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The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

I. Mckinley and R. J. Barr, in the coal business in Fort Smith, spent Tuesday in the city, trying to buy a large steam boiler for use in their hnsinpss.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

F. M. Reeves. mailing clerk at the postoffice, has been on the sick list for several days, and is taking a part of his annual vacation.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

Raymond Rork, who was called in the selective draft and was to go out with the contingent on September 1, came in Monday from Nebraska and at once left for Camp Pike. He was unable to answer the call earlier.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

A l. Connery. travelling auditor for the Commonwealth Public Service Company; with headquarters at Mus kogee. is spending few days in Mena in checking up the business of the company. e.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12

Mrs. Bert Whitaker of Oklahoma City arrived Monday and will visit among relatives around Mena.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
UNCLE SANS FORESTS HELP
Afford Grazing This Year for 100000
More Cattle and Sheep Than
in Past Seasons.

As a war emergency measure. Uncle
Sans forest ranges have been car
ryin- this year approximately 100000
more cattle and 100000 more sheep
than In ordinary years. Ordinarily the
national forests furnish pasturage for
about SoO. 600 cattle and horses and
1900. 900 head of sheep.
The number Of live stock permitted
In the forests is limited in order TO
prevent damage 10 timber growth. wa
ter supplies and the range itself. This
yrar exceptional weather conditions
combined with the general food situa-
ton to create an unusual emergency.
A severe winter and late spring ex-
haustcd the hay supply and forced use
Of the spring ranges before they had
reached their normal state. To lessen
the losses which the Western livestock
industry faces. the national forest
ranges were opened early and the num-
her Of stock permitted for the season
was raise ia the maximum consistent
with Safeguarding future productive
ness.
II is beloved by the grazing experts
"f the government that the emergency
increases made can be taken care Of
1T least this year. without material
sacrifice OF productive capacity.
While the grazing officials do NOT
think that the increase could he CIR.
Rid Indefinitely without serious dam
age 10 the forage. regulated grazing
has brought about steady improve
ment Of the range and some areas will
probably hc able Ia support the larger
Numbers permanently.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
HOW TO CURE FLAT FEET
Turning Toes In, and Other Simple
Remedies Offered to Applicants
BY Uncle Sans Physicians

Owing to the number Of otherwise
splendid applicants rejected from I'm
Gle Sans Marine corps for fiat feet.
Marine Corps examining physicians
have issued the following simple exer-
cises and pointers. which If followed,
they say, will remedy that ailment:
During exercises at all times turn
the toes in.
Walk with toe of each foot pointing
to the front; in straight line. If pos
Sble.
Stand with toes turned in; raise
body on toes slowly as high as pos
sble. Rest second, then with weight
of body borne on toes lower slowly
down to floor. and repeat.
When in the house in stocking feet
walk on toes. heels not touching the
floor and toes turned In.
When sitting cross the legs, the foot
always resting on the outer sides.
The wearing of broad toe shoes with
the metal "arch supporter" absolutely
abandoned also Is advocated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
PLATINUM FOUND IN ALASKA
Discovery IL Of Especial Interest to
Uncle Sam In Connection With
War Needs Of the Allies.

Discovery Of platinum In Alaska
by DR.. Herschel G. Parker Of New
York and others has aroused Uncle
SAINTS agencies to tho greatest activ-
ity in the hope Of finding sufficient
quantities Of precious metal to meet
the war needs of the allies. -Four
government experts have been as
signed to study the Alaskan situation
and report II the discoveries may re-
plenish the platinum supply cut of
recently by the virtual cessation of
activities In the Ural mountain
mines, the source Of the worlds
greatest supply. Intensive operations
would follow a favorable report, for
the true condition. 1t is declared, can
not be determined before next year.
BY which time the present short sup
DIV will be very nearly exhausted.
War uses Of platinum include the
making of sulphuric acids and the
completion of contact points of the
ignition system Of airplanes. auto
mobiles and telephone and telegraph
Instruments. Substitutes have been
found for 1t In the making of sulphu-
rio acids, but 1t Is almost indispen-
sable for other uses.
So acute is the world shortage that
Il has advanced from S45 to sos an
ounce since the beginning of the war.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Hardwood Floors Darkened.

Floors that turn dark from OilinG
generally need to be scraped. Some
times paint or varnish remover.
bought at 81 paint shop. IS used first
One hOusekeeper improved dis
colored floor by scrubbing it hard. us
ing naphtha soap and adding washingi
soda to the water. She did only q
small piece ut a time, using one of the
small wOOden-backed nail-brushes with
very hard bristles. Cracks can be
filled with a mixture Of sawdust aud
glue. This can be darkened with .
little burnt lumber to match the floor,
In mixing use water 20 parts, glue one
part and sawdust as necessary. An
other filler is a pulp made from news
papers torn up and pounded into a
flour and water paste. 1t hardens b
the cracks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
JAPAN USES OLD OIL CANS
Ingenuity Of Orientals on Pacific Coast
Stirred by Scarcity and Rising
Prices Of Tin Plate.

The present obligation to apply to
Uncle Sam for licenses 10 export all
products containing tin has brought
to light q very interesting Testimonial
to the ingenuity of the japanese. For
some time it has been the custom for
Japanese merchants to utilize the five
gallon cans in which American firms
send petroleum products to the far
East to ship vegetable oils 10 this
country. At the end of this. second
Journey the cans usually FOUND rest
ing place in Puget Sound. the vege-
table oils being emptied into tank cars
for overland transportation.
With the rising prices of tin plate
and the difficulty Of getting Ii for other
than food preservation uses japanese
merchants on the West coat conceived
the possibility of putting these cans
to work again. A trial BOT was pur-
chased, the tops and bottoms were re-
moved, the bodies slit 50 as to save
cargo space. and the lOs shipped back
to japan. The cans were sold TO man
ufacturers of toys, export cases (fOr
lining), bottle caps and dust pans
They were also sold for roofing pur-
poses. The trial having proven sue
cessful, it is needless to say that no
more Of these cans are thrown into
Puget Sound.
If Japanese manufacturers can util-
ize these old cans after paying freight
across the Pacific. why can not Amer
lean manufacturers do likewise? This
Is the question Uncle Sans CONNER
cial experts are asking. The cans may
be bought for about cents apiece, or
So IA ton. They have been sold at
500 ton. f. o. b. Seattle, while the
ultimate consumer In Japan is known
10 have paid as much as $50 ton for
the cans delivered at his factory.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
JUNGLE FARM OF so Ac
Only Ranch In World Wher4.
Are Produced for Exclusive
Of Wild Animals.

. On a large tract of ground
outskirts of New Yo{k city tn
the only farm in 7 e world
crops are raised fqr the excl
use Of wild animals.
Little Is known EVEN in the m
oils, about this curious jungle |
yet it covers about fifty acres
has been in existence for some.
1t has gradually become a vet
clearing house for foodstuffs for
than 5000 captive beasts, birds
reptiles hailing from all parts 0
world, who now live as one 7
family In the fine New York n
Cal park.
Until the establishment Of tn
the provision of q bOuntiful and
menu which would satisfy tn.
dents of the zoo and keep them
health the year round, was
difficult matter. particularly in !
but the products of the farT1
solved this problem PERFECTLY.
only do these include corn,
beets, cabbages, turnips. potatol
other good things that delight
petite of vegetarians among the
folks, but the needs OF the cernl
beasts are also locked after.
purpose, the farm contains seve
breeding houses In which are I
large quantities Of chickens, ra
guinea pigs. rats, white mice, pit
squads and pigs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
HOT SPRINGS CHANGE COLOR
Various Hues OF Continuous Streams
Of Boiling, SureIng Foam at
Uncle Sans Wonderland.

Returning tourists from Yellowstone
bring word that Mammoth hot springs,
one Of the most unusual formations in
side Uncle Sans wonderland, Is rap
idly changing color. They were unable
to account for the phenomena
Like innumerable other antics going
on underneath the earth's surface, such
rs geysers and boiling basins, the hot
springs have for pears been surdng
forth continuous streams of boiling,
surging foam. But the color of the for
nation heretofore has remained the
same. However, various hues have
appeared, much to the establishment of
visitors.
The famous paint pots. rich in col
ors. are declared to he even more bril-
liant than before, indicating that the
underSurface changes are not confined
alone to the rustic springs five miles
inside the northern entrance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

The romance Of the air." writesi
aviator Of some experience, "is
ferelft thing from mascots and sup
stitions. 1t Is not bound up In Z
machines. 1t is something deep do
I'm Its own grim and callOus sell. tt
who know it best acknowledge II le
And the pilots themselves-d0
speak Of a ''lucky" or an 'unluc>
pilot? Never. They speak only of
good" pilot or bad" one. The o.
time man is told he Is lucky is w
he has failed to break his neck desp
bad plotting. Flying is a cruel m
tress. Only a pilot knows what 81.
does to a pilots heart. Where are tn
young pilots? At the airdromes learn
ing to fly. They are nowhere elsf
But bound up in the romance there !
q pride that only a pilot can know. I
Is the pride of the self-dependent"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Uncle Sam Biggest Horse Owner.

Uncle Sam Is or soon will be the
worlds largest horse owner. For his
army he will have for one year 69O56
light artillery horses, 12,176 to haul the
22,738 for lile officers and S4.O44 for
siege guns, 1SO.24O for the cavalry regi-
ments already in service or forming.
22,73S for line officers and $4,000 for
enlisted men who will act as mounted
infantry or on other missions. For
the staff officers there will be provided
IL ,429 horses. Mules will be used al
most exclusively for draft purposes
and the total win exceed 10000. To
brand "U. s." on the flank Of all these
animals there are 3,4OO branding irons.
The horses and mules will eat at least
1.561.152 tons Of hay and haul G.. 300
wagons.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
CHESTNUT TREES DYING.
Will Have Disappeared in Two
Years, Says Uncle Sam.
Blight Has Struck Forests and Caused
Damage Amounting to Many
Millions Of Dollara

Have you noticed how scarce chest
nuts are this year, just when we need
them to help out the meager food sup
ply? The American chestnut tree
dear to poets, humorists and epicures
of this cOuntry-is afflicted with q
blight. The department of agriculture
gives 1t just two more years.
A few years ago our chestnut for
ests were worth more than $5O.OO0.-
700; now they are worth hardly half
u million, writes Frederic ]. Haskin.
The department of agriculture has
very recently made some experiments
which seem to establish some hope for
chestnuts If not for the chestnut tree.
Inasmuoh as the blight which Is de-
stroying the chestnut tree crept into
this country from China, the scientists
Of the department Of agriculture made
investigations In that country. They
found that In both China and Japan
there were chestnut trees-of q differ
ent species from ours-that were I'M
mune to this blight. One of them Is
q short bush with large nuts not as
sweet or as tender as American chest
nuts. The other IL q tall hardwood
tree whose nuts are not edible at all.
DR.. van Fleet one Of the experts Of
the bureau Of plant industry. made
some interesting experiments. He
crossed the bushy Chinese chestnut
with the American chinQuapin, and
got q nut much like our own disap-
pearing chestnut. This appeared to
solve the question 80 far as nuts were
concerned. but the new tree did not
make up for the loss In timber. So
the chinQuapin was also crossed with
the other variety and the result was Q
tree with all the timber value Of the
American chestnut.
The chestnut and the chestnut tim
Der thus may be saved. The original
tree, however, win be lost. Moreover,
the new trees win have to be carefully
cultivated IL they are to retain their
value.
OF course. a. In all experiments Of
this kind, 1t L. just possible that cross-
Ing Of the ChinQuapin and the Chinese
varieties may turn out to be o failure.
We may yet je the chestnut entirely.
But PROF sor Corbett, chief Of the
p0mol0gical division Of the bureau Of
plant industry, thinks not He BE-
neves the time will come when we
may again gather chestnuts and fence
posts with the ease Of yore
The scarcity In chestnutS this year
Is q disappointment to many, who
were counting upon them az food. The
food value Of the chestnut Ii high,
somewhat the same as meat. Mem
bers Of the hobo fraternity have been
known to live on them for days. All
other American nuts are expensive.
The walnut. the pecan and the hickory
nut were never a. plentiful a. chest
nuts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
CERTAIN FOODS NEEDED
Different Substances Are Condu-
Give to Good Health.
Uncle Sans Nutrition Specialists
Point Out the Proper Diet for
Adults and Children.

Adults and children must get sew
eral different substances from the food
they eat or they will miss something
which Is essential to bodily efficiency
and health, according to the nutrition
specialists Of Uncle Sans department
Of agriculture. The housewife, there
fore, who plans her meals or attempts
to save money on food without some
knowledge of these substances and OF
the five simple groups Of foods which
supply them is very liable, say these
experts, to omit from her meals some
food essentials for the growth Of chill
dren or necessary to supply the family
with the energy they need for their
daily tasks.
1t Is further pointed out by the gov
eminent experts that attempted econ
omy which entirely omits certain foods
may well prove q very poor invest
ment, because Of its ultimate effect on
the well-being Of the household. Price.
individual preference for certain foods.
and even the fact that hunger Is salts
fed after q meal, are no safe guides.
Tomatoes, at 10 cents apiece In winter,
1t IL pointed out. are no more nutn-
tious than they are at cents q quart
In summer. A child might crave
much more sugar than would be good
for him. A bulky Diet Of potatoes or
bananas might make q person feel he
had eaten enough. but would not fur
nish him with the clements mat his
body needs.
To plan meals In the interest OF
family efficiency and economy at the
same time, the housewife fortunately
does not need to do elaborate sums In
calories or to have any intimate knowl.
edge of such terms as protein" or
Carbohydrates" All she needs to do.
1t Is said, Is to classify the food she
uses into seven simple household
groups.
The substances which the specialists
find are needed In the daily diet to
maintain the body may be grouped
under seven heads: Mineral sub
stances, protein, starches. sugars, fats,
cellulose and certain little-known, but
very important growth-stimulating sub
stances.
The mineral substances, such as lime
salts, compounds Of phosphorus, iron.
and others, are supplied largely BY
vegetables, the experts say. They serve
the body as building material. tend to
counteract acidity In the body tissues
and fluids and are useful in other
ways.
Protein, a substance supplied by
meat or meat substitutes, including
milk. is a very important fuel and
bodybuilding material. 1t provides an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to form
body tissues not only during growth In
childhood, but also to make good the
wear and tear Ct use In persons Of any
age, thus keeping the body In repair
as it were. Absence of foods supplying
protein would give a diet lacking in
bodybuilding materials.
1t Is further pointed out that differ
ent kinds of starch. sugar, and fat are
important fuels of the body.
The last group Of substances Is pres
ent In very minute quantities. These
minute quantities are believed, how
ever, to be vital,y important to the
body because of their effect In promot-
ing growth in the young and keeping
the body well.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Freak Hickory Tree.

An odd-shaped hickory tree grew G
the ]. III. Bowersox farm about mil
from Goheenville, Pa, on the plot
ground owned by the Lutheran chure
situated on the Bowersox farm. 1t Is
freak growth, singular curiosity
resembles large hook, the limbs
the tree are all on the under side
the extreme point of the hook, wheI-
they grew out and up in the peculiar
manner. The tree is about "a feet
high to the top part of the hook, or
in other words the elbow formed by
the bO!e.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Pig in Every Household,
Is Uncle Sans Desire.

You may keep the pig in the
parlor" or any where else
around the place and please
Uncle Sans department Of az
riculturc.
Pork is so high, the depart
mcnt says, and hog feed so ex-
pcnsive, that Il shortage threat
ems. All hOuSehOlders wher-
ever possible are urged to keep
ut least one pig. The depart
ment does not say whether its
request extends IN people living
in apartment houses. 1t Is an
nounced. however, that if every
American householder will train
pet pig To gobble up household
garbage and grow fat, the world
will lie made safe for pork
sausage.
The department warns there
i no alternative-there simply
must be more pigs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
$50 100000 Waste in Enns

Tho great American hen Is doin- hnr
mart 70 make the world safe for dem
"cr1cy by furnishing a share Of the
fool f"r This country and IFS allies.
hut ShMHoOo worth of eggs are WAIST
80 through c0r''eSSucSS every wear.
9r'o"din" - Uncle Sans d-partmcnt
't agriculture, and thc food admins
ration has set itself to conserve this
supply.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
WARsHIPS MUST HAVE ARR
Ventilation 10 Secured Through Water
tight Trunks, Which Are Con-
tinued Up to Weather Deck.

One of the most difficult pro
In building a modern battleshi. ..
secure satisfactory ventilation,
the Minneapolis Journal. A shl
such a complicated thing. made ny
many steel boxes, large and small. for
the accommodation of officers, men.
coal, ammunition and stores; dotted
ders, automatic lifts. steel bulkheads,
and watertight doors, varied here and
there by miles Of electric wires be-
longing to lights, telephones, bells and
motors, to say nothing Of the endless
mileage of pipes Cor flooding, drain
ing, pumping. fresh water, fresh air
or compressed air, and speaking tub
First in importance comes the
tilating Of the boiler and engine TO-
When you begin to think Of the g
of coal black demoas working ava
the bowels of the ship at temp
ture Of 12O degrees; when. too. 20,
commence to realize that unless The
furnaces receive their requires
draught the speed of the battleship
drops to below that Of her sisters IN
the squadron, you appreciate the in
portance Of steam driven fans to the
furnaces and boiler rooms. The sup
ply Of air comes down through large,
watertight trunks which are continued
right up to the weather deck. armore6
gratings being provided at the protects
i've deck.
For ventilating engine rooms, large
electric fans are employed. So, too.
the coal bunkers have to be ventilated.i
owing to the gas which the coal gives
off. This gas, when mixed with air.
forms an explosive; so. In order ~
prevent a possibility Of injury to men
or ship, a supply and an exhaust pipA
are fitted In such a manner ~ -
cause q current Of air.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
How to Tell the Rank
OF American Officers.

You can tell the rank Of an
American army officer by know
ing that:
A second lieutenant has an
epaulette with no bar.
"A first lieutenant has an epau-
lette with one white bar.
A captain has an epaulette
with two white bars.
A major has an epaulette With
q gold maple leaf thereon.
A lieutenant colonel has an
epaulette with a silver maple
leaf.
A colonel has an epaulette
with a silver spread eagle there
on.
A brigadier general has an
epaulette with one silver star.
A major general has an epau-
lette with two silver stars.
A lieutenant general has an
epaulette with three silver stars.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
SAVING, OF COAL
MUST BEGIN NOW
Uncle Sans Bureau of Mines
Says Householder Wastes
Much Fuel.
MAKES PLEA FOR ECONOMY
Ten Per Cent Of Production, or co.
100000 Tons, Can Be Saved at
Once by Proper Consider.
alton.

The householder must realize that
when he throws shovelful Of an
thracite coal into his furnace its value
Is equivalent to half pound of sugar.
or half loaf Of bread, or half pint
Of milk"
That IL the statement Of Van. II.
Manning, director Of Uncle Sans blu.
reau Of mines.
The householder must, therefore,
appreciate that 1t Is worth while to ex-
anime his house and to overhaul his
heating equipment" says Mr.. Manning.
weather strips, double windows. pipe
coverings. clean flues and chimneys,
and tight fittings In ash pits. doors,
hampers and furnace parts will all
pay. Damper control is one Of the
chief secrets Of economical heating.
Clean heating surfaces are most essen
tal, as SCOT Is a poorer conductor of
heat than asbestos. Care, attention
and taking pains will be the greatest
factors In saving domestic COAL"
Have Always Wasted Coal.
Mr.. Manning said that about 20 per
cent Of the 6OO,OOO,OOO tons Of coal
mined In the United States is used for
house heating and that it is shOveled
by more than fifteen million people.
Americans have been as wasteful
Of coal as Of other resources" cOntin-
ued Mr.. Manning. largely because
coal has been abundant. To many
consumers it has seemed hardly worth
while to give time and thought to the
saving of coal. Conditions have sud.
denly changed. Today it is everybody's
business to save coal. Coal is the
foundation stone Of industry. Without
II the production Of equipment for war
must halt. One mans careless and
wasteful use may mean an idle factory
or a cold house for his neighbor. With
the world looking to us largely for its
coal supply, with increased demands
at home, with a scarcity Of available
labor. with Overtaxed transportation
facilities. the consumer of coal must
pause and give serious consideration
to the problem which confronts the
country"
Must Begin Saving At Once.
IF the people can be reused to an
intelligent consideration of the burn
ing Of coal. they can begin to save 10
per cent Of the production, or 6O.OOO.-
600 tons, at once. With more effort.
thorough instruction and q moderate
remodeling Of coal-burning equipment,
which could all be accomplished dur
ing the war, a further considerable
saving could be made.
"The possible saving when present
practice is compared with the best
ideal practice is very large. If it were
possible to supply the need of this
country for light, heat and power
through the highest type Of mechanical
devices, and If we could make a
skilled user out of the average user.
we could probably get along with half
as much coal as we are now consum-
ing. This ideal is far beyond present
realization. We cannot scrap all out
Ofdate power plants. We must start
with doing the best with what we
have. We must begin saving coal at
once"