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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
USEFUL LIGHTER
FOR GAS TORCH
Danger Of Fire and Unnecessary
Waste of Gas Is Prevented
by Continuance.
SPARK PLUG Is MADE use OF
c ,nnecssd With Coil and Battery,
Eliminating Necessity Of Leaving
Torch 6urning-Advantaoeous
in Various Shops.

It is the practice in some shops to
cave a welding torch burning with a
small flame when 1t is not in use, Ow-
ing to the time required for lighting
It. Aside from the danger of fire
caused by this custom, 1t always
wastes more or less gas. which is not
necessary If some apparatus such as
that shown In the sketch is provided.
Arrangement Of Battery.
Underneath the bench. in a box
mounted for the purpose, are placed
four or five dry cells, connected in the
usual way to a jump-spark coil, such
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

back in the country Is concerned, I'M
less he Is able to advantageOusly haul
his produce over that five miles to the
nearest shipping point. As Secretary
Redfield recently put it, You might
build the railroads up until they are
ten tracks wide, but you do not fully
help the farmer ten miles away to get
his produce to market. And you might
fill the rivers with steamers, and he
may still be isolated
motor cars and motor trucks are a
partial solution. But they are not
enough. To use them advantageously
requires good roads as well, over
which the farmer can haul his prod
uce In motor vehicles directly to the
consumer, where possible, or else to
the nearest shipping point. There
never was a sounder investment in
the world than money expended in
the building of good roads. The
Romans had learned that 1000 years
ago. and they built their roads so well
that some Of them are used yet.
Certainly one of the surest ways to
reduce the high cost of living is to
build more good roads. And the build
now campaign which Mr.. Wilson. sec
rotary Of labor, has recently started
should receive the hearty support Of
everybody"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Bird Acts as Alarm Clock.

winsted, Conn.-No alarm clock Is
needed mornings at E~ve~breeze cot
tage, Highland. owned and occupied
by Lou Stone. because a w~hippoorwill
has volunteered to do the work hither-
to intrusted to mechanism. Attracted
by morsels placed in a box outside for
birds, the whippoorwill comes at day
break. eats from the box and before
departing pays for its food in song.
Winding and setting an alarm clock
at night is no longer a chore at TIL,
cottage. '
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Safety Most Important.
ROPE IS GOOD SUBSTITUTE
Some Emergency Device Is often Nee
essary After Shower to Prevent
Car SkiddInp.

A summer shower occasionally
makes 1t necessary for the driver of a
passenger automobile or IA truck to use
some emergency device to prevent the
skidding and slipping Of the wheels.
At such a time 1t always happens that
the tire chains are in the garage and
some makeshift has to be provided.
One tire company suggests that In
such an emergency a rope wrapped
around the tire at intervals will give
the traction necessary and will do even
less injury to the tires than chains.
The rope should be reeved through
the spokes and tied securely.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Town Plants 900 Trees.

The city of New Bedford. Mass. set
out 300 trees in spring, and the city
claims 1t almost holds the record for
the number of trees 1t possesses in pro-
portion to street mileage. according to
a report of the American Forestry as
ISOLATION of Washington, whose cam
paign for memorial trees for soldiers
Is nationwide and which is registering
all such trees.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
INVESTMENT IN GOOD ROADS
Does Not Become Real Economy Until
Provision Is Made for Proper
Maintenance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ~Agriculture)
Investment Of money in new roads
does not become real economy until
provision is made for keeping these
new roads in condition after they are
built. If a new road is built and then
allowed TO fall into ~disrepair. much of
the original investment is simply
wasted.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

The home is the unit Of society and
whenever a man and woman marry a
new unit is added to society and the
duty Of that man and that woman is
to give II square deal" TO the cause
Of humanity and keep the torch light
of civilization. which has been placed
in II Elf hands by the preceding gener-
alton brightly burning and tanning 1t
to greater brilliancy. hand 1t on to the
next in line.-Exchange. f
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Says Station Was Easy"

AT Great Lakes they fell for my
story. They gave me a ten-day fur
Tough so | could go TO Philadelphia
and claim the fortune.
AT the end Of my furlough I came
back and got an extension. Then I
cashed a bogus check Mt the station
for $50. After that ! threw away my
uniform and forged checks in Buffalo,
New York city, Washington. Detroit.
and Cleveland. II was In Cleveland
that they got me. for a bad check In
Milwaukee.
81 was tried. convicted and here I
am"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

they reveal the plane, instead of be-
ing continuously upheld by the air,
travelling from crest to crest of n
series of waves; In more technical
words. the element Of ra~refaction
which produces the lifting power Of
an airplane Is not constant, but is
exerted In intermittent moving air
waves. not unlike the waves Of the
e These air waves have their
period Of formation. followed by a col
lapse which. again like the sea, has its
undertow; and, during more than a
quarter of the time In flight. the air
flow created by the air screws has no
lifting power OF the wings. To take
the pictures required a special camera
devised by the invention section of the
United States army.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
The Mjohtv knjttipo Needle.

More than 100000 knitted arti-
cles were turned out by Red Cross
ome from the time the United
States entered the war TO the end of
last March. The pen may be mightier
than the sword. but both Will have to
needle.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Town Arhoretuma.

In time wayside arboretums might
become national OF municipal posses
sions Of very great value. for with in
telligent forestry handling the trees
could be cut down at the proper time.
with requirements so arranged that
the appearance of the shaded venues
would not be a~ppreciably affected.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
ExpIosion of Nj. PeIee.

The eruption began May z. 1902.
and st. Pierre was destroyed on May
?. The second eruption occurred on
May %. Other outbreaks occurred dur
ing the year. particularly in the latter
part Of August and early part Of Sep
TENDER.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
A Spark Plug, Sunk in the Bench, and
Connected to a Coil and Battery of
Dry Cells, Eliminates the Necessity
Of Leaving the Torch Burning.

as used on automobiles or stationary
gas engines. The h~igh-tension termin-
ais of the spark coil are connected to
a spark plug, mounted as shown in
the detail, so that the points are
flush with the bench. In the primary
circuit is connected Il push button,
which may be located on the floor,
preferably sunk into il, so as to pro-
ject no farther than the necessary dis
lance for pushing the button with the
foot. The torch Is lighted by turning
on the gas and bringing the nozzle
near the spark plug, at the same time
pressing the button with the foot. The
time required for this operation is
practically none. after the workman has
become familiar with the location Of
the button and spark plug. In the
upper right-hand corner of the sketch
Is shown a simple method of making II
stand or rack for the torch, which will
be handy In connection with the light
ing apparatus.
Safety Most Important.
While the gas saved Is perhaps a
small item, the element of safety is
more important, and since the amount
of current used is very small, the APP
paratus will he advantageous in many
shops whore the all-around usefulness
of a welding torch Is appreciated,-c.
c. Spreen. Detroit, Mich. in Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Air WaNes.

That aircraft actually navigate a
kind of invisible sea is revealed by a
series of motion pictures, the first of
air In motion against the wings of an
airplane. Three miles of film We're
used in making the photographs. and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

Germs which grow in food and aus
Illness grow very rapidly. particularly
If the food is a little warm. and are NOT
destroyed unless THE food Is well
cos .ed before serving. Simply warm
Ing -" is not enough
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

cut from the box without being sep
arated from each other. Several of
them nailed to a fence, and each filled
with a growing plant, present a very
pleasing appearance, and as four peck
cts may be made from each box there
is no trouble in matching them. In
cutting the box, the saw should he
held at an angle Of not more than thir-
ty degrees to the vertical.-Mrs. Grace
f. Wiley, Concord, n. H., in Popular
Mechanics Magazine. .
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

II you and your neighbor are hav.
ing trouble over your road, don't drag
1t into court. Just drag it.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
To Secure Permanencx.

1t would seem advisable that In ths
construction Of all roads. some good.
durable material should be applied as
a top covering in order that perma-
nency may be secured.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Some Difference.

He-So you let 1t out. Didn't I tell
you 1t was q secret and that you must
MT tell q living soulf
She-No. you didn't. You only said
II was q secret.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
FLOWER POCKETS ON FENCE
ment May Be Utilized for
the Purpose.

A wall pocket to hold a plant can be
box. 1t consists Of three triangular
pieces-two for the sides and one for
the back. The sides are, of course,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Use Litter Ia Summer.

The use of litter in the poultry
house is important even in the sum
mer. 1t absorbs dirt and gives the
house a cleaner odor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Tire Economy.

Tire economy. especially on hard
ened or slippery roads, a be govern
ed by braking efficiency.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
CLEANING PIuo Points.

Gasoline and a small brush are bet
ter for cleaning the points of spark
plugs than scraping.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

In inspecting the springs attention
should be given to the spring hangers
and other subsidiary parts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

The car owner should be careful to
keep the exterior of the engine clean
as well as the interior.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Maoneto Overlooked.

The magnetic is a wonderful instru-
ment, requiring 50 little attention that
it is ept to be neglected.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

There are two good reasons why
bungalows are popular. One is the
air of ~cOziness that the exterior gives,
and the other Is that the rooms all
are on one floor, simplifying the work
Of the h~Ousekeeper. Bungalows are
popular now, but In California a great
proportion of the homes built follow
this type of architectural design.
The bungalow here pictured is a
good example of an inexpensive home.
The walls are sided to the height of
the window stills. and covered with
shakes" or shingles above. Both
are painted green. The porch piers
and the chimneys are constructed of
rough brick. and the roof is of a gray
roofing composition. The attractive
porch is fiOOred with concrete.
The dimensions of the house are 26
by As feet, just the right size for a
small lot. The five rooms are the liv-
Ing and dining rooms, kitchen and two
bedrooms; and bath room, of course.
Additional features are the front
porch, 16 by 8 feet, and a screened-in
rear porch, o by 6 feet.
The ceilings of the living and din
ing rooms are beamed, and the walls
of the latter are finished with a panel
wainscOt and plate rail. The wood
work of the two rooms is Of pine,
stained in a dark mission oak color.
These rooms have oak floors. The
woodwork In the other rooms is of
pine. enameled white, and the floors
are of pine.
fireplace, and there is n built-in buffet
in the dining room. Bookcases are
built-in on either side of the fireplace.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Remedy for Anina Fowls.

Good care. clean water and proper
feed are the best remedies for ailins
chickens.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

Dragging brakes cause American
motorists to suffer large pecuniary
losses each veal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
Sodium FIuoride for vermin.

Sodium f1uoride is very destructive
to lice without producing any i'll effects
eve to young chickens.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

cision. I had a good story cooked up
and upon the advice Of this newly made
acquaintance l decided to join the
Navy
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10

Anybody Can Build Road.
Anybody can build a good road-N
you give him enough money.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-10
BUNGALOWS ARE
POPULAR NOW
California Type of Five-Room
Structure Described.
MAKES A COMFORTABLE HOME
Design Provides a Convenient Arrange
ment Of Comfortable Rooms-Is
Attractive and lnexpen-
sive to Build.
BY WIN. A. RADFORD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will .n.v.,
questions and give advice FREE or
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building. for the readers Of this
paper; On account of his wide experience
Is EDITOR. Author and Manufacturer. he
Is. without doubt. the highest AUTHORITY
on all these subjects. Address all inouiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24

Carolina, $25,ooo,Ooo, available
at the rate Of $2,500,0OO, per
year; Oklahoma, $4,000. 900:
Pennsylvania, $4,000, 900; South
Carolina, $25,0OO,0OO; South Da-
kota, legislation pending to ex-
tend the road program but no es-
innate of the amount to be spent !:
tennessee, $4O,00O,OOO; Texas,
S15,0O0,OO0; Washington, $780,
100000, available over a period
OF six years; and West Virginia.
| $50,O0O,OOO.
Most of the foregoing was on
March | dependent on State Leg
lslatlon or on referendums on
bond issues, and if, in every in
stance, the propositions were
carried as planned, only a lesser
portion Of the money would be
available this year, and, in some
States, none would be available
until after November of 1920.
The figures indicate, however.
that the states are taking a new
interest in the road-building
movement and further justify the
prediction that the next three
years are to bring unprecedented
activities in the Improvement and
extension of Americas system.
1t is admitted in the depart
ment OF Labor that present con-
struction costs are much high
er than the prewar level. In part
this is accounted for by freight
rates on road materials establish
ed during the war to prevent the
movement of these materials for
work other than Government
work. There is every reason to
believe these rates will be revised
at once. The effect of such re-
vision will be favorable to reduc-
ed construction costs, but most
authorities are agreed that pre-
war prices in this field will not be
reestablished. The condition of
our currency and the generally
higher price levels throughout
the world, so these authorities
assert. will not permit a return to
preWar prices, and for those
reasons present construction
prices are not as abnormal as the
popular mind is prone to believe
them.
The Division of Public Works
and Construction Developments
OF the Department of Labor as
serts, regardless of present con-
struction prices, it is paying
investment for States to at once
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24

fluctuations as they were record
ed during the month of March.
OF particular interest was the
case of butter, which had declin-
ed 10 per cent during the month
OF February. During March this
dairy product advanced 16 per
cent, recovering it's previous loss
and gaining a substantial in
crease. During March sirloin
steak advanced one per cent
round steak and chuck roast, two
per cent, and coffee and tea, three
per cent. There were some small
declines in navy. beans, potatoes,
rice, eggs, and milk.
Summarizing the price ranges
for the month of March just pass
ed the bureau found that % ar
ticles of food were two per cent
higher than they were during
the proceeding month of Febru-
ary and were IA per cent above
the quotations for the same ar
ticles in March, 1918. For the
six-year period from March, 1918,
to March, 1919, the increase in
the retail prices of all foods was
80 per cent, with -four and meats
advancing over 100 per cent.
On a great many of these ar
ticles of food the government
still maintains minimum price:
Why this should be continued in
definitely with quotations trying
to go out the top of all registers
is not exactly clear to the aver
age citizen. With a bumper wheat
crop in prospect the government
still guarantees a minimum of
$2.26 and defies the economic law
of supply and demand in so do
ing. Minimum prices are also in
effect on certain staples in can
ned goods that might decline
were they not arbitrarily held up.
If we can defy supply and de-
mand in maintaining minimum
prices may we not also do so in
keeping quotations to a maxi
mum? 1t seems certain that they
will have to be stopped some
where. We have had a great deal
of minimum regulation and prac-
tically none in maximum. The in
terests of the producer and the
intermediates have been looked
after, while nothing of any value
has been done to protect the con-
sumer. Turn about may be more
than fair play; it may become abb
solutely necessary after awhile
Commercial Appeal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24
Resolution of Respect.

Whereas, God in mis- infinite
wisdom and love has seen fit to
remove from our midst one of
our most devoted pupils, Marvin
Harris. Be it resolved:
First That we the faculty and
students Of the Pelahatchie High
School with sorrowing hearts
bow in submission to the will of
the loving Father, feeling that
He knoweth best and doeth all
things well.
.Second-That we desire to ex-
press to the parents, brothers
and sisters our deepest and most
heart felt sympathy. And while
we know that our loss is his gain,
may we truly realize that God
and Heaven are nearer because
of this treasure that is now over
there.
Third That copy Of these
resolutions be sent to the family,
copy be sent to The Brandon
News for publication.
w. S. Craft,
Mable Wilson,,
Thelma Baker.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24
PUCKETT ITEMS.

R. L. Gates and w. G. Bott mo-
tored over to Jackson one day
last week where Mr.. Gates
bought line of merchandise.
DR.. G. A. Walker visited friends
and relatives at Magee Saturday
afternoon.
R. N. Warren anticipates buy
ing a White Truck for hauling
logs and lumber. He has had
one out demonstrating for a few
days and seems to be we'll pleas
ed with results.
Our friend, Lewis May, was
consulting the voters here last
week in regard to their political
affiliations and was made to feel
good over his future prospects,
and it wasn't from the sales of
Red j either.
Our community was saddened
on yesterday by the death of our
friend and fellow-townsman, Mr..
G. Y. Bott, which occurred at
Jackson where he had gone for
treatment. In the loss of Mr..
Bott, our community has lost one
of it's best and noblest citizens
and one who always stood for
right. His presence will be great
ly missed by all who knew him
and our deepest sympathies go to
his bereaved family.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24
Why Not Maximum Prices

Contrary to some official pre-
dictions, but in accordance with
the popular and generally accept
ed viewpoint, the curve Of prices
since the armistice has been up
ward instead of downward. The
small price furry during Febru-
ary, when certain articles Of food
went down slightly, should not
have aroused any false hopes in
the breast of the long suffering
consumer. If it did, all fanciful
expectations were doomed to dis
appointment.
The bureau Of labor statistics
has just issued a survey of price
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-24

get road work and construction
of public Improvements under way.
The dividend and benefit Of this
policy will appear in the early
Improvement Of general business
conditions and the ready absorp-
tion of such labor as is released
from the Army and war industry.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-10-24
OAKLAND
Augusta. Maine

Rev and Mrs. Weston P Holrnes we-e
calling on friends Il. Sidney recently
Edward Dudley went ID Sanford
ThursGay, where ne has secured en-
plovment for The winter. Mrs. Dudley
Of relatives III town for short lime
before luining Mr.. DudIey-
Mrs. Frank Dalton. VINO was called
70 Augusta by the death Of her sister,
Mr.. William Shaw. has been visiting
relatives in town fur few days and
left Thursday for her home III I'm
Mass.
Mrs. Edith Sanford mas completed her
duties al me Cascade woOlen mill and
VII leave Monday for WatertOwrl,
MasE.. where she mas secured employ
msnt and will make her home.
NJ and Mrs George webbsr OF Sum
mer street are parents of a baby boy
born Tuesday. which has been named
Roland jesse.
Cittzens. members. and everyone are
urged 10 be present tonight at the lee
ture room of the Hbrarv 10 attend the
meeting Of the Red Cross at which time
plans will ne completed for the coming
membership drive Nov. IN. and other
business or Importance VIII be cunsid-
cred Miss Lakin of the Waterville
branch will be present al the meeting
tonight and will present some Of the
needs of welfare and community work
Stephen PuIlen is III at the home Of
his daughter. Mrs. Archie Peavey. with
blood poisoning in his leg
Mrs. r. Z. Smith of Mainstream an1
Mrs Eov Hodgicn Of Fairfield were re-
cent guests Of Mrs. Guy Stafford.
M and Mrs. Fred Leach went 10
Lakeside THURSDAY TO close their cnf-
tage for the sea.son.
Mise Charlotte Bates In confined 70
her home on Pheasant street with mer
curry poisoning.
Mrs. Joseph Manter delightfully."- en-
terta.ned the members of the Fidelity
class of the Free Baptist church Thurs
day afternoon a. her home on High
street. A goodiF number were pres
snt and during the afternoon light re-
treshments were served
Mrs Chester Bridges has returned
rrnm waterviiie. where she was called
by the illness of her son. J. n Bridges.
VINO has typhoid fever and has seeD
taken To Gray's hospital for treatment
Miss Helen Perrin has gone 10 North
Auson. where she viii be a guest OF
Mrs. Milton Young for few days.
Hrs. Walter s. Dyer has Just receiv-
ed q letter from her son. Rev. Ferneiie
". DYER who At the time the letter
was written was with mis- family at the
Hotei Ramona az San Francisco. wait
ing for the boat to saiI- The sailing
u the vesseI was postponed from Oct
fS h 10 tn s2i Re-. Dyer and fanfiT
left Oakland several weeks ago and