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Evening star., 1936-04-18
Mcpherson Park Example
OF Modernization Mania
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In defense of what is being done to
some OF the parks and what is in store
for others, Mr.. GartSide suggests: Belay
the clamor till the work is done. The
defect in this advice is the natural one
that follows delayed action against plans
generally opposed.
Horrible example No. of moderniza
ton mania at work is Mcpherson Square.
The changes are still indefensible. Be-
fore the bisecting broad concrete lanes
were put in Gin the pre-boondoogling
era) this was genuine park. People
used to be attracted to it-came in their
cars and afoot. Now even the squirrels
pass up the vicinity. AS to practical
benefits, the pedestrian has been saved
perhaps a dozen strides in passing
through, which process he now has no
incentive to delay.
All favors doled out to Franklin Park
since the days Of "Old Man Mack" the
green-uniformed Civil War vet custo-
dian, have spelled retrogression.. First,
the misplaced statue on Fourteenth
street, leaving aside all question of artis-
tic merit. Second, the compositions used
to replace the subsidiary graveled walks.
The before -and-after sketches repro
duced Sunday hold no hope that this
policy is to be changed. The oval effect
apparently to be standardized in all the
parks offers no relief. On a bench you'd
get the same Gagged effect as in a Jail
exercise yard. OF what earthly need
the new concrete walks IL feet wide?
One bit Of perhaps destructive advice
remains. Leave the park as it is. Only
cleanup and minor changes are
needed: Restoration of the northwest
southeast and northeast-southwest walks.
The variegated paths, the lack of arti-
f1ciality, was one of the parks attrac-
tions. A little sloppiness even was pref
erable to the deadly uniformity now
planned. And the question of lower up
keep is in itself insufficient defense.
Other defenses from the inside sound
more like buck passing and advance
alibis than justification.
In their wisdom, 1t is plain, officials
have failed to appreciate some of the
main objects for which parks exist.
WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1936-04-18

such a thread is one with which the
textile industry is most directly con-
cerned. But the invention symbolizes
something universally important-it is
symptomatic of the gradual mastery OF
the materials, the mathematics and the
circumstance, like the discovery Of Amer
lea, 1t would have the same attraction for
the sheer drama of its news value. Yet,
because similar gains are being accom-
plished day after day, hour after hour.
as routine of steady advancement, it
passes almost unnoticed by the gen.
erality of readers.
However, the cumulative achievement
is worthy of specific citation. The peo-
pie of the world, it would seem. have
little cause to be discouraged when con-
slant development is the veritable law
of existence, not in any single limited
field of effort, but in every area OF
thought and toll. Nothing is immune
from the influence of growth so COM
pTcIlC1lSlVc, SO COIloloGCIAb CO kSW
erful. The tempo of the onward march
of humanity is being accelerated at
pace beyond the genius of any chron-
icler to record.
But it would be an error to suppose
that normal processes can be arbi-
trarily coerced. Indeed, there is posi-
tive peril to the race in the anxiety Of
inexperienced dreamers to meddle with
the rhythm established through ages OF
continuous improvement. The tempta-
ton, it may be conceded, is difficult to
resist. Yet 1t must be guarded against.
Attention to detail is wanted. DR..
Benger's policy in that regard is demon
strably wise and sane. Society will be
immensely advantaged when statesmen,
sociologists, educators and the rank and
file of the citizens of the Nation embrace
the same religion of exactness in
philosophy and conduct. '.-
Evening star., 1936-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

The net result, after about six hours of
searching both the fields and the man
ual, was almost nil.
We decided that we had not been cut
out to be a botanist. and in this decision
no doubt were right.
X
We did get something out of it, how
ever.
This something" is an interest in
plants.
One may not have any particular
ability in handling a manual, and yet
at the same time may have an inherent
love for the things of nature, Of which
botany is but one branch.
One may lack entirely the knack Of
dissecting flower, and yet at the same
time have a firm and abiding interest
In the flower itself.
Thus some persons are destined to
| analyze, and some to sing the praises of,
flowers, trees, shrubs etc.
The fine thing in this world Is that
it is SO multitudinous!
So many things, so many ways to look,
so many curious facts to be found.
Such a world of wonders all around.
and how much and how many do you
know?
\ +
The more you know, even in little, the
greater becomes your wonder over it all.
1.-THE fool hath said in his heart there
is no God"
He had to be fool
The questing mind Is never foolish.
although its findings may not be to
particular liking.
1t is bad to walk through the world
and never know anything, but it is worse
to walk through it and not want to know
anything.
The sad part of it all is that many
have been forced into this latter attitude
by life, by economics, even by good and
| great factors which tend to tie them
down.
How could a man write great novel
who loved his wife?
The greatest have been written by
those who didn't!
Fortunately, the curious mind has a
thousand outlets, too numerous to men
ton.
Every person can think Of something
| which has interested him, but to which
he has not had the answer.
1t is precisely the answer he should
seek, and in doing so he may open up
matter of great happiness for the rest
of his life
Is this asking that one do any more
than millions do, anyway. when they
read articles or seek special advice?
Decidedly.
While in those ways they may be on
the proper track, they have not, to any
real extent. begun the individual re-
searches which to certain minds spell
mental happiness.
Individual interest, individual search
| ing, individual attempts to answer ques-
tions for ones self. with the help Of
| others, must come into the picture, as
our correspondent points out, before the
| special happiness Of knowledge is born.
This is quiet happiness, it is true
and not intended for all, but surely for
great many more than may realize it.
1t is because they have found this
treasure that great many persons who
are not rated as successes" in the
worlds ordinary meaning, nevertheless
are amazingly happy. as any one can
see by looking at them and talking to
them.
Evening star., 1936-04-18

Would you like to be happier?
Here is the way one man helped him
j. Laurel, Md.
MY Dear Sir: Your interesting article,
with that Of Mr.. Henrys just below it,
in tonight's Star, called up many happy
moments Of my life.
when I graduated from college in
1897 I was out in the field one day ana
looking about me, saw innumeraoie
plants that had seen from my boy
hood days but the names OF which
did not know.
st determined there and then that If
possible would learn their names.
II secured Gray's botany. and with
his How Plants Grow I commenced
to study. 1t was not long before I was
able to analyze almost any Of the plants
met in my everyday life.
soon the thrill of finding out the
name of some flower that was not COM
mon was one of the greatest. With
Blanchan's Nature Garden and the
Botany of the District Of Columbia
have had many pleasant hours.
"Mr Henry quoted DR.. Frederick A.
Clements in writing Of the replacement
of peas and clovers by the dominant
grasses. Throughout this State along
the good roads, many of them being sur
faced with broken limestone, think he
will find condition that would seem to
show that the legumes or nitrogen-nxlng
plants are taking the place OF all others
1T may be that the lime is the cause
and not the fact that the legumes get
their nitrogen free.
'It may be that both factors figure
in the fact that legumes are taking the
place of the common roadside weeds.
Thanking you for your interesting
article on Templeton Jones and the
Kentucky coffee tree. am, most sin
cerely, j. 2. b.
Our correspondent had just been grad
uated, but he did not think he knew 1t
ALL
He determined to find out about some
thing he didn't know.
The fine thing about this attitude Is
that it may be brought into play at any
time Of life, whether one Is college
graduate or not.
All that is necessary Is the questing
mind.
The mlnQ Whlcn searches, WHICH wants
to know, is the mind capable Of build
ing up small happinesses, here and there,
as it goes.
The results may not be stunning.
The man may not know much, after
all. in whatever line he chooses. but one
thing is certain: He will know blamed
sight more than those who have not in
vestigated.
Another thing is sure. too:
The man will be a far happier indi-
vidual. everything taken into considera-
ton, if he appreciates what he has.
Botany, to take but one of many lines,
offers lifetime possibilities to any sin
cere seeker.
Not every one will find Prof. Gray's
famous Manual as easy to handle as
our correspondent.
But no matter.
Out of it will come some knowledge,
much interest, modicum of happiness.
One of the most miserable days we
ever spent was with that great book, in
meadow. attempting to identify various
Spring flowers.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
President Violates His Own
Merit System Declarations
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
President Roosevelt has asserted many
times that he favors extension and
strengthening of the merit system in the
Federal service.
One of his most recent declarations
was in his letter to the National League
of Women Voters in January, this year,
a vigorous and unequivocal statement
which was read over a national radio
chain as part of the leagues National
Civil Service day program.
But Mr.. Roosevelt has created two
additional agencies by executive order
during the last 80 days, and each order
carries the standard New Deal language
appoint and fix the compensation of
and other necessary officers and
employees without regard to the civil
service laws or the classification act of
1923, as amended"
This is the language which has ap-
peared in practically every law creating
a new Federal agency, and in every
executive order, since March, 1888. 1t
was used most recently in the Presidents
executive order of March 81, 1896, Gre
ating the Committee of Industrial
Analysis, to continue the writing of N.
r. A. history. The same order created
a new Division of Industrial Economies
in the Commerce Department to work
along the same lines. The order allo-
Gated 100000 from the works-relief
barrel to sustain the work.
Since this Is essentially piece of his
torical research, there can be nothing
urgent about it. Yet it is obviously
project which, if it is to be done well,
should be executed by a highly trained
personnel. All of these circumstances
conspired to make these new agencies
an ideal spot in which to begin the
application of the merit regime in the
New Deal. Mr.. Roosevelt, however,
elected to adhere to the old language,
without regard to the civil service laws
or the classification act of 1928, as
amended"
The text of the executive order CNo.
1899 is published in full in the Federal
Register for March 28. 1895. It became
effective April !. exactly SO days after
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Detail.

Progressive civilization depends upon
increasing control of detail. So much
may be asserted with confidence as a
governing principle. 1t is supported by
history and by practical theory. To
illustrate the point, DR.. Ernest B. Benger
has announced to the ninety first meet
ing of the American Chemical Society
the production of a new synthetic fiber
one-third thinner than the finest natural
silk. A ball of this novel gossamer
weighing only one pound, if unrolled.
would stretch across the United States
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
OF course, the primary significance Of
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Saving Grace.

For saving grace generous Providence
has given the American people sense
of humor. No matter what happens to
the masses, they still are competent to
smile. On occasion, when situation
merits such treatment, they indulge in
the gesture which picturesquely has been
called "a horse laugh" More frequently
they simply refuse to be serious about
their troubles.
No other nation Of the world appears
to have a like endowment. The British
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
MechaniZation.

MechaniZation.
What wonders we may now behold
Displayed on every hand.
With great inventions which, of old,
No one could understand!
Great combinations we will find,
Affairs to regulate,
But where is the controlling mind
To keep them going straight?
Upon the wings of light we go
At a bewildering speed.
New systems in our commerce show
How we shall meet each need.
And yet the way seems often rough,
With satisfaction small.
Where is the person smart enough
To operate them all?
Evening star., 1936-04-18

A growing tendency to be discourteous
to photographers is deplored. Wheu- a
statesman finds he has taken bad pic
ture it is frequently obvious that he is
personally responsible for some element
of artistic disappointment.
Evening star., 1936-04-18

Ancestors who came to this country in
the Mayfower are well enough in their
way, but European political urge for
anthropological antiquity may, if imi-
tated. call for special research to locate
forbears who came over in canoes.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Unhindered Imagination.

"I suppose you are well acquainted
with the star of your company?"
Never met him." replied the press
agent. "a successful press agent must
be an idealist, not realist."
Evening star., 1936-04-18

It is admitted that some economic les
sons have not been we'll learned. What
ever delinquencies there may be, it seems
hardly fair to call on flaming youth to
step forward and take the spanking.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Print.

do you expect to be one of the men
who leave footprints in the sands of
time?"
Sorghum, IF only to disappoint my an
tagonists who say I ought to be leaving
flngerprints in the rogues' gallery"
Evening star., 1936-04-18

Effort is being made to develop
youthful confidence so far that lads
will know exactly what to do under
all circumstances without asking a
college professor.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Benediction.

bene0lCtlOn.
The sun sets red and arrogant;
The dusk brings inner peace, cd.
As if protecting seraphim
Bid all soul clamor cease;
And angel wings, in starry heavens,
spread,
On blatant earth benediction Shed.-
=
The wisdom of the world of men, -
By which we live all day, .,. :,
Loses its grip. The darkness falls
= Under angelic sway. -.
With tolerant love embracing friend.
and foe, = -, -..-. go
The wisdom Of the Christ Is all we know.
Evening star., 1936-04-18

An election will show
Hopes that glimmering 60,
But the same old assurance we're GER
tain to know.
You'll always find some are exclaiming
with glee,
"Just leave it to me, boys; just leave it
to mel"
Jud Tunkins says man who doesn't
like dogs may be one of these boys
who work while others sleep and don't
want any one aroused by barking.
ITO believe all you read" said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, would be sur
prisingly foolish. To read only what
YOU can believe would become exceed
ingly tiresome."
Evening star., 1936-04-18

publication of the Presidents vigorous
letter to the League Of Women Voters
preaching militant defense of the merit
system. LAWRENCE SULLIVAN.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Wants Comfort.

From the Macon Telegraph.
AS we get it, what France desires most
Is that Mr.. j. Bull will drop what he's
doing and hold her hand.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Tiaras for Quarter Opera.

From, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
New York is planning 25-cent grand
opera. At which will be worn pearl
necklaces and diamond tiaras purchased
at the five-and-dime.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Leave 1t to Mel"

Leave 1t to Mel"
When we're moved to complain
We will hear a refrain
From chap whom we welcome again
and again,
Who says From anxiety you may be
free.
Just leave it to me, boys; Just leave it
to mel"
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Possible Market.

From the wichita Eagle.
Europe might yet realize something
out of the Locarno pact by selling it to
some collector of autographs.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
Enyiable Indifference.

Enviable Indifference.
A robot has no intellect;
From sorrow he is free
And now and then half suspect
I wish that were he!
He does not feel fatigue from toll.
While stupidity content,
He lives on gasoline and oil
And has to pay no rent.
"A man dat keeps right on playin'
de hosses," said Uncle Eben. may not
show good judgment, but he certainly
mus have credit for a mighty forgivin'
nature. ~
Evening star., 1936-04-18

Crime reports make clear the need of
more respect for courts-not less.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
One Question Remains.

From the Indianapolis News.
Austria apparently thinks that as ev-
erybody else is arming she might as well
arm, too. But the question of what to
use for money is still banning.
Evening star., 1936-04-18
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-08
More F unds Come
for County Roads

More highway money In the sum OF
1921, 187 AZ from the federal govern
ment has been received by State Treas
urer James j. Brett and credited to
the state highway commissions funds
While the money is sent direct to
Treasurer Brett, it is allocated in fixed
sums to projects in various counties
TO meet payments on highway contracts
awarded by the state highway COM
mission.
The government advances the money
as the projects are constructed, and
the funds are assigned at Washington
TO the specific projects. The counties
benefiting by the ALLEGATION are:
Meagher, s1s.990; RavaIli, $13326;
Garfield, 81, 401; McC0ne, SIG, 406;
Powder River and Carter, $3,S97; Gran
tie, $27, 692; Flathead, $18,O75; Hill, $11,-
819; Gallatin, $14,836; Silver Bow,
$4,000; Pondera, So ,430; Deer Lodge,
$50, 566; Silver Bow, $5,179.
Phillips, 1884, Powell, $10,382; Car
bon and Saltwater, 10,345; Petroleum.
$10,837; Pondera, $11, TIA.
Richland, 1882; Silver Bow, $5,091 (;
Toole, IS ,499; Valley, $1,000.
The highway commission draws on
these funds to pay the contractors as
the work progresses
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-08
Pioneer Freighter
Passes at Lavon

Horace M. Hand, old-time resident
of the Dillon section, died at his home
near Lavon after a lingering illness
Dec. /, 1860, Hand came to Montana
by OK team in 1878, locating at Glen
dale, now a ghost town, but then a
prosperous mining camp.
With the coming of the railroad in
1880, he established freighting busi-
ness from Divide through the Big Hole
basin to Gibbonsville, Ida, operating
the line for several year.
He later took up ranching in the
Wise River section, and for some time
resided at Melrose, but since 1917 had
made his home on a ranch near La
Won, on the Big Hole river.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-08
MOOSE CREEK ELK
GAVE BRUSH CLOSE
TRIM LAST WINTER
CIRCUMVENTING FAMINE IN FU-
TURE DEEP SNOW YEARS rs
TASK FOR SPORTSNEN

Big game performed fairly wide
spread job of pruning brush in the
Moose Greek area last winter, q re-
port from Hamilton reveals.
The region frequented by the elk and
deer bands in that section showed
practically all brush and browse, such
as willows, laurel, and other mountain
shrubs, had been eaten down to the
snow level, In the winters near-fam-
Inc times.
A great problem In game manage
ment Is ahead for sportsmen to start
considering right now, it is said. Over
grazing in the forest is evident, and
something win need to be done about
winter feed for the elk and deer.
Elk bands from the West fork of the
Bitter Root winter in the Selway re-
gion, making the game management
problem common Job for Montana
and Idaho sportsmen and foresters.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-08
Mines Graduates
Much In Demand

OF the 81 members Of the 1886 grad
uating class Of Montana School Of
Mines, more than 80 percent are al
ready employed Ia some branch of the
mining industry as engineers, samplers,
assayers, surveyors, millmen and min
ers, or on engineering projects. One
graduate is employed as surveyor by the
United States forest service. Several
have secured engineering jobs at the
Fort Peck dam project and by different
mining concerns.
According to Prof. o. A. Dingman,
chairman Of the employment commit
tee, graduates Of the Butte mining
school in recent years have had very
little difficulty in securing suitable en-
ployment Many graduates hold re-
sponsibIe positions and are considered
leaders in their fields, not only in this
country, but in several foreign coun-
tries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-08
NOTED BIOLOGIST
LOOKS AT PARK
SEES 1T AS BATTLE-GROUND OF
VIOLENT VOLCANOES;
FINDS CRATER

Not on the phenomena visible today,
but the geologic action OF millions of
! years ago when mountains SpeWed forth
volcanic ash, Is what occupied DIR. j. Fl
Coert of Java on his recent trip to
Yellowstone park.
Dr.. Coert, who has spent 80 xears
in the island famous for its living and
sometimes violent volcanoes, saw yell
lowstone primarily as the battle-ground
for one-time fiery playthings OF Pluto,
the god of fire. Everywhere he traced
existing lava flows that have long
since cooled; at other points he found
interest in the decomposed surface
rocks, the result Of gases and steam
rising from lava imbedded below the
surface; on the top of Mount Wash
burn he saw clear remnants of what
is definitely believed to be an extinct
volcanic crater, and at numerous points
he followed the layers of basalt, rhyolite
and obsidian, left in crystallized states
because Of exceptionally rapid cooling.
Even the geysers, hot springs and pools
were to DR.. Coert but expressions OF the
undying energy of the molten lava,
remnant of the age when the earths
surface swan with fiery flakes Of I'M
believable size.
Volcanic eruptions are more to Or.
Coert than geologic history During
his stay In Java he has witnessed two
violent eruptions in his adopted c0un-
try one of which caused 5000 deaths
and millions of dollars in property dam
age. Following the last violent erup-
ton, he was requested by the Dutch
government to assist in making scien-
tific studies of the volcanic mountains
in an attempt to gain practicable evil
dence of likely future damage.