La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 26, 1924, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE NINE Saturday, January 2fi, 1924. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' l1 l i ;i 1 . ? I V i s o e n cn. o HEM Prof Tut ;; GET ADEQUATE ITER SUPPLY San Francisco Will Get 400,000,000 Gallons of Water Every Day Four Years From Now. SAN KKANCISCO, (At') Wil ier from thu Hfti'h Hitchv fourc( In the litph Slorra-Nuvtulaj mountains or California, will flow .J'6Q miles by gravity Into thu res-: cr volrs of Sun Krunclsco within about fo Jr years, according to prj-wnt plana. The enormous HaiIcIi Hetchy project, involving In ull its phases somuthlng like S2(ju,ouu,(H(i, is nearing complu tlon, though a vast amount of work Ht 111 rcmulns to be dune. In obtaining the water supply from the mountains, thu city de veloped, almost as a by-product, electrical energy which, though lncoinplett) can be wholesaled within a year to distributing com- panics for approximately $2,om. U00 annually. A faction of citi zens, however, is urging the city not to dispose of .this power, but Instead to go Into thu power busi- 4 ness by purchasing the existing ; distributing plants and selling light und power to the people di rectly. Other residents are op posing such a municipal 'business. .; When completed the Hutch i Hetcby sjpply wilt glvy Han , Francisco and adjoining, coinmun i Hies 400,000,000 gallons of pure mountain water dally, - a generous supply for a community of 4.000, 000 Inhabitants. Hetch Hetchy also will be capable of generating more than a billion kilowatt hour a of electrical power annuully. The ;! city now uses about 370.ooo.oou kilowatt hours. Thu effort 8 to secure Hetch :'; Hetchy water date back to 1U01. There wiui considerable opposition hi the beginning, and the contest vna carried through three nation ' nl administrations. 1'Mnally a bill. ; giving the city all It had asked t for. was signed In lit 1 3, and work started In 1M. i . One of thy. first steps taken by the city after obtaining .the site was the construction of a stau- I Uard-gauge railroad (iS miles long to haul supplies, cement and ma J lefiulH. At the eust end of the railroad now stands O'Shaugh-r.-Ms- dam, which t irned the val- joy behind It Into a beautiful lake Buven miles long. It cost $G,C47,- 35C.34. It Is a monument to t.'tty (; jngliu'ij- M. M. O'SliaughneKsy. whoso wilhtlrawal from a position L paying him 936.0UU a year to carry through the Hetch Hetchy project for Han Kranelsco at a salary of 1 5.000 lends a touch or sentiment to a matter made up olhurwtse of engineering - ami fl 't nancing. Thu reservoir behind the dam will hold C7 billion gal Ions, the largest capucity of any .i- city west of Chicago. Hetch H"lchy Valley Is at elevation of 3,500 feet above- sea level. liefore it was flooded Its . floor was cleared of limber. Thu . i reservoir area covers 1,600 iicn-u, with a drainage area of 2M.000 l acres. Ity wagon road 1 - miles ! above Heteh Hetchy Is Lake Kl ! i anor. another reservoir holding I nine, billion gallons of water. 'The water, ufter being used In two power plants, will pass Into a tunnel, already completed, lS.o miles long and ranging in size from lit feet 4 Inches by 13 feet (1 inches to 10 feet 3 Inches by 0 feet 8 Inches. The tunnel cost $H,OOO.eoa. Below this tunnel will bu I'rlest dam and the reservoir for the grunt Mocassin Creek ) power plants, which, when com I pleled next June, will bu able to produce 4eo, 000. ono kilowatt lira. of ebetrieity annually, equalling t he present total supply of San Francisco. Thu vcrtiele drop of water 'for this plant will be 1,315 feet. j l ltiinately the city will furnish rou.ooo hvdro-eb'Ctric horse-pow- ! er rrom the Hetch Hetchy system. J j To bring Hetch Hetchy waters! - to the door of San Kranelsco will 1 require S7 miles of t nine Is. Hi I ft 3 Inches In disinter, and G j - tulles of large steel-pipe flume- way. I he entil e aqueduct will . be thus enclosed. There will. be i no pumping, all the water flow- j ' (ng by gravity. The salt marsh-1 cs on San Kranelsco bay will be j . crossed on trestles, and a tunnel j will be built under the bay chan-; r ml. ' The city controls for thu pro ject, 4L',oeM nei'i'S of watt-ihed, has bought 4.700 acres for res- ' eivoir cites and other purposes and acquired more than 160 miles f. of railroad right-of-way. I To carry on the work It was necessary to build a small city m '. thu nieunitJlns. Including an of fice building, hospital. railroad shops, warehouses und sawmill. gOPOtonOCPOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I ' TRY US I On. pclicious Apples I Potatoes 1 Onions -. a Ileal Xlargaln OHr:i.i,.V... VfM SlM;KlTO,,3tKING CAR O N t AH ; o U ' '. -A X. rift; t: : WHO WOULDN'T 00? Luis M. Ferei has btwn sent to Cuba to sue reed I'orflrlo A. lionet, as commer rial attache of the Cuban legation. They're Mill toting liquor down thrre. And (lie Slate Department think It has assigned this bright young man to a hard job. Wltoopool D1XTAISK..S .MOVIKS' HAIt.Mrt'fi STOCKHOLM. (AP) Stu. lying thu effects of moving pictures up on thu young, particularly under ten years of age Dr. Puvid Lund, of the Prison Hoard, 'has reached among others the following conclu slonu; . . That the average mov drama is harmful to thu young child.' They cannot distinguish between fact and fancy on the s.ireen. Their Imaginations are ' con ('used, and they are likely to mistake false hood for truth. The distortion ol reality and the frequent discrep ancy between cause and effect tend to warp the child's reasoning pow er, and the spurious en tot tons it: thu average photopluy are dis turbing to the soul life of Ihf child. Dr. Lund approves of education al films, however, and believes, al so, that many of the fa'rv tab films are valuable tor ehihlr-'iir oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AMD J-r-t-11 i 'ifl! ma OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO J J J oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I The Best Plaae Good schools, good clniche.jfml homes, good wages. The best oppwrhjamy on earth' for any one to own a Hom(va Just get that spirit into your soul, and you will soon be singing. "This is. the place to. build mv Home 1921 is the year." The Grande Ronde lumber Co. 1021 Builders Store Retail Dept. Main 732 Quality Chain MANY ARE ILL NOW AT UNION I'MON Ore. (Special) Kred Osborne, ugrlcultura teacher In the i nlon High School, has been away fnu hia classes for so vera! daa on account of an attack of the flu." Kred Itatz, rancher living east of I nlon. is having considerable trouble with his eyes, the affect tlon seeming to interfere with the sight. tllenn Miller and It is wife, who closed their schools near lOchy land, and returned to Union last week, owing to the serious Illness of Mrs. Miller's slstur. Leah 1-a.v, had Intended returning to their school work, but decided to re main here another week. Their school will be closed for the week. - ' " The Athletic Girls gave an In vltallon dance at the Union Hotel Tuesday evening. A splendid time was reported by those who attend ed. ' V A I rs. A gn es Pud d ock, local r$ -porter for the Kepubllcfm, Is still unable to return to tho office. Shp had been confined to her home for some time, suffering from acute indigestion. t M b-s M arquerd t, county hcalt h duy examining children In the Un ion BCllOOlM. , K. It. Leu, I -a Grande groce(, was a business visitor In Union the first part of the week. ( County Agent Avery and Albert Hunter attended the Monday night' meeting of tho Commercial Club;, and discussed mutters relating to future of thu wheat farmer. t The fisb hatchery Is stocking up with salnton and trout eggs for tho l!t-4 season. Sotnu of the sal mon eggs have started hatching. .Mrs. Nettle- ltich is suffering from a bad case of blood polson-'n- in her left hand us a result of running a splinter into the hand i few day:; ugo. Mrs. W. llalfcy is running A eiiiponiry measles hospital at her Wcck-End Candy Special PEANUT BRITTLE 29c ; Pound The Palace Business or a Farm. Wood, Always i in Generous The new year thu far hiis proved verv generous In ihn iintm nf Thnmn Mahnnny, St John, N I L"ok what it brought! They're doing nicely, thank you So'a thu niulhci. home In KoutlJ Union. She la car ing for five cases, all her own children, and says she Is a busy woman day und night. Kinest llotuul Hook lu World I'laced In Ixmdoii .Museum LONDON. (AIM A book, claim od to have the finest binding In the! world. Is now on view at the Al bert and Victoria Museum. It Is a Persian work and dates from' about 1430-147M, believed to have, I been executed for Mirza Shahruk, 1 son of Timur, the Tartar conquer-! or. I ; While of: unassuming appear-; ance. Its beauty Is In the perfection Of lis intricate tooling, much of U ''bHnd,'on the mellow brown leu-j (her.. Wllhln the Covers are orlg-; pi the world's J Jrooremost character actor i crtmind in o GODDESS Cutlery See Our Window for Specials Pocket Knives Butcher Knives Scissors Skdla HowTl fXjZ?00 il I vuiilfJaiiy Phon Main 33 Roesch Building t y t ? ? f t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? y y y y ? ? y y y y y y y y Gtirae Artis E SPEND all you liiit.ke and plod along. Or save some thing every pay day and get ahead you're bound to. The decision is yours. This decision save some or spend all is as important as any you'll over make. For if you spend all, your chance for continued happiness is just one in ten. Make the right decision today T ? V ? y y y ? y y United States National Bank MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ly liuil medallions of pierced arabes que ornament, tooled and enriched by a backing of bright bluu and gold. . It la estimated that It took throu years to finish and that in its deco ration from one-half to one mil lion separate tool Impressions were required to form I he design. VISIT OUR JANUARY SALE V OF FINff FURNITURE W. tLJBtyhnkamp Co. Where you always get a square deal. Wt.i ma ? .fr f K Tl A ,.4-.,..:.,,, ,Jn.A advertise your sickness tions. but trives vou service 'in the Northwest. . We employ Ploddina Alona ltl.l Ih Mm:i roe olleiro Till-: ItALLKS. Or.. Kollowing ut a report from McMlnnville that ! I.lnfleld college of that city was contemplating moving so 1 sew Iter o In tho state, . The Dalles-Wasco county chamber of commuvce dis patched a telegram to the college heads asking them to consider ad vantage offered by The Dulles for such an Institution. Climatic and geographical con ditions, which would make The Dalles an Ideal college city, were cited in support of thu imitalkm. Warrant is not Nerved MMDKOHD. Or. (Sheriff C. K. Terrill has refused to serve a war-' rant alleging non-support, sworn Krnuk J. Court, a world war vet eran living In the Kumsey canyon section of the Sams valley dis trict. The sheriff says that Court Is suffering with a malignant chroulo utlmciit. and gas and but let wounds received in Krancc. Ht told tho sheriff ho was doing the bust ho could to maintain his fam ily n a pension of $167 monthly, and carries general life insurance to tlx- amount of 10.000. ASil 1 or broadcast Jfbur opera- institution aduated nurses y y y Ti y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y or Hospital y ! 41 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y LA GRANDE IRON WORKS ' MACHINE SHOP .AND VOUNDKY All Klnila ol Mnt'hlnurjr, Auliiiunlilli-s anil Traulun Hepalred Ovprliniilttl and llt-hlillt Awtjlijiio Wrldlnit of All Kinds Cjrlliidi-rMoring and OvithIio Pinions Crankshafts, Jflstons and Piston Pins ltrfroiind D, Fl ' Don't Say "Bread" - SAY' SUPERFINE MADE WITH MILK For Sale at All Grocers La GrnLBaksxy Formerly McPhcrson Bakery. La Grande,' Ore. DETROIT SPRINGS For Replacement You will find the one for your car at " Leightotvs WeMitig & MaMtirtiTfflorks (Automotive parts) 1 SUPPOSE You try two-party service if you are dissatisfied with four. , On . two-pmty service you . hear no ring except your . own and avoid much of the inconvenience of waiting for a busy lino. ' 1 : : Although it costs tho Company much more to furnish two-party than four-party service, yet the rate has been made only 25c higher so that tho subscribera could avail themselves of this much more satisfac tory service. Home Ijpdei5en3ent Telephone Co. The New Gwilliams' Electric In Roesch holesale Manufacturers of SUPERIOR QUALITY BAKERY PRODUCTS ; Our Pride "Gold Crust Bread" For Sale by All Leading Grocers Blue Mountain Oregon LUMBER SAY! Ilavo you evur watched a race and realized the inipoi'tuncc of the stiirt? A good start saves just that much energy later on. That's, the way with Home Building. Good lum bcr moans less trouble in construction, less-expense for upkeep, and more saUsfactii-n""uTe long run. Get a good strt-tfn"on you build. TELEJPltONE MAIN 8 Bowman - Hicks Lumber Company For Mill and Box Wood Phone Main 547 . J. h. Munliall , , 7 iRALD Prop. PUILTTOTHE CAR MAKERS SFECIFICATIOMI Bakery j '1 .A '' I OOM'"oo.,ooaoooooo'L- .,.l.,...,............,r.i...-.!