The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-11-20
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works near Dayton, Ohio, and for the
1920 more who will soon be needed
are being prepared with redoubled en-
ergy since the decision late in Septem-
Der that this project is "a necessary
war industry and that men essential
to its progress may have deferred clas-
sification in the draft. .<..a - j ~
Warm Dwellings,. ~. ..>,
The bunkhouses or dormitories at
the five construction camps are being
made tight and warm for the winter.
Fitted with shower baths with hot and
cold water, modern inside toilets, cleo
trio lights and warm lounging rooms
in addition to the private bedrooms,
they furnish unusually comfortable
quarters for the winter months. The
Miami Valley, in line with northern
Virginia., usually has very mild win
ters as compared with the northern
states, and flowers are in bloom out of
doors until the middle of November
or later. Last winter was the coolest
for 40 years, but usually snow stays
on the ground for only week or two,
and outside work continues all winter.
Board No. decided September &c that
the flood prevention work in the Miami
Valley is a necessary war industry. 1t
is not considered safe to leave the val
ley's many munition factories unpro-
tected from possible flood moment
longer than necessary: Since the 60
ing Of engineers and other workers to
war would slow up production the
work will be in deferred classification
and there will be hundreds of skilled
and unskilled workmen TO be kept COM
Portable during the winter months.
Keep Up Fires.
Both skilled and unskilled laborers
on the conservancy work may rent the
comfortable houses with three, four or
five rooms, which have lately been
built at the camps, and bring their
families there to live. The winter
supply of coal for all the camps was
bought months ago and every cottage
and bunkhouse will have it's coal shed.
"There will probably be- some one
at each camp to look after the stoves
in all lighthouses and keep up the
f1res," said Alex McKinnon, overseer
at the Germantown camp the other, day,
From eight to II men sleep in each
clubhouse. All through the pleasant
fall weather they have been lounging
outdoors in the sunshine after their
meals, but as winter comes on they
will want warm places to sit.
One Of the new buildings at the Ger
mantown camp will probably be fur
nished as a club house for winter use.
To. Build conduits.
The "dam-with- ahole-in-it" idea,
which is the basis of the flood prOtec-
ton works near Dayton. is new one
to many people. The dams are to be
big earthen ones, extending across an
entire creek or river valley. A con-
crete lined "hole" or conduit resting on
solid rock in the hillside will extend
clear through each dam, letting the
water go through at its usual level.
The cOnduits are only large enough to
let safe amount Of water 60 through.
so in flood times, some of the surplus
will back up behind the dams to run
off gradually as the food subsidies.
Flood water on the Loire river in
France is kept back in two places by
retarding dams Of this kind.
Some Of the concrete work on these
conduits can be so protected through
hn f1not
usual, without danger from freezing, it
is thought. There will be work enough
to ensure jobs to the entire force, as
certain pieces Of work which can be
we'll done in winter have been put off
until then.
Families at Camp.
There is good general store at
each camp, water and sewer cOnnec-
ton in every house. Each camp has
good school, too; and children in
the conservancy camps have been hard
at work in the Schoolhouses since
early in September. u
One advantage of providing dwell
ings for, the werkmen where they can
have their families is that the wives
can help out in unexpected emergen-
cfes. In this way the women may have
a chance to earn money for them
selves. ',-: e : ~
The cook at the Germantown dam
took !" French leave"@ all of a sudden.
one, day not long ago. Some Of his
helpers went with him. However, even
better meals than usual were served
to the laborers, foremen and office
men: Wives Of several Of the men
+; came right over to the. mess hall, made
mashed potatoes, waited ON the tables
and helped otherwise. Their husbands
ate there instead Of at home. . s5
Good Dinner. # I n "A .53s s35Ss s: r.
Noon dinner consisted Of mutton
stew with savory brown gravy, mashed
+ potatoes, boiled cabbage, salad made
.put Of beets and onions, bread and but
tel, coffee and apple sauce Every
thing was served IN big dishes and
right off the stove. III 81 35
We had q good breakfast, ST. u said s
man whose wife was 4 elping out Z
1 He named fried eggs, griddle cakes
mna fS4 nnfa fnpS sS Cnff ph milk q M naf.