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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-10
0SM0SE MACHINERY
BEING INSTALLED

The osmose machinery which be-
longs to the equipment OF the local
sugar factory. but which has been In
use at the Lewiston factory for the
past year. arrived in Ogden Monday
and is now being installed In the os-
NOSE room OF the local plant
Two new presses have been added
to the outfit, making twenty in all
Superintendent L. r. Eccles states
that there Is about 100000 pounds
OF material to be worked over by the
osmose process, that Is, brown sugar
and molasses. which did not crystal.
lze during the recent campaign, and
which must now be filtered and puri.
fed before sugar can be manufactured
from IT The osmose plant has a ca
paclty of about 40 tons per day.
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EMERYVIllE RESULTS.

Oakland, Cal, March 9.-Farau.,
the clever three-year-old, In the fat
sythe stable. beat Booeer Red a o.
i'll the Stlnson handicap at EmeJ.
Vile today. The finish was one of TIE
closest OF the season, and aroUses
much attention. Booger Red and
Smiley Corbett were the pace-makcTs
with Pajaroita In close attendance.
Fanatic closed fast the last QuaTtG
and he and Boogor Red fought It oul
for n sixteenth OF a mile Pajarot1
was third. The victories Of ST. FTaa.
els and The Peer were surprises. Re
suits;
First race, futurity course. selll1s
st, Francis, 12S tMcntry) 10 10 l..
won; Bonhomme. 113 Uee) TO :!
second; ToolboX, 113 (Keoghl II 10
/, third. Time. 112 rs.
Second race. three and one-hall fur
longs. purse-Livonia, l05 tButlerl 5
to 5. won: Indian Maid. l0S tLeel s
TO l. second; Sixteen, 100 tkirseh
taum) % to l, third. Time, al ~
Third race, milo and twenty yards
selling-The Peer. 81 (Deyerlch) 10 70
/, won; Don Enrique, 109 tArchibaldl
10 to /, second Ocean Queen, lV'
(King) to l. third. Time, l;f4 -
Fourth race. six furlongs, StimSoa
handicap-Fanatic 95 tRoss) g TO l.
won, Booger Red. 1l3 (McIntyrel ID
10 5, second; Pajaroita, 1l9 tTapn0l
1e to S. third. Time, l;1o.
Fifth race. mile and a sl1teenu'
selling-Romnnoff. 40 (Mentryl 70
:. won; Givanni Balerio. III (BoIep
S to l. second Blanche G.. 1Os lke'
tig) to l. third. Time. l:ol 20
Sixth race. six furlonga purse
Gemmell. Ill (DeYerich) even "09'
Ocean Shore, Ill (BoreD 10 to l. $,
ond: Fancy, 105 tAnderson) ~ 10 L
third. Time, lis.
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Calvin assaulted his divorced wife
and beat her brutally. Her cries. to-
gether with tho cries and screams OF
her TWO sisters. who were accompany
ing her home, attracted the attentiea
OF the afternoon shift OF policemen
who were just going off duty. Several
officers broke from the ranks Just In
time to see Calvin heading up State
street Patrolman Simpson succeed.
cd in catching him before he had
gone long distance and took him
TO the police station.
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PASSED BILL TO
LICENSE PRIZE FIGHTING

Carson City. New, March 10.-The
lower house OF the Nevada legislature
passed a bill providing for graduated
license for prize fighting. A state IL
cense. costing $1,000, will be required
for unlimited round affairs: $500 Tor
twenty fiye rounds and $3.50 for twenty
rounds Where athletic associations
give boxing exhibitions, the license
will be So. but no admission fee shall
he CHARGED
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BASEBALL
WHITE SOX 3 TO o.

San Jose, Cal, March 9.-Whlte
Sox team No 1, shut out Santa Clara
college team today to O. Friene of
the college team. pitched a fine game
against the big leaguers, but errors
by his mates and their inability To his
either Fiene or Scott. defeated the
college slabsters. Scott's strike out
pitching was feature. Score:
r. II. E.
Chioaro 0
santa Clara 2 6
Batteries: Fiene, Scott. Owen and
Sullivan; Friene and Shafer.
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KNOCKS FORMER
WIFE SENSELESS

Salt Lake, March 1o.-There was
some excitement at State and East
First South streets shortly after II
o'clock last night, when Daniel P.
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Soothes itching skin. Heals cuts OF
burns without scar. Cures piles, &C.
zema. salt rheum, any itching, Doan's
Ointment Your druggist sells It, -
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Senator Barrett. 100 McCaheyl to
2, second; Miss Delaney, 1O7 (Aubu.
chon) 90 TO ], third. Time, lib Is.
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yards away 10 m indicated spot with
such accuracy chat everyone OF the dozen
shells VIII full within an area OF 100
square feet. And then. before the smoke
OF the discharge has cleared away, these
same guns VIII be In readiness TO dupll-
cate the trick.
The interior Of the modern fort Is re-
plctc with interest, for the modern gun is
Indeed an engine of war In deep. con-
crete pits the monsters. Ike rattlesnaEes,
lie coilcd on the top OF vast pile Of
steel wheels. and mechanism. novel in
deed 10 the loyman
The gun crow stands to ono side ot at
tcutiOn" until the command OF the officer
rings out. Then there "a o turning OF
wheel here and there and the gun
slowly rises on four steel legs until It's
muzzle IS level with the top OF the pit,
there Is II ronr, n cloud of smobc aud
before one has tlmc TO rchlZe what has
happened the gun IL crouchgd as It was
before the gunucrs have slipped another
shell into the brecch and 1t Is uaain
ready
The accuracy OF tho coast defense gun
ncrs Is wonderful. aud today the various
fort companies arc sending In reports OF
perfect scores. something that few years
ago would have been laughed at as being
even thought possible. when BrlEaGlcr
General Arthur Murray referred To the
inst OF these perfect scores I'm his annual
report he cited IT Gs an example that
would not likely be duplicated. but be
foro the report was published there were
other reports of perfect scores to come In.
aud he changed bis mind
Among the batteries that have perfect
scores TO their credit arc those at Sau
Diego Cal Fort Strong and Fort Banks.
Mass; Fort DOde, Fla, and Fort Wright.
N !. These scores were made with 10
and u Inch rifles at ranges varying from
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trausts were used 10 determine the re
suits OF the shots which were Olwuy5
tlrcd at liked targets MT known distances
Now the range finder is am entirely dlf-
terent Kind of machine, and so thor
oueby has II been developed that at a
glance one may determine not only the
range triangle, but the necessary correc-
lions. A base line OF Il desired or con-
Vculcnt length Is laid out. and nt either
end is stationed mnn who has u tclc-
phone connected With the tower OF the
battle commander The observers :clc-
phone the angle made by the tuegct, or
ship, with the bnse line
Az the surrounding water front for Mt
least three miles Ia laid or In squares
With which. In miniature. the plotting
board corrcspOnds the officer who re-
Ceiycs the Information from the observer
moves a pointer across the plotting bonrd
to the square In which the target OF snip
may be. At II glnnce the dGu.cs that have
been worked out previously give the
rnnGc. etc, ana the battle commander
turns to his telautograTb writes the di-
rcctions for the gun crews aud, In IN in
stant- every gun captain In the buttcry
Is reading his directions from the ittlc
machine on his gun.
In The commanders own handwriting
the message appears There Is no posSi-
bility OF an order being given wrong Ia
one gun crew and not to another by TINS
httlc machine that literally telceraph5
handwriting, though there are besides,
the ordinary telephones for use between
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5,07S yards to 6.G03 yards.
To great extent the handling OF these
huge fur-shooung guns has been reduced
To n science of mathematics and "a range
finder, an exceedingly simple, but never
thcles5 Interesting problem to work ont
So thoroughly Is the aiming. loading and
firing OF the guns worked Into system
that even the powder Is subjected TO the
most careful scrutiny It is tested and
blended, the grains are counted and care
fully weighed and then packed carefully
10 bogs Of raw silk TO prevent chemical
changes taking place to reduce its cm-
cheney with the weight OF the shell
known and the amount of powder In "A
given gun, the distance 10 which the
shell can be thrown can be figured to
within few feet
The greatest ana most Important fco-
turc has been the increase in the en-
cheney Of the range finders. 1t had nj
ways been customary, under "A system
that was In vogue until recently. to use
plotting board operated in connection
with mcn stationed at the ends OF II bnso
line measured along the shore R0nroud
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tains them from one Of these three foun-
tain heads OF the Industry. upon rcqulsi-
tlon through the regular channels OF the
department.
The War Department. on the other
hand. obtains all OF It's flags by purchase
from private manufacturers. Spccinoa-
tlons are drawn up bids invited from
manufacturers IN all parts OF the coun-
try. and contracts awarded to the low
est bidders. either for specific consign-
ments Of flags or for flags TO be called for
In small lots from time TO time as needed.
Most OF the other branches Of the govern.
ment pursue the same course as the War
Department. This Is perfectly natural
for none of those sections OF the govern
mcut devoted 10 the pursuits OF peace has
sufficient use for 1aGS 10 Justify installing
Its own hagmaking plant. It has never
been satisfactorily explained. however,
why the War Department which uses
great quantities OF Gags, does not emu
late the example OF the economical Navy
Department and establish It's own flag
factory on some centrally located mill
tury reservation. AT present the military
headquarters for Gags Is at Philadelphia
Most Of the Army Gags are made In chat
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- <lGg@-Na70LY9 on 6aa0d a11I0

the Presidents own flag Is the most ex-
pensyc flag manufactured or purchased
by the government The presidential ban
ner consists OF n blue ground on which Ia
displayed the cont-ofarms OF the United
States the eagle being lifo size and the
other details Of the coat-of-arms In full
color The costllncSS OF the presidential
dag Is due principally to the fact that the
eagle with long outstretchcd wings, and
the other intricate details OF the coat-of
arms, must all be embroidered by hand
using the finest grade of embroidery SILK
costing 50 pound This Is tedious work.
even for the most deft-hngcrcd of the
feminine lngmaEcrS, and under the most
favorable circumstances 1t requires n wom-
an enc month to complete presidential
nug The Secretary or tue Navy, the Sec
rotary OF War and the Secretary of the
Treasury all have their special distinctive
nags, but none or them are anything Ike
us elaborate as that OF the President
The private Dag OF the head OF the Navy
Department, for Instance, has four white
stars surrounding an anchor on n solid
blue ground.
The Navy Department has no less than
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Weather Bureau nucs-storm warnings
and the llkc-must be flung to the breeze
ut the very time that the whipping winds
arc causing ordinary GGgS 10 be bnuled
In to escape damage. causes them to wear
out very rapidly.
Thus the enumeration OF the govern
mental flag users might be continued al
most indefinitely The United States
Lighthouse Boord and the United States
Fish Commission have numerous shore
stations aud great fleets of vessels lurge
and small all oil which must he provided
With flags. The United States Lie say
Ing Service. too. makes extensive use OF
nags Not merely the familiar tri-colorcd
Gag of the nation. but the whole compile
mcnt OF signal Gags OF standard design.
Tor, bc II explained. the lltesavers In sig
mailing to shlpwrecked mariners make eN-
teuslve use OF the wig wag" systom Of
communication by bags which has long
been In vogue in the navles OF the world
and which VIII not be displaced Tor GER
tain functions even by the wireless tele-
phone and wireless telegraph Finally,
the national soldiers homes and the ma
tionnl cemeteries. very appropriately make
liberal use of the Gag that their wards
fought 10 preserve
For all that. Cnclc sam spends thou
sands upon thousands OF dollars cOch year
for hags. Congress makes no specific ap-
preparation for the purchase OF these
badges OF nationality. and none OF the
government departments has fund de
voted Solely TO such purchases. The Army
aud Navy. our biggest Gag customers and
whose procedure may b. cited as repre-
sentative. pay for their Gags out OF gen
eral out0tting or equipment funds. How
ever. In a single department tho Gag pur-
cbascs may be- made from several differ
ent funds. For instance. In the Navy
tho cost Of hags for the ship comes out
OF one budget, whereas, the purchases OF
10gs for use ut the various navy yards
of the country arc paid for out OF quite
another fund
As the different branches OF the gov
crnmcnt make their flag expenditures on
widely different plans, So too, are the
Gags obtained through very disslmllur
channels The Navy Department attains
the dual goal OF economy and indepcn-
dence by making lis own lags. Naval
dag manufactoTlcs are maintained at the
navy yards al Brooklyn. y Y, Marc
Island. Cal. and Cavltc. Philippine Is
l0nds. Here 1ags of every description
are turned out a short notice by women
who arc experts In their respective lines
and who arc regularly employed md paid
a stated wage as 1ngmakcrs. ANY ship or
naval station when In need OF 1ugs OBJ
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nine flags OF special design which arc
used In its sphere alone. In addition to
the Sccretory's dag, already described,
there is pennant. n Union flag and Jack.
consisting Of white stars on a blue
ground three two-stNrred dGgs (bluc. red
and white for rear ndmlrals of the three
ranks. and three single starred flags (blue.
red and white Ia color. respectively, for
the commodorcS-senior In rank. second
In rank and junior In rank The Secre-
tory OF the Treasury has the oldest nag
In Uncle Sans collection II has q white
ground on which are displayed 13 blue
stars and representations OF key and
scales. The revenue marine hns q dag
that has blue eagle In the corner and
has red stripes placed porpendiculnrly
instead OF horizontally, as Is the case In
our national dag. The Lighthouse Service
has n rcd d-bordcrcd lag, In which n blue
lighthouse Is shown on a white ground
Little heard OF is the United States mail
flag, n blue -bordercd strcamer In which
the words United States Mail" in white
letters. md blue eagle are displayed on
u red background.
The Navy is eOsily Uncle SNms cham
dresses ship" by placing on show all It's
hoard OF bunting there Is riot OF color
that is truly dazzling But how does 1t
come. the reader might Inquire, that the
Navy Is able In this 1eld to lay II over
Its sister service. the Army The Navy
has n number OF special flags TO be sure.
but this score Ia balanced by the special
rcgImcntal and divisional flags. many of
them silk, In the possession OF the Army.
Similarly the Signal Corps Of the Army
Is provided with sets of "wiGwug" 1ags
,, for communicative purposes. However,
the Navy obtains It's long lead through
Its complement Of foreign 0ngs.
Every cruising warship visiting foreign
ports, ns all our important vessels do
must carry fun stock OF foreign 1ags
Nor Will merely the national flags OF the
various countries suffice Very frequently
distinguished foreign naval officers, nnd
even royalty are entertained on board
our floating fortrcsses, and on such oc-
cnSlonS It Is desirable to have at hand
the special inslgna Of the visitors for
use I'm the decorations. IL not for display
at the masthead Thus IL comes about
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usually stationed nearby on tugs and
they hnyc Instruments known ga range
rakcs, In which the teeth are an inch
apart, each inch representing so many
yards, and with this. and other instru-
ments, they measure the distance aecu-
ratcly and quickly
The largest OF all coast defense guns
Is the huge l6-lnch weapon mounted az
Sandy Hook, which was built ns an eN-
pertinent. and is not likely TO he dupll'
Gated. 1t cost $17O.O 600 and II is said that
II Will throw missile weighing z,ooO
pounds distance OF 2l miles. 1t has,
however. been Grcd but four or five times
aud It's record Is secret of the govern
mcnt.
1t is highly probable that the gun OF
the future VIII be the ride of 14-inch
collber. Already the Navy Department
has adopted this size weapon for battle
ships. and lt is but natural that the coast
defooscs will soon he equipped with 1t.
Th,re is a good, economical reason for IT.
High explosives cause great heat. which
forms gases that burn out the lining OF
the guns. and after 30 shots. or In an
engagement OF about nn hour. the guns
would be useless. II lighter charges
were used the efficiency OF the gun would
be reduced IN proportion
II has been found. however, that with
the li-lnch guu the same sized charge
FOR the 12-luch gun will throw a proJec-
tile weighing 1890 pounds the same dis
tnnce with much less wear on the gun.
one of these great guns can throw
projectilc with muzZle velocity OF 5000
feet per second that would, ot distance
of 500 yards. penetrate l. inches OF
chilled steel armor.
The annual expenditure for the main
tenance of the co0St dcfcnseS Is running
well into the millions. but II is money
well and wisely expended and though the
general public may know llttle OF what
In being done II review Of the records
speak for themselves and go long way
toward assuring peace for the nation.
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L UST a bit OF landscape. nothing
that would attract the slightest at
~ teution or mark 1t MS being any
more or less than any other part Of the
several miles Tapped by the water that
QUO might see. True, on closer obscryo-
tiou there Is sort Of taDk-liEe looking
object upon spindles. but what Of that?
Might II, not be merely a water tank on
some scasbosc faiml
A5 one GuzcS at the landscape there Is
lisnt pun OF smoke. something that
sends bali ton OF watcr n hundred feet
high drops within n few hundred yards,
there is a dull. mutied boom. aud one re-
allies TINT before them Is fort
The forts OF but Il few decades ago
stood high and prominent, their massive
ness deuotlug their strength and slcnl-
Tying power In their nigh straight
walls. pierced with rows and rows OF
ports through which protrudcd the muz.
zlcs OF guns, one could not help from
being Impressed with the dignity OF the
pile OF stone and the frowung guns.
Picturesque, indeed. are these oId for
tIncations many Of them with wide. deep
moais surrounding them-precuutiounry
against an attuck by lnnd-but they have
no more of place IN the modern gnmo
Of war than have the hiGhsldcd, lofty
SPARED nnd whlto-canynssed sailing craft.
that fought In the wap OF 40 yenrs ngo.
The exterior OF the modern fortress.
and particularly the coNst defense. IS to-
tally without an attractive feature The
mile or SO OF the land occupied by the
artillcrymon, looking at 1t from the sea
side. ia purposely Kept In harmony With
the miles of land that stretch away in
either direction.
Yet at minutes notice, along this
stretch n dozen steel cannon en- thrust
their long black noses along its edge and
send ns many 1,oOO-pOuud shells 5000
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not for the rclooding of the guns II would
be almost possible for one man TO work
n whole battery OF 10 or l. inch guns,
providing he was concentrating his Ore
upon one object.
Shooting at 1Ncd targets has become n
tame sport. and now practically all OF
the work IS done With moving torgets IL
would not be possible TO have a target
the actual size OF q battlcSblp, owing to
It's great cost. nor would Il be practlc-
able TO shoot at real ships, even though
they were old, wornout craft, so the next
best targets are light floats with II frame
work OF timber covered with canvas
Three OF these noOts arc fastened to-
Gcther, the distance between the lrst and
the last being equal TO the length OF u
buttleship.
The string OF 1oats Is then taken In
tow by u tug. which steams around at II
distance of from COCO TO 5000 yards.
When the fort Is ready the tus lengtbcns
the tow line, lines the target out behind,
and goes ahead at full speed There 10
some littlc danger attached 10 the drag
cling OF the target, but the skipper, with
powerful glasses. keeps hls eyes on tho
fort. watches the signals they APP
pear. and sees that the distance between
the floating tnrsctS and his tug Is sur
lclcnt.
The gunucrs arc not supposed to bit the
tnrgct, but TO plant their shells so close
that. mathematlcOlly were the target
battlesbip they would bc actual hits.
Every now and then, however. the marks
men become enthusiastic and plant
shell on the target. with disastrous re-
ton once dropped, at II distance OF four
miles. 4 0CO-pound projcctlc on tar
get. shatterlag two Of the floats, This
shot was hrcd after sunset. and Is con-
sdcCcd one of tho most remarkable rec
ords made).
lu order to accurately tell how close
the shots fall to the targets officers are
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city and the War Department maintains
there storage and distributing depot
from which flags are sent to all parts OF
the country MS required.
The maintenance Of Uncle Soms flags
is no slight job, MS may be appreciated
when one stops to consider the excessive
wear and tear to which flags are sub
jccted when exposed TO the weather day
In, day out, on every warship and at
every military post are enlisted men who
are handy enough with the needle TO
make all sorts OF minor repairs 10 1ags
II tho damage Is serious the llug must be
sent back 10 the factory or Issuing depot
to he rcjuycu0tcd Disposal Of wornout
flags Is made I'm various ways Those that
are not too utterly dilgpidated are sold
to Junk dealers, while those that are so
far gone as TO be useless are destroyed.
Some flags. notably specimens OF the
Presidents special nag, are never allowed
60 fall into the hands Of secondhand
dealers II Is easy To imagine that n
presidential flag that had hung IN the
White House or been displayed on the
Presidents yacht would be eagerly sought
by relic hunters.
In this connection It may be noted that
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ton 10 the blood and the tuberculosis
leslons were lnfamcd and then decreased
under the rallied resistance Of the blood.
which WAS strongly stimulated 10y the
tuberculln
The last word In tho use OF this prep
nrntion seems to be that It is Invaluable
MS a quick and sure to5t for blood in
fectcd with tuberculosis, It's thcrapeu-
tie value Is more prQhlcm0tlcal IL liz
evident that it IL no auttoXin, or even
n comparative cure for tuberculosis. Yet
II has repeatedly enabled patients In the
secondary stage To rally aud WHOM used
in connection with sensible fresh air nnd
dictctic treatment has an undoubtcd
value MS n Fort of stimulating infusion
In tuberculosis infected blood.