Show - up with an illuminated parade and pyrotechnic display First of the big government reclamation projects to be undertaken the Gumnison river tunnel has been one of the most difficult to carry through The ample waters of the Gunnison flow through narrow valleys unsult-eto agriculture or through deep canyons while only a few Taft Lets Waters Flow Into Un rocky miles to the west the lovely Uncompahgre valley has been suffering for compahgre Valley water The Gunnison descending in ever deepening gorges finally plunges into the Black canyon one of the most BIG PROJECT IS COMPLETED magnificent mountain gorges In the world This unpromising spot was selected as the starting point of the lowered Mountain Ridge Pierced by the Gov- tunnel Brave engineers themselves into the Black canyon at ernment In Order to Irrigate Beautiful But points where the granite walls rise almost perpendicularly hundreds of Tract In Colorado feet and after their surveys were completed active work Was started on the Montrose Col Sept 23— President immense project Taft standing at the west portal of At great expense and under enora the great Gunnison river tunnel mous difficulties a wagon road was little before five o’clock this afternoon to east portal of the tunbuilt the pulled a lever and with a mighty rush the waters of the river six miles away nel It Is 15 miles long and climbpoured into the Uncompahgre valley ing the granite ridge between the flood canyon and the Uncompahgre valley in a Thousands of men and women who descends the rocky wall on a moment before had stood in silent awe hurst forth in wild cheering canBore Built for All Time non which had been captured by ColSimultaneously work was begun at orado troops in Manila roared a salute each end of the tunnel and at a point their added bands and brass patriotic several thousand feet from the west music to the clamor end where a shaft was sunk As fast as the tunnel was driven through the Mighty Proect Completed Thus was fittingly signalized the shale and solid rock if was timbered were tunof and then the heavy timbers river Gunnison the completion nel the first project undertaken by covered with impervious cement This rethe United States government gives a tunnel of solid concrete built Work on the pro- to withstand the wear of ages AH clamation service ject was begun four and a half years the flumes culverts division gates LWxwSewwa ccxwscs We System E$edxa Dispels cc&s and Headaches CousYao dvGo Acts uaVvnrcXty acXsYtxAy as a LaxaVvva Bcs Jot NcnJVbxnexv andCKAd tcw—Jovu£ and Qd To CqX Ys benejxcVoX e$$ccs always buy (heGcuuvcve manufactured by CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Ca SOLD BY ALL one size only LEADING regular price DRUflOISTS 50 per bottle IN YOKOHAMA Jack— I wish I had my signal book Rust me I’ll bet that bend of the wrist means something saucy Cobblestones for Baltimore The Brooklyn Standard Union says that “those people from the rural re gionsjwho jeer at Manhattan’s horse cars may take note that the Baltimore city council is preparing street with cobblestones” ! 4 to pave a Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Tor children teething softens the Riimi reduces ln Humiuatlon allays pain euro wind collu 20c a bottle Out of a total of 18 south pole peditions nine have been British m wnuumiM GERTRUDE’S BY CHARLES (Copyright ex- a View i West Portal Before Completion drops and other work along the lines of the main canals are built of steel and concrete There is no dam across the Black canyon at the point where the river is Instead of turned into the tunnel this the tunnel itself taps’ the river bed By from beneath its granite this plan neither floods nor slack water can prevent the tunnel taking all the water needed from the river Has Immnse Capacity A few statistics of this tremendous project are worth setting forth The tunnel is 30600 feet long and 11 by “Her Small Hands Were Caught Tightly in His Strong Ones” The main 13 feet inside measurement canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom upon To till outer appearances her and 83 feet wide at the top and the father had long ago ceased to paraverage depth of the water is ten ticipate actively in the strife of the feet Th6 capacity i3 1300 cubic feet business world and was supposed to be living a life of luxurious ease rePositively cored by gardless of the fluctuations of the these Little Pills market so great was the girl’s stock Die They also relieve surprise and consternation one night tress from Dyspepsia Inr when Merton Desborough gravely indigestion and Too Hearty A perfect rem Eating formed her that a series of unlucky edy for Dizziness Naur speculations had resulted in the loss sea Drowsiness Bad of his large fortune and that they Taste In the Mouth Coatin the ed Tongue Tain would be obliged to retire from the Side TORPID LIVER of she had so world wherein society ' i They regulate the Dowels Purely Vegetable long reigned as an acknowledged belle SMALL FILL SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE end heiress Yet when the first shock v ''v of the announcement had passed away Genuine Must Bear Gertrude’s pride and courage came to the rescue and she threw her arms Signature around her father’s neck and kissed him tenderly “Never mind me papa" she said REFUSE SUBSTITUTES “as long as we have each bravely We will be other It doesn’t matter just as comfortable in a' quiet little home as in this big house with all its grand furnishings and I can go to work — the same as lots of other girls lo — and help you” “I don’t think that will T)e necesFour hundred thousand people have probably sary Gertie we’ll take a CASCARET every night — and rise up in the morning and call enough left to live on” said her fahv'v wi" ' v A look of intense gratificabut ther don’t them blessed If you belong to x tion shone in his eyes as he spoke this great crowd of CASCARET Gertrude was true to the estimate he takers you are missing the greatest it was had formed of her character Concrete Drop on the South Canal asset of your life' 010 the unlooked for terminaevident of her butterfly existence did not CASCARETS roe a bo for a week’ and a third of water a second After the water tion station at the debarkation treatment all druggists Biggest seller leaves the west portal of the tunnel daunt the girl and Merton Desborough In the world Million boxes a mouth was sent up as the distinguished never felt prouder of his daughter it is conducted through 12 miles of had guest escorted by a great procession moment There Is than at that canal to the Uncompahgre started for Elks’ park Gertrude did not abandon her resoa drop of 214 feet in this distance and the humble ranks of of lution Welcomed Taft joining President this great fall will be utilized for creNEAR CHICAGO — Sir dollars an acre this No sooner were the wage earners year only alfalfa and clover sure crops After the return to Montrose there ating power A series of concrete no better land for general farming and settled in the narrow confines of they the and constructed has been Taft and to President drops was a reception fruit Splendid climate pure water One her father sewhich flat little the or boat Easy night from Chicago by rail others and this evening speeches were immense body of water rushing ovef lected as their future residence than terms Write for map and Illustrated booklet them is capable of generating at leasl delivered by a number of she started out in search of work and J T MERRITT Manistee Mich 10000 horse celebration power winding Coloradoans the SICK HEADACHE i of ago and had progressed steadily ever since Together with its main and distributing canals the tunnel will Irrigate 150000 acres of land in a valley naturally one of the most fertile ’n Colorado but which ha3 been because of the annual summer droughts and the inadequacy of the Uncompahgre river This day of the opening of the tunnel was made the chief day of the Western Slope fair now being held All the morning special traina-kehere coming in from various parts of the state and at 10:30 there was a Early in the parade of the visitors afternoon the explosion of a bomb told the people that the special train bearing President Taft and other government officials had entered the city A second bomb announced his limits vvrf - tht GRAZING LANDS LOVERS L DOYLE by W U Getrude Desborough daughter of l old Merton Desborough the was attractive in more millionaire ways than one To begin with she possessed an enviable share of good looks and a generous supply of common sense Naturally there were not lacking suitors who cast longing eyes on the heiress of the Desborough millions and of these Lionel Wayne and Hugh Winslow were the most favored — Gertrude showing perhaps a slight partiality for the former Wayne was a ready talker always entertaining and handsome in what some people considered a rather effeminate way while Winslow was reand built on served sterner lines than his rival Both moved In the best social circles but neither was overburdened with money The question that troubled Gertrude was whether it was her wealth or herself which formed the principal atShe cared traction for her admirers nothing for the fact that neither of the young men in question was rich in this world’B goods but" she cared a great deal to know whether their affection was sincere or assumed In he’ heart she felt that Wayne had made a deeper impression on her than Winslow he was more outspoken and dashing in manner than his reserved rival whose attitude toward Gertrude was almost reverential Still she hesitated for one of ler most intimate friends had dropped a hint in her hearing to the effect that Wayne was an unscruplous calculatShe did not ing fortune hunter the assertion but it troubled her nevertheless and left her in a doubting frame of mind She had no mother to consult in the emergency for Mrs Desborough had died when Gertrude was In her infancy and she shrank from asking her father’s advice in the matter But an event was scheduled to occur which Gertrude had never counted Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first pnt np years o They regulate and Invluoratc Mtotuaob Utret and bowels tiny granules A brain is worth little without tongue — French 1 Chapman) the following week saw her installed In the employ of at a the telephone company fulfilling the Her father duties of an operator smiled when she triumphantly informed him of her success but did not try to dissuade her The battle of life had commenced for Gertruda it grim earnest It must be confessed that after the novelty of the thing had worn oft there were times when she regretted the leisure hours and luxuries which had once been hers But she did not complain and stuck to her task heroically although at this juncture she began to realize how very few friends the average person can rely upon Her in bygone days had acquaintances been legion in number but with the change in her social position they beThree or came wonderfully scarce ' four of her girlhood chums remained faithful to the deposed princess of their merry circle and loyally expressed their admiration of the manner in which she confronted her adverse destiny but they were shining exceptions to the general rule Perhaps the sharpest Isting of all was contained in the knowledge that Lionel Wayne was utterly unworthy of the good opinion she once held of him From the day when he first learned of her father’s financial ruin that astute gentleman had kept carefully out of sight and never even came forward to express his sympathy Yet Gertrude in spite of the disappointment which the revelation of his true character Inflicted upon her sensitive nature felt thankful that she had found him out in time to save herself from the bitterness of a loveless Whether Winslow would marriage prove equally faithless remained to be seen Business had summoned him to California before the downfall of the Desboroughs had become public and he was Btill absent from the city Gertrude’s belief in mankind had been severely shattered by her experience and she hardly knew what to hope for when he returned “Time will show” she said with a wise shake of her little head and addressed herself anew to the fight for existence A month had passed away and Gertrude weary from a hard day’s work was reclining on a sofa in the parlor of their flat an open book beside her while her father sat placidly smoking a cigar and busied himself with a formidable array of papers covered with endless rows of figures A loud knock at the door caused Gertrude to spring to her feet and an instant later the tall form of Hugh Winslow apThe color peared on the threshold rose to the girl’s face at the sight of the unexpected visitor but Winslow gave her no time for a commonplace salutation Before she could speak her small hands were caught tightly in his strong ones and the glow of affection in his eyes told her that he was still the same stalwart and uncomplaining lover who had submitted so meekly to her caprices in the past “My own little girl!” he murmured gently and Gertrude’s wealth of brown tresses rested quietly on his breast "You young folks seem to have settled this matter very satisfactorily between you” broke in Merton He smiled as he voice spoke and Winslow grasped the exfinancier’s hand and shook it warmly “Thank heaven for your misfortune” he said fervently “it has gained me the heart of the dearest girl on earth Her money was the only bar between us Mr Desborough” Merton Desborough’s eyes were moist with feeling as he gazed at the “You are just the kind of speaker man 1 fancied you to be” he said finally “Gertrude knows by this time what valuation to put upon er friends and suitors And now I’ll let you both Into a secret My supposed ruin was nothing but a scheme to test the worth of those who Merton sought my daughter’s hand Desborough is just as heavy a weight in the financial scales as he was seven weeks ago I don’t regret the experiment for it not only proved Gertrude’s courage aud affection but also gave her a husband who really loves her for herself" One of Gertrude’s arms crept around her father’s neck and the other rested upon Winslow’s broad shoulder “The two people I love most In the whole wide world” she said saftly “I am a very happy girl papa” Incense Burning There are some men who expect same Incense from the world as they get from their wives — but then their wives get all the gowns and hats — and the public doesn’t Incense burning is a domestic and business combination — Florida the- ' |