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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
SAYS AIRSHIP MAKERS GAIN
Lewis NiNOn's Opinion on Zeppelin
Dirieibie Accident.

AirShip constructors and experiment
ing just such an accident as occurred
recently to the huge drigible of Count
Ferdinand Zeppelin. when his machine
became unmana geable and ran away
with the navigator and twenty other
men it carried. Every man engaged in
the study Of aeronautics was at a loss
to know the effects of erratic air cur
rents on airships in comparison with
similar waves or currents upon ocean
going vessels.
In view of these facts Mr. Lewis
Nixon. the shipbuilder. was called upon
for his resultant opinion following the
wild career of Count Zeppelin's mon
ster balloon. Mr.. Nixon is ut present
devoting his energies to the construc
ton of what will be the largest airship
thus far built and was intensely inter
ested in the reports of the accident in
Germany. After reading the final bull
letin announcing the descent of the
Zeppelin airShip he said:
ITO those who are following airShip
development there has occurred no
event so interesting or instructive as
| the results of Count ZeppeIin's 10Y
age. The general results of voyage
| of hundreds of miles could be fore
| casted with some accuracy. but 1t is
! in connection with calculations for
structural strength that the keenest
| interest will be inspired. have for
the last two months been calculating
strains and stresses on 100 foot
| structure and making assumptions
with such Judgment as could bring
! to bear to cover behavior and strength
| i'm storm eddies.
1T is. of course, known to those con
versant with mechanical matters that
we make calculations of strength for
vessels, basing such calculations upon
assumed positions of the vessel among
the waves-that is. when the trough
of the waves occurs at the middle
length and the crests are at the ends
and when the crest is amidships and
the hollows are at the ends, in one
case supporting the vessel the ends
and causing the midship part to tend
to sag, I'm the other causing the ends
to drop. We have in connection with
such calculations vast number OF
ships in which certain margins OF
strength have been found amply suffi
Gent to insure safety at sea wher
/ wave tossed. Hence we can, as the
result Of our calculations. vary oul
scantlings or dimensions Of materia
to such degree as to be sure our struc
ture is amply strong.
"But in the case of an airship W.
float Immersed in the buoyant medium
and not partly immersed, as with al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
Tale of a Car Ticket.

There was goodly proportion of
young men in the Sixteenth street car
when she got in. 1t was a car with
seats running longwise, so that the
doubly blessed youths on the opposite
side of the ear could gaze to their
hearts content. And gaze they did,
for never did car carry lovelier freight
Unaware that her advent in the car
had changed the heart action of any OF
its passengers, her glorious brown
eyes glanced serenely along the palpi
tating line OF masculinity opposite as
she tore a ticket from her strip and
placed 1t between her rosebud lips
while she replaced the strip In her
tiny purse. Lucky ticket!
The enraptured young man nearest
the door would have parted with a
five spot to possess that equivalent OF
four and one-siXth cents. But here
comes the strangest part. The con-
ductor also noticed this most delecta-
bic resting place of milady's car tick
eft. And the conductor was young and
not half bad looking, and the con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
THE ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL i, 10

ordinary ship. So the problem must be
attacked in a very different way. and
up to this time we have had no data to
use for proving out certain empirical
assumptions.
"But Providence and Count Zeppelin
place before us on grand scale the
very conditions needed in our calcula-
tions. and this great structure subject
ed to the eddyings of air in a very Sc
we're storm has shown again the trl-
umph of mans mind over the elements.
1t marks a distinct advance in airship
building. replacing conjecture and esti-
mate by confidence.
/. "Of course with steel vessels great
improvements have been made In strnc-
ture. and that such will be the case
with airships we feel sure, but the re-
cent great event fixes the trussed struc-
ture OF Zeppelin us a dependable one,
and from now on the term .airship' is
to he no longer figure of speech. but
an actually. That such structures2can
with safety defy the elements being
now proved. we shall find the problem
of prOpeiers. their position. size and
shape engaging much attention.
"Destroyers In England have had as
many as thirty sets of propellers tried
before developing the necessary speed,
and most exhaustive experiments In
experimental tanks and on full size
vessels have been made and many vol
umes have been written on the subject,
The airship propellers so far used are
of the crudest. so that vast improve
ment may be expected.
when one realizes that already air
ships larger than ocean going ships of
forty years ago are built and that their
speeds are far In excess of speeds now
attained on the water the rapidity of
development may be appreciated.
''To obtain great lifting power very
large ships must be used. The Zeppe-
lin that was burned was 446 feet long
by 42H feet beam GnG had net lift
Ing power of $1,000 pounds. To carry
100 men and fuel and provisions for
crossing the ocean ut high speed q
vessel 700 feet by IS feet required.
II confidently look to vessels over
half mile in length in the near flu
ture, the performance of the latest
Zeppelin ship confirming me In such
belief. a very great gain in strength
will be obtained by covering the struc-
ture with thin metal plates and by
combining the present dirigfble and
helicopter and utilizing also the aero
plane.
"In the event of war between Eng.
land and Germany dirigibles will be
built in great numbers."-New Yorl
Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
America Using Seven Times as Much
Timber Per Capita as Germany

ests. This term is used to cover the
national forests. state forests. the
timber on Indian and military reser-
vations and national parks These
forests are being managed according
TO the principles of scientific forestry
so far as funds available for their adj
ministration permit. While the ex-
tent of the public forests will UNI
doubtedly be increased in the future, it
is not likely that for a very long time
to come they will contain even rs
much as half of the tip5er supply.
Four-fifths of our forests are now
owned by individuals. companies or
corporations. The manner in which
these forests are handled is. Therefore.
of the utmost Importance in conserva-
ton.
If the lumber industry in the United
States is to live. It means that large
manufacturers will have to protect and
develop their forest property. The
land must be numbered with care. fire
must be kept out, young growth pro
tected, and every principle of forestry
applied to the management Of the land
so that it will continue permanently
productive instead of becoming a
burned over and barren waste. as has
been the case of the forest regions
which have passed through periods n
excessive destruction as the result of
careless numbering methods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

Germany faced the same great tina
Der supply problem early in the 10Th
century that the United States faces
today and in solving it developed
heavy producing and well admins
tered forests which are models for the
rest of the world.
A study OF the systems of forest
management and wood utilization In
the two countries offers many interest
ing comparisons. The United States
takes 2G0 cubic feet per capita an
nually from the forests: Germany uses
but 81. In other words, this country
| is already using seven times as much
timber per capita as Germany. Amer
lean forests are now producing not
more than u cubic feet per acre; Ger
man forests are producing 4S cubic
feet per acre annually. Germany has
reduced waste and consumption and
increased production.
The United States has as rapidly
growing trees and as good soil as Ger
many, and foresters say it is reason
able tc; think that this country will be
| just IS successful as the European
country in high per acre production
when every owner of timberland gets
down to proper conservation and de-
Ivelopment of his forest property. It
is known that the United States must
continue in the future, as in the past,
to rely upon its own forests for the
great bulk of wood which is used
Despite the introduction of many sub.
lstitutes, it is not possible to conceive
the time when it will be practicable
to do without wood for many uses
lGranting this, foresters say, it follows
that as nation and an individual citi
zens everything possible must be done
to put the forest land of this country
upon permanent productive basis
The ultimate aim must be to cut nc
more from forests than they produce
leach year. and to make their yearl,
lgrowth equal to the needs of the PEG
lple. AS in Germany, forest conserve
ton in this country means just TIVE
things, first, the fullest possible utiliza
ton of the present supply of timber
which will make it last longer; ant
lsecond, the handling of forest lands il
such awc Chat succeeding crops {
TIMBER III be secured
At present only about one-fifth .
-FOUR standing timber is in public fol
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
JOHNSON TO PASS
UP JEFFRIES NOW
Black Champion Says he viii Give
AL Kaufman Chance at
Him First.

New York, April Jack johnson,
the heavyweight champion of the
world, yesterday informed the Ameri-
can matchmaker of the National Sport.
ing club of London that Al Kaufman
would be the first man accorded a
chance to fight for the title now held
by the negro Johnson said he would
doubtless meet Kaufman in bout for
the championship on the Pacific coast
next fall The conquerer of Tommy
Burns said he would like to box n
New York, but he feared that if he
attempted to appear in the ring in
this city it would attract 50 much At
tention that interference might result.
johnson also said he would sail for
Europe May II to fill some music hall
engagements in London and that he
had no intention of boxing Langfori
or any one else there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
In a Perfume Factory.

Musk is perhaps the most valuable
and delightful of all perfumes. yet the
refiner as he opens the musk pods
must wear thick cloths over mouth
and nostrils. so repulsive is the odor
that the pods emit. Indeed, this odor.
nosebleed. Civet. karagulluc and am
bergris have in small quantities IL de
licious perfume. but in large quantities
they smell so abominable rs to give
the worker nausea. The hawthorn
blossom is delicately sweet and per-
tuners prize It highly, yet a roomful
Of hawthorn blossoms smells like a
charnel house This. too. is true of the
tuberose. ENQUIRER,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

GEORGE w. SHAW
HARRY T.. BROWN
JOSEPH l. SHAW
BARTLETT S. GRAY
HUGH w. COLE
CHARLES G.. DAVIS
+. J. NAHLHEIM
FORREST NJ. LOVES
w. II. HOLZINGER
CLARK ABLY
CHARLES r. STURTZ
VIM. G.. EVAN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
Judge Gest and the Henry County
Bar.

We the undersigned members of the bar Henry county regardless
election
by o. do
him ate at the mil prim
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

LEONARD ID. QUINN
THOS. J. WEIGH
JOHN T. CUMMINGS
JOHN r. MOORE
VICTOR r. GRIGGS
ii. S. POMEROY
JAMES N. CUMMINGS
ALEX MCLEAN
EDWARD J. Fault
CHAS. f.. MULLIGAN
JAMES X. BLISH
n. +. ANDERSON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

ductor was also smitten. A tiny HAND
reached up to the dlstracting mouth
and. removing the ticket, handed it to
the conductor. 1t is said that he
blushed. Certain it is that he took the
fare tenderly between two fingers and
glanced at 1t pensively. Then-and
the young man nearest the door Is
ready to swear to 1t he deposited 1t
carefully in an inside pocket. far re-
moved from the storing place of all
common tickets. And the question Is
What did he do with it?--Pittsburg
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
Rheumatism,

More than nine cut of every ten
cases of rheumatism are simply rheu-
matism of the muscles. due to cold
or damp weather or chronic rheuma-
tism. In such cases no internal treat
ment is required. The free applica-
ton of Chamberlain Eminent is all
that is needed, and it is certain To
give quick relief. Give it- a trial and
see for yourself how quickly it re-
lieves the pain and soreness. Price
25 cents; large size, SO cents. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
National Kindergarten Body.

n movement has been started In
New York city to form national as
ISOLATION to promote kindergarten
work. A meeting was recently held at
the house of Mrs. John Greenbugh. SIS
East Sixty-third street. at which 1t
was decided to form national organ
iZation. Among those who attended
the meeting We're DR.. David G.. Wylie,
Richard Watson Glider. Mrs. George
c. Riggs (Kate Douglas Wigginl. Miss
Bessie Locke and Daniel s. Remsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

NJ. E. SWEENEY
GEORGE G.. VENEER
ALBERT HUBER
WILTON PARSONS
WIN. JACKSON
G. ]. SEARLE
c. l.. WALKER
ADAIR PLEASANTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

JOHN ROOT
VINCENT J. ROOT
JONAS w. OLSON
JAMES ii. ANDREWS
ROBERT G.. MORSE
G.. NJ. TURNER
l.. Il. TELLEEN
ALMON III. LINN
FRED II. HAND
ARTHUR COOK
N. J. DEMERATH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
SEXTON GOING
TO BIC D0lNGS
Rock Island Baseball Magnate
Will Help Open New Phil
adelphia Park.
CONFERENCES TO BE HELD
Outlaw Gases Demand Attention
VIII Open Office i'm Safety Build
ing on Return.

NJ. II. Sexton leaves, tomorrow
morning for Philadelphia, where. as
president of the National Association
of Minor Leagues, he will take part
in some big baseball doings next
week. Principal among these will
be the formal opening of the new
Shibe American league baseball park.
costing $750,000, and said to be the
finest baseball grounds in the world.
The Immediate object of the trip,
however, is a conference with Secre-
tary Farrell of the National asSocia-
ton, President Ban Johnson of the
American league, and others, over
certain matters that demand atten-
ton. Among them is the war against
the outlaws on the Pacific coast and
certain irregular acts of Jimmy Cal
llahan since he has been reinstated
from outlawry. Callahan has been
using men belonging to other teams
one OF. them being Pitcher Torrey,
who belongs to Springfield, H., but
who refuses to report. Torrey, by
the way, pitched against South Bend
yesterday, and won his game.
Mr. Sexton, while in the east, will
take advantage of the opportunity to
call upon Secretary Farrell at the
latter's Office at Auburn. N. Y. and
| see how the business of the organiZa-
ton of which Mr.. Sexton is head, is
conducted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
To Open Office Soon.

On returning home Mr. Sexton will
drop his private business for the sea-
Safety building. He will have the as
sistance of a stenographer. but will
have no male assistant for the rea-
son, he states, that he does not pro-
pose to have anyone about who might
do things in his absence which might
fail to meet with his approval, but
to which he would be committed.
This has been the case in the Three
Eye league in certain instances in the
past. and Mr.. Sexton has resolved to
profit by the mistakes of others in
this connection.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-24
Offer No. ,.

Success Magazine 10 cents copy, months S 80
Pictorial Review, 10 cents copy, months .45
! Van Norden Magazine, Is cents copy, months As !
( Youths Companion cents copy, weeks Is |
| Metropolitan Magazine 10 cents copy, months As (
Modern Priscilla. -. 10 cents copy, months 80 |
Pacific Monthly -. Is cents copy, months 45
Travel Magazine, -. Is cents copy, months AZ
! Total News Stand price ............... $3.50 !
$3.50 Worth for $l.6O
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-05
PROGRESS IN BUILDING
THE WESTERN PACIFIC

Chef Enginueer Virgil Rogue Of the
Western Pacific, after an inspection
trip over the road lasting nearly five
weeks. has returned to San Francisco,
according TO the san Francisco Chron-
icle, reported excellent progress all
along the new route, There remain TO
be built about 160 miles of track and
IT Is believed the service over the en-
tire line will be inausprated within
sixty days.
The first gap to be completed is
from the second crossing of the Feath-
er river TO Hartwell, the station point
for Quincy, a distance of thirty-liye
miles; the second, from Becllwith tun-
mel TO WinncmuCca, ninety-seven
miles. and the third from Winnemucca
TO Battle Mountain. twenty-eight miles.
Three track-laying machines have
been kept constantly at work. Last
Monday a fourth machine was started
al the second crossing on the Feather
river With the four machines at work
several miles OF track are laid each
day
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-05
TO THE W. C. +. U. AND TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Prohibition without enforcement is
a mockcry. 4 deluSiOn aud G snare
In obedience to an economic pressure
which he eNhorts, The bartender and
brewery worked 10 disregard, the pro-
fessional prohibitionist franticnlly en-
deavors to stay in business at the. old
stand by creating the impression Of
great wave OF prohibition sweeping
over the land" Superficial and un-
scientific as they are. the prohibitions
lists refuse 10 consider the possibility
Of a receding wave, an ebbng tide.
One need not so TO Maine or Kansas
TO observe the flotsam and jctsam Of
prohibition. Curlew blows at nine yet
children are at large upon the streets
In all parts OF the city rs late as one,
two and sometimes three o'clock in
the morning II is a familiar sight TO
see little girls of ten or twelve years
pursued by men i'm stature who in
duce them To 90 to questionable places.
The story is told OF a burglar who
quit a job when he came upon child's
savings bank. but the cradle robbers
who infeSt the streets at night know
no such compunctions
Gambling is an open secret together
with the alley. bicycle riding on the
sidewalks and cXpectoration on the
same. o. yes. prohibition prohibits,
but YOU know it's all up to the police.
Seven officers on duty al night arc CX-
pectcd TO see TO all these things. in
addition to safeguarding tho sacred
hay" We raise in thc parks.
o, ye suffering taxpayers, increase
the police force so that they can bear
the burdens of prohibition Install
the latest up-to-datc and most cNpen-
sive system of police patrol boxes so
that when the prohibitionist, on his
way home in the dark. meets the hun
Gry. houscless hold-up man, the police
can rush TO the scene without notify
| Ing all the crooks in town by a dis
| play of that relic of antiquity. the
| red light at Washington and Twenty
| fifth street
1t is argued that with the saloons
closed fewer police will be required.
When they so job.huntins that is the
| out Of work bartendeTs and police,
they will have 10 compete with tho
great army of the unemployed whose
ranks, notwithstanding suicide and
starvation, are increased by labor
saving machinery
Undor the definition that business
Is an effort TO profit at the expense
of others, Belle London Is a success
lul business woman and rs tax
payer, is included among those ap-
pealed to by the w. c. T. u. She
deserves recognition as a captain of
industry Belle London reaps where
others sow. The w. c. T. L. cOnse-
Grating dance payillons because they
are dry" the mothers who lose sight
Of their little daughters at night and
inc employees who pay less than living
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-05
Y ARDS W ILL
BE- A BUSY
SPO 7
WHEN ALL THE IMPROVEMENT
WORK is STARTED.
Statement Made That Differences
Over the Purchase Of Property
Will Not Longer Delay Work.

Local railroad officials maintain
that Hartman Improvements at Og-
den have only been delayed temporal
rily and will be pushed on to compile
tion during the present season. with
out a doubt, II is said that the queS-
tions at issue between the Hartman
management and private citizens of
ogden viii he adjudicated by the
courts through condemnation proceed
ings, and that as soon as the matters
are in court and reQeisite bonds fur
nished, the improvement work map
ped ont. approved and authorized
will be taken up without further de
lay.
1t is learned from excellent author
ity that plans are now being complet-
ed for the new storehouse, oil house
and a large passenger car shop. to be
erected Immediately north OF the via
duct, and those in position TO know
what they are talking about insist
chat work ON these new buildings and
the new freight depot will be inau-
Gurated in the very near future.
II is also said that yard rearrange-
ment and enlargement viii be taken
up during the present month and
when once started, will be continued
without interruption until the aD-
proved plans have been fully com.
pletcd.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-05
Prizes for Novelty Ex=
hibits in Vegetables and
Fruits as ~ s* s$

Just TO make it interesting, Mr.
Glasmann offers a years subscription
to the daily Standard for the best of
each OF the following exhibits.
L The least number OF medium
ripe tomatoes. making 25 feet, tied
close together or strung on wire.
3 The ten largest pumpkins, piled
on each other so they viii stand on
top of each other Wooden pins may
be used to make pumpkins stick.
4. The least number of potatoes
run on wire through the narrowest
part Of the potato, making 25 feet;
potatoes must be pushed up close as
possible.
s. The least number of carrots,
making twenty-five feet tied close to-
gether with string or run on wire.
G. The least number OF onions of
any one kind making twenty five feet.
tied to string or run on wire, and plac-
ed close as possible
T. The most even twenty-five feet
of cucumber3 suitable for picking,
not less than two and one half inches
or more than five inches tied together
OF strung on wire.
s, The incest assortment of differ
ent varieties of twenty-five squash tied
TO a small rope. SO they can be hung
on the wall, or they may be strung
on wire. ''.
9. The least number of apples of
any kind. strung on wire or string. to
make twenty-five feet
10. twenty-five feet of apples
strung ON wire OF string, the most
even of any color.
To each of the winners of the fore
going ten numbers, there will be mall
ed. free of charge the Evening Stand
ard for twelve full months.
In entering for any OF the above
prizes enter in "GLASMANN SPE-
CIAL," giving the number. etc.
Who can pay for years subscrip-
ton easier?
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-05
Additional Prizes Arc Offered by the -Four
State Fair and Others for Special Ex=
hibits at the Fair that will Open
on the 9th Of Next Month
Newspaper Prizes for
Agricultural Exhibits -

a. r. Bowman, proprietor of the
Ogden Morning Examiner Will give
10 yearly subscriptions to the Ogden
Morning Examiner for the following
exhibits:
/. One years subscription for the
largest three Peaches exhibited at the
fair
?. One years subscription for the
largest Hubbard Squash exhibited at
the fair
3. Ono years subscription for the
largest three ears of corn exhibited
at the fair
4. One years subscription for larg-
est three Tomatoes exhibited at the
fair
.. One years subscription for the
largest three Cucmbers exhibited at
the fair
6. One years subscription for the
largest Rcd Cabbage exhibited at the
fair.
Z One years subscription for the
largest Watermelon exhibited at the
fair.
s. One years subscription for the
three largest Red Peppers exhibited at
the fair.
9 One years subscription for the
largest Sugar Beet exhibited at the
fair
10. One years subscription for the
largest three Red Beets exhibited at
the fair
The winner of each of the above ten
numbers will receive the Examiner
free OF charge for twelve months every
day in the year In entering for the
above award enter the "soWMAN
SPECIAL" giving number, etc.