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PAGE -IX ********** *-*** #**#*** ***** f . 2 J Tunnel Near Boston % % Dug in 1745 Remains * * Bttjfoc.?Ki'obubly fen people * ^ know that vrJtl:Ln 190 miles ol * Bosfoc N i?Mr oldest tuxipe' \kix\t * $ by c'jite mon in tb*? 1'iiitrftl * * s,?... * 3K In 1712 i-?tiai* or* 11 inn- * * luitu emigrrtlvd from Hinsclium to * * South AMngtoQ. and in lTr.l ho * * k partner with tfve other f * , . * * men in a project to huiM a >uw 4c J aii?l sfrls* inili on Herwy's river. J * Close by, hiit -ej-nraiocl h.v u * ^ vnci<iernt?l?r rids* was another ? * -.trof.m of oonsnWernble ^i/t tl ?w- * * nj in tho su'ite tUreotlott Ho- ^ -> !?Hr: oin^lv^d th?- Idea of join- + * ?hf hy ,i tunnel and *' * ait.i! and thereby Incri-.tsinj: his ? * water j??rw? r No work of that * * Ictod had yet been rl ?ne ii Aiimt * * o:u nnVs- hy ?lo iireljis rir In 4. * dan tribes in the far Somhwsi. ^ +. In 1T4"? h*? began his :if j fitil b.itlt * canal a jnll* Ion: nnd * * pinnei n?i?ri>y jr# r<?-> in * ^ ncr!i nhich -ritl remain* * * < i /.- ir"** -fcrifr-V-* *-V*-5Ht J SAYS TLT-ANKH-AMEN WAS REALTY SHARK. Overcharged Abraham for Land for Wife'* Tomb. Washington.-- Kirur TuI Ajbkh-Amen was a real estate speculator and Abraham was finned t?? pay forty times v hat land was worth fit amer to obtain a bnrying v for his wife, trot b. I >. Lui'KehitHl of ti. 1 'diversity of Chicago toSil the nuttaual ass<? iatloij *)t !- ji\ -state hoards fotirp. Ai'v-ienl Js:b$t?mb?n and tC^yytlui< civ;li;'.nii?n> itjst a- ioii? as Die oh ?in on to all vned rv;.i -'.state," IhiviOr ijttrkej'ihlV: -aid. ' In the i'ef. i r, the tax*- r?>-.- so high, that the sroai: landholder was com* nt?l:n . ... !. f ? ....... , .......i l? "I'.l Ill** hunker to meet Ms tux Vd'.l und put lu a new crop. Soon w?i tin I them leasing thei Iatins to tin- hanking firms for- ssxty-cox year jn-rwds; In other w<wdi tbej guve up the sirnggie. The stor> i- the same fur an cient Kgypt, ancient ?!ro e and ancient Home. H may b? the same for tin- r nit est States. "Mortgages iml rent are as old as th oM'-st form of re.They were written ??n <-lay tablet- =n ttoj rows of wodge-shaped characters In a time that antedated King Tnr's reign. as mtt.li as be antedates the modern j realtor." After quoting from Genesis the per tion thai relates to the death of Sniv.li. Abraham's wife, uud Abraham's purchase. for 400 pieces of silter. of a hurving place for t.??r, Doctor L.rck-nbill said that Abraham] was overcharged because be was in Strange land. "From a study of hundreds of tin dent ren! estate transactions I at:, able to tell you." be said, *'rhnt Ahrn ham paid from forty to fifty times as much as the field was worth. "King Tut probably kept a thrifty eye open for bargains In choice subur bar- lots overio oclng the Nile. t?eg.? tinted ninety nino-vear or longer lenses on something besides bis famous tomb, and drew plan- for new R5?ni7isiouK with 'quality homes at moderate prices.*" Sv/arnp Snake Found Far I From Its Native Habitat Columbia. S. C.?A party of stu i dents, headed by Prof. J. D. Corrltig ( ton of the University of South Caro ! Sina, while searching weeds and ponds j near here, made what is4, believed to I he a scientific discovery of importance I An adolescent specimen of the black swaiup snake, known us "seruinatrix pygea." hitherto reported only in Fieri da. was found. "The question that will interest all bfolotfsts is how the species comes to he found in a locality 8ti0 utiles ttortl of its established northernmost raiexe." Professor Uorrlugton assorted. "Th?. sue- an tinima! could be a stnty >accidental one i? .tit ..? tlie question as these sunk - are of a very sta tionary and retlflru nature. c "The .nly oxpleti ri<m which th?- j mil*- win ftfliim h that the snake hw* been overlooked in the intervening territory of Kiorkla. t*eoriria and the remainder of South Carolina. Further close search should reveal additional specimens." Game Wardens Face 78 Below on Alaska Trip Anchorage, Alaska.?Frank l>ufresne. fur warden at Nome, and his trail assistant. Fay l?eiezene, a noted northern dog rn usher, encountered aotne of the coldest weather known In the territory during a trtp last winter to the north of the Arctic circle, v For ten days at one stretch the mercury registered from 62 to 78 degrees below zero, according to Dufresne. "An interesting fact." eald Dufresne, la rh??t when the thermometer resris ters 00 degrees below or colder, animal life ceases to move and barrows Into the snow, remaining there taull the weather warms up. Davidson's July Clear wee Sale begins Tuesd'j July 1. For more particu la*-'- zze pa^e SL GREAT EXPOSITION IS PLANNED FOR TEXAS St. Louis World's Fair to Be Outdone, Is Hope. Howie, Tex.?While no date, nor even 4 deft:?ite ,>ear. has been fixed j j for the event, preliminaries for &d?l- j | ing a cezitcnnial exposition In Texas ! have boon completed. A com'ait tee 1 I of 1<*I citizens living in many secj fions of the stare has been gnoeen *o j direct development of the scores of ' 1 contributory enterprises. The ch?!r* I juan of this committee is Catt> Hells lot wiio was eooimUwdoner or I Indian affairs dnrin^ thd a^iiinistia| ti??n Ai Wood row Wilson. At m recent meeting of the com! ink tee 'ii Austin, at which a lenii porary organization was effected. It | was generally agreed that the exp? *'l~ tioD should be held within three vv: rs. After :he meeting, leading daily newspapers of the state exhibited tar more enthusiasm than formerly over the project and some of them have declared in favor of raising $30/*:HV OUOto $3ri,000,CKN> tu carry It out. That the exposition should be* on a larger scale than the Louisiana Fur- use exposition at St. Louis is gecen y agreed among representative men. also that ali nations of the world should be invited to participate. Frobably no subject since Texas ! gained Its Independence from Mex: Ico In T8:^ has so engaged and ?-ngrossed the people of the Lone S*nr state. The state's claimed 2tV?.7sO square miles-?its very higm-ss?as well as the richness and variety of its resources *ui]?el the rrenrnittee of ! 3 ? to attempt something Mg. Rose Named for Wife of President Wins Honors 1 The Mrs. Calvin Coolidge rose is the nam.' of the flowers held ! > the ' young lady in the pintire. They were ' exhibited :?r the animal <how -?f the j American iris society. Mrs. CooHd#*! has ordered smuc of the plants set j out in the U nite Ho- *- gardens. Mrs. j y. M. Pfcrsoo, oi Tarrytown. n. v., is) the oriKinar??r? of the specie* Sells Napoleon's Flags in Tiny Bits to Tourist* Paris.?A watchman employed in the Invalhles was recently arrested, charged with clipping hits off of Napoleon's guttle flags draped over the emperor's tomb and selling them as souvenirs to tourists at $10 a piece. It Is believed the watchman entirely disposed of two battle dags, outline off a liny square of the faded. hlc?c??tstained, shell-tattered bunting every time a tourist w?8 wtlllng to pay a sufficient* price. * ******** % Playful Fireball Rips Roads, Trees X j; London.?A fireball played * * havoc in Stansted, Essex, vrbcn J * it struck the bottom ?>f a tree ^ i * trunk and started on a ton? of * ^ destruction, according to the $ | * St ousted c*rreepon dc-m of the 5 I % Daily Chronicle, who wa^ hnrled * i * from his automobile by an ex- J * plosion the fireball canaeiL * I * Here is what happened: J i * ft tore awav the trunk of * # * tree ?<-ar ita basts, without dam- * * a id ng the upper branches. ? Came up again under the road- ? * way, with an explosion, several * S ynrtls nway. tearing a large era- * * ter in the gronnti * Pnt through a gas main, which * { Mimed afterwards foe two hour*. S r I Knocked a rooforcyrllst off hi* 4 ! J machine. f * Smothered with dirt and atone, 3 * Rowland Norman of Walpole 1 | J farm, who was getting In his ?u- J * tomobiie. 3 * Trnveied along a line of \ * barbed-wire fence for -K) yards i, * wrecking a wooden fence and J 4, blowing np portions of the s * ground. j _' * Tore away a corner of a house. ; j t Broke many windows in netgh- ' M I boring houses by its numerous 1 ' J explosions. aeit finally rolled ' ? i.-V u- " ' hfi it ' - -ov rod ' & - ' .v.ii. a the groana. 1 5 :he watauca democrat?e 1 HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON THE BODY Mar. Cannot Endure Moro Than 90 Degrees F. U'asbiugtoiL?That the human body. In a state of rest and In still air, cannut endure indefinitely a tempecaturs fcight*i than Po degrees Fahrenheit with 1011 per ceut relative humidity, has been determined by [^mrticent of Interior investigators ut the Pittsburgh experiment station of the bureau of mines, cooperating with the American Society of lieu ting and Ventilating Engineers, in the course of the testa it was noted that the heavier and stouter men in the experiments, when aubjeeied to uncomfortably hot temperatures. lost zijore weight than the lighter and thinner men. nut u> a rule could endure such temperatures for a longer period and complained less of the exhaustion which followed, j Ia>m of weighr^tn the subject* ex- ' perimoiued with gradually increased | with ail increase in atmospheric tern- | ftlyiutn. i? urui"?ct inr ^uojcti u'uuu tee water he immediately gained In weight, ami in all cases the subject, within 21 hours, usually regained the entire weight lost. Subjects who drank ice water freely after exposure to high temperatures felt no ill effects. tending to disprove the assumption that such action develops severe crumps. It was found ihut the exhaustion and weakness following subjection of human beings to a very high temperature and humidity for a short period' Is not so severe as subjection to a moderately high ^temperature and humidity for a longer period. TaXe Pulse Rate. Ay tt5l ? ' - . - . The pulse ra:c. rather than the rise in body temperature, apparently determines the extern of the discomfort experience! by the subject. Subjects became very uncomfortable aftei the puis^ rate ?'\.i ceded 13f? pulsations per minute, and complained of unbearable and distressing symptoms when the pulse exceeded lttU per minute. The highest pulse rate recorded was 184 per minute. ounjeriioa 10 ulKn u-ua perarurcg and humidities produced no marked change iu the respiratory rale The health, comfort and efficiency of men engaged in the mining Indus- | try may he impaired. In some Instances very seriously, by abnormal physical condition*. of mine air or by variations in its composition. This is true in some of the metal mines of the W? st. where high temperatures with varying tumidities are encountered. Physiological studies have been made by the bureau of mines in some of the mines showing the effects of varl ous temperatures und humidities. As it is difficult to <mrry out aludlc* on many controlled temperatures, it was thought best 10 make the pies en' experiments in a laboratory and apply the results to the mining industry in m tai as practicable. live experiments were conducted Id twy fully equipped chmnbers, inMil led by cork board. designed to lmunmin air conditions at n desired tempo af ore and humidity. The teiu- ' peraiure, humidity .?nd air met ion of I each room may be controlled inde- | petulentlv of each other. Tlic air eondaiuis are controlled by apparatus outside of the chambers and entirely separated fmta iheta. Instruments for observing the body ami surface temperature* of the subject, also for j recording the rute of respiration and j of the heurt pulsations* and the appa- j rsin< IxiuuL mptiihuilvm work mr*? located m bu adjoining room. Record Temperatures. The oral temperature of each sr.fvJect registered by the one-minute clinical thermometer, while the surface temperatures were recorded by means of thermo-couples in contact with the body wild connected to a potent iometer in an adjacent room by means of flexible wires. Surface temperature readings were t a Iron without the knowledge ?*f the subjects In addition to counting the rate of respiration by an observet. the rtue | was aisu recorded at intervals uii- I known te the subject by means of an | Inflated tube strapped ar ?unri the i cheat and connected by loitg rubber tubing to the kymographies* placed in the room adjoining the chamber. The wave lengths were traced 011 smoked paper enclrvfcin? the druiu of the instrument. ' While Irrelevant to the present study. aD attempt was made to de termlne the cansc of the inflammation of the eyes, of which workers iti the Industries so frequently complain, j On a day when the eves were normal a small quantity of sweat, which had be*n collected during an e*i>enxnent, whh dropped in the eye. The conjunctiva almost immediately became Inflamed and the eye felt sore. The sweat collected from the face- seemed less irritating to the eye thaq that collected either from the chest or arms. Sweart^nds were then applied to the forehead during the experiments, these preventing the ire eat from flailing Into the eyes and also preventing the Inflammation. This proves sufficiently that sweat is the chief factor [ In producing the conjunctivitis whleb i accompanies exposure to heat, the in j vestlgatots say. i Jap Waptt 78 Cents Daily l Tokyo,?The average daily wage o; r Japanese laborer*. Including women { ta 1.55 yen?at nonnal exchange abou J 7S cents In American currency?ac J cording to tigvea pnbllalied by tlx J home ilei-artroeat. The aeerajt* wagi * j for male I.-.borers ts I .TO yon and f? * j women rei yea, and the storage wort * day la ten hoar*, weiuy nix rrinutai f^ER'Y THURSDAY?BOONE. N C MISSISSIPPI'S DCGS TO LEAD DOGS' LIVES Must Be Chained Five Months of the Year. Jack von, Miss.?Unless law inforce- i men: officers ciose their eyes or look j the other way, a dog's life :u Mississippi hereafter will he 8 dog's life, for . a new Jaw enacted by tbe last tagisla- ; ture was signed unwittingly by Uoveruor V? IdrHe'd. For live mouths eecb year, from March 1 to August 1. all dogs must be Eju?/.lt'd and Ln addition must be chain ' to their kennels. TW "'purp' widen heretofore has boasted that he wore Ho man's collar uiust wear one iiov. tor the law requires It and pro Tides that the collar must curry a metal , into lieamijr the name ami udtfreas ??t the owner. AiHKbcr pruvt biou. ert? ?*tive January 1 1SC5, Is u tax oi }H?r year oh ma!e aud $2 on tenia!' canities. The measure c??us?m| a runipus in both t ie senate atid'botise when it was umler (llscnsaion and the atmosphere was highly charged as a result of the debate. The owners of 'coon dogs especially kicked against putting <;oIlurs on their hunting companions while every dog {over joined vehemently in j the pr test gainst chaining them ftp i for P.w nwnthfc in the year aii'd put- | ting *> ird cages" on their faces, as ' one member described the muzzle proposition. The l?ilx. however, man- ' a^ed : slip through each iior.se by 1 h b - breadth. (i?i\. n i' ?r With field *v?i5i>?i?li:TinT ' with the '-;ttsine population a retn 1 ready. bw in thv jam six the condo9iof: - . the session when h? h;*'S to 1 sign of now laws in bntrtiofi. am? s_.; thorn Miiiokly. the <I??>r lav becaiiK unxeil ?vUl? those t?? nnd b" his s:gmiture before he realised what it >vas. Cross-Continent Hiker Sma-hc: AU Recoru* I id S. S S. McNeil, a ScotchH uoaUlao. has Just completed a record breaking hike from Los Amreles to Washf ncton ! D. n distance ??i mi|n, in IOC I iitys. McNeil averaged between 4J" and 50 miles a day. The picture shows McNeil iej'vintt the White House nftei paying hie respects to President Coo! Idge. Plan to Salvage Ship Sunk 300 Years Ago London.?A seo? ad attempt is to bo made to salvage the Spanish warship Ahnlrunte <11 Florenzia, which has heen buried In the sand sad ciay of Tobermory bay, Argyllshire, tor over three centuries. All the latest devices for submarine salving will be xseil, ahd it is hoped to recover millions of cash, gold and silver plate, i candelabra, crucifixes and the crowr gold and Jewels which was to be placed on the head of a Spanish king j of England. ? -? ? I * Sun Splitting in Two, j i * Eastern Educator Say* ^ j * West Chester, Pa.?A crack Is 4 ! ^ heeoiptng visible la the sun and j i* the frreat >rt> wiil Split in two, j J according to Dr. David Todd. Dr. * Todd Is professor emeritus of i * \-.nherst college and has been ]j * making observation* of the aun t * from a big telescope at Gray- j * stone near here t a A great mass of spots on the J ' | * eastern edge of the sun was dls- ]j . * covered by Dr T?dd. t l J The effect of thin on the earth * 41 and other planets <-annot he even t s J estimated. It would be years, !j f J probably. before any effect would * r * i fc PRACTICAL USES Or"' WEATHER FORECASTS Save Merchant and Stockman From Looses. Wftgl.inetort-?On** Drnduct of tho govenuLfiit which is gaining *djc use in the commercial world is the weather torwtst. Kveryone Is familiar with the laconic se&tencms which appear Id mil newspapers forecasting the weather for the following day. These forecasts, by the way. now have reached a mark of more than SO per I cent accuracy. In earlier days of me- 1 teorology the weather man's predictions used to be laughed at. but in ; nearly oin?* out of ten nowadays ! he is light. The* brief daily notices represent by no means the ful? product of the Lotted States weather bureau. It makes many other calculations on weather subjects which are avuliable to anyone upon application. Whin one speaks of weariser In .most parts ?>f the United States, the Idea of rain Is probably the iirst mesta! reaction. To show hou this Idea has-been comn-crcfaiised one may read . the exj/erSetu- of a lurge umbrella , dealer, lie had been In the habit of ordering larg? consignment of umbrellas froiu the manufacturers in the autumn because he was under the | general i?npre>>ioB that more rain was ; noticeable at thai season. Then it occurred t?? him to approach j the mutter scientifically and ho got in ! touch with ti c weather bureau. He ; \\hh furnished \vltli charts showing the usual distribution ??f precipitation in his part of t.? country. After study- j Ins these, he worked out a chart which proved an efficient guide to the amount ! of rain which would full in the rati- j ous months of the year On the basis ! of this chart In placed orders for uin brellus to delivered month by month in q*matities proportionate to ( the expected rainfall. The system wOrked perfectly. Hi' was never overstocked and never sold entirely out. When to Buy Lambs. A western ee; ' aiser furnishes another Interesting example. II? had suffered losses by purchasing young lambs and having them killed l?y adverso weather conditions* After study iu? woniner mans t-xiraasng over i<?ng period^ he was able ??? make a calou- i Intlon fihow!n0lhe earliest dote in the I -*pring at wlilcli It would t??? wafe titliuy Iambs. There was 'Oily about a week's j difference in hi*? time of purchase iin de?* the new system. hut i\ turned his losses into profits Architect* and builders. especially in regions where snow falls, ure more and ir.oiv consulting weather chart* as : u guide to the roustnic?i??n of r?H>fl. j Snow is very heavy The whole r.a j | tlon remembers how the r?M?v of the, Knickerbocker theater in Washington <*oi lapsed two years age after an Tin- j usually heavy vn-?\vs<or:n. killing scores of ;ieople. By consulting the I weal her charts the architect can de terir.lne what stresses the roof he b planning will he subjected to. lie then plans rake care -,f -he nuudmOD! load, leaving lift addition a cot-(Helen? of Sii fvt\ . Th. weight of now resulted la a curious dispute In the West sotne time ago. a flock of sheep \\?s purchased on the hosts of so nwieh a pound. The sheep were run onto grains out of] j doors and weighed. ITpon delivery the < ' buyer found t K:?i the sheep were very ! imuch underweight. Re had paid for several hundred pounds more than he received nnd put in n claim for the missing sheep. Investigatlon developed that when the sbcep were weighed a heavy snow was falling and each sheep I carried a coverlet of snow. The pur- j chaser had bought both sheep and. . snow by the pound. Of course, the snow was gone when the sheep were , delivered. Evidence In a Lawauit. , An innvoitant lawsuit la pending in , the state of Ctah in whl^h the wearh} er bureau is furnishing material estj dence. ,\ mining company opened up | a subterranean stream of water aud. as water Is valuable in that arid secI tioh. immediately made use of It. A regular surfuee streum nep.rby simultaneously diminished its (low. Irrigation projects in th)* vicinity and power companies set up a cinirn ] tnnr tne nr.n?ng company nan iiiegaiiy diverted the water from the surface stream by tapping Its undeground : sources. The mining comput\y is seeking to show by weather record that the diminution of the flow of the surface i stream whs due to ? long continued i spell of dry weather IHow the weather records can he used in personal matters is revealed In the case of a hrand-new limousine i which v\as overturned on an open road. It was Insured and a claim was entered on the xroumy that the machine liad heen overturned and wrecked by the wind in the^coorse of 11 n< . 1M,.? ifnufKur MZ-Arils ii'ki-n I consulted by the Insurance company j.ami it was shown that the highest 1 wind pressure In the state was but one-half the pressure against the side of the car that It ?as admitted to have carried on Its tires. Bail driving and not the wind. It wm shown, caused the damage. Almost Innumerable cases of practical use of weather records s re on file with the weather bureau and It Is ex petted that Increasingly frequent use wilt be made of the bureau as the commercial world learns the valne of the data available. Bar Face Powder Hillsdale, Mich.?The All Pace and No Powder clnb b?.? been formed by I high school girls of J": <uillc Piftrj derpuffs cm! lipsticks are uthonod by I all the rlrla JUNE 26. 1924. jt WILL INVESTIGATE " WATERWAY PROJECT St. Lawrence Plan to Be Considered in All Aspect*. By JAMES P. HORNADAY Washington.?Herlicrt Hoover, see-! retarj* of commerce, says the St. !*awwow waterway uf which Lo was recently made president, will "consider tlH1 whole subject iu its ecu-. and national aspects" dur:n? t-ie nest fen months. The commirwou has already had one meeting Here.1 which revealed that every member of; wi' ti'imi.ijHjuia in 111 uour mi iw proj-i cot in j: Itroai) way The dcvelopuiNit of the St. Law-j rem e wiuerwaj for oceiia-golng shlp-i ping. thus making every port on tbe Great Lakes an ocean !?ort, and for the development of fcoine two millions of electrical horsepower from the| canalisation works has been under ue-j tive consideration of both the United j States and Canada for many years.j ^ The first de' nite notion taken by our! government in the matter was the joint resolution proposed by the house ^ committee on interstate and foreign; commerce in A resolution authorizing u preliminary inquiry was passed in March, 1895. The prelimi 1 nary commission reported favorably on, the feasibility and recommended a more derailed survey. In 181)7 con-! gross authorized the survey by the United States amy engineers. who made ? favorable report :n June, 1900. Furttyei Interest wms suspended pendj ing the construction of the Pauama canal, and was again brought under discussion in 1909, at the time of the treaty providing far. the appointment of tla international joint eotmnlssbrti. Take I* Up With Canada. Consideration of the proposition was again suspended pending the World war. In 1919 congress expressed a d> sire that the international joint commission investigate * the problem and prepare an estiuiat< of the cost of construction. This was done in 1920.; Tl.e report of the commission was) transmitted to congress in 1922 On May 1?. 1922. the Alnericnn govern in wit again addressed itself to the ry.. nadfati government with su gestions for "further action, a reply t?; which h?h received on January HO, 1924. The: response of the American government,j from which ihc present presidentiul comim-sion springs, was transmitted; on February 27. and the reply of the (. government hiifi been Issued.; National tttenUuo t?? the Oerelop> menl of this route hits become greatly j a 1vaneed by the legislation of the IS states, creating a enirjujU known as the Great l.akes-S). Lawrence Tidewater: association, Including ?>ltlr>. Indiana,' Illinois Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnc-j sot::, iowa, Missouri, North Dakota,, t South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Coi-J orado. Wyoming, Montana, Idaho. Utah' and Dragon, with the governor of thai states as members of the council. 'Bhej opening of (he St. Lnwrende route would affect transportation Involving! nearly 12.000.UN) of. our f*opu?at:onj and the large amount of elfvUicall ("vait is of vast importance to thej contiguous states. The report of the international Joint commission to' con- A press iti 1922 states: Burthn on the Shipper. "Existing means of transportation i\re altogether inadequate. A permanent problem is furnished by the eou| gestion at critical points and the pees i sure of pt-ak' loads. Lake aioveiitbnl! | of commerce stops at Buffalo an.! haaj | to go forward by rail, a trunsfer \vhlchj I places AM expense burden on the ship per which, in the case of the farmer.) often impairs or completely wipes oulj hlK profits. Development of tue StJ Lawrence route, it is predicted, would! permit unbroken movement from lakej ports to Atlantic coast ports, or %te principal world ports of destination." ; The conclusions reached hy the h>j tefnattofial Joint commission were thai, ! physical conditions were favorable for I improvements far navigation wfcicb wouM he permanent and with low, N j maintenance costs, that the total cost of improvement from Montreal to I.ak< Onrnrlo is estimated at $252,728,200 Including, the cost of developing 1,4ft4,<?00 hydroelectric horsepower, tliafj , if improvements -are carried on si mul. j( taneously it would he possible to com-, plete them from the time the work it begun, and that the total annual cost - f Operation, maintenance and. a depre) elation of these works. Including: power plants, would he $2,5t?2,000. j In his message to congress in De-i cemher of ln*t year President Coolidge aald: in* time has col "ome in ai moderate way the <U 'lr ,n tracoastal waterways. the control oli flood fritters .... the development of. the (treat power and navigation project of the St. Lawrence river. . . . These projects cannot all be undertaken at once, hu? should have the immediate consideration of the congress and tie adopted as fast us plans ! can he mature*] and the necessary i funds het-ome available. "Tills is not incompatible with economy, for their nature does not require so much a public expenditure as a capita! investment which will he reproductive, as evidenced by the marked increase in revenue from the Panama canal. Upon these projects depend much future industrial and agricultural progress. They represent . . . the addition of a great amount of! cheap pouer and cheap freight hy use of navigation, chief of which is the bringing of ocean-going ships to the | Orent Lakes." (."outtshlp ? proiu lil.i 'ail |*> cause it gets many a man nts -oirt.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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