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Show THROUGH THE SNOW THE BEAYER COUNTY NEWS W. .... K Elswick. Editor MILFORD Do not masticate the la THE DIFFICULTIES OF RAILROADING IN WINTER. UTAH Never at Any Time le the Job of the Trainman an Easy On, but Thick Weather la Hia Dread. tramp Railroading 1 al way haa it Host on has nut become excited as et over the price of beans. Cleveland, O. Work la being rushed to the point where a on the new skyscraper office building dancer cannot be graceful in rlothesl being erected at Saint Clair avenue atreet hy tie- - Brotherhood Sometimes it doc not make for and Ontario of Engineers. The buildultimate speed to take the fastest about May 1. lie will completed ing train. decided of It coming There is great difference between and a peanut poli- a farmer Grand Rapid man was killed by a roll of print paper. A single copy suffices in some cases. A A llrooklyu widow advertises for a husband with a million. She must mean a million of faults. The earth travels ncurly three million miles n day, and we are all of us more traveled than we had supposed. The sensible man will take rare ot will take the grip, ami pneumonia care of itself. Too hud that the work of canal htilldlng on Mars should he all undone by llrlllKb astronomers. I low would you like to he a perfectly ItioffeiiMire comet mid be blamed for all the hard luck everywhere? The fellow who designed this season's neckth-- apparently went on the motto: When In doubt, use purple. The poHtcard business Is a great one. According to the overworked employes, there are millions In IL post-offic- Bo Latham has reached an altitude of 3.C00 feet In hla aernplune? What a long drop tliut would make If anything happcui'd! A Frenchman la reported to have risen 3,300 feet In the air. From "farthest north" the cry hue changed to "farthest up." The per capita money of the country la 134.83. Hut the ultimate consumer still appears to have more appetite than money. The Brotherhood Engineers on the building venture aa an Invegi-uieion hand. Tor surplus cixpital When completed the akyseraper will represent ail Investment of about Work was begun lust March. An auditorium with a seating capacity fir 1,100 will be a feuture of the building. A $10,1100 plM! organ, wlilch will he available for concerts and recitals, will lie Installed. The Brotherhood of IsMiunotlve Engineers will occupy all of the eleventh floor. I'nh-sthere are Unite. Mont developments, all the mines In the Butte district will close us a result of a jurisdictional labor disrepresenting the pute. A coiuitti-luM'rnniiou.'il Engineers' union waited of the Amalgaon the mated Copper Mining Company ami announced that the Jurisdiction of the e union most he recognized. Tl.e also claimed Jurisdiction over , the pump compressor men, Are-i- i e ii and idlers. Officers of the millers' union said that the Western would furnish Federation of Miner enoiigli eiigiiieer to operate the mines, and thus a long shut down may bo avoided. Boston. The work for the raising of the fund for a memorial monument on the grave of the late Frank It. Monaghan Ht Forest Hills cemetery haa been started by the executive board of the Massachusetta state conference of ateaiii engineers' union. The fund will he the tribute of the engineer of the country, and no other persons or organizations will be naked or allowed to contribute. Mr. Monaghan was an president, for year a national councilor, and at the time of hie death lust summer wa the editor of the International union Journal. St. Loula. Following a conference In this city with James Elliott, president of the Bout h western Coal Opera-tlveassociation, Thomas I- - Lewis, president of the United Mine Worker of America, departed for Indianapolis. Before leaving the city Lewis said that 15 question of minor Importance relating to the affaire of the miners in the southwest had been taken up, but that no decision had been reached. Wage agreement were not discussed, he said. Boston. March 1 the rate will go Into effect for the members of Boston Operative Plaster-erThe inen struck union 10. last summer for an Increase from 60 to 65 rents an hour, A compromise was made by which the men then 62 rents an hour and the rate waa to go Into effect March 1 of this year. The union will enforce the agreement if necessary, it la stated. Topeka. Kan. The work of organization Is being carried on ateudlly In New unions have been Kansas. formed within the last two months as follows: In Emporia, a typographical union; in Atchison, a machinists union; in Horten, a telephone opera tors' union; In Kansas City, Kan., a plumbers' union, and In Pittsburg, a printing pressinen'a union. Boston. Boston building laborers' district council has decided that its wsge requrat this year will be for live cents an hour, which, if secured, will make the new rate 35 cents an hour. The members of the six unions of Boston, Cambridge and Brookline will have a mass meeting Sunday, Febru ary 27, to tuke Anal action on the it s coni-mitt-- tiu-ii- a' One of the troubles about getting along without meat la that thera are so few other things to eat. If one doesn't like prunes. of character le always deplorable. but it would be the tip top of good luck for some men If they could lose their reputation. A Jereeyman won't permit any fly- ing over hla property. This may go for aviators, but who la to make the uioequltoea observe it? A Texas man haa traded 100,000 acres of land for 100,000 gallons of whisky. Simply a matter of exchanging acres for head-achera- An Ohio . paper complains because calve' liver cost 25 cent a pound. Why not look on the right lde? No calf liver weigh many pounds. A Frenrh aviator Is reported to have fallen from hia aeroplane Into a tree and esraped Injury. Bounds like the twentieth century Baron Munchausen. St. Louis butchers say that objection to goat meat a a substitute for lamb chops la purely psychological. We had supposed it was in part olfactory. The glrla ought to remember that the less money Ynle boys spend for violets on the occasion of the "junior prom" the more money they will have to buy engagement rlnga. An unuaual s' marriage took place In Gotham when the woman teller of one of the banks married the masculine matter. Indianapolis. Ind. The Internatlon teller of another. With both tellers thus united the tale of love should al Typographical union hua tuken a special referendum vote on the prophave been well told. osition to establish a mortuary beneThose fourteen California students fit in accordance with a resolution who have been living on sulphur-cureadopted nt the recent convention of fruit since September have gained the international. weight Inatead of losing It. About the Worcester, Mass. In this city April only thing proved by such teste, so s, will be "held a meeting of the train far. Is that the surest way to get fat vcrvlce men of the United States, Can la to Join a poison squad. ada and Mexico, and the head of prac A Mg storm at sea sometimes does tically every railroad system of the nttend and speak. unexpected "stunts." A ship which country will d went ashore on Brant Point, Mass., during the Christmas gale was car rled so high and dry that no hope was entertained of getting her bark to the water. But the latest tempest that swept the stern New England const generated a high tide which carried the vessel to her former element, and to everybody's surprise she was found substantially uninjured. That apieara to have been one of old Neptune's practical jnkea An air chambered target that was characterized "iinsInkaMe" was sent from the Brooklyn navy yard to the Islands, where It wa Philippine promptly sent to the bottom wiiti two broadsides fiom the truii.tr charleston's six Inch guns. It cost 15.yim. but this Is a small item if t1(, (Ap, r meat will afford light as to methods by which ships and targets may be made absolutely unsmkulile. The sun Is but it la not now tr.ox im- - imritiwaid losi g It in i f iti-It Is very cautious and nrd rly . I Their System. Since some seven-eigh- t of all acca ident! are due to negligence and the study of the human element 1 perhaps the most important problem confronting the railroad. It I surprising to find how well the railroad know tbelr men. "The causa for accident of every kind baa been Investigated, explained the superintendent of the foremost American railroad, "and tabulated with the utmost care. This table determines the line of battle. The cause for mistake on the part of railroad men are found to be a follows: Insanity, carelessness, Intemperance, overwork, loea of sleep, and mental worry. It must be considered that the vocation of a railroad man call for a moral beyond that of any other I have the Industry of Importance. greatest sympathy for the American railroad man. "The question now receiving most attention from the railroads 1 a to the beat plan for educating and drilling Its employes to meet the demands made upon them. The railroads are providing recreation for their employes during the time off. Libraries are placed at their disposal. "The men thus Intrusted with the safety of millions of lives are subjected to the moat rigorous examinations, both mental anti physical, conducted by exports. Cars are especially fitted out for making the testa on rules, maintenances, and operation. The curs are accompanied on their trips by officials, surgeons and attendrare-lessne- age bring t xperlence. Tbli rule sometime works baek wards. a peanut tician on on your Old Say good by soon to tbs comet, fur it Is on Its way. THE IDEAL Railroad Men Studying in Evary Way to Eliminate Number of Wrecks Manager. loaf of bread 1m MOVING TOWARDS Chicago. The possibility of a strike of 4,000 switchmen employed In tha Chicago switching district of 18 railroads was believed to have been averted when the parties at dispute agreed to submit the question to the state board of arbitration. The switchmen who are members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, demanded an Increase in wages of live cents an hour and time and a half for overtime. Both aides signed an agreement to arbitrate. The men voted for a strike, but K. O. Melchor, of the Rock Island and chairman of the General Passenger cuinniiitec, said no strike was now posslblc. The application for arbitration was tiled at Springfield, ill. Pa. There Is conW'ilkesbarre, sternation among the anthracite miners In this region over a decision of the Luzerne county mining board to recall all certificates issued to the many thousands of miners In tills county am to examine every mau as to his fitness to hold u certificate, l.'nder u Pennsylvania law a man must have two years experience in hard coal mining before he can obtain a certificate to work as a miner. The decision of the board is due to the finding of large numbers of fraudulent certificates throughout the county, the inexjierlenced inen endanger lug the sufety of mine workers and mine property. New York. Between 5,000 and 6.000 structural iron workers employed by the members of the Iron League Erectors association have received an Increase in wages of 30 cents a day, dating from the beginning of thla mouth, and on July 1 another advance of 20 cents a day will go Into effect, which will bring up the wagee to five dollars a day, the highest structural iron workers have yet received. The wage Increase was voluntarily granted by the employers. Boston. John C. Dyche of New York, general secretary of the Ladles' Garment Worker' union, has sent word that the entire energies of the International will be concentrated in securing a complete victory for the Boston Ladles' Tailors and Dressmakers' union In it prolonged battle against several local open shop (Irma. The work of organising the' Boston shirtwaist and white goods makers Is progressing most satisfactorily, It Is said. South Bethlehem, Pa. A point for the Bethlehem Steel Company in the strike controversy waa the decision of the 500 steel molders not to strike. To keep the molders at work the company granted them part of their demands. Jacob Taxxlier of Washington, representative of Samuel Gomp-era- , arrived and took rharge of tha fight for the men. The agitators say they propose to get out the entire 10,000 employes of the plant Boston. John B. Lennon, who will retire next July, has been at the head of the International Journeymen Tailors for nearly a quarter of a century. and for almost as long a time has been a prominent figure In international labor circles. As treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor Mr. Ijennou has always been In the limelight. Washington. A popular error in regard to the number of Industries in which women were employed during the first quarter of the last century limits their occupation to five or elx the mills, shoemaking, cigar making, sewing, the manufacture of clothing, and printing. Actually statistics from the Industrial reports of that period show that over one hundred occupations were open to women. New York. The executive body of the Barbers' International union haa given notice that hereafter no delegate to the International body will he seated if he does not wear clothing bearing the union label. I oil don, Eng. The Great Northern railroad of Ireland haa Issued a notice that employes reaching the age of 65 years must resign their positions. No pensions will be granted. New York. The linotype machinists of Manhattan have established for themselves an official organ under the title Typesetting Machine Engineers' Journal. New York. There was a notable decrease in the number of violations of New York's child labor law lust year, ami fewer children were employed. There were uhout Washington twenty national or International union in the United States in ISM; in lsq)7 there were upward of 125. New port, Fng. The lather pnrtv eon vent ion voted down a r solution to change the title under which the party's raiiiliiliiies slio.ih1, Maud for par liiiivcnl from Labor to Labor anil So-- t lali.--t by a vote of l,pt2 to 41. A resole, lain was adopt! d deitiaiidiiu laws to t riT.incliisr uoniett and pay ineiidiets of parB.iim'it! n .liiM 170 del hs eirpleye.l in the genital etl't.-eof the B k M Washington. Six countries already have agreed to send representatives to the International congress on rhild welfare in this rlty In May. Indianapolis, Ind. Of the 600.000 coal miners In North America, only 260.000 are within the Inited Mine Workers. New Bedford. Maas. There are cotton mill operatives hero and .ihout (he same number In Fall River In death benefits the carCliicagi). penters paid out $221,742.56 last year Augusta. Me General organizing work sill he undertaken in an endeavor to absolutely organize machinists in New Eng'and states before May 1, when, according to the presi nt program, a ilcimiinl for the tight hour ixrork day and xxage in cri uses will he made at every peint. 2..i gTI cm j Whcclirg. V. j p'oycd in s'rin ing tulriccn In the IVIt-icstogie faetorios, who have In t ii nut on a strike lor two woiks in Mil tri'road sxst-ri'y wtre won a victory. The Iran giaeti'd a wage ineri ase of ten per I ' t : i'iUiI the . Th.e lviii-lpt I.im ef tin ' r The management rriuMat let Us ill the leeal office and the r. ght clerk are still pet ding. 27.-T0- 0 Mih-u.uti- al Ya.--Th- Ro.-to- s 1 WC-.ll- or f wi-.- an occupation that hardship and peril, but In winter these become accentuated through climatic difficulties. Usually the Pullman passen- ger look out from hIa comfortable seat and roe with thoughtless the man indif-fereren- who braking hurrying along over the Icy roofs of swaying box cars, or aome other member of the crew who, having thrown a ewitch at a way aiding, catches the ladder on the side of a moving car to hurry aloft and make a long Journey over perilous fooling. He heara (rains rip past in the swirling aiiow without a moment's thought of the worry and anxiety of the men In charge, who are leading the destinies of living and dead cargoes through the storm and bringing them safely to their destinies only by the utmost When the heavy etorma vigilance. eoitte the difficulties are multiplied. Tli ere la always the thought that the signal system may go wrong and that somewhere aheHil in the smother of driving snow there may be a suddenly stalled train, nr, worse yet, another feeling 11s way toward a possible head-ocollision. When the snow la deep and heavy thpre is always trouble with the locomotive. The train at aggers along by jerks and jolts like a drunken thing. Sometimes the utmost efforts of the firemen to "keep 'er hot fall, and t the train stalls In some area, or wedges tight in a cut filled with snow. While the passengers over the conditions one man must hustle out In front and another to the rear with flags to hold up possible trains and prevent collisions, while the engine crew does Its best to extricate the outfit from Its wretched predicament. Passengers waiting In the stations grow Impatient because the train Is 45 minutes late at Podunk. Three-quarter- s of an hour afterward cornea the Information that It waa an hour and 20 minutes late at the next station h of and losing time every the weary way. Trainmen learn to take these annoyances philosophically. When the passengers land at their respective stations their troubles are over, but the trainmen get home any old time and are glad they are alive. It would be a good thing for the patrons of railways to have an occasional look at railway operation from the operative's standpoint. Then they would have a better understanding of the delays of passenger trains and of the congestion of coal and other freights in yards where a large exchange and distribution business is done in a space that la not always sufficient to permit quick extrication. 1 ahead" ants. On 'one such trip recently, for example, a car covered 3,262 miles In 53 days, when 5,406 men were examined. Out of this number 447 were found defective. In a groat proportion of cases the defects were remedied by. supplying glasses. Some of the men were transferred to other it Is by Buch intelligent und systematic work that the death rate and accident rate of our railroads I being st (tidily diminished. n du-lie- wind-swep- rail-lengt- PROBLEM Put-U- p A young man on a certain train no tired a poor woman who stood up and searched her pocket wildly. "Been'Tobbed, madam? he Inquired. "O, no, she answered, "but It Just aa bad. Ive lost my ticket and I've got no money. The railroad will arrest me for fraud. "Well," said the young man, "Ive got no money, either, but here, take my ticket and Ill give the brakeman a problem." When the brakeman came through the young man, to confuse him, kept moving about the car. Finally, though, he was cornered. "Tickets, said the brakeman. You've got my ticket," said the young man. I haven't got It," aald the brake-iunn- . . "Yes, you have. We'll see about thla. Ill call the conductor. When the conductor came he said to the young man with a scowl: "Where' your ticket? "He's got my ticket, wee the reply. See if he hasn't got a ticket with a small piece off the corner? Why, yes. you have, Jim. There it is," said the conductor, reproachfully. And heres the piece, said the young man. Bee If It doesn't fit. It fitted, and the conductor and brakeman went off arguing and gesticulating, while the young man remarked: I thought that was a problem they wouldn't answer." . Will Do TAFT Repra Mrs. Charles Anderson Ha ented the President' Wif at Public Functions. Washington. Until a few daya age Mrs. Taft has had as her guest since the first of the year at tbe White House her sister, Mrs. Charles Anderson of Cincinnati, who haa taken her place as hostess at all the large stata dinners given at the executive man slon and also accompanied the presi dent at the dinners given him by th cabinet members. In truth Mrs. Anderson haa stepped Into her sister's place whenever Mrs. Taft haa so wished It, because of her own Indisposition and lack of strength to carry out her social duties. Another sister, Mrs. Thomas K, Laughlin of Pittsburg, has arrived at the White House to take Mrs. Andersons place as Mrs. Taft's assistant One or the other of Mrs. Taft's three sisters has been with her slnco her Illness last spring, and it is duo to them that she has made auch rapid progress toward restoration of health. She spends much of her time out of doors, and. in the last week has taken, long walks in tbe bracing air of the coldest weather of this winter. Mrs. Anderson is a tall, handsome woman with white hair and a beautiful complexion. She la a fine con versationallat and altogether a charm lng hostess. She is well known la Washington, where she has been a frequent visitor at her sister's home and also at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, who are relatives of her husband. CROWN PRINCE WAS NAUGHTY Locked In Forty-Eigh- Berlin. t Hie Room by Kaicer for Hours Like Common Boy. How would you like to a crown prince, heir to the throne be of Germany? Sounds nice doesn't It? But do not know that a crown prince enjoys of the world's pleasures than the average man? This Is the case especially when the crown prince has a father like the German kaiser. Several days ago the crown prince ot Germany was locked In hla room for 48 hours for being "naughty. He was treated Just like some other boya-whstray from the straight and narrow path. It was a little thing for which he was punished. The crown prince went to the Theater des West eng to attend a performance without having given notice nf his Intention. Consequently he found the royal box sold. And the prim e was obliged to. leave. The incident is said to be unprece Away with White Light. The New York Central railroad has decided to abolish the white light signal. which has been the sign for a clear track since American railroads were established. Other roads will follow the Centrals lead. The white lights In houses near the tracks with railroad men for a considerable proportion of the appalling list of railroad accidents In the United States. It la said that engine drivers confuse the lights In houses near the track with the clear road signal, and many Instance of wreck due to thla cause are reported monthly. Hereafter a yellow light will be used to show a dented In the history of the Hohen-xoUeclear track, the red light being continfamily, and the kaiser waa ued for danger. much annoyed by hla son' thoughtlessness in making himself the of goisip. Railroad Policy. Japans More than 90 per cent of the railroads In Japan are now owned and Schoolboy Howler." solely controlled by the Imperial Writing In what he supposed was railroad board. The supplies for these the English language, a Bombay boy railroads are always purchased described his school as It appeared through tenders, nnd only the bids ol by moonlight: "And we bewholed the dealers or corporations who for a cer- hole phernianient of heavens and stars tain number of years, generally two and the School sticking reflected upyears or more, have been paying a side down in the pond erected by our amount of divert national tax. worthy Collector." At the close of a and have been engaged In the busi- description of the schoolmaster anness continuously, will he accepted. other lad wroti : "He was a stern- fac'd peddl.-gog,Some amusing examples of schoolboy language are Electricity the Best. It has proved thill the great found in essays. For instance: "The railroad terminals, where traffic is con-- ! sight of my gurd-tri.ie.pulsi R nil Tl:e site of thunslant, where switch engines are mb cries of sriics. der strikes Me nn.n.ing eve of t lie shunted bittk nnd forth nn-- suburb.-ii- i trains arc run frequently, can .e n. nt looker." "The w rather of Beiguiiui Is coigei'ti;il crated more economically liv eln-trl-- ; to Europe steam. Peons." ami This iiiiisct-than by city is full of dead cm pst-- and sink ether I.eautTul thing." Another is: Cars Used in Fait Freight. (mr col rct.T cheeks th.- ep, i;,t i,,,,." n,., P Fa.--t freight line service of th-- . m i"lent with a taste for cpi.-.ni-u uses S2.i't6 cart. te .nark' "Taxation is vesatl.-n- ' rn t , 1 I SPHINX and Conductor. Must Take Chances. Now. the veteran engineer: that funny yflu may think (t ao few engineers and firemen will admit that their work la any more dangerous than that of a bunk clerk or a dry goods salesman. Deep down In their hearts they know It Is, but the engine man doesn't dare stop and think much about his dangers; that would drive him nutty, and he wouldn't be good for a Jerkwater run. We have to take chances right along. We must make schedule time or get out for some crew that will. Time must be made. Whenever we lose half an hour or ten minutes on a strip of new roadbed or a bit of track that has become spongy because of heavy rains we must make It up later. There have been some roads that have Issued orders forbidding train crews trying to make up lost time, but the engineer and fireman wink at It; they know as a matter of fact that unless a wreck rrevents It no excuse for being behind the schedule will go. "The business of making up lost time Involves more than blind courage. It requires the best of skill In handling a locomotive, and sympathy between engineer and fireman. A little thing like pulling the throttle or applying the air brakes may mean death or long delays." 1 THE Job of Smart Youth That Fooled Both the Brakeman Neatly Bald Whitewashing Coal. The Great Northern railroad now whitewashes every car of coal that come to It line for transportation. It la a detective scheme to locale and prevent the theft of coal. I.imo water sprayed over a carload of coni. In a short time the water haa evaporated, leaving a load of white coal. Then removal of any coal leave a Mk black inspecquickly noted spot, which tor and station intents nnd the leak found and stopped. Railroads lose thousands of tens f coal annually from cars in transit, as it Is up to them their to deliver it many tons at mil-s away, often a thousand In when thv car was writhed were las turned oxer for transportation. Two or three tons may he remoxed from a earload ci.iit.iliilm: 40 ton without attention to its I uaiitit.v tun II the ear is iikuIu 1'lueeJ the scale. Utica Pres. FOR MRS. 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