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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
HOW TO FIGHT AN
AUTOMOBILE FIRE

The. average motorist has never
given much thought to the question
OF extinguishing fire in his car,
should one occur, and inasmuch as
carburetor fires. and other fires com
mon to the automobile have been oc-
curing with such frequency during
the past few months the state Fire
Marshal has been led t. issue a few
suggestions on the subject:
l. The most important thing to re-
member in case of fire OF this kind
is to keep cool a few seconds lost
in panic at the start may result dis
astrously.
2. At least one small fire extin-
guisher should be on every car 1t
should be placed where it may be
readily accessible in an emergency.
The small extinguisher is indispensi-
BILE in handling gasoline FIRE, and
! is also useful in fighting any other
kind Of blaze about the car
9. In the absence Of an extfnsuisher
sand or dirt can be used. but it should
be remembered that if sand is thrown
/ into the carburetor mechanism. meal
eula6le harm is likely . result
A. Do not use water in attempting
to eXtinguish a carburetor FIRE or
other gasoline fire. This merely tends
to spread the fire.
| 5. If the engine backfres use the
starter to turn the motor IF this
( does not draw the flames into the
manifold use the extinguisher. This
should put out the fire with little
difficulty
6. If the fire has reached the drip
pan. extinguish that first. and then
work up TO the carburetor
! 7. If the fire is caused by ignition
+ OF gasoline from hot exhaust, short
circuit, or other condition about the
car, the eXtinguisher should also be
used with equally good effect
s. Do not invite destruction of your
car and probable injury to yourself
by lighting a match to see how much
gas there is in the tank
There is only one way. according
TO Dempsey. the Willard expert know
ing whether the generator Of an au-
tomobiIe is holding up its end. and
that IS by making ammeter tests.
"Ammeter reading at regular inter
walls" SAYS Mr.. Dempsey. are almost
as important in the care Of the bat
terry as hydrometer readings Once at
least the motorist should check IN
his generator and battery with the
ammeter to be sure that the gener-
ator is returning to the battery as
much power as the battery is putting
forth for cranking, lighting and for
Ignition
This is a simple matter; first. with
the car standing still all the lights
should be turned OFF and an ammeter
reading taken. The hand Of the dial
will lead to the left hand or discharge
side of the dial Then with the engine
running at the speed it would with
the machine moving at about IS miles
an hour. or with the machine running
at that speed and all the lights ex-
ltinguished. another reading should be
taken. In this case the hand will be
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
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PLANT EVERY SPARE ACRE TO GRAIN
BY ?. G. HOLDEN.

Of be
Between April J. 1916
Of
barley so per
With the
country sending
remain high regardless o. yield.
The
nearly all
n of
To add to the a
failure,
To make this
possibly
demands bread bread
that
The same ng more or less true other grains The world shortage Of
wheat will
Of fodsUfs and
Herds should reduced
They
this
needed for breeding
of having
While there naturally viii be fluctuations in the market prices of bo
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
GOVERNMENT
IS IN NEED OF
STENOGRAPHERS

The United States government is in
great need Of experienced stenograph-
ers and typewriters. and examinations
viii be held ar the local postofhce
every Tuesday whenever there are any
applicants for those positions. Trained
young men and women who have taken
or who viii take up a course az
stenography and typewriting are prac-
tically sure of an offer Of government
employment at a salary Of $500 to
81 zoo a year. when they shall have
qualified in the civil service examine
ton. Furthermore by so doing they
will be serving their country in an
hour OF trial The demand for steno-
graphers and typewriters in the gov
eminent service is practically without
limit, and there is no present prospect
that it viii soon be less. For further
Information. application blanks. etc.
call at the postofhce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
Indiana HarbOr
Personal and Otherwise

Mrs Kellams OF French Lick is Wis
iting her son. DR.. Kellams of Fir
street
Mrs. Deitch entertained the Five
Hundred club last night at her home
on Block avenue.
The Club" will meet with Dwight
Filson Thursday evening. All mem
bers are urged to be present
The Ladies Aid society of the Z. P.
church will meet Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. Hathaway Of Ivy street All
members are urged to be present.
Mrs. Foster Moore is visiting friends
in Chicago this week. She is visiting
her parents, Mt. and Mrs. Hascau Of
Drummond street. and expects to re-
turn from Chicago Friday.
Reese Saunders has returned from
New Jersey after a two months visit
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Haight Of Com
aaonwealth visited friends in Gary last
evening.
Miss Mildred Scott. who for the past
two months has been visiting her sis
ters. Mrs. carl Smith and Miss Maude
Scott. returned to her home in Athens,
o. this morning.
Misses Gail Dickson Rudolph. Mary
Rudolph. Mrs. ". Hughes. Mrs. Jack
tombstone. formed a theater party this
afternoon and saw "seven Chances"
in Chicago at the Cort.
Nj. and Mrs LipinslSi OF Euclid
avenue are the proud parents Of 13-
pound boy born Tuesday morning.
The JOY girls Will meet with Miss
Margaret Brissey on Drummond street
tonight instead of Ora McQuilkin as
announced last night
Mrs. CULVER and sons OF Fir. street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
HOW To PUT Up FRUIT
WITHOUT USING SUGAR

juice from her fruits, puts them in bot
ties without sugar. sterilizes them and
stores the package in the dark until
sugar is cheaper and jelly glasses more
easily obtained
MANY fruits. such as strawberries,
cherries and pineapples. which are now
plentiful and which contain so little
pectin that they viii not make good
jellies. can Is pressed and the juices
bottled LateF in the season. when APP
pies are cheap these juices mixed with
apple stock and sugar can be used for
hlling the jelly tumblers.
ITO put up unsugared fruits for jelly
making follow the same methods as if
Jelly were to be made Of the fresh
juices. Cook the fruits until they are
soft and strain out the juice through a
Jelly bag; bring to boil and pour while
hot into bottle that have been carefully
washed and sterilized BY boiling. Fill
the bottles fun of juice and close with
a new cork which has been sterilized by
boiling. Place the filed, sealed bot
ties on their sides in the water near the
boiling point and keep them in the bath
for half an hour taking pains TO keep
corked and below the surface. When
the bottles are partly cooled dip the
cork and neck into parafin or sealing
wax. When jelly is needed for the table
make it from this steriLzed juice by
adding the proper amount. of sugar and
following she usual directions for jelly
making"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

NoTE-The following is another
article In the series of food conservation
stories written by Earry z. Barnard,
Indiana food director for the United
Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Aug. IA
Harry z. Barnard. Indiana's unofficial
food, dictator. today warned Indiana
housewives not TO permit high sugar
prices 10 discourage the use of the pre-
serving kettle. He gave detailed in
structions for preserving fruits and
berries without sugar.
Berries of all kinds will be plentiful
this summer and even city housewives
who waite hthe market carefully will be
able TO purchase small fruits by the
crete at reasonable prices he said. The
real value in these fruit lies in their
juice. After the juice has been pressed
out of grapes. cherries or the small
fruits. all that remains is the useless
seed and the woody fiber and cellular
tissue which give the fruit its form
The fruit acids, sugars, and mineral
salts are pressed out with the juice.
These juices put in bottles viii keep
for months without spoiIage. They can
be used as beverage or concentrated by
boiling, sweetened and made into jellies.
IF housewives find it difficult to get
jelly glasses during the usual season
for jelly making. she VIII be quite as
well satisfied if she presses out the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
GRIFFITH
sundav school Itema.

The big Sunday school picnic Of Aug.
9 turned out just grand. We left Crit
fifth at $50 a. m. on the c. & o. Had a
special coach for the picnicers. 1t was
about one-half hours ride. When we
got to the lake il was found boats were
for rent. The boys rented them and most
every one had a boat ride. and a wet
ting. Some Of the boys went in swim
ming. We ate our dinner in a large pas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

Inclined toward the right hand or
charging side of the dial. The rest is
merely a matter of comparing the two
readings
eTf the generator is 'on the job
the second or charge reading will be
equal TO or up TO 80 per cent in ex-
cess OF the first discharge reading.
since the Battery has to supply power
for cranking it is advisable to have
the rate of charge in excess of the
discharge rate when the lights are
burning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15
Hints from the
State Defense Council

Buy -four in small quantities and
protect il carefully from spoilage. is
the keynote of a suggestion that
comes from the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture. It is a pertinent
point in connection with the nation
wide campaign to save one-third Of
the normal wheat supply of the ma
ton.
sound -four. milled from standard
What exhibits very little tendency
to decompose when stored in proper
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

such worthy causes by a card or other
emblem. guaranteeing the integrity of
the work. Reports have been made
of imposters who have defrauded the
people out Of considerable sums, and
it is felt that the public is entitled
to some protection. especially in COM
munities where these "grafters" have
been most active.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

If we eat more than our share we
eat somebody else's share" reads
poster distributed broadcast in Eng
land. 1t is supplemented with the
further statement: Save the bread
and the bread will save you" Both
propositions are as applicable in In
diana and America and it is the hope
Of the food administrators that it viii
not be necessary to make any harsher
presentation of these truths.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

are Chicago visitors today.
FOR sALE-Household goods 1928
Block Ave
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

If You Think THE TIMES Is
Doing It's Bit Your Support Is AL
ways Welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

". H Woodworth
Sylvia Stark of St. John, is spending
the weekend with her sister. Mrs. Is. i.
Miller.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

manner. Nevertheless. there is con-
siderable loss or -four through spoilage
as a result of improper storage. par
tieularly during the, hot summer
months
Housekeepers on the farm and in
the city should purchase flour in &C
eordance with their present needs only.
1t is false economy for the house
keeper to purchase larger amounts of
-four than can be used within a rea-
scnahle length Of time
ANY storage of -four in excess Of
the consumers present need const-
tutes boarding. which under existing
circumstances is an unpatriotic and
reprehensible practice. of no profit TO
the individual who thus offends and
threatening serious injury to the best
interests of the country.
Owing TO the increasing number Of
war funds for which solicitors are en-
gagged over the state. the State Coun-
ell Of Defense has suggested to
County Councils the recognition of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

ture not far from a farm house. and
the people came down from the house
and had lunch. There were races Of all
kinds after dinner. and prizes for the
winners. One Of the prizes vas a peck
Of potatoes for the married women.
Mrs. Freda Christensen won the pota-
toes. We left the lake at $3.50 +. m. and
arrived home at 4:05 p. m. Every one
enjoyed themselves and are all looking
forward for next years picnic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Taggart. Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell and Mr.. and Mrs Rutherford
spent Sunday at Lake Eliza where they
had very enjoyable time.
The Ladies Aid society WI meet at
the church Thursday afternoon
Prof. j. T. Johnson. head of the math-
ematics of the Gary high school. spent
the weekend with DR.. and Mrs. Malm-
stone
Miss Laura Lennertz was in town.
Monday
Laurent de St Aubin was called to
Fort Sheridan. He returned to his du-
ties there Tuesday morning.
Miss Margaret Woods win spend the
week at Moody camp, Cedar Lake, with
her Campfire Girls.
Alma Johnson of East Gary, had her
tonsils and adenoids removed today by
DR.. Malmstone.
Hiram Berlin Of Kouts, Ind, visited
friends IN town.
Charles Nkhipple Of Westford. VT, is
visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31

concession Is maintained at a central
point, near Spruce Tree House ruin.
On certain evenings during the season
a campfire circle is formed, which
may listen to short talks by Doctor
Fewkes Zone Of the most genial and
lucid of characters) and other scien-
lists upon the Significance attached to
the constant discoveries. An archaeO-
logical school for the especial benefit
of students has been proposed.
Life up here, the elevation ranging
from $500 to $500 feet far above the
surrounding country, Is very pleasant.
The surface of the mesa is dry and
rocky, and well timbered with cedars
and pinons whose sap perfumes the
soft air. The view comprises an in
spring outlook over four states-Col-
orado, Utah, New Mexico and Ari-
IONA.
The trip to the Mesa Verde, which Is
through the rugged Rockies of Color.
ado, Is in itself a feature. Wonderful
works of nature are on every hand
deep gorges, towering peaks, rushing
rivers, placid lakes and fertile valleys.
Mancos Is the nearest debarking point
for the ruins, and is also the head
quarters Of the park supervisor. The
32-mile government automobile road
leads across the mesa, and-passes the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31
FIND new SUMMER
SPRAY FOR PEACHES
New Jersey Experiment Station
Successfully Uses Substl-
tute for Lime Sulphur.

The New Jersey experiment station
II recommending to peach growers the
trial of q substitute for self-boiled lime
sulphur which was tried out at the sta.
ton with considerable success last sea
son.
This new mixture II made up In the
following proportions: 8 pounds Of
sulphur blowers or fine hour). 4
pounds Of hydrated lime, and II
ounces Of ground glue. dissolved In
three gallons of water. This II d..
luted with water to 80 gallons. It Is
believed that this mixture IL q prom
Using spray for the control Of scab and
brown rot, since It gave excellent re-
suits In q season when weather con-
ditions were favorable for the develop
ment Of both diseases. This material
seems to possess several advantages
over self-boiled lime-sulphur. The
process Of mixing IL less dlsagreeable
than the preparation Of self-boiled
lime-sulphur and Its strength when
prepared Is likely to be more uniform.
This spray Is recommended to peach
growers for trial In the summer spray
Ing of peaches to control scab, brown
rot and other fungous diseases.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31
COST ACCOUNTING IS
OF BIG IMPORTANCE
Several Types Of Farming Were
Included in Study Made by !,
Agricultural College.

Complete records were kept on -
New York state farms In 1912 and on
81 farms In 1913. cooperation with
owners being secured by the college Of
agriculture which furnished the coop.
orators with the results Of the ac-
counting.
The farms on which accounts were
kept averaged slightly larger than the
average New York farm; they were
better farms and better managed than
the average farm. Several types Of
farms were included In the study 20
that figures were available on q mum.
Der Of different farm operations. The
average cost Of man labor for 1917
was q little over Is cents an hour: toe
1918 It was II cents an hour. Horse
labor varied from Is cents to 10 cents
per hour, the lower figures being found
on the farms doing the largest amount
OF business. Purebred cattle showed
higher cost Of feed. for man labor. and
for horse labor, but they returned
more to the owners than did grade
cattle.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31
LEAF CURL IS MOST Destructive
DISEASE AFFECTING THE PEACH TREE
Effects Of Attack May Last Over Several Years and Renders More
Subject to Attacks Of Other Diseases and to Win.
terknng-Cause and Contro.

to develop thickened wallis and IN.
crease In size and numbers. The tfs-
sues Of the mid rib do not increase to
any extent, with the result that the
abnormal growth Of the tissues on
either side Of the milrib causes the
leaves to become puckered and curled.
Since the greatest growth takes place
in the tissues toward the upper side.
there is tendency for the upper sur
face Of an infected leaf to be convex.
Infected foliage usually drops and SO
the disease may result in complete de-
foliatiOn Of the tree. II such is tho
case the tree sets little or no fruit.
However. the tree usually leafs out
again, and by midsummer little sign
Of the disease may be found.
Cause.
Peach-leaf curl Is caused by q para.
site fungus known as Exoascus De-
formans. The mycelium of the fun
gus makes its way among the tissues
and absorbs the juices needed for the
nutrition Of the tree. It Is spread
from tree to tree by means Of spores.
These form under the surface Of in
fected leaves, finally breaking through
and imparting to the surface frosted
appearance. The spores are given OF
and presumably are carried over the
winter on the surfaces of twigs and bud
scales. They produce new infections
as soon rs the leaf buds open in the
A,sv~c ~ ~
ried over the winter by the mycelium
in twigs that have been infected.
Control.
Spray in the spring just before the
buds swell, using bordeaux mixture
$3.50 Is pounds lime. 8 pounds cop
per sulphate dissolved In SO gallons Of
water). It Is essential that the spray
ing be thorough and that It be done b.
fore the buds show the least green.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31

containing detached circular ro0mS
labyrinthine passages. sculptured
rocks, q sun Photograph, and an en-
bedded fossil palm leaf which. from
Its resemblance to the sun, had been
preserved as an object Of sun-worship.
Dates Back 600 Years.
Appropriately, this Is christened
Sun Temple. In addition to the value
Of the sun-worship symbols, it affords
also an estimate of the age Of the
Mesa Verde ruin4 BY record Of the
annual rings of large juniper tree
that had fOrtuitously grown upon the
mound Of debris, at least $50 years
had elapsed since the tree took root.
When the temple was abandoned Is
difficult to declare, for such debris
gathers slowly; but conservative esti-
mates place the construction OF the
remarkable building back to the year
1900 A. D. And this Sun Temple, as
betOkened by its superior workman
ship and the trails Of the builders lead
ing to and from the Cliff Palace, was
OuC VI ZIG AtUA q AC~Cht Oh uSSoASo' AAAS
date Of the occupation Of the known
older structures. as the noted Cliff Pal.
Gee, therefore, far antedates 1900.
Still later researches on the top Of
the mesa have uncovered another ruin
near the old reservoir Of Mummy lake.
to which the name Far View House Is
applied, and there are countless
mounds only awaiting the scraper and
spade to yield up their enchanted Sc
crets.
The Mesa Verde National park now
includes n square miles, or almost
$1,000 acres. Under the personal d.
recticn Of Doctor Fewkes, the explor-
alton has been systematically carried
forward. The ruins already cleaned
out have been skillfully repaired with
their own material as much as pos
slble. charted and even numbered so
that their various phases OF hooks
and inches and passages and chambers
explain themselves to TIE visitor.
A tourist camp under government
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31

By LEONARD r. HARrILL. Instructor
IN Fruit Growing. New York State
School Of Agriculture on Long Island.
Farmingdale. y. -
Peach leaf curl IL more or less COM
mon in nearly all the peach growing
regions Of the world. In many regions
It Is probably the most destructive dis
ease affecting the peach. Heavy losses
occasioned by the disease on the Allan
tic seaboard are infrequent, yet occa-
sionally the damage Is severe. The
losses from leaf curl cannot be read
lily estimated. for the injury to the
fruit Is usually indirect, through the
loss Of leave0 and the generally I'M
paired vitality Of the trees. The eff
fects Of an attack may last over sew
eral years, and undoubtedly renders
the tree more subject to the attacks of
other diseases and to winterkilling.
The effects on the tree seem to depend
not only on the severity Of the at
tack, but also on the vigor Of the tree,
its location and the character Of the
succeeding winter.
Description.
Usually the disease Is seen only on
the leaves and young branches, but
the flowers and young fruit are like.
wise subject to attack. In the latter
case the disease often escapes atten'
ton since determinations are but slight
and the parts affected very promptly
drop from the tree. The disease when
on the leaves may be detected as soon
as the leaf buds have become slightly
unfolded. The coloring Of the young
leaves is heightened and, as they unfold
a curling and arching of the blades be
comes prominent. As the disease pro
crosses the abnormally thickened, dis
torted leaves, from which the disease
takes its name, are it, chief character
istics and cannot we'll be mistaken. Thu
stimulation induced by fungus within
the cells Of the leaves, causes the cell!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-31
U-B0AT'S DAYS NUMBERED

The naval consulting board, COM
posed of the best inventive brains in
the United States, has been working
for several weeks on devices for COM
batting successfully the German sub
marine menace. 1t looks now as If
the fact has been accomplished, though
naval officers are not telling anything
Of value to the enemy about what has
been done.
Chairman w. L. Saunders Of the
board has been in charge Of antisub-
marine invention experiments. This
Is what he said the other day:
''The plan is based on a novel anti
submarine device or invention which
is theoretically sound and which is a
radical departure from any invention
put into operation or heretofore
thought Of.
"Elmer A. Sperry, inventor Of the
gyroscope compass and perhaps the
leading inventing naval genius in the
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