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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1914)
THE FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1914. E BESTS MEN AT CHESS Device That Protests When Human Opponent Cheats. IT HAS SENSITIVE ORGANS. Automatic Apparatus Constructed So That Competitor la Obliged to Play 8trictly According to Rules of tha Game When These Are Violated Lighted Lamp Gives Warning. Is the day near nt bond when science will be able to crente huinnn being' This question may well be asked when one considers the latest Invention of that kins of automat Inventors Senor Torres y Quevedo. member of the Spanish Academy of Sciences. Senor Torres caused a sensation -some thirty years ago by Inventing a machine which would solve algebraic equations. Then he invented a balloon which would direct Itself and could attain n speed as great as the fastest Zeppelins. The latest product of this wonderful laboratory, says a Paris dispatch to the New York Sun, is a machine which plays chess and which seems actually to accomplish the work of a human brain. Senor Torres thus describes his own Invention: "It is true that the game which the automat plays is not very complicated, but, nevertheless, for Its opponent to win he must know how to play. The automat uses the white king against the castle and the black Icing. Its game Is won In advance, but It must follow a certain course which leads It up to the finish. On the Watch For Fraud. "When the automat's opponent moves the black king the automat begins by seeing If the movement conforms with the rules of the game. If not it protests by lighting a lamp. If the move Is according to the rules the au tomat, taking into account the position of the three pieces, decides what is the best move and then makes It. Thus the game continues until the automat lias checkmated the black king. "If the automat's opponent should make a mistake, as I said before, the automat protests by lighting a lamp. But It will tolerate only three mis takes. Then nil lis lights go out, and you may move your pieces as much as you wuut the automat has llnlshed. If you wish to begin a new game you invite the automat by a special move ment to play another game. If It ac cepts It will turn out all its lights, place Its pieces on the board in their original positions, then wait for you to muke the tlrst move. "The old automats, the most cele brated of which were those of Vau eansiin. imitated the appearance and the movements of man. Today tlds Idea iias been abandoned, and intricate machines, which look like nothing but machines, have taken their places. The self directing torpedo is a good exam ple of an automat. The difficulty does not lie in tile work of Its helmsman, but in the determination of the move ment to be execulcd. The machine de duces this movement from indicators by purely mechanical means. This, as in the calculating machines, is the brninwork of the man that the ma chine accomplishes. Sensitive Mechanism. "It is not to be denied that automats ran have sensitive organs unououielers. thermometers, compasses, etc.,1 permit ting them to recognize t lie circum stances which determine their move ments, but science refuses to admit that they can possess the analogue of a brain. Hut I believe I have shown that this possibility theoretically does not olTcr tile least doubt. Automats 41111 be made as complicated as one may wish. "I believe that there is no limit In this Iomalii and that theoretically at least the time will come when all factory ulcerations, even those which demand the intervention of engineers, can be executed automatically." A GARDEN SANDWICH. By JACK ULNA WAY. I Therr's a race on In Hip gunlen, An' the plants are in for fair. All a-BUrgin' an' a-sorai;iblin Kacli Intent on winnin' there. First the mustard mustered cour age, Hlntin' that they have a race. Said the lettuce. "Let us try it, An' the beanstalk set the pace. Then the pea come poddln' out there in Its swiftest, quickest way, An' the pop corn popped into It, Think n' fer tu lane ine uny. The potato vine started runnin', An' the turnip turned up loo. An' the beet then beat the record. 'Twas a simple thing to do Till it realized that something Was a-crowdln' on its tread. While the spud, whose eyes were y open, X Saw the cabbage make a head. MEALS SAME DAY 2,000 MILES APART Breakfast In Newfoundland, Dinner In Ireland. ' NEW SOIL ACIDITY TEST. It Is Expected to Prove a Better Way Than Use of Litmus Paper. What Is expected to prove a more positive test for soil acidity than the common litmus paper test, and one which, because of the cheap and harm less chemicals used In its operation will be within the rcuch of the ordi nary farmer, has been devised by E. Truog, instructor in the department of soils, college of agriculture of the University of Wisconsin. The new test, it is believed, will be of especial benefit to county represen tatives and to field agents of the state soils laboratory, owing to the fact that it is simple to operate and approxi mate quantitative results can be se cured in from ten to fifteen minutes. The new method consists of the ad dition to a sample of soil to be exam ined of zinc sulphide with small amounts of calcium chloride and wa ter and boiling the mixture in a flask held over a small flame, preferably au alcohol lamp. Commercial lead ace tate paper, which can be purchased at the drug store, when held In the fumes of the mixture for a few minutes will turn from light brown to a shiny black, according to the degree of acid ity present In the soil. The natural color of the leud acetate paper is white, hence the discoloration can be plainly seen and will more accurately gunge the acidity in a soil than will the litmus paper test now in use In many sections. The chemicals are perfectly safe for the layman to handle, and the com plete apparatus, including flask and burner, ordinarily will not cost more than $2. IF 100 MILE SPEED IS KEPT UP Alexander Graham Bell Say Aeroplane That Could Support Itself Two Miles Up Might Cross Ocean In Thirteen Hours New Facts About tha Flying Boat America. The Dream Fisherman He drew a fly across a stream His heart of hope was full And as it split a ripple's gleam He felt a sudden pull. A start, a tug, a vigorous rush His languor all was gone. The world its noises seemed to hush. For, lo, the fight was on! He listened to the singing reel. He braced himself, and sttU Beneath his fingers he could feel 1 The keen and welcome thrill. He took no chance; he used great care; He frowned; he grinned with glee. His hopes ran high; he faced despair What would the outcome be? Then just as from the water came The shining, dripping prize The boss approached his desk and glared With stern and searching eyes. The clerk bent down like other men To labor close and drear. But thrilled because he'd caught again That flah he'll catch next year! Chicago News. The possibility of a transatlantic vi-tttiu uiui iu u uuuvier man ntr ma- chine In thirteen hours is pointed out KILL RATS BY THOUSANDS; in a iuujui uinvuuuu iu me h uonai BALDHEADED MATES BEST? Club of Smooth Pates Meets Rebuff at 8tart of Inquiry. The Ilaldhead Club of America, headquarters at Winstcd, Conn., which holds its next banquet Oct. 20. is seek ing Information ou "Why do baldbeads make the best husbands?" A woman who signed herself "The Hairy Man's Wife" wrote as follows: "I presume the members of that Uald head association who are to banquet In Wlnsted will try to make it appear that they are the most model husbands. My husband is not baldhcnded, and no woman could ask for a better hus band. "But I have a baldheaded brother In law and my sister assures me contiden tially that he is conceited and thinks more of his own personal aptearance and comfort than he does of hers. My answer to your question, 'Why do bald heads make the lest husbands? is 'Because they don't.' " Rings Bell to Keep the Crows Away. In order to keep the crows away Cy rus Uunhani of Skowhegati. Me., has . nans a bell in au apple tree close to the cornfield nmi attached n string to It that runs to the house through his tiedruoiii window. In the morning, about daybreak, when the crows begin to visit the field. Dunham pulls the tlrjng. and the result la satisfactory. A Dahlia Hint. This is the season to cut back dahlia stalks. Cut dowu stem and leave two leaves, one on each side from the ground. Cutting back forces branches and gives root strength. Of course It delays the bloom, but what results you get inter in vigorous growth and abundance of flowers well repays for the loss of summer bloom. Late August and fall flowers are ma tured better than those in the hot. dry weather. Cut the stalk with a sharp knife. Mulch the soil by working grass cuttings into it and give the top a good, healthy dressing. Such a mulch prevents baked soil. Besides, It holds moisture between rains. Catch rainwater In a . bucket or barrel and use it to water your plants. It gives more nourishment than the spigot variety. Cow manure water forces n strong growth, and when fed to dahlias just at the time buds form the flowers will come stronger. Dried blood spread upon the top soil acts as a fertilizer and gives color to the bloom. Geographic society, at Washington, from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, In ventor of tile telephone and former president of the society. "The distance from Newfoundland to Ireland is less than 2.000 miles." says Dr. Bell. "This means that If you go at 100 miles an hour you will cross the Atluutic in twenty hours less than a day. We already have machines that could cross the oceun if their engines can keep going for twenty hours. Of course, these ure exceptional machines, but even the ordinary machines of to day make fifty miles an hour with ease. "Now, a flying machine flies faster as you go higher up. because the rarer air offers less resistance to the motion, while the propeller gives the same push with the same power, whatever the ele vation. As you get into the rarer air the propeller spins around faster. A fifty mile an hour mnchine flying two miles high in the air and we have machines that have gone twice as high us thut will fly much faster than fifty miles an hour. Then at tin elevation WHOLE CITY IN ODD CRUSADE Nets, Traps, Cluba and Poison Used to Exterminate Rodents at New Orleans, For Tightening Fences. In spite of the best care wire fences will become more or less stuck after being up some time. The device shown herewith will take up this slack In a few minutes. It consists of two stout i to i to WfBB FENCE TIOUTENKK. pieces of wood, to which the wires are firmly fastened, and two long bolts with long threads. The bolts pass through the wood and are tightened as occa sion may require. Several of these tighteners may be placed in long lines of fence wherever it Is convenient to put them. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Don't permit any fruit to ripen on berry plants set this season, except on fall bearing strawberries. Experienced growers do not pick ber ries for market when the fruit Is wet. and they keep the crates in a cool place, out of the suu. Three years of spraying, pruning and cultivation will bring nn orchard that you are ashamed of into a condition that you will be proud of. Surplus suckers in blacklierry or red rasplierry patches should be treated Just like weeds, leaving only enough shoots for next year's fruiting. The benefits of spraying are no longer questioned by progressive fruit growers. There niay ite seasons when it Is not absolutely necessary, but no one can tell when the pleasures of that season will lie rxiH-rienced. As a safe guard for tlte quantity and quality of the fniit spraying is rertainly India-liensable. of two miles high iu the air there is a constant wind blowing in the general direction of Europe having a velocity anywhere from twenty-live to fifty miles an hour. America to Europe In a Day. "As a net result of all these things there can be little doubt thut any or dinary machine that is able to support itself in the uir nt an elevation of two miles high will attain a speed of nt least 100 miles an hour iu the direc tion of Kurope. and thut means going from Amerlcn to Kurope in a single day. Calculation shows that, taking all these circumstances into consider ation, our best machines should be able to cross the Atlantic In thirteen hours. 1 hardly dare say it aloud for publication. It is sufflcleutly startling to know that it is not ouly possible. but probable, that the passage may be made in a single day. But if. as I im agine. It can be done in thirteen hours you may take an early breakfast in Newfoundland and a late dinner in Ireland the same night." Here Is a general description of the Itodman Wnnnmuker transatlantic fly ing boat, the America, in which Men- tennnt Porte will nttempt to cross the ocean: Length over all, thirty-four feet length of hull, thirty feet; width of hull, four feet: depth of hull, six feet; length of cabin, seven feet; height of cabin, five feet; width of cabin, four feet: spread upper wing, seventy-four feet: spread lower wing, forty-six feet. Weight, empty, approximately 3.000 pounds; weight, full loaded, 5.000 pounds. Speed, from sixty-two to sixty-five miles per hour in still air. To this add or substract speed of wind machine Is traveling with or against. Within sight of tile operators are the aviation Instruments, tachometers, to show the speed of the two motors; aneroids, to show the altitude of the machine; wind speed gauge, showing speed of the machine through tbe air; Inclinometers, showing the luteral and longitudinal flying angles; fuel and oil gauges, showing contents of tanks. In the after part of the cabin are Lieu tenant Porte's navigation instruments his sextant, chart table, gauges for showing drift, speed over tbe water, etc. Description of the America's Wings. The wings of the flying boat are composed of seven sections a center panel of 10 by 7 feet above the power plant, four main sections (two upper and two tower! approximately 18 by 7 feet and two overhangs on the upper surface measuring 15 by 7 feet each. Tbe shape of the wings is known as the N. P. L. wing section, which, after experiments at tbe national physical laboratory. Teddington. England, was considered most efficient for tbia work. Tbe wing frames are built up solidly of ash and spruce, covered witb heavy ribbed silk, which la coated with a special water and fireproof material. The aerial rudder for turning from left to right bas a depth of live feet and a length of four and one-half feet. Tbe fllpers. or rudders for steering np or down, are located on either side of tbe main rudder, and their dimensions are ti by 4'4 feet. Two proellers. one to each motor, are boiled direct to the motor shaft. They turn at a maximum speed of 1,250 to 1.3W revolutions iter minute. There is the biggest death to all rats campaign going forward In New Or leans that has ever been planned against any American rodents. It will persist until every one of the pests that carry bubonic plague bas been exterminated. More than 30,000 rats and mice were killed In a surprisingly short time. The price for capturing mice alive is 10 cents a head. Thousands of men and boys, black and white, have been chasing up and down the river front with nets, traps, clubs, fire, poison and almost every conceivable sort of weapon. Only two well denned cases of the plague have been discovered so far. These were in the lodging house and are said to have come from Cuba. For four blocks around this bouse there has been instituted the strictest quarantine. All moving pictures and amusement galleries uro closed and street cars are not allowed to stop in the restricted district. Nor are those who live In it allowed to go visiting or to attend any public assemblage. Many of the leading business houses of New Orleans ure helping the city authorities to enforce the sanitary regulations. A list of strict city or dinances has been prepared nnd will be enforced. They are: Prohibition of human occupation of Insanitary structures. The rnt proof ing of all buildings and basements. The requiring of screens for all bakeries and restaurants. Every residence and place where food Is served must be provided with garbage cans and scavenger service. Prevention of the dumping of garbage within the city limits. Prohibiting the sale of vege tables grown within 1,000 feet of sewer outlets. Stope ''Rubbering' at Postcards. In the weekly bulletin Issued by Postmaster Kay of San Francisco there RALLY TO SAVE REDWOODS. Gifford Pinchot and Others Start Fund to Create National Park. Launching u movement to purchase a tract of 20,000 ueres of the fiuest vir gin redwood timber, opened to sale by the termination of protracted litiga tion. Gifford Pinchot. ex-chief of the United States forest service; Congress man Kent of California and Charles Willis Ward, both prominent timber owners, have each contributed $25,000 to a popular subscription fund. The purpose of the movement, as set forth by C. L. Greyson in "ltecreation and Outdoor World." really goes much deeper than appears in the announce ment that this tract of timber la to be purchased nnd turned over to the na tional government to be maintained as nationul forest and training school In forestry. It literally amounts to an organized attempt to save the commer cial redwood, the oldest and most re markable growth of merchantable tim ber on the globe, from disappearing from the face of the earth, as it prom ises to do In less than fifty years' time if tbe present rate of cutting continues. LENT $519,000,000 ON FARMS. Seventeen Life Insurance Companies Gave Aid In Forty-two of tha 8tatea. Seventeen United States life In surance companies carry in farm loans. the total of more than $510,000,000. This data, tbe first authentic statement of the extent of loans on farms by in surance companies, was obtained by the Banker-Farmer, published by the agricultural commission of tbe Ameri can Bankers' association at Cham paign. III. ' This great volume of money Is dis tributed among forty-two states and Porto Rico, the only states not listed being Delaware. Maryland. Massachu setts. New Hampshire. Nevada and Rhode .Island. Iowa leads with $100.- 000.000 invested, and Kansas. Missouri, Nebraska. Illinois and Indiana are next In order. "Would Standardise Trunks. Freak trunks, embellished witb coni cal protuberances, slant sides and un usual totis. soon may he unpopular among the liest trunk society. The American Association of General Bag gage Agents will urge the Interstate commerce commission to consider a plan for the standardization of trunks. was an announcement that "hereafter i both as to size and construction. The DELIGHTFUL NEWPORT "Tried and True" is this old reliable outing resort, with a wealth of natural scenery, healthful drives, a splendid beach and numerous near-by points of inter est: Lighthouse, Devil's Punchbowl, Seal Rocks, etc. Special Low Round-Trip Season Fares Week-End Fares to All Points and Sunday Excursion Fares from Albany and Corvallis. I Cfl sun set I Iogden&shasta) I I ' 1 ROUTES I I The Exposition Line 1915 DOUBLE DAI LY TRAINS Leave Albany, daily 7:30 A. M. Leave Albany, daily except Sunday 1:00 P. M. Leave Corvallis, daily 8:00 A. M. Leave Corvallis, daily except Sunday 1:40 P. M. Connections made at Albany and Corvallis with S. P. trains. Special Excursion Train will leave Newport every Sunday evening at 6:00 p. m., arrive Corvallis 10:15 p. m., Albany 10:45 p. m. GOOD FISHING STREAMS ALONG THE 0. & E. At Elk City, Morrison, Toledo and along tbe Yaqui na river, also ou the Brcitenbush and Santiam riv on the East End. For Folders describing Newport as an outing place call on our near sst Agent. John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland ,Oregon. 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The double raise makes . doubly certain nothing is lelt to kick, u the? batter is a little thin, K C will raise it light and! feathery and it will be all the better. Jarring the stove or turning the pan around makes no differ ence K C sustains the raise until baked. When there's a birthday or wedding cake five demerit will lie Imposed where It Is shown that a distributor Ik wasting time looking at the picture on post card or perusing the correspondence on the reverse side of the postcards." baggagemen want a limit of rorty flve Inches placed as the largest dimen sion of a trunk, with the further pro vision that the trunk must he square or rectangular. to bake, or refreshments (or reception or party to provide, take no chances UseKC