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A Notable Engineering Project One of the largest reservoir sites in the West is under the examination of the United States Geological Survey. says tlie l.os Angeles Herald. The dam site is situated in a narrow gorge, just below the juncture of Salt River and TontO Creek, Arizona. The capacity of the proposed reservoir, with a dam 200 feet in elevation above the bed of the river, is nearly 1.000. (Kin acre feet, or more than that of the great reservoir now in construction on the Nile, or than any Older artificial reservoir in the world. One of the serious obstacles met in planning for the construction of this great reservoir was the difficulty in securing hydraulic cement at a cost low enough to make the project financially practicable. About 1 .".0.000 barrels of cement will be needed. which, owing to the isolated location of the site and the long overland haul, would reach the almost prohibi tive rate of $!» per barrel. For tunately materials were found at hand suitable for manufacturing a high grade cement, which will save nearly a million dollars in the cost of con struction. Water power will he de veloped on the spot, if the dam is authorized to do the heavy work of the building. The proposed project will bring un der irrigation nearly 200,000 acres of desert lands, besides furnishing a reliable supply of water to a large area now irrigated by the precarious How of the streams in their natural state. Valuable Land. .Much of tlu> fust cutting of alfalfa, says the Santa Ana Blade, is already secured. This will insure six or seven cuttings on all alfalfa that is now cut for the first time this season. Each cutting will he better for at least the next three cuttings, and an Im mense total of six tons per acre will he harvested. Now, that the acreage in alfalfa is very small, the price will be high — $12 to $14, say $li> per ton. or $7- per acre. Land in alfalfa ought to be cheap at $LV>O per acre. Yes. alfalfa is a good crop, and the man who lias good alfalfa land ought to count himself extremely lucky. Some men vote as they prey Imperial Telephone Company Offices at IMPERIAL CALEX3CO FLOWINQWELL ■ IRIS nESSAOES SENT TO OR RECEIVED FROn ANY PART OF THE WORLD Telephonies For Rent California Constructive league. William K. Smythe. president of the California Constructive League, >i oke to an audience of 800 at the Chamber of Commerce on the even Ing of April i ». on "Greater Callfor nia ami the Surplus Man." The meet inn was under the auspices of the Economic League, Charles Cassat Davis presiding. At its close a branch to be called the "Loa Angeles Constructive Club" was organised and the following Officers elected: l'resi dent. Walter .1. Thompson; vlce president, T. M. Stewart; secretary, .1. C. Perry. Mr. Smythe'S keynote was co-opera tion. but he declared himself an evo lutionar) rather than a revolutionary Socialist. "The 'constructive' movement is po litical." said he. "though distinctly non-partisan. We aim to develop public sentiment, which will lead one or both of the great parties to take up these questions and deal with them effectively. We favor public Works of irrigation and heartily sup port the national irrigation move nient. but our policy demands State action to reclaim vast areas of lands in private ownership which He beyond the reach of the national plan, as now proposed. "The inauguration of such a policy by the State was provided for in Sen ate Hill No. 7. which passed the last Legislature, hut was vetoed by the Governor in the Interest of economy. That was a terrible mistake. It was a cruel affront to every tiller of the IJ&T LIFE IN TENTS IS INTENSE 'Mt/iMe = = *ft tT If they're not made up strong and happen to tumble some cold, uQp^gS . : J3sgZ'- rainy, windy night. Ours are the kind that brace all kinds of — — — — — —^^— — —^— weather ; we make them in our own factory. Especial pains is taken to make them strong, durable and to withstand actual hard service. We carry all weights of canvas and all sizes and sorts of tents. Anything made to order in canvas goods from a pair of leggins to an A or Wedge Tent or full grown Circus Cover, with prices to suit you. We Carry a Full Line of Goods for Miners and Campers OILED CLOTHING WAGON COVERS RUBBER AND LEATHER BOOTS ORE SACKS CAHP FURNITURE * GUNS AND AMMUNITION BEDDING SPORTING GOODS You'd do well to see our goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere or drop us a card for a trial order. WM. H. HOEGEE CO. 138-14-2 S. MAIN ST. tel. private ex. 7 LOS ANGELES, CAL. UNION HARDWARE **£ METAL CO. JOBBERS AND IMPORTERS OF TINWARE, GALVANIZED WARE, GRANITE WARE AND JAPANNED WARE MINING AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES, BUILDERS' AND SHELF HARDWARE, WAGON AND CARRIAGE HARDWARE Union Hardware and Metal Co. LOS ArvJGEIL-ES, CAL. IMPERIAL PRESS soil of California. B> vetoing the lull the Governor saved the $100,000 state appropriation, but threw awaj $ioo. (Mm which would have come from the Federal government, and robbed the people of millions. The flood waters are easily worth $10,000,000 to thf state annually. Hut we shall be gin all over again, and although there is a loss of two years time, we e\ poet to secure an appropriation from the next Legislature." In closing. Mr. Sxtnthe stated that the Constructive League favors com pulsory arbitrati >n c ;' all disputes bc t'Mei "labor and ca . 'il. bu! that it had been deemed wist to keep the issue in the background for the 1 I'rSi lit. Good fruit Prospects. Everj feature of the summer fruit question, says the Los Angeles Fruit World, is very promising right now. The situation as thus far developed Indicates big yields on all lines. Melons are progressing tinely at Coachella, on the desert near Indio. Special (rain lots will begin to move the latter part of May or early June. They will go on passenger time. Southern California produces but a limited Quantity of cherries, and the acreage of pruiu s has been somewhat reduced, hut peaches and apricots give excellent showing for crop. Indolent Wish is forever envious of Energetic Bndeavor. funeral rf Cecil Rhodes. The Colusa Sun thus speaks of the final ceremonies over the remains of thi< great empire builder of South Africa: Much as w.>. ,»ff ;u this distance, dm) t" 1 disposed to triticise adversely iii«- life of Cecil Rhodes, the great miner of South Africa, the funeral and the manner of the people who took part in it show us thai there was a much better side to his character than his critics would have us he lieve, He was buried on the top of ■ kopje near Huiuwayo in Mataheleland and the dispatch tolls us that the pin cession was five miles long as it wound through the hills and gorges. Every sort of conveyance was made us«> of. Som«> were on foot, others wore on horseback or on bicycles, while still others were in wagons md carriages. When the procession was a mile from the grave everybody dia mounted and concluded the Journey in foot. Twelve oxen hauled the coffin to the almost Inaccessible sum nut of the kopje, where chiefs shorn bli. Paku and Umgula and two hun dred natives had assembled to wit ness the Christian interment rites. which they afterward supplemented ill their own fashion by the sacrifice of fifteen oxen to the shade of the meat chief, These savage people felt all t hoy showed. It is the Office Of civilization to put on something that man does not feel. 'Phis savage race could only have been made to feel by kindly acts. He must have been Rood to them, and being gOOd to them is a \o"\ sure indication that he was a good man. 3