Land of Sunshine, Volume 17F. A. Pattee & Company, 1902 Includes reports, etc., of the Southwest Society of the Archaeological Institutes of America. |
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Page 60
... learned to my chagrin . Johnny Burns , standing barefooted upon a plank and paddling with an old broom , easily and re- peatedly distanced me in a race of a hundred yards . Neverthe- less , the old trough did us excellent service ; and ...
... learned to my chagrin . Johnny Burns , standing barefooted upon a plank and paddling with an old broom , easily and re- peatedly distanced me in a race of a hundred yards . Neverthe- less , the old trough did us excellent service ; and ...
Page 62
... learned , the water was a foot deep over the floor of the room in which we had discussed the advisability of our flight . When one remembers that the flood was spreading over hundreds of square miles , he will at least faintly ...
... learned , the water was a foot deep over the floor of the room in which we had discussed the advisability of our flight . When one remembers that the flood was spreading over hundreds of square miles , he will at least faintly ...
Page 87
... learned that Gen. Wood has used a few thousand dollars of Cuban funds to protect Cuba from being robbed by them . Can such things be , and overcome them like a summer cloud without their special wonder ? Who ever heard of money in a ...
... learned that Gen. Wood has used a few thousand dollars of Cuban funds to protect Cuba from being robbed by them . Can such things be , and overcome them like a summer cloud without their special wonder ? Who ever heard of money in a ...
Page 113
... learned of successful experience . Development associations had existed in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys for two years without attracting much at- tention in the metropolis . They now sent delegations to meet with business men ...
... learned of successful experience . Development associations had existed in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys for two years without attracting much at- tention in the metropolis . They now sent delegations to meet with business men ...
Page 114
... learned from Southern California . But just how much lies within the reach of such methods ? Early and large results ought to be seen in the growth of manufacturing . The advantages in the way of raw materials , navigation , growing ...
... learned from Southern California . But just how much lies within the reach of such methods ? Early and large results ought to be seen in the growth of manufacturing . The advantages in the way of raw materials , navigation , growing ...
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Page 300 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city.
Page 497 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 495 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado.
Page 296 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 580 - Thro' every hollow cave and alley lone Round and round the spicy downs the yellow Lotosdust is blown. We have had enough of action, and of motion we...
Page 256 - All able-bodied male inhabitants of the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, that are citizens of the United States, or have declared their intention to become citizens thereof, shall constitute the militia of the State...
Page 495 - Fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands in the said States and territories, and for the payment of all other expenditures provided for in this Act.
Page 495 - ... per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund...
Page 502 - That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.