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Evening star., 1923-05-27

world empire with her short sword.
prided herself on her citizen army.
even after she was forced by circum-
stance to fiji her ranks with provin-
cials. to whom she granted full citi-
zenship in order TO maintain the old
proud Toast !
Chaste and unadorned are the no.
Bile halls and rooms that fill the
propylaeum- like entrance way, whose
lofty pillars and serene pediment and
cascading steps look out fearlessly
across the Potomac to the city whose
dedication is to the science of gov
ernmeht. Behind the columns and
above the door is a noble friezl to
make glad the chivalrous hearts of
true warriors.
TNTENSIFYING the white wonder OF
i the sweeping curves of the memo
rial. stand tall. slender cypress
trees. whose symbolism is that of i'm
mortality. Somehow they suggest
the inevitable sorrow that accom-
panies sacrifice fer ones country.
Somehow they stand like rhourners
in their trappinss of woe.
This perfected symmetry. this most
perfect structure In white marble. is
visible to almost the whole city that
lies below it. and it is a true. essen
tial unit in the trinity to memory
that Is rounded out by the Lincoln
Memorial and the Washington Monu-
ment. The lofty dome of the Cap-
itol lifts proudly before these
memorials, and sense of security
folds 1t about because of their i'm
mediate presence.
Sweeping out from its white marble
on every side are the myriad marbles
to the silent army whose camping
grounds are those of fame-endless,
serried ranks, steadfast and unshak-
able.
Directly in front of the anphithe-
ater. like an altar spove the city,
stands the epitome ef"all sacrifice in
Evening star., 1923-05-27

Eli had saved up Sc an trusted 1t
to one o. desc niger banks. So when
me an him went dere yistiddy to
draw his money. dat high yaller
cashier specify to Unc Ell dat de bank
done failed. 'Failed?' say Cnc Eli.
what's dat% Den de cashier spoke
kinder snappish. Broke. Busted!
Amt you never heerd O. banks Dustin
in Saint Looey an N'Yawleens-all
dem fust class places9' 'Sholy. say
unc ELI, I Is heared o. dat. but I
ain't never had nary bank to bust
right In my face
"'Cnc Ell got so Illustrated over
dis bank Dustin right in his face dat
us took jes one little snifter to steady
him up
"one drink? Huh
wait, ssliny, 1 fersits. Along
comes a felier what say he jes served
Ave terms In de pentenchery. an got
hon BILE discharge. An bein' his dis
charge was SO honable. me an Ell
couldn't fuse a drink outer his bottle
befo' us goes upstairs to de lodge
meetin', whar we initiated de noble
gran"
Evening star., 1923-05-27
"Dry Farming"

TT is not only through irrigation that
the arid lands Of the west are be-
ing reclaimed for agriculture. Sur
orising results have been obtained In
Montana, Kansas. Colorado and Me-
braska by the methods OF "dry farm
ing" in which deep soil culture 10
combined with the use of grains and
other plants that have beeome In
ured to semi-desert conditions, and
are able to thrive with relatively
very little moisture. The DEPART
mer,t Of Agriculture has obtained the
seeds of many such plants from the
arid regions OF Central Asia, where
ancient civilizations fiourishtd. These
plants grow luxurianty on eur weAt-
srn dry lands. and il IL no longer 4
question but that many millions OF
acres can be reclaimed with their
aid.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Lure of National Parks
For American Travellers

LC EE America First" the ia
nous slogan of the late
Fisher Harris, secretary of
the Salt Lake City CONNER
cial Club, is beginning to bear fruit,
for the eyes of the American traveller
are turning to the wonders contained
within the borders of his native land.
OF late. the national parks of the
country have been the scene of an
ever-increasing volume of tourists.
not only Americans, but from practi-
cally every country in the world.
More than any other. the Yellow
stone National Park, the largest of
all the government parks, has been
the chief center of attraction.
The Yellowstone National Park
was established. by presidential
proclamation by President Grant In
1879, as "a public pleasure ground
and game preserve" and was at
that time the second park Of it's kind
to be established, the first being the
Hot Springs National Park, Ark,
which was established as early as
1882.
or immense size. the Yellowstone
Park measures sixty-two by nifty
four miles and has within it's bound
aries. which contain parts of Idaho.
wyoming and Montana, an area. of
S34S square miles, surrounding and
within which are many large and
: Beautiful snow-capped mountains.
T.. X r n
DRoBABLY next to the masnificen,
/ scenery which abeunds within this
Great area, the geysers are the fore
most attraction, Yellowstone Park be.
ing the only reservation Of it's kind tc
nave these remarkable products oi
nature. Out Of fifty geysers, the
most noted are "The Giant" the 1arg
est, which throws q column Of water
to 4 height Of two hundred to TIVE
hundred and fifty feet. and "o1t
Faithful" which spouts a column Of
exactly every sixty-eight seconds
This remarkable geyser obtains III
name from the never-varying spou
/ which has not been known to fail OF
the sixty-sighth second.
The Grand Canyon. which is gen.
orally considered to be the mos
beautiful OF all the canyons in th'
national parks. proves to. be a grea
attrAction--and we'll it might, for 1T
splendors are almost beyond descrip
tion. The Continental Divide,
which marks the land line separation
of the waters of the Atlantic and th'
Pacific, and the Rocky Mountain
Divide" both pass through the park
which has within its Boundaries TIL
noble Mount washburne. named afte
II. .. washburne, who explored thi
region, and which towers to tn
tremendous height of 10,400 feet
Mount SAsyidan, with its peak o
Evening star., 1923-05-27

, purple pink, stands as q monument to
the famous general, in the southern
part of the park.
The headwaters of a number of large
rivers are in the park, the Snake,
Lewis, Madison, Sheshone and the
Missouri's largest tributary, the yell
lowstone. which passes through the
Yellowstone lake. This lake has 800
miles of shore line. and is the largest
body of water in the reservation. The
Yellowstone tails are Of great in
terest.
Four large hotels. which are prae.
tically under government supervi.
sion, are to found in various parts
Of the park. There is the Old Faith
full Inn. In the upper geyser basin;
the Lake. on Lake Yellowstone; the
Grand Canyon, near the wonderful
Grand Canyon. and the Mammoth
Camps are operated In conjunction
with these hotels, which arg Sup
Piled with every modern convenience
in the way OF comfort and sanitary
conditions.
THE wild animals that roam, at
l. large within the park are num-
erous, there being buffaioes, deer,
elks, purnas, moose, beavers and the
| black and brown bears that become
at times remarkably friendly. The
streams abound in fish. Forest and
petrified trees are to be found,
| Last year 9S.228 persons visited the
Yellowstone National Park and had II
not been for the railroad strike q
larger number of people would have
I made the trip. Railroad officials BY
an extensive survey estimate that
10000 people will visit the park this
year during the period that 1t is open
from June 20 to Sept IL.
Some very interesting data have
been compiled in connection with the
tourists that visited the park las,
year. 1t was found that ss,sss wen,
by rail, 61,so7 by automobile, 1897 BY
horseback. 1ss by motor cycle and
1,25s by miscellaneous methods. thu
greater number OF this classification
hiking to ana through the reserva.
ton.
Taking the visitors by staten 1t wa.
found that the largest number cam.
from Illinois, there being s,ss7; from
New York state, 5,ss7; Ohio, 1854 srit
Missouri, 2.72s. OF the foreign visi.
tors England was In the lead, tner.
being thirty-five visitors from tina
nation; Australia next. with twenty
three; Holland with twenty and Japar
with seventeen.
There Are several entrances to tn,
park, one at west Yellowstone
through which so per cent of tn,
people enter; Gardner to the north
Cody wyo. TO the east ana JAcksoi
Hole country TO the south.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
BY LUCRErrA K. REMINGTON.

A COUNTRY'S glory is rightly
~ mea asured by the honor she
~ paws her dead. How magnifi-
Gently is this made evident in
the White marble structure that
crowns the Virginia hills within
sight of the Lincoln Memorial. Since
the days of the early Romans. amphi-
theaters have swung their elliptical
beauty to the four winds of heaven.
but it was left for us to dedicate
the first one to memory, to the love
we bear those slain in their coun-
try's defense.
Cleaning white is its marble under
the gold of the sun and stately the
colonnades whose arches surge up
ward toward the blue with the reg
uIar sweep OF white-crested waves
against the carvinE shore. No roof
Is there; only the high, imperial dome
of heaven. The winds play there.
the storms beat there and the sun
glows there. upon it. through it. until
it is transmitted to flower that
blooms like an edelweiss to memory.
Tiers of white marble benches fill
the great Enclosure and concentrate
upon the wide platform. whose rear
wall is superbly semi-circu1ar..
Cut in the stone to the right and
to the left of the stage are long
lists Of illustrious names. whose
service was to their fiag-one column
for the Army and one for the Navy
while the arch directly above the
biliafs bears a true challenge to
patriotism in citizenship: We here
highly resolve that these dead shall
hot have died in vain"
High on the curvins wall Of the
recedins marble, the full significance
Of armed service is cut in the words,
when we assumed the soldier we
did not lay aside the. citizen" And
we are thereby made to realize why
ancient Rome, that carved out q
Evening star., 1923-05-27

Eli mousht be able to git around on
crutches by de Fo'th o. July"
"Lawd Gawd, Seliny" lacks face
turned ashen. what is you talkin'
'bout?"
Huh! You jes oughter hear how
Bulls wife is been talkin'. Bulls
amin to do you wuss'n he done
Uncle Eli, cause you was de head
leader in breakin' open his house
last night wild Uncle Eli, an maxim
Bulls gals git up an dance. Huh!
Two frisky ole niggers scarin' his
gals. an maxim 'em cavort all over
de plaee--an broke Bulls phony-
graph. which cost forty-seven dollars
an six bits. Bulls out dere now,
rarin' to git at you. Co'se I'D a 'vited
him in de house, 'cept Bulls so high
tempered dat I didn't aim to pay
Evening star., 1923-05-27
"GIT UP, ZACK! GIT up AN co
SQUARE YO'SELF!"

Ike Parker. plum off de groun', an
slammed him down against de City
o. Ticksburg ontil he broke nine ribs?
You an him kin settle yo' own busi-
ness; an eff you can't outtalk Bull.
maybe you kin outwalk him."
u n y
ssT ISSEN. Seiiny. lissen." Zack
- caught his wife's hand and
pleaded. Run tell Cunnel I'm plum
wore out wild town. I'm sick O. desc
city niggers. Dey posters me. Please,
sub, send me de money to go to his
plantation. I aims to make a crop
dis year-a big crop
rHuh. Zack; you'll come sneakin'
back to town befo' mex SADLY night"
Dat I won't. vieksburg won't lay
eyes on me ontil long after Unc Eli
done got out de hossPittle. Fetch dat
money. Seliny, den I'll climb out you
back winder an ketch a train"
Train done gone"
Dat don't signify I'll ketch dat
train anyhow"
] tCopyr Eht. 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Champion Whale Skull.

A WHALE skull, so large that it
had to be sawed into eight pieces
for handling and Grating, has been
found on the shore OF Aiitak bay.
Alaska, by a representative of the
biological survey. Department of
Agriculture. The skull has been sent
to the Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

@ o the editor: A short vile
aso a we'll known scientist
who is on intimate turns with
- old Sol give out the news that
the last named was growing cold
and from now on it is goodby sum-
mer as far as us northern folks IS
concerned.
This little item was hailed with
delight by a few red blooded eskimos
in human form that don't feel COM
Portable unlest they can scamper to
and from there work on skis, but
from conversations with majority
of ueople who I have talked with
them on the subject it looks like at
lease 80 per cent of citizens dwell
ing north Of Richmond gets enough
Of winter between Nov. and April
and they amt no nationwide de
mand for an all yr. round per-
formance by Jack Frost as 1 call
him.
What to do seems to be the ques-
eion of the hr. because the above
mention scientist admits that even
he would no dast argue the matter
witn Ola Sol SO WHdt SldhSc WoaAu
a stranger have?
Well friends in a case as serious as
this some quick decisive action is
1, ,ecessary and personly l only see one
possible course to take and that is
for normal blokes to rise in body
ana secede from the northren states
and move south, leaveing Maine. New
Hampshire, Virginia, Kansas, Mon
tana ana Arkansas to the snow birds.
objection will be made that the
most of the big banks, factories,
stores ana etc. is above Mason and
picksoYi's line. All right, but what
the French can do we can do, and
wasn't the Paris capitol 1-2 moved to
Bordeaux in one PM. you might say?
y u xx
rRoM the looks Of the roads
II would say that they's enough big
| trucks in this country to trans
| fer the entire contents OF Boston
New York, Chicago. Omaha and sar
Evening star., 1923-05-27

and will enjoy the cooling zephyrs
until late September. Mr.. and Mrs.
Craig Kingston and family will de-
part tonight for New orleans to
spend July and August at their camp
on the Mississippi or father OF
waters as some have 1t.
HAVANA. Cuba. July l. - Million
aires were thrown into a panic when
a bomb was exploded in front Of the
Offices of j. r. Morgan on Wall street
Evening star., 1923-05-27

Francisco to sonny Dixie. in lest than
a mo. and 1t wouldn't be long till
we was used to picking up the morn
ing paper and reading dispatches
something like as follows:
MIAMI, Fla, June "a. The gen.
summer exodus of Society from
Miami has began. On Friday the E.
B. wallaces left for Jacksonville
where they have a summer cottage
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Selma Sends Old Reliable to Make Crop
After He 7 ries Chicken Whisky
by HARRIS DICKSON.

Lh AIN, rousI 20 SCI outer 0dl
= bed. Git up"'
fully dressed, and jerked
the bedcIothes with which Old Re-
liable had covered the naked bald
ness of his head.
mean dis mornin'. Git up from dat bed
an 90 square yo'self"
She grabbed off the cover and
snatehed Ofd Reliable into a sitting
position on the edge OF their bed, his
bare black shanks dangling from
short tailed night shirt. Selma plant
ed both fists be1ligerently on her fat
hips and surveyed him soornfully. "rd
sho hate to stan in yo' shoes, wild de
things you got to do dis day"
who? Me? Old Reliable blinked
his blsary eyes. 'I Amt got to do
nothin'. Dis is Sunday"
HUH Selma shifted Sunday
won't cut no ice wild dem folks what's
itchin' to sit hold O. you. First thing,
you got to march yo'self TO Mrs. Wat
sons an 'polosize for de manner you
behave todes her calf las night. Zaek.
how come you got took down drunk? ?"
who? Me?" lacks hanging head
bobbed up straight. II warn'tdrunk." 4"
"warn't drunk? Huh. Couldn't I
smell dat whisky? An couldn't / hear
dat whisky sIosf1in' round yo' insides.
same as pot-licker in po' dog?
wizard you git it,"
Never had but one drink. seiiny, an
Unc Eli Mundy gimme dat"
What make stingy ole Eli loosen
hisse1f fer a drink"
"Jes a mint, seliny: Iemme 'spiain.
Y'donderstan'. 1t was dis way: Unc
Evening star., 1923-05-27
THE NATIONS PLACE OF MEMORY

Memorial
Is Of
Representing Ma
non-M ImpaSy Cerenony Recalled
Evening star., 1923-05-27

HRoM the looks Of the roads
u would say that they's enough big
trucks in this country to trans
fer the entire contents of Boston,
New York, Chicago, Omaha and San
Evening star., 1923-05-27

A COUNTRY'S glory is rightly
~ measured by the honor she
~ paws her dead. How nagnifi-
Evening star., 1923-09-02
C. A. R. MEN GATHER
FOR ENCAMPMENT.
Veteran Who Is III Declares
He Has Not Missed a
Session in As Years.
BY the Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, September l.
Veterans of the civil war, headed by
Judge James NJ. Willett of Tama, Iowa.
commander-in-chief Of the q. A. r., be-
gan arriving tonight for the annual ma
tional encampment, which is to open
with devotional services tomorrow.
Judge Willett declared that between
$1,000 and $4,000 veterans will be in
Milwaukee during the coming week, re-
gardless of the weather conditions. "If
We have good weather. he said, I'VE
will have between $4,000 and $4,000
here"
Only one os the fighters of the civil
war was reported i'll today. NJ. NJ. Mon
ahan, seventy-eight years old. of Tampa.
Fla, who arrived late today, was re-
moved to the Soldiers Home to recover
FROM the effects of his long trip.
'I>have attended every convention for
forty-five years and l am not going to
miss this one" he declared when a ply
sician advised him to rest.
Although sixteen Milwaukee churches
have thrown their pulpits open for use
by members of the G. y. r. tomorrow.
Judge Willett said late today he was
having some difficulty in filling the de-
mand.
Those selected so far inclnde J. II.
Eppler, Gary, Ind. chaplain in chief;
Judge Charles Burton, Portland, Ore,
past COMMUNICATIVE Judge ELL
Torrance, Minneapolis; Judge Robert
". Mcbride, Indianapolis; Rev Willis
Weaver. Chicago; Corp. James Tan
ner, Washington; c. Il. Adams. Los
Angeles, past commander in chief; !;
Rev. w. A. Bosworth, Wichita, Kan,
and Judge Willett.
Tonight there were at least four
candidates for the post of commander,
including Judge Willett, who is Il
candidate for reelection. Frank
Walsh of Milwaukee. DR.. Luis F.
Crensburg of Uniontown, Pa, and
Gaylord NJ. Saltzgaber of Vanwert,
Ohio, are the others.
Until today the officials of the
encampment have been uncertain
whether George T. Harding. father
Of the late President, would attend.
Advices from Marion. Ohio, today an
nounced definitely that he would not
be present.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
GUARDSMEN END
SUMMER TRAINING
Engineers to Leave Camp
Simms Today With
Parade to Armory.

With faces and arms sunburned and
blistered feet. three companies, COM
posing the I'd Battalion, 121st En-
gfneers. District National Guard, will
march away from Camp Simms, Con-
gress Heights, early this morning for
the armory. The local troops have
had two weeks of incentive training
Just as soon as they are mustered
for pay the entire battalion will
march to the Congress Heights car
line, disembarking at Az and Mis-
souri, avenue southwest at . o'clock
and parade through town. The line
OF march will be from 81. and Mis-
souri, avenue southwest, to PennSyI-
Vanfa avenue, up Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to 9th street northwest, up 9th
to New York avenue and down New
York avenue and L street to the
armory. The I'd Battalion was fav-
ored with ideal weather during the
entire period.
1t now appears certain that a new
company. + Company, which will COM
plete the I'd Battalion and the regi-
ment, will be mustered in within a
lew Weeks-posSibly by October ].
"A new fall armory drill schedule
mas been prepared by Capt. H. H.
Pohi. regular Army instructor of,
District National Guard training
which will be taken up Tuesday night
LOT the coming fall and winter.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

common on this continent about one
hundred thousand years ago. was dis
covered by DIR. J. w. Gidley of the
department of paleontology of the
National Museum near Bisby, AriZ.
1t belonged to a species of mastodons
that became extinct even before the
famous American mastodon came into
existence.
Caught in auicksand.
The story of that mastodon's vain
battle for freedom and life was still
written in the condition of its grave
when DR.. Gidley found it. One huge
foot had been captured. and it was
still clasped by what had once been
muddy substance similar to quick
sand. Around IL lay the bones of q
score of other. much smaller NAM
mails which had lost their own lives
while preyinG upon the trapped giant.
For years after its death, in the
opinion Of DR.. Gidley, the upper por-
ti9n of the mastOdon remained ex-
posed. Other large animals had
portion was crushed. Then the seol-
ogy of that part OF Arizona under
Went complete change. The fertile
valley, in which the water hole lay,
The mastodon was buried beneath at
least 100 feet of silt and earth. To-
day its grave is in the heart Of the
great Arizona desert.
Debris Washed Away.
In the last century. however, erosion
washed away most of the geological
debris above the grave and a band of
engineers. who happened to be survey
ing in the neighborhood, came upon
some queer-loOking bones. came upon
of the discovery reached the National
Museum and DR.. Gidley was sent to the
scene. The bones the engineers found
We're those of the mammals that had
died while attempting to feast upon
fallen colossus
Recognizing the remains as those of
extinct rodents. however, the paleontol-
osist dug a little deeper and found the
Iifastodon. 1t required several weeks to
dig out the huge bones and ship them
to Washington. Although the skeleton
has not yet been fully reconstructed Il
stands almost twelve feet high and il
~ probable that when the head is at
tached TO the shoulder bones It will be
even taller.
DIR. GidIey said the ground around
the grave was Uttered with the fossil
lied skeletons Of extinct birds, reptiles
and rodents. Before il died the masto-
don eXacted an awful toll from the
ranks OF its hungry enemies and could
the hills speak they probably would re-
late the story OF Il battle such as the
eye of man has never gaZed upon.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
THE WEATHER

For the District of Columbia, Mary
land and Virginia-Partly cloudy sky
today: tomorrow, unsettled, with
probably showers; mild temperature
gentle east and southeast winds.
For West Virginia-Cloudy, fol-
lowed by showers today: tomorrow.
showers; mild temperature.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Temperature-NIid CT; am,
64; am. 63; am. 80; 8 am. &c; 10
am. 80: IL noon. So: 9 pm. S5; 4 pm,
90 pm. SO; pm, 10. Highest,
S5.9: lowest, 60.4
Relative humidity-S am, SO per
cent; PM, 43 per cent; s pm, 81
per cent.
Rainfall (s pm. to pm.), %.
Hours of sunshine. 1870.
FER cent of possible sunshine. 100.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 10; lowest. &C..
Tide Tables,
FURNISHED by United States coast
and geodetic survey)
Today-Low tide. 7:I9 am. and 1880
PM; high tide, 0.26 am. and l2:49
pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. Sill am. and
S:20 pm; high tide. LIE am. and
1875 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. $3.50 am; sun
sets, 6:39 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:37a,m.; sun
sets. 6:37 pm.
Moon rises, -10:47 PM; sets, 1911
pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities,
Evening star., 1923-09-02
VISITORS PRAISE SESSION
OF U. S. BAR ASSOCIATION
Several in Attendance at Meeting
in Minneapolis Leave for
Canadian Bar Sessions.

MINNEAPOLIS. September 1.-Nota-
bles who attended the convention of
the American Bar Association in Min
neapolis left tonight for the east
after pronouncing the Minneapolis
meeting one of the most successful in
the history Of the organization.
Chief Justice w. H. Taft the Earl
Of Birkenhead, Paul D. Cravath and
others were guests early tonight at
the country home Of William D. Mitch
ell, st. Paul, former law partner of
Justice Pierce Butler Of the United
States Supreme Court.
They took train at Bald Eagle.
which will take them. with the excep-
tion of Chief Justice Taft, to Montreal
for sessions of the Canadian Bar AS
sociation. Mr.. Taft will go direct to
his summer home at Murray Bay, 100
miles below Quebec.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
81 STOWAWAYS LANDED,
BUT FACE DEPORTATION
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, September Thirty
seven stowaways, mostly Italians and
Germans, were landed in New York
today on the liners Tuscania and
America and turned over to the immi-
grafton authorities for deportation.
The Tuscania, which docked after
a two-month cruise in the Mediter-
ranean, reported that ten other. stow
aways had been put OFF at Gibraltar,
the last port of call. The fifteen
who were later discovered were all
seafaring men.
They said they had sought employ
ment on the liner, because of the de.
preston in Italian shipping, and con-
cealed themselves when work was
refused.
OF the twenty-five stowaways on
the America, in from Bremen, Cher
.bourg and Southampton. fourteen
we're Germana 4