La Junta tribune., 1904-10-29

| quantities available for electrical trans
mission. Conversely. the Development of
water powers has not infrclu-ntiy made
| irrigation comparatively easy and a pos
-ibl- addition 10 the general plan of i'm
proyen-nts proposed.
In California the setting TO work OF
the waterfalls has been accompanied also
by the release of the water In many
ease, TO the dry iowlsnds. and the in
tsres;iue spectacle j. presented OF a new
source OF power producing new rnannfac-
turing establishments and equally an in-
tiuN "f population aud at the same time
ritalizinS Of the soil to such n degree
a- 10 enable il easily to support thi.
Increased population. Truly these plants
ia many cases have made the desert into
n garden and Opened up productive cen
tcrs OF the best possible influences.
Practical object Lessos.
Al Niagara Fails the harnessinS OF the
water in the great cataract has changed
the whole aspect Of the town. changed
II from n show village. whose principal
industry was the entertainment OF tho
stranger. into a prosperous mnnufactur-
ing community where thousands OF opera
tors are paid for productive work. Trans
mission oi this power to l'nifalo has in
iroiuc.i entirely new conditions into the
h'A4'4Al'~ VI 'liA 'lAS
has already had an important bearing
and effect upon it, mmercial status.
In South Carolina the waterfalls that
for all the ccuturies since the country
was explored have tumbled usel-ssly
down mountain sides, have been set 10
work turning the spindles and looms Of
cotton mills and forming center of pro.
duction of high Importance, both OF that
State and the country at large. In every
Instance where electrical transmission
had been callei into play. for the utiliza-
ton Of new power or powers hitherto
ufideyelopei. the general social effect has
been good.
Economic Saiae Of transmitted Po ~er
1t il believed that in the future these
installations and thee industries will
play no unimporiant part IN the genera,
development OF the country. The water
power resources of the United States
have been by no means fully developed
and while there Is perhaps less Incentive
here than in other countries. less favored
/ by Nature. with abundant coal deposits.
still the final utilization OF every drop of
falling water that can he set to work is
ultimately inevitable.
Where il was impossible formerly TO
take manufacturing enterprises into the
wilderness. where the water power is To-
Gated, to-day IL il fea >ible To take the
power out Of the wilderness aud canyons
and bring II to the town and by the use
OF electrical transmission. TO coordinate
all the advantages OF shipment aud uc-
cess 10 raw material and to Ia hpr; a eit-
uAtion hitherto impossible when the
works were perforc- built alongside of
the waterfalls that furnish their energy.
Prieeie.. Heritage Of the west.
One OF the most valuable assets that Is
To come to the West from the reciama-
ton Of it, arid lands under the National
Irrigation Act will be the vast electric
energy possible by harnessing the noun
tain streams. They will thus not only
give life to the country. but, through pow
cr thus generated. will inject into that
life the greatest possible useful activity.
Ia this area. more than one thousand
miles SQUARE. multiplied millions of horse
power can be created through the nat
ural gravity system of water.
There are thousands OF valley. rang
ing In length from n few miles 90 nearly
one thousand miles. where ample water
can be had for all power purposes as
well as for heat and light. SO when the
hfe-giying fluid is applied TO the parched
plains aud the desert is Transformed into
the orchard. the water then furnishes the
source Of energy for mill. factory, cleo
trio plants for lighting and heating, and
all possible mechanical devices Per
| haps at no other point on the earth. sur
fac. are such combinations possible TO
such degree Of utility. Having the cli-
mate. the scenery. the soil. the sunshine.
the water. the timber. the minerals of
all kinds. the stone. and in fact all of
the products Of the earth. both from its
surface and from its bowels. - readily
at hand. here in the western portion of
America, Is destiaed 20 be wrough, not
only the highest civilization bat the high
est standard of citizenship anil patriot
ism
win Develop Miae aal rsres..
The Hmitless mineral deposits which
have only been touched here an.l there.
as it were. will yield large profits and
ready returns. from the Intelligent appii-
cation of electrical. engineering. Mines
that have been worked and aban.ionei
snd mountains of socalied 'tailings.-
which contsin from 81 TO 81 per ton. can
be rs-workei. and thus a material addi-
ton to the worlds output of gold will he
assured The vast forests will be feilei
and transformed into dressed lumher,
and all kinds Of furniture BY the applics-
ton Of electricity. The valleys. which
will be studded with prosperous homes
OF men who occupy and own the land.
will he traversed by electric car lines
/ from one eud to the other. and even the
| fruit viii be handled as freight By this
same method
4 Oress ladossssal Activity.
Mammcth factories will b ereceei in
al the valleys and many Of the eanyoas.
| for the manufacture and conservation of
the various horticultural and agricultural
prodsrts which will thrive to an eHas-
gerated degree in this favored locality.
\ The isbvr Of one ~et Of individuah viii
serve ~ . cvnp'emens or fair eHchaase
4 for that Of ofhers- The fruit grover wiu
ssil his fruis - IL canass. s.A IL as-