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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
SEE END OF STEAM
ELECTRICITY is THE COMING MO.
TIVE POWER.
experiments Along This Line Have
Met with Such Uniform Success
That the Day Of General Adop.
ton Is Near.

flNS years ago, except for the over
uead trolley and few other experi-
mental cases, there was not railroad
IN the country using electricity for
us motive power Ten years hence.
say the railroad prophets, the steam
locomotive will be almost as much of
novelty as the horse car is to-day.
and the electric motor will reign SUI
preme in the handling of all freight
and passenger service.
1t was only five years ago when the
motive power of the elevated roads in
New York city was changed from
steam to electricity. The example
thus set was followed by the subway,
and later by the terminal system of
the New York Central lines. The first
electric train was run by the latter in
December of last year, 81 miles of
electric equipment having been built
on the Hudson division and q miles
On the Harlem. Now over 200 electric
trains pass through the terminal tun-
nels OF the Central daily; in year. it
Is estimated, all the trains on this line
will enter the city by electricity, and
N ten years, according to the opinion
Of some of the officials of the road, the
electric motor will replace the steam
locomotive on the entire Central sys
tenn.
In this change Of its motive power
from steam to electricity the expert
ence of the Central merely illustrate!
what is taking place or what II
planned on the other great roads o
The country Now that the danger
rom the deadly third rail- has beef
practically eliminated by incasing thu
after in wood the chief hindrance t,
he adoption of electricity by tn,
through railroads has been overcome
As consequence, the demand on tn
part of the railroads for electric eduir
nent has increased so rapidly that
las passed, temporarily, quite beyon
the ability of the manufacturers t
meet it. Meanwhile. enough has bee
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

firemen. some roads do and some do
not, but / think they all prefer to
make their own firemen, as they will
stay through the slack times when a
boomer will not
Just ten minutes before approach.
ed the master mechanic for a job an
honest knight of the scoop, wearing
the regulation 1000 mile shirt, round
black hat and the badge of our noble
order, called upon the same gentle
man and stated his case, but was tolG
that there was nothing doing.
Il was wise to the master mechan
ic on that particular railroad, and be
fore ] asked for work / visited a sec
ond-hand store and fitted myself out
with long-legged boots, sombrero, anG
big red handkerchief (all | lacked
was a gum, and then ! told the mas
ter mechanic my trouble
He asked me If ! ever fired an
engine. l replied that / had never
fired one, but that l had seen lots OF
them. He wanted to know what
had been working at, and / said | had
just come down from the Panhandle
where | had been chasing longhorns
all my life. | got the job"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Study Locomotive Economy.

The Pennsylvania system is investi
eating the problem as to how many
miles a locomotive should make before
being sent to the shop, irrespective oil
whether it is broken down or not. An
expert engineer is studying the prob
lem and is making exhaustive reports
on the mileage that can be made eco
nomically by a locomotive before II
should be sent to the shops for al
overhauling. When this mileage is de
termined orders will be issued to sent
every engine to the shops when i
makes the specified run, regardless o
its general confederation Trade Re
view.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
HOW THEY STORED.

,.oober in one Of the public
.s.ols was recently complimented
..use Of the success attending the
.m,ration of her pupils. 1t was
IS,oed that her class of boys seemed
| no able to solve all problems.
{Dsn question was asked every
=. hand in the class was raised.
The principal of the school was
r,,iue the questions, and the lady
,sher would call on a pupil to
,te the answer. Although more
an A score of questions were asked,
| M instance was an incorrect an
rsr given. The principal was so
.ssod at the result that he made
|acia reference to Miss Dash's pro.
jsncy as teacher in each of the
assrooms he visited.
Probably envy was caused by the
Il that in no other classroom did
\ pupils seem to be so well up In
Nil studies. One of the teachers,
Nose pupils did not acquit them.
likes very creditably, made an inves-
gaton and succeeded in gaining the
Iufdence of one of the boys under
lis Dash's care.
Nov. Johnny" said she, how Is II
at all you boys know the an
FersT
But we don't all know" said
Anny.
But you all put up your hands as
you did"
Miss Dash tells us all to put W
b. hands when the question is asked
e boys who don't know the answer
b up our left hands, and the boys
10 know the answer put up theil
sht hands, and then Miss Dash only
h the boys who have a right
knd up"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Arc Electric Lights on Trains.

Western railroads have begun tc
plan the installing of arc electric lights
on passenger trains de luxe. These
are to be operated on battery of sc
cells, which will prevent fire or ex
plosion following wreck. The use OF
the incandescent electric lights on
trains was regarded as a distinct ad
vancement, but the are lights glow
with light so much whittier and softer
that they will be adopted by progress
sive lines. A test made in Chicago
during the week by one of the rail
roads was entirely satisfactory. The
battery is ample for 50-hour run.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
KEEPING STEAM UP WITH OIL.
An Entirely Different Job from Firing
Locomotive with Coal.

Firing locomotive with oil Is
very different matter from firing with
coal In Texas on account of the
low cost of fuel oil many lines burn
1t in their engines.
THE oil is stored in tanks in the
tender and enters the fireboN below
the door," writes a Texas firemon in
the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine.
"A small pipe called the atomizer con.
meets with the oil pipe just as 1t
reaches the flreboX, which sprays the
oil evenly all over the frebox, which
is lined with fire brick.
THE fireman has five valves to OPP
erate-the oil valve. to regulate the
supply of oil; the atomizer. to spray
| It; the heater, which heats the oil
in the tank; the superheater. which
heats the pipes connecting tank with
fireboX, and the blower. which must
be worked a little when steam is
shut off to create draught enough to
keep oil burning.
Firing an oil burner is very par
ticuiar job. The operation of the oil
valve and the atomizer must CORE
spond at all times with the amount
of work an engine is doing; not
enough fire starts an engine leaking
and too much oil makes black smoke
gums up the flues and makes less
steam.
1T is then up to the fireman t.
get down on the deck and fill UP
funnel with sand to clean the flues
, BY putting the end of the funnel int
hole in the firebox door the SAM
: is drawn through the flues and out tn
stack
: "Fremen on helpers and yard en-
: gines prefer coal, as 1t requires les
} watching, but on through freight
) especially on the heavy hills oil l
ali right The engineer can drop he
r down a notch or so, and just as quicl
4 ly can the fireman give her littl
: more oil and the atomizer.
D "'The hardest work an oil burne
e fireman does is to take water. 1t
}. not dirty job, either, but / hav
e never seen fireman wearing a whit
J. collar. 1t is all he can do to kee
t clean overalls. The pay was just tn
d same as for the coal burners in thu
o locality.
n In reference to hiring experience
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
New EXPLOSIVE Of Great Value.

Potasimite is a new explosive per-
facted in Monterey, Mexico, and hrst
ased with success upon the construc'
zion of a Mexican Central railroad
SYanch with wonderful results for 1t
IS pronounced safer, cheaper and more
poTerful than dynamite. Those explo-
sives based upon nitrogen produce a
ssn that necessitates abandoning
closed works. such as a mine or tun-
nel during the explosion, and the Ia
bor.rs can not return to work for
long time thereafter, depending upon
the facility for carrying off the gas
potAsImite is said to produce no nox'
Gus gas, the only precaution neces
.s,s a It's use being that the work
men get out of the way of the flying
,artiejes OF blasted rock.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

The dime museum giant was calling
on the Circassian beauty, whose love
Tor him had begun to grow cold.
You only want me for my money,
she said 1T is true have promised
TO marry you, but you cant make {
case Of breach of promise against me
You haven't any witnesses"
Il haven't, hey!" growled the giant
reaching into one of the side pocket,
OF his overcoat. pulling out the midget
and standing him on the table befor,
her.-Chicago Tribune.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

Clyde Fitch in kindly letter to a
young and unknown playwright said:
81 liked your play; l thought it prom
Using, but in the first act you initiated
Ibsen, in the second you initiated Pr
nero and in the third and fourth you
initiate Barrie. This will never do.
Imitation in art Is always bad It
suggests the shabby man who as he
slipped a glass of beer looked in the
mirror behind the bar and muttered
to himself: Here / am wearing a rail-
road presidents shoes, the trousers Of
a senator, the hat OF millionaire
banker. the vest of Newport society
leader and an ambassadors coat and
yet in spite of all I look like a
tramp"
10 O. DIT Co aiy IN
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Information Wanted.

They were joint occupants of the
parlor sofa-he man about town,
she the heroine of three divorce
suits.
"Will you be my wife?" he quer-
led
Before giving you my answer"
she rejoined, Il would like to know
if your income is sufficient to pay me
the alimony to which l have always
been accustomed" -Chicago Daily
News.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
The Newest Star.

First Theater Manager-What is all
this talk about your having got hold
of new star, who is to drive the town
wild?
Second Theater Managerial true,
every word of it: crowded houses as
sured for months.
rs he tragedian or comedian
"Um-he isn't much of either, but
he can swim like a fish, and we're 60
ing to have the biggest tank on the
continent. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Mrs. Lonsworth in Society.

Mrs. Alice Longworth Is taking her
place as hostess In Washington So
ciety and her Tuesday at homes arc
becoming one of the weekly features
Of the capital. 1t is an open secret
that Mrs Longworth has political am
billions for her husband and. perhaps.
she is not far wrong in believing that
one of the open doors to political
preferment Ia to be found In tho social
observances for which she is SO well
fitted.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Merely a SUGGESTION.

h. ,"'otner'in-law had been with
'or three long weeks.
Omorrow' said his wife. will
h. ,i'a S birthday | wish could
i No. VI something appropriate to
>Dos5 not give her a ticket back
= noS suggested the husband,-Chi-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
$50 California & Ret Salt Lake Route
Task for Court crIer.

The crier of the San Francisco
United States court had to 60 out into
the corridor the other day and call on
Loudovic Daldagiovanni to como into
court. He tried three times and then
wished to resign. But he was encour-
aged to persevere and succeeded, to
the great joy of an interested bench
and bar.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
$50 California & Ret. Salt Lake Route,
whsra Paris Ia Rehlnd.

Despite all modern improvements
Paris still heats its houses and its
homes to a large extent with wood.
Its bakers and confecuoners use hard.
ly anything else for fuel. 1t burns
up whole forests OK timber every year.
and extensive forests in several re-
gions Of France are reserved for sup
plying It with fuel.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
$50 California 6 Ret. Salt Lake Route.
prydoek Cut Out Of Rock.

At Port Florence. on the shore OK
the great lake Victoria Nyanza. which
IL the chief source of the Nile. there
is a drydock cut out of solid rock
by natives who had never before done
much serious work. The dock Ia ESQ
feet long, As feet wide and IA feet
deep. 1t is 3,700 feet above the level
of the sea, or nearly three tmes the
altitude of Lake Chautauqua.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
unappreciated BLESSINGS

Hanser tin small town. saw by
papers that boy was born here
~ legs and no arms. | am a
A museum manager, and should
~, to find him.
aei-No use hunting him up.
ET parents won't exhibit him.
lucy won't? Well, it beats all
snro dressings fall to folks as can't
Il 'e'ate EN-, m. Y. Weekly.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Willing to ObIiue.

backward, turn backward. o
ue IN thy flight, make me a child
a'a Just for tonight, quoted the
A'uen who was beginning to carry
light for age.
.er,aihiy' my dear" rejoined Fa.
i,ihe, as he paused to whet his
u scythe. About how far back
u you like me to turn?"-Chicago
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
smnlIea, alhle puhIlshed.

Among uncommon religious BOOKS
must be classed an edition of the Bible
issued by the Oxford University Press.
1t is only IN inches In length and 1h
In breadth. 1t has to be read by
means of magnifying glass-and one
is given with this tiny Bible for IS
cents-Sunday Magazine.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
His Motive.

$50 YOU are going to lecturer
Yes" answered Senator sorghum,
mot that care for the money but
e. 10 Measure to get away from
vour stony.faced colleagues In con-
gress and face an audience that really
Wants TO hear you talk"-Washington
Gtar
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
$50 California & Ret. Salt Lake Route
cabinet officers, SIGNATURES.

Secretary Root, although his full
name. Elihu Root, is not a long one.
found 1t laborious to put his whole
pame on his state department mail, SO
he now simply signs it &c. Root" Sec
rotary Bonaparte's right arm does not
seem to have grown tired, however.
In signing his mail he still signs his
full name. "Charles y. Bonaparte."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
FEW CHANGES in
MAJOR LEAGUES
STAND PAT" is APPARENT MOT
TO OF AMERICAN AND Ma
TIoNAL MANAGERS.
LITTLE SHOW FOR YOUNGSTERS

Examination OF dope" Shows That
Both Chicago Teams Stand Sooo
Show OF Again Being Returned
Pennant Winners-Four New Man
ayers viii Try to Produce the VIC
tors.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Some Years Hence

GASEOUS Pedestrian-0Hcer, /
against that mans arrest. What
a, oop-Aw' he was drivin' his
Sl'y ~ miles an hour. an de.
'"e machines behind him.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
A loolcaI Reason.

"Why did you name your play a
Hot scent?'" I. ~ ,ho
because we are trying 1t on the
dog.-Baltlmore American.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

Stranger guess should very
much like to see over this grand MS
toric mansion. Is it feasibleY
Old Caretaker-No, it's not ices
able, sir; but most gents gives me
something for taking 'em round
Scraps.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
WAIT FOR THIS.

Only $50 round trip to California.
via Salt Lake Route. Write for full
information to j. H. Burtner, Salt
Lake City.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
cnnnlna and Ianorance.

Cunning always has been the Of
fensiye and defensive weapon of ig-
norance. Match cunning with cum
ming" only as last resort-John A
Rowland.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
sao-cALIEoRNlA-sso

Round trip via Salt Lake Route.
Sale begins April 26th. Write today.
]. II. BURNER, Salt Lake City.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Not to Be Repeated.

no ;our husband tell you every.
! sbo,' %,o"s'' said one woman.
III nope not" answered the
ltionaa'V mas been a juror in several
"'a'S. " Washington Star.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Tho Law.

Thou shalt worship the Almighty
Dollar with all thy heart. with all
thy soul and with all thy might. This
ia the first and great commandment:
and the second is like unto 1t: Thou
shalt love thy neighbor less than his
money. On these two command
ments hang all the law" and Its
profits--Life.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
A Dajlv Thouoht.

1t is only by labor that thought can
be made healthy. and only by thought
that labor can be made happy. Rus
kin.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02
Imitation Always Bad.

$50 California & Ret. Salt Lake Route
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-09-06
The ,Egis and IpteIlieepcer.
BEL AIR. Md, SEPT. 6. 1907.
MARKETING POULTRY.
The Farmer Should Pay More Atten-
zion to That Part of His Work.

The Farmer Should Pay More Atten-
zion to That Fart of His Work.
If they could only be made to realize
IT. the farmer and his wife would find
it every bit as much To their advantage
TO attain Il reputation for furnishing
the best eggs and chickens rs we'll as
the best milk and butter. says Turf,
Farm and Home.
There is always room at the top, you
know. and that is certainly true with
regard to poultry products of Il Supe
rior quality. The farm that has a rep
utatiOn for furnishing superior milk
and butter experiences no difficulty III
disposIng of the product, usually at
premium above the ordinary market
prices. The same. IS equally true of
first class poultry and eggs, because 1t
is worth something TO n customer TO
know to an absolute certainty that his
eggs are going To he fresh laid and that
he need not procure an AK with which
to carve. the chicken that he has
bought
In view of the enormous profits of
huckStcrS at most seasons of the year,
the farmer, unless his locati@. is very
remote, can usually dispose of his poul-
try product to the best advantage by
selling direct TO private customers i'll
a nearby town. These customers can
readily be obtained by offering i'll the
first place only the very highest grade
products and then keeping all goods up
to this standard.
1t will be found that once Il reputa-
ton for selling strictly high class poul-
try and eggs is established 1t can be
lost only through neglect and inatte1i-
ton to business. Private customers
thus secured and assured Of securing
only the best at all times will be per-
fectIy willing to pay the highest mar
ket prices. -s. .i...
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-09-06
a Woman's Back

Has many aches and pains caused By
weaknesses and falling, or other displace-
ment, of the pelvic organs. rOthersymp-
toms of female weakness, are frequent
headache, dizziness, imaginary Specks or
dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw-
ing sensation in stomach, dragging or
bearing down in lower abdominal or pelvic
region, diSagrceable drains from pelvic
organs. fai int spells with general weakness
If any consid efable mum Der Of the above
symptoms are present there Is no remedy
that wiz give quicker relief or q more per-
maAent ehSe than DIR. Plerce's Fayorite
PreAtSptxoRs>I Ut has record OF over forty
years. Of cufeA It's the most potent
inYigorating tonic and .streng he ming naI-
vine known to medical science. It's made
of the glyceric extracts OF native medici-
nal roots found in our forests and con-
tains not drop of alcohol or. harmful, 5or
habit-forming drugs It's ingredients are
all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath as correct.
Every ingredient entering into VIA
vorite Prescription has the written en-
dorsement of the most eminent medical
writers Of all the several schools Of prac-
tice-mOre valuable than any amount Of
non-professionalt estimonials-tho the
latter are not lacking, having been con-
tributed voluntarily by grateful patients
in numbers to exceed the endorsements
given to any other medicine extant for
the cure of woman's ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
of unknown composition as substitute
for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION, even though the dealer may
make little moro profit thereby. Your
interest in regaining health is paramount
to any selfish interest Of his and 1t Is an
insult to your intelligence for him to try
to palm off upon you substitute. You
know what you want and 1t is his bust
ness to supply the article called for.
DR.. Perce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original 'Little Liver Pills first put up
by old DR.. Pierce over forty years ago,
much initiated but never eQualed. Little
sugar-coated granules-easy to take as
candy. rt...... H.. p.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-09-06
KILL OFF THE RATS.
How These Poultry House Nuisances
May Be Externninated.


The following is taken from a pub
LEGATION of the United States depart
ment of agriculture known as bulle-
tin No. 297 and entitled Methods Of
Destroying Rats" ...1 t-.'.
For poisoning rats i'll buildings and
yards occupied by poultry the follow
ing method is recommended: Two
wooden boxes should be used, one con-
siderably larger than the other and
each having two or more holes in the
sides large enough to admit rats. The
poisoned bait. should be placed on
the bottom and near the middle Of
the larger box, and the smaller box
should then be inverted over it. Rats
thus have free access to the bait,
but fowls are excluded. szEz 45<E
Trapping, If persistently followed,
is one of the most effective methods
of destroying rats. The improved
modern traps with a wire fall released
by baited trigger and driven by a
coiled spring have marked advantages
over the old forms, and many of them
may be used at the same time. These
traps, sometimes called guillotine
traps, are of many designs. but the
more simply constructed are to be pre-
ferred. Probably those made entirely
of metal are best, as they are less
likely to absorb and retain odors.
Sundry bats for guillotine traps are
given and methods of batting, and the
bulletin gives the following:
BY the persistent use of traps, Occa-
sional resort to poison, and the eXer-
else of forethought in the construction
of farm buildings so as to minimize
the opportunities for harborage, farm
ers and others may prevent the greater
part of the loss and annoyance they
now experience from rat depredations.
The same statement applies in great
measure to city and village conditions;
hence cooperation in the warfare on
rats is particularly important and can
not be too strongly urged.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-09-06
Keen PekIn Ducks.

Every farmer who has a stream
running through his farm should keep
Pekin ducks. 1t pays well to keep
them for the feathers alone. There is
good demand generally in ones own
neighborhood for the feathers. Some
duck raisers say that the duck does not
require water to battle in. This Is
true of the little ducks, but l would
not deprive the old ducks of this pleas
ure, says Fannie Wood in Farm Jour-
noI