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*The u. S Post Office De.
Dartment

The main Post Office Department
building. at 11th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, was completed in 1899
at cost Of s2.55s.S35. 1t is built of
gray granite; is l27 feet high, with a
tower of 3l5 feet. The building is 200
feet wide by 800 feet long. 1t is
occupied by the Postmaster General.
assistant posmasters general and the
executive forces. This force directs
the entire postal system OF the United
States. numbering, roughly speaking,
about $40, 900 employees.
In the court within the building
hangs the largest American flag
made. 1t is 20 feet inches by 81
feet The clock in the tower Of the
building is Is feet from rim 10 rim
and the minute and hour hands. which
are made of pine wood, measure ! z
and feet. respectively. The height
of the numerals is 2 feet.
Open to visitors from am. to 4:3n
DIN
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Adjacent Battlefelds

Washington is girdled by battle
fields. each with its history Today
virtually all of the activities of the
Army are represented in the posts
surrounding Washington. During the
world war these posts contributed to
the work of organizing the armed
forces. One OF the first officers train
ing schools was located at Fort Myer
Boiling Field has contributed air
plane development since the armis-
tice. These posts bridge the gap be-
tween today and the civil war de
fenses Of Washington" In almost a
continuous circle they were flung
around Washington
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+ TheLibrary of Congress

The Library of Congress. east of
the Capitol and facing it. is the larg-
est and most elaborate library build
ing in the world. 1t occupies three
and three fourths acres of a site of
nearly ten acres; has cubic contents
of 10,725,920 feet: contains 430.255
square feet, or over nine and one
half acres of floor space, and 102
miles of shelving.
The library was established in 1900
in the Capitol building. In 1914,
numbering a little over 800 volumes.
it was destroyed by the burning Of
the Capitol by the British 1t was re-
established in 1916. at cost Of $23,-
$50, by the purchase, under an act Of
Congress, of the private collection Of
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Estate, War and Navy
Building

The State. War and Navy building
constructed entirely of granite 1t
was designed by A. b. Mullett former
supervising architect of the Treasury
Department. 1t was originally in
tended to be five different buildings.
A UNIQUE feature is the cantilever
construction OF it's stairways. and 1t
is difficult to conceive the method of
their support. The cost of the build
ing was $1O.038.4s2.42.
Only a few OF the War and Navy
offices are now located in this build
ing, but 1t does house the State De-
partment in it's entirety.
Omen from 10 am. until 2 pm.
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Thomas jefferson. comprising $3.50
volumes. second fire in 1925 only
slightly damaged the library, but in
1851 third and more disastrous fire
destroyed $4,000 volumes which il
then contained. TwO-thirds of the
jefferson collection was included In
the loss. The new building was COM
While the service Of the library is,
as its name suggests. primarily to
Congress. il is in effect the national
library of the United States. For
reference use il is absolutely and
without formality free To any reader
over sixteen years OF age.
Open from 8 o'clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock in the evening on
week days; Sundays from to 10 =. m.
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The Naval Radio Station

The naval radio station, over on the
Virginia hills at Arlington. is the best
equipped wireless station in the
world. The three towers are plainly
visible from the city. Communica-
ton is had with Mare Island. Cal. i;
Key West, Fla. Colon, Guantanamo,
San Juan and other government sta
tions. The sea range with ships of
the Navy is 5000 miles. Arlington
has even had communication with the
Eiffel Tower In Paris.
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told General Land Office

This building. occupying the square
bounded by e and F. 7th and sth
streets, was designed by Robert Mills
II was built Of marble from New
York state in 1890. In IL Samuel B.
Morse worked over his original tele-
graph instruments. 1t was built at
a cost Of $2,o0o.oo0 and was used for
many years as the Post Office De-
partment, after the land. oflce was
moved into the patent-office building.
1t was used during the late war by
various Offices of the War Depart
ment and ia now occupied by minor
government Offices. Opsp from 10 am,
TO bpm,
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THE Union Station

The Union station exceeds the
United States Capitol in dimensions.
being 760 feet long and 343 feet wide.
A special wing in the east end Is re-
served for the President of the United
States and for distinguished guests of
the nation. The main waiting room
has q height Of 100 feet. and the cir
cu1ar window in each end is IS feet
course. 76O feet long. is the largest
room in the world under one roof
An army OF $4,000 persons could
stand upon it's floor at one time. The
station Is built of white granite from
Bethel, VT. 1t was designed by Daniel
II. Burnham, and is Of monumental
character, like unto the great tri-
umphal arches Of ancient Rome. All
roads lead to the Union station, in
Guiding the street railways. The
railroads from the south enter the
city through twin tunnels under
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THE Treasury Depart
neOf

The Treasury Department was COM
pleted In 1S41. II is 466 feet long and
264 feet wide. Every stranger wants
to visit the Treasury. Girls may be
or specially made paper, from
which bonds and United States notes
are made. This is the first step of the
long routine of money making" The
though II is known to contain silk
fiber The completed notes-about
million dollars in value at a time
are brought from the bureau of print
ing each morning. being conveyed in
steel-encased wagon guarded by
armed messengers. They are counted
by three persons in succession and
then sent to the sealing room. United
States Treasury notes bear the en-
graved fac-similes OF the signature OF
the United States treasurer and the
registrar of the Treasury; but the ma
tional bank notes are actually signed
before receiving the red seal of the
government.
1t seems incredible. but it is a fact,
that the average woman counter
passes $4,000 notes each working day.
The paper currency as II becomes
worn is redeemed by the government
and put through macerators. which
are globe shaped receptacles of steel.
to the capacity of a ton of pulp. the
lid of which is secured by three differ
ent Yale locks. The Secretary of the
Treasury has one key. the treasurer
another and the controller Of the
Treasury the third,
Each day at ] o'clock these officials
or their representatives with a fourth
agent to represent the people and the
banks. open the macerators and place
within them q million dollars or so
of condemned currency or other Sc
curities. The lids are locked, after a
suitable quantity of water has been
added, and the machinery begins to
whirl around inside the macerators
where $50 knives grind and cut the
soaking material until the notes are
reduced to useless pulp
In front of the north entrance of
the Treasury Department there is a
beautiful green vine in a large urn,
luxurtant and ever-growing. This is
called the money plant.
Open from 10 am. to 2:30 pm
Guides, 1890 TO IL and l to .
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bureau of Engraving and
Printing

The bureau of engraving and print
ing, at 14th and b streets southwest.
is considered one of the finest manu-
featuring plants in the world 1t
cost 81, 1853, 900 and here is where all
your money is made, and the process
Is such that 1t is we'll worth a visit.
Open from to IL am. and from to
2:30 pm.
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+The Patent Office

The patent office is one of the gov
ernment activities that makes money.
II has issued about 100000 patents
and its earnings have been far in ex
cess Of the cost Of buildings and eX-
pcnscs since its origin.
The patent office is bounded by T
and q streets and by eth and 9Th
streets.
open from am. to 4:So pm.
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THE Army Medical
Museum

The Army Medical Museum. 7th and
b streets southwest. Is of the greatest
interest and value to the medical and
surgical profession and contains some
$4,000 specimens. The exhibits illus
trates the means and methods of mill
tary surgery and all the diseases and
casualties of war. making gruesome
exhibit of preserved flesh and bones
which fill one with horror and dismay.
There are 1,5o0 skeletons of American
mammals.
Open from am TO nm
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+The Pension Office

The Pension office, in Judiciary
square on F. and G streets. between
4th and 5th streets, is said to be fire.
proof. an assertion that led Gen.
Sheridan to eXclaim What a pity"
The cases on file exceed a million
about that number of beneficiaries
are carried on the rolls and the out
lay of the bureau is now about
$3.50, 100000 a year.
Open from . am. until 4:3o pm.
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The Navy Yard

The Navy Yard has little to reward
the visitor, outside of the gunshop.
the museum and a few trophies. 1t
stands on the bank of the Anacostia
river, at Sth street southeast
Open from s am. to IL noon and
from / to-A DIN.
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THE Memorial Continen.
tai Hall

The Memorial Continental Hall. on
18th street. which was erected by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion. cost approximately s500,0ho. Il
was designed by Edward Pearce
Casey and is built of white marble.
An official guide will take visitors
through the building.
Open from am. to 4 pm.
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THE National Museum

The new National Museum has a
library which contains the most COM
plete collection of medical and surgi-
cal literature In the world, surpass-
ing even that of the British Museum
Visitors are admitted from am. to
.kspxrs- -daliy.tszospt Sunday,
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Open from 9 am. to 4p.m.
The Fish Commission

occupies the old ante-bellum arsenal
at 6th and B streets southwest 1t is
a place every fisherman and sea food
dealer should visit.
Open from 10 am. to Q pm.
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THE Naval Observatory

The Naval Observatory. on Wiscon-
sin avenue. is open to visitors when
the skies are clear, on Thursday even
fngs from 3 to 10 o'clock, for a view
of the heavens through the twelve
inch telescope. Applications should
be made to the superintendent.
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Government Printing Of.
fee

The government printing ONCE is
the largest and best-equipped print
ing establishment in the world. 1t
There is a splendid cafeteria. assem-
bly, hall, recreation rooms and a roof
garden.
A school for apprentices has also
been re-established after thirty-five
years abolishment. and now twenty
five young men are being given
thorough training in various branches
of the printing trades.
The mechanical equipment of the
government printing office is unsur
typesetting machines in the world.
including 81 linotypes. 100 monotype
keyboards and 125 casting machines.
They set enough type in a year to
make $4,000 columns of ordinary
newspaper matter. The office also
from small platen presses to the big
presses which print the well-known
Congressional Record. The postal
card presses produce 100000 cards
a day. or more than a billion and a
quarter a year. Other presses turn
out money! order blanks. census cards.
and income-tax forms by the hum
dreds of millions. The Office is like
wise well equipped with bindery and
plate making machinery. The public
needed photo-engraving plant to COM
plete the work of the government
printing office.
The public printer has to buy more
than 5o.o0o.o0o pounds of paper a
year. If laid fiat. in sheets. this
amount Of paper would cover an
area three times as large as Pitts
burgh, Pa. and If made up into oc-
tavo books. IT would form pile 400
miles high.
ploys approximately 1000 persons the
year round and the pay roll for these
workers is close to s6.000.000 annu-
ally. All appointments in the gov
ernment printing Office are made un-
der the civil-service law.
The plant produces printing and
binding to the value of fully s13,-
100000 year. for all Of which the
public printer is reimbursed by Con-
gress and the departments on an
includes more than $1,000 separate
and distinct Jobs Of printing and
binding. In addition to the work
incident to the printing and binding
Of millions of publications. the govern
of its own printing inks. press rollers.
CLUES. carbon paper, type and type
electrical. machine and blacksmith
shops and even operates a laundry
which washes and irons a million
towels a year for the use of its en-
pIoyes. So that, all in all. the gov
ernment printing office is the most
complete institution of it's kind in
all the world.
Special hours for Shrine week. am.
to 4:s0 pm. Special guides provided.
*The Department of JUS.
tice Building
The new Department Of Justice
building at Vermont avenue and X
street, houses the attorney general
and his legal staff.
Open from 8 am. until 4 pm.
THE Weather Bureau
The weather bureau, at 24th and
NJ streets. contains delicate instru-
ments by which changes of meteoro-
logical conditions are recorded. Here
one can see the method of forecasting
the weather for the next forty eight
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tTelearaph and Cable

sPostal Telegraph and Cable Com
pany. Evans building. 1920 New York
avenue. Main 5000.
tWestern Union Telegraph Com
.oanA, ,9ees s11xh -straoS,- 49, TzAnk1Aa- -2tooi
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1.-THE Weather Bureau

M streets. contains delicate instru-
ments by which changes of meteoro-
logical conditions are recorded. Here
one can see the method of forecasting
the weather for the next forty light
hours.
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THE American Red Cross
Building

south 18th street, Is a impress
i've structure of white marble. Con-
gress provided the site and paid for
part of the cost. the rest being given
by Capt. James A. Scrymser. Mrs.
Russell Sage. Mrs. e. H. Hartman
and the Rockefeller Foundation. The
Red Cross moved into this new home
Just as America entered the world
war. The interior OF the building Is
In keeping with the dignity and SIM
plfcity of the exterior.
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*The Department of Jus.
tice Building

The new Department of Justice
building at Vermont avenue and K
street, houses the attorney general
and his legal staff.
Open from 8 am. until 4 pm.
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pen from 9 am. to 4:sO pm.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09
A SINCLAIR LEWIS STORY
COMING TO THE LIBERTY

"A man is as old as he feels 4" has
become hackneyed phrase, but it's
truth is often argued in the case of
retirement Of soldiers or policemen
who are still in the prime of effici-
ency, but are heartlessly discarded
because of years.
The pathos that entered such a
case has formed the theme for uni
que screen story in THE Ghost Pat
rol," the Universal feature which will
be presented at the Liberty theatre,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Written by Sinclair Lewis of main
Street" fame and scenarized by Ray
mond L. Schrock this story concerns
an aged policeman who served on
one beat thirty years and refused
promotions to remain with the people
whom he loved and who regarded him
as father to them all.
Then, but the more efficient for his
years Of service, the old officer was
retired against his will Pleading for
he was refused
Broken hearted, seeing his loved
one-time charges treated with injus-
ice by his successor, the old police
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09

Even the footmen and the doorkeepers
around the White House did a
" double quick" during the seven and
| a half years of his residence there,
for whatever his hand found to do,
he did with all his heart, with all his
mind, and with all his soul.
And during the eleven years that
elapsed between the day he stepped
out of the presidency and the day of
his death, his program was always
the same energetic, vigorous, strenu-
Gus life. He was the author of some
twenty-five volumes on variety of
delightful themes. He became one OF
the best known and best loved modern
Americans in the world. Why? Be-
cause no matter who tapped in on his
{" circuit" whether the farmer, the
lawyer, the churchman, the states
man, the kaiser, or the king Of Eng
land, he always found his wires
charged with ten thousand volts of
energy and enthusiasm for the SUBJ
ject under discussion. AS much as
any man can be, he was the ideal
American.
'"The trend of the day among the
younger generation is for the easy
job the soft snap a white-collar
position with swivel chairs, cushions,
and push buttons at the finger tips.
But the apostles of energy do not
look for soft place to sit, they look
only for big task with big problems;
and when they have found their |
quarry, they attack with deadly in
tent and earnestness. Instead of |
faced muscles, velvety palms, and |
cosmetic cheeks, they have developed |
the Drawn and callouses Of action,
and genuine achievement is their
And because the night cometh
wherein no man can work, it behooves
The Apostles of energy" to get into
action, and that right early.
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WITH THE CHURCHES
Methodist Episcopal Church
+ + i. + + + + + + + + + I.

9:45 Sunday school. AS last Sun
day. Do your part in making the at
tendance 500 next Sunday. IL sermon
subject: mo Man Liveth Unto Him
self" 12:15 class meeting, E. 1t.
Headley, leader. $50 high school
Epworth League in College Chapel at
rear of auditorium. $50 Epworth
League in Epworth hall. 1880 sermon
by pastor Subject: "Lincoln's Dream
After Sixty Years" Illustrated hymns
at evening service.
COrnWall-JOel
1000 Sunday school. 11:00 Sermon
by Edwin Scheyer.
Pine Grove
700 Young peoples meeting. 500
sermon by Edwin Scheyer.
Viola
200 Sunday school 800 Sermon
by Elmer Holbrook.
Thursday Evening, February Il
1880 prayer meeting. "Chrlst's
Method of Winning Men"
HAROLD 0. PERRY.
Paste.
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Firss Lutheran Church

Van Buren, and Second Streets
Sunday, February IL, Quinqua-
gesima Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
English morning service at 10:45 a.
M Swedish evening service at 1880
D. m Tuesday evening choir rehears-
al Wednesday afternoon the Ladies'
Aid society will meet in the home of
Mrs C. B. Green. Mrs. n. Bjorklund
and Mrs. c.. B. Green entertain. Sat-
urday morning the confirmation class
meets. Saturday afternoon the Will
ing Workers meet in the parsonage
for rehearsals.
A. ANDRE Pastor
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09
Webster Coz

road bed of the old Lackawanna Rail-
road between Scranton, Pennsylvania
and Binghamton, New York: and the
Columbia River Highway in Eastern
oregon, extending the impressive dis
lance of $40 miles and giving access
to bits OF scenery surprising in scenic
beauty the most notable of the Swiss
Alpine highways.
IN the construction of Storm King
Highway, 100000 cubic yards of rock
and $4,000 cubic yards of earth were
removed and $4,000 cubic yards Of re-
tanning wall with a height at places Of
~ feet we're constructed. An asphalt
macadam surface 10 to 20 feet in
width provides smooth dustless and
pleasing pavement over which the mo-
torist may travel in perfect comfort
and safety and enjoy tn. marvellous
view of the i1udsc, Riycr far below
him.
The Lackaw7apa Trail is said bv
many travellers to be the most besrt;-
ful highway in America. 1t Is 81
miles long and for tvo-t thirds # the
distarce is paved with snee. sspg,ast
highly comparable y re bes. CT.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09
Church of the Nazarene

Corner w. Third and Almond Streets
Sunday school and Bible classes al
9:45 a. m. Morning worship at II a
m. Man Triumphant. The pastor
will preach. Peoples meeting at 6:30
y. m. followed by sermon at 7:30 by
Evangelist Rev. Mae Budd. Wednes-
day at 1880 prayer and praise service
Monday at 1880 the church board will
meet for the monthly business meet
ing. At the beginning of the Sunday
school, there will be an installation
Of the newly elected Sunday school
officers and teachers for the ensuing
year. A hearty invitation and welcome
is extended to the public to all of the
services.
AUG. N. NILSSON,
Minister.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09


~The popular impression that tn
I'd Roman roads have never bee
surpassed or eQualled is 2 who'll
erroneous one" says Herbert Quick
the noted writer.
Fifth Avenue is infinitely superlo
to the Appian Way when the latte
was at its best and was constructs
At not more than one-sixth of tn
cost OF. the Appian Way. The oil
Romans constructed their highway
with 2 brutal massiveness which de
fed the destructive agencies of tn
elements and of man. This requiret
the movement of enormous quaint
ties of stone and mortar and the en-
forced labor of many hundred thou
sand slaves
It is probable that under the most
favorable conditions it would cost
$500 600 to reproduce a mile of the
Appian Way. While this celebrated
example of Roman engineering had
a total thickness of about 3 feet,
Fifth Avenue has a total thickness
of about II inches. The explana-
ton of this difference lies in the in
tel1igent development of the science
of highway engineering in modern
times.
Beginning with John L. Macadam,
he principle has been developed that
by keeping the earth subgrade dry
an enormous load can be sustained
with a relatively thin foundation ard
pavement, consequently drainage has
been given more exhaustive consider
alton.
- Protected Against Moisture.
Tie second principle not fully rec
sgni-ed until the immediate present
Is that foundations and pavements
must be protected against the en-
croachments of water from the out
side and against the shattering eff
feet of sudden changes in tempera-
ture. The portland cement concrete
foundation of heavily travelled city
streets and of many country high
ways is, therefore, surfaced by a wat
erproof cushion of asphalt which pro-
tects the foundation against water,
against the expansion and contraction
accompanying temperature changes
and against the SCATTERING effect of
heavy traffic. AS a result of this in
telligent design there is no occasion
Tor the massive structure which char
acterized the old Roman pavements.
Today the Fifth Avenue type of
pavement and other types comparable |
to it are rapidly finding favor on
country highways as the cost, con-
.rary to somewhat widespread i'm
preston, is little if any greater than |
the construction of unprotected con-
crete slabs.
Noted Scenic Highways.
Not only i the American engineer
designing the most effective types |
ever known but the Seeing America
First" movement is receiving tre-
mendous impetus from the opening of
superb paved scenic highways in all
parts of the United States. Three
of these new scenic roads, which
compare with the best in Europe are:
the Storm King Highway which fol-
lows ths Hudson River and near Corn
wall il literally cut out of the rocky
breast Of Old Storm King Mountain;
Tn Lackavnrl,a Trail. beautifully
nfb9esq,, shway following the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09
Catholic Church

F1fSt and Howard StreetS.
The first mass on Sunday, Febru-
airy 18th will be said at O'Clock,
during which the men of the parish
will receive holy communion. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock. Second mass at
1920. Wednesday, February 18th is
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the
Lenten season. Mass and the blessing
of ashes at o'clock. Beginning with
Wednesday, February 18th, Lenten
devotions will be held at 1880 every
Wednesday and Friday evening We'd
nesdaY afternoon the altar hOvS will
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-09
Has Injury X-Rayed

DR.. Walter Farnham, Mrs. AIlaH
Lamphere and Mrs. c. F. Brown, OF
Palouse were in Moscow Friday, Mrs
Lamphere having been brought ovei
to the Gritman hospital to have an
X-Ray taken of her elbow, which had
been badly injured Wednesday by 2
fall. She was in the home of a friend
and thinking that she was opening
the door into an adjoining room.
opened the door to the cellarway anc
stepped in, without looking, falling
to the bottom of the stairs While
the X-Ray did not disclose any
broken bones, it showed the muscles
and ligaments to be badly torn.