Arizona republican., 1909-08-23
THE RISING
 RESERVOIR Roosevelt Dam al the Highest
 Point l82 Feet THE STAGE OF WATER
The Narrow Escape of Two Men From Drowning In a Tunnel Criminal and Other Matters At the Damsite Last Week

Roosevelt. Aug. is-(Speeial cor respondence of The Republican.)- The dam at it's highest point nov reaches the height of 1S2 feet The lowest point still remains at 1O6 feet, where the waste or surplus water of the dam passes through The gen eral average height of the dam as near as could be learned stands at l5O feet. There has been a rise ow- ing to recent storms of some three feet in the lake level and the depth of the water just before passing over the dam is 113 feet. making the body of water passing over the dam tally at about seven feet in height. Dur ing the month of July there was laid in round figures, 10000 cubic yards of masonry. The pipe line across to low part of the dam that is to be used to carry the surplus water above the 106 foot level is being pushed as rapidly as arrival of material will al- low. The tunnel in the north side into which this piping is to empty is now in the neighbOrhood of 100 feet long. The old casing of the emerg- ency gates has been removed and new ones are to be placed in position
 The brass rollers used on the gates previously are to be discontinued and the space for them filled in solid with the proper metal to withstand the rayages of water and time The gates instead of dropping at an in cline into place when shut are to be handled vertically The work in con nection with the placing of the new castings for the gates is going on slowly, but thoroughly. With lessons learned of experiences, no nasty work is allowed, but every thing done in the best and surest way regardless Of time. During the last week, storms of wind, rain, thunder and lightning have been busy in this vi- cinity- Tuesday night being tae worst one of the bunch. A very heavy wind struck the town seeming ly from all directions at once accom- panied by a heavy cloud of dust which proceeded to cover everything inside the tents and outside with an eighth of an inch of dust and was followed by a heavy fall rain, almost amounting to a cloudburst. The skies were overcast with a heavy body of clouds of a purple color and yellow edges something in the way of a distinct departure from the regular colOring of the clouds during thunder storms here. Even the lightning came in a long dazzling flash of white and changing to a distinctly purple color before it disappeared. thought l had 'em and all purple at that, but l was treasured of my sane condition when others spoke of hay ing noticed the same phenomena.
 A man by the name of Y. B. Brown or so-called, who has been employed here for some time by the govern ment, recently was laid off. He seems to have been acting rather queerly for the last few days and yesterday started for Mesa from the new town. Arriving at the gOvern% ment blacksmith shop he surprised the blacksmith there by taking water from the tub used to dip hot irons in and pouring it on his shoes. com plaining that his feet were burning him. After doing this for awhile he went back of the blacksmith's shop where there was a hydrant and let ,the water run on his shoes for some fifteen minutes. Not being contented with this, he proceeded to the canal a