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Show - LEHI FREE PRESS, LEIIL UTAH Niagara Has Long "Life Expectancy" 'At Present Rate of Wear Will Lait 20,000 Year. per cent passes to the left, over the Canadian Horseshoe falls. "Without Its cenlc destroying beauty, man has put Niagara to work. By treaty. Canada and the United States agreed on the maximum amount of water each may divert for the generation of electric power 30.000 cubic feet a second by Canada, 20,000 by the United States. Today Niagara supplies light and power to cities and towns within a radius of more than 200 miles. 3.000-foo- d Washington. Dry rocks recently at NLagsra falls where normally of water per second plunge 160 feet Into the Niagara gorge; the trickle of water In the river; and a drop of some 20 feet in the water level In the gorge all caused by a strong east wind IsHve revived the query : "How long ex-l.t-- tn eora-Taratl- ra Mill In Niagara falls last?" 1931 when a crash of rock changed the contour of the falls, geologists were pressed for an oplnIon on Niagara's probable life spaa i When the falls nearly "ran dry" back In 1848, the same question was asked. ' "Niagara started to spill over a cliff about 30,000 years ago approximately seven miles farther down the Niagara river than the present falls," says a tuilletin from the National Geographic "If the falls are permitted to wear away, and continue to do so at their present rate, about 4 feet annually, they, will tear down the remaining 18 miles of the river between the falls and Lake Erie some time ?I.ut the year 23,053. "Kacn year more than 2,000,000 vis itors from all over the world view the A Weather Man Misses; They Close Him Up - Nx-let- avnlanche of waters spilling from the fa Ms" crest to the foamy, bubbling pool at Its feet On the lips of nearly ev-r- y observer Is the query: 'Where does all the water come fromf 'From a huge basin nearly as large In area as the State of Texas four of the five Oeat Lakes,' answer geographers and hydraulic engineers. Fed by a Million Springs. , "A million springs replenish the basin which holds captive nearly half of the fresh water In the world. As the vast basin of Lake Superior Alls aad overflows, the waters descend and mingle with those of Lakes Huron and Michigan, and the three pour the combined flood of their overflow Into Lake Erie. "The vast aggregate volume of surplus water from the four lakes, seeking an outlet to the sea, breaks through a notch on the east rim of Erie's basin, making the Niagara river. Shortly before the Niagara river reaches . the precipitous cliff over which It hurls its waters. Goat island separates the stream Into two channels. About 6 per cent of the water passes to the right over the American falls In a symmetrical sheet more than 1,000 feet wide, and the remaining 94 t v Dr.Mjd in World War. "Perhaps the average visitor de lighting in the beauty of the falls. Is unaware that K was drafted for service in the World war. It performed its service well, and both before and since has played a leading role In the American industrial world. When Importation of grinding materials from Asia Minor ceased during the hostilities In Europe, American manufacturers attempted to make their own. They failed in their first experiments because of the lack of electric current at a price the new venture could af- ford to pay. Those who backed the process thereupon went to Niagara falls, set up a plant, and founded the artificial abrasive Industry. "How much this Industry has meant to America is difficult to overestimate To take the grinding machinery out of the automobile factories, the munition plants, the locomotive works, car foundries, and machine shops of the country would paralyze the nation's whole Industrial system. "In addition Niagara's eleiirlclty contributes normally to the manufacture of aluminum, chemicals, wood pulp, paper and even to the baking of breads." Warsaw. An extraordinary reason is stated to have brought about the stoppage of the weather forecast of the Meteorological station here. v , It is said that just before he set out oa a Journey one of the ministers , consulted the official weather forecast and read that the "sun will shine all day and the temperature mill be warm." lie went and got wet This so annoyed the authorities that the forecasts were stopped altogether. French Air Pilots to ' Have Church for Own Use Paris. A church Is being built for French airmen. , t the parish f church of Officially Nouvean Bourget the village en the border of Le Bourget, the shrine will contain a chapel dedicated to Our I i Lady of the Skies. ; New Bourget, which numbers 7,000 Inhabitants, has . been growing ever since the famous airport was turned over exclusively to civil aviation. It Is expected the village will number 15,000 Inhabitants by the end of 1933. St Charles du Nouveau Rourget will be the name of the church ' In The memory of Charles Nnngesser. shrine . Is officially dedicated to the memory of Mgr. Charles GIbler, bishop of airmen, who died in 193L The church, built on the simplest lines, will cost about one million francs, not counting the three carillon bells to be Installed In the belfry, and of which the largest will toll for flyers In general and the middle one for pilots. The small one will be for general use. The airmen's chapel will be presided over by a white limestone statue of Our Lady of the Skies a work of modernistic simplicity which 'represents the Virgin with head lifted and arms outstretched, as if she were about to "take off." t i Getting more and more Amsterdam. distrustful of people as he grows older, Wilhelm n, former kaiser of Germany, Is becoming Increasingly a hermit at his castle at Doorn, Holland.' Although occasionally . he visits a friend In the village his hermit tendencies have been strengthened by an attempt on his life last year. But he is Just as afraid of a common cold as he Is of an assassin. None of his courtiers, his wife, or children are allowed In his presence If they betray the slightest symptoms of a cold. As for the former kaiser, one sneeze sends him to bed, to remain until the court physician has routed the last lcold gerrn. The attempt by a madman to kill him with a knife has taken away f feeling of safety, Even the high steel fence, topped with barbed wire, and t)ie Dutch guard of six men do not reassure him. He becomes increasingly difficult to handle with the passing years. His bowing, smiling "shadow" court has had one duty all these yearso "keep his majesty quiet" He is protected from unknown (Callers and newspaper men because ha Is headstrbng and re-; ' ; Wil-helm'- s, Waves Toss Seven Perch Right at Angler's Feet Fairmont, Minn. He didn't cast a line when he went fishing the other day during a gale, but Millard Finlay went home with fish for dinner. As he was about to turn back re luctantly after deciding the wind was too strong for fishing, an obliging wave, he says, tossed an elegant perch at his feet More followed. When the wind got too cold for him he went home with seven perch the wind had brought in. Lambs at the Live Stock Show ; i . U V; V . 4 ' w """"" rrrTT''r"3",'g" I f V ' Y t i 5,. r Li Y.. nlntcn years old, with Here Is KaUier'lne Sheldon of Oheonta. N.exhibited at the International she which lambs the champion pen of three; In show Stock Chicago. Jive ' . t - k n ""as! n shall i " St' i r ' Aft Tthcrine Xdelman NX ff.' I &&J ft :! arts w . ., v wx r r - Miss Juue Warsaw of Grand Itap-IdMich., Is earning her way through the University of Michigan by teaching tricks of magic to her fellow students and giving Instruction In the art, at which she is an adept though not a professional magician. . - EhUiiiiuuutiuuhiiuiiiiuiiiiuiini'''tMuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiul;tiiT7i m Former Kaiser Pursued by Fears Attempt an Life Shakes His Feeling of Safety. i OS CARLTON gripped tha wheel tightly as the car ig path plowed a tig through the mire of the road. What a fool ! bad been t0 allow Wm" Sell lO oe lameu miw tuning the short cut between lVhKtr and Holtonl But In such a hurry to get been had he hrk to Chicago to loin with the crowd In welcoming In the New Year.' If he only he had made sufficient Inquiry could have found out about this awrm detour. He hadn't thought there were any roads left that were quite so Daa, and he couldn't have foreseen the quick and annoying thaw that had set In. Down the steep grade the big car careened now on one side of the road, now on the other. He couldn t hold it to the ruts. It got more and more bevond his control every minute until finally the left rear wheel slid bank at tne Into the heavy three-foo-t MAKES MAGIC PAY r m) OF THE SANDS fuses to guard his words, even for Adolf Hitler, Germany's new leader. He loves to spend his evenings in the rosarium, where he cultivates nearly every kind of rose and which he opens to the public during the day. The sound of Westminster chimes comes through the trees. Four years ago Wilhelm had a clock with chimes put in the belfry of the garage because It reminded him of his boyhood, when his English mother was never happy without her clock with the Westminster chimes. Though Germany may never call him back, Wilhelm shrugs his shoulders and remembers that "they, too, can serve, who only stand and wait" side. Don made a sound that was almost a groan. He was beyond speecn tor Could anything be the moment worse? Marooned In the dark on a country road, and on New Year's Eve I As hungry as a hawk, without even a sandwich to bite on. Hang it all, any Why hadn't he used a little way! common sense? Stumbling out of his seat he stood But there was I For the friendly light of a Christmas candle was blink ing at him from the window of a small cottage that stood back some distance ; from the road! Bravine the sticky mud that made walking so difficult, Don approached the house and knocked. "I I beg your parden for bother ing you," he said apologetically, "but my car got stalled out In front and I ulippen ' , I ZS l rang at the apartment of the sedate John.Eilers, just as he had settled down for a quiet evening with his "little n r hlllO hrtntra' sarrYt r What did John care about Og-de- dark-haire- f.. p conventionalities and the like? Now It did look like he was destined to forego the pleasure, and exchange Plato and Socrates for an evening of worthless nonsense. He sauntered to the door with a scowl of disapproval. There stood a delivery boy. who hurriedly thrust a parcel Into the hands of the much surprised Mr. Bachelor, and was gone before he could utter, a word. The stores ,on New Year's Eve were too f .' I 1 U I fcsthe " irants. X mptesOA-- ft-- lIE doorbell ilfTr BU bachelor I " l&i&r V h & , ' J Iowa. The Kate Shelley Boone, bridge, whicl) has stood since 1881 as monument to the bravery of a f. be torn down. In 1S81 the main line" of the Chi cago & North Western railway passed n through Molngona, Iowa, between and Boone. One night Kate Shelley, who lived near the vDes Moines river, discovered that high water seri ously had weakened the bridge. 'I I Beg Your Pardon for Botherlnj Legends of her deed agree that she You." seized a lantern, fled across the tot I tering bridge just In time to stop an thought maybe could use your tele : phone. oncoming passenger train. A few years later the North Western There was something likable In the rewarded her by appointing her sta face of the lad standing Inside ths tion master at the then busy station door. "I'm sorry, we've got no phone, at Molngona. The new bridge was mister, but but I know mam would named after her. be glad to have you come In. Wouldn't Later a shorter route across the Des you, mam?" He turned toward a slenMoines river lowlands was surveyed der and charming d woman and the Moingona route became a mi as he spoke. nor side track In the railroad system. "Why, of course," she said, with a Miss Shelley remained .station master smile. "We're always glad to assist a at the point until her death several stranger, and and we can fix you years ago. something to eat, and you can stay The railroad recently announced here until some one comes along to that the bridge and the entire track help you." age of the Molngona route would be Soon the appetizing odors of ham dismantled. and eggs and coffee tilled the room. Don Inhaled the fragrance while he talked to the children. He found tha Salt Lake City Feline other three Just as as the boy , Objects to U. S. Mail Box who had opened thepleasant door. There waa Salt Lake City, Utah. Somewhere something especially likable about Is a large black cat who scorns the them all. Uncle servof Sam's dispatch postal Don did a lot of thinking while he ice when It comes to getting places. ate the delicious meal. His sharp eyes Patrolman W. W. Rogers, hearing a had taken In the situation at a glance. noise In a corner mall box, called the There was In the little home poverty post office and a man was sent to not the kind that shows itself to the open It. world unashamed but the shabby relifted the howling animal finement A few new Kogers toys of the cheapfrom the box and was attempting to est kind were the only things to show see if some practical Joker had at that Christmas had come to the little tached proper postage and address, ; t when, with a vicious scratch and wait family. He thought with a thrill of the packthe cat broke loose and streaked up age that lay under the back seat of the street his car. He was glad now that a mistake had been made on the shipment Get Gold From Boards to the Nelson Stores and they had Wreckers wh Jarbrldge. Nev. asked him to bring the things Into the burned carefully the floor 'timbers branch for credit the old Elkoro gold mill here found factory But instead of golna to tb that the ashes contained thousand he made up his mind that the dollars worth of gold. Wall boards branch, contents of the package would remain where the cyanide solution used In in the Dalton cottage. And he felt milling had solidified were also rich .quite sure that he was going to have in gold, It was said. a lot more fun out of the thing he was going to do than he ever could have Pattor Welcome Hectilert the New Year with his London. Hecklers are welcome In celebrating bachelor friends In Chicago. Hev. A. Martin Sanders' church. He An hour later, after help "had come Invites heckling during his sermon as and while he was being along, a means of keeping the congregation towed to the highway, there echoed In awake. his ears above the plop-ploof the horses' feet, the hearty thanks and , Century-Ol- d good Schoolhotue, wishes for a happy New Year that Brookline. Vt A d year-olDalton family had repeated with th. such schoolhouse her Is completely ' sincerity. And he felt that such round. good wishes must come true. 1 IV'"" 7 : ' upon the running board for a moment There didn't seem to be a thing that he could do. The heavy night was all around him, and there probably wasn t a house within miles. Iowa. Bridge Named for Heroine to Be Wrecked d h i leer 0 Imsel MILK they were waltia; hear the chimes ring oii midnight on New fcl Ind Eve, Dan said: ever thought much iS Time, Dora?" "You ask strange p tlons, young man," i "I don't b laughed, what you mean." Dan grinned back at her. T: you get going on It . . . It'iifc awful. And when I say awful . mean Just that Until the idea el "H Old and Kbft the S' Year formulated men's minds N lust Time e?ti where infinite, i It) 1 bounded, nncoc t ed, going on. Then 1 ss?? somebody nofc in certain parts PHI the world. birds came W one season, went back an busy to waste any time in delivery, as the young people were anxious to be finished and at home dressing for the greatest celebration of all the year. What on earth? thought John; probably a practical Joke by some of his friends, for when he opened the parcel out fell a pair of golden slippers-perf- ect Number 4. Kicking them out of his way, he returned to his study entirely forgetting the Incident. Meanwhile there was great commotion In the apartment above. Lucia Bell, the pretty radio entertainer, was waiting impatiently for the delivery of her danclngslippers. She was to be at the Studio ball at nine o'clock and It was almost that now. Out of breath, she rushed to the suite below and again John Eilers beard his doorbell ring. What now? thought John, In disgust as he overturned the whole volume of little blue books, lost one of his slip- - v per. and spilled cigar ashes over the He swung the door open with a Jerk Just as she was about to she spied her golden slippers.- speak with took of surprise she said sweetly, "May" I have my slippers V John forgot all hi,, e - b helorhoodi ties, doorbells o0 New Year's KvJl everything! And then helpod'Sn" derella" Into her slipperi 1&3 imply John Eilers, sSfn2 tlful Lucia Bell a, d of pair of ooks- tj " JZ slipper, that ft lilt, W..t.r Nr.pp Vai That it now i cold for j wU now It wasH That the tW and J - ill came and with regularitl. and so, thej their heads and of scratched 'Look here . . . there are font H A sons, spring, summer, autumn, And there are suns and moot! measure them by, day and night f don't think Time itself really 1 whether it is divided into twentj hour a dnv. (seven days a wees. twelve months a year or not; convenience) for human beings. snimnla rton't pare! the bird B when to leave and when to Jj funny, Isn't It? You get lost J Idea ; not technically, but just V lng over It' What has happen men's minds divides Time W uime itself is un- - awful,- - Isn't It? Scares one a little." The clock began booming off twelve strokes. "Midnight . . . and' Happy New Year!" smiled Dora. "You're probably right, but I'm glad somebody thought It up the beginning of a New year, and all the fun of It. If It were all Just Time . . . where would the parties be?" i "Goose," he laughed, "Come on, . 1933, Western in i this NewP0 Clond.r of mln"" u , Grape. o- "- ; j Spain bas an old custom, on New Year's Eve, wherever makers are. gathered, of cat L(f finches of exactly twelve graPT for each mouth of the year. |