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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
ORDERS FLOOD GATES IN.
City Anxious to Secure $4,000 Payment
on Dam on Behalf Of State

on Dam on Behalf Of State.
In order that the city may receive
from the state the $4,000 due as the
states share of the new concrete dam
and retaining walls, upon the COM
pletion of the Improvement, Council
man Clark Monday night introduced a
resolution instructng the mayor to
have installed the food gates, which
complete the work. A provision in the
resolution, however, made it possible
to install temporary flood gates in the
event that the permanent gates could
not be set, owing to high water or
some other emergency.
Councilman Herman opposed the
reference to temporary gates, saying
that permanent gates would have to be
installed, and they might as well be
put in now, and avoid any expense on
temporary gates Mr.. Herman amend
ed the resolution, calling for the city
engineer and superintendent of mains
to put m permanent gates.
The mayor said that he would make
every effort to install the permanent
gates, but if that could not be done he
wanted some authority to install tenn
porary gates He said that in any
event he would never install any kind
| of gates without first submitting the
matter to the council, together with
the bids.
Mr. Gregory said that he had OPP
posed any temporary gate until he had
been shown that bulk head obstruc-
ton. at small cost, could be used
as temporary gate. in the event that
the permanent gates could not be in
stalled. He thought some competent
engineer should be employed to assist
the city in devising means to harness
UP the water power now provided, and
make suggestions as to the kind of a
gate needed and how it should be oper-
ated.
Upon this showing Councilman Hull
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
LONGER HOURS FOR LIBRARY.
Building Will Be Open untiI O'clock
Reoinninn Seut

Beginning Sept l.
Al the regular monthly meeting of
the public library trustees, held at the
library Monday evening. it was de-
cided 10 keep the library open even
ings again, until O'Clock, beginning
ON Sept. /. The regular Sunday hours.
from 2:30 10 o'clock, suspended dur
ing the hot months, will also be OBJ
served beginning Sept 4.
Other important business transacted
was the employment of Miss Mabel
Shearer a second assistant in the
library, and the acceptance of Miss
Irene Eason's application for an APP
premiership.
The report of Miss Edna Sears, who
is acting librarian during Miss KIM
berlTs absence abroad. included men,
ton of the donation by DR. Watson
Roberts of over 100 books, principally
from his medical library; the dona-
ton of about fifty books by Mrs. L. c.
Norris, and of number of magazines
by Mrs. H. y. White.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
LICENSE EMPLOYMENT AGENTS.
City Council Fixes $25 Per Year Ii
cense and Prescribes Charoe,

Councilman Psenicka Monday night
called for the ordinance regulating
employment agencies in the city, which
called for license of 500 per year,
and a fine of 500 for viola
tons. City Solicitor Northup suggest
ed that a fee chargeable be prescribed
in the ordinance, and Councilman Her
man amended the ordinance by reduc-
ing the license from 800 to s25. This
was accepted by Psenicka The ordi-
nance was then amended to make 81 a
fee chargeable by agencies for appli-
cants seeking positions and registering
with the agency. and specifying that
no commission beyond the original fill
ing fee be charged. The ordinance as
amended was adopted
According to statements made in the
council employment agencies We're now
charging not only a fling fee for appli-
cations, but We're demanding a COM
mission, on percentage basis. on the
first months salary paid the appli-
cant after the position was secured
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
NEW LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Rev. Dr.. J. j. Fitzpatrick Reappointed
and Rev. William Pence James and
Jams and Dr.. N. Merrill.

Mayor Ingledue Monday night an
nounced to the council three appoint
ments to the board of trustees of the
public library, to succeed to the terms
Fitzpatrick was reapponted TO succeed
himself and the new appointees were
Rev. William Pence James and Chris
Mitchell. who succeed w. B. Williams
and DR.. \. Merrill. Mr.. Mitchell is a
machinist in the employ of the Iowa
Central railway, and his appointment
was made, as announced by the mayor,
that the laboring men might have rep
resentation on the library board
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
sANeERFEsT FOR RADCLIFFE.
Meeting Place For Next Year Chosen
BY Fortress Choral Union

In all probabilities the next meet
Ing Of the Fortress Choral Union of
central Iowa will be held at Radcliffe.
Last spring invitations were extended
to the union by Marshalltown and Rad
cliffe and it was decided to come to
this city. As there are no invitations
other than that from Radcliffe. the
union hopes that the Radcliffe invita-
ton viii apply to next year as we'll as
this When the meetings are held in
the smaller towns. where there are no
large auditoriuns available. large
tent il used The union bought tent
several years ago for the purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
"MARsHALLTowN" WILL REMAIN
City Will Be Advertised Eastward by
Signboards Of T%Aacco Company.

In ren1, 70 ,eoxHsst from sacretar.
r. w. Doolittle, of the Marshalltown
Club, the American Tobacco Company
has consented to use the name of Mar
shalltown at the top of their sign
boards between this city and Chicago,
along the line of the Chicago & North
western railroad. giving the distance
from certain city. when the signs are
reprinted. The American Tobacco
Company has used the city of Mar
shalltown on all of it's sign boards
in the past and when the boards are
repainted, as they will be in the near
future, the name of Marshalltown will
be retained on the boards The signs
have proved excellent advertising for
the city in the past, many travellers
seeing the signs and making inquiries
about the town of such prominence as
to be tabulated on the boards across
two states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
DIVIDENDS BEGIN SEPT. 1.
French & Turner Advise Purchasers for
Preferred Stock to Close This Week.

The dividend payment dates for Len
nox Furnace Company per cent pre-
ferred stock are Sept. l and March /,
hence all stock sold and issued after
Sept. ! will have an accrued divi-
dend accumulation to be paid for
from that date. Persons who have
been talking with US about purchasing
are requested to close by Thursday, if
possible. Nearly half of the author
lied issue has already been subscribed
in two weeks time
FRENCH & TURNER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Mayor Quoted Ordinance.

The mayor read as the basis of his
communication an ordinance defin-
ing the duties Of the city engineer,
which was adopted by the council upon
presentation by Mr. Herman on May
"a. 1909, in Which ii is specified that
it shall be the duty of the city engineer
ITO prepare, under the direction of the
city council, complete plat of the
lines of sewer and water mains. with
all connections, to be filed in the Of
fee Of the city clerk for ready refer
ence etc
The mayor then outlined his reasons
for vetoing the Herman resolution
ordering Mack to proceed with the
work, He said that member of the
council had sought to censure Mr. Mack
for being derelict in his duties, when
over eighteen months ago Mr. Her
mans own ordinance took the power
away from Mack, and placed it in the
hands of the city engineer. AS a con-
sequence of this ordinance Mr.. Mack
nov had no duty TO perform.
The mayor said that the resolution
Wy Mr. Herman a week ago had i'm
, I'D censure of the superintendent OF
I ms for not doing duty when he
no duty 70 perform. Such censure
public servant he would not permit
without protest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Notice.

AS am leaving town and have not
had time to see you personally, persons
knowing themselves indebted to me will
please call at the office of Boardman &
Lawrence and settle same. Yours truly
]. G. Capron.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
SHOULD REVISE ORDINANCES.
Mayor Ingledue Suggests Contract Be
Made With City Solicitor

Mayor Ingledue Monday night sug-
gested to the council that 1t make a
contract with City Solicitor F. E.
Northup, to revise the city ordinances
to date. 1t has been six years since
the ordinances were revised, and the
mayer thinks that the city is in need
of a revision
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
A Wholesome Tonic
Horseford's Acid Jhosphate

Quickly relieves that feeling of ex-
haustion due to summer heat, over
work or insomnia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Work Almost Done When Power Re-
moved,

The mayor said that Mack had al
most completed the work ordered Of
him. and would have had the maps
ready. had not the duty of preparing
them been delegated to some one else
IF the council wants Mack to do It,
however continued the MAYOR.
amend this ordinance. and I'll see that
Mack does ii before Oct. l.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30

ity to do it. Herman says: what
want is those charts. and l am going
to get EN-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Sees Wisdom in Law.

The mayor took occasion to show
the wisdom of the Iowa law making the
mayor the executive head" of the city.
He suggested that the council exercise
the use Of common sense at times. and
confine itself to the legislative branch
of the city and not the executive. In
this way. the mayor believed such
ludicrous situations. as he termed this
case. might be avoided. The mayor also
said there had been too much person.
ality injected into this affair. and he
expressed the hope that in the future
personal chickering's could be elm
mated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
Claims Mayor NEGLIGENT.

Claims Mayor Neojioen+
NJ t1a- ,
so,a1 cballa,e,a he,d -. - 49,
course of the MAYORS rarn,rte an
nounced at once that he was ready for
defense. He said that Mr.. Gregory. as
far back a s January. 1908. had intro
! duced a resolution ordering Mr. Mack
and the city engineer to get toget her
and prepare the plat of water and
saver mains and that more than a
wear had elapsed before his ord
nance was passed and still nothing
I had been done He thought that.
in view Of the fact that the
iresolUtion had not been complied
with. the MAYOR had been negligent in
doing his duty then. Mr. Herman said
that ne had never used resolution as
a club over Mack or anybody else and
! he thanked tho mayor for he Cub he
/ had given him in his com -nunication.
which Mr Herman declared had been
written by Mr.. Boardman.
! In reply 20 Herman's sally about
Boardman writing the mayors COM
imunication the mayor replied that ii
was just as well for Boar1n1an 10 write
4 his as for Bra dford 70 write Herrran'=
Mr. Herman replied that when he had
! communications he wanted written he
Went to the city solicitor. whose duty
ii was 20 prepare such documents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

through pulleys overhead, and so con-
meets the stabilizing planes from
above. When, therefore, one stabiliz-
ing plane has its after edge pulled
down by the fitting of the seat back,
the same pull, communicated by the
wire overhead to the other stabilizing
plane, pulls its rear up. Whichever
way the one s%tabilizing plane is
turned, the other ,one is turned oppo-
sitely.
The manner in which this action
rights the aeroplane will be readily
understood. The process is as fol-
lows: AS soon as, in the course of
fight, the ~iaeroplane says to the left,
the driver leans over to the right in
his seat. It is the motion that he
would naturally make to find his own
equilibrium. In leaning to the right
he pushes the seat back over with
him. This pulls the wire that draws
down the left stabilizing fms after
part. Thus the fin turns on it's axis,
or in such a way as to present a slant
ing under surface to the wind. The
wind delivers an upward pressure on
this surface, and this upward pressure
tends to right the sagging left end of
the aeroplane. At the same time the
pull that started from the seat back
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Manufactured Rubies.

Rubies Weighing eighty carats can
be built up. These rubies after they
have cooled are split le%ngthwise. They
are cut and polished, the final polish
ing being done with tripoli and wat
er. The cut gems ready for the mar
ket are worth about forty cents a
carat.
This price is Insignificant as COM
pared with that of the natural Burma
ruby, whose market value is almost
fabulous. Chemically, OFFICIALLY and
physically the scientific" rubies are
identically the same as the natural
stones. Even in both forms the mic
roscopic air bubbles called frogs" or
'inclusions" are present
Lacroix, the g%eologist and mineral
ogist, asserts that the artificial ruby
cannot be distinguished from tie nat
ural, while Pinier, a leading gem ex-
bert Of Paris, claims that they can
readily be distinguished. At any rate
the pawnbrokers of Paris have placed
rubies under the ban, and it is almost
impossible to secure loans when ru-
bies of any description are offered as
security.-Popular Mechanics.
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big engine. Back Of the engine and
behind the big planes is the pro-
peller, X.
In the type Of aeroplane now most
developed, the propeller, x, placed be-
hind the engine, e, and the driver, at
S, forces the machine forward in 8
horizontal direction. The planes, P,
P, catch the air on their under sur
faces, slightly inclined and conceived
for that purpose. The pressure lifts
the machine in the air OF s%ustains it
there at a desired level.
The engine that supplies the power
is 2 ~gasolene explosion motor closely
similar to that used in automobiles.
Only slight differences are necessi-
tated by the adapting of the engine
to the aeroplane. The controls for
the magnetic and gssolene supply are
placed forward of Rhe engine, at the
drivers seat, S, for he is under the
disadvantage Of sitting in front Of the
motor.
1t ts now to be seen how the pro-
peller. x, driven by the engine, E,
sends forward the machine, which is
sustained by the gliding on the air of
the plane, P P, and the similar plane
under it. There remains to be seen
the more delicate and difficult part of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

complete command Of space that dis
tinglish the aeroplane all lie in rud.
der A., the altitude rudder.
FL CURE 2 is a drawing of the essen
tial details Of this wonderful rudder
The rudler is shown from a point OF
observation forward of it and to its
left.
The rldder consists of two hori-
zontal panes, p p. They are con-
nected With a framework similar in
shape to the skeleton of an oblong
box. Tbs framework has the planes
p p for il top and bottomsides The
framework hinges at the two ends on
the axis represented by the dotted
line, a. t is by turning on this hinge
that heplanes are made to act as
rudders.
This alton is produced in the fol-
lowing Ianner: When the frame
work is lifted so that the fronts of
the plans point upward, the air
through which the a%eroplane is adj
vancing atches on their under side.
The presare of the air on the under
sides of lie planes lifts them up, and
so lifts tie nose of the whole aero
plane upmaking it take an upward
direction.
When, IN the other hand, the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

Professor McKeever went to some
trouble in his experiment, which was
arranged in imitation of an actual
crime. He drilled three Of his stu
dents to perform a "hold up" and
the little drama was enacted upon az,
stage in front of the class. A subse-
quent examination of the audience
disclosed the fact that it was at SKIES
and sevens as to what had actually
happened. The students were unable
to agree as to which Of the robbers"
had carried a revolver or worn a rain
coat, and all the other facts were SIM
ilarly obscure. Any one of the wit
nesses could have given an account
of what he believed he had seen, and
no doubt by itself it would have
passed as good evidence, but unfor-
tunately the student who sat next to
him believed himself to have seen
something quite different.
Professor Munsterberg recently car
ried out a whole series Of expert
ments directed toward the same end,
and the result was ven more remark
able. He used for the purpose a
large class of students whose powers
of correct observation ought to be
above rather. than below the average.
He tested them in a great many ways,
requiring them to estimate the num-
Der of colored spots upon a sheet Of
white paper, he numbered persons in
a room, and the length Of a pendu-
lum stroke. The results showed not
only an extraordinary incapacity TO
observe correctly, but a still more ex-
traordinary difference in the kind Of
incapacity, inasmuch as the estimate
of one student would be ludicrously
too high, while that of the man nexS
to him would be ludicrously too low.
1t is evident that we must revise
our opinion as to the value of eye
witness evidence. It's value seems to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

because tits the least important. 1t
needs a second motion of the hands,
which are already busy with the alti-
tude control.
Fig. 4 shows a view of the side-to-
side rudder, c. 1t is cleft, and
through this cleft passes a horizontal
plane. This is just a fixed plane,
placed to sustain the weight of the
after end Of the aeroplane. The rud-
der C, save for this cleavage into an
upper and a lower part, is very SIM
liar to a ships rudder. 1t is note
worthy that this is the only vertical
plane on the whole Curtiss machine.
The rudder c swings on a vertical
axis, a. The positions into which it
may swing are shown by the dotted
lines.
1t is with this wheel, of course. that
the driver turns to right and left,
doubles on his course and makes the
most complicated e-olutions.
There are other things that the
aviator has to attend to besides his
direction and stability control, Of
course. But they do not require his
ever taking more than one hand from
the steering wheel. There is the
throttle which feeds the fuel to his
engine. 1t is a short, slender lever,
at his right hand. A brief motion
cuts off his fuel and shuts down his
engine, or lessons his speed or in
creases it. The electric control is in
a little twist-button fastened on the
front Of his seat between his knees.
In starting, Curtiss, after testing
his engine, first takes his place in the
drivers seat, turns on the throttle
and grasps the steering wheel. Then,
while two or three men hold the ma
chine from darting forward on its
wheels, a mechanic starts the engine
with a quick turn of the propeller.
With the propeller going briskly, Cur
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planes p p are tilted downward, the
air as it is cleft presses on their
top surfaces and forces them to point
earthward. And so they give the
downward direction to the course OF
the aeroplane, when the flyer desires
to fly lower.
1t will readily be seen that without
the altitude rudder, A, the aeroplane
would be helpless.
How is the altitude rudder con.
trolled by the areoplanist? The
view in Fig. 2 shows this in the ap-
paratus, C C C. This is a peculiar but
perfectly simple device. The rudder
is pushed forward or pulled back by
a long rod. The rod runs from a
crosspiece of the framework Of the
rudder back to the steering wheel. 1t
is fastened at the hub of the wheel.
The wheel works backward and for
ward as well as turning.
More vital still than the altitude
rudder, and certainly more of a de-
parture from all other known meth
DDS of equilibrium, are the s%tabilizing
rudders or fms, B B. The working of
these is shown in Fig. 8.
An aeroplane is poised as delicate
ly on its airy even keel as a tightrope
walker on his wire. The stabilizing
fins serve the same purpose as do the
fan of the Japanese tightrope per-
former. They save the flyer from tip
ping over to one side or the. other.
Fig. 3 will show how this is done.
The purpose of the arrangement here
shown is to to tilt the one plane up
ward and the oppisite one downward
at the same time.
The control of the planes, B 3, lies
in the wires c C C c. The axis of each
plane lies in the dotted line, A. fhe
wires, &C, fastened behind the axes Of
the planes, tilt them by an upward or
downward pull. The wires C C run
down from each plane to a pulley at
the corner of the lower sustaining
plane, P. From the pulley they run
straight to the top of the back of the
drivers seat. S. There they are
fastened. When it sways to the right,
it pulls the wire that draws down the
rear of the stabilizing plane out at
the left wing tip. When the seat
sways to the left, it draws down the
stabilizing plane at the right wing
tip.
The wiring, C C, runs also UP from
the tops Of the s%tabilizing planes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Woman's Gift of Rare Moses.

Announcement was made recently
by DR.. ]. M. M~acfarlane, professor Of
botany at the University of Pennsly-
vania, that 800 specimens of moss
have been received as a gift from Mrs.
Josephine D. Lowe, of Washington.
These specimens will be made the
nucleus of a large collection of moses
representative Of every section Of this
country and Of many other countries
OF the world, he stated. In it were
rare specimens from Canada, Ireland,
England and japan. The work Of
increasing the number of moss speci-
mems will be delegated to members
of the society and men connected
with the university botanical depart
ment.-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Camels in South Australia.

Camels are used by pastoralists
and others in central Australia for
carting wool and stores. These are
worked by English as we'll as At
CHAN drivers. They are used for sad
die at eighteen months of age; at
two years, says the British Austral-
asian, they carry from one cwt. to
two cwt., at three years, four cwts.
Bulls at four years can take six cwts.
of loading.
The camels are bred in South Aus
tralia; those locally reared are better
weight carriers than those imported;
they are lower set, better boned, and
we'll footed. They thrive on the
grasses and bushes of the country, on
which they can be worked for many
years.-London Globe.
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tiss gives a signal, and the aeroplane
is released by the men holding it. 1t
starts forward rapidly on its wheels.
When the right speed is reached, Cur
tiss pulls the steering gear back a
little toward him. The aeroplane
rises from the ground. The ground
friction overcome, it gains speed rap
idly and rises faster, till it reaches
the desired level.
In descending, Curtiss picks out
with his eye the favorable spot.
When within some 200 yards of it
and at some twenty yards elevation,
he shuts off his engine with a To-
ment of the right hand. Depressing
the head of his flyer, he glides down
From the New
York Evening Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
NEW YoRk.cHIcAGo FLIGHT.

is sent on from the left fin over the
overhead wire and down to the upper
surface of the right fin, which is
drawn up. The right fin is thus made
to present its upper surface to the
wind, and the wind then depresses
the right end of the aeroplane at the
same time that the left is being
raised. In a moment the aeroplane
is righted. The driver thereupon
straightens up in his seat, bringing
the seat back again to the upright
position and so drawing the stabiliz-
ing fins back again to their original
place.
The third of the important con-
trolls of the aeroplane in the air is
shown in Fig. 4. 1t is the side to side
steering gear, the most complicated,