The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 47, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 March 1935 — Page 6

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Through Berdoo Tunnel Will Flow Water to Southern California.

Prepared by National Geocraphle Society. Waahlnrton. D. C.—WNU Service. TWO years ahead of schedule, Boulder dam is rising to completion. Recently one of the 80foot tunnels through which the Colorado was routed around the dam site, two years ago. was closed, and the first water was permitted to flow Into the new lake area above the gigantic concrete harrier. Southern California will be the chief beneficiary of the Boulder dam project. Here, people say “water" about as often as Moslems say “Allah.” Next to money they say It more than any other one word. With water, work, and money, men are reshaping the destiny of this land, as did Nebuchadnezzar with the plains of Babylon. More than 3.250.000 people live now In regions which were, until long after our Civil war. largely dry and empty. This mass movement of settlers, and the huge total of previously earned wealth they brought with them, are without parallel In tho annals of migrations. < ish spent by its visitors and the •Income that many residents enjoy from money earned somewhere else pay mnch of southern California's running expenses. You see why this is so when you stop to think that nearly a million people are lured here each year by soft, warm climate, and that over a long period an average of about one-tenth of this annual army has settled here with Its life saving*. From news, pictures, romantic railroad folders, their own visits here, and the talk of others who have made similar pleasure trips, many in the East think of southern California as a lotus land where life Is easy. It is, for those who gome to play, tn rest, or Just to enjoy laziness In a lush, subtropic climate. Yet the truth Is that here, by the sweat of his brow and with Infinite pains, man has turned what was a desert Into that Eden which visitors see now ns they ride over smooth paved reads through miles of fragrant orchards. > Man's Work Never Done. Outwardly. It .all seems so complete: every trim green field, neat grove, and bright (lower bed Is In place, a* the world might have looked-after the six days of creation. Yet man's work Is never done. Behind the ease and glitter of lavish resort hotels, country-club fife, and Idle bench crowds of sun worshlners from the Middle West, the rhythm of pl<-k an-l show!. ..T dally routine In stores and factories, in oil' fie'd« and orchards, is constant and unbroken Back of all this routine, a task goes on. a sti«|M>ndoua unprecedented effort. Its clatter echoes through long-silent canyons: empty deserts are dotted now with workmen's camps, ami rhe shock of exploding dynamite rocks the hills «« armies of men dig. drill, and blast. t«.r ng 91 miles of tunnels and excavafc , hr- -leagues of giant aqueducts to reach and tap the mad Colorado river and bring still more water to this ever th'r-tlng soli. For ten years experts figured, sur v. ved, drew maps, and planned. and for a few years more thousands of men must toll, often stripped naked. In the stltling heat nf tunnels Ashot through solid reck. to finish this gigantic undertaking. Th s is southern California’s supreme effort. It has never tried a task of such magnitude: In all the history of rr-nt waterworks, the whole world has wen nothing like It. These huge canals and reservoirs will be needed, the [>eoIde say. to take care of growth In pop illation, which has Increased more than ‘ L*"» per cent since 1890. Angeles and 12 neighboring cities, forming the metropolitan water district, are building and paying for thlw vast water system: but Its safe, steady supply will depend on Boulder dnm. being erected by the federal government In the Black canyon at a point «n the Arizona-Nevada frontier. t Largest Artificial Lake. Boulder dam will impound the world’s largest artificial Jake, Unreal, h ml to believe—that here, in this dry waste of dust and mirage, there should suddenly appear a vast lake of cool. Hear water, fringed by resorts and dot ted with pleasure craft! About 125 miles downstream from Boulder dam Is another, known as the Parker; It Is the diversion dam, where water will be trken off for use In southern California. Fly east from Ix»s Angeles any weekend and look down on the highways that cross the deserts. Trains of scurrying motor cars raise league-long dust clouds, like army wagons on the march. “Where are they all going?- you ask the pilot ‘Out to see Boulder dam. They go ‘ by thousands, month after month." No wonder. Among rirer dams of all time It is Incomparable Set between, the steep walls of a deep canyon, widening reward Its top, the dam's towering bulk, as you look np. makes you think of one mountain tipped upside down between two others. The dam structure will be 1 JOO feet •cress Its top. and over this top will a highway, giving men and wheels the»r first chance tn history to move directly betweeen Arisons and Nevada. Yet. massive as the dam to. Its sire to Issa amazing than the strange way

they are building IL So much work Is done from the air. overhead. Stand , below the dam. in what used to be the ‘ bed of the Colorado, and look up. You i see tlie air filled with men flying about ■ like trapeze performers. They swing dizzily about on the ends of long cables dangling from aerial trucks that ride around the sky on fat ’ steel ropes stretched from rim to rim of the vast abyss. »On the canyon rims are towers, to which these long steel ropes are anchored; and. to let the aerial trucks travel up and down the canyon as well .as across and back, the towers themselves move along under their own power. This Is so that men. tools, cement. and steel can be moved from the canyon rims and lowered at Just the Tight spot where they are wanted on top of the rising dam. Still more ropes hang down close to canyon walls, with a man seated in a boatswain’s chair swinging on the lower end of each rope. These men are “hlgh-acalera." Their task Is to chip loose rock off the face of the cliffs. Anmnt these were some 50 Apaches, picking away at lofty niches where even the cliff dwellers of former days would have felt giddy. “Our high-scalers have worn out nearly 300 miles of rope,” says the superintendent who represents the contractors and has built dams all over America. “How do you pick dare-devils for that ticklish Job?" you ask. “We watch an applicant’s face the first day .he’s ordered over the rim and down a rope. If he’s nervous, we call him back." Like high-scalers and other, workers, the visitor, too, wears the iron helmets Issued to everybody here, to save heads from falling stones. Flying Concrete "Agitator." High above you. as you talk, comes sailing a giant humming creature, for all the world like a ten-ton bumhletiee, with two men riding on IL A flying concrete "agitator’’ it Is, run by Its own motor and stirring the cement inside to keep It liquid till the-machine swings to the place where it is to be dumped. “You call It a big bumblebee.’* says the superintendenL “To me it’s more like a mud dauber." “What Is your hardest problem here?” you ask. "To keep our work In tune with the whims of this mad river," he answers. Draining seven states, the Colorado is about 1,050 miles lung, and may rise or fall with dramatic suddenness. The lake made when the dam Is finished will cover some 227 square miles of land, and bold so much water that each person tn the world could dip 5.000 gallons from IL No water will run over the dam. Excess floods will be carried off through spillway tunnels. The rest, guided through other tunnels against the water wheels, will be ample to generate 1X35.000 horse power, rn<>r£ than any other hydn»etectric plant has ever dereio|»ed. “Horae power" Is merely an engineer’s phrase. It does not mean the measure of any horse’s actual strength. Yet. in imagination, to sense the enormity of this plant, just think of a herd of 1.835.<nk> horses running forever through these tunnels! Every day 330 carloads of cement ami gravel go Into the rising dam. When finished, the structure will contain enough material to build a fairsized city. or to make a 6ikfo«»t paved highway from California to Chicago! Left to cool naturally. It might take this mass more than a century to acquire a normal temperature, for freshly poured concrete Is hot. And then It might crack or settle unevenly. To avoid thil and insure a solid structure, some SOO titles of 1-lnch water pipe are being puflt into the body of the dam, and through these, as work advances, ice water is steadily pumped. For those , with nerve to ride IL • giant “skip," a sort of airship swung on cables, flies about above the work. It can lift 170 tons. Hundreds of men dally ride to and from work in this skip, as In the basket of a great balloon, Tulip, the Wmuhr Flower For centuries the tulip has been looked upon as a wonder flower In many countries, but it has long been associated especially with the famous tulip fields of Holland. It has often been called “the flower that set a nation mad" because of the craze for these gay but simple blossoms which began in the Netherlands In 1501 and reached its highest point in 1637. During this period, when only two bulbs of the September Augustus were to be had. one was purchased for 4.000 florins, a new carriage, two horses and a complete set of harness, while the other was sold for 12 acres of land. This tulip mania reached such proportions that hundreds of families had become Impoverished and the government was forced to interfere and put an end to the gambling in tulip bulbs. Story in Don geon Stones Carlisle castle, in Scotland, still bares to travelers the stones In Its dungeons recalling the suffering of the Jacobite* Imprisoned there, Mary, Queen of Scots, was Imprisoned tn the castle for a Ume and King David 1 died there. >

Chic Leather Fashions for Spring By CHERIE NICHOLAS L a... 1 . ■*’3 n f’k. ii j| /w -if i f < ; W MW. j J I ♦ 1 || JIB j \ ■ I B M IFI 1 it / \

ALONG comes leather to add to the new spring mode. And such leathers—most beautiful and rich, exquisitely colored, dainty and supple suedes, kidskins and calfskins designed with arresting dressmaker details that bring them smartly into the current highstyle parade. Only seeing Is believing as to the perfectly marvelous things being accomplished via leather artistry in the realm of costume design this spring. Which reminds us to say to those who have hitherto held to the idea that garments fashioned of leather belong solely to the sports wardrobe, the time has come to change your way of thinking. . Out Hollywood way where the newest, smartest fashions go on parade in advance of the rest of the world, leather for dress occasions has been accepted with genuine enthusiasm. A movie star of distinction wears a lovely evening gown of shell pink suede. At a smart gathering, an evening mess Jacket was noted styled of white suede with a white galyak collar. A leading designer in the French capital has created a charming evening coaL three-quarter length, of soft, supple brown leather embellished with intricate cut work design, posed over brown lacquered satin. From Paris also comes the message that the haute couturte is creating fetching little daytime dresses suitable' for town activities. These attach chamois jumpers In smart new colors to wool skirts. Wide leather belts with bizarre metal fastenings complete the costume. By the way. If you want your cos tuipe to carry a sure-fire style message wear chamois accessories. Swank gilets.

IRISH LINEN By ( HF.BIE NICHOLAS r- J ill * ; ’,l I | tfl 1 ■4 1 uIL ■s'l Here’s how Irish linen goes cruising —smartly fashioned Into a two-piece with pockets and pearl battons and a belt of good plain rope which gives it a novel and nautical touch. This model is becoming to almost every one. with its round Peter Pan collar, four buttoned down pockets and a slim slenderizing skirt. A two-piece dress tn white Irish linen such as this will fill many a gap in cruise wardrobes now and later on It will prove an ideal summer costume. Brow* With Beige Brown and beige are a favorite color combination of the Princesse Amedee de Broglie. She wears a wool ensemble woven in a novelty weave combining those two colors, collared and cuffed in brown astrakhan. It to finished with a belt of brown leather.

What Women Want to Know About Fashions

Ribbon sashes tie in fronL > Torchon lace to used for collars, cuffs and jabots. Jeweled fruit la the latest In ornaments in Paris. Designers achieve new "swirl" movement with spiral pleats and winding drapes. In the new sports suits, the semlfltted. jacket varies the

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boleros, lapels on spring coats and suits are made of chamois. Other jaunty items include handstifehed chamois scarfs, belts, berets, slip-on gloves and roomy bags with contrast stitching. You can see from the Illustration that the new leather Jackets are—well, they are just too good looking for words, that’s what they are. For early spring these costumes which top a checked wool skirt with a gay colored suede Jacket are not only ideal to wear but they have that out-of-the-ordinary look and being “different" they offer a welcome diversion from the regulation cloth tailleur. What’s more, they are as outstandingly modish for town and travel as they are practical for country and sports wear. The gay colors of the new suede jackets delight the eye. The simple model on the standing figure is in a mosaic rust shade. Its sash-belt and turn over collar are chic features. The modish sportswoman seated in the foreground is wearing one of the very new jackets that are.styled with knit sleeves and collar. You can have it in any smart colors such as Robinhood red. rust, green or in the much-talked-of amber. Os course the checked woolen skirt must carry corresponding colors. A Tyrolean suede hat, pigskin gloves and calf oxfords complete this smart outfiL The wonderfully attractive Jacket on the figure seated to the right is most happily tuned to a colorful spring. It goes in for zigzag red. white and blue stitching, which is a chic move on its part, since the emphasis this season is so decidedly on fancy and lavish stitching. ©. Western Newspaper Union.

SEPARATE SKIRTS FOR SPRING WEAR Since separate skirts are so necessary a part of the spring wardrobe and since tweed ones are highly approved, it would seem an economy measure to start with a tweed suiL Jackets are no longer wedded to one skirt, and skirts may step oat with any number of jackets, blouses and sweaters, so there is no end to the possibilities. Outside of the practical feature of skirt and jacket going its own/w-ay. there is the practical detaifeTof \he cape being detachable, and (therefore ready for a career of its own, Tjie objection to a caped Jacket on the score that one might tire of the cape is also overcome. Slipper of Glass Steps From Cinderella’s Land Cinderella's glass slipper has stepped from fairy tale lore Into the modern everyday world. This is the way it’s made: Bits of shimmering glass cut to reflect the light are strong along transparent mica straps across the top of the foot while the tip of the toes and the instep are left bare. More strips of glittering glass gird the heel attached to a pale pink kid ankle strap and a tall pink kid heel spike. So. except for the heel and ankle strap, it gives the effect of a foot held by a few twinkling glass banda Gray Is Very Smart Color for In-Between Seasons Gray to just about the smartest inbetween season color, fresh and flattering. Shirring and tucking, quilting and smocking are smart manipulations for the gray crepe frock, imritan collars of immaculate white pique trim charmingly childish frocks of gray metai asse. Often grayed blue or cherry red provides a piquant accent for these new silvery grays. A high style collar for midseason shoes of kidskin, gray appears in a rather dark casL

Bags of fine antelope continue to be popular for smart afternoon wear. When sweaters are worn with separate skirts they should not march the skirt. Quantities of tulle were used by every dressmaker for evening creations A spring costume which is minus a touch of the patent feather loses much of Us chic.

WATER FLEA OF GREAT VALUE IN SCIENTIFIC WORK Dr. Anno Viehoever of Philadelphia has been experimenting with the water flea. That tiny creature Is transparent. Under the miscroscope one can watch its muscles contract and relax, its breathing go on. its meals get chewed, digested and disposed of, its heart pulsate, and its eyes gleam as it glances this way and that A wonderful eye it has. this tiny relative of the shrimp, lobsters and crabs. Human beings have but a single lens for each eye. The water flea’s well-mutcled eye has twenty lenses No fish can catch it unawares, for It can look in virtually every directipn at once, and dodge away from threatened danger. The water flea even responds to ultraviolet light rays invisible to human eyes. Drugs act on the water flea very much the same way as on human beings. Doctor Viehoever administered chloroform to one of these almost invisible creatures. Then, with the aid of a camera and a microscope he took motion pictures showing just how the chloroform was slowing down the action of the water flea’s heart. Then he administered the active ingredients of digitalis—and brought back to normal the action of the water flea’s hearL Such an investigation as that means opportunity to study the chemical and physiological mechanism Involved in the action of drugs. It means opportunity, for instance, to try tu find out what combination of substances the physician must use to’regulate a misbehaving heart beat in human beings and to try to bring it back to normality. Call for Any Others Motorist—Of course you have references. Applicant—Yes, sir;* from the Widow Van Lush, the Widow Van Mush, the Widow Van Slush and Widow Van Kush—l drove for their husbands.—Detroit News.

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