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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

" J. The decision for a direct ,--..
system IKE that on the Long ISLAND rau
road was announced in December g
to Philadelphia" may not be heard hoUI
ever. for some time.
Durlng November the Grand Trunk rail
road put its single phase alternating w.
TEN INTO effect in the dangerously smoky
'uhhels under the ST. Clair river at Sar-
MIA and Port Huron.
The New York Central has spent the
year developing it's great direct ourrsnt
service with most satisfactory rs.,,I,s
and W., S. Murray, electrical engineer OF
the New Haven system, reported very
enthusiastically In December TO the Amerl-
can institute OF Electrical Engineers on
the recent months of single phase opera
tlon. Now the Harlem division OF the
system is 70 be equipped.
The Union Pacific. the Illinois Central
and the Northern Pacific are all bucklinK
down to the new problems OF electrifca-
ton, which, with more decent treatment OF
the roads, will now go on more quickly.
Progress in wireless.
: Wireless telegraphy and telephony
gained ground in 1908. All around the
coast and lakes there are now more than
100 stations 10 deal with the harnessed
chattering ether.
Electric heating gained enormously in
1905; electrochemistry and electromstaI-
lurgy both made for betterment, and the
electric furnace was intimately adaptad
for the first time 10 the minute require
ments OF the delicate trades Of tswslrv
and dentistry.
As the year closed Il was demonstrated
that electricity. the great vivifyinE force
that makes all things new, was also the
best agent in the world for putting people
TO sleep. 1t is hardly fair TO AK more
OF one little brief twelve mOnthG
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
LiEht aud Power Plants.

Light and Power PIHpts.
The central station industry. supplying
and power. may be said to have ma
terially improved its position in 1908, but
from the most diverse causes. OF course
It felt the panic I'm ways already Indicated,
yet there is evidently a growth, which has
some relation to the number OF people in
the country, just like the consumption OF
food. There was probably not much. II
any. increase in the earnings OF the exist
ing companies, whose gross income may be
put at S225, 200. goo, but a considerable num-
Der of new plants came into range and
many were actually started.
The total number OF central station COM
panies incorporated from January ! to Au-
gust 1 was 2S. This does not include mu-
nlcipal plants authorized. of which eighty
one were in course Of construction during
the period considered. The capitalization OF
these plants was given for sO7, viz, s644S,-
800. In the cases OF Colorado 0hree plants,
$3,5S9,OO0), Montana (seven plants. A,S0e0o)
and Washington mine plants, $l,S4pOo)
large water power developments account for
the figures. During the period considered
16I plants were in the course OF construe-
ton I'm forty-two states.
These are striking figures Of growth for
dull times. supported moreover by the data
OF McGraw's Electrical Directory. which
show for October 6,i1 plants or systems,
or 5.ss4 for the United states and Canada.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Of which $50 had not previously been re-
ported; and nearly all OF these had got
to the firing line OF operation. The ten
dency to consolidation marks the growth
and lessons these figures, and in 1903 what
in earlier days would have been a separate
selt-contained company often began merely
az a substation for an adjacent network
The year has thus seen the Boston Edison
company completing the absorption of many
outlying plants into its system, which now
Families over a large part of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

&D merford Martin, editor OF the
Electrical World. in the New York Herald's
annual review. He considers the estimate
the Lowest reasonable one that can be
made" and is rightly regarded as a notably
good one for ian off year" MIR. Martin
says I'm part:
What the public spends for electricity
is made up partly by the purchase OF cleo
trical machinery and apparatus and partly
by what It pays for the operation Of the
plant already installed. Now il Is, un-
fortunately. the truth that during the last
twelve months enterprise has not died, but
execution has fingered for lack OF funds,
tying the consumption OF electrical appli-
ances down to the varieties that need fire.
auent renewal. Hence there has been little
to note in the nature Of large development.
III S50.O00.0OO gross be taken as the income
OF the telegraph companies In 1905 the
earnings OF the telephone companies must
be rated at not less than t20o.OoO,0o. Placing
the number OF telephone stations In the
country at 5000. 900 an average income OF
only $50 q year per Instrument would reach
toward that figure. and the average Is usu-
allv nut around $40. Why Il is nobody
knows, but Il Is universal testimony that
the various local telephone systems through
out the country showed less marks OF
panic than any other electrical branch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Street RAILWAY Systems.

The electric street and interurban rail-
way Industry is the great earning member
OF the family, gathering in nickels during
1908 to the tune OF S575, OO0,C00 to 500, 10000.
The margin on this has been shown during
the year to be none too great, however. In
Cleveland Tom JOhnson's scent fare
scheme collapsed IN miserable failure; in
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Fruits, Crackers, Butter, Cheese and Meats

Fresh Head Lettuce. per head, 6c-7hc
Fresh Onions, three punches for. &c
Fancy fresh Cauliflower. per ID. INC
Fancy fresh Wax Beans, quart. 100
Fancy fresh Green Beans, quart. loo
Two heads fresh Leaf Lettuce. &c
Three punches fresh Radishes.. DC
New Honey, per rack..........12ho
New Fard Dates, per Id ......... /
Fresh roasted Peanuts, quart. &c
Large C~ocoanuts, each. ......... SO
Large. juicy Lemons, per doz. .l6c
Big Highland Navel Orange sale.
The most healthful fruit grown to
eat this season of year. The High
land Navels are the finest. richest
Favored, j~uiciest and sweetest or
anges grown. Sale prices:
regular 25c size, per dozen. .....15o
regular soc size, per dozen. .....2Oc
regular 35c size, per dozen. .....25c
Regular 4Oc size. per dozen. 100
A handsome Tea Canister. FREE,
with every pound OF Tea Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Golden Corn, Apples or Tomatoes. 25c
Bromangelon, Jellycon or Jello, per
package .... ..........,......7Hc
Peanut Butter, per ar.......... SC
Oil or Mustard S%ardines, per can, 4hc
Schepp's Cocoanut. per Id. zoe
Fancy Golden Santos Coffee, ID. loo
Fancy Maracaibo Blend Coffee, Id. 1Sc
Fancy Porto Rico Blend Coffee, Id zoe
Fancy Ankola Blend Coffee, lb...25c
The best Tea Siftings, per lb.....l6c
Fancy Sun Dried Japan Tea, Id. 200
Fancy Spider Leg Japan, English
Breakfast, Oolong, Ceylon or Gun
powder Tea, per Id. ...,........SSc
Fancy California Prunes, per ID. &c
Fancy Italian Prunes, per Id. ... 1ac
Fancy Cleaned Currants, per b..Slsc
Fancy Muscatel Cooking Raisins, per
~. ''s' s..'.....' '.''ss'''' &C
0mRhR's Greatest Vegetable and
Fruit Market.
Fresh Spinach, per peck. ........20c
Fresh Beets or Turnips, bunch. DC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

been its adoption by the trunk railroads,
which one after another have come out in
favor and use of Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
In the Field of Electricity

Electric light amt power were not eXpen-
sive. trolley riding was checked by factory
and reduced office forces. but
telephony kept right along"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

electric locomotives and trains up the
grades. will naturally and inherently be-
come generators on the down grades and
return electrical energy TO the line.
The Cascade tunnel is a little less than
three miles in length. The Identification OF
this division will eliminate the present con-
gestion of traffic, because steam locomo-
tives cannot pass through the great bore
very often on account of the Sitting gases
and deadly smoke. The danger OF suftoca-
ton will be removed, and the traffic cost
will also be lowered, as the electricity used
is manufactured in the vicinity from water
power.
The Great Northern has secured the
rights and titles for enough water-power
along the Wenatchee to develop 10000
horse power, and It is said, upon good au-
thority, that several Of the heavy grades
near the tunnel will also be electrified in
the near future, and II Is prophesied that
the entire western division Will be run by
electricity with a few years.
While this railroad is the first In the west
TO adopt electricity as a motive power to
any great extent. It is passing evident that
Il will not be the last, as nearly every
railroad in that section. from the Canadian
Pacific to the Southern Pacific, is planning
more or less identification work, which will
be started during the coming year.
d
steam Road EIectFihcRtiOn.
Tie trend OF the steam railroads toward
identification went on Enthusiastically in
1908, and although the question whether
IL shall be direct or alternating current
is not determined IL has been settled by
several roads that II shall be one or the
other. with the completion OF its New
York-Long Island-New Jersey tunnels
the Pennsylvania railroad Is getting
ready TO equip electrically for operation
under both rivers and out TO Harrison.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

New York City the various Metropolitan
receivers withstood sturdily the efforts
made to retain the old transfer system, and
in New England steps were taken TO put
the fare above 8 cents in cases where II
does not pay.
All this is symptomatic OF the higher
cost of nearly everything and not eXcep-
tionaL.
The total capital obligations of street and
elevated systems reached in August 1905
the gigantic sum OF $t,123,SS4,95S, being an
increase for the year of $S5S,5l6,523 The
numbers OF cars at tht beginning of the
year was 81, 24, and the length of track
was Ss.S12 miles; figures which have gained
during the year from to 10 per cent.
The marked element OF novelty has been
the very general Introduction OF pay-as-
you-enter cars, making for the comfort
OF the passengers aud certainly tending TO
give the companies more Of the fares they
earn, but have not collected hitherto.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Electric Locomotives in Tunnel.

Passenger trains hauled by electric loco
motives will be running through the Gus
cade tunnel Of the Great Northern railroad
before January l. 1909. The electrincati ton
OF this long tunnel. which has been
such a source OF trouble and an
noyance since the road was built, is
the largest undertaking Of its kind ever at
tenn ted IN the west, and the Great North
ern is the first Of the great western roads
TO adopt electric propulsion for any consid-
cradle portion of its road.
Not only Is the Cascade development the
largest OF its kind in the west, but It is
the first three-phase railroad system to be
Installed in this country and one OF the
first in the world. The most unusual fea-
ture OF this electric service, as planned by
the General Electric company's engineers.
IL the fact that the motors. which pull the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
January Sale of Lace Curtains in Every Weave 6 Style

Duchess Lace Curtains in white or cream. at,
pair e. . d. . .. . . g.. . . ~ IO.UO
Cluny Lace Curtains in white or Ecru that
sold at $3.50 pair, go at ..........S4.9S
Cable Net, 54-in. wide, that sold at $3.50, go
at, pair .......... e. S.B. SS
Brussellette Curtains in beautiful designs that
sold at $4.9S, go, at, pair. .......S2.9S
Brussellette Curtains that sold at $3.50 pair,
go, at. pair .9S
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Best pure Cane GRADUATED Sugar at
less than jobbers' cost.
10 bars best brands Laundry Soap
6 lbs. choice Japan Rice for.....25c
4 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca or Sage csc
The best hand picked. Navy Beans.
10. ,... W
BIB. cans solid packed Tomatoes Sac
glib. cans fancy No. / Sweet Sugar
Corn for nc
S-lb. cans Golden Pumpkin. Homlny'
Squash or Baked Beans for....Shc
Three loo packages Up-to-Date Wash
ing Powder
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Developments of 1905.

NE billion dollars expended by
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~ The people OF the United States
for electrical service last year
is the estimate OF the years
41lk business given by Thomas Com
kn1D merford Martin, editor OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
High Grade Linen Department

Our direct importations and mamm
your wants in high grade linens at a low
Elegant assortment of Irish, Scotch and
German Table Damask, 70 inches wide
warranted pure flax, heavy double
damask, including our $1.98 values
Monday, yard .................9 CSC
Pure linen dinner napkins, German make, sill
yer bleach. full size, never sold less than
1926, Monday. 6 for. soc
Unhemmed pattern table cloths, size S4 as 2
yards, German silver bleach, warranted pure
flax, regular $3.50 values, Monday,
tdCh ''''s....-. 4. sH.Il
Mammoth collection strictly high grade hem
stitched buck and Turkish towels, 35c and
39c grade, Monday, each ............19c
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Couches and Bed Daven-
ports of all kinds and de
scriptions.
See our offerings before
buying. You'll gain in quail
ity and save in price.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02
Two Cool Desserts.

Coffee junket Is a delicious and an
easily made sweet. From a pint of
fresh milk reserve a gill; bring this
to boiling point and pour over 1t a
tablespoon of coarsely ground coffee.
Infuse for ten minutes; strain, sweet
en- and add the rest of the milk. Warm
to blood heat. 1t must not be hot or
the junket will not set. Remove from
stove, add half junket tablet, stir
and pour into molds, filling them two
thirds full. Top off with sweetened
and favored whipped cream.
Orange maringue requires one pint
of boiling water, a tablespoon corn
starch, the juice of two lemons. the
whites of three eggs and three or
anges (amount for six). Add the corn.
starch, moistening with cold water. to
the boiling water and four tablespoons
sugar. Boil ten minutes and add
lemon juice Pour this while hot over
some sliced oranges; make meringue
of the whites of the eggs with three
tablespoons sugar; spread this over
the top and brown in the oven or by
holding hot stove lid over it "a good
way, be it noted, to save burning)
Garnish with slices of orange peeline
and serve cold.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02

elegant fireplace in one corner. and II
is lighted by three windows of a size
sufficient to look well and admit
plenty of light and sunshine.
The plan is convenient In regard to
dining room, pantry. kitchen and Gel.
lar way. As this Is the executive part
of the house these features are of
great importance A pantry should
always have an omside wall II pos
sible, The one place in the house
that should be kept cold is the
pantry In this plan II Is shut away
away from the kitchen. still there 4.
passage way through one end OF II
to get into the dining room and the
two doors between the kitchen and
dining room are according to the most
approved plans. | like this arrange.
ment for n dining room because II IL
in the front OF the house where It is
light and cheerful; still II is easily ac.
cessible from the kitchen.
Combination stairways also are con.
venient and they save room, that is,
you get more convenience In the same
amount OF space. You get splendid
cellar under a house like this and you
have convenient way down to the
cellar from the passage way leading
from the pantry into the dining room.
The house Is not too large to heat
with a hot air furnace and IL may be
placed almost under the center of
the house, which is very much TO be
preferred In this manner of heating,
because the heat may be equally dis.
tributed To the different rooms. Hot
air is the most satisfactory heat for a
mediumslaed house, especially when
you take the cold air from outdoors.
have very little patience with the
plan adopted by some builders of
taking the furnace air from inside the
house. II is talking point that some
furnace men use but fail to see the
advantage OF It, Fresh air from out
doors may be made comfortable to
live in just as cheap as stale air
taken from the hail way, for the rea.
son that fresh damp air from outside
is more easily heated because II CON
tains considerable moisture. Moist
air at temperature of 6S degrees
feels as warm as dry air at 72 or "A
degrees. II II does take little more
coal, which | doubt very much, the,
saving in doctors bills will more than
make up for IL.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02

TO thrive on II as we'll as on clover
hay or corn fodder. Be sure to save
some clover hay until lambing time,
as the ewes will give more milk ftn
the lambs on clover than anything
else. For grain ration a mixture OF
shelled corn, oats and bran makes an
excellent feed ration. Do not neglect
the bran part. as that keeps the sys.
tenn in good condition and aids digos
tioH. Commence feeding grain to the
ewes in time. so they will not run
down and get poor before lambine
time. A poor eve cannot take proper
care of her lamb, for she has nothing
to draw on.
IL you have comfortable quarters
so you can take care of the early
lambs, you will find that March lambs
are the best for market or breeding
purposes, as they get more size by
fall and are ready to eat grass when
II comes, the cheapest feed on the
farm.
Use a good, pure bred ram on he
flock, as the Improvement I'm quail. ty
size and feeding capacity of the lambs
will more than repay the extra ex
pense and YOU are getting better
flock instead of running them down
as with scrub,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02
The Actress and the Frylns.pan.

Many people wonder how the stage
workers manage to live; at any rate,
those of the profession who have not
the means to stay in high-priced no.
tells, and who must scrimp more or
less to make both ends meet.
One actress in the Road to Yes
terday" company, explains 1t thus, 1T
is all due to my frying-pan! Do you
see this?" and she proudly produced
a new invention, which looks at first
sight like an ordinary fry!ng-pan, but
which on examination shows par
tition in the center bent in the shape
of broad v. Another straight piece
goes from the v to the other side
of the pan, thus making three COM
partments and permitting the cooking
OF three dishes at once.
For the bachelor girl or the actress
on the road there is no boon like unto
this?" she declared. "ln every room
there Is gas jet, and carry this pan,
tiny stove and tubing in my trunk
and there you are! Egg in one com
partment, coffee in the other, and
toast in the third. II is much less
bother as we'll as a saving in expense
to take my breakfast in my own room
.Japy of us do this way. and for us
such a frying pan is blessing not IL
be sneezed at-even by the more
fortunate women who have whole
big stove of their very own!"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02
1ridaet's Reatitudes.

Blessed is the fresh fruit juice add
ed to sago or tapioca to make a light
summer dessert. Mix in the proper
tion of pint of any Juice into pan
with two quarts of water and six
ounces of sago. Sweeten, add vanilla,
mold and set away to cool.
Blessed is the rhubarb syrup
strained. bottled and saved for win.
ter use.
Blessed is the currant Juice added
to any jam in the proportion OF a
pint Of Juice to every four pounds Of
fruit.
Blessed is the summer diet which
includes a large amount of raisins. No
article of food Is more wholesome; /;
no sweet comes to us in such good
form.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to tho
subject OF building for the readers Of
this paper. On account Of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries 20 william A. Radford. No.
i9f Fifth Ave, Chicago ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Cement blocks are used nowadays
for large houses as well as small
ones. The new machines make them
in sizes and shapes to fit any re-
qulred angie or peculiarity in design.
The plans, however, are carefully
drawn to proper sizes to work out In
units so that windows and doors just
take up the space OF 2h blocks or
three blocks. as the case may be. so
the edge OF the wall can be laid up
even and true.
When everything works right II Is
short job to lay up cement block
wall. The blocks are so large they
build mp rapidly There has been a
great change In the manner of build
ing cement block houses since makers
learned how to build machines as
they should be built and workmen
learned how to use them to turn out
good blocks that were right In every
respect. Builders have learned how
to construct house with the use
of blocks. moulded window sills and
door sills. wall caps. cement steps
cement veranda floors, etc. In way
that makes very pleasing as well as
very durable house.
The old difficulties disappeared as
knowledge of the business increased
until there is no possible objection
left. A cement block house built by
contractor of experience and integ
rity IL better than a stone house, anC
II is almost az cheap as wood The
time is fast approaching when cement
will be the cheapest as well as the
best. II behooves all OF us who are
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02

The carly French settlers in Canada
came principally from the provinces
Of Normandy and Brittany in France,
which lie near the Channel islands,
the home OF the Jerseys and Guern-
seys. The cattle of the mainland and
OF the islands were Of the same blood.
and those which the colonists brought
to Quebec. and from which the pres
ent French-Canadian cattle are de-
scended, were those very closely re-
lated to the Channel island breeds,
says a writer in the Rural New York
er. Even now the resemblance is so
close that many a lightcolored. pure
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02

some the natural grays of cement ar
pear cold and uninviting.
In building a house or cement a lit.
tie more care is required in making
the plans. because when the walls
are once up they cannot well be al.
tered. Windows, for instance.
should be large, because no matter
how fashions may change you never
get tired of a large window. The old
fashioned narrow ones look very odd
these days. but at one time they were
thought to be the proper thing. How.
ever, large windows are always in
style. You may go back TO a house
built 100 years ago and II the win
dows were large they look well now
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02
Mayonnaise Dressing.

The tiresome process of dropping
the oil slowly into the egg is being
done away with by many housewives
Its results. too, are often disastrous,
for when half beaten, 10! the separa,
tion of oil and egg. Instead of this
tedious method, try stirring all the
acids that are to be used into the
well-beaten yolks and condiments
Then the oil may be added by the
tablespoonful without failure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-02
FRENCH-CANADIAN CATTLE,
CLOSELY RELATED TO JERSEY
Give More the Form of Churned Butter Tor
orth of Feed Than Any
Breed.

In their ability to thrive on rough
pasture in summer and coarse, plain
fodder in winter. Nevertheless they
respond splendidly to better treat
ment.
In 1886, the Quebec legislature gave
an official standing to the breed by
establishing a herd book. Animals
of acknowledged pure blood and OF
superior dairy qualities were admitted
to registration for ten years, but since
1896 none have been, or can be, en-
tered, except the descendants of the
foundation stock already recorded
The whole number OF animals now or