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The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-16

Totals s1.143.25O s671,2O1 81, ,s22.73O 1,2163s5
AS TO the permanent improvements: General
Grant gets S3SSTS for sanitary and water-supply
system Glacier gets 100000 toward the construc-
tion of an east and west road through the park
across the Continental Divide It also gets funds
for IN administration building at Bolton the w est
entrance. Grand Canyons item includes $4,000
for the Hermits Rest Rim road and $4,000 for q
community building. Most of Mesa verde's $4,000
will 20 into a water system at Spruce Tree camp.
Mount Rainier gets S3s,ooo for the widening of the
Paradise Valley road to permit two-way automobile
traffic: 500 is for new camp ground at Long
miro Springs. Rocky Mountain gets $3.50 for the
nurchase OF land for public camp ground. Sc
ouoia gets $4,000 for the completion of the Mid
die Fork road to Giant Forest; S1S,60O goes for a
urotar system in Giant Forest Yellowstone's item
nrov,des S25 600 for a sewer system at Yellowstone
7 oke and $4,000 for additional camp grounds. Yo-
so,pita gets $50 900 for administration building
zion gets S133 900 through an item in the efficiency
hill If will be used for the building of roads and
trails and for bridge across the Rio Virgin on
public lands outside the park.
visitors to the parks this season will find many
and various improvements. Rocky Mountain has
been declared an allyear park administration
building is going up site donated by the Estes
park Womans club. Mount Rainier has a new
shelter cabin at 10000 feet elevation. Travel to
the parks is 30 per cent by rail and 20 per cent
by private car Mount Mckinley will be practical
ly inaccessible until 1924. The annual to the
people of the national parks is one cent and one
mill uer capita Park visitors In 1922 spent about
ss5.OOOO00.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-16
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the United States constitute system of National
Museums Of Native America; that the combined
national park systems of the United States and
Canada If preserved untouched will constitute an
unique continental exposition of nestimable value
to science and to the popular education of future
generations; that at the option of single gov
ernment official several of the American parks and
all but one of the Canadian parks open to min
ing and grazing that the control of water-power In
the future American parks has been recently sur
rendered by congress to the water-power commits
dition of these parks will destroy their usefulness
to science and education. The resolution calls
upon the people of America and Canada "to secure
such amendments of existing law and the enact
ment of such new laws will give to all units In
the international parks system complete conserva-
ton alike and will safeguard them against every
Industrial either under private or public con-
troll at least until careful study shall justify the
elimination of any part from park classification"
The General Federation Of Women's Clubs
passed a resolution to the effect at its recent
mid-bienn,.,l council at Atlanta.
The national park appropriations for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 aggregate an increase Of
S24321o over those of the current year. In the
table that follows the first column of dollars
tains the sums set apart for administration, main
tenance and protection; the second the for
permanent improvements; the third the total ap-
proprations for the several parks. The fourth
column shows the attendance at each park for the
calendar year of 1922
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-16

UR National Parks, 1922-23 These
two years are beyond question the
most momentous in the history of
the system since the creation of
the Yallowstone-the first national
park in the world-which celebrated
its semi-centennial last summer.
The biggest thing of all Is that the
American people have within these
two NnnrS seized nnnn the nntinnnl
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
GERMAN EXCHANGE

Berlin.-Before the war the wealth
of the entire world was estimated at
about three trillion gold marks That
number of gold marks, at> the rate of
early November, was worth only about
two dollars. A box of matches today
costs more paper marks than there
were gold marks in the greatest for
tune in German before the war. The
fortunes of Bertha Krupp, the Prince
of Henckel- Donnersmarck and the Duke
of 0ldenburg were variously estimat-
ed at from one to three hundred mil
lion gold marks, but a beggar would
scarcely accept that number of paper
marks today.
Germany's entire circulation in
paper notes before the war was less
than the number of paper marks which
can be realized today by converting a
gold pfennig into paper marks.
Every seventh week, on the average,
since the close of the war, the number
of marks which could be realized on a
dollar has been doubled, and thirty
seven Implications have sent the ex-
change figures into the trillions and
baffled all Imagination.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
RAILWAYS AS "ARTERIALs".

The Sheboygan Press Telegram makes the ex-
cellent suggestion that railway tracks in cities
should be treated in the same manner as arter-
ial highways with the demand that all vehicles
come to full stop before crossing them. The
plan has not as yet been tried in any Wiscon-
sin city but it will be evident to any observing
person that such plan would save life. In
discussing the proposed plan the editor of the
Press-Telegram says: ~
while this may seem like radical measure
to those who are driving automobiles, it is just
as essential to safety as the plan of stopping
before driving in on an arterial highway.
while this matter has been up in several
councils in Wisconsin, and is now being consid-
cred in committee, there is an opportunity for
Sheboygan being the pioneer in presenting
such an ordinance.
"The city of Waukegan Illinois, has an ordi-
nance after which -Sheboygan could pattern,
for it has been tried out ever since last June,
and with success. A copy of the ordinance is
on file in this Office where it can be inspected by
any person Interested In Waukegan the ordi-
nance not only covers motor driven vehicles
but those propelled by animals as well, and ac-
cidents have been reduced as a result of the
new ordinance. The same is true of North
Chicago, where a similar ordinance was put in
effect last June
THAT this is not radical step or one that
has not been carefully considered by other
states, is shown by the fact that laws have
been enacted or orders issued by railroad or
commerce commissions IN twenty-five states
where it becomes necessary to come to a stand
still on approaching railroad crossing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

IF public safety demands that vehicles
crossing or entering upon an arter1al nigh
way must come to a stop in order to protect
human life, it is just as essential to stop at
railroad crossings The state law provides that
trains can pass through city at prescribed
rate of speed, which makes it always danger
Gus, and when one takes into consideration
that this danger can be entirely eliminated by
an ordinance compelling vehicles to stop, not a
mer1ber of the common council should hesitate
to indorse such an ordinance.
During the years from 1913 up to and in
Guiding 1922. 8942 persons were killed in the
United States while walking or driving over
railroad tracks at highway crossings, and the
list of injured was 24627.
'These startling figures ought to set the
average lawmaking body to thinking of some
measure that will reduce these accidents to a
minimum. We may hear some little complaint
from those driving cars about the hardships
of having to stop at railroad crossing, but #
that ordinance will be the means of preventing
but one accident in year. it will have proven
it's full worth, and it has tendency to &C
quaint the travelling public with the fact that
every railroad crossing is dangerous"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
KNOWLEDGE OF OLD SONGS HELD RE
VELATION OF AGE.

One Of the surest methods OF revealing
your age when you wish to conceal IL, Is 70 re-
call past popular melodies. Beware OF the pop
ular song if you are sensitive about your age
AS historical record of periods in recent Am
erican history nothing can compare with the
songs of the hour.
You may hide your birthday SPOON you may
hush YOUR sisters too revealing "reminiscences
but temptation will whisper in your ear Wnen
someone begins to recall TN the Good Old
Summertime" The time will come When the
banana famine, just now rampant III the song
world will reveal just as certainly the age OF
these fair fappers who today are singing IL at
work and play, at dawn and twilight
Contenporaneous memory will cheat them
of the womans heritage Of prolonged YOUTH
lust as "Sweet Adeline" has spoiled many W.
mans olans You sit around after dinner IN a
marty of friends Someone tells how his father
used to sing "My Darling Nellie Gray. lie
nctures poor Nellie on her way to Georgia,
"tnere to wear her life away" You note ne has
left out the part you always liked SO we'll
that about her floating down the river IN HI
tie red canoe Beware. You will want to contrl-
butte Keep your wits about you. In moment
someone will recall Hello Central, Give Me
Heaven" which came in the rearguard OF the
popular use of the telephone.
And then th0-palnIul STORY TOI CHG gin VIM
was only bird in gilded cage. That pltltul
figure and the restless throng" comes up
wildly, and you remember how it hurt to
think of the poor thing, with all her jewels and
her beIledom yet in a cage, and how you re-
solved as girl to forego the pleasure OF TINS
unhappy world. You will want to tell this. But
remember This will only lead you on to that
one about '"Tessie, you make me feel so badly,
WHY don't YOU turn around?
Songs that you sang just at the time you
entertained your first beau are the most re-
ycaling for the popular songs of the parlor
riano are as surely historical records as the
hieroglyphics of Egypt. They pass even as the
epochs of the cave man passed The younger
members of the party will recall THE Love
Nest" as an old song. Acquiesce
Do not display your memory with that one
"For You Rose" That was in the sentiment
al period of the popular song. If you do the
party will make mental reservations of your
age. Keep your eyes open when they begin to
draw you out by asking what was the first jazz
Song. AS soon as you mention one, young
woman in the party will exclaim that she does
not remember time when there was no jazz.
Do not let the voice of the siren lure you.
Steer the singing to the enduring melodies of
all time such as 'Flow Gently, Sweet Alton
and MY Old Kentucky Home" For the per-
son past 80 who is just beginning to be sensi-
tive about his age the only sure path of wisdom
lies in learning the new songs Sing early and
late of the widespread scarcity of bananas and
let who will be historical.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
Roads TO Nowhere
By Berton Braley

COMETIMES grow weary OF pavement
~ Of roads that are built of cement,
Which hold you in ordered ~enslavement
At least to a certain extent;
Where driving's a guarded progression,
With motor-cops always on hand,
Where all the cars move in procession,
And all that you need is band.
LIKE to get-off of the highway
L And drive over roads that@are strange,
Explore some unfrequented byway
Unmapped and unmarked, for a change;
Away from the sign boards and traffic,
Away from the smell of the gas,
Where there is peace most seraphic
And nobodys honking to pass!
THE roads may be crooked and narrow,
L And muddy or rocky indeed,
The sort that is certain to harrow
The soul of the man who wants speed
It's all in the way that you view them,
l don't greet bad roads with acclaim,
And yet | find wandering through them
Adds zest to the motoring game.
KEAY broad concrete roads be extended
NE All over the nation, until
Our main traffic highways are splendid
And smoother than marbe-but still
/ shrink with kind of dismay from
The thought--and it certainly jars
Of days when one can't get away from
The endless procession of cars!
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Incl
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
Your Health
FEAR AND HEALTH.

Although the effects of fear are
disastrous so far as the full attain
ment of our life's object may be con-
cerned, it's physical effects on body
functioning are far greater.
In cases like personal contact with
enemies, fear of animals, worry and
excitement over financial situations or
failure to govern the desire of re-
venge, the brain cells undergo de-
structive change Subsection to the
inroads or stimulus of fear, whether
temporary or prolonged, results in a
distinct loss in brain power. With
out uninpaired action of the brain
to do your bidding in the direction
of body work, loss in power to act
and partial paralysis of real bodily
health results.
Whether the brain is exhausted by
work or fear, its restoration is a mat
ter of rest and sleep, together with
strong resistance, But fear continues
it's destructive inroads and unless ar
rested in time, will cause nervous and
brain Heterogeneous of most serious
consequences to your health.
This let-down in brain power seems
to start other bodily losses. Fear
causes heart impairment through
overwork which results from jumps,
strain and increased action when fear
grips the body. A peculiar sensation
of despair and prostration with sink
ing feeling, sometimes accompanied by
cold sweat, tremors and jerking mus
Giles is produced. At such time, all
bodily functions which are of no di-
rect assistance in the effort towards
self preservation are partially or
totally suspended. In fact fear may
so exhaust the organism that death
may result.
Changes through fear are respon-
sible for the hyperactivity of the
thyroid and adrenal glands. Both are
of utmost Importance in governing
body action. The thyroids control to a
great measure the wear and tear of
the body or the process of metabolism.
! The adrenals produce a secretion
which controls blood pressure through
the nervous mechanism.
The United States has 1883 cheese
fa ctorieS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

Democrats are trying to take credit for re-
rduction of federal expenditures in the last year
of the Wilson administration. But in 1913 the
congressional elections resulted in the ousting
of the Democratic majority in congress- and the
appropriation bills in the last year of the VIII
son administration were drawn and passed by
Republicans. Moreover, the appropriation bills
were far smaller than the amounts asked for
by the members of the Wilson cabinet The
credit is due the Republican congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

We are not surprised that Senator La Fol
fette expressed his dislike of the message of
President Coolidge Senator La Toilette is
strong on traditions and as yet we have never
known him to agree with any message of any
Republican president. It wouldn't fit into the
nature of the senior senator from Wisconsin to
agree with any one who happens to have the
job that he is looking for
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
GOLF BALLS.

United States Golf Association tai
steps to change the official golf b'
The new one will have the same mi
mum diameter as at present. But t
weight (now 1.62 ounces) will be
duced to 1.52 ounces. No definite {
cision has yet been reached, but t
association is experimenting and h
communicated it's intention to (
Royal and Ancient Golf Club comm
tee in England.
This is news of extreme importar
if you are one among the millio
of golf enthusiasts. Tinkering wi
the official golf ball or baseball seei
be as grave a matter as checking
the law of gravitation.
Total wage bill of the United Stat
- 0On 0nn mn
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

During the recent campaign in Great Brit
ain, Winston Churchill declared that under the
Baldwin administration that nation had lost all
it's influence abroad. The Democrats tell us that
In the past two years the United States has
lost all its influence abroad And there are a
lot of people who will believe both the Church
i'll followers in Britain and the Democratic
leaders in the United States Nevertheless, the
fact is that both Great Britain and the United
States are the most influential nations in the
world today. Politics does make some people
say foolish things.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
DECEMBER 18th.

POWER OF THE woRLD--For t
word of God IS quick and poweri
and sharper than any two-edged swo
piercing tven to the dividing asunt
of soul and spirit, and of the JON
and marrow, and is a, discsrner Of I,
thoughts and intents of the heart
Hebrews 4:12.
QUESTIoN-What was Gamalie
advice to the Council Acts 5:38, 80
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

At that, we are inclined to think that Hiram
Johnson is right. It's difficult to see why states
that never gave Republican majority should
control Republican national convention. The
very same thing goes when you come to con-
slider the rights of Democrats to nominate a
Democrat. Men who vote party ticket should
have right to say who the candidates of that
party are going to be.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
TODAY,S THOUGHT.

Let not your hearth be trouble
We believe in God, believe also in II
l will not leave you cOmfOrtless;,
will come to you.--John Is: lis.
Comfort, like the golden sun, d
pels the sullen shade with her swe
influence, and cheers the melanch'
house of care.-Rowe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
PAPER MARKS USED AS CONFETTI

Geneva.-A young couple married at
Beinwil, in the Canton of Argovie, had
money showered upon them if not rich
es, for their friends found it cheaper
to throw German bank notes over them
instead of the usual confetti.
The village children after the depar-
ture of the motor car picked up the
notes and went home "millionaires."
German mark notes have in many
Swiss cafes replaced wallpaper.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
MOTHER.

The Association of Overworked,
JJnderpaid Dishwashing Housewives
mails a petition to every senator IN
Washington, urging less legislation for
men and more for the patient mothers
who toll at home.
They need help, all right, but they're
knocking at the wrong door when they
apply to politics. We wish mothers
could be harsh enough to strike for an
eight-hour day, more recreation and
better pay. Any man who thinks he is
overworked should stay home Christ
mas week and check up tae activities
oP Ma
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
1924.

The "big fellows" are optimistic
about 1924. Judge Gary predicts 1t
will be better year for business than
1928
Eugene G. Grace, president of
Bethlehem Steel, expects 1924 to be
''a repetition of 1923, and that pusl-
ness conditions in the two years will
prove similar"
Even more conf orting is the fact that
the habitual crepe-hangers are quiet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

Have you noticed the number of banks they
are closing up in Minnesota? Of course the
election of Magnus Johnson may have nothing
to do with it, but when such men as Johnson
get to running states it is usually certain that
banks will find it hard to keep the doors open.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

President Coolidge has shot tradition all to
the dickens. He has appointed Democrat to
be postmaster at Madison. Well, if that Demo-
crat issa good postmaster, we fail to see why
he should not have the office. If the postoffice
is business proposition, good business should
dictate the appointment of postmasters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

BY a present ruling of the indus
trial commission the law stands as
passed by the 1928 legislature. The
commissioners refused to modify the
law to permit longer working hours,
as requested by business and indus
trial interests of the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

The Chicago Tribune hesitates to interpret
the message of President Coolidge as to the
enforcement of prohibition Most people who
believe in law enforcement would much pre-
fer to have the president do his own inter-
preting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

Marriage of Miss Anna Dow and
Henry Smith.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

Coolidge's stand against the SOL
der bonus will cost him votes, but
standing isSbetter than lying.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
Book ReUieW
BY JAMES w. DEAN.

New York.-The publishers of Fan
ME Hurst's new book, "Lummox," tell
us that it is built like symphony and
is thus unlike anything yet written IN
English. The publishers are slightly
in error. Only this summer Elliott
Paul published "Impromptu, "A novel
! in four movements" Technically it
more nearly approached symphonic
form than "LummoX."
Music of late has seemed to WELD a
potent influence over our impression
istic and expressionistic writer's. There
is a striving for new form of thought
construction.
Those who are attempting this new
| form fail to realize fully the<one ele-
ment that is the basis of all music,
even the primitive tom-tom That
element is tempo. Written words may
convey a sense of tempo in action, but
| they per Sc never can denote tempo as
j it is indicated by the markings on five
parallel lines. Music has one dimen-
| sion that literature never can have.
| In "Impromptu" the author steadily
| increased his pace as the story pro-
iceeded. He winded his readers before
| thew finished the book. In "LummoX"
| the author herself becomes weary. She
tires of arranging thoughts and words
in symphonic form and turns to writ
ing in the short-story style of which
she is master.
| The beginning of "Lummox' does re-
veal new Fannie Hurst. There is
beauty of word, of thought, of sound,
| of sentiment in every line of the in
! PRODUCTION to her heroine, bulk of a
woman who can't articulate the beauty
| that is within her, beauty which is
| homogeneous with her outer life.
This lummox of a woman, Bertha, is
servant girl. Her experiences with
each family she serves is short story
within itself. Perhaps it is because of
this that the heroine serves simply
as a connecting thread between stories
once she has served the purpose OF
her introduction.
The first passages of "Lummox' are
beautifully imaginative. There is a
singing quality to them. You can al
most hear thoughts being played by
blaring trumpets and muted violins.
But Fannie Hurst can't stay out OF
the East Side. She must have squAlor
and poverty and oppression. She sees
a tenement, a crone, slop bucket in
all their ugly details and when she
writes about them she gives COM
plete picture.
At heart she is realist, probably
more OLA realist than any American
writer So she tires of her music and
her poetry in "Lummox." impress
sionism gives way to realism. In the
end there is little said of golden
chimes ringing in great forests within
the heroine. Big Bertha has taken
off her shoes to ease her bunions and
is having a great old time in her
bare feet.
Fannie Hurst is back with her old
| love, realism.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

We fail to see why all this fight over secrecy
of income tax returns. If the nosey people of
Wisconsin want to- have a high carnival up at
Madison, let them go ahead and have it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20
A BIBLE THOUGHT !
DAY WILL DRIVE
CARES AWAY

Bible thoughts and quotations mernor.
ICED will prove a priceless heritage In
after years. Encourage children to
look them up and memories them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-20

The time to retire is when subordnates say !:
"This plan is wonder if only we can get the
old man to see it..