C H A P T E R X IV .
Tho Vieomte de V aliar was Seated alone
ta his private room in the office of the
Mutual Credit and T ru st Company. It
■«* a luxuriously furnished apartm ent.
The chairs were deep, roomy and soft.
They seemed made on purpose to lull one
Into feelings of security. It was about
ten o’clock in the morning. The vieomte s
private secretary had ju st retired loaded
town with papers and instructions. His
•mployer sat at the table, a pile of docu
«tents on either side, and before him a
single sheet, upon which an astonishing
stray of figures appeared.
Minute a fte r m inute passed, aud still
the calculations went on. At last he threw
lown his pencil, and walked over to the
window. P artly concealed by the c u r­
tains, he looked out on the throng of pro
pie which passed up and down the street.
But he hardly noticed anybody. He wa«
really lost in his reflections.
He had, indeed, good reason to be
thoughtful. A gigantic scheme, the float­
ing of which would insure him very large
returns, had that very m orning been put
by him before a s.vudicate of capitalists.
It was no less a one than the consolida­
tion of the docking interests of a great
French seaport. The plan was to bring
111 the owners together and form a tru st
on w hat Is known as the Am erican plan,
in d then raise the dock tolls. W ith the
existing keen competition and the low
rharges resulting therefrom , th a t property
a t present yielded hut a small re tu rn for
th* capital Invested.
'The idea was a brilliant one. I t would
oet the M utual C redit and T ru st Com­
pany, if successful, three million francs,
and the M utual C redit and T ru st Com­
pany virtually m eant the Vieomte de \ a
Uar. He had already enlisted considera­
ble financial aid In support of the scheme.
He was th a t m orning expecting an addi­
tion to his forces in the person of M.
D’Auburon. the friend of th at very useful
U. Chabot, who had introduced him to
■V the vieomte but a few days previously.
To sell this young man a big block of
■hares in the new enterprise, would, the
ylcomte thought, not be a very difficult
task.
H e had entertained him at his
house only an evening or two ago. 'Hie
tp ltndor of that occasion could not have
failed to properly impress him.
T hen his wife, the vioomtesse. had so
ibly seconded his efforts to m sks D ’A u­
buron fsel th at he was in good hands. She
bad talksd glibly of their country place, a
joagniftcent establishm ent on the ou tsk irts
sf the famous forest of Fontainbleau, of
woodland rides, of moonlit w aters, and
the felicities of rural life far aw ay from
the roar and din of Paris. Those m arvel-
sus eyes of hers had looked into his very
loul and enthralled his senses.
De V aliar smiled as he thought how
few who had come within their influence
bad gotten away unscathed. A knock at
the door aroused him.
"Come in." he cried out. and Ju le s Cha-
>ot entered the room.
"W here Is your friend D 'A uburou?”
was de V aliar's first question.
M. Chabot did not immediately reply.
He sank into a chair. He seemed a n x ­
ious a n d worried, and out of sorts.
“W hat on e arth 's the m atter w ith you?
fo u 're not ill, are you?” ejaculated the
banker.
“ It's my nerves. I think. T hey're not
■o strong as they used to be.”
“ You haven't been yourself for some
dme, ever since th a t ugly affair a t Ville-
neuve," rem arked de Valiar, sym pathet­
ically.
Chabot shuddered, and hid his face In
bis hands as if to shut out some horrible
light.
“ D on't speak of it." he almost whis­
pered. so faint was his voice. "Yes, It
was enough to upset anybody.”
“ It was a peculiar hardship on yon.
Jules, just as you were on the point of
lucre- d ing as you say with— let me see,
what 1 h .r uame— Mademoiselle Emily,
w asn't it?"
“ L et's change the subject. I came to
tell you something about D 'A uburou. I
have discovered, on inquiry, th a t he is
»ven better fixed than I e x a c te d . How
big a block of stock hsd you put a p art
for him in the T'nited Dock Com pany?"
“ A thousand shares I thought would be
tmple. You know Colbert-RempMn brings
us a large following, and there are Bom-
pard and the rest. Still, some subscrih-
•rs will doubtless fail us a t the last mo-
men' Why do you ask?"
“ It is not enough. He has some very
wealthy friends. Only last night he wns
»peak ng of one, who, he says, follows Ills
lead implicitly. He is a Swiss. He pays
porio-li-al visits to Paris, and It is said
Invests very largely in anything th at
»trikes his fsney."
, “T h a t's not bad news. W hat Is this
Croesus' name?”
“ He did not tell m*," replied Chabot.
*Be simply said If he thought well enough
*f the venture to put his own money in.
tha he would advise his friend to do like
if we needed additional capital.
ITha* are shares to him ?"
■ " P a r —of course. It is easier to sell at
f a r th an at fifteen francs on the one hun-
Ired
The on* Inspires confidence In a
fehaxr.*. tha other »imply excites suspi­
cion
In fact. I’m not sure but we will
f n t some premium on these Dock Com­
pany shares. A little premium alw ays
them more a ttractiv e."
“ B u t there are seven millions of water
IB it."
"A proof concern like this dock tru st
frill stand a food deal of w ater.” replied
i financier. "A fter all. w hat does It
tte r?
All thaae people will have a
ce to tell out a t a profit wh»n we de-
our first quarterly dividend. Those
bom we want to make use of in the fu­
tu re can be given a bint when to unload
Ihelr holdings."
"B u t ultim ately the ioea falls on some­
body."
"And that somebody 1» the public who
eares for us—well—about as much as we
care for them."
M Chabot rem ained closeted w ith the
|W nker for n*ar'y an hour, settling the re­
ining detail! of the dock scheme. A
a te d draft of the prospectus hsd to
gon* over; the first directors of the
npany had re he ^ho*»n. care being tak
te oisce upon the board the names of
| we can be alone. How long h a re yea
been in Par:«?"
"About six months.*
"D uring which time^----- "
"D uring which time I have been work­
ing—for whom do you think?”
"I don’t know. You have got into
, msineta, perhaps for yourself— or you
would, if you had aufficient capital. If a
good friend— if 1, for instance, showed
you how you could make some money it
would suit you, would it not?"
"No, I have a pretty good berth, thank
you."
" I t is a perfect gold mine for you;
if you will only hold your tongue."
The small man only smiled significantly.
The two walked on side by side until
the broker’» office was reached.
"Come in.” said the broker, in a coax­
ing voice, "and tell me w hat you w ant."
The small man passed in through the
open door and went into the broker’s
office.
"See th at under no circum stances am I
disturbed," was the instruction H e rr Max
gave to his clerk. " I have im portant
business with this gentlem an.”
F our o^clook came, and H err Gold­
stein came out aud sent the clerk home.
It was an hour earlier than usual, but
the clerk was glad to get away. He lived
in a amall fiat and had a wife and four
children to support. He could take hi»
rime now and walk home instead of pay­
ing for a seat in an omnibus. The hour»
went by. It was past midnight when the
two men came out of the inner office and
into the street.
"I live on the other side. Student
q u arters,” said Goldstein. "Come with
me, I ’ll put you up for the night. We
must cross by the Pont Neuf.”
"You m ust make it fifty thousand,"
said the small man, ns they went along.
" T h a t’s cheap enough.
Old
friend»
shouldn’t be hard on each other."
A fearful expression came over the
o ther’s face as they neared the bridge.
F ifty thousand francs.
An enormou»
sum. And if he paid it— what then?
He had but this fellow’s word that he
would keep silence.
They stopped for a moment in the
center of the bridge and sat down un­
steadily on one of the em brazures. It
was two o’clock.
The lights flashed
along the river. Behind and in front of
them arose the dull roar of P a ris which
ceases not by night nor by day. Looking
over the low parapet they could see the
dark w aters of the river as they »wirled
below.
"You will make it fifty thousand, will
you not?” urged the small man.
He uttered no cry as the hand of the
broker closed upon his throat with an
iron grasp; but for a moment or two
he struggled desperately as he realized
the other’s purpose.
B ut the broker
seemed to have become suddenly sober.
The small man was like a child in his
terrible clutches. He raised him to the
top of the low parapet nad whispered
hoarsely :,
" I will send you where you won’t need
the money.”
Then he flung the blackm ailer from him
with the force of a catapult. The w aters
received the detective and closed over
his head. He had not tim e to u tte r a
cry.
The broker passed quickly from th«
bridge and, plunging into a narrow street
which diverged from the main thorough­
fare, soon gained his apartm ents. A rriv­
ed there, he threw himself, dressed as he
was, upon the sofa, and slept soundly till
daylight.
Three days passed ; some workmen on a
brick barge drew from the black and
slimy river the body of a man which
bore upon Its th ro at the m arks of fingers.
At the morgue Victor I^blanche, th»
prefect of police, recognized in the m ur­
dered man the detective he had put 0n
the track of M. Chabot.
"Poor fellow !” he exclaimed, as he ex­
amined the finger m arks a t hi» throat.
“ A tiger m ust have seized him. He was
first strangled and then throw n into th*
river.”
And the sole clue he had was th is :
The m urderer m ust have had enormous
hands.
(T o be continued.)
such c ap italists as would inspire the pub­
lic with confidence.
"L et me see,” said the banker, running
hia eyes rapidly over a list which he
held in his hand. "W e have Liquelet.
Bousent, of Bouseut ; the elder P altois—
he is good ; and Max Haum out says he is
with us in la s e we get to an issue. The
rem ainder of the board must be .given to
the dock people. They will, of course,
expect some representation."
"T o be sure,” acquiesced Chabot, "but
we m ust contrive to have with us only
those who are open to argum ents.”
^ es, th at is it, my friend; open to
argum ents.” echoed the vieomte.
“Of your usually persuasive kind,” add­
ed Chabot. "E very man has his price, to
be sure, nowadays.”
And alw ays did have. In these times,
commercial enterprises, my dear fellow,
assum e proportions of which our ances­
tors never dreamed. They were just as
dishonest then, if you call m anipulation
dishonesty, which I candidly confess I
don t —but their ideas
were smaller.
Hence the difference. Besides,” he added,
laying his hand impressively upon the
other's sleeve, “this
thing m ust go
through. 1 think you, above all others,
8re aw are of the necessity. The fact is,
my dear Chabot, there have been many
heavy pulls on the M utual C redit bank
lately. One cannot offer eight per cent on
*j>eoial deposits and alw ays be sure of
making more by using the depositors’
money. Then there was the dividend on
the Ardennes Charcoal and P eat Com­
pany. You know it was never earned ;
but we decided that it would be best to
pay one.”
"W ell, the consequence was you placed
the bonds at par, didn’t you?"
"A t par to the public, of course, but
H err G oldstein’s commission took the gilt
off the gingerbread. However, he took
them all a t eighty-five. I could not have
placed them to such good advantage.”
“The interest comes due on the six­
teenth. I suppose it is useless to cross
th at bridge until we come to it.”
"B efore the sixteenth this dock com­
pany will be floated. The bank’s profit
on th at will more than meet the interest
of the Charcoal and P eat Company
bonds.”
"A nd if it isn’t floated?” hazarded
Chabot.
" I f it isn’t floated the inevitable crash
will begin, or it can be averted in a n ­
other way, my dear Chabot, about which
I cannot talk at present. B ut we will not
an ticip ate evil. Come, you must accom­
pany me to the Bourse this morning. I
have a heavy deal pending, and shall need
your assistance.”
As the Vieomte de V aliar aud Jules
Chabot left the office of the M utual
C redit and T ru st Company a small-sized
man issued from a cafe on the oppoaite
side of the street and walked in an ap­
parently careless and preoccupied m anner
in the same direction. l ie followed them
until they turned into a broker’s office.
Presently they carne forth again, and in
company with a third person continued to
walk in the direction of the Bourse.
T his third person was H err Max Gold­
stein. one of the shrew dest dealers in se­
curities in the whole of Paris. He was
the broker to whom the vieomte had en­
trusted the sale of the first mortgage
bonds of the Ardennes Charcoal aud Peat
Company. He was a heavy, thickset fel­
low, w ith little, cunning eyes, which had
been set together as closely as nature
would allow ; had not an enormous nose
grown between them, he would perhaps
have had only one large eye in the ceuter.
He had a habit of cocking up his head
when in conversation, and of listening
w ith his mouth wide open. He had com­
menced life in Berlin as a bootblack with
a second-hand outfit. A t the conclusion
of the first day’s work he had accum u­
Story o f Sojourner T ru th .
lated enough to buy the best outfit in the
T h e la te T h eo d o re T ilto n , w ho b o ast­
city. In a week he had concluded that
open a ir work was not to his liking, and ed th a t he h a d nev er h a d a pipe, cigar
took his business off the street into a o r c ig a re tte in h is m outh, used to d e ­
basement, where he thrived apace.
c la re th a t th e m ost In v e te rate sm oker
T hen the brilliant idea struck him of he ev er knew w as S o jo u rn e r T ru th , the
buying and selling theater tickets at cut fam o u s free d w om an re fo rm e r a n d lec­
rates. From this he gravitated Into lot­ tu re r. H e w as w ont to tell how one
teries; from lotteries into small curb­
day , w hen th e v e n era b le dam e, th en
stone speculations. H ardly able to write
his own name, the trading instinct was so a bout 00 y e a rs old. w as on a v isit to
strongly developed in him that in ten h is house, she sa t sm oking l.er pipe hy
years he had accum ulated a very consid­ th e chim ney co rn er, w hen G eorge W .
erable fortune.
B ungay, th e a u th o r o f se v e ra l eloquent
W hy H err Goldstein had not continued anti-tobacco tra c ts , called to see her.
his uninterrupted career of prosperity in
"A unt S o jo u rn e r," he said, “ I revere
Berlin was a m ystery to his friends in y o u r c h a ra c te r, hut I deplore y o u r
Paris. As he seemed to have plenty of sm oking, for It will keep you forever
money, however, none of them had ever o u t of heaven."
dreamed of inquiring why he preferred
"L aw kes. honey, how so?” she asked.
the French to the O r m a n capital as a
"B ecause, A unty," he rejo in ed , “you
base for his financial operations. A fter
know th a t, according to th e Good Book,
all, was It any of their business?
H e rr Goldstein was about forty-five n o th in g e n te re th th e re t h a t deflleth.
years of age. but looked considerably Now, how do you expect to get into
older. C onstant fighting with all sorts | heaven w ith y o u r b re a th defiled by to-
and conditions of men had left deep fu r­ 1 ha coo?”
rows across his forehead. Ladies said
"L aw kes, honey,” answ ered th e old
th at w ithout doubt he was a v*ry unpre­
; negress, "w h en I go to heaven I 'spoct
possessing man. He seemed to have some
extraordinary influence with the vicomte, , to leave my brefT behind m e'.”
and people were lost in conjecture aa to
T ook K io ep tlo n .
what th a t could be.
"R einetutier. b ro th e rs,” shouted th»
The amall followed de Valiar, M. C ha­ o ra to r o f th e stre n u o u s life, "I h a v en ’t
bot and H err Goldstein to the very en
trance of the Bourse. E nable to obtain | any use fo r m ollycoddles.”
T h e very old gentlem an who w as sit­
admission to the floor, he had recourse to
the gallery. It was nearly empty. An tin g in th e la st row rem oved his pip»
old lady and a young couple from the a n d re to rte d .
country, evidently on their honeymoon
“W al, by heck, m ister, even If you
trip, were ita sole œ cupanta. He sat in h a v e n 't a n y use fo r Molly Coddle»
the gallery for upward of an hour, bis yeou n e e d n 't s ta n d th a r a n d ta lk be­
gaae constantly on the floor of the ex­
h in d h e r back, seein' th a t she la not
change. wh*re the vieomte. the broker
ever af his elbow, moved restlessly from p re se n t to defend h erself.”
group to group, m anipulating his deal*.
C aaac for T h a n k s.
W hen H err Goldsteiu left the Bourse
C h u rc h — ^'T here's one th in g to b*
tw enty m inutes later unaccompanied by said In fa v o r o f th e phonograph."
hia companions, tha small man rapped him
G o th a m —" I 'd Ju st like to know
on the elbow. The broker started vio­
lently: the creases in hia face gr*w w h a t It Is?"
"W ell, th e y h a v e n 't succeeded In
stronger; a perceptible flush overspread
m aking a record reproducing all th*
hia features
"G alliard !" he gasped. " I ’m glad to noise one h e a rs on th e F o u rth of
see you !"
Ju ly ." — Y onkers S tatesm an .
"A s good a b in d at a lie as ever, a in ’t
J u .i P o s.lb le .
you. K a u 'rea n ? " sneered the small man.
H e r— W h at Is m eant by "going from
" I f js h . don’t b eath* tl*af name here,"
whispered the broker, look ng around him I bad to w orse?"
H im —G e ttin g a divorce a n d m arry-
nervously. "T hat belong, to the r»ast.
Come w ith ms. Come to my office, w btra j lug again. I beneva
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th e Id a h o sta re e x p e rim e n t s ta tio n .
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hank. T h e n a tio n a l lianks w ill in d i­
lab o r. T w ice h a s lie co m m u n ica te d son, of Id a h o e x p e rim e n t s ta tio n , gave
cate to th e c o n tro ller of th e c u rren cy to
to S e c retary R oot i p es o b ta in e d from th e fo llo w in g su g g e stio n s:
w hat r e d c a p mn c ity th e y w ish to be
C o u n t lia y a s k i, in w hich tlie J a p a n e se
T he tro u b le w iih m any d a iry m e n is jeiiied. T he c o n tro lle r w ill th e n select
g o v e rn m e n t a tte m p ts a d ro itly to dodge th a t in dry ng u p cow s th e y a re a fra id
a tim e at d place w ith in each red em p ­
th e issue.
to sto p m ilk in g a s long as th e cow tio n d istrie t for th e o rg a n is in g of tlia t
M r. R oot has s u b m itte d to th e J a p ­ -h ew s Hny te n d e n cy of g iv in g m ilk .
d is tric t in th e follow ing m an n e r:
a n e se g o v e rn m e n t, th ro u g h M r. O ’ In m an y th e y do n o t rta liz e tlm t too o n
E ac h n a tio n a l hank in th a t d is tric t,
B rien , s ta tis tic s p re p are d by th e d e ­ tiiu ie m ilk in g th ro u g h th e e n tir e y e a r
re g ard less of its c a p ita l stock, w ill lie
p a rtm e n t of co m m e rc e and lab o r, sh o w ­ is an exceedingly iiad p o lic y .
In o r d i­ e n title d to one vote. R e p resen tativ es
ing t h a t th e im m ig ra tio n of th e u n d e ­ n a ry cases it is d e sira b le tlia t th e cows
of tlie b an k s w ill m eet a t a tim e a n d
s ira b le cla ss of J a p a n e se since th e sh o u ld he d ry from a m o u th to six place d e sig n a te d a n d e le ct a hoard of
J a p a n e s e g o v e rn m e n t gave its p ro m ises w eeks. T h e o b je c t heitig to increase
fnunng< rs to Consist of seven m em h e ta .
h a s been m o n th ly a t least tw ice as th e su p p ly of n o u ris h m e n t for th e
Tiie seven w ill e le c t a c h a irm a n , who
l a r .e as before th e p ro m ise was given, grow ing foetus as w ell a.' e n a b lin g tiie
w ill becom e a d e p u ty c o n tro lle r of c u r ­
and d u rin g som e m o n th s four tim e s as cow to im p ro v e her p h y sic a l c o n d itio n rency a n d a ssu m e c o n tro l of hie re ­
larg e .
tiefore th e tim e of c alv in g
W hen it is d e m p tio n d is tric t, e x c e p t t h a t lie s h a ll
The p re se n ta tio n of cold s ta tis tic s th o u g h t b e st to h a sten “ lay in g o ff,”
not have ch arg e of tiie e n fo rcem en t of
sh o w in g la x ity , c oupled w ith th e i n ti ­ s ta rt bv n o t m ilk in g th e cow c le an .
th e c rim in a l s ta tu te s
m a tio n th a t congress m ay ad o p t m ore T h is w ill g e n e ra lly decrease th e aim 'tin t
Each n a tio n a l ba k is a tith ria -d to
s itin g e n t m ea su re s, po ssib ly an e x c lu ­ to a p o in t w here it is safe to s k ip every p re sen t to th e secretary of th e tr ia s a r y
sio n law , b ro g u h t from th e J a p a n e se o th e r m ilk in g .
In a b o u t a week th e n a tio n a l bank notes a n d law ful m oney
g o v e rn m e n t th e second re p ly , w hich m ilk w ill g e n e ra lly he reduced to such in lie u of o ilie r n a tio n a l b a n k bond se ­
r e a d ie d M r. Root a few days ago in th e p ro p o rtio n s ivb to ju stify m ilk in g only cured o u ts ta n d in g n o tes
T h e n , il th e
fo rm of a c ab leg ra m w hich c o st sev eral every o th e r day. G e n e ra lly soon a fte r h u n k 's a p p lic a tio n th e re fo r is ind o rsed
th o u sa n d d o lla rs.
th is It w ill he sa le to d isc o n tin u e m il k ­ hy th e h e ard of m an ag ers of th e re ­
M r. R oot is now p re p a rin g a n a n ­ ing a lto g e th e r.
d e m p tio n d is tric t to w hich it belongs,
sw er, w ith th e a -s is ta n c e of se v e ra l e x ­
T he “ d ry in g o ff“ is m o st e a s ily ac­ th e h a n k w ill receive g u a ra n te e d c re d it
p e rts in O rie n ts 1 a ffa irs. T h e J a p a n e se c o m p lish ed w hen cow s a re fed on dry notes to th e a m o u n t of its c a p ita l sto c k .
g o v e rn m e n t w ill be inform ed
th a t feeds as m uch as p o ssib le .
T hese notes w ill he sn h je ct to a tax of
a ssu ra n c e s c a n n o t tie given t h a t a n e x ­
T h ere a re a few p e rs is te n t m ilk e rs 2 per c e n t pt r a n n u m . E ac h trank w ill
c lu sio n a c t w ill
not
be
passed, w hich can tie d o n e m ore h a m by u he re q u ire d to d e p o sit us a g u a ra n te e
but
th a t
th e
a d m in is tra tio n forced “ d ry in g o ff” th a n to let th em fund w ith tiie tre a s u re r of th e U n rte d
w ill exercise it* influence to p re v e n t m ilk u p to c a lv in g , b u t such cows a re Staten 5 p e r c e n t of its average d e p o sits
such le g isla tio n , if possible, p en d in g decidedly few in m u n iic rs.
for tire preced in g 12 m o n th s a m i 5 p e r
n e g o tia tio n s.
c e n t of th e c re d it n o tes w h ic h It ta k e s
T h e issue in ofli< ial c irc le s in J a p a n
o u t. T iie revenue th u s o b ta in e d is So
P u b lic a tio n s f o r F a r m e r s
h a - caused a c u te a g ita tio n , a n d hi cause
T h e follow ing p u b lic a tio n s of in te re s t c rea te a n d s u p p o rt h n a tio n a l g u a ra n ­
of th e s tra in e d c o n d itio n of a ffa irs , M r.
to
fa rm e rs a n d o th e rs h ave lieen issued tee lan d of $5()(l,t)O0,U()t) for Ih e g u a r­
R oot w ill n o t u n n e c e ssa rily p re c ip ita te
by
th e A g ric u ltu ra l d e p a rtm e n t of th e a n te e of b oth th e d e p o sits a n d th e o u t­
m a tte rs , w ith th e b a ttle s h ip fleet so fat
F
ederal
g o v e rn m e n t a n d w ill tie fu r­ sta n d in g b a n k n o te s of every n a tio n a l
from its base in th e P acific.
n ish e d free, so long as th e y a re a v a il­ h a n k . E ig h ty p e r c e n t of th is fund 1»
a b le , e x ce p t w here o th e rw ise noted, to he in v este d in U n ite d S ta te s Itonda
E s tim a te s T o o L ow .
d ra w in g 2 per c e n t in te re s t, w h ile th a
W a s h in g to n , J a n . 11.— B ecause cf upon a p p lic a tio n to th e S u p e rin te n d e n t re m a in in g 20 per c e n t is to be d e p o s it­
of D ocum ents, G o v e rn m e n t P rin tin g
ch an g ed c o n d itio n s from th o se e x is tin g
ed ill liHirks of th e v a rio u s re d e m p tio n
Office, W a s h in g to n , I). C .:
in 1905, w hen th e m in o rity of th e hoard
c itie s for th e p u rp o se of re d e e m in g th e
F a rm e r’ B ullein No. 1 5 8 — H o w to
of c o n su ltin g e n g in e e rs of th e P a n a ­
g u a ra n te e d c re d it n o tes of th e h an k s of
ma c a n a l s u b m itte d it« re p o rt, it is now B uild H tnall irrig a tio n D itches. By C. th e v a rio u s re d e m p tio n d is tric ts .
a d m itte d in re sp o n sib le q u a rte ts th a t T. J o h n s to n a n d J . I). 8 ’a n n a rd , asHiat-
W lien th e n a tio n a l g u a ra n te e fnnd
th e e s tim a te m ade by th a t r e p ir t for a n ts in Irrig ia tio n in v e s tig a tio n s, office re a d ie s $25,000,000, w hich w ould be
of
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.
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figs.
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b u ild in g th e c a n a l was far too low a n d
a lm o st sim u lta n e o u s w ith th e b ir th of
th a t th e cost m ay a p p ro x im a te $200,- This is a re p rin t of a n a rtic le in tiie th e new law , th e g o v tr n r m n t is re ­
0 0 0,000. T in s in clu d e s v a rio u s in c i­ Y earbook of th e d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u l­ q u ired to ret u rn to th e Ism ks tiie U n it­
d e n ta l ite m s, such as a d m in is tra tio n , tu re for 1900, e n tille d “ P ra c tica l I r r i ­ ed S ta te s bonds now h e ld a s se c u rity
s a n ita tio n a n d im p ro v e m e n ts a g g re g a t­ g a tio n ,” g iv in g m eth o d s for lay in g o u t for F ederal d e p o sits, th e object b e in g
ing sc. e -al m illio n s of dollar« in P a n a ­ a n d b u ild in g sm a ll irrig a tin g d itc h e s, to e n a b le th e lianks to g et c o n tro l of
m a a n d C olon, w h ich , h o w ev er, w ill lie u sin g o n ly such im p le m e n ts as a re I lie b o n d s, so th a t th e go v ern m en t can
re fu n d e d by th e P a n a m a g o v e rn m e n t, found on m ost fa rm s o r cun e asily lie invest tiie 80 per cen t of th e g n a ia n te e d
a n d tiie e x p en ses of th e zone g o v e rn ­ m ade hy th e fa rm e r.
fund in 2 per c e n t bonda a n d re g a in
Fa m r s ’ B u lle tin No. 187.— D ra in ­
m e n t a n d v a rio u s expenses in c id e n ta l
c o n tro l
In Inlying th e s e b o n d s th a
to tiie re lo c atio n a n d a c q u isitio n of th e age ol F a rm Ijtn d s . By C. G . E llio tt, h anks h o ld in g tin in s h a ll he p a id th e ir
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o rig in a l p u rc h aa p ric e , p ro v id in g t h e i r
T iie e s tim a te of tiie hoard in 1005 tio n s, office of e x p e rim e n t s ta tio n s . exact p u rc h a se p rice can be p ro v e n .
P
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was tlia t th e cost w ould i.e $130,
It is F o w le r’s id e s , a s e m b o d ie d In
7 65,200, b u t ttiis e s tim a te did not In ­ and a d v an tag e s of d ra in a g e a n d do- th " h ill, to lm \e th e new c r e d it notes
c lu d e e x p e n -rs on account of in te re -t scr be im p le m e n ts a r d m eth o d s su ited p rin te d on a green b a ck g ro u n d in d iffe r­
d u rin g c o n s tru c tio n , sa n ita tio n
and to a v a rie ty of c o n d itio n s in luiini I a n d e n tia tio n from tiie y e llo w laickground
irrig a te d regions.
zone g o v e rn m e n t.
of th e gold n o tes a n d w h ite lu c k g ro u n d
F a rm e rs ’ B u lle tin No. 2 63.— P ia c ti-
of th e s ilv e r e e rtic a fite s .
c a ! In fo rm a tio n for B e g in n e rs in Irri
M ay A dm it T r u s t C o m p a n ie s.
gn> o i
By S. F o rtie r. P p 4(1 figs.
New Y ork, J a n . 1 1 .— T he c le arin g 25. T h is given Hiigge-tions as to tiie se-
B o th M a k e C o n c e s f o r t a
house c o m m itte e decided to d ay to call leetn n of an irrig a te d fa rm , tiie ac-
New Y o rk , J a n . 9 .— T iie gloom
a m e e tin g of th e e n tir e association n e x t q u ir m nt of a w a ter rig id , tiie p r e p a r ­ am o n g tiie re n t s tr ik e r s was tu rn e d to
M onday to d e te rm in e w h e th e r to a d m it a tio n of lan d fur irrig tio n , th e c o n ­ Joy w hen tt e large n u m b e r of evictions
tr u s t co m p a n ies to m e m b e rsh ip in tiie
stru c tio n of fa rm d itc h e s , a n d tiie a p ­ th re a te n e d hy th e U n d l o r 's seem ed to
a s s 'e ia tio n o f b an k s now com posing p lic a tio n o f w a ter to c ro p s.
d w in d le rnali r ia lly . It was difficult to
th e C lea rin g h o u se .
T he m a tte r has
F a rm e rs ’ B u lle tin N o. 270 — M odern get m a rs h a ls to h a n d le th o se th a t were
been u n d e r d iscu ssio n by th e c o m m itte e
C onvenieries fot th e F a rm H o m e . By Issued. T hey sa id th e y w ere husv w ith
sin ce last N ovem lier. T h e m o re con­ K in.it a T . W ilso n .
M any Inn I lords, too,
P p . 48, fig«. 27. o th e r tilin g s
se rv a tiv e bank p re sid e n ts favor tiie T h is d iscu sses lie a tin g , w ater s u p p ly , se ttle d w ith th e ir t e n a n t- ra th e r th an
m a in te n a n c e of a 25 per c e n t reserve a n d si-w.ige d isp o sa l for farm hom es, pay Ih e coat of th e i r »v ctin n , and
by such t r u s t c o m p a n ie s as m ay tie ad
a n d Ih e a rra n g e m e n t of h o u ses a n d m any te n a n ts , frig h te n e d hy th e action
m itte d to th e a sso c iatio n , w h ile o th e rs gro u n d s.
of tiie e m i t , « greed to accept sm a lle r
advocate a n “ a s-o c ia te m e m b e rs h ip .’
F a rm e rs ’ B u lle tin No. 2 7 7 .— T h e U -e re d u c tio n s th a n th o se first dem and*».
of A lcohol a n d G a so lin e in F a rm E n ­ M any c ases w ere tin ts iom prom iaed.
C o n v ic te d o f Illegal F e c c i- g .
gines.
By C. E . L ocke a n d H. M.
O m a h a, J a n . 11 — P e rry A Y ea»t.
Will Try L an d Thieve»
W oodw ad. P p 40, figs. 12. T h is gives
p ro m in e n t c a ttle m a n w ho h a s been on th e g e n era l re s u tls of e x p e rim e n ts In
H e le n s , M on t., J« n . 9. — U n ited
tr ila for c o n sp irac y to d efrau d th e g o v , h# nM „( , l Co h o l in th e o rd in a ry in S ta te s Ju d g e W illia m H . H unt w ill
e rn m e n t in land e n trie s , » a* today te rn * 1 c o m b u stio n e n g in e s on th e A m er- leave H e le n s on S a tu rd ay for !’• rt and,
found g u ilty a n d recom m ended to tl.e can In, rk e t, w
w ith
ith a-une
som e di-em odon of O r., w h e re lie ha« ju st been ordered by
c le m en c y of th e c o u rt by th e ju ry foreign e x p e rim e n t* .
tiie iH -partm ent of J i-tiee to preside !■
Y e a st had m an y th o u sa n d aeres of tiie
th e land fraud • »s es, w h ich will he
N o rth P la tte forest reserv e u n d e r ille ­
T w o - l f l l » O D |l Cf
bro u g h t u p th e first of next
gal fence. H o w ev er, th e c o u n t upon
B »at tw o »gg» s e p a ra te ly a n d wall. F ra n c is J . Ifeney w ill prosecute th*
w h ic h h e w as found g u ilty was of c o n ­ Add to yolk* on» h a lf c u p « ttg a r ; b e e tf ca«is. Ju d g e D ie trich , of the Idaho
s p irin g w itli old soldier» a n d widow» to then t h r e e e i g h t h i c u p boiling w a te r d is tric t, w ill com e to H elena to r r * - i '•
o b ta in lan d fra u d u le n tly .
and a n o th e r h alf-c u p of » ugar and one- over t h e F ederal c o u rt h e re d u rin g
fo u rth taaap o o n fu l » a lt; b e at again. Ju d g e H u n t’» a b sen ce.
W ith d ra w ic g T ro o p * F ro m M uncie
Add Ju ice a n d g ra ta d rin d of one-
Bs tle sh 'p « O ff B rsxit
M uncie, In d . J a n 1 1 — M ajor G e n ­ fo u rth lem on [ b eat »gr*"\ Now a d d
P ern am b u co , B razil, J a n . 9 .— Th#
e ra l M cKee issued o rd e rs th is a fte rn o o n a lte rn a te ly th# w hite# o* egg» and on#
f r th e r e tu r n to th e ir hom es of th re e love! cup Sour, •Ift«** w ith on» »nd on*- A tn e ric m b a ttle s h ip A c t tinder com ­
m m a p n ie a of m ilitia now in M uncie. h a lf teaapoonful bak in g pow der. B ake m and of R ear A d m iral Flvan», «»"
H treet cars a re now ru n n in g on n o rm a l tw e n ty five m in u tes In a g rsaaad . pa- sig h ted [asm ng th is p o rt yesterday a t
noon on ita way to Rio Ja n e iro -
• c h e d u le .
par IInad. sh ad o w pop
Root Says She Must Stop Flood
of Coolie im m ig ran ts.
C ongressm an fow ler O ilers S ys­
tem ior Bank C irculation.
FXCiüSION LAW MAI BE PASSED
SECURED BÏ ASSETS OF BANKS
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