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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13

beams, sled runners, gun stocks, base
ball bats, bowling pins, shoe lasts, hay
blocks, and ladder rails. Even built.
up railroad ties and telephone poles
are by no means beyond the realms
Of possibility.
One cannot fail to be impressed by
the possibilities Of plywood as fac.
tor Of utilization. Not only would II
make possible the saving of a large
percentage Of present woods and mills
waste, but 1t might revolutionize pres
ent milling and grading practices. Sc
lect and clear material, the value Of
which is now lost in undersizes or dis.
counted by low-grade classification,
could be utilized and valued as are
now the more valuable hardwoods
From the standpoint of satisfactory
service, there seem to be no limits tt
the possible substitution Of plywoot
for most forms of solid wood.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Too Many Like
Bill Smith
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Department Of Commerce Secretary
Alexander was talking about the alien
question.
"The alien" he said, "who comes
over here, learns the language and
gets naturalized-with him we have
no quarrel; but too many alieLs only
come over to make a small fortune
and then go back home. Such aliens
are like Bill Smith.
"Bill Smith dropped in on his
cousins, the vanderpelts, one day with
his trunk. 1t soon developed that Bill
had come for pretty long stay. From
one week his visit heightened into two.
Two weeks became three, and 1t wasn't
till five weeks had gone by that Bill
at last announced his intention to de-
part.
1.-THE Saturday evening before his
departure Bill. who was a notorious
tightwad. astonished and pleased the
vanderpelts by coming home with an
enormous bundle.
"Just little something he ex'
planned, to help out tomorrow's Sun.
day dinner And with q beaming
smile he undid the bundles wrapping
It's my farewell Sunday dinner with
you. you know. l thought we might
celebrate little
1T was gorgeous bundle. There
was large turkey and a magnificent
ham. There were green peas from
Florida and luscious Californis
peaches. There were nuts land raj
sins and candy. 3
"'Well.' said the vanderpelts, afte1
Bill had gone to bed, so Bin has. loos
ened up for once
"All hands enjoyed the farewell Sun
day dinner tremendously, and on Sun
day evening Bill departed by the
o'clock express. The vanderpelt
warmly urged him to come again. Fl,
had loosened up, and they felt yer!
friendly toward him In consequence
Then. the next morning. the gro
GERS account came in. and the famil,
learned that the whole Of Bits fare
well dinner had been charged to P,
| vanderpelt."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
AVIATOR seAslck IN THE AIR
italian Flyer Encounter Rough ALI
Conditions On Trip 70
Tokyo.

Toxyo.-Lieutenant Ferrarin. one q
the two Italian airmen who few fr00
Rome to Tokyo. encountered such
rough air coalitions while crossing
Korea tb9S he became seasick.
I'm my entire flying experience" b
said. Il had never before encounterod
such conditions. The machine pitched
like small boat in a heavy swell. and
for the first time In my ufe I knew
what IL was to be seasick.
The most exciting part Of my trip
occurred In Asia Minor" he added.
"about 100 miles from Aleppo. whers
! was subjected TO heavy machine gun
fire by the Arab rebels"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Can't Teach Old
Dog New Tricks

the advantages OF American shirts,
but very reluctantly. One Of the
group whom the Americans thought
convinced blurted out. "well. you see
those coat shirts wear out quicker In
the laundry" What can you do with
that kind OF man!
W. PETIT Ridge. the English writer
and novelist. said the Americans
would better change the subject. So
he asked what was the difference be-
tween the English speech and the
American. Somebody said the Ameri-
can speech was bit louder. Yes. you
have hit IT," he said. "Only you stress
the unessential word. Your the and
to- etc.
Another Englishman said: 1--WE will
settle II this way. Your shirts are
better and speech worse. But in most
things we break about even. But dc
you know what John Hay said when hi
returned from the embassy hereT All
asked for Hays speech. Here II IL:
II never saw street fight In Eng
land: l never heard a story tina
couldn't be repeated in the compan,
of ladies'; l never heard a real cusi
word used"
Where did Hay live?" one English
man asked.
NO" said another. "You are boil
right; we break even on those thing
too"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13

laid lengthwise in burrows, and each
Joint sends up shoot, which later
produces suckers. When ready for
harvesting, field Of sugar cane re-
sembles corn field, but the plants
are somewhat larger and there are no
tassels and no ears. The stalks at this
time have grown about IL months and
have changed from green to reddish in
color, while most Of the lower leaves
have fallen away. They are cut by
hand with long knife. stripped Of
their leaves and carried on carts or
small cars to the sugar mill.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Is Greatest Plane
Motor in World

the engine, who Is known as one OF
the creators Of the Liberty motor.
The new engine, In spite of Its great
power. Is no freak. II Is intended for
steady, longtime service. either for
heavy duty or for great speed, and IL
designed for American quantity pro-
duction methods.
Made for General Uss.
While the men who are handling the
new engine expect that it will push
plane at least 200 miles an hour. the
engine was not designed for this pur-
pose alone. and is capable Of wide and
general use. 1t weighs only IDA
pounds per horsepower.
The lessons which Colonel Vincent
learned during the war in his study Of
the actual performance Of the Liberty
motor. as well as Of the best makes
from both allied and enemy countries.
are embodied In this design. and as
result there are several notable ad-
vances.
Most important Is that the motor 70
fireprOof for all civil purposes. This
has been attained by putting the car
buretor below and outside Of the crank
case, with all vents outside the cow
ling 50 that there Is no possibility Of
confiagration from back fire. This
arrangement also has the advantages
that It gives gravity feed. thereby
eliminating the weight Of extra piping
and Of the feed pump. and that It
makes the carburetor much more &C
cessible.
Exhaust Valves Changed.
Another change has been in provid-
ing two inlet and two exhaust valves
for each cylinder. instead of one. The
result has been a bigger and steadier
now Of gas to the cylinders, and a
very high mean effective pressure even
at great speed. A double finger valve
lift is used, and this permits changes
In the cam-shaft and rocker-arm me-
chanism which make this engine much
superior to any predecessor in the
troublesome matter Of leakage from
the cam-shaft housing.
A third change Is In the use Of a
single duplex carburetor, instead Of
the usual two carburetors. The diff
Guilty Of synchronixing the throttle and
i altitude controls Of two carburetors
has always been bugbear to aviators,
but 1t had been felt that two or more
were necessary to give the requisite
flow Of gas. It has been found in the
tests, however, that this single duplex
gives splendid economy and other de-.
tails which. In the opinion Of Colonel
Vincent, fully justify the design. HI
predicts that It win promptly beeomV
j q universal practice with airplans -
gineexA Yu
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13

consists merely in laying alternately
as many sheets Of thin veneer and
sheets of this glue tissue as may be
required to build up the panel desired.
These sheets are then pressed in
steam-heated press. The result Is an
extremely thin panel in which the
moisture content has been changed not
more than l or per cent. Tits SIM
pie method eliminates the troubles re-
sulting from the use of a wet glue,
and makes the handling of the thin
material an easy matter.
The extremely thin piywood secured
in this manner and tested on airplane
wings built especially for the purpose
proved surprisingly strong. 1t was
found that 1t gave between 6 and s
per cent added lifting power over the
linen ordinarily used. by reason Of the
fact that the flap" of the cloth is
entirely eliminated Weight for
weight, its strength proved to be ap-
proximately the same, and 1t is quite
likely that in the future all non-metal
NihSS iuoy DC SONtIcu Will tulS lIld-
terial.
When plywood was first thought of
in connection with airplanes, an ap-
parently insurmountable difficulty pre-
! scented itself. A machine that had to
be out in all kinds Of weather and
spend much of its time in a dense fog
and in thick clouds must not be held
together anywhere by glue that water
would dissolve. 10 overcome this diff
| ficulty two new CLUES were evolved by
the laboratory experts; one made
from the blood of animals and one
derived from casein-obtained from
milk. Panels were glued together
with these and tested in boiling water
for eight hours. At the expiration OF
this time none of the pieces showed
any separation of the plies. Soaking
in cold water for ten days gave the
same results. Finally, tests with a
shearing machine. which applied force
in such manner as to push one ply
from another, were made. and 1t was
demonstrated that a pressure of from
two hundred and fifty to seven hun
bred pounds to the square inch Of
glue surface was required to separate
the layers. so strong were the new
Clues. AS matter Of fact, It was II
most cases. not the Clues, but tn,
wood fibers themselves, that gave way
In considering the application Of
this new waterproof glue and plywoos
to industry in our reconstruction pc
Rod, 1t becomes evident that an en-
tirely new field has opened for pro
gressive manufacturers of wood ar
ticles. Who. till now. has put on tn,
market a standard door that will no
, warp? Plywood panels cannot war
after they are finished. for one pl,
holds the next rigidly. What manu-
. facturer has got out table or chat
. with glued joints that will not &c
, shaky in a damp atmosphere? Furnl
/ ture made with casein glue will hol,
!, together far better.
For smaller wooden articles built-u
) wood has immediate application no
| only in replacing solid material but 4
extending the utilization of small size
] and low grades. Some Of the article
already manufactured Of plywood a
the forest products laboratory. wit
most excellent results in every cas-,
! are wagon tongues, wheel hubs, plo,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Most Powerful Airpiane Engine
Ever Built in United States
Made in Detroit.
INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE
Capable Of Driving Machine at 200
Miles an Hour. Says Designer,
One Of Liberty Motor Gre
ators-ls Fireproof.

Detroit.-A new 100000 horsepower
airplane engine, the most powerful
ever built in this country and the most
powerful in the world except for few
racing freaks, has been completed here.
1t is expected to develop speeds far
greater than anything yet achieved.
In addition 1t is fireproof, and 1t can be
started cold" after a long dive, thus
ending two Of the greatest dangers
that aviators have had to face.
This announcement was authorized
by Col. Jesse G. Vincent. designer Of
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Man With Grit Wins

Grit has way Of taking possession
If you. Under Its influence you act as
hough you were different person.
Ind that may be more true than we
think. Certainly there Is new spirit
In the man who dares what has been
hitherto impossible. It's the grit that
lies back Of him that does the work
Sometimes It comes late in life. But
more often It shows itself with the
Nrst great testing. Enemies may think
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
srl.isher Wear American Coat
Shirt? No, Stree, II Simply
Can't Be Done.
FIRMLY AGAINST OUR STYLE
enoIishman Wants TO Slip Garment on
Over His Head, and He Wants
the Collar Button to Touch
His Neck, Too.

London.-"You can't teach an old
dog new tricks is true when 1t comes
to the question OF how an Englishman
puts on his shirts. Just few minutes
ago the writer went into haberdash-
cry shop In the Strand.
DO you want your shirts cut Eng
fish fashion or American?" asked the
Utter.
"why. what's the differencer he
was asked.
you see, an Englishman won't have
a coat shirt; he wants to slip 1t on
over his head" said the shirtmaker.
The filter then told Of several Incl
dents about his countrymen who came
into this particular shop. The other
day one customer was thoroughly an
CRY. He had been sold dozen Ameri-
can coat shirts.
II can't get into them" he said.
"All right, we will sew them up"
said the shirt filter.
Another Englishman had bought
some American shirts and came back
with them in a very bad temper.
what do you mean by selling me
shirts without a collar buttonhole in
the back?" was his objection. why
had to cut hole through with q
penknife."
The polite salesman tried to show
his customer the benefit Of the Ameri
can shirts; how fine IT was not to have
the collar button touch the neck. Blu
he would have none Of those kind O.
shirts.
why" said he, II can't reach thu
back Of my neck to put the buttol
in.'
"You don't have to-" said the fitte
put 1t in before you put your shir
on
That made the Britisher angry.
II won't do it," he said. II Away
put my collar buttons in after my shir
is on my back. And I won't have 20
tell me how to do It,"
Bars Hangers on Shirts.
Though unconvinced on that poir
, the salesman tried to tell the Englisl
, man how fine 1t was to wear a COZ
shirt; that 1t didn't ruffle up one
hair when put on. mo, you can't sc
me those shirts. comb my hair a
ter I put my shirt on. Besides" sal
this customer, II don't want hanger
on my shirts"
The writer told shopkeepers Thu
coat shirts had not had long histol
in America. "Well, you see," said h
IAN Englishman learns how to put G
shirt when little boy, and he won
change"
This particular shop has custom'
who has bought the same color shir
for forty years, and he insisted {
.. that color all during the war. Anoth
customer for sixty years, now dea
always bought one color of neckties-
.. red.
Races q "Function."
One London paper has paraguay
about Walter Hagen taking of
sweater just as he was about to NAL
/. drive. 1t simply isn't done her
Rather serious criticism greeted Il
. first appearance OF the American tie
+, MS players because they dressed
: sloppily. An Englishman has /
trousers pressed for tennis just as
has them pressed for dinner, and
usually wears beautiful blue co
with brass buttons when he plays.
The writer asked an English friel
why he always wore a silk hat Al
cutaway to the races. well, you 81
$ It's function and must" he |
piled.
9 All these differences were discuss
: by group last night. The America
n pather convinced the Englishmen
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is held loosely to its neighbors on all
sides. To make a wood that Is ca
pable of standing strain in all direc-
tons 1t is necessary to combine sew
eral layers cut at various angles to
the grain.
Thus is made "plywood," said to be
literally stronger than steel" 1t is
revolutionizing airplane construction,
and it will enter conspicuously into
postwar industry. 1t is even possible
that as a wall covering the thinner va
rleties will compete with wallpaper
They possess all the beauty and dura-
bility of heavy wood paneling, for
their composite nature prevents them
from warping Thin plywood has
been found, in toughness and fleXibil-
fabrics in the manufacture Of air
plane wings.
If anyone should say offhand that
weight for weight, wood was stronger
than steel he would be laughed at.
However, the forest products labora-
tory of the department of agriculture,
which is responsible for our knowl-
edge of plywood and the various uses
to which 1t may be put, has devised
testing machine which proves this
very thing. Only, Of course, the
strength of the wood is estimated by
the pull It will stand running with
and not against the grain. For ex-
ample, a toothpick of pine wood placed
in this machine, with the idea of pull
Ing 1t apart in the middle, will usually
stand a pressure Of from Is to 10C
pounds before it gives way. As
against this, 3-inch length Of steel
wire, of the same weight as the tooth.
pick, generally gives way when the
tension reaches about 80 pounds. Va
rious tests with this machine have
shown that all of the denser woods
can beat steel by from 300 to 600 pei
cent. When tested across the grain
however. the best of wood shows only
fran one-fourth to one-half of thu
strength Of steel That's why plywoot
was invented
The panels usod IN the manufactur,
of plywood vary in thickness accord
ing to the article to be made of ii
In the case Of material for airplan,
wings for example. they are only o.
inch Of thickness. Gluing thin venee
into very thin panel Of plywood ha
always been an extremely Difficult
matter for the manufacturer. TIL
principal cause Of trouble has beel
the excessive swelling and shrinking
Of the thin plies due to their absorb
ton Of water from the wet glue, whicl
causes overlaps and considerable
amount Of wrinkling. A second sourc
of trouble is In the handling Of tn
very thin material when 1t has bee
coated with wet glue, since 1t is the
very fragile and easily ruined.
To overcome, these difficulties tn
forest products laboratory has evolve
a process which consists of making
sheet of glue by coating thin sheet
of tissue paper with blood glue, allow
Ing it to dry, and using the coated pc
per as the glue layer for plywoot
The process of making the panel the
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13

they have things their own way. The
outcome will depend on who has the
grit. When you see the lips straight
ening into fixed line and the eyes
taking on q new luster you want to be
on your guard. The man with grit
isn't advertising himself. He just waits
until action Is needed and then you
involuntarily make way for him.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-13
Wife Nagged on Trolley;
Conductor Gets Divorce

Accusing his wife Of annoying
him while he went about his du-
ties as a street car conductor.
william L. Stockfeth obtained q
divorce from Alice V. Stockfleth
In Superior Judge Morgan's
court In San Francisco. Stock
fieth said his wife would board
his car and berate him for an
swering questions Of passengers.
More than that. she never paid
any fare when she started out
on a nagging expedition.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30
PRICES OF FARM
LAND INCREASE

brought about By returnins the land
to pastures and BY disseminating the
use Of the low-grade areas which were
temporarily utilised.
Whist the war Old.
these changes should b instruc.
tive to those who would reducs the
prices Of farm products BY brinsing
into use large areas Of new land. II
% clear that u prices had besp a.
traordinarily remunsrativs to The
farmer eo0pared with the returns a
capital and labor In Industry, "
would not witness this rsduetioa q
the acreage In cultivation. but, On The
contrary. Q eontinued enlargsmsnt q
Il. While the war conditions ten.
porartly Increased the nst cash incons
Of the farlnee and stimulated q TEN.
posary expansion Of the crop ara.
this WAS due In large measure 10 ths
Response Of the farmers to the b.
sistent call Tor more food, particularly
wheat and rye. the principal bread
graiha Il b Of NO small signincancs
that The contraction In acreage has
been most extreme In the case Of
these crops. estimated Ut SIS per cent
for winter wheat. 166 per cent for
spring Whsat, and 22S Per cent tos
re"
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30

o4UAem q Cheeks aNd Balances
According to the Export Trade and
Exportefr Review. this ID the way
thsy cash Q check In Greece:
Ths check IL presented to the teller.
lndorsesusnt II made In bis presence.
He makes out several copies Of ~
csipts for the amount. which receive
payee's signature. A bronss DIST
bearing Q number 10 then presented to
the payse. who waits his turn. The
writing on the check 10 now compared
With TIE died signature. II the cheek
70 - another hank this bank 10 called
~ telephone or q messenger sent and
the check verified. The check nsxt
goes to the bOokkeeper. where the dc.
posters balance 10 brought forward
and records made. An auditor 10
called and checks all proceedings a.
they are made. The customers mum.
Der II then called and the customer
presents bis disc. Identifies tho check,
ver6es his signature on the receipts.
and receives the cash.
They fear the Greeks bearing
chscks.-C0mmerce and Finance.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30
Flremsn Are Called to
Rescue Family Roast

Louisville, KY. A. Craw.
ford WAS resting In his home.
1900 Portland avenue. while
members Of the family were
away. He fell asleep, bat
awakened. Something was burn
Ing. His nostrils told him that
Instantly his feet caught the
message and carried him to the
DIRE alarm box on the corner.
When the drefnen arrived the
houss was Oiled with smoke.
More was coming from the
Kitchen, from the oven. where
the cause Of the trouble was
tound-a large pork roast. Cold
msat WAS served for dinner at
the Csawfoed home.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30
HAS 0-EGG BREAKFAST

Hope be crossed the Arctic circle and
was then IN the region Of the midnight
sun and continuous daylight A. he
sayS he "saw no stars from early In
June until August z"
Beyond Fort McPherson and Arctic
Red river he ascended Rat river. u
narrow torrent Of rushing glacier va.
ter that drops ~ much 10 90 miles %
the Yukon In 2.000." creased the
Rocky mountains and. with supplies
completely exhausted. reached Fort
Yukon August 10.
"A square meal at last" wrote the
young Englishman 10 bis diary.
"Nsver before have eaten nine eggs
for breakfast. not to mention ham.
bread, Jam, cake. coffee and whap.
sing"
From Fort Yukon he went up the
yukon pan Dawson and White Horse.
through The old Kloodiks gold 0eids
and tool steamer at Skagway for Van.
COVER. Ths two advsutursfs camDsd
ont constantly and he youns scion Of
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30
Paralysis Traced to Larvae Of
Blue Bottle Fly.
Mlnasssea os,sWsiseo 49, hses n
elad Origin - 0afantlls
Paralysis.

Mlnneapolia Ainn.-Ninnesota Uni'
versity farm school experts Issued q
statement that infantjls paralysis waa
tracsabls 70 the larvae q the green
bottle ~. THIS tAsosy. which. II Il
haped, viii make Il possible for msdi'
col authorities not only to Ersvsat thu
spread e paralysis spids0ie among
eAildrsn. bot also to provide Q cure,
has besa studied b Q gfoap q fafu
scAoel experts.
Ths sub3set has besn under eoass6'
grafton ct The Minnesota sxpssineae
statsoo, In eo-opssatiou With certain
medical authorities. Il became known.
- q result Of the investigates. that
tie larvae q the bottle dy was ~.
sponsihls for bog paralysis and lin
bssnsek y poultry.
Studies are being made By r. Adam
butcher and Stanley d. wilkins q
~ station, In cooperation with D. c.
Beaver and W. A. Billings u The VT.
Urinary division q the university. aad
A. L. Smith Of the poultry division.
Thess experts were considerably %.
llehtened % to the causes and nsthod
Of control Of animal paralysis By CT.
tain discoveries made In IN attempt Ia
trace the causes Of limbsrnsck IN
poultry. In experiments eccksrsi
WAS fed % the larvae Of green bottls
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-30
Prstsse Against Burial Al ssa.

The population Of Saigon WAS great.
~ stirred some time ago on learning
that the body Of young English
woman who died aboard a steamer Of
the NessaEeries MaritimeS WIS con.
signed TO the SER despite the protests.
entrsaties and profYersd compensation
OF her husband. who sought to have
me body retained until the nrst port
was reached. A petition was nd.
dressed TO the governor Of Cochin
China. settle. forth that burial at wee
70 Q practise which originated In the
period Of sailing vesseIs when ships
might remain becSlmed for days. but
that Il 10 no longer justified now that
voyaess are much shorter and ocsas
travel has reached % great impee
eanes % travelling - And.