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of Wolves Furnishes Quota OF
Follow Pace of Mail Carrier-Land of Song and S.

fully that / could scarcely walk; l
Jagged behind The mail carrier kept
calling to me-
Keep UP, keep up We have yet
far TO so to reach shelter-mucha muy
lejosl''
I scrambled to catch up. But climb
inc up the steep slope became too great
a torture for my wounded feet. L
stopped q moment TO fix my huaracheS.
one of the thongs broke. l sat down
"a mend It, Tearing some more cloth
off the end of my shirt, / stuffed it
between the thongs and the sores on
my feet.
When I stood up could neither see
nor hear tho mail carrier. | hurried up
the trail along the side Of tho ravine,
sliding and slipping at every step, Once
fell. rasping the skin of my hands. l
finally came out upon gully between
two rolling slopes The trail deb0uched
into the sandy bottom. I followed along
for several miles. then the gully became
narrower and sleeper and the under
growth thick and obstructing / had
lost the trail.
To make matters worse. light snow
began sitting through the trees. was
still in my lowland clothes, ragged from
travel--thin underwear, light khaki and
no Iuals LAdN ioct q S"NoNSA l. S'ANS
possessed,
/ diagonaled along the steep slope,
hoping to find some way out or recover
the trail. But the way grew sleeper and
sleeper. / became frightened, and
climbed and clawed my way more eX-
citedly The slope was quite prccip-
itouS now Several times I nearly fell
rounded the nose of q mountain. Be-
side me yawned an enormous revine.
AS I approached the edge Of the
precipice, The mountain fell away ever
more shcerly. l had TO grasp the
branches for support Suddenly a
weathered rock crumbled beneath my
feet. The branch to which I was hold
ing broke went rolling di53ily toward
the edge of the cliff AS I rolled I
c.ewed end fought for hold,
And even as I Glutched and fought /
sensed myself falling, falling down into
the abyss.
A thump, a Jolt that knocked the
breath out of me.
l thrashed out desperately. heart
bursting. My nails dug into tho
trunk OF a tree Dazedly l got to my
knees. holding on to a root and bracing
myself against the trunk. Peering over
the latter. / found myself staring down
into the bottomless pit of the night
draped valley
The fallen tree was held there on
the very brink of the cliff by an over
hanging oak. So close was IL TO the
edge that my foot had shot through an
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the streets in a cart by the women of
that famous old town
At Lynn we could not see the men
making shoes, as they do by the mill
lions, for the plane was not equipped
with any apparatus for television,
Passed over the magnificent estate OF
John Hays Hammond, we'll known resi-
dent of Washington and the world at
large and would have dropped card
in the beautiful gardens II had known
that Mr. Hammond had returned from
Europe.
ELEW over Brants Rock, but as
Lieut. Melka took his training IN
the South he was unable 10 locate the
reef OF Normans Woe
Not that 1t has anything to do with
ivtnc over Massachusetts but by the
fact that the ocean off New England
was a smooth as mill pond. the writer
Is reminded of co-worker on The Star,
who for years owned a Summer home
at Arunde~on -the-B Bay which he call
ad Hickory Limb" because he always
advised his visitors To hang up their
clothes, but not To so near the water,
as there were too many rocks along the
shore The cook In the family was an
old time colored woman, who had never
seen salt water before On her arrival
she busted herself with her pots and
Kettles Then she was called out and
asked what She thought of the ocean,
why, l had no idea 1t was SO fiat"
she replied
This may appeal to some readers
who are not as good sailors as the men
who are stationed ut Base No Z
Looking down on an ocean on which
there was scarcely rifle, one could
sae long strips of perfectly smooth
water that looked for all the world like
bits Of blue ribbon
Some years ago Il young man from
Arlington, Mass, was visitor at a camp
In northern New Hampshire, where
the chief guide or superintendent was
Steven Crawford, a grandson of Ethan
Allen Crawford one OF the original
settlers OF the White Mountains The
youth noticed number of these bits
Of smooth water and asked the why
and wherefore
well, said Mr. Crawford. "in the
Winter we do lot OF logging over the
Ice and the sled runners leave their
marks on the ice and you can still see
them IN the Summer"
TO this day they are known in that
particular section of New Hampshire
as "loggin' roads"
end to these rambling notes, for surely
quite long enough But one could SO
on indefinitely, trying. vainiv, to de
aerihe the beauties OF Aea and land on
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(TOSE Observers may have Noticed
- ju tht Ne'EhbWNCod Of country
crossroads OK where roads dIvecge
tuft 0' grass which has baep ticd into
knot slt th8 tou. and probably con-
sidered It the casual act Of some idlcr.
but snch was not the ease
since tlGe iRupemorl8l the grass
knot has been used by Tire gypSies as a
signal and sign Usually il is intended
merely as q aaide for a second division
OF party indicating which road has
been taken ky the first section. bat. il
necessary qaiic elaborate messages may
he conveyed . particular meaning b.
ing Indicated bv the character OF the
kn0E and ITS position with regard 20
tine road whether close 80 or soma dis
tance from the wheel tracks whether
on the right or taty o! tire right Of way.
The second party is even able 20 tell
with considerable accuracy how hong II
haA been since the s3gst party tad the
AueE This is accomplished 0v the
hreaSios Of handful as the brass
STAINS when sAe soai IS tied lls de-
agea GA which such he6Eaa Seelns ara
dried being q pretty clear Indication of
the TINE that has elapsed,
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Quality of Mercy.

AN amusing story is told Of Or.
~ Gruhy of Paris. the physician So
we'll known for his efforts 81 profess
animals from cruelty. The story would
lead one TO infer that the good doctor.
ike uncie Toby n Steue's Tristan
Shandy" included insects within tbe
horizon OF mercy,
One day Or Gruby was much ar-
moved by the buEalng Of bluehottle ay
against his windows The doctor SUM
moned an attendant, whom he directed
10 open the window and carefully pa.
the fly outside
The servant. who knew his masters
kindness, called attention 80 the fast
that at that moment IL was raining
heavily
True" responded the doctor Then
after a moments perpleXed reelection,
he exclaimed triumphantly
"At least you may put him in tha
waiting room There he may stay t3A
the weather Is fair
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in the rear but. as we all wore heavy
helmets. conversation was out Of the
question. All our communications were
written on O pad, For example, when
the radio announced that the weather
was fine as far as the Grand Banks, the
operator would write 1t on bit Of pa
per and | would pass 1t on 10 Lieut.
Melka. The operator carried my cam
era. as he was In a better position than
/ TO take snaps, end when / wanted
picture taken | would tap him on the
head and he would do the rest The
operator was Fl Olmstead G, NJ M, one
Of the most expert radio men In the
service.
WHEN we first sighted Boston 1t was
in a haze but when we passed
over the city ! could have hit Bunker
Hill Monument If ! had had stone and
were standing up In plane. although
that would have been foOliSh thinB 10
do We simply continued the even tenor
Of our way at a regular rate OF 10 mics
an hour AS we passed over Plymouth
| wrote on my pad that the last time !
was IN that historic town ! asked for "A
bottle Of White Rock, bat the intelli~
gent bellhop told me that he had no
idea where II Wag, bat that ne could d.
rect me 10 Plymouth Rock, While III
Plymouth that Summer the question
was raised as 10 what was the higheht
monument In the United States. ana
when said 1t was In Washington, / was
informed that The StBndlan monument
was miles above the sea
AS seen from such an elevation q
thousand feet higher than ille 5landlal
monument motor boats LOOK ike nun
n0ws swimming on the surface, hiB
schooner was up Dn the sand al Nan
tncEet Beach. or near there. ! wrote
on a pad that it might be used a. q
tea house. ike one | had seen at Nam
tucket a couple of years ago, but Lieut..
Mclka shook his head. so evidently lle
didn't know why II was there.
FLEW over Revere Beach Wonder ii
they stu use closed cars M dressing
rooms for bathers Told the radio man
that along about the Fall Of 1893 Prof.
Cyrus Brackett, IN one Of his lectures.
said he had studied physics under Prof..
/ Joseph Henry at Princeton, and That
| Prof Henry, IN one Of his lectures. said
| while he could make electricity he had
/ no idea what IL was that IL went
/ through the ether, whatever that was
! That ether WaB IN copper wire and that
/ ne was compelled IN use wire to trans
| NIT electricity, but that he regarded
/ The very best pf copper wire AS a
! nindfanee rather than help, and that
ihF time would come when man would
| he able 10 transmit electricity through
Tic air without the aid oi copper
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Washingtonian Surveys Cape Cod From Airplane

a wonderful August morning. But
round trip usually ends where 1t began.
Back in the harbor again, Lieut.. Meika
unanswered his plane so cleverly that
1t lit on the water as gently as any
of the gulls that were circling around
us 1t was not SO easy 20 see through
thick goggles, but the odor OF drying
cod was in the air. and / knew where
we were almost as we'll as the pilot.
We TAXED across the water to the
hangar The crew vas waiting 70
run the plane back to where We had
started, couple of hours beforehand
that was the end Of perfect morning.
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wire. Joseph Henry came to Washing
ton In l847 as secretary of the Smith"
snnian Institution,
This morning when we we're about
TO start our flight Lieut.. Melka asked II
/ was game to go the full route. when
meant trip over and around Cape
Cod. Who could decline such trip
under such favorable circumstances?
Last February the writer took of
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"Mexicol CS0ld' Adven'ure'" The
rasie of these words ana the actually
Of map showine hidden sold ia the
SRaui Indian country lured Carleton
Ecals and has brother Ralph from ffetr
SOFT life Ia San Francisco into scenes
Of ssvasery, desperate encounters and
hardy toy
III previous articles Carleton Beats
has told how they raced death from
thirst In the deSey: AND reached Mexico,
where taey went 20 work as poems, TWO
OF their COMPANIONS we're killed IN a
yaauf raid Instead q f3ehtinT for sold
the e~otAers found themselves fshtlng
fay their lives amid a food Of scorpions
and snakes,
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from famous Ormond Beach and had
look down at the orange groves and
houses built in the Spanish style. and
here was an opportunity to look down
on the Charles River and the roofs of
the beautiful buildings of fair Harvard,
Flying over Marhlehead one could not
but think OF Floyd Ireson. who for his
hard hard heart, was driven through
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Toward an Abys5-Wanderers

my hair, shivering with fear and colo.
Did people die sitting in the snow al
night? / was so shaken and tespasrIa9
1 had no energy to get mp. Even II i
went on should / not fail exhausted
before dawn, to freeze TO death or to
be- torn to pieces by wolves? ] sat
there stupidity, growing colder ana
colder
At last the icy chill became unbcar-
able Cautiously l attempted to ciimD
back I'D the side of the mountain ana
get around to where the raTinc would
not bs directly beneath me. At -.r5t j.
was painfully stiff and / had hur, my
| left leg badly
Inch by inch [ craWiod along. care
fully testing every (oothC,d end every
! handh1ld. Finally / was back To- safe
ground and lmpcd up the side Of the
mountain. 2igzaeging from black ledge
| to black ledge under tie dark p.r1&.
| How long l walked or just where l
| do not know The snow stopped fall
| ing, but it was still deathiy cold under
the trees NY bare, sa1daled feet
were almost frozen. ny body numb
| Far away ] could still hear the mourn
| ful zap of the tirnber W2,ic2. / limped
along Geveral times vert Gpra#LhG
| into the tim snow, brui5irg my knees
, anu tSdIiiG Ily ii-.ifSS' ~ --,-tf'41i4'''A''
branches whipped into my face. and
once a sharp dead tWig p0ked into mg
cheek. Cashing re 50 badly that =
carry the scar to this dgy.
| Finally / came out upor G deck q
! level rock A light. light! Columbus
could have been no m@Sc excited than
| / was at Tat moment. Balboa upon G
peak IN Dar!en no more thrilled. Ft-E
| down the vast range / S2W fire burn
ing In the black night. ard fer beyond
| another, and a third
Fire under the radamas! People!
BY some miracle T gained the bed q
/ the raVine. forded the stream, ard
assembled the more tYact&bie slope on
! the opposite side that led 10 the low
ridge where had seen the fires. About
4 o'clock in the morning, freezing with
cold exhausted. ! stumbled through 2
| cactus fence to the threshold o. a
ramada and collapsed or the Dirt floor.
x y
ONCE across the Sierras, rode IN
- fiat cars. box cars end cattle cars
until one afternoon we Slid around TIE
curves of the mountains, toying 81
last the one great ridge that f2r2rated
lis from the valley c} Mexico City
Shutdown Titanic The vast up
land valley, more than 1870 feet above
the level Of the sea. ringed with glgan-
| tic mountains, glimmered silver ard
gold and rose from the dying sun. which
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I had been fool to cross here in the
dark I worked my way closer to the
cak that held the fallen trunk In place
and sat there In the snow to recover
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my poise, back to the wet bark, the
light flakes drifting into my face and
over my hair--a regular Tom Of Bedlam.
had lost my hat,
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opening between it and Tie stone when
I tried to get up,
Below me the vast rayine. Behind
me-the mountainslde. horribly steep!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

Bay Summer Furnishes Material for Perfect Morning the
Take-Of From Base No. Followed by Succession.
Of Views of Historic Places
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~.~IoRT he'd already fallen when We
= 4orked car gay do"D 2 steep fa~
wire nref aalo ana slide A. the bot
teY se plunged ,0ta an ieF stream sna
-ra 1t8zrsc l1es became e1Ga2ef *lfh
sre Iar. raped my feet 50 pain
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Gloucester. Mass. August 81. 1928.
%HIS purports to be a rambling
account of trip made by
member of The Star staff over
and around Cape Cod. the
take-ofT-- was made from base
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23

pants Even if they had the money to buy
machinery, their farms are too small to make
cultivation by machinery economic and eff
Gent
The Mexicans have had the same experience
and are proposing change back, not exactly
to the old conditions, but at least to the estab-
lishment of farms far larger than could be en-
trusted to single peon. Whether the rever-
sion can be made without return to what was
little if anything less than slavery for the agrl-
cultural laborers is question.
These experiments in Russia and Mexico arc
of especial interest to Americans because for
two decades there has been trend in the Uni
ted States away from small farm holdings.
Farming on large scale is decidedly the most
profitable here and many men find ownership
Of chain of tenant-operated farms pays good
dividends But there is no threat of cnslave-
ment of farm labor here. If wages ard work.
ing conditions on the farm are not to his lik-
ing the farmland finds employment in the
nearby town or nearest city.
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Run,ania

Every so often the average newspaper read
er lifts his eyes from his paper and wonders
audibly why in thunder there is SO much stuff
printed about Rumania. Probably he concludes
that the country must have good press agent.
Rumana before the war was distinctly a
minor nation. Since then, however, it has oc-
cupied an important position in European af-
fairs. 1t is more than twice as large and
twice as populous as it was before 1914. It's
position as one of the middle-sized states III
Europe, and it's very strategic geography To-
cation, has made it important in European
politics.
Rumania expanded at the expense of Hun
gary and Russia. These countries would like
to get their territories back; Rumania natur-
ally wants to keep them. The result is game
Of alliances and diplomatic schemirgs. The
peace of Europe rests in no small measure OH
what Rumania and her enemies do.
Hence the nation has an Importance far
greater than it had before the war. Which,
Of course, is why the details Of it's internal
troubles get front page space in newspapers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
Editorial Comment

John Forbes in Life)

This story Of how John Smith, 81, was shot
and killed last night by his attractive blonde
wife, Is, at their home. 913 West Forty-second
street, is available to you through the eff
cheney of the w. and w. Typewriter, the +.
and +. Liirtoye and the Costing Multiple Fold
ing and Counting Press.
Mr.. Smith was a bookkeeper for the Armour
& Montgomery company, everything for the
home, and was shot to death upon his return
from work last evening. The pretty young
wife used Smith & Richardson Nevermiss-
they get their man-revolver. The first bull
let pierced the husbands heart, tearing it's way
through his natty brown business suit, one OF
the new winter showing at Brandywine 5
Broadway Tog shop.
Following the shooting. Mrs. Smith sum-
moned an Ochre cab-they get you there and
they get you coming back-and drove her
worse half to All Souls hospital, which next
month starts its annual drive for five-mil-
lion-dollar endowment fund.
Funeral services for the victim will be held
tomorrow from the home-a delightful Califor-
MIA bungalow effect, with brick and stucco
walls and tinted tile roof. Those desiring to
say it with flowers will find no better florist
anywhere than the Whispering Hope Posy
Palace.
This newspaper is printed on Mid-Mainc
Triple-Ply Newsprint by authority of the Uni
ted States Postoffice department, and operates
on columnar length Of twenty -one and one
half inches.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
High Academic Mortality
Fundamentals Starr

Announcement is made by the University Of
Wisconsin that about one thousand and seven
hundred ''children' who entered last fall as
freshmen will not return next year as sophie
mores. The term children was used by the
registrar in his report to the board because
the students were found to be lacking in abil-
ity to attain the academic level required at the
institution. Others will be barred because they
evidently enrolled with the intention of maxi
ing the campus "glorified playground" The
freshmen enrolment at Wisconsin last fall was
$500 so that the elimination of LOO will con-
stitutc cut of considerably more than SO per
cent of the class.
higher educational institutions, which have
been making study of academic mortality.
An Eastern professor started some rather
acrimonious discussion a few years ago when
he contended that the privileges of the univer.
sites should be limited to IAN aristocracy of
brains" His critics contended that it would
be almost impossible to determine which STU
dents should thus be selected for continued col.
legiate training and which should be summar-
in its possible application to state universities
supported by all the taxpayers, who would
resent alleged discrimination.
1t is evident that many who enter college
for the first time regard the campus as "glor-
flied playground" where study is merely an
annoyance to be tolerated for the enjoyment
derived from social and athletic activities
Membership in fraternity is frequently re-
garded as essential to successful course, al.
though the actual benefits such an utilization
confers may be ignored for the shallow social
opportunities associated with the Greek letter
organization.
The answer to the problem is being found
in q definite trend toward higher scholastic re-
quirements. With the cost Of higher educa-
ton increasing and the value Of university
training enhanced by the introduction Of more
scientific and commercial courses, it is essen
tial that its benefits should be preserved for
those who appreciate them. College may still
be playground to those who devote them
selves TO intense study, but it is not intended
primarily for the entertainment Of social but
terflies. The mortality statistics at Wiscon-
sin may be somewhat above the average but
they illustrate the step which each institution
must take for it's own protection:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-23
BARBS

The hardest thing in the world 10
hold, besides royal flush, is your
own.
Biologists devote great deal Of
their time to cell life-criminal
courts too little.
Be circumspcct. One Of the dis
advantages of being a recognized
liar is you may want to tell the
truth sometimes.
Economist: A fellow who spends
al his money trying to figure out
how to save a little Of it.
You can't always tell. Jus be-
cause o man is using flowery Ian.
guage is no sign he is handing out
bouquets.
An official probe is something
that endeavors to find out after the
damage has beeen done what every
body should have known before.
W3yUc tueIS - TOOlu ~ Tie top
But look what You generally have
to climb to get there.
Dictionary: A book to which you
refer after an argument over how
to spell q word to find you were
wrong.
Life is so paradoxical. A lot Of
people keep their noses to the grind
stone all the time trying to hold
their heads up.
Sage advice isn't worth SO much
after all. For ages platitudinists
have been telling us to forge ahead,
and look what happened to the black
smith.
The reason wife can always find
things ct home that . husband can't
is because she leaves home later in
tho day than he does.
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