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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25

crete and 70 Be formed by filling IN
tubular or spongy mass with rub
Der But he had searched high and
70 wfor the proper base. without sue
cess. He had tried various metals
and everything else ne could think Of;
but none OF them added strength 70
the rubber without a disproportionate
sacrifice Of elasticity. And there the
matter rested when the man with the
idea stumbled across what he insists
: the largest single waste product
that remains untitled
This product is fish-scale. In the
case Of one or Two less common varie-
ties Of fish. II has been customary 70
make an artificial pearl from the
scale But with this exception. the
vast amount Of scale removed from
fish IN eanneries and wholesale mar
ketS and retail stores has been an alb
Solute waste. with noe even q sug-
gestion Of q possible utilization Like
flue- gases and culm heaps before the
by-product engineer got hold Of them.
It has been actually a nuisance which
had 70 De go out OF the way with
as little expense as possible
when this state OF affairs came
TO his attention. our man got a sup
ply OF fish-scale. and Investigated its
structure and properties-purely by
second nature. because It was a waste
product. But when he found that II
was a cellular mass Of tubular Struc-
ture. as resilient as rubber but much
tougher. and that il made no differ
ence Al all what kind Of a fish that
IL came from. MS interest in II ceased
TO be one based on general principles.
He al once tried IL out as a base for
his cherished Reinforced rubber. and
found that It worked Ike q charm; it
made the rubber tougher without rob
hing il Of its elasticity.
This Of itself would have been
sufficiently pleasing: but the final
contamination. which came later. by
sheer accident, made it look Ike the
proverbial three tenth Of a dollar
Rubber IS hardened or vulcanized. by
treating ii with sulphur To make a
long story short, the inventor discov-
cred that fish-scale would take the
same treatment. with the same result.
So far he has rubberized his fish-scale
and got a tough, elastic fabric; he can
vulcanize the combination and get a
hard. tough, elastic fabric.
He has accordingly taken out as
broad patent protection as he could in
duce his Uncle Samuel TO give him.
and IS now busily engaged in finding
out Just how far he can 90 in the rub
Der business with his new material.
The most exhaustive tire tests have
had no effect upon his optimism save
to increase it; and indeed, when a
man begins 10 talk about a rubber
that shall be far harder and far tough
er than rubber mas ever before been
made. without loss Of resiliency it
would seem that he has Something to
talk about"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25

In connection with an item in last
weeks Echo, it should have been
stated that Merritt Hegler was re-
iected for admission to the Washing
ton university military school he
cause he was suffering from an at
tack Of rheumatism from which he
since recovered and was afterwards
accepted. and is now enrolled in the
university school.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25

FOR SALE-Shzfting, hangers
and uulleys. Gail az Echo ONCE
jan 2Stf pd
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25
SAVE THE KHAKI FOR SOLDIERS

Civilians are asked not to wear
khaki-colored worsteds, which are so
much needed for our soldiers. The
ouartermasters corps of the army is
making this request, and this depart
ment is backed up by the American
Association of Wooden and Worsted
manufacturers. The civilian wearing
of soldier cloth is at best an exhibit
ton of bad taste.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25

So far we have had no winter
weather. The temperature has been
unusually mild so far. Only two or
three frosty mornings. If We needed
a reminder that winter was on the
way il was evident in the white night
caps on the nearby peaks a few
mornings past.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25
RECONSTRUCTION PRESENTS
MANY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS

1t has been evident ever since the
war began that the United States is
undoubtedly going to modify its past
policy in regard to large combinations.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-25

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The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01
MERCY MUNITIONS
{. NEEDED IN TRENCHES
Lieut.. Coninssby Dawson, Fiuht-
Ing Author, Makes Stirrinu
Appeal for Y. w. C. A.

Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, who wrote
"Carry On" says Of the war work
which the Y. w. @. A. is doing: "You
at home cannot nght with your lives
but you can fight with your mercy
The I. w. @. A. is offering you Just
this chance. 1t garrisons the women's
support trenches, which lie behind the
men'A It asks you to supply them
with munitions Of mercy that thew
may be passed on to US. We need
such supplies badly. Give generously
that we may the sooner defeat the
Hun"
What Lieut.. Dawson says Of the Y
W. G. A. he might have said of all the
national organizations which are com.
ing together for the biggest financial
campaign that organizations have ever
headed. All the $17O, 100000 to be
raised by the seven great national or
ganizations the week of November II
will be used to garrison and supply
the support trenches behind the lines.
They are the Y. NJ. G. A., the Y. W.
G. A., the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil, Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library Association, War Camps Com
munity Service and Salvation Army.
American girls In various uniforms
mingle strangely with picturesque
Brittany costumes in France. The
American Y. w. G. A. has a hostess
house in Brittany where the Signal
Corps women live and a hut where
the nurses spend their free time. Both
these centers are fitted with many of
the comforts and conveniences of
home.
"At q tea given at the nurses hut
one Saturday afternoon" writes Miss
Mabel Warner, Of Salina, Kansas, Y.
w. G. A. worker there, there was an
odd gathering-one admiral, bishop,
a Presbyterian minister, Roman
Catholic priest, doctor, an ensign,
one civilian and myself"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

AS the result of information reach
ng the State Department of Agri-
culture, regarding the very extensi-
ge demand for cotton seed meal,
Commissioner J. ]. Brown suggests
that farmers, in disposing of their
seed, do not loose sight of the i'm
oortance of contracting for their sup
plies of meal, needed for stock food
or other purposes. Cotton seed meal
is not only one of the cheapest Of
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01
First Victory Boys Work.

"Say, I'm wi9e to you. all right" a
Western Union messenger boy whis-
pered to one of the directors of the
United War Work Campaign in the
New York headquarters. The direc-
tors desk had only just been moved
in aud the work Of the big drive had
har lily begun.
I'm onto your stunt" the boy went
on as he swung a grimy fist over the
desk; you're goin' to give us fellows
that amt old enough to go to war a
chan"e to earn an give to back up
fighter an help win the war. Listen;
I'm in on this"
The crumpled S. bill he dropped on
the desk made him the 6rst of "a mil
lion boys behind million fighters"
who are to be lined up as Victory Boys
during the week Of the drive.
There will be division Of Victory
Girls, too, and every boy and every
girl enrolled will have to earn every
dollar he or she gives to the war work
fund.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

Georgia will have an opportunity
on November 18th to 18th to promote
the army welfare services of the
seven organizations which compose
the United War Work Campaign.
Realizing that the American army is
cne army of heroic men fighting
ulder-to-shoulder and hat one
general plan of valuable welfare
work is followed by the seven organ
izations, regardless of denominationa
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01
SERVICE THAT wins
The SOLDIER HEART
Fred LoCkIey, Y. M. c. A., Tells OF
the Gratitude of the Boys /
at the Front. !

"One Of the discoveries men are
making over here" Fred LOckley, OF
the Y. M. G. A. and of Portland, Ore
gop, writes from London, ''is that
ing than getting. Many man who
has spent money freely in the old days
to buy pleasure Is finding that he gets
more pleasure over here by the spend
ing of ones self in the service Of others
"A few months ago 1 went out with
a fellow Y. NJ G. A. secretary to hunt
up ut-of-the-way detachments OK
troops A stable guard here, ma
chine gun company there, platoon
somewhere else We carried our
goods In an automobile. We had
plenty of writing paper and envelopes
for free distribution, and chocolate
cookies, chewing tobacco and smoking
tobacco, cigarettes, razor blades
tooth paste and things of that kind for
sale. American war service workers
were busy everywhere. We found Sal"
walton Army lassies making doughnuts
for the boys and X. Of G. secretaries
giving help. Books furnished by the
American Library Association were to
be seen on all sides.
Hearing firing at a distance. we
drove down the road and found Il
score or so of men at machine gun
practice. The officer gave the men
half an hour recess to buy goods
"At another place we came in signt
OF a lieutenant drilling a platoon
said to the lieutenant: How soon De-
fore you dismiss the company We
have Y. NJ G. A. goods for sale
"He said: Right now. Sergeant
dismiss the company!
"And ten seconds later the company
was in line waiting to buy goods from
our travelling ~ Grateful Is no name
for it. The men cant do enough 10
show their gratitude"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

or nondenominational origin, they
have been required to unite in one
campaign for funds by the War De-
partment, with the approval of Presi-
dent Wilson, and the endorsement of
the National Council of Defense.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

ammoniate fertilizers. 1t may be of
value for Georgia farmers to bear
these facts in mind when planning to
dispose of their seed.
Send your soldier book or
magazine through the United War
Work Fund. Subscribe today.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

William Farnum in "The Rainbow
Trail" at The Strand on Tuesday,
Nov. 5th. Also Fatty Arbuckle.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-11-01

The United War Work Fund vii.
rot buy single bullet. 1t buys
smiles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
The German Dye Trade.

American manufacturers not only
have met the domestic demands for
aniline dyes hitherto supplied exclu-
sively by Germany, but are building a
rapidly growing export trade. A state
ment by the bureau Of foreign and do
nestle commerce says the United
States, the only country to accomplish
the feat, has succeeded In establishing
since the war began a successful in
dustry capable of meeting the color re-
quirements Of it's own manufacturers
of textiles. paper, paints, leather,
straw, inks, stains, varnishes and
wakes, and Of handling orders from
abroad. Exports now are being made
ut the rate Of $4,693,756 annually.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

inasmuch as It affected himself. Rare
ly had combined action been necessary.
and never in all the dreary history OF
the camp had the eighth article of the
Decalogue been violated.
Big Jim Belden called an lmpromptu
meeting. Scruff Mackenzie was placed
as temporary chairman and messen-
ger dispatched to solicit Father Rou-
beau's good offices. Their position was
paradoXical and they knew it. BY the
right of might could they interfere to
prevent the duel, yet such action, while
in direct line with their wishes, went
counter to their opinions. While their
rough hewn. obsolete ethics recognized
the individual prerOgative of wipinS
out blow with blow, they could not
bear to think of two good comrades
such as BEETLES and McFane meeting
in deadly battle. Deeming the man
who would not fight on provQcation
bastard, when brought to the test 1t
seemed wrong that he should fight.
But a scurry of moccasins and loud
cries, rounded off with a pistol shot,
interrupted the discussion. Then the
storm doors opened and Malemute Kid
entered. a smoking Colts in his hand
and merry light in his eye.
IL got him" He replaced the empty
shell and added. "Your dog, Scruf.
yellow Fang?" Mackenzie asked.
mo; the lop cared one
THE devil! Nothing the matter with
him.
Come out and take look"
That's all right, after all. Guess
he's got 'em too. Yellow Fang came
back this morning and took a chunk
out of him and came near to making
a widower of me. Made rush fol-
Zarinska. but she whisked her skirts
in his face and escaped with the los,
of the same and good roll in The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

glue to the paddles. It's many's the
time | shot the selfSame rifle before,
an it's many's the time after, but niv-
or wink of the same have l seen.
Twas the sight of lifetime
do tell" dryly commented BEETLES.
"D' We think Id b'lieve such yarn?
I'd ruther say the glister of lightd
gone to your eyes an the snap Of the
air to your tongue"
Twas me own eyes that beheld 1t,
an if Sitka Charley was here he'd be
the lad to back me-
But facts is facts, an they amt no
gittin' round 'em. 1t amt in the ma
ture of things for the water furtherest
away from tile air TO freeze first"
But me own eyes
Don't git het up over it, admon-
iShed BEETLES as the quick Celtic anger
began 10 mount.
Then yer not after belavin me-"
"Sence you're So blamed forehanded
about it. no. I'd b'lieve nature first
an facts
us it the lie ye'd be givin' me?'
threatened Lon. "Ye'd better be ask
in that Siwash wife Of yours. I'll lave
it To her, for the truth | spake.'
BEETLES fared up in sudden wrath.
The freshman had unwittingly wound
ed him. for his wife was the half
breed daughter of Russian fur trad
er. married To him in the Greek mis-
/ sion of Nulato. a thousand miles or So
/ down the Yukon. thus being of much
! higher caste than the common Siwash,
/ or native. wife. 1t was mere north
/ land nuance. which hone but the north
| land adventurer may understand.
Il reckon you kin take it that way,
was his deliberate affirmation.
| The next instant Lon McFane had
stretched him on the floor, the circle
! was broken up, and half dozen mel
had stepped between.
BEETLES came to his feet. wiping the
blood from his mouth. ut hain't new
this takin' an payin' Of blows. an
don't you never think that this will bt
squared
An niver in me life did l take the
lie from mortal man" was the rotor
courteous. AN it's an avil day III
not be to hand waitin' an willin' t.
help We lift yer debts, barrin' no man
ner of way"
still got that 1856"
Lon nodded.
But you'd better git more likel!
caliber. Mine'll rip holes through you
the size of walnuts."
"Niver fear. It's me own slugs smell
their way with soft noses. an They'll
spread like flapjacks against the com
in out beyand. An when'n have thu
pleasure Of waitin' on We? The waite
holes strikin' locality"
"'Tain't bad. Jest be there in al
hour, an you won't set long on m.
comm"
Both men mittened and left the post
their ears closed to the remonstrance
Of their comrades. 1t was such littl
thing, yet with such men little things
nourished by quick tempers and stub
born natures, soon blOssOmed into BIZ
things. Besides, the art Of burning +
bedrock still lay in the womb Of tn
future, and the men Of Forty Mile
shut in by the long arctic winter, grew
high stomached with Overeating an,
enforced idleness and became as irrita
BILE as do the bees in the fall Of tn
year when the hives are OverstOcke,
with honey.
There was no law in the land. TIL
mounted police was also thing Of tn
future. Each man measured an OF
Tense and melted out the punishment,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

M 4 HEN big jim lbclUcn NtilluTeI
Tfj the apparently innocuous
~ proposition that much ice
rlAA was rather pecoOlar" he lit
T. z.,->\ tie dreamed of what it would
E lead 10. Neither did Lon
Mci ane when he affirmed that an
Choir ice was even more So, nor did Bet
ties as he instantly disagreed, declar-
ing the very existence of such "a form
to be bugaboo.
An ye'd he tellin' me this" cried
Lon, after the years we've spint in
the land. An we eatin' out the same
pot this many's the day.
But the things agin reasOl." In
sisted BEETLES. Look you, waters
warmer than ice
An little the difference once ye
break through"
still it's warmer. because it amt
froZe. An you say it freezes on the
bOttOmI"
only the anchor ice David: only
the anchor ice. An have We niyer
drifted along. the water clear as glass.
whin suddin, belize a cloud over the
sun, the mushy ice comes bubblin' up
an up till from bank to bank an bind
to bind it's drapin' the river like a
first snowflake"
"Unh hunh, more'n once when took
n dOze at the steerin' oar. But it alus
come out the highest side channel an
not bubblin' up an up"
But with niver a wink at the helm
"No, nor you. It's agin reason. I'll
leave it to any man.
BEETLES appealed to the circle about
the stove. but the fight was on be-
tween himself and Lon McFane.
Reason or no reason, it's the truth
I'm tellin' We. Last fall year gone
twas Sitka Charley an meself saw the
sight, droppin' down the rifle yen re-
member below Fort Reliance. An reg
ular fall weather it was-the CLINT O.
the sun on the golden larch an the
quakin' aspens. an the glister OF light
on livery ripple. an beyand the winter
an the blue haze O. the north comm
down hand In hand. It's well we know
the same. with a fringe to the river
an the ice formin' thick i'm the eddies
an a snap an sparkle to the air. an
We a-feelin' it through all yer blood
a-takin' new lease of life with livery
suck OF it. IT'S then. me boy, the
world grows small an the wandther.
lust lays We by the heels.
but it's meself as wandthers. As
was sayin'. We a-paddlin', with nivel
a sign of ice barrin' that by the ed
dies, when the Injin lifts his paddle
an sings out: Lon McFane. look yt
below! So have heard, but niveI
thought to seey AS We know, Sitks
Charley, like meself, niver drew first
breath in the land. So the sight was
new. Then we drifted, with a head
over ayther side, perrin down through
the sparkly water, for the world like
the days 1 spint with the pearlers
watchin' the coral banks a-growin' the
same as SO many gardens under thu
sea. There IT was. the anchor ice
clingin' an clusterin' to livery rock
after the manner Of the white coral.
But the best Of the sight was Il
come. Just after clearin' the tail OF
the rifle the water turns quick thu
color Of milk, an the top Of it in wet
circles, as when the graylin' rise in thu
spring or there's splatter Of we
from the sky Twas the anchor ic'
comm up. To the right, to the lift
as far as liver man cud see, the wate
was covered with the same. An Xix,
so much porridge 1t was, slickin' alons
the bark Of the canoe, stickin' lik'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
AVOID POORLY KEPT SILAGE
Sheep Are Peculiarly Susceptible to
Moldy Feed-oats and Bran Are
Excellent

Sheep are peculiarly susceptible to
injury from moldy feed. Poorly kept
silage is therefore to be avoided. A
ration Of oats and bran makes an ex-
cellent feed for ewes with lambs at
their side. The flock should have &C
cess to water and salt at all times.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22

Of frost-little geOmetric designs, per-
feet. evanescent as breath. yet des-
tined to exist till the returning sun
had covered half its northern journey.
Both men had led forlorn hopes in
their time-led with curse or a jest
Oh their tongues and in their souls an
answering faith in the God of chancef
But that merciful deity had been shut
out from the present deal. They stud
led the face of Malemute Kid. but they
studied as one might the sphinx. AS
! the quiet minutes passed a feeling that
! speech was incumbent on them began
! to grow. At last the howl of a wolf
; dog cracked the silence from the d.
rection of Forty Mile The weird sound
sweled with all the pathos of Il break
ing heart. then died away in long
! drawn sob.
We'll I'll he DANCED" BEETLES turn
ed up the collar of his mackinaw jack
ct and stared about him helplessly.
Its gloryus game yer runnin'.
Kid" cried Lon McFane-"all the per-
! centage to the house an niver bit to
the man that's bucllin'. The devil
himself d niver tackle such cinch.
and d if do.''
There were chuckles. throttled in
gurgling threats. and winks brushed
away the frost which trimmed the eye
lashes as the men climbed the ice
notched bank and started across the
street to the post. But the long howl
had drawn nearer, invested with new
note of menace. A woman screamed
round the corner There was a cry of
Here he comes" Then an Indian
boy, at the head of half dozen fright
ened dogs. racing with death, dashed
into the crowd. and behind came Vel
low Fang. bristle of hair and flash
of gray. Everybody but the Yankee
fed. The Indian boy had tripped and
fallen. BEETLES stopped long enough to
grip him by the slack of his furs. then
headed for a pile of cordwoOd already
occupied by number of his comrades.
Yellow Fang. doubling after one of the
dogs. came leaping back. The fleeing
animal. free of the rabies. but craZed
with fright. whipped BEETLES off his
feet and flashed on up the street
Malemute Kid took flying shot al
Yellow Fang The mad dog whirled q
half air spring. came down on his back
then. with a single leap, covered hall
the distance between himself and Bet
ties.
/ But the fatal spring was intercepted
, Lon McFane leaped from the woodpile
countering him in midair. Over they
rolled, Lon holding him by the throa
at arms length blinking under thu
fetid SLAYER which sprayed his face
Then BEETLES, revolver in hand anC
cOolly waiting a chance. settled TIT
combat.
Twas a square game, KID LOr
remarked, rising to his feet and shak
ing the snow from out mis- sleeves
,, with fair percentage to meself tina
bucked it."
That night while Lon McFane sOugh
, the forgiving arms of the church. In tn
direction of Father ROubeau's cabin
= Malemute Kid and Scruff Mackenzi
talked long to little purpose.
A "But would yOu.' persisted Macken
zie, "suppOsing they had fOught!"
a Have l ever broken my word?'
/. mo, but that isn't the point. Ar
t swer the question. Would yOu?"
Malemute Kid Strengthened NJ
"Scruff, I've been asking myself tina
question ever since, and
"Wellw
e "Well, as yet haven't found the ar
q swer."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
Wheeled Pig Chute.

these wheels build n hog chute. such as
is shown here. and you will always
have a handy loading device and one
that can be pulled around over the
place wherever it is needed. This Is
better than building permanent load
ing chute near the hog lots, as the
permanent chute may be some distance
from the pens where the hogs are to
be loaded. If so, the wheeled chute
can be pulled over and set in place and
the wagons backed into place to re-
ceive the load.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
FEED FOWLS sPROUTED OATS
Enables Farmer to Reduce Grain Ra.
ton About observation-disclosures
Laying Of Hens.

Giving the hens once a day all the
sprOuted oats they want to eat, which
is about square inch Of sprouts, grain
and roots, enables one to reduce the
grain ration about one-third and there
by effecting saving In high-priceE
grain. Dat sprouts can be produced al
about 20 to % cents per bushel. while
the price Of wheat is about $500 per
bushel. 1t is also remarkable how
sprouted oats influence the laying Of
the hens. A change in. this respect can
be noticed within a few days after
sprOuted oats have been fed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-22
PROGRESS In Live Stock,

Progress In Live Stock.
Wonderful progress could be made In
live stock improvement II the increase
which undoubtedly will be made could
be obtained from purebred sires.