Show A A 44 ait 44 4 4 4 0 4 ali tl i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I i 1 II 1 KIM K I M 1 COLUMBUS OF TODAY TO DAY 7 ae by richard lloyd jones 1 I 40 amm 1 4 1 V 4 11 4 e recently sailed from seattle to become lee ice locked in tile the hope that lie might drift across the north pole what s the use you wonder iman has already been to the north pole and there anything there but a lot lat of cold weather it was lonely place why go again columbus was leered when he sailed against the whole worlds unbelief ile he set out to lind find new seas seas to his own amazement ii he e found new shores even when lie returned to tell his tale wise men declared declai edthe ed the venture interesting but the use the new found land was so far away no one would ever go there recently some mountain climbers seeking to set bel toot foot on oil the root roof of the world ascended the unexplored altitudes of mt everest high up in the himalayas they found vast plateaus rich in soil with forests and lakes aud and grasses such as are found in ili the north tier 0 of american states these were not little pocket spots in the mountains but a vast region that would measure out Dlin and Ion tanas the legislature legisla tuie of new york came callie within two or votes of refusing to grant the delaware and hudson cn company the right to build a rall rail load because it would scar ethe horses but it was the railroad and not lot the hoise that made possible this great nation of homogeneous people iloie than three thousand miles long they jeered at Ful tons toris boat it moves they cried to their it moved up river when the first steel ship was launched laun chel foolish li folks went down to see it siak the cloird saw only the iron hull bull they knew iron sinks the inventor saw the air in the iron hull bull he knew the air would float the world today is full of out of the way places which tomorrow will be as much a part of the busy world as the shores columbus found ail will lift us into the minnesotan Min Dlin and the montana of the himalayas rich farms will be there towns colleges cities like hillings billings and st paul radio is an amusing toy wonderful we say we wisely predict the time lime ailien t will cairy music from a great operatic center to even the he most isolated and humble cabin homes we talk wisely ot of its educational powers these are al near enough to be calculable it is going to irry conver aaion around the whole world it is going to print news in the parlor radio is going to give all nations one tongue now scientists talk lalk of sending heat waves that will modify inhospitable climates these heat waves will make possible not merely ilon 10 tanas but dhole alias where amundsen is gon going and where shackleton has been tl Is a wonderful world we live in the laboratory Is the mighty mist collary and is many a columbus serving a v vaster ister future by beating pathways into the pathless regions of today |