The Redmond Spokesman Published at the “Hub City” of Central Oregon V O L 2. No. GO REDM OND, CROOK C O U N T Y s f lf e tncASURE IFOR IRRIGATION Supt. Power* Given Talk No. 2 to the Fermera in Hrifiird to Measuring W ater They Une for Irrigating — Valuable In formation Given The | r N l « r puri of (he lami In Ir rlgnted Mellon* would Ite prartlcally «e r i blesa wltboiil «alar «U h whlrh te Irrigata It. y»i « e «Iva far Ics* al- laalion lo «alar nieasurrmrnt than te land menati re toent Land In thl* aarliea «Ithout water uiay be am-ur- ed al front f i lo I I * par arra whlla thè valer koala ih# Brillar fruiti i 'i U to MO per aera No «na would thJnk ef burlo« a Carta wllhoul hav lag Ita boundartr* locai«-.I by a rum- pota ni aaglnear. yn moai Irrigatore aeoapt Ih* water «Ivan Ibaitt wllhoul eweettoa, theogh II la »eversi limai aa valuabla aa Iha land lo whlrh II la appllad Ha sbollili bava a work ing haowladga of Iha inaaauramant of «ater la order io provi.ir iha righi rapaci'y of punip or pro|>ar alea of laurei for Iha acreage In gueetlon, Th- Irrlialor should laarn h o« murh «alar la uaa<| on aarh partlrular flald ami crup In or- dar to determini- iha «alar reqylre- m#nt o f dlffnrent rropa and Iha moli eronomiral uar of «alar If avary Irrlgaior would Inaiali a maaaurln« dorica la bla haad dllrh and laarn to messore wai.-r arruralely m i ha Oenld Ull ha waa «aMIn« Iha mini of «a la r duà hlm. thrrr «bau would ba lana ronlanllon In Irrigat ati (llalrlrla I oli» of Measurement Tba prlnrlpal n u l l a i i m * i | In mesa urlng «vaiar ara I I i Iha aerotid fool; |i2) Mia inlnar'a Inch; and (3 ) Mia arra fool. Tlia »aromi fool la Iha haal unii for Mia meMUremanl of flowing wa- lar and la equivalent lo a rubli finti of walar panelli« a gl van |iolnt aarh second The erroml fool than de- llvara Al) ruhlr fari par minuta, or .U'.ll ruble feat par hour, or klIAU ruble faat In a day of approilmalaly 2! honra Thla would rover an arra approilluately Iwo faal ilaap. Tba aecoml fool alio equals 7 S «al- Iona par aerond, or 4 60 gallona par minuta A Minar'» Inali In Oregon la defin ed by law aa being Iha amount of walar whlrh will flow through a one Inrh orib e under a A Inch praaaura II la an arbitrary unit for meaaurlng walar by Ila flow through a presertb- ad orfica The aplllbark la a com mon arrangement for u^plnlalnlng a constant haad above Iha opening III Oregon to miner's Inrhea are legally equivalent lo a acromi foot. Klfty miner a Inrhaa with a 4 Inrh head la approilmlaaty one accond foot The term la borrowed from the minara and la not a definite, satisfactory unit. One half minar a Inrh par arra for 1 00 days equals I DA faal deep on Iha land The arra fiati simply moans water enough lo rover uniformly I arra I foot In depth, being 43.660 ruble ft Three arra faal la approximately !.. 000.000 gallons The arra foot la convenient for drflnlng large quan- t It le» of standing water In reservoirs The depth In arra Inrhea and num ber of Irrigations correspond to In rhaa rainfall and ran ba readily un derstood The discharge of a stream Is al ways the product of Mia mean veloc ity In feet |>ar acromi Mmes the croas sectional area In square faal. and thla gives the quantity In ruble feat OREGON, T H U R SD A Y . J U N K 20. 1912 par second discharged The velocity must ha obtained by use of lloata. with a current mater, or by formula used In connection with a standard or flea or weir. Weir» anil Weir Mea»ureiiienta The moat aecurate, practical ami economical method of measurement of moderate amounts of water yet devised Is the weir measurement The weir la a thin notch of definite shape which Mia walar la rauaed lo flow over The amount of flow de pends on Iha length of rrest or bot tom of the notrh and the depth of water flowlug over the rrest There are several forma of walra and con ditions governing their location are Mia same, the only difference being In Iha shape of notch and formula used In computing the <1 lac liarga The t'lppoleltl or trapetoldal weir, whlrh la named for an Italian engi neer who perfected It. Is about the most accurate and la becoming most generally used In the weat. Thla wrlr la trapetoldal In shape with straight bottom and with aides hav ing a run of I lo 4 of rise A one foot trapaxoldal weir has a rrest width of ona fool and Is 1A Inrhaa wide 8 Inrhaa above the creal. The «•real and aides should ha sharp on Iba upstream aide and the water should have free spillway, fo r ex perimental work the crest la made uf s h e e t metal to secure great accur acy. When all conditions are met carefully thla weir will measure wa ter with an error of less than one per cent. In order to prevent leakage under or around the weir and add stabil ity the weir la often provided with a weir box. and Mils must be large enough In proportion to the notrh lo eliminate friction and excess ve locity of approach. Thla requires a box with a cross section of at least seven times the area of the notrh The dlatanre from the rreat to the aides should he twice as great as any possible depth of water flowing over the rreat, and the dlatanre from rreat to bottom should he three times the depth of water that may flow over The weir plate must set plumb, and the rreat level and thr length of the rreat should he at least three times the depth of water flow ing over II. With the proportions given there will he no appreciable velocity of approach, not over A In ches per second. The hook gage or peg for measuring depth should be located at least three feet up stream from the crest to avoid draw down, and should read xero or set flush with the water surface when the water la on a level with the rreat and Just ready to break over. It Is not possible In this short ar ticle to go Into details regarding principles and higher mathematics Involved In the use of the weir. Kn- glneers have experimented fur years and found that under like conditions the same depth always produces the same discharge over a given sized weir. The amount of water passing through each second depends on the area and the gravity head, also the side slope, location of weir, contrac tion and cohesion All of these are represented In the formula which has been evolved and which la: Quantity— 3 367 x the length In feel x the height In feet 2. That lx. the height In feet or dec imals of a fool la cubed, and the square root then obtained after which It Is multiplied by the length In feet and then by the constant, 3 367. In order to save calculations a weir table la usually employed which gives the discharge for all possible depths and various lengths, the values having been computed from the above formula. A Krw Precaution* Avoid setting a weir Just below a curve In a ditch aa It causes water to go lo one side. l>o not set a weir close to or just below a headgate where Is a high velocity. B argain Opportunities Never G reater Than N ow The doings at this store during the month of June will be full of interest to you. There are many needs for summer that by buying now will save you lots of money. CLOTHING DEPT. We are going to make a big clean up in this department, and in order to do so have lost the regular prices, but we have made new prices that have no regard for the regular prices. Come in and you’ll be Convinced NEXT WEEK SPECIAL Corn Starch, lb. 6c EHRET BROTHERS We buy Butter and Egga In the Brick Building DAIRY COWS AND BULLS FOR SALE Hoistiens, Ayrshirtss, Red Durham» and Big Jerseys, all government tested. Also one Registered Jersey Bull, two grade Holstien Bull?. See A L B E R T JOHNSON at the Redmond Ranch, a fourth mile north o f the Redmond de-pot. C. P. JUDGE Oregon Hotel Office. SHOW PEOPLE INVEST HERE MECCAFORALL Continued on Page 4 PIONEER DEPT. STORE Diamond C laundry Soap, 7 bars 25c $1.50 PE R Y E A R Non-Kustablc Royal Worcester Corset This Part Appealed of to Central Some Oregon People From AH Parts of Crook of the County Came to Attend Here Last the Wild Wild West Officials and They Week Will Return Later and Invest West Shows— Big In Property Well Taken Care Of Crowd Is Nearly 3000 paid admissions to The Redmond District looked so good to some of the officials of the the 101 Ranch Wild West that was Wild West show that was here last here last Thursday proved that Red week that they will return later and mond was a good circus town— that it was the logical center of Central invest in land. Owen Dowd, assistant manager of Oregon. The show people were ex the 101 Ranch Wild West, stated to tremely well pleased with the large The Spokesman that we had the gar crowd, and stated that their faith in den spot of Oregon right here, and Redmond was well founded. People began arriving in the city that this fall he was going to make a trip back here and buy a chunk of the day before the show. Many came in wagons and camped on the land. ! He said he had some land In N. outskirts of the city, while other» Y. state, near Syracuse, that all he pui up at the hotels and lodging could raise on it was his hat. He houses. And it was an orderly crowd, too. has a 22-acre chicken ranch In Flor ida that eats up money, and he is Although a number of special police next going to Invest In some of the were on duty there was little for Irrigated land around here to see if them to do. Chief of Police McClay can't even up on the losses on his stated that drunken and disorderly men were very few. and there were other property. Other members of the executive no arrests. Ample preparations has been tak staff of the show talked along the same line as Mr. Dowd, and said en to house and feed the visitors and they wanted to put some of their all were well cared for. Owing to the lateness of the show money in our gold dollar producing trains reaching the city, all of the soil. performance could not be given, as the »how had to pack up and leave FULL OFF TRAIN here as early as possible in order to Terrebonne Oregonian. June 14: reach Pendleton In time to give an Frank Carr, an engine tender In the afternoon performance the next day. employ of the O-W. R. & N. R. R., To some of the people, those who who had been up to Redmond with had seen the real wild west on the one of the engines pulling the Wild plains, the show seemed tame, but It West special, fell off the rear end of compared favorably with Buffalo the caboose of the second section of Bill's Wild West, and the majority the show train at Opal City about of the people were satisfied. One point has been established, 3 o'clock this morning. He was badly bruised about the head and and that Is; That Redmond is the body, but managed to crawl to the best circus town In Central Oregon, Hotel Opal where he remained until and in the future this city will be the morning passenger came along included in the route of circuses when he was picked up and taken to when laying out their Oregon ached- the hospital at The Dalles. i“> _________ CAN OFT Y KAK HOOK W ILL DKDH’ATK ( HI 111 H The department of agriculture at Washington has Just issued its 1911 Agricultural Year Book, a bound volume of several hundred pages, containing much interesting and In structive information regarding ag riculture, horticulture, atock raising, etc. Kach senator and representa tive has copies of this Year Book for distribution, and any farmer ran secure a copy by Mndlng to one of the members of the Oregon delega tion. The new Baptist church that wa* opened for services last Sunday will be dedicated on Sunday, June 3tfth, with appropriate services. Dr. C. A. Wooddy, superintendent of mis sions for the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain district, wilt be present snd preach the sermon of dedication. Rev. Fred Parker o f Portland, will also be present. The full program will be given next week. The Spokesman for good printing