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GOOD ROADS
MEASURE
IS INVALID
Decision of Suprenle Court
TIES Up $500. 900
Road Fond.

Denver, May 6.-The state supreme
court declared invalid the bill to
place in the hands of the state high
way commission the internal revenue
funds, amounting TO s5OO.Oo0. to be
used in the systematic development
OF the state roads. Some clerk stole
the senate roll call on the measure.
although the bill had passed both
houses unanimously. Treasurer Ken
chan refus, TO pay out money under
the bill. taking this action to protect
his bondsmen.
With the senate's minutes missing
the supreme court declared the bill
void.
Railway Commission Upheld.
CBy United Press)
Denver, May 6.-The state supreme
court today set aside the judgment II
Judge whitford of the Denver district
court by which he killed the state
railway commission law OF 1907. The
court declared that this law gives the
commission the right to fix reasonable
rates on freight
When the law was passed the Con
sumers' League brought suit before
the commission to force the c. & s.
railroad to lower its rates OF SO cents
a ton on coal from the northern dis
trict. The commission ordered a cut
of a5 cents a ton and the railroads
went to court. Judge whitford Do
clared the law unconstitutional and
since then the railroad has been CO..
lecting the so cent rate Today the
supreme court said Judge whitford
was wrong and that the law is valid
The court also placed in office sher-
idan Kendall whom the governor
sought to replace on the railroad COM
mission with F. F. Hoag of Pueblo.
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LEGISLATORS MAY
NOT GET MONEY

Denver, May There are 100 MEM
bers of the last legislature who viii
perhaps not get the balance OF their
salaries. They each have siss still due
them. or will have that amount Nov. /.
but II they get it they will be lucky,
for Mr.. Kenehan, the state treasurer.
is going to pay second class before
first class appropriations.
At the last election an amendment
to the constitution was adopted pro-
yiding that the members OF the legls-
lature should get $1,000 for the two
years. They can draw s. per day whine
in session and the balance on the FIRST
of the last November in the biennial
period Tho assembly ran 12S days.
fer which they drew sSsi, leaving a
balance of s1Ss due each member or a
total of sl3.s0o. Mr.. Kenehan says be
will not pay salaries as long as le-
nendent institutional inmates are not
cared for in full. He says he eannet
nay salaries for September. October
and November This leaves the 100
/ members of the assembly outside The
payroil door. Perhaps next time they
won't be so anxious TO appropriate
cyery dollar everybody requests.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-05-09

Although fishing in the streams Of
the state is not permitted under the
laws OF Colorado until May e5th. ang-
iers are privileged under the statutes
TO try their luck" in ponds, lakes
and reservoirs any time after the frat
Of the current month aud some Il
thom are doing so with a marked DO
gree OF succcss, On account OF the oS-
ceptlonal snowfall OF the past winter
nshiug In the Gunnison river and It's
tributaries Will not be good this year
until tho summer ia we'll advanced.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-05-09
GO TO SPRINGS TODAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ford and Mr-
and Mrs. W. F Kenney went to the
Springs this afternoon in Mr.. Ford's
Buick. They expect to spend Sunday
driving about Msnitou and other
places of interest.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Denarfment of the Interior.

L. S. Land Office at Pueblo. Colorado
April %. 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that Frank
f. Black. OF Canon City, Colorado.
who. on December eS. 1905, made
Homestead Entry No. 1861. Serial,
No O4a0s. for Lots and >. f 4 NV
y. Section 80. Township Is $, Range
7s W. 9th Prin. Meridian, has filed
notice OF intention to make Final five
year Proof. to establish claim 70 the
land above described. before the Clerk
OF the District Court, at Canon City,
Colorado. on the ith day OF June, 1919
Claimant names as Witnesses;
c. W. Seyber,. William A. Mink. d,
NJ Walker and r. L. Pope, all Of
Canon City. Colorado.
Not coal land.
j. W. HAwLEy,
Register.
i First Pub. May ?. 1912.
Last Pub. May 80, 1912.
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FOR sAI.E--Livery barn. Enquire E
c, Higgins. Rocky Mountain Livery.
witt
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-05-09

First Pub. May ?, 1919.
Last Pub. May 80, 1912.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-05-09

First Pub. April II. 1912.
Last Pub. May 9. 1872.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
PERlLS OF TRADING SHIPS.

Ships were trading between Manila
and Hong Kong and between Chifu and
Iloilo in the islands. and even these COM
paratively nearby places were quite dis
similar from a barometric point OF view.
and common reading was fun OF
perils. with a stimulated commerce over
sea which increased greatly after we
took possession OF the Philippines, Father
Algue recognized that something had to
be done. AS he has expressed IL, Il have
always loved and admired the sailor. and
naturally wanted to help him TO be more
secure upon the treacherous sea-
Accordingly. he took upon himself
the problem Of modifying Father Faura's
barometer TO meet the requirements OF
the Asiatic waters. He did this in
very simple but no less practicable man
ner. and his innovation is another proof
Of how long many thousands of minds
may wish for something and yet not be
able 10 create what they desire. Father
AIgue merely arranged the face OF his
barometer so that IL could be rotated.
thus making il possible to adjust the
point Of fair" 10 suit the local pressure
which properly represented that atmos-
pherlc condition. We move the hands OF
our watches to compensate or to correct
them TO the right time This could be
done Just as efectually II we had only
one hand to deal with. az In the barom-
eter. by shifting the dial BY this
trifing modification the Faura barometer
suddenly acquired an immense field OF
usefulness, and a long stride was made
toward guarding the mariner against sud
den storm But even so. this warned Of
the proximity Of typhoon without being
able 10 locate It's relative position and the
line Of advance Of its fearfully destructive
vortex.
Undaunted by the difficulties before
him, Father Algue determined to do his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

did this. and we now have the best OF
reasons FOR wishing To know how he ac-
complished this remarkable achievement
Some years before Father Benito Vines.
at Havana. had made a study Of clouds
I'm connection with West Indian cyclones,
his studies being principally confined 10
detecting premonitory signs of the threat
cning hurricane. lie found after eXten-
sive observations that a cyclone gave
visible evidence of It's existence not infre-
quently days before It's arrival by certain
kinds Of clouds which hung high and per
sistently in the heavens over that part Of
the horizon where the tempest was gath
ering These clouds were long, thin
streaks OF featherlike formation. very
much akin TO what We term mares
tails" These fcathery indlces swept tow
ard the rim OF the ocean I'm graceful
curves and. a. was afterward proved
pointed approximately toward the cy-
clones centre hundreds Of miles away.
Going back to our original slmile OF the
rotating water within an eXhaustins
wash basin. and picturing these clouds TO
be the outermost swirls Of an atmospheric
cone quite a thousand miles IN diameter
across its upturned base. and YOU can
understand the relation which these tell
tale nebul@ bore 10 the vortex way bee
low the rim OF the sea. Sometimes even
before the barometer gave It's warning
those clouds told Father Vines OF the
trouble brewing
That was about as far as that worthy
priest got ere Father Algue. working
upon that information. started investiga.
tons OF his own I'm the Philippines. He
sought 10 follow these signs. like curving
spokes Of some gigantic wheel. 10 the
point where they all met-the storms CEN
tire. In other words. he wanted to COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
MECHANICAL WEATHER DETECTIVE WITH A SIKH SENSE

DIV sweep in long curves, by plotting
continuation of the curve established
reasonable estimate can be MADE OF the
probable course the storm will take IN inc
succeeding hours. This does, indeed, sound
truly marvellous, but it is only another
evidence OF a discerning mind bent upon
reading Alright Natures frank story
The layman will appreciate how the
dual instrument, the barocyclonometer.
will serve the twofold purpose Of warn
ing the dweller ashore and the seafarer.
To one the foreknowledge provides time
generally IN which he can secure some OF
his property IL not all of ii and likewise
seek place Of safety for himself and his
loved ones. If vessels are I'm harbor, they
can either be better protected BY
stouter moorings or the dropping Of add
tional anchors or they can take to the
open sea, where they will stand a better
chance Of riding out the gale. To the
mariner upon the broad ocean the in
strument will help him to locate the
storm centre, establish his relation to 1t
and distance away and guide him IN
chaneing the course of his craft so that
he may be more certain Of avoiding the
worst Of the menace That this Is pos
sible will be better understood II you
don't confuse the fury of the gyratory
motion OF the typhoon's winds with the
speed of progress of the storm as
whole. AS a matter of fact. while the
winds may reach a velocity of moro man
q hundred miles an hour as they circle
about their centre, still the onward marcn
OF the cyclone may average not more
than ten miles an hour. In fact in the
Far East the average rate Of travel is
about eight and a half miles an hour
while the cyclone OF the West Indies ad-
vances at a speed of nearly fifteen
This is fortunately one of natures be-
neficent actions, because it makes the In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

AS each quarter of the compass has It's
own wind directions for a typhoon at
different seasons. observation OF these
winds will tell whether the navigator or
the man ashore is I'm this that or the
other quadrant of the tempest With this
knowledge the general direction OF the
vortex can he established, reference al
ways being had to certain tables cover
ing the different periods of the year Hut
while placing the storm thus approximate
~ that is not all persons concerned
want to know. What is equally vital is.
how is the storm advancing. and Is its
path changing one from hour to hourY
VIII II hold it's distance and pass onward
to other regions, or will its direful centre
come nearer and neacer? How are these
questions TO be answered
The hands OF the cyclonometer are so
constructed. In conjunction with the lit
tie cross hand on one or them. that by
making certain readjustments In accord
ance with the velocity and direction Of
the wind from hour to hour IL is posi-
BILE to trace graphically the changing path
of the typhoon. AS these storms common
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
How Two Priests Philippines Evolved the Baoconomeer Which Not Only
Warns Mariners and Landmen Of the Approach of Storm but Indicates Its
Nature and Whence 1t Comes-Ths Remarkable Continuance Has
Saved Many Lives Already, and Father Ague Is Trying
Adapt Ito Atmospheric Conditions n This Hemisphere.

TALLY humane impulse. So well did his
barometer meet the local needs that il
was not long before navigators IN the
waters of the archipelago were equIpping
their vessels with this apparatus, and
finding IL of service TO them there hey
wrongly thought IL would answer for
guide in all Of the seas of the Far East.
Their mistake cost them dearly upon
more than one occasion, becauss the
fair or noon. let us say, Of the in
strdment was out of time or agreement
with the barometric meridian OF other
Eastern regions. How, then, could the
instrument be made more flexible in its
service? How could 1t be made to he
safe guide over greater areas. doing for
other people what IL was doing so well
within the limits of the Philippine ISL
ands?
Father Algue has answered these ques-
tons enectualiy. Instead Of conhning
his labors TO analyzng the weather re-
ports and barometric records Of the archi-
pelago, Father Algue set himself the task
OF reducing TO means" all OF the data
he could obtain OF substantially the en-
tire navigable seas OF the Far East. and
i'm carrying out this fairly staggering un-
dertaking he uncovered some rather curl
Gus barometric anomalies-conditions
which had not previously been suspected.
or. AT least. properly eValuated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
70 o 40 peter.

This. in Itself, was an important adj
vance In meteorology but this was not
all that the cyconometcr, as Father AL
que called II. did. That the instrument
might show graphically the desired in
formation. its dial or face was not alone
divided into zones of barometer press
ures, but II was. in effect. a chart of the
characteristic winds to be expected "at
each quarter OF the compass and within
each OF the zones from the outer rim in
ward To the very vortex. We are not re-
ferring to occasional gusts, but to the
fairly steady winds blowing North of the
equator the movement OF revolution Ii in
one direction. and south of the equator a
typhoon or cyclone circles In the opposite
direction. Father Aigues wind disk had
to do with the movement north Of the
equator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

distant, and this indicates how complex Is
the forecasters problem when, like the
isolated seafarer. he cannot check his OBJ
servations by reference TO some other sta
ton.
Realizing some of the limitations Of the
ordinary barometer, Father Faura. Father
Algue's predecessor in charge at the Ma
Mia Observatory, set about fashioning a
barometer which would serve 10 warn
people Of the Philippines and the sailor
men i'm those waters The way he did
this was to redesign the face of the in
strument by changing the readings and
making them an index of the kind of
weather to be expected in the archipel-
ago should the hand OF the barometer
swing away from the seasonal normal.
Before Father Faura could do this IT was
necessary that he should analyze care
fully the weather reports from the time
of the establishment Of the Manila OBJ
servatory, in 1865, down to the begin
ming of the COS. not only for each year
and each month, but likewise for each
DAY. thus reducing the data to means,
or. as the layman would probably express
it, 10 averages. Most of US would be stag
gered by the enormous amount Of work
that this involved, but aside from that we
should probably ask: How would this
help in foretelling from day to day me
neurological proba biities?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
Father Jose Atgue/, the Inventor u the
Baro eye o49o13oeteF:

sand miles in diameter. could be divided
from the outermost rim centreward into
so many succeeding bands or circles OF
acteristic OF the average typhoon. These
zones Father Algue made each a hundred
miles wide on either side Of the centre.
and In this way he established a method
hy which the probable remoteness of the
vortex could be assumed. All that the
navigator or the observer had to do was
To watch his barometer. compare it with
the seasonal standards worked out from
an immense quantity of data. and then.
checking these readings from hour to
hour. 10 discover whether the storm was
nearing or receding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

IOU have seen the dust swirls, cy-
clones in miniature, sweep sud-
Il denly from around the corner to
IN your eyes with grit and perhaps TO
blow your hat rudely skyward. These lit
tie disturbances are only tiny counter
parts of the storms that are born IN the
tropics and sometimes take their violent
way into the temperate regions 10 the
north. In a way the storms are aerlai
doubles on an enormous scale Of the mo-
ton of the rotating water escaping from
q wash basin. If you will keep this homely
smile in mind you will be the better
able 10 grasp some of the principles IN
Volyed in truly remarkable instrument
with which our naval authorities are
much engrossed at present We refer 10
the barocyclonometer invented by Father
Jose Algue, director Of the Philippine
Weather Bureau, at Manila. Don't be dis
MAYED by the length of the name oil TINS
ingenious storm detector 1t is a COM
bjnation of the barometer and an aux
Hilary which deals with the cirelns OF
cvclonic movements of the winds OF the
tropical tempest. The recent typhoons III
the Philippines and nearby Asiauc waters
give especial point TO the possible ser
vices of such an apparatus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
HIGH" AND LOW" AREAS.

Most of us know enough of the charts
Of our Weather Bureau TO appreciate the
significance Of those graphic daily records
Of "high" and '1ow" areas which indicate
the two contending conditions making, re-
spectively, for fair and for foul weather
The low area is a region Of reduced at
mospheric pressure-to put II In popular
way. a sort OF aerial depression or valley
and according TO the degree of this low
ness the outlying atmosphere or tho
high" area has an impulse TO slide down.
hill into this hollow, as it were. The
greater the difference between the high
and the '1ow" the more violent is the
movement Of the induced winds rs they
sweep toward this atmospheric depression
and Try TO fiji it up in an automatic effort
To readjust natures balance.
The instrument ordinarily employed to
detect variations Of pressure in the at
nosphere is the well known barometer
This sensitive apparatus is responsive TO
slight changes and thoroughly reliable
telltale I'm this particular. but. unfortu-
nately. II has one decided drawback-it
has no sense Of direction. You can appre-
ciate this by the daily use Of the tele-
phone. Your friends voice comes TO you
clearly, and you recognize it, but where
IS he? II skeptical you have your doubts
even after he answers your question. But
the barometer has not even this chance
and the navigator or the anxious observer
ashore can only wonder and try TO oil the
zap by drawing upon his knowledge OF
local conditions. TO some extent this does
well enough for ordinary storms, but II
viii not answer when the cyclone or the
typhoon menaces. because IL is the centre
of these devastating atmospheric pertur-
bations which is most to be dreaded. and
soreknowle ledge of the probable path which
this may take Is OF vital concern.
Quite apart from this the rise or fall Of
the barometer differs daily in different
parts OF the world and during the several
seasons. The barometrlc "falr' of one
neighborhood may be the warning of an
approaching storm in region not far
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

best to find a way TO give this sorely
needed information TO those who were at
the mercy of the typhoon. He wanted 10
design an instrument which would be d
fitting companion for his barometer. He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

plete these sweeping arcs 50 that he could
locate their source. Here again IL was
necessary to study the clouds Of "A Phil
ippine typhoon-to watch their changing
angles from hour to hour and the varying
speeds with which they swept upon their
courses as they were near or far from
the tempests centre. Again. ii was need
full that these observations should be made
at several points and during a number
OF these dreaded storms. Not only had
this TO be done. but, working from the
vortex outward. zones Of barometic press
ure had 10 be established by which il
would be possible to determine distances
afterward through this medium That is
TO say. the area Of disturbance. II thou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
TRACING ORIGIN OF TYPHooN

Before we took the island of Guam anu
ere one OF Father Algue's instruments
had been installed there. the Observatory
at Manila was uncertain how far 10 tn'
eastward the typhoons had their DiFuh
Afterward. however. by verifying repo'"
from Guam and checking these by oaio
metric disturbances felt family III 'ne
Philippines. IL was possible 10 locate NV
place of origin further to the east"d''
than previously supposed.
The general public I'm this eou'Vs
knows but little Of the part tha' W.
Manila Observatory has played TOT yeas
in disseminating meteorological informs
ton throughout not only the Phllipp'"''
but along the neighboring Asiatlc eo"''s
The shipping OF Hong Kong was SCI
ously alarmed i'm 1898 when Au''"
Dewey cut the cable to Mania oe'o.s
attacking the Spaniards detendihe
island capital, and very good rea'v-
there was for that anxiety the oa's
weather reports from the islands hao
become an accepted necessity, Drihs"s
as they did information from far ou'
sea. and they had proved OF inestii""'.
value upon many occasions when 'e'
sells without these cautions, would ha.'
sailed from the coast OF CHINA uh"''
tIngly into the teeth of the very "o''
of tropical storms. 4.
Father Algue's thoughts have been !"
the clouds. but his work shows how ni"
ly his feet have been planted upon Wv
earth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

great damage and occasion heavy loss
OF life. The archipelago had suffered
dreadfully from typhoons in the past, and
the instrument Of his deyising was de-
signed by Father Faura under an essen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
SIMILARITY OF DAYS.

The astonishing fact is, however that
different as each day may seem to be 10
us, still there is prevailing average IN
each season and each month from which
even a slight departure is significant OF
a change of weather. The descriptive
text on the face of Father Fauras bah
ometer-takng the Philippine local fair
as a starting pont-enabled any observer
that could read 10 judge pretty closely
what 10 expect when the pressure fell
below certain points during any time of
the year. Let us make this palmer.
Before we divided the United States into
its present hour zones or divisions, every
town and city had its own local time
which really had TO do only with the i'm
mediate neighborhood and not as between
place and place. For the sake Of bring
ing order out Of confusion and making it
possible to give distant points common
standard. the country was marked off
into hour divisions-each roughly covering
a distance Of a thousand miles. The
ordinary barometer IS even more general
than this. and has been indifferently de-
signed to serve the world over, bat its
greatest value, so far as the weather IS
concerned, lies in adjusting it to essen
TALLY local standards. with the barometric
fair" OF each neighborhood as a start
ing point for domestic guidance, in this
respect repudiating the method which
we have found more convenient I'm Civ
ing the same time TO cities widely sepa-
rated. The reason for this is, that the
marking Of time is a human invention and
arbitrary while weather conditions are
beyond our control and essentially local
in their effects.
Father Faura was inspired by desire
to help the dwellers In the Philippines.
and. by giving them a simple instrument
suited to that vicinity. TO warn them OF
the approach Of storms that might cause