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THE GAZETTE
J C IIABERMACHBR Publisher
SHINER
TEXAS
CAR SHORTAGE EXPECTED
Railroad men nro repeating their
warning or last ear to northwestern
dealers and consumers to placo their
orders tor coal ns early as possible
jn order to safeguard themselves
esalnst delnja Incident to a conges-
tion of traffic with Incidental short-
ness In the cor supply They had
reason for their warning of last year
despite the fact that business lor
montba previous bod been dlscourng
ingly light but this year they have
what amounts to almost assurance of
difficulty ahead in the fact that traf-
fic In all departments of the carrying
business Is Increasing rapidly There
are 260000 Idle cars in the United
States Canada and Mexico at the pres
ent time but orders for rolling stoclt
are compelling tho utilization of
these ears sd rapidly that managers
are becoming nervous In regard to
the coal trado Indications point to
an exceptionally heavy movement In
grain during the months In which dc
layed orders for fuel must bo ailed In
order to obviate suffering during the
first cold weather of winter and those
who wish o avoid anxiety and trou-
ble nro advised to place their orders
as soon as possible
Panl Mortons plan of keeping
money In the country by levying nn ox
port tax on American heiresses who
marry foreigners and go nbroad is
based oa patriotic feeling but the no-
tion Is not new In fact it was em-
bodied In a bill Introduced in the re-
cent congress by Itepresentatlve Sab
aoth at Illinois Mr Morton Is not
alone in thinking It a pity that Amer-
icans should fall down and worship
titles When his rage Is excited by
the spectacle of a splendid American
girl with a rich father throwing her-
self away upon a decadent sprig of
European aristocracy he is In the
same state as thousands of other free
Americans witnessing the same sorry
spectacle says the Milwaukee Wis-
consin ilf a practical remedy for the
evil can be found It will be widely wel-
comed buti more especially If It be
cot Inconsistent with the fine old
42t ° s iins Hia3 < te vw s malt lauar lit
It Is a graceful act on the part of
the British government to order an
entire squadron of cruisers to thlB
country to take part In the Hudson
Fulton celebration tblB fall Tho af-
fair will bo distinctly American Nev-
ertheless It will have significance for
the entire world The discovery of
the Hudson led ultimately to tho de
vclppmelnt or a region that hai be-
come one of the most Important on
tbe rglobe and Fultons experiment
marked the beginning of tho era of
steam navigation of which tho mighty
nojy if Great Britain part of which
willbe present at tho commemoration
Is an outgrowth Ships of other nn
tionsalso will be on band and one of
the greatest features Of the pageantry
will be the display of steam vessels
Indicating the growth in that dlrec
tton slnce the Clermont made her
epochal trip
Tho tes of Hiram Percy JInxima
i noiseless cannon of large borq Is to be
madeat Hartford Conn where he is
at the present time In October ho I
will go to Europe for the purpose of
demonstrating hs Invention Mr
Maxims patents for noiseless weapons
protects him In Japan as well as n
the countries of Europe Invention
of death dealing devices however
continues active thero as well as here
From Berlin comes reports of the ap-
plication of principles of wireless
telegraphy to the setting off of mines
An electric wave transmitted from
the operating pqlnt produces a spark
in thoapparatus connected iflth tho
mine Bo th army and electrical ex-
perts decla ro that the Invention will
revolutionize modern warfare
The gotornment bulletin reports the
average condition of cot tonat 637
per cent of normal and on this basis
the otaI output will be about 10250
000 bales whereas the yield last year
waB 13800000 bales Tho worlds con-
sumption of cptton Is placed at 13
BOOOOO bales annually These figures
convey Uer o wn comment as to how
L
ely the supply will approximate
demand Certalnlytth ere seems
be 110 need of restricting cptton
wing next year n order to avert
Vcenniuiauon
of ah embarrassing
OPENS BIG TUNNEL
PRESIDENT TAFT SWINGS GATES
OF GUNNISON RIVER BORE
MIGHTY WORK IS FINISHED
Watsrs of Mountain Torrent Are
Brought Six Miles Under a Granite
Ridge to Revive Beautiful But
SemlArld Uncompahgre Valley
Montrose Col Sept 23 As many
thousand people cheered themselves
hoarse and cannon boomed this after-
noon President William H Tnft
opened the gates of tho Gunnison fiver
tunnel and admitted to the Uncompah
gre valley tho waters of a mountain
torrent brought from Its rocky bed
here All the morning special trains
kept coming In from various parts
of the state and at 1030 there was a
parade of the visitors Early In the
afternoon the explosion of a bomb
told the people that the special train
bearingPresident Taft and other gov-
ernment officials bad entered the city
limits A second bomb announced his
debarkation at the station and a third
was sent up as the distinguished
guest escorted by a great procession
started for Elks park
President Taft Welcomed
At the park after introductory re
marks by F D Catlln chairman of
tho Gunnison tunnel opening commit-
tee Mayor J Q Allen turned the
key of the city oyer to the guests
Then John C Bell delivered the formal
address of welcome to which Presi-
dent Taft responded briefly and
happily The exercises hero con
eluded with remarks by Senator
Charles J Hughes and Gov John
Shafroth At four oclock trains iita rt
ed for the west portal of tho tunnel
whore President Taft opened the
gates and speeches were made by I
W > McCohnell consulting engineer of
he reclamation service and Senator
Horace T DeLong of Grand Junction
After the return to Montrose there
was a reception to President Taft and
others and this evening speeches were
dellveredjby a number of wellknown
Coloradoans the celebration winding
up with an illuminated parade and py
rotechnlo display
Stofy of the Great Tunnel
First of the big government recla-
mation projects to be undertaken the
Gunnison river tunnel has been one of
the moBt difficult to carry through
Tho ample waters of the Gunnison
flow through narrow valleys unsult
ed to agriculture or through deep
locky canyons while only a few
miles to the west the lovely Uncom
pahgre valley has been suffering for
water Tho Gunnison descending In
ever deepening gorges finally plunges
into the Black canyon one of the most
magnificent mountain gorges in the
world This unpromising spot was se-
lected as the starting point of the
Concrete Drop on the South p n l
six miles underneath a great granite
ridge As the flood that henceforth
will make Incomparably fertlle this
lovely valley came pouring through
the canal that conducts It to the Un
compahgre river men and women fair-
ly wept for Joy and the president him-
self was visibly affected The open-
ing of the gates was preceded by
prayer and followed by national airs
played by a band
nriiitiry rWjic ConipleVeSl
ThuB was fittingly signalized the
completion of the Gunnison river tun-
nel the first project undertaken by
the United States government re-
clamation service Work on the pro-
ject was begun four and a half year
ago and had progressed steadily ever
since Together with Its main and
distributing canals the tunnel will Ir-
rigate 150000 acres of land in a val-
ley naturally one of Ihe most fertljo
in Colorado but which has been seml
arld because of the annual summer
droughts and the Inadequacy of the
Uncompahgre river
This day of tho opening of the tun-
nel was made tho chief day of the
Western Slope fair now boing held
tunnel Brave engineers lowered
themselves Jnto the Black canyon at
points where the granite TttHo rise
altnoVt perpendicularly hundreds of
feet and after their surveys were com-
pleted active work was started on the
Immense project
At great expense and under enor
mous difficulties a wagon road was
built to thffe att portal ofthe tun
nel It sA < mtleavlbngM and cllmb
ue lr he < J olto ridge between the
canyon and the Uncompahgre valley
descends the rocky wall on shelf
work
Bore Built for All Time
Simultaneously work was begun at
eachendofthe tunnel and at a point
sevcralthousSrfdvfeei from the west
end where a shaft was sunk As fast
as the tunnel was driven through the
shale and Bolld rock It was timbered
and then the heavy timbers were
covered with impervious cement This
gives a tunnel of solid concrete built
to withstand tho wear of ages All
the flumes culverts division gates
drops and other work along tho lines
of the main canals are built of steel
and concrete
There Is no dam across the Black
canyon at the point whero the river Is
turned Into thetunnel Instead of
this the tunnel Itself tapB the river
from beenath Its granite bed By
this plan neither floods nor slack wa
ter can prevent1 the tunnel taking
from the river all the water needed
Has Immense Capacity
A few statistics of this tremendous
project are worth setting forth The
tunnel Is 30600 Jeet long and 11 by
13 feet Inside measurement The main
canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom
and 83 feet wide at the top and the
average depth of the water Is ten
feet The capacity Is 1300 cublo feet
of water a second After the water
leaves the west porta of the tunnel
It la conducted thrdugb 12 miles of
canal to tho Uncompahgre There Is
a drop of 214 feet In this distance and
this great fall will be utilized for cre-
ating power A series of concrete
drops has been constructed and the
mmense body of water rushing ovet
them Is capable of generating at least
10000 horse power which will be util
ized In lighting the entire Uncompah
gre valley by electricity
The cost of the tunnel and distrib-
uting canals Is over J6000000 and
perpetual water rights will be sold to
actual settlers at about 135 an acre
Made Them Stick to Saddle
In the beginning of his career Fred-
erick the Great was much annoyed
and laughed at because of his boorish
cavalrymen falling off horses like
bags of bran IIo stopped that falling
off business by ordering shot the first
farmer who fell off
Englands Oldest House
The oldest house In England stands
near St Albans abbey lu Hertford
shire about 0 miles from London
This house Is said to he more than
1000 Teats old and Is still fit for habi-
tation
BANK SALOON
Just open and everything new The best of
WINES LIQUORS BEEH and CIGARS
YOU ARE WELCOME
STOCll BROS Proprietors
SHINER OIL MILL
AND
MANUFACTURING CO
Is ready for business aud will buy all
your seed andpay the highest market price
HULLS AND MEAL ALWAYS ON HAND
Send your seed to the HOME MILL and
patronize a HOME INDUSTXY
D C DANIEL Manager
BISMARK SALOON
J H HEUBNER Proprietor
The Best Whiskies Wines and
Liquors always in stock
We sell the favorite PABST BEER
FINB CIGARS
Polite and CourteouB Treatment Ncxr door to Woltera Bros
OPERA HOUSE BAR
Having purchased this Saloon I invite all my
Friends and old Customers to
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CALL AND SEE ME
I will fceep a full stock of the Best Whiskies Wines
Beer and Cigars and will always
treat you right
ALBERT BERCKENHOFF
THE CITY SALOON
A Comfortable Pace to
Stop Polite Treatment
CAIUA1D SHU MY SuCECTION OP
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Fine Wines > Whiskies and Cigars
AUGUSTSCHRAMM Proprietor
F T FEHRENKAMP
The Moulton Lumber Dealer
Mot only catrles a full stock of the very best
Lumber Shingles Sash and Doors
Bnt be can also supply you with
Brick Paints Oils Builders Hardware BnrbwireJPovItry
Netting Pumps Pipe Fitting and
DANDY WINDMILLS
Prompt and Close Attention
given to all otdera
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 30, 1909, newspaper, September 30, 1909; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111810/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .