anaheim-gazette 1911-02-09

ANTELOPE IN OKLAHOMA Herd Successfully Transported From Yellowstone Park Washington, Feb. 1.—Game Warden Rush of the Wichita game refuge in the state of Oklahoma has informed the department of agriculture of the receipt in good condition of 8 head of antelope, which came from the national herd in the Yellowstone park. Through the generosity of members of the Boone and Crockett club of New York, funds were furnished for capturing and transporting these animals from Wyoming to Oklahoma. The news of the arrival of the antelope at their destination has been received with satisfaction by he department officials, who are much interested in the attempt to preserve this interesting game animal. The pronghorned antelope is unlike any other antelope on the face of the earth, and has so many peculiarities that naturalists class it in a family by itself. Formerly existing by thousands on our open western plains, it has now been so reduced in numbers that its absolute extinction is certain in the very near future unless protection is given to the few remaining. It does not do well east of the Mississippi river, and can not be successfully bred in captivity; but it thrives if allowed to roam practically free within large enclosures and under conditions closely approaching the natural ones. In 1908 the biological survey estimated that the total number of antelope in the United States had been reduced to 17,000. Of these about 10,000 were in Montana, Wyoming and the Yellowstone national park, and the remaining 7,000 were distributed in 12 other states. On the Wichita game refuge it is Yellowstone park, and have been liberated in one of the buffalo yards which had been prepared for them. They will be given more and better range as soon as a proper wire enclosure can be made. Two additional head are expected to follow the eight already received. Since the antelope, once so abundant on the plains, is in serious danger of entire extinction, this attempt to establish the species on the Wichita game preserve will be watched with interest by all who wish to see our native wild animals given a chance to perpetuate themselves, though surrounded by civilization. COLOSSAL IRRIGATION PROJECT Roosevelt Dam Will Be Formally Opened Next Month It is 1080 feet long 280 feet high and contains 326,000 cubic yards of masonry. The reservoir will have a capacity of 56,628,000,000 cubic feet of water, which will be used to irrigate 240,000 acres of land. The dam has been nearly six years in building and will cost the government about $8,540,000. The location of the dam and reservoir is in the Salt River Valley seventy miles northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. The Roosevelt dam, the stupendous engineering work in connection with the Salt River irrigation project, is completed and will be formally opened next month by former President Roosevelt, in honor of whom the dam was named. Preparations already are under way to make the opening a gala occasion. The event will be attended by representatives of the national government, public officials of Arizona and neighboring states and by many eminent engineers. GOLD AND SILVER Production of gold in California in Charles G. Yale's survey, having available for public appearance is due of the geological reau of the central statistics of mid-1909, a greater thing being consumed personal visits than by the years in procurement by correspondence. The final figure California in 1909 Gold $20,237,872 fine ounces, value Platinum 416 ed at $10,400. The correspondence were: Gold $18,761,551 platinum $13,414 silver and platinum spectively 1,647,22 Material gains in and silver and platinum are tha 1909. The production in California in shown in the foll County. Amador Butte Calaveras Del Norte Eldorado Fresno In 1908 the biological survey estimated that the total number of antelope in the United States had been reduced to 17,000. Of these about 10,000 were in Montana, Wyoming and the Yellowstone national park, and the remaining 7000 were distributed in 12 other states. On the Wichita game refuge it is hoped that the antelope will find themselves in surroundings suited to their increase. The Wichita is really a national forest, and Game Warren Rush acts as its supervisor and attends to all the business involved in its administration. But on the Wichita, which was set aside by act of congress as a national game refuge because of its especial suitability to act as a breeding place for the wild creatures of the plains and lower Rocky mountain regions, the importance of the game work has overshadowed the ordinary uses of a national forest. There are over 150 national forests, but only two national game refuges. This does not mean that outside of those refuges the game on the national forests is not protected, for the national forest officers are uniformly instructed to see that the game laws of the various states are observed on their forests, in so far as they can do this in justice to their other duties. Many of the forest officers are regularly appointed deputy state game wardens, and it is the policy of the department of agriculture to encourage their acting in this capacity when they can do so without prejudice to their work as forest officers. They are not, however, expected to go off the forests in order to enforce the game laws of the different states, nor can they make enforcement of game laws their principal occupation. The work of a forest officer in looking after Uncle Sam's affairs generally insures his bein ag pretty busy man, and what he does in enforcing game laws can only be incidental to selling timber, protecting the forests from fires, looking after grazing matters, and responding to the various other calls which use of the forests by the public involves. Ordinarily, game matters pertain to the states, and not to the national government. The state prescribes when and under what conditions game may be killed. If it desires to prohibit the killing of game in certain parts of the state in order that the The Roosevelt dam, the stupendous engineering work in connection with the Salt River irrigation project, is completed and will be formally opened next month by former President Roosevelt, in honor of whom the dam was named. Preparations already are under way to make the opening a gala occasion. The event will be attended by representatives of the national government, public officials of Arizona and neighboring states and by many eminent engineers. The dam is regarded as one of the marvels of modern engineering. Located in an almost inaccessible canyon about seventy miles northwest of Phoenix and sixty miles from the near est railroad, its rapid and successful construction has been watched with interest by engineers all over the world. At the point where the dam crosses the Salt River the stream then runs through a narrow gorge across which the huge barrier of stone and cement stretches to a length of 1080 feet. The dam is 280 feet high, or about the height of the Flatiron building in New York. On top its length is equal to that of two city blocks, and provides a roadway twenty feet wide. The dam contains 326,000 cubic yards of masonry. The blocks of stone used were blasted from the canyon walls and the hundreds of thousands barrels of cement used in the construction was manufactured by the government in a mill erected on the ground. Behind this imposing structure of stone and cement the waters of the turbulent stream will form the largest artificial lake in the world. The great reservoir will be twenty-five miles long and more than 220 ft deep against the dam. It will have a capacity of 56,628,000 cubic feet, or sufficient water to cover the state of Delaware a foot deep. The reservoir will irrigate 240,000 acres of land and it is estimated by expert agriculturists that the crops of a single season will pay for the entire investment of the government, which has been about $8,540,000. Not only will the great dam save up the water for the dried fields, but it will also light the farmers' homes, give them the power for their telephone lines, run their mills and factories and also operate lines of railway if desired. All of this will be done through the medium of a great power house which the government has erected at the base of the dam and which will be used to convert the waterfall into electricity. Comparison of with the county shows that 17 coul gold output in 1919; the largest increase ento, with an incre 000; Shasta and Y increased its gold 000; and Nevada, over $350,000. S California showed tion of gold in 1919 which were Sierra crease of over $2 Kern, San Bernan in the order name creases of over $1 The platinum pnia is obtained ma ing fields along American rivers, titles come from L and Trinity counti part of the state. he does in enforcing game laws can only be incidental to selling timber, protecting the forests from fires, looking after grazing matters, and responding to the various other calls which use of the forests by the public involves. Ordinarily, game matters pertain to the states, and not to the national government. The state prescribes when and under what conditions game may be killed. If it desires to prohibit the killing of game in certain parts of the state, in order that the game may breed there, and these parts of the states are within the national forests, the government cooperates with the state to carry out the law. Such cooperation may require the closing of fixed areas of the national forests to grazing, for when big game becomes plentiful it must have a sufficient food supply left on the range to carry it through the winter, or it will succumb for lack of sustenance. If the range is fully utilized by cattle and sheep during the summer, elk and deer will fare hardly in the winter. In the Wichita and the Grand canyon game refuges the government has not left the matter of caring for game protection wholly to the states, but has established national reservations on which an attempt will be made to breed game. The Wichita is notable for the fact that it has a small herd of buffalo upon it, which the game warden regards as the apple of his eye. They were donated by the American Bison society and shipped from the New York zoological garden in 1908. They then numbered 15, and have since been increased by the addition of 10 calves; two of the original herd, however, died in the first year. To the buffaloes are now added the antelope. The antelope were shipped from which has been about $8,540,000. Not only will the great dam save up the water for the dried fields, but it will also light the farmers' homes, give them the power for their telephone lines, run their mills and factories and also operate lines of railway if desired. All of this will be done through the medium of a great power house which the government has erected at the base of the dam and which will be used to convert the waterfall into electricity. The completion of the dam is expected to result in the influx of thousands of farmers to the valley and this in turn will create a demand for all classes of labor. The whole project is a part of the government's great irrigation service, which, as some one has said, "is making the dry places wet, and the wet places dry." In a most wonderful way the various irrigation projects in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado and other sections of the west are rapidly changing the country from a land of sagebrush and cactus to one of prosperous farms and flourishing towns. Of all the projects of the kind yet undertaken by the government the Roosevelt dam is the largest in point of dimensions. It is about twenty-five feet higher than the famous Shoshone dam in northwestern Wyoming, which is the largest structure of its kind completed up to the present period. The natural difficulties presented in the construction of the Shoshone dam were, however, much greater than in the Roosevelt project. Wanted—Man with team to take care of my 10 acre walnut orchard; want a good job done and expect to pay for it, but I know what it is worth. A. W. Danforth, Hotel Munn 458 South Olive St., Los Angeles, Cal 1-5-tf ANAHEIM GAZETTE GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT Production of Precious Metals by Counties in California Final figures showing the mine production of gold, silver and platinum in California in 1909, compiled by Charles G. Yale of the U. S. geological survey, have just been made available for publication. The delay in appearance is due to the cooperation of the geological survey with the bureau of the census in collecting the statistics of mineral production in 1909, a greater length of time having been consumed in obtaining, by personal visits of the census agents, all the data required by both bureaus than by the survey in other years in procuring its own material by correspondence. The final figures for the output in California in 1909 are as follows: Gold $20,237,870, silver 2,098,253 of fine ounces, valued at $1,091,092. Platinum 416 refined ounces, valued at $10,400. The corresponding values for 1908 were: Gold $18,761,559, silver $873,057, platinum $13,414; the quantities of silver and platinum in 1908 were respectively 1,647,278 and 706 ounces. Material gains in the output of gold and silver and a decrease in that of platinum are therefore shown for 1909. The production of gold and silver in California in 1909 by counties is shown in the following table: County. Gold Silver Amador $2,298,785 $16,701 Butte 2,987,079 7,205 Calaveras 1,440,511 71,418 Del Norte 1,610 52 Eldorado 238,284 1,299 Fresno 17,539 8,503 activity of the soil for apples and other kinds of fruit has been fully demonstrated. The motor part of the plant is called a "current power transmuter." It consists of an endless belt, 9 feet wide, resembling an old-fashioned straw carrier or treadmill. The belt extends 500 feet down the river and is supported on pontoonidlers. There will be about 200 blades, a half of which will be in the water continuously. The resistance of these blades to the current will be the original and continuous source of power. This belt passes over a large drum at the upper end, and from this drum the power is transmitted to the pump. But sufficient experimenting has been done to assure the company that, with all the 200 blades in position, they can generate 400 horsepower. A plant of somewhat similar character has been in operation on the Columbia River for two years, lifting water nearly 300 feet high. It is a very crude affair but sufficient to demonstrate the fact that power could be generated by means of a float on the water. Many improvements have been made on the plant at Payette, greatly increasing its efficiency over the parent plant on the Columbia. No money has been spared to make this one on the Snake River scientific, substantial and capable of being easily controlled. The amount of power obtained from one of these current transmuters is determined by two factors—the length of the paddle belt and the velocity of the current. By doubling the number of paddles or blades without changing the velocity of the current, the amount of power is doubled. But by increasing the velocity of the current without increasing the number of paddles, the power generated increases... The production of gold and silver in California in 1909 by counties is shown in the following table: | County | Gold | Silver | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Amador | $2,298,785 | $16,701 | | Butte | 2,987,079 | 7,205 | | Calaveras | 1,440,511 | 71,418 | | Del Norte | 1,610 | 52 | | Eldorado | 238,284 | 1,299 | | Fresno | 17,539 | 8,503 | | Humboldt | 25,690 | 94 | | Imperial | 59,705 | 524 | | Inyo | 457,846 | 47,117 | | Kern | 654,799 | 101,633 | | Lassen, Modoc, and Colusa | 116,327 | 1,463 | | Los Angeles | 864 | 2 | | Madera | 14,716 | 403 | | Mariposa | 396,465 | 2,729 | | Merced and Stanislaus | 228,492 | 572 | | Mono | 354,909 | 37,792 | | Monterey | 333 | 5 | | Nevada | 2,660,235 | 24,926 | | Placer | 281,372 | 1,492 | | Plumas | 157,491 | 587 | | Riverside | 186 | 24 | Sacramento | 1,669,814 | 2,856 | San Bernardino | 40,071 | 12,570 | San Diego | 12,812 | 1,721 | Shasta | 1,600,489 | 735,460 | Sierra | 189,672 | 957 | Siskiyou | 416,160 | 2,145 | Trinity | 520,046 | 2,302 | Tuolumne | 925,703 | 4,384 | Yuba | 2,469,865 | 4,156 Comparison of the above table with the county figures for 1908 shows that 17 counties increased the gold output in 1909; those showing the largest increases being Sacramento, with an increase of over $500; Shasta and Yuba, each of which increased its gold output over $400; and Nevada, with an increase of over $350,000. Sixteen counties in California showed decreased production of gold in 1909; chief among which were Sierra county, with a decrease of over $200,000; Butte, Kern, San Bernardino and Eldorado in the order named; each with decreases of over $100,000. The platinum produced in California is obtained mainly from the dredging fields along Feather, Yuba and American rivers; though small quantities come from Humboldt, Siskiyou and Trinity counties; in the northern part of the state. $25 Per Week Up are salaries paid good stenographers. Study by mail and fit yourself to teach shorthand or to use one on the Snake River scientific substantial and capable of being easily controlled. The amount of power obtained from one of these current transmuters is determined by two factors—the length of the paddle belt and the velocity of the current. By doubling the number of paddles or blades without changing the velocity of the current, the amount of power is doubled. But by increasing the velocity of the current without increasing the number of paddles, the power generated increases in a much greater proportion. It is figured that a paddle service of 24 square feet to the paddle, with fifty-seven paddles in the water, in a current flow of six miles an hour will produce 150 horse-power; the same paddle service in water flowing eleven miles an hour will produce 1000 horse-power. The pump is the largest in the state of Idaho. It is a Gould double-acting triplex with a 14-inch cylinder and 16-inch strokes; weighing 33,000 pounds. This pump will deliver 3,500; 000 gallons per day. The water will be forced through a 41-inch continuous stave wood pipe; 1600 feet long; to an elevation of 52 feet high; and thence led in an open ditch to the Duncan and Dead Ox flats. The present lift will cover 6900 acres. As the land becomes developed more of the pumps will be installed to furnish sufficient water for irrigation. The Snake River Irrigation Company has undertaken the task of irrigating these Oregon bench lands without asking any encouragement of Payette or other localities. They have already expended $75,000 on the plant and have much more to invest before their installation will be complete. They intend to water next year about 7000 acres; commonly known as the Dead Ox flat; opposite Payette. The following year they will install other plants along the river at points where there is a six-mile flow at low water; to irrigate thousands of acres of the choicest fruit lands in that whole intermountain country. There are many places such as the Kingman colony at the mouth of Owyhee; Henderson flat and many smaller tracts that can be irrigated in a very satisfactory and cheap manner by means of this new device. School children's eyes should be taken care of. Have them tested free at Hartfield's. $25 Per Week Up are salaries paid good stenographers. Study by mail and fit yourself to teach shorthand or to use one on the Snake River scientific substantial and capable of being easily controlled. The amount of power obtained from one of these current transmuters is determined by two factors—the length of the paddle belt and the velocity of the current. By doubling the number of paddles or blades without changing the velocity of the current, the amount of power is doubled. But by increasing the velocity of the current without increasing the number of paddles, the power generated increases in a much greater proportion. It is figured that a paddle service of 24 square feet to the paddle, with fifty-seven paddles in the water, in a current flow of six miles an hour will produce 150 horse-power; the same paddle service in water flowing eleven miles an hour will produce 1000 horse-power. The pump is the largest in the state of Idaho. It is a Gould double-acting triplex with a 14-inch cylinder and 16-inch strokes; weighing 33,000 pounds. This pump will deliver 3,500; 000 gallons per day. The water will be forced through a 41-inch continuou stave wood pipe; 1600 feet long; to an elevation of 52 feet high; and thence led in an open ditch to the Duncan and Dead Ox flats. The present lift will cover 6900 acres. As the land becomes developed more of the pumps will be installed to furnish sufficient water for irrigation. The Snake River Irrigation Company has undertaken the task of irrigating these Oregon bench lands without asking any encouragement of Payette or other localities. They have already expended $75,000 on the plant and have much more to invest before their installation will be complete. They intend to water next year about 7000 acres; commonly known as the Dead Ox flat; opposite Payette. The following year they will install other plants along the river at points where there is a six-mile flow at low water; to irrigate thousands of acres of the choicest fruit lands in that whole intermountain country. There are many places such as the Kingman colony at the mouth of Owyhee; Henderson flat and many smaller tracts that can be irrigated in a very satisfactory and cheap manner by means of this new device. School children's eyes should be taken care of. Have them tested free at Hartfield's. $25 Per Week Up are salaries paid good stenographers. Study by mail and fit yourself to teach shorthand or to use one on the Snake River scientific substantial and capable of being easily controlled. The amount of power obtained from one of these current transmuters is determined by two factors—the length of the paddle belt and the velocity of the current. By doubling the number of paddles or blades without changing the velocity of the current, the amount of power is doubled. But by increasing the velocity of the current without increasing the number of paddles, the power generated increases in a much greater proportion. It is figured that a paddle service of 24 square feet to the paddle, with fifty-seven paddles in the water, in a current flow of six miles an hour will produce 150 horse-power; the same paddle service in water flowing eleven miles an hour will produce 1000 horse-power. The pump is the largest in the state of Idaho. It is a Gould double-acting triplex with a 14-inch cylinder and PUMPING WATER IN IDAHO Invention Solves Hitherto Insurmountable Problem The problem of watering the lower branches of the Snake River on the Oregon side, where the late flow of water for irrigation purposes is rather scarce, has taxed the ingenuity of engineers and capitalists for many years. Steam, electric and gas pumping plants have been considered, but the cost of maintenance was always prohibitive. Water motors of various kinds have been devised in a small way, but not until this summer has any device of a practical nature been discovered. The Snake River Irrigation Company, with headquarters at Payette, has built a water motor plant on the west side of the Snake River, a mile from the town of Payette, which is going to revolutionize the methods of furnishing water for irrigation purposes, at least along the Snake river. If this plant works with the satisfaction under actual service that it does in its test demonstrations, these plants can be installed at scores of places between Glenns Ferry and Huntington, and can be made to water thousands of acres of the choicest of alfalfa and fruit lands in the entire Snake River basin. These lands are in old developed districts, their values are established and the produc- SPECIAL UNION BREWING Company of Anaheim Brewers and Bottlers of the CELEBRATED Anaheim Beer Bottle Beer, doz. (large) - 90c Bottle “doz. (small) - 60c NOT INCLUDING BOTTLES Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. 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