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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
PUT ASIDE RICHES
Patents Worth Millions Dedicated
to the People,.
Hog Cholera, Anti-Toxin and Disap.
pearing Gun Among Them-Now
Miracle In Cement is Assigned
to Public Good.

Washington.-If you had discovered
and patented cholera anti-toxin that
could stop an annual loss of $40, 1000, 900
worth of hogs in the United States,
would you give the invention away to
the general public?
Or, If you had found that oil and ce-
ment will mix to form a new style of
concrete which may completely revo-
lutionize the building industry. would
you patent the process for your own
pocketbook or for the free use of the
people?
These questions are hypothetical to
the ordinary citizen, but they have
been real to two men. He who discov-
cred the hog cholera serum might have
been rich now, and with stupendous
fortune in sight. He who is about to
obtain a patent on a new building ma
terial modestly admits that there prob
ably would be millions in IT. and a
patent right, but that he has no desire
TO take profit from his discovery.
Both of these inventors, DR.. Marion
Dorset and Logan Waller Page, are
employees. under the agricultural de-
partment of the government. They are
oy no means the only ones, however,
who have within the last three or four
years dedicated to the public inyen-
tions of great value. A certain obli-
cation rests upon the man who uses
public property, and whose time is
paid for by the government, to turn
over his inventions to the government;
but many private citizens have deed
ed to the public inventions from
which they might have made large
incomes.
John Jacob Astor is one who has
disclained any desire for royalties
on several Of his inventions and
thrown them open to general use
and manufacture. In similar way,
but unusual In the methods of mod
ern railway corporations, the Penn
sylvania railroad has dedicated to the
public an invention of William F. Kies-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
FISH DEALER MIXED ORDERS
Senator Frye Made Good Showing In
Weight but the Herring Was
Smoked.

Far more unerringly than by any
weather bureau prediction, the ap-
proach of spring is indicated by the
CLEAN of the piscatorial fervor that
irradiates the eyes of Senator Frye Of
Maine just before the opening of the
fishing season. During the winter
while the streams are ice bound and
the spruce trees are white with snow,
the senator loves now and .Aen TO rs-
late fish story.
He tells of memorable trip on
which Senator Spooner joined him at
his choicest trout stream. They had
it all arranged, after having called into
counsel reliable fish dealer and a
trustworthy expressman, that box Of
trout should arrive every other day
at Senator Frye's home to indicate the
success with which they were casting
the fly.
The plan worked beautifully-"of
course we caught some and some we
didn't"-but the expressman was fair
ly regular in the weight of fish for
warded, and the prepaid charges were
about the same from day to day. All
went we'll until one day dispatch
came from the Frye domicile.
Rush two more boxes smoked her
ring. They are great. Are the salt
mackerel running also?"
There was busy time with the
wires Just then, for the fish dealer had
got his orders mixed, and instead OF
shipping fresh trout to Frye's home, he
had sent herring-thoroughly smoked.
But the senator was equal to 1t. Camp
supplies had been mixed with the fish
caught that day-of course. He
hastened his reply:
"You received the bait by mistake.
Nothing but smoked herring will ever
catch fresh trout, you know"
Senator Spooner usually concludes
the tale truthfully by giving the re.
turn message:
Received the bait. and taken 1t sic
hook and all."-National Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

games, and shin up to the foretop
through the funnel smoke. Up there
the concussion is the worst. The sail
ors wear celluloid ear protectors that
90 inside the ear and are almost in
visible. Then, as the big ship gathers
momentum with every second, come
the instructions to man the starboard
batteries and the information that six
salvos are to be fired, 40 seconds
apart. The targets have to be picked
up blindly, for the ship is playing at
grim war.
The plain red pennant, the signal
for Commence firing" hangs like a
stain from the yards. Then comes the
loading signal from the ordnance off,
Ger; the stand by" bells sound their
shrill peals. The spoilers stand rigid,
staring through the soft rubber eye
pieces of their binoculars, waiting the
announcement of the final range and
DETECTION.
Slowly, far below, the moving tur-
rets begin to nose upward their guns
llh0 ihIClilSChL Inc Dig
fo'castle deck Is an empty, slim, fiat
cigar-shaped finger. There is hoarse
hiss of the air blasts clearing the
bores. Then-"Fire!"
The shock of the broadside tears
into ribbons the bridge screen; 1t shat
ters the fourinch-thick glass in the
portfolios. 1t is like the explosion of
powder magazine. Complete unison
in broadside is impossible, however.
with each firing key in a separate
hand, and the buzzers allowing four
seconds in which to press them.
Therefore the shock might have been
worse. In the dead seconds between
the salvos the eye follows the travel
ing shells, seemingly endless mo-
ments. until they bloom out in a gar
den of mighty geysers. of foam around
the targets. There is burst of throaty
cheers from here and there between
decks that tells of r,ven target.
Down In the turrets of the great H.
inch guns the gun pointers say they
hear practically no noise at all of the
hOii dttCntlOu lS COuCGQ-
trated on the three-foot recoi. OF the
big monster that they have to ssigh-
Dor with while at work.
The men in the turrets 20 about
their labors with the rapt attention of
bookkeepers trying to strike difficult
trial balance. There are leaders, she'll
men, sight setters-one manipulating
the defiections with lamp strapped
on his forehead-all stripped to the
waist. Most of them are gay with
tattoo marks-peacocks and Goddesses
of Liberty being the favorite designs.
Usually the pointer is the least mus
cular of the lot. Sometimes he Is a
milk-cheeked youth with limpid eye
but a sure one. When the huge
breech picks itself up on its hind legs
and settles back in quiet recoil, the
men reel off the lightning mechanism
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

count and attend the coronation OF
King George V. In June.
Fraulein Yrma Bleyer, nobility bro.
ker Of New York, confidante and cor.
respondent of princes, counts and
other mobiles, is authority for the state.
ment.
In proof Of the assertion that the
count is good looking. she forwards
his photograph.
you see." said Miss Bleyer, in ex.
planning her plans, "the coronation
will draw a great crowd OF wealthy
Americans and their families to Lon
don, and Vienna is no farther from
the British capital than Chicago is
from New York, SO you see 1t will be
very easy to bring about meeting
between my titled young Austrians
and my American clients.
1T may be surprise to you, but
have now more than forty letters from
persons In various American cities in
dicating that the writer's are anxious
to become my clients. Not only are
the letters written by the young
women themselves, but in several in
stances their parents have made in
quiry as to my responsibility and my
discretion"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Quick Travelling.

Every one In eastern Oregon calls
State Senator Bowerman Jay" and
thinks that when 1t comes to trying a
hard fought criminal case there Is
none better. Not long ago the late
candidate for governor defended a
participant in shooting scrape at
Fossil and material point in the
case hinged upon the testimony Of an
aged Tennesseean.
where were you when this shot
was fired? Queried counsel for the
defense.
81 were about ten feet behint the
feller what got shot,"
And were you there when the mar
shal arrived?"
mo, sab; want nowhere nigh the
place"
"You must have travelled pretty
fast" suggested Mr.. Bowerman.
The witness projected his goatee
over the rail of the witness stand and
in confidential tone Of voice said:
well. Jay, Ill tell ye; made jest
three tracks between Knox's livery
barn and the cotehouse."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

Gently, the Michigan brought back the
trophy for the year. Her gunners had
broken every record. The American
navy Is pre-eminent on all the five
oceans for its unerring craftsmanship,
but the Michigan's guns and the men
behind them now stand at the head of
the roll of fame for accuracy and dead
ly skill. In the battle practice the
Michigan made IL hits out of 26 shots
Her gunners made four bullseyes sim
ultaneously at 10000 yards, feat that
is unique in the annals of naval gun
merry.
To fully understand what 1t means
to make four bullseyes at this distance
OF six nautical miles the reader should
consider these facts: A target rises
above the sea less than the height of a
three-story house, and is just about as
long as city dwelling Of this sort.
Only the center Of the target-the big
round spot of canvas sewed to the net
ting between the supporting masts-
can be seen even through good glass.
All that the naked eye can distinguish
at a distance Of six miles is Just a
tiny, blurry speck on the horizon.
1t would be counted good shooting
on solid ground to hit a speck like
that far away. But when the Michigan
knocked the targets to pieces she was
driving through the sea at the rate Of
a mile in four minutes. There was a
heavy swell on out In the blue water
and she rolled and pitched 30 that aim
Ing the great guns was as difficult as
shooting sparrows with a revolver
from the back of bucking horse.
Though the Michigan smashed all gun.
merry records that ever were made the
other big men-of-war were not far be-
hind. Taking them collectively, there
never was such an aggregation of levi
athan sharpshooters sailing under any
nations flag.
That was the spectacular part Of the
battle practice. What precedes 1t and
leads up to the tremendous climax Of
a broadside Of 12-inch guns is no less
interesting. In the hazy and liquid
gold of dawn the bugle sounds to gen
eral quarters" In a twinkling the
great steel fortress is stripped for bat.
tie. Everything movable or likely to
be torn away by the tremendous con.
cussion Of the huge guns is slowed be
low decks. Then the men are lined up
and inspected. Every one Of them
must have had fresh bath and be
dressed in clean clothing-these are
the new antiseptic rules to discount
accident.
Then the alarm sounds its deep, toe
sin-like strokes; the spoilers and the
telephone force clap on their leather
headgear, like that worn In football
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Costs s11.sso to Pay s11ss

New York.-It will cost the city OF
New York $11,690 in fees to pay out
Sis for damages in connection with a
recent subway extension on upper
Broadway. The bills of the commits
sioners who arranged the payment of
damages have been approved by the
court.
The commissioners receive $4,000 to
$500 each for their work.
The Sis was paid In settlement OF
claims for more than $S50,00O.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

ents. All of them are open to manu
facture by any private convern. This
inventors have given away their righta
to royalties, and the manufacturers of
the country are free to make whatever
profits they can from the inventions.
The public is assured. however, that
there will never be monopoly of any
of the inventions, as there has been OF
the telephone, electric light, phono.
graph and hundreds Of other important
patents. There will always be compe-
eition enough to keep prices down.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

customed to go about on dry land half
the year and the other half by boat.
This lake puzzled us not little
when first we saw 1t. for the trees
growing here and there out Of the
water plainly showed inundation; and
on the other hand. the primitive lit
tie canoes here and there on its banks
showed that the inundation, If such,
was expected and prepared for.
The waters are said to escape in
summer through underground courses.
and In proof of this a special kind of
fish is found in this lake which could
not otherwise get there.-Youth's
Companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
The pIfference in speed.

The professor of shorthand in 10
cal business college adduced this un-
answerable argument in an address to
a new class the other day: I'VE are
told that 1t took Gray, author Of the
well-known 'Elegy in Country
Churchyard,' seven years to write that
famous poem. II he had known ste
biography he could have done It in
seven minutes. We have graduates
who have done that same poem in
that length Of time. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Laughs Way to HospItal.

Philadelphia.-Fo the third time
In as many months Clarence Edwards.
seventeen years old, was patient at
Cooper hospital the other day with
laughing hysteria.
Attending moving picture show,
Edwards was so tickled at an amusing
scene thrown on the screen that when
he began laughing he was unable to
stop.
Even after leaving the showhouse
his outlaws continued and when he
grew hysterical an ambulance was
summoned. In his hysteria Edwards
fought the ambulance crew, and he
became so strenuous at the hospital
that 1t was necessary to strap him to
cot. An hour elapsed before he be-
came quiet.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Harem Skirt. but Mo Blot.

HazleJon, PasAHazleton the other
day had it's first look at harem skirt.
but the appearance of an unknown
young lady in the latest costume did
not cause riot.
The girl walked up and down the
principal street Of the city. The skirt
was not sensational type. 1t was a
combination of the hobble and harem,
with the hobble sewed up to the knees.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Telephones In Cathedral.

New York.-The new Episcopal
cathedral Of st. John the Divine.
which was dedicated on April 10, con-
tains a complete system of telephone
communication the like of which is to
be found in no other church in the
world. Every part Of the mammoth
building is linked to every other part
through the central switchboard.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
JokaI's Widow Wants Pension.

Vienna.-The widow of the famous
Hungarian novelist Maurus Jokai,
who was left unproyided for, has Of
fered to hand over all the manuscripts
busts and portraits of her husband in
her possession to the Hungarian Ma
tional Museum In return for pen
sion. A commission has been appoint
ed to report.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Walks Ear to Cure Leo.

Chico, Cal.-Over six years ago M.
e. Crookum, now night watchman
here for the Diamond Match company,
injured one Of his legs. Physicians
told him that complete cure could
be effected only by walking.
Six years, four months and twenty
four days ago Crookum was given his
present Job. Since then he has walk ed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
COUNT WANTS AN HEIRESs
Austrian Noble Ready to Take Bride
to London for Coronation
Fetes.

New York.-If you are an American
heiress. good looking. blonde, well
educated, companionable and willing
to become the wife of Count Hugo
Christalnigg, you may marry the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

27,006 miles on duty, and, besides this.
two miles a day to and from work.
He says his leg Is almost well.
Crookum has one-mile beat to
cover hourly, IL times night, seven
nights week. He missed only two
days work.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
One Of Many Kinds.

There are various kinds of fools. but
the one who neglects his work In the
interest of the other fellow gets the
least out of his foolishness.-Atchison
Globe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

All flowers bloom in the conserva
tory except the wallfower.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
1AE A4TZZEIJHlo MeMCw

HEN the is battleships
that had been shooting at
targets off the Virginia
capes steamed majestical-
The Washington times., 1911-09-04
Glen Echo Mayoralty Is
Hunting John A. Garrett

A Job is hunting former Boy Mayor"
John A Garrett today.
Modesty meditating over the mum
dane ups and downs of his opponents,
cheerfully cogitating upon the cordial
invitation extended to him to step right
into the unexpired term Of Louis Wit
kowski, militant mayor. lately resigned,
Johnnie" Garrett is trying to make
up his mind whether to run or not to
run.
When Mayor Witkowskrs valedictory
was read to the town council last night,
It was said that as soon as his formal
resignation is received they Will ac-
cept it, then the merry villagers
some two score in number, cast
about them for a leader. They ap-
preached Johnnie Garrett. At first
he wouldn't think OF running for mayor
again. Later he didn't think he ought
to. Still later, and from last reports,
he desired day to think over the prop
osition, and time to prepare his speech
of acceptance, or to find good place In
which to hide from the pursuing Job
according to whichever way he may
later decide.
There will be a meeting held in the
Conduit road community as soon as
Mayor Witkowski's letter is re-
ceiyed, and then the voters will learn
whether Johnnie Garrett. former boy
mayor, will become John A. Garrett,
mayor, with all its prerogatives, or
whether brunette equine" will prance
into the race, and lope of with the va
cant mayoralty.
The Washington times., 1911-09-04
Gesang Verein Elects
Officers for the Year

The choice Of Capt. Charles T.
Schwegler to succeed Jacob Bruegger as
corresponding secretary and the selec-
ton of G. M. Siebert as financial secre-
tary for his twentieth consecutive term
formed the more important features of
the annual election of officers by the
Arion Gesang Verein.
The other officers elected last night
were: John Wuschhusen, president;
william Wiegmann, vice president;
August Schmidt, treasurer; Louis
Schmidt, librarian; Karl Holden, musi-
cal director, and Gus Hartig, II. Was
semann, Charles Gerner, z. G. Sch3e-
fer, F. Reckerweg, Nicholas Wiegan,
August Schmidt, and Jacob Bruegger.
directors.
The delegates to the Deutshes Central
Verein are John Weber. Karl Kohl
Grand, and Jacob Bruegger.
The annual reports of the officers
showed that the verein has had a
prosperous year, and IS in better condi-
ton than ever before In its history.
The coming convention of the Ma
tional German-American Alliance came
IN for discussion. and the Arion mem-
hers will cooperate to the fullest eX-
tent in aiding in the entertaining of
the delegates and visitors.
The Washington times., 1911-09-04
TORPEDO
IS DESIGNED TO BE
SHOT FROM SKIES
Naval Expert Invents Weap-
on for Use of War
Aeroplanes.

An aerial torpedo that can be fired
from aeroplane or dirigible at any enc
my either in the air, on the water, or
on the land, is the latest invention Of
Rear Admiral Nathan c. Twining.
chief Of the Naval Ordnance Bureau.
This torpedo. like the submarine tor
pedo now in use, is self-propelling. and
can be easily directed and controlled.
1t is fitted with a newly designed per-
cussion fuse that is so sensitive that
II will explode upon the slightest con-
tact. Should the torpedo barely Craze an
aeroplane wing tip, It will explode with
great violence 1t Is believed by the
ordnance experts that any air craft
in the immediate vicinity of such an
explosion would be totally wrecked.
Rear Admiral Twining says the highly
ser sitized cap fuse will be equipped with
a safety lock to prevent explosion be-
fore or Immediately after it leaves the
craft from which it is launched. This
will add the necessary element of safety
for those handling the device.
The safety device will be on a rotary,
and will hold the fuse until the torpedo
reaches high rate of per minute revo-
lutions, when the cap will be swung into
release.
Rear Admiral TwIning has not yet
prepared one of his aerial torpedoes for
trial, but he expects to have II ready
for test at Indian Head within the next
eek or two. These torpedoes will be
made exclusively in Government shops,
as the navy wishes to guard the secret
of their construction. :.
The weight and striking strength of
the new weapon could not be accer-
tanned, and Rear Admiral Twining has
not yet determined whether the maya
zine Will be loaded with Dunnite, the
secret high explosive now used in the
regulation navy ordnance, or with
rev substance which the Ordnance
Bureau has under consideration.
The Washington times., 1911-09-04
SUCCESS OF THE
YELLED PROPHETS
MEETING ASSURED
John H. Shreve, Monarch of
the District Grotto, Opti-
miStic Over Plans.

John II. Shreve, monarch of the
Kallipolis Grotto of the Mystic Order
Of Yelled Prophets of the Mystic Realm,
and ex offlcio chairman of the general
committee on arrangements for the
twenty-second annual session of the riI-
preme council, said today that the sue
cess of the convention, which will be
held here in the last week of SepteIn-
Der, seems already assured.
Though he and other members OF Tie
committee and the subcommittees have
not yet obtained all the money that
will be needed, the contributions from
the prophets and other Masons, the
Chamber of Commerce, and numerous
business firms, had made things COM
paratively easy.
Shreve Grateful.
Mr.. Shreve spoke with gratitude of
the hearty cooperation cf the people Of
the District to make the members Of the
supreme council agree that Washington
is the greatest convention. city in the
United States.
The welcome to the prophets will be
given by Commissioner Rudolph, on be-
half of the District government, and
Capt. James F. Oyster, OF the Chamber
Of Commerce, on behalf Of the business
men of the District. The addresses will
be made at a reception at the New Will
lard. The prophets who will respond
have not yet been selected.
The decorations of the city VIII be q
feature of the convention. Phil w.
Nicholson, chairman OF the committee
in charge, said the responses TO re
quests that business men decorate their
shops and Offices had been unanimously
affirmative. The eolors Of the order
win be mingled with national aags ana
the red, white, and blue.
Many Want Rooms.
The report of the committee on hotels
shows that the attendance at the con-
vention will be large. Applications for
rooms have been received from all parts
Of the country.
The following press committee was
announced today:
Press committee, members of the grot-
to-. Harry Cunningham. chairman;
William w. Jerman, vice chairman;
Robert E. Joyce, w. H. Landvoight,
Andrew c. wilkins, honorary members
of the committee; F. A. Walker, w. P.
Kennedy, w. R. Macdonald, H. M. Nc
Intyre, Of The Times; Henry L. West,
John H. Hunter, J. Lynn Yeagle and
Peter Daley, of the Herald; Rudolph
Kaufman, Thomas c. Noyes. Major
Star, and william P. Spurgeon, A. M
Marks, 1. E. Bennett, and L. Sudler
Rochester, of the Post
Much credit for the successful prepar-
atoms for the session is being given to
Mr.. Sheve by the other members Of the
KaIlipolis Grotto, of Washington. Mr..
Shreve, who is a native of Washington,
is a successful business man. He Pr
ganized KalIipolis Grotto, and has played
a chief part in the upbuilding OF the
organization.