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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
Uncomplimenfary FACT

ut certainly isn't very fiattering
when you come to think about IT,"
unused Smith. well, I'm no mind
reader, but I'm willing to think about
1t. Spill it." said Brown. "Oh, / was
just thinking how small 1t makes a
husband feel to see how deadly afraid
Of mouse his wife is and how deadly
unafraid Of him she Is" replied Smith.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

anu so ON through the alphaDet until
you ended triumphantly N.Y. and
so forth? Remember that queer lit
tie wiggly symbol which stood for
"and so forth" and how, when you
grew a little older and knew what
so forth meant, you wondered why
1t said land so forth" when there
were just 20 letters in the alphabet
and no more?
Well, that land so forth" is coming
true If certain Harvard graduate
has his way about it. For DIR. Godfrey
Dewey has a new system of A-B-C's
which adds IS letters to the present
alphabet. OF course, modern peda-
gogy has done away with the old
fashioned method of having the child
commit the alphabet to memory be-
fore he begins to learn words and the
schools of today start the child imme
diately upon the task of putting the
letters together TO form words in
stead of his learning them as individ-
ual symbols in certain sequence.
This is considered vast improve
procedure, but Doctor Dewey believes
that even 1t can be improved upon
and the speaking and writing of Eng
fish simplified by enlarging the alpha
bet. During all these years, says he,
we have been trying to cram a cos
mopolitan language. made up Of diff
ferent elements from many tongues
into % Latin symbols and he thinks
that by using Al symbols we can
straighten out the Mother Tongue and
avoid working some OF our present 26
symbols overtime. incidentally. he be-
lieves that he can save the nation a
billion dollars a year on its printing
bin by eliminating the waste due to
the use of the present alphabet.
Doctor Dewey proposes to make
these sweeping changes by "Fonetic
Key Alfabet,' consisting of "a con-
sonants, 10 vowels, four difthongs and
a supplementary sign for the word
'the." That one word, incidentally, is
the source of greatest waste in our
language says Doctor Dewey, who as
board, founded and endowed by the
late Andrew Carnegie, has studied the
English language carefully for many
years. He has found that In modern
printed literature the word 'the" ap-
pears 1910 times in every 100000
words and that per cent Of all print
ed paper is covered with "the's." A
sheer waste, he declares, and it can be
remedied by using one symbol to take
the place of this word made up Of
three symbols.
The ten commonest words in our
speech and writing. he also finds, are
the" "of," "and," ito" "a.n "in.v
that" cit" "is," and 81" and these
compose 25 per cent Of the written
language. By condensing these words.
but more especially by condensing
much longer words which are bur-
dened with superfiuous letters, he es-
Inmates that the total cost of writing
and printing in this country, which
has been estimated at $4,000. 600. 600
can be reduced one-sixth or to 5000
100000.
Doctor Dewey, hasing his conclu-
siOns upon eight years of research In
the matter, declares that one-sixth Of
the letters we use In writing words are
useless. And he believes that his
statement is based upon sufficient evil
dence, for during the eight years he has
counted and tabulated 100000 words
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
Helping the Dream, AIono

Mrs. Binks-My dear, l want hat
"a perfect dream Of hat. Will you
get it for me?
Binks-Sure. I'll make Welsh
rarebit for you to eat just before you
go to bed
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
Shade Makes
Health Appeal

after Surprising Recovery from
indigestion and ailments Caused
by Run-DoiOn Condition and Ty.
phoid Feoer, Father of 7 Children
Wanfs Eoeryoneto Knotg T1nl0c.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

Cassius w. Shade,
4l6 S. Duke Street,
Lancaster, Pa, an
Arm strong en-
ploye, says: "A few
simple preventive
measures will often
forestall pain. When
| began taking Tan
lac, l had almost
given up hope of re-
covering my lost
health, ravaged by
n1.l
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

not allowed in the village Chicago
Daily News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

EMEMBER the days when
you started on the royal
road to learning by dill
gent study in the front Of
the old first reader and
then, at the command of
teacher" you, in COM
pany with other neo-
phytes In formal educa-
ton as offered In the old
district school, chanted
in chorus "A-B-C-D-E-F"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

in the revision of certain old maps,
in flat areasl and in large-scale sur
veys. However, in places covered by
dense forests and in mountainous re-
gions they are of little help to the
map maker, for which reason it is
confidently asserted by Geological Sur
Vey officials that ground surveys will
never be entirely replaced by aerial
photography,
X x i
TT is inspiring to remember that the
present day surveyors, with their
automobiles and airplanes, are the
professional descendants OF such men
as Lewis and Clark, Bonneville, Pike,
Long and Fremont, whose names still
live in our rivers, lakes and peaks
| was the glory of those early adven-
turers that they spied out the land
so that others might follow, and the
routes used by today's commerce are
lasting memorials to the uncOnquer-
able purpose of those pathtinders.
Barely more than a century ago
President jefferson sent forth the first
official scouts into the unknown ter
ritory. Other Government explorers
followed the lead Of Lewis and Clark,
until so or 60 years ago there were
four Federal expeditions at work in
the country west OF the Rocky Noun
tains Together these four scientific
surveys covered half q million square
miles at a cost n the United States
Treasury Of about two million dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

Thus he is enabled, while actually on
the ground, to put in all streams,
roads, houses and the many works of
man." Hills, valleys, plains and all
other features of the earths surface
are shown by the conventional system
of contour lines, so that the completed
map is not the result of notebook COM
putations, but an actual record made
on the spot it represents.
All the outdoor work is don in pen
Gil, and upon its completion the sketch
IN sent to the office, where ii is mixed
in. After being checked and inspected
the finished drawing is printed and
published There are about eight mil
lion maps now in the stockroom of the
Geological Survey. Nearly three-quar-
! tiers of a million of them are dis
tributed annually, more than two
thousand daily. For some reason which
he officials Of the survey are not able
to explain, California sends in II far
greater number of requests for these
maps than any other STATE.
Aerial photography has come to be
recognized as "the greatest aid to
ground survey work methods devel-
oped since the perfection of the transit
and the plane table" In the last 10
years the Geological Survey has en-
ployed aerial photographs TO assist In
IT, mapping OF over twenty thousand
square miles.
These pictures from the air are es-
pecially valuable in mapping big cities.
~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

country, but demands for greater
speed have recently become insistent,
and it is possible the work will be fin
ished in a shorter time. Several State
highway engineers have asserted that
"a complete State Typographical sur
Vey would result in savings In the cost
of highway construction alone greater
than the entire expense OF mapping"
Following such advice, half Il dozen of
the States have appropriated 90 per
cent or more of the money necessary
and have pushed the surveys within
their borders to completion.
Cooperation of this sort on the part
of the individual States is highly desir-
able, nevertheless the work itself must
be done by the Federal Government,
for it would be very ineXpedient to
have each State conduct its own sur
vey. as every one would probably use
a different scale and style of draw
ing, and the overhead expenses in
voved would be greatly increased.
AS the work is now done under
Federal direction, one standard meth
Cd Is used In all sections of the coun.
try. The first step IN the operation
consists OF the plotting OF the paral-
lels Of latitude and longitude on a
thick piece of drawing paper. This Is
done by the engineer before he leaves
the office OF the Geological Survey In
Washington. He carries this paper to
the location which he il to survey and
there mounts it on waving board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
The Soldiers Uniform.
THE writer's of American schoo

THE writer's Of American school
histories have frequently taken
occasion to remark scornfully upon
the scarlet uniform worn by the Brit
ish regulars in the campaigns against
the Indians during colonial days, but.
as q matter Of fact, the scarlet coat
of the Briton was a less conspicuous
uniform than the blue subsequently
adopted for the Army of the United
States.
Careful experiments have brought
out the fact that light gray, such as
that worn by the West Point cadets,
is the color first lost to sight in the
field. Scarlet comes next, with dark
gray, blue and green in the order
named. In target practice it has been
found that OF all colors scarlet Is most
difficult to hit. Light green is almost
invisible under the violet tinge Of cleo
trio tights. ana would, therefore, be
an excellent color for the uniforms
OF naval scouts. who would be exposed
to the rays Of an enemy's searchlights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Survey Maps Prove Means of Fighting Big Floods

but who can weigh their value to the
! Nation? In every stage of the build
| ing of an empire. like those 1000, 900
square miles of transmississippian
| territory. the facts of it's topography
and resources have been in demand.
In this the Geological Surveys part
| has always been fact-finding.
It's history goes back really to the
Colonial days, but the first specific
congressional appropriation for geo.
| logic investigation was not made until
1884, and the departments history as
a distinct unit of the Government is
dated from 1879. Once geologic work
| was started under Federal supervision
| it soon branched out in surveys of
wider scope and more thorough ac-
complishment. Three Government bu-
| reaus, the Reclamation Service, the
Forest Service and the Bureau Of
Mines, grew out of activities begun
by the Geological Survey.
''The earlier chapters in our his
tory" said George Otis Smith, direc-
tor of the survey, "are perhaps the
more thrilling, full as they are Of adj
venture and hardship, excitement and
toll, success and failure, in all of
which the Government men had their
share. That phase was largely ac-
complished by sheer man power, but
the DGIIOu Ol SApdlLSlOII, VI
geographic conquest, is over. 1t has
been logically followed by stage of
industrial development which has be-
, come more and more intensive-an
engineering conquest.
Each year as 1 journey across the
country 1 trace new evidences of our
growth. l see golden grain fields
perched where before I had seen only
sage brush; note more and more the
prairie is green with alfalfa and that
the orchards are creeping farther and
farther out into the desert.
1.-THE rough trails l once followed
with a pack train are now railroad
routes, and mountain Businesses into
which 1 once toiled afoot along the
river bank are now penetrated by
we'll graded .lard-surfaced roads. The
waterfall that 80 years ago had only
scenic value now furnishes a distant
city with light and power. And the
future chapters Of the S Dry will be
frightened by an even greater record
Of man calling nature to his aid, for
nowhere else in the world are there
greater stores of energy awaiting use
by humanity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

ooh, Mr.. Ancaster." she fumbled,
you were going to that reception-1
mean"
"Why, yes. I'm going. Was there
anything about it? Amy messenger"
Abruptly, her heart swelling into
her throat, she said thickly: II don't
want you to 60.
Miss Brown! That's not exactly
concerned with Office business, you
know. OF course, if there are some
other engagements that conflict"
Quite without warning. temper she
had quite never suspected in herself
broke out.
I'm not going to be spoken to like
that she ragged.
But Miss BrOwn"'-pleadingly this
time. Il didn't know wasn't trying
to--I-"
II don't care what you mean. You're
acting like q fool. / won't stay here
and have you--"
Have him what? He had arisen and
was saying he couldn't get along with
out her, really, and he wasn't aware
of something or other.
1t was not until she was in the street
that she came to her senses.
I've made a swell job of that" she
unused bitterly. And a week from
Wednesday was only four days off.
X X \ X
ADY DARAGH had not proved her
self so trying a guest as Mrs. Jill
ley had anticipated. Mrs. Jilley had
reached the point Of sophistication
where nobility had ceased either to i'm
press or depress her. She could take
it or leave it alone. But a lady who
kills lions. merely for fun, might prove
difficult guest, she at first thought.
Lady Daragh turned out to be a big
boned person, not at all savage and
with sufficient tact to conceal her con-
tempt for such of the weaker sex as
wasted their time in offices, making
money for their wives.
Giving a party for Lady Daragh was
less painful than otherwise. I'm used
to knocking about, you know" she
declared.
A week from Wednesday found the
machinery of entertainment in the
Jilley home going with that efficiency
our great hotels display in managing
a convention.
But to so back an instant in the
process of introducing America to
Lady Daragh. ErneStine Chew, urged
by that morbid curiosity that brings
the murderer back to the body of his
victim, had got there early and
brought Glen Spriggett with her. She
had been attacking her co.conspirator
for his plea that the joke had gone
far enough. did the Fungus think
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
By GEORGE PORTER.

w YHEN the annual topograph.
IA ical survey parties of the
wv United States Geological
Survey took the field this
year it was with a new
conception Of the Importance of their
work. For years they had realized
that the results of their labors have
been manifold: that the maps which
they made were of primary i'm
portance for scientific study, for the
building of roads and for the plan
ming Of military operations, but 1t
had not before been brought to their
attention how vastly important those
maps were in cases Of widespread
calamity, such as the MISSISSIPPI
River floods.
Unfortunately only about onehalf
of the great drainage area of the
mighty river and it's tribL.4rieS has
been adequately mapped, so that
proper plans for protection against
future floods cannot be completed
until much more basic information
is obtained and this will involve con-
siderable expense.
On the other hand, in the regions
already gone over by the Geological
Survey, reconstruction work was not
retarded, because. with scientifically
comparatively simple problem for en-.
gineers 10 estimate the run-off from
the tributary basins and TO make
sound arrangements for the handling
Of surplus water in the years to
come.
So Il was as conscious guardians
against misfortune, as well as recog-
uized pioneers Of progress. that the
Geological Surveys highly trained
corps of typographical engineers.
greater in number than any other
similar organization in the world, LETT
Washington last Spring. They went
20 the four corners Of the country and
took charge Of survey parties in prac-
ideally every State in the Union. AS
q rule, two Of these engineers were
ct the head Of each party, which was
made UP of several other men, who
at as rodmen' or field assistants"
Contrary to popular belief, the
1najority Of these rodmen are not
college students profitably employing
themselves during ,acation. This ls
Because the colleges generally end
sheir school year in June and reopen
sn September, while most OF the sur
Nev parties begin in April and keep at
&ork until October. The field as
eistants." therefore are usually young
The scene Of the map making. Often
1hey are country boys who can do a
little figuring. and who are useful
also az Transfers in localities where
wagon drivers are needed.
The parties as a rule cover a square
mile of territory u day. and hard
work Is required to do it. Members
OF the United States Geological Sur
Vey parties know no eight-hour law
Their day begins at sun-up, and usu
ally within an hour the party has
had n eakfast, driven the light auto
mobile trucks containing their equip
ment from their living quarters to
the scene OF the days operations. and
o. .rted to work. For the next 10 oil
u hours they carry rods. squini
through transits. cut their way
through underbrush or labor ovel
plane tables, with only short rest
f.. lunch. As the daylight begins &c
fail the final measurements are made
the Instruments are packed eback IN
the trucks, and the surveyors return
- 0ttss,s - 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

w YHEN the annual topograph.
n icaI survey parties of the
NM United States Geological
Survey took the field this
year it was with a new
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
Spiritual Call Of Christmas

metaphysical quality the Christmas
and beyond the exchange of gifts
1 during
it during the Christmas season brotherhood
living
thing to all Christian peoples
spiritual gracious
hearing the hearts the people during Christmas
other period of the
resurrection Of Christ meanngf yet has not equal significance with
the anniversary birth
earliest years
habtuated
earth will the others
would have them do unto
A millennium
expression
spiritual found the exchange
spirit
who through peuded
rejoicing anniversary Of the saviour's birth
spiritual
suffering unanevated
preparing civilization
the birth OF Christ it is incumbent OF the fortunate in every community
cheer to every poor and unfortunate person nDouga Christmas day. II
the the city will furnish them with the wherewh
accomplish their
glorious civilization,
being
themselves followers
suffering this broad land that mnstered
Christmas well take Of
citizenship determine gift country
community in doing in
sufficient
about benefits that flow people well governed?
in
standard
activities
yards
general welfare the whole
far possible wouldn't
cizahon the Christmas spirit could carried the Christmas
holidays, through
absolutely guarantee
certain after the
doing something for someone else well as for yourself
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
Copper Price Encouraging

in
production
to gete
Plenty of it has mined
copper eqad greatly
the copper
necessary
the
to
buying much
that those the destiny
finally to activity
the the metal
a in
drilling interests
Whether
be predict
copper
nothing
1t those working
will certain
While money at this
time seeking
industries it be noted nothing
community the that in al
hills of Arizona meted this selling eighth
half of
for eighth Of a tomorrow than today.
life
paid here will automatically All lines
There will be investment homes better
will turn boosters
and everyone will be happy prosperous
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04

or all the hundreds Of employees that were uSu
ally parked the Grannett companys buildings. his
was the only remaining. He set the engine racing
with ecstasy OF his thoughts He tried TO real
fully overwhelming world shaking Importance or
his discovery He envisioned far the limits of the
human could grasp the magnitude of the possbi
ties would follow it's application He knew that
skeptcal humanity would first scoff and then when
fairly convinced would hoist him to the uttermost
heights.
The impossible would the possible and lllnita-
BILE prospects would open before cropping world.
Was incredible? Was he the victim of sefdeluslonY
Perhaps night had passed and the dawn came
he would awake
But no. The impossible Was always the impossible
until some mind had made it the possible M
Untold millions of people had watched untold millions
of steamng kettles, but remained for one to capture
the of the latent power of the steam In the o"y
kettle and thereby revolutonize the world.
NTarcon tnkerng with mysterious apparati, revealed
and harnessed power the nature of which there had
been no existing language to describe. Had any one
dared assert that day might speak in his nat
ral voice oceans that the human voice Wouo
penetrate mountains granite he would either
have been hailed as imbece tortured for heresy
Had any one century ago asserted that the human
voice could bottled and preserved Tor tuture ages
every infection preserved even the laughter frozen
70 delight poserity what could describe the scorn
and ridicule that would have assailed him?
Mo- the impossible is only impossible until some one
has made it possible So far know, there is noun
ing that human brains and human ingenuity cannot
master TO reason otherwise would mean that human
nroeress had achieved it's ultimate development.
Rayburn comfort In these reflections as ne drove
honeward to the house where he knew ne Woulu
find all silent with his father and mother long since
sound asleep.
ITO Continued-l
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
By RODNEY BUTCHER, NEA Service writer.

! amid company's bill to take over
Muscle Shoals, claiming that it would
mean cheaper fertilizer for the
farmer.
1t is sending Out large gobs Of
editorialized propaganda i'll the form
OF newspaper stories on behalf of the
Cyanamid bill, which comes second
only to farm relief on the federation S
session of congress.
THAT talk about cheap fertilizer
is so much camouflage,' replies
Norris. New inventions in the fer
tilizer industry have rendered present
equipment at Muscle Shoals obsolete
for fertilizer production. Tie objects
of the private companies is to get
the power there for themselves and
to keep the government, out of the
power business at all costs
"It would take about 100000 horse
power to obtain the same amount of
nitrates at Muscle Shoals which can
be obtained elsewhere by the much
cheaper new process from 10000 horse
power. These bills like the Cyanamid
bill are full of jokers The power
trust lost out last year on the So
called fertilizer bill which would
have made the company promise to
make 10000 tons of fertilizer-if it
could make an per cent profit ON
it. 1t is absolutely impossible for
the Cyanamid company to make a
profit like that at Muscle Shoals and
if it gets the lease we simply won't
have our fertilizer or our power
Single-handed, Uncle George has
fought off Henry Ford, Cyanamid,
power companies and all other inter-
ests anxious to lease Muscle Shoals.
He wants the farmer to have cheap
fertilizer, but says it can best be
furnished if the government uses its
profits on power there to install the
latest methods of nitrate production
Primarily he is anxious to have the
government produce the power, be-
lieving that it could establish by its
example fair rates on electricity
throughout the country. He will have
to make his fight all over again in
the next congress, and this time he
may win instead OF merely holding
the others off.