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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

the other two hours the Falls might be al
lowed 20 pursue their natural course in
all their original splendOr. In that way
the flow would not be diminished piece
meal by successive franchises as il has
been during the past thirty years.
The war over Niagara between the en-
gineers, on the one hand. and lovers Of
nature on the other has been a long and
bitter one.
The power possibilities Of Niagara Falls
have been recognized for more than two
hundred years A primitive sawmill was
operated by waterpOWer derived from the
Falls as far back as 1904 A hundred
years later a grist mill and blacksmith
shop were erected and similarly oper-
ated.
II was not until the late eighties. how
ever. when hydrO-electrical power de-
velopment became en- important ensi
neering factor. that the capitalists began
70 cast hungry gIances toward Niagara
To fOrestal their plans TO some extent
public spirited citizens secured the pas
sage OF law by the New York Legisla-
ture whereby the State acquired l07
acres on the American sile OF the Falls
to be set aside as a State reservation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20
Modern Efficiency Experts Suggest
a Plan for Turning on" Niagara
Twice a Day for Sight-Seers and
Turning 1t Off" the Rest of the
Twenty-four Hours for Power

be called waste we're II not for the fact
nually. This great natural moving pic
ture costs society the value OF three an
nuaI horsepower per seat at the show.
II. then. we ascertain the value OF a
horsepower of wateTpower we shall know
what II costs society to furnish each visi-
tant one good look at Niagara Falls.
"Appraisals Of waterpower values have
ranged from nil 20 more than $3.50 per
horsepower Without going into a care
full calculation it may be conservatively
estimated that Niagara Falls power is
worth to society fully $50 per horsepower
per annum. II follows. then, that each
observer is indebted TO society for $3.50
every time he visits the great Falls
Might not the million annual visitors
10 this greatest OF cataracts secure their
thrills at less than $3.50 per look? Could
Il not be arranged that for say. one hour
each day the entire volume OF water be
allowed 20 flow over the great brink, and
for the remaining twenty-three hours let
IL run through shafts and tunnels upon
turbines? This would bring the cost OF
LOCK az the fallB GOWN 10 ABOUT -
the price Of three theatre tickets instead
of the price Of six suits Of clothes.
But. some one may urge. who would
come hundreds OF miles just for one
hours pleasure? Do this thing that you
propose and the audience will stay away.
Hardly. Cor the gorge itself is a royal
vision at all times, and then il there be
those who insist upon a continuous per
Torrance OF the Falls themselves. why
not give il 10 them in a grand amphi-
theatre where a screen 100 feet long
would picture the roaring waters in all
save the roar
Testing aside. II is very high price,
a price unnecessarily high. that Canada
and America are paying for trips To
Niagara Falls. Let us have a little real
social engineering brought 10 bear on
this esthetic-economic problem and We
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

SHALL without doubt. find a way to utilize
nearly all the power now wasted at
Niagara, yet not deprive mankind of its
heritage OF beauty and grandeur"
II this plan were worked out, the Falls
would be turned on" for one hour at 10
q. m. for instance and there would be
another performance OF an hours dura-
ton, perhaps, 1T D. N. This would make
it necessary for all the visitors to be on
hand at these specified hours and would
undoubtedly result In more or less dan
geTous congestion at the more desirable
viewpoints. If everyone endeavored to
be at the one best spot at the same time
serious accidents would inevitably result
To met this danger, II has been sug-
gested that a vast pavilion or amphi-
theatre might be erected on the Ameri-
can side Of the Falls at a desirable point
10 accommodate vast throng OF sight
seers and enable them all 10 get the most
out Of their precious hour Of inspiration
without sacrificing their lives or limbs
When the hour was up the power plants
would be given their innings. The mech
anism OF the huge turbines would be
brought into play through the diversion
Of the giant stream at a hundred differ
ent points before II reached the crest OF
the Falls.
What a horrible transformation would
take place, Suddenly. as If by the touch
OF a magic wand, the vast cataract would
be converted into an insignificant trickle
and in place of the majestic torrent with
its ear-splitting roar, the lingering sight
seers would behold a bald rocky height
as silent as a secluded mountain top
The offended eyes of the beholders
Copyright, 1916, by the Star Co
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

- EvERELY practical engineers have
long lamented the tremendous
- waste involved in preserving the
scenic features of Niagara Falls instead
OF utilizing to the full the vast energy
available for industrial purposes. II is es-
timated that this loss amounts to no less
than $15O,0O0,OO0 year and that as about
1000 900 people view the Falls annually.
It is costing society about $3.50 per visitor
to maintain the FsIls in their natural
majesty.
On the other hand, lovers OF nature
have viewed with CONSERVATION the re-
peated efforts OF modern engineers TO
desecrate the Falls and have condemned
the various franchises which have been
awarded 10 power companies at different
times These corporate vandals IL is
claimed have already been given too
much leeway and strong efforts have been
made through legislation and interna-
tional treaty TO put a stop once and for
al 20 the further despOliatiOn OF natures
most majestic masterpiece.
A novel suggestion has recently been
made however. which If carried into eff
feet. may secure for industrial purposes
every ounce OF power represented in the
great Falls. and. at the same time. pre-
serve their natural beauty intact
This suggestion is made by a writer
in the representative engineering jour
nal Engineering and Contracting" who
proposes that the great volume OF water
be turned on 10 the full for the bene-
ft Of sight-seers for a brief period or
periods every day. and be diverted into
the thirsty throats of the power plants
the remainder OF the time
In other words. instead OF maintain
ing Niagara as a continuous performance.
as at present this writer suggests con
yerting 70 into a neutrality-suspicious.
ances-a-day proposition.
In round numbers" he declares
5000 600 horsepower Of energy flows
% waste at Niagara. At least il would
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

would be asked to turn their heads away
from the barren rocks to gaze upon the
screen portraying. graphically but 81
lently, the glory which had departed.
This plan is quite feasible. Niagara can
be chained. Part OF its mighty flow has
already been diverted into private power
plants and is now providing light, heat
and power for consumers within a radius
OF some thirty miles
These diversions have resulted in a
more or less serious depreciation OF the
volume OF water now tumbling over the
brink and have been bitterly condemned
by those who believe IL is far more i'm
portant to maintain the grandeur of Nj
agara unim0sired than 70 earn dividends
for private corporations.
The new plan. however need not nee
essarily add 10 the damage which has
been done TO Niagara. On the contrary.
If provision were made for the temporary
use OF all OF Niagara's power. it would
end once and GOr all the repeated appli-
cations from private companies for the
right 20 divert part OF the flow permanent
ly. In other words. If private companies
were allowed 10 use all of Niagara s
power for twenty-four hours a day, during
my. Great Britain Rights Reserved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

The Falls in All Their Natural Glory.
What a Transformation Would Take
Place When They We're Turned
orr Suddenly. As if by the Touch
of a Magic Wand, the Vast Cataract
Would Be Converted Into Insignif-
cant Trickles and in Place of the Ma
iestic Torrent with It's Ear-Splitting
Roar. the Lingering Sight-SeeTs
Would Behold the Scene Shown in
the Drawing on the Left.
Similar efforts resulted in Ontario pur-
chasing 154 acres on the Canadian side,
which we're established as Victoria Park
Within a year, however, both New York
and Ontario undid much Of their good
work by granting franchises 10 various
power companies. allowing the-> to divert
part Of the flow A New York corpora
ton was given the right to divert enough
water from the Falls to develop 10000
horsepower
This corporation invested a lot OF
money in the project, and It took ten
years before its plant was completed.
The work involved building a tunnel
7.481 feet long. twenty-One feet high and
eighteen feet in width Il was lined
with more than 100000 bricks Il was
driven through solid rock Of which
10000 tons had 70 be removed.
In the meantime no less than nine
other corporations had been granted stint
lar rights four American corporations
and six Canadian.
II was anxiOusly pointed out by those
who considered the preservation Of the
scenic features Of the Falls OF paramount
importance that If all these companies
we're to develop their plants 20 the ca
pacitv specified in their franchises nearly
40 per cent # the effective flow OF Mag
ara Falls would be diverted enough %
reduce the American Falls 20 a bare clh
To prevent this national calamity Con
gress was appealed 20 and a law was
passed. known as the Burton act which
limited the extent 10 which private com
panies should be permitted 10 use the
Falls. and prescribed the maximum
amounC OF power which might be import
ed fro IN Canada. pending the execution
OF 4 treaty between this country and
Canada covering the situation This
treaty vas passed IN 1910 and is still in
effect
To put the new plan into execution
would no doubt involve international ne
collation. Il might be necessary 20 pass
Federal laws 10 govern the situation. IT,
however. practically all Of Niagara's vas
power could be made available. as sug
gested without seriously menacing the
natural wonders Of the cataract perhap
such changes IN the existing arrange
ments might readily enough be acced
ed 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

would eagerly turn 10
the huge moving pictures
Of the Falls. which. 1t is
suggested. would be ex-
hibited in the pavilion
as soon as the cataract
was turned of. With
the roar of the torrent
itself still ringing in
their ears the spectators
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20

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Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
FORTY-MILE TRIPS
FOR COAL IN n. D.
F.S. McNabb Tells of Serious
Conditions in North Dakota
Because of Shows

Farmers in North Dokata are going
forth miles across country for their
coal and some of them cannot get an
thracite at all. The snow is so deep
and the drifts are piled so high over
the railroad tracks the trains cannot
get through. F. S. McNabb, form
er resident here and we'll known in
Alberta, who lives at Nooran where
he has recently bought quarter sec
tion of land and will devote some of
his time to farming, writes the Tri
bune that only three tEains have
reached Noonan in two weeks. The
thermometer has been ranging from
sixteen to fifty-two degrees below
since Christmas, still the folks at
Noonan are cheerful and are looking
forward to the summer and blue skies.
The following letter from Mr.. Nc
Nabb will be interesting to his friends
in this vicinity who will be pleased to
know he is prospecting and is in pos
session of a quarter section of the
Footstool:
"Pease find inclosed check for re-
newal of my Tribune for another year.
The Tribune reaches me every Monday
morning and it's contents are eagerly
devoured. 1t is one of the best coun-
try newspapers l know of and would
not think of getting along without it.
1t is the paper people can take and
appreciate for it has ''punch" that
is peculiarly its own.
We are experiencing one of the old
fashioned winters Of pioneer days out
here on the prairie. The cold wave
struck us at Christmas time and has
continued steadily ever since. The
thermometer has stood at sixteen to
fifty-two degrees below all the time
and snow has been falling at frequent
intervals. Railroad traffic has been
suspended here for the past two weeks
with only three trains coming through.
We have plenty of coal here at Moo
nan supplied from the. Ignite mines
and farmers are coming forty miles to
get fuel. Crosby, our county seat, is
entirely out of coal. This has been
an exceptionally hard winter for live
stock. Dakota has been covered with
SNOW for over three months and farm
ers are finding it difficult to haul hay
or secure feed, and very little has
been brought in by the railroads.
l have invested in quarter section
of land near Noonan and will devote
some of my spare time to tilling the
soil. Land values are rising steadily
in this section and I hope to get in
on the tide of prosperity that is COM
inc -
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18

turn every night. Many other robins.
sometimes thousands of them, come to
the same woods. Such resorts are
known as robin roosts. In flying to
and from them the young birds learn
how to find their way.
Meanwhile mother robin is patiently
sitting on her blue eggs, from which
in about two weeks time another little
family will appear. In two weeks
more they also will be large enough to
leave the nest and can join their broth
ers and sisters in the roOst.
Grackles, or crow blackbirds, have
he same habit. But since they have
only one family or brood both the par
ent birds go to the roost with their
young.
Sometimes the robins are joined by
the grackles and both by the European
starlings, which, brought to this coun,
try and released in Central park. New
York, in 1890, have since become one
Of the most abundant birds in our mid
die Atlantic states. Such a roost il
visited nightly by many thousands of
birds.-Frank NJ. Chapman in ST. Mich
Olas.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
ALBERTA SCHOOL NOTES

The girls basket ball team, after
observing the marvellous success and
progress which the boys basket ball
team has made, has decided to
arouse some of its sleeping members
in order to show the boys what a
real game is.
Life is a joke; all things show it.
Look at Freshie and you're sure to
know it.
This weeks movies were very in
teresting. The subject was "Scenes
in Calcutta, India.''
On Monday Mr.. Grafelman, accom-
panied by the members of the Board
of Education, attended the teachers
and school officers meeting at Morris.
The sessions were held at the univers-
ity farm school auditorium.
Freshie: "There's town that re.
minds me Of you"
Sophy: whats it called?"
Freshie: Marblehead.
There will be no school on Wash
ington's birthday.
The school will swear to William
Ernst's solution of the binder problem.
Although the Pepperton boys were
victorious over our boys in last week s
basket ball game, we are firmly con.
WINGED that with another month Of
practice our team will be so skilled in
the art of playing basket ball that
many of the games will be victorious
for the Alberta school.
From Sid's Botany Exam: A mush'
room is a mushy plant with rooms il
it. A puffball is a plant that looks
as if it'were blown up.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK.
And the Lesson the Small Investor
Needs to Learn.


Needs to Learn.
The ad7ice Of one of the large banks
of the country is that every one should
invest his surplus, whether large or
small, in dividend securities of the best
class, whether railroad. real estate or
farm mortgages or public utilities, for
ITO keep money idle is a costly oper-
alton"
Let every reader Of this article re-
member that with as little as S. or $40
he can make first payment on the pur-
chase of first class 500 bond. Let
every reader who has a few hundred
dollars to spare put it in a good $500
or 81 900 bond on the partial payment
plan, and let it earn something. Five
hundred dollars invested in a 6 per
cent bond with the income deposited
in a savings bank at per cent? will
double itself in twelve years-that is,
the $500 will have become 81 900 in
that time. This $1,000 at per cent
will earn $50 year or over 81 a week
for it's possessor Even at per cent
it will double in fifteen years and at 4
per cent in eighteen years.
The lesson the small investor wants
to learn is that his money is just as
good as that of the larger investor.
The former has greater need of being
careful because he has less to spare.
Learn to be a careful investor. The
first thing the careful buyer does if be
wants to buy horse, a cow, house
or farm, a bond or share Of stock
is to make a careful investigation
SchooIboys may swap the jackknives
they hold in their closed hands, but
grownup men ought to know better
The humbIest investor can buy with as
great safety as the proudest, for both
can deal with the same bankers or
brokers in these days when small lots
are popular with firms Of established
character.-Leslie's Weekly.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
The Alberta Tribune


Eggs and butter prices began the
toboggan this week and will soon
be at point where poor man can
shake hands with a fresh egg for
breakfast. During the cold spell of
the last two weeks eggs rose to 80
cents.
Miss Hazel Gulbranson was agree
ably surprised by large number of
{ her friends Sunday evening when they
! rendered her a reception at the Star
theatre. The evening was devoted to
games and music and the frolic con-
tinued till a late hour.
Because of the snow storm and bad
roads last Saturday the commercial
club banquet and entertainment for
farmers and their wives had to be
postponed. The date has been set
for Washington birthday, Feb. %,
when the program intended for last
Saturday will be given.
J. H. Wendell. a prominent settler
at Buffalo and one of the we'll known
and prominent lawyers of the state,
is dead following a short illness with
the grip. He was native of Michi-
gan and came to Buffalo forty 1.-TWO
yeras ago and soon became active in
social and public affairs. He was a
Royal Arch Mason. He leaves a wife
and one daughter.
The state railway and warehouse
commissioners came to Alberta Tues
day morning to look into the matter
of ordering an unloading platform
built by the Great Northern. 1t ap-
pears a complaint had been lodged
with the board but no organized effort
has been made to secure the platform
although it would be appreciated by
shippers. 1t is understood represent
atives of the Great Northern have
made compromise in this matter and
offered to install portable platform.
The decision of the board will be
announced later.
Father and the boys had a "night
out" last Tuesday when they gathered
at the Star theatre and were enter
tanned by Friend Wife. Moving pic
lures, cards and other games were en-
joyed and then came a big feed such
as Alberta cooks only know how to
prepare. The event was most enjoy
able and the only regret the average
husband in town has is that these en-
tertainments do not come oftener. The
ladies have done their part. Now it
is up to Friend Husband. 1t is said
the old boys lean go some" whenever
they take notion. Some of them
have the notion right now and it is
hoped the fever will spread.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
Beaver Tales,

The Indians say that if a beaver sent
out from the parents lodge fails to
find a mate he is set to repair the
dam. If he fails a second time he is
banished.
An Arab writer has the same story.
He tells us that those who buy beaver
rkins can distinguish between the
skins of masters and slaves. The lat
ter have the hair of the head rubbed
off because they have to pound the
wood for their masters food and do it
with their heads.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
BIRD Ro0sTs.

Safety First as 1t Is Practiced by the
Feathered Tribes.
One Of the best ways to prepare for
a long journey is to make short one.
So we find that many birds, before
they embark on their great air voyage
which Is to take them from their sum
mer to their winter home. first make
daily trips between their sleeping quar-
ters and their feeding grounds.
This is the habit Of our robin. Rob
ms raise two and sometimes three fam
lilies in one season. When the first
family leaves the nest early in June
it is taken by the father robin to some
dense, leafy growth Of young trees to
pass the night To this place they re-
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
Iron In the ocean.

A piece Of iron will sink to the bot
tom no matter how deep the water is,
because water is only slightly compress
sible. If water were highly compress
sible, as air is, the water at great
depth would be much denser and there
fore heavier, and an object would sink
until it reached a point at which it's
weight would be less than that OF the
water which it displaced, and there 1t
would float. as clouds float in the at
mosphere. But a cubic foot of iron
weighs more than a cubic foot of wa
ter st depth of two miles. just as it
does at the surface. and therefore con-
tinues sinking until it reaches the bot
tom.-Christian Herald.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
How MIR. Davis Got Rid of Bad
Cough

"Some time ago had very bad
cough" writes Lewis T. Davis, Black
water, Del. "My brother McCabe
Davis gave me small bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After
taking this I bought dozen bottles
of it but only used one of them as the
cough left me and I have not been
troubled since.' Obtainable every
where. adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
PUTTING It Up to Father.

After several unsuccessful attempts
to draw her husband into conversation
at the restaurant, the wife discovered
the cause of his abstraction to be a
beautiful girl dressed in black and
seated at nearby table,
can attractive widow" observed tht
wife coolly.
eyes, indeed, a very attractive wild
ow," agreed the husband enthusiast
cally.
EYES," sighed the wife. 81 wish
were one."-Ladies' Home Journal
Morris tribune., 1916-02-18
Do You Find Fault With Every.
body?

An irritable, fault-fnding DISPOSE
ton is often due to a disordered stom-
ach. A man with good digestion is
nearly always good natured. A great
many have been permanently bene-
flied by Chamberlain's Tablets after
years of suffering. These tablets
tren gthen the stomach and enable ii
to perform its functions naturally.
Obtainable everybody. adv.