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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
HOT PLACE TO LIVE
No One Ever Suffers From the
Cold in Death Valley.
WONDERS OF SALTON SEA
At One Time a Part of the Gulf Of
California.
FAR BELOW OCEANS LEVEL
Water Had Been Gradually Disap-
pearing Until Flood Came and
Filled Basin Twenty Feet.
AR BELOW OCEANS LEVEL
Hf WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
>Dcci2! Correspondence o. Tho Star aud the
Chicago Record Herald.

IMPERIAL JUNCTION. Cal.
April -. 1911.
- is believed by biologists that the
Gulf of California once extended north
ward into the interior OF Nevada and
covered the area now known as the I'M
peria! valley formerly the Colorado
DESERT. the Mojave desert the Nevada
desert and Death valley, and that what
is now known as the Salton sea is the
residue of the water left in the sink,
which varies from 30 to 80 feet below
tho level of the ocean. 1t is believed that
the Silt brought down by the Colorado
river in carving the Grand canyon was
deposited near It's mouth making a bar,
which grew and grew until it became
dam al the head Of the present gulf leav-
ing an inland sea. Having no outlet. the
water gradually cvaporateG. Death val
ley ard the other depressions are not SD
low as certain spots III the great Sahara
desert Of Africa or the Dead sea. but
will average more than aO feet below
the level of the Gulf of California
The Colorado IS a remarkable river.
1t is not only one Of the largest in the
United States, but falls 1000 feet In pit
miles. In that distance are twenty-five
cataracts and 80 rapids. Its frequent:
foods are terrible and destructive. The
observers of the weather bureau at the
Grand canyon have records showing that
the level of the water has risen a hun
bred feet within five days and that the
flow varies between greater extremes
than that of any other river In the
United States. In one month it will av
erage 1900 cubic feet per second and
the next month it will average 10000
cubic feet per second, and is thus more
difficult to control than any other river
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

Kappa hammock river to load lumber for
dealers here: schooner Lewis WOrrell has
sailed from Baltimore for Il bay point TO
load: schooner Samuel =. button is in
Mattox creek loading lumber for this city;
schooner Thomas w Kirby is at a lower
Potomac point to load for this port ;
steam barge Daniel *. Jackson Will re-
turn 10 Aqua creek to load lumber for
this port; schooner Grace g. Bennett is
chartered to load brick al this city for a
bay point; schooner Maoma is chartered
% load coal at Philadelphia for st. Johns
y b: steam yacht RoXanna is at Balti-
more from this city and will repair: fat
tie Zoia light, from Alexandria for a
river point 10 load: schooner S,effins is
chartered to load lumber in MattoX creek
fo. dealers here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Mystery of Salt Mines.

Work is going on. however, in Coached
la valley, in the neighborhood, where the
best quality of salt is found in Marshes
and by some mysterious process continues
TO accumulate upon the surface Of the
earth fast it is removed. Within
year after the crust has been plowed
up and hauled away, another crust Will
have formed five or six inches in thick
ness. This has been going on ever since
the deposits We're first disturbed by
miners more than twenty-five years ago.
The scientists have never offered j sat
:Sfactory solution of this phenomenon.
although the most popular theory is that
grains of salt are formed by crystalliza-
ton in the moist earth and carried to the
surface by the seepage- The same phe
nomenon appears at Pitch lake in the
Island of Trinidad. where. as often az
the deposits are removed. they gradually
reappeHr, being apparently pushed up
By the earth beneath by some unknown
force.
The borax mines, of which you have no
doubt heard, are in eDath valley. Inyo
county. Cal. from which nearly all the
world now receives its supply 1t is SO
much more easily mined and transpurta-
ton facilities so much more con-
venient and economical that the former
source of supply i'm Chile. Peru and Asia
Minor have been practically abandoned
BCraX is d combination Of salt and soda
and other chemicals. and is found in in
in other parts of the desert which have
mentioned, which was formerly the bot
tom of the northern part o: the Gulf OF
California. The best deposits are found
in pits similar to the SaIton sea where
the evidences Of water are the most re-
cent. BoraX is used by manufacturers
of glass. china, tiles, granite wear enamel
and other ceramics. as a fiuX i'll Smelters
and furnaces. and for various domestic
purposes, such cleaning and polishing
1t is p!owed up like the salt I have de-
Scribed, hauled to the nearest railway
station and shipped hy the train load to
Alameda, Cal. and u Bavonne. y. j., to
b" refined. Everybody who went to the
St Louis exposition saw the twenty four
mule team and wagon owned by and used
by "BUrax' Smith, the boraX king. but
II Is gratifying to sly that animals are
no longer used. The automobile Is now
the ship o. the desert and has made many
waterleSS sections accessible that could
not be reached before without danger to
! life aud limb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Parler-Brdget & Co-Outfiters to Men and Little Men.
Unity Serge
Suit at $500

The "P-B" Unity Serge Suit
created a sensation IN clothing
circles when it was introduced
two seasons back. We knew it
would-we knew it was unques
tionablv the greatest clothing val
tie we had ever introduced.
The Unity Serge is distinctly
stv!isl,. made of al: worsted and
guaranteed absolutely fast in
color.
The materials are put TO search
ing tests. Then comes the max
ing Of the suits into original
'P-B styles by skilled artisans,
who bring out the fine tailoring
points that distinguish 'P-B'
clothes from ordinary garments.
These Unity Serge Suits 1T
men of every size, and this season
the new natural shoulder will ap-
peal to you from a style point.
When you think of buying the
suit, think of "P-B" Unity Serge.
1t will be the happiest clothes
thought YOU ever had. We al
most forgot to tell you the price
1t is only $500.
Parker-Bridget Suits are dis
tinctive in styic and materials.
Your personality is considered in
drafting the patterns and your
purse is considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Making Yachts Ready for Service

The yawl yacht Eleanor. one of the
local fleet of pleasure craft which has
been out on the marine railway Of the
Consolidated Coal Company, at George
town. will he put overheard In few
days. and will then sail for Annapolis.
from which point her owner will sail
on bay trips during the summer. The
vessel is being put in thorough order
for bay services.
The work of rebuilding the auxiliary
yawl yacht Seabelle. belonging to Henry
Seymour of this city, which is in prog
resS az Benefits boat yard, Will require
two weeks or longer for completion but
the vessel will then be i'll thorough or
der for her annual summer trip to New
Eng land waters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
aborerS are constantly coming and go

Iaborers are constantly coming and go
ing.
Eoray comes out OF Death valley in
several forms, part of it in white crust,
ike frozen snow; part in crystals, known
as boreat and more in little rolls of uieX-
tie fiber varying in size from an ordinary
pea to d buSheI basket.
The raw borax is first shoveled into a
crusher, which grinds it to powder 1t
is then passed between rollers like those
of a flour mill and mixed with carbonate
OF soda also mined in Death valley. The
mixture is boiled and stirred until it IS
thoroughly dissolved when it is run off
into shallow watts and allowed to cool.
After cooling the liquor Is drawn off and
the bottoms OF the watts are covered with
crystals. which are put into sacks and
Skinned o market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
I'd Notice

The old treatment OF kidney
disease by excitation has broken
down, deaths nearly 10000, and
books declare it incurablc. If
YOU have had kidney trouble over
six months cali for helpful dict
list and panphle, free that may
prolong or save your life.
James O'Dorncil. Druggist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

Because the valuation Of accessible
property In Petergt0vn, Monroe county,
". Va. Is too small it was Impossible
to raise the $500 necessary to build
a SIX room schoolhouse through taxa
ton. Citizens OF the town took the
matter in their own hands. ana raised
$1,5e0 in less than half q Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

schooner Jessie Irving. lumber and la,lis
from ii Chesapeake hay point. at 6th
street wharf, barge WissahiCkon az South
Capitol street wharf Eastern branch 10
load paving block for Norfolk or Rich
1aond: Alexandria Cnemica Company COW
cred lighter, iron pyrites from Quantico
TO acid-naking plant at Alexandra: tug
James o Garter. towing two light coal
boats from Mattawo!nan creek to George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

The existence OF an unexpended balance
Of $4,000 to the credit of Virginia with
the War Department has just been dis
covered. Part OF II has already been
checked against By Adjutant General
Sale A complete outat for field hos
pital is among the ea'ilpnents for which
the money will be ussx. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

-own: tug Camilla. with a lighter in tow
from Il down-ri!er point. schooner Emma
silad and herring from chapman'S fishing
shore 70 the market here; tug Minerva
with tow of sand and gravel laden
lighters from a Potomac ;o.nt 20 George
own, scow blanchard. light. 1T AleXau-
Grid TO load for Il river point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Make Desert Safer.

We stll hear dreadful stories about
men who die III the desert, and not long
ago the papers were filled with reports
81 the narrow escape OF party from the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
But the introduction of automobiles, the
Improvement OF the roads, the establish
ment of rest and water stations and
othe1. means of rescue and protection
have reduced the mortality tn mini
num- And the people who live down here
seem to be happy and contented.
There are many thriving towns where
the thermometer hangs around 40 de-
grees day and night from one years end
to the other. Yet they have hotels.
churches, schools. literary 500 ieties. pub
III. libraries, women's clubs and other APP
purtenances OF civilization. and raise and
educate children just as is done IN the
temperate zone. There are daily news
papers printed in a desert $50 feet below
the level Of the sea, where the thermome-
ter will average 115 degrees the year
around The reporters. editors ard print
ers work with the same energy as In the
temperate zone: they print jokes az well
as serious politics. and are devoting their
lives and their talents to building up the
country. keeping people cheerful and get
ting rich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Have Sense of Humor.

You may be surprised that people can
be witty under such circumstances, but
perhaps the sense of humor is their sal
Walton. Many of the names of the towns
found in the railway folders are satirical.
If you look the map YOU will see
Arctic City. Ice Cave Siberia. Snow Line.
Sodom and Gomorrah. Furnace Creek.
Funeral Mountain, Helps Center. Fire
Meadows. Birthstone Gulch. In Death s
valley, in the most hopeless. desolate.
driest dryness, is "a large sign inscribed:
Saratoga Spring.
Twenty miles from wood.
Twenty miles from water.
please keep off the grass.
persons plucking the flowers will be
prosecuted.
Don't waste the water.
This is forty feet from He'll.
God bless our home"
Water is sold by the gallon and is toted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Memoranda.

Schooner Leroy is in Nattawo.nan creek
10 load cord wood back to this city:
schooner Sidonia Eur!ey wi. retura to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

around on the backs OF burros and in
wagons like milk in our cities. In bar
Customers are allowed to help themselves
to the whisky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

If You want work read the want col
umns OF The Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
GIVES PROTECTION TO HAT
individual Box for Each ls a Clever
and Exceedingly Novel Idea
Evolved.

Closet room Is always at a premium.
There can never be enough space TO
hold all that household contains, with
does the problem OF hats need solv-
ing. Closet shelves are generally capa-
BILE OF holding but one OF the size that
fashion now DEGREES. Each hat should
have an entire box Of It's own. roomy
enough to allow II to lie fat upon a
hat rest, for the least cramping is H.
able TO alter its shape.
A very novel and practical idea has
been evolved to meet the needs of the
woman who possesses half dozen hats
and doesn't know where TO put them.
A light stand. made OF four slender
posts with shelf or two. containing
prettily decorated boxes, Is a gay ad.
dition TO a room. and does not mar
its beauty. The stand contains no
sides. 30 that the box may easily slip
in and out, or a better arrangement
is to have one side OF the box attach
ed on hinges.
Sometimes these stands are stain
ed TO match the furniture OF the room,
or they look fresh and pretty when
enameled In white paint OF. again.
they may be draped In chintz to match
the hangings OF the boudoir. They
may also be made OF crude materials
and placed In the store-room, II space
allows. But the woman who possesses
such a one will find II OF great com
fort. Hat rests. to place within the
boxes. OF light wire covered with
either ribbon or silk or chintz, OF
course. are made 20 carry out the pre-
vailing cclor scheme.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHNSON
This Historic and Crude Old Building
is Still Standing In Ra-
leigh, NJ. c.

Raleigh. n. C.-This old and sims&e
building, erected sometime during the
latter part OF the eighteenth century
still stands in Raleigh. historic
building, attracting the interest OF
strangers, and held sacred I'm the
hearts of Americans Within its rough
and crude walls, in 1908, the eyes OF
Andrew Johnson first saw the light OF
day.
Looking today upon the simplicity
Of this structure, we are reminded OF
him whom 1t once sheltered. Plain,
even homely, yet so staunch as to
withstand the shocks of storm in sum
mer and winter through all these
years, even as he withstood the jibes
and sneers of his enemies during the
strenuous period in which he held the
helm Of the ship of state.
Hampered with the illiteracy, com
mon with those Of humber origin at
that time, even unable to sign his
name until after ripe manhood; yet
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

rings. o. standing puffs. Occasionally
maline Is folded in several thicknesses
and doubled into long-pointed triangles.
mounted In rows about dome crowns.
They resemble most dainty gauze
wings, like those of butterfly. The
effects from posing one color over
two others. all beautiful. giving
changing opal like tints. The favor
ite method Of using maline is the ar
rangement Of many standing puffs
springing from the top Of the crown.
The ostrich plume and the picture
hat have SO long been associated In
our minds that 1t almost goes without
saying that this combination Is a ia.
vorite. Large shapes and plumes be-
long to one anothev. The hats in all
black and In black with white feath-
ers. are the handsomest OF this char
-acter.
Wreathes and coronets OF small os-
trich tips. and ostrich combined with
marabout or paradise provide other
varieties of trimming. Rich laces and
braids OF fur. and wonderful wreathes
OF ribbon flowers are all brought into
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
GIRL ORDERS BABY SISTER
Little Tot Calls at Doctors Office and
Says II Is 10 Be Sent inme-
diately-Tells Mother.

Winsted. Conn.-Amy Bull, three
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry c. Bull OF Center street, called
at the Office OF DIR. ID. ID. Reidy on
Elm street and inquired IL the doctor
was home. She was informed that he
was not and asked II there was any
word she wanted 20 leave for the
doctor.
Il want 10 leave an order" the
child replied. Tell the doctor 20
bring me baby sister at once. They
have got one in the next house. and
want one. You won't forget to tell
he doctor, will your"
Assured that the doctor would get
ser order, little Miss Bull continued
N her way TO High street 20 visit
friends. Upon her return home Amy
informed her mother that she had
stopped at the Doctors office and
added:
Il left an order for q baby sister"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

monuments were erected In 1899 by
Mrs. Johnson and her fellow prisoner
Mr.. Labarree. to commemorate the
dreadful march with the Indians from
Charlestown, n. H., over TO the
Otter creek, then TO Lake Champlain
and Canada. The details of that march
are dramatic.
Midway between daybreak and sun.
rise August 30, 1854. Lieutenant John
son, wife and four small children, with
other prisoners. were captured and
forced on the march. Captain Straw
pursued the Indians across the Con
necticut and fought with them near
the General Lewis Morris place In
Springfield, but did not release the cap
tives. They were twenty days In
reaching ST. Francis, Canada, where
they remained as captives three years
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
MOST POPULAR HATS
PICTURE VARIETY CONCEDED TO
EXCEL IN GRACE.
Smaller Sizes Have Their Admirers,
but the Larger Shapes More Than
Hold Their Own With Follow
ers Of Fashion.

However much we may admire the
quaint, small bonnet-like shapes. some
demure and some jaunty, which are
now fashionable, and however interest
fng the unending variety and eccentric
novelty of medium sized and small
hats may prove. still the most beauu-
ful Of all is the large picture hat. II
belongs TO youth and serves as back
ground against which the beauty OF
youthful coloring and contour is en-
phasized. II subtracts years from the
woman who has preserved her good
looks into middle life and carries a
suggestion of girlhood always 1t Is
the hat Of great occasions. and II Is
never out OF style.
The contour OF the picture shapes
varies somewhat from season to sea-
son. the poise changes a little, but II
is In the matter of trimming that the
hat Is brought into the mode Of the
moment. Just at present malines are
greatly liked. mounted over crowns
either in masses Of drapery. In shir-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
TEACH CHILDREN TO THINK
Good Idea That May Be classed az
In the Nature Of Practical
Education.

One Of the new ideas upon educa-
ton is that children should be encour-
aged to think more and 10 leave dry
facts alone. II ia said, too. that We
cram a lot OF facts down the minds or
our children and do not give them an
opportunity to use their brains. This
new idea In education says that we
must take children oftener out into
the woods TO let them discover things
for themselves; we should let them
watch the habits OF insects and ami
mails, and the ever-varying phases OF
nature. We should let both boys and
girls study mechanical organism OF
things that are In daily use In our big
cities. For instance, boy or even a
girl. who happens TO be In the vicin-
ity of an automobile when II breaks
down, might by intelligent observa'
ton learn a great deal about the
makeup OF one of those modern con-
veyances II let alone to watch the
machinist go about adjusting the diff
culties
A very much disgruntled little girl
was overheard saying to her father
and mother who had dragged her
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
RECALLS INDIAN ATROCITIES
Monument Adorned With HierosIyphles
Tells Tale Of Whites Carried
Away Captive.

Reading. Vt--Near the main road
leading from Weatherheld TO Reading.
a passerby may observe two monu.
ments adorned with Indian hierogly.
phics.
The larger OF the two contains the
following inscription: This is near
the spot where the Indians encamped
the night after they took Mr.. Johnson
and family. Mr.. Labarree and Farms
worth. August 80; 1854" The two
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

away by the hand when she ran with
her brother to watch a man In the
roadside who was fixing his auto: "Oh,
you let Johnnie stay and look all he
wants. but you chase me away. | like
to look at the man fixing things. too"
Which shows that little girls some
times want TO investigate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
Smart Effect.

A girl with an assortment OF jabots
and frills should study the colors most
becoming to her and fashion a num-
Der of odd tailor bows and knots Of
velvet and ribbon to pin at her throat
as a sort of fastening for the neck
wear. She will be surprised at the
smart effect given by the touch Of
color
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
Protecting Fur Clothes.

II you have a tin box you can store
a nun and stole In 1t without fear Of
dampness. moth. or any destroying
element; a large metal bucket with q
tight fitting cover will protect a fur
Constitutional Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
Historic Memorial.

with the grim determination OF his
race, he surmounted all obstacles, till
he stood upon the highest point 20
which the American, politically speak
ing, can obtain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

MECHANICAL DEVICE
in
to
oil Is OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
BOON FOR BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Useful Apron That Assures the Darn.
Ing Materials Being Always
at Hand.

Any busy housewife who does the
stocking mending at odd times during
the day knows what a comfort It is to
find the mending wool. scissors. Thin
bic, etc, all 10 hand II she has to
leave of to attend to something else
and with an apron such as this these
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
15O Rhode Islanders

who will subscribe thereto $500 for
desiring their fold within
will call NJ a.
idence, machine
invited
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-31
SMOKERS ATTENTION.

". ". BOughtOn has taken the sgtnoy for the justly famous
 FL INFINfTO CLEAR
 HAVANA CIGARS. 5000 just received from the fac tg at Tampa, Fla f you want the best don't fail to give these goods a bial.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-31
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Getting into trouble Isn't difficult nor unpleasant It is getting out that tries the soul and purse.
 Riches may not bring happiness, but they can take 1t away from you when your energetic enemy has them.
 The junk room of every mans brain is full of schemes that won't work and wheels that won't track.
 Dignity Is a quality we use when we have infringed on the playground of others and our own Is about to be ln- yaded
 You can't pay your way by being witty at your own expense.
 When a man falls in love with girl she suddenly acquires great beauty in his eyes.
 The fellow who knows how Co make a good living doesn't worry much over the stock market
 Don't go around telling the truth about things indiscriminately. The h. formation isn't always welcome.
 There is one paradox about learning things-the more you learn the more you fnd out you don't know.
 Soft words won't pay the grocer, but they often induce him to extend m0rs credit
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-31
RE.NnoRsEMENT
AHornsyo

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