Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 22, 1912, Page 10

ct tentsnerciboondicetle “ — etree, notice of intention to make Final Commutation Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register & Receiver, at Duluth, Minn., on the 28th day of June, 1912. Claimant names as witnesses: ' Fred Martin, E. W. Ingersoll, Melvin Rosholt, Charles Lindgren, all of H. L. SHEPHERD, Attorney, Duluth, Minnesota. May 22-June 19 Notice For Publication. Department of the Interio U. 8. Land Office at Duluth, Minne- sota, April 18, 1912. Notice is hereby given that John Hayes, of Warba, Minn., who, on March 14th, 1906, made Homestead entry No. 21990, Serial No. 05503, for Lot 1, Section 4, Township 53N, Range 23 W, 4th Principal? Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five year Proof, to establish claim to the land apove described, be fore I. D. Rassmussen, Clerk of Dis- trict Court at his Office, at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on the 29th day of May, 1912. Claimant names as ‘witnesses: Mike Butts, Karl Heyman, Her- man Schutt and Claude Barnes, all of Warba, Minnesota. CHARLES F. HARTMAN, Register. April 24-May 22 Summons. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Itasca, ss. In District Court, Fifteenth Judicial Dis- trict. J. G. Peterson, Plaintiff, vs. Joshua 8. Wilson, and also all other Persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants. The State Of Minnesota To the Above Named Defendants: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein, which complaint has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court; in the said County of Itasca, state of Min- nesota, and to serve a copy of ‘your answer to said complaint upon the subscribers at their office in the vil- lage of Grand Rapids, County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, within twenty days after the service of this summons up- on you, exclusive of the day of such sérvice; and if you fail to answer said complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Covrt for the relief demanded in said complaint, together with the costs rsements of this action. i McOUAT & PETERSON, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, Grand Rapids, Minn. State cf ca, 6s. District Court, trict. J. G. Petcrson, Minnesota, County of Itas- Fifteenth Judicial Dis- , Plaintiff, vs. Joshua S. Wilson, and also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or inter- est in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants. Lis Pendens. ‘ Notice Is Hereby Given, that an action has been commenced in this court by the above named plaintiff, against the above named defendants, the object of which is to obtain a judgment that said plaintiff is the owner of the following described real property, in fee, and that the defendants, and each of them,’ have no estate or interest therein, or lien thereon. x The premises described in the com- plaint and involved in said action are situated in the County of Itasca, and State of Minnesota, and are described as follows, ‘to-wit: The Southeast quarter of the South- east quarter (SE% SE%) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Fifty-four (54), Range Twenty-four (24), west of the Fourth Principal Meridian. Notice is further given that no per- sonal claim is made against said defen- dants, br either of them, in said action Dated May 18th, 1912. ‘ McOUAIT & PETERSON, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Grand Rapids, Minn. H-R May 22-July 3 MANY ARE STILL IN PERIL Hundreds Evicted Flood Not Reached by Rescurs. Vicksburg, Miss. May 8.—Fifteen thousand persons, driven from their | homes by the rapidly spreading water . coming through the crevasse at Tor- ras, La., already have been rescued and several thousand others are in according to reports made to Major Normoyle, in charge of the go’ atnment relief headquarters here. ‘Three hundred refugees, found on the levee near Laclede, are reported in a serious condition as the result of exposure and hunger. TWENTY, PASSENGERS HURT 3 Southern Rallway Train Derailed Near | re Columbia, S. C, | Columbia, S. C., May 8—A score g By LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Copyright by American Press Asso-_ ciation, 1912. structed for a twofold purpose. In the first place, they are re- quired to provide the necessary drainage for the road and, in the sec- ond place, to furnish a suitable cross- ing for traffic over waterways. A large percentage of the highway culverts and bridges in this cauntry were built of wood in the first instance, and in later years many of the smaller cul- verts have been rebuilt with some kind ef pipe, either of terra cotta, cast iron or more recently of corrugated metal. It is impracticable in a short paper to discuss the various forms of pipe cul- verts. ‘They are purchased in the open market, ‘and the road official uses his judgment ‘about the size of pipe that C= and bridges are con- should be ‘laid to serve the require- | | ments of the location in question. The following principles should, how- ever, be borne in mind: All pipe cul- verts should be laid deep enough so that the pipe will not be injured by the FIG. .—CONCRETE CULVERT STEEL I BEAMS INCASED IN CONCRETE. traffic passing over it, and head walls should in all cases be built at each end of the culverts to prevent them | from being, washed out. The maxi- mum fill to be allowed over a clay pipe culvert should be at least three feet. The objection to pipe culverts is that they become easily clogged and are thus made useless. Clay pipe cul- verts are easily broken unless they are well laid and well protected. y The most simple and natural form of bridge consists of timbers laid across the stream.or opening which is to be passed over and covered with planks to form the roadway. Walls should be built to support each end of the timbers, and these are called abut- ments. The width of the opening which they cross is termed the span. The timbers themselves are called stringers, and the planks are usually referred to as the flooring.' The size of the stringers required in- creases with the span and the distance apart, center to center, that they are laid. For example, a 2 inch by 6 inch stringer will do for a two foot span, while a‘ inch by 10 inch or 6 inch by 12 inch stringer is required for a twen- ty foot span. The distance apart that the stringers are required to be laid | Varies with the thickness of the plank flooring and the amount of traffic. The weight of the materials in the bridge is commonly referred to as the dead load. The additional load which the bridge is designed to carry is known as the live load and consists of animals, wagons or motor vehicles or | pedestrians. A crowd of people stand- ing close together on a bridge is usual- ly estimated at about 100 pounds per square foot of floor space. _The strength of the bridge depends upon the kind of timber used, the di- | mensions of the timber, the amount | used and its location, and also very | largely upon the span of the bridge. t For example, assuming a loaded wagon | carrying 500 pounds per wheel, a yel- low pine board one inch thick and eight | inches wide would require stringers to support it about every thirteen inches apart to carry the load safely, while a plank of the same width and two inches thick would require stringers three feet apart, and a three inch plank would require stringers about every ‘ four feet apart. These figures are based \ upon the assumption that yellow pine, Douglas fir or a good quality of oak would be used. If such timbers as white pine, hemlock or spruce are used, then stringers would be -required about every eight inches for a ome inch , board, every two and one-half feet for | a two inch plank and every three feet ’ for a three inch plank. . The following table gives the approx- | imate sizes of stringers required for { the different spans: white pine stringers in inches. Ulalakebekeb Penneae hmm mie co.cc it The best culverts and smaller bridges are built of re-enforced concrete. The cost is greater than for wooden or pipe constructions in the first instance, but if well built there should be no fur- ther cost for repairs. That is, the first cost is the last cost, while durability and safety are secured from the out- : set. Good materials, consisting of crush. | ed stone or gravel, sand and portland | cement and water, are required for con- crete. Deformed steel rods imbedded in the concrete are used for strength- ening the cover spans.. The mixing of these materials into concrete and plac- ing it in the forms are extremely sim- ple matters after they are once well understood, but nevertheless should not be undertaken by one who is unfamil- iar with the use of concrete. ‘There are three general kinds of con- crete culverts, which are known as the concrete. box type. They are built for the smaller sizes up to such as have an opening about four feet by six feet wide. For sizes above that the floor is usually left out where it is not needed to protect the foundation, or paving may be substituted for it. The floor and side walls dre constructed of con- crete with or without metal re-enforce- ment, usually without such re-enforce- ments. The proportions of concrete used for the floor and‘ side walls are usually, 1, 8, 6—that is, one part by measure of portland cement, three parts by measure of sand and six parts by measure of crushed stone or gravel. For spans above ten or twelve feet the: cover needs to be strengthened with concrete beams. This. type is known as the concrete T beam from its resem- blance to the capital letter. They are placed adjacent to each other, the dis- tance from center to center depending upon the load which the bridge is ex- pected to carry. The best type of concrete culverts for spans from ten feet up to thirty feet is | the steel I beam incased in concrete, as shown in Fig. 1. Here the‘concréte floor is designed to-carry the load across the span from one I beam to an- other, while the steel I beams carry the load from one abutment to the oth- er. It often happens that the culverts | are built on yielding foundations and that the abutments sometimes settle, causing cracks that would be danger- ous in some types of culverts, but it is the ability of the steel I beam type to withstand such conditions as these just mentioned that makes it the best type to build. The I beams'‘are incased in concrete to protect them from rusting. Sometimes they are simply painted or more often not painted at all, and what would be a permanent bridge is al- lowed to rust out for lack of proper care. For details in regard to the methods | of designing and building concrete bridges attention is called to bulletin No, 39, “Highway Bridges and Cul- verts,” issued by the office of public roads, United States department of agriculture. | No road can be called a good road that is dotted wjth broken, wornout and unsafe wooden culverts and bridges, such as are encountered on 24-0" — Simpce Beam Safe Load at Center (& Tons. King Post Bram Kina Truss Beam Safe Load at Center 9 Tene. FIG. Il.—COMPARATIVE TYPES AND LOADS FOR WOODEN BEAMS. ¢ many of our highways at the present time. Such bridges are a menace to our traveling public and are expensive to maintain. The price of timber is advancing, and the g traffic demands safer bridges and culverts. Re-enforced concrete for this class of ‘work appears to form the best solu- tion of this problem. Bridge construc- tion is eminently the work for the en- Statement in part as follows ‘benefited district and one-fourth by 4., The proclamation, which is brief, confines the purpose of the session to the enactment of a statewide direct primary law applicable to all state of- ficers, with an effective corrupt prac- tiee act and a reapportionment law. Prior to making the call for an extra session Governor Eberhart issued a /“I shall call the legislature to meet im extra session on June 4 next. This }will give the legislature ample time to pass a primary law before the date f£xed for the state convention. If nec essary the state central committee can meet and rescind the call for the convention so as to leave the legis- Igture unembarrassed. “So far as my candidacy for gov- ernor is concerned I will be glad to submit it to the direct action of the people.” ' ‘ WASHOUT CAUSE OF WRECK Crack Train on the Milwaukee Road Goes Into Ditch. The first section of train No. 1 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, known as the Pioneer lim- ited, was wrecked near Homer, eight miles east of Winona. Two sleepers, a baggage and buffet car went into the ditch and were par- tially submerged in the Mississippi river. The track runs parallel to the Tiver at this point. The wreck was caused by heavy rains which washed out the roadbed and let the train slide from the track. The second section of the train came around the wreck on the double track and took the passengers and what remained on the track of the first sec- tion to Winona. t ~ That there was no loss of life is due to the fact that the train had had warnings to watch for washouts and was running slowly at the time of the accident. OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE Elwell Road Law Upheld by State Su- preme Court. Holding that the Elwell: road law, enacted by the last legislature, is valid and constitutional, the state su- preme court decided for the defendants in the case brought by Fred H, Mur- ray of White Bear lake against Walter H. Smith, state treasurer, and others, to prevent the construction of the pro- posed state highway at White Bear lake. Under the provisions of the Elwe!! law half the cost of a road shall be borne by the state, one-fourth by the the county in which the road lies. . The court’s ruling on the Murray ¢ase is of statewide importance, as the construction of many other high- ways is awaiting the decision with re- er to that proposed for White Bear Ke. CALL MAY BE RESCINDED Move on Foot to Postpone Minnesota Convention. The call for a convention to nomi- nate candidates for. state offices July 2 will rrobably be rescinded by the Re- publican state central committee, pending action by the legislature when it meets in special session June 4 to consider the enactment of a pri- mary law? E. E. Smith, chairman of the committee, said he will call a “meeting as soon as he can get in touch with a few more members. “I do not know what action the state central committee will take,” said Mr. Smith, “but I see only one way out of it and that is to rescind the call and wait and see what action the legislature takes on the primary question.” COMMISSION PLAN IS LEGAL Declared Valid by Supreme Court of Minnesota. Commission plan of government for cities, as it has been applied in Man- kato and as it will be effective in St. Paul, is declared valid and constitu- tional in a decision handed down by the state supreme court. The opinion is sweeping in its en- dorsement of the commission form of governr barter of the city of ‘ia SAYS. MURDERER CONFESSED Woman's Slayer Alleged to Have As- aeted vas Motive, cgarian in jail } rder of Mrs. fessed to the sheriff, it ac be met the wo- man in roa her and cut her throes’, 2 © the alleged confessic after ‘money which he :! artied. Drownes “Wien Sellboat Upsets. pps. “UN AT. RWALS Missouri Senator Discusses Taft-Roosevelt Fight. WORLD LOOKS ON AGHAST Declares Language Used by Former Cronies Resembles the Vernacular of a Fish Market—Quotes Some of the “Polite” Exchanges. Washington, May 22.—Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri carried out his pur- pose of addressing the senate on “The Modern Damon and Pythias and Cor- Telated Subjects Pertaining to Cur- rent Politics.” “Mr. president,” he said, “any man having even meager knowledge of an- cient lore will recall the story of Da- mon and Pythias and the story of David and Jonathan, “A few years ago the American peo- ple and the civilized world were given to understand that here in our own dear country we had a reproduction of these glorious traditions of the far distant past. “We were led to believe that the combined yand consolidated spirits of Damon and Jonathan had come out of | 8¢™ their haven of rest and taken refuge in the corpus of Theodore Roosevelt and that the combined spirits of David and Pythias had in like manner come te rest on the ample bosom of Will- iam Howard Taft. “Thus in happy conjunction, both of these old stories of ancient lore and love were reproduced here in this new world of ours for the edification and uplifting of the human race.” Enter the Serpent of Ambition. Senator Stone, amid laughter, said it had been a case of “two souls with but a single thought; two heart that beat as one,” until “the slimy and poi- sonous serpent of ambition crawled across the path they were walking and divided them. Both had tasted the bittersweet of power and liked it cvermuch. Both were tempted and both fell.” ( i “So instead of peace we re had war,” the senator continued; “war with knives and knives to the hilt. As a consequence of this ferocious con- test the country and the world have ot treated to a series of spectacular vaudeville stunts in politics without a parallel in the history of our country and which I devoutly hope will not be repeated.” “These world famed Republican leaders have been for months circling the country abusing each other like pickpockets in language akin to the vernacular of a fish market, or even something worse. The world outside looks on aghast and the press and the reading public of Europe and of all enlightened nations everywhere car- toon and laugh at them.” To the amusement of the senate, Senator Stone read at some length samples “of the polite exchanges of compliments” among the three Repub- lican candidates. He said he must grant that President Taft, “innately a gentleman,” evidently was reluctant to enter upon “this ruffian fight.” He asserted, however, that the last word in “this black chapter of American history” would be written at Chicago. CUBAN NEGROES IN REVOLT Uprising Declared to Be Becoming if Serious. Havana, May 22.—The Cuban gov- ernment disclaims any further knowl- edge regarding the uprising of the negroes, but the opinion is spreading | that conditions are becoming more serious. It is creditably reported that two armed parties are operating in the province of Malansa, which hith- erto has been reported tranquil. A strong band of negroes assaulted the barracks of the rural guards at Ma- guito, near Guantanamo, but the rural guards were able to offer a success- ful defense, although they lost two killed. Apparently the trouble is con- fined to the provinces of Santa Clara and Oriente. ia AMATEUR AVIATOR KILLED Minneapolis Man Meets Death Near Osborn, O. Xenia, O., May 22.—Fred J. South- ard of Minneapolis, an aviator, fell 1 feet at the Wright aviation field pi Osborn and was killed instantly. Southard, who was forty years old, bad just bought the aeroplane the Wright brothers. He obtained keys to the hangar, after he had been refused permission to take the aero- plane out without further experience. He fell just six minutes after he had begun the first flight alone. His body was badly crushed. * BATTLE APPEARS IMMINENT Mexican Federals Nearing the Rebel Two Thousand Presbyterian Pulpits Vacant. ASSEMBLY IS SURPRISED Statement Brings Out Criticism of Policy of Dismissing “Clergymen of Brains and Education” for No Other Reason Than Their Age. Louisville, Ky., May 22.—After the surprising declaration that there are 2,000 churches in the United States “pastorless and shepherdless” had been made in the general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church resolutions were adopted urging ail Presbyterian commissioners (laymen) — to keep in close touch with young mem who might be candidates for the mii- istry. Rev. Joseph W. Cochrane of delphia, discussing a minister’s chances, said> “We hear advices that a man’ a minister must starve. I never that to be true. I will admit salaries are not princely, but | be remedied except by this bly.” Immediately Rev. Dr. Henry, er of Dayton, Ohio, interrupt “Hundreds of gray the ministry annually are or cast aside,” he said. brains, education and good eliminated for no other that they are ‘too old’" To this Dr. Becker attributed the gradual diminution of si can- didates for the,ministry.. The young men need the advice their elders, but now few elders. , The assembly procéeded sideration of a report om termediate catechism other technical subje¢ WILL NOMINATE’ ROOSEVELT William A, Prende to be - PRENDERGAST. in nomination for the fore the Chicago conven- pla presi was made public here by feed \ 57 rere former congress- r and one of the Roosevelt nation- al delegates from New York. Mr. Prend has been an active fig- ure in lone! Roosevelt’s campaign. COLLAPSE BURIES NEGROES One Killed and Several Hurt When $t. Louis Building Falls. St. Louis,,May 22.—One negro was killed, six others were injured, some of them seriously, when a three-story brick building collapsed. It is report- ed that another person, a woman, is still in the wreckage, pinned down by a heavy beam. About twenty-five"persons were in the building, which had been con- demned a week ago, when it collapsed. TWOCONGRESSMENGOHIGHER Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana Elected Senators. Baton Rouge, La, May 22.—Con- gressmen Joseph E. Ransdell and Robert F. Broussard were elected by the Louisiana legislature to the Unit- ed States senate. Mr. Ransdell succeeds Senator Fos- ter, whose term expires in 1913, and Mr. Broussard will succeed Senator Thornton in 1915. Root Temporary Chairman. Chicago, May 22.—Colonel Harry 8. manship had been offered him. Canadian Novelist Killed, ‘Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 22.—Ar j j oe —