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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

Lloyd Worlcy, who debates for the east
central district. is member OF the Ash
land High school, where he ranks high as
a student He was born at Edgar, began
his schooling at Crete, and subsequently,
attended the Wymore schools, which he
represented I'm a county contest in public
speaking This is his first year in debating
Natural ability and determined application
to work have brought him unusual success
for a student
The representative Of the Valentine High
school, which holds the championship Of
the northwest district, is Edith Marie
Christensen daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
lin Christensen. Miss Christensen, who
ranks as sophomore, stands high as student.
She is a voluminous reader on finishing
her high school course, she is going to col
lege She was a member of Valentine s
debating team last year also.
Miss Ethel James the representative Of
the northwestern district, has attended the
Alliance High school the last four years
and is a member Of the class of 1910. She
is the eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William James, Mr.. James being a we'll
known merchant of Alliance and also a
prominent figure in local political circles,
for several years a member Of the Alliance
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Nebraskans Who Have Distinction in School Debates

city council Miss James Is one OF the lead
ing students and most popular member OF
her class and school Her scholastic rank
In English and Latin is especially high.
Although Miss James has had no debating
experience prior 20 this year, she has al
ways been noted In high school circles for
her fluent command OF English and her
skill in public speaking. Her rapid fire eN-
temporaucous rebuttal has been marked
feature VI the debates In which Alliance
sas been represented.
Van Webster whom the Hastings High
school selected to represent It and the
'outhern district. last year won second
place I'm the central Nebraska intcr-county
debate He was at the Harvard High
school ono year and is now a senior az
Hastings. He was ON the Hastings team
that won on the negative from Edgar and
on the team that Won on the affirmative
from Hebron. Mr.. Webster who is the son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Il. ~ Webster. is also in
teresJod i'm athletics, being a member OF
the foot ball indoor base bali teams and
manager Of the base ball team lie will
enter the University OF Nebraska noxk
year.
Miss j.. Floy Lewis, whom the wvmora
High school has appointed to represent II
and the southern district tho largest dis
trict OF the league, Is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs ]. X. Lewis. In the three district
debates this semester she won two first
honors and ono second. In resourcefulncss
in fairly and sQuBrely meeting her op-
ponents' arguments, Miss Lewis has ex-
celled. Versatility and individuality shs
also notably possesses. She has taken the
full Latin course, as have her colleagues on
the team. and will be graduated with
thirty-three college Credits" In scholar
ship she ranks a close second in the senior
class.
The representative Of the Kearney High
school, the champion OF the western dis
trict, Is Joseph Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald,
son OF Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Fitzgerald, Is
senior who ranks as one OF the abest
students IN the school. In interscholasto
debate he has been active for three years,
two years as second on the Kearney team
and this year as leader.
Wayne Soper, the representative OF the
west-central district is. a senior in the
Broken Bow High school. He has attended
department up. AS a speaker he has had
considerable experience. In several local
debates and other public speaking contests
and in the district debates he has taken
part. His work has shown him uncommonly
effective as an extemporaneous speaker,
and he is one Of the strongest students in
the school.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

(Which won from stella and Humbot,
which had defeated Pawnee Citv)
Southwestern Dstrict-Beaver City, which
won from Franklin academy and from
McCook (Which defeated Trenton).
Western District-Kearney, which won
from North Platte.
West-Ccntral Distrct-Brokeu Bow,
which won from Ravenna and from Ord
Eastern District-To be decided by the
debate between Plattsmouth (Which won
from Fremont and Blair and wahoo
(Which has defeated David CityD
North Central District-Not decided AL
bion has won from st. Edward, and Pierce
has won from Creighton and from Ran
dolph (Which won from WayneD
Jesse Ertel, representative of Geneva and
the central district, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Ertel, has been in the Geneva
schools four years As scholar he ranks
high in the sophomore class Winning
first place in the declamatory contest last
year, he this year began the study Of de-
batting. The negative team, of which he
was member, won at home and then
defeated the Friend team two to one, and
the Osceoa team two to one. In a special
contest with Grafton, Geneva won and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

The first trial Of incandescent lamps for
outdoor illumination was made in 1880 by
Thomas a. Edison at Menlo Park, N. ].
Edison stretched wires over the grounds
q bout his laboratory and placed five hum
dred OF his new lamps out in the weather
for a severe test. The lamps were of six
teen candle-power and were supplied with
current by nine small dynamos
The test fully demonstrated the fstt
that the new incandescent lamps could he
used successfully out Of doors. But the
arc lamps, OF greater economy and candle
power, dominated this field Of outdoor
illumination 30 completely that It was not
until within the last year that incandes-
cent lamps have been used to any great
extent for outdoor illumination. The new
metal filament lamps OF far greater bene-
fits, giving strong white light, have
proven themselves admirably adapted for
this service. IL is already quite common
for the smaller villages and towns, and a
large number OF the small cities as we'll.
TO light their street with 10 new metal
filament incandescent lamps
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
water Power Question.


There is another thing connected with
the water supply of the national forests
and that is the water power question. The
power resources of California are as yet
very little developed. They are likely to
be enormous in the future. 1t is simply
impossible to figure today what they might
be. The policy of the federal forest service
in regard to the power question is simply
this: We believe that electric power gem
Grated from a flow OF water is so very inn
portant now and will be so very much more
important In the future that the power
companies should be under some kind Of
control by the federal government.
The right-o for bitches, conduits
and power lines belong to the federal gov
ernment and the sites for power houses
also and further than this the fall Of
water which is due to the configuration Of
the land belongs to the federal government.
1T is not one thing alone which makes
power, It is a combination Of all those
things; not the protection alone, not the
land alone, not the fall alone, but it is
a combination of all those things, and our
opinion is that it Is only fair to keep the
title of the land with the governmeI t.
give the power companies long leases,
thirty or forty or fifty years, for their
power house sites, their reservoir sites and
their right-of-way and to charge them a
reasonable rate on the total amount Of
power developed,
"Of course, there has been a great deal
of opposition to this. There was an attempt
last year to pass a bill in congress grant
ing patent and fee simple 20 the power
companies Of the necessary land and will
probably be another attempt this season,
But the power question Is likely to be very
important also to the agricultural Interests
in the valleys below. You will use 1t more
and more for light and heat and pumping
and mechanical power Of all descriptions
and what we are working for in that re-
spect Is to see not only that we keep e
general control OF the whole situation bu
that whatever power is taken out OF th'
mountains is utilized completely and to thu
best advantage.
And there is another local question, W,
, want to look out that power is not takeI
from one locality completely out OF 1t t
the detrlment or local interests, and W
, expect to see very carefully to that.
Now the range; the range, OF course
, does not affect you directly. The intent o
, the national forests is not to overstock IN
4 ranges, but to keep just that number o
cattle and sheep on them which the rang
/ will support and TO gradually Improve IN
A various kinds OF grasses and other forage
e so far as the use OF the land goes Tn
g forest reserves do not shut out homes'ea
y entries at all, which Is often misunderstood
il There is a law now which applies IN
s homestead act inside the national forest
?. and II there are little patches OF agrieu
d ural land lying around in the meade"
and valleys inside Of the national fores
n they can be settled up and homes esta'
a Isbea' Ii. A, CRAFTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Electrical Flashes.

Experiments are being mode to transmit
music by wireless telephony.
A safe method Of firing shots in mines
by electricity has been devised.
An electrical device is now in use to
record the density of smoke issuing from
chimneys.
1t is claimed that the Bell telephone
system has 4,5OO0OO telephones in service.
The city Of Durham, South Africa, will
spend $l,OOO,OOO for electric lights and rail-
ways.
Ten million dollars will be spent in st,
Petersburg, Russia, to electrify forty milea
of horse car lines.
Tho Chinese laundries in Brooklyn are
being electl flied with electric lights, motor
driven washers and wri1gers and electric
flatirons.
The old days when electric light shades
were mere ornaments have gene forever
ana in their stead come the modern shades
made to diffuse ard reflect the light along
purely scientific lines and at the greatest
economy.
Niagara Falls can generate fully 100000
horsepower, bat only 5.5 per cent OF it is
being utilized. OF this 10000 horse-poweF
is used in electro-chemical processes, &C. 200
for railway service, 1880 for transmitting
many miles 70 ,wer plants, and 1900
is used by factories close to the falls
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

more and more water and you want
steady supply. The national forest will
accomplish that simply in this way: For
ests do not take any more rain-at least
no one has proved that they do. What
they do is to hold the rainfall when it
comes and regulate its flow down the
mountain slopes. That is the main in
fluence they have. II the whole Sierra
range were smooth and barren the rains
would rush off quickly in flood waters
and a great deal OF Il would be wasted.
with forest cover, with a brush cover,
with a good grass cover even, when the
rain comes 1t forms reservoir and let's
the water run off slowly and especially
holds 1t for the latter part Of the season,
when it is very badly needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Gasoline Electric Traction.

A very successful application OF the
combined gasoline and electric system IS
reported by Casters magazine upon one
of the most important light railroads OF
Hungary, namely the AIad Csanad line,
which comprises 225 miles of standard
gauge road and 105 miles Of narrow gauge
making $50 miles in all These lines are
situated southeast of Budapest and carry
a heavy passenger traffic. Since commenc-
ing the use of gasoline trains, the railroad
company has found them TO be OF such a
great advantage for this class Of traffic
that at present they are operating the
lines with them almost exclusively. Trains
are made up from locomotive, or rather
motor car, and from one TO five standard
cars. At present there are about iorty
locomotives in use ranging from heaNy
eighty horse power type to the thirty and
twenty horae-pywer locomotives. The
petrolelectrie group in the heavy locomo-
tiyes consist Of a Westinghouse, six cylin-
der gasoIira motor connected to direct
current generator Since tho Introduction
of the presenl system the traffic has in
creased very much and the lines are bet
ter patronizcd by the public. This Is seen
from the fact that while other light rail-
roads gave but or Z per cent increase
"a ithin recent vesrs, the Arad-Csanad lines
showed 25 pr cent increase for the same
period.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

on the state debate champion
sbip-the eliminating honor Of
tbo Nebraska Hfah school De-
hitting league eleven picked de-
INnN baters representiug all sections
S-l OF the state. will compete at the
University OF Nebraska next Friday even
ing. the evening of high school fets day.
it will be the leagues third annual debate
FOR the rhampionship. Tho league was or
EanIzed IN January. 1905. 10y Prof NJ NJ
FiRg. professor Of rhetoric az the state
university Thirty high schools Joined that
year. and tho championship was won by
Arthur Anderson OF Wahoo, with Mark c.
Hargravc Of wymorc. second, and Miss
Isabel oldham Of kelmgy and Clayton
Burke Of ord. third. Forty-cight schools
neld membership I'm the league last year,
when clayton Radcliffe Of sidney captured
the championship. second honcrS going 10
Paul Good Of Wahoo, now OF AmheISl
college and third to Harvey Hess Vi
Hebron
Sixty schools comprise 'n' league "e".
bership TINS yoar-ihe Iai-'sI anu mus 'l
fectively orRaniZed "sso.Ia'io" vi sv'"''ua''
schools In the Omten states '"' ''e u az
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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
National Forestry Service
(Continuod from Page Two1

prove its kind and it's quality and its
quantity, and we can do this by very
careful cutting, which We always insist
upon. That applies of course, particu-
larly TO the government, because the prl-
vate holder must get certain returns upon
tis capital and he must get them in the
immediate present. With the government
It is quite otherwise. The government can
be satisfied with very slow returns at the
present time, and it can walt years and
years for second crops, so that conserva-
tive forestry is very much more easily
hardled by the government than by private
owners, although it is possible for private
owners to do very much more than they
are doing at present
Now as to this timber matter in its
relation to fruit growers You need and
always will need lumber and timber foI
your houses fence posts, stakes, snakes
wood for all kinds Of uses. The agricul-
tural possibilities in the great valleys OF
California are in their infancy. They are
nothing at present compared with wha
they viii be. There viii be two or thre'
times as many homes. The demand fol
lumber will be always increasing.
1T is pretty important in that connection
that YOU be assured an accessible suppl!
OF wood at reasonable rates. Wood Is
necessity. We all need It and that is tn
cardinal principle in the management o
the national forests OF California, to al
ways keep enough timber on hand TO
local use. II there is only enough timhe
IN a certain national forest TO supply IN
future needs in that given locality we d
not sell stick Of it for export We kee
IL right in that locality for present an
future use by the ranches.
we try to work TO the end that loca
interests will never have to go outside an
import timber, which, of course, would b
very expensive and inconvenient. So "
are keeping the timber right in the countr
} for continuous use In the future, ana
: will never be shipped out unless there
a surplus which cannot be used local'
. and then, OF course Il will be sold ar
. not allowed TO go TO waste.
Then about the water. That is anoth'
I thing needed In agriculture. You viii fir
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
LIght, Facetioua Tone.

At base ball banquet in Cleveland,
Neal Ball, the famous shortstop, who made
last year the only unasssted triple play in
the history Of the major leagues, said in
the course of a neat humorous address,
Women are more intelligent on the aver
age than men. OF that 1 am convinced
Why won't women, then, learn to under
stand base ball? l have never yet sue
ceeded in making clear to one woman the
difference between an unasssted triple
play and foul fly.
so, with the women, 1 adopt a light
facetious tone in base ball matters. A
woman once said to me:
I love base ball, Mr.. Ball, I love
especially to watch the man at the bat 1t
is so cute, too, the way he keeps hitting
the ground gently with the bats end. Why
does he do that. madam"
We'll, you see, madam said l. the
worms have an annoying habit OF coming
up to see who's batting, and that naturally
puts a man out bit; so he just taps
them on the head lightly and down they
go Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Fishing Luck.

Senator Frye is an enthusiastic fisher
man. lie was once the guest Of a family
who arranged for him and other visitors
in Eastport, Me, picnic at lake few
miles distant The head of the family,
noticing that his brother, who had charge
Of the vehicles, had placed a supply Of
fishing paraphernala In one of the
wagons asked why he had done so.
They're for Frye" was the reply.
But, man alive, there are no fish in
that lake" the elder exclaimed
We'll, Frye doesn't know IT,"
Frye didn't. On arriving at the lake he
took the fishing tackle and trudge off,
to return some hours later very warm
and very much bitten by mosquitoes.
Get any bites, Frye?" he was asked
Get any bites! was the half lndig-
nant reply Look at my facev-Phiadel-
phia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Automatic Electric Carriers.

Automatic Electric Carriers.
A system Of automatic electric transpor-
tation, invented by Mr.. William c. Carr OF
Buffalo, N. Y. is attracting a considerable
amount OF attention. His principal devices
are a rural mai! and parcel delivery ap-
p6ratus, an automatic electric ore carrier,
an electric truck and scale, an under
ground or tube" system, and a passenger
car All are operated on tracks that are
similar in design, but differ in size accord
ing to the service required. The smallest
is for mail and parcel carrying, and is
worked by means Of Two tracks supported
overhead on poles with Y-shaped or yoke
tops for supplying current to the motor
driven carriers, and in rural sections they
may be used to distribute current for light
and power to consumers along the line. The
idea is to arrange them as loops radiating
from central station. The mail cars will
be started, for example from the postoffce
with ono box fer each of the houses on
the route 1t serves. Between stations the
tracks are twelve feet to twenty feet ABOVE
the ground, where they cannot in .erfere
With other traffic. and over these parts the
cars will iun at a speed of about twenty
five miles hour. AS a station is ap-
preached the car will slow down, pick up
a box with outgoing mail deposit the box
with incoming mail ring a warning bell in
the house, and then proceed on its way
with accelerated speed. Boxes with parcels
may be similarly collected and delivered
Tho loops will ordinarily be twenty-five
miles long, ana it Is estimated that each
trip over loop Will cost only five cents
(2hd) The automatic electric or carrier
system, an example of which is shortly to
be installed at a coal mine in PENNSYLVANIA
Will carry the ore from the mine at high
speed to the smelter or railroad, and after
automatically dumping it will return to the
mine or starting point. TO prevent trouble
from ice nd snow, the contacts on this.
as on the other systems, will be made on
the under eide Of the rails in inverted V
shaped troughs. For h0nCling package-
freight at railroad terminals, steamship
docks, and in and about manufacturing
plants, the combination electric truck and
scaAe is built to be operated on movable
tracks. one of these equipments now be-
ing manufactured will be installed at a
freight terminal in New York city The
tracks are made in lengths Of from ten to
twenty feet mot elevated in this case), and
are mounted on wheels so that they may
be moved from. point to point, or extended
or shortened. The carrier can be operated
either automatically or by an attendant. A
scale attachment records the separate
weight OF each package and the combined
weight Of all the packages The under,
ground or tube" system is essentially a
modification of the overhead systems fol
use In places where tho elevated lines
would no. be permissible. The tracks. in
stead of being supported on poles, are tC
be Hountcd along the sides 1f concret,
tunnels built under the surface. The mas
songer car is practically an electric auto
mobile adapted 10 run on the overhead
tracks
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
the Best Guide for Tourists.

Grant Allen relates that he was sitting
one day under the shade OF the Sphinx.
turning for some petty point Of detail 70 his
Baedeker, A sheik looked at him sadly and
shook his head.
Murray good" he said IN a solemn voice
Of warning. "Baedeker no good. What for
YOU see Baedeker?"
NO, no; Baedeker Is best" answered Mr.
Allen, "Why do you object to Baedekergr
The sheik crossed his hands and looked
down on him with the plying eyes OF
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
In the Field of Electrical Experiment

about a foot in thickness. The patterns
are laid on and marked with chalk, then
they are removed and the cutting machine
quickly cuts out the garment
In the electrical clothing shops there
are machines for stitching at high speed,
machines for barring, taclSing and sewing
on buckles and machines for putting in
pockets. There are no less than twenty
two varieties of button-hole machines, and
a cortrivance for sewing on flat buttons.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

toaster on the table. When he has fin
ished he takes his electric motor or an
electric train to his office downtown.
After he has departed and the breakfast
is out of the way, the house is swept and
cleaned by the electrical devices, the linen
Is washed and ironed and all the other,
work is completed with the aid of cleo
tricity When the head of the family re-
turns for dinner at o'clock the meal has
been cooked by electricity and is ready to
serve
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

friend who was congressman, was stay
ing. He hailed the farmer across a five
barred gate:
Il am a writer and am anxious to get
some local color for a piece of work 1 attn
doing, l don't care to stay at the hotel.
How much will you charge for board?"
We'll, If you Just want board and room
it will be $40 a week. but If you must have
US talk dialect to you, it will be 81 extra" ;"
National Magazlne.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Making clothes by Eleotrretty.

There are about 1000 establishments in
this country where mems ready made
clothing is made FOR the wholesale trade,
of which $50 are in New York state. A
large number OF these concerns have
recently completely equipped their factories
with electric power and electric devices
Of all kinds, from cutting machines 70 the
electric pressing irons.
One OF the largest ready-made clothing
houses in New York where modern electric
power and convenience were in daily use
during the last year turned out lao 600
complete suits Of clothing consuming over
100000 yards or material, one electric cut
ting machine Is said to have kept sixty
electric sewing machines going full time
10 take care OF It's output
With the electric cutting tools the cloth
is laid on long tables until the pile reaches
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Like Some Other Epitaphs.

II was called in by a close-fisted old
merchant the other day" a Boston lawyer
remarked, smiling He wanted me to
draw his will, and this 1 proceeded to do
following his verbal instruction, Presently
he said:
ITO each and every clerk who has been
In my employ for ten years l give $1,000
This seemed like a considerable sum to
me and l ventured a slight protest, as he
had a number of daughters and his entire
fortune was not large
" oh, that's all right he said, with a
little crooked smile. You know people have
always said that l was close and hard, and
l want them to think well of me when I'm
gene
Il was little touched and said some,
thing, but he waved It aside and we con,
tinued with the draft When 1t was finished
and as l was about to leave the office. tn,
old fellow smiled again his little crooked
smile.
About those $4,000 legacies he said
there isn't a clerk in my place who ha
been with me over two years-but it vii
look we'll in the papers" The Green Bag