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Show NEW ARMY CANTEEN, Salt Laker's Invention and Advantages Advan-tages Claimed for It. The army canteen for which a patent was recently lsutd to Senator Thomna Kearns nnd I. C Coin Is designed for use In places where water te either scarce or Impure, and nn effort Is lo be made to have It adopted by the nnny for uai In the tropics Soldiers and ptospectors who have examined It nay tho new canteen would be of Inestimable value In places where the water supply Is defective de-fective or limited The canteen In ,p-peivrance ,p-peivrance Is nn ordinary canvae-coven.l water receptacle, auch as la now lit use In the nnny. It differs from the ordinary ordi-nary canteen In having ti pump nnJ filler attached, by which water can be drawn Into the canteen from a shallow pool without the usual dirt nnd Impurities. Im-purities. From a pool half nn Inch In depth the canteen can be tilled In it few momenta where, without tho pump nnd niter attachmente, It would be n difficult diffi-cult matter to securo water. The attachment at-tachment welghn hut Ave ounces nnl can be made at a cost of nbout 1: cents. |