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Evening star., 1926-05-14

sterdam Islands w2Sternmost polil
lies true north, and | determined TO
take advantage of this fact to line up
the plane and get the error In Vdrl'
ton of the compass from the norln'
This factor Is generally uncertain III
the Arctic regions and makes arr
navigation in the Far North much
more difficult than elsewhere.
In five or six minutes We "ame
Danes Island where Andre, 30 years
ago. left for the Pole Wuh t"o '.."t-
panions in a great free balloon. TheN
were never heard of again. So the
only two other attempts to reach the
Pole from SpitzberGen had met with
hard luck.
Would ours be more fortunate?
Amundsen had met fog at Amster-
dam tlslanu which had taken him
miles off his course Thus we were
far more fortunate than he had been.
We found no fog at all and the skies
We're clear.
To my great surprise | saw the
edge of the great Polar ice pack only
a few miles ahead when we had eX-
pected to encounter it $50 miles
farther north. Then, when we reach
ed the edge of the ice pack, | got an
other surprise. There were very few
small pieces of ice at the edge Of the
solid pack.
Next Few Hours Busy.
This probably was because it was
early in May, before the edge of the
pack was broken UP by the heat.
From then on until the end of the
flight | spent the busiest hours of my
life. | knew we must navigate with
considerable accuracy or we never
could get back again. | lined Ben
nett up with a mountain on the l1oel
Peninsula and the Westtrnmost edge
of Amsterdam Island
Ito be continued)
tCopyricht 1926. by the New York Times
and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.I
Belgian handmade lace Is manu-
factured chiefly in the Flanders prov
inces. and is practically all made by
women in the farm homes.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

way-that we would drive for the Pole
as long as our motors lasted. that we
would give some sort OF account OF
ourselves of which America would not
be ashamed. For, after all, were we
not. in measure. representing our
Navy and our country? 1t was Inc
only all-American expedition In tne
field and both Bennett and mySelf
were regular Navy men. on leave with
the traditions of the Navy To uphold.
Should we descend on the ice, we
were prepared, as wei las 1t had been
possible, to cope with the elements
and fight our way back. ] had gwen
a great deal of attention to TINS ana
had with us a short wave radio set
with a hand dynamo, for sending. IN
case we were forced down. We also
had handmade sled, for hauling sup
plies over the snow, and two ana
half months food supplies, consistlnS
of pemmican, chocolate, pilot bread
tea, matted milk. powdered chocolate.
butter sugar and cream cheese. rms
food, carefully selected, would give us
the greatest possible number OF calo-
ries.
Carried Rubber Boat.
We carried rubber boat for getting
across openings in the ice, as well as
extra fur clothes. shoes, pistol, ammu'
milton, gasoline stove, hunting knives,
axes. medical kit, surgical instruments
and smoke bombs.
We soon reached Cape Mitr2, 20
miles from Kings Bay, flying at an
altitude of about a thousand feet and
climbing steadily in spite of the heavy
load. Just as AmundSen and Els
worth had done last year, we headed
north for Amsterdam Island. Would
ve also have an experience like
theirs? Would we finally return from
the polar world? Would il need an
other miracle to get us clear of our
base if we were compelled to descend:
Twenty-siX miles from Cape Mitre
we passed the Hoel Peninsula. with a
high, Jagged peak about 1000 feet
our altitude at this instant line
drawn from this peak tangent to Am
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Rushes Down Slippery Ice.

Arain the motors roared and the
plane began straining at the line mold
ing its tail Neville cut loose ana the
Josephine rushed down the slippery
ice.
Again | watched the skies. 1t oc'
Cured to me al that critical moment
that man is a curious animal. Here
were Bennett and myself putting our
best physical and mental effort INTO
getting a big load of gasoline into
the air, so we could fiy into unknown
dangers.
We soon gathered speed and as the
great wings began to take up more
of the weight of the plane, we knew
we We're going to get off
At last with a Zoom we were OF
for the Pole and the uneXplored
regions that had been my coveted
goal for years. But. curiously enough.
nv first thought was not of this, but
of the men left behind. They had
put superhuman effort into our sue
cess, they were worn out and now
would feel their sacrifice worth while
and could go to their hunks and get
some rest in peace. Then l thought
how sorry l was not to have Neville
with me. He was actually heart
broken that we could not give him a
chance to risk his life with US. Much
of our success was due to Neville.
He had wanted us to drop him in a
parachute so he could pick out a
landing place on the snow. He was
willing to take a chance.
SCARED Out as Sun Rose.
1t was not long past midnight when
we left. This was we'll, for should the
sky be clear we would have excellent
noI itions of the sun all the way to the
Pole with the sun rising higher as we
went along.
AS | looked around from our
increasing altitude. it gradually came
To me with full force that, after
all our trials. we were finally on our
Evening star., 1926-05-14
BYRD'S OWN STORY is TRIBUTE
TO AIDES SKILL AND FORTITUDE

who had everything at stake, was not
more disappointed than they.
They knew they did not have the
strength to pull the plane back up the
hill. The last time we TAXED up the
skis We're broken, and they thought
we would not have success in taxing
up again. But the skis were stronger
this time and Bennett, after digging
the snow away, was able to taxi the
plane back to the top of the hill.
| got the men together and told
them we would take some of the Gaso-
line and supplies out of the plane ana
try again that same night. 1t was
astonishing how this cheered them
up. Their enthusiasm came back and
their strength with it. for | am sure
they were all worn out They marched
up the hill and over the runway ana
began work on it, to make stlll
smoother take-off. Again the snow
had forced us to yield it greater re-
spect.
Runway Made Perfect.
Capt. Brennan. the first officer. De
Luca, and | went over the runway
with fine tooth comb and indicated
where to level or widen or lengthen IL
further. These two officers shoVeled
snow and worked with the crew, ana
none worked any harder.
Bennett and | went over the plane
and took out all equipment except that
absolutely necessary: also cans OF gas
oline. lishtening the load. but neces-
sarily cutting down the flying radius
two and a half hours. But 2Ol2 hours
would be more than sutficlent uhless
we should run into a bad storm.
Finally. at 1880 Greenwich time
next morning, we were all set to go.
The motors were warmed up; the snow
Immediately in front Of the skis was
iced: the runway. named by the men
"Bvrd boulevard" had the finishing
touches put on it. l had planned for
Neville to hold the tail of the plane
with a line while we put the motors
on full power and then let the tan go
and start the plane with a rush. rms
time | sneaked to the plane without
any unnecessary good-byes. Bennett
and l decided TO get into the air or
crack up. But we felt we would not
crack up.
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Dexdale Silk Hosiery

Splendid quality. pure
thread silk. beautifully
textured and featured in
a range of colors that will
blend or harmonic with
any modish cost ume.
Black included. Fashioned
with merceriz ed garter
top for extra service.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
POULTRYNEN VOTE $4,000 TO RID THEIR
FLOCKS OF BACILLARY WHITE DIARRHEA

voted 2 cents bird to cover the cost
of this official selection of breeders.
They also voted to increase the dues
for general supervision from 2 cents
hen to 3 cents, so that supervision
might be frequent and regular.
The secretary, P. S. Dickey, of Puy-
allup, reported that all bills had been
paid to date, that there was a balance
of $30193 in the bank and assets and
bills receivable enough to pay all
obligations of the Association Until
September /. He also reported six
new applications for membership, rep
resenting $500 hens and Matching
capacity of better than 10000.
Officers elected for the coming year
are B. G. Young Of Bellingham, re-
elected, president; L. G. Beall, Jr. of
Vashon, vice president; P. S. Dickey
of Puyallup, reelected secretary-treas-
urer, and R. E. Waldo of Kent. These
four, with representative of the
state college, constitute the executive
board.
One of the important acts of the
session was the endorsement of the
plan of the United States department
of agriculture to secure uniform term
inology for generalization work in all
states. In furtherance of this plan,
the Association voted to send w. d.
Buchanan, extension poultry specialist
of the state college, to the annual
meeting of poultry instructors and in
vestigators at Pennsylvania State Col
lege, Pennsylvania, held August IL
to 20.
The meeting closed with everyone
feeling that the Association had
passed the experimental and critical
stage of it's existence, and that it is
now one of the most important factors
for improving the poultry condition of
the state. President Young expressed
the belief that both the membership
and the volume of business would
double next season.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
BY w. D. BUCHANAN,
Extension Specialist in Poultry, State
College of Washington

Over eighty poultrymen attended
the fourth annual meeting of the
Washington Accredited Hatchery and
Breeders Association at Seattle,
which was the Hveliest and most for
ward-looking meeting ever held by the
Association.
DR.. Kalkus, superintendent of the
Western Washington Experiment Sta
ton Of the state college, reported that
over $4,000 hens were tested for
white diarrhea last season, and that
the station would be able to test 200,
900 this season. The Association i'm
mediately voted to have 1000 Of all
individuals in the breeding pens test.
ed, taxing themselves 10 cents a bird
or 100000 for this purpose. DR.. Prior
of the state department of agriculture
announced an order of his department
to become effective August 1, requir
ing all Matching eggs, chicks, and
breeding stock from other states. to
have an official certificate showing
them free from bacillary white diar
rhea before they are permitted tc
enter this state.
1t was also voted by an almost
unanimous vote, to have all males and
females in accredited focks selected
and banded by supervisors appointed
by the state college. The poultrymen
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Women Unnecessary Evil''
Austrian Boys Taught

Bobbed hair started in Galacia,
where man, before he married girl,
had her hair cut off and her head dis
infected, according to DR.. Livingstone
Porter, head of the department Of
Whitman College, when he addressed
the summer school assembly at Wash
ington State College, where he is
teaching during the summer.
AS a boy DR.. Porter went to school
in Prague, Austria. Though six years
of age, he started in kindergarten,
where the children were taught the
three RS and religion. The ability to
play the violin and to teach entomol-
ogy was required of all primary
teachers.
High school students were not al
lowed to go to libraries and museums,
because the authorities wanted them
to learn only what was taught them.
The boys were taught that women
are necessary evil" and that the
further they were from them, the, hap
pier the condition.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Prizes for Dahlias
Offered in Kitsap

PORT ORCHARD. ~ Every club
member in Kitsap County was pro-
vided with dahlia seed this spring by
Miss Richardson Of Keyport, while
many others offered choice bulbs to
encourage greater appreciation Of
flowers among boys and girls. The
best dahlia blooms shown by club
members will receive cash awards Of
SIS, 81, So, So and 81 from funds do
mated by Mrs. Gayle Sawyer of SUI
.quamish; John McGill of Port Orchard,
and ]. w. Anderson of Manette. They
are to be exhibited at the Kitsap
County Fair.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Plan Exposition of
N. W. Products In East

A GRICULTURAL products. indus
atrial resources and summer resorts
of the states along the line of the Great
Northern are to be exploited on a
large scale by unique exhibits to be
installed on Fifth Avenue, New York
City, as the result of elaborate ar
rangements made by the railroad, an
nounced President Ralph Budd on his
recent trip West. This is the first
time that western railway ever
opened an exposition building of its
own in the nations metropolis and
the experiment is being watched with
interest by the other big roads of
the country. The Great Northern has
leased five-story building fronting
on Fifth Avenue and Forty-Eighth
Street, and opened new passenger
ticket office and Northwest travel bu-
reau on the ground floor of the build
ing June 1.
plan has been made to permit the
various states and communities served
by the Great Northern road to make
suitable display exhibits in the Fifth
Avenue windows of the office, and
schedule is being worked out to pro-
vide for special window displays fea-
turing Glacier National Park, the lum-
bering industry of the Pacific North
west, the dairy industry of Minnesota,
diversified farming in North Dakota,
sugar beet industry, hydro-electric
power, apples of the Wenatchee Val
ley and Spokane, and scentic> attrac-
tons of the Pacific Northwest, includ-
ing Lake Chelan, Mount Rainier Ma
tional Park, Mount Baker, natural for
ests and the Columbia River Highway.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Treatment of Hard
Water Saves Millions

Treating hard water with lime to
make it soft is saving millions of dol
lars every year in fuel for boilers and
in soap for household USE So reports
the National Lime Association through
it's manager, L. B. Burt, of Washing
ton, D. G. This report cites an ad-
dress made by Ross A. Thuma, in
charge of the water publication plant
at ST. Paul, Minnesota, who said that
using "a formula for soap saved by
softening water, it was found that the
soap requirement was decreased at
the rate of 81 pounds per thousand
gallons, or 21,00O pounds per smillion
gallons of water used with SOAP
The consequences Of that denaturing
process do not seem we'll calculated
to stir soap makers into a lather of
hilarious acclaim, but they do set off
some bubbles Of speculation. on ways
and means to relax the hard-boiled
quality of eggs and egos.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Catch Cooling Moths
With Cider Traps

WENATCHEE Wash. = Catching
codling moths with cider is proving
very satisfactory in Chelan County
where Anthony Spuhler of the State
College staff is doing experimental
work this summer AS many as 100
codling moths have been captured in
one small jug hung in a tree near the
packing shed. More extensive use Of
this method is hoped for as the avail
ability of Gull apples makes the pro-
cess inexpensive.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

Nearly 400 Chelan county orchard
lists have been reached through dem
onstrations, and many more through
newspaper articles and personal con-
tact, in the program for spraying and
codling moth control. Growers were
encouraged to clean up the worms for
the first brood so that second brood
sprays will be unnecessary. Growers
were urged to use sufficient spray and
large enough gun to completely
cover the trees.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Secure Ladybugs to Eat
Aphids in Dat Fields

SEATTLE, Wash Five thousand
ladybugs purchased from Wenatchee
were liberated this year in an oat
field at Hollywood Farm, where there
was a severe infestation of aphids.
The aphids soon disappeared and it is
thought that this natural enemy Of
the aphids is probably the most eco
nomical means of controlling them on
field crops. busting with calcium
cyanide gave as high as 80 per cent
control, but the expense of application
is considered too great for a crop such
as oats.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

Ing Canton silk back to its former
position in the silk market.
Toward the close of the nine
teenth century disease ravaged the
silk worms of South China. Can
tonese farmers were unable to cope
with 1t and as q result Canton lost
Its place of ascendancy in the silk
markets. Things went from bad to
worse and Canton silk lost in both
quality and quantity.
Experiments were conducted in
the Agricultural College at Ling
nan University. 1t was found that
several diseases were prevalent due
to lack of care in feeding and ham
ding worms under humid tropical
conditions. Lingnan University be-
gan producing disease-free eggs
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

body has been usin' you TO- scape-
goat"
'Ef that's really the way Of it," he
said to himself, "and l ketch that man
it'll go hard with him. But l reckon
it amt like that"
He had figured as the star actor in
two hold-ups, of course; but he hadn't
even known of the others, those that
had started him upon his career of
outlawry, until he had been accused
of them.
(To Be Continued)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

~ ESSERTS are a knotty problem
II in planning summer meals.
They must be attractive and pala-
table, easy to prepare and econom-
ical since, after all, 1t is extrava
ant to spend more for the sweet
than for the main course Of the
meal
One OF the most satisfactory
quick desserts is Ice cream. 1t can
be secured Just before meal time
and remains hard In its packed
container until time to serve. While
the family finishes its salad course
the dessert may be prepared. AL
though it has considerable attrac-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

and has increased this work until
sheets of eggs at the rate of 5000
per month are being produced and
sold to the farmers for Matching.
Each egg sheet contains approx
mately 225,OOO eggs.
Next, a practical six months
course of study was offered to
farmers sons to train them to be-
come better silk worm rearers and
to prepare better eggs for sale.
The mulberry is being studied with
the idea of placing in the farmers
hands better type for feeding the
silk worms. Methods of unwinding
cocoons are being studied for the
purpose of standardizing the meth
DDS and teaching the workers in
the failures, scientific studies are
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Silk Industry Dying In South China
Is Now Reuiued By American College


1ANTON has been famous for q
L very fine, soft and highly lus-
trous silk since the time, 1000 years
ago, when, according to legend, the
small daughter of the Emperor
dropped a cocoon into a hot cup Of
tea while playing and ran crying
TO her mother when the cocoon be-
gan to unwind In the hot liquid.
Whatever the truth of the legend.
sericulture has existed in Canton
for 1000 years and at one time
this city exported the bulk of the
worlds silk. 1t was the demand
for Canton silk and western trade
route to China that led to the dis
covery of America and now 1t is
Lingnan University, an American
institution in Canton. that Is bring
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

being made to improve the local
variety of silk worm and put the
entire industry on better and
more modern basis.
Lingnan boasts of cold storage
plant for keeping the eggs during
the winter season, model fllature,
a dormitory for short term stu
dents, and mulberry fields, all gifts
of Americans interested in reviving
the silk industry of Canton.
The Agricultural College is the
one department of the University
which is entirely and voluntarily
supported by Chinese. The Uni
versity itself was founded in 1893
by Americans as Canton Chris
tian College. The late Willard D.
Straight and other prominent Amer
leans having been instrumental in
developing it into a co-educational
and non denominational University
with 200 students
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Kay Copper Ore
Values Are High

The highest average values found in
the Kay copper mine of Arizona, so
far as major ore bodies are concerned,
are now being derived from the down
ward continuation of the original ore
body, on the 1500-foot level, according
to Southwest Mining News Service,
published at Los Angeles.
In July the south drift developing
this ore body showed full face of
chalcopyrite averaging 14.S per cent.
On June IL the face of the same drift
assayed 1874 per cent and the face of
the north drift ga per cent copper.
Samples Of the ore taken to Los An
geles and assayed by John Herman re-
turned 12,5 per cent copper, $2.4S gold
and SLIT in silver to the ton.
Where first encountered by what is
known as the 1923 west crosscut, at
point 480 feet north Of the turn from
the main west crosscut from the bot
tom Of the Wine, the ore body was 20
feet wide, with IL feet of clean chal-
copyrite.
The ore body has now been devel-
oped for 95 feet on it's strike, with the
average value of 7.2 per cent copper
and the usual precious metals value
and with full faces of ore still showing
in both the north and south drifts.
Records for the dairy herds on test
in Jefferson county show that in April
100 cows produced an average of 964
pounds of milk and 1858 pounds Of
butterfat. One half of the COWS pro-
duced more than 40 pounds of butter
fat. The highest herd averaged 44.9
pounds and the lowest, 34.4 pounds.
The average for the association was
900 pounds of milk and 1885 pounds
of butterfat, for the same month last
year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
When The Mercury Mounts

ton in itself. especially for the
younger members Of the family.
there are q number of quick. easy
ways in which 1t may be varied.
Served with small cakes, in pastry
shells with sauce, with sliced fruit
or berries, or with q crushed fruit
sauce slightly sweetened, 1t becomes
an -the-meal event instead
of a frequently re-occurring dessert.
Everyone likes ice cream and 1t
Is particularly palatable In warm
weather. Besides, 1t is easily d.
gested and we know that, being
milk in concentrated form. 1t is
healthful and nutritious
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16
Cooperative Creamery
Possible at Waterville

WATERVILLE.-A survey Of dairy
production in Douglas county has been
started to determine the feasibility Of
establishing cooperative creamery.
The report will include production,
probable increase of industry and atti-
tude of farmers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

Say, Bill, whenever I go to Spokane
| never miss getting some of those
dandy meals at the Tray Tavern on
Howard Street just north of River
side Avenue.-Ady.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

oh, Boy! Give me some more OF
the good coffee at Jim Boldts Cafe,
1414 3rd Ave-, Seattle.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-07-16

When in Seattle eat your meals at
Boldts Cafe, 1414 Bird Ave. Popular
Prices.-Adv.