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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02

One Of the greatest pieces of en-
gineering Of modern times is slowly
nearing completion in New York city.
1t is a giant steel arch bridge, with APP
proaches and several miles of connect
Ing raised track which will make pos
sible the running of through trains
from Boston and New England through
New York city to the South and West
without the necessity of ferrying as is
now the case. The giant span is being
erected over He'll Gate, and when com
pleted will be the heaviest and longest
single-span steel arch bridge in the
world. Only five bridges will be longer.
and they are not arch bridges. Eighty
thousand tons of steel will go into the
arch, which will be 1000 feet long be-
tween abutments. Four tracks will I'll
over it. and each foot will be capable
of supporting 5000 pounds more than
either the Manhattan or Greensboro
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02

tive. 1t was all very strange. this re-
quest to make the restitution in per-
son. Well he would soon learn why.
He drew the certified check from
his wallet and scrutiniEed 1t carefully.
Twelve thousand, eight hundred dol.
lars. He replaced it, opened the door,
and walked in. A boy met him at the
railing and briskly inquired his bust.
ness.
Il have an appointment with Mr..
Gilmore. Tell him that Mr.. Ellison is
here"
The boy returned promptly and sig.
nified that Mr.. Elmore was at liberty.
But 1t was not the "old man" who
looked up from . busy mans desk. It
ri the son; 80 far, the one familiar
face Warrington had seer since his ar.
rival. There was no hand shaking:
there was nothing in evidence on
either side to invite It.
"Ah! Sit down. Paul. Let no one
disturb me for an hour" the young
vi~ce-president advised the boy. And
close the door as you 80 out"
Warrington sat down; the bridge
builder whirled his chair around and
stared at his visitor. not insolently.
but with kindly curiosity.
you've filed out" was all he said
After fully satisfying his eyes. he
added: II dare ray you expected to
Ind father. He's been gone six
years." indicating one Of the two nor.
traits over his desk.
+ VA not 1t the "old E:an' War
stnGfon looked lonssst. who y the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
Increasing Safety on Railroads.

On the railroads in the United
states the number of
killed in 1914 was 223. of whom only
II were killed In train accidentsHa
smaller number than in any years
since 1898. The number of railroad
employees killed, 1892, in the year,
showed a similar decrease, it having
been more than 5000 for each OF the
four preceding years. The number
or trespassers killed-that is, of per-
sons walking on the railroad tracks
and bridges or stealing rides-was
5,471. as compared with 5,55S for 1913.
OF this class the number of fatalities
has increased at a pretty constant rate
for the last Is years.
In other words, the railroad com.
panies having control of their trains
endeavor to reduce deaths from &C.
cfdents by improving the roads and
the train equipment and by the OBJ.
servance OF caution. They are sue
ceeding in reducing the number az
accidents to persons travelling on their
trains.
The railroad companies cannot nre.
vent trespassing on their rights Of
way. The habit Of t~respassing does
not decrease. and so Nea deaths of
trespassers do not decf*c~,lum.
bia Is. c. State.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02

INDUSTRY is CONSTANTLY Az.
VANclNG IN IMPORTANCE.
Railroads Have Recognized the I'm
portance Of the Work, and Every
Kind Of Encouragement Is to
Be Given to IL.

Statistics show that wood preserving
is one of the most rapidly advancing
industries in the country. In 1895 there
were Is plants in the United States; in
1914 there were 122 plants of all kinds,
100 being Of the pressure-cylinder type.
Ninety-four of these plants last year
used more than 10000. 900 gallons of
creosote oil, more than 27,000,o 600
pounds of dry zinc chloride and nearly
1850, 900 gallons of other preserva-
tives, such as coal tar and crude oil,
treating a total Of nearly 100, 900, 900
cubic feet of timber, an increase of
about 1000, 600 cubic feet over 1913
and of 35,0O0,0 900 cubic feet over 1912.
The most important consumers are
the large plants in which railroad ties
are treated. The personalities ma
terially lengthen the ties period of
service. lessen the labor cost involved
by renewal and decrease the drain
upon the forests due to tie-cutting. To
some extent the treatment Of fence
posts and other forms of farm timber
is being taken. up, an inexpensive ap-
paratus and method having been de-
vised by the department of agricul-
ture; but as yet the use Of wood pre-
servatiyes by farmers is on too small
a scale to have any Importance in the
total, while the practice of treating
telephone poles is in it's incipiency in
this country.
With the rapid advance Of this in
dustry as a whole" says the report,
"the choice of preservatives has been
fairly we'll established. but the kinds
and classes Of materials to be treated
need development along certain lines.
In Germany and other European coun-
tries practically all cross-ties laid by
the railroads are treated with chemi-
Gals or preserving oils. In this coun-
try but 80 per cen of the ties pur-
chased by the railroads are subjected
to such treatment. The number of
poles treated in this country is a very
small per CEN Of the total in USE
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
tOnNNI

not scriptural. to find that he was not
gone out Of their lives.
He fought grimly against the
thought of Elsa; but he was not
strong enough to vanquish the long
ings from his heart and mind. Always
when alone she was in fancy with MIN,
now smiling amusedly into his face,
now peering down at the phosphores-
cence seething alongside, now stand
ing with her chin uplifted, her eyes
half shut, letting the strong winds
strike her full in the face. Many a
goodnight" he sent owe the seas.
An incident; that would be all.
His first day in New York left him
with nothing more than a feeling of
foreboding and oppression. The ex-
pected exhilaration Of returning to the
city of his birth did not m%aterialize.
So used to open spaces was he, to dis
tances and the circle of horizons, that
he knew he no longer belonged to the
city with it's Himalayan gorges and
canyons, whose torrents we're human
beings and whose glaciers were the
hearts of these. A great loneliness
bore down IN him. For months he
had been drawing familiar pictures,
and to find none of these was like com
ing home to an empty house. The old
life was indeed gone; there were no
threads to resume. A hotel stood
where his club had been; the house in
which he had spent his youth was no
more. He wanted to leave the city:
and the desire was with difficulty over
come.
Early the second morning he started
downtown to the Offices Of the Andes
Construction company. He was ex-
traordinarily nervous. Cold sweat con
tinually moistened his palms. Change,
change, everywhere change; Trinity
cab driver threw off the power and
indicated with a jerk of his head a
granite shaft that scared up into the
blue, Warrington asked: What place
is this"
THE Andes building, sir. The con-
struction company occupies the top
foor."
Very good" replied Warrington,
paying and discharging the
From a reliquary OF the Dutch, ar
affair of red brick, four stories high,
this mOnolith had sprung. With a sigh
Warrington entered the cavernous
doorway and stepped into an express
elevator, When the a arrived at
the twenty-second story, Warrington
was alone. He paused before the door
Of the vice-president. He recalled the
"old man. thin-lipped, b%lue-eyed, erup-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
ROSE FROM LOW POSITIONS
Made Their Way From Compare
tive Obscurity.

Only three of the twenty men VINO
are at the head OF the great railroad
systems of America today held those
positions ten years ago. There was a
time when the list of railroad chiefs
was a catalogue of Goulds, Hunting
tons, Harrimans, Vanderbilts and mil
lionaires generally. Now. with the ex-
ception OF Stotesbury Of the Reading.
who is a banker. and l.. w. Hill of the
Great Northern, who is a, son of J.. ].
Hill, nearly every man has worked his
way up from a lowly position.
Ripley, the giant who piIoft the
Atchison, began obscurely as ael Ik.
Underwood, who is evolving TIE Re
from a joke to a railroad, was a brake
a
Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio,
chosen representative Of the eastern
group of railroads when difficult. mis-
sions have to be undertaken, was a
fireman.
Elliott, savior OF the New Haven.
was a rodman.
Markham of the Illinois Central be
gan as a section laborer.
Bush. who is shaving night and day
to put Missouri Pacific on it's feet, did
not have to work quite SO hard when
he received his railroad baptism as a
rodman.
Rea of the Pennsylvania is a product
OF the engineering department.
Earring, president of the St. Paul,
was a telegraph operator.
Smith Of the New York Central.
Hannaford OF the Northern Pacific.
Mohler of the Union Pacific, Sproule
of the Southern Pacific, Gardner of the
Northwestern. Thomas Of the Lehigh
Valley, Nudge of the Rock Island, etc,
have forged their way up from the low.
est rungs to the ladder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
Quaker Japanese Minister.

A unique feature Of the meeting OF
Quakers was the appreciation given to
the recording" as a minister of the
Gospel of Bunji Kida, a well-known
Japanese mission worker in the
church. This action is analogous to
ordination" in other denominations.
Bunji Kida IS the first Japanese in
America to be permitted to use REV"
before his name in the Quaker church.
and he is the only Quaker Japanese
minister in America. He has been
prominent in Friends, mission work
among his own people under the au-
,pices of California Friends for some
'ears.-Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
Eixina the Crime.

1t was only a nice friendly kind Of q
"sing-song" at the hydro. but just be-
cause 1t was free expectations q
high. and the critics were in full force.
The young man who rose TO sing The
Maiden Fair With Golden Hair" had
the best intentions In the world. but
somehow he was not up to what ID
called concert pitch" Indeed. he wal
very much below it, and after making
two or three attempts he had to capitu.
late and resume his seat at the back.
Then the Observation-Disclosures chairman
o
Ladies and gentlemen, there IL not
a word to be said against the young
gentleman. He did his best. and what
car man do more? He deserves our
thanks for his willingness to come for.
ward. But do think that the person
who asked him = sing should - shelka
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02

Elsa Chetwood. She had her ia
theirs eyes, and it was this which had
drawn his gaze to the portrait Chef
wood; and Arthur had not known any
more than he had. What irony! Ten
years wasted . for nothing!
Warrington laughed aloud. A weak
ness seized him, like that of a man
long gone hungry.
Buck up. Paul." warned the good
Samaritan. "All this kind OF knocks
the wind out of you. l know. But
what I've offered you is in good faith.
viii you take it,"
YES" simply.
That's the way to talk. Surprising
you 60 out to lunch with me? Well
talk 1t over like old times"
mo. haven't seen
ITO be sure! forgot. Do you
know where they live. your mother
and brothers"
mo. / expected to ask you"
The vice-president scrubbed down
the address. Il believe you'll find
them both there, though Arthur, l un-
derstand. is almost al great q traveller
as you are. OF purse you want to
see them. you poor beggar! The
Southwestern will pull you almost up
to the door. After the reunion. you
hike back here. and we'll get down to
the meat Of the business"
John" said Warrington. huskily,
ssvnu'ro = man."
"Oh. pine! It's not al John. The
old man left word that II you ever
turned up again to hang on 70 you.
XnR KaEQ valuAble. And there's Miss
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02

bridges, and $1,000 more than the
famous Firth Of Forth bridge in Scot
land.
Some of the pieces of steel weigh
200 tons apiece, as much as the ordi-
nary 20O-foot railway bridge weighs
when complete.
When completed, the bridge with its
approaches will cost close to s3o,ooo,-
900. It was designed and is being con
structed under the supervision OF Gus
tav Lindenthal. former bridge commits
sioner of New York city under Mayor
Low.
The drawing also shows part of huge
arch under construction. There are
10000 tons Of steel in the portion be
yond the abutment. From the ground
to the superstructure above the abut-
ment is a distance of 275 feet. 1t will
have to be built Is feet higher before
the work is completed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
Railroad Not to Blame.

A railroad company is held not liable
In James vs.. Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road company. l. r. A. 1853. 1853, for
killing geese on the track because OF
failure to sound an alarm unless they
could have been seen by keeping q rea-
ssAable lookout in time to avoid the
injury and the engineer failed TO sound
IN alarm, which was the pr0ximate
cause Of the injury.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-02
Globe Trottino.

The best time made 30 far BY the
globe trotter' goes to the credit ~
John Henry Mears, who, in 1913, Nent
around the world in IS days 81 hours
and I seconds. The next best time
was made by Jaeger-Schmidt in 1911
81. -. ~
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

"SUCCUMBS TO SWOLLEN
FORTUNE

If William Jennings Bryan is not now
afflicted with an attack of Swollen
fortune which he condemned in prose
and song soon after he was relieved Of
his cross Of gold inspiration, he soon
will be, as he has been offered $500 a
night by the Redpath Lyceum Lecture
Bureau for some more of his Chautau-
qua lectures. Bryan numerous fail
ures as presidential candidate and
recently his resignation from the presi-
Dental cabinet has made him a famous
lecturer who can command a swollen
salary on any subject. He was given
$1,000 in Seattle for night s lecture
and a promise to go to Olympia the
next day where the legislature was in
session and boost for the passage of a
bill appropriating 100000 for the
Seattle Yukon Exposition. The bill was
considered a colossal political graft by
most of the legislators who, while op-
posed to it, dared not vote against it
on account of the Seattle spirit that
was behind the bill and its beneficiar
les, who were made rich by its passage
and subsequent influence.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
Prominent Farmer
Fatally Stricken

While returning to mis- farm about
six miles from Blackfoot last Satur
day evening j Lewis Weigel, an old
and respected farmer was stricken with
an attack of appoplexy and was found
unconscious i'll his wagon by Phillip
Dance Jr. who was travelling the same
road behind Mr. Weigei's wagon. 1t
appears that when the stroke occurred
which rendered Mr.. Weigel unconscious
he fell backward on some sacks in the
bed of the wagon where he was found
by Mr.. Dance, who notified the unfortu-
nate man s folks, who brought him
home where medical aid was summoned
and everything possible done for his
comfort and relief, he never regained
consciousness and died about clock
Monday morning.
Deceased was born in Ohio about 81
years ago, and was raised in Iowa. In
1879 he married Miss Rebecca Hend-
ricks in Prairie City, Iowa, who now
survives him with two sons and a
daughter.
The interment took place Wednesday
afternoon in the Thomas cemetery, and
was largely attended by large con-
course of friends and neighbors who
sincerely condole with the widow and
hcr children in their sad and sudden
bereavement
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
GEORGE MEALS BODY
Is FOUND IN RIVER

sickness drove him to leave his room
one night III his nightrobe which he left
on the bank of the river and sought re-
lief from his mental and physical suf-
ferings in the icy waters Of the Snake
river. The Idaho Falls Post says:
George Neal was for many years the
proprietor Of the Brooks hotel in this
city, when it WIS one of the leading
hostelries in this section of the coun-
try. He was several times elected to
the city council from the Second ward.
During the latter part of September,
soon after the 1913 Round Up, Mr..
Neal, who had been i'll, disappeared, and
later some of his clothes were found
on a rock below the railroad bridge on
the side of the river opposite the city.
1t was thought by members of the
family that during fit of dependency
brought OH by illness he had jumped
into the river and been drowned. 1t
was never known definitely, however,
what had become of Mr.. Neal until the
discovery of the body has apparently
solved the mystery of about two years
standing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
F. 7. Dubois Buying
Horses For France

On next Tuesday, former United
States Senator Dubois of Idaho will ar
rive in Great Falls to take up the work
of buying horses for the French gov
ernment for use in the war in Europe
and will make his headquarters at Hotel
Rainbow during his stay in this city
His financial affairs will be handled
through the Conrad bank which acts To-
cally for the National City bank or
New York, the institution that is look
ing after the interests of the French
government in buying the horses. The
National City bank is one of the larg-
est banks of the country and owners
of horses to sell need have no fear
about the money when the horses are
inspected because the money will be in
Montana and at command for the use.
Senator Dubois has been buying at
Kalispell and four inspectors for the
French government have been atteding
to passing upon the animals presented.
According to the local bank handling
the business quite a number of animals
have changed hands through the sena-
tor at kalispell and in the territory
around Browning. On arrival here dates
for inspection will be fixed by Senator
Dubois for buying points in this sec
tion of the state
Senator Dubois is as well and as ia
vorably known in Montana almost, as
in his home state of Idaho. He served
in the United States senate with Sen
ators Powers, Saunders, Carter, Mantle
and Gibson; in fact he served with ev-
cry senator Montana has had excepting
the present senators, Meyers and Walsh,
and he is great friend of both of these
senators. He was one of the leaders
OF the silver fight and on that issue
left his party and withdrew from the
convention with his entire delegation
at the st. Louis convention in 1916. -
Great Falls Tribune, June 9th.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

The body of the dead man that was
found in the Snake river last Thursday
was brought to Blackfoot by Corenek
Peck, and although being decomposed
beyond recognition, was identified by
County Coroner Dinwoody and DR.: b.,
NJ. Brookfield of Idaho Falls as the
remains Of George Neal who disappeared
the latter part of September. The body
was identified beyond doubt by the
dental work found in the teeth. On
request of his sister and mother who
lives in Idaho Falls, the body was taken
to that city last Saturday where it will
be inferred beside the deceaseds s father
who died since his son s sad and myster-
ious disappearance. Tiny, as he was
familiarly called by host of friends
was very prominent and popular for a
number Of years in Idaho Falls, where
he conducted the Brooks Hotel and
served the city several years as council
man and was serving his third term
when he disappeared.
For several years prior to his death
adversely overlook him, and debt and
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
Jamaica Honey Man After Advice.

Archibald II. Ritchie the Government
En- tomologist of the British West
Indies, located at Jamaica hearing of
the strong and systematic bee associa-
tiop known as the Idaho Honey Pro
dufers Association. writes to j. II.
Stoneman of Blackfoot who is one of
the directors, also vice e-president of the
National Honey Producers Associations
for information preparatory to starting
honey producing association in ia
maica. and the desired information has
BEEN cheerfully forwarded. The Idaho
Honey Producers Association, though
but four wears old. has now 200 active
mdmhers, and has done Il total business
to date of $l66,o00, on a capital stock Of
5000.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01

The Public Utilities Commission viii
start on trip through southeastern
Idaho ON July s, 1915, for the purpose
of conducting a number of hearings and
Investigations in matters now pending
before it, also to afford opportunity to
any citizen, company or corporation to
bring its attention in an informal man
ner anything pertaining 10 the rates,
rules, practices or regulations of any
public utilities under our jurisdiction
that may need attention or correction.
Itinerary of Public Utilities Commission
on Trip Through Southeastern Idaho
At Gooding July s, 7:45 to 500 a. m.
At Wendell July S, 9:05 to II a. m.
At jerome July 3, II m. to l p. m
AT Buhl July s, $40 p m. to 6 p. m.
At Twin Falls July s, 6:40 p. m. to
July 9, 6:40 p. m.
At Haley July 10, ll:40 a. Ill. to
1900 p. m.
At Ketchum July 10, 300 p. M,
overnight.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
Gets National Recognition.

J. II. Stoneman, our Black foot bee
man, has been elected vice-president of
the National Honey Producers Associa-
tion, whose head quarters are at Boulder
Colo.
The object of this association is to
operate with state associations and
large producers in the buying and sell
ing Of honey and bee supplies and pro
ducts, the Standardization of prices, the
equal distribution of honey on the mar
kets, a reasonable price to the con-
sumer, and a profitable price to the
producer Stock in this association can
be had at $40 per share by applying to
Wesley Foster, Boulder, Colo.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
SHELLEY MAN DISAPPEARS

It is reported that Jacob Jacobsen,
of Shelley, engaged in the wholesale
produce business and an extensive
buyer of hogs in that vicinity, has left
that community and has not been
heard from for two weeks, and that
fully ten thousand dollars in cash WIS
taken with him, and number C
debts and creditors left behind.
One stockman of Shelley, it is stated
is loser by $4,000 in the deal some
Burley farmers $500 on hogs. These
amounts, with something like $4,000
which he is supposed to have had s
gone. Several mercantile firms and
banks of the vicinity are losers also 1t
lis stated.--Idaho Falls Register.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-01
SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL

The city council held special meet,
ing last Tuesday night and prohibited
the 4th of July committee selling con
cessions on the street during the eele-
brations. All concessions will be
handled by the committee at the Fair
grounds.
They also prohibited the exploding of
all kinds of fireworks on the streets
and alleys of the city between the hours
of midnight on Saturday and midnight
on the following Monday
The mayor and chief of police were
empowered to properly police the city
during the 4th Of July celebration.