Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-06

PHOENlX, Feb. l.-"All red tape has been cut and everyone in Wash ington has cut loose with determina- ton to do his utmost toward win ming the war. The nations capital is sure one busy beehive of war activ- ity these days. Dollar-a-year men to humblest workers in every depart ment are at it feverishly from early morning to late at night. all seeming ly imbucd with the same idea of WE MUST WIN and all working with the same splendid enthusiasm which spells success"
 This is the impression brought home from Washington by George H, Smalley, executive secretary of the federal food administration for Arizo. na, who represented this office at the recent conference of food administra tors for the several States.
 This conference was called for the purpose of clearing up many perplcx- ing problems as to the enforcement of the food control act and to out line the work for the coming year." explained NIT. Smalley today, and with all others in attendance I feel that the inspiration which comes from association of common interests and the coming in touch with the master ly personality of Mir. Hoover repaid hundred-fold the inconvenience of breaking our way through the east crn snow and ice to attend the ses- sions.
 "In addition to attending the meet ings part of our education was to peep into every phase of war activ- ity and every means to make this an easy task was placed at our disposal
 Startling progress is being made along inventive lines. The new wire less telephone has been perfected to such remarkable degree that it is now possible for the human voice to carry through space without the aid of wire to the Panama canal and Hawaii and daily talks arc exchanged with Paris. The experimentors arc now perfccting the same method of communication with Tokyo, Japan Of more practical value in warfare, perhaps, is the adaptation of new discovery which will allow an air plane so high in the air that it cam not be seen with the naked eye to wireless message to the intelligence station below, and in the same way two CT more machines in the air can communicate with ono another with ir a radius of several hundred feet, the vibrations of the engines having been entirely overcome by American genius.
 As an indication of the swiftness with which new problems arc met as soon as they arise: The Germans have invented new gas. It is color less and odorless and more deadly than any ever used by them before, it is said. The American answer is a delicate instrument placed in front of the trenches which with uncanny accuracy detects the approach of the gas as it steals over No-man's land, and gives instant alarm so that the gas masks may be donncd in time to prevent wholesale slaughter.
 "Thc deadly submarine is now met with an American device which de- tocts its presence at great depth and allows depth bomb to De deposited with unfailing fatality to the enemy.
 And with all this progress in the line of invention, actual production | increasing at a rate that can hard ly be comprchended. The Liberty engines are proving big success and airplanes equipped with them arc be- ing turned out by the thousands. Great Britain has placed an order for 1000 . airplanc engines to equip machines which will have a minimum speed of l50 miles an hour The daily wal we were told, is equal in dollars and cents 10 the combined daily production of all the railroads in the United States. On my re- turn our train passed through the munitions districts of Pennsylvania. In one of the yards shells were piled as far as the eye could reach on both sides of the track and it took the train some minutes to pass through this particular sea of shells
 Referring to new food conservation plans, Smallcy said: The addition of another wheatless day will soon be made. This has been made an ab- solute necessity by virtue of the fact that in the face of an apparent short age in the wheat crop to be harvested next summer. the government has to deliver to the allies l00,- 100000 bushels of wheat to keep them going over there.
 One thought which the general public does not seem 10 have graspcd II this connection is that every pound ,f wheat furnished our associates in he war means the saving of Amcri- an life. It was pointed out to us hat the clearly defined policy of this |