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Show mr SUNDAY EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAIE SUNDAY 31 OR XING, MARCH 25, 1900. S TfE THE VOIDER CT WESTERN VvCRLD - IN A HAIR TO DESTRUCTION M' W (1 I K ;& aa V 1rv:, 'Ji &$$ c: ; ;;W ; t-;- . '. St . '!V Mi V Irt", - vwr .. h e-- 4o.lv , r, ThsFALiS CrltiAGAEA. -- - ... . - .. " : fvW-- :. fJi vr f ' J'w'j jncrzr TBJPJlIJLJ TWOrSAEJ CEOGGP 7SJ! cffAimex. JZJLtf xxzr ITZXE& m? TBJS T3UL3orfCJ? zzrZTIZAEJ TJ& Ascxrr .. V V.. :?& j rt y t; y -- ? f&K ft &V1 .i '- - &$ im 4 renfwF j v .S 1 AGO.WBZTfJar $&,' X' J ; j 4? C'.HAmirr. ms l'? .r-yr-rr 1 ; :'Mfi. 3$ OtTTLTT BEXJOVfflAGAEA I24JJJ JmOkrxrta TTfSkdTXZ TEQtf TKE CCtnxrjTD BE1TTG- - PTSCJTAEG-EDATEAVTTfG nZETT USED TO GlXTJXATFJlECTJOiZlivZE AT AlTEEICAJTlitoTE&qx m V- - v-- -- v excess s Vf rs? - ; '- U - V $ '."?j v; Vi ' W ; '?. . - w'---,-' ;'' on mission appstnted by th tsi rem g Interested rsctly territnrtolly at wise, ta arder that ss agwwmnt a g arrivad at totwaan nh to further withdrawal ef witar g side of the river. Beeond That rarrfnl hqslty g, by tha governments Indie U4 rHsut tki ebartar already granted, tot gard to which a work whatnot Bn ' ''." prnun. ";. V ?; i i i'.- s tv . boon commenced, f V WTFtr. .& ...w hSfcn L fcA$ i&w$r" ESsmeiw: ;iv5SariSi'i3 EXAJChLZ. 7t PtJOTZCT J7ZE G4TTTHZXASE" AT CAZZAMZAJV,(J22U2JO)POkrz:i PULtrT Ch iiflm th h I no yean in primara! foreat of Ouatbara and wbat la now Kaw Xnrfe atata had a Irpal that tha aaafa-fo- l Bplrlt af Mlacara Falla damaadad oarh aar a aaerlflca, And ao on a rartala data . ararj tvalaa mantba a parfart maldea , tha handanmMt yoaug woniaa la bar trlba ana aat adrift la a rauoa a bora tha Falla. Mtha and fraeafal, a II ring atataa la bfODM, aha aiood arart la tlia frail art ft, bobbing about la tba tarbalrat watarai and aaa curried now a lowly, Bow awlftly ta tha brluk af tba Mighty chaaM aad tnaaad ta certain death. la dlaa atoiy baa It, teo and rartala aid redaklna yat allva ramambar baaing beard It froM tbalr faibera that la aaa year, Jaat at tba tlma when aaorlllelal lot fall to an Indian maid who dearly loaed aa Indian youth, much a tha Modern aqnawa of popular ditty Inra tba noblo warrlora of tba aong writer' Imagination. Tha heart of thl young Jroqnola wan flllad with lore, and ba bail a thought ta lat hla awaethaart dl. Hu wban tha nbideo of avenlng bad fallen ba atola away ta tba wigwam whera bla llttla copper lore nraa ana Rued, releaaed bar, and they atola anftly to the loath. IFban tha morning of tha aacrlllre daaml bright and clear they warn many Hllra away and tha trlba hnow than no morn. Oh, how tha Mighty water fumed and roared! Ob. bow Ilia llttla Uald of tha hliat alghed and wept! Iho toaaed bar aplrlt arpia about he and daahed' bar team In erery direction. Tha day aaa bitter cold, and her tears, falling upon tba trees, freaa te them and clothed tba ab I raring limbs In an armor of lea. Rrery winter now tourists emno from star to aaa tha beautiful forest e of lea on tba tanks af Kiagam aad te msrrel at tha anger of tba whirling waters. For tba Maid of tha Mlet still rrles at tha lees of her aletlm, and th alrloua waters prill thunder In Impotent rage agalnat the ahorra of th land that cheated them. A few nights after tha esnape, as th story goes, th chief of tho deserter's trlh beheld a trios. Th aplrlt of th Father of Waters appeared ante him. and In tones that aonnded ilk tba ceaseless bum of tho Ml agars Falls amor, by th combined ex pans of the Atlantle and Fact fle Oceans, that aoleaa th rugttlT wa Captared and aent te keep the pror.laed aaerlflro tha waters of Niagara would ta dried to nothing and tbs forest would ba Whera now shrleslad to puulab min. tho mighty water Sow," paid tba dreamer's spirit, llttla streams of Hit will glow. They will atiwtch out their tiny tongue and dart hither and thither ta distant parts of tbo land, boning and dtadaalng all whom they touch.' And the years rolled on. Where were farterles read. Wbara tape stood dtlao rear their modcra beads. Where natara la all It glorr raa riot la a waaltk af taaaty and color ateol rail aad dirt roada atiwtch their way that onmmarco may ta carried oa. And th dttaaa af today stands far to far with tba alarming ponriMUty of tho fullllKiat of the ladiaa ahleTa dream. Ortllaatlaa maat ta aerred. Deserts at ta enuring farmyards. Prairies nr pastor. Forest nr breaming lumber yards. Hat and thorn man, tonctad by a bit of aratlmant, snatch noma Jewel from nature's crown and It with th barbed wlr fence of legal protect kw. In such a way baa tha nation petaarrad tba gellowstooa Park regime. In sach a way ban New Isrk atata aavad tba grounda surcoending . Falla. But mors Is yet to bn dona. Tba blighting baud of comma rata Ham Is stiatcklng forth greedily; tbo bangry Jaws pengrrs am seeking what thy may devour, and tba thlraiy tongue af aatarprlsa bids fair ta lap dry area tba very water of the mighty Niagara Itself. Tha old Indiaa Chief lu hla dream, K I curtain, did not torsos tha rani daugar far-aat- a to Niagara; did not (aaHae that tho drying of Vha mighty atream wu ta ta canned by tha dlrersioa of lu water to tba uars of poorer companies, goeh are tho facta, howatar. Already, ns th result of water diverted to tha usss'ef thrsa such companies, thg vaiuma pf th falls has decreased U l- - par rent lisa. Frsn-rl- a V, Urseue, an expert raglnsar and llw manager of (ha Ontario Power Company, a bleb I tbo rnnrnrn chartered by tha Canadian government. Is authority for th statement that If cbnrtai wrra a granted to all th pourem wtoaa are now ponding befora th Canadian Parliament, th falls woald rua dry within SS yaara. Thera ara in tha neighborhood or go applications now pending la Canada and n conaldarabln number ta New York state Tha aetnallfy of tha danger te Niagara Is a matter of dispute errs among tliosa who ara amat Is earnest that tha falls ta saved. Naturally enough, with the era' lava of monopoly, tbo Intervals be bind th companies that am already the right to as th water of Niagara for tbs development of power ar actively mgsgod la supporting th erased against th daspolilng of Niagara. Mr ant despoil the they r. "All the despoiling thatfail,'' Is to ba dona wo will do puraelvea." On tha s' her hand, Kslria, th most noted arlenttst In th world. Is quoted ss saying that It would b a lueCt ta mankind ir not only Niagara Fall but every other falla were sapped dry In order that tho wheels of tba world progress might ta turned by a harnessed nature, it Is a glorious pic turn that these scientist paint No dost no mat, no grltus-nothhnt enlist leas llttla wire stretching out In every direction, taking tha places of panttny horses, groaulng coolies, pnlBng sagtnra and smoking furnace. The so companies now knocking at the door of Niagara mould generate. It la estimated. horsepower of elsctrtri'y enough to furnish the motive power of a little World. This would supply energy Die the factories of srery (.ty n (tie Bast, It Is said, tad many In tha West. Boand like dream, lut area at this tlnm active arrangements ara belug made to transmit power to New York city, a distance of nearly Suo ml Ira. Th power rompenlss already on the Held ato doing wonders. In th etty of Buffalo, 25 mile from the IhIU, street rare are run hy power generated there, the newspaper ere printed by Fall power. In a hg of th fartnrlr steam engine stand Idle, while electric motors ran the works, and erery day new pmsrrrn Is made. Arms (be river in ranada thin copper lines on big t eel pole are stretching away to Toronto, to Hamilton sod to nisny sthar smaller places, covering an arcs of loo miles, wbil marching arms New York -straight from the rails to Syracuse la aa array ef tall electric towers, which r t carry Klagsra Falls power lilt) miles aero the state. Clastered about tbs Fills themselves I a neat of some of America's biggest factories, all ran by Falls nlsrtriclty. Niagara Klter rolls ever the precipice DW.UUO cubic feet of water eTery second and wall may scientists lament this wnsts of mighty power. It has a fell of shear IdA feet, and th greet he'-- st added to 2xrT7s&xj&brjzizifxA3: TJTTZ. . .tzTJicAJTuaz:. the magnificent total of imwer casual observer. volume, e combine In a bm stagger even tor To get tb'-- power 1 a alinple. hut yet expensive, matter. Water is diverted above the falla nd allowed to tumid with a smothered roar down wheel pita feet deep, st the Imttotu of which ere menstcr turbine wheels. 1 The artien i.f the w irer on ttu.. a heels given the power. Af:er th. -- :er bus Its force li l rerrb-- elong a channel .pent and discharged lack Into il.e ilvcr Iwlow tha falls. Thl power Is outaiuabia wherever , two-third- two-third- - pen-entir- v yet will not destroy Its beauty. Many really brainy men are urging an arrangement between th United Btnta gut Canada whereby tha granting of power franchises and th nan of tba water will ba controlled by an International commission, whoa duty It shall ta to aaa that tha aranle beauty of the Falla la preserved. It ta been estimated that the total onargy of the water going over tha Falla la equal to 510,000,000 horsepower, s of which, however, owing dbly to loan la generation, etc, weald ta avails able. This aggregating ataat SRO.000,000 horsepower should not ad ta allowed to gs to waste, practical men Claim, aad It should .ta tba duty ,of tha commission to determine Just bow much water could to used for power purpoaea without destroying the aranle beauty ef Niagara nnd making 'It Baittiructiv aa a 1 resort for tourist. Th rommlaslonars for tba Quaes Park teal that their government has a vejy vital Interest to th deaecratioa ef Niagara, owing to tha fact that ever 0 per ecm'. at tha water going over the Falla goes ever tba Canadian predpice, th American falls, owing to tha narrowness at tha channel on th American rids of tbo river, getting oqly tea per cant of tha flow. They embodied a estenatve report to the Canadian legislature, two very vital recommendations which arc aa follows: First That tbs whsla subject Invalving th farther diversion of water from Niagara Ulver for power development, to appll-ratlen- ing with a view to II ' Tle-torl- a ,f " to"" mi SAMUEL WILLIAM HIFH WHERE IVORY IS BOUGHT AND &XCAVATJCBX3 ITZZ THE CtrZZKZOJZXirJZE PZAOT. CAICd224. there Is body of water. It Is as raty matter to let water fall Into u pit oa a wheel, but the trouble I to get It out again. It has been fuun.l that It would take more power to pump It out than It wuuld generate In going down, At Niagara. however, nnture, with her prcclplra, solve the problem, and tha water, after doing Its work, flmla an easy outlet In th rbenuel below the falls. For this reason Niagara I on of tbs fluent sltet for power plant In the world; for thl reaeon a growing agitation agalnat great vandalism at th Kails le springing up. This movement. It Is eald. And hearty support from !he power companies uow enjoying charter permtttlu them to take water from Niagara River. It ran readily be seen that If company after company were to locate oa the bankt'of th river above them aad each take Its quota of water the stream would soon become so reduced that the expensive plants of the pioneer power companies would be greatly less valuable and perhaps entirely useless. The effect of granting too many charters would. In other word, be the killing of the goose tbst Isys tho golden egg. A dry channel would furnish no power. To the Diked eye th water taken from the Niagara River baa made a hardly perceptible difference to tbs volume going s over the falls, and the ov.r a mil away from the falls proper-- do not to any affect the scent c beauty fit the sbrlna of nature. Th danger is hot so much In Hint which Is as In that which desires to coma. Aad that It to a real lira dnnger la evidenced by th prominence of i mse who have already entered tha movement tor th preservation of tha falls, llovernnr Higgins Is Ms Inst nsnnal message touched npna tha matter at some length, and Preside! Roosevelt to his list message to Congress said: hon;! he allowed to InterNothing fere with th pieaervatlsa of the Niagara tails la their beauty end their grandeur. If New York stats eaunot sc ta this, power-house- than It should be willing to turn them ever to the national government, which should In such cserf ,iir possible In conjunct Inn with the Cunndtou government! assume the burden uud responsibility of preserving unharmed the Niagara Falls, Just It ahuuhl gladly aasum a similar burden und responsibility tor the Yosem-l- t National Park, and a It baa already assumed them for the Yellowstone Park. Adeqiiato provision should be made by Congress tor the nr of all thee parks." The President and tha government of C; .nda have lateiy appointed as International commission, and we can soon hop to aeo some definite Mhulta. la this commercial age, yhls age of and materialistic progress, a sentimental appeal te Wavs th falls' would meet with slight consideration. From a commercial standpoint, however, the falls as an object of natural ban a vain than elecfar beauty higher tric power, mode at tbs expense of the falls' life, would hive- - The fame of Niagara attracts tourists from alt tba world. The American city ef Niagara Falla haa a population ef nearly (0,000 souls, half of which are directly or Indirectly dependent upon the tourist trade for a livelihood. Across the river Csna-uiaNiagara Fail! with a population of Wt) people, to mainly dependent upon tourist truffle for existence. Bomslhlng HO Ilk hotels, two of the best paying tqnlley roads In America, a donsn Mg curio stores and amnsement halls would have to he closed. If Klsgara ran dry, nnd the tourist would no longer be attracted there. They have leaned In Vwltxerlatid and Italy that thn tourist Industry to the most profltable at all. and America should not I behind In thl matter. Every year thousands of travelers, bound tor tire Falla, spend a day here and a day there la Western New York and all ti e stala benefits a a result ef their pretence One of th appalling features anent tbs dssscratioa of Niagara Falls to th fact rti.m purely n re collation at tha Both govarameatp art taktag w to work to enrneat a eonrnilmton rt hta la already at wark and rmalti u taq eagerly awaited. Tho Niagara q oast Ion to mw sided one. Would not tho lnaptrta yy and great rocka and mighty ted make a aufflciently grand sight uliM Aclently atroug magnet for toorim, an if thn stream did not ran dryP atom, dentist. Did not nature total ray thing for man's nreT Mid Altai to negl when asked li views m to ta tar. "God did not mak th toutod nature tor man to destroy," aUii Ugton body In Nw York ntato rink ringing resolution It cocdamad to th deaeration at Niagara and A to lug at birds for ore on tat. IwMi of course, 1 fimlllsr with th Jtaflri tha milkman wb lamented th timri eus wait at water and tha pM tak woman who took th foam far htarid Mid abe wished rim could (at to tor down wbara th and war Wdta than mv soap. N two pepl wtotto tho giant ton of Niagara gt to am fmpreaetoa at ltd grndanr, aad taitol tlma no two people emd to (d to asm imptaMlon of the ding ff k despoilment. Every min mmdkk different remedy to fit hi vbw ff fit danger, and until thn gorerammndto two countries took th matter toll tori If th drain af ttodtto It seemed true, nnd that bmri dln would come watnre tow wtol to tta whirling of stream fiery assir M only tiny hither d Eto f copper shooting breadth rt tab acroM tba width nnd Now, thank to the eiystallrtag ri I . splplon, w may have both. to Klaxara Is mignst that tam world to America. Feoptola toot hta who have never heard af Wmhlaita capital of a grant nation; pwfto think that tta United Btatoa to d IMS nnd nil American real Indlimirt pis whs tlrinh tost New the stats of Chicago and th Ban Francisco; people. In toch not tha falntMt coureptio afttto to" 1 government whleh w hire In th Western Hemisphere 11 start and qnd know Fulls.. Preserve them ttam tte rtta cry, nnd n president, rarefnl try's wishes, starts th teU sjwj lita hV TtoiXJXNO T2TB at tha charters now tab ta retorted te aa InttraatkMj sights at London la th great ivory floor at the London docks, where, prerions to and daring th periodical sain, ivory may ta area literally by the sere, for the tasks are laid oat In lots sn tbs floor of on ef tbs greet for Inspection by Intending purchaser. For week previous ts tte actual Ml the special rtaff at th Ivory depart, meat have been buay preparing tb Virion consignment and arranging them according to the nln and quality and diming them into the virion grade, MCh of for which which have aome partlcnlnr-nIt Is snpedslly adapted. Thar Is practically a waits in tb mannfsrtnrlng of articles from Ivory. The smallest chip Is not thrown away, lint carefully preserved to bo.atillsed tar some pnrposs. .Even th shavings from the turning down ef a billiard toll hnvo a market value far am ta Inlaid wsrfe. Consequently th lots ta an Ivory Mis by no means consist of tasks and sections at tasks slope, but Include thn rartdnn from many prevtonn sale. Buyer pnretaM the particular eliM that they, require for their own individual Industry and return whit ta aort other material would ta waste to be resold ts manufacturers of a flffqreat dam at On that already charter have hrea toned to ten companies, over and abovo tho which era sow In operation. Of .these ion charter, tour hare been granted by the Canadian government and six by th Btate of New York. The commissioner for th Qtb-eVictoria Fall Tark which, s Its name tlgnlfleg, to th Canadian preserve at Niagara tags, employed sclea-tlswho figure that tba three companies already In operation take from the velum of water flowing aver tbs magnlflmf precipice enough at the liquid to diminish the flow IT, (00 cubic feet per second. This means that 1,0(4.000 cubic feet at wstr per minute, or 8,264,000 cubic tost per hour, which did flow aver tha falls before the power companies were to operation, does not do so sow. Tbs companies now In operation or Is conns of construction will, ta other words, reduce the wafer going over tbs Falla T per rent This diversion tan been taking place gradually, and to btlll taking place. It makse a hardly perceptible difference ta the naked eye. It does not to the toast effect the scenic baauly of America's greatest wonder. Shsnld th ten noa operatic companies, whose charters give them privileges, howsveri nil gs Into operation, withdrawing 2S par cent of tho niter, there to no question hnt that th besuty of tbs Falls would be seriously impaired. Experts agrs a this on point and tbs much mooted question of preserving the beauty at nature's masterpiece to being forced more and more Into Th prsMt of th world's prominence. of Great Britain's richest poaaesalou. aom at tba greatest stutonrnsn to America today, and thousands of (tola ctllsan, who have gased enraptured on the henries of the cataract and thn awful grandeur of tba angry whirlpool nr stirring Into activity, nnd antnethlng will ta doo. Th more rrasoniM of three engaged to th are uptag a compromise, an arrangement that will mah th Falls more than a thing to look at, aad . ts igl-ttl- n some-thin- of th wars-hona- n ' goods. Though there li "no waste," oddly enough tbs most Important oonaliantion from a buyeris paint at view 1 "how much wants" will a certain lot praduos lu tha eonrss at transforming H tat hla own particular Mas? Tho. a lat tbst would be dear to on would ta n gift to another. sd rice vent. Tha most ssln-abl- c elire at Ivory to that writable for making billiard tails- - Ts ossferm to tha requirements th task most ba perfectly sound and solid, without th slights suspicion at crack or Baw, and moreover, they ara messirs only n trifle mors than the regulation alxs billiard tall or they will cut to waste, from thsraansficturer's point of view. On the arrival of n of nnworked elephant Ivory from al.mad th first preparation for th Mle floor consists at a thorough cleaning of the Interior ur hollow part of tho task. Thl I done by mean of wnd attached ts long ticks- - Tbo suet length of the SOW tori hollow Is thereby revraled, and esssrt tbst flaws and ttoa cracks served oa tho exterior are st to closed. BenndneM Is tta m I1 ways every daM of boyar; wmte; west meins reml st nre par pound. Th taerensing srardty, th IncrMMd demand tor factored or idsrnsd with WT m tb lneriUbl sffeef of tartmm material. nw of ths pries llard-tal- l Ivory, tor taitincn. whsrm pries was (2C0 per ewt, m tha Mms cIsm of Ivory In bulk Ivory nremgM ten. Each lot to rarstaHf tb exset weight marked nM w m lairs tosh are sxrapttonil, ta majority of InrtiMM ,Y-( grew to an sxrepttonallF other talongtng to tta rTps ts or detormad to ta found ttM Injured or broken off, nn abnormal growth. ,wrt Tta record slngl tart. mnto th p TS turned wrtght ef K pssnto. o . m ire nnmernbls slcptante lecotren. the market with Ivory to fit majority Is whst Is tii g that Is. tusk a anlml 01 from natnrel caasrsjn rt them perhaps eraturtos h J gd ether InflnftcM mum i Ivory to r.ry fra. fnw brawn. Ths latter, esn to that snrf.es dlserioratloa by .craping. CllmstW tta ontatnne to n hrirttok": renderlug som hard IneiMrinfl otbef CM crack and npM. nrrtvin from ttimto gad to Africa Is lh.7rr(S Its Ion Journey TrtlW art. nd ta to W t vrotattmsItm drfs Trim Off J" sppssr ts the ta tta satrtri r wlthlri) r toyg sbentT whta,, " "T " T.lu.-o- f th. tMk totajLirt1 nbls Tor son psrtictwr Mri-- |