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Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18

! foot of the hills and the question OF
| sidehill drainage enters the mainte-
nance problems. Col. j. A. Ockerson
| who was consulting engineer on the
Laguna dam, tells me there are three
washes which must be carried over the
| canal in concrete conduits. These have
not been included in the estimate made
by H. f. Green for the government.
The action of this drainage against
the levees of the canal is problemat-
iCal. Some engineers state that the
size of the canal will be it's protec-
tion and the drainage can be taken
directly into the canal. Another en-
gineer with Is years experience with
the runoff from storms on the desert
is of the opinion that the disastrous
storms which occur in that regi On
would take out the canal For par
allel cases, we know that the so-called
west side main has been washed out
time and again by this drainage and
also that the Rose canal in No. l has
caused trouble from the same source.
1t should also be said that both of
these canals are far smaller than the
one under discussion would be and the
action of storms is more effective
against the smaller levees than would
be the case with a main canal.
1t might also be possible to locate
the canal far enough out on the flat
between the hills and the river, in or
der that the force of the current would
be spent and the debris deposited be-
fore reaching the canal This question
should be settled by a detail survey on
the ground.
There is another question of mainte-
nance which should be settled by OBJ
servation of the workings of the La
guna dam and the advice of the best
consulting engineers in the country.
The Laguna dam is practically one
mile in length. Granted that the Col
orado river must flow over this weir
somewhere between the rock abutments
one mile apart. Granted that the wa
ter must rise to the elevation of the
crest of the weir. which is 151 feet
above sea level and 10 feet above the
surface of low water prior to the con-
struction Of the dam; therefor as far
as elevation is concerned the canals of
the California and Arizona ends of the
weir can always secure water.
The question which appears to me
to be vital is this: viii the channel
of the river above the dam always be
available for the conducting of water
into the sluiceways at either end of
the dam? The basin above the dam
is about three miles wide and 10 miles
long. The basin is filled with silt at
the present time and large islands Of
silt and drift appear above the dam.
High water may Or may not wash out
these islands and new ones may or
may not be formed at the same or
different places. The river today is
not flowing over the dam in an un-
broken sheet What is TO control the
channeling of the river when it falls
from high to low water in order that
the water needed can be diverted into
the sluiceways at the ends of the weir?
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
rom which is received a greater

and from which is received a greater
revenue.
And then our home folks were there.
The farmers, as fine a class of tillers
of the soil as is to be found any
where on earth, were visitors in great
numbers from all sections of this won
derland The towns all did nobly. Our
own little city sent over 400 of her
citizens on Saturday. About forty ma
| chimes, loaded to carrying capacity,
went from here. Twenty-Five of these,
some beautifully decorated with the
valleys most gorgeous flowers and
shrubbery, formed in line and paraded
down Main street to the fair grounds
Brawley's Submarine Band, doubtless
the best musical organization in the
valley, led the parade. She band boys
dressed in their new uniforms, present
ed splendid appearance, and favora-
BILE comment and much applause came
from all sides.
But the fair is over. 1t was a sue
cess; and to whom shall we assign the
glory? Without doubt and without
question, there can be but one answer
and that is: ITO the good women Of
Imperial valley" They worked hard,
fast and faithfully.
Mr.. Armstead, manager of the Hotel
, Oregon and secretary of the fair asso-
citation, was buster than two men ought
to have been.
What of the future fairs? Why Just
have them, that's ALL and they'll be
. bigger and better than ever We, of
! the valley, must have a fair associa-
ton, managed by a board of directors
from all towns and sections of the
valley.
We should begin right now collect
ing exhibits for next years fair. Have
the perishable vegetables, fruits, etc,
put in glass jars and processed. They
can be used in the mean time for
exhibit purposes wherever needed.
Keep at this for year and we can
get up the most varied exhibit Of any
county in the state. why shouldn't
we? visitors came this year in great
numbers They'll come in still larger
numbers in years to come, and we
should in duty to them, and in duty
to ourselves, make the very best show
ing possible.
large exhibit building is sorely
needed, and the grounds should be put
in better condition. At only a small
cost alfalfa or grass could be planted,
which would eliminate the dust Let's
do that
Yes the fair was great. We're glad
we were there, and here's to the sue
cess for our show in 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
kAYS PRAISES COUNTY FAIR

Charles w. Kays, secretary of the
Brawley Chamber of Commerce, write
the Brawley News:
The fair has come and gone. 1t was
an enjoyable affair. 1t was a great
big success, and no other event ever
held in the county was attended by so
many enthusiastic boosters and visit
orS.
san Diego did herself proud One
hundred and sixty-six autos. carving
more than a half thousand men and
women, poured into Ell Centre Friday
and Saturday
The hotels of the county seat were
crowded beyond capacity, and the over
flow was sent to the other towns Of
the valley for accommodation
Rufus Choate, the general glad hand
artist of the San Diego Chamber of
Commerce, told the writer that at leas
900 autos could have been brought.
Capt. H. z. Osborne, president of the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
carried greetings from that organiza
tlon. Keeping in close touch ALWAYS
with conditions of the valley, he is
very enthusiastic about our growth
and improvements since his last visit.
+. E Batturs of Los Angeles, gen.
eral passenger agent for the Southern
Pacific, and himself a prince of boost
ers, headeda party of "a railroad men.
representing all the allied lines of the
Southwest, who were fair visitors IN
Thursday. All were loud in their praise
of our accomplishments. All are thor
oughly posted on the valley, for per
maps on no line represented by those
men is there piece Of road over
which is hauled more farm products
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
FACTS FROM SCObEYS REPORT
RECALLED BY LATE AGITATION

The report rendered by Engineer F
G. Scobey on the proposition of an all
American route for an irrigation ca
Gal can well be revived at this time
Following are extracts from the re
poIt:
The United States reclamation service
has compiled an estimate of cost OF
a canal from the Laguna dam to serve
s4o 000 acres, gross, in the Imperial
valley, or 275,0O0 acres, net, on a basis
OF 20 per cent allowance for poor land,
etc.
I his canal was also estimated on
the basis that the same duty would
apply in the Imperial valley as Ill The
Tuna valley; that is, one second foot
Of continuous flow would serve 75
acres of land, gross.
This canal would skirt The foot of
the hills from the Laguna dam to a
point near the Southern Pacific rail
road. From here it flows in circu-
lar tunnel so feet in diameter, lined
with II inches of concrete when in
rock section and so inches of concrete
when in sand section. This tunnel is
15E miles in length and energies in
cut 25 feet deep, which diminishes to
aormal cut in nine miles. This is as
far the estimate proceeded. The
engineer who compiled the same states:
This canal line from the tunnel exit
10 the Imperial valley land to be irri-
gated will be very expensive for 25
miles beyond the estimate of this pa
per, if kept north of the boundary
line and. with this added to the tun-
mel cost, would seem to absolutely pro-
hibit the tunnel route.
There are three slightly different
propositions as regards grades, etc.
which have various estimated costs, as
follows:
First, S20,156. .253.1O.
Second. 2O,652, ,S66.16.
Third. $40, ,255, ,794.75
This canal is designed to carry 200
second feet for the Indian reservation
land and 1861 second feet for the I'm
periaI valley. The width on the bot
tom in earth section is 1859 feet and
depth 10 feet at the water line, which
is three feet below the tops of the
levees- The computed velocity is 8
feer per second on a slope of 1 in
$4,000, or a fall of one foot in ap-
proXimately five miles.
The velocity of the water from La
guna dam can be safely used at a
lower rate than from the river direct,
as the construction Of the sIuiceways
and dam is such that the heavier sands
and silt are not drawn from the river
into the canal. This is one of the best
points in favor of the dam
The length of the canal is 1876 miles
from the Laguna dam, through open
caral to the east portal of the tunnel.
10 Z miles of tunnel and 246 miles of
open canal from the west portal of
tunnel to the Alamo river, making
total of 53.7 miles from the Laguna
dam TO the Alamo river.
From the dam to the east portal of
The tunnel the canal would skirt the
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
TO REPORT MEXICAN MATTERS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-At least %
persons were killed within the last
year on the American side during the
Madero revolution. This fact was de-
veloped by the special army board
headed by Colonel Herman which has
just returned from an inspection trip
to Ell Paso and Douglas, where most
of the trouble occurred. The commit
tee will report to congress.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
of the Yuma project is approximately


Concerning the management of the
diversion and distribution of water un-
der the Laguna dam: / understand
that the government requires the pro-
ject to be paid for in 10 years, at
which time the works pass into the
hands of the water users association
and are handled by it. This would
place the management under a body
located in two separate and distinct
valleys, two counties and two states
with possible complications arising
from international questions, as there
is an immense area in Mexico on either
side of the river which must be wa
tered from the Colorado, either from
the Laguna dam or at a point lower
down.
The canal contemplated by this esti-
mate does not provide for any water
to be used in Mexico.
The estimate does not provide for
any ethod whereby excess water can
be wasted. This would be essential
and would be developed by detail sur
veys.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
sun. mary

The very nature of the dam would
make possible the diversion of all the
water in the river if necessary pro-
vided a channel above the dam could
be maintained to the canal gates The
water would then flow for 1876 miles
through a canal located at the foot
of steep washes; thence for 15h miles
through concrete tunnel, which
should give trouble excepting
through earthquake shock, which Is
of course problematical; emerging from
the tunnel in a deep cut subject 10
blowing sand it is possible that COW
cred flume would be necessary: finally
reaching the valley at a point from
which the land west of New river can
not be reached with practical construc-
ton. The above is from an engineer
ing and operative standpoint. In addi-
tion, the qeustion of great cost, com
pared to other routes, would prohibit
the construction of this line.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18

There are three gates in the Califor
MIA sluiceway which will undoubtedly
cause a heavy securing of the silt
above the gates when they are opened,
as the capacity of the gates is 20,
900 second feet, but can 10000 second
feet be diverted from the immense flat
above the dam into the sluiceway and
will whatever amount that can be di-
verted be sufficient to influence the
silt for a sufficient distance to reach
the mainy body of water should the
river have chosen to be on the far
side of the settling basin when reced-
ing from flood? This question is an
other upon which eminent engineers
disagree and if it should so happen that
a channel could not be maintained by
the flushing of the gates, then a dredge
or some other artificial aid must be
used to assure the water entering the
sluiceways, from which the canals draw
their supply of water.
From personal experience with silt
in the valley 1 know that when it
has once settled in a canal water will
flow over it with a velocity of five
or six feet per second without caus-
ing much recession.
The demand for water in the valley
fluctuates throughout the different sea-
sons of the year. Also there are ap-
proximateIy 100000 acres under the
surveyed lines for high line" canals
on each side of the valley. Assume 90
per cent of this gross area to be waste
land, leaves a total of 100000 acres,
which is 125,000 acres more than was
contemplated when the estimate for
the government was compiled which
was prior to the time of these later
surveys
Considering both the additional area
and the fluctuation above referred to,
believe that the computed capacity
of the canaleestimated is far too small
to carry the peak load" for the val
ley, on the assumption of complete rec
lamation of the valley, and that should
be the basis upon which the next canal
should be designed.
On the other hand. the minimum de-
mand would be so much less than the
calculated capacity of the canal and
the velocity of the minimum demand
would be so much less than the com
pied velocity that silt would not be
held in suspension, but would tend to
deposit in the canal.
Therefore it is possible that the cal
culations of the canal would have to
be revised to give a velocity of three
or four feet per second for the mini
mum flow and the velocity of greater
volumes be controlled by suitable works
il the canals.
One factor against the all-American
canal is the fact that the west side
main cannot be reached from the east
without a heavy fill for several miles,
as the main is located west of the low
point along the international boundary
line and the practical grade for a
canal to reach the west side must go
into Mexico south of Calexico.
In concluding remarks on this prop
osition of an allAmerican canal, I
would like to say that I have talked
with many engineers on this question
and not one of them regarded the prop
osition as feasible.
Regarding the terms under which the
Imperial valley can be connected with
the Laguna dam and served therefrom,
1 am informed by F. L. Sellew that all
such arrangements must be made di-'
rectly with the department of the in
terror
I understand that the estimated cost
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-18
$4,000 SeeIey Lot

One of the best business corners in the town
on the San Diego-Arizona Railroad where
business houses have already outgrown their
pioneer quarters.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
Had to Rename His Villa.

The residents OF a certain suburb
OF Chicago We're for time governed
by a passion for giving sweet, poetical
names To their estates" There was
one such man who built handsome
villa, calliag it The Nutshell" Thus
was the home introduced to his
friends, and it became widely known.
To the surprise Of all, therefore, the
name was one day suddenly changed
TO sylvan Nook" and "a flood Of In
quiries soon began to pour in
Why have You given your home
a new Nance a friend asked What
was the matter with The Nutshell? p ="
Il sickened OF being ioshed about
It = said the owner, with a sigh
There Isn't boy within two miles
hereabouts who hasn't stopped and
rung the doorbell to ask If the colo
mel was In. '-Lippineott' Magazine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
New York's Language Need.

A protest against the neglect a
German In New York has been made
to the board OF education by citizens
of German descent, who ask also for
the appointment Of supervisor of
modern languages The modern Ian
guage most necessary in New York
Just now Is English, and In justice to
the schools We must remember that
to a majority Of New York's four mil
lion It Is foreign language Prob
ably no city In the history Of tie world
has had so huge and Heterogeneous an
alien population to deal SpFir e.
field Republican.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
French Revolutionary Months.

The order of the months In the
French revolutionary calendar begin
ming with September q the tour was
Eendeniare Brumaire, Frimiare. Nj
vose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal,
Floreal. Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor
(Fervidorl and Fructidor, which ended
on September l6. Then followed five
days, the Sansculotides, dedicated as
feasts of reason to Les Vertus. LIE
Genie. Le Travail, L'Opinion and Les
Recompenses. Decreed November "a
1893, this calendar was antedated to
September %. 1892 1t was abolished
on Nivose 10. An xiv, cores ponding to
December 81, 1905
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
The Housekeeping Money.

Two nayvies woi King on a Job some
distance away from their homes had
been paid, and were sauntertng down
the main street OF the village In which
they were lodging Passing the post
Office, thought struck one Of them.
and he darted inside. to return with q
sixpenny postal order In his hand
What" said the other. in some sur
prise. do you go In for competitions,
Bill?"
Competitions" queried Bill What
do yer mean"
''Why. missing words. and that sort
of thing" was the reply.
Missing words be bowed" said
Bill. Indignantly. Cant fellow send
a bit OF money home to his wife,
London Tit-Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
Swiss Army Scandal.

Much attention has been devoted by
the Swiss newspapers Of late to the
case OF young Swiss Officer, at st.
Gail who ordered corporal to beat
private with his sword belt for q
minor offense. When the colonel OF
the regiment heard of the affair he
promptly placed both lieutenant and
corporal under arrest. and the private
was sent to hospital. The young off,
Ger has Just been sentenced TO ten
days confinement to barracks and the
corporal to FIVE days The affair, how
ever. has not yet ended, as the victim
can claim damages for assault.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
Truth.

None OF use We are told, likes his
own qualities when he sees them re-
Elected In others" Probably many re-
spectacle people will take 1t for a par
adox In all good faith. For we all
know that we live by choice with peo
pie who are like ourselves. We seek
and ensue those of similar tastes simi
lar virtues and similar vices. And
with people of different framework We
are uncomfortable Your good bonr-
geoise gets on badly with people who
are unconventional Your Bohemian
RACES furiously when constrained to
he society OF the ordinary
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
Let t1Ymns Be SPONTANEOUS.

MnaIe has long been VIGOROUSLY a
provoheT OF diseord once in nay news
hunting days | suffered the isnominy
Of SCOOP on d choir rQlnpus, and
there4pon formed tAe habit Of lending
an anxious ear TO rumors Of trouble in
choir lofts The average .sdder-Iike
l. UeuiD. Quilt mp for the display Of
the sopranos vocal proHess. has al
ways struck ne as an uhholy thing. I
even believe that he horrors of high.
~ enbelhshed offertories have done
much to tighten purse strings and
deaden generous impulses The pres
ence behind the pulpit OF languid
quartet praising God OFF behalf Of the
bored sinners In the peWs has always
seemed to mo the profanest Of anon
allies Nor has long mplatl0n
OF vested choirs In Episcopal churches
shaken my belief that church music
should be an affair OF the congrega-
Meredith Nicholson in the At
lantic Monthly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
Tho Proof.

Governor Dix. apropos OF the milk
bill that he recently vetoed, said at q
dinner party In Albany:
I'VE don't want New York's milk.
you know, to return to the condition
that once char acterized It,"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-07-09
AT WILLIES BEDTIME
WHEN MOTHER HAS SESSION
WITH FFAcTlOUS OFFSPRING.


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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-24
NO GRATING
Continued from Page y

that the board could purchase a ma
chine provided they specified par
ticular kind of article.
The roller that Murray would have
the city government purchase was
lotion machine, which Dwight claim
ed was entirely too light Despite the
favorable comment from Engineer
Whitehouse and City Road Overseer
Caldwell fayoring the purchase of the
Lynch roller, the majority member
ship on the board took council and
voted against the instant adoption of
the roller as offered by the Lynch
company, inasmuch as it was a much
higher-priced piece of roadmaking
machinery than the one submitted by
the iron works.
Mcclellan also told the board MEM
bers before the final vote was taken
that the methods attempted in the
purchase of this roller had caused a
lot of unfavorable comment, which
caused Murray to challenge his state
mentS.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-24
NOTED MILITARY AUTHORITY POUNDS ARGUMENT ON
MONROE DOCTRINE AND AMERICAS STAND FOR IT

memorial and prevails now. And this
exemption of American territory from
transfer not only has no precedent in
law 10 show, but is without treaty sup
port from any other nation Emf.
nently wise and equitable as | believe
IL TO be, il rests only upon the win OF
the American people. How shall that
will be sustained?
The Monroe Doctrine, moreover. is
only a part of our self-assumed ex-
ternal responsibilities, and not the
larger part The doctrine applies dis
tinctiyely only to American territory
not in our own possession. In terri.
tories belonging to US, even though
Lot embraced within our continental
borders-as defined by the two
oceans, the Gulf and the Great Lakes
we have the full support of inter
national law for using every right of
a sovereign State. However extreme
our action, as, for instance, forbid
ding labor immigration from eastern
Asia, while permitting that from Eu-
rope and even from Western Asia, we
exercise rights which cannot be ques-
toned on the ground OF law. Posi-.
tions like Hawaii and the Panama
Canal are not for this reason less ex.
posed militarily, but they are less a
source of friction, because legal
ground for contention concerning our
action therein does not exist, and has
TO be found. But in the Monroe Doc-1
tine. so far as law is concerned, the
legal ground for resistance is always
present the instant any State decides
to resent our attitude or to reject our
claim.
This danger is not imaginary, al
though as yet it may not be immedi-
ately at hand. l follow with some
care the straws blown by interna-
Iional impulses, and, while admitting
them to be sTaws only, l think they
are to be noted. Twice recently, once
from Canada, once from an English
source in China, has come a sugges-
ton that the present feeling of Ger