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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1921)
Till IWIKIY. MAY an, 2I IIOOK CWCKTT JOURNAL A FEW PERTINENT FACTS I' ticloiibtmlly the mint Import mi I atep taken to Insure the advance ment of I'rliievllle and to sitfeguurd the surrounding country against a poNHllilit shortage of wator for crop wiit whim the Ochoco Irrigation Dis trict was formed In ordur to con trui't rnsnrvolr for ttit storage of water, Luke Ochoco ha a storage capa city of 47.000 acre fool. That thla Ik. of tho utmost importance to tba growth mid development of Prlne vlllo Ir reoognUed by all familiar with the city and It possibilities, Tim Twohy Hrothora Company, who orlRlnally started the conatruc on, were rxaponalliln for the amo tion of I Iki largo camp which made It poaalhlu for tho workmen to riimaln iii'iir the work at all time. Thli com puny eroded superintendents' cottages, roomy bunk houses for the ftuptf ). prlvslo living quarters for those employees who broiiKht their families with tbm, t big itore nffli'i', dressing roonui, warehouses nie hull and dormatory the best accomodations for all who furnished their hraltn and muscles toward completing the dam. In splto of the enormous Increase ' In the cont of labor and construction materials occasioned by the war, the work wn not abandoned but the project waa pushed forward as rap- Idly as possible. The price of labor bad Incroasod 86 por cont higher than at the time the contract wai warded. Steel cablq, which wee very difficult to got, coat 100 por cut. more than it did previously. Itlnatlng powder hud risen 40 por cent., and cement 20 per cent. Food, oat, and hay coat 100 por cent more than had formerly boon paid, and freight ratoa Increnaed 25 per cent. All of 'these Ileum wore In conatant demand almost dally In large quan tltlea on thin conatructlnn work, and the fact that the work was carried on In iplte of thla reverse Is worth conildoratlon. Tho work of excavation In the main canal waa accompllabed through the meana of a large atoam ihovel, the heaviest piece of machinery ever used near Prlnovllle. A great por tion of the main canal la through aolld rock cuta and aeveral long stretches of flume aggregating about 4,000 feet in length waa replaced by the large earth and rock canal, thereby making a more permanent Job, The largo reinforced concrete con duit hue a capacity of 1,000 cubic font of water per aocond. After leaving the conduit the water flowa through a concrete lined canal built on tho atoop rock hlllHldoi for about one and one-half mllea. Thla canal has a rock wall on one aide and ha a three Inch concrete lining through out the whole mile and a half, Al though there wa more than five time the quantity of thla rock wall than estimated the contractor would have completed the canal and lined It with concrete within ton day of the contract time, If It hud not been necessary fur the director to have tills work temporarily discontinued, In order to irrigate aome of the land It waa necessary to build almost half a mile of road to get tand and gravel for the concrete up to the canal. The big dam, which 1 125 foot high and over 1,000 feet long and 600 foot thick on tbe bottom and 18 foot thick on the top, I the largest and moat important part of the pro ject. To built the dam, It required over half a million yards of earth and rock and nearly 8,000 yard of concrete. To (top the water from flowing under the dam, It wa In tended to excavate through the grav el In the foundation Into the aolld clay bed underlying the dam site, and to fill this trench with clay. It was. however, doclded to build the dnm In two Individual section, the first to raise the water about forty foot and the sucond section to raise the water the full height. It was therefore, necessary for tbe contrac tor to excavate two puddle trenches Instead of one, and the dam now haa thla additional factor of aufcty. The main part of the dam I built of earth and rock sluiced down from the mountain aide. Two large pump driven by a 4Q0 bone-power electric motor pumped 8,000,000 I gallon of water a day under great pressure, loosened the material which wa then carried Into the dam through flume and pipe line. Tbl pumping unit consulted of one 400 horsepower electric motor which wa connected directly to twin five stage pump weighing forty ton each and mounted on concrete foundation of equal weight. It was contemplated to got all tbe half million yards of material for the big dam from the aouth side of the valley. The material there, how ever, proved a great disappoint ment to everyone connected with tbe project. It contained so much rock and so little earth, that the power ful giants were unable to loosen It. The contractors, at groat expense, moved his giants and pipe lines to five different pits, but each one that wa tried, turned out to be a disa ppointment. By resorting to a great deal of expensive blasting and other unusual work, enough material waa secured to build the first section of the dam, which contained about 60.- 000 cubic yards of materials. Ano ther body of material was then locat ed on the opposite side of the valley, and all the giants, pipe line and other equipment were moved to this new location. Continuing with the work on the north llde of the atream, an abun dance of material for the construe tion was obtained. Blueing operation were under way at all tlmea, unless the weather was unusually cold, which delayed the work only a short time. The Twohy Brother Company abandoned their contract on Pebru ary, 1919, after completing approx imately 28 per cent, of tbe structure The Ochoco District subsequently took over the work under the con tract and entered Into an agreement with tbe Slucing Department of the Puget Bound Bridge and Dredging Company, for the continuation and completion of the slucing and other operation. During the aeaaon of 1920, tbe dam proved Ha worth by storing all the water yielded by the drainage area, or abou 22,000 acre feet. Tbe amount stored during the season of Rexall Remedies 3222 means King of all and all prep arations put out under this name whether they are medical preparations, toilet prep arations or other merchandise, are made of the very highest quality of materials ob tainable, the finest ingredients put together in the most scientific way, in the most up tp date daylight laboratories and guaran teed to give satisfaction. The Following Guarantee Is Printed on Every Package "The United Drug Company and the Rexall Store selling this reparation, guarantee it to give satisfaction. If it does not, go -jack to the store where you bought it and get your money. It be ongs to you, and we want you to have it.' What More Liberal Guarantee Could You Have SEE US REGARDING YOUR . DRUG STORE NEEDS PRINEVILLE DRUG CO. PRINEVILLE, OREGON. - . m ,;- . ' - "1 3,,, 1 1 . ............ . .. - t . ' ' - ' .'t i, ; - - : .vvvCo . -I mmj,ijgS. -r--r H V. :.-. " .. . ,. s XA- L - - 1 -tlUl r"l'h . J: if y'- Photo Showing :i; 1 V t . the Rush of J,- ' . ' . Water Over the f X,,.' . , Wasteway t . ' :;: of the Big Ochoco Dam : V 1919 wa 6,300 acre feet. As a re sult of this stored water, crop were good all over the Ochoco Project, and water user without exception, were much pleased at the manner in which the aupply waa distributed and over the prospect of future year. The value to a community of a structure like the Ochoco Dam 1 hard to estimate, but it Is sate to predict that each succeeding year will show crop increase far beyond tbe most conservative hopea of tbe land owner. Financing of the project was ef fected by three bond issues, totaling $1,350,000, and marketed through the bond firm of Clark, Kendall and Co., and Ralph Schneeloch Co., and associates of each. - All construction work on the dam was in charge of Project Engineer, R. W. Rea, for the irrigation district and M, R. Kirkpatrick, general sup erintendent tor the slucing depart ment of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. Novelist thnt speak of a face "lighting up" put down an actual truth that few of them are aware of or In tend. One of the moat delicate In struments In the world, a radiometer, records the "slilne" of a human face. and can do It at a distance of several miles. 8o delicate la the instrument that It can detect and record the glim mer of a candle half n mile away, and If there were no atmospheric obstruc tion It could detect the same candle 16 miles away. The Instrument consist of two thin glass disks, one polished and one blackened, suspended by a quarts thread In a vacuum. Waves of radiant energy striking this Instru ment disturb Its bnlonce. because the bright disk reflects them, while the black one absorbs them. While the human face to the nor mal eye gives out no waves of radiant energy, the fact remains that a con stant flow of energy Is being thrown off, and these waves travel an un known distance. Although the radio meter Is a wonderful and delicate In strument, there Is a thermal couple ten times as sensitive as the radiome ter and It can detect the heat of a candle 60 miles distant Italy to the Rescue. Visiting a school Is a doubtful pleas ure. But the woman had promised to call for a friend who Is known as a "rooky" teacher. She waited until al most closing time before entering the school, a red brick, lumpy sort of building, not specially attractive. It looked as If she had come too soon. All eyes soon focussed on her instead of on the busy little teacher. The word "trio" was being explained to the children and volunteers were asked to stand and use the word In a sentence. And no one need expect to go home until the word was fully ex plained. ' ' Little R. T. coaxed, "Come now, tell me just one little story with trio' In It." Timidly, swarthy little Giuseppe raised his hand. Hia naturally happy face was struiued in his effort to help. Then flashed a bright smile at the woman and shouted cheerfully: "It Is nearly trio clock." New York Sun. SAY f i Don't forget that the Crook County Journal is only awaiting the re ceipt of your $2 to appear at your home times. It saves you the trouble of always borrow ing it from your neighbor. Mb 1