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nVKNWKKl' National Mon
ument lias been added to
the United States Na- |
tional park system anil :
Palm Canyon National I
Monument lias been well
started on its way. Ho
vel) weep lies on both
sides of the boundary
line between Colorado and Utah, near
the only spot in the United States
where four states touch, and is re
served because of its prehistoric tow
ers and other impressive masonry
structures. Palm Canyon is in south
ern California and contains many line
specimens i?f native American palms.
From now on much .will appear in
print about these two national monu
ments ? which will be variously de
scribed as national parks, national for
ests. national reservations and na
tional monuments, with indiscrim
inate references to their control by
the national park service and the for
est service. So what follows seems j
advisable in order to explain the com- 1
plications which congress neglects to !
straighten out.
There are now nineteen national
parks with a total of 11,372 square
miles. There is one group of twenty
six national monuments (including the'
two new ones) containing about 1.000 ;
square miles. These national parks I
and monuments are under control of |
the national park service, a bureau of .
the Interior department.
There are seven "national military f
and other" parks ? such as Shiloh, Get
tysburg and. Lincoln's Birthplace ? ad
ministered by the War department,
which also controls two national mon
uments ? Big Hole Battlefield and
Cabrillo.
There are the national forests, with
an approximate area of 155,000,000
acres, under the charge of the forest
service, a bureau of the Department
of Agriculture. There is a group of
eleven national monuments containing
510 square miles in charge of the for
est sen Ice.
The national parks and the national
forests are the exact opposite of each
other. The national parks are wil
derness areas of majestic beauty set
aside for purely recreational purposes
?public playgrounds for the people.
The national forests are industrial and
commercial purely ? areas set apart for
scientific lumbering for a profit and
for grazing for a profit.
Some day, it is hoped, congress will
straighten out the tangle by putting
the national "military and other
parks," and all the national monu
ments in charge of' the national park
service, leaving the national forests to
the forest service.
President Harding created the Ho
venweep National Monument by proc
lamation March 2, under the act of
100(5 for the preservation of American
antiquities, and Dr. ^Hubert Work, the
new secretary of the interior, has now
taken over the area in the name of the
federal government. H oven weep is
the Indian equivalent for "Deserted
Valley," and contains about MOO acres*
The Square Tower and the Twin Tow
ers, pictured herewith, can be com
fortably reached by automobile. Dr.
J. Walter Fewkes, head of the bureau
of ethnology of the Smithsonian in
stitution, recommended the area to
the President for a national monu
ment. Doctor Fewkes says of the
area and Its prehistoric relics:
"Hovenweep contains .three groups
of structures, the first group called the
Sq uare Tower cluster, Some of the
finest of all the structures are in this
group, the most picturesque of them
being Hovenweep east I el the standing
walls of which are over fifty feet high.
A second group lies three miles to the
north, in Holly canyon, and contains
some of the most remarkable prehis
toric masonry in t lie United States.
By JOHN
It
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$
Queer Bedfellow
We slept all winter in the bed with
an 18-inch snake inside of the mat
tress. In the fall, when we aired the
bedding, there was a small hole in the
mattress, cut by a rat, and into this
hole the snake crawled. I mended this
hole before putting the mattress on
my bed; of course. I did not know :iny
thing had crawled inside. The snake
remained perfectly quiet all winter, hut
when spring came he began crawling.
The third group. situated on Cajon
mesa, is more difficult to reach.
"The ruins in the Square Tower can
yon may he described somewhat as
follows: Ruins which have indica
tions of inclosed circular kivas. with
mural pilasters and banquettes, and
closely approximated surrounding
rooms. To this class belongs Hoven
weep castle, the Hovenweep pueblo
and the so-called Unit Type house, the
last named belonging to the simplest
form of the pure type. Second, there
are the ruins, the main feature of
which is the absence of a circular
kiva. The Twin Towers belong to this
second or 'great house' type.
"The largest of the ruins In this
canyon is Hovenweep house, situated
at the head of the South Fork. Al
though many of Its walls have fallen,
there still remains a semicircular
great house with high walls conspicu
ous for some distance. The ruin is a
pueblo of rectangular form belonging
to the pure type, showing circular de
pressions identilied as kivas, imbedded
in collections of square and rectangu
lar rooms, and massive walled build
ings on the south side. The standing
walls are remains of a conspicuous
multi-chambered D-shaped tower.
"Hovenweep castle, like Hovenweep
I house, has circular kivas compactly
imbedded in rectangular rooms ar
ranged about them, indicating the
pure type of pueblo. The massive
walled semicircular towers and great
houses are combined with square
rooms and kivas, indicating that it is
distinguished by two sections, an east
ern and a western, which, united, im
part to the whole the shape of the let
ter L.
"Among the most impressive build
ings in Square Tower canyon are the
Twin towers. They stand on the
south side of the canyon on a rock
isolated by a cleft from the adjoining
cliffs, the larger of the towers having
an oval ground plan while the smaller
is horseshoe shaped.
The pueblo known as Unit Type
house is one of t^he most interesting
ruins in the Hovenweep. It is situ
ated on the very edge of the canyon
of the North Fork, not far from where
it begins., It is the simplest form ot
prehistoric pueblo of a pure type,
made up of a centrally-placed circular
ceremonial room.
"In Holly canyon the towers may be
' approached on foot. The towers in this
j canyon show some of the finest
! masonry to be found on the reserva
' tion, one of the finest of them, Holly
I tower, built on a great rock, its tip
| rising to a height level with the mesa.
about in the mattress. During the
night this caused us to sleep uncom
fortnbly and brought about a search
for/the trouble. We cut open the mat
tress and tl'ie snake crawled out on the
floor. ? Farm Journal.
Look for "Easy Money."
At least one English village is plan
ning to pay its share of the war debt
to America and, incidentally to rent a
new town hall, by means of the money
spent by American tourists.
The Cheam parish council recently
"The most frequently recurring re
marks from cotton farmers in Nortli
Carolina are Poor Stands. Much re
planting, Cotton dying account of
cool weather. Some are plowing up
and planting over, Just beginning
chopping. Crop, 10 to 30 days late,
Cold weather has retarded growth.
Crop improving with warm weather,
Lots of weevils. No seed for replant
ing. Too much rain, Crop needs cul
tivating, and Labor scarce. ,
"Weather conditions, prior to May
25 were too cool for cotton.
School Buildings Must Be Made Safe
In connection with his campaign to
have every school building in North
Carolina inspected before the fall
term opens, Stacy W. Wade, state
insurance commissioner has ad
dressed the following letter to each
county commission and superintend
ent of education:
"The panicky feeling which might
naturally fol.'ow the recent tragedy
!n a Scuth Carolina school has alone
deterred me from calling your at
tention lucre promptly to the possi
bility of a similar catastrophe be
cause of unsafe conditions in many
of our older school buildings. These
conditions must be remedied and 'the
law has placed the responsibility up
on tne iusurancec orlimission.
"We have constructed many fire
proof buildings and added safety
features td others which has given
us a sense of security, but tiie re
sponsibility is still there and extend3
to all sections of the state. It is
upon you and upon me and effective
results depend -upon your co-opera
tion.
"We must face the issue of old
buildings by co-operative measures
to eliminate those .which are unsafe.
To this end. it is my purpose to in
spect every building reported to me
as unsafe, and in order that I may
first give attention to the most press
ing needs, I am asking that .you send
me a list of all the. two story school
buildings in your district which may
not be regarded as.- safe, keeping in
mind that every two story building
to "be safe must have two- separate
and distinct ways - of egress remote
from one another, and that two stair
ways terminating inside the building
form only one exit and is a violation
of the law. Please report fully any
building which yoti consider needs
immediate attention.
Governor Explains Operating Cost.
Asheville. ? ^'Administration costs
in North Carolina are lowpr than in
any other State in the Union," Gov
ernor Morrison declared in an ad
d:ess t<J the graduating class of the
Biltmore Hospital, in the All Souls
parish house. He was heard by a
large audience.
"Of every dollar paid for taxes
in North Carolina," continued the
chief executive, "only three cents are
used for administration costs and 97
cents are used for discharging the
luties of the state* '
Then there is Holly House, which up- 1
pears to have been a pueblo of reo 1
tangular form. These nre but u few
of the historical structures that await
the pleasure of the tourist. However, j
they are typical of t lie splendid relics
that are to be found in the Hoven
weep Monument."
Palm Canyon National monument
was created by act of congress ? with
two strings tied to it. The act author
izes the secretary of the interior to set
aside 1.G00 acres in the county of!
IUverside, California, "provided, that i
before such reservation and dedica
tion as herein authorized shall bcome
effective the consent and relinquish
ment of the A gun Caliente band of In
dians shall first be obtained, covering
its right, title, and interest in and to
the lands herein described, and pay
ment therefor to the members of said
band qn a per capita basis, at a price
to be agreed upon, when there shall be
donated for such purposes to the sec
retary of the interior a fund in an
amount to be fixed and determined by
him as sufficient to compensate the
Indians therefor."
That's the provision, verbatim et
literatim. It certainly means that the
promoters must raise the money to
pay for the land. It apparently also
means that the Indians shall willingly
sell. Anyway, Uncle Sam Isn't going
to pay anything. It is said that a pur
chase fund has been or will be raised.
The Indians, however, are reported to
be unwilling to sell.
Anyway, the area set aside with its
strings consists of three canyons with
their desert approaches: Andreas,
Murray and Palm. The center o 1
things is the village of Palm Springs,
which is a flourishing winter and
spring resort in "Our Araby" of the
Colorado desert of southern Califor
nia. The purpose of the monument is
to preserve fine growths of a native
American palm, the Washingtonian
filifera.
Palm canyon, most Impressive of the
three, Is a pass rather than a canyon,
about ten miles long, with Palm creek
flowing through it. The palms are in
groves. Fifty feet is their average j
height, with here and there one reach
ing 70 feet. Andreas canyon also has
its stream and its palms with their i
picturesque "petticoats." Murray can- 1
yon lies between the other two and is '
much like them.
In early spring the Colorado desert
here blossoms like the well-known
rose, only more so ? in sand verbena,
desert gold, lupine and primrose. "Keep
off the desert" is the proper summer
sign.
decided to rent as a council chamber
a 400-year-old cottage. Opponents of
the scheme were silenced hy a mem
ber's proposal that the town clerk
should charge American tourists a
guinea to show them over the building.
The council has rented the house and
will now lie in wait for such descend
ants of the Pilgrim Fathers as ret-ch
Cheam next summer.
Stray Bits of Wisdom.
Poets are like birds: the least thing
makes them sing. ? Chateaubri?"rt
BOLL WEEVIL HAS NOT FRJGHT
) r
ENED THE FARMERS IN
THIS SECTION.
ACCORDING TO SMfMi
Reports 'ndicate That Ninety-Eight
Per Cent of Acreage Was
Fertilized.
Raleigh. .
The two per cent increase in the
cotton acreage, of Norh Carolina is
"good evidences that the advent of
1lie Loll weevil has not frightened
the cotton growers away in this
state;," ? according to a statement is
sued by W. H. Rhodes, of the North
Carolina and United States depart
ments of agrciulture.
"The condition of the crop is 77
per cent of a normal at present as
shown by the cotton report released
by the United States department of j
agriculture released ?June 1." reads
the announcement. / "This forecast
a yield in this state of 231 pounds
of lint cotton to if he acre, and >s
seven per cent belnw the condition
of last year at this time, hut three
per cent above the average condition
for the past five years. -The four
states showing a higher average than
North Carolina were Virginia, 78;
Florida, 87; California, 93, and Ari
zona, 92 per cent .
"Reports indicate that 98 per cent
of the cotton acreage in North Caro
lina was fertilized, which is above
the usual average. The amount used
per acre averaged 445 pounds this
year as compared with 406 pounds
last >ear. This was a much higher
<grade of fertilizer than farmers usu
ally buy for cotton, and cost, on an
average of $30.20 per ton. slightly
if fs than the price last year.
'The condition of the nation's crop
is 71 per cent compared with 69.6 per
cent at this time last year, and 66'
per cent the year before, 1921. A re
vision in the final estimate of thl
1922 cotton acreage is shown by the
June 1 reports, showing the area
picked in 1922 as 33 036,000, wilh an
average yield of 141.3 pounds of lint
per acre.
Counties Have Health sTepa^tmenta.
With the assistance of the V.'te
Board of Health tw^pty-four couniie.i
during the past year have maintain .4
health departments. The total ex
penditures amounted to $214,831.
Of this amount $62,500 was contribut
ed by the State, and the remainder
of $152,331.35 came from the counties.
The program of work together with
the cost, varied in the several coun
ties. Some ha donly the health offi
cer devoting his time and enerjy to
ward the protection and promotion of
public heaLj. Others had in addi
tion to the* health officer one or more
nurses a sanitary inspector and in
some cases skilled laboratory techni
cians. A few had permanent dental
clinics for the benefit Of 'heir school
children. The budge1 varied from
$4200 to $27500.
Regardless of personnel or size o I
budget, however, in each county the
program of work was based upon a
carefully calculated basis of costs
whereby the relation of expenditures
to results achieved might be easily
ascertained. For the first time in tne
United States it was made possible
to 'measure, in a manner fairly accu.
ate, the public health ;vo.k in terms
of dollars and cents. ?
A careful compilation, of the reports
of the work accomplished during the
ear shows that every county re^eivefl
in direct returns more than a dollar
for each dollar invested. In some
counties higher dividends were paid
than in others but there W3?*2 a profit
in each. For the total of $*1 1,831.
expanded total cost equivalents I-1*0'
duced in these twenty four counties
were $317,647.74. ' The a -era^e ro
ti?rn was $1.48 for each dolijr spent.
Here are some of the thing ; accom
plished by the health department:
5,209 contagious diseases wero Quar
antined by mail and 8,312 additional
cases quarantined in person: 46,922.
complete typhoid vaccinations were
given, 23,628 smallpox vaccinations.
909 whooping cough vaccinations, . and
13,925 little children were rendered
immune from diphtheria !>/ the ad
ministration of toxin-ant I toxin. A
total of 8 560 treatments for venereal
diseases in indigent cases were given.
Examinations in clinics for the tuber
culosis' totaled 1,612, while 2,111
homes where tuberculosis exUtei
were visited. These achievements
cover the high spots in just on unit
of the health officer's work, that oi
communicable diseases.
Under the general head of hygiene
is grouped maternity and infancy*
work and school hygiene. Prenatal
cases registered totaled 2,120, babies
registered ' f,770. homo conferehcn^
with mothers 7,693. office conferences
with mothers, 1,546. women coniplet
ing standard courses of instruction
SO, midwives completing course df in
struction 437, children certificated
in Little Mothers' League 400. In the
school work 2,544 children received
operations for tonsils and adenoids, 5,
356 were treated for dental defects.
919 had refractive errors corrected, 57
received orthopedic corrections, 13,302
were enrolled in the Modern Hea'ih
Crusade, 93,246 received primary phy
sical examinations, and 22 047 receiv
ed final examinations.
Under sanitation 2,108 new sew;i
connections were obtained, and 16,08'j
privies were made sanitary. Private
water supplies to the number of 122
were protected ggainst surface pollu
tion, and 5,779 nuisances were abated.
Under the head of food control in
spections of dairies totaled 7 580, ab
batoirs 146, and hotels, restaurants
and markets 13,257. A total of 49,
00S cows were tuberculin tested, and
8,621 examinations of animals offered
for sale as food were made.
In accomplishing there results a to
tal of 152 732 miles were traveled by
the health officer, 99,464 by nurses,
and 50,417 by sanitary inspectors.
The counties in which health de
partments were maintained were the
following Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus,
Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dav
idson, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Granville,
Halifax, Lenoir. Mecklenburg, North
ampton, Pitt, Robeson, Rowan, Samp
son, Surry, Vance, Wake, Wayne;
Wilkes and Wilson.
To Hold Clinics In Many Counties.
Before the bells ringing out on the
crisp autumnal air against cajl "to
books" the State Board of Health will
have contributed through its tonsil
and adenoid clinics to the physical
betterment of close to three thousand
children, .thereby enabling them to
take the greatest advantage of the
State's modern system of schools.
Already definite arrangements have
been completed for these clinics to
be held in twenty counties during the
present year. Other counties are ten
tatively arranging for this service and
the indications are that the demand
will be greater than the one hospital
until operated by the board will be
able to handle.
Clinics have been, held during the
month of May for Chatham county at
Pittsboro, for Beauford county at Bel*
haven ^nd Washington, for Martin
county as Williamstoir. ? '
New Corporations.
The Secretary of State chartered
the following corporations to do busi
ness in North Carolina:
Millis Cotton Mills, Inc., of High
Point, with $300,000 authorized capi
tal and $70,000 subscribed H. A.
Millis, R. R. Ragan, and I. E. Hay
worth ,all of High Point. .
Great Lakes Drilling Co., of New
Bern, with, $200,000 authorized capU
tal and $75,000 subscriped by W. P.
Aberly, E. C. Armstrong, and W. H.
Henderson, all of New Bern.
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Ten mistakes in l.w^l
chances is the cxccllnir record dm
Newark (N. J.) post .-Hire for I
tribution of mail. Newark
ployees handle a)>fr??xi?i:ifW.r ^
pieees of mail daily. "This rH*
typical of the (-ire :wi<I
postal employees <>f die
Postmaster Oneral I farry >' ?
The minimum <iisi ril>uri<?n
demanded of postal
per cent. I
Erring but Politic
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you out. You were -<?< n
woman yesterday ! I
Mr. Wisfi ? I; w ;i < ray
had on a hat exactly ii.a'
with me and hu\ an ?
hat. I don't want t" ! ?
again. ? London An-"1'*- H
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