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Several of the latter are known by different names when they are inverted. - BEAUTIFY IT WITH DIAMOND DYES Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye Temple Act Provides Far Completion nf Topographical Survey IWfin 2D 'lfears 7 JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN SETS suppose you are an young American of the male sex who wouldn't object to a vacation next summer with all your expenses paid and wages thrown in for good measure. That being the case, yon should get in touch with Uncle Sam at Washington, D. C. Uncle Sam, doubtless, will insist upon calling this vacation a Job at map making with the geological survey. But dont let the dear old gentleman kid you. Why, youll go away off to some wild bit of country and cook at a campfire and eat bacon and beans and flapjacks off tin plates and sleep in n tent and bathe in a stream and fish and hunt and climb mountains. Or maybe, instead of climbing mountains, youll go deep into some great forest where it's cool and dark and silent and the giant trees meet overhead, with just a glimpse of the blue of the sky. Maybe youll travel by over snow. Maybe youll paddle down a swift stream between canyon walls. And maybe, if you stick long enough, youll do all of these things and more too. And the surveyors dont make maps in rainy weather; they cant. And rainy days are when the fish bite best. And when the woods are wet is just the time to stalk deer. Why, I knew one surveying camp that had the most remarkable adventure with a grizzly but thats another story and too long to tell here. Health, strength, an appetite that would put a soul under the ribs of Death, dreamless sleep, adventure, the joy of seeing whats bewhy, if these yond the next ridge arent vaeution joys, what are they? And between you and . me these topographers of Uncle Sam believe in taking things ns easy ns they can and do their job right. George Washington, when he was surveying for Lord Fairfax In Virginin, used to work straight across country, taking things as they came. But the topographic engineers of these latter days can put It all over George Washington as a surveyor. You see, they have newfangled Instruments and methods. So they Just climb the nearest mountain if there Is one and mnp the surrounding country from its top. Why, these topographical engineers are so fond of this sort of map making that Uncle Sam picked out as their boss a man of the name of Birdseye. And he's made good on his name too. I haven't any Idea of his mountain record, but I do know that as far back as 1914 he explored and mapped the crater of Kllauea in Hawaii National park. rT.We great volcano has been By able-bodie- d J dog-sle- d continuously active for more than a century and in its crater Is Halemau-ma- u Fire Lake of Everlasting where dwells Pele, Hawaiian Goddess of Fire. And the next year this Birdseye probably to get cooled off surveyed and mapped the top of Mount Rainier, in Mount Rainier National with park, which is one huge a snowbank for a summit, 14,408 feet up in the air. But he doesnt confine himself to mountains. Two years ago he led an expedition by boat through the Grand canyon of the Colorado. Oh, yes ; they lost a boat or two, had gorgeous adventures and narrow escapes; altogether it was a most satisfactory map making. So, you see, Uncle Sams map makers actually get paid for having more fun than anybody. Nevertheless, its a poor question that hasnt two sides and In reality this topographical survey of the United States is a tremendously big and Important job. Its so big that after nearly fifty years of work it isnt half finished. Its so important congress yielded that the to a popular demand and agreed to appropriate the necessary funds to finish the job in twenty years. And heres the why and wherefore of it : The geological survey Is charged under direction of the secretary of the interior with the classification of the public lands and the examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources and mineral products of the pational domain. In conformity with this authorization the geological survey has been engaged in making a geologic map of the United States and Alaska, involving both topographic and geologic surveys . . . George Otis Smith is director of the geological survey. He is a geologist of note and a man of affairs. He was bom in Maine in 1S71. He is a college man, has the right to wear the Phi Beta Kappa key that denotes scholarship and can write after his name : A. B., A. M., Ph. D., Sc. D. and LL. D. He is a member of many scientific societies and the author of government reports, of papers and addresses and of a book or two. He has been director since 1907, with the exwhen he was a ception of 1922-2member of the United States coal Each package contains directions so simple any woman can tint soft, delicate shades or dye rich, permanent colors in lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters, draperies, coverings, everyhangings 15-ce- nt ice-ca- p Sixty-eight- h commission. The geological survey has several divisions and branches, among wrhich is the topographic branch, of which Col. C. II. Birdseye is chief topographical engineer. He was born in New York state in 1878. He is a colwork lege man. After and service as university instructor he did several years of field work, ne has been with the survey since 1909, except during his World war service, and took his present position in 1919. The Importance of the completion of the topographic survey lies in the fact that the geological surveys standard topographic map is the only accurate map. Moreover, it Is in effect an exact model in miniature of the country it represents. It contains all that does the ordinary map ; in addition it shows every physical feature represented to exact scale and every altitude is Indicated by the contour These maps are published In lines. post-graduat- e CHAMPION X 60c For more than 13 years standard equipment on Ford Cars, Trucks and Fordson Tractors ample proof of its great dependability. -- Blue Box for all other cars, 75 cents. The gen, uine have double ribbed sillimanite cores. thing ! Buy Diamond Dyes no other bind and tell your druggist whether the material you wish to color is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed Champion Spark Plug Co. Toledo, Ohio Windsor, Ont., London, Park goods. convenient-siz- e sections, each covering a quadrangle of ground. The edges of each map join on with exactness to those of adjoining quadrangles. And Uncle Sam sells these incomparable quadrangles at 10 cents each retail and G cents wholesale! This topographic map, which at first glance of the uninitiated appears to be a map obscured by a mass of irregular reddish-browlines, Is of tremendous value to the country. For this is an age of construction Irrigation, drainage, waterpower, roads, etc., etc. And the topographic maps do away with the necessity of special surveys. The farmer, for example, can tell whether a drainage ditch is feasible. So at the engineering council, represeniing practically all of the engineers of the country, led a popular campaign for the completion of the survey, with the result that the Temple act became law. Though this topographic survey has been in progress since 1879, congressional appropriations have been woefully inadequate. In 1921, for exam pie, only 425 engineers and their a.4 sistants were making maps; they covered 12,311 square miles of territory. Only about $15,000,000 have been spent in 46 years. Under the Temple act congress is expected to appropriate frim $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 a year. Moreover there is a provision by which states .and municipalities may to speed up the work ; such outside contributions this year total about $400,000. About $50,000,000 will be needed to complete the survey. Director Smith and Colonel Birdseye have a big job ahead of them. The gross area of continental United States Is 3,02G,789 square miles; Alaska contains 5S6.400 square miles. About 45 per cent has been mapped see map reproduced by courtesy of the Scientific American Magazine of which about 15 per cent will have to be remapped because of the use of too small a scale. The standard maps are on the scale of one mile to one inch one inch on paper to 62,500 inches of country. The completed map, If all the quadrangles were put In place, would cover about one acre. Uncle Sam must have had a sort of prophetic hunch when he picked out Colonel Birdseye,. Why? Because In the past forty-siyears the topo graphic engineers have walked about 10,000,000 miles which would be more than 400 times around the earth. But the topographic engineer of the future will likely do much of his mapping by photography from airplane 1 n , Artificial Silk Expansion ' One plant manufacturing rayon, or artificial silk, in the Netherlands, employs 5,000 people and plans to enlarge the output to include the making of artificial horse hair, artificial straw and other cellulose products. Youth has another advantage: All the jokes are new to it, and can be . laughed at. Star Coupster $595, Low-co-st N. U., Salt Lake City, No. VV. f. 9. Discontent is want of self-reliau- b. Lansing , Micb. Transportation Star ml Cars Pit I ext: ' . TOURING . COUPSTER COUPE COACH SEDAN . f.o.l, Lansing, Mich. CHASSIS . . . $425 $525 $525 $595 . . $675 $695 $775 ....... ... 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