| Show edl EDT editorials TOR I 1 A LS irrigation tim THE memorial adopted by the denver n convention for presentation to congress asking legislation by that body in favor avor of irrigation for the large late tracts of dry and desert land in jil the west meets with favor from the press tills this subject of af legislative action to further 1 and protect the reclamation tion of parched par ched lands by irrigation is one which has been enlisting 0 much attention of late especially in california fornias and it ia Is likely to receive additional dit ional and material lin impulse in that part vart of the country Y an in im irrigation gAtion gatlon was heldak held heid aft att los angeles ott oft 0 A fc 25 at v illch it was resolved that etwas it was the tho duty of the state to possess and control all the waters of the S state tate late and to create creato a department of irrigation A committee was appointed to draft a general irrigation measure to be admitted to the leg 0 i 1 of that state action may be taken upon this subject by congress the present winter and of or course if the question 14 id sprung theretha the there rethe rothe the senators all nil and d representatives and delegates from the pacific states and the territories will exert their influence to secure favorable legislation upon it that the hardy and enterprising settlers upon the arid wastes of this mountain portion of the country may receive encouragement and protection in developing the tile latent resources of the soil in noticing the thui denver deriver convention the new now journal of commerce objects to the term iraln irain les lesi as applied to this western region it is not absolutely rainless as asi is well enough known but as a rule after the spring rains ruing are ate over the summer and fall are virtually rainless so far as the prevalence of anything like sufficient showers to mature farm and garden crops are concerned these except in a few moist places where the water keeps kee pa near the surface of the soil it is absolutely sol impossible to grow satisfactorily in ordinary 0 uin dinney din aly seasons aea ada sons and most of them in any season beason without repeated heated irrigation in nearly every seaon bea aea on in this valley the cult cul ti uplands are irrigated eveny emery every month from april to october much of the time once and sometimes twice a week descending into tha the lower portions of the valley talley the times of irrigation gradually decrease to once or twice during tile the season beagon and on oil some few very moist pieces of land crops are raised without any irrigation at ut all TH thu LICK ELI observatory I 1 iams J AMES fesq tho the san fi fran n ni cisco millionaire having given the jw mi sum of for the tho purpose of establishing an observatory in tho the sierra nevada col A avon at tile the request 0 of mr lick vent went yent to the sierras pro for a suitable site for the observatory and re l strongly impressed imp in favor of or a spot on the shore shote of lake lavo tahoe about two miles from tahoe city on the tho road to the hot springs this iii lii location ison lson a promontory extending Z ing into tile the lake fake and affording a fine view of that beautiful sheet of water mater and the surrounding country the clo cle elevation of the site bite proposed is feet above the water of r the lake and above sea le level levei cl the foundation is solid rock wf with th fent overlying soil for the growth of vegetation the peninsula comprise c om prisca acres of land which ible h at little expense could be transformed into a beautiful park on oti the summit surn mit mib of the promontory the suggested site is a level plateau or tabie table top very suitable for buildings thence eastward the laud land ig Is precipitous and grows pines firs tirs and bushes south houth southeastward eastward from the ridge is a gradual slope to the luke like nearly destitute of timber timbe r arid covered with loose trap rock the thu western slope leading int into tahoe valle vaile valleys well timbered the site ia is aecus accessible sible sibie by easy grade from frow we northeast north east and southwest south west wet and roads can be constructed at little expense A little more than one mile fiam the site rite ia Is a fino fine stream of water running gallons per cr a head act two W miles and a half distant Is boston creek running gallon gallong of water daily with a head head of neet feet tho the climate is fine and the atmosphere mo sphere remarkably clear and pure ure never dimmed bynog snow alls falls only four feet deep and disep pears ears very early in the spring the place is in the state ot of california within 30 hours travel of san francisco ene one mile from a good wagon road and two and a half laif from the telegraph line the site was bou bought ht from tile tiie central pacific railroad company Com parly by D S bliss of C carson a city and it t is believed that it can be re pur chased at cost for the observatory being on a promontory the site is bounded mounded by the lake on all ald aid sides Is but jut one and ha having ving a southern aspect it is comparatively com parati soly voly warm and the he climate is less legs humid than those of or higher sites von schmidt fc says if cong congress ress would remove the tho meridian of ofton jon five miles ea eastward i stward it lt would bring ring the whole of lake tahoe within the b boundaries oun daries darles of california j WANTS legislation legis LEOIS LATION OH ON IT DR GUSTAVUS holland ireland an old and well known physician phy sican of san fransisco some months ago was active in agitating the subject of the social evil in that city with a view to securing legislation on tho the sub eject act since that time ho he has been traveling in europe studying the question with a view to procuring g the passage of or a law by the local legislature to teg jeg regulate the evil and he has now returned home in his travels lie he visited paris london berlin hamburg bremen and other largo large cities there is no such regulation in london but tile the dr thinks there soon oon will be this regulation the doctor is satisfied satis d lessens the disease resultant from the practice of the crime but he does not pretend prot pret erid erld that it will wili will effect its total extinction dr holland has also visited st louis Louls where such a system is or was recently in operation and has inspected the hospital there he approves of the bt st louis system and find will endeavor to have it copied in san francisco the dr ignores the moral aspects of the th subject but will deal with it from a medical point of view that is the criminality of the evil he does not discuss but as a medical man mati he only wishes to institute a system that shall shail render prostitution physically safe so that men can keep coin coln company P any with prostitutes with safety so far as immunity from the natural physical effects in the shape of horrible disease 0 of o that crime are concerned FOUND GUILTY captain clarke of uhe ahe ship sunrise has been found lound guilty at san francisco upon seven se ven out of thirteen counts coun bof of the indictment against him including beating and wounding and cruel and unusual punishment and dennis maloney tho the second mate upon one out of ten counts beating miller with a belaying pin elye five years imprisonment in the state prison for each edeh is the full penalty of the law thus making za thirty nive live years or the captain if the extreme penalty is inflicted upon him which it is to be hoped will be lor for says a local pal pai paper or the tho the tho verdict in this case affords general satisfaction to the entire intire community and it is to be hoped the lesson it teaches will not bo be lost upon other brutal a bilmas the right and the positive duty of a captain caplain cap lain tain to enforce en force prompt obedience obedi ence enee from his subordinates is universally admitted but there is no necessity and no excuse for sav ageana heaxt heartless less brutality such as has been exhibited by captain clarke and the archfiend arch fiend harris his first of officer flaer 11 the captain was wag placed under bail to appear on monday nov nova 3 for sentence itis it is about time that the perpetrators of the cruel disgusting heartless brutality and barbarity of treatment frequently meted out to sailors leceil ed condign punishment A LITTLE GOLD IN IT MB alit louis A garnett manager of the san francisco assaying 0 and re Be refining fining works writes a le letter ietter ater to the he director D 1 re c tor of the U S mint proposing a coin part of silver and part of gold to counteract further de clino in the value of silver which of late has been increasing while 9 gold old oid has been appreciating and the production of it diminishing mr arl garnett thus states his ilia proposition my proposition then is to silver and mak eltas a coin cola of fall weight i 4 legal tender for all sums bums concurrently withhold with kold gold and to be receivable as such for ait air debts and dues la in order to obviate boweter however the difficulties formerly appertaining to a double standard and which I 1 have indicated I 1 propose to introduce a distinctive and as sar jar as I 1 know an entirely new feature in the proportion composing the coin and which it will be perceived performs a very important function in maintaining its LO lopus togus pus in quo which has always been one great desidera desideratum turn tuen in every every system of douple standards her heretofore attempted and has bowner bosner orlaver or vil later necessitated the adoption of if debased subsidiary currencies thib this llew new feature Is that the tile coin shall contain an appreciable amount of guld which while it gives a full ruil intrinsic value of precious metal equal to the nominal value of the coin yet act acts as a heavy in preventing ting ltd iti It itsume suse use nse inthe lathe in the arts or its export unless by being thus withdrawn irom the markets of the world it causes a very material advance la im the price of silver in which v event we yva must reap the benefit t through h r 0 u g h at its 8 acx changeable exchangeable value as a commodity comi i u v d 1 t y a and n thus in any event we may an aln our point as we arc are now a large alg all silver vcr ver pr producer bancer the proportion s which seem geem to me best beat adapted to this impose im rup pup pose ose and which should be stamped upon apon the coin weighing aio aso grains areas arens are as follows fineness i grains graing in woid boid equal to lg ig 19 9 ue ne gold M sliver silver tine silver 4 tuo ito in copper bs ia nine fine copper 1000 low 1 khio 1 10 grains or of pure silver are worth wurth in our 0 old oid id hollar dollar of 41 1 13 12 1 3 2 grains only cani cents at which valuation as before said it is now at parla paria par in london this would give only W ia cents as the value of gold und and silver sliver in the proposed coin it will therefore be cebary bary to r rc ruc rue c the value of liver filter as compared with our old dollar per mille or between 15 1 5 and aud 14 per pe cent this gives us on 1 grains if pure silver an ind ing marcase rease value of I 1 making maring the whole value of silver cents and the coin exactly As we now have no legal unit of value for 1 bliver eliver I 1 iver iter this can be readily done without disturbing present values in any way for the sake eake of doni goni convenience f en lence I 1 then state the comparative para tive tife values between weil well known units as follows gold to st sil 1 per eng eny wras veras std sadra a proposed d coin equal 69 0 ad 1 I dollar olur or of grains gratus equal trade dollar dailar ilgra equal mr garnet expects the immediate effect of the introduction of this coin eoin as cui eui currency rency reney would be to check the decline in the value of silver by opening a market for the entile silver product of the country at a valuation above that abroad other advantages of the thi this s proposed coin coln labe irie are that it would circulate avith gold and fully double our an nual additions to metallic circulation tio would conduce largely to resumption and clas as a coin of full weight would satisfy tile the highest functions of money being an exact and intrinsic equivalent instead of a mere sign mr garnett further suggests that I 1 in n view of the rapid decline in our production ro of gold and the increasing ng demand for it abroad the importance of some measure mease to by w which 11 eil ell we can utilize our silver product as money cannot be ove over estimated loir if mr gametes galetes gold will give us plenty of currency at par 3 let us no have llave it and the sooner the th I 1 better DULL TIMES IN THE NORTH WORTH tim THE monta Mont anians have a fertile country plenty of wood and water and grass a splendid climate and nich rich rl li mines and yet they are not j altogether nappy happy business is dull duil prices are ire low and ana the prospect for tho the early completion of the northern pacific rius rims blus exceedingly dull the avana Avant courier discusses the situation specially as it applies to bozeman and gal Ual ballatin latin county says the couvier courier just at this time every claes of bu business is at a standstill and produce is le to any great extent there appears little or no money in laough there Is a tolerable abundance of grau gaiu raiu stock etc there is no market what is the prospect beforce before us to lie idle and not mare make au an exertion to bring about a better state of aff mairs affairs is 13 very unwise und and it behooves us all to look around and ascertain our condition coni lillon cau can behn belm proved something must be done the courier says it lias has been ascertained certa ined that a point high elou enough h on the yellowstone can be ie safely reached by steamers lo 10 bring goods miles nearer bozeman than corinne and there thero is every reason to believe that it is the intention of tile the northern pacific to secure the montana mon Mou tatia freight next season the courier advocates the construction of a road between bozeman and the point I 1 oi dt on that river to which the R t iri III company can bring freight feight and urges it thus lse vve we jve view the making this road 8 one no thing needed anu ana iila iii A we ivo must inus have havo it with this road tile the travel from the r east ast can be brought tp our town alid arid through our county ai the His dia goes at the subject of dull times thus t never Is even ever elce ence the first seiti ont ant of 3 mon n tana have times becu been as dull and money as scarce as at the plesent pic pit sent time lime tuta is lo 10 be attributed to many causes cause but the principal one is that so u hwo two hon a maret marer producers than consumers the missourian Mis says cattle raising does not pay unless for taking to markets outside the tile territory and the grain raising business is overdone d one but that the tile production of butter poultry and eggs pays well and advises tile tiie farmers of missoula t county at least to go more generally into that part of the business says that paper his course Is absolutely necessary to enable bur people lo 10 weather the present hard bard times every Terri territory toty has its dark and gloomy any nay cay ray and this is ours times like these there cannot i long continue for fur montana has iler iier herself golf self too many natural resources to remain long in this condition by rigid economy strict attention to bm briness iness and nothing but what we ve can sell cell but plenty of that we will be enabled to weather the present crisis and emerge into a bright and prosperous future HE hoodwinked 1 IN another part of this paper may be found a report of a visit by col coi Finne gass to this city who says the san Fran franeisco visco risco caid 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