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Unripe fruit IL the most dangerous
variety. In this state the acid content
IL high and the sugar content pro-
portionately low. During the process
Of ripening a series OF chemical changes
takes place. and with II an increase
In the fruit sugar and n relative dimi-
mutton In the acid Hence ripe fruit
IL sweet and unripe fruit sour. The
moro unripe the fruit the larger the
amount Of acid and Of cellulose or In
digestible hbre. the more prolonged and
difficult the digestion and the greater
the danger of irritation Of the stomach
and bowels. In the selection OF fruits
then tho indication In to use those
which are the least Irritating ana AT
the same time the most refreshing
gratifying and nutritious.
Summer IL the period whom the stomach
and bowels Of the infant and child are
most vulnerable. Owing to the heat and
humidity tho normal acid juice Of the
stomach IN reduced in quantity and quality
and fails 10 offer the samo protection
against improper foodstulFs W. during
tho remainder Of the year. IL is u funda-
mental rule. in the feeding Of children
during tho heated term. that all food.
especially milk. siouii h- rd.,rd ia
quantity and Increased in dilution be-
ca,ise digestion IL lcss active At this time,
Under healthy conditions the acid
stomach juice u sbls to combat the III
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effects Of many deleterious food products.
provided this acid bo Of the kind which
is normal for that organ
acid. Therefore IL must be clear that
the secret Of preventing stomach and
bowel troubles In children during the
summer lies In establishing and main
tanning Q healthy condition Of the stomach
all the year round and particularly at
that time.
Few foodstutfs are moro capable Of
producing fatal attack Of summer COM
plant than fruits At tho same time It Ia
wrong TO assume that fruits have no place
In the dietary of children, for at the right
time and in the proper place they arc
valuable and wholesome appetizing
and stimulating adiuncts. IL In the care
iess and injudicious consumption Of
fruits Of any kind that often paveS the
way for and incite~ q fatal attack Of
summer complaint. Fruits such az
oranges, grapefriit. grapes. prunes.
apples. pears. caches. plunls. pineapples
berries and bGranas contain organic acids
which ,.rc different from tho normal acid
stomach juice Tho introduction oi
these u ids IN excess. either ~ one time
or hy !rnWcr,!y r"p"lt"d 1"en'''i"s
interferos with the quality and therefore
with the disease Offending proporticS
and action Of tho stomach juice and thus
allows food either to undergo fermsnta-
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causes acid. foul smelling and irritating
stools
Children should never be given berries
Of any kind in the summer-raspberries
strawberries. blackberries. currants.
eooseberries. &c. For some reason or
other which cannot be explained by any
analysis Of these fruits. except perhaps
the large amount Of seeds. children seem
peculiarly susceptible to their use. and
in the case OF strawberries in particular
an extensive eruption OF hives and vio-
lent attack Of pain and diarrhra are very
frequent occurrences.
Ono great disadvantage under which
We labor Ia that much Of the fruit as it
ia shipped to and reaches us Is unripe
and while it is kept in hiding for some time
| it IL usually placed on sale long before
it 10 properly ripened. This applies with
special force to the banana and the pine
apple. Bananas. which seem 40 tempting
because of their yellow skin, are usually
| unrinc. with u hard indigcstible pulp. A
banana il hardly 1T for consumption until
the skin is beginning tn turn black and The
! substance is soft or mushy. In this
ripensd state the banana Is wret aud ha,
in;;ch ~ commend i ne = nu,ritiv" frni
he,a ,auie OF the large percentage 81 sugar
! The pineapple, too. whcn unripe and
green Possesses juice which il sharp
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biting and irritating and a body which is
indi gestible; but when ripe its sugar and
aromatic content give 1t sweet and
delicious flavor and some nutritive vahie.
Fruits which afford the most nutriment
because of the large proportion OF sugar
are ripe dates, figs, raisins. prunes. grapes
and bananas. The most thirst quenching
fruits by virtue Of their high water coll
tent are watermelon. muskmelon, orange.
lime and lemon. and the least acid and
therefore the least irritating OF fruits are
ripened bananas. peaches. sweet pears,
sweet apples and prunes.
In the summer one Of the greatest dan
gers which threaten the child ia summer
diarrhpa, and fruits with hard skins, Q
large amount of coarse fibre or pulp and
many seeds are most likely to start the
attack. For these reasons the most
dangerous summer fruits for children are
raw apples, figs. dates, prunes, berrics,
grapes, bananas, pears, peaches and pine.
apples. II fruits are given they should
be ripe, skin and pit free and cooked or
boiled lrdecd. To he on the safe side
in the summer the best kind OF fruit to
give a baby ID no frui, nt all. particularly
Z there j., the slightest tendency to diar-.
rhpa II there is tendency toward
pous,ipation tho fruit juices, orange,
grapefruit or rrn.s or apple rouce and
snn, fi,, S'CY ~! ,runrS VII answer every
I.rr uso. Rut ~ a general proposition
during the summer fruits are goodies
that are not good for babies.
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This is brought about by certain changes
within the body by which these juices
increase the alkalinity OF the blood and
diminish the acidity OF the urine.
In the process Of digestion most fruits.
especially II unripe. leave an undigested
residue. and for that reason. and because
OF certain amount Of fermentation.
they increase the bowel action and thus
prevent constipation An excess of fruit.
however. produces the other extreme
an undue amount of bowel action and
fermentation and with it that dread and
dangerous condition diarrhTa
From the first to the second year Of life
apples. baked and skin free. or apple
juice. prune juice or slowed prunes
without skins may be allowed The
custom Of serving these or other fruits
with cream or milk IL entirely wrong and
many attacks OF diarrhPa are caused by
this combination. Tho fruit acidity has
"a blneful effect upon tho milk by sourinq
it, and when il IL thus taken into tho st ON
ach it c,lrdles. terments rapidly. increases
tho bowel action. with the inevitable
result vonitinG and d!arrhua.
Grapes are especially dangerous foI
children. not only bcoati.e of tho liNsli
hood of their beng sw0i!pvrd cn u,ass,
skin. pulp and sc,L nnt because ol
their tariaric acid and cream of tartar
content which IL very laxative and winch
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BY JACOB SCOBEL, M. D.

II Ii unfortunate that the supply OF
fru't is sreatest and the price the
cheapest at that time Of the year when
Ns consumption for children IL most
dangerous. Tho temptation for par
eh,s to give fruit to their children dur
'hs the warm weather season In in
ereased by the fact that tho mild acid
ny and tho largo amount OF water
which fruit contains act In Q measure
~ thirst quenchers.
Fruits are popular articles Of diet
DHcause Of their sweetness and flavor
's'her than for their nourishinG and
'Urehg'hsnins properties. In order to
nosrsthnd their effects upon the body
:, 10 necessary to know something OF
he!i composition. In q general way
Fesh fruits contain 80 to 90 per cent.
N~e' one-half 10 one per cent fat
si" sa hhf to ono per cent proteid. 10
per cent carbohydrates tstarch'
''xh and Gims). to 10 per cent.
"'t'oNo 'NhreI and Y to per
."- ~ salts. oils. extracts and acids
'' ''' and sugars are the heat
~"n pow producing elements of food
NM ~" ''lds the building or waste
''!lh '''. '.'mrnts. II Is easy to sec
'nA' ~" l'ritivc value OF fruits II
WY Pom" and that what littl" they
po~ess l' due almost entirely to the
'ueh ana sugar which they contain
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Ing tubes. telegraphic apparatus and |
every means Of navigating tho ship. To
quote the statement issued by the Secre- |
ta!'y' Of the Navy;
THE Now Hampshire placed tho shells
anywhere she wanted and when the gun
ners wished to have some hits on the con-
ming tower and the turret arinor in order
to observe the effect they had no trouble
in placing the shots at from ten 70 twelve
thousand yards range at just the point
desired
A few oieciiles were directed agains
the masts. SO a. to show what would
happen to the exposed communication
systems.
An inspection Of the vessel after the
firing showed immens" holes which had
been ploughed through from one side to
the other. many of them being below
water and any one or two of them being
sufficient to make the vessel total loss.
Tho armor of this vessel was unable to
withstand the impact at the very great
range a. which We fired and the battle
snip was total loss after the nrst two
broadsides were directed at her.
All the officers Of the fleet were deepy
impressed with the accuracy and the great
destructive effect of the projectilcs. All
tho maniSins which were placed at the
guns to represent the crews were cut 10
pieces and tho fumes and fire left by the
passage of high explosive proicctilcs
would have destroyed every living thing
on board The bukheads in places were
like sieves owing TO the action of high
explosives and all IN, compartments be-
low wcr" completely riddlni.
Instructive as the experiment was it
cannot be repeated very frequently.
Furthermore in spite of its realism the
sholling Of tho Texas did not rap-es"nt
what would happen in aciull "l~fare.
Firing at the Tcxas was ono 'hin-. kaoD-
ing on tho target wn"n -" target j. nov
ing at speed of 30 knots or so il a di.-
fcrent story.
In this direction ;ho cou-;~ lci,,a Of
the Norfolk caissons ina",;s y grca sep
in advance. The Norfolk Nay Ya"i has
completed recently tn construction OF a
floating caisson which represents on one
side a cruiser and on the other a battle
ship. Whenever II is Desired to find out
how a given section of lighting ship
would behave under fire the section ia
installed in its proper place on the cruiser
blue OF Oh tne tpaltleSliD Siue. men tn6
caisson. which can he taken in tow by n
fast ship. is subjected to attack at various
ranges With small and big guns The
material loss resulting from such expert
ments is naturally less important than
il. say. the coming tower Of a real battle
ship We're shot AT by another battleship
After every single hit the caisson is
visited by officers of the line and staT.
who take careful obserl atoms by photo
graph, sketch and note book Of every
detail OF the damage inflicted Each hit
has Its own story to tell and thus by
alternate attack and inspection the author
ities OF the navy will acquire q store OF
practical information the like OF which
has never before been gathered by any
navy in the world.
A curious incident which took place
in the course of manDuvres in Magdalena
Bay almost permitted medical experts
to make realistic observations of the
effect Of high explosives on the human
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they naturally assumed that al OF the
repairing party had gone with It.
Tho ship came round into range; the
firing nag was run up to the fore truck.
the speed was increased to ten knots and
q short blast was blown ON tho whistle.
the signal to commence firing.
When the man on the raft heard the
whistle blow and saw the big red flag
flying at the fore truck he realized In an
instant his peril. Frantic with fear he
leaped to the end Of the raft and looked
across the water at the steam launch .
half mile away. No help could be ex-
pected from 1t and It was useless to jump
into the water a. the bay was full Of sharks.
Then he hit upon an idea. Like . flash
his knife was out and the first halyard
which held the target up was cut. then the
other. and his life was saved: they could
not shoot now. for there was nothing
to shoot at. All this had happened In
Ave seconds.
Il 10 aid that pointer Of IN eighe inch
gun was In tho act Of squeezing the electric
bulb which would have sent $50 pounds
Of steel flying ss the target. when II
dropped, and he turned around with Q
queer look on his fsoe and remarked:
why. there's somebody on that rafti'
Glasses were trained ON the raft and
the excited boatswain was discovered.
mono too soon.
Another advance IN the training OF a
gunner was made with the adoption of
an ingenious attachment which IL affixed
to the practice gun and Stimulates the
motion Of moving ship.
| Good Gunnery with the new system
and In action depends not only upon the
skill OF the pointer; It rests upon the speedy
team work Of tho whole crew. The firing
pointer has to keep the gun on the target
80 hrs the trainer who swings the gun
from right to left the sight setter must
set his sights according to the orders
he receives over tho telephone from the
coming tower. Twelve charges q minute
is now the average for the inch gun
II takes thirteen seconds for IL inch
shell to reach . target at q range Of 10. .OOt
yards.
As seven seconds are allowed to the
spotters and three seconds to the sight
settlers. the gun IL loaded. primed and free
while tho first projectile is still In the air
With the new practice system the gun
pointer points his gun rs he would under
actual fighting conditions. A small care
bearing the outline OF q ship Ia attached
to the gun and when its bull eye is on tn,
cross wires Of the telescopes lens the
pressure Of the pointers hand on firms
key releases hammer which dots the tar
get card and records the accuracy OF hi
aim
The new system Of training pointer
and registering their accuracy auto
matically enables the navy to realiz
largo savings In the shape OF ammunition
Some g.. .OOO. 900 year 60 in smoke from
lthe muzzles Of the guns Of batticship
and the north Atlantic squadron alon
spends more at It's quarterly practic
than was spent during the hattie O
. Manila Bay.
. The navy IL now studying means t.
1 fight airships and aeroplanes Arship
Z on account Of their large bulk and sloy
! speed would he easily destroyed b,
3 gunfire. Aeroplanes. small and speedy
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A/ scores OF 100 rer cent have
w ceased to lie unusual; but
craftsmanship in the navy
is rather recent accomplishment At
Santiago 1000 shots were fred and there
were only l23 hits. Then it dawnnd upon
tho minds Of the naval authorities that
ability 10 hit fixed target didnot imply
ability to hit the target when it was NOV
ngrapidly. as warship in act ion is likely
TO do
Furthermore. while a TARGET may rcp-
resent tho silhouette Of a ship it is net
aship. Therefore efforts have been ma 10
In the past year to secure real ships against
which the fire Of man of war could he
directed IA II would be in AN actual en- =
Ragement at sea.
The Puritan and the Katahdin. both
obsolete and useless as war vessels. We're
first attacked by various men of war.
but they were 30 inadequate for the prr-
poee that little enlightenment could I've
derived from the injury wrought on them
hy modern guns. Last year. setting all
sentimental considerations aside. The
Navy Department decided to sacrifice a
fighting ship. the old battleship Texas.
American war and had become famous
for its habit OF having accidents happen
10 II. Upon this craft tho battlcsh ip
New Hampshire opened fire at a range of
six miles.
To he sire. tho policy OF using old ships
a. targets is not new This has been
done many times in France and England
But the conditions under which the sink
inc ~ the Texas was accomplished wore
60 novel as to give this experiment ~ :
'narkahe value from a technical and
strategic point of view.
The most striking feature OF the OK.
r"rlm"nt was tho distance AT which the
firing was done. the range being from fivc
To- sN and half miles for the y inch and
g? .noh guns and from four and half
10 Eve and haR miles for the inch The
accuracy Of the fire even at the grrate Il
range wils surprising and showed that I he
nov re'hod Of finding and holding the
target at present in Use in the navy is
very et!icient.
The fire was di~cted from the top oi
the military masts. 100 feet above the
eve! Of the sea. and the range was found
hy trial shots and spotting. The officers
s'aniinc on the lofty fire control platform
observed through powerful glasses the
splash as the projectile struck the water
hthc splash was beyond the target vcsse
the gun elevation was lowered; when the
shot fell short the gun was raised.
Tho ship had been placed almost in
actual fighting condition, evon to the
point Of having steam up and fires under
the boilers. Dummies representing the
crew had been placed on the several decks
and In the various towers. The most
significant result was that obtained when
i. inch shell-presumably containing g
charge Of high explosive-pieroed the
coming tower. hurst and blew one side
OF the tower weighing from fifteen to
twenty tons. entirely away. hurting II
TO the main deck below. The same shot
entirely wrecked the bridge. The char,
house and navigating bridge were blown
completely away and with them must
have gone steering wheel, compass, speak.
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launch TO 90 for the needed articles while
he remained on the raft to fix the target.
He never considered that those on board
the ship would know nothing Of his being
on the raft. After the gunners had seen
the launch move out Of range OF the shots
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frame The repair boat had gone 10 mark
the holes in the target after a string Of
shots had been fired. as it is customary
to do, while the ship steamed slowly around
past the target out toward the range to
fire another string OF shots. The crew
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Training That Has Enabled Cunners
of the American Navy to Make
Scores of 100 Per Cent

w IlTH American naval Cunncrs
\t/ scores OF 100 rer cent have
w ceased to lie unus,al:. but
marksmanship in the navy
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-12-27

Quite Hike the inmates Of sanitafSnFn Tor the
feebIe-minded, he is making a monkey OF himself
and dosen't know It. lie always has a reason as
to why this thing or that was done. why sueh
man did this that; processes 70 know the relative
professional, educational, moral. and other quaf-
cations of everybody in the community, those he
does not know as well as those with whom he may
have a speaking or personal acquaintance
Welcome or unwelcome he is always intrud-
ing his advice upon Others regardless of how sue
cessful they may be or how much more good judy
ment they may have shown. in contrast to his own
achievements He is constantly telling of what he
has done and what he is going" to do, though
to save ones life nothing can be seen that he has
done worthy of special monitor.
You've met him, several times. He's in Cedar
City part Of the time, strange as it may seem.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-12-27
COLLEGE TO HOLD
u. ,fn. rive RoUfD-URs

Acseeding to the popular de-
mand which has been made for
an extension of the work trans
acted at the Annual Farmers
Roundup and Housekeepers'
Conference which has been a
feature of the Utah Agricultural
College for several years the Col
lege officials have decided this
year to hold two of these sDecial
round-ups and conferences. One
of these will be held at the Main
Building at Logan converting
from January 9th to February
9Th. This will be essentially for
the people living in the central
and northern part of the State.
The other will be held at Rich
field commencing February 18th
and extending up to and INCLUDE
ing the 23rd. 1t is noped by THIS
arrangement to not only increase
the attendance at these gather
ings but also to facilitate the
ease with which those so desir-
ing to do so may attend. Hum
mated posters are now being dis
tributed by the College through
out the entire State and it is ex-
pected that the conventions this
year will be far ahead both in
the point of numbers and in the
matter discussed of any that
have been held previously.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-12-27
Notice To waser. Users.

Z Il ~
State Engineers Office,
Salt Lake City, Utah. Decem-
Der IL. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
John G.. Pace, whose post Office
address is Cedar City. Utah. has
made application in accordance
with the requirements of the
Compiled Lawso Of Utah, 1907, as
amended by the Session Laws of
Utah, 1909 and 1911, to appropri-
ate eight 81 cubic feet of water
per second from Walter Murie
Creek, Iron County, Utah. Said
water will be diverted at a point
which bears north 80 degrees q
minutes east 2,816 feet distant
of, the west quarter corner OF
Section "a, Township 81 south,
Range IL west, Salt Lake base
and meridian, from where it will
be conveyed by means of a cana
for a distance of TO- feet and
there used from January to
December 81, inclusive, of each
year, to irrigate 600 acres OF
land embraced in Sections IL and
Ia, Township 81 south. Range Il
west, Salt Lake base and mer-
idian. This application is desig-
mated in the State Engineers Of
fee as No. 4868.
All protests against the grant
ing of said application, stating
reasons therefor, must be made
by affidavit in duplicate and filed
in this Office within thirty 800
days after the completion of the
publication Of this notice.
CALEB TANNER,
State Engineer.
First Dec. 20, 1912 Last Jan.
20, 1913.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-12-27
Heating Public Buildings

There is one thing which occurs to us at this
time TO which more attention should be given
locally and that is the heating of public buildings.
AS any physician will say, and most persons
know TO sit still considerable time in room too
cold for comfort is one of the most frequent causes
Of severe colds. which frequently develop pneu-
monia
In the interest of the public health all build
ings used for public meetings and gatherings of
whatsoever nature, should be heated to temper
allure that will insure comfort TO those who attend
Stoves and seats should be so arranged that the
stoves may be kept hot to sufficient degree to in
sure freedom from cold to any person in any part
of the room. And IT, to heat the stoves few
may get an over amount of heat while great
majority of those present are at the same time un-
comfortable, the few should submit TO little heat
for the welfare of the many who need more of 1t.
To buildings heated by steam, these spgges,
tons seldom apply, for such buildings invariably
maintain uniform temperature throughout. But
those structures heated by stoves require more at
tenion if the public is TO receive proper protection
and those having such places in their charge should
special care TO see that the public health is not
endangered.