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Show THE BEAVER W. I- - COUNTY NEWS .... Kluwlck, MILFORD Editor GUARDING THE CARS Manager. In Labors Realm UTAH What would a lair be without an airship? Matters of Especial Interest To and Con ceraing Those Who Do the This year there will be no counting the losses, but a riling up of pro lit. Work of the World Always bear in luirnl that there is no spot on earth east of the north pole. co stain. persons are safislicd to kuow that the comet is then without waiting up nights to see it. Many California should preserve its big trees from forest fires and make the trust forever Jealous. It is confusing to say that the original college widow is duid. Originality la the lung suit of all of them. If people are not more careful the death strip is going to interfere with our census prospects. sori-ousl- y denies that there a way of coming along alatut that time. Though science ire equinoctial storms they have France Is going to lax foreign brought In for pleasure runs, which may servo to call attention to the good roads of Germany and Spain i Buga - . are euting the gum off the It may he stamp In Washington. necessary to make an appropriation to feed the bugs In order to save the tamps. Phi Marrying a slightly shelf-worropean nobleman to a large package of Amerlran dollars Is a Job which Cupid might well bo glad to turn over to a syndicate. A man In a Connecticut town was sent to Jail fur persistently whistling the same popular tune. Thut and long suffering worm, the public, has turned at last. n ' long-abuse- d A fountain pen In man's pocket atopiied saved his life. Most destroy all chances of with the avenigc-toiuppre- d a York and fountain pens the future life, man. New a bullet California Is thinking of dividing Itself Into two states of normal slxc. This plan If carried out will give tc the world the Inestimable blessing of two distinct varieties of "native sons." Gnlf porls urc gaining In export trade faster than are Atlantic coast ports, wholly regardless of the per fectly good theory that lines of traffic are foreordained to run only east and west It Is reported by the minister of the treasury that Castro In the last part of his term took a million and a half of dollars from the national treasury. No wonder he wus reluctant to lose such a good thing. In giving up his claims to the throne Portugal to wed an American heiress, the prince of ltrnganxa sacrifices a very pale shadow to a beautiful and substantial reality. So the sacrifice Is not as harrowing as It sounds. of That Curie Sam turns out a high trade of marksmen la evident from the experience of the Atlantic fleet. When practice with the big guns has to be sustended because the targets have been shot to pieces the fact fur Dishes strong evidence that there would be straight shorting In battle. New progress brings new dangers. The surgeon of the French warship Descartes attributes eczema and eye troubles to the use of wireless telegraphy. The eczema has appeared on the faces and hands of the seamen told off to work the apparatus. Therefore the surgeon recommends that In future use of the wireless apparatus precautions be taken to protect these parts of the body. Here is another discovery, and It has been made at a distance farther than the north polo. Observations by Prof. Percival Lowell, the llarvnrn astronomer, convince him that there fa oxygen in the atmosphere of Mare, and from this he concludes that it :x possible fur life to exist on that planet as well as on the earth. Here Is a chance for real distinction. Whnt airship Inventor will fly to Mars and find out all about it Huston. A New typoEngland graphical union was formed here by the representatives of every union of the six states. Its purpose. as outlined by the constltutli ii adopted. Is to promote all movemerts that tend to advanre the rnndlllons of the members nf the International Typographical union; to strengthen all subordinate unions of the International; to extend the use nf all labels of the printing trades; to secure and promote publicity of all union endeavors, with the Internationand to al Typographical union in executing its policies." Edward M. Martin of Host on Typographical union, No. 13, was elected president, John E. Murphy of WHterbury, Conn., James F. Oltrlen of Huston Newspaper Mailers union and Marry Foley of Ilerlln, N. 11.. first-- , second and third respectively, and (Charles Car-roof Providence secretary treasurer. The next convention will bo at taw-enc- e next June. Denver, Col. In reporting to the national convention of the International Association of Machlnlsla. on old age benefits. It was found thuc In 1913 those who have been In good standing for ten years and have reached the age of 65 years would get $400,000 In benefits. Hecause of this large sum the convention referred the matter to the law committee for further Investigation. The convention that the naadopted a resolution tional eight-hou- r day be established as non as possible, providing fur monthly payments to the nationul fund for the campaign, and leaving the date for the union to enforce the depiand to I he executive board to decide. New York. An application has been made by the International Brother-hooof Teamsters to change Its charter to allow the admission of automoAcbile chunffeurs to membership. teamsters the to of ofllrers the cording the chauffeurs sre anxious to become organized in order to fix a uniform scale of wegec In case the application Is granted It la prcsised to change the name nf the body to the International Urutherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers. Chicago. A referendum vote Is being taken by the Journeymen tailors on the questions of maintaining labor bureaus, founding libraries, holding lectures, and as to whether all unions should be affiliated with the central bodies In their cities. 7 he organization has gone on record as being In favor of a federation composed of the tailors. United Garment Worker! and kindred clothing unions. Ilerlln, Germany. The German government now recognizes the right of organizations for all wage workera, except servants and agricultural The dlsabllitiea of these clnsses the unions are trying to remove. The laws in regard to sailors have been amended In the last .few yeara, giving the men a larger liberty in carrying out union purposes. Detrolt.Mlch. A voluntary Increase In wages for those of the 2,200 motor-meand conductors employed by the Detroit United Kailway In this and on lnterurban lines who have been in the sci vice of the company for two or more years was announced by General Manager N. W. Ilrook. The new scale ranges from 23 to 27 cents an hour. New York. Ninety-fiv- e per cent of the 2.459 unions In New York state sent In answers to the questions propounded by the statistical bureau of the state department of labor as to initiation fees. The average monthly rate for the 403,032 members emulated with the 2.329 unions reporting In the combined Industries was 65 cents. Boston. noston Sheet Metal Workers' union. o. 17. has come to an agreement on the wnge question with nearly all the employers. The present minimum wage is 3.6n a day. Under the arrangement the minimum will be increased to $3.75 on January 1 and rate will the desired go into effect on June 1 of next year. Boston. The referendum has ret blow from the ceived a boot and shoe workers. After electing its national officers by a referendum vote for uiuny years, the organization has gone back to the convention system, and will elect Us officers st national meetings. The elections hereafter will be for two years. Atlanta, (In. The convention of the Internntinrnl Brotherhood of Rnilway Carmen voted to seek alfilintlon with the A. F. of I The car workers' international Is affiliated with the A. E. of L. A plan to amalgamate both under an A. F. of L. charier will be ll d n down-and-ou- The September report of the department of agriculture renews assurance that the leading grain crops will he large. The prospects are that the wheat yield will be 71 4,302.000 bushels, against C64.604.000 lust year, while corn Is put down at 2.64M 16.000, as compared with 2,666.651,000 in 1906. Other figures are: Oats. 1909, bushels, 1908. 807,150.000 bushels; rye. 1909, SI, 066.000 bushels; 1908 81.851.000 bushels; barley, 11)09, 170.- 648.000 190S, bushels; 166.756,000 bushels. 1.00S.-000,00- Special Agent," with Headquarters in Some Large City, "Chief Hae Army of Oetectivea Under Hie Command. devised- - Continents. magnates have been approached by officials of the bureau of American republics. It was admitted at tbe headquarters of the bureau, with a view of interesting them in the construction of a railroad through southern Mexico, Central America and far into South America. As yet none of the capitalists has informed the bureau of an intention to construct such a road, but Director Barrett believes that by the time the conlercnce meets third In Buenos Aires next year a definite proposition will be ready to submit to the American nation with a view of asking for moral support. It is recognized that governmental aid must be given to this project. Just as the United States assisted in the construction of the great lines to conuect the Atlantic and Pan three-fourth- vice-preside- t, east-boun- d fifty-eigh- e sign-writin- electric has ority over the steam service. superi- A MEDAL Secretary of War le rewarded for Saving the Life of a Detroit Lawyer. Mind Several railroad He wae a big. florid man, glorying In girth of Taft-likproportions, and when he bustled Into the room, Washington. An interesting exhibia sea-rol- l stride, he was tion has been opened In Zurich, Swit- ihowing blowing like a porzerland, demonstrating the conditions poise. Also persunder which the Swiss poorer classes aa bepiring, work, and the wages they earn, with comes a ponderspecial reference to the sweating" at ous person on home. These people, iwho work In a warm day. their own homes, number 130,000, Stretching across s of whom are women and a section of his children. Their earnings are shockbroad vest was a ingly lo- w- in some cases as little as heavy watch four centimes an hour are paid to chain, made of straw workers; while the average pay leather links. DivIn other industries Is: Silk weavers, ing a chunky fist sevea centimes an hour; linen weavinto a hip pocket ers. 11 centimes; glove makers, 12 he drew forth a centimes; wood carving, 31 centimes; bolstered revolver watch makers, 36 centimes. The exwhich he carelesshibition ulno contains models of the ly tossed Into the homes In which these people work, desk before him. showing the unhealthy conditions and Then he was overcrowding. The promoters confi- for business grim business andready the that the exhibition will more be got of It the better he seemed dently expect stop the sweating and put the law In to like It and the more he sputtered motion. and fumed. Boston.-- - A committee of the ToronAt the right of his desk was a comto, Canada, board of education waa plete arsenal a cabinet in which In Boston recently examining the tood a row of menacing Winchesters. technical and Industrial schools of In a corner of the room rested another Beaton. The Canadian capital la to ?ase and it contained an assortment erect a technical high school at a of handcuffs and some balls and cost of $750,000 aa a further extension chains, the whole reminiscent of a of the trade school originally estab- chamber in a penitentiary. lished and supported by the Toronto This man, the chief of deTrades and I.abnr council, then par tectives of a big railroad with Chicago Hally supported by the municipality terminals. Is the man who directs a and finally taken over as an estab- continuous campaign against thieves lished portion of the work of who invade the yards of the system Toronto.. The visitors also inspected and break open freight and passenger I he Boston Globe plant. James Simp-sou- , ears, stations and freight sheds, carof the Canadian rying away anything lirtable. It is Trades and tabor council, former the duty of this railroad police conCanadian of the I. T. stable, whose official title Is chief U. and the fraternal delegate from special agent, to put up his shields, Canada to the Boston convention of so to speak, at every polut on a great . the-AF. of L was a member of the system and keep an eye st long range a party, being member of the hoard of an a small army of assistants who run education of Toronto. He renewed down rubber bands which Infest the many old acquaintances. road. Thus, from Chicago to Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Word has been and California, the chief special agent received at international headquarters of one of the through western lines Is of the International Association ot kept busy catching thieves and sendthe International Association of ing them to prison. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in this city of the at the worth of goods and railroad equipMinneapolis convention, of F. M. Ryan ment are stolen annually In numerous as International president and J. J. sections of the country and If tbe secretary-treasurer- . as McNamara thieves are to be run to their lairs, E. A. Clancy, of San Francisco, Is re-- , prorocuted suds sent to prison the elected as first and special agents and their assistants J. T. Butler, of Buffalo, who waa a have a large contract on their hands. A favorite plunder In tbe eyes of member of the international executive board, has been elected second thieves Is silk. Only the other day adII. W. Legleitner, of vices were received of a $4,000,000 Pittsburg, Pa., and II. S. Hockln, of cargo of silks and other goods loaded to the on a single boat, bound from Asiatic Detroit, have been executive board, and In addition there ports to San Francisco. Of this cargo have been elected to the board Char much was silk. Thieves look longinglea Hcuin, of Minneapolis, and $1. J. ly on that fabric as a means of profit Young, of Boston. The president, two and tbey always can find conscienceand secretary also less purchasers. However, silk trains, serve on the board. when to the markets, are Boston. In view of statements carefully watched, and there are ever made by officers of the seceding In- on guard special agents, good shots, ternational regarding the funds of the ready to pick off train robbers if they International Brotherhood of Electrical attempt to loot cars In transit across Workers. Boston union. No. 103, of- the mountains or the lonely plains. In Chicago and other cities the ficially communicated with the banks In Springfield, III., where the brother- freight ear thieves are not too partichood's funds are on deposit. The re- ular about what they- - steal. Some loot ply of the bank officers showed the the cars for merchandise of all sorts, statement of the dual organizations with a preference for provisions and oillrers to be absolutely false. liquors. Others seek out clothing. Boston. Despite newspaper stateOne of the methods In favor with ments to the contrary the pension sys- professional railroad thieves . is to tem for the employes of the B. ft M. spot' a box car loaded with a quanrailroad is not to go Into effect Im- tity of silk, enter It through the end Under the law passed by door at Buffalo or some other point mediately. the legislature, the act alust first be and accompany It on Its Journey until accepted by the directors of the road It arrives at a quiet place out In the and then by a rote of the employes. country many milea away where the The directors have not as yet consid- grade Is heavy, necessitating slow goered the matter. ing. When a place agreed upon has Pittsburg. Pa. The contemplated been reached the plunder Is tossed out organization of the International Bro- to confederates in waiting with a therhood of Railway Carmen and the team of horses and wagon. National Car Workers would have a A short time ago the sheriff of take membership exceeding sixty thousand, county, Indiana, was driving late at which would place It numerically night toward Hobart when he came among the foremost labor organiza- upon a span of horses hitched among tions in America. the trees off tbe roadside. Slowing up. tandnn. England. A recapitulation he taw men carrying large packages of the benefits of all kinds paid by the from the slda of a railroad track near Amalgamated Society of British En- by. He drew his revolver, romnianded t gineers during the years in a halt and the frightened thieves which benefits of any kind have been made off. leaving a valuable team, paid shows that a total of 110,727,905 wagon and stolen goods, mostly silk, has b en expended in the work. behind. The robbers believed that an Milwaukee. The convention of the entire pm se was after them. A similar International Glass Bottle Blowers' case Is n ported fromValparalso. Ind. association Indorsed the plan to retire In each Instance the"thieves had acon pensions all members who have companied the train a long ds,ance. reached the age of sixty years and It is said the most expert of the railhave worked for twenty-fivconsecuroad thieves are former emp'oyes of tive years. the roads. The special agents mainChicago. The convention of the In- tain a blacklist consisting of the dustrial Workers of the World, which names of former railroad men who was to have been held In this city this have been convicted of thievery. month, has been postponed until May 1 bv a referendum vote. Startling Station Call. ISoston.The Inst of the big Boston A conductor and a brakenmn on a firms signed the new Montana railroad differ as to the agreement of the Sign proper pronunciation of the name Writers union last week. , Eurella." Passengers are often Minneapolis. Minn. The action of startled uron arrival at this station to the Minneapolis trades assembly In hear the conductor yell, You're a passing a law requiring its delegates liar! Your'rc a liar!" And then from to wear at least four union labels in the brakemsn at tlu other end of the order to qualify ns members Is at- car, You really are! You really are!" tracting some attention In outside cities. Advantage in Electricity. Ottawa. Canada- .- William Clocking None of the railroad companies international president of the Book which have adopted electricity In the binders' union, has been elected the service of moving trains, head of the Trade and tabnr council regular seems disposed to give out any fignf Canada. ures showing the cost of operation, New Y ork. A movement Is likely K I declared that In point of contoward the formation of a branch nf but and regularity of service the venience the Commercial Teleg.v.vtfs for wire shown a decided The public seems to have been edu Boston. Huston Newsboys' union. cated Into believing that rabies must In appreciation of the work done by Inevitably follow a dog hlte. With the James J. Storrow tn establishing a victim In such a frame of mind, his camp at Halifax. Mass., at which more enfeebled by terror, becomes than 150 newsboys enjoyed vacations body, an easier prey. during the summer, presented him with nn engrossed and framed set of The New York state forest commU resolutions officially expressing ' the loner Is establishing telephone lines of the union's members. gratitude In the Adlrondacks for the use of fire Copenhagen, Denmark. There are wardens. In extinguishing forest fires now fifty-on- e central or national as well as others much depends upon unions In the Federation, of Danish getting an early start. The telephones Trades Unions, with 1.214 local are likely to more than save their ') ranches, besides ten local socltles: cost. be total membership amounting to lest operators. dose on 100,006. Financiers and Builders Have in Line to Connect the Two GETS DICKINSON RAILROAD N RAILROADS e Now the American aviator will Irave upon the cirrus clouds his fresh tobac- lumber HAVE ELABORATE 8YSTEM OF PROTECTION. FOR n Washington. An almost forgotten Incident in which Secretary of War resJacob M. Dickinson heroically cued James E. Joy, a Detroit lawyer, from the Detroit river 14 years ago., was recalled when a handsome solid ribbon gold medal, suspended from a held In tbe beak of an American eage was presented to Mr. Dickinson on behalf of tbe United States government. The medal, approved Ly President Taft before hla departure on his trip and commemorating the courage ot trans-continent- cific. The prospect, not only for obtaining of the nations conthe cerned, but of procuring the consent of capitalists to undertake the great feat of connecting the two American continents by rail, 1b regarded by officials in Washington to be brighter now than ever before. They feel that the dream of James G. Blaine of connecting the two continents In this manner may be realized by the very generation that followed him. SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER of the Splendid Record Made by Railroads of Explanation America. For the third time this year an American railroad reports thnt it has operated its lines for 12 months without losing the life of a single passenger. The Santa Fe, with Its 9,794 miles of actively operated track, takes place with tbe Burlington and the Pennsylvania, on this roll of honor. The Santa Fe carried 12,605,697 passengers without a fatality. Wonderful aa this efficiency record is, its explanation Is as marvelous. Even more than to heavy rails, ballast or equipment," says one of the rqgd's officials, we attribute the successful record for the year to the spirit of working together, which must run through the rank and file of the men operating the trains. In other words, American railroading is ridding Itself of Its greatest operating reproach by sheer will power. , This Is the force that has leveled mountains, filled up canyons, bridged arms of the sea Itself. It can have few loftier ideals in the practical workings of a railroad than the maintenance of the sacredness of human life. There Is every reason to believe that its success has been repeated upon other lines, and that It will be extended to other systems still as It becomes a matter upon which all American railroads feel a proud spirit of emulation. Secretary of War Dickinson. tbe war secretary In saving the life of a fellow man, was presented by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury lllUes. In testimony of heroic deeds In saving lives" read the inscription on tbe medal, which also bore a laurel Touched held aloft by a woman. deeply by the unexpected recognition of his act, the secretary of war, with 'characteristic modesty, merely said: I did not have much time to consider what was best to be done when Joy fell into the river and If I had I might have done what Rip Van Winkle told hla wife Gretchen be would do in case she fell into the water, Go home and think it over. He added that he did not know he bad done anything remarkable. Dickinson probably owes bis seat tn President Taft's cabinet as secretary of war to the act of heroism. GEN. BELL A MOUNTAINEER Chief of 8taff of the Army Makea a Difficult Ascent In the Grand Canyon. Los Angeles. During his recent visit In tbe Grand canyon, on bis way east from the coast, Gen. J. Franklin Beil, chief of staff of the United States army, demonstrated that he Is a strenuous mountaineer. The general and hla aid, CapL F. W. Sladen, Mlaa May Chandler of Los J. H. Fleming, master of trails, horses and wheeled vehicles at El Tovar, and a guide, composed a party HERO WAS EASILY SATISFIED which negotiated the entire Bright Angel trail The general gallantly actSaved Train from Wreck, and Only ed as Miss Chandlers special escort. The picturesque wonders of the Desire Waa to Be Given Money, mighty chasm were viewed from for Whieky. An-gue- s. A disappointing tramp hero was the one who saved a train from certain disaster in August, 1905, on the Cincinnati. Hamilton ft Dayton railroad. Several yards of the track had been swept away in a washout, and when the tramp, who rushed along the track and warned the driver by waving hla coat above liis head, was asked by the grateful passengers for his name and address. In order that he might be further rewarded, after they had raised a purse of more than $100 for him, he replied: My address is the United States, and it ain't never been mere definite, and I guess it nev.r win be so long as whisky's sold in more than one place. Ive got enough- - money now to keep me alive for six months, at five cents a drink, and I guess you've done your duty by me. But the nearest saloon's at Hamilton, and that's a long way for a man whose been dry since morning. Give me a ride to Hamilton and we'll cry quits. And to Hamilton he went, and when the passengers last saw this tattered hero he was rushing into a saloon, where he entertained crowds of loiterers with the story of how he saved the train, and then treated them to drinks. Blowing Up the Locks. Would It be easr to blow up and destroy a lock canal by the ma'ldous use of dynamite or other high explosive The question has been debated much in connection with the Panama canal. The Engineering News calls attention to the fact that an attempt made In 1969 to wreck the Welland canal In this way produced surprisingly small results. After two weeks' examination the two men concerned selected lock 24, and each lowered a satchel containing dynamite and a fuse to the water behind the axis at each end of the lock. Ruth charge were expo, led. hut the dynamite failed t carry away the gates. Although the explosives blew a hole about a foot In diameter, ti rough each gate and loosened the hinges, the gates remained in position, 'old lug back the water. For Future Railroad Ties. During the last season the Pennsylvania Railroad Company act out 303.-00trees. Including pines, larches', spruce and hardwoods. Gen. J. Franklin Bell. very available point on this ateeg path from the rim to the bottom. Gen. Bell's conspicuous energy wai not exhausted in overcoming the bard ships of the Bright Angel trail, so hi proceeded, with a guide, to climb I mountain 1,000 feet high which risei tip from the deptha of the canyon neat the foot of the trail. The sides of the mountain are well nigh perpendicular, making the task achieved a most toilsome one. Fron the side of this mountain .'tows a It w tng spring, creating a splendid iool a pure water at tbe bottom ticu. Bell and aide proceeded east, continuing the general's official nrmj Inspecting tour, while the Los Angclet party, which included Miss Chandler her mother. Mrs. Harry Chandler, and the latter's father, Gen. Harrlsos Gray Otis, returned to the city. Slow Growth of Australia. At the beginning of tbe present year tbe population or Australia wai 4.275.1MM). |