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Show Flit is sold only in this velloui No More bed-bug- pr CfttrdH'5 STEAMBOAT J 'HO "invented" the steamboat? ten Americans that question and the chances are that nine out of the ten, remembering a few outstanding names In their school histories, will Insvrer "Robert Fulton," thereby prov- once more what a strange jumble of fact and fiction Is the average American's conception of the history of his country. For the question of who deserves crecftt for "inventing" the steamboat has recently started an other of those controversies over historical matters, which sometimes remits In clearing up certain disputed points In the annals of our nation. More often It does not, principally be muse the partisans never seem able to agree upon a strict definition of Urms, without which It Is virtually Impossible to settle such disputes con mwjf Ask clusive! v. this particular case the word Inventor" Is the crux of the situation. While popular opinion accords that distinction to Robert Fulton, and In ISiOO he was elected to the Hall of Fame at New York university as "the Inventor of the steamboat." being the trst inventor and the ninth American chosen to membership- - among "Amer-lea'- i Immortals," his right to that title been challenged on behalf of no ks than eight other Americans. anions these claims Is that la khalf of Lieut John Fitch, who, It Is sorted, made a successful trip on the Delaware river In a steamboat which had designed more than 20 years before Fulton's historic voyage up the Eodson In the Clermont Pitch's right to the title of "Inventor" Is supported by his descendants ho are members of the Fitch Family ssoclatlnn. They have nominated his me for Inclusion In the Hall of Fame t New York university with the demand that either the name and bust of be removed or that those of Fitch be added. They are planning a e celebration In 1M5 to "ark the one hundredth and fiftieth Mkersary of Mthe Invention of the teamboat by Fitch In 178.V and they '"It that this celebration be given by the government and that Public agencies and national pHtrlotlc In It as they did pieties "the Hudson-Fultocelebration of In Out-itandl- atlon-wld- 1907. base their contention that rtch rather than Fulton was the " of the steamboat upon certain official acts of the government, the tJl'ef one being that both houses of Egress by a unanimous vote, approved on February 12. 1926. an of $15,000 for a suitable jjioitnment to Fitch as "the first In "je world's history to successfully of vessels propulsion ...rough water." This memorial was vHed May 27. 1027. In the public In rju'l-liardstown, Ky., where died July 2. 1798, In poverty and ""Pair of proving to an unbelieving rtd the practical valne of a steam- They "in-ntor- m e ?" T,'ey point out too, thHt the labels 'he models of steamboats In the "'thaonian Institution bears out their intention that be was the "Inventor." labels read ifs follows: n'HN FITCH'S STEAMBOAT signed by John Fitch, built In I'hil-Phl- a In 1760, and first tested on De'aware river July 27 of that Jar. when a successful public trial made. Equipped with a steam Pae which, connected by geared ma- - i Kill them off quick! After Calving Make Good Use of Bran Mashes. an smellino- Get Excellent Results From Balanced Ration great many farmers do not feed a well balanced ration to their dairy cows because for some reason or other they think that such a ration Is necessarily much more expensive than one made up of the ordinary farm grains. If a protein feed has to be purchased the price usually seems high. A ton of a high protein concentrate always costs more than a ton of corn or oats or barley, and unfortunately .many farmers compare the price of. feeds on the ton basis. The thing that so many do not seem to realize Is that a given A IhPAi Ar& iss 'jj?sm cmq? " on ms Mississippi chinery, sprocket wheel and chain, operated six oars placed vertically In a frame on each side of the boat "In 1788 Fitch completed bis first commercial boat for carrying passengers, and It was driven In a similar manner. This boat was 60 feet long and 8 feet wide. She made a trip to Burlington, from Philadelphia about 20 miles, i July, 1788, the longest ever made by any steamboat up to that date, October 12, 1788, the boat took 30 passengers from Philadelphia to Burlington In 3 hours and 10 minutes, a speed of over six miles an hour.. In 1700 Fitch built another boat which attained a speed of eight miles an hour and continued to run on the Delaware river, carrying passengers and freight for three or four months." "ProRUMSEY'S STEAMBOAT pelled by Jets of water forced out through the stern. Tested on the Potomac river at Shepherdstown, Va 1787." STEAMBOAT CLERMONT. 1807 "Designed by Robert Fulton, built In the city of New York, and made Its first trip from that city to Albany la August 1807." Of these labels, the one on Fitch's model is the only one which uses words "successful public trial." If, then, a "successful public trial" Is proof of "Invention," It would seem that there Is no doubt as to the right of Fitch to be given the title of "Inventor of tb steamboat" However, there are those whose definition of "Inventiou" Is a vastly different one and they assert that no one person can claim the credit for the Invention of the steamboat of the Of the other "inventors" steamboat the volume "The March of Commerce" by Malcom Kelr In the Yale University Press, "Pageant of America," has this to say: Samuel Morey of New Hampshire, with a who becan experimenting steamboat In 1700, built a paJle wheel steamer which In 1704 ran from Hartford l New York at a speed of about 15 miles an hour. This tyal had the paddle wheel at the stern. A later boat of Morey's, built at Bordentown on the Delaware, was operated with two side pndnMe wheels. Others who were seized with the 'steam mania,' as It was derisively called at the time, were William Longstreet of New Jersey, whose boat made five miles an hour against the current of the Savannah river In 1790, and Elijah Orras-beof Connecticut, who made paddles to Imitate ducks' feet and operated them by steam In a boat that.be nav e igated from Cranston to Trovldence and Pawtucket and return. "Oliver Evans, who Invented the steam engine and tubular boiler, applied it to moving boats as well as highway wagons and mills. Steam dredges built by him, such as the Oruktor Amphlbolos, operated In 1S04 through the water under their own power. Robert R, Livingston, afterward associated with Fulton, built a steamboat and ran It on the Hudson. .John Evans of Hoboken, N. J., experimented with a different steamboats after 1791, and eventually hit upon the Idea cf the screw propeller in place of the more usual setting poles, paddles, oars, or paddle wheels. Stevens himself, however, soon discarded the screw propeller in favor of paddle wheels, and It was not until years later In 1S.19 that the screw propeller received further attention. "Benjamin Franklin, who had a finger In nearly every pie that was cooking during his lifetime, was a member of an association headed by James Rumsey, a native of Maryland, that proposed to try Franklin's Idea of propelling a boat by sucking In water at the bow and ejecting It at the stern. A boat was built and run on this principle by Rumsey In 1787, a steara pump being the means of ejecting the water. . Rumsey had In 1784 exhibited a steamboat before General Washington at Bath, Va. In this earlier boat the power had been steam applied by cranks to a series of setting poles. Fitch, who had applied for state monopolies over steamboats, contested Rumsey's Invention, so Rumsey took bis Ideas to London but died there In 1792, before they became practical In mentioning the men who contributed to the success of the steamboat there Is one name which cannot Justly be omitted. Fitch, Fulton and the others had built steamboats which would bodies of waoperate on gently-flowinter In the East, but It remained for another man to tame the swift waters of the West. Fnlton and Livingston tried It and failed. But Henry M. Shreve, whose name Is perpetuated In the city of Shreveport, La succeeded. Shreve called his boat the Washington and In It he made two round trips between Louisville, Ky and New Orleans, making the return trip In the then unbelievably fast time of 25 days or less than a fourth of the time It took the bargemen and keelboat pole men to make the same distance. From that time on steamboats went every where, no matter how swift the cur rent they had to buck, ( by WUrn Nwipaper Union.) high-pressu- half-doze- g n amount of a high protein feed properly mixed with farm-growgrains will bring a lower production cost because the more perfectly a dairy ration Is balanced with reference to protein, carbohydrates and mineral matter, the more economically will it be used by the animal. n Early Cut Sunflowers to Keep Up Milk Flow Sunflowers cut about 88 days after planting, or about the middle of August, proved to be the most palatable and kept the milk flow of the cows closest to the level of corn silage In trials made In Illinois. The Mammoth Russian variety was used In rows ubout feet apart and about 10 Inches apart in the rows. When about 25 per cent of the plants are in bloom and show the yellow rays plainly, and the upper leaves are green, is the best time to cut sunflowers for the silo. Two other lots of sunflowers were tried out, one lot being cut and ensiled when 95 per cent of the plants were in bloom and half the leaves were rusted dry, while at the third cutting the plants were about dead and entirely dry and woody. clack baneU s! COWS CONDITIONED LARGELY ON CORN "Cows that have been milked until they are below normal In flesh can be most quickly and economically conditioned on corn," says G. A. Williams of Indiana. A mixture of six pounds ground corn, two pounds ground oats or bran, and one pound of oil menl Is a mixture he recommends. As soon as the desired condition has been obtained, replace the corn with bran and ground oats. At lenst ten days before freshening feed equal parts of bran and oats with possibly one pound of oil meal a day and greatly reduce the quantity. For several days before and after calving there Is no feed so good as bran mashes because of their cooling and laxative properties. If constipation develops, give a quart of raw linseed oil or one pound of epsorn salts. C'cver, alfalfa or soy bean hay may be allowed with possibly a limited amount of silage. Many cases of milk fever can be avoided by care at this time. After calving, supply plenty of water but Increase the grain ration very slowly. Corn and oats must be sparingly used until about the fifth day when the regular ration of four pounds of corn, two pounds of oats and one pound of oil meal at the rate of four to five pounds a day may be used. Increases should be made at the rate of one pound every third or fourth day until maxtmuin production has been reached. When a cow no longer responds to Increased feed, drop back slightly when It will be noted that she will Increase still further In production. Full feeding had best be deferred until four to six weeks jafter freshening. Mr. Williams calls attention to the fact that at the time of calving, certain substances called harmones are liberated Into the cow's blood stream which stimulate milk production. These harmones. he says, become exhausted as the lactation period advances or If the cow Is In poor flesh, t" can with the fenraa TheWortt's -- t Selling Insect - r.ef O 1030 Staneo Ink Change for Better "I've changed my miinj." "Well, does It work any better?"-Tit-Blt- Progress in Foreatry Making Rapid Strides quarter of a century has brought an extraordinary change In the of the government, A forest- ry-policies marking notable progress In conservation, says World's Work. In 1905, when the forest service was created, there were 60 reserves, with an area of 60,000,000 acres. The area today Is 160,000,000 acres, embraced In 150 national forests. The physical development of the forrsts has progressed continuously In 1005 there In the last 25 years. were no fire towels or lookout stations; today 831are maintained. As many as 1,180 public camp grounds have been Improved during the period. Since 1907 the mileage of national forest roads has been exForest tended from 330 to 10.730, trails have increased from 6,044 to 47,175 miles. Mileage of telephone tines built for fire protection and administration purposes has Increased from 539 to 35,92a Receipts of the forest reserves In 1005 amounted to $S5,600. all for timber sold. Receipts last year totaled $0,299,802 Of this amount more than $4,000,000 came from the sale of timber, cut under forest service supervision on a sustained or continuous , "crop" basis. New Berry Resist Drought Fruit growers are Interested In a Restless CHILDREN CHILDREN will fret, often for no But there's As late summer approaches the need for pasture supplement becomes more acute. It is during this period that pastures become short, due to dry weather. Silage has proved to be the best forage supplement for pasture, although soiling crops, such as green corn, oats and soy beans may be used, If the labor Is available. It pays to supplement these feeds with one of the grain mixtures and hay. In order to keep up the production of heavy milking cows. James V. Hopkins, Monongalia County, West Virganla. wild variety of black raspberry which was found in the Oregon woods. It thrived during a not, dry season when domestic kinds languished, did not die down in winter and even produced berries In the late fall. It Is believed the specimen is a hybrid of the black raspberry with Its some species of blackberry. leaves and growing habits are much the same aj those of the latter. Experts are examining the fruit to determine If it Is suited to commercial shipping and canning. Popular Mechanics Magazine. m Working Over Old Damps Polytechnic A Utah copper company is produc0,000 pounds of copper ing about Uth U College of Engineering SU., OtkW. Cliiondx BUdwM The Great Engineering School of the West daily from the ht'e dumps of tailings that have risen in the course of years. The dumps are estimated to contain at least 1,000,000,000 tons of waste and oxidized ore. 0r Estalliitxd in $100,000 PUnk Cktrund to pml dtgrm m 191 All subjects omitted. Intensive practical thorough courno In KJfx trtral, Mechunlctil, Civil, Min- ritructural ing, Architectural New emir en In Aeronautical and Airplane Knlneerin. hpretal ronrfen In Airplane Mechnni, Auto Morhanlm, Machine Shop. Electrie Kliop. Ignition, Buttery, etc Complete Electrical Hydraulic, Steam mad Testing Laboratories. &s tima two yan timt Students amlnted In financing their courses. Write (or tree catalog. End of the Debate Nervous Type of Woman If I don't get a new dress I'll scream. 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