anaheim-gazette 1907-10-10

DEAD BODY BY ROADSIDE D. Redit, Former Resident of This City, Run Over and Killed at Loara Thursday. The spectacle of a dead man lying by the roadside for more than two hours shocked passersby at the Loara depot on Thursday afternoon. Walnuts were being delivered at the association packing house, and a number of men were at work in plain view of the corpse. As the shades of night were falling Deputy Coroner Smith arrived from Santa Ana and removed the body to that city. Coroner Smith was away from his office at the time, and his father drove over for the body at 5:30. The dead man was D. Redit, formerly of this city. He was waiting at the depot to take the train for his home in Los Angeles. He had been in town several days, working at his trade, that of machinist, and was also engaged in selling stock in a mine. At 3:10 he started to walk along the road leading south from the station. Death lurked for the unfortunate man in the roadway. Aleck Johnson of Garden Grove was unloading walnuts at the depot warehouse. His team took fright at the southbound passenger train and started to run away. It turned into the road along which Redit was quietly pursuing his way. Porter's Report Superintendent's report for ber, 1907. To the Board of Directors U. W. Co. Gentlemen: The following port for September. Regular employes Assistant zanjero at Yorba Dam Assistant zanjero for Placentia To salary for engineer at pumping plant for Septembe Back pay for engineer at pumping plant for August CLEANING. To Anaheim branch ditches - $44.00 To Fullerton and Placentia - 72.00 To cleaning Cajon Canal, Sec. 3, by Nevarro - 156.00 Section 2 - 57.50 To scraping and cleaning sluiceways and cleaning main canal at head of ditch - 165.00 Total cleaning REPAIRS. To teaming lumber for bridges between Yorba and head ditch - $ To repair bridge on Cajon Canal near Paulsen's To put new cover on bridge at Yorba and build new cement bulkheads to same - - Cement used 2½ bbls. at $3.23 to repairing on Flume 4 to Oct 1st Total repairs CONSTRUCTION. To construction of pipe at Richfield - $19 Used 48½ bbls. Colton at $3.23. Amount paid Mr. Earp of Olinda for teaming pipe in month of August To labor and team work At 3:10 he started to walk along the road leading south from the station. Death lurked for the unfortunate man in the roadway. Aleck Johnson of Garden Grove was unloading walnuts at the depot warehouse. His team took fright at the southbound passenger train and started to run away. It turned into the road along which Redit was quietly pursuing his way. Men at the depot called to him to get out of harm's way. A lad ran toward him shouting to him of his danger. Redit did not hear, being quite deaf. The wagon tongue struck him on the left jaw, smashing it and fracturing the skull. The all but lifeless body was thrown to one side, of the roadway. Dr. Beebe was telephoned for, but on arrival found that life was extinct. The doctor found the skull fractured. He is of opinion death was instantaneous. The coroner was notified and the body removed to Santa Ana, where an inquest was held on Friday. The body was shipped to Los Angeles for interment. Redit was injured in a gasoline explosion in this city five years ago. He and his son narrowly escaped fatal injury. He had not recovered, a periodical accumulation of pus under the jaw making necessary the insertion of a silver tube to draw it off. As a result of the explosion his hearing was impaired and grew gradually worse. His son was severely burned about the face. Redit's younger son is paralyzed as a result of an injury received while at play at school here four years ago. He was kicked in the head by a playmate accidentally while playing ball. His recovery is doubtful. Johnson lost a son at his pumping plant at Garden Grove just fourteen months before. The boy went to turn on the power before breakfast, and came in contact with a live wire. After breakfast had been prepared his mother went to call him, and President Wheeler in speech at Fresno declared are four ways in which the helps the tillers of the soil is the solution of special research of the university am not sure that this applies not higher than pure service to the public is the modern education. The seethe dissemination of knowledge bulletins. I am afraid that letins are not read as wide should be. They are of the importance to the farmer. This is the correspondence school partiment is growing by bounds. Through correspond farmers, a regular university course is created. Throug are arriving at a conception nity of being a farmer, and tionship,of work of the hand tellect. We have only a low view of life when we live b of the thumb. He is a slave lows only traditional routest in his work. It is no bondage that makes a man ignorance, and the routine no interest in life. The man in his work looks out to the owns the universe because while at play at school here four years ago. He was kicked in the head by a playmate accidentally while playing ball. His recovery is doubtful. Johnson lost a son at his pumping plant at Garden Grove just fourteen months before. The boy went to turn on the power before breakfast, and came in contact with a live wire. After breakfast had been prepared his mother went to call him, and found his dead body at the side of the pit. A damage suit is now in court against the electric company. Redit was about 50 years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Boradent Tooth Paste differs from all others. It contains no grit or substance that will injure the enamel of the teeth and positively neutralizes all acid secretions of the mouth. Alkaline--antiseptic--beneficial. At all drugs, 25 cents Troy Pharmaceutical Company Porter's Report. Dependent's report for September Board of Directors of the A. men: The following is my reSeptember. ear employes $535.00 plant zanjero at Yor13.50 plant zanjero for Pla21.00 ary for engineer at plant for September 100.00 day for engineer at plant for August 17.00 CLEANING. Haelm branch $44.00 Allerton and 72.00 Cleaning Cajon Dec. 3, by Ne156.00 In 2 57.50 aping and \ sluiceways ning main head of 165.00 cleaning 494.50 REPAIRS. Fuming lumber for between Yorba ditch $14.00 Air bridge on Canal near Paulsen's 2.00 at new cover on Yorba and build ment bulkheads to 10.50 It used 2½ bbls. at repairing on to Oct 1st 7.00 repairs 33.50 CONSTRUCTION. Construction of pipe field $196.00 8½ bbls. Colton nt paid Mr. Earp for teaming month of August and team work 9.33 WATER-SAVING IS WEALTH Advantage of Cement Lining for Ditches Over Earthen Canals —Many Examples of Cement Ditches in Southern California CEMENT MORTAR. This method is probably more extensively used in Southern California than all the other methods combined. It has proven very efficient and its cost is small. Examples of this class of lining are numerous all through the irrigated districts of Southern California. Some of the best types are in the vicinity of Riverside, where the three irrigation companies—the Gage Canal company, the Riverside Water company, and the Jurupa company—have used it extensively. The lining usually consists of a cement mortar plaster, varying from ½ to 1 inch in thickness. Various methods are used in preparing the canal for the lining and in applying the lining. The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890 the control of the Gage Canal company passed to the Riverside Trust company. Music, A Dancing Come a The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890 the control of the Gage Canal company passed to the Riverside Trust company. The conditions prevailing at that time are fully discussed by Irving, the engineer of the company, in the report of Irrigation Investigations for 1901, prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations. The conditions were those usually encountered by other systems where the canals are not lined, viz: 1. Serious breaks in the canal, causing large waste of water and inconvenience to irrigators. Large fills were always in danger of breaking, because of settlement of the ground and because of the holes dug in the banks by burrowing animals. 2. Rapid growth of weeds, which decrease the velocity of flow of the water, thus diminishing the carrying capacity. 3. Large losses of water due to seepage. In 1890 it was decided to remedy these conditions by making an experiment in canal lining by applying a cement mortar plaster on the sides and bottom of the canals. The method used as described by Irving and supplemented by information given by Mylne, the present engineer of the company, is as follows: Method of cutting and preparing the water channel for the lining.—The grade stakes were located on the banks at a given distance from the top of the sloping sides, usually 1 foot. These grade stakes were spaced at intervals of 20 feet. A level rod or cross-section rod of sufficient length to reach from one bank to the other was held at right angles to the ditch, with one end on the grade stake and the corresponding stake set on the other bank. The smooth finishers are used in preparing the canal for the lining and in applying the lining. The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890 the control of the Gage Canal company passed to the Riverside Trust company. The conditions prevailing at that time are fully discussed by Irving, the engineer of the company, in the report of Irrigation Investigations for 1901, prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations. The conditions were those usually encountered by other systems where the canals are not lined, viz: 1. Serious breaks in the canal, causing large waste of water and inconvenience to irrigators. Large fills were always in danger of breaking, because of settlement of the ground and because of the holes dug in the banks by burrowing animals. 2. Rapid growth of weeds, which decrease the velocity of flow of the water, thus diminishing the carrying capacity. 3. Large losses of water due to seepage. In 1890 it was decided to remedy these conditions by making an experiment in canal lining by applying a cement mortar plaster on the sides and bottom of the canals. The method used as described by Irving and supplemented by information given by Mylne, the present engineer of the company, is as follows: Method of cutting and preparing the water channel for the lining.—The grade stakes were located on the banks at a given distance from the top of the sloping sides, usually 1 foot. These grade stakes were spaced at intervals of 20 feet. A level rod or cross-section rod of sufficient length to reach from one bank to the other was held at right angles to the ditch, with one end on the grade stake and the corresponding stake set on the other bank. The smooth finishers are used in preparing the canal for the lining and in applying the lining. The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890 the control of the Gage Canal company passed to the Riverside Trust company. The conditions prevailing at that time are fully discussed by Irving, the engineer of the company, in the report of Irrigation Investigations for 1901, prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations. The conditions were those usually encountered by other systems where the canals are not lined, viz: 1. Serious breaks in the canal, causing large waste of water and inconvenience to irrigators. Large fills were always in danger of breaking, because of settlement of the ground and because of the holes dug in the banks by burrowing animals. 2. Rapid growth of weeds, which decrease the velocity of flow of the water, thus diminishing the carrying capacity. 3. Large losses of water due to seepage. In 1890 it was decided to remedy these conditions by making an experiment in canal lining by applying a cement mortar plaster on the sides and bottom of the canals. The method used as described by Irving and supplemented by information given by Mylne, the present engineer of the company, is as follows: Method of cutting and preparing the water channel for the lining.—The grade stakes were located on the banks at a given distance from the top of the sloping sides, usually 1 foot. These grade stakes were spaced at intervals of 20 feet. A level rod or cross-section rod of sufficient length to reach from one bank to the other was held at right angles to the ditch, with one end on the grade stake and the corresponding stake set on the other bank. The smooth finishers are used in preparing the canal for the lining and in applying the lining. The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890 the control of the Gage Canal company passed to the Riverside Trust company. The conditions prevailing at that time are fully discussed by Irving, the engineer of the company, in the report of Irrigation Investigations for 1901, prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations. The conditions were those usually encountered by other systems where the canals are not lined, viz: 1. Serious breaks in the canal, causing large waste of water and inconvenience to irrigators. Large fills were always in danger of breaking, because of settlement of the ground and because of the holes dug in the banks by burrowing animals. 2. Rapid growth of weeds, which decrease the velocity of flow of the water, thus diminishing the carrying capacity. 3. Large losses of water due to seepage. In 1890 it was decided to remedy these conditions by making an experiment in canal lining by applying a cement mortar plaster on the sides and bottom of the canals. The method used as described by Irving and supplemented by information given by Mylne, the present engineer of the company, is as follows: Method of cutting and preparing the water channel for the lining.—The grade stakes were located on the banks at a given distance from the top of the sloping sides, usually 1 foot. These grade stakes were spaced at intervals of 20 feet. A level rod or cross-section rod of sufficient length to reach from one bank to the other was held at right angles to the ditch, with one end on the grade stake and the corresponding stake set on the other bank. The smooth finishers are used in preparing the canal for the lining and in applying the lining. The Gage Canal company began making improvements on its main canal in 1886; from 1886 to 1890 this was reconstructed, the total length being 20 miles. In 1890the control ofthe Gage Canal company passed tothe Riverside Trust company.The conditions prevailing at that time are fully discussed by Irving,the engineerofthecompany.intherreportofIrrigationInvestigationsfor1901,preparedbytheOfficeofExperimentStations.Theconditionswerethoseusuallyencounteredbyothersystemswherethecanalsarenotlined,viz: 1.Seriousbreaksinthecanal,causeinglargewasteofwaterandinconveniencetoirrigators.Largefillswerealwaysindangerofbreaking,becauseofsettlementofthegroundandbecauseoftheholesduginthebanksbyburrowinganimals. 2.Rapidgrowthofweeds，whichdecreasethevelocityofflowofthewater,dusdiminishingthecarryingcapacity. 3.Largelossesofwaterduetosepage. In 1890itwasdecidedtoremedytheseconditionsbymakinganexperimentincanalliningbyapplyingacementmortarplasteronthesidesandbottomofthecanals.ThemethodusedasdescribedbyIrvingandsupplementedbyinformationgivenbyMylne,thepresentengineerofthecompany.isasfollows: Methodofcuttingandpreparingthewaterchannelforthelining.-ThegradestakeswerelocatedonthebanksatagivendistancefromthetopofthelospingsidessuallfootThesegradestakeswerespacedattintervalsof20feet.Alevelrodorcross-sectionrodofsufficientlengthtoreachfromonebanktotheotherwasheldatrightanglestotheditchwithoneendonthegradestakeandthecorrespondingstakesetontheotherbank.Thesmoothfinishersareusedinpreparingthecanalfortheliningandinapplyingthelining. TheGageCanalcompanybeganmakingimprovementsonitsmaincanalin1886;from1886to1890thiswasreconstructed,thetotallengthbeing20miles.In1890thecontroloftheGageCanalcompanypassedtotheRiversideTrustcompany.Theconditionsprevailingatthattimearefullyencounteredbyothersystemswherethecanalsarenotlined,viz: 1.Seriousbreaksinthecanal,causeinglargewasteofwaterandinconveniencetoirrigators.Largefillswerealwaysindangerofbreaking,becauseofsettlementofthegroundandbecauseoftheholesduginthebanksbyburrowinganimals. 2.Rapidgrowthofweeds，whichdecreasethevelocityofflowofthewater,dusdiminishingthecarryingcapacity. 3.Largelossesofwaterduetosepage. In 1890itwasdecidedtoremedytheseconditionsbymakinganexperimentincanalliningbyapplyingacementmortarplasteronthesidesandbottomofthecanals.ThemethodusedasdescribedbyIrvingandsupplementedbyinformationgivenbyMylne,thepresentengineerofthecompany.isasfollows: Methodofcuttingandpreparingthewaterchannelforthelining.-ThegradestakeswerelocatedonthebanksatagivendistancefromthetopofthelospingsidessuallfootThesegradestakeswerespacedattintervalsof20feet.Alevelrodorcross-sectionrodofsufficientlengthtoreachfromonebanktotheotherwasheldatrightanglestotheditchwithoneendonthegradestakeandthecorrespondingstakesetontheotherbank.Thesmoothfinishersareusedinpreparingthecanalfortheliningandinapplyingthelining. TheGageCanalcompanybeganmakingimprovementsonitsmaincanalin1886;from1886to1890thiswasreconstructed,thetotallengthbeing20miles.In1890thecontroloftheGageCanalcompanypassedtotheRiversideTrustcompany.Theconditionsprevailingatthattimearefullyencounteredbyothersystemswherethecanalsarenotlined,viz: 1.Seriousbreaksinthecanal,causeinglargewasteofwater和inconveniencetoirrigators.Largefillswerealwaysindangerofbreaking,becauseofsettlementoftheground和becauseoftheholesdugin.thebanksbyburrowinganimals. 2.Rapidgrowthofweeds，whichdecreasethevelocityofflowofthewater,dusdiminishingthecarryingcapacity. 3.Largelossesofwaterduetosepage. In 1890itwasdecidedtoremedytheseconditionsbymakinganexperimentincanalliningbyapplyingacementmortarplasteronthesidesandbottomofthecanals.ThemethodusedasdescribedbyIrvingandsupplementedbyinformationgivenbyMylne,thepresentengineerofthecompany.isasfollows: Methodofcuttingandpreparingthewaterchannelforthelining.-ThegradestakeswerelocatedonthebanksatagivendistancefromthetopofthelospingsidessuallfootThesegradestakeswerespacedattintervalsof20feet.Alevelrodorcross-sectionrodofsufficientlengthtoreachfromonebanktotheotherwasheldatrightanglestotheditchwithoneendonthegradestakeandthecorrespondingstakesetontheotherbank.Thesmoothfinishersareusedinpreparingthecanalfortheliningandinapplyingthelining. TheGageCanalcompanybeganmakingimprovementsonitsmaincanalin1886;from1886to1890thiswasreconstructed,thetotallengthbeing20miles.In1890thecontroloftheGageCanalcompanypassedtotheRiversideTrustcompany.Theconditionsprevailingatthattimearefullyencounteredbyothersystemswherethecanalsarenotlined,viz: 1.Seriousbreaksin-thecanal,causeinglargewasteofwater和inconveniencetoirrigators.Largefillswerealwaysindangerofbreaking,becauseofsettlementoftheground和becauseoftheholesdugin.thebanksbyburrowinganimals. 2.Rapidgrowthofweeds，whichdecreasethevelocityofflowofthewater,dusdiminishingthecarryingcapacity. 3.Largelossesofwaterduetosepage. In 1890itwasdecidedtoremedytheseconditionsbymakinganexperimentincanalliningbyapplyingacementmortarplasteronthesidesandbottomofthecanals.ThemethodusedasdescribedbyIrvingandsupplementedbyinformationgivenbyMylne,thepresentengineerofthecompany.isasfollows: Methodofcuttingandpreparingthewaterchannelforthelining.-ThegradestakeswerelocatedonthebanksatagivendistancefromthetopofthelospingsidessuallfootThesegradestakeswerespacedattintervalsof20feet.Alevelrodorcross-sectionrodofsufficientlengthtoreachfromonebanktotheotherwasheldatrightanglestotheditchwithoneendonthegradestakeandthecorrespondingstakesetontheotherbank.Thesmoothfinishersareusedinpreparingthecanalfortheliningandinapplyingthelining. TheGageCanalcompanybeganmakingimprovementsonitsmaincanalin1886;from1886to1890thiswasreconstructed,thetotallengthbeing20miles.In1890thecontroloftheGageCanalcompanypassedtotheRiversideTrustcompany.Theconditionsprevailingatthattimearefullyencounteredbyothersystemswherethecanalsarenotlined,viz: 1.Seriousbreaksin-thecanal,causeinglargewasteofwater和inconveniencetoirrigators.Largefillswerealwaysindangerofbreaking,becauseofsettlementoftheground和becauseoftheholesdugin.thebanksbyburrowinganimals. 2.Rapidgrowthofweeds，whichdecreasethevelocityofflowofthewater,dusdiminishingthecarryingcapacity. 3.Largelossesofwaterduetosepage. In 1890itwasdecidedtoremedytheseconditionsbymakinganexperimentincanalliningbyapplyingacementmortarplasteronthesidesandbottomofthecanans.ThemethodusedasdescribedbyIrvingandsupplementedbyinformationgivenbyMylne,thepresentengineerofthecompany.isasfollows: MethodOfCutting And Preparing The Water Channel For The Lining. - The Grade Stakes Were Located On The Banks At A Given Distance From The Top Of The Sloping Sides Usually 1 Foot These Grade Stakes Were Spaced At Intervals Of 20 Feet A Level Rod Or Cross Section Rod Of Sufficient Length To Reach From One Bank To The Other Was Hold At Right Angles To The Ditch With One End On The Grade Stake And The Corresponding Stake Set On The Other Bank. - The Smooth Finishers Are Used In Preparing The Canail For The Lining And In Applying The Lining. - Method Of Lining. - Men Usually Followed About A Half Day Later. - Had Dried It All After Drying It All Before Dried It All. - Wooden Sticks In Width: 3-4 inch Thickness In Length: To The Width Of Sides Were Placed Flat Slopes. - They Were Parted Apart And Serviced As Straight Edge Which Is Formed By Form Thickness Of 3-4 inches. - The Mortar Was Mixed In Galvanized Mixing Boxes And Formed Into Slopes. - Wooden Sticks In Width: 3-4 inch Thickness In Length: To The Width Of Sides Were Placed Flat Slopes. - They Were Parted Apart And Serviced As Straight Edge Which Is Formed By Form Thickness Of 3-4 inches. - Music And Dance - Come And Learn - Drawing - Comprehension - Come And Learn - Have Fun - Learn New Things - Develop New Skills - Improve Yourself - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Become More Competitive - Music And Dance Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Music And Dance Come And Learn Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance of work of the hands to the interior. We have only a low and petty life when we live by the rule clumb. He is a slave who follows traditional routine without this work. It is not being in that makes a man a slave, but face, and the routine that shows best in life. The man with zest work looks out to the skies. He the universe because he underst. He is the man who knows. Earth way is the agricultural at the university. This course going more rapidly than any other university. It shows an increase 15 to 20 per cent this year over here is a tremendous demand for graduates for teachers, more can be supplied. The graduates sent back to the farm, they are to secondary schools and other Uniting, President Wheeler said: "This day is dawning for education on men will not be trained to a little better than their felto win more honors, or for the learning some obsolete or deknowledge. Men will study in that they may be of greater sertheir fellows. They will study the fellows may have knowledge. Farm schools will be suited to from the farm who can form intelligent appreciation of the what he is working at in life. A new view of education, trainman for the actual life in which engage instead of hanging on him like a cloak or an and calling it education, and will be more of it in the future. Type of the nation lies rather in division of the 'family farm,' as is, the small farm of forty or sixty where a man can support his and himself, than in the great of 3,000 or 4,000 acres each." The grade stakes were located on the banks at a given distance from the top of the sloping sides, usually 1 foot. These grade stakes were spaced at intervals of 20 feet. A level rod or cross-section rod of sufficient length to reach from one bank to the other was held at right angles to the ditch, with one end on the grade stake and the corresponding stake set on the other bank. The location of the bottom stakes was obtained by measuring from this rod, by which means they placed in alignment and to grade every 20 feet. A line was stretched at the bottom between the 20 feet grade stakes, and the bottom was then cut to grade. Strips of iron, 1 inch wide and ¼ inch thick, and about equal in length of the sloping sides, were placed on the sides every 3 feet, extending up and down the slopes, the slope given them being the slope of the finished ditch. They were set in position by the use of a specially constructed device, which gives the correct slope, the grade line giving the proper position for the lower end of the iron rod. These iron strips were set every 3 feet along the slopes. A sharp iron straight edge, a little over 3 feet in length was used to shave off the irregularities between them; or if below the alignment, the depression was filled in and well tamped. Usually there were two gangs of men; the rough finishers came first and removed the larger irregularities, tamping the sides and bottom; then lining 3-4 inch in thick obtained. The bottom canal varies from 5 to the side slopes are 1 to being 3½ to 4 feet. The tended on each side of the slope to a distance. The plaster is compart of good Portland four parts of clean shale. The cost of this class including preparation and the bottom, and varies from 3 3-4 to square foot. The Riverside Water plastered a large portichannels in a very simithe cost being nearly th. The Jurupa canal is ment plaster; the thining, however, is on. The earth ditch was made as accurately, finished as smoothly, a Canal company. The was trimmed approx shovels; the sides and then sprinkled and spread with trowels thickness as nearly as cost of this lining was able, but very similar to the Escondido Irrigation for some of its channels 15 to 20 cents per sq ft from 1.66 to 2.22 cent foot. A smaller ditch near Little Valley Ditch, Last of the Season. Turner Picnic ON SUNDAY, OCT. 20 AT Columbia Gardens. Music, Anaheim brass band. Dancing Platform for Young Folks Music, Anaheim brass band. Financing Platform for Young Folks. Home and Have a Good Time... Smooth finishers brought the piece exactly true. Method of lining.—The cement usually followed the finishers, but a half day later. If the earth dried, it was usually well skinked. Wooden strips 1½ inches width, 3-4 inch thick, and equal length to the width of the sloping edge were placed flatwise on the base. They were placed 3 feet tall, and served as guides to a right edge which assured a uniform thickness of 3-4 inch mortar. The mortar was mixed on top of bank in galvanized iron porta-mixing boxes, and spread uniformly between the wooden strips on the slopes. With the straight edges as a guide, all irregularities were removed, and the mortar was fully completed with a trowel. For the slopes had been lined the bottom lining was put on. A good 3-4 inch in thickness was thus maintained. The bottom width of the slopes varies from 5 to 10 feet, and side slopes are 1 to 1, the depth being 3½ to 4 feet. The lining is extended on each side of the top of slope to a distance of 5 inches. The plaster is composed of one part of good Portland cement to parts of clean sharp sand. the bottom, 1½ feet deep, with side slopes of 1 to 1, was lined with cement mortar 1 inch thick at the bottom, and ¼ inch thick at the sides. The composition of the mortar for the bottom was one part of California cement to four parts of sand; for the sides it was one part of cement to six parts of sand. The cost of preparing the channel and lining was 18 cents per lineal foot, or 2.88 cents per square foot. The San Jacinto Water company, also in Riverside county, has its main canal lined in the same manner as the Gage Canal; the length of the canal is 11 miles, the bottom width is 3 feet, the depth 2½ feet, and the side slopes 1 on 1. That this type of lining has been successful there is no doubt. Mr. Irving, former engineer for the Gage Canal company, states in his report that after a test of ten years the lining more than justified their expectations. The cost of repairs after four years' use was very small, less than ½ of 1 per cent of the capital cost in four years. That there are conditions under which this lining will not be entirely satisfactory has also been demonstrated as follows: 1. For water channels constructed The bottom width of the canal varies from 5 to 10 feet, and inside slopes are 1 to 1, the depth ranging 3½ to 4 feet. The lining is extended on each side of the top of the slope to a distance of 5 inches. The plaster is composed of one part of good Portland cement to the parts of clean sharp sand. The cost of this class of work, in preparation of the slopes at the bottom, and their lining, varies from 3 3/4 to 4 cents per square foot. The Riverside Water company has entered a large portion of its water channels in a very similar manner, cost being nearly the same. The Jurupa canal is lined with centrally plaster; the thickness of the lining, however, is only ¼ to ½ inch. The earth ditch was not brought to scale as accurately, nor the sides trimmed approximately with rivets; the sides and bottom were sprinkled and the mortar laid with trowels to a uniform thickness as nearly as possible. The cost of this lining was not obtainable, but very similar work used by Escondido Irrigation district some of its channels cost from 20 cents per square yard, or 1.66 to 2.22 cents per square smaller ditch near Hemet, the Valley Ditch, 2 feet wide at more than justified their expectations. The cost of repairs after four years' use was very small, less than ½ of 1 per cent of the capital cost in four years. That there are conditions under which this lining will not be entirely satisfactory has also been demonstrated as follows: 1. For water channels constructed in heavy adobe soil, subject to heaving, it has cracked badly. This is noticeable in parts of the canal of the San Jacinto Water company. 2. For water channels built in fills, where the ground is subject to settlement. The thin plaster lining is subject to rupture where gophers or squirrels burrow behind it, or under it, as the lining has not sufficient strength; also if storm water washes out some of the back filling. It is probable that this kind of lining would not resist the climate of a country subject to very cold weather, in which case the stronger lining with proper drainage to prevent the accumulation of water behind the lining would be needed. For Sale! ALFALFA HAY Absolutely Clean. You can get it today, tomorrow, next day—all the time—in large or small quantities. Apply to or address D. LEVREAU, on the Teague ranch, 4 miles west of Anaheim Home phone 1544.