PACE oIX
HOW NORTH CAROLINA RANKS
WITH OTHER STATES
F'.'par ?: ' : !. tm ' ' 'npfon of
the Bapumo Sohu"!.
The state of North Carolina is in-!
c idod hetween the pausa! els 34 and s
north latitude am! ! etween me
i" ian.- 7" and .vm- west multitude. ?
"1 be ienitt h is m:h-> ami
\ 'adth ?SS miles.
The ^e.-tern part of the state is r
r . umaicoug while the eastern part I
most eve!. The Appa u-'r a* moun
t ins consist of the Blue Ridge ami ..
( ea Smoky Ranges and 'he so-call : >
A she villi* plateau.
North Carolina ha> th- ioftite.-t o
1 :ik oast f the Mississippi River,-? j
i urt M * hot which - '-.711 feet j a
above sea level. This p ak was narnc
in hoi ??i of Ellas M ich who lost,
1 lift* while exploring i in the year
1 857. |
The Cape Fear River is the onlyjt
r -or of commercial importance in J
North < arolina. The sounds and riv-! j
ers in the extreme east of great 1
> i-yice t?. commerce, especially the'
a - - use are. Tar Rivers. J i
North Carolina is situated in the it
warm temperate belt. Therefore it
his a temperate climat The annual 11
t mperature is 59 degrees. n
North Carolina produces almost ev
e -y kind of wood from the mountain
i ta to 'ho brier root, therefore lum-,
1 ring is a:i important i* iustry in the i;
North Carolina abbano - in game!
a nd fish. Fishing is carried or: ext
.?naively. The wild turkey ar.d eagle R
. *<- found in the eastern par: of . e t l
ate. I "
North ' aroiina lead.- ihe union in
the production of mica. j a
Gold and c ?a! are found but an ' r
r 1 >' mined to any extent a
The second large.-: and heaviest f
iece of virgin gold that was ever t
?. ig from th< earth was la sen from
' aharrus county. The nugget weigh- c
. 28 pounds. t
The largest granite quarry in the
\ r.*id is near Salisbury. r
A gem ha been taken from the 1
1 of North Carolina that i- one i t
1. :nd:'! <: per cent mor valuable than h
the purest diamond. h
Three fourths of the people of
North C arolina are din cfcly interes- s
t i in agriculture. o
Almost every temperate belt crop n
;-.ud some of the sub tropical ones i
can be grown in North Carolina.
The three most important crops t
i f North Carolinh are tobacco, cot- f
top and corn. a
North Carolina ranks second in
the production of tobacco. ;?
Winston Salem has the largest to- i
I acco factory in the world. It makes! s
more thai half of the cigars and ci- i;
garettes supplied to the world. ?'
Thi town of Wilson is the largest
tobacco market in the world.
North Carolina makes a considera-i
1 * contribution to the world's sup-' n
I c
y y of cotton.
North Carolina has more cotton
mills than any other state in the
i riion.
Scotland county raises more cot- A
t ?n per acre than any other place in >1
the world. t;
North Carolina leads the union in u
the production <>f peanuts. li
North Carolina ranks first in the t!
production of sweet potatoes. It
The greatest peach orchard in the ei
world is in North Carolina. y
North Carolina rank? araonjj the
f. t st in apple growing.
Mt. Airy is the largest cabbage cen- \v
tor in the world. i
North ( arol'na is coming: to the tl
front in manufacturing;. North
Carolina ranks among; the e:
first in furniture, manufacturing. ai
The largest pulp plant in the world it
is ;n North Carolina.
Greensboro, in the mills of the- .itCone
Company weaves more denims E
tiian are woven by any other com-.
pary in '-he world. j
The largest overall factory in the ^
world is in North Carolina.
The Cannon mills at Kannapo ^
i- the largest towel factory in the
i i c?
world.
The Henrietta mi.Is weave nn-r
gingham than any other gingham manufactory
in the world.
North Carolina has two silk mills
and five w'ooien mills. ,
There are more than 130 knitting . y
mills in North Carolina.
The Hanes Knitting Co. at Win- ,
. 3 to
ston Salem maKes more knit under- j
wear than any other like factory in
the world
The Southern Power Co., is the '
second largest hydro-electric power
company in the world,
f The manufacturers of electric bulh
are dependent entirely the world ov- j n
er, for a certain sand which is a comJ.onent
of the filament, which is found i
only in North Carolina.
North Carolina has four great rail..
th
way lines.
The state is divided into nine highway
districts, each district under a
competent road engineer.
The University of North Carolina (
i- the oldest state institution of learn
i.-g in America.
Sa.em Academy for Women is the
eldest eoilege established in America lri
it being in North Carolina at Winston
North Carolina has t'ewv tor* ;gu
- v-nizeiK- than any other - ate
n the union.
I ieix are twenty five cities n the
t ate.
Soine :he facts about N- rth ' ari
na are:
The first and oldest white settKbr.
jaunt that has been continuously es-i
ahlished in America is the av of
kuh.
The firstr real clash of arm> a*c
m>t tin British was at Moores Cheek
v C.
Andrew Jackson, twice pres. lent
i the United States and ?reato>: ex-i
. if .: ??: Mood end iron. w.t- *?rn
i 'eared and practiced law n this
tale.
James K. I'olk, soldier of the
war and president of the Unitedhates
was born raised and learned \
he tailor's trade in North faro a. '
The first Declaration of Inaepcn-'
it nee was written in Charlotte May!
9, 1775.
The town of Durham has more per'
a pita wealth than any other town of
is size in the world.
North Carolina raises and -ells,
lore Bermuda onions than the Ber-j
i'iiiIu lul-iriil.
North Carolina is becoming more
op alar every day.
It is one of the grandest states
:i the Union.
City Life the Child's Jail
The apartment house is one of the:
reatest menaces to civilizati- -ays
li Bailey, Dean of the (lev- and
ichool of Art. He gives vcva: reaons,
strongest of which is that the
part me nt does not furnish ?gh
o ihi for the individual '*hild,. let
lone the raising of large lam. < >.
Living in apartments child? i??so
r, - education gained through
ration of home chores and < f nature :
tudy out where there are grass and
rees ami sunshine.
Thirty years ago. people were hor-.
itied at the mention of tenements
tnd yet cities are steadily cong ting!
i? the Domt where aU will r. in.
;gh grade tenements ? apartment j
ouses.
The goal of cities a- now planioMi (
eem.- :?> he streets lined with un-i
roken stretches of high brick apart-1
w iits crowded as close to each other\
s the law permits. It used to be
he custom to keep a strip of grass
he site of a living room rug out j
nod This is being done away with,;
part men ts crowding the sidewalk, j
Death lurks in the street.' where!
ato-maniacs whiz by. No place for!
he kiddies to play except dangerou-j
treets. sidewalks back porches and'
tarks that are miles a\v:i) from most
f them.
The alley, natural heritage and
. h; of every red-blooded hey. N
eing eliminated by soaring land vales.
'1 he *ity is becoming a j.til for the
hiai eve.- more than the grown up.
Every problem, however breeds its
\vr solution in time. People usuaiprefei
to make their homes in the
LiC.ur.'N The handicap .> Transports
ion. Autos, especially cheaper
lakes, are helping a lo'. along thine.
Rapid transit is in sight for
v,- more progressive communities.
badly needed, for there isn't a
ty ir. America that isn't at least five
ears behind its transportation needs
A childhood spent n the suburbs
r better still, out in the country is
orth more to boy . r girl than a
irge cash legacy later. Get out near1
it fresh air and larger playgrounds
you possibly can. It may take an
xtra hour of your time, getting back j
d forth from woik each day, but
's worth it times over
Help get the children out of their
til?the congested part of the city? j
xchangc.
i
HE SCHOOLMASTER'S PRAYER
y Dr. Frank Crane.
My God, first of all let me learn of'
he.? and to teach them under my
large as thou teachest all Thy creaires.
That is. let me lead them to be
ist because 1 am just, wise because j
am wise, great because I am great, j
And if their kecr. eyes see that
do fab <hort in hese qualities let;
u m aiso perceive that I recognize j
y shortcomings that I pretend not ,
virtues I do not possess and that
honestly strive to improve.
My God, let me study Thy methods
id imitate them.
As Thou dost bring all life to its
>ssibie perfection by Growth, so let
e duty value the element of time
my pupils and endeavor rather to
lide them to maturity than to force
iem to perfection.
Teach me Thy noble disdain of
)Yve and Thy shrewd indirection,
lat I may always induce and never
sort to the weakness of compulsion.
Let me be a gardener of Souls and
jt a mere Merchant of Facts.
Imbue me with Thy patience that
may thoroughly learn the supreme
of teaching which is to wait.
Let me see every pupil of mine as
Candle of the Lord and know that
y business is to light him.
Mnv T stimu-ate curiosity and feed
i
EHE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?F.V
_
Show me now to handle Fear and
turn ' into tnak<- the
| W'.'ak will >trunjc, to cat. imliffer
j t'Dtv ana irarslorm it >nto ambition
j to shi'mt > ..i -pitv into >clf confidi-nce
Give mi the love of my pupils for
I without love there is no teaehable!
ness.
Give no- strength ami that gentlenes>
\v oich is the garment of strength
and preserve me from weakness ami
from petuience ami tyranny which
are the signs of weakness.
Give me so mature a mind that
I win have a sense of values, that I
may distinguish between essentials
and non-essentials and that I may
not magnify little things.
Give me a wise blindness to the
faults of exuberance and a wise e\ aluution
of enthusiasm.
Make me sympathetic with youth
that I may not criticize as evil what
is nothing but imraatuiity.
Teach me never to resort to the!
folly of reward and punishment but
to recognize that every human being
wants to learn, wants to be strong
and wants to be right; and show nu j
hew to uncover and to develop these j
wants
Let me never forget the profits of
t .? .. . 1
my vuinr.g ana mat trie greatest |
wealth ?e.e car gain r this world is|
the property right he clears in souls.
Invest me with the the true dignity
of my office that I may always have :
a proper pride in knowing that mine !
is the highest of all callings and that |
no man's business is nobler than his
whose office is to guide arid mo'd the
unfolding mind.
keep me humble that 1 can contin- |
ue to learn whir i teach.
May I strive not so much to be
called Master as t.< be a Master, not j
t< show my authority so much as to!
have authority.
And give me that joy in my j
work, that exaltation in my privilege!
and that satisfaction in my service
that c??rm*s from the knowledge that!
of all human occupations, that of]
teaching is most like the business of I
God Himself.
LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Written and published hv Request of
\1 _ I.,.. ? It I V*
.< .... ritv ? ** i . uiiiiniiMi, .1.
Among: Ihv builders <-1* out country
?? i man looms up above them all.
Thousands haw risked their live? in J
America's tattles. Hundreds haw gi-j
ven tie best of their energy to the
building 01 America's institutions.)
and main have served as he? chie*'
executives, but none of these have
needed the steadfast faith ami courace
io hold linnet her a few crude
or.:.-; - ag.i t a. king*- disci pi:
. my None el these- havt faced the
problem ot forming a nation out of
thirteen impoverished colonics. AJfc
the close of a long war. at the very
head of America's great men, tand(leorue
Washington, the fathei of his
< jnt ry.
George Washington was born iri
Westmoreland cour.tv, Virginia on
I eh. 17o2.
a hoy he was a .-Uaigh forward
aorahh* little chap and as a voting
man served with distinction in cam
paigns against the Indians.
When George was foorf een he tool:
:> the study of surveying, as that
? med to give the best promise fori
the future. By way of practice he
. ^ veu the field.; around t.h#? sebnol
PMi_i.se, and on the neighboring plan-j
t-atior.s, making exact and careful cal j
e pilations, all of which he neatly put j
down in note hooks. Also when read-;
;:.g if he came across anything that |
contained a good piece of advice!
as to how he should behave he ap- j
pears to have written it down so as
t<? impress it on his memory.
On January C?. 1759 he was married
to Miss Martha Oustis. Washington
took his wife to Mount Vernon.
To the best of his knowledge
hrs military duties were at an end
and before him stretched only peaceful
years of plantation life. He was
av one of the wealthiest men in
Virginia.
In the French and Indian war he
rose to the rank of Colonel. He was
frequently a member of the Virginia
legislature and v. as a delegate to
the Continental Congress in 1775.:
He was commander in chief of the
American forces during the revolution.
1787 he was president of the
Constitutional convention at Philadelphia.
He was twice president of
the United States and served with j
distinction and ability.
He died at Mount Vernon December
11, 1799. He was a man of pu-|
ri-vt not ri At 1 cm /.-f 1
)?uvi vvioiii v>? Ui'u.-iUAi ill'lIILV, i
and statesmanship.
"First in war, first in peace audi
first in the heart of his countrymen." j
When Mother Get* a Letter
When mother had a letter then her
eyes begin to twinkle,
And the joy of hearing from him
seems to banish every wrinkle.
I think if 1 could see her as she hurries
for her glasses
There would never be a morning as
the grad clad postman passes;
And I'm sure if he could hear her as
she hums some cheerful ditty,
She vou'd never he forgotten hv the
t
ER* THURSDAY?BOONE, N C.
boy that's, in the city.
4
it.'s i;o use t?> sit and tell her no to
worry or be tearful*
When a mother's heart i> lonely then
.? mother's eves are .eurfni.
And mother's mind is troubled.
a! d -he is constantly referring:
To he danger- of he city and the
a . vi dents occurring;
But the nights 1 find her smiling and
says she*> feeling; better
And she laugh.- across the tea cops;
the 1 know <h.**s had a letter
From the pocket of her apron she1
puils out his written pages
And 'xultahtiy she toils me that he's
h a? a raise in wages.
Tbi she chuckle- at his humor and j
the story of his labors.
Am I know beyond a question that
-h<- read it to the neighbors.
And we sit and talk it. over ptoud as
lovers duly smitten.
Finding joy and satisfaction in each
lint "Ur boy has written.
\V hen mother's had a letter, then the
fears and doubts that grieve her
And the thousand things she's dreadd
g seem to leave her.
Then 1 wish unto her chuckles some
glad morning he could listen,
| Or coii'd see her smile returning and
! her eyes begin to glisten:
j Con id he know the joy it gives her, j
I Tb< he never would furoet her
: And she'd netffer have to wonder why
she doesn't get a letter.
?EDGAR A. GUEST.
JUST FRIENDS
Mr M. Wiley Jones, a jovial traveller
man from Bluefield. W. Va.;
hands us the following poem com-]
pose! by- Miss Fannie Nobiitt of'
Asheville, which we think worthy of |
spa*' We think our readers will agre?
'hat the sentiments are touching'
v beautiful:
With -ouis tempest tossed.
Out pathways were crossed
By .1 tendei tinseen power.
Wh . v.-r betide:*Kach
year, each day and each hour I
Ami iife has but proved
The hand that has moved
in the making of friendships' lie.
Ami :hr years hut strengthen
The . ks that lengthen
A lri end ships' reality.
In tin thiek of the fight
We have stood for the right,
>.. matter how futile the game.
Ami whatever the weather
? W ve faeed it together.
With hearts that wore ever the1
same.
When toil seemed in vain;
\Y hen life was but pain
And joys seemed turned tc sorrow
VY f've looked through tears
1 the future years
And hoped for a brighter tomorrow
W'e have shared the losses
A: <! horde tht crosses.
That arc only a part of life's dower
With resigned souls to meet
We've made sacrifice sweet,
Still trusting a higher power.
In mid summer days
On life's sunny ways
With all dear bounties bestowed.
We've tasted the sweet
About our feet.
And drank of a cup overflowed, j
Mid mazes serene,
!n days that have been,
We've wandered where beauty a- j
bounds.
And under the skies.
With enraptured eyes,
We've watched the sun go down. ;
Then wandered back
To the beaten track?
To our place in the busy throng.
But with hearts that were true
And with souls that knew.
Paced life with a l'lt of a song.
Oh friend of my heart,
In sorrow we part,
When paths must often sever
But out by the way,
I dream of the day
When ways will be parted?never.
When day light fades
Into deep night shades
And the stars in heaven gleam
In visions 1 see,
A face dear to me.
As the dawn of a tender dream
The smile that you give,
W ill after you live.
As a star of infinite iight,
And your loving deeds
Are fertile seeds
That will yield a harvest white.
Like a beacon iight.
In the darkest night.
The light of your soul shines thru
When tempests assail
And courage will fail,
Tis there 1 always find you.
O friend of the years
Through laughter a:.d tears.
-- ? " 1
A ". : o*.' litem- can see
Through long nights and days,
Kach ^tcp of the way,
i our ia" fouovccd we.
When w si - ' c. : way
Which b fjhUrt ?iay,
0? ht ! :<. > b. .^uhlim^.
Where vi. * - .u-. uev.
The soui* ha an- true
Will mct'i ir? a far tairer clime.
HEIRS OF AN INDIAN
CHIEF ASK $100,000
Smell Amount Deposited in
1859 Grown to Fortune.
St. Paul. Minn?For more than *iO
years the -pint ?>: Little Crow, Sioux
Indian chieftain, has rested peacefully
in the top- of liis warriors, hut his
dealings with the white man still bear
fruit.
A son and daughter and granddaughter
oi Chief Little ('row toduy
are seeking to establish their el aim to
the prim ij-al and interest on $2,000 ,
which, lIn- claim, was deposited by
Chief l.it: * Crow ia 1S59 in The First
National nk of this city. The warlike
chief smI vcqueritly left the peace
councils and took the warpath against
he encroaching whiter He became
an out In a : his money in the hank
never was "uehed, it is claimed.
Odd Story of Lost Legacy.
Tli. 'ft :[;< .:to of deposit still is in
exls . nee. and the money with Its
thou rinds < doliars in accumulated
interest 's waiting possession, according
to Mrs 0. Blue Cloud of Minneapolis.
a granddaughter and heir to
Chief Litile ? row.
It is a long and strange story of a
lost legacy Mrs. Blue Cloud tells, a
legaej horn of war, massacre and
bloody Indian trails.
The legacv now amounts approximately
to Sino.ooo with* interest compounded
annually at 1 per cent, I; has
been estimated.
Following the treaty of ISM, in
which lands west of the Mississippi
river were >*ed??d to the Cnlted States
by ttie Indians Chief Little Crow recelved
a government allotment of
$2,000 This was deposited In the
First Nations; bank of thtw city in
185ft. Mrs Blue <'loud nvr
Gave Certificate to Friends.
"Tin* di'Hili oi Chief Liule Crow
occurred in NVi, after the massacre
of 18(12." Mrs. Itiii** Cloud explained,
"lie left a eriiticate of deposit In the
hands of t'r ciiu>. Later it was turned
over to friends of the chief, and now,
we believe is n> the possession of a
grandnephew of the chief. His name
in Henry NWsntiun and he lives In
Stint ee, Neb
Light ..ears ago, according to Mm.
Blue Cloud, proceedings were started
In Nebraska to clear up claims to the
de|K)Slt certificate. Musi's Wakeiuan
and Hannah Bed Karth. both of Peever.
S. !>.. son and daughter of Chief
Little Crow and Mm. Blue Cloud,
granddaughter, made claims as preferential
heirs. The investigation dragged
for several >earn, but nothing eame of
It. Mrs. Blue Cloud claims the certificate
of deposit is still in possession of
Mr. West man.
Many wcnr\ months has Mrs. Blue
Cloud passed in her efforts to establish
the claims of herself and the uncle
and nunr in Peever. ller own home is
in Granite Falls. Minn., but she has
come t?> the Twin Cities where she haa
made a living doing Indian headwork.
Chief Born Near St. Paul.
Chief Little Crow was born near the
present site of this elty in the Indian
village of Kuposiu. He was chief of
the Kuposiu tribe. At first he followed
the foosteps of his furher and lived at
peace with the white mun After the
treaty of 18S1 he began to manifest a
spirit of restlessness and a growing
feeling of hatred for the whites. Final
ly he joined an uprising in 18ft"-.*. when j
the Indians left the reservation alioted
to them In northern Minnesota There
was a general massacre of the whites :
August 18, 1862. in which L<HH> were j
slain. The Indians were defeated and
dispersed by Gen. Uwirj \V. Sibley at
Wood Lake. Minn., September 23. IK62 !
Little Crow fled with a smnll band ;
to Canada. Believing It was his duty |
hi hi- r Wa <? < CM?O i
, >? It?uuiru <11 tnixi j
and led a war party of Indiana into J
Minnesota. A white settler and his s??n J
shot Little Crow to death nt Hutchin |
son. Minn., receiving a reward of (j
$1,000. which had been placed on his \
h.,.?
The chiefs scalp was taken and Is '
now in tlie collection of the Minnesota j
State Hist<?rical society.
?
Wisconsin Blacksmith
Becomes Inventor at 75 j
Plalteville, Wis. ? John Piquette, j
aged seventy-five, veteran blacksmith |
and known far and wide as a shoer of
race horses, has invented a tooi ma- ;
chine for sharpening hard steel used in |
bam and drills In the zinc mine*. It is
very simple In construction, a steel
wheel driven by a power shaft doing
ti>e work. I>ast Christmas Mr. and
Mrs. Plquette celeb rat ed their golden
wedding. He works at the anvil every
dey.
Bird Guilty of Axon
Oliarlesron. W. Vt.?-George Sharp's
IfcCormiek street residence was slightly
damaged by a blaae. "Do yon know
wha* caused the Are?" a Are departneni
lieu tenant asked Sharp. Sharp
didn't, but one of his children did. An
Inquisitive bird pulled a string from a
burning trash pile and flew to Ite neat
m an cave of the bouse.
K. I
APRIL 24, 1924
FEWER PAlilSARE '
FOUND IN THE U. S.
Fossil Remains Show They
Used to Cover Continent.
Sort!? of the most beautiful of the
paints which are native to this country
seem to be retreating to very circumscribed
areas, the royal palm, for ex
ample, which about the middle of the
Eighteenth century was to be found far
down the Saint John's river, between
Luke George and I^tkc LH?xter, in Florida.
not now being found in that local
ity. according to Dr. John K Small,
lecturing on palms recently at the New
i'orli Botanical Garden. Bronx park,
increasing spells of cold weather and
"freezes." he said, seem to be responsible
for the retreat of this palm,
which today cannot be found growing
naturally within 250 mile? of the locality
in which It was found and recorded
by Wlllhim Bart rani at the earlier date
mentioned.
Few Palms Thrive In Pots. *
Of the royal palm Bartraui records:
"The palm trees here seem to he of a
different species from the cabbage tree;
their straight trunks are 60. HO or 90
feel high, with a beautiful taper, of
a bright ash color, until within six or
seven feet of the top. where It is a
tine green color, crowned with an orb
of rich green plumed leaves."
Doctor Small is well known for his
studies in the 11 eristics of eusteri
North America. For several decades
he hus devoted much attention to the
vegetation of the Southeastern states,
having paid especial attention to the
cacti, cyeads, spider lilies, tiags, palms
and other special groups of palms.
This region, although the cradl*4 of the
white man's civilization on the North
American mainland, remained for a
long time a botanical terra Incognita,
furiously enough, as Doctor Small
pointed our, all except one of the 15
native palms of the ocnrlnental United
States are <*onlined to this region.
"AJlliMllfh millif??t*i t\f iwir?nnc am?.
side of the tropics are acquainted
with palms, their acquaintance to
torn ely limited to palms In h ported
state. It Is not under such circumstances
that palms reveai tliemselves
as the prln?-e<; of the vegetable
kingdom." said !>< . tor SmaU. While
there are many kinds thai develop we*
In inrge greenhouse*. most of the specimens
grown Indoors are puny, and
even if well-developed, their surroundings
so detract from their true characteristics
that much of their natar&l
beauty is inst.
Fossils Found in Arctic.
During the later geologic agea paints
grew in most parts of North America,,
us is shown by tiie fossils preserved
in the struta of the continent. Remains
of various organs, mostly leaves*
have been found, not only in temperate
North America, but ulso as far
northward of the Arctic circle a.-, col- j
lectors have thus far penetrated. Ow-1
Ing chietly to the linn substance of}
their tissues, moreover, the minutiae
of some of those ancient paluis have
been preserved to us in greatest detail.
These palms of the North oe-l
curred mostly, if not wholiy. In the|
later geologic ages, being most abond-j .
antly preserved in the strata of the| '
Tertiary period, although they definite-j
iy appeared, developed and multiplied;
in the preceding peritnl, the Cretaceous.'
Iu* modern times there are two r.iata
centers of geographic distribution for
puims?the one, tropical America, and ;
the other, tropical Asia, with a minor
center in tropical Africa.
Instead of extending Into the Arctic
regions us they formerly did, the northern
geographic limits are now in the
southern United States, southern
Kurope and southern Japan, while the
southern limit Is about middle Chile,
or, in other words, the geograpMe distribution
to within 38 degrees north
latitude and 3? degrees south latitude
in regions with an average rem- j
perature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit or
more, and a minimum rarely, if ever, j
below zero.
Sixteen Varieties in United States, '
The history of the palms of the
continental United States, appears to
cover nearly four centuries. The
earliest reference seems to be the "Rio
de las Pal mas" on the map of Amerigo
Vespucci, published by Cantino In V,
lfwA? Thin rh? X*. I
lo represent the Rio Orande. If thta
Ih so. the genus Sabal. represente*i by
the Texan cabbage tree (Sahal texana).
wou'd be the first of our palms
to he referred to, though Indirectly.
The last genus to ccine to light within
our boundaries was Paurotls?the,
saw-cabbage palm?which was discovered
in southern Florida in 1888.
Today sixteen different kinds of
palms are known to grow naturally to
the United States?four-feather palms i
...... . - ^. i(in ^tiiuw. *II'.- luruier
npirr. to represent a more primitive
type, at leant as IndleBted by life
structure of the Waf, in which (be
divisions are arranged ahong the aides
of an ek.ngtite axis.
Granted Victoria Medal
The Victoria medal ef the ttoy&l Geographical
Society ef Or eat Brit air. hart
been awarded to Director John V. Hay :
ford, head of the College of Engineer-!
ing of Korthweasern anlversliy, lor
notable achievement In eatahilablni;
the theory of isostasy, oAciala of Mm? \
nnlverslty ennooneed et Chicago.
French Name Street Lenim
The Communist town coendU at
Chaiubon Krugeaolles, I'raace, has voted
to mirn one of the streets after
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