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T. fE G JE di AT r ADL If Qt PL s The Indium who vho l 10 1 o years ears ago the pi pl ak a forests forest of r Til Tf n Canna am anti anil what I Is no now New NewYork NewYork 1 York ork state lm lIue hurl l H u. le legend nd that the i vengeful spirit of alls I lc- lc each tu t ui ur u lL sacrifice And suon au till on en a certain date evel every 12 months n a ai I perfect the handsomest young woman In her waS tribe ti Ibe was set set I adrift in ht ft it canoe canne above the falls Lithe Lith I and antl graceful a living 11 statue in bronze I sho ho stood erect elect In the flail craft bobbing bob I bob I bins bing about in Uw turbulent waters find was Wall carried now no slowly loly lo ly now I swiftly to to the brink of the the thc mighty I chasm and tossed to certain lain death I Indian glory ha has It too too and and certain old oW redskins yet alive r remember havIng having hav hay ing It from flom their fathers that fathers that in one year yea I just Jum when I sacrificial al lot lut fell to au an Indian multi maid who dearly loved JO an nn Indian youth much as the I modern e Vs of or l popular l' ditty dilly lovo love I tho tiro noble r s of the song writers writer's Imagination heart of If the young I Iroquois filled with love lovo and he i had hall no thought to let lot his hiM sweetheart die I So whan the of evening had fallen lallen he lie stole away uway to 10 the wig wig- whore Ills hla little coped love lovo was vu confined her and they stole lo to the Hie south houth When the the morning morning morn morn- ing Ine of tho the sacrifice dawned bright bright and aud clew clear they were wee many miles away I null anti the tribe the Knew now thorn them no nu more I Oh how the mighty waters fumed and roared Oh how the till little Maid j of or the Mist list tf t sighed and aud wept She her hm spirit arms about her hl and and dashed ilex her tears in to every IY direction The Tho tIn Uti bitter cold and 11 her I teu teNa s. s falling upon the trees trees' froze to tn there them sad clOthed the limbs In an n armor of oC lee Ion Every i now tour tour- tourists conic como from flom attar fr I to Me see nee the tJ au- au of or o oti on the thC hanks of Niagara Ni- Ni Ni Niagara agara and aRd to at the thc anger of the time whirling wat viator r For Foi the Maid of oC the oVles at the loss losH of oft t her hor victim and I-Hul vicious vilou u waters sUIl still Ui In r rage against I time the shores of or the land that cheated them A 1 few CoW nights after the escape tho chief ot of the deserters deserter's dc- dc so the story goon goes tribe Ibo behold a n. vision Th The of or the tho F Father of appeared appeared apt ap ap- unto him and amid l In tones tone 15 that t sounded like the tho cea ceaseless lIs s hum of the Niagara a hilts Falls swore b by the combined corn com and Pa- Pa bitted expanse c of oC tho time Atlantic elite cute oceans that Unless the fugitive captured and nd tent rent to Lo keep the way Vas promised sacrifice tN the water waters of Ni Niagara NI- NI 4 would be dried to nothing and ella agars that the for forest st would by lH to the might aught punish man Whore horo now dreamers dreamer's spirit 3 waters flow Clow raid laid the Die will glow They The little oC or tIre f will stretch out their tiny tongues tongue and amI thither to dis dis- distant dish and dart Oatt hither h tant pol ts of or the mile tar hUHl ul burning bunting and und r r all nil whom thc they touch y rolled on Where And the tife years year car b stand Where factories r. r forests were their mO modern e cities rear stood g tepee all It Its glory heads Where nature iI In 11 wealth of fr beauty and anti ran inn riot Iol In U a rails and dirt roads load stretch color steel I commerce ma may be curs carried cur cur- that c their way th the citizen of toda today And s 1 clod ried etl on alarming face ace with the face facu to stands I possibility of or Che face he fulfillment of ot the J dream die chiefs Indian served 1 Des- Des E must he cr c tJ Civilization farm faim yards t. t urd u Pral Pral- r. r becoming y ens me ure 1 Forests e becoming I vies Iles are arc arce lumber yards yard II Here Iere Becoming are touched b by a bit hit of n and nl t there here man snatches some ome Jewel from sentiment tr u natures nature's crown and surrounds it with th the barbed wire fence of legal protection protection pro pro- In such a wa way has the na nu- nation nuI I Lion tion plc preserved I e the Yellowstone Park region legion In such a aa a way ho has New York YOlk I flute elate t saved raved td the grounds surrounding I Niagara Falls Fallt Hut But snore moie is y yet t to tu tobe I be done The Thc blighting hand of or com com- is stretching t forth greedily greed greed- greedily II ily the thc hungry ja jaws 0 of C pi progress ogress ul ate are seeking what they may devour and I the thc thirsty tongue of Vise l hills 0 fair fall to lap dry S' cn even the very vety waters of or the mighty Niagara Itself I Irhe The rhe old In Indian chief in hl his dream it is certain did dirt not foresee ee the real danger dangel to Niagara did not realize that thol the drying of the ml mighty ht stream I was UM to be bu caused b by the tho diversion of of Its ilK water walter to the uses utes of or companies com com- Such nl are aie the facts how- how i ev ever r. r Already Alread as the result of water diverted to the us uses s of three such com com- companies the volume of the falls Calls has bus hu hud d decreased 33 3 1 per I cent General 1 Francis V. V Greene an au expert engineer and und the manager of the Ontario i company which in IH the concern chattered chartered chat char tIed b by t the he Canadian go government eminent o t tt authority for Cor the statement that if enl chattels were granted grained to all the coin coin- panics whose applications application arc are now pending before beton the Canadian 11 the tho falla would run tun dry within 25 year eu eurs There are arc in the neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of 50 IJ applications now pending pend ing IlIg in hl Canada and a considerable number In New Sew York state The fhe actuality of the danger danser to NIagara NI- NI Ni Niagara I- I agara Is a matter of or dispute even oven among those who ate are most in earnest that the falls be saved Naturally enough with the tho eras cia's love lo of monopoly sly oly the Interests bs behind the companies compan ies les that are arc already alread enjoying the right to u use e the water of Niagara for fOl the development ent of or power are Ule actively eli eli- engaged en Olt- 0 In I supporting n the crusade I against the de despoiling of Niagara You may not despot despoil these falls faU they say MY Ail All 11 tho the despoiling that Is Its Isto Isto I to be bc done w we will do ourselves tJ On the other othel hand Lord Loid Kelvin the most mONt noted scientist In tn the world I is iM quoted as saying that It tt would bea be bc bea a benefit to lo mankind if it not only Niagara Ni- Ni i agUIa agara halls Falls but ever every other falls talis dl In order that i were rapped nipped dry the i wheels of the worlds world's progress might be turned by a harnessed nature It Itis i is IN u a glorious c picture that these scientists I lists paint No dust no rust no grime nothing but countless little wires stretching out in ht evel every I I lion taking the thc places of pantinG punting hoa horses horsey et groaning coolies puffing eng engines en en- I g glues gines lle and smoking furnaces The 50 GO GOI I companies S now knocking at the doors o of Niagara would generate c it Is e estimated esti- esti tJ- tJ I 1 mated c horsepower of or elec- elec I enough enough to furnish the motive power of a ft little world This would I supply energy for fOI the thc factories of or uv- uv v- v 1 t CI cry city t in the east It Is mid ald and andI I many In the west Sounds like a aI adream adream dream m but even at this time u I ai arrangements are arc being made to to New York tJ transmit power pow c City UI a U I distance of or nearly GOO mU miles 9 The power companies already on the field ate arc doing wonders In th the elt city of or Bu Buffalo alo n twenty live e miles from th the falls ails GOO COO street cars are run lUn b by power generated th there rc the newspapers newspapers pers are nr printed tl b by Falls Fans pow power PI In a abig abig abig big percentage of the factories steam tam engines stand Idle while electric motors motol motol mo- mo tol tors run Tun the th works and every p day clay new ij Is 15 made macJe Across Acio s the river In r z 4 3 1 1 i ie i e TaP rz PL Canada Call thin thill i oj i i i Inn nn II Jul UK ri p et leui iLl ure 0 ll V l mama e l I lr Tot to Hamilton anil unit it In III many l omit ohI i ci er places an 1 ana area atea of miles mile while hll marching across cross NewYork New York straight straight from the Pa Falls lib to Syracuse Syr Syr- Is Is an an array arlay ay of or tall electric towers tow tow- ers OIS which UI are to tu carry cany ara Falls power lower miles across the thc state Clu Clustered Clus- Clus about the Falls Fails themselves I is a ar arest r rest et of some home of Americas America's biggest fac t tc loH all doll run Cull by I t alls ails electricity iro river rivel rolls over ovet th the precipice cubic feet of water every cry second and second and well may scientists lament this w waste power It has a ft I fall full of sheer sheea ICO IGO feet and nd th the great gleat I height a added ded to the magnificent volume volume vol vol- ume combine In lu a n total of ot power that triggers staggers even the cu observer To get gel this power powe is a simple but yet ex- ex pensive pi matter Water is ht above the falls rau and allowed d to tumble with a n smothered roar down I pits sixty feet deep at the bottom of which are mon monster tel turbine wheels The action of the water on these wheels gives lv 8 the tho power After tho the water outer hAS spent t its force it I Is carried c along alons- a channel 1 and discharged back Into the river If below the falls fallK This power lower Is obtainable wherever there l la Is Isa isa a body of oC water It is an nn easy matter mattel matter mat mat- ter tel to let Jcl water fall rail into a pit on n a nI I wheel heel but the trouble is to g get t It out stain again 9 In It has been blen found round that ItI it I f would take more power to pump It Il cut ut Ul than It Il would gt generate In going oln I. I down At Al' Niagara however how r. r nature with hei lice precipice soh solves s the I- I Imi in all xul l tin th uil i oft Inning doing It v V of i U k limb in ut i any Iao i pullet lit lii the than haul thanin in nI I hil th tin falls fall Far Foi this o Niagara laJara I is nix nix- of the rites bites for fot rower power Ion plants I in lit n the world for far this reason nason a growing agitation against great vandalism at the Falls Is springing spring ing UI up This movement it is said finds hearty support from the power companion companies now enjoying charters permitting permittinG permitting per per- them to 0 take tolu wat water r from flum Ni Niagara Nt- Nt agara river liver It can cnn readily be seen that If it company titter qUI company wei wem U tl locate on th the banks of ot the rl river el trove stove them and und each take its of o 0 water the stream would could soon become 8 sr tc reduced that the expensive plants of or the plo pioneer pr pow power r companies would be l' greatly less leS v valuable and perhaps useless ueless 7 The effect of n eI I ss ne le I It lt g too man many IS I'S would in other be th the of tho the goose p that la lays th the goloen egg A dry channel w n furnish no power pO I To the naked eye the water tAJ taken from flom the Niagara river ha has made a hardly perceptible difference in the volume going over th tb rails falls and amid the thc p rower power houses over houses over er a n mile away aWa from om the falls rails proper to proper do rant not In any affect the scenic beauty of ot the shrine of or nature na nn- ture ture The Thc danger Is not ho so much In that which Is lit as In that which desires to come And that It Is a real live 11 danger lI is evidenced b by the prominence 0 of those who have ha already entered the movement for the preservation of the fr fills Governor Illg in his Ia last t annual mt message tou touched upon lh the matter at some length an and I. I t I i t III In his hi In II t mi ms In age a e to Kl grI glI S 'S s r ud Nothing should b be allowed to In- In interfere of or the tho with the thc preservation Niagara Falls In their beauty and their theft grandeur If It 1 New cw York state cannot see sec to this then it should be lie willingto willing t to tn turn them over to the thc national government gov- gov which should In such case caso If possible in conjunction with the Canadian Can COan- adian government assume the but burden den denand and responsibility of PIC preserving lnE Cl unharmed unharmed un un- harmed the Niagara Falls Ju Just t as us It should Glud assume u similar burden burdon a and rod responsibility for fOI the thc Yosemite National park parle and und o as it has hajj already assumed them for the Yellow Yellowstone tono park Adequate provision should bo be made b by congress for fOI the care cal of oC till all these parks The President and th the go government of Canada have lately appointed an intern international and we cats can soon hope to see sec some definite results In this commercial age this ago of or r realism re- re and materialistic progress a u sentimental appeal to save the falls fulls would meet with slight con consideration From Irom n It commercial standpoint however tins ho falls fails a a. HH UM au object of ot natural beauty bus a far nr hl higher hel value than electric pow power OW- OW er made mach 0 at t the tho expose of or the fit falls falls' 11 II life would have The fame tame of ot Niagara at attract attracts at- at tracts tract tourists trout frotH all un the thc ward wor 1 The American city of ot Falls has hall a Il population of nearly A M souls half hulf of or which aro arc directly or Indirectly dependent upon th the tourist trade for tor a 1 livelihood 11 1 hood Aero Across the river Canadian Niagara Ia ara Falls Fall with a population of or oOOO people la is maln- maln I I Iv lv dependent upon upun to traffic l. for oc ex e t 1 nce- nce Something like thirty hotels two tor In America Amerla Ameri of the time l best st paying trolley roads lOads curio stores storE'S and null amuse amuse- ca a a dozen bl big bis I ment anent halls hails would have to be bo closed i If and the tourist would ouM Niagara ran dry I 1110 no longer er be attracted th there le Th They haves have ha Beamed learned In Switzerland and anti Italy ItAh that that the tit Is 1 th the mot most s profitable lout tourist 1st Indu Industry tt of all and ancl America ca should not b be beI be bc- I hind In this matter maUer I Every very y year ar thousands thou thou- bound for tor the Falls IaUs I sands l of travelers spend pend n a day here ane and a da day there Ir western New pw York and all the state beneI bene i fits as at a result of or their presence lOne One of the appalling features anent thede the de desperation of oS aara Falls |
