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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

teriaI fills the hopper from the bot
tom gate UP. then the top gate closes
Between the two gates is the desired
quantity of sand, rock, or cement, each
material having its own measure The
bottom gates open. and the measured
materials fall into the mixers on the
second floor. The water used is meas
ured and goes in with the other mate
rails
Two Men Handle Output.
The gates are operated by water
power controlled by a small valve, and
two men can handle the entire output
Of concrete.
The mixers are large cast iron hollow
spheres, that revOlve on rollers, and
hold nearly three yards of loose mate
RAJ per patch. The mixed concrete
is dumped into a hopper over a narrow
gage railroad track that is on the
ground floor There are three mixers
and the same number of tracks Cars
driven by cables. like the OId-time ca
Bile cars. haul the mixed concrete out
under the main Cableways in three
yard iron boxes or sldps, and the ca
vey it to the dam
The repair shops, warehouses. rail-
road scales, cOrralS, etc, are all mod
ern, and of sufficient size to handle
all materials, etc, needed.
The railroad yards cover about IS
miles OF double track and spurs. and
are arranged so that the dump trains
operate in a circle. Trains going out
use one track and come in on another.
The incoming trains pass over the track
scales. and all sand, rock, etc. can be
weighed
The Railway Rolling stock.
The rolling stock consists OF four
lotion locomotives, 40 so Gu I'd. dump
cars and II $4,000 pound fiat cars.
As soon as the river was diverted,
IN November of last year. the cable
ways operating huge three CT. I'd grab
buc5NeIs, were started eXcavatinS the
sanu ana gravel over the bed rock IN
Ihe river bottom The sand and gravel
mas Deen saved to use in the concrete
ana Is stored in a large DUMP The old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

f%O THOSE desiring a concise
T statement of the history, prog
Il ress, and expenditures on the
ELEPHANT Butte dam, the annual re-
ports Of the director Of the reclama-
+fon service are recommended In the
following description only the most
salient features will be touched upon
This work has been variousiy called
the Elephant Butte" the RIO
Grande." and the 'EngIe" dam. and
not until August, 1912, was it offic--
tally designated as the Elephant
The name is derived from the old ex-
+inct volcano, Elephant Butte, which
has been a landmark for travellers up
and down the river since the days OF
CorteZ. A strong imagination, coupled
with the proper point OF view, viii re-
veal an elephants head on the face OF
an even 500 feet Of being one mile
above sea level.
The reservoir site has been recog-
nfzed as a feasible one for years, and
several companies have figured on
dams at this point previous to the IN
vestigations taken up by the govern
ment in 1903. a great amount of time
and study was necessary before def
mite plans could be evolved and the
various steps in the development OF the
final plans upon which construction IS
now going on, are interesting and IN
structiTe-
The first consideration was the le-
gal points. Mexico claimed large IN
ferest in the flow of the river TINS
claim was adjusted by the treaty be
tween the United States and Mexico
Of Nay q, 1906.
While the details of this treaty were
being arranged, surveys Of the reser-
vOir and the possible dam sites were
being made. From these surveys the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

capacity Of the reservoir with various
heights of dams could be ascertained.
The Flow of the Water.
The value of reliable records as to
the flow Of the river was recognized
years ago, and IN 1895 the interna-
tiOnal boundary commission established
a gaging station at San Marcial, New
Mexico. Continuous records have been
kept Of the daily flow Of the river at
that point since that time, and upon
those records the entire undertaking
has been based.
The capacity of the reservoir when
full, has been determined as 2,642,-
292 acre feet. If turned out at one
time il would cover the 10000 acres
embraced in the project IA feet and s
inches deep. To gain an idea of what
this amount Of water means, it would
take tank 236 feet in diameter, and
500 miles high, to hold it Such
tank would just comfortably set on
an area the size Of city block Ifthis
tank were lain fiat on the ground
with its base in FL Paso, its top would
be several miles north of Colorado
Springs. or within about so miles of
Denver.
First Work in 1908.
While details were being decided
upon and information gathered steps
were being taken to procure the nee
essary land for the reservoir. Some
preliminary construction work was
under way in 1908 and 1909, but the
legal complications involved in pro
curing land became so grave that May
10. 1909, all work was suspended.
The necessary land was finally OBJ
tanned by condemnation proceedings,
and work was again started July II,
1910. At the present time the gov
eminent has obtained title to all but
about 5000 acres Of the total $4,000
acres OF private land necessary, and
this, with 1900 acres Of original gov
eminent land viii make the reservoir
reservation area about 81. 900 acres.
Railroad is Constructed.
During the period that work was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM;
SUMMARY OF FACTS
Length Of dam on top, 1900 feet.
Width of dam at the top, Is feet,
Maximum height, 800 feet.
Masonry in dam, 100000 Gu yards.
Number of water outlets CT gates,
u.
Capacity of reservoir, 2,642,292 acre
feet.
VIII nrigate 10000 acres
Length of reservoir, As miles
Length of shore line, 200 miles.
Depth of water at face of dam, 1913
feet
Average depth of reservoir, 90 feet
Average width of reservoir, 1 "a
miles.
Area of surface of water reservoir
full, 81 ~ square miles
Earth embankment at original spill
way site, length, 1860 feet; maximum
height, a feet.
Length of roads built, 1o.1 miles.
Length of telephone lines in use, u
miles.
Length of power and light lines,
seven miles.
Number of telephones in use, IS.
Miles of railroad constructed, 1892.
Approximate cost of dam and
canals, 100000.
Project is now 4s percent complete.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
A REMINDER

That We have the largest RETAIL hardware
store in Ell Paso.
Did you know that We can supply the house,
wife with not only the actual hardware neoes-
stiles but also the little lu71uries that add
comfort and individuality to the homer
We can and hope that you will call at No.
III San Francisco St. and allow US the privilege
Of demonstrating to you that this is the place
to come for your hardware wants.
KRAKAUER, FORK MOVE S sues, INC.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

J. charles, Assistant Construction En- gineer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

Continued on next page.)
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17

HEAVY rains fell
Friday and Satui
very beneficial to i
been suffering fro
Farmers are MUCK
the prospect as it seem
corn and vegetables
destined to be a fail
rains now there is cha
recover from the effect
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
WOMEN AT WORK
They Are Striving For Success Of Ma.
tIonal Conservation Exposition.

Women all over the South are work
ing heart and soul for the success of
the National Conservation Exposition
that will be held In Knoxville, Tenn,
next September and October.
The women will have a building on
the exposition grounds devoted entire
ly to them and to their interests Tbs
building now in course Of construction
will be one of the handsomest and
must striking in the group OF exposi-
tion structures. 1t Is being built In the
old Colonial style.
The building was designed for the
women; it is set apart for their use.
In it will be shown hundreds and thou
sands of things of interest to women.
The woman's building will be primarily
devoted to the display of various
things embraced in that comprehen-
sive term-domestic science-and to
the display of the arts and crafts in
which they will find delight and in
struction.
Mrs. Horace Van Deventer, of Knox
Vile. a daughter of Justice LurtOn of
the supreme court OF the United
States. is chairman of the woman's
board of the exposition and is devoting
much of her time to the work. Mrs.
Van Deventer is getting splendid as
sistance from the women OF other
great Southern states.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
WILL EXPLOIT SOUTH
National Conservation Exposition at
Knoxville to Feature Mines
and Minerals.

Gov. James B. McCreary, of Ken.
tucky, has read so much about the
National Conservation Exposition that
is to be held in Knoxville, Tenn, dur
ing the months of September and Oc-
tober, had become so much impressed
with the magnitude of the exposition
and its importance to the South as a
whole that he recently called DIR. ]. B.
Hoeing, State Geologist. before him.
"Dr. Hoeing," the governor said in
effect, this exposition at Knoxville is
going to be a big thing. a much bigger
exposition for the South in every way
than most people imagine / am anx-
ious that you go down to Knoxville.
look over the ground, see what is be-
ing done, and arrange for a state ex-
hibit of Kentucky minerals at the ex-
position. Kentucky can not afford to
be unrepresented, believe"
DR.. Hoeing came to Knoxville, mar
veled at the work being done and at
the work already accomplished. He
went back to Frankfort and made his
report to Gov. McCreary
Kentucky will have it's exhibit at
Knoxville.
The incident thus related is only
one of number of similar character
that have occurred recently. Many
who could not see things Alright before,
have become convinced that the Ma.
tional Conservation Exposition Is to
be in reality a national exposition, ma.
tion-wide in scope, nationwide in char
acter.
The United States government,
through it's different departments and
bureaus, is taking a deep interest in
the success of the big undertaking.
and in no department probably more
than in the Department Of Mines and
Minerals.
In the first place the managers of the
Exposition have taken into considera-
ton that the mineral resources of the
Great New South are many and varied
that for richness of deposits there are
none just like them anywhere in the
country, and they have taken into con.
sideration the fact that there is much
development work still to be done
among these mineral deposits. So
magnificent new building, white as
snow, as are all of the other buildings
OF the Exposition, is going up. It will
be used exclusively for the display of
mines and mineral exhibits.
Here the resources that mean so
much to the South will be on display:
here the lessons of how best to con-
serve these wonderfully rich re-
sources will be taught; here the les.
sons of how best to protect the lives
of those who go down in the mines as
a means of earning livelihood will
be portrayed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION

HIGDON, Ala, July 15 Theirs
will be Sunday school convention
and picnic near Shiloh Church at Hig-
don, Ala, Thursday, Aug. 81. There
will be fine speaking and an illustra-
tion by the Infant Class of America
taking Cuba. There will be free
lemonade for all infant classes attend
ing the convention. A basket dinner
will be had on the grounds and all are
invited to bring welllled baskets The
convention will be conducted by VIM.
Loach and the committee in charge is
composed of Chas. Moore, John Tink
er, Claud Wilkson, Oscar West. P. P.
Honley. The Annual Sunday School
conventions at Higdon, Ala, attract
much attention. and are attended by
large numbers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
HIGH SCHOOL
OPENS AUG. 18TH

The High School Board of Marion
County has decided to open the High
School at Jasper on Monday, Aug. 18,
instead of Monday, September I. This
will permit the school to close about
the first of May after nine months
term, move which has been inaugur-
ated to accommodate large number
of farmers sons who are compelled to
leave school at that tins to assist in
the crops on the farms. This is
good move and one that will be en-
dOrsed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
lTSsDEATH AT
LOCK AND DAM
Wells Knocked Into River
and Drowned While Work
! ing There.

body Of William Wells. who was
ed Thursday morning at the lock
~ was recovered from Tennes-
sr Friday. 1t was picked up by
Der coming mp the river. Wells
{ work on some construction
the dam, was struck on the
a falling piece of scantling
cked into the river. He was
knocked unconscious by the
although a good swimmer,
come to--the .surafce at-Once
appeared at the surface
----~, ,ne distance down stream,
turned over in the water and
in. All efforts to save him
Awaiting, and hope of recover
body abandoned until it was
hp by the steamer. He was a
!. HI. Wells, residing east of
4 was employed as carpenter
lock. He was about 20 years
unmarried.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
" MANAGER FOR
SUPPLY STORE

N d
u change has been made in The man
Egsment Of the Sequatchie Supply
ftora, owned by g. sherman, of this
[lace. and Albert Wallace, of Rocbes-
hi. N. Fl. Mr.. j. S. Deakins, who
las been it's manager ever since the
|ormation of the firm, has retired and
|ir. d. F. Peak. Of Soddy. Tenn,
|akes his place, being now in charge
|lr. Deakins has been yer y faithful
|uring his long term of years service,
Ind will be missed from behind the
|ounter. Mr.. Peak is hustling young
|usiness man, and it is the intention
II the Supply Store owners TO enlarge
he business in various lines.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
IN or
MRS. WALTER FAGG

i. Walter Fagg died yesterday
hing at 10 O'Clock of consumption
had not been in good health for
bast seven years, but was not TAX
Briously i'll until after the death of
daughter, Anna, with the same
Ease about two months ago, but
Zee that time her decline has been
bid. She was 10 years of age and
&c mother of seven children, four of
shom, Mrs. ley Doss, Gladys, Lucille
Ia Claud, survive her. besides her
naband AMI other relatives. She was
slaughterof Mrs. Mary Randle of this
ity. Interment will be made today at
gfewood cemetery after services at
home at 10 o'clock,
sfhe entire community joins in gym
Etby TO Mr. Fagg and family in their
Ara bereavement.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
lTTSBURC GAME
is POSTPONED

game with South Pittsburg for
I by is called off. Saturday, so
Minnis writes the manager of
tlachee ball team, is pay day
the foundries and factories,
f5hat account several of the ball
Jill have to work. The game is
fed until Saturday week, July
B:30.
Nv. G. Hill,
&luachse, Tenn,
ASir:
I wrote you yesterday after
9t we could give you a game
prday, July 10, | had forgot
Saturday is pay day in this
all the foundries and mills,
that'} account several of the
boys will have to work. Con-
this, we will have to call the
ff, but will play you the fol-
Saturday, July 26, or any day
bek. e.
sorry to be compelled to do
ind certainlY.hope that our teams
,e able to get together real soon
anne.
ith best wishes to you and yours,
|ain.
"Yours very truly,
H. N. MEs{NIS.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17

eternal truth and see what it says.
Psalm BOIL, Ps. 149:3. Psalms 1904.
/ wish some of You opposers to the
dance would read jeremiah 311:3 for
the definition of the dance and the
reason people dance Dancing is only
an expression of joy and not condemn
ed in all the Bible. The devil has us
ed it to accomplish his purpose and SO
has God, therefore it can't be as sinful
a pastime as the devil would have as
believe and I, for one. will stick to
my position on the subject
Come on. all ye correspondents. and
let us say our say.
UNCLE TOM,
Tracy City, Tenn, July "a. 1913.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
SCHOOL FUNDS

The following is the apportid
for Marion and adjacent countieSl
IN 1,,lr 1.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
FOR SALE.

We offer our real estate in Sequa-
|hee for sale to cash buyer, and de-
're propositions from places wanting
} locate first-class newspaper and
|rirtiug plant.
HILL & SON.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17

Don't borrow tue News. Act fair. SOC.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
NO ADVANCE IN HOTEL RATES.
Visitors to National Conservation Ex-
position To Be Well Treated.

- 10 are contemplating visit
Ill Conservation Exposi-
# lille during the months
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17
Cedar
to fhs Nezgs

Sbetiai TO ne -Ne7os
Oats and wheat are fine around h.
as, Texas. Corn and cotton are doing
we'll SO far. IL we get another rain we
will have fine crops in Texas.
Good wages are paid out here. |
am making three dollars 4 day for
running thresher and board free.
am going to Southern Texas soon, and
from there to Chattanooga. Tenn
A. A.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01

Miss Maybelle Strodtman OF.
Kansas City arrived Saturday ey-
ening for a visit here with Mrs
Vince Owens.
A. E. Taubman went to Sedalia
Saturday evening on business
Mrs. H. H. Skies, who has been
visiting her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Warren P. Clark, left for
her home in Helena, Montana,
Sunday morning.
Mrs. H. G. Knox of Kansas
City arrived Saturday evening
for a visit here with the family
of T. G. Sawyer.
Geo. Price went to Kansas
City Sunday morning to enter
the st. Joseph hospital for treat
ment.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
MADE NO DIFFERENCE.

Two women, mutually cOnfding
their grouches. One woman, a sweet
little soul the other, & self-assertive
body.
"You can't think how this high
cost Of living affects us" confessed
the one. "Why, my bills for clothes
alone are more than twice as large
this year as they were last year"
Mercy" gasped the other. 81
don't see how your husband can af-
ford It'll"
THAT'S the answer-he can't" re-
butted the first. "But he couldn't
afford it last year. So what's the diff
ferencep" - Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
MAKE APPEAL TO SCIENTISTS
Men Of Learning Must Come Forward
With Highly cOIored Insect That
VIII subdue Cotton Pest.

With the confidence Of scientists
who stoop, grub and study we have
come to learn many things about the
lowly of the earth. On the prin-
ciple that everything living may be
dangerous, a useful theory has been
developed by which the enemy OF
crops may be fought by the more
valiant of his division. The partic-
ular enemy that has needed a sound
licking is the boil weeyil, which
emaciates and destroys the cotton
growth. To fight this pest the
learned entomologists imported
some beetles from Guatemala, where
Gen. Lee Christmas has spread the
hostile spirit through all grades Of
antagonism. There was something
wrong with conditions Of climate for
the alien beetles, however, and the
boil weevil proceeded scornfully with
his work of devastation. Now there
il a new boil weeyil which is assaiI-
able through another weakness; it
is the pink boil woeyil Of Hawaii, a
highly colored invader, confident, but
TO be subdued. How cocky IS the
party of assault when it is colored
pink! The scientists may immedi-
ately produce a purple beetle of equal
deadliness and work to the confusion
of pink by purple.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
ARDS HAD PREDICTED TRULY
oretold Good Fortune Coming to New
York Woman, and tho Next
Day II Came.

For fifteen years Mrs. Nellie Cou-
rs told her fortune with cards, new
losing confidence in their efficacy.
or fifteen years she went about her
nployment in stores in order to
zip her husband maintain their lit
> home.
At night after her work was
cared away she went back to the
lithful old deck of cards. Some
mes the cards ran good for her,
1metimes not. But when she turned
D the five and ten Of diamonds six
mes in succession on a recent Sun
W night she was oyerjoyed.
Our fortune is going to change
re told her husband, according to
Ne New York Sun. 81 know it is.
ne cards tell me so and the cards
o not he.
Confirmation was not long delayed.
4 special delivery carrier came
hooking at her door the following
ronday morning. Mrs. Cousins took
he letter. 1t was from an attorney
n Philadelphia. 1t told her shC
rs heir to the $4,000 estate Of
IRIS. Carrie DrexeI, Philadelphia, al
mt.
Mrs. Cousins, who is sixty year.
"a. had not heard from her aunt il
.teen years.
She put the letter aside and wen
o her work. She will finish out tn
week despite the fact that the for
tune is enough to keep her in com
fort the rest Of her life.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
SURE CURE FOR SNAKE BITE
Pasteur Institute at Paris Reports Dis
eovery Of Toxin That Has
Proved It's Value.

1t is stated that about 10000 per-
sons are bitten annually by the CO.
bras of India, and until a short time
ago these bites were generally fatal,
but the discovery Of an a%ntitoxin has
been the means of cutting down the
number Of deaths very materially.
The same statement applies to the
several hundred which are bitten
each year by the poisonous snakes OF
this country. The discovery Of this
remedy was due to the activities Of
the Pasteur institute in Paris. DR..
RAYMOND Ditmars, curator Of the
reptile department Of the New York
geological garden, has been handling
and hunting snakes for 20 years,
and has never been bitten, and in his
recollection only three cases Of snake
bite have been called to his attention
in New York, and as these were with
in recent times they were all cured
by the antitoxin, which is always
kept on hand at the New York Pas
teur institute.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
WOULD WORK BOTH WAYS.

"There'8 no logic in love-" said DR.,
H. Mitchell Wilson, the Denver eu-
genist, as he drank in the self-im-
pregnated air of an Atlantic City
pier.
DR.. Wilson, gazing absently at a
school of porpoiseS tumbling in their
graceful way in the blue and Sunlit
water, chuckled and continued
1.-TWO young people sat on the
beach the other night. Moonlight
whitened the sand. The sea in the
moonlight was like frosted silver.
The young girl, mystically beautiful
beneath those calm rays, said;
"'How do you know l can make
YOU happyY
Because groaned the younG
man, you make me so miserable
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
We're cleaning up those lawn
mowers in a hurry. Get a beauty
today. Cheap, you bet.
MODEL HARDWARE.

Henry Chiles spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
M. Ladeson spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Miss Mamie Cunniff, Miss
Atlas Golliday, Miss Eunice Ha-
good, Roscoe GOlladay and Roy
Atteberry spent Sunday in
Buekner.
Miss Elsie Weber returned
home Saturday evening from
visit in Larned, Kansas.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
POSITIVE PROOF.

"That man in making his millions
had an absolutely clean record"
care you sure of that?"
Couldn't be more 80. He made
it in soap"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
PAW KNOWS EVERYTHING.

Willie-Paw, why do they say that
all the world is a stage?
Paw-Because those who can't get
in the spot light act as critics, my
son.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
SURE.

Stude-Don't you ever sweep un-
der the carpet?
JGnitor-Ysssuh l always sweeps
everything under the carpet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
PROPER E.

"Where are you going, my daugh-
ter?"
q am going to where you said
they had those wash sales to get a
tub suit"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-01
ONLY RELIEF.

81 shouldn't cry if l were you, lit
tie man."
Must do sumfng; l bean't old
enough to svear."-Punch.