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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29
that waved adieu to the throng that
was down to say farewell.

that waved adieu to the throng that
was down to say farewell.
The Signal noticed the following
Weiserites with tickets for Long
Beach and faces beaming in anticipa-
ton of plunge into old Ocean. For
most of them this will be their first
chance to taste salt water.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Kireis, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Gerwick, Thos. E.
Kelly, Thos. Kelly, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Nesbit, Mrs. Il A. Van
sicklin, Fred Taylor, Misses Carrie
Taylor, Houser, Keyes, Hubbard,
Crumbacker, Hixon, Mr. and Mrs
Gerdeau, MIS- n M. Hanthorn,
DR.. Curl and daughters, Mr. and Mrs
A. Sears, Messrs Oscar Hindman
Keyes, } d. Clabaugh, j. II. Sut-
cliffe, K. S. Hawke, Richard and
Victor Hawke, Harvey Harris,
Judson, Finley, Alonzo Safer, IL. K.
Greever, Edward Leffel, A. A.
Meyer, Allen, p. H. Harrington,
Elmer Sailing, Mrs. A. Riggs, Mrs.
Ben Hopper. Among those
from neighboring points who
took the train here were noticed the
following from Cambridge: Mrs.
Alex johnson, Miss Jessie Edwards,
Mrs. j. d Butcher, Geo. York and
daug VIM. Eckles, d. G. Dun.
ham, Vol Sutton Those going
from Middle Valley were Dudley
Evans, John Michaels and M. Nc
Cauley
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29
State Horticultural Inspector
Mcpherson Determined.
INSPECTION WILL Be RIGID
Inspectors to Start September l and Visit
Every Idaho Orchard -Orticultural-
lists Must Eradicate the Pests.

A Mcpherson, state fruit inspec-
tor, was in the city yesterday He
states that he and his deputies have
done very little so far this summer,
because of the short fruit crop and
other conditions initiating against
fruit raisers
On the first of the month, how
ever, they will start out over the
state, and will visit every orchard.
In few days Mr.. Mcpherson will
issue circular letter to fruit raisers,
detailing what the state purposes and
desires, to the end of eradicating the
fruit pests of the state, and thus Sc
curing yields Of absolutely pure
fruit
Throughout the state, Mr.. Nc
Phersou says, the condition of the
orchards is very good, very few be-
ing diseased AS a rule, too, the
orchardists are assisting in every
way to remove the pests perman
emily. There are many pests, he
states, that are destroyed by their
natural enemies, and in such cases
the state inspectors do not give par
ticuIar attention, except where the
pest is aggravated. Some forms of
pest are destroyed by their natural
enemies faster than they increase,
and in such instances spraying is
not advocated, as it is folly, loss of
time and unnecessary expense.
Whenever the inspectors find q
diseased orchard they will 60 at il
rough handed. Where there is dis
ease the owner will be notified to dc
his best to eradicate 1T before the
first of March. At that time the in
spectors will again visit the orchards,
and where the orders have not beer
obeyed, or where the disease ha:
not been stamped out, the tree
must 90. There will be no favorites
no exceptions. 1t matters not wher,
pests are found, they must go II
some instances pests have been dis
o covered on sagebrush and willow
adjoining orchards. In such cases
. the sagebrush and willows must go
i, Mr.. Mcpherson and his deputies ar
determined to maze Idaho's frui
pure and good.
The following are the deput
q fruit inspectors of the state:
w. w. Youthers, Rathdrum.
H. A. Russell, Kendrick.
. William Mohl, Lewiston.
A. f Hit, Weiser
j. c. Lesser, Nampa.
NJ. Martin, Emmett.
q Il. a. Dowd, Blackfoot.
= n F. Fisher, Oxford.
# F. Neiman, Salmon City.
A. V. Eichelbarger, Boise.
NJ Statesman.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29
Bought His Hay.

Mr.. Hineman, hay-buyer 'from
Weiser, passed through the city Sun
day en- route to Willow creek, where
he purchased 230 tons of hay from
Will Wells, He will bring a band
of sheep over as soon as it becomes
necessary to feed them.-Vale Ga
Zette.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29
Measuring Hay in the Stack.
Saturday Aug

The following rule for measuring
hay in the stack is established by
territorial law in New Mexico and is
said to work out very accurately:
Section 2 Measure the stack for
length, width and the ''over. " To
get the ssover" throw tape line
over the stack at an average place
from ground to ground, drawing it
tightly. Multiply the width by the
Hover' and divide this result by
four; multiply result of division by
the length for approximate cublcal
contents of stack. To reduce to tons,
for hay that has stood in the stack
less than 20 days, divide cubical
contents by 512; for more than 2O
DAYS and less than so days divide
cubical contents by 422; for more
than 60 days divide cubical contents
by $50. Example: Stack measures
II feet wide, So feet long and 81
feet over. Stack has stood Is days
Multiply II by 80, equals 612 Di
vide 612 by 4, equals l53. Multi
ply 1872 by length So, equals 1874
which gives the cubical contents !
feet. Divide 8. S74 by 512, equal
ia tons in stack. VIM. c. Barne
in Breeders Gazette.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29
Broke His Arm.
zette.

Guy Gerwick rode into a post at
Matthews & Roberts corral Sunday
morning, and fell from his bicycle,
breaking a bone in his right arm.
1t is mending nicely, and Guy VIII
soon be enjoying "biking" again.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29

f. T. Page appeared before the
council and requested that the pro p
erty owners along the north side Of
Main street, east of Second ave. be
allowed to lay four foot. sidewalk
instead of a SIX foot walk Request
granted.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. july 20 1901.

with a penknife. Other rods show a part Of
the fractured surface fresh. and the rest badly
rusted. Still Others probably under the extra
strain caused by the first breaks, have simply
torn the threads and pulled ont of the nuts.
So il is clear that some of the breaks are of
long standing The rust is old and deep. and
in sharp contrast with the newly fractured
parts. Clearly the joints have not always
been kept painted moisture has got in at the
screw threads, and the bolts within the nuts
have gone TO pieces unObserved. Examination
of unbrOken rods shows that the weather is
still doing the same work.
Now this shows lack of expert inspection al
most inconceivable Mr.. Probasco may say
there is no danger. but if half dozen Of the
essential supports of the bridge can rust away
without attention, or can break and remain un-
noticed for weeks or months. until the unequal
strain they have caused leads to fresh breaks
and enough sagging in the bridge to bring their
old rusted stumps into public view, what as
surance is there that a thousand other RODS
have not been equally neglected! These RODS
were where they could be inspected readily, ana
an active and efficient administration would
nave removed one from time TO time, to be
sure that ii was not deterioratng. but the
bridge officers have seemingly been content 1T
long intervals TO cover with paint whatever rust
they found about the joints, without giving Il
thought 10 what might he going on ont of sight.
The serious feature of the accident is not the
giving way of these particular rods but the
fact that these rods could give way without
anybody discovering the breaks for n long
time.
1t was not electrolysis the strain Of the
hot wave. which made the trouble, as eXanlin2-
tion of the deeply rusted fractures of the hoops
about the great cable and the rods at the
nuts shows with perfect plainness. Probably
the excessive traffic has shortened the life OF
these weakest links In the chain of safety.
Whatever the effect of the traffic, however, we
employ highly paid officials to watch every part
OF the structure, and replace every bolt or rod
that shows the least sign of deterioration. But
Improbable servants that they are, they neglect
the duty. leave rust to eat in hidden places,
pass by broken parts unnoticed till enough OF
them occur together to cause great gaps which
everybody sees. No matter If the bridge is
still safe. as doubtless il is. those old rusted
fractures in vital points Of the structure where
they should have been guarded against by in
spection and by replacing of parts in advance
of any break are most serious Indictment of
the bridge management which each day has
hundreds Of thousands of lives at its mercy.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
TUBERCULOSIS IN NAN AND BF4S7

Many circumstances conspre to lend impor-
tance TO the opinion expressed in London on
Tuesday by DR.. Robert Koch that bovine tuber-
culosis cannot be transmitted TO man. The con
trary view has been so extensively held in Eu-
rope and America for years that one feature of
the war against consumption which has of late
been vigorously waged is prohibition of the
sale of infected cattle, milk and meat If this
has been q mistaken policy a great hardship
has been needlessly wrought and If existing
restrictions can be safely removed a formidable
load will be taken from the shoulders of the
dairy and stock farmers.
1t is to be observed, however. that a belief in
the riskiness of using infected milk and meat
whether correct or not, is widely prevalent
among scientific men. And Lord Lister, than
whom no living man is better qualified to form
a sound opinion on this subject, frankly de-
clared that he could not accept DR. Koch's con-
clusion on the evidence presented Hence in
spite of its startling and gratifying character
the distinguished Germans statement is not
likely TO exert much influence in the immediate
future. In fact. entirely independent testimony
VIII be needed to corroborate it, This is the rule
regarding all scientific discovery whether it be
the finding of new chemical element a new
star or new micrObe. OF course now that
the old view has been challenged by the origi-
nal discoyerer Of the tubercle bacillus observa-
ton will be freshly directed to the phenomenon
in dispute, although the point is not one that
can be determined easily The bacteriologist
may with propriety inoculate an animal with
the germs of human disease and watch the
effect, but a reversal OF the procedure would
not be sanctioned by reputable scientists Still
careful scrutiny of cases in which contaminated
milk and meat have been taken ignorantly and
accidentally may perhaps afford the desired in
formation. Certainly, now that the question
has been raised in so conspicuous manner.
scores of investigators ali over the civilized
world will be on the alert for facts bearing
upon il.
OF course, if the new view shall eventually
be established, the chief means left for fighting
tuberculosis will be the prohibition Of splitting
in public places TO some extent it may also
prove advisable to interfere in the crowded
tenement houses, where bad sanitary conditions
unquestionably promote mortality from this
disease. But while there is yet some question
as 10 how far it is wise and right TO go in this
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
AN IMPARTIAL INSPECTION NEEDED

There is no occasion for a panic about the
Brooklyn Bridge. and there is every reason to
refrain from statements which might cause
needless alarm. The fact remains, neverthe-
less that TO restore absolute confidence in the
permanent stability of the bridge something
more is required than the fretful assurances of
Mr. ProbascO. the chief engineer of the depart
ment. 'There is respectable authority for the
opinion that for a considerable time the bridge
has been overloaded and nadequately main
tained, and that in consequence it is deterorat-
ing. That opinion may be entirely erroneous,
but il exists. and we think there is no doubt
that il is spreading If it is justified in any de-
gree by existing conditions. the truth ought to
be ascertained without delay. If it is wholly
unwarranted the suspicion ought to be effectu-
ally removed. We sincerely hope that Mr.
Probascos conclusions are sound but they will
not be generally accepted until they have been
confirmed by persons who inspire more conf
dence than his recent acts and utterances com
mand for him.
It seems to us highly desirable. if not nds-
pensable, that competent engineers having no
connection with the present bridge manage
ment with the municipal government should
be employed TO make a thorough examination
of the bridge and determine what its condition
is and whether not it is subjected to an
excessive strain They should scrutinize its
various parts, look everywhere for signs of wear
or neglect note the presence or absence of indi-
cations that the process of chemical decompo-
sitiOn has begun, and, finally, tell the whole
truth, whether it is agreeable disquietng,
The result of such an investigation might be
invaluable: it could not fail TO be worth having.
and the cost would be comparatively trivial.
We would not affirm that the engineers respon-
| -s1,1n Ca
fessiOnally qualified to settle the doubts fre-
quently expressed by intelligent observers dur
ing the last two or three years, and strongly re-
newed by the occurrences of Wednesday, but
we do say that the verdict in their own favor
which they have abruptly found upon the ques-
tons at issue does not meet the requirements
| of the case.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
PERNONiL.

Tie cornerstone OF the Indian school which the
United States Government proposes to build at
Riverside. cal. Was iaid the other day with APP
arour.io ceremonies op the site purchased the
school. in Ntagnoua-avc.. one of the famous drive
v.,s Of thc town. The school VIII he known as
sherman Institute. i'm honor of j. 5. sherman. of
New-Yort chairman Of the Congressional Com
uittoc on Indian Affairs.
9TH. Boston Transcript says; Major Fred
t.racze.t Of Baltimore, formerly chief Of the di-
vision af appointments OF the United states Treas
urr Department. ana at present secretary TO the
limited STAGES Commission cf the Paris Exposition
win probably be auditor and paymaster Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. II IS
e,fr t-.t George Y. Sever. who has made the PAN
Arnerilan Exposition al huGalo famous for rs
81 tae electrical department"
cervera testimonial association. consisting
of leading business men and citizens of Sidney, \.
Y was organized last week The object of the
association IS to present TO the gallant .SpaHish
admiral loving cup as a mark OF appreciation Of
heroes.
The Rev. John NcNeiI. the Scotch evangelist Is
conducting a series OF revival meetings in Phila-
dei9ha.
The Rev Herman D. Won Broekhuizen, of Pre-
toria. preached in the Emmanuel German Reformed
C.turch of Philadelphia, ON Sunday taking fer
his to1ic the wioEedness of England.
Governor Geer Of oregon has again refused the
offer Of great number OF his admirers TO buy him
an executive mansion. Il too poor to accept
il ne says AN am Ns d b fI,y f m ~ - ('ig fijb
would be laying too heavy a burden on my shoul-
doIs"
Stewart Culin. the curator Of the University of
Pennsylvania Free Museum of Science and Art,
viii on August l start expedition 70 the Ind
ian tribes of the West and Northwest for the pur-
pose of securing relics and antiquities to be added
TO the Thomas Donaldson collection presented
few days ago by Mr.. Wanamaker and the eollec
ton obtained last summer from the Indian tribes Of
W. sbf
spend most of his time on this trip among the
Sioux and BIackfeet tribes of Wyoming and Utah.
continuing the work he did last summer His only
companion Will be Indian guide whom he will
take along to act as his interpreter. He will not
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
pERILS 1T TIE REACHES.

The Police Department acts wisely wien it
forbids the practice of dangerous amusementS
at the beaches or elsewhere. Many of the visit
ors TO Coney Island and other popular resorts
have n morbid passion for risklng life and limb
for the sake Of a momentary thrill. II is the
duty of the guardians Of public order to protect
the indiscreet from the Consequences Of their
own rashness The greater the peril held out
as a temptation to the foohardy seeker Of novel
and exciting experiences, the more surely viii
the temptation be effective in alluring the nm
wise to encounter danger without possibility of
distinction or reward.
IN recent summers unscrupulouS contrivcrs Of
hazardous schemes have been bolder and more
numerous than they were in the eighties. They
have set up on the Concy Island beaches and
elsewhere hideous inventions for enrappinG
men and women of small intellects who are
ready TO take all sorts of chances If some
worker of mischief gives them dare" The
looping of loops" the rolling Of dupes in a
huge hogshead. the periis of fatal smoshup
in these objectional devices, should not he toll
Grated The Police Department. acting under
the provisions of the statutes, is expected TO
keep in check the tempters Of the foolish
Gambling houses would be almost rs uumcr-
Gus as dramshops in New-York were there 40
law against the temples Of chance. Schemes for
getting money out of the incautious, which may
at any time bring about fatal accidents should
not be permitted
The greedy owners Of loops and coasters ana
whirling barrels declare that there have been
no accidents of importance so far, and that in
very few cases have the people who have been
tempted by their wiles suffered injury. That
may be true, but the dangers of catastrophe
are ever present. If the police should allow the
loops and the barrels and the coasters to he
used without restriction the disaster would
surely come. Safety must he the first consider
alton
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26

direction. there is 10 excuse for hesitation in
enforcing the anti-spitting ordinance. Even
were DR.. Koch mistaken as to the risks from
infected meat and milk it would still he true
that the greatest danger to the community pro
ceeds from indiscriminate eypectoration. A
noteworthy feature of yesterdays proceedings
in the tuberculosis Congress in London was Or.
Brouardels conGratulation of the United States
upon its prompt recognition Of this peril, and
the vigorous treatment which the latter had re
ceived here Indeed, it would seem as if the
beauties of that policy were better appreciated
abroad than by certain magistrates in this city,
whose leniency in dealing with offences against
health decency and law is ineXphcable.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
EARnLNG HLrROUT TOOLS.

The State of Santa Catharina is of the
smallest i'll Brazil, yet by no means Of least
Importance 1t Is the southeInmost save one,
and lies in the warmer part of the South Tenn
perate Zone its climate corresponding with that
of Florida ana Southern Texas. 1t is capable,
therefore, of producing vast variety of fruits.
grains. etc, and a matter of fact does
produce in abundance sugar cane, bananas,
grapes. corn. cotton and tobacco. Mandoca,
coffee, peanuts, beans, fax and hemp are also
grown with much success. The State has an
area of 2S3G4 square miles, being about half
the size of Illinois, and population of 2S3,O0O,
or something more than that Of the District Of
Columbia. In 1899 its exports amounted to
about S5O00O0 almost exclusively aglcult-
ural
Now one of the most interesting facts con
cernng this State is that no agricultural ma
chinery is used in it, not even ploughs, and no
fertilizers are used for the enrichment of the
land. In other words the most primitive con-
ditions prevail In view of that, it must be said
that the people of Santa Catharina do uncom-
monty well Their land is evidently Of the
kind which, if tickled with a hoe, smiles with a
harvest And yet how incomparably better it
would be if improved tools and machinery and
fertilizers were generally used Last year the
United States sent to the whole Of Brazil about
$4,000 worth Of agricultural implements. No
wonder Chicago is ambitously trying to open
a direct steamship traffic in such wares between
herself and South America by way Of the
lakes. the ST. Lawrence, the Atlantic and the
Plate. This country ought to send TO Santa
Catharna alone ten times more tools and ma
chinery than It sends to all Brazil, and II 1t
did that one State might produce n hundred
times as much as at present
New-York tribune., 1901-07-26
THE BRIDGE ACCIDENT.

The broken suspension rods of the Brooklyn
Bridge are probably due TO the weight of a
streetcar traffic for which the structure was
mot originally designed. and unquestionably re-
veal an almost criminal laxity Of minute in
spection on the part of the city authorities
There is no danger of the bridge falling down
and not the least occasion for panic but the
giving away OF series OF the vital supports of
the bridge and the sagging of the outer side of
the roadway not less than six inches is a much
,anore serious accident than Mr. Probasco. the
assistant engineer Of the bridge. seems willing
TO admit.
These suspension rods are at the middle of
the structure, and hold up the outer ends of
the two trusses whose inner ends rest on the
towers. When they are broken an additional
strain is put the other suspenders, and, not
wifhstandng Mr.. Probasco's declarations that
traffic need not have been stopped, there is no
assurance that if the cars had continued run
ming the unequal load might not have gone on
swapping supporters which possibly are now
holding only because their deterioration has
been slower. or their strain has hitherto been
trife less than that on the broken parts. The
officials say the great cables are strong enough
for any weight that can be piled upon them.
That may be true, without altering the fact
that the bridge is overloaded. Some of the
girders buckled several years ago under the
weight Of unspaced trolley cars and now the
nuts and rods at the outer side of the roadway
which bears the cars have given away, not one
here and there. but all together for consider
able distance, showing either an excessive load
q remarkably bad condition Of the bridge for
the endurance Of a proper load. The authori-
ties have notoriously and persistentiy failed TO
enforce their own rules about spacing the cars.
and the roadway is frequently crowded with
them in a close line, thus putting great strain on
a few supporters, any one of which giving way
throws undue weight on others and tends to
Just such an accident as has now happened
The responsibility for this failure TO keep the
cars apart is Immediately that OF the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. but the ultimate power
is Commissioner Shea, who seems to make rules
he declares necessary 10 the safety of the bridge
only TO wink at their habtual violation.
Mr.. Pro5asco explains that the breaks were
due to the heat, which strained the rods from
the perpendicular, fracturing them where they
were rigidly fastened, and that the trouble is
OF no special significance. This is ingenious
but if ignores the tremendously important facts
that several of the rods had simply rusted out
of the nuts and that some of the hoops around
the great cable which are subjected TO no such
twisting by the heat. also broke revealing an
old and rusfed fracture. Some Of the rods
broke ia the nuts, and there is not sign Of
rods at the point OF fracture even by scraping