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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
BIG GROWTH IS SHOWN
IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

EVER since that day, nearly three
II centuries ago, when spotted calf
went for a walk through the fields of
Massachusetts Bay colony, and so
laid out the first street in New Eng
land, old Brindle and her family have
been OF much Importance in the do
mestlc and commercial life of Amer
lea. This is the cows only recorded
use as street-makers, but as producers
OF the great milk, butter and cheese
supply of the nation they have a
series of long and successful years
back of them.
The dairy industry of the United
States is congenial study for those
who like statistics. The growth has
been tremendous. There are more
than 100000 COWS MIXED in the
united States every day, each gives
5,5OO pounds of milk year, making
the annual output of this country
about 7O,0O0,000,000 pounds of milk.
1t Is disposed of in various ways. A
little over. half of it is required for
the making of butter, 1,0oo,ooo,0oo
pounds of it goes into condensed
milk, 5000, 100000 into cheese, and the
rest is sold as cream, fed to the
calves, or divided among the people of
the country, each of whom should re-
ceive seven-tenths of pound of milk
a day-a good-sized tumbler full.
II the cows were all told off and as
signed to specific duty in this dairy
products business, 100000 of them
would be required to furnish the milk,
condensed milk and cream; 10,900,000
would confine their attention solely
to butter, and would each be expected
to furnish 1917 pounds year; 84O,-
100 would be assigned to the cheese
industry, and the remaining number
would have the raising of all the
calves.
AS each individual in the United
States is supposed to eat 20 pounds
of butter each year, the Brindle fam
lily cannot quite supply it, so we still
import something like $4,000 pounds
to make up the deficiency. One-third
of the nations output of butter comes
from the farms where 100000 farm
ers and their families, still churn it,
pack it in f1rkins or tubs and deliver
1t to the nearest shipping point. Over
5000 factories make the rest of the
1,5OO, 100000 pounds that we use an
nually.
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and st. Louis are the great
butter distributing centers of the
country. Shipped by express, or
freight, by boat or rail, the butter
reaches these points at all seasons
OF the year and is Immediately put in
cold storage to await the demand, a
continual temperature of from 20 de-
grees Fahrenheit to below zero being
maintained.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
CRUSADE ON GAMBLERS
IS LED BY ROOSEVELT

D RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is inter-
L ested deeply in the crusade against
gambling in the District of Columbia.
He is more than cooperating with the
local authorities. The campaign is
made under his direction. He has
thoroughly impressed upon the dis
trfct commissioners his determination,
announced in one of his speeches, to
make Washington a clean city. As
the commissioners are his appofntees
and can be removed at his pleasure
1t is not surprising that the incum-
bents show zeal in the work cut out
for them.
In raid on alleged bucket-shops re-
Gently secret service officers were con-
spicuous. The explanation of the
presence of federal officers is that the
president Is determined that the local
laws shall be enforced and that gam.
bling shall be suppressed. The metro.
politan police and detective forces
are sufficiently strong, numerically. to
do the work, but to see that it was
performed thoroughly secret service
men were detailed. Whether thew
have been assigned to keep tab on
local police is not known. 1t is known
however, that much OF the evidence
upon which the raids were made was
gathered by the federal detectives.
No cry will be raised by the district
commissioners Of federal interference.
The prosecutions which are to follow
in the courts will be directed by a
presidential appointee, the district at
torney, who in the District of Colum.
bia has charge of all cases before the
criminal courts.
The president also is giving hearty
federal cooperation in the efforts to
make Washington a clean city from
sanitary point of view. The health
officers Of the government are assist
ing the district health Office and from
the marine hospital service work is
being done in this direction.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
AT the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington

Thirty-four officers were tried by
court martial and nine were acquitted
Last year four officers were dismissed
from the service as compared with IA
during the previous year. The num-
Der of enlisted men tried was 1879
and sos were acquitted. The total
number of officers and men tried was
1913.
Among the enlisted men 1,101 were
tried for desertion, 1872 on the charge
of absence without leave, 223 for
drunkenness, 25s for larceny, 241 for
disobedience to non-commissioned Of
fcers, and 211 for disobeying SUPERIOR
officers.
The report dWells upon the evil re-
suits following the passage of the anti
canteen act, which, it is said. has
undoubtedly caused the location near
military reservations of resorts for
the sale of Intoxicating liquors."
These places are considered highly
detrimental to military discipline.
1t is suggested that the limit CT
punishment should be increased for
selling clothing issued to enlisted men,
and that provision be made for taking
up the uniform of a discharged SOL
dier at an appraised value.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
BROADWAY "BREAD LINE"
WILL SOON BE REMOVED

NEW YORK .-Fleischmann's famous
~ bread line" will soon disappear
from Broadway. The bakery which
for many years has nightly given a
wagonload of bread to suffering and
starving pilgrims, after the bells on
Grace church next door tolled the
hour of midnight will be razed in the
spring and the bakery will occupy a
larger and more modern building up
town near Central Park.
The bread line' is beyond ques-
tio14 Greater New York's sweetest
charity. Many years ago when Fleisch-
mann, the wealthy baker, died pro-
vision was found in his will that mo
man should be turned away who asked
for bread at my bakeshop." AS re-
suit the dread line' was established.
The bakery is located at Broadway
and Eleventh street next to Grace
church, with the St. Denis hotel op-
posite, and Wanamaker's store on the
corner. At nine o'clock every night
the bread line begins to form and pre-
cisely at midnight half dozen at
taches of the bakery begin to distrib-
ute bread and rolls to sometimes as
many as 500 men and women And as
these almost famished wanderers
shuttle up to the door of the bakery
with hat in hand or aprons stretched
to receive a half loaf of broad or
few rolls there is no better place in
the world to study human nature, for
the line is heterogeneous one
every class and type of humanity is
represented, from the professional
yeggman and tramp to the educated
man and woman who through adverse
circumstances and drink have been
reduced to poverty.
The shutting and the compactness
of the line remind one of the lock step
the prison penal march-and it is
safe to say that many of the men who
walk in the line to get morsel of
food have served time. But that
makes no difference. The criminal is
as welcome to the bread as the most
worthy Christian. The men in the
line are all strangers to each other.
They come from everywhere and all
are too hungry and fatigued to talk.
When the bread and rolls are given
to the pilgrims in the line they usual
ly hurry to Union Square and devour
their frugal meal. When the bakery
is removed to the uptown district the
charity will be continued.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
WALL STREET "PANIC' Is
HARD ON AUTO BUSINESS

MORE than 1000 New Workers, some
Av4 of them ranking as millionaires,
have sold their automobiles within
the last few weeks. Almost as many
more, it is estimated by the trade,
have cancelled orders for new ma
chimes. These automobiles represent
a total cost of more than SIS, 900, 900.
They are now worth probably $7,O0O,-
900.
'The rich mans panic in Wall
street has made all the trouble" said
an auto dealer the other day. He
showed telegram from a stock brok-
er in Broad street which read:
Sorry, but sickness in family COM
pels me to spend summer in noun.
tains. Please cancel my order for
that $500 machine"
There's no sickness in his family"
said the dealer. He's been stung in
the market"
The dealer showed other letters
from the rich men countermanding or.
ders.
Every dealer in high-priced ma
chimes, American or imported, has
stories to tell of orders cancelled by
New Workers supposed to be rich
enough to afford any luxury. Some
of the stories are pathetic. The aver
age rich New Yorker has an expensive
family and his expenditures are on a
large scale. Any curtailment of in
come cuts off the luxuries, because he
lives up to his income. So the auto
mobile has to be sacrificed.
The Astors were the first family in
the country to put into operation the
"entail," which exists in British law
requiring the Oldest son to inherit the
bulk of the estate. The Vanderbilt
family has followed suit.
The great difference in the display
made by the rich is visible in every
place around New York. 1t has been
painfully evident at the Saratoga
races. There are not half as many
autos there as were there last year.
Now is the time for the New York
er to buy an auto cheap. The second
hand dealers are doing tremendous
business. A $1,000 car sold the other
day for $4,000. A $4,000 machine was
disposed of for $1,000. A $4,000 auto
mobile, right from the factory, ordered
by Wal! street Speculator who had.
70 forfeit his deposit, was offered for;
$1,000. Machines can be bought for
cash for almost any price.
There have been eight failures up.
to date this season of automobile
manufacturing concerns, with more
than $22,000,000 capital, and this fact
has put maker and dealer on the
anxious seat. It came out at the time
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Broken Rails.

Among all the causes Of railroad &C.
cidents in the United States, none is
mentioned with greater frequency
than the broken rail. Many causes are
assigned, and doubtless many are con-
tributory. An excess Of phosphorus,
not easily eliminated by the Bessemer
process, by which nearly all American
rails are made, has been most CON-
monty blamed; but some of the best
mechanical engineers now regard this
cause as unimportant. Improper shape
and lack of pressure in rolling mod
ern heavy rails proportionate to that
which was available for the lighter
rails of the past are more important
faults. An excess of carbon is an
other. The fault of shape is the thin
ness of the web or shank of the rail,
and the thinness of the base. The
the head of the rail tends to a lack Of
uniformity in texture after cooling.
The excess Of carbon is not the fault
Of the rail-makers, but of the rail-
roads. The more carbon, the harder
the rail, Of course; and the harder it
is, the better it will resist frictional
wear. The desire of the railroads to
minimize the cost of trackage repairs
has led to demands for steel of high
er and higher per cent. of carbon, until
now American rails are the hardest in
the world Most important of all, says
Youths Companion, is the strain i'm
posed upon rails by the great weight
and high speed Of modern trains.
Mechanical engineers believe that
with the present style of rail the limit
of safety is reached at an axle load of
$4,000 pounds; yet many trains con-
siderably exceed that figure. The
American Railway Engineering and
Maintenance Of Ways association and
the American Society for Testing Ma
terials have adopted specifications for
standard rail heavier in the web
and the base than those now in use;
and these specifications have been ap-
proved by the American Society Of
Civil Engineers. Meanwhile the head
of one of the greatest railway systems
in America has withdrawn his rail
contract from company whose prod
uct has been unsatisfactory to him,
and given it to a concern from which
he hopes to get better results.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
of the last failure that out of an out
put of 400 machines at one plant more
than 200 had been turned back.
LITTLE ASTOR BABY TO
INHERIT VAST FORTUNE

THE son which was born recently to
L Mrs. Waldorf Astor in England
eventually will come into possession
of fortune conservatively estimated
at $300,O00,000. This is now held by
his grandfather, William Waldorf AS
tor, who expatriated himself from the
United States, where his forefathers
grew rich, and became a British sub
ject
The new heirs father, Waldorf AS
tor, elder son of William Waldorf AS
tor, is about 21 years old. He has
never renounced his American citi-
zenship, but he was educated in Eng
land, lived there and is to all pur-
poses an Englishman.
The greater part of the $500, ,O0O, 900
Astor estate is real estate in the city
of New York. 1t is the largest estate
in New York. The next largest is that
of the Goelets. Although falling con-
siderably below the Astors, it is still
one of the greatest estates in the
world.
1t is said that the only person whose
holdings of land exceed those of the
Astors is the king of Belgians. His
land, however, is not covered with sky
scrapers. 1t is in Africa
The present value of the Goelet es-
tate and it's allied interest, the Hoff-
man estate, is estimated at not far
from $20,000,000. 1t is concentrated
almost entirely within the limits of
the Island of Manhattan, though it in
cludes costly properties in Newport,
Lenox, Tuxedo and many other places.
The Goelet estate is older than that
of the Astors by Is or &c years, the
difference in their present value be-
ing accounted for by the fact that the
Astor founder was perhaps a little
keener, a little luckier in his real es-
tate foresight than the Goelet found
er. The Goelets, however, were from
the first better matchmakers than the
Astors.
The Goelets, like the Astors, always
bave been remarkable for the tenacity
with which they have held on to the
land which they possessed either by
Inheritance or purchase. The present
Goelet generation is the eighth, but
the wonderful development of New
York city, bringing with it the great
fortune to the land holders, has nearly
all been accomplished in the last two
generations.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
TALLEST BUILDING IN THE
WORLD NEARLY COMPLETED

D1ERC1NG the skyline of New York
L far above all the other skyscrapers
of the downtown district, the lofty
Singer building, fast nearing compile
t1on, already exceeds in height the
Washington monument, whose solid
shaft of granite rises 555 feet above
the ground.
A few more stories remain to be
built and when the towering pile Of
steel and masonry is finished it will be
II stories high and 612 feet from the
sidewalk on Broadway to the pinnacle.
This giant skyscraper will be the high
est occupied building in the world and
will Overstop all other existing struc-
lures except the Eiffel tower in Paris.
When completed time ball will drop
every hour from a pole on top of the
building and at night the falling hour
globe will be Illuminated by three
lights, which will play upon it con-
stantly.
The foundation of this colossal
building is set in solid bedrock 80 feet
below the level of the sidewalk. On
the bedrock were built caissons of &C.
ment. A heavy steel body laid over
the caissons forms the underbody of
the structure, II floors of which COM
prise the main section of the building,
from which rises the tower up to AZ
stories, with its scores of Office rooms.
The engineers say the total weight of
steel and masonry. in. the tower il
1895 tons, while nearly 10000 tons
of steel have been used in the frame
work. Eighteen elevators will carry
the $500 tenants to their Offices.
Fifteen thousand incandescent
lights, sufficient, the engineers say, to
light town of $4,000 Inhabitants. will
illuminate the rooms and Railways for
late Office workers. Fifteen miles of
pipe will be required for steam and
water purposes. An immense copper
lantern will form the pinnacle of the
building, from which at night-a DOW
erful searchlight will flash forth, fur
nishing beacon to mariners, and will
be visible more than 60 miles at sea.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

A woman iii Connecticut town at.
tempted to turn on a switch control.
ling electric lights by using an iron
poker. She was found in an uncon.
scious heap on the other side of the
room when the electric excitement
over the poker interlude was over
Dut' being made of stern New England
stuff, she recovered from the shock
In spite of it's advanced civilization
there are yet in this twentieth century
people who know nc better than to
monkey with the buzzsaw
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
ARMY COURTS MARTIAL
FEWER THAN LAST YEAR

THERE was decrease of 683 trials
OF officers and men of the army by
courts-martial for the fiscal year end.
ing June 30 last, as compared with the
previous year, according to the report
of Maj: Porter, the acting Judge advo-
cate of the army.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

The opposition between the Ameri-
can and Japanese civilization is an.
opposition between two forms of
work which imply neither the same
material needs nor the same concep-*
hon of independence and happiness.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
A Matter for Wonder.

Tomorrow" announced five-year-
old Sidney proudly to his kindergarten
teacher, 'is my birfday:'Esfs 3 81
! "Why," returned she, ut is mine,
too So ksss s; : III. . j. 80 - *. s.s
The boys face clouded with perplex-
ity, and, after brief silence, he zex-
claimed: How did you get SO. much
bigger'n me?''-Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Canada, which has never before
used nickel in its coins, is preparing
to issue nickel piece worth about
two cents. Maine, which has just dis
covered some territory rich in nickel
is much pleased with it's neighbor's
course
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

fighting
the Tranvaa
that
then but Old
sefgovernmen which
opposed majority of the
in Africa by De Wet and others for going the conference
solely In the interest of
Botha military
the
m accan by instinct He
Boer soldiers Daring ution his
to the
finally decided that
wereWi
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

New Zealand has made women
eligible as members of it's upper legis.
lative house, and the world will wait
with interest to see what new reforms
they will propose in that land Of tnno.
vati0n.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
SECURED DIAMOND FOR KING

Gen. Louis Botha, the rugged Boer leader
who is premier of the Transvaal colony of
the British empire, has attracted the attention Of
the world again by his act in securing $1,000000
gift for King Edward
The Transvaal assembly, by vote of AZ to
10. passed resolution introduced by Botha, au-
thorizng the colony to purchase the $1,000000
diamond the largest in the world, and the pre-
sentation of it to the king thank offering be-
cause he granted a constitution and self-govern-
ment to the South African colony conquered by
Britain less than ten years ago.
This resolution of Premier Botha recalls the
stirring times of the Boer war. Premier Botha as
Gen. Botha one of the bitterest foes of the
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Lockpor he
fieth
and it is he as
When the civil broke he offered his
commended itself the
close OF the the of lieutenant
COL Clowy
Efe leaving
tastes and He is nordnate
smoking while considering
SIX feet in his stockings of his
military
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Fools, like children, may always
tell the truth, as the .prsyerb says, but
that is not the reason they are fools
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
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observoies
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
HEAD OF WESTERN UNION

Lieut.. Col. Robert c. Clowry, president of the
Western Un1on is charged by o. D. Banks, of
Salt Lake City, with being "The meanest man in
the world" and President Small, the strike leader
quotes the charge approvingly. He says that the
agreement entered into after the last strike was
willfully violated, by COL Cowry's subordinates,
and that many of the operators were never taken
back, or were so harassed that they had finally
to quit
COL Clowry may not be popular with the
strikers, but he certainly is with the directors of
the company. It is IS years ago that he entered
the office of the company in Joliet ILL.,, and asked
for a job as messenger, offering to work for six
months for nothing, in order to learn telegraphy.
the Qnd Of civ he h1x nne;x1 off
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Making a Bold Stab at IT,

I'VE enjoyed our little vacation ever
so much" said MIS-. Lapsling. I'VE
came back on one of those elegant
parlor trains with the vegetabule
cars"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

1t Will be the duty O. Japan and the
United States to find a means of con.
c1liating them.-Revue de Paris,
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13


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his inability
outbreak
and Muai a
Should the
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It entirely probable
O. unrest andre
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
SAYS MARS "TEASES Hlh0''
Prof. Edward Charles

Prof. Edward Charles Pickering. Harvard's
leading astronomer and scientist has startled tho
world of astronomy and astro-physics by declar-
ing that MARS teases' him and that he has "aban
doned any further Investigations" of that much
mooted planet.
Prof. Pickering has been connected with Har.
ward since 1877. He was born in Boston, July 10.
1876. He is one of the best-educated men of the
time and established the first physical laboratory
in the United States. The study of light and
spectra of the stars have been special features
of his work. He made more than 1000, 900 meas.
ures of the light of the stars. BY establishing
an auxiliary station at Arequipa, Peru southern
stars also are observed extending the work from
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
MOORISH PRETENDER
Mulai Ell Hafid, brother of t

Mulai El Hatd brother Of the sultan of
Morocco and viceroy of several Provinces has
been declared sultan by the Arab tribes now in
revolt in the African kingdom and is recognized
as the leader of "holy war" on the foreigners
Several important chiefs marching their
forces to join his command. The whole country
is In excitement and the real ruler is cooped up
in Fez between the pretender to the throne, who
is conf1ning his fighting to the coast, and
Raisuli, the bandit, who is on the other side in
the mountainous country
The situation is becoming serious on account
of the success of these two warning factions and
a cablegram to the war department at Washington
advises that Raisuh has completely defeated the
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