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stroyer got within a mile. ana If with
in a half mile nothing but very 1,oor
shooting could save the submarine
from immediate destruction. II follows
that the ability TO submerge rapidIv is
of the utwost importance. IL is also
most important that the boat is able %
come Co the surface and dive again in
a very short moment, just as a por-
poise might come to the surface for
air
Batueships and submarines and lots
OF them viii save this nation many mil
lions il time OF peace and countless
millions ia time OF war. The defense
of Cuba is going % be a ETeat problem
for the utuUe. The defense OF the
PHILIPPINES IS stiu beine argued and
discussed but the defense of cuba IS
something SO important and dealing So
directly with our national safety that
It viii not admit OF argument, but Will
demand immediate and decisive aC-
ton and no more certain defense
could be found than these wonderful
erful as batuesEIp with a radius Of
"a few hundred miles, and we can build
q whole fleet of them At the cost OF
one battlesLip One OF more I'm each
rort OF our new island possessions.
handled BY the army IN conjunction
with the navy. would make our lat
est island acquisition immune from any
attack
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present day consider that fixed
mines are of sufficient protection
for any harbor, but the falacy of
this theory has been proven so
often that il seems strange that
more nations do not follow the
lead of England i'm the total abol-
ishment of this antiquated means
of defense. ] caHndt recall a sin
gle instance i'm the worlds his
tory of warfare where the fixed
mime system has proven it's worth
lh the enormous expenditure nee
eSsdrN To maintain IL. Farragut
sailed over them at Mobile. Dewey
sailed over them at Manila. and
from the sublime 10 the ridiculous,
the good ship GUssie, with arms
for the Cubans. sailed over them
during the Spanish war at Key
West. The GUssie was I'm com
mand of am army officer. and that
may account for IT.. but she chunk
ed her side-wheel paddles through
well laid network of mines at
Key West. while we on board we're
quite unconscious of the supposed
impending danger.
As 0e pulled alongside a wharf
naval officer fairly bobbed mp and
down i'm excitement as he shouted.
You can't 60 over our mine field.
YOU win set them Off" whereupon
Colonel O'CouneIl answered, Welt
if your mines had blown ms mp vou
would have heard from us" But
they didn't blow us mp. and they
never DO. Perhaps an exception
might be claiWed i'm the case of
the Russo-JapaneSe war, when
tirst-class hattleship on each side
suffered extinction by the means
of mine. but be il considered well
that the Japanese ship was blown
mp by Japanese mine and the Rus
sian ship was blown mp a Russian
mine.
The Maine was blown up by
mine in Havana harbor, but II is
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Accidental Explosions.

was within short distance of
one at Naychwang, i'm Manchuria,
when IL accidentally exploded dur
ing the operation of placing il in
the harbor. IL Killed the four or
five men handling it, and not one
IN the harbor ever prevented a Jap
anese ship from entering the
mou n of the river Lao.
And so ii Is with the entire his
tory of fixed mining from the first
inception of these uncontrolled en-
gineS of war. They are far more
dangerous to- friendly shipping than
90 foreign foe, for upon thu latter
the effect is only a moral effect.
wh;te the former is passing over
the mine zone every day. 1t is the
moral effect that counts, but il can
be produced in q manner far more
advantageous and effective. The
submarine torpedo boat produces
moral effect far more reaching
than any fixed mine which. at its
best. is only effective AT the very
mouth of the harbor. while a sub
marine radius of action is several
hundred miles from ghe port. 4
submarine torpedo boat should be
a torpedo boat pure and simple,
and there should not be any at
tempt 20 com hine with the boat the
various attachments and compart-
ments for repairing or replacing
mines or cables.
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Fore River shlrbunding yards at
Quincy. Mass. last THURSDAY is the
latest and most improved tyTe of boat
I'm our service. She is almost the
double in size and power OF any now
in commission and U5Il ne a model
Tor tle future development Of our
service in This class. The douartment
has 50 thoroughly recognized the in
dividUal Impotence of this peculiar
branch OF the naval construction that
a special submarine board has been
appointed TO deal directly with All
questions relating 20 these boats and
as the Officers u2mo1 on this bo7-F
are of noted distinction in their var
ious departments and corps il may
be assumed That We VIII have some
sane Legislation regarding submarines
both in the technical ana rolitic7r ends
Rapiditv Of action IS. without doubt
the most essential feature OF subnnr-
inc tactics and it is on this line that
our future boats should be built. The
present idea Of a diving boat or
boat that goes into it's submerged con
dition I'm the same manner that fish
might go into deeper water. is certain
ly the correct idea. A slow turning
or slow-acting boat might get through
its active life with success and with
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barge I'm placing or repairing mines
than from "a compartment I'm a sub
marine, If there is an enemy near
by il would occupy the attention
Of the submarine I'm the endeavOr
10 destroy 10. $50 that IL hardly
seems at all useful to hamper the
cruising effectiveness for the arma-
ment capacity by adding this div
lng-bell attachment to an other
wise active and aggressive boat.
There is some agitation in favor
cf adding this compartment To our
submarines, IUt fl is 70 be hoped
that the matter viii he considered
well before actually doing So. for
IL would be far more advantageous
To increase the number of subm8-
rines until we have one or more in
every haTbor and do away with
fixed mines entirely. England has
found this scheme advisable and
has adopted % very extensive plan
Of submarine defense.
The Octopus. which was finish
ed at Quincy, Mass, a few days
ago, Is the latest model adopted
Ah oftA Nfhfh "a i-tttf lAa -nl+t ~ JOB ia w
vide sleeping and living accommo-
dations for the entire crew of
twelve or fourteen men and with
all the necessary arrangements for
cooking. She has a radius OF twelve
hundred miles and a surface speed
of ten or twelve knots. The OCtO-
PuS is Of the same general type as
those now I'm commission, although
greatly improved. She can clear
for action and dive i'm an incredibly
short time, which is her greatest
advantage over the "even keel sub
mersible type In two or three
minutes she can be prepared for
dive, and while under wny she can
come TO the surface for obServa-
tion and dive again i'm five or six
seconds without Stacking her for
ward speed. It is i'm this that our
adopted type has shown such a
marked advantage over the even
keel type, waich is slow of action
and unsporty in its possibilities.
The Iatest submarine boat the &c
toDus. which was launched at the
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out any fatal moment. but lt IS Just
such possibilities that puzzle the brains
OF the hundreds OF men working away
every day IN the technical depart
msnts OF the War and Navy Building.
How few people as they contemplate
the building OF a battleship ever stop
10 consider the amount OF thought. the
amount OF clever decision expended
before the army Of manual Iaborors
commence Jo swing their sledEes or
before the f0rges are lighted 20 shape
the raw metal
4 slow acting beat would not have
much change against the swift acting
torpedo boats OF an enemy. The en-
eny's battlcship fleet would always be
accompanied by t0rpedo-boat destroy
ers. and these can De counted on 20
pun "a nautical mile in about TWO and
one half minutes; sometimes trIde
less. II one OF these fast boats should
sight a submarine IN the light, cruis-
ing condition the only protection for
the latter is 90 submerge Immediately.
The desrr0~els carry q battery OF four
teeu-p0uuj guns. which have a very
considerable range. and. assuming
good shooting. the submarine would
be ia great danger as soon as the de-
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By JAS. F. J. ARCHIBALD.

?" HE recent launching Of the
submarine torpedo boat
Octopus marks new
point of progression in
our naval program. which
becomes more important each day
as we come nearer the date of the
annexation of Cuba. Our troops
have landed and warships have
been called to Cuban waters. The
army of occupation has already
commenced To move. 1t is going
TO be a certain victory. but it is
not going To be an easy one. There
viii be tedious months of duty.
there viii be hin and brush fight
ing, and there will be the dread
fever, but there viii be no uncer-
tainty as To the ultimate result.
The danger does not mrk i'm Cuba.
but i'm the remote Vet ever present
possibility of "a foreign war when
our force is divided
The acquisition of the island of
Cuba again diminishcs the effective
strength of oLr naval force. Every
insuiar dependency added to our
territorial composition has the
same tendency. for every one of
these dependencies demands and
must receive its quota of naval de
fense- The problem of the Philip
pines decreased our naval effective
ness by at least one-third. Hawaii
and Porto Rico also drew Ger
tain proportion of the naval force.
and now comes troublesome Cuba.
II Is all very we'll as long as we re-
main az peace with the world. but
we must be in an ever ready posi-
tion for war, or. better still be
in such "a position as To preclude
possibility of war. Our navy must
be free 10 go ont on the high seas
20 destroy. and not be bound bv
cables length 10 the wharf of every
great city demanding protection.
Most of the authorities of the
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almost certain that il was an ac-
cident and not intent that sent
those unsuspectiug men 10 their
death.
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4 Submarlne in Every Farbor.

NuHmuFIhe N E1PTl TaTDOT.
In the first place, if there is ever
a single effective subma -ine tor
pedo boat IN harbor there viii be
no necessity of mining that har-
Dor aga st "a foreign foe; no hos
tile ship viii ever attempt an ap-
proach t. a >harbor protected by
these boats. If there is no enemy
about. diver could work far more
effectively from a surface float OF
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October 7, 1905
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
AFFECTIONS DAMAGED
And For Thai Reason Miss CLARK Wants
$4,000.

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug Il,
II. G. Hiestand, wealthy citizen
Of Mantou Springs, and defendant
in $4,000 breach OF promise suit
recently filed by Miss Ida Clark OF
Denver, Indignantly denies the
charges made against him by Miss
Clark and declares the suit to be a
blaokmailing scheme, Owing to the
prominence Of Hiestand, who Ia a
married man and prominent in social
circles, and TO the sensational nature
OF the charges made, the case is at.
tracing much attention and Is
constant topic OF conversation in
Manitou.
Miss Clark alleges In her com.
plant that Hiestand seduoed her un.
der promise OF marriage, declaring
that the society man made improper
advances at THAR first meeting and
that the Illicit relations we're con
tinued for weeks before she discoy-
cred that he was already married
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
Work on Carson Building.

The work on rebuilding the Carson
block is going forward rapidly. The
north wall is up to the second floor,
and workmen are busy dismantling
the burned portions OF the south half,
rhelsouth half was little damaged by
the FIRE and the brick work will need
scarcely any repairing The mater
ial for the north wall ia being taken
from the debris in the basemnet and
reset in concrete mortar The mid
die wall is more than half good, and
many OF the timbers OF the south
half can be used in the new con.
struction. The building was to be
completed in ninety days, and viii
be ready on contract time.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
The Polk street Ordinance.

The Polk street ordinance IL now
In full force aud The proper authori.
ties are busy these days telling peo.
pie 10 move on and directing them
10 the proper places 10 hitch II is
the intention Of the proper of,cers
10 have all hitching posts removed
from Folk street and put them, TO.
gether with more, on the side streets
for the accommodation Of the coun.
Try people. the town people, and in
fact every ono who drives, a vehicle
OF any kind The officers SAYS that
the ordinance will no enforced, and
they have enlisted the cooperation
Of the merchants in the effort to do
so. The street sprinkler man has
complained several times that he was
not able to do Justice 10 the street
on account of the vehicles allowed
TO stand, hut he has been assured.
we learn, that in the future he will
not he handicapped in this way The
ordinance specifies time of twonty
TO remain on Polk street in
one place, and after that time ex-
Dlros the ohense becomes a Unable
,nc.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
Lubbock Notes.

Considerable addition Will be bulll
TO the NiColett hotel as soon ms the
carpenters eau get to IT,
The autos are all gone to Amarillo
whore they will meet Mr.. Russell
with a string Of immigrants that he
Is bringing into the Lubbock terri
tory
Mr., and Mrs, j, L. Blake and
daughters, Della and Vera, left
Tuesday for their home in Amarillo
after a few days visit with Mr.. and
Mrs, Avis Blake,
Albert Hardin left last week for
Amarillo, where he went to accept a
position rs chauffeur on one of Miller
Bros, automobiles, Albert Is de-
serving young man aud we extend TO
him our best wishes
Kinch Carter departed tho latter
part Of the week for st. Louis TO pur-
chase the fall and winter stock Of
goods for the Lubbock Mercantile
establishment Miss Della Wilkinson.
accompanied him to look after tho
purchasing of their stock of miln.
cry.
W, Il, Hampton 4 Son are prcpur-
ing TO build large warehouse at the
rear OF their store and have wagons
IN route 10 Canyon for material. |
Their stock Of groceries arc expected
10 arrive the first of next week, when
they will he prepared to MI your
wants in that direction.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
WILL DOUBLE TRACK
New York, PIHshurg and Chicago All
Line, Shorter Than Others.

New York Aug. Joseph
Ramsey Jr. former president OF the
Wabash railway, arrived IN this city
yesterday 10 consult with several
financial interests regarding his new
railroad enterprise, the New York;
Pittburg 4 Chicago Air Line lie
declared that ti5O,OOO,OOO would
pay for the construction OF a double
track between New York and Chi
cago, and said; our proposed line
Is Slxty-dye miles shorter than the
Pennsylvania between Pittsburg and
New York The surveys We have
made TO Chicago glye us a route one
miles shorter than the
Pennsylvania company, and 10 IT.
Wayne 100 miles shorter than the
New York Central and 1856 miles
shorter than the Lake Erie, Our
maximum grades east bound are
wenty feet per mile throughout the
quite, while the Pennsylvania coms
iany's grades up the western slope
ire sixty feet per mile" Mr.. Ram
ey, while admitting that he has for
ign financial backing, still refuses
o disclose the nature Of tho back
ne or disclose tho names Of his M
oclstes Tho line. he believes, will
IL constructed in three years.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
C. RI. a C. IMPROVEMENTS.

Round'hoRse and Terminal Facilities
10 be Pushed TO Completion.
tFrom Yridsys Daily Panhandle
J. A, Rinere. roadmaster OF the
Rock Island system At this place
10 completing arrangements for OK.
tensiss improvements in terminal
facilities here.
Ytetsrday VIM. Meierholtz secured
the Sentraet for the new rourd house,
to Ne erected north Of the Denver,
east n Grant street ana west OF the
RoekiESland Y, The plsus are drawn
on tHsAhasiS Of q ten stall house. and
the eenwaet provides that two stalls
be Pushsd TO completion as soon as
possibis DIR. MeierholtS, the con.
tfSetarsis from sayre, OKLA, and has
just cemplstsd the new warehouse
Of the'ssyre MIL and Elevator Co.
The Rock Island yards are 10 be
built.up and hallasted at once with
gravel More extensive freight
handbag facilities will also he in
stalled, The business Of the Rock
island here lis srowius by leaps and
bounds, and tho improvements now
contemplated, are but beginning OF
these made necessary by the traffic
conditions in this territory
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
Amarillo Fruit Makes Good.

When Mr.. John Gist Of Giles
sent in some samples OF Donley
County peaches last week he made
showing that WAS hard to beat,
but IT remained for y. J.. Dohoney
TO see the bet with some Amarillo
raised peaches that are peaches. q"
He has several four-year old trees
OF the liberia variety that will yield
about two bushels to the tree. In
form, navor and color they cannot
be surpassed.
These peaches are now growing
in Mr.. Dohoney's yard on fillmore
Street, and may he sampled at any
time by the public, II the sampling
is carefully done after dark.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
CHANGE IN PANHANDLE.
Capt. s. y. Burnett Says Cowman Is
Being Crowded out.


ri. Worth, Tex, Aug 17.-Capt,
s. n. Burnett Is back from the Dixon
Creek ranch and says that the Condl-
tlons M In that part Of tho Pan
handle remind oneo ( agirl with her
store clothes on, when she looks her
best
lie says that the yield of corn will
average fully forty bushels to the
acre all over the Panhandle whore
they raise corn, and that Is now
about all over that part OF Texas.
THE man with the hoe" he says,
lis orowding the eowman. and the
time Is not far distant when you
will have 10 so out Of the COW busl-
ness or raise cattle on land that Will
pay big interest on $50, or more,
In something else. The Oat crop will
run frSm twenty-five to seventy
bushels and the average is we'll up
TO atty bushels TO the acre Wheat
averaged well up, too, the yield be
Ing from fifteen to thirty bushels 10
he acre. The kafiir corn, sorghum,
milo-maige and grass crops are he
fond calculation, They are ina.
nense."
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
YOUTHS ARRESTED
Quatetie sEnmIfsd Series Of HOIdups and
a Murder, W

San Francisco, Calf Aug. IL
with nonchAance that amu2cd the
police, Fred Paterson, William
Mears, Waller Westwood aud Frank
McAulHe, youths still in their teens,
confessed that hiey were the quar-
tette that has committed a series of
holdups, which eliminated in the
killing of Fred MNlIineaux on the
Ocean Boulevard laa. Sunday night
Peterson, who is about II years of
age, admitted that he, fred the shot
which killed Murincalh;, when later
arrested for obbery WesJwoud, who
TO being The loader Of
the gang, is but 1G yoaN old, lie
admitted that he was the \gunholder
In other robberies, and stated IL was
Peterson's turn when MnllincauX
was held up
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
The Sap Oaks Did II.

John w, Veale has defeated Deck.
err for the state senate by four con
yention votes. Decker carried the
majority of the Panhandle counties.
but was defeated by the counties at
the lower end of the district. His
fight for the quarantine line won him
the luminosity of the counties below
Texan.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
I'd Rather Have My Flea Bitten

Near Amarillo, Sunday, the edi-
tor, riding his old, Hea-bitten gray,
was passed by honklng automobile,
which he overlook, after another
mile, broke down. The newspaper
man had been worrying over gaso-
line engine himself the past two days
and was ready to commiserate with
the chauffeur, even to the extent OF
prohering advice. However, there
were six OF EN- all cussing under
their breath which placed them be-
yond the pale of sympathy, and we
rode on, aud within five hundred
yards passed another big auto stand
ing deserted in the ditch.
Autos are all right on good
roads. but on rough ground they are
y delusion mad snare. -Quanah
Tribune-Chlef.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
WIN Swim Ten Miles.

st. Louis, Aug, 17,--About TWEEN,
ty-hve swimmers are entered in the
10 mile race In the Mississippi, TO IKE
place today under the auspices Of
the Missouri Athletic Club. The
course is from point off the Shaih
Of Rocks TO the Eads bridge. The
winner will receive a cup valued at
$3.50. Several expert long distance
swimmers from Chicago, Milwaukee
and other cities are entered. In ad,
dition to the local contingent. n
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
AGAINST THE CANYON rEAM
A Double Header Of RattIlDg Good
Games Tomorrow.

From Fridays Daily Panhandle,)
Captain Lewis, Of the Rosemonts,
has his men In trim for hard, fast
winning baseball today. The Can
yon team, on their return from a
series OF victories down the Denver.
il playing adouble header with the
Rosemonts this afternoon.
Canyon has won six out OF eight
games played on the trip. The Gre
mos were their only successful oppo-
nents. Wicker or Mitchell will
pitch the games aud Amarillo knows
how they work, Vaughan Bell. Am
arillo's old first baseman and heavy
bitter. Is holding the FIRST sack for
the Canyon team
d, The Rosemonts arc ready for fast
golng, though, and Canyon must put
out their best game to make a show
Ing Win tho kosemonts. Dick Low.
Is will pitch both games. jim Bell.
will be the other end OF the battery
and has proven himself equally to any
occasion. Gallaher will be at second
lie Is new In Amarillo, but Is max
Ing q hit as a thorough going. clean
base ball player.
With double header Offering of
rattling good games, there viii be- a
crowd of Amarillo people out 20 Sc
the RosemOnts work. rhe games
are sure to he fast close aud inter
'stlng from the first ihning. \ move !
Is on foot TO close the stores for the
games, and whether this IL done or
lot Amarillo people should make an
Mort to see these games, They arc
worth Il, and tho Rosomonts are
worth supporting in every way.
Gus Hollander conducted an Of.
ective campaign this morning for the
baseball game this afternoon. Gus
AL on the front seat Of wagon
which bore aresplendent sign adver-
ising the game, To further increase
he excitement, small boy indus.
riouSy beat 4 large drum and
rsade Of small boys handed out in
about the game,
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21
CANYON TOOK THE FIRST.
ny Error. and Decision Against
Amarillo.

~ NffVfH hhu VftiHioH AkhnHl
Amarillo.
(From fridays Daily Panhandle
The baseball enthusiasts OF Ana
rilio have had their inning today
The double header played this after
noon on the local diamond seemed Ia
appeass their sppetites for clean,
swift base balling, Amarillo and the
Canyon teams are evenly matched
and both have envlable records for
the season and the Interest conferred
on the genes this afternoon was
graat, The FIRST game called at
7'tS o'clock. was played In one hour
aud forty-nve minutes, Lewis for
the locals and Mitchell forthe Can.
yon boys are both ex.leaguers. BY a
scratch hit In the fourth. which a.
heldlng error on tho part OF ANA
rillo turned into three Dagger,
Campbell. for Canyon. made the only
score this afternoon in one Of the
snapplsst games that local fans have
seen
In the seventh, with two men on
bases and nobody down. the situation
looked good for u marker on ANA
rifles score. But Jennings tried a
long run for home at the last min
ute. The catcher dropped the ball
after touching his man and ong
called Jennings out II was a close
deeision and was Amarillo's chance
at the game,
Canyons fielding WIS superb, and
showed their regular training on the
tour. Two hits only did Lewis allow,
while the Rosemonts hit Mitchell for
six Bleaehsrs grand stand and side
lines watnbed and rooted at every
stage OF the game,
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-08-21

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clean, healthy tissue in every ORGAN.
Moral; Take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
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