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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

daily. the greatest private telephone sx
changes In the world are those At the
United States capitol. and in the most
extensive government departments at
washington. as, for instance, the war
and navy departments. and the depart
ment OF agriculture. Such an exchange
covers hundreds OF phones, and there
is might service" which enables COM
munication with all the more impor-
tant officials at their homes. The
equipment Of the more notable OF these
governmental exchanges is perfection
itself The switchboards, for instance.
are Of the illuminated type. That is.
instead OF the receipt OF each call being
marked oy the fall of a small metal tab
something that may easily be over
looked by hello girl''-the summona
for central" to make a connection Is
given by the illumination of a small
electric lamp-something that cannot
readily escape notice. The switchboard
of this type provides. of course. one
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

The Senate passed with minor
amendments the bill which had passed
the House, providing for extension Of
time in establishing residence on
homestead entries in Colorado, Wyom-
ing, New Mexico, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota, Idaho and Montana.
The bill provides that when the period
in which residence is to be established
expired December LIST. an extension
shall be granted until May 15. 1910.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

beyond this is the presi-
dents private office, SO
that the chief executive of
his "right-hand man" can
reach the telephone
nerve center with very lit
tie trouble. The private
branch exchange In the
matter of switchboard and
all the details of equip
m e n t, represents t h g
latest approved practice
and the wiring of the Of
fee is thoroughly up-to-
date. By no means the
least important feature of
the telephone room is a
specially designed tele-
phone booth. claimed to
be the finest booth and
the only one of its kind In
the world. This is for the
use of the president. when
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

At the January meeting Of the Colo
RADIO State Ophthalmological Society
in Colorado Springs. a movement was
started to bring about the systematic
inspection of the eyes OF school chill
dren in this state by expert oculists
The members regard as superficial
the new state law requiring inspection
OF school children's eyes, since no pro-
fessionai inspection is required by the
measure.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Among the resolutions adopted by
the Retail Grocers' Association at
Fort Collins was one indorsing state
Sunday closing law; urging corpora
tions to accept assignment of wages
of employees; barring wholesalers
from selling to consumers; urging the
United States government to investi-
gate the increased cost of living;
calling upon the representatives in
Congress to defeat the parcels post;
pledging assistance to railroads and
express companies to prevent pilfor-
ing of goods in transit; indorsing the
administration of Pure Food Commits
sioner Cannon; favoring home Indus
tries in the buying and using OF home
products, and putting food and pro-
visions for the sick in the first claims
on estates.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson OF Casper.
who year ago was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary for grand
larceny. but gave an appeal bond and
has since been at liberty. has been
granted new trial by the state Su-
preme Court. which reversed the find
ing of the lower court on technical
tiles. Mrs. Robinson was convicted OF
the theft of sealskin coat from an
other woman.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

ations however no one has come to have such
dependency placed upon 1t by the national gov
ernment as has the telephone Certain 1t is
that there would be occasion for universal sur
prise were 1t possible to compile statistics that
would show what proportion of the government
business is now transacted by telephone.
Every federal official. from the president to
the most subordinate of the nations public
servants, has a telephone on his desk and COZ
siderations of time saving and monetary econ
omy, to say nothing Of the conveniences. impel
the almost universal employment of the in
Simultaneous" communicative system. 1t has,
to great extent displaced the mails and tele
graph Washington. national capital. is
famous as the best telephoned city in the
world and 1t is likewise known far and wide
as the "City of Magnificent Distances"-two
circumstances which combine to influence
heavy dependency upon the telephone by the
10000 federal employees at Uncle Sans head
quarters. More than this, however. the execu-
tive branch OF the government is coming to
rely more and more upon the telephone for the
transaction Of official business between the
seat Of government and federal Offices in 9TH
er Cities Aside from this extension of long
distance telephone operations. Uncle SAM
thoroughly abreast the times, is now conduct
ing practical experiments with wireless tele-
phony
Perhaps the most convincing evidence that
could be offered of the degree of dependency
which Uncle Sam places the telephone
is to be found in the attention paid to the In
stallation Of telephone facilities in the new
$4,000 office building recently completed for
the of President Taft and his business
stan. Ever since the Spanish-American war
the telephone room at the executive Offices has
been considered one of the most important
features OF this model business establishment,
but the equipment of the reconstructed White
House annex is infinitely superior to the tele-
phone facilities in the old structure, and is In
deed. probably the finest and most complete to
be found in America-that is the most notable
that has been provided in any private resi-
dence or corporate business office, else
where than in the up-to-date telephone ex
changes in our largest cities.
The new telephone room at the White House
adjoins, on one hand. the general staff room
the working quarters of the presidents clerks
and stenographers-and, on the other hand, the
office of the secretary to the president. Just
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
L,ts,t in slmpIIsIed soelIJno.

A coal miner in southern Ohio, who
couldn't read nor write, recently re-
ceived his pay envelope at the new
mine, All that was written on II was
mo. 16."
long time. then exclaimed. That's .
new way to spell George Primrose. I
reckon Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Two stockmen came in from the
plains to buy some steers and when
shown rough bunch. one said:
Them amt nuthin' but horns and
tails" The second man drawled out:
"Yes. and somebody has went and cut
the horns Off" But that is another
tale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

little ncandescent light for subscriber in the sys
tenn The expense of such installation be surmised
however from the fact that the switchboard pat
tern recently placed in the governmental ex-
changes cost $4,000.
Some few public men in Washington who O not wish
to be bothered with business after olice hours have
adopted the expedent OF having unlisted tee
conhdes the number of his confidential phone to
ntmates others whom he is willing have call him
but so far as the telephone directories show
phone at his residence and Central forbidden to
connect who cannot give the confidential
that acts password possible disadvantage this
system Illustrated in the predicament OF
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts who
that he had forgotten the number several unsuc
cessul attempts at solution of the difnculty he was
finally obliged to call the White and obtain his
number from the in charge there who fortt
natey, recognized the senator's voice.
The United States army and navy for some time
past placed great dependence the telephone Aside
from the extensive Of the invention navy yards
the telephone has been employed universally interior
communication aboard battleships. the keynote
battleshps is found in the telephone installation which
permits quick communication officers at the
top Of the fire control officers who
directing operations from protected stations
In the heart Of the ship.
The army similarly has utilized the telephone for ali
sorts of communicative military
posts probably the most important being its employment
for communicating determinations range from the fire.
control and BATTLE direction the various bat,
teries. The has also employed telephone for
variety of field operations, including experiments with
the motor telephone and telegraph the United
States Signal corps, and particularly mobile system
which has enabled the laying Of telephone and com
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Lacrosse Is to be substituted for
baseball at Carlisle Indian school We
believe lacrosse is the game in which
the players. instead of the umpires.
are kilied.-Denver Republican.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

In the next century. How insult
ferably vain Topham is yes, his
grandfather saw the first aeroplane."
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

He: Your husband couldn't scare
me out of this lawsuit any more than
he could fly.
She: Sir, my husband has just
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

IHuHICHtloT Dy teIepnOne betWeen hOrsemen
riding at gallop in opposite directions
Latterly both the army and the navy have
taken up the wireless telephone. 1t may be re
membered that during the round the world
cruise Of the battleship fleet, the wireless tele.
phone was employed extensively for communi-
cation between the various ships. Now the
United States Army Signal corps is taking up
wireless telephony with long distance installa-
tions, with view to determining the utility
OF the system for field service. With the In
struments In use 1t Is possible to communicate
In an ordinary conversational tone for dis
lance OF is to 20 miles The army expert
ments are designed especially to develop ap-
paratus that will combine compactness and
lightness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Josh Billings says: II love roos-
ter for tew things-one Is the krow
that is in him. and the other is the
spurs that are on him to back up his
krow with"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

The charity OF some men consists Of
a willingness to pass the hat
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Just think what boon the airship
will be TO clipping couplesl
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

Even woman's club isn't expected
to hit what 1t aims at.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

NCLE SAM has been quick to
adapt to his own uses all the
notable inventions and innova-
tions of the age. The tele-
phone. wireless telegraphy. the
automobile, the flying machine
and all the other notable scien-
tific and mechanical advances
of the generation have been
pressed into service by the fed
eral government as quickly or
almost as quickly as spheres of
usefulness have been opened to
them in the commercial field.
OF all the nineteenth and twen-
tieth century revolutionary Gre
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

There's nothing as cheap as cheap
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
Pearls in Cocoanuts.

The cocoanut tree is the latest
Individual to enter the ranks oil
those who produce substitutes for
we'll known articles of commerce.
Consul General JaJmes I. Dubois
of Singapore reports to Washing
ton that the cocoanut tree of the
Malay peninsular are producing
pearls than can hardly be told
from the real article. The fake
pearls form just beneath the stem
of the cocoanut and pue white
ones bring high prices, as the
natives believe they bring their
wearers COOL luch.
Holy Land Farming.
American intensive farming has
made it's debut in the holy land
writes Vice Consul General Lucien
Memminger of Beirut, to Washing
ton. Where once Ruth led the
women cleaners through the rip
pened fields gathering the grains
missed by the reapers now the
good Chicago-made header and
thrasher channels the ground with
it's steel treads.
o09 LeDd0Oll WAS -,ul6u lOI ~
cedars; now dynamite is uproot
ing the ancient stumps and th'
forests are being turned into gratf
fields. The Arab for centurieI
has plowed with a forked sticl
drawn by oxen, and fast MAJ
could cover half an acre a day
Memminger visited the Lebanon
district during this falls harvest
He saw American-made 20-horse
power traction engine run a sep
arator which thrashed the grail
and later dragged an eight-gani
steel pillow over the hard loan
In one hour the separator thrash
ed as much grain as 20 MEL cou''
fail out in 10 days under tn
system which has obtained i
ISyria since the beginning of agfi
culture. This pillow averaged l
acres a day, turning the soil t
depth of eight inches, and VIII
this tool two men in one day di
the work of 60 oxen and 60 me
under the old system.
Emperor G. Ross Dead.
Unsung and unknown, an EN-
peror recently died on the Isle @
Wight. He was George Clunie
Ross III, emperor of the Coco
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
Business 0fnee Main 7ss, A1Tss
II HUMID CfrcuIation Dept Main 7sS, A173s
Editorial Dept. Main 7S4, A1Jss
oFFICE-zss COMMERCE. ST.
Only a Mother Understands

"A happy Christmas little boy The was here
with last Christmas but left early the for better
The
What this But that
be Who Little
People"
bound burst into little whole lot
hear of them all.
Many quiet little has slipped into the Times office
during the quietly deposited something the
Claus table and slipped again without a word
day last a clad in mourning. She
good-sized
in her voice and out she
What the box?
Well. there a years
neatly folded They had been before. There
boy shoes which looked though they had covered sturdy
little
that adde had ramped about them And there
neckes that mother had
laddie that Christmas.
underclothes stockings
which showed careful laundry
Neatly the all these little
which the ladde
those little pants and shoes and stockings
That little mighty
that the mother she placed the
maybe that's why there
that lay between the leaves Teddy
little of
Yes nobody but mother will understand
me -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
The Innocents Abroad
American Consuls Re
ported by to Department ofCommerce and
Washington.

islands, situated southwest of Java
Consul General James T.. Dubois
of Singapore has sent TO Washing
ton a brief history of the Ross
dynasti in the Cocos islands.
For three generations the Ross
family has ruled these islands alb
solutely. Ninety years aGo, Capt.
Ross, Scotch adventurer, settled
on the archipelago as a squatter,
gradually developing the islands
and increasing his estates until he
was the absolute lord over the ma
tives. Through all these years
the ROSES have administered q
primitive but wise government
and have completely won the af-
lection of the natives. England
leased the islands to the ROSES
for 1000 years and the crown
now descends to the dead mans
oldest son. Long live King Ross
lIVi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

ly to paying an import tax on tea
that 1000 of its inhabitants met
in town meeting to voice their
grievance. John Adams and John
Quincy stirred the patriots with
their eloquence, and then so Bos-
tonfans whose descendants are
now quite respected, disguised
themselves as Indians and hur-
ried down to Griffinas wharf,
where three ships of tea were at
anchor. The Bostonians emptied
the tea cargoes into the sea, and
sent word to London that Boston
must and should have tea free.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
Mark Twain As
An Art Critic

The late III. II. Rogers, his most
intimate friend, once took Twain to
see very beautiful and valuable
piece of sculpture. 1t represented
young woman coiIing up her hair,
and the workmanship was such that
the owners other companions stood
open mouthed in admiration
Well" said Rogers, turning to
Mark Twain for her verdict, what
it?"
yes. it's very pretty" said Mark
Twain, but It's not true to pature"
why not?" inquired, every one
in surprise.
She ought to have her mouth
full of hairpins," replied the humor-
list, gravely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

Emans, Pa, est. Nicholas" or
'Peltznickel," visits every home in
the village on Christmas eve and
distributes gifts to the children.
Five hundred native Filipinos
are Methodist preachers.
Great Victory for the People.
Jobs connected with congress
worth 100000 pass from repub-
licans to democrats.
Car wheels in which the rims
are separated from the centrs by
coileds prings to afford resiliency
are being tried out by street car
company in Glasgow.
"Tea or coffee?" demanded the
bustling waitress.
Don't tell me-" said the star
boarder, "let me guess"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

A rich old asked how he
Simplest thing in the world he said Il always did the
verse of what everybody
sodprces high If everybody Sold boughtprice
low"
Just ng swelling
to abnormal
Young GO TO THE lies opportunity Go
with knowledge and ermination
YOU WILL WIN for the people must
eat three times day. 365 DAYS n the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
Are Children to Be a LUXURY

Births on all the farms in New York
exceed the 81
hint
the farms produced big families
truth that of life
the standard of human needs high
themselves with
fear of
Children a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

dlIIlU bObUOII UIW
dearly love its
tea, too. But
Boston had not
then been edu-
Gated up to the
PAYNE Aldrich
bill, and object
al Gu Strpnlln1ls-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

millionaire Dy
selling us soap.
But the reason
he gets the glad
hand today is
that he tells
everybody that
he and all other
m 4 1 j / o naires
could become
m ilri % naires
only by roIbbing
the people. He
is trying to pre-
vent such rob
berry ip the flu
ture by preach
ing the philos-
opjhy of Henry
nufnlnla nann1a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

der what is the matter that he
can be so bashful." The picture
which Miss Densmore says Is al
ways suggested by the song, is
presented herewith. The tune
goes like this: "Tra, la, hum de
dido. Try 1t over ON your ac-
Gordon,
Lillian Russell says ALL men
are liars. Lii ought to know.
Caleb Powers, who narrowly es-
capped hanging in Kentucky. will
be in the next congress. If hes
like most other congressman he'll
soon begin stringing the people.
In the little Moravian village OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
How Harmon's State is Headed

me triumphant democracy of Ohio starts
relied select
reform measures, in the interest
1t takes the Ohio
III apparently thorough
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
MUM Musk

III ere IS eAnlD-
it pa Chip
pewa song from
Frances Dens-
more's book on
Indian music.
The words are
N 1 n daagagia
'enini Namundj
endogwen via
gudjiug, T" which
mean "I can
make that man
sashful. l won
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

Entered at the postoffice at Tacoma, WASH as
second class matter. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
OF UNITED PREsS ASSOCIATION.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUM-
DAY BY THE TACOMA TIMES PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
OUR DAILY BIRTH
DAY PARTY.

This is the. fifty-seventh birth
day of Joseph Fels, who became a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
TODAY IN HISTORY

Dec. 16, 1878, Boston had the
largest tea party in it's history,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

25 per cent discount for ten
days<on $4,000 efet Of new picture
mouldings. Frame that portrait
or oil painting. Beautify the home.
Open every evening. *s*
Art Emporium, $50 Tacoma Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
OBSERVATIONS

GEN. HITCHCOCK on of run
Another mighty
that mans keeping out of politics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

The Puritans prohibited the OBJ
servance of Christmas in England
from 1913 to 1865, and in New
England until 1851. They oppos-
ed Christmas because of the pa
gan elements in its celebration.
They emphasized the old tesla
ment rather than the new.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

II. millions
Another mighty
that young mans keeping out of politics.
n. Y. CENTRAL r. II. Co. voluntarily 5000
killing
paying damages killing fellow whose family really
needed the 4
OLDFIELD has mile in 81, with Jim Jeffres
machine possible Jim's training
NEW YORK city mother who
born Let's Who the man? We believe
in getting affinities together III,
GEORGES printed a of a mi lion
hour George is Brans
postage +
throne free of personal debts.
UNCLE KITCHEL FINLEY THAT chimby-dried
seed Constable Seth Bearey organizing himself
police bicycle them
with, but had back his
thing Seth will be
he's of the original Rough Riders If he that"
brilliant beryl,
ganite in of Perp The mine ought be
bond issue all right
MAN COMPLAINED that his wife took his while
back, the judges advice
can't their backs The problem is still
CHICAGO got much advertising squelchng
lone" that she's talking of having the That's show pulled
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

n. " CENTRAL r. r. Co. voluntarily $50 900
Spencer tot
paying killing poor family
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

George tnat the whole people,
and not certain privileged ones,
should own the land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

OLDFIELD has made mile in "a, with Jim Jeff
machine Can't be possible that Jm's training John
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16
Slams, Jabs, Boosts and
MOST
ANYTHING

I've never seen Salome,
Nor ever shall, | ween.
But You bet I've sen tire corset
"ads'>
81 In a magazine.
It's Just human nature for an
Old baldhead to want young girls
with a mess of curls to pretend
they can tolerate him.
'Fifty-seyen unmarried persons
commit suicide to 43 married.
Presidential Possibilities.
Uncle Joe.
j. Pierp.
Tt.
Doc Cook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

Now they're trying to invent
eolored moving pictures. What
was the matter with the Jack
johnson fight pictures?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

SCOTS Studio. Fidelity Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

In the little Moravian village of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-16

NEW YORK city has mother who away her bah
t born. Let's Who the meanest man? We
N getting affnities together.