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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
BOY HAS WIRELESS LIGHT.
Projects Waves Around House and
Incandescents Result

Spencer, Mass.-Harry NJ Grout an
1s-year-old schoolboy, says he has dis
covered the secret of transmitting
electrical waves through the air with
out the aid of wires. He has been
studying electricity for five years and
already has become an expert operator
with the wireless.
He now lights a dozen incandes-
cent bulbs in different rooms in his
house by merely pressing a small
lever in his room and projecting the
electric waves. There are no con-
Meeting wires between these different
lights and the machines which he
operates. Each light is merely con
nected with small battery OF his
own.
Just how the electric power which
the hundred odd batteries in the OPP
Grating room produce is made to
travel through the air young Grout as
yet refuses to disclose.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06

and destroyed. Butchers, bakers.
grocers' shops, granaries, and factories
there is scarcely house or store in
the country that does not suffer some
loss from their depredations.
But the chief danger is in the ny.
gienic aspect of the rats. Trichinosis
has been traced to the rats, who infect
the pigs. and subsequently the people
who eat pork. The rapid rise of epi
denies ard plaques has also been
traced to these rodents.
Many attempts have been made to
solve the problem of determination,
the difficulty of which can be appre-
ciated from the fact that they multi
ply at the rate Of 500 year from one
pair The rat catcher has been aban-
doned in some docks for poison and
cats. but though these have been
found to keep down the numbers and
lessen the damage. they can do little
toward exterminating the pest.
An experiment has been tried In
Denmark of setting price of about
penny on the head of each rat
brought in, and by this means more
than 100000 rats we're destroyed. The
cost of the experiment was about
$3,6S0, and 1t is reckoned that the
rats could have done $4,000 worth of
damage.
To organize some scheme on these
| lines and, If possible. to get govern
ment aid, will be the aim of the So
clety If it is constituted. 1t Is esti-
mated that rat skins in large quaint
mercial value.
In the report of the port of Lon
don sanitary committee, issued to the
court of common council, the total de
struction of rats for four weeks OF
November is given as 4,756.
The manager of the London and
India Docks Company said that Their
bill for ratcatchers and food for g
large staff of cats was matter Of
thousands of dollars every year, ant
they still received complaints of dam
age in the sheds and warehouses.
Il do not believe we shall ever b.
able to exterminate Them" said he
"at the most we shall be able to limi
the numbers and the damage. TAX,
Tilbury docks, for instance. with 1t
acres of marsh land in the vicinity. A
soon as the rats fail to find enough
to eat outside they will come into tn
docks and search for 1t there"
The dock proprietors OF the countr
and steamship companies spend larg
sums to clear their ships Of rats.
''The damage done among the car
! go in the closed hold during Ion
voyage, If the rats become numerous
or among stores of grain said doc
, official, ut is quite impossible to est
, mate. Sometimes whole bale c
cloth or cotton will be ruined by thei
l gnawing at the ends
Though the docks are the happ
' hunting ground of rats, many war;
> houses and old buildings in Londo
are plagued with them.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
SMOOTH AND FRUGAL RuRALlTE.
Bats Automobiles with Calf, and
Collects $500 with Gun.

New York.-Aaron Banks, a Pine
brook IN. j. farmer. near whose
home many automobiles passed, sta
toned his two sons, James and Jeth-
no, in clump of bushes at the road
side with a four-weeks-old calf; across
the highway the calls mother was
tethered In full view. He told his
two sons to turn the calf loose at
the moment an automobile APP
preached.
Banks, with double-barreled shot
gun, hid himself further down the
road. James was the lookout, the calf
struggling to reach its bawling moth
er nearly pulled Jethro's arms from
their sockets. Finally James yelled:
Here comes one coming like the
dickens; let 'er loose!"
Jethro dropped the rope and the
calf rushed toward its mooing ma.
The trap was timed to the fraction
of second; the chauffeur had not
time to avoid collision, the big car
hurting the calf in the air; it fell
lifeless.
The chauffeur halted, only to learn
If the car had been hurt. Banks
stepped from behind the tree and
covered the two men and two women
in the car with his shotgun.
That was Guernsey calf; none
better bred In the state" yelled
Banks in affected fury.
you killed it; hand over $500 or
! shooti"
He got the $500.
When the automobilists had passed
on Banks called his boys with the re-
mark:
well, kids, we'll skin the calf and
eat 1t ourselves. l intended selling
It to the butcher for five dollars II
hadn't thought of this scheme"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
A LITTLE COLD.

He caught little cold, that was all;
So the neghbors sadly said
When they learned that he was deau'
Congregating round his bed
He caught a little cold, that was all.
lie caught little cold, that was all;
When and how he couldn't say,
Thought 1t soon would go away.
But the cold was there to stay
He caught a little cold, that was all.
He caught a little cold, that was all;
He sneezed and coughed and mumbled,
In turn he swore and grumbled,
But his pride at last was humbled-
He caught little cold, that was all.
He caught little cold, that was all;
The cold grew quite surprising,
His temperature kept rising,
And the doctor came advising
He caught little cold that was all.
He caught little cold, that was all;
And he lay quite neatly dressed
In his very Sunday best,
In long unbroken rest
He caught little cold, that was all.
w. w. Runyon, in Puck.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06

Worcester. Massey striking q
stone near large crack in the ice
while skating on the Spencer mill
pond, young Alfred Chagnon caused
the spark to fly and set fire to the icy
pond.
The spark ignited the gas with
which the pond is charged as the re-
suit OF refuse from the plant of the
Worcester County Gas company. The
sparks was followed by sheet OF
flame which extended all over the ice
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
PLAN WAR ON RATS

which the support of Lord Avebury,
Sir Lauder Brunton, Sir ]. Crichton'
Browne, and Sir Harry Johnston has
been promised
1t is estimated that in Great Britain
the damage done in one year by rats
exceeds $50,000,000. At the docks.
where they have come to be regarded
as a terrible though ineradicable evil,
they have been known to consume
whole carcasses Of bullocks, and
scarcely ship comes into dock which
is not overrun with them.
They have been known to destroy
whole crops of corn, and innumerable
fowls and pheasants have been killed
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
FINDS MICHIGAN DIVORCE VOLD

igan. where Olmstead secured a d.
vorce from his New York wife by de-
fault, the summons having been
served by publication.
All the principals died and the four
New York children began suit to
have the two Michigan children ex.
cluded from participation in the es-
tate on the ground they were not law
full issue" The amount at stake is
only $4,000.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
Too Much cornstarch.

Little Johnnie doesn't like to be
kissed, but sometimes he is compelled
by some gushing friends of his moth
er's to submit to the ordeal. The last
time they called he went through the
operation as gracefully as possible;
but after their departure he remarked,
vigorously rubbing the powder from
his face:
Mamma, l don't like to have them
kiss me. 1t tastes just like kissing
a marshmallow. Judge.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
Bound to Complain.

Aren't you proud to see the mag
nificent railway station that now adds
to the beauty of our city,"
No" answered the man who is
never happy, ut simply makes the
train sheds and tunnels seem more
unpleasant by comparison Wash
ington Star.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
A Careful Man.

I'm not going to let this paper be
caught in any more libel suits If |
know 1t, by George!" exclaimed the
chief reporter of The Morning Sensa.
ton, running his eye rapidly over a
page of copy that lay on his desk.
And he inserted word so that the
sentence read: Cain, tbs alleged
murderer of Abel" ctr
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
Very Impressive.

"Ah," said the foreigner, ut is very
impressive to think that any one of
those boys playing out there in the
street may one day be called to the
presidency of your great and glorious
country"
Yes, any Of 'em may be called"
replied the native, "but you can bet
your life mighty few of 'em are likely
to be chosen. Chicago Record Her.
aid.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
CRUSADE TO ExTERMiNATE THE
PESTS STARTED IN ENGLAND.
Damage of More Than $50,ooo,0oo a
Year Caused by Rodents--Spread
Of Epidemics and Plaques
Traced to Vermln.
Copyright by waidon Fawcett.

London.-An effort is to be made at
last to deal with the plague of rats in
England on serious and compre-
hensive basis. A meeting is ITO be held
for this purpose, with the object of
establishing society for the exter-
mination of rats and other vermin, to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
A Literary Failure.
Dancer In SPENDING.

when l sees de headaches some
men acquires while gittin' rid of DER
money" said Uncle Eben, II doesn'
blame some O. desc famous rich folks
fob holdin' on to a dollar so hahd."-
Washington Star.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
The EXPLANATION.

She said she had never been kissed
The sweet little radiant elf!
Then later 1 learned twas because, don't
you know,
She did all the kissing herself!
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06

well get some crullers, some
chocolate cake, buns, strawberry tarts
and ice cream"
What kind of pie shall we have
after?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
What's the matter q
with | D A H 0 1

Thousands of acres of land
been reclaimed to cultivatl
irrigation in that State d
the past 10 years. Thou
more will be reclaimed '
the next 10 years. This I
an opening for many thou
of homes.
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MarY's Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb,
or milk Ii once got full;
Mary tried to catch II and
The wind blew through its wool.
Chicago Daily News.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-04

clerk of the supreme court. This is a case in which judgment had been ren- dered against the applicants in con- demnation action for securing a right of way for a street railway line. The writ was applied for on the ground that the particular property con- demned was not necessary for the pur- poses for which it was condemned.
 since the applicants stood ready to give a right of way on the opposite side of the street. There were other reasons why the applicants believed the court had exceeded its authority in granting judgment of condemnation.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-04
ARIZONA oRANeEs-An adver-

tisement in the St. Joseph News-Press says: 'The famous Arizona naval oranges are now being offered on the local market. They are the sweetest and highest grade oranges grown, and the supply is usually contracted for in advance by eastern buyers. They are fully ripe and sweet No sugar neces- sary."
Arizona republican., 1908-01-04

and MT Orr has been employed as
 harness maker. They lived at the school until about three years ago when they moved to Phoenix residing at 716 North First street. Since nov
 ing to the city Mrs. orr was connected
 with the school as superintendent of
 the outing girls. That is she had
 charge of the Indian girls who left the school for employment in the homes of
 the city and made occasional reports,
 to her Mrs. Orr has suffered for d
 long time of cancer and about a year ago she went east for treatment MT
 Orr and their three children. the eld
 est but eight years of age, were with
 her when the end came. A daughter
 of MT. Orr by a former marriage is
 now a teacher in the Central school in this city.
 ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT Messrs Klotzbach & Frankfurter, of
 the Star livery stable have just added two new black teams to their livery
 stock and have ordered a new hack
 that will be here as soon as it can be shipped. They are now working twen ty-six horses in their stable and doing a good business for a new firm. Speaking of collections yesterday Mrs &lotzbach said they were all right and every man he had bill for paid it on presentation. Of the two teams just secured, one is the black driving team that MT Klotzbach while in the em- plOy of w. c. Greene. bought for B. [ A. Packard in Iowa It is a fine team and was shipped to Arizona especially i for MT Packard's use. But Mir. Klotz-
 bach knew its value and coaxed it
 away from him by the temptation of good American money.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-04


 the supply is usually contracted for in advance by eastern buyers. They are fully ripe and sweet. No sugar neces- sary."
 BAND CONCERT-The Industrial Liberty band under the leadership of Y. Bustos. will give the following pro- gram Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock opposite the court house plaza: March, Happy Heinie" Gampe): Balls, Jar din de Rosas" (Brooks); baritone solo, Love Me and the World Is Mine" CBalD: selection from the musical comedy. "The Prince of Pilsen" Gu- ders); duet (cOrnet and baritOne), "Miserere." from Verdfs I'll 'Trova- tore" CTobanD; Bits of Remick's Hits No. 3 Uampe); march, "The Cohos- sus" (Sweet.
 J. D. STANNARD HOME-J. D. Stannard who has been connected with the reclamation service here for long time. but who has been east since August s, extending his summer va cation over a longer leave of absence on account of private business, return ed home yesterday. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Stannard who has nev- CT been here before. Their three sons are in Colorado. the family home fo. sometime and where MT. Stannard spent a part of the summer and the rest of it in Chicago and other eastern cities. Phoenix will be the family home hereafter.
 DEATH OF MRS. c. E. oRR-A telegram was received here yesterday announcing the death of Mrs. C. F.. Orr in Pomeroy. Ohio. her former home. Mir. Orr and family came here some ten or twelve years ago both MT. and Mrs. Orr being employed at the Indian school. For several years Mrs. Orr was matron of the Indian school
New-York tribune., 1908-04-29
INCREASING THE NAVY.

The decision of Congress to authorize at lhls
session the construction of only two oatuesmps
should not be interpreted as a check 10 the
nations desire to create an adequate h*'ai
establishment. There is no other question Oh
which both political parties have been as near
unit the question of providing SATISFACTORY!
for the national defence Every intelligent
American realizes that our chief reliance III ali
the wars in which we are likely to be engaged
is a powerful navy There is always opposition
to the enlargement of the army, chiefly because
there is no visible field in which an enlarged
army could profitably operate. But every one
can see that navy has its everyday uses IN
times Of peace well as in times OF war belh
ocratic leaders love TO talk of the perls of mill
tarism but they are always careful TO except
the navy in their criticism Of expenditure Tor
military purposes. The Democratic na'iohaI
platform of 1904 demanded the reduction OF
THE army and Of army expenditure 10 point
historically demonstrated to be safe and sur
Observation-Disclosures that may mean But IL dlo
not demand A contraction of the navy.
The American people have abundantly shown
since 1880 that they consider a strong navy
wise national investment No congress could
hope for popular support in a movement 10
lessen our naval efficiency. That the present
Congress has declined TO authorize the Tour
hattleshps asked for by the President must
therefore be attributed not so much TO dlner-
enceS of opinion about the navys actual heeus
as to differences of opinion about the DeSI
method of satisfying those needs. Senator Al
lison probably put the view of the legislative
branch most clearly when he said that 1t would
make little practical difference whether 1on-
gress authorized four battleShips now or Two
now and two more next February. building Is
n slow process and legislative authorization may
antedate by five years the commissioning OF
big battleship Congress holds the purse ana
has an aversion TO unexpected drafts.
The Tribune has felt that President Roosevelt
was justified in urging material increase OF
the navy at this juncture, and we regret 1haI
Congress did not heed his warning and take
notable step toward the creation of new Meet
of 20o0O-ton battleships. But whether four are
authorized now or only two now and two more
each year for series Of years, it Is clear that
the needs of the national defence VIII IN the
end be recognized. The United States must
maintain a high class fleet for its own protec-
ton If il has such fleet ii can dispense with
the services of a large army, so that II Is not
only wisdom but economy TO strengthen the
more necessary arm of the military service.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-29
THE STEEL REPORT

Though the Quarterly earnings of the Unit cd
States Steel Corporation proved slightly larger
than had been predicted in Wall Street the
report confirms what has been generally be-
lieved about the contraction of the steel bust
ness. The net earnings for the quarter ending
March 81 were $IS,229,005, as against S39. 122-
492 for the same quarter of last year and $.G,-
G:;4 4.U for the same quarter of 1906, thus cor
responding roughly with what is known of the
pig iron industry. whose weekly statistics of
production run at about % per cent of the tOl-
mage of year ago. The quarters returns IRE
the third lowest in the corporations history
the only lower quarterly reports being those
Of December 81, 1903. with S15,O31. 1871, and
March 81. 1904. with 13.445.-S1. And the com-
parison with these quarters is rather worse
than it appears on the surface. for the Steel
Corporation now includes the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company, absorbed at the beginning
of the recent panic
The earnings. month by month, indicate slow
recuperation from the business depression
those for January, $5,O52, 743, being only little
better than those for December, in the height
Of the trouble. which SJ,034, ,531. Febr'I-
arys earnings were $5,709,42S, and those Of
March showed considerable advance over the
previous month is usual in the steel busi-
ness. being s., iG6, ,S34. but they were still only
about half last years earnings for March,
orders is also very low. being only 8, 100 343 ns
compared with 4.G24.J5:} on December 81 1907
and s.043,S5S on March 81, 1907. II is below
that Of March 81 1904. with which this quarter
IS best compared, when the untitled tonnage was
4.136,36l. and only the dull summer and fall
quarters O; 1903 and 1904 have a lower recotd
in this regard. If the coming quarter ending
June 30 should show rs great decline in lnl-
filled tonnage below that ending March IL Is
the quarter ending June 80. 1904, did below that
ending March 81, 1904. the corporation would
establish a new low record III its history of ln-
filled orders. But even though this usual ten
dency of the June quarter To show lower toa-
mage Of untitled orders than the March quarter.
should he followed. ii would rot necessarily
mean decline in earnings. Users of steel are now
putting in what the trade calls hand to mouth"
orders, limiting their contracts TO their mnIa-
-diate actual necessities. Under such circ,Im-
stances the corporation may do a considerable
New-York tribune., 1908-04-29
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrorn The Tribune Bureau.l

From Tribune Bureaul
Washington April 2s.-The italian Amoassaooi
and Paroness Mavor des Planches entertained at
dinner tonight in honor of the new Norwegian
Minister and Nine. GUIDE. To meet them were MI
and Mrs William j. Boardman, Mrs HoDson' til'
british counsellor and Lady Isabella Howard, hiIS'
Josephine Patten. Mr. Putnam, MI De lhai' MI
Won Stumrn Prince Kretzuesco. MI anu WI
RacheIler and Professor Ravaiol
The Austrian Ambassador returned 10 "aSii"b
TON TODAY after an absence Of several DAYS sPe"'
in New York He will go to the virginia ho'
snr,nas on Saturday to join Baroness Hengelru'ie'
and their little daughter
NJ Jusserapd the French Ambassador lnaoe a."
address, tonight before the Sons OF the American
Revolution in triennial congress here
The FeIgfan Minister and Baroness Moncheur hau
ss guests at dinner tonight the Brazilian Arnoas
sador and Nine Nahuco. l. A CoroInlIas, the
Greek Minister: Mrs. Nicholas Fish, MrS- heh'y
Nav Mrs Charles s. Bromwell, the hrst spanish
secretary and Sonora de Pastor MI and MIS- Joii
= Wilkins Miss Robson. Sisnor CentarO MI. LN'"
and Francis Janssens-
The dinner guests of the Swiss Minister sIF'
VoaeJ tonight were Senator and Mrs Depe"' MI
and Mrs Pierre I,oriIlard. Mr.. and Mrs. "hIdlH
Fbelps Emo Miss Elizabeth Kean, MISS fauiolhs
and Count Hatzfeidt.
The Peruvian Minister and Sonora oe Faroo eh-
tertained ar dinner tonight.
Mime Van Swinderen, wife OF the loIhicI
Netherlands Minister to the United States, VINO
has been visiting her parents here Tor seVerai
weeks went to New York this afternoon. ana VIII
sail for Europe tomorrow. Mr.. Glover accom-
nanIed his daughter and his little granddaughter
Elizabeth Van Swinderen to New YORK
New-York tribune., 1908-04-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Bishop Greer. assisted by the Rev Dr. leighton
Parks. performed the ceremony yesterday afternoon
the marriage OF Miss Helen Van Cortlandt de
Peyster to Lieutenant Commander George Angus
tus Lung surgeon, L. g. ". in St Bartholomew
Church, which was decorated with spring flowers
and thronged with relatives. friends and aCQuatnt-
anCes the bride and bridegroom. several hundred
Invitations having been issued The bride. who Is
a daughter OF the late Frederic j. de Peyster and
a descendant her mothers side from Lewis
Norris signer of the Declaration OF Independence.
dispensed with the usual retinue OF bridesmaids
and was given away by her brother. Frederic Ash
ton de Peyster. who married Miss AoerCrombie-
Miller a week ago at Lakewood. She was dressed
in white satin, made with a long court train and
trimmed with old point lace, which belonged 10 her
mother and grandmother. Her veil of the same
lace was fastened with orange blossoms, and she
carried a bouquet OF lesOf-the-valley- DR. Philip
Ieech L. S N DR.. Lungs best man, and the
ushers George A. Long, l. 5 n; Lieutenant
Commander Montgomery NJ. Taylor. L. :. N; Dr..
George Rothganger, OF the naval hospital OF New
York: Surgeon Karl Ohnesorg. United States Naval
Hospital; Lieutenant W F. Brucker. L S. n;
Lieutenant Charles h. Belknap, L. S. N; Lieu