TALK OF THE TOWN
"Walter Kline is a Portland visitor to
day. Trunks and suit cases at Blackledge's
. Furniture store. ' ' 5-17-tf
Mamie Cauthorne came home today
from a Portland visit.
For Sale Household furniture at 857
Tyler street. Phone 2264. . 6-9-10 t.
Acme Quality Paints anil Floor Var
nish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
5-17-tf.
Call up the Palace of Sweets for your
ice cream and sherbets. Free delivery.
5-6-tf
Floyd Bogue went to Portland yester- '
day to take a bird's
eye view ot the i
city.
Doc. Frantz, of Hoskins, was looking
after business matters in Corvallis yes
terday. Mrs. Weir, of Albany, who has been
visiting Mrs. Groves, went to Newberg
yesterday.
A. L. Tozier went to Portland yes
terday to see the sights and take in the
Rose Show.
Mrs. Effie Smith is prepared 'to do
dressmaking at 242 Eighth street, cor
ner Jefferson. 6-10-6t
Dr. Mentor Howard will be absent
from the office until Wednesday on ac
count of sickness.
Miss Edna Beach, of Portland, will be
the guest of Miss Ethel Berman during
the commencement season.
Mrs, Fred Buchanan, of Southern
Benton, was placing a little surplus
change with the merchant's yesterday.
. General repair shop. All work first
class, promptly done. Back of Beal
. Bros., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros.
- 5-7-tf
Mrs, M. M. Long and little son went
to Monmouth today where she will visit
home folks and attend the commence
ment at the Normal.
Wanted. By young lady to engage
place to work for next fall. Will want
to attend college. Address 446 18th
and Tyler streets, city. 5 24 tf
must De sola at once, tnree lots on
Main street ; one lot on First street ;
two lots on Third street. All well lo
cated. A bargain, Hughes & Miller,
140, Second street. 6-7-tf.
A. L. Stevanson had a blowout yes
terday and the new auto is side-tracked
for repairs, A. L. is a philosopher and
now begins to realize that none but the
wealthy can enjoy the luxuries of life
After a day of royal sport at the
driving park yesterday the fun lovers
gathered in little groups about the city
to discuss the merits of favorite horses
and poke each other for lack of Judg
ment in placing the little wager. It
was a good-natured jolly crowd vieing
with each other as to who could have
the most fun. A foot race between
Tom Graham and Skeeter Swan was a
novel feature of the nightly program,
the last named gentleman being called
from peaceful slumber to convince the
. doubting Thomas and his friends that
although married, he was still a Skeeter
when it comes to running. To make it
interesting an occasional little plaster
was placed on the side and as they are
all game roosters everything went
merry as a marriage bell. The finish
ing touches were put on outside the
city limits and although somewhat
afflicted with that tired feeling they
will be ready for the days' program.
IE. W, S, PRATT,
STRICTLY
Ready - to
SUITS, SKIRTS
These. Garments for . Ladies and Misses
are of excellent quality. The styles speak
for themselves and the prices are really
less than the cost of material and making.
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
- Henfcl
Read the Daily Gazette for all news.
J. F. Aldrick is reported to be seri
ously ill.
Walter Burnap is in Portland for a
few days.
Mrs. Max Meyer has gone to Port
land on a business visit.
J. R. Montgomery has been spending
the week in the Rose City. ' ' -
Did you eat Golden Rod for break
fast? Get it at Kline's. ' 6-12-7t
Floyd Williams was up from Indepen
dence on business Thursday.
L. W. Mulvany returned from his
ranch on Big Elk yesterday.
L. Davidson, of Iowa, is visiting his
sister - in - law, Mrs,
T. J. Davidson.
Miss Florence Adams has returned
from a visit to friends at Monmouth.
Mrs. John Schuldt and Mrs. William
Andrew, of Oregon City, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Troxel.
Miss Allie McDonald has returned
from Portland where she has been help
ing care for her aunt who is sick.
Cecil Cathey, of Albany, was inter
viewing Corvallis business men yester
day in the interest of McCaskey's Cash
register.
Mrs. Bendshadler and Miss Bessie
Spencer, of Elgin, Oregon, are visiting
at the home of Chas. and Geo. Bend
shadier. They are here to attend the
commencement exercises at OAC.
Eat Golden Rod Flakes,
They are better for breakfast,
Than old-fashioned corn cakes,
And five minuets time,
Is all that it takss
At Kline's. 6-12-tf
T. A. Niece, of Osceola, Iowa, son-in-law
of John R. Montgomery, is a re
cent arrival in Corvallis. He seems
well pleased with ihe country and in
speaking of the very peculiar conditions
this year says the crop in Iowa is very
deplorable and farmers greatly dis
couraged. Incessant rain has delayed
corn planting and late frosts killed the
fruit.
The Southern Pacific Railroad called
Willis Vidito by phone yesterday and
sent him into the Alsea country to fight
fire. Two fires are reported and unless
closely guarded may spread to the fine
timber and do great damage. This is
one of the finest timber belts on the
coast and the building of the Corvallis
& Alsea railroad is being constructed to
reach and market the lumber. The loss
of this timber would be a serious blow
to Corvallis as plans are now under con
sideration for establishing immense saw
mills here with the Alsea country as
the base of supply. For several years
Mr. Vidito has acted as fire warden in.
the interest of the Southern . Pacific
Railroad but never before has he been
called so early in the season:
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Those attractive women who are lov&
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envy of many who might be like them,
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous
and irritable. Constipation or Kidney
poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complexion,
For all such, Electric Bitters work won
ders. They regulate Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys, purify the blood, give
strong nerves, bright eyes, pure breath,
smooth, velvety skin, lovely complex
ion. Many charming women owe their
health and beauty to them. 50c at all
druggists.
Ladies' Watches need
Constant Repairing
Their method of carrying them is
responsible for the fact. Pinned to
the waist or hanging on a chain the
delicate mechanism is easily disar
ranged. We pay special attention
to ladies' watches, and when re
paired by us you wiirfind that they
keep in order longer.
Jeweler and Optician
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BY BUYING HERE NOV
& Davis
AILROAD CAR THAT
EATS AND WRITES
Wonderful Machine For Saving
Life, Money and Time.
THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD
Extraordinary Accomplishments of Dr.
P. H. Dudley's ' Dynagraph Car,
Which Charts Slight as Well as
Dangerous Defects ' In Rails and
Roadbeds on New York Central Lines.
By FREDERICK R. TOOMBS.
Who has seen a dynagraph?
No; it is not some strange nocturnal
marauder felled by Mr. Roosevelt In
the East African wilds. It is something
considerably more unusual. A dyna
graph is a railroad car that eats,
drinks, writes and almost thinks.
Frobabiy every reader of these words
has benefited from the work of the
dynagraph. and it is "safe to assume
that he never knew of the fact until
now. Much of the ease, comfort and
safety of the railroad passengers of a
large portion of the United States for
over a score of years have been due to
this railroad car, which is equipped
with most ingenious mechanism. Yet
it Is almost impossible to find a single
member of the general public not con
nected officially with some big railroad
company who has ever heard of, much
less seen, the dynagraph. I say the
dynagraph because there is only one
in the entire country, the only one, in
fact, in the whole world.
' The dynagraph Is the Invention of
Dr. P. H. Dudley, an Ohioan of well
known mechanical engineering abili
ties. It is a large, heavy, intricate, del
icate mechanism which performs the
highly valuable service of detecting
and registering defects, irregularities
and weaknesses in the tracking and
roadbed of railroads, and, being faster
and more accurate than trackwalkers,
it thus enables road officials to pro
ceed expeditiously with the proper
remedy for such defects. The saving
of money and life and time to the rail
roads is enormous, as also, are the
services rendered to the traveling pub
lie. In its especially adapted car, de
signed and built by Dr. Dudley Him
self, the dynagraph car goes on its
journey day after day over the glisten
ing rails of numerous states, charting
the slight as . well as the dangerous
shortcomings in rails and roadbeds,
whether they arise from flaws in the
metal or length of exposure or wear
or from attacks by nature's forces or
from accident or carelessness . of em
ployees. All - these are shown and
plainly-differentiated in ink on a roll
of white paper, and when Dr. Dudley's
expert eye reads the telltale record he
can report to the company's offices
down to a matter of Inches where the
tracks, need repairing and the detailed
nature of the repairs required. He
does not necessarily have to look at a
single inch of hundreds of miles ot:
tracks in order to do this. All he has
to do is to sit or stand before the
dynagraph in - his private car and see
that it operats smoothly. His wonder
ful invention does the rest
Therefore it is no matter of marvel
that distinguished railroad experts
have come from foreign lands to ex
amine this machine that has powers'
approaching some of those of human
eyes. For does it not 'write a record
in ink that it drinks with many
mouths? Does it not eat voraciously
the paper which it feeds automatically
to itself? And, while It of course does
not actually "think." yet the writer Is
about to explain certain of its proc
esses that show the apparatus .to have
almost uncanny powers in imitating
the workings of the human eye and
the human brain. Here is an Ameri
can invention fully . as remarkable in
lte sphere as the telegraph or the tele
phone or tha sewing machine or the
self reaper and binder, the wireless
telegraph, the phonograph or the aero
plane and dirigible balloon in their fields,
yet the inventor remains unknown ex
cept among railroad men, simply be
cause the machine has a narrow field
of use or adaptability and because the.
Inventor Is a very modest man who
shrinks from the glare of publicity.
Dr. Dudley is like the Wright broth
ers of aerial navigation fame because
he lets his imitators do all the talk
ing, while he does the thinking and
the working.
.Let us take a trip of a column or
two in length over this dynagraph car,
a trip that should prove Interesting
from a half dozen viewpoints. On its
Idle days, which are very few, the car
may be seen on a siding at the Grand
Central station of the New Tork Cen
tral railroad in New York city.
At one end of the car, which is fifty
feet long and comfortably furnished,
will be seen a curious, low setting
piece of machinery, from which un
rolls a broad sheet of paper marked
with what to the uninitiated appear as
unintelligible Ink lines. Resting on
the paper or chart are small glass
vials, fifteen In number, filled with red
ink. When the car is in motion the
ink feeds through tiny holes In the
pointed vials and as the chart unrolls
traces lines thereon." These vials are
set on thin bars that reach out across
the chart like lears of a tarantula or
the tentacles of a young octopus.
As the car speeds over the steel rails
It will ri3e or fail or swerve or rattle
or tilt, according to the condition of
the rails or roadbed , or ties. The
wheels search out. and are affected by
even -: slight ' irregularities and of
course, as In the case of an ordinary
passenger coach, readily convey jolts
and jars to the car itself. In the case
f the- ordinary passenger, car, how
tver, the jolts shake up the travelers,
rattle the windows, etc., but when the
dynagraph car is shaken from such
cause or allied causes a record Is si
multaneously made on the chart Each
one of the fifteen glass vials is partic
ularly affected by some kind of de
fect or another. It registers in ink a
mark that indicates on the chart just
what kind of defect has been discovered,-
and, as stated previously, the lo
cality of the flaw or depression or im
proper elevation can be ascertained
within a matter of inches, no matter
how long the distance that Is covered
by the car in its flight, nor how rapidly
it may be traveling.
Among the weaknesses or defects,
etc., recorded by. the dynagraph are
flaws in the tops or upper flat surface
of rails, irregularities In the sides of
rails, defective joints, bends in rails
which broaden or narrow the gauge.
loose rails, too much elevation or de
pression of rails on curves, etc.
The record on the chart is made up
of continuous lines of ink, and, assum
ing, for Instance, that we are anxious
to locate irregularities In the surfaces
of the rails, just how would we ascer
tain mem; ,ve wouiu rouow me
course of the particular ink line which
Dr. ' Dudley would tell us indicated
the condition of the surfaces, and if
the rails were flawless in this respect
the line would be perfectly straight, as
recorded on the roll of paper, unwind
ing from one roller and winding up on
another. But when improper depres
sions., etc., exist the line of Ink is no
longer straight. The tiny vial from
which the fluid flows swerves to right
or to left, and the broken line is quick
ly interpreted by Dr. Dudlly to mean
that a' certain kind of medicine must
be administered to the sick rails by
the section gang. Therefore the more
Irregular the line registered on the
chart the- more defective Is the track
ing. . -;,-
At the finish of a test run Dr. Dud
ley calfs into use a special system of
computation and ascertains the "sum
of Irregularity" which indicates the
general condition of the road over
which he has traveled. The recording
apparatus ft operated by electricity
from batteries carried In the car, and
the sensitive machine Is watched con
stantly While in operation.
Another extraordinary accomplish
ment of the dynagraph is the ejection
of paint by means of unique mechan
ism beneath the car, so that it smears
a rail where a defect of a certain na
ture exists.. The paint is blue, and
when Jhe fault , in... the rail starts the
mechanism working a "daub of - the
fluid Is "set" on the steel track in a
manner' and position : according to-the
nature of the flaw. The blue paint is
a signal -to-; the track repairer that
something is wrong and just what and
where the Imperfection is. .
r.Eyyt,inch-of ink lines on the chart
repres-its fifty- feet of railroad track. ;
Abe :uUiigraph is ah indication of
the expense undergone and the care
exercised by railroad companies in the
perfecting of their roadbeds and track
age and in minimizing the chances of
accident When a catastrophe occurs
excitable ' individuals or yellow jour
nals, usually dilate hysterically on the
carelessness , of the railroad officials.
In many cases the hearer or the reader
would imagine that the officials of the
roads - were In the habit of meeting
secretly-in dark rooms and deliberate
ly planning how to bring about the
ditching of transcontinental fliers. As
a point of absolute truth and a fact
that" . can easily be demonstrated by
cold logic, railroad officials are" more
in fear of accidents on their lines than
any other class of people, and it is a
simple business proposition that they
should use every means to lessen the
dangers of travel and transportation:
Dr. ? Dudley carries many scientific
books , and instruments on his car to
aid his- investigations, which extend
over a field considerably larger as re
gards the railroads than has thus far
been indicated In this article. For In
stance, he is an expert on the quality
of the steel - used in the rails, and he
carries three very powerful micro
scopes, which he uses in examining
rails. and other materials. The strem-
matograph is a novel aid to the in
ventor. This device takes photographs
of the track as it passes over it, re
vealing its condition In minute details,
the lens used being one of unusual ex
cellence-
He can run his tar on practically
any railroad, but almost all his Inves
tigating is confined to the system of
the New York Central and its associ
ated lines. - Of late years the dyna
graph car has been chiefly occupied in
inspecting eastern" roads, though dur
ing its entire career it has covered immense-stretches
of territory through
out the United States.
It is absolutely impossible to accu
rately estimate the actual value of the
dynagraph. It represents the study
and labor of much of the inventor's
lifetime, and he has improved It from
time to time. To him it is priceless.
and it is no exaggeration to state that
the railroad company also considers it
as beyond monetary valuation.
Dr. Dudley and his wife live on
board the dynagraph car year In and
year out; They have lived on it since
1878, the year In which it was built In
Wilmington, Del. They can exhibit
ail the comforts" of home, in spite of
the , necessarily cramped quarters .
piano, comfortable sleeping quarters.
well stocked bookcases, dining room,
folding chairs, kitchen stove, etc. and
Mrs. Dudley assures the visitor that
she is as comfortable In her home on
wheels as any one of her friends who
have expensive apartments or resi
dences, v. ' "
Interesting to . note, both ' Dr. and
Mrs.. Dudley are descendants of for
mer governors of Connecticut govern
ors of the Nutmeg State in the earlj
colonial period prior to the Revolution.
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rao
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Glass, Haviland
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Summer R.ates
During the Season 1909
via the
Southern Pacific Co.
from
CORVALLIS, OREGON
To OMAHA and Return - - $62.60
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To CHICAGO and Return - - $75.10
and to other principal cities in the East, Middle West and South.
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31st. .
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over privileges, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers to make
side trips to many interesting points enroute.
Routing on the return trip through California may I e had at a slight
advance over the rates quoted.
Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished
by R. C. LINNVILLH, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland,
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