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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-05

| BAD AxE-The body of Robert j.
Gooderham. 20, of Kinde. who drowned
himself the first OF the week because
he was a cripple and was subject to
fits of dependency. was found in a
pond about four feet deep on the farm
of his father.-Henry Durrell, a vet
eran engineer of the Pere Marquette
railroad, met with a serious accident
"Wednesday. He was listening to the
air pump of his engine and failed to
see a freight train approaching. The
beam on the pilot of the engine
struck him and Knocked him down,
He sustained serious internal injuries.
AGINAW-Twenty years after he
has been buried. heirs of Napoleon
Huard. a Canadian. who is said to
have died of smallpox here in 1890,
have started search for his death rec
ord and City Clerk Jahnke searched
through years of files today for Chas
MARCEL, speaker of the house of COM
mons of Canada. who is investigating
Huard left a considerable fortune IL
has just been iscovered.-Congress
men J. w. Frodney has invited Pres
ident Taft to visit Saginaw and Owos-
so when he comes to Michigan next
September. and Secretary Charles ID.
Hilles says the invitation is being Civ
en- careful consideration. II the pres
ident comes II will be the first time
a nations executive has visited here.
FLINT-Postal Clerks of Michigan
elected these officers in convention
here: President. Hazen Abbey Jack
son; first vice president, William
Haubrick, wyandotte; second vice
president, Maude Moore. Jackson:
secretary. William Il. Shutter. Traverse
City; treasurer. Fred Trott. Muske-
gon; chairman finance committee.
Louis Grobe, Flint chairman griev-
ance committee. Clara Houston. Mar
shall. Letter carriers elected: Presi-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-05
nee prominent. is dead in poverty.

once prominent. is dead In poverty.
SAGiNAW-d3efore the State Y. w.
C.. A. meets here Nov. to 5 the local
branch of the organization will have
its new $4,000 home finished.
SAGINAW-Aviator Gill made sew
eral successful flights in IA wright"
here.
OWOSSO-A marriage license was
denied A. w. Harvey, 10, To marry
Hazel Burgess, Is. until his sanity
could be proved. They're married
now.
Marshall. l.. Fisher. who has
just completed eight years at Mar
quette for stealing $4,000 from Mrs.
Caroline Cameron here has Just been
convicted of similar crime at New
ark. o.
PoRTlAND-Ethel Lebree 20, do
nestle. died from a drink of carbolic
acid in st. Clair. Mich.
SAGINAW - Auxiliary Bishop
Schrembs, Grand Rapids. consecrated
the new Sacred Heart church here.
The church cost $4,000. FIR. Joseph
Refs is pastor. FIR. Schmidt of Detroit
was present.
STURGlS-The sheriff arrested VIM
Bayshore because he had new bug
gy. "He hadn't money enough to buy
one, and 1t looks suspicious" remarks
the officer.
GRAND RAPIDS-Frank Peck and
VIM. McF'all broke out of Jail with
tools supplied by woman. They are
at large.
HASTlNGS+-F'red Echerdt. a prom
inent German pioneer resident of
Woodland. and father of Jacob Echerdt
president of the Lake Odessa bank, is
dead. He was born i'm Stuttgardt,
Wurtemberg, 10 years ago. coming to
this country when 90 years old. He is
survived by "A widow. six daughters
and two sons.
PORT HURON-Charles NJ Hays
president Of the Grand Trunk rail-
road, passed through Port Huron
Thursday on trip of inspection of the
roads property. In regards to rum
ors circulated the last few weeks that
he was to resign his position he said
that he had no such intention and had
not considered such possibility.
SAGlNAW-W. III. Durell. IS, one
of the oldest engineers i'm the employ
of the Pere Marquette, was struck by
an engine at Bad Axe yesterday and
is i'm hospital there in a serious con-
dition.-Mrs. Eva M. Wolcott. IL. a
dressmaker had a headache Thursday
and took oxalic acid, mistaking it for
salts. She is i'm a hospital, but will
recover.
JACkSON-Peter George, a section
man at work in the Michigan Central
railroad yards here, was knocked down
and run over by a freight car being
shunted by a switch engine this after
noon. Both legs were terribly crushed.
The man died in a hospital. lie was
aged about 80 years. He came here
from Albion recently.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May al
Several persons are eanvassing realty
values here. and are said to be repre-
sentatives of railroads procuring evil
dence to show that the roads are dis
eliminated against i'm the valuation of
property. The men go from house to
house asking the value of land, how
much it cost to build the house, how
much it would sell for.
FlINT-W. $. Anderson. proprietor
of the Dresden hotel will begin suit
TO test the section of the Warner
Champion law which says that bar
cannot be opened within 400 feet OF
church. BY arrangement the case will
he ken IN the siInrene court -Dav
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
Masses of MusseIs.

The mussel's natural home is at the
bottom of the sea, never in very deep
water and yet deep enough to be near
" always covered at any state of the
tide. For preference it likes bed of
sand or smooth. fine gravel. To this
bed it attaches itself by the lgature-
like growth on the shell known as the
byssus. and thus, standing on end
with its point to the bottom of the sea,
1t forms itself in a dense mass so
closely packed together that not an
inch of the sea floor is visible. AS
new ones come they do not extend the
ground space occupied, but range
themselves one on top of another in
layers. all firmly fixed together by
living cord of connection. In this po-
sition they are exposed to many dan
gers. heavy storm may break the
mass TO pieces and disperse its con
ttituents far and wide. An alteration
of the tidal current may sweep sand
avalanche upon them and bring about
their end by suffocation. Even If they
escape these dangers it is certain that
bottom layers will be crushed out Of
existence.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
How Fjyino Fish Fly.

The popular notion that flying fish
beat their wings" is a mistake, if we
are to rely upon the results Of studies
Of these fish made by no less an au-
tAurity than Captain Barrett Hamilton.
II appears that the wings are not true
organs of fight, but rather play the
part Of a parachute or an aeroplane
The whole motive power is supplied
by the tail. which acts as Il propeller.
ana the vibration or quivering of the
wings in the air currents and their
occasional shift of inclination are not
phenomena connected with the propul-
sion of the fish in it's aerial fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
CARBOLlC ACID ANTlDOTE.
Tinoture of Iodine, II Is Claimed. Gives
RennartaAle Results.

Among cases of accidental poisoning
those caused by CurhOlic acid are the
most frequent. These generally arise
through miStHking solution of car
bolc acid tor some medicine or. as
occurs very often. for some alcohoit.
liquor.
The remedies generally employed in
dealing with this kind of poisoning
consist in washing the stomach with
alkaline wafer or pure glycerin. fol
lowed by the ingestion of alkaline sui
pilates. oil and white OF eggs beaten
up. Some years ago. however, DR..
Maberly showed that tincture OF 10
dine. administered in fairly large
doses. may give much better results.
On one occasion when called in TO
attend young negro who. thinking
he was drinking whisky. had swallow
ed a quantity Of strong solution of
carbolic acid and who consequently
was severely burned about the lips and
throat, Or. Maberly hurriedly made
him swallow teaspoonful Of tincture
Uf iodine in cupful of water A few
minutes afterward the patient was
able to swallow some milk without any
difficulty. speaking became easier. and
he very soon completely recovered.
The same immediate and complete
effect was obtained on administering
tincture Of iodine in doses of FIVE drops
in water in the case of three-year-
old boy who had just swallowed some
carbolic acid.
Similar success was met with in
third case Of carholic acid poisoning
the victim being child of two years
Of age In this instance the iodine
treatment could not be begun till thir-
ty hours after the ingestion Of the poi
son. The alarming symptoms soon dis
appeared under the influence of tine
ture OF iodine given every four hours
in doses Of FIVE drops in teaspoonful
Of water. The little patient was cured
The tinctme of iodine neutralizes the
carbolic or picnic acid by forming
with it an iodophenate. insoluble and
therefore mless.-European Edition
New York Herald
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
The Veqetable Lamb.

One of the most remarkable nat
ural fetishas in the world is the Chi.
nese kouchi. called by some people
the vegetable lamb" 1t is regarded
by the natives of China as something
supernatural. They believe it to be
part vegetable and part animal. The
plant certainly bears a resemblance to
an animal. although it might be taken
for a pig as readily as a. lamb. kou-
Chi is composed principally OF the
plant known as rhizome and springs
from seed. After attaining its full
height roots and tendrils spring from
the fiber and grow downward until
they enter the earth. It is this peculiar
formation which has caused it TO be re
garded with so much awe The Chi
nese claim that after it has reached
its full size it ceases to be vegetable
and turns animal feeding upon the
tender shoots of plants which grow
near it.-Wairarapa Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
Twinino of Plants,

One Of the peculiarities to be noticed
in connection with the twining OF
plants is the fact that with very few
exceptions all the individuals Of one
species always twine in the same di-
rection. Most plants twine in the op-
pOsite course TO the movement Of the
sun or the hands of watch Such
twiners are the morning glory. wis
taria. wax plant. trumpet creeper and
many others. Among those which
twine in the opposite direction the hop
and wild bndweed, or climbing poly
gonum. are familiar examples. .-Har-
per's Weekly.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
IRON IN WATER.
II Is One of the Most Powerful Flavor.
ina Agents Known.

ing Agents Known.
What would you consider one of the
most powerful agents with which, to
favor water? Would it be iron?
A half part per million Of iron in
water is detectable by taste. and more
than four or five parts make a water
unpalatable. In some mineral springs
a medicinal value to the water, but
ordinarily it is undesirable
More than 25 parts per million in
water used for laundering makes a
stain on clothes. Iron must be remov-
ed from water from which ice is made
or cloudy discolored product will re-
suit. An iron content of over two or
three parts per million in water used
in the manufacture of paper will stain
the paper.
Iron is harmful in water used for
steaming, for it is in equilibrium with
acids which inside the boiler become
dissociated, with the result that the
free acids corrode the boiler plates, but
the amount Of iron carried in solution
by most waters is so small that the
damage it does to steam boilers gen
orally amounts to little.
Waters having high iron content
have in some places caused an i'm
mense amount Of trouble and expense
when used as city supplies, for they
favor the growth Of crenothrix to such
a degree that the water pipes become
clogged with the iron sheaths Of the
organism The removal of iron from
water is sometimes easy and some
times very dificult.-Geologica Survey
Bulletin,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
a Submerued Crater.

During the explosion Of the volcano
of Krakatoa. in the strait of Sunda, in
1888, a large part of the island of kra-
katoa was blown away, and the sea
took it's place. Not long afterward
measurements were made of the shape
and depth Of the cavity left covered
with water at the northern end of the
disrupted island. The results were pub
lished by DR.. Verbeek in 1886. Lately
Dr. Won Bemmelen has remeasured the
submerged basin formed by the ex-
plosion, and he finds that within the
partial ring formed by the three re-
naming islands of the Krakatoa group
there is a central basin, oval in shape
and with a fairly level floor. having a
depth over a considerable area of $40
feet. Comparison with the former
measures indicates that there has been
no change in the sea floor during the
intervening years. There is no sign of
volcanic activity.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
Horse MARKINGS.

Among horses. irrespective OF the
question of breed. white is much more
commonly seen on the hind legs. or on
one Of them. than on the fore legs.
And when the latter are white 1T Is
practically always true that you will
find white on the hind legs too. Ac-
cording to the Horse World. wheE
markings are present both behind and
in front those on the hind limbs are
usually the more extensive.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
PRESERVING Spiders Webs.

Naturalists employ an ingenious
method of preserving all kinds of spi-
ders' webs. The webs are first spray
ed with an atomizer with a thin solu-
ton of artists shellac, and then. should
they be Of the ordinary geometric
form. they are pressed carefully
against a glass plate, the supporting
strands at the same time being sew
cred. After the shellac solution has
dried the plates carrying the webs can
be stored away in a cabinet. Even
DOME shaped webs may be preserved
in their original form by spraying
them with shellac and then allowing
them to dry before removal from their
supports. Many spiders webs are very
beautiful, and all are characteristic of
the species to which they belong, so
that from a scientific standpoint their
permanent preservation is very desir-.
able,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20

protozoon-which is thoroughly at
home with the chicken and leaves on
this host practically no i'll effects,
but which is death to turkeys. It
makes, first thing, for his turkeyship' S
two appendices. enlarges and then
chokes them up, notifies the liver and
works SO much general distress that
the plagued and weakened bird lies
down and dies This disease is
called enterohepatitis but it is known
and dreaded wherever they raise ,ur-
keys as "blackhead,' because fre-
quently, at one stage Of the disease,
the head Of the stricken bird turns
black
When this protozoon gets into a
flock Of turkeys. it usually kills 90 per
cent Of the poults and about 20 per
cent of the old birds, 1t is "blackhead
say the experts of the Department of
Agricult that has put New Eng
land out Of the turkey business. Rhode
Island once was famous for the num-
Der as well as the quality of its tur-
keys Now look at it. Census Director
Durand could find but 1,109 in the
whole state, and they were held at
the exorbitant price Of s4l5 apiece.
But there must be other causes than
"blackhead' that are responsible for
the dwindling in ten years OF six and
half million turkeys down TO three
millions, for ali Of the states of the
Union, save the four intermountain
states, show decreases ranging from
80 to so per cent since 1900 Much Of
this territory. especially in the South,
is free from "blackhead, and the
trouble here seems 10 be the sheer
inability to raise turkeys equal 10 the
demands of the cold storage plants
for distribution throughout the coun-
try The turkey is an easy bird 10
hatch. but a difficult one 10 bring
through the polt stage; and the farms
in the unaffected territory it appears,
are simply unable 10 replenish the
stock taken annually by the cold stor-
age plants to supply those sections
where disease has wiped out almost all
Of the native t1ocks.
This situation. naturally. has led 10
a general and very marked increase il
the price of turkeys.
The average price Of turkeys in the
Middle West is between s1.75 and 81
On the Pacific Coast turkeys are val
ued in California at $500, and in
Washington at 1926.
1t is IN the East, however, where
fancy turkey prices prevail. Penn
sylvanias turkeys at $3.50 are cheap
compared with Massachusett 2.645
birds which the census reports val
ue al S3 30 apiece: and Massachusetts
turkeys are CHEAP when compared
with Conneticut's at S36l head. In
the matter OF prices, Census Director
Durand pms the blue ribbon for 1910
on little Rhode Island, whose l,l09 tur-
keys are valued al s4,6O4, or S415
each
What another len years will SHOW
is question. The Department OF Ag
riculture does not undertake TO an
swer 1t The ravages OF "blackhead'
are spreading, and with the demands
of the cold storge plants increasing.
it begins to look as though the great
American table bird is doomed to join
the dodo and the bison, unless the 1910
turkey count OF the Census Bureau
spurs some bold and resourceful ex-
plorer in the field OF animal husband
ry to produce ali appedixless gobbler
or finds way 10 exterminate the
deadly protOZoon that threatens TO
rob Thanksgiving Day OF one OF its
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
Going Too Far.

Mrs. Roffin-I read in the paper that a
woman In looking after another wO-
man to see what she had on fell ont
of a window. Mr. Bofiin-Well. that
only goes to show that some women
in trying to follow the fashions can go
too far.-Illustrated Bits.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
WATER IN THE RIVER

Mean daily gauge heights and dis
charges of the Colorado river at.
Yuma, Ariz., for the week ending No
yember 18, 1911:
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20

CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREEl
crease was from 1857 to 16,475, and
North Dakota, where 39,073 turkeys
in 1900 have grown into 61,475 by
1910.
Disease and Rate Sheets
Why did the turkey increase in
these four states, while his numbers
fell off from 80 to so per cent in ev-
cry other state iii the Union? The rate
sheets of the railroads point out the
answer AS disease made turkey rails
ing on large scale almost impossible
in some of the Eastern States, the
Middle West and the South were
drawn upon by the cold storage COM
panies for turkeys in great numbers.
Railroad rates governed this great
movement of dressed turkey, and here,
at least in part, is the answer to the
question why the turkey crop has in
creased in the intermountain states
named, while in the rest of the coun-
try it has been reduced one-half. The
TRANSPORTATION rates from the turkey
farms of Texas to the cold storage
plants in turkey hungry New Eng
land or to be specific, to Boston, an
average distance of 2,43 miles, or 56
hours, is s1.9S per 100 pounds in car
load lots of 10000 pounds. The rates
for the same product and same serv-
ice from points in the four intermoun-
tain states named to New York, an
average distance of 2,29S miles, or 63
hours, is $3.50 from Montana and
S275 from Idaho in carload lots of
24,o00 pounds. The freight rates on
less than carload lots from these two
states are considerably greater in
proportion than from Texas.
But, after all, inequalities in freight
rates alone do not explain the turkey
phenomenon. 1t is entirely plausible
that the turkey supply of the inter
mountain states should remain rela-
lively untouched as long the South
ern, Central and Middle Western
States can supply the needs of the
country at the present range of prices
the turkey depleted states have not
increased their supply instead of let
ting it run down.
In the case of chickens, ducks and
geese this would be a simple problem
merely matter of setting more
hens or buying more incubators. With
turkeys it is different. There are
more fertile eggs in a turkey setting
than there are in setting of chicken
eggs, so agricultural experts tell us,
and you can grow richer on paper
raising turkeys than raising chickens.
But it has gotten SO now that in some
states you can raise turkeys only on
paper.
His Two Appendices
The trouble with the turkey is his
appendix, or rather his appendices,
for fowls have two of these bother
some membranes. 1t appears there
has come into the land in the past dec
ade or two an organism-to be exact,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
The American Navy.

The origin Of the American navy
dates from Oct. 13. 1775. when con-
gress authorized the equipment Of two
cruisers.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
Exempt.

Clerk ito office boy after senior part
ner has told poor joke)-Why don't
you laugh too? Office BOy-I don't
need to. I'm leaving on Saturday.
London Punch.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20

Your friends are expecting fine
photo of yourself for Christmas Get
them made at Metz's Studio. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
His Two Appendices

The trouble with the turkey is his
appendix, or rather his appendices,
for fowls have two of these bother
some membranes. 1t appears there
has come into the land in the past dec
ade or two an organism-to be exact,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20

BE not ashamed to be helped. Mar
Gus Aurelius.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-20
TURKEY OPPORTUNITY
Is WORTHY or STUDY
Dare EN,,-

CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREEl
crease was from 1887 to 16,475, and
North Dakota, where 39,073 turkeys
in 1900 have grown into 61,475 by
1910
New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
HOW TO BUY A HOME
Join a Co operative Association
Says an Expert.

| Archibald w McEwan spoke last Monday
| night at Public School No. l. Long Island
| city, on Practical Cooperation In Home
| Owning and Saving Money" II is one Of a
series Of lectures on sociological subjects IN
| the free lecture course conducted by the
Board OF Education.
He said that cooperative savings and
loan associations, sometimes called building
and loan associations. when wisely man
| aged offer the best plan yet devised for
persons Of small means TO own their homes
| also. that the plan Of systematic saving
offered by these institutions cannot be sur
passed I'm the direction of promoting habits
of thrift.
| He traced the development Of this social
welfare movement from the organization OF
the first building and loan association in
Philadelphia, sixty years ago, TO the pres
ent day, stating that these thrift and home
getting institutions now have 100000 MEM
bers and $1,000, 900 assets in the United
States. that the associations are bound 10
grow steadily. as assets rest on the best
possible security first mortgages on homes.
Quoting from the State OF New York law,
which says that savings and loan assoca-
tfons are formed for the purpose OF en-
couraging industry, frugallty and the
saving OF money" the speaker pointed out
the various ways In which these instltu-
tions are carrying out the spirit Of the law.
A few were given briefly: Lending money
N members on easy terms the mortgage
belng reduced each month; under one plan
s1O a month on each $1,000 paid for twelve
years or less cancels the mortgage; the
member's mortgage Is never subject to &c.