East Oregonian : E.O., April 16, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE NINE, Image 9

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HOUSES CAUSE
men DEATH SHE
APPLETON'll MAGAZINE
CONDEMNS THE ANLMAL
In tlio Cities Untold D. ailw Are Caus
ed liy the I'rcHenco of Horse
More Thau 200,000 Deaths In New
York Alone Are l.nl.i at Ills Door.
New York, April 16. Within the
cities comprising the metropolitan
population of 30,000,000 persons In
the United States, there are accord
ing to the latest equine census 2,936,
881 horses and 172,988 mules; a total
of 3,110,789 or one quadrupled for
each 10 persons In the districts de
scribed. While the horse has been called
the noblest and most Intelligent
friend of man, this vast number of
his species, according to Appleton's
magazine, constitutes a menace to
human health which should be abol
lssued without delay. "The greatest
enemy of municipal civilization," is
the charge that Is brought against the
horse In this Indictment, and the
and the claim Is backed up by a sur
prising urray of figures.
"If any specie of wild animals at
large In the American metropolis an
nually caused the death of thousands
of people," says the Appleton article,
"the beasts would be exterminated no
matter how valuable to the towners
they might be." The assertion is
made, b.ised on scientific research,
that the horse In the city Is one of
the chief causes of disease and should
be eliminated.
In New York alone moro than $6,
000,000, according to the figures of
the health department, Is spent an
nually to offset the presence of the
horse. More than 20,000 deaths a
year nre laid at his door, in New
York alone, It being pointer out that
am cause of dust and an attraction
to files both great causes of disease,
the horse is an unequalled menace to
health.
New York city leads all others In
its horse population with 120,000,
with a total resultant expense of $18,
000,000. Chicago with Its 76,629
horses and Boston with 26,941 follow
close behind, and at the door of the
horses in these cities, science lays
thousands of deuths each year. More
over, It Is claimed that American cit
ies would be comparatively free from
disease were It not for flies for which
the horse is the chief attraction..
"The significant conclusion of sci
entific men," says the Appleton arti
cle, "Is that the horse, being the prin
cipal source of dust, disease, germs
and files In the cities, Is therefore, one
of the chief causes of the abnormal
death rate in modern municipalities."
In addition to this sanitary nrralgn
men of the horse a heavy economic
bill Is charged against him. Based on
the figures collected, It Is estimated
that his board bill In New York alone
1s nearly $1. BOO. 000 annually. Far
more Important Is the estimate which
adds 25 per cent to he cost of vegeta
bles, fruit, meat and other supplies
In the city which he hauls.
Altogether the horses in New York
city If hitched one In front of the oth
er would form a line more than 190
miles In length, while the horses In all
the cities of the country If stretched
In one line head to tall, would extend
more than 4700 miles, or from the At
lantic to the Pacific and half way
hark again.
Hotel St. George.
Jos. Charet, Walla Walla; J. TV
McOllllway, San Francisco; W. W
King, V. S. It. 8.; Wm. H. Barry.
Portland; Chos T. Stewart, Chicago:
Joe Bailey Echo; N. Brownell, Port
land; T. W.Kent. Portland; F. J.
Winter. Portland; S. F. Wilson,
Athena.
Two thousand persons have been
drowned and 700 Chinese Junks sunk
In high water In the Hu Peh river,
China.
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Dog Pets In Hotels.
"The one tiling we have more trem
ble with tbau anything else," said the
manager of one of the largo hotels In
upper Broadway, "Is the fact that wo
men Insist on smuggling their pet dogs
to their rooms. We nave no objections
to dogs as dogs. If the animal la not
tod large or too fierce our guests may
take them to their rooms during the
day and may even feed them there.
But we draw the line at having dogs
In the bedrooms at night. Any woman
with a pet dog can have the beast
cared for by the porter at night, and
we have specially constructed kennels
for all kinds of dogs, and we give
them the best of care. But owners of
pets aeem to think that no one save
themselves understands Fldo or Gyp.
The women seem to think that If dog
gie has not the comforting assurance
of the owner's nearness then doggie
will not sleep well. So women try to
smuggle their pets to their rooms un
der their cloaks or by back ways or
even bribe one of the porters to take
it to their room, believing that we will
not hear anything about It
"Am a matter of fact the first thing
the porter does after getting bis tip Is
to tip me, and a couple of hours later
the woman Is called upon by a clerk,
who tells her dogs cannot stay in the
bedrooms all night New York Press.
His Neighbor's Cat
Cleveland lawyer tells of a man
living In a suburb of that city whose
sleep bad been disturbed nightly by
the bowling on his own back fence of
his neighbor's cat At last In despair,
be consulted bis lawyer.
"There sits the cat every night on
our fence," explained the unhappy
man, "and be yowls and yowls and
yowls. Now, I don't want 'to have any
trouble with this neighbor, but the
thing has gone far enough, and I want
you to suggest a remedy."
The lawyer looked solemn and said
not a word.
"I am well within my rights if I
shoot the cat, am I not?" asked the
sufferer.
"I would hardly say that" replied
the legal light. "The cat does not be
long to you, as I understand it"
"No."
"And the fence does?"
"Yes."
"Then," concluded the lawyer, "I
think It safe to say that you have a
perfect right to tear down the fence."
Llppincott's.
Weeds Worth Millions.
New Zealand flax la one of a num
ber of wild weeds that yield their
gatherers great wealth. The flax, the
strongest known, grows wild in
marshes. When it is cultivated it
dwindles and Its fibers become brittle
and valueless.
Indian hemp grows wild, and out of
it hasheesh, or keef, Is made. Keef
looks like flakes of chopped straw. It
la smoked In a pipe; It Is eaten on
liver; It Is drunk In water; it produces
an Intense, a delirious happiness, and
among orientals it takes the place of
beer and whisky.
The most valuable weed of all the
wild growths Is the seaweed. The
nitrate beds of South America, which
yield something like $65,000,000 a year,
are nothing but beds of seaweed de
composed. Columbus Dispatch.
On Kind of Fame.
Authorities who have In charge some
of England's ancient treasures try to
discourage the habit of caning Initials
on these relics. A fine of $15 was re
cently Imposed on a man who had
chipped his name In letters six Inches
high on one of the stones In the
"Druids' Circle" near Keswick. Close
to the giant stone globe at Swanage a
special slab Is provided for the harm
less reception of the names of all
who are addicted to this self advertise
ment On popular Alpine summits it
is customary for names to be left on
cards In emptied wine bottles. -Chicago
News.
A Story of Beau Nash.
Beau Nash was not entirely a butter
fly, as Is proved by the following anec
dote: Hla father was a partner In a
glass business at Swansea. This was
little known, and the Duchess of Marl
borough once twitted him with the ob
scurity of his birth. "Madam," replied
Nash, "I seldom mention my father In
company, not because I have any rea
son to be ashamed of him, but because
be bas some reason to be ashamed of
me."
Gravity.
The moat distant planet In our solar
system, Neptune, Is 2,750,000,000 miles
from the sun, and yet the arm of the
sun reaches out and controls the re
mote planet without the least difficulty.
In a word, gravity Is universal, every
atom In the universe exerting Its Influ
ence upon every other atom. New
York American.
One Was Assumed.
A fool tricked out In motley smiled
on his lord and said to him, "Sir, what
la the difference between my foolish
ness and thine?"
"Say on," quoth the lord.
"Well, of mine," quoth the fool, "1
make a profession."
The Orphan.
"Please, sir, will you give a penny to
ft poor orphan?"
"Certainly, my boy! Has your father
been dead long?"
"No, sir. He's the orphan. This
money's for him."
To Talk About
"She hasn't any friends to speak of."
"No? Then what are they forT'
Puck. An Indolent man draws bis breltb.
but does not live-Cicero.
If you see It in the East Oregonlan,
It's so.
CHIT
TELEPHONES
SWITZERLAND OWNS
HER TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Prkx-H of Service Very Low and Prof
its to Uio Government Are Large
Total Net Profit for the Past Yeu
Was $863,881 Switzerland Owns
and Operates 10,518 MUee.
In stating that the Swiss govern
ment owns and operates all the tele
graph and telephone lines In the con
federation, Consul K. E. Mansneia,
of Lucerne, furnishes the following
details as to their management:
The telegraph and telephone ser
vice exends to nearly every town and
village in the country, and every rail
way station Is supplied with both
systems. The service is good and the
rates low. They are operated In con
nection with the postal service, every
postornce being provided with tele
graphic facilities, and practically all
of them public telephones.
Distances In Switzerland being
short, the service prompt, and the
rates low, the telegraph and tele
phoges are liberally patronized. Long
distance connections are made with
all the local or urban telephone lines
enabling patrons to communicate with
all cities and towns in the country.
There are also International connec
tions with all the countries bordering
on Swiss territory.
A feature of the Swiss telephone
service Is that in addition to owning
and operating all the lines, the gov
ernment manufactures all the Instru
ments us-1. makes the Insulations,
and controls the business absolutely.
Ijengtli of Lines, Revenue and Profit.
The total length of telephone lines
in Switzerland is 10.648 miles. The
annual rental charge for offices, bus
iness houses and residences Is $12.46
per year. An additional charge of
one cent Is made for each call In the
town. For Interurban or long dis
tance calls the rate Is 2 to 14 cents
for three minutes, according to dis
tance, 14 cents being the maximum
rate for any distance In the country.
The number of telephone subscrib
ers in 1906 was 63,711. During the
year there were 32,071,177 local, 7,
261,193 interurban, and 299,209 In
ternational calls over the govern
ment telephones. The revenue from
all classes of calls for 1906 was $829,
"32; Income from rent on 63.711 tel
ephones. $668,702. Total, $1,498,434.
The total length of telegraph lines
In Switzerland is 66,683 miles. The
total number of telegrams transmit
ted in 1906 was 4,918,679, of which
2,339,966 were International and 1,
698,838 local. The total revenue
from telegrams for the year was $1,
696,664. There is a government tax of 30
centimes, equal to a fraction under 6
cents American money, on each tele
gram sent. In addition to this charge
there is a unlversay rate of one-half
cent a word throughout the country,
distance not being taken into consid
eration. A telegram of 10 words costs
only 11 cents. The International rate
is 30 cents per word to New York. 2
cents to France, Germany, Italy and
Austria, 6 cents to Spain, 6 cents to
England, and 9 cents to Russia. In
addition to the foregoing there Is a
government tax of 10 cents on each
international telegram or cablte.
The total lrtcome from telephone
and telegraph service for 1906 was
$3,095,098; expense, $2,231,217; prof
It to the government, $863,881. TJie
telegraph and telephone service,, like
the government railways and parcels
post, are economically administered,
the object being to render the best
service possible ut the lowest possible
cost Us the people.
COLORADO FARMERS MEET,
live Thousand Members of Union
Represented at Pueblo.
Pueblo, Colo., April 16. Represen
tatives of the 6000 Colorado members
of the National Farmers' Union as
sembled In Pueblo today for a State
conference. The Colorado branch
was organized but a few months
ago, but has already been highly suc
cessful In Its efforts to control the
price of agricultural products. A
general purchasing agency wll be es
tablished as a result of today's con
ference. The union already owns a coal
mine in Colorado. It Is the famous
Peerless, located at Auguilar, Colo.,
and It has been turning out 100 tons
a day. This coal is supplied the mem
bers at a saving of $2 per ton, and
In addition the mine paid a profit of
100 per cent on the investment.
Preparations are now being made
to add Improved equipment and lb'
crease the output to 400 tons a day.
It also owns a woolen mill at Al
buquerque, N. M., in which 600C
members arc stockholders, and many
of them are wearing clothing made
from goods turned out by the mill.
The organization is behind the
movement to establish a beet sugar
factory at Manzanola. contracts for
which have already been slgneM, and
which will handle the beets of the
farmers of the Arkansas valley, who
decline to accept the reduction de
clared by the trust concerns.
Were Married hi Pendleton.
A suit has been filed In which Jen
nie McFarland seeks to have tho
bonds of matrimony existing between
herself and Wllllom McFarland dis
solved on the grounds of cruel and
inhuman treatment, says the Baker
City Herald. She complains that they
wen' married in Pendleton April 20,
1902, and since that time her life has
been made miserable by threats of
great bodily Injury. J. L. Rand Is at
torney for the plaintiff.
Oregon lumbermen are preparing to
bid on a shipload of fir timbers and
piling advertised for by the govern
ment for use on the Panama canal.
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WOOD BLOCKS ADOPTED
AFTER LONG STRUGGLE
Cost Will be $9.25 Per Running Foot
for 48-Foot Street Blocks 4x4x8
Indies Will Cost $13 Per 1000 at
the Mill Total Cost of Treating and
Laying Blocks Will Bo $20 Per
1000.
The Lewlson Tribune says of the
adoption of the wood block paving
by the council of that city:
The city council last night adopt
ed wood block as the class of pave
ment for Lewiston and directed City
Engineer Gullland to prepare speci
fications for the work and make his
report at the next meeting ofthe
council.
The council has been Investigating
for a year the paving subject as to the
best class of material to be used In
Lewiston, Its cost and Incidental sub
jects. Surveys for the work have
been made and preliminary estimates
secured through the engineering de
partment as to many classes of ma
terials The council then solicited the
cooperation of the Commercial club
toward the end that an expression of
the property owners In the paving dis
trict and also the views of the tax
papers might be secured.
The club held a mass meeting to
discuss the subject, a committee on
investigation was appointed, and this
committee a few .days ago reported
In favor of the wood block with
brick In second place. The club en
dorsed the report of the committee
and a few minutes later this report
was submitted to the council when
the report was approved there and
Instructions given to the city engi
neer. The cost of the wood block pave
ment will reach $9.25 per running foot
for a 48 foot street this cost to include
curbing and a storm sewer. Esti
mates received show the cost ofj
Craig Mountain tamarack blocks will !
reach $13 a thousand at the mills.
Further inquiry made of City En-1
glneer Gullland showed that he had
already, in connection with his In-1
vestigntlons of the paving question,'
taken up correspondence with the
concerns that handle the carbollneum
treatment for the wood block and that
the price they charge for treating and
Installing 1000 blocks Is $20. The
blocks favored as making' the best
pavement has a dimension of 4 by 4
by 8 inches..
After this data had been given, the
motion by Commissioner Salesberg
prevailed by a unanimous vote, thus
launching the long discussed paving
subject on its last step prior to tho
awarding of the contract.
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March 1, 1908
and will continue dally throughout March and April. From the
principal cities of the Middle West the rates will be as follows
FROM FROM
KANSAS CITY $80.00 COUNCIL BLUFFS $50.00
ST. LOUIS $35.00 OMAHA $80.00
CHICAGO $88.00 ST. PAUL $89.00
Corresponding rates from all other Eastern points. Stopovers
at pleasure at all points in Oregon.
The Colonist Rate la the greatest of all homebullders. Oregon
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FARES CAN BE PREPAID.
Here at home If desired. Any agent Is authorised to accept the re
quiring deposit and telegraph ticket to any point. Call on F. J.
Quinlan, local agent, or address Wll. M'MURRAY,
General Passenger Agent, Portland.
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