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Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
evolution Of the locomotive.


Evolution in the locomotive has been
swift in these last few years. Twenty-Five
years ago the eight-wheel connected loco
motive. called the consolidation type, was
coming into vogue. II was considered
huge institution for II weighed sixty tons
and had cylinders twenty-four inches in
diameter and with twenty slx-inch stroke.
1t was designed for heavy freight service
exclusively The type of engine 1t dis
placed weighed from thirty to forty-five
tons and had cylinders from fifteen to
eighteen inches in bore with a stroke OF
twent-four inches These engines as a rule
could be used for either freight or passen-
ger service. In changing them slight re-
adjustment of the valves on the cylinder
was all that was necessary. Provide her
with a little inside lap and change her lead
from a sixteenth to an eighth or three-six-
teenths of an inch and she ceased to be a
loggy freight hauler and became as smart
a passenger engine as one would want to
see All of that has now been changed.
Today the engine is specially designed for
the service It is expected to perform The
racer that hauls the limited or the fast
mail would not do for the suburban service,
where quick starts and stops are needed
with a limited speed on the runs. nor is IT
adapted to the uses for the heavy local
service, where the trains are long and the
stops are frequent Each Of these types Is
fitted for its own work. and after them
come the engines designed for the hauling
of freight. Some of these are intended
solely to lumber along from town to town,
pulling immense caravans OF heavily laden
freight cars. Others are expected to pick
up a long string OF cars laden with perish
aHNI
try almost at express train speed. What
appear to the non-technical mind insignifi-
cant notifications of gear or arrangement
of machinery, the distribution OF weight or
some equally obscure factor. makes the diff
ference and designates the big modern To-
connective for its purposes.
.
Economy in Practice a Factor.
One thing that has been very potent in
the evolution of the locomotive, probably
the most influential consideration, has been
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

ers' am going to speak to two sorts to-
day the sinners first, then the saints"
After earnestly addressing the supposed
sinners he said that they could now take
their hats and 60 But the whole congre-
cation waited and heard him to the end
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Novel Paving Material.

While municipal authorities are deciding
upon the relative value of asphalt Belgian
blocks, vitTihed bricks and wood squares
as paving material the Inhabitants OF
Gwandu. in Africa. have settled the prob
lem to their entire satisfaction by using the
skulls OF their enemies for paving the ap-
proaches OF their town.
More than 1900 skulls are used in paw
ing the approaches TO the various gates and
10 those who do not know what material Is
used these cleaning skulls. polished 10
whiteness by the attrition of countless feet.
form an ivo-ylike approach of no small
attractiveness.
When a new pavement is needed there IL
no scandal about the letting OF the paving
contract War is declared upon some neigh
boring tribe and presently the WORKOUT
pavement is replaced by a new one at
small cost. Life is cheap in the African
interior.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid

America, afterward rough rider with Roose-
Yelt at Santiago, and now in the consular
service of the United States, was married
at San Francisco recently to Miss Edna
M. Ellis OF that city.
After a honeymoon of two weeks at
Monterey. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell will sail
for China, where the groom will take up
the duties OF American consul at Hankow
to which post he has just been promoted,
after satisfactory service OF three years
in a similar capacity at Zanzibar.
He has been a great traveller and has
an honorable record as a soldier, having
been twice wounded at Ell Caney.
He is a personal friend of President Roose-
welt and was born at Syracuse. N. Y. The
bride comes from prominent Vallejo
family and is a beautiful and accomplished
young lady.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Right ON the Spot.

HE Freeborn Courier OF Iowa is an
enterprising paper which always
does it's best to be strictly up TO
date in its news. I'VE always try
our best" IL saws. "to get ahead
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

that once aulvered with life as they whirled
over miles of steel rails will likely never
turn again; the boiler that trembled with
the struggles Of the imprisoned giant for
liberty will know no greater strain than
the blows that break It up, and the snort
of the cylinders exhaust is stilled forever
The monster that seemed a sentient thing
so short a time ago, a creature of grace
and power, is now part of the scrap
heap
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

-
scrap heap" The terms are
technical, but very nearly convey
- their literal meaning in their plain
statement. In the back shop the big loco
motives undergo repairs as long as they
are worth repairing and when they are no
longer susceptible Of being doctored up or
have become obsolete in type they are rele-
gated TO the scrap heap Such parts Of
them as may be used are taken from time
to time and incorporated into newer en-
gines, and finally. when the boiler has
been stripped of Jacket and tagging and is
left a mere shell. when the side rods and
main rods have been used to repair other
engines and the valves and pipes have
been removed and nothing is left but the
boiler she'll the cylinders and the frame
the scrap pile is robbed for the junk shop,
and what IL left OF once handsome en-
CINE is sent to the furnace to be smelted
again and turned into machinery steel or
cast iron-maybe into wagon thimbles and
skeins or into pillow irons or stove plate or
the harmless but necessary post hole,"
which is the foundry name for the stake
iron that is used on certain types OF fiat
cars.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
one step Backwards.

Once the engineer and fireman were
placed on an engine and became part of
It.. When the machine was needed for
service, the crew was called. In this way
the men became attached to the machipes,
and gave them affectionate care. The en-
gineer had a pride in keeping his engine
up" and the fireman strove to keep it
shining all the time. 1t was no mean
job to clean an engine In those times, when
the builders had an idea that no locomo-
tive was fit to appear in public until deco
rated with brass and gold leaf and all
sorts of kickshaws and gewgaws. Strictly
business is now the rule, and the engineer
Is only asked to get his train over the
road He doesn't have to make repairs,
and the fireman has no brass to "hle."
The roundhouse wipers attend to whatever
of cleaning Is done and the romance of
individuality in engines is gone forever.
1t is first in, first out" with crews as
well as with machines, and the crew fire.
quently doesn't know what engine It is to
take out until it gets to the roundhouse.
In this the utilitarian has conquered the
sentimental, and the service has lost some
thing. 1t is the opinion Of the managers
that the increased mileage more than
compensates for the lack of care, and that
1t is better to employ a few more ma
chinists and keep the engines moving.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Some Quaint Features of Everyday Lie

lated after he was placed behind the bars.
He kept track OF business affairs and di-
rected judicious real estate investments
through his attorney, II was his object 20
have his family well taken care Of, as he
never hoped to leave the prison alive. His
wife died a short time ago in an insane
asylum, having lost her mind through
worry over her husbands crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Advantage of the New TANK.

One of the last places for the march of
Improvement to exhibit its effect is in the
tank, popularity called the TENDER" of
the engine. In the accompanying cuts of
the Union Pacific engines, 1t will be noted
that the tanks are cylindrical in form.
This type, known as the Vanderbilt, after
its designer, a son of the great Vanderbilt
family, has many advantages not readily
apparent. Chiefest among them is that 1t
readily feeds the last drop OF its water to
the supply pipes leading to the injectors.
Another is that 1t rides easier on the rails,
being swayed less as the water is sloshed
around under the influence of the motion
due to rounding curves at high speed It
is easier on the side bearings and there
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
sOIdier-sfar Weds.

Charles Mason Mitchell formerly an
actor In support OF the leading stars OF
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Tribute TO Poe.

Lovers of ''The Raven" and the other
poems which show to the full the genius
OF Edgar Allan Poe, whose exclusion from
the Hall of Fame" brought wonderment
to his thousands and thousands of ad-
mirers, will relish this little bit Of rhyme
which was dug up by Albert C. Dasch-
bach. The author is Father Tabb pro-
fessor of English at St. Charles college,
Maryland. and will especially appeal to
the great Poe following as biting piece
of satire. 1t reads:
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Improvement I'm Service.
The Northwestern road was completed to
Council Bluffs in 1867. The locomotives at
that time made the trip from Chicago to
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
EXCLUDED

Into the Charnel Hall of Fame
The Dead alone should go;
Then write not there the Living name
or Edgar Allan Poe.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

HE case OF Richard I. Laffin! who
rose in less than ten years
through the various grades OF
street railway service in Boston to
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Economy in Practice a Factor.
One thing that has been very potent in
the evolution of the locomotive, probably
the most influential consideration, has been
the factor Of economy in practice The
little locomotive OF few years ago was
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
seem from casual estimate that
their property would amount to
more than one-sixth of county
of fully fifteen thousand souls.

Those who are interested in the
Gunnison tunnel should welcome
the news that the government is
to complete this great project,
which means so much to Delta
and Montrose counties. In this
day of gratis and "freeze-outs"
matters would not have been
certain even under contract.
While this is a big undertaking
for contractors it is a small mat
ter for Uncle Sam. when one
thinks of the Panama canal.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

Some time since an article ap-
peared in the Delta Laborer
written in a bombastic manner
which in conclusion stated that
H. D. Hopkins is the owner,
the editor and the publisher of
the Laborer. 1t has since trans
pired that this is not true and he
himself, under oath, stated that he
owned nothing and is not even a
taxpayer of Delta county. There
is an old adage that "a liar should
have a good memory" which
might apply well in this instance.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

THE INDEPENDENT will print
the delinquent tax list of Delta
county this year. This paper pub
lished last years tax list, and al
though it was printed at full legal
rate it was nearly fifty per cent
less than when last printed by a
Delta paper. By being awarded
this printing twice in succession
it leads one to believe that
honesty is the best policy. The
delinquent tax list has too often
been padded to proportions in
Delta county which properly
came under the head of graft.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
Pleasure to All.

No pill is as pleasant and positive as
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
Famous Little Pills gre so mild and ef-
fective that children, delicate ladies'
and weak people enjoy their cleansing
effect, while strong people say they
are the best liver pills sold. w. H.
Howell, Houston, Tex, says: For
years have used Little Early Riser
Pills in my family. No better pill can
be used for constipation, sick headache,
ETC., than these famous little pills.
Sold by w. G. Cook.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

Fidelity" johnson, who rob-
bed small depositors out of many
thousand dollars through the
Fidelity Savings association, of
Denver, is now in the peniten-
tiary to serve a three-year sem
tence. This seems a small SEN
tence to be imposed upon a man
who has stolen the savings of a
number of people and that too
from the class that is least able
to stand the loss. Many a man
has served a longer sentence for
stealing a few dollars from those
who would never miss it.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

Some papers advocate the
government owning the railroads
while others advocate owning
something else. 1t would seem
that if the governmnnt owned
everything advocated it would in
a measure own the people instead
of the people owning the govern
ment.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

It is said that another news
paper is to be waited to the
breeze" in Delta county and will
be published at Hotchkiss. At
present there are only seven pub
lications in the county and one
more should not do a great
amount of damage. Next year
being campaign year has much to
do VIII the new publication be-
ginning at this time.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

A Denver woman, who was
returning from the theater in
that city last week was held up
and robbed of her pocket book
However the robber failed to get
her money as that was secured
in her stocking. This ought to
be pretty good argument for
husbands to use to induce their
wives to buy fifty-cent hose
instead of 500 pocket-books.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
Very Few Idle Persons.

s, Louis Globe Democrat.
The quartely bulletin of the
New York department of labor
just issued, tells the most en-
couraging story which any doc
umentemanating from that source
has had a chance for a long
time to relate. 1t shows by fig
ures that there are fewer idle
persons in New York state than
there were in 1902, which had
the record for the past ten years
in the large number of persons
who were employed, in proper
tion to the whole. Out of every
1000 persons on the rolls of the
labor organizations of New York
only on the average of ISL were
out of employment at any time
in the first half of 1905, as COM
pared with 168 in the correspond
ing time of the banner year of
1902, and 2O2 in the first half of
1904.
Part of this years good show
ing in New York state and city,
is due to the decrease in number
of strikes. On the strike ques-
tion Chicago's story would not
be quite so favorable as New
York's. Chicago is the strike
center of the United States. AL
though it is only about half the
size of New York. 1t has more
and worse labor disturbances.
Just at this moment Chicago.
seems to be free from any striks
which hit anbody outside of the
strikers and their-immediate de-
pandents. The general public
is not affected by any labor dis
turbance in the lake city at pre-
sent, so far as the outer world
has learned. All over the coun-
try there is remarkable freedom
from labor conflicts at this time.
Probably the favorite report
which the New York labor de-
partment makes could apply to
the entire conutry. 1t is safe to
say that the proportion of the
idle persons in 1905 in the United
States, a whole, is notably small.
Work in all the leading indus
tries is active. A good indication
of the industrial conditions is af-
forded by earnings of the rail-
ways, which are making new
records every month. The bank
clearings also tell a fattering
tale. Another good indication,
although this is not often cited
in a connection of this kind; is
the heavy purchase of merchan-
disc by Americans abroad. The
amonnt of money available for
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

Mems Hats in the new shapes
both in black or otter, others
ask $3.50. Our Price $3.50
Mems flat iron and Pandora
hats in brown, black or OF
ter a 50 hat for. $1.25
Mems new neckwear, the Soc
kind. Our Price ..... 25c
Mems heavy work pants
worth SIPS. Our Price CSC
All wool pants, worth 81.
Our Price $3.50
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

It is quite evident from the
convictions secured in the Oregon
land fraud cases that Uncle
Sam" does not intend to be
buncoed. A congressman and
senator are among those who
have received prison sentences.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

The peace treaty has at last
been signed by the emperors of
Russia and Japan. This formal
ly ends one of the greatest of
modern wars-perhaps the most
severe ever fought between two
nations, for the time consumed.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

When it is taken into consi-
deration that the D. & R. G. rail-
road pays about one-sixth of
all Delta county's taxes it does
not seem that things are so very
unequal after all. 1t would not
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

expenditures of all sorts is lar
ger in 1905 than ever before,
and a considerable portion of it
is being spent outside the coun-
try. The prosperity wave is still
at the flood.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20

Mems winter work shirts of
Domet ........-....- 63c
Mems wool shirts in nice pat
terms. worth SIPS. Price 89c
Mems $1.50 quality flannel
shirts in grey and tan for CSC
Blue flannel shirts, double or
single breasted Sl.25
All wool hose. the 25c kind.
grey and blue. 2 pair Csc
Fine cashmere hose, worth
35c all colors. Our price Csc
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
Misc.ilnue.,u. Rates.

miscellaneous Rates.
Resolutions uf respect and coincidence, obftu-
aries, ETC., five cents per line for each addL
aonal line over one inch.
Card of th;inks--s 81 0O for each insertion
Display advertising rates made known Oh
application.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.

1t is not necessary to go to New
York to find something rotten in
insurance circles. The big New
York concerns are not accused
of not paying their policies, but
Of using up surplus funds. Here
in Delta county two papers have
advertised the Mountain Mutual
Fire Insurance company with
columns of cheap space, running
from quarter to full page ad-
vertisements and were instru-
mental in securing policies from
their subscribers for company
that was practically worthless.
One agent is said to have kept
between five hundred and a thous-
and dollars in funds, which he
still holds. 1t would seem that
he should be made to give this
amount back to the policy holders
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
Mems and Boys
Department.

surprising what large
Mems and Boys Clothing furnishings make
sell their goods GOLDEN RULE combination of stores
savings
why sell these lines about what others
pay for them we have space quote few prices.
and in black and coors. OUR PRICE H. .OU
Another line of SIS Suits browns black grey the ~
kind that We sell them FOR .nII
Mems Overcoat in black brown beaver worth dr. AA
$3.50 OUR PRICE | .AO .U1
Mems $50 top spring 17
OUR PRICE ,nlO
Little ses seys Of blue hs''sy trimmed with $75
Boys and youths belt in grey worth C2 &c
OUR PRICE ApO'G0
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
made from selected materials

from whom he collected it. He
would do this himself if he were
honest. Yet this same CRATER
was one of those who strongly
favored a grand jury to investi-
gate county affairs only a few
months since. Such is the life
Of a CRATER.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-20
FIRST NATIONAL
B A N K
OF DE LTA.

At Dclta. IN the State Of Colorado ut tho
close Of business. lug. p. 1905.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-21
HIS KIN NEED NO LICENSE,
Soldier Of Napoleonic Wars could In
ter ANY Trade Without
Special Permit.

The new licensing bill recalls
the fact that the right to sell alco-
.olic liquors without a license
was a privilege formerly granted
to old soldiers and their children
as the states reward for their
services. An act was passed in
1916 authorizing any officer, ma
rine, mariner or soldier who had
served in the Napoleonic wars to
carry on any trade without let or
customary license. The privilege
was, also extended to their wives
and children. Seven years ago a
dealer in wine spirits and beer
was prosecuted at the Mansion
house for pursuing his business
without a license. He pleaded that
he was the son of a Peninsular vet
eran, exempt under this old stat
ute, and had carried on his unli-
censed business for 40 years with.
,ut official objection.
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-21
WATER NEAR, YET MANY DIE
Countless Travellers Perish In Sight
Of Springs on Great South
west Deserts.

Countless men and women have
perished in the deserts of the
southwest. for lack of rain.
Yet had they known how to
find it the water was there,
often so close that a shallow we'll
would have brought it, says the
author of "The Land of Little
Rain" There were numberless liv-
ing things all about them, night
travelling creatures, whose we'll
worn trails would have led them
to it.
1t is the opinion of many wise
and busy people that these little
creatures of the desert pass the
ten-month interval between the
end and the renewal of winter
rains with no drink. Your true
idler, however, with days and
nights to spend beside the water
trails, will not subscribe to such a
theory. The trails begin far back
in the scattering sands and hills,
and converge in one-span-broad:
white, hard-trodden way in tn.
gully of the spring; and why trails
if there are no travellers in that
direction?
The land is SCARED by these
thin, far roadways of rabbits and
what-not of furry-folk that run in
them. Venture to look for some
seldom-touched water-hole, and
so long as the trails run with your
general direction, you can be sure
you are right. But if they begin to
! cross your path at never so slight
an angle, to converge toward j
point to left or right of your oh
jective, no matter what the MAJ
says or your memory tells you
trust to the trails. Their makers
know.