries meet me be fore many months, or I'll make him retire from the ring, as sure as my name's John L. Sullivan. The report that Terry McGovern has ?"e Pieces has raised the yell. There's the result of nrlze-flghting." But . ih. lerrjr dldn,t break do" because l, Pf ht,nS. b"t because of the death of a i I i and appointment. Tho actual lighting didn't undermine hl3 health. The defeats by Young Corbett set him back, and these and other bits of hard luck and his idea that troubles weren't good swim mers and could be drowned In drink, spoiled him. I think you'll see Terry come back. If he catches himself In time I've seen many fighters go to pieces "in my time, but most of them went under because their vanity was punctured by defeat, and it drove them to drink. But the troubles they collected couldn't be charged to fighting, but to their refusal to keep In condition to light. Had Terry stayed In the rlns and kept in condition, he'd bo all right. A man told me not long ago that ha thought I had icen under the Influence of the "evil eye" since the time I made a kick at "One-Eyed" Connolly. A lot of funny things aro pushed ud to ma as T circle around the country, and this is the latest. "That's why youJost to Corbett." saM the man who gives' the "evil eye" infor mation, "and for no other reason under the sun. for everybody knows you had no license to lose." "One-Eyed" Connolly was an old-tlmA fighter who had gone by, but ho managed to attend all the big fights in all parts of the country by Jumping freights Instead of taking Pullmans. When I fought Burke. Connolly was one of his seconds. and before the fight "One-Eyed" came to me to apologize for being behind Burke. I made a kick at Connolly, and that was all there was to It, but for years at least one man has believed that there was an "evli-cye" hoodoo at work on me. "One-Eyed" Connolly was .for years al most as much of an attraction at the big fights as the fighters. He managed to make wonderful Jumps across the conti nent on freight cars, and he was always admitted to the ringside because of his nerve and his record, and not because he paid . adraWsion. One of his eyes was glass, and whenever there was trouble brewing he'd put tho glass eye In his mouth until the clouds had rolled by. I guess a glass eye dldn t have much to do with my case. It was glasses of a differ ent shapo. What I said about the Jiu-jitsu fake came true, but not quite In the way I ex pected. Before Co-gfes3 had a chance to blow in money for a professor of this chop suey science at West Point,-one of the yellow experts was sent up to be tried out. Cadet Charlie Daly, a lad from my town of Boston, broke the Jap's hold and- fired him over his head. This settled it, and Congress doesn't have to waste any money In this new way. The old way Is good enough. But I'd like to have seen Daly try some plain punching on the Jap along with tho wrestling. That would have made a more complete Job of it. and left no room for doubt. I'll guar antee to- make any Jap expert forget his Emperor if he'll stand In front of me. He- will be welcome to any grip or tackle he can get On me after I have given him a Yankee wallop or two. I don't think the Japs can stand the gaff any way you take them. They're go ing to fail with the Russians, even if it does look all to the good with them now. A yellow man hasn't the staying power that a white man has, and a yellow raca can't stand out agalnt a white race. I'll put my money on the white man against all other colors yellow, red or black and In a fight to a finish the white man has got to win. The Japs are fighting- foV their Emperor, who may be a nice sort of a gent-all right, but the white man fights for his country, and that's thtf kind of an Inducement that will tell in. the end. Yours truly,- 4 . . , . . JOHN Ii. SUXiJVAN. '. ' '-'-f