The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1921 Page: 4 of 6
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Tli* laughter that followed la* ted
•rvrml minute* after he bad lied tr\nv
tbe »tage.—Chicago American.
Her Locks Were False.
After a Mm* of typhoid fever my
U r all came nut ami it> order to
make it come In better I had It all rut
oJf. Hud t<» wear a wig. One uft'P-
m<on late I went to the train to meet
some friends and Just as the engine
v hlzz-il by there was an unusually
vtr»iig gun of win<L To tAy a maze-
men t and borrt>r my hat and my balr
went flying down the platform, and
there 1 stood looking for all the world
like a brand-new robin. I fried out:
"Oh. there g<»*s my hat and my hair."
Of course that dn*w everyone's atten-
tion and it seemed years l>efore a kind
young man returned it t<> me. I wasn't
long In getting away from the curious
crowd: my sisters greeted tiie newly
arrived friends.—Chicago Tribune.
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mrnl of »h<j| via thr 'i»Ml
Lake* and thr railroad* to
the Atlantic Seaboard and
abroad ahoelng how railroad
trouble* hamprr the bulk uf
this butinca*
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Pearlie's Sorrow. , .
Upon returning from kindergarten ! H. 8* Indiana,^ Ohl
one afternoon Jerome said to his moth-
»r: "Oh, mamma, Pearlie Peterson
cried and cried in kindergarten to-
day."
"What was the matter, Jerome?"
JOHN OiCttiltO* S*C«MA«
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'bo Htatw ot Ncrtb Ittkuta hub<ml» <4 ibiiv«
neon-r the «url4 t tbarbet*; and
**tt'fc«rrt-a« thr re nrv m it bin the State great r*-
•hUftea that lie wholly m»dv»elofwU while the
pru4Mftio« of ail thing* 1* 4iiniu>be4 or rrtardwl
bjr diat.'tnee fruto tuarlfeta; and
"U'hcreiia he<uu«« our prudtmri and lb*
containing public hate atlk* mfj«rr«l n.»rtuou«
'"*»e* In the inat >v»r t> !rat.»jortatl> D ai.ortage
and failure; snd
"\Vher»-ai I tiuufc' by reason of th<-se rondltiotM
the tranapurtatlun altuatlwn cou»titutea an emerg-
ent need; and
"Wherraa a number of States hare Joined
| in the Ureal Laken-St. Lawrence Tidewater At
•uciation, having a* it* object the ef riy undertak*
ing and coiui>letivb of ti.ia lmprovciueut: There-
fore be it
"Ilesolved by the S**nate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Nortli Dakota, that the
State of North Lrukota I* proj»erly associateil In
the altove-named organlzatlun with Its neighbor-
ing ComrnomvMilthg in pressing to advance this
undertaking, and thut the action of the governor
In so declaring Is hereby approved and confirmed,
and the participation of this State by the governor
and those who represent him Id the council of
these States is approved;
"Resolved, that the representatives of this
State in the Congress of the United States be
requested to facilitate and expedite in every pos-
sible way the prosecution of this undertaking for
the economic freedom of a landlocked continent."
The Oreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater associ-
ation Is a voluntary association of 14 member
| states. Including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan,
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Ltting A.'r, M* i Viwfnrrau ta a re-
li.^an.ati.1. ■ » It- U^piern-. and M. Mil*
Irratid of l^»na XIV. Mauris lUrre*
• ta ■•lit* 1 •;>' toll. |fc't>uaajr *#• ©Ol
on!y Mo».«rt. but nlao Michael Anjelo
and ivtrr Hrf" <ireai. I'aul Adam, lb*
fine French writer who r»-'ri.iiy died,
ma, in f"nner life, Hoerale«.
Itecnlnrly Mile. Volf *umn»>n» t« her
the great u»en of history—pre-omaWy
those who «r»- not retnearoated—audi
IMndar. Ilomrr nn«l I'luiarch. Hh*
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a year for candle* and im^-n'e in or-
der to prew-rve the right vibratory at-
mosphere which makes possible thefl*
revelations. Sana ctimmetitaire.
Congratulation* too seldom have the
ring of sincerity.
the mother inquired, sympathetically, j fort att®™Pt'ng t0
"Well, you know," Jerome replied. fr"'ss w' ' ' ,e ur;"
"Miss Finn let us have a Washington's on "c Ps "
birthday party, and Pearlie brought a
handkerchief for Washington, and Miss
Finn told her he was dead."
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PHYSICIAN
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Sold under the trade name of BI-
GESTOIDS.
So positive are results that every
package is sold on a money back
guarantee of satisfaction.
Bolton-Smith Drug Co., of Fulton,
Mo., say: "We hare sold Digestoids
for about two years and they have
given splendid satisfaction. Have
never had a single complaint. We
think Digestoids one of the best di-
gestive remedies we ever sold."
Digestoids should be in every
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Price 50 cents.
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Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota. Idaho, Montana. Wyoming, Colorado, and
Nebraska. The first three of these states have
aided the movement through slate commissions
created by their respective legislatures. These
states are today in a voluntary co-operative ef-
fort attempting to Impress the nation and con-
sent need of adequate transpor-
tation facilities at reduced rates, to be provided
by the proper development of our inland water-
ways.
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater proj-
ect has been discussed for several years. Prog-
ress was interrupted in 1914 by the World war.
March 2, 1919, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin,
had incorporated into the rivers and harbors act
a provision requesting the International Joint com-
mission "to investigate what further improve-
ment of the St. Lawrence river, between Montreal
and Lake Ontario, is necessary to make the same
navigable for ocean-going Vessels, together with
the estimated cost thereof, and report to the gov-
ernment of the Dominion of Canada and to the
congress of the United States, with its recom-
mendations, for co-operation by the United States
with the Dominion of Canada in the improvement
of said river."
The result Is that the engineers appointed by
the two governments have been for some time
engaged in the making of surveys and the prep-
aration of plans and estimates for the information
of the commission. The commission has been
holding a series of public hearings, at which na-
tional, state, provincial, municipal, commercial,
transportation, and other bodies Interested have
presented their views as to the desirability or oth-
erwise of the suggested deep waterway and the
advantages and disadvantages of combining pow-
er development with the improvement of naviga-
tion on the upper St. Lawrence.
Following will be found a brief statment of the
main features of the project. The writer holds
at' brief for or against it.
There are two phases to the project: One Is
the opening up of Great Lakes-Tidewater trans-
portation. The other Is the establishment. In con-
nection with the work of great plants for the
generation of hydro-electrical energy to be dis-
tribute!! over a radius of about 2oO miles. At
present the navigation and power projects are
j being considered as one.
The demand of the Middle West Is for water
j transportation. This demand. In a nutshell. Is
j that the Great Ijikes l>e opened to the sea so that
ocean-going craft drawing from 20 to 23 feet can
i ►teara from Duluth to the Atlantic and thence
| along the seaboard of the western hemisphere or
1 across *en« to the markets of Europe.
Tbe Middle W«t argue* this way. The measure
of the country's productiveness depends In large
measure upon the expedltlona movement of Its
enonn- u« and grow ing volume of freight. This
! moveuM M of frelcht Is at present slowed up by
' the cn.,i«t«l condition of the railroad" and east-
' era terminals. Additional and auppieventai
' uwar.a of di«trtl»ut»oo are u«< ■ a«ary. In short.
1 tbe Middle Wes* must be broaitbt within tone* «f
' tb» Atlantic arat-»rd. wlthoet breakout of baUu
! delay an4 additional terminal dunrv
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there is nothing In the plan or scojie of the en-
terprise which goes beyond well established en-
gineering precedent, or calls for constructions
that are experimental, end regarding whose ul-
timate cost there Is any serious doubt; that the
opening of this great water-way by canal, canal-
ized river, and deepened channel, thereby en-
abling a deep-sea ship to load at Duluth and not
breuk open her hatches until she reached Ham-
burg. London or Marseilles, Is as certain of being
taken in hand as it is that the sun will rise dally.
So it asks: "Why not today?"
The project Is an international one. Canada,
at Its own expense (about SOU,000.000) Is recon-
structing the Welland canal between Lakes Erie
and Ontario, In order to give ocean-going ships
access to Lake Erie. Thanks to the enterprise of
Canada, the problem broadly reduces' Itself to
submerging certain rapids lying in the interna-
tional waters of the St. Lawrence river between
Lake Ontario and St. Hegis. and then dealing In
a similar way with that stretch of the river ex-
tending from St. .Regis to Montreal. The esti-
mated cost of the international river Improvement
is $60,000,000 and of the Canadian river, $50,000,*
000. The establishment of power plant sites
would entail additional expense. ____
An argument brought forward for the projec
is that it saves distance. From Duluth through
the Detroit river by deep-draft vessel the distance
is 093 miles.
Following Is an extract from an official state-
ment read into the Congressional Record by Rep-
resentative John M. Nelson of Wisconsin:
"With only two barriers removed, even the
present depth of channels and harbors of 21 feet
will enable large numbers of ocean vessels to
steam directly to the ports of the Great Lakes.
The two barriers are the St. Lawrence river rapids
and the Niagara Fulls. The barrier of the Niagara
Falls Is already being overcome by the Canadians
in the reconstructed Welland canal. The differ-
ence of lake level will be overcome by seven locks
in the new Welland canal in a distance of 25
miles. These lock chambers will be 1.000 feet
long. SO feet wide, and will have lock sills sunk
to a deuth of 30 feet, that will permit the passage
of vessets of 28 feet draft when the channels are
dredged to 30 feet. From the Welland canal to
the foot of Lake Ontario there are lOfT^Hes °'
straight sailing and then open navigation in the
wide St. Lawrence river. Out of the total of 1KJ
miles to Montreal, there are 19 miles of improved
channels, with at present 46 miles of canal. With
this project, with darns and six locks of 800 feet
In length, SO feet in breadth, and a possible depth
of 30 feet with slack water, midstream navigation
would reduce the total canal and lock navigation
to 20 miles or less.
"The proposal is to build dams across the river
with locks in the dams. Vessels navigating the
river will not pass through narrow canals around
tbe rapi'l*. ns they «jo now In tbe present 14-foot
Canadian canals, but will sail majestically flown
the center of the stream In slack water produced
by tbe dams and pan from level to level through
the locks.
-Assuming that an ocean vewel has pa«sed
through the Lakes to Superior or Duluth and haa
loaded a cargo of western grain and !a sailing
for Liverpool, the f.nrt leg of tbe Journey, tbe
lewrth of Lake Superior, will be WJ mile* of op*>n
navigation. Th»r. the St. Mary rtrer «n
mil** long. Th<* is all open navigation exert* 33
tnMe*. whtrb »» improved Pw cbannH and a
canal 1.« n. lea with ene kwknge Paat this re-
•trfrrted cteanH ti e w*el will base 230 aalW-s of
fr»» aniline tkmurt tbe *'l» water of Lake
Karns It «® tbea ja» 2t aa"-* a* «t»n ra * '*»-
r«w «H IS »IV« *4 IWHHH rlanni In tbe S*.
llatr rttee UH rattan *4 afea *N U wilan a*
nenrtH na« «a n In Lake At Clair. M XX
n»*i '4 «f»n an* » afta af I—«an I mmttgmfUm
rn tbe laetmt r.*ev Again. R win hn«e free nae>
(Jeirf/'/'t Amtrict->)
Igatlon on the great expanse of deep water of
Luke Erie for 219 miles. It passes 23 miles of
the Welland canal, with Its seven locks, and then
has 1C0 miles more of deep water and open navi-
gation across Lake Ontario. It has 1S2 miles
from Lake Ontario to Montreal, but of this dis-
tance only about 20 miles ure canal navigation.
At present there are 4C miles of canals,'but lu
the proposed improvement, with slack-water navi-
gation behind the dams, tli^re would be less than
20 miles of restricted channel. Down the St.
Lawrence river to Belle isle, a distance of 1.003
miles, ships navigate regularly today, and the
route oiTers no great obstacles during eight months
of the year. From Belle Isle to Liverpool there
Is. of course, the ocean crossing of 2,186 statute
miles of open navigation. Less than 74 miles of
improved channel and 50.1 miles of canals would
Interrupt full-speed steaming from Superior, Du-
luth, Milwaukee or Chicago to England. The bar-
riers that now separate the farms and cities of the
great West and Middle West from the ocean can
be overcome by channels not as long nor as diffi-
cult to navigate as the Panama canal, the Kiel
canal, or the Suez canal, and would cost only a
fraction of the expense of construction."
The possibilities of the development of hydro-
electrical power are large. Th^ normal mean
flow of the St. Lawrence at its outlet from Laua
Ontario is 240.000 second-feet. There is between
the head of the rapids near Ogdensburg. N. Y.,
and the foot of the lowest rapid at the City of
Montreal a total fall of 221 feet. If 70 per cent
of the power can be realized, the development
would amount to over four million horse-power.
The first 113 miles of the river from its outlet
from Lake Ontario is International—that Ik, It
constitutes the boundary between the two coun-
tries. The fall In this section, confined to about
forty-two miles, is ninety-two fe$t; the power pos-
sibilities of this section on the same basis would be
practically one and two-third million horse power.
Normally one-half of this would be Canadian and
one-half United States. It would seem, therefore,
that the minimum power that may be developed
from the St. Lawrence and distributed through
northern New York and New England woAld be
eight hundred thousand horse-power. It Is not
unlikely, however, that in the final bargaining be-
tween the two countries the United States may
assume some of the expense oX improvement below
the international section of the river and In return
receive more power.
In an. address by Alexander T. Vogelsang. fir«t
assistant secretary of the Interior, before the
river and harbor congress of 1919. read Into the
Congressional Record, these statements are made
among others: The United States share of the
St. Lawrence river power would have an annual
value of about J12.000.000. Much of New Eng-
land is within a transmission distance of 250
miles. This power Is the equivalent of 7,750.000
tons of coal annually. This power would furnish
sufficient energy to supply a large part of the
power now generated by fuel in this dominant In-
dustrial district. The power production will pay
tbe entire cost of all the project.
With the enlarged Welland canal available, with
the proposed dams and their great locks built,
big cargo carriers of many thousands of tons
could traverse the whole length of the ft. Law-
rence to and from Lake Erie. With Improved fa-
rilitie* at tbe S»w» and deeper channels throncb
the Lake* here and there. Iruioth. Superler. Mil-
«ait««. rtilcago. Detroit. Toledo. Cleveland Buf.
fa to and other lake porta would have an nn ham-
pered outlet to the orean. So aa>a tbe Mobile
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