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Show UTXTMf BASIN RECORD. DUCHESNE. UTAH Bells Varied Achievements Revealed During Centenary By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. Service, 1616 Eye Street. N. W Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. Everybody has been talking telephones because of Alexander Gra' the ham Bell centenary. Reading the pounds of publicity, I learned more about Alexander Graham Bell than I ever knew before. I had read of how he dreamed of making the teletalk and how graph instrument and why his dream came true, didnt know about his fathers deep study of phonetics and his own in lerest in making speech visible," in teaching the deaf to talk, or that he was an accomplished musician or many other facets of this remarkable mans remarkable history. I already knew a little about the telephone business from first hand observance. It was just about 20 years before I ever used a telephone that Bell, thanks to his harmonically trained aar, found on that day in 1875 that what he thought could be done, had been achieved in his own laboratory on Court street, Boston. From then on it was just a question of reThe next year moving the bugs. be was demonstrating his instrument before audiences with conversations over several miles of wire. Before he died at the age of 75, people were talking over an underwater cable from United States to Cuba. I doubt if the great inventor were to return to earth today he would VNU Tiny Adirondack Village Leads In Winter Sport Development Garnets Glitter Along Ski Trails At North Creek their wires it was worse. Stray curpower wires or the rails of electric railways and took a short cut back to the pGwer house. l4) Wherever they found a good conductor like a lead cable, that Was like thumbing a ride for the wandering volts and amperes. So far so good. But eventually they had to leave the cable, to find their way to a better conductor or just to say so and struggle back to the long dynamo. (5) When they did that, electrolytic action set in. The lead in the cable sheath followed the current as far as it could (like the substance in the bath) and left the sheath porous. Dampness and destruction came in and soon your telephone line was out of order. My job consisted of sitting by the hour watching the face of an ammeter (which registers the direction and flow of electric current) and discovering where the current was escaping. Then I had to get the power company to do what it could to stop leaks and the telephone company did all It could to keep stray current out or to provide a safe exit for what got in. In the process I learned much more than I earned not much about electrical engineering but I had a fine worms-ey- e view of several Middle Western cities birds-ey- e views, too, for I worked in cable boxes up on poles, as well as down in manholes, and also learned that it isnt only newspapermen who meet so many Interesting people." When I ponder on my electrolytic age and also when I address the mike Mondays through Fridays now, I am deeply and doubly grateful to Alexander Graham Bell. NORTH CREEK, N. Y. Determined to improve the opportunities nature gave it when it placed a 3,000 foot mountain right in its back vilyard, this tiny Adirondack a as known pioneer lage, long In New York state winter sport development, has entered another bid for fame this season. It has installed what the village fathers describe as the first electrically operated lift in the eastConstam ern United States. T-b-ar The lift pulls skiers up the entire 3,000 foot slope of Gore mountain a labor saving device that adds immeasurably to enjoyment of the sport and vast popularity to North Oreek as a ski center. The new electric lift is an excellent example of community spirit in operation. Skiing is a community enterprise in the little town of 703 inhabitants, whose pattern of life is tied up with It. When it was decided to put in the new Alpine lift, the money as on previous occasions was raised by the townsfolk. Form First Patrol. Back of this venture was the recollection of North Creeks record as a winter sports specialist. It was at this little Adirondack town that the first ski patrol In the United States was organized. On Gore mountains slopes the first ski trail in New York state was laid out and this small skiing center was the destination of the first snow train in the state on March 2, 1934. That train, as the villagers recall, came from Schenectady and was planned to handle a crowd of 500 but 700 took the trip. North Creek also pioneered Slide the famous Ride Up Jones Finally Gets Down slogan, when buses were provided to carry skiers from Official Birthday the bottom of the trails up the One day recently I received a telemountain road, which winding phone call from my friend Capt. E. leads to the noted garnet mines John Long, USNR, who Is assistant and to the beginning of five well-knocurator of the United States naval trails. museum at Annapolis. I detected It was this that made exultation in his voice and, sure North Creek the highway down hill original enough, when I joined him at the ski center in the East, for it is from club he was wearing that the top of the highway that the. expression which Gore mountain network of downhill blooms only on the face of a Bell trails radiates. discovering the telephone, a Lord The combined Investment in lift, (and-orCarnarvon Howard Carter ) hut and other facilities prolopes, exclaiming as he leans over the vided by the village entrepreneurs mummy-case- : King Tut, I preor possibly you or me when sume? we finally get a firm hold on the BELL CENTENNIAL end of our vanished pajama cord. What happened to Long was comparable. He had recorded the confirmation by his chief, Capt. H. A. Baldridge, chief curator, of the IFNU Features. but never-prove- d date of birth of John Paul Jones, father of "The proprietors of the telethe navy. And it was fortunate he phone, the invention of Alexander Graham Bell, for which pathad, for the post office department was demanding it for the next ents have been issued by the memorial stamp. United States and Great Britain, are now prepared to furnish teleBaldridge already had a letter of phones for the transmission Jones this sentence: containing of articulate speech through inAmerica has been the country of struments not more than 20 my fond election from the age of miles apart. Conversation can 13. Since it was known he sailed be easily carried on after slight from Whitehaven, England, in 17G0 that would make the birth date practice and with the occasional repetition of a word or sen(1760 minus 13) 1747. tence, On first listening to the But the birth date was not actually telephone, though the sound is recorded in any authentic writing, not even the early Jones biography v by Charles Sands. However, there came Into temporary possession of Captain Baldridge a copy of that work, upon whose margins Janette Taylor had written some caustic comment. Miss Taylor was a niece of Jones who had been a close and meticulous student of her uncle's life and many of his papers which she ppssessed. One of her holographic statements re the picture of Jones in the frontispiece was this: ". . . it is even too old, making every allowance for his mode of life, for a Just representation of his appearance at the time of his death, he was then only 45 years and 12 days. (His death, 1792, is of record ) That tied it. No wonder the captains tossed their scrambled eggs in the air like graduating midshipmen. John Paul has an official birthday only two centuries late and his face on a stamp for a present. down-mounta- Eureka-I-have-found- study of Alexander Graham Bell hi later life shows how he spent of his many hundred man-houtime tabulating statistics concerning the deaf. At one time he produced a Memoir Upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race. A rs be greatly surprised at the strides In telephony which have been made Since his death, great as they have been. He may not have considered, however, one of the temporary problems (electrolysis) which created many a headache for the telephone companies and which helped, indirectly, to provide the writer of this column (who was to be a future extensive user of telephone facilities) with a part of his education. To explain the above remark: (1) 150,000 miles of program transmission circuits now are provided by the Bell system for use 'of radio networks. (Its wireless to your home from your radio station, but Its wired between stations.) (2) The writer has been using a lot of these circuits five days a week for most of the last 14 years. (3) He worked two college vacations as electrolysis inspector for the telephone company. To explain further: (1) You know how electroplating Is done? The object say it's a spoon to be plated is suspended in a bath containing the material with which the spoon is to be plated An electric current is passed through the substance in the bath into the The substance follows the spoon. current as far as it can, which is the surface of the spoon. Anyhow it moves. (2) Youve seen the lead sheathed cables containing telephone wires being pushed through the manhole Into conduits that lie under the pavement. The sheath on the cable protects the insulated wires that carry the current which rings your phone bell and carries your voice. (3) But other electric currents get loose and run all over the place. Youd be surprised but almost every foot of earth or anything that will conduct an electric current in a city has some electricity flowing through It When the power companies were careless about preventing leaks in BARBS An Alaskan amphibian wouldnt recognize a Hudson seal if he met him on the Palisades. A survey of 3,000 G.I s heads reveals that they come in five sizes, according to the Army Times. That doesnt account for the oversize specimens possessed by some second lieutenants I have known. ... PIONEER SKI CENTER By snow trains and buses, winter sport enthusiasts flock to North Creek, one of New York states most popular skiing sites. A wide variety of slopes and trails, ranging from easy novice slopes to expert runs, lure crowds of skiers. Gores summit, are expert trails aggregates more than $70,000. Intermediate skiers can which Endeavor. Community use in the springs corn snow. Heading the community developNorth Creek villagers assert that ment program is the town physician. nowhere else can one ski on such Dr. James A. Glenn, who is presia jeweled trail with changing dent of Gore Mountain Ski club. The vistas of high mountain peaks. manager of the local woodworking Skiers have been flocking to North mill, Spencer Johnston, is vice president. Dr. H. L Braley, the local Creek for years for the simple readentist, is executive member of the son that snow lies deep on the slopes club in charge of racing. The law- and especially on Gore mountain, yer, Philip C. Brassel; the justice which rises from the village to an of the peace, Kenneth Bennett; and elevation of 3,595 feet. Everything the lumber dealer, William C. the winter sports fan desires is at Schilds, are directors of the Ski Lift North Creek. Children Get Lessons. corporation, of which the undertaker, Kenneth W. Swain, is president. Firm believers in controlled skiAt the top of North Creeks Ride ing and upholding Otto Schniebs Up Slide Down Gore mountain are famous statement that "skiing is a the leading garnet mines in the way of life, instruction is offered country. Garnets shine like red dia- to children from 5 to 18, who gather monds in the sunlight and the winter on the slopes every Friday afternoon sports fan gets an added thrill out to take lessons. Annually there is of digging small pieces of the color- a childrens ski race when the Topful stuff from the snow. From a ping trophy is in competition. promontory the skier can look down Special awards are made to into the mines and across to the winners but North Creek entersheer rock walls hung with various prise believes skiing should be hued icicles sparkling in the sun. encouraged and as a result all contestants win a prize for parClose by are the high peaks of the Adlrondacks, forming a startling ticipation. The Barton trophy race, sancpanoramic view of mountain grandeur in winter dress. At his feet are tioned by USEASA, is held annually the headwaters of the Hudson river. on the Garnet trail, a mile long and Maze of Trails. with a drop of approximately 1,000 A city block from the garnet feet. tow leading to mines is a 1,400-foo- t members make up Eighty-si- x trails rated for the novice, interme- North Creek's ski patrol, which is diate and expert. affiliated with the national ski patrol Cloud and Garnet trails, which system, and the ages range from the range the higher slopes on high school years on up. Progress in Telephone Service Related In an attempt to end mess hall griping, the army aims to make kitchen police a respected and respectable army chore. Well have to wait on the critical Judgment of the mess lines before we really know; but meanwhile we'll oflef a toast of powdered lemonade to General Ike and his staff just for trying. perfectly audible, the articulation seems to be indistinct; but after a few trials the ear becomes accustomed to the peculiar sound and finds little difficulty in understanding the words. That picture of the telephone, as depicted in the first telephone advertisement of May, 1877, represents a marked contrast to the instrument of today. The advertisement is recalled in connection with the observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor g by Baukhage The disease schistosomiasis is spread by snails and it has taken science only three thousand years to catch up with them. Congress unwillingness to spend money to prepare for war is rivalled only by the countrys unwillingness to spend money to a prepare generation smart enough to prevent it RECOGNIZE THIS? . . . This scene what the farm telephone looked like boon to farm areas, telephone service throughout rural United States during of a pioneer rural home shows in 1914. Long recognized as a will be extended and Improved the postwar period. of the telephone, on March 3, 1847. Although bom in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bell was an American by choice, coming to Boston at the age of 24 to teach the use of visible speech," developed by his father for training the deaf to speak. A deep and scientific interest in the mechanics of speech, an inventive streak and the challenge of making the telegraph talk led to his experiments which produced the telephone. On June 2, 1875, he first succeeded in transmitting sound over a wire and one of his experimental telephones transmitted the first complete sentence on March 10, 1876, just a week after his 29th birthday anniversary. In addition to being a great Bell was a man of remarkable vision, which led him only two years after the telephone was invented to foresee the day when a man in one part of the country may communicate by word of mouth with another in a distant place." The fulfillment of that prediction has revolutionized communications in the United States and throughout the world Progress has continued uninterruptedly ever since Bell created the telephone. In the United States alone, there are now more than 32 million telephones In use, more than double the number in 1940. Since V-- J Day four and a half mil. lion instruments have been installed. A major phase of the telephone companys postwar program is to extend and improve farm telephone service, ' The telephone, it is pointed out, always has been the farm, ers good friend and loyal assist-an- t in business, in time of sick, ness or emergency, or as a means of keeping in touch with relatives and friends. These benefits will be extended to more rural families under the 100 million dollar rural expansion pro. gram with its objective of a million more farm telephones. House Sprouts Hidden Cash after Storm Victims Leave DE FOREST, WIS. - Although Mrs. Clement Wolfe doesnt believe In fairies, she insists that she has been finding money under a pillow, behind a mirror, under a vase and In other hidden corners of her home. Dollar bills in cupboards, little tacks of silver on shelves, half dollars tucked every place imaginable have been retrieved by Mrs. Wolfe. There Is an explanation, however. The cash, Mrs. Wolfe Is certain, was secreted by more than 60 unexpected guests who spent from two to three days with her during a storm. The guests started coming In pairs, then in carloads, finally in busloads. When the house started filling up, Mrs. Wolfe was glad she had Just brought five loaves of bread from town. She also had several pails of eggs she had been unable to send to market and she served them fried, scrambled, boiled and poached It wasnt long, however, before only crackers and mayon naise were left. Two of the guests struggled two miles to the village, carrying back all the food they could. By thal time Mrs Wolfe was cuf. fee grounds. , By noon of the third day everyone had been rescued after the mayon. naise had given out and Mrs. Wolfe was passing out dry crackers. SW ding. Sew York Heartbeat: WNJJ Features. rents left Hard Going Boy, was it tough Mopey Man About Town: Mrs. FDR now regrets having signed a five year ontract for her colm. . . .Music .overs can find the three Bs In the Vlanhattan phone tome. Bach, Jeethoven and Brahms. However. 3ach sells chemicals, Beethoven is I lawyer and Brahms is In adver back-sr- s ising. . . . One of Oklahomas is Columbia Pictures, down for 115,000. The firm to date has netted i million dollars from that small vager. . . .The Mrs. Fay Ehlert who is suing MGM for 250 Gs for of the illeged misappropriation itle, Undercurrent) is the wife if the Chilean consul in Chicago . . In the first paragraph on page 13 The Man Who Was Not of rhere by Ethel Lina White (pub-Ishe- d about 1943) it says: If Rich-ir- d isnt there to open the door. . Jould that have inspired the "great and can you suggest nspiration lomething to do to Miss White? Beginning of the End Dept: One if the owners of "21 is taking sing-n- g lessons I . . . Mary Kirks new Floridaddy can handle his dukes, dont be a dope, you dope. . . . Pals say the reason visitors break ind weep is that The Babe is down ,o 90 pounds. . . . One of the Powers nodels seeking a divorce is 15 rears old and the mother of a year lid baby. . . . Barney Ross, the between :hamp, settling a WO kid bootblacks on 52nd street. . . The ditty that made hem famous (If I Didnt Care) las to be played by Billy Kennys Ink Spots to hush the persistent ipplaudience. . . . Youd swoon if rou knew the Various male screen dols who wear special-mad- e girlies to fight their personal battles if the bulge. . . . Iz ' Elinson mended after an operation) that Sinatra is trying to get i permit to carry two gats. One fun tilts him! io fist-fig- ts Grace Moore was one of the few stars who believed in helping other talented people scale the heights. Her boosts aided many unknown singers . . .But when one of her successful protegees allowed fame to turn her head and complained about the size of her part in a show. Miss Moore reminded her: A famous singer once told me that to a great artist there is no such thing as a small part. And to a small artist there are no big parts. Dopey How come? Mopey There was no snow. Agreeable John The lipstick my girl seems to taste much better any other girls. Tom Yeh, doesnt it? Ah, yes, beauty comes within lipstick containers. territory. . .A year later Haug-an- fro His Hope Surgeon Theres no hope your recovery. Is there anyom you would like to see? Patient Yes, another doctor. Thats So! Binks Do you realize the valm of life? Jinks Sure, without it youn dead. END CONSTIPATION THIS NATURAL WAY! Millions Now Take Healthful Fresh Fruit Drink Instead of Harsh Laxatives! - Its lemon and water. Yes just the juice of 1 Sunkist Lemon in a glass ol water-fir- st thing on arising. Taken first thing in the morning, this wholesome drink stimulates bowel action in a natural way -- assures most people of prompt, normal elimination Why not change to this healttfw habit? Lemon and water is good foi you. Lemons are among the richest sources of vitamin C, which combat? fatigue, helps you resist colds and infections. They also supply Bj and P They alkalinize, aid appetite and digestion. Lemon and water has fresh tang, too - clears the mouth, wakes you up! drink 10 Try this grand wake-u- p See doesnt if it you help mornings. Use California Sunkist Lemons. For firmer grip when others slip ask for SOLES as well os Coincidence: In 1942 General UacArthur presented the Silver 5lar to a civilian for the first time, Je was AP correspondent Vem laugland, who made his way to rnfety after being lost 42 days in Tap usej thaj Heels by 0'SuHim d was shifted to the Centtal where he covered Admiral ilitschers Task Force 58. . d to the U.S. he married and after the war) Joined the AP staff it Washington. . . . The Hauglands iaby girl was born January 26. rhe birthdays of MacArthur and ilitscherl Pa-:ifi- c, .Re-urne- " Manhattan Murals; The little old ady who hangs around stagedoers ind cusses like a trooper. . . The chorine plodding icantily clad hrough Central park slush in open-oeShe leads a durg whose paws ire covered with specially made ed rubbers if. . . The 59th street luses that congest traffic more than he trolleys did. . . . That blimp vhich hovers over midtown Manhattan (with illuminated ads) a la Times building electrics. . . The ipellbinder in Columbus Circle, who lemonstrates the atomic bomb by lropping a bag of water. (He oughta lse it with soap on his neck). . . . rhe little old woman who peddles food luck charms on 14th street to nake enough dough for a nights odging on the Bowery. s. Heroine: This, we believe, is he very first mention of her great-is- t role. . . It didnt come to the jolm from her, either. . . It came Vom an admirer in govt service, vho thinks it is about time future listorians knew about it . This rave American woman started the lrst underground activity against Wussolini. . . While the worlds capitals were receiving Mussolinis imbassadors (like social lions) this Imerican gal was urging the com-no- n people of Italy to fight like igers for liberty. . . 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