The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-11-07

Rations Ordered.
(From Committee on Public Information.)
Nashington.-Up to few years ago,
In the public mind, all balloons were
associated with parachute jumpers,
county fairs and circuses. They were
used very much like their rival the old
side show, full of freaks, solely to
draw crowd Today Uncle Sam Is
making balloons and training their OPP
orators for distinctly another purpose.
The ungainly old balloon of circus days
is now a rival of It's smarter and more
modern brother, the airplane, In the Job
of being eyes for the army and navy.
A dead industry was revived when the
war balloon was originated.
Swinging far aloft at the end Of q
cable, these elephants" as they are
now called, support trained observers
who, by means of powerful field glasses
and telephones, give range and direc-
ton to batteries. These in turn, with
well directed shots, put enemy batter
les out of business and break up infan-
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balloon four or five thousand feet In
the air Is an ideal place for an OBJ
server.
So Uncle Sans parachute jumpers
are being instructed today, not as
entertainers to draw and thrill crowds
by Heaps from the Clouds" but for
their own personal safety and
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at high elevations, when a shell
or an enemy airplane rips their
balloon and they have to jump. For
although their balloon may be destroy
ed, the men in the basket usually come
safely to earth and bring their maps
and photographs with them. 1t is life
full of excitement these men of the bal
loon lead and to be member one has
to Aave plenty of nerve, courage and
DARING In his makeup.
Aviators take off their hats to the
balloon men. One recently returned
American air pilot told of an adventure
he had on a trial trip in balloon;
how Interested he was becoming in the
work of the observer as the latter ex-
planned the great panorama outstretch-
ed below him; when suddenly the bal
loon man interrupted his talk to see
that his. parachute straps were o, X,
climbed to the edge of the basket,
shouted: BEAT it; follow me-" and
disappeared over the side. The avn
| ator said he took one look at the wind
lass pulling the balloon to earth below
i another at the oncoming enemy plane
Il and said to himself, Not for mine
He said he did not have the courage
to jump and did not. Fortunately the
enemy plane was beaten off by allied
II planes before 1t could get any nearer
II Provost Marshal General Crowdel
| was requested by the British embassy
| to give notice to the fact that British
subjects, including declarants who hat
| registered before July 80, 1918. may
| enlist voluntarily in the British or Ca
/ madam army up to and including Sep
II TENDER %, 1918. Those who registered
II on August "a, 1918, may so enlist VI
II to and including September %, 1918
1918, may so enlist up to and includ
ing October II, 1918.
II During the period so allowed for vol
II untary enlistment. British subjects ma
II apply for exemption to the British am
bassador.
III AT the end of the period allowed 70
II voluntary enlistment, British subject:
ii In each of these classes, may no longe
enlist in the British OF Canadian army
II but unless exempted by the BIRTHS
II ambassador, they become liable to mi
II itary service and may claim exemptio
III under the United States Selective Ser
II ice law.
HI Experiments in laundering shoes al
HI being conducted at various camps b
the conservation reclamation divisio
of the quartermaster corps. The met
cd used is the same employed by II
American expeditionary forces.
A solution composed of one quart
strong disnfectant to 80 gallons of vi
ter was used to wash about 200 arm
shoes in standard laundry machin
The solution used is germicide. antise
tic and deodorant After IA minute
washing the shoes were removed drit
for about an hour and then resole
The results were found TO be high
satisfactory After the shoes are lau
dered and repaired they are greas,
with clubbing to make them more p
able and at the same time to preser'
the leather.