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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Scientists have succeeded In making a
substitute for rubber from corn At the
Omaha corn show last fall big chunk
of refined rubber made entirely from corn
by a seedless process was exhibited
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Pelkin has ordered 1o.o00 alarm clocks
from Chicago. showing that there is a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

With the Broad street White Way al
ready abiaze and the Pryor street and
part OF Decatur street assured. Atlanta
yin soon be in a blaze Of White Way.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

A farmer near Coldwater, Mich, recent
ly took home pail of oysters and in one
OF the bivalves found Ga pearls, the larg-
est being the size of a pea.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Tough on Memphis that Bryan wouldn't
live there for 100000. Strange, too. for
Sylth 100000 a man ought to be. able
70 stand anything.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

1t is reported that a man living near
Weathersford. Tex. gathered 20 bushels
of pecans from two trees and sold the
nuts for SOS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

The present congress il transacting
business 50 fast that the Congressional
Record won't be able to keep up with
Il
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

we must congratulate the weather man
on the brand he handed Ponce de Leon
park yesterday afternoon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

We want 10 say right now that fried
chicken vii be none the less delicious
this season because the supply promises
t. Be plentiful
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

That last Mexican engasement calls for
immediate police protection from Andrew
Carnegie and the other peace advocates
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

What is news2" asks Golfers Weekly.
and one would think Golfers had read
The Journal enough to know.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

we admire the forethought and prepar-
edness OF the man who never neglects 10
have hrs straw hat ready for Easter sun
day.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

The tornadoes in the central west are
probable manifestations of some 1912 pres
idential boom.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Champagne rioting followed by calm. -
This headline. of course. refers TO the
French rioting. not the ordinary kind
which is followed by headache.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Another report is going the rounds
about a Missouri man living TO be I02
years old without ever having tasted
liquor Maybe he took his In bitters
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18
NOTES OF THE sHEEProLD

Sheep do not require much shelter ex-
cept to keep off the rain. l always put
my flock up in falling weather except dur
ing the summer when it is hot and the
rain is relief to them.
1t is best to leave them out in the
coolest weather, except of course at
lambing time when they must be shell
tered.
Lambs will stand the cold better than
any other young animals and there Is
not much difficulty in saving them If
they get full of their mothers milk
once.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Spring gardeners. take hope. Sun shone
yesterday Also remember that sun shine
helps the weeds few. too.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Now IL Is announced that the ice man
viii come Under municipal regulation.
and that reminds us that the ice man
win soon be in our midst again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

How Is it possible for the model hus-
band % get home in time for dinner these
days and wait for the final extras. too?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Where Is the old-fashioned profession
a. hotel entertainer who made himself
agreeable at the summer resorts?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

An exchange refers to Lorimer as
great emotional actor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Savannah. II viii be noticed. isn't wor-
RED much about the status of the locker
club under the prohibition act
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Now that the champagne war Is over
In France. we may re-focus our attention
On the Mexican situation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Inversely, II Is q good idea TO prevent
Two weed growing where only one grew
before
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Announcements OF June weddings re-
mind Us that summer Is fast approaching
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Even in the matter OF the weather. the
baseball fan generally gets what he
wants
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Mrs. j. L. Miguel, of Independence.
Iowa. sold a Christmas turkey gobbler
that weighed So pounds and brought $621.
At the retail prices Of Christmas turkeys
in Chicago this bird would have brought
s10.SO. Fifteen years ago Mrs. Miguet's
husband sold a 20O-pound hog which
brought only $3.50.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Some man in congress Is rapping Roose-
welt. just as II Roosevelt still welded the
big stick as OF old.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

The suffragettes viii please pause long
enough today to. contemplate the new
Easter hats
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Lucky the sporting writer who car
avoid writer's cramp henceforth-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

There will be a total eclipse of the
sun on April =. but personally we pre-
Ter grand opera.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18

Jacob Brunton, farmer near Blair,
Neb., exhibited at the Omaha corn show
last fall well-developed ear of corn
containing 16 rows with 4S grains to.
the row. All ears of corn have even
numbers to the row. Mr.. Brunton says
he selected a peculiar ear of corn and
from it planted an odd number of grains
in an odd number of hills.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
All Take interest in Work

If the LOO married men employed
on h work, more than 1000 were here
prior to January 1, 1908. OF the total
number of 800 men at work last year.
$500 quit their jobs. Their places were
filled at once, about one-third by new
appointments from the states, one-
third from men on the isthmus and one-
third by unemployment of men
who repented their designations.
All appointments made on the
isthmus are temporary. subject to
the arrival of permanent appointees
from the states, and therefore there is
little or no nance for the man who
goes to Panama on his own hook.
Hundreds of men looking for Jobs have
been stranded on the isthmus and the
means to war; workmen not to come
to the canal job-hunting on a mere
prospect tour.
The most striking thing about the
American workers Is their intense I'M
terest in the canal.-they seem almost
to think that it is their personal
property, their own particular hobby,
their pet plaything. "A yard-master at
the Pedro Miguel locks said that the
whole canal force was a big and happy
family. Another said that every maj
on the job was working for the one
purpose OF eclipsing every record made
last year. A captain of police at Cor
gona declared that he had been watch
ing the progress Of the work for three
years with as much interest as IL the
ditch was his own personal undertake.
ing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Yankee Discrimination

At the Tivoli hotel one morning Mt
Y o'clock q w~ell-tanned, why little
American at breakfast said he had
gone to bed in Colon, at the other erd
OF the canal. at IL o'clock the night
before. his telephone by his side. He
was called to transact business hv
telephone at midnight. again at i
Oclock n was awake at 3 on his
own accord. At 4 he was readv for
the train and was whirled across tha
isthmus to a Z o'clock breakfast. .Rst"
he said. Il am used to It; this thing
down here makes a fellow feel thaf
tnnmgs must DE kept going, and l am
That Is the spirit Of the Amer;ca ~.
on the can zone. They are Win
incarnations OF the indomitabie Yankae
determination that will not brook Oh.
struction even by a chain OF NOM
talna. Ihos croaking pessimists who
predicted that the canal never wnmiS
= nnlsned ala not take into account
sINe spiIit OF the American workman.
Already provision Is being made for
the time when the canal constrlction
work Will be finished, and the army ~
workers Will be disbandcd. aava ror
those Few who will be required fnr ~.
permanent force Of maintenance The
commlssion mas provided that each
nun may accumulate his VACATION
.eave up 70 - days. This means thsf
ny man VINO feels able to forego some
credited with the days he doc. ny ~
Ike. Up 9 total OF 81. Then. when
the work ID done, that man me~ s .n
BACK % q United States ON Les % -
y weeks with full bay--and ssvsn
Weeke = ample time for . 9ood msn
20 act . new Job. ''sn
"seo the contradiction work Il com.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
A Collector. Coup.
From tho I.ondon Ta,err.,,

From the London Telegraph.
The ate Charles Wertheimer when
asked on occasion what he consld-
cred to be his astutest business coup.
thought for a while and then told how
once when he was walking through q
Brighton square he espied through an
open window what he knew to be q
priceless Chinese vase. HI went to the
neares postoffice. examined a local di-
rectory n found the name of the
resident. Then he called and asked for
the gentleman n was shown into the
study under the name of Hamilton.
He briefly explained that he was look
Ing for a modest house in Brighton and
had a fancy to this one. Would
the gentleman entertain an offer for
the place as it stood-.lock, stock and
barrel?" The owner, a little nom
plused. hesitated. re your offer is rea-
sonable," interrupted "Hamilton." .r
will give you an extra thousand" "CalI
tomorrow at 10:30 them" replied the
owner. Hamilton" did and found him
prepared to accept s18,O00 for the
% years unexpired term and the con-
n of the residence.
Although this was we'll over market
value. Hamilton at once closed. add
ing h extra thousand, according to
promise. AS, however. he afterward
sold the vase for G35,OOO, his coup was
unmistakable.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Many Americans Employed

The wisdom Of the government in
providing houses for the families of
married workers has been thoroughly
demonstrated. 1t has been the expe-
lien of h canal authoritiesth that mar
ried men usually come to Panama with
a definite purpose and that they stay on
the job, while single men, who are more
inclined to rove. come mt go all the
time.
Most of the married workers now on
the isthmus have been here two years
or more, and they will saeck by the work
until it is finished. On the other hand.
W years is a long time for an UNI
married worker to stay on the canal.
During the last fiscal year three-fifths
of all the Americans working on the
canal zone went pack to the states.
The great majority Of those returning
were single men. This unstable con-
dition of the personnel has prevailed
ever since the canal work was begun,
the ony exception being that class of
married men who have been given
houses to live in. The 5e have recog-
nized their greater opportunities for
saving, have been SO comfortable that
they have not felt the effects Of the de-
pressing climate as much as the more
lonely bachelors, and the government
has been well repaid for its parental
care of them and their wives and
babies.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Scores of Details

This is but n OF the scores of de-
vices that nave been employed to cor
rect some time-wasting or equipment
wearing error or weakness In connec-
ton with these dirt trains. For in
stance, the breaking of a Lidgerwood
cable under a sudden strain formerly
caused much trouble and wasted a
great deal of time. Now a link weaker
than the rest of the cable is attached
next to the pillow. If anything breaks
this weak piece will go, and as it is
next to the plow and not covered with
dirt, and as extra links are always at
hand, the repair work takes but a few
minutes.
After the Lidgerwood pillow remove
al the dirt from a train, a spreader
nus be used to force the spoil down
over the Overwhelming embankment.
Flfty-one improvements have beer
made on this spreader since it was first
brought to the Isthmus. All these
things explain why the units of cost
nave been reduced to such a remark
ably low figure.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

since trackasc space in Culehra III
is constantly diminishing.
The dirt is piled by tho shovels on
HAT cars. These are hauled TO the
dumps and there un!oaded by the Lid
gerwood unloader. This co%ntrivance un-
loads a 20-car train at u time, dumping
500 tons in 10 minutes. On u car next
TO the engine is a large revolving
drum, or windlass, controlling Il cable
attached to a huge pillow which stands
at the rear of the last of the 20 cars
That compose the train. This plow
sweeps the entire width of the train.
The drum mex to the locomotive is re-
VolVed by steam power. the cable is
wound around it, the pillow is pulled to-
ward the engine. the dirt is plowed Off
owe the side, and the train is ready
to go back for another load.
The cars have a %sideboard on one
side. but not, of course. on the other.
This resulted in the bulk of load rest
ing on the wheels under that side fur
nlshed with the s~ideboards, as the dirt
would be piled higher on that side.
The loo of the car was extended II
inches ovcr the wheels on the other
side, and now the load is equally dis
tributed. This device has increased
the capacity of the cars, saved wear
and tear on the trains, which is money,
and also has enabled the pillow to
throw the dirt further away from the
track.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Much Progress in 1909

The calen, .r year 1909 was followed
by a record surprising ever that of
1908. If the lock and dam construction
be considered in addition to the exca-
walton, while the calendar year 1910
witnessed a no less remarkable result.
Approximately 49, 900. 900 cubic yards of
excavated material was handled, nearly
100000 yards of wet material was
pumped into the dams, and 1900, 900
yards of concrete was laid. While the
excavations fell of some 1000, 600 yards
as compared with 1905, the total results
were larger.
1t is difficult to convey an idea OF
how much more rapidly the canal work
Is progressing than was hoped for at
the beginning. When congress first au-
thorized the construction OF the canal
1T was estimated that the excavation
would amour to 103, 600. 900 cubic Yards.
The opttmists predicted that this could
be done in nine years, while the pessi-
mists refused to believe that it ever
could be done. Yet in feur years the
excavation actually done reached a
total of 130. O00, 900 cubic yards, or in
other words the canal diggers did more.
by % per cent. in four years than the
most sanguine engineer believed could
be done in nine years. The average
annual excavation has been about 81
100000 yards. while the average as
predicted at che beginning was less
than '12. 900. 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

owner il Gee simple of practically ali the
rea! estate in the second city OF another
republic. 1t will have no police power to
control it's property. except for the pur-
poses of sanitation or in the event the
local authorities are unable to preserve
order, If the present treaty relations with
the Republic OF Panama shall continue
unchanged for So years. But of course the
United States government already has
found ways and means of dealing with
the ~Panarnanians. They are permitted to
be as Independent. as diplomatic and as
formal us they please, so long as they
do in The end what Washington tells them
to do. Few Panamanians are so dense as
to know what would happen to them and
their republic if they attempted to defy
the canal zone authorities.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Developing Efficiency

Ancon. Canal Zone.-Much has
been heard of late about "efficien-
cy' in the sense that that word is
used to denote the scientific manage
ment that increases the product of
labor without proportionately increas-
ms either the amount of work done or
the cost thereof. Although the canal
builders have not adhered TO amy par
ticular system of scientific manage
ment,' they have nevertheless so man
aged their work hat they are now ac-
cOmplishtng a great deal more than
they did two years K in proportion TO
the number of men at work and the
amount OF money expended.
In two years the cost OF steam shovel
operation in Culebra cut has been de-
creased from Ills to SIS cents per cubic
yard of material eXcavated. The dis
must be hauled has increased from
eight to 12 miles in the two years. yet
the cost of hauling it has been cut
down from 1854 to l5.22 cents per cubic
yard. A ton of dynamite is made to do
Swice as much work now as it did two
years ago. Expert attention given to
the lubricating Oil supply has effected
q saving of $500 a month.
And SO 1t is throughout the canal
work.. Efficiency Is the watchword-
maximum results with minimum eX-
penses. The fact that the best engin-
eering talent in the world Is at work
to develop this efficiency is OF course
responsible for these enormous savings,
but there Is another reason. Initial
costs were in many instances too high
for the precise reason that the engin-
eering talent was not given full sway.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Operate Ocean Fleet Too

The steamship line owned Ind operated
by the Panama railroad has q fleet OF hair
= dozen vessels plying between New York
and Colon. Agitation IN favor OF estab-
fishing q similar service on the Pacific
side has not progressed beyond the stage
Of q few congressional speeches. Two
ships OF this fieet are h cement-carryinw
Ancon and CrtAtobal. which were q +
chased about two years 3 on the Pacific
coast and brought around By the straits
OF Magellan. They arc each Of u. 0oo tons
REGISTER. and they carry cement from New
York TO Colon and scrap iron from Colon
70 New York. Although the ships Of this
line ave been taking scrap iron to New
York ever since the Americans took
charge Of the canal there are still many
thousand tons Of dismantlsd engines ana
machines that = now At only for the
scrap hsap. This kind Of freight business
WIZ kesp up for some time 20 come.
When the Americans amt 10 Panama
they fpund the railroad 70 b Mtfis nor
than two streaks Of rust lying on Z lot ~
decaytng ttes IN the heart Of tho 1ansis
Ine pAaoaagef rates wsre - high ~ "a
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Natives Are Great Travellers

The Panama railroad is one of the
busiest and most prosperous short rail
ways in the world. and perhaps exceeds
all others in the volume of its passenger
traffic. Last year 1t carried 621, COO first
class, and 1900, 600 second class passen-
gers. For the present year 1t is estimated
that the road will carry a total of 1900. 900
persons. There is no Jim Grow law to
separate the whites from the blacks in
the Panama trains, but the same result
is achieved by the division OF the passen-
ger fares into first and second classes.
The second class coaches have longitudinal
seats instead of the ordinary cross seats.
and the negroes pack into them like sar-
dimes in a box. The cheaper fare enables
them to indulge their remarkable propen-
sity for railway travel as a recreation.
The negroes Of the canal zone, and Of
the two large cities of ana and Colon
IN the n~etghboring republic, are the most
enthusiastic travellers in the world. They
ride on the trains until their money gives
out, and then they go to work to save UP
enough for another season of trans-isth-
mian journeys. Immediately after pay
day the Panama passenger trains are the
longest to be found anywhere.
The first class fare across the isthmus
Is $40. or nearly s cents a mile, which
Is about twice as high as the ordinary
passenger rate in the United States, but
which Is less than half of the fare charged
by the same railroad before the Ameri-
can government took 1t over. The second
class fare is only $1.2o. The baggage regu-
lations are not as liberal as in the United
States. 1t may be mentioned. parentheti-
cally. that with the exception of a few
English railways the American roads are
more generous in this respect than any
others In the world. Two Missourians at
Colon, with their wives. planned to make
a social visit to the Tivoli hotel on the
Pacific end. Although they had ample
wardrobes they gave up all hope of sar-
torlal conquests when they found that the
tickets for themselves would cost only
$3.50 for the four. but that their trunks
and hat boxes would cost $24 excess bag
gage. They e without luggage.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
Life on the Isthmus-

Empire Canal Zone.-Nine thou
SAND Americans live in the canal
zone. More than half of them. about
5000, are employed by the com
mission or the Panama railroad. Two
thousand are the women members OF
their families and the other 1000 are
children, many of them born under
bon of territory through which the
great canal is being dug.
For the most part the Americans are
happy and contented; they like the
work; they like the pay, and they have
learned how not to hate the weather.
Perhaps there are those who long for
snow at the Yuletide, and those who
word Of the "spiggoty' lingo, but those
same persons will pine for the tropics
when they are Ice back home.
These workers from the states have
every material reason to be happy here.
Their wages are 90 per cent higher than
the for similar work in the
United States; tropical clothing is
much cheaper than the clothing re-
CURED in the north; they buy their
o without paying Il middle-lnan's
roflt; their houses are provided rent
free; the electric current for their
lights is furnished without charge;
their doctors bills are paid by the
6VNSliiicIit, tleIe III d Tree IlOSpiloi
for serious illnesses and an island sani-
tarium for r~ecuperation; and their
children are given free transportation
to free schools.
Most of the men here realize the OPP
portunities afforded them, and are saw
ing thei wages against the time Uncle
Sam will no longer be paymaster,
quartermaster and subsistence officer.
OF course, not all the workers are
thrifty, for average human nature is
average human nature in the canal
zone just the same is in Michigan or
Mississippi. AT the same time there is
abundant proof that the governmental
experiments in social problems on the
canal zone have been quite as success
full as it's experiments in engineering
and sanitation.