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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21

Getty was the name of horse who
happened to be afraid OF an open un, :.
brela Her master tried to think OF
some way TO get her over her fear.
She was very foAd OF potatoes He
went into her stall Carrying an UNI
brella closed with potato on the
tip. At first she SHE'D away from II
and finally came nearer. looked st II
and finally snatched 1t eTf The next
day he did the same thing She took the
and in few days he opened the UNI {.
brella n little way. then more and
more as she grew used to IT, until she
would stand stlll with II over her
head. The Hrst rainy day he tried
driving out--he soon met aa opened
umbrella. instead OF shying. she fol
lowed 1t. hoping she would nnd a
potato.
ELIZABETH LINCOLN.
35O0 F. CLAY ST. city.
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A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

Continued from Last SundayA
We went In to dinner. and N.Y. what
a feast we did have After dinner all
the children went wading and had
flne time
Toe took his fishing line. and while
We We're wadinE he fshed and caught
some perch and few other kinds or
fish
Late In the evening we made a Are
and cooked our hsh and baked some
potatoes Joe brought along we also
picked and ate some huckleherries
When II commenced to got dark we
went 10 the house and found mother
and father waiting for us to go home
We asked Belle to 20 homo with US
and she said she would So thus ended
HAPPY day snent In the country
MARGARET y. MASON.
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EDIT RIAIa AND LITERARY

she might be saved from such an
awful death. The Hesperus struck be-
Tore the feecy waves. the cruel rocks
=ored her side. Like q vesse, of glass
she sank. In the morning fisherman
found Beatrice's FORM dashed close to
q drifting mast
The salt sea was frozen on her breast
The salt tears in her eyes.
And he saw her hair like the brown
seawecd,
on the pillows fall and rise.
Such was the wreck of tho Hesperus
Composed BY
REBECCA r.. COOPER
23l Halifax street Petersburg. Va.
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Bassett, Va
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Dear Editor.I surely was surprised and
~ lighted when saw my name among
'he 'isi az pfi2c winners lu SUNDAYS pa
r'i You r'n't imagine how haprN IL made
'nr i"eI hRN'n.t gotten 10 vet but hope
io spon and thank you SO much for /;
NN dog is siitnE boz my side watching mo
N'i' nave two setter doss. Sport and
NfNi'. "ua D certainty do thnk 4 lot of
nfir Na'a Three cats and one Of
ih'm O. pr"tf' white and black cat.
NNi'N rnifnr- nHirkenr. have
- f''p nor tlod all tEe Tins I thousht
iffft 'NfHViCk pnem Memories ~
SOFA er rfe beautiful love - resd
htfoii n0cir must close IT s. Ret-
f-ur iaf. Thanllnr vou assin fo- rv
grisr am our sinrore mcmhor
liprTlE NJ. piCKENsoN.
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THE GUARD.

oh. little bird. thy faithful watch
Is worthy of my praise
And so 10 thee I will dictate
The burden OF my lays.
Tour wee. brown mate upon her nes
In peace she doth reside
because she knows thou watchest o'el
And for hen brood will provide.
And from thy guard ON little friend.
a lesson we should carry
That which you do. do It we'll.
And when duty calls never tarry.
Composed by
KITTY 5. VAUGHAN
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HOW Toc GET RID OF MosauIroE!

Clean out every place where water
stands So dispose of oil tin cans.
bottles or what not that rain cannot
possibly be retained. Watch your
roof cutters. Empty your rain bar
rel OF water every week or screen
1t closely with fine meshed wire on
top. Change the water every day in
a drinking pan for dog or cat Watch
the watering trough near your stable
FIJI hole in a tree with soil packed
tight or with cement. In other words
get rid OF. or coat with kerosene. all
stagnant, standing water. and YOU
will get rid of them. If you have a
playing fountain. put little FISH like
mnnows or goldfish In the water, and
they Will eat the mosquito larvae.
Composed by
BIRDIT s JONES,
Buffalo Lithis Springs. Va.
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BIRDIT s. JONES.
Buffalo Lithis. Springs. Va.
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now sLEIGn BrM.Ls Anu MADE,

In making sleigh bell the 'ungle,"
Is put inside little ball Of mud. lust
IN shape OF the inside OF the bell.
Then mold is made Just the shape
Of the outside or the bell This mud
ball. with the 'jinelet' inside. is placed
In the mold OF the outside and the
metal Is poured in. which fills up the
space between the ball and tho mold
Sc a seliSh bell. but il viii not ring.
az it is fun OF dirt
The not metal that tho bell is made
or aries the mud so that ii can be
shaken out.
After the dirt is all shaken out OF
tho holes in tho bell. tho little iron
.Jin1set VIII sim ne in the bell and
VIII ring 1t took a good many years
bell. MARY NOW All, ="
floyd Va
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THE wEEK's Contributions.

Allen, Edith Jones. Birdie I,
olhns. Ethel G. Loving. Irene NJ
b'o"arup' NJ Lincoln. Elizabeth
Rroadrup. Helen Motley. Marian
Bowman. Wilbur Mason. NIarraro, r
hA'ley tlihord Ncuman, Mary
hao WICK. W. p Pannill. Mary r.
Cooke. Katherine Pannill. Amy II
Cooper, Rebeccs r. Rheutan. porothv
hnppei. Thomas Richards. Ramon L.
'.ilhS' Ne'lic $. Ransom. Lyra V
Gums. ;. Rove. GLADYS c.
Cooke Mary Rudd. Rachel
roVNe' Elizabeth Seward Wheeler
plckenson, l. NJ Stands, w. r.
Drake. Nicholas Taylor. Gladva
,,,i"''ori Alvin Wade. Margaret s.
"NHrl' Mary Ella Washer. Alice H.
ara Nent Watson. Martha
Harris Annie White. Trvine IT
ar'lS' ia Wilkinson. Edna NJ
'HeASoh' David WiehiSe, Gussie
lander. S Whitlock
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Tobacco.

Tobacco was first raised BY the In
olans They used to trade il TO the
white men FOR beads and other thinga
that they liked '''e'
our country has A large EXPORT trade
in leaf tobacco now. Immense o,,ant,,ias
are sent through the ports OF New
ork and Baltimore to the manufac-
turing countries OF Western Europe.
me United States raises mora ~
bacco than any other country
inc Cuban tobacco is said to be the
best in the world 1t grows chiefly in
tne lowlands Of tho western par, Of
Dumbarton. va. Mo
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why Rain Fails In nro,.

Is lucky for us that Il, doc. If
ta!n iell in stream. anyone caugh,
under II would he drowned
mere Is good reason why # can't:
water is not in liquid state.
cloud is Just a mass Of vapor
When cold wind blows IL. * turns
to water.
But a mass or water cannot form,
In the air. it IS too heavy
SO each drop clings to particle
Of dust and falls with IT, thus "clean-
ing the sky"
CLIFFORD BAILEY,
az w Marshal! ST.
civ
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IRVING II. WHITE.
rrni,c. se,ornl Mrmhcre.

tweek which hope win md place
the page. think the Chadwick sris
Curtis Elder had nne july heading last
week and l.oitic Dckcnson also had
nice drawing saw the Arst part or
Harry chsdwick's story. "Hobn obbins."
our die not sec the last part Nan Miller
had nice drawing Lao; week and Dorothy
my drawinss that are in print tn make
Scran book have seven or eight now.
am lust Watching and waiting onch sun
day - " there IL another that
can add to my list Wishing success to all
tho members am YOUR true member.
FLORENCE COLLINS.
~. West Grace street Richmond. Va.
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MARY COOKE,
Ffedcrichs Han. Va.
synpathy for the slcl,.

Dear Editor-Encoscd YOU will find
arfwing; which suppose IS too arso to
which hope viii no priated was vert
soify to near OF YOU being sick. also one
o. 'h0 Chadwick glrls. Lotie Dickinson.
~ me congratulate for being prize win
neg VIII now close. Your member.
EDITH ALLEN.
--s" ~ Ncnahlc street CITY
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AUNT ,lARGAnEr,s VISIT.

- was a.. simmer evening when
MarNF mother said she was going to
inc irain 10 meet her Aunt Margaret
Mare and mother we're waiting whom
me train cama UP, and Aunt Mar
sarei got ar They went home The
Very neNi day they all three went to
the seashore and had a hne time
ELIZA BETH LINCOLN.
$500 Fast Clay street. Richmond Va
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NOW.

"Now." syllable ticking from the
clock OF Time. Now is the watch
word OF the wise Now Is on the
banner of the prudent Whenever any
thing presents itself to us IN the shape
OF work. whether mental or bodily.
we should do 1t with all our might.
remembering that now is the only
sine for us. II Is a sorry way to get
through the world by putting of till
tomorrow saving Then will do
it, Now is ours Then we may
never have
ANNIE HARRIS.
Dumbarton Va
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Petersburr, Va.
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pEsCRIrrIoN or oun FLAG.

e"r Tag Us Very pretty. n Is shaped
like a rectangle with tho starts in one
corner There arc forty eight stars in
tne Tag and each one stands for a
state The stars are white. with blue
around them The stripes are red and
They stand for the rhirteen coionies
Ia The time ~ the Revolution.
Norro'ed b. MARIAN MOTLEY,
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The Hesperus was schooncr owned
ny skipper The skippers company
was his little motherless daughter.
Beatrice.
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The attention Of club members Is
called 10 the necessity or their let
tiers being addressed to the Editor
of the Childrcn's Page" Letters
sent addressed ia the editor of The
Timcs-Dispntch" from girls nnd boys
cnusc much confusion aud needless
work. Sign letters and stories with
name and address In full, and write
On one side of the paper only.
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4 TRUE FRIEND.

In little village on the outskirts
nI Arkansas. there lived A lord lie
was kind man. and everybody loved
m ,,i hut the one who loved him most
was MS son. WILL two years old
ne had nice dog, who protected
Nlll EVERYWHERE VIII went snort
tthat was the dogs name) went. too
Sne 1ay VIII fell down a well and
9p"ri pulled Mt the child's clothes 10
set II out ~ the we'll At last ha
got VIII ont ie was SO exhausted
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THE STRING or PEARLS.

Ny mother has a string M pearls,
SO pure and fne and white
She let's mo take them In ms hands,
And hold them to tho light
NV mother says that like that chain
My life should ever be.
Each day q pearl to stand apart
In flawlcss purity.
IDA HARRIS,
Dumbarton. Va
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THE MOON.

$500 f. Clay st. city.
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n.,.A. II n. % F'VrN X CUUFl
GcogrnnhN PnL1ln.

Take any two words out OF each
sentence and make a state mountain
or city.
The boar loaded the car WITH
Hushl ne is very III. DON, mako
any noise
3. Louise has gone over to see Anna.
kiln.
8. This road leads across the island.
GLADYS TAYLOR
Rockville. Va.
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PMssIe Department


Name the three causes OF thu
French and Indian War
q What chief event led to the dis
covery of America?
3. Name the two great American
battles OF 1878
:. svhat great general fought in
the battle OF Balaclava7
Composed by
REBECCA r COOPER.
2Sl Halifax Street Petersburg. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21

loar Edltor-l am sendlng draNlns
which nope to see printed. Ny sisters
went up TO The Fairy-S stone Mountain the
fourth %. July and brought back thous-
snds oi fair, stones think they are 30
pretty They are aS thick as rocks on tnr
mountain Wishlns YOU and all tho I, d.
{ g. members q good success. Will close
lOur member
MARY L. PANVlLI..
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Dear Ediior.-1 have iust soi back from,
race and I beat We had fine time
We found a whole lot OF pretty pebbles and
Other Things. awully sorry Bessie
chadwick is sick Hope she will be better
soon Whnt has Income Of susy Crooks =?
Editor. pcase send me list OF rules.
Good luck 10 all.
MARY ELLA HOWARD.
Floyd. Va.
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Dear Editor-I have been solns to write.
o"t nave been putting u on. Here are
Two drawings Mamie. our goat IL sick
Helen and gave nor dose OF qu!nine
this morning You would iaurh "a So
such funny Soat doctors il Is so hot I
am as lazy our cat Good-by.
MARGUERITE BROADRl5P.
Lorraine Va
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THE wnEcK or THE HEsppK1-s

Ine Hesperus was a schooncr owned
nN skipper The skippers company
was his little motherless daughter.
Beatrice.
Blue we're her eyes as the fairy. FINK.
Her cheeks like the dawn Of day.
And her bosom white as the hav-
thorne buds
That ope in the month Of May.
ons stormy night an old sailor said
% me sklnper 1 fear hurricane 1t
would he hest ~ put into Wonder mort
Last night the moon had golden ling
To nisht the moon is gone The skin.
per laughed scornfully.
~ was very cold and windy that
night gale swept from the north
essi tho snow was Kissing in the
prime The storm came down and
smote the schooner which shuddered
and then leaned her cables length.
hen spoke the skipper: Come here.
my little Beatrice. Why are Won
trembling so He wrapped her in his
warm coat After that he cut a rome
from a broken spar and bound her to
Later Beatrice heard the sound NJ
surch balls She asked the skinner
what 1t meant lie said: lis a fog
bell on rockhound coast" Then he
steered for the open sea Father. 7
hear the sound Of guns. What NAV n
he7' asked Beatrice. Some ships tha+
cannot live long are in distrass :,
Later she saw cleaning light and
repeated her question The skipper
didn't answer because he was A frozen
corpse
roor Beatrice prayed to Cod tina,
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Dear Eniior,-l am Very much interested
Pa The T. ID. c. g. Page. and would like
TO become i member your club am
sending you drawing which I certainly
rppe Viii escape Mr. Wastebaskot When
you send me my badge. please send me
me rules also Yours truly.
DOROTHY RfrENTAN
ll5 West Grace street. city.
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The moon has face like a clock In
the hall,
She shines on thieves on the garden
wall.
On streets and neld and harbor auays.
And brides asleep in the fork OF the
ETHEL G. BOILING
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i'ar Editor Tho oesuuful watch Ton
sill. received yesterd4y and for &, acc.a,
nfn' fhanks from YOUR il'tie member I
n7e Very sorry 70 hesr 81 Bessie Chadwick
r'nE 'irk ana Ao7c she wiz soon be welt.
main YOU n'i'e memh@r
nssEeti Va
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What bird do we always have with
US when We cat and drink7
WHEELER SEWARD
Ghoisonviilc. Va
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that he fell dead. The lord afterwards
put up a monument in honor OF the
dog who saved Wits life.
Composed BY
5. WHITLOCK LANDER.
1927 Floyd Avenue. Richmond Va
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Dear Edttor--Picase DO not think be-
cause 1 did not acknowledge my prize that
J am Uudpprccative. The beautiful priz. I!
You conidni have pleased me better. l
was Just n need OF one. Many. many thanks
for H. am sending this week, you
ropuested, composition on my choice n
President and hope II shall prove worthy
90 printing WIN wishes OF hest success
Of The club and IFS members, remain.
your old member.
IRVING II. WHITE.
City
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WrEc, About ncr Gont.

MARY L. PANvILL.
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ETHEL G. BOILING
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A New Member,

Pea Editorl have been very interested
ln lhe papcr Looking at the pictures and
stories. ana would like TO Join. / am
tcndins you Il little picture which would
Ike 20 see in tho paper
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MINES OF General. I'm rieur.,

~ 7 3. II. IL. Is. I.
3 IA. "a. ri. is. "a.
! l. 49, :. 2. as.
;. :. IS. /. Is. %.
g. l2. o, 8.
Composed by
REBECCA r COOPER.
Petersburg. Va
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Answers 10 Inst Week's Puzzle.
Allegheny.
Charlotte
Montgomery.
pes Moines
James River.
EDNA NAY WILKINSON.
Lexington. Va
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Flower Puzzle.

|. 40. 81. 10. .. Is.
2. T. l. s. H. O.
3. 3. l. is, II. /. 20. Q. l5.i4
81 g. rs. u.s. 10. /. II. 30. 8. 5.
Find tho names of flowers who's.
iiirst letter forms the initial OF a well
known club.
Composed by
ALVIN IfATTORF.
Va.
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WEEk's rRIzE WINNERS

Miss Florence Collins, c32: West Grace
Street. city.
Miss Marguerite Brondrup. Lorraine, VA.
MISS Edith Alien, "235 y. Vcnable street,
city.
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II I t I rs
NICHOLAS DRAKE.
sane Fourth In Petersburg.

Dear Editor,--I hope you don't think that
I've forgotten the club. That would b
impossible. I'm soins 70 try 70 win a
medal The Fourth OF july was passed
very Guistly over here heard ten IRE
works shoot, Think OF that. Enclosed IS
story and some puzzles remain. your
old member.
REBEccA Il. COOPER.
Petershurr Va
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Ansver u Three ClOwnr PuErle.
ing s, 3. into 2 g. /.
ALVIN HATTIE 7F
420 IL South Pine street. RI ID
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Answers TO CARTS Elders Pun

/ Spokane. Wash.
2 Springfield Mass.
g. Memphis. Tenn
I. Columbia, S. c.
MARY NEUMAN
2iol East Darlington Street. city.
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ANSWERS

Petersburg, Va.
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hlue were her eyes as the fairy-flnx.
Ter checks like the dawn Of day.
And her bosom white as the haw-
thorne buds
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-24
STATE ENGINEER Is
MUCH PLEASED WITH
S0C0RR0 COUNTY WORKS

santa Re, \. Mo une st.--state En-
gineer Charles ID. Miller has returned
from Magdalons. much plcaaed with
the work on the road from sOc0rro
10 Magdalena and beyond. The camp
~ now 80 miles west ~ Magdalena
and VIII reach Dati before the pres
ont appropriation is exhausted. II
Will then take sl0.0e0 more to push
the highway 10 tho Arizona boundary
of which SOcorro county b. prepared
10 furnish one-half,
Engineer Merriwoather of the state
roads department. has laid out this
road connecting RedFock with silver
City. Grant county. and has "a force Of
men at work on IL. under tho super
vision OF Charles morrill,. and VIII
spend si,000. derived from the forests
0f Grant county 20 build thss road
). A. French Of nona Ana county,
who wil succeed state Engineer Chaa.
ID. Miller. left today Cor 10 Paso. Tex
az. where he will take about a month
90 write up his notes for tne r6ela-
nation service and before assuming
the duties % his new position.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-24

Studies for the profcssorate; member
of the Royal Academy OF History;
editor OF the Bulletin OF the Cham
beers OF Commerce OF Madrid,
S1cnskn sallsknpei for AntropOllgi
och Gcografl Stockholm.
swedcu--Dr. Guunar Anderson.
professor Of economic geography at
the College ST Commerce, university
of Stockholm. encouragement OF
the Swedish Anthropoioglcal and
Geographical soeiety; editor OF
I"Nmer."
Gcographlss,Ile 6scscllschafs. Bern.
Switzerland ~ Dr. Jean Bruhnes,
professor Of geography. University Of
Fribourg
Emile Chalk, professor OF econ0m+
icnl and political geography az the
Univcrsity OF Geneva and al the
School Of Commerce,
Dr. Fritz Nuabaum. Instructor IN
geography, Uniyesiiy OF Bern; see
Rotary OF the Geographical society Of
Bern.
Invited b. lllc Director.
Andre Chalk. student university Of
Geneva
The names of the American mem
here of the Excursion VIII be pub
lished later,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-24

Mexico over The main Inc Of the
Santa i'c
Following arc the European men-
hers who have SO Tar signiiied their
Intention Of accompanying the OK
oursion:
X. n. Gepgrapalscile tScselischaFt,
Vienna,
Dr Eduurd Bruckner. professor Of
geography al the University OF Vien-
ma. vice president Of the I. ana Il.
Geographical society OF Vienna.
DR. Fritz Machatschek. privaldoz-
cnt Of geography az tie University OF
Vienna; cdutor Of the Mittcilungen
of the T. ana u. Geographical society
oil Vienna.
sOclclc iloyalc Beige dc Geographic,
brussels.
Belgium Georges Lecointe. scion-
;ific director at the Royal Belgian
observatory. vice president OF the
i,oyai Belgian Geographical society.
member OF the Belgian Antarctic
expedition. iS0S-9a.
soclcte RoyaIc de Gcographle,
Antwerp.
Paul sisen. member uf the noyal
Geographical society - Antwerp
Konerligc DanSlc tseogrnfiskc Sells.
kaL. Copenhagen
Denmark Professor ole Olufson,
secretary OF The Royal Danish Geo
graphical society; commander of the
first and second Danish Pamir expo
ditions
Soolote "a Geographic, Paris.
France Henri Bauiig, Instructor
In geography. University of Paris
Emmanuel dc Margefio. vice presi-
dent. section Of historical and dcs-
icrlptive geography Gf the Comite def
Travugx hlst0fluues ~ scientitlqucs,
tate president. Geological society 81
Frnnce; associate editor "Annaies o.
Topographic"
Edonard- Alfred Martel. late presi-
dent. commission Centrale d. IA
societc de- Geographic. Paris. cditoi
loo La Naiure;" collaboration geo
logical survey of France.
Drireaic at the University 81 ruris
Luoien Gniiois. professor Of geogra'
ply, University OF Parisi associate
editor "Annaies de geographic"
Delegate of che Ministry oE rubil'
instruction.
Antonio NaCher. professor % sc
lography University Oi lille.
lnyltod by the Dirccior.
Pierre Bastiuu. student, UNIVERSITY
OF Paris.
Francois Horbetto, assistant IN sc
ographN University of Paris
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-24
PLAN TO EKCAVATE
ANCIENT RUINS
OF TORRANCE
Systematic Digging to BE
Done at Gran Quivira and
La Cuara by American Mu-
scum of Natural History.

That the American Museum of Nat
urai History Is nnking plans FOR sys-
temntic excavation az the site of the
famous old ruins OF Gran Quivera
and La Cuara. In Torrance county.
is the statement made by n. g. Nelson
OF San francisco, who was In the city
last week, returning from a trip TO
the ruins. making his headquarters
with John w. Corbett OF Mountain
air. AIT Nelson was accompanied by
his wife. Accompanied by Mr.. Cor
bett he made preliminary survey u
the ruins and also visited Chllili. Tia
iiuav, hbU ami tiie old trees at Man
zano. Mr.. Nelson says that the work
OF excavation. which VIII begin this
month. wlil likely take four or five
years TO complete and h confident
that priceless relies ~ pact eivlll2a-
tions will be disclosed Nv the pick
and shovel.