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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-10-02

upon all abutting property owners on
Wenatchee avenue. for the CON-
mencement of condemnation proceed
irgs.
Dangerous Holes.
The Mayor called the attention OF
ine committee On public safety to the
lumber of hoes near the edge of the
sidewalk, caused by the paving of
tethered animals.
Dumping Ground.
Councilman Mooney reported on
the dumping <: ound, sa, pg that ~
last satisfactory spot had been ;e
cured on the vacant al just on
the first street below the new bridge.
=, J.. lid New Jail
Plans for new Jail. 20 30 feet.
with a 14-foot ceiling, same u .e
built of concrete. on the site of the
present hovel which has served as
the BLACK Hole of Wenatchee. were
submitted by the city engineer
The estimated cost Of the proposed
bastile is $500, not including steel
cages. which may be put in at any
later time.
The preliminary plans as submitted
met with the approval of the Council.
and bids will be asked for at oncs
for the construction of the Jail on
lot IL. block IA, G. N. plat
Owing to the rapid growth Of the
city, and the fact that as time passes
more and more Wenatchee people will
60 to jail, it was deemed advisable
to construct a penal institution OF
ample dimensions.
That He May Wash.
On motion, the City Clerk was
authorized to employ plumber and
have the new city Offices equipped
with washstand and soap dish.
Police Report for September.
In making his report for SepteT-
ber the Chief of Police showed 4si
arrests, 13 OF whom soaked out
Continued on page ~.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-10-02
MANY PRIZES
TO WENATCHEE
Wenatt hee, to Use Forceful Phrase,
is Busting l.crself' at
SpOkare

Spokane.
Is first prizes at the Spokane Fair!
In the plate exhibit of apples local
fruit was easily the fayorite, as is
shown by the following list OF
awards:
Barley Sweet-First, Wenatchee
Commercial Club; second, H. w.
Farewell, Wenatchee.
Alexander-First, Wright Bros
Lake Chelan; second, w. Fl. Stone
man, Mead
Autumn Strawberry-First, We
natchee Commercial Club; second, B.
F. Jack
Arkansas Black-First, Wenat-
chez Commercial Club; second, Rob-
ert Johnson. North Yakima
Ben Davis-First, A. l.. Rounds,
Mead; second, Wenatchee CONNER
cial Club.
Black Ben Davis-First, Wenat-
chez Commercial Club; second,
Wright Bros, Lake Chelan.
Bietigheimer First, Wenatchee
Commercial Club; second, H. E.
Farewell
Blue Pearmein-First, Okanoga1
county; second. Wright Bros, Lake
Chelan.
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tContinsed on page ~.
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Continued ON page A..
News Notes of Waterville.

Waterville, Wash, Sept. 3d.
The engine of the threshing outfit
Friday. No one was injured.
An alarm of fire Saturday even
ing brought out the volunteer fire
department on short notice. The
fire vas extinguished before theic
arrival.
Very few from this section at
tended the Spokane fair this fall.
The reasons given are the reported
ttrre a1d the pool selling at the
races
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-10-02
You Worked for
Your Money
DOES IT WORK
FOR YOU?

If not, why not? Money at interest
works, earning more money all day
and all night. 1t never stops Why
do you let your money lie idle, when
you can deposit it in the savings de-
partment of fthis old, strong bank where
it will earn you per cent. interest
compounded twice year. There is
nothing more satisfactory than having
money saved for rainy day, and
nothing that lnsures success more than
a savings account in which your sur
plus earnings are regularly placed so
that they work for you.
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WAYS OF SENDING LETTERS.
Post Of st. Kilda-Newspapers Carried
in Plaster Busts.

From London Tit Bits
Letters by airship are the latest novelty
OF the French postal system. Last month a
party Of military aeronauts assembled from
Meudon and steered for the war office at
Paris. When over the building the airship
was brought to a halt and q letter addressed
to the minister for war, Gen. Picquart
dropped from the car. Through their
glasses the aeronauts watched the missive
In its descent, and as soon as it had been
secured turned the aerostat and made their
way back to Meudon.
A very ingenious method is employed to
facilitate the delivery Of letters to the
islands of the Tonga group In the Pacific.
These islands, guarded as they are by dan
gerous rocks and breakers are difficult and
hazardous Of near approach. and would
often, were the ordinary outline of delivery
employed, have to go letterless. To obviate
this the steamer that carries the mails Is
supplied with skyrockets, by means Of which
letters are projected across the danger zone
onto the shore
During the winter, when ST. Kilda has
no direct communication with the main
land, the Inhabitants deposit their letters
in small buoys of a peculiar shape. These
are then thrown into the sea, and are by
the currents carried to the mainland, where
they are rescued from the waves and their
contents taken to the nearest post office. A
cask, Is attached by chains to the rocks at
the extreme point of Terra del Fuego To
this strange Office, which is under the joint
protection of all nations, every passing ship
sends boat to post and collect letters.
J. A. O'Shea relates how Bezaine. during
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heavy cars, but runners as we'll. They can
be lowered within an inch of the lower part
Of the wheels thus practically floating the
car over soft snowdrift. Nothing but a
very soft slush or melting snow could stall
the car equipped with such additional snow
supports.
This opens up new field of sport for the
touring enthusiast 1t will enable one to
explore regions in the far north in the dead
of winter. Wild animals can thus be hunted
at a season of the year when even the trap
per equipped with his snowshoes is often
nonplussed. AS the cars would carry pro-
visions for sustenance and fuel for power,
light and heat, hunting in this way would
be much more comfortable
So successful has the automobile sleigh
proved in experiment that one authority
says: IF the north pole is ever reached
1t will be in one of these touring cars. A
man can travel over the snow and ice much
faster, and far more comfortably, in mo-
tor sleigh than by any other method de-
vised. Within a year or two you may ex-
pect to hear of automobile parties trying to
find the pole. There will be relay of these
cars travelling back and forth to carry pro-
visions and fuel. With stations regularly
supplied with fuel and provisions, the pole
should be reached on the snow and Ice. OF
course open water would stop them. If
necessary, the work would have to be done
at a season Of the year when no open water
Is possible"
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to overcome the engineering difficulties of
suitably mounting his reflector. Astrono-
mers generally became discouraged at his
failure and little more was heard about
giant reflectors until about ten years ago,
when it announced that one of sixty
two inches and another of fifty-one inches
were being constructed for the projected
American University at Washington and
the Paris exposition, respectively. But
neither of these was ever mounted in tele-
scope. However, the great advantages of
the mirror over the lens has since been
demonstrated at the Lick observatory with
three-foot reflector and al the Yerkes OBJ
servatory with one two feet in diameter.
Telescopes with refiectors and those with
lenses are arranged quite differently. That
with the lens properly known as the "re-
fracting telescope" consists of lens
mounted at the upper end of tube pointed
toward the object to be observed The
lens throws to the lower end of the tube
an image of the object and the longer the
tube the greater the image. The rejecting
telescope, the other hand consists of
a concave mirror placed at the lower end
of a tube open at the top. The rays from
upon this mirror, which reflects them back
and forms an image at the upper end of
the tube. By means of additional mir
for this image is reflected out at one side
of the tube, where the observer is sta
toned. The tubes of both telescopes are
pointed directly at the star under observa-
ton and the star moves through the
heavens the telescope tube, propelled by
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DISK OF GIAS5 FOR THE Great FIVE Fo0T MRRoR

night and day. summer and winter To
further reduce the danger of possible
scratches from dust the floor will be KEEP,
wet throughout the entire process of pol
ishing. The great mirror together with it's
several auxiliary reAectors will cost $40. 900
and will be the gift of Mr. John ID. Hooker,
philanthrOpist and patron of the sciences,
residing a Los Angeles. The construction
OF the mOuntings of these mirrors will re-
quire a year. and special electric motor
truck viii have to be devised to carry them
TO the summit of Mount Wilson, which
rises to an altitude of more than mile
above the nearby surface of the Pacific
Will Bring Moon Within Fifty Miles.
The completed telescope will have the
power to bring the moon image within
fifty miles of the earth. theoretically, while
IN the best of weather the astronomer at
the eye-piece will be able to discern, as
distinct two objects l60 feet apart, or
about as far distant as the rows of houses
on opposite sides of our widest city streets.
An object the moon Less than half as
long as the Capitol at Washington and
less than third high as the Washing
ton monument should thus be discenible
under the most favorable atmospheric con-
ditions. In other words, were our largest
structures duplicated upon the moon they
would be perceptible, although probably
not recognizable, through the new tele-
scope. Although this powerful instrument
may be used to examine small objects
upon the moon, so enormous will be its
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TO SEARCH THE SKIES
Giant Telescope for Carnegie
Observatory Greatest Yet.
MOON WITHIN FIFTY MILES
Magnifying Glass Will Be of One
Hundred Inches Diameter.
PAST AND FUTURE OF THE SUN,
Will Carry the Eye Three Times as
Far Into Space as Ever
Before.
MOON WITHIN FIFTY MILES
PAST AND FUTURE OF THE SUN

Copyright. 1907 by John Elfreth Watkins)
What will be by far the most powerful
telescope ever employed to CLEAN from the
night the untold secrets of the heavens is
to be built for the Carnegie Institutions
new solar observatory upon Mount Wilson,
southern California, where the atmosphere
is said to be more transparent and serene
than at any other observatory on earth.
In this mammoth instrument magnify
ing reflector 100 inches ts1-3 feeD in di-
ameter will be used in lieu of the glass
lens of the ordinary telescope. This con-
cave disk will be so large that. if placed
upon edge. half-grown boy, standing upon
the shoulders of tall man, will about be
able to touch the topmest part of the rim.
The immense block of glass from which 1t
is to be ground viii weigh four and a half
tons and measure thirteen inches in thick
ness. Four years will be required for
molding. grinding and polishing 1t in
special optical shop to be built for the
purpose. The double windows of this labo
ratory will be sealed against the possible
admission of dust and the air to be breath
ed by the opticians will be filtered before
reflector Will be silvered upon the outside
of the glass and to prevent any expansion
of the latter during the process an auto
matte heater will maintain the atmosphere
of the shop at constant temperature,
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Unorganized House Of Commons.

From the London News.
The general life of the house remains
what it has always been, one of feverlsh
idleness. 1t is idler when the tories are
in. more feverish when the radicals come
to power But it is still unorganized. An
immense volume OF work is done behind
the scenes by men who get little praise
for it, Work in committees is usually
careful, precise and conscientious, as de-
bate on the floor of the house Is often
the reverse of these qualities. This side
of parliament should be developed; more
members should be drawn into the stimu-
lating and useful sphere, and drawn out
of the lounging habit of terrace and tea
room. The devolution both of bills and
estimates to grand committees is the real
antidote to the peril of the closure. the
cure for ennui, blind voting and the mod
ern tendency to use the commons as
kind of cock and hen club. Private MEM
bers want more responsibility; better
chance of developing special talent ana
knowledge than can be attained by means
of the set debate on the floor of the cham
her There, no doubt, is the final, dramatic
test Of the possession of the true parma
mentary quality. But it should not be the
only criterion.
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the siege Of Metz, sent a message through
the enemy's lines. A young Posener, who
volunteered for the difficult task had one
OF his teeth drawn and an artificial one, in
which was hollow, substituted In this
was placed quill, within which was a
dispatch in cipher, reduced by photography
to microscopic minuteness.
Then, disguised as beggar. he left the
town. the sentries, to give color to the
ruse, discharging blank cartridges at him
as he fled. Taken prisoner by the Germans,
he was brought before those in authority,
to whom he told such woeful tale of his
suffering at the hands Of the French that
he was released, with many expressions of
coincidence. He duly executed his mission
When Rochefort, In consequence of his
virulent attacks upon imperialism, was
forced to seek refuge in Brussels, he still
continued to circulate La Lanterne in
France. How he introduced the prescribed
paper into that country was a mystery to
the authorities, who little suspected that in
certain plaster busts OF the emperor and
empress, which reached the empire from
Belgium, were carefully concealed the OBJ
noxious sheets printed On ''finsy."
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FREAK EUROPEAN NEWSPAPERS
Plans to Win Readers That Failed to
Prolong the Enterprises Very Much.

From the New York Sum-
A French magazine writer, who has been
looking into the subject OF freak news
papers, thinks that one of the most re-
markable of these was the Luminaria, pub
lished in Madrid. The ink with (which II
was printed contained a small percentage
of phosphorus, so that the letters were WIS.,
ible and the paper could be read in the dark
Next after this he finds remarkable the case
of the Regal, printed with an ink guaran-
teed non-posonous on thin sheets of dough-
After absorbing all the information the
sheet contained one could eat il, thus de-
irving from it nourishment for mind and
body.
The publisher of a new Partisan journal.
lie Bien Etre, promised to all subscribers
for forty consecutive years a pension and
free burial. In spite of the fnducement,
subscribers were so few that the paper died
in a month. 1t was followed shortly after
by a paper called lie Monchoir, the hand
kerchief 1t was printed on paper such as
the so-caled Japanese napkins are made of,
and might be used in case the reader forgot
or lost his handkerchief. 1t did not last
long.
At two different French seaside resorts
newspapers called the Courier des Baig-
ncurs ("Bathers Courier'') and La Naiade,
which doesn't need translation, were printed
on waterproof paper. The inducement was
that the ba.her could take his paper into
the sea with him and read it while he en-
joyed his bath.
The climax Of utility seems to be reached
in NorWay, where some OF the newspapers
use so tough a quality of paper that 1t can
he cut into strips and twisted into service
able rope when the news is all read.
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MOTOR CARS ON RUNNERS.
Winter Touring Parties in Northern
Canada.
From Harpers Weekly.

from harper NeeRly-
The motor car equipped with sleigh rum
ners for travelling across country on both
snow and ice has been with us in an I'M
finished condition for some time; but an
ideal combination of runners and wheels
seems to be reached this winter by num-
Der of patent attachments. These attach
ments are easily adjusted The runners
can be lowered or raised as quickly and
easily as the speed can be changed In the
ordinary car. The runners are broad and
nat so they will support heavy car on a
comparatively thin crust of snow. By
means of quick adjustment they can be
made valuable in any kind of snow. Even
q formidable snowdrift has no terrors for
the motorist in such a car. The wheels are
also broad and notched TO cut firmly into
the snow.
So successful have these motor sleighs
proved that number of touring parties
will undertake the exploration Of northern
Canada this winter, where snow lies on the
ground several feet thick all winter. Lakes
and streams frozen over can be crossed just
as easily as the smooth surface of snow.
The driver of the car simply lowers his run
ners SO that the wheels cut into the Ice to
get tractive force.
Another snow equipment consists of a
broad fiange which is extended on either
side of the runners so that plenty of sup
porting surface Is obtained. These extra
side runners are foot more broad, and
can carry heavy car over huge snow
ortft without mishap. When not needed
they are folded UP on the side by turning q
lever. They are not only supports for the
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end the able man who did these things
paid them a dividend of per cent upon
their capital and watered stock alike-and
asked for renewal of their contract for
the coming year! To accomplish such Won
ders his receipts from every source-ad-
missions privileges and the gambling kit
ty-must have averaged $500 per day
without counting him a cent of profits,
whereas there own honest resources of the
previous year had never averaged $1,000
per day.
This is why the French prime minister is
pondering. The ''opeh' clubs of Paris had
no friends. They were harmful. and IT was
easy to close them. But what of the casinos
OF the mountains and the shore, the fairy
realms of gayety and brightness that give
JOY and color and prosperity to France?
The great Napoleon dared not touch them
and they have grown since his day!
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
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Respect for German Policeman.
Fror, The YoDdon Chrnnae9a

Herr Muerbe, q Dresden schoolmaster, on
visiting Halle lately went up to police
man and, touching his hat, begged in a
courteous tone to be directed to his desti-
nation. The policeman stared at him, and
told him that II he desired a reply he must
speak more respectfully-his interrogation
must, in fact. take OF his hat. This was
too much for Herr Muerbe, who asked the
policeman not to be insolent. Legal pro-
ceedings followed, and the court has de-
cided that, while Herr Muerbe was not
obliged to take of his hat when addressing
q policeman, he must pay fine Of 10 marks
for using the word "insolent."
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State Socialism.
he British Australian.

From the British Australian.
After the tariff has been settled there will
come the great conflict that has been LOOM
ing In front of Australia for the past fifteen
years. 1t will then be decided how far the
country is to be committed to state social
ism Labor will be raised against anti
socialism in a straightout fight, and the re-
suit will affect interests far wider than
those of Australia itself.
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light gathering power that any attempt to
reflect the full Image of the moon into Its
eye-piece would probably result in per-
manently binding the astronomer who
should observe It,
This. the greatest hght-gatherer ever de-
signed by man, Will be used upon the
stars and nebulae the latter representing
the raw material out of which the stars
are made. II the full image of the moon
would blind the observer at its eye-piece.
that of the would utterly destroy the
telescope itself. Hence the big reflector
will be used only for night observation.
Throug hout each day refrigerating plant
will cool the great domed observatory in
which it and its fifty-foOt tube are to be
temperature of the coolest hours of the
night This will prevent the contraction
and expansion of the glass and any conse-
quent warping of the image or cracking OF
the silvered surface.
Thrice as Far as Ever Before. !
II thrown upon Mars the reflector could
probably magnify that planets image to
five times the diameter of Lowelrs wonder
full photographs of that much-discussed
planet. On such great scale will be seen
much more of the details of Mars than
has ever been visible heretofore. The most
powerful telescope of today Is that of the
Yerkes observatory. with lens forty
inches in diameter. But the Hooker re-
fiector, with it's 100 inches diameter, will
have for Photographic purposes light
collecting power possibly ten times that of
the Ycrkes lens. 1t will also reach OBJ
jects three times as far as those reached
by the Yerkes telescope, and each heaven
ly body reached will be shown with far
greater detail.
The advantages of the reflector over the
lens are thus very great. Cheapness is one
not to be overlooked. lens equal IN
diameter to the 1OJ-inch, reflector would
cost at least million dollars-if it were
possible to anneal piece of glass of that
s:ze--whereas the reflector itself can be
constructed for about one-twenty-fifth that
amount In the Yerkes telescope modern
lenses are thought to have reached their
limit of size, so far as usefulness is con-
cerned. This is because there Is a greater
and greater loss of light-gathering power
the bigger a lens is made. No light passes
through the reflector. whereas all of that
concentrated by lens must pass through
the glass, which absorbs more and more
of it, the greater the amount of glass there
is to penetrate. A reflector brings all light
of whatever color to one focus, whereas
lens focuses rays of different colors at
different places.
Other Attempts That Failed
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| money. they attempted to ran everything
and came out with q deficit OF SaO.000i~
Figures Arouse SUSPICION.
Harassed by their losses and shrinking
| from the labors of organization they turned
over everything for the third season to the
| former fermier des jeux-theater. casino.
gambling privilege. He gave them such
! fetes as they never had before. gymkhana
prizes that delighted ladies, an all-star
! season at the theater. an all-day orchestra
under the trees, symphonic concerts that
drew Paris music lovers a magnificent race
| week, a kermesse week and balls galore,
and fireworks every third night at the
height of things.
Yet. here is the point at the seasons
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Other Attempts That Failed.

Why, then, have big rejecting telescopes
not been built before, if astronomers have
realized these many advantages? AS a
matter of fact, two have been commenced.
AS early as 1915 the Irish Earl of Rose
manufactured. at Parsontown. such con-
cave mirror. six feet, or seventy-two inches,
in diameter. But this lord was never able
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-05-02
A WANTON MURDER
WITHOUT PROPAGATION.
One NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER WITH
OUT ANY CAUSE-MURDERER
TAKES Leg BAIL.

On April "a, Jesse johnson killed
Caesar Collins at Camp No 2 of the
Atlantic Coast Lumber Co., near
Potato Ferry in this county. Jesse
johnson, the slayer, has skipped out
ana has not been heard of since the
killing.
From what can be learned the
affair seems to be a wanton murder.
The two negroes-both young men
were tussling when johnson sudden
ly drew a pistol and pointed it at
Collins, exclaiming, ;'Look out, I'll
shoot you" Without giving his
victim the slightest chance be pull
ed trigger and shot him through the
arm, the bullet passing through and
into the body, penetrating the heart.
As soon az he was informed of
the killing Sheriff Graham went to
the scene, but the body Of the slain
maD had been removed to Rosemary,
in Georgetown county, hence no
inquest was held.