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Show V ' ' f . - u-- : Tiv vich COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH Eplacopal School (or ROWLAND HALL All Denominations. Girl. , Salt Lake City Write for Catalogue. COLLEGES L. D. 8. BUSINESS COLLEGE?' School of Efficiency. All commercial branehea. Catalog free. 0 N. Main SL. Salt Lake City. BUSINESS PLAN FOR FOREST HIGHWAYS OLDSvlOBILE DEALERS WANTED In Utah, Idaho, vada. Wyoming. Liberal commiuionr-wi- U end representative on request. A. E. TOURS9EN D1istrlbutar. Secretary Wallace Approves Program Involving Outlay of Approximately $10,000,000, . the United State Department (Prepared by of Agriculture.) A program of national forest highway construction Involving an outlay of approximately $10,000,000 for 1,170 miles of road lo 23 states has been approved by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. This program will be PLEATING Ne- BUTTONS Accord ian. Side, Box Pleating. Hemstitching. Buttonholes. Kid Corset Parlor. Buttons, 40 E. Broadway. Salt lake City. SEB YOUR PUBLISHER Take your Book Binding any kind to your to- -' cal printer. Leiths Trade Bindery. Salt Lake.; financed largely from the forest highway fund provided by the federal highway act. About $6,500,000 will come from this source, $1,000,000 from other national forest road appropriations, and the balance of $2,500,000 will be contributed by states and counties. The work provided for is as follows : UTAH METAL WORKS, MTg'a Type H eta Salt Lake City. . Pipe Arch Bridge. An engineering curiosity, said to be unique to this country and t have only one parallel in Europe, is the pipe arch bridge over the Sudbars river which carries Bostons water supply. The span is eighty feet, and f the steel pipe, seven and feet in diameter rises fiOe and one-ha- lf feet above the horizontal at the center. The pressure on the abutments when the pipe is filld with water is great and is resisted by a. mass of concrete forty feet thick beAcross the hind each abutment. foiot curved tops runs a hand-raile- d bridge. The steel of the pipe in the of an arched portion is inch in thickness. one-hal- &7&PJW By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN NCLE SAM, It appears, must keep off the grass, Just like anybody else. Which Is to say that Uncle went and stuck bis Botanic Garden on the Mall where It didnt belong and now he must take It away and put It somewhere else. Now the Mall Is to be used for the purposes for which It was originally Intended. The location of Grant Memorial on part of the grounds occupied by thp Botanic Garden is proof that Congress means business and that Uncle must move his flower and plant show wherever It points out. Besides, the Botanic Garden is a cheap affair, Comparatively speaking. Several American cities pave far larger and better gardens. And compared with such shows as the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew and the botanic gardens of Berlin, Paris, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro why, Washington simply isnt In It Congress Is considering the various aspects of :he Botanic Garden question. It appears likely ' at the public features of the present garden will e transferred from the west side of the Capitol o the north side and that a new botanic garden md arboretum on an adequate scale will be stabllshed not far from the Capitol, Senate resolution 165, affecting the' acquisition ,of a site, Is now before the committee on the library. The fine arts commission, of which Lieut.-ICo- l. Clarence O. Sherrill, Corps of Engineer ils secretary and executive officer, has made a re? port on the Botanic Garden. Following are some iof tho points made in this report: The present Botanic Garden was begun about ,1820 under congressional permission granted to ithe Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, which went out of existence in 1837. Then in the years 2 the Wilkes surveying and exploring expedition of six government ships to the South Seas, collected a large assortment of horticultural and botanical These formed the nucleus of the specimens. present garden. The total expenditures on the garden from 1842 to date, including the original appropriation for the expedition, amount to about $1,416,748. It appears that the garden, wisely and adequately begun, now serves mainly as a distributer of plants and flowers. By way of comparison, our Botanic Garden contains less than 13 acres, while the famous Kew 'Gardens contain 288 acres and are closely identified with twenty-fou- r coljnlal botanical gardens of 'the British Empire. Berlin has 1,325 acres in its 'botanic garden, which was established at a cost of $4,000,000. The location problem may be stated thus: For reasons that will appear, the Botanic Garden must be removed from Its present location. Congress, when it located the Grant Memorial in the garden area, forced the garden out. Such was jthe intention of Congress. The action, was entireby President ly logical. That space was designed an open apWashington and MaJ. LEnfant as proach to the Capitol, and is so shown on the original plan of the city. It was proposed at that time that this area should be subject to ornamentation with memorials, foundations, and the like, but not shut off by walls and fences. one Locating the Botanic Garden in this area was of those serious mistakes made in the early part iof the century whereby the great plan for the Nations Capital suffered damage that has continued to this day. The location of the Grant Memorial was the first step toward repairing this damage. The subsequent location of the Meade Memorial in the same area is a further advance in the restoration of the original plan. In furtherance of its purpose to restore the Mall ,to its original status as a park connection between 'the legislative and executive departments, Congress paid die Pennsylvania Railroad $1,500,000 to remove Its tracks from the Mall. The public plaza or square on the west front of the Capitol .Grounds is a feature of this large plan. The New National Museum Building, the Agriculture Department buildings, and the gallery for the Freer collecl'ona all have- been located with reference to the general plan. Slowly, but steadily, changes In conformity with that plan are now being carried out throughout the entire 2 miles from the Capitol Grounds to the Lincoln Memorial. The removal of the .Botanic Garden is essential to the development of the great composition. If Congress desires to continue a garden for the purpose of obtaining flowers for Its members and for growing shrubs to disseminate throughout the country, both of these purposes can be eubserved quite as well by glass houses and gar dens in other accessible locations. The enlargement of the Capitol Grounds on affords an area for gardens of great beauty and distinction through which will pass all visitors to Washington and a large proportion of those persons who daily go to the Capitol and the Library and Congress. The present Botanic Garden is seen by an insignificant fraction of visitors or residents. The removal of the garden features from the west side of the Capitol to the north Fide simply makes such features more available.- five-eight- Sentiment Analyzed. The funds and mileage are for forest roads of primary importance to states, counties, and communities. The program was recommended to the secretary by the forest service and' the bureau of public roads, jointly, after conference with state officials. The bu- - . i , i the-'nort- that required for roads Is required. It has north, south, east, and west slopes, and the level the hill anil Hickey Road would work out well for greenhouses and herbaceous gardens ; while the other areas would be ideal for shrub and small flowering-tre- e arboretum uses, especial. Iy as the northern and southeastern slopes of the hill form two amphitheaters which would display such exhibits on a large scale. An examination of the soil has been made by the Department, of Agriculture. Briefly summarized, the investlga-- , tion by that department indicates that it will be possible to grow plants of even the most exacting soil requirements, the diverse types of soil affording almost wyy variation which can be secured In this section of the country. According to this report practically any plant which can thrive In this climate can In this area;' The whole area contains about 483 acres. a About 83 acres of it is to be acquired for the Park reclamation, so that only about 400 acres need to be considered for purchase In connection with this project. It Is on the main highway line between Baltimore and Washington. The Lincoln Highway, with little difficulty, could be brought along the shores of the Anacostla Park and thence by way of Maryland avenue to the Capitol Building, affording an entrance to Washington of unequaled beauty. As to accessibility, there is already an electric par line along the Bladensburg Road, and the railroads are close area-betwee- i 1838-184- Ards. Ard" Is a Saxon termination ot personal names, denoting natural, tendency, as Goddard, liberal ; drunkard ; Glffard, sottish; sluggard, lazy," and many others. good-tempere- d i ZU it that the poor always eat crusts? Wliat do they do with the soft part of the loaf? .We never heard of a. poor man, not In literature, we mean, who didnt make his meal solely on the crust of hist bread. From the Kansas City Star. By the way, why is a The problem is only half solved when provision is made for flowers for member of Congress and for the present limited output of shrubs and cuttings. There is a demand for a real botanic garden, in which the public may examine living specimens of the enormous varieties of trees, shrubs, vines, 'and herbaceous plants native to this locality or capable of being grown here, freely, out of doors. These plants should be classified, and the public should be made free of the grounds for recreation and study. A large area is required to grow specimens of the different kinds of trees which are native to the District alone, to say nothing of showing the very different aspects of those trees when grouped as in a wood and when grown singly as lawn or street trees. The great numbers of native shrubs, the equally important and Interesting trees and shrubs which have been introduced and will be introduced from all over the world, requires an outlying area running into some hundreds of acres. It presents a wholly different problem from that of a place limited primarily to the exhibition of garden flowers in the usual sense of the term. It calls not only for a large tract of land but for one of diversified soil and varied exposure. An exhaustive search hns been made of areas available for garden purposes In the District of Columbia. The commission has sought a location on which a botanic garden might be established, with such area and such diversity of soils as would enable it to take rank as a great Institution. Examinations were made of tracts at Rock Creek Park, Brlghtwood, Foundry Branch, Miunt Hamilton, on the eastern side of the Anacostla River, and in Virginia. Of the sites suggested, the one at the head of Rock Creek Park is given first consideration, because it has frequently been mentioned as available at no cost for land. The entire park comprises 1,606 acres, most of which is in steep wooded hillsides. One objection to Rock Creek Park is that it has many steep slopes, so that the layout and administration would be inconvenient and costly. A more vital objection is that the park is a natural beauty spot, which is too scenic as it is to be used for any other purpose. It Is not necessary to express an opinion as to whether the purposes of a national botanic garden are more or less Important than those for which Rock Creek was acquired. The point is that both purposes cannot dominate the management of one piece of ground without conflict, ami this piece of ground was set apart by Congress for the preservation of its natural scenery. If the original Intention of Congress in this instance is to be observed, the introduction of such a foreign element as a botanic garden is too dangerous to be ventured. Therefore, the use of Itock Creek Park for this purpose cannot he recommended. The Mount Hamilton site is situated between the reclamaBladensburg Road and the new Ana'-osiition project, just south of the Xutimui! Training School for Boys. It is now privately owned. It hns three round-topeaks innnedlaiely adjacent to the Bladensburg Road which in themselves cover about 80 acres. The tract fronts on ll.e Anurostia River for a distance of about 9.1MKI feel, ami carries a large variety of soils in such condition 'that very little preparation for the uses of a botuirc garden would be needed. Little grading otiier than - p 8entiment Analyzed. Much less curage is needed to blus- ter out a defiance before our enemies than is needed to simply state the truth as we see it, and quietly Btand by it. After all, quiet steadfastness can always be trusted to carry Badly Shaken. Jusi Hubby (reading paper) think, an earthquake has destroyed the entire town of Piszikszykisky in Was It spelled the Poland. Wife same way before the earthquake? Houston tost. , Ana-costi- reau of public roads will supervise the construction work, and it is expected that a large number of the projects wilt be completed this season. Practically all the roads to be built are parts of the state or county highway systems and will therefore in most cases connect with and extend the system of federal aid highways covering the whole country. In some cases the new construction will provide reads through mountainous regions of the nntlonal forests hitherto penetrated only by pack trails. In addition to the major road projects, about $5,000,000 will be expended by the forest service on minor roads and trails required primarily for the protection nnd administration of the national forests. d propagating gardens be accommodated temporarily the .lames Creek Canid spaces owned by the Government, Which spaces are of double the extent of the urea how "In use. Ultimately those features should become part of the new botanic garden. , t oil Land Kish in India. In India certain species of fish can live out of water a day or two, and on a hot summers daj they may be seen making tlieir way rather clumsily across the fields. On the Shiftless Shift. Are ,ye workln, Second Laborer Joe? Sure. I got a dandy job fixin de trolley tracks. I have to quit every minute or so to let de cars pass. Life First Laborer NIGHT TRAVEL WEARS ROADS More - 1 Mount Hamilton. The Commission of Fine Arts recommends:. First, 'that the Mount Hamilton tract lie acquired for a national botanic garden And arboretum. By purchasing 400 acres of land, nt least 600 acres of Government-ownelands will be made available. Also a park entrance to the city from the nortn . . will be provided. ' Second, that the public features of the present Botanic Garden be transferred from the west side of the Capitol to the north side and to lands already owned by the Government. Also that the Improved Road in Bear Creek Canyon in Colorado. An by. Ftor extension of the gardens the Anacostia Park Is available. That portion of the park between the Pennsylvania Railroad and Penning Bridge contains about 563 acres, lowlahd and wa- ter, thus furnishing ample opportunity for expansion on land not subject to overflow for lowland and fresh-wate- r exhibits. If in the future there sfrould be added to this area that portion of the Anacostia Park between Benning Bridge and the Pennsylvania Bridge, there would be an addition of another, 398 acres, including land and water, which could be used in connection with the proposed garden.. This extension into the Anacostia Water Park would afford unlimited opportunity for beautiful aquatic gardens, with all the possibilities this implies. It will thus be seen that by extension into the Anacostia Park this undertaking that has been begun purely as a necessary sanitary measure can be made to so serve the Nation doubly, thus payAt ing large dividends on the capital invested. the assessors valuation, according to the latest available data, the cost of the 400 acres In this tract would amount to $221,468, which Is at the rate of $553.67 per acre. In point of physical availability, excellence of exposure, accessibility, distribution of essential parts, and capacity for enlargement without Increase of cost after the initial purchase the Mount Hamilton location stands out preeminent among all the sites that have been- examined. Here both the Botanic Garden anti rite Congress propagating, gardens can be adequately accommodated. The Mount Hamilton tract. y reason of Its location and topography, 1ms been recommended in the plans for the development of t tie city as desirable in any event for park purposes and ultimately should be acquired. It affords, vistas over tho city comparable with those from the famous Pin-- , clan Hill over the city of K :ie. Should Congress decide to retain t lie Congress gardens in the vicinity of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden and arboretum ought in any case to be established at Bits of Information. The phares, a feather in his cap, originated in an old custom in Hun- -, gairy, which forbade any one to wear a feather in his cap unless her had killed a Turk. . Destructive to Highway According to cent Experiments. inDaylight, F'-- ry woman is interested In new RECIPES and for that reason we are going to otter each week wonderful little booklets all d fferent, that will help every houae wife. There will be also several interesting things for the men-fottoo, so watch this space every time your pa per is printed, for these booklets are alt free. All that is required is a two-cestamp to pay postage to you. The first is "89 Tested Recipes, all wonderful from Tomato soup to candy fudge. Write your nn-- ie and addresa nlainy. send two cents, and we will send you this booklet promptly FREE. l The experiments being conducted on the Bates exper1 mental road, show that night travel is more wearing on highways than is day travel, according to Clifford Older, chief highway . engineer. The road expands in the day, according to Mr. Older, and the center becomes convex. The heat is absent at night, and the road assumes a concave shape, the edges curling up and forming a slight hollow in the centers. From these discoveries it is deduced that heavily loaded vehicles traveling along on the edge of a roadway have a tendency to cause it to crumble. The testing of the Bates road was begun late in March and is still under way. It was delayed for a time by the floods. HELEN BROOKS DEPARTMENT. Box 1545. Sat Lake Ciy, Utah I enctoee two cents n stamps for return rn-ton a free copy of ' 89 Tested Recipes" ,, Name .............I...... . Street. City State Changing the Subject. Doesn't it annoy you to bear' the summer boarders complaining about the heat? No. replied Farmer Corntossel. It takes their minds off their other r'rnchies. Id rather hear them complain about the heat than about the hoard. .. to You -- Than Re- .Chop Stroke Came Natural Golf Instructor Oh swing the club, rmin ! Swing it ! Don't chop at the ball as if you were a butcher. BeConfound it, thats just what ginner I uin. Bust n Evening Transcript .. Protect Against Heat. Fusible plugs are used in South Africa to protect pipe lines and: tlieir air compressors from atmospheric heat x 'at would cause dangerous pressures ' Anger Inflicts Wounds. Anger is a weapon that is handled by the b'wle, and he who. uses it is Sure to inflict the deepest wounds upon himself .Wrath may strike heavy blows, but its cuts into the soult of the one who makes it his instrument. |