The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-29
M|N|DOKA CANAL
SPRINGS A LEAK
Stratum of Sand Washed Out,
but Defect Is Not
Serious.
FLUME TO BE BUILT
AROUND THE BAD SPOT
Work of Building the Big Ditch
VIII Be Continued
Steadily.
Special TO Tho Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
RUPERT, Ida, Nov 2S.-The pres
ence of water in the main canal dcvcl.
oped serious leak a short distance
above the s-foot drop. about two miles
this side of the dam The canal at
this point passes through some excep.
tlonal!y bad ground. A short distance
below the surface there is n LAYER OF
lava rock, beneath that layer of sand
and then another stratum Of rock In
dlglng the canal the contractors cut
through the upper stratum of rock and
INTO the sand and when the water
reached tins point 1T went down as
though the canal bed had been sieve,
flowing between the two strata of rock
and coming to the surface again above
and around the concrete drop. One
wing Of the drop was damaged by the
sand washing out from under the rock
upon which it is hnilt. which caused IL
to settle, but the main structure is
uniDiured
Engineer Ross stated that this leak
would not seriously retard operations
as 6ume would he built around the
bad spot and the water brought on
down. The next drop is built in solid
rock and no such trouble is anticipat-
ed at any point below
AT the time the canal was built the
advisability Of lining it with cement at
this point was discussed, and il may
he that this viii be done now. al
though the plans of the engineers have
not been given out.
Unearthed a Skeleton.
Alva Wiseman s sub-lateral gang.
working mile and half west Of
town, near John Christen s place. un.
carthed some interesting aboriginal re-
mains 4 few DAYS ago. The skeleton,
undoubtedly that of an Indian. was dug
up on n mound about two feet below
the surface and apparently this savage
was buried long before the foot Of
white man ever trod these deserts. ms
some of the bones were completely de-
cayed. According to the Indian Gus
tom. his weapons had been buried with
him, These included a spear and two
war clubs All that remained of the
spear was the flint head. while there
was nothing left of the war clubs but
the pieces of stone that had been
bound by rawhidc TO the heavy ends.
The village trustees have passed an
ordinance which provides that every
building or addition to a building here
after erected within the business dis
trict shall be built of what is common
ly recognized as fireproof material. The
restricted district is composed of the
four blocks surrounding the square, the
north half OF block 50. the south half of
olock AZ and the avenue block.
The village trustees have instructed
the clerk to communicate with the
State Land board, with a view TO pur-
chasing forty acres on the northeast
corner of section So. which is about
a mile and a half from town, with a
view TO using ii as n cemetery.
Cast Half the Vote
Az the recent election Lincoln coun-
" cast 1919 votes, an even 500 of
which were east by the three precincts
on the Minidoka project, Rupert casting
391, Hepburn 304 and Scherrer 90.
An opinion from the Secretary of the
Interior, recently made public, is that
it is legal for entrymen to sell reiu
quisbments.
Several people living northeast of
town report the visitation of a big
black bear recently. Bruin called at
the homes of Fred Reiman, James Head
and others, but in each case all the
set upon him and he obligingly depart
cd when he found that he was not
wanted. II is supposed that he wan
dered down from the hills south Of the
river and crossed the river bed when
il was dry,
John Tollefson has purchased Tom
Wheeler S half interest in the two lots
on the avenue corner, one or WHICH is
occupied by the Pioneer Office. The
was $ll00.
c. w. Brannen is blowing ten acres
of land which he expects TO seed to
macaroni wheat this fall. This wheat
is very prolific, one man near Shoshone
having harvested sixty bushels to the
acre this year,
Saloon Licenses Increased.
AS a result of the election the county
and State saloon license in Rupert Will
be raised from 5000 TO $500 per year.
The statutes provide that in any pre-
cinct which casts over 200 votes the
license shall not be less than $500.
Engineer Hedden, for a long time in
charge of the construction work on the
distribution system in this tract, and
who has recently been undergoing Sc
we're siege of typhoid fever at his
home at Caldwell, is convalescent.
Engineer Matthcs visited the dam re-
Gently and says the water was flowing
over the spillway at least eight inches
deep, presenting beautiful sight.
N0RIEMiN AMERICAN