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Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
Questions And
 Ansuers

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Repub- lican Information Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. director. Washington, D. c. This offer applies strictly to in- formation. The bureau ccannot give advice on legal, medical and finan- cial matters It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dress and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage All re- plies are sent direct to the in- quirer.)
 Q. Is the inventor of the Brown ing machine gun still Iivins?-A. G.
 A. John M. Browning. the inventor of the Browning Machine gun. whose name has been associated with the development of firearms for more than forty years. is living, his home being in Ogden, Utah.
 O. How long are airplanes used be- fore they are worn out and dis carded7-S. J. w.
 A. The Air Service says that the planes used by them are inspected
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
PEAT FUEL POSSIBILITIES

clared to be successful and practical, which will dig up the peat, pulverize it and lay it out in flat strips for drying, all in one operation. These machines. it is claimed can prepare the peat fuel at a cost less than S2 per ton, and a great market is open to this fuel at the low price now possible.
 Peat is nothing more than decom- posed or partly decomposed ycge- table matter occurring where still. but not stagnant. water has been in the past. The peat occurs also un- derneath still standing water. The depth of the peat deposits will range from five to 90 feet. that nearest the top being lighter and less decom- posed than the lower layers.
 In its natural state peat contains as high as 90 per cent of moisture and the problem of making the sub stance commercially valuable as fuel is to eliminate as much as possible of this moisture. Artificial heat has been used successfully. the peat be- ing put through a kind of baking process, but this is too expensive to make the finished product an eco nomical fuel Chemicals have been used successfully, but this also makes
 
 IS ready for use. Out of the neces- sity for cheap but excellent method Of preparing peat for fuel the Gar nett system was developed
 The Garnett machine runs over the l peat deposit, lifting continuous broad slice of peat into itself as it moves forward. This peat is macer- l ated and mixed with water until the combination has about the consist I Af Naw- 1 mixture is discharged by the machine in ribbons three or four inches thick, with just enough consistency to re- l tain its shape while drying in the | open air. When air drying is com l plete, the resultant slabs have their moisture content reduced to 25 per cent or less. In this slab form it can ] be used as fuel in the home or Tn factories, but when it is ground up l and made into atomized fuel still bet | ter results are obtained.
 Much Money in Peat It is figured that this fuel peat | commercially dry and loaded on cars for delivery, will cost only s150 per | ton. It is hoped that the cost will never run above S2 per ton. Then if | the whole peat supply in the United States were valued at. selling price of $3.50 per ton. to include a profit | for producing it and transportation charges, the total wealth represented | in the peat beds of the country is the stupendous sum of s45, ,500, ,0OO, 900 l The deposits in Minnesota alone would represent SPA. 800, 900, OO0 sum almost equal to the cost of the world war to the United States.
 Where the peat deposit is only five feet thick. the yield of peat is 100G tons of commercially dry peat to the acre. Over large area 30 miles northwest of Duluth the peat deposit is 90 feet thick, which means that the yield per acre will be IS, 900 tons. The Garnett process enables one machine
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

to make from three to five tons of dry peat fuel in an hour. Other ma chimes are in process of development, some of them in use One machine is designed especially for making the peat into briauettes for home use This use of peat is leading to the in stallation of small peat plants near communities where there is no great amount of commercial use for peat. but where households make market for the fuel. saving freight charges by digging 1t close to where 1t is to be used.
 Peat fuel can and will be used in gas producers. for it develops gas easily and regularly and this process allows the saving of the valuable by products that the peat contains Some of these are ammonium sul- phate. creosote, petroleum, oils. as phalt and charcoal The Europeans, particularly the Germans, have devel- oped this phase under the pressure of necessity due to the loss of former coal fields. In fact, the report Is that they are now doing about everything economically with peat that they once did with coal.--
 Nor is this the limit of this unused wonder worker. The black humified peat makes fine cattle feed after be- ing dried down and screened This peat powder acts as an absorbent and roughage for the high power feeds made from the residucs from beet ana sugar refineries and it is very easily digested. Peat is also used as fer tilizer filler and absorbent of the more volatile constituents. It has steady market for this purpose. And if is to be remembered that the burn ing of peat for fuel will make TOT cleaner homes and cities. Peat pro- duces very little smoke and small residuum of fertilizer ash which IS mighty good for the garden
 MT. Richardson. whose government
 work makes him a close student oi the great laboratory of all out doors has talked and pleaded for consideration for the peat wealth for many years. Now he feels confident
 and comfortable The peat movement
 is on and, apparently. it has come 10
 stay and develop quickly into vast | industry.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
Alvin c. York

The man of all. engaged in the world war who performed the greatest single handed achieve nents was a small farmer, Sunday school teacher, and sometimes local preacher of Tennessee.-Ser- geant Alvin c. York. So great his deeds that when the first them received this country we unbeevng. The stories seemed as extravagant the mediaeva relations of the ex- ploits of the Cid.
 It was incredible that one, alone or aided by small band could successfully raid enemy machine gun nests dug outs and bring large numbers of prisoners Yet the stories of these exploits by Ser Eeant York were officially confirmed.
 On his return to this country, Sergeant York was made a hero; if God had not al- ready made him one; rather it was att tempted in foolish way to make him a hero, but he modest he brave. Film makers and theatrical managers sought services but he rejected tempting offers of vast sums. By that he further endeared himself to the American neople Though he might have had 1t in him to sur mass any the silver sheet he handicapped by record. If he had accepted these offers he would have dragged his glorious perform ances in the dust We think it less considera- tion of this fact than his of duty that deterred him from captalizing his achievements
 When Sergeant York entered the service he left small and not very fruitful farm. It was all he had In inc world and encountered with mort vaee which during his two years service his first as private and later a non- commissioned officer did little to lift
 Now it is stated that the mortgage about to fall ~ is to be foreclosed It will be the shame of Amer ica if that should happen We would all suppose the
 -.rozea +o he an especially and unpatrotic
 .,-er Yet he would really be entitled only to his -,.- os the shame which would be Americas. If he should cancel the mortgage he would throw OH ms
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
Finishing Hay Harvest

YUMA-Within the next two weeks, if the present rate of prog ress can be maintained, the thresh- ing of the alfalfa seed crop of the Yuma project will be completed.
 To date 25 carloads of seed, most ly of the Hairy Peruvian variety. have been shipped. Seed buyers and crop experts predict that the total output for the year will approximate 100 cars.
 More than 20 threshing outfits are working in the Yuma valley while three or four others are handling the crop in the San Pasqual valley.
 The average yield this year has been fair and the price on a par with other farm produce. To date the highest price reported has been 14& cents and the lowest 13 cents Sun.
 Pool Hall Burns
 MIAMI-Damage tentatively set at $3500 resulted from the total de- struction of Jim Karam's pool hall at the corner of Sullivan street and Miami avenue, which occurred at 1.O5 this morring.-Bulletin.
 Suggest Adding Engineer
 PRESCOTT-Appointment of an engineer as a member of the county highway commission will be sought by the Yavapai Association of En- gineers next month, it was decided
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
Suggest Adding Engineer
By Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C., August 16. Wide use of the natural peat depos- it's in this continent as a substitute for or supplement to coal and fuel oil is possible as result of the development of the deposits in Min nesota, and the perfection of ma chimes to make the raw peat good heat producing material. 1t is esti- mated that there are 20.000,000 acres of peat bearing land in this country. and 30.000,000 acres in Canada. On the land in the United States there are 13 billion tons of peat, with more than half of the supply centered in Minnesota.
 One of the difficulties which has always stood in the way of using this material as commercial fuel has been getting the moisture out of it so that it would be approximately as good as coal. Machines are now in oper- ation which go far toward accom- plishing this end.
 H. w. Richardson, meteorologist and official weather forecaster for the region around Duluth, Minnesota, has made a study of the peat ques- ton for a number of years, and be- lieves that its use as fuel is entirely practical because of the low cost that improved methods of cutting and drying make possible. A long series of tests has been made. and while it was found that Jumps of coal were better than Jumps of peat as fuel, due to the amount of mois- ture retained by the lump peat, crushed and atomized peat was found to be about equal to crushed coal in the units of heat produced.
 Crushing coal before feeding it into the fires of factories has been found to be efficacious and economical, re- sulting in economy in the amount of fuel needed for the production of any particular amount of heat ener- gy, and an additional saving in that the coal could be fed into furnaces exactly as required, an impossibility with lump coal.
 Atomized coal or peat is fed into the furnaces after being mixed with air, the mixture being floated or waited into the fires without sub- stantial pressure to form the feeding stream of air. Crushing coal for fuel purposes is a growing industry, one concern in Minneapolis alone crush ing and distributing over 500 tons oi coal daily for nearby factories. Sim liar crushing plants are being started at Duluth and its neighboring city Superior, Wisconsin.
 Must Use Machines
 In turning to the American peat supply for fu% it was realized that the use of laborers for digging anc drying peat was out of the question as it would make the cost of produc. ton so high that the product coul6 not be marketed. Peat dug me- chemically and dried by artificial heal or chemicals was out of the question also it was found. as the margin oi profit between producing cost anC marketing price must necessarily b' small Machines were perfected therefore, and are in use dnd de
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
HINTS TO YOUNG AUTHORS

John Augustus Scribble wearily opened the enve- lope that brought back from it's twentieth journey his ode Crusht Caterpillar"
 There dropped upon the floor this letter from the regretful editor:
 Hint 1-Borrow half dollars worth of stamps. Hint 2-Don't begin to write till you feel you must. Such attack is heralded by dizziness lessness and pains in the back.
 Hint S-Then write down just enough words to relieve your pent-up emotions.
 Hint 4-Erase every second
 Hint 5-Carefully all the remaining words. Hint 6-Sell the stamps"
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST r. 1921
Thot suhich naakes people dissatis- tied aUith their condition IS the china- erical idea they form of the happiness 0f others. Thomson.
Tho wstsr user.' Association

The transaction of public business in this country Is notoriously unskiful and wastefu There is hard ly institution that could survive but the fac ity with which taxpayers be made to disgorge to keep it running. semipublic business is transacted little better for there all who interested in little closer touch with It. The larger the business the greater the looseness and waste with which it is managed.
 This Is the rule. but we have one bright and glorious exception to 1t in the management for the past year of the Salt River Valley Water Users sociation. It not of course. intended to be a revenue producing concern. but money saving con- It is a business with capital stock and plant of than s1o.oooooo dollars charged against 1t It has, believe. thousands of partners. Though they all desire the ultimate thing, water at as low price possible there natur- ally within the association conflicts of interest. It of such conflicts that politics But der the present management there have been politics. but great deal of business and money saving.
 There has come. too the realization of an early dream. that the association might be supported by the sale of power. That has about that there assessments for maintenance and opera ton-only for enterprises for the extension and improvement of the plant and for the creation of fund to discharge the associations debt to the gov ernment
 Thanks to busaness like management the nouncement Is now made that the water assessments have been cut about 60 per cent-from $40 to STA And that is all. the association is pre- pared to extend credit to those who find impossible to meet even this reduced payment,
 All this comes at the most desired of times. In the issue in which The Republican makes this announcement we find that the tax for city county purposes has been increased by 7s per cent over the rate of last year.
 Without offering what not be understood to be for the waste in public business and the irresponsible prodigaHty of legislatures. are ing comparison which must be somewhat cheering to water using farmers. The Of 16o paid last year on the rate and valuation per acre then $24s60. This year he will pay the present valua- water assessments amounting to $7o4. This year he will pay $27s4o. saving of $4256o. His net saving will be $295.20
 What the water users management has accom- plshed the result of business like management in little well in big things. It has improved It's machinery that 1t be with the aid of the number persons. whereas in public business the aim seems to be to give employment to the arg- est number of persons possible
 This is not all. The management has been able create balance nearly $20oooo: 1t has aside s5oooo for its share of the fund for the trol of Cave Creek It has spent large sum for comparatively few aware. In short, more than any other agency. than all other agencies it placed the valley in better position.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix. Arizona.
 Dear Sir
 Am very glad to see your second editorial on flooding of highways. Have frequently had a feeling that you lacked the quality of persistence, passing my opinion on the fact that in the past you have given expres- sions on different conditions that existed but never followed up to get the result desired.
 My work takes me to all the valley towns and find that the conditions the even worse than you have de- scribed A great many of the waste ditches" are merely depres- sions without an opening at either end and are breeding places for mo- squitoes. polly-wogs and other am phibious creatures. A few days ago while going to Buckeye via the West Van Buren street pavement l noticed that in foyN places the pave ment had been flooded from laterals. in two places it had been flooded be- cause of no proper facilities for dls- roSal of waste water. Since then l went to Gilbert and at one place on the paved road leading east into Gilbert the lateral has been very COnSlSlelll III bitdhAhb oilN AS ~e only temporarily repaired. l don't know whether it is the business Of the farmer or the Water Users asso- citation to keep up the waste ditches. If 1t is up to the farmer, he probably has no interest in the matter, and if up to the association they seem to have no interest either. One would think that both would be anxious to save all water possible by getting it back to the canals through the waste ditches, and especially so the association
 It is possible that the sheriffs office is discouraged in bringing up violators before a justice court ac- count of the timidity of the court as 1t depends on votes to get the job; if so that is something to be considered at future elections. Per
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

sonally win make it a point to ask the supervisor of the district in which I live fhat he is going to do, and perhaps it would be worth while for you to suggest to your readers that th.s method might bring results. In short. I am decidedly for you, and please keep in mind that persistence will get results. Your readers ire auently don't understand conditions until told and they depend on the paper to advise them
 Yours very truly.
 F. H. DUNBAR. Box 7o5.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

We have never favored the national agreements" Of the government with the railway workers for the reason that they sided, too wasteful and too contributory to the inefficiency which marked the governments control of the roads nefficency which private management has inherited. But we do not think the Fries plan for the evasion ments will pass unchallenegd. Evasion is always tainted.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

The Bisbee Review opposes the institution of a College of Journalism at the University on the ground that the fiei to be supplied is small that the output could not be placed. But pent up Ari- could cireumscribe its production. There is nothing in statutes any other state to confine the graduates activities to Arizona
Arizona republican., 1921-08-17

We are pleased to learn that the "redness of the Reds is not fast color. Bolshevism will stand washing. You give an anarchist bath. whether he Is Russian Greenwich Village or Paror Anarchist and he will come out almost whte
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
Bounty Land Local News Notes.

Bounty Land, April 4.-Special:
Misses Stella and olivia Barron, Of
Seneca, we're recent guests of Miss
Zola Hubbard.
Swift Marett, of near Highlands,
n. c., spent the weekend at his
home here.
The many friends Of Mrs. w. r..
Lynch will be grieved to, learn tha;
she has been quite i'll tor several
days, and will join us iHIase hope
that she may soon be restored TO her
usual health.
Burns Gillison, Of Clemson, and
C. S. Stribling, of Seneca, were in
the community Sunday.
john and Homer Royster,of Town
Vile, and Mr.. Holden and Raymond
Cox, of Anderson, and Rev. w. NJ.
Thompson were guests last week in
the home Of j. w. Sheriff.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Ellison and
son Robert, Of Greenville, and Mr.
and Mrs. Byrd Wyley, of Richland,
were weekend guests in the home
Of NJ. e. Marett.
Wayne Wyley visited in Green
vile Monday Of last week.
Misses Eula Rankin and Emma
Wilson visited IL. the Clearmont sec
ton the week end
Mrs. SarA Galloway, who has been
spending several weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. Il. Marctt, left a
few days ago for Greenvile, where
she will visit her daughter, Mrs. B.
b. Ellison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Simmons, Of
Pickens, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Youngblood.
Davis Sanders is receiving hearty
congratulations on having won sec
ond place in the county oratorical
contest held in Walhalla Friday
evening. Davis is a fine boy-one OF
which Bounty Land should feel just
ly proud--and we bespeak for him
bright future.
Frank Marett went to Elberton.
Ga, last week.
County superintendent Of Educa
tion l.. G.. Speares will give a talk
this afternoon at the school house
at $50 o'clock in the interest Of the
election which Is to be held on the
9th to vote on raising an extra four
mill tax for the running expenses Of
the school.
Mrs. Herbert Lattimore and baby
Evaline have been quite lndisposed
for several days, but are reported
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Shanklin and
family. OF Anderson were in the
community Sunday
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
, NOTICE OF ELECTION.

The State Of South Carolina,
County Of Oconee.
TO the Qualified Electors and Resi-
Dental Freeholders Of Legal Vot-
ing Age in Picket Post School Dis
trict, No. At:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, That an
Election will be held at Picket Post
School House on WEDNESDAY, the
10th day Of APRIL, 1921, for the
purpose of voting upon the question
OF levying a Special Tax OF Two
Mills on all taxable property Of said
District, to be used for school pur-
poses in said District. in accordance
with Section 1742, Civil Code of
South Carolina, 1912.
Respectfully,
l.. G. SPEARES,
Supt. OF Education.
l.. A. LAY,
j. G.. RANKIN,
II. NJ. HARKINS,
Trustees.
April 6. 1921. 14-15
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
4 Pleasant April 1 Joke.
April 6, 1921.

What proved to be a very pleasant
April joke happened at the BAPTIST
parsonage last Friday night, April
1st, when the Baracca and Philathia
classes OF New Hope church assem-
bled for singing at the parsonage.
After some excellent singing Miss
Wannie Morgan, teacher OF the Bar
acca class, invited us into the dining
room, and to our surprise each NOM
Der OF these classes had passed
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

State OF South Carolina,
Coutny OF Oconee.
TO the Qualified Electors and Resi-
dental Freeholders Of Legal Vot-
Ing Age In Oconee Creek School
District, No. 80:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That an
Election will be held at Oconee Crock
School House on WEDNESDAY, the
10th day Of APRIL, 1921, between
the hours Of 7 A. Ms and 4 p. NJ, for
the purpose Of voting upon the aues-
ton of levying Special Tax Of Four
Mills on all taxable property OF said
District. TO be used for building DUR
poses in said District, in accordance
with Section 1742, Civil Code of
South Carolina. 1912.
Respectfully,
l.. G. SPEARES,
Supt. Of Education.
j. II. HUNNICUTT,
j. l.. HALL,
T.. j. ROGERS,
Trustees.
April 3, 1921. 14-15
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
NOTICE OF EUECTION,
State Of South Carolina,

State Of South Carolina,
COutny Of Oconee.
To the Qualified Electors and Resi-
Dental Freeholders Of Legal Vot-
ing Age in Bounty Land School
District, No. 20:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That an
Election will be held at Bounty Land
School House on SATURDAY,, the
23d day Of APRIL, 1921. between
the hours of z A. NJ. and p. NJ, for
the purpose Of voting upon the ques-
tion Of levying a Special Tax Of Four
Mills OH all taxable property Of said
District, to be used for school pui
poses in said District, in accordance
with Section 1742, Civil Code OF
South Carolina, 1912.
Respectfully,
l.. C. SPEARES,
Supt. Of Education.
l.. NJ. SMITH,
NJ. C. MCDONALD,
e. l.. STONE,
Trustees.
April 6, 1921. 14-16
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
white Youth Shot Near Mccormick.

Greenwood, April 2.--Off1cers and
citizens Of Mccormick county have
Deen searching for Gorge Harrison,
a young negro who wanted in con-
nection with the shooting and seri-
GUS wounding OF George Carroll, a
Whlte youth, at a saw mill near Nc
Cormick yesterday. No motive for
inc shooting has been learned.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06

The earliest historical mention of
Jerusalem Is in the Tell el.Amarna
tablets, which date about 1900 B. G.
1t was then subject to Egypt.