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T fors HE next meeting of the National Irrigation Congress will be held at Colorado Springs Oc- ober 6-9, and it is highly necessary that Cali- be represented there. It is estimated that in the arid regions there are 312,500 sections of land that may be made fruitful by irrigation under the bill ssed by Congress last winter. ch irrigation the proceeds of the sale of public lands, and the project starts with about $6,000,000 of such proceeds on hand. It is estimated that the average cost of storing and distributing the water to the land it will serve will | be $10 per acre, or $6400 per section. The buyers of the land, the settlers who will receive it ready to go on, are to pay this cost, which is returned to a revolving fund to maintain the irri- works when constructed. The amount of land one buyer may enter is, we believe, limited to so that there will be land in the irri- 0,000 settlers. At an average of five a family this means land for the support of 12,300,- ©00 settlers and farmers. Granting that their product will attract to towns and require in the mechanical arts and trade an equal number, thers is raised the pros- pect of a population of twenty-five millions of people supported by irrigaticn this side the one hundredth meridi We think that the scheme has not taken into ac- other physical conditions aside from aridity. 1 of this land is at an altitude that does 00 feet and rises from that to six or seven thousand feet. Altitude counts for latitude and affects materially the uses to which land may be put, the number of crops it will produce per year and their value, and the supporting capacity of the local- ity. So, when all these physical facts are considered, the estimate of population to be supported by the irrigated area may be diminished rather than creased. The policy of Government irrigation has suffered somewhat from overstatement. There has been much talk of a supporting capacity equal to the mainte- nance of seventy millicns of people, which is palpably imaginary. Again, it may be found necessary to modify the limit on single entries of these lands, since in some localities, indeed in many, on account oi altitude and physical conditions, eighty acres will not be found adequate to the support of a family. In the valley of the Colorado and parts of Arizona and New Mexico irrigation will work concurrently with in- a hot climate to increase and vary the products of the | soil. But in the higl aititudes of Colorado, Wyo- ming, Idaho and Montana the product and its variety will be limited by physical conditions that irrigation cannot change, and experience may demonstrate the necessity of increasing the limit of individual entry. Of course irrigation in California is a different proposition. Here it supports intensive farming, and its products are of higher value and in greater va- riety than anywhere else on the continent. Expe- rience proves that here a much smaller holding than that fixed in the irrigation law will not only support 2 family but accumulate for it a surplus in the form of a competency. This phase of limitation as affected by physical conditions will no doubt be discussed at Colorado Springs, and intelligent representatives from this State may impart much information useful to the general issue and enlightening to others as to the re- sources of California. It is probable that entire irri- gation of the Sacramento Valley alone would pro- duce results that cannot be equaled by any two of the high altitude States. The powers of Europe are inclined to poke fun at ws for Secretary Hay’s note on the Roumanian Jews. They should be congratulated on the fact that they have attained a buffoon’s point of view by a singular process of impure reason. They display ~ that profundity of analysis which usually reveals the corruption of a diplomat. — e This is the time when the spellbinders are abroad in the land, and nominating speeches are providing ma- terial for the epitaph makers. It is safe to wager that cven the great “empire builders” who hear their fic- titious praises shouted blush at the temerity of those who scream nonsense in praises. An American candy trust, involving nine million dollars, has been organized, and we may soon expect to hear that it is inspired by a malignant desire to im- This bill devotes to | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902. |NEUTRALITY OF PANAMA ROAD. WING to the peculiar relations of the Central O American republics complications have arisen by the action of Colombia in repress- ing the shipment of arms to Nicaragua and Salvador. The Governments of the latter have been covertly aiding the Colombian rebels. In the revolution long in progress in Colombia there are involved some is- sues that are not strictly political, and these issues seem to_have controlled the sympathy of Nicaragua and Salvador for the Colombian rebels. More than a year ago the*Government of Salvador bought a steamer in England. It was a stoutly built boat, and as her new owner had no.possible use for her the pur- chase seemed inexplicable. The explanation came when in a few months she was turned over to the Colombian rebels, was rechristened “the Radilla” and was convérted into, a gunboat, with an armament of rapid-fire guns, When Salvador bought her that Government had on hand no ammunition nor arms that could be ap- plied to her equipment for war. But just before her apparent change of owners a large shipment of arms and ammunition was made through San Francisco to Salvador. This shipment was detained by our local customs authorities, when it was ascertained that the Consul of Salvador at this port knew nothing of the shipment to his Government. The arms and muni- tions came into this country through Mexico, and were doubtless the samie material that was consigned to Bloom & Co. of Salvador, from New York, that was detained and denied shipment on the Panama road. After some detention here the Consul of Sal- vador acquired knowledge of its ownership by his Government and its exportation was permitted. Not long after the Padilla appeared under the Colombian rebel colors, fully armed and supplied with ammuni- tion. She met the Government boats off Panama and inflicted upon them severé punishment. It is probable that in the purchase of this boat the Government of Salvador merely acted as the agent of the Colombian rebels, who could not themselves buy directly a foreign-built ship and clear her, for their flag has no international recognition. Salvador has a grudge against Colombia that dates back to the last attempt to effect a Central American federation. Senor Jose Rosa Pacas, a citizen of Salvador, was chosen president of the federation, but it refused to federate, principally through the opposition cf Co- lombia, and Senor Pacas found himself a president with no_presidency to administer. Nicaragua is jeal- ous of Celombia on account of the canal, and it is probable that arms shipped on her account are, like the Padilla and the war equipment of Salvador, in- tended for the Colombian rebels. As the Panama railway is threatened with damage suits for the detention of shipments of arms and am- | munition, and the United States may become in- | volved through its responsibility under the treaty for maintenance of the neutrality of the railway, the cov- ert and sinister course of Salvador and its probable | imitation by Nicaragua become of interest to our | Government. It may well be that an inquiry, search- ing in its nature, may be originated at Washington to see if Salvador has been making war on Colombia without declaring war, but by becoming the purveyor and armorer of Colombian rebels. It happens to be | our business, because this Government is the trustee of neutral rights in the Panama road, and also be- cause these covert intrigues affect the construction of an isthmian canal If such an inquiry is instituted some interesting facts may be found in the San Francisco Custom- house. Before the Padilla was purchased by Salva- dor a shipment of dynamite to that country was made on the steamer Maule, after insuring her in this city. All that was ever heard of the affair after was that the Maule was wrecked, but when or how never appeared in the newspapers. Whether she was lost on the coast of Salvador or was beached some- where and her dynamite taken off for the use of Co- | lombian rebels never has been revealed. The Central !American cockpit, full of these red-combed and spurred little republics, is the scene of many mys- terious doings, which on inquiry will be found to con- cern the outside world and the neutral commerce of the nations more than is apparent on the:surface. ——— Venezugla seems determined to take herself off the map. Not satisfied with having made herself more | ugly and more stupid than conditions made her, she | wants now to quarrel with England. Uncle Sam saved the Southerner from such a fate once, but twice might be the breaking point. Pt — , BLAMING THE METEORS, N Omaha lady who has .jyst returned home A from a visit to this coast is reported to have said that in her trip across the continent by { the Northern route her train for twelve hours was passing through a dense smoke caused by forest fires. So murky was the air that it was necessary to keep the lights burning the ‘whole day while passing through the smoky district. - That is but a specimen’ story showing the extent of the devastation our forests are now undergoing. It is the cbservation of a single traveler over one line of travel. Perhaps every transcontinental tourist has { something: like a similar story to tell, though on a ! smaller scale. .The fect is that to a greater or less extent over the whole of the great West from north to south forest fires are burning and valuable woods. are going up in smoke. § | So extensive are these fires that some philosophers of the burning districts have come to the conclusion that their origin cannot be accounted for on any theory of an exclusive human agency. They argue that in the remote wilds the fires must have been caused by falling meteors, and have advanced a theory that the meteors shooting from the skies have exploded on striking the ground and scattered fires far and wide in the woods. . A theory of that kind is valuable mainly as a reve- lation of the mind of the man who advanced it and the condition of public sentiment in which it is ac- cepted. In all lands znd in all ages men have been prone to blame heaven for the ills that befall them. It is much pleasanter to attribute a disaster to some far-off heavenly origin than to man’s own negligence. Why charge the fires to carelessness or worse on the part of one’s neighbors when the whole damage can be shifted to the wandering meteors of the sky? The meteor theory is too clearly an attempt to shift human responsibility to be accepted unless ac- companied by proof capable of scientific verification. It is pretty well known to every man of common sense that we are losing our forests simply because we do not take care of them. The fault is not in our stars nor in our meteors, but in ourselves. Perhaps the meteor theory was advanced because public sentiment is becoming so adverse to those pede the sweet progress of spooning millions toward { who cause forest fires that the suspected ones have marriage. had to seck some kind of excuse to avoid falling ; town. under prosecution. If such be the case, the appear- ance of the theory will be hailed as a welcome proof that we are at last approaching the time when forest protection is going to be given in earnest, and when the authors of fires in our fields and woods are to be severely punished. Every year sees millions of dollars’ worth of prop- erty destroyed on the Pacific Coast by the careless- ness of men wha.recklessly leave fires burning in the woods. That sort of thing must be stopped even though to stop it put the States to considerable ex- pense in the way of providing guards. It is all well enough to boast in boom literature and stump ora- tory that “our forests are inexhaustible,” but there is no use putting the boast to the test. The “me- teor” firebug of the forest must be checked in his fierce career. One might suspect from reading the reports of night depredations by highwaymen in Berkeley that some of the inhabitants of Modoc County had moved south for a little practice on the worthy people of the college town. A POLITICAL PROBLEM. HILE Hill, Whitney, Gorman and other W big medicine men in the Democratic camp are arranging the wires to make Judge Parker the next candidate of the party for the Presi- dency, the rank and file in Iowa have put old Horace Boies on the warpath again, and in Ohio Tom Johnson has taken to the field with an automobile and a tent and is making a gayer and brighter if not a bigger figure than any other man in the allied tribes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is quite probable that these three different ways of canvassing for honors may prove an interesting study in politics. Will the big men win by their quiet and half-hidden methods? Will the plain, old- fashioned tactics of Poies succeed? Will the spec- tacular circusman of Ohio take the prize in the cake- walk? On the side of Judge Parker there are wealth, adroitness and a high degree of organizing skill. On the side of Boies there are the open elements of American Democracy that stand fair in the field and defy the foe. On the side of Johnson are all the forces that li)lluw the biggest band wagon and the brightest torthlights. Comparatively little is said of Parker or of Boies outside of the State in which he lives, while nearly the whole country is talking of Johnson. The talk, however, is by no means favorable to the man who is riding over Ohio in an Automobile carrying a big tent and a brass band and dragging the political body of John R. McLean behind him. The South is the stronghold of Democracy, and just now the South has a strong fit of conservatism. Her leaders are un- dergoing a wholesome reaction against Bryanism. They watch Tom Johnson with something of suspi- cion, fearing he would be worse than Bryan himself, and therefore while they talk much of hira they as- sure one another they think very little of him. The Mobile Register says: “In view of the fact that the party must abandon its old and discredited issues befcre it can lope to regain the confidence of the country, Mr. Johnson's attitude is reactionary and an obstacle in the way of party success.”” The Memphis Appeal says: “The Presidency is hedged about with dignity in the popular mind, and the 10toco and spectacular would desecrate it. Tt may be well cnough in Ohio for Mr. Johnson to carry on a political campaign in circus fashion, but it is not likely to appeal to the country.” Here and there of course a paper speaks for him. Thus the Jefferson City Democrat says: “It does look as though the Democratic party were becoming tomjohnsonized. Well, so be it. We dare say worse things have hap- pened to the Democracy of this country.” 7 While Johnson holds the eyes of the crowd the wire pullers are steadily working along. It is not at all unlikely that when the great showdown is made in the national convention of found that diplomacy has won as many delegates as have been gained by boom tactics. Then there will be a great fight. In fact, one of the shows of the country in 1904 is going to be the Democratic na- tional convention, and it promises to be a show worth seeing by any one who can get inside the hall. e . A FRENCH CANAL " | EARS ago French enterprise began to count Ythe cost of constructing a canal to connect the Gulf of Lyons with the Bay of Biscay so that French ships could pass from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coast of France without having to make the.long voyage through the Straits of Gibraltar and around the peninsula occupied by Spain and Portugal. In the past the estimates of cost have been so large as to forbid the undertaking. With improved ma- chinery for canal construction, increased capital and increased commerce, the relation of tost to probable profits has steadily changed, however, until now it is believed the time has come when the long-desired canal may be provided. A report recently submitted to the French Govern- ment by a commission of engineers appointed to make estimates on the work is said to be highly en- couraging. The engineers surveyed two routes, one of which would be 279 miles in length and the other 304 miles. The entrance to either route woild be in the vicinity of Narbonne on the ‘west shore of the Gulf of Lyons, and the canal would run up the valley of the Garonne to Agen, where a choice of routes is offered. The longer route, it is said, could be constructed of a size suitable for the vessels of our time at a cost of about $300,000,000, while the shorter route would-cost in the neighborhood of $400,000,000. Either of those sums is a heavy cost to pay for a single improvement, and as France is so deeply in debt her financiers hesitate to approve the project. Sanguine men assert, however, that the Government will be authorized to undertake the work, and that the trade passing through it is sure to be vast enough to yield a profit if the line be economically main- tained. In reporting upon the value of the canal the en- gineers estimate that a ship could pass through it in forty-eight hours, thus saving about three days in a voyage from Havre to Malta. It is further calculated that such a saving would enable merchant ships* to pay a toll of thirty-six cents a ton on all freight carried through the canal, and that as a con- sequence the investment would be a paying one from the time the wa ay was opened. The subjett is now one of practical politics in France and it is quite possible the project may be undertaken. A Berkeley wise man has gone into executive ses- sion with himself and predicts that the Filipino is to be exterminated. Some of the speethes of William Jennings Bryan must have blown into the college the party it will be | MARE ISLAND SOCIETY GLITTERS ALLEJO, Sept. 2.—A pretty wed- ding was solemnized in St. Peter's Chapel at the Mare Island Navy Yard to-day, when Miss Helen Tucker Hawke became the bride of Assistant Surgeon Charles Norman Fiske of the United States steamship Mohican. Chaplain A. A. McAlister officiated. The floral decorations of the chapel were elaborate. By 2 o’clock the ushers, who were Passed Assistant Paymaster W. H. Doherty, Passed Assistant Paymaster Da- vid Potter, Assistant Surgeon W. L. Bell and Ensign J. B. Gilmer, seated a large and fashionable gathering of invited guests. The bride, who is the accomplished daughter of Medical Director and Mrs. James A. Hawke, entered learning upon the arm of her father. She was attired in a gown of filmy chiffon tucked over white liberty satin made en traine and finished with a bertha of rare duchesse lace. The bridal veil was of silk tuile. Miss Hawke carried a bunch of lilies of | the valley in her hand. The maid of honor was Miss Mabel Hawke and the bridesmaids Miss Annie Miller and Miss Grace Bollard. Not the least interesting members of the bridal party were the ribbon bearers, little Ma- rie Whiting, daughter of Captain W. H. and Mrs. Whiting, and Master Phillips Lovering, the little son of Surgeon and Mrs. P. A. Lovering and a nephew of the bride. At the altar Surgeon Fiske and his best man, Passed Assistant Surgeon Ammen Farenholt, met the bridal party. The In- dependence band had in the meantime played a march and the ceremony was | proceeded with by Chaplain McAlister. A | reception followed at the home of the bride’s parents and was elegant in all its appointments. The wedding was distinet- ively naval and proved one of the social | events cf the seaSon at Mare Island. In the presence of 200 invited guests Miss Mabel Elwood Naylor became the bride of Dr. Wilbur Orcutt Aten last evening. The wedding occurred at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elwood NAylor, 1478 Page street, and the pretty home was made especially attractive for the occasion. The bridal bower was a profusion of white chrysanthemums and ferns and an adjacent mantel was banked in with the same blossoms. Over the heads of the bridal party was a large wedding bell of ckrysanthemums with a clapper of in- candescent lights. The halls were done in palms and other foliage, while sweet peas decorated the bride's table in the supper-room. Rev. W. K. Guthrie of the Van Ness- avenue Presbyterian Church officiated. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Ella Naylor, maid of honor, and two ribbon bearers, Misses Alice and Hazel Naylor, younger sisters. Charies Elwood | Naylor Jr., a brother of the bride, acted as best man. The youngest son in the family, Master Harold Naylor, was a [ e e e e ] PERSONAL MENTION. T. Harrington, a banker of Colusa, is at the Palace. Garrison Turner, a merchant of Mo- desto, is at the Grand. G. G. Towle, an extensive land-owner of Towle, is at the Grand. John L. Hudner, an attorney of Hol- lister, is a guest at the Lick. N. E. de Yoe, a merchant of Modesto, is among the arrivals at the Lick. Fred Alldack, proprietor of the Seal Rock House, is spending his vacation at Harbin Springs. C. H. Merchant, a business man of Marshfield, Ore., is at the Lick, accom- panied by his wife. Adjutant General Stone of the Califor- nia National Guard, accompanied by Ma- Jor Dockweiler, will leave for Fort Riley next week to witness the army maneu- vers. ————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The following Californians are in New York: San Francisco—J. Thomson, C. Thomson, A. C. Thomson, C. Munter and F. K. Lip- pitt, at the Broadway Central; W. Bab- cock, at the Manhattan; Miss B. Mai at the Cadillac; Miss Stewart, at the Murray Hill; F. H. Busby and Miss E. L. Busby, at the Imperial; M. Joyce, W. R. Douglas and P. K. Gordon, at the Vietorla; Mrs. C. R. Lott, at the New Amsterdam; H. S. Safford and wife and Miss C. L. Safford, at the Albert; B. F. Dodson, at the Sturtevant; H. J. Fried- lander, at the Herald Square; W. K. Smith, at the Earlington; W. P. Thomas and wife, at the Everett. : From Los Angeles—H. 8. Thorp and Mrs.- K. F. Thorpe, at the Continental. From San Jose—Mrs. R. Dunn, at the Victoria, —————— Appoints Minister Guardian. Rev. W. S. Urmy, a prominent Method- ist divine, was appointed guardian of Rev. S. D. Simonds, a pioneer minister of this coast, in department 9 of the Superior Court yesterday. The appointment was made at the request of the Methodist Con- ference. Simonds is 89 years of age. -other guests were: N NNy NN ) AN WY e T AT A BEAUTIFUL NAYAL WEDDIN(_} and Mrs. W. Greer Harrison, will beco the bride of Arthur Walkington of Bel. fast, Ireland, on October 15. The wed. ding will take place at the home of the bride on Scott street. . s @ Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Angela Devlin, sister of Charles J. I. De lin, and Mr. Daniel A. Ryan at St. Mary Cathedral, San Francisco, Thursday morning, October 2. . 48 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Seibel have an- nounced the engagement of their daugh- ter, Miss Emily, to John D. Mahoney. $°4 18 The college women of San Franeisco and vicinity who form the Assoctation of | NAVAL OFFICER AND HIS BRIDE WHOSE WEDDING WAS CELE- | BRATED AT THE MARE ISLAND YARD IN THE RESENCE OF A | LARGE GATHERING OF SOCIETY FOLK. i o page and was prettily costumed in white satin. The brida! gown was of heavy white | satin cut en traine, with rich garniture of duchess lace, silk cord and chiffon. hair with orange blossoms and she car- ried a shower bouquet of lilies of the val- ley. The maid of honor wore a dainty gown of white organdie over silk and ! carried maidenhair ferns. The little girls were also daintily gowned in white or- gandle. Mrs. Naylor was handsomely at- tired in pale green silk with garniture of white lace and ornaments of pearls. The ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock and after the congratulations and 800d wishes supper was served. Later in the evening Dr. and Mrs. Aten departed for a trip southward and upon their re- turn will reside in this city. some presents were received. The bride is a charming and accom- pltshed daughter of Charies E. Naylor, a well known attorney in the Mills build- ing. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Aten of San Jos: and formerly resided in that place. Dr. Py | Miss Mabel Hogg was hostess at a pink | luncheon yesterday at her home, 2226 Sac- ramento street. The table was prettily decorated with baby roses, tulle and can- delabra with pink shades. The guests of honor were Miss Gladys Merrill, whose engagement to Harry Bates has been an- nounced, and Miss Vesta Shortridge, who is going to marry Emile Bruguiere. The Miss Maude Cluff, Miss Mabel Cluff, Miss Gertrude Van Wyck, Miss Florence Callaghan, Miss Charlotte Evans, Miss Rose Drummond, Miss Audry, Miss Mabel Toy and Mrs. James Rady. . ee e Miss Elsie Harrison, daughter of Mr. The | bride’s veil of tulle was caught in the: Many hand- | Aten is a den- | tist and is now located in San Francisco. | | Collegiate Alumnas will held their an- | nual meeting at Sor. Hall, 1620 Cali- fornia street, on Saturday, Sepetmber 27 After a lun of committees will be heard ns of work Tea will Ladies of the Forum Club were enter- tained by a leeture ppines by n Japan, China and ngressman Kahn on The musical num- bers of the programme were songs well | rendered by Miss Millie Flyrn and Mrs. C. J. Wetmere. v. g Admiral and Mrs. Tulley entertained a large number of friends at progressive euchre - last evening. The decorations were military. The evening was mest en- joyably spent. ® * Mrs. Hancock Johnston and son, who were persuaded to extend their visit in this city several d: returned yesterday to their home in L Angeles. W. J. Landers and family expect to close their Broadway home at the end of the present month and spend the winter in a hotel. R e Miss Da | a few days. | e A Miss Flood and Miss Sallie Maynard are | at the Holland Ho in New York. They ‘1 will return to the coast shortly. | Frunes stuffed with apricots. 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