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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
AERoPLANE IN BATTLE.
COME pIFFIcULrlEe APPARENTLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME.
Enthusiasts Do Not Dlffsrentlats BE-
tween the Wonder Of the lnvsn.
tIon and the Limitations Of
lts Applications.

Those who regard the aeroplanes a.
invaluable In warfare, far beyond it,
possibilities, are led to their conclu-
sions by two errors: first, they do not
dinerentiate between the wonder Of
the invention. per So. and the limita-
ton Of its application. Second. that
this conquest of the heavens has moth
ing to do with the sub1ugation Of man.
It has not invented into him new fac
ulties; and yet It il man and not
machines we have to deal with. While
1t has given new means Of military OBJ
servation, It does not follow that these
observations will be moro Ineligible
nor his deductions moro reliable nor
his judgment and genius, his valor
and endurance, superior to what 1t
had been before.
The unreliable and diverse opinions
of scouts on things that they have
been in actual contact with Is a we'll
known military phenomenon. and
one that is perfectly natural. since
there are no two men whose per
ceptive faculties are Identical. A good
scout is one of the rarest elements
in an army. for he 10 good only be-
cause he has lived in an environment
and followed vocation that develops
the faculties of observation and rem
ders them accurate. An aerial scout,
on the other hand, rarely shoots for
ward out Of a vocation that has moth
ing to do with those elements that
would give reliability to his reports
even though he were inspecting. on
the ground itself, all things from an
entirely different point Of view. and
there is but one single thing that
he could make report on that would
be worthy Of consideration, and that
Is the actual movement of body of
troops on an open terrene. But his
report as to the strength, Its destina-
ton or rate of movement, could be &C.
copied by no commander. and practic-
ally all the rest Of his Information
would be erroneous.
Psering down from q great height
It would be impossible for him to de-
termine the depth Of stream. their bot
tom or their currents or the thickness
Of Toe. He could not ascertain the
angle or height Of declivities. Looking
down from the perpendicular upon
these no could have no means Of
determining whether or not they bs-
loneed to q deep gorge or shallow
rayine, He could not ASCERTAIN the
location Of folds and whether In "a.
joinins thicksts they were dcfended
By bodies Of troops or BY wired on
tsnslsments in the ford itself. It Would
be impossible for him, looking down
upon woods, villages and forests to
ascertain whether or not they con-
tanned troops, and II troops what KIND
Of troops or the number. What would
appear to him to DO = gap In the
enemy's lines might in all probability
be their strongest position-aen.
Homer Lea, in Harper's Weekly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
LONG New Zealand Tunnel.

A tunnel in course Of construction
connecting Christchurch with Grey
mouth on the New Zealand govern
ment railways, is to be one OF the
largest In the world. Compressed air
drills are being used, and when I'm
ished, the bore will be 81 miles long.
Work was commenced In 1908, and
1--WE years are allowed the contract
ors In which to complete their con-
struction. The tunnel will have =
height above rails of 1914 feet. 1t is
of horseshoe form, IA feet wide at the
rail level. The ordinary section has 4
Pinch lining, which is Of concrete,
faced with concrete blocks The
borings are being made from both
ends, and the rate Of progress Is about
IL feet per day.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
AN IRIsHmAN's READY WIT
Sense Of Humor saves Him From
censure Because Of His DIE
obedience.

Several years ago, while managing
the gas and electric property at Mad
ison, Wis. l came In daily contact
with an Irishman by the name Of
Malaney who was then supsrintend-
emit, says Henry L. Doherty. He had
. keen appreciation Of humor and wit
and was never 80 happy a. when he
could make you wonder whether he
was extremely foolish or extremely
witty. His bulls were often. and per-
haps always. premeditated. liked to
joke with him, although generally
got the worst Of 1t.
He had persistent habit Of work
ing on Sunday. and It seemed to me
that he always picked out Job Of
trenching in front of some church or
equally conspicuous place. While In
spirit he was one of the most loyal
and obedient employees ever had, in
reality he did not know how to mind.
Whenever spoke to him about his
Sunday work, he would always say:
when the OK falls into the pit he
shall be taken out"
The whole difference was between
his opinion and mine as to what really
constituted an OK in a pit. Finally
had to give him orders that he was
never to work on Sunday without my
consent.
For several weeks there was no
cause for complaint
was absent from the city for two
or three weeks and returned unex-
pectedly on a Sunday. While out for
drive saw ditch open in a side
street and guessed In a moment that
Malaney was at work there with some
of his men. I drove down to the
ditch. and found him on his knees
trying to blow up fire in lead ,ket-
tie. He would not have seen me at
all if had not spoken to him; but,
coming up Immediately behind him, I
said: "Mr. Malaney. have 1 not told
you repeatedly that you must not
work on Sunday?"
He almost collided with my last
words by his ready response. which
was: Eye did. We did; but forgot to
ask you whether you were Jew or a
Gentle. The Sunday Magazine.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Depar ment of the Interior.
U. 8. Land Office at Dever. Colo.

U. 8. Land Office at Dever. Colo.
September 26, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Holiday, of Walden, Jackson county
Colo. (assignee of Harvey N. Lamp
man) who, on March 18th, 1903, made
desert land entry, No. 474 )0122S).
for SEA NEA, Eh SEX section IA,
NEA NEA, section %, township 10
N, range 80 w, 9th P Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final desert land entry proof to estab
lish claim tothe land above described
before VIM. o. Mosman a U. s, Com
missioner at his office, at Walden,
Jackson county. Colo, on the 2sth day
of November, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Harry McCasland, Frank II. Hill.
Norman r. Mcdonald and Samuel s.
Brownlee all Of Walden, Jackson Co.
Colorado.
c. D. FORD.
Register.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
Serial No. 0307.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior.
U. s. Land Office at Denver, Colo,
October 8, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Brown. of Higho p. o. (now Walden
P. o. Jackson county. Colo. } who,
on July 14th, 1908, made d. l.. e. en-
try, No 0307. for S1z NWA, Sec. /,
township 9 N, Range SO w, 9th P. M.
has filed notice of intention to max
final D. L. E. proof to establish
claim to the land above described,
before VIM. o. Mosman a U. S, Com
missioner at his office, at Walden,
jackson Co.. Colo, on the 15 tn day
of December, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
VIM. R. Monahan. John Murray,
Mamie E. Leek, and Nellie Leek, all
of Higho, Jackson Co. Colo.
Coal Land
c. D. FORD. Register.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
aohbx.s Good Time.

Bobby's Good Time.
Bobby has Just returned from his
first Christmas party and mamma, who
has a visitor, Is very proud.
well, Bobby, did you have good
timer asks mamma
"Uh. huh" mutters Bobby.
And now tell mamma and her friend
what you did At the party7"
proved up."-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
It. Kind.

"Why, the team in this town loses
a game after game. The bunch on 1t
are as stupid as they make 'em. What
kind Of team is this pine?'
"Asinine"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02

ahe-Do you think it possible for .
man to love two women at onceS
Hs-Ah, darling. fifty at once II they
were all like you.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
A Good Reason.

why In the world did he ever mar
~ . female contortionisti"
II guess he had an idea that It
wouldn't be necessary for him to hook
her up the back"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02
Homeseekers' Excursion Rates to
Texas and New Mexico Points
purlna 1911.

During 1911.
0 On the first and third Tuesdays
of each month during the entire year
the Colorado and Southern Railway
will sell round trip homeseekers'
tickets to many points in New Mexi-
CO and Texas at greatly reduced rate
Final limit twenty-five days. allowing
liberal stop-over privileges. For de-
tailed information. rates etc. call on
your nearest Colorado and Southern
agent or address T. E. Fisher. Gener-
al Passenger Agent. Denver Colo.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02

Investigations which have been car
ried on for several years in Rhode
Island show that the disease known
as "black head" in turkeys is spread"
ing to all parts of the country and
that chickens as well as turkeys may
become victims. No certain cure has
yet been discovered for this disease
which has SO ravaged the turkey-pro-
ducing states OF the East.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-11-02

Much has been said and written
about the Importance of keeping dairy
utensils perfectly clean, but not so
much about the churn, and If proper
care is not exercised In keeping the
churn sweet and clean, the butter
will be tainted. no matter how well
the milk has been cared for before
being ready for the churn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
CARLYLE an Intemperate Smoker.

For about seventy of his eighty-six
years Carlyle smoked and made most
of his contemporaries smoke. The
trouble with him was that he was too
fond of smoking rank pipe on an
empty stomach. That gave him pains
and his contemporaries particular
pains. for "puir auld Carlyle" was as
savage as Il meat house dog all the
time. He cared for but two men in
the world. Tennyson and Dickens.
All the rest were 'puir, feckless. reek-
less. Incorporate bladders and gas
bags" and all because Tom did not
know how to clean his pipe and keep
it clean and would smoke before break
fast.@TObacco Leaves.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Discrediting an AstroIoaer.

A certain king, says tale from the
Persian, asked an astrologer, How
many years Of life remain to me?" The
wise man replied, Ten" The king
became very respondent and betook
himself, as one stricken with n sick
ness. to his bed. Ills vizier, who pos
sessed great wisdom, sent for the seer
and In the kings presence asked him.
How many years have you to live?"
He replied, Twenty" The yizier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
sagacity of his minister and no longer
attached any Importance to the astrol-
ogers saying.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
MIGHTY ARCTURUs.
If Thi. Star Were Our Sun It Would
Instantly Consume the Earth.

II This Star Were Our Sun lt Would
Instantly Consume the Earth.
The parallax of :, star Is its angular
displacement IS zen from two OPP
posite points OH the earth's orbit. The
base line employed in this gigantic spe-
cies of surveying is 1S6,000,0OO miles
In length, but the calculation is re-
duced to the semidiameter Of the orbit.
The results are at The same time amaz-
ing and Instructive.
Let US take the famous star Arc
turus, often called the "star of Job"
because in the Old Testament the
Almighty is represented as saying to
the unfortunate patriarch. who MAIN
tains II certain dignity in spite Of his
helplessness and his sufrerings, "Canst
thou call forth Arcturus and his sons 2"
Many conflicting measures of the
parallax Of Arcturus have been made.
but the latest made at Yale seem more
probably correct than their predeces
sors. They fix the parallax at O.OCG
seconds-i. e., siXty-s!x one-tho,lsandth
of second of arc. From this it is
easy to calculate the distance Of the
star. 1t comes out ut nearly 100000
000,G0o,0O0 miles 1.-TWO hundred and
ninety trillion niles. This is more
than 100000 times the distance Of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, we can calcu-
late the actual amount of light shed by
.Arcturus. or, in other words. its ac-
tual brightness as compared with that
Of our sun, on the supposition that
both were at the same distance from
us. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun as light giver about
brighter than ours.
Put the earth rs near to Arctu"us
as it is to the sun and all life would
disappear from its surface as if swept
off by u blast of inconceivable heat
The summer temperature would rise
to tens of thousands of degrees. The
oceans would boil away. Vegetation
would be burned up in twinkling
The eyes of living beings would char
in their sockets. The plains and
mountains would burst into flame.
Minerals would run III molten streams
There would he no comfort for liv-
ing world nearer to Arcturus than
about 4.OOO,OGO.CO0 miles. If he has
planets he must keep them at n re-
spectful distance. And vet nearly
100000 OO.OoOCOO miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
ONLY bright star
Still. DIR. Alfred Russell Wallace
maintains that this little earth. this
tiny attendant of tiny sun. is the
only seat of intelligent life-outside Of
the misty midregion of disembodied
spirits-that the universe contains.
end DR.. Wallace is learned man. But
lis learning is not that which astron-
omy otfers.-Garrett p. Serviss in New
yn;.'. American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Unavoidable Delay.

A woman went before the magis-
trate and modestly inquired:
"Your honor, can have Il warrant
for the arrest Of my husband? He
boxed my ears yesterday"
certainly, ma'am," replied the
Judge. II will make out a warrant on
tic ground of assault and personal in
juries.'
.Can fetch the warrant in about a
month";"
"ln month? Why won't you take
1t Mt once?'
Please, your honor, when my hus-
bnnd slapped my face took my roll
ing pin and hit him on the. head so
that he had to be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say. however, that
he will be on his legs again in a
month"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
COLOR AND SOUND.

Euss That Are Unseen and Tones That
Are unheard.
The primary colors shown in the
rainbow vary from red to blue and
violet, and the vibrations or lengths
Of the light waves that give us violet
grow shorter and shorter and at length
give us red. These vibrations can be
measured. One day, quite by chance.
l came across the statement that there
were innumerable light waves longer
than those which give violet. AT once
the question sprang. Were these longer
waves represented by colors which we
don't see, colors for which we have no
name, colors of which we can form
no conception? And was the same
thing true Of the waves which, grow
ing shorter and shorter, give US the
sensation Of red? There is room, of
course, for myriads of colors beyond
this other extremity of our vision. A
little study convinced me that my
guess was right, for all the colors
which we see are represented to our
sense of feeling III degrees of heat;
that is, blue shows 70 reading on the
thermometer and II, a higher read
ing, and by means of this new stand
ard discovered that mans range of
vision is not even placed in the mid
die Of the register Of heat, but occu-
pies little space far up toward the
warmer extremity of it. There are
thousands of degrees of cold lower
than blue and hundreds Of degrees Of
heat above red. All these gradations
are doubtless represented by colors
which no human eye can perceive, no
human mind imagine. 1t is with sight
rs with sound. We know now that
there are noises louder than thunder
which we cannot hear, the roar that
lies on the other side of silence. We
men are poor restless prisoners, hem
med in by our senses as by the walls
of a cell, hearing only part of ma
lures orchestra and that part imper-
fcctly; seeing only thousandth part
of the color marvels about us and see
ing that infinitesimal part incorrectly
and partially.-Forum.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Food for Thought

! This is good weather to ar.
que politics, as there is nothing
else to do. We have evolved q
new scheme whereby Missouri
Valley will push ahead regard
less of which party is in con-
troll.
Let the democrats and repub-
licans get together in their eau
cuses and nominate men who
will represent the town in
every respect, men who are
progressive, level headed, wide
awake business men, who are
looking out for the welfare of
the city, not governed by any
clique or class and one who
have the courage of their con-
VlcCiOns. "A mayor and cOun-
Gil Of this description can do
more for a town in their two
years of office than the street
corner orator can in a lifetime.
If both parties nominate men
of this caliber we will have a
city administration to be proud
of whether il be democratic or
republican.
Let PARTY 20 for this time
being and try to get good BUSH
ness men ir place of politicians,
not that MISSOURI Valley has
ever been seriously afflicted
with the politician but there are
many men who put party above
the man, all of which is wrong.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
THE DEATH OF A CAR.
Dramatic Story Of the Way Nicholas |.
Committed Suicide.

There are various stories of the death
of the Car Nicholas l. Here is one
which the great singer Mario heard
from doctor Of the court and which
is told in "The Romance of Great
Singer"
when the Russian army was meet
ing with reverse after reverse in the
Crimean war the car sent for his doc
tor and demanded to know which was
the quickest and most painless poison
that he knew of, bluntly telling the
startled physician that he had re-
solved to commit suicide. He further
warned the doctor in the stern manner
which was his characteristic that If he
We're not obeyed the Doctors life would
be worthless. He sharply silenced the
mans nervous remonstrances and COM
manded him to bring the poison. The
doctor did not dare to refuse and few
minutes later brought small vial
containing the poison, which he as
sured the car would deprive any one
of existence in few minutes. To be
sure that he had been obeyed and that
tAe ooStoi was sPedNluS luc llulu lle
car obliged him to remain in the room
warning him that if the poison failed
his life should answer for it. The car
took the poison without the least ire
NOR or the movement of muscle, and.
although twice told by the doctor, who
held his watch in his hand, that there
was time to save him by an antidote
should he alter his mind, the car re-
fused, answering the second entreaty
by simply waving the man away, he by
that time being unable to speak. 1t
was given out that the car had died
from the effects of severe chill, but
those who knew the facts also knew
that he had committed suicide rather
than face the defeat Of his army"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
GETTING Into German.

In tho use of legal terms the Ger
man lawyers gain in a saving of
number Of words over our equivalent
expressions seems to be lost in multi
plication of syllables in the words used
by him. For example, he says "Zu-
acknowledgement" for "right Of
lien" and "gesammtgutsverbind
keiten" for liabilities Of common prop
erty." What an awful word he must
have as an equivalent for our 'impre-
scriptibility. Docket.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Breaking tho Sabbath.

Two Scots. one old and the other
young. set out one bright winter Sun
day morning to walk ten miles to kirk.
The sun shone gloriously. The frozen
road rang under their feet. The cold,
pure air was as exhilarating as wine.
The younger Scot looked up at the
glittering blue sky and said:
Its a fine day."
The older man frowned and an
swered:
AYE. it is a fine day, but is this a
day to be talking about days?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Runo In an Actor.

''How did you enjoy the vaudeville
performance"
ut was good. They had performing
cats, baseball player, champion pu-
gilist, trained cockatoo, and, l give
you my word. they even had an actor
doing a turn. "-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Tine Flies

Tine Flies
Cline flies, oh how swiftly?"
Do we recognize the fact that
it has been fiftv years since the
Civil war bets on tho states?
Fifty years ago n. l~s' ers Of
the Southern states, met at
Montgomery, Alabama, in con-
vention, and provided a seced-
ing constitution for the Gulf
state to secede from the Union.
1t has been fifty years since
the whole country was aroused
to the danger of a civil war.
1t is fifty years since the sound
of the shot on Fort Sumpter
reverberated around the world
and proclaimed the awful fact,
that war had been inaugurated
DO you remember the battle of
Bull Run, of the defeat of the
Union forces, and the long ard
bloody contest that followed
these events?
Fifty years ago, the Unior,
formed by our fathers, cement
ed by the best blood of the ma
ton, was declared to be sever
ed, and the Confederate states
adoped a constitution, and as
sumed the function of nation.
and for five years our people,
north, south, east and west,
met on the tented field to de-
eide the question of the right
of the states to secede from the
Union, and after a i've years
struggle, such as the world
never knew before, the ques-
ton Of the perpetuity of the
American union. and the starry
flag of 1776 rose from the
struggle, brighter, grander and
more dear than ever before,
and the Union was zone and
inseperable now and forever"
Fifty years is Mt q e~ar. z
the history made in Il
years, while written ia h' q.
are the most glorious ever VII
ten by nation or people, ara
while many of the heroes,
both sides of the contest, hav.
sunk into their silent resting
places, honored by an adniring
world, and now the living who
partook of the trials, dangers,
and glories of the struggle, are
friends, guided by the mag
nanimity and brotherly love,
! having been baptized in frater-
nal blood, and cemented to-
,,gether by the tears and pray
ers of a generous people. now
live in harmony under one con-
stitution and one flag, the pride
and homage of all. The men
who faced the dangers of that
awful day, are now growing
old and fast passing on to the
Great Judge. Ali honor to
their memory.
What is to be the history of
the next fifty years, who can
tell? We trust that every day
will but strengthen the bond of
the Union between the states,
and add to the honor and glory
of the whole country, from the
Atlantic to Ia. Pacific, from
sea to sea, MAXI g this country
indeed, "the ls..d of the free
and the home of the brave"
d. M. II.
Il Il \ NJ
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
Doubtful voeaIi.m.

"There is only one trouble about a
Chinese cook" said the man from the
west.
what is that?"
You can never tell whether he IS
singing at his work or whether he has
burnt himself and is moaning with
pain."- Washington Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23
The Faneis,t Ever.

New Boarder-Haven't you got any
fancy dishes here? Rural Landlord
Sure thing. Name. bring the gentle
man that mustache cup your grand
father used to use.-Puck.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-02-23


The G. A. R. and w. r. G..
joint services held at Walkers
hall Monday evening in honor
of the birthday of President
Lincoln was a decided success,
considering the evening being
SO wet and muddy. The pro-
gram was file and appreciated
by all. We want to thank each
and every one who made it a
success.
The Committee.
The G. & N. w. Motor Car No l
which has teen in the shops
here for the oast week was tax
en- back to Fremont today by
engineer f. q. Rainey and will
resume its rim from there to
Lincoln tomorrow moring.
The Prettiest Girl You Ever
Met.
A beautiful Art Panel and
calendar, printed in IL colors
and gold is being given away
by The Farmers Review, Chica
go, ILL.,, size Il x 36 inches. It
will be sent to anyone for lOc
Stamps or silver to cover cost
of postage and packing. Get
one before supply is exhausted.