Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-08

w LINER BY THE DAM, June 8,
IL ~ lone of the great object les
V sons Of empire building can be
seen at Miner by the DAM
,r,,r rails county Ida. Sixty GAYS
ago The north side OF the snake riNe'
as desert. lonely and absolutely un-
,.r,,,ng. To-day 1t Is one of the ousi-
.., rIacos imaginable. a spacious COM
.,;ssary building filled Win supples ol
,o.y description first commands atteh"
,,,p az one crosses the wagon prldSe
t,,m Miner, 1t Is conservative 10
late that this building contains s2o'VvV
,,,rth Of such supplies as are used III
obstruction work.. The next ouiloine
~ Inc mcsshouse. where a large Runpet
a. men are reinforced for the Dattle on
me- three times day, On every manu-
Is action, life and go.
WHO Is WHO?
w. Faris is the owner and master
ID of This great construction uutIN'
80 IS besides bcins thorough OF
S,nizer, an engineer OF nbtloNal Iepu
S,,,nu His trusted Lieutenant lh tl's
=, DIRK is j. Z. PorLeihelu also d" ~,
StItpd and reliable cnEineel, Inc
ts-l<es Construction company OF
nlrb Mn Faris IL tine principal owner.
~ the contract for the construction or
i' ,1 Grea,. irwin Falls North Side canal,
md surely is a colossal undertaking.
CITY OF TENTS.
Gazing over the city of Tents one
i,,apln,.s, he ts'-4ooltthg on- the camp
nt NM army. Al noon and at o clock M
inc evnlnS one can belcye that war
ms commenced ANA ,nat this Is an ar
tIaplN conflict. for as tne great plasta
sXplude. hurting tons ana tons OF lava
rock INTO the air, II sounds IKE hcaNy
canonading, and is certainly Il weird
ana startling scene OF action
CONTRACT BONUS.
when j. II, Purdy, the personal rep
rfsentatiye of Kuhn Brothers of Pltts-
burg. Pa. the iinoncieis and owners
oh Inc North Side project, was mere
oO DAYS ago. at the time the contract
MAS let ne promised r. NJ Faris, the
contractor, a bonus of 81 500 IL he com
pleted ON or before the lst day of Jan
larry, 1908, his contract TO Wilson'S
lake Mr.. Faris, in return, agrees TO
nav Kuhn Brothers $500 a day for every
Days delay in completion after the
above date, and the matter stands that
way today.
This morning as the writer stood on
a high point OVERLOOKING TINS great
scene OF action, he realized In fun
measure that he lived In an age OF Won
derful achievement. Hundreds of men
digging, pounding, drilling scores of
teams pulling loads~-water wagons to
Fresno sCrdpers. The work for the iirst
four miles is extremely heavy--a mile
of solid rock TO commence with, The
canal Is 60 feet wide OH the bottom, so
the reader can reGduy pictures the
,f 4 sttaut al
NORTH SIDE CANAL. +,
The first half mile from the head
gates at the dame Is side cutting and
tearing down of the lava formation TO
secure the bed for the canal The lower
bunk OF the canal for half mile Will
Doe made of cement The canal then
runs through Il solid rock practically
20 feet deep half mile long. The canal
here leaves the river and the earth
work commences which for tho next
thrce miles IS very heavy.
The canal system of the Twin Falls
North Side Land * Water company Is
one Of the finest systems in the United
states and is additionally fortified
against a low water season in Snake
river by three great reservoirs. or nat
ural lakes, that are filed at the high
stage Of water In the Snake river,
thereby forever excluding the possibili-
" OF scarcity of water.
IDAHO DISCOVERED.
Great things are now being done in
Idaho land, No longer do infant indus
tries gasp for need of proper nourish-
nent. The dormant resources of the