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Show FUEL 1DST BE fflEO 11 RULES IRE LI 001 Utah's fuel administrator is urging the people of the state to watch their furnaces aud stoves. "Treat your furnace fire as you would treat your dog," is his admonition. admoni-tion. The fuel administration estimates that by careless firing of furnaces and stoves in fealt Lake City, the residents waste coal to the value of 100,000 every winter. He adds: "One hundred thousand dollars in cold cash would equip a regiment and place the valiant Sammies on tho soil of Franco, but 100.000 in hot ashes will help no one. Not even tho garbage gar-bage man. "Tho war demands, not alone the lives of tho sturdy soldiers who are embarking daily for the other firing line, but tho war demands a vast amount of coal conserved to tho best of one's ability for tho firing lino at home. "To savo coal Is to help your country, coun-try, and, incidentally, to add to your bank account. Thero aro a lot of admonitions ad-monitions on tho subject and a good many high-brow directions backed up with words of more than three or four syllables, but few torso sentences from an authority on the subject will bo found interesting as well as valuable. valua-ble. Hero they are: "1 Keep tho smoko flue clean. A sooty fluo Is a fire hazard; contributes to tho Binoko nuisance,, chokes the draft and wastes fuel. " oiuuu uiju lUlUdUU liLUlillUI or boiler flues frequently. The caked soot robs the house of heat. The deposit de-posit of ash dust chokes the draft "3 Remove tho ashes from the ash pit every day. There should be a clear space of not less than five inchos between tho fire grato and tho ashes at all times. "4 Burn all the ashes except clinkers and ash dust. "5 When firing remove all the clinkers from the firo grate and firo box. "6 Supply the heated air with moisture. Moisture in the house-air is conducive to good health and actually actu-ally saves fuel. With air of proper humidity a temperaturo of 68 degrees Fahronheit is more comfortablo than 72 degrees Fahrenheit with the usual super-dry air in heated houses. "(a) Tho water pan in a hot air furnaco should bo kopt full of clean water. (This Is usually neglected.) "(b) If tho heating system is steam or hot water, each radiator should be provided with an open shallow Jar or container of pure water, about three pints. The jar should be in contact with the radiator; sotting on top or 1 suspended- behind- the-radJatoc-'iCrprca forable. (This is almost universally neglected.) "7 Hang a thermometer In tho living room, three feet above the floor. Maintain a uniform temperature of 08 degreesFahronheit. "8 Do not smother the radiators with heavy coverlets, however artistic. artis-tic. If covered at all use cheesecloth or material of very open, weave. "9 Do not allow a hot water radiator radia-tor to become air-bound. Test frequently fre-quently by opening the small air vent. If tho windows are open wide at night in the bedroom, shut off tho radiator valve until morning. "10 Ample air for tho draft should bo admitted to the furnaco cellar. "In short, to heat your nouso successfully suc-cessfully and economically keep the house-air reasonably moist and treat your firo as you should treat your dog. "Keep it clean. Give it plenty of air, water and food (fuel) and, incidentally, inci-dentally, do not allow it to go out on very cold nights. |