Show THE eTHE SUN DO MOVE l T THE old negro in the south who asseverated that the sun do move voiced his heartfelt heartfelt heartfelt heart heart- felt conviction that this Is not a static universe universe universe uni uni- verse but one of motion and progress Every day something happens happen to add strength to this conviction Just the other day there was was a little dispatch that packed a dramatic wallop wallop the the one from British Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia telling of prospectors in five flying boats bound from Detroit to Scurvy cr creek k landing in the Skeena river The very name of their destination perpetuates perpetuates perpetuates per per- the history of the men of whom the plane-born plane argonauts are the modern proto proto- types Scurvy creek serves to recall the old- old time prospector He was a grizzled old manof manof man manof of the hills trudging up and down over country country country coun coun- try so rough that it was frequently described as a place that God forgot With all his worldly possessions lashed on a burro or two with pick axe shovel and pan his blankets and a meager store of food wise in the lore of the rocks and with hope springing eternal in his bosom he sought natures nature's storehouse of precious metals Scurvy creek creek it it recalls harrowing harrowing harrowing har har- rowing tales brought back from the hills by these men after thrilling adventure It recalls hunger and thirst racked fever-racked limbs and the torture of the tile dread disease that follows subsistence subsistence subsistence sub sub- on Innutritious food and lack of vegetable vegetable vegetable I vitamins The tales of the old prospectors will endure endure endure en en- dure in history though they will wUI vanish from the earth They went with their bare hands to conquer forbidding obstacles They are succeeded by men who are the product of mechanization Against the old prospectors prospector's ten or a dozen miles mUes trudged in a day these modern treasure-seekers treasure fly in the air with luxury and convenience The old romance vanishes but a newer more thrilling romance comes in one calling for hardihood courage and hope burning as brightly as ever |