Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-09
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New York city uses about four mil
lion tons of ice annually. The ma
tural product affords only about one.
ninth that supply. Artificial ice is,
however, purer, and the cost of pro.
ducing it has been reduced to from 40
to 81 cents ton, at which price it
can compete with the natural pro-
duct. The latter is, however, less
liable to be controlled by trust.
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The War Department has made a
trial of the motor ambulance. 1t has
been found of great value so far as
tested, and with improvements being
constantly suggested will doubtless, in
the course Of time, as far excel the
old-style vehicle as the army musket
OF hall century ago is excelled by the
Krag' Jorgenson riffs of to-day, with
which our soldiers are armed. One of
the principal advantages OF the motor
is its great speed. In case
OF war they will be attached to every
brigade hospital.
A Yakima farmer, at Sunnyside. i.
noted in the Democrat, as having
adopted a milking.machine, to ex.
tract the lacteal fluid from his band of
fourteen COWS. He milks two COWS
at time, with rubber cups that fit the
sources OF supply attached to a a.hose
leading to force.pump, to produce .
vacuum, thence to the recepticle to
hold the milk. 1t takes but four
minutes to milk the COWS, with scarce.
ly more power than is required to run
sewing-machine. This device was
patented quarter of q century ago,
but for some reason never came into
use. It may be, however,
that it is now introduced in more
perfect form.
Johnny-on.the.Spot" is the name
of q little Tacoma invention, that the
Boosters are said to have utilized as a
means of propagandism OF their Port.
land Fair outcry, Watch Tacoma
Grow" II is q device for striking
matches on, TO wear under the vest,
instead OF on the hip OF the pants,
where matches are usually struck. It
looks to an impartial observer, how.
ever. that il is mistake to wear it
inside the vest. Why not hang the
banner on the outer walls-say the
lapel of the coat-so that it may be
seen of all men? These " Scratch. my
backs" are to be scattered far and
wide. but the appropriateness OF the
device has probably not struck its
projectors with the force of . tornado,
that carries with it q smell of brim-
stone.
A five-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Morgan, of Chicago,
has probably the most extended record
of travel OF anybody OF her age in the
world. When she WAS but eighteen
months old she was taken to the sum.
init of Pixies Peak. She has since
then travelled almost without inter.
ruption. She has crossed the At.
lantic and the Pacific oceans several
times, has visited every State and
Territory in the United States, except
Connecticut, had visited President
Roosevelt in the White House when
she was two and one.halt years old,
called on many Governors, has met the
Pope and has her signature on more
hotel registers than any other little
girl of her age. And, wherever she
went, she took every bit of her long
name with her. 1t is Kathryn Adelia
Gienwood Morgan.
The Spokane Outburst is nothing il
not original, and it's wit and humor il
q salient feature of its individuality
and commands attention and respect
Here is q paragraph, however, which
is primarily q business proposition
which seldom carry the sharp points
of satire:
The Out6urst wishes to engage the
services of lady capable of handling
the society gossip of this city in breezy
independent, and interesting manner
She must be well.acquainted, and will
receive satisfactory remuneration by the
column of matter used. Communica
tions on the subject, addressed to the
editor, will be treated in the strictest
confidence. Experience is by no means
necessary. ANY one with a few reams
of paper, a pencil and an elastic imagi
nation will fill the bill. As the task
consists in making readable some things
out OF blank nothingness, the work is BY
no means as strenuous as would be the
case if it were necessary to substantiate
items by facts. Matter which contain:
the words charming" popular" Of
"pretty" more than hundred times il
any one column will be relegated to the
limbo OF the yawning waste basket
What the Outburst wants is originality
and unorthodox treatment OF the sub
jects handled, and it is willing to pay
we'll for it. There is a grave suspicion
that the present gossip editor is hersel
preparing to break into society, and tn,
management believes that her days o
usefulness will have passed with hel
entrance to the sacred. glittering, brair
and soul.inspiring, strenuous precincts
The Intoxicating alixir Of social hufferl