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Evening star., 1928-12-30

cofferdam and carry the Colorado
River around the site of the giant dam,
discharging the waters into the river
below the lower cofferdam. Sand and
gravel and mud will then have to be
taken out of the space between the two
cofferdams and the engineers will then
dig down to bedrock for the foundation
of the Black Canyon dam.
This dam will be spectacular in mag
nitude. In the Owyhe Dam. in oregon,
which is 405 feet high-150 feet lower
than the Black Canyon protective had
far more difficulties in construction
than we anticipate in the Colorado
River for the geologists inform us that
the rock there is suitable for dam con-
Struction.
Prior to the report of the Colorado
River Board, which was made to Secre-
tarv West on December l, there was a
problem as to whether the Boulder
Dam or Black Canyon site was the bet
ter. Personally, my selection was long
since the Black Canyon site, and the
boards report confirmed this. In the
Boulder Canyon site there is a granite
formation, while at Black Canyon the
formation is known as 'breccia'-a VOL
canic rock. All the geologists agree
that this is suitable material. We made
borings $50 feet deep and found that
the formation was uniform and suitable
to that depth.
One of Major Problems.
zone of the major questions involving
the construction of the dam was how to
get the water out of the channel, ex-
cavate and lay the foundation. The
last commission provides for greater
safeguards against heavy floods while
this is in progress.
"The only great problem" DR.. Mead
continued, is if large, sudden flood
came up and washed out the Golfer
dam This would not mean loss in
money, but would represent an appre-
ciable loss in time.
after the construction of the two
cofferdams and the river detected it
is then a question of organizing our
forces" the commissioner of reclama-
ton declared.
The cost of the mighty project is
placed at $176,00O,000. Nationwide in
terest has been stimulated by President
Coolidge's signing the measure making
it possible on December 81, and so nu
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Music Is Medicine
BY BRUCE BARTON.

And |, in my humble fashion,
have the same experience.
like to go home in the eve
ming before dinner, and lie down
for half an hour and listen to
my favorite music.
Music is a mental and spiritual
massage, or bracing cold
shower bath, according to what
you select. personally do not
care to take my spiritual mas
sage in the Metropolitan Opera
House, any more than | would
care to have my hair cut in
Madison Square Garden.
Every child should grow up in
a home where music is constant
ly played. Every experience OF
happy youth should have some
particular song bound up with
it, so that the playing of that
song in after life will reawaken
that experience and cause it to
be lived again.
| can never hear HandePs
Largo" without living over one
of the quiet Sundays of my boy
hood, because it was played in
our. house almost every Sunday.
"Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt," brings
back a memory to me that is
peculiarly intimate and sweet.
There are a hundred favorites--
each calling it's own particular
bit of grand opera back into my
memory--a fragment of the
opera of my own life.
Do not deny your child the
blessed ministry of music. 1t is
one of the rarest gifts. Sweeten
his soul with it.
And he will be in good COM
pany. That is the way the
prophet Elisha liked his music.
Of him it is written that, when
driven to utter WEAKNESS by the
perplexities Of his business, he
would cry:
"But now bring me minstrel.
"And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand
of the Lord came upon him."
!, 1929
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The Story the Week Has Told

already has outlined great plans. chiefly
archaeological There is no doubt that
immense light is destined to be thrown
on early Chinese history by archeologi-
cal exploration, whereby very important
beginnings have been made. We are
told that the finds in Honan and KanSu
provinces, of the 1928 expedition, head
ed by the Swedish archeologist, DR.. K.
S. Anderson, and the finds, in ShanSi
province, of the 1925 Freer Gallery eX-
pedition, headed by Carl Whiting
Bishop, "have opened up new chapters
in Chinese archaeology"
The latter amazingly Illuminated the
origins of ceramics and sericulture in
China, causing us to date back the lat
ter by at least a thousand years. The
essential accuracy of the ancient an
nails is being curiously vindicated. 1t
should be remarked that, prior to the
introduction of Western methods and
the collaboration of Western pundits
the Chinese made no mean advance in
archaeology. The native literature of
the subject is immense and there
tremendously interesting.
Bertrand Russell estimates very
highly the Chinese capacity for orig
inal scientific work. and rightly SO.
A geological survey of China by
native scientists is now in process, and
its reports engage international interest
and respect. The biological laboratory
at Nanking does good work; another
is being established at Peking. Natural
history Is being taught competently
intensively and extensively in the
Chinese universities.
X X X
JAPAN.-The Japanese Imperial Diet
went into regular session on Decem-
ber 23 The new Lower House is the
first Lower House elected under the
new manhood suffrage law, which in
creased the total of voters from about
100000 to about 100000. A lively
session is promised. with keen debate
over policy respecting Japan and over
taxation. The governments majority
is the narroweSt, and its demise in
the near future would cause no sur
prise.
A world engineering congress Is to
be held in Toxic next year.. 1t seems
centuries, yet 'tis only 60 years. since
the Emperor Meigi took the charter
oath containing the clause: Wisdom
and knowledge shall be sought through
out the world for the purpose of
promoting the welfare of the empire"
\ X y X
BRAZILIAN expedition Is about to
start into the Brazilian jungle to sift
to the bottom native stories about the
vestiges there of magnificent ancient
settlement. The explorers (eight in
all, including woman and radio
operator) are convinced that they are
going to find the remains of Ophir.
whence Solomon's ships of Tarshish
brought back no end Of gold. No harm
in that sort of thing; on the contrary,
delightful With that bee buzzing in
your noddle, every Indian you see
has the Semitic cast of feature, all
the customs observed are Semitic.
II y
UNITED SKATES OF AMERICA
Continued on Fourth Pagel
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Lion Steak Popular
Dish in London Cafes

Lion steak is now the most fashion,
able dish in the exclusive London res
taurants It is not on the menu yet,
but enterprising restaurant managers
have ordered from big-game hunters in
South Africa couple of lions.
They are being sent to England in the
same way that beef comes from Aus
tralia and will be on the menu on Janu-
ary l or so. This new fashion of eat
ing lion has been established by the
duke of Gloucester, who shot his first
lion during his recent trip to central
Africa.
The flesh of the king of animals was
cut up by the natives to be used as meat
and the duke received the choice morsel
"a lion chop. He looked at it doubt
fully and attacked it gingerly, but find
ing it Unexpectedly good continued to
eat it with wholesome appetite He
admitted later that it was nicer than
the best veal he had ever tasted.
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power invited and satisfactory bids re-
ceived that will insure the cost of the
dam, less $25,000,000 for flood protec-
ton. These preliminary steps will take
the best part of year.
"The engineering features that re-
quire study in the future are the best
way to utilize the water for irrigation
in the coming years. We will have to
start making surveys as how best to use
the water in Arizona and California,
and the act also provides for study of
the country above the DAM"
AS the Legislatures of the seven
States intimately concerned are sched-
uled to meet in the immediate future
they will be given an opportunity to
pass on this important question. Con-
gress, in the legislation, has allotted six
Evening star., 1928-12-30
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN.

THE ProSpero OF engineering Will
wave his magic wand and by
1886, if all goes we'll, the much
i mooted dam in Black Canyon,
on the Colorado River near the
Arizona-Nevada line, will be a reality,
furnishing power and impounded water
for irrigation projects, controlling the
furious floods that sweep down through
the primeva1 volcanic valleys and func+
tioning in unison with an All-American
canal that will furnish verdure and fer
tility to the windswept desert country
just north of Mexico.
The spectacular feature of it all will
be the erection of dam towering aloft
as high as the Washington Monument,
the greatest dam of its kind in all the
world after the Colorado River has
been literally turned ASIDE from its nat
ural course and diverted through four
huge tunnels cut in the living rock just
beyond the canyon walls to- permit OF
the dams construction.
Only Groundwork Laid.
This engineering achievement, COM
parable to the Panama Canal, will be at
tanned only after series of mighty ef-t
forts, for in signing the long-fought
Boulder Canyon bill President Coolidge
has but laid the groundwork for the
pretentious project. To Fresident-elect
Hoover will fall the task of seeing that
the plan reaches fruition, and, engineer
that he is, the construction of this giant
dam in Black Canyon will doubtless be
one of the monuments of his admins
tration.
Several important steps remain to be
accomplished before the first stick of
dynamite is set off or the first overall
clad workman begins his lowly task
that will mean another engineering tri-
umph for America. The Star asked DR..
Elwood Mead, Commissioner of Recla-
nation of the Interior Department, to
outline the steps ahead, for this genial
Californian will have much to do with
the construction, if Mr.. Hoover retains
him in that post, as he is expected
to do.
Must Ratify Agreement.
"Six of the seven States in the Colo
rado River basin-Utah, Nevada, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico. Wyoming, Arizona
and California-must ratify the agree
ment," DR.. Mead said, "and bids for
Evening star., 1928-12-30

Y LIKE grand opera music, and
dislike grand opera. In the
first place, grand opera costs
too much.
In the second place, it seems
to me hybrid art. Acting and
singing no more belong together
for. me-than reading and
dancing. The acting Of a play
or the narration Of a story car
ries me along with it. ! can
surrender myself to the illusion:
identify myself with the eharae-
ters and forget everything in my
interest in their affairs.
But it is simply beyond me to
feel any illusion concerning a
love scene between two sup
posedly passionate young lovers
when the parts are sung by a
burIy italian man and a eurIy
German woman, both over 40
years old and more than 40
stone in weight.
The only way can enjoy the
acting of opera is to close my
eyes.
Furthermore, like to be able
to start my opera and stop it
when want to; to smoke If
like, or lie down If like; and,
finally, to be able to leave when
get ready, without feeling that
am losing any money by doing
so.
In other Words like my
opera on a machine.
Music is not merely entertain
ment: it is medicine.
Pythagoras, who lived many
hundred years ago, discovered
that. He was able to work
wonders in cases Of violent in
sanity with no other remedy
than soothing music.
Gladstone, attacked by ocea-
sional periods of nervous ex-
haustion, would have his favorite
hymns sung to him.
Herbert Spencer, when neural
gia shot him through, lay down
and ordered soft music played,
and invariably obtained relief.
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months for six of the seven States to
extend their cooperation.
"The engineering difficulties are all
involved in putting in the foundation"
Dr. Mead. who is an engineer himself,
pointed out. There will have to be a
cofferdam placed in the stream that
will defect the water out of the chan
mel into four tunnels to be built to carry
the waters of the Colorado River
around the dam site during construc-
ton. Another cofferdam will be built
below to prevent the water from back
ing up, and thus pool will be formed
between the two cofferdams. Out Of
this pool the water will be pumped.
'"The four tunnels, two on each side
of the canyon, will be so feet in dame
ter and will be started above the upper
Evening star., 1928-12-30
First Angora Hotel
Will Be Constructed

Angora, Asiatic capital of Turkey, will
now offer good accommodations to trav-
elers in the form of big hotel under
French management. Lodging until
recent years has been such that when
the actress Cecile Sorel, on, tour in
Constantinople, was requested by Presi-
dent Mustapha Kemal Pasha to visit
him in Angora, and she asked where
she would put up, his only possible sug-
gestion was that she remain in the
sleeping car. But as the car was not
immune from insects, the. fastidious
actress found an excuse to stay in Con-
stantinople. f..
Evening star., 1928-12-30

in the new arrangement an interim
phase only, and will credit the group
in power with the earnest desire to
hasten the preparation of the people
for representative government; the
pessimists see a fresh embodiment Of
the principle of autocracy, a richer ir-
rigation from the inexhaustible celestial
Evening star., 1928-12-30

fount of political corruption. Let us
hope for the best.
Let us wish a great future to the
National Research Institute, on the
model of our Smithsonian, recently es-
tablished by the Nationalist government.
The Smithsonian is to cooperate cor
daily with the new foundation, which
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Ashes in Fire Pits.
The second level was found about
feet below the surface. The rooms
we're much deeper and the work OF
excavation therefore, necessarily was
much slower than in the surface rooms
Some of the hardest work was expe-
rienced in clearing out the rooms a
the south end of the West Hous;
mound. Most of July was passed in
this section of the pueblo. In one OF
the latest used rooms the fire pits were
found still full of ashes. The floor was
covered with scattered pottery. The
stubs of the posts which had been used
to hold up the roof were also brought
to light.
Late in July two of the students from
the University Of Minnesota were as
signed to the excavation of a certain
room which gave evidence Of having
been an abandoned storeroom, These
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Breakfast set in grey, piece, regular price
$3.50, sale price ............. $24.75
Porcelain kitchen tables,
while they last $685.
Kitchen tables, used, .............. $1.95
Dining room table and chairs, leather up
holstered, while they last .....$16.75
Dining room table and new chairs,
oak, only .$l5.75
Kitchen cabinet, used, all in good shape,
sale price ................... .sl1.7s
Kitchen Cabinet Hoosier, in good condition,
regular price $500, sale price. $3.50
Kitchen cabinets with porcelain tops; beau
tiful design, regular price $42.50,
sale price Observation-Disclosures 31.75
Bed room rockers, oak, our special
Oak Rockers with leather seat cushions,
regular price $3.50, sale price .$8.75
Walnut rockers with blue leather seats, ex-
ceptional good value, regular price
$500, sale price ............. 1896
Windsor rocker, walnut finish, regular
price $3.50, sale price ........ .$9.75
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MinOt's New Clinic
to Be Opened May IL

Minot, N. D., May 1o.-(R-
National Hospital Day. which this
year will be held May IL, will be
recognized in this city by the formal
opening Of the Northwest Clinic,
built at a cost Of $4,000.
Six physicians, besides the four
doctors on the board Of directors,
will be on the staff of the clinic.
Included will be DR.. E. NJ. Ransom,
Minot, and Drs. Russell Gates, Paul
Rowe, Cecil Watson, w. w. Swan
son and E. r. Samson, who have
transferred here from hospitals in
the Twin. Cities.
The clinic will use the entire space
on three floors, and will be able to
accommodate 70 patients at one
time.
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ST. ALEXIUS
WILL OBSERVE
HOSPITAL DAY
Townspccple Invited to Visit
Local Institution Satur.s
day, May IL

st. Alexius hospital will observe
National Hospital Day Saturday,
May IL. with an open house, a baby
show and nurses graduation exer-
cises, according to an announce
ment made today by Sister NJ. Boni-
face, superintendent. This is in line
with widespread preparations being
made all over the United States and
Canada for observing the hospitals
"better acquainted day."
Everyone in Bismarck and sur
rounding territory is invited to visit
the hospital Saturday afternoon to
see how the sick and unfortunate
are cared for and to inspect the up
to-date equipment provided at the
hospital for the use of the doctors
and nurses.
All babies born during 1927 and
the first part of 1923 will be guests
of the hospital on Saturday. They
will be weighed and presented with
souvenirs, and tea will be served to
the mothers. A musical program Is
also being arranged for the after
noon.
The National Hospital Day move
ment has been established to give
the public a chance to become
better acquainted with the hospitals.
The late President Harding, gov
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Five Counties Will
Sell Wool Jointly

Grand Forks. N. D., May 1O.-lR
approximately half million
pounds Of wool grown in North
Dakota is expected to be marketed
during June, when five counties in
the northeastern section of the state
will sell their wool jointly.
The counties, who operate under
the name of the Grand Forks Coun-
ty Wool association, are Cavalier,
Nelson, Walsh, Grand Forks and
Trail. Nelson county has tentative
" set June 8 as the date for its
sale, but it may be changed to June
IS. The Cavalier county ale will be
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ELABORATE POULTRY DISPLAY WILL
BECARRIED ON TOUR OF THE STATE
Pierce County Fair
to Be Held July lib

Rugby. N. D., May 1o.--tR--
Preliminary plans for the 18th an
nual Pierce county fair, which will
be held this year from Jul, IL to Is,
inclusive, have been prepared, ac-
cording to o. A. Spil!um, Rugby,
secretary Of the fair association.
The Pierce county association has
made special arrangements to foster
the Boys and Girls club work, Home
Makers clubs and the Junior 1.-Two
stock department, Mr.. .Spillum said.
Attention this year will be directed
to Judging contests and demonstra-
tions of the junior department.
Officers Of the fair association
besides Mr.. Spillum are: Dr..
George II. Davidson. president; w.
T. Bosley, vice president, and L. N.
Sessin1. treasurer.
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held at Langdon, June 10; Walsh
county at Park River, June 90;
Grand Forks at Larimore, June 81,
and Trail county at Hillsboro,
June %.
Representative from the associa-
tion have decided upon a uniform
plan for the marketing. All wool
will be offered without docking or
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All our floor lamps so per cent off from
our regular price.
Tapestries, regular price $4.75,
-. special price ..................$2 1925
We lave about so oil stoves of all descrip-
ticns, oil in first class condition.
Our Sale Price ranges now from $500
to $500, exceptional good values.
Used Kitchen Ranges, all in first class
condition. We have the following ranges:
Coles, Majestic, Favorite, Acme, Royal,
St: Paul, Continental, Peninsulars. Our
prices ere Is per cent off from our regu-
lar prices.
Rag Rugs imported from Japan,
our special during this sale -. 79c
Light Oak Library Table, exceptional good
value. Regular price, $3.50,
Fumed Oak Library Table, regular price,
$4,000. sale price ............. .$10.50
Various other library tables, regular, $l2
and $500. sale price ......... $3.50
Polychrome Mirrors, regular price $40
and $1,000, sale price .$5.75 & $3.50
Walnut Davenport Table, regular price.
$4,000, sale price ............. $3.50
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ernors Of many states, and other Of
ficials have heartily endorsed the
movement in the past.
In 1921 the movement first origi-
mated and that year 1900 hospitals
threw open their doors to their COM
munities, held demonstrations Of
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Meth0dists Approve
Church UnificatiOn

Kansas City, Mo-. May 10.-R-
Unanimous approval Of steps look
ing toward union of the Methodist
Episcopal church with the Presby-
terrain churches and the Congrega-
tional church was given here late
yesterday by the Methodist Episco-
pal committee on the state of the
church.
A subcommittee report providing
for the appointment of a commits
sion of 81 to handle all unification
discussions was passed without dis
senting vote. The report will come
before the quadrennial general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church today for final approval.
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apparatus, nursing procedures,
graduations, and in other ways
tried to show the public what they
were trying to do. Last year about
5000 hospitals held programs, and
this year many more will be in the
movement.
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grading, except that unfit wool will
be sold separately.
A secretary of the association was
instructed to confer with firms buy
ing the wool in regard to plan to
deduct one dollar from the sale price
Of each carload of wool, to be used
to further the consumption Of NUT
ton and lamb.
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Free Elks. Band Concert.
Auditorium, tonight at 8:15
o'clock. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1928-06-17
PALACE-"The Actress. /"

Norma Shearer is the star at Loews
Palace this week in her new Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer production. The Actress, /"
an adaptation of the famous stage play,
''Trelawney of Wells"
Ralph Forbes has the leading male
role and Owen Moore and o. p. Heggic
have important roles.
The story concerns an English actress.
a member of the troupe OF the stock
company at the Wells Theater. She
falls in love with the son of the fierce
Sir William Cover and goes to live at
his home during the engagement,
Eventually she returns to the poverty
and pathos of the stage. which leads to
a dramatic climax and happy ending.
Sidney Franklin. who directed the
heroine In THE Student Prince" and
The Latest from Paris" directed "The
Actress"
On the stage Loew-Publix presents n
unique offering staged by John MURRAY
Anderson, "Xylophonia. In which Wes-
ley Eddy and his Palace Syncopators
are featured. aided by Chester Freder
ickS, eccentric singer and dancer; Olive
May, Soloist; the Musical JohnSons, ten
xylophone players of note: Hal Sher
man and the Twelve Foster Girls.
Charles Gaige at the console Offering
his "organ-noyelette." the M-G-M news
reel. short subjects and the Palace Con-
cert Orchestra under Harry Borjes COM
plete the bill.