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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1909-12-17
Elephant Butte Dam.

ant Butte dam which forms
the largest and most costly
unit Of the Rio Grande recla-
nation project is estimated to
cos. SO, 900, 900. twill be ar
ched up stream on a six degree
curve to Increase the resist
ance against the pressure of
the water, and the length of
the crest will be 1900 feet.
At river level the dam will be
4oo feet long, it being situat-
ed at the mouth of a long,
deep, narrow canyon. It's
height from bedrock founda-
ton to the crest will be 275
feet. Bedrock lies o5 feet
below the sandy bed of the
river, and to get foundation
for the dam it will be neces-
sary to excavate to this depth
and to width of 200 feet, for
the concrete structure of the
dam itself will be 10 feet wide
az the botto II. When bed
rick is reached on the cxcava-
ton, immense holes will be
drilled and blasted into the
rock aud steel pins or shafts
a foot or more in diameter
will be imbeded in these holes
in the rock at close intervals
and allowed to project above
the surface so as to become
an integral part Of the con
crete structure and prevent
any possible tendency OF the
great daam. to sir. On !. is IS. foun ~,
dations with the tremendous
weight Of the water b hind It
The thickness Of the dam at
the crest will be twenty feet
and this space will be occupi-
ed by a driveway. On the
upstream side the face Of the
dam at the rite Of one inch to
the foot, but on the down
stream side the slope will be
III inches to the foot, giving
a tremendous batter to resist
the pre- ssure of the stored
water. The depth Of the
water from the river bed TO
the spillway will be rs feet.
The splllway will occupy
natural gap seven miles above
the dam and willhave a length
of 500 feet. The reservoir
will be 40 miles long and in
some places, five or SIX miles
wide. 1t will have a storage
capacity Of over 100000
acre feet to the level of the
spillway or, approximately
100, 900, 900, 900 cubic feet or
100, 900, 100000 G a ] 10 MS
This amount Of water would |
supply all Of the needs of Chi
cago with its two million peo
pie for thirty yeats; it would
fill the Hudson river basin
from New York to Albany; or
it would cover the state of
Massachusetts six inches deep.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
SAYS CHICAGO UNIVERSITY
TEACHES IMMORTALITY

Chicago, July 14.-Prepared to de-
nounce the University of Chicago for
accepting money from Baptsts under
the guise of being a Baptist institu-
ton and then advocating free think
ing, Professor Johnston Myers of the
divinity school of the university made
ready to appear before the Baptist
Theological union today to oppose
his ousting by that body.
"I will inaugurate a fight against
the University Of Chicago declared
Myers, that will be nationwide.
will see that the institution is so
generally denounced that the people
of the United States will look with
horror upon it. I will work until no
reputable students go there, and be-
fore the fight is done the University
of Chicago will have ceased to exist.
my principal charge, outside of
one that the university teaches athe-
ism and immortality will be that its
whole conception and existence has
been a deception. It was started as
a Baptist institution and as such
thousands of dollars of Baptist mon
ey was poured into its treasury. Then
it began advocating free thinking and
was not true to its promises
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
P. P. COLLIER DIES
At ST. JOHNS, ORE

p. p. Collier, a former well-known
resident of Pendleton, died Saturday
! morning at the home of his son, City
Attorney II. E. Collier of st. Johns.
The deceased was an old soldier was
" years of age and had been in i'll
health for several months.
Mr.. Collier was born in Barren
county Kentucky, May 7, 1897. He
enlisted in the Goth Kentucky regi-
ment as a private and was discharged
as lieutenant in 1865. Immediate
ly after his discharge from the army
he was married to Miss Sarah Sullin-
ger, who survives him, after "A years
of married life.
Mr.. Collier left Kentucky for Mis-
souri, in 1870 and moved thence to
Pendleton, Ore, where in 1900 he
Joined Kit Carson Post, G.. A. r. He
resided in Pendleton until last fall,
when he came to st. Johns to be neai
his sons. He was an invalid since
February, 1908.
He is survived by his wife.
daughter Mrs. Annie Foster of Buff
falo, Wyo., and three sons, C. S. Col
lier of Lacombe, Alberta. Canada;
and Attorneys II. r. and j. A. Collier,
of st. Johns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14

Miss Reel does not believe in maxi
ing a white man of the Indian, but
thinks it best to educate him and
let him remain an Indian. She be-
lieves in practical methods and teach
es the Indian English first, and then
gives them an industrial training as
we'll as education in books. She be-
lieves in what Booker T. Washington
is doing for the negro, and has
adopted many of the Tuskagee meth
DDS for Indian schools.
Miss Reel is popular with the In
dams. She is known as the "Big
white Squaw from Washington" So
fond of her are some of the Indians
that they are willing that she should
take their children away and one
Indian woman insisted that she
should carry a pair of fat pappooses
to President Roosevelt. She doesn't
have to bribe the Indians with prom
ises and presents to send their chill
dren to school now. The Indians
want their children near them if pos.
sible, and therefore prefer reserva-
ton schools.
at Is a very interesting work, "
said Miss Reel. Nothing I have ever
done absorbs me as does this educa-
ton of the Indians"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
STORY Of THE WOMAN WHO HAS
CHARGE Of ALL INDIAN SCHOOLS

Miss Estelle Reel is a woman who
is doing great work in the United
States. She is and has been for II
years superintendent of Indian schools
for the United States. The fact that
she has served under different Sec
retaries of the interior department
and commissioners Of Indian affairs
is a guarantee that her work has been
satisfactory, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Miss Reel is a woman who can do
a mans work in a woman's way, and
that is why she has been so success
full. She can take care of herself,
is courageous and hardy. She has
travelled many miles on horseback,
thinks it no great hardship to ride
40 or so miles a day, sleep in her rid
ing "chaps" when she has to, and
accepting the inconvenience Of the
frontier in a cheerful mood. For
her protection she has relied upon
her own good sense and chivalric
manhood which is characteristic of
the men Of the boundless west.
After finishing her education in st.
Louis and the east, Miss Reel was ad-
vised by physicians to go to Wyoming
in order to secure the benefits Of the
climate. She became a teacher and
the wonderful air of Wyoming made
her healthy and strong. She became
& school teacher because she liked
the work and was interested in that
instead of politics, although Wyoming
was a woman suffrage state.
She was living in Laramie county,
the largest county and the political
center Of the state. One of her
friends was county superintendent Of
the county, and as this friend hap
pened to be away about the time
there was agitation over county poll
tics, Miss Reel felt It her duty to look
after the interests Of her absent
friend. She went to the county chair
man, asked him If her friend was to
be reinstated and received negative
reply.
"Why not?" demanded Miss Reel.
Frut IDS maui d 5JbA 80 lNA A4A N~AANA~4- /
and ought to keep the place"
1--WE are going to nominate her
husband for county office and we
can not have the whole family on the
ticket" was the reply.
81 do not see why" said Miss Reel.
young woman" said the chair
man severely, "you don't know much
about politics."
"Then yho are you going to nomi-
nate for superintendent" asked Miss
Reel
"We're thinking Of nominating
you" was the reply.
Her Introduction Into Politics.
That was Miss Reels introduction
into politics When the convention
met another woman was placed in
nomination for the place, and Miss
Reel was inclined to have her name
withdrawn, but her friends insisted
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
TRIP TO EUROPE SAVED
BY NEWSPAPER CAD

New York.-The Misses Kate and
Jane Dunphy, milliners, Of Denver,
came near not being able to sail for
Europe today on the steamship st.
Paul. While shopping in Broadway,
Miss Kate lost, through n hole in her
pocket, a gold watch, an envelope
containing 5000 and another envelope
containing their steamship tickets.
They advertised their loss The tick
cts were found in a store whore they
had been left by a man who had
picked them up in the street. An
other reply to their advertisement
told Of a boy who had found some
money. With a detective, the Misses
Dunphy called IN the lad and he re-
turned the 5000 and the gold watch.
He was given $40.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14

that she should let 1t go to a vote and
she was nominated by majority Of
four.
Miss Reel was green in politics, as
one can readily see, but went into the
campaign and told the people what
ought to be done to improve the
schools. In fact, she talked schools
instead of politics and the result was
her election by large majority. She
was reelected.
During her services as county su-
perintendent of Laramie county she
had the satisfaction Of seeing many
changes. Most of the schools at the
beginning of her term were taught
in sodhouses which is the first house
of the frontier. Before she retired
nearly every school was in a COM
Portable frame house, "a neat little
schoolhouse with bell on top" as
she puts it,
Then she was named for state su-
perintendent of schools. Miss Reel
was the first woman to be a state SUI
perintendent in any state of the
union. AS state superintendent she
became a member of all the state
boards, and was soon known as a
careful and painstaking official. She
became very much interested in the
leasing and disposition Of the state
school lands, with the object of Sc
curing a good school fund, the result
of which was that the state has now
satisfactory school fund and the
best system Of schools possible.
AS state superintendent her duties
took her all over the state, most of
her journeys being on horseback.
Her successor as state superintend-
ent is man. why did you not Sc
lect a woman?" she asked of the
political leaders. well, this man
is the father of II children" was the
reply, land we concluded a man who
is doing as much for the state was
entitled to as much consideration as
woman who seems determined to
remain an old maid" Miss Reel
laughed merrily and told her political
friends that she had no desire to
compete with the man who had II
children.
She "MalSes Good"
Miss Reel was selected for super
intendent of Indian schools because
those who had observed her work
as county and state superintendent in
Wyoming believed that she would
bring to the office the practical wo-
man sense which was needed to make
something Of Indian education. She
has not disappointed her friends, and
has given good satisfaction to the
government She is absorbed in her
work and devotes her whole time to
It. For at least 10 months in the
year she is out In the west, among
the reservation schools and on the
reservations where there are no
schools, inducing the Indians to send
their children to school somewhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
HUGHES Is SUGGESTED
FOR SUPREME BENCH

Chicago.-A Washington special to
the Tribune today says There is a
strong impression in New York and
Vermont that President Taft will Of
fer Governor Hughes the first vacan-
cy that occurs in the United States
supreme court. The tender Of the
appointment is regarded as contin-
gent upon the coming of vacancy
at a time when the New York COVER
nor can accept it. Many friends of
Governor Hughes do not think he
would accept the appointment should
It be offered The determination Of
President Taft to offer Governor
Hughes a place on the supreme bench
Is the immediate result Of their sew
eral days Of discussion at the Lake
Champlain celebration, just ended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
Secs Mother Grow Young.

at would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother
since she began to use Electric Bit
ters," writes Mrs. w. L. Gllpatrick
of Danforth, Me. Although past 10
she seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat, drink nor
sleep. Doctors gave her up, and all
remedies failed till Electric Bitters
worked such wonders for her
health" They invigorate all vital
organs, cure liver and kidney trou-
bles, induce sleep, impart strength
and appetite. Only soc at Tallman
& Co.'S and Pendleton Drug Co.'s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14

In order TO secure men with broad
enough knowledge of railroad mat
ters to put in line for promotion to
responsible positions in the operat-
ing department. ]. Kruttschntt, di-
rector of maintenance and operation
for the Hartman lines, has developed
plan for teaching possible officers
in practical way the fundamentals
of the operating side of the railway
| business. AS result of this plan
young men are now scattered through
the stations and offices of all grades
of the operating department of these
lines, who while doing work for
which they are paid, are being in
structed regarding numerous phases
of railroad operation.
In this connection also the %. r.
& N. and Southern Pacific compa-
nies have recently issue the follow
ing circular:
Portland, Ore, July 6, 1909.
To All Concerned:
An arrangement has been made to
appoint from time to time, bright
energetic young men to positions on
the road, passing them from depart
ment to department for the purpose
of giving them a practical knowledge
of railroading in the different de-
partments with the ultimate object
in view of fitting them for officer
ships.
1t will be practically a course of
years and months divided briefly
into the following periods:
First period-six months-student
in station service.
Second perlod-nine months-stu-
dent in maintenance of way service.
Third period-six months-stu-
dent in master mechanics office.
Fourth Period-flve months-stu-
dent brakeman and conductor.
Fifth period-two months-stu-
dent IN signal engineers office.
Sixth period-two months-student
in store department.
Seventh period-four months-stu
dent in accounting department.
Eighth period-eight months-stu
dent with trainmaster.
Students will be under salary and
subject at all times to the rules gov
erning the particular work at which
they are employed, and shall be on
duty the entire working time of the
month.
There will be a special and contin-
uous course of study, and reading
of standard railroad works to be ta-
ken up and pursued outside of work.
ing hours.
Any young man between the ages
of 81 and 80, having a college edu-
cation, a graduate of technical
school or possessing a good common
school education, is eligible to a stu
dentship.
Application may be made to the
undersigned, and must state age of
applicant, postoffice address, wheth-
er married or single, address of par
ents. present occupation, educational
qualifications, date graduated from
institution of learning and degrees,
If any; nature of railroad experience
and give at least three references to
persons in a position to certify as TO
ability and moral character Appli-
cations should also bear the en-
dorsement of the officers under whom
the applicants are employed.
NJ. ]. BUCKLEY,
General Superintendent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
TRAINING Of
RAILROAD MEN
SYSTEMATIC COURSE OFFERED
FOR PROSPECTIVE OFFICIALS

Kruttschnltt Has Developed
n Plan for Training Those Who
VIII Later Fill Responsible Posi-
tions-Young Men Are Scattered
Through Different Departments,
Receiving Good Wages While
Learning the Railroad Business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14

Farm laborers in the south, paid
by the month or year and fed and
supported by the landowner. receive
30 and 40 cents a day during the
working season
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14
For Sale CheaD.

Five acres with good house and
barn. all good garden land, in East
Pendleton, known as the Frank Rock
place Apply to Hartman Abstract
Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-14

There are organizations in England
10 fight rats and sparrows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08

gift for FItz Herbert. IT should be an in
terestng race and IL is to the advantage
of Fitz Herbert that he will be ridden by
the clever rider, Shilling.
OF equal interest with the Bowie Is the
second race, where Jack Atkin meets
shifty field at a mile and forty yards.
While Jack Atkin. though a Splinter, has
won at one mile and upward, he also has
been beaten at the distance by some or
binary horses. There is enough speed
and class in todays race to keep the big
sprinter busy, and il he gets home in
front he will earn his victory. The other
races, while not up to the two named in
the matter of class, are sure to bring out
smashing contests.
William Jennings. Marylands veteran
turfman. was loud in his praises of to-
days racing card. What Mary land
wants. said Mr.. Jennings. lis the best
racing that can be had i'm America, and
that is what the entries promise for today.
II seems like old times to have horses
whose names are known the world over
racing on old PimlicO track"
When the last race is run today about
$55,GN will have been distributed among
the horsemen for the fourteen days of
racing. The money has been pretty well
divided more than eighty owners sharing
in the distribution. c. G. Smithson leads.
largely through the performance of his
good three-year-old, High Private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08
RACES CLOSE AT PIMLICO.
Today's Card Called Best Offered OF
Hill Top Track in Years.

BALTIMORE. Nd, November S-The
best racing program offered in Mary
land in a quarter Of century will be pre-
scented at Pimlfco this afternoon. 1t will
be the close OF a successful fall meeting
At the track Saturday afternoon the pro-
gram for today attracted almost as much
attention as the business at hand. and
nothing but favorable comments were
heard. Oldtimers among the crowd agreed
that II looked like a revival OF the former
glories OF Maryland racing.
The card Is an excellent one all the way
through, and with the exception OF the
Bowie stakes, where Fitz Herbert looks to
outclass his field, IL is well balanced.
Those turfmen who have seen the great
colt Fitz Herbert I'm all OF his races are
inclined to the opinion that the distance Is
farther than Fitz Herbert really likes.
In the Realization, which was at one
mile and five furlongs, FitZ Herbert tired
badly IL Is significant that his owner
declined to send him two miles and a
quarter at Belmont Park against Olam-
bala at even weights, while I'm handicaps
AT shorter distances Mr.. Vosburgh asked
Fitz Herbert to concede fifteen pounds 10
OlamDala.
The light weight he will have TO carry
today is, OF course. In his favor. and he
NAV gallop from end TO end in record
time. but IL he should tire there is more
than one horse in the field that will be
waiting to pick him up II wouldn't be
wise to l,ok on the Bowie as an absolute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08
MASS MEETINGS CALLED.
Georgetown Rooters Will Organize
for Virginia Game.

The first gun to be fired by the George
town student body in preparation for
Saturdays game against Virginia will be
the holding of a monster mass meeting at
the Law School tomorrow night. This
affair will be in charge OF Dick Downey
and Fred Rice. two basket ball stars.
and will be held for the purpose of
organizing the cheering for the battle.
Provision will be made at the same time
for securing a band, and plans will be
adopted for the parade before the game,
in which all the students of the university
will participate. 1t is the intention of
those behind the meeting to secure some
of the alumni to make speeches, while
it is thought that Frank Carlin, pres
ident of the Athletic Association, will
also be on hand with few remarks.
The medical students and the collegians
will also hold meetings, either Wednes-
sible. the three departments will combine
for big assemblage Friday night. At
this time it is expected that some of
the old boys who were famous as yell
leaders will be on hand to lead the
cheers and encourage the men. Promi-
nent among these will be Aston Cock
rell and Dugal Pallen. both Of whom
were present at the Fordham game In
New York. The last mentioned was one
Of the greatest yell-leaders that ever
dttCHuCo tic IIiiitop sChooi, thC
choice as head cheer master will most
likely fall on him for the Virginia game
From all accounts the Blue and Gray
students are going to make the biggest
turnout i'm the history Of the school, and
they are all the more enthusiastic, since
they believe that the victors' laurels
will be kept at home. They realize that
Virginia will be on hand with almost
her full student body, and are determined
that Georgetown will not be outdone.
Virginia is making extensive plans Tor
the invasion of Washington. Two train
loads of students will arrive in this city
early Saturday morning, accompanied by
the famous Stonewall Jackson Band.
They will Immediately repair to head
quarters at the Arlington. from which
place they will escort the team to George
town Field. The gridiron men will arrive
in the city Friday evening
Coach Newman will begin today to
teach a number of new plays to ms
charges, and he will also settle definitely
sickness. ii may be necessary to forego
trying him at fullback, but this will
not be definitely decided until after this
afternoons workout. 1t is Thought that
the vanguard of alumni coaches will ar
rive here in time to help out this after
noon. The number will probably increase
until Thursday, when Branch BOSock will
go up on the heights to give the men a
few pointers. As Bocock has been
close watcher of Virginias tactics, his
information should prove valuable to the
Hilltoppers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08
REV. JAMES NORTH DIES.
Baltimore Preacher and Builder
Ends Labors Aged Eighty-Seven.

BALTIMORE. November 6-Rev James
North. a we'll known local preacher OF the
NJ E. Church, and for many years an ac-
tive contractor and builder. died yester-
day morning at his home. 219 North
Fulton avenue, from the infirmities OF
age.
Rev. Mr.. North was eighty-seven years
old, having been born July %. 1872. I'm
Dorchester county. eight miles from Cam
bridge. When a young man he came
to this city and went into the contracting
business. He soon was one of the fore
most builders. erecting annually from
so to 100 homes. including several
large halls and public buildings.
Among the more important buildings
the Academy OF Music, the blind asylum.
on North Avenue. now the new Polytech-
mic Institute: the Citizens National
Bank. Concordia Opera House and a
block of houses on Hopkins place. He
built many Of the large stores and houses
swept away by the fire OF 1904.
In 1910 Rev. Mr.. North married Miss
Jane r. Riggin, the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Israel Riggin- Mr.. Riggin is said
to have been the inventor Of the first
marine railway In this country, and held
1906.
For sixty years Rev. Mr.. North held
membership In Wesley Chapel Sharpe
and Barre streets. He was ordained
first as q deacon, then as an elder at
the instance OF the Baltimore annual
conference, and from the hands Of the
late Bishop Edward r., Ames. He was
also a member OF the national local
preachers organization and its treasures.