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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12
GREAT
RESERVOIRS
In EGYPT
Lake Now All Farms
Recent Efforts in
Water Storage

Diodorous, Strabo and Herodotus
have independently borne witness to a
vast artificial lake or reservoir, which
was constructed to receive the superfu-
Gus water from the Nile at food time,
and to distribute it when and where
required by means Of canals. The lat.
ter writer is enthusiastic in his admi-
ration of the work, which he classes far
above the mighty Pyramid Of Cheops
as an example Of the triumph Of hui
man skill and labor over natural OBJ
stacles. This lake oeris-wa dug
by the orders of King Amenemhat III,
who lived about 20O0 b. c. 1t had
a superficial area Of $50 square miles
about the size of an average English
eounty-with a depth in places Of 300
feet, and its contour measured 400
miles. It was connected to the Nile
by a canal ten miles long and 800 feet
wide, controlled by means Of %sluices,
which served to draw off the surplus
water from the river, and return It at
periods of low water.
As all who have followed the recent
history Of Egypt will know, the site of
the ancient lake has been identified be-
yond doubt with the present province
known rs the Fayoum, by Cope White
house, whose researches have not only
abundantly justified the classical dis
t%orians, but have had n most direct
bearing upon the problem Of the irriga.
lion Of Egypt at the present day. The
canal to the Nile had become silted up
centuries Of neglect, and the
AXE had vanished, but the depression
remained, as a fertile valley in the
in seeking for a reservoir for the
of Egypt during the dry season,
{ is not TO be wondered at that the re.
construction of the ancient Lake of
should have been carefully con
idered. As, however, in the bed Of
he lake is a fertile province, with a
ultivable area of 100000 acres and a
.alue of $4,000, 900, it's construction
n its original site is out of the ques-
ion, but there exists a smaller depres-
ion in the Libyan hills Immediately to
he south to which no such objections
.pplv. This depression.is known as III"
Nady Rayan, and Cope WhitehOuse,
he discoverer Of Lake Moeris has for
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12

wears insisted that in turning the Wady
RYAN into an artificial lake or reservoir
lies the true solution of the problem
of Egypt's water supply. It's area at
a level Of 20 meters above that of the
sea would be about 200 square kilome-
ters, or 270 square miles. When full,
its greatest depth would be 20 meters,
though only the upper four Of five
meters would be used annually, giving
a possible supply Of some three mill
iards OF cubic meters out of a total
contents of 20 milliards. Such n lake,
however, would have one great draw
back. Although during the month Of
April it would give a plentiful dis
charge, by the end Of May its level
would have so diminished that it could
not give all that Lower Egypt re-
quires. BY the middle Of June it could
not meet half the demand upon it for
water, and a fortnight later il would be
practically useless, as its level would
have sunk approximately to that of the
Nile. For this reason, by. itself IL
would be inadequate, but, fortunately,
we have at hand a means Of c%ontribut.
ing to the summer supply from an
other source. The Assouan reservoir,
owing to its height, can be drawn from
at any season Of the year, and 1t is
proposed by Sir w. Wilcocks to raise
the dam by six meters, making it the
originally intended, and use the
water so stored to supplement the
Wady Rayan discharge, thus maintain.
ing a constant total discharge through
out the summer. The Assouan reservoir
when raised, yield a supply of
two milliards of cubic meters, and this
would not be drawn upon until some
time during May. AS the summer
came on the proportion of water from
Assouan would increase, until in July
it would be giving practically the whole
Working together in this man
ner the lake and the reservoir would
provide the whole Of the water needed
for the irrigation Of Egypt.-London
Engineering.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12

when all things were abnormal, nc.
cording TO our latter day ideas,
"Giant trees and giant reptiles.
Giant mountains and giant birds that
flew about their miles.high peaks. This
was the condition of the period Of the
life Of the Death valley crater.
"Why do l draw these conclusions9
Well, there is nothing TO show that a
lake or inland sea ever existed where
Is Death valley. The bottom Of the
valley is surfaced with a layer of ashes
in which is nothing Of the sediment
such as develops after evaporation or
a body Of water. The edges of the
valley are layers Of ashes and there
are traces Of these deposits for a hun.
dred miles from the depression.
"Another remarkable proof that tho
valley was once a great volcano are the
deep springs extant there. Many of
these are found in the valley and some
are apparently volcanic vents. / had
my men fasten a rope about my waist
aud | cautiously approached the edge
Of one of these springs. It was a pc,
culiar hole, with steep sides that were
likely TO give way under foot, being
deeomposed, loose material. Fifty feet
below the edge was a body Of blue
water so clear that when / threw a
stone into II my head reeled as ]
watched il 90 down, down hundreds Of
feet into a bottOmless funnel.
"The water of the springs is i'm.
~preguated with poisonous chemicals
aud few Of the springs near the valley
can be utilized for man or beast.
"When this monster mountain was
belching forth showers of lava and
stones IL must have shaken the world
II slowly burned out, %crumbling away
with the centuries. Il made a desert
OF everything within a radius Of poo
miles Of the place.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12

of Colorado, who has recently been de-
tailed by the Santa Re railroad 10
investigate the Tonopah and Gold6eld
district in Nevada with a view 10 as.
eertaining It's permanent value ms a
mining center, The Santa Fe road may
some day wish TO extend It's roads into
Nevada and Il will certainly do so II
conditions justify. Incidental TO the
trip to the minos the colonel travelled
into tho great Salton desert and skirted
the edge Of Death valley.
Not being satisfied with the report
that the government supervisors had
made regarding the silent hollow whore
not an animate thing exists except the
horned toad and the occasional lizard,
the expert determined 10 investigate
for himself.
death valley is not a dried up in.
land sea or lake, in my opinion, - said
the colonel. alt is an extinct %volcanoi
one that was 30 immense that when il
was active IL could not have reared
lis head above the earth's surface lest
than 40 miles. II was one of the great
phenomena of prehistoric time-tim'
when men did not people the world, hut
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12
allka peath valley Extinct volcano.

|NHtAh 0odlh NaAluy hAblhCN NoiCaAos
There lisa decided difference of opin.
Jon between one mining man and the
geological survey in regard to M of
rho quoerest, hottest aud most disa.
greeahle parts of the United States.
Dcaih Valley Inyo county, is the bone
4 contention, and II will be something
Tor scientists 10 study before the in
hardness - outwardness - OF this
strange region is given its proper place
in The geological records.
Already the government surveyors
ave said; "'This is a dead sea, a
lried-up lake such as might have been
"a It's day of moist existence a eoun-
"crpart Of the Great Salt lake. Gradu-
NY It's waters reeeded, exposing to the
vi southern desert sun, the sands that
declared TO be several hundred feet
tow the sea level,
but there is a practical mining man.
Trough and ready mining engineer, q
~ who has made a study Of rocks
strata and all that, who presents
Ms an entirely new version of tn,
cation Of this uneanny region. The
Sntleman Is Colonel Edward Brown
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12
Poisons In rood

Perhaps you don't ~.rSaliEe that
many pain pOisOns originate in your
food, but some day YOU may feel a
twinge Of dyspepsia that win con.
vince you. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
are guaranteed 70 sure all, sickness
due TO poisons Of undigested food
OF Nancy back. s5e at j.. c. Perry,s.
Druggist, Salem, Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-12

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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Municipal telescope.

Cardiff b the first place to eater for
its amateur astronomers by the pro-
vision Of . municipal telescope. This
instrument, which has just been dedi-
Gated to the public nse, Is . hne L.
inch equatorial reflector and was be-
aueathed to the citizens BY the late
Dr.. Franklen Evans The city council
has borne the expenses Incidental to
the suitable disposal OF the gift, which
Is erected In an observatory outside hs
ctr.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
a Great Truth

Privilege 10 the root Of AL evils In
politics and business, says the Boston
Globe. is one Of the oldest sources
Of wrong In the world and has wrought
more ruin than all the piked mobs Of
the unprivileged, who, blinded by pow
erty, ignorance and injustice, have
stormed the citadels Of privilege and
power. All experience shows that hu-
man nature is too frail to bear the
stain Of privilege. The sense OF might
oyerWhelms the sense of fright
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Turned SquzG.

eAs Who was Grace Wetherbes, Of
New York, d nov an ArapahOe squRw.
Carrying her psppoose strapped TO her
back, wearing q brilliant parti-colored
shawl md moccaSins. she dWells on
the Shoshone Indian reservation, near
Fort Washable, Wyoming. Six years
40 Mss WethRbee came from her
home in New York 10 visit the family
Of the post-trader there. Miss WetAer-
bee met Coolidge, q full-blooded In
dian, who was conducting q mission.
They fell in love at sight, were mar
ried, and have lived happily.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Flouts the Thirteen.

Gov. Edwin Warheld, Of Maryland,
laughs at the Is superstition, though &C
cording to the common view he ought
to regard it with respect He Is the thir-
tenth governor OF Maryland to occupy
the executive mansion at Annapolis
He was elected by 9 majority Of $1,000
votes, has Is letters in his name and was
inaugurated January Is, 1904. So far
nothing has occurred in his political
career to warrant any fear for the Ii
superstition.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
VIII BAR Jana

Mr.. Seldom, the premier Of New zea-
land, announced in a speech recently
that Japanese would not be allowed to
come to New Zealand and that the col
ony would refuse TO be dictated to in the
matter. This is In reference to Q cir
cular from the British colonial ONCE,
addressed to the colonies and demand
ing the repeal of1aWs thatare repugnant
to the feelings Of nations with which
Great Britain Is at peace-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
The 0rEter Fork.

4 helpful idea in table setting when
<hsrs are to be q number Of elaborate
courses, necessitating various forks
and knives, Is to have the small oyster
fork laid across the others ready for
the nrSt course. This precludes the
Feasibility of any mistake either
through ignorance Of the intricacies OF
modIsh serving or observation-disclosures.
Then, ~ each succeeding course Is
brought on, the deft fingers of the
maid or discreet butler can give q
sligh4 tilt to the correct fork to use for
that particular dish.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Nanchurian Products.

Mifiet, Indian corn and wheat are
among the chief farm products OF Man.
churia- Apples and grapes do well.
although the native supply Is soft and
lacks flavor. Tomatoes grow in great
abundance, particularly in southern
Manchuria, where asparagus also four
ishes. All vegetables, as G rule, can
be grown in abundance.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Ont Of Data

Some sensation was caused during .
Sunday schol address the other day by
. little girl who had overheard her
parents discuss che non-eternity OF
punishment The curate made . feel
ing allusion TO the unpleasant charac-
ter Of the lower regions, and then
paused, when in the dead silence the
little girl observed in an explanatory
tone, Please, they don't use 1t now"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
SWEARING HauRman.

The death of Ellington recalls the fact
that formerly 1t was usual In appointing
q public hangman to make him take the
Bible In his hand and swear solemnly
that he would dispatch every criminal
condemned to death without fGyoring
father, mother, or any other relation or
friend. When he had taken the oath he
was dismissed with the word: Get
thee hence, wretch"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
BIS ConuuerinR Career.

SmashVm, who used to play center in
the college eleven years ago. l remem-
Der him as one Of the greatest ground
gamers ever saw"
He Is yet He went into the real e.
tate business, and now he owns a whole
suburb. "-Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Farm Poultry Instead.

One result Of the work Of quail hunt
srs has been to increase the depreda-
tons Of coyotes in western Oklahoma
Rabbits and quail form their regular
toOd supply and since these are being
thinned out by hunters they are be-
ginning to raid the unprotected farm
Poultry yards.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Lived and Died Together.

While several guests were celebrat-
ing the diamond wedding OF a couple
named Bader, at Konigswalde, Ger
many, the wife was seized with syn
cope and dropped dead at the table.
Within ten minutes the aged widower
also fen dead.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Guardians Of the Pone.

The pope's Swiss guard will celebrate
The fourth centenary of their institute
in January next. Their history, which
Is interesting, is to be told in a special
volume about to be published BY Prof.
Durrer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
All the Way.

did you ever see such long gloves
as that woman is wearing? Why, she
buttons them from her wrist to her
elbow"
"Ho, that's not much. Why, my
wife buttons her gloves from the front
door TO the theater.
Leader.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Gullible Farmers

Thousands Of farmers answered the
advertisement Of a man who offered to
sell g recipe for making q pound of
butter from a pint Of milk and q tea
spoonful Of our preparation"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Wonderful Machinerr.

The smallest holes pierced by mod
srn machinery are one-thousandth Of
an inch in diameter. They are bored
through sapphires, rpbies and dia-
monds by a machine which makes b.
300 revolutions a minute.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

Tailor-You have recently inherited
. nice lump Of money from your un-
Gle; Why don't you pay me?
Customer hate all outward show.
I don't want 1t to be said that my new
ly-acquired wealth has caused q de-
parture from my former simple hab-
ttA-Stray Stories.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Futile.

Fortune Teller examining her palm)
Beware Of strikingly handsome,
tall, dark-haired young man.
Fair Customer-It's too late for that.
I've married him.-Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Russians in London.

Russian immigrants to the number
q SS.440 arrived in London during the
first nine months Of this year. OF these
1A656 remained in the city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Dust Settler

Akonia Is the name Of q substance
manufactured In England which, dis
solved In the water with which the
streets are sprinkled, Is said to prevent
dust from rising.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Mean Thing to Say.

Ida-George is 50 poetical. He saws
NY ears are like shells.
Irsne-Did he say whether he meant
cocoanut or oyster shells?-Stray Stor-
teS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Big Charity Fund.

London's lord mayors have during
the past decade collected more thsA
E1o0oo.0oo for charitable and benevo-
int purposes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

he has little gratitude who seeks
ealy TO crafty himself.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Leppy's
Christmas Carol
Bu MYRTLE KooN cHERRYnGE

God rest ye. merry gentlemen.
Let nothing you dismAy."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
No Admir~H

. ne hrasgart issonly popular Win
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

+ was the voice OF Dep-
py Sanders. errand boy
for Hardman & Son,
who was practicing q
carol for the choirboys'
Christmas festival 1t
St Luke's. Leppy had
the sweetest Of voices,
the most restless Of
bodies, and the most
freckled Of faces. The
first had won him Q
place In st. Euke's
vested choir; the sec
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
ELECTIONS IN NEBRASKA
RESULTS OF MUNICIPAL CAM.
PAlGNS OF YESTERDAY.
PLAINvlEW BEATS TIE POSTS
Fred Sonnenschein, For Years Mayor
at West Point, is Overwhelmingly
Defeated-Consdered Endorsement
OF Law and Order-Ohter Results.

Plainview, Neb., April Especial to
The News: The eliminating of hitch
ing posts from the streets of Plain
view won victory at the election of
Yesterday and the posts must 60
There were l09 votes against them and
so for, The following village trustees
were elected: ]. p. Kelly 95; C. c..
Heck, 80; b. G. Button, 54; Claus Ie-
renson, 65; A. b. Schoenauer. 45. The
city council had ordered them out
week ago Saturday night. On
Monday the order was reversed
and last Sunday night thirty men
tive OF them iremen, kicked or
chopped down the posts. Firemen
were blamed for it all and every fire.
man in town resigned. Yesterdays
vote cuts out the posts and the fire
men will protect Plainview from fame.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07

second, that having been three-cor-
nered fight in which Dan Craven rep
resented the citizens party AMI Aug
ust Brummund the democratic. P. j.
Stafford won victory over II. A..
Pasewalk in the Third ward and Pat
Crotty defeated J. l.. Hershiser in the
Fourth.
The majority for the democratic
candidates ranges from seventeen to
more than $50. After the count was
learned during the night, the ballots
requiring many hours to total, DR..
Mackay, the real victor, and his fol-
lowing of democrats celebrated down
town over their winning. "Hurrah
for DR.. Mackay!" were the cries,
"Hurrah, Hurrah for DR.. Mackay."
The precise reason for so over
whelming defeat Of the republican
ticket is perhaps impossible to detect.
There were, no doubt, large number
of reasons which, taken together, tend
ed to the downfall in this campaign.
DR.. Mackay's paper, supported and
made possible by republicans. I'M
doubtedly had great weight. Given
ammunition by the republican party
with which to load his gun he used
every ounce of powder to advantage
in assailing the same people, or rath-
er the principles for which they were
alleged to have stood
Howsoever the defeat came about.
the barefaced totals of the voting
stand out in cold chiseled figures to-
day and il is up to the new admins.
tration to name police force, a water
commissioner, street commissioner
and a policy for Norfolk's way Of
living and doing things during the
coming twelvemonth.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

John r. Hays returned today from
trip to Omaha.
f. A. Crissy, the commercial travel
er, is said to he very i'll with typhoid
fever
V. V. Light. postoffice clerk, is en-
joying a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Randklev, who now
live on Koenigstein avenue, are plan
ming to build a new home in Norfolk
during the coming summer
Roads in and about Norfolk are
very rough and travelling over them is
hard proposition. A grader between
Norfolk and the Junction would ma.
terially help out the condition.
Rev. f. p. Wigton left today for Os.
mond where he will tonight perform
the wedding ceremony for Mr.. Pulsi,
fer OF Plainview and Miss Blanche
Binnings OF near Osmond. The cere,
mony will be performed at s O'Clock
At the annual meeting OF the Pres
byterian church officers held last night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07

Rev. f. p. Wigton was for the fourth
time elected as pastor of the Norfolk
church. Mr.. Wigton however, has
decided not to accept the position
again and rendered his resignation.
A score Of new houses being built
on The Heights, together with a half
dozen on South First street and many
others in other portions of the city,
give Norfolk a prosperous and busy
appearance and give every indication
for good year in the building line.
Snow fell in Norfolk this morning
between and o'clock quite heavily,
driven by strong northwest wind.
Later the clouds, which had overhung
the sky with menacing effect, cleared
away in true April shower manner
and the day turned out pretty one
Heights ladies' perpetrated a sur
prise party on Mrs. T. J. Morrow at
her home on South Tenth street at
noon today, taking with them their
luncheon and later spending the after
noon. Mrs. Morrow is just now pack.
ing and preparing to leave Norfolk
for her new nome in Washington.
A team of big grey horses for use
on the state property at the insane
hospital here were purchased yester.
day from Mr.. Rix, living just north OF
the hospital. They weigh $3.50 pounds
and are two very handsome animals.
They will be used on the farm. An
other team for drawing the arc will
be bought.
DIR. Alden, superintendent Of the Ne.
braska state hospital here, said yester-
day that he expects to leave for Lin.
coin today or tomorrow and that it is
probable that patients will be brought
to the institution here about tomor-
row or next day. Twenty will be
brought in the first lot. A shortage
on bedding has made it necessary for
him to go to Lincoln to get new re-
QUESTION.
e. Il. Coleman has purchased the In.
terest of Mr.. Hahn in the hardware
firm of Brakeman & Hahn and has
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
Baseball Games Today.

New York, April 5.-The teams OF
nearly all the big eastern colleges will
be seen on the diamond today for the
first time this season. Harvard plays
the first game of its schedule, lining
up against the University of Vermont
at Cambridge, Yale plays Fordham at
New Haven and Pennsylvania faces
the University OF Virginia at Char.
lottesville. Princeton and Dickinson
have game scheduled for Princeton
and Cornell meets Niagara university
at Itaca.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
DEMOCRATS WIN THE DAY
OVERWHELMING DEFEAT OF RE.
PUBLICAN PARTY HERE.
BUT TWO coUNcILMEN SAVED
Or, Mseksy Won Magnificent Vic.
tory for the Democratic Party In the
Municipal Campaign Here Yester.
day-Republicans showed Under.

The democratic party in Norfolk,
following the most ardently waged
battle that has been known in the
history of municipal affairs for a long
time, yesterday won an overwhelming
victory by electng every candidate
on their ticket with the exception of
two councilmen and two members of
the school board. J. S. Mathewson as
ond ward, p. II. Salter and A. II. Viele,
members of school board, were the
only republicans whose heads protrud-
ed this morning from the landslide.
Every other candidate was showed
under and deeply under at that.
John Friday Is the mayor elect, to
succeed NJ. G. Hazen, candidate on the
republican ticket for reelection; A.
j. Koenigstein is city clerk elect, sue
ceeding S. II. Mcfarland, republican
candidate for reelection; E. j. Schor-
regge is the treasurer elect, succeed
ing Robert Utter republican candi-
date for reelection; |. G. Westervelt
Is police judge elect, succeeding s.
w. Hayes, republican candidate for
reelection; Salmon is city engineer
elect and for members of the board
of education P. II. Salter and A. H.
Viele won out. j. S. Mathewson de-
feated Herman Gerecke in the First
ward by narrow margin of half
dozen votes, for councilman; A. H.
Kiesau will succeed himself in the