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8Amrit.iRi: It out of the way at once. The device whereby possible floods tiro controlled and such dangers avert coiihlste of a broad channel at one bide of tho 'ani, und at such a dis tance below its crest that If, through any mischance or natural happening; such as the failure of the sluice gates, excessive ratal, cloudbursts, or floods, the height of the water is increased until It promises to overflow the dam, tills opening will carry off the surplaa bsrmlessly. A 4 earth dam without spillway would presage almost certain destruction to all who nved in the valley below it la the case of the Picket Wire daa, the. spillway had to be cut and, la part, blasted out oX the meonuia side that is, through the spur of the mesa, which reached down from Its high wall towards the narrows. There 'had been a series of blunders and mishaps, which Included the explosion of a shipment of dynamite on the railroad, with very disastrous consequences to accompanying rock crushers and mixers, and other machinery.

The spillway Jiad sot been, completed. Its opening should have been about twelve feet below the level of the dam. Vandeventer was not responsible, of course. The chief engineer had fumed and pretested, but had been directed by headquarters to go abend with the other work and tackle the spillway later. There was.

Indeed, little reason to hold up tie building of that particular, dan because of the noncompletlon of the spillway. That was a country, so the most devoted Inhabitants freely admitted, la which It iras. always swte te bet that It wonld not rain, no matter how threatening might be the appearance of tho sky for In ninety nine times out of a hundred the negative would win the bet. Said inhabitants did not say the hundredth time might compensate for all the other failures. The weathet was like the little girl with the proverbial curl when it did rain there was no doubt in anybody's mind as to the fact.

Sometimes the fountains. of the great deep, which, in Holy Scripture at least, extended overhead, would be broken open and the violence of the fall and the quantity of it, and suddenness of it, would be such that the Westerners would, graphically call It a "cloudburst," which, Indeed, it seemed to be. Outside the rainy season cloudbursts were unheard of, and even in that sea eon extcemely rare. For the valley of the Picket Wire and in the plain beneath carefully tabulated reports erf the rainfall for years had been considered by the engineers. They had chosen the right season for the building of the dam, bur, when its crest began to rise above the designed level of the spillway the delay tn opening the chan del guve cause for some alarm.

It la not the probable or certain that is feared. An old version that, of "oupne ignotum pro mognlfico" it Is only the unknown of which men are afraid, or only the unknown to be feared I Still there waa nothing Vandeventer could Oo but obey orders and go ahead. Tho danger, after all, was trifling. Another consequence of the waiting was that in his Inability to work on the spillway, he had more hands to devote to the dam and It rose the Quicker. The shope of the country behind It was such that when the, Picket Wire flowed with sufficient volume to fill It, long lake going back through the valley, or canyon, and twisting among the hills for some miles would result In other words, the dam would moke a beautiful artificial sheet of water bordered on one side by a high range of hills, on the other by the and on the third by the hills and the low bog back above Spanish mesa, which separated the Picket Wire valley from the Kicking Horse gorge up which the railroad ran.

Buried in his own thoughts, communing with himself, considering cease losaiv his nosition.r dreaming of the woman he loved, planning a new cq? reer, Meade yet explored every foot of tho valley and ravine. He climbed to the top of Spanish mesa, and from its height the whole country clear up the valley to1; the main, range was visible to him He could look down into the deep ravine of the Kicking Howj. and note'the marvelous beauty and airiness of the arch bridge for AH it so solidly carried the heavy freight trains of the railway. He could see far up and arouad the Srookfi course of the. Wife, Jije 1' 1 .1 i.i' MmUjmJ kl TGWNSEHD BRAD? 'AUTHOR WUtf ttWUK? 3VIUU1WWU Vanileventer, Ilk tbe lost Abbott ot the International, was' also a JtiTjr.

Vho spared neither his niea bar bln Tbe wort ha4 prxweedrt with tonlshlng rapidity, although this was ipartlslly accounted for by the fact that the spillway, which should bora occupied their attention, bad as jtt Jeen only partially excuvated. Now, to tboM Ignorant of englneerlaa; to earth dapvumy; Hp to a temporary ex p'dlcQt. althou''moMt of too great Irrigation dams tba world are of that character: and Tcrybody.Inows that If the watr should rlaa high enough to overflow an earth dam It wonld not last longer than It takea to describe Its utter giving way. A flood would sweep 1 IV graaKfwred, fet ornerwt and ueeleie. hogbark.

that ran from the Upper end of the stone laland of the fcfesa was equally risible to him. As, it was the tow tide of the new res ervdir, he descended to It and studied It carefany. On another occasion, ha lag MhS aothlaf to anyone aboit his exeureton, he took advantage of a half holiday to go out and Inspect the hog back and ascertaVa Its elevalton with relation jf the data. Of course the engineers planned the great Irrigation works had done that, bat he want ed to do It for himself. At one place.

Where tho distance between what might bo eHed the edge of the valley and tho head of the ravine was narrow est indeed, he estimated after padn it that It measured not over twenty feet serosa ho discovered that the rounded earth crest was slightly lowei than the Intended level of the top oi the dam. i When he returned to the office, he found on ffc 'r tan construction drawings that earth dike was planned, to ruaVoag the hogback: so that the top level ahoald be highet thanthtof tfce danj. This, dike would be only a hundred and fifty feet long and a few feet bfgh, add could be bnjlt tn a few days' time, wont on tne main dam being more Important, nothing had aa yet been done oa the dike. lleade had; been promoted toward the end of the fall sd la 4 rathe, unusual way. One of the transU.men, a young engineer; got a better Joi and left hit instrument.

Yaadeveatei called lleade before him. Roberts," he aald, "there's a cancy for a transit man. You've done such good work so far and shown such familiarity with that rd give if to yon if I had any idea that yon knew anything about handling Instruments." 1 think I may ba trusted with one. sir," answered lleade, his eyes bright "Yes, perhapai hut I haye atcned you in odd hours. The young met around here era conaiantry practicing with tho transits.

Trrueref seen yo. put a hand to bae. How about Itr Tm not exactly, a youngster, Mr returned Meade, "ana I repUy didn't think It necessary practice, but tf yon trust too with ea I believe I manage tt. Old Vandeventer leaked back In bll chair In, the office nod looked care lessly awoy from Meade to ell appear ances. He clasped his hands back his head and seemed lost In thought Suddenfy he began humming a little scrap of verse about another college which Cambridge men sing with seat rm a physical wreck.

From the (read old, Tech', But a of an engineer! He stopped abruptly, whirled about tn his and shot a quick glance at Meade. It was a trap. And as he sprang it Vandeventer surprised the ghost of a smile, repressed quickly but there, on Meade's lips. The chief engineer was satisfied. Before this, little things had betrayed fellow alumnus, or at least a fellow student of the old Lawrence Scientific school.

Vandeventer was pleased at his adroitness. He did not, however, refer to It There's a naif transit In that box on the floor there," he said, resumiirj his indifferent manner. I've had the case opened, but 1 taken it out Get It, and outside and see what yon can do with it." Now a transitrfor all It la used In rough fleldwork, Is one of the most expensive and dedicate of Instruments It is capable of the most accurate adjustment, and it it Is to be of any real use, the refinement of these adjustments must not be impaired ia any degree by unskilled and reckless packing. Tho boxes la which, tho instruments are shipped are very carefully constructed In accordance with the principles which experience hns shown to be tuwssaryy and each one Is especially fitted to the particular. Instrument to be contained therein.

The box is a complicated thing and the transit cannot be tuken out replaced except In one way. With a knowledge of the combination, so to speak. It Is comparatively simple to take a transit from the. box; without knowledge, which none but an expert transltmno, or the packer' himself can have, It la rather difficult without ruunlng a risk of ruining the instrument. This command was another of Van deveoter's' tests, Meade knew this well i his superior.

In spite of br wonld have to betray his fauiIHerlty. Well, he bad brought himself to the conclusion tbnt he conld noVeohtlnwe Jfi work without very soon disclosing the fact that and bc4' 411 engine And la ce tkV fctvjtntle. e'so)r tMat. ter. long as he to betray, him self, he wo tw afc advantage as welt a the atyantaiiev un fctKed the d4o I tb LnstrumeAt ot vAWtJr' rev screwca 11 wwj the, Wp4 ejee rt IM.

way the de of rhe WIT, fja set and level If Ian't, have beta known to tela ten minutes to get a transit set up. leWee) and1 (eatfred. Jl in fOPw vetw If It dOe tanlie of Minneat ttjfty seionda la very fast In forty five tec ools Vfvade refxrtcd, "all ready, sir." U4 cohVl bavt done It In leaa, but he wif I tittle) eat of practice, be aald toihaeelf. Uok here, aald Vandeventer, "you ait pall any dmm bluC on me. Hot erit joa'rt in engineer, atl rttht I kaow something (boat the prpctf I ra aide 0 it air eaawered.

Meade, rosing a little fale nd wenderia. bof lai Tanderedter vyonld press hU queflooa and what he would learn. ft tie engineer was a man. "Tracheal, yea, aad theoretical too, HI ho bound, but I don't seek to pry Into your, antecedents. It's enough for oej tf you do good work for me here." Til do my beat ir." I "qood; (he tnstrtimeat Is years." TIM was the first step and the next itcgi came very shortly after, when, having further demonstrated his caps tit la other ways, Meade was giv charge of the work oa the east end of the dam.

I don't care who he Is," said Van Jeventer to bla chief subordinate, "he knpws what he's about, and If you wach him you'll see. lie's keen on Saddling men. The other section foremen will be hard put to keep up with him. He keeps watch on himself. He's tot some secret he won't betrsy.

He aowi't mlnsle with the but very ntico lit a while something slips out Wlmt he doesnt know about engineering nobody needs to know, HI wager." "now do you account for bis being Hit herer "Oh. Ifs the old story, I suppose: he's come a cmpixT somewhere flown and out and wants to begin again, and cant do anything but this. It's not our burn ess, StnfTonl he does good work for us and we're eaianeaY (To Be MARYLAND BOARD PLAFf TO HIT FOOD SHORTAGE BALTtMOEE, April 13 The Mary land etate board of agriculture, to which Governor Harrington hes inUunt ed the problem of food preparednwe with wide powers, today made a number ot recommendations which will be rabmittal to a special weeUm of the state lrgUlature. Ik recommend the penalisation 'of irflencci, the suspension of city aal tate work not absolutrfy neceseary so thttuch la blimey WliixvJ oa'tarms; the ue Of priaonen on farats, the adoption of European milling tindaxd and mrthodi and the diat oatinattion of the uee of grain in the manufacture of alcoholic beverage until the government decides that the danger of a food shortage ban paued and the ceaniug of enough Dtaples by every houne'wifc to vtipply her family during the whiter. PJEPMje ADDITION The S.

Lambert and company hau completed much of the rough work on a residence on East State street which will be ready for occupancy by May 1. and have two started in the bngie wood addition recently opened to public improvement. Sidewalks In wood are being built as Mpidly aa the weather will permit ancr'ntfaire will noon be prepared for formal opening of the addition. Two other residences Hie being completed in Fairview addition to Huntington in the eastern section of the city by this same company. TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH lies Eat lees meat if yon feel Backachy or Bladder tronbleayoa Baltak flue tot Kidneyi Meat form uric sold which excites ind overworks the kidneys in their efforts to filter it from the system.

Regular eat nf nwiat. mil at. flush th kidnpVB nca ftedaraUota 'tO cleata and sdjaalate sdg gieh kidneys aid atop bladder trrjtation. Jad JSelta ia mexpeoalvet haralea and rnaaa a oengnuui euatreeceu, yw i. tnE rfutrriNGTON pres it AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY SUSAN W.

EMERY 1 THE Nttsailng autobiography of the Ufa of Mrs. Sum W. Vtaery aa written la this, her eighty eighth, year tod coatalaa, bHldea aa iaUmatq const of her life, iaereitlag episodes of the history of Haatlsgtea county a pioaeer days. Mrs. Emery is a prominent woman la Uaatlagtea.

and la sUU bile aad hearty, despite her advaoced je I was born in i'wo, Ftbru ry 21ih, to Samuel and Mary Dacl.y, lVavert, Morgan County. I the twelfth child la a family of eighteen children. The lioute la tending at tbi time, occupied by Samuel Cneater PUtclior, jliew. Mr parenta were from New hnirlaml. Mr father, Samuel Bagley, Iwrn six miles from Provkk ace, Khodo Islaml, in the year 1H75, A Smitlifleld township.

He waa an early pioneer having moved his family from New York Ntate and settled in Athens Comity, Ohio, before there were anv stall route. He died at his residence lai ttraverton, Ohio, K' iteventy eighty yaara nu eleven month. He waa aa elder, or "preaelier," aa ha waa called, in tne tiiwi minlatry. He married Mary Havena Jonea, September 2Hh, 18HH, in Clar endon, Rutland County, Vermont. Shu was born la Norwich City, Connecticut, aad died April 12th, 1B03, aged seventy two yeare.

My parenta never met all their chil dren together ae several died in infamy, other had married and left home. I often heard my mother upcak of this as auch a thing seldom happens. There were two wt of twins, two girU, the lrt ones, a boy and a girl the second. Of Colonial Times. My grandfather waa a ship carpenter and the eldest son of Samuel barley, senior.

lie was of English and Irish dWeai.Hia father was Samuel Bag Uey, of Colonial time. My grandmother Lwa Amy Irvin, mother of Samuel Bag ley, junior, born at Smithfleld Rhode Island, in 1723. Tho Manor House descended from the eldest son, 0 In the English style, who wis named Sumuol Bagley, to the third generation, all de ceased. Mr grandathiT emigrated to Ohio from Rhode Island with his family; eeftled in Athetm County. There were five son U4id three daughters, as far 1 know 1 am the last of tho sec ond generation.

I never knew any of my mother a rcl wtivee as ahe left New York State, when there were no mail route or any means of gaining any information of her rela tiVew. II ej father name wa hzckicl Jones, born in Kofwicb City, Counccti cut. There were three daughters lu the fomilv Varv TT Rarnh and Elizabetli. py nevej h44 fronxany. of iamny.

a Physician. I was' enabled to secure a better cdu 1 cation than anv otlierfi of my family because I waa so fortunate aa to please Dr. and Mrs. Hiram Little who lived in who lived 1" our village. He was ono year after her child.

Goes to Better School Another advantage wus that in my sixteenth year my eldest sister came tionfljly. You moat relieve thent like you 1 Juime 011 a visit with hex clde4 relieve your bowels removing all the vounBi.8t sons. Alec wanted to WPWI UU JJViQVil, JW" WW dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, diz riaess, your atomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatio twinges. The urine ia cloudy, full of sediment; the channejs often get Irritated, obliging you to get; up two or three time during the night. To neutralize these Irritating adds and flush off tbe body' urinous waste get about four ouncea of Jed Salts front any take a tabic spoonful a glass of water before breakfast for a few days aad your kidneys will thea not fine anil Madder disorder disappear.

Thia famous salta is. made from the acid of crape and lemon juice, com "blned with' lithja, 'and has been used for and stay the winter with hie grandparents aud sister proposed that I go home with hr aa ythey had a much better school la thelrtewn of Nelsonvtlle, Athens county, taught' Jy a college professor, a Mr. McLean, lie was a briltlmt man. I remained three months. lie gave me a good recommendation, which was a help to me.

I do not take credit, or at least all of it, for my aueece in life. We must use the talraU that we poM to succeed in anything. My Trip From Ohio to IndUaa In 1852' my two brothers, Leonard ('. and Chester 1., both o( whom had moved to Huntington, Indiana, some time previously, came home on a visit. Ilrotli er Chester was a cabinet maker ami waa employed by l)eacon John Kennwer.

He niariid Eliwibcth, clde.t daughter of Ebeneier Thompson, and later with his father in law built a flouring mill one milo east of Huntington, known as the Little River mill. The mill waa operat ed many years after hie death and ia now a furl of the elevators on the Wa bash railway track in the city. His widow survived him many year. But ono member of hi family ia now living. My brother Leonard a blacksmith and ffunsniith.

Ue married Mary Ann, the third daughter of Mr. Thompson who died four or five years later. Five year after her death Leonard marrlea Mary Jane Emery, eldest daughter of Colonel Peter Emery. Both are dead. The families of both Ebeneier Thompson aad Colonel Peter Emery are almost extinct and I am the lat of my family.

A Garden of Eden. When I heard my brother talk of Indiana I thought it must be like the Garden of Eden and determined to are at least a part of it. I had never been out of my natlvo state. 1 was a girl of twentv three yeare when I left my father's house I then supposed for a visit to Huntington. On the moming of August 11th, 1852, sixty four year A I I figo, we started, vve went oj jivw conveyance form Deavertown to tho city of Zanesville, sixteen mllee, where we had a sister living, the J.

M. Duel family, where we stayed the first night. Next morning we took the train tor Newark; from Newark to Mansfield and trm fiitwuflniil ti a function where we 1 VIS 4 ci threat cars to" Banduwky, fl do not member the name of the railroad) where we took the steamer for Toledo, Ohio Am we crossed Lake Erie there was a tj.rikln Btorm. Lake Eric is said to he one of the most stormy lakes and euroly ed tbe BjKht that we passed on of tho nf th except the it. 1 11 TT I Diivsiciaru solium vmu.

practice and sometimes wan gone (or two days at a time. Aa that leit his wife alone they asked me to stay at their home rrtghtg'forfcar that the doc tor would be called awoy. They lived adjoining my father. That was the be ginning. She became attached to me and a they had no children she took ereot pains to teach me and he was pleased to aay that I posessed more than common talent and only needed the chance to improve myself which I could not have in our village.

When I was in my fourteenth year Dr. Little decided to move to the county seat, McConncls viile, a much larger town. They propos ed that I should go with them and they would enroll me us their own. In this way, by their kindness, for two years had the. advantages that I could not have had at home.

I was treated kind ly and was obedient aud sincerely loved them. In sickness I was like a duughter to them. She was a. retined, intellectual woman, a Vcruionter. I have never known a liner woman.

They were an captaui aau my oroiacrs I suffered toribly and waa weak that I could not stand alone. They took roe Lto a hotel in Toledo and after drinking a strong cup of coffee 1 waa able to go aboard the packet for Huntington. I enjoyed the trip very much. The of the boat was a Mr. Mahon, a polish chI gentleifran.

I shaJl always remember how anxious he waa to have the passen gers made comfortable. He would stop the bout and let us take a walk along tlie banks of the canal. We hud a line trip. I met Mr. J.

R. Slack on the boat and he remained a friend to me while he lived. He waa 11 brother in law to my brothers, their ives being shitcre of MrB. Slack, the Thompsons be ing a prominent family from Kentucky. All of the family are deceased.

(To be continued) 3 MILITARY UNITS COMPLETfD ideal married collide. When they had (Special to The Presa.1 been married twelve yearn a daughter WAYNE, April 13 War was born to them. She was ono ot the 1 ngth was reached today by tho most beautiful children I ever saw. At thrco military unit of the state guarde about five years of ago she took scarlet accredited to Rort Wayno. Bat.teries fever aud died.

Her mother so grieved and C'ofopaay infsntiy, are that she lost her mind and died about now recruited full und ready for orders to mobilize, which are expected soon Recruiting will be continued for a few days to prepare agniust possible Press Claaaifled ada are sure winner Papers ot 1860 Urged farmers to Raise Crops As Civil War Neand north and south foreshadowed the out break of wur, newspaper tbeu aa now, were vigorous urging farmers and others to preserve the nation's resources. Under the heading Word to the Farmer," the Cincinnati fiuwtte of Thursday morning, December 20, 1800, a copy of which hi on file in the curio i .1. 1 ffliw ww brary.sayt. tho following: uim laV now arul tlien. thus avoldine .1..

fcww anA Wadd dl4W I "It cannot lm lenied that tno unan Bradley Druggists. In 181 when differences between tbo lain' aud it devolves upon more than ciul proapecto of tho coutitrj dro uucer the farmer to prepare iar wimn awaits ua. Tbe (uAure dark. Again wo say to th farmer, keep near the shore. Sell what you have for money and at once put It into circulation where it will dp good in a time of great need." The article waa signed, "Experience." Money then was the preaissg need of the country and what there waa: of It had to be kept in circulation to give solid aiearanee to the UnaikUl footing the 'country.

But today erytrtj say VA lP Big Men Are MteM Custom fWi. HKRF IS KSAL STYLB. HADa TO MEAIURI oertv $22 jT W. Market St the bank; preserve and the im' meuso' fcrosjH rity o( past month ha given" United ftates a cohwsal hau)c aceount, but the dire ned now is to produce food enough to feed armies and civilian. Food, raWe food, has boeu the try for t))9 ytsV fw wuuks aiuoti tba agiUtlua ONLY the art "of skillful hands can bring out the beauties of fabric and design.

Our "custom tailored to measure" suits put you in the big man class. And our prices will make your present ideas do a quick aboutl We are proving to many of your townsmen that in our store the price you usually pay will buy a beauti fully custom tailored garment Come in and prove it for yoursel CONTINENTAL MEANS CLOTHES CONTENTMENT. TWIT! Rindler Young Caruso's powerfully drama tie aria from Samson and Delilah in which the mighty Samson, imprisoned, beseeches the Lord to pity his wretchedness. One of the moat gorgeoua records in all Caruto'a long list. Hia voice vibrant with emotion, the great tenor expends himself in the masterly music of Stunt Saens.

Victor Rl Swt IWfd S6SSI TwWiack. JU McCormacks delightful singing of the happy aong, "When Irish Eyes are Smiling." A winning expression of the sunny side of the Irishman's heart by the great ainger whose art and nature qualify blaa beet foe such a song. Vktoc Rl Sl Rmi 463l .1100 Inibert Murphy rendering of two attractive aongs, one an admirable love lyric; rThe Miracle of Love." and the other a moat popular musical comedy number, "Mother. from the Broadway success, CHeff Soldier Boy" Virtat cVmbWMsJ lUeorf 4IHI M.B.StultsCo. fl Three favorites among the new Victor Records (Mm i uj ggr of govefniienl oiftL iabT tha food is "short aud niu be produced greater 'tian tity.

Au4 i ia WUewd the Unaefa wall aa the. eily iolks wlU take advaa tag of an early warning, a warning he early as 1860 ni put their country on a footing for war not. only in money but in. food resources..