The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
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graph dispatches in China is to be in
sured In the future by a provision pro
viding for decapitation Of all offenders
revealing the contents Of messages in
transit. In the case OF ordinary mes
sages of commerce thus revealed, the
penalty is to be ten years in prison.
Five years Imprisonment Is provided
for persons who know of the revelation
of such secrets and neglect to report
the matter to the proper authorities.
The new building Of Montgomery
Ward & Co. in Chicago, ILL.,, Is said to
be the largest single building In that
city for which permit has ever been
issued, and the claim Is also made that
it is the largest building in this coun-
try Of REINFORCED concrete. The struc
ture is eight stories high, and each
floor contains 100000 square feet. The
construction material required will
comprise 10000 piles, 100000 barrels
Of cement and between 5000 and 5000
tons Of steel enforcement. The build
ing will have rail, water and tunnel
transportation connections.
The feat of shipping steel mast 13S
feet long was recently accomplished by
the Great Western railroad of Eng
land. The mast was three feet In d.
ameter and weighed fourteen tons. The
transportation was accomplished by
loading the mast on seven cars, the
great column being supported by boil
sters- on the second and fifth cars. The
holsters were eighty-five feet apart, and
the mast was successfully transported
In this manner from Liverpool to Ply
mouth. Considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced in turning some Of the sharp
er curves Of the line and traffic was in
terrupted for awhile at one or two
points.
A Belgian agriculturist, Monsieur LIE
Breton, has recently made some exper-
iments with barbed wheat to determine
the effectiveness Of the defense which
its barbs afford against the ravages OF
graminiferous birds. In the same field
near Antwerp, he sowed some barbed
wheat and some Japhet wheat, which
is without barbs. The Japhet variety
grew rapidly, but every head was de.
spoiled by the birds before the grain
could ripen, but the barbed variety was
so well guarded by it's array Of NINA.
ture spears that the attacks Of the same
birds were completely defeated, and the
grain ripened in security. At the same
time 1t was observed that the insectiv'
orous birds were as busy capturing
their prey among the barbed heads as
among those that possessed no natura
defenses.
On the lower course of the Casa
nance River in West Africa exist
what French writer has described al
a Village Of pelicans." The birds have
been so mercilessly hunted that the,
avoid the presence of man, but in thu
neighborhood of their Village" the,
show comparatively little fear. Their,
are even native African huts under tn,
enormous baobab-trees In which tn,
birds have established their commun
ity. The nets are placed at the end
Of the branches, five or six in eacl
tree Dry branches, rudely interlaced
form an insechre-looking platform GOV
cred with a thick layer Of down, ant
there the young birds, laughably bis
and awkward In such a situation, ma,
be seen maintaining an unstable equi
librium, yet never losing their balance