Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — NEW FARM LANDS. [ARTICLE]

NEW FARM LANDS.

Over 160,000 Acre* in Wyoming Thrown Open for Settlement. More than 150,000 acres of valuable land in the Eden valley, Sweetwater and' Fremont counties, in Wyoming, has just been thrown open, under the Carey act. Thirty thousand acres are now available for public entry. It is one of the finest bodies of irrigable lands in the State. The land is irrigated from the public domain . under the Carey act. Any person 21 years old or over is entitled to a claim of 160 acres, or any legal subdivision thereof, provided such nerson has never previously made use of the Carey act. The land is a rich sandy loam, free froih alkali and stones, and will produce abundant crops of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables. Water for irrigating is obtained from the Big and Little Sandy rivers and their tributaries, which head in the great watershed of the Wind river range of mountains and drain an area of thousands of square The water is distributed by an extensive system of canals and ditches. Elasticity to the supply is obtained by two immense reservoirs which impound billions of cubic feet of water. The fee to the State which accompanies application for each claim is 25 cents per acre, and an additional 25 cents per ea, . within three years. The cost of the irrigating system is charged against the land at the rate of S3O per acre, payable in ten annual installments. All of the irrigating works become the property of the people who own the land, each acre representing one share. GRAFT BANANA ON CACTUS. Nevada Capitalist* Form Syndicate to Carry Out Big Scheme. Report is current that a number of Goldfield, Nev., capitalists and promoters have organized a wealthy syndicate for the purpose of establishing the banana industry in the country surrounding the great gold camp. The idea of the new company is to use the Joshua trees, a species of cactus which abound in that vicinity, for the production of the fruit. The agricultural and horticultural experts of the United States government, as well as those connected with the leading universities and agricultural colleges of the country, have been conducting experiments in grafting and the budding of tree? for several years with this in mind. This science has so far progressed now that the bananas can be grafted upon the Joshua trees. DON’T USE POKER IN THIS Woman Trie* to Tarn Electric Switch and I* Nearly Killed. Pokers have their uses, but Mrs. Henry L. Rowland of the Bel island summer colony near South Norwalk, Conn, has discovered that shutting an electric switch is not on the list. Mr. Rowland is super-intendenM-Vf the island, and in his absence Mrs. Rowland attempted to light the public lights. Being a short woman, she used a poker to reach the jack knife switch. There was a flash, the end of the poker was reduced to ashes, and Mrs. Rowland landed in the opposite corner of the room. She was found unconscious by the residents, who rushed in when they saw the flash. Mrs. Rowland will recover, but electricians say her escape was a marvelous one. Bayanet lri*h Mob io Riat. The most serious rioting that the Belfast strike has produced filled the narrow streets in the Falls Road district for many hours Sunday night and led to several bayonet charges by the troops. The trouble began when a crowd tried to rescue two men who had been arrested by the police. Island Thought to Have Saak. The captain of a schooner returning to Honolulu from a cruise to Laysan Island reported that be was unable to find the island after a twelve days’ search. It is thought that the island sank because of seismic disturbance. ' ■ Spain Seek* America* Flour. The State Department is informed by cablegram from the American ligation at Madrid that the Spanish government has ordered the removal of the excess tax on importations of American flour. Reeeiver for Pope Conpaay. The Pope Manufacturing Company, maker* of automobiles, with a capital of >21.000,000, was forced into the hands of a receiver by inability to float its loans owing to the tightness in the money market.