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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
U S. TORECLAIM
HUGE COLUMBIA
N-.DISTRICT

Spokane. Wash. April THE
Columbia Basin desert beat the
dust eaters" when they struggled
to dry farm" it.
Now the desert itself is on the
verge of defeat,
The Columbia Basin is a tract of
more than 200 square miles in
southeastern Washington. Scattered
over its wastes are monuments 20
the failure of the dust eaters
scores of deserted homestead
shacks left by the dry farmers who,
after years of unremitting toll.
were driven out by the desert.
But a change is to come In
place of the desolated shacks, 90
900 to 10000 irrigated farms will
appear. At a cost of S254 900, 900,
water will be carried into the basin
and will reclaim nearly 100000
acres.
Such are the hopes for the CO.
lumbia Basin project, worlds larg-
est reclamation plant to get be-
yond the lust talk" stage.
GoethaIs O. KS It
Major. General George Cocktails,
builder Of the Panama Canal, after
a thorough investigation of the
project, has declared in a report
that it is entirely feasible
Goethals estimates the whole
area can be turned into productive
land at a cost of $145 an acre. He
thinks the project should be
financed directly by the govern
ment
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
MARCH SCORED
HEAVY RAINFALL
Greatest Precipitation in IS Years,
According TO State MeteOrolOgist
averaged Twice Normal.

More rain fell in Illinois III
March, 1922, than any other Marcl
In 49 years. with the exception O.
one, according to the monthly sum
mary Of Genealogical data, pr
pared and published today by Me
teoroleglst Clarence J. Root of the
urlted States weather bureau.
The month was moderately
warm, with deficient sunshine, but
'ae outstanding meteorological fea-
lure was the heavS precipitation, :"
The report said. The average for
the state Was more than twice the
normal amount. and was, with one
exception. the greatest March aver
age IN more than forty-five years
Inc number OF days with precipi-
Iat,on equa!ed the previous record.
lhoiVldual March precipitation rec
urus were exceeded at 10 stations
Al Chlcagc, the snowfall of the
winter was less than one-third OF
tne normal. An ice gorge in Rock
Ifer caused $4,000 damage at
DIXON. The gorge was IS miles
long.
Three to four inches Of rain fell
throughout the south half Of the
eehtrai division on the 14th.
After the rain OF the 14th show
eES were of frequent occurrence :,
aHd most of the months precipita-
Ion occurred during that period.
~ 1ae last week was especially rainy.
me ground became saturated,
..auslng a rapid run-off. The wa
.e gradually rose in the larger
s'reamS ard before the close of the
Tohth the Sangamon. kaskaskia,
lite Wabash, and many less T
Streams in central and southern
Illinois were in food.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
PROGRESS MADE
SINCE 1876 TO
MARK EXHIBITS
Sesaui- Centennial at Philadelphia
10 Celebrate 1j0th Anniversary
of Independence Declaration.

philadelphia. Pa. April 21.-With
The selection OF the Paramount
park site and the special message
N President Harding urging CON
gress TO give its official sanction,
the Sesqui-Centennial exhibition
IN celebration of the 150th ami
yersary of the signing of the Dec
laration OF Independence to be held
here in 1926 is beginning to take
definite form.
The local organization, which
has the enterprise in charge, is
made up Of the most prominent and
influential citizens of Philadelphia
with Mayor j. Hampton Moore as
president, and Alba B. Johnson,
former head fthe Baldwin Loco
motive Works, as vice president
There also is an executive commit
tee of six members and a board tf
Is directors.
The preliminary promotion and
publicity will be directed by Vic
Usher of the Omaha Bee, who has
been named as assistant to the
president.
Pledge S5,000,G09.
Philadelphia officially has
pledged financial support in the
sum of $4,000, 900 and has made an
initial appropriation of $4,000,
and the legislature of Pennsylvania
has created a state commission
looking towards the participation CT
the commonwealth. Kansas and
New Jersey already have taken leg
islative action indorsing and
promising to take part in the ex-
position, the latter with a prelimi-
nary appropriation.
The choice of a site evoked keen
competition between various avail
able locations but the Fairmont
Park site was selected on the
strength of recommendations in an
exhaustive report on the relative
advantages rated according to ac-
feasibility, ground space. landscap-
ing possibilities, facilities for COM
munication and transportation,
made by special volunteer COM
mittee of the Engineers club.
The Paramount site includes the
grounds upon which the Center
NAL Exposition marking the Tooth
anniversary of the Declaration was
held in 1876, although with a con-
siderable additional acreage.
World Progress.
While the exhibition is still in
the planning stage the scope is *
pected to embrace particularly the
whole progress made in the sci
ences, arts and industries during
the so years period that has elapsed
since the 1876 celebration These
so years. it was pointed out, have
witnessed a great transformation
in the conditions of living as evil
denced by the development of the
telephone, radio electricity, the auto
motive industry, and navigation CT
the air with great strides in surg
[. AID sanitation, educationz and
social welfare work The exhibit
ten IS expected to visualize this
progress. The location of the ex-
position in Philadelphia, it was de-
clared, makes it readily accessible
TO more persons than any other
similar showing in America, pop
ulation of approximately 20,000,000
residing within $50 miles or auto
mphiling distance with nearly 49,
100000 within a radius of 400 miles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Dress shirts in neat dainty pat
.erns: sizes II to IL; regular QSo
81 and S1.50 qualities OoN
UnionaIis in khaki; also in blue
and white Gc Ak
Mems and Young mems caps; broE-
en- lines: all sizes; values CT
TO g at ~
silk four in hands: odds and ends
from upstairs: 81 and 0ko
$50 qualities at ........-. cCN
Workshirts in light and medium
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
Gabardine OVercOatS

l. absolute cod all around
woke sleeves uavaues
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

and the state highways afford YET
another outlet.
Nearly equidistant between spo-
kane on the east and Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland on the west. the
project has unrivaled facilities for
shipping its products TO the east,
to the coast district and to the
orient
Construction of the project is a
Herculean proposition; financing it
will be equally as big. The Smith
McNarv reclamation measure now
before congress may open the way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

At the Brazilian centennial expo
sition in September of this year the
United States viii have an exhibit
showing the work done by the
various bureaus in promoting the
mining industry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

provided the new division in the
new Centennial building, in connec-
ton with the state library.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
Licensed to We'd
OFFER FREE SWIM
TO ALL BOYS AT W

a free swim to all boys of the
sty Is being offered by the Y. NJ.
:. A tomorrow afternoon at 1880
eiock. The swim will be under
we direction OF A. J. Record. as
sstant physical director. and a
number OF stunts will be perform
ed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

the counties of the state. Fifteen
states already have established
divisions. Quarters will be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13

cation, is due to the fact that they are not COM
petent to lecture. They may be famous, for
some reason or other, but are awkward
the platform, have little or nothing to say, and
say that badly, and the result is that their au-
diences feel if they had been imposed upon
after paying admission to hear them speak.
Sir Philip is quite right in assuming that
most Americans who go to hear foreign celeb
rity talk are actuated more by curiosity than
anything else. It's much like going to see a
new kind of animal Mrs. Asquith, for in
stance, drew crowds Of people who merely
wanted to know what she looked like. They
were not much impressed by the appearance
of "Margot."
Sir Philip believes it will help to improve
the relations between America and England
and promote better understanding if Eng
land will send lecturers to America who have
something to say and know how to say it, a
point of view with which Americans will heart
lily agree.
In the course Of his article Sir Philip gives
his fellow countrymen-and women-some
good advice when he says that Americans don't
relish having their shortcomings emphasized in
books about them any more than the Eng
fish do
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
VIOLENCE WILL BE CONDEMNED
AT TODAY'S MEETING

The mass meeting to be held at the Bijou the
atre this morning will give the citizens of Br-
mingham an opportunity to rally to the sup
port of the movement headed by Col. T. o.
Smith to enforce the law in Birmingham. 1t
is the duty of as many as do SO to attend
and show by their presence that they are de-
termined to prevent the good name of their
city from being brought into further disre-
pute by lawless bands whose repeated acts of
violence have disgraced Birmingham and JEFF
ferson county.
The sheriff and city officials have promised
to cooperate with the citizens committee al
ready organized. The lawyers of Birmingham
will do everything in their power to expedite
justice, and there is widespread conviction
that the time has come to call halt
The mere fact that the citizens of Birming-
ham have let it be known that they are not
going to tolerate floggings and other lawless
acts and will offer united front to criminals
will unquestionably have salutary effect,
but steps will be taken to combat actively the
d1SorQer WHICH mas prevailed mere loT HoHInS.
These methods may not be published broadcast,
but they will be effective.
At the Bijou today representative citizens
will voice their disapproval of mob law, of
thuggery and all the other forms of lawless-
ness that afflict the Birmingham district. This
meeting will reflect the attitude of Birmingham
toward crime. 1t will be an object lesson to
law violators and striking exhibition Of an
aroused and militant public conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13

woman globe trotter says Samoa is an
earthly paradise. Some day traveller is going
to discover that we have great many troubles
right here at home and some of them de-
veloped while he was away.
Of course we are sorry for Europe but Mr..
Cox is going to discover that we have a great
many troubles right here at home, and some
of them developed while he was away.
Mr.. Dempsey will go abroad to earn money.
For some reason or other this country refuses
to support Mr.. Dempsey in the style to which
he has lately been accustomed.
The chaps who write sport gossip are clever,
but they can't fool us. When they speak Of
a "limt clout'' we know right off that they
mean home run.
There was time when Turkish victories
would have sent chill through Europe, but
so far the Turk has overrun but small part
of the map.
Since DIR. Work took charge Of the post
office department it has been a complete
vacuum, so far as photographic material is con-
cerned.
Another beggar, posing a hero, has
been found to be wealthy. Still that doesn't
have any particular bearing on the bonus bill
X
DR.. Mayo merely showed up at the White
House and Mrs. Harding got better. Those
Mayo brothers are wonderful surgeons.
X
The ouija board craze seems to be dying out,
but we needn't congratulate ourselves. Some
thing else will take its place.
n \ X
1t does seem pity that Tom Watson will
not have the opportunity to welcome Varda-
man back to Washington.
We've produced something the Germans rev.
erence. The American dollar is greatly looked
up to in the fatherland.
Just what does a union lawyer mean by
peaceful interference with the transporta-
ton system?
The "Flying Parson' survived the World
war and died entertaining the yokels at a county
fair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
CLIMBERS GIFT TO THE POPE

From the London Times.
Rome.-The members of the Mount Everest
expedition have sent the Pope fragment of
rock taken from the highest point reached BY
them on the mountain.
The fragment has been mounted on an
ebony stand decorated with silver bears and
having carved dedication to the pontiff, who
is himself an Alpine climber of no mean
prowess.
gift, has sent General Bruce, the leader or
the expedition, the gold medal of his ponti-
ficate, together with an autograph letter of
thanks. In this he recalled that when he was
elected Pope the Everest expedition, which had
already begun the ascent, sent him telegram
of congratulation and good wishes addressed
to "the Alpinist Pope. Reuter-.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
BULGARIA AND THE NEW WOMAN

From the Pittsburg acknowledgement
The brother of Mile Stanitoff, who was re-
Gently appointed to a responsible position in the
Bulgarian legation at Washington, seems to be
a sort of modern Rip Van Wrinkle. He has
cabled his sister that woman's place is in the
home, that cher work is to rear children, not
diplomatic arguments" and SO he is unable to
congratulate her on bringing fame to the fem
lily. Evidently brother is peeved. He is stu
dent of law at the Paris Sorbonne, with am
billions, no doubt, for brilliant career. just
as he is dreaming of comforting distinction on
the Stanitoff family by becoming great law
yer and Judge and who knows what, along
comes little sister and pulls off scoop from
right under his nose In popular parlance, she
has beaten him to it. There are plenty of able
lawyers, but mighty few women diplomats.
Brother would never have been heard Of would
never have attained the honor of getting on the
first page, if it hadn't been for sister. And so
he thinks woman's place is in the home and ac-
tually pays cable tolls on that novel opinion.
He believes sister might better be occupied
running household than mixing in statecraft
and getting write-ups and her picture in the
papers. Every day we hear of some hitherto
exclusively masculine occupation that has
opened its doors to the feminine invasion All
the worlds a stage, and women are rapidly
crowding the men from the center.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
WOULD DELIGHT o. HENRY

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Next to the eager way New Workers 'sfalr'
for what would be ignored out Of sight in
tank town, is good-natured readiness to laugh
at themselves when the point of the jake is
reached. Just~now they are enjoying revela-
tons about legless beggar who had the spot
light turned upon him when he refused to pay
the fee Of one of two lawyers, acting for the
beggar's chauffeur, while the beggar was
mentioning in the, Adirondacks. The attorney
obtained judgment, and when the beggar's
motor was attached the story began to come
out
The beggar and his family live at one of
the larger and more prominent hotels, wear
diamonds, costly clothing, have a robust bank
account, and in general carry on life of more
or less luxury outside of the bread winners
business hours. New Workers appreciate the
joke when it reaches developments which in
clude high-priced motor cars, a high-salaried
chauffeur and splendid artificial legs for use
when the toll of the days business ends. The
bigger the town the harder they fall. New
Workers. are saved by the grace of hearty
laugh no matter how often the joke is on
them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
AFTER SUNSET
S. Donald Cox, in the Independent.
Sunset has faded, and the flushed cheeke

S. Donald Cox, in the Independent.
Sunset has faded and the flushed checked
clouds
Have changed to wisps Of gray above the hill.
Silence, a summer silence, warm and still,
Broods on the meadows where the mist en-
shrouds
The quiet hedge row and the watchful trees
That stand austere, unmovedsby any breeze.
The noise of the day sink on the air,
Dying in distant whispers, and the sound
Of little, unheard voices all around
Creeps on the waiting senses. Here and there
The tender humming of the small-winged
flies
Drums overhead, and fades and sinks and
dies.
From the dim-shadowed tangle of the grass,
The mutitudnous songs of minute things,
Like the faint music of SMALL muted strings
Plucked by invisible hands, rise, fall and pass
And then again come silence and the white,
Innumerable jewels of the night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
WOMAN CANDIDATE RUNS
WITHOUT A PLATFORM >

Miss Bessie Kempton of Atlanta, one of the
three women candidates for the Georgia as
sembly, is making the without platform.
ed: 81 have some very definite ideas with re-
gard to new and remedial legislation needed
by Fulton county and the state, but issues that
are alive and uppermost in the public thought
today are entirely likely to be among the
things forgotten when the legislature Of 1929
meets"
The young woman's stand is not in line with
the position of the new women voters, who
have injected the QUESTIONABLE into politics,
and have insisted that candidates for office ex-
press themselves clearly on leading issues. It
is true that every legislature faces some new
problems arising between the primaries and
the meeting of the law-making body, but there
are always issues that are plainly expressed
and carry the weight of instructions to the
candidate. Representatives of the people are
supposed to execute their will. If Miss Kemp
toms plan became general the peoples wishes
would go into the discard because, after its
assembling of legislature they could not be
heard from.
No platform of any candidate or any party
was ever carried out in full, but. they are at
least guide posts reflecting the sentiment of
voters, and the people will never relinquish
the right to instruct their lawmakers through
platforms that win at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHE ERE
COUNTY SCHOOLS CROWDED

Eve have been swamped with complaints
during the entire day. said MRS. N. L. Ragley,
member of the county board Of education, "on
the overcrowded condition of the schools ard
overcrowded condition of the transportation
trucks. The county board recently purchased
four new trucks, but these do not saerg ade-
quate to meet the demands, and as result
we have had to rent extra trucks for trans
portation purposes. 1t is really amazing At
the number of children registered in the county
schools, and the thing that puzzles IS that
there are many vacant houses and so many
more children. I can't see where they all
come from. The board is doing its very best
to handle the situation and ! think we win
have everything regulated before long and run
ming harmoniously."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
LETTERS TO EDITOR
ENLISTMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The movement on the part of eminent citi-
zens in behalf of the suppression Of lawless-
ness and violence commands the highest ad-
mration of all thoughtful men. We have
gained abroad much unworthy notoriety by the
brutal outrages that have occurred here, and
away from home the question is not infrequent-
ly asked, what is the matter with Birming-
ham?" We have had so many miscarriages of
justice, in different ways, that the question rs
not altogether an unnatural one.
In the foggings and other forms of violence
the outrages have been so bold and defiant,
gaining encouragement and momentum from
their frequency and from the inability to ar
rest the guilty, that away from Birmingham
the city is thought of by some to be under the
control of thugs and night marauders
Our eminent citizens are acting none too
early. To say that crime can run rampant, and
that the laws cannot be enforced is to ac-
knowledge ourselves incapable of self-govern-
ment This high-handed criminality has taken
fresh impulse from time to time because it has
not been arrested, and because perpetrators
go unwhipped of justice. We certainly need
a condign enforcement of our laws. Lawless-
ness begets lawlessness, both in frequency of
repetition and in depth of turptude. In the
very nature of things, the method of pro-
cedure in the immediate past in our commu-
nifty, gives no one assurance of security from
the clutch of these criminals who shape their
own methods of capture and of punishment
The most distinguished citizen is as much ex-
posed to the vengeance of these criminals as
the humblest. A rigidy literal enforcement of
the law is all that is needed to meet the crisis
that has been brought about. The stage is
about reached when the question must be set
tied whether criminalty shall prevail or law
and order. B. F. RILEY.
Birmingham, September II, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13
FISH ARE BITING

"Fish are beginning to bite in earnest at
East Lake park, and many people who never
were fishermen before are going away with
nice strings, said w. W. Lampkin of the
park
sThe cool weather is making the fish bite,
and the trout are being caught in the largest
numbers.
"Jim Roberts of East Lake caught nice
string of trout and crappie yesterday. Two
other men caught nice strings, but do not re-
member who they were.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13

This is a striking contrast to the high art
of the Moscow theatre, famous before the war
and maintained after it by the soviet admin
istrator. The change is accounted for by
new economic policy which encourages, at
least permits speculation. Under this policy
has sprung up class of profiteers known under
a Russian term of reproach "neppa."
correspondent of the World compares the neppa
in their tastes to our tired business men. The
class is very new, so new that although Amer
lean plays are imported for them there has
been no time or cash as yet to put sound roofs
over the theatres where these plays are given,
and on wet nights auditors huddle in the RAIN
With the new plays has come glad raiment,
but not enough of it for all those who have
the price. Some neppa are said to be indis-
tinguishabe from proletarians by their CARP.
The one sure mark of Identification is the size
of the "roll." If that is thick the good clothes
and the automobiles will follow.
The picture suggests the conditions of
mining camp which has just "struck it rich,
superimposed upon one of the most artistic
civilizations of Europe, especially in the field
of drama. So serious is the effect of this
sudden wealth that the serious actors are said
to have taken alarm and to be organizing
against the invasion of frivolity. One of them
is quoted as saying "The coming reaction
threatens to dislodge us from our positions
It is to be hoped that the revusion will not go
so far The theatrical art of Moscow has long
been source of inspiration to the students of
intellectual drama the world over. 1t has sur
vived political revolution, and that it should
fall now before a revolution of moneymaking
would be a calamity.