February The Eureka (Utah) Reporter Page Four PUZZLES GAMES STORIES PICTURES leaving the wins entirely. Whatever happens means serious, costly damage to the companys equipment, and no electric current for anybody for a while. BY DAN MURDOCH A PHONE ring lata at night in a New York hotel room. "Newark Airport Weather Bureau calling! Storm approaching, from aoutheast Wind about 50 milea an hour." The man holding the receiver becomes wide awake. He throws on his clothes, hurries to the We street. "Empire State BuIlding!M he And soon tells the he's rising in the elevator to the 102nd floor. Two more flights to walk up, and a lock to fumble with. Inside the room, he dashes about pulling switches on weird machinery, setting dials, checking to see that everythings working. Lock the door, dash down the steps, elevator to the ground, and eight blocks away to another ry building mi Fifth Avenue. A elevator ride, another door to unlock, more machinery. Especially a huge camera at one window, focused directly on the Empire State Building. The man waits. Nothing happens. The storm has stopped, or veered away from the city. Later he turns off all the machinery, locks the door, leaves, goes back to the Empire State Buildings 104th flow again, disconnects everything. Then back to his hotel room to finish his sleep or until the next storm warning. cab-driv- er. 50-sto- the storm gets there. Thunder booms, lightning flickers over the tower of the Empire State Building. Eight blocks away, high up In the other building, the man stares steadily. His hands work the camera, photographing every flash. He talks out loud, describing what he sees. Into a recording apparatus hung around his neck. Every so often he glanrea at other 'devices, to make sure they're on the ob of measuring the current, distance, speed, and length of every flash. No matter how long the storm lasts hours, maybe this man stays rooted at his post. This man's a lightning hunter, one of many scientists who study SOMETIMES More Cars Sold 1 lut Keep Power Going Lightning-Hunter- s In 949 Than In '48 Sale of new automobiles in Utah over during 1949 Inereased 50 1948, according to a report lnsucd by the Registration Service Co. of Utah Automobile Dealers Ann. During 1949, 21,301 new car Others are at similar lightning. observation posts throughout the country. Still others are in lab- oratories making artificial lightning strike miniature houses and factories. Experts collect and all reports, photographs, and study recordings. They tell the "hunters" what to look for next time, and tell the engineers how to design new elertriral equipment. They advise people on how to avoid danger to their lives and property from lightning bolts. about lightWhy all this to-d- o ning? One reason Is that big electric power companies are fighting a war against a powerful, dangerous enemy. as you probably Lightning, know. Is a great electric current flashing through the air. The electricity in the earth flashes upward to meet it The bolt tears through anything in the way, but usually it goes through whatever conducts electrirlty best metal, machinery and electric wires, especially high-pow- er transmission lines which bring current across country from dams and dynamos to towns and cities. cant (pu$$k storms, but we can keep lightning from striking wires, or from cutting off the current when it docs strike them. But to do that, we have to know all about lightning what causes it, how it behaves, how to control it. Thats why so many men work at the Job of "hunting" and "trapping" it. They design "insulators," "arresters," and "ground wires," and try them out They try to lead lightning away from wires, directly into the ground before it can do harm. These tricks and devices work sometimes. The question Is: Why do they sometimes fail? How can they be per- feeted so they'll fail leu often? Withln the last 30 years weve learned many of the answers, but not all. 14.107 in CIAV0H5., 11 Eternities is "tu savor," the fifth be- F These puzzles are about Sz) mixes," and the sixth is "an abstract ing." 1 2 JLnch holesin S FISHING shoulders, top of arms and hands. 1 N G Scrambled Sentence Our puzzle man had some trouble when he wrote this sentence. Can you help him out by putting the words into their proper order? THIS Is smallest Union, original one In Delaware, the the the 13 of second states. OAMOtJD Puzzle Answers ACROSS 1 Accomplish DELAWARE REBUS: Milford: Dover Is capital; Diamond State; Has been under four flags. SCRAMBLED SENTENCE: Delaware, one of the original 13 states. Is the second smallest In the Union. MIX-UPblossom; Whipping post DIAMOND: 19 CAPITAL 3 Comparative ending 4 Musical note 4.- Heonejnnto each end of a MSTRINi 5. MakeMPER flags. . . PASTE around IDOlimS... fasten figs to hands with ADHESIVE WE. Fasten on arms with PAPER FASTENERS. Peach S: HAS 3BBA F TIS TASTE FISHING STIRS ENS Mix-U- ps Rearrangs tho letters in, each line to form a fact about Delaware: CHEAP S BLOOMS HIPP STOP WING G Word Cipher WORD phrase of 12 letters that appears on something we use every day. The letters 9, 1, 2 and S spelt something you wear on your finger. Lettera 5, 7 and 8 apell moisture in the grass. Letters 12, 9, 10, 11 and 8 mean "to have faith in." Letters 6, 9, 4, 2, 3 are the opposite of right Here is A SCHOOL OF 2SO YIHAL.ES WAS Sighted off JAPAtf - LAST FALL CIPHER: T God we trust you need handy gadget for the keeping pencils on your desk, use a glass flower frog. Stick the writing Instruments In the holes. They're exactly the right size. This tricky little gadget has a dual personality for it makes n excellent paper weight JF Diamond re FISHING is an industry of and the center for this word diamond. The second word Is a contraction for "it Is, the third Del-wa- Heating Plant Lowest county, again was Dag- gett with one truck sale reported leading counties by sales were: during the year. Fire Hazards Sait Lake, 8387; Weber, 2381; Counties leading in truck sales Utah, 2359; Cache, 941; Pavia. 886; and Carbon, 883. Lowest county reported were: was Daggett with no aalca during Salt l.ake county. 1602: Utah. the year. Fire hazards resulting from un512; Weber. 373; Box Elder. 307; Truck aalea regtatration in 1949 Carbon, 249; Millard. 226; Uintah, safe installation and operation of totaled 5642 compared to 5841 in 210, and Pavia. 209. heating plants are major causes of home fires. These hazards caused more than 100.000 fires a year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. One of the chief dangers is that The one fine car soot, which accumulates in chimneys and smoke pipes, will be field! the low-pric- e ignited. This makes an exceptionally hot fire, from which chimney wiiiilti M tha mHmI Ml Ml you Fad's sparks can scatter profusely. ISnMIytaalh MM. Fa wM mMiSimm mn nm nd mm fit. Mydi Cat" mM Regular cleaning of chimneys la Sotofi Md (d IM knap, id recommended aa a safeguard. Prodri m Fai l hn nibto, mi mi halt per chimney construction also is Md. ywH hdysa'raiiinfaoMd tawnct'i essential. A house should be built MdldriCML so that no wood or other combustible material touches the chimney. Because roofs are directly exposed to chimney sparks, asphalt shingles and other roofings are high on the list of protective building materials. Fire protection engineers point out that roofing also lessens the danger of sparks from brush fires and similar outdoor blazes. Furnace smoke pipes leading to chimneys must have adequate clearance front ceilings and walls. Smoke pipe sections should be fitted together with metal screws to withstand possible "puffbarka. Although the primary purpose of automatic temperature con- trols for heating equipment Is to maintain a constant degree of ' heat indoors, controls of thia kind! also serve as effective protection against excessively high tempera- ture which might result from combustion during severely cold weather. Menace Homes -- Fat-Fto!- Near Was victuiiiiu Greek god of wa. "Smallest State" (ab.) 1 1948, com-- ,j 1948. 5 0 8 10 2 Sacred musical compositior 7 Northeast (ab.) 9 Call for help at sea are struck, them may get the so strong it burns out machines in electric power stations. Some- - AMJUGAM MOVE MEN AftEliSlMGA LlCOPWA 70 TAKE JUNGLE FILMS times the current Joins the light- IN EAST AFACAm a in to flash the ground, ning pared to L,BCWtoGI-- U, IS DOWN these wires yHEN current in trrgiat rations were reported. bodi and jrms for sailor fnm CARD- - Delaware Is Our Theme This Week (pedteh thunder prevent 3, 1950 " fire-resista- nt , nt j I j Is a T elephone Strike Justified? Union leaders are demanding another general wage increase; further liberalization of welfare, pension and benefit plans, and liberalization of vacation treatment, as well as many other items. They are broadcasting much misleading information and arc threatening to strike if their demands are not granted. Let us look at the facts in connection with this controversy. Telephone employes have actually had nine general wage increases in the last ten years. Average hourly wage rates have more than doubled since 1939. How Do These Present Wages Look To You? The Company has made extensive surveys throughout this territory and these show that present telephone wages and working conditions are very good and that they compare favorable with wages and working conditions in the communi-- . ties in which the Company op- erates. The Company's earnings are so low that it has had difficulty in securing additional capital from investors to provide plant to meet service requirements. Therefore, any increase in telephone wages would mean that much higher rates for telephone users. How Do These Working Conditions Look to You? : ' pro-long- ed Rooks are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often aa we please, Chambers. The English made their first attempt to settle North America at Roanoke Island, In 1504. 'TEST DRIVE THK year-roun- least $70.75 per week. The basic rate for similarly experienced switchboard opera- tors is $10.00 per week. These rates are for a regular week. Hccause daytime the telephone business is a 10-hour 'SO FORO AT YOUR FORO DEALER'S Far h will open your oyotl Hi Fai'a data OpHuml The only Top rate telephone craftsmen in Eureka are paid a regular d base salary of at d lafcv Mil far la Its Held with AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE! I tha ThMoi Cm" aw. Iw, Fai'a feNahfri thaa la Sa Mai aa Mai hMwi") ata hath aai mwMms Aad. Fat 'I aaw Maw dytiai aai aaMilay Mi i iamalatl tiMa. i aaw i r.l'KF.KA BRANCH OF . . . UTAH HIT & STEEL SERVICE CO. Tlmkin Pits Thor Tools A sflneim R3ttsi? (50 GOSHEN, UTAH Vulrnn Products seven-da- y, around-the-cloc- k bus- iness, lx)th groups earn substantial extra pay for overtime work and for night, Sunday and holiday assignments. Here arc some extras" enjoyed by telephone employes at no cost to them : 1. Sick pay up to one year at full pay. for accidents (on or 2. Similar benefits 3. Death benefits up to a year's pay. 4. Tensions based on salary and service, but at least $100( including Social Security for nnployrs over 65 with 20 or more years srrvicc. 5. Up to three weeks vacation with full pay. 6. Eight paid holiday's. We think these facts sufficiently answer the misleading and inaccurate statements being made by some C TV A Union leaders. TVo can see no justification for .the inconvenience to the public which a telephone strike would cause. Representative JOHN A. ROSS Telephone 55 . The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company