Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 191, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1922 Page: 6 of 8
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SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY-,- FEBRUARY 2 4
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WOMEN'S
THE- CflEERFl/L Cmlb
t?nw Imtfyej:*, STid ltJie tllfft<rMk£;^Ktt
gave ^Eto>
Kaniier-s Tul.c |jut Pluiucs.
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t*eorge Washington Tea.
TllO OIK h O lid l ed MUtl jilttrtfpffi"
■■HP IBHPHP VMI^
ihei>ar> , : tieorgr Washington
IdrtyUday via* delightfully
-^"ItwiU'StUiy afternoon wilJt a tea
l irt
observe*!
by
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lht> Parent-Teachera*. 4
tin- \Vabliihytoj^*rtio
Tim ttryffr ikull of. I Ik* School build-
ing wan converted into a miniature nvr
t'Jtorium, u rf i # 11 ca 11 y_ jtfoeortfftd , with
luuny lanuv au£^|KsaUUful Hug* and
exquisite fcrna. Tlio a'ajpi outlined
Itl* ttie national ^trioi's. had an es-
pecially appioprlate hack ground. Ou
The right wa> a llfeszod figure of
George Washington, and on iho trfi
was (in Indlun^itli his feuUu ri and
Hit paint.
pttjdht of tlx.' primary grade*,
opened tin- program with u sttrring
patriotic song All of the number*
were-given by pupih, and each one
~ win heartily enjoyed and enthusiasdl-
e^lly fftwiea. Tli*. playlet, "Little
JtrotUer," was .splendidly reiider< d and
portrayed many valuably lesaous Of
loyally and pfttrMim
At the eV .se of the program; Miss
( Mat tie Puilcn, priHripuI, Invited all
the nn>th( rs to linger awhile and en-
joy a social. liour over the tea cups.
Tea was hi*rveil in one of the class
rooms to the many guests. and the
V/e get \Jr\iX we ^re-
urartky of,
I tkmk JVtd tKe otker
d%.y*
Bat when I look
movie Jtt-rs
T firvd it Wtrd
tolTeel tktt
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PIT
ion
UACCUIfcfcS
USMIU.VHOA Or THE
ks Install.
Mrs. Mark Andr vvs,
A clever coptest \Vas a qncstlon-
naire, ausu.ers to which were found
in the Utbl< h>s«ajM for the ipuiirtei.
In HiIh Mr* Tom Knotty and Mix.
Ihnnnii Mjl< a lit <1. Mrs. Km.! | receiv-
ing ii bunch of pr&tj 'sweei pens at
ter jdfu )vj ug~*i rarest——
A KiM-ial hem was enjoyed, and
Mrs. Hui^'etl served cuke and ereiim,
and nans sotici eclair. Plate fdvora
were, tiny ha tel.eta tied with ribbon
and a luluch of eherres.
'Ui< Woinei>'« iteueilr ^\i >«onatiou
of the Mme:;f<v> In i«l }>yhlie tfiHtttl-
hU4<m servhe U'lmi awiny i«H;ht ai ilie.r
hall. Mary Moort of Dal aa a< (
, log as jtiatolllag otHcer. - '
I he hall was UiKtcfidljr thM orated
for th< ijtiaKlon. The trombone jt&lo!
^}*y MiiHter tiri rue Franklin JdmTh. Ihtr
r.jullng by MNh lirnslt of Carr-Uur-'
de'h , and tin fOttll si,!u |$y ||r«.
c'l|fi>ird Ituy wert. heartetu.-«n<d,
each rcspondiiiK giaiiously.
The Hag wrrv iee vi.ith t hc,f* trr «olnf
leurcrs v\(is y. ry 4imj ri^ivo and the!
floor \vorjt i-v a tea-ii of ten ladieti
\\:is benm.Judy carried i ut. . J
The f.dTi'wiufc olfieerH were' infstali ;
ed r Mrs. MoHn Rtepln us., eomntaii-
der(): Mi>. Ann Miller, junior coinniaU'*
dor-: Mix, Mn$y K. l^mitam, UetHemtnt
i< inniaiakr; Mrs. Myrtle Hunter, pas?
(omuxam^er: Mr.v Alary Bevaits, ehai>-
pluin; Mr* Jlertha K atley, record
keep«'r: Mix. Kiiiiiiu Staphs, colleittor;
Mrs. Irene )tpheftai iady-al iirnih;
Mrs. Louise 1 lugging sergeant; Mrs<
Hlatiehe i'hnrr. seutlu 1: Mrs. Uusa*
r.uloi'd. j ieliel'; Mrs
president ciao^ilmejitcd jhi!« juublitlty
ehalrma ti en b« 1 work for the 'mouth. '
'JSbff'budget fystijii" was adopted- fconit'
mouths ago,- iirnl the pftNideid rc-
(lueat^d inemhtrK fo bring their pledge
to the In^fut^s ihwtingH, 4Fttvit iration«
foi the Sodety were disvinsed, and
the .S^nHjtiy V.Vnt on record} to bring
up -their «|t'ot;t for The Dintrlet eotivfen-
Uoju. whicli me ts in tiaincsvUte March
2£-2<J. At t Ik nnalusinii, M: w Whar-
ton sci vetl jsu ^oTad e(>urw 11 '■ '
elu
and
t«« a I SHU twelve guesiff.
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Leonard, Feb. iiL- -A month ago the
Farm I^iIm^ Fniou asked the telephone
exchange at-this place to reduce Its
plume rent from $15 annum to 4i$7
which was refu^il. Aji a result the
farmer® are Jy**+njr their plumes re-
movetL—TtrtTate, 2U(> have hc^a brought
OBIVK COLDS AND DISK ASK
oi:t of voi r system.
When the !>o«vel Und Urer are
cloKgtHl. iK.dsonou« waste goes through
the entire system. Help Nature get
rkl of this watt*. Take a BOND'S
tJVRB PILL at the rery first sign of
Colds, Feyer, Headache, etc; They are
far better thaa calomel ami they cum
UBM
icr
DripIiTtig ^jtrlngs. Texas, F<b. -1
I> iaecratl -^ „
Hev. Jfir5ir Atbt rton of Sherman filled
hts regular app'utment at the Baptist
chtirch last."JSttuday,
The spelling match was Vvell at
tewd«d last Friday night. The boys
.. . ...... wm.'v,n
Man u.i. inosfei.in: '.-Mrs. Lulu rurik.erM u '
Mitl ie 1 nirhaur,—color ■
Mrs. Klixalieth Thrash-
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table w'as most attractive ivith its
lac, and I i brimry blossoms. Wedding ln\italiuiis.
The children present found their! The fdftowlng wedding invilaticr
pleasuie 1 in s|icuding their p uui< s hhve Ik^'U n-tn-ived in Mheruian:
for sweets at the booths. The east al-'j - "Mrs. iMinlel'Keiuietly 1*.-tut re<tuests
cove of th * hall i*ms transformed with ll**t honour of your pfe*ei*e at the
Its tiny flags and lighta into a bower urn triage of her daughter. Margaret
where all kinds of home-made candy K izal>e:li. to l r. John Alfred Whit;1
V ere ,«old Old ^ pretty Nisk «Is., In ou Memiay evening, the sixth of
the west alcove of the hall wa an March, at Hall after seven o'clock,
attractively dH-oratetf -y-booth '<?fliere Travis Street Methmlist <'htu*eh Sher-
'rww of dele«'(able pop-corn balls were,«« . Texas'? ^
uuickly dispoMxl of.
cnptliiu ; Mrs
bearer No. I
er. eolor bitirer No. ]£; Mrs. Jfessiv
Myers niul Airs. Louise TetUi'teton,
at ting as hid e?> of ceremony.
Mr. Fharr won the cake, which was
an aiigel fn<^ d corati'd with eheriit.-;.
Hefresiiuienf^ were served in Ko.nlu-
slon.
C hrlsiian Ltuleavor * News
Th,
1.
Items.
■Mm .CLmi—Mall -Kern of Sherman
was out vvltli her dub girls Wednes-
day. This Is fflfite an enthusiastic <Tun.
While the sn alL st chih in the county
it is one of the best clubs fit the tt uo-
ty. StttiW of The girls ar« in their
^ Id .I'd worf? The 4W*xt lesson will
bo a cooking lessou. at the home of
1 u< ile Huberts.
Mestlame?* Klchardsoit and Hunter
hott* returned to their hOmr in t>eni-
s< ii after aereral days' vfstt with Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. 'iX dd.
LJttlr. |5dyfl role hatieevied to n
very SeilOWi aee'detit Thursday even
lug when she pulled a pan of hot i;ird
To The Democrat
Wit t - horo. Texns. jKuhr i'iL.1 .ft D.
Tu I li J* I u s I m «hs.
Mr. «mr.Mr< Harry Sr*hcid. Miss
^Tlculah ltelU> Bennett and Mrs. Frank
Thomas were In Foh Worth Saturday.
MVs. <\ T. Colzin is quit t 111 at her
home in i'alias.
J. II Ouiotiundro is nvmc from Dal
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Mr. and Mrs. ,jrhirl*>r'nnrtjU_
(}. T. Sum my hod Mrs, KgJp^^fTTurba
ami son, BtjlDexter visit
ratal Mrs. II. M. Smyets nnt} c
dren of T>enisou arc guests of Mrs.
Lfoyd Tboniason. "
Mr. F.iuTu'r is in Dalian and Fort
Wort I i on business. v..
Miss Kula Brothers of Fort Worth
la the guest of friends in the eity.
Claude -Ksies is a We to be back nt
his place of business after l ett sr b-
KfUt siveral days on account of a -hrok?
en arm.
(Ji o. W. Acton of Sherman was here
on business last week...
J. IT. Klrnbrough of Siiermau was
her*- Monday.
Mr. and-Mrs. Hen flerwitz, Mrs. (1.
T. Summy, Mn:. Harber and baby and
Mrs. ituloh Burba and son, Halrd
Time of Arrival and Departtire of PaKsenpwr Trains Out of Sherman.
ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO & TEXAS (FRISCO) ^
(Lnion SI it ion.)
No. 510 deiarts.
No. IIS. d«Tl|j
Nos. 11 amt^ are through trains from Dallas to Sapulpa.
. . 8.10 g. m.
12140 a.
"4 ■
5:20 p. m.
n3:13 a; m.
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HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL.
(Union SI at ion.) -
NORTHBOUNDr
No. >.111, departs
t • • • i • • t •
No. 20, departs
Miss timmn I'ulleu's room was the
eeutei «-f attraction, for not otdy were
Bible Class LiiU rtaiued.
Misses Flora and May Belle Berry-
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Eskimo pM s dispensed, but tiie entiri h'll. enterta ined the Bible class -iS7
room was attractive with the little ( Fair view Sunday School in their home
lintehets and other emblems which . en Thursday nighf. ,
were madi by the pupils The sand , luten'sLug games ami impromptu
table with If% lake, lovely harbor, and f music furnish^ amusement for a de-
tf iy dolls represented a Oeorge Wash-1 UuliTftil evcnlag. there laxlwjj-fourteen
ie Young People's Sociyly of Cen-
tral Presbyterian Ckurcfi enjoyed a
m'ertkfast in tin woods soutji of town
Wednesday morning. Thej^met ar the off the st-ve and burned her chin and
church at 7:.'U> and hiked to the Wood* ijnd.v very ImOJy. She is- r.stln^ well
where breakfast was oooked. the a't present.
inouu consisting t f baeon, ^cinera, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holierts. rivho
buns and m'arshn :i1h ws. Almut twen- Imd tllelr home and Contents burned
ty niHiuliert? anil their friends enjoyed on Jau. 1V>. have reliuilt and moved
tiiis outing, aud if was voted to repeat Into UJfelr new homfy Mrs. Holnn ts.
it at an early date. _ _ was sr.^lwi*ia ill. at the time, has
" 'ely recover
injilon (tarty. In Miss Hroadivell's
rt*om was a table with a# tlfty log
eublu and garden, r presenting Lin-
itilu's birthplace.
Nol only was (he tea a delightful'
sodai occasion, but was a finnneif.i
sw-eeas. The proceeds wi|| _be iised-
l-.v the Pa rent-T aeheix' Association for
•the benefit of some scliool uudertak-
i ig.
Frieiulsbip Class 'Entertained.
Members of the Friendshii elass of
Central Chrltntlau Sunday school were
entertained in their semi-iuonthl>
moertng at the hom^ of their teaiWer,
Mra Itosa HatseM Thursday after-
noon.
Decoration« were suggestive of. Iho
patriotic .Heaaon, and were featured
it Ii lulillfiture hatchets and cherries.
"A devotional opened the met"ting,
script tire being read by Mrs. Iluma/i.
followed by prayer by Mr*. Batsell.
Durlkg the bnsluess session, it was
announced the next hostess would be
guest* tp enjoy the occasion.
-• At a late hour, refreshments of
cuke and ho^ clHH-olate and Eskimo
pie were wrved by the hosp sses.
David-Rryaul ScImniI Mu tl.ig. -
ji, Tht>—Parout-T+^tehor Associiit Ion tif.
David Bryant St;hool met Thursday af-
ternoon. amf after the usauj business
ii eetlejt. it orogrttm by the feactlert, w as
Mis* Esther Newton \vill I ad the
devotional at —fh'w^" Presbyterian
Christ'an Endeavor Sunday . evening
ai Mm .1. F. Peck will have
charge of the missionary devotional at
Central Pr sjiiytertau c!u:n h. ami Mr
p; M< ?;ii<.\ will ha\e eharge at (afUild
Aveiute church
^ !
entirely rWvcred.
One* of ,T hi' t'uderwood's chUdrtn
is iii wij h ^ptaaunoiUo.
Col. Frtmk Todd of Shnnaii is vis
itlng j.datives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wash F« ghk of Luello
si« nt Sumlay at W. t\ Foghs.
Jih'nvs Insurance Conr-anics,
SOUTHBOUND.
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TEXAS * I'ACIFIC.
jiiTTg
•«• * i *10: Oil 9 • m. t
'r' i*flr ' 'T?' V, *■}
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4.52 p. m.
(uakti StoH<^3 ^
tu—r
, "S.;
Herni were recent visitors in Collirvs-
ville.
Mr. Bruce of CollinsvjHle was here
Monday.
Grady lKdaslmn of Dexter was here
Monday' <m business.
Mft** Miriam Wade of Denlson spent
■ wee!; obi v illi her p;iP\nts. Mr. ami
MiSi..(tco.-H. Wede.
"isnss TJieluia Pt'rtrc*' lsp tlie'"gu^st. of
iier slaters. Mesdamcs Harnett Dowtfell
and Walter Kulb in Sherman.
WOMEN NEED
SWAMP- ROOT
No. 34 departs
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No. m, departs
No. 30, 'departs
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EASTBOUND.
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• $ •• * • •]>! • 10\H. ti)«
4:10 p. m.
, . ., . JI p. m.
• .11 {18 p. m.
••• 0 WESTBOUND.
^o. Si, thpsrts
No. Jfefc departs .
No. Ua arrives (from Cl*rksviH.e> 10^45 a. u .
ST. IX)l|S SOl"TinrBSTKR!CIPr. (COTTON BELT.)
{ EASTBOUND,
No. 2ai depart
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No. di-istrts
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i « • • « • iU !i>i ft • 111*
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WE8TBOOND.
'' a a • a e + i a* • •" i
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6:00 p. m.
N> 201, arrive*
No. 20a, arrives
W '
enroyed.
Members of the official board ex-
pressed a hone that every' mother will
make a e^ctiai effort to be present at
the nest mo^l Ing/as a sis'elnl prognt m
Jacksun. Miss-;, Feb. *M
Ktlssell,^4 a > v'eiat
(loveruor
t o tb.e
Ij being plamved; audthese mothers
wi'l Im^ interested in the .improvements
iK'Ing made. Trees and shrub* have
£>eeu planted, and an unlndstcred pail
for the couch In the rest uoom added,
since the last meeting.
flrnnd Avenue Presbyterian ehurcit
was not only the fir it society iji i;iiKs <ii^-fr-n s
Sherman to reach iU Iptota f regis- Lrgivlature Tlfursday. i harged cerlaln
trations for the District convention, llfe.iusuntnce inp;re^ts with resjjonsl-
but also won thr. distiintiou of Being Mlfty f «' the SltKVQOO breach of prom-
the first Society to- jegistcr hi re- tee v-ulf bivnght against him by Miss
quired lit; in her in tin* District. Tt is Frances Bi dhead, who also alleged sc-
-Mlitied- jtrilKir tytKilel leH -~^B:
make a good -recordC Sherman;
t, sssss
Society Notes.
Mrs. Y|. \V. Taymon hat returned
from a mn ral weeks', vinlt with her
daughter. Mrt?. E..W. Geer In Dallas.
Btcker is Robbed.
Thousand* of wttnten have kidney
and IdatldCr trouble and never suspect
it. ; . .. ,
Women s com nla iuts ofteh i trove .to lie
nothing el*e but kidney or bladder tlis-
easIC .
If the kldneya are1 hot In a healthy
eondltieu. they may cause the other oi-
garu^to become diseased.
Pa n In the back, headache, loss t f
ambition, nervousness, are often times
symptoms of khltiey trouble.
,-4-fa<K'4 tleiKy- tart ing ■ amrmtr" Dr."
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a .physician's
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Terminal Arrivals.
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10:10 a. m.
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TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY (INTERURBAN.)
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5:40 p. m.
Swe.
7.
NORTH HOUND.
IjochI ears arrive Sherman 7:00, 9:00 and lP^OO a. m., 1^)0, 3:00, 5:00,
7:00, ; :(!() aud 11^6 p, m. :
V i-.-
LimitiHl cars arrive and leave Sherman 9:15 and 11:29 a. m., 1.25, 3:25,
5:25, T:2."i and !>:25 p. m.
IxK«al cara running only between Sherman anil laniaon leave Sherman for
Denlson 0:00 a. m. and 35 minutes after each hour from 7 ;35 a. m. to 6:35 p.
-nWiMi'jitei-gta. tad 20:00 p, la——=.^==5==^==—
•vouM
City Union can wiif Flag No. 1. given
to the Cjty Union 'which wins its ipmta i
firstv Sherman City Unipu has been New York. Feb. 21.
assigned^fifty registrations. diK yesterday hehl up Jacob Wisnack. I
J :• - , ( [a,diamond biyker in Hio^iUlyu. forced tnedlately from any <:i srore.
The regular monthly business meet- Dim to enter aw automobile, drove hint
lug "of 'the First Presbyterian Senior it bhn k and after, seizing a brief case
.Soelet.v was held at the home of iliss containing £2tMM<0 vvonh of diamonds.
Catherim Wharton on Thursday. sf\uck 1dm ott the head and threw him
night. Meeting, was opened with s"ii-
the street.
SOUTHBOUND.
prescription, obtained at any drug store, j. - - '
may be just the remedy needed to over-' j Local cara leave 'Shermau 0:35, 8:35, 10:35 a.~in., 18:35, 2:35, 4:35, 0:32
-Two armed ban-1 come sir. h eotiditl-ms. . . *nd 10:35 p. irf.
(let a medium or targe slue ottle im- I . , . . , . t , „. - , .
IxK*al cars running only between Dculsou and Sherman arrive in Sherman
However " von \\5.h fir-« iest thw 10 ">ln«tes after each hour from 7:10 a. m. to 7:10 p. m., inclusive, 8:35 and
great pi iweion . . ten cerds to Or. 11:SB p; m' ******** on local ntMDitger ears.
kilm er & « Bingham toil, a, ^.. for ■ united cars arrive and lcavu Sherman 7:32, p; 32 and 11 ^2 a. m., 1:32,
1 tuple hfcttlc. A ii 'it vritin;* lie sure j .Z2 p „ ,
and mention this paper.—,Adv. , (
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Unlimited Resources of Power Only a Short Dis-
tance Away, it tyle Could But Get At Them and
Turn Them to Account for Industrial
and Other Purposes.
BY RENE BACHE i
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mm>:i m
H -Ft
mmm
ita utilization pmetirablo.
Ther® arc.' however, exceptions.
There. It nil^ht be said, are Illustrated
In a email way by certain "fumaroles"
la Southern Italy and Sicily, from
Which there Is a steady escape cf
•train. People trap the. steam and put
it to-Work. v"";
There Is a project now on foot to
ffet power from the crater of Kilauea.
la the Hawaiian islands. That is a
volcano lather unique Jn its way. Not
only is It isolated." having no cpnnec-
tien apparent^ With any other vent,
hut It is neithtir explo^ivi nor irregu-
lar In its activity.
Navarthelesa, it if continuously ac-
tive at all times,- the crater-r-a pit
t,K00 feet In diameter, with perpen-
dletilar sides—containing a lake of
liquid lava It looks like a Kiggntic
pot of. boiling mimh. the mplten stuff
, .. ^ . ,j soipctiiiies rising to within sixty-odd
ly h y .re groups In h,t,.rlM. Mont, „f lht, a„rt „. tlm„
"*l" slnftm* IB I"," fi'Ct h-lnw It. Tall
llAT ahail we do for fuel ?
Our petroleum will be prac-
tically gone in another twenty-
Ave years. Our available
stores of coal can hardly last tnWe
than a couple,of centuries-at utmost,
A plentiful fuel supply la the buala
on. which the whole structure of our
civilization Is erected. - We must have
unlimited power. From what source,
in the near future and thereafter. Is
It to be obtained?
• Fhe puzzle seems exasperating,
whpp ttja. considered that directly be-
neath our feet, within a few mile.1! of
pp. are Inexhaustible reservoirs of
fire. Somehow. In sony way. wo ought
to be able to draw upon them for all
the energy tfrr can ever need. '.
Scattered over the surface of the
earth aro many vent-holes through
Which the fiery stuff of the globe's
Interior is now and then belched. W<
call them volcanic craters. . Common
4 ' Y i', ■ A
and unite recently it erupted with no
jonall violence. 1":. . w ers say that
there la lITOUgh tire in> dc of it to ruji
all the ..machinery l r tjiila ceuntry—if
only it could be utilized.
A tunnel driven horisoutaily fropi a
point. 2.r oa feet below the crater would
have to oxtend not more than a mile
to reach rocks hot enough to forbid
.-BPiPms
•W •' '<■?.,yyi, Sk.<pff> TI
wmmmSm
v
sf fcx. cx/x^
its further extension. Frem thence - , . ..
further progress could be'made by mg4 nna4 o mo 1
C
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PClee. which blew ita hsad off 1n IP02.
is o«* of the big guns of such n bat
tery located on the Islands of the
Lesser Antilles. Another battery In-
cludes Vesuvius Ktna. and Stromboll
•—the last named of which has re-
cently been erupting in an alarming
fashion.
Just An Ash Pile ^
, A volcano, no rnatxor bow big. is
•imply anv;i|gh-pt!e deposited around
the mouth of a pipe or chimney that
•xtenda downward twenty rollea or
more into the bowtl* of "the planet.
1U activities. 1h ordinary casoa, ^re
tyq tumult uous and ifregwU*' to n«^ta
fountains of -Ham0 constantly spring
up from the surface, and there «r *
noises as If of an fmpriSOneg giant
blowing, snorting and coughing.
. Here IS an Immense store of energy,
representing millions of continuous
horsepower, going to waste 'Cannot
n portion of It b? turned to useful ac.
count In some way? Tfbat Is the
problem which engineer# are now
trying to work out. . J ) "
We hav*. within the limits o^ the
U&it*d States, ope active volcano—
Lnssen Teak. It> Southern California.
Tt It A roriitd*! s' "<♦ re.--'otalb, ita ium-
uiiv^ u;*ar'ly, 'two- ab'oea !4<A ;i«sel.
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their toil. lukVfr to l e constarftly show-
ered with cold water." Only four miles
down Is a focus of volcanic heat-1-a
In the Yellow-
:ore'-drills, the holes thus made being ,tono Nj4tional Park the flames of a
carried far «h >ugh to reach the : literal hell rage not far befOW the sur-
niolt'en stuff inside the mountain.]Of the ground, as evtdeneed by
Steani "_,,f>d not t e fetched out of tke . boiling., springs and other plutonic
mountain ip order to use It. One or phenomena; and in the Ffre Hole dl -
more large ehambers cut out of the ' trict the whole countr>- a^^ms to be
rock, far inside, would contain all1 on fire.
requisite machinery. With a plentiful j if a place were chosen where the
"JVV /yjrtr /r^TA'/cro - rvz*:
I wjLC*/va r*yrr car/rswrQ
m/povcrss "Hcofr/wrsP/sye'
in the midst of vast volcarilc flelds.'
Even though they seem to hfve ex-
pired. there la no assurance tha^ they
liiay nol again burst forth at any
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supply of superheated steam, engines
could be run for operating dynamos,
whereby the powfr would be convert-
ed Into electricity, which could be
transmitted long distances oVer wires
for industrial and other tiaes.
Holes. Through Earth's Crust
The Whole idea for utilizing sub-
terranean ftrrts I« new aijd as yet un-
developed. Plenty of people w!!l„de-
Clare it visionary and Impracticable,
but that if* always the way where any
subterranean rtres were not too deep
down, a triple of pipes might be sunk
to reach them, and connection between
the two might l «*established, in the
depths, by exploding heavy charges of
TNT at their bottoms. By this mcars
the rocks down below.copld bo shat-
tered tn such wise as to permit wat^r
to flow through Crevlrea. If there-
upon a slr.alt stream, from a riycr
perhaps, were turned Into one of'the
pipes, It w>puid bo converted Into
departure yltogether novel is advo- !ML.- ..^I-Ssntic- water heater,
aud the picture of the falling water
would f^rcc 'he stcatn up through
and out of fhe other pipe, ./rho ap-
paratus would --"work - automaticllly
cated. The negative side of the case
is.unproven. <
Spme < n«ineers arc of "opinion that
It might be possible to tap those flree
by some such expedient as boring
holes downward trough the earth's
crust. It scemi a big proposition..
There would be perhaps twenty-five
miles of roftks to be pierced before
reaching molten rocks. On the other
and continuously.
\Vhat Makes A Volcano Erupt?
With all the study that has been
given to the problems of "votcanlsm,"
there is still much dispute In rsgard
to tile reasrth.wb.v of volcanic eruptions, vole
hand, there are pinr;c# where the crust : As a mile, tho volcanoes recognized as
up. ,
Illustrative of this idea (If correct)
was the great eruption o£ 1883, on the
island of Krakatoa. ln°"the Straits of
Supda, between Java and Sumatra. A
big ^lountaip btyw itself entirely to
pieces, with oaplonionii so tremendous
that they w«r* mistaken at a distance
of 2,000 miles for cannonading^ It
killed 10>000 hattvoa dwelling along
the shores of the straits, in the middle
of which, In, a single (night, there was
built up a brand-new mountain ttlro
nilles high and twenty-five miles in
circumference! •
tfJThe exploilon of Mont Pelee wa«
auother such inst<inco. On that oc-
casion, It was reckoned, enough ma-
terial was ejected and distributed
Over the surrounding ocean to equal
the bulk of the entire island of Mar-
tinique. ' It must have left a hole
down below, where it*came from, and
h&ve since then'had a no-
Is mu«h thinner.
Thus, for instance, In the ''omstoclt
mines of NJevada a temperature of 145
degreas Fahrenheit is found at a depth
of only 5.™ feet, so that the under
tlon that at any time Martinique and
lactlv* t^day are situated m IsHpds rci^hhorlpg Inlands mighl diop into
or near the sea. v,t erice the-theory H. tlisapncarlng beueath--th* ^ a. rp
that their aaplotdhn:!' , by ♦ > date, liic&Jkk fht* has not hapjrpned.
Infiltration of water. wh\'*U. finding its • J o of the greatest catastrophes of
way■'tfo niu«sae t f«nioitw. « k*. Is con- i u^e kind on record occurred hi 1^12,
order to J>ur.su* J verted tijto at* am gpft l*'te^g|^p^y AthawJ iIol t_. WW- ' Wfh
on the Alaskan Peninsula, "busted."
With a series of explosions that wer#
heard 750 miles. Intense darknew,
black as midnight In the daytime, pre-
vailed over a vast area for sixty hours,
and sulphurous fumes were distin-
guishable In Puget Sound. 1,600 mil«s
from th« burning mountain. a
A Belt Of tif ;■
A glance at the map 'will show
that a Ion* tongue of land forms an
-extension of Alaoka toward the south-
west. It is the poninSttU|.#eferred to,
which is intermittently cdntinued by
a string of islands;/(the Aleutian
Chain) that stretches nearly to Kam-
P^PIT On the penlneula and rnSj#*-
islands are no fewer than sixty-one
constantly active volcanoes. It la a
region of fire. . :'
We are far from realising that
within fairly recent times the United
States have been the scene of volcanic
activities on an epormoua scale. The
whole of the desert pehlnsula called
Lower Califth-nTh is a mass of vofcanlc
debris, with many craters still smok-
ing. That, of course, is not a part of
tlils country politically; bbt. crossing
|ii' Mexican border Into California,
Arizona an(l N'ef Mexico, one arrive*
">--1 ■. *.... ... wnMn m 'iim hi < 'n in i< i«i m<' w
in northeast Neat. Mexico la Mount
Capulln, a.beautiful4cinder cone 1,000
foet <« height, with a crater nearly a
tnilo In diameter. If the fires which
not lOng ago illuminated its summit
w^re to break out again, they would
be visible all the way from Denver to
Galveston, y
San Francisco Peak. In Mrtfc- '
central Arizona, nearly two a 4 a )
half miles high; is a mighty miM of'
lava* On the plains beneath
around it are dozens of crate**
cinder cones of great size.
Monnt Taylor, 230 miles east.
•ne of the greatest lava field® hi the I
world, covering 10,000 square miles.1
Over >90 volcanic "necke" may be'
seen In that region and #n the plateau
to the northward. ' -f •
Region Of EztiAct Volcanoes
To the north, through Idaho.
Oregon and Washington. Is a region
of glgaatlc volcanoes. From northern
California to the British possessions •
runs the Cascade Range, a chilp of 1
volcanic peaks and con^ and crdter- j.
lakes. In the canyon of the Columbia j
River are sheets of lava 3,000 , foot
thick. Shasta has a crater neatly *1
mile In diameter and 1.000 feet Seep. •
Far-famed Rainier, the highest moun- J
tain In the United States, with an 1
elevation of 14,444 feet. Ie an old
volcano.
How would you like to live in
where there are more active vol
proportion at ely to area than an.
else In the world? The Devil's kitchen
Is said to be located beneath, tho'
island. Only two years ago art ex-
plosion thaifc wiped out thlrtXfoaa
villages snd 15,000 people.
We are surely lucky to hive «o lit-
tle experience of volcanoes. But t-h
,oli'{^n S"!"*' &■
In f*v.
ilcanoes
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