SHIPS GUIDED
t NDHBY “EARS”
-•sterling Devices in Hulls Tell
Channel Route Into New
York Harbor.
CAN TELL EXACT LOCATION
Sound Waves Emitted by Energized
Cable Laid in Center of Channel
Are Picked Lip by Audi
phones on Vessels.
Now York.—The principle of “fol
ow the green line” used successfully
■>> tlie management of New York’s
subway system ta handling crowds at
congested transfer points, has been
planted in a measure to insure safety
:o ships at sea around crowded har
bors. Instead of a visible “green
mo,” however, a device has been per
fected whereby*vessels seeking their
way into harbor in thick weather can
Hollow with safety a submerged and
nerglzed wire.
In the outer reaches of New York
inrbor, where deep pater meets
shoals, there begins a marine passage
wax known as Ambrose channel. This
channel leads up through the Nar
rows into the inner harbor and to the
(locks, and in this channel the guiding
cable lias been laid. Ships properly
equipped to take advantage of its
guiding powers can follow it through
any kind of weather with the same
degree of assurance as can the pas
senger who seeks to make his way
from Grand Central terminal to Times
square.
Guides by Sound Waves.
The device consists of a cable 16
miles long laid in the center of (he
channel. It is energized with an al
ternating current from the shore.
Ships to take advantage of it must
tic equipped with audiphones or listen
ing devices attached to the hull. Ap
proaching the channel, the sound
waves emitted by the cable can he
heard for some distance, and the in
creasing or decreasing strength of the
sound enables the ship to steered
until it is right over the source.
It is then a simple matter to fol
low its course through the dredged
channel despite storm or fog, which
would make the marking buoys invis
ible or would tend to confuse the
warning notes of automatic hell and
whistle markers.
Ik. Car. Tell Exact Location.
This cable is but an additional pro
tection for shipping entering Ameri
can ports. It supplements the radio
compass installed and operated by the
naval conuminioatir s servi'-« now tn
successful use all along -vlie Atlantic
coast. By the on. , as ; snips can as
certain their t posi.ion in any
kind of weather Ano-oer protec
tion recently tr.c-i mt ly the navy
department is a i. : '.'hie- for deter
mining depth of uah r a; I proximity
of other ships through l!'< readings of
sounds from the propellers reflected
back from the botto-.n or near-by
bodies.
SUNDAY BASEBALL 3STS JOLT
Women Control Jewett, Tex., and Si
lence Diamcnc! St i:::;jles on
Sr>!:ath.
Jewett. Tcxn>.—In Jewett, Texas,
where the women rule not only the
home but also the c!!y, il 're will be
no more Sunday h:
Every city oiboer >!’ Jev. ; t, with the
exception of tin* ch'ef of police, is a
woman, each I a l’-cen elected last ;
April when the In: -buiul.s. saying tliey I
were disgusted villi <>M:cc. dared the i
women to oppose th- *». '(lie women
dnl. with tin* result that they won out
in the voting.
The congregation of the Methodist
church recently prs-sed a resolution
against Sunday h- • ’.all. All the
members of the taa: 'mI < emmission,
including the mayo .1 •» a woman
are members of th Hrirch. That set
tled Sunday hasehall.
5 Won Race Wi'h Flayiul J
5 Dog Carrying Dynamite J
* Peter O’Brien. :i turtle .uniter t
J nf Lancaster. <>.. won n hti'.f-mile J
* dash iii record time, in n speed *
\ burst with Pedro. Ills dig, in 4
* whose mouth wus n stick of *
\ dynamite, with the fuse tu rning. J
* When Peter applied a match t
< to a stick of dynamite and threw ,
4 it into a creek. Pedro thought *
t his master was playing with 1dm ,
4 and jumped into the water and J
» caught the sputtering stick in t
\ his mouth. J
* When he h'gsin to swim hack ,
J toward Peter, the Witter began J
t r. marathon home, half a mile t
J away. Pedro tun fast, but Peter 4
* ran faster, and just as he en- t
J tered fds house there was a ter- J
4 rifle explosion. Now a ten-foot t
\ hole in the road marks (lie place \
4 where Pedro once ran. J
Two Matadors Horned.
1 Barcelona.—Matador Correa, who
had prevh .sly been wounded wliile
* fighting u hull, struck a bone with his
s' uij and fell on the animal’s liorns.
5 .. 'Vo - tossed and received u deep
would. Matador Arequipeno also was
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INDIANS WORSHIP SUN
Ancient Customs Carried Out
Amid Weird Surroundings.
Every Year in Midsummer Bannock
Indians Go to Dancing Grounds
for Rite of Thanks.
Pocatello, Idaho.—Every year In
midsummer the Bannock Indians
ravel a little-used trail to their danc
ing grounds. Between 800 and 1,000 of
hem gather yearly to worship the sun.
In the vast quiet of the evening,
when the hush has fallen over the sage
brush and the sun Is a great ball of
red fire sinking behind the mountains,
tlie dreary beat of their tomtoms and
Hie low, ghostly chant of their song
can be heard for miles. The sound
grows in strength as one approaches
until with a great hurst of glaring
campfires and seeming confusion tlie
camping grounds are reached. Indians
in their native garb are everywhere,
hideous in their war paints and with
glistening naked bodies.
In tho center of u corral made from
limbs stands a pole. Buck against the
walls are the dancers and the chant
ers, and in rhythm to the heat of the
tomtoms the dancer advances to the
pole, eyes uplifted in worship.
The young bucks who dance are not
permitted to ent or drink for three
days and are accompanied by the tom
toms beaten by the squaws. The dance
is a religious rite and festival of
thanks to the gods for bountiful crops
and herbs, streams full of fish and Mie
sky fujl of fowls.
Now and then one falls to the
ground unconscious from physical ex
haustion and is carried to the side to
recover.
SPECIAL AGENT RETURNS
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Mrs. j. Dierking recently returned
to the United States after working in
Central America, where she went on
a special diplomatic mission for the
United States government.
GREAT DRY DOCK IN NAPLES
Italian Government Authorizes Con
struction of Mammoth Affair on
Mediterranean.
Washington.—The largest dry dock
on the Mediterranean is planned at
Naples.
Recent decrees of the Italian govern
ment authorizing the construction of
this dock and a smaller one at the in
dustrial port of Bnia-Averno provide
that work must begin within six
months of the official date of the
declaration of peace.
Besides the dry docks, it is planned
to transform Lake Averno for the use
of ship yards, and to build a canal
connecting the lake with the port of
Naples proper.
The Italian government will within
a period of fifty years pay about half
of the cost of the work and at the end
of sixty years the entire property
automatically becomes government
property.
EX-KAISER FEELS HIGH COST
Exchange on German Mark r events
Former Emperor Renting L.r.ff
Quarters.
Doom, Holland.—The former Ger
man emperor, William, is greatly wor
ried about the low exchange rate of
the German mark. Recently, in hope
of securing quarters for some of his
staff, he has priced a number of houses
in the vicinity of Doom.
The prices have been quoted in
Dutch guldens, hut William reducing
everything to marks, has thrown up
his hands and called the prices pre
posterous.
Butted Into Pigsty.
Montgomery, I’a.—While gazing
with pride at his pen of fast-fattening
hogs and dreaming fond dreams
of juicy hams during the coming win
ter season, Gustav Stoney of near
Montgomeryville was awakened from
his reverie when a goat hutted him
over the rail of the pigsty among the
pigs. The porkers crawled all over
him and Stoney and the pigs gave
grunts, squeals and yells. Finally
Stoney's son came to his father’s res
cue. He chased off the pigs and
Stoney, the elder, emerged from the
pigsty. He was cut and bruised.
MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
Watch for the landslide in No
vember. “ As Maine goes so goes the
nation.”
Mrs. Eddie Tomsick of Atkinson
was visiting friends in this city last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Kelley and sons
were down from Atkinson Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ryan and Miss
Bernadette Brennan went down to
Omaha this morning for a few days
visit with friends.
The Rev. George lxingslalf is the
recipient of a new Oliver typewriter,
the gift of members of his congre
gation and other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William Biglin re
turned Wednesday morning from an
extended visit with relatives and
friends at Casper, Wyoming.
One of O’Neill’s most charming
and entrancing young ladies is wear
ing a new “frat” pin that is arousing
much curiosity and speculation among
her friends.
Myer Richard left last Friday morn
ing for Chicago where he will close out
his business prepratory to removing
his family, to this city so that he can
give his undivided attention to his
store here.
Howard Greeley for many years a
resident of this county but now a resi
dent of Lincoln was in the city this
morning on his way to Phoenix where
he will spend a few days visiting his
father, Peter Greeley.
Edward Graham was passing around
the cigars .last Thursday afternoon in
honor of the arrival of a grand
daughter. That afternoon a daughter
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gra
ham, living northwest of this city.
Today is the first day of the open
season for duck shooting and several
local nimrods shouldered their guns
this morning and started for the lakes
in the southern paid; of the county in
the hopes of bagging a few mallards.
A. L. Henry, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Ethel, and son,
Clerence, wife and little son, arrived
in the city Wednesday night from
Omaha, for a visit with relatives and
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| old time friends in the city and in the
northeast part of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hoppe and
children of Chambers were in the city
last Saturday on their way home from
Sheridan county, where they had been
attending the annual Sheridan county
fair and looking after their real
estate interests in that section.
At the election in Maine last Mon
day the republicans carried the state
with a majority of 68,000, electing
their entire state ticket and every
congressman. The state senate will lie
solidly republican, while the demo
1 erats will have but ten members of the
house of representatives, out of a
membership of 150. This is the
largest majority ever received by the
republican party in that state. In
j 1896 McKinley carried the state by
■18,000 which had heretofore been the
record. The record breaking majority
in this state seems to insure the
election of the republican national
ticket in November by an overwhelm
ing majority.
HERBERT H. JENSEN.
Herbert H. Jensen, the three-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jen
sen living northwest of this city, died
last Sunday morning, after a short ill
ness of summer complaint. The funeral
was held last Tuesday morning from
the Catholic church, Very Rev. M. F.
Cassidy officiating, interment in the
Catholic cemetery.
A SLUR.
Dallas News: Bill—I heard as how
you’ve been fighting with Bob Smith ?
Sam—Yes. He said my sister was
crosseyed.
Bill—But you ain’t got a sister.
Sam—I know that. It was the prin
cipal of the thing that upset me.
CONSIDERATE JUDGE.
Detroit News: Thirteen young De
troiters were fined at the rate of $1
per apple for fruit they stole in
Pontiac, a total for the apples of $390.
The judge has been informed that the
young men have good reputations in
their home city and come from good
families, or it is likely, he would have
fined them the full market price.
fjUMgMiwwOTW^^yrrmgsw.—...
FOR SALE
CHEAP
One New Maxwell Touring Car
One Used Maxwell Touring Car
Two Used Saxon Touring Cars
1 One Used Hudson Touring Car
One Used Ford Touring Car
One Used Reo Touring Car
p Two Used Maxwell Trucks
One Used Master Truck
| One New Smith Form a Truck
Attachment
| Bazelman Lumber Company
I Big Shorthorn
AND DUROC JERSEY SALE
A sale of registered Shorthorn cattle and Duroc
Jersey boars will be held in
Ainsworth, Nebraska
Monday, September 20th
They will offer seme of the best known Shorthorns
and will sell such offerings as the “Top Sensen
tation Jr.” gets. A real line of boars. If in need of
these you will no doubt be suited at this sale. Monday,
September 20th.
KURPJUWEIT BROS.,
Ainsworth, Nebraska
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-<—.—.— ■■ IB • - ■» .-.
COMING BUSINESS MAN.
Detriot News: Professor of History
—You say there is a question in an
cient history that puzzles you? Speak
up, younp man, what is it?
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Freshic—It’s this, sir. Did a mail
order house handle those mail suits the
knights wore when they went to
brittle ?
Vitts Grocery
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WE PAY CASH FOR EGGS.
Jap Rose Soap, 3 bars for. 25c
Merit Bread.15 cent loaves
Bon Ton Flour, per sack.$4.00
Peaches, crate . $2.20
Catsup . 35c
We carry a full line of fresh fruit and vegetables.
J. A. Vitt. °’N',S,b,
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of Safety |
Every state bank in Nebraska that jgj
is a member of the Depositors Guaranty ||
g Fund forms a link in the chain of pro
tection wound about the funds of de- 1
a®* positors in all other member banks as g
well as its own. i
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This institution is proud and glad to n
be a link in this chain—proud because
: i membership signifies unusual responsi- ;
bility; glad because of the exceptional
safety we are thus enabled to guarantee
depositors. j |
Nebraska State Bank |
O’Neill, Nebraska j
FARM
AT
PUBLIC AUCTION!
On
Saturday, Sept. 18
At 1:30 p. m., on the premises, we will sell to the highest bidder |
without reserve
320 Acres
Belonging to Albert Thierolf
Location
!? 14 miles North of Page, 24 miles Northeast of O’Neill, 20 miles West |
of Verdigre, IV2 miles Southwest of Star.
Legal Description
South one-half of section 4, township 30, range 9, Holt County, Ne- g
baska. !
Land
This land all lies level, all good soil, all tillable. There are at present
20 acres broke, balance is in hay meadow. This land belongs to a non
i resident, who is in business in Utica, Nebraska, and needs his money
in business. _
Terms
I? 15 per cent cash day of sale, note for 15 per cent without interest
until maturity to March 1, 1921. Balance to be announced day of
sale. ___i
Free transportation will be furnished from the nearest town day of
sale to pospective purchasers by notifying our office in advance.
For further information, call or write
Christian & Herman Auction Sains Co.
201 First National Bank Bldg., Lincoln, Nebr.
Nason Brothers, Auctioneers, Seward, Nebraska
