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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Okefinokee 5wamp Glades National Park Uncommon Sen r By JOHN BLAKE . Bell Syndicate a M 4 ff WNU Service When Cardinal Woley charged his friend Cromwell not Oliver to fling away ambition ,,e w Ambition gjr ing very bad tat 4A 44. - The old gentleman, who had got In had" with Henry the Eighth was on his way out of the picture. But It was the wrong kind of am bition which got him luto trouble with the Big Boss. The prelates real ambition was to run the country and the king and everybody else. And the king, being able to do his own thinking, preferred to conduct the affairs of the country as he saw fit Draws Okefinokee by N'cvum buaxe4 Swamp, Mystery Land of Ceorgia. Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. WNU Service. In the southeastern of Georgia lies the great swamp, a primeval wilderness rich In treasure for the modern biologist. Mystery and enchantment live In Its coffee-co- l ored waters. Its moss-hun- g cypresses and sunlit plney woods. The Okefinokee owes a great measure of its unique charm to its wide, unspoiled expanses prairies filled In large part with a tropical DOWN abundance of aquatic plants and flanked with dense bays of stateOn these one may de ly cypress. light his soul amid scenes of un- that In almost any other part ol the country. When one considers that the lake Is barely a quarter ol a mile long, with an average whits of perhaps SO yards, a years catch of more than 40,000 fish (recorded In 1025) Is astounding. , Farther within the swamp, at Mines, and Buzzard Eoosl lakes, or on the Big Water or th Suwannee cauel, there Is likewise rare fishing. The bulk of a day catch with hook and line Is made ug of such basses as the warmouth, the " " and the with a goodly proportion ol mudfish and catfish. Those whe elect trolling are more apt to land bass. Jaekflsh and The great state of Texas cat boast of 30 species of frogs and toads; the Okefinokee region, with one the area of Texas, has 20. With varied habitats to suit the requirements of different species; with unlimited breeding places In the cypress ponds, cypress hays, and prairies; with abundant rains In normal years, and with f warm and humid climate, the Oke Unokee Is a veritable frog paradise Alligators and Birds. Men still living can speak of the times when It appeared as If a feller could walk across Billys lake on 'gator backs. To this day the Okefinokee remains perhaps ths best stronghold of our famous coe rugated saurian. Suwannee lake Ii particular, where the alligators ars protected, provides unequaled op portunltles for making Intimats studies of the habits of wild indi Ell-lys- sand-flirt-er,- stump-knocker,- earthly loveliness that have changed virtually not at all since the Seminole warriors poled their dugouts over them. The Okefinokee prairies are not land, but water I In these morasses are many areas of open water, varying from lakes a quarter of a mile in diameter to alligator holes a rod In width, They are also dotted here and there with wooded Islets the prairie heads" of cypress, slush pine, sweetbay, and other trees, the taller ones hoary with moss. The snowy blossoms of the white waleriliy gladden many acres of the deeper water, and the golden, globular flowers of yellow pond lilies, or "bonnets, glow In a setting of huge green leaves. In the shallows grass. Its tall stems swaying, forms a sea of pleasant color. The small pitcherplant Is hardly true to Its name on the Okefinokee prairies, for its spotted greenish tubes reach a yard Into the air a height unheard of elsewhere; the vlduals. Of the approximately ISO speclei parasol like flowers of greenish gold, each on a separate scape, stand of birds recorded In the Okefinokee f remalr a little below the summit of the region, scarcely leaves. during the summer and breed While some of these summer rest Resort of Hunters and Trappers. dents move southward with the ap For generations swamp hunters proaeh of cool weather In the au have pushed over these prairie watumn, their places are more than ters, standing up In their slight filled by hardier species coming boats and bending rhythmically from the northern states and Can wllh graceful thrusts of their long nda to find a congenial winter horn poles. The skilled boatman Is able In the swamp. to make better progress over the By far the largest mammal of tin prairies than the hear he chases. swamp, and perhaps the most In Old hunters knew well how to drive terestlng. Is the Florida bear. Front a deer out of a prairie head In the early times It has attracted the direction of a waiting companion. swamp hunters not so much be In winter the trnpper camps for cause of any particular value of Itl weeks at a time in these heads, hide and flesh as by reason of th tending his line of traps and taking thrill that comes from matching the pelts of raccoon, otter, wildcat wits and strength with so formld and opossum. able an animal. An additional rea To pass from the sparkling sunson for the pursuit of the bear li shine of the prairies Into the gloom Its numerous depredations on the of the adjoining cypress hays is 8 hogs that range through the plnej The huge woods and the swamp borders, Al Striking experience. trees, buttressed by knees, stand a hogs prolonged squealing the In close rankg In a foot or so of residents become Instantly alert water. Their green crowns, 80 feet Guns are hurriedly lifted from or more overhend, shut out all hut pegs on the cabin walls, the doge a few stray beams of sunshine, are called together with the hunting causing even at midday a sort of horn, and the chase Is on. twilight. Here and there a winding Primitive Life of the People. channel or run" permits the hunter For to push his tiny boat between the generations the sturdy, and gifted people of the tree trunks; but In the greater part of the cypress bays there Is tall, Okefinokee have led a rather isodense undergrowth that makes even lated and primitive existence, Bonn of them on Islands within tlx foot travel a slow and arduous undertaking. The hear, having the swamp and others along Its borders double advantage of bulky strength They represent some of the puresl stock left In our coun and a tough hide, Is the only large Anglo-Saxoanimal that can readily and rapidly try, though a few of the famillei have a slight mixture of French break through such a tangle. Welcome rifts In the cypress bays Huguenot and even Seminole Indian In the heart of the swamp are blood. In ancestry, speech, folksongs, formed by long, narrow lakes, most Important of which are I.lllys lake, and general social ways there Is Mines lake, and the Gig Water. marked affinity between the resiThough each of these Is sexeral dents of the Okefinokee and those ol miles In length, their width aver- the Appnlachlun mountains. In each ages scarcely CO yards. They are case there has been comparatlv merely expansions of runs" on the Isolation, tending to preserve the headwaters of the far famed Suwan- cultural heritnge from Britain ol The picnee river. On entering one of these several centuries ago. lakes the swamp boatman lays nside turesque regional vernacular contains various elements representing hla push pole and takes up the paddle. He Is also apt to cast out his survivals from the Elizabethan age fish line, for the waters shelter that have dropped out ef general multitudes of wurmouths, Inrge American usage. The square dance, mouthed bass, and other toothsome or frolic," still holds sway here a1 fishes. a lending form of sovlal recreation. Good Fishing Thera. , The fiddle, the hnndclnp, the and tile "calling of the set by More than thirty species of fishes persons the leader nil lend their aid to thi Inhabit the Okefinokee. The late with rhythmic performance. who love simple an old fashioned reed pole, find here fall days the season of hog killin' their henrt'a content At Suwannee an cane grlndln " see these social take this sut of angling surpasses expressions at their height. large-mouthe- d Keep your ambition working. You will need It No great man has been without It The necessity of It ought to be dwelt upon In the schools. If all men and women were content to follow the old tracks, to do whatever Is done In the same way that had always been done, they would be about as progressive as a bill of ants, and about as useful. You live here only once, as far as you know. Make as long of a stay in It as you can, and do as much work as you can. I dont mean Just ordinary plodding sweat producing work. I mean new original work. cant cherish any ambition to be a king today. Those jobs are all arranged for in advance. The only uay you could get one would be to buy some little South Sea island and You pay the natives to make you a king. But want to do something that hasnt been done before. Whether It Is In science or politics or missionary work doesnt mat- ter. Dont be satisfied with a little temporary success. Try to get yourself a Job that will give you Influence, and use your influence for progress. That is open to the objection that It entails a great deal of work, but one rarely hears of a healthy man hurting himself by work. I have never known a successful man or women who did not possess a high degree of The Big will power. If you cant be your own boss, you cant be anybodys boss. Neither can you do anything Important and useful. And if you lack Importance and usefulness you are not going to have a very easy time In the world. Laziness Is natural to most people. So Is procrastination, which ts the child of laziness. one-hal- foot-heat- pan-fishin- No matter what your job is, you must learn to keep at it until you master it, or some other fellow i3 going to get far ahead of you in the race for independence and security in life. Cultivate your will power. Force yourself to stick to your work long after the demon of laziness whispers In your ear that you are tired and need a rest. Dont worry about wearing yourself out Worry may do that. Work will not. Establish some objective, and try to maintain It. Pick out something that Is worth doing, and which Is within the limits of possibility. Without an ear for music, you can never be a musician. Without an artist's eye you cm never become a painter or a sculptor. Without unusual physical strength and a good sound heart you cannot become an athlete. But there is something that you can do, and do well. If you have average common sense and the will to keep everlastingly at the task you have set yourself. Find out what It Is. Do not choose It because you think It may bring you popularity. You'll get popularity If you succeed. and you wont need to look around for It. r2! Washington. It Is slightly more than three months since President Roosevelt signed the Slov) on congressional resolu- Works Relief 1 0 n appropriating five billion dollars for use by the administration In public works and public relief. To date, according to the records, less than half a billion dollars has been allocated for expenditure on agreed projects and of this sum approximately three hundred million dollars was turned over to the Civilian Conservation corps, a going Institution. The slow motion of the administration In getting its public works relief program underway Is giving birth to an Immense amount of criticism. If one Is to believe the undercurrent of discussion In Washington, It Is giving more concern to the officials responsible for spending this vast sum of money In the recovery-reforeffort of the New Deal. So many projects have been advanced and rejected In turn, so many new ideas have been brought forward and bnllyhooed and so many false motions have been Indulged in that Washington observers are rapidly reaching the conclusion that congress was correct when In debate, It was said the administration had no concrete plan for utilization of this vast fv 1 VS 4. ,4V- 4 ;H A; i , - Si j ' 4,-- I t v v ;V L F .J- - Wm S A g. i 5 r a?' v- - V . yb vr 4 it This it one of a series of articles to appear In this newspaper, sponsored by the Salt Lake Advertising Club, associated civic clubs of southern snd central Utah, and chambers of commerce: part of program to point out Utah's resources so that local people will Know Utah Better. By P. 3. MULLIN No traveler to the European Alps ever beheld more riotous scenery than Is experienced by the thousands who every year pour through the fascinating mountain vastnesses of Glacier National Park. In Amer- public works administrator, icas back door, Glacier extends Into Canada, and since 1932 ha3 been connected with the Canadian portion of the park as the Waterton-GlaciInternational Peace Park. It Is seldom that romance such as Glaciers Is attached to any nar tlonal park. For Chief Mountain in the park was the "Kings Mountain indicated by Lewis and Clarke on their expedition map ot 1804-05- . In 1810 the first white men were taken across Marias pass. In 1855 the area now in the park east ot the park east ot the Continental divide was allotted to the Blackfeet Indians as hunting grounds. Late in the century, this section was the center ot a fevered but unsuccessful mining rush. First wide attention to the park as a scenic center was drawn in about 1900, and In 1910 President Taft signed the bill adding it to the nations store of natural beauty as a permanent park. Here is Americas glacier country. Nestled among the higher peaks are more than 60 glaciers and more than 200 cirque lakes. During the summer it is possible to visit most of the glaciers and many of the lakes with very little difficulty. Horseback and foot trails penetrate almost every section of the park. Nowhere are the named points of scenic Interest so apt In description as In Glacier. But very few of the names were the product of the white man. From their earliest wanderings, the Indians applied their own picturesque designations terms which still exist. known section Of these. Two Medicine Valley is perhaps the be-sof the park. The road which leads into the valley ends at the chalet3 near the foot ot Two Medicine lake. Across the mountain is Mount Rockwell and in the distance the Continental divide. At Glacier, too, there is a point from which waters flow in three directions: to the Gulf of Mexico by Cut Bank Creek and the Missouri river; to Hudson Bay by St. Mary River, and to the Pacific Ocean by Flathead river. In Red Eagle valley was once a glacier 2,000 feet thick, and the present glacier there can be seen from any point in the valley. Other Mountain, St. Mary Valley which picturesque points are Almost-a-Dois the largest and most celebrated, Gunsight Pass, Little Chief Mountain, Swiftcurrent valley. Belly River valley scores of others. Sun highway, already well known as The spectacular Going-to-th- e one of the outstanding scenic roadways in the world, connects the East and West sides of the park, crossing the Continental divide through Logan pass at an altitude of approximately 6,700 feet. This road makes available to thousands of travelers who would not have time, funds and perhaps the strength for pack trips, some of the finest alpine scenery In the world. Reached through highways drawing from all parts of the country and by rail, the park Is rapidly becoming an Increasing attraction not only for American tourists but for people from all portions of the world. er t g Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers FRUIT CROrS GOOD IDAHO GETS $1,000,000 TOSTAL RECEIPTS CROW INSTALL NEW BUS SYSTEM Earl F. KenJEROME, IDA. nedy, Jerome county treasurer, had collected approximately $150,000 in taxes for the second half of 1934, he announced. Of that amount, about $110,000 represented current taxes due for the period, and $10, 000 represented delinquent taxes for previous years. TWIN FALLS, Twin Falls county and other fruit districts of south central Idaho are assured of having one of the largest and best fruit crops ever produced, according to reports received from fruitgrowers In different towns. BOISE, IDA. With $3,140,020 of cash on hand In the Idaho state treasury, compared with 1,927,305 in 1934 and $2,359,719 In 1933, the public financial condition of the TWIN FALLS, IDA. Organlza-tlo- n of eight more 4H clubs In Twin Falls county was effected here. All have their leaders appointed and projects launched for 1935. They are supervised by County Agent Harvey Hale and Miss Magdalena Clements. Twin Falls, home demonstration leader for the south central Idaho district IDAHO, FALLS, IDA. An early highway improvement program Is expected to get under way here in a short time, according to Information received by Mayor B. W. Clark from the state right of way engineer, who said $250,000 has been earmarked for widening Improvements to the Yellowstone highway. FOCATELLO, IDA. Three types of projects the work relief, lWA sponsored and those sponsored by regular governmental bureaus were described as desirable and fenssible" by Senator James P. Pope In a communication to Tnul V. Nash, secretary of the chamber of commerce. OGDEN, UT. The Utah Rapid Transit company Is financially prepared to Install a modern bus system to supplant the present street car system, If a certificate of convenience and necessity Is granted hy the state public service When you undertake anything, keep at It, and carry It through. If, when studying, you find yourself turning page after page of a all the printed book, following lines, and not noting anything that Is there, there Is something the commonwealth appears to have Immatter with your will. proved materially In the past three Keep that will at work. Train it to years," Mrs. Myrtle P. Enhing, be your boss. By and by it will keep Btate treasurer, observed. commission. you at work, and then you can begin to think about doing great things . But If the will Isnt exercised, It will refuse to work, and you will go about through life accomplishing half ns much as you ought to accomplish, and which you must accomplish If you want to he anything but Just nn average lazy, unsuccessful human being. There are too many of such people In the world now. Much too many. Dont he one of them. Be your own boss as far as It Is possible. fund. To review the developments vSince April 8, when the President signed the appropriating resolution, Is to say that conditions have been one continual round of confusion. First, It will be recalled the President sought to meet the wishes of congress as expressed In debate by relieving Secretary Ickes, of much of the responsibility and authority he held. This was accomplished by the new setup that was reported to you heretofore. Now, It seems, the new setup has failed to function and the bulk of the management of expenditures has settled down Into the lap of Harry Hopkins, the relief administrator. Mr. Ickes still has some authority. It apparently Is enough to Irk Mr. Hopkins. These two men differ widely In their views. Mr. Hopkins long has been looked upon as a reliever by profession ; Mr. Ickes has attempted. Insofar as he has been able, to employ practical methods In administration of his share of the funds. Laying aside the personal equation which Is best exemplified by the differences It must be said frankly that next to nothing has been President Roosevelt has accomplished. stated and reiterated that the expenditure program Is getting underway satisfactorily, but the discussion among observers seems to show an alarming lack of and of Indecision. Ickes-Hopkl- One of the newest projects vanced, and It has just passed The Youth Proeram ad- the stage of an executive order setting up a new asency ,s the National This new alphabetical unit the NY A hns received fifty million dollars to spend in helping boys and girls between the ages of sixIt Is supposed teen and twenty-five- . to be a means of preventing Idleness among the young people who are of the age during which, unless they are occupied, irresponsible tendencies deYouth administration. velop. In announcing the new program, the President departed from his previously announced Intention of assisting only persons now on relief. Whether this departure means that he has tossed aside definitely the rule laid down last winter that the dole must go or whether this Is to be an Isolated exception to that rule, Is not Immediately determinable. It remains as a fact that the governments assistance under the NY A will be available to needy young men who are not on the dole as well as to those who are on relief. Secretary Perkins, of the I,abor department, said the plan had been worked out by her and her associates In the childrens bureau. She figured that 2,500.000 would he eligible for assistance under the plan. Those to be helped will be selected by local volunteer committees, thus establishing In each community another agency subject to federal domination and federal guidance. Succinctly, the scope of the NYA as outlined by Mr. Roosevelt Includes; Finding employment In private Industry for unemployed youths. Training youths for Industrial, technical and professional employment. Providing for continued attendance of needy youths In high schools and colleges. Providing work relief on projects to meet the needs of youth. Miss Josephine Roche, an assistant MOSCOW, IDA. Fruit and secretary of tho treasury, and Aubrey LOGAN, UT. Continuing good Increases shown In postal receipts vegetable growers In southwestern W. Williams, assistant to Administrator Hopkins, have been given sole during 1933, the postoffice financial Idaho will benefit from a long-timshowed research Issued the responsibility for management of the now recently program report receipts for the quarter ending launched on an 11 acre Irrigated latest alphabetical agency. The selecJune 30, to be $2,000.93 higher tract near Iarma hy the University! tion of Miss Roche was said by the than receipts for the same period of Idaho agricultural experiment President to have been In recognition of her long service in the social field station. In 1934. e being BOISE, IDA. More than four millions of dollars for Idaho reclamation was given the approval of President Roosevelt In a conference with western senators recently, according to dispatches received here. - POCATELLO, IDA. The marriage license business of Bannock county fell off this June ns compared to June of 1931, It wns shown In a comparison of records In the county clerks office. and her thorough understanding of problems of the growing generations. Notwithstanding the sincerity and tho desires of the President to Initiate a program that will be helpful, one hears much doubt expressed that success will be attained. In the minds of manv students of governmental affairs there are thoughts flitting back L forth Inquiring whether It Is for a central group like the pn fetal government to arrange ratisfai'ior methods or occupations for a tlon so far flung as our own a further doubted that sufficient LJ-bility can be worked Into any prc Z ' " to permit of any genuine good co from the expenditure of even so a u-sum as fifty million dollars. m Beyond that, I have heard it tiL how the administration expects employment for unemployed yontUi? industry when late figures shc,s larger list of unemployed adults obtained at this time a year ago. High schools and colleges, of co are available to provide theedueat requirements forming one Idea In general program. Those youths desire to continue their education tainly are deserving of help and NYA offers a means to that end. p is too early to forecast what the r nkIa quirements will be or what sort ot Th rules will be laid down respecting' pllcants for educational assist' But even the administration's moj vigorous critics have omitted throw! any barbs at this feature of the NYj 4 -- 1 Almost simultaneously with tj Presidents announcement of the NJ he made known Non-Feder- U the way was da for construction,-- j what he said was (I al Projects first group of projects u der the public works section of the fi billion dollar fund, ne gave his proval to 63 projects, the total cost which was figured at approxim ' million dollars. twenty-on- e Each of the loans made In this 1 cation of funds was based on a g of 45 per cent of the cost of the tlcular project by the community work Is to be done. The fe government loans the other 55 cent. In this way the cost to the ernment In most Instances is expt to be held within the limitatlor $1,143 per man per year. Some weeks ago the Presidentfl ured out that the cost of no projeft which the federal government should exceed an ani6 money than $1,143 for every mat greater ployed. This was designed to employment. But the rule thu.sj has been Inoperative because rot single man has been put to work j der any of these projects. iY In the meantime, numerous sundry other proposals for expend, parts of the federal money have eltl Noth been thrown overboard or have bz, by held In abeyance pending further tcj a th; si deration. This Is true of a gigart ow t housing program worked out by 8ecjis, s tary Ickes. It was planned therpj spend $250,000,000 and when ItlWj announced a press statement N forthcoming from the Public administration that hundreds of ins would be offered jobs within a nnf so far had the plans advanced. Also, since April 8, nothing ever has been done toward ell- f of dangerous railroad grade cros-M- j I was told at the Interstate Comne commission and again at the of public roads that their plans all ready to proceed with reductijE these highway traffic hazards ai J eliminate potential death traps Som highways cross railroads. In direJ this effort has blocked the however, and as far as present matlon goes actual work on be S' crossing elimination will not for the next several months. non-feder- i 1 it - While the administration Is seld une v to develop new projects to aid and ployment v? destitution, onebi aipes Runs Amuck petbeschemes runnn(, a.H,S I refer to the effort to transplant t i Middle Western farm families i Alaska, of Matanuska valley was colonization project corrt,h and with federal relief money Pp- -' uprooted prt,bt families which were en kj- taken to Alaska to find the yPur tallnn rainbow. According to activity nt the Federal Relief administratione the that to appear It Is made so , 1LI the rainbow was, as usual, tance further on. Certainly it bera In the Matanuska valley number of the families alreadyt determined to quit and return home communities In the states. Members of congress who arf conditK k qualified with Alaskan t me that the Matanuska valley I" ably the most fertile spot nental United States. They h'f the conviction that almost anys f . of food can be grown In the are that valley. But these men W no Illusions. They know the bar hor settlers that confront those being planted there by the eerilL ernment In the hope of co that area. Few of them, tne f members assure me, can vef. Is very long unless Uncle Sam . to spend millions In providing convenient modern some of the this day and age and supplymS , " dltion means of transports th word communication. The direct from Matanuska colony t? Relief administration shows, was e opinion, that the project r and executed without any thought . . f the practlc to lng been given aslil 5 lerns to be met. . f( & Pet Scheme . l - ig 'resi !fuu ! |