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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
MARVELS OF ACCURACY.
Wonderful Instruments In Uncle Sarn's
Bureau of Standards.

Wonderful Instruments In Uncle Sans
Bureau of Standards.
Standing on one of the many high
hills that fringe the nations capital Is
group of buildings that house one of the
greatest aggregations of wonder work
ers In the new world. In their en-
chanted chamber truth makes fiction
seem tame and commonplace. Men
make fairies appear. weak, insipid and
impotent as doers of strange things.
Entering. one may see n grain OF
sand become a mountain. an inch be-
come a mile. an unappreciable zephyr
become a bowling storm. the football
of a fly become the laundering tread
of draft horse upon thrashing floor.
the heat of q candle a roaring furnace,
the unperceived warmth of star a
cheering fireside and the pressure of
a finger the force of thousand giants
in one.
These enchanted chambers are the
creation of the United States bureau
of standards.
Here can. be seen instruments OF
such delicacy and precision that the
mind at first fails to grasp the full Sig
nifcance of what they can accomplish.
In one room is balance so sensl-
tive that the mere presence of the op-
orators body generates an amount of
heat sufficient to disturb it's accuracy.
In another there is one so delicately
adjusted that it shows the loss of
weight due to the reduction of the
earth's attraction when two pieces of
metal are weighed one upon another
instead of side by side.
Remarkable beyond the imagination
are the heat measuring instruments
which register infinitesimal fiuctua-
tions of temperature. A ray of light
may have started ten years ago from
some distant star and may have spent
all of those ten years hurtling earth
ward bound through space at gall
so astounding that it could girdle the
globe in far less time than it takes tc
blink the eye. Yet when it falls upor
the sensitive bolometers at the burear
of standards they will tell the OBJ
server how much heat that ray brought
with it from the star to the earth.
Such are few of the most delicate
instruments. But there are Others
which are as powerful as they are sen
sitive.
In the engineering laboratory ther'
Is a huge testing machine which cal
tear apart the strongest steel girder
used in building great skyscrapers
while on the floor above are little elec
trical furnaces capable of generatini
a heat intense enough TO melt the mos
refractory materials. The bureau cal
measure accurately cold great enoug
to llquefy the very air we breathe an
heat which can melt solid rock-Na
tinnal Geographie Magazine.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
SPIRIT LAKE

Spirit Lake camp No. 934l, NJ. w.
of A. and the Royal NeiRhbors held
the annual Memorial service OF the
two orders last Sunday. Rev. win
M. Daniels of Athol, delivered the
address.
w. F. Webb, VIM. Lowry OF Spirit
Lake, and Chas. Wendler OF Seasons
have been endorsed for appointment
as commissioners of the new Pan
handle highway district.
j. S. Stoneman OF Newport has In
stalled pool parlor In the lower part
of the Northern hotel building.
Harold Hooker of the Spokane
chamber of commerce. In speech To
the Spirit Lake commercial club
urges that the proposed road to
Mount Badly be completed In an
effort TO get the national highway
changed to 90 through Spirit Lake
to Mount Badly and thence to Spo-
kane.
J. A. Patock, who recently started
a lakery In Spirit Lake, has disposed
of his interests to some Chinese mer-
chants.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
To Raise
Better Spuds
State Seed Plots to Demonstrate Ration
al and Economic Methods.

Plans are now being carried out to
give Idaho the best grade Of potatoes
In the northwest within the next five
years. Professor e. P. Taylor of the
university extension department has
Just returned from trip through the
potato producing sections of the state
and reports that 80 or more seed plots
have been selected for the beginning
of the campaign. The purpose Of the
new movement is to demonstrate to
the potato growers of Idaho the
rational and economic methods of
potato production and to teach the
efficiency of seed selection, seed treat
ment and correct culture.in the pro-
duction of potatoes that are free from
disease, higher in yield and of better
type or greater market value. 1t is
ais proposed to obtain a more general
adoption of these methods by the
potato growers and to set up plan
potato seed certf1cation. The plots
that have been planted this
spring under state supervision have
been chosen with great care. At
many of the plots public demonstra-
tions were held.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09

are directors, Ebert Fl. Gary con-
tributor,a and Henry q Frlck an honor
ary vice president Of the Navy
League, and all are directors of the
United States Steel Corporation.
These statements are given in the
pamphlet, "The Navy League IN
Masked" and no one has attempted
to refute them.
Hudson Maxim, author OF the
story. "Defenseless America" on
which is based the great moving
picture called "The Battle Cry of
Peace" is president of the Maxim
Munitions corporation organized last
fall with capital stock of $4,000, :
900 "to manufacture all kinds Of
munitions of war except explosive
materials" He also owns much
stock in the Du Pont Powder Co.
Mr.. Tavenner asserts that Mr.. Max
inns book, "Desenseless America"
followed up by the photo play, "The
Battle Cry OF Peace" were put out
for the purpose of creating demand
for war materials. A st. Louis dis
patch in the New York Word of
Nov. 81, 1915, says: "IIudson Maxim
appeared two days ago before the
Business Mems League to urge sup
port of the national defense program. :"
Here, says Mr.. Tavenner, we have
sample of the "patriotism" that is
directing the "prepA Aredness" cam
paign, and he urges that everyone
demand of congress that private
profit and private graft be taken out
Of war and preparation for war
through the manufacture by the
Government itself of all battleships,
submarines, aircraft, guns, and
munitions. Once this policy is
adopted, he predicts, the PROFESSIONAL
big-navy boosters will quickly lose
their ardor
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
ITEMS. OF COUNTY TOWNS
What NeighbOTing People Are
Doing.
FROM THE EXCHANGE TABLE
Brevities of Kootenai County Com
munities.
POST. FALLS

Five members Of the G. A. Swan
son family, residing near Pleasant
View. suffered recently from the
effects Of mushroom" poisoning and
one child, Minnie, aged 81 years, died
May 80, after being unconscious from
I a. m. Monday until she died at 4 a
m. Tuesday. They ate stewed
mushrooms Saturday noon aud be-
came III in the evening. Medical aid
was procured and two Of the children
were brought to town, one Of whom,
the boy age l3, recovered.
Complaints have been made about
children breaking windows In vacant
houses and parents will probably be
called upon to pay.
Supt. Regal of the Alan auto
racing association was trying out his
car on the track, making SO miles per
hour The track will be oiled July
|, for the 4th of July races.
The night run Uf the sawmill was
discontinued last week. Logs were
not brought in fast enough.
Section Foreman Graham met with
narrow escape Tuesday. A tank or
his gasoline car leaked and when he
spanked his engine the flames broke
forth and enveloped the interior oI
the tool hous'.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
Won MoItke In Arabia.

The most famous OF German leaders.
Won Mol,sie. gained his first taste Of
warfare I'm Turkish Arabia in 1899.
The future organizer of victories"
was attached to the sultan's armies.
which were utterly routed by the Sy-
rims under Brahman Pasha at Nezib.
and he escaped only by riding two
,lays and two nights almost without a
pause and with no food save half bis
cult, two onions and a glass of water
London Opinion.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
CRUR D'ALENE

An attempt to blow the safe b-
longing to the Fernan Ice and Fuel
company Monday night failed.
Final decree In divorce has been
granted TO Elizabeth LederelRh Kerl
from T. T. Kerl. She is given Gus
tOdy of the minor child, $3.50, 600
cash or notes and home. Judge
Bryan further DEGREES that Mr.. Kerl
pay Mrs. Kerl's attorney fees amount.
ing to $4,000, which will go To Judge
J. f. Ailshie, attorney In the case.
At the meeting of the KOotenai
County Taxpayers league Mond N
night J. A. Deremure OF Rathdrum. Il
representative Of that city's taxpayers
league, advocated merger OF the TWO
organizations with the Farmers union
of KooteDai county to elect proper
candidates 10 the legislature. The
league has agreed tn combine and APP
pointed this committee to cooperate
with the other rganiZations: T. j.
Sonestreet. P. P. Quilan aud John
Christ.
The action of G. A. Lamb versus
Maxun Chase was nonsuited by Judge
Dunn in the district court. Lamb
was suing for the recovery of $1,000
CONTINUED ON AGE Two.)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
Would Put Them to Work.

There are many tramps con-
stantly rowing about town begging
the good house wives for hand
out. This seems very unnecessary
as there is plenty of good honest
labor to be had. The village
officials should make the lazy
rascals work on the streets and it
would soon put stop to the hand
out business. .-Plummer Reporter.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
Idaho State News Items.

On Thursday Nof last week the
voters OF Boise recalled their mayor,
J, w. Robinson, and elected s. II.
Hays 10 his place. A total OF b6sA
votes were polled.
The proposal TO establish govern
ment plant for the manufacture OF
armor plate at a cost OF $ll, 200 900
was approved last week by the lower
house OF congress, sitting as commit
tee OF the whole, by vote of $50 to
1875.
In report submitted 10 the state
land board. State Engineer Smith
states That the Keating project Ia
Lemhi county Is not feasible because
there Is no sufficient water supply.
lnasmuch AZ there Is no storage
reservoir for the PROJECT, 1t Is shown
that there would he sufficient water
In June for 1900 acres. 1900 acres Ia
July aud but 1000 acres in August.
A south Idaho report says rains OF
great benefit 10 vegetation, particu-
larly to pastures aud small grain. fell
during the week ending Tuesday,
May 80. These rains somewhat re-
tarded farm work. All vegetation Is
backward. The FIRST cutting of al
falfa Will be much later than usual
and the yield Will be light. Planting
OF corn and potatoes continues and
the potato acreage is large, notwith
standing the backward spring and the
Increased acreage of sugar beetS.
Records 10 the state bacteriologist
otfice show that "a persons have re-
celved the Pasteur treatment for
rabies prevention since July, 1914.
Nine new cases have been taken for
treatment since May | this year.
According to federal statistics, l6
per cent OF all persons bitten by
rabld animals will develop hydropho-
bIa unless given the Pasteur treat
ment In the 81 cases treated In the
state offices, II had been previously
determined by microscopical examlna-
tion that the attacking animals had
been rabid. According to these
agures, eight Idaho people would
have contracted hydrophobIa had not
the treatment ben given.
In the past eight years the deer
within the Boise forest have increased
about 100 per cent, and the elk about
500 per cent, due largely To the Pay
ette state game preserve, located on
the south fork " the Payette river,
: according TO the ranger In charge.
Ranging habits Of deer and elk are
) about the same, with the exception
, that the elk range more To the high
| swampy country In summer and a
little more TO theEopen 10 winter, but
their natural feeding grounds during
winter Is In low, rolling or benchllke
tImbered country; buck brush. chap
arral and moss from the trees seems
] to be their favorlte forage, although
Y they feed on various other brush.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09

detected in schemes to exaggerate
reports of one nations armament
program in order to frighten a rival
nation into increasing hers.
The price of armor was fixed as
high as SOLO ton which could be
manufactured and sold at profit at
$24o ton.
The u. S. war department in 1913
purchased several thousand 4.7-inch
from the ammunition ring,
paying SIS. 2o each therefor. AT the
same time precisely the same shrap-
mel was being manufactured in the
Government-owned Frankford Ar
senal for $l545, all overhead
charges included.
In 20 years the government has
purchased $l75, 100000 worth Of
armor, armament and munitions
from four firms which have mono
poly in this country on the manufac-
ture of such supplies, and has paid
20 to 90 per cent more than the
same articles could have been manu-
factured for in government plants.
In the naval hearings for 1914,
page 66l, the present Secretary Of
the Navy, Josephus Daniels, used
the following language in referring
to an advertisement for bids for
armor plate for the dreadnaught
Pennsylvania: When we came to
the armor we rejected all the bids
and we're then absolutely in a situa-
ton from which it appeared there
was no relief. Though you cannot
establish it in black and white, there
is no doubt of an Armor Plate, Trust
all over the world."
The powder, armor and ship
building concerns employ retired
army and navy officers to get inside
information for them and aid in Sc
curing government contracts. Robt.
G Waddell of the United Safety
Powder Co., of Louisville, Kyp who
was with the Du Pont Co. as genera
sales agent for the United States fol
FL years, declares the main reason
why an outside company can no
compete for the trade of the Army
and Navy is the prestige of the D'
/ Pont Co. with the contracting Off
cials at Washington.
The DUPONT Co., on their owl
staten Mt, have assets Of an actua
total value of SIT, 10000 yet hay
been paying Is per cent dividends OF
S35, 900, 900 Of watered stock. In tn
period between 1905 and 1918 alone
the Government paid this cempaD
an average Of 80 cents a pound 10
.3O-caliber powder and an average Q
65 cents pound for Army and Nav
smokeless powder. The Governmen
Is now manufacturing powder for )
cents a pound, all overhead charge
included. II the Government ha
manufactured all of the powder
purchased between 1905 and 1913,
would have cost ll,83O,754 instea
of $2I 1898, $50.
Mr.. Waddell, above referred II
saws the cost TO the Du POOt conceT
; In making ordnance smokeless po"
der is not quite % cents pound, ex
elusive of selling costs.
. The Navy League has been spen'
Ing ldFSe SUMS W ICli h'HS' 'N- -
IT, is organized for the defense OF II
country, said Mr.. Tavenner May
this year. He also states: "on DE
Is, 1915, l called the attention
Congress to the amazing extent
which men affiliated with the Ma
League are also connected with col
l Germs or indus ries which stand
r proflt from preparedness. \
: member of congress has undertake
S to disproye the statements 1t is Il
1 belief that n tne will he able
successfully disprove them no"
, later"
!, ]. p. Morgan, and RoGert baeo
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
Accused of Robbery.

Donald Laney, aged II, and Thos.
Mckinney, aged l8, accused Of hav
ing robbed stores at Pullman and
Rathdrum, Idaho, were bound over
to the Whitman county superior
court at Colfax, Wash, June l, under
S25O0 binds each.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
TAKE PROFIT OUT OF WAR
Let Government Make Own Armor
and Munitions, Says Tavenner.

Remarks made of Congressman
Clyde H. Tavenner Of Illinois, in the
house of representatives Feb. IS,
1915, and May 3, 1916, published
in pamphlet form, contain some
statements concerning an alleged
war trust and the impositions of this
war trust upon the United States
government and the governments of
Europe and Asia. The remarks
deal with military and naval sup
plies and bring some startling facts
to bear in support of the contention
that the government should make
its own armor plate, guns and munl-
tons. He points out that private
manufacturers of war materials, by
organization of a worldwide war
trust, receive very large profits
which furnish an incentive for them
to create demand for their product
and, by political conniving, to
get governments to rival one another
in the increase of armaments, all OF
which, it is further pointed out,
places growing burden upon the
taxpayers.
Mr.. Tavenner declares there is
only one way by which the people
can protect themselves from the
greed of the war trust magnates, and
that is by the government taking the
profit out of war and preparation fol
war by manufacturing all Of its owr
munitions, armor, cannon, and bat
tleships.'' He states further: Botf
Washington and Lincoln advocated
the naturalization of the manufac
ture of war munitions as sound pub
lie policy. Government manufac
ture as policy need have no bear
ing whatever on the question o
whether we shall have a large o
small navy. 1t is the ring of war
trafficking private arms and amnu
milton firms who are endangering tn
peace and welfare of 100000, O0
people in order that they may salts
fy their greed for profit" :"
A few Of Mr.. Tavenner' facts in
chde the following:
In 1901 the Harvey United Stee
Co. of England, controlling the HaI
vey patents for treating steel, joine
with four other companies and late
effected the original worldwide ol
ganization including Is companie
IN Great Britain, four in the Unite
States, two in France, three in Italy
and several in Germany, includin
the Krupps. The trust has bee
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09
School Tax
Problem
State Department Suggests Plan to
County Superintendents.

The state department of educa-
tion has recently completed
compilation of some interesting
data concerning the cost OF school
maintenance throughout the state
and the relation of school costs to
the present financial income OF
school districts. The data was
compiled from the reports OF the
county superintendents for the
school year of IeI4-I5.
The data is contained in a letter
sent to county superintendent
OF the state last week, and brings
up the question Of state levy for
school purposes. The communi-
cation ends by expressing belief
that state school ley is the only
means of equalizing the school
burdens Of the, state.
The annual per capita cost in the
different counties ranges from SI47
to $Io.o5, the room cost from $3o3
to $27Io. The comparison of the
financial resources of the richest
and poorest districts is as 80 to
I22, 584.
In its summary the letter adds:
"The result OF these investiga
tions clearly indicates the made
quacy of the present system of
school revenue and apportionment
to meet fairly tie needs of all the
pupils of the state. This conclus-
ION is based upon the following
facts; Many of the richer districts,
because of their greater taxable
resources, have funds available for
school purposes that amount to
far more than their school burden
demands; on the other hand, the
poorer districts are struggling to
maintain adequate school facilities
with utterly insufficient funds tc
meet their needs.
| "The real significance of this
fact will be understood when il is
realized that the heaviest burden
| of school support, amounting, in.
deed, to SO per cent of the tota
cost, falls upon the school district
u "Another important considera
ton in this connection is the fac
that there is great disparity il
the costs of school maintenance il
the various districts Throughout
/ the state; indeed, some OF th
poorer districts bear the heavies
burdens, due to large enrollmen
and consequent heavy expendi
lures.
"a consideration of the fact
leads to the conviction that tn
only way in which the schoe
burden may be equalized satisfact
orily and the needs of children j
the poorer as we'll as the riche
districts be fairly met, is through
! moderate state school levy, base
on the aggregate taxable proPert
OF the entire state and prorated
y counties at, say, $40 per capit'
-. Nearly So of this amount is alread
e provided by the income from tt
state school lands leaving littl
II over 81 per capita to be raised /
!, a state levy"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09

The Blyview baseball team de-
feated the Spokane-Internationals at
Bayylew Sunday by a score of to 3.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09

More than l25 people WIT; killed
In tornadoes that swept part Of
Arkansas June 5.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-09

Occur d'Alene won the baseball
game at Harrison Sunday, to ].
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-24
Hector MdcLedn Takes First
Prize on Christmas Story
Best Wishes of the Season
Merry Christmas, bows and girls

Merry Christmas boys and girls!
There really nothing else Of consequence 10 say today is
there 1t the sincere wish of the School Editor that all the
the most joyous Christmas and
health and happiness throughout the New Year.
announced last week there will be school page next
the Christmas vacation Therefore, there
will be essays either But the subject for the following week
will be my Christmas Vacation
There 8 Christmas stories handed in this week, the
largest number time This doubtless due to the tact
that schools the Henry Studebaker and
the Colfax We always glad TO welcome contributors
The names of the prize winners and the stories taxing the hSt
three prizes follows:
First prize 81 90 cash-Hector MacLean Perey school, 7B.
Second prize two tickets to the Opheum-Paulne Kershner
Henry Studebaker school, 7-B.
Third prize tickets to the Auditoum-Lnnea Backgren
Cofax school, "A.
Fourth prize two tickets to the LaSale-Fank Udvard Haley
school
Fifth prize three tickets to the Colonial-Heman Watson
Franklin school, GA.
Sixth prize two tickets to the Colona-Mary Preger Haley
school
Honorable menon-Dorothy Hasebeck Oscar Johnson Ethel
SOcum Virginia ByerS Henry Miller, Marcus Gilbert Meyer
Pound Cofax school, Slick Fay McCul
lough Margaret Holem Donald Smith, Laura Wagner Della Ceg
horn Esther Brady Margaret Shaw, Gugemna Bengn Frank
DOdddge, Earle Stella Helen Fedn Mary Senbaugh, Clair
Helen Shaw, Ashley Keith Leland STEELE DorOhea Shrk Mabel
DTeSe Jean Lane Gertrude DewS Franklin school, Blanche
LndquiSt Lois Huber Lester Crow Margaret Albert Janee Yer
hOeSre Agnee Reid Maize Mcdonald EldOn Iemphn LeOta
Patty Leoa Baird George Hoffman, lone Shaw Dale Ubrcht
Malcolm Walter Marie Smith, Helen Rach, Henry Studebake
school, R. NJ Appeman Louis Cop, John Null Enor Myers
lney Fannie WaggOner Beatrice SOrwch Lillian Stricken Ro
Abraham Herman Priebe Marie Gohn Louis Shannon Rachel
Appeman Susie GeSho Jacob FeuerSen Julius MeSarOS Helene
browne Milo HentZeman Lloyd Class, Joseph COughian Irene
KOk Michael Snyder Emery BaaSa Joseph Bogo > A. IabeT
ski Simon Dora Stah Pauline Atkinson Martha CscSiSS
Kaey school, Donald Roberts Eta OSer Grace Vary HOLSTER
Merrill Mildred HerZg Hazel Zimmerman Louise Breckenridge
Dckerho Fherenman Ruth Fon Joseph Ben
der Nateee Boswell Hazel Davis Helen Hall Leota Baker Alice
Jockey Perey school, John Soeckey William Humphrey Rich
Hogan St PatriCkS school,