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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
The Drinking Water of The Soldier
BY WOODS HUTCHINSON. VI. u.

w yATER. IN spite OF its proven
NJ bal weakness" and instabil-
W ity. is one Of the chief Of the
siRews OF war. Not only in the
fundamental sense that everything
about US which is really alive swims
under water. and dryness spells
death-"dusty death" as Macbeth
calls it, but also from three pure
military and local points OF view
First, the soldier needs water 20
fight on; a regiment in action with
out water becomes useless almost as
quickly as one without ammunition.
Second. because the wounded are
desperately in need Of water, on &C
count Of the drainage" OF their bod
les By loss OF blood. Hence. the ap-
parent paradox that the wounded
who have 10 lie out on the field in
rain and even in snow suffer far
less and keep in better condition
than those who fall in hot weather.
Numerous instances are on record
in this war of men who have fallen
wounded in some remote or hidden
shell crater and have laid there in
rain, sleet and even snow for from
five TO seven days, and then been
picked up not merely alive but in
condition 70 make a rapid recovery.
a man will stand a lot OF cold and
a lot of soaking, but he bears drying
very badly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

, in England as a reason why 1t should
continue 10 be done that way; but
if you tell an American how a thing
has been done, it actually seems TO
strike him as reason for not doing
it that way any longer"
This spirit, which has made our
patent office a temple of genius and
filled its archives with records of in
genuity, the sight of which would
cause a conquering army of big
brains from Mars TO drop their
weapons and clap on their specta-
cles, is the very thing that has
enabled US to master a continent in
record time, and TO win every war
that we have ever undertaken.
am aware that this is b0astful talk,
but we have grown Over-modest of
late years, and are letting some of
the boosters on the other side Of the
ocean talk us down.
This is above everything an ad-
vertising, and especially a self
advertising, age. and in the presence
of what the patent office in Wash
ington has to show, how could any
patriotic American keep silent about
the great achievements Of his coun-
trymen merely for the sake of ex-
hibiting a virtue so obviously super
animated as modesty appears to be
at present?
The First Aerodrome.
The patent office itself. l. e.. the
building so-called, is not a place for
sightseer 10 spend much time. His
cult Of genius may lead him to enter
it, as we'll as 10 admire its majestic
form from without, but If he wishes
10 look upon the toys Of invention,
the playthings OF deep-seeing, for
ward-looking minds, the dusty
lamps that, with much rubbing, have
built the modern palaces of Alad-
din, he will go 10 the exhibits OF
mechanical technology in the Smith
sonian museum.
There he will find the models with
which genius bodied forth. in minia-
ture, some OF the mighty machines
that were 20 transform the life OF
the globe. He will. for one thing,
see Prof Langley's aerodrome
with which he first proved the pos
sibility OF mechanical flight. The
aerodrome had its birth only q
years ago: it was the first thing OF
its kind that the world had evsr
known: il put within mans reach a
power that had been denied him. in
spite OF all his longings during
thousands OF years; il promised him
dominion OF the air, as he already
possessed that Of the earth: il was
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

But when you remember that the
soldier population of the western
front is over 10000 to the mile, then
the trihing supply sufficient for the
rural population becomes literally a
mere drop in the bucket. Especially
in view of the fact that the rural
population never drinks water when
IL can possibly help il. and considers
itself punctilious 10 the verge Of alb
surdity If il takes a bath more than
once a week. This is no mere figure
OF speech; there are scores OF old
men in European villages who can
not remem Der the date Of their last
bath. and I have seen a copy Of a
prospectus of a famous boys school
dated about 20 years ago, in one Of
the chief continental cities, in which
a full section is devoted TO the proud
announcement that parents may feel
confident that the health Of their
children will be most strictly guard
ed. for they will receive regularly
one footbath each week and one full
bath each month,
In mountainous regions like most
OF the Italian front, and particularly
the Carso, all the water for the
troops, not only in the trenches, but
also in the support and pvrt OF the
reserve lines, has 10 be halted from
two TO FIVE miles in tanks, or water
carts, or huge casks, and II the Aus
trian gunners can succeed in spot
ting the row Of casks or the concrete
tank in which the water supply for
the first line is stored upon the top
OF the mountain, and drop a batch
Of shells into it, they are as pleased
as il they had blown up an ammuni-
ton dump.
Even along such moderate eleva-
tons as the ridges Of the Somme'
my army doctor friends have assur-
ed me, both armies have found II A
matter Of great difficulty and watch
fulness to secure an adequate supply
Of water for the armies OF the first
and second lines.
In some cases il has been neces-
sary 10 go 70 the trouble and ex-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
THE MELTING POT
'Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
HETERO DOXY.

The world full sadly Of and quacks
on whom the orthodox bestoWs anathemas
The staid and solemn gentlemen who medicate
With sanctihed traditions hereditary pills
Cannot the enterprise, city and
OF one who tries the with a novel line Of stuff
me quack frequently extensively denounced
And out from society
Defenders of the n he
Asserting that his belfry s a lodging house bats
Ihey set the bowling hounds of his trail
Conspiring to embarrass him by storing him
Too often Is the undeserved opporbrium of "quack"
Applied him who a straighter
We wander through perplext
The a. myst hed and ext;
And we should disappearing shout
The sympathzng citizen Is
Bake
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

operation. Others are hand grenade
throwers. and still others are ez-
pert bayonet men. These are the
so-called trench cleaners" They
follow the charging men into the
trepches and deal out death with
their bayonets. and in soce cases
with small side sabres which they
carry.
There is more work and less
glory for the infantryman than any
other American soldier. Yet the
majority OF the soldiers are IN this
branch OF the army.
Infantrymen wear the regulation
khaki and olive drab. Their collar
insignia is two crossed rifles. Their
hatband is Of light blue.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

Our American army camps In the
foothills and plateaus Of the Rocky
mountain regions used 10 be greatly
troubled with a serious fever known
as mountain fever. IL had many OF
the characteristics OF typhoid. in
oluding a fairly high death rate.
but everybody secuted the idea OF
water pollution in those wild. clean
mountain ranges. But one or two
outbreaks were clearly traced by
army surgeons OF an inquiring turn
OF mind 10 contamination by Indian
encampments further up the stream:
the water was boiled or chlorinated
and the disease disappeared.
A more modern instance was fur
nished in amusing fashion only =
few weeks ago on the western front
\ division OF our allied troops was
billeted in a certain village They
built their sinks and latrines accord
ing 10 sanitary regulations. drained
them into deep pits dug in the soil.
Of the cesspool type. and 10 dis
courage flies. treated them daily
with a disinfectant solution contain
ing creosote. Within three or four
days the village fathers waited upon
the commanding officer with the
bitter complaint that the creosote
was utterly running the taste OF tleir
drinking water i'm their favorite
wells They had become quite &C
customed 20 and unconscious OF the
taste OF sewage. but the flavor OF
creosote was more than they could
stand
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
GRATTUDE

The Prettiest Girl (before the
troops entrain): What would you
say if l kissed you right before all
this crowd
The soldier: I'd say: Thanks for
the war, kaiser!"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

pense OF laying pipelines from
some mountain lake or stream above
danger OF contamination or deep
wells. three 20 six miles away. iusr
as II one were supplying a CITY Or
town. Several OF the Italian from.
have been supplied in this way and
given an abundance OF pure cold
water. which needs neither flterinr
boiling nor chloTinatinc-a UNI
speakable boon in war time
The majority OF army areas. how
ever, have 10 draw their supplies
from some river or lake or pond
Now, a river Is a lovely thing 20
look at, "cOmposes" beautifully a. a
picture, is delightful 20 boat or canoe
on, refreshing -sometimes-to swim
In, but 70 drink out Of Rivers
would be all right for drinking VA
ter IL il were not for the habit which
villages have OF coming down ana
roosting on their banks. We have
all heard OF the pious citation in
proof OF the beneficent and guiding
interest Of Providence in human az
fairs, in that great rivers always run
by large towns, even n they have 10
go miles out OF their way 20 do IT,
Which, from a sanitary point or
view, is very nice for the towns, but
very bad for the rivers. in short, q
running stream In anything like q
thickly settled or even civilized coun-
try is little better than a common
sewer. And wells dug along its
hanks or in the bottom lands % its
-
incredible 20 anyone, who has not
made a special study Of water sup
plies how swift and certain this
contamination OF wells ponds and
rivers is.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

Thirdly, because water is one Of
the chief means of conveyance and
spread Of the three great camp
plaques or army-fevers, typhoid,
cholera and dysentery. These three
plaques in historic times followed
the colors as surely as the vultures
did because the very first thing
which an army without first class
modern sanitary service does in the
field is 10 foul its own water sup
ply.
Kipling has wildly expressed the
vital necessity of water 10 the fight
ing man in his famous ballad of
"Gunga Din" which opens:
You may talk OF gin and beer
When you're quartered safe out here
An you're sent 10 penny fights az
AldershOt il.
But when it comes TO slaughter
You will do your work on water
An you'H lick the bloOmin' boots
Of EN- that got it."
The water supply Of an army in
the field is an extremely difficult and
perplexing problem, as vexing as il
is vital IL was on account of its
desperate and apparently hopeless
struggles with the problems of water
supply or what is simply another
way Of putting it, sewage disposal
that sanitation came TO be regarded
as one of the dismal sciences.
Even leaving out Of count alto
gether such trivial details as purity
and Wholesomeness il is often diffl-
cult under modern war conditions 10
get a sufficient amount Of just plain
wetness for an army or a unit. This
at first sight seems incredible, be-
cause there appear 10 be rivers and
streams almost everywhere rambling
over the face of the planet. and
where there are no rivers there are
ponds and wells.
But unfortunately modern armies
have TO live along or near trenches,
ard trenches cannot always be dug
in river valleys; in fact, they very
seldom can, on account Of difficulties
Of drainage and flooding, hence the
front usually runs along the tops OF
ridges. Along those ridges there
may be scattered few villages. each
with it's wells or springs, and be
tween them an occasional well or
dew pond.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
WAITING.

Been hunting today, stranger "
Yes"
Shot anything"
Il don't know yet-Tm waitins
for the rest of the party to set in
to camp SO that we can call tn,
roll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
PLACEI,

PLACED.
"On what grounds do you claim
exemptions p"
Short sightedness."
That's all right. They will put
you up in the advanced trenches. 9"
o
FOOD PROBLEMS.
Newport Belle: Oh, those naval
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

Advertisers make profits from
volume-not prices.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

| officers are too sweet for anything!
Did you ever lunch on a man-of-
war?
Narragansett Belle: No, never
did, but 1 saw a young lieutenant
today that looked good enough TO
eat.
FITTED THE SPECIFICATIONS.
I'm very much afraid that Jim
mie isn't trying enough" wrote an
anxious mother to the teacher.
You are quite wrong" wrote
back the tired teacher. Jimmie Is
the most trying boy in the class"
AVERTING HOSTILITIEsS.
You approve of peace, do you
not?"
Yes I approve of it so much
that under present circumstances
I'm afraid to mention it for fear
of starting something"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

Assssted Press Morning Paper IN Northern IndAns
ony Paper Employing the international Service
SeSsh bend-Tws Leased Wires Day and Night
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08
FUTURE PLANS FOR JEROME VICTOR EX.
 YELLED IN MYSTERY
Geologist And President of Company Depart After h. specting Property But Have Nothing More To Say.

JEROME, July 7.-Without giving out anything in regard to the future plans of the Jerome Victor Extension company, G. B. Stranahan, president, and Dr. J. H. Banks, noted geologist sent to look over the property, left for New York today. It is generally thought however. that they will rs- commend an immediate resumption of operations.
 President Stranahan and Dr. Banks arrived Saturday evening and spent two full days in conference with Su- perintendent w. A. Richelsen. Owing to the fact that the shaft partially filled with water. Dr. Banks could not make a geological inspection of the underground workings. He went over the surface of the property thoroughly, however.
 Mir. Stranahan left early this morn ing by auto for Prescott. merely to see the road between Jerome and the county seat At Jerome Junction he joined Dr. Banks, who went out by train.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08
MACHINERY ORDERED FOR GREAT VERDE X;
 WORK GOING AHEAD

JEROME, July 7.-Electric machin- cry. including all pumps that are like ly to be required. will be on the ground for the Great Verde Extension by August 1.
 Superintendent James w. Hubbard plans to continue work steadily until the machinery arrives. but will not put on any large force as to do so would be unprofitable. One shift IS now working the three-compartment shaft by hand.
 The shaft is now down 20 feet and is still in the surface conglomerate. Indications disclosed in the shaft and at various points on the surface lead the superintendent to believe that somewhere on the Great Verde Exten' sion is a bed of copper carbonates similar to that found on the Dundee Arizona. A great green boulder was taken from the shaft only day or two ago. About a year ago several sacks of glance float were picked up from the surface.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08
What Price Should GoUernnent
 Pay for Copper for War Needs?

There is a vexatious delay in arriv- ing at an agreement between the gov ernment and the copper producers as to what shall be the price for the mil lions of pounds of red metal which the government needs for war purposes. The producers are understood to be holding out for not less than 25 cents per pound, or cents under current market. Some radical government off cials are demanding a 20-cent price and some even ask why the producers cannot again name quotation of 16 2-3 cents which was made on 45,- OO0,OOO pounds shortly before this country actually entered into the war
 In order to determine a fair price it is said the Federal Trade Commis- sion will investigate the very complex question of cost of production. If it does, it will discover to it's amaZement that the cost of making" copper has almost doubled since 1913 and is to- day jumping by leaps and bounds.
 Wages, the big item, and represent. ing probably 60 per cent or more of the total cost. are the highest ever known -S5 per day in some camps being paid for unskilled labor, while in Butte and Arizona districts the miners under co ercion and intimidation from the l. w w. are demanding a SC wage for six hours work
 On top of all this the producers are paying through the nose for powder coal and structural material, to say nothing of being confronted with a possible tax of 16 per cent on excess profits which of course cannot be prop erly treated other than as an operating item.
 All sorts of accounting methods are used by the various mining companies in figuring their copper costs. The Calumet & Hecla is the one least likely to fool the stockholders. That is, charge all plant construction, re | placement and depreciation on to the cost sheet. Every item of outgo 1T the mining of copper.-a liquidation process-including the cost of sinking shafts. running drifts, building mills smelters and refneries, should be made charge against the cost of recover ing the metal contents. To do other wise is to fool yourself and the public
 While there is some merit in tho argument that advance development
 work. stripping, etc, should be car ried to a deferred development ac count. it is by far the more conserva tive policy and certainly more con
 venient in controversies like the pre- | sent. to make direct operating charg' ! as the work progresses
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08
Labor Troubles Will
 Cost Taxpayers 100
 ThousandEach Week
Business Men Throug State Losing Hundreds of Thou sands of Dollars Because of w. w. Activities; Produc ton of Copper For Month Will Be 900 Pounds Less Than Was Expected; And 'Wobbies' Promise Just One Strike After Another

Arizona taxpay are losing something the labor based the copper full capacity for the privilege of taking ground figured the of the they get for it
 Azona production present conditions would pounds As matters stand 46OoOOO pounds 100000 pounds should be production through the w. w. move men which the state will the producers would will go something over the city property owner the farmer largest will have t" dig into pockets the needs dol lar production conduct its business.
 being handed close times envelope be the poss districts at the immediate time the heaviest the tightening reaching out over the state rom the %s districts rapidly cities feel sharply mining districts keeps the banks of the outside communities su Droves loans for farmers and calemen property of the outside towns by mining has been estimated that but present and their families and the busi professional families would have carried ten million it's beach resorts this season. They will have to
 probably unless there is speedy wpng than there the prospect of
 mining cities of the state the decrease in business s15OOOO the first week $2OOOOO Bbee Pockeboks have snapped shut Trade business except the rail from the mining cen than ever b in their history because population They when the strikes close however and therein no that there will be
 well shortage of trade will not be recovered the leaving are going to new mes
 shyard such as they are not hndh trouble Meantime oardng are working their collectors overtime hut nobody else the day Many summer vacation
 the copper not being got u to pay than million dollars the week on production the amount growing as
 ducon goes down Thus being lost to business territories keeps men from work in Azon The companies from surplus and dividend possiO tiles producers fuel and supplies o every Kno production practically every line or manufacture nothing the people of the mining u not usear equally amount
 present strikes may soon cut down the pound being sustained but on the other other than those now suffering
 materially raise the total With all promises that there shall be ones
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08

It is to be seriously questioned if the average cost of making copper in this country today can fairly and legiti- mately be placed at less than 15 cents per pound. This is, of course. after all development and construction items are charged. as they should be, into the expense account.
 The agreement between the govern ment and the producers of lead to make a price of eight cents per pound on 16,OOG, 900 pounds, as against a To- year average market price of Al cents per pound. emphasizes the fairness of a quotation for copper of not less than 9 cents. Measured by the 70 per cent premium on the lead quotation, the copper people on the same basis would be justified in asking 2S IT cents per pound for their product, this being a corresponding premium on the 16 2-S cent copper average of the past ten years.
 Only by virtue of the fact that there NdS Doo.VuO,VVu pouhuf Oi f- PNi cent increase in the output of copper in the past three years by reason Of the new production from Inspiration, Kennecott. Chile and others, was the price of copper prevented from going to 90 cents. This would be equivalent to the advance which has taken place in steel. There were no big steel com panies to come with a greatly expand ed output, but the aforementioned big producers did come in and their out put miraculously arrived just in time to hold the price from going to 200 per cent premium.
 At the moment serious labor dis turbances are taking place in Alaska in Butte. in Mexico, and in Arizona This means curtailment of output and this means increase overhead costs to say nothing of the embarrassment to the industry to be confronted with a shortening supply at time of such terrific world demand.
 Any price to be fixed by the govern ment at less than 25 cents per pound will work an injustice to the copper producers and will seriously embar rass them in their relations with their employees. whose compensation is ad justed according to the price of the metal.
 A labor crisis might easily be pre- cipitated if any downward revision ol wages was even remotely intimated al this time.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08
GILLESPLES NOW IN
 OWNERSHIP OF OIL
 FIELDS NEAR CHINO

Gillespie oil interests of Oklahoma have become substantially interested in the Arizona Del Rio company, op- erating in the Chino Oil Fields. The oil report of Etienne A. Ritter, made to this company. has been under con sideration by them for some time and it is stated that a checking up by other geological engineers has result ed in this deal which is made with the fullest assurance that the Chino fields will become a prolific oil and gas producer.
 In addition to becoming interested in the Del Rio company itself the parties have also taken a twenty year lease from it on the north half of section 23 and the west half of Sec tion 24. This lease calls for one eighth royalty to the Del Rio company is expected to prove a very lucrative source of revenue to both the com pany and the lease interests.
 oil exploration is expected to begin
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08

All the mines are idle at Miami. but there have been no disorders report ed. Disturbances bordering on rioting were reported from Globe. Charles H. Mover. president of the Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers. wired Governor Campbell that the unions at Clifton and Morenei were not affiliated with
Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-08

as soon as ,he equipment can be brought from Oklahoma together with experienced oil drillers from that state.
 The Gillespie interests represent one of the strongest oil and gas pro ducing combinations in Oklahoma operating hundreds of producing wells and employing nearly five hundred men in the old fields. They were the parties who brought in the famous "Gillespie Gusher", probably the big, gest producer of high grade parafine oil ever discovered in America. They are known in this state through theiE connection with the Red Rover Cop per mine.