Show REDEMPTION Of THE ARID WEST What Reclamation Service is Do Doing Doing DoIng ing to Open up theAmer lean ican Desert THE SHANGHAI PROBLEM I u of ot time tho I Presence of or nn aim 4 Special 81 Correspondence Washington D n C Dec Doe 17 I from a few tew directly Interested and representatives representative who have given olven ler Attention to tho the subject very sery er few fc persons per have ho any nil Idea Illen of or the work done by b the reclamation service It ItIn itis I In is known 1 In a general way Wa that Con Congress Conre gress iress re a authorized a vast lIst work which li Is I destined to mid add millions of ot arable arabic lant lantto to the tho farm of ot the tue west He Uc yond ond this thill however knowledge of or the tM progress ot or titus thu work Is limited to the and employee of or the service And nl uil yet et the plans of the engineers who have set Bet B t out ont to 10 irrigate an nn area greater In extent e than that thit of I the original M U tales states to 10 add nn un empire to the thu United States Stale anti that without ex cx lending the tile territory i 1 single unite mile lie Ivery 1 lery move moe by the Panama Canal commission Is l It commented upon by lIy the tho newspapers newspaper In every city of oC tho the coun coon country countr try tr It la is that a 11 word con concerning the e service IH Is I found III lit the metropolitan papers papera In pite of the tha fact that tile the reclamation ct ef arid lands hinds of at the west will add far tar more millions lo to the th wealth w alth of the country than thou the tha canal can do A resume of ot the work wol of oC the th service to date shows that 77 11 K of ot main canal II U I unites miles of dis distributing system and miles of or ditches have ben been constructed d ing IIII dams damns etc Tunnels having a a I total length of or three and one halt half miles have ha been driven Including I more than a Il mil of or the great on Ion tunnel More Moro than miles of ot tele telephone phone lines have been Installed and are In operation op miles of ot wagon road sunny many miles mile of which were cutout cu cuI out of or solid rock In almost inaccessible can canyons canyons yang brIdges bridge and 50 00 and other buildings have hae been constructed fIle works above mentioned have called for tor forthe forthe the excavation of cubic yards yarIs of rock aal eaith enith ral th the laying of cubic of ot concrete cubic yards of square feet of paving I OOOO linear r feet teet of at sheet pit pil piling lag ing In anti feet f et of ot bearing piles have havo been There have been pur ed pounds of ot railroad Iron pounds of structural steel pounds lounds of or cast Iron feet teet b H m en mot enof of ot lumber and barrels of or ce cement cement ment The rile government has erected a cement mill at a n cost of or more than COO which has Ittis already turned out barrels of or cement and Is now furnish furnishing ing about ICO barrels a 11 day dllY The operated by HI b Uncle Sam Sim am have cut 2 feet b m mu of lumber from front tho the government reserves r 3 The United States reclamation T service was as organized ll In 1902 Immediately fitter after time the passage pae gf of ot the reclamation act As soon us Its pos possible sible elbie after att r n a discussion dl of ot preliminary plans In III Washington Investigations wore were begun In the 13 states staten and three territories which are beneficiaries un on der this oct net By utilizing the data gathered In III previous 3 ears cars by the hy by hla branch of or tho the geological sur survey survey vey toy the service won was enabled to concen concentrate concentrate concentrate Its efforts upon several projects and alit plans for tor their construction wore were POOH loon prepared for or theIr consideration by the Ille secretary of the Interior Up to tho the present time 11 of ef these projects have been approved ond are arc under ac uc actual I construction Their estimated cost Is la near The rhe federal authorities have at al last taken hold holl of at the Shanghai problem In earnest and many man prosecutions of or the Maryland oyster ostor boat skippers are eminent In iii consequence The cruelties practised for tor years by b these pirate of or Chesapeake bay are arc Incredible Men Ien by b tho the score are captured by crimps In Philadelphia anti and New Ne York and forcibly carried to the oyster beds bedim where they are arc treated with such devilish brutality that when tsien they the finally escape they the are aro frequently maimed for tor life lito It la is understood also u Iso that during tho the past 10 years a It number of or have been committed by the oystermen and yet et the law lw has ha seldom reached o tine nc of them The he state au nu authorities or of Maryland and amid II lid Virginia have made sporadic hut but feeble efforts to punish the th criminals but results are not noticeable al lo however thu president himself has hB taken talen cognizance of oC affairs and mId the revenue re nuo cutter ser lIer service service vice Iee tRot has been directed lt to look after the oyster oster fleets In addition bills have hac been Introduced In Congress to more moore punish the crime of ot shang anti aud It Is believed the prime practise Use time will be bo broken up upA upA upA A story has Just leaked out regard Ing big a Il timid which a II clerk In III one ono of or the departments made In an tin old family Bible which ho lie purchased elt at un an auction of ot unclaimed parcels last week These auctions are lire conducted annual annually ly ty under the nun auspIces of a 11 firm of ot auctioneers and the clerk In question with witha a friend dropped In merely merel to watch natch the proceedings Finally I the auctioneer came caine to a II package of books and nn among limon them was wall a Bible DIble of t huge dimensions generally known as II a family Bible Tho The auctioneer extolled the good book fill and asked for lor a II bid Kidding was rather slow siw when the Washington man manIaK I was Ivan Jollied by his friend to It bid Ho Ito said aId his liln family was n a religious religion one and anti he h believed there was wo probably a fI Bible In every overy room In his hi house However his hla friend Insisted that one could not have hale too much of a 11 good thing bid bit 25 S cents and emit there being no others desir desiring desiring ing the volume It was knocked down downto to him him on his hla hi original bid bill Ho took tool the sacred book carried c It home and amid told his wife to find a u place for It Tho The lady concluded to read a 1 chapter before retiring Upon opening the volume solemn she he was vas amazed to eee see that n it 1 deep hole had hall been cut In the tho Interior of tho the sacred acred book hook This hole was fill till filled filled ed with cotton Removing the tho cotton tOlton she ahe was ns and und delighted d to Jn ills cover C cr nn an unset diamond weighing say sev several eral carats carn tJ and of exceptional brillian brilliancy cy C The Htone thus thull cunningly conceal concealed ed edby by some ome one probably for tor the th pur purpose purpose pose Iose of or attempting to 10 avoid customs duty ditty turned up tip at nt an abandoned ex ox express press Ness auction sale Being too large larg a astone astone astone stone for tor the wife of If a 11 department clerk the lucky IlIck family decided decide to Ills dis dispose pose Itose of ot It It fetched t the comfortable sum of or OO 00 Out of the th proceeds MM rs rl Clerk Is II wearing a n handsome fur tur coat and papa and nd the children all Au have a n aliner aliner liner lot of ot Christmas presents this year ear than the ever eer expected to see |