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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
TURNING GARBAGE INTO FUEL
Experiments Made by Texas City
Would Seem to Have Solved Most
PerpIexing Problem.

Austin. Tex. has solved the prob
lem of garbage disposal in way that
is not only sanitary but profitable.
Forty Of the leading citizens formed a
company and made contract to re-
move all the city's refuse and garbage.
This is taken to a factory. where all
non-inflammable objects, such as bot
ties, iron and tin cans are removed.
What Is left is ground. mixed with
ground coal slack. steam and creosote
and nodded into bricks weighing two
pounds each. The brick sells at $3.50
thousand.
The University Of Texas analyst
tested the bricks for heat-producing
qualities and found that where oak
gave 5000 heat units the garbage
bricks gave 12.GO0. They burn equally
well in ranges, furnaces, bakery CRATES.
open CRATES and base burner stoves.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
DADIY'S[y[N|NG]
FAIRY TALE
THE FIRE CAT.
s. NAN @ABA1Rl4kR

- TAB" said Daddy, belonged to the
firemen OF an engine house. He was
great pet and everyone loved him.
as he had been with them since he had
been baby kitten.
Now 1t was only short time after
he had grown from kitten into a cat
that big fire broke out and the fire
alarm was sent TO the engine house.
TAB was alert and awake In a mo-
ment. Meow, meow he kept say
ing. And he saw the firemen hurryng
this way and that.
He had learned before hat'when
fire broke out the main thing for the
firemen 10 do was to hurry. No time
for petting then. Every minute count
ed, and as soon as Tab heard the fire
bell he went hurriedly to his own little
box and kept out of the way of the red
shifted men and the prancing white
horses.
They loved Tab for being so good
and every time after they came from
fire, Tab had special meal and was
told what a good cat he had been.
But this time that an alarm came
in he was really cat. and cat he told
himself should be able to do great
deal more than kitten.
He knew just where all the firemen
kept their things, their shoes, or boots.
and many of their other belongings.
1 shall help them now that have
grown to be cat said Tab.
He rushed this way and that, keep.
ing out Of the way of all the fremen.
so they could hurry and not be afraid
they would step on him. They loved
him so they would never hurt him, and
they had 10 hurry.
Tab knew this and so was most es-
pecially careful not TO get in their way
and he Kept from under the horses
feet. for he knew how excited they
always became as they were getting
ready to rush out to fire.
But while the firemen were getting
on their fire suits Tab rushed from one
To the other, carrying each fireman his
boots
You might have thought he would
have made mistakes. Boots look so
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
EIGHT SIMPLE RULES
FOR SAVING GASOLINE
Suggestions Made Are Principally
on Handling Car.
Carburetor Adjustment Of Great I'M
portanee and Should Not Be At
tempted by inexperienced
Owner-Oii Is Essential.

No matter what the car. or what It's
he will follow the simple suggestions
made by an engineer of n big automo-
bile concern. Most of them are mat
ter of handling the car. Here they
are-eight Of them:
Carburetor adjustment Is Of prime
or too lean will cause more gasoline to
be used in performing a given amount
of labor than correct mixture. But
don't attempt to adjust your carbure-
tor unless you know how.
Economical Speed.
Most cars have what may be termed
an economical speed. 1t ranges from
II to 20 miles per hour. When you
get above that speed the amount Of
gas used per mile increases.
Anticipate slowing up and stops.
Close the throttle and disengage the
clutch far enough ahead of the place
you want to stop so that very little use
Of the brake will be necessary. When
ever you use the brakes you destroy
momentum that has required gasoline
to create.
Accelerate gradually. 1t takes less
gas to do that than to reach fast gait
quickly.
Gas Makes No Showing.
Whenever you allow the engine to
run with the car standing you are US
ing up gas that doesn't make any show
ing on your odometer.
See that the brakes are properly adj
justed. Tight brakes cause friction
and friction takes power, and hence
gasoline, to overcome.
Good lubricating oil is also essen
tial TO gasoline economy.
Finally. tires should be properly in
fiated. Soft tires drag and require
more power to propel the car than
tires containing correct air pressure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

and library was left little aJar. She
was ready when the conversation be-
gan.
Your name Is Mr.. Bowser?' began
Mr.. Clay.
1T Is"
"Mr. Samuel Bowser1"
Eyes"
81 came on from Washington nj the
earnest request OF Secretary Daniels,
who Is bosom friend OF mine. The
government Is building for him ten
more battleships, and he wants your
advice as to how to handle them.
Could you go back with me to Wash
ington for a week or two?"
"Hum! Let me see! This is very
sudden. Mr.. Clay. Why did Mr.. Dan
iels select me to give him pointers?"
"He did not explain all to me-" re-
piled Mr.. Clay, ''but l think he heard
that you were an old salt and conse-
quently knew all about ships"
II may come to Washington week
or two later. I am willing to do any
thing to aid and assist the secretary
OF the navy. The president himself
did not send me any word, did he?"
"Not exactly. but he, of course, ex-
poets you will come. l am an old
salt myself, and together we can post
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

This note read that Mr.. Clay had i'm.
rortnnt business to discuss with Mr..
EOwser, and II was business that
couldn't wait until the morrow. Mrs.
Eowser read that note, also, and now
she was sure that Mr.. Bowser was to
be let In on the ground floor of some
great enterprise.
catered the house. and he sat down
and read them, and scratched his head
and muttered:
CLAY; Clay: why, don't know any
man named Clay! John Darius Clay,
u It, and he has got some very import
ant business with me2 Perhaps he
wants TO buy farm"
''And, perhaps, he has got some
scheme on hand" cautioned Mrs. Bow
ser. "There goes the bell. He has
made very early call"
She went to the front door herself,
expecting to see John Darius Clay,
but It was not Mr.. Clay. 1t was the
boy who had delivered the two notes
and he had q third one. 1t was hand
ed to Mr.. Bowser. and he read that
Nj Clay would call at seven thirty,
aud to let nothing take him from the
house at that hour.
', 1T seems that Mr.. Clay wants, to see.
sou very much" said Mrs. Bowser, as
the note was handed to her "Who do
sou think he can be?" r
why. | am rather expecting news
from Washington for the last three
days" Importantly replied Mr.. Bows,r.
~He may have been sent here as
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

| the secretary so that he will make no
blunders"
"Yes, I think we can" was the re-
ply, accompanied by a swelling of the
chest.
"Then l will at once telegraph the
secretary" said Mr.. Clay. 'He will
be very anxious to hear from me. and.
Of course. during your stay there you
will be treated almost like king.
That Is all, Mr.. Bowser. except lit
tie Formally. The secretary forgot
to hand me any money, and ] must
ask you to advance me 500. You will
get 1t back. of course, as soon as you
arrive In Washington. I dislike very
much to ask you for this money but
don't see how I am to get to Wash
ington without It."
"Oh, of cOurse--of course" replied
Mr.. BOwser. as his bosom swelled out
another notch or two. "You think
that $50 will cover all expenses. do
your
"Um. Let me figure a little. You
had best make 1t $50 or $50, Mr. Bow
ser. There, may be unforeseen ex-
penses, you know"
There is quite apt to be-" announ-
ced Mrs. BOwser, as she pulled open
the door, and appeared before them.
II was so unexpected that nobody
could do anything in reply. and she
looked straight at John Darius Clay
and said:
Il understood you to say that you
were an old salt yoursef?'
Mr.. Clay was so taken aback that he
only bowed In response.
IF you are then, you can answer
me n question: Is the main downhaul
of the second uphaul of the third jib-
boon kept In the captains cabin, or in
the cooks galley? If you are an old
salt your answer to that question will
be a prompt one"
Mr.. Clay looked helplessly at Mr..
BOwser, and Mr.. Bowser had a look
Of woe and helplessness on his face.
There was silence for half minute.
during which the cook downstairs was
heard to drop her dishpan and swear
about 1t, and then Mr.. Clay called up
his nerve and said to Mrs. Bowser:
81 came here to do business with
Mr.. Bowser. II his wife Is to inter-
fere-"
His wife will surely interfere I'M
less you can answer my question" in
terrupted Mrs. Bowser.
Mr. Clay did the best thing he
could do under the circumstances.
He rose up and backed out of the
room and took his hat from the hall
tree and left the house. When the
echo Of his footsteps had died away
Mrs. Bowser said:
He was more Of swindler than
an old SALT and he was stuffing you
In great shape. Why, the looks Of
the man alone showed that he was
a sleek, slick swIndler. You can shout
at me and wave your arms around
and declare that have always spoil
ed your schemes to get rich. but II
will make no difference with me. J
have saved you S35 and you ought TO
be generous enough to divide with
me-"
But Mr. Bowser. wasn't generous.
As soon as she was out Of the room
he sneaked out into the hall and got
his overcoat and hat and took a
walk and Mrs Bowser saw him no
more that evening. He wasn't hunt
ing for Mr.. Clay, but kicking himself
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
Civic Reform. Bound to Grow.

Every movement must have be-
ginning. hut the success of some Is
so nearly instantaneous that we scarce
~ realize small beginning could
have been recorded. All civic reforms
have small beginnings, to use a phrase
sanctioned by custom. The school
garden movement had hard strug-
gle for the first two years; so had
Fairgrounds, yet what notable success
both have achieved.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

messenger. Three notes. Ell? Well,
have three farms to sell him. II he's
looking for bargain, and IL Washing
con wants my advice II can have 1t
free Of cost. As true patriot stand
ready to advice even the president
himself"
All through the dinner hour both
hr. and Mrs. Bowser were mystlf.cd
over the coming Of John Darius Clay.
and they had been ready for him some
time when he ut last presented him
self. Mr.. Bowser ut once ushered him
Into the library. Mrs. Bowser was to
De left out OF the conversation, but II
30 happened that she didn't miss n
word Of IL. She suspected that Mr..
Bowser would play that very trick,
and the door between the sitting room
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
WHEN BATTERY NEEDS WATER
Dial Recently Invented by Garage Man,
Makes Lack known--Warnino
Signal 10 Given.

An instrument recently invented by
a garage man indicates by its dial on
the dashboard when the storage bat
terry Of an automobile needs water
through evaporation or leakage Of the
electrolyte In any Of Its cells. The
dial is that of voltmeter installed on
the dash and connected to the battery
by wires forming closed circuit
when the fluid In the battery reaches
a dangerously low level, the warning
signal appears behind the glass Of
the dial.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

the bricks to support the next tier.
spacing them equally. Another com
plete tier of eight bricks is then laid,
starting with six and onc-half bricks
to make the front opening. On top Of
this lay ten more bars Embedded in
the mortar, then lay five layers Of
bricks. finishing the top ny rounding
II Off with mortar.
When this Is completed the incinera-
tor will have fire crate below and an
other above entirely surrounded with
bricks. The second CRATE forms re-
ceptable for garbage. The mortar
should be made of slakei lime and
sharp sand.-Ronald F. Riblet. in Pop
nlar Science Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
6fzz16
Indicator for Motor Vehicles.

rection which the driver of the motor
vehicle intends to take, to the right,
the left. or straight ahead, and where
in visible signal is provided mounted
to swing to either side and normally
occupying central position. together
with controlling mechanism under the
control of the chauffeur for swinging
the signals.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
Mrs. BOwSer
Spells 1t
Again
Mr.. Bowser Loses
Good Thing
BY M. QUAD.
ssssssssssssse
copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)

BY N. QUAD.
At three o'clock the other afternoon
4 hoy left an open note at Mr.. Bow
ser's residence, which told Mr.. Bow
ser that he would have caller that
evening and under no circumstances
wns he to leave the house before 8
O'Clock. The note was signed: John
Darius Clay"
Mrs. Bowser read the note. and had
n suspicion that scheme was on
foot. An hour before Mr.. BOwser mr.
rived second note was delivered.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
GIVES DIRECTION OF MOTOR
Visible Signal Provided Mounted to
Swing to Either Side-Chauffeur
Has Control.

In illustrating and describing I'm In
dicator for motor vehicles, invented by
B. NJ. Takahashi Of Harlowtown, Mont,
the Scientific American says:
The mechanism provided is capable
Of being attached to existing motor We
hicles for indicating to pedestrians.
chauffeurs and drivers of other vehic-
les. traffic officers and the like, the d.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
Make HEDGES Ornamental,

Hedges are used either for defense
or ornament. or both. But while we
plant for defense or shelter. ms In cnse
OF windbreak, let us also plant for
ornament. The cost Of the dual pur-
pose hedge Is no greater. yet carries
q double valae.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
Look to Roofs Nav.

Are your roofs ln condition to stand
the heavy. spring and sufnmer rains?
The cold weather. will soon be over
and coal shortage will be forgotten
until next year but the comforts OF our
homes might be threatened by neglect
ing the conditions Of tho roofs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02

Little Nettie Tin berth Of steamer)-
Mamma. I want to 20 to bed.
Mamma--Why. you are In bed. dear.
Little Nettie-No, I'm not, mamma.
I'm on a big shelf.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-02
Look After water and OH.

When you go motoring look after
your water and oil first. These are
more important than your gas supply.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27
JOHNSON SAYS 1T is
INTERESTING IN FRANCE
But He Hasn't Seen Pretty Girl
Since He Left the States,
Probably Lancaster.

Mrs. Latta Hood has received the
following letter from her brother. b.
Will Johnson, from Somewhere in
France"
We'll, here / am in sunny France
but there is no place like the states
and l love them better now than |
ever did. Just got your letter that
was mailed July Z to Camp Upton
Guess ere this you have received
some mail from me since / came
over. Am in town south of Paris,
called Romarinton. We are now
permitted to tell where we are To-
telling anything about the places OF
military value to the enemy 'Tis q
beautiful place here and the weather
has been fine since came in
Thought l would run into some OF
the boys from home, but they have
all moved to new loca1Aes. Next
time you write, give me Ben 'C.'s ad-
Dress and any other boys over here
that you might know about. i know
I'll meet some of them sooner or la
ter.
'Tis marvellous to see the changes
brought about in France by the
American forces. Fact is. i think
this country is about 100 years be
hind the times. Certainly ought tc
become Americanized soon at the
rate it is going Snow: The French
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27

life. and that is the time it needs the
best care and food. We all would be
surprised to know what large per-
cent of our motherless children die
under two years old. l noticed one
especially at Patterson Springs
Home. She had just cut her eye
teeth, and never saw healthier
baby. They have another three
months-old infant that is doing
nicely. that the doctor did not ex-
pect to live when it went there.
Dear reader. did you know that
when we loose our mother we have
lost our best friend? oh, that
some good man might hear the cries
of our motherless children and es-
tablish home for them. The home
will not restore mother to any child.
but it can have good matrons who
will train and care for them much
better than the average servant"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27
NO REASON TO GRUNBLE.

The regulations of the food admin
istration as to the use of sugar in
the household allow two pounds per
person. This is the United States
regulation. The English are re-
stricted to two pounds per per
month per person, the French to
l 1-2 pounds, and the Italians to one
pound. The French are permitted
to use three-fourths as much as the
people of the United States, and the
Italians only one-half. But the Brit
ish, French and Italians use less
sugar in normal times than do the
people of the United States, and,
therefore, the ration is about equally
proportioned among The allies. The
people of the United States, how
ever, undoubtedly are wasters, and
they ought to be satisfied If rationed
Oh sugar proportionate with the
amount generally used and wasted.
If 1t should come to the point, the
people of the United States can make
out on a pound and a half, or on a
pound, as they do IN Italy, and |
should do so without grumbling. If
il were not necessary to save sugar,
the government would not ask the |
people to save it, and so long as we
are permitted to use more per per-
son than our allies are permitted to
use, we should accept the conditions
The boys in France are fighting
for us. We must save for them.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27
undertaking Germany.
Charlotte Observer }

The London Mails correspondent
at The Hague says the impression
at Cologne is that the Germans are
weaker on the western front than
even the allies have claimed. and he
recites number of conditions in
support of that belief On the other
hand, French correspondent re-
ports that the German reserves have
not been exhausted they may still
possess 80 fresh divisions, as well as
100000 youths OF the class OF
1920 1t is never safe to underrate
the resources of Germany in man
power. Undoubtedly her armies
have suffered vast reductions by the
allied offensive, but she is not yet
reduced to the condition of a weak
ling. 1t would be a mistake to take
stock in the story sent out from The
Hague. The French information is
the better to be relied upon.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27
SCISSORS AND PASTE.
ElectrificatiOn of the Railroads.

charleston News and Couriar.)
Secretary McAdoo, just back from
the West" says the Washington
Post, expresses amazement at the
extent of water power easily availa-
BILE and the comparative negligence
of the government in failing to util-
ize this perennial source of wealth,
He hints that the gigantic work of
transforming the motive power of
the railroads of the country from
steam to hydro-electric current will
be undertaken while the railroads
are in government control, and that
ii the experiments should prove eco
nomical and otherwise successful on
a considerable scale, the entire trans
formation may be looked for within
short time. This constructive re-
form is one that might we'll appeal
to man of Mr.. McAdoo's daring
and original genius. That il is per-
fectly practicable has already been
demonstrated. But to accomplish
the electrification of the entire rail-
road system means a physical task
of unparalleled magnitude, vaster
than the building Of several Panama
canals, and comparable even to the
waging of war on modern scale"
Well, what of that? The magni-
tude OF the enterprise is nothing
against it but rather point in its
favor. Whatever may be ones views
as to the assumption by the govern
ment of functions hitherto exercised
by private organizations. there is no
doubt at all that for a long time to
come the government is going to eX-
erclse many OF those functions; and
the tasks which will be the big
tasks. the vast works that are too
colossal for private enterprise to
axe up. The bigger the task of util-
!Zing the Country's water power for
the running of the railroads the more
| likely that it will be accomplished
before very long because its very
bigness makes it more probable that
the government will undertake it.
~ " ~ W Dt uDne some time
for it is certain that there will be
periods of scarcity Of coal in the fu-
ture, and the day is not very far off
Wien the demands on that product
Will exceed the supply. In many
spheres of activity whore coal is nJw
an essential substitute for it will
have to be found. and for the rail
roads the only feasible substitute in
sight is hydro-electric current. Elec-
trifcation of the railroads may be a
task so big as almost to stagger the
Imagination; but to dismiss IL as a
task too big for these amazing times
in which we are living is to shut
ones eyes to the record of achieve
ment already written.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-27
Aircraft.
hiladelphia Record

lfnlladelphla RecOrd.)
After all the hullaballoo about the
alleged failure of the United States
to secure the production of effective
airplines. routine dispatch from
General Pershing tells OF the sue
cessful operations Of n squadron of
Is de Haviland-4 machines, built at
Dayton, Ohio, and equipped with
Liberty motors. At the same fac
tory there was a recent celebration
over the completion OF the 1,0O0th
airplane of this type.e Like the Hog
Island scandal" that of aircraft
production seems to be declining to
natural death.