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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-22
SIX BIG RED LETTER DAYS ARE PROMISED
July II to % Inclusive Will See Greatest Fair in Hisorv
of North Dakota,

Six big red letter days for everyone
who attends the North Dakota State
Fair ut Fargo July 1922. is the pro-
mise Of the management, who. fully
alive to the advantages which will ac-i
crue to every resident Of the state thru
this annual event, have spared neither
time. effort or money toward making
this years fair the greatest in all the
history OF the institution.
With more than s2S,00o.Oo hung up
In prizes for the various departments,
supplemented by nnmeruos offers Of
trophies and plate. the show will
without Question assume immense pro-
portions. The different exhibits win
include the very highest type OF ali
classes OF livestock. dairy products,
5agricti.tural. horticultural. Horticulture
al and fine art displays, school exhibits
and Yarie a industries. The machinery
show will be the largest on record in
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1T Is designed to do what sappers
and miners cannot achieve in the same
time and under like conditions. IL is
also intended to- do away with human
agents in such per!lous work. the tor
pedo making it's journey unattended
and yet every inch az the way being
under the control OF concealed oper-
ators.
Have I ever accomplished anything
OF this sort before? Is the subterrane
something more than an engineers
dream? In n military sense my UNDER
ground torpedo is unrr.ed. but It's
mechanical features, by which prog
ress can be made through the suosoil.
have been proved to the satisfaction Of
myself and others.
II know certainly that a properly
constructed weapon will be able To bore
its way through the underlying earth
and carry along with II a great volume
OF explosive material. l know this
because Of experiments made by me
here with comparatively crude ap-
naratus. The last test took place a
little more than a year e down on
Staten Island and upon the site Of q
part Of the Silver Lake reservoir.
MY purpose in carrying out the test
there was 10 attack a natural barrier
that I had reason to believe would be
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forms n footing or foundation against
which to press In turn to shove the
weapon forward.
There IL no tunnel LEFT behind: In
Stead tho line OF progress Is marked
by a core Of compressed earth that Is
even more compact than the natural
soil.
Plainly, then. The s,Iht"rrane Is es-
scnt!al,y an earth cuuqlorinr !nycn-
ton AMI not n tunncll!ng Vachinc, as
the uniformed might !mas!ne il of
hand. AS l have established 10y nay
tests, II viii propcl !,solf through
earth. clay. sand. loose rocks. soft
stone, &c, but II has not Yet attacked
hard ledge.
"a am convinced. however, that IN -
latest form It Will hc able; ~ course ~
much slower speed, to cut ia way
through fixed hard tone. According
To- my calculations and the power pro-
yided tho suhtcrrnnc should 10 able Ia
work forward at "A rate varying from
forty To one hundred feet an hour, or
from onc-s!Xth To one-Aa'f q milo dur
ing an operative day Of tweuty-f0ur
hours. The working depth ia limited
only by the geological formations likely
To be encountered or by tho military
conditions confronting tho operator
choosing this form OF attack.
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ter OF marine propulsion. although We
have found a rotary motion that VIII
answer for the fins We cannot success
fully initiate. The bird has inspired
mechanical flight. and again We have
substituted other impulses for the
wonderful action OF the wing. To
nature also | went fpr my inspiration
In this case. | got my idea OF pro-
puls.on underground from creatures
living in tho earth-from the earth
worm-and my problem has been
70 simulate its movements within the
limitations OF mechanical functions.
CLEARLY the cruX OF the matter lay
in attacking the earth not as a mass
but as an aggregation of particles, not
to clear away a pie Of brick by show
ing the lot bodily aside but by deal
ing with the individual brick. 1t IL
lust in this way that tho earthworm
! borcs its path through the ground.
at doesn't a~ntagonizc nature: II
doesn't try to do the Impossible. Par
ticle by particle II ingests the earth
ahead OF Il, eats its way along. and
! then diges,s the material II piles it
up behind It. This In substance or ef-
feet Is just what tho subterrane does.
and the 'spoils.' or muck as the
| debris ,s technically called. Is passed to
the real and packed so firmly that 1t
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cleared away and thus at a minimum
OF expense TO me show ms how far the
experimental subterrane had travelled
and what was its condition at the end
OF its journey. The excavation for the
Reservoir stopped before the subter-
rane was reached, but its path. n
covered for fifty feet. showed that it
had functioned perfectly.
originally my mind was bcnt upon
devising n tunnelling machine that
would do away with manual labor. but
after partly developing such an APP
paratus l abandoned further effort be-
cause I realized that tho ultimate ex-
pense would exceed that involved In
the employment OF the pick and the
shovel. However. my fundamental
principles were mechanically correct
and the present great conflict has
shown how they can DO utilized to ad-
vantage.
Results are the things aimed at, and
II time ever meant money It's saving
now should be worth millions Of dol
lars IL by to a new weapon
the struggle can be shortened. These
are tho conditions that now warrant
the subterrane ven though It's use
may seem at irst blush to involve
heavy OUTLAWS.
THE fish have guided Us IN the mat
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1T Is reasonably certain tha. the
suhterrane az l have now designed II
would 10 able - travel undsrgrouud
for a distance os five or six miles. this
limit be- nC fixed 10y the size of the reel
carrying tho cable for supplying power
ana the maintenance Of control and in
formation circuits. As in the case Of
I gun or any other weapon. efficient
operation and effective range VIII de-
pend very largely upon the skill of the
engineer IN charge and his more or Jess
complete knowledge OF tho ground to
be penetrated and traverSei.
The sulterraue Is not like n mole.
u gives or Leaves NJ surface indication
ut Us advance. No explosive Is used
IN driving i onward. and i,s progress
is to all outward purposes subs,an-
tally noiscless.
The obiec: OF a commander Of
armies is to reach his objective with
the least delay. lie is a success If he
get there first. no matter the cost IN
lives and treasure: he IS largely a fail
urc II oir"Ctua'iH halted, n his lo.s"s
are then he'd up as a rorrolch. As I
see 4 III" practical value OF the SUBJ
terranc les in the fac, that 1t offers a
safe means, - far IA rs operators
are concerned. by which an cnomy's
trenches. positions. forts and even
cities htCH OF these defcu,cs may be
destroyed.
The FOO canno. resist attack made
in this way. II mus; he borne I'm mind
that tn" suhterrare can take an in
c'inra c"urs: and travel deeper and adj
vance faster than couutcrmiN.n= for
dcf, ~" could ne pushed, assuming
rat tho foe knew OF the UNDERGROUND
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park comfortable and happy. TO give
them pleasure. With this object in
mind We placed ut their disposal be-
tween 250 and 300 park benches.
These benches occupy the choice spots
in the park, tho sites being chosen
with n view TO obtaining picturesque
scenery and cooling shade.
And now We come to the human
swine and their habits. They select "A
sheltered spot and after they have
lunchcd they either sneak papers.
greasy boxes, fruit pcelings. egg shells,
bottles under the bench or toss them
over their shoulders. Why they 70 to
all the trouble to do this when there
are rubbish ans within not more than
forty feet Of them Is Il prohelm I can
not solve unless 1t Is that they live in
filth and dirt nj home n are too
lazy and shiftless to walk 10 the con-
tanners.
signs in four different languages
English, German. Sidd!sh and Italian
are posted everywhere warning them
they will he liable to arrest. yet they
60 TO all the pains tn conceal rubbish
under their skirts rather than obey the
law. Even the plain clothes men
Mayor Mitchell has assigned to the
park service have been unable TO catch
them.
"Thcrc IN only n thing left to do.
AZ fast as ] flnd IA bench IL being
abused will have 1t removed. II
necessary ! will take away every bench
In the park. New York has some OF the
most beautiful and completely equipped
parks in the world. II Is up to her
good citizens to protect and preserve
them"
Director Hornaday has had numer
Gus letters suggesting all sorts Of
remedies for the bench rubbish evil.
one man though II might he an excel
lent idea "a adopt tho rules in force In
San Francisco parks and bar all
lunches from tho grounds.
Il know of no better word to describe
the person who l!tters m our parks
than one common In Tho West--ornery.
I'm after the ornery 10 per cent" said
Mr.. Hornaday In conclusion.
On the way out q mother deliberately
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joined heartily in tho campaign.
Twenty-Five OF our city publications
appealed to their readers to assist not
only by observing the rules OF decency
m cleanliness themselves but by
urging their neighbors to do likewise"
a city ordinance referring to this
subject reads as follows:
"NO person or persons shall throw.
cast or lay m ashes. offal. vegetables,
garbage. dross, cinders. shells, straw.
paper, cravings. dirt. filth or rubbish
of any kind whatever in any street.
lane, alley or public place in the city
OF New York. nor shall any person cast
or distribute in any public street, ave
nue or places OF said city any hand
bills, circulars or advertising matter
whatever. under penalty of not less
than II nor more than five dollars
for each and every offence"
Under the Gaynor regime the per-
ccntage OF offenders of this kind in the
public parks Was reduced to 10 per
cent. and there It has remained. To
eliminate this last 10 IL the problem
that is keeping Director IIornaday up
nights and causing his wrath to rise
in great surging waves which threaten
to dash the guilty up against the
sharp crags OF the law.
I'VE were almost In despair" he
admitted, "when Mayor Mitchell came
into office. Here was n young man.
aggressive. unafraid. We begged him
to lead IL second campaign. 1t was our
golden opportunity.
Mayor Mitchell realized that there
IL a certain element among our citi-
zenry instinctively lawless. dirty. dex
iant. II IL useless to appeal 10 their
, civic pride. their esthetic taste. be-
cause they have none. They must be
curbcd with q club.
1.-THE Mayor entered into the CAM
paign with q vengeance. lie ordered
policemen to arrest viOlatOrs and hale
them to court. Ho called on the Po-
lice Commissioner and the Magis-
trates and tod them that the letter Of
the law regarding park abuses must
be carried out.
"rhe result was that from the nrst
of May. 1916. hundreds Of the laviess
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element were held and fined. Out Of
4 catch OF an even hundred offenders
up for trial in a single court the Judge
fined all but five, the amoun being
anywhere from 81 to So.
Women are especially difficult to
handle. They will defy the officer,
especially II they have children cling
Ing to their skirts. They know an
officer will do almost anything rather
than drag them to court with their
children. but when they refuse to give
their m and get nasty they so.
children and ALL"
Mr.. Hornaday told with great glee
how he had met the gay and festive
peanut and worsted him.
There was a time when any Mon
day morning you could stroll along tho
three miles OF walk in the Geological
Park and find a solid fringe OF pea
nut shells edging the sides and extend
Ing Il distance Of three feet out on tho
grass borders" he said. ut looked rs
II our old friend peanut was going to
give me a losing battle. But We went
after him. ! tried to prevent the sale
OF peanuts In the shell at the nine
StaluS near ITO park entrances, Dut
found this could not be done.
What ] did do was to Incorporate
In the park rules a clause ie~rbidding
the bringing OF peanuts into the park.
To-day any person who brings or eats
peanuts In the shell In the park Is LA
bio to arrest. You IA walk from one
end Of the park to the other any Mon
day morning and not find on the walks
enough rubbish to AL a waste paper
basket"
Right at this point the director
tackled the real business Of the day.
He spoke OF the park benches, and
with every passing word he became
more eloquent, more violent. more
threatening. This II q sore subject
very neal to his heart.
There is n evil We have been un-
able to root out up to now was the
burden of his plant. "but II will bc
rooted II We have 10 remove every
bench In the park to do II.
1T has been U purpose all along
its make ths-psoplp who-couas to the
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human bene:actor, and yet his
knife NAV hurt v,orsa than
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respite the fact that for many months
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Ton OF u worms body necessary To
acnieNe progress.
10 make THESE rec'nrocal operations
ciear' upp tIle subtcrran" Is about
10 DeSin i's undorSround travel. first.
u trencn is aug into which the tor
rcuo ~ lowered 10 inc desired depth.
ms excavation would lie about Il foot
longer 'hah the smell ana p'oJccting
ncan' put WIN Tue rluhs'r Withdrawn
ihsiuc or inc cylinder. The trench Is
aug so that the subtrrranc when low
creu INTO IL VIII point toward tho de-
siicu 'arSct' :
When mus aimed tho four pumps
are starteu ana the rrNoiNahlc All or
piuhscr ~ showed ny means OF the
io"r hvurau'lc Jacks ut"af ana 10
inc rear. rms movement soon brings
inc piungers iicc AGAINST the back
wall or u or the trench ana iurthcr
ciio't on tho part OF inc pumps serves
10 urge inc supt'rr'l' forward Ihen
inc great cutting mead Is started ana
'hc operation ~ Shre"'.''.E or Niinuins
up INC rh"''Fi'iS "''"" - "efHh'
Inc hu'N ''SS'S mo t"v ~Sunter-
rhhe '"PaV'o'5 HiW "n" 'hence
through inc spirai cohN'Not L" 'nc ms
charge oi inc SLOWLY rotating plunHcr
UT .uIpiiic, i"r Ia.t'r SNr"i"' 'hN Nv
scstcu SUN II, u'sciiN' myers 'Ner'ins
COMPRESSION t'o "nh', rs result
inc IiunScr IL tr"l""'F '"iC'a p'cN
Wl'hiii inc sh''' pN It's OWE ''"riS IN"
'ho stfcnE'h Oh 'h" i''F o'' h'rse-
power fn"'"r' IN 'P n'd1'ii'c '"e
'ntuhs hVa' ms eaton i"."'Fd some
'nihs hhe nNc i''t' ana inc Er''lt NC
'Hhll!tHl WORTH MIS- ''n''i'N'u IT'HUh-
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PARK DIRECTOR DISGUISED WITH GUESTS

took q banana peel from her three
ycar-Oll ami tossed it owe at one az
the busy little beavers which was
building a dam for himself in ono uf
the park lakes. Is or is not Director
l~iornauay's ire justiiiablo?
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Ten per cent. OF tho people of New
York are Indifferent to filth and dirt. Ten
per cent. of the people who visit our
parks ARE at heart human swine. who
cannot be reasoned with or appealed to
any moro Il you can convince a swine
by argument. Nothing but force makes
any impression upon their minds. We
can have a clean city here In New York
but. believe me-, w have got to fight for
II and keep lighting. / think We have
here the dirtIest human element that eX-
lists In any American city,
wv. y. HoRSADAY,
"Dr"ctor of the Geological Park, The
Bronx"
NI JuMAN swine" is a fairly
p. s.r.ns fern. but when ap-
preached on tho subject OF
the letter printed above Mr.. Hornaday
Was not willing to abate One whit OF IT.
lie d"clired tho words were all too
m"acrc TO describe those offenders who
6"S"crHt" tho natura! beauties OF the
geological Park by using 1t as Il dump
ne ground for rubbish.
Mr.. lI"rnaday was so intense on the
subject that he pounded his desk until
III" rlunage on the bird OF paradise
'''u I"''l'l HDONc Inc IO.lt'p nut
tered, and the big oil cinnamon bear
mat rompcd across the wall to the
right Of him looked as IL 1t was about
I" say "woof, wOof!"
I'm going to get these dirt dlstribu-
''rs II II Is the last act OF my official
o%are"r,'' he declared. 'and when ] do
get them l will see they get theirs" -
Visions OF iron gratings holding
back the aforementioned human
swinc.")
1T was away back In May. 1908, that
hrst began my campaign for clean
PARKS" explained the irate director.
Previous to that time there was no
organized effort to prevent persons
from littering up the landscape with
rubbish. II had como to the pass
where something must be done II We
were to preserve any of the natural
beauty Of these public Fairgrounds.
Mayor uaynor was asked t0Shead q
general. movement looking to q better
ment Of conditions. lie responded
molly. The pagers were nctined. and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Expert Auto Man Coming

Don Reid of Amigo, who has
had eleven years experience in
the automobile business and
who is thoroughly acquainted
with all makes of cars, has been
engaged by the DeMars Bro.
theirs of the Service Garage to
handle the repair department
at their garage. Mr.. Reid will
be here next Monday to begin
active work.
DeMars Brothers are having
large number of improvements
made to their garage in order
to put it in shape to handle all
kinds Of work. The rear of the
garage is being fitted up for a
repair room and wash room,
while the front of the room will
be used for the storage of cars.
DeMars Brothers expect to
keep Mr.. Reid on the job all the
time in their repair department
and they expect TO be able to
give the public active service at
all times with all work guaran-
teed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
A New Firm

In this weeks issue Of the
Times we are beginning series
of advertising for d new grocery
firm Gin name) although this
store has for years continued to
serve the public faithfully, both
IN quality of goods and service.
The new firm is the Lysager
Grocery Com pany, the members
of the firm being Charles Ly.
sager and Harry Hansen.
Mr.. Hansen has but recently
become associated with Mr..
Lysager in the grocery business
and the firm has branched out
until today they have one of the
finest grocery stores in the city.
The busines was started in a
small way by Mr.. Lysager years
ago and through fair business
dealings he has built up large
and prosperous business. The
store in which the business was
formerly conducted, became too
small for the growing trade and
during the past summer new
store building was built on the
corner of Bayfield, street and
9TH avenue west where the firm
is now nicely located. This
building is built of concrete
blocks and has a full basement
with unloading platform in the
rear and an elevator which takes
the goods to and from the base
ment.
Both mem bers of the firm are
we'll and favorably known
throughout the city. Both are
hustlers and it is our prediction
that the business will continue
to grow and prosper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Work in Charge of Esta-
brook-DoWns Co.
Buildings to. be Erected on
North Side of Bay
field Street.

Work was started the first of
the week on the excavation for
two new business blocks which
will be built on the north side
of Bayfield, street by the Love-
land company Of Minneapolis.
One building will be located next
to the Commercial hotel and the
other will be located next to the
Spears building near the Temple
Theatre.
The buildings will be rs x go
feet in size with a concrete base
msnt and will be one story in
heighth. The buildings will be
built Of tile brick and will be
modern in every way, and will
make quite an improvement to
ths property on the north side
of the street.
The Estabrook- Downs company
of this city will have charge of
the work being done and it is
their intention to rush the build
ing through to completion before
the first of the year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Making Good Scores

During the past several weeks
the members of the newly or.
ganized Washburn Rod and Gun
Club have been holding shooting
matches at the grounds on the
lake shore and some of the boys
have been making good records
in breaking clay pigeons. The
best score thus far has been
made by Thompson, who made
twenty.three hits out Of a
possible twenty five. The follow.
ing is the score Of some Of the
members. Sprague Is, Thomp-
son IS, Veno IA, Helms s,
Sprague 10, Thompson IA, Veno
II. Helmis II, Sprague %,
Thompson IA. Lockard Is. Moore
Q, veno 1s. Sprague t9, Stsger
II, Young 10, Moore 10, Lewis
II, Thompson %, Lewis IL,
Peavey 6. Joanis Is, Moon II,
Cameron II. B. Cameron 1s,
Peterson 10, Peavey 6, Lewis %,
Jelinek 4, B. Cameron 20, Peter
son 20, Peavey 5, Thompson %
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05

Carl Holman Of this city, a mem.
Der of the firm of Wardner &
Holman, was quite seriously in.
jured last Friday afternoon while
attending the county fair at
Iron River. During the after
noon an auto race was being run
and Carl was riding in one OF
the cars. While going around a
bend Carl fell out of the machine
landing on his head. He was
carried from the grounds and
for q time it was feared that he
could not survive.
He was removed to one of the
Iron River hotels where he was
given every medical attention
but he did not regain conscious
ness until the following morn
ing.
He was able to return home
the same day and apparently did
not suffer seriously from the
accident.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-10-05
Money to be Used for Paving
and Sewer Work
Bonding Ordinances Being
Published in This Weeks
Issue of Papers.

At the meeting of the Com
mon Council held on Tuesday
evening an ordinance was
passed providing for the issuing
of two sets of bonds by the city,
one for $1,000 to be used for
surface sewer and street i'm
provements which have been
done, and the other to be used
for the paving which is being
done.
The ordinances are being pub
lished in this weeks issue of the
local papers and will come up
for final adoption at the next
meeting of the Council.
The council also passed to it's
second reading an ordinance
covering the licensing of autos,
hacks, wagons and buggies, used
for hire. This ordinance was
presented by Alderman James
A. Sheridan. It provides for a
license fee of $25 for auto livery
cars, $500 for hacks SO for
carriages drawn by two horses
and So for carriages drawn by
one horse.
The council also adopted the
report of the Board of Public
Works ordering the sewer con-
structed commencing at 3rd
street and 7th avenue and run
ming north to 4th street, thence
east on 4th street to 9th avenue
west and east on 4th street to
within 200 feet of 5th avenue
west. The sewer extending
from Washington avenue to 4th
avenue west on 9Th street was
also ordered in. The contract
for the work was awarded to
Mike Larson, Peter Nygren, and
Charles Johnson, the price for
the first being &c per lineal foot
for the sewer and $40 for the
man holes, and on the last Csc
for the sewer and $40 for the
man holes.