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those oldest Inhabitants of the ma
tional parks" the giant trees, some
OF which, in southern California, are
5000 to 1000 years old.
when Congress provided for these
national parks" Mr.. Mather contin-
ued. 1T builGed better than 1t knew.
The Yellowstone, for example, stands
without single piece of private
property in 1t. There you may see
the stampede Of 500 buffalo and get
the thrill that those pioneers Of the
West must have experienced when
they saw them in the early days"
Nineteen National Parks.
Mr. Mather said that, while many
Americans think only of the Yellow
stone Park when national parks are
referred 10, there are now 19 OF
these vast centers in which the Gov
ernment endeavors to preserve physical
reminders Of the great American forests.
The director OF the park service
concluded his address with an ex-
preston of hope that he would have
the opportunity to meet some of the
members OF the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants in a visit>to the parks of
the West to see for themselves the
wonderful views he described to them.
The program was interspersed with
selections by the Columbia Quartet,
which were generously applauded.
John Clagett Proctor, poet laureate
of the association. entertained his as
sociates with an original poem, "Old
Timer" 1t was q continuation of q
similar poem he rendered a year ago,
and in it he recalled IN verse many
incidents of life in Washington in
by-gone days. Mr.. Proctor conclud-
ed his recitation with these lines:
Great Game Recalled,
But maybe, I'm taking more time
than I should,
Another years coming, hope Just
as good,
And this same line Of thought
may At in again
If L am requested to help en-
tertain;
But one thing I'll ask, and then I
Will quit:
Do you still remember when Nc
Neely hit
That lusty two-bagger that won
US the game
And the worlds championship
with all of It's fame?
It made us old timers just sit up
aghast.
For that was the greatest game,
present or past
And to Walter Johnson, I safely
can say:
You're almost as good as the
men Of our day"
Among those present were: Col. c.
o. Sheriff., Col. J. Franklin Bell
Engineer Commissioner; Stephen T
Mather, Isaac Cans, Allen c. Clark
r. P. Andrews. N. o. Messenger, Harry
C. Davis, w. Spencer Armstrong, DR..
w. NJ. Barton, ]. E. Bishop, J. Edison
Briggs, Henry +. Broadbent, william
Brodt, Harry L. Bryan, Thomas W.
Buckley, Isaac Birch, NJ. J. Cofrey, Ed
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PATRIARCHS OF OLD WASHINGTON
GIVEN VISION OF CITY OF FUTURE
Association of Oldest Inhabitants Gathers at Annual
Bmrquet and Hears of Plans for Fairer
Capital in Days to Come.

mission, so the community through
the same Board of Trade committee
on parks and reservations has been
and is conspicuously active and help
full in the corresponding campaign of
today, which has resulted in the wise
creation of the national city's park
commission, which, with its fine or
ganization, intelligent vigor and un-
stinted enthusiasm, gives promise of
great things in Washington's devel-
opment as the city OF parks.
Amount Of Tax.
This carefully considered legisla-
ton, by its authorization of ap-
propriations representing a l cent annual
contribution for every one of the
110000.000 of Americans. suggested
that the project was so broadly
national as to interest at least to the
extent OF oent year every man,
woman and child in the republic
But this broad distribution of the
cost Of park development was not,
Of course. practicable. Il was pro-
vided that the cost Of such improve
ments in the District should be paid
in accordance with the current ratio
Of relative contribution by nation
and capital, whether fifty-ffty or
forty-sixty. But the action of Con-
gress last year in eliminating for the
fiscal years appropriations only,
though without amending the organic
act, the provision of any definite
proportionate contribution by the
Nation, and exacting a lump sum
payment by the National Government
in lieu of such definite proportionate
contribution, robbed the law of
equitable application and rendered
1t possible that all of the cents
representing the 110.000,000 of
Americans might be exacted from the
450 900 Americans Of Washington alone.
Washington assumes that this in
equity Is not contemplated and will not
be permitted. In that confidence
Washington wishes the fullest measure
of success to the labors Of those ma
tional upbuilders Of the Capital who
have already done so much toward
practical development Of Washington as
the city of parks, and from whose
energy and intelligently directed en-
thusiasm even greater things are to
be reasonably and confidently ex-
pected.
Is Natural Supplement-.
The Park Commission of 1924 is
the natural supplement of the Park
Commission of 1901, and, representing
both Nation and local community, is
to be supplied with the funds neces-
sary TO put into effect the plans of the
1901 commission, so far as they meet
with the approval today of the pow
ers that be.
What I said as president Of the
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nost fortunate in getting such good
Community Park Needs.

most fortunate IN getting Sucn good
start.
Community Park Needs.
Among the many important areas
to be secured and preserved under
this authorization, one OF the most
important, in my opinion, Ia the pro-
vision of adequate small community
parks throughout the newer sections
of the city. I should say thai there
might well be one square out Of each
10 or IL devoted to park purposes as
breathing spaces to be preserved as
the built-up areas become more and
more congested. Another important
feature to be acquired in the future
Is the lands along the tributaries of
Rock Creek, both in the District and
in Maryland, as a means of protect
ing the water flow of this beautiful
stream, one of the most notable fea-
lures Of the Capital. Another i'm
portant area to be protected from
the destruction attendant upon build
ing development is the area border
Ing the Potomac River between Great
Falls and Chain Bridge. There are
many other areas that from time to
time will be found necessary for the
park development, but we can rest
assured that with the enactment into
law Of the park commission bill there
is no doubt but that the principle
needs for parks in the future will be
adequately provided for"
Plea for Tourist Camp.
Mr.. Mather dwelt upon the amount
of good the automobile has done in
bringing the American people to-
gether, in enabling the people across
the wide expanse from New York to
California to meet and know each
other. And this same invention, the
automobile, he pointed out, has en-
abled thousands Of Americans to visit
the great national parks who other
wise might never have made the Jour-
ney.
In this connection he threw out
suggestion to Col. Sheriff. that an ef-
fort be made to obtain a wooded tract
of land in nearby Virginia, where au-
tomobile tourists might camp while
they are seeing the National Capital.
In such spot in the Virginia
hills" said Mr.. Mather, these tour
lists could be provided for much as we
provide for them in the big national
parks Of the west. 1t may be that
such place could be found near
running stream, where these lovers
OF the open might fish. I find in the
national parks that opportunities
for fishing are an attraction to these
caravans OF motor tourists"
New Interest in Capital.
Mr.. Mather declared that since his
appointment to the National Capital
Park Commission he has found a new
interest in Washington, despite the
fact that his principal work lies miles
away in the great national parks of
the West. He said that as the work
of this new commission goes on he
expects to become more and more in
terested in the upbuilding of the park
system of Washington
The speaker then launched into an
alluring description of the natural
scenic beauties Of the Yosemite and
all the other national parks across
the great mountain divide.
He paid tribute TO what he termed
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Board Of Trade In 1898 concerning the
parks campaign OF 1900 may be re-
peated, In part, by me as president
Of the Oldest Inhabitants in antici-
patton of the parks campaign OF
1924.25:
"'No other labor of the centennial
year Is more inspiring or more prom
ising OF notable results in increasing
the attractiveness of the Capital than
that Of developing Washington as the
city of parks and the forest city by a
vigorous campaign for the series of
connected reservations above out
lined, utilizing at every step WASH
ington's diversified natural advan-
tages, the urban circles and triangles,
the larger reservations. which fur
nish an emerald setting for public
buildings, the heights to the north
and west and the beautiful rivers to
the south and east, whose banks are
changing and should be quickly and
thoroughly transformed from marshe es
and malarial wastes into beautiful
landscapes, with shaded driveways
and with lawn surfaces diversified by
attractive lakes.
"'There would not be in Vienna, or
Budapest. or anywhere in the world
a grander ring street or boulevard
than that, which would take Its start
on the westward grassy slopes of the
Capitol Grounds, sweep through the
Mall and Potomac Park, and up Rock
Creek to the Zoo and Rock Creek Ma
tfonal Park, thence by the boulevard
to the Soldiers Home, and finally by
boulevards and Anacostia Park back
to the eastern sward and shade trees
and impressive dome of the Capitol.
drive, which should sweep from the
Capitol through the Mall and Poto-
mac Park, across a magnificent me-
mortal bridge to Arlington and by a
national boulevard along the Potomac
to the tomb of Washington and Mount
Vernon.
Framed I'm Verdure.
" The old Washington is q series
OF parks connected by broad park
lined and tree-lined thoroughfares in
whose verdure and foliage the public
and private buildings are framed.
/" The park system which thus per-
meates the original city Is to pervade
in like fashion the new Washington
fathers plans lying between the Cap
itol and the White House and touch
ing the Potomac. is to merge into
great river park system which will
include, as already suggested, both
banks of the Potomac, the valley
Of Rock Creek and the flats and
heights OF the Anacostia.
:" Let US of the Washington Of to-
day, in building up the Nations city
OF the second century of It's life.
emulate the breadth and boldness
in design and the vigor in execution
which were displayed at the end Of
the last century and in 1900 by the
founders OF the Capital"
Need of Looking Ahead.
One OF the features Of Col. Sher-
rflls address was an Illustration he
gave to show the economy and wis
dom of looking far ahead in the pur-
chase of park sites.
The Importance of the early ac-
quirement of land in the development
Of city is indicated by the case Of
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Lafayette Square, which cost the Gov
ernment $3.50 for those six acres, OF
practically $26 an acre." said Col
| Sheriff.. THE estimated value at the
| present time is approximately $S,000.-
000."
Col. Sheriff. opened his address b,
| urging the organization to make the
map OF the original City of Washing.
| ton part of its charter. He read
habitants--the group of land owners
from whom the United States ac.
quired the National Capital.
Names of Old Estates.
Another interesting fact about the
| original map. he said, is that some OF
the names of the old estates have
been perpetuated to the present day
For example, he mentioned Hamburg
Mount Pleasant and the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal
After making brief reference to the
LEnfant plan on which the city was
originally laid out, Col. Sheriff. con-
tinued:
This plan was adequate for more
than 100 years, but the development
of Washington in the last 10 or Is
years has been at such remarkable
rate that even the most optimistic
have seen the original plan outgrown.
On account of the relatively small
size Of the Washington OF the
LEnfant plan and the then unrecog-
nized necessity of large park areas
for recreational facilities such as
golf, tennis and base ball, there were
in the L'Enfant plan no areas of
sufficient size for any of these sports,
except that found in the Mall.
Acquired by Purchase.
"a most notable feature of the
history Of the parks of Washington
is the amazing lack of extension of
the parks in the last 1873 years.
From 1871 to 1890 there were no
additions of new tracts to the park
areas. This, to me, seems almost
incredible and yet 1t Is a fact. Be-
tween 1890 and the present time
there have been acquired by pur-
chase the following parks:
'"The Geological Park of 10 acres.
Rock Creek Park of LAO acres, Piney
Branch Parkway of % acres, Mont
rose Park of 16 acres, Meridian Hill
Park of 10 acres, Forts Davis and Du-
pont of Al acres and the Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway of 159 acres.
There have also been added by rec
lamation the Potomac Park flats,
now known as East and West Poto-
MAJ s@i hs, eAleHuihB iFofn % street 10
Haines' Point, and the Anacostia
flats. also reclaimed by the Corps of
Engineers of the Army in connection
with river improvements.
1T has been almost impossible to
persuade Congress to acquire any
park area whatever, as indicated by
the fact that the Senate Park Com
mission of 1901, under Senator McMil-
Ian, recommended the acquisition of
SO additional tracts within the Dis
trict as necessary for the proper de-
velopment of the park system of the
District OF Columbia. Out of this
number only six have been acquired,
many of the most beautiful of the
areas recommended already having
been destroyed or now in process of
destruction for building operations.
'In this connection the history OF the
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TESTS TO FILL VACANCIES.
Civil Service Commission An
nounces Positions Available.

The Civil Service Commission an
nounces open competitive examina-
tions to fill vacancies in the followin 9
positions:
Junior typist, at s1,140 a year, and
Junior stenographer, at $3.50 year
departmental service; assistant en-
gineering craftsman Topographic
Geological Survey, at $500 a year
valuation engineer. technical staff Of
the income tax unit of the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue. at $4,000 a year
fisheries technologies, Bureau OF Fish :
cries. Department of Commerce, al
$4,000 a year.
Full information and appIicatiou
blanks may be obtained at the Office
of the Civil Service Commission, 172f
F street northwest
Evening star., 1924-12-09
Another Illusion Shattered.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Another thing that plays havoc
with our illusions is the sight Of /.
powder rag after it's been used OF
what looked like a perfectly cleaL
girl.
Evening star., 1924-12-09
Need of Looking Ahead.

One Of the features Of Col. Sher-
rills address was an illustration he
gave to show the economy and wis
dom Of looking far ahead in the pur-
chase of park sites.
THE Importance of the early ac-
quirement of land in the development
Of q city is indicated by the case OF
Evening star., 1924-12-09

Mr.. Noyes then made reference 70
the constant activity of the Board or
Trade since 1900 in support or the
Mcmillan Park plan. He recalled the
resolution adopted by the Board or
Trade December IA, 1900, appealing
TO both houses OF Congress to ap-
point commission to devise suitable
and adequate plans for the develop
rnent of the Capital city. Continuing
his discussion of the park needs OF
the Capital, Mr.. Noyes said:
LAS the community in 18as-1so0
and the imm ediately subsequent years
through the Board of Trade and its
committee on parks and reservations
participated vigorously and helpfully
in the park campaign, which resulted
in the original Mcmillan Park Com
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END COMES QUIETLY
LIFE OF WARTIME PRESIDENT
essS AWAY AFTER LONG Pc.
RIoD OF lNvALIoIsM

washington. - Former President
woodrow Wilson died at l1-l5 O'Clock
Sunday morning.
The end was peaceful, life ebbed
away while he slept.
A tired man, he closed his eyes, and,
sustained and soothed by an unrnl-
terins trust" passed on to the Great
Hereafter like one who wraps the
drapery Of his couch about him and
lies down to pleasant dreams"
DIR. Grayson, his friend and physi
San, announced the end of the great
war President In this bulletin:
MIR. Wilson died at IL: rs o'clock
His hearts action became feebler and
feebler, and the heart muscle was sc
fatigued that 1t refused to act any
longer. The end came peacefully.
"The remote causes of death lie In
his III health which began more than
four years ago, namely: General arte
So-sclerOsis with haemopligia. The
Immediate cause Of death was exhaus
aon following digestive disturbance
The Arvada enterprise., 1924-02-07

never lost faith In the League of Ma.
tiOns, but he lost faith In some OF the
human beings who were Its Inevitable
elements.
lie closed his eyes confident that Al
nun Of letters and u President he
had done his best for humanity, but
that his best was not all that he might
have wished.
Time alone can write his cpitnph.
Woodrow Wilson'S life WIS marked
by these mllestOneS:
Born ut Staunton, Va. Dec. %. 1855
Graduated ut Princeton University,
1870.
Selected ms president Of Fi.:. cton
Aug. ]. 1902. after seventeen years III
college professor.
Elected governor Of New jersey,
Nov. 10. 1910.
Nominated for President In the
Democratic nntiOnnl convention, Built.
more. July 2, 1912.
Inauguratcd. March 4, 1913.
Reelected President, Nov. 7, 1910.
Asked Congress to declare war on
Germany. April =. 1917.
Sailed for France. Dec. 4. 1918. M
head OF American peace commission.
signed trenty Of Versailles, June IS
1919.
Carried fight with Senate over
Lcaguc Of Nations to country, Sept
3. 1919.
Suffered nervous breakdown ncnr
Wlchltn, Kan. Sept. 2G. 1919.
stricken win paralysis ut White
House. Oct. ., 1919.
Retired from presidency, March 4.
1921.
Died M Washington. Feb. 3, 1924,
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recommend II. I'll" kind you hnvS
always bought bears signature of
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which began In the early part OF last
week but did not reach an acute stage
until the early morning hour OF
Feb. l."
Twenty-eighth President OF the
United States, and the first Democrat
since Jackson to serve two successive
tiers, Woodrow Wilson occupied the
presidency during eight years Of such
world upheuvni md turmoil, that his
proper place In history cannot be ns.
signed to him until his contemporaries
are likewise assigned to their inches.
Certainly, he ranks as one Of the
great war presidents OF the American
republic. and he exercised such nm In.
fluence In world affairs us never be.
fore attached to his office.
Empires crumbled, thrones collapsed.
the mnp OF the world was made over,
and under his administration the coun'
try abandoned its policy OF Isolation
md becnme un active participant In
world affairs. In all of that he took
a powerful hnnd. No bIographcr could
nttcmpt to assess him accurately, and
in full, until the processes which be
gan In his day and with his pnrticipa'
ton have come to conclusion.
lie had heard himself hnllcd by the
millions OF Europe MS "thc God OF
Pence" and hcnrd his name hisscd by
the same millions. Acclaimed M one
time almost MS n new Messiah. he
henrd himself cxcorin,cd and de-
nounced as an nutocrat and worse Mt
home and abrond. No other President
since Lincoln was so worshipcd ana
bn,ed; no other President since Roose'
welt Ind such friends and such enc
niles. Through II nll he preserved an
nutwnrd calm while the grim destroyer
The Arvada enterprise., 1924-02-07
SHORT sQUIBs

Riches take wings and they hay. no
tall to put salt on.
Hlde your faults under n bushcl-
unless you need washtub.
what did Methuselah take to pre-.
vent hardening Of the arteries?
II the misstntement about one is
complimentary does he chase it down
In u panlcky world. those with pres.
ence of mind make of with something
valuable.
About every lesson that experience
(the dear teacher) teaches begins with
don't"
Think twice before you speak. but
not In order to make what you say
meaner than ever.
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Wilson honorsd While III

wilson. the sick man,
wus n grcn,cr object Of friendly Inter.
Of, In Washington ,hnn the Wilson of
wnr days. The national cnpitnl never
lost its hend or It's bnlnncc when big
men came along: II wns used TO 'hnf
,ypc. Bu, nf,er he had been stricken,
when broken In henlth. he sought 10
get back the strength he had given to
bIs tnsk. even Tint part Of Washing
ton which hnted his policies and his
powers. felt u soften!ng around the
h.o,, ns (, snw him, bent low.
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Ne,u Use for ollver

The bureau of mines was authorized
by Secretary Work to begin research
into possible new uses for silver. DIR.
l.. l. Shaw, assistant chief chemist of
the bureau, was named to conduct the
experiments ut the Reno (Nev.) lnbora-
tory. As result Of preliminary in
vestigation, the bureau has reported
that systematic research to develop
a nontarnishing silver alloy or one In
which the tendency to tarnish is re-
duced and the development of sill
yer alloy for use on automobiles would
be Of benefit to the industry"
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Diogenes was bantshed from his
country for coming false money.
Chicago's annual fire loss Is $5.0OO,-
100.
Florence Nightingale lived until
August l3. 1910.
The FIRE loss In Berlin averages
about $4,000 a year.
II a small boy makes no noise when
he is having a good time. he Is prob
ably a great genius.
Way of the transgressor is hard and
tho way Of the aggressor Is hard to
head OF.
II is a long time before the world
,eurns In some instance that trick Is
lrov nrt.
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MOURNS DEATH
OF WOODROW WILSON
MRS WILSON AND DAUGHTER MARGARET AND DIR. GRAY
SON ONLY ONES PRESENT WHEN END COMES.

which hovercd close about him during
the las months OF his occupancy of the
presidency, followed him relentlcssly
to the modest home where he lived the
ways of retired gentleman and
knocked at his door every day until 1t
was at last opened.
Woodrow Wilson was n precedent
smnshcr from beginning to end. He
began by rviving the practice OF
Washington and jefferson in delivering
his messages to Congress in person;
he finished by actually leaving Amcri.
cun soil and going to Europe. His was
the responsibility Of deciding when
people torn by conflicting sympa-
thies was ready to throw Itself into
the great World War. and when the
moment came he took the responsible
ity OF throwing In the men and mil
lions. which turned the scale to VIC
tory.
1t was n quite different Woodrow
Wilson who snt In the Presidents
chair when the war ended. With hnir
whltcned and fncc lined. he showed
the effects. He had learned some
thing about men and human nnture.
He had learned, he told II friend "thnt
some men become great and others
swell up" but his penchnnt for doing
things himself never had lessened.
Woodrow Wilson lived his last years
and died in ''thc glory OF the promise
OF the future" confident that right MS
he SAW II would ultimately prevail. lie
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Greatest American. says MeAdoo

Sunshine. Ariz.-Woodrow Wilson
wns Described ns "perhnps the srent.
est mnn hmcrIcn has produced" In .
statement here by ". @. McAdoo, for.
mcr Hrcrctnry of the TREASURY. when
Informed Of the wartime Presidents .
death In Washington. Woodrow VII
son always viii be one Of the most
commanding figures Of human his.
tory" he said. Judged by accomplish.
mcnts and achievements, taken Gil
In nll. he In pcrhnps the greatest man
America yet hns pr"duced."
The Arvada enterprise., 1924-02-07
Salmon Eggs Are Used
To Lure Mounain Trout

Salmon eggs are another delicacy
that the mountain, cutthroat, dolly var
den and rainbow trOuts of the west
ern ranges are very partial toward.
This bait Is flshed in the swift and
tumbling waters of the little mountain
rivers Of Idaho, Washington and Ore
gOn to n large extent, as they are OBJ
tained In the vicinity of the great sal
mon canneries.
Used in connection with II small
spinner or double spoon spinner these
eggs are deadly killer on the west
ern trout. They are also great lures
for the gray trout OF the northern
lakes.-SpOrtsmen's Digest.
No good cause ever started with .
working majority.
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bseushs ess 81 boiling hlly
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