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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

ing the most of the annexation bogie.
On the other hand. the Montreal
correspondent of the Boston rran-
script. who is especially well inform
ed concerning things Canadian. ex-
presses the utmost confidence that
Laurier win carry the country. man
ufacturing Ontario included. by in
creased majorlties. Nevertheless, he
hedges by setting forth at length what
will be the plight of Canada i'm case
she rejects reciprocity.
There is fight in the Dominion
a fast and furious one, and the very
considerable forces which oppose re-
ciprocity are employing every artifice
and argument to defeat the great
measure.
They may defeat it, although our
hope and belief is that they will fail.
But one swallow does not make a
summer. Neither does one rejection
by voters who may need more time
to reflect, suffice to kill for good a
great measure of civilization and pro-
gressive economies.
Free trade throughout this CONT
nent or at least north of the Rio
Grande, Is neither a dream nor an
ideal 1t is a contamination demand
ed by economic law and permitted by
political conditions. The necessities
and the profits of both peoples VIII
unite i'm its favor. II reciprocity can
not be carried through i'm one cam
paign. another campaign is bound to
be undertaken i'm its behalf. II is a
measure which the stars i'm their
courses aid.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

Houghton cOunty's assessed valua-
OF equalization at 500. OOO, 900 which is
S4O,OOO,OOO less than the amount we
were valued at five years ago. This
will make difference In taxes of
about 100000. The present valuation.
which no doubt was influenced by Ex-
pert Finlay's adverse report on the
copper mines, and which is a compro-
mise between the figures submitted
by the board Of supervisors and state
tax commission, il reasonable,-and
will be accepted as such by all posted
on local conditions.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

returned TO court with a verdict Of
guilty" 1t was upon this verdict that
the man was sent to state prison. No
wonder that when the facts came out
he was deemed At subject for par
don. However, II is going far and fast
to accept this or any other isolated
incident OF miscarriage Of justice by
the operation of the jury system as
finally condemning the system, COM
ments the Evening Wisconsin. Would
any other system be better? II was not
the jury system, but human nature.
that was responsible for this failure to
do right. No method of deciding mat
ters in dispute is infalllble, because all
of necessity depend upon human in
struments. and human instruments
are subject at times to erraticism OF
one kind or another. IL was not the
jury system, but the twelve men COM
posing the jury. that became respon-
sible for the substitution of chance for
argument and opinion In the Pennsyl-
vania case. There would be many jur-
les that would contain at least one
man who would consent to the expedi-
cnt adopted In this instance--and one
man, II he wills. can force a jury 10
report inability to arrive at an agree
ment
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

1896. i'm which year he was elected to
the Dominion house of commons.
Three years later he resigned his seat
in order to vindicate his position on
the constitutional aspect of the par
ticipation of Canada in the South At
rican war. He was reelected by ac-
clamation in 1900 and was again sue
cessful in the general election of 1904.
AS n member of parliament Mr.. Bour-
ASA was regarded as brilliant and eff
fective. He at first supported but lat
terly criticised the Laurier government
Through his Montreal newspaper, and
in his speeches, he is advising the cleo
tors of Quebec to vote at the coming
election against Laurier and the ex-
tension of the Canadian navy. con-
tracts for which are about to be let
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

box office window, got into a little car
with six or seven other persons and
for several minutes thereafter coasted
up and down q series Of artificial bills
and valleys at thrilling speed2 In
other words. have you ever TASTED OF
the excitements Of dumping the
bumpsY' Well, dumping the bumps"
is just what we do when we climb
for height; we engage in aerial rough
riding. Sometimes we do ii volun-
Itarily, but most of the time the bump"
comes with the complete and sudden
surprise that spells disaster for us
unless we are on the alert to cope
with its difficulties.
I think i may claim without boast
ing that l have done more altitude
work than any man now living. Twice
I have set the worlds height mark, but
in my practice work l have made sew
eral climbs which to me were even
more notable than those which were
officially recorded. and on mt least two
of these my Paragraph registered high
er than the then worlds record figures.
was preparing myself for work that
should be officially recorded in open
competition. and In this preparation
have had experiences with the bumps"
OF the air which l shall not soon for
get and which have taught me always
to expect the unexpected In the upper
strata OF the atmosphere. As writs
I have before me several Paragraph
records Of my various flights and the
thin tracing Of the pen points on one
or two of them recalls to my mind the
experiences through which passed
while making them. and one In par
ticular pick out as being a souvenir
Of as strenuous days work rs have
ever done.
\ II was little jaunt into the heart Of
the heavens, made because OF my long
cherished desire to go up to the 10000
foot mark. and II gave me my hard
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
INQUIRY BRINGS RESULTS.

Insurance Commissioner Palmer Of
Michigan is well pleased with the re-
suit Df the Investigation into Industrial
insurance methods by the committee
Of which he was chairman and the
adoption OF the report of the commit
tee by the convention Of insurance
commissioners at Milwaukee last week
"The committee was sustained i'm
every particular" ne says. land con-
tinued for another year, so that the
whole business may be thoroughly re-
organized The big companies came
frankly forward and expressed a de-
sire 10 cooperate with the commits
sioners. President Alexander. OF the
Detroit conference, head OF the CONT
mental Casualty Co. was chosen to go
on ths committee with two other rep
resentatives OF the companies for the
purpose OF drafting uniform laws
which will be presented TO the iegisla-
lures Of the various states.
There are one or two companies
which are showing disposition to
buck up. and they will be dealt with
severely. am giving one company
in particular chance TO make good
on it's promises. but IL IL doesn't I
will Issue n warning 20 the people OF
Michigan. and when its present license
expires refuse Il a renewal"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
This is NY 4sRo BIRTHDAY

Henri Bourassa, leader of the QUE
bee Nationalist and one of the most
notable figures In the ranks OF those
now fighting the return of Laurier gov
eminent In Canada, was born In Mon
treaI, September I. 1868. and was edu-
Gated by private tutors In that city,
In 1886 ne removed to Montebello. and
for several years .vieGu1Rayor OF that
place. He enter >poiitics In
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

Houghton county has dropped from
twelfth to twenty third place in the
tax paying column, but there will be
no tears shed over the loss OF that
distinction.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

Senator IaFoHette declares he would
rather have the little part he is going
20 have than 10 be president, so IT is
apparent he doesn't think much OF
that presidential boom Of his
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

tOOpyIlkHts Dy M. 4Nttlys
Copyright in Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reserved
~O the man on the ground flying
In an aeroplane looks like the
smoothest sailing In the world.
Under ordinarily favorable
weather conditions the air craft seems
TO skim along on a perfectly even keel
and without the slightest deviation
from n straight line, and that is possi-
bly, one reason why the average man
thinks that the life of the aviator
must be one constant succession OF
pleasant and exhilarating experiences.
Air conditions 500 feet from the
earth are vastly different from those
5000 feet up. The lower layers of the
atmosphere are enticingly smooth and
easy to sail upon and offer none of
the unpleasant surprises which we get
as we go higher and higher. There is
nothing I'm the first 500 or 1000 feet
10 look out for except the vagaries of
the wind. and these can usually be
pretty well forecast from the indlca-
lions on tho ground before starting
and from the conditions met in the
first few minutes of flight.
But up above that, In the realm of
tho scudding mists and the drifting
fringes of clouds, where ono dashes
out of a warm air current into the
GOODNESS of suspended moisture. one
meets surprise after surprise and Ia
forced to be always on the alert, with
brain calm and hands and body ready
for instant action at the first sign of
an aerial hillocl. or ravine.
dumping the Bumps" In the Air.
Have you ever on a warm summers
evening gone to pleasure resort, paid
your nickel or 10 cents through little
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

It is 10 be hoped that Edison will
prove to be as successful a prophet
as he has an inventor. His latest pre-
diction IS that there will be no more
great wars in Europe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

all the shrieking fiends of the air. Tho
wind screeched past my ears. Madden.
ing shreds seemed TO whip into nv
eyes with knife edges that sometimes
seemed as though they were cutting
into the flesh. Every square inch of
my body felt as though II were being
gripped by unseen hands that were
literally lifting me from my seat, so
great was the pressure OF the air as
rushed through t. l had 10 hold my
breath and shut my eyes. for It was
impossible TO inhale In the terrific rush
OF the wind past my mouth, and to
have held the eyes open would be to
have courted blindness. temporary at
least.
When turned upward I went at an
angle little short of suicidal. Had
anything failed It would have been
impossible for me to get the machine
on an even keel and head her down
ward There would have been no al
tentative but a backward drop TO In
evitable and awful destruction.
For about twelve minutes, as shown
by the Paragraph record, / continued
this desperate means Of attaining my
goal. Finally l looked ut my baro-
graph and saw, as / thought. that tho
needle had reached the 10000 mark.
thought of nothing then but of ending
the strain and getting to earth again
as quickly as possible. So / headed
her downward and dropped ut such
terrific speed that the indelibe Ink I'm
the pen point could not flow fast
enough to make a mark, and my baro-
graph record shows no trace whatever
of my descent 1t Is for this reason
that doubt whether any human be-
ing ever lived through such a fall, for
1 know of no other Paragraph record
on which the same conditions can DO
found.
The first part of this upward climb
was smooth and easy. with one excep-
ton. That exception, which illustrat-
ed another phase of the rough riding
in the air-of humping the aerial
clouds and into the sunlight above.
Here we always expect to find gusty
winds. The clouds seem to have tho
effect of breaking up air currents. just
as hills and valleys will do on the
earth. and the change of temperature
from the cool moisture of the mist to
the dry heat of the direct sunlight has
tendency to create whirlpools ana
worthless TINT are mighty nasty things
to fight I'm an aeroplane.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

Army experts have evolved a gun
that will shoot aeroplanes at a height
Of three miles. But why shoot EN-?
AS a rule they drop Of their own ac-
cord.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

Mr.. Taft is not a rough rider, but
when IL comes 10 swinging around
the circle" he can make his illustrious
predecessor look like unto a tender
foot
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
WHAT WILL CANADA voTE7

John Barrett, director general of
the Pan-American Union. who has
been in Vancouver to make a speech,
reports much opposition to reciprocity
and says the Conservatives are maxi
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
Must Watch Constantly.


The philosophy Of the hole In the ARR
1t seems that many conditions of sun,
clouds and earth will bring about diff
ferent conditions of air over practical
ly the same locality. In one place
there will be q rising warm current
and next to 1t cold current that falls
toward the ground. An aviator In fly
ing through the warm current adjusts
his machine and his mind to the con-
dltions met with in that particular
phnse of atmosphere. Suddenly he
passes from this rising current to the
falling cold air. Instantly the sus-
tanning power of the atmosphere u
decreased. the machine plunges down
ward and continues ITO plunge until
the aviator RECEIVERS himself sufficient
ly to adjust his machine to the chang
cd conditions met with In the atmos-
phere of lower temperature. So. too,
there are whirlwinds and worthless
formed and sometimes between the
warm and cold currents pockets or
extremely raref1ed air that offer prac-
tically no support for Tying machine.
These things are, as I have SAID,
usually met only by the men who n.y.
very high above the earth.
Still, the man who flies close to the
ground Will frequently encounter hills
and valleys In the air, not 30 great
nor so suddenly presented as these
bumps" and "holes' that have de-
scribed. but vet unpleasant and dis
concerning enough to put his nerves
on edge and give him an uncomfort-
able sensation for days afterward
No; flying Is not the smoothest ara
easiest kind Of travelling, especially
when there Is ''rough riding to DO
done. when there are aerial bumps
to be dumped"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1911.

II Detroit could only meet the Ath-
letics more Otter. il likely would win
the pennant
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

An aviator is called Dirdman, but
there Is many a gay old bird who new
ct has flown in an aeroplane.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
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ough Investigation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

est fight with the '"bumps" In the air,
The weather was ideal for climbing.
1t was cold, but the air was fairly still,
and the first few thousand feet of my
ascent were made smoothly and with
ont much difficulty In n steady rise
that was almost mechanical In its ex.
actness.
The Paragraph record is interesting
In showing the progress of this flight
For those who do not know 1t may be
well TO explain that the Paragraph Is
an instrument which registers altitude,
and by means of pen point filed
with indelible ink It records the varia-
ton In a constant line on a piece of
paper which is moved around by clock
work.
Story Told by Paragraph.
This Paragraph record shows that in
the first fifteen minutes 1 rose to a
height of 1850 feet. The increasing
difficulties of the climb are indicated
by tho fact that at the end OF the next
fifteen minutes l was only about 100
feet high. but the line traced by the
pen up TO this point is fairly steady.
and only when it passes the 1000 foot
mark does It begin TO waver. 1t was
during this part of my flight that the
strain began to tell upon me and the
steadiness OF my climb was interrupt
ed by frequent descents.
In the next few minutes I got my
self tooether better for the line shows
a sudden jump OF nearly thousand
feet in about five minutes, and then Il
is plain TO be seen that my troubles
began, for the line from S,T00 feet
TO the topmost limit, which was graft
fyingly close to the 10000 mark, is lit
tie more than a blur. 1t shows that
the pen point was vacillating up and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

down and up and down, and i shall
not soon forget the plunges and jumps
tho humping the bumps-the rough
ri6ing--that caused this line to take
such IN appearance.
I had set out to make 10000 feet.
and when was sure that must be
somewhere near there looked at my
Paragraph and found that 1t registered
nearly thousand, feet short Of my
mark. I had almost reached the limit
Of my strength. It seemed impossible
to make the Bleriot climb any higher,
yet showed her nose up at an angle
that threatened destruction II any
thing went wrong, but the motor only
spat protestingly and dragged her for
ward horizontally without seeming to
pull her up an inch.
decided to see what an Increase of
speed would do. Accordingly headed
the nose of tho .Bleriot downward, and,
with the engine running at its utmost.
took a deep plunge into the space
below and kept plunging until my
speed must have been somewhere near
100 miles an hour Then, with this
tremendous impetus. I headed the ma
chine upward again at good angle
and was rejoiced to find that not only
climbed above my starting point, but
that the propeller seemed able to hold
me there without difficulty.
Time after time tried this extreme
" dangerous expedient, and mt the end
OF each rise I found myself n little
higher than l had been before, and,
best of oil, l found that was able to
hold the advantage thus gained.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
Attended by shrieking Fiends.

l cannot explain adequately Just
what a tremendous impression was
made upon me by these aerial hurdles.
On the downward slope seemed TO BIO
hurtling madly into eternity. catapult-
ed toward the earth and attended by
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
Holes In the Air.

Still another phase of aerial rough
riding is due to the holes in the air. l
have heard a great many people rldi-
cule this expression, and they have
been surprised when I have asserted
that these ''holes" really do exist and
the aviator.
/ met them first very early in my ex-
perience when I began practicing alti-
tude flying at my private grounds ut
Beaulieu, I'm England. My first expe-
rience with them was a complete sur
prise to me. l was flying comfortably
and easily at height OF about 5000
feet. 1t was toward sunset. on per
fectly calm summer afternoon, and
not a breath had disturbed me from
the time had left the earth.
So smoothly had my climb gone on
that had relaxed my vigilance and
was sitting back comfortably, really
enjoying the fight, when suddenly the
Bleriot seemed to drop from under me
and felt myself falling straight for
the earth. For hundred feet or more,
l should say, we fell. and then the
Bleriot landed on cushion of air and
1 landed on the seat of the Bleriot with
bump that Jared me.
Fortunately was headed slightly
downward ut the time and was able to
recover my equilibrium, but the shock
of the surprise was sufficient for ono
day of flying for such a novice as l
was at that time, and / came to earth
Mt once.
When Glenn Curtiss made his fa'
nous fight from Albany to New York
he was several times almost thrown
from his seat by these sudden drops
through "holes" in the air. So serious
an impression did 1t make upon his
mind that. / am told. he has since had
the back of his seat made with little
curved metal braces that go over his
shoulders and hold him firmly down
upon his chair.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
AWyAkERoPLANE
EA!: ADVENTURES ADJ J!
RI j. ARMSTRONG DRE1EL
V.-Bumping the Bumps In the Air

copyright, 1911. by Henry Nj. Nicely.
Copyright I'm Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reserved
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

~O the man on the ground flying
In an aeroplane looks like the
smoothest sailing In the world.
Under ordinarily favorable
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Reason Why Work of New Office Still
Remains Undone.

The 18th Legislature passed an act
creating the state commissioner Of
agriculture d state sealer of weights
and measures and gave him power to
maintain and enforce the provisions
of law requiring the county and mu-
niciral officers to procure. maintain.
prove and seal county and municipal
standards The law further provided
for the keeping of standards of
weights measures adopted by the
STATE in q suitable room at the State
House. 1t is this provision that is
likely to make considerable expense
for the State.
The costly set Of standards in the
basement of the State House were
sent, several months ago, to Washing
ton, for the purpose of comparing
them with tfc United States stand
ards and having such measures as
were obsolete replaced. Commissioner
of Agriculture Buckley, who is also
saalef of weights and measures, ac-
cordng Ia the provisions of the new
law. received word a short time ago
from Washington that, owing to the
change OF standards in the last so
years. Alttlt p0AiiS Aitt iCliS III u A4lilt
To which greater part of the Maine
standards dated back, none of them
were correct according to the present
standards except few used in con-
nection with dry measure.
Commissioner Buckley will ask the
Governor and Council TO take some
action at the next meeting in regard
To the purchase OF a set of weights and
measures of the correct standard. 1t
is estimated that a complete new set
of weights and measures would cost
about $1,000 In the OLD DAYS when the
Union numbered but few states, the
United States government gave to
each state a standard set of weights
and measures and il is understood
that it was in this way that Maine
came by its finely wrought set of
brass standards which, while at one
time quite correct are now so far out
of the way.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are among
other states that are taking action
to have their old sets of weights and
measures replaced by new ones which
now have TO be purchased at the eX-
pense of each state, Com. Buckley
learned, while at the recent Farmers
Institute meetings at Columbus, o.
that Ohio, which received its set at
weights and measures much later
than Maine. found that it was neeeS-
sary to condemn from 10 to 20 per
cent. of the old standards.
Commissioner Buckley is in favor
of having the Governor and Council
purchase a new set of weights ana
measures from the contingent fund
and says that as soon as the new set
of standards is purchased he will
commence a strict enforcement OF the
new law which requires that weights
and measures used by all dealers shall
be of uniform standard. He is of the
belief that in a good many instances
short standards are used and attrih-
ntes some Of the high cost OF living
to this cause.