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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1931)
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CHECK water l DRAINAGE I SYSTEM [ FOR LEAKS In checking for the cause of wa ter in the basement, first see if the eaves, gutters and downspouts are carrying off the water from the roof in a satisfactory manner. The downspouts should lead in to a storm sewer, dry well, open water course or some other suitable out let. If this situation does not exist, a good way to keep water from the basement walls is to set up a .board underneath the downspout to direct the water away from the sides of the house. Another remedy for this is to grade against the basement walls. This grading should extend at a considerable slope from 8 to 10 feet from the walls. The ground should be planted with grass or sodded. Still another method is to run a concrete pavement around the house from two to three feet wide. This prevents water gathering close to the cellar walls and slowly seep ing in. Tiling Often Helps In low, damp places, where there is a large amount af water in the subsoil, a draintile system is some times installed around the footings to carry the water away before It can find its way into the basement. 5Ovdep grading prevents •• MOIST BASEMENTS ■ To lay the tile, dig a trench ad joining and to a depth of a few inches below the level of the bot tom of the cellar floor but not be low the footing level,” Vincent B. Phelan of the United States bureau of standards advises. "The tile should be at least four inches in diameter and should be laid so that the grade of fall will be smooth and as sharp as possible i to avoid settlement of mud within the pipe. Cracks between the joints should be covered to prevent against sediment running into pipe. The pipe should be connected to an out let similar to those recommended for the downspouts.” Waterproofing a wall is another way to keep water out of the base ment. Of course, the best place to apply the waterproofing material is on the outside of the wall. This prevents moisture from entering the wrall at all. Waterproof Coating Some of the various coatings ap plied are cement plaster, for homes where ground-water conditions are not especially bad and dampness is only to be guarded against, and a bituminous coating, where more than mere dampness exists. The latter material may consist of a simple coating of coal-tar pitch or asphalt, or may be a build-up cover ing of alternate layers of the bi tuminous material and tar paper. Frost and running w’ater has a tendency to crack cellar walls and floors. Water seeping through the cracks wears them larger until it runs through freely. [waterproof THE CELLAR WALL “If the walls are in good condi tion otherwise, minor cracks and places where mortar lias fallen out may be repaired by an unskilled workman,” Phelan says. “If, how ever, a wall is badly cracked and crumbled and beyond the aid of minor repairs, it may be necessary to engage an experienced workman to reconstruct all or part of the wall.” How to Fix Cracks For minor repairs the amateur workman should proceed as fol lows: First chip out the mortar be tween masonry courses and brush out the joint to remove all dust and loose particles. Before applying new mortar, dampen the joint. A mixture of one part of cement to two and one-half parts of sand, or one part cement to three parts sand is recommended in ordinary cases. For damp cellars, however, a one to two mixture is better. The finished work should be wet down daily for several days to in crease the strength of the cement. A damp cellar can be dried out considerably by giving it more ven tilation and sunlight. This is ac complished by cutting more win dows in the basement walls. Ordin arily, this is a job for an experi enced workman. A coat of whitewash will greatly aid in brightening the cellar. Pennsylvania Plans Psychiatric Hospital Harrisburg, Pa., —(UP)— Penn- ! •ylvanla will have a State Psych laric Hospital as a center of leader ship in training physicians,nurses and other personnel for mental in stitutions; for research and for in Prerision in Measuring Distance. Dr. O. J. Lee in Scientific Monthly. Perhaps the most accurate work Of distance measurement ever done was carried out under the direction of Col. William Bowie in measur ing the distance of 22 miles between two points on Mt. San Antonio and Mt. Wilson in California as a base line for Michelson's determination of the velocity of light. The probable error is not greater than one part In 6,800,000, or about two-tenths of an inch in 22 miles. The princess who could feel the presence of a pea through seven thick feather mat Jbtmscs was no more sensitive than tensive study of mental institutional pioblems, and for vigorous treatment of selected groups of patients, ac cording to a statement by Governor Gifford Pinchot. The hospital will be established at Pittsburg, where the Universi ty of Pittsburg has offered the state a site for the institution. A the engineers who checked and tested every tape, every instrument and every operation in this notable achievement in measurement. BEAR HUNTERS USE PLANE Great Falls. Mont. — <UP) —An airplane is the latest aid to bear hunters. H. C. Hollenbaek. a pilot, William Gettman and C. E. Berk ner flew from here to a meadow in the Dry creek canyon, organized a brief hunting expedition, bagged a black bear and flew home again. WILDCAT PUZZLES SHERIFF Tevarkana, Ark., — (UP) — Sheriff Walter Harris had a pres legislative appropriation has been granted to begin preliminary work, “BY ANY OTHER NAME’’ Some folks adopt a high hat role With words and even phrases; Grandiloquent, they e'er consign The simpler terms to blares. Of itching toes they never speak, But blurb of ath’letes foot; Smoke menace, too, they will dis cuss, But never mention soot. Perhaps by euphony they think To mitigate an evil; Curculionidae may not Throw such a scare as weevil. But I can't love a hopper more, Nor hold his visit proper. When entomologists discourse On influx of orthroptera. —Sam Page. But Unde Sam Owns No Wheat. From Minneapolis, Minn. Journal, The country has been assured by Chairman Stone of the farm board —as it had previously been assured by his predecessor—that the gov ernment has not gone into the grain business in competition with private enterprise; that the Farm ers National Grain corporation is itself a private co-operative enter prise owned by wheat growers through membership in consti tuent co-operatives, and sponsored and protected by the board, but not the property of the board. But now that Wyandotte county, Kansas, has assessed for taxation 22,000,000 bushels of the National Grain corporation’s surplus wheat stored in Kansas City terminal ele vators, the corporation has prompt ly appealed to the state tax com mission for exemption. As the only valid ground for tax exemption would be government ownership of the wheat in question, the appeal implies that the National Grain corporation’s officers regard the wheat they hold as government wheat, and net as the property of the growers making up the corpor ation’s constituent co-operatives. To state the case more simply, the government is not in the grain business on days when the farm’ board’s policies are under scrutiny, but only on days when states at tempt to tax the Farmers National Grain corporation's hoarded wheat. SMALL BUILDING STRONG Portland, Ore.—(UP)—One of th» strongest buildings in the world will be built on lonely Tatoosh Island, off the Washington coast. Although it will be only a small structure, to house a federal weather bureau, it was designed to withstand severe earthquakes and winds of 120 miles an hour velocity. The island is on the fault passing from the Aleutian Islands to California. FAMOUS LION KILLED Safford, Ariz. — (UP) — “Old Slinky,” known as the thousand lion of the Graham hills, will terrorize ranohers no more. He was killed this summer by Wiley Shirley, govern ment hunter. The lion, hunted for months, was an astute beast, it be ing estimated that he killed $1,000 worth of livestock before falling vic tim to Shirley’s gun. DOG GUARDED LIQUOR Mobile, Ala. — (UP) — While a fellow officer held a vicious dog in check outside by feeding him tidbits and patting him on the head a deputy sheriff climbed through the window of a house here am) confiscated liquor inside. A Bad Start! From Answers. Mary’s Admirer (meeting her father for the first time): I—er— have the advantage of you, I be lieve ! Father (grimly): You have! I’ve just changed into my slippers. ent given to him recently—and he does not know Just what to do with it. The present was a ferocious wildcat that was captured by a friend. HARD YEAR TOR STORES Cambridge, Mass. — (UP) — In 1930 the average department store in the United States failed to earn a profit after charging interest on invested capital. This is the report of the bureau of business research of the Harvard school based on a survey of earnings of 800 represen tative stores, with sales in excess of $1,700,000 000 COUNTY BO.\KD ASKED TO CUT BUDGET Planklnton, S. D. — (Special)— The board of county commissioners met to consider the proposed budget for 1932 last, week and were waited upon by a delegation of farmers asking that it be reduced to the lowest possible amount. Most of the agitation seemed to be directed against road work and deputy hire. The board adjurned for a week without taking any definite action DAIRY HAS BIG LOSS BY FIRE fine Plant Near Chamber* lain, S. D., Destroyed by Mystery Blaze Chamberlain, S. D. — (Special) — The Riverside dairy six miles south of Chamberlain was almost wiped out by a mystery fire Friday afternoon. A mammoth horse and cattle barn, a new silo, milk houses, granary, feed house and several other small buildings burned. About 60 tons of hay. and 150 bushels of corn and oats, oesides milking equipment and machinery was burned. An estimate of the dam age is $15,000. All builldings were covered by insurance but the grain feed and machinery was a complete loss. M. F. Cranny and sons are owners and operators of the dairy DECREASE SHOWN IN GAS TAX COLLECTIONS Pierre, S. D. — — Gasoline tax collections during July totalled, $521,274.67, a decrease of nearly $14,000 from the amount received during the same month a year ago. Collections in July, 1930, aggregated $535,847.57. A decrease In tourist traffic is believed responsible for the reduction. The cigaret tax and tobacco deal ers licenses showed decreased this July compared with the same month in 1930. The tax this July totalled $39.19995 and licenses amounted to $28,393.70. Last year the figures were $46,325.05 and $30,515 respec tively. [ BUTTE COUNTY BOARD SLASHES ITS BUDGET Belle Fourche, S. D. — (Special) —Butte county commissioners in session here last week were par ing down the 1932 budget with a keen edged blade whetted on the grindstone of adversity. The great est cut on the road and bridge fund which was cut from $70,000 to $40, 000. Other department also have suffered sharp reductions#from the amounts first submitted. The reduction on officer's salar ies has not met with favor. Butte county being the only county in the state which has proposed such a cut. TOWNS NATURAL ICE SUPPLY EXHAUSTED New Underwood, S. D.—(Special) —The extreme hot weather of the last few weeks together with the short ice crop of last season have exhausted the supply in the local • ice house of Virgil Baldridge. Manu factured ice is now being trucked from Rapid City. A number of homes are now equipped with elec tric refrigerators and the city meat market has an ice machine which lightens the demand for ice. FARMER ACCUSED OF FIRING OWN BARN Mitchell, S. D.—(SpeciaK—Fol lowing an investigation by Charles Tice, deputy state fire marshal from Mitchell, David E. Wipf of Freeman was bound over to the Hutchinson county circuit court for trial on charges of arson and defrauding an insurance company. The preliminary hearing was held at Olivet August 7, before Judge S. L. Clark who bound Wipf over to circuit court on $5,000 bond. Wipf was accused of setting fire to a barn on his home in which five horse/ were burned to death. NEW TRUCK LINE FROM GAYVILLE TO SIOUX FALLS Pierre, S. D,- —The Dobash Transportation company of Sioux Falls has been granted a certificate by the state board of railroad com missioners to operate a truck line between Sioux Falls and Gayville, via Alcester, Burbank, Vermilion and Meckling. The request was approved after a hearing at Sioux Falls at which the proposal for a new truck line was supported by Sioux Falls and Ver milion chambers of commerce. Rail connections between these points are indirect, it was explained, and there are no direct truck lines fur nishing the service proposed. GROTON BAND CONCLUDES SERIES OF CONCERTS Groton, S. D.— ( Special)-The Groton Municipal band has con cluded a series of weekly concerts In the city park under direction of C. V. Sperati, formerly of the local public schools but now director of instrumental music in the Austin, Minn., public schools. The concerts were sponsored by the city and at tracted large audiences throughout. NEW FREE PAPER APPEARS AT CANTON Canton, S. D. — (Special) —The first issue of the Canton Advertis er. a new bi-weekly paper was dis tributed Saturday. The paper is pub lished by the Osbon Print shop and is delivered by carriers free to Can ton citizens and to farmer viators in town. It Is to be published on Wednesday and Saturday each week. FOUR IN FAMILY HAVE PTOMAINE POISONING Geddes, S. D. — (Special) —The four members of the Mont McAlis ter family of this city were taken dangerously ill as a result of pto maine poisoning, caused by eating left over cold pork. The family had attended the an nual picnic of the Civic club at Rest Haven and had brought home part of their lunch. They are under the care of Dr. C. L. Bury and will recover in * few days. THIS CURIOUS WORLD Tif DlNOSAOR. SfeOSAUQUS CdAS MOQE Twan TtueNV r^fT ZOM6. 6JT (T HaO a zi ounce, BftUM/ EME&i Y£^P_ Tue MMA&E done ey iH&cte NouiFiestHe U&0R Of ONE /MfU-IOM F/PwTaho FLOU>£BS of 7HS A?R\CAt\ BAomi i mt HtA scwvicc, me IzLL Daily Health Service Copper-Containing Foods Help Build Blood, Survey Shows OYSTERS. LIVER, PORK CON TAIN AMOUNTS OP MINERAL BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN. Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association, and of liy gria, the Ilealth Magazine Recent research carried on in many institutions has indicated anew the Importance of minerals In various food substances. These minerals are concerned primarily with the building of blood, but also with other processes of growth and repair in the human body. Not only iron and copper are important, but there seems to be some question as to the exact parts played by manganese, zinc, nickel, and other metals. Investigators In the University of Wisconsin Jound that the addi tion of copper to the diet was of great importance in rebuilding blood In anemia. Investigators in India and elswhere believe that mangan ese is of Importance in improving growth and that it, as well as cop per, is concerned in the develop ment of hemoglobin, or red dbloring matter, in the blood. Because of these facts investigat ors in the University of Wisconsin have recently been making a study as to the amounts of these elements available In various food substances. They find that|10 foods are particu larly high in their manganese con tent. These o r blueberries, whole wheat, split peao, navy beans, cho EXPLORERS SEND HOME 1 STRANGE FOREIGN PLANTS t A Washington, D. C.— (NEA) — Foreign climes have yielded to plant scientists of the office of foreign plant introduction, of the depart ment of agriculture, several inter esting plants which, it is hoped, will be adapted to soil conditions in the United States. Several of these plants are de scribed by Knowles A. Ryerson, chief of the office. There is a palm tree which yields an edible vegetable from its roots, a sugar from its sap and a fragrant fruit; a potato substitute which grows to the size of a pumpkin, and a blueberry that grows well on dry, 6andy soil. Then there is a raspberry with fruit three-quarters of an inch long, a type of Japanese grass which is expected to be of value for use on golf courses, a 35-foot tree, the leaves of which may be substituted for spinach and honey suckles which, after blooming, bear an edible fruit. May Not Thrive Here “Seeds and cuttings of these any many other plants brought in by the office's explorers from all parts of the world are being planted and grown experimentally in parts of the country deemed most suitable," j Ryerson advises. "Many probably will not gcrmin- j ate, and some which do germinate * probably will not tlnive in the cli- ’ mate of the United States. "For these reasons it is Impossible to say which will prove to bo satis factory for cultivation in this conn- t try, although many which will not ' grow in the states undoubtedly will do well in regions such as Hawaii, the Philippines and other tropical countries under administration of i the United States.” All Is Not Joy This everlasting search of the de partment of agriculture for new plants has Jed many a plant scien tist into danger. On a recent expedl tion into the Orient, a party was at- i tacked by tigf rs. Several natives were killed before the American scientists could beat off the animals. Not only do these explorers ex pose themselves to attack fiom beasts and hostile tribes, but they encounter disease germs of foreign nature In the dark swamps and un dergrowth of the jungles into which they grope for new food for fellow ( citizens back home. A Happiness Test. i Prom the Chicago Journal of Com merce. Columbia university has com pleted a test of 500 men between the ages of 17 and 35 years, that measured their individual happiness —the only thing of the kind we ever heard of. In general the test showed even temper, health and re ligion to be sources of happiness. Some sources‘of unhappiness were listed, among which were worry, personal appearance, bad habits, money matters, laziness, lack of freedom and education, sex diffi culties, love affairs, family trou bles and heavy responsibilities. No report is made as to what pro portion of the 500 now are reason ably happy, or think they are. We are wondering when was our happiest period. Tt may have been in our early married life, but the one event that made a close second in our happiness, was when we got all our debts paid after 25 years of in Maple Syrup 50 Years Old Still Kept Flavor Andover, Ohio — (UP) — A can •f maple syrup 50 years old, found in the attic of her home, still was of goed flavor and quality, Mrs. Fanny Lindsley reported. The syrup was made by her late husband, who iad a nationwide trade. 5 Plus 0 Equals 9 Here’s a five-piece wardrobe you ean make into nine different cos tumes without adding a single thing! Ope white drew* one white lack debtedness. We are not opecting. great happiness now, such as ante to us after our son returned home from the World war safe and sound. Of all things those we desire most now arp freedom from pain and peace of mind.. There are 1,000 things wc have U be grateful for now, daily joys with out which life would not be worth living, and we have become recon ciled to pain, so long as It does not become intense. And whenever we write a column that we think n» good, it yields pleasure. Up and Down. Prom the Humorist. Two members were talking in -the smoking room of the club “I understand your wife thought of taking up law before she mar ried von.” remarked one of them to his friend. “That's right,” replied the oth er. "But. now she’s content to lay it down.” et, one colored dress, one jacket in the same color, one print dress combining the color and tire wliite. The trick is this: Each dress worn alone makes a total of Hues costumts; and each dress worn with each of the two Jackets makes she more costumes. Result, nine cos tume variations. CONTRASTING EVENING COLOR One way to get the fashionable color contrast into the evening cos tume is this: Have a black velvet wrap lined in a color that cofitfasts with the dress but matches the Jcw *lrv and yiinoersi colate, beet greens, bananas, kidney beans and chard. Copper va» lea from a very small amount in celery to a very high amount in calve* liver. Poods that contain good amounts of copper are oysters, beef liver, mush rooms, currents, chocolate, split peas pork, liver and lobster. Ten foods particularly high in iron are beef liver, spinach, lima beans, calves liver, navy beans, lean beef, chard, watercress, kidney beans and oy ster*. It is obvious from these facts that anyone who eats a widely varied diet with good quantities c»l the various meats, fruits and vefetabie* that have been mentioned will get all of these essential minerals that he is likely to need. The average daily intake of any of tiiew' metals needs be relatively slight. It reaches barely more than one hundredth of a gram a day for any «me of them. The average daily Intake of six families indicated that the amount taken daily by any lndivkl i ual would be for mangan»«e 2 39 I milligrams; for copper 2.26, and for iron 15.46. The important fact is to realb* the value of these minerals in blood building and to see to it that the daily diet contains plentiful quan tities of the loc'Js that have beep mentioned.