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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-02-10
OUR MAIL CARRIERS.

Perhaps the most deserving men and the least about. tbe sturdy fellows who carry our winter mail in and out from week to week. hitting the trail in fair and stormy weather. taking their lives in their hands fre- auently that We can secure letters from home on time. In return We are liable to give them good hard scold- ing. provided they fail to reach their destination on time
 The great trouble is. We do not stop to think. nor are We able in our minds eye to picture just what the nail carriers have to contend with. Perhaps there are q few exceptions. for those who have gotten out and Init the trail" when 1t was blowing high and low with fair weather. then blizzards to contend with realize what they are doing. but such are the ex- ception. The majority of people hay ,ng nothing harder than mushing tO teh postoffice for their mall and at times they will even postpone a trip Of that duration or distance when a young blizzard or a full grown one is holding the own in its firm grip
 The poor mall carrier with his team If faithful dogs has to face the vii: try blast. without shelter. for the malls have 10 come and go on 4.hrd uie time. and often the contractors are face 10 face with death. A false move, the least miscalculation of a few seconds as to ice move ments in taking short cuts around certain points or across frozen bays may prove to he q case Of Good night
 Every man who carries the mall over the storm beaten trails of AL aska especially those who have to cover stretches away from the timber belts are deserving of great praise and the reason that the thanks due them Is oftlmes slow In coming. if al all. Is for the simple reason the people are remiss. or never stop to think what hsrdships have 10 be overcome in bringing mall to it's destination on schedule time.
 The Nugget for one appreciates all that these sturdy mushers are doing and we believed every person on Sew ard Peninsula is greatrul and in their behalf We VII also extend thanks to the men all along the line who jointly are responsible for the efficient mail camps this winter
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and energetic spirit of the people who go to make up that inland camp. But all these reports bring home to us the fact that Alaska Is in need of mining avs governing the inspection of mines. and enforcement of proper pro tcction for men who arc forced Co dclv, into the bowels of Mother Earth tn help extract the hidden treasures cached away many feet below tho sur face.
 Alaska is iu need cf a mining in sprctor for each and every precinct. or recording district. whose duty should be to inspect and see that proper sate guards are installed and maintained in each and every mine operated tn order to eliminate lang ar to life and limb.
 All states and the majority uf terri tories. have such officials. and this country has developed to a point where mining inspector Is not only needed but should be demanded and in manner there would be no other way out of it than to provide every recording district with such. This should be adopted by all the political parties. for it Is too great a need to be confinfed to any one party organ izstlon
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-02-10
mR. eRYAN's PROCESS or ELM.
 NATION.

MT Bryan Is hard 10 please in the matter of democratic candidates for president this year. Inded he is so difficult that some people have been prompted to suggest that he would like himself 10 be the candidate. Al any rate. it is conceded that he will exercise 6 powerful influence in shap- ing the deliberations and conclusions of the national democratic conven- tion In that view the sharp criti- cism that he directs against Champ Clark may he regarded as important.
 It appears to be a process of elim- inatlon that Mir. Bryan Is conduct ing Long ago he declared himself opposed to Governor Harmon of Ohio. and Oscar Underwood despite his high position as chairman of the house ways and means committee, Is Mir. Bryan's pet aversion. Now he de- clares that Champ Clark is not d competent leader of men and Is tos much of the political opportunist to fulfill the needs of the democratic party as MT Bryan would like to see it.
 There remains Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. and as Governor Wilson the other day confessed that he did not vote for MT. Bryan when he last ran for president 1t may even be that the New Jersey man will be next up for operation under this process of elimination. MT Bryan would be sat isfied if as he says. Speaker Clark would step forward and order a chTrse" and quit the umpire business.
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DUAL GovERNM ENT.

Telegraph reports state China is ;o have duel govcrnment-spiritua temporal Merely another proof that the inhabitants are emi-civilized and not ready for a modernized form of government in the true sense of ths word
 Chinamen both the Manchu and Chinese origin are very religious and carry out certain religious rites with .r-at cNactness both respecting the living and the dead. In looking back over the history of the empire we notice in the administration of gov ernment there were two assistants from the Ham Lin. or Great College, whose duties were to see that nothing ious laws of the empire contained in the Ta-ts'ing -hwei-tlen and the sa- cred book of Confucious was done.
 No cuuntry amounts to a continent al. without duel form of government namely religious and temporal. but the selection of both from the living on the earth. the religious head citi- zen Of the country whether of the ruling house born or of the lowliest of the lowly. shakes our faith some what in the ability of the present rulers of the republic being able to properly govern themselves It may be case of selecting between two evils and President Sen with his cab met officers selecting the lessor We hope so. for fin our Chrfstfanized way of thinking the election of the pres ent dethroned emperor to the religious head Of the nation has something of the idolatry about it.
 A nation without religion Is like a ship without a rudder. manageable only at times under most favorable conditions. but liable to go to pieces any moment when diversity. or stormy weather is experienced People who have been brought up in a religious world would have no other. and the family wherein all such Is void. is the exception and few 1T any would care 70 be 6 member Of il.
 Spiritual and temporal governments work hand in hand. but never com plict. the former being the greatest modifier to make all good and obedi- ant than all the laws and edicts that kings. princes and potentates could pass from now until kingdom come. provided the religious head Is of high CT origin than this little planet of ours. The Supreme Architect. who abides In that spiritual temple. the house not built by hands eternal in the heavens
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OR t E HiLt

office hours tot and to $ Phone Main -e.
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Carnegie gave the steel itvestigat ing committee Considcrahl, iuforma- tion. and volunteered a great deal more We will wait and see what James j. HnI will give Co that august body Hill is somewhat ,f a prognos- ticator of coming events. and he may give the steel committee few jolts' but when the investigation is over perhaps the best high grade steel manufactured by the greatest trust in the world. will not prove of suffl- cient compressive nor tensile strength to withstand the strain placed upon it by the government It may disinte- grate and go all to pieces for the bond that holds the trust together may be broken
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It Is all really most perplexing and in the meantime the politicians are saying that Governor Harmon has most of the delegates. But all that Is pure gucsswork. and it Is conceded that Mir Bryan will exercise most impnrtau. shaping influence on the proCrejiug~ of the convention.
 All or which serves to produce al uneasy state of mind among the prophets and walters on providence.
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MINE ACCIDENTS.

Accidents such as cave ins occur in the states of the great outside. where the miner Is surrounded with every precaution to protect one against such disasters.
 Fairbanks experienced such an ac- cident a few months ago but the min CTS were saved. thank 10 the thrift
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PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS.

Private lessons h dancing ~iiI be given during ths winter by Mrs. James A. Gibson st her residence No. ie Sec ond avenue west. Adults and chil- a,er. Monday evening fourth house west of Telephone office. 8 o'clock.
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FIRE ALARM SIGNALS.

"a. Standard Oil Go. is. carstens Cold Storage. i4. John ]. Sesnon Go. office. 10. headquarters Ssocn. 2i. Recorders office. 24. Lawrence Hotel. 25. Fire department. 3i. Discovery Saloon. J2. Yorkey's Cigar Store. II. Pacific Cold Storage Go. ssndspit. 42 Third Ave, and Lanes Way.
 Engine House Phone Main e7. Seven Whistles, Water. Three Fire out
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Da. j. M. SLOAN

Office hours to and to $50 b m Phone. OfHce. Main 15. rect denCe Black A.
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We cordially solicit your family trade and deliver all orders to you' home free of charge Seward ComT Co
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pRnEESSIONAl lARDS

tP4vsrclANs AND SURGEONS.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

the decree made by the court. It will
simply divert the water from the riv-
er for half a mile ana return it again
to the channel lower down. The
plant will have a working head or
fall of % feet, either in high or low
water, and can generate 5000 horse
power.
The enterprise is being carried by
local people under the firm name Of
The Gem State Light & Power Co.
G. G. Wright of Idaho Falls, Is pres
ident, Soren Yorgesen of Shelley, is
secretary, l.. M. Hare of Shelley, is
treasurer, and other members of the
board of directors are d. B. Sage and
N. M, Holm of Shelley, A. Written
and L. M. Caps of Blackfoot, and
Cheney st. Clair of Idaho Falls. Mr..
st. Clair is the legal adviser for the
company, and Mr.. Holm is the engi-
neer in charge, who also designed the
whole structure.
Other stockholders of the company
are d. P. Hogan, G. l.. Hare, H. e.
Mcmillan, N. S. Sage, Ben Sage, S. o.
Robinson, j.. A. Modin, Soren Yor-
gesen, j. f. Shelley, of Idaho Falls;
Peter Corgatello, John Drew and l..
J.. Firth, of Firth; Harry Bennett, A.
N. Anderson, VIM. Marley, Frank
Written, Louville Written, S. e.
Written, of Blackfoot; Frank Hub
and, of Ogden; George 7. Odell, of
Salt Lake; A. L. Hayward and O. L..
of Idaho Falls.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

operators of power plants under or.
binary methods of construction, is the
lodging of drift against the headgates
In summer and of ice in winter, and
Engineer N, M. Holm who designed
the work now under discussion. seems
to have solved this problem at one
stroke, though of course it is yet to
be tested out.
The ice shield is a duplicate of the
wall just described but without the
presence of the gates for shutting
off the water, and with the differ
ence that the openings are not so
high. The arches are on the same
floor level but while the arches at
the gates are eight rect high, the
arches in the ice shield are only five,
and can be reduced to four or three
by lowering planks to cut off the top
flow. There r seventeen openings
in the ice shield, and it is designed
that the ice and drift shall always
float at a point higher than the tops
of the arches, and the under flow shall
feed the forebay which in turn sup
plies the canal and admits the water
to the power plant below, thus ex-
Guiding ice and trash from the power
plant by a distance of half a mile.
The capacity of the canal Is 200,-
600 inches, OF 1000 second feet,
is the capacity of the river at
low water when the water required
in the canals below this point is
in the channel according to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

rich concrete. From the gates the ca
nal 100 feet wide on the bottom and
100 feet wide at the water. line, car
rying a stream IA feet deep, leads
the water to the power plant to be
built on the banks of the river 34O0
feet below, and whenever the opera
tors wish to increase the capacity OF
the plant, all they have to do is to
add more units and use more of the
water that is at all times passing the
plant. No new lines or conduits have
to be put in and nothing torn out.
Sixteen Gates and Arches
Returning again to the headgate,
it is built of solid concrete and steel
and each of the sixteen gates oper-
ates in steel grooves, and is so well
built that under test of nine-foot
pressure they leaked only about 200
inches of water, or about IL inches
per gate. Each gate is governed by
a steel screw operated by a wheel at
the top. The steel bars it operates
in are imbeded in the cement wall,
and the wall is braced by a trans
verse section of cement piers extend
ing down the canal, these transverse
sections being located rive feet apart,
and like the wall itself, made of very
rich concrete. The base Of each lift
ing device is imbeded in the cement
wall on one side and supported by
a steel rail on the other, the rail sup
ported at close intervals by cement
pillars constituting part of the solid
wall. Heavy iron bars extend from
the lower end of the steel screw to
the bottom Of the gates, leaving the
strain on the metal from top to bot
tom.
How the Ice Shield Works
The worry of canal companies and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

the large rocks the gravel cars are
used to dump in gravel on the upper
side to tighten the mass and make a
slope of three feet to one. Then
the wooden cover or facing is put on,
SO that when they are ready to raise
the water line and let it flow over
the top of the dam, it comes in con-
tact with a surface of smooth heavy
timbers and drops on solid lava be-
low. To make the dam absolutely
secure against any pressure, cement
braces were built on the lower side,
sunk into the solid lava and rein
forced with steel rods.
Seepage Cut Off
At the ends of the dam, where it
joins the river banks, wings, or &C.
ment walls extend far into the banks,
and are imbeded in the lava base.
The seepage is thus cut off, and
WdohAu6 AAOHA tAC Wilt VI WdLCIo 40
made impossible. The upstream
sides are protected with riprap for a
Long distance.
At Cedar Point Rapids
The dam is located at the head of
what is known as Cedar Point rapids
where the river rushes through a
gorge about $50 feet wide and makes
a fall of seven feet within a few rods
and has a steep descent for half a
mile. The dam is 748 feet long, and
is built in the shape of the letter Y.
the double or forked part (see fore
ground of p~icture) Joining the east
ern bank of the river, with the left
hand prong middle of picture) x
up stream to such an extent
that If 1t were removed the rest of
the structure would present an arch
with the angle bracing against the
current. This upper prong Is some
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
A NEWSPAPER CHANGE

The Preston News was under fore
closure proceedings last week, and
that paper ceased to be published
longer, but the Preston Booster has
started in its place, under the man
agement of w. L. Roe Sr., and T. G..
Carter.
C. Earl Wilson who was managing
the News temporarily before the
failure, is looking for a job, and
those who know him best say he is
a good man for country newspaper
work.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

thing new in engineering, and is one
of the most interesting features of
the dam, intended to add to the whole
plant a function that will make the
quality of their lights and power su-
perior to anything else in the upper
valley of the Snake, and is known as
the screen or ice shield, and will be
described later.
Canal 100 Feet Wide
When the main dam is closed and
the plant operating, the water will be
raised SO that it flows through the ice
shield to the headgate where it is
governed by 16 gates operated by
steel screws. This part of the wall
is Is feet high, measuring from the
floor of the canal, and is built of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
A MINERS WIFE
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NRGZNZ1 CA4SE

My husband said to me the other even
ing, Virginia, you really ought to tel
your readers about the experience your
brother Jim and his vile had with Compo-
Board" and SO here goes" as the men
folks say. Jim is IN assistant mine boss
at one of the mines near Salt Lake City.
For a long time, Jim and Clara, that's
his wife, a been wanting a home Of their
own, but it seemed as if just when their
hopes were to be realized, something al
ways prevented. Year before last it was
a new baby, and last year Jim was laid
up for four weeks with a broken leg and
a fractured arm, the result Of a prema-
ture dynamite explosion. This year Jim
and Clara made up their minds that moth
ing unfortunate would ~happen-and at
last their hopes have been realized.
Tor a long time Jim had his eye on
a certain h~alf-inished house-one that
was finished on the outside but not in
side. 1t was prettily situated and seemed
to have great possibilities. Jim found
that he could buy the house and the lot
1t was on for only $500, half cash and
tho balance in two years at 8 per cent
Then Jim appealed to me. He said, "Vir-
ginia, I'm up against it for sure. Here I've
gone and bought q house and have only a
few dollars left-not enough to finish it,"
This rade me mad, boiling mad all over
to think that my brother Jim would not
have resourcefulness enough to find a way
out of his difficulty. Look here, Jim"
I said, "if you weren'. such a hard work.
ing old stupid, I'd disown you. Go right
over to the lumber yard and get enough
Compo-Board and 2x4's to finish the house
you can pay cash for 1t n with Clara
holding the 2x4's and Compo-Board while
you pound the nails, o can finish 1t In
no time. And then you can paper 1t when
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
PROGRAM FOR BOISE RELIGIOUS
CAMPAIGN

1t has been found impossible for
the team experts representing the
Men and Religion Forward Movement
to be in Boise before Feb. 10. There
will be meetings on Sunday and Mon
day under the direction of local peo-
pie but the first gathering to be ad-
dressed by any of the experts will
be on Tuesday evening. The experts
will all be there at that time and will
participate in all the meetings an,
all the institutes during the remain
der of the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
Gem State Light and Power Co. Lifts Snake River From Its Channel

were long enough to enable the work
men to work several feet above the
water, and sink the hole three to six
feet into the solid rock. When the
hole was complete an iron rod was
prepared to be driven into the hole
and extend up high enough to come
to the top of the piece of timber it
was designed to hold in position. The
rod or bolt was sawed or split for six
inches at the lower end and a thin
iron wedge inserted, pointing upward,
before placing the split end of the rod
into the hole. 1t was driven down,
the wedge tightening as it pressed
against the bottom, and any or all
timbers anchored to it were prevent
ed from being lifted by the current.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
Alma Marker Music House
Established 1884
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO

v Headquarters for
Musical Instruments, Strings and Trimmings, Sheet Music and Music
Books, Orchestra and Band Music, Victor and Edison Talking Machines,
Records and Supplies
Books, Stationery, Sporting Goods, Kodaks and Supplies, Guns, Ammuni-
ton. Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Notions, Sewing Machine Needles, Oils and
Extras for all Sewing Machines, Clocks, Watches, Jewehy, Pipes, Cigars
Tobaccos, Repairing of pipes. Hundreds Of Small Notions not kept in
other stores. Greatest Variety Store this side of Chicago.
Send Me Your Orders Which Shall Have Prompt Attention
Yours for Business *
Alma Marker - Idaho Falls, Idaho
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02

anchored to one of them and the six
ton derrick hitched to the timber to
life it, and the rod stood the strain
while the nut or burr two inches
square tore through the 12x12 tim
Der, leaving the rod in position. Ev-
cry timber that was placed under wa
ter in the trestle was anchored in
this way, and the structure braced
with heavy beams from the lower side
to meet the downstream pressure of
the current. Rock weighing from five
tons down, are taken from the ada
cent lava beds, lifted on the car by
a derrick, and carried by gravity to
the line of trestle where they are
dumped into position. When the
structure is thoroughly ballasted with
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-02
Dams In General

1t is always interesting to a man
or a boy to know how to build a
dam, and in irrigated Idaho where
dams play such an important part in
the everyday work of the farm and
the mill, the matter of building dams
correctly or so they will do what they
were intended to, becomes a matter of
prime Importance.
To Dam Snake River
Until within the last few years It
was not generally considered FEAST
BILE to build dams that would with
stand the force and floods of Snake
river, but now we have them at Mil
ner and some other points; one is in
course of construction at Idaho Falls,
one has been completed four miles
below. there, and one is just being
completed two miles above Shelley.
Each of these enterprises has met
with some loss or calamity at some
period of it's construction, usually
when the deepest part of the channel
was reached or when the attempt was
made to close up the last section of
the stream, and more or less damage
has been done.
The Miner Dam
At Miner a section of the dam was
nearly carried away during the irri-
eating season by the great pressure
of the water taking out millions of
small particles every day until the
body of the dam was h~oney-combed
and weakening rapidly.
Steamboat to the Rescue
To remedy this and save the whole
work and the effectiveness of the
system, a steamboat was put into
commission to operate large scows
loaded with gravel, and this material
was dumped above the dam in great
quantities. The work was carTfea>on
in this way for several months, and
the dam fully protected and ballasted.
Rolling Stones, Floating Ice
At the work spoken of below Ida
no Falls a great amount of material
was lost by washing away, and after
the completion of the dam and power
house, great inconvenience and much
trouble resulted from ice lodging and
fnrmino ahnrrf tha 10 IA, MI +l,o .a4oJx. |,
of the power house, thus making the
stream unsteady and the light and
power correspondingly intermittent.
Current Lifted Piers
At Idaho Falls the center of the
dam gave way when it was closed up, !
and a section of the work was lost
but is being replaced. No device has
been provided to keep the drift ice
and the mush ice from choking the
passage of the water to the water .
wheel, and considerable interest GEN. :
ters in this feature of electrical pro- I
duction. 1
Wrecked by Flood 4
At Shelley a section of the dam was !
torn out by the rush of water from .
the break in the Idaho Falls dam !
coming upon it when it was ssuffic- !.
iently anchored and ballasted to hold !
the flow of the river but not COM 4
pleted enough to withstand the flood. I
This section has just recently been ]
replaced, and The Republican writer !
kept informed about the work so he J
could visit it when the work of clos (
ing the deepest and swiftest part Of I
the channel was in progress, and went I
out to examine the work last week. 7
How 1t Was Built 4
A strong trestle was extended into '
the river bed by sections, and holes
drilled into the lava rock constitut-
ing the river bed, and in line of the
dam-to-be. Where the water was S
running ten feet deep, the drills used p