Show iii i ii t 3 i t i i fo t i i i i i t i i r i i it i ii it t i i ti i i i T i i i r i i t t m t i i i i i i i i t ii ti i r t i 1 o I The Worlds Biggest est Reser vor vo r i IN THE SALT t tt h t tt t t t tt t T 0 t T U i tt ll O OI correspondence I L T J 8 A dam Is be beC 1 C In b that I II the S of ot M one oUe n t n R Mer er at lit once reverts to somo I lIck ami mild ll nt Or It II Jo th turned a n river Into a II limit j fn n capable arable of ot holding Ot n l least I wo hip made of ot shingles with the I the trousers had to toe I water ro o de p that je e quite to 10 tho Iho knew of ot the dar Iny mariner r in preventing shipwrecks ml collision while tho Ihn drawled of ot the tho petticoats similarly enl legitimately earned for 01 a n well ell What Whal survivor of o normal childhood 1 does docs not have such n 1 memory 1 I to to his mind hit hen nen ft 1 IH III built It Is III Isi i brio built T TIn i in i 1 huRe dani M u In all civil ft 11 vast amount of ot preliminary i must be done before a 1 rock c un n be b laid In Its bed of ot Portland mortar The government hag hAA been h clI actively fn In n dam at Ton to 83 U miles northeast of leR Art 11 tout s na for eor This Thill III wor worl tart I d under the lh net All of or up liP for or the lion ilon of at arid lands land Thill dam will represent the storage enterprise In 11 the world I i u it will produce the Ihl largest I tody bod ef ot water waler ever eer known Although th Nile Jle reservoir rc covers ocra a tI area I III i It II li I only a few ew feet teet deep tho Iho I I Tonto onto will be in places over oer feet la In depth tel th There are ro complete relief maps 1101 and t model el of ot MS this enterprise In III tho Iho i north corner of ot tho Iho build I I lor nf at tho worlds fair The fhe city elly of at ati i Me and the ranches with canals cAnol and ditches i MO r out before the eye ce In III de dl 1 I tall 1111 The advantage of at thin darn to I agricultural ef fit that thul com community f 1011 a be seen e n ut al a glance Theno relief imp und are constantly by b an 1111 Interested crowd d The TM found KB 1111 Inception In the work of ot an nn old blue muro who an unvarying record of ot six miles i an hour In 1889 the thc hoard of ot i Iora or of ot which cm em the wonderfully fertile fields ot or Salt valley voted an 1111 appropriation tion to 10 promote wilier water Interests Th r wit sent John Johll It Norton n II lanther rind James JumeR SI M tocK lOck 1 newspaper mon man n 1 major ef ot rider fame to for tor it 1 reservoir site alt They took with them surveyor ot of nn 1111 old h marn which could bo ho relied on to travel exactly six III x miles nn hour Her work M quite accurate enough to suit sulI tho Iho surveyor lind with her old the present site wua measured tI and sur surveyed au I eld Since SilleR the Ihl low How of ot till the river rhel has hn been hMIl kept measured III hi ll that proved d when Ih appropriation WAK made that at lit Tonto vun till tho licit hel to 10 mako the Initial experiment O under the art ull Tho How hili of the Ih river Is III so RO It CUll cun not 1101 lie hI depended on II In III Rate the amount of ot land In III the Ihl valley to lu without While tho Iho Is I the 1111 money mOlle to 10 build 1111 I hI tho It will ul be h by h the Ih landowners who II ho signed contracts in tu Unit ef It reel lias hll boon hOlm lIt on Oil till 11 Ill I work if Ir nn Oil IH estl ISU nn 1111 additional W U Iii re required I for rOI building the Iho dull this will be hI more than H It an 1111 to 10 be ho In III ten In line litH litter tho completion of ot the lilt dam The nf nt water will ne with the construction so Hint Iho IIII groat benefits from 1111 It will bo bl Tho rho reservoir will be he 30 miles tout IS up till Halt IS 12 up 1111 and four rOllI miles wide It will drain an 1111 of ut OIO mile nf ot mountains mainly 1 with dense The Ih situ li I GOO COO yards the mouth of ot the canyon outlet nt nl junction of nf the rivers The dam will willbo bo built hulit with M II crown pointed up It will be 70 feet high und feet teet through h nt lit tho bilK Imse to ft n lG foot fool roadway at ut the top over which will liana a n V P H mall At tho dam the Is IN only feet wide at nt the bane and feet r cl where the top of ot tho dam will I Tho will bo ho hull built I of or rocks weighing up to 10 12 tons 1011 full ull mortal laid In III Portland Partin nIl cement clI mortar water tight The Iho bed rock strati vi i upstream ren making impossible while tho dam will be h on all so massive n II scalo that It II will become n 1 veritable part of till the mountains surround the reservoir site Rill en enduring during any the th ele elements Ie ments could ever ver against it What will ultimately be b the bottom of ot the tho reservoir re la Is now with beautiful ranches whose purchase WILli one of ot th Ira I moves made by 11 tho Wilier which through 1 rank 1 Parker secretary In Is Att to the thu local business Their a II matter requiring diplomacy lid ind was Willi bv h P 1 Mullin before h oll their owners suspected for tor what they the were Intended As Mr hUll him large und lilli wr ot 0 T 00 ir 11 ti I IH H HI II II tI HIHI l I I I IH IH i I t ty tI 1 t I y I I I Iy y II IC 1 I I 1 r t I II y y I t jC I t II i t T t I III HI HH i 1 lii i 4 j M t t i II I I I I land nuTeM I In III th ii It H h 1 no nil lolI a II prohibitory might have boon b m placed on hand and complications resulted Aetna construction on the dmn will willbe be he In In the early oal nummer The prelim preliminary inary work Included saw Unit lire are now running an 1111 olee trie plant and n II cement mill that arc nn the tho ready to 10 be bl Installed a 1 power Jowel canal 16 H miles Ions lOllI loo of ot mountain telephone lines III water Wilt I throe miles for fOI do 10 domestic me purposes a II cubic lIbla oar line II II der derricks lIe I ricks blacksmith shops tunny minor A stone quarry has been opened and lime and aile brick are being burnt All 11 material for rOl making class Portland cement Is IR found with III miles of thu Ih dam site Rile The rhe line of or work extends for fOl miles mil II 11 mi i 1111 H it nl i i t ul III Mr h ii l to In 1 tin th saw mill lt III Ihl Inart of ot thu Sierra bit hI Camps eO In 1111 h be a tabli hi d all 1111 along title line and till tho domestic tiro second In to ut the engineer and mechanic The supplies for nl the Ihl big near nelll the dam site Rill are lit bundled 1 from fro a II little lit lie commissary 1 tent on the hillside The I clerk ll rk leads a II busy and exciting XI 11 ing life out oUI doors every ew minutes to In preserve his hili life flom the from the blasting above listening lI to In the 1111 of ot the men mell In III of ot the various and his cot cat hilmi between times Government plenty but bill Its ilK Ion IH III sometimes erotic and often slow Io In III J M I bus chain of the Ihl road In III the steep I ln OIl the I Ill dam Hil when the II mad costs COIl II u II mil lack Jack would be nn nil If It hit hla Kentucky temper w Willi io not kept 1111 In it state of ot vol 01 panic by II the I dt III makes visits to 10 the Ihl little on the Ih hillside and Interviews the clerk leI II these Interviews being belli somewhat affairs At t approach the lite rat flees to III the mountain and the Ih clerk Is III only prevents 1111 tu II II 1 1111 by b Jacks frame II a the doorway he ht H In III a voice Unit the sides of o the 1111 tent and starts down the hillside Nu u I 1 dont for fill HIlel potatoes my men had anything to 10 eat 1111 hilt but sweet and for 11 weeks Wheres those pick han 0 10 1 dies Ira the Ih use of or sending down picks without handles Whores that powder lowder Hull How long do a II feet of nr fu 1811 when we WP us III Oll reel feet a II day 1111 And A till I 1 ordered 01 U It Ile 11 I days ngo my III men around Idle hilI with nothing to 10 oik with the K Mut t to 10 have 1101 I Hour before another day 11 II half shovel r thul IiII I ordered to t put Ill II on thai Ihal lent If It 11 i nt 1 have hlll oe tu In III IIII ill I h th hen re I III M Biting to 10 be a n inu mu IMI Him 11 long 11 do you a n pound i I lusts I li mon men Dont you inv canned on Oil inc You fed em emi i sir KII Ight or 10 11 Ir If you lU i iome nam from Ji h en Ill V nit lull be ili III lo till will be 0 11 this alln II without Ilum i II Inn 1011 lit hIli breath bl lh and 1 I ice It la 10 lip out inI i In the IlI cat catI nl I i lit the 1111 IC eom cm i i 1 it 11 practical m n ami in i re I for fools powder u Il n 11 inv of ur time then wait 1111 tin till lial of or thi th rn nil sary lit III ID l down at nt his hili table mid midi d i 1 nii ii J 1 w II so 0 men CM It hours If It they 1111 III sn III many 1 t of ot to lil 11 oft 01 Ho ninny pound I In III m ii i of lit rod wit 11 io fO II tools Lie Lien 1 n I and sunset when the I 1 1 IT an II many hour 1011 loi hi III a II man manni ni 1111 III hi own OW II report lo 10 lov v 1 show Mho tho Iho economical ft font ITU 1114 that will n II fine record for I him In III the Ih civil civilI I Vic I Tu or three big bl rater will vi I the lit steni u II tf men PIt lo 10 use lIe up III ii It fe e extra pounds of or will wi the ys for fOI a 1 promotion 1 In Tile The tit tu be hI lIo after the th chief he executive has hn beon near tilt the dam site tr It It From l rom there Ih re u 1 sta e 1111 II 11 n I with n II branch road to III the tho Southern Pacific 11 I n the Ihl road that oll Instant of coal Its bed h 1 with willi oil doing moke cin 1111 cinders ders dust making travel to 10 that country The of o Menu Tempe and Phoe Phoenix nix have voted bonds to 10 lOIl n 1 road from to III the dam site When It IH III completed Height hl will RO to over U II direct from Menu to In the k Powell 1 Is III hear of fit tho thou thoI u I extern brunch of ot the reclamation ser service H vice I Hill formerly of the of n Mines near Denver f 11 1 I bus hll Ren 1111 supervision Iu over PI the Ihl entire work I It has been In III of or the Held 1111 work since the Ih tonic hold holl of it I lie III hll II prepared moat moal W T I 1 co I II of ot the computations and detailed de designing t Ii I signing for tor the dum Civil ti present a It f I q picturesque when Ihen their pic q nes is K not lIot too close I 1 ly Ir Shingle nulls would be hI u a luxury as II 1 Iho of them baa their th lr only Ji to 10 propriety on Oil willie white do duo 1 Ing II It work 1111 i iII civil II in thin line nr l e Ill Into III In two t those 1 lio hI i ov a lid those hoc who wear yel 1 luw lo while II hll their work lif Tim hll hither the UI best of ot 11 It In III personal 1 with their I I him j yellow 10 1111 l III cUll neatly In Into I I Ito to yellow ns in I HIP Ih tan tAil un soft felt A dark 1 blue bill ur nl IH cut ion gives u 1 I Hindi to tn their and n 1 1 I tr i k of f I fo IU in III color olor to 10 I Ith th their F It ItTin Tin overalls have the nd IILA In salary Jt It U III like a II Wn t Pointed anil M I volunteer tho yellow lIu l having worked up in Ihl M ivle and overalls se III n from men 1111 on t hp outside Their lit Is I no of or skill Ilk however nn neatly all 1111 to com competent men but each eArh 1111 ly lylo lo his hi stylo of ot Curb Says Ie It Is III convenient for fOl hard and n A from 1011 snake bite on all foot Bays an 1111 jellow may he hI very HI stylish and nil right for bites but bill I J to III 1 Strauss and a If It I cant work for or Hum without Into Inlo n II yel 11 1 Ill tei out nul of or tha Iho The who lito marries n II tN had better take lit Ill Punchs historical advice unless the Ihl hern hAI a 1 philosophical will have IDT h r I hole of ot living apart from l him when duty calls call II him to In some tin f put or III going with him Into the th where her hI I lire life will be scarcely lesti primitive than that of ot till the A slit I who ho wui 1118 to 10 iv 1 civil engineer was 1111 making III II g plans for tor forthe the th future There is III no use me of ot you making any Rny lino fino plans raid the young man manU U It you marry marl me 1111 you OU more likely to 10 sleep fin fill the Ih ground with your hend hea under a II bush At t the tho present moment he Is follow the wilds nf ot I literally l on Oil the Ihl promised bed hll with Its canopy of cactus |