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Show ' ' ' ' ' ' - THE BINGHAM NEWS V '''.'' . ' ' MTIQNAL OPITAL AITAIDS Nation-Wid- e Campaign on Illiteracy That the WASHINGTON. Illiterate wiped from the records of the United States, four national organizations held here recently a four-da- y confer-ence to outline a nation-wid- e cam-paign against illiteracy. The National Conference on Illiter-acy brought together leaders of the National Education association, the United States Bureau of Education, the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the American Legion, each of these organizations having worked actively In the cause of education by means of Its own representative com-mittees. The opening meeting was presided over by Dr. Hubert Work, secretary of the Interior. The address of welcome was given by Dr. John J. Tigert, United States commissioner of education. A strong address was delivered by Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, chairman of Illiteracy for the National Educa-tion association and for Die General Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Stewart, the founder of the "moon-light schools" In the Southern moun-tains, pointed out that the fight agulnst Illiteracy Is no new thing, but that only concentration of effort on the part of these four organizations could bring the desired results. Com-bined effort, she said, will reach every state, avoid duplication, and bring the desired goal many years nearer. She said, among other things: "Illiteracy Is encamped all about us, In every city and every state. If we look for a shining example of lit-eracy where shall we find it? In the nation's capital? Not according to the tale told the census-taker- s by 10.506 Washlngtonians, who declared that they could neither read nor write. "Can we find It In Boston, the cen-ter of culture and 'Hub of the Uni-verse?' No, for 24,524 Illiterates are gathered there. "Philadelphia, the Quaker city, old enough and proud enough to be free from Illiteracy, harbors 58,631, mors than all the Illiterates In the large and populous state of Indiana. "New York city tins more Illiterates than Mississippi or Alabama, and the state of New York has one-tent- h of the Illiterates In this country. "We must not stop at educat'ng the Illiterates, but may this conference and the sentiments and efforts grow-ing out of It so popularize education for young and old as to make going to school the rule for all in, other words to make going to school the fashion." How Uncle Sam Assists Automobilists that the research BELIEVING automotive section States bureau of standards Is of greater value to the automobile owners of the coun-try In proportion to the amount of federal money expended than any other activity of the government In behalf of motorists, the American Au-tomobile association urged congress to Increase the appropriations for 1924 from $15,000 allotted In the bud-get to $30,000, the minimum amount estimated as required to carry on the work on a scale equal to that of the last year. The automotive section In the study made for the motor transport corps on the behavior of brake-linin- g materials alone made possible the saving of $10,000,000 annually for the motorists of the nation. The annual brake-linin- g bill was $20,000,000. Through ex-perimental work carried on the life of brake linings was doubled without extra cost to the consumer. Muny of the savings for motorists have been the result of tests conduct-ed for the army, navy, motor trans-port corps, Post Offlce department. 'and general supply committee on problems involving aircraft and auto-mobile power plants, fuels, lubricants, and accessories. The total expendi-ture of the association was approxi-mately $125,000 annually. Unfortu-nately a large part of the work for the government departments has been completed, so that the support for the laboratories from other governmental sources Is reduced and the public will be deprived largely of these There Is also an urgent demand for the extension of Investigations di-rectly beneficial to the public. This demand can be met only In a very lim-ited way, It Is pointed out, unless the appropriation is materially Increased. A project recently undertaken and for which only limited support Is as yet available, Is the development of methods for testing the braking abil-ity of automobiles. This is a question now actively before the various state and municipal agencies for the con-trol of traffic and has come to be rec-ognized as the most vital element In the securing of safety In highway transportation. The value of this work to the country Is represented not in dollars but in lives. 1924 Citizens' Military Training Camps department plans for WAR disclose that 40,000 between the ages of seventeen and twenty-fou- r will be enrolled throughout the coun-try for Instruction at the citizens' military training camps, which open In ail army corps areas August 1. These camps offer a 30-da- y course In outdoor training to volunteer can-didates who can measure up to the moral and physical standards set by the department. All expense Is borne by the government. Instruction Is divided Into four groups, designated as the basic, red, white and blue courses. In the basic course only the elementary drills are taught; athletics and citizenship studies receive the principal attention. Hut students In the advanced classes may specialize In Infantry, cavalry, engineers or other branches of the service. As a result of experiments at the 1923 camps, Important changes to go Into effect this year appear In the Wur department announcement. Ad-vanced students who have attended previous C. M. T. camps will go Into the ranks with the regulars, drilling, hiking and shooting alongside sea-soned veterans. These youths, how-ever, will occupy quarters and take their meals with the main body of C M. T. candidates. The Military Training Camps asso-ciation has undertaken to launch a drive to bring the benefits of a course at the C. M. T. camps to the attention of eligible youths. The purposes of the camps, the War department says. Is to bring together young men of all types, both foreign and native born, to develop closer na-tional and social unity, to teach the duties and privileges of American p, to show the parents by actual example that camp Instructions of the kind contemplated will be to the liking of their sons and that It will develop them physically, mentally and morally, and will teach Americanism In Us true sense. In accomplishing this purpose It will be the endeavor of the best In-structors in the army to teach respect for proper authority, to add strength and virility to the manhood of the country, teach observation and prompt decision,, remove misconcep-tion and make for true democracy, promote physical and moral courage, strengthen Increase pa-triotism and regard for the rights of others and make the Individual healthier and more efficient, thus In-creasing the collective wealth of the country. War Surplus Property to Be Sold Out War department makes the TUB that, beginning at every effort will be made to clean up the remaining war surplus property before the close of the fiscal year, which ends June 30. Sales at lioston, Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco and San Antonio will bo quartermaster auctions and for the major part consist of textiles, wearing apparel and general merchandise. Sules of an entirely different char-acter are also to be held. Iurlng the past year the question of disposing of the remulnlng surplus In two or three large block sales to the highest bidders and winding up the War department's liquidation ac-tivities at the earliest possible date, has been under Consideration. This Idea bus been dismissed, however, us having too Injurious probabilities In Its effect mi American Industry and trade. Such a scheme was attempted by (ireat Hrltaln last March. War de-partment oilicluls pointed out, when Hie Urltisli government, anxious to wind up lis disposal campaign, of-re- In a single blot-- Its remaining Fundus, ippriilpd at approximately V'O.OiXJ.IMMI. Th British government received no offer which could, In the public Inter-est, be accepted. The policy of the United States government as regards War department liquidation, has from the outset been "one of sympathy to-ward I(s manufactories and business firms," stated a War department off-icial, "and to have thrown excessive stocks on the market at any one time would have Incurred harsh and Just criticism of our government." "If the comment In Hngllsh trade publications Is to be taken seriously," a War department spokesman re-marked, "that policy wos less consid-erate of homo manufacturing and mer-cantile Interests than tha American government's policy. Furthermore, It must he remembered that tha British government sold Its surplus to the wide, wide world, whereas the United States government has sold to Ameri-can markets only, except in cases of stock for which no American market existed." War department officials assert that the success of the War department's liquidation campaign, which tins sold in five years' time materials costing the government nearly $.'!,immi ruHi.tW), Is due to newspaper and hii-i- s p. per advertising. ' spring of our oum choiceW ' uninfluenced and unawed,. Wuwlli adopted upon full investigation W I ffili i ilH and mature deliberation, com- - 1 UraSlll pletelq free in its principles-h- as f mlt a just claim to confidence and I lVWl upur support. Respect for its In Jfl uthoritu. compliance with its VH lffll laws, acquiescence in its meas- - I 1 1 11 lfffl ures, are duties enjoined by the y 1 1 II jyffli fundamental maxims of . Is Winter Time Your Backache Time? 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COUCH DROPS menthol Fimout tine 1847 (mn' " fa aat m t r , IMII .lij WASHINGTON'S CHECK J A check Issued by George tel Was Washington to Robert Morris N a for the payment of the sum of m one thousimd dollars, recently found in Pennsylvania, shows ta the paper and Ink remarkably r well preserved. It reads: Mount Vernon, May 18, 1793: 1792: fc The Cashier of Discount (fea. Jta and Deposit Baltimore, fcj m Will pleuse pay Robert je Morris, Esq. or bearer tlie sum of one thousand dol-lnr- s and chg. same to my acct. (Signed) fea ft GEORGR WASHINGTON. fe- - asj 1,000 dollars. Cow Best at Four to Six Cows have been known to give milk, with the usual freshening, from the age of two to eighteen. The average time for a cow to be In a dairy herd, however, is from four to six years. That's Different The difference between casting your bread upon the water and loaning money to friends Is thnt the bread cast upon the waters comes back after -- many days. Cincinnati Enquirer. WASHINGTON j : ON NATURE : A GREAT deal of rain fell lust night and the heaviest sleet I ever recollect to huve seen. The boughs of all the trees were lncrusted by tubes of Ice quite round, at least hulf an Inch thick the weight of' which was so great that my late trans-plantations In muny instances sunk under it, either by bending the bodies of the young trees breaking the limbs or weighing up the roots the largest pines In my outer circle were quite oppressed by the Ice and bowed to the ground, and the largest catalpa trees had some of their principal branches broken." "A greot honr frost and Ice. at least of an Inch thick what In-jury this may have done to the fruit and vegetation will soon be seen. The buds of every kind of tree and shrub are swelling the tender leaves of many hud unfolded the apricot bloe-som- s were putting forth the peaches arid cherries were upon the point of doing the same. The lpaves of the apple trees were coming out, those of rlie weeping willow und the lilac had been out many days and were the first to show themselves. The sassafras was ready to open the red bud had begun to open but not to make any show; the dogwood had swelled Into buttons. The service tree was show-ing its leaf, and the maple had been full In bloom ten days or a fortnight. Of this tree, I observed great differ-ence In the colour of the blossoms; some being of a deep scarlet, border-ing upon crimson, others of a pale red, approaching yellow. . . "Found What Is called, the spire hush (a fragrant aromatic shrub) In bloom perceived this to be the case on Monday, also as I returned from Alexandria and supposed It had been blown two or three days It Is a small greenish flower, growing round the twigs and branches, and will look well In a shrubbery." "Its light and airy foliage, crimson and variegated flowers, presented a gny and mirthful appearance; contin-ually whilst In bloom visited by the brilliant thundering humming gird." Quotations from Washington In James II. Pennlmnn's "George Wushlngton as n Man of Letters." Her Principle Charm "Betty's face Is her fortune." "Well, at any rate, It draws a lot of Interest." IPdshington Note I Sells for $1,575 ALETTEIt written by George regarded as most Inter-esting, changed hands recently at a sale In the Anderson galleries of auto-graphs from the library of the lute Henry Cady Sturges of New York dry. The price puld for the letter was $1,57.1 This is the letter In which Washington said he was not Inclined to accept the presidency. The missive was addressed to Jonathun Trumbull. The letter rends: "Mount Vernon, Dec. 4th, 17KS. "My dear Sir: It Is sometime since I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 2Sth of October hut as I had nothing particular to send In re-turn, I postponed writing until the present time to see whether anything new would turn up. Nothing of Im-portance has occurred. Put in the meantime, I was extremely happy to find that your State was going on so well as to federal affairs; and you will permit me to Ray that I have not been a little pleased with observing that your name stood so high In the nomination for Itepresentatlves to Congress. "In general the appointments to the Senate seem to have been very happy. Much will depend upon having dis-interested and respectable characters In both Houses. For if the New Con-gress should be composed of charac-ters In whom the citizens will natural-ly place a confidence. It will be a most fortunate circumstance for conciliat-ing their good will to the government and then. If the 'government cun be carried on without touching the purses of the people too deeply, I think It will not be In the power of the adversaries of It, to throw everything into confu-sion, by effecting premature amend-ments. A few months will, however, show what we are to expect. "I believe you know me sufficiently well, my dear Trumbull, to conceive that I sm very much perplexed Sc dis-tressed In my own mind, respecting the subject to which you allude. "If I should (unluckily for me), he reduced to the necessity of giving nn answer to the question, which you suppose will certainly be put to me, I would fn In do what was In all respects best. lint how can I know what is best, or on what shall I determine? May Heaven assist me In forming n Judgment; for at present, I see noth-ing hut clouds and darkness before mo. Thus much I mny safely say to you In confidence; If ever I should, from apparent necessity, be Induced to go from home In a public character again It will certainly be the greatest sacrifice of feeling & happiness that ever v.,is or ever can be made by him. who will have In all situation-)- (lie pleasure to prufesn bimv-if- with sentiments of esteem, "Your nlTei te friend and t Servant, (Signed) "O. WASHINC I'iiX." A Slight Error Jake I bear that Jones opened a grocery store and was sent to Jail. Bluke How so? Jake It belonged to another man. Town Topics. Cold Is a natural disinfectant Washington : tF ' ' " I ' - i ; : iw y j til hr . t !7, , ;; . j V V ' . i v-rr. T,t'W Htm " -; jv ' ;. ""' " " fhig remarkable painting or ihe Father of our Country depict, him a. hs appeared during the trying day. at the t'l.sf. of the Revolut:;.nary strug- - gle. The i. by Gilbert Stuart. |
