The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-08

| 'he uSe VI SulpuuTlC ana nltTlC ncluS
that the manufacture Of these acids re-
quires the use OF supplies OF platinum /;
that airplanes must have platinum for
important Instruments they need; that
platinum is absolutely necessary in the
| manufacture Of special promoters |;
| that promoters are necessary In all
steel treatments; and that no guns can
be made without the use Of promoters.
'"rherc Is a shortage in the supply Of
platinum Russia has n corner on the
worlds supply. and Germany Is in Rus
sia. Our domestic production of plati-
| mum is negligible. while our military
requirements are increasing ut rapid
rate"
Many housewives have learned from
sad experiences I'm loss Of perlshable
foods that next to the ice IS not the
coolest place In the home refrigerator.
To the housewife who has not had this
experience the food administration
gives this advice:
Many put their butter and milk
| right next to the Ice because they
| think this is the coldest place, but, as
|
at the bottom of the refrigerator Hot
air rises and air that is not being con-
Stantly purified by circulation around
the blocks Of Ice soon is unfit to
come into contact with the food
When the warm air in the refrigcra-
tor rises 1t carries with it impurities
and moisture which are absorbed from
the surface of the food and which II
allowed to remain In the nlr spoil
the food The air which is warmed by
passing over the food comes In CON
tact with the ice. where the moisture
IS condensed upon yhe surface and the
Impurities are carried off by the melt
Ing ice. The air /. thus dried cooled
and purified. The cooled air immedi-
atc'y dcSccnds to gather up more mois-
turc and impurities and thus the
process is repeated continually.
1T Is advisable to allow heated food
to cool of before placing 1t in the re-
frigcrator. If put In when warm 1t
raises the temperature Of the refrCer-
ator higher than 1t should go and
mclts Ice unnecessarily. The trnpdoor
through which the mcltnge passes ont
az inc bottom of the refrigerator
should h" kept IN place. because If It
is broken or lost constant stream of
warm air is allowed to flow into the
refrigerator"
The war department has opened q
great storage lumber depot at Gilmcr-
ton, Va, to meet emergency demands
or the army for lumber. Through its
operation IT is estimated that yearly
saving Of approximately S250OOO Will
be effected
whenever army constructors In the
past were required, to buy additional
lumber the purchases were made Mt
yards in the immediate vicinity. The
average increase ir price for this ma
tcrial over the lumber originally pur-
chased for the job would run from 50
to S12 per 1000 feet. BY purchasing
IN large quantities and charging ONLY
ior YARD maintenance the greater part
or thiS excess price Is expected to be
saved to the government.
stock of from twelve to fifteen
million feet of lumber will be carried.
anu 1t Is estimated that the yearly
turnover will amount to between fifty
and sixty million feet. A fund Of
SoOO.O0O has been set aside hy the war
department for use by the construc-
uoh division OF the army as necessary
working capital for the yard.
lhc supply Of Kerosene Will rim
snort next winter and the government
Is urging every user to do his port
toward making every gallon to do full
war duty by giving forth Its full
measure Of light and heat Saving can
be accomplished, 1t Is said, only If
care Is given lamps, lanterns, heaters
and stoves
The director of oil conservation OF
lhe united states fuel administration
ISSUES these rules for fuel-oil saving :
Keep all lamps and lanterns clean.
Let the light out; don't confne It be-
h'nd smoked and dirty chimncys.
see that burners and wicks of nil
ol-hurnlng devices are clean. Glenn
$ ter lights. saw e''' oe''
ION allow lamp. lantern, heater
. ~ S'"'" to burn minute longer thon
Is necessary. Don't light ono Won cor
Q do without. >"''
use coal oil for cleaning pur>
poses Hot water will do the work
; Girls are helping in airplanc produc
t 'oh by splicing cables and in othc,
V ways, according to H. f. Miles, chair
: man or the section for industria
r training for war emergency or IN,
o council Of national defense.
secretary Daniels hns commcnoo,
/ II. II. Allen, chief machinists moto
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