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That Eugenics Is an Old Story With Tiny Bit
of Protoplasm Is One of the Things
Discovered by DR.. Goodman

Accordingly he went just where tradi-
ton has il that malaria is bred and from
the rank and rotting vegetSAion of n
smelly marsh he gathered "A can of water.
In this water he placed grass and the
straw litter from stable. and as he
watched 1t from day to day by means Of
the microscope he saw the protoplasmic
life multiply out OF the decaying matter.
That was as far as the skill of the OPP
tician made 1t possible for him to detect
the beginning Of living organisms. The
next problem was to pick out the most
primitive Of these for study and isolation
before starting To take pictures of them.
DIR. Goodman fashioned a suitable YES
sci Of very thin discs of fine glass be-
tween which he could hold "A mere film
Of water sufilcing for the domestic re-
Qurements of the cell or protopla SIN.
leaving ii plenty of elbow room to move
about and To do those things essential
to its We'll being. The particular proto-
plasm which he chose was OF form not
unlike the body of IA legless water bug.
at least so 1t appeared through the
microscope. and this simie is all the
more fitting because the wee proto-
plasms scurried about In the same rest
less fashion and yet seemed to have no
means of locomotion.
Presently the Wee bodies. we'll nigh
transparent save where the elemental
stomach or something of the kind ex-
listed. began to split lengthwise, the
cleavage growing more and more until
the two parts We're held together by
their tips and extending away from each
other like the two kernels of a double
peanut. The next moment they would
be separate entities and whirllng of
upon careers of mir own which. in the
space of seconds would repeat the story
OF self-partitioning incidental to the Gre
alton Of a new generation.
These restless wanderings appeared
after while to be weirdly purposeful,
because in this fashion the separate
cells mated AZ it were. and were fer
tilted by contact with suitably robust
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asphalt beds directing workmen who
are daily unearthing skeletons OF ex-
tinct animal life. The human skeleton.
which Is three feet two inches in length.
was unearthed in a pit less than 100
yards from the fashionable Wiltshire
Boulevard
Prof. Daggett believes that the skele-
ton affords evidence that the Western
hemisphere was inhabited long before
the earliest date assigned to the Oldest
remains Ut any form OF human life or
upright walking ANIMALS yet found in
the Old World.
"There Ia no question In my mind
now" he said. "as to which part Of the
earth was first inhabited by man. ] am
confident now that long before any man
rOamed In the countries Of the Old World
. race Of pigmies inhabited the section
Of the country Of which Los Angeles In
the centre.
II am satisfied that the skeleton Of
the pigmy that We have just unearthed
10 fully 100000 years old. 1t In In q
perfect state Of preservation and all
the bones with the possible exception Of
. few small bones In the feet and hands
are Intact
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OSSlbLn you would call them
- moving pictures OF the origin
i OF life. which in effect they are,
but their author says they are
part Of vividly imaginative scheme
to illustrate the eugenic impulse from
the protOplasm up to the very plane
OF human life. This is new field for
the movies. yet one that abounds with
possibilities
About year ago DR.. Daniel c. Good
man OF this city was suddenly possessed
Of the idea that the ordinary study
OF microbes and tiny forms of life
by means of the microscope was not
really up to date.
So DR.. Goodman determined to make
moving pictures Of protoplasms and to
record every motion OF "A streaming mass
Of this elemental form OF life. 1t was
novel undertaking and the project
bristled with difficulties from the very
To help him out.
or course he knew that his microscope
would enable him to spot the protoplasm
in time. but this task was threefold
one. First. he must have the minute
order Of life Of the desired sort next
he must have that protoplasm where
IL within bounds. and finally the NOV
ing picture apparatus must he equal
to transcribing the vital story Of every
wiggle and turn Of the minute being.
There was likewise some doubt as
to whether the concentrated light needed
for the negative film would not kill
or affect harmfully the normal evolu-
tons of the animalcua. In fact. when
DR.. Goodman told a friend Of his inten-
ton the friend remarked. well. Good
man. l am going abroad for two years
and when I get back you will probably
have found out your folly or discovered
way to begin to unravel this knot
you are trying tn test your wits" This
was not encouraging.
DIR. Goodman spent some sleepless
nights pondering over the work he had
cut out for himself and mapped out
what seemed to him to he the most rea :
sonable programme. He wanted to get
his protoplasm first. and he wanted IA
follow its development from the begin
ming and to know that he had the Vita
peck from It's discernible incipiency
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Skeletons OF sabre tOOfhed tigers.

proof of my theory that the North
American continent was peopled by a
| race that existed prior to the time Of
Adam and the creation as described
In the Bible.
The skeleton will also set aside the
long accepted theory that this country
vas peOpled by race that came -
North American soil from Asia. To
sum up briefly, it will put science at
sea relative to the peopling Of the
earth"
Though refusing to permit the skele-
ton to be photographed at present Prof.
Daggett showed It to newspaper cor
respondents on the promise that they
would at no time reveal the place where
II Ii now secreted.
The skeleton resembles that Of boy
approximately II years old. The bones.
while all apparently normally formed.
are much HEAVIER In proportion than
those Of the present generation.
Especially Ii this true Of the skull.
which Is very thick. showing very little
brain cavity. Tho shape Of the skull 10
almost normal with the exception Of Q
very strongly receding forehead.
A great surprise came to Prof. Dag
get when he made his study and meas
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PIGMY 100000 YEARS OLD
MAY UPSET OLD THEORIES

urenent Of the mouth cavity and the
lower jaw. Again he declared all theories
were upset. The lower jaw is as per-
fectly formed as that OF a man Of the
present time and shows that II con-
tanned the same number Of teeth. Two
Of the holars were found and fitted
exactly into the cavities.
As he displayed his find and then
jealously locked the lid OF the copper
receptacle that holds 1t Prof. Daggett
discussed the peopling of this continent.
He said that the earliest record Of
human existence on this continent
recognized by scientific men is "a skull
of a man known as the Calaveras
county skull whose age has been esti-
mated at 10000 years.
When this skull was unearthed it was
concluded by students Of science that
the first Americans came from Asia.
Prof Daggett has fully examined that
skull and has compared it with the skull
OF his skeleton. lie declares that the
skull IF his recent find, though smaller.
shows IA greater proportionate brain
cavity and is Of "A higher type of de-
velopment than the Calaveras county
skull
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Centuries rolled by In great mum.
bers between the time Of the man whose
skull was found In Calaveras county
and the time Of the race OF which !
have found a specimen. The latter. ]
am firmly convinced, Is fully $4,000 years
older" he said. IL am In no doubt
whatever as to the acceptance Of this
skeleton by scientists. ! can support
my theories with other proof OF the age
! have fxed In the matter"
The finding OF the skeleton where 1t
was uncovered was In i,self a surprise
to Prof. Daggett. 1t was discovered in
what has been called the elephant pit,
because Of the number Of skeleton, of
mammOths that have been taken
from 1t.
The skeleton lay In q straight POSI-
ton. a. II the man had stretched him
self to his full length. lying on his right
side. The bones OF the right arm lay
under the head. The homes Of the left
leg show that II had been slightly
drawn up. Tho left arm lay agains: the
body.
Twenty feet Of earth crust and
asphalt was removed by the wOrkmeu
under Prof. Daggett. When this deptt
had been reached perfectly preserved
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Skeleton of Little Man Unearthed Near Los
Angeles Suggests That American Continent
Was Once Inhabited by Another Race

THE work OF clearing the skeleton
from the asphalt has been an operation
Of the most delicate description and so
far We have removed only the thick
outer crust Of asphalt that encased the
entire form. We will with all possible
speed complete the cleaning process and
then will forward the skeleton to the
Smithsonian Institution for most mi
mute and thorough study. We will also
forward at the same time specimens OF
the stratum in which the body was en-
cased. This. l know, fixes the age Of
the skeleton at fully 100000 years and
I am positive that when the experts
have completed their study they will
agree with me.
The finding Of the skeleton Of the
little man. and it is undoubtedly the re-
mains OF male, was a shock to me.
The minute ! saw ii | realized that |
Rad found what have searched for
all my life and that | had secured the
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members Of this protoplasm.c family
Ii became clear that the imperfect GELS
failed tn mate. instead Of maturing an.
going through the proccsScS of sub.
division and multiplication. a. DID th-
healthy ones. the puny or imperfect
protoplasms dwindling and finally vast.
ing away without attaining {, the dig.
nifty Of reproduction. Only the y-orou1
normal cells survived. and accordingly
none but those fitted to perpetual.
themselves reached the stag Of mn
turity-there were no weakiu-s allowed
tn duplicate their physical ,Nnr' m
ings.
One Of DR.. Goodmans IN. a- pf
lures shows form of prm 49,. pan
life passing through the trtu>.t. ma
stage into animal life and tu, meta
morphosis is certainly an aWnru- .G'
The particular organism he bias ...,,
for his moving pictures i a N.r> ,wt
body that looks in rcpu>" un' uaiN
the silhouette of "A tiny prtGH' w'Ho-
any visible difference a. Co heat .g "a.
But just watch it as it moves .i.a :,
screen.
suddenly one end doubles u. t,,
and reaches out as il sy,h.u- -Im
definite objective. After str'f.u."- j.
self To an apparently Impossible ..us,
it halts and at the SANE .U-r.' Shoot
out quiverng tentaclcS like tNr sitter
ing points of an aerial bomb lI- Whi
these close upon in rctrhct.u- '., NOR
scope does not disclose, hut UNDECIDED
they are gathering in nnur.-....'
some sort or performing snmr i.
of sclf-prcservation If not d'f'...
The organism * evidently ,. .N'n
from the plant form and = t~~ N %
dignity of animal life and .- i,
field Of action and manner Of o. ~
| ing Its vital object. Again, even .N
kind the pictures show the >,.'..
| mating and the survival only ' ''
| forms capable of hatt,nG Nf
| environments and able 20 '.. .ii.
vigorous progenies, Thus 't.
| an old story and reaches from ''
beginning of animation.
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The

to extricate himself. then the half hour
would In all likelihood be sufficient for
rescuers to reach him and to cut him
clear Of the wreckage and to save his
life. This particular resprator Is "a
modification Of DR.. Draeger's safety
outfit which IL now supplied to all the
submarines Of the German navy.
The outfit has nose and mouth piece
which can be quickly adjusted either
over the nose and mouth or inserted
into the mouth alone. In this fashion
the aeronaut draws air from the tank
Of the respirator and by a skilful use Of
caustic soda the exhaled breath is puri-
fed and the cleansed oxygen plus more
oxygen from a reserve supply Is fed
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ton.
The airman does not have to keep tho
nose or mouth piece continually In place (:
it IL time enough for him to adjust II
after he drops into the water. The
mouthpiece hangs conveniently near
upon his chest when not In use.
As has been said. the apparatus Is
likewise a lifebelt. the air bag serving
this purpose effectively when inflated,
and this II becomes the instant the
valve of the oxygen pressure tank Is
opened The appliance will keep the
pilots head above water indefinitely. 1t
may be suggested that such an outfit
would be clumsy and interfere with the
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a pilot who while aloft may become
dangerously chilled or menaced with ex-
haustion: It Is "A lifebelt to keep him
afioat should he fall into the sea: and
1t Is a submarine air supply capable OF
furnishing oxygen enough for half an
hour should the airman be held below
the surface.
Thus. should the airman be caught
under water by an accident like that
which befell Lieut.. Murray. he can set
about freeing himself deliberately and
with a clear head and. in most cases.
thirty minutes would he more than
| ample for such a situation. At the same
time. should he be injured and unable
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r the theory by which science ex-
plains the peopling of the Ameri-
- can continent to he upset?
Must science revise its conclu-
sion as to the length of time man has
existed upon this globe?
Did another human race once live
upon earth?
Was the Garden Of Eden in southern
California?
Such are some Of the questions sug-
gested 10y the discovery of perfect
skeleton Of a human being near Los
Angeles by Frank s. Daggett, anthro-
biological head Of the California
Museums research department at En-
position Park I'm Los Angeles.
Mr. Daggett for months has been
working patiently at the La Brea
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under the surface. The entire outfit i
extremely light and Is quickly dome,
by drawing II on over the head
The Germans have taken the lead u
this matter Of lifesaving appliance, 10
airmen. The subject is of great impof
lance. The naval and military a.rmal
has certain potential duties in time o
war or when Stimulating wartime So
vice which add seriously Ia tho IA
upon his nerves. Therefore he sh.Y,
he relieved of all unnecessary stress. A.
an emergency respirator would 10
doubleday lessen his anxiety and lea,
him free to do his work with a cleare
head and a better grasp Of the du,e
that take him aloft.
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free movement Of the arms, something
essential to the man at the wheel Of a
flying machine. But DR.. Draeger has
anticipated this criticism in an ingeni-
Gus way.
The main part Of the device is so
fashioned that II can be used as a
jacket. displacing to that extent the
garment commonly worn. As you prob
ably know hollow tiles with their air
space form splendid non conductors OF
heat. Similarly this jacket containing
air between its two walls not only con-
serves the body heat but provides the
necessary buOyancy in case Of drop
into the water and supplies the needed
oxygen should the pilots head be held
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DIR. Draeger. the inventor. has devised
a wide variety OF iifesaving appliances
and resuscitating apparatus. the well
known pulmotor being one OF them.
Possibly none Of these Is more interest
ing than the outfit that he has recently
designed for use by shippers OF hydro
aerOplanes.
In several instances aeroplanists have
been held under water by the shattered
parts Of their machines. Some have
managed to get clear before losing con-
sciousness. while others have been
drowned during their struggle To reach
the surface Or. Draeger's hydro-aero-
plane respirator serves a threefold pur-
pose. 1t is a breathing equipment for
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w IHEN Lieut.. James McClees
NA/ Murray Of the United States
w navy recently fell with his
flying machine into Pensacola
Bay from a height Of 500 feet he was
drowned by being caught in the wreck
age Of the aircraft His plunge was OBJ
served by thousands Of persons and a
succoring craft was despatched In a
few minutes. but aid did not reach him
soon enough To save his life. This fatal
lily. one of many Of kindred charact ter.
emphasizes the need of some apparatus
which will sustain life for a considera BILE
period in the case of an aviator falling
into the water. Such an equipment al
ready exists in Germany
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-27
have not been devised.

nave not Deen devised.
A close study of the relation be-
tween land and labor will help the
man who has decided to go forward
to the land to pick his location. 1t
will do more than this. 1t will help
him to decide what crops to grow
after he has bought his farm.
And this study of his, if it make
him a successful farmer, not only
means much to him but to two other
people as we'll. II he stays on the
land he will enable at least two other
men to live in the cities. At the time
of the revolution it took approximate
ly eight of every ten men in the
United States to run the farms of the
country. Now, one in three is suffici-
ent. The other two live in town. AS
our farmers continue to improve their
methods, one farmer in every four
men will be sufficient. Forward to
the land not only means the upbuild-
ing of the agricultural districts; it
means the possibility of an ever-in-
creasing population without depend
ence on foreign food.
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NEXT!
(The Troy News)

The latest thing spoken of is bee
inspector for the state of Idaho.
Whether the inspector is to be honey
bee or political bee inspector we did
not learn, but, at any rate, such an
addition to the corps of commissions,
inspectors, ETC., created mainly for po-
litical pets, should set well with the
people, If his salary be fixed at $4,000
or $4,000 per year. A Philadelphia
SCIENTIST, who recently made an an
alysis of honey made from nectar
gathered from the most poisonous
flowers, discovered that it was i'm
possible for bee to produce poison
GUS honey. Presenting that the duties
of the inspector shall be to inspect
the honey bee, the people may won
der how they ever got along without
one. Next!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-27
Legal Notices
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE Dis
TRICT OF IDAHO, EASTERN DIVl-
SION.

Utah Implement-vehicle Com
pany, a corporation,
vs. )NoTICE
Frank c. Bowman. as Trustee JOE
in bankruptcy of the estate (SALE.
of N. c. Nicholson. Bank
rupt, ct al,
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance and by virtue of a decree in tie
above entitled cause, Of the above enti-
tied Court, dated Dec: End. 1918, and a
certified copy thereof issued to me, L.
the unders ~
public sale to the highest bidder for
cash in hand, lawful money of the
and subject to the right Of redemp-
tion provided by law, at the front door
of the County Court House at Black
foot. Idaho. on the End day. of March,
of said day, all and singular the prop
erty and premises hereinafter more
specifically described. to-wit:
The following described tract will be
sold to satisfy the COSTS and expenses
Hundred Ninety and 67-1OO ($35SO.6O
Dollars with accrued interest thereon,
found due to the defendant, D. w;
fhe sum of Thirteen Thousand One Hun
bred Seventy-five. and 75-1OO ($13,-
1879 Dollars with accrued interest
thereon found due to the said Complain
ant, to-wit:
Beginning at the North West Corner
Eighteen QS) Of the Townsite of Shell
East East seSSenty-fve t775) Rect; thence
South one hundred and thirty-two Q3O
feet; thence West to the East boundary
line of the o. S. L, .Ry. right of way
thence North East. along said right, of
way to the place of beginning, together
with the tenements, Entertainments and
appurtenances thereunto belonging or
in any wise appertaining.
The following described tract will be
sold to satisfy the said amount and &C
complainant, to-wit:
The South Half of the South West
Quarter (SR SWA) and the rorth West
Quarter ~, the South West Quarter
(NWA SWHrs.oS Section Thirty -four
in Bingham County, Idaho, together
with all the improvements. privileges
and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
The said sale will be conducted ana
tice of the above named Court, and to
satisfy the amounts due and to be-
come due as Is in said decree provided.
TO" ilncpal and interest and the costs
and expenses of sale. or SO much there
of as such property will bring at such
SALE
The usual sale certificates will be
issued at said sale to the successful bid
ders and If said sale Is confirmed and
redemption is not made, as permitted
by law, deeds will Issue TO such pur-
chaserS.
Dated the oath day of January, 1914.
H. J. HASBROUCK,
1915 Special Master Commissioner.
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FORWARD TO THE LAND
The Relation Of Land to Labor
(World's Work.

(Worlds Work.
A great many letters come to this
magazine asking for advice about
land, whether to buy little or much,
etc.; and a number of these inquiries
are evidently influenced by the dis
paraging comparisons that have so
frequently been made between the
production per acre in this country
and the production per acre abroad.
The writer's wish to find land that
will stand intensive culture, with the
intention of emulating foreign farm
ers. The intention to cultivate in
tensively is a worthy intention and
its practice may be made profitable.
Yet it can be very much overdone.
Generally speaking, in Europe the
acre is the important thing to be con-
served; it makes little difference
about the man. Consequently, in
Europe an acre produces much more
than it does with us. On the other
hand, with us it is the man that
counts, and every American farm r
produces about twice as much as his
European rival. From the American
standpoint, the French or Belgian
farmer overdoes intensive culture.
He sacrifices himself to the land.
But there is happy medium which
sacrifices neither man to land nor
land to man. In this country that
happy medium calls for more inten-
siven culture, more brains and ma
chinery and less p rely manual labor
than has been our general agricul-
tural practice. The relation of land
to labor is the key to the whole sit
uation. Labor has been scarce in
this country, and land. comparatively
speaking, aplenty. 1t did not pay,
therefore, to bother overmuch about
thea~2 q. To reduce the labor cost
meant profit. rnat IS wing >e,ooricul-
tural machinery has reached a point
of development in this country far in
advance of it's development elsewhere.
The conditions which brought this
about are changing The relation of
land and labor is not quite what it
used to be. Labor is still high but
land is also going up rapidly. There
is no more free land. We have come
to place now where both land and
labor must be conserved-machiner
which will save labor but which at
the same time will admit of intensive
cultivation. This machinery is being
built. There is hardly a crop of any
Importance which is grown on small
farms for which special implements