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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-11-23

Boston VS.. Brooklyn in World series
base ball game at the Princess Theatre
Thursday afternoon and evening.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-11-23
DRY CLEANING.

Having taken over the Dry
Cleaning outfit of Chas. Conlen,
will do work in this line on short
notice and to the satisfaction of
those having clothes to clean. Call
at house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

in all proper ways That expectation has not been
disappointed
Some months before the National Irrigation
gress met in 81 Paso in 1904, B. N. Hall was sent
here by Newell of the reclamation service
make careful and intensive study Of the whole Rio
Grande problem, including its delicate interstate and
international features So thoroughly and well did he
work. that at the session Of the congress here IN No
vember OF that year. engineer Hall was able TO present
to the congress- and later to general conference OF
representatives of New Mexico Texas and Mexico, and
TO their special committees comprehensive plan which
unanimously adopted, and was in fact the basis
which the project after actually organized
and inaugurated and which It has been carried
through to present contamination
Hall successful hydraulic engineer IN civil life
when the reclamation called him this special
work He left his lucrative private practice and spent
years here in Strengthening out the tangles and
getting the work well started He possessed remark
able gifts a diplomat and this phase of his
work less than to his engineering skill that high
praise IS due His ability 10 get the warning clans
together and settle all difficulties TO unanimous salts
faction irresistible It is worth remembering, that
the first words he spoke on ascending the platform
at the FL PasO meeting Of the National Irrigation con-
gresS for the purpose Of stating his plan which until
then had been kept secret, these: For the
ment, let's forget rights and talk about our in
terests" In such atmosphere, sumbering hOstites
vanished ike dew before the The reclamation
service gives engineer B NJ Hall the credit for actu
ally designing the Elephant Butte dam, in substantially
the form and the engineering plan It finally as
sumed- Many changes made the plans were
worked out in minute detail engineers Newell Davis
Louis C. Hill, W. NJ. Reed, E. H Baldwin, W W Fol
lett and others had hand in It. but the dam is built
Halls design essentially after all Yet the dam
itself is hardly fine monument, though more
likely be lOnglastng, the memory of his personal
services in the crisis that the valley reclamation ques
ton had reached when he appeared with the commits
sion solve 1t.
During The hard years Of preliminary exploration Of the
dam site and final planning, and after actual construction
had been begun, W NJ Reed and Louis C. Hill successfully
engaged the work. and left unblemished records Their
skill and personal interest advanced the proect IN spite
of serious obstacles that arose. W. W FOllett who
had been intimately acquainted with the river from
to mouth for many years in his private pro-
fessiona capacity and then consulting engineer for
the international water boundary commission gave
the reclamation service invaluable assistance his
post as consultant.
When the field had at last been cleared for rapid
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

project, the next in point of historical precedence is
Arthur Powell Davis, nephew of the major, and at
present chief engineer of the reclamation service
Davis came 70 this valley in the middle 8Os more
than 80 years ago, assisting in the work naugurated
by Mai Powell. At that time he began his detailed
and intensive study Of the river and its problems He
imbued with the spirit his distinguished chief
and that spirit has lived in him this day of huge
achievement and bright promise He has the ma
Jors dream come true-such realzations often take
centuries, as IN the case OF the Panama canal; gen
orally take generations at least decades
Following a few years later in the work Fred
erck H. Newell, who gave the best years of his life
TO building the reclamation service naugurating the
national system, and breaking down the human bar
rers 10 scientific progress When Newell became chief
photographer OF the geological survey % years ago,
ne TOO became familiar with the Rio Grande and took
its problems under most earnest consideration. Davis
and Newell from the very inception of the idea of Rio
Graude reclamation a practical plan, the de-
voted and intehgently active friends of this valley
Newell director of the reclamation service, Davis
chief engineer, in position to help hinder
the Rio Grande project the uttermOs: they helped
When the reclamation made law by
greSs 1902 stream measurements had already been
progress this river under the international (wate
boundary commission and the geological survey for
than five years; the "dreamers" beginning
10 analyze the problem basis for future definite
plans. As soon as the reclamation service
stituted and its work systemized and actively inau-
guTated the Rio GTande problem of the very
first to be taken up. II became the subject of re
ports and conferences within the department and the
preliminary work extended and speeded up. Newell
and DAVIS were watching out Ior the interests OF the
Rio Grande-
At the National Irrigation congress Of 1903 Ell Paso
and the Mesila valley had large and strong deega-
ton. The meeting at Ogden Utah, and it
then that the people of Utah pledged their aid and
friendship to project strongly that the attach
ment has been vital and intimate since Arizona
was there too in force, and friendly. FL PasO and
the Mesilla valley then the active support of al
most all the states, with the exception of Colorado
and Wyoming which had conflicting interests in the
rivers OF the Rocky mountain region. That friendly
vail m rrcf
the years. and it IS not improper say that the people
Of this part Of the Rio Grande valley have Loyalty
ciPrOcated every occasion offering the opportunity
for people TO be Of service The principal officials
Of the reclamation service present Ogden and
the delegates from this section felt assured that they
would receive the enthusiastic support of the service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

dealists; the who have dealt most successfully
with the battling forces and refractory materials OF
nature have been possessed of spiritual powers denied
10 the masses Primarily, the dominating thought Of
such men is service 10 mankind
Every man who accomplished anything worth
while in the world at first and for long time felt
his isolation He has worked alone small minority
group he has felt the human push against him
while he seeking to benefit humanity too often
he has had his eation bestng the forces of nature
dashed by the ignorant anagonlSm Of fettered beings
And Is that the big practical" of this and
every age the philosophical optimists the daunt
less, faithful, far seeing dreameTs who know no
until at least they have progressed little forward
until at least they have proved few of their
postulates risen above few Of their mistakes
Take the men who have made the commerce of the
seven seas since hlstoryS dawn; take the explorers
the pioneers take the railroad builders the settlers
the engineers; the great teachers priests soldiers,
ventOrs discoveries philosophers, statesmen, miners
manufacturers merchantswhat have they been, If mo-
"dreamers, dreaming greatly'2 Have you ever had
the good fortune be really intimate with great
of the practical" type, that he might tall.
10 you freely of what in his mind and sOul2 If
So you have found him, if he be really great, to be
impeled first and most of all by spiritual forces
far above and beyond the common thought Of sordld
and selfish and immediate reward" Orion is above
his reflection in the
Il Is in such a mood, then, that The Herald takes
this occasion alude the part that the saaTied
officials of the national governments engineering corps
have taken in the planning and working out Of the
Rio GTande reclamation project.
To Maj. John W. Powell founder and first director
of the geological survey unquestlOnably falls the
preme honor Of having first outlined IN marvellous
vision and comprehensive plan the bold project al
consummaed Just when the idea of developing the
agricultural industrial resources Of the Rio GTande
valley under broad plan, equitable and economic,
first occurred to Maj Powell impossible say.
certain that the inception Of the idea dates
back 40 years In the 70's, Maj Powell
was engaging IN his explorations IN this region and
making his reports that still dreams Of tremen
dous realities one day TO come. He knew the Rio
Grande we'll had traversed and studied it. and to him
there only solution that could possibly be
the right solution big, broad plan that should take
all factors into account, and all water, benefit
the greatest possible and number Of people He
kept the idea alive, and communicated 1t to all who
came in contact with him Mai. Powell died in 1902
Of those in the government engineering group who
have had direct connection with the Rio GTande
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
A TOOK PART TRAINING RIO
(BY H. D. S.

and intense construction work on the great barrier
and money finally ready IN abundance the best
construction engineer in the reclamation service E H
Baldwin, who had already gained fame enough
with successful erection Of Of the important
government works, sent here to take charge and
see 1t through
Engineer Baldwin's record is so recent and so well
known that it needs than simple reference
here. He broke record after record his splendid
engineering organization, and the dam steadily grew
and grew man Of few words and promises, he
never predicted anything until It had come to pass
under his skilful guidance He limited and then
at what might be expected, but he did seem dis
appointed when again and again he exceeded his own
time and speed limits. For economy and perfection
the dam stands in the professional records of
ton engineering a model of efficiency. And his
work has received the stamp Of unanimous approval
among the thousands Of land and water users
who will have to repay the cost while the government
consulting and review boards have found no flaw in
his work his record, and have had nothing but
praise TO embody IN their reports far Baldvins
work was concerned.
Of those named, Newell, Hail. and Hill have retired
to private life and the practice Of their profession; Reed
IS chief engineer Of the Indian bureau reclamation
service Follet Is dead; Davis heads the reclamation
service and Baldwin is in charge of the Rio Grande
PROJECT where there are still many difficult problems
10 work out, notably those of comprehensive drain
age system and improved distribution of water
II would be pleasure to go and try to mete ont
Just credit to all who have had part in this pres
ent and former government officials and employees in
other departments TO legislative representatives and
10 the many in private professional life who have
gwen the best that IN them in order that this
project might be realized But that is practicab bic
now, and surely is disposed to withhold from
those The Herald has mentioned by name their due
share of acknowledgment These men, one and all
may properly be regarded types that go to illus
trate the principle first stated: that It is precisely the
Of dauntless faith exalted ideals sensitive human
faculties, boundless vision, and frmest belief in the
power Of viii, who most to be depended upon to
carry through the great works of world building that
need doing in order to fulfil the apparent purposes of
creation
So, the vagrant monstrous river that has gone its
foolish and useless way for million years unhindered
must henceforh take its orders by telephone and use
the door only when humorst in khaki turns the
key The river is longer wasrel; it is no LONGER
a master or rOwdy, but trained servant working
like all good folk to make the world little better day
by day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

THEN rejected by the Massachu-
A sets recruiting officer be-
w cause Of bad teeth. private
smith was very much detected and ex-
claimed 81 was soin- TO shoot 'eu. NOS
bite EN- However. this young man
l.iled 10 realize the real value Of good
teeth TO "a soldier
More troubles can be caused to an
army by bad teeth than from any
other source. according TO q medical
officer Of one OF the regiments here
Bad teeth cause bad digestion and
poor digestion viii get soldiers gen
eral health ont of condition sooner
than any other ailment. the doctor
e VS. As "a result much attention IS
row being paid 20 the teeth of the
men IN the United states army and
BOB this respect. The American army is
ahead of that OF any other in the
orld In this and this alone. except
Tor the fact that American men are
Considered better men. man for man.
than the men Of any other army are
we leaders. In all other military steps
tie European armies. and even many
or The armies of smaller Latin Amer
Ican republics. are ahead Of rs
However. Americans can point with
pride TO the fact that The army OF
Uncle Samuel was die first TO es-ah-
ish branch 10 look after the teeth
" las men
We nov read i'm the army service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

I'm the working out Of tremendous undertaking
as the Elephant Butte dam and the Rio GTande
= reclamation project, many different men and
minds have part long period Of years, that
10 ascribe and equtably distribute, Just credit TO
each one for his part It would be task beyond hu-
man power Some historian Of the future viii doubt
less attempt for record purposes, to bring together
many Of the now disconnected facts and records the
little known however important contributions OF many
individuals 10 the final successful outcome; and to IN
terpret such history for the benefit of those who come
after Such is as necessary 1t IS difficult,
and indeed he is bold adventuTer who attempts to
travel this way so so1ely beset with perplexities
But at this time. with the great storage dam com
peted and about to be dedicated TO its vast service
for the benefit of mankind and with the reclamation
proiect as whole so well under way that completed
construction keeps well ahead Of actual demand for
irrigable land It fitting that certain amount OF
ecognitiOn should be extended one group OF devoted
workers and thinkers who have been most closely con
1ected with the actual planning and developing Of Inc
physical constructive features OF the great PROJECT
The Herald refers to the United States geological SUI
vey and its later offshOo the reclamation service
The work Of Of this type IS too often undeTesl-
mated and too forgotten It rests with COMPARE
lively few men any generation to sense from the
outside what may be called the romance Of science and
the poetry OF work And even fewer nave the GIT OF
rearing literary OF artistic monuments TO such rather
abstract ideas Kpling, his best days, had the gift
surprisingly Penne the great etcher, has It Peter
Cooper had the git OF appreciation IN very PIaSuCal
sense John Muir had II. De TOcqueville and Bryce
gave voice to it. Rodin and BoIgum, the sculptOrs;
Lundgren, Moran, and Remington, the painters Bee
thoven transcendently among musicians; Gen Horace
Porter Cecil Rhodes Cyrus W Field, TolstOy. Carlyle
Tame Herbert Spencer, Adam Smith, Emerson Lowell
Leonardo ia Vnc, have interpreted each in his own
wav the idea Of work as worship. And what anus
ing mixture IS presented by even so meager list
But II Is not much with the outside interpret
ers as with the that The Herald chooses TO deal
II would indeed require the facile pen Of KiPling
I'll Genius of
veral language the ideas that the achievements Of the
doors of the inspire But II Is not amlsS
for even the least of the interpreters remind people
now and then OF the deeper significance Of the worlds
work In very real and true sense. the great doors
Of the worlds have been the great dreamers; the
most practical workers have been the most exalted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
Little InteUicUs
Southwest Is Ideal Spot For Health Seekers
SanatOrium Association Planning Great Work

using II as II il were completed Re
centiy they drove a herd OF burrows
over the soft pavement and extensive
repairs have become necessary OF
course. the soldiers are looking for
the easiest going and prefer the pave
ment 70 the sand. even II the cement
has not yet set The patching gangk
has been kept busy repairing tho
damage which hope viii not be re-
peated-'
silver City. y NJ is the only CITY
that has come forward with q health
exhibit at the international Soil Pro
ducts expOsit ton now in progress" said
Carl Minton. secretary OF the Silver
City chamber Of commerce The ex-
hibit sets forth the healthfulness OF
the climate OF Silver City. which IS =
little mountain city. and considered L
be one OF the best health resorts in
the world. The exhibit gives the num-
Der Of days OF sunshine each year in
silver City and shows the enormous
number OF cures OF tuberculosis that
nave been erected there There is a
large saniCarium at Silver City. which
cares Tor a number OF patients each
year
visitors to the exposition so FAR
have been very good about not smokin-z
II the two big exposition halls" ss
fire chief John ". Wray- There are
a number. OF course. who are not IA
miliar with the ordinance prohibiting
smoking. but these readily agree with
the officials when requested not 70
smoke Smoking would be permitted
n the insurance committees allowed 10
but as they announced their intention
OF raising the fire rates If IL were al
lowed, it was decided NOT to permit il.
All persons attending the exposition
are requested not TO smoke
There are no grounds for the as
sertiOn that l would receive the ap-
pOintment as consul 10 FL Paso.'' said
n NJ Prieto- Il have never been in
the diplomatic service. I was mayor
until two months ago. when resign ed
ana when I was appointed collector Of
customs at Jusrez. resigned that. too .
I have no desire TO be in public life.
except that ] would like very much
to assist in forming a new constiru-
ton I returned last night from Casas
Grandes- Crops are better than they
have been since the revolution started
four or five years ago. Great quanti-
ties Of wheat. corn and beans have been
raised in that section, and conditions
are not bad" {
"EI Paso is the only city IN the
United states which has thus far sue
cessfully cared for nearly $4,000 SOL
diers and few thousands OF delegates
thousands OF visitors attendant upon
those conventions. all at the same time
Had you thought about that asked
clerk R. ". Fort Of the Hotel Paso del
NOrte- Despite the nearly 70. geo
transieuts in the city. Fl PasO is having
no trouble whatever in caring for the
crowds She is feeding them and houSa
ing them and entertaining them most
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
Little Interviews

, tuHsrcular patients. provided that they
come financially equipped 70 take care
/ Of themselves said C. NJ Hendricks.
( who returned from the conference sat
. urday- DR.. Hendricks is one Of the
I directors OF the conference and led one
of the discussions at Albuquerque
Among the directors OF the conference
are some OF the leading authorities on
tuberculosis i'm The country. Or David
TwitchelL formerly OF Sarauac Lake.
y Y read q paper that showed his
supreme confidence In the southwest
that up 10 three years ago. he had
placed no confidence in climate. Since
that time. he has been working in the
southwestern Rocky mountain region,
and he says that he has been thorough
" convinced Of the importance OF the
climate His paper dealt with the re-
action OF tubercular patients 70 alti-
tude IN dry localities he prepared his
paper 10 offset the growing opinion Of
eastern physicians that people can
stay al home and be cured as well as
II they came out here. They can he
cured. but not so easily or in so great
q number Another achievement Of the
conference was the establishment II
the Southwestern SanatOrium associa-
tion. with a membership Of 30 medical
directors of southwestern institutions.
The purpose is TO improve the sani-
forums by the interchange OF ideas"
81 am looking for types or beautiful
girls and have found some almost
perfect faces in Fl PasO" said L
Dwight Rogers. a New York artist
now visiting here .sThe Spanish type.
Of course. predOminates. and I have
seen number of girls who could
Ike their fortunes in New York or
Paris posing for the Madonna Then.
too there are some perfect specimens
OF the Spanish seuorita who could visu-
allze such types as Carmen But ]
received blow at the chamber Of
commerce Saturday from which I have
hardly recovered. when I glimpSed a
young woman who was. in my opinion.
the complication OF tall. willowy
llsSome- Latin temperament Here, L
thought is the spanish type at its best
The hot southern nature seemed
tempered with certain spirituelle
quality quite unusual After much
Impotence on my part I found that
secretary Malcolm A. Fraser was &C
quainted with the young beauty, and
persuaded him 10 introduce me- Then
the Illusion faded She was Miss
Bridget O'Conneu. or words to that ef-
fect-one OF those handsome Irish girls
in whose blood there is still a trace Of
invaded Ireland However. 7 expect TO
get some beautiful pictures from
among I'll Pasos girls while I am
here
THE damage done TO the county's
new cement road in the upper valley
by soldiers will DE put directly up 10
Gen Funston" said county Judge Adrian
Pool saturday. before departing for
san Antonio The road has not yet
hardened. but the soldiers have been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
Perversity

The doctor that harmful
a efore herear
wholesome
Pm
all said there
sink
Copyright by George Matthew ADAMS MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
HOCWALLOW LOCALS
By GEORGE BINGHAM

Yam Sims has
now turned poet,
having just de-
livered TO the con-
sumers a poem OF
some length It
shows much hard
work on Vans
part. as a good
while was spent
in trying TO make
lex orynuts
r b Y m e with
Christmas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

Sim Flinders. who has been walk
ing around in a deep study for sew
ersl days worrying about how the
world is running. sat back down to
day. having decided to let nature
take its course.
The merchant at Bounding Bill
lows is putting on big bargain sale
TO reduce his stock in order to make
room for new customers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
Roundabout Town
Teeth Most Important To Soldiers Health
In Caring For Teeth, Our Army Leads World

the boys became sorry for the major,
so next day when he visited his traps,
ne found something in each Of them.
The boys had bought some nice little
cotton Teddy Bears and had put them
where they would do the most good to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

Lt"HE southwestern conference on
tuberculosis. held at Albu-
Il querque. y NJ. on October II
to 10. proved concIusively that the
southwest is the ideal location for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
THAT'S 80

-I'm lover q nature
-.I-. too. She trurS rhe woods red and
yellow without any help from you Vow IL
-ou want fence painted you gotta DO u
yours
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

the majors eyesight when he &
within view of the traps.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

Coeyr5ght By George lfatfse.r Asani
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

over 100000 automobiles were built
u the United States last year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

Nal Eli '. r. Falardeau. Of the sd
Michigan infantry. is somewhat Of a
hunter-that is, he likes 10 hunt But
his friends say that he seldom brings
back much game. Once when on strike
duty up in northern Michigan, he set
out lot Of traps. according to the
story OF some Of the officers in camp.
and reiigiously visited them every day.
but without result. Finally some Of