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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-03

Note: All of the above cars
are guaranteed for a period OF
90 days against defective ma
terial ard workmanship under
normGl use and wear.
We also have the following
miscellaneous used closed cars
on hand. which are IN good
mechanical condition. We have
reprinted those cars which II
was necessary.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-03
MARMON 341S
RENEWED
SEDAN, 1918

Seven-passenger car. painted
light Brewster green with
black running gear, tenders
and radiator she'll. Car is
equipped with new tires and
has been reuphoistered. Car
will bear the closest inyesti-
pation
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Wool From Waste

A PROCESS has been discovered by
"A which an artificial wool can be
made from cotton waste. 1t is expected
to prove of great industrial and com
mcrcial value.
The cotton waste is treated, to be-
gin with, by saturating it with acetic
acid. which enters into chemical COM
bination with the cellulose of the cotton.
Further details arc not yet made pub
lie; but it is stated that the "wool''
wears we'll, can be dyed II color, ami
is actually a better protection against
cold than ordinary wool.
This new material, woven into fab
RIGS. has successfully undergone severe
tests in the textile department of tie
University of Leeds. England. Cloth
made from a mixture Of half natural
wool aud half artificial wool bears II
close resemblance in texture and other,
respects to tweed.
The artificial wool is comparatively
cheap. 1t is not expected to drive nat
ural wool out of the market. however.
but to supplement- it. just rs artificial
silk supplements the real article.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
jelly Seaweed

A Plant has been newly established
"a at Glendale. near Los Angeles. for
the manufacture of jelly from sea-
weeds. 1t is of the kind known COM
mercially as "agar-agar," and hitherto
all our supplies of it have been obtained
from Japan. Last year we imported
from that country nearly 25O tons,
valued ut $500, OOO.
Asar-agar is especially valuable As
a Couture medium for bacteria. 1t is
also a food product Of high i'm
portance. being used as a thickener for
jellies Of various kinds. Also it is ON
ployed in the manufacture of candy,
paints and vegetable. isinglass.
Agar-agar is worth $1.25 a pound.
The kind of ,seaweed from which it is
obtained grows more lu%xuriantly on our
Pacific coast than In japanese waters.
1t is gathered from rocks near shore.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Peril of the Light

1t was admitted at the time that
black Undertaking would be more
effective. Furthermore. fighting men,
especially in a hot country. are liable
to throw off their outer clothes when
engaged in combat. and an o%range-red
undershirt makes them too conspicuous
as targets to shoot ut. The only real
objection to black underclothes was that
they were too funereal.
People who live in tropical countries
wear white outer clothing. 1t is to re-
fleet the heat rays of the sun, and, &C
complishing that purpose, is cooler. But
they ought to wear orange-red Or
preferably black underclothes. to reflect
the chemical rays. Then they would
be scientifically attired.
The tents used by our army in the
tropics are white. to reflect the heat
rays, but they have a dark inner coat
to reflect the chemical rays. The same
principle is acted upon by natives Of
the equatorial zone, who keep their
houses dark. At the top of the house
is an air chamber, to hold off the heat
rays, while the darkness inside avoids
the chemical rays.
A black cloth strip six inches wide
down the back Of the soldiers coat has
been recommended by our Public Health
Service. The heat rays of the sun may
cause discomfort, but the chemical rays
i'll the sunbeam may injure health or
even kill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Wall Wood Plaster

THE stuff we call plaster Of paris is
l. gypsum ground to powder. When
water is added to the powder it becomes
a stone.
We are familiar with plaster casts,
used for statuary and many other pur-
poses. There is no end indeed to the
employment to which plaster of paris is
put. The wonderful and much admired
buildings of the Chicago Fair were of
"staff.'' made from gypsum.
We have in Texas, New Mexico.
Colorado and Kansas beds Of gypsum
so vast that they could supply the whole
world for ages without important
diminution Of the quantity available.
They are a valuable asset, as yet hardly
touched.
The United States Bureau of Stand
ards has recently made successful OK
periments in the production Of colorcd
wall plasters. by admixture of wood
fiber with plaster of paris. The wood
fiber can be dyed any color desired,
and the plaster made of IL texture.
Panels of the material have been sub
mitted to the Gypsum Industries As
ISOLATION in Chicago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

1H1E MADE our first military adven-
turf in the tropics during the
Spanish war. There was fighting to be
done in the Philippines incidentally
and for some time after.
There were, of course. many prob
lens to be taken into view. One of
them was the peril of the light. 1t
was not SO much a question of sunshine
as of light-more light than the in
habitant Of temperate zones is accus-
toned to encounter.
The chemical rays in vivid sunshine
may be so powerful as to engender
various physical troubles in persons UNI
accustomed. OF this we have our own
experience through observation Of cases
of sunstroke. which are attributable to
paralysis Of the nerves controlling the
sweat glands of the skin. I There is
even a kind of nervous p%rostration that
may be produced by sunshine in the
tropics.
Hence certain precautions which
were prudently taken by our military
authorities when we undertook our ad-
venture into tropical regions. One of
these, adopted cxperimentally, was the
dyeing of our soldiers underclothing
orange red. for protection against
chemical rays. For the same purpose,
their coats we're provided with a box
plcat down the back from neck to tail
to cover and protect the spine.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
How Mines Are Sailed

THE Sailing of mines of, precious
l. metals for %swindling purposes is
doubtless a very ancient practice, and
has engaged, the ingenuity of many
clever persons.
4 familiar method is that of spray
ing ore bearing rock with a solution Of
gold or silver. This sort of treatment
makes it glitter. and is highly effective
for the deception OF the everyday
''sucker."
1t would never deceive an experienced
mining engineer, however, and so other
means are frequently adopted-as, for
instance, the sailing of orc samples by
using a syringe TO squirt silver Or gold
into the canvas bags containing them.
The Journal of Industrial and En-
gincering Chemistry says that in early
days in Nevada a stampede Of miners
was started BY All enterprising indi-
vidual. who hit upon the %expedient of
using dentists gold for plugging cavi-
ties in vascular lava.
Another ingenious person in Colorado
made such an impression upon a bunch'
of fnenciers by the exhibition Of dia-
mond- drill ''cores'' plugged with gold
that he was. enabled, at their expense,
to retire to tho life Of n country gen
tlenan. ST. +,
In Santo Domingo some wealth seek
ing Americans were separated from all
the money they had by Il novel scheme
for sailing placer ground. The owner
of the latter mixed gold dust with to-
bacco, which his workmen, panning the
gravel in the presence Of the intended
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
|weet Flour

IS asserted that -four made from
certain newly developed varieties of
eet potatoes contains more starch and
gar and furnishes to the. consumer
Pre- '~'calories" of energy than any
her kind of -four. ~
kthe new sweet potato -four contains
per cent of sugar. 1t is excelIed in
respect only by squash -four, which
AZ pc" cent. Other flours run from
. ler cent, and wheat -four has no
FAR at all.
II behalf Of the "sugarspud' Ito
e its new popular namc) it is urged
ht it is distinctively an American
Fable. having originated in the New
orld. The earliest colonists found It
te in abundance when they came. In
Revolutionary War it was a valu-
e asset. General Marion. the Swamp
x Of South Carolina, maintained his
n for months on this nutritious
ber; and a British general, in a re-
It sent to England, wrote that the
,~cricans could never be conquered
.ause they would always have sweet
tatoes, and on them could fight in
initely.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Help for Farmers Wife

EXPERT agents of the Department
~ Of Agriculture, with the co-opera-
ton of the agricultural colleges of some
states. are trying to introduce modern
improvements into farm homes-es-
pecially conyeniences for making the
work Of the farmers wife easier.
Certain old fashioned contrivances
commonly used in the farm household
are officially condemned as LADY
killers"-such, for instance, as the
washboard, the scrub brush, the sad
iron, the WATERFALL, the short handled
dustpan and the TX.
The peripntetic agents. going from
village to village, give short . lectures
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Automatic Toast

A NEW kind of electric %toaster, de-
A scribed by the Popular Science
Monthly, does the toast to a urn auto
matically. 1t does not have to be
watched.
All that is necessary is to place the
slices of bread in a holder, press down
two levers and turn on the juice. The
pressing of the levers lowers the slices
of bread into the oven proper.
In front of the oven is a timing device,
which can be set to suit the taste. Thus
when the bread is toasted to the desired
brown the current turns itself off. No
scorchins, land your toast is always
exactly as you like it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

any respect it is shipped back to the
place it came from or else destroyed.
1t is tested for color, to make sure
that it contains no Prussian blue OF
other such substance; for possible
facing" (talc. gypsum, barytes or
parafin. to improve its a%ppearance) !;
for exhausted or decayed leaves for
dust (leaf dcbris). which must not
be over n certain per cent, and finally
for cup quality. e., favor,
fragrance and body
Inspections under the new act will
be made Mt New York, Boston. Chi
cago, St. Paul, Tacoma, San Francisco
and Honolulu. The work. Of course,
is done by trained experts, who are pro-
vided with standard samples, to which
the imported consignments must cor
respond in quality. Early in each year
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Fundamental of the Universe

A n ATOM Of matter, as now under
"A stood, is a tiny package containing
a number of ''~clectrons."
The number of elcctrons contained Ill
the package varies with different kinds
Of matter. In an atom OF iron, for
example. it is not the same as in an
atom Of oxygen.
Hut the substance composing the
electrons is always the same. Ii is the
substance out of which all things are
made-the fundamental structure ma
terial Of the universe.
The electrons inside Of the atom are
always in motion at an astonishing
speed. They arc travelling at a rate of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
X-Rays andlthe Teeth

No DENTISTS Office nowadays is
considered we'll equipped without
an A-ray machine. 4 1
ihe Array, as everybody knows, Il.
OIL enormous usefulness for many pur-
poses that have to do with medicine and
particularly surgery. But beyond q
doubt its value in onnection with
surgery of the mouth is most important
of all. -
Many dentists, before beginning to
operate on a new patient. make an ex-
animation of the jaws by the X-ray.
Only in this way is it possible to know
with certainty the exact conditions de-
handing treatment.
Above all, it is necessary to know
whether or not any assesses lie con-
cealed in the gums. For these, as self
ence has only of late discovered. are q
fruitful source of many miseries.
There is an old saying to the effect
that what one does not know will not
hurt him." But this idea certainly
uoeS not Apply to assesses at the, roots
Of the teeth. which may long exist un-
suspected. .,-
Assesses rarely form at the roots
of live teeth; but often it happens that
a tooth dies, and no notice is given Of
the funeral. Or. perhaps, the nerve
has been Intentionally killed. In either
case it is q dead one, and ain abscess
is quite likely, sooner or later, to form
at its root.
The N-ray shows up such an abscess
CLEARLY. 1t appears on the shadow
graph film as a dark spot. Then the
tooth should be pulled without delay.
J. Every such abscess is q germ factory.
ut produces q continuous crop Of pus-
forming bacteria, which, being swal..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

and offer demonstrations" They ex-
hibit Kitchen jitneys'' Ia sort Of tea
wagon, iceless ref%rigerators, washing
machines, plans for making running
winter available in the house, fireless
cookers, fruit dryers and vegetable
dryers, oil stoves and portable gas
makers; also light and power plants
suitable for farm homes.
Thanks to this propaganda. labor.
saving devices and conveniences are
being installed in tens Of thousands Of
rural households, thereby lesscning the
housewives work and augmenting her
efficiency, comfort and enjoyment Of
life.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Stacking Cereals

ONE years harvest of u cereals
- would fill a canyon 100 feet wide,
five miles long and two-thirds of a mile
deep.
The Scientific American estimates
that this harvest of a single season in
the United States, if stacked on one
acre Of land, would form a column PA
times as high as the Woolworth Build
ing, in New York. Or it would bury
the whole of Central Park to a depth Of
100 feet. ;.
If this crop of cereals were to fall
upon Manhattan Island like rain at
the rate of u million bushels a day.
starting tomorrow, it would not cease
falling until the year 1880.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
The Shapes of Hair
CHINAMAN has a round head.

A CHINAMAN has a round head.
~ Every hair on his head is shaped
likewise. That is to say, a cross
section Of it las seen under the mi
croscope) is circular.
People Of u W rae have heads
that are more or less oval in form, as
your hat will show. The hairs of your
head are likewise oval in section.
The negro has an oblong head. Call
it rather an oblons square. Each in.
dividual hair Of his kinky wool is OBJ
long square in action. Which. in
fact, is the reason why it kinks.
Nobody knows why there should be
this sort Of correspondence between the
shape Of the head and the shape Of the
hair. 1t is just a fact in nature.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

a board Of seven experts meets in New
York and prepares samples of twelve
teas for the coming twelvemonth. Du-
plicatrs of these standards are fur
nished to the custom houses where in
spections are made,
Duplicate standard samples are also
furnished to importers and large deal
ers in teas, in order that they may check
the quality Of their wares; AMI agents
who buy for the importers abroad are
provided with them, to help them in
their work.
No other food product is so
thoroughly protected against sophistica :
ton as the teas our housewives use.
OF course, the ea-testers are always on
the lookout for adulteration by ad-
mixture Of leaves other than those of
tea, but that seems never to be at
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

10000 miles Il second, or ever faster.
Thus the term ''atomic energy may
be to ONE extent comprehended. Sir
Oliver Lodge, famous physicist, re-
Gently said that the atomic energy 0 n
tanned in one ounce of matter would
suffice to lift all the warships sunk by
the Germans at Scapa Flow out of the
wdter, and place them on top Of the
highest mountains in Scotland.
Obviously. if we could find out how
to utilize even a small fraction of this
energy our civilization would be revo-
lutionizcd.
What we call an electric current is
q stream of electrons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

WED, / find their way through the stom.
into the blood.
SEese germs are liable to lodge il
= oints, where they proceed to breed,
)sding on the tissues and thereby en-.
ldering determinations. AS a result.
pre- Is rheumatism, with it's attendant
ns, and perhaps eventual reformation
1tthc bones, if the trouble is prolonged
I'D severe.
Until within the last few years dem
is made no inquiry in regard to
scesses in the gums, save in cases
Sere they caused so much local dis
mort as to render the pulling of a
pth necessary. 1t was certainly not
8 spectcd that they had anything to do
th causing. rheumatism or other all.
nts. of the body. But today when
D mysterious malady turns up the
-to.date physician sends the patient
the dentist to have his Jaws X-raycd.
XAbscesses in the gums are of rather
{ squent occurrence, and as a rule,
t Dir presence does not excite the atten.
n of the sufferer. A person may have
b II a dozen or nor of them without
8 specting it. They are almost certain
occur in neglected mouths, but nobody
safe. 'a'aasf. '.s
Sometimes they cause infammations
q the eyes; occasionally they impair
II hearing. There is no end to the
Mlneiefs they engender. One easily
uerstands why, in former days, when
ere were no dentists and peoples
.th received no proper attention,
Rheumatism was an affection so much
fire prevalent than nowadays. The
facfes, and pains of old age" SO Bit
rly complained of by our f~orebears,
u err attributable mainly to Assesses
taeir gums.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

TNIiE new tea inspection act transfers
- the business of inspecting all I'M
ported teas from the Treasury Depart
ment to the bureau of chemistry in the
Department of Agriculture.
We import annually over 100. 900 600
pounds Of teas, which are classed as Of
twelve kinds. From every arriving
consignment is taken a sample, which is
carefully tested If unsatisfactory in
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
electric ..muf keeps motorists
hands warm

A n AUTOMOBILE MUFF'' is the
"a new invention of Charles r.. Scott.
of Wyandottc, Okla. 1t is meant. of
course, to keep the hands Of the motorist
warm while driving in cold weather.
Securely fastened to the steering
wheel is a light but rigid framework of
steel. over which the muff of padded
cloth Or fur is fitted. The arrange
ment is such that the person driving
can manipulate the wheel perfectly,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Supplying Chocolate Demand

THE worlds consumption of choco-
L late is increasing at such u rate
that immense plantations of cacao trees
are being set out in Trinidad, Ecua-
dor, Brazil. Venezuela, Santo Do
mingo and elsewhere in tropical America
to help supply the huge demand.
The chocolate bean is one of
Americas gifts to the world. 1t is the
seed of a small tree that grows wild in
Central and South America. The tree
was cultivated in Mexico and Peru CEN
turtles before Columbus landed. and the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

Spanish conquerors had their first taste
of chocolate when Montezuma offered
it to them in gold cups on their arrival
at, the city Of Mexico.
Chocolate was first made in the
United States in 1865. The tree bears
melon shaped pods. each of which con-
tains from twenty to forty seeds or
beans. When the fruits ripen they fiji.
the air with a delicious perfume, and
in the forest monkeys, parrots and
other animals are attracted thereby
from afar to partake of a feast.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

tempted, probably because tea leaves
are 50 cheap.
Certain fancy teas are perfumed.
Thus the scented orange pekoe' and
scented Canton" undergo a special
preparation. in which fresh orange BIOS
SONS, jcssamines, etc, are laid in a
pan beneath a wire or wicker tray that
holds the tea leaves. Mild heat applied
to the pan causes the moisture of the
flowers to evaporate. rising and carry
ing with it their perfume, which is alb
sorbed by the dry tea leaves.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

'tims. smoked in cigarettes. The
hes they dropped into the pans did
excite attention, but enriched the
9 avel to such an extent that the
n%ericans eagerly jumped at what they
J 2ught a bargain.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04

(ERONIKA KRAsMAUsKIs. Of
Chicago, has patented a con.
ance that simplides the problem Of
Fpufs, which present fashion de-
sds.
curved wire fits across the head,
to each of its ends is attached .
II switch OF hair. All that is e
LrY, III to curl the little switches
proper shape, and the earpuifs are
Or convenience, the curved wire il
E in two parts.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
LAB0RW|EW WRONG, !:
SAYS WADSWORTH,

American Federation of Labor pro-
tests against the military liability
clause of the Senate Army reorgani-
zation bill, on the ground that it
might permit conscription of labor
in peace times. were based on a mis-
conception of the meaning and pur-s
pose of the language" of the bill,
Chairman Wadsworth yesterday in
formed President Gomper's in answer
ing the latter's letter
Needless to say" Mr.. Wadsworth'ss 81
letter said nothing Of the sort ia,
intended. The term emergency was
employed by the Senate committee as.
descriptive of state of war of thea
first magnitude. constituting a naS
tional emergency" Z
During conference with House man-t
ayers on the bill. the senator said.
the Senate representatives had sug-S
gested and would continue to urges
substitution of the words state OF.
war constituting national en-
ergency" for the language objected to. .
The clause of the bill in question
provided as it. passed the Senate that
in times of national emergency,"-
declared by Congress and proclaimed.
by the President, liability for military
service rested upon men betweenp
eighteen and forty-five years of age,
and that under military regulation
that service could include assig nment,
to essentieA l3dHstries.