, 1924-02-13
SOMETHING ABOUT
EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY

Resolutions protesting against the
en~croachment of private enterprise on
the national parks in the western
states were passed by the first ma
tional convention of the Izaak Walton
League of America recently held in
Chicago. The league is fighting EAR
nestly to stop pollution of running
streams, to halt deforestation and to
save wild animals of all kinds, as well
as to maintain an adequate supply of
game fish. Certain interests are rap
idly destroying the beauties of the
streams and the wild life in the parks,
and congress will be asked in the in
terest of the whole people to stop fur
Their inroads by corporations of this
type.
Ancient wall writings have been
found in a hitherto inaccessible part
of the Grand Canyon by a party of
explorers. The discoveries were made
about so miles from Ell Tovar, Ari-
iona.
Because of the fact that dishonest
individuals in religious disguise have
by willful Misrepresentation obtained
from the government permission to
secure so-called "sacramental wines"
for pretended religious ceremonials,
Because of the fact that dishonest
individuals in religious disguise have
by wilful Misrepresentation obtained
from the government permits to Sc
cure so-called "sacramental wines"
for pretended religious ceremonials,
when such permits were in reality to
obtain wines for commercial pur-
poses, the trustees of Har Sinai Tenn
pie in Trenton, New Jersey, urged in
resolutions, action toward the revoca-
ton by the federal government of the
privilege accorded Jewish congrega-
tions of using wine for religious pur-
poses.
DR.. George Clarke Houghton, rec
tor of the Church of the Transfigur-
alton, better known as the Little
Church around the corner, in New
York, died recently. At one time the
Little Church Around the Corner was
a favorite resort of runaway couples,
but DR.. Houghton drew up a set of
rules requiring every such couple to
produce evidence of parental consent
before the ceremony. He refused to
marry divorced men and women.
During his pastorate more than 49,
900 persons were married in the Lit
tie Church.
An eastern financial journal has
brought to light an interesting bond.
1t is dated 1865 and was issued on a
horse car line. The bond is for 81, 900
and is carrying it's third set of cou-
pons, having been twice extended
from its original maturity in 1880. AL
the property has long since been aban
doned the bond is still "going" at four
per cent and is an underlying lien of
the New York railways. 1t has paid
$3.50 in direct interest. If all in
terest payments had been promptly
r%einvested at five per cent, the origin
al investment in 1865 would have re-
turned almost $4,000 up to the pres
ent time. From 1865 to 1900 the bond
carried seven per cent interest.
A new type of diving apparatus con
sists of a water-tight chamber mount
ed on endless belts similar to a cater
pillar tractor. This is lowered over
board. The crew of the diver consists
of two e A power cable furnishes
light and power and enables the ma
chine to move about on the floor of
the sea.
In the state of Texas, city and rural
schools are to merge in all counties of
100000 or more population. Taxes
for schools will then be distributed
justly and the Standardization of the
schools in all counties insures as eff
~ficient a school in the country as in
the city. If any county desires to
abandon the system it may, after two
years trial, by a majority vote, abol-
ish it.
introduced by accident in 1879
into h bay of Southamton, at
Hythe, an American liant, called
the Spartina Townsend, has spread
rapidly along the English coast,
flourishing vigorously in spite of the
fact that it is under water part of the
time. The plant is an excellent fod-
der for cattle and may possibly be
used for paper pulp. II may be in
troduced to the French coast to bind
the shifting sands.
The deepest mine in the world is in
Brazil at st. John del Rey. 1t has
attained a vertical depth of 6,726 feet.
At that depth the temperature of the
rock is III degrees Fahrenheit, ne
cessitating n system of artificial cool
ing. The gold-bearing ore at the bot
tom shows no signs of decreasing in
volume.
G. w. Barron. the noted financial I'D