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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11
Claimant

To the County Board OF Supervisors
We. your Committee on Finance and
Printing. to whom the foregoing schedule
Of claims was referred. beg to report that
we have carefully examined the claims
and recommend the allowance in +, 4 or
in part, the rejection OF further reference
as is noted by your Committee ON SAID
claims and schedule
Respet fully submitted
q NJ Schaua
J J. Defer
Kimball Clark
Committee on finance
and Printing
Moved by PenIose and supported by
Olmsted that the report Of the Committee
on Finance and Printing be and IS hereby
accepted. that the Chairman and Clerk be
and are hereby directed to draw orders on
the Treasurer IN payment OF sad CLAIMS
as allowed Motion carried
Moved by Oimsted and supported by
Penrose, that Daniel Reid. Chairman Of
our County Board, be- and IS hereby re-
quested 10 represent Iron County al the
meeting Of the State experimentation Of
Members Of County Boards. which
meeting will be held IN the city Of Madl-
son. Wisconsin, during the month IT Feb
ruary, 1921 and that the Chairman and
Clerk be and are hereby directed to draw
an order Of $500 on the T~easurer IN pay
ment Of membership fee 10 the above or
ganization. Motion carried.
Petition OF Ida b. Bradley for an IN
crease in salary from SIPS % T. $4,000
per month, same 10 take effect at the
next term OF office in July 1921, was pre-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11
Mrs. 1 sas4rsa NJ. ttoyt Recommend
CHaUpte TIaiu's Tablets.

have frequently used Chamber
laiu's Tablets. during thr past Three
years and have found them sp.ruall
for headache aud bilious attaaaa
am only too pleased, At auy nmr ~
speak a word iu praise " th-u.
writes Mrs Laura VI HoYt Eocs-
Dort Y
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11

Goethe and Emperor IIo"''3s
devoted 20 tame @erpcuiS
was fond Of huge spider. t'"'.a'
had favorite ape Cardinal N7
= pet monkey and The great Il. -ea+1
preferred collection OF cats
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11

lied valuation of said districts as APP
portioned and fixed by said county
board be, aud the same is herein fixed
and levied as follows, to-wit:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11
Inauguration DAY.

'"aNaN aIIVU Jay
ggaratiou day was fixed on
\ 4, 1889, by the Continental
rs simply because the date was
Went upon which to get the new
Nnent established. q thing which
" wanted to accomplish as soon
q BE alter the adoption OF the
Mutton.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11

embel, 1920, that the general tax levy
for the year 1920, and chargeable to
the several towns, villages and cities
OF said county according TO the equal
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11

In accordance with CHI l34 Laws OF 1919 for highways
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axis. The tube contains oil, which.
expanded and made lighter by the
heat, ascends through the tube. The
latter is continued to form loop out
side the half-cylinder, making 1t an
| endless arrangement.
Descending through the loop, the oil
coos. But the suns heat, forcing
the oil up through the part OF the
tube inside the half-cylinder, compels
the cooled oil TO follow It, else there
would be a vacuum. Thus, while the
sun shines, there is a continuous cir
culation of oil up and around.
The loop" passes through n box
that contains an oven. Heat from the
OIL as it runs through. warns the oven
and does the cooking. With this con-
trivance Dr. Abbot has baked bread
and roasted meat on the summit of
Mount Whitney, in California. in the
midst of everlasting SHOWS.
More Suns Heat Far Aloft
For years past Or. Abbot has
worked in an observatory on that
mountain top, three miles above sea
level. He says that his machine will
cook more rapidly up there than in
San Francisco. because the suns rays
are hotter. Much of the suns energy
IS lost in passing through the atmos-
phere and so one gets more of 1t high
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up toward the sky.
A new and rather exciting idea Is
that before long solar heat will be
used for making artificial ice on a
large scale. Concentrated by great
mirrors. II will serve to evaporate am
monia. thereby engendering intense
cold; and the conversion of the am
monia into gas will incidentally fur
nish power to engine for pumping the
stuff twhen condensed) through the
pipes. for use over and over again.
Solar energy is already being turned
to very practical account in parts OF
Africa. Thus, for instance, soldiers in
French Northern Africa. carry on their
backs a convenient little apparatus for
distilling water for drinking. 1t con-
sists of a boiler, concave mirror to
focus tho suns rays, and Il coil Of
tubing in a water jacket for a con-
denser. This machine will boil a quart
Of water and keep 1t boiling. 1t will
distill two gallons a day. enough for
half-a-dozen men.
On clear summer day the sun de-
llvers on the earth one kilowatt of
energy per square yard, or the equiva-
lent OF one and two-fifths horsepower,
continuously-that is to say, enough
to run and keep running twenty-five
40-watt electric lamps.
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OF the coming cities of Siberia. 1t has
long shop lined streets, the Cathedral
of st. Nicholas. three Libraries, large
number of schools, a largo theatre
and several cabaret shows which are
more or less questionable in their per-
formance.
The railway platforms are always
hlled with American agricultural ma
chinery for the Russians, who emil
grated here before the war and have
learned the value of the American
harvester-a machine which can be
seen In all parts OF Siberia. In fact,
Omsk IS the Chicago Of Siberia in It's
exports, skins. hides, meat and butter.
In one year 12,250 sables alone were
sent to the great fur market in Leipslc
one days journey eastward brings
us to the city of Tomsk. not on the
Siberian railroad, but on a branch
This city Is known as the city of
orgies and education as there Is a uni
versity OF no little merit where there
are hundreds of students and dance
halls and cabaret shows which would
be closed In the United States FIVE min
utes after they had opened, but some
thing must be done to amuse the peo-
pie, and men whose shows were too
vile for Paris seem to have settled
here. The hotels are very like the
hotels of Russia, about as uncomfort-
able rs they can be made. They have
no running water in the rooms and
very little in the pitchers and after q
few days stay in one the traveller
comes 10 the conclusion that cleanli-
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OF course, some mention of the
great Lake Baikal must be mentioned
for this body OF water is the real
beauty spot Of Siberia. With great
snow capped mountains on one side,
her shore carpeted with snow as far
as the eye can see her turbulent wa
ters present pretty picture. 1t will
be remembered that some years ago
the carcass of a mastodon was found
In the ice along the shore Of the lake
and the explorer is said 10 have actu-
ally tasted the meat Of the prehistoric
animal which seems to prove the
theory OF cold storage being a real
preservation.
Village Life
Naturally Siberia has many Villages
where the real life of the people can
be seen. but to those who have
Travelled in Russia they will seem lit
tie different. The houses are built
of logs with few windows which are
sealed up early in September and not
opened until July. They are blessed
during the building by priest of the
Greek church. The land is parceled
out in strips and worked under q gem
eral mayor or governor Of a certain
section just as in Russia. During the
coldest part of the winter the farmer
takes his cattle into the hut with him
and as there is no air the odor be-
comes unbearable, and there Is sure TO
be sickness in the family and usually
several deaths II the winter is par
tlcularly severe. But the Siberlans
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ness in a Siberian hotel Is not next
to Goodness, but next TO impossible.
Somehow the very curiousness of the
place makes it interesting and the
traveller is willing to even put up with
the various kinds OF cockroaches
which parade about the bed room
walls.
The market on the banks Of the
river at Tomsk is wonderful in its
way-little wooden huts, hundreds Of
them where all sorts OF gilded ware.
bright colored knickknacks and col
ored picture books are offered to
brighten the cherries homes OF the
Siberian residents. Women squat
about in the snow outside the huts
offering second hand goods for sale
and while they sell little they are often
remembered by the prosperous passer-
by. There is also one part of the
market devoted to the sale of Siberian
ponies. those sturdy little animals who
are very gentle driving yet possess the
strength OF horse.
Irkutsk
1rkutsk was at one time perhaps
the vilest city in the world due to the
fact that in the old days many OF tho
worst prisoners escaped from the
mines and came to Irkutsk to set up
business and In the old days before
the war robbery and murder were the
frequent night sports in that city. 1t
finally became so bad that vigilance
committee was organized and at pres
ent Irkutsk moves along in a law
abiding fashion and Is growing in its
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not from the sun direct. but from the
blue sky. The sky itself is a heater.
But, to come back to matters purely
practical. we know that in desert
regions OF Northern Africa irrigating
machinery, for pumping water, is now
being operated on a considerable scale
by sun power. One plant Of great
size. purchased by the Egyptian Gov
ernment and set up in the Nile Valley
replaces $500 laborers working eight
hours a day.
Outfits Built In This Country
This plant was built in the United
States; and so likewise were others
ordered by the French Government,
and which have been installed in
Tunisia for running irrigation machln-
cry. They are said to have given ex-
cellent satisfaction. Such outfits are
admirably adapted for use in rainless
regions, where the sun shines all day
long every day.
These sun plants may be said to rep
harnessing to date. One form en-
ploys trough-shaped rehectors ar
ranged in batteries, the solar rays be-
ing concentrated by them upon tube
shaped boilers that run through the
troughs. The banks of reflectors are
automatically heeled over toward the
east in the morning and toward the
west in the evening.
Another form employs a congeries
of fiat metal boxes containing water
and covered with two sheets OF glass
upon which the sunshine IS concen-
trated by mirrors. With twenty-siX
banks OF boxes. covering a total area
of 10,29O square feet, all the rays that
fall upon a quarter-acre of surface
are taken up and utilized. The water
in the boxes is converted into steam
which runs pump. lifting 500 pounds
of water per minute TO height Of 3S
feet,
First Steps Toward The Goal
The first practical solar cook-stove
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ceiVe the suns rays, and shelves In
side OF 1t are so arranged as always
to adjust themselves horizontally. on
these the pans of bread are placed for
baking, or other dishes to be cooked.
One gathers. then. a notion OF the fact
that the business of putting the sun
to work Is no longer purely matter
of theory. 1t Is beginning to take
some sort of practical shape-suffl-
clenuy. at all events, to offer reason
able expectation that what has already
been accomplished in n small way will
before long be carried out on a large.
perhaps an enormous, scale.
In California many thousands OF
dwellings are provided with roof boxes
that supply all the hot water required
for domestic purposes. Such a box
Is shallow, glass-covered bottom ed
with sheet copper painted black, and
Insulated. 1t contains black painted
pipes, and is filled with water by a
pump: the glass is double. The water
Is raised nearly to boiling-point by
the sun, and 1t will stay hot for forty
eight hours IL the weather happens to
be cloudy.
Science has learned a whole lot
about solar radiation that was not
known even a few years ago. On a
clear day. at any time in the year,
one-eighth to one-sixth OF the total
energy that warns the earth comes
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was invented by an Englishman named
Adams. 1t was a conical, eight-sided
wooden box, lined with silvered glass
and having at its bottom a small cop
per boiler-the latter being provided
with a glass cover to retain the rays
concentrated upon 1t by the mirrors.
In this contrivance any sort of focf4 4
was quickly cooked. Ratons for ssvy a
men, including meats. were prepared
in 1t in two hours.
As far back as 1882 a printing press
was run by sun power during an ex-
hibition at the Tuileries. A huge re-
Hector in the shape of hollow cone
concentrated the solar rays upon a
boiler and drove an engine which ran
the press and printed little newspa-
per, appropriately called the Soleil
Journal.
At Pasadena, Cal, in 1900, q rather
similar contrivance, on q far larger
scale, was set up at a cost Of $1,000.
It's mirror-refector, in the form OF a
fiat cone, looked like an immense
wheel. being 331a feet in diameter.
This was so arranged that It could be
made to face the sun at all hours, the
rays Of that luminary being concen-
trated upon a boiler. The outfit de-
ycoped four horsepower. and lifted
1.4OO gallons of water per minute. 1t
was meant for irrigating purposes, but
proved only an interesting experiment.
1t is undeniable that steady advance
is being made in the direction of sun
power utilization. We have as yet
taken only a few hating steps toward
a wonderful goal. Some day in the
not-dlstant future we shall reach 1t,
and, when that time has arrived, gl-
gantic plants will convert solar energy
into electricity. which can be trans
mitted over wires far and wide, for
use wherever it is wanted. 1t Is even
possible that the continuous sunshine
Of tropical deserts may furnish powder,
heat, and light for the cities OF tenn
perate zones.
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are stoid people and take their
medicine" without a murmur. II he
feels the least illness he goes TO bed
and stays there until his family routes
him out or he dies. During the old
regime he was little less than a slave
and generation after generation have
grown up in this manner. The war Is
sure to make a change and these poor
down trodden people may come into
their own when everything is finally
settled. One great thing may be said
of the peasantry OF Siberia-they are
not criminals for there Is rarely o
robbery or murder in the country
these always occur in the cities.
Nladivostok
But Nladivostok is perhaps the
most interesting Of all Siberia to the
American because it Is at this "Queen
Of the East" that our boys alous/ lde
Of the British "Tommies" keep guS rd
and give their all to bring about o.
world Of peace. Vladivostok was set
tied by traders hundred years ago.
Built on the slopes OF several hills It
overlooks a magnificent land locked
harbor large enough to shelter any
navy in the world. 1t has a fortress
which cost Russia (including graft
Sl5O,OOO,OOO. The last war has caused
the town to grow suddenly and from a
pre-war population OF 10000 has
grown to at least twice that number
The streets have been beautifled. f,ne
shops have sprung up; theatres and
hotels have been opened and the
American automobile can be seen on
any street The Y. NJ. c. A. and the
knights OF Columbus have established
headquarters for our boys who are so
far away and have done much 10 drive
away the homesickness OF this white
silence of the Siberian winter which is
now on.
IT'S a place to make money all
right" said one returned soldier "but
you Will die Of homesickness before
you get home to spend it"
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Just before e outbreak of the war
Russia began to encourage immigra-
ton to her Asiatic colony, and quite
number had taken up land where
wheat might be raised. It Is the vast
ness Of Siberia which fairly over
whelms one when it Is discussed for
while 1t belongs to Russia 1t embraces
more than one-half the area OF .he
entire Empire S31,SS2 square miles,
more than one and one-half times as
great as that Of the United States ex-
elusive of Alaska. While practically
all belongs to Russia It is divided po-
litically into four governments-Ir-
kutsk, Tobolsk, TomSk, Yeniselsk and
six provinces, Amur, Kamchata. Prim-
orskaya, Sakhalin, Transbaikalia and
Yaku,sk. About ninety per cent. of
the population are OF Russian origin.
The others are of Chinese. Korean and
japanese descent,
The history OF Siberia Is so closely
linked with Russia that It seems TO be
just an episode in Russian history for
II has belonged TO Russia since the
days Of Ivan the Terrible, and seems
to have come to that country through
the adventure. exploration. settlement
and development by the Russian peo-
pie, While thousands OF acres OF its
land are still uncultivatod and many
thousands of acres of swamp land alb
solutely unfit for cultivation yet on
the whole during the next ten years
It's products will amount to millions,
The great wheat fields will be made
to produce heavy crops and many OF
the mines will be opened. The won
derful trans-Siberian railway began in
1891 and completed eleven years later
covering a distance of 5.4S1 miles and
costing $172,525,OOO will give a fresh
Impetus 20 agriculture.
Great halfway
This railroad proved Of great i'm.
portance 60 Russia during the war. as
1t was the only route by which ammu-
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The amount of heat obtainable from
sciar rays by the use OF simple devices
Is really astonishing. Would you have
cheap sunshine cooker? You need
only take a wooden box and cover It
with two sheets Of glass separated by
an inch of air-space. Place It in the
sun, and soon the temperature inside
Of 1t will rise far above the boiling
point OF water. You can cook eggs or
meat in IT, or palatable stew of beef
and vegetables.
Here you have a real hreless cook
er. which requires no fuel to make it
not to start with. But the same meth
od' applied TO receptacle with a
double Jacket OF glass IAN inch of air
space separating the two jackets) will
run up the temperature inside TO
something like 1000 degrees - a
dead layer of air being the best Of
non-conductors.
The Up-To-Date Sunshine Oven
The latter Idea Is merely for scien-
tific experiment, of course: but a really
wonderful solor oven is made by set
ting q rectangular box on one of its
edges, the upper two OF Its four sides
being glass s-covered, and the glass
double as above described. The lower
two sides are painted black and COW
cred with black felt for insulation. The
box may be tilted M any angle to re-
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"A IL HEN Ouo lldN NuouEul VI
n HSiberia it has recalled the
NA horror or suffering associated
WV with II for up until quite re-
Gently the average American connect
cd Siberia with the desolate barren
frozen quarters of the political exles
Of Russia. The most narrowing and
heartrending stories have come from
there Of the treatment OF the prison
ers and Of the hardships they must
endure. The public mind was kept so
occupied with these dreadful tales
that little attention was paid to the
interesting part of the country, to its
riches, to its possibilities If its vast
resources were developed. The soil in
certain portions is quite fertile and
constitutes one OF the great sources of
wheat which was supplied by the Rus
sian Empire. In its hills are minerals,
the extent and riches OF which are
undiscovered and those mines which
nre in working order are being only
half developed.
Now that furs are so high the in
ducement to trap the animals which
abound in that country is great.
The present war has already brought
great change TO Siberia, First, there
Is no longer any Siberian exile for po-
litical prisoners and the majority of
those who were there have returned
10 Russia to a freedom which at pres
ent seems to be on a par with an exile
in Siberia. Military necessity has
made cities along the Siberian railway
which stretches from Moscow in cen
lral Russia to Vladiyostok, the great
city of Siberia, which has become an
important seaport as well as railway
depot, for the exigencies of war caused
much of the ammunition and war ma
terial sent from this country for the
use of the Allies to be sent across the
Pacific and landed at Vladivostok.
Naturally this brought our soldiers,
who are still policing this end OF Rus
sia.
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~ 1t can be done very easily; and
IL Is an Interesting experiment because
II illustrates in striking way the in
tensity of the suns heat.
on sunny day in summer the solar
iuminary delivers upon each acre of
land an amount OF energy equal TO
$500 horsepower working continu-
ously.
III all the suns rays that strike Man
haitian Island on warm and cloudless
day could be put to work. they would
develop enough power to run all the
machinery Of the world, propel all the
railroad trains and street cars. and
heat and light all the cities on the
globe.
No wonder. then, that science Is try
ing to find means whereby some of
this solar energy now going TO waste,
may be turned to useful account for
mechanical and other purposes.
The problem is engaging the atten-
ton Of thinkers and inventors all over
the world. 1t has been taken up very
seriously by the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. the late head Of which, Prof.
Langley. produced in the flying ma
chine the solution Of a puzzle SEEM
ingly quite as difficult.
DR.. C. G. Abbot. Assistant Secretary
Of the Smithsonian. has recently de-
vised solar cooker" as he calls It,
which operates on an entirely new
principle. 1t bakes a loaf Of bread,
or roasts piece Of meat, without fuel,
suns rays furnishing the heat.
1t Is quite simple. A half-cylinder
OF iron lined with mirror-glass catches
the rays and concentrates them upon
q metal tube that is the half-cylinder's
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SIGNS

"nen your underwear is comfy
And you haven't any cold,
"nen you hear no hint Of dresses
Being worn and frayed and old,
"nen no awful plans for cleaning
ran upon your troubled ear.
"nen you do not think of moving
For at least another year.
"nen no cottages suburban X
10 MOSQUITO swamps entice:
"ne" no bargain sales are offered
,yt At low and tempting price.
when your bank account ,s .,.u,.
Minus drain for anything.
wen wn you have that rested feeling.
fou may know it isn't spring
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milton and other military supplies
could be obtained from the United
States when the port at Archangel was
closed. In 1916 over $4,000, 900
worth of goods was sent to Russia by
way OF Vladivostok and the trans
Siberian railroad.
Even before the war the freight
travel of goods TO and from the United
States was so great that the Consular
office In Moscow had 10 be changed
TO that Of Consul General in order
that the business might be properly
handled.
The four great rivers of the country
are the Obi. Yenisee, Lena and Amur
and with their tributaries they afford
about 10000 miles of interior naviga-
ton. At present there are over 400
steamers on these waters and they
carry large amount Of freight from
the railway and bring tho products
from the interior to certain points
whore they are loaded on the train for
Moscow.
The climate of Siberia has little TO
recommend It for the summers are
short and very hot while the winters
are long and severe but dry. that Is,
II never rains but SHOWS and SHOWS
until the great white stiffness OF the
land is SO great that few people out
side OF the natives can live there and
keep from going insane.
Omsk And Tomsk
Omsk Is the agricultural center OF
about 1000 square miles and has a
population of about 100000. II Is one