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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH - NATIONAL AQUARIUM 1,500 Species of Marine Life Housed by National Acquarium WNTJ Washington Bureau The National Aquarium in Wash-ington, although housed in the De-partment of Commerce building, has been operated by the Fish and Wildlife Service under the Depart-ment of Interior since 1940. In that year, the service was created by the consolidation of the Bureau of Fisheries of Commerce and the Bureau of Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture. The original aquarium, estab-lished in 1888 by the former U.S. Fish Commission, occupied an old pre-Civ- War building in another part of the city. When the present Commerce building was built in 1932, the fish were moved to the new and larger aquarium under the main lobby, but operation contin-ues by the Fish and Wildlife Serv-ice. The present aquarium occupies a floor space of about 14,000 square feet, and has 50 tanks which hold about 30,000 gallons of water. The water is changed on an average of three times a day. Since the aquar-ium is situated below the sewer level, the water is drained into underground reservoirs which must, in turn be pumped out, an expensive operation. The heavily chlorinated city water supply, which the aquarium uses, is a constant problem because chlorine would mean overnight death to the fish. All the water used must therefore pass through car-bon filters. Temperature control must also be watched carefully. The hot Washington summers re-quire complete refrigeration of the tanks of northern fishes, and the warm water of the tropics must be duplicated in those tanks which have fish accustomed to that cli-mate. The aquarium now houses 1500 individual kinds of fish of which the rarest is a collection of albino catfish the only such collection now in this country. Another great attraction to the 250,000 visitors each year is Siamese Sue, a tiny turtle with one body but two heads. Sue is a perfect example of turtle frustration. Each brain controls the set of legs on its side so that indecision as to whether she's going to move or stay still Is a major factor in Sue's life. Each head must be fed simultane-ously or the other one will try to grab the food. Sue has grown from the size of a quarter to about the size of a silver dollar in the two years that she's been at the aquar-ium. A two-head- turtle usually lives only a few months. THE NATIONAL Aquarium seeks primarily to maintain an attractive display of the principal fresh-wate- r game fishes which are propagated and distributed throughout interior waters of the country, John C. Pearson, director of the aquarium, says. Reactions of aquarium specta-tors are watched as carefully as the behavior of the fishes them-selves. It has been noticed that women like the fancy Oriental gold-fish, the black Chinese Moors, and the multi-colore- d Shubunkins. Men seem to prefer the rainbow and brook trout while Siamese Sue re-mains the favorite of most chil-dren. The most generally liked at-traction, however, is the shallow pool filled with turtles of all vari-eties. Future improvements to the aquarium call for better lighting effects in the display tanks. They are all electrically lighted now with the surrounding area iept just a bit darker so as to better show off the displays. More naturalistic backgrounds for the exhibits is another aim. Real moss grows in the tanks, but most of the green-ery used is bamboo because it re-tains its color under water for a longer period than most other types of greens. Aquarium officials also hope for a more complete dis-play of native food and game fish so well appreciated by many mil-lions of American fishermen. The attendents are occasionally offered bribes by thoughtful vis-itors who want to take a fancy goldfish home to the children. 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ALL 27 i to RHODYIPIfel cHJBy JIM That Time Again Yes, for all but the southern-dwellin- g members of the angling fraternity, it's that time again that dismal time when fishing gear must be put away until Spring comes again. However, even in this depressing act there can be instilled a meas-ure of prolongation of one's fishing fun, for the preparation of fishing tackle for the long winter months of storage can be engaging and interesting. No angler worth the title, any-way, would consider storing his gear for the winter without putting it in as good shape as possible for the months of inactivity. re Lines And that means: Taking lines from reels and stor-ing them on large-diamet- con-tainers, hung where dry air may circulate through them. Giving casting reels a good clean-ing and greasing and seeing to it that automatics are oiled and greased where they should be and that single-actio- n reels are well-clean-and oiled. The storing of reels In places where the cold will not cause grease or oil to congeal. The wiping dry of all fly rods, Inspection of ferrules and guides and taking care to store bamboo rods in places where there will not be a great variation in heat or cold at any one time. A very thin coating of fine oil on steel rods will protect the finish during the winter, but glass rods will need no care other than a good wiping-dr- y of the surfaces and an inspection of the guides and wrappings. Win- - ter offers a good time to replace worn eyes and rework frayed wrap-pings. Clean Tackle Box Going through the tackle box and cleaning much-use- d plugs and re-furbishing the metal hardware on same. Checking one's fly book for worn or frayed flies and steaming wilted hackle to bring back its erectness. Looking through upcoming cata-logs of next season's tackle offer-ings probably the brightest ac-tivity in the angler's indoor sports during the winter season. AAA Now You Know During the summer months, fish-ermen, resort owners and others are occasionally disturbed to find dead fish floating in the water or washed up on shore on some of the many lakes in Wisconsin. Although sometimes the mortality is small, at other times the dead fish are found in sufficient num-bers to warrant a fishery investiga-tion. The appearance of a fish mortality on a lake during July or August is aptly called "s.ummer-kill.- " In any discussion of the reasons behind a summer-kil- l on a lake, reference should be made to some of the factors that could be re-sponsible. These are: 1. Natural mortality due to old age. 2. Natural mortality following spawning. 3. Parasites and diseases. 4. High temperature of the water. 5. Depletion of dissolved oxygen in the water. 6. Beaching of fish by storms and stranding of fish in pockets by rapid changes in the water level. 7. Shortage of the proper kind of food or consumption of improp-er kind of food. 8. Pollution. 9. Mechanical injuries due to (a) wave action (sand in gills, etc.); (b) commercial and state fishing gear (various types of nets) ; and (c) sport fishermen. 10. Detrimental effects of aquatic plant life. "AAA About the only protective weapon the toad has is a milky fluid which they can give off and which is ob-noxious to dogs. AAA Trolling for Perch Both white and yellow perch of-ten are caught by trolling. Most fishermen use Dy rods or bait casting tackle, and they troll bright spinners with blades about an inch long, followed by a snelled hook baited with worms. The problem here, just as in fishing for perch by any other method, Is to find the fish. They usually strike readily once the proper depth and the right location are determined. Shallow trolling will help you find the fish. AAA Fishing Frogs There are many anglers who do not like to fish frogs and won't do so because of the humane element ' involved, but for those who haven't any such scruples, here's a tip: When fishing frogs below the sur- - face, they should be fished like minnows and a float may be used or not, as fits the desires of the angler. There are two schools of thought on the frog as bait, but most will J argue minnows are better. curt: I SPORTUGHT Kazmaier Is Among Greatest Bad rintor: Bv GRANTLAND RICE NEW YORK It may be consid-ered a piece of heresy to compare any modern back with Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, Ernie Nevers, Walter Eckersall and one or two more from the glory road of the past. But that is the way it happens to be at this date with a number of football experts in their rating of Dick Kazmaier. Dick Kazmaier is the Princeton pass-er and runner who practically wrecked a good Cornell team, using both the turf and the air for this purpose. But Kazmaier's fame doesn't stop with the game against the big red. ' Certainly Charlie Caldwell is in the running as coach of the ,aj Everyone knows Tennessee"' around strength. But so far3 , schedule hasn't been too hi1 teams are to be ranked on .:1 p they have beaten. tj Michigan State has had a flexes: close and harrowing aftern agre Illinois has had a terrific yea . the matter of accomplishme could be accorded first place, ', mai The Tllini have handled U.C;, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Washi'iVer and Indiana. In Karras, the 'j and Orange has one of the y L star backs. 1 Jjj Illinois and Georgia Tech handled the rougher paths a:en) the top teams, although Sou".( s California must be given a rating. And so must Stanford.tjH The game they are still tt a L about is Army's stand agaiitec good Columbia team. The goaien play of Red Blaik's high-sp:as-e squad won't be soon forgotten. ri tainry not by Columbia. 0UJ arti Where's The Defense? ' Anyone who cares to look over Saturday's scores might r up and ask one simple que:" "What's become of football'i'9 n. 1 w fense?" Here may be found all the ' cn one needs of how far the de has slipped back of the offensi1, re most any team can score, when it is outclassed. The mat jjj swer is this the great unp.. ment in forward passing both. cerning the passers and thi.1 ceivers. Potent passers are p ful across the nation. :ansi There was a time when foilss only had two or three highv, th passers. They were extre scarce. Now they clog up the , th puses. Kazmaier, Isbell, Ag;;n j Parilli, Price, Franz, Parks, Henrich and so many more yoi hardly count 'em. J This is the only answer I 0( , give you. S.M.TJ.'s passer piliere 26 or 27 points against a good lpills Grantland Rlc. Hue. .has be?n thet shining star in most of Princeton's victories. There has been no game since Dick put on an orange and black jersey wherein he failed to star. You might remember that Kaz-maier, from Maumee, Ohio, was the sole surviving member from Prince-ton's brilliant offensive squad last fall. The other 10 regulars had left him, with younger talent coming on. What happened in his Cornell test? Kazmaier completed 15. out of 17 passes for close to a .900 per-centage. He picked up more than 230 yards with his right arm. His legs gathered in an additional 120 yards as a ball carrier. He led an attack that scored 53 points against an unbeaten rival, rated Princeton's equal before the game. In my opinion Kazmaier was probably the best back of 1950, con-sidering his value. As far back as 1888 and 1889 Princeton had a back known as Knowlton (Snake) Ames. Princeton never had a better back until Kazmaier came along. And it isn't a question now as to whether Kazmaier is the best back of 1951, which he undoubtedly is, but as to how he will be ranked with the best backs of football. I doubt that anyone has had the amazing over-a- ll running elusive-ne- ss of Grange and Thorpe. But Dick Kazmaier, a star runner on his own, is a much better passer than the redhead or the Indians in their prime. Princeton's High Place More than a few of us placed Princeton on a par with Tennessee or any other college squad fall. The Tiger may have been even better. His place today is equally high, although it is difficult to get many football writers away from the east to give an ivy team much credit. Dame team and scorns any ioifflcri running attack. That was bita Benners. The Southwest is pt,j p with riflemen who can hit i. ceiver in the eye at 40 yards.;ear, Notre Dame's Place m Where will Notre Dame's pla'Qii at the end of the road for ;o Frank Leahy will te" you tha t team has done far better tha thought it would. )n ( At the season's start I wrote. lng Frank to be on a radio pro ' in Baltimore, November 2. L "I'll be glad to be with you,. wrote, "if you don't mind b-- j the coach of a team that ha 1 five games by that date." He won four of the five. By INEZ GERHARD DOROTHY LAMOUR, "Road" girl, who landed in a circus when Cecil B. ' DeMille picked her to play the worldly wise "iron jaw girl" in "The Greatest Show on Earth", will always be associated with the sarong that she made famous. Yet she has worn it in only 12 of her many films. But it made her fa-mous a year and a half after she broke into films, following three years as vocalist with Herbie Kay's band and a short career as a radio singer. She probably has more f t DOROTHY LAMOTJR friends among the studio "little people" than any other star; she says they're the ones who have made it possible for her to get ahead. Gene Tierney, one of Hollywood's best dressed women, says she al ways gets caught in slacks and a sweater on Beverly Drive, in Bev-erly Hills, where she does most of her shopping. Just as sure as she dashes out in a hurry to make some purchases "There I am in my slacks, and I meet somebody like Joan Crawford looking like a movie queen." Jean Simmons, the little English actress under contract to RKO, who will have the starring role in "Pilate's Wife", has had a spec-tacular career. Her "Ophelia" in Olivier's "Hamlet" made her fa-mous, and she ranks fourth in Fame's poll of international film fa-vorites. She is currently before the cameras in "Androcles and the Lion". SS BRIGHT SUNSET CORNER By Frances Rider iiaiiMiifiiniiinM ABOVE the brow of grim El a pale pink cloud was fluffing out her rose-edge- d ruffles. Desbah lifted her dark eyes from the blanket she was weaving. For . . a moment the brown hands were 3 n"te still, then they FlCIIOn took up the wool again and the de-sign continued to grow. She must work while there was still light upon the mile high mesa about her, for inside the hogan it was difficult to blend the grays and browns of the sheep's fleece. A breeze stirred her hair and again her glance sought the cloud. Ah! Just as she had expected, the wind from the north had brought another cloud and although at first the pretty pink cloud slipped behind El Huerfano and pretended to hide, soon the two would touch and merge. Desbah had watched them often. "For quilted clouds are mating, high Above the plains in the summer sky " she and Yazza Yazza the Long was a silversmith. Like many Navajo men he fashioned sturdy enduring jewelry from coin silver and engraved it with simple lines signifying good fortune and long life. Desbah looked down proud-ly at her wrist. Yazza was different from the others. It was he who had made the bracelet she wore. He had deco-rated it with the thunderbird. A square turquoise was set on either side and beside them flowering cacti, symbolizing courtship. It meant that Yazza and she would like to marry and build a squat Coming toward her was a tall figure black against the flaming sky. round hogan of their own. If only they had the money for a license. The winter had been long and cold; and the summer rains scanty. Her father's sheep bad died off. The few left were weak because they hadn't enough gamma grass. Desbah looked at them now, grazing at a distance among the sun-bak- stones. Among them several children played a game with pebbles. The blanket was nearly finished but she could not try to sell it She would have to trade it for overalls and calico and flour. The few re-maining sheep needed salt. EL Huerfano's far lonely peak was afire with the sunset as Desbah rose aad went to the door. Yazza had gone to the mission that after-noon and soon he would pass on his way back. When Desbah was twelve she had spent a few weeks at the mission school. Only orphans could stay longer. There was too little money. Remembering the services she had attended there she moved her lips in unaccustomed prayer. When she lifted her head she saw a tall figure black against the flam-ing sky. It was Yazza. Coming to-ward her he held out his hands showing her many bills and much silver. Desbah had never seen that much money all at once. "Oh, Yazza! Tell me." Yazza spoke with no excite-ment in his voice. "At the mis-sion was a letter. The lady read it to me. A store in California wants all my rings, all my pins, all my bracelets. When I make more we will get more money." Beneath the beaded band his eyes sparkled with the glory of the sunset and his own pride, "Yazza, Yazza, it is good. Now we can get the license." "Not yet, my patient one. My parents have debts. I must help them." "But you said there would be more money when you make more bracelets and pins." "Yes, my patient one, but first " Yazza drew from his pocket a jewel-like piece of petrified stone. "Why do you think I polished and polished this tiny stone?" Shyly Desbah looked into Yazza's eyes. "For our wedding ring?" "For our wedding ring. Tonight I will burn the candle low while I make the ring for you." "Then tomorrow you will make the things to sell?" "Tomorrow, my patient one, will make the things to sell." Shadows slipped along the sides of El Huerfano and filled the From behind the tall lonely peak slipped into view one cloud with just a tinge of pink ruffles al one edge. GRASSROOTS Officials Should Be Legally and Morally Honest By Wright A. Patterson MAY BE within the letter of the IT law, but it is not within the spirit of the law for those holding government positions or having government influence to use their influence on behalf of people or corporations seeking government loans from R.F.C. It is very possible that the man holding the position of head of the Democratic party could not be con-victed for indicating to officials of the R.F.C. that he might have a hand in keeping them on the job, or naming someone for the job of director of R.F.C. What he did was undoubtedly legal, but it represent-ed a lack of morality the people ex-pect from those holding positions of public trjist. Had the same thing happened during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, Boyle would have continued on the job he held for just the few min-utes it took the President to fire him. But we have degenerated morally since the days of Theo-dore Roosevelt and are doing now what was done during the days of Harding. But the Hard-ing crew was not wise enough to violate only the spirit of the law. They violated the letter of the law, and were caught In the toils of justice. Abraham Lincoln said "the re-public cannot live half free and half slave." Today he would say, as others are saying, "the nation can-not live half legally honest, but half morally dishonest," and moral dishonesty should not be counte-nanced. There can be no place in American public life for either those who exert influence through holding places of power, or for those who demonstrate that they are susceptible to influence, whether that influence be paid for in the form of deepfreeze units, mink coats, free hotel bills, free vacations, or as attorney fees. All such rewards are but bribes, and both the bribe-taker, and the bribe-give- r should be summarily discharged from any form of government service. Our public officials must be both legally and morally honest, whether they be cabinet officers or clerks. To the men folks of the nation it seems hardly fair that they should have to pay the present exorbitant charges of the barbers and at the same time must collectively pay for the "prettying up" of the members of the United States senate. But the recent action of the senate forces them to do just that. The senators will get their hair cuts, their shampoos, their shaves, and all the other items the barbers can suggest as something needed at public expense. The tickets will be handed to the tax payers. Each hair cut will be the same $1 charge whether the senator be a baldy, or one having a luxuriant crop. The tax paying public will pay the $1, plus the charges for all the extras. The cost to the people for the tonsorial needs of the sen-ators will be more than $1300 more for this year than for last. But the senators will pay their own tips, if any. At about the time of the starting of the Korean war, living costs were going up faster than at any time since then. At that time, con-gress gave the President control legislation which he then said he did not want, did not need and would not use. Now the President is condemning congress for not giving him the control legislation he did not want, and did not use, and now living costs are leveling off at about the point they reacned at the start of the Korean war. Congress feels the President is inconsistent. Instead of raising the postage rates, which the people must pay, congress might well cut out better than three billions of cost for the propaganda services that are of no benefit to any one unless it be the heads of departments who wish to justify their existence. It does not present factual information regard-ing the operations of government. Because it is propaganda, not fact-ual, reputable publications will not use it. The some 30,000 people em-ployed in its production and dis-tribution, costing more than three billions a year, is an entirely un-warranted expense. Saving that three billion would represent a real economy that would mean far more than the adding of a few hundred millions in an increase in postage rates. 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