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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
WILL INVESTIGATE
BLOCK SYSTEM
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION
ASKS EXHAUSTIVE TESTS
All Owners OF Safety Appliances
Will BE Given a Chance to
Demonstrate-Railr
Geanines

The interstate commerce commission
is LAYING plans for the investigation
which it will make by direction of con-
gress into the block system and APP
pliances on railroads.
This will be one of three investiga-
tions to be carried on by the commits
sion by congressional authority during
the summer and fall extending per-
haps into the winter The other two
Investigations relate to the grain ele-
vator business and to railroad monopo-
lies and determinations in coal and oil.
The block signal investigation resolu-
tion, under which a separate tnVesti-
cation will be made authorizes the
commission to make an investigation of
block signal systems as well as appli-
ances for the automatic control of rail-
way trains.
gain experience and information both
for the use of congress and of pro-
gressve railway men.
The block signal system is in use in
many places and is fairly well known,
but 1t is claimed that there are num-
Der of automatic signal devices which
are more nearly perfect as preventives
of accidents than the block system.
Unbiased Tests
It is thought by many members of
congress, among them Representative
Mann OF the house committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce, that
these automatic devices ought to be
given an opportunity for fair trial un-
der supervision of government officials,
who will report to congress unbiased
by the wishes of the owners of the
appliances who want them installed, or
nv the wishes of railway officials who
object to the expense of their installa-
ton.
The need of additional safeguards
to prevent accidents on railways may
well be admitted when one considers
the enormous loss of life and injury to
persons, and especially to railway en-
ployes, which the railroads of the
country cause every year.
Railroading has proved to be nearly
as hazardous in times of peace as
soldiers life in time of war.
Although congress has provided for
airbrakes, automatic couplers and
various other safety appliances, the
installation of which has been pro-
ceedng during the last few years, the
percentage of railroad employees injured
to those employed has been steadily
increasing.
The employers liability act, recently
passed, may have some tendency to-
ward compelling the railroads to be
more careful in the selection of en-
ployes.
Whether congress will require the use
of one particular kind of signal or de-
vice, or whether it will lay down cer-
tain rules permitting a discrimination
in the kind and character of the signal
or device to be used, is a question yet
TO he decided.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
GET TOGETHER ON THE LAW
Executive Officials and Counsel Hold
Conference in Chicago
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 16-EXecutive Of
ficials and general counsel of every rail-
road west of Chicago held a difference
today with a view of determining the
meaning OF all the provisions of the
new rate law.
j. c. Stubbs, traffic director of the
Hartman lines, presided at the con-
ference and outlined the purposes of
the gathering.
1t developed, he, ever that there were
almost as many views regarding the
Interpretation of the statutes as there
were lawyers and traffiCmen present.
It was decided therefore to appoint two
committees. one of tratfice men and one
of legal men.
The traffic men are to meet and ar
range their plans for carrying the Jaw
into effect and whenever they encounter
a provision that they are unable to
solve they are to call on the legal COM
mittee for opinions. In the meantime
the committee of lawyers is to hold
meetings and determine what they con-
slider the statute requires
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
HANDCAR FALLS ON TRIO
Slides Of Wagon Because of Rut,
CRASHING on Railroad Employees

John Sullivan, NJ. NJ. Ballard and o.
S. Raymond, employees of the Southern
Pacific, We're injured by a handcar fall
ing on them yesterday afternoon.
The three men had taken a handcar
from the track behind the county hos
pital and were hauling it away on a
wagon when one of the wagon wheels
fell into a hole allowing the car to
slide off.
All three men We're knocked down
Ballard was struck in the face and
Raymond's back was injured. Suli-
van was taken to the Sisters hospital
where he was treated for a broken
ankle
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
ALTON OFFICIALS GET WRIT
Execution of Big Fine in Rebate Case
Stayed
By Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 16.-Judge Peter S.
Grosscup in the United States circuit
court today, granted the Chicago &
Alton Railway company, ]. n. Faithorn
and Fred A. Wann writs of oupersedeas
staying the execution of a fine aggre-
eating 100000, assessed against the de-
PENDANTS a short time ago by Judge
Lands in the United States district
court on charges of granting illegal
rebates to the Scwarzchild &, Sulzberg-
er packing corporation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
BUILDING TOWARD SACRAMENTO
Northern Electric Line Files Six Mill
lion Dollar Mortgage
n Ass0cintnG Press.

DE 7
SACRAMENTO, July ia trust
deed filed in the Office of the county
recorder today shows that the Northern
Electric Railroad company has mort
gagged its property-tracks. cars, ma
chinery. buildings, ETC. to the Mercan-
tile Trust company of San Francisco for
100000.
The company now has a line in oper-
alton between Chico and OroVille and
is building towards this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
Chicago's Underground Mail
BY Associated Press

CHICAGO, July 16-The under
ground electric railway mail service
was put into actual operation for the
first time today. The mail hereafter
is TO be transported through the tunnel
which has been constructed beneath the
city streets from the postoffice to the
depots in the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
After the Northern Pacific

BY AssOClated Press'
SEATTLE, ash, July .-Unuef
orders from the interstate commerce
commission at Washington, United
States District Attorney P. c. Sullivan
today filed charges in the federal court
alleging that the S;orthern Pacific rail
way has violated the safety appliance
act of the interstate commerce law.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
To Chicago Great Western
By Associated Press.

ST. PAUL, MINI, July 10.-W. H..
Chadbourne. jr,, from Beaver, Pa, who
has been engaged i'm the United States
survey service, has been appointed chief
engineer of the Chicago Great Western
and today assumed charge. A new
office, that of assistant hief engineer
of the road. has been created and filled
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
OPEN HAWKING RAILWAY
Oriental line Will Be Completed by
March, 1903
BY Associated Press

SHANGHAI, July 16-The Suchow
(ffty milesl and the Wusich Gwenty-
six miles, sections of the Hanking rail
way were opened today Trains from
Shanghai and Wusich meet at Suchow
Ii is estimated that the line will he
completed to Hawking by March. 1908
Traffic on the completed sections will
begin July is.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
NEW TERMINALS FOR TACOMA
Great Northern Arranging for Prop.
erty-Union Depot Planned
Bv Associ0tcd Press

~ NSE0' ZOO FIesS
TACOMA, July 16-The Great North
ern Railway company is now arrang-
ing for terminal property in Tacoma
and viii have extensive terminals,
consisting of warehouses. freight Yards,
etc, at this point. it is stated.
a union depot, TO be used jointly by
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific, will be built in Tacoma and will
be one of the finest depots in any city
.On those lines
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
Wabash Bonds Announced

5V Nsa0CI0ted T'resS
NEW YORK, July 16.-The bond is
sue of the Wabash company offered in
Paris today was announced by the
Wabash company In a circular dated
July 1, 1906, The bonds We're payable
i'm installments of 5000 each begin
ming July /, 1907, and ending July /,
1916. and the terms offered on maturity
make the return on them equal to s
per cent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
Hangs Himself in Cell

I RV ter0Cin ;e0 F'T-ss
| OROVILLE. July 16.-George H.
Hyde, an aged, impoverished laborer,
| daV
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
Shop Mornings

From now until September Is this store
closes Saturdays at 1890.
It's cooler and more comfortable to shop
in the morning. Then we're going to make
Saturday mornings especially interesting
with special values
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
The New Peter Pan" Collar

by the appointment of A. H. Bacon,
heretofore assistant engineer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17

lay their tracks and they would not b,
moested.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17

That's low price, for they're made
of heavy Sea island twill, with cordu-
roy collar good dust and dirt color;
full size; strap cuffs; second floor,
clothing section, $4.4S.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
Women's Auto Caps csc

Caps, tourists. Edna May and Clara Bloodgood
shapes made of poplin or cravenette; all colors;
9Sc; second floor clothing section.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
The Nine In the Calendar.

The figure 8, which came into the
calendar OH Jan. 1, 1889, will stay with
us Ill years from that date, or until
Dec. 81, 1899 No other figure has ever
had such a long consecutive run, and
the 8 itself has only once before been
in race which lasted over century
that in which it continuously figured
from jan /, $50, until Dec. 81, 900, a
period of Ill years. The figures and
Z occasionally fall into odd combina-
tons, but neither of them has ever yet
served for a longer period than 100
consecutive years in our calendar since
the present mode of calculating time
was established. 1t is also clear that
from their relative positions among the
numerals it is an impossibility for
either Of them to appear in date reck-
onings continuously for longer period
than a century.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Once O. Nest of Pirates.

Lundy, in the Bristol channel, is an
island where one may see an earth
quake at any time. There is nothing
alarming about these earthquakes"
however They are simply certain GU
rious crevasses in the west of the is
land, which the local people call by
that name. Lundy in former centuries
was a notorious nest Of pirates. In
King Henry HIS time William de
Marisco, a traitor to the king built a
castle there and set up as an early
Captain Kidd. And so it went on
through the centuries until in the mid
die Of the eighteenth Thomas Benson,
a Barnstable merchant, who was then
lessee Of the island, was convicted Of
piracy and smuggling and expelled.
He had q contract for carrying con-
victs to the American colonies and
used quietly to land them on Lundy
and use their labor there.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Origin of Crescent Bread.

The origin of the Viennese bread
shaped like a crescent, which is found
in most places on the continent, dates
back to the time when the Austrian
capital was being besieged by the
Turks under the terrible Grand Vizier
Kara Mustapha, and as they failed to
take the city by assault they decided
to dig a passage under the walls and
so penetrate into the town. In the day
time the noise of the siege made the
sound of the tunneling inaudible, and
at nighttime the defenders of the
place were asleep, all but the sentries
and the bakers. 1t was the bakers
who, as they baked the bread for the
garrison, heard the pickaXes of the
miners coming nearer and nearer and
gave the alarm. In the fighting the
Rakers' association took their share
with the utmost bravery, and as a re-
ward for their services the emperor
gave them permission to make a spe-
cial cake shaped like the Turkish cres-
cent-London Sketch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
A Good Dog.

It is related by Professor Bell that
when a friend of his was travelling
abroad he one morning took out his
purse to see If it contained sufficient
change for a days jaunt he intended
making. He departed from his lodg
ings, leaving a trusted dog behind.
When he dined he took out his purse
to pay and found he had lost a gold
coin from it. On returning home in
the evening his servant Informed him
that the dog seemed very i'll, as they
could not induce him to eat anything.
He went at once to his favoTite, and as
soon as he entered the room the faith
full creature ran to him, deposited the
gold coin at his feet and then devoured
the food placed for him with great
eagerness. The truth was that the
gentleman had dropped the coin in the
morning. The dog had picked it up
and kept it in his mouth, fearing even
to eat lest he should lose his masters
property before an opportunity was at
forded him to restore it.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Difficult Haymaking.

One of the most curious sights that
one notices in the agricultural parts Of
Norway is the peculiar way of drying
out the hay On account of the ex-
IRENE dampness the grass rots if left
on the ground after it is moved. Wood
en- drying fences that stretch for hum
dreds of yards across the fields are
built, and every night the hay is hung
out to dry, like the family wash. The
sun helps along in the daytime, but it
is only half hearted help, and in the
neighborhood of Bergen, where it is
said to rain 1854 days out of the year,
the hay is almost always ION the
fence" In the lake districts, where the
billy country makes means of trans
portation very difficult. heavy copper
wire is stretched from the top of a
mountain to the village in the valley
below. Down this huge masses Of hay
are sent sailing through the air, some
times whizzing dangerously near the
unwary tourists head. = New York
Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
BUSINESS Methods.

Great numbers of vast fortunes in
this country have been and are being
built up on the very ignorance of the
masses in regard to business methods.
The schemers bank on it that 1t is
easy to swindle people who do not
know how to protect their property.
They thrive on the ignorance of their
fellows. They know that shrewd ad
vertisement, a cunningly worded cir
cular, hypnotic appeal, will bring
the hard earnings of these unsuspect-
ing people out of hiding places into
their own coffers.-Success Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
WINTER CARE OF COWS.
Pointers ON Barn Location. Ventila-
ton and TEN Der2tEre.

Pointers ON Barn Location. VeHt1ia-
ton and Tenn peratEre.
A barn in Il low yard where the mud
is always deep is mighty poo place
to keep COWS, but unfortunately this is
the case with too many OF or dairy
barns, says 2. D. SouthwoIin III North
western Agriculturist. The germs OF
disease are very fond of low, wet, un-
drained places, and they thrive liz such.
If your barn is located il a place OF
this description your cattle are there
fore exposed TO disease, and II they
are III any way weakened by poor care
OF other bad conditions they become
very susceptible to tuberculosis. Keep
the barn and yard drained and you VIII
lessen the death rate from that disease.
AS regards ventilation and tempera-
ture, there are two very common eA-
tremeS. Jones, on one side Of the ROAD,
keeps his barn shut up tight like box,
so that there is not a bit Of fresh air
circulating through the stalls and the
barn is stuffy and unhealthy from the
lack of oxygen. Smith, on the other
side of the road, has a wicker basket,
as it were, for a COW barn. All night
long the doors slam to and fro, and in
the breath of the rushing, freezing
wind the COWS shiver and use up the
feed in trying to keep warm that should
be turned into milk. Then Smith Won
ders why his cows don't pay. Try to
keep the temperature somewhere be-
tween 40 and SO degrees. Don't let
the COWS stand in q draft. Have
hinges on the lower edge Of one or two
of the small windows, SO that they will
open inward Open them three OF four
inches. This will give the incoming air
a direction toward the ceiling and thus
prevent direct draft on the COWS. 1t
will not take long to fix a window OF
two that way, and it will not cost
much.
Perhaps Jones keeps his COWS i'll all
day and gives them no exercise. He
wonders why they get off feed so easily
and why the calves are SO weak. Smith
lets his COWS run out all afternoon and
after they have all the exercise that is
necessary lets them stand till feeding
time out in the cold.
The food that should be used for fur
nishing energy for making milk is used
up in keeping the shivering COWS from
freezing to death. 1t does not pay to
treat the old COW that way. Turn her
out during the best part of the day
lOnr anOToh tn walk around a hit and
get a chew from the straw pile and
drink of water with the chill off it. 1t
takes more money out Of your cream
cry dividends in year to let her heat
up her water after she drinks it than
it would to buy directly good conf
mon sense tank heater. Don't let her
out in damp, snowy weather either or
expose her to that sharp, biting wind
that comes in our cold spells.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
&. B RurhaHs TestiffeS after
-Four Years

G.. B. Burhans, of Carlisle Center, N.
Y, writes: About four years ago I
wrote you stating had been entirely
cured of a severe kidney trouble by TAX
ing less than two bottles of Foley's Kid
ney Cure. 1t entirely stopped the brick
dust sediment, and pain and symptoms
of kidney disease disappeared. [ am
glad to say that have never had re-
turn of any of those symptoms during
the fou: years that have elapsed and [
am evidently cured to stay cured, and
heartily recommend Foley's Kidney
Cure to anyone suffering from kidney or
bladder trouo ole" Ell. j. Stangl
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
DAIRY POINTERS

Much stress is being placed by GER
tain farm and dairy speakers this year
on the Importance of a home supply Of
COWS. farmer raised mixers, whose
history and bringing up the farmer
knows all about and which, one by one,
take their place in the milking line
without the requirement Of large
sum of spot cash on the part OF the
farmer.
The advice is good. On many farms
the cost and care Of the young stock are
scarcely noted, and the cows SO raised
may be better than can be bought at
any price within reach of the owner.
Then, too, there is small chance of
building up a choice, handsome, heavy
milking herd unless the members are
carefully bred and selected on the farm
year by year-American Cultivator.
Vaseline In the Cow Barn.
We use considerable vaseline in the
COW stable, says 81. G. Manchester in
Rural New Yorker. Whenever cow
has sore or scratched teat little
rubbed Oh just before milking softens
the teat, SO that she does not object to
gentle pressure and helps much to
quiet milking. After milking little
more rubbed over the sore spot helps
to heal the trouble. The cost is small,
Is to 20 cents a pound, and it's use
pays. Do not put on SO much that the
teats are Shiny, as little goes great
way. We bore an inch hole into the
side of the milking stool about two
inches, and we keep the vaseline IN
this. 1t is always at hand, yet out of
the way. ''VaSeline" is a trade name,
and often one can buy ''petrolatum"
OF petroleum jelly" which is the same
thing, for less than is asked for vase
line
Frozen Cream.
If the cream is permitted to freeze it
is apt to impair the flavor of the but
ter, for we believe that when cream is
kept where it is so cold that it freezes
it is impossible to ripen it properly,
says Hoard's Dairyman.
Moreover, butter made from cream
that has been frozen is apt to have an
Oily appearance anu TASTE UuIcSS S1CdL
care is exercised in thawing it out.
Fishy Butter.
E. H. Webster, chief of the dairy di-
vision at Washington, stated that the
experiments of the division show quite
conclusively that the fshy flavor in
butter comes from the COWS drinking
stagnant water. Day adds unto day
convincing proof that the farm end of
this butter business has great deal to
do with the final quality and the final
price received for the butter
Watering Cows.
Cows should have all the water they
will drink How often to offer them
water will depend somewhat upon their
habits. Many cows will not drink but
once day, but we think it better to
train them to divide the amount A
good practice is to give them oppor-
tunity to drink just before the usual
time for letting them out for the daily
airing and again shortly before the
evening feeding.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
a Tragic Finish

A watchman's neglect permitted leak
n the great North Sea dyke, which a
child's finger could have stopped, to be-
come ruinous break, devastating an
entire province of Holland. In like man
ner Kenneth McIver, of Vanceboro, Me-,
permitted little cold to go unnoticed
until tragic finish was only averted by
DR.. Kings New Discovery He writes:
Three doctors gave me up to die of
lung Inflammation, caused by neglect
ed cold; but DR. Kings New Discovery
saved my life." Guaranteed best cough
and cold cure, at Fl. J. Stangls drug
store. SOC and S10O. Trial bottle free.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20

Roscoe Conkling, like John j. In
gals, was a master at inYective. Conk-
ling, it is said, once upon q time in
summing up to jury thus attempted
to belittle the testimony of a rummy
faced, knobby nosed witness for the
opposition: ''Methinks, gentlemen, l
can see that witness now. his mouth
stretching across the wide desolation
of his face, q sepulcher of rum and a
fountain 81 talsehoodr'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Breaking 1t Gently.

Mr. De Club-My dear, great Ger
man physician says women require
more sleep than men. Mrs. De c.
Does he? Mr.. De C.-Yes, my dear
um-er-you'd better not wait up for
me tonight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
A Spelling Test.

The catch question has often been
asked, How many words in the Eng
lish language end in dous?" The COM
mon answer is four-hazardous jeopar-
dous, tremendous and stupendous. AS
a matter of fact, however, there are
five, and the word often overlooked is
hybridous, meaning mongrel or of
mixed sort.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Here's Relief For Women

If you have pain in the back, UDiary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble and want a
certain pleasant herb cure for woman's
ill's, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf.
It IS a safe and never-failing monthly
regulator. At druggists or by mail 50
cents. Sample package FREE. Address
the Mother Gray Co. LEROY. n. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20

of troubles to contend with spring from
a torpid liver and blocaded bowels, un-
less you awaken them 10 their proper
action with DR. Kings New Life Pills;
the pleasantest and most effective cure
for Constipation. They prevent Appen-
dicitis and tone up the system. 25c at
FL. J. Stangrs drug store
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20

Elderly Man greeting lady acquaint-
ance)-I remember your face perfectly,
miss, but your name has escaped me.
The Young Woman-I don't wonder.
It escaped me three years ago. | am
married now.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
A chronological Point.

We have never yet seen a captain of
a varsity crew who possessed a poor
or retreating chin, a weak or turned
up nose, a small neck or a diminutive
brow or irresolute eyes.-Phrenologica
Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
Quite "a Stole.

II had expected there would be
great splurge at Miss Fawtyfore's we'd
quietly"
ooh. yes. The young man submitted
to the operation without a murmur.'-
Chicago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-07-20
SIovenIfness In Speech.

Do not drift into careless habits of
speech Slang, which is slovenliness in
speech, is as contemplate as slovenli-
ness in dress. Many people use slang
because they are too lazy to think of
proper forms for the expression Of
thought The clothing of our minds
certainly ought to be regarded before
that Of cur bodies