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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
X-Hay and Cancer

Prof. Cecil Rowntree of the Middlesex
Hospital Cancer Research laboratories. in
the course Of a lecture before the British
Royal College OF Surgeons on the X-ray
and cancer, stated that there had been in
England eleven cases of cancer arising in
X-Iay workers. Prof. Rowntree said that
1t was probable that this form Of growth
was not Of so malignant a nature as other
kinds, and that, therefore. the very ex-
tensNe operations which would by an APP
propriate procedure in cases Of ordinary
career were unnecessary. The investlga-
ton Of the Influence of the X-ray on ami
mails was carried out, and 1t was found
that, in addition to some ordinary changes,
such as are met with on the hands OF
X-ray workers. others of a mere striking
nature had manifested themselves. For in
stance, II was found that when the upper
surface of a rats tail was exposed to the
ray, the cells of the exposed surface I'M
derwent changes of a destructive nature,
whereas the ray, attenuated by passing
through the thickness of the tail. stimu-
lated the cells on the opposite side to in.
creased growth. Other evidence was
brought forward which gees to show
X-Isys have, in fact, two separate and dis.
tinct actions upon animals and vegetable
cells, In relatively large doses they have
destructive paralyzing action upon the
cells activity, whereas in small and oft
repeated doses they bring about exactly
the opposite condition and stimulate the
tissues to abnormal activity and increased
growth. Prof. Rowntree is Of the opinion
that these observations may have an I'M
portant practical application In connection
with the treatment OF cancer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Better Results on wireless.

IRELESS biography has not
reached it's full development,
by no MEANS" said Mr.. Mar
conf, in an interview in the
New York Tribune, but it is
making steady progress. | am
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

farther back from the river are the broken
undulattng stretches which are excellent
grazing land. The altitude of the valley
here runs from 5000 to 400 feet. Here
the air is pure, crisp and invigorating. The
extremes of heat and cold are tempered by
the lack OF moisture. The mean precipita-
tion is about fifteen inches yearly. The
heat of the day is never oppressive, and the
summer nights are always cool and delight
full, When the geographical location of the
valley Is considered, there is no more
favorable section in the entire western
country than this valley.
1t is quite plain that the cattle industry,
which was one of the first, has come to
stay. Much land in western Nebraska can
never be brought under the pillow, and will
probably serve as a stock range for many
years to come. This industry is bound to
increase with the coming years, yet the in
dividual holdings of free range inevitably
will diminish. This will tend to unite the
small range with the valley ranch. under
one management, a system which, IL 1t be-
comes general, has many advantages. 1t
will enthuse better blood in the stock on
ths range and the drouth period will lose
very much of its terror, while a great pro-
portion Of the animals grown will be sold
as a finished product.
1t appears that nature has designed this
particular section of the North Platte val
ley as a field 10 be irrigated. A watershed,
of nearly 5000 square miles. bounded by
the high mountain ranges OF northern
Colorado on the south and the continental
divide and the mountains of eastern wy
oming on the west and north, supplies an
unlimited amount Of water for irrigation.
The North Platte river has a sufficient
amount of water when the Pathfinder dam
is in full operation to cover more than
100000 acres of land, with the depth of one
foot OF water. The government reclama-
ton service has in progress of construction
eleven projects involving an expenditure Of
over SIS, OOO.OOO and the retaining Of over
500, 900 acres. The government ~irrigating
canal passing through SCOTS Bluff county
is furnishing water TO $1,000 acres. This
canal is many miles in length, and is re-
garded as one of the prominent irrlgating
systems of the United States. The Path
finder dam, erected in a narrow canyon
Of the Platte, is 25 feet high and will ere
ate an enormous reservoir with a storage
capacity Of 1,O25.OO acres a foot deep. The
government has already constructed a
canal nearly sixty-five miles long through
eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska
owing TO the rough condition along the
canal route several large concrete aque-
ducts were constructed and for severa.
miles the canal is lined with cement.
The Tristate canal, as It Is now known
embodying both the Farmers and Column
bian canals, is one of the most extensive
private Irrigation enterprises in the United
States and equals in size and importance
some OF the largest government undertake
ings. The canal will irrtgate about 5000
acres. About sixty miles OF the main cana
have been completed, covering upwards OF
5O.OO0 acres Of he choicest land. The firsi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

VAY reached it's full development,
" by no Means said Mr.. Mar
N conf, in an interview in the
HENfENlt New York Tribune, "but 1t is
~9 making steady progress. l am
able to send faster than formerly and to
send and receive simultaneously. Besides,
l now have an improved way of generating
ether waves, which gives better s~atisfac-
ton. 1t produces 'undamped' or only
slightly 'damped' waves. instead of the
'damped' waves employed at one time.
present. l am planning to do moth
ing with the Marconi station at Cape Cod.
1t could be devoted to transatlantic serv-
ice II more powerful generators were used.
Just now my attention is concentrated on
the stations at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,
and Clifden, Ireland. Regular service in
both directions between those points has
been maintained for many months, but in
order to avoid interruption from a temper
airy breakdown the plant there is being
duplicated. To install the additional APP
paratus at Glace Bay will take two or
three months. About 100 horsepower Is re-
CURED for transatlantic communication.
The chief reasons for erecting a new Eu-
ropean station is that Il was hard To Sc
cure extra land at the one in Cornwall
Poldhu). At Clifden there was no such
trouble. Not far from 1000 words are be-
ing transmitted daily for patrons, besides
the messages Incidental to the experiments
still in progress. Most Of the imperfections
in our service have been due to difficulties
with the connecting land wires on both
sides OF the Atlantic. We do not try to
send more than twenty words a minute at
present. Some of the machines employed
for rapid transmission over land wires
could be used in wireless telegraphy, but /
have not yet tried any of them.
'"rhe greatest distance to which messages
are sent regularly from land stations is
1000 miles, but this is occasionally doubled.
At one time the conditions are more favor
able that at another. The difference is
like that of vision when the air contains
dust or mist and when Il is clear. From
the majority Of the ships having the best
equipment in the merchant marine and the
British navy ii is possible to send with GER
tainty 30 miles, but now and then their
messages are distinctly heard ten miles
as far away. The statement that an oper-
ator at Los Angeles picked up one from
Admiral Sperry's flagship when 1t was
1880 miles off is not incredible, but such a
range is very unusual.
After our long-distance stations on the
Atlantic are fully equipped l shall give a
little thought TO a trans-Pacific service. II
seems probable that the Pacific can be
spanned from shore To shore without any
relays in midocean. Already there are
three Marconi stations in Hawaii. designed
for communication between islands in the
group. Plans for other stations in Aus.
tFalia are under consideration. but theiI
execution depends somewhat on the grant
OF a subsidy"
Concerning the use Of other waves &C
guide unnamed torpedo boats. Mr.. Mar.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

lance is the splendid character Of the soil
for the sugar beet industry. Beet sugar
manufacturing has grown to the utmost
Importance In certain irrigation districts of
the western country. The sugar beet
thrives to perfection in the North Platte
valley. Here is found the rich soil so
necessary for its growth and the abundant
sunshine that forms the sugar. Absolute
control of the supply Of moisture insures
a certain crop and the highest percentage
of sugar. The beet growers of Scott's Bluff
county will grow 5000 acres OF sugar beets
the present season. The seed for planting
this immense crop came from Germany and
consisted Of $50 sacks OF 10 pounds each.
The farmers OF this county grew 1000 acres
Of sugar beets in 1908.
All kinds Of grasses yield an excellent
crop in the irrigated section Of this coun-
try, but one OF the most prolific In yield
is alfalfa. This plant is at home and
1t is best In the North Platte
valley. Here 1t reaches its highest
possible perfection, and the sunshine and
lack Of rain makes its curing perfect. and
when properly cared for it remains as
green as when cut, retaining all Of its
nutritious qualities. The annual yield of
alfalfa runs from five to seven times per
acre. Three hundred to 800 pounds Of seed
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

have been gathered from an acre Of alfalfa
in this valley. and this seed is worth IL
cents a pound. 1t must not be forgotten
that Scott's Bluff county leads all other
counties in the state in the matter of
irrigation. This makes 1t possible and
quite probable that in the near future 1t
will lead all other counties In the state
in the alfalfa and dairy industry. At the
present time the farmers of this county
have $50 acres seeded to alfalfa, and this
accounts in part for these farmers ship
ping to market last year 1885 head of cat
tie, 1000 fat hogs, 1000 horses and over
5000 fat sheep. Besides this there was $500
tons of alfalfa shipped out of the county.
The splendid corp of alfalfa is having a
decided tendency to develop the dairy in
dustry. Last year the farmers Of this
county sold and shipped out 1900 pounds
Of butter and 1900 gallons of cream. AL
though this is a new country and border
ing on the frontier. the farmers already
nave about 1000 cows on their farms.
The SCOTS Bluff county exhibit at the
Nebraska State fair In 1907 was awarded
seventeen prizes out of a possible twenty
four. 1t is clear that the agricultural re-
sources of the county are measured by the
water supply. The power Of the soil is
beyond question. People are beginning to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

standpoint, ranks among the very best, IL
not the very best In western Nebraska, Its
possibilities for development and its flu
ture outlook, Is a step in advance OF any
western county yet visited. The county
has a valuation of over IS, 600, 1000, and has a
population of over 1000, it has fifty miles
of railroad. and five substantial, thrifty
railroad stations. There are six rural
routes in the country, and more than 80
per cent Of the farmers own the farms on
which they reside. The political and NUM-
cipal machinery of the county seems to be
running smooth and the schools are in a
flourishing condition for a new county.
There are thirty-eight school districts, with
fifty-eight teachers. The average salary
paid the teachers is $685. Miss Agnes
Lackey has held the position Of county
superintendent of schools for more than six
years, and under her able
much progress has been made. SCOTS
Bluff has a school population OF $40, pre-
sided over by ten teachers. The Industrial
condition OF the county is excellent. The
air of prosperity is seen not only among
the business men of the different cities,
but the farmer is enjoying his fun share.
The good crops and excellent prices are
largely responsible for this.
MIR. B. H. Mills, one of the counties sub
stantial farmers. sold, last fall, 81, 450.SO
worth Of potatoes from ten acres of
ground. AS an Illustration OF the product
iveness OF this new county, we wish to
state that between September II, 1908, and
January 70, 1909, there was shipped fmm
scott's Bluff City, 27s carloads Of potatoes,
lO7 carloads OF beets. 29 carloads of hay.
l4 carloads Of live stock and forty-three
~ F1naIg 80 4raf, n,.ug.- -
there was shipped fpm Mitchell. eighty
five cars of potatoes. forty-five cars OF
beets, 1876 cars Of hay. fifteen cars of grain,
and 1877 cars Of live stock. From the little
town OF Miniature, with a population OF
about 400, there was shipped during this
time 41 carloads of hay, potatoes, beets
and grain, besides eighty-seven cars OF live
stock. Besides this, there was shipped
from two side tracks more than a 100 car
loads of grain and live stock.
Scott's Bluff is one OF the thrifty, pros
porous towns OF the upper Platte valley. IL
has a population OF about 1900. and il a
model, normal little town; II has no saloons,
In fact, the entire county is without a sa-
loon, but this little city has the faculty Of
winning the good will Of strangers and ex-
tending the glad hand to all visitors or set
tiers. The churches are in a good condi-
ton. The two ladies' clubs OF the city have
done and are doing much for the better
ment and building up OF the city. SCOTS
Bluff has a business mems association,
known as the Commercial club, that is
not only decidedly active. but progressive.
This club has collected and is using $4,000
In the extension and betterment OF the
public highway. The city Is putting in a
new system OF electric lighting, costing
$3.50 % and a system OF water works that
will be ready In the near future. Not the
least OF this clty's Influence for GOOD IL the
well organized chautauqua which has been
q success from the start
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

few miles of this canal is ninety feet wide
on the bottom. The balance will average
forty-six feet In width, with a depth of ten
feet. At various points where the highway
crosses the canal steel bridges have been
erected. Five are already completed and
seven are now building, at a cost of $500
each. The main course of this canal, which
heads on the north bank Of the North
Platte river just east of the Wyoming line,
is southeasterly along the northern part Of
what is known as the second bench land
laying about half way between the govern
ment interstate canal on the north and the
Platte river on the south.
Besides the government canal and the
Tristate canal, which pass entirely through
Scott's Bluff county, there are nine other
smaller irrigation bitches that are from
seven to fifty miles in length. The Mitch
ell ditch irrigates 1900 acres; Gering. 49,
600 acres; Miniature, 5000 acres; Bayard,
1900 acres; Wintercreek, 1900 acres; Enter
prise, 1900 acres; Central 1000 acres; Rams
born, 5000 acres; Castlerock and Steam
boat, 5000 acres. These many irrigation
systems have made 1t possible to irrigate
a strip of LAND through Scott's Bluff
county about eighteen miles wide at the
center of the county.
One matter of more than ordinary impor-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
TaIIest of wireless Towers.

The most impressive thing about the
new wireless outfit contracted for by the
Navy department, says the Boston Tran
script, is that It will necessitate the use
of a tower $50 feet high, which will be
by all odds the highest structure in the
world. except the Eiffel tower. But the
new tower will be solid. II is to be of
concrete and will make the Washington
monument look squatty by comparison. 1t
will scarcely seem a tower at all, being
only fifty feet at the base and eight at
the top. II will be more like an exagger-
ated chimney or a concrete mast, but il
will be hollow and will carry the aerial
wires In the shape of an immense UNI
brella frame at the top. The top Of the
tower, it is believed, will not be much Of
a resort for sightseeTs, even should they
be allowed the privilege. There will be
no elevator, and anyone who wants to
ascend for the view will have TO walk.
The Navy department wanted TO use the
Washington monument for a wireless
tower on account of its height. Permission
TO turn the great shaft to utilitarian pur-
poses could not be obtained. The taller,
thinner tower is the alternative.
Ii will convey some impression OF the
height of the tower to compare II with the
monument. That is 555 feet high, fifty-five
feet at the base and twenty-five feet at the
top. The cement tower, which will be re-
enforced with concrete, will be only fifty
feet at the base and eight feet on top,
though II will pe $50 feet high. The aerial
frame will spread from the top like UNI
brella ribs 200 feet long and insulated at
the tips and connected with guy wires that
will run 10 the ground and keep them ex-
tended. The wires from the aerial frame
will run inside the tower from the ton to
the ground. The current will be 100 horse
power, about thirty times as strong as
anything now in use.
There lie not anything too much known
about the possibilities Of long-distance
transmission in wireless stations. 1t is
thought that with the outfit proposed wire
less messages can be sent 1000 miles. The
department now gets occasional wireless
messages over 1900 miles and some times
nearly 5000 miles away. These are re-
garded as freak messages; but experts con-
slider that IL this sort of sending Is posi-
BILE by a low-powered station a bigger one
will be able TO accomplish the same thing
positively.
Several ships OF the navy will be
equipped under the same contract with out
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

AUllGNSM problem of their Immediate
49, HE value Of water is only be-
future. The real home builder who under
took to subdue SCOTS Bluff county to agrl-
culture. encountered many difficulties. For
many years this vast region has been
utilized as a public common. Countless
cattle and sheep had had free access to 1t
and overgrazed II. These early cattle men
were the pioneers of the plains country.
They fsrmed but little, and from the ma
ture OF their business, and the methods of
operation, wanted no neighbors. Within
the last fifteen years there has been an
awakening to the opportunity which lies
in the plains area, and settlers have moved
westward with such remarkable rapidity
that the day OF the broad free range. with
the old careless and often inhuman meth
DDS Of stock raising. is about over. The
DAY of small flocks and herds, winter fed
and fattened, on home grown forage, is
AT hand. The present pioneers. who are
conquering the wlldness Of SCOTS Bluff
county. were impeiled by the instinct of
home building more than by the love OF
adventure or the lure Of gold to wander
forth 10 this new country and make homes
for themselves and their children. Water
is now their most valuable Fundamental
resource, but It must be taken care Of
and used with intelligence and forethought
or IL will lose most OF its value.
The rapid narrowing OF the limits Of our
unoccupied public domain in Nebraska.
and the tremendous increase in values, all
over the state. renders it more difficult
yearly for the man of small means to get
a foothold on the soil. So great is the
land hunger over the entire west that al
ready 10000 families, composing some OF
the best blood OF the nation. have taken
up new homes under a foreign flag. Our
greatness as a state must have its founda-
tion in the home OF the man whose feet
are firmly planted upon his own land.
There is no state stability in a citizenship
born and reared on rented farms. Patriot
ism, loyalty and civic pride are not bred
and fostered I'm this way. An assurance
that the great mass OF our people shall
reside in homes OF their own, is an assur-
snce that our future will be one of sta
bility and progress. From the very In
ception Of this republic our legislators have
recognized that II was a national duty to
render the requirement OF homes as easy
as possible. This recognition was shown
in the homestead Law which opened the
settlement OF the Mississippi valley.
The first extensive irrigation enterprise
in the North Platte valley was Whist was
known as the farmers canal, which was
started In 1887. Practically, II may be said
that the Farmers canal is first on the
North Platte river, not only In point OF
time but In the amount OF water It is en-
titled to divert from the river and the
area OF land which IL can cover, From the
Platte river there extends three benches OF
rich soil. all vi which are irrigable, and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
In the Field of Electrical Experiment

fits capable of sending up to 1000 miles.
1t Is impossible to install as effective send
ing stations on s%hipboard as will be the
great station at Washington, but there are
few places where a ship with a 1,OOO-mile
sending radius cannot pick up some shore
station so as to get a message relayed to
Washington.
The total cost OF the station when COM
pleted and in working order, exclusive OF
the tower, will be about $l00,OOO, aod It is
expected to be in operation in six months
time. Its success is positively guaranteed
by the contractors, and confidently ex-
pected by Admiral Cowles and Lieutenant
Commander Cleland Davis, the officer in
cha 'ge of the installation and under whose
direction plans and details have been de
veloped.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
reflections of a Bachelor.

First, a girl makes a man think he Is in
love with her. then she makes him think
she is pretty.
The trouble with education for women
is they know too much for man superior
ity without IL.
It takes some people so long to make
up their minds, that when they finally do
they have forgotten Il was about.
You can never convince a woman that
the reason the bank doesn't want her 10
overdraw her account isn't just because
it's stingy.-New York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

conf spoke cautiously. He distinguishes
between the large amount Of power needed
to propel such q craft and the very small
amount needed to steer 1t. If its screws
are driven by suitable means, already pro-
vided on the boat, its movements can be
controlled by wireless methods at a dis
lance. The power needed to pull a lever
on a locomotive, for instance, is a very
different thing from that which hauls a
train. To transmit power enough to control
valves or rudders is feasible enough, but If
any system Of supplying power enough to
drive a ship exists Mr.. Marconi has not
heard of II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

ginning to be realized by the
people of western Nebraska.
In reality, II is I'm some ways
the most important material
problem Of their immediate
The Dickinson press., 1909-01-09
TWO PERISH
FROM FIRE
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Tuesday afternoon but was not appraised
of her awful calamity until she reached
the home of the neiehbor, Mr.. Kellar.
where the children were being cared
for. She was frantic with grief and re-
fused to be comforted.
At any time the tragedy would be
horrible enough but occurring at this
season of the year, it could not be
worse. The family Ire in the most un-
fortunate straits. The fire was caused
by a defective chimney.
Koehl himself was badly burned about
the face and hands, from fighting the
flames which were destroying his chill
dren. His hands and feet were also
partly frozen and he is suffering from
the exposure. as his only outer garment
he used to wrap about his little ones.
John P. Juneers and Joseph Pecthl Of
Gladstone were in the city this week
soliciting aid for the stricken family.
They met with ready reponses and var
ious sums of money and much merchan-
disc were contributed. The knights of
Pythias gave the sum of $42 and many
others smaller amounts. Many of the
mer chants gave groceries. clothing, etc.
The family lost everything and any
who wish to help in the way of money,
clothing, groceries, ETC., will be doing q
great deal of good.