Evening star., 1931-12-20
. I'VE your Christmas tree drink,
advises the conservation de-
4 partment Of the Izaak Walton


advises the conservation de-
i partment Of the Izaak Walton
League In q recent bulletin
which tells all helpers of Santa Claus
how to keep a Christmas tree fresh and
green in the home. Nothing but water
and a little sugar are needed to satisfy
the thirst of freshly cut spruce, bal
sam or pine which is destined to be
erected in the house and decorated for
the holiday season.
One of the troubles which house
wives have with Christmas trees after
they are set up in the house Is the
rapid loss Of the needles from such
trees due to the fact that they dry
out quickly in the home. Sometimes
only touch Is necessary to send a
shower of spruce needles to the carpet.
But there is a way out Of this dthculty,
says the Walton League, which advises
the following method Of procedure:
When it comes time to set up q
Christmas tree, cut of thin piece
from the base Of 1t so that new, clean
cut surface is exposed. Then set up the
tree in q crosslike support with the
pan of water to which teaspoonful Of
sugar has been added.
The tree has the power to absorb
water from the pan and draw 1t up into
its branches. Enough moisture can
thus be taken up to keep the tiny
needles nouriShed, and they will not
drop off the tree as readily as from
those not given this free drink.
Under an agreement between the
~ conservation departments Of Mary
land and Pennsylvania, 1922. l96
fish have been planted in the Como
construction Of the power dam across
the Susquehanna River. The stocking
has been under way since 1928.
Since the formation of the pact
the Maryland department has placed
100000 lake herring, 100000 yellow
perch fry, $4,000 crappie, 5000 large
mouth bass, $4,000 sman-mouth bass
and 500 pike in the lake.
AN answer to the question Of how
"A long trout will live can be found
in California where Dolly Vardon
trout at the Mount Shasta hatchery
attained the ripe old age Of l9 years.
This venerable dolly" was raised by
W. H. Shelley, noted culturist in charge
of the Bureau of Fish Culture Of Cali
fornia. The trout weighed around 13
pounds when 1t died.
CENAToR SWANSON Of Virginia in
- troduced a resolution in the Senate
on December which Is Of vital i'm
portance to all residents Of the District
Of Columbia. The resolution, Disposal
Of Sewage from the District Of Colum-
bia," was referred to the Senate Com
mittee on the District Of Columbia, and
reads:
Resolved, That the surgeon general
Of the United States Public Health
Service Is requested to make an investi
CATION OF conditions resulting from the
present method Of disposing Of sewage
from the District of Columbia in the
Potomac River with view to determin-
ing Cd the extent to which such dis
poSal constitutes menace to public
health and annoyance to the residents
along the river, and destroys the fish
and oysters in such river or makes them
unfit for human consumption and Cd
whether there is more suitable method
OF disposing OF such sewage and, II So
the estimated cost thereof. The surgeon
general shall report to the Senate as
soon as practicable the results Of such
investigation. together with his recon-
mendationS."
T Asst Thursday the Senate passed
- the Walcott-Hawes bill. This bill
provides that the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of Commerce
are authorized to establish regional Of
fees for rendering expert assistance to
and cooperating with Federal, State
and other agencies in the rearing, stock
ing and increasing the supply Of game
and fur-bearing animals and fish, in
combating diseases and in developing q
Nationwide program Of wild-life con-
servation and rehabilitation.
Section of this bill, II not changed
by the House, provides that appropria.
tions for the propagation of game and
fish shall not be expended for stocking
areas within any State in which, in the
judgment of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture with respect to game and fur
bearing animals, or the Secretary Of
Commerce with respect to fish, there
are not adequate laws for the protec-
ton Of such animals or fish, nor in
any State in which the director of the
Bureau of Biological Survey or the
Commissioner of Fisheries or their
duly authorized agents are not ac-
corded full and free right to conduct
such operations.
This bill was ysey carefully prepared