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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30

times Of war our present source Of
supply Of nitrate for explosives Is. to
say the least. precarious.
Chemistry Is today solving the prob
lem Of fixed nitrogen.
To further elaborate chemistry's
contribution to human life would be
to write a technical history of indus
trial development. The other great
contributing factors have been the or
ganizing ability Of business men and
the technical skill Of the engineers.
To improve American chemistry. to
apply 1t more and more n an en-
cheney measure In American industry.
Il better national protection than pro-
tective tariffs. battleships or coast de-
lenses. The highest chemical EN-
cheney will make US invincible In COM
merce and In war.
As population increases and con-
servation becomes q matter Of vital
Importance. It follows that chemistry
must assume a more and more signin-
cant place in the well-being Of man.
kind. Chemistry belongs peculiarly tc
the age Of intensive utilization Of Z
country's resources. The cream-skim
ming period has passed; this 10 thu
age of by-products.
Still Much 20 es Done.
There Ii q danger that great Indus
trial organizations who owe their yer!
existence to the science Of chemistry
in the fullness of their present pros
perity may forget their debt to tn
past and their obligation to the future
; There IL still much to be done In tn
: improvement Of old processes and tn
discovery Of new. To handicap tn
} chemical laboratories of our educs
tional institutions, whence comes tn
) stream of technically trained men, an
: the unselfish contributions of pur
> science, is effectual to kill the ers
L while goose that laid the golden eg
The universities cannot carry II
: burden without the aid of enlightene
g industrialism. They cannot raise II
J. price Of their product to meet the eve
:. increasing cost Of laboratories, seize
:, tific equipment. high-grade instructit
y and pure research. No thinking ma
II can fall to recognize that the ranks
I. the teaching profession, present ar
d prospective, are becoming seriously d
e pleted through the inability of our
r ucational institutions to bear unaid'
II the problem Of ever-increasing cost
n 1t Is short-sighted policy for b
business to attract from the IN w r
ties our best chemists, to pick befo
N they are ripe our young men in cour
le of training, or by lack Of sympath'
70 ic support to jeopardize the future o.
10 put Of scientific research.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30
Owes Big Debt
to Chemistry

tndexed by an immediate investment
Of $75O,OOO.OOO.
The mercerizing of cotton has add
ed to the delight and wealth Of the
world. Recent improvements In the
incandescent lamp has meant saving
OF $30.OOO,OOO a year in the cost Of
lighting. You may reach for q match
as you read this. II so, remember it's
chemical history, and pause to con-
slider its place in modern civilization.
Foundation Of Many Industries.
Chemistry is the soul Of the pack
ing industry where by-products such
as digestive ferments. soap, glycerine,
fertilizers. ETC., have become as i'm
portant as main products. Chemis-
| try Is the foundation Of the rubber In
dustry. giving cheaper and better
processes Of purifying, vulcanizing.
and recovering. Steel Is not a native
product but Is q chemically modified
product. II Is stated that the Bes.
semer steel process adds $4,000, O0C
to the worlds wealth annually. Chem
istry has given us the Davy lamp. the
mine gas Indicator, the gas mask ant
the standardized explosive. Chemis
try has given us most of our pharma
ceuticals. and chemo-therapy In jus
in its infancy. Ehrlich made over 9O'
arsenical compounds before he strucl
upon those particular combination
known as "sansalvarsan" and "neo
; salvarsan." Chemistry has given u
} photography, moving-picture films, 4
Eliminating gas. fire extinguishers, al
! tificial gasoline, metallurgical pro-
lesses. Understanding and purifyin
agents, synthetic fertilizers, insect
: cides, paints, explosives, glass, pape
, the gas mantle, the storage batter,
? the arc light and has stabilized man
: an industry by working up into usef,
products every trace of raw materia
b Chemistry has standardized foo
e products and multiplied the source
e Of supply. 1t has attacked and pa
o TALLY solved the population problem .
r sewerage and waste disposal. and W
3. ter supply.
Saving Big Problem.
There are $500 tons Of nitrogs
pressing down upon every acre Of Il
. earth's surface, and yet our fields a
: starving for fixed nitrogen. and
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30
AGED Man Writes c.ards.

Elizabeth. Ky 'harles friend Of
Glendale, who is eighty years cd and
never would be taken to be over So
entv. was in town the other day. He
still writes visiting cards for the
Young people and so steady his hand
and SO perfect his eyes that they al
most looA like they were engraved.
Whenever he takes notion that he
wants to 60 to Hodgenville he walks
there and back. distances e -
miles each way.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30

Herbert George
Wells. the most
dts cussed living
novelist. was born
at Bromley. Kent.
ON Sept. II. 1855.
the son OF Q ia
nous professional
cricket player. HIS
mother was An
I n n 4 Q . pc r.
daughter who had
been q iady's maid
before her mar
riage. The boy
had an irregular
education. but he
W a s lex (
learn. and at the
age of Is. after
working as an at
tendant In q store,
he secured Q posi-
ton as assistant
in q gr Q m m q
school. He OBJ
tanned q scholar.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30
Professor Knows Friends Are Honest
but Isn't Taking Any
Chances.

Westfield. Mistakenly quarts q
bottled-in-bond whisky, owned py
Prof. Lewis B. Allyn, the noted pure
food expert, has been kept In his safe
since Jan. 16.
II know my friends are nor est.
he says, but | am taking no chances
The whisky is required from tune
to time in the professors resi- arcf
and experimental work, and be lalc
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30
Much Of industrial Wealth Can
Be Traced to Effort OF
Some Scientist.
MOST FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE
Has to Do With Food We Eat, Water
We Drink, Clothing We Near. and
In Varying Degree With Every
Article In Commerce.
BY w. LEE LEWIS.


(Head Of the Department Of chsmIs.
Try, Northwestern University and
the Discoverer Of "lewisite," the
Most Deadly Gas Ever Produced BY
Man,
Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars. -"
Beneath a simple grave in Northum-
berland. Pa, lies the dust Of hum
BILE English clergyman. He was
driven from his native land by re-
ligious intolerance, and sought and
found In America intellectual freedom.
This man, Priestly. never earned over
ESQ q year, yet he discovered oxygen
and laid the foundation Of modern
chemistry.
The great steel Industries of our
country, the vast rubber business, the
tremendous packing interests would
deem it a rare privilege were this man
living, to contribute to his comfort,
and give him the scientific tools that
would gladden. his heart, and to &C
knowledge their Unreasonable debt to
him. But for the man, Priestly, they
can only lay a wreath on his last rest
ing place.
Much Of the great industrial wealth
of this country can be traced to thu
effort of some obscure chemist, some
jealous devotee to pure science, WHIT
thought little Of self and who neve
shared in the fruits of his researches
Fundamental Science.
From the standpoint of material re
sources chemistry Is the most fund,
; mental science. 1t has to do with tn
air we breathe, the water we drinl
: the food we eat, the clothing we wea
and. in varying degree, with every a
/ ticle that enters into commerce. Chen
8 istry is the science Of the compositiO
of matter, and matter is that upo
t which energy. human and otherwis
4 Is expended. The science embrace
the star dust of outermost space. IL
J. swirling volcanoes Of sun gases, ar
d the bacteria that nibble our food.
:, Consider the value Of single di
It covery in abstract chemistry. Kirc
h off, over hundred years ago. dl
d covered that starch could be co
y verted into sugar by dilute acit
d The United States alone is rich
by S4O,O0O,OOO year because Of Tn
Is discovery. Perkin discovered mau
e in the coal tar dyes. Its value W
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30

ship at London university. was gradu-
ated with high honors and taught
science In a private school.
In 1898 he began to write. doing
articles Tor. and later becoming dra-
matte critic of. the Pail Mall Gazette.
He was already interested In social
conditions and an untiring student Of
science. These two interests he COM
bined In the series Of romances that
opened with The Time Machine" In
novels and short stories he created
startling fantasies of the future. dis
playing his most abundant invention
in The War of the Worlds" He often
times discussed future wars in these
stories and his forecasts were amazing
1y like what was seen on the battle
fields Of Europe.
In the meantime he had been writing
stories about contemporary life and
books .about social conditions. These
he turned to more and more with the
years. OF his later novels. bristline
with wit and ideas, those that hav.
been most widely read and discussed
include "Kipps." ''Tono-Bungay." "AnI
Veronica" '-The New Machiavelli.'
Marriage and "Joan and Peter" hi
latest novel. Most popular of all wa
Mr.. Britling Sees It Through" gen
orally regarded as the best war move
written in English.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-30
W. HAT I marvel at now. when
wv I recall the days when the
w Martians were speeding

Martians were speeding
earthward. Ia our unconcern. The
skies were peopled with Incredible
evil, with unimaginably repulsive
monsters armed with superhuman
weapons. The catastrophe Things
were hurting on. cOvetous OF our
greener and warmer planet, and lovers
wandered through English lanes, with
no thought of the swift and scorch-
ing death above their heads.
Through telescope, l had watched
one Of the colossal sQuirts Of flame
ON the rim Of the tiny, red planet. 1t
did not occur to me that these CASE
Gus Jets accompanied the firing Of q
mighty gun that had launched ten
huge cylinders into space. Learning
to ride q bicycle interested me more
than eruptiOns on Mars. The planet
seemed so remote. Forty million
miles away!
Ogilvy. the astronomer, found the
first messenger. He had seen it fall
ing and supposed 1t wandering mete-
orite, but its shape surprised him. 1t
was cylindrical, fully 30 yards across
the exposed face. 1t was SO hot that
he could not get near it. Then, to his
utter amazement, the top began to un-
screw. There was something In It.
something alive! Not until then did
he link it with the flashes on Mars.
Late that afternoon saw the Mar
tian. was one of a curious crowd ir
front of the cylinder when the lid fel
off I peered into the black interior
and fancied l saw shadows stirring
Then something like snake wrigglet
into sight. I stood stricken with ter
ror. A round body, about four fee
across. pulled itself painfully to tn
opening.
l had expected to see something
like man, fantastic perhaps, bu
two-legged. This thing was just a
oily, leathery body, legless and arm
less, with a chinless and noseless face
Two great eyes, dark and luminou!
were mirrors for an extraordinar
brain. The creature painted an
heaved, weighed down by the create
pull of gravity on earth. An intens
loathing came over me. Suddenly, I'll
monster toppled over, into the pi
Then l ran, madly.
From distance 1 watched the Dep
tation that went out under a viii
flag. / saw three flashes of GREEN'S
light and darts Of fire leaped from OF
to another of the little figures. Eve
an I saw them touched with deaf
did not realize what was happenin
Suddenly I knew and again ran.
People nearby slept unconcerned
that night, although the Heat Ra
had set half dozen villas ahame al
pine trees were red torches. We we
sure that these dangerous invade
were fatally sluggish. A well-aim
shell would finish them. And VIII
we slept. the Martians were methG
ically rearing those mighty machin
that were so soon to shatter our nc
theories about their helplessne
That night another cylinder fell a
eight more were driving on.
It was the next night that saw
striding Martians. Boilers on still
heard them called later. I saw tn
BY flashes of lightning and the q
of countless fires, clanking machiI
100 feet high, moving upon three
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25

The white fuel Of this country is still in it's
infancy-By investing in Twin State Prior
Lien Stock you may watch the growth of your
community and Of this company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 70, 1920.

F A scandal has arisen at Washing
ton over the bureau in charge of the
plans for vocational training of sol
Idiers wounded or disabled during the
war. |. is reported that vast amounts
|of money have been spent with mighty
little result. The vocational train
ing bureaus has supported bureau of
publicity which has flooded the coun
try with thousands OF pages of prop
Uganda for months From the view
point of country newspaper 1t has
long looked as though more money
has been spent in hunting for free
publicity than would be actually need
ed to take care OF most OF the soldiers
disabled during the war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25

The quarrel over increased house
rentals in the cities has been acute
for two years and OF late has begun
ito include most Of the larger indus.
trial towns In most of these towns
there are more people looking for
housese than there are tencments and
endlords have taken the opportunity
70 push up rem ais as much as they
dared. Tho Situation Is precisely the
same as that in relation to other
necessary things. Labor has taken
advantage Of the shortage of workers
ito raige wages to a figure never be-
fore known; manufacturers have put
up their figures to pay the Increased
labor cost and beyond that TO pay
bigger dividends than before farm
ers get three or four times as much
as formerly For heir produce and de-
mand more; merchants charge all
the traffic will bear and sometimes
trifie more; professional men have
raised their fees; and there is no
longer anyone satialed to live on the
same net income as five years ago.
Adding to the gayety Of the ma ion is
the earnest complaint Of each group
that the Other fellows are prohteer-
ing and ought to be punished lfali of
them were prosecu ed At one time
there wouldn't be enough eft to form
a jury. The landlords are no differ
ent from tho rest of folks, Some are
better than the average and some
arc worse. Increased taxes. increased
insurance, two ,or three times as
.much for repainting, plumbing re-
pairs. carpentry work and o her SINH
lar advances compel the landlords to
charge higher rentals but do not war
rant them in trying 10 get back he
full value OF their property in a few
years as rome OF them are trying to
do. II is also true that in every |
growing town the demand for a place
to live is acute and landlords and
possible landlords will not build |
houses to rent If the renters fight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25

against paying rental that viii yield
a sure profit on the money inves ed.
The rent issue is simply a part Of the
great problem of the day-How far
can one gang gouge the other gangs
and get away with 1t? The sad side
of the situation is that every one of
the groups contains majority of
people who do not want to gouge any
body but who would like to travel
along the highway of life treating
o hers fairly and themselves demand
ing only Justice, These are the folks
who get caught between the upper
and neither millstones of human ambi
tIon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25

The little railroad that runs up the
Wes- River valley from Brattlebore
ito South Londonderry is III trouble
RI cant pay expenses and secs no way
TO increase its income. In the sum
Imer time the jitneys get the business
and in the winter the snowstorms
take all the profit. The small steam
rosds are following the trolley roads
toward bankruptcy II might help
some II these small lines could be
given the jitney and sage line fran
chises in their territory. The busy
little gas buggies could then be run
as feeders TO the rural traction lines
Instead Of in competition and opposi-
ion. There would be few weeks in
winter when the feeders would be
largely out Of business but the bust
ness could possibly be SO co-ordinated
as to improve the service to the com
munities and at the same time help
keep the lesser traction lines in oper-
alton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
On Genius.

Genius gets the w0rld's praise re-
cause its work is a tangible prndaet.
to he bought or to be had for nothing.
1t brlbes the common volce TO praise
It by presents of speeches. poems,
statues, pictures. or whatever u can
please with. Character evolves its
besJ products for home consumption;
but, mind you, It takes deal more 10
feed family for 80 years than TO
make holiday feast FOR our neigh
bors oace OF twice.--Aolp;es
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
RrImrocc Leacns.

The primrose Is an oracle Ia love
affairs. Let youth or maid pull the
flower, and, after cutting OF the tops
of the stalnens. lay II In secret place.
Let youth dream through the night OF
his sweetheart Upon looking at II
the next day. r he find the stamens
shot out to their former height. sue.
cess will attend; If not. disappoint.
nient.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
Clearing White Paint.

Spirits of ammonia used in sns-
Hclent quantities 10 soften the water
and ordinary hard sonp will make
white painted surface look white and
clean vith hall the effort of any other
method Care should be taken not to
have too much amlnonia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
"Out of Bed
Three Times!!''

II the victim OF kidney disorders
and bladder irritation Is compelled TO
arise even once in the night, there is
Il condition which should be promptly
corrected. If arising more than once
immediate attention Is the par OF
wisdom
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25
For cslds. Or

Fer cslds. Grip or Influenza
and as a Preventative. take LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for T..
w. GROVES signature on the box. SEQ
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-25


that likes nut sundaes better than home made
pic
So says q friend Of ours named Velvet Joe.
And he just about hits the nail on the head
Velvet is made for men who think there's
no smoke like real tobacco. If you are that
sort OF man, listen:
Velvet was born in old Kentucky, where
more than one good thing comes from It was
raised as carefully as any Other Kentucky
thoroughbred But the real secret of Velvets
friendly qualities is its slow natural ageing in
wooden hogsheads. Ageing in the wood
never hurt anytlling-and least Of all, tobacco.
And so we say, Velvet is good tobacco
nothing more or less It runs second to
none.
The picture of the pipe on the tin needn't
keep you from rolling iir1l-dandy cigarette
with Velvet.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
Marines Beat Off
Attack by Bandits
on Port au Prince
Aided by Haytian Gendalmes Ameri
can Loss Is Two PrivateS
Wounded in Fighting.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Friday.-United
States marines and Haytian gendarmerie
yesterday repelled an attack on Port AL
Prince, the Haytian capital. by force OF
800 bandits. more than half Of whom were
killed, wounded or captured, after BEING
pursued outside the city.
The total casualties Of the marines was
two privates wounded, according to the
report of the engagement received at the
Navy Department today from Colonel J
II. Russell, commanding the marine forces
and gendarmerie in Hayti.
The bandit force, Colonel Russell said
approached Port au Prince in three
columns, which Immediately were me,
and driven back. Certain revolutionary
elements of the city attempted to Join the
bandits in the assault. he said, adding
that he believed the fate Of the attacking
forces should be sufficient to prevent an
early repetition OF the assault
Private Lenzil Combs, r. +. ID. No. g
Wheelersburg, Pa. was reported serious
ly wounded, and Private p. M. McLaugh-
lin, No. $50 Edmond street, st. Paul, MINI.
received slight wounds.
The New York herald., 1920-01-17
Persia Calls for Aid While Enver Pacha
Organizes kurds.

LONDON, F1'iday.-The impression pre-
vailed here today that in the conference
at Paris of Premier Llcyd George. Winston
Spencer Churchill, the War Minister; Wal
ter Hume Long, the First Lord Of the
Admiralty Baron Beatty, commander of
the Grand Fleet, and Field Marshal Sir
Henry Wilson, chief of the Imperial Staff
il would be decided to take some defensive
action against Bolshevist military aggres-
sicn.
The Persian government has requested
Great Britain to state what assistance can
be given Persia in the event of Boil
shevist invasion. and what defensive action
by Persia would accord with the British
policy.
An unconfirmed report from Berlin says
that Enver Pasha, former Turkish War
Minister, who was recently crowned King
proceeded to Asia Minor. This raises the
the support Of German extremist elements
in carrying out cooperation between the
Turks and the Bolsheviki.
Apprehension was aroused by the issu-
ance of a semi-official statement yester-
day pointing out the situation that has
arisen through the collapse of General
Denikin's army in South Russia, and Boil
shevist penetration of Trans-Caspia. Not
only was it admitted, the menace from q
Russian Bolshvist invasion Of the Near
East was very real, but it was pointed out
that internal conditions in Persia, Turkey
and Afghanistan were threatening. In
Mesopotamia, too, the British are forced