Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-17

from which direction come their
wireless messages. This is an ex-
ceedingly important discovery as,
until the experiments were con-
Quoted, 1t was impossible for any
ship to tell from what direction it's
4 messages came until informed by
the sender. It 10 understood that a
detailed report is being prepared by
1.-The officers of the two cruisers, but
beyond the admission that discov-
cries of great Importance have been
made, the officials at the department
maintain a profound silence. 1t is
probable that these details will not
be made public, owing to the ad-
vantage which this discovery will
give to American men of war.
Do you get your glass. of milk
every day? According to figures
just glv.n out by gov rnment statis-
ticans, there are approximately TO-
100000 pounds of milk pro-
duced in this country every year
from the something over 100000
cows, which Is enough to give each
man, woman and child seven-eighth
Of a pound per day. OF these seven
ty billion pounds of milk, somewhat
over one-half is made up into but
ter; one billion pounds is con-
densed, while three billion pounds
goes into the making of cheese, the
remaining thirty-two billion pounds
and over being sold in its natural
state, or water, as the individual
dairyman elects.
For the rest of the summer the
employees of the Washington navy
yard are to enjoy cooling drinks at
the expense Of the government.
That is. the navy department has
agreed to furnish ice water, but as
the expense heretofore has been
borne by the men themselves, this Is
quite a concession. Acting Secre-
tary Newberry this week authorized
the expenditure of few thousand
dollars from the general appropria-
tions for the purpose of ice for the
use OF mechanics and others at the
yard, and now everybody can drink
all the ice water the wants, free OF
cost. Before the order was promul-
gated, the men in the different shops
raised "ice money" by private sub
scriptions and only those who con-
tributed were allowed to drink the
water.
Sensible, is the verdict OF Wash
ington concerning Secretary Will
sons instructions that United
States" be substituted for certain
Latin words which had been cut
into medallions on the stone work
adornlng the new quarters of his de-
partment. II was not until after
the stone masons had completed this
part of the work that "Tama Jim"
discovered that. the Latin words
"Fructus, Cereals" "Forestes"
and "Flores" had been chiselled on
the marble shields surmounting the
entrance TO the magnificent new
building. and he very forcibly ex-
pressed his opinion OF the Latin
bosh" and ordNred that the words
Fruits" Cereals" Forests" and
Flowers" be substituted.
Considerable amusement has been
caused by the efforts OF the postoffica
authorities TO get data from the |
clerks for the compilation of the Of
ficial register or "blue book" |
Schedules of questions have been |
circulated throughout the DEPART
ment and the clerks requested 10 |
NIL them out, Question No. 2 on
the schedule, marital condition"
seems to have been the bane of a
great many of the employees, and the |
many and varied answers which were
set down indicate the general lack |
OF comprehension Of just what the |
officials are trying 10 ascertain.
Some have answered good" others |
very good" while one fellow, who |
possibly speaks from bitter expert
enee. tells the story in one short |
word-NH-." AS a result, the |
editor of the next official register
will have 10 do considerable blue
.peneling, or the book will be re-
.plete with amusing and interesting
information OF this sort.