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The Superior Times
VOL. XXXXI. NO. 40.
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MILLIONS of feet of timber and
finished lumber rot every
year in railroad ties, bridges,
trestles, piles, farm buildings,
fences, poles and mine props.
The lumber consuming pub
lie of the United States pays perhaps
$30,000,000 to $40,000,000 a year to
make good the losses from wood de
cay.
These great drains are a source of
more and more concern each year.
Chemists and engineers who have to
do with the uses of wood are working
unceasingly cu the problem. The
United States forest service has men
who devote their whole time to it.
The importance of the problem can
not be overestimated. Millions of dol
lars are annually saved by preserva
tive treatment of timbers, but much
yet remains to bo learned.
Wood decay is caused by fungus, a
vegetable growth sometimes so small
that it can be seen only with the
microscope. Its roots or branches,
like minute hairs, force their way Into
the wood tissues and absorb or eat
away the solid parts. The collapse
which results is called decay.
The United States department of
agriculture in connection with a study
of the wood-using Industries of vari
ous states is learning what part of the
rough lumber output of our American
pfiorccrso t ss£o eras, p/mtj fw* gtatjoa' •> o
sawmills passes through a second
l jr ' css of manufacture before it Is
: July for the consumer. The study la
* carded as having an important bear
'uß on the extent to which more eco
nomical use of our forest resources
f iti be brought about. So far, the re-
Its obtained show that more than
■ eighths of the rough lumber sawed
ls to be counted as the raw material
r other industries which convert it
into a more highly finished and more
valuable product.
In the United States waste In the
woods, the mill, and the factory is so
S r < at that two-thirds of what was in
the tree ig lost on the way to the con
- :mer The heaviest part of tills loss
kes,yaoe in the sawmills. Much of
iy-uill waste is unavoidable under
f but the greater the
r.S'k. f or the product and the high
*' a* value, the better will economy
fay Waste In manufacture ia very
~ :r all compared with that at the saw-
Oihl Study of the demands of the
■" ood-using industries may be a means
' finding out how the mill may profit
■■ '■>’ market a part of what now goes
’o the burner In sawdust, slabs and
trimmings,
Ftaiistlcs of the wood-using indus
s of Massachusetts, Maryland,
Nerih Carolina, and Wisconsin, lately
gathered by the department of agri
culture In co-operation with these
*-ates. show that of their total saw-
mill out put 36 per cent, is used in
the form of output. If the same ratio
holds for the entire country as for
these states, about 13,000,000,000 feet
of lumber is used yearly in rough form
and 23,600,000 feet is further man
ufactured.
This is the first time that detailed
figures have been obtained on this
subject. The study which has yielded
those figures has also In view to as
certain what commodities are made
wholly or partly of wood, the various
kinds of wood used, their origin, and
their cost, as well as ether data of
value to the growers of timber and
to the sellers and buyers Of lumber.
In making up the figures, lumber
used as bridge timber, house frames,
farm fences, trestles, board walks,
walls and similar classes of struc
tures, wHh only such cutting and fit
ting as is given it by carpenters, was
classed as rough lumber; that made
into flooring, finish, siding, sash,
doors, frames, panels, stairs, boats,
vehicles, boxes, baskets, turnery,
wooden ware, cooperage, musical in
struments, farm implements, furniture,
spools, handles, and like forms, was
placed in the class of finished lumber.
The present aggregate population of
the four states is estimated by their
respective state officials to be 9,166,-
975; the population of the United
I States in round figures Is 90.000,000,
! according to recent estimates. The
average lumber cut in the four states
for 1907 and 1008 —the one an active,
the other a dull year—was 3,753,293,-
' 000 feet, and for the United States it
! was 36.740,201,000. Calculated on this
| basis, the per capita use of sawn lum
ber in the four states was 410 feet,
and In the United States 408 feet.
The per capita used In the four states
of lumber further manufactured was
263 feet. These figures indicate a
lavish use of lumber In the United
States, tor our per capita consuiapMon
is from three to ten times that cl tbe
leading nations of Europe.
Paper Films.
A German patent was issued rears
' ago for a process of making Wipspar
-1 ent paper lantern slides which could
I be easily adapted to the manufc*cture
!of moving-picture films and would
i greatly lessen the danger of fire, as
j even paper which has not been fire
| proofed is far less Inflammable than
celluloid. However, transparent pa
per can readily be made fireproof ab
j solutely without Impairing itj trans
i parency by coating It with a thin film
of waterglass.
First Onward Step.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
—Byron,
SUPERIOR. WISCONSIN. SATURDAY. UNK 1. 1!M0.
Girl Asks Senators for Day’s Income
WASHINGTON.— The millionaires
of the senate have been pleading
ly requested by a young country girl
of Virginia to donate their aggregated
Income for 24 hours in order that she
may be enabled to acquire such an
education as will qualify her for the
profession of teaching school. She
feels that this would not in the least
Impoverish them, while it would en
rich her beyond hope’s desire.
The ambitious girl who has made
this unusual appeal resides at Volney,
Va. She rescribes herself ns being
fifteen years old and earnestly seek
ing to better her condition and pro
vide some means by which she can
become self-supporting. Her com
munication is entirely frank and fear
less and the writer is apparently con
Shelled Eggs Before Supreme Court
WITH summer at hand, the Supremo
court of the United States was
asked a few days ago to adjudicate a
case Involving 50 cans of eggs. Nearly
five months ago the United States dis
trict court for the southern district of
Illinois decided that the eggs wore not
Just the thing for human consumption
and directed its marshal “totally to
destroy them.” The Supremo court
was asked to pass on jurisdictional
questions, but the eggs themselves
were not brought Into court, as the
marshal may have performed his duty.
These eggs came into existence
probably some time in tho early part
of 1908 —long enough ago to have per
Champ Clark’s Boyhood Dream Is True
WHEN Champ Clark was making
the speech which "riled" Cannon,
so that the speaker retorted with
more or less ferocity, Clark gave his
hearers a glimpse of bis own boyhood.
“When 1 was a lad, hoeing corn In
Kentucky, I made up my mind to be
a lawyer and to come to this con
gress,” he said. "1 had never even
seen a courthouse. 1 had no idea
what congress was like. But I made
good on both propositions. 1 like the
place. If the salary were cut to s'>,ooo
a year 1 would still want to be here.
If it were cut to $3,000 a year 1 would
still want to here. If it were cut to
nothing 1 would still want to b< here,
provided I had a sufficient bank ac
count."
And It Is said that the bank ac
count of the man who, as a boy, hoed
Kentucky corn, is just about big
enough to enable him to Indulge in
the luxury of sitting in an unsalaried
congress.
Accor jing to one of the Washington 1
Congressman Spits; Misses a Thriller
Representative ezekiel Sam
uel CANDLER of Mississippi Is
one of the most retiring and unob
trusive members of the lower house of
the national legislature. Representa
tive Candler Is more generally known
as “Tomblgbee" Candler because once
more than a year ago. he begged the
house not to forget that majestic
stream, the Tomblgbee river of Mis
sissippi In Us river and harbor appro
priation bill.
Mr. Candler, according to the con
gresslonal directory, was for nine
years moderator of the Tishomingo
Baptist association of Mississippi
Therefore, since his appearance In the
halls of congress In 1901 Mr Candler
has eschewed the theater. That form
of amusement was against the tenets
vinced that a favorable reply will
come along at no distant date.
The little Virginia lass simply ad
dressed her letter: ‘‘The Senate
Messrs.,” and then branches right out
with her request, merely prefacing It
with the announcement that she un
derstands the senate Is chiefly com
posed of millionaires, who would
never miss the trilling assistance she
requires. And then comes the direct
statement that their income for 24
hours would never be needed, but
would ho amply sufficient for the ad
ditional education necessary to make
her a teacher.
The hope was expressed that early
attention will be given her letter and
that there will be no objection to com
plying with her wishes.
Rut, alas, for the little daughter of
the old commonwealth! No million
aire senator will ever see her neatly
written, grammatically arranged and
utterly frank letter. It was opened
by a busy and unsentimental secre
tary, tossed into the "flies of the sen
ate.”
mitted their strutting around the barn
yard by this time with chicks of their
own at their sides.
They made their way to tho lllpo
lit© Egg company of St. Louis, Mo.
There tho shells were stripped from
them and riymoijtjh Hocks and Leg
horns were as onifiS five-gallon cans.
They were preserved*!!! boric acid.
When they were to Thomas
& Clarke, bakers, at*Peorla, 111., In
the fall of 1909, the government ob
tained an order to seize them. Tho
court held that tho boric add was a
deleterious Ingredient.
The egg company asked tho Su
premo court to dispose of tho case
at once. One of the reasons for this
request Is that this Is tho first cas*
in the Supremo court which Involves
tho question of tho Jurisdiction of a
federal court under tho national puro
food law and the extent to which the
law applies to an article of food “alter
it has been shipped into a slate."
publications Senator and “Mrs. Theo
dore Burton” were .cnong those In
vlted to a recent social function at the
capltol.
In the course of duty a reporter
asked Senator Burton solicitously re
garding the costume that Mrs. Burton
was wearing at the function, Intending
that Its description should be added
to the others In the general list.
Senator Burton Is fifty nine years
old, and during a varied political ca
r< er has figured frequently in Wash
ington dispatches as a congressman,
as a senator and In other prominent
roles.
"What did Mrs Burton wear at the
function?" ask'd the society reporter.
“Nothing."
“Eh what?” stuttered the reporter.
“I guess you do not gather me, sena
tor. I mean, can you give me a de
scription of the gown that Mrs Sena
tor Burton wore at the reception."
“Nothing," again replied the senator
from Ohio, and then before the re
porter could again gasp his surprise,
Mr. Burton continued his remarks.
“Because there Is no Mrs Senator
Burton, and according to the present
feelings of Mr. Senator Burton of
Ohio there Is not liable to be any Mrs.
Senator Burton.
"Mr. Senator Burton Is a bachelor
and intends to remain one."
of his faith. Mr. Candler, however, Is
an exponent of the under-canvas
drama. He likes the circus
Recently the death-defying, suul
stlrrlng, hair raising demon of the
air "Desperado" appeared with a cir
cus In Washington.
"I must see that fellow," said Mr.
Candler. "I want to have toy soul
stirred and rny hair raised. I must
behold that deed of daring. I will
go !i It costs i." roj Job In the next
meeting of the Tishomingo Baptist as
sociation.”
After the show Representative
Hughes of New Jersey met Mr. Can
dler In the lobby.
"How did you like the show?" be
asked "What did you think of 'Des
perado?' "
"'Desperado' Is alt right,” said Tom
blgbee. "He Is the best that ever hap
pened. 1 went there only to see hiaa.
I saw him climb to the top of the Start
and then I turned around to spit and
I beard a cheer and somebody near
me said: 'Gracious heavens, ha done
If Then 1 cama away.”
Get Men Who Can Deliver
Is Griffith’s Plan to Win
liVunasfr of the Cincinnati firdi sa.vi Tram Mart Go After the Enrmy
and Go Hard
(Copyright, 1910, by Joseph U. Bowles.)
No manager can make a baseball
team win, or tell how to win. If ft
follow is going to out any 100 he needs
lee picks, and the first way for a man
ager to w in is to get men who can de
liver, and men of Intelligence enough
to take care of t .cnisclvcs
My theories in regard to what con
stitutes a winner are the only ones,
and 1 use (hem in Instructing my play
ers what to do. 1 used them in pitch
ing, and they worked out, and I be
lieve any player will succeed if he fid
lows them.
The first thing to do to win baseball
games is to go af'.er any one who does
CLARK GRIFFITH
not wear a uniform that looks like
yours, and go after him hard. Hand
every opposing player anything that
will make him weaken or show tho
yellow, Any time 1 can convince my
men (hat they are going to win, and
tho other fellows that they are going
to lose, I II win a pennant.
Ninety nine and lUleen-Klxteenlhs of
baseball Is courage and nerve. It is
more than that it is what ball play
ers call "guts"—which la courage with
aggressive confidence behind it, and
any player who has that sort of con
fidt at courage Is a good ball player
and a winning one, even If he boots
half a dozen balls, a day.
PIRATE FIELDER WHO HAS FEW SUPERIORS
TOMMY LEACH.
You often hear the “hugs talking
sbout the greatest has* hall player
that ever swung a bat. Some say It's
Wagner, other say Cobb. In Chicago
they’ll tell you that Johnny Evers or
Frank Chance has ’em all beat. In
New York they think Christy Mathew
son Is It. Hut while you are thinking
of these great ones don't forget that
there la a fellow In Pittsburg named
Peach. Everybody calls him "Tom
my,' He Is modest and retiring tuii
.51.00 A VKAH.
The best system of winning games Is
to tell tlio other fellow that you are
going to boat him. Toll It to him be
fore the game starts ami tell him In
a way that will convince him. You
eanpot convince him unless you be
lieve It yourself. 1 keep telling them
all the time, and 1 believe It myself
until tlie game Is over and sometimes
even then.
Ho after the game with Intelligence
and force every point as hard as pos
sible, Hun after every ball at top
peed and slide to every base as hard
as possible. Take chances; any
chamo to gain an Inch of ground or
a lm-e The player who takes chances
of hurting himself seldom hurts cither
himself or his opponent and he will
make a vv ak opponent run away.
More players get hurt stopping up on
their feet and giving up before they
are touched than are damaged In slid
ing to bases.
Then claim even point and claim It
Quick Holler "No, No" real quick
and beat (ho umpires to It on every
close play ala Kvers. The umpire
may he perfectly honest and square
hut on a close play the fellow who
yetis quickest Is much more likely to
get the decision. I do not believe In
fighting umpires or nagging at (hem.
I believe In yelling quickly. Yelling
quickly beats yelling loud all to pieces.
II is not cheating a bit, but simply pro
tecting yourself on close plays not
so much to get th<' decision yourself
as to keep the other fellow from get
ting It.
These things, togeth. .• with a lit
tle good pitching and perhaps one star
pitcher, will win any pennant If car
ried nut correctly and persistently,
regardless almost of the mechanical
ability of the players on a team.
Ebbets Answers His Critics.
"The purse strings do not need to
be loosened If they are stretched wi
der than most people know," said
President Kbhets of (he Brooklyn
dub, In reply to published criticism of
Ills management. “The Brooklyn
players are not only well paid, but
they have been promised a liberal
bonus tn the event of their finishing
In the first division at (he end of the
season. They will receive an Increase
of from 5 to 20 per cent, of their sal
aries, according to the amount of
bustling done by each Individual."
■l'n n’t boost himself, but when It
r<lines to playing baseball he’s there
with both feet and both hands, in
making a bluff to hunt, thus drawing
the third baseman In and smashing
the ball over that player’s bead I.each
has no equal. Leach can bat, bo cun
run ba. i-s. he can field and Knows the
inside game It Is doubtful If Pitts*
burg could have won m world’s chatjj,
plensblp without Twuipy,