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Show THE SUNBA HERALD . ,J?R0V0, UTAH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1924 ME-CooKdge T7T Puts Up "President's Cup" A I'll H'l JUUILrf ASHINGTON. President Staff Sergt Harry O. Troupe,, repreCoolldge bai taken a long senting the enlisted men of the army step toward a routine great- - and the fleet, received the cup. It ts er interest In athletics In the of generous proportions, embossed la army and the aaryTand In the cbun-tr- y blue and gold and" surmounted by the fenerally.by presenting to ath- American eagle. r letic representaUTes of the army and In connection with the presentation of the scoatlnf fleet challenge cup the President made thli statement i for football between service teams of As President of the United States the two. branches. " of America, in the Interest of good, Indications are that, as a result of dean, healthy recreation for the peothis, one of the great annual athletic, ple of the entire country and to enand stimulate athletics rents of the future will center about courage the Coolidga cap, or as it will be offi- among the enlisted men of the services, I offer this cup, to be known as cially called, the President's Cup," The. President summoned athletic the 'President's cup,' for contest berepresentatives of the army and the tween football teams of the army and, nary to the White House. He then navy, from' units or subdivisions of formally turned orer to them a cup forces, under such terras as the secto be contested for every year by two retary of war and the. secretary .of football teams chosen from 'officers nary may determlnejprovlded, howand enlisted men of the two forces. ever, that the . teams shall be comThe first contest for the cup was posed of enlisted men and officers In aet for November 22, at Griffith about the same proportion as are offi-- stadium. Each team will be composed cers and enlisted men In the services. M one officer and ten enlisted men. desire to mention the great benePresident Coolidge " himself wUl fits to mind and body that result from start the game and there Is every In- participation in good, clean, wholedication that It will be a- - social and some sport The people of the United athletic event, .rivaling; the contest States have always been devoted to tetween West Point and Annapolis. manly contests and I know" of no betMaJ. Paul Baade, Infantry, repreter way to give to them a true exam- -' senting the army, from Fort Bennlng, pie of sport in its best form than fo and Lieut' Com. Hamilton. V. Bryan, offer such a cup as this for a trophy, scouting fleet athletic officer, together to be contested for by (be army and with Coxswain Claude A. Ezell and the navy." W J ' W '!UVSJ'-i- l agouti, coatL laplr. ant eating bear, and hedgehog. There are certainly keys and probably black-howl- der and ' . r tY .t Duccaneers vjnee Kaideq . I w'. white-fac- e monspimon- keys. Of the beasts of prey there Is a Jaguar or two' and probably there are some smaller rata. There are eagles; flamingoes, egrets, toucans, maccawa, parrots and parrakeets. There are snakes, Including the - boa constrictor ; bats, lguanaa,reptlles, spiders, ants and ln sects galore. ; But the. waters of Gatuh lake have done more than drown a fe"J square miles of Panama jungle 'and maroon a Baptist fli?lflWi L. P. Arnold, One of - 892 acres of agricultural nature; 2V 925 Of pasture and 20,071 of waste -. land.. , 58,859 Owyhee-- ' project ' Oregon : ' high-grad- Flag With Only 40 Stars Causes Stir KltAMli. U nusB.a, ai of the veterans' bureau, begun an Investigation of the origin and history- - of the. flag with only 40 stars which was displayed by Mrs. Lillian B Sire before delegates of the New York State Federation of. Women'i Clubs la New GKH, York. So far as he has been able to learn, only one of the freak flags ever has appeared In .the veterans' bureau service. : It was shipped from Perry-MilMd., along with five other flags February T, 1922, and was received at Hospital No. 49, Philadelphia, February 16, 192Z .At that time Perry vllle was aUnlted States "public health ; service depot General Hlnes deplored published e, ' assertions the bureau had contracted for 800,000 cheap, shoddy flags for the coffins of dead veterans.-- . Some time ago, according to the director, complaint was made that the coffin of a soldier who died In Hospital No: 49 waa covered with a flag fearing only 40, stars. He Immediately called on the medical officer In charge of the hospital to report whether the -- -- ' ' EQABDLES3 of the outcome of the investigation now being JL V, maae by the general board of the navy under Instructions by the secretary and at the Instigation1 of the President, a showdown fight In controver-- y the old airplane-battleshi- p looms when congress reopens In ' . December. Whatever the findings of the board, and It la admitted on all sides that they must be predicated rn the basis that the battleship Is still the mam reliance In sea power, air enthusiasts are laying plans for a drive on congress to get full recognition of the Increasing importance of aviation In the national defense, with a separate air force as their final objective. Heartened by President Cool Idge's recent utterances In which he voiced his belief In the possibility of the airplane superseding the surface fighting ship, they propose to demand that an Impartial tribunal hear their case and that the aerial fighting forces be I placed In a position to be developed tree rxom tn --oDaancuonisa. . JgXvJOJHN '7 DICKINSON SHERMAN. long ago was It written that man should ONO, - the earth and sea and air, Now that the prophecy ts largely, ful filled man Is doing strange things to the He face af . nature. drives his roads through great peaks of granite. He causes rivers to He flow up stream. makes a desolation where was a forest, He cuts through the lands of the globe to connect the Seven Seas there- of. So he garnshls aimTTieTS care less of other resulta And Often these 'are odd and" Interesting. So it Is with Uncle Sam's cutting of the Panama canal. - It was more than 400 years ago--th-e old Spanish records say September 25, 1513 that Vasco. Nunez de Balboa achieved Immortality: as the first of white men to see tha Pacific ocean, standing on the peak of Mount Pfcrrl. A few days later, In mall and plumed helmet with drawn sword and the Spanish flag, he waded Into the "South Sea" and took possession of its waters In the name of Spain. Balboa's discovery announced to the world that America was a new Jiot a part of Asia. Ten years later Magellan's little fleet sailed around the globe. And thereupon civilized man began to itch with desire to cut through the Isthmus of Lewis. waters of the Charles A. Bench, brother of Harry Panama and unite the Pacific. Atlantic and the soldier his. who served H. Bench, a It remained for a nation not born country 20 years and died In the Vetfor nearly three centuries after Balerans' hospital st Philadelphia, gave In 1914 the boa to cut Mrs. S.re a cheap, flag which of America the Panama States opened coffin when had been draped about the canal to the traffic of the Seven Seas. it reached the family home in ReadThe canal cost $375,000,000. But to' ing. Pa. . day, ten years after Its completion, It pays in dollars and cents, all other . - - 40-st- Airplane vs. the Battleship in Congress : : bureau Instructions, regarding; flags had been complied with' and whether the flag. In question bad been inspected, v The answer td both questions was in the affirmative. The officer also stated, according to the director, that all other flags in stock bad been found to be regulation. . . A brother of Harry H. Bench, the veteran whose coffin was covered with the improperly made flag, had reported the matter to the bureau. The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs has appointed a committee consisting of Mrs. Belle de Rivera, honorary president; Mrs. Lillian- Rr Sire, whorroughUhenatter to public attention and who is president of. the Women's National Democratic club, and Mrs. William Albert the other hand, naval officers are gravely concerned over the recent developments, realizing the popular appeal of tha avlntton propaganda with Its promise of cheap and effecOn tive national They preparedness. fear that, as Intimated, by the President, no provision will be made- - for modernizing the older battleships, or proper maintenance"" of the fleet and for construction unless the controversy Is settled. flight by the and epochal as It was, did not In the opinion of the majority of experts warrant the conclusions drawn In some quarters, The round-the-wor- ld army flyers, spectacular The one outstanding lesson "of the achievement they sayrwas tbaT It demonstrated conclusively the dependence of aircraft on' surface ships In work. It Is pointed out that while the flyers were covering thousand miles, aptheir twenty-odproximately 87,000 miles of steaming was done by United States naval vessels In helping to pat the flight across. e d II. . the World-Flye- rs - first-clas- ,.' I Lleuts. Lowell Smith and Leslie P. Arnold have been honored by Chicago, and congress Is understood to have honprs In store for them and for all the world flyers. Chicago was Smlthnd- peeially Interested:! Arnold because It was they who flew the "Chicago," which became the flag-- , ship after Major Martin's ship came to grief. Lieutenant Technically Smith . was the commander of1 the squadron . and flew, the . "Chicago," while Lieutenant Arnold was his mechanician. Actually Arnold Is a pilot quite as uuch as his commander. : He' taunted m the aJr service, got the regular training, served In France both as flying Instructor at Issoudon and at the front with the First observav " He was originally Hon squadron. named as an alternate pilot for the world flight. 'His flying time Is 1,500 hours, of which 800 hours ts across country. One of the features of the world flight was Arnold's exploit In saving the "Chicago" from disaster by working a. pump by hand, for several hours and sticking to the JoD long after his arms were completely benumbed. 4rrlgable-Iandlnduding-- first-clas- -I- be-be- should yield a gross annual return of between 130.50 to $37.50 per acre. Kittitas project Washington:- 90,389 acres of s acres of land well adapted to produce satisfactory yield of crops ducted ,hf. .WtPW&HXjWitmY while there Is 50,140 actes of" second colleges Id states in which they are more located, state agricultural officials and class land that cannot produce bankers.. In their development It Is than about 75 per cent of the yield of s land. the methrecommended that pollc!es-jm- d Salt Lake basin project, Utah: ods proposed by the committee of spebenecial advisors of reclamation be 'foll- 110,000 acres will be directly fited and there are excellent marketing owed. The projects : ' Mixed and transporting facilities. Vale project, Oregon: 28,305 acres, crops should yield' from $50 to $30 per an estimated acre a year.mainly, sage brush, with gross annual crop return after IrrigaSpanish . Springs project, Nevada : tion of $35 an acre. e Including 89,350 acres of Baker project: Oregon: Irrigable landadaptable to a wide variety of land estimated, at 26,931 acres, which crops. .... Storm-Cent- er ' ' Six New Reclamation Projects Approved new Western reclamation embracing more than acres hare been approved as -- reasipie trom an engineering. economic, agricultural and land derel-- . opment standpoint," by Investigating committees whose reports are made public by the Interior department Studies of the projects were .con- Is Presbyterian What a sectarian religious motion has been raised ever since 1922 by a Baptist preacher in a Presbyterian pulpit! The Baptist Treacher Is Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdlck snd he has been 'the associate pastor of the First, Presbyterian church. Fifth avenue. New York. Recently Doctor Fosdlck presented his resignation to the New York jupbytery at the st of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. Then he preached what be called his last sermon and advised his congregation to remain, even If h should go, "Just now, In this church situation as a whole, how naturally Indignant you are at the blindness of the ecclesiastical, establishment," said the minister. "Many of you think that sectarian lines are not simply but and one of the chief obstacles to the progress of Christianity. Oftentimes rou will find a spirit of satan In the church and the . spirit of Jesus outside." Next the Continent, organ of the Presbyterian church, published in Chicago, refused to. print aa editorial supporting Doctor Fosdlck as "the premier gospel preacher of "the present generation." its Thereupon Nolan R. Best, '" editor for 14 years and writer of the editorial, resigned forthwith. . men the elders and trustees of the First Presbyterlsn church held a special meeting. Then the' congregation held a special meeting, decided to accept the resignation and luvited Doctor Fosdlck to preach there whenever he ' " .' felt like it 1 SIX , " Now, the creation of an artificial lake of 164 square miles, where was jungle before naturally turns things topsy-turvfrom many points of view. The wild life of the jungle for example, did not know what to make of the steadily rising waters. Probably It thought for a while. that It wasn't muchof going-to-- be Tr-flo- anyway-an- d simply1moved to higher ground. But In the end, when the water rose over the tops of the trees of the lower levels, there was panic among the jungle animals and a grand rush to escape from the region. But some' of them delayed too long, with1 the result that the islands formed In Gatun lake became their only refuge. One of these Islands in Gatun lake has been given the name of Barro Colorado. In the picture that shows! Gatun lake from Gatun lock It Is In the upper right-han- d corner. It Is about six square miles In extent and Is covered with the luxuriant vegetation and forest growth of the Panama Jungle. , Recently It was discovered that Barro -- Colorado was -l- iterally- allveH with a collection of anlcnals rivaling that of many an ambitloas zoo and containing much strange wild life that- even the most pretentious zoological gardens never see.' Thereupon Gov. Jay J. Morrow of the Canal Zone, now retired, set the Island aside as a national reservation under federal gov' ernment protection, So here's an odd and interesting thing: Through the. channel of Gatun lake passes an almost continuous procession of freight and passenger vessels. This year more than 6,000 vessels will be In that merchant marine parade. In the last ten years .more than 25,000 vessels have gone through. Each passes almost Close enough to Barro Colorado to heave a line Into Its greenery. And on Barro Colorado Is this refuge camp of wild animal life, driven from Its native jungle by the waters that make possible the pro-r. cession of slflpg. David G. Falrchlld, famous botanist of the United States Department of Agriculture who since 1895 has traveled to the ends of the earth looking for new things, ts greatly Interested In Barro Colorado.He and other scientists are making a beginning of the exploration and study of this strange natural zoo. So presently weshall know of Its zoological treasures. It Is said to be a veritable' Noah's ark of Central American wild animal life. And it is reported that there are some queer specimens that puzzle the sci. ' considerations BBldev A feature of the Panama canpl Is Gatun lake, an artificial lake perched up on the. backbone of the Isthmus. Perhaps it Is the crowning achievement In the construction of .the canal,' Inasmuch as It represents the taming and harnessing of the Chagres river. Our engineers fdund that the canal would have to cross the bed of the Chagres a score of times. They also found that the Chagres, In time of heavy , rains, would rise 40 or 50 feet and sweep everything before It. Our engineers solved the problem by building Gatun dam, the biggest dam in the world. This great, dam blocked the Chagres In ita way to the Atlantic. The Chagres thereupon backed up and made Gatun lake, with an area of 164 square miles and a surface 85 feet above the ocean leveL Now" it may rain with torrential violence over the ' 1,820 square miles of the Chagres basin and the level of v Gatun lake rises but a few Inches. Moreover, the water of Gatun lake In lta drop entists. A fairly reliable lst of the animals to sea level furnishes the hydroelectric power for the operation of the so far catalogued on Barro Colorado Includes the sloth, peccary, armadillo. canal locks. r little of Its wild anlmul life on Barro Colorado. They have obliterated most of a historic highway without an equal in the annuls of adventure and ' romance. . Why, this, was Spain's old treasure road In the days of the Spanish Main and the Buccaneers. It was at Old Panama 'ou "Mer de Sud" that-Ptro"fitteoout bis fleet for the n-quest of .Peru and that Morgan and Ids army of 2,000 pirates won loot beyond counting when they defeated Spaniards and captured and destroyed the city. From .Old Panama the treasure road paved with large round stones by order of I'izarro ran to Venta de Cruzes oh the Chagres,' Spain's toll gate on the Isthmus, thence by boat down the river or across country to Nombre de Dios on "Mer de Nord." And 14 fathoms deep In Gatun lake lies Venta de Cruzes today. A treasure traii was to start that night, for a great Spanish gentleman, the treasurer of Lima, waa Intending to pans Into Spain In a swift sHp which was stayed for. him at Nombre de Dios. His daughter and family were coming with him, having fourteen mules In company, of which eight were laden with gold and one with Jewels. After this troop two other recuas ot 0 mules In each would take the road, tarrying victuals and wine for the fleet, with some little quantity of silver. . So wrote in 1573 Sir Francis Drake, prince of pirates as well as of navigators, of the treasure train he And planned to capture at Cruzes. capture It he did and looted Cruzes too. - He found there handsome stone houses for, the Spanish officers and warehouses and a church and a monastery containing "above a thousand bulls and pardons, newly sent from Rome." The Cruzes that the waters of Gatun lake wiped out was a village of 60 bamboo huts. Its sole relic of past greatness was a stone church containing "three ancient bells which may have rung the alarm against Prake, "Sic- transit gloria mundi." Spain Is gone from the Western World and a Highway Is making greater Treasure new history. ' zar Sande Says He Will Ride ' . ' Starling Travel South English starlings, 50 of which were released In Central Jtark, New York, In 1890, are now common In all the northeastern states; but until the last two or three years they have not gone South In any considerable numbers: They have passed their wlntert In the North, as the English sparrow do. But last autumn huge flocks weit South; so It may be that they have learned to migrate In America as they usually do la Europe. I Next-Spri- ng Earl Sande, the premier American' Jockey, now nearlng the end of his convalescence from Injuries received In the unfortunate 'spill at Saratoga on August 6, Is supremely confident that he wilPrlde again and Dr." James Russell, the specialist who has been In constant attendance on the Injured rider," is of tbe same mind. Sande huaxlung to the belief that he would dsn In appear In the green and white racing silks of the Rancocas stable, despite reports that If he did return to racing, It would be In the capacity of traifler The boyish face of the great rider lit up with joy when he expressed the belief that he would be In the saddle for Trainer Sam at the opening of the New York ' racing season next spring and that he would be able to complete the conlast two years of his three-yea- r tract with the Sinclair TBtable. Sande said he expected to leave the Roosevelt hospital soon and that he and Mrs, Sande were likely to Journey . across the continent along about the holidays to visit his relatives In Salem, Ore. Sande looks well. h Is International Racing in Prospect? Pierre Wertheimer is such a g'iod n sportsman and Epinard Is sii.-li grand thoroughbred that It - seems a pity they '.did not fare better hjere their challenge to the American rucing world. But the luck of the turf is traditional for Its ups and downs. Three seconds ia tjie ' three .intemiitional racesand then a split hoof ! Nevertheless Epinard made many fricn'-- In this country and his owner h;nl proud satisfaction of refusing an of-- , "fer of $300,000 a price which e;s a new record .In thoroughbred value.' His owner said Epinard' had run hit last race and would be retired to the stud In France. In acknowledgment of a bronze representation of Epinard given by Mr. Wertheimer, the Jockey club wrote the owner of th French horse paying tribute to his "courage and sportsmanship" 'and .adding : "The great good done by your successful support-of the thoroughbred horse both in breeding and racing will be of Infinite and luting Importance for yean to come to the turf." . |