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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

At Culebra one hundred mechanics are
making light repairs on the 1000 cars, 80
locomotives, seven excavators and the new
steam shovels which are working there
We have also big machine shops at Colon
on the Atlantic and some at La Boca on
the Pacific We have saw and planning
mill running at Colon, making the lumber
for tho new buildings and repairs, and
there are tinsmith and blacksmith shops
for the same purpose at Ancon on the edge
of Panama. Indeed, the man who thin IS
nothing Is being done on the isthmus has
but to see these shops to learn his MS
take.
A Talk With Engineer Strom.
I am here at Bas Matachin with Mr.. Carl
A. Strom. the mechanical engineer OF tho
commission. He has charge OF all the ma
chinery of the isthnlus, and it is his duty
to keep it in repair. The commission has
told him to get what he can out of the
French supplies and he ds doing this with
a corps of mechanical engineers, American
foremen and large number OF native Ia
borers. Mr.. Strom is one Of the strenuous
young men of Uncle Sans corps. He is
about six feet In height, broad-shouldere
and muscular. and he looks as though he
could defy malaria. yellow fever or any
kind OF hard work He is a Swede by birth
and was educated at the Royal POLYTECHNIC
Institute OF Stockholm, one OF the best en-
cheering schools OF the world. After his
graduation there he came to tho Uuited
States and learned the English language
while acting - enginser Tor the ChAsa-
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peake and Ohio and Southwestern rail-
way. When that road was merged In the
Illinois Central he went with 1t. and soon
became the mechanical engineer In chief
of that system with its enormous shops
and 5000 or 60oo miles of track.
Found In the Jungles.
Said Mr.. Strom:
I'VE found these shops in the juaSles.
We did not know they existed when 1 came
here last June and 1t was only when Colo
mel Hecker and / made trip across the
isthmus to look at the French machinery
that we discovered them. We had stopped
at Gorgona. and, while moving about there.
noticed the corner of this old building peep
ing out of a dense vegetation. We made
our way to II through mass of car wheels,
dumping buckets and other machinery, and
found q structure covering about 4 h3lS
dozen acres, containing complete equip
ment Of machine tools for a big re-
pair shop. There was not thing lacking,
All we had to do was to put new
foundations under the machines, clean them
up and start the stationary engines run
ming After that we began to clean up
about the premises.
We had a gang of machete men cut
down the jungle and clear out the vege-
tatiOn about the buildings. 1t took us al
most three weeks to do this and get The
machines in running order We then be-
gan to organize our force, and we now
have a repair shop that | would not be
ashamed to show to the mechanical engi-
neers of any American railroad
What kinds OF work are you dong?" I
asked
Almost everything In the line of repair
ing" was the reply. I'VE have 300 men
at work making general repairs upon loco
motives and car equipments and all kinds
of other machinery used in the canal work.
Our capacity just now is seven locomotives
and 113 cars per month. We have already
repaired about one thousand of the old
French dump cars. and they are now in
service at Culebra Most Of them were
badly broken and rusted out. We renewed
the timbers and replaced the missing parts.
We repaired a number of locomotives and
now have between thirty and forty of them
in use, and we have also been doing a
great deal OF fitting up of boilers. engines
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concrete mixers and other things for the
waterworks and sewer departments. We
are repairing cranes, excavators, drills,
dredges and all sorts Of things"
French Machines vs. American.
what is the character of the French ma
chinery, Mr.. Strom?" / asked
at is excellent of its kind, but much of
1t is now obsolete, having been supplanted
by better inventions and by American i'm
provements. When 1t was put here twenty
years ago it was absolutely modern, and the
finest that could be purchased. AS it is
now. much of 1t Is good, and when 1t
is sprinkled with additional tools from the
states we shall have machine shops inferior
to none. Take the French locomotives.
Those we are now repairing of
Belgian make. They are well designed
and of superior workmanship, but they are
complicated and in some ways hard to
maintain. We can use them, however, and
are repairing them for Culebra and other
points.
I'VE are also repairing the old French
excavators, which. by an endless chain of
buckets, scoop up the earth and load 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
VEST POCKET WONDER.
Marvels Of the Watch-Distance Tray-
eled by the Wheels Each Year.

L,
From pearson's Weekly.
How often Is 1t that things we see and
handle many times in a day are seldom
thought Of? How few of those who possess
a watch have ever thought of what is ex-
pected of it and the work 1t has to do
This little machine is expected to work
day and night without stopping Gas our
pulse has to work from birth till DEATH. We
expect it to show us the right time in win
ter and summer, and In whatever position 1t
Is placed.
Now. If we open an ordinary gentleman's
Geneva horizontal watch we can see the
balance about 1ve-eighths of an inch in
diameter. which gives three-quarters' turn
at every tick OF the watch, SO that the little
pin seen in the balance travels at every tick
OF the watch about one and a half inches;
and as a watch of that description has to
make $4,000 vibrations in an hour. the little
pin has to make journey Of about ten
miles every twenty-four hours.
Now. well-made watches are generally ex-
pected to go for two years, SO the little pin
in the.balance would have made the long
journey of 1900 {English) miles.
The balance in a lever watch makes gen.
orally one and half turns at every tick,
and therefore travels double the distance
viz. 14,6O0 miles. To be able to accomplish
this all the materials must be Of the best
and hardest; the oil also must be of the
best, and so fine and fluid that one drop will
Su1Ilce TO OIL lVu plNOtS Nor DearlngSt, ana
keep good in the watch for at least two
years.
Equally astonishing are the means by
which watch is regulated. This is done
by lengthening or shortening the fine spiral
spring generally known as the hairspring
If a watch should be half minute slow
day the hairspring is the 14,000th part of
second too long. Should watch be only a
minute week too slow 1t would then be the
9S, 000th part of a second too long.
All that is expected of the user of a watch
is that 1t is regularly wound up and be not
too carelessly treated. Everything also has
to be left to the mechanism of the watch
and to the clever skill of the matchmaker.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
BIAS MATACHIN, PANAMA.
Take a look at the biggest machine shop
on the Isthmus Of Panama. 1t Is situated
half way between the Atlantic and the
Pacific, in the mountains. high up from the
sea. 1t covers acres and under its galvan-
lied iron roof a network of wheels is hum
ming away at the rate of hundred revolu-
lions minute. The floor Is covered with
moving machinery and gangs Of Americans
and natives at work. Here they are
grinding old French locomotive wheels into
new ones, there they are drilling holes
through iron plates and bars and farther
on steel planners are shaving off iron as
though 1t Were wood. Travelling cranes
moved from the roof, pick up steam en-
gines and other enormous weights and
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'Vox populi, vox Del. You are acquit-
ted Captain Croker So long the law
does not find some other victim you are
year. and may her future and yours
justify us in the Judgment which we
have pronounced this nightr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

are the prisoner. Watson. you are Brit
tsh jury, and never met man who was
more eminently fitted to represent one.
am the judge. Now. gentlemen of The
jury, you have heard the evidence. Do you
find the prisoner guilty or not guilty7"
Not guilty, my lerd." said I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

They are trying in the west to form
seven hundred million telephone trust And
yet they say talk is cheap.-Baltimors
American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

Harvard is building the largest reflector
telescope She may with II discover q hope
of beating Yele-Boston Globe
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They have no energy and no individually.
They drag along waiting for the whistle
to blow.
Americans in Panama.
What is the character of your Ameri-
can labor"
I'VE have about the same class of work
men here that you find in the states and
use them chiefly for foremen We pay
them ~ cents gold an hour. and In add
ton furnish them free quarters. This IS
about - per cent more than they receive
in the states We pay the common ldboror
from IL TO 20 cents an hour in silver. which
is equal to from ~ 10 ~ cents an hour
gold. The Jamaican mechanics get more
can Americans work here in the
tropics?'
Il think so. especially under cover. as Tn
the shops. B1s Matachin Is high and
healthy. We have but little sickness and
have had almost no malaria since the vece-
tation was cleared away. We want the
very best American mechanics we can get
and | think they viii eventually be salts
led with their pay and their accommoda-
tons
Young Engineers at Panama.
What kind Of men have you in your en-
cheering corps?''
We have n large number Of college
graduates who are starting out to make a
place for themselves. We have men from
Cornell, Purdue. Ann Arbor. the Illinois
State University and the Boston School of
Technology. They are mechanical enGi-
neers getting their first practical expert
ence. and as rule they are doing we'll"
rs this 4 good place FOR such men?"
Yes TIE isthmus now offers unlimited
opportunities for the training of young en-
gineers. We have all sorts of mechanical
difficulties 10 overcome not only in car
rying on the work itself, but from the
lack Of materials and the working over OF
this Old Eflm into Surh things hrirs
out a mans ingenuity and develop his brain
cells. Indeed l do not know of a better
school for an engineer graduate than right
here the isthmus."
Speaking Of the old material. quite n lot
Of ii has been used by the sanitary depart
ment in one way or another. This is so as
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They have no energy and no individually.
They drag along waiting for the whistle
to blow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
OUR PANAMA SHOPS
Where Jamaica NegroesW ork
Under American Foremen.
AN ENGINEERS SCHOOL
REPAIRING FRENCH MACHINERY
VALUED AT MILLIONS.
The Old Dredges VS.. the Improved
American Shovels-How the New
Roads Are Constructed.

Copyright 1905, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
special Correspondence of The Star.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02

Lake and thence on to Warren
and Thunder Mountain in the near
future, and it is generally believed
that an extension from Council to
Meadows (nine miles from Lardo)
will be made this year, work to
commence in the spring. Vice
President and General Manager f.
M. Heigho has stated defnately
that it is the intention of this rail-
road to build to the Payette Lakes,
and it is probable that work on this
road and the road to Roosevelt will
begin about the same time and be
pushed right along until the great
mining camps are tapped.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02
NOTICE FoR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,

United states Lana cniceJ
80 pNl5- pa Boise, Idaho, January ID, 1900
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim,
and that said proof will be made before U. ..
Commissioners Thos B. Snyder at his residence,
Meadows, Idaho on March l, 1905, viz: Home
stead Application No. 6942,
ALEXANDER w. HAMILTON,
for the NJ sw14 sec 1, eA seH sec 2, tip lon, &c.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: William Boutwell,, Charles
Parks, william Barker, Jack Jasper, all OF
Roseberry, Idaho. HARRY j. SYns Register
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02

TO TRADE-A furnished house,
store building, and 2 lots, to trade
for decided land in Long Valley.
Property is 20 miles from Lewiston,
Idaho, on the railroad, postoffice
at the door, in good fruit and grain
country; very mild climate, three
inches of snow the most at any time.
Inquire at drug store in Vanwyck.
d22tf J. BECHTEL.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02

A. distance Of about 80 miles
nearly due north of Boise, entrance
;s made into one Of the grandest
scenic valleys on the face OF the
Garth. 1t is Long Valley, the lar
oest tract of agricultural land in
Boise county, and it extends north
srly for distance OF about oo miles,
with an average width OF about 8
miles. Majestic mountains bound
# on the east and west, their sum-
mits above the perpetual snow line,
heavily clothed along their bases
and we'll up their sides with mag
ni6cent forests of yellow pine, red
and white fir, tamarack, spruce,
black pine, and other trees OF less
value, but all tending to increase
the magnifcence'o of the view.
The valley is splendidly watered
numerous creeks of large size flow
ing into the Payette river, which
runs entirely through the valley
from north to south. Among the
most important creeks may be men
toned Clear creek, Big creek, Cole
Fork, Lake Fork, Moore's creek
Boulder creek and Brush creek. 4
natural luxuriant growth of wild
grasses cover the valley where tn
land has not been cultivated.
Whereas the early settlers Gle
pended chiefly on stock raising TO
a livlihood, (cutting heavy crop
Of wild hay anywhere they wishe
In the valley to winter them on
more attention is now paid to ger
eral agricultural pursuits, owing t
the rapid settlement and the exec
lence of the soil and climate for a
kinds of grain and vegetable
Fruit growing is in it's infancy.
few apples have been grown, som
OF the Ben Davis variety at Lard
by Mr.. L. H. Heacock, and the
were good. Among tender veg
tables, tomatoes, green corn, beal
and cucumbers have been grow
out not extensively, occasion
summer frosts injuring tender veg
tation. These summer frosts w.
almost, if not entirely, disappe
With increased cultivation, irrig
uon, and the removal of the hea'
growth of timber. q
Inc altitude of the valley vari
rom $500 feet at the lower end
0ooo 1eet at Lardo, the head of t
valley. The climate is delight
III summer, it never being very /
III the daytime, while the nigl
afedehciously cool. Snow falls de
III winter, a total depth of six f
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02
npstned to Become One Of The Best Agricultural
spctions in Idaho---A Health and Pleasure Resort
onpnted and Industrious Population Filled With Desire to Make
Valley Of Good Homes and Surround Them With all That
Goes to Make the American Home Ideal

on the level has been known near
Lardo. About half this amount
will probably be fair average, but
it does not drift except in few of
the most exposed parts of the val
lev, an almost entire absence of
strong winds being one of the
charms of the valley. AS an in
stance of what our winters are like,
many people keep their cattle out
without shelter all winter, throwing
their feed on the snow. The wealth
er is not excessively cold, men feed
ING their stock most of the time
without coats, but an occasional
sharp snap will sometimes last two
or three days. The ground usually
does not freeze, snow covering 1T be-
fore heavy frosts set in, SO that as
soon as snow is off in the spring
: work may commence. Winter. is
the time when most of the work III
= the timber is done, such as cutting
; fence posts and rails, barn logs, etc
The population of Long Valley
is somewhere between 2OOO ant
!, 5000, probably nearest the latte1
fgure), it having doubled within
the last past three years. The chic
e town is Van Wyck, which has thre
general merchandise stores, tw
: saloons, telephone service, two liv
+ cry stables, two hotels, drug store
S two sawmills, blacksmith SHOP
d church, schools, etc. Lardo ma
J. two stores, two hotels, a newspaper
J. sawmill, saloon, boating, bathing
% dance hall and schOolhouse. CraW
l. ford has a store, schoolhouse, telt
II phone service and rectory. Thur
S. der City has a hotel, general soor
A telephone service, livery stable, sa
e. DON, blacksmith shop and sawmll
O. Alpha has general store and tel
w phone service. Fern (formerl
e. called Round Valley has telephor
nc service Other settlements, a.
n Center and Manning. All hay
al postofices and schools.
e. Mining has been carried on
III the valley for a number of year
ar but not on very extensive seal
a. This year, however, gives prom
wv Of much greater activity in tn
direction than any preceding yea
les especially in the Boulder cree
TO placer fields, in which eastern ca
he ital is now largely invested, al
full in some properties OF great prom
,ot on the Jug Handle mountain.
ats There is a ready sale for all pl
ION duce of the farms and ranches I
eet mining districts OF Thunder moo
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02

valley is the gateway, demanding
more than the valley at present
produces.
The new wagon road to Thunder
Mountain comes up the valley to
Thunder City, whence it turns east
and follows Big creek and on to
the famous gold camp. This road
is also the mail route for the new
mining town of Roosevelt. There
is considerable talk of extending
the Idaho Northern railway from
Emmett along this road, and it is
said that work on the extension
will commence early this coming
summer.
Another road to Thunder Noun
tain is proposed via Warren, to
which place state wagon road
has beed in use for several years.
This road will touch Lardo on the
west, and really starts at Weiser, the
junction of the O. S. l.. and P. q l. N.
railroads, the latter line extending
to Council, where connection is made
by freight teams, which pass
through Meadows, on to the Payette
Lake and thence to Warren. There
are two or three trails to Thunder
Mountain on the east side of the
valley, as we'll as the wagon road.
A railway into the great mining
camps by this latter route seems
now to be almost an assured thing
Articles of incorporation of the
Big Creek and Thunder Mountain
railroad were filed with the secre
: tarv of state on the 18th of Nov
last. The road is to start at LardC
2 and end at Roosevelt, distance
by the route chosen of 100 miles
r The company is capitalized TO
/ $3,5OO,OOO, and information ha
f been given out that work will b.
e commenced this coming spring
0 At the head of Long Valley lie
:. a body of water, named Big Payett
}. Lake. which for beauty and tn
}. grandeur of its surroundings is un
S surpassed. 1t is impossible to pei
r. fectly describe it in all its lovlines
:, and varying moods, the pen ha
= not yet been made that can do Il
= We shall from time to time publls
l. articles descriptive of it, and ais
e, views, which speak palmer an
l. with more effect than words cal
i. whether printed or spoken. Lard
O. is situated on the south shore
Nv this lake. A number of peopl
,e visit it each summer in quest
re rest and recreation, to fish an
We hunt, and to enjoy the grand scel
cry and cool, invigorating atmo
in phere, full Of ozone, conveylr
s, health to the sick, rest to the wear
e cheerfulness to the respondent, al
Sc making those who are troubled vii
lis none Of these ills feel better f
49, .'- -, bnr mo-
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02

Daily Except Sunday
For rates or other information
call upon or address
z. M. HEIGHo, V.-P. q Gent Mgr.
Weiser, Idaho.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-02-02
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Railway.

TINE TABLE No. 8. SEPT. a, 1904.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions Of the ear.
There is only one way TO cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inAamed con.
dition Of the mucous lining Of the Eus.
tachian Tube. Whom this tube is in.
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when II is en-
tirely closed, deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation con be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for.
ever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an
inHamed condition OF the mucous sur.
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
tor any case Of deafness (eaused by Ca.
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall 4
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
+. ]. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for Consti'
patton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-09
STATE NEWS
overstoeked with

Lake county is overstocked with
sheep.
The new reading room and library at
Lakeview was opened last week.
West Lakeview children amuse them.
selves by throwing rocks and mud at
passers-by on the streets.
The public school at Mountain View
was the winner of the So prize offered
by the county court for the best ex.
hibit Of Benton county woods.
The Corvallis fire department is con.
sidering a proposition from the Arnold
shows to have a three days carnival
there under the auspices of the FIRE
men.
The fixtures Of the Benton county
exhibit are finished and have been
shipped to Portland II. T. French of
Corvallis will have charge Of the ex-
hibit.
The irrigation scheme to irrigate 40,.
600 acres Of land lying north Of Prime
vile in Crook county, inaugurated by
the Citizens Business League of Prime.
vile, is now practically assured.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-09
SPRAGUE
DROPS
DEAD
Prominent Real Estate Dealer
Dies of Heart Disease

Geo. d. Sprague, real estate dealer
and also manager of the employment
agency at SAC state street, passed away
suddenly yesterday afternoon, about 4
o'clock at the farm house of Mr.. Var.
ney Scott, living three miles south Of
this city.
The immediate cause Of his unexpect.
ed was heart disease, as Mr.. Sprague is
known to have been affected with this
trouble, and had often spoken to his
friend of IL, but Of late he had been
in better health than usual so that his
death, coming at this time is severe
blow TO his many acquaintances and
friends.
Mr.. Sprague had driven out to the
rock crusher, south Of town, and on his
return had stopped at the Scott place,
whore he was well acquainted, to get
supper. He told the Scott girl he would
wait until she had prepared the meal,
and, entering the house, sat down at the
root or the stairs leading TO the upper
floor. The girl left him to get the sup.
per ready, but in few minutes, having
occasion to pass through the hall, she
saw the form of Mr.. sprague lying pros.
trate on the floor at the foot Of the
stairs. Frightened at the sight, she ran
out Of doors, and summoned help in
the person Of Mr.. F. Brady, who hap.
peued to be passing in a buggy. Mr.. |
Brady ran into the house and found
Sprague as the girl had stated. After
working with him for some time, Brady |
saw that his efforts at resusciation
were unavailing, as there were no
apparent signs Of life remaining.
Mr.. sprague was a very heavy man,
weighing perhaps 23O pounds, so that