Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-10-11
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Secrecy in the transmission of tele-
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
1t 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 1900 piles, 100000 barrels
Of cement and between 5000 and 5000
tons Of steel reinforcement. The build
ing will have rail, water and tunnel
transportation connections.
The feat Of shipping a steel mast 1873
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 Dol
sters on the second and fifth cars. The
holsters were elghty-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
graminlferous 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
80 well guarded by Its array Of minia.
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 natural
defenses.
On the lower course Of the Casa.
nance River In West Africa exists
what French writer has described as
Village Of pelicans." The birds have
been SO mercilessly hunted that they
avoid the presence Of man, but In the
neighborhood of their village" they
show comparatively little fear. There
are even native African huts under the
enormous baobab-trees In which the
birds, have established their commun.
ity. The nets are placed at the ends
of the branches FIVE or six in each
tree. Dry branches, rudely interlaced,
form an insecure-looklng platform GOV.
cred with a thick layer Of down, and
there the young BIRDS laughably big
and awkward In such a situation, may
be seen maintaining an unstable equi-
librium, yet never losing their balance