Show artesian wilh on alio plains vast areas of our western country not only in alic plateau between the sierra nevada and the bocky mountains but cast of alio latter range have never been available for agricultural purposes on account of tho lack of water the soil is good and with irrigation tha desert would blossom as alio roso but the water for irrigation was not available commissioner horace has been appointed by the bureau j of agriculture to go west and superintend experiments ia procuring water by means of artesian wells mr haach Ss a practical artesian well operator fortunately tuna tely eo hi will probably accomplish a definite result senator hill bof colorado was tho originator of tho scheme after hard work bo succeeded in 1879 in gelling an artesian well bill passed in congress and an appropriation of to carry on the work the practical part was in trusted to commissioner leduc and under his management the appropriation was exhausted when alio first well waa down only feet competent judges have since estimated that le ancs well could have been sunk for 1500 such a result put a temporary quietus on the subject but senator has now succeeded in obtaining another appropriation of for tho sinking of two wells tho sites of these havu been determined one will bo at akron colo miles from denver on alio chicago quincy cload alio other will bo at kit carson south of akron nn the kansas pacific road jv haach la confident of striking water in the first well buforo abow blics in tho success of dicso experiments great results will follow irrigation can be carried on for miles by means of the water flowing from the well other wells may bo sunk alio face of the whole region round about will ba entirely changed prosperous farms and comman flieg will spring up in territory now uninhabitable and barren and desolate lands will be con into a populous agricultural district the railway authorities will of corn so flie project by every means in their power as it will open up for settlement oni thair lines a large extent of land now useless seems to bo no good reason why water should nofa be i alio boring is carried on in a businesslike business like way by a practical man if he succeeds mr reach valuable service to tho country 1 I express at aio oio mouth of the gulf of californi CAlifor nh is a place of which even well informed people have rarely heard aul it is a point from which for two year past a railroad lias been slowly and it is announced that this road will connect with tho southwestern system the road was started by atchison topeka santa fo capital but that aioo is not near enough south to make 1 junction and il is possible that a connection will bo made by way of alic southern pacific tho now bouto will bo four days shorter than any existing route to australia now zealand or alic western chaat of south america chicago joumas A prominent philadelphia dry goods firm has devised an ingenious way of advertising its goods it has devoted an entire column in a daily newspaper to an invitation to strangers passing through the city to make that store a tarrying place affording them conveniences for leaving their handbags hand bags and parcels and furnishing chacks for alic aasc and in aliis way providing a free resting place TUB new york sayi to dy ivator WA cured 0 rheumatic piilini bast jacobs oil it AN parl to marry her inver unac lie cinc heroic lie with her VAST merit h inherent in st jacob ol 01 aal we heartily it to our rica ri CM III western cawi Ci Wi |