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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-02

The following article from the Scientific American will be of
of the Enterprise who interested the
queson-ewerag for Fitzgerald other place. It
reference who expect
anything with the question of for Fitzgerald
within the next year.
Fitzgerald that be utilized for
and it generally agreed that must be treated
is we'll enough understand the
of this septic the absolute necessity for it,
then quite time enough to figure the COST
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-02

man.
Before one can understan d
how it is possible for such puri-
fication to be accomplished, two
! things must be realized. The
first is the enormous force of
bacteria present. The second
is the insignificant bulk in sew
age that needs publication. AS
many as lis, 100000 bacteria have
been counted in one gramme
(1-28 ouuce)of soil from a trench
along which sewage had been
running. They multiply with
extraordinary rap;dity aud, were
there no forces to interfere, one
bacterium would have sixteen
aud half million descendants in
twenty-four hours: Ordinary
sewage, on the other hand, only
contains one part in a thousand
of dead organic matter; 998 parts
are pure water and one part
harmless mineral matters.
The simplest example of bac-
terial sewage disposal is the
throwing of a pan of dish water
over the ground. The liquid be-
comes finely divided in passing
through the air, and reaches the
ground in fine particles. Here
the bits of grease, soap, and food
refuse remain on the surface,
where they are slowly oxidized
by the aerobic bacteria. The
liquid passes on through the
earth, and is attacked by mill
lions of micro-organisms which
search each drop for food. After
a time the liquid becomes prac-
tica]1y pure, and the retained
solids have disappeared, passing
off as carbonic acid, water, nitro
gen, or oxides of nitrogen.
Many are the varieties of sys-
TENS devised for the disposal of
sewage. The patent Offices of
both the United States and Eng
laed have been flooded with new
inventions for sewage treatment.
Many haue proved utterly worth
less, but there are several which
have been operated with entire
satisfaction.
1 will not attempt in this arti-
Gle to go into details of each diff
ferent method of sewage dispos-
al, but l will give brief descrip-
ton of the most important sys-
tens now in use.
The oldest of all forms of bac-
teria1 sewage disposal is known
as land treatment broad irriga-
ton, or sewage farming. 1t was
unde rstood for long time that
land had the power of purifying
sewage, without its being known
exactly what took place. Ac-
cordingly, sewage was pressed
over land for the purpose of pur-
ifcation, and and at the same
time was used for the fertilization
of crops. This system has been
in operation in many parts of
England, but it can hardly be
looked upon as a practical meth
cd. In some cases, however,
most successful results have
been obtained by land treatment,
bot such cases are very rare,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-02

1t is only about twenty years
since the first experiments in
psychological sewage purifca-
ton were made. Schloessing and
Muntz in France, Warrington
and Franklin in England, and
the Massachusetts, State Board
of Health were the pioneers Of
the movement. The necessity
for sewage publication is dis
tinctly a modern one. It has
grown out of the development OF
the water carriage system. In
o1den times many and fearful
were the diseases due to the bad
sanitation of streets and houses.
Now, however, architects and
engineers have solved that old
problem, and by means OF the
water carriage systems, they ar+
able to have the poisonous wastes
safely conveyed away from hui
man habitations. Nevertheless,
the problem of the ultimate dis
posal Of sewage has not yet been
thoroughly solved. Man has
sought to deal with the subject
by building sewers to the near
est stream, and thereby remov-
ing the nuisance as far as he is
concerned. But in doing this he
has only transferred it in degree
to some other community, and
has established the modern evil
of stream pollution. It is hardly
necessary for me to dwell upon
the results of this evil. It is
sufficient for me to point out that
it communicates the natural water
supply of towns, kills fish, makes
rivers unpleasant for boating and
bathing. renders the water prac-
tically useless, and aids IN the
spreading of typhoid fever.
It would be foolish to make
laws against the passage of sew
age into streams if there were
no better ways of disposing of it.
Modern science, however, has
come to the rescue. Filters have
been invented and put into oper-
alton which have the power to
convert the most foul and turbld
sewage into clear, sparkling
water, and which enables men to
pass harmless ef1uents into the
rivers.
The modern method of filtra-
ton is not a mechanical nor a
chemical one; these systems have
been tried, but have failed to dis
pose of the large quantities OF
impurities ia solution. 1t is a
system of breaking up animal
and vegetable matter into their
harmless constituent parts by
means of the action of bacteria
which inhabit the sewage. 1t is
really a process of combustion or
oxidation, that is to say, the con-
verting of organic substances
into inorganic. The same kind
of action is seen frequently in
nature. 1t takes place in con-
version of foliage into dried-up
dead leaves and in all processes
of decay. The bacterial sewage
treatment system is simply the
adaptation of this method of
nature to the red1irements of
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-01-02

of land required to purify COM
paratively small volume of sew
age is enormous, the expenses
of operating are considerable,
the land is liable to receive so
much more liquid than the ordi-
nary rainfall that it becomes
sewage sick, "and useless either
for publication or for raising
crops. 1t is rapidly becoming
an out-of.date method, except,
perhaps for finally disposing of
sewage works eff1uents, or IN
isolated cases where topograph-
ical and other conditions are
specially favorable to its adop-
ton. Land treatment is used
successfully at Berlin, Germany,
on tract of land of over 10000
acres-larger than the city itself.
1t is kept in condition by convict
labor. In one instance, a year of
exceptional drought, the crops
from those farms realized re-
ceipts which more than betrayed
all cost of administration and
maintenance. Land treatment
on the whole, however, is hap
hazard. uncertain, and expensive.
In 1895, Donald Cameron, of
Exeter, England, brought the
septic tank into prominence.
This consists of a large tank in
which sewage is allowed to re-
main, where it is acted upon by
anaerobic observation-disclosures
isms that live without the pres
ence of air. Sewage contains a
considerable portion of solid mat
ter in suspension. By means of
anaerobic action part of it be-
comes 1iqui6ed and goes into
solution, part rises to the top as
scum, while part descends to the
bottom as sludge. The inlet and
outlet of the tank are placed be-
low the surface, so that the sew
age may pass quietly through
with as little commotion as pos
sible. The scum which rises to
the top becomes oxidized after
time, and passes off into the air
as harmless gass. A certain
amount of decomposition takes
place ia the sludge at the bot
tom. When the tanks are large.
sludge accumulates very slowly
at the bottom. At a septic tank
at Mansfield, Ohio, only a few
inches of deposit were drawn off
after it had been in use for a
year and a half.
The septic tank has proved a
most useful factor in sewage pu-
rifcation. 1t is used extensively
as preliminary treatment for
contact beds and percolating
filters. It cannot, however, be
considered by itself as system
of publication; it can be used
successfully only as part of one.
There are some small towns in
this country, however, where
septic tanks alone have been
used. The results in these plac-
es have invariably been very
poor. The septic tank by itself
is regarded by sanitarians as
little better than an apology tor
a sewage disposal plant. In
some cases, however, when only
a low degree of publication is
needed, such as when sewage is
put into the ocean, septic tanks
have proved useful.
Perhaps the most practical
method of sewage disposal is the
com bination of the septic tank
aud the contact bed. The cons
tact bed system was devised by
a.
.
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.
THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE


W. J. Dibdiu, who instak
famous bed at the town of SM01l
ton, England. In this system
sewage is first passed through .
screen, to prevent the floating 9,
particles from blocking the il Or
terstices of the bed. 1t. is then
passed over coarse-grained
bacteria bed. This consists of
a tank three feet deep filed with
broken stone coke, burnt ballast
or other suitable material not
more than three inches in diam
eter. 1t is supplied with UNDER
drains, so that it can be easily
emptied. The sewage is all
owed to enter the bed until the
level of the filtering material is
reached. The inlet is then
closed, and the sewage is allowed
to remain standing in contact
for a certain length of time.
During this period the aefobic
bacteria do their work. They
oxidize the organic matter ID
solutl1 and in their search for
food they decompose considers
able portion of the impurities.
Furthermore, certain ferments
knowns as engines aid in the
work of decomposition, while the
solid particles adhere to- the
filtering material. The sewage
is then allowed to flow slowly
out of the bed, leaving many inn
purities upon the filter material.
1t flows into another similar bed,
where further similar action
takes place. Now that the bed
is empty, aerobic action goes on =
among the particles of sewage
left in the interstices of the ma
terial. Before the next fius
comes, most of the spongy mai
ter in the bed has been converted
into gases. When the bed ill
again, the gas is driven out
the bed into the air above.
Such is the method in use al
Sutton. 1t is simple and effec-
tive, and has been widely used
in systems laid out more recently
After the sewage has been treat
ed in a septic tank, it generally
need only be treated in one con-
tact bed to secure the necessary
publication.
Most septic tank-contact bed
systems contain several bacteria
beds, so that while one bed is
filing, another may be in contact,
another emptying, and another
resting empty. Four is favor
tie mum Der of beds for a small
town plant, while six are often
used.
The contact bed system in
wolves only small fall, so that it
can be applied to almost any dis.
trict. 1t has been in successful
operation in many towns botNn
this country and in England.
The secret of its success is the
regularity of the time of contact
and aeration. Experience has
shown that unless such regulari-
F! ty is maintained the bacteria
will not remain in healthy con-
dition.
At Manchester, England, is
the largest septic tank-contact
bed system in the world. The
beds are opened and closed at !
regular intervals by hand. "a
the more recent contact bed SYs-
TENS installed in this country,
the invention Of automatic air
lock apparatus has made it posi-
BILE to have the beds fill d
empty at regular intel
automatically.
,.s,..., - 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

paid good dividends and have placed
more orders for rolling stock tnan have
ever before been booked in this coun-
try. The prosperity which began on
the farm and cotton plantation mas
broadened out and spread through all
lines of industrial activity. 1t has sup
piled work for more warehousemen,
trainmen and freight handlers. 1t has
resulted in additions 20 the forces OF
operatives at the factories and rolling
mills. 1t has supplied freights for the
fleets of the world, and in turn have
been enabled to bring return cargoes
at such low rates of freight that every
consumer in the United States has
been a gamer by the transaction. All
especially gratifying feature OF the
last report of the bureau OF statistics
lies in the fact that, while agricultural
exports are running far ahead OF al
previous records. the same pleasing
showing is made in other lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
Judge Humphreys Luck.

Judge ]. Otis Humphrey always did
play in considerable luck, especially in
his PREJUDICE days, and the scent OF
the roses clings round him still. One
dav this week President Roosevelt
sent q special message to congress for
the purpose of taking the hide of
Judge Humphrey. On Thursday Il
dozen men i'll Decatur, says
the Review, were asked what
they thought about this message
and the SHINING that was handed the
Judge. and only two of the dozen had
heard of the thing.
Judged. Otis Humphrey should contrib
ute literally to the San Francisco RELIEF
fund. for the disaster in that place
was worth a great deal TO him, coming
Just when it did. When the president ;
special message was handed out all
the people were reading the dispatches
from San Francisco, and they had
neither eyes nor ears for anything else
The result was that only two in a doZ
EN- of those usually we'll informed on
the days doings realized that anything
had been done to Judge Humphrey by
the president.
The judge surely played in great
luck. and he happens to need it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
TESTING the British Navy.

1t has long been British policy to
maintain a naval force that should be
superior to any combination of oppon
ents. and in order to see if their pres
ent navy is up TO the standard series
of tests have been arranged for Elk
perts claim it will be the greatest ma
val display ever assembled. The great
est medicine ever compounded for
common ailments of mankind during
the past 53 years is the famous Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. 1t has been
subjected TO the most severe tests and
the results have always been satisfac
tory. Then. why experiment with com
paratively unknown remedies wher
You can just as easily get Hostettersi
For curing and preventing heartburn
belching, poor appetite, cramps. head
ache. sour risings, dyspepsia, indiges
ton, costiveness, female ills or malaria
it is excellent. Try bottle at once.
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Low Rates.

Annual meeting Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, Denver, Col
July 1G. 81. 1906. s22.40 to Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo and re
turn (s22.4O) via the c.. NJ. & st. p.
railway Tickets on sale July 10 to IL
inclusive. Return trip will not be ear
lier that July 16 nor later than August
20, 1906. Stop overs will be granted
on return trip at intermediate Color
ado common points and Cheyenne with
in finat limit. Half rate excursion
tickets for children under II years OF
age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
A Billion Dollars for Farmers.

Unless there is an unexpected de-
crease in the agricultural exports from
the United States for the remaining
quarter of the current fiscal year the
grand total for the year ending June
80 will exceed $1,000, 900. 900. and all
existing records will be broken by sew
eral million dollars The department
of commerce and labor has just issued
the statistics covering the first eight
months of the fiscal year and for that
period the agricultural exports have
reached the enormous total of 500 ,695-
go, an increase of more than 1892 900
900 over the corresponding period one
year ago. 1t is difficult to realize the
enormity of these figures, but their i'm
portance can be better understood
when it Is noted that between July L.
1905, and Feb. %, 1906, the foreigners
paid us an average of approximately
$1,000 900 per day for farm products
alone.
The nearest approach to this remark
able record, according to the Portland
Oregonian, was during the correspond
ing months in 10000, when the total
was S65S.G45,647. Ten years ago for
49, .4SO These wonderful figures again
call attentiOn 10 the overshadowing
importance of the agricultural industry
Practically all this gain over the pre-
vious years was in three commodities
-breadstuffs. cotton and provisions.
which made up the bulk of the farm
products for which the foreigners have
been paying us about $4,000. 900 per day
since last July. But this big stream
of gold that pours in from the old
world only mildly represents the true
value to the country of that enormous
traffic. The agricultural industry is
the foundation for the prosperity of
nearly every railroad in the United
States. The grain, cotton and provi-
sions f. which the foreigners will this
year pay us $1,000. 100000 provided a
traffic for the railroads of such magni-
tude that from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific there has been a car shortage for
months.
Out of this traffic the railroads have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
New York Stocks.

New York. April 2f.-Gas 80. L. p
1872, u. S. Steel preferred 1878, T.
S. Steel common 425s, Reading 1855
Rock Island preferred Ga, Rock Island
common 2G1s, o. & w. 4SA. Southern
Pacific GA "a. n. Y. Central 1871, Mis-
souri, Pacific 93H, l.. & n. 1853. Smell
ers 1543s, c. F. |. 5S$s. Canadian Pa
cific 1908. Illinois Central 1924
Penna 139. Erie Al u, T. c. l. IA, c. &
o. 56M, B. r. T. S1H, b. & o. 1898
Atchison $685.. Locomotive G41a, Sugar
1861, ST Paul 1G9, Copper 1077b, Re
public Steel preferred 100. Republic
Steel common 2S, Southern Ry. SO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
Everything Useful
Nothing Ever Yet Created Without :
Purpose,


We all wonder why certain things
were ever made, why certain animals
or insects were allowed TO live. Anc
yet there is no doubt but that every
thing was created for some purpose,
and as civilization advances, such
purposes are discovered.
Cod liver oil is something that every
body knows to have been a wise pro
vision of Providence. to be used as a
medicine i'll all wasting diseases. Ye;
science has proven that the oil has no
value either as a medicine or food
and while useful to the Goldfish only the
medicinal elements which the oil con
tains are useful to man as a medicine.
Therefore a separation must be affect
ed.
This is exactly what has been done
by two eminent French chemists. AT
ter twenty years of eXperiment.ns,
they succeeded in separating the med
icinal curatiyes from the useless oil
and grease and have given to the worlG
in concentrated form, all Of the heal
ing, strengthening and body-build
ing properties of cod liver oil, withou;
oil or grease to upset the stomach and
retard its work, and by this process:
Vinol is made
Our druggist. Mr.. H. o. Rolls. guar
antees Vinof to be pure cod live
medicine without the OIL, aId not a
patent medicine, and also guarantee;
| that Vinol will create a healthy appe
| tite. cure stomach troubles. givl
strength and renewed vitality TO weak
sickly children and TO the aged. build
up the run down tired and deb .litated
make the weak strong, cure chroni,
coughs. colds, build up the GONZALES
cent. or will return every dollar paic
for it. H. o. Rolls. Harper house phar
| macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

Mary Ellen Lease was recently ad-
dressing a wOman's club in St. Louis.
She talked for some time. and then
she stopped suddenly and inquired.
Am | talking too much" This is Il
favorite trick of Mary Ellen's. and it
is generally followed by an explosion
of "Oh, no; go on" On this occasion,
however, the chairman was a truthful
woman, and she responded. Yes,
think yOu are: whereupon Mary Ellen
got into a huff and left the platform
1t doesn't do 70 bluff people in Mis-
souri,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Todays Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, April 21.-Following are
the wholesale quotations in today's
market:
Provisions and Produce.
Butter-Dairy, zoe to &c.
Lard-Sc0J DC.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens, rs
to 35c apiece; hens, per lb. 10c to lie;
ducks, per ID. lie; turkeys, per ID .13c
to 15c. Geese, per pound, lie.
egetables-Potatoes, 60 to zoe.
Eggs-Fresh, 13c to 15c.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, AZ to soc; oats, 81 to
33c.
Forage = Timothy hay, $12@$13;
prairie, $9@$12; clover, mixed 500
SO; straw, $3.50.
WOODLAND, per load. S5@s5.50.
Coal-Lump, bushel. 1Sc; slack, pei
bushel, 10 to 12c.
Live Stock.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, S3.00QS6,
lambs, s4@sG.5O.
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Homeseekers' Excursions.

To points on c. NJ. e ST. p. railway.
every Tuesday, April to December.
1906. Also to Alberta, Manitoba, Mich
igan. Minnesota, North and South Da-
kotas. Ontario. Saskatchewan and Wis
consin homeseekers' territory, every
Tuesday rate: One first class limited
fare plus 81 for the round trip. For
further information call or phone any
C. NJ & St. P. ticket office. Both
phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
BENJAMIN. the Ieader oil the Flving

Benjamin. the leader of the Flying
Rollers in st. Joseph. Mich, claims
that one of his missionaries predicted
the destruction of San Francisco while
preaching in it's streets week ago.
He also informs us that the world
itself will be destroyed in 1916. This
reminds us that no great calamity ever
occurred that numerous people did not
claim that they had predicted it. 1t
also reminds lis that it is low order
of religious crank who can tell exactly
when the world will come to an end.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
RAILWAY TIPS.

The c., M. & st. p. offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City, from the tri-cities. sleeping cal
reservations made to any point desir-
ed. For further information phone any
of their Offices.