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Aqe of the Ocean.

The is not, Of course, as old
as the earth, since II could not be
formed until the surface OF the globe
had cooled sufficiently to retain water
on 1t. 1t may, therefore, seem chimeri-
cal to try to measure the age of the
sea, but the task has been undertaken.
The estimate has been based upon the
ratio of sodium the sea contains to
that annually contributed by the
washings from the continents. The
conclusion has thus been reached that
the ocean has been in existence be-
tween S0,000,000 and 170,OOO,OOO OF
years. This does not seem to be q
very definite determination, but. In
geology, estimates Of time In years are
extremely difficult because Of the un,
certainty Of the elements of calcuia.
ton.
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the conference relating To principles
and policies to be followed In matters
concerning China.
relating to Chinese customs tariff. Be
cause France refused to consider the
limitation Of land armament at the
present time, that part of the confer
ence fell through. But what 1t did
achieve was considered a great step
toward the attainment of world peace.
The treaties were soon ratified by the
United States senate and the British
parliament, and the other nations fol-
lowed suit, though for a long time II
was feared France would not accept
the pacts. However, President Hard
Ing lived to see them ratified by the
French chamber and senate
Favored Entering World Court.
Mr.. Harding had not been long In
the White House before II appeared
that he did not favor entire isolation
Of the United States from European
affairs. but believed this country
would have to dc Its part IN the res
toration of Europe to peace and sta
bility. This feeling became more evil
dent early In 1923 when he proposed
that America should accept member
ship In the International Court Of JUS
tice which had been founded under
the auspices Of the League Of Nations.
The President was as inslstent as ever
that this country should keep u of
the league, but believed the court was
or would be independent of the greater
organization. Against the advice OF
some leaders Of his party. he reiterated
this advice IN several occasions. and
his plan formed the subject Of some
OF his addresses on his last and fatal
trip through the West. He did no,
think II would split his party. and
boldly continued to advocate It. Not
J withdrawing this. II was assumed &c
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Classed, when in the senate, as a,
conservative, President Harding did
not depart markedly from conserva-
tive lines when In the White House,
though his supporters always said he
was as progressive as the good of the
country warranted and as conditions
permitted. He. like President RoOse-
veil, had a great coal miners strike on
his hands, and labored hard and with
q measure of success TO bring Ii to a
peaceful and just end. q
Arms Limitation Conference.
The outstanding accomplishment of
his administration was the great inter-
national conference for the limitation
Of armament held In Washington, open
ing on Armistice day, November IL,
1921. AT his ~instigation the confer.
ence was authorized by congress and
after feeling out the big powers and
finding them agreeable he issued invi-
tations to Great Britain, France, Bel
GUM, Italy, Japan, China. the Meth
erlands and Portugal. Each country
sent some of Its most eminent states.
men as delegates, those of the United
States being Secretary Of State
Hughes. chairman Of the conference (;
Senators Lodge Of Massachusetts and
Underwood of Alabama, and ex-Secre-
tary Of State Elihu Root.
The conference adjourned February
9, 1922. after negotiating these
treaties:
A covenant of Limitation to naval
armament between the United States.
Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy.
A treaty between the same powers
as to the use OF submarines and nox.
ious gases In warfare. 20
A treaty between the United States
Great Britain. France and Japan re-
lating to their insular possessions and
their insular dominions In the Pacific,
with a declaration reserving American
rights In inundated territory.
! ID" between the nine powers In
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profitable hog raising. The first is pro-
lection of the young pigs ard their
mothers from the cold, damp weather
that prevails in the early spring the
second Is that the pigs have an album
dance of pure, dry airi the third is
that the labor Of caring for a number
of sows and their pigs is cut to a
minimum.
A good type of narrowing pen that
is the east expensive to build Is
shown In the accompanying illustra-
ton. II Is of the half-monitor or saw
tooth roof design, the windows facing
the south and the length extending
east and west. The building Is OF
good tight frame construction set on
a concrete foundation, with a concrete
floor. A concrete floor Is an important
feature of the house, as II provides q
sanitary surface that Is easily cleaned.
BY laying the floor before frost sets
in. the construction of the upper part
of the house may he DELAYED until late
In the fall or even until winter.
The best site for a hog house Is on
a slightly elevated piece Of ground 50
AS to insure good drainage A layer
II cinders 2 or 3 inches thick helps
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Radio in Thunderstorm.

The weather bureau, although with
out facilities of Its own for conduct
ing Investigations in this field. has co
operated In various ways with other
agencies also Interested IN conditions
affecting wireless telephony, says the
Scientific American. As a result Of
work done by Nebraska Wesleyan
university based on thunderstorms re
ports furnished by the weather bu-
e the investigators reached the
conclusion that there is no relation
between barometric pressure and audi
biity at a distant receiving station.
High static frequency, high static
audIbility and a nearby thunder
storm area, however. tend to reduce
the a~udibility at the receiving station
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AUTO CO.
Used Auto Parts
Phone $50 SIOUX FALLS
New chemical Element.

Two Danish scientists, DR.. q. Hevesy
and DIR. ID. Coster, working AT the city
OF Copenhagen, have announced the
discovery of a new chemical element
which they call "hafnium."
Hafnium was discovered by means OF
Its X-ray spectrum. 1t occupies. the
Danish scientists believe, one Of the
six vacant places long known to exist
In the list Of the chemical elements.
Strange to say. this latest recruit
among the chemical elements seems TO
be quite common in the world Doc
tors Hevesy and Coster think there In
there Is OF gold. - Popular Science
Monthly.
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In drainage when put under the con
crete floor. The building is extended
east and west so that the low sun of
late winter and early spring may be
permitted to enter. The windows In
the side wall admit sunlight and
warmth TO the row of pens on the
side, while the upper windows per-
form the same service for the other
row of pens.
This building is 81 feet long and "A
feet wide. On each side of the feed
ing alley that extends through the
building are Is narrowing pens. The
floors of the pens are partially COW
cred by a platform constructed OF
planks slightly raised from the con
rete. The bedding for the sows and
pigs are placed on these raised floors
which prevents the cold and damp
from the concrete floor penetrating to
the delicate youngsters.
On the floor plan that accompanies
the exterior view is shown pig rails IN
each pen. These rails are raised slight.
IL above the floor and extend around
two sides of the pens. They are high
enough to offer the small pigs a chance
to escape when their clumsy mothers
lie down and threaten TO crush them
IL Is such habits and dangers as
those enumerated that the modern
hog house Is designed to overcome
That's what makes them good invest
ments for those who make good profits
from that Middle West combination
hogs and corn.
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Some marriages are eyeopeners and
some others are eyeclosers.
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about ivu..~~n yea.s ago he instituted
q proit-sharing plan whereby the en-
ployees received dividends that were
paid them In the form Of stock In the
paper. Mr.. Harding was identified
also with the industries that sprang
up in Marion as 1t grew from a town
of 1000 to a city Of more than $4,000.
He was a director In a bank and In.
several manufacturing companies, and
Was 4 trustee Of Trinity Baptist
church.
His Rise In Politics.
As editor and publisher of a lively
Republican paper it was inevitable
that Mr.. Harding should take an ac-
tive interest In politics. and his attain
ments brought him to the front In the
state. He was a member of the Ohio
senate from 1900 to 1904, and thea
served as lieutenant governor of the
state In 1910 he was the Republican
nominee for governor, but was defeat
ed. In 1915 he vas sent TO the United
States senate. serving until 1920. when
he resigned to make the campaign for
the presidency. In the p~reconvention
campaign that year he had been
looked on as one of the possible nomt.
nees for the high Office. but his defeat
in the primaries for election of dele
gates from Ohio seemed to spoil his
chances. However. the conservative
leaders of the Republican party pre-
vailed In the gathering In the Chicago
Coliseum, and Mr.. Harding was nomi-
mated. His campaign was based large.
ly on opposition TO American partict-
patton 10 the League OF Nations. and
was so successful that In the election
OF November 4 he received 404 cleo
torslsvotes to 127 for James NJ. Cox,
the Democratic nominee. He was In
sugurated March a. 1921. with a de
gree OF simplicity In the ceremonies
that Creased the American people.
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CaMELS ONCE RANGED ALASKA
Bones of the Animal Have Been
Found There, as Well az In
Parts Of Nebraska.

Discoveries In a quarry near Agate
Springs, Sioux county, Nebraska, OF
five skeletons of an extinct genus of
camel which Inhabited North America
at the beginning of the Miocene epoch
OF the age of mammals, indicating that
the camel probably originated OF the
American continent, give significant
point TO a report which has just been
made by Rev. John Chapman, an Epls.
copal missionary at Anvik, Alaska,
that the homes of camels were dug UT
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Sketch of President
WarrenG. Harding's Life

Warren Gatnaliel Harding, twenty
ninth president of the United States,
was born. November 2, 1865, on his
grandfather's farm just outside the
village of Blooming Grove, in Morrow
county, Ohio. He was descended from
two pioneer American families, hardy
Holland Dutch on the one side and lib
erty-loving Scotch on the other. His
father. DR.. George T. Harding, is still
q practicing physician In Marion,
O., despite his advanced age, Of seven
ty-nine years. His mother was Phoebe
Elizabeth D!ckerson Harding.
Mr.. Harding was a self-made man in
the best n of the phrase. He
worked on his grandfather's farm and
attended the village school until he
was fourteen years old, and then he
entered the Ohio Central college at
Iberia. He worked his way through
that institution by cutting corn, paint
Ing his ueighbors' barns and helping
on the grading of the roadbed of the
T. & o. c. railroad. He also played In
the village band aud was editor Of the
college paper. o.
When. he graduated from the col
lege, Warren went to work in the viii
lage printing Office. At the time he
was snineteen years old, his father
moved to- Marion with the family and
there aided Warren financially In gain
ing control OF the Marion Star, of
which he was publisher until after he
assumtd the Office of president of the
United States. Already he knew how
10 set type and TO do ali the other
duties Of q printer. and when the limo
type was introduced he learned to OPP
crate that machine. Always he car.
ried as a pocket piece the printers
rule he used In those days.
The Star wis his idol and he was
very proud Of IT, and of the more than
friendly relations that existed be-
tween him and his employees. There
was never a strike OF the paper. and
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Difficult to Comprehend.

Father was trying to explain stand
ard time 10 little Harry. but Harry
was not sure that he understood.
after all, Ii is no great natter
said the father.
"You are now only In the fourth
grade. When you have gone to school
longer. you will learn all about It,
Maybe So" said Harry. with a re-
assuring smile. The teacher says that
even lots of eigbth-grade bo"s and
girl don't understand longitude and
gratitude."-Wayside Tales.
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be almost a certainty that President
Harding would be renominated In the
Republican national convention OF
1924.
Mr.. Harding's home life was ideal
save that he had no children. He and
Mrs. Harding, who was Miss Florence
King of Marion, were devoted TO each
other and she was always his true
helpmate, both In Ohio and In Wash
ington. In the national capital Mrs.
Harding quickly made herself loved
by all with whom she came In contact,
and during the Western trip she was
more eager even than the President
to meet and mix with all kinds of
people.
His Western Trip.
President Harding's Alaska trip was
originally planned for the summer of
1922. He inherited the so-called
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It takes the average man a lifetime
to correct his bad grammar.
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LOCAL MARKETS

Apples-Extra fancy Winesap barreia
1925; extra fancy Delicious, box. 81. 50;
txtra fancy Ortley, box. s3.76; fancy
Winesap. box, 50, fancy Roman Beauty.
box. $275 choice Roman Beauty. box,
81 So extra fancy spitz box s3.25; small
jonathan, box So 25
Bananas-Per pound. &c.
Beans-Caifornia lima regular, II " O;
navy firm. pound, 9iscI; pink beans; &c.
Cabbage-Mobile. crates, IS so.
Dates Promedary, s6,75; IS s-ounce
pa s,xss DTG'medary, care sss;, $50 ,,,
pound; choice New York, 5opound box.
l6c pound so l6-ounce, New York stock.
tic.
Evaporated Peaches-Fancy, So pound
box, per pound. 200; choice. SIC: fancy.
rs pound boxes 21c.
Pesches,-Practically peeled. So; co IL
ounce packages not quoted.
Grapefruit-Box. $3.50.
IS. so.
Ma, Mackere-14o count. barrels. 1872. so; 80
Onions-Per pound, hac.
oranges-29o. 2l6, $50, l7s to box. $3.50;
$50 to box 50 '96,l2s to box. s..
Celery-Florida, SIS 25 per crate; 81 rs
dozen.
ucumbers-.s5 per crate.
Eggplants-s5 per cyate.
Lettuce-Iceberg, pei crate, 81 SO.
Peppers-klorida. per crate S..
matoes-Fancy, crate. 81. so; choice.
Potatoes Colorado Irish, per pound.
2"c; Michigan. pound. 21Ac; sweet. 100
pound sacks, pound. 2iac; new Irish, per
barrel 81; No. l si2 so. per pound &c.
Peanuts-Alabama, raw. pound Sc; roast
edd. sac. Virginia raw, 1oc: roasted 10 Nc.
Prunes-Pitted, 36 1l-ounce packages,
l6c; 25-pound box, 1870 to pound. u z c !;
500 pound, lie; 6o-pound boxes. lac.
S. per crate.
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WAVE ALLOTMENTS TO
AID WIRELESS FANS
Elimination OF Bedlam In Air Is
Planned By Experts

CHICAGO, May 2.-Elimination Of
the conflict of voices and music in
the air. due to the number of radio
broadcasting stations using the same
wave length. soon VIII be under way
as a result of measures decided upon
at the recent RADIO conference in
Washington.
The new wave lengths, which will
range from 222 to 545 metersS are to
be available May Is. One of the
largest of the local stations, KYW,
has announced it will thereafter send
on 44S meters instead of 400 meters.
Inc high powered stations may use
wave lengths between 28S and 545
meters, while those of less power
VIII be assigned waves from 222 to
1856 meters.
The new allotments will reduce in
reference to minimum. Chicago
VIII send on 448; Davenport on 484,
Des Moines. asa; Detroit. 517; Dear
porn, 317; Cleveland. 800; Toledo,
$50; Cincinnati, 800; Madison, AT,
and Minneapolis, Az.
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BROWNING BROTHERS
BOUND OVER BY COURT
Second Degree Murder Charge Is
Placed Against Sons OF Inventor

SALT LAKE CITY, May 12.-Hold-
ing the Staying of Benjamin F. Bal
lantyne at his home was not com
mltted by reconciliation and that it
could not be attributed to self
defense. City Judge Noel s. Pratt to-
day bound over Mariner A. and John
NJ Browning, Jr., defendants. to the
district court on charges of second
degree murder
Bonds for the defendants was fixed
at $25, each, which was provided.
The defense attempted during the
hearing to bring out that the killing
OF Ballantyne was 'justifiable homi-
eide, while the prosecution endeav-
ored to show that Ballantyne was
killed with malice aforethough, f"
and hence the defendants should be
bound over on first degree murder
charge.
Ballantyne, who was the son-in- law
OF John NJ. Browning, Sr., was shot
during an alteration with the
Browninss. who sought to take Mrs.
Ballantyne to her parents in Ogden,
because of a difficulty she was al
legged to have had with her husband
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Predict Cotton Will
Reach Higher Level

NEW YORK, May l2.-(Special.)- Am
swering inquiries from southern friends
regarding mill curtailment, eight Fall
River mills stopped work two days this
week, but will reopen Monday. The re
naming supply of cotton is small that
mills of the world using American cotton
will have to curtail operations to an av-
erage of about four days per week for the
next four months.
Last year about this time Fall River
mills were closed on account of strikes
and lockouts, every effort was being made
to reduce expenses, unemployment existed,
foreign affairs We're as unsettled as now.
yet consumption of American cotton. &C
cordng to Secretary Hester, 12.S00,
900 for the year. On May l American and
foreign mills had about 2.045.000. plus
visible. 1.Sl5.0e0 in uncounted towns and
on farms 500, 1000, making total of
6,065.000 Thus by curtailing from a 49,
500. 900 to 10000 600 bale basis mills
viii still need more cotton than exists.
Nowhere do we hear assertions that
consumption will be on yearly basis be-
low 10000 900. yet that Is what must
happen during the next four months to
make the supply last.
The world urgently needs a minimum
crop of 100000 next season. The crop
averages about two weeks late and is
from Texas. We strongly advise our
cotton for sale. Every bale will be badly
needed before new cotton will be ready for
the market. Our advices are that CO.
operative associations have Withdrawn
their cotton from tho MARKET. w. Jay
x
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to tickings and to certain chambrays.
Where accumulations come through,
some sellers are willing to listen to
bids, based On the decline in cotton.
There has, however, been no open
naming of new prices by mills.
Certain Of the bleached goods, also.
should be lower in this index, in view
of other reductions. The reductions
were in the, unbranded goods, but no
action has yet been taken on stand
ard brands.
The lower bleached goods prices
had a disturbing influence on print
cloths. and helped to put these lower.
There were further declines
throughout the sheeting list, with
some styles still considered weak.
Drills went off; sateens declined, and
ducks are quoted slightly lower.
Buying interest in all goods was at
low point. watching the cotton de-
velopments.
The following table shows the
trend Of the index number for the
last three months:
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PRICES TEND TO
WAIVER IN BRIEF
EXCHANGE MEET

NEW YORK, May 12.-Prices
showed tendency to waver in to-
days brief and relatively dull bond
market on the New York Stock Ex-
change today. Gilt edged issues, how
ever, held steady and changes among
the more speculative bonds were
small.
Active United States government
bonds displayed little activity and
closing prices were practically UNI
changed from yesterdays quotations.
French bonds we're inclined to heavi-
ness but losses were limited to frac-
lions.
Western Maryland As advanced a
point but the majority of railroad
mortgages traded in today's yielding
slightly, Southern Pacific tours los
ing a point. Losses of a point each
by Cerro Depasco copper IS and
Morris & Co., As were the only out
standing changes in the industrial
group in which also the trend was
downward.
Total sales Guar valued were 35.-
$4,000.
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EXPECT IMMENSE
GOOD WILL COME
FROM NE " ROAD
New Carrier Will Bring Alas
kan Products To World
Markets

WASHINGTON, May 10. - With
the addition of few last touches on
large steel bridge over the Tanana
river at Nenana, Alaska, the govern
ment will practically complete the
second largest construction job 1T
has ever undertaken. This is the
Alaska railroad, which has cost ap-
proximately s56,OOo,O0o, was els
years in building, and which runs
467 miles into the heart of the ter
ritory from Seward, on Resurrection
bay, to Fairbanks, on the Tanana.
By the end of June the construction
force will lay down tools for the
last time. Trains are running the
entire length of the road, and have
been for about Is months.
What the road will mean to Alaska
and it's people, government officials
hesitate to say. The returns will be
, immense. The evelCpment of the
territory's mineral resources and ag-
riculturaI possibilities resulting from
| completion of successful artery
connecting with the outside world
the entire year round, is beyond
compute.
Annual revenues from freight and
passengers already exceed s339,000,
and as traffic increases with compile
tion engineers see revenue of al
most million dollars annually.
o O O
Coal Is Abundant.
While Alaska is casually thought
OF as a land of gold and ice, its min
eral production has been only por-
| ton of it's resources. Coal also is
| found extensively, as well as the
slightly less valuable Ignite, gas and
oil have been discovered, and deVel-
opment has started only recently.
The railroad penetrates these fields,
and net only provides the rest of
| Ala with fuel cheaper than can be
| imported but may some day make
them an important source for the ma =
| ton.
The fisheries. timber industry and
homesteading in Alaskas's rich agri-
cultural districts will all be bene-
! fitted through better transporta ton
| and cheaper rates on food and cloth
| ing. While the interior has hereto
fore been locked in tightly in winter
except to sleds, the railrC ad will pro-
vide ready exit to open water to
the south during the entire year.
While the climate was one of the
most formidable obstacles to con-
struction. others as difficult were
met and overcome. Even the winter
!
vantage to facilitate bridge eCnstruc-
ton. The thick ice was utilized TO
| bear much of the false work
Three long bridges were built. The
| first, across the Susita river at Gold
| Creek, Is a 500 feet span that cost APP
proximately $4,000. The Hurricane
Gulch bridge, buttressed against the
rocky canyon walls, is 300 feet above
! the stream and has span of $50 feet
| ha q III Ct
being completed, spans the Tanana at
that town over 700-foot bridge
which, with trestle approaches, Is
| 1900 feet in overall length. No chan
mel piers were used In these bridges
because of the danger of the spring
| ice breakup.
! Broad Pass. the highest point of
the read, where it crosses the Alaska
range, is 240O feet above sea level.