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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1914)
11 , Marvels of Everyday Science Competent Scientiiti Apply Their Skill to Problems of Agriculture, Houskeeping, Schools, Business and Governmental Activities. HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION ADOOB fastened with the ordinary door chain, which ii often relied on as an additional protection against thieves, is easily picked by the skillful use of a big gimlet and a piece of stont wire A hole is bor.ed through the door immediately above the ehain, the wire, properly bent, is inserted and the button at the end of the chain is moved in the slot by twisting the wire like a key. If the slotted casting is put on obliquely, at an angle of about 45 degrees, so that the chain most be not only slid back but raised in order to get it out of the slot, it cannot so readily be tampered with. Fish Froien by New Method. A novel way to freeze fiBh for ship ment has been invented in Denmark, which consists of dipping the fish in fresh water and then thrusting it into a vessel containing refrigerated brine. The fresh-water film around the fish congeals instantly, preventing the ac cess of the salt from the brine. So quickly does this method work that a live codfish 18 inches long was fro zen hard enough to be sawn in 15 minutes. Towerless Windmill Tireless Worker. A novel windmill manufactured in Portland, Ore., is supported by a tubu lar column, instead of the usual tower. The fans are arranged in two sections, fonr in each, and are of galvanized iron, concave, and so adjusted that they quickly receive the full propell ing force of the wind, while on the re turn they are shielded behind a mov able screen of canvas. The shield is kept in the correct position by the tall pitahaya, growing in Lower California, has been found to eontain valuable resin in its bark. The plant grows wild, is from 6 to 12 feet in height and bears a fruit that is very sweet and palatable. The resin is found only in mature plants which have died natur ally and remained some time in the sun. The resin is dark in color, with a smooth surface and hard texture. When heated it is very adhesive and could be used to advantage in the man ufacture of varnishes, electric insulat ors, and the like. Effect of Wireless Waves on Birds. Observations made in sections of the world where there are many wireless waves Indicate that birds are disturbed in a singular way by the wireless waves. It is stated that gulls are ap parently the principal sufferers, but that also large numbers of doves are in some way prevented from finding their way home when there are wire less stations in the line of flight. This strange phenomenon ib attributed to some effect of the ether waves not yet undrstood. Pasture Fence on Wheels. A portable pasture fence, made out of the framework of set pieces of fire works, is the interesting solution of fered by an Illinois farmer to the prob lem of caring for a spirited horse which runs intself out in a large meadow. The little pasture is 16 by 20 feet And the fence is mounted on wheels. One WHIM Health and Sanitation JT3i!::i?'"-.'. f;..;BE.a-; I r 1 ,4 I li 1 man can move it easily. The horse seems quite contented, and when one piece is grazed sufficiently, the fence is moved to a fresh piece. vane, moving about as the wind shifts, Ball bearings are used on all wheels. The steel tubular column is kept in rig idly upright position by guy cables at tached to the top of the column, trussed and anchored, and by a second ary set of cables guyed beneath the re volving wheel. Steel spikes set into the column form steps by which the ma chinery is reached for lubrication and repair. Remarkable Tunnel Under Mississippi. The city of St. Louis is safeguard ing its water supply by a tunnel blasted out of solid limestone, 64 feet boneatb the Mississippi river. When this new intake tunnel is completed it will be 2,766 feet long, 516 feet extending be neath the land and 2,250 feet under the river. The tunnel is tubular, 8 feet in diameter, and will be lined with con crete when finished. Three shifts work consecutively, and dynamite is emloded three times a day. A new intake tower with a modern arrange ment for the inflow of water, is pro vided, and the menace from slush ice will be reduced to a minimum, t t Cactus Plant New Source of Resin, A fruit-bearing cactus, known as the Wirless Message to Arctic Explorer. Through Canadian government chan nels a wireless message was sent to Donald 8. MacAIillan and his fellow ex plorers at Etah, Greenland, from the American Museum of Natural History. It was a "cheer-up" message of Christ mas greeting, and while no response was received or expected, it is believed the message reached its destination. Doctor MncMillan's party is equipped with wireless apparatus, although it is not able to send messages over the 1,600 miles which separate it from New York. Gathering Plant Destroying Insects, Mr. Fanner! You can now gather up the bugs and worms that infest your fields by an improved process. Reed C. Bartlett of Maupaca, Wis., has pat ented a machine to which you hitch your horse and drive about the infested . .... . j SUGAR is a nigwy eoneenirawu iwm, representing the principal food elements of Dreaa, nee, poiaioev and. in fact, of all erains. It repre sents the starch of these foods, and Btarch is a very necessary food ma terial. Soldiers have been able to endure long marches on the ready fuel supplied by sugar, but regardless of this fact sugar, like all otner concentrated iuuub, should not be used as a constant ar ticle of diet, except in very limited quantities. One of tne important reason iur avoiding sugar is that when it is pres ent in a meal in any appreciable amount, it checks the secretions of the digestive juices in the stomach and thus reduces tne amount or an me ui irestive fluids, from the stomach down. This means that there is going to be sn interference with the digestion of the meaL If you eat a considerable amount of sugar with a meal contain ing, for instance, meat, you prevent the secretion of sufficient digestive fluid ts digest the meat: hence the meat will decompose and poison yon. When sugar is present in the stomach alone, no di gestive fluid whatever is secreted, so when you eat eandy between meals it is not digested. Another reason for avoiding sugar is that it ferments very easily, and in the nrocess of fermentatio it becomes more of a poison than a food. Fur thermore, as the sugar ferments it sets ut the same process in otner roods, and thus can change a meal from food to poison. Sugar iB frequently the cause, direct or indirect, of many of our digestive disturbances. Sugar Is an irritant to the mucous membranes of both the stomach and the bowels, and much more irritating are the substances formed as the undigested sugar ferments in tne bowels. In this way sugar may cause directly catarrh of the stomach and in testines, and indirectly it may cause constipation, biliousness, and the "slug gish liver." Nervousness, rheumatism, catarrh, too much flesh and too little flesh are some of the disorders that may be caused by eating sugar in eonsid erable amounts. to give the little on cholera infantum and dysentery. If your neighbors are not cleanly and are inclined to harbor flies, speak to them about it; or notify the Health Officer. Do not buy your foods where flies are permitted to thrive. Do not allow fruits and confections to become exposed. Eternal vigilance is the price of rid dance from this dangerons pcBt The fly season is now hard upon us. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of enre. I ERE are a few hints to impress on school-children: Keep your faces and hands clean; at no time put your fingers in your mouth Unless you have just washed them. Never touch pencil points nor pens to your tongue, for you don 't know whose mouth they were in before. Insist upon fresh air at all times; ituffy rooms are a menace to health, by breeding germs and affecting the respiratory system. They stunt growth and stifle study. Fresh air contributes in a large de gree to a healthy body; if the body is healthy and strong it is more capable of resisting disease. Avoid the boy or girl who has 'little sore throat," for fear it is diph theria. The best germ destroyer is sunshine; the teacher should not shut it out The mind is brighter and learning is easier, if yon have an abundance of fresh air. It lies within the province of you school children to act as instructors to your parents on sanitary matters. The prevention of unnecessary sickness can be effectively accomplished. The first lesson should be: How to keep well. Protect the health of the school child first, last and all the time. 7 CCREEN up your home to keep out disease-bearing marauders. Keep articles of food covered in your pantry, kitchen and dining room that if an occasional fly runs the gaunt let and gets in, it will not befoul the food you eat. Watch your garbage can and see that it doesn't become a fly magnet. Gar bage cans are ideal breeding places. Watch the Btables. Manure should not be left lying around because it is the best of breeding places for typhoid and infantile paralysis flies. Keep flies out of the sick room. They may bring complications or carry dis- eaese to others. See that the deadly fly doesn't get neaer the baby. Infant mortality trace able to flies is heavy. They are liable The Arrow Points to the Hood Through Which the Insects Are Drawn. territory. On the shafts is a crossbar which supports a small engine, prefer ably of the internal combustion type. This engine is provided with a shaft which extends through a fan casing. At the end of the shaft is a suction ap paratus, and the suction caused by the pumping of tho engine draws the ver min to their doom. Alongside the en gine is a drawer which is arranged to hold the insects which have been caueht. The machine is driven over the field under cultivation in such a manner that the growing plants pass 212,000 Acres of Land Made Usable. Three hundred and thirty-two sec tions, or 212,000 acres, under the old Yakima high-line survey are restored to entry by an order received by the North Yakima land office. The re storation does not include any of the lands under the Northern Pacific high-line nor any lands for about half a mile above the Northern Pacific survey. This is taken to mean the government does not expect construc tion of the old high-line, but does ex pect the Northern Pacific project to be constructed. The latter includes 174,000 acres above the Sunny side canal in the Yakima and Columbia river valleys. The land restored is open to set tlement after May 20, and for entry on June 19. It is subject to nine pref erence Tights. through openings in a conical-shaped hood to which the arrow in the picture is pointing. When the engine is put in operation a strong suction is created and the insects which may be kuocked off by the hood in its passage over the plants are drawn up the shaft, from which they are discharged through the gooseneck into; the perforated cyl inder and then into the drawer for destruction. Street-Railway Transfer! Counted by Weighing. In many street-railway offices trans fers are now counted by the simple and rapid method of weighing. All thee transfers in the two batches is thus the main pan of the scales. In place of the usual weight, a pan containing a given number of transfers, usually 25, is slid along the bar for securing a balance, the relative weight of the transfers in the two batchese is thus determined, and from this the number of transfers in the batch being weighed is secured. We will be Pleased to correspond with you in relation to any condition perta-ining to dental work. Twenty years' practice in Oregon. DR. M. A. JONES 245 Washington St., Portland, Oregon AN IDEAL COUNTRY HOME Only 14 miles from Portland, 4 miles from Beaverton and Reed ville, mile to graded school and church. Macadamized road tele phone and rural delivery. 104 acres, 80 in high cultiva tion, with 50 acres in clover. 8-room modern house, 2 large modern barns with water piped all over the place. 14 head of cows, 1 bull, 2 heavy mares, hogs, chickens, wagons, buggies and machinery. A fully equipped farm. Only $17,000. Will consider some trade. THIS WILL NOT LAST. WRITE US TODAY. KELLER h DEAL The Live Wires. Lumber Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon.
