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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
TROUBLE OF FACULTY WIFE
Hard Shedding on the Usual Modest
College Salary.
Atlantic.

i. The wife of young instructor who
has $500 to $1,000 a year must do her
own homework, and can hardly offer
her. friends even tea and thin bread and
butter. She is probably gently bred,
often college trained, almost always
plucky and independent. Even if she
could leave the baby, she will rot, after
the first year or SO, accept a great deal
of hospitality while the pleasure of re-
turning it is entirely out of reach. Nor
is there in this any commercial element
Of social barter. She simply knows that
friendships may be spoiled by having
all the favors on one side, and wisely
avoids the danger. She keeps her
friends, and has, probably, a pleasant
neighborhood life, but that does not
prevent her missing the larger oppor-
tunities. Carried on in various lines,
| this certainly makes difference,
| and the difference is felt the more
keenly because of the general democ-
racy of sentiment, and because a facul-
| ty of say $50 members may easily en-
brace all the degrees between a two
maid establishment with wine-cellar
1 attachment, and no-maid establish
ment with cornmeal mush for dinner
and salt-cellar attachment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
DEMITASsE DIDN'T GO
Nothing Less than s Cents Sold at
.. That Hotel.
Baltimore News

81 - ~ : -
A1phonse Farrell, manager Of the
new Herman, has engaged Augustus
CASTOR, as chef, and Alphonse and Cas-
ton will hold forth on and after Sept.
l. Alphonse says that everybody will
be Hafter. you, Gaston," and it is a
moral certainty that tradesmen and
trade will be t'after you, AlphQnse. -
And the rest of the time Alphonse and
CASTOR will be after each other. Gas
cooks of New York and will make a
speciality in Baltimore of preparing a
variety of dishes, with the idea Of put.
ting on at least one new one each day.
As a rule, the new dishes, when they
depart widely from the regulation, will
be tried on unimportant citizens, who
have no widows or orphans in pros
pecto.
Incidentally, Manager Farrell has a
new one he is telling at the expense of
southern hotel which he visited dur
ing recent trip to Florida. That is
he says it new.
man opposite me finished his dinner ano
called for a demitasse.
"a what, sub? asked the waiter.
| 90 A demitasse, repeated the guest
HThe waiter went to the kitchen
puzzled, and came back soon with the
report that they didn't hab none OIL
dat stuff.
g Yes, you have, insisted the guest
1sI want a demitasse, and demitasst
is half cup of coffee.
ssThe waiter blazed with indignation
Immediately, and, throwing his ches
out, he said, with all the scorn h
could master:
% Dis is a. spectacle house, sub, an
yo' cyarnt git muffin less'n Fl cent
| hyah!' I"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09

cubic feet and held it away from the
food section. If the sixteen billion had
passed gradually into the river at the
rate of 1900 cubic feet per second, the
Mississippi river at Aitkin would
have been three feet higher than it was
during all the food time from May 20 to
July l.. But without reservoirs. instead
Of a gradual discharge there would, in
all probability, have been food waves
coming which would have swept
away every building along the
river bottoms, and the damage
| would have been high up in
| the. millions all the. way from Grand
Rapids to the st. Croix There US not
the big timber foliage and root growth
now which there was in 1888 and earlier.
The great. masses of material of water
checking nature have largely disap-
peared with the pine forests and this
! flood would not have come in drildets
| it would have come with a rush.
.. Reservoirs Not Filled. y.
The government dams were not filled
when the flood came or when it had
passed. Leach lake lacked 22,000,O00,
900 Of being full. Winnibigoshish'
high point was 14.46 feet at the {
o'clock reading July 81, and it can car
ry water up to Is feet. Pokegama haG
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
RUSSIAN CROWN LANDS
Milwaukee Free Press

n
$50 much is being written of the
internal economy of Russia lately that
the extent of crown lands has escaped
attention. said I. II. james, Cleve-
land. .sThe cars Altai estates alone
cover an area of over 10000 square
miles, being about three times the size
of England and Wales. The Nertchi-
SAX estates in eastern Siberia, are esti-
mated at about 76,600 square miles. In
the Altai estates are situated. the gold
and silver mines of Barnaul, Paulov,
Siniiov and Laktjepp, the copper foun-s
dry of Sassoum, and the great iron
works of Gavrilov, in the Salagirov
district. The receipts from these enor-
nous estates are not commensurate
with their size, but this is largely ow-
The ore from the mines is transported
800 or 400 miles to the smelling works,
which are built in districts where wood
! abounds. -
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Z
Sandy lake and all the other so-called
age, the gage at Aitkin went to IL
feet and stayed there for as much as
two weeks. The discharge from Poke
CANA that year was, as just stated,
1900 cubic feet second while the
food was on. In 1905, from May 20
to July 6, it was 1000 cubic feet a
second. :, ,... t.
In 1896 there was moderately high
water in May and the first week in
June, and there, was a somewhat higher
flood in 1897, lasting during July. In
the middle of June to- the first of July,
and there was mo aerately high stage
in the latter part of October. Again
In 1901 the river at Aitkin rose during
the first half of May. and for about
four days in the first part of July.
At no time during these years did the
water go above 1872 feet at Aitkin,
and the discharge from Pokegama dur
ing the high water never exceeded rs
per cent of the volume in the river at
| Aitkin, while Sandy lake did service
as an overflow basin whenever the Mis-
sissippi rose higher than the storage
line, and locked up its full capacity as
soon as the river began to fall. =
A Notable Demonstration.
The most notable demonstration
which the reservoirs have given Of THEN
power to lessen food heights occurred
this, year. The government did not es
tablish river gage. at Aitkin until:
at that place was 1911 feet above low
watermark. On May 81. it had faller
to 8.21. During a,Elof May there was
an average ofES40 cnlne feetAper SECOND
coming from okeganaa, and Sandy lake
was closed. Twenty Ave inches of rair
fell up to Aug: j On the Mississippi
basin tributary to. the reservoirs. e. Nine
inches Of it came in June The average
rainfall is 26 inches per annum. From
May 81, the river rose steadily at Ait
kin to 1896 feet. June 80, and the Mis-
sissippi above Sandy lake on that day
: was at 1904, with S8,9I8 cubic feet pc:
second, as the estimated discharge. Les
than 700 was coming from the uppe
I reservoirs Six thousand two hundred
place other than Pokegama. It cam'
from lumber dams onsRrairie, from Spill
Hand and from Swan. There was :
difference on that day in the gage read
ing between Sandy lake and Aitkil
Of almost four feet, which indicates tn
large volume Of flood coming from tn
lower tributaries, and it is reporte'
river during the high water this year
During June there was an average dis
charge from Pokegama of l,035 cubl
feet per second. The highest discharg
was 1923, on June i; the low est was 635
on June 23; Sandy lake was discha 93
!. ing, until June 81, an average, Of 30
cubic feet per second, and the MIS-
) sissippi, on June 81, reaching a poin
as high as the gates, the dam was O.
that day thrown open so that the highe
: water in the river could flow into tn
Sandy basin. Sandy was again acting
j. as natural overflow BASIN. which it i
} claimed it should be permitted to q
at all times, and the fact that it is no
: is one of the reasons advanced why al
ii of the government dams should be de
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
Facts to Show that the Overflow Is in No
Degree Chargeable to the Reseruoirs-On
the Contrary the Floods Along the River
Were Worse Before the Dams Were Built
Wisdom of the Present Management.

enaeaFs sS to look nto tRs
highwater situation on the upper Mis-
sissippi, have visited Aitk in and they
will now be able to appreciate the stu
alton as to oyerfows on the .Mississip..
pi bottoms. They gave no lntlmatlon of
what their opinion was as to the cause
of these floods. but people here are in
hopes they will decide to recommend
either the digging of the nine-mile cut
off canal from Waldeck to Pine Knoll,
OR the establishment of more reservoirs.
The proposed canal route was sur
veyed in 1899. At the time of the sur
vey there had occurred an excessive
rainfall which caused rise of seven
feet in the river and put it over the
banks in places. Seven large streams
flow, into the Mississippi between the
intended terminal points of the canal,
end the surveyors found all these I'M
portant tributaries overfowed. Lum-
bermen were driving logs and the
streams where the log dams were To-
Gated were sending down immense guam
titles of f1oodwater. The Mississippi,
near Sandy Lake, was 1216 feet above
low water mark, while the river at Ait
kin was several inches above its banks.
The Overflow at Aitkin.
Sandy Lake is sixty miles by river
from Aitkin, and the fall is about fifty
eight feet in that distance. The river
at Aitkin registers. ordinarily two, and
sometimes three, feet higher than at
Sandy Lake. which demonstrates the
pileup of floods on the bottom lands of
the Aitkin bend. The greater the guam
tity Of water coming into the Missis
sippi between Willow river and Cedar
creek, the greater is the pileup between
Waldeck and Pine Knoll, and engineers
state that this is owing to the more
gradual slope Of the river bed in the
Aitkin bend, which, in turn, is due to
the fact that the river at this point
runs thru the center Of old Lake Ait
kin, where the general level is lower
than elsewhere on the bottom lands
From the first bend above the mouth
of Rice river to Pine Knoll the fall is
six feet and the distance twenty;three
miles, the river making over thirty
bends in this space: A good example
of the twisting abilities of the Missis
sippi is seen at Lyon s portage, which j:
near the head of the proposed cutoff: Al
this point the river, after flowing three
miles, returns to within 25O feet Of
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ment, and the parties taking them up
do so with the understanding that they
will some day be flooded out. Parties
who were granted permission to take up
town lots received them on the condi-
tion that they prepare Immediately to
lot faces what was designated as the
main street, the party. securing posses
sion must start a legitimate business.
His continuous possession of the prop
erty until the completion of the dam
and the flooding Of the property de-
ponds entirely upon his own conduct.
No saloons, gambling halls or any bus
inesses Of questionable nature are al
lowed. :
up ne new problems IS t Of water supply,
drainage and lighting plants; The
question of supply Of pure water was
solved quickly and satisfactorily by
connecting the town with spring
three miles away in the mountains. En-
gineers soon provided for proper sew
erage. Later small electric plant was
sumo metropolitan airs. The pioneer
merchant erected store; Roosevelt Is
first building; stocked it with general
merchandise, and opened restaurant
The volume Of business increasing as
the government work proceeded, Other
l merchants followed, until the basin be
came veritable hive of industry
Soon the butcher, the baker, the drug
/. gist and the liveryman were repre-
sented. A knight of the razor ant
scissors drifted in, and forthwith pro
ceeded to lay waste the abundant hir
suite adornments of the males Hi
business prospecting, he sequestered
hot spring which flowed out of a cav
ern near by, and introduced the inhab
itants to. the luxury Of hot bath. TIL
long line of citizens, each equippe,
with towel and soap, which on Sunda,
mornings stood awaiting the call O
"next,o attested to the shrewd iude
ment Of the barber.
While especial provisions were bein
made for the care and comfort of tn
physical man, the spiritual was no
neglected. A branch Of the Salvatio:
Army appeared upon the scene and wa
/ accorded the privileges Of the tow
: hall, which was alternately used as
church, a theater, a dance hall, and oc
casionally as restaurant.
ii Having outgrown it's sWaddlin
> clothes the town demanded postoffic
q and got it. After some discussion til
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
Value Of the Canal.

The discharge from the upper reser:
voirs would, it is claimed, be fastened
by several hours in reaching the lower
river when water is needed for steam
boats, and for this reason, it is said,
the government should undertake the
work as an aid to navigation. The
estimated cost of construction was
5000 900, and it is claimed that proper
ty valuation in the vicinity would be
increased by several millions.
It is urged by many, however, that
it would cost less and be more efectual
to build more government dams: The
floods have never been caused by, the
United States reservoirs. They have
been produced by streams which are
river, Split Hand, Swan river, Willow
river, White Elk, Little Willow, Rice
river, the Sisabagama, Mud river
and Cedar flow into the M1ssls..
sippi between Pokegama Falls and
Pine Knoll and their combined dis
charge IS greater than that of the Mis-
sissippi at Grand Rapids. Their flow
has been regulated in the past by lum
bermen's dams which have been open
or closed at the will Of the owners
When the water gets high, the log
driving begins and the dams are opened
wide. Many of the floods have. it il
believed, started in this way, and ex
cessive rainfalls have continued them
But with it all, the four government
reservoirs above Aitkin have actually
been able to lessen food heights, not
by inches, but by feet. Time was whe1
many Of the river-bottom owners wer'
taught to believe that all their trou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09

name Of Roosevelt was decided upon.
The ephemeral character OF the new
town attaches no stigma to the name Of
our illustrious president, as the massive
masonry mono1ith with which the en-
gineers will close the canyon will bear
A daily mail service was put IN opera
tion between Roosevelt and Globe. Tel
ephone service with connections to
Globe and across the mountains seventy
five miles to Phoenix was completed;
By this time the town Of Roosevelt had
so grown in population that sch no.
became matter OF necessity. me
the river. During the summer Of 1904
this was carried bodily to the valley.
A church only was lacking now, but
this need was filled in part by the Sal.
walton Army and by an occasional visit
of minister from Globe.
For time competition in general
business was keen, as the government
subsisted all Of it's employees up to No
vember, 1904. After that date, how
ever, the wages. of the government men men
were increased to cover subsistence, and
theywere permitted to board where they
pleased. This had the effect OF aug
! menting the business Of the town:
Roosevelt has many Of the facilities OF
the modern town, even tho the nearest
railroad is forty-fve miles away, ana
morally it is far ahead of most western
villages. Owing to the rules govern
ing the holding Of property, all undeslr'
able business IS rigidly excluded by the
officials, and the present holders OF
property are under careful supervision
There is long waiting list of persons
who desire to enter into business
: Drunkenness is practically unknown
and there are no professional gamblers
, The men are not In debt and appear
! happy and contented.
+ The principal amusement is dancing
and the gay throng at the pavilion OF
in the dance hall nearly every night at
tests its popularity. The men outnum
: Der the women nearly three to one
7 and wallfowers are unknown. Similar
situations frequently s have been the
I cause Of bloodshed in border towns, but
5 the slogan Of the town of Roosevelt il
I fair play and the rules governing
dance hall department are such that al
4 difficulties are avoided. Each man wht
enters the dance hall is given tag
g those possessing the numbers from t,
e 20 are allowed on the floor for the frs
e dance, those from 20 to 40 for the next
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
REALISTIC RURAL1sM.
Dofroi+ TribI1na

Hyker-D 'Auber is certainly a great
artist. I saw him draw a hen on a
piece of paper the other day, and when
he,threw it on the table it actually laid
there.
fellow who doesn't pretend to be an
artist draw a glass of beer today so
naturally that 1 actually drank it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
BACK NUMBERS.
.t.sl ~ t.-sl y1as1

Oliver Cromwell was observed to be
sympathizing with Napoleon.
9 What is it all abouta', asked Will
liam the Conqueror.
q Why" replied Cromwell, CT was
just telling our friend Bony about the
number Of new heroes and adventures
that are focking the earth and what a
slim chance we have Of getting in the
magazines again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
JIMMIE HYDE HANDsHAKE
Body Bent Till Hands Are But a Yart
from the Ground.
Rrook1vn For1a

The new James H. Hyde handshake
has taken Newport by storm. That it
will be more than momentary diver
sion is doubtful. 1t consists in mu-
tually low bending of the body, bring
ing the clasped hands within three feet
of the ground. This is quite a relief
from the lately popular handshake, af-
fected by the swells of this city, who
have ample time to practice the new
shake.
After all it is better than several
other social innovations lately accred.
tied to Newport.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
FLOODS ALONG THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI AND
THE MANA CEMENT or THE RESERVOIR

high point of 1872 feet, against its ID
feet of dam, and there was only low
water discharge going into the river
during the entire flood period. If the
low water discharge be not maintained
Pokegama falls to the mouth of Prairie
year, when the Prairie log dam was
closed, the steamboat which plies the
upper Mississippi could not get away
from Grand Rapids, and the Grand
Rapids paper mill could use but five
the, water in the, river at that point,
while the May flood was running at
Aitkin.
The only other United States reser-
voir which has not been mentioned is
the one at Pine river. But Pine river
is many miles below Aitkin, and water
still runs down hill, SO Pine river can
do with the overflow this year. The
1905 food came from and was main
tanned by streams not under govern
ment control and such has been the
case with every flood experienced in
this locality.
These gage and discharge readings
, are from the records of the reservoirs.
Records begin from the time the first
! meteorological observations were taken
to determine the rainfall, runoff, evapo-
| ration, absorption and seepage of the
upper Mississippi basin and they come
+; down to the present time complete.
| They have been kept with remarkable
| accuracy and care. So experienced have
j the government engineers become dur
! ing the years of operation that there Is
! not twenty-five cubic feet of leakage
per day from any of the five big hold
ing basins, which does not show up on
daily balance sheets, and five thousand
| billion gallons have been passed thru
and counted at Pokegama during the
last twenty years.
GAGE READINGS SHOWING DEPTH OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09

the place where it started the bend,
and there is fall of about one foot
between the up-river side and the down
some of the engineering problems pre-
sented. Levies have been proposed for
the low places on the river banks thru
out the thirty-six miles between Wal
deck and Pine Knoll, but the cost is
thought to be too great. 1t has also
been proposed to cut thru all bends
between Rice river and Pine Knoll, thus
Strengthening the channel of the Mis-
sissippi, but locally the most popular
canal.
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GAGE READINGS SHOWING DEPTH OBJ
WATER STORED IN THE RESERVOIRS ON
| JAN. list OF EACH YEAR
80 Winnie Leach Polka Sandy
bigashish. Lake. CANA als. Lake.
Height of Heightof Height of Height of
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20 and July 1, caught 16,000,OO0,0OO
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-31
SOME REMARKABLE RECENT
ESCAPES FROM DEATH
P'rilous Position of Mountain Climber
"f Tall Chmncy-Hescur Of Blind With
Needle IN Her Heart.

Surely one .. the mos. terrible expert
eity.'S q higH over b"f-i! fu-r. says Par
sons Weekly - 'as; which h.:-il :h~
Memorable Gerald Eg'-ti--si: xhlis on
Monte Rosa 3. attempting 20 d. emo
. Ss-GEnagrls- IA had .sf- ~. MIR
Shsr't-s tu'. sr1 as. '.-i t-tu~ea Two
SASS -'-.ds- u.m-4 Amer. father sn1
oa :h- way cc.n they we're PASSING
siGrr = :anr"r51s .cGS-- VIXEN Ny FHiz-
..rasd ana "a. yoGnser guide fell o.~r.
Tho rNy. he'd. however. Irai yoI.nr- Amer
.'iSc-~a"i n t-aEx!nx h;rr-sls - 0vcr
,sr fac. %: ,sr rock. A;tsr =. had saved
hiussi. b. r.:grr-: 70 tie Marsh.risa
hu-. whence 30 ;ei-rAcu.a 20 AlaEra FOR
Immediate -Gs,l<-arc~
l. ~s. iulposs;s,. Tor Nr kI,E.,-.alI 70
raise himself .. b.. sAi broken hIs r3xat
lee Th~Ss hs remained Tor ...-r !aag
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''";iit . nero sSr-tt.e sl.as;f.n b- mag
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The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-31

named Ei'er k:esby. Some yesrs 0Go
she vas scc.si.ntaliy sho; near .SS,ihsHic-
Ton and the bullet lodged 10 her head.
girl ea!3 she thought shs bullet had tsove1
Its position. is:ee IN tie day 0no died A.
inquest Wss he,c at wSex0n. ond q - Na0
proved tAa; death Ooo caoPe< through
Inflammation o. TIE brain. the bullet hsv-
lag ben IN the young GoUsn'o brain the
whole os that tine.
An slmos, miraculous escape from Death
vas that as SWo I!:t,e children IN . bunsa-
loW IN Bengal a tiger !1s!e1 out Of shs
jungle ard broke y after tks children As
a. rushed a. them h~ came Across . ioCk
ine gfsss and there he saw WHIST he ;s~3k
So te sro.hsr tiss: rushing .; him yv:.-
ols-ly h. attached hss reflection. smashing
the S.sss TITO ten thousand Yis-~s The
cosse and sxct;eriSr; S-sGhtrc~d him
ihaf re s.d fron. TIE :sngis. I~svHg the
children vrhay--