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CARSON GITY DAILY APPEAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920
The Carson City Daily Appeal
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY. BY THE NEVADA
PRINTING COMPANY
T. D. VAN DEVORT
Editor and Manager
Entered at Matter of the Second Class at the Postoffice at Carson City, Nevada,
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879
One year by Carrier
One year by Mail
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
$1200
9.00
WORLD'S DIGGEST
NITRATE PLANT
Mammoth Explosives Factory
in Alabama Built in
Eight Months,
Carson City Daily Appeal is the real live advertising medium of this section
as evidenced by its carrying a larger amount of advertising than any paper in
the city.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY WORK IN NEVADA
talned from limestone rock and caroon
from coke. By putting cyanamld
through three more processes both am
monia and nitric acid can be extracted
from It and combined into the explo
sive, ammonium nitrate. Mr. Wash
burn was Invited to present plans and
estimates for the construction In the
shortest possible time of an ammonium
nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala
bama, and a contract between his com
pany and the United States was enter
ed Into under date of November 16,
1917.
To have general supervision of plan-
i ning and carrying out the work an or
A LOT IN LITTLE
Attr-f-n ni-AAnno DDnvrtl nmg anu uurjms
ALU JrtCU ntViUnUd Dnuix&n eanizatlon known as the Air Nitrates
Now a vest pocket typewriter has been invented.
,
London consumes nearly 15,000,000 tons of coal annually.
An average size bottle of wine contains the juice of four pounds
of grapes.
Could Supply 13-Per Cent
Allies' Needs Had War
Continued.
of
Prom the last bulletin issued by the Lincoln Highway association
and giving a resume of the work that has been accomplished by that
enterprise during the year 1911) the following, concerning Nevada, is
extracted: .'"'
The oroirrpss of imnrnvpiiipnt nil tln T.ininlTi wnv in Xpvnrla was i GARRET SMITH.
greatly stimulated during 191!) by the offer. of the Lincoln Highway; Lifting the ban of war secrecy has
association of $125,000 under certain conditions to assist in ironing Just now brought to light for the first
out some of the worst sections. These funds were contributed to the ! time one of the most stupendous feats
association for this purpose by AY. C. Durant in behalf of the Gen-! f construction In history the plan
cral Motors company and John N. Willys, president of the Willys , nIn and building In less than one year
Overland eomnanv nnd a director of thp T.inonln lliliwav assn.'ia- o the largest ammonium nitrate plant
tion. Through negotiations with.the state and the keen desire of the
governor and the State Highway department to bring about the im- j
provement of the Lincoln way, contracts were entered into in 1919;
between tne state or Nevada ana tiie Lincoln Highway association
calling for the expenditure of over $425,000 of combined state, county
and federal funds in 1920. Work was pushed as rapidly as finances
would permit in 1919 and Nevada completed twenty-two miles of new
.Lincoln highway. It is notable that five miles of this was high grade
concrete on the road between Reno and the Capitol at Carson City.
Federal aid is not the real solution to the highway problems of
such vast and sparsely populated states as Nevada, for it merely
provides for the doubling (Jf the available state funds by the federal
government, and if the state funds are as far from adequate as is the
cae in many western states, even doubling them does not begin to
provide for the needed work. The Lincoln highway in Nevada for
nearly 500 miles across the state is the most important road in the
west, being part of the main line of through traffic between Salt
Lake City and the Pacific. The trans-Nevada Lincoln highway is of
far greater importance to the nation than it is to the comparatively
few residents of Nevada. .
In the world and of a city around it
for the housing of Its 25,000 workmen
and their families. At the same time
is revealed one of the chief reasons
why Germany suddenly surrendered a
year ago. The German high command
knew that the United States was
manufacture 13 per cent of aU the heaters, electric
high explosives needed by all the Al
lied armies on all fronts in the expect
ed drive of the following spring.
ONCE OVERS"
You do not regret, Mrs. Married Woman, that you married the
man you did? Of course not.
But your thoughts stray occasionally to the different men who
i,rul'uwu mitiiiase J '.u .m-ui.n..y jW vwuViv uiru uling mmanItion to the allies
great success in me worm to tne very commonplace success oi your, seem(.i to make further production for
The first person on
work reached Muscle Shoals on No
vember 2G, 1917. On February 10,
UU8, ground was first broken for a
permanent plant building. On Octo
ber 26, 1918, eight" months and eight
days later, the manufacturing plant
had begun the production of ammo
iilr.ru nitrate.
When America entered the world
war in April, 1917, she hadno means
of producing the enormous quantities
of high explosive necessary to pro
vide the huge army she planned to
raise. The very fact that our indus
tries were already worked to capacity
Corporation was formed to act as
agent of the Ordnance Department
This corporation provided the general
designs, supervised all the work and
operated the camp, the town and the
plant. It also Installed all equipment
In the chemical plant. The various
other sections of the work were sub
let to organizations tba were special
ists In the directions iii which they
were asked to help.
New City Built From the Ground. I
It Jfcas necessary to build a new i
town to house the laborers. For this
Job Westinghotise Church Kerr Com
pany was called in as contractor. This '.
company also built the buildings of the j
chemical plant. Within four months
12,000 workmen had been assembled j
and a city capable of accommodating
25,000 inhabitants had been completed,
with lodging, restaurants, stores, of-
flees, police headquarters, schools, fire i
departments, hospitals, motion picture
light and sewerage
systems
The construction of the plant proper ;
j was begun on February 10. 1918. Just !
j eight months and eight days later the .
Crepe paper hats have been designed for surgeons and nurses to
save laundry bills.
The Germans during the war produced from thirty to fifty tons
of poison gas a day. v
1 -Barbers
in the early days of the Christian era were not permit
ted to talk while shaving.
Silk was first made bv Si Linj
China, in the year 2600, B. C.
wife of Hoang-Ti, emperor of
Pennsylvania mines produce about one-fourth of the bituminous
coal supply of the United States. . " -
A race of pigmy camels, five feet high and snow white, can be
I found in a certain part of Persia ;
-
Thirty-two new poisons have been discovered by the recent muni
tions researches in the United States.
our own use impossible.
Fertilizer Process Turned to War Use. i
good husband.
The wives of these men have richer homes and they enjoy more
money for dress, travel and luxuries, but compared-with your happi-L At this Juncture the Ordnance Do- j strength. CoWare with the older
ness you do not envy them.
You remember that each' man whom you refused possessed some
certain quality of mind or character which was distasteful to you,
and these little unpleasant qualities become more pronounced and in
crease in irritating power with the years. v '
With all their wealth you could never become reconciled to their
idiosyncrasies, and so you do not regret. ,
' You know you would not give up the homey comfort, the satis
faction, the confidence which you have in your husband for the money
of Croesus, and so what is the use of day dreams of this kind?
construction j ttlsr plant began a st-ty output of am
r.ioniuni nitrate. The plant contains
113 permanent buildings, with a roof
srea of over 26 acres.
To provide the electric current It
as necessary to build a steam power
eiectric plant, for It would have taken
(hree years or more to complete the
dam and hydro-electrtc station now lin
ger way. This plant, built by the J. G.
White Corporation, Is, one of the larg
est steam plants for developing elec
trical energy in the orld.
T1k output of the plant is 300 tons of
iinraonlum nitrate a day, and this can
be produced at Muscle' Shoals at a cost
lsss than one-half the standard fixed
price paid by the Government for am- j
monhini nitrate produced ty other !
r.ietliods and one-fourth to one-fifth the J
tost of other Mgn explosives oi equal
TOY? IS
nnrtment turned to cvanamid. a com- ! nm.-ess of makhur ammonium nitrate.
mercial fertilizer, which had for some j tie savings made by this plant would
years been prouucea successiuny m have paid the su,miu,uou cost oi tne
Niagara Falls, by a process the Amerl- entire plant in about one and one-half J
! A Reminder I
DEAD TO BE COUNTED
The dead are to be counted in the coming fourteentli decennial
census, according to a ruling by the census bureau.
That is, not all the dead, but only. those who died January 1st,
or later. The ruling is this:
"That in order to determine the population of the country as of
January 1st, those dying on that dajr are to be counted, but new ar
rivals on the earth during the first twenty-four hours of the new
year are to be omitted." These babies wlio are left out must await the
fifteenth decennial census in 194(1 before they can be counted.
At the same time census enumerators have received this warning: It
"Don't argue with women." 1
Interpreters will be named as soon as census
mine what assistance they need along that line, foreign
posters have already been distributed, including even Chinese
ran riehts of which were obtained in
1907 from Germany t.y Frank Sher
man Washburn, head of the American
Cyanamld Company.
By this process cyanamid was pro
duced by extracting nitrogen from the
years of operation.
As a military weapon it is one of the j
. i - t , a ' I
I wisest ana most ecoiiuiuii.u expeiiui- ;
j tures that the Ordnance iH'partment
has undertaken. As an agent lu stop- j
ping the war and as a future protec- IT
In seeding a Christines Gift to your eastern friends a
I Washoe Indian Basket
air and combining it with calcium ob- i tion to the country its value Is incalcu-
lable.
or a
Latest World to In
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Appeal!
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Fine Navajo Blanket
will be appreciated more than any other gift
Call at
s inspectors deter-j
Foreign language'
DEMANDS PROTECTION
The public will have to pay the cost of railroad reorganization.
"Wages have gone up. Rates must go up. for railroad service is about
the cheapest service in the market today. Railroad earnings have
been held down artificially for years, while earnings in other indus
tries have soared. & "
The public is not unwilling to give the ranroads a fair deal and
to see railroad wages maintained or even increased. But if it must
stand the cost of all this it ought to have guaranties of protection
against an interruption of transportation. Strikes in a government
controlled industry are an anachronism, for the government itself
provides adequate machinery through which disputes over wages
and profits may be solved. New York Tribune.
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A HINT FOR THE LADIES
Do You Own an J If
Automobile?
Remember, ladies,, when the census man comes around next
month he will expect to find you ten years older than you were ten
years ago. Boston Globe. . , ,. r . :
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A DANGEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENT
"There was a magician here oncet," said Cactus Joe, "who could
deal hisself any kind of a poker hand you'd happen to mention.-"
"Did he get away with anything?" ' '
"TTi iiie' fisirplv lul TT crnt arav with hia Hfo " .1 . : t
- ti W & - uxuiuvuii
Star. - v j. :
no .
NO LONGER AN INSTRUCTOR
"You haven't suggested 'a campaign of education' recently."
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. "I don't dare. The folks" out
my way are getting to think they know more about politics than I
do." Washington Star.
The finger print system of identifying criminals is said to have
been the invention of Orientals, either Chinese or Japanese, thousands
of years ago. ,
- Forty-five species of insects are recorded as attacking the walnut
tree in the United States, while only fifteen attack the English walnut
" in Europe. (
Due to the lack of true cork in Sweden, wooden corks are bcin
used there, the.substitute being made from quick growing pine.
Victoria' Nyanzrt, in Africa, is the second largest tody of fresh
. water in the world, being exceeded in size by Lake Superior. -
The largest reinforced concrete arch today is the Risorgimento
bridge over the Tiber fit Rome with a span of 328 feet.
Emporium Company's Store
and see what they have to offer
Carson City, Nev. A. Cohn, Pres.
H
If So
Protect Your Radiator From Freezing
HOW ?
I BY USING JOHNSON'S FREEZE PROOF
Fire Insurances
James M. Leonard, Agent
Caison Valley Bank Bldg, .T ,
, parson, mevaua
Phone 5-6-1
One application lasts all winter. It does not evaporate,
and will keep your radiator from freezing and bursting, even
though you leave your car out doors with the thermometer 20
"degrees below zero.
I Do Not Wait Until Spring to Have I
Your Car Overhauled. D o It Now
Federal Tires 8C Tubes
; Storage, 0 per Month
mm a
m am
ft
rage ana
Auio company
MACHINE SHOP AUTO OVERHAULING .. REPAIRING
1 OPPOSITE STATE CAPITOL, "HUiN fc. 151
T. L. Havkins, Sec'y-Treas. Geo. A. Cole. President
Imported and Domestic Cigars Pipes. Smoking
Tobacco, Cigarettef , Everything for the Smoker
of Taste--Pure Goods am'. Courteous. Treatment
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