Gas Training for Canada's
Naval Forces—Just in Case
The best military minds are of the opinion that pas uill make
its appearance just as soon as its use is deemed necessary, and so
mil precautions are beinp taken by wise countries to deal with the
menace, if and when it comes. Anti-pas mcthotls have been made
part of the training of Canada's naval forces. I hese photos were
made at a Canadian naval shore station.
Removing victim from gened area, f iclirn must he able to grasp
rescuer about neck as shown. Masked members of the class make
a strange sight as they stand alnnit witnessing the demonstration.
Gas frequently hangs around
for long periods in loir spots. A
sniff may kill, so these hoards
are used to mark gas pockets.
If fins persists in linrifiinn around
in low spots, a hifih pressure
stream of water will sometimes
clear it out.
Painted with special gas detect
ing chemical these boards are set
up at strategic spots. Color
changes when gas is present.
Decontamination stpiad scrub
bing the clinging gas from roof
j of their station. Mustard gas
I clings for long periods.
When gas fumes are so stubborn they tvHl not leave, the only
cure is to turn the surface of the ground, as shoivn here.
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A Writer, Local Character—-A Tale
By STANLEY CORDELL
(Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.)
WHEN it came time to run
the pipe line from the
spring to the kitchen of our
new property on Sunset
Lake, I sent for Pete Walker Pete
is considered something of a char
acter. And something of a horse
trader, too. His reputation intrigued
me, because as a dickerer, I fancy
myself as no slouch either.
Pete appeared the next morning,
riding atop an express wagon which
was loaded with implements and
tools required by a man of diversi
fied trades One look into his sharp,
blue eyes and I knew the stories
of Pete’s shrewdness were well
founded.
‘Mornin’,” he said, and climbed
down. "Understand you got a job
you want done?”
“Yes,” I said briskly, "I have.
Come along and I’ll show you."
He followed me around the camp,
and I pointed to the kitchen. "I’m
going to pipe water from the spring
up there down here," I said. “Can
you give me a price on digging the
ditch for pipes?"
Pete scratched his chin. "What’s it
wuth to you?” he asked.
Well, I thought with secret de
light, we're off. I appeared to medi
tate. “How would $2.00 be?” I said
without batting an eye.
Pete considered a minute. "I’ll
do it at that price.” he said, “if
you’ll buy your pipe from me an’
let me lay it.”
Aha! I thought. So that was it?
He'd get my promise by digging the
ditch for practically nothing, then
soak me for the pipe. "We’ll talk
about the pipe later,” I told him
crisply. "Let’s get the ditch dug
first.”
Pete looked at me carefully. I had
the uneasy feeling he was weighing
my character, and was on the point
of passing some significant remark
Pete said slowly, “1 heard about
a jigger who shot his sister because
she was goin’ to marry a guy he
didn’t like.”
when he astounded me by nodding.
“O K. I’ll dig her for $2.00. If you’re
satisfied, I guess you’ll let me sell
you the pipe.”
I was puzzled, still. So far as I
could see, there was no catch to the
proposition. I picked up a spade
and scooped out a shovelful of earth
to show him how and where I wanted
the ditch to run.
“You writer fellers,” said Pete,
“must sometimes have a time of
it gettin’ material for your stories.”
“That’s right,” I said, thinking of
the rumors I'd heard about his fund
of material. “Know any good sto
ries?”
“Well,” said Pete slowly, “I heard
about a jigger the other day who
shot his sister because she was goin’
to marry a guy he didn’t like.”
“What?" I said. “Impossible!
Don’t try to make me believe any
thing like that!"
“Matter of record." He shrugged.
"Reckon you can check up on the
facts if you're so minded.” He
picked up a shovel and drove it into
the ground.
"But good lord, I exclaimed,
"that didn't actually happen?”
"Think what yuh please. Thought
mebbe you’d like to hear about
it.”
He had begun to dig off at a tan
gent and I called his attention to
this fact, spading up the earth in a
direct line with the spring
"What was the man’s name?” I
asked.
"Newell Leighton. Seems he'd had
a rival in school. Rival's name
was Bates. Bates was bigger'n him
and a kind of bully Always taking
credit for things Leighton done an’
tormentin’ him on the least provo
cation. Leighton he got so after a
while he hated this Bates guy, an’
you couldn't blame him. Swore that
sometime he'd get his revenge.
"Well, the two of ’em graduated
from school and went out into the
world. Only before they went Bates
give Leighton a good beatin’ just on
general principles. There was a girl
on hand, name of Eva Hatch. Leigh
ton, he was in love with Miss Hatch
and he’d taken her to the com
mencement dance. Bates was drunk
and he insulted the girl; and Leigh
ton, he made objections, which was
just what Bates wanted, cause it gave
him an excuse. Everyone thought
Leighton a coward because he didn't
try to fight back. But t’want that.
Early in the fight Leighton had
broke his arm, an’ he never let on.
But pretty soon he fainted, an’ even
Eva Match laughed at his weak
ness.”
Pete paused to light his pipe and
I waited anxiously. Here was a
story worth listening to.
"About seven years later,” Pete
continued, "Bates met Leighton’s
sister and fell in love with her, and
she with him. Bates was a changed
man, but this didn't make no dif
ference to Leighton. Soon's he found
out about it he went raging mad. He
said she'd never marry that skunk.
He’d kill her first.
"Well, Mabel, that was Leighton’s
sister’s name, was a spirited little
thing, an' she up and told him to
go to blazes, as she loved Mr. Bates
and no one else could make her
happy. Leighton, he near went in
sane. He was older'n her, and be
cause their maw and paw was both
dead he felt he had a right to tell
her what to do.
"But Mabel wouldn’t even listen.
An’ pretty soon she ups an’ leaves j
him, gets out of the house, says1
she's going to Mr. Bates. Well,
Leighton follows her, sneaks up un
der a window an’ sees her in Bates’
arms. An’ he shoots her. Folks
said he was crazy, an’ I guess
maybe he was, because when Bates
came tearin’ out of the house he
finds Leighton a-sittin' on the grass
laughin' his fool head off. Which
don’t stop Bates a-tall in what he in
tends to do, because he chokes
Leighton to death then an’ there."
Pete Walker knocked out his pipe,
picked up his spade and headed for
the express wagon. "Well, now you
think over about that pipe,” he said
to me from the high box seat. "An’
if you’re the kind of chap I think
you are. I’ll get the job.”
I nodded, thinking deeply of the
story he’d told. And so I paid Pete
Walker his $2 and he drove on home.
That night after supper I strolled
out to look at the ditch, and it sud
denly occurred to me as I stood
there that it was I who had done'
most of the digging. Pete Walker,
had talked and I had dug. I chuck
led. That was shrewd all right j
Well, let him think he’d put one
over. I was satisfied with the bar-,
gain.
And so 1 returned indoors and
began jotting down notes on the story j
Pete had recited. After awhile, j
thinking to rest my mind and tackle
the thing again later with a fresh
viewpoint I settled before the fire
place and picked up the current
issue of a popular magazine. I slit
the wrapping, rolling it backwards
and opened to the first story. Some
thing about the title and the illustra
tions arrested my attention. I read,
and as I read a slow anger gripped |
me. For the yarn was the very
story Pete Walker had repeated that
afternoon.
So that was it? That's what he |
called being shrewd. I began to
laugh. And presently I stood up
and went to the phone. After a mo
ment I heard Pete’s voice. "Pete,”
I said, "I’ve decided to buy that
pipe from you, and let you lay it.”
He chuckled. “Knew you would,” \
he said. "I figured you were that
kind of a guy. You’re shrewd.”
"Thanks," I said dryly, and hung
up.
—
Pushing 'Little Woman*
Around Custom in India
There are some places in the
world where pushing the Little
Woman around is a permissible
pastime. One such place is that re
mote region in northwest India
marked down on the maps as
Waziristan.
It is an old Waziristanian custom
for husbands who dislike their
wives, for one reason or another, to
have the women's noses cut off by
the local barber. Sometimes, in
the heat of anger, the amputation is
done at home by the husband him
self and with whatever instrument
comes to hand.
If the legends of Waziristan are
true, it is ordinarily the wayward
wife who gets too friendly with an
nother man who pays for her folly,
with her proboscis. But, it is said,
lesser offenses—such as nagging
too long and too loudly—also have
been paid for with severed snouts.
The old-line Waziristans defend
their ancient custom by pointing out
that there are other places in the
world where law and order was
maintained among the womenfolk of
the community by methods that may
seem a little drastic to outsiders. In
: Siberia, for example, there is a tribe
called the Hanghis. The Hanghi
men are absolute masters of their
wives and it is their habit, when
they want to chastise the girls, to
take off all their clothes and lock
them out in the Arctic weather for
awhile to think things over.
During this cooling-off process the
women are denied anything to eat
—and if they run away they are
beaten, not by their husbands but
by the old women of the tribe who
seem to find a grim delight in in
flicting a punishment which most of
them have suffered at one time or
another.
Maybe the Waziristans know
about an unpleasant social custom on
the Pacific island known in the at
lases as Busy In this little insular
empire the menfolks are the bosses
and when they get miffed with their
wives they toss them into the muck
of a pig sty and force them to take
their meals with the hogs until they
decide to behave.
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Farm
Topics [
FEEDING CHANGE
NOW POSSIBLE
Increasing Demand for
More Milk Is Cause.
By C. F. MONROE
(Ohio State Agricultural Dairy
Experiment Station.)
At present there is a demand for
an increased quantity of milk, and
current prices justify attempts to
meet this demand. In fact, dairy
men can afford to modify their feed
ing program to meet the emergency.
The exact method for individual
cases will, of course, be subject to
the conditions prevailing in the par
ticular dairy.
Many cows do lack the ability to
produce, but there are also many
cows that would do much better if
given the chance. Only by permit
ting the cows to have a fair trial
can their producing ability be deter
mined.
An attempt should be made to
have the cows freshen in good con
dition. In this sense, the lactation
period really begins with the dry
cow six or eight weeks previous to
freshening. After the cow freshens
the feeding should be increased
gradually. The cow in heavy milk
flow requires a concentrate mixture
containing some high-protein sup
plements to insure a sufficient pro
tein intake. Hay should be fed lib
erally and the cow allowed to pick
it over rather than be restricted to
all she will clean up. If corn silage
is available, it should be limited in
amount to permit the heavy produc
ing cow to eat more hay. Such a
procedure is recommended where
the hay is of good quality and hence
palatable to the cow; otherwise lim
iting the corn silage has no justifica
tion.
A large improvement in milk pro
duction cannot be expected to come
from just one change, of course. The
entire feeding and management
program in summer and winter
must be considered. Much of the
low production can be traced to un
derfeeding on July and August pas
ture, to undue exposure and short
pasture in the late fall, to the use
of poor quality roughage and poor
management in the winter. For best
results there can be no weak places
in the program, because the weak
nesses generally speed the decline
in production to such an extent that
many of the good points are made
less effective.
Farm Terracing Aid
Under the new setup, farmers
can terrace their land now and
pay for it later, the AAA official
said.
Machinery of the terracing pro
gram is simply operated, Vance
said in explaining that county
AAA committees set a reasonable
price for terracing easier farms
of the county through offers made
by co-operating contractors. Once
the fair price for a county is de
termined, farmers get bids for
their farms from the contractors,
take the offer they like best and
get their terracing done.
It goes without saying that
prices of terracing will vary by
farms. Establishing a reasonable
price for a county will serve as
a yardstick for measuring costs
of easier and more difficult jobs.
When terracing has been com
pleted and checked by county
AAA officers for specified re
quirements under the farm pro
gram, contractors are paid by
the AAA and charges later de
ducted from farmers’ conserva
tion payments.
Needs of Soil
More food can be produced for
immediate war-time needs and ag
riculture can be placed on a firmer
footing for the future if farmers will
follow a few basic soil building prin
ciples, according to an agricultural
bulletin.
“One of the first essentials,” says
the bulletin, "is for the farmer to find
out what are the nutritional require
ments of his soil. Since soils and
crops vary in different geographical
sections, the farmer’s best proce
dure is to enlist the co-operation of
agronomists of his state agricultur
al experiment station or of his coun
ty agent.
“By analyzing a sample of the
farmer’s soil and determining its
needs for nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash, these experts can provide
valuable information to guide the
farmer in selecting the correct
analysis of fertilizer. They will like
wise suggest the amount to use.”
More Eggs, Dairy Products
Uncle Sam is asking for increased
production of eggs, dairy products,
and pork products. Next year, for
example, American hens are called
on to lay 4,300,000.000 more eggs.
Although poultry flocks are in
creased, production per layer will
have to rise to new heights. Hen
house lights step up production as
much as four or five eggs a month
during the winter.
Even the poultry are asked to
pitch in and do their necessary bit.
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Beyond in Evil
He who imitates what is evil
always goes beyond the example i
that is set; on the contrary, he
who imitates what is good always
falls short.—Gicciardini.
i'm sending
HIM CAMELS
REGULARLY THEykE
, FIRST WITH MEN
' IN THE SERVICE
SPECIAL CARTON
for men in the service -
Your dealer has Camels
already wrapped_with
complete instructions
for mailing
Actual sales records in Pc%t
Exchanges, Sales Commis
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Service Stores, and Canteens
show that with men in the
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