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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15
TARGET PRACTICE cosrs MUCH
Modern Sea Coast Guns Take Bio
Money to Fire Them.

A single big gun Of the many now
being put in place for the protection
Of seacoasts costs a large sum Some
interesting figures on this subject NAV
be quoted on the authority Of an ord.
nance expert az Washington. saws Che
Philadelphia Record.
A l2inch breech-loading rife with
It's disappearing carriage, costs sf4l,
goo; a ten-inch breech-loader. 500 $50.
and an eight-inch, $4,000 The figures
show that modern high.powered guns
cost great sums. and the cost Of firing
them is proportionately large.
The report Of experts who have II.
spected these guns and the devices
for securing an accurate aim shows
that great saving Is effected by mod.
ern range-fring and posltion-hnding
devices.
The demoralizing effect OF Ma
az compared to miss cannot II Il
said. be reduced to a money value
but y costs big money to shoot a
big gun and then miss the mark. For
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15
Type~ritsr.Tsissrsph. ph.

patches the receiving instrument can
oe attached to linotype and the
words set into type BY the same
manipulation which flashes them over
the Fes.
ID many respects the machine is
not new, says Popular Mechanics. In
tne United States patent ONCE are
records which show that over 400 pat
ents have been issued to cover similar
machines. Many Of these have proved
successful under ideal conditions, but
none has as yet succeeded In dlspIac-
ing the Morse instrument Only four
of these machines have been thus far
completed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

te Internal a
carries
e gee character Be- h IS
~ depressed and instantly
. cT passes over the
ihe elltel magnets tha -
eslsils instrument grasp ths letter
Nla -n1 nFplre Il to the proper
leiaL 4aa working 1f the instrument
Y instantaneous and tile speed of s
iAs- typewriter operator can be main
tanned
p STRENGTHENING tie electric waves
p tAai tney VIII actuate a magnet ft
Is GAINED that experiments have
proved ne Instrument adaptable for
wireless telegraphy 1T Is likewise
GAINED tnat IN sending press dis
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

new construction Modern methods
Of using building paper, cement. better
mortar and better plaster are working
wonders IN the comfort OF such little
houses. II IL Just az cheap to use these
materials as to build a house in the
old-faahioned way. In fact IN some
instances a saving OF money and labor
may be effected while improving The
building,
The specifications provide for good
mortar that Is 10 be gagged with 81.
ment when used below grade line
and beam filling between and along.
Size Of all iolats on the top Of the wall
BY fstlng brick closely underneath
the floor. It is also provided that the
cellar bottom shall be leveled on and
paved with brick There Is q slop sink
and catch basin provided. the Same e.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

As red lights can be noticed any
uine during the day or night a little
device constructed as shown in the
sketch, to place in connection with the
bell circuit will make fine arrange
ment for those that do not have good
hearing.
The front view Of the device Is
shown IN Fig. !, and the end view Fig
=. In this instance three drops are
needed-for the front door, hall door
Hnd the side entrance. As the rooms
have electric lights, the lights in each
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15
ELE
N
wRlTINe ovER TIE wIRr
Z ypeMFiter Telegraph Instrument a..
vented BY q Californian.

a Californian has invented a TYNE
writer telegraph instrument designes
e take the place OF the ordira~v
Aiofse instrument. on which messare
can be received and sent by sny par.
son who knows the English aiphabgf
Only little larger than an ordinaFv
typewriter, provided with a keyboard
quite similar. and operated " len
ucaily the same way, the machine IL
expected to print letters, numerals and
punctuation marks in plain English
Ihe depression of any key 81 ne
board causes wheel 70 reyolve and
at the same instant the correspond.
Ing letter or figure Oh the kew Il
printed automatically at the receiving
station without the necessity Of a re-
ceiving operator. The same instru-
ment is used for both sending and Re-
On the outer rim OF a revolving
wheel o. aluminium are placed All the
letters Of the alphabet, the numerals
and the punctuation marks This
@heei is controlled by three sets of
lhe nrst regulates the start
ng and stopping OF the wheel the
iecond brings the characters on the
8heel ~ contact with the paper al the
proper time, and the third operates 4
autch which causes the lettercarry-
ng rim to revolve 10 begin operat- |
ng, the starting key Is released
ghich causes the receiving wheel to
evolve once, setting itself at zero. /
y this point the letter-carrying wheel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

The agricultural college. Tokyo. re.
Gently announced that It had dis.
covered a method Of making pulp from
bamboo grass, sasa. for which the
highest results are claimed. The bam.
boo grass is very common in Japan
ana has been put to little use. It Is
proposed to teach the method to the
japanese farmers. and. as It IS hoped
that pulp will be produced cheaply by
Il, both the farmer and the consumer
should benefit The matter Is still up.
DER Investigation. aud 40 details are
obtalnabla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

chine, which has speed Of i50 con.
facts a minute. the mule is made to
wag its ears and taft and 70 through
many other movements as darkev
approaches and tickles him. fnishIne
the display by kicking the darkey ave,
backwards. -
AS less than half the lamps ara
burning At the same time the cost n
operation u moderate. The aasber-
for some figures are very expensive
and for others nominal. The kletIns
mule flasher would cost about s1as
and the Tapping eagle SO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

i was the next morning aad Mr.
Jagway was penltent.
This is positively the last time. M
dear. he said to his wife. II had boen
reading about the exhaustion OF ne
timber supply and I wanted 10 10 on
one more bat before It was an gone {
Chicago Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Noted Anarchist tIn midst Of VIC.
lent harangue) ~ We come to dis
country to better our conditions ma
vat do dey oifer US de very irst dingY
Vat, / say7
Voice tin the rear OF the halD--
soap.-New York Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

How the dickens Is It that no one
got drunk at your village festival? y
On, the mayor Is the slyest dogs
He ordered that the local beer should
oe named 'sankt chrysoatomusbler
and after the third glass no one can
call Tor more bcause he cant pro.
nounce IL them" Transatlantic
Tales.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

me ceuaterfeiter faced the court
Your honor" he said. It Is true
taat made fsW coins but con.
ience lmpelled me to do 30.
state your meaning clearly, said
fHa court
had been shocked BY the absence
q tle motto" continued the prisoners
ala VIII observe that ll appears on
every one of my manufacture
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15
PaternaI Care

No said the girls father imDa,
tiently you and Fred can't have tbe
automobile to eIope in"
Now, papa, replied the GIRL. do be-
reasonable"
Y am reasonable" reioined the Old
man. Dye think I'd trust Fred With
that machineg Maybe you forget rs
brand new
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Waiter-Yery sorry sab. but va
haven't any veal Veal is mighty
scarce dis time o year an We haven't
aaa no veal Ter week. Can
bring you anything else, sahg
Guest thastily)-Yes, double order
Of chicken salad.-New York Weekly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

TOT larger and more expensive houses
Another feature never seen ia cheap
houses until lately is the cement
Rainscoting in the kitchen. The use
@ cement for this purpose 1as many
advantages. It Is dry. rat proof. and Il
mas good, smooth, hard surface that
may pc stained or painted any desired
color.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

i Is interesting to notice that fewer
new works Of fiction were issued last
year than In the year before. The
modest total OF 2.lOs In 1906 fell to
Lsez IN 1907 Theology. however.
went up considerably and one NAV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Clergyman-Yon can, however. com.
fort yourself with the thought that
you made your husband happy while
he lived.
Widow-Yes, indeedl Dear jack
was In heaven until he died. Judge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Oars one thing l likes about o..
Satan" "
AN what's dat?"
Well. wen he roastz a sinner dars
no one kin complain dat be AIM wen
donel'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Ar. spo0namores don't you think
4 Aian 2ob seconds IN duration is
treat deal too long to be agreeabIe?s
well that depends entirely on the
desifablllly of the klssee,7
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

"Mr. Jonesby never Interrupts ono.
and he IS best listener ever aAas !.
NO wonder; he's been married
three tmes."r-Daltimore Americas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

Ing to Its inventor, will locate free
metals at almost any depth, map out
the course and width Of the vein and
ascertain its exact position below the
surface
the metal box to the right of the n.
lustration contains apparatus for pro.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15
AIDS pRosPEcroRs.
Locate Ore Veins by Wireless Electric
Waves-Maps Out Course.

One OF the latest ore-prospecting
devices placed before the public is an
electrical instrument, which, accord.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

There are 100000 telephone e,rIn
IN the world. The duties Of 6.7ss. ga
consist IN telling you that the lipe q
busy.--Loulsville Courisr-Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-15

vvIu FIIH HcfrIeerator.
4 Well-dfessed young man appeared
u secondhand store the other morn.
The southern sentinel., 1908-01-17

Twenty residence lots in south
side of town, known as Swanson
mill site.. Prices cheap, pay
ments easy. See
w. F. COOPER.
The southern sentinel., 1908-01-17

cWOTu W give tuc SdIlC duu iui'
partial test and examination OF
the subject required to enter each
institution to each applicant and
file all papers graded in the office
of the Parish Superintendent,
there to remain for six months;
and provided further that female
applicants shall have the prefer
ence over male applicants to the
State Normal and the Louisiana
Industrial Institute at Ruston and
Lafayette.
Be it further ordained, etc. that
5000 or as much thereof as maybe
necessary, shall be appropriated
to defray the expenses of each
beneficiary cadet delegated to each
institution and paid by the Parish
Treasurer on the order of the
President of the Police Jury in
partial payments and at such time
Us needed for the maintenance
and support of each cadet during
each session; provided said Pres
ident shall have the right to re-
uuire a written statement from
each cadet of all expenses for
maintenance and support during
each session.
Be it further ordained, etc. that
this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION
After considerable discussion,
a motion was made by Mr.. Brew
ton to defer the matter until the
April session, which was carried.
On motion the body adjourned
until Saturday, January IL.
Winfield, La, Jan. IL. 1908.
The police jury of the parish of
Winn, met pursuant to adjourn
ment, all members present except
wards l and s.
On motion of Mr.. Brewton,
That the president of the police
jury notify the chairman of COM
mIttee appointed to superintend
the working of the Jail hands not
to work hands on public road
until further orders. Adopted.
The minutes of the previous
days session were read, corrected
and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Smith, That
the police jury promulgate the
special elections that have been
held since the last meeting.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Williams.
Be it resolved by the police jury
of Winn Parish, La, in regular
session convened,
That that portion of article
46 of the road laws, relating
to the advertisements for the
letting of bridges, be amended
so As to read as follows: "All
bridges built by contract by the
parish shall be advertised for ten
days and let to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder
BE it further resolved, etc..
that all laws or parts of laws in
conflict herewith be and the same
are hereby repealed.
A vote being taken, the above
ordinance was unanimously
adopted.
CLAIMS COMMITTEE REPORT.
We, your committee on claims,
beg leave to report as follows:
That we have car efully exam
ined and approved claims amount
ing to $4,0S8.O3.
w. N. DUNN.
j. L. PORTER.
T. B. PUCKETT.
j. M. WEBB.
A. j. FRANKS.
Chairman absent.
On motion report was adopted.
On motion body adjourned
until 1st Monday in April.
j. M. WEBB,
". w. HILBURN, President.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10

had contended that the fifth Duke Of
Portland had lived dual life, marry
ing under the name Of Thomas G..
bruce and conducting store in Baker
street with which his home was con-
nected by a secret tunnel. 1t was as-
serted that when he tired Of this dual
life. the duke had n mock funeral over
the supposed remains of bruce, but
that only sheets of lead were put In
the coffin, to which statement Cald-
well, who knew the duke Intimately,
testified in the recent trial. The claim
ant will continue the suit, however, as
he holds that 1t must be proved that
the body in the coffin Is that Of Thorn.
as bruce.
Editor Harden Convicted.
The fighting Berlin editor of Zu-
kunft, Harden, who exposed the court
scandals, has been found guilty Of
libeling Count Won Moltke and sen.
fenced to four months in prison. He
appeals to the supreme court.
Jail For Ex-Doumaists.
All uul Two Ol tue LOB IOrWeE mem
bers of the first Russian douma who
had signed the. Yiborg manifesto. urg
ing the people to oppose autocracy
We're convicted of reasonable action
in the trial which ended Dec. 81 and
were sentenced to the loss Of their pc
litical rights and three months impris
onment. Thus some of the foremost
men in the constitutional movement
are Withdrawn from active politics.
Curzon Among the Lords.
Lord Curzon has agreed to be named
for the vacancy in the house Of lords
caused by the death of Lord Kl,maine
He will thus re-enter politics as a rep
resentative Irish peer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10

nest Mills to succeed w d. Haywood
as secretary and treasurer. and it Is
reported that Haywood retires in order
to go on six months lecture tour OF
the country In the interest Of unionism
and socialism.
New Works. Rent Crusade.
The organized movement among the
tenement jewellers Of the lower east
side of New York city to force from
landlords a lower scale of rents has
taken on mammoth proportions, the
estimated number of participants vary
ing from 10000 to 10000. Local So
cialists IRE prominent in the leader
ship, and many meetings have been
held, several gatherings In the open
air being broken up by the police.
Many of the landlords already are
scared, and some have made reduc
lions.
Lake shipbuiIders Resume.
The American Shipbuilding company
has made known Its determination to
resume operations In nearly all Of it's
plants on the great lakes during jan
uary, necessitating the unemployment
Of 10000 men. Other Cleveland indus
tries are said to be about to reopen,
the Sherwin-Wiiliams company hav-
ing sent out $50 travelling statesmen.
No Railroad Strike at Present.
The executive committee of the Or
der Of Railway Conductors and the
., ~ Do f,,v nj
Chicago has determined to hold iii
allegiance the demand for an increase
In wages and improved working condi-
lions upon sixty-fiye railway compa-
niles east Of the Mississippi. The vote
Of the men asked that the same rate
Of wages and the working conditions
adopted for the western lines year
ago be put into effect upon the eastern
lines, but because of the financial
furry and the condition Of the freight
traffic the committee deemed 1t un-
wise to carry on negotiations with the
general managers of the railroads at
this time. The original proposition was
to strike and attempt to tie up the
sixty-five railroads should the demands
be refused.
Unemployed conssst New York.
With 125, 600 persons out of employ.
ment in New York city, the Central
Federated union has directed its ex
ecutiyes committee to formulate plan
for governmental relief. The bread
lines ut the various institutions where
food is given out are said to be double
their usual length and In some cases
the longest on record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Assailins Sea Traffic Pool.

AssaiIins Sea Traffic Pool.
Before the interstate commerce com
mission Dec. 81 the Cosmopolitan
Shipping company, through Peter
Wright & Sons of Philadelphia, gents,
filed a reply to the demurrer of the
big ocean lines comprising the Baltic
pool. The pool is charged with dictat-
ing rates and lines to different COM
munities, giving rebates and otherwise
conspiring to create monopoly in re-
straint Of trade. The defendants de-
murrer had held that the commission
had no jurisdiction over traffic between
points in the United States and in 9th
er countries, or vice versa. The Cos
Imopolitan replies that if these prac-
tees are allowed to go on the trunk
line rates will be completely upset and
asks the commission to investigate
No Defense For Pettibone.
After the trial of George A. Petit
bone at Boise, Ida. for completely in
The Steunenberg murder had been adj
journed one day on account of the ex-
tASlAS AAACoo VI LIZ dGlGAudul luSk lih-
Ing Of evidence came to sudden and
unexpected end Dec. 81 when Judge
D. n. Hilton, counsel for the defense
In place of barrow, who retired on ac-
count of illness, proposed that the case
be submitted to the jury without argu-
ment. The state asked for the courts
instructions.
Oklahoma Destroys Beer.
The sewers and cutters of Oklahoma
were flushed with newly brewed beer
when the branch of the Anheuser-
Busch company poured into the street
2,3OO barrels of the foaming beverage,
as it had not matured enough to be
salable before the new prohibition law
went into effect. Hundreds of persons
scooped the beer from the cutters and
carried it away in all sorts of recepta.
cles. while some lay upon the side
walks and drank from the rushing tor
rent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10
photo, Sent BY Wireless.

Pascal Berjonneau, an inventor, re-
Gently exhibited before the postmaster
general at Paris new geography
apparatus which Gun be adapted to the
wireless system or to the ordinary tele-
graph wire system. He transmitted
the. picture of the postmaster general
without the aid of wires from one end
OF the hall to the other. The inventor
claims that distance does not interfere
with the effectiveness Of his method.
Photographs, he says, can be sent by 1t
between New York and Paris.
Meningitis Cure Verified.
The numerous favorable reports con.
corning the cure for cerebro-spinal
meningitis discovered by DR.. Simon
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10

1.-THE Needs of Our Navy the publ
cation Of which was coincident with
the controversy between Admiral
Brownson and Surgeon General Rixey,
makes number of startling .disclo-
sures. First he asserts that of all our
battleships mot one shows its main
armor belt six inches above the water
when fully equipped and ready for
sea-" He attributes this to the failure
to allow for the full weight of the yes
sci in actual service, as on the trial
trips the armor belt extended from
twelve to thirty inches above the wa
ter. He says that no other nation of
the world has ever made this funda-
mental mistake the French having q
continuous armor belt from five to
eight feet above the water and the
British many feet, the belt of the
Dreadnought being eight feet below
the water and five feet above. In
spite of this, five American BATTLE
ships are now building and not one CT
them with its main belt above the wa
ter line, three being too far along to
change.
The second radical defect noted by
| Reuterdahl is the lowness of Ameri-
can ships. All modern battleships i'll
foreign navies have forward turrets
! from twenty two to twenty eight feet
1 above the water. Whereas the latest
American ships have their bows but
eleven to twenty feet out of the water,
the Dreadnought's forward turrets are
tweny eight feet high. The result is
shipped into the forward turrets, so
that one-third Of the guns would be
rendered useless in battle
The third radical defect mentioned
Is the. open vertical shaft for passing
ammunition from the magazines UP to
the turrets, and numerous accidents in
recent years are referred to to illus
trate the danger from exploding shells
In the turrets. Reuterdahl says that
for ten years seagoing officers have
protested against this design, but with
out avail.
In addition to all this, the aggregate
shows that the navy is hopelessly
short of up to date torpedoes and de-
stroyers and that. the commanding Of
ficers are past their prime because OF
the prevailing system of taking rank
by seniority in service, while there
have not been ten days of actual battle
drill in nine years. The explanation
Offered for this deplorable state of af
fairs is not that any one person is re
sponsible, but that the bureau system
of the navy department. has brought
these conditions about. These bureaus
feel compelled to defend the policies
which they have initiated, and as
they are the final sources of technica
authority the difficulty is thought tt
be apparent.
II Reuterdahl also charges that the bu
! reaus have studiously repealed all ad
. lyances of American inventors by in
1sisting upon their own specifications
for all work done. AS to the remedy
The proposes that there shall be boarl
, representing the views of actual sea
. Igoing men as expert advisers 'behint
the civilian secretary of the navy
but which Is to have no part in the
Execution of naval plans.
4 ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-10
scIEN TIFIc
Ask orientaIist to Explain.

Ask orisntalist to Explain.
The American Society of Biblical Lit
erature and Exegesis at its recent
meeting in Philadelphia passed a reso
luton calling upon Professor Herman
v. Hilprecht, professor at the uni
versity, to make a public reply to the
charges laid against him Of taking in
connection with some ancient tablets
which he claimed to have dug up al
Nippur 1t is charged that these tab
lets, which are now IN the museum OF
the University of Pennsylvania, IN
stead of having been dug up by thu
professor, had been bought by him IN
various cities Of the orient and thai
most Of them had never been near
Nippur. 1t is also declared that the
tablets were in the hands Of dealers
some years prior to Or. Hilprecht's al
legged discoveries.