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Evening star., 1941-01-14
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trace1Uell.

The cardinals hour is from 430
o'clock in the afternoon until dark.
Then this beautiful bird, accompanied
by his mate, and his friends and rela-
tives, comes to the feeding stations.
All the English sparrows, the STAR
lings, the pigeons and the squirrels, are
gone for the day by this time.
The cardinal has it all to himself.
With the coming of the cold weather,
favorite hour
They were accompanied by few song
sparrows and white-throated sparroWs,
but it may be imagined that these little
fellows were lost in the colorful splash
of the six male cardinals.
Recently we had eight cardinals, four
pairs. but now it was six pairs.
This is sight for any garden.
There always had been four of these
birds. The additions were caused by the
increasing cold, the newcomers flying in
to find food waiting for them.
Probably the extra birds had their
eyes on the stations for a long time,
but had not found it necessary to use
them before.
1t must be imagined that not just the
birds alone which feed at station know
it is there. Birds have sharp eyes, and
must see almost everything which has
any bearing on their lives.
Just why some come, some do not,
cannot be explained. 1t may be that
birds, too, have their individualists, their
snobs, their conservatives, and so on.
Some accept food at feeding stations
others do not, and there is no particu-
lar reason apparent to a watcher why
some come and others do not.
In the front yard, for instance, there
is often seen a mocking bird, but this
specimen has not been in the back yard
at any time, although it must know both
food and other birds are there. This
mocker probably is not one of the vim
dicative type which specializes in chas-
ing other birds away from food which
it cannot eat. The dog in the manger
is living type, not just canine type,
evidently
These winter days there is no better
time to watch cardinals than the hour
named, from 80 to about Sis pm
1t is a good time to fill up the sta
tions for the morrow. What the car
dinals will eat out will not be missed
1t is always a good thing to have a
fixed time to attend to this chore Then
there will be no chance of missing it.
II it is put off until the morning. the
chance is that it will be too cold, or
one will forget it, or have something else
to do of more importance.
II
The English sparroWs leave for their
roosting places every day just about
4:30 o'clock.
1t is still quite light, but these birds
go with the regularity of a watch.
Just where they go we have never
been able to determine.
Evening star., 1941-01-14

Do they sleep in the neighborhood, or
do they go back to town?
Careful search has failed to reveal
any of them perched for the night in
our own evergreens.
The question is, why do they go far
away when there are exactly the same
sorts of evergreens close by?
Our guess is that the English sparrows
at home when they rooSt in the city.
This would mean that their feeding &C.
tivitieS, while changed by necessity from
town to suburbs, still remain in the
spirit of adventure. When they sleep,
they want to sleep "at home" which is
still the city streets for them.
English sparrowS, song Sparrows and
white-throated sparrows eat together
in happy confusion but the latter, sleep
ing nearby remain at the feeding sta
tions for at least half an hour or three
quarters of an hour longer each day
They also arrive on the scene about
half an hour earlier.
The other day we told here how the
crested birds, including the cardinals,
titmice and blue jays, came to the feed
ers every morning just as real light was
breaking. This meant that these birds
must llve-that is, sleep-in the neigh
borhood.
1t is thus possible, we believe, to de-
termine which species perch close by at
night and which fly away for sleep.
If the latter, how far away do they
fly? We do not believe there can be
any answer to such a question. 1t is
one thing to make quick and SNUG
quite another to prove ones assertion
1t is a good thing to bring out pan
of fresh warm water, but not too warm
for the cardinals hour.
This should be served up in a shall
low pan or glass dish.
The birds which will use it will not be
there but few minutes, and in this
time the water will not freeze up on
them
Water for the birds in very cold
weather is always a problem. Few of
US will have electrically heated water
fountains for them. The best we can do
is to see that in the midafternoon the
ice is broken from the bird baths. and
that shallow pans of water are put out
for them.
This is service often overlooked by
persons who pride themselves on watch
ing out for the birds in cold weather
1t is considerable trouble to carry out
water to them. then collect the pans
again to prevent them freezing up at
night.
1t is service especially incumbent
upon persons who put out seed and
grains. for it must be remembered that
these foodstuffs are very dry.
There can be no doubt that songsters
which eat seeds and grains all day
long, as they do at many a feeding sta
ton in winter, particularly need some
thing to moisten their whistle"
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Ph. D.

Changing conditions of civilization
require altered means of coping with
life; and colleges, whose purpose is
to prepare the young to do that
coping, often are strangely affected.
Courses at one time considered valu-
able have had to be dropped as USE
less. Among these may be mentioned
diplomacy, horseshoeing Eyes, there
used to be horseshoeing classes and
international law. 1t is easy enough
to throw this junk overheard, but
the problem of finding substitutes is
tougher. Much depends upon the
trustees guesses as to what life will
be like in the future.
The authorities of college in the
North Carolina hills seem to expect
a reversion of our highly complex
life to something near pioneer condi-
tionS. They have started course in
possum hunting, with the great out
doors as laboratory and dogs, axes
and lanterns as equipment. All
practical problems of possum hunting
will be explained by experts, includ-
ing, it is hoped, the answer to some
hitherto almost insoluble situations
that crop up every now and then
what to do when the dogs make an
error and corner a skunk; what to
tell an irate farmer with a shotgun
and an unreasonable prejudice
against trespass, and what excuse to
give when compelled to return empty
handed. These should be easy for
graduates who no doubt will earn
an old degree, Phi. D., with new and
more practical significance-Possum
Hunting Doctor.
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Says Lord Baden-Poweu
Earned Immortality.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t was with sigh of regret that
learned of the death of Lord Baden
Powell in South Africa. Too bad the
news of his demise was relegated to the
inner pages due to the present Eu-
ropean war when, normally, it should
be in headlines due to his Importance
as the greatest leader in character
building in our time
True, his passing will leave a niche
that will be hard to fill, but his acts
will be remembered long after the deeds
of the present dictators will be for
gotten.
Although he was not directly con-
nected with the Boy Scouts in this coun-
try, his death will be greatly mourned
from the chief executive, President
Roosevelt, down to the newest tender
foot in this great movement.
Scouting has been and still is ridiculed
by some persons, but it has been god
send to many. VIM. D. Tiff.
Evening star., 1941-01-14
james Joyce

The death of James Joyce in Zurich
removes an enigmatic figure from the
world of letters.
Already the mans shadow falls far
across the literature of the future.
Quite aside from the rather repulSive
nature of the subject matter with
which he dealt, he was a pioneer in
a notable effort to free language from
the mold of tradition in which 1t has
solidifed, to go back close to the
beginnings of mans slow progress in
standardizing mediums by which
thought could be transmitted,
Language is the most notable in
yention of the human race. One Is
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Proposes Defense Day.
To Help Greece and China.
To the Editor of The Star.


1t seems hardly patriotic or consistent
with the Presidents performance for
citizens in public letters to charge him
with indifference or hypocrisy toward
China. Public opinion had to be awak
ened first to the immediate urgent need
of Britain, Greece and China We need
to make sacrifices for these three coun-
tries in our own Self-interest and for
national defense.
Why not set aside a national defense
day? We have had enough of Con-
gressional wrangling. Greater aid to
these three countries will undoubtedly
be sent simultaneously by our Govern
ment. But when? I trust not too late
In times of national emergency we
should not grossly criticize our President
and our Government. Even freedom
of speech does not warrant such conduct.
Any one can tear down without Offer
ing concrete constructive suggestions.
Greater aid to Greece and China would
be fine stroke since it would cripple
Germany by rendering Italy and Japan
useless as allies, because the former with
our aid, can give the latter all the trouble
they seem to be looking for.
Unquestionably, we should cut out
trade with Japan, until she let's up on
China. Congress can help Britain most
not by partisan discussion but by send
ing deStroyers to convoy munitions, air.
planes and supplies to Britain, and by
placing stable division of our Atlantic
feet in the English Channel and at
Gibraltar to work in active cooperation
with the British Navy.
Above all, we need action rather than
discussion that smacks of partisan pol
iticS.
Why could there not be a national
defense day by the Presidents procla-
nation, when each adult would con-
tribute 25 cents, and each child in the
Nation 10 cents, for national defense?
The best national defense would be to
divide the fund raised on national de-
fense day equally between Greece and
China to purchase airplanes and NUM-
tions We have appropriated money for
national defense and to help Britain.
Now let us speed up our production,
and let us quit knocking and pull to-
gether. United we stand but divided we
fall. HENRY M. WOODS, Jr.
Virginia Beach, Va,
Evening star., 1941-01-14
The Embers of Revolt

Persistent reports of growing re-
volt in German n-occupied countries
are borne out by circumstantial de-
velopmentS in Norway. In that
northern land, one of the earliest
victims of blitzkrieg and fifth column
treachery, resentment of Hitlerite
mastery has reached a point requir-
ing arrangements for its forcible
suppression.
Major Vidkun Quisling, head of
the Norwegian Nazi party organiza-
ton, has appealed to Josef Terboven,
Reichcommissioner for the country,
for police and military support. At
meeting in Oslo on January 9
representatives of the occupational
authorities reported that hostility to
the Nasjonal Samling CNazi party)
has become so strong and widespread
that there is risk of the complete
collapse of the whole Quisling move
ment. Thereupon, it was agreed
that its local organizations shall
henceforth be under direct super
vision of the German authorities, in
cluding guidance of their political
activities, as we'll as armed protec-
ton both for their meetings and for
the personal safety of their members.
Hitherto the Germans have osten-
tatiouSly refrained from meddling
with O,,jcljpo,c offor+c to Na1if, +l,o
country, figuring that his task would
be easier If the fiction that the Mas
jonal Samling was operating on a
purely Norwegian basis could be
maintained. But the hardy Morse
men have seen through that camou-
fage and are now comporting them
selves in manner which threatens
the already seriously demoralized
economic life of the nation-a situa-
ton which vitality concerns the Ger
mans and has at length spurred them
into repressive action. According to
Swedish accounts, Quislingist admis-
sionS of inability to cope with re-
fractory conditions unaided are des-
tined to inflame rather than eXtin-
guish the embers of Norwegian re-
volt.
Coincident with this news is the
review just submitted to the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, narrating
widespread unrest" in German-co
quered countries. Everywhere" it
is stated, "and despite censorship,
reports indicate signs of increasing
resistance. The Netherlanders, with
the memories of four centuries of
liberty, engage in campaign Of
passive resistance, while Norway is
pervaded by a spirit of defiant in
dependence which terror cannot put
| down"
1t would be premature to build too
confidently or too soon on hopes Of
effective uprising in the nations
under the Nazi bootheel, but that re-
bellion is fermenting cannot be
| doubted. There are unmistakable
manifestations of it in France, as re-
| fected by the stiffened attitude of
Vichy against collaboration" while
Italy's mounting military and eco
nomic miSfortunes heighten the pos
sibility of a domestic breach in axis
solidarity, which would be certain to
have far-reaching repercussions.
President Roosevelt's pledge to ex-
| o1 oil {o hn hot 1oL
democracieS, in order that the cause
of human freedom may eventually
triumph Everywhere in the world"
is bound to sustain the captive peo-
Piles in their disinclination perma-
nently to tolerate the yoke of
tyranny.
Evening star., 1941-01-14

and to restore the order essential to
the national life
1t is safe to say that if the intellectual
laws had been as vigorously applied as
were the moral laws during, let us say,
the past 20 years We now probably
should be enjoying the fruits of peace
instead of being at each others threats.
1t was the moral laws that brought down
upon the people of Spain their ruin,
and it was the intellectual laws that
restored Spain to her former position
among civilized nations.
LOUIS F. DILGER.
HyattSville, Md.
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Asks Pointed Question
About High " - Purposes"

To the Editor of The Star:
Jay Franklins recent statement that,
according to Lord Lothian week before
his death, the first purpose of the British
in the present war is ito end, once and
for all, this whole dirty business of in
discriminate warfare against women,
children and civilians" carried me back
to those tumultuous days of 1918, when
the first purpose of the British was ito
end all wars
Why is it that these high and noble
purposes are never proclaimed until after
the trouble has started' J.J. SPERRY.
Woodstock, Va.
Evening star., 1941-01-14

question OF fact by 1Drtttng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Huskir, director, Washington,
DC. Please tncloSe stamp for reply.
@. How many people in the United
States own life insurance policies?-
F.. K. H.
A. approximately 65 900, 900 Americans
own policies and have investments in
life insurance totaling $30,000,0 100000.
@. Is blood being sent abroad for the
British?-K. R. T.
A. Blood plasma is being flown by
Clipper plane from this country to Eng
land for British soldiers
Q. Where did Mrs. Jefferson Davis
live after the death of the PRESIDENT
S. ]. B.
A. After her husbands death in 1889
she gave their home to the State Of
Mississippi, as home for Confederate
veterans and went to New York City,
where she lived with her daughter Win
ME. and supported herself by writing
for periodicals and magazines. She
died in 1906
@. What is the oldest park in America?
H. K. R.
A. The Alameda in Mexico City, laid
out in 1892, is said to be the oldest park
in America.
@. Is it true that there are more men
who stutter than women?-S H M.
A. Men stutter from to 10 times
more frequently than do women.
@. Who was Nokomis?-C. Mp.
A. Nokomis was the daughter Of the
Moon. In Longfellows "HiaWatha she
was the mother of Wenonah and grand
mother of Hiawatha.
Q. Please give the amount of money
that is spent for cosmetics, perfumes, and
toilet articles-M w.
A In 1910, retail sales of cosmetics.
perfumes and other toilet articles TO-
tailed approximately s45O.0000OO. It is
estimated that almost as much more was
spent in beauty parlors and barber shops.
O. What is meant by the "Old Con-
temptibles'? H.
A. The term "Old Contemptibles" re-
ferred to the small British expeditionarv
force in France in 1914 from an al
legged sneer of the Kaiser at England's
contemplate little army"
@. What is the weight of the bronze
entrance doors of the Supreme Court
Building in Washington, D. C.?-H. TN.
A. The doors weigh 5000 pounds each
and are rolled out of sight when the
building is open.
O. Why are sedan chairs so called7-
c. A.
A. The sedan chair took its name from
the town of Sedan, France, where it
was first used
O. Please give the origin of the line:
"The worldly hope men set their hearts
upon turns ashes?"-W NJ. w.
A. 1t IS from the "Rubaiyat" of Omar
Khayyam.
@. When was spectacle-making rec
ognized as a trade?-T. c.
n LII 1oZS CudIIeS L granted a CAdf-
ter to the Spectacle Makers Guild.
@. What kind of wood is used for fine
cigar boxes?-S. S. NJ.
A. The better grades of cigar box lum-
ber come from cedar grown in Man.
zanillo, Cuba, and in the vicinity of
Veracruz, Mexico.
Q. Please name the Senators who
voted against the United States enter
ing the World War-A. A.
/ A. The Senators who voted against the
declaration of war with Germany we're:
Stone, La Toilette, Norris, Vardaman,
Lane and Gronna.
O. How much money did the Govern
ment lend on the cotton crop last year?
S. B. D.
A. The Commodity Credit Corporation
made loans on the 1910 crop amounting
to Sl28,5l0 83110 on 2,666,l59 bales.
Evening star., 1941-01-14
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Evening star., 1941-01-14

1t is announced that the great
liner Manhattan got stuck on sand
bar "of recent formation" just off
Palm Beach Probably the real
estate boys were out taking hopeful
soundings as soon as they heard the
news.
Evening star., 1941-01-14

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To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the uns,Uer to any
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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-06-13

HOf7R FAfliER VISITS MATAEUSA4NS
Norman WELLS OF Honor has
been in the Valley the past foW days
pur chasing 1.-Two stock for imsolf
cnd other farmers Of the Homer dist
riot. he wos present ct tho Land Use
tanning Aooting Wednesday, ri ght
cnd spoke enthusiastically Of agri-
cultural possibi litios IL the I-omor
aroo. Oh costs, duo to poor tran-
sportation FACT 1itios, and lack Of
finance scom to be tho gr ;tost
handicap to moro rapid progress.
Twenty conts per pound Wa PAID for
pea seed this spring end an offor
of 30. 90 per ocro was made FOR sod
bro oking, wi tn no takers. ahool
tractors have boon tried cId found
unsuccos sful. Horsos ship.:od in
lately may solve tho broal-fnq pro-
blom. Mr. ellis said that u2on he
loft homo radishos Woro lcrgo enough
for market and peas Wcro putting out
runners, also that hay wos probably
boing harv stod at this ti:ao. The
average depth OF snow in uintor is
from three to five foot, stock usu-
ally grozo in tho fall until the
middle Of November.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-06-13

The regular meeting OF the
Land Use Planning Conuni ttee was
held in the Extension office on
the evening Of June IL. The ques-
tion Of ganization Of the Land
Use Planning Conaai ttoe was again
referred to the standing COMM ttee
on organi cation.
Ernie 9es chenfelder Of the
Fire Control Sorvi CO dis cussed
windbreaks that would be sui table
for this area. he also stated that
the Fire Control Servic &C contemp-
LATED doing considerable experiment
tai work with trees, but due to no
c.c.C. help avail liable at the pre-
sent timo the program has been him
derod. Ho stated that IS sugar, map
les have been planted along the
rail belt under very careful pro-
lection, and to date they are re-
ported as doing we'll. Don Irwin
states that Manchuria an crab trcos
are still avail liable at the Expor-
iment Stati on for those Interested.
Mn. ELLIS Of Homer di S Gus sed
farming condi tt ons end the present
crop 81 tua tt on in the Homer Terri
tory. He extended q greeting Of
the Homer Civic Club to the Land
Use Planning Conrni tee and aclrnow-
Lodged their dosire to cooperate
in the Aatanuska Valley. hr. Ellis
stated that due to high froi Sht
rates, seed peas cost Homer farm
ors 1000 hundred this year.
Mr.. Don L.Irwin gave O brief
resume Of tho 1910 grass planting
experiment Whi CHI nc has prepared
in mimoogrophod form and viii CHI is
now avail liable for those who are in
torestod. He also reported that
the sheep flooding experiment that
was carried on the past winter has
been completed, and he will mako
q detoilcd report on this at tho
next meeting Of the Land Use Plan
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-06-13

LLOYD OLSON SAILS FOR FRISCO
Lloyd Olson left Palmer Wednes-
day for six weeks trip Outside.
He expects to visit in San Franci CO
wi tn his twin sisters from ,linnos ota.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-06-13

DUE IN PALMER.
Justin mccarthy, R.E.E. Engineer
Mr.. Tucker, Superintendent and How
ard EVIL lson, contra ctor's assis tant
Woro due to arrive in Pa1Mo T. Thurs da,
Plans had boon mado to como to
Alaska by plano. Constructs on on
tho Valley E1octrifi cation prof cct
is expected to be started in the I'M
mediate future.
September Is has been tonto tiv-
ely set as tho date Of comp 1oti on,
Of the line, however, much depends
on labor availablo and the shipment
Of materials.