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Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Uncle Sam is Using Weather Balloons

oxygen. The oxygen has to be taken
out and only the pure hydrogen left.
This is done by means OF electricity.
the machine for the purpose having
been imported from Switzerland. The
hydrogen is stored in little round
cylinders, each about as thick and
long as the leg of the average man.
The cylinders are sealed so that they
are absolutely tight, and are shipped
by freight to the various weather sta
tions.
Returning to the balloons, many OF
those which are now being sent up
are equipped with parachutes which
extend above them. AS the balloon
rises into the upper air 1t finally
reaches an altitude at which 1t bursts.
It carries with 1t one Of these boxes
containing the fine instruments. This
Is attached to the parachute, and for
this reason 1t falls SO gently that the
machinery is not injured. Attached
to the box are pieces OF writing. which
state that a reward will be given to
any one who will send the box to the
nearest weather station. For this rea-
son the farmers watch for the bal
looms and carefully take them to the
scientists when they fall
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Great Work Done on Canal in Year

r. HE great mechanical problems con
j nected with the construction oi
the Panama canal, which is to be
opened In January, 1915, pass In re
view In the annual report OF the 18TH
mian canal commission. The record
OF the years achievements includes:
Completion OF almost three-Quarters
Of the Culebra cut. Total excavations
from Culebra during year, 16.221.67
cubic yards at average cost Of 5s.s
cents q yard. Big plans laid for ter.
minals. including storage OF fuel
fresh water and other supplies, repair
facilities, etc. Pacific terminal to have
dry dock, storehouse and coaling sta.
tIons. Practical completion OF plans
OF all locks. Elaborate scheme for
lighting. Safeguarding against land
slides.
The locks have been great prob.
lem. Designs for the approach walls
at all locks except one have been pre-
pared. Contracts In force at the be-
ginning OF the fiscal year were prac.
tically completed and new contracts
entered into for a vast amount OF
frames. valves, gates and other para
phernalia needed to put the canal into
operation. XIII
More than 954 tons OF castings
were made on the isthmus. Building
Of the great lock gates--each leaf OF
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Taft.s crownlno Failure.

President Taft's interview Is evi-
dence of his appreciation of the weak
ness of his position before the coun-
try. General Grant. when president.
was credited with explanation OF GER
tain of his acts by saying that "des.
perate diseases require desperate rem
edies." In endeavoring to justify
some Of the policies of his administra-
tion. by explaining, apologizing and
appealing. Mr. Taft carries his IA
nous predecessors idea into practice.
He made most stupendous blum
der when he signed the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill. He was forced by the re-
suits of last Noyember's election to
appreciate that fact,
Review of the results OF his recent
long trip shows him that his ire
mendous speech-making efforts have
not resulted In aiding his cause.
Now. he applies the desperate rem
edy of an explanatory and apologize
interview to the desperate condition
of his political prospects. His effort
In that line Is as significant a failure
as were his action on the tariff meas
ure and his utterances on his stump.
speech tour.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Zoo Keeper Gored by Enraged Buffalo

~ ORED by bull buffalo. james u
" Dean, keeper at the Geological
Park, is In a critical condition at the
emergency hospital with compound
fracture OF the skull Dean. who Is
one OF the oldest employees OF the zoo
In point of service, was attacked after
he had given the animal its dinner
and while he was cleaning its pen.
Prompt and brave assistance OF j. J.
Kreamer, watchman at the park,
given at risk of serious injury to him
self, probably saved Dean from being
killed by the enraged brute.
The bull buffalo is confined in a
small pen in the western part OF the
park. 1t is Deans duty to feed the
animal and keep the pen clean. Dean
placed the feed for the bull In one
corner Of the pen.
Engrossed In his work, Dean grad.
ually became careless in his move
ments about the pen and forgot to
keep a weather eye out. He turned
his back on the bull, intent on his
work, when the beast made a sudden
rush at him. Dean was unprepared
for the attack, and the animal was
upon him almost before he could move
out of his tracks. The buffalo vicious
ly rushed at him with his head close
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

uI ASHINGTON.--Shai Uncle Sam
W follow the example set by France,
Germany, Holland and other Euro
pean nations and make 1t possible for
the temporarily embarrassed to OBJ
tain money on personal belongings
without paying from SO to 100 per
cent. interest On loans7
This question is called up for con-
sideration through the publication by
the department OF commerce and la
Dor Of series OF consular reports on
pawnbroking In foreign countries.
Needy citizens can obtain small sums
OF money on short notice. avoiding
the exorbitant rates OF interest
charged by the private pawnbroking
concern, and keeping free from the
greedy clutch Of the professional mon
ey lender.
Where the plan has been tried long
est its success has been most marked.
The citizen is furnished with what
money he needs up to a reasonable
amount, on personal collateral. The
average rate OF interest charged Is
less than IL per cent per annum.
Moreover, with the possible exception
OF France, where the government ex.
ercises complete monopoly OF the
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
National Pawnshop IS Now Proposed

pawnbroking business, the national
and municipal institutions have sue
cessfuily combated strong competi-
tion from pltyate concerns that have
been permitted u ss.s.arSe much higher
rates OF interest.
The pawnshop OF Amsterdam, the
Oldest and probably the most lenient
In the world, is known as the Bank
van Leening. It has been under the
control OF the municipality since 1914.
and now has fifteen branches through.
out the city. The average rate OF
interest is less than 10 per cent. q
year. Still the bank Is able to main
tain working balance OF more than
$1,000, 900. In France the pawnbrok-
ing business Is strictly government
monopoly, which the Mont de- Piete.
the nations pawnbroking concern. has
enjoyed for more than fifty years.
The policy OF advancing only q
small percentage OF the actual worth
Of the collateral offered is followed In
most European public pawnshops, the
fact that they receive only small
part of what the collateral was really
worth furnishing the owners with fur
ther incentive to redeem the pledges.
Much the same policy as outlined
in the Dutch and French institutions
is followed in municipal and govern
mental pawnshops In Germany, Rou-
mania, Italy and Russia. The aver
age interest charge Is about IL per
cent. the patrons are protected as
fully as possible and every incentive
is offered to redeem pledges.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

which is fifty-four feet eight inches
high-was expedited. At each lock
entrance strong fender chains at
tached to powerful springs will be In
stalled to prevent ships from batter
Ing down the locks.
A floating caisson gate is being in
stalled for rse In closing a lock SO
as to enable workmen to repair the
permanent locks and the bottom
sluices. Canal illumination will be
provided by range lights for establish
ing the direction Of vessels on the
longer tangents and by side lights Q
mile apart marking each side of the
channel. Buoys and lighted beacons
built Of reinforced concrete will
abound.
Culebra cut is ten miles long and
deep enough to receive the United
States capitol. From this cut, despite
the enormous excavation during the
year, on July last there remained
23,92s,140 cubic yards to be removed.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

to the ground and its nose almost
scraping the earth. With a wild bel
low It struck the keeper and hurled
him several yards against the side Of
the pen. The short but sharp horns
struck Dean on the head, one OF them
partly penetrating the skull.
Calling for help. Dean endeavored
to protect himself from the animal.
He lay on the ground. Waterman
Kreamer was but short distance
away at the time. He heard the cries
for help and ran to the pen. Kream-
er, at the risk of his own life. climbed
over the fence OF the pen, without
obtaining weapon to defend him
SELF He yelled at the animal to at.
tract its attention from Dean. The
buffalo turned toward the watchman.
and as he did SO Dean, who was un-
able to rise to his feet. crawied to
the gate of the pen.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
NEEDS SOME CLEARING UP
Suggestion Of the President Certainly
Seems Worthy Of Further
Elucldatlon.

Shortly before the organization oi
the steel trust the Carnegie Steel
company had reached remarkable
stage Of efficiency. Mr.. Carnegie told
the ways and means committee Of the
house In the tariff hearings that he
doubted whether there had ever be-
fore been 30 efficient an organization
in industry. The low prices at which
the Carnegie company was selling its
products and the panic OF Its COM
petitors testified to the substantial
accuracy Of his statement. When the
other manufacturers learned that Mr..
Carnegie was planning to branch out
into other lines, they organized the
trust, and paid him 10000, 900 more
than he had expected to sell for the
previous year.
In connection with the presidents
message on trusts. the case Of the
Carnegie Steel company becomes OF
especial interest
Suppose. for instance. that the COM
pany had enlarged its business and
had continued underselling Its COM
petitors untillit had forced them into
bankruptcy. Then It would have had
virtual monopoly. How would com.
petition be maintained by law In such
case7
Mr.. Taft has suggested that a COM
mission be named in the department
of commerce and labor to act as a
sort of father confessor to the cor
porations and to notify them when
they seemed in danger of violating
the law. At what point would this
commission notify the Carnegie COM
pany in the supposed case to put up
its prices and to refrain from under
selling its competitors?
Or would the monopoly be permit
ted to continue. 80 long as 1t kept
prices down and did not use unfair
means to club competitors out OF
business? And what would be "un-
fair means?" How far would the COM
pany be permitted. for instance, to
contract for the available ore output.
fpart of which would be needed by
possible competitors?
These questions are meant merely
to suggest some Of the problems that
must be confronted In working out a
solution along the lines indicated by
the president,
Evidently active governmental In
tcrvention is not going to be avoided
under Mr.. Taft's plan--unless the
present system Of futile supervision
by the courts Is to continue.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
At the treasurer. ono.

I It appears that the next national
Republican convention Is to be held in
Chicago. The National committee
which usually decides such matters.
has not acted as yet. but one OF its
officers has settled everything and
all that Its members will have TO do
Is to acquiesce., incidentally It is inn
portant to note the fact that the all.
powerful person referred to is Fred
w Upham. treasurer.
When the treasurer of the Repub-
lican National committee says any
thing must be done 1t is useless tc
protest or to ask questions He moves
in a higher sphere than anybody else
and the considerations that control
his judgments are not to be explained
IN detail to the groundlings.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
"That Man Is RoosevsIt..

What is to be the outcome? II
Taft is beaten In the convention. only
one man can beat him. That man is
Roosevelt. La Toilette cannot do It.
There is no other candidate: there is
nobody else with the essential quail
fications Of a candidate.
All the elements Of q divided and
demoralized party would rally around
him. The insurgents would accept
him as an insurgent. The standpat-
ters would accept him az standpat-
ter who never lifted "a finger against
an extortionate tariff. The old-line
Republicans would find in his candi-
dacy q chance to save the United
States senate. Wall street would well
come him, as the destroyer Of the
Sherman law and the hope Of CON
structive" legislation satisfactory to
big business.
The first thing to do, however, is
to make Taft's case hopeless, and Mr..
Taft himself is attending to that.
Roosevelt viii do the rest--New York
World.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
A po-Nothlhg Session?

Senator Lodge is quoted to the ef-
feet that no tariff legislation will be
enacted at the session Of congress.
Other public men have been express
Ing the fear that nothing whatever
will be done by the national legisla-
ture between now and next June.
Politics will stand in the way of
business; the parties, factions and
groups will be playing for position
and thinking of the presidential cam
paign; capital and ammunition will
be busily manufactured. and the peo-
pies affairs will be neglected.
We hope this forecast will be total
ly belied and discredited. There
would be no reason. expediency or
good politics in a do-nothing policy
Chicago Record Herald.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

TNCLE SAM now has a system OF
" balloon recording for help in fore
casting the weather. He makes bal
looms OF different kinds and sends
them up at the various stations over
the United States to bring down rec
ords OF the upper air. These are sent
up from day to day and the results
are telegraphed all over the country.
1t is partially from them that our
weather forecasts come. These bal
looms are filled with hydrogen of q
quality which is difficult to obtain.
Indeed, there are only one or two
places in the country where 1t can be
had The result Is that the govern
ment makes its own hydrogen and 1t
has great machine for the purpose
at Mount Weather In Virginia.
Hydrogen Is one of the two gases
which form water. The other gas is
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

The health commissioners of Chicago
would like to abolish the gongs on am.
balances. saying that they are nuis-
lnces and incentives to violation Of the
speed ordinance. A gong has no place
on an ambulance for the sick. he de-
clares. and there is no sense In having
to rouse the entire community when
going after patient. All Of which in
dicates that the commissioner has
level head. He might have added that
not once in thousand tirles il 1t nee.
essary to exercise frantic haste in con-
veyins the patient to the hospital. the
atlins occupant Of the vehicle being
the better in sss cases for a moderate
pace.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

There win be. It is announced. no
attempt this year to cross the Allan
tic ocean. In view of all the fatalities
which have happened in the attempted
conquest Of the air. It is reassuring
to note an instance In which prudence
10 by no means the pusillanimous vir.
ture which some rash ones hold 1t.
On the contrary. courage could accom-
plish more II It took the hard common
sense plan. as has been done In this
case. of having prudence for run.
ming mate. The two are not at all in.
compatible.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
THE GRAHAM GUARDIAN
ARIZONA
ENWED powrRs or couRra

Some workmen engaged In hanging
IN iron door on the Planters hotel re-
gently disturbed the attention Of court
Ind Jury across the way and therefore
he orderly and equitable process Of
ne Law In Judge Muench's court A
deputy ahsrif was sent with q mes
eaos " them to desist. Unaware that
ne court 4 the people Of the state Of
Missouri the workmen replied to the
emisary IN light and gamesoms man
ner. says the 81 Louis Republic. Re.
suit: An arrest for contempt. the
hasty summoning Of the contractor
Ind the release Of his minions upon
paymsnt Of the costs OF the arrest.
The private citissn. on reading this.
may well sigh for the powers he un-
Willingly delegated whom courts were
sonstitutsd Noise Il the bane Of civ
nisatiOn. The savage trod with moo
oasinsd foot upon . carpet Of leaves
b the forest or the grass of the prai.
F1A Civilization means crowdins. II
Fsars walls and nscessitatss pave
inenta The latter make noise aid the
tormer echo It In an age whom en-
ginesring runs to specialties. why not
the antinoiss engineeri He might be-
gin with the auto siren and the street
oar gong and progress slowly toward
the pneumatic riveter. saving Tor his
matursd powers the peripatetic vese-
table man and the talking machine
with the green horn In the small nat
on the side street.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

While the subject of conservation is
under discussion stress may well be
laid on the necessity Of conservation
OF cities against the risk OF destruc-
ton by fre. The suggestions made
BY Franklin H. Wentworth Of Boston
at the recent Fire Protection con-
gress In St Paul favor non-combus-
tible window frames and wired glass
in all commercial. factory and ofice
buildings. and the general installation
OF automatic sprinkler systems. II
would be well. too. II all city roofs
were covered with ncombustibie ma
terial. eliminating the dangerous
wooden shingles.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Finally Admit the Truth.

II took a good many years to get
the managers of trusts to admit that
they were selling more cheaply
abroad than at home. 1t being i'm
possible to deny 1t any longer, the
charge is now frankly admitted
Judge Gary has said that the thing
was done, and that as result It was
possible to srun mills at a greater
capacity. In all the suggestions we
see nothing In regard to the tariff.
which makes It possible for the trusts
to make up for the cheap foreign
prices by soaking" Americans.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Not tor Her.

The verger Of large church. see.
ing an old woman In one Of the seats
reserved for some important persons.
beckoned her to come out But Just
at that moment the organ started play
Ing, The old woman. never having
been In church containing an organ.
startled him and the congregation by
calling: "Ha. man. get somebody
younger; my dancing days are past"
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

Sometimes II happens that men who
hare smoked to good old age. ab-
turo the weed before they die, AZ re-
cently did d. X. Pearsons. the Chicago
philanthropist. actuated BY the belief.
perhaps. that It has been 30 pleasant
to them that It must be harmful. 9th
ers refuse to believe that only the dis
agreeable things Of the world are in
tended for human use. and are con.
vinced that they have been indebt-
Cd TO tobacco for innocent enjoyment.
This was the case with Abraham
Isaacs. who died in San Francisco at
the age Of one hundred and six. and
whoss last words were: God has been
good to me and allotted me long life.
Let me die smoking"
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
English sparrows in Massachusetts

English sparrows in Massachusetts,
are accused Of being firebugs by car,
rying matches to their nests. II the
little birds could speak. they might
retort on the carelessness OF humans
An throwing matches around and then
devoting time. attention and energy
to the great question Of fire preven.
tion. Being sparrows only. however.
they simply twitter and go on picking
up matches where the humans throw
them
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
To Be Taken seriously.

Take advantage OF your cpportuni-
ties, but don't take advantage Of
them.
1t seldom requires q very strong
levee to Withstand flood Of generos-
ity.
You can't convince an average man
that he isn't little above the ~.
erage.
He who knows who to make much
Of little generally base something to
spare.
Sometimes when you say writer b
beyond his depth. II simply means he
is beyond your depth.
When you begin to suspect . fault
in yourself you may be sure It ID quito
plain to others.
Most Of us feel that we could hare
done great things IL It hadn't been
for the little things.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Without the Letter "E.-

The following verse contains all the
letters Of the alphabet except the let.
ter e." which is the letter more fre.
quently used than any other:
A jovial swain may rack his brain.
And tan his fancy's might:
To quiz Is vain, for It's most plain.
That whit say Is right.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Not Real pIsInteuratIon.

The president vigorously upholds
the settlement reached in the case OF
the tobacco trust as model for such
readjustments. We are afraid the
sentiment Of the country will not 60
all the way with him here. This set
tlement left the same officers on the
deck Of the tobacco craft. with the
same crew under them II makes no
difference II they are nominally d.
vided into fifteen or twenty ships
companies, while In reality they are
one. They cannot be forced to make
war on one another.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
A Drain Of the Company.

On his way home from the theatsF.
wnere he had seen = performances OF
"Othello." Bobby was unusually quiet
Didn't you enjoy the play" his
grandfather asked at last.
"Oh. yes. very much" replied Bobby.
But. grandpapa. there's one thing
don't quite understand. Does the
black man kill lady every night7"--
Youths Companion.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
HoMEsEEKERS RsioN
RATES TO TEXAS AND NEW
MEXICO POINTS DUR.
w ING 1Qf1

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month during the entire year
way will sell round trip homeseekers'
excursion tickets to a great many
greatly reduced rates. Final limit
rs days allowing liberal stop-over
privileges. For detailed information,
rates. ETC.. call on your nearest Colo
RADIO and Southern agent or address +.
q. Fisher, General Passenger Agent,
Denver. Colo.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Evll IN Exces. Of Diversion.

II is found by an Italian doctor that
the excess Of diversion In the lives OF
New York women is bound to bring
upon them the miseries OF neurasthe-
MIA, This disease has. according to
the doctor. different ways Of affecting
limp with exhaustion, the pure Sax.
ons are dull and torpid and the Ameri.
can is merely overstimulated and tries
to 90 faster and faster.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
4 crueI ove.tIon,

y Cruel Queetton.
Skeexick's car had turned turtle, and
az he sat gloomily contemplating the
situation Uncle Silas refined In his nag
and stopped outside.
Turned over. hain't she?" hs %.
served.
"Yep, said Skeexick, shortly.
"Want 70 sell?" asked uncle 6Ilas.
"Yes." said Skeexick. s11l sch out
cheap"
whats your upset prieey" asked
Uncle Silas with grin.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Retail Marke. pI.turbed.

English growers are finding 1t more
profitable to send their lavender to
market in lunches. instead of selling
to perfume makers, the result being
a surprising rise in the price Of oil Of
lavender.
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
Decided HIt.

did Algy make hit at the liter.
airy club?" 81 guess he did He pro
nounced, Les Miserables' In a brand
new way. and then alluded to It as
Victor Herbert's masterpiece"
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
lta statua.

lts Status.
"Our congress is the finest iegisls
tive body going"
mo, the British house Of commons
In, and can prove It."
''How so?"
why. you must admit the house a.
commons is without a peer"
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
OF Course Not.

"Can you paint me gallery Of IN
cestors from this old tintype?"
Il can; but they will all look much
alike
"well. family resemblance won't
hurt noae."
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
eurprIsInp News.

II thought your boy was going TO-
enter college this faIl?"
II regret to say that he could not
pass the entrance examinations
"Do they have to pass an entrance
examination? thought all . college
boy needed was some funny clothes."
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02
innocent.

Rastus- what you think h De mat
tab VIII me. doctah 2"
Doctor-"Oh nothing but the chick
enpox. guess"
Rastus (getting nervous) Fl 'clarer
on NAH honor. doctor, amt been
nowhar I could ketch dat"
Graham guardian., 1912-02-02

Doubtless the satisfaction OF the
man who few from coast to coast is
equal to that OF the man who swan
the English channel.