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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
Heqe Claims Defended
Honor Of His Home

Lexington, n. g.. March 2o.---J, Ora
ham Hcgc, manufn cturer of this
place. who late yesterday shot ana
killed J. T.. Dcaderick. cashier OF To-
cal bank. declined today 10 make any
further statement regarding the XIII
lng than that OF last night. In winch
he said he killed neadctiek In doiense
OF the honor Of hts home.
Although n date for tho preliminary
hearing has not been set. prcparattonF
are being made for prosecution OF the
case. Friends of Deaderick are said 20
he making an effort TO SECURE the
services OF Mayor Samuel q. HelSkeii.
of Knoxville. Tenn. a lawyer. and hrHt
cousin of tho dead man. To assist IN
tho prosecution. u ls understood that
former Gov. Il. y. Glenn. OF Winston-
salem, uncle of Dcadcrick. VIII No
called In consultation. The prolint-
lnnry hearing viii b" held hter tan
burial of Dcaderick. which viii either
be In knoxville, Tenn. or Mariana.
Arm.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
NO CoNSlSTORY UNTIL
WAR ENDS, SAYS POPE

Rome. Tuesday. March H..
There viii he no consistorN
until the war is over" Pope
Benedict said today upon hear
ing that the report had been
published that he Intended TO
call consiatory shortly.
The last oonsistory was held
since the war began, but before
ltaly's participation In the con
flict and at n time when the
creation Of a GormQn cardinai
was possible.
Now, however. despite efforts
OF the Italian government To
carry out the spirit ms well aS
the letter of the law guarnn-
teelng the papal status. 1t IN
considered that the holding OF
n eonsistorr might prove an
embarrassment. especially as
the month"; feels he must an
nounce In tho next consistory
the creation of two cardinals,
one OF whom In German and
the other an Austriqn. Neither
OF those could very well come
TO Rome 70 receive the red hat
nor would II he an eaas MAJ
ter To send them tho insignia
by papal delegates,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
CROWDER TOCALL
DRAFT MEN SOON
Those Needed by Army in Tech
nicaI Positions to Be Given
Special Training.

. Washington. March 2o.-proVost
Marshal. General Crowder will begin
within = few days calling for special
instruction men in the draft needed by
the army in technical positions. A
general survey Of the educational tn-
stitution. OF the country is IN prog
ress. Il was announced today, 10 deter.
mine what colleges and industrial
schools will be available Tor their
training during the summer months.
Probably so 600 men, obtained prin-
cipalIy from class |. viii bc ordered
out for special training. Local draft
boards will publish widely tho oppor-
tunity that is offered 10 reRlstranis
with a Wow TO obtaining aS many vol
untary inductions into the service rs
possible.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
CASUALTY LIST OF ST
NAMES is REPORTED
Gen. Pershng States Three Americans Killed in
Action on French Front-One Officer, Lieut..
Frederick 0. Klakring, Slightly
Wounded.

Prlvates-John V. Adams, winton
Clark. Hugh l.. Gibson, Larkin W.
Leach. Ronald Loban, Louis Maryland.
Major Terrell.
Wounded Severely.
Corporal--Otto C. Abbott.
Prvates--Earl Horton. John Q.
Huntington. Leonad kostensky. Peter
Paulson.
Wounded Slightly.
First Lieutenant Fred Q, Klak-
ring.
Sergeants Louis 4. Zoman.
Cook--Chas. j. Hoover
Corporals-- Berry W. Langston. Ollie
@. Marshal.
Mechanic Leroy r. Hall.
Prlvates--Roht. u. Reale. Byron u.
Dean. Clarence Flourney, Donald A..
Gerard, John H. Hike Donald A. Hunt.
Robt, II. Leib Crumloy c. Mckay. Or
ton r.. Myers Ernest Van Do Marx,
Fremont s. Wells.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20

ing council al the legislative end of
Pennsyiynnia avenue. There IL rant
ing and railing when anything gets
tied IN i've and six week at the war
department. but when congress takes
months 10 do things there is no Tecip-
rocaI criticism from the executive
branch Of the government Yet tho
delays In congress are doing great
deal to slhckcn no our war prosta.".
conore., Not All a, Fault.
No, an tho fault - with congress.
hov,c,gr Lack OF CO. operation from
tho executive department often tenas
toward diistory tactics In both senate
and house. The house committee on
military nratrs for instance. reported
the sn.ralied quota" bin. enabling the
war department 20 draft as many men
AS II chooses out or class !. but inc
sion which has been developed
toward that measure has been due 70
some extent 10 "A lack OF frankness IN
disclosing What are the purposes IN
tended by the bin,
Just as senators are suspecting that
President Wilson wants 10 DO more
with tho Overman bill than at nrst ap-
pears on the surface. tust so are MEM
hers Of the house apprthensive that
purposeH other than those specified are
intended by the so-ca'ied quota bill
But whether these suspicious
are IN either case we'll founded,
the tact 70 that Just now re-
sponsibility for delay m our war
program ear be charged more to
congress than 20 any other factor
in the situation. S n things
ouoht 20 be rsnsr,bsred later on
when eonaressmen and senators
,nnoesntly explain that they
GRANTED the sSeeutiNe all the
bower necessary 10 make war, but
,hst the executive. BY abuse or
d,suss, ~sa dsrsi,et IN his duty.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20

Washington, March 2o.-First Lieut..
Frederick o. kiskrins Is the only off.
Ger appearing in today's casualty list
Of thirty. seven names. Hs was
wounded slightly.
Todsy's list shows three men were
killed in action. two died Of wounds,
two died OF accident, eight died Of
disease, five wounded severely, and
seventeen wounded slightly.
List in Full Follows.
The list follows:
Killed in Action.
Corporals--Russe q. hpRhos'
George IA. Miles, Edward Mitchell
Died oF Wounds.
Piivates Culp, Frank Prolsl
Died OF Accident.
PriVates--John =. Smith, George
Williams.
Died OF Disease.
Sergeant--Frod J. Rassb0ch.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
MAN HELD FOR RANSOM
LIVED IN SHREVEPORT

Shreveport. i.l. March 'o.-An ~.
rocIuted Press dispatch Mond ~ an
nouncIuI the capture - i"o Amen -
r,n engineers by .hinsss brEandH.
y, ho are holding them for "a sansom oi
..vertv rnss. was the nrst n !.
= K,ir. - this ci'y ha- hnd ~ his
bfothrr q = k,lo ono ~ the cap
t4red Americans 10 oNsf Two years.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
TWO HOSTILE AIRPLANES
BAGCED ON ITALIAN Line

Rome, March 20.-"Wcst OF Lake
Capda" says today's war Office report
there occurred frequently harassing
fire by the opposing artillery. From
Lake Garda to Montello there were
dcsultory artillery actions. Along the
Piave exploring parties exchanged rifle
fire across the river and patrol en-
counter took place. Our artillery car
ried out effective bursts OF fire against
hostile position on the left bank OF the
river between Noventa and Grisolera.
our aviators set fire to two enemy cap
tive balloons at Conegliano and Col
Mirano. Two hostile airplanes were
brought down. one by Franch aviators
, at San Giacomo di Negla and the other
by British airmen on the Asiago
plateau"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
Baker Narrowly Escapes
German Shell Bursts Near
Auto in Which Secretary
of War Is Riding.

With the American Army In
France, Tuesday. March 10 CBy
the Associated Press. while Sec
rotary Baker and his party were
returning today from the Ameri-
can front line trenches. a German
1O5 -millimeter shell burst along tho
roadside within forty yards of the
automobile. The occupants of the
car were not injured. nor was the
car damaged
Secretary Baker remained for an
hour and a half in a front line
trench on n certain sector under
a brisk enemy shellfire. He also
visited an advanced listening post
and talked with the officers and
men.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
Provides Acquisition
OF Telephone Systems

Washington. March s0.--ltepre-
sentntive Huinard. Of Colorado. to-
dnv introduced a bill In the house
TO empower the government 20 ac-
uulfe hy eminent domain IN the
form uf leases the telephone and
telegraph klcllilios OF the country.
Mr.. Tlillard said there was cx-
trnyarnnL waste OF communicating
facilities under the competitive
syst.m and declared the govern
mcnt has ignored its duty In this
matter long enough
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
GOV. DAVIS vEToEs
COMPENSATION BILL

Richmond. Va. March 20.-Gov. Da
Wis today vetoed the workmen's com
pcnsation hill. The veto came as an
answer to the refusal OF the general
assembly 10 acccde TO the governors
demand that the administering COM
mission he composed OF state officers
serving -offcio, and not of salaried
men trained to the work. The gov
ernor's campaign pledges included n
promise against creation OF new Of
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
WOULD PROMOTE LINE
OFFICERS BY SELECTION

Washington. March CO. The
navy defartmcnt is working out a
Man for promotion % officers by
selection rather than by seniority
and will incorporate IL In hill 70
Ie n-esr--cd 70 tho house naval ar
fairs committee within a few DAYS.
according 20 information received
h,- members OF the committee to-
d,v. Line officers Of tho navy now
arc promoted by seniority.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
U. s. CONSUL PREDICTS
OCCUPATION OF PETROGRAO

Washington. March 201German
occupation Of Fetrograd within q
week was predicted by American
Consul TrcdVell 10 dispatches
reaching tho state department 20
dav dated March Is Tho report
came through Ambassador Fran
CTS al. NoiogIa-
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
Seaplane Patrol
Defeats Enemy Craft

London. March Con March 70 n
British scaplane patrol. flying In Hell
Foland hight. encoutered two enemy
scapianes ten miles northeastward of
BOrkum. SAYS an admiralty announce
mcnt The enemy was engaged and
one Of his machine was driven down
in flames. Our machines returned
safely"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
CONFUSE ALLIES
ASTO REALPLANS

Washington, March 2o.-Renewa' OF
German talk of a great west front OF
fensive this spring is ascribed in OF
fioial dispatches from Switzerland to-
day as due to the desire Of the Ger
man general staff to confuse the al
lie. as to Germany's real intentions.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
TWO BRITISH FISHING
VESSELS SUNK IN WEEK

London. March % The al
mirnlfy announced TODAY that th"
arrivals ~ ships az British rnr'T
during last week were - 0gs and
tie ssllinFs o7l7 Two fishing
week
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
Warmer, Says Billy 'Possum.

I don't know
hat to rhyme
r. ju' there arc
n jiuRics stick
Ing out. | don't
know how 10
vcrrify today 90
III just stall
around Ike this.
PERHAPS n will
not be aml~r
ifa fierce when
YOU have not n
thing to say
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20

The photograph French pisonr"m German
prison bel Padhem in November 1914 W. Prem
OF his
He Chcagoa private Dublin Fer He has been honoaby
this The two tied to the post
said Pendergas "They committed no Of
tortured merely because they
fighting have been tied to that pole for forty eight
the OF them That
filled the who had to stand forty
eight hours anything hail. and The wooden
their shoes taken away
them the Little round hike those the
edup officers the foreground the German
before the
days Germany Tn glad I'm not prisoner in German
camp nOw'
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-20
us ltHt asArC

The weather Generally fpir to
might and Thursday. modsratcly cool
tonight and warmer Thursds
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

MICROSCOPE aud nrrosforirs. 81. WA.
uf 800. ll 900 luHi llm si
Iuf .NlI IIp.f. u,y .upe afternoon
gown Phone walnut 2H2
INH HAlI s nrr gold wrist Wui.h.
l.rn wdmDr dul. walnut iggg.r
IUI SALE cnpp. good visible bpD.
puir. uIu Corona Walnut Nll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11

FlNE-ANRE FORTUNE FARMS
within 4 miles Of Pine Butt 10 minutes
from city. ON new pike highway az Hot
Springs. fertile. rolling soil. splendid for
nuI'. truck. hogs. pditry or summer q
home: cnch farm t2fu, SO each. 5, per
month: no interest no taxes Write or
wire for fun information. j. a, Mcleod
& CO.. Pine Hluff. Ark
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11
Texas

IDE SALE
Two rnnCho" ! $50 acres each well iw
proved. another H.ann acre. urfylnH I'rH'
aUlU acres B E Seville, Ddhuf'
Irkuu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11
HUGH f. WATSON
FORD TOURING CARS

We can make immediate delivery on
four Ford touring rHfs just like new.
Price ilfl each Act quick n you want
LLran MILEL-la
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11
MACHlNERY AND SUPPLIES

MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
-s-a-aH4s .a-s-a4Ise.s- -s-s.e.sv ~ ~ --a--
FOR SALE-Tractor first class condi-
ton NyIir Bros. '.h West Grand.
INESI MACHINE WORKS co.
i13 lust Grand Ave
Repairing machinery. rChuung auto md
rns engine cylinders welding, uruziug.
rogrlndug and rurrugnting min rolls
Prompt und efficient service.
rOE SALl-l. l.5-uorsypowrr hlgh.prus-
Huro boiler, also so horsepower stand
nrd boiler Wyuc Bros, 32e West Grand
CONCRETE mixers. nuistlug engines.
snw rigs boiler. electric motors der
rlckH, road machinery, pumps, gasoline
and steam engines, now and second
hand for rent or sale. ". A. Browning.
Dallas TuNug
MOTORS AND GENERATORS repaired.
bought, solh' work guaranteed Phone
Walnut 80 oklahoma Electric Co. OK.
uN0W1 Cltv
FOR SALE Electric motors and ruu,r.
utors al slus. also r,wiudmr and
repairing. Electric Repair Co, .lo S.
Harvey
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-11
BILLIARD AND POOL
EQUIPMENT

CHEAP f0r quick sale. billiard room and
cigar business can walnut $500
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03
VERY FINE FOR
THE STOMACH
Gas Formed After Meals Az
fected Heart. Felt
Nerves, Too.
ROANOKE LADY TELLS
HOW SHE RECOVERED

81 had nervoue indigestion
myself for two years and know
ing how a person suffers whom
troubled that way | want to tell
my experience in hopes Of help.
Ing someone else declared
Mrs. Alice Dudley, All East
AVG. Roanoke.
"Gas formed on my stomach,
nothing would digest right and
tho gas pressure affected my
heart. | tried every thing |
saw advertised and surely sym.
pathize with those who do not
know what % take.
MY system was nervou
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03
NAV Nol'yIsiisssyY jii,i,
@nsuzs<zAda Sch, is -.

LEAVE MOTION Va aA s.i is'h' 1918
2:3o p. m. for Bluefeld IN ~ Az
terinediate stations. Cnnns' auu ID
Bluefeld with Trains EaS nni \. al
Pullman sieepers and Din Tra nntH
LEAVE BRISTOL,yA. DAM 3 y Ssn-
for East Radrord, isoancse' i"sH
burg, Petersburg, Richnond '! vt
folk and iiagerstown. p,ri,. ' S
(Broilerl TO Roanoke and W, ,H
town. Pullman Sleeper /, sss.
10 Philadelphia. ''s'''a
l2 OF y. M. daily for all poip,, h.,
Bristol and l.ynchbuig. Coun., ,.a
Walton at GEO p. NJ. win ,hs ~,
cage Express for all luint, ~, ~
northwest. 'e' ADD
Oslo p. M. for Norfolk and iu,e,n.,,.
points, Pullman Sleepers 10 S" SS,'
l;05 y. III. and SEQ p. IN. tIimi,rd V', aOs,t,
trains with pullman SLEEPER. H. MI i'o''
ingion, Baltimore, philadelnbi. NJ,
New York via I.ynchburs pas. 81, ~,
make local steps. ~ uO'
w. g. SAUNDERS, G.. l.. A.
w. 3. BhviI.L.
Pass. Tnf Mg,.,
ltoaucke 4.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03

The food administration has
issLed an interesting statement
in which we can see the result
of the food economics effected
by our whcatless aud meatless
days. July lat, 1917, the wheat
available for export was esti-
mated at 10000 900 bushels In
the period from that date 10
Jane LIST, 1918, our shipments
ut wheat to the allies amounted
10 l20,0o0,0G0 Bushels. The
largest shipment of beef pro-
ducts in any one month during
this period has been S7,000,00O
pounds, against the ordinary
export Of pork in one month
reached 100000 pounds
These supplies have been used
to help feed the armies of
France, Belgium, England and
to some extent Italy. Some
OF these foodstuifs have also
been used for the civilian pop
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03

ulation of these countries. 1t
is a splendid record and shows
that the care and self-sacrifice
of it's people have made the
United States equal to it's grca /
task.
How much of this have YOU
saved?
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03
The Movie Man will be there All Dav
to make Pictures for Our Boys in France

wreck but after using Tanlac
my appetite returned, | can eat
anything now and | know
others can get the same relief. "
continued Mrs, Dudley of Roa-
noke.
is YOUR STOMACH o. X.
Plenty Of people get but fifty
per cent value ont of food they
eat simply because their diges
ton isn't working right. No
wonder they catch colds easy,
have an ache and pain here
and there, headache now and
then.
Pull yourself together, go
down to the drug store listed
below and on the way home
weigh yourself. T W weeks
later notice how your old pep
has returned and go again to
the scales for the verdict, tits
always in favor Of Tanlac, the
Master Medicine.
The great institution out al,
Dayton Ohio where 'ranlac is
made stands bnck OF Tan n C
and nearly u million men and
women endorse it. The genuine
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03

fresh from Dayton bearing the
name Il. G. Princn can only be
secured by Mutual Pharmacy.
ADV.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03

Legal Blanks
For Justice of the .
Peace. I
We have the most complete.
set OF forms for use by Justices.
OF the Peace of any house I'M
Virginia. Our prices are !
rs cents per Hundred
Of an assortment of blanks.
Cash with order which can al
ways be filed promptly, AL
ways order by number.
No.
Warrant of Arrest. 81
Commitment To Answer indictments,
Certificate of Commitment for TGnlss
4 Commitment until File and Cost, l'r'
Paid. ~
Commitment for imprisonment, &c.
Recognizance upon Appeal
Warrant Discharging from lail upon
cpirs, 49, 49,
no , w ,o' e"'e ""''A"''
~ Si, w.
~ war ; a'IS
70 49,, ~ D Doo.,
"a t' ",;o -
II carn;stoa e
~ fmda,s,';r'.i', li nn',.
~ r nr,innn,y; my t nu
~ ,niIa.'i, ,n i'unu r.tt,t
nn,a,.' ~ ''''''''''''H III
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
LANGUAGE AscRIBED TO FISH
Men Of the Sea Have Their Own Idea
Of Articulation Peculiar to
Their Catch.

There is belief among fishermen
that herring, when caught, articu-
lates sound similar to the word
"cheese." This sound is caused by
an escape of air from the air bladder,
or movement of the gills. Fisher
men, indeed, frequently state that the
herrings "sneeze," just as Aristotle
once said that gurnards "grunt."
The gurnard was known to the
Greeks as "lyros" and "coccyx," ap-
parently from the noise it was said to
make.
Many fish have various forms of
utterance attributed to them. On the
Norfolk Broads, one often hears It
said that an old Jack pike has bark
ed like dog, and the same is said
Of the conger eel.
Red-finned herrings, called 'loaders'
or "kings and queens" are sometimes
caught; they are regarded as an omen
Of successful fishing. One of them is
then taken out Of the nets very care
fully. prevented from touching any,
thing made Of wood, and passed round
the scudding poles as many times as
the fishermen desire to get lasts Of
herrings at the new haul.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
MEAT SHORTAGE
ASKS new SAVING
Save meat.

save meat.
AS the wind swerves from the west
to the east without warning, so come
the calls Of the United States Food
Administration upon the people of
America. One day the call is for
wheat saving, the next for the saving
Of sugar. To-day the pressing need of
the American government for export
overseas to its army and the army of
the allies, is for meat.
"If 1t is absolutely necessary for the
army at home to have beef, let It be
beef which comes from carcasses
weighing less than 800 pounds" urged
Thomas B. Stearns. Colorado food ad-
ministrator. These smaller carcasses
of beef cannot be shipped to Europe,
but at the present time most Of the
meat served in the restaurants and no.
tells is taken from the big top" car.
casses-the heavy beeves which must
be saved for the soldiers at the front"
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
Just Ono Inch Of Rain.

When the weather bureau reports
that an inch Of rain has fallen, 1t
means that the amount of water that
descended from the sky in that par
tlcular shower would have covered the
surrounding territory to depth Of one
inch. If none Of 1t had run off or soaked
into the ground.
1t means that on one acre of ground
enough water to fill more than 600
barrels of 45 gallons each has fallen.
That quantity Of water weighs more
than 40 tons. II the rainstorm COW
cred 1000 acres. which would be a
very small shower indeed, 114,O0O tons
Of water would fall from the clouds.
Rainstorms frequently cover whole
states and often two or three or five
Inches Of water fall in one storm. A
single widespread and heavy storm
might result in 100000. 100000 tons of
water.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
How the Dutch Lost New York.

NV .Sss wv" W
The first step toward making New
York an English colony was taken $50
years ago, when Charles II granted to
his brother, the duke of York, large
territory in America, to be called, in
honor Of the proprietor, New York.
This included the Dutch settlement of
New Amsterdam and the "colonie" Of
New Netherland, with Col. Richard
Nicolls in command, to be deputy gov
ernOr.
The Dutch settlers decided that 1t
was useless to argue the case with the
English invaders, "who were six times
their number" and in the autumn of
1864 Fort Amsterdam and Fort Orange
were surrendered. The name Of New
Amsterdam was changed to New York
and that of Fort Orange to Albany.
Governor Stuyvesant swore allegiance
to Charles II, but soon returned to
Holland. New Amsterdam, founded
over three centuries ago, had at the
time Of the English conquest popu-
lation Of 1900, while the total popula-
tion Of the province was about 10000.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
Our Own "Troples,~

Only at one place in the United
States Is there real tropical vegeta-
ton, says Popular Science Monthly.
Florida and California have what IL
called "sub-troplcal" vegetation. In
the midst Of desert in the extreme
southern part Of California is a true
oasis. The oasis, Palm Springs, lies
$50 feet below the sea level. So hot
is 1t there that there Is riot of vege-
tatlon all the year round. Enormous
fig trees and mammoth grapefruit and
oranges are always to be had. The
lemons that grow there weigh two and
a half pounds apiece. The RESPONSE
bility for all this may be laid to q. beau
tiful little stream which is fed by the
Colorado river and which flows
through the oasis only to disappear
into the ground at its end.