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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
P1u1ARx ELECTION NOTICE.

In compliance with Section s75 of the
Compiled Laws Of 1913, I, Hans Ander.
son; County Auditor in and for Grand
following. are the names of the candi-
dates which have been certified to this
office by the Secretary Of State and also
in this Office. all Of which Will appear
on the Primary Election ballots to be
voted for at the Primary Election to be
e eera at 6 the G ya5i9u Eo y9tins stp p1sce eS II Ho the
hours Of 8 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p.
m'' OF that di 2lT III;
United States Senator
A. ]. Gronna Lakota.
e F. Ladd, Fargo.
Representative in Congress. First Dis
olger 3. Burtness. Grand Forks.
John M. Baer, Fargo.
william LANCER, Mandan.
=. Lynn J.. Frazier. Hoople.
Lieutenant Governor
Frank B. streeter, Linton.
Howard r. Wood, Deering.
Secretary of State
Thomas Hall. Bismarck.
J !: Gahill. Leith. g.
Carl r: Kositzky. Bismarck.
D. c. P~oindexter. Jamestown :
State Treasurer-
John Steen. Rugby.
r. H. Walker. Yucca ..
Attorney General
Richard F. Gallagher. Beach
VIM. L~emke: Fargo.
Henry 7. Q%uanbeck. Neville. .
S.. A. Olsness, Sheyenne.
Commissioner Of Agriculture and Labor.
Arthur H: White: Kramer.
John n. Hagan. Deering.
Railroad Commissioners
W. n. Stutsman. Mandan
p. J.. Kruger. Marmath.
Jack Williams, Fargo.
Charles F. Dupuis. Temple.
Frank Mi,holian,;; Bismarck.
State senator 5th District
J. E. E~astgate.
NJ. Q. Hegg.-
State Senator 18th District
c. A.. Heen.
P. o. Thorson.
Representative 9Th District
p. G. Hanson.
Albert Hagen. -
Representative 9Th District ;
Jno: T. Freeman.
Rep1ssse = 7th District
. Oswald Braaten:-
United States Senator =.
H. H. Perry. Glendale.
Representative In Congress, First Dis
Nick N. Nelson. Emerald.
J. F. =. o'connor. Grand Forks.
Lieutenant Governor
John f.. McGr1nn, Fargo.
Secretary Of State
Raymond J. Murphy. Bordulao.
State Auditor
Roy D. Chisholm. Pembina.
State
F. L. Walker, Glendale.
Attorney General So. !.
Rheinhart J. Kamplin. Crosby.
Commissioner Of Insurance
G.. ]. Solum. Mandan.
Comnfssioner Of Agriculture a Labor.
Frank Sanford, Rogers.
Railroad Commiseionerr-
@ 8. FL Taylor, Portland.
N. NJ. Borrnan. AbNrcrombie.
II. ID. ALERT, Langdon.
State Senator 7th District
d. O.. Haugen.
Representative 9Th District
Lars Larson.
Representative It'll District
Lawrence RjOrEo.
Judge OF the Supreme Court
A. n. Christian1on. ToWnee.
Seth W, Richardson, NAS6o.
Superintendent OF Public Instruct1oo-
Minnie ]. .Nielasn. valley City.
sN Ruth II. JoaIMooQ EC0lgAtA.s
District Judges. First District.
N. J.. Engleft, Valley City.
Charles L. C0olay, 6Eund EOe1m
A. TaCOle. Fargo.
County Auditor
Hans Anderson.
{. Z. sande.
&C. oessar4
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1Er11EHDED xk1Asu110
ABSENT voT11B
Bill No. Q, Chapter "a, Special
D0n1i00 Y.nvRi 0l0

Senate Bill No. .. An Act to amend
and re-eneet Article 1e Of CHAPTER y.
relating to Absent Voters and defining
Absent Voters.
Modihes Absent Voters law of 1913,
by Including any women voters who re-
sides one-half mile or moro from tho
polling place.
Provides hat such Absent Voter ex-
pecting to be absent from the county on
election day, or IL a woman. residing
one-half mile or more from the polling
place. may have to assist him or her in
lot, one person who shall not be an Off
cial representative or a member Of any
committee Of any political party having
q candidate in such election.
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North Ddkofa,s Created
Classified Section

Treasurer-Charles Allen.
CLERK Of Court
=. w. spaulding.
ReEister Of Deeds-
Don Mcdonald.
States Attorney NE
T.. b.. Elton.
j. B.. Wfneman. III.
Owen Tudor owen.
County Judge @ss,
L.. K. HassOll.
Superintendent of Schools
M Beatrice Johnstones 49,
Public Administrator
L.. K. Lohn.
JOS. A. Ingram.
r. N. Mclean.
County Commissioner-1st Com. Dist
George c. Holden.
A. o. TraEeton.
County Commissioner-5th Com. Dist
Justices Of the Peace
John F. sheehan.
Phil Mclaughlin.
VIM. HenneSSey.
dunn MessurM win also bs voted upon
at this election. to-vft:
1NTTxAT1D "A1U1D
AnH-Dod Flag I'm
An act regulating the display Of naeA
ensigns. banner ana standards within
display Of said flags: ensisns. banners
and standards a mfsdemeanor M pro-
viding a penalty therefor.
Provides that no nag other than tho
national nag, or a state nag. or the
friendly nag Of foreign nations. shall DO
carried in parade on any t~horoughfare
in the state, or exhibited in IN public
place. or on any vehicle. or building or
in any public manner.
Prohibits displaying in any parade or
exhibition. IN any public place or upon
any vehicle OF. building. any red nag or
black nag or banner, or ensign. having
upon it any inscription opposed to the
United States or State Government or
the use of which would tend to occasion
q breach Of the public peace.
Makes a violation Of the act q nisde-
meanor punishable by thirty days i'm
%prisonment or one hundred dollars nne,
or both.
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EIP-AaENTs

AGENTS wANTED-YoU CAN MAKN
- big money-sellinE our Superior,
Northern Nursery stock. Pay every
week. Free outfit and good territory.
Experiences unnecessary. Tho Hawks
Nursery Co.. Wauwatosa,. Wis.
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GIRL WANTED - FOR GENERAL
homework on small farm. Wages $45
per month. Address,, Earl McCanna.
Capdo, N. d. =.
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A COMPETENT GIRL wANTED-FoR
general housework. Inquire O. Young
Piano House. 131 8. 3rd st.
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BUSINESS

s. ,5oo-BUYS FIXTURES IN s4-ROOM
hotel On Third Street Ein-Grand Forks.
N. D.. City heat. Rooms are all full.
Income $576lo0 per month. Five year
lease on building. Reasonable rent.
J. B.. Streeter Corporation, First Floor
Security Bldg. Phone 70. Grand
Forks, N. D, -
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LIVESTOCK.

Send your Aims for developing, printing
to Hoffs Studio. Grand Forks: n. %.
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DINING ROOM GIRL AND DISH
washer wanted 1t U. G. T. hotel at
Board and room. Mrs. c. e. Lee.
Langdon, N. D.
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to make the Young woman's Chris.
tian. Assn. their headquarters while
in the city,
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GIRL FOR HoUsEwoRK-MRs. ". G.
Stebbins. 1914 University Ave. Phone
742-W. .
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GOOD SECOND COOK. ALSO CHAM
bermaid' n dishwasher. Palace hotel,
CrookSton, Min
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COMPETENT GIRL FOR GENERAL
housework o farm. modern house.
close to town. Mrs. Leslie Sullivan.
East Grand Forks. MINI.
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PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN WOMAN
Between thirty and forty years Of age,
as matron in home for girls. Entire
charge OF sewing room. Experience
preferred. Write, 20 Herald:
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KODAK FINnsHIN0

Phone 3o42-J.
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HELr-TEafALE

AN EXPERIENCES TEACHER WANT
ed for he fifth. sixth. seventh and
eighth grades of Glasston School Dis
trict, N. A, for a term Of nine months.
state salary etc. NJ. NJ. Campbell.
clerk. Glasston. N. D.
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FOR sALE-DAIRY COWS. HIGH
grade Holsteln and Durham cows and
heifers always on hand. 800 to 500
Calls. For. particulars write. VIM.
Ehrhart. Naperville. Ill.
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WIDOW WANTED-ro COOK AND
manage kitchen. City Cafe Roseau.
Mimi. Box AZ.
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3 HIGH GRADE MILK COwS-FRESE
this week. G. r. Jacob Farm. Min
nesota Point. Phone 44-F-3.
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6 ROOM COTTAGE ON A 80 FOOT LOT.
Call at 502 Walnut.
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EXPERIENCED SEAMsTRESs AND
dressmaker. Good pay to right party.
Pantor1um.
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HAT CLEANING

Hats Reblocked. Cleaned. Made any
shoe shining. Busy Bee, Grand Forks.
Hats Cleaned and Rsblocked at Grlnd
Forks Hat Cleaning q Shining PAf16r.
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Ladies' and Children's Shoes with Ak
lures, will invoice $4,000; good locA.
ton, western, N. D.. Crop conditions
excellent. no agents or traders need
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HOUSES FOR SALE.
HOUSES AND CITY PROPERTY Fon
aAle-On easy terms. Phone 7Bt0-J.
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DRESS

broidery. Buttons Covered. Speciality
Shop. 81 South Third st.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT.

YOUNG PIGS FOR sALE-cAL
4s-F-2 or 22-F-2.
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HOUSEKEEPER WANTED-ON FARM
Route No 2. Box 2. Emerald, N. D
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FOR HIRE TO RESPONSIBLE PARTY
to do light trucking. We can furnish
good team and truck. Call 200. Arne-
son Mercantile Co., r. c. F.
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.BUelN1sS CnANuEB

T0X 1zIK-eToRE AND 81 LIVING
srnesm1KJ. dfosamsp. rs Uniy. Ave.
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Swedish massage and electric light
lbathA for ladies and sentlemeni export
Pane II. Ernest Carlson. graduate
Mataerr and Mechann T~heraptet:
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-igliAvH ALL SIZES OF SLIGHTLY
" used ytires: also all sizes Of new Sec
ass 3 at greatly reduced prices, Re.
efSs ~yulcani1inE and repairing. All
work. guaranteed. Remember tire pric:
q Advanced 20 TO ASA March !. Gut
tire cost in two by writing or seo1nS
Josph Nahowald. l39 DsHers Ave.
Grand Forks. NJ. OAK.
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1c2SnCURIN0 AND sHAMPooINu:
.1enrons, percAles by the yard. We
yaAnehtav Exchange md Vapity Shop,
HSeNmcIt, Security Biz. Phone $50.
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ou2: or TowN ORDERS PAoMPTLY
, a@H..Chica10 Bakery, ~ 81.
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GIRLS wANTED-APPLY J.. MANDEL
Ladies' Tailor. lit South Third st.
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FARM MACHINERY
- r..
FLATS FOR RENT.

FLAT FACING sRD ST. FOR RENT
At bh South Srd st. Inquire at Bel
mont Cafe.
2 ROOM FLAT FOR RENT. SIT 9. srd
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
Many Travellers Take Ships to Mar
se'lles or Venice to Escape Arou.
ments at the Frontiers.

Constantinople.--N vises are re-
quired to carry traveller from Con-
stantinople to Paris on the Oriental
express, and the task is so great most
travellers take steamers to Mnrseilies
or Venice in preference to the jumbled
rnil trip across the Balkans, which ne
cessltates endless controversies with
officials ut various frontiers.
An American going to Paris by rail
must start with the wise OF the United
States consulate on his passport. then
20 to the Swedish legation to get the
Bulgarian wise. The Serbian stamp Ia
next In order. 1t must be followed by
three Greek stamps.
Then vises must be had of the Ital-
ian and the French military controls.
Many passports are not large enough
to carry all the stamps. An Engiish-
man who recently attempted to get
the collection on IN old passport r.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
OLD cHANcERY INN FOR SALE
Famous London Building, Six Gen.
turtles Old. VIII Be Offered
at Auction.

London.-After six centuries the
historic Clifford's inn. oldest of the
nine inns Of Chancery. is to be offered
for sale by auction.
The FIRST authentic record of Cliff
ford's dates back to 1910. when II was
granted to Baron Clifford oy Edward
ii. II was first let to students of law
In the reign Of Edward III.
In the quaint old hall Sir Mathew
Hale and seventeen others sat after the
great fire of London In 1906 to adjudi-
cate upon claims OF landlords and
tenants Of burned houses. There are
preserved In the British museum forty
thick volumes recording their decisions,
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
RAILWAY SPANS
Great DESERT
Road in Australia Crosses lnhos-
pitabIe and WaterIess
Stretch of Country.
TOOK FIVE YEARS TO BUILD
Daring and Skill Of Engineers Con-
quers Most Desolate Waste In
World-Heat and Insects Mako
Life UnbearabIe.

Melbourne.-When the Prince of
Wales decided to make his recent
journey from Perth to Adelaide by
means Of Australia's first transconti-
mental railway, 1t was a compliment
to the daring and skill of the Austria
lian engineers who conquered one of
the worlds most formidable deserts.
1t was the late Lord Kitchener who
suggested the line, pointing out that
for strategical and other reasons
western Australia should be linked
with the other states of the common
wealth by an iron road.
But the great Victorian desert lay
between. a barren. inhospitable and
waterless stretch Of country. Not a
r1vulet Is to be found In the whole of
this vast region. 1t is one dreary ex-
panse Of sand and limestone rock,
relieved here and there by salt-bush,
which even cattle refuse to eat. Worse
still are the intense heat and the blood
sucking insects which abound.
Five Years Required.
The fact meant dve-year battle
against terrible odds. It was only COM
pleted just before the armistice.
The survey work alone occupied
two years. and cost 100000, the total
expenses Of the undertaking amounting
to over f7.OO0.OO0. Camels had to be
requisitioned to carry the surveyors
and their stores. The chief engineer
records how It was impossible to use
ink, as 1t instantly dried on the pen
and the leads dropped out of the shriv-
eled pencils. To secure relief from
the rays Of the midday sun they had
to bury themselves in holes in the
sand, where they were attacked by
fierce insects.
The route having been decided on,
the steel rails were laid Simultaneous
ly from each end across the desert.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
GOT HIS DIAMONDS THROUGH
Device Employed by smugsier Com
pletsly Fooled the Customs In
spectors on Watch for Him,

There is story told Of man whom
the customs authorities were morally
certain was smuggling, but they never
had been able to catch him. The fact
that he worked alone further cha
grined them. At last they got infor-
nation from their European agents
that the suspected person was buying
large numbers Of diamonds, and they
were instructed to follow him day and
night.
Unfortunately for them, the suspect
was "tipped of" to the fact that he
was being watched. So he wrote a
letter to the New York collector, sign
Ing fictitious name, In which he gave
minute information against himself,
describing Just where the diamonds
were to be found in a secret compart-
ment Of his trunk.
When he landed the trunk was at
once seized, and. sure enough, the hid
den stones were discovered. But when
they were more closely examined II
appeared that they were paste, SO the
suspect was permitted to depart.
On reaching home he peeled OF a
large porous plaster from his back and
the real stones were brought to light.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
1,3oo.FT. SERPENT AS MOUND
Left by Ancient Peoples In Ohio a. a
Symbol Of ReIloion-BuiIt Of
Earth and Stone.

West Union. Ohio.-A great serpent
1900 feet long, built Of earth and
stone. symbol of the religion Of
ancient peoples. stands few miles
from here as the most interesting and
important earthwork. left by the
mound builders Of Ohio.
Situated In a rather secluded spot,
supposedly selected by the mound
builders for privacy In performing
their ancient rites, the massive reptile
winds gracefully back from a glen to
higher land. The serpent's head rests
on rock platform which presents a
precipitOus face TO the descending sun
and is about 100 feet high. The Jaws
OF the mouth are widely extended In
the act Of swallowing an egg, repre-
sented by an oval ridge Of earth.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21

AS the country was for the most part
fiat. and not river or noticeable hill
intervened. little grading work was
necessary. 1t was simply case oe
making an even bed on which the
sleepers were quickly laid. Then
came the placing Of the steel rails
across them by means of track layer.
and spiking and bolting them.
Very trying, however. was the heat,
particularly during the summer
months. 1t was often impossible at
midday to touch the steel rails or
handle a shovel without fear of blis-
tering the fingers. The men had to be
provided with rubber gloves to enable
them to handle their tools, and also to
save their finger nails from splitting,
and wear masks as protection against
the insects. Life was only made pos
sible by liberal daily supply Of ice,
obtained from the refrigerat!ng cars
attached to the construction trains
which followed them.
Discover Water.
At intervals Of so miles or so, water
tanks were built, the intention being to
use these in connection with the
working Of the trains. They were to
be supplied with water pumped from
the reservoirs at Kalgoorlie. But after
two and half years work. during
which the track had progressed at the
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
Resorts That Have BuIked Large
in Traditions viii Soon Be
Only a Memory.
owl" IS THE LATEST TO GO
New Government Of Mexico Frowns
on Gambling and Other Evil Con-
ditions Along the International
Boundary-orders Cleanup.

Me1icali, Lower California.-One by
one the resorts whose names have
bulked large in the traditions of the
West are meeting an end. Latest to
20 is the "Owl" at Mexicali, which its
operators and officials Of the Cantu
regime in Lower California freely ad-
mitted had paid large sums for per-
mission to operate.
In the Owl were to be found all the
attractions that went to make up the
typical dance hall Of frontier days.
The building itself was new, the "old
Owl" having been destroyed by FIRE
last February, but the traditions Of
the place were much the same and
those familiar with the older estab-
hshment were at home In the new.
A Busy Place.
The old Owl was n huge. barn-like
structure. Gaming tables and some
pool and billiard tables. surrounded
~ high seats for spectators, occupied
II front spaces. Along one side rang
Cd a lengthy bar. where In busy time
ten or a dozen bartenders were no un-
usual sight. Further back was a
stage with flimsy scenery. curtained
''boxes." that were strongly reminis-
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21

rate of about mile day, the engi-
neers realized that If really efficient
service was to be maintained the pro-
posed method Of obtaining water
would have to be modified.
So they sent for boring plant, and
at point $50 miles from KalgoorlIe
began boring for water. Everyone
shook their heads. declaring there was
no water in the whole of that barren
land. But at depth of 1900 feet
water was found.
This discovery Of water not only re-
lieved the engineers of considerable
anxiety and greatly lessened their
work. but 1t has changed the whole
aspect of the country. Sheep now
Craze along the track. which a few
years ago was barren waste. Ex-
perts declare that the once formidable
desert will become a great grazing
country. carrying at least 100000
sheep.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21

4 queer little smile followed the
wrath In his eyes. David decided he
had better propose that night to Madge
there was too much missing in his
bachelor life. These dainty cobwebs
thrust his loneliness deep into his
heart:
Outside his door Patricia knocked
gently.
It was the queer smile In David's
eyes that she caught as he turned to
answer.
The eyes Of second floor front and
those of second floor rear met and.
having met, fingered together.
AS Henry had supposed, fate merely
required slight helping hand from
time to time. Madge was instantly
forgotten, as was Jack. David and
Patricia stood gazing at one another.
even as Henry hoped they would. The
laundry was exchanged, but some
thing far greater than laundry went
from one human breast to another.
That was on the 18th of July. On
the 18th Of October Henry delivered
but one package of laundry, but 1t
contained neither all masculine nor
all feminine garments.
If the size of the check Henry re-
ceived on the day Of that wedding
meant anything. then he had certain
ly put something very, very big into
the lives of two people whose laundry
he continued to call for and deliver
Monday and Friday of each week.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
SEVERE ON TOURISTS

hausted all the blank space in four
calls. His embassy would not permit
him to nttach a blank sheet To his
passport. Consequently he had TO
have new one issued and started
over again on the round.
Since the Polish disaster, bolshevik
agitation has become SO acute in Tur.
key that travellers are watched more
carefully than ever before by the al.
lied officials.
On a recent passenger ship from
Batum. so-called Russian colonel.
whose conversation with British ON.
cials showed decided Ignorance of
military affairs, was arrested. He had
five passports In his trunks. with great
quantities Of soviet literature In MANY
languages. The bogus colonel was
sent to General Wrangel in the
Crimea.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
STORES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS
Exceedingly Valuable, Diseov-
cred In Salton Sea.

Several years ago number Of men
took up profitless mineral claims on
Mullet island, a tiny volcanic forma-
tion protruding above the saline wa
tiers Of the Salton sea Of southern
California. Gold and pumice were the
minerals they were seeking, and little
did they think that the waters which
Tapped against their rocky shores hid
from their view a mineral deposit of
another variety and practically meal
culable value.
A short time ago the Salton sea de-
veloped another of its characteristic
temperamental streaks. Its surface
level dropped Az feet. leaving Null
let island surrounded by hundreds of
acres Of soft, Shiny mud. Presently
the attention Of the prospectors was
attracted to the mud-flats by strong
odor Of sulphurous gas and noises
which sounded like the fierce boiling
Of thousands Of teakettles Of colossal
proportions.
They Investigated by providing them.
selves with long wooden shoes resem.
bling a hybrid ski and snowshoe, and
with which they were able to walk
about over the Shiny mud without be-
coming begged. At no great distance
from the shore they found, uncovered
by receding waters Of the sea, number
less boiling hot springs, tiny geysers,
and mud volcanoes. From these, John
Edwin Hogg writes In Popular Me-
chanics Magazine, flowed various-col-
ored waters, some bright red, others
green, blue and yellow, with all the
intermediate shades Of the rainbow.
Great accumulations Of material were
soon built up around each of the
springs, and samples were soon in the
hands of chemist. Analysis dis
closed 1t to be mineral paint pigments !;
ocher, carmine, ultramarine, and all
the other colors essential in the manu-
featuring Of paints.
The prospectors Immediately began
the construction Of impounding reser-
voirs to segregate the waters from the
springs Of individual colors. The boil
ing water is drained very slowly
through these impounding beds, and
the cooling causes the paint pigment
to be precipitated to the bottom of the
pools.
After several days Of aeration, the
water from each spring is diverted in
to another pool. Then, after drying
in the sun for a few hours, hundreds
Of pounds Of pigments are spaded out
Of each pool. The pigment is first dug
out into boxes, trundled onto the island
In wheelbarrows, and later sacked for
shipment to the paint factories. It
comes from the pools practically pure.
and requires little or no refining.
A crop of low-grade salt is a profit
able by-product Of the newly developed
pigment industry.