The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
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GOOD MAJOR|TY-TH RALLY At MAW|LLE

news in the Evening Times last eve
ming resulted in the paper being the
recipient of a short visit from one of
Arizona's prominent citizens, T. B.
Brandemeyer, of Yuma, Colo. The
visitor who stopped over in this city
for a visit with a friend, wanted fur
rher reports on the article which at
tracted Mr.. Brandemeyr's attention.
This news read as follows:
San Francisco. Nov. Tho Salton
sea will be doomed tomorrow. Oficials
of the Southern Pacific announce that
TIE last steps have been taken and the
Old channel and no moro water will
break in the 6anks Of the Colorado do
stone and the last gap viii viii Be- e Closed aed
today. The work Of checking the flow
Se an The ba sye Cost ,6s the break the
the neighborhood OF $1,000, 0oo.'
Well" said the visitor. chat is
news indeed. The Colorado river in
the vicinity of my home town has been
causing all kinds of trouble. Engi-
neers have been working on the task
OF checking the depredations for
long time, and so at last they have
succeeded. American brains with UNI
limited backing In the way of money,
can accomplish almost anything and
| Will watch the papers closely to see
If the work Is entirely successful"
Mr.. Brandemeyer then went into de-
tails and told how the trouble origi-
mated Ranches on the desert in
Southern California wanted water, and
an irrigation engineer volunteered to
get 1t for them. He tapped the COL
orado river and the floods overcame
him. The river tore its way through
a new course, and until today, man has
been unable to check the torrent, al
though six previous attempts were
made.
Strong bikes were built, but none
or them were strong enough to with
stand the tremendous force of the cur
rent. This last attempt has been the
final effort to reclaim the $50 miles of
railroad track, the 100000 acres of
irrigated land, to save dozen little
towns and to prevent a 100000 ir-
rigation dam from becoming worthless.
About $15,000,000 worth of property in
all was at stake, and see by the re-
port that the cast of the work has
been over 100000.
The point where the Colorado de-
Perforated from its true course was
just over the boundary line between
Arizona and Mexico It flowed
through the new channel into the de-
preston designated as the Salton Sink
or Salton Sea. The lower part of the
depression is 2S7 feet below the level
of the sea and the water has until now,
been rising at the rate of three inches
week.
THE new course Of the river had
no bottom or sides. The water flowed
through bottomless deposits of silt
earth as soluble as sugar. Piles
driven down into this siet earth
were popped up into the air and
foated down the stream. The dams
were undermined and there was moth
ing to tie to besides the sand. This
was the task which confronted the en-
gineers who have now brought the un-
dertaking to a successful close.
see the Southern Pacific has furnished
the money. There was some dispute
over this question when left Arizona
several months ago for an extensive
tour of the country"
Mr.. Brandemeyer is a very interest
ing talker and is thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with conditions in all parts of
the United States and volunteered the
Evening Times man some interesting
information.