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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
FAST VESSELS.
Development in Fighting and Mer-
chant Shipping Since 1883.

There is a curious contrast between
the way In. which developments in
fighting and merchant shipping are re-
ceived oy the average man. Every
new battleship or cruiser design is
regularly heralded as the 'last word
beyond which the wit of man can no
further go. Even eminent naval Of
ficers and architects declared that the
Nile, built in 1888, marked the climax
of battleship development. while the
advent of the Drake in 1901 was very
wisely held to write "finis' to the ar
mored cruiser. Yet, says the London
Express. we have advanced from the
IL, 900 tons of the Nile to 5000 in the
Dreadnought, and from 14,100 of the
Drake to 1850 in the Inflexible, and
considering the energy with which inn
provements are being sought both at
home and abroad he would be a rash
man who would a that the highest
possible point in size and power has
been reached eve in these leviathans.
with merchant ships and passenger
liners the case is different, though
why it should be no one ear tell. Sue
cessive Atlantic record breakers have
never inspired this belief. They are
recognized, as all creations of science
should be, merely as steps in q prog
ress of which no man can see The end
to which, maybe. there is no end-and
the twenty-five knots of the Maure-
tania and Lusitania are no more re-
garded as the ne plus ultra Of trans
atlantic speed than is the Null Sc
cl1ndIs OF aerial navigation.
What for many years must remain
the goal OF marine architects was laid
down more than twenty years ago by
one of the most prominent ship de-
signers Of the d3y. Sir William Pearce
had lust designed the Umbrla and
Etruria. which shattered all previous
records by crossing the Atlantic at an
average speed of nineteen knots, and
in an address delivered shortly after
to one of the learned societies of Glass
gov he declared that he was ready.
her and there, to produce a vessel
which would accomplish the voyage
at a speed Of forty knots. II. this could
be done 1t would reduce the Lusitania' $
time by 90 per cent.
II is not surprising that Sir william
Pearce's statement was received with
a good deal of seepticism. Even in
these days the realization of such q
feat seems sufficiently far off, and in
1885 twin screws were only Just coming
into prominence, while the turbine, for
marine purposes. at all events. was
unknown The difficulties to be over
come were. therefore. tremendous, and
in order to combine the requisite horse
power with a capacity for paying its
way as an ordinary cargo and passen-
ger ship. il would. said Sir William.
be necessary to give the vessel a length
Of 1909 and d beam of $50 feet-5ust
about twice the dimensions OF the
Lusitania. The cost of such a ship
would have been fabulous.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
PAIN OF SNOW-BLINDNESS.
An Affection Whose Twinges
Are Worse Than T00thache.

blindness is an afhiction little
known through description, though not
very difficult to describe, for here the
strongest adjectives need few qualifica-
tions. The pain does not ollow inn
mediately upon the straining which
seems to be it's cause. After a long
day of haze the traveller finds when he
gets into camp that his eyes are a
little itchy. and that they water II
he comes too neal a fire or any source
of heat. Later they feel as if there
were a trace OF smoke in the tent, then
as II a grain or two of sand had gotten
under the eyelids, and finally as If the
~eye-sockets were lined with sandpaper.
Every movement of the y causes
pain. and then the pains begin to come
without q provoking roll of the eyeball.
At first there is a dull ache, growing
gradually sharper, until towards morn
ing of a ~sleepless night 1t throbs
through the eyes every few seconds,
with twinges comparable to, but not
equaled by, the shooting pains OF
toothache. 1t is the only affection with
the pain of which the ordinary Eskimo
cries out. The severity of the attack
diminishes towards the end of the first
twcnty-four hours; for the larger part
of that time Tho sufferer usually keeps
his tent, moaning and occasionally cry
ing out sharply, lying on his face, with
both hands covering his closed eyes
to keep out the faintest possible light;
on the second or perhaps third DAY he
is able to travel, but is very near
i. ;-i,to1 a,1 rone 11rapyrIhfn0 double In
a week or so. if the weather is hazy
or he has no goggles, the same indi-
vidua1 may have another a~ttack-but
the first attack of the year Is the most
severe. apparently. Every attack
weakens the eyes and prcdisposes to
further attacks. which $50, at least.
the Eskimos believed finally lead TO
total blindness-an amiction rather
common among the Eskimos. Keeping
the eyes from strain and. il possible
focusing them continually on some
dark object (such as a black dog In
ones team. is believed by the natives
to he the chief safeguard. The saine
view is held by many of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police, whose
duties within the arctic and on the
plains OF the Northwest frequently OK
pose them to snow-blindness. Nothing.
perhaps. could mere clearly bring out
the trying nature of the af1iction than
the fact that oae or more suicides
among the policemen on spring duty
In the Northwest are attributed to in
ability to bear the pain of ~snow-blind-
.ress. Occasionally the police employ
the amusing but apparently rather ef-
fective device of painting the nose
black and trying to focus the eyes upon
it. The type Of nose may have some
thing to do with the effectiveness Of
this scheme-Y. Stefanson, in Har-
per's Magazine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
THE JEWISH BADGE.

To the Jews of today it is fairly vel
known thai their ancestors in Europe
were forced to put up with a great deal
OF humiliation. One Of the most in
sulting methods, says the American
Hebrew. was to require the wearing
of a badge that would stamp the wear
er as an 'infidel Jew The wearing
of a badge was made a general order
throughout Christendom in the year
1215, but it must have been REQUIRED in
isolated places before that date.
The most usual form of badge was
that of a ring of distinctive color at
ached to the upper garment. Any one
of Trench-Jewish ancestry well know
that his forebears wore a ring of this
sort. varying in size and in color-now
red, now yellow and white, according to
the whiIns Of municipalities and mon
archs. 1t was generally worn upon
the breast, and at one time 1t was or
dered to be worn likewise upon the
back, so that a Jewe might be known
fore and aft When a Jew was found
without the badge he was fined. Evil
dence of the wearing of this badge is
found as late as 1892 in France. The
forefathers OF the Spanish jew car
~ @ t1iiVN liia wv 6N'C
en- their breast, the women on their
foreheads. The wearing Of the badge
was not SO prevalent in Italy, but the
municipalities almost all required them
The badge was known as the o
from its shape. resembling probably the
ring in France. English Jews should
feel the distinction of having had a
peculiar sort of badge forced upon their
,aooz4orc II Wa= frsf in tho form
of a band~frst white and then yellow,
and later Jews were required to wear
a badge with the shape of the Tables
Of the Law. In Germany yellow
badges were worn, but here the hat
was the chief means of Identification
In Austria and in Poland there are few
Traces of the badge. but in Hungary
Jews wore a badge on their left breast
1T is interesting to know that In Crete
at the present day some of the houses
Of Jews are marked with the 20"
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STEAMSHIPS.

dollars without the jewels! And there
was an auto coat which had cost three
thousand, and an opera wrap made N
Leipsic, of white unborn baby lamb,
lined with ermine, which had cost eight
thousand-with q thousand additional
for a hat to match! Mrs. lands
thought nothing of paying thirty: e
dollars for a lace handkerchief, or
sixty dollars for a pair of spun-silk
hose, or two hundred dollars for a
earl-and-gold- handled parasol trim
med with cascades of chiffon, and
made, like her hats. one for each gown.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
TREND OF PRICES
DOWNWARD, WITH
MUCH UNCERTAINTY
Trading of Moderate Volume
Shown on Decline Which
Affected All Securities.

The market opened a tribe above
yesterdays closing prices and later
showed a tendency to weakness.
During the first hour selling orders
were of moderate volume and the de-
clines generally small, and later prices
pursued a downward curse. Virginia
Iron sold az points off, while Peoples
Gas advanced q of a point.
In the hour of noon, the market indi-
Gated uncertainty. A rally of from Is
to " points followed the declines of tho
first hour. when the market wavered
and went off again. Union Pacific and
some of the specialties weakened. Chi
oago, Great Western Debentures de-
clined 3%, Delaware and Hudson IA.
Corn Products preferred 2 and Pacific
Coast IL. The one was steady at the
end of the first hour.
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CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Wheat today
opened weak because of a decline of
more thar Id at Liverpool. Shorts COW
erd freely at the decline and all of the
carly loss was quickly regained. May
opened u to re lower at 96h to 9634,
sold at 96&@h, and then advanced TO
AZ. May corn opened Is to Is lower
at 60Ps tc SOS, and sold at CHS. May
oats opened a shade to H@Ac lower al
5314 to 53$s and advanced to 5SAs.
May provisions opened steady; pork
unchanged TO 2l6c higher, May, 12,121s
TO 12.15; lard. unchanged to 2kc higher
at 7.6o to 1921, and ribs unchanged to
6.G5.
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ClocknOluSrS OF the GTedb NoflileiH
Railway win make their eleventh pay
ment of s per cent. today on the new
issue of the $50. 900, 900 stock authorized
n year ago.
A report that The dividend on the
Standard Oil Company will be SIS
caused the stock to advance over 20
points, At its present price the stock
has advanced from its October panic
price in value of $780, 00, 900.
Railroad officials say that January
statements will show big improve
ments over the December net earnings,
as we'll as revealing a cut in operating
expenses to warrant better earnings.
A year ego the railroads were short
over 100, DOC ears. Today they have 4
superiuous supply of nearly 1000.
First class bonds easily fad a market
at the present time and blocks do not
reed TO be offered at heavy conoes-
sions. This is a characteristic OF the
present situation in the bond market.
The socalled second-class bonds, how
ever, are much more difficult TO trade
in.
Bank and trust companies In New
York are now offering at public aue-
lions large blocks of securities to he
sold and it is believed that the Morse
Heinze-Thoinas combinations are quiet
ly getting rid of their holdings.
S~tuyvesant Fish is now resortlng tc
afiidavits. He has filed an affidavit or
the allegations Of a Chicago man. 'son-
tending that Hartman owns stock In
the names of others.
An additional receiver in the person
of former Receiver Rhodes, of the Do
troit Southern, was named for the De-
troit, Toledo & Ironton at the instance
of the security holders of hat road
who were not satisfied to let the con
troll of the property rest with the re
ceivers appointed at the suggestion o.
the management.
All discussions concerning the markol
nowadays include consideration q
the political situation, principally.
Reports from Chicago state that thu
Illinois Contra will issue $3,000.0nt
equipment trust notes, but when i
could not be learned.
T. A. Mcintyre & Co. say: 1--WE still
see no reason to expect anything bet
ter than a continuance of the recent
dull and sagging traders market unles,
for moderate turns. Until something
occurs in the political and commercial
situation to revive confidence, the sit
uation will remain about as 1t is at
present"
The largest sale of copper wire made
in some time was made yesterday tc
a manufacturer, who purchased COG, 00t
pounds. Copper is now selling at g
fraction of a cent lower than last week
A petition is being circulated on tn
New York Coffee Exchange to chang
the trade rules. making them provid
for n point difference instead of fv
points, as at present.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
OcEAN.dOING RAILROAD OPEN.

HAVANA. Feb. e.-The steamer
Halifax made the initial trip this after
noon to knights Key, Fla. where II
viii connect with trains on the Key
West extension Of the East Coast Rail-
way. which is now completed as far as
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06

Knights Key. The line is known as
the "ocean-going railroad" for the
reason that on some parts of II the pas
sengers are carried over a viaduct from
which they canont see the land.
The new route shortens the time 20
Havana by several hours:
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END OF RESOLUTIONS.
The Experience Of crusty old DR..
Samuel johnson.

The end Of the good resolutlons made
on January / usually sets in about this
time. Just as wei. perhaps. for at The
best they are frozen and inhuman
devices to attain uprightness 1t smay
be the third week in January; it may
be February; but they are pretty sure
to go by the .toard at last. A very
iife-like docum mt is the diary Of the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, Feb. 6.--American Securi-
ties opened dull today. Prices were ir-
regular. ranging from y below to Il
above yesterdays New York closing.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Following are the quotations of the
days prices. as furnished through
Byrne & Mcdonnell, members of The
New York Stock Exchange:
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NEWS AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS,

General Manager Fish. of the Cen
eral Electric Company, announces that
their extensive works at Lynn, Mass,
win be put in full operation today.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06

Stockholders of the Great Northern
Railway will make their eleventh pay
ment of 5 per cent. today or the new
issue of the $50. 900, 900 stock authorized
n year ago.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06

A report that the dividend on the
Standard Oil Company will be SIS
caused the stock to advance over 30
points, At its present price the stock
has advanced from its October panic
price in value of $3.50. 600. 900.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-06

Railroad officials say that January
statements will show big improve
ments over the December net earnings,
as we'll as revealing q cut in operating
expenses to warrant better earnings.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-07-16

There is an abundance of granite
suitable for building purposes, ant
quaries of marble, as well as gold
and copper mines, all wait the in
coming of the railroad for develop
ment. The towns of Wallowa, En-
terprise and Joseph, all on the line
of the railroad will become centers
of industry and population of i'm
portance to the state.
Wallowa lake is one of the most
beautiful spots in Oregon, situated in
a depression in the mountains, pos.
sibly in a crater, about a mile wide
and four and a half miles long, filled
with water from the melting SHOWS
upon the mountains towering above
it. Not many years hence it's shores
Will surely be crowded with. hotels
and summer cottages and it will be
one of the play grounds of the state
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-07-16
WiLLOWA'S PRAISES
SUNG BY LOWELL
NOTED PENDLETON MAN TELLS
OF HIS TRIP INTO THIS
VALLEY.

From the Pendleton East Oregonian
Judge Stephen A. Lowell and wife
returned this morning from Wallowa
lake where Mr.. Lowell delivered the
Fourth of July address.
They report very successful oc.
casion, the three days celebration
having attracted large crowds of peo
pie about the lake for a few days
outing before the beginning of har,
vest, the crowd being estimated a
from 2500 to 1000. The exercises
closed with religious exercises on
Sunday at the camp at the head OF
the lake.
MIR. Lowell states that the railroad
from Elgin to Joseph is substantially
graded and that the trains will be
running to Wallowa city early in the
fall, and probably will reach Joseph
the terminus of the road, by the first
of the year..
Long Dream Coming True.
If such shall prove true the long
years of waiting on the part Of the
people of that county will be re
warded. 1t is a region of grea,
fertility, with an abundance of water
for irrigating purposes, and vast
areas of wheat land not yet touched
by the plow. The conditions are ideal
for dairying and the raising of live
stock of every character, and Wal
Iowa county will probably contribute
full measure of the cattle, hogs and
sheep to be utilized by the great
packing houses now being COM
pleted in Portland. With the incom
ing of the railroad the era of small
farms will be opened, because there
by the productions can reach market
and men will be encouraged to cult
vate and produce a great many
things that are not now profitable
because of te difficulties of trans
portation.
PROBABLY no county in the state Is,
more generally prosperous or con,
tains a more intelligent, progressive
and contented people than that, but
it is of course sparsely settled be
cause of the lack of transportation
facilities. When this difficulty is
cured, great numbers of people will
establish homes in the county and
develop the great natural resources.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-07-16
WEDDING BELLS.

Miss Nellie G. Daggett and Mr.
l.. E. Shinn were united in marriage
in a pretty home wedding, Sunday
July 5, at high noon, at the home o.
the brides parents, Mr.. land Mrs. S
t. Daggett of Alder Slope. The Ger
emony was performed by Rev. A. l.
Howarth Of Joseph. in the presence
of the immediate relatives. The
bride is a beautiful girl and was very
pretty in gown of white silk. A
fine wedding dinner was served
Many presents testified the esteem,
In which the couple is held, and q
serenade party in the evening
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LODGE DIRECTORY.

|. o. O.F.-Enterprise Lodge, No. 153.
Emerald Rebekah Lodge, No. 1l9.
X. of P.-Enterprise Lodge, No. u.
Juanita Temple, No. 7, Pythian
Sisters.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chapter No. 30, Royal
Arch Mas0ns, meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month in Masonic
Hall. All visiting Royal Arch Ma.
sons welcomed.
j. B. OLMsTED, High Priest,
ID. w. SHEAHAN. secretary.
Wallowa Lodge, No. 50, A. F. &
A. NJ, meets second and fourth Sat
urdays of each month I'm Masonic
Hail. Visiting Masons welcomed.
c. H. ZURcHER, W. NJ
W. c. BoATMAN. Secretary.
Wallowa Valley Chapter, No. 80,
o. &. s., meets first and third Satur-
days of each month, in Masonic
all. Visiting Stars are always wei.
come.
OLIVE LOCKWOOD, w. NJ.
DANIEL BOYD, Sec.
M. W. A.-Eagle Camp, No. 10ig7, NJ. w. A.
Meets First and Third Thursdays in
each month in new Fraternal hall
Visiting Neighbors Always welcome
j. G. RENNIE, Consul
T. M, DILL, CLERK.
Aneroid Camp No. 35i2, r. N. of A.
w. o. W.-Enterprise Camp, No. 535, W. of W.
Almota Circle, No 27S, w. of W.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-07-16
POPULAR PLAN TO
BUILD RAILROAD
FARMERS WILL THROW UP
GRADE FOR WALLA WALLA-
ELECTRIC.

Walla Walla, July 11-If the plans
now being discussed and formulated
by prominent citizens of the county
are successfully carried oIt Walla
Walla will be connected with Wallula
and the Columbia river by an electric
car line by next spring. This is a
statement made by one of the lead
ers in the enterprise. At a recent
meeting of the Farmers Co operative
union the feasibility of building this
road was discussed and plans ad.
vanced for its completion
1t is proposed by those in charge
of the project to secure the services
of several hundred farmers and their
teams next winter when the harvest
has been completed and fail seeding
finished, to grade the line from here
to Wallula.
This was informally placed before
the farmers meeting at its last ses.
sion and met with no little favor
AS compensation for this work the
farmers will take stock in the com.
pany to be organized.
Few hindrances could be placed in
the way of these plans as right of
way and franchise have already been
secured for this purpose. All that
now remains is simply the selection
Of grades and the best route over
streams before the actual work grad
ing the road could be commenced
Rails would be laid from Wallula this
way and ties and materials could be
shipped in as the line is laid. 1t is
estimated that the grading and lay.
ing of the track can be accomplished
in three months.
Wealthy Men In Company.
The company would be composed
OF the wealthiest men in the county
who could place sufficient capital be-
hind the scheme to successfully carry
it out. Power may be secured from
some company manufacturing 1t as
~ 80 NS"pti vi IL INC HcW COTpOTdLlOl
would have means to finance the
building of an adequate power plant
The benefits to be derived from
this enterprise can readily be seen
With direct line from the Garden
City to the river and the steamboats,
now in contemplation of building
shipments of grain and fruit could
De made direct to Portland without
an additional bill of lading. Shipping
rates would probably be reduced ma.
terially and the difficulties which are
yearly becoming more pronounced in
regard to transportation of crops will
be largely alleviated.
AT present no definite plan of ac.
tion has been marked out but the
promoters of the enterprise claim
there is little doubt of its eventual
success. A joint Meeting of farm.
ers and men interested in the pro
Ject will probably be held within the
next few days when some final steps
are to be taken regarding the mat.
ter.
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young folk. Another serenade party
showed their popularity among the
from Alder greeted them Saturday
night. The groom is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. K. a. Shinn, pioneer residents OF
this valley. Joe" and his bride lefl
Monday for Whitman county, Wash.
on a combined business and pleasure
trip. Among the guests at the wed.
ding was the groom's aunt, Mrs
Sarah Fleming of Marion county. n
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Good Progress On
Grade OF Railroad
Patterson Has Mile and One-FourtE
mpleted.-Mitchell Working
Two Gangs.

Contractor ]. e. Patterson has com
pleted one and one-fourth miles o
grade of the two and three-fourths
he has to do west of Enterprise. BY
the end of this week he will have
over a score of teams and nearly DO
men at work. Thre e-fourths of 6
nile of grading is done west of the
road that runs south from the coun
ty bridge, and a half mile of grade
Is completed east of that road. Only
month has elapsed of the three he
has in which to complete his con
tract. Engineer Isaacs was up from
Wallowa this week, stalking out more
work.
j. M. Mitchell, who has the con
tract for four miles of grade between
Lostine and Wallowa, and the Gu
and fill in Sam Wades field, is work.
ing two gangs and rushing the work
at great speed.
If reports received in Enterprise
are correct, the grading will be done
none too soon. 1t is stated the
track layers coming up the canyon
have nearly reached the fish hatch
cry. If that is so, the bridge will DC
reached by Saturday, the day stated
by Engineer Brandon at La Grande
last week.
Another car load of workmen went
through Elgin Monday on their way
to the front.
Preaching services at the Metho-