New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-05-14

any further fight on the bill with
the projects eliminated to which
he Called attention in his two
days sp-tch in the Senate in
antagonism Of the "piece-mcal"
appropriations as he characterized
some features of the measure. One
thing is certain that the bill in
its entirety is the most scientif-
cally drawn bill which has ever
passed the Congress Of the Unit
ed States providing the sinews for
improving the rivers, harbors and
canals of this country.
Congress has taken the initial
step towards regulating the use
of wireless telegraphy outfits by
amateurs. 1t was proposed to IL
cense ali machines and to place
a great many restrictions upon
their use. But q party of boys
from New York came over to
Washington and appeared before
hte Senate committee in their
own behalf and created such a
favorable impression that the
committee materially modified
the proposed drastic legislation.
In the meantime the boys met Mr..
Elliott Woods, Superintendent of
the Capitol who promptly won
their hearts mad by the display
OF an appreciaiive interest in
their work convinced them that he
was their friend. Later when the
learned that Mr. Woods is to be
on the Commission to regulate
wire. esa" they were satisfied.
Since then MIR. Woods has. been
experimenting with the object of
developing a system which will
enable amateur operators to keep
up their work without interfering
with Commercial and Official mes
sages. He has prepared a design
(which will accomplish this and
will at the same time give the boys
a radius of operation of ten miles
or moro. The plan is so simple
and the cost of changes in exist
ing systems so cheap that every
boy who desires to carry on WIRE
Tess communication with his school
friends and neighbors will have no
difficulty in so arranging his ap-
paratus as to avoid interference
with important dispatches. Mr..
Woods will shortly be ready to
distribute his plans and instruc-
tons and any amateur wireless
operator will then be able to Sc
cure free Of charge all necessary
information for his guidance.
Visitors to Washington invari-
ably ncte with surprise the line
OF demarkation on the Washington
monument which shows where the
original structure stopped on near
ly a half century and where the
new structure began under Gen.
eral Casey some 30 odd years ago.
The Washington monument fund
originally a voluntary contribu-
ton proposition. is said to have
formed the start of several CON-
Portable fortunes in the George
town section Of the National Cap
ital. Anyway there was big
scandal connected with the hand
ling of that fund and this scandal
was not country wide but world
wide. The Washington monument
as existed up until 1875 was the
stock joke of the cartoonist of
London. Paris, Berlin and Vienna
but at last the Federal Govern
ment took hold Of the shaft and
completed it to the satisfaction of
every one and to the elimination
Of alb scandal.
Now GENES story to the effect
that years ago there was collect
ed in this city many thousands of
dollars for a Lincoln memorial.
The money was paid to a commits
sion of which the late Francis f.
Spinner was Treasurer. Some
how or other the great waive of
patriotism which started this fund
receded and nothing has ever been
heard of the Lincoln memorial I'M
til within the past few days.
Whe it was discovered that there
is something like $15e0 due to the
fund from interests on bonds Of
the District Of Columbia in which
the late Treasurer Of the Uhit-
ed States invested a part of the
funds of the association. All of
sudden an effort is to be made in
Congress to discover what became
OF the contributions made by the.
people some 80 odd years ago,
and the only thing that is known.
apparently is that the late Clark
Mills was paid q considerable sum
for designing q statue which was
never erected and the plans for
which seem to have vanished en-