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Evening star., 1933-05-14

A million dollars Is pretty cheap IS Western
water Developments go. but. IS Mr.. Hart points
out. Mature has already laid the foundation
All ve have to do Is put on the trimmings"
The Foundation" is Antelope Island. one of
16 Islands and islets dotting the lake. It was
here, 50 the story goes, that Frem0nt-then
lieutenant Of engmeers-lost his telescope.
Antelope Island. which Is inhabited today
not by antelope but . herd of buffalo, Is the
key to the whole thing.
Evening star., 1933-05-14
BY PAUL CONANT.

EHUL SOlVAlVls
uOfIN CHARLES FREMONT-the Lind
bergh of his day-lost his telescope.
It Was pet brass telescope. He hated
to lose it.
And he couldn't 60 buy another. be-
cause he lost it right in the middle OF
nothing-the Great Salt Lake Of Utah.
It was about the same as though Lndbersh
had lost his altimeter between New York and
lie Bourget.
This is interesting but not important, except
to children and collectors who would IKE to
find that precious spyglass.
What is important is where Fremont lost It,
He lost it on Antelope Island which now is
destined to take the star role in one OF the most
spectacular dramas ever played by men and
nature.
The Great Salt Lake is going to have to
earn its salt.
Americas Dead Sea has been dead long
enough and it's about time 1t freshened up.
So the people Of Utah have decided to unsalt
H-a great part Of it, anyway.
Their point Is this: The Great Salt Lake is
lazy. IT is almost totally valueless, except IS
q place to see the sunsets and build railroad
tresties. It is strikingly more ornamental than
useful.
1t is between 20 and 30 per cent saline de-
pending on the water level, which makes 1t
about seven times IS salty Is the sea. So when
you ask . Utahan why he wants to tamper with
his lake he says: 1T isn't the lake, it's the
salinity"
There Is water, water everywhere, but not
Q drop to drink-or, more to the point, not .
drop to condense.
And this lets you in On the secret.
The real reason for unsalting the Great Salt
Lake is one that Fremont, with al his scjen-
tifc knowledge. would never have thought Of
Il is the practical demand Of . modern world
cheap electricity. Streams are few and far
between in the West and power rights are gen
orally overspp-opriated.
DUT there is lots of coal, and there Is the
- Great Salt Lake.
When you put two and two together you
get the idea the coal and the lake ought to
team up But the lake IS briny; It even eats
away the hulls Of boats; so how can 1t be used
In steam power plants9
1t can't. That's why they are going to un-
salt it.
The Great Salt Lake has had no outlet since
prehistoric times but it has many inlets, most
of them on the eastern shores. These creeks
and rivers continually pour fresh water into the
brine and are lost
Suppose you build a system Of dikes to sep
arate the eastern part of the lake from the
western. Then you put in spillways to let some
of the water flow through the dikes. What
happens?
Well if the Utah engineers have their fig
ures added up right, in about two years the
eastern portion of the lake will be fresher than
q rookie cop on his first arrest. The western
part will still be good place to make dill
pickles.
This is no day dreaming
Richard A. Hart, an engineering expert and
Industrial secretary Of the Salt Lake City Cham
Der of Commerce, has completed . series Of
scientific experiments which prove that the plan
is nractical
Evening star., 1933-05-14
SALT
LAKE CITY

Once upon q time-when this world was Q
very strange and different place-Antelope
Island wasn't an island ut all: 1t was just .
bump on the noor Of . great inland sea. This
sea covered area OF about 9.740 square
miles (the Great Salt Lake today IS l,750 square
miles, and it was many hundreds Of feet deep.
Archeologists have named it Lake Bonneville,
IN honor of Washington hving's hero, Capt
Bonneville, who spun some good yarns about
the wide open spaces but didn't know much
about the prehistoric lake that bears his name.
QUT the archeoloeists are good detectives:
= they know the lake has been there by its
finger prints today you can see the ancient
shoreline high on the mountains of the Salt
Lake Valley.
II Lake Bonneville were to return now tn
all its glory, 1t was IN the earth's dawn days.
It would bury the great Mormon Temple, spires
and everything, under q thousand feet of va
ter. It's breakers would break against pinnacIes
Of the Rockies that are piled 10000 and $4,000
feet above sea level. It would spread over large
parts Of what are now Utah, Nevada and Idaho.
And, what's more it wouldn't be salty. For.
a. every schoolboy knows, it is the lack of m
outlet that makes . body Of water salty. In
those days Lake Bonneville had one of the best
outlets in the world.
3tS Vo<ctS, leu " &I8CtCkSp pOuIcu buWCDs-
ward to the Pacific through the deep Snake
and Columbia Riyer gorges.
But life goes on, and so does time The
glaciers melted away and the earth got warmer.
The sunshine drank up q lot Of Lake Bonne-
ville's water and took it elsewhere.
There came . day when the level Of the lake
wasn't high enough to spin through Red Rock
Pass toward the ocean.
It shrank and it shrank, and it got saltier and
sAltier.
It vas Jim Bridger, one of the greatest
frontiersmen Of them AL, who was the ftrst
white man to see the Great Salt Lake.
In 1s2o. with some other trappers. he padded
around . while in . bullboat made of buffalo
skin. but he didn't stay long. The Great Salt
Lake was Of no more use to Jim Bridger than it
was to the Indians.
The lakes next distinguished visitor vas
Lieut.. Fremont, who looked the lake over and
lost his pet brass telescope. But he, too. found
the water Of not much value. There weren't
even any fish in it.
The next person of consequence to view the
lake was Brigham Young. And he liked it,
It is recorded that; upon first seeing the Salt
Lake Valley, he cried, This is the place!"
That was July "a, 1847. That same day the
Mormon pioneers planted potatoes beneath the
shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville.
But, even to the thrifty Mormons, the Great
Salt Lake wasn't Of much value. 1t was a nice
place 10 take tOurlStS 10 prove you COul0nC
sink if you tried. You're like that soap-you
float.
1t took the pressure Of an industrial age to
prove its value.
1 iTAH Is one of Americas treasure chests.
~ Locked In its mountain vaults are millions
IN gold, silver and lesser metals like lead, INC.
hopper and iron.
But the ultimate refinement Of these metals
Continued on Fifteenth Page. - IL
The Washington times., 1933-09-01

Pretty prints and plain shades
guaranteed fast colors. Dainty
touches of shocking and shir-
ring. Nice selection Of colo1s
and styles. Sizes to extra 6.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
WEATHER, LAW,
OSTRAC|SM
HIT NAKED
Officer Of Law Takes 'Squint'
at PartiaIIy-CIad Group
and Lets Them BE

These nudists just can't be let
alone.
Harassed by law and ostracized
by society, they go to the trouble
and expense of buying a 50-acre
piece of ground near Herndon,
Va, erect a tent and proceed to
diSport themselves.
Vernon Cockrille, town sergeant
of Herndon, paid a visit this
morning to the so or more unclad
men and women. Because Of cool
weather, the sunkissed members
were partly clad, so Cockrille
took a squint and left.
But a movement is under way
in Herndon to raise money to
expel the nudistS. They point out.
however, that they have legal
right to the property where they
are living and that as long as
they unclothe themselves in the
privacy of their camp, nothing
can be done to GUST them.
Besides, they are peace-loving
citizens and don't want to be
bothered, they told Cockrille.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
LETTER ASSA|LS
N'KEE AIDE

Protests against the political
activities of Harry M. burning,
collector of the port of New York,
in behalf of Joseph V. Mckee,
independent candidate for mayor
of that city, are made in a letter
to President Roosevelt from the
Civil Service Reform League in
which it is said:
"FOr a high Federal official
to engage in any such i'm
portant political capacity is not
only questionable as to good
taste and wisdom, but it is in
violation of the letter of the
civil service act and rules. Act
ing as manager Of q political
campaign is using ones author.
ity for he purpose Of interfer-
ing with an election or affect
ing the results thereof"
President Roosevelt is asked to
check Durning's further activity
in the campaign.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
LACK Of POLICE
CALLED PERIL
TOPUP|LS
Arlington Sheriff Tells of Need
of Men at Crossings;
Says Danger Great

There are at least eight places
in Arlington county where police,
men should be. on duty during the
period when school children are
on the streets, and no men are
available, Sheriff Howard B. Fields
told the county commissioners to-
day.
His entire force already is "cov-
ering" as many crossings as pos
sible to protect children, he said.
The official was replying to a re-
quest of the Hume School Parent
Teacher Association for detailing
of a policeman at the school.
Sheriff Fields said:
IF it were possible a police
man should be detailed at each
school in the county. / could
place at least six men in inn
pOrtant positions Immediately.
The men are now caring for
the most dangerous sections.
The need at the Hume school
is great, but the other sections
are even greater"
81 cannot remove q man from
some other post to put him at
the Hume school, but If the
commissioners will give me the
men I will cover all Of the
schools"
Chairman Harry A. Fellows, of
the county commissioners, said he
was sorry" but that there were
no funds available for the hire of
additional policemen even if chill
dren were endangered by traffic.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
NEGLECT
COST PILOTS

About one plane in three which
violate the flying regulations laid
down by the Aeronautics Branch.
Department of Commerce, comes
to grief. according to a state
ment by that agency today.
There were 228 flights reported
in which the rules we're violated,
and 81 of these resulted in acci-
dents. The moral to be drawn,
the branch intimates, is that
that sort Of thing doesn't pay.
The violations included low
flying, acrobatics, flying by IN
licensed pilots, flying without
position lights or Identification
numbers, dual controls connected
during passenger flights, and
overlooking.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
NEW MILK LAW
DEFERRED a

Action on the proposed milk
ordinance for Arlington county,
which is patterned on existing
regulations in effect in Washing
ton, will be deferred until pending
changes in the District regulation
are made, Chairman Harry A.
Fellows, of the Arlington County
Commissioners, said today.
The ordinance was prepared by
the health department of the
county and was scheduled for &C.
ton Saturday, but it is now antici-
pated it will not be acted upon for
at least a month.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Trick Kitchen of Federal Cafeteria Shows
Gadgets Intriguing to Wives
We &c ia Bile PeeIer,
Pea Shelter Only
Two Features

Here's a tip for the husbands
of WaShington-never let your
wives see the kitchen in the new
cafeteria shortly to be opened in
the South Building Of the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.
If you do, they will be after you
to let them have in their cook
rooms the many remarkable
labor-saving devices introduced in
this most modern Of restaurants.
For instance, did you ever hear
of an automatic spinach washer? I?
Or an electric pea shelter? Or q
mechanical vegetable peeler?
All these things, and many
more, have been incorporated in
the new model kitchen. It is
claimed to be one Of the most
completely equipped and up-to-
date cafeterias to be found any.
where in the world.
Clerks in Charge
The Welfare Association of De.
partment of Agriculture Employees
is responsible for the venture. It
has financed the purchasing Of
everything movable, while the
Government has provided the sta
tionary fixtures. Operation will
be in the hands Of the clerks or
ganization.
Under the direction of Mrs.
M. H. Jones, formerly in charge
of the dining room service at the
Dodge Hotel, the cafeteria will
be opened. for the use of Agri-
culture Department employees
about the end of this month.
At that time, the workers will
have the privilege Of discovering
exactly what food prepared al
most entirely by mechanical
means taste like. Practically
every appliance and cooking facil-
ity in the new restaurant is run
by electricity. and controlled from
one central switchboard.
Other Devices
Besides the spinach washer
and vegetable peeler, there are
also mechanical food mixers,
meat choppers, bread slicers, soup
boilers, fryers, knife Sharpeners,
bread warmers, baking ovens,
pressure cookers, vegetable slicers
and, as one employe put it, every
thing but a device for picking
crab meat out of the shells.
That's why it will be unsafe
to allow a good housewife to
inspect the place. She'll want the
same things in her own kitchen,
and hubby will be required to
dig down further into his jeans.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Council of Scottish Rite
Opens Biennial Session

Clad in their gold-trimmed
robes, members of the Supreme
Council Thirty!Third Degree, Scot
tish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction,
opened their biennial session at
the Scottish Rite Temple on Six
teenth Street today.
John H. Cowles, sovereign
grand commander, presided.
Following the opening of the
Supreme Council, Masons of the
fourteenth degree were admitted
to the session. Representatives
of the order said the meeting was
devoted to routine business.
Shrotly after opening an
obituary of the dead brothers
was read. A SoloiSt sang and
taps was sounded by buglers
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
N. J. Barber Shops
To RiUQI Hospitals

RENTON, N. j. GN.SO
Barber shops throughout New
Jersey will be as clean and sani.
tary as a baby'S hospital from
now on, according to the new
code adopted by the State Board
of Health.
Steaming equipment, used for
the preparation of hot towels, is
doomed to be discarded under
the new regulations, as we'll as
any other tanks used for dipping
towels into hot or cold water.
From now on, BARRIERS will have
to use fresh towels for each
customer and the towels will have
to be heated or chilled in run
ming hot or cold water as the
customer requires.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. 16.
Portions of the history of this
section, especially Washington
county, over a period of several
hundred years, may be changed
as the result of the discovery
of an old map by the Boy Scout
organization of Hagerstown, which
is making a survey of this en-.
tire section under the direction
of Henry C. Coates. scout execu-
tive, for the purpose OF marking
historical spots.
The map reveals among the
more modern historical locations,
a series of breastworks thrown
up by the army of Gen. Robert
E. Lee on the retreat after the
battle at Gettysburg in 1863, ex-
tending from the City Park in
Hagerstown past Williamsport, on
the Potomac River. to Falling
Waters. w. Va, four miles fur
ther on.
ConOcOcheague Town
The oldest point in the history of
this section on the map is block
house near Williamsport, which
was known as Conococheague set
tlement before the town of Will
Transport was founded in 1887 by
Gen. Ohio Holland Williams Of
Revolutionary fame. Efforts are
being made by the Scouts to 10.
cate the blockhouse site and mark
it with a tablet.
One of the main objects Of the
Scout society will be to trace and
mark the route of General Brad.
docks army through this section
on his way to its fatal ending at
Fort DuqueSne.
The map recently found here
and dating baclSto 1908, indicates
that General Braddock did not fol.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
BLANTON WIRES
OPPOSITION
To DRIVE
Texan Claims Government
Salaries Have Always
Been Too Hiuh

Following the statement last
week of Senator Pat Harrison
CD of Mississippi, chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee,
that he would favor restoration
Of Government pa ycuts, two
members of the House Appropria-
tions Committee today expressed
their views on the subject to
the American Federation Of
Government Employees.
Representative j. H. Sinclair
(RO of North Dakota favorS
Harrison's policy, but Repre-
sentative Thomas Blanton (D0
Of Texas is against it.
Sinclair Will Aid
A telegram from Representa-
tive Sinclair to E. Claude Bab-
cock, president of the A. F. G. E.,
reads:
II voted against reduction in
the salary Of Government work.
ers. 1t is my opinion that cur
tailment of buying power will
not aid industrial recovery. I
shall support legislation to cor
rect injustices done deserving
employees"
Blanton Wires
Blanton's opposition is ex.
pressed as follows:
"It is my firm belief that Gov.
ernment salaries have been en-
tirely too high and out of all
proportions to salaries received
for like work in private posi-
'tiOns. American citizens are
tired of being taxed to pay
some Government employees
three to ten thousand dollars a
year, some of whom until re-
Gently were granted 3O-day vaca-
tiOnS on full pay, no work on
Sunday, numerous holidays, in.
Guiding half Of Saturday, and
generous retirement pay, all
working under comfortable sur.
r0undings.
Disabled veterans of all wars
have been cut materially, and
Government employees must
take their cuts the same as Con-
greSsmen and other citizens
with smiling faces"
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
TOWN To SEEK
PAVING LOAN

Rockville's Town Council will
hold a public meeting in the audi
torium of the Rockville High
School Wednesday to ascertain
public opinion on the proposed
borrowing of additional funds for
street paving work.
At present a State law prohibits
the town from floating a loan of
more than $1,000 at one time.
Thomas M. Anderson, counsel
for the community, explained that
individual members of the board
would be held liable unless spe-
cific permission were obtained. If
the permission is obtained, the
legislature will be asked to repeal
the section which imposes the
limits.
The bonded indebtedness of the
town is now $4,000, and it has a
taxable basis of 100000. At
present there is $1,000 in the
treasury.
The loan is needed for the pro-
jected paving of Monroe Street
west of Rockville High School.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16

stationed in the upper and lower
halls.
Luncheon was served the coun-
Gil members in the banquet hall
of the temple. An organ recital
will be given tonight in the tenn
pie and it will be followed by a
social hour to which all MaSons
are invited.
The supreme councill will hold
executive session all day tomor-
row to nominate new officers and
to pass on the qualifications and
worthiness of designates to the
thirty-third degree. The names
of the successful candidates will
be made public Wednesday. The
session will continue through Sat-
urday.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
REP SINCLAIR BACKS FIGHT FOR RETURN OF S. PAY CUTS
Terrier Stolen,
HieueSR Return
For Puppies

Pet thieves are active in the
District.
While Policeman Foster E.
Bendure was on duty yester-
day, burglars entered his home
in the 2700 block Thirty-third
st. S. E. and stole his police
dog, Pal.
Last Friday thieves stole a
wire-haired terrier from the
home of DR.. John A. Reed.
police surgeon, in the 5000
block Thirty-fifth st. N. w.
Yesterday they returned and
stole two puppies.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Rabbi Loeb to Aid
ReLiqiOus Campaign

Rabbi j. T. Loeb has been ap-
pointed Washington committee
man in a national religious re-
covery drive launched by the
Union of Orthodox Congrega-
tions to strengthen the financial
structure of the more than 1900
orthodox Jewish congregations in
the United States.
The national committee Of 1000
lay and rabbinicaT leaders, of
which Rabbi M. S. MargolieS, dean
of the American orthodox rabbi
nate, is honorary chairman, will
conduct a campaign for a per
capita tax of 81 on every member
of orthodox congregations.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Old Map, Found by Scouts,
Revises Braddock History

low what is now known as the Ma
tional Trail. Instead of crossing
the Blue Ridge Mountains at
DahlGren, his army crossed at a
gap near Smoketown.
Theory Borne Out
Old land grants found in the
courthouse here bear out this
theory. His army cut a road
through the forest to Conocohea-
que settlements and from thence
along the Potomac River to the
present site of Fort Frederick.
It is planned by the Scouts,
when the trail is definitely estab-
liShed, to have markers erected
along the route through this
county.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Couple Ditch Car
To AUOid Hittinq DO0

A dog was alive today at the ex.
pense Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
McManus, 1924 r st. N. w.
Swerving to avoid the animal
on the highway near Centerville,
Va, yesterday, the machine in
which they were riding ran off
the road. The couple were taken
to the Warrenton Hospital for
treatment before they returned to
Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Beverage Dealers
Form Association

Beverage dealers in the city
have formed a National Associa-
tion of Retail Beverage Dealers of
the District of Columbia to pre-
sent their claims before Congress
in regard to sale regulations Of
beer, wines and liquors after re,
peal of the Eighteenth Amend.
ment.
The organization is a member
of the National Association Of Re.
tail Beverage Dealers, who main.
tain headquarters in Washington.
Bert Olms d, restauranteur
has been named president. The
firm of Costello, Schow, Mclean
and Landreau will act as counsel.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
SUNDAY MOVIES
DRAW 1000 At
HYATTSV|LLE
100 Stand in Line for First
Showing Since Town Re.
peaIed "BIue Law"

Hyattsville citizens yesterday
observed the first Sabbath since
the blue law" governing Sunday
movies was repealed in that town.
More than 1000 persons attended
the performances at a local thea
ter and 100 were waiting in line
when the doors opened at Q p. m.
A survey of the audience showed
that the Sabbath movie-goers
were not only from HyattSville,
tending to prove sentiment of
other Prince Georges county resi-
dents in regards to the blue
laws"
Some were from Mt. Rainier,
where the movie question goes to
a vote next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Ruptured Men Get
$3.50 Truss Free
Pay No Money-Now or
Ever, for This Truss

Kansas City, Mo.~-A newer rup.
ture method developed by a doctor
is so successful he offers to give
every ruptured man or woman who
tries it, a $3.50 truss free. It does
away with leg straps, elastic belts,
binding springs and harsh pads.
After using it. many have report
ed their ruptures better. Often in a
very short time. Others say they
no longer need any support. The
doctor offers to send his method
on 80 days trial and will send the
$3.50 truss free with it. If the
method does not help your rupture
return it and keep the $3.50 truss
for your trouble. If you are rup.
tured just write DR.. Kaiser, 63t1
Koch Bldg, 29O6 Main ST. Kansas
City, Mo-. for his trial offer.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
LICENSED TO WED

Marriage licenses were issued in
Rockville Saturday to Joseph Hell.
len, 81, North Chevy Chase, Md,
and Christine C. StinSon, "a, Alex
andria. Va; Francis Leith Thomp-
son, 80. and Ethelyn Clagett Pratt,
%, both Of Rockville. and Robert
Carroll Hawkins. %, Clarendon,
and Minerva Fayette Young, 81,
Springfield, Va,
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
JAYWALKING BANNED

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. GIN.
sO.-The city commission has
passed an ordinance making it
misdemeanor for pedestrians to
jaywalk. They must obey traffic
lights the same as automobiles
and cross streets only at corners,
otherwise a fine of SO or a 10
day Jail term is the penalty.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
Stamp job May Go
To Alfred Kuv1ze

Alfred F. Kunze. president of the
Washington Philatelic Society,
and one OF the best-known col:
lectors in the United States, may
be chosen for the post Of chief of
the philatelic agency of the Post
office Department.. 1t was learned
yesterday that he is being consid-
cred for the post, to succeed M. L.
Eidsness, jr., who resigned last
week.
Mr.. Kunze has been active in
NRA publicity work and has fol-
lowing among stamp collectors
throughout the country. He has
been a stamp collector since boy
hood. He resides with his family
at 1922 Fourth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-10-16
MOTHERS CLUB TO MEET

Mothers Club of st. James
Church, Mt. Rainier, Md, will
hold a card party in the audi
torium of the church, Thirty.
seventh Street and Rhode Island
Avenue, Mt. Rainier, Md, tomor.
row night.