The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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of the Bast river two men were
on the top of the Manhattan
the Queeaeboro bridge one
long before the great struc-
wae completed. Ten feet below
f a dozen more workmen were
; and further down in the un-
framework. at various dls-
apart, others.perhape two score
all, tolled each at his own partlcu-
' task. They were all of a high phy-
sical and mental fype. as men must
necewarlly be who work at bridge
cylinder, and
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about. Whether he realised the has
,ard or not will neve* be known,but
ductor and engineer, with
were at dinner In th«
workman deliberately ran to the dan.
ger spot to stop the engine,reaching
construction or In the erection of our
modern skyscraper*. A stupid work-
mad, or one lacking in bodily strength
or in nerve, has no place among the
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clear-eyed and sure-footed craftsmen
who handle steel and iron high in air,
conditions whereby a misstep
means a certain and terrible death
A strut or brace (being a steel beam
of aeveral tons weight) in the grasp of
a huge derrick was lowered on the day
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structure of the tower top, the busl-
neaa of the two men working there be
tag to guide it into place. Before the
great weight of steel on this occasion
could be securely fastened after the
derrick had loosened Its grip, It began
to slip, for a reason that has not been
explained, and the utmost efforts of
tha two failed to prevent its sliding
toward the edge of the open space be-
low. There was no danger to them, for
they needed only to stand out of the
way and watch it plunge downward
The men at work below were In Immi-
nent peril, however, for should the
mass of steel fall, tt could not fall to
carry many of them down with it.
There was no time for consultation
with each other on the part of the
two workmen at the top of the tower,
nor even for reflection. It would be
only a matter of the fraction of a sec-
ond for the steel beam to acquire such
momentum that no effort of theirs
could prevent its going over Shouting
to the others below .the two men above
seized the ponderous strut and.hyal-
moet superhuman exertion, succeeded
la deflecting it so that II caught on
the projecting arm of a girder that,
was securely riveted in the structure.
As they guided it toward this tempo-
rary casement, each man saw that one
of his hands must be caught between
It and the girder-arm upon which it
was necessary to rest it until it could
be got under control.unless they chose
to allow it to fall There was plenty
Of time to let go, but the lives of the
workers below were dependent upon
those' above holding on
“Til stick If you do gasped one nr
the 'brave fellows, as they strained
•vsry muscle of their stalwart bodies
again el the terrible weight
Tbs other nodded, and the two held
imly until their comrades could
up the ladders and again attach
rick grips to the mighty beam
and In the meantime a hand of each if
th# heroes wss ground off at the
wrist.
More than too feet above the pave-
ment cm a *l»nt skyscraper now in
course of construction art air pressure
engine was in use Through an acci-
dent an Iron plate fell upon the pipe,
to which the pressure was 125 pounds
to the square Inch and severed it .leav-
gH tog one end thrashing and writhing
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working on the Iron girders near the
broken pipe, each one of them In dead-
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struck any one or them. If would have
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the contorting muzzle of the severed
pipe Just In time to get the full btost
against bis breast, SHe was picked up
to the street with nearly every bone
in his body broken.
On another building that Is not yet
completed, only the other day a great
steel beam was being brought up to «
dizzy height by boislng apparatus. A*
it passed a girder on which several
men were at work the beam turned
Just enough out of its course to push
one of them off. The men roonkeya
who .build the modern Babels are ac-
customed to think and act quickly
however And this one turned it» a flash
and seized the beam as it touched him
swinging out on Its extreme end otter
the street, The big piece of steel had
been perfectly balanced but the weight
of the man was sufficient to move the
end to which he clung slowly down
and it would have been impossible
for him to retain his grasp after it had
been defiested beyond a certain angle
Another workman on the same girder
took in the situation' as it occurred
and with the return movement of the
big beam he swung himself to the
other end of it from that to which his
fellow craftsman hung, balancing
again, and was lifted with him out
over eternity. The engine was signaled
the neoct second.however.and the beam
was hurriedly lowered to the ground,
where both men arrived safely.
In Medway, Ky„ last April, a work-
man in a brewery had occasion to go
into a vault to repair a gas-making
machine. While at work on it an es-
cape of gas occurred.and he was over-
come, A fellow workman who inci-
dentally, was an enemy of the other,
went down Into the vault to get him
out. The vault was entered by a man-
hole just big enough to admit a man’s
body, the bottom being peached by a
narrow, horizontal ladder. There was
no rope at hand, and no time to lose
Only stopping to tie a handkerchief
over his mouth and nose, the rescuer
went down into the vault and brought
the senseless man to the top of the
ladder, where other workmen at-
tempted to lift him out. but being un-
able to do so. they had to let him
drop. The rescuer, almost overcome
by hi* exertions, came out of the nox-
ious vault only long enough to get a
breath of pure air. andjhen went back
after his enemy, getting him to the
manhole once more, where the others
were again forced to drop him. The
hero made a third attempt, which was
successful, and he himself dropped un-
conscious beside the man he had res-
cued.
l<a*t autumn there was an explosion
| of gn* in a small coal mine near Ed-
w ardavlHe, Pa. .in which four men were
at work Of these four, three were
disable! by their Injuries, the other
effecting bis escape with a broken
arm. put unaware of the plight of his
comrade# On reaching the top of the
ninety-foot slope at the bottom of
which the catastrophe had occurred,
and finding that his fellow workmen
did not appear from the gloomy depth,
there being no one to send to their
assistance within a considerable dis-
tance. this hero went back after them
himself, in spite of hi* broken arm.
ami although deadly black damp was
gathering and the shaking roof of tta
•lope was threatening every moment
to fall in. He found the three men.
*»<ih of them so badly hurt a* to be
absolutely helpless, and. while the
black damp grew continually denser
leg To prevent both dropping into
er, he drugged them one after the
ot her to a place of Misty.
Sat Ion* ago a big man and « little
man were carrying a riveting machine
•tong a stretch of the Chicago elevated
railroad that was undergoing repairs,
high enough above the street to make
* fall almost certainly fata) The big
man. who weighed sm poundagnd waa
walking ahead of the other, stumbled
«*d fell over the side of the track near
a awttets, at. a point where the track*
were about four fe«t apart* He clutch-
ed at the framework of the structure
m he went down.debtyiag hie fall Just
long enough for the little man. who
weighed 130 pound*,but wm extremely
muscular and wiry, to seize him by a
lag To prevent both dropping into
the street, the wiry HtUe man. with
both hands occupied. fell across the
gap between the track*, coming down
on hi# wane with such force- as to
break Ms Jaw .but aevenbeteasgetting
Me chin over a cleat on the woodwork
.by pure Inch, and managing to hold
with h>s feet to the track on which
he bad orglnaliy stood. In thto poet-
tton. hie rigid body across the gap
between tie track* soetaiotog the
The railroad men i
the table to consternation
knew what the villager# did
there waa enough dynamite pn the
train to level the village and exter-
minate it* inhabitant* and that it
might be exploded at any mhment
There waa a hurried
among the men, when the
noticed that the engineer w
and came to the natural
that he had put the firat lag of na-
ture Into operation and bolted.-In or-
der to be as far as possible from
the explosion when It should occur.
Before pursuing that course himself
the conductor, while hi* men dispers-
ed and sought the horizon, rushed to
the vilagers who surrounded the burn-
ing train and bade them flee for their
Uvea. While he was frantically en-
deavoring to make the bewildered na-
tives understand the situation,
train suddenly pulled out of the sta-
tion, and he saw the engineer waving
a farewell to him from the cab of the
engine. It waa a final farewell, for
the dynamite exploded a quarter of a
mile down the track and not one
relic of the hero who saved the 'vil-
lage was ever found.
These few incidents, among thous-
ands that are constantly occurring and
never heard of, serve to give an idea
of the everyda^ heroism of the dar-
ing men who work at the more peril-
ous trades and there are as striking
if fewer, Instances of bravery to all
the occupations Into which the element
of danger enters.
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Help Exterminate Fly Pest. ;Hg
Screen your windows and doors. !>u|
Fraternal and Dublin Day Celebra-
tion Friday, July 30th
it today
Screen all food—especially milk
Keep flies away from food stuffs till
the time.
Keep flies away from the sick—e<
pecially those ill with contagious dis-
eases. Kill every fly that enters the
sick room.
Catch' the flies as fast as they ap-
pear. l «e the sticky fly papers, trap*
and liquid poisons.
Eliminate, the breeding places of
I leaf—this is important. The follow-
ing should he done: Sprinkle chlor-
ide of lime or kerosene over contents
of closets, vaults and garbage boxes,
and lime over manure piles and other
refuse.
Keep garbage' receptacles tightly
covered. Clean can* daily. Clean the
boxes every week Sprinkle them with
kerosene or chloride of lime. The
ground about the garbage receptacles
should also lie kept clean.
Keep stable manure In vault or pit,
screened and sprinkled with chloride
of lime. Manure should be removed
at least every week.
Don’t allow dirt to accumulate In
corners, behind door#, under stoves,
etc.
Don’t allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
Best attraction of the season;
"Buck" the Red Pole Hull: Two rid-
ings each morning of the Reunion.
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A GOOD TIME
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Dublin Citizens Hake Hood.
Clarence Linn, who returned a few
days ago from a stay of ten days in
and Miss Marie Howze, who will pro-
bably take the third grade. Prof. J
H. Head goes to Ballinger as prin-
Oklahoma City, repot is having met Uipal of the school there. Prof. Chand-
. flhat l« Forget.
If you would Increase your happi-
ness and prolong your life, forget your
neighbor's faults. Forget all the slan-
der you ever heard. Forget the temp-
tation*. Forget the faultfinding, and
only remember the good points which
make* you fond of them. Forget all
personal quarrels, or histories you
may have heasd by accident, and
which, if repeated would seem a
thousand time# worse than they are.
Blot out. as far a# possible, ail tha
disagreeablettesa of life; they will
come, but will only grow larger whan
you remember them, and the constant
thought of the acta of meanness, or,
worse atm. malice, will only tend to
makr yon more familiar with them.
Obliterate everything disagreeably
from yesterday, atari out with s clean
sheet today, and write upon it for
sweet memory a sake only those
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things which are lovely and lovable. "tot »• »wn tor* procured about
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there a number of o! 1 time Dublin
people, all of whom he says are max-
ing rich in the bustling metropolis of
the new state. John N. Craves, who
was formerly manager of the Dublin
ice factory is now general manager
of the Peoples Ice Co. of Oklahoma
City, a corporation which contracts
the entire ice output of all the fac-
tories in Oklahoma City and not only
furnishes the cooling blocks to thnt
city but to a large part of the entire
state. Mr. Linn say# the company
runs thirty-five ice wagons in the city
and besides handles feed and fuel and
he says Mr. Graves is looked upon
as one of the big men of that big city.
He also reports having met Will
Wltcher,a brother to our fellow towns-
man. M. C. Witcher and he Bays Will
is now and has for some time been
a deputy sheriff there and has good
prospects of some lay not for dis-
tant becoming hig > sheriff. W. A.
Nash is another oil time Dublinite.
whom he casually rat and found him
to be the city elect dan of Oklahoma
City, enjoying# a big salary and little
to do beyond the superintending and
Inspecting of work# Mr. Nash waa
for some years a lineman for the
Southwestern Tele?* tone Co. in Dub-
lin. Claude Pierce who was raised
to Dublin and wor* >d for some years
to the printing off* •*» here is also in
Oklahoma City, en- red on one of the
daily newspapers t' <t« and to common
with other former citizen* of Dublin
who have made g<« ! ‘n the new state,
la prospering as rnly one can who
lias the ability to do good work In
a good field.
ler to Tarleton college and Miss Lena
Wood did not apply this year because
Of a desire to he with tier mother in
Waco.
The Ways of the IISIlo Girl.
Mr. Higgles was trying to call up a
friend who lived in a suburban town.
Mr. Miggles looked up the quinber,
then got central.
"Tello," he^eaid. "give me Elmdale
two-ought-four seven.’’
"fiHmdale? I’ll give you the long dis-
tance."
Ismg distance asked, “What is it?”
"Elmdale two-ought-four-seven.”
"Elmdale two-ought-four-seven?”
"Yea”
"What Is your house number?"
"I Just told you. Elmdale two-ought
School Fnraltj * b ut Complete.
The school boor! a* now about
concluded the aelee ||i of teachers tor
tha next session c* chool and from
the strongest fact;! thnt the school
here has ever had ’ «seph*E Nelson,
tor two years ps» orinclpal of the
schools at Goasals, *isa been elected
principal Prof. N<' <• n la a graduate
[«f lb* rniveratty r ■ Tagaa.Prof.
I* Krigbaum will t • # the place held
last year by Prof. < .vndlar and Hl**|
Nunnetlr of
*4 art Prof. Dt»o* > >
Prof. Krigbaum pr! ipal. Misses Sal
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"I mean your own house number."
“Sixty-five Blicken street.”
"0, that isn’t what I mearf. Your
'phone number.’’
"Why didn’t you say so?" tusked Mr.
Miggles, who I* noted for his quick
temper.
"I did. What is it?"
"Violet Park eight-seven-seven.”
"Violet Park right-double-seveh f
“I reckon so,”
“And what number do you want?”
“R!mdale two-ought• four-seven.”
"What is your name?"
"My name is John Henry Miggles, J
live at 65 Blicken street, Violet Park;
my house phone is Violet Park elght-
seven-sevten. or elght-double-seven. as
you choose; I am married, have no
children; we keep a dog and a cat,
and a perpetuated palm, and a Bos-
ton fern, and—
"All that la necessary sir. We mere-
ty-~”
—"and last summer we didn’t have
a bit of luck with our rosea; I tried
to have a little garden, too. but the
neighbor#’ chlekena got away with it;
the house Is green with rad gshies;
there is a/ cement walk from the
afreet; I am forty yeers old; my wife
le younger and she looks ft *•
a piano; keep a cook and
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Western Farmers ire Optimistic.
During the past week we have made
use of the opportunity to converse
with several of our farmer friends.
The majority of these farmers are
optimistic and some are even enthusi-
astic over the prospects for a crop,
they contend that climatic conditions
are more favorable than at the same
time last year, and that under these
same conditions cotton last year bore
more fruit to fifteen days than could
possibly be supported. By August
first at the present, cotton will have
attained a growth that will support
a hale per acre and during the ftrsl
fifteen days of that month (provided
climatic conditions remain the same)
enough cotton will be produced to
keep us busy until March.—Anson
Enterprise.
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School Bond Issue Vote/Next Monday,
An election will he held in Dublin
next Tuesday, July 26th, to decido
whether bonds to the amount of
000 will be issued for the erection of
another public school building. The
bonds are to carry a rate of five per
cent Interest and are payable after a
period of forty years. To vote in this
election one must be a tax payer as
well as a qualified voter to other
respects.
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