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Show ELECTRIC HEATING A REAL ECONOMY Washington. D C. Jan 24 The heating of the new high school at Ku pert, Idaho, by electricity, is the firs case on record where large building; have been heated entirely by such means, announces the federal bureau of education today Besides being used for heating the electricity is used for a variety ot other purposes to such an extent feP that the school has come to be known as ' the electric high school." The electricity ib generated from a gov j ernment powerhouse. Electricity is utilized everywhere In the building A ten horsepower motor mo-tor besides driving the ventilating I fan. supplies the power needed for the lathes and saws in the manual training department. An electric heater supplies the hot water for the domestic science department, for the shower bath and for the science rooms. Tne bureau says that the use of I electricity is proving a real economy. 1 oo |