Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-02
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the special fee that is now being ex-
acted for automobile admission into
the famed Glacier National Park. III.
tlmately the registration fees would be
abolished, but at the present time II
Is possible that they would not be
any great objection to the plan. In
its consideration OF tae annual post
office appropriation bill, the senate
committee on post Offices and post
roads has reported q provision calling
for the appointment Of a Joint COM
: mittee of the house and the senate to
consider federal aid for good roads
construction and the recommendation
OF a definite plan OF procedure. The
committee voted adversely on the
proposition o government roads rent.
al for rural free delivery routes used
in the various states. The action
/, taken concurs with the resolution in
the house which resulted from the fed
eral aid convention promoted in Wash
ington last winter by the A. A. A. ma
tional good roads board, and cooper
ated in by such influential and useful
organizations as the National Grange
and the Farmers Union
Just about nine years ago, the So.
ciety of st. Paul, the Apostle, famil.
iarly known as the Paulists, began
the collection and publication Of sta
tistics showing the number and, II
nrou,ipoot Tho nomoo ~ profootaut "a
who became Catholics. Individual in
stances, with names and details where
people were we'll known, or belong to
we'll known families, were furnished,
and at the end OF each three years,
totals were given, along with fOrmidt
able summaries of converts to Cath
olicism, with names covering all Eng
disappearing countries.
1t Is shown in the statistics that
the number for the three years end
ing 1909, was 29,7S9, and in 1906, the
number was 25,055 a slow but appar-
emily steady advance. In the list of
converts appear the names Of many
prominent persons or at least Of per.
o connected with folks holding
prominent positions.
1t Is nov announced that q Protest
ant bureau will begin the collection
and publication Of data showing the
numbers going from the Catholic
church to Protestant mes of all de-
nominations. Delay in this plan has
been caused by the impression that
daily newspapers would not print the
Protestant side, while eagerly print
ing the Catholic one Within the past
six months, by way of experiment,
Protestants have sent to newspapers
statements of changes from Catholic
to them, and have found, a they admit,
that editors are without bias. All
that they require is that they be
founded on facts. Protestants declare
the changes to be even greater their
way, and say they can furnish the
figures. They disclaim any antagon.
ism, however, and say they will col.
lect the data merel to give the public
an exact knowledge of conditions.
Army and navy wireless experts,
and lots of experts not in the Gov
eminent service, agree in their dis
belief of the report from London that
a wireless system between Lyons,
France, and Washington is about to
be established, by which messages
are to be lasled across the Atlantic
Ocean at the rate OF 200 words a min
ute. The cabled report adds that pic
lures will also be sent by the new
system. The experts, like the man
from Missouri, wish to be Shown
before they will place any credence
in the c%ablegrams. Still, considering
the marvellous strides made in wire
less %telegraphy in recent years, they
concede that 1t would be foolish to
scout at the idea as an impossibiMty;'|
but, all the same, they we under the
impression that the big things claim
ed for the new system are a bit i'm.
probable.
1t is just as well to remember that
at present, even with ideal atmos.
pheric conditions, messages by wire
les are seldom sent at a faster rate
than 40 words a minute, and by ord!p-
airy telegraph the rate isn't very much
faster. This rate sometimes can be
maintained when the Morse code is
being used, a slower rate being kept
up when the continental code is used.
That it will be practicable some day
to transmit wireless messages across
the herring pond from France to
Washington, the experts r willing
to admit their belief. The new sta
ton at Fort Meyer, now being erect
ed, is to have a radius Of over 5000
miles, which is "going some" OF
course, the Fort Meyer will be the
strongest station in existence in this
country, unless that which is project
ed at University City proves, as it is
claimed, to be far stronger.
II. as is asserted by some Of the
quidnuncs, President Taft is to run
his campaign on ''the tariff and pros
perity", according to the automobile
manufacturers, his prosperity plea
will win out. A prominent Indianap-
oils manufactures Of autos, discussing
existing trade conditions and the pros
poets for the farmers and others,
says: Prosperity is travelling on
high gear. Any rumors Of a bad year
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