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Show Link-Sid- Story Told by John D. e Lonjj Drive Ends in Accident Near Home Our Government Washington. AXttr driving all he way to North Carolina and return In search of her sifter whom she had not seen for the last nineteen years. Mrs. Inex Turner. Beth-et!received a cut on the right ankle within a mile of her home. According to police at Bethesda she was attempting to pass a truck hen it swerved to the left Trying to avoid a collision she turned short, causing her automoble to overturn. How It Operates a, ' F J ; -K Ik n r i 1 ) -- ' - t lU i IV 1 m ""wii, J . 1 A V V , iS: 'V4 - - I - mm A - "One upon a time" goes the itory John D. Rockefeller tells to bis great grandchildren, John and Bessie De Cuevas, who are ardent listeners. Sitting od the steps of the starter's hut on the Ormond Beach golf links, the elder Rockefeller takes a little time off between boles to favor the children with tale. MUSCLE SHOALS CALLED "NIAGARA OF THE SOUTH" Likened to Great Falls as Potential Water Power. Washington. Muscle Shoals and Its Wilson darn, In the further development of which the new administration has declared an Interest, Is the "Niagara of the South" Insofar as potential water power la concerned, according to a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Muscle Shoals is oft the main highways and railroads, and considerably outh of the center of population, and la therefore not so well known to traveling Americans as some less Important power sites," says the bulletin. "The Tennessee river, on which these rapids are situated, is the main tributary of the Ohio river and carries a large volume of water, especially In the spring months. The river, flowing far to the south and then far to the north, makes a vast bend, greater than that In any other of the major streams of the United States except the Snake river and the Rio Grande. ' Drops About 130 Feet. "Some of the headwaters of the Tennessee rise in Virginia and the stream then makes two complete crossings of the State of Tennessee, looping between times into northern Alabama. It Is the portion of the river that lies In Alabama that contains Muscle Shoals, a section of rapids S7 miles long. In this short distance the river drops about 130 feet, nearly a third of the entire fall between Chattanooga and the Ohio river. "Plans to improve the Tennessee at Muscle Shoals have been In existence for more than a hundred years. The work was first recommended by the secretary of war In 1824. This Improvement was wholly for the purpose of bettering navigation. Work was actually started In 1S31 and a canal with several locks was constructed, but was of small value. Further Improvements to help navigation were made up until the World war, when It was decided to harness the river by a power dam and to utilize Its electric energy for the production of nitrates to be used In the manufacture of ammunition. The Wilson dam was begun In 1816 and was not completed until 1025. This dam is one of the largest In the United States. The river spreads ont to a great breadth so that the dam lacks only about 700 feet of being a mile long. It Is aproxlmately 122 feet high to the roadway on top, and contained at the time of Its completion a greater volume of concrete than any other dam In the world. Because of the great width of the river at the dam site, construction was very costly. Dam and power house have cost to date 147,000,000. The power house Is situated at the south end of the dam and has foundations which provide for the installation of 13 giant turbines that will produce a maximum of 600,000 horse power. Of these, eight have been Installed and are capable of producing a maximum of 250,000 horse power. The maximum at low water will be about 100,000 horse power. "Since the completion of the Wilson dam and power house in 1925, the plant has been put to very little use. Some electric energy has been sold to existing power companies, but at no time has the power bouse been called on for Its maximum production. "In connection with the building of the Wilson dam, the federal government constructed two huge factories for the manufacture of nitrates from the nitrogen of the air. The various buildings of one, situated at the town of Sheffield, ft few miles down stream from the southern end of the dam, are scattered over more than 1,800 acres of land. It has never been In use. The second, four miles up stream from Sheffield and close to the end of the dam, occupies a tract of approxi . mately 2,300 acres. It has been operated only on a test basis. The government also constructed a large steam power plant of 80,000 horse power with which to operate the second nitrate plant pending the completion of the dam. Near City of Florence. "The north end of the Wilson dam Is In the suburbs of Florence, Ala., a thriving little city of 12,000 Inhabitants. Florence Is a typical Inland southern town of shaded streets, many of them lined with fine old mansions. Like other communities near Muscle Shoals, Florence felt the hectic wartime prosperity that poured liberal wages Into the hands of 20,000 workers on the dam and nitrate plants. "When the Wilson dam was built, primarily for power production, the possibilities of Improving the navigation of the Tennessee river by the structure were not overlooked. At the north end of the dam Is a canal with Its flight of locks through which river boats are lifted Into the Wilson lake. Back water from the dam makes the river navigable for 14 miles, up . By William Bruckart FACTS FOR THE FARMER senators created quite the recent session of criticism of the Dehis congress by what be partment of Agriculture for In called a woeful waste of money documentsfor and printing pamphlets the information of agriculture. Ihe stream, but at this point a shallow senator, suddenly seized by a desire stretch occur. There an auxiliary for economy, selected a pamphlet dam la being built which will make which he described as "The Love Life the river navigable to Chattanooga. A of a Bullfrog." on which to make his small dam, also, has been built ser-erown play for publicity. miles down stream from Wilson It was true that the Department dam to make possible the passage of of Agriculture had issued a pamphlet river traffic over the lower end of concerning bullfrogs, although I failed Muscle Shoals. to find In it any reference to his love docudam Is com"When the life. On the other hand, that a of study results the pleted It will be possible for Tennesment contained see river traffic to operate from Chatof that little friend of man In order tanooga to the mouth of the river and to show how greatly be helped by os. down through the Ohio and Missishis Insatiable appetite for certain sippi to the Gulf, carrying Its burdens kinds of Insects, protecting the health of coal, stone, phosphate rock, coke. of the nation and the crops the farmIron, lumber, furniture, and farm and ers grow. or food products." Obviously. It seems like a waste money until you know how Famed Thieves' Market the Investigations of the department prove to be. It Is, however, of Moscow Is Abolished to point out that without all With Moscow. the closing of proper of these scientific studies, farming Sukharevsky market the Soviet capnot be what It has proved to would ital lost an Institution of 111 fame a be, gigantic resource of a great which was part of Moscow life for nation. That statement Is made, notgenerations. withstanding the recognized fact that A sort of "thieves' market" before suffarmers, as everyone else, have and after the revolution. It became In fered In the worst depression of modthe last few years the last stamping ern history. It Is my deliberate conground of private traders, legitimate clusion that farmers would have been and otherwise. In ordering its aboliworse o(T except for the help of their tion the Soviet felt It necessary to ex In this connection. government plain that the construction of new There are not thousands, but milmodern markets made this one unlions of these pamphlets, documents, necessary. books, leaflets and printed material for The local press supplemented the newspaper publication sent out each official apologies by attacking Suyear by the department If Its work Is kharevsky market as a hotbed of theft to be of aid to those for whom It Is and speculation and disease. Intended! they must be made acquaintThe fame of Sukharevsky went far ed with it So. It does seem that govIt was known ernment expenditures of this kind beyond Moscow. throughout the country. The market are Justifiable up to a certain point; presented a scene far more Asiatic Just as valuable. Indeed, as are other Besides rows of funds spent by the department In the than European. booths where government goods were thousands of studies, researches, exbeing sold there were others presided periments and administrative direcover by peasants trying to dispose of tion of Its work. farm products under the Kremlin's It Is readily understandable how new permission to trade on a free maragriculture gains from scientific work ket basis. that results In prevention of cholera Buyers and sellers milled in a among hogs, hoof and mouth disease Men, women, and among cattle, rust In wheat, and othnoisy confusion. children stood or promenaded all day ers of that character. Likewise, the long to dispose of a bottle of oil, a experiment station In your state. If pair of pants, galoshes, or some other you have happened to visit It, gives article. you a clear Idea of results to be With the Increasing shortage of gained from doing things a certain food and clothes in the last year these way. but It Is not so easy for the became the principal items of trade person who has not traced each operon Sukharevsky. It was chiefly at ation through to Its ultimate concluthis market that thieving employees sion to see where some expenditures of government shops sold their loot are Justified. through intermediaries. All the while and In countless ways, the scientists of the department are seeking to find facts, facts of value to the farmer, and when they have helped the farmer they have likewise a service for the man In performed Is estimated at the stupendous total the city, since agriculture Is fundaof $1,500,000,000, this figure Including mental in our economic life. the new federal tax and the state and Thus, we find In the Department of local Increases. In license fees, gasobureaus of animal IndusAgriculture, line taxes, municipal, and personal and dairy Industry, of agricultural try property taxes on motor vehicles dureconomics and home economics, one ing l&U the motorist paid a national relating to plants, and another relattotal of $1,025,000,000. ing to control of foods and drugs In h of the entire United Interest of health, to menStates tax bill was the amount paid by tion a few people's of them. Each has Its motor car owners during 1931 through place and purpose. Each has been license fees, gasoline taxes, and percreated by a congress that saw a sonal property taxes on vehicles. The need for the work that It was to do. percentage Is expected to be higher It may seem strange, at first thought, when the figures for 1932 are availthat the weather bureau and the buable. reau of public roads should have been From figures obtained from all parts lodged In the Department of Agriculof the country It appears that raising ture. But the functions they performed the tax on gasoline has been a favorat the time they were were ite means of providing new revenue more Intimately related organized to agriculture for states. In some states this levy than to any other economic effort has been pyramided to the point The vast annual expenditures of where the gasoline tax amounts to 11 the federal government, In cents a gallon. with the states, for construcWhile the old time toll houses that tion of public roads had their Inceponce lined the nation's principal high- tion from a desire to enable farmers ways as a means of collecting enough to reach markets. Right on top of this money to pay for the roads and keep came the desire to enable farmers to them in repair have passed Into his- receive their mall through the farflung tory, the modern gasoline filling stasystem of rural mall routes, and so tion, according to leaders of the auto- that agency has gone along, year aftmotive Industry, has Just about taken er year. In development of the greatthe place of the toll house. est system of public highways exGasoline tilling stations today are isting In any nation on earth. It was the same with the weather toll collecting agencies for federal, state, and. In many cases, for county bureau. Farmers, with perishable and city governments. On a basic tax crops, needed Information as far in of 5 cents a gallon, a light passenger advance as possible and the governcar consuming one gallon of gasoline ment tried to arrange It for them. Of each 20 miles pays a road toll tax of course, in later years, the "weather man" has come to be a vital factor In $50 for every 20,000 miles. the life of the air pilot and In commercial and Industrial effort as well, but Steer Grid Mascot, Bevo, It remains In the Department of Is Sent Back to Ranch for the good and sufficient Austin, Texas. Bevo II, brawny reason that It can be administered Leghorn steer, cut such a swath at better there than In any other branch Texas university that the flesh and of the government and the purpose blood mascot has been expelled from of its inception remains as Its fundamental basis of operation. the school and sent back to the Dia. 1H1, Weeorn mond T ranch, on the Mexican border, Newp,per Union. whence he came. WW Will You Do? Bevo Joined in celebrations and mass God gives us a place to work, energy so with much gusto so, In to work meetings and capacity to do the fact that he seriously endangered the Job. We with, also lives of spectators at one football with some have something to work of us play the piano, othgame. ers have good voices, another has a So Bevo was ruled out by a vote of talent for leadership. Whatever 5 to 1 by the athletic council, and the now he can romp In the 12,000 acres gift may be, the Important thing are you going to do with It?" of his homeland, unhampered by the Do Intend to use your tools to you cramped stadium walls. build and strengthen the highway of life over which your brothers must Faculty Are Student' Parent pass, or are you going to use them to stuBurlington, Vt Twenty-fou- r make the ruts and holes deeper? Our dents at the University of Vermont talent should be used to make the are children of faculty members. world ft better one. Grit of the ONE furore In MOTORISTS ARE HARD HIT BY TAXES Contribute Heavily to Cost of Government. Washington. A heavy share of federal, state, and municipal government costs Is being borne by automobile owners throughout the United States as the result of new taies enacted during the past two years. Revenue of more than $250,000,000 was expected to accrue to the United States government through the excise tax passed by congress at Its last session and which levies on gasoline, oil, tires, and all accessories. States and municipalities also have tapped new fountains of Income by levying upon motor vehicle owners. In the 12 years from 1919 to 1931 state license and gasoline taxes alone have risen from $8.G8 to $34.10 per capita, an Increase of 292 per cent. The tax bill which Mr. Car Owner in the United States paid during 1932 Hot Bread Adds Much to Simple One Kind Just About as Good as Another Though They Are Generally Served at Break-- ' fast or Luncheon Corn Delicacies. muffin Iron. Put plenty of g10rBL ing in the batter and your cakta never stick and the utensil wij smoke and fill the house win tt! odor of burning fat these When made-a- t cakes or waffles are used for dT sert, sirup, honey or sugar and tv nanion should be served win th. Plain cake or ginger cake may be baked in waffle irons if 1 mixture is thinned a trifle. Whipn! cream or crushed fruit served fa them makes a marvelous dessert, to a simple Nothing adds more one, for that meal, or to an elaborate right from bread, hot a matter, than do Northerners the oven or griddle. Indispenbreads these ot consider southernsable at every meal, as do as well, Just them like thev ers but to offered are X think, when they them. Almost all these breads are Just ns good at one meal as at another, serve but we are more irelined to than luncheon or them at breakfast one at dinner, although I am sure no roll or muffin hot a down will turn soft with dinner. Spoon bread Is a baked mixture which is associated with meat and gravy, as also are waffles. Personally I like corn griddle cakes as well as anything for a writer, serving with gravy, says eat. dilating on good things to if you Speaking of corn. I wonder ever use corn sticks for dinner. when They are so brown and crispy baked In the heavy pans which come for this purpose that they are especially good throughout the meal, from soup to salad. My favorite corn griddle cake, Is made without scalding the corn, and consequently has a very individual flavor and texture. In my opinion. Steamed brown bread also has a place at the dinner astable, although It Is particularly to which, beans, sociated with baked be complete, need hot brown bread. In Boston some persons add raisins. In which case It Is known by the English title of "plum bread." Among muffins bran has become roprJar In the last few years. Bran muffins should be rather sweet. I like molasses for sweetening, and prefer sour milk to sweet for mixing. You know a tablespoonful of vinegar added to sweet milk will answer if haven't sour milk or buttermilk. Raisins or dates may be added to the batter. Sliced bananas or apples are also good In these or In plain muffins. When I make plain muffins I do not make them so very plain. T like to use the cake method of mixing; that means that the muffins will necessarily by a little sweet. A Sally Lunn is made by using this same mixture, but by balancing It In one pan It may be sprinkled with a mix-tvr- e of sugar and cinnamon before it goes Into the oven. For all of these muffins and tea cakes a moderate oven 375 degrees to 400 degrees Fahrenheit Is best Biscuits, of course, take a hotter oven 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Grld-,dle- s and waffles now may be tested by dropping a sprinkling of water on the griddle. If. little balls of water roll around on the hot oven, it Is hot enough. Never grease a griddle or the-hM. corn cakes cup cornmeal cup flour 4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda t cups sour milk 1 1 egg 1 cup melted shortening- - Mix cornmeal with other dry fc. gredients sifted together. Beat e& stir in sour milk and add to dry gredients. Add shortening and bake on hot griddle. CORN STICKS cups cornmeal 1 cup boiling: water 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking: powder U teaspoon soda 2 cups sour milk or butermllk 2 tablespoons melted butter Scald two cups cornmeal wit boiling water. Mix salt, sugar, powder and soda with rest of cornmeal and add alternately with sour milk or buttermilk to first mixture. Add melted butter and bakt in a hot oven (400 degrees Fahrea-heltS bak-In- hot,' ( C twenty minutes. SALLY LUNN 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons Vt teaspoon Vl 1 . baking: powder salt cup sugar cup bottled milk, or cup evaporated milk cup pant water and eggs Sift dry ingredients and stir It the milk and beaten eggs. Pourlm shallow pan and bake thirty mlnntw at 350 degrees. Split and spread generously with butter to sens. , 193S, Bell Syndicate. "Other little girls Diajr iiutiiv if viiiMiiiuui WNU 8ervl( Tff. when they have a cold but I never do. My mother gives me Bronchi. Lyptut for colds and coughs." At your druggist's. 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