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The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
First Standard Oil Probe
BY E. J. EDWARDS

surprise and reproach passed over
the young mans countenance Then
he resumed his bland smile, simply
saying: Nobody sees Mr.. Rockefeller
these days"
Gould see Col. Oliver Payne?" |
asked.
Colonel Payne is very busy man; ;
| would not care to ask him to make
an appointment with you"
Who, then, is there. with whom |
may talk and who can furnish me
with the information l require?"
Il don't think there is any informa-
ton; there is nothing to say"
Have you been instructed to tell
me this?" | asked.
With the most affable smile imagin-
able and the utmost courtesy and def
erence of manner the young man re-
piled:
1T was not necessary to instruct
me. Have you been to the theater?"
l understand that Robson and Crane
are playing in very funny farce call
ed Our Boarding House at a local
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Old Coat That Made a Success

the part with elongated black side
whiskers. which were. in the late ff-
ties and early sixties, the fashionable
way. at least in France. of wearing the
beard. He also decided that 1t was
essential in the first act, which was a
drawing room scene. for him TO wear a
long-tailed frock coat with very volum-
inous tails. But 1t slipped his mind
that he should obtain a coat of that
sort from the costumer, or have one
made. and because of this slip he was
In despair at the time of the dress re-
hearsal of the play.
John Brougham. the playwright.
was upon the stage at the time and
he told Sothern that he had in his
dressing room a long tailed coat. very
full In its folds, which had been used
by me in play in which | had ap-
peared some months earlier. It's Just
the frock for you. Ned said Broug.
ham.
Produce 1t. John returned Soth-
ern.
"A moment later Brougham brought
the long-tailed coat to Sothern's dress
ing room. 1t didn't fit very well upon
the shoulders. but the tails were long
enough and expansive enough to suit
Sothern perfectly. and he said he
would wear It until he could have n
coat made. And SO in coat which |
had worn in an earlier play and had
lent to John Brougham-an emergency
coat. Sothern appeared for the first
time upon any stage as Lord Dun
dreary. and the coat was success"
by the way" said Mr., Palmer,
'Wallack also told me that Suthern
predicted that the play would greatly
amuse the British aristocracy It did.
1t ran for an entire season with fash
ionable audiences, and the manager
made nearly 100000 out of it in that
single season."
Copyright. 1911. by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Commodore Alfred Van Santvoord's
Regret Because He Didn't Make a
Quick Turn In ST. Paul Stock
During Panic of 1901.

The late Commodore Alfred Van
Santvoord. who owed his title to his
prominence In the Hudson river
steamboat business. (when he died in
1901 he was the largest owner of riv-
er steamboats, in America), but who
was also very able railroad man.
having been a director in several big
railroad companies. combined a large
amount of caution with very strong
spirit of enterprise. He accumulated
in the course of his long and honor
able business career a large fortune
by constructive work in the transpor-
tation business and by wise invest
ment. He was worth seven or eight
million dollars when he died. But al
though he had won success and for
tune ample enough to satisfy the am
billions of most men, his last years. as
his friends believed, were made some
what unhappy by a single thought
the thought of the million that might
have been his.
Commodore Van Sanvoord was a
man of large frame and feature, with
smooth shaven face and clear, keen
gray eyes, a man of great dignity and
composure. yet most affable and gen.
ial. 1t was very seldom. indeed. that
his customary composure and affabil.
ity were affected by circumstances.
But at the time of the famous
Northern Pacific corner in l90l-when
Hill and Hartman were fighting for
the control of that system, and the
value of Northern Pacific, and Chi.
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul shares
rose several hundred points in a few
days, causing one of the worst bear
panics on record-Commodore Van
Santvoord was observed by his friends
to be somewhat restless and dis
traught. He hung over the ticker In
the New York brokers' Office where he
usually went when he wanted to buy
or sell stocks, but at this time he
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Sponge Rings with Fruit.

Make a sponge cake by using two
eggs. half cup of sugar, half cup of
flour and half teaspoonful of baking
powder. Bake in ring mold. Serve
by removing from the mold and into
the center piling cut oranges, or or
anges and bananas. This may be
served with foamy sauce, made as
follows: One cup of milk, two table
spoons of butter, half cup of sugar,
one tablespoon of cornstarch, one egg.
Moisten the cornstarch in small por-
tion of milk. Scald the remainder,
stir in the cornstarch and add the but
ter. Beat the white of the egg until
stiff and fold into the custard care
fully.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Garment That Ned Sothcrn Wore as
Lord Dundreary in sour American
Cousin" Was Borrowed From
John Brougham.

When Lester Wallack knew that his
day had passed as a great actor and
theatrical manager, he and the late A.
nj. Palmer. then coming into promi-
nence as successful theatrical mana
ger. and later the successor of Lester
Wallack I'm the management of Wal
lacks theater. in New York, used to
make the trip together between the me-
tropolis and Stamford. Conn. where
each had his summer home. 1t was
during one of these trips that Wallack
told Palmer the story of the old coat
that made n great hlstrionic hit.
1T was In 1858 that Laura Keene
produced Our American Cousin with
Joseph Jefferson as Asa Trenchard
and Ned Sothern as Lord Dundreary."
said Mr.. Wallack 81 know that In a
general way it has passed into tradi-
tion that Sothern at first refused to
play the part of Lord Dundreary. be-
cause he thought the part was beneath
him. and that he only consented to
play IT when Miss Keene told him that
she was I'm despair and after she had
consented that Sothern should gag
the part But while all this is true
up to a certain point. have no doubt
that from the moment Sothern read
the part OF Lord Dundreary he saw
the possibilities that were in 1t for a
delicate. humorous satire of certain
of the nobility of England. and felt
sure that this satire would not offend,
but would amuse the upper classes of
Great Britain. II ever he were per-
mitted to play the part rs he would
like to play 1t before English au-
diences
well. Sothern made up his mind
that II would be necessary to dress
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Fruit Cake.

One pound butter, two pounds brown
sugar, six eggs well beaten, three
pounds flour, half teaspoon soda dis
solved in teaspoon Of hot water, half
pound blanched and chopped almonds,
two pounds currants, two pounds raj
sins (seedless), half pound citron (cut
fine), half pound lemon peel (candied)
half pound prunes (pitted and soaked
and chopped). half pound New Or
leans molasses, half teaspoon all kinds
of spice.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
SECRETS OF T0AST-MAKING
Gut Bread Night Before so That Sur
face Is Dry Before 1t
lsIoasted.

The secret of having crisp toast is
to cut the bread the night before, SO
that the surface is dry before it is
toasted. Another trick is to have the
slices, when toasted, stood up on edge
in some place where they can be kept
hot until they are served If the slices
are placed one on top of the other
they become soggy.
For toast that is to be used as the
foundation for poached eggs, mush-
rooms or any creamed food, half an
Inch is the correct thickness, hot
water is distributed over 1t evenly
with a small spoon. and melted butter
spread on with a bristle brush, which
comes for the purpose. People who
1islik the softness produced ~ this
trea cm5nl a course, preserY the
cr,s nss' OF tn .oast by emitting the
he water Ofte, when bread of very
stale, it may be steameS a little be-
fore 1t is toasted otherwise :. so
hard that ever the bes of teeth rebel
at it. Housekeeper who do not pos
been heard TO say that these only act
as coolers for the slices they hold, and
that they are not desirable at all. On
the other hand, a covered toast dish
holds the heat and steams the slices
to sogginess in a short time. The
surest way to have perfect toast
seems to be to dispense with the an
Client formalities and take to ultra
modern inventions, such as the elec-
trio toaster, which stands on the table
at milady's elbow and makes the toast
while you wait"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
New York Suns Inquiries In 1873
Were Met With Courtesy but
Silence, but the Information
Was Obtained Elsewhere.

IN the early fall of 1878 l was sent
for by the late Charles A. Dana. edi-
tor of the New York Sun, and when |
answered the summons / found him
reading a communication from a cor
respondent in Pennsylvania The let
Ter was very brief: 1t suggested to
Mr.. Dana that he cause an investiga-
don to be made into the history and
methods of the Standard Oil company
OF Cleveland, o., which about that
time had come to be looked upon as
trust, by the oil world especially.
AS he handed me this letter Mr..
Dana said: You go out there and
make an Investigation; make 1t thor
ough no matter how long 1t takes"
| first went to the oil regions of
western Pennsylvania and was there
about three weeks. The oil producers
gave me every facility for getting
such information as was to be had in
the oil regions. They also called my
attention to certain litigation which
had then been begun in Pennsylvania
with Intent to break up the Standard
OH company in so far as 1t operated
in that state. Having completed the
investigation at Titusville and Oil
City, | went to Cleveland. presumlng
that the officers of the Standard Oil
company would be willing, If not
anxious to furnish me with informa-
ton which would serve to explain
some of the more grIevous charges
made against It and its methods by
the oil producers. Furthermore, / had
no doubt the Standard Oil company
would be glad of an opportunity to
gain the public ear and to explain the
economic principles which had led to
che organization of the so-called trust
When | called at the main Offices
of the Standard Oil company. after
an annoying amount OF red tape had
been unraveled / was received by a
very pleasant-faced and gracious
hammered young man. He listened
with apparent earnestness and SINGER
ity as stated that It was Mr. Dana's
desire that an absolutely impartial
and perfectly fair report. based upon
investigations into the rise and growth
of the Standard Oil company. be
printed in the New York Sun.
Have you ever been to Cleveland
before?" he asked with utmost polite
ness. as I finished.
Only to pass through by train
I replied
ut ia a beautiful city" he said: ::
"you should not return to New York
without seeing It,"
II cannot return to New York" I
replied, until I have learned. from
the point of view of your organiza.
ton, something of its history and
growth. and have obtained from you
If possible, some answer to the Sc
rious accusations that are made
against your company by the oil pro
ducers OF Pennsylvania"
The young man continued to smile
blandiy. But not the slightest indi.
cation did he show of desire In any
way to serve me.
Can | see Mr.. John D. Rockefel
ler7" I asked.
fitting but intense expression OF
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
PIE Crust,

Esre is my way OF making pie crust
for TWO pies. Two and one-half cups
of dour, one heaping teaspoon of bak-
ing powder, salt. Sift all together.
MIX in with hands, one cup of lard,
cold water to roll. Mix with silver
kNite.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Glnqersnaps.

Half cup molasses, half cup sugar,
half cup butter and lard, three table
spoons hot water, three cups flour,
one teaspoon soda, three teaspoons
ginger; salt
The Colorado statesman., 1912-01-13
Something In That.

Chorus Lady-Why should | marry
you. Jim? You haven't got dollar to
your namel
The Nervy One-No: but think of
the advertising you'd get-beautiful
chorus-girl marries a scene-shItteri-
Puck
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
Model for All Fathers.

The Suitor (rather diffidently)-Mr
Darlington, l have come to ask you 4
l. to say, that is, that /
Mr.. Darlington (beaming)-Tha
you want to marry Ethel. is that 1t
Take her. my boy, and be happy. She.
a good girl. and I'm glad to see thai
she's going to get a good man. I've
known how things were with you and
Ethel. my boy. and I've been waiting
to congratulate you both.
The Suitor-You know. Of course
Mr.. Darlington. that I am not 9
wealthy man. that in fact, l cannot
support Ethel In the style to which
she has been accustomed. can give
her q good home and We won't starve
but we'll be pretty poor.
Mr.. Carrington-Don't let that wor
~ you. Albert. II I'm any Judge oil
men you'll be lot better OF than
am when you're my age, and it's a
mighty good thing for a young couple
to go through the years Of struggle
together. was poor when l married
Ethel's mother and We had a lot OF
fun out Of being poor. Shake, Albert
and have a cigar.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
IDAHO AND WASHINGTON'S
CROP OUTLOOK Is GOOD

Inland Empire farmers will harvest
one of the best crops on record if con
ditions now prevalent in the district
continue, according to reports from
representatives in farming districts
throughout the fertile region. Copious
rains during the last several days added
dollars to the crop. The soil was al
ready soaked several feet deep. The
acreage in a majority of counties is
larger than that Of last year.
Washington.
Douglas-Rainfall $50 inches since
January 1. Wheat in fair condition
Season late.
neutrality-suspicious. since January
almost IL inches. Wheat crop as
sured.
Lincoln-Record wheat yield predict
ed. Business better. Farmers buying
autos.
Chelan-Rains mean good crops
Apple yield will be heavy. Trade
better.
Grant-Bountiful wheat harvest Ger
tain. Moisture deep in sandy SOIL
Walla Walla-Wheat healthy, with
fair crop prospects. More moisture
than usual.
Kittitas-Conditions best in years.
April rains .65 inch. Hay and fruit
crop assured.
Stevens-Acreage 20 per cent great
err. Most of $4,000 acres in wheat.
Prospects roseate. More fruit than
facilities to handle.
Whitman-Crop conditions never bet
ter at this season. Heavy rain assures
record yield. Rainfall since January
GA inches. Wheat prices lower. Esti-
mate wheat crop 100000 bushels.
Yakima-Fruit condition encourage
ing. Estimate county will ship 5000
to 5000 cars fruit. Rains worth for
tunes to farmers.
Nez Perce-Wheat prospects best in
years. Potato acreage large. Moisture
deep.
Idaho-Grain never looked better.
Heavy rain assures big wheat yield.
Latah-Winter wheat in best condi-
ton in years. Bean acreage small be-
cause of late season.
Bonner Hay, berries and grain
helped by rains. Crop assured.
Kootenai-Hay and grain prospects
best in years. Rains raise lake and
rivers, but highland crops assured.
Report From Portland.
Portland, Ore.-Information received
here indicates that the 1912 season will
see the greatest wheat crop in the his
tory of the Pacific Northwest. The
acreage in Oregon, Washington and Ida
no is greater than ever before and the
weather conditions up to now have
been perfect.
1t is believed by those in close touch
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
Medium Yorkshire Type.

by =. A. BURNETT. Director, Nebraska
Agricultural Experiment Station.)
The Nebraska Experiment Station
las Just issued Bulletin No. 1913 with
mo title. "Fattening Hogs in Ne
traska"
Part I gives the results of fattening
aogs on corn and alfalfa hay. In the
experiments reported. the hogs were
I'D the following rations. The proper
hons of alfalfa and corn are given by
weight.
Corn and alfalfa hay In a rack.
Corn 8 parts, chopped alfalfa / part.
Corn 8 parts, alfalfa-meal / part.
Corn only.
Corn 3 parts, alfalfa meal 1 part.
Corn 3 parts. chopped alfalfa / part.
Corn ! part. chopped alfalfa 1 part.
Corn l part, alfalfa-meal / part.
The hogs were given all the feed
hey would eat twice daily. Part Of
ne experiment was repeated three
Zines and part Of 1t four times. There
we're ten spring shoats used in each
OF. The feeding period began about
november l. when the shoats weighed
1876 pounds each, and continued for
hree months. at which time the aver.
age weight ranged from 100 pounds
br those fed one-half alfalfa and one
Aalf corn to 1888 for those fed one part
Alfalfa and nine parts corn.
The prices used in computing the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30


1T Is common knowledge" said one
OF the surgeons. that great physical
hardships may suddenly turn the hair
white. The loss of color here follows
on certain chemical changes, due to
disturbances Of nutrition. taking place
In the tiny particles of coloring mat.
ter which give the hair its color.
"All infants at birth have blue eyes.
In some babies Immediately after
birth pigment granules begin to de,
velop In the iris. Thus they become
brown or black eyed. In others, how.
ever. no such pigment formation takes
place and the eyes remain blue or gray
throughout life.
III this at present blue-eyed ex-con-
Wet Is really the missing brown-eyed
banker a reasonable explanation Of
the discrepancy in the eye colorings
would be that under the stress of
physical and mental shock the color
Ing matter which had in early life de-
veloped in each iris had atrophied or
disappeared, leaving the eyes the orig
lnal blue coloring present at birth"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
PARTLY SOLVED
DAIRY PROBLEM
Relation OF Fat 60 Milk Ia Queo.
ta0u Causing Much Worry
20 Experto-Ono SoIu.
tAou Ia Given.

The relation OF fat to milk IL one
of the partly unsolved problems Of
dairying, says The Chemist. We do
not know why, absolutely, but we
know that a COW will vary from day
to day. It Is sometimes due to fright
and unkind handling. II you take q
cow that is ordinarily quiet and run
a needle into her. or hit her with q
club or disturb her tranquility in some
other way. the yield of milk will be
very much less for that milking. II
she has what Is called q nervous tenn
permanent, and Is very sensitive COW.
there will be very marked differ-
ence In the yield Of milk, and not
nearly 30 much fat will be produced.
The variation in the yield of milk 10
greater than the variation in the field
OF fat. I remember, writes Professor
Van Norman, the figures in one herd
In which one cow varied only four
tenths Of one per cent. In q whole
year. while another varied as much as
three per cent. in her yield with no
apparent cause. Sometimes we. our.
selves. do not feel so we'll as we do
ON other days. So of the COW. She
may be a very sensitive COW, and the
mixer may be little rougher on
some days than on others. and that
may have some effect. A multitude
OF influences are at work. The best
dairyman Is the one who understands
the largest number of them. The
tester under ordinary conditions Ia to
be relied on for accuracy. The varia-
ton Is not variation of the tester,
but variation in the COW.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30

decreases the profit per pig during the
fattening period.
The substitution Of rs parts emmer
barley, wheat, or milo, for corn, in a
ration containing 80 parts corn and 10
parts chopped alfalfa. increases the
cost of gains and decreases the profit
per hog during the fattening period
excepting emmer, which in this test
only increased the profit per hog. The
wheat increased the gains but de.
creased the profit. The emmer also
increased the gain. Barley and milo
decreased the gain az we'll az the
profit Milo was worth the same price
per bushel as barley in this test.
The results Of one test indicated
that a bushel Of corn was worth az
much as a bushel and a half ofscane
seed when fed with alfalfa for fatten-
ing hogs.
Where fall pigs were wintered and
turned on alfalfa pasture in the spring
there was more profit per pig from
those grown out largely on pasture
and then fattened than from those fed
out more quickly.
Four seasons records show that old
sows being fattened on corn and al.
falfa pasture gained pounds per head
daily, ate 355 pounds of corn for 100
pounds of gain. and gave a net profit
OF over 5 cents daily.
A summary of the results recorded
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30


by utilizing this human attic storage
room. He concealed q large skeleton
key and a saw twelve inches long,
coiled like a watch spring, in the cav.
ity reached through his nostrils. But
In the last London Lancet DR.. Rush.
ton Parker relates more remarkable
case OF the carrying of large foreign
body in that space Of the head-and
that without the victim knowing that
his head was SO filled up and weighted
down.
A young farmer consulted DR.. Par.
ker at the Liverpool hospital for ma.
sal abscess that had troubled him
some time. Probing the nostril, the
surgeon found that loose mass, ap-
parently Of metal. coupled a consider
able space behind the nose and above
the roof Of the mouth.
So large was this object that It was
removed with difficulty through the
side Of the face. 1t proved to be a
gun breech and an iron bolt. The
breech measured Sx1hx1 inches, the
bolt was three inches long. The weight
OF the two was a quarter Of a pound.
This mass Of metal had been in the
mans head for five years, though he
had not suspected its presence there.
A muzzle-loading gun had exploded
In his hands and shattered his face.
The wound healed without leaving any
outward deformity. His only affiiction
was symptoms Of nasal catarrh. The
young farmer made a rapid recovery
to perfect health with the removal
Of the iron from his head.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
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was made more and more carelessly
until the top part Of the "p" was
placed near the center; hence the plus
sign was finally reached.
The sign Of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted into mus, with
horizontal line above to indicate the
contraction. which was a printers
freak that may be found in almost any
book bearing date earlier than the
beginning Of the eighteenth century.
After the lapse Of = long period of
time the letters were omitted alto
gether. leaving only the short line 30
well known to all.
The multiplication sign was OBJ
tanned by changing the plus sign into
q character resembling the letter K.
This was done simply because multi
plication is but a shorter form Of ad-
dition.
Division was formerly. indicated by
placing the dividend above a horizon
tai line and the divisor below. In or
der to save space in printing the divi-
dend was placed to the left and the
divisor to the right, with a simple dot
In place Of each.
The radical sign was derived from
the initial letter Of the word "radix."
The sign Of equality is said to have
hrst been used in the year 1857 by q
sharp mathematician. who adopted it
as a substitute for the words equal
to-"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-30
Sikeston, Mo.
ferod everything.


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