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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14
POINT Iona WIRELESS
STATIONS GREAT FEAT
All Records Broken When
Atlantic Seaboard Mes
sages Are Caught
ASTOUNDS OPERATOR
Easily Reads Dispatches
Sent on Other Side of
the Continent
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SAN DIEGO, March 13.-The Point
Iona wireless station, operated by the
United States Navy Department, has
been breaking records ever since 1t was
established. 1t has just accomplished
the most remarkable feat of all by
picking UP messages that were being
sent on the other side of the continent
from Washington, d. c.. to the station
at Pensacola, Fla, and from the battle
ship Connecticut at New York to the
Navy Department in Washington. as
stated in the dispatches yesterday.
Operator ]. A. Millison was in charge
Of the station at the time and he re-
ported the facts to his superior officers
and said nothing publicly, until he
knew that his superiors had spoken.
The instruments at the station on
Point Iona are the most delicate of
any used by the Government in its ex-
periments with the wireless. The sta
tion has been enabled to reach out and
take messages that were floating in the
air between points all along the Pa
cihc Coast
OPERATOR Is SURPRISED
The new apparatus, which is known
as an "electroletic," was installed a few
months ago and experiments had been
made with 1t for the past few weeks
without much success. Operator Mill
son was in the station on Sunday when
the instruments began to show signs of
life. They sputtered and Kicked" and
did other things that indicated there
was something doing on the wireless
route. Millison discovered that some
one at some other place was saying
Good morning" He investigated and
learned that 1t was Washington calling
Pensacola. The Point Iona operator
adjusted his instruments and the whole
message from the wireless station in
Washington to the station in Florida
was taken here. 1t was after midnight
on the Atlantic coast, which accounted
for the salutation, the clock in the
Point Iona station showing only 1925.
Almost at the same time there came
message from the battleship Connect
icut to Washington. The Point Iona
operator could hardly believe his ears.
The messages were clearly read on the
Point Iona instruments.
TALKS WITH EASTERNERS
Elated over this seemingly marvellous
action of the instruments. Operator
Millison commenced sending messages
to the Atlantic coast operators. He was
answered from Washington and Pensa-
cola. Copies of the messages heard
were made by Operator Millison and he
has written to the operators in Pensa-
cola and Washington. inclosing them.
II think" said Millison, that this
remarkable record was due principally
to unusually favorable atmospheric
conditions. In addition to the appar-
atus provided by the Government, we
have a small electroletfc of our own
make, which perhaps helped to throw
out waves and make them more dis
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14

tinctly recorded on the Eastern shore"
Several months ago the Point Iona
station broke the Pacific Coast record
by talking with the Puget Sound sta
ton, more than 1000 miles away.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14

II you don't like Schilling's Best tea
and coffee they cost you nothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
A Watehman's Preeaution.

An official of one of the big manufac
turing concerns of Cleveland happened
to be near the plant the other night
and thought he would take Il turn
about the place to see if the Waterman
was attending to his knitting. The
Waterman was there, all right. He
had a revolver in his hand when the
officer found him back near the engine
room, ready for any one who might be
hunting trouble, and he had an cleo
trio searchlight in his other hand to
hunt for intruders. But in order to
avoid so far as possible any meeting
in the big dark factory that might be u
source of mutual embarrassment the
Waterman had taken the simple pre-
caution of strapping large bell to his
ankle. BY this means he had been
able to avoid any unpleasant scenes
when he made his rounds from time tc
| time during the night.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
House Plant Showers.

Shower your plants two or three
times q week to wash the dust of
their leaves and prevent the ravages
of the red spider. This pest tiourishes
in hot dry atmosphere. Keep 1t
moist and he will not do much damage
A showering, bear in mind, doesn't
mean slight sprinkling. 1t means a
real shower, and the result of it is that
your plants are wet all over.
There is only one thing better than
a thorough showering for house plants
and that is dip bath. Fin d large
tub with water and souse your plants
under, leaving them submerged fol
two or three minutes, and you have
the satisfaction of knowing that water
has got to every part of them. No in
sect can possibly escape such Il batl
as that.
If the red spider has begun to injurt
your plants before you We're aware OF
his presence, heat the water in YOU
tub to 100 degrees and immerse the in
Tested plants in it, allowing them t
remain under about half minute
This will kill the spider without i'll
juring very delicate plants.-Eben e
Rexford In Outing Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
A CLEANLY AGE.
Twentieth Century Ideas incline To-
ward Sanitation and Personalities.

Twentieth Century Ideas Incline To-
ward Sanitation and Preventatives.
Nowadays scientists believe that in
cleanliness lies the secret of proven
ton of diseases.
To prevent a disease, remove the
cause.
Just as mclean habits breed many
diseases, so careless habits will breed
dandruff. Improper use of another's
brushes, combs, etc, will surely cause
dandruff, and, in time, will just as
surely cause badness.
It's microbic infection, nothing more
nor less.
Newbro's Herpicide kills the dan
druff germ, and causes hair to grow
luxuriantly. Herpicide is absolutely
free from grease or other injurious
substances.
Sold by leading druggists. Send IL
|cents in stamps for sample to the Her
|picide company, Detroit, Mich. Two
sizes, so cents and 81. T. H. Thomas
special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
By AMOR GATES.
Author Of The Biography Of a Prairie Girl

From the doorway the captain s voice
interrupted the battle, and the two
men were pulled apart. Matthews fell
to wiping at his stained lips, which
had magically pulled to proportions
suggesting those of. the colonel's black
cook, while the lieutenant was pant
ing and struggling wildly to get free.
Oliver thrust the latter behind him
and addressed the interpreter. I'm
not stopping this boy because / don't
think you need sound thrashing." he
said. I'D like to see you walloped
within an inch of your life. But l
amt have this kind of thing going
,n."
~ wasn't goin' to tech them gals"
lisped Matthews. 81 amt no city
tough"
I'VE shan't need your services at
| Brannon any longer. You light out"
After that mess went merrily Oh.
Didn't know you had it in you, Fra
SER" marveled one officer. by
cracky," added Il second, how you
can slugr' The surgeon sighed. mo
one has ever understood Robert" said
| he, but women, critters and kids"
And now Matthews blood was up,
and Hnder his Sloping forehead the
gray matter was bubbling and boiling
| like the soup in the suffers pot. He
| hurled out terrible oathS against the
shack, against Captain Oliver, against
| Fraser, against the old pilot. Dallas
Lancaster had made a cheap spectacle
\ of him. The commanding officer had
ordered him to leave Brannon, the
| ''unIicked calf of Il lieutenant had
| whipped him out of hand, aud the
man most ready to guZZle his liquor
had gone through the barracks a-blab
bing.
He hurried to his room to pack his
belongings. I'm fix 'om! I'll fix 'em!
he ragged I'm git even with the hui
crowd"
He halted at window and looked
across the Missouri at the little shack
l"When the reds go to the reservation
that'll do for YOU" he said. But how
can soak them ID shoulder
strapsY
1t was then that Il change in his plaI
came to his mind. Why wait unit
the Indians We're sent, if
The more he thought of the chang
the better he liked it. One deal ant
everybody fixed. Land II be mine
and there'n be some court martialin'.
He determined to get into the stock
AIDE for II last talk with the hostages
If they approved what he proposed, h
would promise them his services. Yes
he would. The value of the quartz
section had made him fight for tn
bend But this was Il horse of anothe
color. His pride had been outraged
For that he would have his quits.
His conduct earlier i'll the day an
the fight at the suffers gave place tina
afternoon to other and more direfu
news A steamer touched on its wa
, down the river and told of the Custe
, massacre. Not a trooper at Branno
l but had lost a friend; not an officer bt
5 had lost several. Gloom settled upo
+ | the post, and Matthews was forgotten
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Ito be Continued).
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

William Blankenberg to ]. T. Steph,
ems, lot 4, River View Terrace add
ton, Rock Island. $3.50.
Edward Getz to John Getz, east hall
northeast quarter section 24-16-6w
$1,000.
John Fenstel to julius Welsch, 10.
IS, section 90 and lot 4, section q and
lot section 81, lot 3, section 81, all in
township 17-4w $1,000.
Joseph Hellstern TO Henry Brunell
lots Z, 8. block 3. l.. b. Winters Ninth
street addition to Rock Island $1,000
Nourse e Walker to E. H. Grantham
lot %, block 3, Acme addition to Mo
line. $500.
Michael H. Spades to Andrew M
Klove, northwest quarter section II
also west half northeast quarter sec
| ton 17-20-2e. $4,000.
Otto Daebelliehn and others to An
DIRE Staelens, west 4S feet of east 95H
| feet lot IA, Daebelliehn's subdivision
| of lands in northeast quarter section
t6-17-1w. $500.
Francis NJ. Dillon to Carrie Heck
lot 4, block 1, Fourteenth street add
ton to Moline. $780,
| Deere-Clark Motor Car company t
Charles H. Pope, part lot 7, tract il
ILeClaire's reserve. 81.
| Benjamin S. Bell to Charles H
| Pope. part lot z, tract in LeClalre'
preserve. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
"You ,gtll kno,u bn a siam. J,

He took advantage of that Before
an order went out to prevent him he
went through the wicket Of the sliding
panel and gathered around him the
four chiefs named in Cummings ulti-
matum. They were more sullen, I'M
happy and discouraged than ever. A
few words and he had them breathless
with interest
you must look to me alone for free
dom now" he said. There has been
great battle in the valley of the
Greasy Grass. Custer, the Long Hair,
met Sitting Bull and his allies, and
Custer and all his men are dead"
Ho-hos of joy greeted the announce
ment.
'Yet this is not good for you. There
will be other battles. Your brothers
will have no time to come and rescue
you. Even your friends. the Scared
Arms. will not help, for 1t is said that
the Cheyenne warriors are gone to join
the Sioux
what of the two white squaws that
were captured?" asked ot-at-the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24

Tree anxiousIy: '-End what of us-is
there danger?"
1.-THE women are still with your peo-
pie. and who knows what may happen
soon? So / come to speak of your de-
livery. shall get you free-you shall
free my land"
But our women" suggested Stand
ing Buffalo. his eyes straying toward
tent at the stockade's center. "They
60 free too"'
THAT is impossible. But what does
it matter? When you are gone. your
women and children will be cared for
put upon q reservation. From there
you can steal them back"
But how can we get free?' inquired
Lame Foot. Tell us quickly"
Matthews drew the four chiefs
heads together and whispered to them.
After a time all rose.
''Shall we have guns?" inquired
Canada John.
''No-bows and arrows i can get
them and hide them in my board lodge
across the river
Lame Foot pouted. "Our brothers
who are lighting have fine new rifles
from Standing Rock
"Rifies l cannot get" said Matthews
But" said Standing Buffalo, IF we
| cross to your lodge and get our bows
| and arrows, will not the pony soldiers
| follow In their smoking canoe"
"Bah" retorted the interpreter. IAN
| l like a pig for sense? The smoking
canoe shall be gone
The chiefs nodded.
Il must 60" added Matthews. "Ther'
is no time for the pipe. Remember, i
you are discovered trying to escape
| know nothing of it. Then l shall tr.
| another plan. And keep everythin,
! from Squaw Charley. He is frien,
to the pony soldiers. He may tattle."
| And your reward" said Canadi
John softly. 1T is that the Pillow We
| man and her sister shall be-
Matthews put a finger to his lips
You will free my land" he said.
when the night comes?" Whispered
Lame Foot. They pressed about Mai
thews, taking his hands.
when the night comes" he answer
ed, you will know by a sign. Let
| warrior keep watch. for 1t shall com
when the moon dies. 1t shall be tn
call of q mourning dove"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Could Not Cure Himself.

Something of the irony OF fate is eS-
enpiified in an anecdote related by the
New York Times concerning Professor
Poirier, who until his death was the
most famous cancer expert in France.
Professor Poirier gave much of hi1
time without pay to aiding poor people
afflicted with cancer. One day tlere
came to him Il woman on whom be had
operated and who feared the growth
was coming again.
Fear nothing" said the physician
when lie had made an examina ton.
1T win be some years before you will
need fresh operatiCn-which, by the
way. / shall not be able to perform"
But, doctor. you will not refuse to
treat me?'
No, my poor woman, but | shall not
be there to do it. l also have a cancer
and it will be more rapid than yours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Gun Plates.


'These cup plates assure us that this
100-year-old china service is the rea!
thing" said an antiquary "They stop
ped making cup platesa10o years ago.
Cup plates" he went on, "show how
table manners change. Now, do you
know what they were for? They were
to hold your dripping cup of tea-after
you had poured part of it into the
saucer to drink from-so that the cloth
should not be stained. Yes, in the
past, everybody drank hot tea from
the saucer. Kings and queens, emper-
'ors and generals, all. with a gurgling
sound, tilted the full saucer with care
full balance to the lips. The cup, NEAL
while, reposed on the cup plate."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
THE PREY OF A GRIZZLY.
BY q Little Oversight eruin Was Rob.
bed Of Good Meal.

In the early settlement of California
grizzly bears We're numerous and trou-.
blesome, but few men ever had more
singular experience with grizzly than
Paul Sweet, who kept tannery near
Santa Cruz. The story is told by Mrs.
Dali in 'My First Holiday"
Mr.. Sweet was one day walking
alone In the woods when he came sud
denly upon grizzly bear and her two
cubs. He was quite unarmed. and be-
fore he had time to consider any plan
of action the bear was upon him. She
struck him down. but he kept his pres
ence of mind and lay perfectly quiet.
The grizzly stood over him for min
ute or more, then seized him by the
waistband and began dragging him
along. He did not resist, and she drag
ged him for q dozen rods to a little
sandy hollow, where she dropped him
and began digging a hole in the sand.
Into this hole she rooted the man. and
then nosed and paved the sand over
him until he was buried from sight.
| The prudent animal, not being hungry
at the moment, was making q cache
of her prey.
Mr.. Sweets heart lightened as he
realized the brutes intentions, and he
began to hope that he might escape
He waited a few minutes after the
bear had covered him in, and then
| thinking that she had retired from the
scene, he began to work himself free
very cautiously. The grizzly was Oh
the watch, however, and at the frs
movement OF her prey rushed to the
spot and with two or three strokes OF
her paw snugly tucked him In again.
Mr.. Sweet instantly became motion
less again and allowed himself to bt
reburied in the sand. Luckily his ha
had slipped over his face, SO that TIL,
sand did not FL his nose and eyes, ant
by raising his head u little he was abb,
to throw off the sand sufficiently Il
breathe
He was more wary next time and la,
still for an hour or two until he fel
pretty sure that the grizzly had retret
from the spot. Very cautiously thei
he worked himself free from the sane
and crept away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
LAPSE OF REASONING.
Instances by Two of the Worlds
Greatest BenefactoTs.

Instances by Two of the Worlds
Greatest BenefactoTs.
To illustrate the kind OF lapse of rea-
yentors are known to suffer, like that
under influence of which Sir Isaac
Newton cut one hole in a wall to let Il
cat pass through and then small
hole for the kitten, an old story in the
life of Morse will answer we'll. Long
before he invented the telegraph Morse
was known to the officers of the patent
ents. When his great invention OF
distance writing was about complet-
ed he wanted the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway company, to try it. r
To get rid of him the president of
the road turned him over to .subor-
dinate. This official was struck with
the beauty of the invention and became
so interested In it that he sat up half
the night discussing it with the In
ventor. At length Morse confessed
there was only one thing which baf-
| fed him. las long as the railroad
| runs he said, where poles may be
erected it win be easy sailing, but when
we come to the big bridges what is tc
| be done then? We can't erect poles
across the stream, and without them
the wire would sag and perhaps breab
from its own weight. l confess dom
know what to do. Can't you sugges
way out Of the difficulty?
why don't you fasten the wires t.
the bridge?' asked his companion
without moments hesitation. Fo.
q moment Morse gaZed at him, witt
open mouth. and then exclaimed
why not, indeed? Why, / neve.
thought Of that. It's the very way
The laymans tip put the flnishin,
touch to the work of the great in
ventor, and thus wires came to b.
strung on bridges when crossing larg'
streams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
When to Go Home.

From the Button, Ind, Banner:
When tired out go home. When you
want consolation, go home. When
you want fun, go home When you
want to show others that you have
reformed, go home and let your fam
lily get acquainted with the fact. When
you want to show yourself at your
best go home and do the act there
When You feel like being extra liberal
go home and practice on your wife
and children first. When you want to
shine with extra brilliancy go home
and light up the whole household" Tc
which we would add, when you have
a bad cold go home and take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and a quick
cure is certain. For sale by all drug
|gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
A Delicate Hint,

Two very cadaverous looking tramps
looked in at the window OF u railway
station where telegraph operator sat
at his key.
"Say. pardner," one Of them said in a
very husky voice, report couple O.
empties goin' "-Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
About Digestion,

1t is not the quantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assim-
Hated that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them to
perform their functions. The result
is a relish for your food, increased
strength and weight, greater endur-
ance and a clear head. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
"Johnny, Look eros. Eyed"

Professor A. G. Pohlman of Indiana
university read paper before the In.
diana Academy of Science meeting
held in Indianapolis the other day,
says a special dispatch to the New
York World. Parents make mistake
when they say, Johnny, stop looking
cross eyed or your eyes will grow that
way said Professor Pohlman. "John.
ny is doing the best thing possible for
his eyes. He is giving them the pow
er of near vision. The practice should
be encouraged among children"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
To the Pumpkin Flower,

Queen of the garden. wondrous golden
thing
Thou hast beauty that my muse shall
sing,
What flower more modest in its fullest
bloom?
Or what more bright in all thine acred
room?
What rare exotic can. with priceless
power,
Ease more. the hungry lodgings of an
When all the autumn harvestings are by
Thy memory lingers-in the pumpkin pie
-Lurana w. Sheldon in Lippincott's
Magazine For November.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Badly Mixed Up

Abraham Brown of Winterton, N. Y,
had very remarkable experience, he
says. Doctors got badly mixed up
over me; one said heart disease; two
called it kidney trouble; the fourth
blood poison, and the fifth stomach and
liver trouble; but none of them helped
me; so my wife advised trying Electric
Bitters, which are restoring me to per
feet health. One bottle did me more
good than all, the five doctors pre-
scribed." Guaranteed for blood poison
weakness and all stomach, liver ant
kidney complaints, by all druggists
90 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
Awful Rlundsr.

Newspaper Office Boy = oh. there's
been an awful time up in the editorial
room today. Business Manager-Eh
What's the trouble? Office Boy-The
hall porter made mistake and put the
mo Admittance" sign at the subscrip-
ton Office and the welcome" doormat
in front of the editors room.-London
Tit Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
SoIicitude.

'Why are you so extremely solicitous
about the preservation of treesT' ask.
ed the art expert.
We'll" answered the man whose
tastes in sculpture are somewhat re-
stricted, at seems to me that trees are
frequently very desirable things for
statuary to hide behind. Washington
Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
REFORM IN PORTUGAL SOON
House of Peers Will Be Reorganized
and Shorn of Judicial Powers.

Lisbon, Dec. 24.-Premier Franco be-
lore Jan. ] will issue a decree reor-
SaniZing the Portuguese house OF peers.
The judicial powers now exercised by
the house will be transferred to the
courts. Provision will be made for
appointment of new members.
The new patriarch of Lisbon may
of peers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-24
CHAPTER XVIII.

M T was old Michael who fished
tMH HI the interpreter from his un-
g4STf1l welcome bath. Choking with
HSsYz5l rage and SpeWing muddy wa
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-06
STRIKING POSTER
WANTED
FOR FLORAL PARADE

A poster which will be so unique
and attractive that 1t will attract the
attention OF even the most effete resi-
dents of the mainland is what the
Promotion Committee is after. It was
decided at the meeting yesterday at
ternoon that such poster must be
procured to advertise the 1908 Floral
Parade, and the artistic talent of the
city will be appealed to to produce
the needed masterpiece. The Commit
tee hopes to have many designs sub
mitted to it, and after 1t has made Its
choice the winning poster will be
printed and distributed broadcast at
all the tourist centers.
Among the other matters discussed
at the meeting OF the Committee yes
terday afternoon was that of the ne
cesslty OF keeping up a promotion
campaign in the Northwest and Can
ada, as many letters Of inquiry have
rewarded the work already done in
Ghis line.
The Chairman and the Secretary
were authorized to call on Admiral
Dayton to urge him to remain here
with his feet until after the 21st In
order that his men can participate in
the regatta which will take place on
that day.