The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-15

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August 1 the torpedo boat Bagley,
now at the Washington Navy Yard,
will aid in an experiment to be made
with an aeroplane be-
Torpedo Boat longing to Represen-
az Rase For tative Butler Ames,
A~eropIane. of Massachusetts, who
is also trying this
summer to fly into a seat in the
United States Senate as the successor
of Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge. This ex-
periment with an aeroplane Is to be
similar to the one Mr.. Ames Is max
ing with the Senatorship. Mr.. Ames
wants to ascertain the lifting power
of his aeroplane, as well as his own
lifting power with MI. Lodges seat.
At Mr.. Ames' request the Bagley has
been ordered here by the Navy De-
partment to aid in the ,aeroplane test,
and she is now being fitted at the yard
with a platform on her quarterback.
BY speeding the Bagley to a rate of
about twenty knots against a ten-mile
breeze it is hoped that it will be shown
that torpedo boats furnish the neces-
a lifting power for a%eroplanes
while under such speed. AS soon as
the platform is built aboard the Bag
ley the ship is to be taken to Annap-
oils and the tests will be made on the
Severn River.
There are no figures showing with
accuracy the total value of the pro-
ducts of the United States. Roughly
estimated that value is now $780,
1000, 900 annually, in
Estimated Guiding the value of man
in Billions. featured products, farm
products and the product
of forests, pines and fisheries. APP
proximately six per cent. of it all is
exported and n~inety-four per cent. re-
tanned for domestic consumption. Re-
cent years have seen a material In
crease in the export percentage. 1t is
probable that from the Inauguration
| of President Washington in 1889 I'M
til the present time the export aver
e will not exceed three per cent. A
record of export values has been kept
since 1880. The total value of ex-
ports for the 100 years Is in round
figures $4,000, 100000.
Assuming that the exports represent
an average of three per cent. OF pro-
duction, there is fair ground on which
to estimate the value of products OF
the United States from 1890 to 1910
At more than $500, 000, 100000. This
sum represents billions of bushels OF
wheat and corn, billions of pounds of
iron and cotton, and tens of millions
of cattle and other animals.
To-day the value of the property of
this nation of 100000 Is estimated
at 100000, 100000.
Better. fire protection for Washing
ton theatres, especially the FIVE and
ten cent kind, is afforded by a new
regulation framed by Plumbing In
spector McGonegal,
Fire Curtains who has arranged so
For Washing that every hall or
ton Theatres. theatre with movable
scenery shall have a
water curtain" In case of a fire on
the stage, by this water curtain device
a sheet of water, thrown downward
with great force, would stretch across
the entire ~proscenium and prevent
the fire from getting into the front OF
! the theatre by that route.
X X X
Thirty-nine Sioux Indians from the
Pine Ridge agency thought of the
Great White Father in Washington
and thanked their lucky stars thai
they were still his
Red Showmen wards when they
Stranded in woke up in Brussels
Europe. Belgium, recently ano
learned that the Wild
West show with which they were
travelling had gone broke and would
have no monthly pay envelopes tt
hand out at the usual time. Brussels
is a long way from Washington, and
a still longer way from the Pine Ridge
reservation in Montana. And the In.
dams had not saved their money
Frank Goings, a brother redskin, un
der whose direct charge they were
placed by this Government when they
started out, solved the problem by ca
bling to the Indian Commissioner here
for help. Money for their passage
home was sent at once, and they
will be none the loser, either fcl
passage home or back salary, as the
money for both will be deducted
from Q bond furnished by the pro
moter of the show. Such a bond il
T6QuIlGQ u OFClJ ohO"
who desires to employ American In
dams off their reservations.
X X X
In the coming fiscal year the Post
office Department expects to use
about ,125,000,0 600 yards of binding
Irvine. Postmaster-General Hitch
cock authorized the
Gets p. o. making of a con
Irvine Contract. tract for the pur'
chase of this Irvine
from the Planet Mills Manufacturing
Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y, at abou'
eight cents a pound, deliveries to be
made in various parts of the country
The contract will amount to about
1925, 900. Many tests recently have
been made by the department with
view to saving money on the purchase
of binding Irvine, with the result tha1
it was decided that Irvine OF less
strength than formerly used would be
satisfactory for all purposes. By TINS
plan, together with economies IN the
amount used, it is hoped by depart
ment officials to effect an annual saw
iuo of about $40 q