The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-11-27
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TIE l,zOU& men now employed on $lHe
Miami Conservancy flood protection
works near Dayton, Ohio, and for the
loo more who will soon be needed
are being prepared with redoubied en-
ergy since the decision late in Septem-
Der that this project is a necessary
war industry and that men essential
oits progress may have deferred class
sif1cation in the draft. ~ Ill
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, elec-
trio lights and YARN lounging rooms
In addition to- the private bedrooms,
they furnish unusually comfortable
quarters for the winter months. The
Miami Valley, in a line with northern
Virginia, usually has very mild win
tiers 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.
Southern Ohio District Exemption
Board No. 3 decided September 26 that
the flood prevention work in the Miami
Valley is necessary war industry. 1t
is not considered safe to leave the val
ley's many munition factories unpro
tected from possible flood a moment
longer than necessary. Since the go
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 unslSilled 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 OF
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 clubhouse will have it's coal shed.
'There will probably be some one
at each camp to look after the stoves
in all bunkhouses and keep up the
fres," said Alex McKinnon, overseer
at the Germantown camp the other day.
From eight to u 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 club house for winter use.
To Build Conduits.
The am-with-a- hole-insft' idea,
which is the basis of the food 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 60 through at it's usual level.
The conduits are only large enough to
let safe amount of water go through,
so in flood times, some of the surplus
will back up behind the dams to run
off gradually as the flood 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
10 nd tl1Tn1JOh
the cold weather that it may go ON as
usual, without danger from freezing, 1t
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 a good general store at
each camp, water and sewer connec-
ton in every house. Each camp has
a good school, too; and children in
the conservancy camps have been hard
at work in the schoolhouses since
early in September. ~>s III
One advantage of providing dwell
ings for the workmen where they can
have their families is that the wives.
can help out in unexpected emergen--
cies. In this way the women may have
a chance to earn money for them
selves. -. .. -. * zs..
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 1
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 1
ate there instead Of at home.
Good Dinner. %lzss 5.sss q s+ g5g IA ].
Noon dinner consisted Of mutton
stew with savory brown gravy, mashed
potatoes, boiled cabbage, salad made
out Of beets and onions, bread and but
ter, coffee and apple sauce. Every
thing was served in big dishes and
right off the stove. Ss43
III I've had a good breakfast said s
man whose wife was III elping out q q
He named fried eggs, griddle cakes,