Show GUMBO CAUSED GREAT TROUBLE TRUBLE Wel Well Nigh Prevented the Building of Canadas Great Canal O I 1 o lo I LI I Ald slid 1 deN M and amid fer r An and J have returned from Alberta Ibra Canada after mm An five weeks The purpose or of their vl viI Wi was to bring about a full Inal between the or Church represented by byI id I 0 I Hammond agent time tractors tractor and the th IrrIgation In tb the building or of time Ilat great canal In southern Alberta We Ve leare from them the following Interesting facts rime fhe canal anal u iii now flOW completed at a pint point on SL lIt Marys lar river and a length of tithes 1 or of for t ten mie natural are made mad use of Ant and for miles tie time eter ter howe along channel channels The Th canal palS passes through and Stirling tIme the two ni new re centy centhy establIshed by th the Saints and terminates nt at Ian thou thousand nd or of land will 1 b be brought under irrIgation by reason or of orthis this great enterprise 01 I a most extraordInary were d In for tor time the canal which le led to 10 some Ol regarding Cation or of lateral material between the sub lub subcontractors contractors anti time Olal hut but which wore r final by Lyman Clawson an and lime ny to the emit or of all al and as al are a re cult In an excellent feeling prevails at time present time Ume The referred to were erl due In the main to n a substance known to engineers I as gumb gumbo which to 10 time the surprise of th those unacquainted wIth ith time the country countr WI es round found almost the entire length of tile Hie main canal Gumb man when wet resembles India rubber and has t a or of 1 resistance that II is simply Ingle tem team And plow Were useless title class of vork ork Orill nall ulon six animals were to the plow Ind and only then succeeded succeed In turning over time the gumb gumbo wih wIth ImBt results I It Wi was related b by Elder Eider Clawson that upon one occasIon the progress of the work In a certain lol lolI local I It he witnessed lh the breakIng ot of a lou IOU ble tre tre made freim a log or of wol three fel feet In A Ae tle the sharp hn ot of the plow 10 pIerc pIerced time tIle the like n a twig Later he thoughtlessly pushed his umbrella Into Inlo the gumb gumbo and upon I It was wal llian to find that time thimble which is 18 used to Protect time the end had peale Ulon I it careful search aIh I It Wa was found firmly In the rubber like sol soil Elder lawson further said Il that Snow hearing of time the troubles experienced ed by time the brethren In Canada made li ties If of nn an expression upon on one occasion no doubt unwittIng unwittIngly ly Iy which although extremely amul amus amusIng Ing wa was expressive end and forceful Il lie remarked to one of hi his as fae have you OU har heard the he news No wel well struck Jumbo II Canada Cand Jumbo means big anti gumb gumbo Is ii something bigIn fact I It is II about time the bIggest thing ln Iii BritIsh merla When len Elder Clason calli called attention In at a 8 put puhl o c gathering tl to the remark or of Snow the Cu au WA was highly amut amused because anle or of Il Its double appleton application In wise wlM Jumbo could not 1 be a PI PI to gumbo A as representIng something big but ell also to a of oC hu hugs proportIons doing dUI In and who was known and recognized ala always by br the very er expressive live sive tItle or of Jumbo So that when tte PresIdent Snows remark wa was quote quoted namely that they ther had struck Jumbo In Canada Inara the th minds of that entire congregation naturally reverted to 10 Policeman Jumbo and andOr Or every one present smiled lle and loke looked a tie It if lie ho realy really hoped It were true The mot moat serious and unpleasant A as of the ork however WR was len seen when the tho men were excavating In water and IUlo knee deep del ns as was the thecae ease cae In several I No o matter how bow bright ad radiant they approached time task In time the moring morning at nigh tho wee were well el nigh they the emerged from thE the litch from hell to fot foot Those were trying df days In one 1111 of contract work I It ItIs I Is II said time the horses mired d down In mud and AmI water Ind and could ull only b be the of fastened around 4 b by Ue uw use rulene arund e their b bodies le anti the employment of horst horse power on the bank Such wel were some lomp or of time the en encountered countered b by the subcontractors os as the work r on anti 1 It was al fear feared for forn fora n a time that th the to 00 multi not he within time the time In th time mate malle with the Canadian Northwest Irrigation Co December alI 18 1199 9 A failure ment meant the thc forfeit or of a considerable amount or of mon money To meet the omer emer genoy gena a number or of our people we Were call called rout arlous arioUs to go to anada and 8 auslet In the tho good work Ind Cal those already there Ore encouraged aged to remain at their post under the are direction of 11 M D I Hammond a amoa most and ond faIthful man The moa brethren referred to responded cher cheer cheerfully full fully hesItation or complaint and worked with an energy ner and deter that was admirable Ther There Wi was no obstacle at great rt no em n forbidding but til they fearlessly grap grappled rJ pled wih wIth It an aol At time the oloM ot of 1 1559 I it ws was found that Ih contract hall 1111 not only been heen filled to the leter leler hut but 60 of work additional been done don donI doneIt It 18 was a herculean task and I it Is eats I to tn ray D In view 1 or of th the character ot of the work ork Il Its location far out from pop populous ulous centers and time py pay received r lve for forth forthe th the same half and hal half land no mo on the continent but the Saints would have undertaken and carried It through The anti ami excavating or of the la is to lY say time the portion un b by our people from 81 St Marys wd In making n a total t of The total CHt cost or of time the entre entIre canal will 1 doubtless reach 1 8 The lands under the great ar arrich are rich and productive Small grains anti and there A as almost In Inno Inno We have before us usa no other country ti a sample plato potato from Canada wel h hInl two and one oune ounce sod that hat has never w was raised ha ne ben broken ly by this the Time The s sod wal Was raised up UI th the seed dropped d II In Inand I and te II sod replaced I It II is credIbly ot if on farmer at MountaIn MountaInVIew VIew just west welt of that he helalI ii lalI some on hits hll airy r Unit that but twelve to Ilke make a the e each What la ont one nut nul anticIpate from 11 soil like this after years ear of cultivation under wil melee and amid irrIgation Time he 1 or of am anti StIrlIng ar are and happy happ Time The ton ot of ech ascii settlement II Ia abut about 30 sot souls soul At both buth Places new and holl ar are 01 on eer every sIde whIle oL at Stirling under time Iha able or of Theore Theodore Brandly I it neW house coating lome comae ha lies been erected paid for anti dedIcated Lee Harker and amid the good o 11 pee Jle of Magrath not to be outdone hae already alread laid the tho of H a II meeting house houe ald and only await time tho ur nr rh Thai al of building to hUlten 01 on the lime Atm An admirable rno of time the Saints SAint of Magrath wal exhibited when the tho BIshop called for r to 10 go 0 to on tIme the new homma The net next mournIng 4 0 teRms rl rim 0 ported for duty They wire were t d to 10 the quarry anti re returned turned with 49 loads ur rock k and Imd later brought In Iii 1 12 loads lods of und sand ant 4 of cia clay al lilt In Iii Otis one da day The ground was 1 broken by Elder and ond dedicated by Eider Ehler Lyman and amid In three days days time the n for tor a house houe fet feet waR Wail coin A I larow GUAle guage raIlroad is being con from StIrling through to 10 Carston Ind and II Is to 10 within 11 mi th later latter pont thus connet Ing our o settlements In Canada with ach oilier and the world I is rapidly and has md mad mal substantIal time the past year ear it II pat may I be truthfully that Inde the fo for sur eur people In Caned are bright and Ie Mr L T P Oal halt President of at tIme the gatton company and amid Mr lr Magrath manager both bolh prominent men menor or of Alberta are deeply Interested In th growth anti prosperity of thai sectIon or of country |