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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

TEW wonders have been accom-
N plished by the invisible ultra
violet rays They are able to
bring down rain in abundance when
ever it is desired and to turn the
most arid desert into a poisoning
paradise
The most familiar form of ultra
violet rays are the x-rdys, now so
extensively used in medicine, but
they are not the ones which are EN-
pluycd for rain-making These new
wonder working handmaidens Of in
dustry are the rays of the mercury
lamp.
The mercury lamp rays have been
found to possess many powers very
useful in science and industry, in
GLIDING an extraordinary adaptable
ity for steTilizing food and drink in
a quick, effective and convenient
manner Al present however. their
capacity to produce rain would ap-
pear to be their most profitable use
to man.
The mercury lamp used is similar
in construction to the one which has
been found SO economical and power
ful for Illuminating purposes, al
though the light is somewhat dis
agreeable. In this lamp mercury
yapor takes the place OF air. An
electric current is passed through
the vapor aud brilliant light is the
result
When the special ultraviolet rays
are to be produced a prism is ar.
ranged within the lamp This has
the effect OF separating the ultra
violet or invisible rays from the visi-
bic ones. The invisible rays may
then be directed upon any object
II has been found that when those
rays are turned upon a vessel CON
tanning hydrogen, il is filled with
water In moment The oxygen in
the air is carried by the rays into
the hydrogen, forcing Il to combine
with the latter in the form OF watcr.
The rays always have an eNtruur
binary effect on the oxygen In the
atmosphere. making IL combine with
other substances more rapidly than
il would otherwise do
Now the air always contains
very large proportion of free hydro
gen and 10 has been practically
demonstrated that & is only neces-
sary to turn the mercury lamp RAYS
on the air Ia produce ii rainfall. An
apparatus has been constructed in
France for the purpose OF putting
this discovery in practical use The
mercury lamp rays are thrown into
the air al a height of about a thous-
and feet from the ground where the
hydrogen is comparatively abundant.
As the production Of small guam
tity of water In the sky has the effect
Of drawing other water from
distance, II is believed that his ma
chine will put an end effectively 20
disastrous droughts and supply
water to arid places
Bread may I'm future be made with
the ultraviolet rays. It has been
found that under the influence of
these rays beet sugar doubles It's
content Of glucose and cellulose. This
is exactly what fermentation does
The ultraviolet rays may take the
place OF yeast in bread and every
substance that needs to be ferment-
ed Il is believed that they would be
more wholesome than yeast.
When the ultraviolet rays are
passed through the water they have
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
Many Wonderful achievements of the NetO
Mercury Lamp Rays and Other Invisible
U1Orkers That LUiU Make Our Life Easier

room; the pOrcelains become opa-
lescent, the crystal Of the lamps be
comes orange. If you wear ruby It
looks yellow, if an emerald the re-
Hection is crimson and the diamonds
shoot yellowish-gree flames.
But this is not all. These cathode
rays have still another power, even
more magical. They not only make
the vases phOSphOrescent, but they
force these vases to emit rays, and
these rays seem greater than the pa
rent cathode rays, which, though in
visible, penetrate almost everything. A
few bodies seem to resist them, such
as metals and stones, but everything
else surrenders, including paper,
wood and fabrics. Even our flesh,
skin, tissues, all but our bones, yield
to the power OF these rays.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

infect II or even to cleanse IT, Now
Il is true that many hairdressers do
attempt 10 sterilize the brushes and
other implements which they en-
ploy, but II is still customary with
many persons TO employ almost any
hair,brush which may be available
In the dressing-rooms OF clubs com
mon hair-brushes are provided. and
few hesitate 10 employ them
Now il is generally agreed that
seborrhoea of the scalp is microbiJ
in origin and though the resisting
power OF the individual is an inn
portant factor in the production OF
the disease. infection also plays ar
active part So that II cannot be
doubted that the use OF hair-brush
employed by others carries risk. Il
is not improbable that the increase
OF badness in civilized communities
Is associated with the greater risks
Of infection Of the scalp which exist
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

do not yet know very much about
the "infra-red" rays. But the
contrary is true as to the "ultra-viO-
let's" for IL Is I'm the world Of these
rays that all the wondrous marveis
have been discovered OF late, includ-
ing the X-rays, cathode rays, N-rays,
radium rays and many other kinds of
radioactive rays ana the wonderful
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Corning tnese luNlSl'
bic rays have been
carried on all the
world over. covering
not only those OF one
end OF the spectrum
which produce heat,
but also those at the
other end which pro
duce chemical action.
To tell the truth. we
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

the effect OF enormously increasing
the amount OF oxygen in IT. This
results In the destruction OF all bac-
terial life for such life cannot exist
in presence of a large excess of
oxygen. The rays may therefore be
used to sterilize all kinds Of liquids.
A French chemist named +. de
Mare has devised an apparatus for
steriliziug drinking water by means
OF the ultraviolet rays. A quick
fash Of the rays thrown through
glass Just before its contents are
drunk destroys all kinds Of harmful
organisms in it, The water may also
be sterilized by passing the rays over
the Tip of the cup before 1t Is Grunk.
These are a few of the many won
ders that are being accomplished by
the invisible rays Of light II is a
curious fact that these rays we're
discovered long before any particular
properties we're observed II was
toward the close Of the eighteenth
century hat Herschel, the noted as
trOnOmcr. conceived the idea that
there might be physical properties
connected directly with the colOrs
of the spectrum. He exposed a Their
mometer to each of the colors sep
arately, and to his surprise found
that though il remained stationary
when exposed to violet rays, it rose
gradually as he brought II nearer to
the red rays Stranger than this,
after he had passed the red rays and
to-. lao h..
mOmeter continued TO rise. Were
there then some other rays present,
invisible to the naked eye, but warm
err even than their red neighbors?
There must be-and so he termed
them the infra-red rays OF the spec
trum.
What was there, then, at the other
end OF the spectrum? The Swedish
physicist, Scheele, soon gave the an
swer. While the blue and violet rays
of the spectrum seemed TO have no
calOric action. they had what was
even more important, a powerful
chemical action. Thus II was dem
onstrated by exposing chloride Of sill
yer to their rays This salt became
black and was decomposed into other
salts. This became later the prin-
ciple which produced photography.
But he followed Herschel and went
beyond the visible spectrum, expos
ing the chloride to the rays beyond
the violet, and 10 and behold. 1t was
dccomposed! There could be no
doubt that beyond the violet rays
which we're visible, sharing their
action along chemical lines, were
other rays, imperceptble TO our eyes
the ultraviolet Since these dis.
coveries scientific researches con-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

"By means OF
these rays rain
can be brought
down whenever
it is wanted and
the Sahara Des-
ert changed in
to a poisoning
paradise"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
NAMES II. II. FIRST PRESIDENT

Aristophanes Lycurgus. who claims
to be a lineal descendant of the fam
Gus Greek poet from whom he takes
his baptismal name. appeared before
Judge Van Nostrand of the superior
court of California Thursday for ex-
animation in the matter of taking
out his preliminary papers toward
becoming o citizen of the United
States.
Lycurgus. when questioned stated
his emphatic belief that Theodore
Roosevelt was the first president of
the United States. and remained I'M
shaken in this belief despite the fact
that several hints to the contrary
were given by the Judge.
Asked as TO the house of congress,
Lyeurgus stated that there were 3ss
houses, and regretted that he was
unable to name the street upon
which they were located. He, how
ever, volunteered to find out Tor the
court.
Seeking to test the knowledge OF
Lycurgus further, Judge Van
Nostrand put the question. Have
you ever heard Of George Washing
toni"
"oh, yes" eagerly answered Ly-
curgus. "He runna de market on a
Market street
The consideration of the fitness
OF Lycurgus to become an American
citizen was put over for another
week. and he was admonlshea 10
do,ye further into the archives OF
American history.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
AWAY WITH
MUCH FORMAL|TY
LEGAL STATEMENTS AND SER
VICES OF ATTORNEYS ARE NOT
NECESSARY UNDER ENLARGED
HOMESTEAD LAW.

The 320-acre homestead law. or
as It is often called, the enlarged
homestead law. has made possible
the entry of many million acres of
dry land In the western states in
tracts double the size allowed under
the original homestead law. Only
land which has been designated
by the secretary of the interior as
"nonirrigable" can be entered under
this act. More han 200, 0OO, 900
acres have been thus designated. but
petitions and wor statements re-
questing further designations are
constantly being received.
In an interview just given out.
Secretary Lane calls attention to the
fact that there appears to be consider
able misunderstanding among west
ern homesteaders as to the procedure
necessary in order that enlarged
homestead designations may be
made. The secretary states that
only the simplest and most direct
action by the settler is required, and
that 1t is wholly unnecessary for him
TO incur the charges now made by
attorneys who draw up formal petit
lions that are in fact no more effec-
tive than the homesteader's own let
ter would be. On this account a
brief statement of the essential facts
relative to the enlarged homestead
law Is timely.
The first enlarged-homestead act
was approved February 10, 1909,
and as later amended provides that
in the states of Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho. Montana. Nevada.
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon,
Utah. Washington. and Wyoming any
person who Is qualified to make en-
try under the homestead laws may
enter as much as $40 acres OF public
land which is in a reasonably COM
pact body and is non-mineral, non
irrigable. u~nreseryed, and unappro-
priated and does not contain mer-
charitable timber. Before such en-
try can be made. however, the land
must be designated by the secretary
of the interior as not being, in his
opinion, susceptible of successful
irrigation at a reasonable cost from
any known souroe of water supply.
Land Must BE Nonirrigable.
The work of classifying the lands
and determining what areas may be
considered nonirriagable has been
assigned by Secretary Lane to the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

Careful estimates have placed the
cost of building the proposed tunne
under the English channel at sso'-
600, 900.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

The government of Paraguay d
contracted for the erection Vi 'e'
wireless stations.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Legal Statement
Formal


No definite form of petition is re-
CURED, but each application should
be limited as far as possible to the
SPECIFIC tract desired for entry and
should contain a description. by
section, township, and range, of the
applicants original homestead entry
as well as a description, also by legal
subdivisions, of the land desired for
additional entry. Information as to
the possibility of irrigating the land
should also be furnished and should
include the distance and direction of
the nearest stream or existing or pro-
posed irrigation canal, the elevation
OF the lowest point of the land above
such source of water supply, the
depth at which water can be reached
by wells sunk on the land, and all
available information concerning at
tempts TO obtain water by this method
The general character of the land,
both of the homesteader's original
entry 0f he has made one) and of
the land desired for additional entry
should also be described, to aid the
survey in reaching a decision as to its
nonirrigability.
This information should be en-
bodied in a letter sent to the Director
U. S. Geological Survey. Washington,
ID. c. A formal petition drawn W by
a notary or an attorney is not at all
necessary. and will not result in any
earlier consideration of the matter
than will be given If the applicant
writes personally. Action will be
taken on every request as promptly
as is consistent with a proper regard
to other requests that are pending.
and the applicant will be promptly
notified when a final decision has
been reached.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Of BILLS ALLOWED
FOR THE MONTH Of OCTOBER
Commissioners Authorize Auditor to Draw
Warrants for the Following Amounts
Against County of White Pine

Against County, of White Pine
|
D. C. Mcdonald. County Commission ell. :. . -. -. 5000
M cobn County commissione 5000
= r c..ua-- gooo
N"P"'"' ooho o""''o" -. : - 2. : - : = WV
C.. S. Grain. sherin. :. -. :. = E. =. 10000
George Jackson, Deputy Sheriff -. :. ;. :. =. :. e.. :. :. 1850
A. ] Mnick, Tailor. -. -. 100 90
w :. Stewart. Deputv Recorder 1900
Al carpenter treasure 2os %
D ! sullivan nenutv Treasurer 16o %
7 p Mne Assessor ~ m
w T filler DEM Treasure $50 90
F D od6eld conn CLERK 1bo 90
7 o,uare nowr, operator 126 q
VIM D. u Jackson haUIa. Road n1.s supervise. :. :. = = 1 1@so
Dave Mclean constahe 15o %
A 7 cartwrigbt Iuctico ri peace 150 M
A. S Leahigh. Recorder and Auditor. 200 90
7 NJ collins court mort 175o
mes crarv nonut sheriff 125 %
H C Borcber poltceman G 1900
Ansiac amnben Denntv Pecorde $50 90
! q ucKernsn C1ert to eeoraer Ion oo
W s uoImonist Health oncer ~ a5oo
David Reedv rotation omcer 100 90
cao 3 Neunan nenntv sheriff 100 IN
VIM. Fraaer. Janitor 5000
Dr. A Alexander Comfy physician 100 90
Dr. + p Owens COUNTY phvs,san r G. 1000
Mrs Reeves montbv allowance $500
7 Mororv montbIv lowan 1000
r V prdnard morthIv 1owan n Newton 1000
Nevada Mercantuo 70 auowonco Mr. and Mrs Carlson . q
H R Munter. monthly auowance. -. 1900
A watson monthly allowance 1000
Nh Aher, rno,tblv allowance 12oO
Ellen Jan Cary, monthly allowance. -. =. -. -. -. $500
r. Y Van voTkepburg. monthly allowance. 1000
Tbresia Mnler monthly allowance 12oo
Toe posoIor ,ontbIv auowaro 1000
Mrs s,enbe VIDE montbIv allowance 25o
Jerrv watson monthly allowance 49,. -. 2ooo
Tbo otbou ,ontbiv owan - 40
Mrs Fae monthly allowance 20OO
steptoe Grocery. allowance Mrs. Smith. -. $500
doh Rom eeedng assossor team ooo
Ert nnhor and Coa1 omnor cement 6 2s7
Ev Lumber and Coal CO. Goa 800. =. -. -. 1900
! II gallagher oats 52s
A corusro g. - on bnntinp and Fihng license 104O
J. f Norris. labor on court house lawn :. 49,. =. ...... $3.50
Gust simon labor court house lawn. =. 49,. 1915
A F sandberr labor court house lawn. -. 1o1 so
Las NcDonald labor conrt house a " -. 1o7 90
jas las ,ec Dona n ano e 80" nome low - - - % az
santyan e. Nnnar tax ommissto DAFT. 1000
1c-eI
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

united States Geological survey. Al
though, under the present ruling of
the secretary, large areas NAV be
designated as non-irrigable without
raising the question whether the
land is in other respects subject to
homestead entry, the work of ex-
aiming and classifying these large
e necessarily proceeds rather
slowly. In addition to these social
ed blanket designations, therefore.
designations of smaller areas are
made as rapidly as their nonirrigable
character is determined, including
areas whose designation has been re-
quested by individual settlers for en-
iarged homestead entry or for. addi-
tlonai entry on tracts adjacent to
their present unprotected homestead
entries.
UHA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
DIDN'T KNOW THE SENATOR
Thomas Of Colorado Was Barred at
Senate Door After His Hair
w. Cut.

As Sampson found his strength van
is-ed after Delilah shipped his locks,
so Senator Thomas Of Colorado found
his official identity lost after paying q
visit TO a barber shop in the capitol,
He even was spurned by the senate
doorkeepers.
Senator Thomas long has sloried II.
a waving name. But when tic sizzling
heat of All unusually hot spring DAY
settled on Washington It ceased 70 be
q source Of qualification or glory.
The senator stood the discomfort ~
long IS he could and then decided to
be shorn. An oyerzealous barber
shipped the statesman.s LOCKS down To
the scalp.
Back" said a portly doortender
when Senator Thomas sought 10 enter
to the floor Of the senate. You can't
get in here"
But I'm Senator Thoras,' pro-
tested the applicant.
Nothing doing" retorted the door,
keeper, looking at the supposed intru-
der's apparently bald head. "YouM
find the elevators to the public gal
leries down the corridor to Your right
The senator was rescued by Il col
league, who disclosed his identity 10
the embarrassed keeper Of the door.
The barber, at last reports, was said
to be in hiding.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
Infant HYQiene at School.

Out in Cleveland IT trained nurses
are o giving lessons in infant ny
giene to the girl pupils attending Is
public schools. Il is reported that the
girls have shown an intense and de-
lighted interest in the lessons. absorb
ing eagerly all that relates to the
proper care of babies. This kind of
instruction in the public schools repre-
sents something more and better than
the activity of faddists. America, like
other countries, has a very large in
FAINT death rate. Thousands of infants
die annually because they have not re
ceived proper care. 1t is easily con
ceivable that the proper training Of
girls might save the lives of many
babies.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
THE LURE OF the WEST
WESTERN CANADA ATTRACTING
THOUSANDS CT SETTLERS.

Writing on the Canadian West, an
eastern exchange truthfully says:
THE West still calls with impera-
tive voice. To prairie and mountain,
and for the Pacific Coast, Ontario's
young men and women are attracted
by tens of thousands yearly. The
great migration has put an end to the
fear, freely expressed not many years
ago BY those who knew the West from
the lakes to the farther coast Of Van
ccuver Island, that Canada would
some day break in two because OF the
predominance of Continental European
and American settlers in the West
This is true. While the immigra-
ton from the United States is large,
running close to 1900 600 a year, that OF
the British Isles and Continental
Europe nearly twice that number, max
ing a total of 400, 600 per year. there
is a strong influx from Eastern Can
ada. 1t is not only into the prairie
provinces that these people go. but
many of them continue westward. the
glory OF British Columbia's great trees
and great mountains, the excellent
agricultural valleys, where can be
grown almost all kinds of agriculture
and where fruit has already achieved
prominence. Then the vast expanse
of the plains attract hundreds Of thou
sands, who at once set to work to cul-
tivate their vast holdings. There is
still room, and great opportunity in
the West. The work Of mans hands,
even in the cities with their record
breaking building rush, is the small
est part Of the great panorama that
is spread before the eye on a journey
through the country. Nature is still
supreme, and nan is still the divine
pigmy audaciously seeking to impose
his will and stamp his mark upon an
unconquered halt continent.
The feature that most commends
itself in Western development today
is the "home-making spirit" The
West will find happiness in planting
trees and making gardens and build
ing schools and colleges and UNIVERSE
ties, and producing a home environ
ment SO that there will be no DISPOSE
ton to regard the country as a tenn
rorary place Of abode in which every
one is trying to make his pile prepar-
alory to going back East or becoming
a lotus-eater beside the Pacific.
The lure of the West is strong. It
will be still stronger when the crude
new towns and villages of the plains
are empowered in trees and vocal
with the song Of birds.-Advertise-
ment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
SOWING SEEDS TOO TRICKLY
Practice Should Be Discouraged as
Osercrowdin9 Urdermines Guilt
walton of Plants.
tBy w. Il. GILBIsRT.)

Thick sowing must be guarded
against. Each seed should have o
to grow without crushing or injuring
lis neighbor.
OyercroWding undermines the Guilt
walton Of plants at the start and it is
long before, if ever, they outgrow it.
OF course. small plants or seeds may
be sown more thickly than the larger
ones, but relatively they ought really
not to be soWn thicker.
Each plant should have sufficient
room to develop its coyiedons and one
leaf before it is thinned or pricked
out.
Every year vegetable crops are much
injured by being soWn too thickly and
perhaps 1t is hardly too much to affirm
that most gardeners would be the
gamers were only half the seed sown
that there is now.
AS to what to SOW the seed in, the
lighter the seed bed the better.
Few seeds will yegetate IL a lower
temperature than 40 degrees and in
the range Of 20 degrees all seeds will
grow.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
Cannon of Solid Eock

When the island OF Malta was under
the rule Of the Knights of st. John
they defended their Notifications with
cannon bored in the living rock. Each
n OF these strange weapons con
tanned an entire barrel of powder, and
as it was not possible to vary the aim
of these annon SO were made ready,
facing various directions froE which
the enemy might approach.
When the fame Of these arms of de-
Tense became known to the world the
idea was taken up of transporting
rocks to SUBMITS to serve the same
purpose, but it was soon recognized to
be impracticahie, and the cannon of
Malta, bored in solid rock, have
passed into history as the sole wea-
pons of the kind ever known.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-06
VaciiIatinu.

At a dinner not long ago Thomas
w. Lawson was talking on the sub
ject of success.
Success in Finance" said Lawson,
lis due in a great measure to prompt
action. The doubling, %hesitating, Ham
let type of man had best keep out of
finance. He is quite sure to be
swamped. The street hasn't much
use for him. | had a boyhood friend
OF this type named Grimes. He was
a falterer, a doubter. a Hamlet Of the
most exaggerated type.
One evening | stopped to call on
him and found him in a deep study.
bent over a white waistcoat. lying Oh
a table.
Hello, Grimes, ] said. What's the
natter?
This waistcoat,' he replied, hold
ing the garment up to my view, its
too dirty to wear and not dirty
enough to send to the laundry. |
don't know what to do about it,
Everybody's.