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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-04
LADIES 8 MEMS HAT BLOCKING

VELVET and silk beaver hats remod-
eled by the only experienced people
in this city. Expert attention to
all other hats. Stone. 618 State st.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-04
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-A good work horse. In
quire Robert w. Whelan, All Greg
DRY st. G26 tip
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-04
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

WOMEN WANTED to work in fac
tories and offices. Call at U. S. EN-
ployment Office, 303 Fairfield Ave.
No charge for our services.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-04

PARTY will sell a $1,000 home in
Stratford for $4,000 if sold at once.
Inquire Arthur Dennison, $40 War
rem st. R3*tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-11-04
HOUSES FOR SALE

THE BEST 4-FAMILY BUY in
Bridgeport-6 rooms and all i'm
provements to each family: all s
rooms on one floor, besides large
open attic; new house, corner lot
73x100, North End; $4,000 to
build. Price $10,5oO; good condi-
tons and mortgage. Address Good
Buy, care Times. GS0 SIP
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
COOKING TESTS THE SCOUT.

The way to mans heart is through
his stomach. The path to an early
grave lies along the same route. A
scout who cannot cook can hardly
claim to be a scout at all.
AS the chief sea scout says: "One
fairly good cook is worth more than
four sick carpenters"
To many a boy the first experience
in cooking comes through his prepare
ton for the second-class cooking test.
He may have roasted corn on stick
or steamed n few clans In bucket
or burned few spuds in an open fire.
But the scout cooking test, If prop
erly emphasized, will help him to see
that cooking Is vitality related to hui
man life and essential to human hap
piness and efficiency.
Even In so simple a meal as the
quarter Of pound of meat and two
potatoes Of the scout test many mis-
takes may be made, and the scout
should know how to avoid all of them.
Many professional cook fails ut
terly when asked to prepare meal in
the open without the kitchen equip
ment to which he has become accus-
toned. The scout must be ready to
meet all emergencies.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
PASS SUMMER IN TEMPLES
Picking Custom Of Which the Only
Merit Is Assurance Of Absolute
Peace and Quiet.

"Temple parties" constitute popu-
lar form OF diversion for the summer
months In Picking The hills to the
westward are dotted with so-called
temples-rambling compounds Of one
story buildings built centuries ago by
emperors in memory of departed an
cestors. The buildings Invariably sur
round n paved court or often n series
of such courts, shaded as n rule by
century-old trees. In the temple proper
Is still to be found gigantic "Buddha"
or idol before whom joss-sticks are
lighted Mt intervals by priests and
acolytes, of whom there are generally
a half dozen all told, occupying "a por-
ton of the compound.
II Is quite easy and inexpensive to
secure the use of one of these temples
one or more of the unoccupled sub
sldiary buildings-for a weekend. n
week or the whole summer. They are
entirely without furniture except inso-
far as raised platform wherein the
Chinese used to sleep might be called
furniture. Once installed the occupant
enjoys absolute peace and quiet by day.
As a rule he sleeps In the company of
one of the lesser "Buddhas,' who Is
hidden behind curtain. The only
intrusion upon HE privacy occurs when
the priest or acolyte brings food and
places 1t before the idol and returns
later to remove what the rats have
left Of II.
A number Of the oldtimers in Picking
have their temple leased year after
year and pass the summer there. For
the novice. owing to the general lack
of everything that makes for comfort.
once Is enough. 1t is thing, however.
that everybody must do once.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
6HI3OH
SCOUT
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts OF America)
SCOUTS GUARD FLYING FIELD

Eight boy scouts of Dayton, o., are
Ia war service for sure. Taking the
place of men, they are employed as
guards at McCook aviation field.
They are mighty proud lot, for they
are being treated just like enlisted
men.
The scouts spend the nights ut Camp
Pershing. and an army truck hauls
them to the field. McCook is some.
thug more than flying field. 1t Is
laboratory of aviation where new ap.
p,iances and devices for airplanes are
tested. Practically everything within
the hlgh-board walls which surround
the field must be closely guarded as
secret. Identification of ever EN-
ployee as he passes the gates is thor.
Ough.
scout accompanies every other per-
son, and sees to 1t that he goes straight
10 the place where his business carries
linn and that he leaves the field imme-
dlately after his task Is finished. The
scout is on sharp lookout for cam
e,as and reports any incident out Of
the ordinary routine.
The military commander of the post
mt McCook field reports as excellent
the conduct and behavior of the scouts
On duty there. The authorities have
now asked for two patrols Of boy
scouts as messengers to be used at the
field.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
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over an enemy concentration center observed
easily distinguishabe In bright starght--a col
umn Of transport consisting of about 20 wagons.
Descending rapidly To 300 feet he landed two
bombs-a hundredweght apiece-pumb In the
center of the column The destruction was
enormous, ana the remnant of the column scat
tered wildly I'm all directions. The British pilot
rose again and waited, giving time for the German
transport to renssemble Diving once more. he
found It, together with two other large lorries, In
sunken road where the Huns apparently hoped
10 escape further attack from the death-dealing
raider. The British pilot released his remaining
bombs from an altitude Mt which he could not
miss his target, and then diving lower still opened
fire with his machine guns, putting about go
rounds into the confused mass Of wreckage.
A British two-seater machine while on patrol
was attacked by a German triplane. The OBJ
server In the British machine promptly took up
the challenge and opened IRE upon which the
Hun made Off eastward. Meanwhile eight Ger
man scouts had rapidly approached and, taking
up position, four above and four below, attacked
simultaneously. The British pilot realizing the
danger OF his position unanswered desperately
rolling and sde-slipplng to avoid the enemy's con-
centrnted fre-whilst both he and his observer
kept firing ms opportunity offered. one of the
German craft was sent down in flames and then
the British pilot badly wounded The work
of both fighting and flying the machine de-
veoped almost entirely upon the observer, who,
by really remarkable exercise of skin and pluck,
succeeded In eXtrcating The machine from Its APP
parently hopeless position, whilst at the same
time firing occasional bursts from his gun AT the
pursuing Huns with his left hand, when they
pressed too closely, He succeeded In safely land
ing his pilot and machine behind the British
lines
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
A GOOD SCOUT TROOP GONE.

1t Is not often that there is pleasure
in the preparation of an obituary no.
tice. In the case Of one troop which
has just become defunct there is, how
ever, a peculiar satisfaction In not
ing its timely end. The story is con-
tanned in the following letter from
Field Scout Executive Stephen M. Ma
jor of Chicago. H.:
"Troop No. $40 of Chicago will not
be registered this year. Every one of
the boys but one are In the service.
This was a troop of older boys, and
when they come back they will all be
scoutmasters or assistant scoutmas-
ters.
"The one who Is not In the service
Is not quite old enough to get his par
ents' consent. but IS going to techni-
cal school. so that the minute his
birthday arrives he VIII be ready"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
Coinage of War Words

II is obviously impossible in limited space to
mention more than few of the more striking
words which the has given us; and that Is
why my article of three four weeks ago was
so incomplete, Let me supplement 1t today and
begin with the most glaring of the omissions
"chmouflage." l cannot remember any instance
of n foreign word peculiarly un-Engllsh as this
not only being rapidly and universally adopted
but also being so rarely mispronOunced. | still
often overhear knots of who In their talk
about the war refer to the Kay-ser and the utter
angliclzaton Of French battle names by public
house military experts Is perhaps the most charm
Ing feature of their discussions; but "camouilage"
remains ms French I'm sound In this country In
It's own, and every one uses II, Here, however,
II has become elastic as to be the recognized
form for any kind of pretense whatsoever. ] am
not sure that Sir Walter Raleigh should not have
added "camoufage' In his list OF "gains In
the war; enumerated In his recent lecture.
have been astonlshed recently by examples
of the hold OF "camOufiage" on all types of mind.
Journeyng the other day from "A Sussex station
to London, under war conditons-hfty of us
standing all the way In the guards van-I had
some talk with the guard who, on removing his
cap to wipe a heated brow, revealed himself as
bald as the dome of ST. Paul's. II caused him
~ Distress some men, he remarked, would camou-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29

nage It with a wig, but not he. Earlier In the
the press had dismissed optimistic article
current events mere camoufnge" The next
day schoolbOy back for the holidays two weeks
In advance of the proper time said that scare
OF measles had brought about that desired result;
nj least, that Is what the schoolmaster said but
personally he thought II was just camoufnge to
cover the fact TINT grub getting jolly
near me in restaurant asked the wine waiter to
bring him some caret instead OF the camounaged
water which he called whisky Probably the
word Is In the nursery by this time.
Another French word which also gets its full
native value In the Ango-Saxon mouth is "bar-
raee;" but "barrage' hos general usage. The
wIrd rHd' Is as old ms the Scottish border, but
will never again he employed, / imagine except
In association with attacks by air. Al arst we
always said 'ar raid" but now raid" alone Is
sufficient. Should the enemy find any other way
OF hitting at the heart of us there will be another
word than raid" 10 describe his efforts And to
these | would add that early flower of Arranged
don speech moratorium" which for while most
OF us took to be the name Of new liner.
Perhaps the most notable slang phrase that the
war has produced Is ito get the wind up" mean.
ing TO upset. or rattle" put the fear of God
into. But ! speak only from the point of the
housekeeping observer, aware merely Of such ex-
pressions get into London parlance
Here let me thank many correspondents for
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29

sage" The Germans, resenting their attentions,
turned two guns TO their balloon and made
some rather good practice, hong II badly. This
annoyed the English balloon officers considerably
and they decided that the German gunners needed
punishment They accordingly called up the Of
fcers in charge Of a British slx-inch gun and in
dicated to him the position of the German guns.
The balloon was now rapidly losing height as the
result Of enemy fire, and the position Of the Off
GERS was dangerous. However, they stuck to their
basket and continued to direct the fire of the
British gun, having the satisfaction of witnessing
the putting out of action of one of the hostile
guns before the balloon had sunk too low for
further observation.
Then they got out Of their basket and climbed
well up the rigging OF the balloon to save them
selves In the now unavoidable crash.
British twoseator machine lowering at night
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
CRITICISM MUST De KINDLY
Nothing Good Can Come OF Method
Which Does Not speak the
Truth In Love-"

There is the story Of contentious
man who said to his postor, ~ can
not preach or pray or sing, but
can raise objections" Such men are
not rare. There Is one, at least, in
almost every church, club, lodge or
society OF whatever kind. The critic
Is ever with us. And, candidly, we
need him. We cannot do our beet
work without him. He Is like the
brake In the mechanism of n motor
car. He holds us back when we
would go too fast. If at times he
delays our progress. he Is necessary
to our safety. His conservatism
counteracts the possible evils of rad
icallsm. Much might be said for the
economy of criticism.
But the method of criticism Is also
important. The brake should work
smoothly. The critic need not de-
stroy the organism he proposes to
reform. Often the effect OF his criu-
cism Is wholly destructive. Sometimes
his methods remind us OF the man WHO
set fire to barn to rid II OF rats. A
sensitive spirit who had been harshly
treated by critic retorted, 81 know
there Is cinder In my eye, bat you
can't remove II with crowbar."
The apostolic injunction, speaking
the truth in love-" gives the critic a
safe rule of action. No truth. however
severe, Is unwelcome. II 1t be spoken
In love. II takes the spirit OF Christ
to take the sinner by the hand the
while we take sin by the throat
Christian Herald.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29

2YING sausages" Is the lat
est nickname given by
members of the British roy
nj air force to the popular
sport of strahng German OBJ
servatioff balloons. In the
latest dispatches from gem
eral headquarters the ex-
PLOTS of some of the pilots II
servers of the British planes
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
Protection From Live Wires.

For the sure protection of linemen
handling live wires pair OF gloves
inside and one outside Of the rubber
gloves have been recommended, The
woven fabric inside glove takes up per-
splratlon and shields the rubber from
the finger nails and Il leather gauntlet
over the rubber glove protects from
outside mechanical injury, aids in
grasping tools and keeps the hands
Wnrm In winter.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
SCOUT REWARD THANK YOU

A typical story of the spirit of the
boy scouts was told by Memphis man.
One night when 1t stormed he was
driving home In his car at high speed,
and his hat blew of. The hat was res
"ucd and handed to the man by boy.
Hastily the hat owner dropped some
coins in the boys hand and started
his car He was stopped by the boy,
who returned the. money and said:
'"Thank you just the same, sir, but
Tan 10y scout"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
EVENT IN A SOLDIERS LIFE.

Just TO show what makes an event in n sol
dler's life that-as the soldiers it's really
worth recording, here Is n bit out Of letter from
Harley Johnson, Butler boy, printed In the
Bates County NIlssourD Democrat:
"Well, am sure going 60 have something good
for dinner. The cook told me that If | would get
enough gooseherries to make two pies he would
make them. So | started out to look for goose
berries and found them. I asked old French
woman TO sell me some, and, don't you know, she
said they were good and had to laugh. She
would not sell me any, but gave me all | could
carry away and they We're big ones, about the
size of my thumb. so had pie all to myself"
What are bursting shrapnel and red blood to
write about when man has gooseberry p!e?-St.
Louis Republic,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
Worked Bull In harness.

A bull In harness was seen at Pen
coed, Wales, recently. The animal is
used by Its owner for blowing, and al
so to drive him around his farm. The
bull is purebred three-year-old Here
ford. and was bought for three hun.
dred dollars by his present owner In
1917.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29

their communications about the origin of "Bllghty"
the derivation OF that word having been a nation
nj industry for about three years now. One gen
tlemnn even goes far to say that | asked
for the information; whereas no one has any idea
how careful was To do nothing OF the kind, hav
ing n head only too full of devastating memories
of the Hlndustani word "Wilayatl" or "Balait"
meaning foreign English and It's gradual trans
formation by Mr. Atkins In India into the now
familiar land very ugly) term for home. "Bllgh-
tvs" adventures are ancient history, but II was
new to me that, n reader kindly points out,
"'pndre' in Its meaning of clergyman, was car
rled to India by the Portuguese and adopted into
Indian languages long before the first English
chaplain set foot in India Like other Hindustani
words used in our army, such as 'rooy' for bread
md dixie for camp kettle II was brought home
by our soldiers from India many years ago"
In my structures the word Hun" was too
sweeping. ] said that 10 borrow the name of in
vaders of the past with which to stgmatiZe In
vaders Of the present tame. But another
correspondent reminds me that II was the kaiser
himself who first applied the term. In the time
OF the Boxer rebellion In China the kaiser issued
bombastlc proclamation to the German contn.
gent in PelIin under Count Waldersee bidding
them 10 behave like the Huns of Attila. This
gentleman goes on TO make the very interesting
suggestion that some photographers should col
lect the words which each of our great wars has
added TO the language.-E. V. Lucas In the
Sphere.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
An Old One With a New Slant.

Kidd see that a Texas man has
invented postcard for mailing coins.
Kldder-Good for him. Anything to
make our money go farther.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
ErIehdshlp,s Civilizations.

must feel pride In my friends ac-
complishments as II they were mine
and a property In his vlrtues.-Em-
ersOn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-08

ing with the preparatory activities in the United States are shown the re- cruiting of our army, the building and occupation of the huge contonments, the training, clo hing and feeding of our troops, the manufacture of arms and munitions, the building of ship yards and construction of wooden and steel ships, the aviation fields and young fliers in training, the assem- bling at our ports of locomotives, tanks, trucks, and vast stores of war supplies.
 On the pictures taken in France you see "our boys" marching, to the front line, occupying the trenches, watching the Huns from advanced observation posts. Stores of muni- tions flowing like rivers to the front, our heavy artillery equipment, so camouflaged that you would nev- CT know it was in place. Secretary of War Baker is seen on his first tour of inspection in France. General Persh- ing and Secretary Baker are shown on their tours of inspection to the camps and trenches of our "Crusad- CTS"
 This is a picture the Government wants you to see. It is one every mother, sister or sweetheart should see. The Buddies are shown actually at the grim business of war. You will feel proud at the light-hearted way they take it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-08

would be using a fuel that could not otherwise be utilized, and would be actually helping the Government as well as effectively taking care of their own interests.
 Ut is a patriotic service that will be rendered by aiding the Fuel Ad- ministration in finding a market for a product that will otherwise be worse than wasted, since the lack of market will reduce production to q dangerous minimum. Therefore every effort should be made to develop a market for this slack"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-08

in carbon and low in volatile, and makes desirable and economical fuel where the necessary special equipment has been provided. The municipal plant at Conway, managed by N V. Leverett, practical electri- cal engineer, has installed special equipment and finds it most satisfac- tory. MT. Leverett says he will be glad to answer and inquiries about the handling of slack ,and recommends it to all steam-users who will equip for it's use.
 "The Government will need every pound of coal that can be produced" said H. c. Couch, "and later on many non-essential consumers of coal must be restricted. If they were provided with facilities for burning anthracite slack, they might avoid restrictions that may become necessary, as they
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-08
Couch Solves fine Hard Coal
 Question for State Arkansas

ed among the states of the zone in proportion to the slack sold in each state. These essential war activities are now mholly supported by the state and Federal governments and private funds.
 After the plan had been endorsed by the Fuel Administrator at Wash ington, Mr. Couch called into confer ence at Little Rock. Mr. Couch called into conference at Little Rock admin istrators of the other. states of the distdict, all of whom concurred in the project. Dr. Garfield consented to the increased price only on condition that the total realization by the op- orators should not exceed what the total annual realization would have had the mines been able to sell all their slack under conditions and pric- es which prevailed prior to Jan 5, 1918. The question has not been that of an increase in realization for the producers, or an absorbtion of in- creased cost of operation, but an in- crease in the price of prepared sizes that would absorb the wastage of slack. The slack wasted or shipped in excess of the estimate by the opera tors has been paid for by the consum- CTS, who will cheerfullv pay the in crease under these conditions, since it is necessary to insure the operation of the mines to produce sufficient coal to meet their requirements.
 Been Fully Approved.
 To meet this situation squarely and effectively, the Arkansas plan has been authorized and put into effect. All slack in excess of the operators estimate of onethird is turned over monthly to the Fuel Administration, and if a market can be developed for it, the operators will be allowed 20 cents per ton for handling. The am- ount that would have been wasted, es- timated at two-thirds of the total, be- comes the property of the Fuel Ad- ministration, and when sold the pro- ceeds are to be. applied as already in dicated. The unsold slack is being stored at the mines for re-shipment as rapidly as a market may be found for it. At the end of each month, the amount of slack sold, if any, as load ed from the Bernice and Spadra field by the operators. above the one-third shipped for their own account is checked up and accounted for and re- mittance made to the depository bank less 20 cents per ton for commission The slack reclaimed from the storage piles is to be sold at the Government price on the basis of 50 per cent to the operators for the expense of storing, retaining and selling, and 50 per cent to the account of the Fuel Administration. Some of the mines have not disposed of their one- third so far, while others haxe exceeded it The fifteen mines of the district are all working full time under the new arrangement. and aside from the con. dition regarding the slack, their only difficulty is in securing an adequate supply of cars to facilitate the move
 ment.
 Can Be Used. ..... The Fuel Administrator calls atten, tion to the faoc that it has been suc- cessfully demonstrated that anthra- cite slack can be burned to advantage and a considerable saving of fuel cost jby providing boilers with special grates and blowers. The slack is high