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The New York herald., 1920-01-25
A STRAIGHT LINE CUTTING
THROUGH THE WOODS 70 MAn-S
THE ER--pROvINC lAl BOUNDARY

solidly into the ground not more than half
mile apart and each visible from the next
nearest one Brass name plates. bearing num-
bers and letters by which the respective passes
have been designated bolted to each monu
ment one on the Alberta side and one on the
British Columbia side. The boundary fence
Open to the Sky.
In the timbered sections of the boundary
which many and long. the finding Of the
watershed and the erection of monuments
almost dwarfed in point OF physical effort by
the work of cutting lines through the woods
to connect up the monuments. These lines
are cut so as to give clear opening to the
sky of six feet. which means width of about
fourteen feet on the ground. half on either
side of the border. In many places there
miles upon miles Of such forest vistas for the
cutting Of which the survey party must al
ways include experienced aXemen.
Beyond the passes the watershed line along
the main ridge is delineated photo topographic
ally Vantage points are selected at the sum-
mits OF the peaks or at other heights where
commanding views may be had and to these
high places camera and transit theodolite
carried, the climbing not infrequently involv-
ing some hard adventurng The purpose is
both TO establish boundary monuments across
the heights and to make typographical sur
veys extending Few miles each side OF
the boundary. Precision i'm this work is
secured by a process OF itriangulation. which
explains why transit outfit is taken even on
the hardest climbs
Mountain top monuments are rock cairns
built up for Identification purposes at the
points selected for the survey There is.al-
ways abundant material for cairn building
and monumenting Of this kind is done more
quickly than that below But the main fea-
ture of the work the SUBMITS is the photo
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Automatic Landing IT. Devised
AS a Big Aid to Airmen

cadets had difficulty in seeing the 'soN that
told the direction of the wind for most OF the
time they were wound around the poles to
which they were attached. The r. which
put upon the ground was never right. II had
to be changed at every shift Of the wind and
this change seldom made. After my T.
was put into use there fewer crashes. II
was simple matter to the true direction
of the wind al all times
My automatic landing n will be a great help
to pilots landing at municipal fields the
name OF the city or town is painted the r.
and tells the pilot just where he is. The other
feature is that night the true direction of
the wind can BE- and also the name of the
city town the r. is Illuminated
( II have been studying the lighting feature OF
fields at night and have gone into the subject
quite deeply. have also devised an aerial
lighthouse for use on air lanes in the near
future"
Lieutenant Cook has gone to his home in San
Francisco on q thirty-day leave. From there ne
will proceed to Panama by way of New Orleans
for airplane coast patrol duty.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
The Battle of the Storage Battery
Was Well Worth Winning

measure entere into it's makup. but the design
has been modified and simplified until in place
OF the heavy cumbersome cell. we have a neat
compact efficient cell of very much greater
capacity
The title electric storage battery is some
what OF a misnomer. II is in reality converter
and storer Of energy The electrical energy
given the battery during tho process of
charging is transformed into chemical energy
and stored away. When the battery is dis
charged this energy Is again transformed this
time back into electrical energy. and Is availa-
BILE i'm that form
The principle upon which the storage or sec.
ondary battery operates was discovered by
Plante in 1860 lie found that II two plates one
OF pure lead and the other of lead peroxdc
were immersed In dilute sulphurc acid, electrc
current would flow through an external cir
cult. After a time the surface of the plates
became charged and the current fell to zero.
Upon sending current through the cell in the
opposite direction the plates were restored to
their original condition md the cell would again
give forth current This comparatively simple
process is then tho foundation OF the storare
battery industry.
any attempts have been made 10 discover
some combination of elements other than lead
and sulphuric acid which would prove practi-
cable storage battery component3. OF the
numerous combination found ccmemrcially sue
cessful has been one which employs nickel hy-
drate and iron oxide Tor tie electrodes and
solution Of caustic soda for the electrolytc
Such n battery Is known as nickel iron ca
alkaline battery.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Carlyle Sits for His
Portrait

Whistler told August evening in 1900
that Mime. venturi his friend and CarlyIe's TOO,
determined that he should paint Carlyle
II used to go often 70 Nine venturis-I met
Mazzini there and Mazzini was most charm
ing-and Mime. Ventura often visited me and one
day she brought Carlyle. The mother was
there ard Carlyle saw II. and seemed to feel
in it certain fitness OF things as Mime Ven
turf meant he should-he liked the simplicity OF
it. the old lady sittingwith her hands folded on
her lap-and he said he would be painted And
Ne came one morning soon after that and he
sat down and had the canvas ready and the
brushes and palette. and Carlyle looking on
said presently y:--'And now mon. fire away!
One day he told me Of others who had
painted his portrait. There was Mr. Watts a
mon Of note. And ! went TO his studio and
there was much meestification and screens
were drawn round the easel and curtains were
drawn and ! was not allowed TO see anything
And then, at last, the screens were put aside
and there was And looked And MIR. Watts,
a great mon. said TO me- How do you like
it," And then turned to Mr. Watts and
said Mon. would have ye know am in the
hobit Of wfrin clean lunon.''
Carlyle told people afterward that he sat
there talking and that Whistler went on work.
ing and working and paid no attention to him
whatever Whistler found Carlylc.a delightful
person, and Carlyle found him a workman And
it has been said that they used 10 take walks
together, but Of this there is no rccord.-From
''rhe Life OF James Mcneil whistler" by +. n.
and J. Pcnnell.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

i" WEIR since the day. more than twenty
- five years ago. when W. w. Gibbs OF
Philadelphia. recognizing the boundless
possibilities OF the storage battery, or
aanized stock company and acquired all the
patent rights Of value. there has been steady
nrorress in methods of manufacture and quail
Nv ON product Even at that early date there
were several manufacturers in the field, each
claiming for his product superiority over all
others and monopoly Of all good features OF
desipn. Each maker was trying TO show some
result before his financial bac<er tired Of ad-
vancina funds II was Mr. Gibbs who first
realized that the chaotic condition could not
last and that it threatened 10 strangle in its
infancy an industry that gave great promise.
Strange as it may seem to us now. in the early
davs the uses for batteries we're somewhat linn
tied IL was the search for an outlet for then
nroduct on the part OF the storage battery man
ufacturers that gave an impetus to the develop
,nent OF the electric vehicle With vehicle de-
veloprent fairy under way the battery manu-
facturers found themselves hard put to it TO
keen pace with the progressive demand for
better batteries From that day steady
nrogress has marked the path OF both vehicle
ana battery. Now each stands well nigh per-
feet in It's respective field
The storage battery Of today bears ont scant
ascrnblancc TO its forcbcar OF twenty tive years
aRo. 10 be sure ne same materials in great
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

graphing of series Of views in directions to
either side established by the use of the transit
When these photographs in due course are
developed and printed they give the contours
OF the whole surrounding area and from them
are prepared contour maps that will form part
Of the parmanent boundary records.
There will thus be a means OF ascertaining
al any future time the exact location Of the
from the survey data and printed at Ottawa
for Just such use will show the natural water
shed line along the mountain range. photo
topoera phically defined and in the passes
series of straight lines only approximately
following the watershed, but clearly and def
nitely marked out. For the hilltop border
line that is to say. one will need to consult the
map. which is drawn with due regard to the
scale of previous township surveys and for
that on the lower levels there are half-mile
monuments and skyline cuttings through the
woods that any may
Though the work OF border fence making is
hard and the country sometimes desperately
rough, surprisingly accurate results have been
obtained by the Boundary Commission. Com
pete field notes are taken at every stage OF
the work and the preliminary calculations and
observations. when the first attempt is made
to find the line. carefully checked up in
the final surveys. records of which are regis
tered with the three governments. degree
of precision not attainable in any other way
is thus assured and Alberta and British Co
umba will presently be able to distinguish
their respective properties all the way from
South to North with certainty and definiteness.
1t is the stiffest piece of fencing yet under
taken in Canada. but persistence and genius
are seeing ii through When it has been all
done the survey maps will be ratified in Par
lament and the boundary thus marked out
will be officially adopted as the dividing line
between the two provinces
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
TIE DONELSON MIRACLE PICTURE

feathers in the pillow. it is a sure sign the
deceased has gone to better world. One
family discovered what they believed to be the
glory halo of the dear departed and Kept II
under glass for many years. one Mercer coun-
ty farmer became so enthused over evangelistc
work that he set aside an acre of ground for
an Apostolic church and decided it to the Lord.
The deed actually was filed in the County Court
House at Princeton. He brought an evangelist
from Kentucky and an editor from Pennsyl-
vania to carry on the good work. A little later
he had a falling out with his co-workers He
ca ncelled the deed on the acre of ground and
instead of church he built crib on it.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

beca use he denounced drinking coffee and eat
ing pork as practices OF the devil. Others
wanted to know why he was SO friendly with
the women
When he had passed on. after acknowledges
his error the two factions got together and
decided so much evil had originated in the
church it must have been possessed. they
closed it and boarded it up for a good long
cleansing. Now they using it again
There is "a tradition among the deeply
ligious in Mercer county that whenever man
dies you can tell whether he is going to Heaven
by examining the feathers in the pillow under
his head If there is a wreath halo, or
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
BOUNDARY SURVEY PARTY EN- ROUTE
ON PEACE RIVER 1919 SEASONS WORK
IN THE NORTH
pHoroS Sy AUDREY FULLERTON
By AUBREY FULLERTON.

"OR seven years a hard piece of back-iot
l. fencing has been going on in the Canadian
Northwest, and the end of it is still sew
eral years off Just such piece of work
was undertaken before by any fence
builders kind of country and method of opera
ton considered and when it is fully completed
a record will have been established.
1t is a fence lne-partly visible, like any good
farm fence. and partly invisible. like the equa-
tor-between the provinces of Alberta and Brit
ish Columbia, and its purpose is simply to mark
off where each of those provinces begins and
ends. To do that. however. involves an alto
gether unique and exceptional layout. for the
500 miles or Of interprovincal boundary
runs over mountains and into long stretches Of
bush country and through deep wilderness
woods. where any kind of line is hard run
ming But the three governments. Dominion
and two provincial. said to do it. and it is being
done.
The neighbur provinces have never known pre-
cisely where the dividing line between them is
or ought to be. AS by law provided the boun
Diary follows the Rocky Mountains and the 10th
meridian (which is a quite sufficient definition
for school maps and guide books but not for
purposes of administration. An official inter
probation of the boundary terms in 1913 made
the watershed line Of the mountains from south
to north the real division. and in order to ascer
tain the location of such line full and
thorough survey of the interprovincial border
was undertaken in that year
Where running water along the mountain
ridges divided. flowing on one side toward the
Pacific ocean and the other side toward
the Arctic or the Gulf of Mexico. thus to
be the imaginary fence line through the hill
country and an actual line to be marked
where possible. as i'm the wooded belts. These
were the orders given the fence makers. the
carrying out OF which is proving 10 he task
of Such unusual kind and proportions.
The reason 'for il all is that iucreasn ng settle
ment and Development in parts of the border
country make it necessary to know which prov
ince has administration rights at any partic-
ular point. Confusion has at times arisen over
mining claims and farming lands. which could
not be accurately located. alleXistine maps
showing errors of sometimes two or three miles
on one side the other To avoid further trou-
BILE on this score the entire boundary line even
across the mountains, is now being determined.
There is to be no more uncertainty about these
neighhors' lots
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Started in 1913.

The work began in the summer Of elS a gen.
cral plan of operations and an equal division of
costs having been agreed upon by the three
governments Boundary commissioners were
appointed in the persons of three experienced
surveyors who undertook first to mark the
border line through the passes, following APP
proximately the natural watershed and then
to carry it beyondsthe passes, over the hills and
into the wds, by photo-topographical surveys
Both branches OF the survey went on con
currently for five summers. with a. o. Wheeler
in charge OF the photo-topographical work and
r. w Cautley the main work in the passes
Between 1918 and 1917. inclusive, thirteen Of the
Rocky Mountain passes with the mountain
ranges beyond them were mapped out. In
order OF succession from the International boun
dary northward but not in the actual order Of
work done. the following passes have thus been
covered d:-Akamna. North Kootenay, Crows
Nest. North Fork Tornado Elk Palliser, White
Man. Assiniboine simpson. vermiion Kicking
Horse and Howes
In 1918 and 1919 the Cautley party changed over
10 a survey of the meridian and spent both
seasons in The north delimiting sixty-seven
miles in the Pouce Coupe and Peace River ooun-
try More than $50 miles beyond this middle
section ana ABOUT lOO miles south or II remain
vet to be done But for 1920 it is proposed to
resume work in the mountains. and Fortress
Athabasca and Tonqun will be surveyed.
Whether the meridian survey will then be
carried northward to the extreme top Of Al
berta in advance OF settlement, has not yet
been decided upon
The border line in the passes is established by
p series of straight lines which approximate
the true position of the watershed. Concrete
monuments built al favorable points on the
watershed, and the lines between them are the
boundary. being taken SO TO place these
monuments as to equalize as nearly as possi-
BILE the area Of land that the connecting lines
may cut off
Placing Monuments on q boundary line cor
responds to setting posts for fence. II is
considered q most important part OF the work
and is carried out with great thoroughncss un.
der extraordinary difficulties. The monuments
are concrete monoliths three feet high above
the surface and 27oo pounds in weight built
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
(By JOHN NICHOLAS BEFEEL.)
(Staff Correspondent,
The Federated Press.)

Rosebrg, Ore, By MaiD -
Hundreds of ex-service. men who
thronged here recently to file ampli.
cations for sO-called FREQ lands are
turned away from Roseburg dis
heartened and resentful. They were
victims of an organized campaign Of
deception which has been carried on
for months, it appears, in newspa-
pers all over the country.
None Of the 100000 acres thrown
open in this region are free lands;
and instead of being good tillabIc
farm land, it is mostly scrub acreage
OF little value. When these boys
who had fought for democracy and
the safety Of the existing order had
spent their hard-bought dollars to
get to Roseburg from far distances,
they found it was not just a matter,
as they had been led to believe, OF
coming out and getting your. land
and setting to, work on it.
No, you have to go out and pick
what You want--,l parcel Of 16O
acres or maybe only 4O-and that
parcel Of mountain top or. grazing
ground or swamp may be 80 miles
from the nearest railroad, or. five
miles from a passablc wagon road,
Then when You have. picked out the
location you desire, you come back
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
LOU FREUDENSTEIN CALLS
MAYOR ON ExTRAvACANCE

Mayor Stodden and his "econom-
ical administration came in for a
solar plexus blow last night when
Alderman Louis Freudenstein per-
tinently inquired Of the mayor why
it was that certain alleged illegal
and eXorbitant expenditures in con-
nection with the contract granted
the Kelly interests under the name
of the Montana Disposal company,
were allowed.
Alderman Freudentein called at
tention to the fact that while any
garage in the city would sell gaso-
line to the city for 81 cents a gal
Ion, Contractor Kelly was charging
the city 81 cents a gallon plus 20
per cent overhead" charges. Freu-
densten also called attention to the
fact that while any garage in the
city would do repairs on city trucks
and cars at the rate of $1.5O per
hour, Mayor Stodden was permitting
Kelly and his alleged disposal COM
pany to charge the city $3.50 per
hour. He also charged that while
any livery stable in the city is will
ing and anxious to bord the city s
nine horses at the rate of $42.50 per
month. Kelly is charging the mu-
mcipality $l.7O per day per horse
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
Continued on Page Three e

together with that mysterious 20
per cent overhead chrge.
Freudenstein also heaved a bomb
into the equanimity of the mayor
when he declared that he had as
certained that while the city buys
parts for it's automobiles and trucks
and pays for them, this man Kelly
is allowed to tack on an additional
20 per cent for overhead expense
on to the city's bill for such parts
Freudenstein hauled the mayor
over the rhetorical Goals Of fire and
the bling snds of the inquisition
when he demanded that the mayor,
as chief executive officer OF the city,
account for such Wasteful extrava-
gance. He limited that there was
apparently graft somewhere
you holler when, the banks and
financial interests of this city refuse
to cash your city warrants without
discounting them two per cent" said
F'reudenstein. "How can you blame
the banks or anybody else when they
fight shy Of the paper of a city run
under such a plan" y
A special committee comprising
Aldermen Freudenstein, Butterfield
and Hess was named to make an in
vestigatjon of the charges made by
Freudenstein.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
A B0MBLESS May DAY?

May day has passed in Butte without single bomb
having been off by the Anaconda Copper Mining copans
gunen. Up late hour this afternoon there had been no
reports Of any yoiece in Butte eIsewere in the naion
except for earthquake disturbance recorded seso
graph at St. Louis university and said to have been about 200
miles Distant which may investigation by Pain
es political ploters, have been bomb exploding prena
trety intended for Judge Anderson Indianapolis Unless
this be the Of the disturbances no
bombs off tonight Paers presidential boom will suf
fer much from bombIess May day.
Because Of the fact that Roy Alley premier Of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company had taken the precaution
himself and his family from his home West Granite
streets few hours after his gunme Anaconda road had
fired the unaed strikers, thought generally that
"bob would be off at least his doorstep last night o
early this morning. However, whether the supply Of powder
the hill is Short tonight Is the time set is not known but
any rae residents Of West Granite street in the neghbor
hood of the Alley home declare that their mbroken
last night. -. $685.
Attorney General Palmer said to be very busy Washng
between patching his political fences and telling te
investigating committee how he protected the sugar
devote to the great "bomb plot" .:'' -
However, darkness falls again this evening and the kept
press country has its ready off the editions
containing stories Of the bomb discoveries probably
type for week. considered possible in ofi
cial and guen circles Of Butte today that Attorney General
and his seus may not have overlooked the old sayng
"Never put off until tomorrow what do tonight"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
P0CATELL0 MACHINISTS
CONDEMN A. c. N: .GUNMEN

.tt#
No. 1913, International Association
of Machinists, in convention assem-
bled, April 27, 1920, render every
means at our command to bring
these murderers of our brothers to
the bar of Justice, and make them
pay the full penalty for their das-
tardly crimes.
A copy of the above resolution to
be sent to the following puhlica-
tions: Seattle Union Record, Butte
Bulletin, New Majority, Labor,
Washington, D, c.; Machinists' Jour-
nal, Pocatello Herald.
IVAN ROBSON,
W. y. WEST,
ALLEN BLoMKVIST,
P. j.. QUINN, 7.
Resolution committee
Lodge No, 1913, I. A.
of NJ.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01
]. m. KENNEDY DIES
SUDDENLY AT
HELENA

Jacob NJ Kennedy, former politi-
cal manager for August HeinZe, and
one of the best known newspaper
men and politicians in Montana, died
suddenly this morning at Helena of
apoplexJ" -..
Mr.. Kennedy, who was popularity
called "Jim," was born in Hamilton,
Ont, Canada, in 1864. His father
had emigrated to the United States
before the Civil war, during which
conflict the elder Kennedy served as
a union soldier, returning to Canada
in 1864.
During most Of his life Mr.. Ken
.nedy was engaged in the newspaper
business, having started out first as
the editor of an Irish liberation
weekly, in Hamilton. Later he man
aged an educational publication at
Toronto, The Chronicle at Whitby,
Ont, and finally purchased The
Liberal .at Essex, Ont. He later
owned and edited string Of news
papers in western Ontario. :
In 1880 Mr.. Kennedy came to-
Montana and became the first busi-
ness manager of the Anaconda
Standard. He started the Boise Eve
ming Mail at Boise, Ida, which later
became the Idaho Capital News. He
also was for a time the editor of
the Butte Evening News, which he
founded for August Heinze. For a
time he was editor of the Billings
Journal, now merged with the Bill
! b. = ~
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-05-01

Following the relation Of the true
facts relative to the wanton murder
of one striking miner and the wound
ing of ID others by gunshots fired
by Roy Alley and other gunmen in
the employ of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company, on Anaconda road,
April 81, Bloody Wednesday, the
Pocatello lodge OF Machinists in
meeting assembled adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions, a copy of which
was received by The Bulletin this
morning:
Whereas, one of the undersigned
committee having witnessed the MUIR
der in cold blood of our brothers by
paid thugs hired by the copper COM
panies of Butte, Montana, April 81,
1920, while peacefully picketing ac-
cOrding to law,
Be it resolved, That we, the Off
GERS and members of Pocatello lodge