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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

fore the torpedo of the little boat as
the giant OF, the Bible was before the
stone sling Ut the p: +
Perhaps the prime advantage: of the
torpedo boat is that she needs only
great offensive power A battleship
must combine both. She must be
able to deal death blows, and to resist
the shells of the enemy.
But the submarine is ever immune
from danger Of being hit, or nearly SO.
When under water the sea compasses
her around as: perfect Shield: The
shell that hits within five feet bounds
and skips from the water, harmlessly
as the stone boy sends skimming
over millpond. .:> g.
The periscope is placed in tiny
column, which can only be seen from
short distance, and then is target
so small as to be very hard to hit.
One noted expert has said that a
small fleet Of torpedo boats could
have thwarted Farragut's achieve.
ments at New Orleans and Mobile bay.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

other tap was made just south Of tho
first one: The second one had scarce
ly been completed when both tape
were filed up by silt washed In by thu
river.
To relieve the situation, in July,
1904, third tap was made farther
down the river, about four miles inside
the Mexican border. The location was.
chosen because it would give greater
drop to the canal and it was believed
that the increased velocity of flow
would keep the channel clear.
This tap caused the trouble. They
had simply opened a hole in illuvia1
soil forming the bank of the river.
Floods in the fall of 1904 caused the
mouth of this third opening to wash
considerably, and at each succeeding
food the channel to irrigation canals
kept growing larger until in June, 1905.
almost the entire discharge Of the riv-
er flowed into the Salton Sink, where
a lake was formed which had an area
of about 400 square miles.
Slowly 1t began to back up and dow
back toward the Imperial valley.
Farmers were compelled to leave,
farms were inundated, miles and miles
of railroad track. and development
went under water. The country be-
came a wilderness of water.
Heroic efforts were made to stop tho
food. The railroads equipment and
facilities were used and considerable
progress made, but the fall foods
washed out part of the work, only to
have it rebuilt.
On Nov. 4, 1906, the break, which,
had been 1900 feet wide, was closed,
and on Nov. Is all leakage of water
through the dam had been stopped. It
seemed as If the battle had been won,
but another food followed, and on Dec
8 water worked it's way under tho
levees south of the dam. By noon on
the following day nearly the entire
Colorado river was emptying into the
Salton Sink. The president of the
United States took hand. He and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13
oUTWlTTED BY UNCLE JOE.
Saved Favorite Cap From confiscation
by Quaker Teacher.

Saved Favorite Cap From confiscation
by a Quaker Teacher.
How Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
once outwitted his schoolmaster and
saved a favorite cap from confiscation
is a story of his younger days told by
former schoolmate, now professor
in a Western Quaker college. It was
at a time when Mr.. Cannon's parents
lived in Quaker settlement in West
ern Indiana, where the district school
was governed by man thoroughly i'm
bued with the ideas Of severe simple
ity at that time in favor among the
Friends. j
Contrary to all precedents and IN
violation of accepted. tenets in matters
of dress, young Mr.. Cannon appeared
at school one day wearing a cap which.
like the famous coat OF the first Jo-
sephs wasxof-- many,fls pllafsx ,It@*wae 40
different from those OF the; other boys
that the masters attention was at
once attracted, ana he promptly con-
fiscated the. offending cap, quietly re-
moving it from its peg.
When school was dismissed, being
unable to find his cap and. divining the
cause for its disappearance, young
Cannon, with equal lackszof ceremony,
removed from I its accustomer: place
the high hat Of the teacher, which, al
though too large: he placed ON. the
back OF his head and j *zfew moments
later when the teacher glanced
through; the; window he ! Uncovered his
precious headpiece abobbfnE: away
among the trees on tie head Of his
Grant pupil.
No words ever passed between them
over the incident, but the following
morning both the hat and cap were re-
placed.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

'er Of the modern torpedo boat de-
stroyer, a fighting engine born of the
necessity of finding a means to cir
cumvent the submarine.
There is no such thing as seeing
ahead. under the water
Thus far the best means of taking
observations has been found to be in
the use Of the +'periscope." funnel
shaped arrangement, which projects
eight feet above the water, when the
body Of the boat is submerged fifteen
feet. BY looking up into this the
navigator sees surrounding objects
much as the photographer locates
scenes and people on the finder" Of
his camera.
But the periscope will not avail
when it comes to a final test, the
launching of torpedo boat at the bot
tom of the enemy's battleship. With
the ship stationary. the periscope
might: give definite information. but
with both the submarine and battle
ship under way, the movement would
be too rapid to permit effective aim.
without coming to the surface.
In. all the models of submarine boats
which Uncle Sam has under considera-
ton the torpedo is so placed that at
the moment of firing it is directly in
line with the enemy's keel. Supposing
it hits, if only glancing blow, nothing
can save the mighty craft. It is the
story of David and Goliath all over
again. The ship is just as helpless be-
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midchannel the depth of the wateS
was thirty;four feet. T. .,...... -, !.
:. Butsnot9 .pnly*ztha szthee z,$hreak been:
closed; the Southern Pacific engineers
are determined that such al break shalt
not occur again. Additional material
is being added at the rate of 5000
cubic feet each twenty-four: hours.
When completed the dam will contain
100000 cubic yards of material, $4,000
yards of which will be rock and the
balance gravel and clay. - ,...:
The maximum amount of water con-
tended with during the construction of
the dam Appropriated 10000 secons-
feet. In period of little more than
two weeks a structure Of rock. gravel
and clay was built across the channel.
The top of the dam is now four feet
above the level of water. It's vertical
distance from the top to the base is
sixty feet. The dam will be raised
five or six feet higher. in order to be
safely above highest known water, and
it is to be padder on the upstream side
with clay until it shall become entirely
impervious.
A great railroad corporation. with
abundant rolling stock, alone could
have achieved this feat The entire
equipment Of the Southern Pacific was
at the command of the engineers dur
ing the period Of the work. At times
even the locomotives on passenger
trains in transit were diverted to haul
rock to the scene of the accident. and
quarries hundreds of miles distant
contributed materials to close the
break.
Temporarily, at least, the Colorado
las been conquered, but, like the Mis-
sissippi in it's delta region, it will bear
watching always. The Colorado is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13
DUEL BETWEEN ENGINEERS
AND COLORADO RIVER
The Break Ia; Been Stopped but 5000 Cubic Feet
!: = "a Day Are Being Poured Into Dam,

II was asked by the interstate COM
MERGE commission what / regarded as
the greatest achievement: of my rail
road experiences Ny reply was that /
considered the closing of the break in
the Colorado river on the afternoon OF
Feb. II as the most remarkable
achievement of recent history. In the
handling of rock and stone our engi-
neers made. good record which ia
likely to stand for many years to
come:"-Statement by E. H. Hartman
in Washington, D. c., March s.
When Persistent Roosevelt demanded
that the Southern Pacific company
take steps to save the Imperial valley
of California by stopping the break in
the Colorado river. the prospect was
gloomy. For years a. duel had waged
between nature and science, and. SO
far, nature had wont
To-day it is different. The break
has been closed, closed within period
which has astonished the engineering
world. The feat was thus described
by Mr.. Hartman:
The time actually consumed in max
ing the closure, dating from the Dump
ing of the first rock, was fifteen days
and two hours, during which interval
1900 cubic yards of material, IS per-
cent of which was rock, the balance
gravel and clay, we're handled. The
difficulties which confronted the engi-
neers will be better appreciated when
it is recalled that the Colorado river,
with flow of $4,000 seconds-feet, was
rushing madly through a break 100
feet long in soft earth banks In the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

kilograms in discussion as to the
best course to be pursued. It was &
rather delicate task for the govern
ment to undertake because an interna-
tional question was involved. While
the damage was being done in the Uni
ted States, the break was in Mexico
The upshot of it was that the Southern
Pacific was pledged to do the work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

much as Dead Sea fruit The country
was in. fact a dried and dead sea. The
salton* sinls WAS; described by scent
lists as fcrystal1ine chloride of sodi-
uril.,'' which is mostly salt, and the I'm
,perial valley was the undisputed home
of the horned toad and the diamond
back rattlesnake.
49, Some curious persons, biologists or
others, Investigating all this dry-as-
dust land saw that the valleys were
really deposits of salt, left there ages
before when there was river flowing
through, capable of the richest harvest
if only water could be obtained for it..
Rain was out Of the question, and they
suddenly srealized that right at hand
was the supply, all they wanted and
more. :
Nature had kindly arranged the New
river, branch of the Colorado river, so
that it could be made to transform
the entire district without any trouble
worth the mentioning. 1t had depos-
tied the silt over it all, and the very
act had raised its bed higher each
succeeding century until it was above
the level of the land about it. All that
was needed therefore was to tap the
river intelligently, locate the canals
and the things would be done.
The first tap was made in 1891 and
the result was as expected. That part
of the country affected began to bios
som Cotf1orc hopan fO rome Two
years later company was organized
to take charge of the project.
Without taking thought of the NOR
row, they put in flimsy dams, strung
a few canals over the surface and sold
water rights to settlers.
In the spring of 1904 the demand
for irrigation was so great that an
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13
No Qhense.;!

No offense:* =
First Stranger Con train)-Do you
ever quarrel with your wife?
Second Stranger-Never.
First Stranger-Have any trouble
with the hired girl?
Second Stranger-Not me.
First stranger-Don't your children
worry you at. times? f
First *stranger-No, indeed. Hi,
\. First Stranger Say, I don't ike to
Call you liar, but 49, 81. ~z: =*s. s5
Second \. stranger--olh "a, 81 that's all
right. I'm bachelo 81 sss
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one of the shiftiest, slyest, and most
treacherous rivers that ever ran.
The original scheme to reclaim the
Imperial valley, represented "a design
upon one of. the richest sections OF
soil in the world-a region with which
the valley OF the Nile can alone com
pare. No wonder that in the effort to
protect this region for future, genera
tons, the president of the United
States has thought enough of it to
send to congress special message on
the subject.
This valley will some day be the
home of above 100000 persons on hun
dreds of thousands of acres of truly
garden farm lands if intelligent meth
DDS are employed. With population
OF something like 10000, property
there is estimated to be worth in the
neighborhood of $5,000,000 to-day. and
some day it is thought it will be worth
seven times more at least. There
were nests Of little farm houses to be
saved, tiny hamlets or settlements,
small villages and larger towns clean
up from the Mexican border and the
Imperial valley above the town Of Yn-
ma and the government works at La.
guna dam. There were hundreds OF
miles Of railroad to be saved. main
line and branch line, with their
bridges. trestles, sidings and stations
there are salt works and other indus
tries-surely a prize in itself worth
the fighting for
1t was not so many years ago that
the Salton district, with the Imperial
valley, so.called, was regarded as very
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13
The Fewer the Better,

DR.. Edward Everett Hale, whose
eighty fifth birthday is to be the scene
of an impressive and htting celebra-
ton next month, said at a dinner in
Boston: .@'
'In my ideas about birthdays am
like certain schoolhoy. 49,, -.
(Which do you like, best?' I asked
the boy; day school or Sunday
schoOl? 80 p e 800. =. 81, -, .
T Sunday school, he answered
promptly. ~ s ~. - : ~
:'"'Why:' N s:...>> !: i: +: WI G>s.:
!. =, Because II only comes once I
wAek. ;' "SS s . gi 81 z4; ,$ @
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

Romance and Realty.
"For two years Katharine hunted
for her IDEAL"
Indeed"
eyes, she searched everywhere for
chap with. waxen mustache, pink
cheeks and luminous eyes. At last
she found him." !. >
"Ah! And he is now her husband?"
"Oh, no. After she found her. aes-
>thetic ideal she turned right around
and. accepted the homeliests chap in
town because ne was a real man. Il Il. B B
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13

=: The Small Boy Again.
A child at dinner with his parents In
Cork turned to his mother and said:
Mamma, where were you born?"
AT Glasgow, darling"
but I was born in Dublin, wasn't
I?"@+ y 49,
Eyes, DEAR" -. =.
:"And father, where was he born?"
I'm. Brentford, Middlesex." :
The little fellow looked srayely from
one e the. other, -.s',5.. ...-s@S r. 1s.a.
So Isn't It funny he said, that We
should al meet like this z" a. .*.= B
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Woman's Brave Heart.

WOWahS Bravo Ett1Tt.
Mabel know, George, that you
have not much money, but you needn't
worry, as don't care for money! Only
lot me have plenty of dresses and nice
things, and I'll willingly share your
poverty, no matter how poor you are.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-13
Poor Chap.

Ewa-That Miss Flirter turned down
twelve young men and accepted the
thirteenth. Do you think it unlucky. T
Jack-l should say so-for the
young man. - (, ~
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Queer Sex.

Queer Sex.
Girls" remarked the thoughtful
thinker, '*are queer propositions"
whats the explanation" asked the
dense young man. -
Zone will try to keep it a secret
that; she is engaged replied the T. T.,
land another tries to keep it secret
that she isn't >: rs
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No Sitting Down for Him.
: do yo:: lead a sedentary life?,
Z" .'Not much; I have. twins to walk
the floor with" j, s %* & :, y !;
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20 p. M.
Dolly-Has Freddy a good educa-
ton?
ly-Well-er-I think he is very
deficient in arithmetic.
Dolly-Why so, dear?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he don't
seem able to count above ten.
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A Wife Trus

~ VUC 1EVSI.
what was that Mormon arrested
for?"
For maintaining combination In
restraint Of trade ! :,..1 :. s=;s: :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
TWENTY INDICTED
IN ROANOKE R I. RIOTS. 0. /
Grand Jury Makes Partial Report
and Adjourns Hearing to
Wednesday Next.
MAYOR APPEALS TO CITIZENS. L;
viii Ask Them to Raise Money.
to Pay Damages Sustained
by the Greeks.
MAYOR APPEALS TO CITIZENS
SilNil, Ask Them to Raise Money.
Especial to The Times Dispatch,7

4 !. Z. / 1
ROANOKE. VA, July 1.-THE special
grand jury ordered by Judge John w.
Woods, OF the Corporations Court to
Investigate the rioting Of last satur-
day, when mob smashed all the Greek
restaurants in town. reported twenty
indictments this evening and was adj
journed over until next "Wednesday, as
some Of tho important witnesses were
out of the city.
Sixteen indictments are for riotous
conduct, while four men, Albert Possin,
Gordon Settles. James Ferguson and
Backus Morris, are indicted for felony,
assaulting officers, throwing rocks, etc
James Ferguson is under arrest, Possin
has left the city, and the police are
searching for Settlers and Morris.
or those indicted for riotous con-
duct. the following have been arrested:
| Robert Crawford. J. II. Lester, Rob-
ert Bell. George Phillips. u. T. Ber-
| gendahl, Thomas lvers, ]. G.. Puckett,
James Taylor. Charles Chafin, Henry
Stone and William Holcomb. Tho first
| four named We're arrested during or
soon after the rioting. Corporation
/ Court is in session and 1t Is likely
1 the cases will be tried at this term.
| Mayor Joel Holomon Cutchin to-day
l issued a call for n mass-meeting of
4 the citizens for Tomorrow night for
Z the purpose Of raising money Eecea-
sary to pay the damages suffered by
Il the Greeks, Last night in the meeting
Of the Board of Aldermen when Mayor
4 Cutchin's request that the matter be
at once settled. was referred to a
+ committee, the executive told tho body
7 that he had been humilintd and that
he was not MS proud of his Office since
III seeing the lne-up OF the Aldermen, n
Owing to the number of arrests ant
those that are to follow, tho entire
, police force Is on duty tonight,
All the Greek restaurants We're oper
to-day. The Belmont, where the trou
bile started, has been changed to thl
: Phoenix. and is under new manage
ment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
ARE SUMMONED IN
GOVERNMENT CASE
MarshalF Serves Papers Oh Rich
mond Tobacco Men Who Are
Parties Defendant.

United States Marshal Morgan Treat
was busy yesterday summoning Rich
mond people in connection with the to-
bacco trust litigation. which will be
heard in the Circuit Court of the
Southern District Of New York on the
first Monday in September. Among the
persons or corporations upon whom
papers were served are the following:
The Imperial Tobacco Com-,,
pnny, of Great Britain and Ireland, q
Wexford G. Reed, Nichmond.
r.. a. Patterson Tobacco Cons
pany, Richmond.
CliH Well Cigar Company, Rich
mond.
David Dunlop (Inc), Petersburg.
II. G. Williams Company, Pcters-
burg.
The suit involves alleged operations
and acts Of the American To bacco Com.
pany, and 1t Is brought for the pur.
pose of disclosing tho question oi
| whether or not 1t Is trust. Tho I'm.
perinl Tobacco Company and it's rep,
resentatives and other persons anu cor
1 pOrations summoned@ are looked upoI
as. arms or allies Of the trust, and un
der the control OF tho American To
bacco Company. The merits of tho It'll
cation have been extensively set ou
in the. press, but tho Federal otllccr
4 here know little concerning ita details
i save what they have seen IN the papers
4 The Richmond and Petersburg me
summoned will make their appearance
4 and it is anticipated that they will b
used also as witnesses before the cour,
|ff Az to Patterson.
! When It was first announced, a awee
4 or more ego. that the r. "A, Patterso
tl.~-.,. ---------
.lconpnued on Ninth Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
ENORMOUS DAMAGE
BY CL0UDBURSTS
Loss Of Life and Destructive
Floods Result in State OF
West Virginia.
7.--Telephonlc

Z PITTsBuRG, July 17.-Telephonlc
communication with West Virginia
points late tonight report enormous
damage by cloudbursts and storms IN
the interior OF the State.
{f. At GAINESVILLE, o., to-day a cloudburst
and electrical storm resulted In three
deaths and much damage to property.
Taylor Davis was drowned while ford
ing a creek ut Museville and q man
was drowned in the Adams Mills basin.
His boat was upset by the wind. John
Kline n miner, OF Connellsville, was
killed by lightning at South Zanes-
Vile.
Along the Western Maryland Rail
road between Thomas and Elkins. w.
Va. the damage is SO great that IT
will not. be possible to operate that
portion of the road for at least "a
hours. 4 TWO hundred and fifty feet
of the track was washed over the
banks of Tub Run between Hambleton
and Hendricks, and at the same point
there is thirty-root landslide. All
telephone and telegraph wires are down
between Parsons and IIllSins. Between
Douglas and Thomas the tracks are
washed out for n quarter of q mile
Rain Is falling and railroad officials
fear ever greater trouble.
The Dry Fork Railroad is reported
under water and the big main of the
West Virginia and Maryland Gas Conf
papy was torn out at Parsons.
| On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
There mas been trouble between Terra
1Alta and Grafton, including washouts
and landslldes, and since o'clock
I this morning there have been no trains
(over that division.
J. The dam at Thomas has been weak,
ened, and 1t is feared itwill give
1aWay. precipitating several millions Q;
A gallons Of water into. Cheat and Ty,
iIgert's Valley, The coal and iron 8brancl
i|of the Western Maryland road, he
i tween Elkins, and Durhin, s6reportet
a tiled up by Washouts and lanasli Idea,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
BY CLAUDE A. SWANSON, I
Governor Of Virginia.

city that possesses better prospects
for the future Khan the city of Rich lnon 1t is the
prosperous States in the Unon
State of varied industries than any
State The strides made by Virginn in the last
fechly bespenl< the prosperity and
wealth which await her.
.Richmond will share largely In this great
Increased wealth. The immense progress made by Rich
last few years Clearly indicates what we
may expect future expect to Richmond one
the commercial and featuring elites or
Not only has 1T varied advantages
but also for the distribution of the
pro It's Of factories stores
and conservative character of its business
that this prosperity Will be steady,
permanent The people of Virginn are
proud superb capital and hail with delight her
increasing IN greatness and prosperity"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
Richmond To-day and Her Future.
BG JOHN w. DANIEL,
United States Senator from VirElnia.

"Richmond, he city of Virginia,
city of Its size In
we'll chosen to n Richmond Day jamestown
Expositon 1t becomes all the people of State
Interest in tie occasion.
history of Richmond eliminated
Accomplishments md
lost from treasures, would
be created like produced by grand
RAM O III
"Fatriotsm public spirit, enterprise, wealth.
learning refinement have indeed Richmond
great of history, the pride State
uminary those traits which make nations
.Taichmond Day belongs in the fitness things
to the jamestown exercises and may bring
pleasure ction to her citizens
ms to the multitude of people who honor love
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