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Evening star., 1922-11-12
Marsh Gas at the Memorial.

A peculiar prODlem OueE6 IN tAe
case Of the rejecting pool extending
eastward from the base Of the Lin
coin Memorial. Some trouble has
been heretofore experienced in the
maintenance Of tight bottom, and
now as a result Of a research by the
bureau Of standards it is found that
the cause lies in the formation Of
marsh gas. technically known as mo.
thane combined with carbon dioxide.
This gas liz created from the decom.
position Of the organic matter in the
soil Of Potomac Park. A way 10 now
being sought to correct this condition
by providing vents for the gas. and to
stop it's accumulation in quantities to
exert a disrupting pressure upon the
concrete.
Potomac Park is q result Of the
dredging of the river. AS . matter Of
law the so-called reclamation" work
by which this great area Of public land
was created was technically for the
purpose Of restoring tho river chan.
nels, which had been silted to q point
obstructins navigation. The material
dredged from the river by hydraulic
machines was forced through tubes
into an area bounded by riprap walls
and there it settled and solidihed. form
ing the soil. This transformed . marsh
into park. In the early stages some
remarkable floral Developments &C.
Cured in the unfinished and rough.
surfaced park. Plants peculiar to the
upper Potomac watershed sprouted.
undoubtedly from seeds that had been
washed down from far above and
lodged in the mud Of the river bottom.
This soil proved exceptionally fertile.
1t was full Of organic matter, rich in
humus. and hence the unusual pro-
ductivity of the garden plots nain-
tanned in the eastern section.
The fermentation or decomposition
Of this organic matter win probably
continue for a long period. But the
gas thus formed, gradually coming to
the surface, Is not In any way harm.
full, as it is quickly evaporated and
taken up by the atmosphere in the
open. The placing Of a great nat basin
over q wide area, however. confines It,
and thus the unusual condition de-
velops that it il necessary to provide
vents, probably for the first time in
engineering experience.
The announcement that this prob
lem, which has caused much anxiety
on the part Of the engineers in charge
of the Lincoln Memorial work. has
been solved will recall to elder Wash
ingtonians the aspect Of that space
now known as Potomac Park in the
days before the dredging work began.
Where the memorial stands was q fes-
tering marsh; a short distance above
It ran the Warrington canal. little
more than an open sewer. extending
from the eastern front Of the Capttol
to the river, q sluggish, noJsome
stream that gave o6ense to all the
senses. Few Of those who now pass
through the park know the wonderful
transformation that has been effected,
and so appreciate the Improvement
and the benefit to Washington Of this
project covering many years in execu.
ton.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Radicalism in America.

Zanovieff, chairman Of the executive
committee Of the third internationale,
tells his organization at Moscow that
some progress has been made in the
United States toward the world revo-
luton, despite prosecutions and the
very thorny paths which communist
leaders and their followers have had
tc travel.
It would be interesting to know Of
what that progress consists. Zanovie6
win probably not tell. He il too wise
in his game Of undermining the
Aos1nd da41ona q socfsey 20 disclose IL
Evening star., 1922-11-12
A National Campaign.

The stirring Of the national pool
such a. has Just taken placo-makes
for public health and happiness. Cir
culating our public men, 30 to say
sending eastern men west, and west.
ern mon east on stumping tours-en'
larxes their vision and increases their
capacity for usefulness. Those in Of
fice acquire much information Of
service in ONCE, while those out Of
ONCE are apt to acquire a taste for
ONCE, and fit themselves thus for pub
lie duties II called to perform them.
In this way the sections profit by
xettinx acquainted with one another
The country is 80 large, consideration
Of it and its resources does not resi-
best ON mere reading. Personal In
spection ID Q great aid to those charged
with conducting its governmental at
fairs.
It was an Englishman Of note who
when on his first visit to the United
States and asked by representative
Of a local newspaper upon reaching
st. Louis II he was going west. ex
claimed: Heavens, what an empire
Here I am q thousand miles from the
sea and asked II I'm going west!'
We have q great empdre-an some
things the greatest Of empires-and
we are administering its affairs on q
scale and according to a formula un.
matched elsewhere. Let US do our
work, then, in the best style possible,
and with full knowledge Of all the
possibilities and obligations. knowing
and esteeming one another, and in all
matters outside Of legitimate party
politics standing together in support
Of our empire, our imperial republic,
and resolved to push It further along
the line indicated by those who found
cd 1t and followed 30 far BY their Sons
and successors with astonishing and
sratifying results.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

The authoritative assertion that Mr..
Jim Reed Of Missouri is not true
democrat brings up a perplexfty. Mr..
Reed would never consent to his classi-
fication az a republican.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
ONcENTRATION Of all sta
tistics on foreign and domes-
tic trade in two divisions OF
tha oronosAd new bureau OF


tistics on foreign and domes-
4 tic trade In two divisions OF
the proposed new bureau OF
federal statistics in the Department
Of Commerce, planned to succeed the
present bureau Of the census, IL rec
commended as one Of the important
steps in the reorganization Of the
administrative branch Of the federal
government by the bureau Of efi-
cheney in q special report, which 10
awaiting the return Of Congress.
The division Of foreign trade sta
tistics would be created by the trans
fer Of the division Of statistics from
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce and the New York bureau
Of customs statistics from the Treas
ury Department. To this division
would be assigned the compilation
and dissemination Of all foreign trade
statistics.
The statistics Of our foreign trade
are non-administrative, the bureau Of
eflciency argues. They are collected
and disseminated for the information
they convey about the movement OF
commodities in and out Of the coun-
try and the movement and nationality
Of vessels engaged in the foreign
function of the division Of statistics
in the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce 10 the compilation and dis
semination Of these trade statistics.
The New York bureau Of customs
statistics. whose principal function 10
coding and tabulating foreign COM
merce statistics for the Department
jurisdiction Of that department. Con.
rress 10 advised. 1t now prepares and
sends to collectors Of customs q de-
tailed monthly statement Of imports
and exports for use as q blottef At
the several custom houses. On the
transfer Of the New York bureau to
Washington these statements should
ei9n trade stAti0tac8.
The division Of internal commerce
statistics would deal with the move-
ment, production, prices ana stocks OF
important commodities within the
United States.
Though our foreign commerce has
grown BY leaps and bounds during
the past few years. amounting to
nearly 37,eoo.ooe.ooo for the calendar
year 1891, 1t 10 only = fraction Of the
entire business Of the country. The
volume Of merchandise exchanged
within our borders 10 vastly greater
than that exchanged with foreign
countries. The statistics Of our ma
tional commerce are 1T least % Inn
portant % the statistics Of our for.
sign eommerce.
No oomprehsnstys plan. however,
has beAu odopted by the federal Gov.
efnu1Ant for tho coal c4l4As ~ ee1a3ee
Ekieo n N ll4!& - B =! i l|E!l
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Heard and Seen

DR.. Thomas f. Green, director OF
the speakers bureau Of the American
Red Cross, told a funny one on him.
self before q recent gathering.
He was travelling through the south.
he said. and his photograph had Ap-
peared in many OF the papers Of the
section. So he thought nothing OF il
when he saw a man eyeing him as
they sat on train.
Finally the man across the aisle
cast so many glances that DR.. Green
thought he might as well act friend
ly. 30 made some advance.
The man gladly. responded. and
came across the aisle.
Haven't I seen your picture in the
papers, he asked the head OF the
opeakers' bureau.
Yes" said Dr. Green, modestly.
What were you cured off, asked
the man.
Listen to a story about Sonny.
He is three years old. He Is the
kind of child you read about but sell
dom meet
When you meet him it is like greet
Ing a sunbeam suddenly turned into
the shape Of a human being.
But one day Sonny fell down and
broke his arm. He didn't cry. but it
did hurt His hand and arm hung
had the arm set and then put into a
When Sonny went out the next day
with his mother he was the object Of
much attention from his mothers
Poor little armw declared the first
lady. "Ddd you hurt the little arm?"
"Poor little arm" sympathized the
hurt his arm?'
"Poor little arm"' greeted the next
lady. "The little arm 10 broken"
sonny smiled. but not 80 warmly
Poor little arm" beamed the next
friend.
"Mother," he said, solemnly. 7 think
the poor little arm will stay in the
house till it's we'll"
Two men got their lunch for moth
ing one day last week. and the res
| t.urant got paid. into the bargain
How was it done?
"Well. like all such things are done
somebody got stung. as the phrase Is.
| The two men went into the place
and ordered a small lunch. 1t was 9
FORMER barroom. which has remained
unchanged in appearance. awaiting
the day when 1t will be allowed legal
~ to dispense certain bottled drinks
I am afraid 1t is going to be disap-
pointed. but that has nothing to dc
With this story. When the two men
had finished their repast they pro,
ceeded to the counter-er. bar-ano
asked for their check. The counter
I--er-tsnder started to the cash reg
lister to ring mp 30 cents. when an.
other man standing there asked fol
his check.
The counter man rang up. gave .
check to the lone man. and proceeded
about HIS business. The couple stood
ana stood, at length became impatient
| and hailed the man across the bar:
| How about our check?"
The counter tender looked blank.
| ssweren't you with that other gen.
! tIemanf'' he asked.
"We most certainly were not" re.
.sWeii, thought you were. anyway
| reDIied the counter man. '1 put y0ul
iuncA on his check, and he paid It. 81
Snaf lars you ostt. ( ! J. 81
Evening star., 1922-11-12
SOME INSIDE STUFF
ABOUT NEW YORK
BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON.
NEW YORK. November II.
: rGARETTE smoking among
Nav vArk ~o~>~ e. M

NEW YORK. November IL.
IGARETTE smoking among
New York women is no
~ longer confined to the pri-
vacy Of the home. At the
theaters for the last year or two Ia
dies dressing rooms between the acts
have fairly reeked with smoke. and
this fall 1t has become an accepted
custom for ladies' as well as men in
the entr-act to get out into the
lobby or even into the street in front
Of the theater for a cigarette. Espe-
cially IL this habit at the Garrick
Theater. where the Theater Guild
Plays are given. playhouse much
patronized by the so-called liberals.
women smoking in their motor cars
on 5th and Park avenues. and even
In the suburban towns. where wives
drive down in tho evenings to meet
husbands returning from business in
the city, you frequently see them
willing away tho waiting time with
a cigarette.
In the hotel and theater section the
restaurants. without exception, permit
women to smoke. although in the
business district 1t 10 different. In a
Fulton street eating place recently
saw the head waiter request hus-
band to tell his wife that smoking by
ladies was not permitted. and In some
Of the downtown clubs. like the Hard
ware Club. there Is no room where
smoking by either sex is forbidden.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

Europe insists that Uncle sam ought
TO be In the league Of nations. Some
kind Of q scheme Of honorary member.
ship, Implying no personal pecunfary
responsibilities, might be evolved.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
A Story About Patriotism.

|NIEW YORK always extends a glad
Y hand to Herbert Adams Gibbons
when he comes over from Princeton
to speak. An authority on interna-
tional affairs and widely known
through his lectures at Chautauqua,
he gets into frequent arguments over
his favorite contention that patriot
ism 10 not a natural feeling, but is 40.
CURED by education.
To illustrate his point he tells q
story Of q research he made in his
own home. He asked his little daugh-
ter Hope, aged seven. in what coun-
try she lived. She looked at him
blankly.
Don't you know the name OF your
country?' he persisted.
Her face lighted up.
Course I do" she answered. It's
named Tisofthe. We sing about it at
school,"
Evening star., 1922-11-12

About ali that the New Brunswick
authorities have been able to be abso-
lutsly sure about u an abundance Of
material in the corpus delicd line.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

The solid south asserts itself often
enough to discourage any dreams OF
an effacement Of party lines.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

England occasionally puts states
man out Of ONCE for the sake Of en-
abling them to speak more freely on
current issues.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

John Barleycorn managed to reassert
himself In the Jersey election as q
tough old myth.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

.Psnnsyivania" freely ranslated
means '.Penn's woods" The election
result was Q fitting tribute to q per-
fectly good forester.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

Votes for women do not neces-
sarily imply votes for woman candi-
dates.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

puxilism asserts itself a. q game in
which muscle figures, regardless Of
complexion.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
About the Insect Play.

60 far the greatest novelty of New
~ York's theatrical season is "The
World We Live In," q comedy OF in
sect life by Joseph and KareI Capek
Of Prague, where it was first pro-
duced. Within the next two months
1t is to be produced in all of the cap
itais OF Europe. 1t is pessimistic, and
highly imaginative, and very likely
many Of those who see il will not en-
Joy 1t, but it is one of those things
thai everybody will be talking about
and that you cannot afford to miss.
OF the hundred-o odd characters tina
appear only one takes the role of a
human being. a muddled drunkard.
and the rest are all insects. butter
flies. beetles, crickets, wasps and ants
In the ant act there are sixty-seven
characters, ceaselessly moving about
the stage, as a blind ant beats time.
"one-two-three-fo An ant ef-
flciency expert decided that work
must be speeded up and makes him
count "one-two- four" The ant bat
tie that closes the act is the fines,
piece of stagecraft ever have seen
although such a terrific arraignmeni
of the horrors Of war. that four years
ago it would hardly have been tol
Grated.
Evening star., 1922-11-12

LAuin. says he has recovered his
Ijssslll xhe 1l1tAf1l .exotzey deeeFysa
Evening star., 1922-11-12
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Evening star., 1922-11-12
Unsafety First.

How often we our hopes extend
Mid unfamiliar danger,
And slight the old familiar friend
To gst stung by stranger!
Evening star., 1922-11-12

Jud Tunlins says he's glad long
skirts have come into fashion. Bow.
leseed girls have some rights.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY rHl1.AllDER JOHNSON.

Poetic Feet.
A poet wrote his fRncies gay
In many q deftly turned refrain.
He scanned his measures, and would
say.
"You are the children Of my brain.
although, my children, you draw
nigh
TO All me with q pride complete,
I'm giad do not have to buy
Shoe leather for poetic feet"'
Small Faith In the Future.
"Posterity win rear monument to
you"
IA monument" !" replied Senator sor-
shum, merely attracts picnic parties.
What I want 10 something that will
make mo popular ct a county fair.
right now!'
Jud Tunlins says he's glad long
skirts have come into fashion. Bow.
leseed girls have some rights.
Unsafety First.
How often Ne our hopes extend
Mid unfamiliar danger,
And slight the old familiar friend
To ret stung by Q stranger!
Devotion.
would you vote for me II ran for
ofsice?'' inquired Mr.. Asekton.
Eyes, Leonidas," answered his wife.
IT love you even more than I do my
country"
"A man accumulatss money BY fol-
l0win. d dlcts4ss q wiadom." sead
LxIhc1a -; 1T = Aae -
Evening star., 1922-11-12

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. 10 delivered by carriers within the city
at % cent? per month: daily only. 40 cents % ger
hers may Be sent BY mail or telephone Main
5000 Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Devotion.

"A man accumulateo money BY fol
lSwsn. d dicts4ss q viadom," seh
IxThcao lbsa; Ut - Aee Alllll
Evening star., 1922-11-12

and Roosevelrs first appointment
when he became President was that
OF jeffrey Roche to a consular post Ia
Italy.
At Fairbanks First Night.
0IsN'T it silly said the lady sit
ting next to me at the first New
York performance of Robin Hood. '
the way people will stand around for
nours Just to see Douglas Fairbanks.
LOOK at that gaping crowd about tn,
door, waiting to see him come in"
And moment later. the lady her
SELF was on her feet shrilling out ex-
citedly, Here he comes"
AZ matter Of fact the throne bot,
inside the theater and out was So
dense that the muscular Mr.. Fair
banks had to have the aid of severa,
policemen to get in at all. Fortunate
ly. he was late in arriving and before
the lights went down for the Aim tn.
audience had a chance to see the
other Aim celebrities in the house
John Barrymore. Valentino. the Gisi.
girls, Anita Stewart, Dorothy Daltor.
Betty Blythe. Griffith, Allan Dwan-
practically all of them Of importanc.
who happen to be in New York
Evening star., 1922-11-12
To Attract the Crowd,

MYTH fifty theaters in full blast
w hundred or more movie houses
twenty or thirty concerts every week.
an equal number of lectures and occa
sional balls. the hotels lacking the
lure Of liquor to keep their patrons in
their dining rooms and grills resort
to all sorts OF expedients to try to
draw a throng.
One Of the newest fashionable ho-
tells on Park avenue is thus exploit
ing Its latest attraction:
"Yoska de Barbary. violin virtuoso.
direct from the Cafe de Paris in
Monte Carlo. Young. twenty-one, tall.
dark. handsome, rated 80 per cent in a
recent beauty contest. temperamental.
eccentric. emotional. A true genius
Plays during luncheon and dinner.
also special selections for after-the
theater supper dancing"
Evening star., 1922-11-12
THEODORE W. MOVES. Editor

Tho Evening Star Newspaper Company
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New York Once: $50 Nassau st.
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Evening star., 1922-11-12
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

A peculiar disease Of horses, So.
of epizootic. which had been Civ
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-04-07
SALE OF u. S. TREASURY
CERTIFICATES A SUCCESS

According to E. C. Kibbee of Min
neapolis, Director of the Savings Di-
vision, Ninth Federal Reserve Dis
trict, Montana ranks high in the sale
of the new United States Treasury
Savings Certificates placed on sale
December Is, 1921.
Mr.. Kibbee says, "The people of
Montana have been quick to realize
the attractiveness of the new United
States Treasury Savings Certificates.
This is evidenced by the investment in
this security during the month of
January. In the National sales re-
port which has just reached US Mon
tana is among the top notch states,
ranking fifth in the sale of these
securities.
"Montana's sale of certificates dur
ing the month amounts to $9O,263 or
a per capita investment of approx
mately SIG. The National sale for
the month amounts to 1886 OIL .56.
The sales are particularly gratifying
IN That no intensive campaign was I'M
dertaken in selling this amount of
securities"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-04-07

the month was GO degrees on March
81, and the lowest was % degrees be-
low zero on March 1st, making an
absolute monthly range of IS de-
grees. The greatest daily range in
temperature was Z degrees on the
LIST and the least was 6 on the 23rd.
The total precipitation for the
month was 0.43 inches this is about
the normal for the month, the total
snow fall was 4.3 inches. The great
est precipitation in "a consecutive
hours was O.32 inches on the 90 and
Oath. The snow on the ground at
end of month ranges from a tract in
the valley to several inches on the
bench land.
There were 8 clear days and 16
partly cloudy and Z cloudy days. The
percentage of possible sunshine was
SIS percent.
The prevailing wind for the month
was from the east. The highest We
locity for S minutes was 80 miles per
hour from the southwest on the 18th.
Under miscellaneous phenomena an
aroura was observed on the 9th, a
days with solar halo and 1 day with
lunar halo.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-04-07
FARM NEWS FROM THE
MONTANA STATE COLLEGE
Dry Farming Essentials

In a recent discussion on Montana's
dry farm problems Director F. B. Lind
field of the Montana Experiment Sta
ton pointed out some of the factors
governing dry land farming. A study
of weather records, he says, shows
that the rainfall varies considerably
in even short distances. Where the
average rainfall at Bozeman is nine
teen and one-half inches, the rainfall
at Whitehall, sixty miles west, aver
ages only between eleven and twelve
inches. At the Judith Basin substa-
ton in Fergus county the rainfall is
close to twenty inches, while at Utica,
thirty-five miles across the valley, the
rainfall is but sixteen and one-half
inches. The director stated that a
district that has good sod, particularly
of buffalo grass and some blue-joint,
is an indication of a rainfall favorable
to dry farming.
The color of the soil is important,
he says. A dark colored soil indi-
Gates a large amount of vegetable
growth which must have been due to
favorable rainfall conditions. A deep
soil is important as it permits the
storage of rainfall. Where there is
little or no sod on the ground and
where the soil is light colored and
shallow, there is but little promise of
successful cropping under average
conditions.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-04-07

operating about equal to normal"
In the latest New England letter
Of the First National Bank of P~S-
ton, it was stated: "With the fn,,
government sale (of wool) has passed
a unique experience in the his - If
the American wool trade. Between
April 25, 1917, and November Il.
1918, the U. S. government acquired
for war purposes 6~74,157,554 pounds
of wool. Of this total, nearly 1907
100000 pounds We're allotted to man.
ufacturers during the course of the
war. and about $3.50 900 pounds
have been sold at auction since the
signing of the armistice. 1t is a
tribute of M mean nature to the wool
trade that the recovery value to the
government on this wool approx
mated S5 per cen of the cost, a re-
covery excelled by no other war sur
plus commodity, if indeed even ap-
preached"
The action of the State Board of
Equalization in raising the assess
ment on sheep was protested by the
standing committee of the Montana
Wool Growers Association, at a hear
ing which was asked for by the COM
mittee, composed of w. J. Beckett,
Henry Sieben and Arthur Ward. The
committee was accompanied to the
hearing by Secretary H. H. Pigott,
T. A. NARROW and other bankers. The
Board reopened the matter, and after
a full hearing, reserved decision,
which still is pending.