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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-01

90, 900 watts 900 X. W., or 120 H. P.l
for light and power purposes. Forty
miles distance from this town we
will assume that there is a small
water power electric generating sta
tion, and that we wish to connect this
power station with the town by
means of u two-wire transmission
line. Let us fix the loss of electric
power in this line, due to the resist
ance of the wire, at 10000 watts
Evidently then the power station
would have to generate 10000 watts
(100 X. w. or 1874 H. P.) as it must
generate enough power to'supply the
line losses plus the $4,000 watts re-.
quired by the town. We will assume
first that the generator delivers the
100000 watts to the line at y pressure
OF 5000 volts, no stepup transformers
being used at the station to raise the
voltage. The current required to
deliver 100000 watts at pressure of
1900 volts would be 20 amperes
(l00,000 divided by $1,000. We wish
now to determine the size of the wire
required to carry the 30 amperes of
current 40 miles with loss of 10 X .
w in the ewo-wire transmission line.
The computation will not be carried
out here. However it can be shown
that the wire would have to be be-
tween No. 900 and n. COCO copper, or
actually 0.427 inches in diameter.
The two lengths of wire each 40 miles
long would weigh approximately
233, 900 pounds, and the copper alone
in the line would cost SAL, 800 at a
price of l8 cents per pound. This is a
little more than 81, 900 per mile of the
transmission line.
Suppose we put a 100 K. w. stepup
transformer in the power station to
raise the generator voltage from 5000
to $4,000 volts. Our transmission line
voltage is now $4,000 volts, and the
current on the line is correspondingly
reduced from 20 amperes to two
amperes. With a current of two
amperes it can be shown that thu
transmission line wire would have tt
be about No. Is. copper, or 004,
inches in diameter. The two wires
each 40 miles long would weigl
about 2,330 pounds, and their COS
would be about $42O at Is cents PEI
pound. Hence in selecting voltage
of $4,000 as against 5000 we woul,
save $4l, 480 in copper. (The differ
ence between Sal. 800 and $420), Thi
$41, ,480 does not, however, represen
the net saving in the transmission
line. The transformer for raising tn
= voltage at the power station from
5000 to $4,000 volts, and anothe
transformer for lowering the voltage
, to 5000 volts at the town 40 miles dis
} tant, would have to be charged u
, against the saving in copper result
ing from adopting the higher voltage
The cost of those two transformer
would be about 100000. In additio
to this, insulators for the higher volt
age would cost about 81, 500 more tina
for the smaller voltage. This cos
would be partly offset by lighter pol
. construction in the high voltage lin
8 because smaller wire is used. Abou
i 5000 would cover the cost of til
: transformers and the increased COZ
D of insulators, resulting in a net sa'
4 ing of about s36, 800 in adopting sc, on
T volts as against 5000.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-01

The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
at the home of Mrs. II. B. Whitman
next Thursday afternoon. All MEM
bers still having aprons, which were
distributed some time ago for MAX
ing, will please return them at this
meeting.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-01

tenn of the road has been notified
that seven special trains have been
arranged for, and it Is confidently
expected that at least a score of
Others will later be made up
Pocatello Tribune.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-01

Attend the basket bali game at
the pavilion tonight, Kemmerer vs.
Montpelier; game called a o'clock.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
RACE HORSE
IS DEAD NEAR RENO

Ell Rio Rey, the one time noted
racing thoroughbred of the Winters
farm in Washoe Valley died at that
place a few days ago. The horse
as a three-year old was conceded to
be the fastest running horse in
America, and his owner Theo Whit
ers refused sixty thousand dollars
for him. During the height of his
career he contracted lung fever
which cut his racing career short. He
sired many notable race horses and
was regarded by race men as one of
the finest specimens of the thorough
bred in existence in America. The
horse was "a years of age when lie
died.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
CAN GET NEVADA HONEY.

Orange blossom honey from Oro-
Vile may soon be a delicacy on tables
throughout the United States, and
probably in other countries. c.. /.
Graham. a bee man of Reno, has
shipped a carload OF bees to Oro-
vile, California, and has two more
ears on the way. The bees will be
kept there until the first of May, the
time during which the orange trees
are poisoning.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
Is OPENED.

The Southern Pacific company has
nnounced to the strike-breakers IL
s employ at Sparks that beginning
With Monday the stoekade will b
thrown open, and all the employee,
who so desire may seek rooms anc
board outside of the enclosure. The
will discontinue the boarding house
that has been conducted in the yards.
but will allow those who desire to
sleep in the company's clubhouse.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
NO TROUBLE IN TONOPAH.

The Tonopah Bonanza denies the
report that there are signs OF labor
trouble in that camp. The paper
states that the miners there are
satisfied In every way, and will not
allow agitators In their ranks. and
that there is no reason whatever to
expect labor troubles in that prosper
Gus camp.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
rs QUIET

Ormsby county holds what is be-
lieved to be the banner record of all
the counties in the state In regard
to criminal prosecutions. Not a
criminal trial was held in the coun-
ty during the year. nor an arrest
made for a felony.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
SAMUEL DAVIS WILL
EDIT NEW HISTORY

Of interest to all Neyadans viii be
the news that Sam T.. Davis, for SO
many years prominently identified
with the life of the state, has under
taken the compilation and editing of
a history of Nevada to be published
in two volumes by the Western His
tory company. The value of such a
work need no explanation and while
the exact time of publication cannot
be stated at this time owing to the
comprehensive scope Mr.. Davis will
assume in his writing 1t will be await
ed with anticipation of genuine pleas
ure at reading something that will
do the state justice. Mr.. Davis has
now begun his task and will COM
plete it as soon as possible.
The purpose of the author will be
to present in a thorough and con-
else n but with full %apprecia-
ton of the gripping romance of the
story all the important occurrences
and factors which have contributed
to the growth and prosperity of Ne
vada from the trading and trapping
days to the present time. None will
be found to question the fitness Of
Mr.. Davis for the editorial super
vision of this important work. His
long residence in the state, his per-
sonal acquaintance with the men and
women who have made it's history,
his activity in public life and his re-
cognized literary ability eminent
ly qualify him for the undertaking
and assure a product that cannot fail
to be a source of great pride and
satisfaction to every loyal Nevadan.
Only as such matter is legitimate
ly incidental to the general history
will the work be biographical. Mr..
Davis knows, however, that the lives
of many Nevadians are so interviewer
with the history of the state hat it
cannot faithfully be told without
narration of the part they have
played in it.
Mr.. Davis will be assisted by a
staff of contributors consisting of
the ablest persons in their respective
fields in the state who in this work
will crystalize and preserve the ma
terial they have gathered from many
sources. Each writer is in a posi-
ton to write with authority upon
the subject on which he will treat
and present in al attractive form
much valuable information that has
not heretofore appeared in print.
Among the subjects that will be
covered by Mr.. Davis and his asso-
ciates in the preparation of theiI
story will be the early settlement,
the stressful territorial period the
stirring days of mineral discovery
and development and the historical
incidents to which they gave birth
the inception and growth of trans
%portation, the notable Nevadans
men and women of three-quarters oil
a century. the growth of the state
and its Institutions, education and re.
ligion, banking and finance, memoir.
able political campaigns, journalism
and its influence, the professions,
wonders of natural scenery. the great
s~tock-ranges, reclamation and power
development, agriculture and horti-
culture clubs and social life and var
ious other topics.
The publication is designed as q
standard reference work on the his
tory and modern activities of Ne
vada and under the direction of Mr.
Davis undoubtedly will be all that IL
expected of it.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21
She Knew the Street.

Cy. Come on, Hannah, let's
take a look at on Wall street."
Hannah (~nervously.) Don't you
think we'd better do our ahoppin'
rst?"-Life.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21

feeding of Jackson's horse 2s.65
Bancroft Whitney CO.. criml-
raj procedure ............ 700
Breeder Office Supply Co. to
files 40
Troy Laundry Co.. to linen
supply 80
Troy Laundry Co, to laundry,
hospital 3219
Ely Lumber and coal Co. to
lumber 22.S5
Ely Lumbe and Coal Co. to
coal 32o.1s
Ely Lumber and Coal Co. to
lumber 6.15
Ely Lumber and Coal Co. to
Goa so 90
Ely Lumber and Coal Co. to
lumber 1851
Campton Commercial Co., to
supplies $50
James Tucker, to road work E. E. 2S2.5U
Bert Young, to road work -. $500
q. l.. Bennett. to road work 5000
w. o.. Young. to road work :. $500
A. X. Whitehead. to road work 1900
|Clark's Drug Store, to medicine
at jail 7.45
Clark's Drug Store. to medicine
hospital 1880
Campton Commercial Co. to
supplies 1890
]. c. Wheeler. to wheat and
straw $40
Jos. +. Stevens. to wire mats 1920
Athens Mercantile Co. to sup
plies rs
+. Il. Becker, putting in and
furnishing CRATES for court
house furnace .............. 1926
owen cazier. to road work -. $500
w. f. McKie, account hospital
contract .2.755.27
Peter st. Peter. services as
juror 500
J. C.. Hickman. services as
juror 500
James Dillon. services as
juror 500
Arthur G. Millick. services as
juror 500
David Smith. services as
juror 5.0O
G. C. Tilfosd, services as
juror 500
J. H.. Mccain, services as
juror 300
Fred b. Rice, TO work on county
road $3.50
Nevada Metal Manu- Co. iron
corrg. culvert ............. 1884
Nevada Metal Manuf. Co. iron
corrg. culvert ............. 273.O5
Nevada Metal Manuf. Co. iron
corrg. culvert ............ 102. SO
Nevada Metal Manuf. Co, iron
corrg. culvert .............. 46o. SO
J. II. Gallagher, to oats 1000. LIS
Benancia Mrrutia. to bounty Is
coyotes. 3 wildcats ......... 21.O0
DIR. A. +. Adams. autopsy.
Jennie Fitzgerald ........ $500
James Doutre. to bounty 80. 1900
DR.. w. 5. Holmquist. autopsy
Jennie Fitzgerald ......... $500
Lee r. Marriott. to road work 261.0 90
G. c. Bnzzetti, To road work $500
Caster Olsen. to bounty ...... 1900
LYDIA O1Iare, making out de-
linquent tax list .......... 22.5O
w. G. Bradley. saddle horse $50
w. +. McKie. work on county
hospital 241.so
John McLain. road work :. Sc. 90
Smith Premier Typewriter Co,
plate roll zoo
A. j. Carpenter. to due bills 1915
\. J. Carpenter. errors in 1911
tax roll .................... s7.s2
Giovanni Siri. To bounty ...... 1900
VIII Hendrix. to bounty ...... 1900
Morris Roberts. to bounty -. GOO
II. n. Blair. to bounty ........ 400
s. Kawamoto, to bounty ...... 500
Wells Bradley. to bounty ...... 900
A j. Carpenter, to due bills 1872 90
White Pine News, to printing 15.72
Remington Typewriter Co, to
typewriter 100 90
Z. n. oldfeld. to cash expended 500
c :. Grain. expense in taking
stevens to asylum ........ 96. 10
J. :. Harris. services special
ofneer 100
A r Lightfoot. to county
institute 100. 90
lotai ..S12,S1O.9
| hereby certify that the foregoing
bills were allowed by the Board of
County Commissioners on the 1. II. 13,
10 and 27th days of December. 1911.
f d. oLDFIELD.
Clerk.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21

| hereby certify that the foregoing
bills were allowed by the Board of
County Commissioners on the 4. II. 10.
10 and 27th days of December, 1911.
+. d. OLDFIELD,
Clerk.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
Supported by Divorced Wives.

Between the years 1887 and 1900 the
courts in the different States granted
alimony to 6.354 husbands. During
these years 5000 husbands had applied
for divorce with alimony 1t is an
everyday occurrence 10 read that a
woman mas been granted a divorce
with alimony, but somehow the fact
that hundreds of men who have figured
in divorce proceedings have been grant
ed aIimony has not been publicly pro-
claimed.
The records of the Census Office do
not disclose the amount OF money
awarded to the husbands in the 6,354
cases. Ohio ranks first and Wisconsin
second in the number of her male
citizens who are supported by their
divorced wives" Every State in the
Union, with the exception of Delaware
and South Carolina. has had more than
two divorce cases in which the hus-
band was granted alimony Louisiana
has thirty and Mississippi ffty-sevcn
men who are being paid alimony by
their divorced wives.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
The Potash Fizzle.

The reports of Secretary Wilson in
dictate that the famous potash hunt"
of his department is practically at an
end At the time OF the controversy
with Germany. some two years ago,
the notion that the United States had
vast concealed deposits of potash was
fostered by the Department Of Agri-
culture and finally substantial appro-
priation was obtained from Congress
for the purpose OF conducting a search
for the concealed substance. two years
ago a noncommittal but hopeful re-
port was made by the Bureau OF Soils
Now the grotesque suggestion is
offered that the best source of potash
arc the seawceds OF kelps OF the Pa
cifc Coast. No one has ever doubted
that abundant potash could be had in
many quarters, if the expense of en-
tracing it could be borne. The trouble
has been to find a commercial supply.
That problem remains as serious as
ever it was for our home industries.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
Lesson of Ultra Progressivism.

1t is the fashion in Los Angeles to
consider changes of the city charter
with every change of the moon. The
charter adopted two years ago already
is outworn. A new charter, with all
the late improvements in municipal
government. a combination of beatiic
reform. was submitted to popular vote
December 3. Strange to say, the worm
turned. Out of a registered list of
10000 voters only one-third went to
the polls. The charter was defeated
by a vote of ? to I. But there is
worse and more of it. For not one
fifth of the enfranchised women
voted.
Here is a study for political pfiloso-
piers. Can there be too much pro-
gressivism? Or can there be such a
thing as too high a tax rate? Once
more it is proven that Lincoln was
right in his belief that all the people
of America could not be fooled all the
time?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
LUMBER SUIT NEARS END.
Final Arguments Made in Govern
ment'S Dissolution Action.

New York, Dec T1-FinaI arguments
were made to-day 10 the Supreme Court
in the government suit to dissolve tn
lumber trust under the civil clause OF
the Sherman antitrust Law. The gov
eminent was represented by Clark No
kercher. and the lumber trust by Alfred
Cruikshank and Howard Taylor
The action was instituted eighteen
months ago nv United States Attorney
Wise. The petition charged that the
Eastern States Lumber Dealers Associa-
ton. its officers, and members were
combination in restraint of trade through
the instrumentality of backlists, trade
agreements. sc. The government asked
for perpetual injunction against the
association doing business, and demand
ed its dissolution.
In their answer the defendants stated
that in the territory said to be effected
by the trust there were at the time of
the bringing of the suit about a thou
sand wholesale and fifteen retail com
petitors.
In his argument for the defense. How
ard Taylor held that the Supreme Court :
decision in the anthracite coal case did
not sustain the main contention against
the coal trust. and that. therefore. the
court denied the relief asked for He
said that the action against the lumber
trust was based much upon the same
grounds
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
A &15.000.OO0 Wage Raise.

~ ag-r5 ,rc citizens of Washing
alr tE ieays bit inclined to be
gessiu5sris r- % the future, they
a nc dispatch from New
rA Is printed in the news
columns of this paper to-day.
1t is a most significant statement
that the representatives OF ffty-two
trunk line railroads in the East have
offered to increase the wages of their
employees to an amount that aggregates
SIS,oooooo annually.
Railroads are controlled by hard
headed business men, who are in close
touch with the affairs of the country.
They know better than any one else
what the prospects are not only in one
section, but all over the United States.
Attention was recently called to our
record-breaking crops The railroads
have already felt their good effects,
for unless they could see an increase
in receipts or at least a continuation
of the present good times it is hardly
probable their representatives would
have felt they were able to make such
an offer.
The proposed raise will do much to
allay any discomfort among employees
and settle vexed controversy between
employe and employer-one that has
caused much anxiety to the business
interests. 1t will give an impetus to
the present general prosperous con-
ditions all over the country, for any
threatened labor troubles is harmful
not only to both sides of the contro-
versy, but to business generally.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
The Right" of Getting Drunk.

Some 5000 men have quit work on
railroad in England because of the
discharge of an engine driver who got
drunk while off duty. and thousands
engaged in the coal and iron industries
Of the district were thrown out of
work in consequence of the cessation
OF the train service having tied up
everything. Locomotive engineers
should be men of sober habits, even if
they are never intoxicated while on
duty. 1t may have a good deal to do
with their nerve and their vigilance
and the trust that can be put in the
safety of trains.
But has not a workingman, it may
be asked, the same right to get drunk
as any other man, when it does not
interfere with his work, as long as he
is always sober while on duty? We
may admit that as an abstract propo-
sition, but there is another side to it
Any employer has the right of not en-
ploying men who get drunk at any
time, as a workman has the right to
refuse to work for any one who gets
drunk or a corporation whose man.
ayers or superintendent get drunk
1t may be said that respectable men,
bers of the community get intoxicated
at times when not on duty and do not
lose their places. Perhaps so. but if
they are dependent upon others for
their places they are liable to lose
them and cannot claim right to keep
them, in spite of those to whom they
owe them. The president of a rail-
road may lose his place for being
drunk when off duty, if the directors
see fit to dispense with his services,
and they may have good reason for it.
And this holds good in any other bust
ness or walk of life.
An engine driver may have as much
right to get drunk as any other man,
but he has no right to employment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
New York's Shipping Dilemma.

Montauk Point, in view of the pres
ent limitations of New York's docking
facilities, is interesting the transporta-
ton men as port of entry, as well as
a fine investment proposition. France
is trying to enlist the cooperation of
European capital in the enterprise, and
has sent experts to investigate. The
French government just now is ex-
pending some 100000 in construct
ing a railroad from Brest to Paris,
which will shorten the trip to America
by at least seven hours. With term
inal at Montauk Point, to be used by
the same steamship line that would
dock at Brest, a shortening of the sea
voyage by about twenty-four hours
would be effected.
But are there not moneyed interests
nearer home to become a leading fac
tor in the development of our greatest
seaport? Why let France take the in
itiative? According to the report of a
naval expert employed by the Long
Island Railroad president, the construc-
ton of a breakwater at Montauk Point
would cost only 100000, which is
not an extravagant outlay for an initial
step. A free zone is talked of for I'M
ports at Montauk Point, under the
control of the Federal government.
The method would be for the United
States to acquire some land. establish
terminal at Fort Pond Bay, with
buildings, breakwsters, piers, and the
necessary plant; issue bonds covering
the cost. and with the necessary proper
safeguards lease to an operating COM
pany at a rising rental that would meet
the interest and provide for a sinking
fund to repay the bonds, say in ten
years.
A second plan proposes an act of
Congress for the construction OF
breakwater, and after this is completed
to give the Pennsylvania Railroad con-
troll of the harbor This idea seems to
be preferred. as it would be similar 10
the plan which resulted in the New
York station and the East River tun-
nels of this corporation BY this plan
no time would be lost. and the term
inal would be finished and in opera
ton wears before it could be completed
by the Federal government.
In view of the congestion OF traffic
in New York Harbor, an outlying por:
is declared to be necessity in the flu
ture Whatever other means may be
employed to relieve the embarrassment,
the congestion is growing at rate
that would give Montauk Point plenty
of business.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-18
ModernInventions--O Masters
NJ GEORGE FITCH. y
Author OF "At Good OLD siwash.-

Several hundred years ago painter
was a workman who put on a pair Of over
ais and covered the inside OF a church
with art in bright coIors at SO much per
square yard.
This shows how crude the old-timers
were. When modern enterprise took hold
of these same painters they became old
masters and their paintings sell by the
square inch. One hundred dollars per
square inch is a bargain for an old master
now, but 800 per picture would have
made the old masters themselves very
happy and would have enabled them to
buy new shoes all around for their fam
lilies.
Roughly speaking an old master Is a
painter who died long time ago and
whose paintings have been cornered. This
makes them very precious and adds a
depth and viriIity Of coloring and a sub
Unity of compositions to them which can
scarcely be realized by the mere layman.
All over Europe and America art gall
leries are guarding the precious work of
the old masters and the multitudes who
gaze at pictures Of doctors cutting up
cadavers and fat pink ladies cake-walk-
ing on white clouds in blue wells go away
better and nobler men.
Some pictures of the old masters sell
for as much as $4,000 This much money
would buy an acre of modern art. but
modern art can't be compared with old
masters. The old masters are dead and
no power can get new pictures from them,
while the young painters persist in doing
work and Cutting the market.
From the old masters we have got
ten many sublime compositions and also
in many cases a great insight into hu-
mainly of the dark ages. From the
Italians We learn that man was at one
time built after strange and warped de-
signs: from the Germans We learn that