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Arizona republican., 1920-07-31
Keeping tue W0ter Pure

strained out impurities of the water make a sort of scum, which is called schmutzdecke by the scientists, the term meaning dirt cover, from the German.
 This dirt cover makes the sand er- fective. When the conditions are just right such sieve will remove 99 per cent of the germs from any water, ana make it comparatively safe for drink ing purposes. Until near the close Of the past century the development Of sanitary water supplies was based on this principle.
 Twenty-Five years ago an American took hold of this principle and devel- oped what is known as the rapid sand filtration, or American method. The old scheme required too much space for the spreading out of the sano sieves. The American method substf- tuted a tank for the reservoir meth cd, and provided for the cleaning of the sand sieve. Within the tanks which one sees on the high ground back Of any American city is one of these rapid sand sieves. Into this tank chemical has been introduced to take the place of the schmutZdecke. This chemical is nothing more than alum. In all water there is a certain amount of lime, and when alum comes into contact with it precipitate is formed which converts the sand into an ef- fective germ strainer.
 Current Works Both Ways.
 Only a given amount of water, how ever, can be run through this strainer until the sand becomes so full of inn purities that it ceases to function ef- fectively. Here, however, the American method meets the emergency By a clever appliance the current of water is reversed and is sent forcefully up through the sand from the bottom. It removes all the impurities and the alum-like precipitate, and flushes them from the tank Thus the strainer is made as good as new, and the water is started through it again for effec- tive qualification.
 There is now a famine in the supply of alum for use in the tanks through which the water supplies for munici- | palities are strained. This alum comes | from a clay known as bauxite, the | chief source of supply of which is in ! the vicinity of Little Rock, Arkansas One of the chief alum factories in the United States is located near Philadei- phia. This factory requires four car | loads of clay a day. Of late, however, | it has been receiving but eight car loads a month. Similar conditions ex- | ist elsewhere. Cities are finding it i'm possible to get their alum, and the menace of pestilence is increasing daily.
 There is, however, a later develop
 ment in the work of water qualification
 also of American origin. which is com 1 ing into general use, and which is 1 almost miraculous. At the little towr | of Dunwoodie. in New York, the two great aqueducts that carry the water for the metropolis from Croton reser- | voir come very near together. This l water supply has not been filtered and until it reaches Dunwoodie it has not been treated to make it safe fol l the millions who are to drink it.
 At Dunwoodie a little house is bull 1 between the two aqueducts. This house
 is a repository of certain tanks of vita
 liquid From these tanks comes fortf
Arizona republican., 1920-07-31
By FREDERIC J. HAskiN.


 WASHINGTON, July 30.-With the typhoid season at it's height, the Unit ed States Public Health Service has thrown consternation into the ranks of the sanitarians of the nation by is suing a statement which sad that the lives of all those 30,000,000 people who live in our cities were endangered be- cause of the difficulties in getting the chemicals which make the water sup ply of the municipalities pure and wholesome.
 The era of greater healthfulness that has come to the nation in the last two decades is largely due to the near elim- ination of water borne diseases. With out these chemicals water would con- tinue to carry it's microscopic messen- gers of death. Therefore the emer- gency and the haste.
 All of this has had the effect of directing attention to the miracles which this generation has performed in the elimination of the dangers that turk in drinking water. Of the millions who drink from the hydrantS of the cities, very few appreciate the fact that every cup of water drunk every day in every city has been specially treat ed to make it safe and wholesome. The story of the method of this treatment is a romance of science.
 A hundred years, ago little was done toward purifying the water furnished sfor drinking purposes to those who lived in the cities of the world. A hun dred years ago plague Stall<ed over the face of the earth, and in spots where populations were concentrated, it ran through the masses and took an un- thinkable toll
 Light Is Bad for Germs.
 In those days the one tendency toward the purification of drinking water came about almost by accident. When water is stored in a reservoir, the suspended particles in it sink to the bottom and carry down a large percentage of the germs that infest light tends to purify itself because in light the conditions for propagating germ life are not favorable.
 It was in 1929. however, that the first scientific step toward water puri- fication was taken. At that time James Simpson, of London, took the initiative which led to Altering the drinking sup | ply of the English metropolis. The principle upon which he worked dom 1 mated efforts toward water purified | tion for 75 years, and is still an i'm portant item in that work Simpson tering water through sand. This prin- | ciple much more highly developed, is still largely in use.
 Many of the reservoirs which hold the water supplies of towns and cities | throughout the United States have a carefully arranged sieve of sand ir | their bottoms. Building one of these sieves is a good deal like construct 1 ing a paved street. First there is q layer of broken rocks. then another oi | smaller size, and a still smaller one until finally there is a thick layer o, 1 sand on top.
 When water is first put into a res. ervoir with a bottom of this sort, the 1 sieve is not very effective. Even il l clear water, however, there is certain material which this sand removes. Int
Arizona republican., 1920-07-31
SHOES COST s25 IN HAVANA


 Dr. A M Caballero, a Cuban from Havana visiting in Montreal, bemoans the fact that soon he will be paying $25 a bushel for potatoes, $25 for a pair of shoes and S125 for a suit of clothes equal to MontreaTs $50 suits.
 1fThe people of Cuba think of 1tt1e else but growing sugar and tobacco" said Dr. CabaIlero. "That is one of the reasons why the cost of living is so high there The sugar money comes easily and goes easy The farmer buys his wife the best of Paris gowns dia- nonds. etc. buys a S10,000 car for the family and $100, 900 residence in town and thinks 1ttle of t.
 Many a farmer is today making $1o0. .o00 a year and mostly out of sugar The reason why they all grow sugar is because the banks lend the money on the crop without any trouble. Ten times more money is coming into the country than there was three or four years ago.
 Cuba" continued pr. Caba11ero, sHwants direct trade relations with Canada Cubans like Canadian goods and the Canadian Merchant Marine is doing a lot of good in spreading Cana dian products through the country. but more Canadian salesmen should be sent there. Cubans want to deal direct rather than work through United States commission houses. Asbestos. cement, building plaster, nails. loco motives. paper and all kinds of hard ware have 9 field in Cuba.
 @In the first four months of 1920 1ss7zoT tons of s--aT were exported coms>re6 with 1,S02.s52 for 191s."
Arizona republican., 1920-07-31
JUST COULDN' MAKE
 THEMSTOP GAMBLING

After Nose Walker, Edgar Carter, O. Mitchell and J. A Kohler, negroes, and E. Whitmore had each pleaded guilty to gambling at F East Mon roe street and paid fines of $25 each, there did not seem much chance for Nellie Morris. negro woman, to suc- cessfully defend herself on the charge of permitting gambling on her prem ises. as she admitted being lessee of the place
 -Iissen heah, you homer, Jedge," she began after a mass of evidence hao been introduced against her. "ah ain't guilty and dis is why ah ain't Foah two weeks ah done been down sick Sho huff Ah was sick in bed when those men stahts shootin craps in nah house"
 How do you know they were shoot ing craps2" interrupted City Attorney Nelson
 'Ebber once in awhile ah heahs a scum lak .seben come leben.' An done knows dey is shootin' craps but how ah gwine hep mahsef? Bimeby Mat thewS comes in He rooms at nah house Ah tole Matthews to go in the front room and stop dat game. He went in but he nevah stop no game. He jes' livened it up- Purty soon then the doc tor he come see how is I. So ah says to the doctor to go an stop dat game. When the doctor heahs dat seben an 'leben he fergets all bout how is an he makes a bee line foah dat game an ah nevah do see him no noah. Ah was jes' gettin' feeble lak outen bed to go stop dat game mahsef when the police come
 But NeTlie's past record was against her, as was the evidence of the police men who raided the game. Judge Kirkland found the defendant guilty as charged and assessed a fine of $50
Arizona republican., 1920-07-31

VISUALLY EVIDENT
 (Boston Transcript She Cat swell function)-I barely got here. He (observantly)-So I see.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

Pensacola is on the upgrade. The
only thing that seems to pull the
wrong way is that municipal dock
project
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
THE HOME PAPER.

BY *"
When the evenin' shade is fallin' at the
endin' O. the day,
An a Teller rests from labor smokin'
his pipe O. clay,
There's nothin' does him so much
good, be fortune up or down,
AS the Little country. paper from his
oil home town.
1t ain't thing o. beauty, an its print
amt always clean.
But it straightens out his temper
when a feller's feelin' mean;
1t takes the wrinkles off his face. an
brushes off his frown;
That little country paper from his OF
home town.
1t tells of all the parties an balls of
Punkin Row,
'Bount who spent Sunday with his
girl, an how the crops will
grow;
How il keeps a Teller posted bout who
Is is up an who is down
That little country paper from his OF
home town.
Now, like to read the dailies, an the
story papers, too,
An at times the yellow novels an
some other trash-don't you?
But when | want some readin' that
will brush away-a frown,
want that little paper from my OIL
home town.-Good Hardware
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
Revelations
ola Wife
By ADELE GARRISON,

You don't need to look sos shocked"
she went on dryly. "Of course this
isn't the proper thing to say. I ought
to exclaim Thank God suppose but I
never was built to be a hypocrite"
She turned aside her head a moment
and l saw her wipe her eyes. The &C
ton surprised me, for l had always
thought Mrs. Stewart to be the least
emotional, the most mater of fact
woman 1 had ever known.
Margaret" she said huskily. when
she faced me again, mo one will ever
know how 1 loved your mother, or
how much l miss her. And when I re-
member how fervently your mother
hoped you would some day marry Jack
Beckett, and now to see Jack going to
his death, very likely, across the
ocean,; and you married to that-that-
whipper- She hesitated for
the last word, and then brought it out
as if it were an exploding firecracker
Il could tear things TO pieces" she
finished fiercely.
Mrs. Stewards "Cynicisr."
you must not speak that way Of my
husband. Mrs. Stewart" said, but my
remonstrance was weak. for her refer
ence to my little mother and her plans
for me had nearly upset me.
"Fiddlesticks!" she returned brus-
quely. This isn't a time for picking
your words. I'm going to speak my
mind once for aII-and then you'll
never hear me say a word about your
husband again.
I'm not so strong for that until
death do US part thing as lots of
people are" she vent on. Its a long
time waiting fer death when two IN
suited people are tied together. You
have the chance Of your lifetime now
to break away from that husband of
yours, if you have quarrelled with him.
Jack can go back to South America
or some other place, where he has at
least one chance in ten for his life, and
when you are really free you can have
a real man who viii take care of you.
not an imitation Of one that makes
you miserable nine-tenths Of your
time
1 could not speak. I gazed at her.
positively fascinated by the brutal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

things had been taken out of my
hands. My terror at the possibilities
of a meeting between my husband and
Jack Beckett had robbed me Of initia-
tive, almost of sanity.
of course, after that speech Of his.
you can't very well telephone him
first" said Mrs. Stewart, reflectively.
But we must figure out some way so
that you can go home tonight"
She put out her hand hastily and
pa my -..0uider.
Don't think I am inhospitable. my
dear, but if you are to be recUnciled
to your husband at all, you ought to
get back home as quickly as possible"
Il know" 1 said YEARLY, But, oh.
Mrs. Stewart, 1 don't know what will
happen when Jack and Dicky meet"
What are you talking about?" Her
tone was sharp, imperative. Jack
and Dicky meet? Where?"
"where Is He7"
Jack said he was going to find
Dicky and send him after me. I re-
piled dully.\
Now the Lord have mercy on us!"
she exclaimed. vehemently. Did you
tSIi JdCh D4ChSbL you i-au leAL yOAE
husband?"
He guessed it at once and made me
admit it, I confessed miserab bly,.
For stirring up a devils mess, COM
mend me to a perfectly good woman
with a Puritan conscience"' COM
mented Mrs. Stewart caustically; then
she walked to the telephone.
What are you going TO do2" I
sasped.
Undo some OF this snarl you've got
yourself into if 1 can" she returned.
Now I'm going to tell some pretty
strong fibs. if your conscience is going
to trouble you, you'd better go down
stairs while l telephone"
oh, can't leave this room" cried,
alarmed.
"Ar right. sit still don't you dare
open your mouth, no matter what you
hear me say
She took down the telephone receiv-
2468' With a throb of fear recog-
nized my own number.
I listened, frightened and fascinated.
to her side Of the telephone CONVEX
sation.
Hello! Who is this? The maid? II
wish to speak to Mr.. Graham If you
please"
Mrs. Stewart never said please"
without giving the full phrase. My
mother had the same manne1sm, a |
reminder of the old-fashioned, formal |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
The Blue
Moon
A Tale of the Flatwoods
BY
DAVID ANDERSON
Copyright, 1919.
The Bobbs-M Merrill Company
rights, 1920. Mcclure
Syndicate and Pensacola
Journal.

The Red Mask looked down at the
fast disappearing provender before the
horse, walked back and forth across
the cave a time or two, turned, ex-
amined the saddle girth again, reached
over and united the halter strap and
stoop for a moment or two fumbling
behind the oak root where it had been
tied.
THAT sheriff." He Strengthened,
threw up his head and laughed bois-
terously. HE couldn't find a lost ele-
phnat, let alone a wonderful, wee little
drop of distilled witchery like this"
From the dry clay and shale back of
the oak root he had drawn forth
small plush box. With the word this"
he blew the dust off, and pushed in
the catch. The lid Tipped up. On the
tiny cushion lay the Blue Moon twink
ling in the candle light not unlike the
princess that walked up in the cave of
the dragon.
At last came the sheriff's nudge. The
Pearlhunter quietly passed his revolver
over. There couldn't have been a
sound in the act louder than the
drawing of a breath, but somehow it
must have reached the man by the
horse. There came a change over his
AdGS-d SAldhSe 81 0IlSlI aS 10 oe as
good as imperceptible; to be felt rather
than seen. Had he SO much as glanced
toward the pocket back of the hay, the
Pearlhunter would have acted on the
instant. But he didn't glance that way.
Very leisurely he closed the box. put
it in his vest pocket and looked down
to see If the horse had finished his
supper.
The Pearlhunetr was in the act of
pressing against the knee of the sher-
iff in sign that the time had come,
when, totally without wraning sound
without the slightest preliminary mo-
ton, there came a shot from behind
the horse that dashed the candle out
The shot was followed by scuffle Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

courtesy which had marked their early
training.
What? Mr.. Graham not thereE
] Where is he?"
What Had Happened7
She was plainly worried at the an
swers Katie was giving e. her rapid
questions. But her anxiety was moth
ing TO mine. I felt positive terror at
her next words.
Went out with q man What man.
How loEg has he been gone? Not
five minutes? All right. when Re comes
in have him call Prospect. 7l9. Il you
please. Good bye"
She hung up the receiver ans turned
TO me. anxiety written on her face.
do you suppose he is wita JACKIE
I asked, my voice trembling with ter
ror.
Il am afraid So" she answered. But
there is nothing to be done nov but
wait"
i have spent many unhappy hours in
my life. but never have experienced
the utter misery and error that swept
me when I realized the full import OF
Mrs Stewards words.
, She drew her chair nearer to the
fire and sat down. But could not re-
main still / spring to my feet and
began TO pace up and down the room.
Mrs. Stewart is a very wise woman.
Instead Of Offering any protest she
looked at me with grim approval
That's right" she said. I don't
know anything that's better for takiag
the edge off Of things than walking
up and down. 1 wish had a dollar
for every mile / have Travelled slp aId
down my room when have be n wo.-
ried."
1 did not answer her. felt as IL
were walking through red-hot
flames. Nothing else mattered to me
but the answer 20 this question:
What had happened when my hus-
hand and my brother-cousin met each
other for the first timer"
l did not realize that Mrs. Stewards
suspense was also intense until the
telephone bell rang. The quicizness
with which she moved from her chair
TO the instrument. the nervousness OF
her hands. the trfmor Of her voice as
she answered the call. all showed that
she, too, had been under a strain.
'Hello!" she said. Who is thfsg
oh, Is it YOU, Jack Beckett? What's
the matter?' zEess &C
His answered was evidently reassur-
ing for she exclaimed quickly. Wait a
minute" and turned TO where I stool
with parted lips and terror-strickeh
face.
CONTINUED tomorrow.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
A Pole has a long reach.


After all, women are used to re-
verses even in Tennessee
Sugar at ten cents pound for a
New Year gift! Wouldn't that be
great!
Cox slush fund charges are being
denied but after all figures can talk
even when candidates refuse to.
Willis Powell will remain in Lake
County. No wonder Lake County ex-
pands, baslSing in the smile of Willis.
One Of the simplest problems in the
world is making both ends meet, if
only there is enough money to go
round.
Pensacola is on the upgrade The
only thing that seems to pull the
wrong way is that municipal dock
project
Well, maybe the governors don't
mind journeying to that front porch in
Marion, but We bet they'd rather hear
Cox speak in the town hall.
The Ocala Banner says that all men
and women are now created equal.
Those Tennessee legislators seem to
think that the women are not equal to
the present occasion, but women have
long been superior to such tactics.
o
According to figures compiled by
specialists of the United States De-
partmente of Agriculture, milk is a
complete food in itself One quart OF
milk will Supply as much protein as
Z ounces of sirloin steak. or ounces
of round steak, or 4.3 eggs, or Sc
ounces OF round steak, or 8 1-2 eggs.
or 1917 ounces of fowl. Milk is still
one of the cheapest foods considering
food value.
The largest clock in the world is in
Jersey City, New Jersey. 1t is known
as the Colgate clock 1t weighs about
6 tons, the face is SO feet in diameter
and has an area of 1874 square feet,
The minute hand is nearly 20 feet
long and weighs about a third of a
ton. 1t travels at the tip between %
and "a inches each minute, or more
than half a mile a day. The weight
that causes the hands to revolve
weighs about ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
WoRkTIME AND "DfxIE."
BY Frank L, Stanton.

"a Southern Plantation Chorus)
Woriztime now, ez sho's you born.-
Stop dat playin' "Dixie!''
How dey gwinter hoe de corn,
An you a-piayin% Dixie?
Don't you hear me what l say?
Watch dat mule, done run away
Turned plum fool wild Dixie.
Stop dat playin' ''Dixie!"
How can Dixie pillow de groun'?
Stop dat playin' "Dixie,"
Dat tune dun kwine, fit ter kill,
sun playin' leapfrog wild de hill!
Joshua couldn't keep him still.
An you a-playin' "Dixier
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

One Of the simplest problems in the
world is making both ends meet, if
only there is enough money to go
round.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02
a TEXT EOS YOU.

when you save your money. while
you're young" says Br'er Williams, ITS
putin cushions on the chairs of old
ages restroom"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

Willis Powell will remain in Lake
County. No wonder Lake County ex-
pands, basking in the smile Of Willis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

Pa says
Thet he believes he
VIII Buy Barrel Of Raisins;
Sister says thet
II Pa wants to buy anything
or tho Kind she Wishes
He would git Some Candied
Cherries
But. ma says tibet
Ez far as she can see
The way raisins is sellin' now
Pa might jist as well
Make the trip to
Bimini
An be done with it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-02

Well, maybe the governors don't
mind journeying to that front porch in
Marion, but We bet they'd rather hear
Cox speak in the town hall
Evening journal., 1920-03-29
RAsrRiLL DOPE.

First signs OF the arrival Of the base
bqll season Of 1920 were evident With
the departure OF the major league play
ers for their training camps, but that
the season has surely arrived is now
certain with tho appearance OF the hrst
schedule book. AS ustal, it is The
Dopc Book, published by C. G. Sphinx x
Son. st. Louis, Mo, publishers OF The
Sporting News. A feature OF this book
ihis year. will be a review OF the
changes in the playing code, Babe
Nuth's home run record, detailed by
that well-known staiistician. Ernest j..
Lanigan: and that famous poem Casey
al the Bat" Other features include
Instructions on "How 10 Score BIZ
ographies Of the stars Of Major League
teams. Schedules OF the American and
National Leagues day by day, Joe VIII
hoits consecutive hitting record. etc.
etc. II you want one OF these book
lets. vest pocket In size that may be
carried at all times as a settler OF
arguments, simply send i've cents TO
SpinlS & Son, St. Louis, Mo-, who Will
forward a copy promptly TO the read
ers Of this paper.
Evening journal., 1920-03-29
THAT GRACE FIVE
MUST SHOOT NOW

Followers Of the cage game win be
elven treat this week when Grace,
The winners Of the Church Basketball
League. VIII play an all-star team pick
cd from the Brandywlne. Westminster
and West Gyes. and from the. men
that have been picked Il is evident that
Grace viii have TO put up a better
class OF ball than they have been play
ing this season II they expect to win.
THE men picked are Of first-class basket
ball calibre and have played equally as
GOOD ball as any member OF the Grace
quintet. TWO men from each team have
been selected as follows: Lowry and NJ.
Alinker. from Brandywine; Morris ana
.Iohn pierson, from West, and r. Lind
sav and Cox from Westminster. While
,he arst game should be sufficient 70
mn the gym, the officials have arranged
a surprise which viii probably be hard
40 beat for IN the opening game the
Grace first team will play the fast y.
paul N L. team. The two names should
b, sufficient 10 those who have been
following the different basketDall teams
OF The city. -.a-,o ho
ST. Paul has Wutt - ouPPvo~" ~
tbc fasfest church team In these parts
and viii make the Grace boys huslle
fr ibevl expect TO make any showing
whatever. s.,..
Those who are not on hand early 10
get a rincslde seat will probably have
Ia witness the contest from doorways
or windowsills, for the bill for thls
week promises to be the best thing IN
basketball seen in this city for some
limo ..