Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

ed. It seemed essential to Belwe
that they have someone occupying
responsible position to lend argumen
against the incredulous. The mayo
said he was obliged to assist the in
v%entors anyway because he had say
ed $3.50 since they started up tina
mill. and he wanted to show his ap
probation. The mayor was informed
that the object was to go to a large
city and establish a plant. That the
right would o be sold. The mayor
would go with them and aid in the
project. There remained but one
thing to do and that was to show Mr.
Harding the plant and set out for
the city. SO Mr.. Harding wal es
corted to the mill. Inside. the high
fence it was a rather simple affair
at first glance. 1t belied its mystic.
rious air. Mayor Harding first saw
the engine and boiler room; then he
was taken into the preparation room,
and lastly into the oom where the
actual results could be seen.
Tom Bakersfield he'd discovered in.
deed a formula whereby eating was
entirely unnecessary. Bulwer, with
his, keen mind, when presented with
the discovery, had readily discerned
the value of the secret. He therefore
lent his money freely and he and
Tom Don arranged for this expert.
ment station. Finding the people
losing their appetites and losing their
own as well, they were convinced the
secret was a practical success. Tho
mill had been built on lines to facili.
tate the working out Of the invention
Immense steam pipes led from the
boiler room through the building. The
whole mill worked as a unit. It was
virtually automatic, so complete in
its every detail. Quantities Of meat
and provisions had been shipped daily
to the mill from secret sources. This
was sorted and mixed in the proper
ton as indicated in the formula. II
was then exposed in a huge tank to
sudden blasts of cold apd then blasts
of hot air, and steam jets ingeniously
arranged to bring about the inter.
mixture required in Toms wonderful
formula. This disintegrated and
cooked the particles. To prevent the
disintegrated particles leaving the
tank partly cooked, Tom had invented
an odor gauge which indicated the
process of cooking. The gauge was
so delicately constructed that the "a
rious chemical changes in the cooking
and d~isintegrated we're registered
with accuracy. After reaching the
proper degree of discrimination in the
first big tank the food was passed into
a second tank and there again exposed
to a similar blast of heat and cold.
BY this time the particles were all
light enough to float. ONCE again
was II carried into a still larger tank
and the same process of disintegra-
ton carried on, and then it was con.
Quoted in big pipes to a large sealed
tank. In this last tank huge wheels
%revolved with lightning rapidity.
These wheels stirred up this aerihed
mixture of meats and vegetables all
proportional off exactly In accordance
with Toms wonderful formula. until
the whole indicated a given bouyancy,
registered by another delicate gauge.
when II was admitted into a huge fan,
which caught up all the particles and
blew them out into the air through
an immense funnel, which protruded
through the roof Of the mill. Thus
a yaporized mixture OF eatables was
continually sent out OF this immense
blow-pipe. The outside winds caught
II up and waited IL over the village
and thus the inhabitants breath d in
the microscopic PARTICLES and all ap
petites vanished. SO long as the blow
pipe continued to send out the parti.
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appetite kept down. The formula OF
mixture was very elaborate and re
CURED a perfect proportion in order
to make the air sustain the PARTICLES.
Tom already had visions Of cool eat.
ables for use in the summer and
hoped TO eXpel by the use OF his won
deTful formula a food that could bS
sent Out heated and retain It's warmth
for a limited number o. hours and for
a given radius from the plant
Through Toms discovery people took
On nourishment by breathing instead
OF eating. Il was more satisfactory,
TOO, BY breathing the food, one would
never breathe enough at one time for
them evcr breathe too much, There
would be ne such thing as eating too
much. The particles would be toe
fine and not large enough quantities