Show mr and mrs leo J nielson loft left hurriedly for salt lake city last tuesday upon roce receiving lyIng word that gloria the laughter daughter of mr and ana mrs airs truman clelaon had beba mn over by d u car reports that eliat tho the clillie was taken to tho hospital in ili a very exit cal con dialon dit lon itay aitay ami aad who have bet n in ili annab visiting with their rather father ur dr urban non la have returned to california tho the strip of loud land for tho hia pai canann was pi 91 fluted anted to tile the united states liy by panama liy by hie arc treaty aty of 26 1904 tile the tion on being with payments pay mente of in ia no private individuals are allowed to land tho canal zone la Is a military res or and is nd ad ministered by tle war la Is fortified and by a gar in iii add addition lilon to the civilian oni cm of tile canal and ana railroad abl canal zonola ono Is tile strip of land extending tho miles on oil either cither side of tile axis of the canal but not Inel including the cities of panama and colon which remain within the ile ho public of panama it lifts lias an area of square equal 0 miles ine including luding land and sanitation and manlel municipal pal engla coring OM lna havu havo enado nado ale the ot as Y gf ranni Inn ninn nit nud and colon and tile canal zone kono towns as for tho the traveler ns as the united states or 1 europe the 1110 watce supply Is pure weather on oil tile the isthmus Is 18 Col continuous lunik summer pummel the highest shado shade temperature recorded lias has been 97 degree fahrenheit the lowest 59 january to april la Is the dry season with wry very little rain ran ilio rt amt at of tile year there la Is rainfall averaging 40 minutes bf b the daylight time por per day united states paper and coin are arc tho lie currency cur roncy of the canal zone and the terminal cities the panamanian currency having almost disappeared from circulation prim prices however nnie lo be 10 quoted either in gold bulted flitted Flit ted states eur currency roney oi or silver la in which uie tile peso of panama worth half balf a dollar or half a balboa Is the basis silver prices are exactly twice tile the equivalent of gold prices thus a dollar silver 1 Is 14 4 equivalent to 50 rents 11 lifted states currency the operation of the panama canal and railroad and their exten alvo adjuncts requires under pres prea ent conditions a force of approximately americans americana known as 4 gold employees and silver or alien employees construction of a nicaraguan canal linking the sea and the pacific ocean as a means meana of strengthening americas national defense units will be urged at the coming sessions of congress the united states haa lias already purchased exclusive canal aghas in nicaragua for planning the supplement the present panama canal such a canal would shorten by 3 mays the movements of american battle fleets from fr one coast to the other relieve unemployment mento and provide the greater national defense it would give this nation I 1 twice its present facilities to move its ais fleet from coast to c |