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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-13
LOST IN DISTANT SEAS.

PUNTA ARENAS, November 13-The French ship Duchesse
de Berry oundered rocks del Fuego.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

1t is hard for mere woman not to
fall into temptation when she goes
TO the great openings with which
willy shop, merchant and milliner lure
her in the days when everything she
has worn during the past season be-
gins to look hopelessly shabby. All
the vanities of the feminine world are
spread out before her; she finds such
lot of things just exactly her style,
just to her taste-alas not to her
purse. But just when she is beginning
to wish she had not come at all, she
lights upon what appeals and yet is
not out of all reason as to price; for
to-day the greatest variety is offered,
and if one but be patient and spend
time one can get very good warm
weather outfit without great expendi-
ture.
For instance, there are really good
lingerie waists to be had at reasonable
prices, and ready-to-wear hats in very
good style. Yesterday as we strolled
through the aisles of a store whose
reputation is worldwide, we saw
gowns whose cost scared pretty high
and also the most fetching bargains
in the way of shirt-waists and pretty
hats. And stuffs on display ranged
all the way from a dotted Swiss at
$3.50 a yard to a thin white goods at
Is cents, and in the latter we realized
there were wonderful possibilities
fine tucking, bit of cream insertion
with frills of white lace, modish pat
tern used in the cut, and a lingerie
blouse evolved equal to the one in the
glass case over yonder. For the
lingerie blouse of the season, the
shoulder seam is moderately short;
sleeve moderately full and quite short
and edged with frills; the back
trimmed, not, however, so deliberately
as the front. The fluffy blouse is very
charming worn with coreselet skirt,
the kind high at the back and cut out
in front.
It seemed to us all the skirts on dis
play except those Of strictly utili-
tartan sort, were made coreselet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
NEWS Of MINNESOTA.
Road Building.

Mankato-Railroad grading work In
this section was resumed today. Con-
tractor Thomas Brogan put so men
and teams at work on the cut beyond
Minneopa, for the new line of the
Omaha road, and so men arrived last
night to resume work on the big I'LL
across a slough between Ottawa and
st. Peter. The work Of blasting
through the rock at South Bend has
continued uninterruptedly throughout
the winter.
Balch & Co., Of Minneapolis, are
about to resume work on the Duluth,
St. Cloud, Glencoe & Mankato road be-
tween Albert Lea and this city. The
line will be built into Albert Lea, and
it Is expected that arrangements viii
be made for a joint use of the depot.
The road Is to be completed to Man.
kato this season, and perhaps beyond.
If suitable traffic arrangements can
be made for getting through the city.
The right of way has been purchased
and paid for as far as Cream, in this
county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

The dam Just completed which Is to
add "a. 900, O0O, OO0. 600 gallons Of water
to New Yorks city's water supply, is
the largest dam IN the world. We
have heard a great deal of the Assuam
dam in Egypt, built to control the ir
rigating floods of the Nile, but the
Assuam is more Of aike than
dam, and though longer than the Gro
ton dam its height is but 20 feet to
the sol feet of the other.
England has the notable Vryny dam,
pc, the three great dams of Europe;
the new Croton dam is larger than
these three combined
II has taken Ii years to construct
this work and cost $1,000, 900. In the
labor of construction there has been a
noticably small loss Of life compared
with other undertakings of this kind.
Some men We're killed by premature
explosions and there were a few other
accidents; but, Mr.. Coleman, the chief
of the firm of contractors which built
the dam, says there has been less
loss of life in the work on the Croton
dam than on any other similar work
in the history of such operations.
Once the work was retarded a short
time by strike, and for three weeks
the Seventh regiment was kept busy
at the dam; but no other serious dis
turbance interfered.
Work was begun in the autumn of
1892 and on March 10 of the present
year the workmen laid down their
tools, the dam was finished. A trip
over the construction railroad was
made by Mr.. Coleman, the engineers
on the work, and the Catholic priest
who had had charge of the two chap
els built for the workmen, then the
rails were torn up and all signs of the
work of construction removed as
quickly as possible.
The great streSch of land below the
new dam belongs to the city, and this
has been graded and will be made into
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

1t is comparatively recently mason
ry dams of notable size have been con-
structed, they are feature OF the de-
velopment of modern engineering. In
the sixteenth century there were in
existence masonry dams OF great
height, but only in the last half of the
nineteenth century were they design
ed in accordance with the great prin-
ciples of engineering, maximum
strength with minimum Of material
and cost In masonry dams the danger
to be guarded against is crushing.
There is the pressure of the height of
water behind the dam to be met by
sufficient resistance and the crashing
of ice when the spring floods come. In
the new Croton dam, which is the eli
max of masonry dams, the most IA
nous engineers have handled these
problems While the steps of stone
below the spillway top are rough ard
uneven, the work there is, if anything,
more carefully done than in the main
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

fashion. Some exquisite ones were
noted; a pink messaline fitted to the
waist by smallish tucks, with upper
part Of soft, creamy radium silk, so
fine and sheer and lighted by the faint
est blush of roses; a soft blue crepe
de chine, the skirt bordered with
three large tucks, a lovely Powered
organdy much frilled, a revival of an
old fashion, reminding of rosebud
gardens of girls on diploma day.
In the millinery section one saw
beautiful colors and enough all-black
hats to give pleasing contrast. Here
was a pink messaline draped turban,
the only trimming a couple Of moss
rosebuds. Here was a hat adorned
with a dozen different kinds Of posies.
grotesque when off the head, becoming
when on There were sailors galore.
most of them trimmed more than they
should have been-one had got so used
to thinking of sailor as simple az
fair. Here were hats that looked as
though they had been used for foot,
balls, a dent here, another illogical
one there; and put 1t on the head, it
was chick, very unlike the battered at
fair Of a moment ago. And that Is
what we have to say about hats; that
they look awfully queer OF, remark
ably well on.
Again we are to tilt our headgear.
not quite so much forward as last
year, but give tipsy angle to ons
side. Oh, the vanities and the va
carries of fashion!
Yet another word about hats. The
bird o. Paradise is with us with
vengeance, it's trail everywhere. And
peacock tones are with US in strength
in millinery, and in gowns. One sees
whole windows Of peacock blue
dresses, so brilliant as to be visible
a very long way off. In contrast with
this garishness is new color called
banana" of which there are several
shades-the range goes from palest
cream to biscuit and reaches fits eli
max in a pale mustard.
ELLEN OsMoNDE-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

a public park. When the city obtain
the dam and lake, many roads and
bridges had to be done away with.
These have been replaced by the con-
struction of So miles of macadamized
road along the shores of the lake.
Where the Croton was once but a
narrow river, its character has been
so changed it becomes a great lake,
2,400 feet across at the dam breast,
filing the valley behind it for nearly
90 miles and spreading at Hunters
Brook to an extreme width Of two
miles. Three miles from the new dam
is the old Croton dam. once regarded
as wonderful structure, when the
waters have risen to the top of the
new dam the top of the old Croton
dam will be o5 feet below the sur
face"
The new dam is divided into three
sections. The main dam extends L.
400 feet from the south side of Croton
valley to a point where spillway and
bridge span begin. The spillway,
which curves away to the eastward, is
1000 feet in length. A steel arch
bridge 200 feet long follows the
straight line of the main dam, and
over this and the top of the main dam
is highway q feet wide. After the
water passes the spillway it flows I'M
der the bridge. Water that has risen
to the top of the spillway will - 10
feet below the level of the highway
The depth of water In the dam will
be $50 feet.
When New York undertook the con-
struction of a new dam considerable
time was spent in the vitality import
ant matter of selection of site. At
first a site a mile and an eighth farther
down stream was chosen, but no con-
struction was ever begun at this point.
Borings were made all over the valley
before final decision was made and
work began. 1t was found necessary
TO penetrate to the solid rock for a
foundation, and not until depth OF 50
feet was solid rock reached. On this
drm foundation has been reared "the
most enormous piece of masonry in
the world. 1t Is 2,400 feet long from
the south end of the main dam to the
north end of the spillway. At its base
It is ZIG feet thick, and this tapers to-
ward the top, where it Is ten feet
across at the top of the main dam.
The slope of the inner wall is very
slight" That the reader may have
some appreciation of the size of the
new dam, we reproduce we'll sum-
married. information concerning the
stupaadous engineering feat The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

dam. The rough steps are made Of
great blocks of stone from two to five
tons in weight, and they are Joined
with the finest precision. When the
floods of early spring bring a great
volume of water over the dam, it will
be full OF ice, giant blocks many tons
in weight, which must be crushed as
they drop from step to step below. To
meet their shock and to reduce them
to powder the big stone blocks were
put in the face of the spillway."
The layman is perhaps better able
to appreciate in some small degree the
skill required, the care necessary, in
construction or such a work as tha
Croton dam, by glancing at great
works built elsewhere that have
proved in some vital point weak, in
adequate.
In looking over the subject of dam
building and the great dams of the
world, the writer comes upon the
chronicle of what is spoken of as
dam failures" learns that the com
mon causes of failure are, sliding on
the base or on some horizontal Joint:
overturning; fracture due to tension;
crushing, in the case of masonry
dams; and, rarely, the breaking up
and washing away from the top down.
ward. The most disastrous reservoir
failure of recent days, was that gen.
orally alluded to as the Johnstown
flood, when 1000 people lost their
lives and between $4,000, 900 and s4.-
100000 worth of property was destroy
ed The South Fork dam, an earth
dam built about three miles above
Johnstown, was carried away, and the
reservoir emptied itself in about A
minutes. The failure here was an in
sufficient wasteway. The original
specifications for the dam called for a
waterway $50 feet wide; at the time of
the disaster the way was but 100 feet
~ width.
In 1890 the Walnut Grove dam in
Arizona, one of the highest rock-filI
dams ever built, failed, and many
lives were lost thereby. An made
quate spillway is thought to have
caused this disaster The Walnu.
Grove dam was Ito feet In height.
about ten feet thick at the top. 10
feet at the base. Granite blocks com
posed both faces, the dry-face walls
20 feet thick at the base and five at
the top. A very heavy rainfall and
the inadequate spillway worked the
ruin Defective foundation and a ver,
heavy rainfall lasting several days
caused the failure of the dam q III,
Colorado river ac austin, vsKas
which occurred in April. 1900
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
Fashions for Children

Attention was called lately to the
coats offered for girls, and as we
looked at several models we thought
the fashions most commendable this
year, so simple and sensible. They
were all of light weight and light col
ored wool and all made on the box or
der; loose and comfortable, easy to
get into and out Of. For girl OF II
there was a three-quarter length coat
of tan cloth plaided by lines OF soft
green; cuffs and collar Of green cloth.
A twin in design was of tan and red.
For an older girl was shown semi
loose jacket of tan covert cloth, just
the thing for cool summer days and
very pretty with a sailor of burnt
straw.
Lingerie hats, wash hats which can
be easily pulled apart and put to-
gether again, are in evidence every
where. They are Of white pique, OF
colored wash materials, and there are
some of silk. The best dressed chill
dren one sees, almost invariably wear
tubbable garments; wraps, .frocks.
trousers all capable of immersion in
the wash tub-and many hats nova
days are made with this in view.
The one-piece frock continues the
approved one for little girls. For
very young lady the skirt is made
extremely short, belt placed low, the
plaits run down to this belt and the
fitness below as extreme as the skirts
brevity. There are many short-sleeved
trocks; a pretty fashion, for children
almost always have such adorable
arms.
The sailor suit for small boys has
returned to favor, and the streets are
to be filed with diminutive sailor
men. The Norfolk has many adher-
ents, Is as popular as any models on
the market Changes in boys fash
ions are seldom radical, the mothers
do not have much trouble in planning
designs for them. And then, too, so
many things can be bought ready
made, even for Master Three Year-Old.
The tailors provide even him with a
natty spring suit: he may go forth
or his mother-and purchase trousers
and coat of fine gray cloth Join the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
Immiqrants,

St. Paul.-One hundred immigrants
landed at the Union depot Sunday and
during the past week total Of 400
have been placed in charge Of John
Anderson. the immigration agent.
The settlers this year are of a Diff
ferent class from previous years. They
are mostly young men and youths,
whose ages seem to range from 10 to
90 years of age. They are healthy
looking and well clad They are not
looking for city positions. When you
ask them what they are going to do,
they reply quickly, I'VE are going on
a farm"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
News Notes.


St Paul.-Lieut William Peters
neck Is dislocated while wrestling at
the armory.
Mipneapolis.-State board OF health
may be law unto itself in matters af-
fecting public health.
Hamline.-Board Of state fair man
ayers decides on improvements at fair
grounds.
st. Paul.-Last OF the four Simmons
paintings for dome OF new capitol has
been shipped
Hamline.-Proposed improvement OF
University avenue has several features
out Of the ordinary.
Little FaIls.-One million feet Of
lumber escaped through a gap in the
log boom Of the Pine Tree Lumber
Company and are now floating down
the Mississippi.
Rice.-The new ste.l bridge at this
place was washed away and prac-
tically destroyed by an ice jam in the
river that piled itself high above the
structure.
Prior Lake.-The Prior Lake frog
Industry will be greater this year than
ever before, a number OF new firms
venturing iato the business. 1t is ex-
pected that the shipments Of 1905,
which aggregated some millions Of
pairs Of frog legs, viii be surpassed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
Elevators Burn.

Eden Valley.-Two grain elevators
were burned to the ground here, caus-
ing a loss of about $40, 900. covered in
part by insurance. One elevator was
owned by the Atlantic Elevator Com
pany and contained 10000 bushels OF
wheat. which was also destroyed. The
other structure was the property OF
the Osborn Mcmillan Company and
was empty.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
A strong wind was blowing from the
south and 1t required hard work Of the
fire department to prevent the spread
of the flames to the village.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
At Fair Grounds.

Hamline The genuine spring
weather mas stimulated both horses
and horsemen to such an extent that
they have made regular descent upon
the state fair grounds and very few
days viii see goodly number Of horses
in training at the grounds.
Secretary E. W. Randall has been be-
sieged with applications for quarters
in the speed barns and has already as
signed a good many stalls. Those who
have made arrangements are George
r. Kibbe, H. W. Fagley, NJ. Collins,
John Dowd. NJ. Blackmar and Frank
Bundy of st. Paul; j. c. Scott. Mike
Cannon. George Loonis and j. Brun-
dage Of Minneapolis; c. c. Dinehart
OF Slayton and James Carr and ]. H.
pepper who make their headquarters
at the fair grounds the year round.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20

THE PRACTICAL ONE-PlECE TROCk-
promenade with the proud conscious
ness he Is correct" To be sure, the
treasured trousers are almost hidden
by the upper garment Of "his suit"
but they have real pockets, make the
little enc feel very proud and man
ly. And nothing gives his elder
brother more pleasure than the rainy
day coat "just like fathers" The
other day when skies were lowering,
we happened to be out and could not
help noticing what smart rain coats
were worn by lads OF various ages.
One boy of Ii or thereabouts had On a
straight box coat OF dark gray, as tris
and neat as could be, and he trudgsd
along in it proud az q cock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
Fear for Dat Crop.

Springfield, Ill, April 17.-Sunday
was the warmest 18th of April in the
last five years, despite the fact that
it was Easter and was very raw and
cold. 1t is freely predicted that there
will be few oats this summer in GEN.
trail or northern Illinois.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
More Lid.

Minnea polis.-The lid was down on
the pool rooms and billiard halls Sun
day.
From midnight Saturday night until
Monday morning every public pool and
billiard room within the city limits, so
far as is known, was closed as tight as
the Sunday saloons. Like the proverb-
ial new broom, Mayor Jones' latest or
der anent Sunday closing made a clean
sweep, and whatever pool and billiard
games took place in the city were
played in private houses or private
clubs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
Death of Hitler Horton.

ST. PauL-Hiler II. Horton, a mem
Der of the state senate and one Of the
best known public men in Minnesota,
died at Nassau, IN the Bahama islands,
where he had gone to recover his
health. Death was due to Bright's dis
ease, which had been fastening its hold
on him for years.
Senator Horton left st. Paul more
than a month ago and went direct to
Nassau, where he had a sister living.
A few days later word was sent back
that his illness had taken a serious
turn, and Mrs. Horton went to join
him. He sank rapidly after her ar
rival
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-20
State Loans.

st. Paul.-Loans from the state
school fund were approved yesterday
by the board of investment, amounting
to 91,500. Several applications for
large loans were turned down for yarf-
Gus reasons. The loans granted were
as follows:
District No. 81, Swift, $500; 81, Todd
$500: 100, Cottonwood. $500: SO, Hous-
ton, $500; 1876, Wright, $1,000; Al, Lyon,
$1,000; %, Faribault, 100000: Al, Kan
diyohi, 1850; 80, Martin, $1,000; 81.
Wilkin, $4,000: 80, Wilkin, $4,000; %,
ST. Louis, $4,000 (for new school at
Virginia.; village OF Lowry, Pope
county, $4,000, and the town of Spring
brook, Kittson, ST. 500
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-21

The Chronicle takes pleasure In ON.
nouucing that we are In a position
to offer absolutely free to any young
man Of the proper qualifications q
scholarship In the Meridian. Miss,
Male College. This scholarship IL
worth go, and the only Qualifica-
lions are that the young man ap.
plying for the scholarship be Of good
moral character. studious habits,
capable mind and good health. In
order that we may know who we
are recommending for this scholar.
ship. the Chronicle requests that the
one applying to US get his pastor.
physician, or some prominent citizen
of bis community to recommend him
to Us, and We will take pleasure In
nlling out the application in his favor.
This = an absolute free proposition,
and we hope some young man Of
Grant win take advantage Of this
opportunity to educate himself at q
saving Of go per session.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-21
State Military Encampment.

The State Military Encampment this year viii
be held at Camp Stafford. near Alexandria, July
leth to 18th. inclusive.
The Louisiana Railway and Navigation Com
pany will have on sale each day tickets at rate
Of one and one-thir4 fares for the round trip,
good until July 18Th for return passage.
On Thursday, July 18th, the day the Governor
and star review the troops, and on Tuesday,
July 2lth the day Of the sham battles, there will
be very low rates in effect. Special trains on
these days will leave Shreveport at $50 q. m. and
arrive in Alexandria at HISS o. m. and returning
these trains VIII leave Alexandria ct 7;30 p. m.
and intermediate points viii leave Alexandria
at 1880 p. m.
See your agent for additional information.
e. G. D. MARSHALL, g. r. A.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-21

would add to their burdens still
another tax to subsidixe the steam
ship trusts.
The policy of the Protectionists
is to indirectly foster with the pro-
tective tariff, or directly subsidize
the few who dwell in palaces at
Newport, out of the hard earned
money of the many who labor and
pay the taxes The Southern
planter has no protection for his
cotton, neither has the Northern
farmer for his cereals, for both
must sell at the worlds prices in
open competition with all coun-
tries that likewise have q surplus
to dispose of. But all this great
agricultural class must pay the in
creased price for what they buy.
which the fostering tariff allows
the trusts and combines to charge.
The storekeeper, the commercial
traveller and the clerk, do not find
profits, or salaries advanced in
proportion to the increased cost OF
living. for they are all paying their
share of the tariff tax to the trusts
to whom Secretary Shaw 30 JOY
ously reminds rs, "the government
has granted either protection or
aid"
The trust and corporation barons
would make serfs of the workmen
they employ. and only through or
gsnization have the workingmen
been able TO protect themselves
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-21

BOuntiful but Useless beverage.
Alexandria boasts of having the
purest and best artesian water in
the State, 50 declared by official test
In comparison with the water from
adozen other cities and towns. That
would be q great blessing in any city
or town where they use water az a
beverage. but in Alexandria its full
benefit is greatly impeded by the
sluice that flows from about thirty
licensed saloons.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-21
Advertised Letters.

The following letters were remain
Ing In the Colfax postofice Juns 30.
1906, and II not called for IN 80 days
will Be sent to the dead Letter Office al
Warrington, d. c.: Miss May Mer-
Williams, Charlie Taylor. jeremiah
Allen, Henry Bunnie, George Davis.
Henry Warner. Lonnie Hampstead 81
Elijah Ham. Frank h. Hynes, Robert
Hagan. Hardy Nixon. J. e. Miller,
Mrs. Anna Mollett, Mr.. Mack Pherson,
Jno. Pinkst0n, johnson Reban, John
Right. Nep Smith, L. A. Stephenson.
Please say advertised letters
when calling for one Of the above.
r. N. WELLS, p. N.