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i MONDAY, MAIICH 30, 1903. THE USE OF WATER AZTEC CIVILIZATION WAS DUE TO IRRIGATION Scientific Review of the Subject of Locating Reservoirs Ancient Bibical King Build Greatest System in the History of the World. Civilization can be traceil to man's use of water. TfTe earliest civilization sprang from agriculture und in its llrst stages nil ngrlculture was carried on by means of irrigation says the North west Magazine. The world over, according to the ethnologists, primi tive crops were grown under condi tions of great aridity on sandy plains and hot deserts. There grain and roots wore cultivated by the early tribes, while the rich and verduous valleys were left to those who fol lowed the chase and the hunt. It was easier to control the gushing spring on the desert's edge than it was to fell trees and subdue the rank vegetation of the humid lauds. As men toiled they became inventive and co-operative, so that out of these early efforts of agriculture giuw cities and nations. Aztec Irrigation. In America that region which Is now the most arid and forbidding, can boast of an old and marvelous civilization. The ruins of great cities In the southwestern part of the Unit- TO NAVE THICK, LUXURIANT HAIR Is tho most longod-for de sire of every woman She knoMswliatarxwer tul aid to beauty It U, and endeavors to make ncr own as eois, Rlossy and thick as possible. Comparatively tow of them ore nvraro as yet thatNowbro'sHerpiclilc, a recent scientific ills. 1 covery, will enable them to possess hair as Uilek ana luxuriant as onrono could desire. it worts on n new the ory ot destroying tho I kciui iiuii. iwasupon ine hair root, and thu mnfc. Injr dandruff; and ailing lialrlmpoiuible. It then jmjeeeas to produce a pmnth of thick, glossy lmlr that. soon becomes uie pnuo oi its owner. One trial will convince you ouu virtues. TOR SAll AT ALU FIRST- CUAS3 DHUQ STORKS. ed States are wonderful evidences of a masterful raco far nntedatlng tho AztecB and 'the Toltecs. Their wealth grow from successful agriculture, which was wrought upon lands that are today wasto and have lain for centuries dry, barren and naked, roi lowing tho disuse of tho great irrlga tlon worlts where the flow of rivors was stored In mountain basins, whero anueducts were cut through tho liV' ing rock nnd canals constructed scores of miles In length. With the disuse of tho wnter. tho wealth of a nation perished and tho peoplo disappeared. Yet tho water is thoro as over, and as tho seasons roll around tho snows of winter melt nnd tho life fluid which was once tho resource of a great community wastes its value on tho desert sand or runs uselessly to the sea. As in every other natural advan tage,, tho United States leads tho world in her Irrigation resources. Tho waters of tho West would support a world power wcro thoy well utilized. Tnltlng tho figures of tho govern moat engineers as a basis, from 74,' 000.000 to 100,000,000 acres of arid region can be redeemed to cultivation through tho uso of the water supplies of tho states in which the lands aro situated. How Is this water to be made avail able? Use of Reservoirs. largely by tho uso of storago reser voirs great basins lying In tho moun tains and containing outlets that can be dammed, thus forming receptacles which when filled with tho waters from tho ralhs and molting snows running Into them, will malto largo and deep lakes. From these lakes tho water can bo let down as required to fertilize agricultural lands lying in the valleys below. The idea or Irrigation storage res ervoirs is an old and universal one. In India, aside from tho great govern ment works, thoro nro thousands of small reservoirs tanks, they aro call ed where the Hindoo has for cen turies stored tho rain waters for uso in irrigating his patches of rice and millet the food of tho teeming mil Hons. mans In Northern Algeria snow that thousands of years ago ex tensive reservoirs mado populous tho land which Is at present nothing hut sand and desert, only excepting tho mnrble ruins of ancient cities, testi monials to former greatness. The old king, Nebuchadnezzar Is credited with having constructed near Babylon one of the most gigantic Irrigation reser voirs of history. An immense lake was this, containing 200 billion cubic feet of water, sumciont to irrigate over 2,000,p00 acres. The storago of water for agricul tural use Is something which appeals to the majority of men. It smacks of tho practice of tho careful husband man, who in tho time of plenty builds a granary to store away his surplus produce against tho day of scnrclty. The storing of the water is tho sav ing of a resource which comes to us annually, nnd, unless It is saved, runs uselessly away, often creating floods and causing great damage. What is a Reservoir? What does a storage reservoir look Tilt: WAV NOWADAYS. Lawyer Tlip pedrstrlnti linn Uio lnw on Ills Hide. Injured Man Vch; nnd the lUilmmiblliHt on Ills linck. ALWAYS TIRED rl NEVER RESTED tZM .Mm Tn hr tirprl nut from hard work or botlilv exercise is natural and rest is the remedy, but there is an exhaustion without physical exer tion nnd n tired, never-rested feeling n weari ness without work that is unnatural and shows some serious disorder is threatening the health. One of the chief causes of that "Always-tired, never-rested condition" is impure blood and bad circu lation. Unless the body is nourished with rich, pure blood there is lack of nervous force, the inus- . , ... , . . ,, , . i it i: For ovor four years I suffered with Konoral doblllty, cles becomewcak, the dl- causing a thorough breaking down of my system. My rrpstinn imnnired nnd cousin, who had been benefited by B. O. H., told mo general disorder occurs commend S. S. 8. to nil who may feel the need of n throughout the svstcm. thorouehlygoodblood tonic. Yours truly. Debility, insomnia, lier- 44 W. Ninth St., Columbia, Tonn. vousucss, indigestion, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, strength and energy, and the hundreds of little ailments weolten have are clue directly to a bad con- "J ( dition of the blood and circulation, and the quickest way to get rid of them is by purifying and huildiug up the blood, and for this purpose no remedy equals S. S. S., which contains the best ingredients for cleansing the blood and toning up the system. Itisavegctnbleblood purifier and tonic combined, that enriches the blood, nnd through it the entire system is nourished and refreshing sleep comes to the tired, never-rested, body. THE SWiFr SPECIFICS CO., A TLANTA, GA On Its Merit (Concluded on page 7.) Has the large demand for Byets' Best Flow Been built up. Only the choicest wheat that grows enters in to Byers Best Flour. It's perfection in FJour. Made by the PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. S. Byers, Proprfetor. SOLD AT COS GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, GRANITEW We mean uusmess. -" h'""'" uw aimostom but we have an immense stock of Fancy China and crockery. They must go. We make prices to sell it. Semi-porcelain Plates, per dozenTy fcemiporceiain rie naica, eacn 6c. Semi-porcelain handled Cups dozen, 90c Covered vegetame msnes, eacn, 48c White Chambers, each 50c Bowls and Pitchers, each 48c Common Lamp Chimneys, each 6c Horseshoe Tumblers, per dozen 30c 100-Diece Haviland Dinner set, $27.73 100-piece set, cobalt and low blue $12.00 White China pie plates, per dozen, 65c 14-Qt. Granite Dishpan, each 50c 8-Qt. Nickel Plated Tea Kettle, each $1 rw - a 1 -L a Z ' io mane it an oojeci 10 visit our store we make the followine i i . 8 prices on uuricguiai line. Granulated Cane Sugar per sack, $5.71 Granulated Beet Sugar per sack, $5,451 Mocha & Java Coffee per pound, 30(1 "Mothers' Pride" Coffee per pound, 20c Four packages Arm and Hammer Soda, 25c Owl High Grade Baking Powder per pound, 30c Six Bars Owl Soap, 25c Farmers will find it to their interest to bay their Hat vest Dishes now Right Now. OWL TEA HODS gpmnmm mmmmm mmmmmmm mmwmmmmm mmmnnnmmmm mmmmmmmmm mrnmmim Be Deliberate, Be ThoMhtfu I Yet Act ProniDtlv. Upon your prompt and early action often depends the Price at which you may secure a good invest- runcui. jLiic seconu aiiorment or stocK or tne HIGHLAND GOLD Is Now beins offered to $30.00 WILL BUY 500 SHARES; $60.00 WILL BUY J, 000 SHARES; COMPANY SIX (6) CENTS PER SHARE. $300 WILL BUY 5,000 SHARES. SITUATION Tho irniorties of tho HIGH LAND GOLD jIIXES COM VANY, consisting of twelve clninis, (240 acres), and known locally as tlio KXAPP GPOUP OF IISTES, arc .situated on the famous MOTHER LODE system of the Kiunptor district, in 33akor county, slate of Oregon, and on tho great Elkhom divido at tho head waters of .Rock Oreok flowing to tlio east and Cracker Greek flowing te.thc west,throiigli that renowned Orackor Greek district of Eastern Oregon, where are situated, upon tho MOTHER LODE system tho North Pole, E. k, E., Columbia, and Golconda mines, known tho world over, as the "Pi" 4" of Eastern Oregon. MEMORANDA OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. BY COL. M. L. LOHMIRE 1890 Glasgow drift west sido creek, heavy sul phides, oro from rich streak $330.00 From .crosscut east sido of creek on Eldorado, 10 - i'fot wide, taken in 5-foot sections, north wall fi.7S Six foot in contor voin, largo samplo 2.50 Five feet south side, largo samplo 03 Tho Rannock Burn tunnel, 7 feet on foot wall, largo samplo s.2o Bannock Bum tunnel, 10 fcot, 0 inches width largo samplo 7.70 Back 8 feet from face and 2 feet next to hang:ng wall, largo sample , , 15.no Sumo body 14 feet back from face, 4 feet of ore .' '. 22.32 g FREE TRIP TO THE HIGHLAND MINE west of creek, from ore on From Glasgow drift, mimp in Doxes 3DS.33 From sanio point in Glasgow drift, 11 inches wide, 401.88 20 feet, back from face, 0 inches wide, same drift 430.00 East sido pf creek, in crosscut next to shaft on Eldorado, lf feet wide 4.70 Float inland around open cuts half way up the mountain from east ond of Bannock Burn tunnel, general samplo 27.00 At open cuts near west line, values obtained .;irangjjdfroin ,$o8i00 to 0.00 bmall streak in open cut near west end lino of Bannock Burn 300.00 Samplo from surface near creek east sido, 8 feet wido o 43 JULY 1000. Bannock Burn tunnol face, 0 feet in width, tunnel having been driven ahead a fow feet 4.10 Genoral sample, 0 feet of oro 8 feet back from faco of Bannock Burn tunnol 10.82 Genoral samplo of 4 feet of ore, 30 feet back from faco of Bannock Burn tunnel 5,70 Genoral sample, 8 feet of oro in opon cut 250 feet west, furthor up tho mountain from Bannock Burn tunnol 5 C3 Genoral sample next to foot of wall, same place, fl'.CO Gouoral samplo 2 feet in width, hanging wall 250 fcot west of Bannock Burn tunnol 2.25 Bannock Burn claim near west ond lino 24 feet n nj 1 you seriously consider an investment in tho Stock of tho HIGHLAND GOLD MINES CO., and wish to mako a porsonal examination of tho MINE, and nnrson. ally learn tho facts, you may do bo without cost to vmir. self. Wo will nay your expenses from vour homo tn tlm 1G.01 27.10 4.30 Bannock Burn claim, genoral sample, from large boulders of ore half way up tho mountain, Sample from 14 inches in faco of Glasgow .... Sample of lot of .float 1000 feet west of Bannock Burn tunnol Sample of sulphido ores from Glasgow drift, west of creek 219.00 Genoral samplo, opon .cut 700 feet west of Ban- nock Burn tunnol 13.22 Memoranda of sampling and results for tho fall of 1901 misplaced or lost, but results woro good. Sampling this fall from the Eldorado tunnel in tho face, gonoral samplo. run from . ..$3.70 to$15.70 por ton. Sumplo of 18-inch gougo or solvidgo' 4.58' WIDTH AND LENGTH OF VEIN Tho voin is traceablo tho ontiro length of tho claims; thirty-five hundred (3500) fcot, and tlio oro shoots are known to bo of immonso longth, and tho values in tho samo evenly distributed throughout The width of tho voin varies from ton (10) to forty (40) feet, and has a northeasterly and southwesterly strike of courso ; tho permanency of which lias been dem onstrated by tho dovolopmont of tho otJior mines on the now famous MOTHER LODE of tho Sumptor District. Tho voin on this proporty has boon explored thor oughly on tho surface by moans of shafts, tunnols and opon cuts, and is known to carry commercial values the ontiro length of tho claims. MINE and return; nnd if you find tho facts as represent ed, Buwonik 111 roturn is a fair and rcosonablo invest- muiH, out 11 you nnd that tlio facts have been misrepre sented, wo will not ask you for an investment, nnd for ever hold you harmless from all necessary expenses on .((.(.ouni 01 your visit and examination. Department No. 17 I L.' - A . -A tfmLmmiLmttiuuiMitiimiiiitiiiiLimmii isiiiiHHHiii vs 1!" sumptet, Address all communications, and make your cnecks, drafts and money orders payable to NEIL J. SORENSEIN & CO. umtMmtmmmuMuimmimmmiimmimmmiiim