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I TO BUILD HIGHEST DAM. Giant Structure Will Harness the Colorado River. { The highest dam in the world, to I join the states of Nevada and Arizona K and harness turbulent waters of the If Colorado river for extended irrigaF tion in the southwest, is to be con-j | structed in the near future by the j ' United States reclamation service. The dam, according to the tentative / plans, would rise to the unprecedent ed height of 500 or 600 feet in Boulder canyon, where granite abutments rise more than 1,000 feet above the water surface. Engineers of the reclamation service, afloat on barges, are now boring for bedrock beneath. A lake varying from 30 to 50 miles in length would be backed up in the Colorado and Virgin rivers; and in \ this basin would be held in check for irrigation the drainage from almost the entire Colorado river basin, including parts of six states. The proposed structure would be higher by far than the world's highest dam at present?Arrowrock dam, on the Boise river, Idaho, which rises 348 feet?and would top other famous i dams in the United States, among the highest of which are: Shoshone, on the Shoshone river, Wyoming, 328 feet; Elephant Butte, on the Rio Grande, New Mexico, 300 feet, and Roosevelt, on the Salt river, Arizona, 290 feet. Preliminary work on the Boulder canyon project is being done under * authority of congress, which appropriated $20,000 for investigation. An additional $75,000 was contributed local irrigators. Engineers have located a site and are making borings for foundations. While these are incomplete, bedrock has been located at a number of points and the outlook is favorable, according to Arthur P. Davis, director reclamation service. Interests from the irrigable region are expecting to bring their problem before congress at the present ses sion, and through the committee on irrigation seek government aid, it is understood, but the exact nature of their proposal, whether an out and out appropriation, government loan, or extension of credit has not been announced. So unmanageable has the river been ia the past that it has often changed its lower channel. Like a huge elephant with body over seven states it swung its trunk about through the solf-silt delta, uncontrollable at flood and destructive to canals and levees. So active did ihe trunk became in 1895 that it entered, the California Development company's imperial canal, running through part of Mexico to the Imperial valley, and poured 1 the entire river inio tie Salton sink, 200 feet Deiow tne sea ievei. 11 aie out the canal, enlarged the Salton sink and formed a cataract which | threatened to work its way back through the soft lard, with great damage. Only the activity of the I Southern Pacific railway in building 9 a rtam arrncs thp widening mouth Of the canal channel, after a hard fight with the river, were able to swing the channel back again to the Gulf of California. The Laguna dam, built in 1899, joining Arizona and California, has resisted flood water, but complaints of broken levees, and later scant water for the rapidly increasing area of irrigated land, continue. Complications with Mexico in the Imperial canal add to the problem, and the entire situation is pressing southwest interests to action. In addition to the Boulder dam project, the Imperial Irrigation district is pushing a plan to tap the Leguna dam and build an ail-American high line canal on a higher level, irrigate more extensive acreage and avoid Mexican relations. The Boulder canyon dam project, located below * the ~ Grand canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada, where engineers are now boring, is the most advantageous position of any project-1 ed sites, according to the preliminary j report made to congress by the re- i clamation service. ' A dam there "wrftiili? intar^am mnet nf fho rlrain age of the Colorado river, and, therefore, be a more complete solution of the flood control problem," the report says, "Such reservoir would also be more valuable in the irrigation of lands on the lower river on account . of the great proximity to them, and the consequent possibility of regulating its flow more nearly in accordance with the fluctuating needs. Incidentally it would furnish a large amount of power." The irrigable lands of the lower Colorado river as listed by the re- j } clamation service comprise many val-j i leys and projects, with a total of 1 .242,000 acres. They include Cottonwood island, Mahave valley. Cheme huevis valley, Parker project, Palo Verde valley, Palo Verda mesa, Chucawalla valley, Ciboia valley, Yuma project, Imperial irrigation district wm and these extensions of the Imperial W valley; East Side mesa, Dos Palmas, Coachello and West side. SMOKING AMONG WOMEN. In Spite of Denunciation the Practice [ Increases. The shades of Sir Walter Raleigh j and Queen Victoria should be -sum-' moned to Washington and made to! appear before congress, when Repre-j sentative Johnson's bill against smok-j ing by women comes up, remarks The New York Tribune. Sir Walter at j least migtit be able to throw some light on the subject. Lytton Stratch-! ery, in his Victoria recently published, j says about smoking that so long asi she lived the great queen "would not! withdraw her anathema against it. j Kings might protest; bishops and am-j bassadors, invited to Windsor, might | be reduced, in the privacy of their j bedrooms, to lie full length on the j floor and smoke up the chimney?: the interdict continued." j *! Victoria s eaict was uirecieu agamst, men. But even in her day the habit, had begun ^mong women. To Margaret Asquith the master of Baliol wrote: "The Symonds girls at Davos told me that you smoked; at which I am shocked, because it is not the! manner of young ladies in England." Smoking among women, if we may judge from observation, appears to be growing more common, though many men who smoke themselves deplore the fact. In spite of passionate denunciation the practice develops. To the assertion it does physical harm, the pert answer is returned. "Who would live forever?" Nevertheless it may be predicted a reaction will come ? -A Al ? <vi AMnln rtV VvTT I not Oil lUB sourt; ui muiaio, \ji uj law, but because smoking is smelly and dirty. Lament of the Low Country. By H. D. 0. Clouds all dark, an' rain pours down; Tobacco most ruined, an' corn all' drowned; Roads all ten feet deep in mud, Bridges are gone from where they stood. ? > J Jatt* ?rice OI COtlOIl gum uuwu cairn uaj , No money to buy western high priced hay. Mules most starved, an' money all gone? Sometimes wish I never was bom. Cotton is puny; boll weevils fat, Enough on each hill to fill my hat, Dustin' with poison, but tain't no > use Don't hurt 'em no more than grass hurts a goose. Stock laws makin' the cattle all thin, Ain't got no pasture to keep 'em in, An' th' price of meat is low as mud, But the cost of wire is where it stood, A 1 1 1 ~ ^ J * V? /V VTAAW Krtf AT?n -ri.il lasi year auu cue ;cai Never in reach of the farmer poor? Wish I could borrow a dollar or two, But the bank's most busted, and <th' cashier's blue, He told me, when I asked for a loan, To quit high livin' and eat corn pone; Twarn't no use for me to git mad, But the kids are hungry and th' missis sad. Taxes goin' up to the moon, Sheriff will sell us out soon; Mortgage is long past overdue, Interest pilin' up, while the water does, too. 'Sows won't farrow, and pigs all dead? Cheer up, Pal, worse times ahead. Business everywhere not worth a damn; Everybody's credit fell down with a slam; But the clouds keep spillin' in spite o' prayer? We'll, all be drowned by the end of year. Might drink poison, but what's the use, Funeral expenses cost like the deuce? I'm givin* up farmin'. I'm through; I'm done, I'm goin' to make a livin' selling' moonshine rum! My Auto, *Tis of Thee. My auto, 'tis of thee, short road to poverty, of thee I chant. I blew a pile of dough on you three years ago, now you refuse to go, or won't or Thrmi?li town and rrnintrvside. you were my joy and pride, a happy day. I loved the gaudy hue, the nice white tires so new, but you're down and out for true, in every way. To thee, old rattlebox, came many bumps and knocks; for thee I grieve. Badly the top is torn; frayed are the seats and worn; the whooping cough affects thy horn, I do believe. The perfume swells the breeze, while good folks choke and wheeze, as we pass by. I paid for thee a price; 'twould buya mansion twice; now everybody's yelling "ice"?I wonder why? Thy motor has the grip, the sparkplug has the pip, and woe is thine. I too have suffered chills, fatigue and kindred ills, endeavoring to pay my bills, - ' ? ? * n.Ar? a ic? mv since inou wen mnic. uuuc ic bank roll now, no more 'twould choke the cow, as once before Yet, if I had the monr so help me John?amen ?I'd buy a car again and speed some more. Buy tablets by the dozen, only 45c, at Herald Book Store. A CAUSES OF DEATH. Instructive Percentages, Including One Relating to Automobiles. If the choice were given the average man between an automobile ride and an attack of scarlet fever, it is altogether probable that he would choose the former. However, auto mobile riding is shown by government census statistics for the year 1917 to have caused far more deaths than scarlet fever. The disease claimed only 4.2 persons' for each 100,000 of population, while the loss of life from automobile accidents was 8.9. Deaths from motor car spills are increasing constantly, the figures show, while the fight to conquer scarlet fever is succeeding to a large extent. To be sure, there are many more cases of automobile riding than of scarlet fever, and the proportion of deaths to rides is much less than that to cases of fever, but the figures are, nevertheless, impressive. The death rate from measels was 14.3 to each 100,000 in 1917, and the whooping cough death rate was 10.4. Diptheria's mortality rate was 16.5, there having been about twice as many deaths from diptheria as from motor car accidents. The rate for street car accidents was 3 to every 100,000, making deaths from street car riding fewer than those from scarlet fever. More than 10,000 people committed suicide, and murders ran into the thousands. People have a dread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and similar diseases, and, well they may because they have taken toll from many families. Strict quarantine is maintained whenever these diseases are discovered and every precatuion is taken to prevent their spread. Tuberculosis, in 1917, caused 110,285 deaths, the rate being 146.4 to each 100,000 people. To get thefull meaning of these figures the public should remember that scarlet fever?striking terror to the hearts of parents?only caused deaths at the rate of only 4.2 for every 100,000, while the tuberculosis rate was 146.4. Health authorities are trying to make the public understand the menace of tuberculosis, yet there Is no quarantine against the disease, and the person so afflicted may move about at will, perhaps infecting hundreds with whom he may come in contact. Those who call attention to these things and demand a stricter enforcement of the tuber cuiosis regulation laws are Known as health cranks. There is need of more cranks of that character. More of such health cranks will mean fewer funerals.?Indianapolis News. Peppery Paragraphs. Fine feathers do not make fine I birds for a pot pie. Self-made men are scarce, but selfmade fools are plentiful. TT T* /% rrV 1 A Or /"V A ^ All* /I 11 f 1 AP! 1 A nf f rtM xvnu w icugc ui uui uuuca 10 uucu as important a9 the performance thereof. Men are seldom as good as they pretend to be or as bad as they are said to be. Some girls are kept so busy becoming engaged that they have no time to marry. Don't think that amateur photographers are pessimists just because mey iaxe poor views 01 me. Many a youth who aspires to become an A. M., is in after years glad to settle down as the village P. M. Every mother thinks there is no baby like her own and every other mother is glad of it. Man's best counsel is a faithful wife. Life's sideshows cost us more than the real circus. If a woman fails to understand a man they are on equal footing. The best efforts of the chairmaker are constantly being sat upon. Why does the bright idea we think of just before going to sleep depart never to return? Sometimes a man's idea of chivalry is to protect a woman against every man except himself. If candles were made in the form of a cross some people would burn them at all four ends. Life insurance is no doubt a good thing, but what some men need is insurance against fire. Lazy men are always harping on the luck of fools. Sometimes genius fools people by wearing good clothes. Babies are the mainsprings in the watches of the night. When one man tries to flatter another he has something to sell. All in the Good Book. "So you attend Sunday school and ? > Tsvi. no>? ~ ^ o you Know your ijojic ?eu. aan.cn a minister of a proud little girl. "Oh. yes. sir.*' she answered. "T know everything that's in it." "Ah. how splendid! Suppose you tell me some of those wonderful things." "Sister's beau's photo is in it, and ma's receipe for vanishin* cream, and a lock of my hair they cut off when I was a baby, and the ticket for pa's watch. They's all in it." A TOTSIG Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect 60c. DR. THOMAS BLACK DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental jjepartment University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. Office hours, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. J. WESLEY CBUM, JR., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bamberg, S. C. Offices in Herald Building Practice in State and Federal Courts. Loans negotiated. S. G. MAYFIELD ATTORNEY AT LAW PrartiPA in all ponrta. State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG, S. C. If you want to buy or sell anything use The Herald Want column. BBflflBBBflBBBBfl BB flfl | Indigestion ? 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NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. .\ untie is ueieu,y given tu an persons interested that the undersigned administrator of the estate of Robert Williams, deceased, will on the 19th day of August, 1921, file his final report as such administrator with the udge of Probate for Bamberg county, and at said time will ask for Letters of Discharge as such administrator. J. R. CHITTY, Administrator. July 25th, 1921. Have you seen that 25c box paper at Herald Book Store, all colors. ^WkW J J| | ?1 JTAVTTFiT^ ^ VViMkl'^1 Ui'lNJ wmKimBtSSmam ORE CONSERVATISM (IDED BY SOUND PRACTICE. I > of SAFETY with us. iect is to render a Helpful your every banking need. ig undone to assure you of' L BANKING SER- f| may wish. :R $1,000,000.00 wKmeeo^l amber^&?^^^B 1 wrmmmmimmmmmim, _ ? - - - AUTOIN ISECURITYOai standadd i oclcotf&ny i. I ~~ > be done pers appreciate the small ntion that the New Per* s. No coal or wood to ties or litter to sweep up It stands up well above ou can di^st under and l instant. 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