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upon the needs of the war. In. 1915 a
national research council was estab-
lished by the direction of President
Wilson through the National Academy
of Scientists. This has worked on all
sorts of problems relating to the war
and to American industry as affected
by 1t. The Council of National De-
Tense has its scientists, and the food
administration has chemical division
which deals with war foods and food
supplies. The Agricultural Depart
ment'is doing research work of many
kinds. 1t has STAFF of more than
10000 people. many of them highly
trained experts, and connected with 1t
are the land grant colleges and eX-
pertinent stations which have a stu
dent body Of $4,000. This agricultural
branch Of the government deals not
only with crops and food supplies. but
1t has a biological branch which ex-
periments with every kind of life from
beasts to insects Among its latest
war Investigations for instance are
those of the "cooties." or body lice,
which SO worry our boys in the
trenches.
AS to the results Of the new re-
search work they are leading not only
to the development Of the resources
we had in the past, but to the produce
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tion Of a vast number Of products
formerly monopolies of the Germans
1t Is especially so as to the fertilizers.
which Germany has to such an extent
that one of Its eminent doctors said
that the United States dared not make
war lest the kaiser shut off our pot
ash supply and 'starve us to death. In
1915 we produced only about 10000
tons Of potash. and before the war
most of our supply Of that salt came
from the mines Of Stassfurt in Ger
many. Now one of our scientists. DR..
Frederick G. Cottrell. has invented q
process by which we can save potash
from the dust which has been floating
away on the air of our cement plants
can get 100000 tons a year from
that source alone. and we have dis
covered other sources which will
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itself is worked by the gas from
me explosion Of cartridge fer after at car ar
rate Of about ten shots per second.
In tho shooting Of shrapnel the steel
shell is sent forth from the gun by
means Of a smokeless powder in the
brass jacket behind. the shell being
equipped with a time fuse which
creates a second explosion IRON gun.
bursts at the very moment 1t reaches
the enemy q mile or so away and
sprays him with its hundreds Of
bullets. It Is wonders of this kind
that are connected with almost every
industry which is now working along
the lines Of the war.
lists is engaged in research and in
yention Of one kind or another. based
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discovered pyrites in the southern
states. There are Ave mines there
which have been producing 400 tons
a day, and they will soon have an
output Of 1000 tons daily.
The need for explosives has caused
us to develop our sulphur mines,
which lie thousand feet under the
earth near the shores Of the Gulf Of
Mexico. We melt the sulphur with
superheated water and pump 1t out
80 cheaply that we can compete with
all the VOLCANOES on earth. We have
already driven the italian monop.
olists of this product out of our
country. and are making 98 per cent
Of all the sulphur we use
Our army of scientists has greatly
increased our product Of the most
important minerals used In the war
We are getting from our own mines
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Is tested to the breaking point before
1t goes into the machine.
The liberty motor. used in the
aeroplanes. was produced by two en-
gineers. who are now officers in the
aviation service. They were told Just
what Uncle Sam wanted and they
took star of craftsmen and locked
themselves into O suite of rooms,
where for five days they worked on
the drawings for the liberty motor.
When they came out they had the
plans. ready for building. This motor
will send an aeroplane through the
sky at more than 100 miles an hour.
1t moves the blades of the propellers
at the rate Of HOO revolutions and
upward minute. and while those
propellers are moving at that won
derful speed the machine guns are
SO made that they will shoot between
the propellers while they are going
their fastest and not strike the wood.
X
Making these machine guns took
not only the scientific mind Of the
inventor. but also that Of the scien-
lists who gauge the material and see
that 1t. is manufactured to that won
derful accuracy. The Browning gun
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make us independent Of the rest Of
the world. This year we shall take
$4,000 tons Of potash out of the briny
lakes of western Nebraska, and we
are developing Searles lake I'M Cali
fornia, which is said to contain
100000 tons. We are also finding
vast quantities Of potash in certain
rocks, and are taking 1t out Of the
seaweed or the Pacific coast.
1t Is the same with nitrates. Of
which we imported from Chile. in
1877 salts valued at $60.000.oo0. The
war has driven US to build great
hydroelectric plants by which we
shall get this material out Of the
air. It is said that the chemists of
the geological survey have discover
ed caves in the southern states In
one Of which is 100000 tons OF
nitrous earth. /.
Another element used both In ex-
plosives and fertilizers. ID sulphuric
acid. Before the war wo made the
most Of this product from pyrttes. q
mineral which exists in vast guam
titios in Spain. and was shipped here
as ballast. Now our biologists have
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minerals which We formerly import<
ed by the millions Of tons, and our
output of copper. xinc. iron and
other valuable metals Is greater than
ever before. Secretary Lane says we
can now supply all the minerals we
noaA for
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Copyright. 1918. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
T UNCLE SANS army of scien-
fists! 1t is already numbered
by tens Of thousands. and the
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1t Gained him. The kick of the gun
subdued his excitement and cleared
his brain. He surprised himself by di-
recting Jacket In a cool, authoritative
voice, to shoot low. When he had emp
tied the magazine he led two of the
horses forward. Then, grasplng his
own machete, he Joined in clearing a
pathway.
1t seemed an interminable time ere
they had extricated themselves from
the trap, but finally they succeeded
and gained the welcome shelter of the
woods, pausing inside its shelter TO
cut the mufiles from their horses feet.
BY this time the defenders of the tro-
cha were pouring volley after volley
at random into the night.
Now that the skirmish was over,
Jacket began TO boast Of his part in 1t.
"Hal Perhaps they'll know better
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than to show themselves the next timt
/ come this way" ss'd he. "You SAN
me, didn't you? Wen, I made few
Spanish widows tonight"
When no one disputed his sssertioA
jacket proceeded further in praise d
himself. only to break OF with Z. word
less cry of dlsmay.
whats the lnatterY, Johnnie in
CURED.
"LookI Behold mel" walled III,
hero. 81 have left the half of my beau
tiful trousers on that barbed wire |"
Antonio swung leg over his saddle
saying: "Come along, amigos; we have
fifty leagues ahead of us. The wal
win be over while we stand here COS
siping."
O'Reilly's adventures on his swift
ride through Las Villas have DO part In
this story. 1t is only necessary to
say that they were numerous and va.
ried. that O'Reilly experienced excite.
ment a-plenty, and that upon more thar
one occasion ne was forced to think
and to act quickly In order to avoid a
clash with some rowing guerrilla band.
Food became a problem Immediate
ly after the travellers had crossed the
trocha. Such apprehenslve families al
still lurked In the woods were liberal
enough-Antonlo, by the way, knew all
of them-but they had little to give,
and, In consequence, O'Reilly's party
learned the taste Of wild fruits, ber-
ries and palmetto hearts. Once they
managed to kill a small pig. the sole
survivor of some obscure country trag.
edy. but the rest of the time their
meat, when there was any, consisted
Of iguanas-those big, repulslye liz
ards-and jutias, the Cuban held rats
Fortunately there was 20 shortage
Of food for the horses, and so, despite
he necessity of numerous detours, th'
party made good time. They cross d
into Matanzas, pushed on over roll .ng
hills, through sweeping savannas. past
empty clearings and deserted villages
to the. Journeys end. A fortunate
encounter with a rebel partida from
General Betancourt's army enabled
them to reach headquarters without
loss OF time, and one afternoon, worn,
haggard and hungry, they dlsmounted
in front of that gallant officers hut
General Betancourt read the letter
which O'Reilly handed him, then
looked up with smile.
"Sol You are one Of Gomez Ameri.
cans, Ell? Well, / would never have
known 1t, to look at you; the sun and
the wind have made you into very
good Cuban. And your clothes One
might almost mistake you for Cuban
cabinet officer"
eTo BE CoNTTNUED.)
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Each capsule contains one dose Of five
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CHAPTER XVI.
rheTroeha.


OF all the military measures en-
ployed by the Spaniards in their wars
against Cuban independence, perhaps
the most unique was the trocha--
trench or traverse. Martinez Campos
during the Ten Years war built the
first trocha just west of the Cubitas
mountains where the waist of the
island is narrowest. Not until Wey-
ler's time were the two methods of
pacification, the trocha and the concen-
tration camp, developed to their fullest
extent. Although his trochas hindered
the free movement of Cuban troops
and his prison camps decimated the
peaceful population of several prov
inces, the Spanish cause gained little.
Both trenches and prison camps be-
came Spanish graveyards.
AT the time Johnnie O'ReIlly set out
for MatanZas the war--a war without
battle, without victory. without defeat
had settled into grim contest Of en-
durance. In the east, where the insur-
rectos were practically supreme, there
was food Of sort, but beyond the Ju-
caro-Moron trocha--the old one of
Campos' building-the country was
sick. Immediately west of 1t, In that
district which the Cubans called Las
Villas, the land lay dying, while the
entire provinces Of Matanzas, Habana
and Pinar del Rio were practically
dead. These three were skeletons,
picked bare Of flesh by Weyler's beak.
The Jucaro-Moron trocha had been
greatly strengthened since Campos'
day. 1t followed the line Of the trans
insular railway. Dotted at every quar-
ter of mile along the grade were lit
tie forts connected by telephone and
telegraph lines. Between these forti-
mas were sentry stations of logs or rail-
road ties. Eyes were keen, rifles were
ready, challenges were sharp, and eoun-
tersigns were quickly given on the Ju-
caro-Moron trocha.
In O'Reilly's party there were three
men besides himself-the ever-faithful
Jacket, a wrinkled old Camagueyan
who knew the bride trails Of his prov
ince as fox knows the tracks to its
lair, and silent guajiro from farther
west detailed to accompany the expe-
dition because of his wide acquaintance
with the devastated districts. Both
guides, having crossed the trocha more
than once, affected to scorn its ter
rors, and their easy confidence reas-
sured O'ReIlly in spite of Esteban's
parting admonitioE.
The American had not dreamed of
taking Jacket along, but when he came
to announce his departure the boy had
fatty refused to be left behind.
Fifty miles Of hard riding brought
the party to the trocha; they neared it
on the second morning after leaving
Cubitas, and sought a. secluded camp
ing spot. Later In the day Hilario, the
old Camagueyan, slipped away to re-
connoiter. He returned at twilight,
but volunteered no report Of what he
had discovered. After an inslstent
cross-examination O'Reilly wrung from
him the reluctant admission that ev-
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CHAPTER xv-contlnued.
-

Esteban raised himself to his elbow.
~You think it's myth, a joke. Well.
IT'S not. I know where it is. / found
III"
Norine gasped; Johnnie spoke sooth-
lngly:
Don't get excited. old man; you've
talked too much today"
"Hal" Esteban fell back upon his
pillow. 81 haven't any fever. I'm as
sane as ever was. That treasure
exists, and that doubloon gave me the
clue to its whereabouts. Don Esteban,
my father, was cunning; he could hide
things better than maybe. 1t re-
manned for me to discover his trick
"He is raving." O'Reilly declared,
with a sharp stare at his friend.
The girl turned Loyalty to her pa
dent. "Fll believe you, Mr.. Varona. I
always believe everything about buried
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His Question.

win anyone ask me question
relative to any matter of life and
death?" asked the thought reader.
"Wcll. mine refers to murder"
"Ah, see blood !" exclaimed the
thought reader, tragically. "You wish
TO know who did the deed?'
Yes please"
at was relative"
That's quite right Father or moth
er's side?' ventured the inquirer.
Fathers"
Wonderful That. too Is correct.
But what was the objectY"
Gain"
Elbow marvelousl Go on"
"Alas can see no more Now.
please read out your question. sir,
for the benefit of the audience"
"WhO Killed Cock Rohln?'
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erything seemed favorable for a cross
ing some time that night, and that he
had selected a promising point Be
yond that the old man would say no, IL
ing.
Supper, a simple meal, was quickly
disposed of. Then followed q long,
dispiriting wait, for a gibbous moon
rode high in the sky and the guides
refused to stir so long as it remained
there. 1t was a still night; in the
jungle no air was stirring, and dark
ness brought forth q torment Of mos
quitoes. as day died the woods awokA
to sounds Of bird and insect life (;
strange, raucous calls pealed forth,
some familiar, others strange and m
accustomed Sitting there in the dark,
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treasure. The bigger the treasure the
more implicitly believe in it. / sim
ply adore pirates and such things; if
were man I'd be one. Do you know,
I've always been tempted to bury my
money and then go look for it."
"There is no doubt that my father
had great deal of money at one time,"
Estebar began; che was the richest
man in the richest city OF Cuba"
OReilly shook his head obviously
and braced his back against a tree
trunk; there was look of mild disap-
probation on his face as he listened to
the familiar story of Don Esteban and
the slave, Sebastian. When Esteban
had finished, Norine drew a deep
breath.
oh! That lays over any story
ever heard. To think that the deeds
and the jewels and everything are in
the well at this minute Suppose some
body finds it? Norine was aghast at
the thought.
Not much chance of that. The
treasure has lain there for a genera
ton, and the story itself is almost for
gotten" Esteban turned triumphantly
to O'Reilly, saying, "Now, then, do you
think I'm so crazy?"
O'Reilly didn't have 1t in his heart 70
say exactly what he really thought.
What he more than half suspected was
that some favored fancy had formed
Judgment in Esteban's brain.
ITS an interesting theory" he adj
mitted. Anyhow, there is no danger
OF the treasure being uncovered very
soon. Cueto had good look and made
himself ridiculous. You'll have ample
chance to do likewise when the war is
over"
You must help me find it." said
Esteban. 1--WE shall all share the for
tune equally. you two, Rosa and L"
We? Why should we share in It'll"
Norine asked.
owe it to you. Didn't O'Reilly
rescue me from dungeon? Haven't
you nursed me back to health? Don't
owe my life to you both?"
NonsenseI /, for one, sha'n't take
a dollar of it."
oh, but you must. 1 insist Nurs-
ing Is a poorly paid profession.
couldn't you like to be rich?"
Profess ont Poorly paid?' Norine
suffered, angrily. "As if I'd take
payl"
AS If would accept a great service
ane forget it, like some miserable beg
gar ! Esteban replied stiff1y.
oReilly laughed out. "Don't let's
quarrel over the spoil until we get It,"
SAID he. THAT'S the way with all
ueasure-hunters. They invariably fall
Ou' and go to fighting. To avoid blood
9ned' I'll agree 50 sell my interest
NAeap, for cash. My share of the IA
isrP
Therel He doesn't believe Q word
VI H. Esteban said
,Norine gave an impatient shrug.
some people wouldn't believe they
ere Give unless they saw their breath
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up in the morning tfouro' clock, do my
housework, thengo to o factory and work
all day, come home and get supper and
feel good. l don't know how many Of
my friends / have told what Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. Mrs. ANNA METERIAtRJ,
36 West 10th St, Peru, Ind.
lWomen who suffer from any such all
ments should not fail to try this ismous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
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His l. asst Name.

The teacher was questioning the
class IN history who Is the king of
England. Nlldredf' she asked.
George Is his first name came the
answer. His last name isn't in the
book, hut it begins with V."--Pass-
ing Show.
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cntionra Kills nandrnff.

AnoInt spots of dandruff with CutL-
cura Ointment. Follow at once by a
hot shampoo with Cuticura Soap, If a
man: next morning If woman. For
free samples address. "Cuticura, Dept
X, Boston" AT druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment % and 50.--Ady.
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A cineh.

"Into each life some raIr must fan,"
said the philosopher.
"Yep. Especially II he lives In this
territory during the month Of April
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uoWn p al q 8 8 o
badly that at times
/ could not be on
my feet and it did
not seem as though
/ could stand it. /
tried diff erent
without
any benefit and
d doctors
told me nothing
but an operation
would do me any
good. My drug
glSt told m Q or
Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable
/ took
it with the RESULT
that / am now well
strong. / get
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Didn't Understand.

"Mr, Smiths boy got the croix de
guerre" 81 always knew that lad
would come 10 grief"
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Pride

MY brothers corporal in the
army"
That's nothin'. My brothers a ma
rine."
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WOMAN WORKS
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-03
IMPORTANT NOTICE
FOR DRAFT ELIGIBLES

Except to fill vacancies in calls al
ready made, no more men will be
drafted from Oregon or other states
before February 15. AS all question
naires will be completed before that
date. this will give men taken hereaf-
ter, except such few as may be needed
prior to February Is to fill vacancies,
the advantage of the new classification
system.
Very few men would have been taken
from Oregon in any event prior to the
next draft, which it is now announced
will be not earlier than February Is.
This is one of only 10 states that have
already filled their quotas in the first
draft, barring few vacancies caused
by reflections at the training camps.
Future draft quotas are to be filled
first from Class /, comprising men
without dependents. They will be
drafted from deferred classifications
only when Class ! is exhausted, thus
making it necessary to go to the next
class for enough men to fill up the
quota.
An exception to this will be made in
the case of experts and men highly
skilled in agriculture or industries. 1t
is announced that the government soon
will call for large number of men of
this special class. They will be taken
as needed for such special work from
whatever CLASSIFICATION they may have
been granted.
A limited number of officers not now
in active service, and retired officers of
the Oregon National Guard, who are
physically fit and between the ages of
% and AZ, are eligible for enlistments
privates first class for attendance at
the next officers training camps, which
begin January'15. Official word to this
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-03
NEW PLANS FOR
| HIGHWAY WORK
PERMANENT CREW MAY BE USED
Budget Advisory Committee Hears SuggeS-
ti0ns and Makes Recommendation
City Tax to be 36.l5 Mills

In case the county court adopts the
recommendations of citizens at pub
lie meeting held Thursday for the dis
cussion of the 1918 budget, road work
the coming year will be centralized.
The proposal, made by Commissioner
Hannum. that crew of half dozen or
more skilled road workers be employed
permanently met with general appro-
baton. According to Mr.. Hannum's s
plans the county will buy light motor
truck to supply quick transportation to
any part of the county.
1t was also recommended at the
meeting that the county secure a strip
Of forest land along Neal Creek road
in order to preserve the scenic beauty
of the drive. r. E. Scott has offered
to secure by subscription $500 to be
applied to purchasing adjoining tim
ber land. 1t is said that the county
will be required to appropriate 800 for
the purpose.
The county's total tax for the COM
ing year, according to the budget, will
be $l24, ,240, exclusive of state tax,
which will be $28, ,979. 10. A summary
of the different items follows: County
school fund, SIT, 900; high school fund.
So, 600; road fund, to be raised from all
assessable property outside of city of
Hood River, $40, 500; Highway bond
interest, So, 750; Highway bond sinking
fund, $6,250; bridges and culverts,
$26, 600; salaries and miscellaneous ex-
penses, S27, TAO.
The members of the advisory board
present were Chairman Blanchar, M.
M. Hill, J. M. Taylor, c. c. Walton
and j. H. Shoemaker.
On millage basis the county tax
for the year will be as follows Gen.
eral fund, 50; roads Ito be assessed
on all property outside of Hood River,
81; general school fund, 1.9; high
school tuition, .65; highway bond sink
ing fund, IL; a total of 1855. The
city tax is III mills and the special
city school tax, 1876. The total city
tax in millage will be 36.15.
Because of the heavy damage that
recent freshets have cause highways
and bridges, it is estimated that be-
tween $12, 900 and $l5, 900 of the road
fund will have to be expended the
coming year in repairs.