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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LACAN. UTAH SEEN 'HEARD -- around tha National Capital tsssssBr CARTER FIELD sssa Washington. Under the surface, very serious consideration Is being given to the Idea of lotteries for Unoffirevenue raising purposes. cially tt baa been decided that the normal prosecutor of all lotteries, the Post Office department, will look the other way In the event that the city of New Fork, for Instance, should decide to conduct one. Pro- Tided, of course, that the mails are not used for the purpose. It might be contended that unless the mails are used the Post Office department would have no function anyway. But the point Is not that technical ona It Is the broader question of whether the national government should or should not move to prevent any local government In tills country from conducting a gambling enterprise. Even the Department of Justice would have the option of action, If the tickets In any such lottery were sold across state lines, but It Is admitted by those who have sat la on the consideration of the question that It would be very simple for New Fork to conduct a lottery, and for that matter to have plenty of tickets sold In New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or other states, without doing anything which would bring it within national jurisdiction. Naturally the malls could not be used, but friends of the persons desiring to gamble themselves could make the trip to some point Inside New Fork stute where the tickets might be purchased. If the holder of a winning ticket lived In Newark or Boston, he would have to make the trip to collect bis winnings because It would be illegal to send a check In payment But such difficulties are far from Insurmountable. Feeling among the Presidents advisors Is that Mr, Roosevelt himself will never stand for a federal It Is purely a political lottery. question, In their opinion. So many people would be outraged that It would be a foolish political move for any President to make. Favor Lottery Idea On the other hand, the advocates of the lottery Idea have plenty of arguments. Granted that lotteries are wrong In principle, they say, and that all gambling Is harmful lu Its permanent effects. It Is something Uke prohibition. Most people would agree that the net result of consumption of alcoholic beverages Is bad that everybody on the average would be better oil if no one at all drank alcohol. Whether tills Is correct or not, It Is certainly true, as proved by the record, that a vast majority of the American people bolieve this. It was only 'when It was discovered that prohibition was not being enforced, that It was a grave question whether more liquor was not being consumed under prohibition than bad been consumed with local option, that the fate of the prohibition amendment was sealed. The same thing applies to lotteries, though of course less Importantly, advocates of legalized lotteries contend. They say that legal lotteries will divert to good purposes funds now dissipated In private gambling rackets flourishing throughout the country, and also check the flow of funds to Canada, Mexico, Newfoundland, Ireland, Cuba and other countries. paying the dues at once arises. The moment the government begins fixing wages, hours and conditions It begins to Impinge on collective bargaining, not to the point of excluding it as a necessity, but certainly ns to the vital need for hating the ablest possible labor union officials. Incidentally the Idea Is not to have these labor controlling policies put under the present NRA structure, but under a new board which will be entirely separate and distinct Also the next most Important function which presumably would fit Into the NRA picture the compliance section Job Is, under the new plan, to he taken out from under the organization which Hugh S. Johnson has so long dominated, and put under the Department of Just- ice. The biggest surprise of the whole NRA experiment lias been the complete fall down of the compliance section. It had been thought, not only by Johnson and his lieutenants, but by pretty nearly everybody, that once the codes were put Into effect they would be pretty nearly self enforcing. Tips Fathers Hand Conservatives who have belieced largely because they wanted to believe that President Roosevelt did not mean what be said In his Green Bay speech, and that he was actually going to swing decidedly right" Inslend of left, had better pay more attention to the Presidents son, "Jimmy. It has been James Roosevelt again and again who has glen the tip on what his father Intended to do through his faculty for calling the turn, or talking out of turn, whichever way It may be construed, and far too little attention has been paid to his remarks. For Instance, three full days before the final triumph of the Perkins Rleliherg faction demanding closer government supervision and control of business over Hugh S. Johnsons effort to make business self governing, James Roosevelt, In a speech at Iowa City, said : Now the government Is being called upon to cease Its efforts and allow business to follow Its own coarse, but the government has a different understanding That was on Sunday. On the following Wednesday, the President, just back In Washington from Hyde Park, and with the flush of the New Deal victory In Massachusetts against heavy odds still on his cheeks, mnde his now fnmous references to business men throughout the country having too many "reactions" and too many Inhibitions. Young Roosevelt said that the government "contracted not alone with business but with the people of the United States to establish In the Industrial world a security and happiness which would make Impossible the return of conditions of 1032 33. It will not relax, he said significantly, Its efforts until business and labor together prove that they can manage their own affairs successfully and to the benefit of the general public and not for a favored minority. And just a few dnys later the President smiled at the questions of the United States Chamber of Commerce, as to the stability of currency, Interference with business, government competition with business, and balancing the budget! From the Record This Is the same Jimmy who. If one would believe some of the folks around the President, messed up Need New Laws the situation three separate times New legislation must be passed In 1932. Let us look at the record by congress before the plans of the about those three bulls, especially administration with respect to NRA In view of later developments. can be finally put Into effect. No. 1 Jimmy was roundly abused It is expected the President will by some of the Roosevelt crowd for lay the program on the desks of having started the fight for Roosesenators and members of the house velt delegates In Massachusetts with before the session starting In JanuJames M. Curley, then mayor of ary Is very old. Although It Is not Boston, as leader. complete now, It will have been Fact Jim Farley admitted long completed, for all practical pur- afterwards that they knew they poses, before Christmas, The time were licked In advance, but due to of Its submission to congress will necessities In other states having be determined by the exigencies of primaries and conventions before the moment Massachusetts should act they had to be making a fight In the Bay For there are all sorts of complications. It Is just possible, If State. not probable, that labor union leadNo. 2 Jimmy, tn a public speech ers will be found very much op- In Massachusetts, declared that If posed to oue of the essential Ideas elected his father would fight at of the new plan. It Is entirely once to legalize beer, without waitpossible that some of the radical ing for repeal. This was openly deelements will be opposed to It al- plored by persons close to the Presthough It Is regarded as very rad- ident. Tlielr disavowals got a lot ical Indeed. Still, no one realizes of publicity. better than the President that it Is Fact Jimmy was not only right very different at times to get rad- at the time, but his father did do icals to agree. Just that But Jimmys prediction The difficulty with labor union was widely believed at the time In leadera Is expected over the phase wet states, while the disavowals of the plan which follows the were believed In dry sections. So WInant board Idea. This new that actually the whole thing was a board, whatever It may be called, very shrewd political maneuver. will have very far reaching powers No. 3 Jimmy was warmly atIn fixing not only minimum wages tacked for continuing to play with and hours but deciding upon the Curley after the convention, and various classifications above th thus risking alienation of Senator minimum. Perhaps even more Im- Walsh, Governor Ely, and other Al portant, It will hare the decision Smith leaders who had come out of the minimum amount of work to strongly for Roosevelt be expected from these various Fact New Deal policies were classifications each day! not down the Ely alley, certainly, as events have since demonstrated. There Is a Hitch The set-ufostered by Jimmy at that time paved the way for the bigAt first It might be assumed that New Deal triumph In this years union labor would welcome such gest campaign. drastic government supervision and And some people persist In becontrol But there Is a hitch. The lieving that Jimmy's political activquestion whether this does not tre- ities must be a great cross for his curtail the mendously Importance father I of a labor union leader to the men WNU learns trees get Work on Serum to AILS Prevent Pneumonia Noted Immunologist Hopes to Ee Successful. Philadelphia. A serum for the prevention of one of mankinds most Uungerous ailments pneumonia Is the new objective of Dr. John A. Kolmer, noted Immunolwho has Just discovered ogist, what he declares to he the worlds first successful vaccine against Infantile paralysis. who The energetic Scientist, heads the medical staff of the Tern pie university here, made this disclosure after describing the un usual experiments which resulted In devising the anti paralysis vac keys that have developed the disease after the injection of Hie poliomyelitis virus Into the brain under ether anesthesia, flhp spinal cord of one monkey, Intldentally, will furnish about seven ounces of vaccine, sufficient for the vaccination of about GO children. The vaccine containing the virus Is treated with a chemical substance derived from castor beans called sodium ricinoleate The presence of the sod.mn ricinoleate does not completely kill the virus, but effects a change that renders the serum safe for Injections Into monkeys anl human beings. The discoverer of anti paralysis vaccine lives in suburban Cynwood. He Is married and has two He was born In Lonaconlng, Md, In 1880. LIKE HUMANS Forester Tells of Organisms Causing Trouble. Trees, like peoSyracuse, N. If. ple, aie hampered In their physiological (or life) processes by the presence of foreign organisms In their bodies. Every person who has been sick can appreciate the funcIn diseased disturbances tional trees, especially those which resemble la certain respects human diseases," says Dr. Kay R. llirt, tree pathologist of the New York State Y. College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. lie organisms which cause tree diseases may be bacteria, fungi or insects. Large, tumor like swelluncomings called galls are not monly produced on trees by certain These abnorof these organisms. mal giowths distort the trunk and cine. branches, causing them to be unHe said : and n.ay even cause death sightly At present I am attempting to One of the of the affected parts. serum a for the procure prevention more common galls is that of plum of pneumonia. and cherry trees, Known as black I hope to be successful with It Many Worlds Revealed The branches bearing these knot. In the course of time. Outside Known Universe black, brittle growths should be opThe famed Immunologist declined Arlz. By discovering erated upon and the affected parts Tucson, to discuss the details of his new exIsland universes within the conremoved and destroyed. He, Instead, periments. preferred stellation of Hercules, Dr. El F. Areas that resemble open, runto discuss the research work he Carpenter of Steward observatory ning sores are sometimes observed has already done on the suecess-ful-anat the University of Arizona has on the trunks of city trees. Such paralysis serum which he succeeded In extending the uni- areas are the result of wounds or Injected Into his own veins and verse far beyond the limits now frost cracks which cause the tree those of a laboratory assistant. known. The bleeding consists of to bleed. Two hundred nnd fifty groups of a flow of the tree sap which bePreventive Measure. Doctor Carpenter Doctor Kohner stressed the fact "little worlds, comes contaminated with bacteria that the vaccine Is entirely a pre- believes, make up the and fungi. These grow In the sap, to be discovered. cause It to ferment and form a ventive measure and Is In no way the twenty-fiftmass over The figures, as revealed by the sour smelling. Jelly-lik- e a euro for poliomyelitis after InfecIf such wounds are scientist, nre, of course, stagger- the wound. tion sets In. The scientist explained he Is now ing, as the island universes are neglected, decay fungi become reready to attack the problem of fifty million light years awmy and established and the wood of the trillion miles In tree rots. Areas of this kind should curative treatment of the disease. light travels si Doctor Kolmer said hla Interest a year. be thoroughly cleaned and the Some of the "little worlds," Docwas aroused In the problem of findwound painted with any good house vaccine by the tor Carpenter has found, are more paint. ing a satisfactory Infantile paralysis" epidemic of than 10,000 light years In diameTrees, like human beings, are three years ago In Philadelphia and ter. Inasmuch as It takes only an living organisms and should be eighth of a second for light to treated accordingly. Avoid woundenvirons. travel the circumference of our ing them, but If they are acciProfessor Kolmer announced: InIn the near future I Intend to earth, the size of the little worlds dentally wounded, treat the vaccinate my own two sons with Is almost more than the mind can jury Immediately and prevent fuconceive. If trees appear unture trouble. my serum. One and one half million light healthy and are of sufficient value The boys are eleven and fifteen years Is the estimated distance to warrant the expenditure, call years of age. super galaxy." The upon a forester skilled in the treatBoth Doctor Kolmer and his as- across the are not brilisland universes ment of tree diseases for a diagnosistant, attractive Anna M. Rule, liant. sis of the trouble. risked their lives In order to demImportance of the discovery. Doconstrate the success of the new vactor C.iri enter said, lies In the revcine. The vaccine contains the virus of the deadly poliomyelitis, elation to man of how expansive Is Fire in Range Disturbs which Is the medical term for In- the uiiiv erse. Squirrels; One Dies fantile paralysis. old New York. When fifteen-yea- r Said Doctor Kolmer: HAND EMBROIDERY Jack Hare built a fire for' the first I am convinced that the vaccine By II! Is entirely successful. time In a year In a kitchen range In his home In Patchogue, he heard Neither of us suffered nny 111 ef frantic squeals of protest. fects from the Injections. As he lifted the stove lid he saw Miss Rule volunteered to suba mother squirrel scurry up the mit to the Injections of the serum and displayed the highest courage chimney, leaving behind three newborn squirrels. In the face of possible death. One little fellow's paws were The vaccine Is available now to burned badly. Jack put the three ward off any possible epidemics of !f In a box under a tree. acute anterior pollomvelitis that They squealed so loudly that he put them may be lurking In the future. to sleep with etherized gum used Vaccine From Spine. tn his model aircraft work. fv W ?f The suiiexsiul vaccine Is pre c 6 A few hours later two were misss' Y "S ) 'i pared from the spinal cord of mon- The mother had carried them ing. ' xV away. One died. chil-die- super-galax- y, h IIOI-A- v ' A X t " Plant Nuts, Shrubs and Vines to Aid Wildlife Washington. This Is a nutty story, but one that cun help wild life to a great extent if sportsmen and others will follow Its plea, ofil clals of the American Game point out Plant nuts They urge that all start Individ ual food-trevine and shrub planting campaigns. All one has to do Is to carry along a few nuts or seeds or scions and plant the former or he graft the latter. Then there w plenty of nuts for everybody, Including wild birds nnd nnlmals. The fall Is the time to plant nuts With walnuts, hickory nuts, hazel nuts, chlnqunplns, butternuts, beechnuts and nearly all other kinds of edible nuts, all one has to do Is to crush the hulls nnd push the nut into the ground, either with the heel or stick a hole In the ground and then ram the nut down the hole. Nuts, for best results, should be planted four inches deep And where will one plant them? In the woods, along hedgerows, on the lips of lakes and streams, and wherever they will be of benefit to wild life without Interfering with Most landowners farm practices. are glad to give permission for such planting. 111 V'ix V - K itt '' 8 J- j, .A v U - I ' ? ML Carmel, l'a. A large brass key from Libby prison, nude famous In Civil war days, was found here In some rubbish. Tbe Key Is about eighteen Inches long and weighs two and one-hal- f a ", C At the Worlds lair ipccutly Sal-li- e fan and her Rand foigol her bubbles to model this stunning hat and coat. After shopping with a companion who coveied the fair for fashion hints in tl e various vil lages which nre piovmg such an at traction to sightseeing visitors, a costume Intel national was devised. e coat, a Inspired by this Baton creation, discovered in the Hungary exhibit. This coat was embroidered by Hung man peasants olanda of Italy. As for Princess embroidery is a ti miming feature finding definite (dace In current fashions, this exquisite wrap with matching pur-- e may be regal ded as a highly significant style exponent Kallie wore a strictly American hat, a colonial tricorne with a smart veil over one eye an eminently smart style destined to become widely popular this autumn and w inter. hand-om- Key to Libby Prison Found in Rubbish Pile pounds. It bears the inscription Libby Prison" on one side. The relic was said to have been brought here by a Civil war veteran about 25 years ago. At that time It was a great curiosity, but It was eventually lost and forgotten until found In the rubbish heap. 0rrtc. Remove Males From Flock When Not Needed. By C F. Parrish. Extension Poultryman, WNU North Carolina dale College Service. A toll of $15,000,000 a year Is lost by the Ameruan poultry industry as a result of Improper methods of producing and handling eggs. This staggering lots can be greatly reduced by removing male birds from tbe flocks when not needed for breeding purposes, gathering the eggs more often, caring for them properly, and observing other methods of good flock management Fertile eggs will start hatching when exposed to sufficient heat for a short time, but Infertile eggs may be left In a temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit for 72 hours and still be good for food. Healthy, vigorous males removed from the flock should be penned separately and saved for breeding purposes the next season. The other males should be disposed of, since they will eat more food than they are worth If kept over the nonbreeding season. In hot weather, eggs should be gathered at least twice a day In wire baskets and Immediately removed to a cool cellar or room where the temperature Is 68 degrees or less and where there Is a relatively high huThe eggs should then be midity. spread on a table or wire screen so as to cool thoroughly before being packed. The use of good nesting material and proper sanitation around the hen house will decrease the number of dirty eggs produced. Many good eggs are sold at low prices simply because they do not look freoh and clean. At least 20 nests, 12 by 12 by 14 Inches, should be provided for each 100 laying hens. The nesting material should be changed frequently. Modern Farming In Palestine Prepared by National Geographic Society. Washington. D C. WNU Service. last decade has shown changes In Palestine have occurred since the beginning of tbe Christian era. The Holy Land, formerly the outpost of the East and the Inspiration of the West, has become the meeting place of both. Nowadays modern tractors, drawing a dozen plowshares at once, are seen beside the camel and the ass, dragging the primitive nail plow of Biblical times. Beneath the cavern where King Saul sought the witch of Endor runs the pipe line which will carry the mineral oil of Iraq 627 miles, across desert and mountain, to the Mediterranean shore. Across the plain of Dothan, whence the caravan carried Joseph into Egypt, speed high powered automobiles. Long lines of steel pylons, carrying electric energy generated by the River Jordan bring light across the Plain of Sharon to Illuminate countless homes formerly dimly lit by olive oil lamps. Modern machinery, delivering thousands of tons of soap annually, challenges the output of the soapboilers of Shechem, now Nablus, who ply their ancient calling beneath the frowning scarp of Gerizim, where, In accordance with ancient religious rites, the few surviving Samaritans still celebrate their sunset sacrifice. To meet growing needs, a new port has recently been constructed at Haifa, at the foot of Mount Carmel, tn the only natural bay along the Palestine coast. There are speed boats on the Dead sea and seaplanes on the Sea of Galilee. The creameries of a country-widJewish co operative replace the lordly dish In which Jael, wife of neber the Kenite, brought forth her butter. Farming In Palestine. For centuries the Arab cultivator has carried on the primitive methods traditional throughout the East. Yoking his feeble oxen, his camel, or his ass to a rough-hewwooden plow, he cultivates hts wheat and barley, millet and sesame. In season he beats the fruit off his gnarled olive trees, and his animals stamp out the grain on the threshing floor. Patches of unfenced land, scattered around the village, compose his farm; large tracts are still held In common and are subject to periodical distribution; while ancient custom releases herds of cattle to graze freely on the fields after harvest thus rendering difficult the Introduction of any but conventional crops. Impressed by the development created by Jewish and German agricultural methods and aided by government agricultural Inspectors, the people are beginning to stir. Under Turkish rule the cultivator paid his dues In kind, and often money did not pass through his hands for months. Money Is now universal, and the Arab, while learning Its use, may be trained In THE Supplement Forage Feed to Pep Up Laying Hens When hens are forced to forage for their feed they get less to eat Since eggs are dependent upon feed, and less feed Is eaten, naturally fewer eggs are produced. Furthermore, the hens are not able to keep In such good condition of flesh and a molt Is likely to result As the sun Is hot, the birds will stick pretty close to the shade and will not look very far for food they will get only enough to keep themselves going. It is Just as essential to keep an mash before them then as it was In the winter If eggs are to be expected. A grain ration, of course, Is fed in addition about six to seven pounds per 100 birds per day. If hens are not In good condition of flesh, a pound or two more per 100 should be fed. e g n Rhode Island Reds The standard description of Rhode Island Red fowls, as adopted by the Rhode Island Red club of America, places the standard weight of cocks at 8V4 pounds, cockerels at 7J4 pounds, and hens at 6(4 pounds, and pullets at 5 pounds. These fowls are described as of medium size, and closely resembling the Plymouth Rock In form. The comb most admired Is that of the Wyandotte type; an unusual development In breast and body Is encouraged; and they are described as having a square body formation. Feeding Oats Franklin Was First Postal Inspector St. Louis. Benjamin Franklin,, writer and diplomat, was also the countrys first post office Inspector, according to V. L. Noah, post office Inspector In charge of the SL Louis area In one of a series of talks by post office officials here, Noah said It has been fairly well established that Franklin was made inspector after his term as postmaster at Philadelphia. Sea Disaster Heroes Receive Medals Oats are often recommended as a good feed for fowls which have a tendency to put on more fat than Is consistent with good egg production. In using them the first thing to consider is the quality of the oats fed. Due to the fact that the oat for feeding retains the hull, It Is of all upains the most deceptive In appearance. Unless one Is careful In buying and makes sure that he Is getting oats of standard weight 82 pounds to the bushel or better, he Is very apt to get some which are more hull than kerneL thrift Lay Small Eggs Pullets which begin to lay much before five months of age generally It takes, unlay small-sizeeggs. der average feed and management, about five months to develop a Leghorn pullet slightly more for middleweight breeds. Leghorn pullets should weigh less than three and pounds when ready to lay, and those of heavier breeds not less than four and one half pounds. These weights will assure good size In mature hens, authont.es declare. d one-ha- lf Savage Hens p Copyright. COSTLY EGG LOSS MAY BE LESSENED Members of tbe crew of the fishing boat Paramount saved G5 persons when the Morro Castle was burned and for their heroism were awarded medals by the Jersey City Rotary club. Left to right: Clayton Weller, engineer; Capt John Bogan, Jr, owner of the boat; James Boygan, pilot; and Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, pinning a medal on Bogan. About the only thing to do to stop fighting and killing In a flock that baa gotten Into that practice Is to glva It more liberty, preferably eut of doors. Hens that lay well but are crowded Into limited quarters seem more predisposed to such attacks upon each other, and once blood is drawn It is very difficult to stop the cannibalism. Giving the flock an opportunity to get out of doors and separate will usually stop the trouble, even though It may cut down egg production somewhat ' ' Initiative by the Individual Is rare. It Is easier to get a number of villagers to adopt a new Idea by discussing it with them together in the village meeting honse than by arguing singly with each man. By the creation of Arab co operative societies, distribution of Improved' seed, the establishment of government stations, demonstration plots, and stud farms, It Is hoped to bet-- i ter the lot of the farmer. Palestine has been a highway on the caravan route between Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor and the East for so many centuries that public security hns always been of major Importance. Country Well Policed. Today Palestine has a modern civil police force composed of Brit-- I isb and Palestinian personnel. Constables mounted on Arab horses for service In the hills, or on traffic duty In the towns, vie for smartness with the camel corps recruited from the Bedouin tribes of Beersheba, In the south. Most of thel work Is behind scenes, but the traveler who happens to be in Jerusalem In the autumn and attends the annual police sports has opportunity of seeing them at work and play, from demonstrations of first aid to to a musical from a tug ride by camels, followed by a display of came! Jumping. Before the war there were no roads In Palestine suitable for mo tor traffic; Indeed, there was ns need for them, for Palestine boasted only one automobile. Instead of rough tracks and stony mountain paths, a network sf modern roads now covers the country from Syria to the Egyptian frontier, from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan, and beyond Into ths gaunt steppes of Trans Jordan. Desert routes to both the SInal peninsula and to Baghdad are practlcabla for motor transport. Among some 4,000 motor vehicles registered, the ubiquitous bus, built onto a truck chassis, has ousted the horsedrawn native cart and Is seen everywhere, crowded with diverse passengers, from eastern prelates to office clerks, from inquiring travelers to veiled Moslem ladies, plied around with suitcases and farm produce. Railways and Planes. Twenty years ago a French line from Jaffa to Jerusalem and a -gauge line from Haifa going eastward across the River Jordan to Join the pilgrim railway from Damascus to the Holy City of Medina, In the Hejaz, were Palestine's only railways. War operations necessitated a line from the Sues canal across Sinai, along the Maritime plain, by way of the ancient towns of Gazza and Lydda, the home of SL George, to Haifa. Passengers may now travel In comfortable sleeping and restaurant cars across the desert which Moses took 49 years to traverse and cross the width of Sinai and the Holy Land between breakfast and tea. Recently fishermen on the Sea of craft, Galilee, plying their age-olwere startled by the appearance of a flying boat, which, dropping from the skies, cleaved the waters of this r lake sacred Inland which nestles below sea level In a cup of the northern hills. Galilee had become the meeting place of land and sea planes on the airway between Europe and eastern Asia. In 1914 the only means of longdistance communication was by shepherd boy to herdsman shouting across mountain crag to hilltop from highland to valley. Today not only do networks of telegraph and telephone wires embrace the country, making it literally possible to speak from Dan t Beersheba, from Jordan valley to Mediterranean coast, but by land wire and wireless people may talk from Jerusalem or Jericho to Europe or America. Palestine, birthplace of religious associations, but hitherto solely an agricultural country, Is beginning to stir with Industrial life. So far, neither coal nor oil has been fouad In commercial quantities; so, for the creation of- - power, the waters of the Jordan and Yarmuk have been harnessed. Electric Light. An old sheik will tell you that the end of the war found the towns and villages of Palestine places of darkness, without a single street light "Most of us were asleep soon after sunset, as the flickering light from an olive oil lamp was of little use. The country Is now being surrounded by a network of pylons conveying electrical energy generated by the waters of Jordan. South of the Sea of Galilee were erected regulating sluices and dams across both the Jordan river and Its tributary, the Yarmuk. These two sources are connected with a mile-loncanal, and the flowing waters are diverted Into turbines generating 8,500 horsepower each. The energy Is transmitted across Palestine at 6(5,000 volts. Jerusalem Is supplied with light from Diesel englres operated by another company. A striking change In Palestine Is the modern method of building. New types have largely superseled the picturesque vaulted and alcored homes of the Arabs, whose domed rooms necessitate walls a yard thick, with Immensely solid comers to withstand the weight of stone oa the roof. The cost Is now prohibitive and Iron girders, formerly are cheaper supports fbr flat roofs. With the main towns doub'Ing their population In ten years and the town of Tel Avtv, which hns sprung up beside sid Jaffa to a flourishing city of 60,009 people, town planners have been active. Owing to the cosmopolitan origin of their builders, every form at architecture Is portrayed In ths new homes, types of central and .eastern Europe predominating narrow- d fresh-wate- g |