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«• * Par* Six THE SCIO TRIBUNE b i? ---- Old Standby " a. Ind ' New Dress —the same dependable remedy that over a period of more than fifty year« ha» been found so reliable in the treatment of catarrh and diseases of catarrhal nature. The out »ide of the only hat been altered, itate packing and reduce break age in shipping, the paper wrap per which ha» identified the Pe-ru-na bottle for many year» ha* been displaced by a substan tial pasteboard carton. Pe ru-na cannot lie made anv better. Three generations of users testify that Fe-ru-na is the best remedy in the world for catarrh and diseases of catarrhal origin. The remedy our fathers and gran-'fathers used with so much satisfaction is still the standby for the ill» of evrrvday in thousands of American homes. Iha Ntw r<ck«M Champion’» Amuiir Spent it All Teacher—Johnny, u»e tlm word la- "You wen- out with Mi»» Kalson last night. It must have been pretty az- Ì disposition In a sentence Johnny (doubling up his flats) — penate*?** When youse wants to flght. youae "Two and a half dollars 1* «landa ponltlou.—The Open Is that elir Yew- that'a all ehe had with her." Road. GiantHaine-Náu/ Brunswick Hydro-Electric Plarx By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN IDEM o' Fundy ! Tie dollurs to doughnuts they are an Imperishable memory of the "jogrrfy" ctaas In the "l.lttle Red School House.** an un forgettable object les •on to Young America of the resist lesa might of the ocean. Ixmg has the engineer dreamed of harnessing old oceans tide* for the Industrial use of mankind. The recurrent cowl strike urges him on. Electricity, edging ev ery w her» Into the factory, farm and home, quickens hla quest. Rut ever to him the Mi-foot bore that rushes up the I lay of Fundy to break In thun der against the shores of iTiIgnecto has been a thing act apart by Nature. IStlll »land* th« ftireal primeval, but under th« shad« of it* branch«« Dw«lla anothar r«c«. with oth«r cus toms and lanaua««. . . . Naught but tradition remain« of th« beautiful villas« of Grand-Prs. No wrote lavngfeilow In "Evange- le." F»r this la the historic Acadia Maine. New Brunswick and Nova Nrotln of !N*I years ago. Here were Staged the beginning* of the cvtitury- long at niggle for pos*c««lon between Frenchman and Englishman. Here was enacted the love-story of the faith ful French maiden that thrills succes sive generations And It Is one of still another race— the American who would harneas Fundy's tides. Ho let's forget about dntna and turbines and kilowatts for a moment and go hack to the very beginning of the story. In IhNG in the little town of llush- ford. Minn, was txvrn Dexter I*. t'.«>|>er lie Inherited a taste for en gineering and ran away from home at seventeen tn blow a forge. At nine teen he was bossing a gang of men on the great Hao 1‘itulo dam In Brwsll. Next h« la seen getting a technical education abroad. At thirty- one he la building the great |w«»r dam aero»« the MI»aia»!|H*l nt Keokuk. The World war makes him a member of the power section of the tkvuncil for National l»efen«s and puts him al work on the fatuous Muscle Shoal« plant, with hla brother. Col Hugh T. < o..|H-r. I S A. l ater still he Is en gage«! in the Great Lakes-Ht Lawrence waterway survey. Mr. Cooper snd hla family have a summer home on Cmnpotwllo Island. N B. a few miles from East|K>rt. Maine. As early as 1912 he began watching the Fundy tide* In Win, while recovering from appv-ndlcl tla, he bad nothing else to do for several month*, Ry 1032 hs had tentative drawings ready, tast year he devoted himself entirely to the work. And all thia time he dodged publicity. l ast apring Mr. Cooper took hit plan to the Maine capital at Augusta •nd got the lncor¡«>ratlon measure through the legislature. Rut a refer- •ndiim vote by the people was nere» anry. as Maine forbids the export of •lev tre-.i po’ Jun* »- Mr C.H»per • "I .¿use Z/varfr- *•<* 4ÍK»4a.«z-í, Me •Of «ut In an automobil« on hl» c»m- ! ixmtainltig Mt square mile« The sea imlgn. Ils motored U.IXXI milaei visited , water runs by gravity from opi»-r pool every county and talked to anybody i to lower pool through turbine« »et in and everybody who would listen. j a fourth dam and la thua harnessed Those who wstched Mr Cooper's and transformed Into ele<-trlc power single handed three-months' campaign It Is planned to get a conatant and any he 1» no |>ollt|c|an snd no orator. regular flow of water through the They even tell the story tbst when he turbines. with a fall of from 15 to 30 went to Augusts with his bill he had feet, according to the tides. to Inquire hla wsy to the statehouse. The dams. It 1» stated, present no Wh«-n he began »¡leaking lie was uu engineering difficulties The founds known to the |>eople of Maine. To be lions are solid granite, the water be sure, be had no active opposition to tween Islands Is shallow and moat of overcome. Hut popular Ignorance and the dam material la ctoae at band, IndllTrrence are mightier opponents They will not b* of record ala*. Five than active op|»oeltlon. How, then, thousand men. working In continuous did he succeed In selling his UOtl.OtM»,. »hlfts on all the dama at once, can 000 hydroelectric project to the hard complete them Inside of four years It headed Yankees of Maine? Is a feature of these dams that they Well, they say that In llir first place Impound so much waler and furnish Cooper la a commanding figure--forty- •o much power with such comparative five, »11 feet tall, broad-shouldered, ly »mall ex|>endlture. with black hair and cropped mustache, Hits development, according to Mr. mild •yea and a square jaw Then Cooper's figure«, will furnish a mini they •ay that he explained his plan In mum of .’«ai.iaai horse power the year terms that any Intelligent man could round Thia makes the much-vexed understaml. Illustrating by drawings Muscles Hhonla look rather small, with on a blackboard- if questions were Ila promised horse power of flOb.OUO asked, he answered them. Anyone when the Tenncsoev river la In flood who wished could have a private Inter and loo.OOU al low water. view after the meeting Translating horse power into electri September 11 the rltixena of Maine cal energy la unsatisfactory for the cnst a record vote—10 to 1—In favor nonprofmlonal, but the electric power of the Cooper project! Is said to t>e seven times what Maine Take a look at the map and note needs. Thia meatus a big surplus avail the course of the International boun able within a radius of several hun- dary line. Paaaamaquoddy bay lies deed nillca In both New Brunswick and boll» »id«-» of the Hue. which also runs New England. Figure« seem to show through one dam. One set of dams that the power will be cheap enough Is In New Brunswick and another In to compete successfully with any elec Maine. The power houses are In trical ¡Ktwer now available In New Maine. England or eastern Canada. Enthu«l This means that before Mr. Cooper astg see in It the basis of a great dis can liegin work he will presumably tributing system going southwest have to have the permission nf rhe through New England and joining line« I'nlted Htates government, of the Ca wringing ¡tower from Niagara. nadian government, of lhe provincial Mr. Cooper la the last man to claim government of New Brunswick, of the International Joint commission and of that he can "harness the tides," tn the U. S. Federal I'ower commission the full meaning of the phrase. He Oh, yes; and there 1s another thing points out that the 1‘aBsamaquoddy necessary Mr. Cooper must Bud a project is feasible only because of group of financiers willing and able the configuration of the land. And he to put somewhere tert ween FC.000.000 Is emphatic In pointing out that In hla plan there is not a single new Idea and SIOO.tWO.tM»» Into bls achene. Now. the most remarkable thing In the development of electricity. It about thia remarkable story Is that ap la merely a fresh water plan adapted parently nobody questions that some- to salt water, Eastport 1» at the very northeast b<>dy will take the chance that Maine offer«. Apparently no voire la raised jumping-off place of the I'nlted Blates. to question that the scheme Is prac Truth to tell, tt la pretty remote now tical or that It will pay or that capital adays It takes something like four teen hours of alow travel to reach It wlU be found. Now for the outstanding englmering from Boston. It has four dally trains details of the pro|>ect: Nature her —two each way—made up of • both self offers man lhe opportunity; It la freight and passenger Cara. Now that said that at no other place In lhe the summer boarders have all depart- world la there the same favorable com e<L things are pretty quiet. Rut bination of high Hiles and land con there's one thing that never sleeps or figuration. Both Pasaamaquoddy and rests—-the •Tlibw o' FUndy." Always Cobscook bays are nearly landlocked. they are at work moving boats up to Three systems of dams will shut both street level and dropping them again off from the Ray of Fundy. The tn a story or an, covering and uncovering coming tide la let Into PnMamsquoddy. the shining beach, pushing In and pull the upper pool, containing 100 oqunre ing out. Home day. If Dexter I*. mile« of waler At ebb tide lhe water Cooper has hla way. Eastport may no» la let out of Cobscuok. the lower pool. be so quiet. Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Neuralgia Headache Colds Pain Neuritis Toothache Lumbago Rheumatism DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART C*, Æ> /jf J < r3ckaEe proven directions. Flaadv "Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 2t snd 100—Druggists. w Aasuvs la U» K which --e^ contains — tr»4» wart st far*« Massiteesr» «f M«saw»Ur«ci4M»e «f SsUeyluwrtS A Hot Reply Rruton "What for y'all call dat mula Mí- "Have you any amoklng jackets?" 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