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Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

was a pile Of gold on the table
Oh, such a lot of money!"
thought the Bob Cat. Instead of
catching Uncle Wiggily now and
nibbiHg his ears, III grab al his
money and run away. | II buy my
self d new house and an automobile,
and then II buy a lot of rabbits
at the store. That will be better.
80 ali Of sudden the Bob Cat
reached his claw over the bunny 5
shoulder grabbed up lot OF the
round pieces of gold paper and
cried; = Now l m rich, All, ha m
rich' aud away he ran.
Uncle Wiggily was much surpris-
ed, for he didn't even know the
Bob Cat was in the room. "But
! m glad he took that make believe
money instead Of my ears said the
rabbit. II can get more gold pap
or, but no more ears. And when
the Bob Cat went to the store to
spend his moncy-whv the store
keeper just laughed at him. 1t :
only paper.' he said.
-HHu tH' Dob Ndt HdS so ulSdi'-
pointed that he cried salty tears.
But tho rabbit gentleman got more
gold paper and made another
make believe thousand dollars for
his little bunuics and they had lots
Of fun.
And if the lightning bug docsn t
make the lee cream cone think there
is a thunder storm coming for a
visit, | shall tell you next about
Uncle WiggiIy and the icicle pie.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
Sues Jazz King
For Care, Burial
OF Infant Child

NEW YORK, Mar. l2.-The suit
of Mrs. Cecilia Stack against her
sonin.law, Paul Whiteman, "iazz
king" for $4,000 which she says
she expended in caring for and bury
ing his first wife $ infant son,
whom he never saw, will come to
trial in supreme court here on
March 90.
Whiteman married Nellie Stack,
then II, in Los Angeles in 1908,
when he was tai driver. Mrs.
Stack charges that he deserted her
in Denver shortly after the mar.
riage and six months before the
child was born. She says she sup
ported the child and when it died
paid for the burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
THE EYE FOR OPPORTUNITY

Southern newspapers believe in cotton, but not to
complete exclusion of every other crop. IN fact they
earnestly and repeatedly advocate dversifcaton as
one of the Souhs great needs The Arkansas Gazette
recently told the following story to illustrate its argu-
ments in favor of branching out and adding variety to
agricultural output
Last spring Arkadephit woman invested 80
cents in radsh seed, which her children planted in
small bed in the back yard Two local stores furnished
ready market and when the radsh season ended the
youngsters found they had taken in S25. The gross
income from the venture 3O25 per cent on the
cash investment There is hardly farm in Arkansas
where some one other, or several. of such petty
profit makers could not be signed on with negligible
expenditure OF time, trouble and money to be pinch
hitter and swell the batting average
The chief need is the eye for new opportunities
That goes for farmers in other sections than the South
and for livelihood in other lines than farming
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
STATE EMPLOYEE
IS INDICTED ON
U. S. TAX CHARGE
By United Press LeaSed Wire

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March -.
Bart Greer, employc of the secretary
of states office, was indicted by
the federal grand jury yesterday for
failing to file income tax returns
for 1922 and 1928.
Greer and q cousin, Walter Greer.
former federal prohibition agent,
were indicted a few mont hs ago on
charges of extorting money from
hootleggers and for Justification of
federal expense claims. No convoc-
tlons were obtained.
The grand jury Indictment today
states Greer 3 taxable incoL.e was
III excess Of $4,l66.75 in 1922 and
that in 1923 it exceeded $lS.554 .96.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
CALIFORNIA GIRL
ANNEXES HONORS
IN TAMPA MATCH
BY United Press Lca.ed wir.

DAVIS ISLAND TENNIS CLUB,
TAMPA, Fla, Mar. l2-Miss Eliza
beth Ryan Of California, second
ranking American tennis star, yes
terdnv won new laurels when she
annexed the Dixie tennis champion
ship by defeating Miss Mary X.
Browne, 6-3, Sc, in the finals of
the tourney.
Miss Ryan's dazzling speed gave
her the victory and the title.
The beet growers about Scott :
Blubb, Nebraska, are to get a guar
antee of - ton in place of So
ton as result of a rival sugar mill
being built.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
THREE WOMEN GET
TO GLACIER POINT
IN YOSEMITE PARK

YOSEMITE. Calf. Mar. Twin
ter is releasing the charms of Yosc-
mite Park.
The snow covered glacier point
was reached for the first time this
season by three women, Mrs. Her
bert Bartlett, Doris B!ainev and Car
oil Weston. The asceuded 5000 feet
to the cliff this week.
f. l. PhiIbrook made the first
trip Of the season to the top OF
Yosemite Falls, he reported today.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

The average American gentleman" says lead
ing merchant tailor, will spend $3.50 this year on his
clothes That ls If other average American gentlemen
pay him what they owe him. or his tailor-if any
gives him enough credit
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12
THE WEATHER

Los Angeles and Vicinity: Fair,
moderately warm weather tonight
and Saturday.
Southern California Fair and
mild tonight tonight and saturday.
tires. automatic windshield wiper,
stop light and double Fucmer vapor
heater.
Eight Tjmken bearings cradle
the steering mechanism with the
utmost absence of friction, giving
a ease Of control child may
master without apparent effort, en-
g!necrS declare.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

1t begins to look as if the typical American cli-
mate is nine months winter and three months late fall
Bitter ending is all right occasionally, but as
regular occupation 1t doesn't seem pay very well.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

Retrogression is always bad enough but the worst
example of it is the driver who is so sure it's right 10
backward that he backs up Without looking around
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

Fine thing, that Canadian gold rush. a lot
of argonauts who fail to find pay may start cu-
tivatng the soil.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

Apple production i'll the kittitas
Nlley, Washington, in 1929 amounted
10 - carloads. Average annaul ton
mage is 80 ears.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

Robert +. Aikman, Murphy, Idaho.
threshed So bushels of barley to
the acre.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-12

Phoenix, Arizona, has il pomelo
camcrv in full operation.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
IA" Slide cast for U.S.S. Ok1ahoma.

for the heat treatment Of steel cast
ings. so that when these supplies are
ultimately delivered to the machine
shops they are ready for use. The
latest types Of insulated ovens are
used in these heat treatment proc
esses.
In the conversion Of machine-sho
trimmings obsolete gun mounts and
similar hieh-quality Junk" into new
supplies of quality steel. one-twentieth
OF the total metal which Is melted
consists of new material. which Is
added to make the composition Of the
steel exactly right. Many munitions
of war which We're semi-completed
when the armistice was signed are now
being used as raw material for steel
producti n. The Scrap Is sent to
Washington from other nationa. navy
Yards. as well as from the Charleston,
W. Va, plant of the United States
Navy.
Iron castins are used only TO a
very limited extent in our naval ord
nance. The cast-tron pa~ts made at
the navy yard are used for the most
part In making tools. fix ures. new
machiner' and VARIOUS equipment
for target practice. DESPITE the more
than 100000 pounds Of cast iron We're
material is really only incidental to
the manufacture of steel and the non
ferrous metals.
The brass foundry at the navy
yard--a wartime necessity-is of the
latest design adapted for maximum
production at minimum effort. Brass
is produced by the crucible method.
which Is as old as the bras industry
Itself as we'll as nv the modern cleo
trio furnace system. All the brass
produced is subject to the most rigid
tests. II must comply with the stand
ard specifications the same as though
it were the product of some CONNER
"ial plant. The inspection Of Govern
ment made metals Is painstaking and
severe.
The navy yard is SO we'll equipped
with the best machinery and appli
ances that many types of finished
product can be made directly in sand.
This saves thousands of dollars by
eliminating machine shop operations
Evening star., 1926-10-24
~

the wall of the furnace at the floor
line so that the molten steel may
drain through a large spout into q
ladle or bucket Of 80 to 40 tons ca
pacity. This ladle is then transport
ed by mean of an electric crane to
the various molds in different parts
OF the shop which are awaiting the
steel. These molds are made from
sands imported from New Jersey,
New York and the Great Lakes.
These sands are shaped on wooden
patterns and then are baked in a
special oven so as to Withstand the
rush of the melted steel when it is
poured. The sand previously has
been tempered" by the addition Of
binders which increase its adhesive
ness and yet do not decrease its poros.
ity. The sand molds must be porous
enough so that the gases may escape
through their walls as the molten
metal is poured into the forms.
The wooden patterns are made in
a modern pattern shop at the navy
yard. Many Of them are Of intricate
design and call for extreme precision
both in design and dimension. requir-
ing the services Of the most skillful
pattern makers These patterns
range in sze f.Sm lilliputians to
Evening star., 1926-10-24
$4,000, pouNd Steel
CASTING made 1M he
FoundMp

All these parts and pieces are cast
to size.
Last year. 1876 pounds of brass
castings were made. of which at least
four -fifths were manufactured from
ordinary scrap and small arms car
fridge cases. salvaged from national
rifle ranges. Practice bombs for use
in training aviatUrs are now made
from old powder cans salvaged from
the junk pile. The scrap is melted
down and then careful chemical tests
are made to determine its compost
ton. The data from these tests are
responsible for the production of high
quality brass. The analyses show
what materials have to be added to
the molten metal to produce brass Of
the best quality. The scrap is con-
verted into ingots-bars of metal
weighing As pounds apiece. The chem
ical tests solve the secrets of ingot
composition so that the brass bars
can be used subsequently, with the
same safety and accuracy as mix
ture of virgin metal.
THE strictest economy is praCticed
in the steel and brass foundries,
even to the extent that sand. which
formerly was discarded after being
used, is now salvaged and reclaimed.
More than 500 tons of sand are saved
annually and restored to subsequent
use by the addition of such artificial
binders as hominy byproducts, corn
-four, wheat -four and core Oil. The
utilization Of sand again and again fos
the same foundry practices Is re-
I'D S0J hioh L..
now quite generally rracticed in steel
mills and brass plants.
At the Washington Navy Yard.
pneumatic rammers, molding ma
chinery. electric sieves and travelling
cranes have replaced manual labor
wherever possible. The goal has been
the output oe the best quality ma,
terials at the lowest possible costs.
Mechanical fingers have abetted this
economical policy.
The foundry which came into being
with the birth of the navy yard away
back in 1929 has been growing grad
ually from then to now. The small
orienal stee! shop save way to a
larger plant and equipment which
was able TO turn out s tons Of steel
daily About 1917. the new brass foun-
dry was built and the old shop was
hsrnessed to produce more than eight
times as much steel daily as it had
formerly made. The two foundries at
present are operated by a force Of $50
skilled experts. helpers and ordinary
laborers. These are the nucleus Of a
much larger force. which could be
readily nobilized during a time Of
emergency whenever the dogs of war
begin to growl
The stock yard of the brass foundry
and steel plant has on hand between
4,o00.0 900 and 5000, 900 pounds of scrap
and raw material suitable ior future
neecs. This materia, is delivered to
the navy yard both by rail and water.
the bulk of the metal coming in from
New York and Philadelphia. Lately
the Chautau Thierry. an Army trans.
port, steamed up the Potomac from
the Atlantic to deliver 800 tons Of
pig iron-excess material from the
New York Navy Yard, which was
Evening star., 1926-10-24
Measuring Lights Speed

| at $50 revolutions per second Ia posi-
BILE ratel. ii will make just one-twelfth
| of turn in this interval. The re-
turning beam will find the next sue
cessive face of the mirror exactly
where the preceding one was when 1t
started and will therefore he reflected
along just the same path as it would
have followed if the rotating mirror
had been at rest. For faster or slow
er speeds nf revolution. however, 1t
will be deviated by varying amounts.
With this arrangement. therefore.
1t IS only nece ssary to find the mirror
speed at which the reflected ray Is
sent hack in just the same direction
as from stationary mirror. and we
can then be sure that the light.time
Is exactly one-twelfth of the time
taken by one complete revolution of
the mirror.
To get precise determination,
therefore. only two things need to he
measured--the distance of the mirror
on the remote mountain and the rate
of rotation Of the spinning part of the
apparatus.
The first Of these has been found.
once for ali. by the cooperation Of the
United States Coast and Geodstic Sur
vey, which executed a special and very
precise triangulation fer the express
purpose The measurement of the
second Is accomplished with the aid
Of tuning fork driven by electrical
means at a very uniform. known rate.
At every vibration of the fork a beam
Of light from a little mirror attached
to one OF the prongs is reflected onto
the revolving mirror and thence TO
an auxiliary eyepiece If the periods
of vibration Of the fork and Of rota-
ton ~ t:e mirror are exactly the
asnla he successive reflected flashes
viii fuse 1910 an apparently station
arr .mar-. ny. it one Is going faster
than the other by even the n:nufest
fraction. this image will appear to
move.
The rotating mirror Is driven by
little compressed, air turbine, which
when running gives the ear-piercing
shrek which was mentioned a. thc
start. An assistant with his hand on
the throttle Of this turbine and BOX
ing through the eyepiecs Of the strc-
boscopic system can adjust the speed
OF turbine and mirror SO that the
ina ges are staticnary-that is. go that
the period OF the mirror Is exactly
that OF the fork.
The original beam of light comes
from a military searchlight Of the
highest power.
It is already known that the results
Of observation on many nights agree
so well that we may hope for hnal
value which will be accurate well
within 10 miles per second. and per-
haps a good deal better.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
1000 ton press M Ae forge shop

transferred to Washington for ord
nance manufacture.
The Washington public is not ac-
quainte.l with the methods and meas
ures followed in the manufacture of
steel. The following brief description
of the navy-yard system of steel man.
ufacture may be of interest. This
condensed recital deals with steel pro
duction in an open-hearth type of fur
mace. This furnace is solid wall
brick structure 80 feet long. Is feet
wide and 35 feet high. The floor is 2
feet thick. being composed of special
silica brick. Directly after a fur
mace is completed, 1t Is fired for two
weeks in order TO expand the entire
structure and to facilitate the ad-
justment of its structural steel frame.
From that period until the furnace
finally wears out. the fire is never ex
tinguished, 1t is kept burning on
Sundays and holidays. Sand is glazed
on the sides and bottom Of the furnace
in one-half inch layers until ali inner
lining of glazed sand which is s to 10
inches thick is provided. This sand
prevents any of tho molten metal
from escaping through cracks in the
walls when the furn&ce 40 in service
The process Of steel.making begins
Evening star., 1926-10-24
oc41umlnum Bronlze lnSot weighing 7htons-
~ IN the United States

from this materials placed in the
furnace. The oxygen in this ore COM
bines with the excess carbon in the
steel to form carbon monoxide gas.
which escapes from the furnace This
process is continued for six to eight
hours. Frequent samples are taken
and analyzed. Sometimes the silicon
and manganese contents of the steel
fall below required limits. These are
replaced by alloys rich in these sub
stances.
Many complications develop which
increase the difficulty Of producing
high-quality steel Of the correct COM
position. Phosphorus and sulphur,
commonly called the poison" in
steel, often cause trouble Many of
the components Of steel are dealt with
in very minute quantities. For ex-
ample. the steel when molten may
contain only three -fourths Of / per
cent Of carbon. This amount must
be reduced to one-fourth Of per
cent. In case the phosphorus and
sulphur contents exceed f1ve-hun-
dredths of Per cent the entire con-
tents Of the furnace are rejected.
When the steal u eventually doc
tored'' to to compesttjon demanded
by the specifications a hole is cut in
Evening star., 1926-10-24

at midnight the evening before
the metal will be needed. "Charging
peels''-great clawlike forks-at-
tached to travelling cranes carry the
scrap metal to the furnace where it is
dumped on its sand-covered floor
some of these pieces of scrap weigh
t. tons. One part of pig iron Is
aided to 19 parts of scrap" as the
furnace is charged for steel-making.
This mass is converted into a molten
liquid, the furnace temperature rising
to 5000 degrees Fahrenheit before the
process is completed. A long handled
dipper is finally thrust through a hole
in the furnace wall, and a sample
of the melted metal is withdrawn. The
molten metal is poured into a bucket
of cold water and forms small shot
These shot are rushed to the chemical
laboratory in one end of the steel mill
and there tested and analyzed. A re-
port on the composition of the shot
is then speeded back to the furnace
foreman. 1t guides him in making
whatever additions are necessary to
produce steel which comedies with
predetermined specifications.
If the steel contains more carbon
than Is permissible. the essential
amount Of iron ore-pigiron Is made
Evening star., 1926-10-24

EARLY risers near Mount Wilson in
California hear A thin wall that
grows 10 high shrek ard In a few
minutes dies down again in the gray
dawn. But they merely nod. and re
mark. "Michelson's at 1t again"
When they hear that noise they know
that the world famous physician is
again engaged in manipulating the
apparatus hv which he hopes to meas
ure the speed of light. down to more
correct figures than ever before
reached.
The measurement ot the velocity of
light Is nothing new The world has
known for generations that 1t Is
1856 900 miles a secord-to the nearest
round thousan nd. But science is never
contented with round numhers-she
desires the most precise determination
that 1t is at all practicable to attain.
In Prof. Mtchelson's present work.
SAYS Scientific American. n beam Of
light reflected from a rapidly rotating
mirror Is sent to another mirror at a
distant station and returns after a mi
mute fraction of a second TO the spin
ming mirror again. only to find that
this mirror has turned in the interval
so that the reflected ray is not sent
hack to the source as 1: would be. II
the mirror were stationary. but in
Ql10ronl OlreCIlon. QIS TO al liiS IIllE-
ror method is very powerful one for
mea surfing extremely short intervals
of time.
II Ia evident that for a complete so
Termination of the velocity Of ligh; we
must measure three quantities: the
distance OF the remote station. the
rate at which the mirror Is turning.
and the angle through which the re
fected beam Is deviated. And. of
course, to mea sure any one OF 'hHm
with the highest precision Is hard
work. II, however. we rou' d get along
by measuring two quar-; lies instead
Of three. the problem would be- much
simpliied; and Prof. Mi"he,son has
done this In a very characteristic
fashion by a device as simple as 1t Is
effective.
His rotating mirror is many sided
its cross-section, at right angles TO the
axis about which II spins. being reg
ular polygon which in the apparatus
now in use has u sides. All the faces
are accurately figured. polished and
silvered, so that in one turn Of the
skis IL successive mirror surfaces
come into the path OF the light. II
the mirror can be spun fast enough,
It is possible to catch the returning
beam OF light, not on the surface from
which Il was originally reflected but
on the next. For example. the present
distant station on Mount San Antonio
Is some 20 miles from Mount Wilson.
Light takes about 1-4200ths OF sec
onc Gc round numberel to make the
return journey. II the mirror is spun
Evening star., 1926-10-24
Elephant Rickets.

How would you cure an elephant Of
ricketts,? The London Zoo au.
thorities have been up against that
problem. and they have turned to
ultra violet rays after finding that
surgical boots did not straighten the
bent. weak bones well enough. For
five minutes daily the elephant is
drenched With ultraviolet rays frorn a
powerful mercury vapor /lamp.
Evening star., 1926-10-24

//N n ADE IN WASHING
nu TON" steel. brass and
IVt cast iron refute the uni
4 i versal belief that our
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-27
Medicine Wheel

The so-called Medicine Wheel is
located in northern Wyoming in the
northwestern corner of Big Horn for
est, near the southern line of Mon
taua, and some eighty miles east from
y ellowstone Park, says 1.-The Class
mate
Until recently there have been no
good roads in the region in which it
exists, hence it is known to compare
lively few people. But with the build
ing of the Dayton Kane highway from
Sheridan, Wyo., 10 Worley. many peo-
pie have stopped off few hours
from their trip through this beautiful
forest to view the strange structure
Forest rangers have built a sub
stantial stone wall three feet high
around it in order 10 protect it from
vandalism. 1t may be viewed only
after a three mile trip by foot or
horse over a finely built forest service
trail leading from the auto highway.
The wheel is composed or built of
small, fiat limestone rock, laid end to
end on the ground in the form of
crude circle. the circle being seventy
feet i'll diameter Near the center is a
hub or followed out pulpit, built of
the same kind of stone. From this
hub twenty spolles radiate at unequal
distances apart forming a walllWay
between to the rim of the wheel. The
hub has no outward opening or en-
trance.
At equal distances around the rim
of the wheel are other stone pulpitS
followed out. all but one having an
entrance. the entrance pointing differ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-27
Mrs. Flint Admits
Fatally Wounded
Her Two Daughters

Warsaw, n. Y, July 26--(P)-Mrs.
Ida Flint has confessed that she in
f1icted the wounds on her two young
daughters which resulted in their
deaths Saturday, district attorney
Greff announced today. After strik-
ing the children on their heads with
ana she tried to commit suicide,
using the axe.
The woman told the district at
torney and sheriff simmons she had
intended ending her own life for
some time because her husband was
so cruel to her and that she could
not bear to think of leaving her two
daughters, Helen. 10 years old. and
Rosie. 6, behind her. She said she
rose at four o'clock in the morning
last Saturday, took the axe and
struck on their heads, the two little
girls. with whom she WAS sleeping
at their home at Hardy, nine miles
from here. They died IL hours later
in the Warsaw hospital
After striking the children Mrs.
Flint said she tried to kill herself
with the axe but succeeded in only
stunning herself. When she regained
consciousness she cried out, and her
husband, Plinn Flint, who was sleep
ing on a lower floor with their seven
year old son. responded He saw his
wife and daughters lying wounded
and went to neighbours house,
whence he telephoned the Warsaw
Hospital and the sheriff's office.
! The husband was suspected by the
authorities and was mmedia tely
locked up pending the outcome of the
childrep's wounds. He maintained
that some one must have broken into
the house while he was asleep.
Afttr making her confession Mrs.
Flint was placed under arrest and a
police guard was assigned to watch
/ her in the hospital.