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Show tilt BUENOS AIRES CITY OF SUPERLATIVES 1937- -- A NEW YEAR IS We are living in a New Era of' Eventi fastly changing our Po Social - Economic and' litical Religious life. These changes are written by, the greatest Educators and Com--, mentators of the world in book form. let us Help you , Select your cholco to read this new year DESERET BOOK COMPANY 44 EAST on SOUTH TEMPLE ' "Books For Every Mood" HUNT BUFFALO from last week) To merely look at a chart at distance and have lenses selected and consider that as sufficient in this complex age is thinking in terms of generations ago. It is not a question of "I see perfectly" but of, "I can continue to see at near concentration without fatigue." world. This is a "near-poinThe seeing far horizons clearly is not the great demand. The power to concentrate at near is the test of fitness that is Visual Efficiency. Optometry is interested in adapting the eyes of the world today to the needs of today. (Continued t" Dr. W. H. Landmesser OPTOMETRIST Charter Member of the Foundation list 1000 East South Hy. 7749 What is the Washington, D. C. world's largest Spanish - speaking city? Madrid? No, Buenos Aires. What is the third largest city in the New World? Not Detroit or Philadelphia. Buenos Aires. Where is the world's largest meat refrigerating plant? Chicago? Wrong again. Buenos Aires! And that's only a beginning. "Superlatives crowd fast upon one another when one describes the wealthy, hustling capital of Argentina, says the National Geographic society. "Buenos Aires, 'city of good airs,' though little known to most North Americans, is one of the great cities of the world. Sprawling far over wide, fiat prairies like Chicago; busy seaport and bustling mart like New York; center of art, culture, and gayety like Paris, Buenos Aires rolls them all into one and adds a flavoring dash of the Argentine that makes it different from them alL Miles Mean LKtle. "It is more miles from New York to Buenos Aires than from San Francisco to Tientsin, China, but miles mean little today. You can fly down to Buenos Aires in five days or pick up your telephone and talk to anyone there without leaving your room. But don't ask about the autumn weather, for in Buenos Aires now it's spring I "Stop the steady flow of ships to and from Buenos Aires and millions soon would feel the pinch of hunger. Wheat, beef, pork, mutton and butter roll in a steady stream from the vast pampas of the Argentine into Buenos Aires, then out again to the markets of the world. "A single ranch among the many that feed their products into Buenos Aires has been known to possess 50,000 cattle, 25,000 hogs, and 1,200 horses, and the city to ship 4,000 pounds of butter daily to England. Railroads and waterways spread fanlike into the hinterland from Buenos Aires to bring in the agricultural products that are the chief source of its amazing wealth. d Its size refrigerating plant can handle 5,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep a day. "Ships move in a steady procession 125 miles up from the mouth of the mighty and muddy Rio de la Plata (river of silver) to Buenos Aires, rising on the flat river bank only 30 feet above high water level. Though one of the world's busiest a ports with traffic rivaling the canal, it has no natural harbor. The river at Buenos Aires is so wide that you cannot see across it except from a high building on a very clear day, but so shallow that ships formerly had to anchor miles from shore. Two dredged channels bring vessels from direct to the great docks and ship basins that line the busy waterfront. Like Washington. ; ' On shore, Buenos Aires is laid out in checkerboard fashion with 100 parks and magnificent broad avenues. Like Washington, D. C, it occupies a federal district sep arate from the provinces. Despite rapid growth it is a 'planned city except in the older sections. "With a population fast approaching 2,250,000, the city is busily widening streets, extending diagonal avenues and lengthening the subway lines already in service. Nearh of all the people in Arly gentina live here. In many ways Buenos Aires would make an American feel at home, for he would find not only subways but 'theaters, a skyscraper, tallest in South America, many movies .(even shown free in restaurants), a financial center that resembles Wall Street itself, and enterprising newspapers full of world news in every important language. Ameri- can money has helped build Buenos Aires with investments. in packing houses, public utilities and banks. "Fortunes are made, and played, in the Argentine capital. .Veritable palaces, homes of the .wealthy, line the fashionable ave nues. On the imposing Plaza de Mayo (named for the month of May in which Argentina won inde-- ; pendence from Spain) stand the vast rambling 'pink 'house,' popular colored govname for the rose ernment palace, the Banco de la Nacion and the pillared cathedral, suggestive of Paris s Madeleine. "From the Plaza the broad Ave--' nida de Mayo, lined with fine hotels, clubs, cafes and business buildings extends more than a mile to the Plaza Congreso, where rises the domed Hall of Congress, resembling the capitol at Washington. So eager is Buenos Aires to beautify herseu that an annual prize is offered for business and resi the dence buildings." world-recor- Pan-'am- SELECT SHOPPE SUOARHOUSE 1045 East Zlst So. Hy. SS48 Removal Sale MERCHANDISE Greatly Reduced Bloving about Jan. 1st to 18 E. Broadway THE The Kay Stevens Apparel r mid-strea- m one-fift- 30-sto- ry - ; ; ; . WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY and ; PROSPEROUS HEW YEAR TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND PATRONS and Thank them for their Past Patronage THE UNITED 5-10-2- 5C STORE East 21st South in Suparhbusc 1069 Mass. Newton, ifcr.clison, . MAN IS NOT GOING TO Double of Edward PET TRANSPORTING Finds Role Irksome Combination of' Chicago, New York and Parii. HERE! Come in and tj BtLLETItf best-design- ed First "Who's Who" City Due to the art Carmel, Calif. literary and musical colony of this city Carmel has more names in "Who's Who in America" per capita than any other equally sized spot in the United States. The number ol local "Who's" is 24. Noise Annoys Bells and whisLebanon, Ore. tles are bothersome to sleepers, the city council held in petitioning twe railway companies to subdue noise when trains pass through this town, Basil years old, so thirty-si- x closely resembles King Edward VIII of England that when he travels through Europe people think that he is the king traveling incognito. Dandison says it soon becomes monotonous to be told that one is a double for a famous person-e- ven if the personage be England's Edward. BUILD DIRIGIBLES IS NAVY PROGRAM Akron and Macon Mishaps Hsld If 9 Bar to Future. Washington. Despite the Akron and Macon disasters, the navy high command is studying recommendations for resuming the development of big dirigibles. A new construction program has been recommended by the bureau of aeronautics, the annual report of Rear Admiral A. B. Cook, chief of the bureau, disclosed. The report also asked increases in the navy's combat airplane strength, aviator personnel and shore facilities for them. Admiral Cook noted that his pred ecessor, Rear Admiral E. J. King, had recommended to Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, last May a continuing program of dirigible construction in line with a report presented by a committee of scientists which studied the ques tion for almost a year. Both the report and the bureau's recommendations now are being considered by the naval high com mand and are expected to form the basis for a final determination of policy with respect to large lighter- than-ai- r ships. The navy's program for dirigibles was suspended inoenniieiy aiier successive disasters in 19S3 and 1935 had destroyed the Akron and Ma con, the former with a large loss of life. The scientific committee's report, however, urged that these accidents not be permitted to deter the united States from participating in the ad vance of airship development and transportation and recommended a carefully considered program ox airship construction." Referring to this. Admiral King recommended the inclusion of large airships in the department's program for airship development. but that ways and means tor acquiring large airships be not fixed at this time, pending a clarification of activities in the commercial air ship field, in which commercial air ship activities and the department wherever prac should ticable." lighter-than-a- ir te . "Ice-Bug- Found s" by Student in Montana Bozeman, Mont. Professor G. Al len Mail, entomologist at Montana State college, is mourning the death of another of his recently acquired collection of extremely rare and which he cannibalistic ammonia in an refrigerator keeps room here. Known scientifically as Grylloblat-ta- , were found in the the Gallatin valley near here by Fred Skrog, entomology student. Faculty expeditions subsequently found more of the insects. Several of them have died, possibly because of some parasitis insect they de voured or because of unfavorable temperatures experimental which they were subjected. Lately 68 of the Grylloblatta, or "Alpine Rock Crawlers," underwent a test temperature of 10 below zero. Mail said that was "a bit too chilly' for them. They thrive at zero and quickly perish if the mercury mounts much above that, since they are found only in high altitudes. frequently in glaciers. Hoping to perpetuate his collection, Mail plans to start mating experiments soon. Six months is required for the eggs to develop. The experiments have indicated, will not withstand light, so attempts to photograph them have been only partly successful. The moment the lid is raised on their tin boxes they scurry to the protection of a sprig. "ice-bugs- ," "ice-bug- "ice-bugs- ," San Francisco Loses Its Oldest Livery Stable The oldest of San Francisco. San Francisco's livery stables has passed out of existence, to be succeeded by a garage. The Kelley Livery Stables, as they were known, were founded in 1859. The founder, Thomas Kelly, landed in San Francisco during the gold rush, having sailed around the Horn in a clipper ship. The stables played a picturesque part in the early days of California. when swank turnouts, with hatted were coachmen and the signs that gold had rolled in from the mines. In 1906 the son of Kelly took over the stables and continued the bust ness. However, he was quick to sense the incoming power of the motor car and was one of the first livery stable proprietors on the Coast to equip his stables in such a manner that a customer could hove his choice between: Dobbin or an automobile. , high-steppe- WE HOrE YOUR HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND NOW - - - New York Transportation of pets has become a huge business in this country, and of our estimated 11,000,000 dogs alone, hundreds of thousands travel yearly by rail, declares C. R. Graham, vice president of Railway Express agency, in a report just issued. However, not only dogs travel, as lion and leopard cub pets and pet pythons are included in the wide variety handled by the "Large individual breeders in various parts of the country ship from 100 to 150 dogs daily to pur chasers and pet shops, and a sur prising number of families carry their dogs with them on their travels," says Mr. Graham. "The dog is the most traveled of all animals. Are Good Travelers. "Strangely enough," Mr. Graham continued, "wild animals stand travel even better than dogs. They seem to have the power to withdraw into themselves and doze through most of a trip, while the dog, with his more developed mentality and emotions, is usually on the alert for strange sights, sounds and smells, from which he builds up his more vivid world. Even though the wild animal's senses are keener than the dog's, the brain which receives and interprets their testimony is far less so. Many dogs seem to possess, at least intermittently, what intelligent humans would consider the power of thought. "Successful pet transport requires a 'feeling' for animals, and this is only acquired by long experience. The average express agent has it because of the overwhelming majority of all the animals shipped in this country. However pet transport can never be standardized. Pets range all the way from dogs to canary birds, horned toads and tropical fish; white monkeys, turtles and snakes are not unusual pets to the expressman. Every one of these travelers requires different food and conditions during transport. Python on the Loose. "Last year pet lion cubs were sent as gifts from a California lion farm to all parts of the country. And recently one of our greatest problems was a female leopard cub named Snooks, who was a year old, from Ethiopia and required more attention than a Park avenue hypochondriac. "Then there was the pet python which escaped in an express car. It was winter, fortunately, and the car was run to a siding and chilled until the snake became dormant and the local zoo officials could go 18 feet of 'pet'! in and 'reel-u"The expressman never knows what to expect, or what shippers will consider 'pets'! But if he has been in the service long, he has had so many unusual experiences that he becomes impervious to them. And the chances are at least ninety-nin-e to a hundred that you won't ship anything that he doesn't know how to handle." A Prosperous New Year to All W. B. RICHARDS Jr., Manager 1050 East 2 1st South f Every Little Bit Helps This Chap Yes sin! Joe Randazza certainly loves his ice cream soda. The youthful Gloucester, Mass., giant, is pictured "knocking off" six of assorted flavor which were set up for him by admirers at the corner drugstore. Joe won't be four years old until Christmas eve, but he is rapidly acapproaching heavyweight limits. He weighs 150 pounds now, and, moon." full four to three his to pounds "every mother, gains cording He stands six inches over four feet, in his socks. In spite of his size, he is active and playful as any child his age just a little bit heavier, that's all. YALE'S GREAT ACE CHIC ENSEMBLE 2,090 CCC Camps Will Be s" .to wish to evpmw our gratitude and sincere apprevlutlon to our many friend and patron who Lave helped niuUe thin year' business ono of tlie largest In the hUtory of our store. Thousands of Dogs Shipped Yearly by Rail. p' Rare w, NOW BIG BUSINESS C. Operated During Winter Washington, D. C. The conservation corps work program for the eighth six month period which began October 1 provides for operation of 2,090 CCC camps on a wide variety of conservation projects, ranging from reforestation operations in national, state and private forests, to recreational development and improvement work in hundreds of state parks. ' Classifications of work to be stressed include tree planting, forest and park protection from fire, insects and disease, erosion control work on farms and on federal lands. Also wild life conservation, flood control, improvement of drainage systems, rehabilitation of range lands on the public domain and water conservation, according to Director Robert Fechner. . . I Widow Is Now Living in . House That "Jacks" Built Mrs. J. E. MaWoburn, Mass. son lives in a house that "Jacks" built. Mrs. Mason has moved into a new home, built entirely by neighbors and with materials donated by individuals and flrma in the citv. after spending more than 12 years in an old shack. . Carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers, electricians and truckmen completed the small bungalow in the evenings after finishing their regular day's work. After the death of her husband last July, Mrs. Mason was left penniless, so sympathetic neighbors decided to erect a new home adjacenl to her old shack. rs Prison Gets Pipe Organ, School Tools in Trade Lansing, Mich. Michigan State college "swapped" a pipe orgai with the Michigan Reformatory fot a few machine shop tools recently. Warden Fred A. Chapman, of Ionia, explained the Inmates wanted ai organ for their chapel. The collegi had no suitable place to install thi instrument, but needed the tools foi use by engineering students. A kepi hat of black cire satin with a coronet of black felt leaves by Suzanne Talbot, a smart cape of silver fox, a simple high necked gown of black matelasse crepe, black kid suede gloves, antique gold Jewelry. Larry Kelley, captain and end of the Yale football team, by scoring a touchdown in the Harvard game, closed his brilliant career with the record of having scored at least once in every game against Harvard and Princeton during his three years of play. A New Year's Message To all Our Patrons for Their liberal patronage during Our successful Christmas Shopping days and the past year WE EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ranite win ft" "The Friendly Store" 1080 EAST 21st SOUTH Hyland 210 |