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are worth saving from pneumonia as
well as from falling stones"
Just as You begin to figure that the
cost of lumber must have figured into
fancy sums for the inside construction,
your eye catches sight of a saw mill
down the canyon, and you find that the
government has cut its own trees, and
sawed them up into humber OF every
description. A forest rider approach
ing or horseback explains this har-
mony with another department of the
government service for he and Mr..
Lytel talk over removing a tree in his
horse coorral. and gets the riders per-
mission before he touches IT,
FOREST RESERVE POLICY.
For criticism on the forest reserve
policy the canyon makes it's own an
swcr. Everywhere are young pines
that promise with half a dozen more
years to become real forest trees. Out
OF the devastation of stumps left by the
men OF a decade ago, a new hope is
springing up in younger growth. and
the value OF these to the valley below
is evidenced in the little pile of snow
lying beneath each tree while ba.e
spots all around testify where the sun
strikes in unobstructed intensity.
Tall quaking asps In the distance
thar would fall beneath the woodman's
axe the minute he was freed to devast-
ate them show what progress pro-
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Hampshire snowstorm.
Mr. Baynes took his team around to
sportsmen's shows and agricultural
fairs. He issued a standing challenge
against anything Of their own age in
a pulling contest, and against anything
Of and age In domestic cattle IN a speed
contest. He never got taker for the
he found taker for the speed contest
In young steer which had been bro
ken to a sulkey
The two little buffaloes had received
the gentle names Of War Whoop and
TomahaWk. War Whoop was chosen
for the race. At the 80 the startled
steer felt cyclone pass He caught one
glimpse OF the last he saw OF him until
he reached the grand stand, where War
Whoop stood wearing bored express
sion which indicated that an idle ife
did not agree with him.
Mr.. Baynes has discovered totally
new use Tor buffalo, which may some
time develop AN important new in
dustry in the United States, In spring
they shed their coat. II comes out In
great handfuls, and they could be
sheared like sheep by The application
of little ingenuity,
Mr.. Baynes took few handouts Of
wool from War Whoop and Tomahawk
strictly with their consent and sub
mitted II to the proprietor Of a WOODEN
mill.
Wen try it, said the proprietor.
'Baynes is a friend Of mine, and I'd
like 10 show him something"
His forman went away ana "hen he
came back said, well, I'll b. hanged
II thai stun amt felted as hard as
briek!'
III this proves durabe, said the
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manager to Mr. Baynes. you've found
something OF value to commerce"
MI. Baynes made the piece of STUFF
into pair OF driving gloves and after
two winters use they showed NOT a
sign OF wear The material Is stronger.
grade for grade than sleeps wool. A
WOODEN manufacturer In Wocestor
Mass, offered TO make up 500 pounds
OF the wool free OF charge purely for
the Interest In the experiment, but
Mn Baynes has as yet no way to fur
nlsh the wool.
In December, 1905, Mr.. Baynes. who
had spent several years rousing public
sentiment on the matter. organized the
American Bison society which now has
100 members, Ii includes many OF the
leading naiuralists. sportsmen and
public men Of the country, but curiously
enough the person who has given the
most money to further its work Is
woman.
The society Is preparing bill 10 bo
introduced at the present session Of
Congress asking the government to
fence preserve in suitable place
and establish q heard. similar bill
was introduced In the New York State
legislature In 1907, passed. and then
Yetode by Governor Hughes s.. II. call.
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SAVING THE AMERICAN BISON

NO preserve Il species from exl-
snction rs the task which l1rnsst
Harold Baynes has set himself,
and this the most Interesting. ro-
mantle. historical dlstnctively Amer
lean species that ever existed. the
American bison.
Mr.. Baynes deliberately set himself
the task two or three years ago of
preventing the American bison from be-
Ing swep off the surface of the earth.
In that quest he has done n number
of unsual things.
For instance. census of all the Amer
lean bison left on earth has just been
completed at his instance. There are
g O39 of them--825 Wild and Ina In
captivity. OF the Wild 20 are In the
United states and 300 IN Canada. or
the captlyes i,l0g are In the United
states, 455 IN Canada and 1870 in Europe
with the exception ~ one large
herd, there are not many more In the
eastern states than there are In
Europe, the bulk IN both sections, or
course, being in parks and geological
gardens. The great majority Of the
bison population Of the world is in
q few large herds in the West. so
that disease might easily sweep on a
whole herd. bringing the animal dan
garously near extinction.
Mr.. Baynes drives the only team OF
harness broken bison In the world. In
seeking to rouse public interest IN the
matter he asked the corhlns to turn
over 10 him four calves to be raised
by hand and receive a liberal education.
He raised them on the bottle, two doc
mcstic COWS supplying the nutrimen,,
Two of them he broke TO harness, and
when Thy were a year old they would
open the winter roads after New
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
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tcoted forest can make in a short time
That the government is not merely
playing dog in the manger" with the
wood Is shown by the fact that the
government forest rider will issue a
permit to cut what wood you can show
you need. provided you viii cut only
trees he will mark for you as ripe with
two symbols. one to the left on the
stump below your axe marks, and the
other above on the stump you carry
away
STATE SENATOR'S CONTRACT.
State Senator Henry Gardner. sitting
In the majesty of pioneer freedom
upon pile OF freshly hewn logs throws
additional light on the policy OF the
government Of protecting all the people
from the greed of a few. Gardner has
the contract to run the line of power
poles down the canyon to its mouth.
and he has cut all of his poles in the
canyon, the expert foresters pointing
out to him what trees We're ripe" for
cutting and those that grew so near
to neighbors that they could be spared
without loss TO the forest.
RUBBLE is SAVED.
An, economy IN resources shows It.
self on the dump from the tunnels
mouth. The lime clippings are being
so placed that they can easily he re-
bundled and sent back into the tunnel
out Of which they came. Added to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

used hoIoncr "a In, .-fvice and IL
shipped from project TO project so that
it is not bought to he thrown away
when this one Is completed
OF these irrigation schemes tho
diraran, ar.s ~ eaat .,,,,,ap
t,a,.. - 49,, Il 49,, ~ 80,
I,,at, q, 49, ''pp' ~ '''.,V''9 ~
n,uob noora- aa,,,y,a,,, .''D
EIGHTEEN PER CENT DONE.
The Strawberry nrotec, occordin~
TO the March bulletin or fine rec,a,na-
ton service ia Is Nor cont dono wb,le
there are dozen otbcrs oycr ga nor
cent compIeted The noIlcy 10 to
crowd those noar CONJUNCTION ca tbot
they will begin a return ao,y NJ rnonev
into the treasury. and thus allow the
use OF ihIS money on other PROPOSE
1tab hslonas in fine s,,th.ro a,,,
sion. which includes Nov Mnr,cn Tor-
ms and sortbarn C,.litor,ia -, t,,,..
division Then. ana hesidos rbo e,ra'..,
her,1. ,rojoct Tho Sal, p,yar -,
pocos and pio Grsrda n,a,ao,. ,,,n,,t
arc "a nor cont A., mo-. -, 49,, 90
nor CON, .,.,,,I.,,.1 ,.n,.,,a,,,'',, '''''
TRUTHFUL PROMISE.
From proiocts NOW updcr v,,y tho
government bos nror,tsod ,bo+ zoo Fno
ocros or lana vo,,ld lao hro,,oht ,,,,,o.
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that bends the other way over the
ridge. and before you lies the great
valley of the Strawberry. Ridges COM
pletely surround it, and in the bottom
there is a simmer of water in every
direction.
NATURAL RESERVOIR.
You See says ]. l.. Lytel the gen
ial giant Of outdoor life who masters
the problems of the undertaking, tine
valley is an immense natural reservoir.
That cut through the mountains away
to the south is Indian creek, which
runs into the valley, while that larger
cut east of IT is the one this foolish
river dug to make it's way out. Down
in the narrows of that river we Will
begin this summer building cement
and concrete dam that will back up the
rivers flow into strawberry valley"
And them"
For that the answer is mountain
over 10000 feet through from base TO
base. with a tunnel 1900 feet in length
chiseled into the western edge of 1t.
and 1850 feet yet to go. The uncom-
pleted problem includes the dam in
the river the long drilling through the
mountain, the making of u dirt cut
out into the valley, and finally the
making of cement lined canal
through those low swamps where no
team OF man could pass without sink
ing up TO the hips. With all these
things completed the water would be
through the tunnel and then there are
the canals nj the western end Of The
project to build, and the matter OF
clearing a % mile channel down can
yon for II 10 run through
HUGE PROJECT.
Hopelessly big as the project seemed
from this first full sized comprehen-
sion of il the fact that it is being
approached by plans Just as big and
free from defects which may spell fall
ure begins to bear in ON one as soon
as Mr.. Lytel starts to spell things out
in detail.
Down the big hill to the tunnel
mouth the path led over two classes
of surface sundstones ana then past
geological fault onto a bed of limo
rock. The tunnel Is not yet through
the limerick.
You see" began Mr. Lyte, what a
mess we would run into II we were tun-
neling into this geological fault down
hill. A rush Of water coming through
II. and II Is at such places that the
underground lakes mostly lie, would
food us out IN little while, But as
II is the minute we strike a food Of
water it has channel ready for it
running out.
GOVERNMENT CAMP.
a view of the government camp near
the tunnel opening Is given above. II
includes bunk houses with eight men
Ia the house. warmly built TO resist
winter winds ana SHOWS, and oconom-
ically built, for the stoves cali for wood
fuel that Is 80 plentiful In the vlcin-
ity instead of coal which would cost
si9 per ton freighted up one build
ing, remote from the others, contains
| an surgical appliances 10 care for The
! most serious accidents that might oc'
| cur with blasting material IN the tnn
| mel, and likewise cots where foyer pa
| tlonts could be Isolated, TO the kltch
en- there are double screen doors an(
| screen windows 80 that no ily or mo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
STAR Fits AWAY.

The boy stood on the bridge OF a
schooner beside the captain on starry
night. II suddenly became necessary
for the captain 10 go below, and he
said 10 the boy;
Here, take the wheel. IN be- hack
In few minutes, steer by that star
ana you win be all right"
The boy began TO steer the boat, and
soon he got her out Of her course. The
star now astern Instead OF ahead. lie
shouted down 10 the captain.
iii. skipper come up ana find us
another star, rye passed that one!r-
Philadelphia Record.
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the next three or maybe i've
J.. years the chisels of government
drills will pound away ON the
limestone of the Strawberry
mountains.
Then one day there will be a, great
celebration in Utah, Little Sixth Water
canyon, now carrying maybe 10 second
feet OF water Will receive a flow of
800 feet and the water will be turned
bose To cut its own channel down the
mountains, Away below canals will
be waiting to receive it, and 1000
acres Of dry Utah land will suddenly
leap In value from S25 to 81 900 per acre
The figures are not wild speculation
Land Is worth what principal it will
pay good interest upon, and land that
under dry farming pays interest on
12S will then be ready to pay interest
on $1,000. for almost every foot of the
great acreage is fiji for fruit or truck
hFming In which the greater values lie
Meanwhile for three years Salt
hkcrs who tire of contemplating the
greatness of a city with its first sky
serapers, can well afford to take a
aunt 10 Strawberry to witness the
greatness OF state with it's first gov
eminent irrigation project now in its
Preliminary stages
PROJECT FOR THE PEOPLE.
Irrigation projects belong to the
people not the government, ana the
people pledge their lands to pay for a
projects cost in 10 yearly payments
RON the date Of competon Thus
WITH 10 years after the work is done
water users corporation in Utah
county of which State Senator Henry
Gardner Is president viii take over
lhe management of the growing straw
perry tunnel and viii conduct IL as the
property Of this corporation, subject
ohly TO a government mortgage calling
'oF ohe-tenth Of the original cost each
year until paid for. Utah county wa
'ef rights are already signed up in the
matter, and one years work is com
pleied
INSPECTED EY GOVERNOR.
ulah's chief executive spent three
uays at the end OF Mays first week in
s~eIlng the Strawberry project, and
+" mat project then looked in the rec
ora OF It's work accomplished, the hope
" It's work yet to come and the posi-.
olltes Of its achievements In redeem.
'ng desert land, this article has Il
do.
You get one opinion of the mattel
IRON the snow-covered summit of tho
oFldo through which the strawberry
llVer has chsselod It's way out 10 IN,
rolmado. You get another from IN,
po''om Of this mountain where TN,
government is chiseling a now way
,'r The river TO bring It westwar,
pl'o Utah, and you get stim another
we" down the ridges rs miles I,
spanish Fork canyon whore the canaL
WIN their cement lining ana closoe
,u'Fefls are boing built 10 distiibut,
we water after II Is secured In sucl
plentiful volume.
run the summit of the mountalnl
he Immense size of the undertaken,
SUI Inc hopelessly small amount o
you, mp ''
iop climb through snow that melt
N sends It's drlpplngs westward to-
tNua 'he Sixth water nnally to SNOW
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
LIVES WORTH SAVING.

We figure that the lives of our
workmen are worth saving" explains
Mr.. l'ytel when you praise the com
pleteness with which the tunnel is tim
bered. And he continues pointing
TO the drying room, I'VE figure they
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

the sandstone clippings which arc
expected later they will be ground up
to become n portion of the concrete
mixture which is TO line the tunnod on
the bottom, on both sides and in all
arch across the top.
Does your previous experience sug-
gest that getting through the noun
tain win develop any sudden and diff
ficult problems | asked of Mr.. Lytel
when we were blowing our candles out
at its opening.
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED.
Yes he answered "At Montrose,
Colorado, we encountered great heat in
the middle of the tunnel which got so
intense that our laborers couldn't work
except in five-mlnute shifts. and then
were used up pretty fast We might
encounter an underground lake. or Il
flow OF water through the assure as
there are springs ON the mountain
above the tunnel line However, with
good luck We should mako about IL feet
a day ON the average until We are
through.
II win be a great sight to see the wa
ter from the tunnel como spouting out
In its FUN forco when the work Is FIN
ally done. 10 follow its work OF cut
ting Il channel down the canyon where
now only small streamlet flows win
be another sight ana the figuring of lis
utility viii begin.
NATURAL ENGINEER.
1--WE will let the water do lts own
work in the canyon. ! guess It is as
good an engineer MS tho government
has" Mr. Lytel explains on the plans
for the % miles above the canal heads.
and after you have driven past many
herds OF cattle and nocks OF sheep
down these % miles, you find the gov
eminent forces IN the thsk that Is now
before them.
II Is to dig n power canal FAR enough
around the mountains leading south
from Spanish Fork canyon to establish
on It the electric power plant. a new
passage FOR the Spanish Fork river IL
the first piece Of work you encounter,
ana then you find hundred men blast
ing AT the foundations Of the river bed
in It's old channel, IN order TO sink con
crete dam footngs deep enough TO for
ever prohibit tho passage Of water un-
der them.
TWO TUNNELS.
Two tunnels, one through lime rock
and the other through cohble drift
mark the opening of the new canal,
and concrete mixers az work In both,
are wallmg them mp so that no frio-
ton win retard the swift now Of water
through them.
A section of the open canal along
the bench land, encased IN smoothly
finished concrete walls. stretches be-
yond the tunnels. ana from tho end of
this work. a commanding view of the
lands 10 be irrigated Is to be had.
They are in dry farm crops now, sell
ing FOR s25, and waiting for the wa
ter IN the canal 10 be ~ FOR orchards
ana hncr gardening with the greater
returns those win bring
WILL COST Se,OOO,ooo.
Hardly begun as the project rs, Il
has consumed 100000 of government
money. and It is figured that $1,000
900 viii complete Il, The maehlnery
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THE DRYING ROOM.

The first building YOU encounter on
coming out OF the tunnel is a drying
room" where a big stove affords
warmth to dry out the workers clothes,
and after you have waded up into the
tunnel its full length with o sputter-
ing candle in your hand you can ac-
count for this. Water drips from every
crack through the timbering, and n
workman would have a long and chilly
walk from the opening to the camp
above, should he try to make ii in his
wet clothing.
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s eC710H az G0u0I

sauito could carry its Toad of germs
into the cooking appliances.
No Worllmen are now operating In
the tunnel itself, nor have they been
since last August. A reason of econ
omy, explains this, for expe;u figuring
demonstrated that it would be cheap
er to build an electric power plant on
the stream below than TO tunnel with
gasoline power at the price of gasoline
freighted to the tunnel portal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-22
SHERMAN ACCEPTS BLAME
Republican Vice Presidential Candi-
date Drawn Out by Congress
ncn De Almond.

On the word Of James Schoolcraft
Sherman. Republican vice presidential
candidate. full responsibility for con-
gress' failure to enact many needed
laws must be assumed by the Repub-
lican party.
April s, 1908. in the house, as printed
in the Congressional Record, Repre-
sentative David \. De Almond, of
Missouri, said:
when the question is asked any
where in the country-and it will be
asked-why was not this measure
considered why was not that meas
ure passed, why was not the other
measure brought up? there is one an
swer, and only one: Because the Re
publican majority in this house willed
that it should not be considered, should
not be brought up, should not be
passed. We can stand upon that rec
ord. 1t IS well known that there is
pressure in the country, and very great
pressure, for the consideration and
measures. 1t is we'll known that
large majority of the voting strength
of the country is inSiStent upon the
consideration and the passage of i'm
portant measures. Do not go to them
again, as you have done so often and
so successfully, and endeavor to de-
Jude them into the belief that some
l. ;TsNv-n
for the measure and somehow you
could not pass it. You can have con-
sideration, because you have the pow
er to enforce it; and, so far as meritori
Gus measures are concerned, as has
been demonstrated here more than
once and will be demonstrated again,
and abundantly demonstrated. you
have only to express the WILL you have
only to give the opportunity, and II
you lack the votes upon that side, as
you do not there will be an abundant
addition here"
Sherman Admits 1t.
The same day, replying, Mr.. Sher-
man said
The gentleman from Missouri in
Inmates that the Republican side OF the
house desires to do away with the roll
calls because of some fear Of making
a record upon some question before
the house. Mr.. Speaker, the Republic
an party in the house, the Republican
party in this nation, is prepared today
to accept full responsibility not only
for everything that is done, but for
that which is not done in the way of
legislation and administration. APP
plause on the Republican side.1 We
recognize the fact, sir, that this gov
eminent today Is Republican In all its
branches. We recognize the fact that
we have Republican president, brave,
wise, and courageous. We recognize
that we have a Republican majority
in the senate. that we have a Republic
an majority i'll this house that is ready
to resort to every legal, every proper
constitutional right to enact such leg
islation rs it deems for the best in
terest for the greatest number of our
people, and which is willing and ready
to accept full responsibility for all
those measures which are introduced
here and which are enacted into law"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-22
READ THIS BEFORE YOU
VOTE"
An Intere sting Political p Oster.

A poster is being distributed about
the state that is unique in a political
way. The headline IN bold type is
Is Read This Before You Vote"
1t presents no mans picture and
points the promises and good points
of no candidate. But it does point
out in a very forcible way the impor-
tance of the good roads amendment to
our state constitution.
The Good Roads Association is an
organization chiefly of farmers
formed for the sole purpose of push
ing the cause of better roads in Wis
cOnsin. Realizing that ours is the
last state to have constitutional pro-
vision fOrbidding the state to aid the
farmers in road building they are do
ing everything possible to present the
Importance of this amendment TO the
voters.
The poster states that this amend
ment is not confined to any one party
hut thai progressive men of all parties
favor it. Ii states that resolutions
favOring the amendment have been
passed by the state organization of
Equity Society, the State Grange, the
grlcultural Experiment association,
and every other important state farm
ers society. In addition the State Press
Association and the State Rural Car
riers association have passed resolu
tions favOring iC.
The difficulty with getting this
amendment passed is that, like all
amendments it attracts little attention.
1t is at the bottom of a long ballot and
after the voter has put crosses after
the names Of ali the men he wants to
see elected he is almost sure to fold
up his ballot and hand it in. The vot-
ers who vote straight ticket also fail
to vote for the amendment.
The poster ends with the pointed re-
quest-"Don't Fail to Vote-Mark
Cross after Yes the First Thing You
Do in the Voting BOOTH. Every
thoughtful voter should make a re-
solve to do this. Wisconsin should
not be behind its neighbors, and be-
hind every other progressive state IN
the building of good roads. The his
tory of road building shows that no
country has ever attained good roads
until some large unit of government
has taken the matter up and helped
the local people pay for them