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FORESTRY AND [RRIGATK >.\ 



YII-.\V SlloWlNt; INTKRIOK OF THE C.RKAT ASSUAN DAM ON Till. Ml.l. AT I.OW WATl'.K 



Among the largest of these tracts 

 was that of the Nebraska Land and 

 Feeding Company, of which Bartlett 

 Richards was ])resideiit. His range 

 extends over more than 200,000 acres, 

 and is about 100 miles long. Richards 

 is said to be the largest cattle buyer 

 and owner in the world, and is rated 

 as a man of immense wealth. 



Frank M. Currie, who was also in- 

 dicted for alleged illegal fencing, is an 

 extensive ranchman of Ctister county. 

 He represented his county as state sen- 

 ator in the legislature of i9Oi-'o2, and 

 was a candidate for United States Sen- 

 ator to succeed Senator Allen. 



The land-fencing cases have excited 

 intense interest because of the large 

 number of wealthy and influential 

 ranchmen concerned and because of 

 charges, some of which have been filed 

 in Washington, that certain public offi- 

 cials were in collusion with the ranch- 

 men to prevent an indictment. 



The foreman of the grand jury stated 

 to the court that the jury would later 

 have a supplementary report, and it is 

 said that this addition will include sev- 

 eral more indictments of prominent 

 ranchmen. 



It is learned from reli- 

 able sources that Mr. 

 S.Y. Hills, of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, in the Philippines, was 



Death of a 

 Forester. 



killed by alligators, on some date pre- 

 vious to September 30, while swimming 

 in the estuary of the Rio Grande, at 

 Cottabato, in the island of Mindanao. 

 The mutilated body was recovered. 



Mr. Hills, who was unmarried and 

 had not yet attained his thirtieth year, 

 was a Vermonter who went to the 

 Philippines as a volunteer in the military 

 service. He was transferred to the 

 Bureau of Forestry largely on account 

 of his proficiency in the Spanish lan- 

 guage and his general education and in- 

 telligence. He had become one of the 

 two American inspectors who act as as- 

 sistants to Captain Ahern, inspect tim- 

 ber cutting, and superintend the corps 

 of rangers. 



On account of his attractive personal 

 qualities, Mr. Hills was a favorite among 

 his associates in the Bureau and had 

 many friends in the city of Manila. 



Canal at Preliminary surveys by 



Grand Valley, the United States Rec- 

 Colorado. lamation engineers in 



the Grand Valley, Col- 

 orado, have shown conclusively that a 

 high-line canal is not there practicable. 

 At the same time the engineers agree 

 that a low-line canal, covering a com- 

 paratively large area, is feasible, and 

 that the cost of its construction would 

 not be too great. As the community is 

 wealthy, and as the local sentiment is 



