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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Man Far Outnumbered
by Lesser Creatures

II is probable that few persons save
naturalists ever consider the enor.
nous amount of life other than hu.
man which exists In any locality. civ.
ilized or not. densely peopled or thin.
~ settled. A plague Of rats In Lon
don within recent years prompted an
Interview with distinguished scen.
tist who estimated that within the
area of Greater London there were 90
100000 rats, more than three times
as many rats as people.
Sparrows undoubtedly come next in
point of numbers among London's
warmblooded population, but the
scientist preferred to make his esti-
mate cover all the birds In the United
Kingdom. He believed that the bird
population would average 500 TO the
square mile. That would give q total
of nearly a7,000.000 Thus the bird
population outnumbers the human by
something like two to one.
As for the insect population. that is
quite beyond any statistieian. But,
allowing that each bird eats only 80
insects day, British birds would con
sumo more than q billion insects in a
year. Yet such an estimate seems
quite futile when we consider that the
insect population of single cherry
tree Infested with aphides was estl-
mated by q competent authority to be
t2000,000.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Telephone Types Who
Deserve No Quarter

The type who always opens up with
lengthy ANALYSIS of the weather.
the type who is forever repeating,
Whats that?n-the type who always
gets cut off-the type who speaks a
language that resembles eombina-
tion of Eskimo and Norwegian-the
type who always calls the wrong num-
berthe type who invariably gets a
busy wire-the type who jollies the
opefator-the type who curses the op-
erator-the type who always has to
borrow nickel-the type who wrath
fully bangs the instrument on the floor
the type who makes believe that he
Is the butler-the type who, TO the ac-
compartment of a elashing jazz band,
announces to his spouse that he is be.
ing detained at the ottiee-the type
who merely repeats the word yes"
throughout the eonversation-the type
who. just around the corner, stuffs
handkerchief in the mouthpieee and
pretends that he is hundreds of miles
away the type who calls up
at three o'clock in the morning to re-
port that he has been arrested-the
type who stations himself in a booth
for one solid hour-the type who be.
gins the conversation with Guess who
this is"-the type who speaks In
low whisper the type who, in
the middle of the conversation sud
denly says, "Good-byn-the type who
never says "Good-by.'-Kansas City
rr5r,as
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Medici Family Crest
Now Pawnbroker Sign

In America there are but few shop
signs reminiscent of an old day. The
one most in use is that of the pawn
broker and his sign of three globes
With this is connected a varying and
interesting background.
Averado de Medici was a command
err of fighting men under the great
Charlemagne. During the course of
his battles ON behalf of his overload
he met and slew the giant Mugello
As the spoil of war, he took the giants
club, to which for effective service in
action were affixed three iron balls
swinging upon short chain.
It can readily be understood that
well-paced blow from such club in
the hands of an angry giant would
certainly, to use slang, make the
brides sing" and the three effective
additions to the club would complete
the picture. Therefore, Averado might
we'll have added the three globes to
the family crest. In later years the
Medici took to the gentle but effective
art of poisoning and as a side line en-.
gagged in the business of lOaninc
money, using the memory of Mugellos
battle-ax fixtures as their Insignia
Kansas City Star.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Home

The word "home" is indeed like
unto an aIabaster box of ointment,
very precious, whose fragrance fills
the life. Into it has been gathered
our most sacred memories, our tender
est associations, our brightest hopes.
1t matters little whether the home Of
ones childhood has peen cottage on
the hillside or a house in some city
strcet-r0und II is woven a romance
of interest that grows with the years
to it, from distant places alike Of work
and thought travels back the heart
with vistful regret. Exchange.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Whales Are "Brainy"

The largest brain in the world, ac-
cording to speakers at a congress of
natural science, recently held in Eng
land, is possessed by the whale.
Prof. w. Weygandt argued against
a prevalent belief that the largest
brain claim is shared by whales, ele-
plants and man. He stated that the
whale alone justified the claim, the
largest whale ever caught having a
brain weighing 1000 grams.
The human brain, he added, seldom
exceeds an average weight of ,2S0 to
1850 grams in the male and LAO to
1870 in the female.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

Watch the new neeklines They're
interesting. In creating neeklines for
the spring frocks and coats designers
are giving free rein to Imagination In
most Instances the basic theme is the
scarf, but 1t Is often that camouflaged
one is tempted to ask, when is a scarf
scarf?
Nevertheless you'll like EN-, these
novelty scarfs which play so spectaeu,
lar a role in froek and coat neekline
treatments A cape.and- one ef-
feet imparts decided note of chic to
the novelty cloth froek in the picture.
Everything about this street dress
hespeaks last-minute styling. The ma.
terial itself Is notably new, being one
of those loose woven woolens which
made their debut Just recently. lis
coloring is soft grayish green fecked
with white.
The diagonal opening at once at
tracts attention because Of its unusu-
alness With a deft movement the
scarf can be unwound from about the
throat. This done, the diagonal open
ing resolves itself into a V-shape eff
feet. revealing a gay print silk vestee,
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

Try is situated at the foot Of Quesnel
Lake. some 200 miles from Ashcroft
station on the main transcontinental
line Of the Canadian Pacific Railway
The 200 mile trip is made by auto
mobile over the road which served the
gold rush to the Cariboo Country In
the early COS. Until 1922 the Cariboo
District had never been hunted or
exploited except in a few isolated in
stances, and 1t is here that the big
game prizes are found In their nat
ural habitat The main prize await
Ing adventurous big game hunters in
the Carlboo District is the silver tip
grizzly bear. Grizzlies sometimes
weigh half a ton and are exceedingly
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

There is legend in Devon, that
in times Of danger to England a boom
Inc sound is heard, as of the playing
of a gigantic drum This has been
called brakes drum, it being popu
arly supposed that the famous ad
mira is thus endeavoring to awaken
the people to the realization OF dan.
ger. There is no actual drum, Of
course. After the World war broke
out there we're many who declared
that 'bov had hoard this "drnn'" On
the night Of the 4th Of August 1914.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

thanked AT one side with single turn
back rever.
Circular one side fnllness for the
hemline Of this one-pieee street frock
is achieved by clever hit of seam.
work as the picture so clearly shows.
The belt the scarf and the diagonal
opening are nped with silk 10 con
trastng shade.
Returning to the subject of scarf
neclllines. They are all-lmportant both
on formal aud informal modes. nov,
81 treatment brings the scarf ends TO
the back, where they tie in q soft how
with long flowing streamers. The low
round or pointed front neekllne Is soft
encd rs the scarf Grapes across.
Other new silhouettes are accom-
pished with bertha collars or capelets
which lie in front with loose care
less bow. Everywhere In The mode
soft-tied bows or self-fabrie hold forth.
Fer coat, cape-scarf ends throw
back over each shoulder. coming to-
gether at the back In complete cape
outline.
JULIA B0TTOMLEY.
t0 1920 Western Newspaper union.1
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28
Law of Gravity Not
an Obstacle 70 Incas

The ancient Inca fortress of Saesa
huaman is located on a mountain sum
NIT 704 feet above the city of Cuzeo
Peru, which is itself 10,500 feet above
sea level. 1t is made of huge massive
stones, some Of which measure 30 by
II feet and are very thick. Though
irregular in outline, they are fitted
together so perfectly that a knife
blade cannot be inserted between
them.
How the seemingly impossible feat
of getting these stones to the sum
nit was achieved is explained by the
mysties of India. The Egyptians who
built the Pyramids, so the legend
goes, and the ancient Tneas. both
knew how to suspend the law of gray
ity, having learned 1t from the mys-
ties of the lost Atlantis.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

Hunters contemplating trips to the
wiids of British Columbia during the
Forthcoming season are making their
plans earlier than usual this year, &C
cording to E. S. Knight, well known
guide and outfltter of Ashcroft. 3. c.
The Cariboo District of British Co.
Iumbia remains one of the few big
game preserves on the North Amer
lean continent which has not been
affected by the advance of civilization.
Moose. caribou. mountain goat. the
highly-pri2ed silver tip grizzly, deer
and other monarchs Of the forest and
the mountain trait are found in abun-
dance and 1t is seldom indeed that a
party setting out under the leader
ship of competent guide fails to re-
turn from the hunt well rewarded for
its efforts.
The gateway to the Cariboo Coun-
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

vicious. particularly when wounded.
Gus Cook of Dundee. Ill. stopped ar
800 pound grizzly with the fifth shot
after the beast had charged down
upon him. There are few thrills Tor
chills) to be compared with that On
meeting an Infatuated grizzly and
standing your ground until Mr.. Bruin
is put out Of the way.
Trout fishermen will also find trip
to this sportsman's paradise well worth
their while, for there are mountain
trout, rainbow and silver trout. the
last-named variety running as heavy
as ten pounds; also Dolly Warden and
lake trout which tip the beam as high
as so pounds.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

There is typical feature of Copen-
hagen which no stranger can miss as
he will encounter it everywhere-the
enormous cycle traffic, the like of
which is not to be found in any other
big town. The ringing of all the
little bells of the bicycles is as typi-
cal of the life of Copenhagen asphalt
as the singing of the larks over the
Danish fields.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

School children in London still
wear charms against various evils,
according to recent survey. Blue
beads are worn to ward off colds.
Forty per cent of the youngsters are
addicted to wearing nmulcts OF yari-
Gus sorts.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-28

News advertising brings results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
ing angle In landing Is Is degrees, he

ing angle II landing 70 is degrees, he
said
Climbing once more up into the first
layer of the clouds, Lieut.. Harper made
a few slow turns in which the wing on
the inside of the turn reached stalling
speed and began to drop. Instantly the
slot on that side opened and the fall
was checked. The slot on the other
wing remained closed as that wing. on
the outside of the turn, continued to
move above stalling speed.
Scribe Takes Controls.
The Corsair is fitted with double con-
feet, Lieut. Harper raised his hands
above his head as signal for me TO
take the controls. There followed few
minutes of most prosaic and unimag-
NATIVE flying. Though had seen the
slots perform so well, was not taking
any chances with possible spin. /
banked the turns with over-caution and
climbed with conservatism. It must
have been awfully tame for the veteran
up ahead. but it was great kick for
me, as 1 never had had a control stick
in hand before.
Signaling for the controls again.
Lieut.. Harper let the slots have little
more exercise and we dropped into the
field for beautiful stalled landing at
a speed so slow the plane scarcely rolled
after touching the ground.
The Nays use of slots is purely ex-
perimental at the present time. There
is some opposition to them on the part
of experienced Navy pilots, who believe
that they interfere with the maneuver-
ability of plane and who are willing
to take their chances on fast landings
and possible spins in order to maintain
high performance. Advocates of the
slots. however, point out that it is SIM
pie to equip them with locks so that
they can be kept closed at the discretion
of the pilot
AS has been said, however. the Brit
iSh have taken to slots with great
display of enthusiasm and many types
of military planes In the Royal Air Force
are so equipped. In addition. three
new 25-passenger air liners now I'M
der construction for use in the Lon
don-Paris service, are being equipped
with slots, which are to be specified
for all future passenger planes built for
Imperial Always.
American pilots, especially military
flyers, although not hostile to the slots
in principle, are skeptical. Lieut.. Har-
per has devoted himself TO the task of
finding out just how much benefit can
be derived from the device and then,
having found out, to demonstrating his
findings to his fellow pilots on this
side of the ocean. j. s. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

dent. A good pilot on q slotted ma
chine always will fly so that II his slots
fail he still viii escape an accident. A
good pilot on a slotted machine always
win fly so that If his slots fail he still
will save himself and his passengers,
though perhaps at the expense of dam
aging the machine"
So much for Mr.. Grey.
Slots Can Be Locked Shut.
The Nays slotted Corsair Is the con-
ventional type so widely used in the
Navy sauadrons. The slots are installed
so that they may be locked and pre-
vented from operating, leaving the ma
chine as a conventional plane Of its
type. The slots may be released by the
pilot at any time. e
The demonstration was made on a
rainy day, with ceiling of about 1000
feet and, for this reason, Lieut.. Harper
was unable to get sufficient altitude to
demonstrate the use of the slots in
, breaking spins or their effect in such
maneuvers as barrel rolls. He showed
them off to splendid advantage, how
ever, in stalls, power stalls, Dutch
rolls and reverse turns.
The take-off apparently was normal.
Once in the air, Lieut.. Harper pulled
the ship into a steep climb and the
speed quickly dropped to the stalling
point. The slots few open, the ship
nosed down slightly for just an instant,
and then the climb was resumed at an
air speed of something like so miles
per hour. Normally, without the slots,
the plane upon reaching the stalling
point would have slipped off on one
wing and perhaps have gone into a
spin which, at so low an altitude, prob
ably would have been disastrous.
Reaching more comfortable alti-
| tude. Lieut., Harper throttled down his
motor and pulled back the stick. The
ship nosed up into climbing position
and. of course, stalled Immediately. The
slots opened wide, and In this unusual
position, with the tail down, as If in a
steep climb, the plane "squashed' along
! in almost level flight at an indicated
air speed Of 80 miles per hour Open
| ing the throttle once more, but without
moving the stick. the ship went into a
normal climb and the slots closed.
When Your Eyes Fool You.
Dropping down to little more than
| so feet above the flying field, Lieut..
! Harper deliberately stalled the plane
and dragged along over the field at this
height in stall. while Elwood Baker,
Star photographer. snapped the picture
showing the slot on the upper wing
wide open Though the plane apparent
F.! ly is climbing rapidly in this picture, it
actually was flying parallel to the
ground.
Measurements Of the photograph
taken by Mr. Baker were made later by
Lieut.. Harper and showed that the
plane while in the stalled position over
! the field was at an angle of approx
mately 80 degrees to the horizontal.
With this type Of ship the normal STALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
PLANE BAN PLACED
ON OVERBURDEN|NG
Rule to Prevent Abuse of
Engine Issued by Com
merce Department.

Abuse of airplane engines by "over-
loading" or taxing them beyond rea-
sonable limits is forbidden in rule
issued by the Department of Commerce.
The rule prohibits the use of airplane
propellers so designed or adjusted
that, at full throttle, the engine speed
will exceed official rated speed by more
than 3 per cent in level flight at ap-
proximately sea-level altitude"
The rule long has been advocated by
airplane engine manufacturers and or
ganizations interested in the progress
of aeronautics. Agitation for such
rule reached its climax following the
national air tour last year in which
niIots deliberately overburdened their
engines so as to obtain extra speed.
resulting in the wrecking Of several
motors.
The department has issued the fol-
lowing list Of approved type motors,
with the official rated speed and revo-
Iutions per minute which are to be
considered the basis for enforcement OF
the new rule:
Fairchild Caminez type 447C, four
cylinder radial. cooled, rated horse
power. lao at $50 revolutions per
minute.
Warner. seven-cylinder radial, air
cooled. ITO horsepower at 1880 r. p. m.
Kinner, KS. five-cylinder radial, air
cooled. 90 h. p. at 1910 r; p. m.
velie five-cylinder radial, air-cooled'
IS h. p. at 1915 r. p. m: .-
C,lrtiss Challenger. R-600, Slx-cylln-
der radiaI, air-cooled, 10 h. p. at
1890 r. D. m.
Curtiss Conqueror, v-155o, l2-cylin-
der V type, water-cooled, 500 Il. p.
ut z AG0 r D. M
Curtiss Conqueror. Gv-157o, 12-cyl-
inder v type, water-cooled. 600 n. p.
Curtiss Chieftain. H-l64o. l2-cylin-
der radial. air-cooled, 500 h. p. at
2.200 r. p. m. -,
Aircraft Comet, seven-cylinder radial,
air-cooled. 1870 h. D., at 1925 r. p. m.
Curtiss D-12. 12-cylinder V type, wa
ter-cooIed, 435 h. p. at $500 r. p. m.
DAYTON Bear, four cylinder-in-line,
s;r-cooled. rs h. D. at AIS r. p. m.
LeBlond. go, five-cylinder radial, air.
cooled. IS h. .. at 1850 r. p. m.
Wright Us Whirlwind, nine-cylinder
radial. air-cooled, 225 h. p, at 1900
Pratt & Whitney Wasp. nine-cylin-
der radial, air-cooled, 425 h. p. at
Pratt L. whitney Hornet, nine-cyl-
finder radial air-cooled, SIS h. p. at
1900 r. p. n.
Axelson Machine Co., seven-cylinder
radiai. air-cooled, us h. p at 1900
r. p. m.
Wright Cyclone, R-1750-A, nine-cyl-
Under radial, air-cooled, 525 h. p. at
1900 r. p. m.
Packard 3-A-2500, direct, l2-cylinder
Y type, water-cooled, 800 h. p, at 1000
z. p. m.
Packard 3-A-l500, direct. 12-cylin-
der v type, water-cooled, 525 h. p at
2,l00 T. p. m.
LeBlond 80, seven-cylinder radial,
air-cooled 80 h. D. at 1875 r. p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
GERMANY WILL BUILD
TWO BIGGER ZEPPELlNS
Dirigibles of Greater Size and
Power Than "Graf" to Cost
$1,7OO, 900 Each.

Two zeppelins of much greater size
and power than the Graf Zeppelin are
to be constructed by the German eov-
eminent at an estimated cost of ST.
100000 each. according to q report re-
ceived here by the Department Of Com
merce. from H. C. Schuette, trade COM
missioner at Paris.
The German air budget for 1929 also
provides for construction OF revolving
hangar to house these Zeppelins at a
cost of $5.000,000. The budget author
ICES the expenditure of several millions
of dollars for promotion Of scientific re-
search
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

aeronautical matters, has this to say
about theft effect:
"On various occasions, In writing
about slots, one has compared them to
four-wheel brakes on a car. This is
about the nearest analogy one can
imagine to the precise kind of safety
which is given by slots on an aeroplane.
To put. it bluntly, four wheel brakes, so
long as they work. will save fool driver
from a collision which would be bound
to happen If he had back-wheel brakes
only. And slotted wings. so long as they
work, will save fool pilot from spin
ming into the ground and killing himself
land his passengers, If any, as he
would without slots.
Speedy Stopping Explained.
with four-vheel brakes good driver
can put up a performance on the road
which he could not possibly do with
back-wheel brakes only because he can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

check his car and get out Of tight cor
ners while maintaining a high-average
speed, thanks to quick acceleration and
declaration. A good pilot on a slotted
machine can make slow landings in a
limited space. which he could never
make without slots. And. given prac-
tice enough with slots, he will make
those landings equally we'll whether
they be forced landings or on an aero
drome.
"A thoroughly bad driver, not know
ing his car and presuming entirely on
the reliability and strength Of his four
wheel brakes, sooner or later will have
bad crash. And with luck, he may
kill himself and so remove q nuisance
from the road. With slots o certifiable
lunatic Of pilot can equally well re-
move himself from troubling the sky.
"A good driver with four wheel brakes
always will so handle his car that II his
brakes fail he still will escape an acct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
WAR ATTRACTS FLYERS.
Mexican Outbreak Causes Many
Inquiries From u, S,

The Mexican rebellion is attracting
young American aviators who are anx-
ious to fly in a military capacity. the
American Society for the Promotion of
Aviation has announced. Many inQuir-
les have been received at the Office of
the society from civilian pilots who
wish to serve in the Mexican federal air
forces during the period of the up
rising.
Recent reports that the Mexican gov
eminent is offering high pay for avi
ators is largely responsible for many OF
the volunteers, and few of the appli-
cants are said to be very deeply inter-
ested in the politics involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Geology Students Go Aloft.

LOS ANGELES HD.-After taking II
geology students on an airplane flight,
Prof. A. j. Tiege of the University OF
Southern California said the same
amount Of study was accomplished IN
the 90 minutes aloft as could be gotten
from 10 field walking trips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Plymetal Used as Insulation.

Plymetal. used for the cabin walls of
the new all-metal, tri-motored Ford
air transports, is two thickneSses o.
aluminium, between which is a core Of
balsa wood. Balsa is much lighter than
cork. 1t acts as an insulation against
noise from the three motors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Given Six Months in Shops.

Pilot training at the Ford Airport at
Dearborn, Mich. includes tour Of
sometimes six months in the shops
where the pilot works at the shop wage
learning the construction of the tri-
motored. all-metal air transport A rat
ing is kept on shopwork as well as on
f7vino
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

1Nle British air ministry has issued q.
notice to airmen that the terms porte
and "starboard" shall cease to be used
in relation to civil aircraft. These terms
are to be replaced. respectively, by the
terms left" and right"