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Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

possible The tests of various dynamites and powders used in blasting coal are being made in mammoth boiler plate cylinder which has pre- viously been filled with gas or coal dist. The cyl inder is 100 feet long and six feet in diameter Safety valves have been placed all along the top and left unfastened in such a manner that whenever there is explosion the valves fly open on their hinges. series of portholes on the side, covered with one-haf inch glass enables those conducting the experiments to witness the results from observation house 60 feet away. An explosive mixture of fire damp and air or coal dust and air, is pumped into the cylinder and the explosive which is to be tested is shot into it from end of the cylinder so that the flame goes right into the fire damp coal dust. Natural gas is used at this station for fire damp because it corresponds very closely to this deadly gas, The cannon in which the explosives placed is fired by electricity from the observation house which is parallel with the cylinder itself.
 These investigations are expected to accom- plish double purpose; not only reduction in the number of men killed in the mines, but also a saving of the waste in minipg coal. The use
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
WESTERN CANADa'S SPLENDID
 CROP YIELD FOR ISOO.
AMERICANS PROFITED LARGELY AND SEND BACK SATiSFAC-
 TORY REPORTS.

The census branch of the Depart. ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, has completed it's returns of the show ing of Western Canada's grain yield for 1908, and the reports make very interesting reading. In the three prov inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, which comprise what may be known as Central Canada, there was a total wheat yield of about 107 00O, 900 bushels, worth to the farmer about SS5. 900; in addition to this the oat, barley and flax crops were worth an other $35,000,000. Letters have been received. from many of the settlers from the United States From these, that of Rev. Oscar l.. King has been selected He lives in the vicinity of Edmonton, Alberta, and what he says will be of interest to those who con. template moving to Central Canada Every line of the letter is interesting. Those who wish for the particulars as to how to secure homesteads and pre-. emptions should write any Canadian Government agent. Mr. King says:
 "Mr. M. V. McInnnes, Detroit, Mich igan: 1 am well satisfied with Al berta This country offers excellent opportunities for anyone to make a good home for himself and family if he is willing to put up with a few hard knocks for the first two or three years. But it is worth few hard fo fo,, oF ,;oIo productive land with no mortgage on it. This province is well fitted for grains, stock raising and dairying. We have found the climate generally healthful, more healthful than Mich igan, and although the thermometer sometimes drops to 40 degrees below zero in winter, yet we do not seem to feel that temperature any more than we did 5 or 10 degrees below zero in Michigan We like the winters.
 The Government takes great inter. est in the education of the people and quickly aids the settlers in establish ing schools where they are called for The schools, though graded differently than those in the States, are efficient and advancing. Our great drawback has been the limited and inadequate railway facilities, but new roads are being rapidly built and many more are projected through various parts of the province. The new policy of the Alberta government to construct a great many branch lines throughout the province will greatly help all parts of the country. If those new settlers who have to go back a considerable distance from existing railroads and towns to find free homesteads will but locate along the line of a project ed railroad they will in two or three years be near both town and railroad When I first came to this country three and a half years ago the home stead l took was 75 miles from a rail. road town now there is a railroad 25 miles north another 25 miles south and a third is being built through my neighborhood.
 q think the prairie country or coun try that is partly prairie offers much better opportunities than the hilly DOrtiOnS"
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

and miners themselves to form such organizations. Invitations have been issued to operators through out the country to send picked men to the experi- ment station. where they may watch the govern ment rescuers at work and later go through the same training themselves, in order that they may gain the necessary confidence in the use of these helmets. Already a number of the large mining companies have taken advantage of this invitation and organizing rescue corps at their mines, fully equipped with oxygen helmets.
 In 1907 more than 3125 men were killed in the coal mines of the country-a death rate of 4.S6 for every 1000 men employed This is from three to four times as many men per thousand are killed in any coal-producing country of Europe, where experimental stations such as the one in Pittsburg have been in operation for several years.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

been in operation at Pittsburg, Pa, with the pur- pose of discovering the causes of mine disasters and suggesting a remedy.
 Along with establishment of this station and the agitation which preceded the necessary legis- lation there has been a falling off in the number of deaths in the coal mines the year 1908, and while the official figures have not yet been ob- tained it is stated that the number of deaths will be several hundred less than in 1907 which was an unusual year In December 1907, four
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Down the Old Road.

The big autumn moon rolled up above the frosty pines.
 You like to go out driying?' he said after a long silence
 Yes" she answered, nesting clos CT to him.
 And you always like to go with 8 young man who knows how to handle the ribbons?"
 Well, er-sometimes l like to go with a young man who knows how to drop them"
 And after that the old horse logged along unguided
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Noted Woman Press Agent.

Mrs. Charles Neave is the latest English woman of birth and education to go into business. She has become a press agent, and it is said by her friends that some of the best singers at Covent Garden, London, are large ly indebted to her for their success this season. Mrs. Weave is the daugh- ter of a man of title and the widow of an army officer
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

Pills, which he said had made bad back well, enabled him to sleep bet ter nights and feel more fit for work The treatment also cleared up the urine. On January ,, 1909, Judge Law confirmed his previous testimony. T have recommended this remedy to many people since I first used it." said he.
 Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N. Y.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Teacher of Phvsioloov.

Now We will dissect this odd little animal. But first, Jimmy Phalig, will you tell me what we have here?" Jimmy Faith, and it's called a bat, sir" Teacher-"Very well. Now, how many kinds of bats are there?" Jimny-"There are foive. The black bat, the red bat, the acrobat, the base ball bat and the brickbat. sir"
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

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operators have watched the rescue drill through the large glass windows which separate the auditorium from the gas filled chamber. Although there has been but little opportunity so far for the rescue corps to demonstrate it's eff fciency at the mines, still it has done some good work
 Once the helmeted men while fight ing a mine fire succeeded in bringing an unconsciousma to a place of safety, where he was given oxygen treatment and recovered his senses in a short time.
 It is not the intention of the United States government to furnish rescue corps whenever there is a disaster The present corps was organized with the idea of encouraging the mine owners
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
he Human Eve.

A marvelousjy constructed instru- ment, delicate in the extreme re- spending to the slightest influence. What a crime against nature 10 drIg the eys. Everyday eye troubles a"e speedily cured by applying externally Dr. Mitchell pure. harmless soothing Eye Salve % ceuts Ast the druggist
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

N ITS effort to stop the appalling loss of life in the coal mines of the country, the United States government is meeting with much success. For several months an experiment station,
 under the direction of the tech nologic branch of the United States geological survey, has
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Sorry He Spoke.

My dear" said a thin little man to his wife, this paper says that there is g woman who goes out and chops wood with her husband
 Well, what of it? I think she could easily do it if he is as thin as you are. I have often thought of using you to peel potatoes with. Stray Stories
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
In a Safe Place.

We have a man in this prison who never tried to escape declared the head keeper.
 Whats he in for?" inquired the visitor
 aBigamy," replied the head keeper, Bohemian.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Full Besrds for Farmers.

The protection of farmers and others who are ex- posed to the heat great deal is serious and diff cult matter Cancer is on the increase, and farm CTS furnish a large proportion of the cases many of them being due to the direct effects of sunlight on the face and hands A full beard for he farmer is most desirable for Lis protection.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Un to Him,

Do you think you can manage with my salary of SIP week, darling?' he asked, after she had said yes.
 I'll try, Jack, replied she. But what will you do?"-Universalist Leader
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

ergleS 10 dlS- OG < cover s o m e
 m e t h cd by
 which this dust can be prevented from being a serious menace to the miners. Experiments in wetting it have been go- ing on for some time, but nothing of a very definite nature has as yet been learned, unless it is the fact that the coal dust does not ignite when there is a great amount of moisture in it.
 Every effort is being made at the station to come as close to the conditions in a mine as
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Kisses and Matrimony.

The first stage of matrimony is when a woman kisses her husband to find out if he has been drinking. In the second stage if she does any kiss ing it is preliminary to asking him for money.-New York Telegram.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Struck SenseleSS.

When she hit him with the golf ball, did it knock him senseless?"
 T guess so. l understand they are soon to marry ''-Town and Country
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
Wise Men.

Once 'pon a time a man clumb a tree ter git rid of a mad bull a hur- ricane come long an blowed him an de tree down; den he crawled inter 9 hole in de groun', ter hide rum de hurricane, an please God, here come a yearthquake an swallowed i'm shoes an all. l tell you, folks, it's a wise man what know how ter dodge trouble!-F. L. S.. in Atlanta Consti- tuition
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

known far and wide as the Marrying Squire, from the fact that he has mar ried more couples
 than any other off cialin Indiana. Judge Law wrote g letter
 in 1906, recommend ing Doan's Kidney
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

explosions took the lives of 700 men, one of them-at the Monongah mine in West Virginia Being the greatest mining disaster in the history of this country Theress were 356 victims. During 1908. there Were but two acci- dents in which the loss of life was very heavy; one in January at the Hanna mine, in Wyoming, with a loss of 70 men; the other. November 2S, at the Mariannamine in Pennsylvania. which resulted in 154 deaths.
 Alreadya at the experiment. station two discoveries have been made fll1ich ,will lend to decrease the num- Der of deaths in the mines. It has been demonstrated that a number of the socalled safety explosives are anything but safe in fact the state menf iS made that with the DreSent
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04
1.-THE MARRYING SQUIRE"
Justice George E. Law Has Broken All
 Records.

George E. Law, Justice of the Peace, 131b Franklin St, Brazil, Ind, is
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

o1t1O D1OOAf 1EO O1 Mir. Isaac Brock, of McLennan county, Tex, is an ardent friend to Peruna and speaks of it in the following terms: "Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, 4 have found to be the best, if not the only reliable remedy for COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH and diarrhea.
 "Peruna has been my Standby for many years, and attribute my good health and my extreme age e this remedy. # exactly meets aH my re. quiremenfS.
 ''I have come to rely upon it almost entirely for the many little things for which 1 need medicine. believe it to be especially valuable to old people.
 Isaac Brock.
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

explosives used in mining, the miner takes his life in his hand every time he touches off fuse It is the purpose of the government to continue these experiments until the explosives of the country standardized in such manner that the miner will have definite idea what these ex- posves will do.
 After the government has gone far enough in it's experiments bulletin will be issued recon nending IS permissible explosives such stand the test The facts learned concerning these eX- plosves will be called directly to the attention of the state mining bureaus as well as the oper- ators.
 Perhaps the most important and far-reaching experiments so far at the station are those Tn which it has been definitely shown that coal dust is an explosive equally as dangerous as the dead ly fire damp This has been a mooted question among mining engineers and miners alike both insisting that it is impossible to explode coal dust unless there is gas present That the coal dust will explode in the mine where there is no gas has been repeatedly shown to several hundred operators and miners at the testing station. The sxpcrts at the citation arc now bending their en-
Woodruff County news., 1909-03-04

dust Wnlcl may lLSeH De 6AplCoi'S
 and become productive of much iur- ther damage Such explosions o'ten loosen the roof of coal mine, which may fall later to be wasted, or proidc- tive of fatal accidents
 In addition to the actual experiments in testing explosives, important elperi- ments are being made in rescue "OrG. One part of the station has been fted up as a miniature coal mine. This is large glass-encased, air-tight room Wb ch contains difficult passages such as are found in coal mines There are also various obstructions similar to what would be found in a mine after it had been wrecked by an explosion; also dunn mics weighing 15O to 200 pounds. rep resenting asphyXiated miners. This room is filled with deadly gas and rescue corps of men who are being trained In the work enter daily, clad in helmets which supply them with oxygen while they work. The men remain i'll this chamber for two hours, removing oo- structions, picking up the dummies, plac- ing them on stretchers and carrying them away. There is also in the room a machine which records the amount Of work a man may be expected to do while wearing one of these helmets. One-halt of the large building in which this rescue room is located is used as an auditorium
 and several hun NIN dred miners and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

Air resistance is a harder thing to
tackle than water resistance. There
are more quirks and twists to the
stream of air than there are in the
Mississippi water. All these things
made dirigible balloon flying hard,
and it had killed absolutely aeroplane
endeavor up to the time the Wright
brothers began. The earlier aeroplan-
lists had not been able to work out
scheme whereby the air resistance
could be accommodated so that it
would help the flying machine instead
OF dashing it to the ground.
The Wrights, too, believed that a
man could make much better wing
than Nature had done. The resistance
of feathers would not be present in a
wing made of silk. Furthermore. be-
cause bird sometimes has to alight.
Nature has fixed the wings so that
they may be folded. With an aero.
plane that has nothing to do but fly
there need be no device for collaps-
ing the wings. They may stay extend
ed all the time.
The earlier attempts at aeroplanes,
Lillienthal's, Pitchers, Langleys and
Chanute's, all lent something to the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

models were destroyed because the
brothers didn't want to risk having
any one steal their ideas.
They started off to France, which
has been and is the foremost in avn
alton, and tried there to enlist funds
for their enterprise. They apparent.
ly wanted the French government to
take their aeroplane mostly on trust
AS Frenchman remarked long after.
ward: IF it were a fraudulent gold
mine every one would have been will
ing to subscribe. But this turns out
to be an honest enterprise, so of
course there was no eagerness to pos
sess it for France"
1t was their manner of conversation
that aroused the antagonism of tho
Frenchmen who came in contact. Not
all, but some, of the aviators frankly
did not believe the Wrights and
thought it all bunco scheme to get
money for nothing. The Wrights kept
close mouthed and let the discussion
run on. They started experiments
down in spot in North Carolina,
near town called Kittyhawk. From
this place day after day came reports
of flights, accidents, successes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

ideas of the Wrights. They studied
aeroplanes for years before they
evolved the idea. 1t was in 1903 that
after framing the machine of parallel
box kites they got the idea of putting
in a gasoline engine to run the ma
chine and to force those changes of
plane that would be inevitable in un-
favorable windage.
They had machine then that was
merely glider. 1t was picked up at
either extremity by two men who ran
with it for a distance until finally it
caught the air and started of on it's
gliding. It. was about this time that
reports came east that there we're
two men in Ohio who had a flying
machine that would fly. The Wright
aeroplane had glided for distance
over ground, how great no one knew
but the brothers and certain chosen
friends.
That started the controversy over
them, controversy that never was
even partly settled until when
the recent public fights began in
France. The brothers made it a point
that no unfriendly persons should see
the aeroplanes, and many successful
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05
5CZEHN/NG The c..
lGU77ERS PREPARATORY
- TO DIPPING =

in produced by these conservative
methods. The work in conserving
these vast turpentine orchards of the
south has perhaps come in time to
stay the early destruction of yellow
pine forests threatened by years Of
careless management.
Experiments conducted by the Uni
ted States forest service at Ocilla.
ea'' and Green Cove Springs, Fla,
as well as definite and reliable data
received from operators throughout
the naval stores belt, have effectively
determined the great advantages Of
the new methods over the old. Not
only has it been shown forcibly that
the conservative methods are of great
protection to the forests. but suff1.
cient data has been collected to show
that the increase in yield of both
turpentine and rosin by the new and
improved systems furnishes a strong
argument in favor of their use.
Reports from the states where ma.
val stores are produced show that
where there is greater percentage
OF turpentine produced by improved
methods there is also a greater weld
The following table gives the aver.
age yield of turpentine per crop of
10000 boxes or cups, reported and
compiled by states, together with tho
percentage of turpentine produced in
each state by either the Gun and .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05
WRIGHT AEROPLANE .tBLLIEF"'
MAKES GOOD
BY HOWARD S. Golfer

the case with many folks all sorts of
explanations, foolish and otherwise,
were made Of the way in which they
happened to become interested. From
the start. however, these Dayton BIZ.
cycle manufacturers were keen for
aeroplanes. They believed that the
soaring and flying of birds could best
be initiated by aeroplanes.
The manner in which birds kept on
mile after mile after vessels at sea,
merely moving their wings now and
again, interested these brothers, as
it has interested thousands of per-
sons who are not wrapped up in aero
planes. The brothers knew or learned
that the birds occasionally tapped
their wings In the midst of soaring
because they had to mount another
or different air current.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

the beach and then dashed restlessly
backward and forward, as if seeking q
path to descend.
He either missed his footing or
jumped, and when the hunters came
up he was seen below, shattered
mass, with the horns broken into
small pieces Mr.. B0les is inclined to
think that the stag committed suicide
deliberately.
Another deer which made the leap
at about the same place landed safely
and swan out to sea. Men pursued
him in a boat and killed him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05
Work for More kinderuartens.

Mrs. Kate Douglass Wiggin Riggs
addressed the meeting of kindergarten
enthusiasts who met the other day in
the New York home of Mrs. J. Green
ough for the purpose of establishing
kindergartens in small towns and vii.
lagos. The scope of this new kinder
garten society will be national, though
it's members declare that nowhere in
the country is there such demand
for the schools as within a radius of
100 miles of New York city. Richard
Watson Glider, Nine. Maria Kraus.
Boelte and Rev. DR.. David G. Wylie
also made speeches in favor of the
movement.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05
7ILBUR WRIGHT has proved
to the satisfaction of hun
dreds of persons in France
that the pretensions Of the
Wright brothers that they

flying were founded on fact. but for
a long time they were under suspi-
cion. They merely kept on saying that
their aeroplane had solved the flying
problem, but they never showed the
machine and they never discussed it's
makeup or plans. This reticence had
the effect naturally Of making the
French say: That's just blur
The Wrights, Wilbur and Orville,
always have been very secretive about
their invention. AS is most generally
known they took up the flying in
dustry about eight years ago. AS is
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

In India Mr.. Boles wounded a sam.
bur, which resembles somewhat tho
common deer of the United States.
The sambur showed fight on a mar.
row path overhanging a precipice. Mr..
Boles fired again, but in his excite.
meat aimed too low. the ball passing
beneath the deer and striking the
ground just back of his hind legs. The
deer turned and deliberately leaped
over the height.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05
High Leaps BY Deer

which usually end in death. Once
while hunting with the Devon and
Somerset staghounds he saw hind
leap 300 feet from a cliff to the sea-
shore. She was dashed to pieces. In
the excitement of the chase one of
the hounds followed her.
On another occasion stag made u
bold burst for the open, going straight
for the sea. He came to the edge of
q clif some hundreds Of feet above
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

Accepting the information
contained in this table as a basis
for comparing the results of the
new methods with the results
of the old system of cutting
the destructive boxes in the
trees, some allowance should
be made for the difference in
quality of timber as we'll as the
age of the industry in the states
given. The timber in Texas and
Louisiana is considered superior
to that. in Georgia and Florida
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-05

Gordon Boles. an Englishman who
has hunted all over the world, has re-
corded some remarkable leaps taken
by deer when pursued. His observa-
tons have been chiefly In his native
district. Exmoor, the land of Lorna
Doone;;" in India and in northwestern
Canada.
Uncomfortable fear and partial
blindness caused by long pursuit he
gives as reasons for deer taking leaps