Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-31
NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO De IN.
AueuRArEp At CONSERVATION
CONGRESS NETT MONTH.
EARLY SUMNER HOT SPELL
EXTENDED TO ARCTIC REGIONS
Revenue Gutter Service Reports linus.
ual Phsnomsnon-ssa Open Almost
to North Po!s-Mors Than Three.
Fourths Of Panama Canal Ous-Six.
teen l,onths Will See Finish.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Washington. Aug. 31.-A great ma
tional movement for the formation OF
wonen's clubs in the rural commune
ties will be considered at the meeting
of the National Conservation Congress
at Kansas City in September. 1t Is not
at all unlikely the movement will take
definite form at this meeting and that
there will be initiated steps to SO ex-
tend the club life Of women into the
country districts as to make the ex-
istence of that sex in the rural parts
Of the United States much more pleas
ant and attractive.
Mrs. Philip y. Moore. Of St Louis,
president of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs, will be AT the Kansas
City meeting and she is expected TO
speak on the subject of womens clubs
in the country. The suggestion has been
made to Mrs. Moore that now is the
time to take UP the effort TO get
club formation movement we'll under
way in the rural regions and 1t IS eA-
pected she will seek 10 secure organ
lied action. The Kansas City meeting
will bring together many OF the lead
Ing agricuIturalists and conservation
lists in the United States and they VII!
undoubtedly be interested in the aues-
ton of women's clubs in the country.
Closely allied 10 conservation or re-
cources. IS the question Of how to keep
desirable elements OF the population
on the farm and it can be strongly
argued that one Of the most effective
ways to do this is TO make the wives
and daughters contented and give them
some other diversions than to cook and
sew and bake and cnurn and wash and
iron continuously a number OF mem
hers of the Roosevelt country life COM
mission will be at the meeting and
the commission has urged the forna-
ton Of women's clubs in the country.
.
At last. some needed light has been
thrown on the question OF what was
the matter with the weather In the
hottest days of this summer, when the
Whole United States. from one end
TO the other. was suffoca,ing and when
the gasping weather sharps OF the
weather bureau were unable TO o!lef
any satisfactory explanation.
1t has remained for the revenue cut
ter service to find out that the Arctic
circle regions themselves got warmed
up and there was something approach
ing an ice famine up toward the north
pole. Under the circumstances. 1t Is
not to be wondered at tina, this country
suffered.
The hot belt which caused so much
complaint here, went clear beyond
the Arctic circle. Revenue cutter Off
GERS on the cutter Bear have been
cruising in the far north and have just
returned 10 Nome Alaska. from PORT
Barrow Point Barrow is at the north
ern extremity OF the continent. The
Bear makes annual visits there. takes
supplies for the Esquino school am
furnishes food. fuel and relief to any
stranded whalers that may be in need
in that region. Ordinarily. the Bear
gets to Poin; Barrow only b. struS-
Cling thru great quantities OF drifting
ice
Eut this year. it was different. Cap
tain Eallinger has reported to -he rev.
enue cutter service headquarters that
he saw no ice at ali in the entire dis
lance to Point Barrow and back
again.
Speaking OF the phenomenon. Acting
Chief McAllister Of the revenue cutie,
service said today :nat some years the
ice prevented the Bear from making
the trip at all and when it does go it
almost invariably has battle with ice
foes all the way.
Only a little after thu presidential
election is over next November and be
fore the end of the year 1912. the dig
ging Of the Panama canal is going tc
be finished, according to the latest fig
ures showing the rate Of progress or
the big ditch.
Less than one-fourth OF the cana
now remains to be excavated. The
grand total of excavation to Aug.
was 1454s6.53e cubic yards. leaving t,
be excavated 1.727.508 yards. or less
than one-fourth of the entire amount
of the completed canal These figures
are in accord with the new estimate
of July Of this year when 4,676.27s
cubic yards were added to the es,i-
mates OF July, 1910, to include mater
iaI in the slides in the banks Of Guile
bra Cut, making the total excavation
for the entire canal 1s7,214,044 cubic
yards.
The total excavation Tor July wa!
2.51s,ss2 yards as compared with g.
400, oss cubic yards In July. 1910, and
:.s43,260 yards in July, 1909.
1t Is apparent that II the July ex.
cayation is kept up about sixtee1
months more will see the dirt all re.
moved The total for July Is rather
below the average OF excavation fol
the last several years, and Is below thu
average for the first seven months C
the current year.
| Meantime. work on docks, on dams
and other accessories Of the canal goe!
on steadily.
The force at work on the zone is
good sized army. It amounted. includ
ing the railroad employees, to 1861 tn
close of July. OF this number, 4,e5
were white American employees.