Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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Scraper
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS ON
SELECTING DISINFECTANTS
Market Flooded With Commercial Article Put Out By
Private Manufacturers—Sunlight
Cannot Be Beat.
(By M. P RAVENEL, M. I> . and K ^
SMITIf. University of Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment.
Station.)
the use 01 some spray. If there is in-
fected forage or bedding, It should be
raked put and'burned. Walls must
be well soaked with water, then thor-
oughly srrappd. Burn all* material re.
moved In this way. All rotten wood
; In floors, feed boxes, stanchions, etc.,
I must be taken out and burned. Thor-
! ough cleaning will often make disin-
Tho market Is flooded with eom-
merefal disinfectants put out by pri-
vate manufacturers. Many make ab
surd claims for their material. In
buying these disinfectants one is apt
to pay much more than their true
value. It should always be
bered that no one Arm has a monopoly
of chemical disinfectants. All com-
mercial insinfectants depend on well-
Known chemicals for their action. A
few manufacturers have succeeded in |
preparing these chemicals so that
they are easily handled and have cer- | membered: 1, use enough of the disin-
| fectants unnnecessary, but no amount
ie m ' of disinfection will take the place of
cleanliness. In cases of contagious
diseases both cleanliness and disinfec-
tion must be employed.
When using a disinfectant of any
sort two things must be always re«
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HE mayor of Skyscraper
City had been laboring
the whole day with many
of the problems that de-
volved upon him as one
responsible for the wel-
fare of ten or twelve
thousand people. All
these had been prob-
lems different from those
which commonly arise In
ration of the affairs of a
In the first place, Sky-
had no unemployed to
It had no prisons, no
no hospitals, nor any of
And then the firo chief came In with
a grievance, and the head of tho de-
partment of water, gas and electricity
and other officials. So the whole Jay
passed, and so does the whole year
pass for the mayor of Skyscraper
City.
"4 strange sort of place Indeed, tills
city," you will say. "Where Is It?"
Skyscraper City, to enlighten you, Is
a ubiquitous community located in
every part of the Ulited States where
land has become so valuable that, in
stead of capitalists building over a
large area, they build In a limited
space, and straight toward the clouds.
In plain words, it is none other than
the great modern skyscraper, with its
population as great, in many cases, a«
that of a third class municipality,
"Hut the mayor," you will say. "Who
ever heard of a mayor of a building?"
Yes, the mayor. You have heard
of a superintendent of a building, and
If the superintendent of a skyscraper
housing from five to twelve thousand
people has not as much right to the
title of mayor as the chief executive
of a community of, say one thousand,
spread along a couple of streets,
where the city limits are marked out
by fence rails and stone walls, then
the United Slales Is not a democratic
country.
Building operations can't go on with
the spirit of emulation that now holds
between contractors without the Sky-
scraper City of a few years hence
being in sore need of a real muncl-
pal administration, with a mayor, al-
dermen and all the other public serv-
ants that make annual elections nec
essary. It has them all now under
different nanu s
There are, for instance, the mem-
bers of the health department, which
sanitary body consists of a corps of
able bodied women, equipped with
mops and palls and compelling voices
That corps of women alone Is suffi-
cient to suggest an analogy between
Skyscraper City and a represents
tlve American municipality, and should
give the former a lasting right to tlie
name of a thriving city.
Policemen on Patrol.
Then there aie the members of the
police department, whose main
in the suppression of criminality is t
see that no one walks off with any-}
part of the building or its contents.
These are the watchmen, who patrol j
continuously night and day, and the
main differences between them and the
police of your recognized city are that j
they are paid less and are, perhaps, |
not subject to periodical charges of j
graft. Nor do they have to parade for ,
composed of the electricians and as
who stand out in the sun, doffing
their hats ai.d smiling approvingly, the
while patting each other on the back j
In appreciation of the department they j
have developed.
What more heroic and picturesque ;
body is there than the fire depart- ,
j tnent, with its red shlrted or blue I
shirted, or any other color shlrted. ■
[ men, rea !y and eager to grapple with .
I flames or anything else, under any j
Suddenly In the course of a busy
afternoon the confectionery which you
might have bought at Skyscraper
City's progressive shop might cause
some restlessness on the part of your
teeth. You merely have to go to 12th
street, which is Skyscraper City's
twelfth floor, and have the trouble
remedied by the dentist. Or perhaps
some fruit from the stand below might
result in a little disturbance In your
Interior mechanism; you will (Jnd a
doctor on 8th street. An occasion
might arise where you might require
the services of a lawyer—a bad account
or any of the many little things that
simply will crop up in everyday Ufe.
Skyscraper City just swarms with
these eminent practitioners. The law
will always be sure of interpreters so
long as Skyscraper City rears up-
ward.
Population Over 10,000.
the many other public Institutions
that are part of the average American
city And, furthermore, it was not
periodically rent by political strife.
The population, nevertheless, was a
it.tut exacting one and In this respect
Sky-'.'r^per Citv was unlike the aver-
age American municipality. In most
communities tho people will stand idly
by and see the politicians divide the j ^onditioiiH and at every moment? In
loot of offleeholdlng without even sitjsci-arer City the fire department
All the stores In this "city" are lo-
cated In Main street—nothing unusual
for municipalities of Its size. In one
particular case this street is more
than three hundred feet in length, and
is traversed dally by thousands of
people. More than twelve hundred
residences are located in this "city,"
each being labelled on the front door
with the name of the Inhabitant and
his business. These residences are
specifically termed offices, and each
one Is visited a number of times dur-
| Ing the day by the postman. Of
I course, It would take one postman a
good many hours to cover the entire
| route of the "city." Consequently the
S streets are divided into territories, so
I Skyscraper City may be said to
have Its own postoffice department.
In this particular "city" one street is
lnhabitated by more than seven hun-
dred people. This "city" has forty-
one streets, the entire population be-
ing more than ten thousand.
There is one thing in this same city
of wlilcji the Inhabitants may well ba
proud. It is the transportation sys-
tem.' It consists of twenty-three ele-
| vators, the combined capacity being
I about ten thousand people an hour,
j Transportation in these cases is both
I quick and safe There is no mortal-
ity I itv Iti connection with this transit
| system. An elevator In one of the
j latest of New York's' skscraper mu-
nicipalities travels 548 feet into th«
! air, all the way up to the fortieth
| street, and this without the Incon-
i venience of changing cars, which i<
I more than can be. said of New York
City's car lines at times. These ele-
vators can carry twenty-five hundred
pounds at a speed of six hundred feet
a minute, which means rising with
some rapidity.
Again, In the method of summoning
the lire department or the police de-
partment the similitude between a
municipality and Skyscraper City
is maintained, in the big cities, when
a policeman is desirous of bring!tig
about a meeting between some re-
ereant citizens and the Judge at tho
court he summons an appropriate
conveyance by ringing up headquar-
ters from a little box on the corner.
The'fire department may be required,
looking to their personal Interest* In t consists of an efficient baud of men fttl and It is similarly called. In one Sky
City in Chicago there Is ■
Skyscraper City, however, let a win- j ,ve|j trained as the firemen of a lain I scraper
dow be broken, let the voice of a radl- | municipality and equipped with all th | system of signals, possible o! opera
.lor be ral d In plaintive protett
against too much steam, or let the wa-
ter supply be affected by too little
pressure and the mayor is instantly
Jjes-leged by angry constituents de-
manding this or that official's removal
from office
I Tb se were some of the annoyances
that had wearied Skyscraper City's
chief magistrate. Even while he sat
back In his chair, gazing at the cell
Ing and pondering upon the designs
lu the decorations, the chief of police
latest devices for combating tlauies [ tion from any part of the premises.
And there Is the department o< ! which permits of an official getting
g.js and
water. g:is ana electricity, the latte."
composed of the elecrlclans and as-
sistants in the engine room. Thes
large buildings do not depend upon
outside sources for their electricity.
They have thoroughly equipped plants
for manufacturing their own. As far
as the water department Is concert,
ed. one New York skyscraper has h
pumping station that is capable cf
supplying sufficient water to furnls.i
alked in and announced that he was | a city of:'.50,000 people
so unfavorably impressed with the Nov, here is where the similarity
people at No 1511 Fifteenth street I hgtweefi the skyscraper and the reco*,
that he w juld recommend their en- I nlzeil city Is made strongly apparent
forced departure. I Skyscraper City often has within it4
They are always breaking ' some
law or other," he exclaimed Indignant
Iv, ' and 1 want to get rid of them.
They haven't paid their taxes, either,
for the last month, and, what's more,
they have a barrel of gasolene in their
possession, which Is a violation o! the
law."
So a writ of deportation was Issued
aud the chief of police withdrew ex
ultantly, making way for the Jo-ad of
the health board.
"In Tenth street." said that digni-
tary, "1 find t'jere Is a leak In the sew
ei pipe. I am having the sanitary
squad remedy it."
The mayor was still endeavoilng to
determine which Individual design In
the t-tI Ing would hit him on the nose
w. iv it to uiM. or which particular de
ti^i his 1,0 e would hit If he were to
11 ,• and meet the celling, <"><1 tbe
I ..tb hoard officer went out.
bour.darh s establishments which <j.i
supply e\ ry need of a hungry, thlr&t.f.
dirty, naked citizen
No need to die of starvation w >ie
you to he confined for life In Sk.
serai er Citv while Its restaurants .tri-
able to K't a dinner together Its cif.
would banish all fear of longing foi
something to render the throat and
stomach n ore .comfortable without
hope of re, elvlng It. IPs haberdashery
an 1 tailor could clothe you lu the la!
, st fa -1 'i. lis shoe store would .at
tend to the task of keeping your f-aei
ivell shod Its baths would be ever
ready to open their arms to you. Your
every want lor things procurabb only
In a confectioner's shop would be 1111
ed, while you would merely have to
g< dow nstairs should you f el that
yorr happiness might be enhanced by
a fragrant cigar The fruit stand Is
on the main floor, left,
■
Applying Liquid Disinfectant
talir advantages over the substances | pend on thorough cleaning, airing, ana
on which their value depends, but as j fectant, and 2. give it- time to act
a rule it i3 better to buy the chemicals , Many disinfectants are decomposed
and not some private commercial i while acting
preparation of them.
The action of a disinfectant often
depends largely on its solubility in
water. For example, some oily sub-
p'^nces have considerable power but
oo not dissolve readily in water, nor
mix with it. A good example is found
In the cresols, which are the basis of
many commercial preparations. The
general usefulness of these valuable
agents is much increased by combin-
ing them with soaps as in creolin.
lysol, etc., which mix readily with wa-
ter in all proportions.
For complete disinfection of a room
the gaseous disinfectants are the best,
for the reason that the gas permeates
every nook and corner, reaching
places that would not be touched in
any other way. It is plain that the
room must l)e tightly sealed to pr<4
vent the escape of the gas I his is
easily done with strips of heavy wrap-
ping paper and ordinary flour paste,
put on with a paint or white wash
brush. It is easily washed off and
leaves no mark.
Gaseous disinfectants cannot be
Used in barns and stables, as a rule,
on account of the open construction
of such buildings. Here we must de-
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Chicago. 111.—"I was troubled with
falling and inflammation, and the doc-
tors said £ could not
ret well unless i
bad ail operation.
1 knew i could not
istaud the strain of
lone, bo i wrote to
you sometime ago
about my health
and you told me
what to do. After
taking E.
I'inkhain's "Vegeta-
ble Compound and
Blood Purifier I am
_ -Jaya well woman."—Mrs. William
Ajiuexs, 088 W. 2lst St., Chicago, 111.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm-
ful drugs, aud to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are 011 lilo in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lvnn,
Mass., from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, ul-
ceration,displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains,backache,
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial.
1 f you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkliam, at
L.vim, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Opportunity
n> nv knocking. All who seek a professional
life work should investigate the science of
C Hiropractic.
CARVER CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
Third and Eroadway OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
cooil, i.ive, jiukti.ing smi>mkn
w.1211**<I in ••very county ot lowa. Iuii.t •. Ii - anu.
K u.n4 -. >li ssouri, Nebraska, Ohio,«>klai.' iiiu ivi.n-
n.>.inia V irginia untl West Vliyiuiu. '< s- Mark
'j r. ! . ami commercial orchards on liberal nimnin-
m hi. n.< year r cord, world wide r• ■;, 1 .a''■ > 1 . best
ti,., - hi"-*' vi ieiies. greatest assortment < onipif*
Mark Year Hook outfit free. Write Quick 1« r lerrl-
loty. M A Kb. BKOB., liux M. Louisiana, M.ssourL
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON
Per Cent, of Suffering Is Enormous
and There Seems but One
Remedy.
From several Investigations that
have been made by the National As-
sociation for the Study and Preven-
tion of Tuberculosis It Is estimated
that on an average about 15 per
liberal qua'ntUy has not be. n employ- cent, of the prison population of the
by the substances with
I which they come into contact. If a
rd, It is all used up before disinfection
Barrel Cart Type of Hand Spray.
is complete. No general rule can be
given for time
Medicated soaps are usually worth-
less and should not be trusted. Most
of them are not as, good as ordinary
soap alone. Soaps are useful'mainly
in making substances soluble, and as-
sisting in cleaning surfaces, garments.
country is afflicted with tuberculosis.
On this basis, out of tho 80,000 prison-
ers housed in tho penal institutions
of tho United States at any given
time, no less than 12,000 are Infected
with the dlseaise. If tho Philippine
Islands and other insular possessions
were taken into consideration the
number would be much larger. Some
of the prisons of Pennsylvania: Kan-
sas and Ohio show such shocking con-
ditions with reference to tuberculosis
that many wardens admit that theso
places of detention are death traps.
Similar conditions could be found In
almost every state, and in the major-
ity of cases the only sure remedy Is
the destruction of the old buildings
and the erection of new ones.
Blest Be Nothing.
Wife The doctor writes that In
view of our poor circumstances he
will not present his bill Immediately.
Artist—We are lucky that our cir-
cumstances are no better-; If they
Aire, wo might have to pay V once!
CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR SILO
The secret of life Is not to do what
one likes, but to try to like that which
one has to do; and one does like It—
in time.—D. M. Cralk.
In touch with his subordinates at any j
Instant. And so far as the postal tie
part men t Is concerned, there Is the ;
letter chute, running to every floor, j
which might be said to correspond
to the letter boxes installed at various
points throughout American cities
So the immense building operations |
ot the times are surrounding residents I
of real cities with these twentieth j
century municipalities, with all tho
Officer! and laws. In different form,
of a regularly chartered city. There
Is nothing missing, not even the fa-
cilities for traveling home from work,
without leaving the confines of tho
buildings, for some of thete skyscrap
ers have private entrances to subway
j ,tnd elevated lines* Anil all must not
• ih 1 sserlly tie work here any morn
| Mian In any other city. If the Inhahl
j taiits of this modern Institution wish
I 10 take recreation some .Skyscraper
i cities afford an opportunity by hav-
j ing palm gardens laid out on the roof.
f J <
4 : Foundation
.;:jay
Hill
friend
.1111-
when he
tending
Quite True.
lie says Ills books are his best
Well, he can turn em down
gi.ts tired of 'em without of-
_.|ii -Yonkers Statesman
All Are Sinful.
We are all sinful. Therefore what-
ever *e b'aiiie lu another we shall
Hi,ti lu our ow n bosoius—Sene'a.
a bulletin of the Michigan F.xperl- I
ment Station described a- silo built of \
concrete blocks with a face 21 In. j
by 8 In., and a thickness of only 3 in. :
These blocks are laid in cement mor- i
tnr (sand and cement In the propor- (
tlons of 2 to 1), flush with the Inner |
edge of the foundation as shown lu
the Illustration. The wall which Is ;
?|l feet 111 height Is "strengthened by
2 In bandlron hoops on the outside
as are sometimes used cn staves silos
The foundation of the wall extends 21 i
Inches below ground and widens to j
S4 Inches at the base. There la one experience of two years.
continuous doorway about 25 Inches
wide, extending from the first course
of blocks to roof.
Leading Dairy Bereds.
The herd at Ihe Ontario (Canada)
Kxperlm'Xt Farm consists of the
three leading dairy breeds, tho Hoi-
Steins. Ayrshires and Jerseys. The
record of the breeds last year shows
that the Holstelns produced the most
milk, the Ayrshires the most butter
nnl the Jerseys the richest milk
These results were obtained from the
Convenient
For Any Meal
Post
Toasties
Are always ready to
serve right from the box
with the addition of
cream or milk.
Especially pleasing
with berries or fresh
fruit.
Delicious, . wholesome,
economical food which
saves a lot of cooking in
hot weather.
"The Memory Lingers"
iTI'M CK.'d AL CO.,
Haltle CrMich.
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