The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17

OiiCO III IulS Clly Sudll D0 one lO IO- ceive deposits in order that there may be a demonstration of the system un- der the eyes of Congress.
 A committee of experts appointed by the trustees are working out the de- tails of the system, which are many. and it is probable matters will be in such shape that the trustees can take definite action in the fall.
 With view to securing the infor- nation of experts and dependable facts for recommendation to Congress re- garding necessary improvements Sec retary Ballinger, of the Interior De- partment has arranged for an inspect ion of some of the national parks. The men chosen for the work are Clement S. Ucker. chief clerk of the department and R. B. Marshall. chief geographer of the Geological Survey.
 In connection with their visit to Glacier National Park. wonderland of living glaciers and wild mountain scenery reserved as a playground for the people at the recent session or Congress, a question arose to the pay ment of their expenses. It seems that Congress appropriated s15.000 for the improvement of Glacier Park by the construction and repair of roads and trai1s''
 The question was whether Ucker and Marshall could use a part of that .ap- propriation in securing a pack train. guides, camp equipment. etc.. and al- so in paying railroad fare and Pull man and incidentals, not to exceed $6 8 day from Devils Lake. North Da- kota, to Glacier Park.
 The problem was referred to Comp troller of the Treasury Tracewell. whose decision on the expenditure of government funds is final He anr swered that it is an administrative of Congress to construct and repair roads and trails'' it is necessary to first have an inspection. so that the work may be done to the best ad- vantage, then the aforesaid expenses of the inspectors can be paid out of the $15,000 appropriation.
 Owners of coal mines in England are considering life-saving plans similar to those that will be carried out by the newly created bureau of mines in this country. The scheme. Consul Walter c. Hamm at Hull reports. is to establish rescue stations near groups of mines.
 It is proposed in the Durham field to establish a station for the housing of motors equipped with pumps power full as those of the largest engines in city fire department service. breath ing helmets and other apparatus and quarters for six or eight highly train
 
 erected. Direct telephone connection will be arranged with all the mines in Durham County. of which the most distant could be reached in an hour.
 One method is to make use of head dress. to be supplied with fresh air by armored tubing. and fitted with tele- phones. It is thought that in most cases 60 yards will be sufficient, and it Is proposed that each colliefy should be equipped with one or more of these. To cope with cases where longer dis tances than 60 yards from respfrable air might have to be dealt with. the use of "aerolith" helmets is proposed supplied with air in liquid form. There are no valves or complicated parts to get out of order. and they can be used without any special training. A sup ply of these would always be kept ready for use at the central station.
 Now that the summer. sason is on in Washington and most of the mem- bers of the diplomatic corps have flitt- ed away to the cooling breezes of, the North shore of the mountains. the at- tention of the public can be centered without distraction upon the Central American junta which maintains itself at the cafe of the Arlington hotel.
 The gathering of exiled Central American revo1utionists in New Or leans could hardly be more picturesque or more imaginative than the few mid summer diplomats who gather at these headquarters and, to the tinkle of the cracked ice in the long glasses, discuss the affairs of the five republics.-those events which have come to pass and those which will come to pass. and, for the most part. those which have not nor even will come to pass. For this little left behind fragment of Washington's diplomatic coterie is mo- thing if not imaginative.
 The midsummer sun beats down hot on the striped awnings and the pave mentS without bake in the heat. Un- der such circumstances the whir of the electric fan and the tiinkle of the cracked ice encourage meandering thoughts. which percolate through the the hot street explodes them like toy balloons. What revolutions are not stamped out. what diplomatic coups are not dealt under the langurous in- Huence Of those electric fans and the seductive tinkl1ng of the tall glasses.
 A thousand times is the United States, as friend or foe. crushed un- der foot or exalted to the skies. A thousand times does the valor of the great generals of the South American republics gain bloodless victories. A thousand times is the diplomacy of Sec Ieldry hHOX COfn to IdtCerS Dy clever strokes,-all until one emerges from the cool depths under cover of the striped awnings to realize that the world is very matter of fact and very common place again.
 But, such as it is. the iunta serves its purposes. Many 8 correspondent, hard put to it to find substance for his copy, seizes upon the meandering thought and makes a column of it for the. deIectation of the great American people. A hundred times in the sum- mer months is the tide of affairs turn ed in Central America again by the announcement from the State Depart ment that things are just as they have other it is for Estrada. The next Whoop la!-Zelaya is coming back to stir up trouble or ship has slipped away from Hampton Roads to blow Managua into the sea.
 What junta gossip fails to bring forth is supplied by rumors from New Or leans or Mobile,-long since called the banana route by the news gatherers. In the past the banana route has oc- cupied first place. but that has reached it's zepith. The colony of revolutionary exiles in New Orleans have much to enliven the slow hours. Hardly fruit boat comes in but some ragged figure runs down the gang plank to bear the news of home and the cause to the few who gather about the tables of an obscure cafe near the water front. Thence it goes to the nearest newspaper office and behold. a new revolution is launcehd to overthrow one or another tyrant,-the extent of which is confined to four hungry men at a cafe with combined resources of 11 1f,-fx e-fx