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Washington—a Vision Plotted With Compasses and Never Fully Realized By CLINTON W. GILBERT, in Current History. YET I think of Washington always as something apart from the rest of America, something'factitious as it was in the beginning, a vision plotted out with a pair of compasses and never fully real ized. The taste for life here will always be caviar to the general. Those who love it are men like Senator Borah, who could hardly exist elsewhere than in the United States senate; or, to go over to the other sex, women like Mrs. Alice Longworth and Mrs. Borden Harriman, to whom it is breath in the nostrils. Sometimes the spirit of Washington is vulgar, as it was in the worst days before the investigations cleared the atmosphere. Sometimes it is brilliant, as in the great days of Roosevelt. Sometimes it is lofty, as in the days of Wilson. It takes its tone from the administration. But beneath is something fine and exuberant, the con sciousness of a great destiny. Washington has never been, even for a moment, the literary capital of America. It bows to Chicago, to Indiana, to New York,'or where you will. There is too much fiction about Washington itself for- fiction to' thrive here. . . . The most solid part of the intellectual life of Washington is scientific. ,The experts of the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Reserve board, the Department of Commerce, the Smithsonian institution and of the hospitals for the insane—in these last the best work in psychoanalysis in America is done-r-number among their members some of the great scientists in the land. Of them I speak yFith diffidence, being no scientist myself. And they are rather submerged, as experts usually are. In that sometimes brilliant circle which we call Washington they cut little figure, for the government is not a generous employer. Agency That Promises Most for Alaska Is the Public Highway System By GEORGE A. PARKS, Governor of Alaska. - • The agency that promises most for Alaska is the public highway. Nearly $9,000,000 has been spent ij) roads there to date. Every extension vastly widens the area of possible settlement and development. Alaskan problem is primarily one of transportation. The government raliroad has helped wonderfully, but it must be supplemented by wagon roads and trails. A first-class road to Mount. McKinley is now being built. Hotels are to be set up iij the national park there. The great mountain is now accessible only by traveling afoot or by pack train through difficult coun try. When tourists are able to reach the mountain by automobile in a day and can get comfortable .living quarters in the park, Alaska's most picturesque attraction will draw many people. The tourist business already is quite important. Passenger trains on the government railroad are operated with a view to giving the best pos sible service to visitors. That is why trains running from the coast to Fairbanks stop overnight midway of the journey which could be made in a single twenty-four-hour period. Mechanical Devices Are Fast Doing Away With the Need for Muscles » By PROF. CONRAD THORALDSEN, Northwestern University. We are going towards that place we will never arrive at —Utopia. What we are doing is gradually fitting the individual to the environment, and we are progressing under evolution. Meantime man's brain growing and the constant growth will demand a much larger skull, with a bulging brow. The man of the future will probably have to wear glasses. Some of the physical assets will be lost with the increase in brain power. We are getting near-sighted and losing our sense of smell. Society consequently will be different in the generations to come. What the future man is like may depend somewhat on the fads and fancies of the present. There is no doubt the children of coming genera tions will be healthier, because the girls of today are free from corsets. Mechanical devices are fast doing away with the need for muscles and the lack of use will cause the muscles to degenerate. Except for hardiness and the power to withstand disease, physical bulk means nothing nowadays. Some Little Idea of the Inefficiency of Man's f Ear, Eye and Nose By PROF. FRITZ HABER, German Chemist. We are too accustomed to relying upon our senses. We are apt to think that the ear is most delicate. It is nothing of the kind; it cannot even hear notes that delight the heart of a dog, and if one pictures life with the brain of a man, the ear of an antelope, and microscopic eyes, together with the nose of a dog, some little idea of the inefficiency of those few senses which we slightly understand can be obtained. To live in any town would be impossible; the smells of Bond Street instead of pleasing the dog would tell us of rotting animal matter and alarm us to distraction. We could never sit down upon a beautiful piece of grass without listening to the worms, and imagining ourselves with them. We could not bear to drink water for the peculiar bodies we should see in it. The wind in the trees, the people walking down our street or into our rabbit-warrens of flats would sound like a battle from* afar. We should realize'every time we undress that we are little removed from the animal, and that before many centuries have passed we shall be held in almost universal contempt Railroads to Operate Busses on Roads Parallel to Their Steam Lines By F. J. LISMAN, New York Transportation Expert. Ninety per cent of the stock of western roads is owned in the East, and the active directors live mostly in the East. They are out of touch with changing conditions in the territory adjacent to their railroads. The railroad situation in the Northwest is particularly acute. The remedies are: A slightly higher rate structure; the abandon ment of possibly as much as a quarter of the branch line mileage, which has become nonproductive, owing to the loss of passenger and short haul freight business; the infusion of young and more progressive blood into the management of a number of lines. There is not otfly the matter of consolidation, but also the adjust ment to motor transport of passengers and freight. It is my own belief that we are likely to see store door delivery of freight all over the United States within the next ten years and that many of the branch lines will handle their passenger business in motor cars and that railroads will operate busses on the highways parallel to their rails, on regular schedule, to supplement their own train servics. II II 1 1! UIiIJIJIIL .11 JL IJillM JJI . ]JHip, ![ UP! THE ALAMANCE ftLEANER. GRAHAM. N. C. DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE NEW 3 OF NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SWORT PARA GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE Greensboro. —Helen Talman, little girl, was carried to a hospital here to be treated for injuries received when struck by an automobile here, after she had saved a smaller child from being hit by the bar. Winston-Salem —Monroe King, white employe of the Winston Steam lautadry was shot through the head by an un known negro at Winston Salem when the negro broke into and held up King in the office of the company, escaping with J3O from the office funds, local police were informed, by Winston-Salem officers on long • dis tance telephone. Asheville/—Sam L. Rogers, director of the United States census under the Wilson administration and widely known politician, suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home at Franklin, in Macon county, according to informa tion received here. Edenton. —The town council met and accepted the bid of Braun, Bosworth & Co., of Toledo, 0., as buyers of town bonds valued at $63,000. The bonds were sold at 5 per cent and a small premium. Mount Holly.—While swimming in the Catawba river here, Tracey Helms, young white man, was drowned. Young Helms and a crowd of Mt. Holly boys had gone to the river early in the after noon for a swim. Helms had swum across the river several times, and on coming back to the Mt. Holly side was Been to sink. Wilson. —Between Farmville nnd Greenville, Frank Davis and Will Mur phy, said to be from Farmville, ware thrown fronutheir car when it ran into a ditch. Davis' neck was broken, and Murphy was rushed to a hospital, ac cording to information brought here by Wilson people who spent the day in Greenville. Gastonia.—Three Gastonta police men, Chief O. F. Aderholt, Sgt. Meek Parish and Speed Officer Charles L. Hord, along with Ben Harrelson. bus driver, and a fifth party, will share in at SSOO reward offered by Spartanburg S. C., authorities for the arrest of one Oliver Harrison, wanted in South Caro lina for the murder of Rural Policeman Snoddy last week. Ivexington.—County officers, led by Sheriff R. B. Talbert, have determined that in so far as is within their power they will eliminate the fish dynamiter from the streams of Davidson. A Lexington man is now finishing up a 30 days' sentence after paying a fine oS SIOO for employing this "easy" t meth od of taking fish, and during the past week he was joined by a High Point man who was found guilty of "fishing" the same way. High Point. —Jack Dunn, owner of the Baltimore International league club, will send a representative to High Point to investigate conditions with the view of possibly taking over (he local franchise of the Piedmont League, according to a message receiv ed from Dunn by M. C. Coller. presi dent of the club. Hayesville.—Farm values in Clay county decreased from $2,155,168 to $1,369,195 between January 1, 1920, and the corresponding date in 1925, it is shown by federal reports recently made public. Farm land alone in 1920 was worth $1,812,577. On January 1, this year, it was listed at $1 069,255, while buildings were valued at $342,591 at the beginning of 1920 and $299,940 the first of 1925. Greensboro. —Nannie Michael, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Michael, of Pleasant Garden, Guilford county. Is being treated for dog bite, the animal running up on the porch of her father's home and biting her on the cheek. The head of the animal was sent to Raleigh for examination as to hydro phobia. Southport.—At thp June meeting of the board of aldermen, the contract was awarded the Western Electric company, of Charlotte, for the mater ials for a practically new electric wiring of this city. This award was made after competitive bids welre ad vertised. The city had already pur chased new poles. Winston-Salem.— Henry Roan, aged 69, at one time secretary and treasurer of' the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco com pany, died at tois home here after sev eral months' illness. He was an hon ored citizen and Is survived by his wife and four children, two sons and two daughters. Lexington.—Members of the Junior Order In North Carolina will be Inter ested In plans for a hi* celberatlon at the branch National Junior Order Or phans home here, to be held August 1». At this time the cornerstone of the administration building will be laid and the American flag will be rasled to the top of a tall flagstaff on the grounds. "hadbourn —A wire received from Dr. C. A. Shore threw consternation Into many Chadbourne families as It bore the news that a collie dog. the property of Dr. W. K. Yates, was af flicted with rabies The dog had bit ten flve white perf—H and one negro boy before it was killed and Its head sent off for examination. Charlotte. Mrs. Clorlne Teague filed suit against H. 8. Dowllng and the Dowllng Motor compnay. alleging negligence on their pert canalag the death of her huahend. W. C. Tearue. In the explosion of a Oermaa hand gre nade In Charlotte May IS- Lumber-ton. —Settlement 32 12 ye Art after the death of Insured of an In surance policy taken out 23 "years be fore his death and about which no member of his family knew anything, Is the unusual case that has just come to light here, members of aißoberson county family being the beneficiaries. Interest on the policy amounts to more than tfie principal. Beneficiaries are children of the late William J. Brown. Klnston.—4x>cal Interests are expect ed to help finance the new National Bank of Snow Hill, to have a capital of J60.000. The town is the county seat of Greene county, and an import ant market center. A state bank there was closed last njonth. Klnston bankers who aire backing a new finan cial institution at Lagrange are report ed to be interested in the new venture at Snow Hill. Fayetteville/—Warrant officer W. A. Cross. 44, and Sergeant Harry J. Weiderman, -37, of the Seventeenth Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, were kill ed instantly in aa automobile accident while on their wpy to Hamlet with their regimental baseball team. Newton.—Ray Hedrick, the man who got his skull crushed in a fight about 1:30 Sunday morning in the home of Myrtle Spencer in Catfish, the northern part of Catawba county, died from his wounds in the Richard Baker hospital in Hickory. v Spencer.—Seized with what was supposed to be an epileptic spasm to which he was subject Edward Canter, aged about 25 years, of High Point, was drowned in the Yadkin river at Grubbs Ferry two miles from Spen cer. Chapel Hill.—The Chapel Hill High School commencement exercises were brought to a close with the* presen tation of diplomas and certificates to the largest class in the history of the school. The graduating class numbered 54. Newton.—Fielding Drum, a farmer, near Ball's Creek campground, aged about 65 years, dropped dead while helping his son stack a load of wheat. He leaves a wife and a large number of children, 11 of whom are prown and married.^ Greensboro.—Contract for placing 10,000 chairs in the auditoriums of 21 Guilford county schools was let by the board of education to the Sou thern Desk company, of Hickory, at $3.25 per chair. The installation must be made before October 1, 1925. Reidsville.—J. T. Pendley, a plum ber, of Gainesville, Ga., and a local negro helper named Willis, lost their lives while doing plumbing work on Jefferson Penn's new home two miles w'est of Reidsville. Greenville.—The Scpville Memorial Home which was erected *by friends as a memorial to the late Rev. Virp.l V. Scoville and given to Mrs. Scoville and her children, was opened Monday night with appropriate exercises and an "old fashion" house warming. Ahoskie.—The annual Masonic pic nic of Northeastern Carolina .will be held this year on Thursday, July 30. The committee orf time and place re cently met in Colerain and made ten tative arrangements for the great day. A speaker for the occasion will be secured by the Windsor Lodge and the Colerain will arrange for the refreshments and other arrange ments. Scotland Neck.—District Engineer Pace announces that he has succeeded in securing from the State Farm at Caledonia forty prisoners to work on the Edward's Ferry Bridge through the co-operation of prison officials with the State Highway Commission. This is in line with the policy of the State authorities to use the surplus labor in the State prison on highway construction work. Dunn.—A daring hold-up and rob bery was committed when an un masked white man held a' large auto matic pistol in the face of Floyd Lucas, keeper of the Midway filling station, between Dunn and Duke, while he rifled the cash register of be tween SSO and $75 ii» c»sh. The only thing left in the register by the rob ber was a post-datsd check. High Point.—Police Officer C. J. Reeves of the High Point department, died in a hospital here of wounds sus tained in a gun battle between police and negroes here. Arthur Harrell, negro, was killed instantly and Officer F. G. Claywell and two negroes, James Staley and John White, were seriously wounded in the battle. Kinston. —The eight specially train ed boll weevil experts who have been secured by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce to turn their guns loose on the bug in Eastern Car olina for ten week* beginning June 16, will report for duty in their re spective towns and communities next Monday bright and early. Asheville. —Wilmington was aelect ed as the 1926 convention city at the district meeting of Lions clubs here. Establishment of junior colleges in the larger centers throughout the State as an addition to the public school system and to relieve the con gestion in the higher institutions of the State, was favored in a report unanimously adopted by the conven tion. Burlaw.— Rocky Point township is the sixth township in Pendtr county to vote a bond issue within the past year to build and equip a modern consolidated school. Last Saturday this township, by a vote of 132 to 17, voted a bond issue of $30,000 for this purpose. New Bern. —Although the move ment of Irish potatoes from Craven Pamlico and Carteret counties has been considerably less this year than last, the price has been so much bet ter this season that the farmers are left in much bett«r condition, accord ing to statements by potato mei\. Jap Festival Marked by Ditplay of Flag $ Japan's boys' festival is marked throughout the country by the display of flsli flags from every house blessed with sons—for every son a flag Households vie with one another ac cording to their resources, and tlu sh ow Is more or less colorful and brave. The fish flag Is in the form of a carp, each flag Indicating a particu lar age. For Instance, from one pole seven carp, bellied out in the sun by a Strong breeze, conveyed the Intend ed suggestion of the fish fighting their way bravely and strongly against the current, as boyg must fight their way upstream through life. The flags are gayly colored, and along the country side one sees them near and far against the new spring greens in hun dreds and thousands, representing the new generation of Japan, lielrs to a new manhood suffrage. Cutlcura for Pimply Facta. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cutlcura Ointment. Wash off In five minutes with Cutl cura Soap and hot water. 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