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Show THE BVAVFR COITVTV WEEKLY r PPF. tnrMy fWAV KE"FINOREE By dJW' NATIONAL i 0 75) '.''.viinia Uu its 2 n Ute I! ing P ruin Wssib WRIGLgS . kslst Newest Creation It ellen Uilo r the for HO a r nt rloo wu In it lie ii Ved ed llilu kited on see A delicious national lcnnxoKKi: Tlmt tar;;? Jtw peppermint flavored sugar. IIS;" a miihUi.. Vat is tin' name W a trt'nwn-l(Hit!f sviuitp ii lfir(;1 iiik! )u IliP I'n tcd S:a!i' notional I1"'"1 l:ffliok n neel Spi exi tin c 80 Jacket around pep. permlnt flavored chew-In- of u 1)! svain;? for a bill in iiKim-i hi tt .iililtKhiMe: I of llie Okciimiktft-Xutlnal .ark In th; very xHiiip ,vfti'!:i of nils Any-wit- st llu-i- slum. i ifu,iH.t for il-- t iftnbllKlimwit made in W uaaie of tlie iulf of r"g Sfl Aiiil-tlit- m ' ,.k pi.iislt.oii iii not vu"li h (mrntlux ui it ' nwnii ut firnr tlio;i:litr TTIie imiloiiut parK ett- national woulil iiuve the liiuluin nfjl touiitry Iiu Uk Hjntfiu t"tuiirvlienHlv. It Is uliady fairly bo. 'or fsamplf. It contain the Orand Canyon, the motit wonderful example In the world of utreuiu f tle Con iroxitu; the mujcstic Kiimite tinental divide In Hotky Mountain ; t'ae freakish oirnnic actlvltie of the ellmvitone ; the relic of a prt hlfor people in Mesa Verde ; Crater Lake, vlu the crater of a prehbitorlc voltuno; Lafayette n the coaxt of Maine. exeiuplifyliiB the oldext rockvomis In America; Mount Rainier, a vast itlngle Wttk with 28 living glaciers ; SjquoUr with .. Its millions Qt Big Trees. This desire Yitr a national park system that shall , Im coniprehensIveNs shown lu the movements to xtahliHh the National park lu the MUwlKslppI Valley National park, the Mammoth Cave National park In Kentucky, the iHiues Katlonal $nrU In IudJana-ntte "Statement pur It lu Georgia. In of Natlimal I'ark Policy,"- made In ltt8 by the late Franktln K. Lnn as secretary of Trite Intev rior, Is lound this: 'Ii'. Mtidylng new park projects you tihould seekv to And scenery otsnpreme and distinctive qual- lry or some natural feature so extraordinary or unique' as to he of national Interest and Importance. You should seek distinguished examples of typical forms of. world architecture. . . The national park system as now constituted should not lie lowered In standard, dignity .t:td prestige by the lucluslon of areas which express in less than the standard terms the particular class or kind of exhibit which they represent." Okefinokee Is without doubt a natural wonder. It covers nearly seven hundred square miles in southeastern Georgia. Among the freshwater Swampa east of the Mississippi It Is exceeded In sis only by th$ Everglades. Its scenery Is first class of Its Mnd, .It la ja refuge for some exceptionally rare forma of animal life., It la an wintering ground for large nimhers of migratory waterfowl. . It has extraordinary as floral area. It still contains. In spite of extensive lumbering tiperations, about SOU square miles of diversified territory In an absolutely primeval state. This latter fact Is Important. Insomuch qs It Is stated that the Dismal Swamp and the Everglades have already been (hanged by man beyond the hope or possibility of preservation In a natural state. So. If there Is to be a swamp national park. It vould appear to be a case of Okefinokee or noth-Iii- Will aid your appetite and digestion. Polish your teeth and moisten ' laws, Is killed in considerable numbers; some-havbeen sold In recent years at the rate of three, for a dollar. Wild turkeys are now much scarcer tl.an formerly, but their numbers might be restored by proper protection. Bobwhltes ars still .common. eral Mi it i Call-fornl- a. Is typical of the "prairies" of the swamp. These prairies are eSHentlally raanihes, with more or less open water, but practically with a luxuriant growth of aquatic plants. . AIM These Include voter lilies, maiden cane, pitcher plants, arrowhead arrow arum, saw grass, fern, ,nt on(, 8l)lmgnuni. Tne, nre the favored Here and there on the of waterfowl. prtitrjes stnnd picturesque clumps or heads of cypress and pine. Yet abundant crops of corn and sweef potatoes are raised In the swamp and much of It may be wnded. Francis Harper, assistant biologist of the I'nlted States b'ologlcal survey, contributes an Interesting article on "Okefinokee Swamp as a Reservation" to Natural History. Of Its anlnml and plant life he says, In part: l There are probably between one and two black beqrs In the swamp and Its Immediate environs; the Florida deer Is a rather common and species on the Islands and In other parts of the swamp t the Florida otter Is a fairly common denisen of this wilderness; several panthers have been recorded about the borders wtthto the past few years; a Florida wolf was killed near the edge of the swamp about 1910; aud some anlranl believed to he a wolf wa heard In the swamp several times In 1916. This species Is virtually extinct, and there are only one or two specimens In the museums of the country. That curious little anlmnl, the Florida water rat muskrat (Neofiber allenl), has or round-taileJust recently been discovered in the swamp. It Is very abundant here In Its only known halilfat tPraIrle Okeflno-fcee.Natloi.- - - t hi X,,., hun-drx- d d In ' rrnr the destiny of Okeflmk not be that f a national park, It Is possible and even probable that some of Its rea will lie preserved - to through the Okennokee society. This society was organ lied In 101K, its object being "to ghe authentic publicity regMxJiug the Oke-tl- i ol;ee swamp: to secure Its 'resnvatlou and -- 7KvenmhouW tlte-antl- -- on pres-rvat'o- n '!. 1 for public, educational. seleutlBc and uses." The society ' has the hearty iein-toii- l 4nilorMmeut of the National I'urk association, the I'nlted States biological survey, the American Jltiixeum of Nuinrul History, the National Asxocl-ntiiH- i of Audulion societies, the Ecological Sort-ttof America, the American tJanie Protective reflation, the State tieioglcal Survey of Georgia, the JL'oniell university departments Of soology nnd entomology, and many sclent Ixts and nature lown throtigliont the countrj". The president ot Is lVofecsor James 0. Nelbam of the 4 university, ami the secretary. Dr. J. V. IVlisoit of Waycrowi. Georgia. One of the drst a'ms of the society is to secure tlain representative imrtlons of the swamp as the nucleus of a reservation to which additions as rapidly as opportunity or funds itty lie made vnrlt. The aoclety plans, after securing the viva for a reservation, to present It to the Unb led States government. In order thst It may be sdnvnlstered and iierpetnated ns a national wild life refuge. Okefinokee was nameil by the Indiana. The Earth." U la an Inspira1 now means "Trembling tion, since often It la hard to say where the land ends and tht water begins. Cowhouse Run, for with, water lilies and example, Is almost-soli'never-wets-" (Orontlum) ; yet a boat can be poled through It between colonnades of cypress to island covered, with pin (Ptnua pslus-tris- ). The otter hunter goes about In a craft with his nound. The Big Water etretches for mllea between shoreless margins fonkedby ecypress; bera one may discard tha forked push-poland taks to the paddle. Chase I ." j. I' i Hi'.. I ' 4 ii , long-leave- d ' d rlng-neckr- ' msiniln-cen- t woodpecker, now on the very verge of extinction, ha maintained tu'th Okefinokee One of It last strongholds. The grent plleated woodpecker, , Is aston- scaicely less splendid than the Ivory-billIshlngly abundant. Its numbers here perhnps surpassing thoe of any other part of the country. The American egret, once nearly exterminate! In the for Its plumes, has been found environs of the swai.'.p. 1t also tins here s wife winter refuge. The Okefinokee only place In Georgia where one may find the and hill cram-anthe Unipkln. The former fs a re!dent and quite common specie, but only one or two of the curious and llmpk'n hare deen observed In the swamp, which doubtless represents the northern limit of their, breeding range The wood duck Is a resident specie of which there are probably hundred of Individual In the swamp. In the entire country there perhaps no other equally favorable habitat for this rare and beautiful little duck. As a wintering ground for migratory waterfowl, the Okefinokee Is of very considerable Importance. Eleven species of ln:erest to game conservationists were found wintering In 1UIG 17. in number loosely estimated as follows: hooded merganser, several hundred; mallard, several thousand: black teal. duck; 1.00(1: green-wingepintail, 50; wood duck. 500; duck. 'several hum dred; sand hill crane. 100; woodcock. 101); Wilson's nlpe. 500; kllldeer. 100. Altogether about W species of birds bave been recorded from the swamp In summer, and about 90 In winter. At the latter season It attracts great numbers of birds. berry and At present a considerable amount of hunting Is carried on, chiefly by residents In and about tb swamp. Deer, bears, snd wildcats ars hunted with hounds at virtually all seasons of .the year Not only the ordinary game blrda, but also such species ss the wood Ibis, Ward's heron, sand-hil- l crane, sad occasionally sven's cormorant or a water turkey, arc killed snd eaten. Tbs'wood duck, slthougn protected by both stats sod fed r I MK.-let- ,. Gorgla. The lvoryblll, our greatest and mwi bre-dln- y " numTrapping Is extensively practiced. Great .otters of bers, of raccoons and several dosens are taken every winter. Smaller numbers of wildcats, opossums, and skunks are trapped. The Mississippi alligator, now rapidly disappearing from the baunta of man, has found the Okefinokee a goodly place In which to survive. For the student of herpetology the region holds s vast and fascinating store of riches. The swamp waters abound in fish life, Including black bass and other pickerel, mall biva, shorf-nuse- d gars, chub suckers, mudfish (Am il), vtrlous species of catfish,- and numerous kllllnshes. Among the recent discoveries Is- - a particularly dainty little fish, Lucanla which was previously known only from a few specimens taken In Florida ; it enjoys the distinction of being one of the very tiniest of existing vertebrates. The wonderfully rich and diverse plant life of the OUettnokee constitutes one of Its greatest charms nnd beauties. And herein one may perceive a veritable illustration of the "curse of beauty" ; for It Is the magnificent timber of the swamp that furnishes Its commercial value and has There are two exploitation. of forest growth the pine barrens major tyj on the Islands, and the cypress "bays" occupying inundated iortlons of the swamp. The pine barrens are open forests of long-lea- f and slush pines, between whose straight and lofty trunks one may look for a distance of a quarter of a mile In almost any direction. ...The low undergrowth conslnts principally of saw palmetto, together with a profusion of huckleberries and blueberries, which form an Important element In the food of many birds and mammals. One may find on some of the Okefinokee Islunds, where the "turjientlncr" and the logger have not yet penetrated, the southern plnegforest In its finest glory. In the "bays," which cover a large portion of the swamp, the dominant growth Is the pond cypress. Probably nowhere else- In the world doe it attain a heavier growth or finer proportion. Other trees In this habitat are the black white hay. sweet buy, and red magum. red large-mouth- - .1 e frult-eatjn- g d '': your throat. The Flavor Last! ' Hold Tight do you think f t street cur company f Dub 1 it up for them every day." T v POSSIBLY HER LAST CHANCE Rubi-,4W- 'hat At All Evsnts, ths Object of His Affections Perfectly Agrssd With Htr F lanes. Sure For several minutes the young man not speak. Ills heart was too full. It was enough for him to know that this glorious creature doved him; that she had promised to share his fate. did Relief With a new and delightful sense of ownership he feasted his eyes once more upon her beauty, and as he real6 BCLMXJ ize.', that henceforth it would be his Hot water j privilege to provide for her welfare SureReui and happiness, he could have almost wept with joy. LL-AN-E His good fortune seemed Incredible. Finally he whirred tenderly: FOR INDIOESTICH "How did It eve.-- hnpis-n- , darling, that such a bright, shining angel as RECORD OF PLEASANT HOUH yourself fell In love with a dull, stu' pid fellow like me?" "Book ef Night Lift" Will Maki W "Goodness knows;" she murmured i atlng . Reading In th Ywl absently; "I must have a screw loose to Com. somewhere." E The responsible position of 0 A. in Constantinople. fsmily album has been usurped In the presence of a lurge number homes of an Increasing numb i of distinguished guests both In politi- modern young persons by the "Bud cal and educational circles, a new of Night Life." The new tolu service center was opened recently In almost as large as the old famllj Y. W. C hum. It Is supposed to record ft armisement meandering of the y5 couple who keep It. Every thestrto program Is brought home, togetkr1 with the ticket stubs, and It. and the date of the performAtf Inscribed at -- the op of the put. .1 Below each playgoer writes" hU her opinion of the play with toe servatlon, as "snappy music, but much plot"; "very sad. both . cried"; "lending man awfully t remarks,' or other ed," pungent At the end of the reason of Night Life" contains a toatpw, record of the couple's ve,,,lltV, search of amusement. Visitors J" extremely Interesting. Chicago rl nal. tN the"! , As a watering place, the hns advantage. f No No the entire area In which the reof the timber either list been accomplished hemf planned, comprises only about onu Fortunately, moval or I third of the swamp. This lies maloly In the northwestern art. extending south to Honey Island and east to MInne's lake; ami also through the "bay" northeast of Billy's Island to Floyd's Island. Flood's Island, In the eastern part of the swamp. It. the most diversified, snd In some respects the most Intresttng of the Islands. Tht owners have kept It as S sort of gams preserve, and It Is In no Immediate danger of exploitation. Plans r already being considered for s definite system of drainage operations, to be started after the timber has been taken out, for the purpose of converting th swsmp Into land, sultabls for agricultural purposes. ( . So It appears that If Okeflooke Is to be saved It must b soon. ', In 1SS9 tb stst of Georgia sold Okefinokee to s Umbering syndicate for 26Vfc cents an acre Th pity of It I , Si - , B129 toe Stamboul, the old city of Constantinople, by the Y. W. 0. A. Speeches were made In both English and Turkish. The house and garden obtained for the center arc lioth attractive and well adapted to their new use, as well ple. as conveniently situated. AnqUMw Tlwve nre a number of other distinct types of meeting and recreation place which vegetation In the swamp, Including hammocks, the Y. W. C. A. has provided for Con"sand scrub." sphagnous bogs, mid cypress pond, stantinople girls Is a spacious gnn'en each with a iliurui of lu own. on the Vautlful sea of llurmoru. It For ten yeurs past the very existence of the has been rented from a wealthy In any condition worth puha okctitioUee. preserving, to serve as a summer camp. bit been threatened by rapidly extending commer-cl.i- l until matters have now reached One lumlier company, with il mi m ute stdge. Nothing Ltft Kalph How aUiut that il.OUO.iNio treat mill near Waycroas, has already removed the heavy cypress timber In the northwestern will case? Gerald Oh, they settled that to the limner of the swamp north of Billy's Islund. The satisfaction of the lawyers on both with now railroad, many company's branches, extend to the very heart of the swamp between sides. "Ah! Anybody else get anything?" Billy's nnd Floyd's islands. Another company ha London Answers. tin-mined the magnificent pines on Billy's Islsml an. I Thus the area already devastated probably comprises more than one hundred MI'mre miles; and there Is a constant menace of Industrial encroachment from all sides of t'.ie wiin;p. km 18 S( - oin-mat- a. u rt t. Ice hot cobkind trouble to serve E?rbrcakfost or lunch, no is J1 Quite so convenient evl-dent- iVX tr nut na ypay-DuiiQi- S. ATOOO Then a Reason.' far 1 old hj grocwrs Crape-Nut- s r |