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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Public Ownership Wins

Of all Pacific coast cities Of Importance Oakland,
CAL has stood out against public ownership Of ut-
ties Once it went far TO trade its whole water
front for little red schoolhouse and dock. Never
has it owned anything Of its own-until now.
About eight years ago Oaklanders awoke to face a
water famine The private water company, for years
drawing on surface streams and wells had no sug-
gestion for remedy but to go to the Sacramento
river Quickly calling in eight other east bay cities
Oakland organized the East Bay Municipal Utilities
District They named Ex-Governor George Pardee
president and hired former reclamation chief en-
gineer, Arthur P. Davis father Of Boulder dam"
They obtained mountain supply in the sierras, near
where Mark Twain's jumping frog won his laures.
They began the race against a water famine.
An army of 600 working in three shifts went
to work on the Pardee dam and the ninetytwo miles
OF pe-line through tunnels and over rivers. They
voted bonds to purchase the local distribution system
-s72OOO0OO for everything
The other day they turned the first stream Of
near Berkeley They found in that reservoir supply
Just great enough to last Oakland and Berkeley two
days They had won the race by hair They had
saved S4000OOO Of the original estimate and had cut
two years from the time
Oakland has learned its lesson It narrowly
escaped disaster that would have cost millions. In
stead it has water supply for city Of 100000 1t
was public not private initiative that saved the east
bay cities From now on Oakland will follow along
with Los Angeles San Francisco, Seattle and other
coastal cities who learned the same lesson years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Drink Plenty of Water in Summer

When man is deprived of water
he begins at once to draw this sub
stance into the blood from his It's
sues.
Because of the Importance Of wa
ter, it is common in any case of I'M
consciousness over a long period of
time for a physician to see that
water is injected into the body
either by a stomach tube or under
the skin.
When a person becomes exceed
ingly thirsty, his tongue, throat and
mouth gets dry and burn.
Because Of the anxiety, he be-
comes restless; because Of the lack
of evaporation Of water from the
surface Of the body, he becomes
feVerish.
The sensation of thirst can be les
sened somewhat merely by wetting
the lips and tongue, but this is a
satisfaction only to the sensation
and can not satisfy long.
There is one portion of the brain
which particularly is interested in
seeing that the needs Of the body
for water are satisfied.
Obviously, this is important, since
the water is necessary to the con-
ditions of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Some people drink a great deal
more water than do others. Excess
sive thirst is brought about by eX-
cessive loss Of water from the body.
Sometimes this loss of water is
due to disease, which puts great
deal more water through the kidneys
in order to relieve the body OF con-
centrated salts that are the prod
ucts Of disease.
Sometimes the occupation of the
person or the character Of his sweat
glands is such that he loses a great
deal Of water by way of the skin.
In some instances much water is
lost from the body by the intestinal
tract.
Following hemorrhage with con-
siderable loss Of blood, a person
usually is intensely thirsty because
Of the amount Of fluid that has been
taken away in this manner.
In his review, Professor Carlson
points out that the thirst appetite
has not yet been properly named
This appetite, he insists, neverthe-
less, is a real factor in life, "as it is
apparent that many people inbibe
So-called soft drinks without being
thirsty, or drink one half of one per
cent beer without. either thirst or
hope being present"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
A Fine Chance

What a chance to test the Jones law, which
provides for imprisonment OF from five to ten years
in the pententiary for transporting whisky is pre-
sentxd in the arrest of a federal Official
He may be innocent. But there is the charge by
officers at Brazil that the local representative OF
federal justice was not only driving most njudiciousy
but that search of his disclosed one of those
pints that have become famous recently.
II the Jones law is to be made as effective as the
proponents of grave punshments for violations OF the
ouor law believe it will be, certainly the place to
make it most effective is among those who are in
trusted with its enforcement.
II the law is to have terrors for the individual and
If these heavy punishments will bring about that era
of complete enforcement Of prohibition which IS the
dream Of all drys certainly it should include IN the
intinidated the men who are under some special
responsibility to obey it.
1t may be safely stated that very much OF the
general distrust of the prohibition law as measure
for temperance has been aroused by the fact that the
law makers who made the law the men who are
chosen to enforce it in various capacities have been
too open with their violations
If the law can be enforced against the enforcers,
at least a start viii have been made toward trans
= noble eSperimsnt into a nohler realization
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

HUMANITY has developed a fac
L 4 ulty for converting the mi
raculous into the commonplace.
That which, yesterday, was an I'M
heard Of luxury" is today as much
OF a necessity as is the instalment
agent who comes to collect for it
R. E. Sherwood. (Scrtbner's Maya
zine}
Il
The dominant and aggressive peo-
pies Of the world have always been
those whose nutrition has been the
best.-James A. Tobey. CThe Amer
lean Mercury
Il n
The modern business man, in his
own interest, must be public spirited.
If he does not like the public, he
must learn to like it, and since his
competitors are a part Of the public,
he must learn to like them, coo.-
Benjamin A Jarvis. (Forbes Maya
Zlne)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
The
GALAXY

There are many compounds of carbon to be found.
One of the simplest is carbon dioXde the gas formed
by the union of carbon and oxygen. certain amount
of carbon doxide is always present in the atmosphere
Carbon dioXide is the starting point OF protoplas1n
Plants absorb both carbon dioxde and water and by
the aid Of sunlight manufacture the more complex
chemical substances from them.
This process is known photosynthess The first
part of the word comes from the Greek photos
which means light" The word means, therefore, a
synthesis or manufacture by the aid of light.
The many kinds of complex compounds containing
carbon all seem to follow two systems. In one, the
foundation of the compound is a little ring OF six
carbon atoms. This ring is known technically as the
aromatic galaxy.
In the other type Of compound, the six carbon
atoms are formed into chain This is known tech
nically as the aliphatic galaxy.
Carbohydrates, fats and proteins the three types
of compounds which make up protoplasm are all
derivatives of the aliphatic galaxy.
That is their molecules all Of the chain variety.
The simplest molecules those of the carbohy-
drates The fats are complex while the proteins
are the most complex Of all
The sugar known technically glucose is the SIM
plest OF the carbohydrates. 4
It contains only hydrogen and oxygl ~ addition
to carbon ~
The carbohydrates viii be discussed aosv detail
In the next 2xEse&& -
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Social Strutting

ATEITHER is history bunk, as one
IN Of our great industrial leaders
has said.
Though the past may not seem
very helpful when compared to the
mechanical progress we enjoy, it
still shows the inmutabIe traits of
human nature, still reveals the
working Of those social laws which
are changeless.
One would suppose we had learned
enough to realize the danger of
overriding organization, that instead
OF putting premium on merger
and consolidation We would avoid
them as long as possible.
But no, we prefer to travel the
same old road.
Not content with billion-d dollar
banks, We join them to make two
billion-dollar banks, and not salts
fed with d group of 1000 stores we
develop one Of 10000 with time
clocks, Goldfish aristocracy and social
strutting as the inevitable result.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
In Cav CHICAGO

TT has never been my privilege to
l. come across the general at any
Pagan frolic, Beaux Art ball or
Greenwich Village revel, but it must
be that Chicago, too, knows such
affairs and that the general has not
been wholly aloof from evenings in
which he represented Napoleon just
arrived from Elba, or Daniel Boone
or Little Boy Blue.
I am not emotionally equipped
to make any very strong plea for
the practice of clambering clumsily
into the uncomfortable gear which
comes from the renting Office. I'm
one with General Dawes in feeling
that it is a rather tedious way Of
seeking release from inhibitions.
That it serves splendidly for Ger
tain people there is no denying.
Nor do I pretend to be immune
from the influence of brave raiment.
Once at Beaux Arts ball l crashed
a gate and carried four attendants
with me to the middle of the dance
floor. I really had a, ticket but the
minions would not accept my pledge
that I had lost it. Under such cir
cumstances I would ordinarily make
a feeble protest and then sneak
home. But on the night in question
l represented Casanova and could
not conveniently take mo" for an
answer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Times Readers Voice Vie0US

Editor. The Thnes-I have lived
ii indianapolis eleven years and in
all that time I have been a reader
OF your paper. I notice that you are
not afraid to print any injustice or
protest Of the people.
I wish to express my opinion Of
what I consider the worst imposition
that has been placed on the people,
This so-called drivers license.
Not that do not believe in COM
polling the people to contribute to
the upkeep Of our public roads, but
the way they have Of getting the
money. as I was in that jam at the
statehouse Saturday, where whites
and blacks, women and men, were
packed in like a lot Of cattle, with
practically no ventilation. where one
could catc5l any disease.
TO get my drivers license last
A1rsdau and my truck license Sat-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Good craftsmanship may be an
excellent virtue in the abstract, but
the wife who really wants to keep
her husband would do better to
practice up on hysterics.-Elsie Nc
COrmack.
Z
Society, obviously. can not pro-
duce geniuses to order. But it can
face its new experiences and make
the mental effort necessary to I'M
derstand those eXperiences.-Edna
Lonigan. (The New Republc)
The world turns aside to let ary
man pass who knows where he is
going. Starr Jordan.
Il
A university administration must
always refrain from strangling new
ideas in order to achieve smoothness
Of administration. - DR.. Glenn
Frank,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

urday it took practically all one day,
SO 7 was not only out the money
for the licenses, but my time as well.
Then, too, I noticed, the applica-
tons asked: Are you a user Of
narcotics?" Why didn't they put in
alcoholic beverages?
Then, if they found a woman or
man drunk and driving car give
them the limit.
Now I live in the new part Of the
city back of the Playground, where
TO the best of my knowledge the
city hasn't spent a cent for the up
keep of our roads since it has been
taken into the city, and where the
garbage and trash is gathered only
once a month, and I sure hope this
money will be used to help us out.
Thanking you if you. will print this.
P. T. THOMAS,
445o BaltimoEs SgeaRa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE humorous columnistS insist
L that Americans have all been
thirsty for the last ten years, How
ever that may be, the sensation of
thirst is one of the most interesting
that is investigated by the physi-
ologiSt.
A human being is about 70 per
cent water. The necessity for water
in the body is far more pressing and
continuous than the necessity for
food.
AS pointed out by Professor A. J..
Carlson in q. review of the subject
of thirst in Hygeia, a healthy hui
man being can survive without food
and with a decreasing physical Ell
f1ciency for from forty to sixty days.
If, however, the same man is COM
pletely deprived of water, he be-
Genes uncomfortable after two or
three days, feyerish and delirious
in from four to seven days, and he
usually dies in from eight to twelve
days,
This is the course that is followed
by men who are lost at sea without
fresh water or who die Of thirst in
the desert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Come in Costume

THERE is, to be sure, a notion
4 that We of the United States
are a plain and simple people de-
testing fuss and feathers. This is
such an obvious fallacy that it
should never be allowed to haunt
us. The sartorial requirements for
an Elk. Odd Fellow or Eagle far
transcend the moderate adornment
expected of an ambassador at the
Court Of st. James.
The general, knee breeches and
all, would seem a dumb and incon-
spicuous figure were he to fall into
line with Knights Of Pythias on pa
rade. And in a country when plus
tours are almost obligatory on the
golf course, it seems a little strange
that fuu-blooded American patriot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Keening Their Heads

TNHE tendency always has been to
i overdo organization. to take
advantage of the opportunities it
offers few to ride the many.
Whether in church, state or COM
merce, it has been the same old
story of mems inability to keep their
heads.
Monarchy would have survived
but for tyrant kings. and there
would have been no such religious
controversies as have occurred but
for the ruthlessness of priestcraft
Turn where you will, and his
tory presents no such tragic tale
as that Of abused power made pos
Sible through organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Splitting the Pot

IN America, business has become
l. the dominant figure, but that
does not alter the attitude or reac-
lions of human nature so far as
organization is concerned.
We have a board of directors in
stead Of a soviet, but are travelling
the same road.
With system giving birth to au-
thority and authority giving birth
to ponlp and display.
Thus far we have been able to
get a better split of the pot for
common people than was possible
through some of the older schemes,
but we have not played the game
through to the end by any means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
VIII Soviet LaSt2

COVIET Russia is founded on
- Communism. Glass distinc-
lions are supposed to have been
obliterated. Heads Of departments
and heads Of the state live like
other people.
Who imagines that such a con-
dition will last, that the strutting
instinct if nothing else will not
create differences?
Even if the Soviet survives, it
will go the way of all human ma
chimes.
BY and by the fire chief, the sup
erintendent of streets and the fac
tory boss will have their automobiles
form their little cliques and re-
create the same old picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

the winds in favor Of something
light and airy. Had he refused
knee breeches and come to court
in a one-piece bathing suit I should
now be his violent partisan. But
the fact is our ambassador merely
spurned the frying pan for the
fire.
If the regalia set by custom for
st. James is somewhat uncomfort-
able and very ludicrous what can
be said for the evening clothes which
Dawes chose to wear? What differ
ence does it make whether an am
bassador looks like a turnkey or a
head waiter? And so the whole
controversy SINNERS down to trif-
ling dimensions. In my opinion a
man who puts on boiled shirt
ought to be willing to wear any,
thing, and be glad to get it, too.
Copyright, 1929, for The Tilnes)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

should shy profoundly at the royal
styles in knickers.
So little do we actually dislike
strange garb that countless occa-
sions are seized upon to present an
excuse for costumes. If General
Dawes went back to his class re-
union he probably would find him
self called upon to dress as a con-
vict, a Chinese coolie, or to wheel
some cIassmate in a baby carriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Dangerous Road

MECHANICAL power has made
I'VE it impossible to take advan-
tage Of human knowledge without
organization. To that extent, we
are dealing with something new.
But organization still contains the
seeds of tyranny and class rule,
just as it always has, and still
leaves little hope for justice except
through the exercise Of decent self
control by those in charge.
If we have learned the wisdom of
not abusing our privileges, we are
safe.
If, on the other hand, our lords
of trade are still the victims of
appetite and ambition, we are
treading a dangerous course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

tul ana expensive
form, namely the
diamond.
1t is also found
in a very mex
pensive and Or
binary + o r m,
namely, graphite.
At first, it seems
strange that both
diam ION d and
graphite should be
formed from pure
carbon. The diff
ference between
the two lies en-
tirely in the ar
rangement Of the
atoms
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this pa per.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Drunk With Power
1T all goes back to the her II
c+iront

TT all goes back to the her IN
4 stinct.
Whether in religion, politics, war
or amusement, the first impulse
is to organize.
At the outset, organization is &C
ceptable because of what it prom
ises common folks. An army seems
desirable, because it gives them pro-
tection a chain store, because it can
sell them goods cheaply; church
because it guarantees them happi-
ness in the hereafter.
Eventually, organization crystal
Lies, becomes a system, yields to
discipline, grows drunk with power
and elevates the few at the expense
of the manV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
NJ. E. Tracy
History Presents No Such
Tragic Tale as That Of
Abused PoaOer Made Pos
sibIe Through Organization.
SAYS

VXTHAT price combination, and
w if it's too much how are we
going to evade the bill?
Members Of congress, as we'll as
some other people, are alarmed at
the increase of mergers and consoi-
dations.
Half a dozen senators are gather
ing data for future use.
Making allowance for the part
politics plays, the subject still is
worth attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Get Rid of Them

To put it bluntly, the safest insurance President
Hoover can get against further Dad breaks from pro-
hibition fanatics the government pay roll is to get
rid of all of the obhoders who got their Jobs through
the Anti-Saloon League during the Harding and
Coolidge administrations.
So long as there are in official position fanatics
who feel that they owe greater allegiance to the Anti
Saloon League than to the federal administration
they will aim to please their hackers.
Nobody with any sense expects President Hoover
to turn prohibition enforcement over to fanatical VETS
of course But there sincere drys who have not
lost their balance and who do not believe that pro-
hibition enforcement is the be all and end all of
government.
What is more important, there are drys who still
believe that the seat OF administrative government
is at the White House rather than at the Washington
headquarters Of the Anti-Saloon League or the
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals and that Herbert Hoover and neither
Scott Mcbride nor Clarence True Wilson is President
Of the United States.
The quicker the President gets rid of fanatical
officials the sooner he will get the ship Of state on an
even keel-and the sooner clerical politicians and
propagandists drunk with power will sober up.
Has anybody recommended for the Carnegie medal
the Washington woman who recently made the cou-
rageous innovation Of serving party without liquor?
Archduke Leopold of Austria plans to open up an
idea shop" in New York. Wonder if it will have a
notion counter, too?
The sheriff Of Shawnee county, Kansas, rides about
in an airplane That county probably gets its law
from above.
Summer attire comparable in hghtness, airinesS
and freedom to womenS dress would add years to the
lives of men, says doctor. They should live so long
Sometimes it takes lot of hush money to run
a still
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Problem of Trusts

TIN my opinion" says Senator
l. King of Utah, "the most i'm
portant question which demands So
luton at the hands of the Ameri-
can people is that relating to trusts
and monopolies."
Solution" is an optimistic word,
but that does not mean that the
situation is beyond improvement.
Though new in business sense,
perhaps, this struggle with organiza-
ton is as old as the hills.
Human history is little more than
a record of the development ana
defeat of organized power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
David Dietz on Science -------
Carbon Is Foundation
No. 399

TN studying chemical composition Of protopasn1, the
4 substance out of which the cells of all living
organisms are constructed must begin with carbon
For carbon seems to be the chemical element which
is the foundation stone of the structure OF proto-
plasm .
Pure carbon is found in nature in one very beaut-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
Daily Thought

But shun profane and vain
babblings; for they will increase
unto more ungodlinesS.-u Tim
othy 2:16.
MOST people who commit 4 sir
Iva, count on some personal x
ut to be derived therefrom, bu
family, has not even this exc
Hosea -R~iaes,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04
The Old Monkey Suit

THE case of General Dawes
4 would be much stronger if he
had thrown convention wholly to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Summer attire comparable in lightness, airiness
and freedom to womens dress would add years to the
lives of men saws doctor They should live so long!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Sometimes it takes a lot of hush money to run
a still
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

The sheriff Of Shawnee county, Kansas, rides about
in an airplane That county probably gets its law
from above.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Archduke Leopold Of Austria plans to open up an
Idea shop" in New York Wonder if it will have a
notion counter, too?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-04

Has anybody recommended for the Carnegie medal
the Washington woman who recently made the cou-
rsgeous innovation of serving party without liquor?