Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1885 |
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Page 563
... mean to include the space above the earth , but only the atmosphere . " The man who owns the soil owns the space above it , and this space is a thing " in com- mercio " ( capable of barter and sale ) ; but the atmosphere is a " res ...
... mean to include the space above the earth , but only the atmosphere . " The man who owns the soil owns the space above it , and this space is a thing " in com- mercio " ( capable of barter and sale ) ; but the atmosphere is a " res ...
Page 569
... means by which water rights may be distributed among individual farmers , and water monopolies prevented . " If A owns a tract of land ten miles square , through the center of which there flows a stream of water sufficient to irrigate ...
... means by which water rights may be distributed among individual farmers , and water monopolies prevented . " If A owns a tract of land ten miles square , through the center of which there flows a stream of water sufficient to irrigate ...
Page 578
... mean a great many . But when it came to a question of sleeping out in the cold rain , or camping down in a crowded tent in true democratic equality , and taking the chances of immi- gration from our neighbors ' clothing , we did not ...
... mean a great many . But when it came to a question of sleeping out in the cold rain , or camping down in a crowded tent in true democratic equality , and taking the chances of immi- gration from our neighbors ' clothing , we did not ...
Page 579
... means of obtaining abundant supplies . Creeks with marshy banks protected either flank . The only possible avenue of attack upon this position was directly in front , and across that ran little creeks and ravines , with here and there ...
... means of obtaining abundant supplies . Creeks with marshy banks protected either flank . The only possible avenue of attack upon this position was directly in front , and across that ran little creeks and ravines , with here and there ...
Page 589
... means of returning to the genial warmth of the Golden Coast . Carefully husbanded , my resources would procure me an emigrant ticket from Omaha to San Francisco . There was nothing else for it . My climate - ener- vated system would ...
... means of returning to the genial warmth of the Golden Coast . Carefully husbanded , my resources would procure me an emigrant ticket from Omaha to San Francisco . There was nothing else for it . My climate - ener- vated system would ...
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