LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1912.
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A Girl's Wild Midnight Hide.
To warn people of a fearful forest
re"ln the Catskllls a young girl rode
liorBeback at midnight and saved many
lives. Her deed was glorlouB but lives
are often saved by Dr. King's New
Discovery In curing lung trouble, ana
coughs and colds, which might have
ended In consumption or pneumonia.
"It cured me of a dreadful cough ana
lung disease," writes W. R. Patterson,
Wellington. Tex., "after four in our
family had died with consumption, and
I gained 87 pounds." Nothing bo sure
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Treasurer's Call for OHy Warrants.
Notice Is hereby given that there
are now funds on nana to pay an um
Undlng warrants on general fund of
la, Grande city up to and Including No.
9327. Endorsed
Interest on all warrants on general
fund from No. 9021 to No. 9327 Inclus
ive ceases from thlB date.
La Grande, Oregon, Dec. 14, Mil.
ROY W.LOGAN,
City Treasurer.
J. H. Richardson LSXivent
E. S. Givens
Investment
Rear La Grande Nat'! Bank
Real Estate,
Loans.
Insurance.
High Class Invest
ments and Securities
UNION COUNTY f
ABSTRACTS J
J. R. OLIVER. Proprietor $
The Reliable Abstract firm
Union County.
of
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FIRE INSURANCE, MORTGAGE
LOANS
Oyster Shell
10 pound 25 cents
And all other kinds of Poultry sup
plies. Also Alfalfa Meal.
Waters-Stanchfield
Produce Co., Main 70-6
HAY. FEED, FLOUR, POULTRY
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Savoy Hotel
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Chicago, Jan. 17. (Special) Navi
gation, protection against floods and
reclamation of arid and swamp lands
all will gain throughout the United
Stales tremendously by enactment of
the Newlands bill In congress; this
was the declaration of the annual
meeting of the American Reclamation
Federation in Chicago with particular
reference to the April 10-13 session in
New Orleans of the National Drainage
congress. The president of the feder
ation in his report said: "It Is the aim
of Senator Newlands to completely ac
complish the reclamation of all arid
and semi arid and all swamp and ov
erflow lands by building irrigation and
drainage works that will directly in
fluence and regulate the flow and nav
igability of our rivers; and this, gen
tlemen, is our ambition the serving
of our country by preserving the" pub
lie health and public wealth and ad-
j vanclng, so. far as lies In our power,
the proper reclamation, the proper
conservation and the proper utiliza
tion of our public resources. Let us
endorse Senator Newlands In his de
clared effort to regulate and practi
! cally standardize the flow of the great
'navleable rivers of the country and
tbelr tributaries and In bo doing and
as a means to that end, protect from
destructive floods the cities and com
munities, the farms and plantations
that line tbelr banks; to control for
beneficial use by storage In surface
Leservolrs and in the ground the flood
waters that now cause such appalling
waste and destruction, and develop
all available water power, fertilize the i
land by silt deposit, and Irrigate tne
deserts: save the country from the
enormous annual losses from forest
fires which devastate and denude our
mountains and dry up the sources of
water for our rivers, and thus largely
relieve our swamp and overflow lands
by removing the crest of the flood,"
The National Drainage company was
organized In Decemebr in Chicago un
der the auspices of the Reclamation
Federation.
"A homesteader's victory after a
long fight," was the comment of a
' Chicago friend of the man who won
1 the championship wheat, the $1,000
prize at the New York land show, hav
ing repaid him for his investment in
pioneer days. Senger Wheeler of Eos
thern, Saskatchewan, who won the Sir
Thomas Shaukhnessy prize offered for
the beat wheat grown on the two
American continents. 25 years ago
P?w8 working with a construction gan
ftl 1 ti. n..nj nui' iinnplnw "When
U 11 U1C lauivau " " -" " - '
wtioninr wnn set to drivinz a team
hitched to straner he suddenly dis
(covered a hew ambition,' hi friend
related. "The team Inspired it. He
decided ho wanted 10 ho a farmer and
two years later M and hlB brothers
took up A homestead near Clark's
Crossing, north of Saskatoon. Thnt
was In the days before the railroads
mid although the crops were fair
there was no market for the wheat
when he had raised It. Consequently
this did not suit the young: farmer
and he and his brothers and his moth
er moved tc a farm near the railroad
at ltosthern. Wheeler had mighty
little money but faith In the coun
try and he bought a farm from the
railroad npent at n price of $:t-00 nn
aero. Consequently the $1,000 prize
paid for the best hard rod spring or
winter wheat grown In the two Am
erican about repaid Wheeler for the
price lie. paid to the railroad for his
farm. The reputation he has made
has enabled Wheeler to sell 100 bush
els of his wheat nt a price per bushel
for seed that amounted to more than
his farm cost him and It Is said thnt
lie could have obtained any price he
wished to name. Ills good farming
has not been confined to wheat for
ho won a prize for the best kept farm
In his district In what was called a
"good farms competition." W. J.
Class Turkey Red wheat was a close
second, Indeed his entry tipped the
scales one pound per bushel more
than thnt of Mr. Wheoler's Marquis
variety, but tho latter grain was
awarded the premium by the Judges
on account of its color and uniform
ity. It was no chance, no accident
that Wheeler carried off the coveted
trophy It was Just downright, com-
i nmn or garden, everyday hard work.
I hacked up by Intelligent study, keen
Jl'ST RECEIVED.
A complete line of now models In
the (Jos"'. I corsets. Trices from
fa.:o to
JllilS. ItOllT. lVTTIS0
Flioiio liliuk UM. (ursctlore.
enthusiasm and dogged perseverance.
He Bat up nights hand-picking his seed
while other farmers slept.
A ban on "making up time" when
steam or electric trains become 'belat
ed will be proposed during this con
gress as a means to prevent loss of
life, limb and property which the
Leaeue for Public Safety In Chicago
has found to be the greatest item of
waste suffered by railroad stockhold
ers as well as the public. This ban
has been adopted in Canada with suc
cess, the result being more uniform
speed and more thorough organization,
against delays and disaster. A bulle
tin of the league declares: "It has
been demonstrated that the number of
casualties with their attendant ex-,
pense can be reduced between 30 and
40 per cent In steam railroading op
erations by the adoption of a com
commlttee of safety plan which this
league recommended last year and
which has more than met the expecta
tions of roads which bave adopted It.
There are many other necessary steps
to be taken In reducing the enormous
Iosb involved In the present dlscredtt
ie record of American railroads
when compared with those of Eng
land, France and Germany. The ex
cuse that the loss of life and limb is
due to high speeds demanded by the
public is demolished by the fact that
that United ' States Is fourth among
the countries In the average speed of
Its railroad trains. There Is a large
amount of reckless running permitted
and even required of train crews In
order to make 'schedule time, no mat
ter what risk may be Involved in do
ing It. The record of wrecks shows
that making' up time Is a prolific
soruce of disaster. In Canada it has
been stopped and the net result has
been closer attention to uniform speed
on all divisions, greater precaution
and closer Inspection of rolling stock
and motive power because railroads In
competition muBt mnke good time."
fieporta indicate that the present con
gress is in a mood to protect the pub
lic and the abolition of the so-called
board of experts of the lnterestate
commerce commission promises to
hasten rather than retard progressive
steps in this country in safeguarding
passenger and freight traffic. Although
the Interstate commerce commission's
reports do not fully cover the cause or
accidents, figures have been specially
compiled from Its reports which will
serve to show what needs are greatest
for the protection of the public,
WANTED MORE ACTION.
And th Lioness Kindly Obliged the
Motion Pioture Hunter.
Taul J. Hniney writes in tue Outing
Magazine:
"The lioness was a picture to watch.
She kept turning up her Up and growl
ing savagely and once or twice made
as if to charge.. .This lasted four or
five minutes mid then Uemuient said
be wanted more action and told one of
bis camera boys to throw a stone at
her., The boy threw the stone, and we
also got the actlou. She watched the
stone roll past tier and theu, without
even looking back and without warn
ing whatsoever, she charged straight
In.
"Never before In my life have I seen
anything come so fast, it was all over
in the twinkling ot nn eye. It seem
ed to nie that when she tlrst started
she had her eye directly on me. but
caught sight ot the camera two or
three yards to my left and charged
straight lor that. I shot her full In
tlie chest when she had come probably
llt'loen yards, but without any nppar
cut effect. She came on with her low.
quick glide until she was within tif
tcen feet trntn the camera, when she
arose to strike It with Her paw. I
think lleumient. almost up to this
time, had been turning the crank, but
now he convulsively pulled the cam
era over on to himself for protection.
"It was a terrible moment I knew
she would have him before I could get
another cartridge Into my gun. but I
had nor reckoned on Klack. who was
sitting on the ground nt my right, and
Just as she was about to strike lie shot
her over the left eye with his .470
The rate at which she was traveling
carried her to within six feet of the
machine when she fell dead. On ex
amination we found thai my bullet
had passed square through ber lungs
from left to right and had lodged un
der the skin over her right ribs."
Muiio Kilts Men Young.
Tainting mid sculpture are rondo
clve to long life. Yet music kills men
young. Schubert, with all his wealth
of song, died at thirty-one; Mozart,
who danced and laughed his melodies
Into being, died at thirty-five, the same
age as Hclliiil: Htzet, the composer of,
"Carmen." died, like Turrell. at thirty
seven; .Mendelssohn survived to thirty
eight; Chopin, who loved lire so weil.
had dune with It at thirty-nine, while
Weber expired nt the age ot Torty and
Schumann al forty-six. lint Verdi
lived and nourished as n nonageunrinn.
"-Uinilou Standard.
ELECTRICJERMS.
The Units of Measurement and
What They Mean.
AMPERES, VOLTS AND WATTS.
Broadly Speaking, Amperes Indloete
Volume, yolte Measure Pressure and
Watts 8how the Reiulting Quantity.
The Kilowatt Hour.
It baa been estimated that the time
and labor wasted by those engaged in
Belling electricity In trying to make
tbelr customers understand a kilowatt
would suffice to build a string of pyra
mids from New Vork to Sao Francisco,
writes Allen Bollls. Tbe discouraging
feature of tbe task Is that after all this
effort tbe customer still remains igno
rant and cherishes tbe delusion that
tbe method of electric measurement Is
a devious device fur concealing nefari
ous practices by tbe electric light com
panies. The average American la perfectly
satisfied to buy gas by the foot trans
portation by tbe mile and telephones
by tbe month, but watts look suspicious
and kilowatts totally depraved. This
dlUlculty might bave been avoided If
tbe eminent scientists who first adopt
ed these accurate and to them conven
ient terms bad been willing to show
tbe rest .of tbe world -bow to compute
electric quantity in feet and Incbea or
barrels and quarts. Larking this, peo
ple are left to struggle with tbelr my
terloui method of measurements.'
The kilo Is an old friend tor ancient
enemy. If yon wtlli borrowed from the
metric system.
This leads to tbe definition of a watt.
Bat In order to know watts one most
first learn a boot tbe two other mem-'
bers of tbe family, amperes and volts,
Broadly speaking, amperes measure
volume, volts pressure and watts tbe
resulting quantity..
In order to get a tangible Idea of
tbe ampere, electricity may be com
pared with water flowing through a
pipe, in this Illustration the ampere
will represent the volume of water,
which is determined hy the size of the
pipe, but this should not be confused
with the size of the electric wire,
wblcb baa notblng to do with the pres
ent problem. Tbe ampere then meas
ures tbe volume of current flowing in
tbe wire at a given time. The qunnti
ty of energy flowing will depend upon
tbe other factor, which is expressed
in volts.
The volt may be considered tbe meas
ure of pressure or Intensity. In the
Illustration of water flowing through a
pipe the pressure is commonly express
ed In pounds to the square Inch. With
electric energy tbe same Idea Is ex
pressed In volts. It Is evident thnt the
quantity of water Mowing In a pipe of
a given size will Increase as the pres
sure Increases. In a similar way the
quantity of electricity Increases In ex
act proportion to the electric pressure
of voltage, and this quantity Is meas
ured hy watts.
yThe qmttltlty (wattfn of electricity
delivered over a single circuit Is the
direct product of the volume lamperesi
multiplied hy the pressure tvoltsi. In
other words, amperes multiplied bi
volts equals watts.
The Illustration serves to Indicate the
theory of electric measurement It Is
likely, however, to he misleading un
less the fact Is kept in mind that wa
ler Is material, while electricity mani
fests itself only through its on parity
of affecting visible things It heats
the filament tn un Incandescent lamp
nud gives us light. It turns our motors,
tt magnetizes telephone and telegraph
instruments, but always It conceals Itg
own. personality.
in order to know what n watt ac
tually Is It Is necessary to ascertain
what It will do. A thousand Ikiloi
watts are the mechilnieni equivalent
of one and one-third uorsopower- that
Is, a mechanical horsepower equals
"41! wntts of energy. Lighting circuits
usually carry 110 to I'JO volts. An or
(Unary sixteen candle power lamp
takes a little less than half an ampere
In volume and consequently cousunies
about fifty watts of current. Willi the
tungsten lamp the rating by watts tn
stead of candle power lias been Intro
duced and bids fair to become uuiver
sally adopted -
Helng thus furnished with a stand
ard of measurement it Is necessary
only to multiply the amount employed
icomnumly called "capacity"! by the
number of hours of use to get the ac
tual quantity cuv.s:: ::! In watt hours.
The sixteen candle power lamp, with
Its fifty watts capacity, consumes fifty
watt hours each hour It Is used. The
customary unit of consumption is the
kilowatt hour. (1.000 watts used one
houri. nud the lamp will consume this
quantity In twenty hours. The or
dinary electric meter ireeordlng watt
meter! records automatically the num
bcr of kilowatt hours used, being op
erated by a mechanism which runs at
a speed which corresponds to the ca
paclty employed. ltollins' Magazine.
Bismarck and No. 3.
Bismarck held thnt three was the
perfect number, for he had served three
masters, he had three names, three oak
leaves figure In his family arms, tie
was concerned In three wars, lie signed
three treaties of pence, In the Franco
Trusslnn war he had three horses kill
cd under him. he brought about the
meeting of three emperors, he was re
sponsible for the triple iillinnce. he
had three children, his family motto ;
was "Strength In trinity." ami caricsi i
turtsts depicted him with three hairs I
on his head. !
Error In Itself Is nlways Inviijble. IN
nature Is tbe absence of llght-Jacotil.
WAR
ICED ON
EGOS IS EFFECTIVE III NEW YORK
New York, Jan. 17. Tbe vigorous
campaign waged In this city last year
against the use of stale eggs by bak
ers, confectioners and otherB who are
! able to disguise them in their manu-
lactured product apparently will be
fought over again. The charge is made
that the traffic In "rotB" and "spots"
as they are known to the trade Is go
ing on as extensively as ever. Pre
sumably this Information Is accurate
for It comes from the dealers In bad
egs themselves.. Their business con
sists In supplying these tainted pro
ducts of the poultry yard In liquid or
powder form to tanneries for use in
the process of making leather and
they complain that it is impossible
for them to secure spoiled eggs for
this purpose because they are going
Into regular trade channels.
As the receipts of aged and incom
petent eggs amount to from 5,000 to
10,000 dozen weekly, it will be seen
that the chances of the ordinary citi
zen of coming into contact with them
are rather too great for comfort. Un
der the law the shipment of vicious
eggs is permitted providing the cases
are plainly marked to indicate the
character of their conteutB. It is said
that the markings are plainly visible
up to the time; of the receipt of the
eggs In Jersey City, but that on their
way across the river to Manhattan the
markings mysteriously disappear.
w . '
New York, Jan. IV. On'iy 14,000,000
nickels now stand between this city
and the completion of definite ar
rangements for much needed additions
to its subway system. This is the
amount representing the fare of about
40,000 passengers daily that measures
the difference between the negotla
:ors representing the city and the In
terborough subway lines as to the
average rate of earnings to be used
is a basis of payment to the operat
ing company on Its present invest
ment. The present subway has long
been crowded beyond its normal ca
pacity, and strong armed guards are
employed to pack passengers Into the
cars, Bardine fashion, during the rush,
hours. The officials of the company
insist that the return to be permitted
to them on their investment should be
based upon the number of passengers
at present which runs close to a mil
lion a day.
The municipal representatives con
tend that there is an abnormal con
gestion which the new construction is
Intended to correct. Inasmuch as the
difference of opinion has been narrow
ed down to $700,000 a year there Is
hope that an agreement will be reach
ed ultimately. The history of every
new transportation line opened in
New York In the past has been that It
has been crowded from the beginning
without an apparent diminution In the
pressure on other routes and it seems
probable that this will be the casej
with the subways.
New York. Jan. 17. (Special)
With Us usual predellction for reduc
ing every subject to statistical form,
financial New York has been studying
the monetary commission's report
with a view to determining where will
lie the control of the national reserve
nssocition which wil be brought into
existence to operate the banking sys
tem if thrdctaoishrd-:S CM1S11UDLU
tern of the country if the commis
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sion's recommendations are adopter
As a. result they have figured out that
New York City with over one fourth
of all the banking resources of th
i rountrv-will havA Iabd tT.nH '
I " "u ion nni.
i-But lojjicDcuittuuu m me association
and thatthe entire east with 60 per
cent or me nation b nanking resource
would elect less than half , that per.
ueiuugu m me mreciuraie. On th
other hand, the south which has about
one fifth as large a proportion of the
banking resources, would have prac
tically the same representation as the
west, and the west with about one
quarter of the country's banking pow
er would elect forty per cent of the.
association's directors.
The only possibility of section con
trol oj the association, therefore, will
be that of control by the west or by
the south and west acting together.
While there is some grumbling to the
effect that New York as the leading
financial center of the country fs Be
ing treated unfairly by-, the projectors
of the new measure, there is a gener-.
al Incllnatlo nto accept , it. While It
. entirely reconstitutes our present.
I banking system,' It Is recognized is.
marking a vast advance toward greatT
er financial stability. Tbe only strong
J opposition,, to tbe, new plan comes;
I from. the. speculative element , ot tbe
stock exchanges which foresees a ser-r-lous
handicap to Its operations In the
provisions discriminating1 against,
loans with stocks and bonds as col-
i lateral. . , V
New YOrk, Jan. 17. The alarm that,
prevailed for several days among tftei
'members of the Alimony club and'
other men about town against whom
claims have accumulated that they
object to paying has been relieved by
the opinion rendered by the corpora
tion counsel of the city to the sheriff!
that he is without authority to ap
point women deputies.
When Sheriff Harburger, who Is a
warm advocate of the suffrage cause
as well a? " Tammany leader, took:
office on January 1st he Imiriediately
announced that he intended to sur
round himself with a dozen or mom
skirted deputies and mentioned sev
eral society ieaders as probable ap
pointees. The men with constitutiona
objections to paying their debts have,
become adept at repelling the advane-'
es of polite strangers of their own'
sex, but the though that they would7
have to be on their guard lest every
woman In massive willow-plumed hat
and hobble skirt whom they chanced
to meet might thrust a formidable le
gal document upon them was almost
enough to cause them to surrender
and pay up.
Now, however, the city's legal &v
thority has come to their rescue by
holding that women deputy sheriffs
are not permlssable under the laws
of New York and there is consequent
relief along the Great White Way.
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