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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1923)
RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF mayor thomason WiMIBamjl MA ttirn &Sf&nHKiHmr&2i 4au $ it s jik g 1 1 . t i RA! TANLAG Judge George Washington Thom ason, Miiynr of Tarrant City, Ala., and one of tlu most highly respect oil citi zens of the state, is still another man of prominence ami unimpeachable In tegrity to .give hl.s muiuallflcil en dorsement to TonhiL'. i "Chronic Indigestion brought me to the verge of a general break-down three years ago anil nothing seemed to afford much relief," said Judge Thomnson. "I could hardly ent enough ,to keep going, and hecamo so weak and nervous I could hardly at tend to my duties. "Finally I started on Tanlac and sl.t bottles fixed me up so fine that I felt ten years younger, and my good health still remains with me." Tanlac is sold by all good druggists. Take no substitute. Over -10 million bottles sold. Advertisement. Sometimes the money of the silent partner dims the talking. MR WHY NEPiVOOS Tells Women How She Was Restore J 60 Perfect Health by Lydia E. Pinldiam's Vegetable Compound! Memphis, Tcnn. "Two years ago I was completely run-down and myncrvca were a wrccu. 1 cou a not aweep a room without resting, l could notdomy work except a little at a time, and tho doc tor's medicine did not help me. One day some ono threw your littlo book on to my porch, and in it I read several testimo nials of women who had bccnlikc nvvsclf . I went right out and got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound.nnd before 1 had taken the wholo of that bottle I knew it was helping mo. I took six bottles, and then in about thrco months I took two more. Now I am in perfect health. I do all of my own work nnd could do more. I can truly say that I know Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetables Compound gave mo my health." Mrs. O. J. Hinckley, 31G UnionAve., Mem phis, Tcnn. Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Tcxt Book upon "Ailments Peculiar to Women ''will bo sent you free upon ro- Suest. Write to Tho Lydia E. Pinkham Iedicino Co., Lynn, Mass. Thi3 book contains valuable information. ffi F B CORNS Stop their pain in one. minute I For quick lasting relief from corns. Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads stop the pain in one minute by removing the causa friction and pressure. Zino-pads are thin, safe, antiseptic, healing, waterproof and cannot pro duce infection or any bad after-effects. Three sizes for corns, callouses and bunions. Cost but a trifle. Get a box to day at your druggist's or shoe dcaler'e. DZScholVs Put ono on the pain is (T0n9 Girlsi Girl i3 a Save Your Hair With Cuticura Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Tlcm 25c ! 1- " - . a Boots Made of Shark Hide. IJy fashioning the hides of sharks Into hip-high hoots, finished for use In the mountains or along the trout etreums, a Northwestern shoemaker has developed a flourishing business. IJccniise tho footwear gives such se.t Isfuctorj service, Its popularity Is In creasing rapidly, nnd there Is a stead ily growing demand for the raw prod uct, not only for that Industry but for furniture upholstering. Popular Me chanics. The charm of a bathroom Is Us spot lessness. Hy the use of Hed Cross Hull Ulue all cloths and towels retain their whiteness until worn out. Advertise ment. Two Girls. "Here Is the art gullery." "Let's go In nnd touch up our faces a bit.' A conceited man furnishes a lot of comedy for his friends. - MCttlCfifl Twatment.both local and internal, and has been success ful in the treatment of Catarrh for ovct forty years, i Sold by all druggists. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio tyg fli i.iir.'V 1 T: I A rn J 3:1 f- Wm&am Pi m t&M wtiL k III H 1 I I I mmmJu I - atm 'm w . i rr 1 ir rr v r il Jil I I $ , f " if f-o -Cll 1M yr vSf (Jt)-J M I ' l i ' ' I Package 5. ti Jh i j: aViwtii rfflMBWfaNfcfc.xwrttftsvw ,vxfstuM!i a . . - i- t,. -.. iii.j.v' . j.mi ir xa &s5?ii i;: .i i - iujm'ai Harv-r- :a 5ta Work on Illinois Waterway Under $2O,OOQO0O Bond Issue By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN TiM I.LINOIS Is making progress in the work on the Illinois Water way. I'nilrr Instructions from (Jovernnr Small, Col. C. It. Mil ler, director of the department of public works nnd bulldlm.". has received bids Tor the con struction of another lock. the. second or live to he constnuted between I.oekport and Utlen. This lock Is to be built at Lock- IB If" St '1 1 i V-f US.tl 111 rr--nt-crr, ii nil T port and will connect the ch.in nol of tho Chicago Sanitary district with the Des philnes river ut that point. Kids were also re ceived at the same time for furnishing and erect ing the steel gates for this lock unil for the lock at Marseilles. The Alnrselllcs lock, begun November J0. 1PJ0. Is now ready for the steel gates and operating ma chinery. Tho contract bid price was Sl.HTfi.liri at the peak of war prices, but William L. Sackett, superintendent of the division of waterways, re ports that it has been completed for Sli)O.(MK) less than the contract price. P.lds received last I'eb niary for the Starved Itoel; lock and dam w-re substantially below the state's estimate of cost for that work. These lliruri, Superintendent Sackett points out, show that the Illinois Waterway can be completed well within the S'JO.OOO.OOO bond Is suo authorized by the state. UeSoto's bones lie In the bed of the Mississippi vlver. Itadlsson's are who knows? Jollet's are In Canada. Marquette's are at St. Ignace. Mich. hnSallo's are in Texas. Suppose one could wake these famous explorers from the dead and take them from the Croat Lakes to the Oulf through Chicago and Its drain age canal, down the Illinois and Michigan eniial nnd the Illinois river to the Mississippi and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Just Imagine whnt they would feel and say! I'or DeSoto saw the Lower Mississippi In lfi-ll Itndinson was on tho Upper Mississippi about lOWi. LaSulIo may or may not have crossed the Chicago portage as early as 1070, but he certainly h TtS'J built Kort Crevecoeur at Peoria. Then, descend ing the Illinois and the Mississippi to the CJnlf, ho took possession of the region In the name of Krancc and named It Louisiana, after Lout" XIV. .Toilet and Marquette, In KITII, went by canoe from Mackinac to the mouth of the Arkansas by way of Oreen Hay and the Wisconsin. They returned by way of the Illinois and the Chicago portage. And Marquette spent the winter of 107-l-fi In n hut on the slto of Chicago. DeSoto, after the failure of his expedition for conquest, was bent on escaping from the wilder ness by marching across the continent. Itiidlsson, out of whose explorations came the Hudson's Hay company, was looking for furs. Marquette was a Jesuit priest engaged In religious work. Hut LaSalle and .Toilet were empire builders and they saw In the Chicago portage the key to water transportation from the Oulf of St. Lawrence to the CStilf of Mexico through the heart of the New World of North America. They said a few men with 3hovels on tho Chicago portage could unite the (J rent Lakes and the (iulf of Mexico and they amy be pardoned the exaggeration, for In season it flood It was usual to travel by canoe over the "hlcago portage. They had the vision to see the full meaning of this uniting of the waters tit the Chicago portage between the Chicago river and the Desplaines. Hard upon tho heels of these great Frenchmen came n race of niitlon-hullders who hud like visions. Could tho explorers now revisit the Mississippi valley thoy would stand aghast at what bus al ready been accomplished along tho line of their vision. They would marvel at the slowness of tho.su latter days. They would be puzzled by com plications, with ramifications seemingly without limit. They would seo Chicago of 11)31 the third city of tho world; the second city of the wealthiest aud most powerful nation of earth; the first city of the heart of that nation, the Mississippi valley. They would bee tho Chicago river tumefi oack ward and flowing Into the Illinois, furnishing san- i-ti'fi" zx.& . YvTnr n J " I 3 1.1 1 -M U H i Vl WtnMIW. MV Mitel mjMS iwmffim mmmWM n?mT,hitH SHflT. Wis?1 3t iiS u UELU) tettaieagffiM Itatlon nnd electric power but not yet n channel for commerce. They would sec New Orleans with Its slogan, "The second port of the United States" and Its $20,0(10.000 new harbor. They would see the Great Lakes teeming with commerce, hut not yet with a path to the sea; the Mississippi with Its barges but not yet n path to the Oreat Lukes. They would see the East and the West at vari ance over the C-rent Lakes-St. Lawrence route to the sea. They would see Illinois and some of her neighbor states at variance over the Great Lakes Gulf route via the Illinois Waterway. They would see In Illinois Itself legal complica tions which threaten further delay. Hut they would see, looking with the eyes of the r.)3! natlou-bullilers, within the space of ten years one great path leading to the Atlantic and Europe and another great path to the Gulf lead ing to the Panama canal and Smith America. Doubtless this vision will be fulfilled. What was done at the Son can be dime at Lachlne: the chan neling of the St. Clair flats can be repeated In tho mudbanks of the Illinois. The Illinois river, which flows Into the Missis sippi above Alton, Is connected with Chicago nnd the Great Lukes by the Illinois nnd Michigan canal, which begins at LaSalle. This canal was completed and opened In ISIS. It contributed largely to the Initial growth of Chicago aud aided In tho development of northern Illinois. Until 1837, when the railroads were able to haul greater tonnage and the sjate was unable, because of the restric tions In the constitution of 1870, to enlarge It to greater capacity, it carried a Commerce that paid. Its right of way Is stated to be now worth SIS), 000.000. It was the necessity of a more adequate channel of navigation and water transportation from Chi cago to the Gulf that Impelled the people of Il linois to vote In 1!)08 the twenty-inllllon-dollui- bond Issue for the purpose. Power development was an Important factor In the final selection of the river route as against an attempt to enlarge the canal. Following the bond Ismiu authorization In l'.HJS all efforts to get action In the leglhlature were blocked by differences of opinion aud pulltlcul Jealousies. In 11)10 the legislature agreed on n bill Incorporating a plan for the work, which be came a law. It provided for locks of a minimum width of r.r feet and a length of L'.'O feet. The chief of engineers or the War department refused to approve the plan on the ground the size of locks was but little Improvement on the old canal and that a water power scheme was paramount. This refusal resulted In a delay of four years more. In 1010 Superintendent Sackett had a con ferenco with Gen. William M. Klack, then chief of engineers, and succeeded In working out an agreement with him. This was incorporated in the law of HMD passed by the Klfty-llrst general wbsembly. Plans for the work by M. G. Humes chief engineer, who bad been In government serv ice In connection with the construction of tho Panama canal, gained approval of the chief of en el neers of the War department and secretary of war In March, lt)'3), after five years of effort fol lowing the first enactment by the general assembly. The pmn approved provides for tho improvement of the Dosplnlnes river from Lockport to Its mouth eight tulles west of .lollei at Its confluence with the Kankakee rHer, the two forming the Illinois river, and of the Illinois river from that point to Ullca where the present navigable water of the river Is reached, This will be done by construction of four dams creating navigable pools and flvo locks, compared with fifteen locks In the old Illinois and Michigan canal. Thu locks will be the same width as the locks of the Panama canal, 110 feet, but COO feet long, or two-thirds the length of the locks of the Panama canal, These locks are ibont two city blocks In length and neatly half a block In width. They will have a depth ut It feet owtr BSBSOEISS oitrr hills. The minimum depth of the pools formed by the dams will be nine feet, which Is the .unliable depth for navigation In the Missis sippi from Cairo to New Orleans. The Lockport loi'k the picture gives nn Idea of Its size as reckoned In skyscrapers will hnv the highest lift or any lock of Its size In the world II feet. This will enable boats to get from the Desplalnes river Into the Chicago Sanitary district channel which afl'ords a naigable channel or 21 feel Into Chicago an Important link In the Im provement by the state of the (I.Vmllo stretch of the Desplalnes and Illinois rivers from Lockport to 1'tlca and considered the most valuable potential artery or transportation for Its length In the world. These locks will permit transportation In fleets, without breaking bulk, from New Orleans to Chi cago, of 11.0(H) tons cargo capacity, which Is eqinil to l,l average tralnloads In lSIl'l). The waterway, when completed will have an annual tonnage ca pncity or more than sixty million. The cost of haul by water is about one-third the railroad freight rale or HUM. The fall from Chicago to Utlca Is 1 10 feet. This will afford a power development at each of the dams totaling T.'i.OOO horsepower. This, It Is esti mated, should net the state an annual Income of ?1'.(H).()00. With the completion or the Illinois Waterway Chicago will be -100 miles nearer to New Orleans than Is Pittsburgh and there will be live locks on the Illinois Waterway route as against llfty-four on the Ohio rher route, Chicago will have a 7,000-mlle all-water route to San Francisco with one barge-to-ship transfer at New Orleans a sav ing of over $1,000 per car between Chicago and Pacllle coast ports. In 1022 It was planned to proceed with the con struction of tho Starved Hock lock aud dam, for which plans were ready. The site Tor the lock had to be acquired. Hccutisc or complications In title the attorney general's olllce held It would hu necessary to acquire this laud hy condemnation proceedings. The decision or the county court of LaSalle county in this case was mherse to the state. That work may not be entirely suspended pending the decision of the btnte supreme court, where the LaSalle county case is on appeal. Gov ernor Small has authorized the construction the Lockport lock. Several questions have been raised In the Ln Salle county case which threaten years of delay In actual construction, If It would he possible to con struct tffe waterway at all. It Is contended: That complete detailed plans, uot only for con struction of the waterway, but for all water power plants and appurtenances must be prepared and submitted to the court. That the court must pass on the sulllcleney of those plans ami determine If the waterway and power plants can hu built according to the plans for $20,000,000. That detailed plans must be submitted to all 'he cities and villages along the route or the waterway and must he approved by them. That all this must be done before the state has mo light to la nig condemnation suits to acquire land for any part of the construction of the water way in any point. Chief F.iigtiieer Itarnes contends for the state (hat It Is physically Impossible to prepare detailed plans for the waterway and water power aud ap purtenances In advance of any construction. Tho waterway construction for navigation must first proceed the locks and dams. Following that will come details of water power and other appurtenant construction. The lights of the cities, contends the state, Is limited to cases where public prop erty Is affected by construction. Another complication Is this: Tho Mate of Wis consin, In an original injunction suit hied in the United States Supreme court, contends the Chi cago Sanitary district Is unlawfully diverting wa ter from Lake Michigan to facilitate sewage dis posal and that this diver.slon has lowered the lake level six Inches, Impairing navigation facilities and inflicting an annual Ioas to lake commerce of from $7.10,000 to SUHMI.OOO. The sanitary district olllclnls, challenging these allegations as matters of fact but granting them for the sake of prompt action, offer to meet tho objections upon which they are based by building, nt a cost of $2,000,000 ami at the expense of Chi cago, compensating works or floating dams In the St. Clair, the Niagara, and the St. Lawrence riv ers. Tho sanitary district represents the invest ment or $120,000,000. It was created In 1SS!) am) the drainage and ship canal connecting the Chi cago and Desplalnes rivers was finished In 1000. In the meantime Illinois and Indiana aided and abetted b the War department, are getting icalj for the completion uf the Illinois Waterway. Klab orate plans are well under way for harbors on Lake Michigan at the state line affording reship ping facilities for Great Lakes to Gulf tratlic. A universal custom ttmi benefits every After Every ! ,. ,. ' tT-t a Aids digestion, 1 il8cll cJcanscs lhc tcclh Zf soothes the throat. M$S2&f a good thing to remember Snnled in "'he its Purity Package IHfc,stf & FLAVOR LASTS PLEATINGS All widths and all kinds. Cloth-covered inittons. Hroad and narrow hemstitch ing. Mall orders returned promptly. DENNINGHOFF PLEATING WORKS 50G West U'dwny, Council Bluff, la. MAN Willi Ml U'AMT.II In pell (Ml i n I Miitiult l: I iiwtliT. ('. .1. (II III I'.Y, II AMIt.lO.S, MO. So Have Wc All. " "1 vro t tint a innejeainlil glii Is u MiuesMul writer nf popular songs" "I think I have In ard a goml many written by her." FEELING OF SECURITY You n.ilurnlly hA tenure when yo know that the in Heine you nrc nbout to take hi absolutely pure nnd contains no harmful or h'oit producing drucs. Such a niciVcinc in Dr. Kihacr'rt Swnmp lloot, kidney, liver nnd bladder remedy. The Bare ntnndnnl of parity, atrcnRtU nnd excolinco is umnlaincd in every Lot tlo of P'ramp-Hoot. It ii pcicntificnlly compounded from vcgctiff.lo herbs. It 'a not n stimulant and is taken in tc.uvoonfiil doHCfl. I, ia not recommended for everything. It ii nature's grc.it helper in relieving md overcoming I.idnoy, liver nnd bladder troubles. A Bworn nlntctnent of purity in w!ti every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Hoot. If you need n nWicinc, you ehoiild have t lie host. On mile nt nil drug Mores in bottlcH of two fizc'i, medium nnd large. However, if you wMi first to try tlii creat preparation Fend ton cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., llineliamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be Mire ntnl mention lliii paper. Advertisement. Which? "Jack says I'm something to ndoro.'j "Does he mean that you're a belle ot a luiooker?" feasposifil. of many other hran&sllia&s why GALZJMBET The economy B RHINO PQWHER Goes farther lasts longer it ew. Contains 1 moroihan the ordinary ' leavening strength &woniDs GREATEST BAKING POWDER BEST DY TEST &ale$2 tjmesasmuchas Mat of any other Jtoamt J AJ(TaEU PsCBl rfffiKb mmus "f5w - ,vr r fly lZJ$2?X'ii ( v i Pwsaa lb Hf H - Ke Y Tu" I pUMffl BW CONTCNTIII iB SB W. N. U LINCOLN. NO. 42-1923.