Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-01
Mild WINTER
GREAT HELP TO
COALCONSUNER

Coal Operators Also Assist.
ing Rules Issued for Con.
servation Of Coal Supply
Saving Tax Day Is Ap-
preaching.
State Fuel Administrator F. r.
Gooding at the beginning of the new
year feels that Providence has been
unusually kind to him and to the peo-
pie Of his state, and that through the
indulgence of Father Jupiter Pluvius
the problem Of keeping Idaho people
from suffering from winters pangs has
been shortened by fully two months.
Since the first of November it is
generally admitted that all parts Of
Idaho, the original home Of mild win
tiers for northern ATTITUDES, has sur
passed herself" says the administra-
tor. THE use Of coal and all other
fuels has been lessened by at least
one-half, and as a happy consequence,
although the fuel supply has fallen
much short of ordinary demands, 1t
has proved sufficient for the season.
With few notable exceptions no
cases of suffering from lack of coal
have been reported to him.
COAL OPERATORS HELPING.
THE coal operators in the Utah and
Wyoming fields during the past several
weeks have shown commendable de-
sire to help the fuel administration.
Without exception requests for emer-
gency shipments to supply dire needs
have been at once acceded to. An ef-
fort has been made by the railroad
company serving most Of the state to
keep cars moving. and there have been
fewer instances reported of cars ship
ped to definite points and dealers be-
ing confiscated by the railroads and
for other purposes, than have been re-
corded in the past.
USE OF NINE RUN COAL.
THE fuel administrator Is Just COM
mencing a propaganda among the peo-
pie of the state in advocacy of the use
of mine run coal, wherever such use
can be made profitable. The mine run
coal from the Utah and Wyoming
mines, 1t Is reported. contains both the
prepared sizes and the slack coal.
Those who have used 1t for ordinary
domestic use contend that with proper
care it is fully as satisfactory in re-
suits. The great advantage so far as
the consumer is concerned Is found in
the low price at which such coal can
be secured. In the case of mine run
1T
saving is 81 ton, while with the Utah
mine products the sale price Is 40
cents a ton less than for the prepared
sizes.
CONSERVING THE FUEL SUPPLY.
"A few simple rules have recently
been prepared to make coal go far
Their. 1t Is suggested by the fuel ad-
ministrator that all coal consumers.
either in stoves or furnaces, would do
well to read these rules carefully and
then paste them up az a continual re-
minder. These are the rules.
/. Keep the fire pot full. A thin
fire let's in too much cold air and most
of the heat goes up the chimney.
2. Keep your fuel bed reasonably
compact by using part fine coal. Cold
air goes tHIouSi pie VI VIZ humps
too freely.
(This Is one of the main reasons
why mine run coal is more economi-
cal than lump or other prepared sizes.)
8. Use the fine coal particularly for
banking over night and in mild
weather.
4. Restrain your fire: ta) BY put
ting on the damper and shutting off
part of the draft as soon as the fire
gets we'll under way: CD BY partially
banking with fine coal. A steady,
glowing fire (not a roaring fire. is the
kind that gives the most heat and
saves the most coal.
s. Keep the ashes we'll away from
under the CRATES.
6. Don't shake the fire In mild
weather. The ash produced is invalu-
able for slowing down your fire.
7. Don't shake the fire in cold
weather after sparks begin to fall into
the ash pit.
8. Keep your smoke damper choked
off as much az possible at all times.
Remember that smoke and dirt are al
ways wasteful.
SAVE A sHOvElFULL DAILY.
THE save a shovelfull of coal daily
campaign has been started throughout
the United States by the federal fuel
administration in Washington. 1t Is
commended by the coal experts that
such a saving can be made without
difficulty and that 1t would result in
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