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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-28
BARLEY AS FEED FOR HOGS

In Denmark they look upon barley
as the best feed for good bacon. The
grain is we'll cooked and fed with
roots and an occasional ration of I'M
cooked barley is given to sharpen the
appetite. The hogs are given plenty
OF room for range and exercise and
no attempt Is made to fatteu them:
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
He Visits Laguna Dam and the Imperial Canal
 Heading
And Writes Entertainingy of What He Saw His Trip Also
 Gives Valuable Views on Future Developments

the like of which the world has never seen.
 In the lower reaches of the river. after it emerges from its prison walls in the rocky canyons, bearing on its ir- resistibe way through the broad alluvial valley, the Colorado Is probably the most perverse, uncertain, tortuouS and changeable stream on the face of the earth. Being subject to an annual overflow In early summer caused by melting snows in the high sieras, where it finds its sources, the river leaps its banks, which are low in the plains. and inundates great areas of land lying along its lower course.
 HARNEssINc THE COLORADO
 Powerful and apparently unmanage- able though the Colorado river is, the Reclamation Service has courageously and confidently entered upon the her culean task of harnessing the mighty stream, with the declared object of controlling its priceless waters for the uses of irrigation. which. in the ever enlarging scheme of settlement, culti- vation and civilization, has become paramount in the arid West. To this end the Laguna Dam, known officially as the Yuma Project" (although it is not the entire project,) Is now under construction, and has been ever since the inauguration of the work in 1905. The contractors have two years more in which to complete their difficult task.
 The facts incorporated In my de- scription are from official sources. and hence correct and authoritative.
 THE CAPTAINS OF THE JOB
 ]. c. White & Co.,, the contractors under the government. are probably the largest contracting firm :, In this country, If not in the world. as they are operating through subsidiary com panies In many lands. The head of the firm Is at the head of the company In this country, known as "J. c. White & Co.,, Incorporated" with heasquarters in New York Hugh Wallace (son of the well-known engineer, John H. Wallace, Is third vlce-president, and has active charge of all the firms work In the United States. c. c. Young Is general superintendent of construction. M. L. Peppard Is super intendent of construction at the Lagu- na Dam. and resides on the ground. He has corps of about twenty assist ants acting in the capacities of assist ant superIntendents. engineers, clerks, overseers etc, The company has em- ployed at different times, from 300 to $50 men on the work since 1t was be- gun nine months ago. The work Is carried forward under rules and speci- flcatlons upon which the company based Its successful bid.
 THE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
 The United States Reclamation en- glners are on the ground to lay out the work, to see that 1t Is properly con- structsd in accordance with specified tions. and to safeguard the interests of the government generally, j. B, Lip plncott with headquarters in Los An geles. Is supervising engineer under Chief Engineer F, H Newell of the
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

A short time ago General Harrison c. Otis of the Los Angeles Times made a trip to the Lower Colorado river and over the Imperial Valley for the purpose of studying conditions at first hands and famillarizing himself with the situation in this part of the country as It obtains at the present time. While he was in the Valley we had a very satisfactory interview with him and during our conversation he expressed the same views as those given in his paper of April 18th con- corning the ultimate outcome of the irrigation development on the Lower Colorado. General Otis is president of the Colorado River Land company, corporation which owns nearly a million acres of land below the line in Lower California. Their tract of land adjolns the 100000 acre tract of the California Development company and the Imperial channel from the ColoFa- do river to this Valley crosses his company's land. Several hundred thousand acres of that land is believed to be capable of irrigation and recla- nation and 1t Is therefore evident that General Otis and his company is inter ested in the question of securing the use of the waters of the Colorado river for irrigation and also of securing the very best method for bringing the water into such use. He has published a very interesting description of the La guna Dam and the works being put in by the United States Reclamation Service for the control of diversions from the river and also some other observations and opinions on matters of much concern to Imperial Valley people. We quote the following:
 THE RIVER
 The Colorado river of the West, having Its sources in the mysterious mountains of far-off Wyoming, takes its tortuous and turbulent way for more than ,OOO miles in a southwesterly dl- rection, until 1t debouches upon the head of the Gulf of California, or the "Sea of Cortez," as It Is designated on the early Spanish maps. It Is one of the large rivers of the world. rising in the snows, traversing vast wooded up land regions tearing Its way through mighty gorges, chief am ng which Is the Grand Canyon in Arizona, cutting the arid surfaces of hot and barren plains, and fertlllzlng valleys of mar vicious richness wherever 1t Is found possible to draw out upon the thirsty land sufficient of the precious waters to lrrlgate the responsive soil. But the area watered and cultivated along the line of the river Is insignificant when compared with the total acreage that Is susceptible of reclamation under the comprehensive plans of the govern ment
 A vast region, that, for want of wa ter on tho land, though it be abundant enough In the river, has lain practical ly a desert during period of time so far back in the past that history has failed to record 1t, Is destined to be re- claimed. to be made cutlvable. habl- table. populatlon-supportlng and wealth producing II will be transformation
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

Into place. and how anchored there, these were questions asked by me and to them clear answers were given as follows:
 The mattresses are woven of willows the stitch being the same as used In making an ordinary basket The weaving is done on barees, which are then pulled from under permitting the mattress to float behind. The mat tress Is then sunk 10 the bottom by throwing heavy rocks upon 1t. In weaving the mattress the willow strands are tied together with three-eigths-lnch wire cables, running longitudlnaly and also across the structure, the cables being ten feet apart. Any width of mattress can be woven and also any length About forty-slx cords of will lows are consumed in a ] lOO- foot length of mattress 70 feet wide. The willows grow in great abundance along the banks of the river hard by, and quantl- ties are hauled in by aboriginal sons of the country los lndlos, in considera- ton of agreed amounts of coin of the realm in hand paid by Uncle Sam.
 ANcHoRINc THE DAM
 A question that the average reader will be sure to ask Is this: As no rock bed has been reached at that point in the river, how Is thes1am 10 be built and anchored at the bottom, when 1t mnst rest on sand7 What measure of security Is relied upon by the engineers to be derived from the element of weight of the structure7 The security of the dam, even though resting on sand is depended upon because of its great width of base compared with its height. The weight, 100000 tons. Is also an important factor in the equa- ton. This type of weir Is in success full operation in India and Egypt, but nothing of the kind has ever been com pleted in this country.
 THE AREA CF LAND TO BE RECLAIMED
 It is estimated that about l07, ,o0O acres of arable but arid land, lying above and below Yuma but not lnclud- ing the Imperial settlement, can be brought within the present irrigation scheme. These valley and table lands composed mainly of very fertile allu vial soil, will. with abundant water and appropriate cultivation. yield superb crops and load an untold number of trains with their products destined for other markets.
 The people of Yuma are looking eagerly forward to the completion of this great national work. They appre- ciate fully whatit means to them and their city. to the entire valley, and to that section of Arizona.
 In he Imperial settlement, lying some miles below, and to the west of Yuma, and which gets Its water from the famous Imperial Canal, there Is an estimated area of 350.o0o acres susceptible of Irrigation, of which per haps 100000 acres are already under, ditch and cultivation, producing prodigz iously wherever the conditions right and the lateral canals are N-, their purposes. More th9
 including the above. w0'
 for 2l7,ooo acres haoass>
 A broad, general e. N.A X lion acreGy !" Gss. E ceptlhl N
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

canal intake, When the sediment has accumulated to any objectionable ex- tent above the entrances to the slulce- ways the gates will be opened and the slulceways secured out.
 There are spilways as we'll as sluice- ways, the distinction between them be- ing this: A spill@ay Is simply an open ing for the escape of surplus water and slulceway. while performing that same office, can, in addition, be so manipulated by gates, etc. as to be forced to clear itself of sediment and any foreign matter
 There are no other methods of emptyng the dam than by the slulce- ways and canals at either end, for the dam Itself, as constructed, will const- ute perfect weir, with its crest maln- tained at an elevation of l5l feet above sea level, and extending entirely across the valley from one rock abutment to the other.
 In all sllt bearing rivers, says Engi- neer Vincent, most of the sediment is carried in suspension near the bottom, or rolled along the bed, leaving the sur face water relatively free. It is plan ned to convey the water from the sluiceways above the gates into the canals by akira~-'-9 process over long row of gates. taking in about one foot in depth of the water surface.
 HARNESSINC THE STREAM
 Perhaps the most interesting prob lems of all are these: "How Is the dam to be sunk or laid in the sandy bed of the river. so that 1t will stand7 (for. be Ii remembered, borings have been made to depth of over 100 feet with out striking hardpan,) and what will be the probable effect of the down-rushlng masses of silt, packing at the bottom and throughout the entire face of the damn Will these accumulatlons ultl- mately become hard and permanent, thus helping to make the dam still more Water-tlght3 Is It calculated that the silt will gather in such quanti- ties as 10 gradually rise to the crest of the dam. despite the masses that must inevitably be carried through the side canaIs?"
 Capt. Vincent's answers to the per tinent questions of mine were In effect as follows: The river Is to be closed at the present channel by coffer-dam- ming, and the flow thrown through the Arizona slulceway. The river section will be pumped out and that section of the dam then built the same as other portions are being constructed at pres ent. (This will of course be done at low-water stage.). The entire struc- lure Is expected to silt full, and the en- tire basin formed above the dam, and extending from eight to ten miles up- stream, will be mud flat, rising to the crest of the dam, with devious channels, self-formed and self estab- llshed, running to the two slulceways.
 "How much above the general sur face of the river, at Its normal flow, will the crest of the dam rise. and how are the gates to be constructed so as to control the output of the canala"
 At an ordinary stage the crest of the dam will be at level with the water flowing through the canals, It Is esti- mated that five feet will be the great est depth of water that will ever pass over the crest of the dam. and this In flood times only The water flowing
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

U. s. Geological Survey; Homer Hamlln Is district engineer, with his office in Yuma, and Captain E. D.. Vincent is resident engineer. camping on the firing line so to speak. It was from this courteous and capable off, cer that gathered the interesting and reliable data which has been expanded into this article. Captain Vincent was formerly In the Corps of Engineers of the Army In which he rendered years of valuable service, including tour of duty In Cuba during the late war. He is now devotIng himself with assidulty to the important engineering work to which he has been assigned.
 THE SITE
 The site of the dam is at a point ab ut thirteen miles above Yuma, where the valley is narrow and the rlv- CT confined within narrow rocky walls rising frownngly above both the Cali fornia> and the Arizona banks. These firm walls constitute secure holding ground for the ends of the dam, the longer portion of which is to be built In the shifting sands of the river bed, and also for the slulceways and canals, which provided with powerful steel gates. are designed to carry the surplus water-that portion not passing over the crest-past the ends of the dam, returning 1t 10 the rivers channel at a point about $500 feet below the dam,
 DIMENSIONS
 The authoritative figures showing the dimensions and weight of the great structure are interesting and informing:
 The total length is 4o0O feet width, 226 feet; height, 10 feet; depth In the river section, l9 feet making the level on the top the same throughout the entire length of the structure. It Is estimated that the entire weight will reach the enormous figure of 100000 tons.
 CONSTRUCTION
 The body of the dam is of rock fill. composed of irregular blocks weighing from 40oo pounds down. Three mas slve walls, of concrete core, run longl- tudlnally through the dam. built in the of one part cement, parts sand. and 7 parts broken stone,
 CAPACITY
 The canal on the Arizona side will be 60 feet wide on the bottom, with of 1900 second feet, The canal on the California side will be p feet wide on the bottom with capac- ity of 200 second feet. This last-nam- ed canal Is to be so constructed as to be capable af enlargement. At the same time the dam Is to be so built that it will not depend upon relief from water pressure by the sluiceways and canals.
 THE SILT PROBLEM AND THE SLUIcEwAYS The satisfactory disposition of the silt Is one of the most difficult feat ures of this formidable undertaking. Colorado river water Is heavily charged with silt, carried down in solution by the swift current, which Is ever tearing away the unstable banks. The grade of the stream is about one foot to the mile. At the east end of the dam a slulceway ll6 feet wide Is being con extending down to the low water depth of the river. At the west end another slulceway 40 feet in width will be built. which will also be capable
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Fish Distribution

The Missouri state fish
commission viii begin the dis,
tribution Monday of 100, 600
fry brook trout from the
hatcheries in st. Joseph.
Immediately thereafter the
commission will start over
the state with 20O, 1000 tinger.
ling bass and crappie from
the hatchery in Forest Park.
The route for the first trip
will be south from st. Joseph
through Kansas City to
S%prinneld, Willow Springs
and Bourbon. Distributions
will be made from the private
car Of the fish commission.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Good Roads Movement
A move 10 INTEREST," the farm

A move to interestthe farm.
ers of Marshall and vicinity
has been inagurated by u
number of our citizens. The
plan is to set day and have
all the farmers of this section
come in ON road drags, have
their pictures taken In u
group and have this picture
sent TO everyone of them
through their newspaper, and
besides spend a pleasant day.
The idea is u splendid one.
Fall in line!
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Van Booven Gets Mixed

Ie editor attended the
Howell sale near Gillian Sat
urday. Here we met w. X.
Van Bowen, of Slater, who
invited us To walk back with
him and and NJ. Amrine Ia
Slater, saying that walking
was better than To Gillium-
blue grass all the way! After
crossing II half.mile field OF
plowed ground where the
mud was only II foot or two,
he assured us the worst was
over. Then we climbed IA few
hedges, crossed several roads
and mudholes where mud was
over two feet and finally
reached the "blue grass" II
turned out to he u series OF
wheat fields. Careful scruti.
ny would reveal II blade of the
''blue grass" in the distance
and like drowning men Il
scramble for the same would
be made by %all--only to find
all deeper III the mire. We
saw evan" shaking himself
several times So we feel cer-
tain there will be some grass
along the route in the near
future! But we feel certain
that Will has never seen real
blue grass and we will never
be taken in by him again.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
The Breath Of Life

It's u significant factthatthe strong
est animal Of II size, the gorilla, also
has the largest lungs. Powerful lungs
means powerful creatures. How to
keep the breathing organs right
should be mans chlefest study. Like
thousands OF Others. Mrs. Ora A.
stephens, OF Port Williams, o., has
learned how 10 do this. She writes:
Three bottles Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery stopped my cough OF two
years and cured me OF what my friends
thought consumption. q, It's grand
for throat aud lung troubles. I"
Guaranteed by L. II. Franklin, drug
gist, Price 50c and 81. 90. Trial bot
tie free.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Time Set For Two Important
State Meetings.

The Republican state com.
mittee met Saturday and set
the time for the state nomi-
mating convention for May
3lst at Excelsior Springs, and
the Judicial convention on
July 26Lh mt Jefferson City.
There will be 1913 dele.
gates in the state nominating
convention, and 63G in the
state judicial convention.
The totals are based on the
ratio Of one delegate for every
100 votes cast for Roosevelt
~ 1904, with one for every
l5l, rs fractional part of
300. for the Excelsior Springs
convention, and on one dele.
gate for every 800 votes cast
Tor Lamm IN 1904, or Pol rs u
fractional part, for the Jetfer.
son City gathering.
Saline County will be en-.
titled 10 nine delegates To Tn,
nominating invention aud
six 10 the judicial convention.
The fight in the st. Louis
City Committee was brought
up but tabled on II vote of %
10 l3.
The resolution presented
by Chairman Niedriughaus
for II change in the call for
state convention was defeated.
A resolution was passed
condemning free railroad
passes and calling upon the
railroads to discontinue fur.
nlshing passes TO delegates.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Examination for Teachers coun-
ty Certificates

The regular examination
for teachers certificates will
be held at my Office in Mar
shall on Friday and Saturday,
March 23rd and Oath, begin.
ming each day at 8 IL. M, in
the following order:
Friday u. M, Geography,
Grammar and Algebra.
Friday p. M, Spelling, Ian
guage, Arithmetic and Litera-
ture.
Saturday IA. M. Reading,
Civil Government, u. S.
History and one science, either
Physical Geography, Agri-
culture or Physics.
Saturday p. m, Physiology,
Pedagogy and one History,
either Ancient, Modern or
English.
For the accommodation of
those who now hold third
grade certificates and wish to
raise them To IA second grade,
algebra and literature will
also be given Saturday after.
noon. This will enable those
who have To take these two
branches to teach on Friday
and take the examinations ON
Saturday.
Since there will be no other
examinations until June %
and 23, all who expect to teach
should attend the March ex.
animation. If you have any
doubt at all about your form
er grades being in force, take
this examination.
Yours respectfully,
W. @. Fisher, Supt.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
German ropulation's Growth

The growth of the German
population in Missouri shows
an interesting development.
For some reason not easily
accounted for the earlier Ger
mans coming To Missouri set
tied upon the Missouri river
aud on the southern bank ex-
clusivelv, from st. Charles t.
the westward. Hermann,
Washington, Jefferson City,
B%oonville, Lexington, these
towns were early infused
with German population.
Oddly enough, however, no
German crossed the river aud
made his home upon the north.
ern bank, and few veDtured
further To the southwark than
the bluffs upon the rivers
edge. Within the last ten
years, however, the German
population, new immigrants
or children of The parent
stock, have crossed the Mis-
souri, river To the northward,
have moved away from IL 10
The southwark, until now the
entire tier of counties along
either side of the Missouri Is
being peopled by this honest,
Industrious, respected citizen
ship. The rich bottom lands
along the Missouri river, like
unto the far.famed Nile land
for fertility, have fallen large.
~ into German hands. This
new condition has arisen ~
change entire localities. The
pld.lime central Missourian,
sou of Kentucky or Virginia
~ Tennessee, is thus finding
mis- place on the finest farms
being taken by the sturdy
farmer son or grand.
son of the observation-disclosures.
Democrat.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Prison. Breakers Must Hang

Sentence of death was pass.
ed upon CunvictS Harry
Vaughn, Edward Raymond
and George Ryan by Judge
Martin of the circuit court
Saturday morning. April 20,
1906, WAS fixed rs the date Oi
execution.
Each convict was sentenced
separately. None Of them
had anything to say.
\ motion for % new trial
was overrulcd, following
which an appeal to the su
preme court was taken and u
stay of eXecutian granted.
After sentence had been
pronounced the cunvicts were
returned To the penitenliary,
where they will be kept until
their appeal is determined by
the supreme dourt. The mp.
peal will not reach the court
before October and will hard.
~ be disposed of before next
November.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Run Over

Ed Turner, Of Slater, fell
~ front Of an approaching
car in the Slater yards Sun.
day night and was run over.
Fortunately he fell between
the rails and escaped with
bruises caused by the brake
beams striking him. His
head and legs were badly
bruised. He missed his hold
while trying To get ON II car,
causing his fail. From last
reports he was doing nicely.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
False Statement

We have been repeatedly
told that the Democrat News
proved ut Il public meeting
recently that they were not
receiving illegal" rates for
the city's printing. We were
informed 10y Mayor Phillips
that the city did pay legal
rates, and J. G.. Miller inform.
ed US what they had been get.
ting. The rate mentioned
was above the legal rate. IL
would he well for newspaper
men To learn how To figure be.
fore accusing someone else Oi
u false statement.
We have no particular kick
on the price paid. The mat.
ter published, in our opinion.
was not legal work and The
city could pay what IL pleased
The statement we made IN
regard To u column of legal
matter costing S25, ut the
legal rate is correct, when the
column is 20 inches long, reg.
ular width, and set ~ regula,
nonpareil type. IT larger type
is used the rate decreases
proportionately by the column
but not in the total of words.
We guarantee To publish city
legals at u rate in no cas-.
above 500 of illegal" rates.
The Marshall republican., 1906-03-16
Wanted Real Estate

List your farms and town
property with me ut once. ]
nave many buyers on hand.
Also rent houses, write In.
surance, make loans and fur.
nish good Investments in Ar.
kansas land, yields abundance
of corn, cotton, wheat, tame
grasses, no droughts. Room
23o Farmers Saving Bank
Bldg. L. T.. Bepedic,, Agt.