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Evening star., 1932-11-03
ASHBURN ANSWERS
WATERWAYS FOES
Declares Development Now
Under Way Should Be
Completed.

Critics Of waterways development
were taken sharply to task yesterday
by Maj Gen. r. @. Ashburn, president
of the Inland Waterways Corporation,
for wanting to abandon a job three
fourthS done and in which the Govern
ment has spent billion and a half
dollars in the interests of railroads and
other industries.
Addressing the Engineering Society
of Washington, Gen. Ashburn declared
the network of projects, once COM
pleted. would enable the navigable
streams of the country to carry 100
now. This vast increase in commerce,
he assured, would result in reduced
costs and multiplied savings.
Should Be Finished.
To critics of the program, Gen. Ash
burn declared that the constant cry Of
opponents of waterways development 'is
that such development, and the utili-
zation of our interior streams of COM
mercial agencies, will destroy the earn
ing power of the railroads and thus di-
rectly or indirectly affect the personal
investments of millions of our citizens,
our life insurance companies, banks.
bonds and stocks. 1t is the same cry,
the same argument. that has been ad-
vanced against every development of
transportation in the United States"
He held that what his been begun
ought to be finished to save the tre-
mendous sums already invested
Gen. AShburn also traced the history
Of inland navigation in this country for
half a century and explained problems
of the Inland Waterways Corporation
in its endeavors to carry out the man.
date of Congress to promote and de-
Velop waterways.
In the face Of previous difficulties.
Gen. Ashburn stated the basic fact
stands out that in 1900 common water
carriage. as it formerly existed on the
Mississippi, had disappeared. It's revival
began in the 20S and as early as 1926
more freight vas carried on the Missis-
Sippi than ever in the rivers history"
Only Partially Completed.
Coming to 1882, Gen. Ashburn con-
! tinued The United States has invest
ed in its harbors. sea coast, lake gulf
and inland streams little over a bill
lion and half dollors Practically all
| its harborS are completed, and the
money spent for such purpose has been
spent as much for the railroads as for
any other industry. Imagine our rail-
rOdQS enQlng IN OeaQ enQ at our
coast lines; imagine our great flood
streams uncontrolled, and the condition
of the railroads parelling them in flood
times. and consider whether all the
money spent for developing our harbors.
! ports and rivers has been spent solely
for the purpose of destroying rail trans
pOrtation.
The powers Of Congress to control
/ floods come from the constitutional au-
| thority of Congress over navigable
streams, and the theory on which flood
/ control proceeds is that every dollar
spent for flood control helps navigation.
A relatively small amount of this bill
/ lion and a half dollars we have invested
in our waterways has gone to naviga-
/ tion pure and simple. But the money
! has been spent. and flood control and
navigational possibilities are only par
TALLY completed"
Evening star., 1932-11-03
WIFE FIGHTS INJUNCTION

Mrs Bertha H Graham. 1927 Nine
teenth street, wife of Policeman Lloyd
S. Graham, yesterday filed answer to a
suit for an injunction recently brought
against her by her husband to prevent
a threatened removal Of their infant
child to Vienna. Va. The wife says
the husband has no grounds for fear
that she will permanently remove the
child to Virginia. She charges that the
husband objects to her visiting her peo-
pie. who live at Vienna. and that the
suit is for the sole purpose of prevent
ing these visits.
The court is asked TO deny the injunc-
ton and to dismiss the suit. Attorney
Charles Y. Hilton appears for the wife.
Evening star., 1932-11-03
AUXILIARY TO MEET
Joint Banquet for Wives and
Widows of G. A. r. Planned.

Cushing Auxiliary, Sons of Union Vet
Grams, will meet tomorrow night at 8
o'clock in Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street. Mrs. Rosalie Mex Shelton, past
president of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
D. U. ", and past president Of the aux
iliary, will extend an invitation to the
auxiliary to meet with joint committee
Of the Sons and Daughters Of Union
Veterans to arrange for banquet for
wives and widows of the G. A. r., to
be held November 49,
Evening star., 1932-11-03

THE Dewey loving cup, pictured
above, presented to the late
Admiral George Dewey by
i 10000 American citizens as a
tribute of their gratitude" was
among the trophies and relics yesterday
awarded by District Supreme Court
Justice Oscar r. Luhring to George
Goodwin Dewey the only son Of the
admiral. The trophies were in the pos
session Of Mrs Mildred Mclean Dewey,
widow of Admiral Dewey, at the time
of her death, in February, 1881, and had
passed into the possession of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co. and Fred
erick Stohlman, collectors OF Mrs.
DeWey'S estate.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28
POLITICS AND BUSINESS

The lives of the people of this great land of the
free and the home of the brave get more regulating
than dollar wrist watch. Government regulation
is the rule of thumb that the people live by In
quisitive old Uncle Sam, once regarded as guar
dian of the rights of an independent people, sort
OF an outside guard now sticks curious finger
into practically every business, every community,
and family activity in the land
Uncle Sam is in the Kitchen the nursery and
the basement. He regulates the diet, suggests
menus and tells us how to raise children.
The government is in the seed loan business, the
railroad business, the shipping business, the cot
ton business, the grain business, and business in
general. In fact a non-partisan national organi-
zation recently chartered in Chicago to end gov
eminent encroachment into private affairs finds
that there are eighty government agencies oper-
ating in direct competition with private business
The fundamental principle of the American
form Of government is that of non-interference
with legitimate business. In some specific in
stances regulation has been necessary to protect
the rights of the people, but today even the anti
trust laws are considered of doubtful value and
on the whole they probably are doing more harm
than good.
It has reached point where most of the people
feel that too much government regulation is plen-
ty. About the only business left that isn't regu-
lated by the government is that of the gangsters.
When gangster wants to take John j. Public for
ride it seems to be nobody's business but his
own.-Duluth (Minn) News Tribune.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28

binations until they are part of his
very SELF ready and dependable when
needed Effective drill must be plan
ned and practiced accordingly.
The childs interest in numbers is
not sure and dependable guide. He
may avoid or simply overlook the the
possibilities of his numerical world.
He will grow more fully, live more
freely, and develop more rapidly If his
elders bring him squarely and inescap-
ably to new numerical situations. His
arithmetical life must be real, and 1t
must, therefore, be progressive, system
attic, and exacting as well as interesting
and natural. TO live, the child must,
be competent to experiment with his
world and to master much Of It. In
this experimentation and mastery
arithmetic Is one Of the tools he must
use.
Finally modern arithmetic itself has
undergone much recent experimental
ton. Many ineffective procedures and
devices have been cast aside In favor
OF more effective ones, and instruction
has been planned to meet the needs
OF individual pupils and localities.
Scores of old arithmetical puzzles
have been eliminated to make way for
problems which are socially and indi-
vidually useful in the modern world.
Thoroughness in essentials and eaxct
measurement for every child have been
substituted for smattering of every
thing and guess-work for all except
the most gifted child. Modern arith-
metic is recognized as an indispensable
tool which must be skilfully developed
for each child according to his indi-
vidual capacities and made effective
for use in world where everyone lives
a life of complicated numerical re-
lationships.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28
The Modern School
ARITHMETIC-A NECESSARY TOOL
BY Willis L. Uhl
Dean, School of Education, University
Of Washington

The human race has progressed far
In number work What the race has
taken thousands of years to travel the
child is asked to travel in few years.
( First, In measuring or counting, an
object was represented by another
more convenient object-one sheep by
one pebble, two sheep by two pebbles
and 50 on. Or enemies killed could
be counted by notches on club Then
each object could be matched by a
tally. Later men learned to cross four
TALES with line to indicate five, and
names for numbers were devised Still
later the Roman v and other signs
became shortcuts.
With the development of the Arabic
system came still greater mental econ
omy, but the difficulty of understand
ing numerical usage increased with in
creasing removal from the one-to-one
system. This difficulty exists for each
American child. He must first live
life of number, proceeding from one
to-one relationship to the multiplied
and complicated shortcuts. When he
has learned that one means one OBJ
ject, two means two objects, ETC., he
is ready to be taught to count to ten.
Such a shortcut as that five and five
are ten should be taught the child
when he finds that five cents and five
cents are needed for a ten-cent pur-
chase of ice cream. The pupil should
learn to read numerals when, for ex-
ample, he becomes interested in printed
prices of his purchases or in watching
his savings grow or in mileage signs
on the highway or in use of the CAL
endar. The modern school seeks to
make use of the ample amount of
arithmetic experience adapted to the
needs and immaturity of the child
which life supplies
Another requirement is that the
child meet many situations quickly and
accurately. His world is intolerant of
slowness and inaccuracy He must,
therefore, practice his number COM
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28
Benton County Extension
Workers Attend Conference

Mrs. Mary A. Davis, county club
leader and home demonstration agent,
and E. G. Durdle, county extension
agent in agriculture and boys club
work, returned the latter part Of last
week from the four day annual con-
ference held for extension workers at
the State College of Washington. It
was a busy four days and the program
included so many worth while topics
that 1t would be impossible to cover
the entire program In news article.
The agents were busy every day until
four o'clock or later and practically
every night was spent on one or an
other Of the agents work. Mrs. Davis
served as secretary Of the group on
home management and Mr.. Durdle as
chairman Of the session on soil fertn-
ity held on Friday morning.
The program included both reports
Of methods Of doing extension work as
well as results accomplished by extern
sion agents and discussion Of some of
the bigger problems by members of
the resident staff at the college and
others coming in from the outside.
The main program conferred around
discussion of All club work and or
ganization of older groups including
the upper age limits for club member
ship and groups from 20 to 30 or above.
This is new department in club work
and was presented by Mr.. Lloyd, re-
gional director for the eleven western
states. Mr.. Lloyd has made a special
study of the problem during this par
ticular period and had much that was
really worth while to give to this top
ic. 1t was also the subject of COM
mittee meeting and report back to the
group by the group of county agents
and specialists.
Home management work for the
women agents was given one-half day
for this part of the group. One-half
day was given to each of the follow
ing problems: Marketing and finance;
outlook and trends in production, and
the social aspects of farm life. There
is much more marked tendency for
farmers to make use of outlook reports
now made available and there seems
to be an increased interest in evalu-
alton of farm life based upon more
attention given to the social aspects of
life and program for the farm tend
ing to one of self -sufficiency The
highly specialized farm of the past has
often left the farmer without the nee
essities of life as far as many farm
products are concerned. Times of de-
preston always have tendency to
bring the farmer back to a program
of self-support and this note was ev-
ident throughout the reports of many
of the agents from over the state.
One-half day was given to new crops,
weed control, and soil fertility There
are several new crops coming into the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28

field which may be of quite q little
value to farmers of this section, par
ticularly those in the dry land areas.
One of these is new grass which
has quite drought resistance qualities
and which may become an important
grazing crop in these areas. The new
sweet clover being developed also
promises considerable to the irrigated
sections and wheats already developed
and still being selected still offer to
both dry land and irrigated sections.
Under weed control discussion state
ment was made by man In charge
of this work at the college, that much
less Is really known about the chlorate
method Of treatment than was thought
year ago. Other sections are find
Ing Just what has beer, found In Ben
ton county, that on one farm chlor-
ates supplied to weeds may affect al
most complete control but that on an
other, even when CELEBRATES are applied
the same day and under very similar
conditions, that control may be very
poor. Very definite work is being
planned in attacking the weed control
problem. The soil fertility work which
has been carried In the state now for
three years was very nicely summed up
by DR.. vandecaveye and presented to
the group. The points brought out in
this summary will be of considerable
value in assisting county agents in
fertilizer recommendations IN various
counties of the state. In the end fer
tilizer recommendation must be APP
piled to each farm and to each area
on farm where soil conditions vary
and should be based upon cropping
history and the crop to be raised to
get maximum benefits. The soils COM
mittee made, as their principle rec
concentrations, that more emphasis be
placed upon the maintaining of the
organic supply as well as the soil fer
tility through the use of leguminous
crops either as cover crops or as crops
used in the regular rotation. From
the standpoint of the accumulation of
the most up-to-date information on
various lines of work the annual con-
ference is probably the most efficient
method of keeping the extension SER
vice informed. In this way questions
which always come up are discussed
and answered applicable to the various
conditions in the counties of the state
brought out so that at least the agents
may return to their counties and make
the application which will bring the
best results based upon available in
formation. The program was more
than full with the topics discussed.
This is the reason why the program
has been developed so as to discuss
one line of enterprises one year, leav-
ing the discussion of the other enter
prises to the following year, that is.
discussion on any one enterprise only
every other year. Your extension agent
feels that they can give you much bet
ter service for having attended this
conference.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28
BLACK LOCUST HAS MANY USES

Black Locust is 4-purpose tree, says
the United States Forest Service. 1t
quickly produces good timber for posts
and other uses; it roots strongly, there
by checking soil erosion; it's flowers
enable bees to make good quality of
honey; and it is a legume. The nodules
on it's roots store nitrogen in the soil,
enriching it for future crops. In ad-
dition, it is a tree of beauty and is
valuable for shade.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-28
"How do they do it?"

Among your friends there's least one smart
young married couple who the envy
who know them.
With income that is frankly abbrevated and with
benevolent Aunts in the ohng they still have home
all appointments home that is
admired and copied by their friends.
eyes Jane is remarkable little manager will probably
be the young husbands proud And there little
about it,
Take look around that home and you end of
weknown advertised products For Jane is efficient little
manager She can't afford take chances only be
debited to Expeenc When she buys for home
get tried and tested and trusted products which carry
able name to guarantee her satisfaction.
You will find that is consistent adver
tisements. Are you?
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
SNAPPY V1SE-CRACKS

Senator (boarding train) :
Porter, I'm in lower 3, is my
berth ready?
Porter: No. sir. I thought
you politicians made up your
own bunk.
The NIT. Woo Doc.
1T wanna quarters worth of
rat poison"
"Okay. Will you take it with
you?"
"Oh, my, no! I'll send the
rats down here for it,"
-Ski-P-Mah.
1t is, hard to see why states
men on the other side keep in
voking the spirit of Lafayette
on all occasions. Lafayette, you
know, came across.-Boston Her
aid.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
By Cliff Sterrett
By Rube Goldberg

Looks as if the sisters Kim
berly have gone to church,
doesn't it?" Kim asked, switch
ing on the lights in the living
room as they came in. His
mother and his aunt had been
the Misses Kimberley when
they we're young.
Hello! Anybody at home?"
he called, and almost at once
Aunt Ella answered him from
the rear of the flat.
kimberley, is that you?
She came ,trotting into the
room, her finger on her lips.
Let me talk to you," she
whispered and waved them
back into the hallway.
Your mothers sick in bed
with a little cold" she said to
Kim softly. "She's been all
upset about you for two weeks,
and think she's just worked
herself up into sickness. You
know how high-strung she is
SO I thought maybe you'd
better go in alone and speak
to her, Kimberley"
mo, we'll both go in to see
her" Kim answered firmly.
Come along, Mary Faith"
Aunt Ella padded along be-
hind them.
(To Be Continued
copyright. 1881, by Beatrice Burton
Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
- By Beatrice Burton

ters of the little house, and
the comfort of Kim's arms
around her, the warmth of his
hand on her waist.
She would remember how
light hearted they had been
that night.
They came back to town at
dusk on Sunday. The gray
ness and the noise, the misted
street lamps and the cars
packed with tired-looking people
depressed Mary Faith. She re-
membered suddenly that Kim's
mother would have to be faced
in a few minutes, and that Kim
would be gone all day tomor-
row.
When They Were Young
A line of Robert Browning
popped into her head. $50 we
lose our Eden-Kim and T."
she said to herself, leaning back
in the crook of his arm as the
roadster nosed it's way through
the crowded downtown streets.
We'll, here we are, back to
the old everyday existence"
Kim said, as if he read her
thoughts. "Only it won't be
dull and everyday for us now,
will it?"
The windows of the flat we're
in darkness when they drove up
in front of the apartment house
on Wilton Street.
The Washington times., 1932-12-29

Barber, will you please give
me a glass Of water?"
What is the matter, sir, a
hair in your mouth?"
mo, I want to see if my
throat leaks"
Green Griffin.
What did they teach you at
school today, sonny2"
"Oh, teacher told Gs all about
Columbus who went 1000 miles
ON a galleon.
"She did. did she? Well,
don't believe all you hear about
those American cars. my boy"
New Zealand Decorator.
And who was it that said:
IF you can't sleep move to the
edge of the bed and see if you
can't drop Off"
Boston "Beanpot."
The Washington times., 1932-12-29

summer and like it. I've
never been so contented in my
life as I've been the last
couple of weeks"
Mary Faith knew that she
had made him happy and
comfortable. She had worked
at it. She had cooked the
things he liked. She had
darned his socks and pressed
his neckties. Every morning
she had filled his tub and laid
clean towels out for his bath.
On Monday she had gone down
into the basement, while he
was taking a nap, and laun-
dered his shirts. And she had
loved doing it. She loved tax
ing care of him.
A Fine Time
1--we had the time of my
life. Kim" she said, "and I'm
still having it. It's heaven
to be here together, isn't it?
Listen, there's the Morrow
Hotel Orchestra. They're play
ing our song"
With their eyes on the fire
they sat listening to a blues
song on the radio.
All last summer they had
danced to that music-the song
hit of 1927. They had fallen
in love with its melody and
had asked orchestra leaders to
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
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"MARY FAITH"
XContinued from Maeozine Poeel

TCOntinued from Magazine Poee)
a blizzard and they stayed in
the house and hugged the
stove.
"Our friend Claire Maldon
is all wrong about honey
moons, Kim" Mary Faith OBJ
served one night as they sat
on the big white bearskin rug
that lay before the fireplace
in the patlor, listening to the
dance music that came pour
ing into the room from the
wheezy radio. We've been mar
ried for almost two weeks and
I haven't been bored for a
single second, have you?"
"You haven't seen me yawn,
have you?" Kim's eyes twir.
kled. claire said we'd be so
bored after the first week that
we'd yawn every time we looked
at each other. Remembers"
It was their second Friday
night in the little house. In
the morning they would have
to think about setting it in
order for Aunt Ella, and on
Sunday they would have to lock
it up and go back to town.
"The thought of packing up
and leaving gives me the blues,
as a matter of fact" Kim said,
stretching his long legs out to-
ward the fire. I could stay
right here with you until next
The Washington times., 1932-12-29

PARIS GN.S0.-What is your
chemical combination?
This is the all-important ques-
ton to be solved by the beauty
specialist approached by any fair
woman these days.
According to her answers made
in a long QUESTIONABLE and in a
special consultation, the specialist
discovers her chemical formula
for the clients special needs.
There are now thought to be
nine chemical tyres of women
The Washington times., 1932-12-29
Sulphur" Type of Woman
Has Most Sex Appeal

hydrogen, sulphur, calcium, etc.
Some women are a mixture OF
two chemical types. Members Of
one family are not always Of the
same type.
The sulphur" type, according
to the beauty experts, is very
energetic, perhaps possessing the
greatest sex appeal, inclined to
overdo herself, successful and
sympathetic. Very little sulphur
is included in her diet. The "hy-
drogen" type must refrain from
too much liquid.