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Inventions and Appliances
Health and Sanitation
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
TREE-PLANTTNO MACHL'H
SAVES TIME.
UITH a tree-planting tool de
signed by a Utah blacksmith,
the hole lfl dug, the UtUe tree
inserted and the earth packed
around the roota In one operation,
lover end. The lerer Is pressed with
the foot, the tree Inserted, and the
tool is then thrust forcibly into the
ground. A lever at the top of the
handle is then twisted to open the
blades and the Implement is screwed
around In the hole until the soil Is
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Implement consists of a bar with a
erossarm at the top and three blades
of spring steel at the bottom, some
what on the principle of the post
digger, and having a lever near the
pulverized. The planter is then with-
Old Way of Tlnnting
With Tree Men.
drawn, leaving the cultivated earth
packed around the roots of the plant.
Experiments made by the U. S.
Forest Service have shown that one
man with this tool can plant 60
small trees in SS minutes.
LIFE GUAUT) FOR RAILWAY
TRUCKS.
ROM the report of the InterBtate
Commerce Commission it ap-
pears that most fatalities and
Injuries In steam railway traffic re
sult from being struck and run over
by cars. A device has Just been pat
ented which seeks to prevent Buch
accidents by means of a revolving
wooden spool, hung on springs at
each corner of the car truck above
the rail. The spool Is dished, and is
yieldingly supported in such a poid
toln that an object, which might
ordinarily be hit by and thrown un
der the wheels of the moving car, is
truck by the dished spool and
thrown to one side, out of harm's
way.
OAS PLUG CONTACT OilVKS
1'LKX1IUI;1TY.
N INVENTION designed to give
gas fixtures the flexibility of
electric fixtures bas boen
placed on the market. Heretofore It
has not been possible to make con
nection for gas appliances wtlb the
some ease as with electric fixtures.
This advantage on the part of eloc
triclty has been partly overcome by
a wall plug for gas lamps, gas Irons
and the like, which is as inconspicu
ous as an electric plug contact. The
now contacts look very much like
electrio ones, and are so arranged
that they close gas-tight, If not con
nected. The connection 1b offected in
the same way as with electricity.
The invention Is the work of a Ger
man gas engineer.
has a set-lock or knock-off system
which penults the use of a much
heavlor compression spring than has
been used in previous air guns, de
veloping a muzile velocity of 000
feet per second. From the fac,t that
crimping the base of the ordinary
.22-caliber bullet causes deformities
of the bane which are fatal to ac
curacy, the new air rifle uses a
special sbsrp-nosed hollow bullet
which is freo from this defect.
HOUND-FRONT GAS HEATER
SATISFACTORY.
RADIATING light and beat on all
ides, a new round-front gas
boater is being mnrketed. The
round front causes radlntlon on both
sides as well as in front and the
warm, cheerful glow from tho re
flector means comfort on a cold
night, Cold air Is drawn off the floor
through the large end of the re
flector, which Is funnel shaped, and
passes directly over the fire box, up
through the small end and out at
the top of the heater. The heater
is equipped with a 3-ln. flue con
nection, permitting the freo escape
of the products of combustion.
AIR nil LE FOR PRACTICE
SAVES AMMUNITION COST.
PROFICIENCY In tho use of fire
arms conies only at the cost of
B considerable expenditure for
ammunition, One plan for develop
ing good marksman at low cost In
volves the use of a new and power
ful air rifle, the principle of which
may also be adapted to pistol prac
tice, using a special bullot with
which astonishingly good results
have boen obtained. The new fun
OSCILLATOR GIVES WARNING
AT SEA.
AN electric oscillator, for use on
ships, which announces the
presence of another ve.fsol,
locates Icebergs, indicates sea
depths and provides for the trans
mission of submarine telephono and
telegraph messages, is described in
the October Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The dovlce consists prin
cipally of a 24-inch metal dia
phragm attached to a cylindrical
case, within which is an electro
magnet actuating a copper sounder.
The oscillators, when iu permanent
position, are placed Inside of a
ship'B skin, beneath tho water line,
on both the port and starboard
sides. Vibrations of the diaphragm
amounting to a movement of one
tbouHandth part of an inch and re
peated with great rapidity throw
out sound waves under tho water
which may be caught by the re
ceiving apparatus on another ves
sel. Signals of this kind have been
heard at a distance of thirty miles,
while at shorter ranges numerous
telegraphic conversations have been
carried on successfully. In one in
stance the exporimcnters actually
talked between two Bhlps. In locat
ing icebergs, it Is tho echo which
gives warning of the prcsenco of
danger.
When sharpening a pencil stick
the knife blade through a slip of
paper and it will act as a guard
to prevent tho lend dust from soil
ing the fingers.
Cash Register Bargains
Our prices about half other doolers. We
pay highest price for second-hand regis
ters. We do expert repairing and guar
antee our work. Will exchange to suit
your requirements. SUNDWALL CO., 805
kind avenue, Seattle. Phone Main 1180.
HIDES
rtJBR, WOOL, PIH.TS, ETO.
UIBBARD-STEWABT CO.,
SMtU. With.
Writ for Price List and
BhiDDlnf Tain.
(PIuim nnr,tinn this ppr.)
HEALTH THOUGHTS.
A WELL KEPT ALLEY pays bet
ter dividends than well kept
cemeteries.
Disease Is at the root of nine
tenths of poverty, therefore to pre
vent disease is to banish nine-tenths
of poverty.
The conference on Race Better
ment held In the spring at Battle
Creek, Michigan, la another evi
dence of the great interest - being
taken In the general health of the
race.
Laundries and other places where
clothes are washed In New Orleans
must secure a certificate from the
city regarding the sanitary condi
tions before they can continue their
work.
Any school, whether It was built
one year ago or twenty, can be kept
clean, sanitary and free from the
germs of contagion.
Whooping cough Is the cause of
12 per cent and measles 9 per cent
of all deaths under five years of
age.
There's some hope that the rising
generation will be cleaner than the
present the public schools are in
stilling ideas of civic as well as per
sonal cleanliness.
The record of deaths only register
as It were, the wrecks which strew
the shore, but It gives no account
of the vessels which were tossed in
the billows of sickness, strained and
maimed as they often are by the
efforts of recurrent storms. Regis
tration of sickness would tell us of
the recurrent storms and enable us
to trim our vessels to meet them.
Donnybrook, North Dakota, has
the right spirit. One week a butch
er and a druggist offered 5 cents
apiece for every fly found in their
place of business. At the end of the
week only 15 conts was expended.
Some restaurants would be bank
rupt In a week.
The day should come, and Is corn-
ling, when the health officer will do
Note his entire time to health work
and receive Just compensation, there
for.
With reference to flies and food
there are two things to be dose.
Kill the flies as rapidly as possible,
but until they are killed, protect
the food from the flies by suitable
coverings.
A city should protect its citizens
by thoroughly fumigating honaes
where consumptives have lived. It
should also vaccinate its people
against smallpox.
Pasteur says it Is within the
power of man to remove all para
sitic diseases from the world.
Don't forgot that one of the high
est costs of living is preventable
disease.
The United States appropriated
11,700,000 for public health service
In the' Philippines for the fiBcal
year ending December 31, 1914.
More than one-half of the human
race is destroyed by germs of dis
ease. The points of entrance for disease
germs are the nose, mouth and skin.
Before school work Is begun
every school room in the United
States should be thoroughly fumi
gated. The prevention of disease is the
greatest service which the medical
profession can perform for man
kind. Disease germs are more eaRlly de
stroyed as they come from the body
of the sick than after they have
been spread abroad.
In fighting preventable disease
use publicity and not secrecy.
It the bather in cold water re
mains until the body is chilled it is
harmful.
In sanitary provision the farm
should not be forgotten.
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HOP GROWERS
ATTENTION You know that the time Is not tar
off when your hop-yurd will be un
profitable. Why not plant a (iraf(-d
Vroomnn I''riin(iietlo Wulnut Tree in
every fifth hill each way of your
yard? As you cultivate your hops
you will be cultivating tho waluut
trees without additional expense. As
walnuts can be dried in bop dryers,
you are already equipped to bandlo
this crop. Look into the possibilities
of this coming industry. We are pre
pared to give you information, as we
have a bearing walnut grove and
have made a study of this business.
Write for our booklet on soils, cul
ture, varieties, etc.
Ferd Groner & McCIure
HILLSBOBO, OBEQON. ,
New Quarters a Success
Since moving into our new quarters
first of June, our cream shippers have
Increased in large numbers. Yet, w
need more ercam to mako WHITE
CLOVER riUTTEIl. We guarantee
correct weights and tests; remittance
every shipment If desired.
T. S. Townsend Creamery Co.
NEW HOME,
E. Seventh and Everett 8ts.,
i'ortland, Oregon,
What do you think
OF THIS?
3,000,000 Acres
FINE FEEE HOMESTEADS
and Montana Deeded Lands
IS to 140 an Acre
Ready for the plow.
Yields SO to 60 bu. wheat,
Oats, barley, flax, bay, etc, la
proportion.
Finest InUsd Climate.
Land Bold on Crop Payment
Plan.
Low fare Homeseeknrs ' Ex
cursions on first and third
Tucaduyi of each month.
Western Immigration Agent,
CM. BT. P. EY.
End and Cherry, Seattle, Wash.