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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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Jam an artist. Being of-heatth
ny doctor ordered me abroad. and I
Went to Florence z11iIly.l s7@1G 81
rented rooms of a widow and her
Daughter, of the name of Micele. They
odf!tpied the top floor Of a building on
TIP river Arno. used H. front ra9om
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woman, the daughter abon6t=tEwenty.
fNe. Their ancestors had been vol
ofael but their estate Enthusiastically
atna Sonora Micele and W lAuulehkk zr
gH on. with difficulty. Wanca, tie
5Mghter, was an artist. bu, II. lpdif.
14fhnt one. 44[zsp. J.
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rHnarkable about Blanca MicelG:. She
NifaP neither pretty nor homely. The
G1Hs Of the Italians are handsome, but
aMorina Micele's eyes were more th9SxE
Ahdsome; they were, so to speak,
d&pelling. That is, when she looked
dM of them at me l felt a strange
ffSffe compe efzY tassdq,AAeS Ka41ing,
hit that there WAS apparent txarcise
dfwill. She was gentlepessr ITSELF The
IHEer she exercised was-rathefl per-
stasive than forceful.
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

the direction Of the Bureau Of Plant IN
dustry of the Department Of Agriculture.
az Washington. DR.. 3. T Galloway. chief
of this bureau. In discussing the new sys-
TEN and its probable effect upon the cot
ton industry OF the country. which in turn
will almost certainly react on the cotton
Industry OF the world. said:
The primary object Of the work done
by this bureau IS TO establish Official
standard grades for cotton. Before the
government standardized cotton there
were no hxed types. This led 10 many diff
hculues in the matter of trading in cot
ton. and finally as a result OF considerable
agitation z law was enacted by Congress
which directed the Secretary OF Agricult-
ure 70 establish nine grades OF cotton.
The number OF grades was fixed In order
70 make the matter definite and final The
Bureau OF Plant Industry under my d.
rection was charged with the carrying out
OF this act After considerable thought
we decided the best way 10 get at the facts
was 20 invite some Of the leading cotton
men IN Lhe country 10 attend a conference
here al Washington. These men we're Sc
lec,ed 70 represent al phases Of cotton
trading and OF cotton handling. The con-
ference was held al Washington about
TWO years ago, and cotton samples from
al over the country were placed before
these men After two days consideration
this committee determined the types Sc
lected should be the official grades"
Nathaniel NJ. Thayer. Of Boston. Mass
vas chairman Of this committee OF cotton
experts with eight members. The mem
rers we're Joseph A. Airey OF New Or
leans. La. c. p. Parker, Of Boston. Mass. :;
Iohr Martin, Of Paris. Tex; Lewis NJ
Parker. Greenyine. &. c.; James Akers'
Atlanta. Ca; F. y. Crump. Memphis
Tenn; George w Neville. New York. and
Charles A. Vedder OF Galveston lex
This committee was assisted by expert
cotton classihers, W. P. Barbot OF the Ne"
York Cotton Exchange; Jules MazeFat. OF
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange ana j.
h Taylor, OF Dallas, Tex. Inc COMMIT
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

periments in cotton growing and manu-
facture. How he perfected his apparatus
for the measuring Of cotton hbres and
other work in connection with the invesu-
cation Of the cotton industry is an inter-
estlng story.
This is the first time in the history Of the
worid that any nation has ever undertaken
the standa rdization Of an organic product
Various private associations have attempt
ed TO standardize or classify fruit, liquors
and many other things. but these attempts
have necessarily been more or less local in
character, and have always been In the
hands of private enterprises. 1t is gener-
ally known how coin and other metals have
been standardized by the nations OF the
world. but 1t is doubtful II there can be
found any record OF any nation ever at
tempting TO classify or standardize an or
ganic product
Careful study Of the subject made 1t evi-
dent that II would be unwise 10 attempt 10
. Introduce into the average grades any prop
critics to which the cotton Industry was not
accustomed, but nevertheless the most I'M
portant properties of cotton must be con-
sidered in buying and selling cotton. TO the
J spinner the properties which are OF the
greatest interest are the length ana
strength Of the fibre. spinners VIII pay
| higher prices for strong and long hores
than they win for weak and short hores.
Experts believe. therefore. II would be ex-
tremely desirable II these properties could
enter into the classification Of cotton as 1t
comes into trade.
The idea 10 be followed in the standaroi'
I cation Of any product is TO make II easy
of verbal description so that the buyer or
seller may know what he is buying or sell
ing without actually seeing the article Ihis
might be Illustrated better perhaps by re-
ferring TO the Standardization OF me2
Take coin, for instance. The validity OF
United States gold or silver coin Is never
questioned. OF course, II may be counter
felt, but that is rather remote contn-
gency. You merely look at the coin to see
IL it Is OF the proper denomination. This Is
the idea to be obtained In the standardlza-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
Uncle SANS New Scheme Is Expected Revoone Cotton Industry

This. of course, will enable you to conduct
your affairs with greater expedition and al
much less cost than II you had to maintain
a staff Of experts to go and examine the
cotton before the deal was closed.
The government has for some time been
making a strong effort to add 70 the off,
cial grades such information as will make
IL possible to buy and sell with something
like this degree of accuracy. Its efforts
were first OF all directed toward the in
vention OF means Of measuring the length
OF the fibre or the length OF the staple, as
the trade has II. Such a method Is the one
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

.co,vr,-bt 1911 ~ william L. Altcorfer.'
NEW system has been devised by the
" Government that will practically revo-
4 n 1,,tiorize the buying ana selling OF
..-- .h-,,gbout the world. Uncle sam
.,--,'-.A his experts IN Washington has
-. ey-,ar,rnenting for the last two years
49,. 4. us rot until recently that a system
- so,,,5 tbat would do the work with ao-
-. ,,.cbanicsI accuracy. With the new
-,.s+e-, The exact grade Of cotton may be
ss,er,Dirad according TO the length of fibre.
- an the haphazard guesswork elimi-
- The new method viii benefit both
,,a e~ouer IN the South and the spinner in
,be North. and they are the people VINO VIII
-a1sive the direct benefit Of the new idea
In the end the ultimate consumer VIII also
get his.
The system. explained in few words. IS
Il, take a sample Of cotton, smooth out
4ftv or hundred hbres In the usual man
re-. and then take these hb-es and sepa-
rate them under a microscope, place the
individual fhres between two pieces OF
glass. which In turn are fastened together
and this glass is then placed in a solar
camera. The electric light is turned on, and
the camera nagnihes each individual hore
twenty times and reproduces IL on a large
glass screen directly IN front Of the camera.
The operator simply takes an ordinary map
measure and measures each fibre. The
length Of each fibre is tabulated on an add
Ing machine until the lengths Of one hun
cred and sometimes two hundred hbres are
ascerained, and a total is then obtained Of
these fbres and the averages computed.
This will give the average length OF fihres
in that sample OF cotton with absolute ex-
sctnsss. al q cost Of 81 a sample.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

{ sible 70 ascertain the average length OF
! samples OF cotton within 1900 OF an inch
I at a cost OF about 81. This cost is''too
! great 10 permit OF applying II 10 ordinary
/ country cotton markets. II is. however. OF
! great service In case OF arbitration. and Is
always OF service in the breeding OF cot
ton and in studying the processes OF gin
ming and spinning. In all these branches
o, the industry the utility OF It's application
has already been recognized. II is not TOO
much to say. according 70 experts, that IN
the near future the method will be so re-
duced in cost as 20 become applicable
wherever Il is desired TO ascertain the
length Of staples. or II this does not hap
pen the success already obtained VIII stim-
ulate the invention OF SOME other equally
good method that will be cheaper.
The sample hbres ss they are removed
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
Plan Perfected Experts for Measuring the Fibre of the
South's Crop WILL 1t Is Confidently Predicted Cause
Large Saving in Marketing the Product

ton Of an organic product. II you can
have quoted to you cotton from a distant
market of certain color, containing a GER
tain amount Of trash and Of certain aver
age length of fibre OF a given strength, you
may be safe in buying II without seeing H.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

tee was unanimous in its recommendation
Of the standard United States grades
adopted by the government
DR.. n. A. Cobb assistant chief of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry. is the man
who had immediate charge of all the ex-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
COMPARE SAMPLES WITH FACT.

One Of the most interesting applications
~ this method Of measuring staple con-
sis,s in its comparison TO the standard
method Of drawing cotton win the nm
gers. For the first time experts now haVe
a chance 70 compare hand-drawn sampies
with actual fact. The question Is asKeo'
What cotton man would not be gsd 70
know the exact average length or sam
ple of cotton he had been samphng ana
of which. as a result OF his hand-dra"-
ings. he had formed an esumateE AS
beginning in this direction. with the CO.
operation Of the best experts In the Cniteo
states the department has been making a
study Of hand-drawings OF cotton. IL mas
been found that the best experts DO not
,udqe ~ the actual length OF the staple
nearer than one-eighth OF an incn. sew
sntv-fve 10 so per cent Of them do not get
within one sixteenth OF an inch, so thas
u Is only a comparatively small fraction
OF recognized experts who are able 70
fudge the exact length OF the staple WITHIN
one-sixteenth OF an inch. As matter OK
fact. II would be better TO call the opera
ton guessing, for the results snow tndt
experts Of high ability drawing severai
different samples vary so widely ffom tne
truth as 10 show their judgments In many
cases. within certain limits. to be little
better than guesses.
Until Uncle Sam took charge Of the
matter there was no better way known
TO preserve the standard samples OF eo'>
ton az the various cotton exchanges than
10 store them away In q dark vault. Cot
ton. as is well known, changes with con-
! tInued action OF light. and this is the rea-
son samples were put away in the dark IN
order 10 be kept permanent But oxygen
( and other gases in the air act on cotton
and cause IL 10 change In appearance IN
| the course OF time. and the samples al
ways contain a considerable amount OF or
| ganic matter. such as microbes and fungi
! With a proper degree OF moisture tness
will grow, and so affect the cotton as 70
| change its appearance, and all samples OK
cotton. even though stored away in dark
vaults ever so carefully. will in course OF
! time change in appearance.
This change is fatal TO any permanency
OF standard A careful study OF the neld
caused experts at Washington 10 make q
/ series OF experiments in vacuum storage
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
THE OLD GUESSING METHOD.

10 IS hard 20 give an idea Of the great
in1nortance Of the discovery Of this sys-
TEN 70 the cotton industry Of the United
states The cotton industry is valued at
more than s700.0oOOOO each year. and the
United States produces more than 20 per
cent OF the total production Of the world.
Heretofore there was no way in which the
exact grade Of cotton could be learned, ex-
~ept according 10 the Judgment Of cotton
experts. o matter Of guesswOrk. An expert
would take a sample Of cotton from bale.
smooth il out, and. should he want to
cheaper the bale and get the cotton at a
Icw price he would jerk the sample apart
Quickly thereby swapping the hbres and
causing them 10 appear short on the other
nand. the producer could take a sample
from the same bale, smooth il out be very
careful in the operation, and the hbres
would appear much longer. SO there was
no way Of determining accurately the length
Of fibre in any sample OF cotton. But with
rHe rev system just completed by the gov
.rnment all this guesswork is eliminated,
and the producer viii hereafter receive full
value for his cotton.
tl experiments in cotton growing and
manufacture have been conducted under
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
HOW FIBREs ARE MEASURED.

prime importance TO HIM
HOW FIBRES ARE MEASURED.
Everybody is more or less familiar with
the grarn!caI method OF presenting nu-
nerical results. To illustrate this method.
suppose you are FOR the time being re-
cruiting sergeant and IL is necessary FOR
Won 10 select men suitable for army ser
vice In accordance with certain estaoHsneo
regulations Your men must have certain
nhvsioue must not be below certain
height. perhaps also not above a certain
height. Imagine a large number OK re-
cruits Offering themselves 10 you for selec.
tiop Selecting them offhand for height
vou might perhaps proceed in some slch
way az this You would line them up men
vould probably take their position hap
hazard II would not be unnatural, IN or
der n select those within the proper limits
of stature. 10 arrange these men in order
- their height. This could be done ~
nlacing The tallest men at one end OF tho
line and the shortest men al the other. IN
.bis vvav vo,l could make uniformly grad
ed series Of men from those OF the smallest
stature 70 those OF the greatest stature.
and following the regulations as 10 stature
limits YOU COulQ ulSNdLu iAD4' -'N'.
lower end of the line, and II necessary
from the upper end Of the line.
Let me carry the illustration a step
further Suppose you lined the men up
against a blank wall and then took :
piece of chalk and drew line on the "sII
grazing the heads Of the men, ana theh
ordered the men away. You would have
rsft on the wall a more or less irregular
line. rising as it extended from the let'
toward the right. its left hand end being
2 distance from the ground equal u the
stature Of the shortest man, and us rlsns
hand end being distance from the grouna
a,,,aI IN the stature OF the tallest man.
This would be a kind Of graphic represen-
,ation Of the statures Of the men. 10
transfer the illustration. replace eacn
man by magnihed cotton fibre stretchea
ont straight. 1t will be equally true tAas
the crooked line represents the lensth
Of series Of cotton hbres shown on
ma gnffed scale
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

from bulk are laid on plates Of glass -
that each fibre is separated, and In this
form II can be projected IN an ordinary
projection lantern. The two glasses are
fastened together and placed In the Ian
tern The abres are then thrown on
translucent paper or glass screen. When
projected they look very much Ike rivers
on q large wall map, and have the sarns
irregular curvature and uncertainty Of d.
rection. Measurement Is then made Of this
image with a map measure and the length
OF each fibre transferred to an adding ma
chine
The map measure is a small wheel aoous
cne-eighth Of an inch in diameter. This
instrument has been greatly improved sircs
the government adopted it for use in meas
uring cotton staple, 50 that now II Is an
instrument of much greater precision than
il was formerly. Special devices have been
invented for the purpose Of standardizins
these map measures and insuring their
accuracy from day TO day. This instrl-
ment has also been used TO determine tho
lengths Of fbres IN yarn. BY this means
the spinner NAV determine exactly what
proportion OF his stock has entered into
his nnal product, which IS a matter OF
nrir1e Importance 10 him
New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

devised and has proven successful in It's
operation.
This IT method has been developed and I'M
proved until at the present time 1t is pos
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
State Board of Accounts.

William A. Dehority, chief of the
state board of accounts, presented to
sShe general assembly yesterday re-
port of accounts since the begin
ming of the actual field work in Jan
nary, 1910 The report showed that
a total of LII examinations were
made at "a total cost of $145, $50. 30
to the municipalities examined. The
total charges made by the examin-
ers were s74l, 235. 95; Of this amount
$50, 967.11 has been paid in by the
officials and the former officials held
to be short In their accounts. Of
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
OFFERS REWARD
FOR CAPTURE
DR.. c. ]. LoRING OF ROCHESTER,
BROTHER OF PLYMOUTH NAN
VICTIM OF HOUSE BREAKERS
WHO SECURE HAUL.


Dr. c. j. Loring of Rochester has
telephoned to local authorities offer
ing a reward for the capture of the
thief or thieves who entered his
home In Rochester between z and
O'Clock, one night last week and
stole ladies' gold watch and chain,
some other jewelry and an overcoat.
He suspects those that robbed the
Senles drug store at Claypool.
DR.. Loring offers $50 for the appre-
bension of the thief or thieves, and
$25 for the return of the ladies gold
watch.
DR.. Loring of Rochester is BROTH
Ell to DR.. s. G. Loring of Plymouth
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
CLOSE MEETINGS AT
THE UNION CHURCH

Rev. Manly Deeter and wife of Mil
ford returned to their homes Monday,
having closed series of meetings at
the Union church, five miles south
west of Plymouth. The meetings
have been in progress for the past
three weeks, and were well attended.
Rev. Deeter says that in spite of the
inclement weather and sickness which
has been prevailing in the neighbor-
hood the meetings wer highly success,
full.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19

Miss Junita Hess, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert E. Hess, celebrated
her eleventh birthday Saturday even
ing, by entertaining about fifty Of
her friends at a party. A fine time
was enjoyed by the young people, in
playing the customary games. For
tune telling was feature of the en-
tertainment. The guests remembered
their little friend with several nice
presents. Dainty refreshments were
served.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19

the total examinations made seven
were of state officers or institutions,
3l4 were county officers, 1872 were
of township offices, 81 were of civil
cities of tcwn offices, while 81 were of
school cities or towns. Of the total
cost cf the examinations $143, 525.17
was for the per diem of examiners,
while 81 ,977.23 was for railroad fare.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
MONEY TO LOAN

On farm and city property, by
Cressner & Co.. Plymouth, Ind,
at lowest rates; quick action,
no delay; time to suit borrower.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
A Bank Story

Jones owed sknnem & Co. $500 He day and
handed Sknnem $50 in cash. Next month Sknnem presented
his BILL he forgot credit Jones' he included the paid
Jones thought he mad paid it but paid it TWICE
Brown owed Skinnem & Co. $500. He handed them check
day Skinnem forgot credit
presented his bill Brown baked See here Sknnem the check
which
paid Brown paid ONCE This is only of the advantages
of bank
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-10-04
THE PRESS HAS STOPPED!

have returned home from Jacksonville,
Miss, after visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Carson.
Miss Carlisle has arrived to take
charge of the trimming department
of Mrs. Cordrey's store. She is effici-
ent in the art and has given the work
a special study this season.
Word has been received here from
Oklahoma that the handsome new res
idence of Mr.. and Mrs. Bell was de-
stroyed by fire. Mrs. Bell was Miss
Addie Perkins, who trimmed for Mrs.
James Cordrey.
Joe ID. Huy, of DeLand, Fla, arriv-
ed Friday from Chicago where he has
been visiting friends for sometime.
He is the guest of Mrs. Curdrey and
will visit Mrs. Bentley at Hawesville
and Mrs. Reese at Pineville before
going to DeLand, where his parents
have bought one of the handsomest
homes in the city.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-10-04
LITTLE
While The Press Thunders
BY LOUISE

was the guest Of his aunt Mollie, Mrs
J. ID Babbage. He is Just six years
old and said The only thing he remem-
bered about his last visit down here
was that the house faced the south.
His mother always gets the directions
pointed out clearly whenever she goes
to a strange place, and in this and
many other respects her son is much
like her. John is fine boy and a
great satisfaction to his father-one
reason because he speaks to every
body. Friday his aunt Mollie found
him pumping buckets OF water and
carrying them out on the pavement.
"What are you doing John" she asked
him. Nothing aunt Mollie, am Just
making river"
We women who gossip usually have
plenty else to do, but you notice the
men who gossip, they are just killing
time.
o 0 0
When anything is serious, people
talk the least. II citizen who is re-
spected and honored, gets into trouble,
you can hear pin drop in the town.
0 0 0
Many good people never get any
"oought flowers" until they die
When Mrs. Charles Minary was here
this fall she said one of her Benton
Harbor friends had decided that croch-
citing was no longer fad-itis move
ment. The fad has developed into such
IN Cloverport and there are few women
who have not taken up, as little Eudora
Younger says, "crewcheting.
The Rev. Mr.. James Lewis. former
minister of Cloverport, now of Fords-
vile, has adopted an excellent reading
plan for his parishioners. He assigns
them a certain number of chapters in
the Bible to read each day and the
members report at every church service
what they have read. They have COM
pleted the New Testament and are now
reading the old Bible. Bible reading
is becoming more general all the time.
Travelling men are taking it up and
many depend on it for their daily
reading.