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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26

rangement is to so locate the silo that
the passage way from silo to barn is a
continuation of the feed way in the
barn. In general it seems that there
are few advantages in building a silo
inside of a building and many in
building it outside. There are tyDes
of barns, the large round barn, for in.
stance, which are of a form making
it impossible for a silo to be con.
veniently located at the center.
The fundamental principle in the
preservation of green forage when
placed in silo is the exclusion of air
1t is the purpose of any silo regardless
of its construction to exclude air as
far as possible from the slage and in
this way prevent decay. To prevent
the air from reaching the silage all
silos must have air tight walls. These
must be rigid enough not to be sprung
out Of shape by the pressure of the
silage, permitting air to enter next to
the wall Not only the walls but the
doors also, must be perfectly air tight
To accomplish this they should be
we'll fitted and the joints made more
perfect by felt pads or gaskets. It is
good practice where the silo door sets
against a shoulder, to place clay
worked into the consistency of putty
in the joint. The clay is placed on
the bearing surface and the door
placed over it and when the pressure
of the silage comes against the door
an air tight joint is obtained. Tar
paper is successfully used by some
silo owners either in strips to cover
the cracks around the doors or in
widths sufficient to cover the entire
door and lap a few inches on the silo
walls.
Not only should the walls be tight
and rigid, but they should be perfectly
smooth on the inside TO permit the
silage to settle without forming air
pockets, which cause a certain amount
OF the adjoining silage to rot. Several
foundation walls were found con.
structed as shown at the left of Fig.
2, and in each case a considerable
amount of spoiled silage was found at
the shoulder made by the wall. The
foundation wall and In fact the walls
of the entire silo, should be as smooth
as possible. If due care Is used In
tramping the silage during the filling,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26
SUBSTITUTE BILL DOES NOT
SUIT.

Olympia, Wash, Feb. %. 1.-THE
Graves substitute local option bill is
not satisfactory and does not meet the
views of local option members of the
legislature. announced Senator Fall
coner, tonight at the conclusion of a
conference of local option leaders at
the office of acting Governor Hay.
1t might be possible to amend it
so it would be satisfactory by insert
ing in it more provisions of the anti
saloon league bill. but if we are going
to do that we might just as we'll re-
tain the league bill.
"The Graves bill already includes 10
sections of the league bill. The other
10 of its 20 sections are new. Some
of them are far from satisfactory.
For instance, the title is an almost ex-
act duplicate of the Nichols bill passed
through the senate by the anti-local
option members. 1t provides for the
sale and regulation of Intoxicating
liquors. but says nothing about prohib-
iting the sale of them.
"This could be amended and would
hoave to be before the bill would be
satisfactory. Another feature of the
Graves bill is that under it the saloon
element is given the affirmative side
of the question in all local option
elections. Our bill gives the affirma-
tive to the local option side.
"Tonight's conference took no action
on the bill, but merely read it through
and discussed its provisions. A further
conference will be held at which time
definite line of action may be agreed
upon.
eff the men opposed to the anti.
saloon league bill who profess them
selves willing to vote for compromise
| bill insist on having a bill without the
league label on it the proper method
of preparing such a measure would be
to appoint a formal conference COM
mittee of local option members of the
| respective houses to draft it. In order
to be satisfactory such a bill would
have to have the league bill as its ba~
sis. We are willing to make concess-
ions as to the unit, if necessary, in
order to pass the bill, but as for my
self | am still firmly convinced that
the county, being the taxation unit
and the unit of law enforcement, is the
only logical unit of local option.
The conference was attended by 10
of the leading local option members
of the house and senate and lasted I'M
til nearly midnight. 1t was called by
acting Governor Hay Senator Graves.
although he consented to and did draw
the substitute bill, refused to attend
the conference at which it was con-
sidered because of his feeling toward
the acting governor on account of the
latter's Seattle address. in which he
criticised the supporters of the Mich
OILS bill as defenders of the liquor
traffic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26

E G Johnson to Farmers State
Bank. Johnson, livestock, $40.
VIM II Fountain to Farmers State
Bank, Johnson, 2-3 crop on Thompson
ranch, 2 miles west of johnson, Sl5O
Geo Schierman to New Mere Co,
livestock, wagons 1925.
E A Grimer to New Nero Co live
stock $125.
L L Laid to W H Hollants. live
stock. 1851.
Jno Greif to Henry Herboth, i'm
plements, $500.
Sam Ailor to Farmers State Bank
Of Johnson, livestock, $35.
Geo Freshman to A Davis, lives
took, S2l5.
c b Sanders to Albion State Bank,
livestock, 2-3 crop on nwq of SO, sh,
sh NEG of 32-16-45. 81.
Z Hagman ct al to Potlatch Lbr.
Co., 25 bushels wheat on neq nh sec
of 1854 livestock, 500.
j r Hagaman ct al to W Hull live.
stock. S275.
C A Thrall to Linville Bros, live.
stock, implements, S94.
W A Birdsell to Jas Cairnes, live
stock, implements. $40.
w S Alsup to First Nationa! Bank
of Pullman, 2-3 crop on part sh of IL
15-45, 1925.
c H Banning to M B Larrick, live
stock, crop on 2-16-42, $500.
w H Jones ct al to P w Cox, live
stock, crop on swq neg, lots 2, 3, A,
of 2-14-99. S125.
w w McDonld to ] B Hunter. live
stock, crop on VIII swq, seq swq, swo
seq of 14-l3-39, SAC.
RELEASES.
Security State Bank to A H Nc
Alpine and wife, real mtg.
Coolidge and Mechanic to Napoleon
Genoer and wife real mtg.
Gilbert Hunt Co to l. r Renner.
chattel mtg.
Emil Reisenauer to Jno T Mayfeld,
real mtg.
w H Leeds to C l. Glenn, real mgt.
Chas Eezell to J S Martin partial
release of real mtg.
Mercantile Trust Co IT., to N P Ry
CO., partial release of real mtg.
A N Huffman to ] G Miller ct al.
real mtg.
Ellen Boyd to w o Knowles anc
wife real mtg.
Silas P Syron and wife to First
State Bank of Garfield. real mtg.
First Saw. and Trust Bank to Earn.
est Raymond and wife, partial release
real mtg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26
AN AUTOMATIC CHEESE PRESS

This form of cheese press maintains
a constant pressure for any desired
length of time by means of a rope
wrapped around pulley at the end
and over a small pulley on a beam
overhead. The f4o-pound weight Is
sufficient to keep the screw pressed
up to the cheese. A close cheese is
obtained free from any mechanical
openings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26
CHATTEL MORTGAGES.

{ 0 Matson to P H Matson, live
stock, implements, $751;.
H Matson to Albion State Bank.
livestock. % of grain grown on nh
neq, seq NEG. neg seq of 22-l5-44.
1920.
Charles Cleveland to A w Peterson,
BARRIERS outfit. $3.50.
c A Coston ct al to Lewis Hamlen.
livestock, implements. $14.
b Fry ct al to Bank of Sprague,
livestock, s424.
Dan Vandermeer to Sprague Roch-
dale Co, livestock. SS4.
VIM P Parker TO VIM Parker. ct al
livestock, 81.
Geo A Miller to National Bank of
oakesdale, livestock. So.
Leonard Harvey to National Bank
.of Oakesdale, livestock, 81.
W P Burns TO F A Davis, livestock
SIP. n
ID Fountain to Farmers State Bank,
johnson. livestock, implements. $500.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26
Unlncumhered-

Yes" said the enthusiastic citizen,
i own that house free and clear"
Him." replied the shrewd stranger
then ! presume you haven't bought
an automobile. Detroit Frss Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-26
Strenuous Treatment.

Here is a family affair on hand
which I must handle without gloves"
What is it?"
"A mischievous pair Of kids. BAL.
timore American.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-29

These are Forts Wetherll, Adams,
Getty, Phil Kearney and Greble They
are equipped with numerous batteries
of high-power coastdefense rifles of
the latest model the main ornaments
consisting of 12-lnch and ten-inch
rifles.
Fort WetherilL on Canonicut island
Was begun five years ago. and is now
in fighting trim, although guns are
still! being mounted in the batteries
which adjoin II along the shore But
although ready for use and turned
over by the engineering corps to the
lighting branch OF the army. needing
only barracks for the troops to com
plete its equipment. the fort which is
destined to be the strongest and most
important of the Narragansett bay de,
fenses has not yet been put into com
mission owing TO lack of men. At
present it is guarded by a small de.
tachment of troops from Fort Adams
which will be kept on duty there until
more artillerymen can be provided. 1t
was for the purpose of remedying this
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the station. with a railroad running
over the station to transport heavy
material used in the several depart
ments. One of the features of the sta
tion is its pattern department and its
draughting rooms. where some of the
most important works in these lines
are perfected.
At Newport also Is located the Naval
War college, one of the most impor-
tant adjuncts of the naval establish
ment
AS an illustration of how practical
is the work of the college 1t is related
that the late Rear Admiral Sampson
one day visited the college after the
close of his victorious campaign in
Cuban waters and there saw suspend
ed on the wall large chart OF the
Cuban coast. It bore certain marks
that denoted the movements of war
vessels. The admiral took it to be a
chart that had been recently prepared
for the purpose of illustrating certain
features of the Spanish war. 1t
turned out as matter of fact, that he
was looking at working model that
had been put to use two years before
the war in the study of an imaginary
campaign against Spain.
The college is in charge of Rear Ad-
miral John p. Merrell. U. s. NJ, who
retired last September, but was re-
quested to remain in charge until next
October, when he will be relieved by
Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rod
gers, U. S. NJ, at present chief naval
intelligence officer.
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grave defect in the system of coast de.
lense that the war department adopt-
ca the plan of requiring the militia
FORCES of the sea coast states to spend
ten days or more in duty within the
iorts instead of in summer encamp-
ments, as had formerly been the rule.
rms change was for the purpose of
familiarizing the militia with the
handling of the big guns, thus forming
reserve that might be quickly util.
lied in case of some sudden emer.
eency.
Man New Forts This Year.
In accordance with this general
plan the infantry and artillery of the
Rhode Island militia will this year
man the forts in Narragansett bay and
Fort Mansfield. below Watch Hill.
The latter is in the New London ar.
tillery district, and the men assigned
to that post will be doing the same
work under the commandant of New
London that the bulk of the state
troops will do at the Narragansett bay
forts under Col. Howe in June.
BY reason of the great shortage of
men, only six companies of coast ar
tillery are now stationed in the forts.
These are Companies rs, 81, 110, III.
l29 and 1870. But that the war depart
ment contemplates making this region
around Newport and Narragansett bay
the chief drill ground of the depart.
ment of the east Is shown by the fact
that a board of army officers recently
made an elaborate survey of the
shores of Narragansett bay and
mapped out camp sites sufficiently ex-
tensive to encamp an army of 100000
men.
This board also selected places
where additional batteries could be
placed If need be, and where signal
stations and searchlights could be in
stalled. Report had it that some of
these sites included some of those oc-
cupied by the summer colony in the
vicinity of Ocean avenue The report
so much exercised some of the land
owners that a delegation of these went
to Washington to make inquiries at
the war department. But, following
'NS 'pbS'' POAiNy' tht utpui tlHtnl htDl
Its plans to itself. If it ever becomes
necessary to use the sites. it will use
them, no matter what landlords may
say or think
No Real Cause for Worry.
Heavy firing heard off the New
England coast was newspaper
headline that had frequent employ
ment in the early days of the Spanish
American war. AS matter of fact,
there was no firing there at all, but
Newport, as well as other seaports.
trembled every time the report was
made. If the city only had known it,
its defenses even then were pussant
enough to fend off any attack that
poor Spain could have made But
while the army and navy knew this,
the average citizen did not And until
Cervera's fleet was blockaded in Santi-
ago, the average seaboard citizen was
generally obsessed with a notion that
he had cause to worry.
But thanks to the awakening which
that little war brought about and to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-29

take to use it for snake bites. When
person has been bitten by a poison
Gus snake, every precaution should be
taken to prevent the venom from be-
ing distributed through the body by
the blood. Whisky is stimulant, and
it increases the circulation OF the
blood, and thus facilitates the dis
tribution of the poison through the
body.
Three things | always carry with
me when | am hunting poisonous
snakes-a sharp-pointed knife, a stick
of caustic and some strong cord If
| am bitten on the leg at once bind
the leg with a cord above the wound
and then use the sharp-pointed knife
and the caustic. This Is much
safer method than drinking a quart
of whisky"
After two years of snake hunting in
the west Baruch returned to Kansas
City, where he formerly was en-
ployed, says the Kansas City Times.
He lives at 501A Park avenue.
Baruch is killer of snakes and man
ufacturer of snakeskin waistcoats, hat.
bands scarfs, cigar cases and pocket
books. He deals in venom, rattlesnake
oil, and sells mounted skeletons to
museums.
I'm away behind in filling my or
ders for snakeskin novelties he said.
"A waistcoat made of rattlesnake
hides and ornamented with the rat.
ties sells for about S25. Waistcoats
made from the hides of non-polsonous
snakes sell for less money.
1T requires from one to three
weeks to tan a snake hide properly.
kill the snakes and manufacture all
the novelties | sell. 1t is a difficult
task to mount a snake skeleton prop
erly.
"A rattlesnake yields about two
drops of venom. 1t requires about 200
rattlesnakes to yield an ounce of
venom. The rattlesnake has about
one-half ounce of oil. 1t sells for
! 50 so to 50 an ounce according to the
quality.
Snakes are the most dangerous in
| July and August, when they are moon
| eyed. In winter time when snakes are
alternating they shrink from three to
six inches in length. The hides Of
snakes are the most valuable and are
the easiest tanned when the snakes
are killed Immediately after they shed
in the late summer
Baruch has travelled with various
snake shows and he is able to "ex-
pose" the tricks of the snake
| charmers.
THE biting of the snakes head act
ana other similar stunts of snake
charmers are fakes" Baruch said "Al
of them are accomplished by sleight of
hand"
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the great impetus which it gave to the
upbuilding of the navy and to the es.
tablishment of an adequate system of
coast defense, the resident OF the New
port littoral has no longer any need to
worry over any sudden raid from
oversee. Even without the aid Of that
strong right arm of national defense.
the United States navy, the forts alone
could keep at bay a half dozen fleets
of the size of the one which caused
so much uneasiness to the city and
its neighbors during the early days of
the Spanish war
Need Fear No Fee.
The chain of forts which has been
strung along the approaches to this
eastern entrance to the sound com
prises in its martial links Forts Weth-
erill and Adams, which guard the mid.
die channel; Fort Getty, on the west
ern shore of jamestown; Fort Phil
Kearny, on the mainland opposite. and
Fort Greble, on Dutch island The H.
inch rifles of Fort Wetherill are so EN-.
placed as to sweep the annroaehes
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sibility of firing mortars from pit at
an unseen target and hitting it al
most every time.
In addition to it's mortar battery,
the armament of Fort Greble includes
battery of 12-inch breech-loading
rifles, three teD-inch rifles, two six
inch rifles, and a rapid-fire battery.
It's supply of water is taken from
submarine pipes running under the
west passage of Narragansett bay
from Saunderstown, where the war de
partment, under the supervision of the
army engineers Office, last year com
pleted what is considered the most
complete water system any post on
the Atlantic coast possesses.
Fort Getty, on Fox Hill. which is
the flank line for Fort Greble and in
for two-company post, and has a
battery of 12-inch rifles and fine bat
terry of rapid-fire guns.
Work Of Torpedo Station.
The torpedo station at Newport is
the only one of its kind in America
Here the seamen gunners are trained
for the work of manipulating these
machines, taught how to build and
how TO repair them. Here also the
submarines and the destroyer fiotilla
customarily rendezvous for the greater
part of the year,
Adjoining the torpedo station lies
Rose island, commonly known as the
torpedo station annex, where torpe
does, war heads, and other deadly
products from the torpedo station are
stored under charge of warrant of
| ficer of the navy. who is under the
command of Lieut.. Commander Bris
tol. the commanding officer of the tor
pedo station. While the capacity OF
the torpedo factory is but 100 a yeal
! at present all departments at the tor
pedo station are being increased, sc
that the time is not far distant wher
the capacity viii he 300 and more.
At present the station is turning out
[ Whiteheads, Bliss-Leavitts. and a Sc
/ cret torpedo known as the Wilson, bu
nothing can be learned of this or the
other work which is being carried OF
there. When the knock-off whistle
blows at the station each afternoon
the number of civilian employees wht
come streaming out gives the appear
ance of navy yard force ending It's
days work, so numerous are the civil
fans that are now employed.
Made Into Torpedo Factory.
Up TO few years ago smokeless
powder and gun cotton were made al
this station. but this work is now be
ing done by private firms, and one o
the large buildings formerly used fol
this purpose is being transformed into
a torpedo factory. An immense stee
crane is In use at the wharf front o
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with destructive long-range fire. The
fort is fanked with numerous bat
teries of rapid-fire guns designed for
repelling attacks from landing parties.
The ten and twelve inch rifles of the
fort are of the disappearing type, be-
ine mounted on carriages which lift
them into firing position at the mo-
nent wanted. the heavy rlnes sinking
back to the shelter Oh emp)acemehts
after their missiles have been sped on
their way.
The mortar batteries that have been
imbedded In Forts Adams and Greble
can be reckoned as powerful adjuncts
10 the defenses of the place. For one
thing, no missile from any sea-borne
gun can reach them, and, amply pro-
tected by superb batteries of rapid-fre
guns, the artillerymen who man them
have nothing to fear from any assault.
And 1t is no hit-or-miss chance that
these mortar pits take when they be-
come irruptive. In each is a group of
16 mortars of the 12-inch type, each
throwing a shell whose impact on the
Geek of any ship would be sufficient
to send that vessel to the bottom If
the shell be luckily or, on the other
hand. unluckily placed.
Poor Show for Attacker
If one could go down into the inner
recesses of these two forts and gain
access TO the charts and plans and
maps which are guarded there as a
miser guards his gold, he would un-
doubtedly come across chart of the
approaches to the harbor and find 1t
blocked off into numbered squares.
And II he was in the confidence of the
commanding officer he might be told
of the system by which the gunners of
the mortar batteries are informed of
the exact square in which their un-
seen target lays, or the square toward
which it is travelling, if 1t be under
way. and the speed at which it is 60
ing. The instant and almost auto
matte means of communicating and
registering this intelligence might also
be learned. Then the visitor would no
longer wonder at the seeming impos-
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garded as being the most important
from a strategic standpoint. which
contains the most numerous stations
for the advancement of the science of
war, and which is now the most
strongly fortified, probably very few
persons outside of the regular estab-
lishments." the army and navy, could
give correct reply.
Quite certain 1t is that very few
would even think of the leading sum
mer resort of the Atlantic coast as
combining all of these grim equip
ments, and combining them on a
greater scale than does any other city
on the eastern seaboard. Yet this is
Just now what Newport does-the
same Newport that is the summer
home of the fashionable world; the
Newport of cottages, villas, bathing
beaches and yachts. But, incongru-
Gus as 1t may seem and surprising as
may be the statement, yet Newport to-
day Is one of the strongest fortified
posts, II not the strongest, on the At
lantic seaboard, possessing long line
VI htdSoiNNs 6ilhis dClthDto, nIOol vi
which have been constructed since the
Spanish war, fortresses which not only
guard the city and the vitally impor-
tant entrance to Narragansett bay
but also protect the torpedo school
where the seamen gunners of the navy
receive the final course in their edu-
cation, the torpedo station where these
mic
training station, the Naval War col
lege, the navy wireless plant, one of
the most powerful on the coast, and
also the fields where mines would be
laid in time of war.
Defenses of Highest Order.
II would not call the defenses i'm
preenable," said Col Walter Howe,
commandant of Fort Adams and of the
Narregansett district. Perhaps no de-
fenses are impregnable. 1t was once
thought that Port Arthur was impreg-
nable, but the result of the attacks
made upon it showed that it was not.
put have no hesitation in saying that
the present defenses are thoroughly
efficient and adequate in every re-
spect."
In the system of Atlantic. coast de
fense the strategic value of Newport
and CT defenses that could guard the
eastern entrance to the sound was
long ago recognized by the military
authorities. For in military sense
this entrance is literally the back door
to New York, door that it is neces-
sary to keep strongly guarded. A hos
tile fleet that could force its way
through this entrance and past the
several fortifications distributed along
the sound might reach within striking
distance of the metropolis and place
New York and Brooklyn under a ran
som past the counting of man.
Five forts constitute the chain of
land defenses which now guard the en-
trance to Newport and the sound,
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NOT A CURE FOR SNAKE BITES
Expert Corrects Mistaken impress
sion as to Value Of Whisky
as a Remedy.

It's mistake about whisky being a
cure for snake bites. L. T. Baruch.
an expert on snakes and snake bites,
says so.
Whisky might be all right for bad
colds, weak hearts and other all
ments," Baruch said but it's mis-