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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22

One Millioa Horse-Powsr Hydo-slectric Plant
The success of the great hydro
electric power plants is prompting
the construction Of even larger plants
than any in existence, the largest Of
which is that under construction at
Keokuk, Iowa, where q dam is being
thrown entirely across the Mississip-
pi River. Recent dispatches from
Montreal state that company has
been formed for the construction
Of a one-million-horse-power plant,
by damming the water which flows
through the Coteau Cascade, Split
Rock and Cedar Rapids, from Lake
st. Louis and the St. Lawrance River.
The Rapids will be obliterated and the
flow of the waterway will be diverted
about half q mile from its present
course into the Ottawa. The water
will be impounded by means of a sys-
tenn of earthen embankments and con-
crete dams.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
soM EaopY.

My heart Is sair-I dare no tell
Ny heart is sair for somebody!
! could wake q winter night
For the sake o. somebody!
Oh-hon. for somebody!
Oh-hey. for somebody!
I could rage the world around
For the sake Of somebody!
Ye powers that smile on virtuous
love,
Oh. sweetly smile on somebody!
Frae ilka danger keep him free
And send me safe my somebody!
Oh-hon. for somebody!
Oh-hey. for somebody!
wad do-what wad not?-
For the sake Of somebody!
Robert Burns.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
Recks - Reesevoirs q Moisture.
Scientific American.

Sclontlnc American.
The capacity OF rocks to imbibe
moisture varies with their physical
structure. Most Of the water in rocks
is in pores and interstices, the larger,
part of the worlds well-water sup
ply being derived from caverns or
large cavities. Practically all rocks.
however complete they appear to the
eye. have interstices or small cavi.
ties in which water may be stored.
The degree Of porosity Of rocks diff
fers, being highest in open textured
sands. sandstones, gravels and cha lks
all of which have great capacity for
imbibing water and lowest in close
textured clays, states, marbles and
GRANTEES. which have very small ca
pacity for absorbing and transmit
ting water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
"Oh, George, what did he say?

"Oh. George, what did he say?'
Well, we were passing Lee
Bakers Big Family Liquor Store,
when l asked him if he would join
me in drinking q dark bottle of It's
the Water. and he said, : Well,
George, my boy. it's the only beer /
drink"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22

l SHOULD like to open an 40
count at this bank, if you please"
We shall be glad to accommodate
you. madam. What amount do you
wish to deposit?"
Oh, but mean q charge account,
such as l have at the drygoods stores.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22

enthusiastic in his denunciation Of the
Yankees. Finally at Petersburg, Va,
he made brilliant speech and declar-
ed amid tremendous enthusiasm:
why, fellow citizens, we can lick
the Yankees with popguns."
Years afterward. when the country
was at peace and General Gordon had
settled In Virginia, he was running
for congress.
He arrived at Petersburg to make a
speech, and while in the middle Of II
a grixzled Confederate veteran rose.
"Say, general, wasn't you here at
the beginning Of the wahT' he said.
II was," said Gordon.
"Didn't you all say we could lick the
Yankees with popgunsT
81 did," replied Gordon.
"Well. then, why didn't wei" asked
the veteran.
Because the darn Yankees wouldn't
fight with popguns," vociferously yell.
ed Gordon.-B0St0n Transcript.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
/ WANDERED LONELY.


WANDERED lonely a. q cloud
1 That floats on high o'er wales and hills
When all at once saw q crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils
Beside the lake. beneath the trees,
TlutteFed and dancing In the breeze
CONTINUOUS as the stars that shine
~ And twinkle on the Milky way,
They stretched in never ending line
Along the margin OF bay.
Ten thousand saw at a glance
Tossing their heads In sprightly dance
TvHE waves beside them danced. but they
Outdid the sparkling waves In gles.
a poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company.
] gazed and ga1ed. but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought,
EsOR oft when on my couch lie
= In vacant or In pensive mood
They fash upon that inward eye
Which II the bliss Of solitude.
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.
Wordsworth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
AFTERMATH.

WHEN the summer fields are mown
w When the birds are nedged and
flown
And the dry leaves strew the path:
With the falling Of the snow.
With the cawing Of the crow.
Once again the fields we NOW
And gather In the aftermath.
Not the sweet new grass with flowers
II this harvesting Of ours.
Not the upland clover bloom.
But the rowen mixed with weeds,
Tangled tufts from marsh and meads.
Where the poppy drops its seeds
In the silence and the gloom.
-LongfeIloW.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
A Terrible Jolt.

4 TeJIi6Io Jolt.
What's the matter with your
wifeT inquired the Eastside man.
She got o terrible jar yesterday,
explained the Westside man.
What has happened?"
Why, she was assisting at a rum
mage sale.'
Yes"
Took off her beautiful now hat
and put it down somewhere.
Yes"
And somebody sold it for IS
cents"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
WHOM THE GODS LOVE.

~ " ! HON the gods love die young
W. was said of yore,
Nv And many deaths do they
w escape by this.
The death Of friends and that
which slays even more
The death Of friendship. love. youth. all
that is
Except more breath. and since the silent
shore
miss
The older archer's shafts perhaps the
early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to
save.
Byron.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22

The Club Member-She has a grace
full carriage.
The Rounder - You ought to see
her mOtor.caP.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
FATE.

In either mood, to bless or curse.
God bringeth forth the breath Of
man.
No angel sire. no woman nurse,
Shall change the work that God
began.
One spirit shall be like a star.
He shall delight to honor one;
Another spirit he shall mar.
None shall undo what Qod hath
done.
Arthur Q'ahauGhnessy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
WHOLE NUMBER 1857.
new TALES
that ARE TOLD

Didn't Fight That Way.
The late General Gordon of the Con-
federate army was u young man when
the civil war began. He organized a
company in Kentucky and journeyet1
with his men by easy stages through
Virginia. Everywhere he grew more
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27
HUNT BIG METEOR|TE
Huge Mass of Iron Knocked Hole
in Earth in Arizona
Such Is Belief of Prof. EIIhu Thomson
Movement Started to Find Inn
mense Piece of Ore Believed
to Be Worth Millions.

Phoenix. Ariz.-About the origin Of
most of the craters of the earth's sur
face there is little dispute. They are
of all sizes. We find them in the
Sandwich Islands, with floors from
three to four square miles in area.
These have reminded Professor Pick
ering of nothing less than the ring
craters on the moon. In Arizona,
near Canon Diablo, is a crater-like de-
preston 1000 feet in diameter and
500 feet deep. The rim can be seen
from a great distance, and, such rims
being called "buttes," this particular
rim is known as Coon butte. The ir-
regular contour of the rim is marked
by broken rocks, some as large as a
house. The outer slopes down to the
plain are covered with similar masses,
pieces Of many tons weight having
been thrown thousands of feet away
from the crater. But there is no
lava about the butte, and this would
seem summary to dispose of the idea
that Coon butte is the site OF a vol
cano.
DR.. G. K. Gilbert many years ago
suggested that the ring-shaped pits on
the moons surface were caused by
the impact of giant meteorites, and
for some time he held the view that
Coon butte must have been formed
in similar manner. This view has
Of late been revived. Prof. Elihu
Thomson, in letter to the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, re-
minds US that the masses of iron flung
down the outer slopes Of the crater
are sent to all parts of the world as
meteoric iron. Mr.. Barringe has
spent considerable sums in explora.
ton under the firm conviction that he
will find large amount of meteoric
iron below the surface. So far he has
been unsuccessful 1t is calculated
that 600 bore-holes, each costing
about e 400, will be necessary to make
sure of finding the meteoric mass, as
Stunning it to have been 500 feet in
diameter.
The mass of the meteorite Is esti-
mated to have been at least five mil
lion tons. Of this the greater part
would be iron, but per cent. would
be nickel, and there would be three
million ounces Of platino-iridium,
worth about twenty million sterling
supposing the price to remain as at
present, between ct and e8 per
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27
BIG FUEL SHIP is LAUNCHED
U. S. Fuel Vessel Jupiter is First
Electrically Driven Seasoina
Vessel.

Vallejo, Cal-The United States
fuel ship Jupiter, the first electrically
driven sea-going vessel ever built and
the largest ship of any description
ever laid down on the Pacific Coast,
was launched at the Mare Island Navy
Yard. The Jupiter will make about
IA knots an hour. She is 572 feet
long by IS feet beam. draws q feet 6
inches, displaces 1880 tons, and has
carrying capacity of 1880 tons of
coal and 375,000 gallons of fuel oil The
keel was laid in October 16 last, and
the hull has been built in record
time, at saving OF nearly 100000
over the appropriation of SI,200,000
allowed by Congress.
Power is supplied by a 14,000-horse
power electric generator. Coal can
be loaded from the Jupiter into a war
ship at the rate of 100 tons an hour,
and duplex pumps viii permit her to
take In or pump out oil to another
yesesl at the rate OF 10000 gallons an
hour
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

involved in that single establishment
Many factories in the fatherland had
Joined In this international effort to
find an artificial process by which
rubber could be built up syntheti-
caily from raw materials readily
available, but to the Elberfelder Far.
benfabriken belongs the distinction of
priority in the solution of the problem
DR.. Fritz Hoffman, director in charge
at Elberfeld, gives his own story of
the pursuit of the elusive key.
BY mere chance my attention was
called to this question of synthetic
rubber through lecture delivered in
London about six years ago by Prof
Dunstan. AS pharmaceutic chemist
in a dye factory my work did not take
me in the direction of rubber, but the
problem fascinated me.
Il found on reading up the subject
that caoutchouc was based on fso-
prene, and tried to prove it. To do
that had to have isoprene, and. what
was more. l had to have synthetic iso-
prene and not the kind obtained by a
dry distillation of rubber such as had
hitherto generally been used. ! had
a task before me.
:" To the organic chemist coal is an
ideal mother substance, and | chose
it as my basic material. In this we
were justified, and in March of 1909
Carl Coutelle and succeeded in OBJ
t, lining the first large quantity of
pure synthetic isoprene--several
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

Thousands upon thousands of ex-
periments have thus been brought to
a crystallized knowledge which makes
1t possible and practicable to embark
upon the manufacture of rubber syn
thetically from available cheap mate
rails. The plantations In the far
east have been developing over a
period of fully thirty-tiVe years, and
IN sense they have the start of the
artificial product in a cumulative
estimate. but this advantage will not
continue If the chemist manufacturer
can make rubber alphabetically as
cheaply as DR.. Holman predicts.
In 1910 and 1911 the world produc-
ton of india rubber reached a total
of about $4,000 tons and the world
consumption of caoutchouc was in the
neighborhood of $4,000 tons. Figur-
ing the cost of this rubber at an aver.
age of 81 pound the total value of
the production reaches s160,000,000.
Synthetic rubber, it is believed.
would make it possible to widen the
field of application of rubber. Make
shifts and substitutes of one sort or
another are now used in many direc-
tons, because natural rubber is too
expensive. Therefore, the public is
interested in the artificial product
first because it will add stability to
the price of the rubber from trees. and
next it will make 1t possible to apply
it in many ways now prohibited by
price and the relatively limited out
put of plantations and the wild
growth
Whether the basic isoprene be made
from a starchy substance after the
English process or from product OF
coal, as DIR. Hoffman, has chosen,
there will be immense quantities of
by-products which will be part Of
the systems employed in making iso-
preLC and in converting it into coun-
terpart caoutchouc In either case. 1t
would be financially prohibitive to
neglect these by-products in concen-
trating upon the manufacture of arti-
fetal rubber.
DR.. Hoffman, says that If rs per
cent of artificial rubber could be pro-
duced from every pound of basic mate
rldl, LnGn d ldClOIy hu1 hIASA Oub haAA
million pounds day would require
100000 pounds of the mother sub
stance, three-quarters Of which would
accumulate every twenty-four hours in
the form of by-products. This gives
an idea of what the chemist-manufac-
turer has before him, even though the
secret of synthetic rubber has been
solved. With characteristic thorough
ness, the Germans are working away
at this end of the question.
So far as is known the German
synthetic rubber has met all the ex-
acting tests and analyses of other
German chemists. On the other hand,
1t is said that the English artificial
rubber is not chemically identical in
its atomic makeup with natural caout-
chouc, and the critics declare that this
artificial substitute will not meet all
of the requirements. 1t seems that
the artificial rubber contains one
atom of carbon less than natures
caoutchouc. and whether or not this
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

Particularly significant is the
growth of summer schools in the
Carolinas, where the movement start.
ed comparatively late. At the Uni.
versity of North Carolina there was
an attendance of $50 this year, Just
double last years enrolment. At the
normal school at Greensboro, North
Carolina, a session of eight weeks was
held. the first in the history of the
institution. and 200 enthusiastic teach
ers were in attendance. At the sum.
mer session of the Winthrop Normal
College. Rock Hill, South Carolina.
particular attention was paid to prob
lens of Industrial education and rural
schools, and men of national promi-
hence participated in the work.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

ounce. But this is not all. Assuming
there is one-hundredth of per cent.
of diamond in the mass, one might
count on the extraction of about 500
tons Of diamond. Which may account
for prospectors regarding the expendi-
turn of a quarter of million on bore
holes with some equanimity. Profess
sor Thomson tells us that the Navajo
Indians have tradition that three
large bodies fell from the sky on the
site of the crater and killed a large
number of their tribe. They still re-
pair to the crater for supplies of the
white silica sand which they sprinkle
around them at their ghost dances.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

natures rubber and delivering 1t at
1ht factories.
Fermentation is an action set up by
various kinds of germs. and Prof
Fernbach found the germ that would
convert certain plentiful starchy mate,
rails into fusel oil. and from this fusel
oil he obtained cheap isoprene. 1t
was this isopreue which DR.. Matthews
learned by accident how to turn into
rubber by means of sodium. Sir
William Ramsay and his associates
believe that rubber can be made In
this way at a cost of about "a cents
a pound. From 25 to % cents a
pound is what it costs now to collect
rubber in the far east and amid the
forests of the Amazon. The heaviest
after expense is involved in trans
porting the raw material to manufac-
turing centers, and also in purifying
this rubber so that it shall be fit to
go into the finished products.
The rubber hunter mixes the Juice
latex of many trees. and the raw
stuff is seldom uniform and is fire.
Guently filed with foreign substances.
and even p-bbles, the latter hidden
away in the gum to increase the
weight. The cost of getting rid Of
these things Is heavy. and this fact
must be borne In mind In giving prop
er value to any process for the syn.
thetic making of rubber. 1t is natural
TO suppose that chemical prodnc.
lion would be subject to perfect CON.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

litres of it. This showed us that we
had the right formulate, the scientific
execution of which was no longer
questionable. But with the making
OF isoprene our troubles were not
ended; on the contrary, they were but
beginning.
We were confronted with the pro-
blem of converting this liquid into
that tough. elastic, plastic colloid
which was to be a successful substi-
tute for rubber, in truth its very
counterpart. theoretically the task
was easy, because, as Beilstein says,
isoprene is converted into caoutchouc
by treating it with muriatic acid. OF
course, We tried that at once, but for
our pains we got nothing but oily
chlorides-not trace of rubber. We
were apparently defied.
We tried all sorts of likely and
imaginable physical and chemical
mediums in connection with isoprene,
but the wilful stuff refused to thicken
Finally l discovered the power to per
form this miracle hidden away In
heat. There was nothing new in
heating isoprene, but the result we
obtained thereby was new. Other
authorities had tried heat, but all they
got was either an oily or at best a
resinous substance.
Polymerism in chemistry is that
property peculiar to some compounds
by which they differ in their mole
cular weights and also in their chemi.
cal properties even when formed from
the same elements and combined in
the same proportions. In other
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

words, the structural atoms are differ
| emily arranged, and the body or sub
stance thus differs from another of
the same chemical get up but with
its tiny units otherwise distributed.
We soon recognized that the poly
meriZing power of heat could be
furthered by numerous chemical ad-
mixtures. but we soon found that
there are many more substances that
work in opposition to this end. In
August of 1909 l obtained the first
rubber polymerized by heat in the
laboratory Of the Elberfeld works. In
September of that year / submitted
sample of this material to DR..
Gerlach. He was the first to confirm
that our product actually contained
caoutchoCc. A month later Harries
tested our synthetic material with
his ozone method, and by this means
was able to establish that our heat
polymerized isoprene was veritable
india rubber"
DR.. Holman frankly admits that
should the extensive rubber planta.
tons cultivated under English direc-
ton in the Malay Archipelago meet
expectations synthetic rubber will not
be so necessary in supplying at a
more reasonable rate the present
market. However. he says that the
synthesist has SO adjusted conditions
that he can compete with his ware in
price and quality with the natural
product
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

There was an artificial man
His hair was not his own;
One eye was glass, one ear was wax,
His nose was carved from bone;
His legs were manufactured ones;
His teeth were deity made;
Six ribs of rubber, also, were
Within his form arrayed.
He wooed a maid of paint and pun
Whose face and form were art.
And found she had. when they We're wed,
An artificial heart
However, they did not indulge
In petty stress and strife
They hired their fussing done, and led
An artificial life.
They read by artificial light,
Ate artificial rice.
Drank artificial water cooled
By artificial ice.
An artificial organ played
Them artificial tunes;
A monograph would soothe their babe
With artificial croons.
Alas! At last there came a day
To harrow up the soul,
The artificial man could not
Buy artificial coal.
And with no artificial heat
To warm their chilly breath,
They initiated other folks
In artificial death.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27

troll and that the synthetic rubber fac
tory would be located where it could
reach easily its raw materials and its
market for the finished output
Climatic and geographical conditions
have prescribed the zones in which
the rubber plant can be successfully
grown, even though its cultivation be
subject to scientific methods and are
free from the haphazard ways OF the
rubber hunter.
In England the present discoveries
are hailed by Sir William Ramsay
and his fellows not SO much as a prom
Use of commercial advantage but as
a professional achievement which
puts the British chemist ahead of his
rivals across the Channel. That the
Germans have good reason to be salts
fed with their own accomplishments
in this very field is undoubtedly true.
The Germans claim that they have
now a method for making rubber
alphabetically which will soon be ready
to compete with the output of the
tropical forests.
Back in the sos Tilden, an English
man, gave long study to the problem
of making synthetic rubber, but aban-
doned his work finally because he did
not believe the attainment practicable.
The individual was powerless to cope
with SO gigantic problem and his
resources were unequal to the task.
Capital was necessary as well as the
united efforts of many men. In fact
in one factory alone in Germany there
were 800 college bred chemists concen-
trating upon the technical researches