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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-06
Thermometers.
Testing Processes At the National
Weather Bureau.

Testing Processes At the National
Weather Bureau.
Each day at the weather bureau In
Washington the thermometers received
from various manufacturers through
out the country are put through the
test Of standardiZing them.
The various processes through which
the bulbs pass before they are labeled
accurate" are easy. inasmuch as there
is practically little scientific work at
tached to the test. When rhermom.
eter is first handed to the man in the
testing room it is dipped into vat
filed With compound far below the
freezing point. It is thrust in at the
point where it happens to be at the
time and worked up and down until
the degree Of the compound Is reached
Having then recorded the lowest tenn
perature. the process of testing for the
highest is begun. This is just as SIM
pie as testing for the low temperature.
The bulb Is dipped into a vat Of water,
first at 60 degrees. Then it is worked
gradually until 1870 degrees is reached.
II the mercury in the bulb will indi-
cate 1870 degrees further testing is un-
necessary. because that is tolerably
warm temperature and one seldom II
ever reached by natural heat.
A thermometer the bulb of which
contains mercury will not register
lower than % degrees below zero-that
{e ,,,aro,p1 rp{il Proaoo Of fhot mint
In this country very little use is
found for Thermometers showing more
than % degrees below zero. but in the
far north they are of course necessary.
Such instruments. however, contain
spirits in the bulbs instead Of mer-
curry, but even this fluid becomes slug
gish when 10 or SO below zero Is re-
corded, and it will seldom show go BE-
low.-Harper's Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-06

Taking No Risks. !.

Dentist You should have taken gas.
as ! suggested. sir. You would have
felt no pain. Victim Me take gas.
Me. with EGO in my pocket: No fear.
Get ii over London Tit Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-06
Well Bred. (

That's well bred child. y
Il. aYou bet she Is. Never corrects
her parents publicly. no matter what
the exigencfes of the case may te. -
Pittsburg Pest.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
MEMORIAL UNVEILED.

Paris Air Aug 21.-To commem"-
rate thu, memory ri Hannibal llamltn.
vir, president II the United States.
1851 g.. a huge boulder placed by To-
cal ,itizeHs an lat directly in front
nf the Hamlin homestead. in which
he was barn just loo years ago. and
bearing suitably Inscribed bronze
tablet. Mas unveiled to-day under the
auspices Of thu Maine cnmmandery.
Military order at I'll" LAVAL Legion ot
the United States. \ number nf dis
tfnguish.d men. including Governor
F~rra4ld. former Secretary ~ the Navy
John Il Long aud Senator Eusen"
Hall. drlivrr.d addresses
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
QUOkG APPEALS CASE
TO j. 5. COURT
CHINESE lAuNCRYMAN OBJECTS
TO MONTANA LAW TAX
ING LAUNDRlEs.

Washington, Aug, 27.~-The consti-
tutiona1 right ol state to enact Law $
discriminating against the humble
Chinese laundryman IN to be investi-
gated by the supreme court of the
United states and test is u bc made
by Quong Wing of Lewis and Clark
county, Montana The Montana law
to which QuonE takes exception pro-
+rides fns. "A license fee Of $40 per quar-
ter for hand laundries run by men.
Il does no. mention the Chinese race.
but il eEemEts steam laundrics. and
laundries conducted by women. unless
more than two are engaged.
Cuong paid his license under profess
and then appealed to the courts on
the ground that as the law singles
out class 1t il in CONFIRMATION If
the federal constitution. Processing
himself deeply concerned about the
maintenance of all rights under the
federal law. no voluntarily takes upon
himself the expense of bringing the
case To the supreme court before pay
ing another SO.
The Montana supreme court sus-
tanned the law.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
REHA B|L|TATE
FORTUNE
FiNANclER MORSE PURCHASES
STEAMSHIP LINE TO MAKE
START WITH.

New York. Aug. 21.-That Charles
". Morse. the financier who recently
was released from the Tomhs prison
under sl25.n0Q bail. has begun his eff
forts tn rehahilitate his fortunes was
indicted today by the announcement
that he had purchased a majority of
the claims outstanding against the
Metropolitan Steamship company and
would attend sale of the property
of that company which takes place i'm
about month.
The claims against the company.
which is now in the hands of receiv-
ers. amount To sl.l57.nl2 Mr. Morse.
who testified a month or two ago
that he was absolutely without funds
or property. said the money To buy
in the claims MAS obtained from the
Morse Securities company of Bath.
Me. which concern was organized to
back Mr. Morse in his attempts to re-
establish himself.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

self popular as a critic. Attention is
also called to IA report of DR.. Polls.
the German weather chief, who visited
this country two years ago and eX-
tensivety investigated our weather
service. He said: The organization
Of the weather bureau in the United
States is absolutely exemplary, above
all. the weather service. The method
Of distribution of weather reports.
maps and forecasts is the best in the
world. The speed with which the
daily weather maps are prepared and
distributed is simply astonishing. rs
is the disseminating of forecasts by
telegraph. telephone and placards,"
The Chinese weather director Is
quoted as follows: The truly mas
terly organization. SO dense and COM
plete. of the service of the United
States. assures to the storm warnings
IA precision far superior To that at
tainahle Ia the far east" and the Rus.
sian weather chief is quoted az saying
the weather foreca sting service of
America is the best organized.
Newspaper expressions laudatory of
the bureaus 24-hour warning of the
recent Galveston storm are given.
showing that much life and property
was thus saved.
Professor Moore is also a capable
executive officer. and during the alb
sence Of the secretary and assistant
secretary of agriculture. which is often
during the year. he takes care of the
agricultural DEPARTMENT as acting sec
rotary. he being the third ranking
officer OF the agricultural department
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

the bureau which relates To forecasts
and warnings rut this is by no
means the only important public serv-
ice performed by the bureau. TIC
collection and publication of china
biological data for the agricultural and
other interests have come to be rec
ognized as IA necessary function OF the
government. The value Of this work
in our own state is fully demonstrated
by the almost daily requests from
other states for precipitation records.
since the influx OF settlers To Montana
began. To meet the demand for this
information the bureau maintains
more than IA hundred suhstatinns. of
from one to five in each county of the
state. There is no doubt that the hu
reau records OF rainfall have been an
important factor In inducing immigra-
ton To the state. since they reveal that
of all the semi-arid region. Montana
is, perhaps. the most favored section
for so-called dry-land farming.
Under the progressive policy of the
chief Of bureau. there are being taken
un every year new lines of work. the
latest nf which is the water resources
service Of the Rocky Mountain states.
The organization of this service was
SO recently begun that few are aware
that already many stations for re
cording snowfall have been installed
i'm the high mountain regions of this
state. Within few years an impor-
tant work Of the bureau will be the
forecasting. at the close af winter. of
the flow Of water in the various
streams that supply storage sreser-
voirs. power plants and the like
The bureau also calls attention to
the fact that tan years agn congress
made an exhaustive investigation of
the bureau. where every item of its
expense was examined and mot = sin
gle irregularity ar transportation
was found" and the work af the ha
reau said To have been efficiently
executed" Expressions of approval
are also given from Representative
Scott of Kansas. chairman of the
house committee on agriculture. which
controls the expenditures and opera
tinns If the bureau. and from Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois, who is him
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
FIVE THOUSAND SETTLERS
IN MONTANA THIS YEAR.

Special tn The Daily Missoulian.
Billings. Aug 27.-Reports received
NJ the headquarters of the Dry
Farming congress, which will hold its
annual Session in this city October IS
Il next, indicate that about 5.e0e
homestead entries have been filed in
Montana during the first six months
of 1909. This means an increase in
the population af The state nf consid-
erahly more than 5000 persons. Nearly
1.on0.Ha4 acres Of the public domain
were appropriated In all the entries
and selections made. 5A1 .n9s acres be-
ing included It'll thu homestead entries
Reports have ben received from the
land offices AT Glasgow. Helena. Great
Falls, LewlstuWn and Miles city,
The volume Of business dour ut the.
Billings. kalispelI and Mls>ouIa land
offices has not been reported hut il
known to have been heavy and would
largely Increase the total If public
land disguised uf.
k% ar thu larger PROPORTION If the
Homestead entriv~ at. in THE SID. allied
u,s raru3Hg >s-sst4 sn- IT tn. Atate Al
',la~guss n. ~ s4., =. ut Great Falls.
sNtr="rs acres al l.Ch I=t4An -ti+h4~
ac~e+ II Miles city @I3Ieo acres and
At. n~.~nt t-.7=g 4cr.s us.re taken up,
Tt hN # these lands il laow In the
lands # settlers "A h. tonne within
the >,ts... ii 1he v4I.attnnut Influence
- IT, Dr. Farming congress because
III eNvtnpueu. al these lands can he
- All certain "t..y bv tire application
If the -.t~. allied Ir> farming prin-
eirteS. In tn preparations lar thu
cunning r~rere>s at Billings. the Mon
tara hnari nj contrai il making a
special effort Ia interest thrse settlers
In the work OF the congress aud viii
endeavur To induce liz many If them
a. possible H. attend the congress and
the International Dry Farm exposition.
which wall h" held I'm connection there
with at Billings next trtnl4sr- Al
this congress the settlers will be able
II obtain practical instruction from
the experience al actual farmers who
have faced the same problems that
will confront these neW ciriZcHS II
Montana many at which have ben
scientifically solved bv the discovery
af methods OF cultivation and crop
sa1eetfan which have mad dry farm
ing the great, I feature of the present
DAY iii tae Gva vlopmeat Of the Acs,.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
The Health OF Your Horse

win be best promoted-best preserved
if you are ready to give the proper
remedy at the proper time. The prop
er remedy for all strains. sprains.
or collie. Is Perry Davis Painkiller
The proper time to use ii Is when the
trouble first shows itself. Be prompt
and you'll not only save the horse suf-
fering. but youth spare yourself trou-
bile and exnense-mayhe save a long
time waiting. You ought To have a
bottle ready. The new size bottle
costs So cents: one larger. so cents.
Re sure yoIr druggist gives you Perry
Day.r'
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
INDIAN AFFINITY
AFFAIR
SouAW AND LOVER SENTENCED
FOR KILLING FORMERS
HUSBAND.

Helena. Aug. 27.-Tron entering n
plea Of guilty to having poisoned
Young Hairy Wolf 1T picnic on the
Grow reservation last January. Mrs,
Comes From War Pretty. wife of the
dead man, and George Thomas. Il
young buck, and her alleged lover.
were this afternoon sentenced by
Judge Hunt in the federal court to
three years and fs months. respee-
lively Al the Fort Leavcnworth prison.
About half the residents of the res
@ryation were here as witnesses and
4 jury had just been secured " hen
tn" accused changed their pleas, The
poison was placed in a drink served
the woman's husband and hc died in
great agony on January 8. last
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
PRESIDENT TO VISIT
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

San Antonio. Texas. Aug. 27.--Prcsi-
dent Taft will arrive i'm this city on
october II. at 730 y. m, and after
spending night and the greater part
of the next day viii leave for his
brothers ranch on the coast where he
intends tn rest up for about three
days. A request by his secretary to
the mayor of the city for informa-
ton as to the program of entertain
ment. etc. mapped out. will be an
swerod In IL few days. Besides the
regulation official reception enough
features and entertainments have been
planned tn take up about twice as
much time as Bin Taft would have at
his disposal.
In the final arrangements Fort Sam
Houston viii have to be consulted be
cause that institution wants To come
In for its share of the hnnors. A full
dress garrison review will be held in
the morning. to be followed by n gem
eral inspection Of the post by the
president and the dedication of the
Gift chapel A torchlight procession
and serenade in the evening of his
arrival and n public reception on the
next day will in all likelihood form
the principal features of Mr.. Tafts
stay in the city.
A wildcat and jack rabbit hunt
has been arranged for on the Taft
ranch. An old time round up of cat
tie will also be provided for the edi-
ficntion Of the president. Altogether
there is strenuous time In store for
him once he crosses the border of
the Lone Star state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
M|LLtRS RAISE FUND
TO FIGHT F0OO LAWS

It. Louis. Aug e7.-Millers of the
country who Use patent devices for
bleaching flour by means Of nitrogen
peroxide. have begun the collecting
nj IA fund nj $4,000 Ia he used III
fighting III" government in d"tens" III
milleTs who may be- prosecuted Tor
selling htrarhed flour. TIL" bleaching
process by machinery Is said Ia he
used by tW"-thirds ri the miHers in
the United States. Secretary "f Az
riculturt Wilson'S ruling prohibits the
manufacture of hleachei flour.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
LOOTtR IS CAPTURED
ON CATTLE STEAMER

Oakland, Cal, Aug. 2T.-A. +. Flood,
former clerk of Public Administrator
Gray. indicted for alleged completely
in looting an estate, was arrested at
quarantine today and taken from the
Seattle steamer City of Puebla To
Oakland Flood confessed tn the po-
lice, ii is said that he was guilty of
the charge against him. and he i'm
plicated in his alleged confession John
w. Delaney, former counsel for
Gray.
He said he had been warned at
Victoria. II. c., that he was in Oak
land and that he had come back to
fact the consequences Of his acts. He
completely exonerated Gray.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
RED TAPE RESPONSIBLE
FOR EXHUMAT|ON DELAY

Washington. Aug. Elm the matter
Of the application of Mrs. Sutton for
permission to exhume the body Of
her son. Lieutenant James \. Sutton.
now buried In Arlington cemetery. 1t
can now be stated rs fact that
the only cause for the delay in Civ
ing Mrs Sutton the necessary author
ity Is that her request has been re
ferred to the secretary of war. There
is no question. IL is said. that the
permission asked for will be granttd.
Ii can he stated on authorit; that
neither the officers Of the marine
corps nor those IF the navy have pro-
tested agains he proposed exhuma-
lion of the body OF sutton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
MAYOR GETS SOUSED;
IS FIRED
IOWA OFFICIAL LOSES JOB UN.
DER NEW LAW FoRBIDDING
iNToxicATIoN.

Dies Moines. Aug. 27.-Judge Byron
Preston of Oskalooso today handed
down an opinion ousting NJ. A. Hen
derson as mayor of Marengo and up
holds the new cosson law passed by
the last Legislature, which provides
that officials in Iowa may he removed
from office for intoxication. Judge
Preston sustained the law in toto
and ruled that n mayor is always on
Iuty Henderson attacked The st.tut.
as unconstitutional ami claimed that
he had never been intoxicated on
duty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
WASHINGTON NEWS

in the history Of coal production in
this country. In the p states from
which reports were received. there
were 2.459 men killed and b.772 in
jured in coal mines in 1907. while Is
states reported 31Z5 men killed and
J.31s injured in 1908. e
Practically the entire output of coal
in the United states in consumed
within the country our exports Of
coal in 1908 amounted to 13.2s5,55s
tons The domestic consumption Is
stated to have been i6z.5s7.140 tons.
We imported 1.s45. IA tons i'm 1908. The
exports 60 principally to Canada.
In the manufacture OF coke 32.22s,2i4
tons were used in t30~. a decrease OF
nearly 100000 tons as compared
with 1907
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold.

4. s. Nusbaum. Ratesville. Ind,
writes: Last year | suffered for three
months with summer cold SO dis
tressing that 1t interfered with my
business. | had many of the symp-
toms OF hay fever. and doctors pre-
scripti0n did not reach my case. and
| took several medicines which
seemed only to aggravate it. Fortu-
nately I insisted ON having Faley's
Honey and Tar. Ii quickly cured me.
My wife has since used Foiey's Honey
and Tar with the same success" Gar
den City Drug Co. George Fraisheimer.
prop.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
klDNApER GETS BAIL.

Kansas City, Mo. Aug, 27.-Mrs.
Stella Barclay Of Buffalo, y. Y. he''
for kidnapping Marian Bleakiey. the
Incubator" baby. was released on bond
late tonight. She left at once for
jefferson City to fight against the is
suance of reauisition papers for her
return to Kansas for trial.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
CHOLERA Spreading.

Washington, Aug 27,-The stat" de-
partm~nt ha~ received IA telegram
dated yesterday from Minister Heaupre
at The HaEur stating that two eases
of Asiatlc cholera in Rotterdam had
ls-yD.nfpd
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28
BREAK FOR LIBERTY.

Little Rock ARK. Aug, 21-Eisht
stat" cuuvicts. four If whom We're
sentenced fer murder, escaped at the
Rock Island junction here tonight by
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

A novel apartment house IL being
erected in Washington by q number OF
professional men. mostly doctors. 1t
IL To be flat home" The building
will cost $4,000 and the seven men
who are building it and will live in
II have organized themselves into IA
company. and each is tn pay his
monthly rent to the company. Should
there be a surplus. IL dividend will be
declared. The apartment will be
three stories high and is tn be di-
vided into seven suites. each to he
constructed after the Individual ideas
Of the occupant. The sight of the
house viii be on Dntaria road OPP
posite the Ontario apartment house
In the northwestern residential sec
ton. The originatorS of this novel
scheme have becom. dissastisfied with
the management Of and the living in
of apartment houses of the city and
propose to conduct Il flat as they
think Ii should he.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

Washington, d G., Aug. Elm
June last. 334 people died in Montana.
according to report Of the public
health and marine hospital service.
death rate OF 14.3 per 1000 Of popuIa-
ton. The largest number Of deaths
from II single disease was - from
tuberculosis. Six died from diphthrria:
seven from enteric fever; two from
whooping cough; one from measles
and II from scarlet fever.
one hundred and fourteen people In
tn" state were suffering from scar
let fever. according to the report. for
June. Forty three were down with
diphtheria: Il with enteric fever: -
with measles and G8 with smallpox.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

Star postal route service has beer
ordered established from Dupuyer tc
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

H. 4. Conrad of Butte was a re-
cent visitor here.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

A new postoffice has been ordered
established at Coyote. Fergus coun-
ty, with Francis A. Jones in charge
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

Wallace y. Porter has been COM
missioned fourth class postmaster at
Three Forks.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-28

Whitefish. Mont, has been designat-
ed by the postmaster general AZ the
supply office of the Glasgow & Spo-
kt,n. the st. Paul and the Glasgow
and the Chicago and New York rail-
way postnffices Spokane was form
erly the supply division.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
3! '':: s:. LEE& COROTHERS W.: *;;' g.

Deputy Supt., of Schools
Hankins of Wanpeton called
at our school Monday and
Tuesday visited schools in
Viking township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Allen and
Grandpa Heath left for Wah-
peton Wednesday evening
where they will spend Thanks.
giving day with George Van
Arnam and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Rohn
were in Fargo Monday and
Tuesday for a visit with their
daughter, Pearl, who is receiv-
ing medical treatment in a
hospital there. When they
reached Fargo, Pearl was quite
low, but latter reports are more
encouraging and her chances
for recovery are now very good.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

performed by Drs. Wilder and
Meckstroth, while White was
still unconscious. He remain
ed in that condition until Fri.
days morning, when reports
reached here that he was able
to speak, and is resting easy,
with chances of recovery. It
appears that Willard had trou-
BILE with some one in town last
spring. and IN the fight he got
the worst of it, and then declar-
ed he would "get even with
that fellow some time" White
was drayman in the employ
of VIM. Stevenson, and his
home is in Missouri. On Thurs
day evening the Sheriff and
posse started out in search of
Willard, but up to the hour of
going to press he had not been
captured.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02

Wednesday evening to attend
a dance. While unhitching
the team, Fred Willard stepped
up to Frsnk White, and asked
if was from Wyndmere. When
Frank answered Eyes" Willard
struck him on the head with a
buggy, spoke, crushing in the
skull and rendering him un-
conscious. DIR. Wilder was
called and reached Barney
soon after IL o'clock, and re-
NAMED until about 5 a. m.
Thursday morning, leaving
White in charge of Litch
Oberg until about $40 o'clock
when he again reached Barney
on the N. P. train. on which
White was placed and takes to
the hospital at Breckenridge.
A skillful operation was then
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-02
COUNTY NEWS
500

Doctors were called and the
wound dressed but the child
has a very painful wound to
bear with for some time.
About six weeks ago, Cole.
man Lamb left his farm south
of Geneseo and is supposed to
have gone to Minnesota to see
some relatives and after his
leaving that place has not been
heard from. Last week his
wife and children left the farm
and went to Minnesota to her
parents. The Monitor.
Sheriff Heley was in town
Tuesday serving some papers
in cases that will come before
the district court at the ap-
preaching term. No, he didn't
take any blind piggers-hut
the joyful thing about Heley il
that nobody knows when he is
a going to.