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mining camp. Like California again,
Western Australia came into her own
only after she had been linked to the
Eastern States by rail The importance
Of the timber trade of the American Pa
cifc coast is being duplicated By the
value Of the great forests OF Jarrah and
ksrri which rank among the finest hard
woods in the world, are practically i'm
mune from white ants and marine bor
ers and are hafdly affected at all by wa
ter or FIRE Finally, California orchards
have an established place In the markets
Of the world, but Western Australia ap-
pies topped the market two years in sue
cession in London
PROGRESS BEGAN WITH
DISCOVERY or GOLD.
With the discovery of gold Western
Australia's progress may be said to have
started. Hitherto unknown, she became
world famous almost over night and the
"gropers," vainly protesting against the
kustling Of "tothersiders," as they la
5eIed the newcomers, were forced into
activity themselves. At almost the same
time the State was given a government
Of her own and her greatest son, John
Forrest, later Lord Forrest, and the only
native born Australian ever to become
a peer of Britain, was her first premier
1t was due largely to FORESTS ability
TO see into the future that a bold stand
ard of development was adopted. Within
four years after the Coolgardie gold dis
cOveres a railway had been pushed out
to the mining camps, $50 miles from
Perth.
Even today the sites of those great
gold mines are not calculated to appeal
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to the visitors. Bare, sandy desert, with
a sun that blisters and tortures-just
a part of the great waste where the rain
Of a year may be precipitated in one day
or where several years may go by with
out enough rain to really wet the ground.
Water was the great problem ia the nine
ties and even though western Australia
had only 12T, 900 people then she bravely
undertook the ambitious scheme Of pump
Ing water from a point near the coast
to the mining camp. 351 miles away. To
day a steel main thirty three inches in
diameter, through which It takes the
water a month TO reach its destination,
and which Is raised by pumps 1920 feet
and emptied into a reservoir with a ca
pacity Of 100000 gallons. stands az a
monument 10 the determination Of For
rest and the engineering genius Of c.
Y. O'Connor, who took his life before
his work was completed because OF pub
lie criticism of II. 1t cost So, 100000 to
build that main and reservoir, but to-
day 1t supplies water TO consumers at
- cents a thousand gallons, which be
fore cost $40 to S12.
1t was the necessity Of feeding its con
stantly growing population that set
western Australia finally to work Its
best available harbor was at Freemantle,
twelve miles from Perth. the capital.
and that was only a sandbar locked
river mouth But Engineer o'Connol
was equal to that task, too, and at an
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E2TH. WESTERN AUSTRALIA
If some day you should visit. as
- | have done, the great museum nj
Amsterdam, Holland. ask the attendants
to show you Dick Hartog's plates-two
common affairs Of tin such as you will
find at every picnic party. For years
they were in a box in the basement,
but today they occupy a place Of honor
in q showcase of glass. Properly those
plates should be in an Australian mu-
scum. for upon them was scratched with
knife the record which proves that
Hartog, an adventurer of Dutch ances-
try, was about the first white man who
set foot on the continent Of Australia.
Hartog scratched his name and that OF
his ship and the date upon one of those
plates and nailed it to the broken trunk
Of a tree on the inhOspitable coast OF
what now is Western Australia and
sailed away 10 make to his king a most
discOura ging report about the new land
which he had discovered. Many years
Letter another Dutch adventurer came
along, found the plate and over it nailed
one Of his own, also properly inscribed
Neither Of these men had any idea Of
the immensely Of the land. Neither did
William Dampier, an English bucca-
neer, who came along in 1858, mapped
the coast line and sent out parties TO
explore the interior. The forbiddng coast
report being made that the land was
the most miserable on earth" and in
habited by q race Of black savages. The
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Indianapolis Men
Figure in New Books

Excellent examples Of book composition
and printing collected by W. r. Yoris Of
the Studio Press are now being shown in
the delivery room OF the Central Library
These include books hand decorated and
illuminated, ROycrOft books and books
with carefully designed type. A rich
presentation OF the Book OF Ruth that ia
shown was designed By Ralph Fletcher
Seymour. Indianapolis. He also arranged
the especially rich first page shown Of
Love Letters OF Abelard and Heloise,"
modelled after the ancient books. Mr..
Seymour also designed the Roman type
used in this book.
An unusually good piece of book com
position In the classic Kennerly type was
SET by Edwin Grabhorn, formerly Of this
.fity, and is called THE Defense Of the
$Diletante" by another townsman, George
tChambers Calvert. A fine specimen of
<hand lettering after the style OF ancient
manuscript books is the book, Holy
Might, Peaceful Night" A rather sump-
Tious piece Of book making intended for
/ illumination is used for the "Rubaiyat"
4 The exhibit viii be shown for two
3veeks
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expense of S7,500.000 he gave the people
Of his state a splendid harbor Today
Breemahtle is pretty little city OF 20 900,
summer resort and the port at which
most travellers from Europe first touch
Australia, and many take the train from
there overland.
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
COME TO FRONT.
Attention began to be directed more
and more toward land about that time
because the gold mines were beginning
to play out and agricultural possibilities
came to the front where before they had
been almost wholly neglected. Light
railways were pushed out into the reg
ions whore 1t was found the rainfall was
sufficient for farming Stiu up to De-
cember, 1920, nearly thirty four million
fine ounces of gold. valued at half bill
lion dollars, had been produced in the
State. At this time, even with her d.
minlshing mining activities, the State
produces more gold than all the rost OF
the commonwealth combined. How ro-
mantle IL the story OF her famous Golden
Mile which In the year of its greatest
prosperity produced as much gold as
the rest Of the world combined
| was greatly amused at the story Of
the first discovery OF gold in the state,
thoroughly in touch with the conditions
OF -estern Australia. He said that a
oSstlemac. riding through the highly
minerahzed district of Roebourne, picked
up rock to throw at crow and discov-
cred that he held in his hand a nugget Of
almost pure gold. When he reported bis
discovery an incredulous official In
quired, And what became Of the crown
l have run across those VINO believe
that some day it Will be found that West
ern Australia again will have boom In
gold mining, that her vast riches did not
play out along with the deca dence of
Kalgoorlie and COolgardie where the rich
alluvial deposits almost on top Of the
ground have been replaced by lower
grades Of ore as the mines have been
pushed deeper and deeper into the
earth. That the State government also
shares that belief Is evident from the
fact that 1t has established twenty eight
batteries in various places where the
prospectOrs, whom 1t so generously as
sists, may have their ore tested. Recent
discoveries have not proved bonanzas,
but there are enough Of them to give
some weight to the belief that more gold
may be found in some Of the parts Of
the 100000 square miles of desert which
has now less than a thousand population.
NO CURVE OR GRADE
IN 9OO-MILE STRETCH.
Some idea of the region may be gained
when l mention that the trans continen-
tai railroad was laid out with a compass
and that no surveyors level WAS needed
for the greater portion of It's length and
that for one stretch of more than three
hundred miles 1t has no curve or grade.
1t is a dreary, monotonous trip for those
who find amusing themselves aboard a
train difficult unless there is scenery to
watch. Reils and supplies and above all
else, water had to be taken to those rail-
road buildlrs By camels, those patient
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For Sale by the Following Dealers:
Indianapolis Coal Dealers

AIdaE. F. w. Co., City Yard, E. Wash.
and Belt.
IrvinEton Yard, Donna and Good.
Atlas Coal Co., 1923 n. Senate.
Barrett Coal & Fuel Co.. $40 W. South.
Blschof & Fisse. 2O51 n. Rural.
Brooksido Lumber Co.. 14o2 Commerce.
Bugbee Coal Co.. 800 HOIton Place.
Capitol City Coal Co, $40 ;. state.
Cassidy Coal Co., Tenth and sherman
Central Coal Co.. $40 w. Michigan
CITY Ice & Coal Co., 100 f. Wash.
Commercial Fuel & Feed Co, S16 w. Ohio
Cross Coal Co., 1541 Blaine.
Danish Fuel & Feed Co., 9O2 Torbett.
Davis Coal and Block Co. C. L. s. W.
Doll Frank M. Cruise and S. East.
EhrIIch Coal, Co.. COL Kentucky Ave.
Frederick, j. W. ss1 Beecher.
Fultz, j. E., 543 MiIey Ave.
Gansberg, VIM. F., 1868 Shelby.
Gates, Il. Il. Coal Co., 571-S3 Vinton
Gem Coal Co., 1161 Roosevelt.
Cooper, Fred. 443 \. Holmes
Grover Coal Co., 5S5 w. Wyoming.
Hagelskamp Bros. s. Haverkamp, Church
man and Belt
Hado Coal Co.. 1855 sherman Drive.
Hado Coal Co., S. Sherman.
Heller E. f. & Co., Fletcher Ave. and
Big Four.
Hobart 3 Matthews, 1887 S. Keystone.
Hogue, j. L. Fuel s. Supply Co., twenty
Ninth and Canal.
Home Coal Co, Big -Four and f. North.
Indianapolis Coal Co.. Bankers Trust.
Yard No. L, Pine and Bates Sta.
Yard No. 4, Twenty Third and Cornell.
Yard No. 8, wash. land Noble st.
Yard No. 6, $50 S. West st.
Yard No. :, 1928 w. Sixteenth st.
Yard No. 8, 2130 w. Michigan st.
Yard No. o, MOnon and 51st st.
Yard No. 10, ESQ e. Michigan.
Indianapolis Mortar s. Fuel Co., Main
office, 4O7-10 Odd Fellow Bldg.
south Yard, Madison Ave. and Ray St.,
Pennsylvania r.. r.
East Yard, 1910 L. Thirteenth St., Mo-
non Il. n.
North Yard. Thirtieth and Canal, Big
-Four n. X.
West Yard, Thirteenth and Missouri
SITS, Big Four r. II.
BrightwoOd Yard, Rural and Roosevelt,
Big Four II. X.
Mill Yard, w. Wash. and Belt Il. r.
Northcroft Yard, FOrty-Ninth and
MOnon.
Irvington Coal and Lime, 5543 Donna.
Keeport, A. II. & Co., SEQ n. Senate.
Lambert Coal and Coke Co., lis S. State
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expIorer1 who came along after that ex
pressed the same view and the country
was left severely alone.
Not even the discovery that in the
southwestern pat Of the continent things
could be made co grow and that in the
northwestern coIner pearl oysters were
to be had, rad n.uch change IN sentl-
ment. A few white people drifted in and
settled, but until the construction, four
years ago, Of the transcontinental rail
way Western Australia was as isolated
from the rest Of Australia as If it had
been q separate island. The desert be
tween i. and South Australia was a bar
rier few cared to cross. 1t was in com
nunicatiOn with the other and more pros
porous states only by telegraph, and
portation.
"sUN, SIN, SAND
AND SORE EYES"
The history Of Western Australia fur
nishes an interesting instance az a state
being forced, after a period of prolonged
coma, into an era Of progress through
sheer force of circumstances. The Brit
ish Gag was hOisted over II in 1871, but
it was not until 1929 that it was formally
annexed by the British empire. But
when gold was discovered In 1887 il woke
the "grOpers," as the native born whites
are called. In 1892 the sensational dis
eOveries Of the mines at Kalgoorlle and
at CoOlgardie, a few miles farther on,
started her on on a boom period. The
State which for years had been neglected
and despised as a land Of sun, sin, sand
and sore eyes" as some one had dubbed
1t, began to assume real importance.
Western Australia occupies nearly one
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third Of the continent Of Australia. 1t
covers a greater area than that of the
sister states Of New South Wales. Vic
toria, South Australia and Tasmania
combined and is as large as all OF the
United States east Of the Mississippi
River, or a third of our own country.
Yet its population Of $4,000 is only abouD
that OF Idaho or Vermont and about 20
per cent live IN the city OF Perth and
the small towns surrounding It.
Western Australians story Is great
deal like that OF our own California,
whose forty miners" had their counter
part in the roaring nineties" when thou
sands were lured by the prospects Of gold
and where law and order We're represented
only by the rough and ready code OF the
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| Lambert Coal s Coke Co.. 24oe Cornell,
Litten, L. c., Coal Co., zoos E. Pratt.
Local Coal Company, sol Bates ct.
Local Coal Company, 921 II. ESD st.
Marshal Bros. 34OI Roosevelt.
Meyer, A. b. & CO., main office, 225 n.
Pennsylvania.
West Yard, $50 n. Senate.
East Yard, 1907 f. Michigan.
East Yard. Annex, 1910 E. Verment.
South Yard, 1910 Madison Ave.
North Yard, 25th and Cornell.
North Yard Annex, 24th and Cornell.
kentucky Ave. Yard. 112O Kentucky
Ave.
Northwestern Ave. Yard, 21st Sc. and
Northwestern Ave.
Minter Coal and Coke Co., 1S4 S. Cali
fornia.
MOnn. E. F., Coal Co.. Tibbs and WAL
Nom, e. F. Coal Co.. aO1 s. Harris.
MonOn Fuel Co., $40 Il. ST. Clair.
Muesing- Merrick Coal Co, ia K. 2ed.
Muesing -Merrick Coal Co., 1145 Ensiiah
Ave.
Myers Fuel Co.. Ohio and Davidson.
Frank p. Baker Coal Co.. 1921 Naomi.
Penn Coal Co., III f. Washington.
Peoples Coal s Cement Co., main offiss,
SIS Traction Bldg.
North Yard, 42d and Monon.
East Yard, 10Th and i. E. 8 W.
South Yard. Shelby and Bates.
Il
ingtOn.
Pittman Coal Co.. IO2 S. LasaIle.
PIayfoOt, A. E., 3539 Roosevelt
Polar Ice & Fuel Co., goth and n. Web
ster.
Potter Coal Co., s5O5 f. Washington.
r. & s. Coal Co., $3.50 W. Michigan.
Robertson, Nick. Coal Co., 430 S. Hard
ing.
Roberts. Sherman. Coal Co.. 1902 W.
Washington.
schuster, Frank j., Coal Co., Troy and
Allen.
SMcox, s. O.. 1915 Madison.
Silver, NJ. A.. 1884 Alvord.
SpickeImier Fuel s. Supply Co., S0th and
l.. e. & W.
Snyder, Enos R., Bluff Ave.
South Side Ice & Coal Co., 1902 5. East.
Stuck, Robert G., c.. i. & w. at Trow-
bridge.
stuckmeyer & Co.. Big Four and Lex
ingtOn.
Tuxedo Coal Co.. 1901 E. New York.
West Side Ice Co, Lynn and Big our.
Union Ice Coal Co., 1910 Blur.
Withinger, Elmer. I125 Roach.
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Butterflies Battle on
White House Lawn

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-Daily battles
between humming birds and butterflies
are occurring in the White House
grounds, Nth the radiant blossoms Of
In historic acacia trees as the spells of
'wsr.
Officer Walter L. Hospital, a White
House attache, spends several hours each
bay underneath the famous acacia tree
hnd has watched the alteration intently.
The humming birds are always van
pushed in the fights, he says, the butter
Pies putting them to flight as they hover
|over the blossoms, but usually not with
'cut some spectacular resistance Larger
i irds seem TO have no ter7ors for the
&<nming species, the courageous little
Natures always resisting valiantly in
-<1ense of their nests around the bloom
<>g boughs. but the butterfly is a terri
ing enemy.
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the acre was taken off the same lands.
Since the war the average yield or the
state has been around the 1O,OOO,OOO
bushel mark. Figures for last year show
more than 100000 acres Of land being
used for agricultural and pastoral pur-
poses, 100000 acres being under crop,
while almost two million acres were
being used for grazing, the rest lying
fallow or only partially cleared.
Western Australia has just reached the
point where she can begin to dispense
with the huge quantities of dairy pro
duce potatoes and other food products
which she has been in the habit of get
ting from the eastern states and can
feed herself and also look forward to
exporting a surplus. Much rich land
that in the closer settled states Of Vic
toria and New South Wales would cost
a large sum per acre can be obtained
free in western Australia because the
government is so anxious to attract set
tiers that farms of 100 acres are offered
free except for surveying and other small
fees and the State Agricultural Bank
viii advance up to $1,000 to settlers
This, in connection with the policy Of
pushing out railways into the new farm
ing sections, is expected to bring the
desired population.
The state of western Australia is only
in her infancy as regards her pastoral
and agricultural development, for the ar
tesian well, or bore, as Australians call
1t, is practicable over thousands Of square
miles WHICH await only the coming OF
the settler to become productive. One
thing, too, is needed great port from
which the products OF the still unde-
'eloped hinterland may be shipped, and
that now is being sought. The state
is building freezing works against the
day when the frozen mutton trade will
have grown to real size, the day when
full advantage viii be taken of all the
pastoral possibilities of western Austria
liza
When that day comes the state will
he not only the largest of Australia but
one Of its most important as well
There is glamor and romance in the
search for pearls Oh the northwest coast
of Australia. For many years adventur
ers from all parts OF the world have
gone to Broome and other spots on the
coast, where Japanese, Filipinos and Ma
lays far outnumber the white people. At
certain seasons willy willies," or tropi-
cal hurricanes, wreak great havoc to the
pearl fishing fleets aud periodical riots
between races frequently result in blood
shed, but the industry produces about
half the worlds supply Of Oearl she'll.
Mr.. Boyce in bis article next week tells
Of the great pearling grounds and of
the vast northern territory Of Australia,
more than 100000 square miles with a
white population Of less than $500
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West by Southwest
NsIg Zealand, Australia and
South Sea Islands

BY~W. ID. BOYCE
Organizer and Leader Of The Old
Mexico Research and African Big
Game Expeditions, author OF illus
trated South America" United
States Colonies and Dependencies" and
"The First Americans-Our Indians of
Yesterday and Today"
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Left-GOvernment House Gardens at Perth. The
city has numerous public gardens and reserves where
many kinds of trees and flowers abound. One
walk knee-deep through wild flowers in this part of
western Australia In the There thou
sands of different species which flourish in the
"a blaze of glory when in bloom Right-Imagine a
forest of 100000 thickly studded
smooth, straight tres, zoo feet tall the average,
four feet in diameter and than hundred
from the ground to the first branch Yet this Is
what western Australia has-A typical kRrrI
and of the greatest the states many
Beneath the trees is a rich, red soil,
which Is intensely prolific, the have been
cleared OF and the given oppor tunty
to the land. That is why western Australia Is faced
with probeTn-sha IL Kill Off the timber In itself
valuable. in order to utilize the ground farming?
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GOOD OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE GROWER.

S. W. Taylor, director Of the horticul-
tural department, says the new build
ing will open 10 the Grchardists Of In
diana new opportunities for reaching con-
sumers Of fruits.
There are many commercial orch
ards in Indiana which have, year after
year, been sending their fruits to the fair
and they have found that the winning Of
prize ribbons has been good advertising.
The publicity which their exhibits will
get in the new building will be far
more widespread than in the past. for
the crowds TO see the displays will be
much larger"
"A county thst is especially proud Of
its soil products should, by all means.
have a display Of these products IN the
new building" said Charles Smith, dl-
rector Of the agricultural department.
Some counties and individual farmers
produce superior seed corn. Those that
have sent their corn 10 tie Indiana fair
year after year have been enabled
through this publicity to find a wide mar
ket for their quality seed. Some eoun-
ties grow superior tobacco, some excel in
seed wheat OF grasses. They can not
find a better medium for advertising
these products than the State fair offers
in its new building"
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AID FOR UNKMPLoYED.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-Local train lines
he been requested to grant free fares
(ore a N. TO all persons looking for
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TIMES
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AEW BUILDING
WELL LOCATED.

The new building is Of such dimensions
and so attractive and its location is so
convenient for sightseers that the shows
OF fruits and vegetables will get much
more attention from visitors than in other
years. The old agricultural building has,
year after year, been gorgeOusly srrayed
with corn, grain, grass and similar dis
plays but its location was remote and the
number OF visitors was comparatively
small
But at the coming fair the horticul-
tural and agricultural show will come
into its own" There are always a num-
Der OF county societies from over the
State which compete for blue ribbons
On general displays in the two depart
ments. and with the larger and better
facilities they are expected TO make much
better showing than even in the past.
The building is so large and well sp-
pointed that every county IN Indiana can
find space In it for representative farm
ing exhibits
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HORTICULTURAL
BUILDING NOW
READY FOR FAIR
Structure Gives Better 0ppOr-
tunity for Display of Gar
den and Field Products.

The new Horticultural and AGricul-
tural building, which will be one Of the
most conspicuous show places at the COM
ing Indiana Fair, Sept. TO 10. has not
only been completed, but exhibits for it
are arriving. It is thought that visitors
to the fair viii be SIS enthusiastic over the
new structure as they have been over the
other large. permanent buildings on the
grounds, for II measures with all Of them
In appears nee and Outranks some of
them in floor space
With a rotunds 40 by 50 feet and with
two rooms each Il by 20 feet, the build
ing will not only offer much better IA
cilities for displaying orchard, garden
and field products, but he aisles will be
broad and there viii Ue an abundance
Of space for many special exhibits. In
act. there has been a heavy demand for
Sor space from exhibitors Of many kinds
u MERCHANDISE
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DEATH H. c. WILSON

News was received in Abbeville
Monday afternoon of the death of H..
Clark Wilson, in Statesville, N. G..
Mr.. Wilson was instantly killed when
his body was severed by a shifting
train at a railway crossing. He was
in a truck which was crossing the
track.
Mr.. Wilson was native of Will
liamston and in early life married
Miss Eula Crymes who is related to
and known to- many of the people of
Abbeville. Mr.. Wilson was buried at
Williamson this afternoon at four
o'clock, the funeral services being
held from the home of Mrs. ]. W.
Crymes.
Mrs. E C Horton received the news
Monday afternoon and went at once
to Statesville to be with her sister,
Mrs. Wilson.