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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

four inch arm projects carrying a pen
Gil up and down, up and down.
The pencil rests against the second
salt cellar around which is wrapped a
sheet Of white paper. It draws a yer
teal line on the paper. The more
steam pounds in the big cylinder the
more it pats in the little cylinder.
and the longer grows the penciled
line.
But a string hangs down under the
paper A little hook tied at its end
can be caught in an eye on the Vi
hrating link below. Try it-seeI The
paper is twisting back and forth. back
and forth, in time with the crank; the
pencil up and down, in step with the
steam
You snatch your paper clear. What
have we? The secret Of the cylinder
ritten by the cylinder itself. An
irregular elliptical figure has been
drawn The two salt sellers are to-
gether called an Indicator, and the
,figure an indicator diagram.
Let's take it into the chief lie
studies it for moment. Cutoff too
soon, he mutters. meaning that a
kink Of the wiggly line spells less
steam than needed And water"
Flattening at the ellipses end saws
this. he reaches across to a shelf
takes down what looks like the NOV
ing runner of a Ouija board. Deity
III passes the lAdllllneLeE IS
the real name-Over the pencil figure
He reads a little scale at its edge
Seventeen hundred horsepower on
that fellow" Is the verdict. He has
measured the cylinders labor TO
pounds and feet. And though steam
and piston are inside the cylinder
fighting away with all their might.
each blow they strike is TO the chief
as length of lumber-tO be cut and
measured by a yardstick; the indf-
Gator diagram.
Some day the doctor shall come 10
you in bed; fasten a bottle-shaped
toy on your arm; and, with only a
hook and string. maybe. measure the
fire in your blood and each thrust and
pound OF your anxious heart.
While just outside waits friend
wife, watching for the trusty dia-
grams revelation OF your plight
Copyright, 1918. by George Matthew
Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Recording The NaOy's Breath.
By LIEUTENANT FITzHUGH GREEN. I. 5. n.

TO compute not only your output OF
work, but your efficiency
In the navy We use such a system
on our engines a steam cylinder
you know, is only a tame giant And
though its pistons swing up and down,
up and down. with ponderOus regu-
lsrity, there is in their rhythm sub
tie irregularity, nervous contrar1-
ness such as might in Man cause fin
ger-drumming. hair-mussing and
other fOolishments.
Steam enters cylinder in one
vast snort. Almost instantly the
supply Is throtfIed. But, once in
side, this volume of fiery water
vapOr expIodes into n fury of in
dignat&0n and would burst the
steel prison closed so suddenly
around it. It expands. forces the
piston dOWn-Or Ep-unfil sud-
denly an exhaust port is uncoy-
cred through which IT escapes
with one last Tengeful hiss into
the pipe beyond.
Up and down the piston swings and
its inner wrestlings with the undi-
gestible steam are those of an Overfed
man. Despite the everchanging diet
hotter steam, colder steam, WetIer
or dryer steam-the piston assimi
lates energy and reproduces it in
work.
OElEllL1aE marine engines udu UlL
one cylinder. The man OF war has
four, occasionally five or six on each
propeller shaft To balance the huge
structure each cylinder must do ex-
actly its share OF the total work.
Wherefore must we determine exact
" what work each one does.
Indicators measure the cylinders
might. A man might be measured in
much the same way.
Imagine the cylinder. a vast round
bucket. one fathom high, a fathom in
diameter. Beneath II darts the great
cleaning pendulum Of piston and
connecting rods. Each stroke means
a burst Of steam, a powerful thrust on
crank and shaft
Away up on the side Of the cylinder
are framed two tiny. shiny, steel
bottles. In any place but the engine
room one would take them for a pair
Of silver salt sellers BY . double
pipe one connects to the top and bot
tom Of the cylinder against which it
nestles- Through this pipe comes pres
sure identical with that above or be-
low the piston proper. And in step
with the fathom wide working piston
palpitates miniature piston within
the silver salt seller. From which
though you may be lost by nova
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
J. W. H. GIVAN RUN DOWN BY
AUTO; SEVERELY BRUISED

Struck BY a small automobiIe
driven by Francisco Leon. of local
messenger service. J. W. II. Givan. a
photographer. was thrown about 20
feet at point a block west of the
FL Paso school for girls on Hastings
street and severely bruised on the
neck, right side and right leg Tues
day. Given was able to come to the
city and secure private treatment.
He said he was five feet within the
sidewalk line.
The injured man said that the
driver Of the car appeared to be IN
able TO steer the machine straight.
as he ran into the curb line frequent
~ after he had run down Mr.. Givan.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
TWO ARRESTS END SALE
OF $4,000 STOLEN SHEEP

Omaha, Neb-. Jan. 3O.-In the arrest
OF two men, c. ". Allen. of Winnie
mucea, New. and c. Brown, alias
Charles II. Brown. of Boise, Idaho, the
ponce believe they have frustrated
me sale OF seven carloads of stolen
sheep IN the local market. The sheen
are valued at approximately $4,000
A local commission firm advanced
Allen $3.50 and then wired Winnemuc-
ca Tor information regarding the
Shipment Word came back that the
seven carloads of sheen had been
stolen from that place and to hold the
men here.
Allen asserts that he was merely
acting as selling agent for a rancher
IN Nevada, who owns the sheep and
mat ne had turned the $3.50 over to a
man named Brown
Brown was arrested as he was leav-
ing downtown hotel, but denies any
connection with the affair.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
Little Interuiews
YSIeta CanneryS Success Means More Tomato Acreage
Boy Scouts Want Job for Lad Whose Mother Is Dying

Mexican ornamental goods, such as
drawn work. zarapes and other ar
ticles which are popular with cOllec-
tors and tourists. Japanese goods are
being substituted" said Henry $.
Beach. This does not mean that the
Japanese goods sold are limitations
OF Mexican patterns and articles. but
are characteristic articles made IN
Japan and used by japanese people.
As a matter of fact, Mexican goods
are just as popular as ever, and the
reason that they are being supplant-
ed by the japanese goods is due en-
tirely TO the difficulty in getting
them and the lack Of materials. There
have been heavy losses also in get
ting goods from Mexico on account of
the bandit raids. and the importer
has to stand the loss. At present ia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
Lease The Ranges To Stockmen

slN0 the range to the livestock industry tbrouob
~ system applied to public lands similar to Ibs +
az the recent meeting of the Leaope of a. mace
tucson and It was embodied in resolution IN he $3.50. d
tne esltnent OF the interior by Dwight B Head
1HNII1nan OF the Arizona state council of defence '
The resolution proposes that the aooooo ooo
PuG grazing lands be turned to the department If
that the lands be appraised to show their vs
g "Otn or grazing purposes; that leasing system III
mat applying to lands in the forest reserves IS % iAe
o me lands leased to stocmen at rentals based nm The
appraisement valuation. O@0eu vi lhe
Inc resolution means than appears on the snrf,
ana II was formulated as result of the ernerisc -
SaItle and sheep growers for many wears
II AIMS for one thing, at preventing the overcrovd;n
at me range and resulting friction smono sfocls r.
aso Is intended to prevent decreases of the herds res1+
o. deerloIaton Of the range practice which would he
9eneaI would be to fence off large tracts of range
anu aHoW the grass to go to seed. The wind would carr
me SEED over the range generally and the ground would
% Ieeaed The trouble is that the range is qrazd s
closely that little grass is allowed TO 90 TO seed 5
oeterloratlon Of the range follows naturally
But parts Of the range cannot be kept for seeding mr.
poses unless FENCES are built to keep the stock away from
mem ana FENCES cannot be built until leasing system
to the land. '-'' 'sH
Inasmuch as very considerable part of the national meat
supply produced On the public grazing lands II would seem
the part of wisdom for the government to take whatever
action appears necessary end the haphazard control
or rather lack Of control which has characterized the adj
mnlstraon Of the public domain and to relieve the con-
dtonS which threaten reduction of the meat supp
Generally the stomen would be very glad to pay reason
aoe rental Tor the range which their herds Craze
without charge thereby they could be assured against
oYercrowding and the destruction of range grasses
The wild, wild Russians are making wild man of
Wilhelm
Savings bank deposits increase when town goes dry
There's a reason.
Hon and "Deare" don't if Nj Garfield increases
the two hghtess nights to seven.
BOlshevik premier Lenne doesn't do much talking
There's that to be said in his favor.
The internal which is Tending Germany settled
down into sort Of perpetual stomach ache
Last Saturdays Herald is invincble weapon to pull
on anyone who croaks about dull times in FL Paso
The housing committee of the Dallas Civic Federation
has reported housing conditions in that city
pressed itself strongly regarding of frame shacks
filth stTewn alleys and lack of sewerage facilities
after Dallas need not act superior when mention is
Of south FL Paso Besides worst adobe quarters
been tom down and the rest OF them viii have to 60
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Hard Luck Men

TEVE played all helpless
w "The frOwning birth; don't
sterling worth; and make Of
him an also odds how earnestly he tries to harvest wealth OF other
and gents Of talents great and rare have wasted them desert air And II
the truth
fooled
and thed old hesnuts fooled around with
harsnues when wiser shuk their Of early
and pluck persmons from fooled around
active nooped
around the barn and found the It's fOong round it isn't fate that puts
lid tight straight.
Copyright " George Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
Years Ago Today
From The Herald OF
This Date, 1894.

JUDGE J. L. Sweeney is in receipt
OF a communication from the
National Good Roads association
enclosing a copy OF the BroEnlow
bill. which will come up at an early
date. and requesting him. with other
citizens OF FL Paso county. 10 urge
upon congressman ". r. Smith the
Importance OF voting for the bill
when It comes up
Shoes selling at $1,000 a pair are
the product OF a New York house
Rumors OF the retirement from
active work OF J. P. Morgan. the
New York financier, are current in
financial circles today.
A F. Witzel, a mining man from
Santa Rita n. n, came in this
morning with a carload OF ore. which
he IS having put through the e Paso
smelter.
J. r Fisk has just organized the
Security Investment and Loan com
pany. 1t is proposed 10 kavs the
company do business al over the
southwest. but the main office OF the
company Will remain in FL Paso.
The state OF Texas got after the
Standard Oil company today. It filed
two suits in Travis county against
the Guffy company. an alleged dunn
my for the Standard. for violation Of
the antitrust laws. asking for S.
10000 penalties.
The East FL Paso Town company
held meeting last night and decided
TO place its town lots on the market.
The Newman-Austin company has
been appointed agent and viii place
the lots on sale at once on easy terms,
so down and IS per month
At the adjourned session OF the
city council last evening action was
taken 10 enforce its rights against
the Fl PasO and Northeastern Rail-
road company and the Franklin Irri-
cation company on the subject OF
protecting the city from floods
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

- 0 you drum on the table whe1
you think? When you talk do
- you ruffle Up your hair? o.
draw lines on a pad. or do any OF the
dozen other tricks Of a work-and-
worry victim2
s'or II 50. you can be measured.
Given pulse and pressure, or breath
ing period and Temperature, or any Of
the other combinations OF involuntary
nerve moTements and II is possible
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

UGH success has been had in
our Ysleta cooperative can
- merry with tomatoes that 1 ex-
pect to see a larger acreage in that
crop next season" said George Pen
dell we have disposed Of all our
canned tomatoes and secured fair
prices. We have some Of our canned
sweet potatoes left. but expect
market for them early"
The detective force is doing all in
its power TO break up a gang OF
young boys and men VINO hang
around the lower part OF this city"
said Capt ". A. Simpson. These
men and boys don't work. many Of
them won't work. and large amount
Of the pilfering that is going on Is
due to their activities The Tiain
clothes men are arresting them as
fast as they can get hold OF them.
ana We VIII continue to pursue this
policy until we have rid the city Of
all vagrants"
The phone rang. One OF our
scouts at the other end of the wire
said; Mr.. Thomas. I'd like to see you
about q good turn our troop could
do I informed him he could come
down to the office at any time" said
Ivor g. Thomas, scout executive.
Arriving he told this story; In a
certain section OF the city an elderly
woman lay sick and near death. She
had very few OF the necessities Of life
and a son Is years Of age was doing
his best TO support her. The scout
asked If his troop could send a bas-
ket Of provisions TO this family. With
one Of our assistant scoutmasters /
made a call that evening. I found the
home poverty stricken, but clean.
The woman. emaciated. lying on her
bed awaiting the end. I met her
son. polite. cheerful and manly fell
low. I questioned him closely and
was much impressed with his de-
meanor and words, Mother won't live
very long and I want to do all I can
for her Upon further investigation
I found the Associated Charities had
been aiding the family. They spoke
very creditably OF the son. You
business men. employers. who reau
this. have you not some position this
lad can fill. so that his wish to aid
his stricken mother may be granted2
While we are helping our boys over
there we cannot forget our boys
over here. Call Boy Scouts Of Amer
ica. phone 1929. If you have rosi-
ton OPEN"
due to the difficulty in getting
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Of course Col Roosevelt traitor and senator Stone
patriot All Col Roosevelt has done is to offer TO get
himself killed his country and put his four sons into
the ar while senator Stcne has voted against with
Germany and also against aTmng merchant ships for de-
fence against submarine attacks Furthermore, he has
tried to volunteer the public is ignorant Of it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Ian is almost the only country where
1t is possible TO get art goods OF an
original character, as the supply from
Europe is shut off entirely on &C
count Of the war"
Mining operations in the Csnanea
district continue in undisturbed
eddying revolution in Sonora has lit
tie effect on the operating companies.
Only few times since the overthrow
Of DiaZ have the mines been forced
10 close. and in these cases the shut
down has been brief. The only min
menaced by the present bandit dep
relations the the small prospects
outside the exploited area In a num-
Der OF cases prospectors. mostly
Mexicans. have had their camps des-
poiled and have been driven off. but
this has had no effect on the general
mining situation"
For live advertising and Johnny
on-the-spot publicity FL Paso boost
ers viii do well TO mark the activi-
ties Of the California PEOPLE," said
Garnett King. During the recent
serious storms IN the east. southern
California has spent over 100000 ad-
vertising its climate to the storm
81 ANaAEA4 HlH4AesA4Ula OF L4lE east anu
middle west. Imagine the effect on a
man shiverins IN the icy temperature
OF fireless home. on a coalless day,
TO read Of picking flowers and walk
ing in the sunshine. IN a St Louis
paper there appeared a full page ad-
vertisement fairly shouting the gos-
pei OF southern California And it is
having its effect. too. Our trains are
loaded with emigrants to California
Similar tactics adopted by Fl Paso
with its ten-day stopover privilege TO
tourists should result IN much the
same results that the Californians are
getting"
People who send their washing to
the laundry should be very careful IN
making out their lists" said T. NJ
Courchesre. The counters at the
laundries are very accurate and make
very few mistakes. while on the other
hand great many women turn in
lists with their laundry which are in
correct For instance, many times
when woman has ten sheets she may
by mistake say Is, and there are nu-
merous other mistakes in counting
Naturally when the washing comes
back with less than the woman thinks
she sent out there is trouble. and the
common idea is that the laundry IS
destroying clothes or else giving ar
tcles away 20 their friends"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Gov Hunt Of Arizona, Is planning to have the inmates
of state institutions 20 knitting That is better than
TO have them nothing and it's safe bet that the COVER
nor wouldn't consider having the states convs at Florence
work on the roads if he thought there any possibility
Of offending the labor unions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
POLICE INSPECTOR DIES POOR.

New York, Jan. 3o.-A net estate OF
$3.50 was left by former police in
spector Alexander S. Williams, known
as the car OF the tenderloin.T who
died March %. 1917. although he was
believed 10 be wealthy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Some folks are aIIus referrin' t ther
maid when they only hire a woman one
forenoon a week T. wash. tn original
Hooverite is tn landlord % tn only
hotel in town.
Copyright Sstionai Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

In the winter the hens aren't laying and that makes
eggs high and IN the the eggs go into cold storage
instead OF to market and that makes them high again
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

How can those stocyaIds operatOrse at Omaha be ex-
pected pay their employees over $50 month while meat
Is selling under 90 cents pound?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

It must have shaken the German lines considerably
when the allied aviators dropped president Wilson'S weghty
words upon them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
UPRISING OF THE PROLETARIAT
IN GERMANY is NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

M their peace program Of annexation and no IN
IDENTITIES they anticipated rejection by the Ten
tonic countries by saying, in effect:
f the mperalistic representatives n the pour parles
refuse to accept these principles the proeaat masses OF
home Will arise compel them 10 accept The German
and people hungry FOR peace and VIII
not lend themselves further achieve the annexaionst
aims Of their imperiaistc masters"
Then the pa1leys BresLtovsk opened and the Rus-
sian representatives laid down their doctrines The leu
tons made their rejoinder which practically that they
would hold all Russian occupied territory The Russians
ouposed this view and the sessions Of the conference since
have been given discussions Of annexation with
neither side showing any signs of yielding. The prospect
Flows daily conference Will be broken of dell
nteIv and that some kind of warfare the east front
viii be resumed
But here up a very interesting fact few thou
sand Hungarian workers went strike few days ago,
vocug weak demand that the dual monarchy separate
itself Gemanys annexation scheme; that peace De
made Immediately and account must the conference
At Brest-Litovsk be allowed to end IN rupture Inc
strike movement spread until 100000 workers out IN
Hungary It kept spreading until, by Tuesday of this
week it estimated that 100000 laborers had struck
in Austria as well Hungary Disorders had occurred
There was roting the troops showed inclination to
fight their own people The strike movement seems to have
died down for the moment because it is reported the
AusroHunearian government has met the views of the
strikers in regard to annexatons. 1t probably has
pledged effort to make with Russia and not TO
support German demands.
The strike movement in Austria Hungary has had Its
effect in Germany &c ch an extent that German suthor
ties have feared gTavey similar Eruption throughout
their empire.
Tbe BoIshevikis forecast about uprising of the
proetarats sounded ridiculous at the time but It seems
to have a real basis in fact, after all.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
By DUNK BUTTS

I'D hooks visited the Tickville
shine parlor Saturday and had his
- shoes shined all around.
<
Atlas Peck delivered the opening ad-
dress at the meeting at Rye Straw
Friday night The audience thought
he talked entirely too long; but he
says he didn't, and added that audi
ences never will amount to much and
have any sense as long as they are 50
restless.
=
Sile Kildev has been inspecting the
almanac this week, and finds that
health is good in that vicinity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Washington asked Us to clean up. Soldering up will
help some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Women mechanics are employed n .
Detroit automobile plant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

The wild, wild Russians are making wild man of
Wilhelm.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Ian is almost the only country where
it is possible TO get art goods OF an
original character, as the supply from
Europe is shut off entirely on ac-
count OF the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

ishes readers. free OF
any and all subjects
resources OF the va
igress and the many
Three cents In post
Information wanted
J. Haskin. pireclur-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Savings bank deposits increase when town goes dry
There's a reason.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

Hon" and "Dearie" don't MI Garfield increases
the two ightless nights to seven.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

WASHINGTON. March l6 -
Dealers IN Washington have dis
covered the following figures 20
represent the cost of drive-aways
from Detroit 90 Washington Drive.
aways have been resorted 20 10 an
important extent because OF tho
railroad situation An oakland car
driven from Pontiac 10 Washington.
six hundred miles. requiring five
daya cost $40. \ number NJ Hun
mobiles recently driven here from
Detroit In sis dfNs averaged SIS pcr
ear the high cost due In great mart
to time lost In snowdrifts 4 mum
Der of Federal trucks made the trip
from Detroit In ~ DAYS with a COS.
OF 'lS0 per truck The Packard
COMPANY and the saxon company
nave also made a number ag drive
aways from Detroit to Washington.
but Their cost figures are not a,,iI.
Shie The route followed from
Detroit Is Via Toledo. cleveland
ton W9'hlhs