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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-30
Criticism Expected.

d F. Beaman of Denver. Colo, will
address the convention tomorrow
morning on forestry service, and it is
intimated that such criticism of the
service as may be INDUCED in will
come at that time.
The livestock interests are we'll rep
resented. and their desires as to the
resolutions regarding government reg
ulation of the public domain and forest
reserves may precipitate sharp discus
sion
A movement has appeared. backed by
a number of well known men, to make
the irrigation congress a permanent
working organization, with headquar-
tiers and a secretary whose duty would
be the collection of data and informa-
ton for the use OF the congress in fur
thering needed legislation and arousing
public interest in reclamation and con-
servation work TO be undertaken. The
movement is finding favor among the
DELEGATES
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Law Library

For sale. Very cheap. J. c. Royle, -;
South Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-30
Two Letters and a Telegram.

Two letters and a telegram were read
TO the congress at the opening session
from President Roosevelt. The first
was addressed to the congress and con-
veyed the presidents greeting, his ap-
reference to the Importance of recla-
nation and conservation of natural re-
sources. The second letter was adj
dressed to the local board of control,
replying to an invitation on gold plate
recently conveyed TO the president. A
postscript at the bottom of this letter
aroused wild enthusiasm among the
delegates and spectators as ii was read
by Secretary Fowler. The president
wrote:
II earnestly hope that this winter /
shall have a chance to sign bills con-
ferring statehood on both New Mexico
and Arizona"
The congress unanimously directed
its officers to reply to the message by a
telegram, with an expression of thanks
for the favorable expression toward
New Mexico and Arizona.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Mayor c.. H. Lester of Albuquerque,
Governor Curry Of New Mexico and
President Frank C. Goudy of Denver
in response. made to the opening adj
dress of the congress.
Following Mr.. Goudy's address. an
adjournment was taken until after
noon to allow the delegates to attend
the formal opening of the exposition
of irrigated products.
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Afternoon Session.

The afternoon session was occupied
by brief responses TO the address of
welcome. among the speakers being NJ.
Rene TaVernier, chief engineer of the
French bureau of public works; Senior
LourenciO Beata Neves, chief engineer
Of the Brazilian government; Tulio
Larranga, representative of Porto
Rico; Ignacio Da Costa, consul general
for Portugal. Charles Commanchio of
the Chilean government; Herr n. Kau-
marns, representative 70 Germany, and
representatives of Canada, England
and Cape Colony.
Some time was devoted to the report
of the officers of the congress and to
reading communications, among them
being a letter from Forester Clifford
Pinchot and a telegram from William
c. Smythe of California, founder of the
congress, who was to have delivered
an address at the afternoon and who is
unable to attend.
Former Governor l.. B. Prince of
New Mexico delivered the closing ad-
dress of the session. his subject being
Yesterday and Today"
According to the rearranged program.
d. q. Beaman of Denver. who is to speak
on national forests and the forest service,
will deliver his address tomorrow.
The Illinois delegation In caucus tonight
declared for Spokane for the next meeting
place. endorsed George II. Barstow of
Texas for President and +. III. Griswold
of Chicago for secretary of the congress.
The California delegation has also de-
clared FOR Spokane.
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posite into an artihcially land locked
harbor.
A like great task was carried through
successfully when Havre completed
It's jetty and sea wall. In reality, how
ever, the great Havre jetty was built
far out into the English channel in
order to give the harbor a protected
entrance. Far bigger still was the con-
struction of the moles which supply
Amsterdam with a port on the North
sea. Also the Amsterdam port presents
one of the most interesting examples of
canal construction in connection with
the making of an artificial harbor. The
purpose of the North sea canal Of Hol-
land was to allow Amsterdam, situated
on the Zuyder Zee. to ship directly into
: the North sea In competition with Rot
terdam. No conditions favorable to a
harbor existed, but the Dutch mer-
chants did not care. They dug their
waterway clear across Holland, coming
out upon sand dunes. Then north and
south of this opening they ran mile
long piers out into the sea- To build
these 1t was necessary to lay a riprap
foundation upon the sand under the
water and then to place upon this bed
regularly set blocks of granite. AL
most a mile apart when they start from
the shore the moles draw closer to-
gether the farther they go out to sea,
till their far ends stand about thou
sand feet apart And where each pier
ends 1t is built up in 40 feet of water.
The whole area thus inclosed approx
mates ESQ acres, while 135 acres have
been dredged to accommodate steamers
of great draught
OF all such harbors none is more pic
. turesque than Boulogne sur Mer. The
others are commercial through and
through; the feeling they engender is
of great commercial undertakings
masterfully accomplished. But the
sight of handsome liner passing out
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London's Remarkable Docks

For dock construction, pure and SIM
pie. whether aided by conditions or not,
those of London are the most remark
able and those of Liverpool come sec
ond. The first great London docks
still in use are those of the West India
company begun under royal patent
of 1900 to 1892. The largest one on the
south side of the Thames, by itself,
cost S2,500,000 and covers an area of
27k acres. Today the various wet
docks in London are almost innumer-
able, stretching all along each bank of
the Thames below the tower. And at
Liverpool are so docks whose combined
area aggregate 3SS acres, exclusive of
the T9 acres taken up by entrance
basins. The newest of these cost $20,-
100000. The quay space which they
afford all together extends over 26
miles. In order to carry out the project
of this vast harbor 1t was necessary to
construct a sea wall which, as an engi-
neering feat, is one of the greatest
works of modern times. This wall at
the mouth of the River Mersey running
out as protection against the Irish
sea, extends for six miles In the water,
having a thickness of IL feet and being
40 feet In height. One might say that
Il makes Liverpool and Birkenhead OPP
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OF Boulogne into the turbid channel
beyond fills one with the feeling OF the
contrast of perfect grace and unre-
strained strength. There is fine sense
of sureness one gets from the endurance
of those long, thin piers curving to
ward off the rough channel seas and
to hold calm the harbor they inclose.
The moles that constitute these break
waters will admit large vessels at high
tide. Their construction, begun in 1879.
took years, and the longer of the two,
that to the west, stretches 764 yards
into the sea, and cost, believe $4,000
600. Unfortunately. at present further
harbor Improvement in Boulogne 10 at
standstill because of failing funds.
The Basin fiot,'' or ,wetdock, built
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there by Napoleon in 1904. is still the
principal one.
AS a builder of harbors Napoleon Is
little known; yet his work at Boulogne
alone, undertaken because he needed a
port in which to assemble the flotilla
of 2.400 transports intended for an In
vasion of England, should accord him
a high position as a constructor. Pre-
vious co his work here. from 1900 to
1903, Napoleon had concerned himself
with constructing a new harbor and
quays at Antwerp. The strategical
position Of that city attracted him and
he projected vast scheme for Its i'm
provement, part of which was carried
out. But as a seaport of Importance
Antwerp dates as far back as the
seventh century at least. Its name
supposedly comes from an old Dutch
expression meaning "at the wharf" and
from 1888 to 1870 Antwerp was the
chief commercial port of Europe. How
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By Augustln c. Keane

TT MERICA stands justly at the
head commercially and almost
II without rival as the worlds
most productive nation. To
many of US that fact pictures forth
only our manufactures and agricul-
ture. Little do we realize the pres
ence of the greatest of natures allies
that gives an impetus to commerce and
which has made possible this country's
sudden rise TO commercial pre-emi-
nence without natural harbors our
wealth would still be confined within
the American continent and we should
still be struggling to find ourselves"
But, given harbors without equal,
America has become wealthy beyond
peer. It is safe to say that the great
est aid this continent has had in sur
passing all others has come from the
number of its natural harbors.
America knows almost nothing of
artificial harbors It has never been
necessary for Americans to construct
them. The idea of centuries of labor
and millions of money to create and
equip a port seems preposterous. Yet.
in Europe today there is hardly a
single harbor which does not repre-
sent generations OF euort and energy.
The obstacles that have been over
come might appear insurmountable to
US accustomed as we are to naturally
endowed bays and ports. The story of
almost any one European harbor un-
folds an epic of undaunted will to
achieve
Fabulous systems of canals have
been ruled and dug for the accommo-
dation of seafaring craft. where for
merly were rolling hills or treacherous
shoals or currents stealing to suck
down ships and cargoes. Granite
ousys and moles have been raised to
hold back earth and sand that would
choke the ports. and to restrain the
sea from flooding great stretches of
land. Docks of vast area have been
strung together for the safe berthing
Of vessels. where no natural haven
existed. Nile upon mile of jetties has
been thrown out to sea to ward off
storms and tides. In northern Europe
the tidal changes are so great that
hardly a ship could be loaded were it
not for the construction of wetdocks
indeed every port must have several
Of them. At Liverpool alone, the rise
during neap tides Is 2l feet which
rises 70 81 feet during spring tides
To offset difficulties OF loading born OF
such tidal changes wetdocks provided
with double sets of lock gates allow
ships to enter at any time without
diminution of the water within the
dock, where an even level is main
tained by construction of masonry
These are differentiated in name from
dry and floating docks; and their cost
usually reaches such a figure that the,
constructing them so many adverse
conditions need to be guarded agains
as to represent accommodating diff
culties A few of the obstacles 70
which provision must be made in Great.
t>g an artificial harbor are the volume
and velocity of fresh water to b.
handled, the tidal prism. wave action
winds and currents, form of basir
necessitated by natural environment
and location, evaporation, latitude
character of material used and ex
posure.
At Havre. where the rise of thu
tide varies from 20 to q feet, TIT
French have built one of the best har
bors in the world. Six months age
it bossted ten spacious basins pro
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Cesar &RAN1EE
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kA&bOR

vided with wet and dry JOCKS, and
work was going ahead upon two new
basins. There one-f1fth of the COM
merce of all France is taken care of;
a large part of the export wine, brandy,
oil. cloth, leather. jewelry and various
manufactures passes through Hayre.
Approximately $370 900 worth of
cargo crosses its quays annually. To
form out of nothing a harbor of this
Importance has taken hundreds of years
of effort. Before 1903 nothing was
there. Forty years later the labor of
Francis / had formed a haven for his
fleet of 176 sail. Another hundred years
and they dug the "Bassin du Roi,'
which is still used for lesser craft.
Twenty FIVE million dollars produced
the Grand quay of the north side of
the harbor between 1881 and 1887. It's
} nine granite basins and 16 locks run
in semicircle into the very center of
the city. The largest of these basins,
whose completion consumed 10 years
of labor covers 75 acres of water.
There the big transatlantic liners
are docked and there also are ware
houses with an area Of 81 acres. The
task of forming such a harbor under
adverse conditions, where every adj
vantage has been gained with brains
and money, looms almost beyond belief.
One might imagine that the Seine
opening into the English channel at
this point would offer assistance to the
realization of the project 1t does
offer assistance by affording a water
way for bringing down products from
the interior, but beyond that it is an
obstacle Why a canal 15 miles long
and 100 feet wide had to be dug paral-
lei to the river to control it's current.
However. great though this canal is.
the largest work in connection with
Havre harbor centers around it's basins
ond sdocks
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Great Marseilles Harbor


Other interesting historic harbors are
Marseilles, Calais and Dieppe. II Bou-
Iogne be picturesque Marseilles Is ro-
mantle. Nowhere but in some OF the
oriental ports jammed with vagrant
craft from the Indian ocean or China
sea can one find the miscellany OF vaga-
bond life that swings in the tide Of
Marseilles. AS the cafes along the
quays smell warm of dozen outlandish
ports dear to the wanderer, so Is a
fantastic variety of sails blown In and
out between the lighthouses OF Mar
seilles. Crowded together in its great
harbor. the greatest OF the Mediter-
ranean. lie ocean liners. stately sailing
vessels and quaint old fashioned trad
ing boats with lateen sails. The earli-
est, almost primitive. harbor- basin Of
Marseilles can accommodate 1900 mer-
chantmen. Labor untold went into con-
structing its 10 acres. whose depth
ranges from 1S to "a feet. In 1855 a
new breakwater 1900 yards long was
commenced, and more recently the
basin "Dieu Donne' has given anchor
age to the heaviest men of war. Al
most unparalleled energy has forced
forward the improvements which have
multiplied docking facilities five times
since 1850. Five new wetdocks have
been completed and others are under
way. Greatest and most daring or all
is the massive breakwater. La Jettee."
two miles of which have cost $1O,-
000,0 900. For all its romantic richness
Marseilles presents as much OF the re-
suit of past activity and present energy
as any other great artificial harbor.
Dieppe. and Calais, on the other hand,
have fallen far below their former emil
nence. The commercial activity OF
Dieppe was at its height in the four
teenth century, though the remains OF
the old Venetian harbor there have al
most entirely disappeared. and the
neighbortng town OF La Pollet founded
by Venetian sailors, IS now q home OF
French fisherfolk. Still the modern
harbor possesses half dozen wet
docks and the quays are OF as heavy
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ever, one must admit that the great
est work which has been done to i'm
prove this harbor IL comparatively
modern. Since 1877 some $2o.0o0,000
has gone TO completing different pro-
jects. SO that now Antwerp is resum-
ing somewhat of its old maritime emil
nence.
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OANAltS ANJ - Zs.s.. -.
SIDIGES @CNNN@NO a
WfEH TIE EkR6oR OF CALAIS
so SURROUNOIN2 SOUNI1e4 1'lAa
SE INUNDATED AGNNgT AN
AHTASKING ENEMY
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
WEIGH Block Completed.

The E. G. Welch brick block on the
corner OF Third and sherman Is now
completed and a portion Of II rented.
and negotiations are pending with a
number of individuals for the rent
ing of the remainder.
The building is one story In height
and is constructed of white compress
ed brick. and is one of the handsOm-
est structures in the city. The front
portion is divided into three store
rooms. One Of these is nov Occu-
pied by the stock exchange. but the
other two have not jet been rented.
The rear part Is divided into two Of
fee rooms. one Of which Is nnOeeu-
pied and the other occupied BY c.
B. LeDeau.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Following is a list OF real estate
transfers of Kootenai county as fur
nished by the Occur d'Alene Abstract
& Title Guarantee company:
William Mason to Eliza Connor;
$4,000: e1a of the swA and VIZ of
he Sc 4 of sec %. twp so, ".
Avondale Stock Farm to S. Dahl
borg; $500: all tract l of Avondale.
Caesar Masini to John b. Taylor;
81; lot /, blk IF. nIz of lot /. blk
m" lots %, blk 16. Occur d'Alene,
4 interest in lot SO. blk $40, sher-
man Park, lot 6S, Sherman Park. lot
6. blk "B," BOughton & Kelso addi-
ton to Occur d'Alene.
S. G. Sargent ct ux. to Kenneth NJ.
Hunter. 5000; tract -, Fruitdale.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
SHOT; FALLS OFF HORSE.
Stranger at CoIfax Declares He Is
Hit, but Mark Is Not Found.

CoLFAX. Wash. July 23.-Con-
siderable excitement was caused in
town last evening by the report that
Officer Hickman had shot and mortal
ly wounded a stranger while attempt
ing to arrest him for disorderly con-
duct, and people who witnessed the
AFFAIR were unsparing in their CEN
sure of the officer until it became
known that the fellow was not hurt
at all. but simply thought he had
been killed when the officer discharg-
Ell his revolver in the air in order to
stop him.
The man was trying to ride his
horse into Main street saloon when
first seen. He promised to be good
but as soon as he thought he was out
of reach of Hickman he rode his
horse up on the pavement and gave
a wild west performance. Hickman
started after him, took hold of the
bride bits and told him he was under
arrest, but instead of submitting he
struck Hickman OF the head, almost
knocking him down.
The officer drew his gun and shot
into the air and the fellow pitched
head first OF his horse and lay writh-
ing and groaning on he ground. He
was not hurt and was locked up.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
HEINRICH TO THROW FIVE.
Must Dispose Of Heavy Men In an
Hour.

MUST DlspOse Oh heANy wen IN an
Hour.
SPOKANE, Wash, July 23.-In
addition to taking on 1--WE men.
whom he agrees to throw within an
hour, Joe Heinrich announces that he
will wrestle any conner after the
Stone-MOon match at the Elks' tenn
pie tonight. He has already arrang-
ed to meet Dutch" Wagner, who
bested him in handicap match some
time ago. The five men whom Helm
rich has contracted to pin to the mat
within an hour are all heavy men.
and some of them. notably Max An
derson and John Lee. have recorded
good performances in previous match
es, Anderson and Lee having stayed
IL and 10 minutes. respectively, with
Jack O'Neil.
The list of men follows: Max
Henderson. $50 pounds; John Lee.
900; E. Flanders, 227; Joe Staeheli.
$50: Fred Anderson. IT'S. All of
these must be thrown by Heinrich in
an hour. pin falls only to count.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
Conntr seat RemovaI.

The executive committee of the
County Seat Removal club have
placed county seat removal petitions
in the Occur d'Alene Drug store and
the Lake Side Pharmacy, at which
places any person who has not sign
ed. and who desires to sign, may sub
scribe his or her name to the petit
ton. All persons who we're not seen
by the eirculators are earnestly re-
auested to sign before July %. 1908.
The qualifications are as follows:
Citizens Of the United States. over q
wears of age. in state six months and
in county 80 days.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23

twenty-five head Of native bred
and raised work horses. gentlemen s
roadsters and single drivers and
few saddle animals. These horses
we're raised in soutern Idaho and are
all well broken and kind and gentle.
We invite an inspection and trial By
those in need Of first-eiass animals.
ELwELL 4 MewILLIAMS.
Occur d'Alene Livery.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23

A smoker was given last evening
at Sanders hall by the Modern
Woodman lodge. The attendance
was good. Refreshments were served
and an enjoyable time had by all.
Suit was filed today by Crittendon
& Co. against the Idaho Northwest
ern Railroad company. The suit is
an action on a note amounting to
$500. A writ of attachment was is
sued.
The Ladies of Woodcraft will give
a progressive whist party at Sanders
hall Friday night July "a. Four
prizes will be given, refreshments
will be served and a good time assur-
ed. Public invited.
Mrs. Jessie Hackett and Mrs. E.
A. McCarty entertained a number of
friends at cards at the Blackwell
pavilion this afternoon. Light re-
freshments were served. About 60
guests were in attendance.
An attachment has been levied by
d. HOlzeman & Co., of Spokane,
wholesale liquor dealers, on the Ii
quor stock of Broer Swan and John
A. Swan, better known under the
firm name of Swan brothers. The
establishment has been closed and
is in the hands of the sheriff.
Metropole U. S. inspected meats.
e. w. McInturff, of Rathdrum, is
a candidate for the Office of assessor
for Kootenai county. Mr. McInturff
is at present idendified with the
Kootenai Abstract company. and is
a man of well known business ability
and integrity. He has hosts of
friends in the county who will give
him their support for the nomination,
and in the campaign, should he re-
ceive it.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
The X. B. has no equal.

A game of ball will be played this
evening at 6 o'clock between the Ep-
worth league of the Methodist church
and the bankers team. The game
will occur at the Fort grounds. No
admission will be charged, but a
collection will be taken up at the
grounds. The league has adopted
this method to raise funds for the
purchase of an arch glass window for
the new Methodist church. which is
under construction.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. July 2s.-Ad-
herents OF the Colored Primitive
Baptist sect from all over the South
are participating today In the jubilee
and dedication services al the Ma
tioRaI Primitive Baptist Memorial
Building grounds
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-23
wALLACE-sT JOE ROAD ASSURED
Expense Of Building 90 be Borne by
City. County and Forest service.

WALLACE. Idaho, July g. As
result OF a conference between the
county commissioners and Supervisor
r. II. Rutledge and Dorr Skeels Of
the forest service. ii is stated that
the wagon road which is to connect
Wallace with the St. Joe river is as
sured. The cost of the I2-mile ex-
tension to the Slate creek road will
be borne Jointly by the county. city
and forestry service.
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I'M rppOr, the same to the office. as it Is our
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nE their work. ,.
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