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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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MAP OF UITEI STATES.
Altffn Feet Iir Eleven t to be Made
for Geological Society.
It will not be long before we shall be
able to obtain the largest map of ou
country ever produced on a uniform scale.
The topographic map of the United States
on which the geological survey has lonp
been engaged, and will be for years to
come, is on scales from 7 to 16 times
as large as that of the map referred to ;
but the topographic mapping of our vast
territory will not be completed for many
years, and three scales are being used, so
that it will never serve the purposes of a
uniform map of the whole country. The
new map, on the other hand, may be sus
pended on walls that have room enough
for a decoration about 16 feet in width
and of proportional height.
In other words, this new map, showing
the whole country from Maine to Cali
fornia, will be about 16 feet wide and ten
or 11 feet in height. It will be a govern
ment publication ; and it is prepared un
der the direction of Mr. Henry Gannett,
the geographer of the United States geo
logical survey, in the house of the survey
at Washington.
The latest Bulletin of the American
Geographical society contains a small
map showing the progress that has beer
made in the preparation of this important
Cartographic product. The parts of the
map thus far drawn and ready to be en
graved cover about one-third of the entiie
country. They include the whole of Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Dela
ware, the Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona.
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, the westeri
naif of South Dakota and parts of Cali
fornia. The sheets of the entire eastern part of
the country are now in progress. Th
map will show contours of elevation so
that we shall be able to recognize the
surface forms of the country on a scak
so large that we may derive a more dis
tinct and definite idea of them than when
they are huddled together on the small
scale maps commonly in use.
This great map is drawn on a scale of
l:l,000,000,or, in other words, an inch
on the map will represent about 15.S
miles in nature. It is not a very large
scale, and in fact most of the European
countries are mapped on a far larger
scale, but our country is so vast that a
map of the whole of it intended to be
hung on a wall, is not likely to be repre
sented on a scale larger than 15.8 miles
to an inch.
The scale is large enough to show every
town of much importance, practically the
entire railroad system, all the drainage
features, the head of navigation on the
rivers, the figures for many hundreds of
heights above sea level, and a great deal
of other information that is sparsely rep
resented, if at all, on our ordinary maps.
It is expected to be the best map of our
land on which we may study the country
as a whole.
The map will have another advantage.
It is on the same scale as maps of large
parts of Asia and Africa that the official
cartographers of France, England and
Germany are now producing. It will, in
fact, form part of the great map of the
world on the scale of 1 :1,000,000 which
the last four International geographical
congress have recommended should be
carried out by the civilized nations.
This large undertaking is considerably
advanced, and it is now making progress
faster than heretofore. One of the ad
vantages which the map will give us is
that we shall be able, for the first time,
directly to compare distant parts of the
earth's surface with one another. We
have all seen maps of the Japanese-Russian
war, but how many of us have any
idea of the extent of country that was
overrun by the Japanese armies ? We
might easily make the comparison if this
map of the world were completed, for
we should simply place some of the sheets
of eastern Asia beside sheets of the
United States.
The work bids fair to go on rapidly in
MOONLIGHT GOLF CONTEST
' ' (Concluded from page one)
directly in the center oi the course
nearly a hundred and eighty yards away
with Jolly's caddie several yards off and
at the right of the course. Jolly was
away and his second placed him on the
edge of the trap which Donald cleared
landing close to the green. Jolly made
a fine approach on his third, Donald go
ing a trifle beyond the hole. Two putts
for each and the hole was halved in five
The play of the first hole with slight
modifications, was the play of the match
Neither player, apparently, had any diffi
culty in keeping in the course and they
played the game just as they would play
FRANK rRESHREY, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
OF ADVERTISING INTERESTS.
the western world. The Canadian de
partment of the interior has charge of the
production of a map of Canada on the
desired scale. Our geological survey has
taken steps to induce the south American
republics to prepare maps of their respec
tive countries on the uniform scale ; and
the next map we make of the Philippines
is to be on the same scale. These enter
prises afford an important contribution
to the production of the world map on a
uniform scale.
Citizens National Bank.
of Raleigh, N. C.
(The only National Bank in the CAtv nffora
its services to residents and visitors.
Capital
Surplus
Assets
Joseph G. Brown,
President
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
$1,400, 000.00
Henry E.Litchford,
Cashier.
it m daylight, with the exception that
they were sacrificing distance to accuracy
in driving. Little or no difficulty was
experienced upon the shorter iron shots
and the gallery was able to follow these
and the match, almost as readily as in
daylight.
But when it came to putting i.t was a
different story,the weird shadows making
it almost impossible to line the ball, and
often the players own shadows so covered
the hole that they could not see where
to aim. But for the trouble experienced
here the medal play scores would have
been six or eight and, possibly, ten or
twelve strokes lower.
At the turn Donald was three up with
the honor for the drive across the pond.
The moon which had up to this point,
seemed willing to oblige everywhere but
upon the putting greens, was, apparently,
anxious to do its part in keeping up the
reputation of the pond so thoroughly
andbrilliantly established by Captain G.
Lee Knight during the monkey tourna
ment. It had, accordingly, .taken the
exact position necessary to throw the
shadows of the player directly upon the
ball, but after considerable maneuvering,
Donald, solved the problem and sent the
ball screaming up the hill, Jolly follow
ing close after.
Donald took the tenth, five-six, halved
the eleventh in four, won the twelfth,
five-six, halved the thirteenth in four,
winning the match five up and four to
play with a halve in six, on the four
teenth. The remaining holes were played for
the medal play score the players dividing
honors with two halved holes and two
wins and twenty-two strokes each. The
cards :
Ross
Jolly
Ross
Jolly
OUT
5 4 A
G 4 6
IN
4 C 4
4 6 4
5- 42
6 45
7468
64893
One thing the match demonstrated very
conclusively, was that in this section,
where moonlight is far more brilliant
than elsewhere, moonlight golf is not
only feasible, but in many ways, practi
cal. The match was in regular form and
no variations from daylight rules, was
made except f mr fore caddies were used,
being stationed on either side of the
course, in order that they might hear the
balls drop on the long shots, and locate
them without delay.
Jn this connection it is only fair to
state, however, that these fore caddies
were principally to facilitate matters, and
that the balls could have been readily
found in the usual way. It is also trite
to mention the fact that the manner
which Caddie Master Hill handled this
part of the program attracted favorable
comment from all. In the majority of
cases the balls were located immediately
and in no instance was more than two
minutes required in the search. What is
more remarkable, not a single ball was
lost and the round was completed in a
trifle over two hours.
The big gallery which followed the
match from start to finish, numbered
nearly two hundred people, many of
whom were assembled for the start, and
it was gradually augmented all the way
to the pond hole. It is, perhaps, needless
to add that everybody followed until the
last hole was played. The novelty and
interest, the strangeness and fascination,
and the beauty of the night, made the
occasion one of rare enjoyment which
has led to a general expression of the
hope that events of a like character may
not be of uncommon occurrence in future.
In the big company which enjoyed the
evening, were old and young, men and
women, golfers and non-golfers,all enter
ing into the spirit of the occasion with a
joy which was contagious.
Catholic Services.
Mass will be said in Village Hall every
first and third Sunday at six a. m. by
ltev. Father Cavanaugh.