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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-20

Al top. Japanese building, showing
the Japanese and. American flags dis
played side by side over the entrance.
In the center, No. 1. Adrimal Uriel
Sebrce. in command of the North At
lantic squadron, IT, S. N; 2. Vice Ad.
miral Uriu. japanese navy; 3, Admiral
Barray, U. S. n. 1, Admiral II, Tjichi.
commander Of the Japanese fleet. AT
bottom, ] f. Chilberg president of
the ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
to whom the knotty problem has
come for final analysis.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

pended with whiting or wilted leaves,
not yet dlslodged by the wind. The
pieces on the ground, when examined,
exhibit clean cut or break at the
large end, and II one cuts into the
twig with knife a whitish worm is
disclosed lying in the burrow thus
opened. This is the larva of the oak
pruner, which when full grown is a
little more than one-half inch long,
and transforms into a blackish or
brownish beetle of about the same
length.
The life history OF this pest is such.
eyidencing apparently marvellous in
stinct, that IL commands our admira-
tion. The female beetle, according to
Fitch. normally lays her eggs in
spring or summer on a green succu.
lent twig in an angle between leaf
twig and leaf stalk. This action af-
fords the young tender food of the
right nature. easily obtained AS the
larva grows older It works into the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

cilities come to the fore. In fine
weather the ball expands to the full,
but when rain approaches IL shuts like
an umbrella. II the weather is in
clined to be showery. II keeps shut all
the time, only opening when the dan
ger from the wet is past.
The ordinary clover and all its vari-
eties, including the trefoil and the
shamrock, are also barometers. When
rain is coming the leaves shut togeth-
er like the shells OF an oyster and do
not open again until fine weather is
assured. For day or two before rain
comes their stems swell to an appre-
ciable extent and stiffen so that the
leaves are borne more upright than
usual. This stem swelling when rain
is expected is a feature of many flow
ering grasses.
The fingers of which the leaves of
the horse chestnut are made up keep
fiat and fanlike so long as fine
weather is likely to continue. With
the coming of rain, however, they
droop as If to offer less resistance to
the weather. The scarlet pimpernel is
nicknamed the poor mans weather
glass" or wind cope, and opens its
flowers only in fine weather AS soon
as rain is in the air 1t shuts up and
remains closed until the shower or
storm is over.
The common garden convolsulus'
crumples up its delicate blossoms
within the space of half an hour IL
rain drops are on the way. and il
keeps them thus until the bad wealth.
er has passed.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

currency act. The steel plates for
every national bank In the country
had 10 ne altered. To the legend on
the face Of the banknotes and at the
top, Secured by bonds of the United
States" there had to be added
third line, "Or other securities" In
order TO add these three words every
plate had To be softened, the extra
words engraved, and then the whole
plate retempered Each OF these
banknote plates, which costs $T5, will
print 10000 bills, then the impressions
begin to get dull. and the plate has to
be softened the dies recut. and the
plate tempered again, after which
about 10000 more impressions can be
taken The plates are then destroyed
and new ones made.
To-day Mr. Eldridge sleeps easy
Let your notes come in as fast as
you can make them" is his message
to the head of the bureau of engraving
and printing Rush the notes over
until we have n stock Of 700,000,000
100000 900 to remain in the upper
vaults for current needs of the banks
and 500, ,O0O.0O to rest secure in the
vault beneath the treasury, guarded
by its walls OF steel and stone and by
its network OF wires which never
sleep"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

on which money is printed has to be
dampened before II takes the impres-
sion of the hand press, so that when
it comes out II is not sized covered
with glossy surface as the result OF
bath In a glutinous substance). These
treasury notes were issued just as
they came from the press. AS result
the fibers soon began to break through
the surface of the paper. and as each
bit of fiber dropped from the bill the
ink began to fade, so that within two
weeks after the first bill was issued
the treasury had TO begin to redeem
the tattered notes and issue new ones
IL was then that a committee appoint
ed to examine into methods of the
treasury department suggested that
all paper on which banknotes were
printed should be resized after print
ing. Mr.. Eldridge was the aggressive
factor in this particular reform, and
il is to him that the present pleasing
appearance of our paper money is
due.
Prior to the completion of the new
vault the emergency currency was
stored i'm the basement OF the Union
Trust Company, at the corner of Fiji
teenth and II streets, n. w. The first
few millions that were received were
placed in a large iron vault. but when
carloads of money began to arrive
this vault with capacity Of mere
fortymillions soon overflowed. and then
this enormous wealth was stacked on
the floor in ordinary wooden boxes,
which any hatchet could have knocked
TO smithereens This seemed an
awful risk for the government to take,
but there was nothing else to be done,
A tiny dynamite cartridge discharged
in a little areaway in the rear OF the
bank building would have blown
hole in the cellar walls that would
have barred to view wealth OF which
Solomon "in all his glory" could not
have dreamed, and which would have
made naughty Croesus green with
envy. In order to meet this danger
the government employed ten extra
watchman. who patrolled the streets
and alleys in the neighborhood OF the
Union Trust building for nine months.
day and night. These watchmen were
only dropped from the pay roll of the
treasury on May 10, when the new
vault was turned over to the govern
ment by the contractors.
Forced Change in Steel Plates.
But the division OF issue was not
the only branch OF the government
which found itself extremely busy
after the passage Of the emergency
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
RAVAGES OF BLACK BEETLE
AMONG SHADE TREES
Watehfu Care In Summer When Destructive
Laying Their Eggs May Orchards
Timber.

However desirable il may be 20 have
a judicious pruning of our oaks, We
can hardly trust 20 beetles 20 do the
wS1k as We wish il done, and during
the summer of 1908 Elaphidion Ger.
tainv exceeded the limit and caused
much anxiety to owners Of oak trees in
various parts of the country. Further,
since II sometimes attacks the apple
and other quite valuable trees. II calls
for some attention
During July one may observe be-.
meath oak trees many fallen twigs and
in some instances small branches.
with leaves still attached and gcner.
ally withered, though sometimes still
green. A glaGce into the tree will re.
veal possibly other twigs hanging sus.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
USING CEMENT
TO SAVE TREES
Former Method Was Never Sue
ceesfuI for Several Reasons.

The former method of working in
falling trees with cement was never
successful for several reasons. One
was that the cement seldom IL ever
adhered to the wood, 50 the swaying
by wind of the tree very generally
made larger the treated crack be
tween II and the wood.
Water penetrated beyond the filling,
so the decay increased rather more
rapidly than before attempting
remedy.
The improved idea Is In removing
from the interior all of the rotting
mass. There remains only a living
shell of sapwood and bark, and into
this cavity a steel brace is nicely in
serted and bolted in place
The next important step Is to cut
watersheds-preventing any moisture
from entering. There are. deep
grooves cut about one inch inside the
edge and opening out to the ground
below Cement is packed tightly into
grooves, forming a channel down
which the water flows.
The cavity is afterward wired
throughout thoroughly.
The cement Is worked moist, and
built out in the tree shape. Any bark
that Is cut away for an inch or two
in order To prevent bruising as the
filling is in progress will soon cover
the filled spot so passerby can
scarcely detect the wound at all.
In very large cavities the opening
is covered by utilizing large strips OF
zinc.
Nature helps in this kind OF new
work in trees, for the place soon heals
over.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
The Door to the vaut-ts Weight is Seven Tons.

money is printed in sheets, four bills
to the sheet and 1000 sheets to the
package. There were nearly 5000, 900
sheets, or S,797 packages to store
away. The actual value represented
in this amount of printed paper is
only s4S9.S50. In estimating this value
of the printed paper the government
figures that each package weighs IA
pounds. and the paper is purchased at
4S cents per pound. The balance is
for the printing and the handling OF
the bills. which are counted SO times
before being stored away.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

however. we are led to believe that
such may not always be the case.
Our attention was called by cor.
respondent last August to the fact
that many fallen twigs examined con
tanned no worms. Later. in Septem-
ber, We noted this also, and were
not able to find a single larva in any
twigs examined, large number being
cut open for examination
This can hardly be accounted for
by the work Of insectivorous birds,
since they would be unable TO reach
them in their burrows. In any event
the larva Is In It's burrow when the
twig first falls and can then be east
ly cared for. We therefore suggest
the following remedy:
Collect and burn all twigs cut OF
by this insect as soon as they are
found on the ground in July or Aug
ust. DO not leave this work until the
following spring.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

ture. furnished with steel racks. which
closely resemble safety deposit box
racks. The interior walls are OF Har-
veyized steel. half an inch thick, and
the whole vault is incased in masonry
and cement more than two feet thick.
But beneath the masonry and the
shell of steel lies the chief protec.
tion of the vault against burglars--a
mat OF closely woven steel wires.
Now, each Of these wires is charged
with electricity, so that when one of
them is touched with an awl or a bit
OF . dynamite pump an alarm is In.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

older wood. At this time the worm"
is about half grown.
According TO the above writer and
others, this larva needs moisture to
so through with IFS transformations
to the pulpal and later to the Image
stage This evidently it could not
obtain II the twig remained Oh tine
tree. lt therefore proceeds to CT
on the twig which has afforded ~ y
home SO that this will lie on the
moist earth during the autumn and
winter This is very nice operation.
eVidencing apparently, as stated
above, remarkable instinct.
Fitch elaine that IN, entire larval
and pulpol stage is passed within the
twig. From personal observations.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

Twenty years ago this vast amount
Of printed bills would have been ut
terly worthless un,il each bill had
been signed by the president and the
cashier OF the bank in whose name IL
was issued, but in the nineties con.
gress passed law making the notes
legal as soon as placed in circulation,
thus adding materially TO Mr. FL.
bridges cares. whose duty it then be
came to handle money. not in the
making, but the perfected cash. Now,
as soon Is the bills are entered upon
the ledgers of the treasury as being
shipped to a bank. they are considered
money. The express companies hand.
ling these shipments are bonded for
S500000. and In case of loss or rob
berry the company is held responsible
for the loss. II was only short time
ago that shipment OF $4,000 TO the
Pacific coast was stolen in transit,
and the express company was forced
to give a check for the full amount.
The treasury is to-day redeeming
some Of these stolen banknotes with
out question, although some NJ them
bear no signature at all, while others
bear the forged signatures of the
president OF that bank and of the
cashier. The express company was
never able To recover more than s15..
600 OF the stolen bills. II had to lose
the rest.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
the Surplus
Wealth of
Uncle Sam

stantly set OF in an adjoining build
ing, where watchmen are constantly
on gsard. And TO make sure that this
electrical appartus IL working proper
ly there is "buzzer" which goes off
every - minutes inside the vault II
the warning apparatus Is not working
properly this buzzer will be thrown
out of commission and the watchmen
will be Immediately notified.
Cannot Tamper with Cables.
But what IL the cables connecting
the vault with the watchmen's room
should be cut?" MIR. Eldridge was
asked. The reply was that any tam
pering with the cable would have the
same effect upon the alarm system az
II the vault itself had been attacked.
This enormous vault, whose roof is
on level with the pavement. has
perfect system of ventilation by great
driving and suction fans, which are
turned on when the vault is opened.
so that the air Is fresh and cool at all
times. II is lighted by electricity, the
lighting plug being put in place only
after the vault door is opened.
One of the marvels of the vault Is
the vault door. complicated mass OF
gray steel weighing seven tons. but so
wonderfully balanced on ball-bearing
hinges that it can be opened without
effort. 1t has four combinations, and
no one man in the employ of the gov
ernment knows them. Two men know
two of them, and two others the re-
naming two, so that in order to un.
lock the money chamber at least two
persons must be present. The door
is. Of course, equipped with the time
lock device, which is now in use on
all first-class safes. But even entrance
through the vault door sets off the
alarm in the watchmen's room. IL is
necessary, therefore. to supply the
watchmen's department with a sched-
ule showing at what hour the vault
will be opened and at what hour 1t
will be closed. The vault, according
to the schedule, must not be opened
before S:45 in the morning, and II
must be closed before five every night
OId-Fashiored Elevator.
The only way to reach the vault is
by way of tiny hydraulic elevator.
which is protected by an iron door,
opening almost at the elbow of the
chief of the division of issues. who
keeps the key in his desk. This ele-
vator car was barely large enough to
carry Mr. Eldridge. the newspaper
man. and q photographer down to the
vault. II is operated by the old-fash-
ioned rope-pulling device and is the
most prosaic road to millions imagin.
able.
On June 1s, the morning on which
the photograph from which we got
the illustration was taken, the vault
contained $309, ,199,91O, in the follow.
ing denominations: $77,516,660 in
fives. $21O,011 300 in tens and twen-
ties. $6.256, 200 in tens, and $15,415, $50
in fifties and one hundreds. The
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
Mammoth
Steel Vault
That Holds

THEN congress passed the
the emergency currency
HA act last May authorizing
the controller of currency
TO have printed emergency
currency TO the value of
one-half of the amount of
government bonds owned by the ma.
uonal banks throughout the country,
condition was created-and a very
serious condition-which nobody real.
lied so fully as Watson w. Eldridge.
chief Of the division of issues under
the currency bureau. For this vast
sum. about $3.50. 100000, was TO be
placed in his hands for safe keeping,
as is all the national bank currency.
At the time of the passage of this
act there was on hand in the vaults
on the second floor OF the Treasury
building In Washington about $780,
100000 of national banknotes. as a
working stock" This quantity of pa
per money was about all that these
two vaults would hold. SO when the
bureau of printing and engraving,
after sending out c. Q. ID. summons
for all the expert engravers I'm the
country to come to Washington and
aid in altering the steel plates. to
comply with the new law. began to
send the emergency currency In dray-
loads to Mr. Eldridge. that trusted
guardian of the nations wealth be-
gan to spend the most uneasy nights
in all his 40 years service in the
treasury department and 20 years in
his present position.
The money continued 10 pour In.
not in thousands and hundreds of
thousands. but in millions. II was the
most unwelcome money ever unload
ed upon a man working for a salary
New Vault Made Necessary.
When things reached a crisis an
order was given for a vault to hold
this emergency currency. vault
which would make all previously
manufactured safes look like pocket
savings banks, for the new structure
of steel was to be thin shells be-
tween inconceivable wealth and
thieves who we're ready to break i'm
and steal, and the corruption of fire,
earthquakes, and devastation OF any
other character. 1t must be a vault,
SO the treasury officials specified,
capable of holding the vastest sum OF
money ever stored in one place. five
hundred millions.
The order was given and the safe
makers set to work. To-day the vault
stands completed, as witnessed by
the accompanying illustration, the
first which the government has al
lowed to be taken of this vault. There
are stored in the steel plgeonholes a
little more than 300,000,000 of bank
notes and the remaining millions are
being stored away as fast as they can
be counted in the big Offices above
the level of the street.
The new vault. which was built at
q cost of $4,000. is a two-story struc-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
To Get Rid Of vermln.

My hogs got lousy last year before
| knew II. | could not afford to build
dipping tank. 30 ! put into three
quarts OF hot soapsuds one-half pint
of kerosene oil. boiled and stirred Wig
orously for ten minutes When the
emulsion has cooled sufficiently |
poured II through sprinkling can
along the backs and over the leads of
the pigs. The ticks and lice quickly
Disappeared. bat repeated the dose
twice lore during the sammert-J. "a.
Barnes, Indiana. pa
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

Peasants in the eastern regions of
Russia make bread from fish roe. At
the present time, owing to the hard
season. there is what they term in
that country little famine;" conse
quently the peasants are making breao
from the roe of fresh water fish. with
which the rivers abound. The process
of making "fish flour" differs little
from the ordinary one. The roe is
dried and ground, and cooked in the
usual fashion.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
Deserves Thanks OF Nation.

The crispness and durability OF our
present day banknotes are due large.
ly to the efforts Of Mr.. Eldridge. the
guardian of the Jumbo among vaults.
Many years ago congress passed a
law authorizing the issue OF treasury
notes, and the bill required that these
notes be put In circulation within 30
days. II was rush job. The paper
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
Telephones and street Railroads.

The cost of the central station
plants existing in 1907 in the United
States was Just $1.OOO,OOO, 900; tho
capitalization Of telephony was 81 100.
100000 and che capitalization o,
railroads was close upon the $4,000,
100000, making a grand aggregate q
t6.100,O0O 900, or for 1903 about 81
900. 100000
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
WELL
FROM INFECTION
Plan for Fixing Curb 10 Serve
aB Covering.

A sketch OF a plan for fixing an or
dinary we'll curb so as to afford good
covering for the well is given by Neil
Mclean in Prairie Farmer. The or
dinary well curb can be made into one
of the very best of well coverings II
only a little time and money is ex.
pended on It. It is just as important
that the curb be built 80 as to pre-
vent roosting place for sparrows,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13

and to ward OF leaves and trash
blown about by the wind, as IL is TO
give attention to location and surface
conditions when choosing a place for
the house well, Make screen door
for the old well curb and cover the
remaining sides with ordinary screen
wire.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
DANDELlON AS A BAROMETER
Absolutely Reliable When One Can
Read Its signs-Also Is Weather
Prophet.

The dandelion is dandy barometer.
one OF the commonest and most reli-
able. II is when the blooms have
seeded and are in the fluffy, feathery
condition that the weather prophet ia
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
Timothy Hav

Well settled timothy hay measures
about 250 cubic feet to the ton. while
new hay occupies nearly twice that
space. In sale of new hay II is Gus
tomary to take of about 10 per cent
for shrinkage in weight, as compared
with barn cured hay.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-13
Remove Useless Stake.

Flower stalks on rhubarb plants
should be removed whenever seen, so
that the plants strength will not be
wasted ia the useless formation OF
seedA
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-24
order Of Owls Proves Popular.

Dr. w. F. Larimer, who is register
ed at Ell Captain Hotel is organizing
an order which is proving great hit
among those devoted to lodges. He is
organizing a lodge in Roswell TO be
known as the Order of Owls. an order
full of fun and mystery.
Recruits are being obtained and an
abundance Of pleasure is in store for
all who look into the mysteries of
Owhsm
If you get caught in the Owl trap
there is but one way to get a release
and that is to become a member OF
the order.
DIR. Larimer will ibe glad to explain
all details as to the o. o. o. 1t would
be a good idea to be one of the large
class going in as charter members. t2'
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-24
WRECK WAS CAUSED BY
IAMPERING With SN

An investigation mas developed the
fact thai the wreck Of two carloads
OF goats, at the Second stree: cross
ing in this city a few uays ago, was
caused by some person or persons tam
pering with the switch through which
the cars were thrown. The same con
dft1on was found at the switch this
morning, although discovered this
time before any damage was done.
The wrecked train could as well have
been a passenger train and many peo-
pie injured or killed. The authorities
are on watch at this point and have
their opinion as to whom the blame be
longs A repetition of the offense may
mean serious trouble for the guilty
persons.
It Is stated upon reliable authority
that since the schools are out the 10
cal yards are full of boys much Of the
time The parents are asked to help
keep boys away from the railroad, as
it is dangerous to the boys and puts
the railroad employees in an awkward
positio much of the time, watching
both the boys and the railroad proper
ty