Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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DEDICATION OF THE ROOSEVELT DAM
HOW 240,000 ACRES OF ARID LAND ARE BEING RECLAIMED IN
THE SALT RIVER VALLEY.
Valley. The canals of the valley j ent to keep a true and correct rec-
| have a total length of 119 miles, and ord of all the proceedings of said
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One of the most notable engin- own cement. A large mill with a
eering achievements of this decade,
and an event of far reaching im-
portance to Arizona, will be formal-
daily capacity of 500 barrels was
erected and operated iith power
from the government plant. It turn-
ly celebrated on our date of issue, ; ed out 340,000 Darrels of first class
Saturday, March 18th. The great, cement at a saving of more than
Roosevelt Dam, the construction -of 5600,000 over the lowest bid offer-
which has been watched for several ed.
years with interest by engineers j The question of securing laborers
from all over the world, will be ded- for the preliminary wrork furnished
lcated on that date in the presence
of a large assemblage, notable
among whom will be former Presi-
dent Roosevelt and family, the Gov-
ernor of the Territory, members of
the. Legislature, engineers of the
Reclamation Service, and prominent
citizens of the Southwest.
It is eminently fitting that the
principal orator of the occasion
should be former President Roose-
velt. It was due to his vigorous and
virile personality that national irri-
gation came into being, and it was
his pen which wrote into the stat-
utes of the United States the na-
tional irrigation law. In recogni-
tion of his unfaltering interest in
the cause of desert reclamation,
the people named for him the im-
a most perplexing problem. The
work was unattractive to the white
laborers. The climate in summer
was oppressively hot, the site was
far from habitation, and amuse-
ments and diversions were few. As
one facetious engineer remarked,
“White men won’t stay on this job
because they can not spend their
money fas tenough.”
the principal laterals 208 miles.
They are designed to supply an area
of 240,000 acres, of which 190,000
acres will be covered by gravity and
50,000 by pumping.
Salt River Valley.
More than ordinary interest attach-
es to this region for the reason
that irrigation was practiced here
long before the first word of our
history was written, Ihe valley In.*
been inhabited by three races, two
of which have vanished. Of the
first, or prehistoric race, very iit'de
is known. Evidences abound
throughout the valley that they Cul-
tivated extensive areas and excavat-
ed many miles of cnls. Some of
these were constructed with much
difficulty and labor, as the excava-
tions were in rock and the work was
performed with stone implements.
The engineering skill of this people
was remarkable, for many of these
canals are utilized, today by the mod-
ern systems.
Salt River Valley includes several
Finally, in desperation and as a
last resort, the engineer turned to acres o£ land with a soil of superior
the Indians who have long dwelt in fertility and a climate warm and
this part of the territory. ' It will raid- ™s produces a reSion of re’
surprise most people to learn that markable healthfulness and adapt-
they proved to be good laborers and ed to tbe Production of crops raU£~
for several years served the govern- ing from those of the semi-tropic
mont faithfully and well. In the ta tbose ot tbe temperate zones,
work requiring unskilled labor they Its averaSe rainiM is only five inch-
were as effective as the white man |ss- and its avera§e temperature is
degrees. Without irrigation no
T
posing structure which has just been and drew the same pay for their ser-‘ ^
finished.
Description of the Roosevelt Dam. tbe habits of iad^try acquired herb
are not being lost, as these same
vices. It is pleasing to note that 1crops can b3 grown’ but with
crops grow throughout the year.
-C.J. Blanchard, Statistician United
The Roosevelt Dam is the most ’ IacUaus aVe 7ontract!ng their" s JvTc- I 3tate3 Reclamation Service, in Sei-
Important masonry structure which i to railroads and other enterprise- j encific American,
the Reclamation Service was under-; q<>w being developed elsewhere ii.
taken. It is al3o the most impress-, the territory. In the maintenanc
fve. In the variety of the engineer- {an(j repair of the mountain roads,
lng problems, in the magnitude of; Indian foremen with gangs of theii
the structure, and in the extraordi- i own people are in full charge.
•xary character and number of diffi- j Most of these problems were en-
cultles which weie surmounted in!countered and solved before actual
prosecuting the work, this great jconstruction of the dam began,
work ranks first among the irrlga- Each was anticipated and taken up
tiou structures on th.s continent. such manner that the work pro-
The layman and even the engineer j ceeded without delay or friction. The
will "not readily appreciate the com-
plexity of the problems and the di-
SEP. HANEY'S
HIGH SCHOOL BILL
(Continued from First Page)
nomadic Apache, who found safe
refuge here for many years, or to
the lonely prospector who later ven-
tured into this remote region in
search of precious minerals. The
nearest railway is 62 miles away.
For 20 miles the trail led through
a waterless, parched and forbidding
desert, where every bit of vegeta-
, tioo was covered with thorns and
everything that crawled was deadly.
For more than 40 miles the moun-
tains, gashed and fissured into fan-
tastic forms, presented an almost in-
superable barrier to Ingress. In
the fastnesses of these barren
•teeps, the turbulent Salt River ha3
carved a wonderful gorge, a minia-
ture of the famous Grand Canyon of
)H*rado. At the entrance of
io gorge, between almost perpen-
dicular cliffs of sandstone, the en-
gineers decided upon a site for the
massive structure which has just
contractors, Messrs. O’Rourke & Co.
of Galveston, Texas, who were men 11912
versity of obstacles which were en- wide experience in construction Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of
countered, without an understanding j established an up-to-date plant the county school trustees to classl-
of the locality in which the work wiilcJx was carefully and intelligent- fy the schools of the county into
wa3 carried on. The dam i3 loca--, jy placed. The work has gone for- primary schools, intermediate
ed in a canyon heretofore regarded j ward with the minimum expendi-1 schools, and high schools for the
as almost inaccessible except to the ture of power and labor, for the rea-1 purpose of promoting the efficiency
son that they made use of every of the primary and intermediate
natural advanttage the site afforded, schools and of establishing high
The cement mill, rock crusher, ana schools wherever practicable. In
mixing pllants were all locatted ad- classifying the schools and in estab
vantageously. Material for the ce- Hshing high schools, the county
ment was found In a large outcrop school trustees shall confer and ad-
of fine limestone above the dam. vise with the county superintendent
The rock for the structure itself of public instruction and the dis-
carne from the canyon walls of sand- trict school trustees of the county
stone in which the dam is built, and shall give due regard to schools
This rock, which is very hard and already located, to, the distribution
finely grained, is distinctly strati- of the population, ind to the ad
fled and dips up stream at an angle vancement of the children in their
of 29 degrees, practically at right studies. The said county school
angles to the dam. The dam is of trustee shall, in co-operation with
gravity section, but is also arched up the county superintendent of public
stream. At its base it covers about instruction, prescribe a course of
an> acre of ground. At the bottom study for the public schools of the
its thickness is 168 feet, and on county conforming to the law-and
top it is crossed by a roadway 16 the requirements of the State De-
feet wide and 1,080 feet long. Its j par tine nt of Education,
height is 280 feet to the foot of the | Sec. 6. All rights and
powers
parapet walls, which rise 3 feet 8 j pertaining to the public free schools
inches above. In plan its form is of the county that have heretofore
been completed. The preliminary j that of a quarter circle. From each been vested in the Commissioners'
location having been approved, work ! of its ends abutments are extended Court and that are not prescribed
upon a road was begun to make the'on the tangent. About 35 feet on by this act shall hereafter be vest-
alto accessible. This highway in it- j these tangents are the curved faces ed in the county school trustees,
•elf is a work of more than ordina- . of the wing walls, and from thence In determining the location of high
ry interest. Nearly 40 miles of it there is a waste weir 200 feet long schools, the county school trustees
wok# blasted from the solid walls of op each end at an elevation of 220 shall effect the consolidation of as
rock. In. scenic beauty and artistic feet above datum. A spillway was many common school districts as
cut in the solid rock around each I practicable and shall negotiate with
compare* with it. In places it end of the dam, the material from the school trustees of such common
•kirts dark chasms, swinging around which went into the masonry. The school districts as have no high
spillways are crossed by three-arch schools for the free tuition of eligi-
reinforced bridges, each span o* ble children in the high schools,
which is 59 feet in the clear. thereby giving high school privi-
The construction of the Roose- leges and opportunities so far as
velt dam has had most rigid super- possible to all children of scholastic
:k. In scenic beauty and artistic
coloring no highway in the West
ire* with it. In places it
•kirts dark chasms, swinging around
perpendicular cliffs a thousand feet
high. It cost nearly $300,000 to
build It. In the desert and through
the mountains the government put
down well* to supply the wants of
the future caravans'which must trav- vision. Every rock has been wash-j age residing in the rural districts.
•I the new road. A half dozen! ed clean before being set in place. | The county schools trustees are al-
camps were established along the | The cement has been carefully test- so empowered to negotiate with
route, where beds, feed and forage. ed at regular Intervals. ^ the trustees of independent school
were provided. All this work was J On September 20th, 1906, the | districts that have high schools for
necessary before a stone could be I first stone was laid, and on Febru- the free tuition of eligible children
laid in the dam. The main camp at ary 5th, 191 V, the masonry work wa
the dam site called for lumber for j completed. The cost of the dam
buildings, food for the men, and has been little over $3,500,000.
power for the contractor. In the for-' The chief purpose of this struct-
•st 30 miles away two saw mills J ure Is to store the flood waters of
were *et up and cut several mill-(Salt River and its tributary, Tonto
Ion feet of lumber. Distant springs Creek, which Join just above the
were piped to the reservoir at the | dam. The storage reservoir has -a
•amp. Two farms were operated
and furnished meat, vegetables and
forage.
capacity of 1,284,000 acre feet, or
water enough to cover that many
j acres a foot deep. The water shed
Nineteen miles above the site of j supplying this reservoir has an area
who reside In adjacent or conven
lent common school districts not
maintaining high shools.
Sec. 7. The county school trus-
tees of each county shall constitute
a body corporate by the name of the
county school trustees of county,
State of Texas, and in that name
may require and hold real and per-
sonal property and sue and be sued,
and may receive bequests and dona-
tions or other moneys or funds corn-
county school trustees in a well-
bound book which shall be furnish-
ed him by the Commissioners’
Court and such record shall be open
to public inspection.
Sec. 9. Upon receiving notice
from the State Superintendent of
the amount of State available school
funds apportioned to the county, ex-
clusive of all independent districts
having each more than 150 scholas-
tics, it shall be the duty of the
county school trustees acting with
the county superintendent to appor-
tion all available State and county
funds to the school districts as pre-
scribed by law.
Sec. 10. All appeals from the de-
cisions of the couny superintend-
ent of public instruction shall lie to
the county school trustees, and
from the said county school trustees
to the State Superintendent, and
thence to the State Board of Edu-
cation. ;
Sec. 11. The county school trus-
tees shall hold meeting once each
quarter on the first Monday in Au-
gust, in Novermer, in February, and
in May, or soon thereafter as'(prac-
ticable, and at other times when
called by tthe president of the board
of trustees. Each county school
trustee shall be paid his actual ex-
penses incurred in attending the
meetings provided for in this sec-
tion, such payments to be made
from the general fund of the county
b^- warrants drawn on order of the :
Commissioners Court after approval j
of itemized accounts, properly sworn
to, provided that no member shall
receive more than $3 per day, nor !
more than 24 during any scholastic
year.
Sec. 12. The county school trus-
tees shall be qualified voters and
freeholders of the precinct or coun-
ty from which they are elected.
They shall be of good moral charac-
ter, able to read and speak the En-
glish language, shall be persons of
good education, and shall be in sym-
pathy with public free schools. Four
of the county school trustees shall
each, reside in different Commission-
ers’ precincts and a majority of
them shall reside in common school
districts. Y/ithin twenty days after
their election and qualification, the
county school trustees shall meet
and organize by electing one of
their number president. The county
Bchool trustees shall be elected and
qualify in the same manner as oth-
er officers are elected and qualified.
Sec. 13. All vacancies in the of-
fice of county school trustees shall
be filled by election by the remain-
ing county school trustees. Three
of the county school trustees shall
constitute a quorum; and all ques-
tions shall be decided by a majority
vote.
Sec. 14. The sum of fifty dol-
lars or such part thereof as is nec-
essary, is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the Stte Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, for the
year ending August 31, 1912, and
fifty thousand dollars or such part
thereof as 13 necessary, for the year
ending August 31, 1913, for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions
of Section 3 of this Act. The ex-
penditure of all money granted un-
der the provisions of this Act to-
gether with the sum furnished by
the board of trustees of the high
school for the same purpose, shall
be itemized and reported under
oath to the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction by tbe treasurers,
or depositories, of the board of trus-
tees of the high schools receiving
aid under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 15. All laws and parts of
laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 16. The fact that there is
now no law providing for the estab-
lishment, organization, support
anji control of country high schools,
and the further fact that the^e is no
effective provision for the teaching
of agriculture in country high schools
create an emergency and an imper-
ative public necessity, requiring that
the Constitutional rule which -re-
quires that all bills be read on three
several days bo suspended, and it
hereby suspended, and that this
law be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, and it is so
enacted.
JEWELERY
Come and see our new
exclusive Jewelery Store.
We have everything kept
iii a store of this kind. Also
ICdison Phonographs and
Optical Goods.
Robt. H. Austin.
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FOR GROCERIES
Always come to our store.
We assure you good goods
At the right prices. x
Your business is earnestly
Solicited and will be
Greatly appreciated.
Can Save You Money
L. L. COPE
the big dam another dam of con-;of 5,800 square miles, or an area ing legally into their hands, and may
Crete was laid across th erlver, di- j almost equal to that of Connecti-
▼erting a part of the stream Into a j cut and Rhode Island,
large canal lined for several miles j As the reservoir is located sixty
with cement and bringing the wa-j miles from the land to be irrigated,
perform other acts for the promo-
tion of education in the county. The
title of which has heretofore been
vested in the county judge and his
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SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
ter to a point just above the Roose- the river will be used as a carrying j successors in office, or any school
velt site, where it was dropped 220 canal for that dlstane, and the wa-
feet on turbine* and generated 4,-iter will then be turned into artifl-
000 horse power. This power was I cial canals by a diversion dam which
used by the contractor; it provided has been built at Granite Reef. This
lights for the town, pumped water j is a rubble concrete weir 38 feet
to the homes, and operated the ma-j high and 1,100 feet long, and di-j tees shall designate the county su-
chinery of the camp. Owing to the | verts water into two large canals, j pertntendent as their secretary and
Inaccessibility of the Bite, the gov- ; which In turn supply the entire ir- j executive officer; and it shall be
•rnment was forced to make i* rlgation system of the Salt River [the duty of the county superintend-
property that may be acquired, shall flfllTlOi" Rr Rll0 \UP2VH10
vest in the county school trustees vuIpCl Hug itLaViilg
and their successors in office for Mrs gusan F. Baker solicits the
public free school purposes. weaving of your carpets and rugs.
Sec. 8. The county school trus- • jn addition to plain weaving .he
makes a specialty of all the fancy
weaves in rugs, which are in suci
great demand. Your orders will be
appreciated.
HELLO, Y00 KNOCKER,
Get Your Eyes Open
Why buy fi-om the Catalog house when
you can get the same goods at the same
prices at Home? Keep home money at
home, you will get another whack at it.
Last week a good Brother Farmer
came into the Store of A. F, Larner,
with Catalog in his pocket. Says hello,
Brother Larner. Sir, if you will sell me
goods as cheap as I can get them from
these people I will buy from you. Lar:
ner took the Catalog, and looked
through the articles wanted, says, I can
meet the prices, and even better. All
right, Brother, I will buy from you. I
will not send my money away when I
can do as well at home. I am a home
man, when I can doit. Bring Larner
your Catalog, he will meet the prices and
even better. You don’t have to pay in
advance either. See the goods when
you buy them.
LARNER HANDLES PIANOES
and organs, and is in position to sell yoi*
an instrument cheaper than anybody;
Piano in the home has ceased to be a
luxury, but a necessity. If you have
Children it is just as necessary to give
them a musical education as a literary
education.
Larner keeps the latest sheet music.
Don’t send away, you can buy cheaper
at home. You have the privilege of try-
ing it before buying, piano in the house
for the purpose.
A FEW PRICES PLEASE
Solid Hardwood Dressers 20x40glass 8x20,$8.50
Iron Bedsteads $2.2S and up
Wood 2.00 “ “
Rockers $1.50 to as much as you want to pay
Art Squares $5.00“ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
Matting 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 cts per yd.
Bed Springs $2.25 to $8.00
Bring your Catalog, and Come to
ft. F. LARNER ST
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1911, newspaper, March 30, 1911; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729613/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.