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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17

porting, and to assist the efforts of the
prisoners. or colonists, the government
has set aside strip of shore, and Tor
three miles Off shore only the colonists
IRE permitted to fish. The main object
OF the prison system Is educauonal,
and we strive always to fit the men
for life outside prison walls. Indeed,
every prisoner with more than year
to serve must learn trade, and In the
selection of II we are guided first by
the wishes of the men and then by
what their life on the outside has fit
ted them for. II must be understood
that the people there do not view GO
ing to prison as we do here.
Prisoners Go by Ranks.
"The prisoners have TO earn the
right to 20 to the colony and most of
them are spurred on by this ambition.
A frst-class prisoner in Bllibid be-
comes n fourth-class prisoner In Iva
hig, which means that, having won the
right to enter the colony, he must
then earn the right TO first rank In the
colony. After n year he may send for
his family, or II single he may marry.
Should he elect TO follow agricultural
pursuits he receives twelve and half
acres to cultivate. The Government
furnishes him with one work animal,
the necessary implements and seeds,
builds him house In which to live,
and assigns an instructor TO teach
him. Also he can deal at the coop
erative store. The only condition i'm
posed is that he must share with the
Government half and half until IL is
reimbursed for the goods furnished
to him. The officials see that he has
market for his produce. There, on
his own farm, he can settle down TO
self-respecting work and his children
have opportunity for education and To
learn useful trades.
"The entire colony is managed by
the colonists. They have their own
court, their own police, and their own
lighting and water systems. Indeed,
IL might be said that the colony en-
joys every modern advantage. Those
who do not take up land have other
employment. They work in the pow
nr houses or in the workshops or in
some other line OF activity. We have
u great plant there, and there is work
for all"
DIR. Dade exhibited with pride some
samples from the prison workshop,
and he said that foreign houses main.
tain buyers in Manila especially TO
take the products of the prisoners.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
ESTIMATE OF AVERAGE Load
In This Country II Is About 1,400
Pounds, While over European
Roads II is $500 Pounds.

1t Is estimated that over our dirt
roads, when level, the average load
drawn by one horse is about 1,400
pounds and, when the roads are hilly,
about 1000 pounds. In France and
Germany, with improved roads, the av-
erage load is about $500 pounds. Other
estimates show that 5,00O,00O,OO0 tons
of freight pass over the highways every
year, with an average haul of less than
ten miles. The average cost is % cents
a ton mile. On good roads the cost
would not exceed eight cents a ton a
mile.
The greater part Of such freight con-
sists of farm products and the I'M
necessary cost of transportation is not
only lost to the farmer but added to
the cost paid by the consumers.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
HIGH TEST OF CIVILIZATION
Man 10 Road Maker and Progressive
ness OF Community May Be Gagged
by It's Highways.

A man driving in the country came
to a stone which had rolled into the
road. He could have gone around the
stone, but, instead of doing that, he
stopped and got out and rolled the
stone away; not for his own sake, for
he never expected to pass along that
road again, but for the sake Of others
who would come after him.
"That man." says the Farm and
Fireside, which told the story, 're-
sponded to a high, very high test Of
civilization. He felt socially" Saw
ages do not make roads; their paths
follow the lines of least resistance
and go around distractions. Civilized
man is road maker, and the progress
siveness of community may be
gagged by It's roads. The higher the
state Of civilization the better the
roads.
A man may be judged, too, by his
attitude toward roads.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
REFORM PRISONS
IN PHILIPPINES
Or. Waller Dade Says Men Are
SChooIed for Life Work
While Confined.
EDUCATION, NOT PUNISHMENT
Penal Colonies Are Self.Governed and
First Class Prisoners May Live
With Their Families on Bio
Model Farm at iwahio.

New Iork.--Dr. Waller ri. Dsde, d.
rector o. the bureau Of prisons In the
Philippines. was In this city recently
on his way TO attend the American
Prison Congress which was held In
Buffalo. He has under his jurlsdic-
ton the Bilibid prison, at which many
of the methods of prison reform put
ipto operation by Warden Thomas
Mott Osborne Of Sing Sing prison are
In success tul operation; where the
prisoner-phice are armed and where
the homo system Is highly developed.
Besides, he has charge of the great
lwahig penal colony, where the pris-
oners follow agricultural pursuits I'M
der government patronage, and where
they live with their wives I'm their
own houses and raise and educate
their children and where many elect
to remain even after the term Of their
Imprisonment has expired.
Doctor Dade left the Philippines on
July and came to San Francisco on
tile United States transport Buford.
Before he left BilIbid the prisoners
turned out to wish him godspeed, the
prison band serennded him and the
men In the workshops presented him
with two carved silver-topped canes
and gold watch and chain.
Prison We'll Located.
Through the bureau OF prisons the
government has established a uniform
method of dealing with all the prisons
In the Philippines" he said. "All are
controlled through headquarters ut
Bilibid. The great prison colony at
iwahig Is ideally situated at Palawan,
seven miles up the Iwahig river. Here
we have 1,4OO colonlsts located on
100000 acres. The colony Is self-sup-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
CANADA HAS BIG TELESt /E
Rejecting Apparatus at Victoria 10
Said to Be the Largest Yet
Constructed.

A seventy-three inch rejecting tele-
largest telescope of that type yet COM
pleted, has been constructed for the
Dominion Astronomical observatory at
Victoria, Canada: The instrument Is
described in Popular Mechanics. The
mirror, which In this type of telescope
takes the place of lens in concentrate
ing the rays of light, measures 70
Inches In diameter over ALL Is II inches
thick ut the edges, and Is pierced by
hole ten and One-eighth inches In d.
ameter. The silvered upper surface Is
n parabola to bring the reflected light
to focus, 80 feet above the mirror.
This enormous piece of glass weighs
two and one-Quarter tons and yet Is so
accurately supported that no fiexure
can distort the surface, which must
nowhere deviate from the theoretical
curve more than a POOL 900 of an inch.
The instrument weighs 50 tons and
will rest on massive piers of re-en-
forced concrete. The tube is 81 feet
long and weighs IL tons. OF unusual
interest from an engineering point OF
view are the dome and observing
bridge. The former Is SO feet in d.
ameter and is provided with double
shutter having an opening 10 feet wide.
All the movements, including revOlu-
ton to any desired position as well as
the operation of the shutter, wind
shield and the observing bridge, are
accomplished by means of electric mo-
tors
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
Possih.s Explanation Of Why Some
Business Enterprises Fall, While
Others Succeed.

ut Is an axiom that II is the little
things that count, and l never had a
better Illustration of such logic than
an incident In cigar store the other
day." said an observing man.
II wanted to buy Q box of cigars,
but II was a busy tine OF day. The
store was crowded and there weren't
enough clerks to handle the rush. Gus
toners were impatient and complain.
ing, but that did not help matters a bit.
for the clerks were hustling their best.
when my turn came l asked for a
box Of cigars of a certain brand. The
clerk got them and started to wrap
them up. As did not care to buy
goods without looking them over, I
asked him to open the box. He did,
but lost the small brass tack that held
down the cover, so when he closed the
box he had to look for another tack.
FINALLY he took tack out of IN.
other full box Of cigars, but bent It so
that II could not be used. Then he
looked for an empty box with tack
left In II, but there weren't any. Other
customers impntiently watched. grum-
bling all the time. At last the clerk
had to open another box of cigars and
take the tack from the box, and with
1t he nailed my box.
snow, why didn't that store have
extra tacks on hand?"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
MANY BIRDS UNABLE TO FLY
Having No Necessity to Use WInos
to Escape Enemies, Those Mem
bers Ceased to Develop.

OF the 20 kinds of birds existing in
New Zealand, 80 are found nowhere
else, and Of this number by far the
larger portion Is fllghtless; this, no
doubt, owing TO the fact that for ages,
ever since the sea swallowed up con-
tlnent, leaving only the islands COM
prising the present Dominion of New
Zealand, there have been no destruc-
tive carnivora In the land except those
small ones imported recently to aid In
abating the rabbit pest, and, having no
enemies, the birds also had no use for
wings, which ceased to develop, and as
years rolled by left many species with
only little nubbins for wings and alb.
solutely without power of flight.
Centuries ago there were In exist.
ence at least three varieties of gigan-
tic birds, two of which were as large
In body as the tabled roc, the rescuer
OF Sinbad the sailor. These included
the Hapagornis, the Dlnornls or Moa
and the Cnemiornis, which was a gi-
gantic goose. The Moa became ex-
tinct some 500 years ago. 1t was q
fligltless bird, said by tradition to
have been hunter of humans, a man
eater, was Of varying size and ex-
tremely plentiful
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Pistol Shooting.

At short range an expert will keep
n can moving until his gun Is empty,
either by shooting through 1t or strik.
Ing the ground directly underneath
1t. If the nature of the ground is right
this latter method makes the can
jump In the air, the effect being quite
spectacular. Bottles or cans thrown
In the air are not particularly difficult
TO hit II thrown so as to make II as
easy as possible for the shooter. and
almost any fair shot can put two
bullets through an old hat thrown In
the air before II reaches the ground
In general the secret of hitting OBJ
1ects thrown In the air is to aim the
pistol underneath them and fire as
the object is falling into the line OF
sight. One really good ut this class OF
work Will throw an object into the
air, draw his pistol from the holster
with the same hand with which he
threw, and hit the object before Il
reaches the ground. There are few
who have the speed to do this, how
ever.-Outing.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
U. S. TO HAVE GOOD FLYERS
War Department Finds This Nation
Far Behind Europe's Military
Aviation Efficiency.

Washington.--Plan for the develop
ment of military aviation under the
army appropriation act have been
worked out by the war department
and are now being put in operation.
The scope of the plans, as indicated by
army officers, furnishes striking proof
of a determination to approximate at
least the efficiency of the famous
French Aviation corps.
From 1911 until March 81, 1916, only
100000 was appropriated for avia-
ton In the army. This amount does
not include the purchase price of the
first Wright machine, but represents
annual appropriations of 100000 to
$250,000 for the entire service.
For the present fiscal year the war
department has $13,23l ,666 for avia-
ton. In previous years there was no
money or very little available for pur-
chase Of machines or development of
motors. The development of military
aeroplanes progressed slowly. The
previous appropriations were expend-
ed In the training Of officers for the
service.
Under the new law the aviation
corps Is to have the following officers:
One colonel, one lieutenant colonel,
eight majors, "a captains and ia first
lleutenants. With this staff of officers
to direct the training Of military avia-
tors, to develop machines and to han
die the administrative features, the
United States takes long stride for
ward.
Just as France has selected for her
flying corps the men best adapted to
this work, the United States now has
policy which is expected to put eff.
ficiency into the service. This policy
Is of voluntary service in the aviation
section. No army officer can be de-
tailed unless he has made formal appli-
cation of his desire for this kind Of
work. In addition, the department re-
quires of officers In the corps college
education or It's equivalent.
The department has Is machines
and two hydroplanes at San Diego; II
at Columbus. N. NJ, including twin
tractor battle plane; four hydroplanes
ut Manila. two aeroplanes at San An
tonic. four at Mineola, N. Y, and four
at Chicago. There are now nearing
completion II machines for new
squadron of flyers Mt San Diego and
five new twin tractors.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
V. S. Best at Bomb Throwing.

Port Royal, $. C.-Americans are
latently the best bomb and grenade
throwers In the world and are capable
OF waging wonderful trench warfare In
case Of hostilities, say United States
marine corps officers in charge OF re-
cruit training at this place.
The average American youth early
learns to throw a baseball with speed
ana accuracy, and II is because of that
we as nation are especially fitted to
wage the modern war OF the trenches,
Baseball Is encouraged at all our sta.
tons and the skill displayed by ma.
rines-even unframed recruits-in the
bomb and grenade throwing practice is
really remarkable" said Drill Sergeant
Moore.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Good Roads Mean.

Better farmers and greater
farm efficiency.
Larger production, cheaper
distribution hence cheaper COM
modIties.
Purer milk and fresher vege-
tables.
, More work accomplished and
more time for pleasure.
More tourists and more money
spent at home.
Less gasoline, less tire trou-
bic, more comfort.
Better rural schools, better
school attendance.
Better rural churches and bet
ter social conditions.
More attractive rural homes,
and more boys staying on the
farm.
Greater progress, better citi-
zenship.
Who can doubt the urgency of
an Improvement that will tend
toward these conditions?-S. Il.
Bradt.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Petty Arlthmeflc-

II suppose you always look out for
number one?" said the admiring friend.
mo, sir" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. "a
man who confines himself to such a
small figure as number one is likely to
get left our of the big calculations
that go with modern affairs"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17

One of the first and chief plans of
the department Is establishment Of
training schools for reserve officers.
An appropriation of 100000 is made
FOR this purpose. Schools have been
established mt Mineola, N. Y, Chicago
and San Antonio, in addition TO the
school of the regular army at San
Diego.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Ladder Needed.

Lady-We always keep the hose
ready in case of II Zeppelin raid.
Vlsitor-But, surely, my dear, 1t
would never reach them at the height
they fy.-Londop Punch.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Daily Thouuht.

Why tell me that man is a fine
speaker If II Is not the truth that he
is speakingf II nm eloquent speaker
is not speaking the truth, is there a
more horrid kind Of object In crea.
tion?-Carlyle.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Roads Are Not Eft.

The farmer Is good enough and often
rich enough to ride in an automobile
whenever he wants to, hut the roads
are not fit to ride over much of the
time.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Wouldn't Do.

"What are these?"
"Elderberries, num-"
"oh," said the young housekeeper. II
want some young berries. please
Louisville Courier:yournal
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17

This
Curtiss
designed offer
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Quick PROGRESS.

Only "A years ago the first newspa-
per was founded in Japan. Now there
are 1900 of them In that country
Buffalo Times.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Cultivation Of Beans.

Be sure not to cultivate beans when
they are wet. Such is likely to spread
blight and anthracnose.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17
Good Road Is Cheapest.

A good country road costs less than
doing without IL.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-11-17

The wages OF sin remain standard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-11

About two weeks. But when are
we going to spring upon friend Livius
and strip him OF his counterfeit toga?'
That's the easiest part of it. I've
already caught him filing fountain
pen ms II he'd been brought up on
them, and humming the spinning
chorus from The Flying Dutchman;
not to mention the lifting of my news
paper"
|. Memo mortalium omnibus horis
sapit," murmured Warren.
TNo. AS you say, no fellow can be
on the job all the time. But our prob
lem Is not to catch Livius, but to find
out what 1t is he's been after for the
last, three months"
Three months? You're assuming
that 1t was he who applied for work
iii the library"
Certainly. And when he failed at
that he set about very carefully de-
veloped scheme to get at Colonel
Graeme's books anyway. BY inquiries
he found out the old gentlemans fad
and proceeded to get in training for it.
You don't know, perhaps, that / have
a corps Of assistants who clip, cata-
logue and file all unusual advertise
ments. Here is one which they turned
up for me on my order to send me
any queer educational advertisements:
'Wanted-Daily lessons in Latin
speech from competent Spanish
scholar. Write. Box BAT, Banner Office.
That is from the New York Banner OF
April 8, shortly after the strange call
er's second abortive attempt to get
into the Graeme library"
II suppose our Livius figured out
that Colonel Graeme's theory OF accent
was about what q Spaniard would
have. But he couldn't have learned all
his Latin in four months"
"He didn't. He was a scholar al.
ready; an accomplished one, who went
wrong through drink and became q
crook, specializing in rare books and
prints. His name is Enderby; you'll
find it in the Harvard catalogue. He's
supposed to be dead. My assistant
traced him through his Spanish-Latin
teacher, priest"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-11
ais Mr.. FlehteI Here" That's Me-" Said sertram.


| "But even allowing for his scholar
ship, he must have put in deal of
work perfecting himself in readiness
of speech and accent"
$50 he did. Therefore the prize
must be big. Do you belong to the
Cosnnic club?"
The assistant professor stared. mo. ;"
he said.
I'D like to put up there. One ad-
vantage OF membership is that Its rcs-
ter includes experts in every known
line CT erudition, from scarabs to ski
ing. For example, am now going to
telegraph for aid from old Mil
lington, who seldom misses q book
auction and is q human bibliog-
raphy Of the wanderings Of all rare
volumes. I'm going to find out from
him what British publication Of the
late seventeenth century in Latin is
very valuable; also what volumes Of
that time have changed hands in the
last six months"
Colonel Graeme went to big book
auction in New York early in March, !"
volunteered Warren; "but he told me
he didnt pick up anything Of particu-
lar value"
Then it's something he doesn't
know about and Livius does. I'm go
ing to take advantage Of our Romans
rather un-B. -C.-like habit Of reading
the daily papers by trying him out
with this advertisement"
Average Jones wrote rapidly and
tossed the result to his coadjutor who
read:
LOsT-oLD BOOK PRINTED IN LAT
in, bum leather binding. little faded
otis safe to be that, explained Average
Return to Colonel Ridgway Graeme, IL
Carteret Street, and receive reward.
| The advertisement made its appear
arce In big typo on the front pages Of
the Baltimore paper of the following
day. That evening Average Jones met
Warren, for dinner, with q puckered
brow.
did Livius rise to the bait?" asked
the scholar.
Ibid he!" chuckled Average Jones.
Hes been nervous as cat all day
and hardly has looked at the library.
But what puzzles me is this" He ak
lhibited telegram from New York:
Millington says positively no book Of
that time and description any great
value. Enderby at Barclay auction In
March and made row over some book
which he missed because It was put up
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-11

perhaps forty-five years OF age, thin
and sinewy, with close-shaven face,
pale blue eyes, and narrow forehead
running high into mop OF grizzled
locks. Diagonally across the front part
Of his scalp scar could be dimly per-
ceived through the hair.
Colonel Gracme presented the new
conner in formal Latin. He bowed.
The SCARED man made a curious ges-
ture of the hand, addressing Average
Jones in an accent which, even to the
young mans long-unaccustomed ears,
sounded strange and strained.
"Di I'LL linguam astrinxere: mutus
est" said Colonel Graeme, indicating
the young man, and added sentence
in sonorous metrical Greek.
BY way OF allaying suspicion, Aver.
age Jones scrubbed upon sheet of pa
per a few complimentary Latin SEN
fences, in which Warren had sedu-
lousy coached him for the occasion,
and withdrew to the front room, where
he was presently Joined by the Johns
Hopkins man. Fortunately, the colonel
gave them few moments together.
Arrange for me to come here daily
to study in the library" whispered
Jones to the Latin professor.
The other nodded.
Nov, sit tight" added Jones.
He stepped, soft-footed, on the thick
old rug, across to the library door and
threw it open. Just inside stood Livius,
an expression of startled anger on his
thin face. Quickly recovering himself,
he explained, in his ready Latin, that
he was about to enter and speak to
his patron.
Shows a remarkable interest in pos
sible conversation" whispered Jones,
on his withdrawal, "for a man who
understands no English. Also does me
the honor to suspect me. He must
have been willy chaplin the consul
ship Of Plancus.'
Many hours has Average Jones spent
more tediously than those passed in
the cool seclusion of Col. Ridgway
Graeme's treasure-house of print. He
burrowed among quaint accumulations
of forgotten classics and all the time