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Show VAGAZIKEr SECTION. THE HERALD-REPUBLICA- a 1 cnooi on ove miaem MAGAZINE SECTION. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1916. N, tI J0L1S XBDI DM l TTlOR farthering the eau?e of per-snru- U safety and to acquaint the people of the western station of the Tnitel State with the manner in f work anl vhih various phase trarel are made lrs darureroxi5?. the federal povrrnmnt. through o ignition of the Union Pacific System, will demonstrate its "Safety First Special' in Salt Lake Saturday. August r-- 'f i Th.e .train and demon- :? s.C iV vv 3D, and Monday. Au?ii?t HI. will he open for exhibit stration hetwepn 1 p. rn. and p. m. f) "Safety First Spreial" The of an all-te- eon-M- st train secured by el i'i of the K. Lane, secretary Franklin '.' , those days. , .r ill? ?' W.J iff-- i.-.-i- in h-- .cb:- - 'Xt S' , i g&MW?r-- mterto? from the Baltimore cc Ohio of It ronsi.-t- s Tlailroad rorrpan). v.n es nrni one uar nine containing government exhibits, also for a cre.v of fedaecominuiatiin eral experts mi safety-firs- 9- I appli- - t il . 13 r.nct?5. overnrnrit representative' attache'! to the "saif v firf train iririude: nff rer Tltl' v exer Martin I In charge. Trcmirv d ena rt tn en t.in I'nitel States F. Hlo h. charge: .T. F coal gu.jrd MoN'ultj . I'ubH" health service Dr. I... Paine in rharze: V. A. Thornton. T. irtls. tn War department .1. .T. intttnger ?. T'hln-neF. M. S. Yarbrouph. charge; F. Springer. . Whalon. A. C. Navy department (Tharlcs I. Mitchell, Hi lerly. in charge; C T. Chandler. J. .!. G. T. Taney. Iir.hart. Interior department, bureau of mlne eorge v. Itiggs. in charge; 11. J. Nicholi. Grant Fitch. Reclamation service- W. I. Fwanton. In charKe; K. J. Mcintosh. u weather Agriculture department, c. T. Korster. in charge. Forest in c) service I. I I,lrul-Interstate rommcrre C. cor nnil(!on, flavs. in division of safety J. locomotive of inspecDivision charge.A i it tion charge. I. Koger, American led Cros? lr. J. Harlon, In charge. A 1 i 1 Wwlim' i y. I Mine. !.! I - T ! penefrate parts of burning- mines It ard he Tork for hours, where without could pot live that number of minuted. , f n t r . re-uer- t- -. r - -hb ' Mil) f,' - V A .... fcc-r- Weather Bureau Exnibit. ures. He slsnals to start the air pumps field of wheat, corn and alfalfa the before proceeding farther into the gas annual value of which runs from $50 zone. to ITS per acre. The exhibit made by the reclamation Ileclaxaatlon. service, by many is considered the best X the entire aaope of the governthat la on the '"Safety First" train. sft ment work it is not likely that there la anything of more general interest Army. than that helng done by the reclamaFUXG the last few weeks there tion service. hardly a city or town in the Any man or woman old enough to whose streets have not recountry remember back twenty or thirty years ago know? that th-- n there was a vast sounded to the steady tramp of the area" of p''blic land that be had American soldier boys who have asfor the asking. All through the coun- sembled preparatory to going to the around and about here there were front to uphold the honor of their try ml shed their blood, if necvr.st fxpanfs of thi" land that was country And while thousands and ur.ocTUpied, i ich agriculturally, but va- essary. cant because its products were not thousaids of people here In the west the brave needed in f urnl'hing the food supplies have seen and tad mi red for the world. young men as they marched, few of In a few short years what had for them have had an opportunity of untold centuries been the hemo of the learning what the life of a soldier in Indian and the wild animal was trans amp and on the field really means. with the formed into the peaceful abode of the However, by pettier. The virgin sod was turned government, the Fnion . Pacif lc system over, crops uere planted and harvested has made this possible and brought the and in proximity cities and towns com- knowledge right to tho people living: menced to arise. The railroads, the along Its main line. The war department exhibit has a pioneer in civilization were pushed to car all to itself. In arranging the exthe front ar.d In a remarkably time a creat portion of the free agri- hibit, special attention has been given cultural land wrj gone. tho equipment of the soldier, not only It was not long after this that wise In the field, but In the camp, the miliand far peeing government officials post and the hospital. came to the realization that scattered tary While there Is little In the exhibitall through the cntral west. In what that is suggestive of the war In Kuhad lone been known ns the semi-arl- d rope, there Is one of the masks that regions, there were contained mil- lias been used there to protect the lions find inilliMi.i of Acres of fertile wearer from deadly fumes of the lan-!slands that would bear crops In ga;es employed &s an agency of abundance if they could be reclaimed in battle. and water turned upon them. Then Besides all of this there Is a prettr started t h" work of government recla- fair collection of arms and accoutremation, a work that ha" been carried ment. Including a large exhibit from on ever since and by which a great the medical supply department of the rvce. doing through the car one mpire has been btulded. It was an ltlea of the officials of the will get an Idea of the surgical work I'nlon Pacific system that the recla that may be expected to be performed mation exhibit tboui.l ,r givfn special on the battle field and In the field prominence. As a res?ilt. the Idea ws hospital carried out and given more than or- Great attention has been given to the engineering arm of Fr.cle Fam's dinar; attention, due possibly largely! to ti e fact that the Fnlon Pacific sys- - ' war service. An officer of the depart-rretem that is hauling this exhibit over is in charge and he will give Inmore than nooo miles of Its line has formation concerning the work of confor years fostered the reclamation structing defenses, bridges, roads and pinns and bTi active in helping to every thing that has to do with follow- work th tn out. up work Incident to campaigns. Methods F.mployed. In connection with the exhibit. In the ilatnatioM service by throuirh the Fnion Pacific system ter- ra- a tures. lecturer and practical ritory. the 1'nited toStates has issued all tions there will be shown the methods special invitation engineers and en-In that have been employed In reclaiming young men who are thinking of these vast areat of semlarld land land midntr the profession of engineer- that a few years ajro had no value, but ir.g To them particularly the exhibit now readily sells at prices rangln? will be of great Interest, for there from 1109 to $r00 per acre. within a Fhort period of time they will anywlrc In carrving on the reclamation work be able to gain more practical knowl-eif- e there will be shown pictures of the than they could acquire by weeks land when little grew upon it except of study In schools or universities, sagebrush and buffalo grass and in pouring over text books. the fa in a connection there will be The navy exhibit Is one of the largest shown what has been the result of evolution by which the great fields of and is just as compled In every detailbrush and gra-- s have become waving a any ever shown at the great expod de-at- i ; j . , nt I tne exhibit is a collection of th things in miners" lamps. lamps constructed tt:at with their use there is no os!blMty of an exploii-rior ignition of the ka that is found in manv of the dep mirse. Then. too. th re is. shown all kinds of medical kits that are used in giving "first aid." Hiippoip there has been a fire in a are called. They mine utid the go down the shaft, strapped thlr belts, or carrying In their hands cages containing canary birds. As they accompany the rescuers down the shafts, or through the :. t is. if one of the birds detects cas. It sismls the approaching danger by !:i'in; a drowsiness that would foon bring about asphyxiation. The rescuer notes the change in the Attitude of the bird and knows that It Is time to t3ke precautionary mers- i 1 - . 1 tn-l;alt- nr ' ! , 1 - - ,f Marine Section Exhibit. C-ul- of mine." displav makes TIIH iojreau a part of the government extranshibit that the Fnion Pacific will whidi and over Its system porting on exhibition here. In addition t the lecturer". aerom- f who are deslg-- i inga the enr are men "r'?c ur.." who have taken disl.irf In rmcur work where mine i- will occurred. asters hve They a rv In carrying on lain what Is n the occupa- funitic operations to make o t:oti jafe. In dorg they will ex-- j ' the ami demonstrate neeet- r t'n dtvavsI keeping In mind the ".safety first" l'?a. not only while down in the! in me. but whn working on ti e ?nr- f ' e. In the car containing the exhibit from i h government bureau rt mln there is shown all of the etilpment work. Fur instance 'sed rt here Is the h r m e f that t he rescuer over his head if he is going flow n Into a mine wl'ere fire from some cause has Isrntted the gasea. With it on he can move about th chambers and lev- t with perfect safety so far a The Is conorntd. coldly in rh car will explain that I'l'turr with this helmet ever his head he tan r''u , I bu-rn- T , .r.,8tiw t - I - i v. ? -- I , i j st pic-lllu- i -- - r"r ics ex r. - - mm- - mifyi",'"i"y i 4 1 . 'V-- K ill It. !f I e;S ; sitions held within the last twenty-fiv- e years, there being shown the development that has taken place in naval affairs during- the last quarter of a century. The exhibit is striking in this, that it brings to one's attention the changes that have been brought about in the war vessels, the equipment and the armament. Of course models of all of the fighting craft of the United States are not shown. This would be Impossible, for at this time there are 349 vessels in the United States navy, nine, of the first line, befngi battleships of the second line, ten twenty-fiv- e armored cruisers, five cruisers of the first class, four of the second class, sixteen of the third class, fifty-nin- o submarines and destroyers, thirty-nin- e twenty-eigh- t gunboats, the others being monitors, transports, supply and tugs, fuel ships, torpehospital ships, do boats, tenders and converted yachts. Vermont Is one The of the newest battleships added to the navy and a model of this will be shown and along side will ha seen a model of the Colombia, one of the commerce raider of long ago. The Torpedo. Another thin? in this exhibit that d will attract special attention is a construct To Whitehead torpedo. one of these engines of death means an expenditure of $r,000. Should the "Whitehead torpedo be fired, it would explode only when it struck a solid object. That explosion, however, would be terrific, for should the it strike squarely, the Impact and deto sufficient be would explosion Tt is afloat. vessel stroy the largest engine of fitted with a the reciprocating type. The warhead, when ready for use, csirrles an explosive charg'e of 140 pounds of guncotton and the air flask Is charged with an the air pressure of 2250 pounds to opsquare Inch. This compressed air torerates the engine and drives the pedo at tho rate of thirty miles per hour. The aviation and wireless equipment forn.s an interesting part of the naval fully exexhibit, their uses being seen service men who have plained by Fani's "safety in this itpi of Uncle first" department. It may be interesting to know that in the United States navy there are r.T2 officers and 52.000 enlisted men. besides those of the marine corps, who number S12 officers and 9867 enlisted - predre-adnaugh- t rull-sir.e- four-cylind- er men. In connection with navy exhibH. at all places where the train is stopped for the purpose of exhibition purposes, the wireless aparatus will be set up and visitors will be given an opportunity of witnessing the actual operation of sending and receiving messages, the lnstrtimc-nt- s being tuned up to work with the government station at Arlington and others along the Atlantic and gulf coast. The station carried on the train will be in charge of government operators. Animal Industry. OM its name one would think that the United States bureau of animal Industry would interest only farmers and live stock men. Such, however, is not the case, for while it may have attractions for them, it is of special interest to all. Of course its lessons are first brought home to the man who grows the animals, for they teach him how It is possible to. at a nominal expense, raise and place upon the market the best possible cattle, swine and On the "Safety awoke to the situation. They discovered that in order to protect the few remaining forests radical measures must be adopted, and at once. The- whole matter of dealing with the forests was turned over to the interior department and a systematic method of procedure was adopted and applied. It was found necessary to reforest la.rge areas and it was found equally necessary to stop the ravages of the fjres that in the past years had destroyed thousands and thousands of acres of the finest virgin forests In the northern and mountain states. As a result, within the last few years the government has equipped an area emlike 156,000,000 bracing something acres of the forests of the United States with the means of protecting the timber against fire, tree blight and other damaging influences. In the government exhibit system there is shown the complete equipment used in the protection of tho forests, and explaining this equipment, the purposes for which it Is intended and the "safety first" Idea as applied and carried out in the most minute detail, are expert employees who have been In the service for years. These men will explain how the. danger from fires may be overcome and the various appliances that are used in carrying on their work. - en-g"ag- c je ed sfc guard Uncle is of a merger the revIt Sam's navy. g servenue cutter and the ice, the merger having- been perfected during January of last year. It is the outgrowth of the revenue cutter service, founded by Congress in 1700, and has grown until it has reached proportions where there are employed 255 commissioned officers and 2SS5 petty officers and enlisted men. During the last year alone, with their eqtiipment, along the. coasts .and on the lakes they saved the lives of 1507 persons and property of the value of more than f 11,000,000. The exhibit completely fills two large passenger cars, from which the seats have been removed and consists g of a full sized, boat, beach apparatus, wagon, rapid-fin- ; gun for throwing life, lines from shore to shipsg in diotres:- and breeches buoy for at sea. The men of the coast guard service have often been referred to as tho maritime police and really such they are, for to them is entrusted the enforcement of the laws relative to fishing and navigation; the protection of the customs revenue, the warning of essels against dangers of all kinds, the ing of wrecks and the maintaining of a coast guard that may be called upon by the government for almost any kind of service at any time. life-savin- self-bailin- - life-suvin- re-m- o, and diphtheria are prevented of stamped out, these experts will present a series of exhibits showing the conditions that exist in both city and country. They will explain and show to the satisfaction of all that the ajsh barrel and the garbage can are two of the most dangerous of vehicles known to the disease-carryin- g mankind. In addition, they will explain that flies and rats are among the most dangerous enemies to good health. the This health exhibit will sho-lurks in the roller towel. danger that It will be explained how the use af-of this towel spreads disease from the flicted to the healthy individual and how by Its use entire families have been lnocculated "with contagion. One of the Interesting things in connection with the health exhibit is the methods employed in getting rid of . In the car that carries the interstate commerce exhibit there Is a worklocomotive. ing model of a railroad, Two conlplete hollers are fired up and used for the purpose of showing the circulation of water and steam. On the sides- are deep holes, covered with glass and. by looking- through them It is possible to see and get the correct idea of how steam is applied and how it is made to serve Its purpose in developing power. In addition in the exhibit there are sectional models of various parts of locomotives and locomotive appurtenances, together with many examples showing how defective material has been responsible for accident?. Besides the locomotives, the exhibit contains models of the bert of tho use things that have come Into upon the railroads to minimize accidents. The expert lecturers contrast the right and wrong- way of operating appliances ajid. explain how that by conducting an educational campaign and 'insisting- upon the "safety fix Ft" plan, the number of accidents to pasgreatsengers and employees has ly reduced during the last few years. taken from the government report show most conclusivelr what has been done. For instance, during the first year of the operation of the Interstate commerce law, 856 accidents due to failure of locomotive boilers or their appurtenances were reported. The casualties during that year numbered with 1005 ca.ses of personal ninety-onfor last year show injury. The records that there were 424 saioh. accidents, resulting- in thirteen deaths and 467 cases of personal s injury. While the comon the deaths and. inparative juries of. and sustained by passengers are not available, it is known that the decrease daring the period, is much greater, all going- to show that from its very inception the safety first' idea has been bearing- fruit and making railroad work a much safer occupation and at the same time making" Just about oa traveling on railroads safe remaining" at home. Trill - diseas- e-breeding government's forecasters and while the train is stopping at this city he will make his forecast, predicting some future weather. This official Is not the serious, crabbed sort of a fellow that ycru would expect to meet, but instead, even if he does have to deal with tornadoes, hot winds, blizzards and thunder storms, he is as jolly as they make, and like a good deal of his weather, there is a lot of sunshine In his makeup. He will take plenty of time to tell you how he arrives at his conclusicois, how he makes his calculations; will explain the instruments used and when you leave him you will be a in weather. The weather bureau is in close touch with the telegraph, the telephone and the wireless and the forecaster will take great pleasure in explaining to you the part these instruments play in gathering the weather data for the country and the particular data in this vicinity. Already on this trip of this special train crver the Union Pacific eystem thousands of men and women have gotten an intelligent knowledge of the workings of the weather bureau and if you have the desire, you axe going to be able to secure the same information, free of cost. When the idea of running a "Safety First" train over the country was conceived, it was suggested that one car contain an exhibit that would have to do with the public health service. The suggestion was promptly adopted and when the train departed from Washing- ton, the car containing the exhibit was given special attention. This car, towith the entire exhibit train, gether will bo at the depot here, where it will be open to the inspection of all. The exhibit in the car tells the whole story and it is almost unnecessary to speak of it here. However, probably there are many who do not realize the enormous amount (ft work that the1 government is doing annually to protect life and health and make this the most healthful country on the face of the earth. With the health exhibit there Is a corps of eminent physicians and surgeons, besides experts in sanitation, and wherever the car is stopped they will exlaln the exhibits contained ajid offer suggestions with a view to Improving the general health of the community, feeling certain that in spreading the gospel of "Safety First," there is nothing- more Important than teaching people how to safeguard their health, teaching lessons that can be taken home and there applied. Aside, from showing and explaining how diseases such as typhoid, scarlet fever, smallpox, cholera, yellow fever eeml-expe- rt C'osst tiuarcl. it known that the coast BF.service is an auxiliary of First" system be shown a complete working- set of th instruments that the government forecaster employs in predicting weather. In addition, in the car that Is given over to this exhibit will be one of the . mosq-altoes- - - - - n Fig-ure- e, fig-ctre- - - a--3 sheep. irlAM This exhibit contains a profusion of showing cuts and sections of healthful meat,. as well as those that contains the germs of disease. In addition there will be samples of both healthful and diseased meat and the method of detecting all kinds of disease to which domestic animals are subject will be explained. These experts will explain the proper methods of treating domestic animals afflicted with disease. Then, too, they will have a word that will be of interest to the housewife. They will explain how to buy meat; that is. getting the bet values for the money paid, and having explained this, they will tell the housewife how it should b cooked to get the best results. pict'-'res- . SJf- - , C" ... .... ' . iM.f.iMJ trH i ' :.jF. 1 iff; 1 t u hvT I 1 4 -- V- s 4 " -- f. U ' 4 it "vi .Xei 1 i V"'- - ! 1 ivr. lt-X " J Ml m ft, i il I 1i '1 Air K " .1. I M - k: V I i - J I t . V U 1 - " - -- i 1 -- I, i ' - 7 - e,' I Fore-s- t - ":.V-e- " N' remembered v -- :, v rrvr- ry. OT so many years ago It will be - ' ' .' ; i . r'-- ' C-- 4 Va-- :,4 4.0 1 .j' Mvrrt , tt that a large portion of the country east of the Mississippi river v.h heavily timbered, as was that section along the gulf ccast. Then little thought was given to the pro- v tection of the forests. The lumber bar- ?is came along and to them this timber land was sol at ridiculously low prices. Men were put to work, sawmills were installed and within a few years the greater part of the former timber land was denuded. Then it was that the officials at Washington . t 1 - : f ' : - 1 Coast Guard and Red Cross Exhibit. .. 1 - V 7x.fv - Bureau of Mines Exhibit. -- 1 v w.'J t t ' |