Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-21

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The eccentricities of the automobile
ere making the performance known as
1.-The loop of death" an every day occur
ence on public highways.
Londons expectation that America
may eventually supply Europe with
natural gas through conduit along the
bed of the Atlantic is the biggest pipe
dream Of the new century.
The American athletes who won vic
tories in the Olympic games in London
have captured additional honors at field
meets in Dublin and in Paris. 1t is
evident that the United States now has
the lead Of the world in formal outdoor
sports.
It is reassuring to learn from Russia
that the government is enforcing gener-
nj cleanup in fighting the cholera, and is
distributing boiled water free to the
poor. Work of this kind is always eff
fecrive. and if Russia is thorough in
its prosecution the cholera will be
checked
With excavation proceeding at the
rate of more than 100000 cubic yards
a month, the work on the Panama canal
which belongs to the diggers ought to be
done in record time. In the meantime,
the problems of lock construction and
dam building are doubtless receiving at
tention in the order of their Importance
in relation to expedition.
The freight wreck on the Reading
railroad. in Pennsylvania, by which
nineteen steel cars were demolished
might yield a measure of profit for the
future through study as to how the
steel framing withstood the impact.
The steel car is only in its experimental
stage, and examples of this kind may
furnish pointers" as to betterment
A correspondent of the New York Sun
refers to the numerous automobile acct
dents as "motor suicides" Knowing the
danger of bursting tires while going at
high speed, chauffeurs who try to beat
railroad time along the proverbially poor
American roads are taking risks that
warrant the use of the term suicide
when accidents due to irrational speed
are reported.
The origin of the devastating forest
IRE in British Columbia has been traced
10 a blaze among the slashings of a lum-
Der company. The slashings in the pine
regions have been the cause of tremen-
dous loss since numbering operations began
in the West. and their destruction should
be compelled by law in the interest of
safety for settlers and the standing tim
Der which surrounds their homes.
The timber fire in British Columbia
is going out because it has reached
sparsely timbered areas. The loss on
timber is estimated at over q million
dollars. But the chief loss was that of
the lives and homes of settlers and
townspeople, and this is beyond esti-
mate. The calamity has been warning
that win doubtless be needed wherever
brush fires are discovered in the woods
The Milwaukee life-saverS have lie.
ceived life boat having power sufli.
Gent TO drive her at the rate of ten
miles an hour against heavy seas and
a gale. With b5at of this kind housed
at station behind the government
breakwater. Mt Mckinley park, the life
savers will be in a position to undertake
rescue enterprises that would be ex.
tremely hazardous with a life beat pro
PEELED simply by oars.
The report that the exports OF maca
ROM from Italy to the United States are
growing is in harmony with the inflow
Of Italian labor until the depression IL
business set in, last fall. There mus
always be increased supplies of maca
roni wherever Italians locate in mum
bers, and moreover, the American tast,
for the nutritious product is growing
with increasing knowledge as to its pro
per preparation for the table.
A fatal automobile accident in New
York city was due to failure to place
light on a temporary railing for q bridg
approach. THE rail pierced the bod
Of a prominent young attorney and kille
him instantly. Owing to the large mum
Der Of automobiles moving about at CON
paratively high speed, it is now NOR
important than ever that temporary er
Croachments upon roadways during cor
structive operations should be properl
Indicated Mt night