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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-11-15

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13

and dropped into position at each end
of the line. Holes were then drilled in
the boulders for the legs of the iron
bars, after which the rope was I'M
reeled. The big reels or bobbins, of
which there were two, weighed four
tons each.
Elephans Drag Rope Up.
1t was proposed to carry this steel
rope up the hills on the shoulders of
aboriginal tribesmen, but the wild and
broken nature of the country made
this impossible. Eventually elephants
were attached to the end of the rope
to haul it up; and so great was the
friction caused by the ropes dragging
that near the end of the journey no
fewer than fourteen elephants were in
use, together with a large number of
natives.
Supports for the hangers and saddles
vary in height up to eighty feet, and
consist of two uprights and a stout
crossbar. In places giant forest trees
have been used as supports, and so
rugged and broken is the country that
in one place the rope is nearly 400 feet
from the ground. 1t is most curious to
see great teak and mahogany logs,
weighing over 1900 pounds, scurrying
along high up in the air as though pro-
PEELED by giant catapult! The speed
in some places is more than twenty
five miles an hour, but is under the
control of a brake-drum at one of the
terminals.
Finally the logs are detached from
their supporting chains and placed di-
rect on to a little trolley. Great trou-
BILE is experienced, owing to the very
rapid growth of tropic vegetation,
which will often entirely overgrow the
starting platform.
Flag signaling is found to be the
quickest and safest method on this Gu
riOus line Loads can be run down at
the rate of six every hour, and the
saving over the old method of elephant
transport is enormous. Thus, the car
riage of a ton of timber down the old
road over the ghaut, or hill. inclusive
of loading. unloading and returning.
occupied more than two days, against
the bare fifteen minutes or Sc of the
new aerial ropeway.
1t was feared at one time that wild
would damage the cables and
supports, for in places the rope is
within eight feet of the ground. Forest
fires were also a danger; but care is
taken to burn all rubbish near the
line. As to the elephants, no sooner
had they inaugurated the last of these
ropeways than their work was done,
and they were sold back again to the
Indian government for hauling guns
over the giant passes of the Himailyas
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HOW MELONS SAVED PUYALLUP.
(New York Tribune.)

When our town started to burn up
it was named Puyallup. The name still
sticks. Better if il had scOrched off,
but it didn't laments writer in Sun
set. The town was often called Pull
lyallup of Pieallup, but it was a good
straight. American name, after the In
dian tribe that had camped around
there.
The fire started in the old pioneer
livery stable, but when we saw that It
was doomed nobody mourned. 1t had
been standing in the way Of peogress
long enough.
But further on doomed up the big pIo-
neer general merchandise store with its
$4,000 stock, and near it the depot and
little bank. These must be saved.
The bucket brigade centered IT'S eff
forts on the side walls of this building
but the water thrown on scorche:l. siz-
zled and ran off. 1t had 40 STAYING
qualities. 1t seemed that the building
and the precious stuff beyond were
doomed.
But on a sidetrack near by stood a
carload of real ripe watermelons, fresh
from the big patches of the great va
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At Lexington.

Lexington, Ky. October 12-Trotting
results:
First race. go class trotting; purse
N,9l9; best three in five first four heats
trotted yesterday)-IcOn won fourth fifth
and sixth heats and the race in 2:l02l
2I212. 2:ll&; Idora won third heat in
2Ilh: Princess Yetiva won the first heat
IN 2:l21a; Busy B. won the second heat in
2:R1s, Marjorie, St Valient, Vincent
pan n, Gladys. Alto. Lucy Montrose, St
Peter and Albert Jay also started.
Second race. Johnston stake, 224 class
trottng; purse 5000: three in five-TeIn-
pus Fugit won three straight heats and
the race in 20:9%. 2:10ls 2:13. Alice Edgar,
Topic, Hazel GrattaD, Kassona, Sterling
mckinney and Helen Gould also started.
Third race, PIP class, trotting: purse
Sl.OOO; three in five-Chimes Bell won sec
ond, third and fourth heats and race in
2:llA, 2:1l17, 2:l0i4; Irene s. Flower won
1lrst heat In 213. Seasea- Richie Baron.
Bellemont, Genteel H, Clarence C, J. j
NJ, 5r.. My Rave Katherine and PAM
Kruger also started
Fourth race, 2:20 class, pacing: purse
Sl,00o-Leone won second, third and fourth
heats and race in 2:122., 2:13A, 2:12H; Cas-
sic Richmond won first heat in 2:I1x
Mary Laidley, Lottie NJ, Vanya, DR..
Munson, King Cole and Anda H also
started
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Herald Sports

because he was positively assured by a
celebrated sorceress who examined his
hand that he would not die until 1909.
and then by stabbing.
1t pays to coax cars in starting, also
in stopping. The jerking, Jumping. snap
ping start that almost lifts the car off the
ground and the sudden stop that fairly
throws the operator from his seat may
have the sporty features, but they soon
send the car to the repair shop.
In organizing the Massachusetts, divi-
sion OF the American Motor league the
fourteen counties of that state have been
Will be entitled to a number of represen-
tatives, proportionate to the number of
league members within the district.
should the experiment of sprinkling
three miles of macadam road in the town
of South Windsor, Conn, with crude pc
troleum prove success, State Highway
Commissioner James III. Macdonald con-
templates adopting the process generally
throughout the state.
1t has just leaked out that Princess
Elizabeth of Belgium, the future queen of
that country. and Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland, recently INDUCED in a twenty
won by 500 yards. Both are ardent de-
voices and able drivers of the motor car
So many complaints have been made of
punctured and cut tires from broken glass
in the streets of Indianapolis that the Au-
tomobile club of Indiana has offered a re-
ward of SIS for the arrest and conviction
of any person found guilty of throwing
glass upon the highways.
The Rhode Island Automobile club of
Providence has arranged to erect sign
boards along the road between Providence
and Narragansett Pier. marking all bad
turns and dangerous places. The signs
will be placed not higher than three feet
from the level of the road and near the
edge, so that lights on cars will illuminate
them at night
Federal officials from Washington are
supervising the construction of a stretch
of experimental road near Clinton, Wis
one-Quarter of mile in length, which
will cost about 81 600. The road is being
built with a twelve-foot crown. The rock
bed will be eight inches deep and broken
stone will be crushed down from fourteen
Inches above this surface to eight inches.
The car in which NJ de Fabregues Of
Marseilles is making an extended tour,
accompanied by three friends and two ser
wants, contains a dining compartment &C
commodating eight at table. which can be
converted into a sleeping room with four
beds. Back of this Is a complete bath
room, while in the rear is a kitchen in
which the servants also sleep.
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rye for coffee, a slab of bacon. a num-
Der of homemade buttered biscuits,
hens egg and a goose egg, besides
more than his share of camp rations.
Here was our chance to teach j
Christian man in an agreeable way
that he should not appropriate more
than his share of the rations without
the consent of the mess. We set TO
and ate heartily of his good stores, and
In their place put for a ballast a river
jack that weighed about two pounds
He carried the stone for two days be-
fore he ate down to it, and when he
did, was mad enough to eat that, too
We then told him what we had done
and why, and added that we thought
he had hidden enough under his blan-
ket to carry him through the cam
paign.
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NOTES FOR AUTOISTS

Wausau, Wis, has thirty-five cars and
club is being formed
Milwaukee chauffeurs are pushing the
organization of a union.
A recent purchase by the kaiser added
the twelfth car 10 his garage
A coyote is reported to have fallen dead
from fright at the first sight of an auto
mobile in Wyoming.
One-half of the receipts of the Cleve-
land, @, police courts. it is declared.
comes from automobile fines.
The New Jersey Automobile & Motor
club Is mapping out an endurance contest
Tor election day. November o.
The Automobile club of Buffalo is plan
ming country club house, TO be located
about twenty miles out of the city
Don't use a coarse file to true the vi
orators; platinum is expensive. Use only
dead-smooth one. and that sparingly
A car which had travelled over 70OO0
miles and still was in daily use was fea-
ture of the recent parade at Buffalo, N Y.
More than 1900 cars are now registered
and in active use in New York state an
increase of more than 1900 over last
year.
committee of motorists has been an
pointed to prepare plans for a proposed
boulevard connecting Buffalo. n. Y, and
Niagara Falls.
A Massachusetts official has conceived
the idea of spending $4,000 in building
prevent speeding.
Shellac dissolved in grain alcohol makes
better and tighter pipe joint than brown
soap. and a Joint made with IL NAV he
taken apart easily II slightly heated.
AS soon as the postoffice department
grants permission, automobile mail sery-
ice will be established at st. Louis, Oma-
ha, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Nash
vile,
Twelve different makes OF six-cylinder
cars Will be exhibited at the licensed"
show which opens at New York, Nov .
One great advantage of denatured aIco-
q N
longer required to breathe noXious gaso-
line fumes. Its combustion is practically
odorless.
The mechanical branch of the Associ
alton of Licensed Automobile Manufac-
turers has decide to make a series of
elaborate experiments with alcohol in the
near future
The directors of a company with fac
tory at Lansing, Mich. recently voted to
give every employe who had been there
a year bonus of per cent of his salary
In recognition of faithful service About
800 men were affected.
]. p Morgan's spectacular dash after
a New York express train, which he had
1fnissed at Pittsfield, Mass, and caught
!. at Lee. twelve miles beyond sixteen min
Sltes later, 1t now turns out was made
D. an American and not a foreign car.
r Campaigning In automobiles will be
more largely INDUCED in than ever be-
fore this fall, politicians being quick 70
discern the advantage Of whirling their
candidates from town to town In hand
some touring cars which interest and at
tract crowds.
The widow of Frank B. Read. a New
York motorist, who was killed when his
car was struck by a New York Central
train at an unprotected crossing, recent
~ was awarded damages of S10l, TSs 10
against the railroad by the New York
supreme court.
Gabrielle D'Annunzio. the italian poet.
says he is reckless enough to make sixty
miles an hoar frequently while motoring
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
MARGARET BEATS HARRIET
Golf Title Changes Owners, but Still
Remains in the
Family.

Chicago. Oct. 12.-Miss Margaret Cur
tbs Of Essex Country club won the wo-
mans national golf championship today
from her sister, Harriet Curtis, the pres
ent champion, by the overwhelming score
OF up, 6 to play.
The champion played below her stand
ard. was pitted against almost unbeatable
golf and succeeded in capturing only one
hole of the twelve that were played, the
tenth. Margaret's total of "A for the
outward journey has not been excelled in
the tournament. In which there were six
ty-three starters. Because the Curtis sis
tiers had not been drawn together in a
championship event since l905-when they
met abroad in the British event-Miss
Margaret triumphed in that match up
. to play-the gallery that braved the dis
agreeable weather TO study the difference
in the golfing form of the champion and
her sister was large. The card:
Miss Margaret Curtis-Out, $685. 400, 746-
A.; in 653.
Miss Harriet Curtis-Out, 74s, 667, 74s-
&c; in 564
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EXTRA RATlONS.
youths Companion.)

An amusing incident of confederate
camp during the early days of the war
is given in 'The Story of a Cannoneer
Under Stonewall Jackson" There be-
longed to one mess man not very de-
sirable as a companion, who tried TO
take too good care of himself.
We had halted one morning to cook
several days rations, says the author,
and large pile of bread was placed
near the fire, of which were were to eat
our breakfast, and the rest was to be
divided among us
This man came, we thought, too often
to the pile. and helped himself bounti-
fully. He would return to hts seat on
his blanket, and one or two of us saw,
or thought we saw. that he concealed
pieces of bread under ii. Nothing was
said at the time, but after he had gone
away. Boiling Packard and ] concluded
TO examine his haversack, which looked
very fat.
In ii we found about half gallon of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
Build Wire Ropeways.

Draft bullocks were tried, but the
torrential downpours made the noun
tain tracks impossible. Now, however,
there are aerial wire ropeways run
ming from the crest of the hills and
entirely dispensing with the old ghaut
road, which was built at great expense.
The pioneer ropeway was built by the
engineers of the Indian forest depart
ment. Between terminals 1t is per-
haps 5000 yards long, and quite simple
in principle. A loaded carriage travels
down the main fixed rope by gravita-
ton and hauls up an empty carriage
on the same rope. The two meet in
the center, and there are transferred
by an ingenious arrangement invented
by a st. Louis firm.
From one end TO the other there is a
fall of nearly 1900 feet. and the aerial
tracks cross two main valleys and
many deep gorges. Any kind of a road
would be quite impossible in a country
so wild and rocky There are twelve
main spans, the smallest one of 355
feet and the greatest 1875 feet. The
fixed rope is two and seven-eights
inches in circumference. of six strands.
and with a hempen core; each strand
contains seven wires of the finest steel
, The carriage consists of two curved
wrought iron hangers; and loads of
nearly 1000 pounds can be sent down
In great numbers both swiftly and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
THE ELEPHANTS JOB GONE.
American Wire Ropeways Now Be-
ing Used in India.

Tn1S is essentially mechanical age,
and all the more picturesque features
of industrial life must necessarily give
place to more mechanical methods.
This is well exemplified in the matter
of the famous working elephants of In
dia and Burma, says the New York
Times. Only a few years ago thou
sands of these intelligent creatures
were at work in the teak forests of In
dia and Burma hauling logs from their
jungle habitat to the nearest stream.
where the timber was floated down to
town like Rangoon and Moulmein,
there to be received by other gangs of
working elephants. who carried the
huge logs to the sawmills and after
ward stacked them in great piles,
waiting shipment.
Now, however, trained elephant la
borers are cheap in the great peniEsu-
la, and the Indian government is no
longer worried by peachers on their
big game preserves who may want to
trap an elephant worth possibly 81 500.
The cause of this slump is the intro
duction of American wire ropeways.
which are perhaps seen at their best
in the Anaimalais, or Elephant noun
tains of southern India.
This is a region of forest-clad hills
not yet penetrated by any railroad, so
that for ages the dense jungles of val
liable mahogany and teak have been
save by wild elephants and
tigers. Ten years ago, however, GER
tain concessions were granted from
Calcutta, and gangs of tame working
elephants were imported to haul the
logs, as in Burma But the question
of roads. or rather tracks, proved a
grave difficulty. Moreover, it was all
but impossible for white men to work
in these hills, owing to the prevalence
of malaria.
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TURF RESULTS.
At Belmont.

New York. Oct. 12-Belmont park re-
suits:
First race, seven furlongs-Lawrence p.
DAILY won, Lad of Langdon second, Num-
Der One third. Time-l 20 3-5.
second race, the Brook cub handicap,
three miles-Coligny won. Gus Strauss
second. Navajo third. Tibe-6:15.
Third race, the Nursery handicap. six
furlongs-Dorante won, Falcada second,
Fair Play third. Time-1:13 1-5.
Fourth race. five and a half furlongs-
The Squire won. Jane Swift second, Berri-
maid third. Time-l:0 6
Fifth race, the Municipal handicap. mile
and three-quaTters-Neal won, Good
2:594-5
Sixth race, handicap, mile-Dolly Span
ker won. Master Robert second, Mccarthy
third. Time as
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ma country across the Cascade

kima country across the Cascade
range.
One of the workers was struck with
an idea He rushed to the melon car
gathered up a melon and dashed its
brains out against the hot side OF the
steaming building. Half the pulp stuck
to the weather boarding and refused
to run off, as the water was doing.
In a second the other fire fighters had
caught on, and all dropped buckets and
smashed watermelons against the sides
of the building that was the pivotal
point in saving the town. The pulp
stuck-stuck well.
Every watermelon was sacrificed
Not one was left to tell the tale But
each one of them had more backbone
than ten buckets OF water, and heir
clnging crust made the walls fire
proof until the opposite building burned
down.
And thus the watermelons saved
Puyallup.
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surely. The installation of this aerial
ropeway through the dense forest was
a tiresome matter. Anchorages had to
be prepared for the supports; and since
there was no natural rock in the right
places, fifteen-tOn boulders were
dragged up and down by elephants
and dropped into position at each end
of the line. Holes were then drilled in
the boulders for the legs of the iron
bars, after which the rope was I'M
reeled. The big reels or bobbins, of
which there were two, weighed four
tons each
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At L-atonia,

Cincinnati. o.. Oct. 12.-Latonia results :
First race, mile-Uncle Harry won Gull
second. Dapple Gold third. Time-1:42.
Second race. six furiOngs-Rustle won.
Inauguration second, Mamie Gallagher
third. Time-1:15 is.
Third race, six furlongs-Jersey Lady
won, Nellie Racine second, Refined third
Time-1:15
Fourth race. mile and three-sixteenths
EMonsigndr won, LeXoline second, Carew
third. Time-1:59 Is
ruth race. five furlongs-Center Shot
Won, Cloyne second. Little Usage third.
Time-I:O0 40
sixth race, purse. seven furlongs-
deutschland won, True Wing second
Oyelando third. Time-:27.
Seventh race. mile-Grandma won. The
Siansman second, Charlatan third. Time
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WEIeHTY YOUNG PRINCE.

There is an unique claim to be ad-
vanced by a member of the Danish royal
family. and that is the heaviest living
specimen of any royal family in Chris
tendon. This weighty scion of the Danish
ruling house is Prince Gustav of Dem
mark, who. although only 20 years of
age, tips the beam at twenty-three stone.
No living royalty can compare in
weight with the youthful prince, the sew
enth son of the crown prince of Den
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marx. This young man was born at Co
penhagen in 1887, and, like most stout
people, he is easy going and good-natured.
AS ne is yet so young it is by no means
impossible that he may add materially
to his aveirdupois. that he is not likely
to have his special claims to distinction
challenged.
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PROOF POSITIVE.

Baltimore American.)
Has that city boarder of yours got any
consumption, Hiram
Has he got any consumption? You
just outer see the bare places in our
vegetable garden and meat house"
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-22
WANT HIM PUT OUT
The Old Soldiers of Delta County Pass
Resolutions Demanding
Suspension.

The North Fork G. A. II. post and
the w. r. c., of Hotchkiss, have pass
ed the following resolutions denounc-
ing the action Of Col. Aldrich, com
mander OF the Soldiers Home at
Monte Vista, in expelling Inmates
who violated his order in decorating
nhe lgrayes of dead comrades by
placing the Stars and Stripes above
them:
Resolved. That we believe that
Commander Aldrich has overstepped
the mark and has interferred with
the personal rights and liberty of
the inmates of the home. and has
virtually said that they have no rights
which he as commander. Is bound to
respect.
I'VE most respectfully request the
board of control OF the home, the
G.. A. X. department commander, and
the governor Of the state of Colorado,
TO see that this man, Aldrich. is re-
moved from position as commander
of the home at once and that a more
suitable person. a man who Is loyal
TO his country and with patriotism
enough to have some regard for
the rights and feelings OF our COM
rades who Will be under his charge.
be appointed
THE above is our humble prayer
to those who are in control of the
home. If our petition bear fruit.
well and good, you will have our
thanks. If not, we shall be heard
from again. for we are in dead ear
nest in this matter and We believe
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-22
Y.M.C. A. BUILDING
TO BE A BEAUTY
Grand Junction and Fort Collins Now Busy Be-
ginning Work on Structures of About Equal
Costa Description of the Fort Collins
Structure

ing is given up to the gymnasium,
splendid room, 44x63 feet and 32
feet high. A wide stairway leads from
the main lobby to the second floor
This floor will be utilized for educa-
tional. social and religious work, eN-
cept five dormitory rooms, which will
be rented to members. Three class
rooms. separated by folding doors.
can be made into one large banquet
or assembly room, seating two hun
dred people. Adjoining these is a
kitchen. One room will be devoted to
a Biblical library for the use of the
members of the Bible classes. Toilet
and bath rooms will also be located
on this floor. Separate from the
front part of the building will be the
gymnasium gallery and running track
of modern design.
The third and top floor will be
devoted entirely to dormitory or
sleeping rooms, twentynine in all
each having an outside window and
provided with a closet. Adequate
bathing and toilet facilities will also
be found on this floor, as well as spac-
ious linen closets. a large attic will
be found on this floor. Two things
have been emphasized throughout
the building First the necessity of
plenty of windows to let in air and
sunshine; second. numerous window
seats and coy corners that will make
the building attractive and homelike
and encourage the social life of the
members.
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-22

Grand Junction and FIT. Col
! Inns are each engaged in a sim
liar work just at this time.
! That of erecting a 100000 Y.
! NJ. C. A. building for which
! buildings the money has al
! ready ben raised. Ft. Collins
! than we are as the plans and
! is a little further advanced
! specifications of the building
| have been completed and the
\ corner stone of the building
! has been laid. Work will
. not start on the Grand juno
. ton building for a couple of
. months yet.
AS the Ft. Collins building
will cost about the same as that
. to be erected here and as the
general plan and arrangement
. of each building will probably
. largely resemble that of the
/. other. a description or the FIT.
. Collins building will be of pee
uliar interest to our people.
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