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work is of a higher type. He has to deal with iron and steel of delicate workmanship, and has plenty of use for moving industrial workshops. They are mighty floating power plants, whose efficiency depends on their ma chinery and how it is managed"
 A Good Place for Young Men
 "Then you think the navy is a good place for young men?"
 Tt is one of the best places to make men. Our sailors are clean and healthy They are men of character and they form excellent citizens
 'iHow about wages? Can young man do as well in the navy as at home:'
 Tn most cases. yes. As proof of this many men, who had left the navy are coming back to 1t. They sometimes find that they receive higher wages outside, but at the same time their expenses are greater and their savings are less in the end"
 What are the wages?"
 '"Fhe average pay of all enlisted men in the United States navy is about $36 per month. There are some who receive from $2O to $24 and several, thousand more who receive s17 per month.
 I've have also advantageous regulations for retirement. After an enlisted man has served 30 years he may, upon appi- cation to the President. be retired on three-fourths of the pay which he is then receiving plus s15.75 in lieu of quarters,
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quarter and took in exchange a cent car nation. At the bridge he gave up his seat to a girl whose smile of thanks he failed to notice. Usually MT. Ward did not miss anything where a pretty girl was concerned But just at that particu- lar moment headline in an evening Ia- per caught his eye and drove all thought of pretty girls from his head. The ilem had to do with his serene majesty the Shah of Persia. The ruler of that eastern empire, according to the cable report, was paying one of his periodical visits to Paris, City of Light. When the Shah vis- ited Paris the city was lighter and livelier than usual.
 The Shah suggested something to MT. Ward. As he turned the idea over in his mind he laughed out loud. He was in the best of humors when he got up town, and ate glorious dinner. He sported around in the usual way, went to bed with a clear conscience and awakened next morning as happy as a child. For the first 1ime since his association with MT. Hodgins he was at the office before 10 a. m. He put his arm around the amazed shoulders of Hodgins, shook that gum gentleman up a lot and then announced triumphant ly that all was well. They were going to straighten out the firms monetary af- fairs. and going to do it right away
 "No," he said in answer to Hodgins. he had not "horrowed anything nor did he intend to. Just had a scheme that was all. He was going to draw on his old friend the Shah for $100O0-5O,00O francs.
 Had he known the Shah long?
 No; only met him once. Didn't .ven have lowing acquaintance. Had met the old boy in Paris. Shah in one car riage riding in the Bois de Boulogne Ward and some boon companion in anoth- CT on the opposite side of the drive. Then he went into details. Hodgins did not have as springtly a mind as young Ward. and did not grasp things at once, hut after while the few moral protests that surged from his soul were stilled and he was ready to agree with Ward that it was the only thing to do Briefly stated this is what Ward proposed:
 He would draw on the Shah and the bank would forward the draft to Teheran The Shah was a riotous spender and while it might be unusual it would not be surprising for a diamond dealer with con-
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business to interfere with pleasure, and if he had not been so extremely good natured he would have resented the 3riti- cisms and complaints of MT. Hodgins.
 MT. Hodgins could not resist him any more than could the elder MT. Ward Soon MT. Hodgins was as subserv- lent a tool in the hands of the debonair Hamilton as that young gentleman could dealre. Now and then Hodgins prodded him a bit, urging him to take advantage of his wide acquaintanceship among SpenderS and pointing out the many ad- vantages he had to promote their busi- ness. But, sad to relate, Ham rarely sold anything unless his friends knowing of his connection with the diamond house, saw or thought they saw, an opportunity to get a greater bargain through him than they could get through other channels. MT. Hodgins had hopes whenever Hamil- ton lowed one of those sheep to the inar- ket place, and proceeded to bleed the vic- tim in the most artistic way.
 Seemingly young Ward enjoyed himself just as much as a diamond salesman as he had in the days of his greatest free dom with money. UnconsciousIy he ab- sorbed a little of business. It would take good many years to sober himand bring him to the class of the ordinary business man, but he had reason to know that if he did not make a success in his business venture it would go hard with him. Af fairs were not at all well with the father The old gentleman had overstayed his time. Younger and more energetic men were taking business from him. His for tune was almost gone.
 This was the situation when one of those peculiar episodes in Wall street brought about hurricane of the money market. Some- gentleman of large enter prises and an acquiring disposition saw something another gentleman had that he thought it would be well for him to pos sess. The other gentleman did not wish to let go what he had, and in his resent ment tried to grab something the ac- quiring gentleman considered peculiarly his own. Then there was merry war.
 Properties way out on the Pacific coast way down in the Gulf country, way up nthe borderland of Canada, out in the middle west; railroads mills, bonds stocks and all sorts of securities suddenly were affected. The sun rose as usual and
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auxiliaries and scouts and destroyers too.'
 Give me some idea of our big guns
 This is the day of the big gun and oi the all big gun battleship. We have how F inch guns and are about to make some of IA inches. A IA inch gun uses a pro- jectile weighing 14oo pounds. Its bore is so bigthat a good sized man could easily crawl into it'
 Are other nations building such guns?"
 "Yes. all the great European powers and Japan are making big guns. The British navy has guns which are 15i4 inches."
 Uncle Sam Vs. Europe
 How do our ships compare with those of the other great powers?"
 Ship for ship they are as good. Tn num- Der and armament Great Britain leads We are now second and in few months we will be third Germany has a number of great battleships under way, and her navy will soon be superior to ours"
 How many ships have we in our fleet 2''
 I've have 21 vessels of the first line, and they are of he highest degree of efficiency. We do not have them scattered as hey were in the past. They are now massed as divisions. of which there are -four, They are known as divisions and not as single vessels"
 Our Big Fleet
 What is the feet?"
 Tt is composed of those 21 battleships. One of these is for the commander in chief and the other 20 are in four dlvis- ions of five ships each. We expect to l,eep four ships of each rivision in active com mission, and the fifth will be at the navy yard for overhauling.'
 But is this fleet large enough?'
 We think so.'
 But suppose, Mir. Secretary, you could have a navy regardless of cost Suppose lamp could call upon certain genii to ere ate q navy for you in night What would you order so as to make an absolutely sure and safe rpotection for the United States"
 You mean without regard to Congress, without regard to cost and for the sole protection of our country and the preven-. tion of war?"
 Yes said I. that is just what mean"
 Well in that case I would have two fleets like the one we have now. One of these would be for the Atlantic and the other for the Pacific. I don't think there would be any danger of any power upon earth attacking us then. That would n- sure peace for all time to come.'
 Can you tell me something of the changes you have made as to the reor- ganization of the navy since you became secretary?'
 We have practically reorganized the service, and that along modern business
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My first question was as to what Un- cle Sam's navy Is doing for his Ameri- can children. The Secretary replied: The navy is doing a great deal for Uncle Sams children. It is not only building ships to protect them, but through it's organization and training 1t is doing much to build men and American patriots. About 20 years ago large proportion of our bluejackets were foreigners. Today all but two per cent of them are American born. We do not pick up our sailors from the wharves as was formerly done in the past, but we are now going out over the union and gathering bright active young men from every walk of life. It used to be hard to get Ameri- cans to enlist Now we have only to advertise for volunteers and we get them. The popularity of the service among our new men began with the trip of our fleet around the world That stirred their imagination. They began to take world view of affairs and they are now glad to come"
 Forty Thousand Blue Jackets
 ''I suppose you are referring to the rank ond file of the navy?"
 "Yes, I mean the sailors, the blue jackets. We have 47,000 of them and they are as fine fellows as can be found anywhere. I will put them up against the men of any country or any nation. The most of them come from the farms. They are young men of from seventeen to twenty-one, and the average is man of high intelligence and more than ordinary ability. In the first place he must be physically sound and must have a certain weight and height. The examination fixes that. As soon as we get hold of him we begin his develop ment. We teach him to handle himself and how to stand straight and walk erect He learns cleanliness and order and If he has taste for mechanics he gets an industrial education; he learns how to handle machinery and to do electrical work. We study him indi- vidually to see what he can do best. Three months after he enlists we usu- ally put him on battleship or cruiser and his time is spent with machinery, electricity or gun firing. He has to do with all the requirements Of the great floating machine which the man. of-war is. This gives him trade, as II were, and if he leaves the service he has no trouble in getting place In the private workshops of the country His training makes him an industrial asset to the nation. 1t also makes him man and patriot"
 You speak of machinery? Is this not new sphere for the sailor?"
 Yes. perhaps for the sailor of the past, the man whose business was made up of climbing masts. splicing ropes and the mending of sails. It is differ ent with the modern bluejacket His
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the Persian consul tried to say, even i not in his exact words: He would not think of allowing anyone ! to whom his august majesty had written | to be put to the necessity of coming 10 the consulate. He would hurry at once to | Mr. Wards office and it would afford him exquisite pleasure to gaze upon the hon orable characters that had been formed by the kngly hand.
 It was not long before an excited gen. tleman wearing a fez entered the office of Hodgns &, Ward. He bowed several | times to MT. Ward when that person in- | trodueed himself, and then he took up the letter. He read 1t through and In broken English gave his version of it's | contents.
 | It was not from the Shah in person, he was sorry to say, but from one close to his august majesty. It read about as iol- | lows;
 From the first servant of his excellent | highness the King Son of the Kings. the victorious ruler of the east and west, 10 our most beloved friend, whom we pray | Allah to preserve forever. | ''It was by hand shaken by emotions of joy that we received your esteemed and valued mssive addressed to our high lord and Shah. upon whom the blessings of Allah will fall. His serene highness, for whose life you have shown so much consideration, is still absent from among his loving subjects, and as am his right | hand it devolves upon me to take up the burden of answering your gracious letter.
 We have paid your kindly draft, for
 which much thanks. But we would hope that in future when you favor us with
 drafts you will accompany them by the royal order of his majesty's chamber ain. Now that we hope the present rlat-
 ter is settled to your satisfaction. there |
 most fervently pray for the preservation
 of your worthy person.
 | "Wishing you unceasing happiness, II shall be our prayer that you shall be a resident of Al-Jannat (Paradise), and that we shall meet you there"
 When the Persian consul bowed himself out Mir. Ward and Mir Hodgins fell into | each others arms. Then they sat down. Mir. Hodgins wiped his brow.
 What shall we do now?" he asked | we will have to send the money back"
 MT. Ward lit a cigar and thought for d moment.
 "No." said he, that cannot be done. 1t would be cruel. If we send it back the grand vizer would lose his job, or his | head-or both. T think we will have to give this money to charity Mir Hodgins thought so, too, and askef | what charity MT. Ward would recom- mend. Mir. Ward said he did not believe in indiscriminate charity. but favored giv- ing only to the deserving poor Then he spoke little more and when Mir. IIod- gins timidly asked again for a sugges- ton, said:
 Well, I have been thinking over this matter seriously, Hodgns for the last five minutes and honestly do not know of any more deserving poor than our selves
 l Copyright, 1911, by Richard spillone.)
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lines. When I took hold of the depart
 ment found 1t made up of bureaus which were acting Independently of one another. Every bureau was it's own master, and each did as seemed best to its chief. The same system was in operation that mad
 been used since 1S42, and that notwith- standing the enormous growth of the se- partment, it seemed to me that the or ganization was bad; and after a careful study of the other great navies of the world l reclassied it. We grouped the business under four natural divisions and appointed an expert as the head of each division to act as the eyes and ears of the secretary and to form staff of expert and responsible advisers. That is what
 we have today. We have division of in- spection. of materials. of personnel and of operation. Admiral Wainwright is at the head of the latter. He has charge Of the fleet at sea, and of having it always. ready for war. In connection iwth the War college and the general board he gives his entire attention to movements of the vessels and with them makes studies and plans of possible wars and of how the navy should act in case of at- tack.
 we have investigated the business of the navy" continued Secretary Meyer. We have had expert accountants introduce ing new systems of bookkeeping and trial balances. We have consolidated the stores and by this means alone have turned back S9.7o0,o00 into the treasury. I think we have made great gain in economy and in operative efficiency. We have in- creased the number of ships, have in- creased the power of the motive machn- cry, and have increased the cruising speed of the fleet without additional consump- ton of coal.'
 How about the navy yards? I under stand there Is great opposition to, your proposed reduction of them?'
 That is only natural replied the Sec. retary of the Navy. Each state and city which has navy yard would like to keep 1t, and the senators and representatives are forced to urge its retention on sho ground of local patronage. Nevertheless there Is an enormous waste in keeping up these yards, and last year proposed that eight of them be abolished. That would have resulted in saving in annual main- tenance alone of more than & million and a half of dollars. We do not need moro than three navy yards on the Atlantic coast, and we should have two on the Pa cifc. The others should be sold or other wise disposed Of Many of them could be turned to commercial uses. As for tho docks. the government might retain many of them. You see 1t used to be that our war vessels spent more time in the yafds than now. The present policy is to keep the fleet on the seas, and to allow tho ships in the yards only whom they n1o1 serious repairs"
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FORTY THOUSAND BLUEJACKETS-By Frank c. Carpenter

Copyright 1911, by Frank G. Carpen- ter.)
 Washington, D. c. T is good to have business men at the
 head of Uncle Sam's great inst.tu- A tions. This is especially so of the gove nment departments. Our n a. tional expenditures are now about a billion dollars a year, and according is properly handled may mean a saving or loss of more than a million dollars a day.
 Take for instance the United States Navy, lith whose chief I have had a long talk this afternoon. It's eXpend- lures during the past five years have been upward of five million dollars a month or more than one hundred and twenty million dollars a year. It is building battleships which cost eight or ten million dollars apiece, and its schemes of potential warfare afloat necesSitate the employment and hand ling of more than fifty thousand men. Such department needs a good bus hess man at its head. and that, it Is believed, we have in Secretary Meyer. Born of a Boston family which was largely interested in business, he was educated in the Boston schools. and after graduating from Harvard began business career. His first employ ment was outside his relatives. He wanted to start at the bottom and make his own way without fear or fa- TOT; and he did this so well that in the ourse of two years he was able to Ake place in his fathers business md hold his own.
 To show something of Secretary Mey- ITS bushes connections, he is trustee N the Prevalent Institution for Say ngs, director of the Old Colony Trust Company, and also of the United Electric Securities Company. All these ire of Boston. He is' also a director If the Amoskeag cotton mills at Man hester, N. H., one of the largest insti- ution5 of the kind in the world. and ie has other business interests of ma iy kinds He has learned by personal ixperience how great corporations and actories are managed and also how to handle men and money so as to bring ,orth results It is this ability which ,orms the keynote of his work in the navy and 1t is this business sense which will be found running through the conversation which follows.
 Our Navy Is American
 It was by appointment that l round Inc Secretary in his home facing Scott Circle and our talk was more in the shape of a chat between busiecss men than a cut and dried affa lrI Tile Sec retary has the navy OH the end of his tongue and he overflows with ideas respecting 1t and how it may be i'm nroved.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06

ly enjoyed him, and had the best
kind of time on our trip out to
the West Virginia to see him "at
home"
He only came ashore three
times during the two weeks he
was here--once to invite a party
to call on his captain, and the
other two times to see us. On
careful inquiry / found that his
behavior on board and ashore
has been such as to put him in
high favor. They rate him as
thoroughly reliable and trust
worthy. He keeps away from all
kinds of dissipation and attends
strictly to business whether
ashore or afloat. Thinking that
you would like to get a report
from an outsider, / am writing
this note.
l remember with great pleas
ure my visit to your home. Be
sure to give my kindest regards
to your wife, and other friends
there. Very truly,
III. A. Adrian.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06

Meals Is cents and up at the
Limit Cafe. m30tf
Sherwin- Williams floor paints
wear well. Eimers-W bod Co.
Get color card Of Sherwin- Will
liams floor paints at Eimers-
Wood Co.'S
For sale-Main street property
paying nine percent net. Inves-
tigate. Call at this office.
Lost-Ladies' belt with large
hook buckle. Finder please re-
turn same to the Globe office. / I:
FoundHA ladies' belt or col
lar pin. Owner can have same by
proving property and paying for
this notice.
Do you want a nice suburban
home, with ample room for poul-
try, fruit and cowsg If so see
A. V. Ball, the auctioneer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court of Idaho
County, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thore III. Hanson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that
Letters of Administration ON the
estate of Thore FL. Hanson, de-
ceased, were granted to the I'M
dersigned on the LIST day of April,
1911, by the Probate Court of
Idaho County.
All persons having claims
agamts said estate are required
to exhibit them to me for allow
ance, at C. T. Mcdonald IS Law
Office in Grangeville, Idaho with
in ten months after the date of
the first publication of this not
ice, or they shall be forever bar
red.
This LIST day of April 1911.
HERMAN /. HANSON,
Administrator.
G. T. MCDONALD, Atty, for Ad-
ministrator. a6-m4
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06
SAYS KOOSKIA
DAM Is SURE GO

Kooskia Mountaineer We have
every reason to believe that the
Kooskia Land & Power Co. will
begin work on the dam in the
Middle Fork of the Clearwater
at this point early in June.
An expenditure of upwards of
100000 on construction work
alone makes noise like prosper
ity and the installation of a pow
er plant-5000 horse power or
more-means much, not alone for
Kooskia, but for the surrounding
country.
This power plant will bring
other industries. 1t ism t going
to be built for fun or to look at.
We have the material here for
industries that require timber to
keep the wheels in motion. This
timber must be sawed, and this
is the chosen point for a modern
saw mill.
Material for the manufacture
of pulp is right at our door in
abundance, and the day is not
far distant when mammoth
pulp mill will be doing business
right here. All this, and more
has been under consideration fol
some time, and will work out
all right. This paper has not
seen fit to harp on these matters
from week to week. When the
proper time comes the Mountain
eer will give out some facts anc
figures that viii astonish the nat
ives. In the meantime keep OF
encouraging the newcomer. Tel
him he is the right man in thu
right town at the right time, ant
you'll strike it just right.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06
COTTONWOOD DECLAMA-
TON CONTEST

In the defamation contest held
by the Cottonwood high school
last week in which Lawrence
Huff, George Haskins and Miss
Mamie Jones were the partici-
pants, the latter was chosen to
represent the school in the inter
scholastic contest which will be
held at Lewiston the latter part
of April.
1t would seem that the young
ladies are getting to the front
in these oratorical contests in
the Prairie country, Miss Laura
Cunningham being the success
full contestant in the Grangevillt
high school as recently stated in
the Globe. This should put the
Ilo-Vollmer and Nez Perez girls
on their mettle to secure like dis
tinction. Come to take seconc
thought, however, that is going
to work hardship on boys, wht
as a matter of course are tt
courteous to try very hard to de
feat the girh.
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tional lines. The Globe recent
ly published letter from Paul
Gelbach in which he recounts his
visit to the Adrians and gives his
opinion of them, and it is but
fair that they should BE- given an
opportunity to get back at him.
The letter follows:
Dear Mr.. Gelbach: OF course
you know long before this of
Paul's visit with us. We certain
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06
MAKING GOOD RECORD.

j. @. Gelbach is in receipt Of
the following letter from Prof. III.
A. Adrian, of Santa Barbara,
California, whom the citizens of
Grangeville hold in kind remem-
brance through the two pleasant
visits which he has made to this
city and the number of highly
entertaining lectures they have
heard him deliver along educa-