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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25

DR.. Frank Starr who has been visit
ing relatives and friends in this city
the past two days left Wedesnday for
Weyeauwega. The doctor expresses
himself we'll pleased with the excellent
improvements made in Grand Rapids
since his visit two years AGO,
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

though it ought to withstand a good sized flood. IL stands Q couple of feet
 above the water and the greater part of the way is tight dam. the water seeping through it in only a few places.
 short distance below the head of the old canal, imbedded in a small bank that was formerly an excava- ton made to accommodate .t, stands the old dredge that was thus side tracked" or "ditched" by the Arizona Canal company several years ago and sold to the government together with the restof the canal property. The dredge is of good size and ample for needs of the government in widening and deeDening the Arizona canal Last spring the building housing the mach inery on the dredge was given a new coat of paint. A new corrugated iron roof was put on top of the main cabin, all being painted and put in good con- dition. For sometime past a force of machinists and helpers has been en- gagged in thoroughly overhauling the big dredger and getting it ready for work when it shall be needed. The SdHu sIAdl Il i- ing excavated so that when the next high water comes, if it does not come too quickly, the dredge can be floated into the canal. The machinery is all being cleaned and repaired where needed so that when it is in commis- sion again it will be almost as good as a new one. Its capacity is believed to be about l5OO yards of dirt every tWien- y-four hours. The first heavy work to which the dredge will be assigned will be in connection with joining the canal to it's new head in the end Of
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

the dam. The dredge will be floated down the canal below the end of the dam before the construction of the head is finished. After work is done in the vicinity of the dam the dredge will be floated down to some point in the neighborhood of Scottsdale and from there it will work back up stream widening and deepening the canal.
 At the Granite Reef dam, work is progressing rapidly and one can See things doing while he waits. About seventy men are employed on the night shift and about 175 on the day shift. for owing to the urgency of making dam while the sun shines, or before the floods come, it is found necessary just at this time to run night shift and to work on Sunda,, thoug that is not the usual practice. Construction is now going on at a point in the river beyond the bedrock that abutts from either bank into the stream, so the work is now in sand through which the water percolates almost like a sieve. Any stoppage of work at that point means heavy expense if not ac tuai destruction in part of the things already accomplished. If a flood comes before it is expected it might mean loss of some machinery and lot of material. Those are among the reasons for the night and Sunday work.
 The thing that has most delayed op- erat.ons has been the impossibility of equipping the big cable through the failure of the sellers to furnish the carriers that operate with it. The cable has been ro for long time and should have been ready for use months ago IL was frightened yesterday and
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14
GRANITE REEF
 A BUSY PLACE
Rapid Progress of Dam
 Construction
Now is the Time to See the Big Undertaking at It's Best.

Through the courtesy of Engineer Hill of reclamation service, En- gineer F. Teichmen, Messrs. McDougall, Taggart and a reporter for The Republican,, visited the Ari- zona Canal head and Granite Reef dam yesterday and spent several hours in witnessing the governments activ- ities at those points, and inquiring into the details of the construction going on. At the Arizona head a fine body of water was running. all that was de- sirabe to turn into the canal, while a considerable quantity was also going through the spillway at the opposite end of the Rock dam. The latter since it was recently repaired is a stronger structure than ever and looks as
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14
SYSTEMATIC WORK
 OF YOUTHFUL ROBBERS
Apprehension Of a. Least One of the Boys Who Have Been 6ursIarizins the Phoenix Cycle Co.'S Place of Business.

For some time past the Phoenix Cycle company has been the victim of a series of robberies. of which little has been said for the reason that the officers have been working quietly to get clue to the identity of the offend CTS. On Saturday Marshal Moore jailed one lad who confessed complicity in the crimes. He was closely pressed to disclose the names of his confed- crates and pretended to do so. but in such a series of conflicting stories that little credence was placed in them Finally he was turned over to the county authorities OIea yesterday managed to get a few more facts out or him, which it is believed will verify some of his earlier stores that he had accomplices.
 They are all minors and mention of the story is given some prominence only because the robberies have been so numerous and the burglars so lucky that the Phoenix Cycle company had begun to feel little provoked. The company wants it now understood that it cannot be victimized forever without somebody suffering and desires the public to know that it is no longer a place the evil minded can enter and rifle at their pleasure. Last week prop erty was stolen valued at approxi- mately $100, and the week before about s150 worth disappeared in the same manner. The most notable theft re- gently was that of a Yale bicycle which the company would like very much to recover. Other property talk en consisted of lanterns. carbide, tires. fixtures. Never Leak" a puncture rem edy, and, in fact, all sorts of trim mings and paraphernalia usually found in bicycle shop.
 The lad in custody at first claimed he had an accomplice who lived near Mesa City. then denied it. Yesterday he denied taking the wheel at first. but later admitted again that he had confederate who took the wheel. but he would not divulge his name. He took Deputy Sheriff Olea into his con- fidence enough to go out with him yes terday to numerous places where he said he had cached plunder taken. In some instances it was found. but in others 1t was missing. If he told the truth some other thief had been there after he left and stolen 1t from him.
 These lads are not porch climbers for there is no porch around this es- tablishment. but there is a theory that they operate with an air ship. In any event the boys say they effected an entrance through the skylight and took their plunder away in the same way. IL is a low building and the work was no doubt easily done with the assist ance of a rope.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

today some temporary carriers VIII be it will be in operation. Material can then be brought across the river with much less time and trouble than now and that means much less expense. For all the concrete work done on the north end and the $50 feet of completed dam, the cement had, to be brought across the river by teams and to get the rock required a new quarry had to be opened on this side, after a big quarry had been opened up on the oth- CT side of the river and an electric railroad built to it. The cable not be- ing in use this quarry and railroad have been practically valueless so far, but from now on they will be very inn portant features of the construction This railroad is a narrow gauge with fourf-wheeled cars but they will carry pretty good sized loads, each carload being a big mouthful for the cable bucket. This cable is the biggest sin gle thing in connection with the works and it is held aloft by two immense towers. each 100 feet high above the
  CTS are big constructions themselves and though inquiry was not made the four feet of each must be fifty feet apart. They are so well proportioned they appear perfectly solid which is more than can be said for some simi- lar constructions even when they are all they need to be. These towers are made of timbers.
 The stock question is How are they getting along? How much has actual ly been built?" In answer, the canal headworks and diversion gates, the sluiceway and all auxiliary construc- tions on the south side are finished, except the final touches. such as ac- tually hanging the gates and cutting the sluiceway from the gates into the river and other detail affairs that will be left to finish up. The works on this side the river are a duplicate of the works at the other end only the constructions are just twice as large. The concrete work on this side is not quite finished though it is progressing rapidly and will be soon finished ex- cept for one wall that may have to be left some time yet To be general in the description. the headworks on each side the river are practically in.
 The dam between these headworks is to be just 1000 feet long. A stub 100 feet long has been built out from the south side and a section $50 feet long has been built out from the north side. The dam is therefore finished perfectly and finally for almost half its length. but this finished portion is all on solid rock bed which lies very close to the surface. The rest of the work, $50 feet lies actually in the chan nel. or what was the channel until a coffer dam diverted lt around sec ton 175 feet long. The work now go- ing on will not be with a view of try ing to reach bed rock. though the con- struction later of another section on the south end will reach to bed rock. Of this present section now under con- struction the upper apron wall is fin
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

ished to a height above water, for 8 distance of 10O feet and the lower
 apron wall is finished a part of the
 distance and is eXcavated all the way
 The water runs into the excavation SC fast it takes two immense pumps to
 keep it down so the concrete can be laid in the trench down nineteen feel
 below the sand bed of the river.
 This apron wall can be finished as far out as the upper one very soon. and after that with the big cable run ming rock can be dropped between the apron walls and the concrete and ce- ment top put on very rapidly so it will be but short time until this I00- foot section will be finished, making the total from the north end i50 feet long and loo feet on the other end.
 It is the 45O feet in midriver though that will take the time. as the opera tions must be carried on in the shift ing sand through which the water runs like sponge. To illustrate the meth cd of operations take the next section of upper apron wall 75 feet long and perhaps six feet wide. The coffer dam turns most of the water away from the natural bed at that point. A trench is then dug a few feet deep, what ever is practicable, depending on the water Next a frame similar to the timbers in a mine, is built around this section of the proposed curtain wall and upright plank are tackled to it with a single nail in each, forming a sort of "a caisson or box. WorSmen inside shovel out the sand while the pumps keep the water down as much as pos sible. As the hole deepens the struc- ture settles and at the proper time an other set of timbers is put inside and the plank are driven down. sinking the casing as the excavation proceeds. At the required depth tnineteen feet in the section just finished, the laying of concrete is begun in this caisson or box mold. When finished above the surface of the water the frame is talk en away A similar apron wall Is laid along the lower line of the dam foun
 dation, up to the water level. After this is done comes the chance for the big cable to spread itself. for between these apron walls the area is filled with huge rock Cthough heretofore done with
 
 on this foundation the concrete super structure of the dam is reared.
 An immense mixing plant has been built on the south end, between the headgates and the tower on the higher bank. Cement is brought by an un- dergrOund carrier through a tunnel from the cement store house and rais- ed by an elevator to a bin at the top. Sand and rock and a mixture of both, or gravel are all three brought to the same point by the railroad, where the rock is crushed and all by gravity drop into elevators and are carried to their respective bins at the top of the structure. The operator by working levers at a central point can in about one minute weigh out the required amount of each to make a quantity of concrete that will fill the immense bucket on the big cable. pull a lever that accomplishes the mixing and an-
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

other that loads the bucket which is
 immediately attached by the second
 man to the cable after releasing the
 empty one just brought to exchange for it. These two men will operate the mixing plant alone and make con-
 crete as fast as the cable can carry it away. This will be in operation just as soon as the cable is ready, or early this week. This plant as indicated is right under the big cable nearly 100 feet above.
 All this machinery, like everything else in camp. is operated by electricity brought from the Phoenix plant to a fine power house on the south side of the river. Power Is also transmitted back across the river on smaller lines for operating the temporary mixing plant on the north side, the cables and all other mechanical devices used in construction in the river bed. On the south side also, adjoining the power house. is a blacksmith and carpenter shop and a good little machine shop and lathe. These are in iron build ings as are most of the larger struc- lures. Previous articles in this paper have mentioned the big forked board ing house. both dining rooms running from one kitchen like two fingers from the palm. The store building and warehouses carries a good stock of goods and last month did a business of S3.000. There is also an ice cream and soft drink emporium with con crete floor, comfortably appointed and delightfully."- ventilated. The profits of these commercial institutions go to the reclamation fund or rather to the pro- ject fund, so it is a little revenue eventually for the farmers who are to pay for it all.
 This is only. an outline of what is going on at Granite Reef, but it cov- CTS the main features of the work that Engineer Martin is looking af- ter with close and careful attention to business. There is also a good office building, and scores of tents for the families residing there and bunk houses for the men and quarters for engineers. foremen. etc. the whole making a well appointed and beauti- ful camp, tent city in appearance but largely of white iron construction. Altogether the operations and the camp are worth the time of any per son who can find it convenient to visit Granite Reef and any visitor who be- hayes himself is given a cordial well come. Over the whole camp waves a large American flag that gives one the right kind of feeling at first glance. It reminds the valley resident what the government is doing for him and it reminds everybody else that the government is not ashamed of what 1t is doing.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

It takes bunko man to appreciate fully the good things of life.-Chicago News
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

A man is a fool that thinks he can get anything he wants, bandit fashion.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

A stubborn fountain pen often inter rupts a mans flow of thought
Arizona republican., 1907-10-14
$500 Silk Petticoats for $3.4

MAKES THIS PRICE POSSIBLE They Black and such coors collection One shirrng and tuck There O Monday, . - Monday VC.fI
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

B. H.. Wood, Justice of the
Peace, In case of-C. w, Sale 2 10
On motion II. w, Harms was al
lowe $40 rer month, commencing
NOAember |, 1907, until discontinued
by the board Of county commissioners.
On motion following commission
bills we're rliowed:
j. NJ Dunmire, commissioners
salary and mileage g 10
Egbert EIOrnstra, commission
ers and mileage .---..--. 81 10
o. b, Mcneil, commissioners
salary and mileage Is 60
Phillip He'll, commissioners
salary and mileage --- 90 80
G. N. McCOilum, commission
ers salary and mileage. FL 90
Louis KOenig, attending COM
missioners- 90
On motion board adjourned sine die
Attest; Vac. F. Kreycik.
j M Dunmire. Go. Auditor.
charm an.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05
DOMACI ZPRAVY.

v. M. HoraGek byl Yankton
v 6tery. ..
Pro dobre dfivi a mike ceny
idete do skladu Quealov.
Karel Wagner cd Wagner byl
zde tento tSden navstGvou.
Manzele Chef Torrence-ovi byli
obdafeni synkem minulS Gtvrtek.
Pravnfk Skoblfk 2 Tyndall byl
zde V pondGlf "a legdlnim obcho-
dem.
Chcete-li dobrG stavebni dfivi,
objednejte 81 no z Ptakova dfevaf-
skeho skladu.
j. J. Noll a rodina byli navst6-
YOU V Tyndall u pratel a znamych
V 1tery.
DR., Blfzek byl povolan do Les
terville "a profesionelnf zalezitostf
V nedeli vecer.
v cil6m mestu Lesterville Dude
Sc odbyvat druhy 'jarmark" So
botu dine 81. prosince.
Znacn5 pocet zdejsfho lidu Sc S
Gcastnil taneGnich zabav v Tyndall
minuly ctvrtck.
FIR. Blaske a rOdina odjeli ma
svou ctyrycftku, 81 mile severn6
cd Wagner v Gtery.
Jan +. HOSTEL q rodina stravili
nedeli n&ystevou u pfatel v okre-
su Chas Mix,
Pr6vnik Janousek a Tomas Wag
ner q Lesterville Sc 1Gastnili plesu
zde pofadaneho minulS Gtvtek.
Anton Novak kupuje stare SLEPT
ce a drubez vseho druhu. Plati
"a ne nejyyssi trznf cenu.
Sleeny Josie Obrova a Susie
Cole oya s GGastnily sc plesu V
Lesteryille minulou sobotu.
Jakub Wagner byl ma plesu v
L~cstcrville minulou sobotu, a sd6-
luje be Sc dobfe pobavil.
Nincenc q Vaclav PesiGkove cd
Lake Andes byli navSt6vou u otce
blize Lakeport ma zaGatku tJdne.
ri. Jana Novaka z Lakeport by
Ia navst6vou u svych rodicG, man.
zcll Tomas Kronsizlovych, v ne
He'll.
Nerozprodan6 zbozi G. J. Hink-
icy no, bylo odvezeno z budovy
los. Haly Gtery, a odvezeno do
Milbank. .
Kupte rozmetate hnoje, pluhy a
drtice U obchodnfkd Taborskych
tostanete je mpohem lacineji nezli
binde.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

Spolek sv. jana 2. 6. X. j. III oddele
nj odbyva schGze druhou nedeli v me-
sici. FIR. soukup, pfedseda, JOS. Mar
tinec, tajemnik.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

ZCBJ CTS. al, odbyvaji schGzi dru-
hou nedeli v mesici, We sve SIM. FIR
Kostroun, pied, Josefina Vyborna
ltajemnice. 49,.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

Moderni Dfevafl Amerlky, CTS. 90S7
odbyvajf schGze druhou sobotu kazde-
no mesice v SIM 2. G. B. j. Geo. A.
Piak, eth. rada, Robt. Vsuk, klerk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

spolek sv. vaclava q. G. X. J. odby-
va schGze tfeti nedeli v mesfci. J. v.
Wagner pfedseda, V. +. Wagner ia.
jemnik.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

KatolickS Delnik, CTS. 3d., odbSvajf
schGze kaEdou druhou nedeli v meSici
We spOlK0ye sini. Jan 4 Wagner,
pred, Jan Syrovatka, tai.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

Spolek sv. Vaclava, l. &. J. odbyva
schGze ,prvnf nedeli v mesici. Jakub
Scdlaeek, p~fedseda, Tomas K~ronalz',
tajemnfk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

Rytffi sv. Vaclava, els, SO, ZCKJ,
odbyvajf schdze Gtvrtou nedeli sazde-
no mesice, We spolkove Sfni. Jan E
Wagner, pred, Z V HOSTEL, tai.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05
sCaOzE MIsTNICH SpOLKO.

Spolek Zen sv. Ludmily, Cts. l06, O
s.. d. A. odbyva sve schIze druhou
ned9li v m9sicl, We spolkove SIM. An
TOME Haklova, p~fedsedkyne, Marie
Simanoya, taiemnice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05
Platte
Dane ma
TabOTSk6 BanCe.

D~oJONhCJLO oNC hoIIJ DyhI liz
cekejte az ma iafe, kdy budu init
mnoho prace. JOS. Huba'.
Pr. +, F. Chlddkcvd a dcery, 81
Klara a Emma, z L~esterville, byli
zde navstevou u pfdtel Il znam5ch.
Nasledkem velkeho sucha, W.
hlfdky pro led jsou bled6; rovn6z j
cisterny jsou prazdne. ...y r..
Frank Kuchta odjel do Iona, v
Lyman okresu, v dtery, kde vlas-
tnf Gtvrt sekce pozemku.
Jan Mikolasek, ST., a rodina Sc
nastehovali do pffzemnfch svetnic
budovy Vaclava Bousky.
Zad6m ty, jenz mi dluhujf, by
sve 1cty zapravily do Tho ledna,
1908. r.. A. J. Cole-ova.
Pr. AL Jezewskiho a pr. Barty
Soukupa Sc vratily re sv6 navStG-
Wy u Wagner u pfatel, v GterS.
Frank J. Bdrta koupil stroj ma
drcenf kostf a Dude prodavat takto
rozdrcene kosti co krmivo pro
slepice.
Serif Koenig byl zde minuly
Gtvrtek S obesflkami ma ty, ienz
byli vybrani pro prosincovou po-
rotu tohoto okresu.
Jos. Hfuska, Jan Hostel, An
ton Novak a V. NJ. HoraGek byli
v Tyndall Sc podfvat ma zapasnfka
prostfednf vahy, Burnse, a jin6.
Pfisla Ike mne asi pred m6sfcem
s mesicG stara jalovice, Gervena.
Mattel il mGze obdrzet pc zapla-
cent vSloh. Jos. Rada.
Hruska a Trunec postavili no.
YOU ledovnici We SVEN hostinci ten
to tyden, ktcra je velmi nadherna
a mefi 10x14 stopach.
Josef HaGickJ cd Utica a Josef
Kukral Z N~iobrara, byli zde nav
stevou v dtert. Pan HacickS 81
pfi t6 pfiIezitosti pfedplatil ma
noviny.
Zrentuji svou farmu, ktera SC
naleza 4 mile severo-zap. cd Tabo
IA, "a mirny najem ma hotov6 pc
nfze. Piste FIR. Welt, st., Tabor,
S. ID.
Bratff Petfikov6 zam9nili svG6j
povoznicky zavod i S budovou "a
240 akrG pekn6ho pozemku V o.
kresu Chas Mix S irmou Wagner
bratfi. Jejich lhGta v mastali dol
de dine 16. prosince.
Vaclav PospiSil a pr. cd Wag-
ner, dfiv6jsf obyvatel6 TaborSti,
byli zde navSt6vou IL Franka a Jo-
sefa Svatose minuly t5den. Pan
Pospfsil pfi t6 fllezitosti obnovil
sve pfedplatne ma Independent.
Vaclay Rysavy ma jin@m mists
v tGchto sloupcich oznamuje sve
v6noGnf zbozf a dGtsk6 hraGky.
Navstivte jeho zavod a uGinte
SWIM d6tem radost. Ga!antnf pan
Vaclav vas co nejsv6domiteji OBJ
slouzf a S cenou budete t6z spoke
jeni.
Hra kopanou, jak oznamova-
no, Sc n%eodbyvala zde minuly Gtvr
tex, Jezto 1anktOnska ceta nasled-
KEN toho, re rannf vlak ten den
nejel, Sc nedostavila. TaneGnf "a
bava veGer, kterouz uspofadala
Taborsk& miGafska Geta, Sc zdafi-
la a velky poGet lidu Sc S GGastnil.
Jeden rok a diva mGsfce stard
dceruska manzel1 Will Mach
ovSch zemfela pc 4-dennf nemoci
ma zanet prGduSnic, We Gtvrtek.
Pohfeb Sc Dude odbyvat v sobotu
ma kat. hfbitov6 v mesle. Ia
rmoucenSm rodiGGm vyslovuiem
svou nejhlubSf soustrast.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-05

Zamyslfte- Ii stavGt male ncb
velk6, dejte vJpoGet j. II. Queal,
u5etfime YAM penize.