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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
JAMES ssIITHsoS. an Engllshma,

JAMES SMITHSON. an Engllshman.
j who died in Italy in 1920. left his
property to the United States 10
found ut Washington. under the name
of the Smithsonian institution, I'M es-
adjustment for the increase and diff
fusion of knowledge among men,"
"A consultive library of objects"
rather than an institution of learning
In the nature Of college with a
faculty and students, its educational
activities are of the very broadcast
character. The several buildings are
located in 3S-acre Smithsonian park.
the institution also maintaining sta
tons at other widely separated points.
Its expeditions. surveys and explOra-
tons cover practically every country
under the sun.
The Smithsonian park buildings
contain collections Of the belongings
of Presidents Washington. Lincoln and
Grant, and the heroes of our army
and navy; the costumes worn by the
ladies Of the white house from 1880 !;
the most complete collection Of fire.
arms in the country; extensive ex.
hiblts of medals, coins and stamps
of historic value; time keeping and
musical instruments, graphic arts,
textiles. embrolderies and what nots |;
several millions Of natural history
specimens; more than a million speci-
mems Of the worlds fora and upwards
of 5000 exhibits Of art-while the zoo
logical park, occupying 1877 acres in
Rock Creek valley (WashIngton), con-
taIns more than 1.4OO individual NAM
mails, birds and reptiles.
1t Is needless to say that this great
institution Is well and fav0rably
known to men Of science the world
over, and that those who come to
study its wondrous collections are
numbered In the millions.
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
THE BIG TREES IN CALIFORNIA

THE biggest trees in the world are
! found In California. They are Of
two varieties. both Il species of ever
green. sequOia lin honor Of Cherokee
Indian) redwood and sequoia gigentia.
The former grows quite extensively In
of the coast range; the latter only on
the western slope of the Sierra Ne
vada mountains. at an elevation Of
about one mile above sea level. The
former Is said to reproduce itself from
the stump. the other from little seeds
which grow in pods.
The best-known and most-freluently-
visited grove of the redwood sequolas
Is near the little city Of Santa Cruz
on the coast some seventy miles south
OF San Francisco. Some of these
trees are more than go feet high and
20 feet in diameter at the base. The
gigentia. however, Is the real thing in
big trees. Some are almost 400 feet
high and 90 feet around at the base.
The bark Is Of reddish brown color.
very thick and fluted up and down.
The branches are very large, begin
ming 90 feet or no. from the ground.
The secret Of their age is still one
Of the unexplained problems of the
universe. Estimnt"s range all the way
from 1000 to 10000 years. But sup
pose 1t is only the former. Think Of
Iving n million and a half Of days !!
Think of the changes which have been
wrought in that time. That they are
the fullest. stateliest and oldest living
things in all this big world OF ours Is
an undisputed fact.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
DR.. M0HLER ISSUES WARNING
Chief Of Bureau of Animal Industry
Urges Proper Maintenance OF
Our Live Stock.

Failure to maintain our livestock
In proportion to our population means
dependence on other countries for
meat, leather. animal fats, fertilizers
with which tC maintain crop yields
in the absence Of manures, and milk
with which to feed our children" is
part of warning issued by DR.. ]. II.
Mohler. chief of the bureau Of ami
NAL industry, United States depart
ment Of agriculture.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31

The Erie canal, opened In 1925, four
feet deep. AZ feet wide and floating
boats carrying 80 tons, was the result.
Many laughed at 1t. calling II "Clin-
tons Big Ditch" In conjunction with
The Niagara river 1t connected Lake
Erie and the Hudson river.
Prior to. its opening. Philadelphia
was Americas greatest seaport. Az
ter Its completion. the shipping nat
urally went to New York and the
splendid chain Of prosperous cities
which won for New York the title of
Empire state. sprang up along the
ronte. The canal did such an enor-
nous business that in 1908, the people
or the state decided to make II a
barge canal. hence the name.
The present main canal is IL feet
deep, 20 to 200 feet wide. 33.) miles
long and has three branches aggre-
eating 100 miles In length. II Is one
OF the worlds greatest engineering
feats and Is ten th:vs as long Ms the
Panama canal. 1t contains 81 locks,
each 32S feet long and 45 feet wide.
Five mt Waterford have combined
lift Of 1850 feet and are the greatest
series of high-lift locks In the world.
Three hundred or more bridges. car
rying railroads and public highways,
cross this canal. The total cost ap-
proXimated $1500O0,0O0 and is being
paid by the people of the Empire state.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
er,s, Most UsefuI Alloy.

Brass is perhaps the best known and
most useful alloy. II Is formed by
fusing together copper and Zinc. Diff
ferent proportions Of these metals pro
duce brasses possessing marked dis
tinctIve properties. The proportions
of the different Ingredients are seldom
precisely alike; these depend upon the
requirements of various uses for which
the alloys are intended. Peculiar quail
tiles of the constituent metals also ex-
ercise influence on the results.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
ITO Put Her Knitting Bag on"

together. I'm lazy arm chair and you
, are light weight. or In other words
there isn't 80 much to you. You are
| light In your table brains and all OF
that" !. /.
"Of course ! am. and I am still
| light" said the little tea table. i've
no doubt that that is why we are such
good friends, just as you have said
It."
"Then. what is the trouble7" asked
the arm chair.
II grumbled." said the tea table. IT
grumbled and said wished had been
big tea table which was heavy and
had to be wheeled about and that my
front wheel would cause n good deal
OF trouble by going all around In the
wrong way. You see I am q little tea
table. a very little one. and fold up
and can be lifted around as said he
fore. I am a good.nntured little table.
"Then too. am pretty. hope you
won't think that II Is conceited Of mo
to say So" sS
II won't" said the arm chair. Fl
think am good-looking myself"
"As have said I grumbied about
being used no much and for this and
that and for each person who hap
pened to want to use me.
But do you know that the people
put me away for some time when they
had great many summer visitors and
when they didn't use me Mt all.
"Well. then felt dreadfully. II they
had gone away and had simply been
Idle with the rest Of the furniture I
wouldn't have minded. But they were
all here and just didn't use me.
II believe they must have known I
had grumbled. Well. didn't like my
holidays at all. And l hope no one
will ever hear me say again am used
for too many purposes and by too
many people"
Just at that moment the mother Of
the family came up to the little table
and said, sssst.~
Lets get out the table for the
birthday presents" 81
And the little table creaked and
said to the arm chair. '.Now. I'm
happyr"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE
CANAL.

TO open the western country and
j provide safe and cheap transpor-
tation for market-bound products, the
Improvement OF the waterways was
an absolute necessity. Governor De-
witt Clinton dreamed OF a state-own-
a canal. q, The ronfe was Inspected
and approved by President George
Washington. engineer and surveyor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
WAY TO SAVE FOOD
prepared by the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.)
About 100000 carloads Of
fruit and vegetables are shipped
to market every year In refrig-
orator cars.
The average, loss on these
shipments from decay IL esti-
mated at lib per cent. or q
total Of 1920 carloads about
1.1S0,O00,000 pounds Of food.
These figures do not include
losses on cars shipped without
Ice or with insufficient ventila-
ton, among which there IL also
heavy loss Of fruits and vege-
tables.
Improved refrigerator cars,
packing. loading, and bracine
would reduce these losses, &C
cordlng to United States depart
ment Of agriculture investisa-
tion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
SECURING HIGH-PRIcED CUTS
Valuable Points That Should BE Kept
In Mlnd9Whsn Selecting AMI
mails for Breeding.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
In the improvement of beef cattle
care has been taken to develop to the
greatest extent those portions of the
body from which are secured the high
priced cuts of beef. These points
should be kept in mind when selecting
breeding animals.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31
Eneot NOT ApnreoIated.

Instead of candles, Lucille's mother
placed six large marshmalIows on top
Of her birthday cake. When little
Doris returned from the party her
mother said Z "well. did you all have
a jolly good timer and she replied !:
Yes. NIL but the cake. oh. mother.
TINT cake looked 10 bad. just like a
cemetery. Il bad little tombstcnes
ON IT,"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31

which are filed with Ice before the
car is loaded There is a passage I'M
der and around this Ice bunker and It's
insulated wall out to the floor of the
car. Air, cooled by the ice, Is heavie:
than warm air, and travels downward
and out along the floor Of the car, dis
placing the warm air above il and thus
cooling the load. Raising the load on
oren floor racks helps distribute the
cold air from the Ice bunkers and In
creases air circulation, which Is nec-
essary to protect the produce from
damage. The question of insulation
for the floor ends and sides Of the car
Is also important and mir spaces must
he provided between the rows Of con-
tainers so that all the load will be kept
cool. All these problems and a stand
ard type of refrigerator car has been
designed by the department OF agri.
culture. Some Of these improved cars
nave been built by the railroad admin
istration and are giving satisfactory
results.
How Others Can Help.
Improvement OF refrigerator cars
cannot be depended upon to eliminate
all of the present enormous loss in
handling fruits and vegetables, ac-
cording to the bureau of markets.
Farmers can help by more careful
picking, grading and packing, and ship
pers and dealers by more attention 70
loading and handling fruits and vege-
tables.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31

During a particularly nasty dust
storm at one of the camps q recruit
sought shelter In the cooks domain
After a time he broke an awkward
silence By saying: .'If you put rue I'd
on that camp kettle you would not
get 90 much Of, the DAN in,your soup
The cook gIared At the intruder ano
then broke out "see here, m4 ~.
your business 10 70 serve ycuE
country" "Yes." interrupted IL g.,
cruit. but not 70 eat it."--Amseisodl
Boy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-31

Experiments on shipping perishables
In refrigerator cars have located causes
Of loss and shown that change In car
construction Will reduce the losses. In
sAch end Of refrigerator car are COM
partments running from the roof to
the moor and known a. ''bunkers.' =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28

Now the plates are being manufac-
tured at the state prison at q cost Of
twelve cents a pair but Mr.. Blumen-
field quoted from q. recent conversA-
ton with q plate manufacturer who
had just closed q contract with, an ad-
joining state for plates at thirty-two
cents offering. in case the prison
manufacture In Wisconsin is discon-
tinued, to take W. the remaining OF
the prison contract and furnish plates
at twelve cents q pair.
The Wisconsin system of buying,
the speaker said. had been given the
endorsement Of General CroWder and
the United States food administration.
Methods by which money had been
saved to Wisconsin, az detailed by Mr..
Blumenfeld. included installation Of q
power paper cutter and purchase of
all typewriter paper and ribbons used
by various state departments at say.
ngs Of 10 to As per cent: quantity
buying Of lead pencils. inks and clips,
with the profit of the middlemen elm
mated; establishment Of q mimeo-
graph and multigraph department to
concentrate work formerly done. in
each Of the state Offices and the null
tigraphing of all the index and rtabu-
lated cards at a cost 1900 less than
printing, as we'll as letterheads and
envelopes. He also reviewed the work
of the state printing board which he
said by careful business methods"
had effected a saving Of 100000 in
four wears.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
Many Foreigners To
Graduate In Chicae,

Chicago, Ill.,, Aug. 27.-Among the
graduates from the University Of Chi
cago at the 18TH ~convocation, Aug.
20, will be five Chinese men and one
Chinese woman; a japanese who is
to receive the degree of doctor of
philosophers South Agrican who will
be given the masters degree in the
graduate school. In all 259 degrees,
titles and certificates will be confer
red with II candidates from the
bachelors degree in the colleges of
arts. literature and science.
DR.. William Ezra Lingelbach, pro-
fessor of modern European history in
the University of Pennsylvania, will
deliver the ~convocation address on
The Peace Conference in the Light
Of History"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
'SEEMEDLIKE It
WAS WASTE OF
|. MONEY, HESAYS
Wadell Had Nearly Given
Up Hope Shows Remark
able Improvement After
Taking Tanlac

by the help of Tanlac I am fast
getting rid Of a a Of stomach
trouble that had followed me for
fourteen years." said Albert wadelI,
a we'll known painter and paper
hanger living at 20 Lyton Place, st.
Paul, Minnesota, in conversation with
a Tanlac representative, recently,
Il used to weigh one hundred and
seventy.two pounds" he continued.
only weighed n hundred and
twenty eight, so o may know by
that what a bad fix I was in. ny
stomach was sc weak that at times I
couldn't even. retain q glass Of water.
and II l ventured to eat a square meal
I would vomtt for hours. L was SO
rundown and weak that I had to lay
off from work three and four days at
a time. I was so dizzy I could hard
~ stop over without falling and was
AFRAID to risk myself on my ladders
and scaffolds at times. I had pains
in my stomach. pains in my left knee
and in both shoulders, and my back
ached. In fact, I just hurt all over,
and such a thing as a good nights
sleep was unknown to me. 1 would
go to bed tired, and get up in the
mornings even more tired.
7 had taken medicines until it
coOAA0O uS0AcoS A0O u W86Lc. OIL money
to take any more, for nothing helped
me an long ago I gave up. nearly all
hope Of ever getting we'll. But when
l e of a case so much like mine
right here in St Paul that Tanlac had
relieved I got a bottle Of the medicine
myself and before I had taken it a
week there was a wonderful difference
in my feelings. Ny appetite came
back. I stopped having that n~auseated
feeling and commenced to feel
stronger. The pains have left my
stomach now entirely and just, last
week I ate heartily of a boiled dinner
and never felt the slightest bad ef-
fects from 1t. I have taken only two
bottles Of Tanlac and Of course don't
claim to be entirely well yet, but I am
feeling better already than I have in
fourteen years, 1. have gotten back
twelve pounds of my lost weight and
am still gaining, in strength as well
as weight, all the time. It is nothing
less than remarkable what Tanlac has
done for me in this short time. Ny
wife is now taking it with fine results
and I am glad to recommend it as by
far the greatest medicine I have ever
run across"
Tanlac is sold in Grand Forks by
Vold'sLDrug Store and the leading
druggist in every town.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
SPEEDY WATER
CRAFTS TO TAKE
PART IN RACES
New Record For Hydro
planes Expected to Be
Made at Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 2S.-With the
gold challenge cup. emblematic OF
the worlds powerboat championship,
as the prize, four and probably five
of the speediest watercraft in Amer
lea will compete here in the feature
event Of the annual regatta of the
American Powerboat association, Au-
gust 80 and 80. and September l.
The regatta will be held OF the Detroit
river and will include besides the gold
cup event, two cruiser races and a
Chance" ace.
A new record for h~ydroplanes il
expected to be established in this
years gold cup event. AS an added
incentive to speed, the association has
be known as the Aladdin trophy, to
the speedboat making the best time
for a heat. The best time a year ago
was slightly in excess Of So miles an
hour.
AS in previous years, the gold cup
event will be run in three 30-mtle
heats. and the winner will be deter
mined under the point system OF
scoring, which credits each contender
with a point for finishing and a point
for each boat defeated. Under this
SJSeSAa ". SSo1AA6 IL 40 PoHS4OAS " q
craft to lose a heat. but pile up
enough points to o~utdistance its near
est competitor and win the cup.
A departure in the gold cup races
this year will be the running of the
ace over a 2h mile course instead
of the Smile circuit. While this will
make it necessary for the hydroplanes
to 20 twelve laps to the heat each
day, they will have the advantage of
easier turns on the local course. The
shorter course also will keep the con-
,testants in constant view of the spec
tators.
Detroit win have three c%ontenders
in the hydroplane race. Miss Detroit
III, which won last years event; Miss
Detroit H., winner Of the cup in 1917,
and an unnamed craft. The fourth
entry is the Arab w.. Of the Buffalo
Launch club. Miss Minneapolis of
the Minneapolis Powerboat associa-
ton, winner in 1916, is a doubtful
starter.
The program has been so drranged
that there will be three races each
day excepting Sunday. The days
card will begin with the cabin cruiser
race, to be run in three 1o-mile heats.
This event will be started at 1880 p.
m, to be followed by the express
cruiser race for the Detroit News
trophy, set for $3.50 p. m. The express
cruiser event Is also a 30-mile affair,
to be run in three 10-mile heats. The
h%ydroplane race7is scheduled to start
at $3.50 o'clock each afternoon,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
$825,000 MORE
FOR EXPENSES
OF COMMISSION
Bill For Peace Delegates is
Every Modest" the Pres
ident Says.

Warrington. Aug. 2s.-President
Wilson asked congress today for an
additional appropriation of $S25.00o
for the expenses of -the American
peace commission in Paris from last
July / to the end of this calendar
year. The president said hat up to
July l the total cost Of the commisz
sion had been $1,25o,629 and he gesti-
mated that by the, end Of the year the
total would reach 81, SOC, 7O6. A part
Of this has been appropriated hereto
fore. y
Among the largest items up to July
4 were included $144,914 for sub
sistence, 100000 for salaries, $685.
600 for expenses of the commissions
sent into other countries.
Very Modest.
In transmitting a detailed account
Of the expenses the president said that
in favor of the 200 per cent increase
in prices in Paris as the result of the
war he considered the expenses of the
American commission very modest"
When. it began its work in Paris, the
American delegation, the president
said. consisted of 1900 persons but on
July 1 this number had been reduced
to four hundred, OF whom only SO
were civilians. .t&nS3D
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
BLACKSDEMAND
RACE EQUALITY,
Threats Of Trouble Made Be
fore Committee of the
C>~.x -
p -

Washington, Aug. 7s.-Askins for
an amendment to the peace treaty to
provide for racial equality, a delega-
ton of negroes, speaking for the Ma
tional Equal Rights league, told the
senate foreign relations committee to-
day that serious trouble might be
expected unless better treatment were
accorded negroes in the United States.
The black man has given notice.,
said A.. Whaley, a New York negro,
that what he has suffered in the <bast
will not be endured in the future. He
means business now. There can be- no
compromise"
William Monroe Trotter Of Boston.
secretary Of the league, voicing q
similar opinion, said the Suppression.
Of the negro in America Wa reaching
q point where no one could be, sure
that our land will be q land Of
peace"
Neither witness was questioned as
to what he had In mind by these dec
larations. Only i've Of the seventeen
committee members, all Of then, Re
publfcans. attended the meeting,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
Twelfth Contestant lands.

Mineola, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-Lieuten-
ant F. T. Honsigner, who landed here
today, was the twelfth Mineola con-
testant to finish the round trip in the
International air race between New
York and Toronto and return. Seven
Toronto contestants have completed
the journey to Mineola and return. All
contestants for the $4,000 prizes
must finish. at Mineola or Toronto by
midnight tonight.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
FRANCE Will
RATFY The
TREATYS00N
Program Calls For Motions
of Regret After Formal
Vote is Taken.

Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 2s.-Rati-
f~ication within a short time of the
peace treaty with Germany. now be-
fore the chamber of deputies, seems
probable, despite the views Of some
elements that France is not guar
anteed sufficient military protection
by the document The ratification
vote, however, will not conclude de-
bate on the treaty. After the pact
has been ratified, motions of regret"
~ernbodytng objections to such clauses
Of the document as have met with
criticism, will be presented. thus re-
opening the debate.
After these are disposed of the
chamber will pass to discussion of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. treaty for
the protection of France in case of
unwarranted aggression by Germany.
The debate IN this pact is expected to
be brief.
Then the parliament will take up
the amnesty bill, In the controversy
over which the opponents of the gov
eminent are counted upon to marshal
all their strength.