The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-26

to- labor IA. following day. were
wooing sleep. u thereafter let Their,
alone. 80 hat some of the Shtiners
did get some sleep on the trip
\ Mexican deputy shcrin who Ct
tempted to qu.ll tn" nuisc was told
with promptness aud force where he
cupld go. II H. not recorded that h"
went there. bdt the joy went on un-
confined. Nor were the members OF
the delegation locked Up. either.
though there H. n very scrs ceable and
apparently durable Jail ~ the daiusitc.
But tn. real celebration took place
un the Pullman going from Aluu.
qucrque To- the dam. Nobody got any
fi.op that night. The patrol. all gay
young bucks like Bert Skinner AMI
older bucks. equally ray. like John
Rorraidaile. Kept everyone awake ana
going
The patrol also organized "a chap
ter OF the Degree Of the Yellow Bos,
which was inflicted on all who came
within range. II was some degree.
No one who underwent its awful rites
had u great deal To Say about them
later. but II ~ understood that COM
p.tent authority testified to it, cf-
fcctiy eness. The business OF this
order was continued the succeeding
duy at the damsite.
The noyiccs. IL also Is understood.
got enough to make them remember
this particular date for many days to
, come. They paraded, of course. what
would the dear public do without a
Shrinpr parade once in n while The
| costumes most Of them wore were
I plain or decorated nighties. but "a few
Of the chosen ones APPEARED In sof-
| v.uus purple ana yellow couttaptions
that Cooked like a cross tive "a
J Mothcr Hubbard wrapper md "A Ibu-
lave uniform. Every one of them wore
| his right trousci leg rolled up To tn"
knee. which one of h visiting ladies
| declared was most iminodest In the
case OF some of them.
Most of them wore signs setting
form their ~peculiarities, one said
81 %ant all that Ballut Abyad has %
IA Gallup coal dealers legend was.
seven bucks gone To- hell" that sun
cling the price of II ton oi coai ward
anderson bore this legend Ward
Anderson Political Printer. Hirh
rric"S.
one Shriner ayowcd his joy that ho
wns not a novice ON this historic occn-
sion aud doubtless many NOR. folt ~
gduc continent
From the standpoint ot the public
tn, baptism nt u dozen or 50 uf the
huSkic-t noNtCcs m the Rio Grand'
was tn" most ontertaining sight. but
whether the baptism 81 being hauled
out of the river ON the traditional
shrine rope was tho worst none Of
To, nuyicos would say.
~ for the crowd. IT was a merry
ono al the way. There were i25 h.!
paso Shrincrs attending. hy uctuai
'%count. aud II was stated that but Tor
the Mexican troubles this figure would
have been treblcd Counting ladies
and ia. few guests, it was easily a
crowd OF 800 people.
Tho recreation features included
INCORPORATING on the reservoir. the
largest artificial confined body OF
water In the world, a pond 81 miles
long and with more than 200 miles OF
shore line. This in "dr,crt' Sew,
Mexico And bathing too. was en-
iuycd, there being a very fair subs'i
tut" for q beach 81 a long, gently
sloping point that reached into tn,
water, anu iNnlNb UT, hTbI' bnt
chester French caught IN unlimite,
string of catfish. and that there were
| plenty they didn't get was evident
+ from th' top of the dam. where. Q
hundred feet cor 50 beneath. schools
of FISH could be seen. Then thors
IS was the trip through the dan itself
Construction Engineer l.. J. Charlie
; detailed a number Of courteous an,
= well-informed engineers to show tn
I crowd through and II there was amy
thing they missed nobody cried ahuu'
! II. There are thousands of steps
NOR" or less. in the sloping inspection
! galleries Of the dam, up and dow
e which strings OF sightseers narche,
J all day The crowds saw the valves
I the spillways the big gates for ccn
trolling floods. tn. straining tower
that takes the wnst. and driftwoo,
/, out Of the outgoing water. the powc
plant. where IA i5-inch stream gener
!atcs power for whatever work MAJ
bee needed about the project, the biz
fcrVica gates, where a stream u
water foui by five fce, rum fas
enough To make parts OF the dam VI
hrato with It's restrained power, TIT
balanced valves that control the DIFF
f-rcnt gates and al The res, of tn,
works" Lots of people climbed IN
ladders from the lowest gallery Of IN
dam tu It's crest. some visitors go
moistened by streams from the var
llous INSPECTION borinEs. put throusI
lthc solid concret" from top To- bed
|rock To- show ans leakage that ma.
Inrise ~ 20 relieve pressure from IN
bottom Of the dam, du" To water tina
may find ts way INTO crcyices In tn
Foundation rock. Everyone learned ~
the syl'cm of summer and winter
blocks uf Concr-t. That takes care o
tn" expansion of heat aud prevent
,raHks 90 the dam Itself
The engineers have been lockin
tho galleries ~ night, ubstcnsibly fo
safety sake since the Mexican trou
'llc broke out. but none ~ them con
sid"r"d o. pos-iol, tor any damage I
uo done g. the structure hN even IN
most inadvertently inclined foreigncl
w" figured out the other day.
,aii uuo 81 them. Just how niue
dynamite % would taxi To hurt IN
dam II would require more than
man could carry iu In u solid mont