The Holly chieftain., 1922-07-06
THAT LITTLE OLD
SWIMMING HOLE

-'iiu' say "CiC SOiHS W nave I
swimming pool Really! And M
two-by-four little, dinky affair in ,
building. but an honest -to-goodness
dyed-in-thewOol, regular, old, lin
dandy. alIOut-doors swimming poOl
OF course you have heard all about
it before but you were not sure il
was dream or an actualty. But
it's no dream or rather it is dreail
coming true.
The Golf Club has not been idle
since that grand blowout last
Winter though they have been a
little quiescent. But they are now
on the job again, little stronger
than ever. The club raised S1l5
from the Holly Hippodrome."
They are after the business men,
full of pep and OF hope those pre-.
positiOnal phrases modify both
they and business men" The
sponsors for the undertaking be.
lieve they will get the necessary
$500: and the people of Holly won't
disaDpoint them. They must not.
because the dam Is already being
built. Mr.. Hellbeck, the engineer,
has picked the site for the dam in
the stream on the Golf Grounds.
Harry Lee, Fred Cores and half
dozen of the town boys have been
busy with pick, shovel and scraper
and the job Is in full swing. A
trench $50 feet long has been dug
at right agles to the stream. It'll
looks like trench on the battle
fields of France during the war. but
1t Is only a crevice to be packed
with clay as a foundation for the
dam. Across the STREAM itself pil-
ing will be driven In with pile
driver into the gravel and shale.
Then a dam, twenty feet wide at
the top and forty feet wide at the
base. will cross the stream from the
cliff side west till it reaches a height
level with the eastern bank. This
levee will be firm and substantial
effectnally holding back the waters
OF the upper stream.
On the upper side of the dam.
head-gates have been already built.
with wide hood or flange of tim.
Der to support tho weight of the
water and also provide for an outlet
for the pool. Drain pipes, twenty
inches In diameter and thirty-six
feet long. run from the head gates
through the levee and form flume
or penstock to carry off the excess
water while the dam is being built,
and provide means of draining the
pool from time to time, and so
clean out the pool and freshen the
water. The flume is already in posi-
ton and the construction of the
dam is under way.
The sloping side of the pool site
is being graded down and the earth
thus safvaged Is to be used in
building the dam. The sOapweed
and cactus will be carefully removed
so as not to hurt the most tender
foot of ye most tender damsel This
will give n gradually sloping decle-
vity reaching at the eastern edge OF |
the pool n depth of ten or twelve
feet-ample for swimming purposes.
The pool will form magnificent
expanSe OF wafer one hundred and |
fifty ieet In breadth at the dam
and reaching back about one.half "a
mile up the stream, giving an area !
OF five or six acres of water The |
supply of water is not dependent
on rainfall. but the stream that |
feeds the pool has it's source in a |
living, never-failing spring of cool
sparkling water, but whchwtil soon
warm under the raya of the sun to !
n temperature suitable for the
body,
Bath houses for both men and |
women-temporary affairs for the
summer will be erected for the con.
vcnienee of bathers.a
No restrictions as to- bathers or
bathing are contemplated at pres.
ent, unless the privilege shall be
abused. The pool will be open to
all at all times.
II present plans fully matcrafize
the new pool Win be scene of
animatiun and unadulterated JOY.
Oh the hot evenings OF the coming
August. After the dam Is com.
pleted 1t will take several days for
the greedy ground to soak up the
seepage and fill the hollow Then