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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
n1P1GIBLE FLIES IL HOURS
The Clement Bsysrd " To BE Fart Of
French Aerial Fleet

complegne. France. July 8.-The dirgihle
balloon Clement-Bsyard ~, which started
~ 1870 O'Clock last night on twenty 70
iour-hcur Trial trip. flying between Com
risgne and Scissors. descended II a
o'clock this afternoon The dirgible will
hscoroe = part q the French aerial feet
Although Walter Wellman, the American.
faxed 20 cross the Atlsnt.c. he succeeded
last October IN establishing new records
for the dirigibls. making l.oo5 miles. 81
compared with the former record OF 30
miles. and remaining N the air M hours
IS compared with e. hours the previous
record q Zeppelin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
SLEEPING Berth ON BALLOON
ssgsengers on the Kansas City Can
Take q Nan While Travelling.

Kansas City. Nc. July s-The balloon
Kansas City, which viii start in the ma
>SSnal balloon race next Monday will be
htted with a basket in which the occupants,
RE At time. can lie down and sleep.
The Kansas City's basket has trapdoor
N ore side. When one Of the passengers
desires 70 take q nap the door will be low
sea outward and MS feet stuck through
NE opening Then his body can lie az full
lengtb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
Saws Bow Will Disput. Stokes.

Mr.. Moore said he thought an adjourn
mcnt ought 10 be granted because he ex-
pected the missing hall boy TO prove a
vital witness. that he expected him 70
contradict Mr.. Stokes. who had testified
the boy said II VIII take you right up.
Mr.. Stokes" by testifying that II was
the plaintiff who had told him. I am
Mr. Stokes, take me right NJ"
Mr.. Sullivan, Assistant District At
tolney, could not see the adjournment
idea at all He wants to go right OF
on his vacation. In the midst OF his OBJ
jections he saw negro boy come into
the courtroom and exclaimed, Why.
there's the boy. now"
The negro, Who had the ace OF spades
beaten to FRAGILE as far as solid black
ness goes, turned out TO be another ele-
vator boy az the Varuna- Magistrate
vreschi thought he would take a hand
"Where Is your colleague?' he asked.
The boy looked bewildered Then Mr..
Sullivan rose
"Where Is Tom" he shouted
"oh, Tom, you means Tom ] dunna
where he is, boss"
The magistrate then adjourned the
hearing until Tuesday morning.
During the long wait Mrs. Singleton,
sister Of Miss Graham. helped pass the
time BY taking a whack or two az So
detv. She said 1t was selfish and un-
scrupulous, insincere and uncharitable
That she knew this for fact because
she had been In 1t herself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
AUTO skIDs; MAN is DEAD.

1pllford Conn. July s--Melvlne Bill. of
Deep River was thrown from an automo-
,.N on clapboard Hill tonight. ana killed,
skul being frsctured. He. with two
9''ef men was returning home from bail
.s~e' The machine skidded as u was tax
ins the hill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
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first ba-e on srrcrs-New YORK Firemen: Z
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Powers secrlhc. hits-W M ,eI,erri2,,
plssss.r Gill stolen bases-J. NcL,eII i H..
cSSs Moran Powers Farrey q pllahe
FittzTsrick Double p,symMeMsnp' 70 S T 20
mn 100, : IN 4 innings. Hit b. pitcher
or ~ -. ~ ~ vcDernou. ? Passed bsHLN9 o. an.
T,n-s ~ sam5--l "a. Jmpires-Lons emo h'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

ated By motives OF which We know not,
and how a crime had been committed IN
taking the letters. Without pause Mr..
Jordan went on TO talk about arrange
ments for bail in case the ma gistrate did
not discharge the prisoners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
JORDAN AscENps to,7s1 FEET.

Ncurmelon, France. July 8.-Lor!dsn. the
acrcplsnist. to-day reached an altitude Of
W7sl feet. The time Of ascent was 50 min
Arch Hoxsey IN Wright bplane
'saehe1 an altitude ot 1l474 feet at Los
engeles in December last = few days be
Tore MS death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
SAY LETTERS VANISHED

Continued from ar.' pss'
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-08-04
Nor1cE OF SEWER u AssnssmENg..

10 All Whom It may CONCERN:
sl Notice Is hereby given that the follow
ing is a complete list Of all the lots and
parcels Of land in the City Of Devils
Lake, Ramsey County North Dakota
benefited by the construction of the sew
er system, together with the amount as
sessed against each lot or parcel Of land
and that each lot or parcel of land has
been and is hereby assessed the amount
set opposite the description thereof.
fed that on Monday, the 14th day Of
August, 1911, at 10 o'clock. in the fore
noon of said day, the undersigned Spec
ial Assessment Commission will meet at
Devils Lake, North Dakota, to hear any
and all objections which may be made
to such assessment by the owner or oc-
cupant of any such tract so assessed or
other person Interested, or their attor-
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19

way follows the Roosevelt road from the dam site to Mesa City, taking short cuts through the mountains where feasible. Through the noun tains it was impracticable to dig holes for poles to any great depth Steel towers were erected a few hun dred yards apart. of varying height, as was necessary, and each was set on a cement foundation. Surmounting the towers are the wires from the transformer house, traversing the six ty miles or thereabOut to Mesa City, where there is d diversion switch and also another transformer house for converting the current that is used locally From Mesa City a certain voltage is diverted via branch trans mission line, tO the SacatOn Indian agency some twenty-five miles south, and acress the Gila river. A certain quantity of the electric fluid is also diverted to small transformer house south of Mesa for the conversion of the current used in that locality. The main transmission line continues from Mesa City westward through Tempe to Phoenix, where there is d large transformer house in connection with the plant of the Pacific Gas & Elec- tric company.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
SAcATON INDIAN AGENCY.

The branch line that carries power
 supply the wards of the government
 on that reservation with the means of
 pumping irrigation water from the
 liberal underground supply. Consid-
 eration of this necessity was one of
 the many strong reasons for the gov
 ernment undertaking the Salt River
 project as the first of it's big enter
 prises. The government felt an obli-
 gation to the Indians who were suf-
 fering from frequent drouths and were q constant source of expense through their need of rations. With water they could practically take care of themselves. An arrangement was en- tered into with the Indian bureau whereby power should be furnished fronf the Salt River project, the bu- reau to pay to the project a certain amount of money that would other wise be needed in provisioning the Indians in the years immediately to follow. This does not intimate. how ever. that the Indians were to be left to shift for themselves and their money be turned to the development of the white mans project. IL is only meant that the Indian bureau re- garded it as an economic investment. the more so when the reclamation engineers were to supervise the con struction of the Indian pumping nlants
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
COST OF THE PROJECT.
A Vast Amount of Money and Twenty
 Two Human Lives.

The allotment of funds to the Salt River project has thus far been about
 nine million dollars. That includes the
 money spent for the purchase of old
 canal systems. though had these not
 been bought approximately the same
 amount would have been spent for
 new ditches To fully complete the
 project may cost well toward two
 millions more For the 240.0O0 acres the project when completed should be
 able to water, the expense of con-
 struction will therefore be in the
 neighborhood of SAG per acre to be
 paid in ten equal payments. This may seem to the eastern farmer, who is accustomed to a single crop per year from his acres. as an embar
 rassing price to pay. in addition to the cost of the land. Such readers should recall that where they secure one crop a year the land in this val ley is working almost perpetually. re- turning several harvests from some single crops or two or three by the rotation of others. Again. it should be remembered that with the storage reservoir there is assurance of water every Ntdf, lS lilOTt lildH tan be said for the best non-irrigation farming country in the world
 Another cost of the project that means nothing to its beneficiaries in financial way. but should mean great deal to them in sentiment, is the toll of human lives that has been demanded by this great modern en- gineering work. At least twenty-two men have given their lives in the full fillment of this undertaking In some instances. perhaps. death followed un- i necessary chances taken by the fool | hardy. but in most cases fatalities | were the result of sheer accident un- | der conditions that could not have been guarded against. The first mo- table accident was the giving way of i a suspension foot bridge across the Roosevelt canyon before the dam was built. Another was the turning of the water through the sluicing tunnel. that cost Engineer Demrick his life. During the construction of the Granite Reef dam on two or three occasions boat loads of workmen were pitched Into the surging Salt river one man Has lost while floating lumber down The stream to the Roosevelt dam
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19

nues of activity has labOred diligently, inteliigently and effectively and their work is seen today, a monument to their memory.
 Many of them, it is sad to say. who were foremost in matters local. as well as some of the engineers, have passed on, it is hoped, to greater rewards than man can offer Among these was Colonel William Christy. one of the builders of the valley in the days of it's foundation. He was a tower of strength both in the plans for storage and in the organization of the Water Users association. An other to be recalled is J. T. Priest. one of the earliest settlers and for many years a member of the county board ul supervisors. Nor is it untimeIy to here mention the tragic death of Al Sieber. famous as an Indian scout, who directed the work of many Apaches in the early days of the dam building and road making. and who was killed by the rolling of a huge rock on a mountainside a few miles from Roosevelt.
 Among the reclamation engineers recalled who have not lived to eNult over their accomplished work are A. H. Demrick. who was killed in the tunnel accident, and A IT. Wisner. one of tine consulting engineers of the service from its early beginning until his death at his home in Detroit at an advanced age. after many years of valuable service to the government in other bure2us.
 Highest in/ the councils of the na- tioB. among those who first gave val uablc aid to the irrigation needs of the valley. and who died by an as sassin's bullet before he had even con ceived of the greatness of the work he encouraged. was President William Mckinley.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
THE OFFICE BUILDING.

As described in the preceding story. the reader will appreciate in some degree the magnitude and permanence of the Salt River project. The Water Users association. which represents the people and which hopes some time to be the sole owner of the project when the cost of construction has been paid to the government. has before it the prospect of perpetual ex- istence and a business that will ex- pand as that of the government. in connection with the project. decreases Both the association and the reclama- ton service are at present occupying rented quarters. It was the sense of the association that a permanent home with well equipped offices would be a good investment; that it would cost less to acquire such prop erty now than any time in the fu- ture. and that the saving in rent would in a few years replace the eX- penditure.
 Accordingly. an assessment was voted for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a connexions build ing that would house the association and the reclamation service, and pro vide a proper and convenient assem- bling place for the farmers. Such building. tO cost completed and fur nished. about $fO.OOO. is now practical ly completed, and will be occupied be- fore many months. It will serve well the purpose it is designed for prove an ornament to the city of Phoenix and in the years to follow be one of its important public buildings.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19

cured of congress. a plan of financing | that enabled the work to proceed
 Primarily the irrigation act was the result of the movement tfostered by ] the irrigation congress. of which WiI- liam F. Smythe of California is re- ga-ded as the founder or. at any rate, is one of it's most notable sponsors. Cooperating with him was George H Maxwell, one of the cOuntry's most able speakers and the most notable
 platform apostle of irrigation in the world. To these gentlemen belong the greatest honOrs for the education Of the people to the importance ana magnitude of the possibilities of irri- gatiOn. To Mir. Maxwell belongs the credit largely of the personal work that ended in the passing of the bill on June r.. 1902. To Mir. Maxwell
 also and B. A Fowler of this city
 belong much of the credit of the amendment to the bill which enabled
 this valley. then in private ownership,
 to enjoy the advantages of the new
 law. And in the local campaign for
 the education of the people tO the ne- cessity of organizing the Water Users association Mir Maxwell was a tower of strength
 When the reclamation service was formed it was an organization within that of the United States geological survey. of which Chas. D. WalcOtt was director MT. WalcOtt gave the service and the valley his close att tention during the short time he re- mained in the bureau after the work hae izif here tO aid in. early organization work and outline the governments position.
 Frederick H. Newell was the chitb hydrographer and later chief engineer of the reclamation service and it's business head from the beginning. When it was made a separate bureau he was advanced to the position of director. which place he is still emi- nently and satisfactorily filling Mir Newell has given special services to the valley on numerous occasions, and. like all members high in the service, has recognized the Salt River project as the working model and as one they were particularly anxious to see made a signal success through the fact that it promised an early return of the construction cost. and also because in this project were be- ing worked out numerous undertak- ings that were in large measure ex- perimental and demOnstrative Mir Newell has made frequent visits here and numbers his personal acquain- tances in Arizona by scores A sin cere friend of the valley. too much cannot be said in his honor or in appreciation of his efforts.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
AMONG THE LIVING.
Many of Those Who Are Permitted to Witness the Achievement
 of Success.

The most distinguished person in the United States who is justified in | taking until himself no small meas ure of credit for the things that are ard ought to be. is the honOred guest | of the valley at this time. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. former president
 of the United States. It Twas largely through his influence that the na- tiOnal irrigation act became a law. his hand that signed the bill and his administration that carried the Salt River project through the stormy days of doubt. True to the policies of his chief. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, then secre- tary of the interior. dealt with this valley with a forbearance and pa
 tience that no doubt was often sorely
 tried before the settlers were fully
 convinced that the purpose of his de-
 partment was to advance their inter-
 est in the most rapid and efficient
 manner possible.
 Succeeding him in the same office
 came James R. Garfield. in a perpetu- atiOn of those policies that have made
 the Salt River project what it is to-
 day.
 The next incumbent of the office was R. A. Ballinger. recently resigned. who during his term of service never failed to exhibit his friendliness for the people of this valley Though diff ferins in policy from his predecessor. his aims and purposes were no less high nor less efficient. particularly in respect of the Salt River project It had at all times his most earnest con- sideratiOn.
 Mentioned subsequent to the secre- taries only because of his more dis tant administrative relation to this particular project. is the present in- cumbent of the White House. William Howard Taft. Working always to the l successful achievement of the ideals | set for the reclamation service in it's ! earliest beginning. President Taft has | given it his most thoughtful attention | and support and in one instance at | least may be said to have saved the | local project in its hour of embar- i rassment. if not despair. When the | funds were exhausted and there was | danger of stopping the work tempo | rarily, which would have meant | disaster for many and added expense | for all. In the interest of this and | other projects he demanded and se-
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
ENGINEER \. P. DAVIS
 FATHER OF THE DAM
The Man Who Approved the Site and
 Planned the Construction.

In referring to Arthur P Davis the ! reader is introduced 10 the one man who Is entitled to be known as the father of the Roosevelt dam It is
 no secret that in his later years the greatest ambition of his life has been to see it q completed and a success ful project. It was Arthur P. Davis who first reported on the feasibility of the building of dam at that site and who later verified it with more careful surveys. It was he who drew
 the original plans for it. which in
 their general nature have not been changed. MT. Davis was freduentlv
 sent to Phoenix to speak for the government in educating the people as tO what such dam would mean
 to the valley. and in helping them in their early organization. And when the construction period arrived Mir
 Davis was sent to Phoenix to organize the forces for the preliminary work
 It was MT. Davis who in that early day responded to joking question as tO how he would like to be in the canyon below in the event of the dam giving way. said that if the dam NNNA uptS SANt way lildl lS JuSI where he wants to be.
 Arthur P. Davis is entitled to feel in his own heart a greater measure of personal satisfaction over the facts celebrated by the events of yesterday than any other living man. Few men have lived tO see so lasting a mOnu- ment to their life work, and Mir Davis IS not through work. by any means He is now on the high seas. en route to Russia, where by the courtesy of this government. he will report on a large irrigation project. That he is not here to join in exuItation with the host who recognize in him a real benefactOr of the race, is one of the regrets of the occasion. To place MT Davis officially. when Mir Newell was elevated from chief engineer to di- rector. Mir Davis was made chief en- gineer of the reclamation service.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
PUMPING PLANTS
 OF THE PROJECT
Continued from Page Four)

ply IL is estimated that eventually water enough for 50,OO0 acres will be secured from this source, which. add ed To the l9O.00O acres for which the reservoir promises an assured supply. will make q grand total of 240,O 900 acres Two pumping plants are in operation and others soon will be, be- side many private pumping plants, some of which are already operated with power from Roosevelt.
 II is interesting to know that lands having storage rights will be furnished with either water for irrigation or its equal in power for pumping as the owner of the land shall elect. one advantage of this is that lands that are equally valuable for cultivation, but so situated that water cannot be furnished them by gravity canals. may secure power for pumping the water into ditches that will water the land
 This is a phase of the situation pregnant with future possibilities not yet greatly considered. When the lands now in cultivation have been kept wet continuously for series of years; when cement ditches have les sened the present enormous seepage, and when the proper use of water is more scientifically understood, it will take much less water to irrigate a given acreage than it does today. That will mean the taking in of more lands than are now signed to the as sociation. should the adjacent val ley lands all have other means of irrigation by that time. there are closely contiguous areas in smaller valleys that may be watered by pump ing with surplus power if it be avail a bIa
Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
POWER PLANTS AND
 THEIR IMPORTANCE
Not Only Augment Water Supply, But Will Be Source of Great
 Revenue.

IL is estimated in round numbers that the power plants in connection with the project will generate 25.00O horsepower, about one-third of which will be produced at the Roosevelt dam. With the completion of all the power plants possible along the ca nals it is likely the total will be considerably larger IL is expected that only a small part of this power will be immediately needed for the pumping of irrigation water. The rest of it can be disposed of for conner cial purposes and there is already a waiting market. a market that is be- ginning to be supplied.
 The revenue from this source will be magnificent, and, it is expected. a large factor in paying the project cost. Later it is a possibility demonstrable by figures that the day may come when the revenue from power will make the project a dividend payer to the farmers who will own it when it is paid for, and when they will be receiving their water for nothing. as suming that maintenance is covered by power revenue.
 A compelling argument in the build ing of the proposed new Crosscut ca nal was the large amount of electric power that could be added to that already secured. and within a few months the construction of a plant on that canal will be under way
 When the Arizona canal was bought by the government the Pacific Gas X Electric company, which holds fran r-... .l-- m had two valuable plants situated on the canal and binding contract for the privilege of securing power from that source for years to come. The government in its ownership must be unhampered and to dispose of the companys rights it entered into an agreement to furnish power at certain specified rates for the lighting of the city of Phoenix. That is now fur nished, and Phoenix has been for a long time lighted by power from Roosevelt.
 When certain of the south side ca nals were bought a slightly similar condition existed in respect of the Chandler plant near Mesa City. where power was generated on a canal for lighting Mesa City and Tempe. and for running the pumps on the Chan dler ranches south of Mesa City. By mutual agreement a similar amicable arrangement was entered into. which has worked to good advantage to all parties.
 One of the abandoned Pacific Gas & Electric company's plants on the Arizona canal. with some remodeling. will be made a very important pro- ducer of power for the project.
 Another power plant is shortly to be erected on the South canal. bids | for the machinery having already l been opened. This is on the main l water supply to the south side canals l and will be an important plant It is | being built by the Water Users as- | sociation direct, as a work decided | upon in connection with the Noting | of an assessment for the building of | the new Crosscut canal
 There are other and valuable sites | for power plants that may be utilized | as the years go by.