OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.
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COUNTY AND
CITY LOCALS
Prof. W. 0. Wilson, who will con
duct an evening school in the county
seat for the balance of the winter and
spring, has arrived in Oregon City.
Seven pupils have already enrolled
for the instruction he will give.
Judge Grant B. Dimick spent the
fore part of the week in Aurora.
Hans Jensen, a farmer living near
Woodburn, was a county seat visitor
, during the week.
J. W. Read, of Estacada, was in
the county seat the early part of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beck have left
their home in the county seat and
gone to Arkansas, summoned by the
illness of Mrs. Beck's mother.
Mrs. C. T. Howard, of Mulino, sec
retary of the state grange, was a
visitor in the county seat during the
week. .
C. E. Spence, master of the grange,
was in the county seat Tuesday, en
route to Salem to attend the rural
credits conference.
Mrs. A. Helgerson, of Silver Lake,
is visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Maggie Cross.
Mrs. Samuel Wyrick, who has been
visiting her son in San Francisco, re
turned to her home in the county
seat this week.
Philip Knmmond, one of the county
seat's young lawyers, is receiving
congratulations from his brother at
torneys on his recent victory in ' an
appeal to the state supreme court.
The case was the first one in which
Mr. Hammond appeared before the
state's highest tribunal.
George F. Hendell, of Camas, was
visiting friends in the county seat
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Weston,
of Seattle, were visiting friends in
the northern part of the county this
week.
The .Misses Mabel and Grace Fergu
son, accompanied by Mrs. J. H. Greg
ory, of Portland, were guests of
THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS AN EYEGLASS BAR
GAIN. The price decides the quality
of the glass, the way it is ground
cr shaped and the quality of the
frame or mounting.
The first few weeks both ap
pear about alike, but gradually
the glasses assume an old dingy
look; so does the wearer's face.
Why? Because they are stock
glasses ground by the hundred
on wooden blocks and selected
as being near right and the eye
must strain to adjust to the fo
cus of the glass.
I grind glasses for each indi
vidual case and guarantee them
to be scientifically correct. ,
Wm.A.
Schilling
Optometrist & Optician
617 Main Street.
Oregon City, Oregon
Just
Arrived
Suspension Bridge Corner
friends in the county seai during the
fore part of the week.
Lloyd Riches, formerly correspond
ent of a Portland newspaper inthe
county seat, and now editor of the
Stanfield Standard, was a visitor in
( Oregon City the latter part of last
week. i
f Miss Arletha Cannon, of Sandy,
was a week end guest of county seat
friends.
I Perry Voorhis, of Molalla, who is a
I patient at the Oregon City hospital,
is getting along nicely.
Miss CIiiti Deute, of Oregon City,
spent the week end with her mother,
Mrs. A. Deute, in Portland.
' Mrs. Inez Boyer, and Alton Phelps,
of Bull Run, obtained a marriage li
cense in Vancouver, Washington, last
, Saturday.
Mrs. Delia M. Young, of The
Dalles highschool, and formerly a
popular member of the highschool
faculty in the countys eat, was a
visitor in Oregon City Saturday.
Mrs. L. D. Fay. of Portland, visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Harrison last Wednesday and Thurs
day. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Stakr, of Port
land, are visiting Mrs. Grace Erick
son and family at Mt. Pleasant.
John Etchison is erecting a modern
home at Third and Washington street.
Paul Turner, parlor anarchist, anti
prohibitionist orator . and occasional
secret agent of the German Speaking
Societies of America, was in Oregon
City Tuesday.
O. A. Kruse, a well known farmer
of the county seat region, was in town
early in the week.
Mr3. Margaret Lewis, formerly
Miss Brown, of the county seat, was
in town over Sunday visiting friends.
Victor Conor, of St. Paul, was a
visitor the first of the week at the
home of his cousin, Mrs. Fred W, Ba
ker of Gladstone.
Miss Arlene Haworth, who spent
the latter part of last week with her
sister in Milwaukie, returned to her
home in Clackamas Saturday.
Miss Evelyn Gay was the guest of
her parents, Mr", and Mrs. R. A. Gay,
of Gladstone, over the week end.
H. M. James, superintendent of the
Lebanon schools, was a week end
guest in the county seat, visiting his
mother and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Spiger and Miss
Rose Spiger left this week to make
their home in Spokane, where Mr.
Spiger is going into business.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Garlough, who
have been residents of Gladstone for
the past year, leave this week for
Hillsdale, Michigan, where Mr. Gar
lough Will enter business. Mrs. Gar
lough was formerly Miss Dorothy
Cross, a daughter of H. E. Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roake and their
four children will move to Oiegon
City from California next week. Mr.
Roake will become a business partner
of his brother, -Bert Roake, in the
Oregon City foundry.
Dr. L. A. Morris, M. D. Latourette
and Livy Stipp prepared and served
refreshments at a meeting of the Gyp
sies last Saturday night at the Lat
ourette home. Among the guests
were: Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Morris, Mr.
and Mrs. Livy Stipp, Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Griffith, of Portland, Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Rands, Miss Aimee Bollack and
Miss Eily O'Maley, of Porltland,
Misses Cis B. Pratt, Bessie Daulton,
Zida Goldsmith and Helen Daulton.
Mrs. Edna Tabor Miller, of Glen
Echo, and Mortimer E. Walker, of
Portland were married Sunday after
noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Tabor, at Glen Echo, the Rev. J. K.
Hawkins conducting the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker will reside in
Portland.
Elks Honor Kelly
H. Leighton Kelly, former master
fish warden, and a man well known
throughout Clackamas county, was
elected E.xalted Ruler of the Oregon
City Elks Friday night of last week.
H. L. Tschirgi the retiring exalted
ruler, was elected delegate to the
grand lodge. Other officers elected
were: Esteemed leading knight, H. E.
Williams; esteemed loyal knight,
Judge Grant B. Dimick; esteemed lec-
A ROYAL MYSTERY
Most Famous State Secret of the
Reign of Louis XIV.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
Who the Unfortunate Prisoner Wu
Hat Never Been Disclosed, and
When He Died His Body Was De.
atroyed by Chemicals In His Casket.
A famous state mystery of the reign
of Louis XIV. of France was the mys
terious prisoner, the Man In the Iron
Mask. Many are the guesses which
have been ventured as to who he was.
Plays and novels have been written
with the Iron mask as the central char
acter, but his identity has remained a
secret It Is known without doubt
that St. Mars during his life had as
a prisoner a manwhose face always
was covered with a mask of black
velvet fastened by springs of steel be
hind the head.
The guards bad orders to kill the
man If he ever exposed his face, and
St Mars' own life depended on to
body finding out who his prisoner was.
His first prison was the castle of Pi
gnerol. When St. Mars was trans
ferred to the Isles of St. Marguerite the
king himself told the Jailer to take his
prisoner with him and cautioned him
not to let him speak to any one. even
his guards.
On the night ot April 291674, a clos
ed litter escorted by a troop of horses
stopped at Bron, some leagues from
Lyons. , From the litter descended a
young man of slim and active figure.
his face hidden by a mask and his
hands firmly tied, In which state he
lay down on a couch prepared before
hand. Next day ten horsemen arrived
with sealed orders to convey the pris
oner with the utmost secrecy to the
fortress of PIgnerol. So It was the
Man In the Iron Mask begau bis
twenty-nine years of captivity under
the Impassive, silent, remorseless St.
Mars.
Several years later the man of the
mask was seen again when St. Mars
was transferred to St Marguerite.
This time troopers surrounded a chair
covered with waxed cloth. The trav
elers stopped at an Inn for supper
The more, daring of the, curious peas
ants peeked through a small window
from outside the locked supper room.
The prisoner sat with his ' back to
the window, and they could not tell
whether he and on his mask. St
Mars sat opposite him with a pistol on
each side of his plate.
This prisoner was the subject of
much correspondence between St. Mars
ancLLouls XIV. of France. Louis con
tinually was asking about Mm. He
gave full Instructions as to the care
of the man, and about the cell he was
to occupy the king wrote:
"Let there be so many doors closed
one after the other that the sentinels
cannot hear a word, and yon will nev
er listen to anything he hns to say on
any pretext whntever. Threaten him
with death If he ever opens his mouth
to speak of anything but of whn,t he
may be absolutely In want of."
The blindly obedient St. Mars fol
lowed his instructions carefully. The
doctor who waited pa the prisoner said
he had uever seen his face, although
he had examined his tongue Dishes
and plates were examined each time
the prisoner was served to see If there
was any writing on them. The guards
always were ready to kill the moment
he took off bis mask.
In other respects the greatest atten
tion was shown him, and nothing which
he requested was refused. He always
was dressed In black. St. Mars him
self stood uncovered In his presence
and remained standing until the pris
oner had requested him to be seated.
The Jailer often took his meals with
the prisoner.
Just who was the Mm In the Iron
Mask? Some thought be was an Ille
gitimate son of Anne of Austria. Oth
ers said be was a twin brother of Louis
XIV., whose claims might have de
prlved the king of bis throne. Another
writer makes him the leader of nn as
sociation which was formed to assnssl
nate the ruler. The most general be
lief Is that he was Count Mattioli. first
minister of the Duke of Slantun, who
had betrayed the Interests of Louis
XIV. by falling to secure for him, as
be had pledged himself to do In con
sideration for d bribe, possession of
the fortress of Casale from his master.
Louis XIV. knew the secret, but to all
questions replied that If it was known
who the prisoner was every one would
be surprised to find him so uninterest
ing a person.
The prisoner died aftf a short Illness
in 1703. He was burled one autumn
day, and his name was Inserted in the
prison register as "M. de Marchlel."
Elghty-stx years later the frenzied
citizens of Paris broke Into the Bastille
and rushed to the cell where it wag
known he had been kept. They stopped
short before clean whitewashed walls
Nothing was in the room. The prison
er's clothes and the mask bad been
burned' when he died: Chemicals had
been put in bis casket to destroy the
body. Only one man had seen the face
behind the iron mask during the twenty-nine
years. He was St. Mars. And
St Mars never told. Kansas City
Times.
Her Blunder.
Bess You Interest me strangely,
Jack as no other man ever has. Jack
You sprung that on me last night
Bess Oh, was it you? Pardon me for
repeating. Judge.
Religion is the best armor in the
world, but the worst cloak. Newton.
turing knight, Philip L. Hammond;
secretary, GeorgT E. Swafford; treas
urer, Will L. Mulvey; tiler, H. C. Ra
kel; trustee, R. D. Wilson; alternate
delegate to the grand lodge, Dr. Clyde
Mount.
The Inland Printer, one of the
the world's most authentic authorities
on job printing, under date of Jan. 1,
says: "the samples submitted by the
Courier Press of Oregon City, are
very good indeed." Try the Courier
and get something with the "punch"
to it -
ATTRACTIVE STORE OPENS
George W. Buck Leaves Farm to Seize
Business Chance in County Seat
Oregon City is now a better place
to buy furniture and household goods
than it ever was before, because the
county seat now has another furni
ture store added to its list. George
W. Buck, well known as a farmer
who has made a success out of many
enterprises in the county, has opened
a modern furniture store on Seventh
street, near the elevator, and is now
welcoming his friends at his new es
tablishment. Associated with him in
the business is Arthur D. Flannigan
a furniture salesman of wide exper-
ience on the Pacific Coast, and known
to many Oregon City people through
his former connection with the store
of Frank Busch.
Mr. Buck is carrying a high grade
MM "i . . O. . Ml 1
oi iurnuure ai a price mat win appeal
to all; and aside from that is making
a specialty of his upholstery depart'
ment. Ureon (Jity nas long nad an
opening for good upholstery work, and
Mr. Buck believes that this depart
ment of his store will be of much
service to the people of the commun
ity.
- "People may not want to go to the
expense of getting new furniture,"
says Mr. Buck, in speaking of his busi
ness. "But a lot of people would like
to see the furniture they have 'sprue
ed up;' and if we can't sell them new
goods to replace what they have, we
can surely make their old furniture
look like new. You would be sur
prised to note what a difference new
upholstery will make in a house, and
what a fresh air can be given a room
by having new draperies at the win
dows and archways. Our upholstery
department carries some of the most
attractive and wearable fabrics in the
market, and we will be glad at any
time to show people what we can do
and to give estimates.
"As for new furniture, our store
can meet prices made in any Portland
house. If we haven't got just the
piece in stock that buyers want, we
will permij; them to select from whole
sale stock and will have the furniture
finished in any color or graining
they desire. People may think that
the 'dollar down and dollar a week'
houses in Portland are selling furni
ture cheap; but they are not they are
tacking enough on to the ordinary
price of cheap furniture to provide a
profit and interest on the deferred
payments. My prices will meet theirs
and my furniture far excels theirs in
grade." ;
BUY IT AT HOME
Farmers Will Find Advantage in
Patronizing Local Dealers
Farmers should buy their ma
chines of local dealers, say the O. A. C.
farm mechanic authorities. The usual
motives for buying machines away
from home is saving money. It may
appear that these purchases do result
in saving a few dollars to the buyer
but in the end the farmer will un
doubtedly find that he has defeated
the very purpose desired by not pat
ronizing local merchants.
Money circulated, among the local
dealers means that these merchants
can carry a larger and better stock
from which, to select. The farmer
should also consider that the dealer
can frequently render valuable ser
vice by fixing troublesome machines,
by getting repairs in a hurry when
needed and by giving credit for a
time when necessary. It should be
evident that the future should be con
sidered as much or even more than
the present by the farmer when he
purchases machines. -' -
HOT BEDS ADVISED
Agricultural Experts Say Much can
Be Gained by Their Use
Hot beds are used both to prepare
slow maturing vegetables for earlier
transplanting into the gardens and
for maturing certain crops in the bed.
Tomatoes, speppers and egg plants are
listed by Professor Bouquet, of the
O. A. C. vegetable gardening sec
tion, as examples of the slow matur
ing plant. It is also pointed out that
by growing cabbage, cauliflower, on
ions and often melons in a hot bed
and later transplanting them, a gain
of from two to six weeks is obtained.
Among the early vegetables that
may be grown in the hotbed to ma
turity are mentioned lettuce, radishes,
bunch onions, carrots, etc. This is
said to be a very satisfactory way of
having vegetables during the cool
months of spring and fall.
MOOSE PLAN DANCE
St. Patrick's Day to be Celebrated by
Lodgemen in Festivity
Oregon City Moose lodge will give
its third annual dance in Busch's hall
Friday evening, March 17. Big pre
parations have been made for the
event, and a record attendance is ex
pected. Former dances held by the
lodge have always been pleasant af
fairs, and those who have attended
them are looking forward with eager
anticipation to the forthcoming occas
ion. The hall will be fittingly decorated
for the evening, and good music will
be a feature of the entertainment.
Tickets may be had of all leading
members of the lodge, and are being
eagerly sought.
McKay Pays Up
Stanley McKay, of Woodburn, who
some months ago ran his automobile
into a carriage on the South End road,
injuring the occupants of the horse
drawn vehicle, and who refused to ap
pear in justice court for trial, this
week sent in by his attorneys $159.60,
which is now reposing in the county
coffers. The sum is made up of $50
forfeited bail, $50 fine and $59.50
costs. McKay fought appearing in
the justice court, finally getting a rul
ing from a higher court that as he
was only charged with a misdemean
or he could put in appearance by his
attorneys.
UNCLE
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SOHT OF PERSON
GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALL POL
ITICS AND PREPARATION
FOR WARS TO COME
MUCH DONE FOR HUMANITY
Exhibit at Washington Shows Several
Lines of Little Advertised En
deavor that Nation is Doing
When we speak of the government
of the United States and its work we
immediately form a mential picture
of a lot of political wrangles that re
sult in spending money through bur
eaus, a lot of argument over how
many battleships ' shall be built, and
some passing out of the public funds
to dredge rivers,' build canals and
otherwise distribute bounty to the
faithful. Because the other things
that the government does, year in and
year out are seldom called to our at
tention, we seldom if ever give them
a thought . In fact the American
people are probably in denser ignor
ance about their own government and
what it does than any other people on
the face of the globe.
There has just closed in Washing
ton, D. C, an exhibit of the work for
humanity that the United States
government has been doing. It was
a wonderful exhibit, and it opened the
eyes of those who saw it or heard
about it. It showed that the govern
ment of the United States was truly
democratic, and that it was still living
up to the ideals of its founders. In
fact it proved it was surpassing in
many ways, these ideals. This display
was called the Government Safety
First exposition, and it gave people an
idea of what Uncle Sam was really
doing with his wealth and his power;
it showed some of the things that have
been going on steadily, unadvertised
and unpraised. Among some of the
more striking exhibits were the fol
lowing:
The Bureau of Standards showed
the various means of providing safe
ty from hazards of marine transpor
tation; hazards of land transporta
tion; from mechanical hazards by fail
ure of buildings, bridges, and other
structures, or by industrial processes;
from fire, electrical, gas, and lightning
hazards. Among the. specific lines
represented were: Direction indicator
for wireless fog signals (apparatus
and diagrams), decremeter to prevent
interference of wireless signals (ap
paratus and diagrams), visibility of
elevated lights and objects in fogs at
sea (diagrams), fragments and sec
tions of defective rails (samples and
photographs), color and light trans
mission of headlight and railway-signal
glass (diagram and samples), haz
ards to pedestrians and street traffic
from falling overhead wires (photo
graphs, diagrams, and maps), build
ing failures by electrolysis (photo
graphs), mechanical eye protection
(samples and apparatus), building
construction code, standard hose coup
lings, storage of dangerous materials
(diagrams), National electrical safety
code (diagrams), gas safety code (dia
grams), protective devices against
lightning (samples).
For the Lighthouse Service was
shown a modern revolving lens, a post
lantern, and a fog-signal siren, rep
resenting the. various aids to naviga
tion and instruments of safety to the
mariner. The revolving lens is ac
companied by an automatic light
alarm, used for calling the attention
of the keeper in case of accident to
the lamp. The service also employs
an automatic device for switching in
candescent electric lamps into the fo
cus of the lens should the one in com
mission be extinguished through
breakage. A minor device for pro
moting safety is the spring-hinge
trapdoor used in the watch-room floors
of small lighthouses, which automat
ically opens when the catch is released
and will not drop on the keeper while
he is passing through the trap.
The exhibit of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey consisted of a model of
the wire drag, a series of sketches il
lustrating the development of the mar
iner's chart, and, grouped near the re
spective sketches, some of the instru
ments, tools, and data used in the work
illustrated. Copies of the charts and
other publications were also Bhown.
These features of the work of the
survey are designed to show the great
value of a chart in preventing loss of
life and property and sea and on the
inland waters and to indicate in a
popular manner the deail work nec
cessary to construct the most service
able chart for safe navigation.
The wire drag is the most impor
tant of recent additions to the means
of hydrographic surveying. By its use
all dangers below the surface of the
water at a determined depth ara lo
cated. It has assisted hi disclosing
the existence of numerous pinnacle
rocks which were not discovered in
formers urveys when the lead line was
used. The drag has been found es
pecially important in Alaskan waters,
some of which have not been surveyed
at all, although the pinnacle rock is
frequently encountered there.
Changes which nature is constant
ly making both above and below the
surface of the water are indicated by
comparisons with old plates of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey. An island
in Columbia River has moved cut of
the way of traffic; at another island on
the shore of Virginia, a good harbor
has been formed where formerly there
was no protection for vessels seeking
shelter; some dangerous shoals have
been found where formerly Jhere was
safe traveling.
The Bureau of Navigation, in its
part of the exhibit, demonstrated
what is being accomplished by the
Government in behalf of improve-
There's really nothing like good old SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
PAINT! Paints and paint makers come and go
but believe us, Sherwin-Williams will go on forever.
And why not? They just will not cheapen their qual
itywhen the price of lead, oil and zinc advances as it
has, they advance their price to us they won't put in a
cheaper oil or a little whiting to lower the price. They
just pass the buck to us, and in the way of a 25c per
gallon raise and say, so far we have been good sports
and sold our stock along at the old price; but Heavens,'
we can't do it always.
APRIL 1st we make the advance, but in the mean
time why not get in at the old $2.20 price?
But after all, even with the. advance of 30 or 25c per gallon the
ordinary 6-room house .can be painted with I. W. P. for about $15.00.
Think of it! A difference possibly of $1.50 between the very best paint
in the world 'against what? The Lord only knows. Better not
chance it
But listen ! If you do want a cheaper paint than Sherwin-Williams,
we're there. We've got lots of it. Why not talk it over with
our paint man? Oh! Yes, we forgot to say last week that Lime and
Sulphur Spray barrels (ours) may be returned to us at $1.00 each,
making the spray cost you only $7.95 a barrel.
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Huntley Bros. Co.
m Paint Department
Oregon City
ments in radio service. It has fur
nished a complete radio set of the
type used on, certain passenger ves
sels, including auxiliary source of
power; an omnigraph, used for con
ducting the speed test in code re
ceiving as a part of the examination
of radio operators for licenses; Kol-
ster decremeter and wave meter com
bined, which is the instrument used in
connection with the inspection of sta
tions for licenses or to determine if
they fulfill the requirements of the
law, and other testing instruments
which are used by the inspectors for
the purpose of determining the effic
iency of radio apparatus. In addition,
there are parts of apparatus showing
the progress of the wireless.
The Steamboat-Inspection Service
had as a feature of its exhibit a model
of a steamboat made to scale, carry
ing lifeboats, life rafts, etc., besides
models of various kinds of lifeboats,
rafts, buoys, signals and preservers.
Other classes represented in its ex
hibit were: Instruments used on ship-'
board for safe navigation; safety at
tachments for boilers; gauges, etc.,
used by inspectors; publications of
the service; and numerous screen ex
hibits, including' illustrated notice as
to how life preservers are put on the
person and where kept; instructions
for use of gun and rocket apparatus;
photographs showing test of lifeboats
by hoisting from water when loaded
with persons, boat drills, fire drills,
tests of life preservers, tests of fire
Priming a Dynamite Cartridge
To nronerlv nrlme a dynamite or
farm powder cartridge four things are
essential the cap, the fuse, the car
tridge and a crimping tool. The meth
od In Jtself Is very simple.
FirBt crimp the priming cap about
the fuse, using the crimping tool as
Crimping tha Cap to tha Fuaa.
shown In the illustration. Next punch
a diagonal bole In the cartridge with
the eud of the crimping tool, making
the hole deep enough to entirely bury
the cap. Insert tbe cap Into this bole
and tie the fuse to tbe side of tbe car-
Making Cap Hola In Cartridga.
trldge securely with a stout piece of
cord.
If the job U done carefully and cor
rectly the enty-e outfit will look like
illustration No. 4, and the priming will
be complete.
Iguorauce, fenr or carelessness are
the causes of most accldeatg. There
hose, and hull inspectors at work;
samples of engraved licenses for
I masters, pilots, and engineers; a cer
tificate of inspection; and blue prints
I of boilers and hulls required to be
nassed unnn hv tha insneptnr.
The Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery of the Navy Department illus
trated first aid in war and life-saving
at sea. . The Coast Guard Service ex
hibited two boats such as are used at
the stations one an old an old type
with a long record of efficient use at
wrecks, the other a modern power
self-bailing surf boat. The Bureau of'
Mines was on hand with a complete
umiiujiBiiatiuii ui waytj xor comDac-
ting the various perils to be found in
underground workings. The Forest
Service showed what had been ac
complished in preventing forest fires
and in reforestizatio nwork. The Bur
eau of Education exhibited charts and
models showing the latest develop
ment in school work; while the De
partment of Labor, had a demonstra-
.t.inn nf tnnnv anfofv ftnvipna onA 1oV.au
saving machines. And the Bureau of
Children had a striking exhibit show
ing the efforts being constantly made
to better conditions of child-life.
Every department represented in
the exhibit was in charge of experts
who held frequent demonstrations of
the apparatus in their special line,
and a comprehensive idea was given
of the multitude lines of work being
carried on quietly but steadily by the
Federal government.
Is no immediate danger In handling a
stick of farm powder if the user will
use but an ordinary amount of care
and Intelligence. -A
common Incorrect method of prim
ing Is to ptiucb a bole right through
tbe cartridge, pass the capped fuse
Tying Fuaa and Cap to Cartridge.
through It, then Insert in another diag
onal bole below the first hole. No ty
ing is necessary to hold the cap In the
cartridge. This method is called "lac
ing the fuse through the cartridge."
It is unsafe and unreliable. The fuse
la likely to break at the sharp turns
and the powder train spit fire through
Tha Finiahad CartWdga Primad.
the break, setting fire to the cartridge
Instead of exploding it, or the fuse
may miss Are altogether, leaving anj
uuexploded charge hi the hole, or lt
may hang lire for half an hour or half
a day and cause a serious accident
Short cuts do not pay In bandltns explosives.