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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
Storing Helium
in. Old Mines

.T1lIE recent trial of q hclium filled
= %''bli,np'' by the Government Air Service
was a great success, but the practical use
navigation is dependent upon Its cost, which
hitherto has been prohibitive.
So far has experimental work been car
lied, however, that the Government experts
expect to be able within n twelvemonth to
produce helium in unlimited quantities at a
cost Of two or three cents a cubic foot. Al
that price it will be no more expensive than
hydrogen.
Furthermore, it is planned to use the same
it to a repurifying process on board rail-
road cars equipped with the requisite appa-
ratus. This will in effect render it much
cheaper than hydrogen.
Helium is obtained from natural gas. The
latter consists Of nitrogen mixed with a num-.
Der of Observation-Disclosures, ethane, etc.
and sometimes helium. The process of
separating out the helium is one Of refrig.
Grafton. by the use of intense cold all the
hydrocarbons are first liquefed. Then the
nitrogen is liquefed. But even at that low
temperature helium remains a gas and is
pumped off. Thus separated, it still con-
tains a little nitrogen, but is "a or 05 per
cent pure.
All natural gas does not contain hclium,
but many wells, especially in parts of Texas,
do yield it in sufficient quantity to ray.
The big separating plant recently established
hy the navy at Fort Worth has produced as
much as AZ, 900 cubic feet Of helium in one
day.
Undoubtedly the use of hydrogen for bal
looms will be wholly abandoned before long.
and very soon all lighter than air machines
for our army and navy will be supplied with
helium. It will thus be necessary to keep
large quantities of helium always on hand.
not merely for current requirements, but to
meet the possible demands of sudden war.
One filling of our huge new dirigible, the
Roma, calls for 1000, 600 cubic feet of the
gas. VI.
: A plan seriously contemplated Is that Of
storing an immense war supply of heliuni
underground in abandoned ''drifts'' Of coal
and metal mines. Such lateral galleries
(extending horizontally from a main shaft)
might easily be converted into sealed, gas
tight chambers by smoothing the walls with
concrete, building two end walls of the SAINT
material and lining with sheet lead, soldered,
The helium, fetched by railroad on fa'
cars to the mine in huge steel cylinders si'
feet in diameter, would be pumped throug.
n pipe down. into the drift chambers, wher.
it would be stored under q pressure Of 4Ot
pounds to the square inch.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
Hunting New Plants

A GRICULTURAL EXPLORER VIII.
~ son POPENOE.. Of the United States
Plant Bureau, has just. returned from q
three years trip through Central and South
America, bringing back with him many new
fruits and vegetables. b
This sort Of plant hunting work is not
accomplished by search in wild and ,unin-
habited places. The explorer, passing from
one region TO- another / visits the principal
towns and studies the vegetables and fruits
offered for sale in the markets.
When be M across something new.
and which seems desirable-it mny be a su-
POI Tor type of melon or tomato or q variety
Al q particularly palatabie fruit unfamiliar
~ lin asks the market vendors where
- eal.e from, and TT starts for Tie plase
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
Early Vegetables
From Mexico

THE first new tomatoes of the 1922 sea-
son are appearing in Northern markets.
They come from the State of Sinaloa, in
Mexico. Arizona is bounded On the south
by Sonora. The next Mexican State south
of Sonora is Sinaloa,. which, like Sonora,
is a coast State, fronting on the Gulf of
California. 1t has ar ideal climate for
raising all kinds of garden truck, with q
sandy soil highly suitable for the purpose.
Not very long ago American capital was
struck with the idea that extra-early vege-
tables might be protitably grown in Sinaloa,
for shipment to the North in winter. First
experiments were made with tomatoes. and
have already proved very successful,
The enterprising SinaIoa tomato gets up
early; in fact, it is ready to be picked off
the vine in the first days of January. Thus
it can get ahead of the Florida tomato by
two months, and is able to reach Northern
markets four months in advance of the first
tomatoes from California and Texas.
During the season of 1921 we're shipped
.323 carloads of tomatoes from Sinaloa to
the United States. The prospect is that
the total of shipments will be much greater
from January to June of the present year.
Having made such success with toma-
toes, those Interested in this horticultural
enterprise are turning their attention to
other vegetables. such as PEPPERS. eggplant,
peas, cucumbers and garlic. A few expert
mental shipments Of cantaloupes were made
from Sinaloa last spring, and money re-
turns were so satisfactory that Il much
larger area has been planted With melons
for this season. Shipments will begin
February 20. and the harvest completed be
fore the first California cantaloupcs appear
on the market.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

SO absolutely fawlcss, !. accordingly, it
is far less costly. What is Of much greater
Importance, it can be made enormously
bigger with satisfactory optical results.
The mirror of the Mount Wilson tele-
scope is thirteen inches thick and weighs
four and q half tons. Its focal length Is
fifty feet. Properly designated, it is a:
rejecting lens. Needless to say, the making
Of it was a tremendous job. demanding
mathematical accuracy. That changes: OF
temperature may not affect its shape, spe-
cially contrived refrigerating apparatus is
used in the summertime to keep it cool.
A telescope of this kind is particularly
useful. for stellar and, other astronomical
photography. Thus the instrument on the
summit of Mount Wilson has recently made
a wonderful series Of photographs Of the
moon, which reveal details ON the surface
of that orb never before seen. One picture
shows the whole of the Mare Imbrium, or
"Sea of Clouds (the mama given by the
a~ncients to one of the great lunar plains),
with more than 700 craters and craterlets.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
Extracting a Cork

ONE o. the !aost %puzxlins things IN the
" world is to get a cork out of a bottle.
'Sevsftheluss. It can be done easily enough.
4 you know how. Immerse the bottle in cold
water for q few minutes. without allowing
any Of the fluid to enter. Then take a hat
s:o and yoke with it until sou have SUE
cssled in impaling the smaller end Of the
ca.k. This accomplished, you can pun the
cox up into the lower part Of the bottle
n.qk. though you cannot get it out. Now
iaicarss the bottle in hot water and pres
:uty the cork will fly out Of it's own accord
fasoed out by the expansion of the air in
sids. III way it works is quite surprisin;
and uifords an interesting lesson in physics.
Tha performance nny be facilitated some
what by sreas.as the inside OF the bottle
nelk.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

Perhaps it is a kind Of PEPPER, excep-.
%tionalls large and fine OF flavor. He studies
It in it's native garden path, find. out the
kind of soil that suits it and. gathers what
ever other information in regard to It that
is worth while.
The next thing is to procure some Seeds
Of the plant Cor budwood 10 the case Of a
tree fruit) pack them in a. fashion 10 secure
preservation and ship them by mail or
otherwise to the United States. It Us In
just this way that macaroni wheats, ;alfalfas
from tie Siberian steppes, dates from Sa-
/, haran cases and hundreds. Of other. plants
Invaluable TO our agriculture have been, in
PRODUCED during the last quarter of a cen
fury. s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
A Fender for a M0tOrcar

stantly he releases the lever, thereby caus-
ing the lower pair of arms to drop, pulling
the sheet down from the spring roller. The
jay walker, if struck, gets a bump, but
nothing more. His body encounters the
canvas sheet, a flexible and yielding sur
face, and at worst he is showed a few feet
until the driver can stop his car. No bones
are broken, md probably no bruises in
Cured. The jay-walker being thus hap
PLY disposed Of, the driver gives the lever
a jerk and the lower pair of arms rises,
permitting the sheet to rcwind itself upon
the roller.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
How Great Beasts Lived in Past Ages

bones Of plesiosaurs. another genus Of
aquatic fsh-eating lizards, much bigger.
The plesiosaur attained a length of thirty
feet, and its swimming -dippers, resembling
those of a whale, had "a spread of fifteen
feet. If one were to imagine the body of
u tortoise (though without a. shcbll) with
n very long. snak like neck one would get
notion of the appearance of this e%xtraor-
binary lizard. 1t seems to have lived in
shoal waters, near land, finding its prey in
the shadows. Probably it crawled up Of
land now and then, or on q rock, to SUN
itself. 81
About fifty years ago a ship captain, com :
handing a British vessel, arrived at. the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

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The species was so numerous that petri
tied droppings Of ichthyosaurs arc found in
great quantities. containing fossilizcd re-
mains of the fishes they ate.
photographic stone is u very tinc-graincd
''argillaceous' limestone-meaning that it is
composed of carbonate of lime with an adj
mixture of clayey stuff. The character of
the stone is attributable to the fact that its
material, in a finely divided state. was de-
posted upon the sea bottom in still water.
This process, in the neighborhood of Holz-
miaden, may have continued for a long
period of time, during which ichthyosaurs
which happened to die there were buried
in the bottom ooze. their skeletons being
thus preserved.
Scattered skeletons OF ichthyosaurs are
found in Wyoming. along the eastern flank
of the Rocky Mountains. which. 5000 900
years or 50 ago, was the western shore line
of a vast sea that stretched northward from
the Gulf of Mexico. In the same region
have been more beautifully discovered the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
The skeleton of an ichthyOsaur

AN AUTOMATIC life saving fender for
n automobiles has been newly patented
by Edward S. Jones, of Mobile, Ala. 1t is
guaranteed to deal gently with the most
reckless jay-walker. A roller, extending
the full width of the car, is carried we'll in
front of the latter by two rigid arms which
arc fastened to the front, axle. The roller
contains a spring running through its
length. with a sheet of canvas or rubber.
Two pivoted arms (beneath the fixed ones
above mentioned) are connected with a lever
close, to the drivers hand. Suppose a jay
walker to step in front of the car. In
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

Lake Pokegama, Mimi, and at several
places in the Mississippi River. It is worth
while to add that only the spawn Of excep-
tlonaily fine varieties Of mussels is used,
suc, as the river mucket and Lape Pepin
mncket. The cost of planting maussels In
this way is less than six cents per thausand,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

AN EYESHADE that can be conven-
4 iently carried in the pocket has been
newly patented by a Brooklyn man, Walter
X. Milne. Instead of fitting across the
forehead and above the eyebrows, it is Sc
cured beneath the latter by a sort of pincc-
nez arrangement; One just snaps the nose
piece upon the bridge of the nose, and each
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

port Of San Francisco, md gave a descrip-
ton of a huge reptile which he had seen
in shonl water off the California coast,
lying on the bottom. He had certainly never
heard of a plesiosaur, yet the description he
gave corresponded SO perfectly to that of
the extinct lizard that scientists even to
this day wonder If 1t is possible that a few
specimens still survive.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

eye is thereby provided with a separate
shade Of its own An eyeshade Of this
pattern is meant to be stamped out Of 4
thin sheet Of celluloid in a single piece.
Thus it is very light and comfortable to.
wear, and its small size enables, 1T to be
worn beneath a pair Of eyeglasses or spec
tacles.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01
Suicide of Mrs. William Wheeler

AS result Of an attempted run
away from the State Rcformatory for
Women Sunday, two were trans
ferred to the States prison at Thorn
aston and Mrs. Wheeler was placed in
soClusion at Stevens cottage about 4
O'Clock that afternoon. A little after
when her supper was taken to her
the matron found Mrs. Wheeler sus-
pended from the steam pipes. She
had torn up a sheet and made a slip
moose OF 1t by which she hung The
physician Was ia once called but
found life to be extinct Mrs Wheel
or was o professional foycor who to-
gcther with her husband. had operat-
ed in various states in the union. She
was recently re-sontenced for a sec
ond term by the superior court Of
AndrOscoggin county.
Mrs. Wheeler was about % years
Of ego. Her remains VIII be taken to
her home in North BuCksfcld.
Ernest Butler of Madison was in
town on business Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01

and are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. AImo,
Sanford of Bush street at their sum.
mer home at Lake Wesscrrunsctt
Edward Crotto, second hand in the
weave room of the American Wooden
company is enjoying two weeks va.
cation. A part of the time will Ia
passed at his camps at Lakewood
which he recently purchased,
Miss Mary Ward of Dorchester
Mass, came Saturday to pass some
weeks with her sister, Miss $. Made.
line Ward at their summer bona
Captain Cabin" at Lakewood.
Mrs. Mabel Simmons of Brockton
Mass. arrived on the afternoon train
Saturday to visit with her cousins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Priest.
Fred pomelOw and so. Omar have
gone to Quebec, Can, where they wi,
pass two weeks visiting with relatives
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mosser and
daughter of East Madison We're shop.
pcrs in town Saturday evening
William King went to Dover Mon.
day morning where he VIII he Tie
guest of frieads for a few days
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01
Provincial game

At 1.45 Sunday afternoon at the
NOtre Dame of Lourdes church oc-
CURED the marriage of Miss Ledia
Gasne and Maurice Provincial. The
service was performed by the pastor,
Rev. Father J. Louis A. Renaud, the
double ring service being used.
The bridal couple were attended by
Or. and Mrs. a. y. Borden. The
bride Wore a handsome blue travel
ing suit and hat to match. They left
directly after the ceremony for Wa
torvillc, being taken there by DR.. and
Mrs. Borden from whence they left
on a wedding trip. Upon their re-
turn Mr.. and Mrs. Provincial Will re-
side at his home on I.aWton street.
Mrs. Provincial has been for the
past il years a popular sales lady
at the ordWay Dry Goods store. Mr..
Provincial operates n restaurant on
Court street. They both have a large
circle of Of acquaintance and many
friends who viii he pleased to learn
or their marriage and Will extend best
wishes for many years of happy mar
riod life. They received many we'd
ding gifts.
On Thursday evening tho sales
ladies at the Ordway's store and few
other friends, met at the home of one
of their number, Mrs. Lou Eamcs on
Icavitt street and gave Mrs. Provin-
ciai Shower party and presented
Ecr with a handsome electric reading
lamp. The evening was a delightful
event and will long he remembered
by the guest Of honor. Games We're
played and the hostess served de-
licious refreshments OF ice cream and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01

schedule is made, three days and two
, nights He was accompanied as far
as Waterville by Mrs Wingrove and
| the children Mrs. Wingrove and the
| children will return to Grand rams,
N. F., in about six weeks.
Merle j. Hartman, overseer OF the
Estate Grange will be in town We'd
nesday evening to speak at the meet
! ing of the Skowhegan Grange and Will
also attend the Union Field day or
| the Somerset County Farm Bureaus,
| the Somerset Pomona Grange and the
Somerset County Boys and Girls
Agricultural clubs to be held on the
! following day at Lakewood. While in
town Mr.. Hartman will be the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Emerson at
their home on Mechanic street.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Emerson and daughters. Ger
trude and Annie and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Paddock and little daughter,
Edith motored to Southport where
they passed the night to the Emerson
cottage. Sunday they motored to
Bath and Brunswick and had dinner
at Mere Point, returning home Sun
day night
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pomelow and
daughter. Miss Beatrice Pomelow
went to Quebec. Can, Sunday being
driven there by Joseph p. Thibodeau
in his car. where they will visit with
relatives of Mr. Pomelow for a week.
during which time Miss Beatrice, is
II
the Office of DR.. Stanley NJ. Cover.
Frank Carpenter who has been in
Seattle, Wash. for the past three
years has returned and is passing
some time at Pine Crest, Lakewood,
the summer home of his mother Mrs.
Mabel Carpenter of Portland and his
sisters Misses Doris and Laura Car
pcntcr.
Mr.. and Mrs J. O. Doble and dauch-
tiers, Pauline and Marguerite of Bos-
ton, arrived in town Saturday after
noon to he the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nayron f. Smith ut their home on
Water street and will later so to Ban
gor to he the guests of Mrs. Carrie
Vincent
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Tibbctts of Wa
terville were in Skowhegan Monday
morning on their return to their home
after passing Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr.. ~ihbetts' mother.
Mrs. Edith Tibbctts at her home in
Canaan.
Miss Irma Rancourt returned from
Watervile Monday morning and re-
sumed her duties in the Office Of the
local agent of the Strout Farm
Agency, after enjoying the week end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jamc1 Rancourt.
Mrs. NJ. r. Hoar of Beverly, Mass,
who has been in Canaan the guest of
Mrs. Fred Holt, left Monday morning
for Bath where she will be the guest
Of Mrs. p. G. Coffin before returning
to her homo.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. T.utz of Fair
field We're weekend guests of Mr.
Lutz's sister and husband, Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Frank Parsons of Maple street.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Whitcomb of
/ Portland arrived in town Saturday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01
NoRRIDCE

At the annual reunion OF the Eaton
and Norridgewock High School Alum.
nj Association on Wednesday. Aug. I?
at the old Eaton school in Norridee.
wock (nOw used as the grange hahn
dinner will be served at noon, thl
townspcople to furnish beans, brown
bread and salads, and the out Of town
members to furnish dOughnUts, pies
and cakes. The formal program viii
be given in the afternoon at . or oSi
O'Clock. This will consist Of election
of officers, "reminiscences Of forme,
pupils and of good music. There vii
he no evening program. 1t is not ey'
pected that the founder of the school
Hamlin ID. Eaton of Cakes, \. u, vii
be present as he is over 50 years o.
age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01
,SK0WnEGAM LOCAL NE VS.,
somerset County Headquarters Phones, e;,n.. s :'
PERSONAL MENTION

Asa Hunnewell of Scion was
business caller in SkOWhegan Mon
day.
William Tufts of North Pond.
Smithficld. was in town on business
Monday.
Earl Gree spent the week end with
: his mother, Mrs. Stanley Chalmers in
Fairfield.
Willie J. Breton and Levi Breton
spent The afternoon Saturday in Au-
gusta.
Miss Birdena Nalliere went to Wa
tervillc Monday morning to visit
with Mrs. Nathan Roulette.
Dr. II. s. Spear Of North Arson
was in town on professional business
Monday.
David Thurlow went to Camp
Dcvons Monday to receive military
training.
Miss Alice F'itzmorris left Monday
she is TO be the guest of her brother,
5ohn and sister, Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sylvester ere
entertaining at Lakewood Mrs. Syl-
vester's sister-ir Las, Mrs. Frank
French from Bath.
Arthur Stilphcn, the representative
Of the Central Maine Power com
pany of Winthrop was in town Sun
day.
Miss Marie Roulette won't to Vas
salhoro Monday morning where size
will be employed professionally as a
nurse, caring for Mrs. Scott.
Miss Lucille Eolduc returned Mon
day morning to Faiine.d where she
is the clerk at the State S,anatCllum
after passing Sunday with her .ath-
CT
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clukcy of
Dexter, who nave been spending
some time at China Lake, arrived
in town Saturday to visit with MI.
and Mrs. a. j. Perrault
Miss Kittie McGrath left Satur-
day afternoon on her return to New
York, after having been the gu 1T
Of her sister and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Padham.
Mrs. Clara Sheperdson returned
cd the month Of July Will; her sister.
Miss Bertha Palmer at the Palmer
home on Pleasant street.
Miss Gala pacl ard a strHo~r7nhcr
in the Gilmore Insurance Agency,
Water"I'le, was :he guest over San
day Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grin Packard Il Shirley street.
Van Perkins of Skowhegan and
Arthur Wolch of Madison went to
Camp Devens Monday where they
VIII receive military training for
some weeks
Miss Hope MacDougal returned
Saturda y on the late train to Boston,
after having been in town the guest
Of her grandmother. Mrs. 4. l.. Nc
Innis of Hanover street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Foster and
Butler went to Old Orchard Monday
morning where they plan to spend a
two weeks vacation.
Miss Cecilia Geroux. who has been
in Skowhcsan for several weeks the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Edward
SayCrs and other relatives returned
Monday to her home in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Seekins of Pan-
Eor were guests Sunday of Mrs. See
kins' mother. Mrs. Hattie Chase at
the homo of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Pratt on Beech street Sunday.
Mrs. +. II. jam s. who has been the
guest of Mr.. ~ Mrs Allen varney
at their home on the Middle road
returned to her home n Beverly
Mass, Mondar.
Thomas Dionne Of the Bureau Of
Markets of the State Department Of
Agriculture was at his home in town
over Sunday and loft on Monday
morning on a official trip to ELS
worth.
Miss Phyllis Whiting went to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-01
Somerset Real Estate Transfers

Real estate transfers in Somerset
county for the week ending Friday,
July 2Sth We're as follows:
Athens-Ella T. Mooers of Show
hogan to Emma VI. Dore Of Athens.
land and buildings in Athens village
on road leading from the J. W. Blk
by dwelling house to the road rum
ming east by Somerset Academy. for
merly owned by Charles F. Dore.
Binghanl-Marearet J. Phelps and
Charles F. Phelps of Bingham 10 j.
Edwin Powell Of Caratunk. land with
buildings in Bingham on River street,
sewer right also included, formerly
owned by John H. Savage.
Cambridge-Lizzie l.. Huff of Cam
bridge to Fred E. Stilson of Cam
bridge. land in Cambridge village