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o AfTCDFOTCD MAIL TRIBHNE. afEDFOm OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933. PXGE SEVEN !5f VAST SUM SPENT PROJECTTO DATE Niagara of South' Has Cost Taxpayers $47,000,000 Could Produce 600,000 Horsepower if Equipped . WASHINGTON, D. C. (Spl.) Muscle Shoals and Its Wilson Dam. to which President-el not Roosevelt recently made an Inspection trip and In the further development of which he announced an interest, la the "Niagara of the south" insofar as po tential water power is concerned, ac Vcordlng to a bulletin from the ' Washington, D. C, headquarters of the National Geographic society. "Muscle Shoals Is off the main highways and railroads, and consid erably south of the center of popula tion, and Is therefore not so well known to traveling Americans as some less Important power sites," ftiyA the bulletin. River Crosses State Twice "The Tennessee river, on which these rapids are situated. Is the main tributary of the Ohio river and car ries a large volume of water, especial ly in the spring months. The river, flowing far to the south and then far to the north, makes a vast bend, Kreater than that In any other of the major streams of the United States except the Snake river and the Bio Grande. "Some of the headwaters of the Tennessee rise In Virginia and the stream then makes two complete crossings of the state of Tennessee, looping between times Into northern Alabama. It Is the portion of the river that lies In Alabama that con v tains Muscle Shoals, a section of r rapids 37 miles long. In this short distance the river drops about 130 feet, nearly a third of the entire fall between Chattanooga and the Ohio river. "Plans to Improve the Tennessee at Muscle Shoals have been In exis tence for more than a hundred years. The work was first recommended by the secretary of war In 1834. This improvement was wholly for the pur pose of bettering navigation. Work was actually started in 1831 and canal with several locks was con structed, but was of small value. Further Improvements to help navi gation were made up ur'l the World war, when It was decided to harness ttie river by a power dam and to utilise Its electric energy for the pro duction of nitrates o be used in the manufacture of ammunition. The Wilson Dam was begun In 1010 and was not completed until 1025. 600,000 Horse-Power Available at Flood Time "This dam is one of the largest In the United States. The river spreads out to a great breadth so that the dam lacks only about 700 feet of being a mile long. It la approxi mately 122 feet high to the roadway on top, and contained at the time of its completion a greater volume of concrete than any other dam In the world. Because of the great width of the river at the dam site, construcr ytloa was very costly. Dam and pow er house have cost to date $47,000,000. The power house Is situated at the south end of the dam and has foun dations which provide for the Instal lation of 18 giant turbines that will produce a maximum of 600,000 horse power. Of these, eight have been Installed and are capable of produc ing a maximum of 250,000 horse power. "Since the completion of the Wil son Dam and power house in 1025, the plant has been put to verylittle use. Some electric energy has been sold to existing power companies, but at no time has the power house been called on for its maximum produc tion, - ' "In connection with the building of the Wilson Dam, the federal gov ernment constructed two huge fac tories for the manufacture of ni trogen of the air. The various build ings of one, situated at the town of Sheffield, a few miles down stream from the southern end of the dam, are scattered over more than 1800 f acres of land. It has never been in use. The second, four miles up stream from Sheffield and close to the end of the dam, occupies a tract of approximately 2300 acres. It has been operated only on a test basis. The government also constructed a , large steam power plant of 80,000 ' horse-power with which to operate the second nitrate plant pending the completion of- the dam. Near City of Florence "The north end of the Wilson Dam Is in the suburbs of Florence, Ala bama, a thriving little city of 13.000 Inhabitants. Florence Is a typical inland southern town of shaded streets, many of them lined with fine old mansions. Like other communi ties near Muscle Shoals, Florence felt the hectic war-time prosperity that poured liberal wages Into the hands of 30,000 workers on the dam and nitrate plants. But the town had grown up long before, and today it shows no scars from the boom period. "When the Wilson dam was built, primarily for power production, the Possibilities of improving the navi gation of the Tennessee river by the structure were not overlooked. At the north end of the dam Is a canal with Its flight of locks through which river boats are lifted into the Wilson lake. Back water from the dam makes the river navigable for 14 miles up stream, but at this point a shallow stretch occurs. There an auxiliary dam Is being built which will make the river navigable to Chattanooga. A small dam, also, has been built several miles down stream from Wilson dam to make possible the pauage of river traffic over the lowr end of Muscle Shoals. "When the up-stream dsm Is com pleted it will be possible for Tennes- Famous Cartoonists Part i 1 v j UA J J, , - .. - ft- if'Xf L ' i wvl t ifi , -v. I M s 1 r : , "', - f ( i f fit ix - v I it maJiJ. J . i ,'? i& '"Js' I., zTjt L sin $ Gcoree .MrMmiiiti. inrt rlnI(a comic strip. "iirliiBlng tp Fnther," l men off at the Loi Angeln itutlon by another famous cartoonist, Jimmy Murphy, creator of the famoui s the former leaves for a two monthithe former leave, for two month! pleasure trip to the east. FRAIL WOMAN IS REAL HEROINE OF .R. MIAMI, ma., Feb. 17. (AP) A (rail, little woman, who forgot her own danger to fling herself upon the awassln trying to kill the prealdent- elect of the United States, emerges today as the real heroine of the Miami drama of bullets. Excitedly, her eyea dancing. Mrs. W. F. Cross of Miami. aid ane was standing on the same bench with the assassin when he opened tire over the heads of the throng, directly at the president-elect'! party. "When Presldent-eieot Hooseveii stood up to make his speech," ane said, "so many stood up In front of me that I couldn't see, so I got up on a bench. , "This man (Zangara) stood up with me, and the bench almost folded un. "I looked around. Then I saw he had a pistol and he began shooting toward the president-elect. I graoDea his hand, which held the pistol. pushed It up In the air and called tor help. "Tom Armour (a man standing nearby) also grabbed his hand, and we held It up In the air so he couldn't shoot any more. "By that time some men were chok lng him." 1 Menus of the Day 4 tablespoons butter. 4 tablespoon flour. 3V cups milk. K teaspoon salt. 14 teaspoon paprika, teaspoon onion salt. Vi teaspoon celery salt. 1 tablespoon chopped celery. 1-3 eup grated cheese. Melt butter and add flour. Blend well and add milk and cook until creamy sauce forms. Add eggs and seasonings. Pour Into buttered bak ing dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake 30 minutes In moderate oven. Prune Bread (Serve warm or cold) 2 cups flour. 1 cups graham flour. 1 teaspoon soda. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 3-3 teaspoon salt. 1 cup chopped prunes, lit cup nuts. 1 gg. 1H cups sour milk. M cup sugar. 3 tablespoons fat, melted. Mix all ingredients and pour Into greased loaf pan. Let rise IS min utes. Bake one hour In moderately alow oven. Vegetable Salad 1 cup cooked peas. " cup cooked carrots. 3 tablespoons chopped celery. 1 tablespoon chopped onion. eup diced cooked beets. 3 tablespoons chopped pickles. 1-3 teaspoon salt. teaspoon paprika. 1-3 cup Frenru dressing. Lightly mix Ingredients with fork Serve on crisp cabbage or lettuce leaves Chocolate Sauce 1 aquares chocolate. 3-3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour. Vi teaspoon salt. . , 11-3 cups water. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cut chocolate into small pieces. Add to sugar,, flour and salt. Blend wen and add water. Boll until sauce thickens. Stir constantly. Add but ter and vanilla. EVENING PAHTV MENU Lobster a la Medberg Toast Cheese Squares Stuffed Olives Celery Healts Orange Sherbet Black Walnut Cake White frosting Lobster a la Newburg for 3 4 tablespoons butter. 6 tablespoons flour. 3 cups milk. 1 teaspoon salt. 14 teaspoon pepper. teaspoon celery salt. 3 cups lobster meat. 3 egg yolks, beaten. 8 pieces buttered toast. Melt butter and add flour. Mix well and add milk and cook until creamy sauoe forms. Stir frequently. Add seasonings and lobster. Cook 3 minutes. Add yolks, mix well and serve at onoe, poured over toast. Gar nish with parsley and serve. Black Walnut Cuke 3-8 cup fat. 1 ups sugar. 1 cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla. !4 teaspoon almond extract. -H teaspoon salt. 3 cups pastry flour. 3 teaspoons baking powder. cup black walnuts. 4 egg whites, beaten. Cream the fat and sugar. Add milk, vanilla, almond, salt, flour and baking powder. Beat two minutes. Fold In nuts and egg whites. Pour into 3 layer cake pans lined with waxed papers. Bake SB minutes In moderately alow oven. Cool and frost. White Frosting 3 cups sugar. 3 teaspoons vinegar. 1 cup water, a egg whites, beaten. 1 teaspoon vanilla. U teaspoon almond extract Mix sugar, vinegar and water. Boll gently and without stirring until thread forms when portion Is slowly poured from spoon. Slowly pour into beaten whites. Beat steadily until floating thickens and Is cold. Add extracts and frost the oake. When baking cookies on baking sheet, grease sheet with unsaltcd fat as oil or lard. VSING LEFTOVER, EGG YOLKS A Menu for Dinner Broiled Lamb Chops Mashed Potatoes t Buttered Green Beans Bread Plum Jelly Head Lettuce Russian Dressing Pear sauce Coffee RECIPES USING EGG YOLKS Yoke Cake eup fat. 1 cup sugar. 8 egg yolks, beaten, li cup orange Juice, 3 teaspoons lemon extract, H teaspoon salt. a cups pastry flour, teaspoons baking powder. Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of Ingredients and beat 3 minutes. Pour Into a layer cake pans which have been fitted wlt.h waxed papers. Bake 30 minutes In moderate oven, Coot and frost with white or yellow Icing. Rice Custard Pudding 8 egg yolka. 3 cupa milk. 9 teaspoons vanilla. 1 cup sugar. M teaspoon wait. I'i cups boiled rice. Bake yolks lor one minute. Add rest of ingredients. Pour Into but tered baking dish. Set in pan of hot water and bake 30 minutes la slow oven Cool and chill Serve plain or with cream. Broken windows glazed Trowbridge Cabinet Works. Phone 943. We'll haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. BAKING POWDER 25 ounces for25t ECONOMICAL and EFFICIENT Us only half as much as Is required of some) others see river traKlo to operate from Chattanooga to the mouth of the river and on down through the Ohio and Mississippi to the gulf, carrying Its burdens of eoal, stone, phosphate rock, coke, Iron, lumber, furniture, and farm and food products." Dr. R. W. Clancy has resumed prac tice In Medford. Room 208 Medford Bldg. 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