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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08

that the initial electric transmission ca
pacity would be 5000. which would be in
creased as requirements made 1t neces-
sary. 1t is expected that industries may
be located at the falls where the cheap
power and railroad facilities can be en-
5oyed. and Mr.. Bakers policy will be to
give free sites to encourage such.
ID. III. Gilman's scheme.
The scheme proposed by d. H. Gilman.
upon his return from the East December
-. 1894. was as expansive for the time as
is Mr.. Bakers project of today, the pres
ent one, however, having the advantage
of larger opportunities in the growth of
electrical application. Mr. Gilman's best
proposition was in relation to manufacture
ing plants being located at Salmon bay.
where car shops and steel mills were TO be
established. The same advantages would
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Snoqualmie falls are at last to be har-
messed. Charles III. Baker. receiver Of the
Merchants National bank. Of this city,
and son OF W. r. Baker, the president Of
the Chicago Board Of Trade. has pur-
chased the falls outright for cash, to-
gether with several hundred acres of sur
rounding land. and promises TO give both
Seattle and Tacoma power from the falls
by September !. 1888. Mr. Bakers father
is one Of the heavy hackers of the enter
prise,
1t IL more than ten years ago that the
matter Of utilizing the power OF SnoQual-
mie falls presented itself to far-sighted
business men and from time to time the
question has been revived on larger and
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Bill Providing for Way
From Tide Water

WASHINGTON Dec. -.--MeBri6e OF Or
egon today introduced in the senate sail
authorizing the Dyea -ktondike Transpor-
tatson Company 70 locate ard corStrGcf
line os transportation from Dysa 30 Lake
Bennett. the line 10 consist OF railways.
aertai tramways or wagon roads as the
company may deem proper. The nia
grants ioe feet on each side Of the prcpos-
esi road as rlght-of-war.
NeBgt3. also introduced a bill granting
8 similar rlght-of-way 10 the Skagu4y q
Like Bennett Tramway COMPANY from
ssagEay over the White pass 10 the
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AMERICA AT THE EXPOSITION.
Credifabie Display VIII Require an
appropriation ef &gI3.9oG

wASHTSGToS. Dec. The president
today submitted TO congress The report Of
MAJ. Moses p Handy. special commissioner
to the Paris International exposition. giy-
ing tEe details os his mission. In his letter
or sransmtttai the president says:
"The report gives a clear ard counprsh4n-
sfve presentation Of the situation Z re CON-
missioner recommends that an appropria-
iion OF ssiS.sN te granted. 80 that credit
abie display in behalf Of she United States
may be made.
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The power Of Saoaaaina!e 81 low water
can be very much increased by darsrling
certain lakes and basins IN the foothills
aud storing wafer during :he nooi seasons
ard emp;ylng taesn during TIE lov water
perlod- Also storage batteries on a large
scale are new successfully constructed. 50
taAt tire wafer power nS the fails al nigh.
can re operated saa s-avsi electrically. ans
delivered from tae batteries for several
hours daring tae day.
The SnoNs1asnsle water ahsd above fhA
fails IS region % excessive p<ectp4ta tiosy-
"a sach accounts sa a manner for tae tU.9
raw 90 the river and its tributaries AZ
Nexta Bea2. ae2s TIE fails sas annual
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accrue 10 Seattle by the carrying out OF
Mr.. Bakers scheme. as such raanufacfur-
ing industries as might accept the offer
o. free sites at the falls or near there.
would be tributary - this city. which
would be sought as distributing point u
the markets OF the country hr. Baker Is
Ia fine spirits over the consumnation OF
the agoiac. and classes IL as the greatest
thing that ever happened for the benefit
Of Seattle
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WASHINGTON. Dec 7.-Senator Per-
kins today introduced joint resolution
authorizing the president 70 appoint
committee 10 draft "A code Of laws for the
territory Of Alaska. The resolution pro-
yides that The commission shall consist OF
three persons. two Of whom shall be resi-
dents of Alaska. They are 10 be paid at
the rate OF so each per day.
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SI(QUADN|E Falls
MILL Be HARNESSED.
To Furnish Power to Sc
attic and Tacoma.
G. II. BAKERS BIG SCHEME.
He Buys the Property for Cash. and
Will Begin Work ct Once.

The Drean of Years 1T Last t. BE.
come . Realtty-Baeked by His
Father, w. r. Haker, Of Chicago,
the Promoter Quietly lnaugu-
rates . Great UadeRtaking-Pow.
ef Enough to Run Every lndustry
In the Twin Cites-Serylce From
New Plant Promised by septem-
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rainfall Is about S inches. while at Seat
tie il Is - inches
A BOou 70 Two C3ties.

- "
Cheap power win be boon to Seattle and
Tacoma, and win make dividend produc-
ers cut Of railways and other enterprises
which now hardly pay operating expenses.
Il fs estimated that between Seattle and
Tacoma q lead OF 7.00o horse power viii pe
carried ths first year. All the railways and
lights in both cities can De run. as well as
such cnills. factories and industries as re-
quire II.
For years this has been the dream OF
many promoters. but the financial depres-
sion has blocked all plans.
D. II. Gilnan's scheme OF q general eisc-
tric company had bond on It. but failed
70 consummate its plan for long distance
transmission scheme
Magnificent Natural Power.
When seen yesterday Mr. Baker was not
very communicative. aside from confirming
the reports Of the transaction. He said:
When first saw the falls ten years ago,
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CORBETT WILL BE SEATED.
Senate Elections Committee Soon to
Approve His App0intmcnf.

WASHINGTON. Dec. T.--Senator Cham
dler. chairman OF the senate COMMITTEES on
privileges and elections. said today that
he would call meeting of the committee
for some day this week or next for the
consideration of the claim or Hon H. "
Corbett to a seat in the senate from Ore
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Special Dispatch 20 the post-IaseIlsgencer.
CHENEY Dec. .-DiphtasgIa has again
made its appearance IN cAeuey, II was
supposed fhAs the disease was fully stamp
Cd out. suf two children OF y. ST. Peterson
are down With ~
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continually increasing scales. made possi-
BILE by the advances in electrical science
and the greater field constantly growing
for the application of the fluid. This
scheme. one OF the most stupendous ever
projected for the generation of electricity.
compares favorably In It's possibilities OF
production with others of a similar nature
in the United States. not excepting Mag
ara falls. which drew TO itself In It's work
ing ont the brains and experience of the
greatest electricians of the age The Sno-
aualmie falls proposition Is now taking on
a practical form and the fact that a large
amount OF Eastern capital has been in
terested leads TO the prediction that
within the time specified by Charles II.
Baker. the principal promoter of the pres
ent scheme, Seattle viii draw its power
for street car propulsion. electric lighting
and manufacturing purposes from the
plan, to be- established az Snoqualmis
falls. description OF which is furnished
by Mr.. Baker In an interview. Mr.. Baker
has thoroughly investigated the project
as an engineer and business man, and is
fully convinced OF the practicabiity of II
end OF the possibilities tha, the cheap pro-
duction OF power viii present to manu-
facturers. Investigations have shown
that the three forks OF the SnoauaIrnie
river have their headwaters in the region
OF perpetual snow. In the Cascade noun
tains, and the watershed OF about 800 90
acres is more extensive than that OF any
other river west OF the mountains. The
three forks, uniting. flow as one river over
the fails az point about twenty-seven
miles from Seattle and thirsy-four miles
from Tacoma. producing with reference
TO location and adsptahili;y one OF the
greatest commercial water powers In the
United States
The fall Is ass feet In single drop. which
during the dry season ot minimum fow
gives = 90 horse power. The average pow
er fer ten months Is in the uetghborhood o.
5s.a horse pewer. and during floods IL Il
probably double that.
Snolualmie falls has a wide reputation
and many engineers OF prominence have
visited IL and pronounced 81 one Of the best
adapted by nature for power purposes any,
where. Comparison with other great water
powers ia operation gives the following:
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Bakers Plan
to Seattle andTa

gon, by virtue Of the appointment OF the
governor Of that state. He expressed ths
opinion that a majority OF the committee
would be found favorable to MIR. Ccrbeti's
claim
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01

employ them. TO cultivate presence
of mind in children when burning ac-
cidents occur is good, but perhaps more
difficult than to clothe them in slow
burning fabrics. The fire drill in
schools is q good thing, because it
tends to reduce the danger of panic,
but to teach young children control of
their faculties and the exercise of
Judgment when actually. attacked by
fire is not easy. Still, presence of
mind is common enough, even in child
hood, to make the experiment of cul-
tivating it worth trying. If the child
whose clothes catch fire-or the grown
person, either would wrap some hea
Wv stuff about the flames or roll over
on the ground, the fire would soon be
extinguished, while running only adds
to the danger. Muslins and tarlatans,
the most infammable goods, when
treated with tungsate of soda, cannot
be made to burn with blaze. If all
cotton dresses and underclothing, es-
pecially those of children, could be
treated in this way, great number OF
lives would be saved and much suffer-
ing prevented.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
HEALTHY COWS, PURE MILK.

The quality of the milk depends
very largely on the condition of the
cow and on the character of her food.
If she is starving she cannot give rich
and wholesome milk. She cannot
keep in good condition on poor feed,
or on feed in which the flesh and fat
producing elements are out of propor-
ton. Such must have good feed in
proper quantity, and must also have
clean water in abundance. The milk
is elaborated from the food eaten and
the water drank, and must of neces-
sity partake of the character Of both.
No alchemy of the cows system can
make good milk out of poor food, any
more than cider mill can turn out
sound cider from rotten apples. Aside
from the influence of breed, the quality
of milk depends solely on the quantity
of food and drink. Hearty, nitroge-
nous food is required to produce mus
Gle and q Gaseous matter OF which
cheese is largely composed. While
SuCn lOOu W SOllc cAlCllO udS pC COu-
verted into fat, it is conceded that
carbonacious or fat and heat producing
foods are neve: converted into nitro
genous matter. The latter must be in
the food eaten and in a soluble and
digestible form before it can be elabo-
rated by the organs of the COW in the
casino of the milk. The food must be
free from rank favors and odors or
they will appear in the milk-as the
flavor and odor of onions and the
ferments in sour distillery and glucose
refuse and in stagnant water. Taints
are also developed in milk by its not
being aired and cooled, by the COM
mencement of incipient decomposi-
tion; they are also absorbed from the
surrounding atmosphere. Hence it
will be seen that healthy cows in good
condition, clean, sweet food and water,
careful handling, and cleanly surround
ings are necessary for the production
and delivery of good, sound milk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
MN PEDRO'S Rise,

Dom Pedro's once gave All audience
to young engineer who came to show
him new appliance for stopping rail-
way engines The emperor was
pleased win the idea. "Day after to-
morrow" said he, "have your engine
ready. We will have it coupled to my
saloon carriage and start. When 60.
ing at full speed 1 will give the signal
to stop, and then we shall see how
YOUR invention works."
At the appointed time the emperor
entered his carriage, the young inven-
tor mounted his engine, and on they
sped for several miles. There came
no signal, and the engineer began to
fear that the emperor had fallen asleep
Suddenly the engine came to sharp
curve around the edge of a cliff, when,
to his horror, on the track directly
ahead of them, the engineer saw a
huge bowder. He had just sufficient
presence of mind to turn the crank OF
his brake and pull the engine up with,
in a couple of yards of the fatal block.
Here the emperor put his head out OF
his car window and demanded TO
know the cause of this sudden stop
ping. The engineer pointed to the
rock, and Dom Pedro began to laugh.
"Push it to one side and 60 on" the
emperor said, calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and kicking
the stone, was still further astonished
to see it crumble into dust before him.
1t was block of starch which the
emperor had had made and placed on
the rails the night before.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01

The REV. BILLY HIBBARD.-The
Rev. Billy Hibbard, as he was uni
formly called, was a somewhat eccen-
trio but Jealous preacher, who labored
in Columbia and Livingston counties
some 40 years. At meeting of con-
ference the bishop called the roll OF
minister's names, but on calling the
name William Hibbard there was no
response, whereupon the following
dialogue occurred:
Bishop-Brother Hibbard, why do
you not answer to your name as
called?
Mr.. Hibbard-You have not called
my name.
Bishop-What is your name, broth
er?
Mr.. Hibbard-Billy Hibbard.
Bishop-Why, that is the name of a
little boy.
Mr.. Hibbard-I was very little
boy when my father gave me that
name.
The reply upset the gravity of the
conference, and an explosion of laugh
ter followed in which the bishop joined.
Mr.. Hibbard at one time, in converse
ton with a minister of another de-
nomination, was asked the following
question:
"Brother Hibbard, why is it that
you have so few doctors of divinity in
your church ?"
He answered: because our divini-
ty is never sick"
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:farl,l and fireside.
RENOVATING OLD TREES.

1t is often the case that trees are
neglected so much that they become
unthrifty and Improbable, if they do
not cease entirely to bear fruit. With
very old tree very little in the way
of renovating can be done with any
thing like permanent benefit. But
with young trees that have simply
been neglected q very decided benefit
can be secured. Of course, if this is
done it is necessary to do thorough
work. Generally the longer tree
has been neglected the longer time will
be required to restore it.
One of the first things to do is to
prune thoroughly, cutting out all dis
eased or dead wood at least, and as
much of the other growth as may
seem necessary. No set rules can be
given, as to the extent of pruning that
should be given, as the soil in which
the tree is growing, as we'll as the
growth or thrift of the tree, must be
considered. The pruning should be
done reasonably early in the winter,
at least before the wood freezes hard.
The wood should all be gathered up
and burned, as in this way disease
germs and injurious insects may be de-
stroyed.
The ground should be thoroughly
plowed, taking care to plow shallow
near the trees so as not to injure the
roots.
1t is often the case that one Of the
principal reasons, if not the sole cause,
of the trees failing to make thrifty
growth and bear good crops of fruit is
lack of available plant food. The
trees are starving, and, of course, can
not grow r.. yield fruit. The best plan
of manur;ng is to apply broadcast after
blowing and then work it into the soil
with a harrow or cultivator. Almost
any kind of manure can be used with
benefit, but the advantage in using
well-rotted manure is that the effect
will be realized sooner, or at least a
good portion of it. With trees, as
other plants, the fertilizer, to be avail
able, must be soluble, and larger
proportion of well-rotted manure is in
this condition better than if applied
fresh. The principal advantage in
using salt is that it helps to make
plant food that is in the soil available.
1t contains little fertilizing value in
itself.
Wood ashes can nearly always be
applied with benefit when it can be
had. With a little care in this way
an orchard that has been neglected or
starved down may be renovated and
made profitable if the trees are not too
old. With an old orchard in which
the trunks of the trees are more or
less decayed the better plan is to cut
it down and make new start.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
TO CIRCUMYENT BORROWERS.

1t is often asserted that city people
are not neighborly that they live side
by side for years without becoming ac-
quainted, and that they are so wrap
ped up in their own affairs that they
pay no attention to those who live
next door. A North Omaha woman
is willing to assert that the charge is
not true, says The World-Herald. This
particular woman, who will be called
Brown, chiefly because that is not her
name, has neighbor who is exceed.
ingly neighborly. After filling divers
and sundry cups and bowls with sugar,
tea, coffee, starch, salt, vinegar, rice,
lard, butter and other things necessa-
ry to life in a large city, and failing to
note any adequate returns, Mrs. Brown
began 10 think.
A hazy idea came to her that some
where she had read of plan to cir
cumvent a borrowing and forgetful
neighbor, and suddenly it dawned up
on her that in her mothers old scrap
book there was remedy. Mrs. Brown
dug up the old scrap book out Of a
closet and searched it through. She
found what she wanted and the next
day she had a conference with a cab
met maker. In few days the cabi-
net maker brought her neat box di-
vided into compartments. Each COM
partment was appropriately labeled
and Mrs. Brown filled them with su-
gar, starch, tea, coffee, salt, etc., and
waited for results. Whenever the
neighbor made a borrow the article
was taken from the box. When the
neighbor made return the article was
dumped into the proper compartment
in the box. When compartment was
empty Mrs. Brown notified the bor-
rover that she was out.
Mrs. Brown is satisfied with her
scheme. All it cost was little start,
and since then the borrowing neighbor
has been borrowing her own groceries.
Several of the compartments have
been empty for sometime, and Mrs.
Brown declares that when all are emp
ty she will show the box to the bor-
rowing neighbor and explain the exact
status of affairs.
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atliseellalleous &eadiag.
AMILLION DOLLARS DAILY DESTROYED.

"Every working day in the year
Uncle Sam destroys million dollars /;
deliberately tears up and grinds to
pulp one million dollars worth of pa
per money-genuine bank notes and
greenbacks," writes Clifford Howard
in the September Ladies Home Jour-
nal. "a million dollars in one,
two, FIVE, ten, twenty, fifty, one-hun-
dred, and one.thousand.dollar notes
are daily punched full of holes, cut
into halves and thrown into machine
that rapidly reduces them to a mass of
mushy substance.
"Whenever a piece of paper money
becomes soiled or torn it may be pre-
sented to the United States treasury
and redeemed. Sooner or later every
note that circulates among the people
becomes unfit for further service, for
it is bound to become dirty or mutila.
ted by constant handling, and the
United States government stands ready
to give the holder of such a note a
new note in exchange for it; or, in
other words, the government will re-
deem it.
"The majority of the clerks employ
ed in this important department of the
government are women, many of
whom are the most expert money
counters and counterfeit detectors in
the world. In fact, only experts can
properly perform the work that is re-
quired for not only must the soiled
and mutilated money be accurately
and rapidly counted, but all counter
felt notes must be detected and thrown
out. When we consider that some
counterfeiters can so cleverly initiate
genuine money that their spurious
notes will circulate through the coun-
try without detection, and are not dis
covered until they are finally turned
into the treasury, some idea OF the
proficiency of these experts can be
gained, especially when we bear in
mind that these notes are often so
worn that the imprint on them can
scarcely be deciphered. 1t not infre-
quently happens that these bad notes
are detected simply by the feel of them,
which, in some cases, is really the
only way of discovering the fraud /;
for while counterfeiter may occasion
ally succeed in so perfectly initiating
the design of a note as to mislead even
an expert, it is next to impossible for
him to counterfeit the paper used by
the government"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
Humorous department.

AN ExHoRTER IN GREAT TROUBLE
A well-known planter in south Ar
kansaw, a man who has exhorted at
more revivals than any worker in
the state, had trouble last week
While hauling cotton along a muddy
road, one of the steers broke the yoke
and ran away. The old fellow sat
down on a log and said:
"Lord, you know pretty well what
I have done for the church, and how
many privations I have stood without
a whimper of complaint. If you have
observed me very closely, you know
never said word when my fences
were washed away, and that even
when Josh Chandler beat me in law
suit did not murmur, but now, after
mature consideration, I am compelled
to say something. Damn that steer
I think that under the circumstances
I am excusable. Very few men would
have stood as much as I have, espe-
cially man whose wife is in a fout
half the time, so I submit the ques-
ton: Don't you think that am justi-
fable in the course I have this day
taken? Here I am stuck in the mud.
By the time I can get another team
the boat will he gone, and I'll have to
leave my cotton or haul it back home.
If leave it on the bank somebody
will steal it, and if I take it back
home Anderson will catch it with q
mortgage. So, you see, I am pecu'
liarly situated, and am, before any
court in the world or out of it either,
justifable in remarking, Damn that
steer !".