Williams news., 1917-06-28
MANY SUBSTITUTES
 FOR JUICE" FOUND

The originality and inventive genius of the residents of Will Hams has been called upon to provide lights and motor pow CT since the Electric Light plant was destroyed by fire last Thursday. The first thot of everyone was Have we any lamps at home?" and that be- came the byword of shoppers during the day, until the stores could no longer supply the de- mand. Candles were then bought in large quantities until the housewives were at last sat isfied.
 The problem was no as cas- fly settled by the business men however, and many interesting subterfuges were resorted to. The Saginaw 6 Manistee Lum- Der Company were able to spare a little power and con- nected their wires with the Pos tai thus making it possible for the motion picture show to run, much to the relief of the Red Cross workers who had bought the show for Thursday night. No such thing as street lighting was possible and numerous spotlights on autos were now guideposts of the populace at night. The Postal put their big engine at work and the very hills echoed with the throbs as the engine pumped out enough juice to run the Postal office while giving some electricity to the business men. The best lighted place in town is the pool room at the Cabinet, which it so happened was sup piled with an acetyline gas lighting system years ago. Tn 2 lights had not been used for five years but proved to be in good condition when needed. The Racket Store is also we'll lighted with large hanging gasoline lamps of 500 candle power each. James Kennedy is using gasoline lighting, also, while the other stores are de- pending mainly upon ordinary kerosene lamps or large lan- terms.
 The Methodist and Catholic churches are holding all their services by daylight but the Episcopal Church being on the mill property is lighted as tho the rest of the town we not in darkness.
 If transformers are availabe MT. Stover thinks the delay in
 :ertlng power will not be iong. Why not in the meantime, start a daylight saving plan as tried out in larger cities? It is real day at five o'clock every morning. If clocks were nov ed ahead one or two hours the average person would need no lights, as the days are very long now.
 Probably the hardest blow the town suffered was when it found that it couldn't get an ice cream soda. The carbona- tor was run by electricity :! There really was need of the cooling drink, too, with the garages pumping air by hand and Free Air" signs waving on high.
 The White Garage took a Ford engine, mounted it on blocks and has secured all the power necessary to run their lathe and other machinery and to pump air. They are using a gasoline engine for vulcanizing and so are pretty we'll fixed in the day time but have to close the shop when darkness comes. The Red Cross Garage is still hoping that power will arrive soon and in the meantime they pump up tires by hand. The same is done at Rabbits Gar age, tho if the indications are for a long wait ahead there is talk of installing a plant not only for the garage but also to light the store. The Postal will continue to run their gas engine so the picture show can run.
 Probably the worst worried office in town was that of the Williams News where the pa per was just about ready for the press. The linotype would not run tO set the remaininp hit