Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-26
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Division Saves Billions.

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Division Saves Billions.
Showing the public its entertaining
exhibits is not. of course, the main
function of the map division. Mr..
Phillips has in his charge one of the
largest collections of maps in the
world. and the material is put to i'm
portant uses. He says that his division
has saved the government billions OF
dollars. =
When the United States was bar
gaining for Alaska, the boundary line
was In dispute, and maps from theTli-
brary of congress showed the original
line to which the Russian territory
extended. Another time, Mississippi
and Louisiana had a controversy over
an island in the4 Gulf Of Mexico. It
was an insignificant island that no
state would have thought Of arguing
over until it became known as a fine
place to catch terrapin. Library. of
maps were sent for to show
old established boundaries.
Lately Newfoundland and Canada
have been disagreeing over their
boundary line and men were sent
down to Washington to study. the map
material of the finest collection in the
western world. These are a. few ran
dom instances, showing the use to
which the government maps are nut,
Maps are sent out Of the building
only for government use. The public
can consult the material in the IL
brary. People out of the city often
use the map division, however, as a
source of information. They write to
ask h status of Danzig; how to pro-
nounce Baluchistan; and where to
find Rusinia on the map. There is
moro interest in maps. now than there
has for some time, and the divi-
sion is kept busy. Maps of, Siberia
and Russia, which were rarely con-
suited before the war, are now called
for frequently. 9
The United States collection may be
somewha smaller than those Of sew
eral european governments. but our
map division dates back only to 1897.
In rs years Mr.. Phillips has made it
the most perfectly organized map col
lection In the world. He had been in.
the library Of congress when it was in
the Capitol building and he took
charge of the new division from the
beginning. He has catalogued it.,
written volumes Of descriptive indexes
Tor reference use. designed a conven-2
lent method of keeping pamphlets
for ready reference. and a cheap
method OF hanging, maps from a rack
on manila paper instead of charging
the government for expensive mounts.
Exactly how many maps the c6llac-
ton contains is unknown. Many maps
are made up of a number of separate
sheets. One set, alone. the. Sanborn
maps of 10000 cities and towns in the
United States. contains 400, 900 sheets.
And this series is only one item in the
government collection.
4 There are 5000 aliases, dating from
1856 to the present. It took four
thick volumes to- describe and index
these aliases. It took another vol
ume to list the maps applicable to
the world war. This was printed in
1918. II it were brought up to date it
would probably be several times as
thick. New war maps and revised
cry day. The world doesn't change
much. but there is always something
new in maps.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
@. What first baseman holds the
records for errorless games? S. M. b.
A. Stuffy MacInnis OF the Cleve-
land Indians holds the record at first
base forfielding with 1877 errorless
games. On Decoration day. 1921, he
was charged with an error, and his
next onenSe came In game this year
played fona the tenth Of June.
@. Is there any state where poison
Ivy does not grow WV q.
A. a chart showing the relative
distribution OF this plant marks no
poison ivy In Iowa 1t Is most pro-
life in the states bordering on the
Atlantic ocean. The states west OF the
mississippi are comparatively inn
mune. a
g. Who invented the rest cure j.
n. q.
A. Df. 3. Weir Mitchell FL 1875
first advocated the method Yof treat
sment for cases Of nervous prostra-
tons and various conditions charac-
Eterized bySpoor blood and lack lof mus
Scular and nervous tone which became
known as the rest cure.
Q WhAS city III this country IL
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