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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
MONSTER NAVAL GUN.
Fourteen Inch Weapon Is Deadly at
Nine Miles.

Fourteen Inch Weapon Is Deadly at
Nine Miles.
Tests of the new fourteen inch navy
gun made on two days recently at H.
dian Head, on the Potomac river heal
Washington, show that the United
States now leads the world tn naval
gun construction and destructive pow
er. This wonderful new weapon hurls
a 1,4O0 pound projecttle and a pene-
trating power at a distance of nine
miles.
That does not mean that it can pen
citrate the eleven inch citadel m or
belt of an opposing vessel, but 1t does
mean that battleships like the Massa-
chusetts and Iowa will have to keep
outside the nine mile limit" or be
smashed by the fourteen inch monster.
The nine mile efficiency test was
proved at a gun elevation Of only I
degrees. The longest range that can
be obtained with such a gun would be
at an angle Of from 40 to 45 degrees.
but in order to shoot Mt the maximum
ranges there must necessarily be a
long trajectory. The longer the ira
jectory when fighting at sea the less
accurate the aim and less valuable the
result.
Neither the secretary Of the navy or
the chief of the ordinance Will report,
for obvious reasons, on the achieve q
ments Of the new weapon. aone
things, however. have been Geduced
by the experts from tho amazing per
formance Of the two tests.
Within the nine mile limit Rear Ad-
miral Mason. the designer Of the gun,
has secured an average velocity of
1000 feet per second. One witness OF
the tests says the initial velocity was
estimated at $500 feet per second and
that this did not diminish much at a
distance Of five miles. The impact II
estimated at e2,0OO to $4,000 tons per
square foot.
The latest ships Of the navy will be
equipped with the new fourteen inch
gun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
new SYSTEM OF
BLOCK SIGNALING
Denver Mans Device For Pre-
venting Railroad Collisions.
AUTOMATIC IN ITS WORKINGS.
Signals Set In Action by Motion of a
Passing Train, Thus Notifying All
Other Trains of Its L~ocality-How
Railway Crossings Arc Guarded.

To achieve the maximum of safety
In operating railroads is the purpose
OF a new scheme of block signals in
vented by w. j.. Cook of Denver. He
exhibited the scheme the other day to
q little group at the Tuileries Oh the
miniature railway in Denver. The
system worked perfectly.
The invention is designed to pre-
vent collision of railroad trains, acct
LEI from washouts, mountain slides,
burned bridges or culverts and road
and street crossings. 1t is said to
record in the dispatcher's office the
exact location of all trains along the
road and consists of a system of Sig
nails operated by electricity and set in
action by the motion of passing trains.
Being automatic in it's workings, it is
entirely free from human agency.
All Trains Notified of Mistakes.
The arrangement Of it's mechanism is
such that it is declared impossible for
a train to pass a signal without put
ting it in action, thus notifying all
other trains, either ahead or follow
ing, Of it's locality. The signals may
be placed at points all along the road,
especially at those places where the
engineers view of the track is OBJ
scured or shut entirely off by curves,
woods, hills, tunnels, cuts or where
from any danger is imminent.
And II h dispatcher, by mistake, or
the trains crew, from its own error,
runs a train on another trains time,
each OF those trains notifies the other
by this signal system of the mistake,
SO that a collision, either headon or
from the rear, may be prevented. In
case a bridge, trestle or culvert has
been destroyed by fire or washed
away, the signal Immediately notifies
all coming trains as we'll as the sta
ton agents in both directions of the
mishap.
At crossings in the city or in he
country the oncoming train operates
through this invention an arm which
drops across the approach to the tracks
While the train is still at a sufficient
distance, shutting out either stock or
vehicles until it is a safe distance be-
You'd the crossing arm, when it will
cause the arm to raise and open the
approach.
1t is claimed for the invention that
it is simple, inexpensive and accurate:
thai it will revolutionize railroad sig
nails and make collisions or accidents
at crossings or from any other cause
next to impossible.
Distinguished as a Student.
MI. Cook, the inventor, is a Young
Denver man, working in one of the
big department stores. He has al
ways had a turn for mechanics and for
mechanical invention and has distin-
guished himself as a student. He was
graduated from Denver university last
June after having done the work of
his course in such time as he could
spare from his bread winning work.
MI. Cook is also the inventor Of a
landslide signaling system, a washout
signaling device, an open switch indi-
Gator and IN ingenious automatic rail
way crossing gate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
TO HAVE CHILDREN'S WING.
George Washington Memorial Being
Helped by Boye and Girls.

George Washington Memorial Being
Helped by Boys and Girls.
:. A boy and girl auxiliary to the
George Washington Memorial associa-
ton has been started. II every adult
admirer Of tho first president win show
half the practical support that tho ehtl-
dren are beginning to offer, the leadsrs
Of the project declare, tho 100000
required to ear in Washington thin
center for the general diffusion Of
knowledge will be speedily assured.
One whole wing in the great build
ing that all Americans are asked to
erect and own In memory Of Washing
ton as a headquarters and auditorium
for the patriotic, scientific, medical and
art organizations Of the nation WIN be
built solely through the efforts of the
American youngsters, who are being
organized to spread tho idea through
their schoolrooms and Fairgrounds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Swallowed Up.

eyes. he disappeared on his wedding
day"
didn't they ever find him?"
II don't know that they looked"
But his wife-didn't she have an
inklingy
Yes. l think she did. You see, his
disappearance was only technical.
After they were married his wife was
the whole thing"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Caught Big Trout In a Mink Trap.

Catching trout with a common or
binary steel trap is something new in
the sporting annals Of northern Michi-
gan. Yet that vas the experience Of
John Smith, q farmer near Williams
burg, Mich. Smith had the trap out
for mink in Mill creek. and when he
went to it in the morning he found the
bait undisturbed. However. when he
went back In the afternoon he found q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

trout eleven inches in length securely
caught by the lower jaw.
The trout was so near gone that he
removed 1t and took it to Ralph
Whites store, in Williamsburg, where
it was placed in an aquarium and lis
now as lively as any fish there.
Although traps for mink are fire.
quently set about here, this is the first
time a trout has been caught In one.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Fortune That IL Never to Be spen

Fortune Tha 10 Mover to Be Spent.
The bulk Of the estate of the late
William M. Ampt, lawyer, is left to
Cincinnati by his will, probated the
other day. He specifies that the in
come Of the estate is to 60 to his wild
ow while she lives. The fortune prop
er is to be disturbed, and $10.-
600 is to be spent annually to give
band concerts to the poor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Vacation.

Vacation.
In idle dream
l watch the dip
or clouds that CLEAN
And softly slip
Behind the dim
Horizons band
And pity him
With work on hand.
And. happy quite
With my cigar,
I see the white
OF sails afar
Or listen to
The plaintive call,
Cuckoo. cuckoo!"
At evenfall.
Beyond the hum
OF rumbling train
What comes let come
Or shine or rain
Or winds that play
And houses rack
Just so they may
Not blow me back.
Let others hit
The steady grind.
In rest to fit
l am resigned,
For, though l could
Surpass the bee,
10 loaf is good
Enough for me.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Would Be LAYING For II.

Would Be Laying For It.
when are you going to settle that
little bill?'
II will try to fix it up tomorrow"
but tomorrow may never come"
"Oh. yes, 1t will. You will see to IT
that it does"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
PROMISING Material.

Hear about that New Jersey boy
who has been sleeping for three
weeks"
mo, l didn't. but I would advise his
parents not to let the people Of New
York know anything about it."
why not?'
"They would be sure to kidnap him
and make a detective of him."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Independent.

His argument hasn't a leg to stand
on"
1T doesn't need any,"
"Why not?'
"Have you heard it,"
"Yes."
Then you ought to know that it is
standing on it's head"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

+ ~rofessional
Column. :
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DR.. A. S. BACkUS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Graduate of Trinity Medical College and
Toronto University, Toronto, Can.
OFFICIAL office formerly occupied by DR.
Lochead.
WALES, N. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
HumOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH

WE always know whose is the credit
when we get on, but feel that we
must explain that it is just bad luck
when we don't get on.
One way of getting even with a bore
Is to invite Genevieve to sing for him.
The man who finds himself still hold
ing his job when he knows he ought 10
be fired, instead of getting a little COM
mon sense. usually gets a swelled head.
The only time a promise is any good
is after it has been transmitted into a
performance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Poor Substitute.

Poor Substitute.
II you cannot own a racer
That makes record breaking time
o at least can get your picture
In an auto for a dime,
Making quite a neat display
II you send it far away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

A smart young man says he doesn't
care If he is green. He knows lots Of
girls who are partial to the color.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

A man is sure to be the chief at
traction at his w funeral. but at that
he isn't anxious to oficiate, no matter
how fond he may be Of the limelight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

Lots Of us would dearly love to be
not at home when duty calls.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

ISL PACIFIC sT.-Largs front room. for
Two; excellent board. home cooking, on car
line; modern; private.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

IF you are suffering from rheu-
matism, catarrh, dyspepsia,
stomach, liver, kidney, gaI
stones or nervous and chronic
diseases of any character, call on
Dr.. Theodore Milen, 42s Range
Bldg. DR.. Milen has made a life
study of these diseases and gives
free consultation and examine
ton
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

n furnished room for gentleman, with
or without board. 1904 Vinton ST.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
ROOminE Houses.

ONE 4RooM. PAYING SO NET
Per month, and owner reserves own living
rooms; centrally located; snap at $3.50.
NOwATA LAND AND LOT co.
Suite ga N. Y. Life Bldg. Red 1899
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
REAL ESTATE
DUNDE ~ERESIDENCES

n E~RESIDENCES
S67BO-For an eight-room.
strictly modern, ~two-story
house, with reception hall.
First floor consists Of living
room, d~ining-roum, den and
kitchen. -Four attractive bed
rooms, second floor Large
light basement, with laundry
and furnace rooms, First
class hot water plant. First
floor finished IN quarter
sawed oak. Decorated through
out Large south front lot
l0oX195 feet Located on Capt
tol avenue. near 18th st In
vestigate at once.
Sc. 7bo-F Of te mr. o o m,two-
story house, in first-class con-
dition. Strictly modern, hot
water heat Built by owner
for home. Fine hardwood used
throughout the house. Large
lot. lOON1S5 feet fronting south.
one OF the most attractive
houses in the highest and
most slightly part OF Dundee
at a price that is ~seasonable.
$3.50 EACR FOR
DUNDEE LOTS
Only four 5O-foot lots left at
this price, one block from
car line, close TO the Happy
Hollow club, excellent loca-
ton. Cement walks, trees and
sewer covered by the above
price. See US at once for these
are the cheapest lots we know
OF In Dundee and some Of the
best, Easy terms.
$3.50 each for = sople Of so
foot lots on Davenport street.
near the Dundee school City
water, sewer, gas and cement
walks included in above price.
south front slightly location.
Easy terms.
George & Co., 1901 Farnam 81
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
OFFERED FOR SALE

FURNITURE Of two flats, 6 and rooms,
A bargain for cash. Owner leaving CITY.
1917 JeRvenworth. third floor. Phone
Douglas 5OOl,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

ELEGANT large front parlor. newly fur
u.shed, for two gentlemen or man and wife
who are employed: Al board. 26l6 St
Nary'B Ave
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09

fifteen times and continue till pick.
ing commences. The essential
thing in the cultivation of cotton
is to keep the ground free from
grass and weeds and covered with
a dust mulch.
Always attach brush to the
sweep, harrow or cuItivator in such
a way as to strike the cotton plants
and knock off the punctured squares
and some. of the mature weevils
into the dust made by the sweep,
harrow, or cultivator. When the
punctured squares fall into the hot
dust, the larvae within are soon
destroyed. When the mature
weevils are knocked off the cotton
stalks into hot dust, they die in
two or three minutes.
Let us quit ourselves like men.
We cannot afford to run at the ap-
proach of little bug. We ought
to make at least 90 per. cent of a
crop this year.
G. H. Afford,
Special Agent.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09

trict, and $Io.75 for all second
class roads in said district for one
year beginning July Ist, 1910, and
ending July Ist, 1911, and S36. so
per mile for all first class roads in
said district and SIS per mile for
all second class roads in said dis
trict for the year beginning July
rst, 1911, and ending July 1st,
1912, his bond being hereby fixed
at the sum of S4I63.25.
5th. The bid of William Holder
for working all public roads in
District No. S, to-wit: 65K miles
of first class roads and 221l miles
of second class roads for and at
the following prices, to-wit: The
sum of $40 per mile for all first
class roads in said District S and
the sum of $40 per mile per annum
for all second class roads in said
District 5; both for the term of two
years from July Ist, 1910, his bond
being herebyShxed at the sum of
$6I4o.
1t is further ordered that the
president of the board of supervis-
ors do enter into contract with the
said several parties for the working
of the said roads as provided by
law, upon their entering into bond
in the penalties hereinbefore
named, conditioned according to
law. It is further ordered that the
bids of John w. limerick and D.
J. Taylor for working the roads in
District No. 8, now being worked
by said D. ]. Taylor, be and they
are hereby rejected, and it is furth-
er ordered that the clerk advertise
for sealed bids for working said |
roads, to be opened at the July |
meeting of this board. It is furth-
er ordered that the bidders for
said part of the roads in
District 3 be and they are hereby
required to furnish with their bids
| duly executed bond conditioned
to law, for the working
If said roads for a term of two !
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09
Port Gibson, June s, 10.
G. H. AFFORD,
Special Agent.

80 ACoOH1 ohO " AOs
Editor Reveille:
Several weeks ago I noticed in
your valuable paper a call written
by that worthy son of Grand Gulf
neighborhood, A. c. Calender,
asking our old friend, ]. A. Bolls,
to run for county treasurer. l see
by last weeks paper that Mr.. Bolls
has decided to do so, and l want
to say to the voters that / hope
they are as glad to know 1t as am.
Bolls is strong man intellectual
ly, consequently he is capable, and
further he is a farmer in not the
best of physical condition; and it
goes without saying that he needs
the job. If | am living when the
time comes, | will certainly vote
for him, and l do earnestly hope
that everybody else will.
Respectfully yours.
CHAS. E. BOBO.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09


years, in the full penalty of such
bidders bid; or in lieu thereof a
certified check for not less than 10
per cent of the aggregate amount
of such bid, such check to be pay
able to the board of supervisors of
Claiborne county, Mississippi, and
to be returned to such bidder in
case his bid be rejected, or in case,
if his bid be accepted, he shall give
bond before the adjournment of
the July, 1910, meeting, according
to law, for the faithful perform
ance of his contract.
The several road contractors of
Claiborne county filed their month
ly reports, which were approved.
DR.. G. w. Acker, county health
officer, filed his semi.annual report
which was approved.
Supt. T. v. Rush presented his
report which was approved and
ordered filed.
(The allowances will appear
next week.)
There being no further business
the board adjourned until the next
regular July, 1910, meeting.
]. B. McMURCHY,
President.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09
Boil Weeyll.

The weevils that passed winter
are emerging from Information and
may be found on the little cotton.
The little cotton should be care
fully picked over by hand every
week for say three week. Pick up
the punctured squares that fall tor
at least one month after blooming
commences. Children unable to
do other farm work should pick
the weevils off the little cotton and
pick up the punctured squares.
Under boil weevil conditions,
the cotton should be cultivated
every week with heel sweeps, har-
rows, and cultivators. Some of
the most successful cotton growers.
in boil weevil territory cultivate.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09

of first class road and 10 miles of
second class road as shown by the
specifications therefor, at the fol-
lowing price, to-wit: S39 per mile
per annum for all first class roads
in said District I, and $40 per mile
per annum for all second class
roads in District I, and bond being
hereby fixed at the sum S6524.
and. The bid of George A. Tay.
lor all roads in District No. q, in
said county, being 63 miles of first
class road, and II miles of second
class road, at the following prices,
to-wit: $43.5o per mile for first
class roads in said District 2, and
$22.4 40 per mile for all second class
roads in said District 2, for one
year, beginning with July Ist, 1910,
and ending with July Ist, 1911,
and $32.4o per mile for first class
roads and $40 per mile for all Sec
ond class roads for one year be-
ginning with July Ist, 1911, and
ending with July 1st, 1912, his
bond being hereby fixed at the sum
of S5II4.9o.
3rd. The bid of Clark & Lord, a
firm composed of John w. Clark
and John L. Lord, for all public
roads in District 4, for a term of
two years from July 1st, 1910,
being Is miles of first class roads,
and I2 miles of second class roads,
at the following prices to-wit:
S42. so per mile per annum for all
first class roads in said districts
and SIS per mile per annum for all
second class roads in said district,
their bond being hereby t1Xed at |
the sum of $6735.
4th. That the bid of ]. G. Har-
non for all roads in District No.
}, except those now worked by
said ]. G. Harman under his pres
ent contract, being 5oH miles of
irst class roads, and S miles Sec
md class roads, for the following
prices, to-wit: $42.5o per mile
or all first class roads in said dis
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-06-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Contracts Let for Working Roads.
Same Contractors Success
fuI Bidders.

The board of supervisors of Clal'
borne county, Miss, met in regu'
lar session Monday, June 6, 1910
Present.. B. McMurchy, presi-
dent; B. H. Shaifer, w. L. Tay-
lor, ]. M. Nelson, L. Alfred, mem
bers; B. H. Morehead, sheriff; A.
K. Brashear, clerk.
Ordered that the county tax on
one horse, valued at 500, assessed
to w. ]. limerick, Jr., be refund
ed, same being erroneous assess
ment, and that the clerk issue a
warrant for same.
Ordered that the resignation of
John G. Griffin, constable Dist. d,
be and the same is hereby accept
ed to take effect from this date.
Ordered that all bids on &c. D."
creek, in Dist. 8, be and the same
are hereby rejected.
Ordered that the county tax on
wo mules, valued at $50, bG re.
funded to !. L. Crawford, same
being erroneous assessment, and
that warrant issue for same.
Ordered that J. w. Bryant be
allowed S. per month stipend from
this date.
BIDS FOR WORKING ROADS
ACCEPTED
The board of supervisors of Clai-
borne county, Mississippi, in open
session having opened and read all
bids for the working of the various
public roads of said county, it is
ordered that the following bids be
accepted for the following public
roads, being in each case thelowest |
bid for the several roads bid upon |
by such several bidders, to-wit:
1st. The bid of M. B. Watson |
for all public roads in District No.
I, in said county, being 78 miles |
The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-29
SMOKING IS FORBIDDEN
Burners of the Weed Must Forego Pleasure When Riding on Street
 Cars in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 29.-Follow- ing the examplet set in other cities where smoking on street cars has been prohibited, an order, to take ef- feet November l, forbidding smoking on ears or trailers here, has been is- sued by the street railway company. The order followed complaints from men and women who declared that smokers abused the privilege granted them. Smoking will not be allowed on either the front or rear platform.
 In the notice issued to the car men they are told to eject any person who smokes, and If necessary they are to use force to comply with thelr in' structions.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-29
TREASURY IS TO BE MADE RICHER BY $15,ooo,ooo
 AWARD.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL LOSES.
State Supreme Court Upholds Find. ing of La Sale County Judge, and Tax on Railroad Is
 Greatly Increased.

Springfield, H., Oct. Ex-Governor Deneen won decided victory for the state of Illinois when the supreme court handed down its long-expected opinion in the famous Illinois Gen. tral tax case. Under the terms of it's original charter the Illinois Central Railroad company is required to pay seven per cent of its gross earnings on certain charter lines in lieu of all taxes.
 Under this charter contract it has been paying practically million dol lars a year into the treasury of the state of Illinois. When Governor De- neen came into office six years ago he accepted the tender of money by the company, but with the under standing that he would inquire into the accuracy of the accounting.
 Later he instituted suit against the company for something like $15,000,- 900, claiming that for years it had been diverting traffic from charter lines and that it's system of account ing for earnings to the state was not in accordance with it's original char ter contract.
 The opinion handed down upholds 1.-the state in every practical conten- tion, with the exception that the state can not go back of 1905. But, for all accounting since that time, the court lays down hard and fast rules for set tlement with the state, which the company must observe.
 The result of the opinion. if it is accepted by the company, will mean that it will pay $3,O00,000 annually to the state of Illinois, instead of the million that it has been paying for years.
 The case is remanded to the cir cult court of La Sale county, with di- rections to proceed in accordance with the views expressed In the opin- ion, which is said to be the largest and most comprehensive ever handed down by the highest court in the state.
 A peculiar feature of the opinion is that three separate findings are filed, all reaching the same conclusions, but by different methods of reasoning. The majority opinion is by Justi' Q Carter