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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

construction crsSs who do their duty,
runs back over the space of = any
years. 1t brings you into ex sri-
ment stations and testing ROY IDS
and laboratories. 1t covers innpmer-
able experiments and improvements.
Every step forward in the develop
ment of telephony has been over
gigantic scrap heap. Bells original
transmltter has seventy-three de-
scendants. Fifty-three types and styles
OF transnitteTs have been intro duced
since 1871 Within ten years the Bell
system spent for construction and re-
construction an amount more than
eqnat TO the present hook value of the
entire plant.
And what is true of transmitters anc
receivers is even truer of all that lies
between the terminals OF the trans
continental line. for 1t is in this field
that the engineers had their real prob
IeIns. TO I'LL in the gap between Dem
yer ana the Coast with wires and poles
was comparatively simple. The task
they confronted was to begin at New
YORK and working all along the line.
make the multitudinous improvements
necessary for a 9,400 mile talk. Trans
mltters, switchboards, metallic circuits.
hard-drawn copper wire and loading
COILS all had to be attuned to the trans
continental keynote. There's a hint of
the real achievement in what the engi-
neers did with the loading coil. When
the loading coil left the hands of its
inventor it was as large as a keg, and
the fine iron &ires inside it cost mint
to make. To-day the loading coil is a
few inches in size, and in the New
fork-San Francisco line there are 49,
oOO miles of that wire whose cost of
manufacture is comparatively low.
Big Problems Solved.
For those in the Dey Street offices
there was striking proof that the prob
lem OF transmitting speech is not
solved by any loud-speaking trans
m1tter in the replica of Bells invention
that lay before them. They realized
as they looked at that instrument.
crude in the light of all that has hap
pened to transmitters since, what the
engineers had accomplished to make II
speak across the whole United States.
they saw that it was not a question of
more horse power, that the telephone
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS
JOINED BY BELL TELEPHONE LINE
President vaps Engineers Make It Possible For President
Wilson to Send His Voice Across the
Continent Instantly.
BELL, VAIL AND. WATSON, CREATORS OF TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE GREETINGS OVER 4,4oo
Public Officials Celebration and
Congratulate or Ne Bon
and est

The long distance telephone line
between New York and San Francisco
is now completed. First, New York
city had speech with her California
neighbor, 3.400 miles away Then the
wires that swing southwark from
New York brought Washington and
San Francisco into telephone touch
On down the coast to little JekyI
Island opposite Georgia, they car
ried the Golden Gates greeting. To
the North, Boston, the birthplace of
The telephone, talked across the con-
tinent. q
At the White House President Will
son spoke into the mouthpiece of his
telephone and his voice was whirled
across thirteen States to the shore of
the Pacific.
President Wilson Talks.
President Wilson talked first to
President Moore of the Panama-Pacif-
ic exposition He said:
IT appeals to the Imagination to
speak across the continent. 1t is
q nne omen for the exposition that
tbs first thing it has done is to send its
voice from sea to sea. / congratulate you
on the fine prospects for a successful ex-
position. l am confidently hoping to take
part in 1t, after the adjournment of con-
sress. May / not send my greetings to
the management and to all whose work
has made II possible and has made 1t the
great event It promises to be- and to con-
yey my personal congratulations to you?"
Clear as a bell came back President
Moore's reply:
We are looking forward to your COM
Ing here. l think you will be pleased
with what We have done. asusre you,
Mr.. President, that you will never receive
a welcome that will be more cordial and
more enthusiastic"
President Wilson then talked to Mr..
Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco,
NTH DR.. Alexander Graham Bell listen
ing in on the line at New York Presi-
dent Wilson said:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

engineer could not speed up dynamos
or start more engines running to get
what he was after. For telephones
motive power is the feeblest thing
imaginable. 1t is mere breath And
the engineer must preserve and hurry
10 their destination practically instan-
taneously the thousands of minute
waves made in the air by the voice
with all their separate shapes and in
dlVlduahtles preserved. In speaking
OF his engineers problems, President
Vail said:
The solution was found only in the
cumulative effect of improvements,
great and small, in telephone. trans
mltter, line, cable, switchboard and
every other piece of apparatus, or plant
required in the transmission of
speech"
Nine Million Telephones.
But proud as telephone engineers
are Of what they have accomplished.
they will tell you that this trans.
continental line is by no means
the last word in the telephone de-
velopment in this country. The new
line is the backbone of a network of
21,000 900 miles of wire woven round
100000 telephone stations of the
Bell System. The completion OF this
line is a mighty step forward toward
that ideal of universal service preached
by President Vail and his associates
back l. the Seventies As they inter
preted universal service, it meant tina.
anyone anywhere could speak to any
one anywhere in this country by taxi
ing his telephone receiver off the hook.
The line is still in the hands of the
engineers. There is an amount of field
work to be done before IL is opened to
the public for commercial use, but
when 1t is opened it will mean that a
New York business man can talk to
his San Francisco associate without
leaving his desk.
The telephone in the United States
has always set the pace for the rest of
the world I. has made in the u. s. A."
stamped on its very soul.
Here are some figures in connection
with the New York-San Francisco line
for the lovers of statistics:
Length Of line, 3,400 miles. Route:
From San Francisco to Salt Lake City,
ITO miles; from Salt Lake City to
Denver, $50 miles; from Denver to
Omaha, 5S5 miles; from Omaha to Chi.
cago, 500 miles. At Chicago the line
branches, one branch going to Pitts
burgh, 54o miles, and then to New
York, 800 miles from Pittsburgh. The
other branch goes from Chicago TO
Buffalo, SOB miles, and then down 10
New York, $50 miles. There is a con-
tinuation of the line from Buffalo to
Boston, 465 miles long. From Pitts.
burgh there is a continuation extend
ing to Baltimore, ESQ miles away on to
265 miles. Philadelphia
is reached by a branch from the line
from Pittsburgh TO New
York. connecting at Newtown Square.
The diameter of the hard-drawn cop
per wire OF number B. w. q. gauge
used In the line Is .165 inch. The total
weight Of one circuit consisting Of two
such wires is 1880 tons.
There are 10000 polss IN the hAA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
INDUSTRIAL GIRLS
GIVE DINNER.

The girls of the domestic science
department of the continuation or
industrial school gave q dinner last
Thursday to the four men on the in
dustrial school board and to four rep
resentatiyeS of the various factories
|of this city. The girls showed how,
through the aid of their instruction,
they were able to prepare substantial
|repasts at the meager cost of twenty
cents per plate. a delicious menu
was served, the course being as fol-
lows:
Celery Olives
EScaloped cabbage Mashed potatoes
Braised beef
Devils food Parkerhouse rolls
Ice cream Peanut bars
Coffee
Following this delicious dinner,
Supt S. Is. Tobey and W. r. Johnson
gave short talks, explaining to those
present what the object of the course
in this work was and how it would
benefit those who were taking the
same in that they would be able TO
serve excellent meals at very moder-
ate cost. The object of the dinner
was to show the men present that the
work being done in the industrial
school is of the most practical value.
The school is really doing remarkable
work in this line as well as in the
other branches. The guests were
shown through the various depart
ments after the dinner.
1t is expected that some time in the
near future another group of men
will be entertained at a similar din
ner for the same purpose.
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Relating to property exempt
from taxation.
Everett-Relating to the issuing of
hunting licenses.
Relating to condemnation
by electric railways.
Manufacturing to municipal con-
tracts.
Martin -Relating TO the use of high
ways by gas companies.
Relating to fire depart
ment dues.
Baxter-Relating to bakery and con-
fectionery.
Relating to town mutual
insurance companies.
Bichler-Relating to majority NOM
nations at primary
Senate adjourned until Friday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
MAPLE SUGAR.

Marathon county has many maple
forests and why we should have to
send off TO Vermont to get enough Of
the pure stuff to supply the demand is
a conundrum. It may be because
those who have maple forests do not
s Dare in time TO make business Of
= 1t is now getting along TO the
of March and there is money in
maple syrup and sugar, and the PILoT
would suggest that our farmers pre-
pare TO do a land Office business the
coming season in maple syrup and
sugar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William Berth of Town Stettin, to
Martha Geier, Wausau.
Charles Hoerssch and Anna Young,
both of WauSau.
Ulysses Frazier, Fond du Lac, to
Jessie Prichard, t. of Franzen.
Paul Lueck and Elsa Plisch, both
of Town Hamburg.
Arthur f. Mcdonnell and Lydia
SteclSel, both of Wausau.
Henry Pssssow and Nellie A. Clark,
both of T. Mosinee.
Julius Moren and Barbara Sawls-
vile, both Of Il. of Bergen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

cause all forestry laws of the state
are unconstitutional. The court de-
clared that 100000 belonging to
trust funds had been unlawfully di-
verified to purchase nearly million
acres as neucleus for state forests.
Judge Samuel Hastings of Green Bay
was named as referee and given a
year in which to determine how to
return this money to the school and
draining land funds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

Ten high school students enter
tanned good sized audience last FRI
day evening at the high school at
play entitled, 'Bess Goes to Europe"
The play under the direction Of Miss
Morey, teacher of expression In the
high school, was exceptionally well
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

Of such titanic lungs, to travel to San
Francisco through the air. On the
wires it takes less than one-fifteenth
of a second. Electricity was driving
DR.. Bells "ahoy" at the rate OF Sc, 900
miles per second. Sound, unabetted,
limps along in comparison. making
only 1,160 feet per second.
Work Takes Two Years.
The work of constructing the trans
continental line took two years, but
the history Of the WORK OF making the
poles and wires, set and strung b. the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16

staged. all the participants taking
their parts very well. The cast Of
characters was as follows:
Bessie Tapping ......... Stella Mohr
Mrs. Edward Tapping Florence Weisse
Mr. Edward Tapping Ben Kucbler
Madame Griggs. Elizabeth Anderson
Master Edward Tapping, Jr.....
1919. .Invincible but Omnipresent
Babe Woodward. ...... Gretchen Paff
Name Hensel ........ Irene Smith
Millicent Cameron. Ella Erlandson
Galliger Gurdy. ....... Franklin Bump
Frank Sawyer. ....... Chester McInnis
Dan Mitchell .. Kenneth Green
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
FOREST LAW VOID.

The supreme court Friday handed
down decision in the forestry case,
declaring contracts for the purchase
Of land for state forests are void be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
MADE In WAUSAU.

Lenses IL every description. We
grind them on the spot. Otto Muel-
Ter, corner Third and Washington
streets. adv
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
PERSONAL

IRA MURDOCH came over from
Goldfeld last evening
II I'll COOK and wife 81 Golddeld
are guests al the Mizpah-
DAVE 5 LLEWELLYN and wife
are arrivals from Round Mountain
WILDER ( BLAIR Of Sacramento
j. here on a business erEand.
BERT NJ, SMITH Of the Red River
Lumber company. is here from West
wood
j. " GUEsSFORD. he Of the ready
fund Of anec6oie, is up from the coast
interviewing the trade.
MISS MARGARET BURNS. an At
andant al the Nevada state insane
4sylum. was an arrival from Reno
his morning
ZEN STROTHER. who had been
visiting on the coast for the past two
weeks. returned to Tonopah this
morning.
GEORGE A. KERNICK returned
his morning from Goldheld. where he
attended q meeting Of the SpeaThead
Mining company
CHARLES II. BOWEN OF Durham.
AFRICAN q Hayden Co, San Fran.
.iscO. is N TOnopsh today interview.
ing hardware dealers.
r. r. McCOOL. maChinisi at the To
lopah Extension. ans Mrs. McCool
ave returned from a months visit
10 the san Diego exposition
A. A. CODD went through from
Coldheld On his way TO Reno this
morning. after attending a meeting o.
the Spearhead Mining company.
" DOWNEY and Mrs P v Royni
mex of ClOverdale and Mrs r r Ney
r and little son Of Millers motored il
@ TOnopah this morning 10 do som'
hopping
JOE TOG NONI and son came owe
I from Goldheld last night and will r.
turn tomorrow Mr.. Tognoni Is deyel
ping a mining prospect which b
I considers very promising
WALTER TRENT. one Of the own
ers Of the Simmerone mine at Cold
/ field. came in from the White Noun
aims last evening. having examines
property there He continued on G
ioldfield this afternoon
GEORGE ANDREWS, who has bee
| employed as an engineer by the Tone
ah Mining company for the past ele'
u years. took his departure today 10
/ San Francisco. where he will renal
for the next month on a well earue
vacation
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
FIGHTERS IN TRIM
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT

large number ~ TOnopah and
Goldfeld fight fans are warming ~
70 what promises 20 h the best box
ing carnival ever held al the Aircome,
and a record breaking crowd is ex-
peefec- The card for Thursday. which
is made up Of three classy six-rOund
bouts and a four-round curtain raiser.
should Be called an sli-sizr card a.
every one Of the boxers matched has
been the main attraction ia many
boxing shows
Paul pollock. Eho boxes Herb
White In the main event Is . gradu-
ate Of the fOur-TOuno game in san
Francisco. where be fought many
sensational battles before the closing
Of the game n California Paul has =
record d eight straight fWo-rOund
knockoutE. which il SOME record. Pol
lock IN his only appearance in this
state fought Dana Mathew al Gold
Geld. ahere b. fought the latter of
his feet Herb White isn't worrying
any over POliOck's punch
Another good bout on the card is
the one between Speck Duffy and
Bert Wagner Duffy. the AGoIdheld
whirlWiud, Is a tough nut and il Wzg-
ner has the class which his friends
say he has. be will have TO show H..
Gus Rainier j. working his hardest
every day al the Big Casino. Joe
Murphy. his opponent is a good boy
The FIRST bout viii be put on al $50
sharp There viii be no waiting for
the following bouts as All the boxers
sill be ready 10 box al $50 sharp and
will be rushed into the ring az soon
as bout Is over.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
A PEACEFUL PAYNleHT

Usually there are wrangles on pay
night. due TO settlement OF financial
matters between debtors and credit
ofs and the taking on OF too heavy
load of John Barleycorn, but every
thing was calm and serene last night,
although crowds thronged the streets
and filled the business houses until
a late hour. Money seemed more
plentiful than usual and circulated
freely The police did not make a
single arrest
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
eoARo or HEALTt4 or
RENO rs DISCHARGED

Acting Eith a suddennesz that came
As q surprise the City council Of Reno
at special meeting virtually dis
missed Doctors Samuel Bernstein and
NJ. a. Robson from the city board Of
health. retaining Or W l. Ssmuels
and providing that be perform all the
duties Of the board and receive me
entire salary Of 800 monthly For
the issf IWO months The council and
the board o. health have not been in
thorough accord The refusal Of the
council 10 provide an automobile for
DR. Robson. whose duties included
tests Of milk from diaries supplying
Reno customers. was the FIRST indics-
ti0n az break Reno Gazette.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
TERRoRIzEs DOCTORS

Jack Rodgers. 3 solicitor Tor sss
eral California papers. has been jailed
~ Reno because his desire for NOR
phine led him 70 threaten 10 xiii doc
tors ID Reno and Sparks il they did
not procure The drug for him Rodg-
ers demanded il al the point Of gun.
lie was captured on the Reno streets
q dszei condition due 10 an inJec-
lion Of atr0phine by DR.. GerOW Of
Reno. DR. GerOW aas confronted b.
Rodgers and forced al the point Of q
pistol TO inject shat the crazed man
thought Was morphine into his arm
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
SEAL CLERK, CRUSHED
BY CAR WHEEL, DIES

Ray Bradley. employed in the capa
city Of seal clerk in the local railroad
yards. early Thursday morning met
with d peculiar and excruciatingly
painful injury which later resulted il
his death. Falling from a car. he did
not fall under the train, but was grip
ped IN the front portion OF tine groin
by one OF the wheels and dragged for
some distance. with the result that
The flesh and muscles were crushed
almost 10 a pulp and the leg severed
nearly half way through Clark Coun
IS Review.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
CATTLE BRING sci PER HEAD

Joe Pa'ani Of Independence valley
near Tuscarora this week sold Ill
head Of cattle for 5000 This is bet
ter than s81 head Old residents
whO can remember when fat steers
were selling for less than $50 each
viii appreciate the profit there is In
are stock business al this latter fig-
ure The Charles Dougherty cattle
consisting Of 1872 head on the North
Fork. brought s5l But this included
the stock cattle and calves The 1915
assessment roll for Elko county shows
10000 head 81 stock cattle At the
price for the Dougherty cattle this
represents value OF about $4,000, 600.
Elko independent
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
RABBITS A MENACE

person living in town does not
realize how great a pest the ordinary
rabbit has become in the section Of
the country adjacent to Elko. but a
short trip into the country will con
vince the most skeptical that some
thing must be done TO rid the commu.
nifty Of The rabbits that are making
life miserable for those who are try
ing 10 farm the hills and valleys near
by lko Free Press
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
RED" FOX FOUND GUILTY

After one of the hardest fought
cases that has come up in the district
court of Douglas county for some
time. the jury in the case Of Red
Fox, accused Of participating in the
crime Of stealing an automobile
brought in a verdict of guilty, anC
recommended the prisoner to the ex
IRENE mercy of the court.-News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
REFUSE TO LEVY TAX

The county commissioners of
Washoe county have refused 70 levy
the special tax of one mill on every
800 valuation on cattle. horses and
hogs, as requested by the Nevada
stock commission The refusal is
made on the grounds that the notifica-
ton came too late as most of the as.
sessnients had been collected. the
law requires that the request for a
special tax must be made prior to
August LIST.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
CATTLE SHIPPED TO
THE CARSON VALLEY

During the past week OF 50 the
farmers Of Carson valley have ship
ped ia between 1000 and 1000 head
Of steers which are now on feed and
are being fattened for the fall and
winter market A majority Of this
stock vas secured from the ranges OF
eastern Nevada while a few shipments
were secured outside the state The
price paid has not been made public.
but it is stated. however, that the
price is below that which was paid
last fall Record Courier.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
ADJUSTMENTS
BUTLER THeATER

Tonight al The Butler a FrOhman
Famous PLAYERS feature viii be shown
entitled THE Commanding Officer
famous military drama 0y Theodore
Burt Sayre. featuring Alice Dewey.
The elaborate film adaptation Of this
noted military romance. the. play thaN
stirred tWo continents, is one OF me
most striking screen dramas ever pro-
duced. With a military environment
and novel scenic surroundings IS com
bined a plot always absorbing and
often thrilling in its dramatic inten-
siiy and emotional appeal Alice DoY-
ev who has recently distinguished
herself in the theatrical sud esses,
"Papa's Darling and The Girl ~
the FILM makes u the sweetly pa
thetic role Of the commanding officer 5
wife. "a notable and sympathetic char
acteri1asion. An adequate supporiins
cast. including Ethel Phillips Ma
shall Npilan. Donald Crisp Russell
BasSaft. Olive Johnson. and Jacs
Piekiora contributes 20 The powerful
deliueatlon Of the characters Of thf
play IL is capital entertainment. SCI
acted. well directed. scenieally per
feet and amazingly faithful 70 detail
Il g. feature u.Cfetr el t11t "HF
seen vice. but that should BY al
means BE seen once The preliminary
reel sill be Paramount Travel pic
lures 81 South America always inter
estlre which will be run ahead Of th'
feature
Tomorrow. satan Sanderson," ori
ginaUy q novel later a play and nov
screen sensation featuring OtFn
johnson. and Pathe Cartoon com
edy Don't miss seeing Gaby Desly
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
EXHIBIT AT SPARKS

There is movement on foot to
place the exhibits from the state
which are now at the exposition at
San Francisco permanently at the
Sparks depot II the Southern Pacific
company accedes to the request of
Governor Boyle The entire Nevada
exhibit will be placed at that town.
according 70 the plans now under
Way A
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
DISCOVERY DAY

Although the 18th of October is a
legal holiday By proyiso Of state Law
and known a. Discovery Day, there
we're no flags floating to the breeze
this morning There were several run
up later in the day The banks and
public offices and courts we're closed.
but otherwise business continued as
usual The public schools we're in
session. There was no session Of the
stock boards. either in san Francisco
or the east
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
MORE clNNAeAR

u. r. Hall, formerly superintendent
of the Kimberly Consolidated Mining
company at Hilltop, but now located
in Reno. was visitor in Austin a
few days ago. He reports an impor-
tant cinnabar discovery made by Joe
Mccoy. of Camp Mccoy The new
find Is in the Antelope valley.-Rev-
aflla
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
RETURNS AT BANK

Every half inning as the worlds Sc
ries baseball games are played the re-
suits are flashed by direct wire to the
Bank saloon and bulletins are posted
lnquirers supplied by phone Std.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
PLAY BALL

The Tonopah club will take fun re-
turns By direct wire Of the worlds
championship baseball series. bull
letins coming In after every half IN
ming -AdyO5td
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-12
A RUN FOR NOTHING

The fire department was called out
at 1929 last night on telephone
alarm. A heap Of rubbish near the
depot was burning No damage was
done