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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH, UTAH n fuvfrf Svky.t ij Bxj a Lieutenant IIEVIIOUSE HOTEL in the United States Navi GrHcN tv Ow POWDER TESTS wouldnt be tarnlshedby nitric fumes a time a chemist was from smokeless powder. . with his feet cocked up on But mark me, worthy contempora- upon ONCE the table smoking Ills pipe. It was an off day for the ll artist , The door opened and In walked a boy. He handed a small jar to the artist I mean chemist "In the Jar bad-sme- were several lumps of yellow dough. One was streaked purple like u nose. Mac says he thinks youd oughta see this, began the boy. A terrific explosion was the answer he got. The chemist seemed to shoot into the air. His pipe landed in the corner. The boy picked it up, stuck it Into his teeth, and went away. He was safe because of the purple streaks on the yellow lumps In the glass jar. The lump's were smokeless powder. The jar was the .visual-tes- t jar In which samples of powder brands are kept In laboratories. The purplish streaks toldthe chemist that this particular brand was disintegrating, was becoming dangerous ; might at any minute break down, ignite, and blow Its ' container whether battleship or box Into smithereens. . So he exploded. He wired all ships having that particular Index of powder aboard what had happened. And he took pains to bury safely all of it that was within danger distance of his own back yard. That was years ago. Nowadays every keeps her eye on her own powder by a series of iron-cla- d tests and Inspections that befit the seriousness of having a thousand lives to guard. Indeed the tons of explosive aboard one warship Is sufficient to destroy a fleet If properly placed. The powder is stowed in bags, the tanks, the tanks In bags in watertight rooms called magazines. Magazines must be kept at less than 100 degrees F. always, and, as a rule, at not more than 95 degrees F. Each has a little shelf on which stands the glass Jars, one for every brand of powder in that magazine. About ten oclock In the morning the chief gunner goes about the ship recording all magazine temperatures and scrutinizing the little yellow lumps In the jars. A purplish hue which so excited the chemist Is caused by action of freed acid on the Indicator. This Is added to powders in order, to provide a safety signal when there Is danger of explosion due to chemical decomposition. The gunner looks carefully for any such signs. Litmus paper is stuck into the necks of the Jars. It is saturated with an indicator and changes color In the presence of acid. Besides this daily visual test there is held twice a year the surveillance test Samples from all the powders are heated to a temperature of 65.5 C and kept there for sixty days or until they break under the strain. rum-hlste- rs man-of-w- air-tig- semi-annu- ti'T' x dread-naugh- ts trymen thrilled with the spectacular details of the great engagement Each vessel boasted about 800 horsepower in her wheezy old engines. We make no undue comment when we hear that 150,000 horsepower will 1am-- baste the stern-sheeof our new bat--. ts tie Cruisers. The combined armament of the two monsters was one one and six (Alabama) ; two and five (Kearsarge). All fired together wouldnt be the bite of a sick flea alongside a salh vo from the dozen rifled : 11-in- rs well be buying picture postcards of to send our sweethearts be- fore long. In that gigantic enterprise, that bloody duel of hot blood and cold steel, the Kearsarge threw 173 projectiles and the Alabama, 370. Had the pair been 20th century model heavyweights they might have slammed some 10,000 explosives shells against one anothers armament. And the weight of each shell, about 1,500 lbs., would have been three times a whole broadside from the old smooth-boreThe doughty pair sailed circles around each other at distances from 400 to 1,000 'yards. Seven complete circles they made, like a couple of lightweights sparring for a knockout. I we shout Oh Holy TIddledy-wInk- s when we picture this years Sea Uon crashing over the horizon at 25 knots speed and 30,000 yards distant from her antagonist. When the Alabama looked like a loser Captain Semmes struck his colors, threw his sword into the sea, and Jumped In after It so that he could swim unhampered to a neutral yacht, the Deerhound. The modern skipper wouldnt give a tinker's d n whether his colors were up or not so long as his vessel floated. He would be imconning tower prisoned In the steel ' and couldnt jump overboard if he won!-- . bo d nvn tried. And "hN sv.ord ' i o it under his lord, - tre-- s s. i MOST MOBERK HOTEL us. to 100 Imm bk-- ta 75 (sms Vtt On And n people OW can an American of the streets especially residential young man, returned from streets. And pacifists, the wars, settle down , to and other autochthonlc landcrabs; I the routine of ordinary bring a message of cheer. The govlife? And as everyday ernment from first to last Is accusthe song jrnta It: tomed to pay some $40,000 toward the How are you going to get them down entire and final education of a naval on the farm, Is the officer. In many ways Annapolis After theyve seen Paree? grandest educational institution In the When it was written the song was world. And yet, even with all this frightful expense, a vital point is over- true to life. Jt Is not so today. The United States army has farms of Its1 looked. One sad example will suffice. He was own now. When a soldier enlists and a graduate ensign. For four long says he wante to become a scientific years he had been molded Into the farmer, the recruiting officer Is glad bold, resourceful type of youth a war- to take him on and there is a farm ship lures. . By choice he had relin- where he can be sent. At present all would-b- e soldier agquished high marks in engineering and had concentrated on the enthralling riculturists are moving on Camp Tra--vinear San Antonio, Texas, because subject of navigation. order has gone out from He soon perceived the popular fal- a hurry-u- p War to send all rethe department sun and of lacy believing that only who to cruits enlist famous Secthe stars are used In piloting frisky fleets about the wet parts of our globe. The ond division on duty there the histordear old cheesy moon is no less Im- ic Indian Heads who saved Paris by stopping the Hun at Belleau Wood and portant MR, attention! TAXPAYER, you poor ' brow-beate- WEI Ji - mi J s1" mnm to MOON ' M Pwihr Fried Hrtm far OF CHICAGO Tm RODS Tin pna HOOT imw &50 prau $3.00. TmmniUSO Tn snw K00 pm$4.60; 7wi pnu CWfa Sbf aA Data, Kota UtA, $5.00 Mk. Wronh. fenfc peW Your DivM.nA Chwk dont forget the Diamond yon have been wishing jor so long. Those we have are perfect. BOH) JEWELERS BOYD PARK. BLDG ill. 106 MAIN street iVUhWiii iVuoitMyjaJTjSi s, With the sun, for Instance, latitude north or south of the equator Is far more easily obtained than longitude or time. But by a simple twist of the mathematical wrist one may measure a stars distance from the man In the moon and thereby set ones clock to a second at any time of the night. Again there is the matter of These are eclipses of stars. Try one yourself some clear night. From time to time a fat star goes behind the moon. If you note the time then, and again when It emerges, the mean of the two will be the moment by your watch at which the star was in line with the moons center. By comparing this time with a list the naval observatory publishes you may discover the exact error of your Inger-sol- l. occul-tation- s. The moon can be observed In the daytime as well as the sun. That she is wan and pale Is an advantage In "being less trying on the eyes. Both latitude and longitude are to be got this way. . All of which the graduate ensign learned at a cost of thousands of dollars. And yet, alas, when lie took a furlough to rest from his labors he discovers (too late) that hed never been taught one fearful truth about the moon: . That a moon makes moonlight.- And that' in moonlight a maiden fair Is fairer than ever. And Well, he has two satelUtes by now. tax-ble- d THE PUNY PAST HINK of being a. Chinaman, exclaimed a gunnery officer the other day, and not being able to throw eggs at your ancestors! A million examples of what he meant are at hand. Take the Kearsarge and Alabama, two Civil war which fought off Cherbourg, France, fifty odd years ago. Our coun- . ries, the next generation are already fathering their eggs for VOICE PIPES hairy savage has legends his gods and spirits. The navy is not so different In the fleet there are stock yarns about everything, from radio ticklers and secret codes to rubber boots and swabs. The Innocent voice pipe has come in for its share. First what Is a voice pipe? This piping is brass or composition (that It will not rust), from two to four inches In diameter, depending on the length; and there may be 10,000 feet of it on a single ship. It is used to communicate from one place to another when telephones, bells,' buzzers, and other systems are shot away. On a certain fighting craft so the legend runs there was a voice pipe from chart house to with a branch to the chief For the admirals engineers cabin. or captains curiosity this arrangement was a great gratification. ' Two points about this pipe' make the story possible. First It led and opened straight just above the middle of the chiefs bunk. In emergency he could be called at night. Secondly the machinist in charge of the starboard was an artist on an harmonica. It Is worth adding that the admiral abhorred a harmonica, fairly loathed Its lethal whlnlngs. One quiet night at sea the old man was indulging in a nice hot cup of tea in the pilot house. Said lethal whin-ing- s sifted up through the voice pipe. That d d caterwaul again I he exclaimed. And just the way he said again" was a hymn of hate by itself. Such a peaceful tropical night it was. Warm too. - And the chief lay face downward on his bunk, bare and cool, bare as the day he was born. Face THE - te . down WOW II! He leaped naked Into the night. Clutching himself behind he fairly screamed up the tube. What he said was indistinct except at the and a end came: just wait, you gurgle. Three minutes later he was In the charthouse. It was empty. So was the admiral's teapot. Another ten seconds and he was on the bridge. So was tl admiral. Thats all Each said mod evo-i"u- Vaux. .. . " . rrancis 6 Lu"e The agricultural schools maintained by the Second division are considIn the ered among the army. To the average farmer It may seem strange that Uncle Sams soldiers are engaged in making the desert bloom, but that is exactly what they are doing. Adjacent to the great best-equipp- . e farm military reservation is a where the soldiers of the Second division are being trained In farming, ranching, stock , raising, dairying add w ,,, Irrigation.' cantonment and West of the along Salado creek and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, are splendid t , acres of bottom land, enriched by thousands of tons of manure from the and education of Its foreign and Illiterstables of the various mounted organ- ate elements. For many years the United States izations at Camp Travis and irrigated in part by a fine artesian flow of wa- army bad been' a thing apart from ter. These lands offer soldiers winioi the normal life and interest of the toliptenfi to engage in agriculture on dis-- fcbunlry as, a iVhole. It had been charge from the service an excellent erated as a necessary and expensive opportunity to become familiar with luxury, rather than considered as a scientific farming methods. - The gov- valuable and potent influence in civic, ernment is - offering the courses economic, and educational developthrough the divisional - agricultural ment. Its standards and Ideals had been misunderstood and its possibili. schools. Americanization had been unMaj. Gen. P. C. Harris, adjutant gen- ties for " appreciated. For this state of affairs eral of the army, says : The agricultural program was de- the army itself was largely responsi. vised by governmental authorities in ble. It had been absorbed in its own an effort to avoid penalizing young problems and responsibilities and had men who volunteer for a term of serv- not realized the exceptional possibiliice . in comparison with the oppor- ties for its active and in the solutioi of the tunity they had in civil life of tak- participation vital problems in the construcmany of vocation a and following up ing tive development and expansion of the their choice. This school which has been devel- nation. The war plans division, as it existed oped at Camp Travis is under the suon June 30, 1920, was divided into the G. who Snow, pervision of George War comes from Mississippi Agricultural following different branches: ! eduand Mechanical college, where he plans, training' and instruction, officers reserve and cation recreation, taught for twelve years. Assisting Mr. Snow is Joel I. McGregor, former- training corps, morale, legislation, regulations and rules, historical, and servly dairy specialist for the Houston ice and information. in. of charge chamber of commerce, the department of animal husbandry. , One of the most Important activities Courses are provided in horticulture, of this division was the recreation and The World war branch. agronomy, dairyingand animal hus- education drew attention to the supestrikingly farm fine has a and Irrigated bandry, been purchased by the government, riority of an educationally trained where soldier students may be turned soldiery. Post schools for limited instruction of the. personnel in the cominto scientific farmers. The course in horticulture Includes mon branches and in vocational subr theorefical and practical work in the jects had always existed In In order to overcome the Iltimes. ornaand flowers fruits, of growth mental shrubbery. In agronomy the literacy so prevalent in the draft army student takes up the study of soils, and to take advantage of war expewith special reference to irrigating ag- rience, the War department assumed riculture. Great artesian wells supply the responsibility for the education of the enlisted personnel. General eduthe water necessary. Instruction In dairy husbandry in- cational and vocational training procludes fypes and breeds of dairy cat- grams have been established, and all been so tle. Practical work Is given In judg- camp activities have as to become active agents in made are the visits and by stock, ing moral training of soldiers to famous cattle farms near- the educational and the enlisted men. To further these by. The school farm also provides the- - congress appropriated practical work In animal husbandry, programs Additional funds were supd $2,000,000. stock of herd fine and a plied by the seven affiliated welfare belongs $o the camp farm. One of the most important activi- organizations, whose. army activities by the War department ties of the general staff in the upbuild- were assumed1919.-November 1, ing of the new army, says the report Briefly, the genera) policy outlined of the secretary of war for the 1920 general fiscal year, has been the establishment above is to give a and development of a comprehensive educational and vocational training for military service and program for educational and recre- mnTimnm effective This program In- for future success In civil life. ational activities. This educational work has been sures that the army wUl become an factor in the same Importance as was deconstructive the given Important mental, moral, and physical training manded In purely military training. Thq number of vocational and eduand development of the youth of the Americanization In cational the subjects taught In different and country 400-acr- . , . ' ' . pre-wa- pure-bloode- . -- Liberty's Aid to Genius Persons of genius, if Is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them It is necessary to preserve the soil in Genius can only which they grow. breathe freely in an atmosphere of Persons of genius are less freedom. capable of fitting themselves without hurtful compression into any one of the small number of m fids which society provides in order to save its cicunj ic CDiiec!o?S General Manager of Honest Debts lllRoomsContinentalBanKBi43SK5iii73 alt lake city, Utah , metabers the trouble of forming their own character. If from timidity they consent to be forced Info ode of these molfls, and to let that part of themselves which cannot expand under the pressure remain unexpanded, society will: be little the better for their genius.- If they are of a strong character and break their fetters they become a mark for the society which has not succeeded in reducing them to the commonplace, to point at with solemn warning as wild and erratic and the like; much as If one should complain camps varies from 10 to 40 ; about 3,335 classes are in operation, in which are enrolled over 86,000 enlisted men as students. Thus the War department maintains without cost to the students with their, normal ' soldier- - pay . the largest university in the world. The latest reports furnish the following additional statistics: Educational classes, 1,076; men in educational classes, 16,929; vocational classes, men in vocational classes, 27,262; illiterates receiving Instruction, 5,390; enlisted Instructors, 1,494 ; commissioned instructors, 613 ; civilian instructors, 1,571 ; men under instruction In educational and vocational courses selected by themselves, 40,101; men whose military duties give training and practice in vocational courses, 40,778. Manuals of Instruction especially adapted to the teaching of soldiers have been prepared. Model courses have been constructed. These courses vary from agricultural and practical farming through all the mechanical arts to the purely formal and academic subjects. In all of them, however, certain basal requirements are insisted upon with a view to giving every soldier such a course in American Institutions and history as will develop in him a knowledge of and more affection for the country which he serves, and striking examples daily eome to life of men gaining their first real knowledge of the meaning of democracy in its organized political forms from the studies which they pursue in these camp schools. The congress very wisely abolished the old restrictions against the acceptance of illiterates, and the army has welcomed men of this type otherwise qualified; they have been grouped together in training centers, taught English in its elementary branches, and qufckly given a useful knowledge of the common-- tongue of the- - country. These groups comprise men'Of foreign extraction whose Illiteracy is only of the English language; they also comAmericans who, by prise native-bor- n reason of their remoteness from educational opportunities, are unable to .7 read and write. Almost every nation in the world is recognizable In- - the names of these young, men, and I know of no process which has' yet been attempted In America which so rapidly inspires diverse groups with a common purpose and common sense to their obligations to America as this service in .the army, where men get education and at the same time are permitted to feel the dignity of the service which they In turn are rendering to the state. 9; ' . of the Niagara river for jiot flowing smoothly between its banks like a Dutch caual. John Stuart Mill. of Oats in Dream. To dream of this grain foretells a Journey by land; if an engaged young girl dreams of oats It denotes that her wedding tour Is not far off To see the field of oats is a good sign, but to see it cut down is an evil omen. To see oats stored away denotes famine. To sow oats signifies much and gain. Meanings imp-pines- WALKERS BEAUTY PARLOR. Switch transformation worth $12 for $8. worth $7.50 for $5, by mail. Out: sample from center of head. 820 South Main. CLEANERS DYERS. Service. Quality. n Clothes insured. .Work guaranteed. We on Price list postage. request.. Myers Cleaners A Dyers, 114 E. Broadway. WHO DOES YOUR CLEANING 7 Have Mastercleaned," it is the economic, sanitary and scientific way. Send your clothes-bParcel post. We pay return charges. Regal E. 2nd South. Cleaning A Dyeing Co., 156-10- 0 MONUMENTS. Write for .catalog. Standard-MarblA Granite Co., 117 W. Broadway. TYPEWRITERS. Distributors Corona portable-anRoyal. All other makes sold, repaired and exchanged. 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