The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-07
NOT PLAYING FAIR

ALTHOUGH it was through the
efforts of Bayfield, County people
that motion picture concern was
engaged to take pictures of the acre
blast and land clearing demonstra-
ton at Nash, in Bayfield, county,
during the past spring, and this
demonstration was cooperative
affair as between the two counties
to start the land clearing campaign,
yet Ashland appears to have slipped
one over when the titles for the pic
ture were being written and the pic
ture as now being shown in the
Pathe News Weekly is titled Land
Clearing Activities at Ashland, Wis
consin" and no mention is made what
ever of Bayfield, county. : 81
Ashland county wanted to get in
with Bayfield, county on the land
clearing campaign, and up to the
present time Bayfield, county has
our sister county beat mile in the
campaign, yet there are some fell
lows over there who just will not
play the game fair and give to us
a share of the advertising which the
event entitled US to, but appears to
have hogged it all.
This will not get Ashland any
where for it will make it harder to
get together on other propositions
of mutual benefit to the two coun-
ties. Why not forget this child's
play and all work for the interest
of the entire region and give the
district the credit and not one cer-
tain city. Play the game fair boys
--A
KIDS sure are hard to beat when
it comes to. Inventive genius. The
state of Wisconsin saw fit to bar
the use of fire crackers in the state,
but the small boys was not to be out
done and on the morning of the
Fourth when celebrating was in
order people began wondering where
all the big noise was coming from.
Some lad learned that to take car
bide and place it in can and place
a drop of water on it would form
gas. Then TO ignite the gas would
form an explosion. That was what
was wanted-plenty of noise, and
this continuance sure did furnish it.
2 The good news spread and before
the morning was far advanced hum
dreds of kids were busy with their
tin can and carbide and the noise
kept up. from morning until night.
The result was satisfactory so far
as the boys were concerned, and the
expense was comparatively light.
This is the way they did it. They
secured a tin can with a tight fitting
cover and into this was placed a
small piece of carbide. A drop of
water was placed on the carbide and
the cover vas slapped dowr, and
from small nail hole in the bottom
Of the can the gas formed by the
carbide was ignited. The cover
flew fifty feet or more and the noice
was equal to that of a giant crack
er. All that was necessary for
another explosion was another drop
of water OH the carbide and the re-
turn of the cover. From fifteen to
twenty shots could be fired from one
tiny piece of carbide, while whole
can full cost only 35c 1t was cheap
sport for the boys, it supplied the
noise, and while there may have been
danger connected with it, yet no acct
dent was reported during the day.
The lawmakers at Madison will
find it hard to deprive the boys of
their noise on the Fourth and they
will have to remain in session con-
tinually if they want to make laws
faster than the boys can find way
to overcome them The inventive
genius of the American boy will
not be downed.