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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JULY 80, Continuous Strip From North, South The Americas are a continuous strip of land, from north to south, Americas SUGARHOUSE TRANSFER of nearly 10,000 miles,, observes ;a writer in the Los Angeles Times. There is a considerable greater range of climate than in the far continent. The bulkier Europe-Asi- a Americas extend closer to both poles, though our lands on the north are islands. The longest mountain ranges in the world make back bones for both American continents. The Rocky mountains of the north are about 4,000 miles long, culminating in Mexico. The Andes chain is about 500 miles longer and is somewhat loftier. Is it any wonder we have great variations in climate in small territories? At the southern end of the Andes the line of perpetual snow is about 4,000 feet. At the equator it ascends to 18,000 feet. On the eastern or more humid side of this great range the snow line stands at several thousand feet higher than on the arid Pacific side. This is also true of the far away Himalayas, where the difference between the opposing sides is more than 5,000 feet. This tends to complexity of climate and fundamentally affects all plant life, native as well as exotic. Occasionally a storm breaks over the mountains and strikes the vegetation on the favored Pacific slope. Furniture Moving Our Specialty COURTEOUS - REASONABLE Phone: Hy. 1220 TO MAKE HAWAII SELF-SUSTAININ- Vord Guinea, Applied to Gold, Named for Country G Army. Experts Study: Prospects for Producing Food. Food is as important as armament to make this in part of America event of a siege of an enemy fleet, in the opinion of Maj.-GeHugh A. Drum, commandant. United States army and organizer of a new branch of the army known as the service command. Officers assigned to this command are detailed to each of the eight islands of the Hawaiian group to study food production and consumption. At the completion of the preliminary studies concrete plans for emergency farming will be formed. Aiding the army in this branch of the service is the federal Department of Agricultures experiment station. These tests are carried on in developing crops that can be planted without delay to provide an emergency supply of staple vegetables and fruits if the chief source of foodstuffs the United States is cut off by an enemy blockade. Under normal conditions, Hawaii has less than two months supply of Under the foodstuffs on hand. planned system of emergency farming specially produced crops would augment this reserve within a few months of the time they were planted. Primitive Man First to Proof of the islands' dependence Devise a Foot Covering on other parts bf the United States Primitive man was a horny-hide- d for the greater portion of its food is creature with little brains. But de- evidenced by the Department of spite the toughness of his skin he Commerce reports showing that could be hurt. If he were hurt of- during the last fiscal year of 1936 ten enough, resentment would arise the territory found it necessary to in his pigmy brain and gradually he purchase for its civilian population would evolve a way to prevent the alone, which numbers nearly 369,000 injury. persons, 16,896,819 pounds of potaThus came the shoe. A sharp toes; 1,943,212 pounds of dried piece of rock, a gashed foot, a few beans, 5,552,400 pounds of onions, Neanderthal naughty words, and 1,232,775 pounds of baked beans, worth of fresh fruits, $3,000,-00- 0 man seized a piece of hide to protect his foot from the next keen worth of fresh and prepared stone, observes a writer in the meats, $734,297 worth of fish and $1,623,938 worth of eggs. Washington Post. In countries thick with vegetation, In addition to the civilian populeggings were quickly put atop the lation, army and navy forces stashoe to protect ankles and legs. In tioned on the islands number apsandy North Africa, this additional proximately 15,500. So safeguard was unnecessary. from there came the sandal. It is Dinosaur Footprints the preferred shoe in that region, as Discovered in Arizona most of the people are Mohammedans, obliged to remove foot coverArizonas faCameron, Ariz. ings before entering houses or praymous Painted Desert once was the ing. The sandal is easily slipped roaming place of giant dinosaurs, off. scientists concluded here after findAs the shoe moved down through ing large footprints in stone. the years it changed its appearance The footprints vary from eight from time to time. Materials inches to a foot in size. Originally, changed, too. At one time bronze scientists concluded the ancient shoes were common in Scandinavimonsters stomped about in soft an countries. In marshy lowlands sand, but in thousands of years of wooden shoes came into vogue and shifting the earth submerged them, still are used. and thty reappeared in the stone. Found in a deep canyon near the Little Colorado river some miles east of here, the impressions have Origin of Irish People When the Romans under Caesar been studied by archeologists from invaded Britain 55 B. C., they found all parts of the nation. the southern half of the island ocAlso discovered in the canyon cupied by a tribe of the Cymric were a feW footprints, which, the Celts, a people descended from the scientists decided, were evidences Belgie Gauls, who had crossed ov- of prehistoric camels. They estimater to the island from the mainland ed the footprints were made approxiopposite. These people were called mately 500,000 years ago. Britons. A tribe of similar origin, the Caledonians, inhabited the Undersea Photographer northern half of the island, and still another occupied the adjoining isin Defense of Octopus land of Ireland, then called Scotia, The octopus, San Diego, Calif. whence its inhabitants were known sea fiction writers by long pictured by the name of Scots. In their own as a deadly killer, is a tongue, however, says a correspondfish, in the opinion of Floyd ent in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, W. Schmoe, noted submarine phocalled island their they Eri, and tographer and scientist. themselves Erse, from which it has I dont believe that an octopus been supposed that they were origever guilty of deliberately atwas inally descended from wanderers tacking a human being," Schmoe from a band of the Spanish or Ibefollowing his return from the rian Gauls. In the Third century said San Juan islands, where he spent the Irish Scots invaded northern several months photographing unCaledonia and largely gained poslife. dersea session of the country. Thus the they may be contactIrish and the Scotch are closely al- ed Sometimes by a swimmer or diver and in lied in origin. wrap their tentacles around him, Schmoe continued. Then it is necessary to cut them . Use of Was and Were to escape, but I have never off One of the commonest errors is of a verified case where one heard was when were would using attacked a human. deliberately be correct. Was is used when definite were when facts, denoting Motorists to Detour denoting doubt or supposition. ExIf John amples: I was present. at Bouncing Bridge were present (there is evidently a Motorists have Clinton, Mass. doubt?) it was against my orders. If Jack was present(as a fact) you taken the bumps for the last may be sure Jill was also." If time over this towns famous Bouncing Bridge. you were to meet a bull you would The bridge shudders and humps Were I to work hard, run away. I might pass the exam. I wish it as machines pass over it and has were over; it were idle to pretend actually tossed cars into a nearby meadow. I'm not nervous. MagSelectment have closed the overazine. pass until they can find someone to finance a new one. Westminster Abbey Showplaee University Trailer Camp The famous Jerusalem chamber Kent, O. A camp for automobile at the east end of Westminster Abbey was built by Abbott Littlington trailers is being built on the campus in the Fourteenth century. It was of Kent State university for the use here that King Henry IV died in of summer session students. 1413. It now serves as the Abbey chapter house, as the chapter honse proper has long been under the Sea Series Started care of the office of works. In its windows are north several panels of in Submarine Names Thirteenth century glass, depicting After a careful Washington. scenes from the lives of the saints. for names befitting Uncle search They were originally in the church. Sams undersea craft, the navy assigned Sea Dragon, Sea Lion, Scotland Yard Raven and Sea Wolf to four Sea What is called Scotland Yard, in new submarines hitherto desigis the of England headquarters the nated merely by number. The the police metropolitan police navy explained that a sea dragon 'force which has jurisdiction over is a small British marine fish, the London (except the ancient city) raven its American cousin, sea and its suburbs. It takes this poputhe sea wolf a European sea lar name from a street or court perch also known as the wolf fish called Scotland Yard, in which the and the sea elephant, and the sea police headquarters is located. The lion is familiar to all street, in turn, was named from a London palace of the Scottish kings, P'hich paturies uao stood cloRe by. Honolulu, 1937 T. H. self-sufficie-nt n. The word guinea was applied to the gold coin worth one pound, one shilling because the precious metal from which the coins were made came from the country called Guinea. But the dollar, the most popular word in the United States, is of real German extract, states a writer in Pearsons London Weekly, coming from thaler, a coin that was made, at first, in the German valley, or thal, of St. Joachim, Bohemia. And jurt to show that our estimation of money is no more sordid than that of bygone days, consider the fact that the word wealth is n only an extension of the wela, which meant bliss.'. The origin of the word tax is found in both Latin and Greek, one of its first meanings being a list, or enrollment sheet upon which names were entered. Synonymous with tax is worry, and this has come down to us through the German wurgen, which meant to choke! But every nation on earth seems to have had something to banish worry. Alcohol goes back to the Arabic, al Kol, the spirit arising from distillation. Whisky was formerly the Gaelic usquebaugh, from the two words uisge and beatha, water of which together mean life." Port is a drink that we owe to Portugal, being derived from the name of Oporto, the town from which the wine is chiefly shipped. Brandy is Dutch, coming from (branden to burn, and wijn wine). You may not believe it, but the real name for gin is Geneva! Reference to any dictionary will bear this out. Gin comes from the Dutch: genever the juniper berry the juniper being used to flavor the liquid that is distilled from grain. Because the Dutch specialize in its manufacture, it is also known as Hollands. Don Hardman Service On Rita 1st Sugar 20 2nd East The Bastile a Royal Palace The Bastile was a royal palace in France, built by Charles V in 1369. It was subsequently used as a state prison, in which political prisoners of the higher ranks were confined. These were often imprisoned most unjustly, without trial, and on the jmere caprice of the king, and were frequently kept confined there for years without being allowed to j speak or act in their own defense, ,or even to know what had been charged against them. On July 14, 1789, a mob attacked the Bastile, overpowered the guards and demolished the building. The key of the outer door of this prison was obtained by General Lafayette, who sent it to General Washington. The 'key, which is a large, black, one of wrought iron, seven inches in length, is preserved in a glass case among the relics at i Mount Vernon. j : ! ; j cross-handl- ed I ; Glass Industry Old Although the glass industry is one of the oldest in the world, it has remained almost unchanged for centuries. The renowned Venetian glass - makers jealously guarded their secrets, which were restricted to the manufacture of goblets and carafes. The French statesman, Colbert, according to a writer in London Answers Magazine, stole these secrets and made his beloved France the world-centof arts and industries and the envy of every nation. The Phoenicians, who accidentally discovered how to make glass many centuries before the birth of Christ, did little to improve their discovery. The few examples of old glass that are to be seen in museums and cathedrals are the crudest forms of that material. er May and Might The words may and might express permission or choice. Use may after a verb in the present or future ; might after one in the past. ExI give you money that amples: 1 shall you may buy some food. give you a horse that you may learn to ride." I gave you a key that you might let yourself in. Might is often wrongly used for may. May I come in? (present). He may like to help you one day (future). Might I and He might would be incorrect. But He might have liked to have helped you (past). Magazine. Tit-Bi- ts Charcoal is extremely porous. Made by heating shells until they are charred and .black, the substance is full of small ispaces which trap gases. A piece impregnated with antichlorine solution will purify air. This porous quality has given shell charcoal many peacetime uses. A piece .will absorb gas amounting to more than 100 times its own volume. Thus it is employed to remove unpleasant pdors from the air. Coconut-She- ll Coconut-she- ll charcoal gas-lad- en much-malign- ed self-defen- se Tit-Bi- ts . ; 99 jFtrrafatte HAj Motor Tubes Tires Accessories Lubricants Oils Hyland 8715 21st South and 11th East Negro Spirituals Born in Earliest Slave Era The slave or negro spirituals are the outpourings of a suppressed people who were under the yoke of the brutal slave system. The Gulf states of the South were the worst offenders, and the songs reflect the condition of the poor people who lived there. Running through the whole series of these natural, untutored songs, observes a writer in the Montreal Herald, one is struck by the deep expectation of a life to come, and by the sense of a personal communion with the Deity. Thera is no doubt of the future life. The Eighteenth century negro was positive when he sang, I know de Lord laid His hands on me, but his grandson was less certain and sang, Lord, I want to be a Christian. The best of these spirituals were born in the earliest slave era, when religious meetings were forbidden, and the slaves stole away to meetings that were full of danger. Their religion was not a rigid ethical system, but an emotional affair, that burst out in spontaneous song, bom of a simple child-lik- e faith in a personal Father, with whom they could have direct communication. Like all traditional airs, they varied to some extent each time they were sung, though the pentatonic mode of musical form was adhered to. At a later period (1870), there appeared a band of Jubilee Singers, who attempted to improve these old songs. They harmonized them and brought them which robbed them of that personal character and charm which distinguished the spiritual. jn Shaking Hands Unknown in Some Distant Lands The handshake is by no means universal. Inhabitants of bleak 'Tier-r- a del Fuego welcome the rare strangers who come there with a bear-hu- g meanand a while jumping up and down, the New York World Telegram says. An African west coast negro, on greeting a friend, may fling himself to his knees and kiss the ground three times. Israelites of old bowed themselves to the ground seven times. Andaman islanders blow into one another's hands with a cooing sound. Indians on the Gulf of Mexico blow into each others ears. Africans of the French Colony of Dahomey twist their finger knuckles until they emit a loud crack. Eskimos rub noses. They are bewildered by the sicht of handshaking, assuming it to signify that when your right hand grows tired your friends help you hold it. A Mohammedan, according to ancient custom, may shake hands with you with thumbs up, then touch his breast, forehead and lips with his hand to signify that you are cherished in his heart and thoughts, and are entitled to a bit of osculation. back-pattin- g, Eating Gives You Away; Character Is Revealed If you are anxious to size up a mans character, watch him at work with his knife and fork, says a writer in London Answers Magazine. The person who removes the food gingerly from the fork with his lips is particular over trifles and hasty-tempere- but d, large-heart- ed and generous. He who mixes everything together on his plate is apt to make a hash of life in general. Although nothing particularly bad can be said of him, nothing, he has ever dong.? wijl do Bouncing Lightning There is lightning that bounces. And, unlike a rubber ball, it bounces back harder than it came, according to a New Mexico university physicist. He believes some lightning first puts out a weak path maker stroke that dears the way to the ground. The bounce follows almost instantly, traveling back up the path to the cloud, destroying as it goes. Although lightning is generally thought to accompany only summer thundershowers, electrical storms occur at the Poles about every 10 years. A great many storms are in South Africa, which is probably bombarded by lightning more frequently than any other place. cr ius ciean. Others eat feverishly, preparing, the next mouthful, seasoning it, ting it into shape with sharp, jerky movements, but finally shooting off at a tangent and eating something different. These people are muddlers, muddling through life anyhow. They seldom finish one thing properly before starting the next, are always in a hurry, but never done, and untidy and unmethodical in their ways. The quick eater is generally a quick thinker, lively, versatile, and ambitious. At times he may be rather unreliable and apt to rush at things without proper forethought, but he possesses a nice mixture of humor and sentiment. The slow eater is generally a plodder along the road of life, happy to remain in the same groove, unambitious, steady, and contented, with no particular attributes beyond living and letting live. -- Rhododendron The rhododendron is the state flower of Washington, also of West Virginia. The plant is grown over a wide range, on the Pacific Coast and along the Atlantic seaboard, as well as in gardens in the central states. It occurs naturally in the South Central states, east of the Mississippi river. The real home of the rhododendron, however, is the Orient, the greatest number of species and forms being found in China. Wild rhododendrons present a colorful display of white, pink or blossoms, but could be brought to a larger stage and a better perfection with cultivation. Some varieties which have been hybridized are much more elegant than those growing in the wild state. rose-purp- ! le i Grasse Perfume Center The industry for extraction of odoriferous constituents of flowers is' centered in Grasse, a town in the' Alps Maritime!, overlooking Can--j nes. The flower fields stretch almost to the shores of the blue Mediterranean. Here the peasants work amid the fragrance, collecting an average of 2,000 tons of orange blossoms, more than 1,300 tons of jasmine, and more than 400 tons of violets annually. The yield of roses is enormous, for 2,200,000 pounds of the highly perfumed flowers are collected each season. I Station CalIin8 If you have anything to Sell, Trade, Exchange or Rent; or rent a place, buy a place, or need anything, let the public know in this Department. 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