The Cleveland County Democrat-News (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
CIJEVELAM) COUNTY DEMOCRAT-NEW S
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER Sfi l!W
New Uses For
Peanut Found
By Chemist
College Man Discovers Unusual
Values of Goober As
Crop Increases
U it is true that mighty oaks from
tmy acorns grow it is squally trur
that numerous products from tiny
peanuts come
Jam' E Wi-h-ti r of the agricul-
turaj chi'mistry research department
ut tho Oklahoma A and M college
has been making a study of the
products of the lowly pennut and
even he soientrst that he Is has been
surprised by his findings
While chemists are finding more
and more use for peanuts Oklaho-
mans are growing larger and larger
quantities of them Tho Oklahoma
crop summary shows that in 1925
there were 7000 acres of peanuts
in this state In 1920 the aereage
was 3000 in 1927 20 noO In 1928
4 iOoO and in 1929 82000 acres an
increase of 1200 per cent in five
years According to tne August re-
port tho latest available 60000000
pounds will be harvested this year
All Parts Valuable
Webster found that almost every
pait of the peanut has value the
lop hulls nuts skins and germs
When properly raced for the tops
make a mrtririnus hay perhaps com-
parable to alfalfa in value he says
Three tons of the hulls are equal
to a ton of eoal in fuel vnlue Hulls
ate also used to :b-ojb the palm
oil placed on galvanized iron I
in its manufacture While the hulls
have little feeding vihre tiny are j
some times used as absorbents for I
molasses in Ihr manufacture of feeds
I-argo quantities aie u-ed as filler in i
irrtlli7ers and pei imeor s have b eri
Made looking to tip ir iim- in the i
manufacture of dynamite floor
weepign cor 'pounds and linoleum
Chemists have found r h it hulls'
have a value m that thty can he
made into a good M nu'v f r lluli-se
'rent which iiyu’i i mid Tlry ran
also he used m the ivil' n ' notm e of
fiber board and a iri pi iiS
overy hs that hull e a -ci-" of
lo-e a ru uug ir
Uncle Sam Reduces
Rate on Lock Boxes
Uncle Sum at last i- orfetir:-
bargain rates at a postoliire
Iirk boxes at the Univ rsty i'
Oklahoma postal substation in ! q
Teepee building on South V r-
versity boulevard near the "ate
rhonl campus are being r ied
fo piief i h sa than those r 'ed
at la central station dowro u
Tlls dos talk waa tii ancnl
W'duosday by E Bruce Givens
as stunt clerk at the sub station
dub nttt ton huii s are noted for
(ei end 73 cents and $1 depend-
ing on the size “And you get
Sutidsv ami holiday service" Giv-
ens suul
L T Monnrtt is chief clerk of
lh" suh stntion
-old for stock feed or the oil re
moved and used for soap
Flour made fiom peanuts contains
four times as much protein e ght
times as much fat and nine times as
much mineral ingredients as white
flour and the protein is better bal-
meed ft inn a dietary standpoint
Also Hog Feed
Nuts may be used to feed ani-
mals partii ularlf hogs and while
such pork Is usually soft in some
sections it can be marketed at a
premium
Six hundred pounds of oil can he
-"i-ured from a ton of nuts Webster
says The crude nil is u“"d prin-
cipally lor snap and miners lanii-
When 1 1 lined it is used as oleoma i
gaiip nut mm grinne salad oils and
Ires iiv’s uni shortening Smaller
qunirities of the oil from peanuts
an 1 ed m Hi" in" nuf cture of soaps
Hid i mill' - as u lulu iciitiiig nil and
m i lie packing of sardines
While it has not been possible t
'ioilu e these piuduets ml a con-
mereial rente rhi mists have succeed-
ed m making peanut milk peanut
ei" in pi amit quin ne and various
dyes from peanuts
Golf Tourney Match
Play Starts Tuesday
Professional
Work Given
Emphasis
14 Colleges and Schools At
O U Now Offer
Training
With the college of education and
i the college of business administration
on a four year bar-is for the first
tune this year and with two other
I colleges and ten professional schools
off ring two three and four-year
courses of specialized nature the
I niveisity of Oklahoma is well pre-
pared to give its 5000 students train-
ing for almost any profession they
wrti to enter
The colleges of education and busi-
ness administration were raised from
the rank of schools by action of the
board of regents this summer The
four years of work in education are
designed to fit students for any
branch of teaching including kinder-
gsfrten and elementary work and the
college of business administration of-
fers courses as varied as elementary t
economics and international trade I
The college of engineering with
its subordinate schools of civil me-
chunical electrical aqphitectural pe-
troleum geological and chemical engi-
neering gives a four-year course of
strirtly professional nature
Work in music dramatic art
pointing ami de-ign is included in the !
thieo schools making tip the eel- i two year- of arts and
lege of fine arts which has been I school of medicine i
organized on i Imir-year plan for j City the only profe
several years t not a part of the N '
The college Of arts and sen pees quires two years (
the center from which the othei pro- ‘Hnn- before a studei
fessionnl schools have grown m- the professional cour
eludes m addition to its geneial cour Foil vents of scientiti
ses in aeadt mic subjeets the six suh- included in the runicu!
old mate schools of citizenship and i st hool of pharmacy which
public affairs geology home econ- I I quii" pi' professional wni k
HARRY BORJES MECHANIC OF
NORMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
‘MR FIXIP OF CITY HALL
He Takes Care of Municipal
Equipment in Shop Equipped
Mostly With Machines Built
By Himself
Harry Borjes Norman fireman and
official mechanic of the city Is tho
“Mr Fixit" of the ctiy hall
If George Fitch fire department
carpenter breaks a handle in his pet
axe or John T Hamill city man-
ager has troubles with one of his
pet alarm systems Borjes is tha
man who is assigned the job of re-
pair With a knack for turning discard-
ed parts and pieces of machinery
into jig saws drill presses grinding
machines and other useful parapher-
nalia Borjes has equipped the fire
department repair shop for doing al-
most any kind of work in the realm
of mechanics
And Borjes needs the equipment
His Job is to keep in repair two fire
department pumping engines a fire
department chemcial wagon the po-
oniios journalism physical education
and social service Two or more
years of professional work in these
felds are combined vvi'h
coui-es of cultural nature
total of four years
The school of law o
years of work for who 1:
mu-t have a preparuti"
i g"ti lal
in king a
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student i
f at bast
me s Tli"
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'll pus
diverted
lice car two water department cars
a street department truck a street
department tractor a Btreet sweeper
the park department' power mower
and all odds and ends of tools and
mechanical equipment used by the
city In addition to this Borjes is
driver of the fire department's Stuu
pumper
Discarded Farts Useful
Borjes has bien with the city
since February 1928 when he came
here from Las Angeles Calif Since
joining the fire department as me-
chanic he has installed an acetylene
welding outfit a blacksmith's forge
an electric drill press a jig saw
grinder arid complete hand tools
The electrical drill press was made
by mounting an old hand drill on
a stand Boijes and Fitch worked
together to build the jig-saw last
winter when the department was
snowed under by calls to repair
children's toy- for distribution at tho
United Charities Christmas tree Bor-
jes mode the grinder from discarded
parts of an emery wheel and an old
Ford generctn
With th" acquisition of the welding
outfit l!oijs blenched out in new
work la -t -pting He built a steel
tower for the hgh diving boards at
Pledgi r park municipal swimming'
pool He hu just completed the
He rigged up a system whereby t- !c-phorn-s
in the restaurants ling wh"n
the fire department telephone rings
If it is an alarm the fire laddies
quit their dunking and dash for
the water wagon
He also has placed a fire alarm
In his room near the city hall
which clangs and awakens him if an
alarm comes in during the night
Borjes rebuilt the motor of tho
La France pumper of the depart-
ment recently
Automobile painting is included in
Borjes repertory The city recently
bought an air brush outfit and it
has been used to repaint city au-
tomobiles and trucks
Borjes is a Norman product al-
though he has acquired most ot his
mechanical knowledge elsewhere Ho
Is the son of Mr and Mrs Dick
Borjes 103 West Symmes’ street
After finishing his school work here
he took a job with the old Norman
Motor company In 1917 he went
to Drumright and became chief me-
chanic of the fire department there
In 1923 he wandered to the w st
coast and worked as a railroad and
automobile mechanic He came b-u k
to Norman In 1927 and went to
work with the fire department in
3928
Little Leaks Mean
Big Bills for Water
Great water bills from little
water leaks grow says C S Coi-
bln city water department employe
whose job it is to read meters and
settle arguments over tho amount-
of their bilH
Moat persons who fin dth-- wi' :
bills too high can trace the trouble
to plumbing which needs r-p-Jrin
Corbin said If you’re not using much
water and your water bill is high
call the plumber is his advce
Corbin has been in the employe of
the water department 10 years Moi-t
of this time he -ays has be-r -pent
explaining to water users that i
little hoi- in a water pipe rvan-
a big bill at the -nil of the r'aTi
Roofless Plate S2250
Strong Light Plate 1750
Ordinary Plate 1000
Gold Crowns 500
Fillings 150
Painless Extraction 100
No One Likes
To Be Hurt
I use all modern means to
avert pain Don't put off
having your work done It
costs less now
Broken Plates Repaired
All Work Guaranteed
PLATES REPAIRED— ALL WORK II AKWTI FD
DR SATHER Dentist
127 12 E Main
Phone 831
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Kerrigan, Edwin S. The Cleveland County Democrat-News (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1929, newspaper, September 26, 1929; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2160638/m1/4/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed July 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.