The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-03-19

Nouscious Oh the 1act tnat food is
necessary to relieve the starving mil
lions in Europe and Asia, as we'll as
to make living less costly at home
and provide for future millions, the
people of the southwest have started
the colossal job Of bringing the waste
water and the waste land together.
To accomplish this result they have
enlisted the aid OF the most famous
hydraulic and construction engineers
in the world to harness the Colorado
river. These engineers, under the
g~eneralship of Director Arthus p.
Davis OF Uncle Sans reclamation SER
vice, have planned a series of enor-
nous reservoirs which will be scat
tered along the course Of the river
and its fifty tributaries from wyom-
ing to the Mexican border.
AS an engineering undertaking the
construction of the Panama canal
will be overshadowed. 1t will take
the better part of a century to bring
the entire system of works into be-
ing, but the key unit has practically
been commenced.
This tremendous job alone is equal
to the building of the Panama canal.
II will cost 100000 900 and it is ex-
pected to be in operation within five
years.
On your map you will find a small
speck ear the southeastern corner
OF Nevada labelled Las Vegas. Twen-
| ty-flve miles due east the Colorado
| river for a mile or so wiggles through
a chasm 5000 feet deep and 800 feet
wide at its narrowest point.
During the ages various phenomena
| Of the earth have deposited giant
| boulders in the bed of the river at
this point. On account of the pres
ence of the monster pebbles the
| chasm has been called Boulder Can
yon.
HIGHEST DAM IN WORLD
Last July Uncle Sam sent a group
Of his bright young engineers into
this chasm. They pitched their camp
on a hospitable sand fiat and they
have since been doing the necessary
! preliminary work that must pave the
way for the actual construction.
When these young men have fin
ished in two or three months, It is
planned to rear at this spot the high
| est dam in the world. Engineers
throughout the world already discuss
| this prospective barrier as the Bould-
err Canyon dam. II is apparent II
will be Just as famous In its way as
It's great neighbor 100 miles to the
east. the Grand Canyon Of the Colo
RADIO.
The Boulder Canyon dam will be
TOO feet high. Look up at the Wool
worth building. New York's tallest
| s~kyscraper, and you have an approx
innate idea of the lofty altitude OF the
Boulder Canyon dam. Some engin-
GERS shake their heads doubtfully
about the feasibility of a structure OF
this height, but they shook their
heads Just as doubtfully when Direc-
tor Davis, on behalf of Uncle Sam,
built the Arrowrock darn across the
Boise river, in Idaho. $50 feet high,
which is now the highest dam in the
world.
AS a matter of fact, the most cele-
brated hydraulic and construction en-
gineers in the world have approved
the plans for the Boulder Canyon
| dam, and there is no genuine reason
for any doubt or hesitation.
Back of this immense wall OF mas
onry there will be held a lake of wat
err averaging $50 feet deep n en-
bracing 200 square miles. The Salt
Lake railroad has already planned a
line of steamers to carry tourists
upon this lake to the rim OF the
Grand Canyon.
As a wild fowl preserve 1t VIII I'M
doubtedly, with It's hundreds OF thou
sands of birds. become the hunters
idea of where all good hunters go
when they die. The dam will be cap
able of imprisoning a bulk OF water
equal to the flow Of the whole river
for almost two years. II this volume
of water we're ioosed upon the south
west 1t would cover from 24,ooo,ooo
to 2s, 900 acres with a sheet OF
water q foot deep.
The dam site at Boulder Canyon
"a the point that divides the upper
two-thirds Of the Colorado Basin from
the lower third. The upper section
comprising Utah. Colorado, New Mex
leo and wyoming. is the highland
country. It knows epic billiards
and deep frosts. 1t has broiiine
Summers and all the comforts as well
as discomforts Of the four seasons
The lands are splendidly rich, but
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