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The Alamance gleaner ^pi / VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, M, C., THURSDAY JULY 28, 1927. , NO. 26. WHAT'S GOING ON 1 MEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Mr. Hoover Offer* Flood Re lief and Control Plan to President. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FIX>OD relief and control work by congress, covering a period el ten years and costing more than $150:000, 000 is recommended by Secretary of Commerce Hoover in the comprehen sive report on the Mississippi valley disaster of this year which he laid before President Coolidge at the sum mer White House. His control project, I ' besides providing for taking over and improving the levee system, embraces g plan for completion of the naviga tion program of the Mississippi and its main tributaries which he says can be carried out at an additional cost of fifteen to twenty millions a year. Mr. Hoover declared that the flood control program must embrace the following principles: 1. Higher and consequently wider levees and the extension of federal responsibility for levees hi some of the tributaries. 2. A safety valve upon the, levee system by the provision of a spillway or by-pass to the golf to protect New Orleans and southern 'Louisiana? most probably the Atchafalaya river for this purpose. 3. For further safety measures the engineers are examining file possible extension of the by-pass to the north ward from the Atchafalaya toward the Arkansas, the possible erection of emergency flood basins, and the possibility of store in the tributaries. Concerning the relief work Mr. ci......... ...I.i ;., nnw? . uvvIII HUJU IU |7U1 L . "The financial situation on relief is that we can complete all these pro prams?seed. food. feed, furniture, animals, house construction, sanita tion By the first of November we estimate we shall have spent $13,400. 000 Red Cross funds. $7,000,000 equip ment and supplies from the federal povernment. $3,000,000 free railway transportation, and provided $1,100. 000 for county health cleanup units. We should have left $3,000,000 from the $10,500,000 subscribed to the Red Cross with which to face continued necessities after November 1. It is impossible to determine what the ne cessities will be after that date'.** ANOTHER caller on the President wae Senator Smoot, chairman o? the senate finance committee, who presented his plan for tax reduction. This program Is based on a tax cut of $300,000,000 and Includes the fol lowing items: Reduction of the corporation tax from 13% to 12 per cent lopping off $1.10.000.000 annual revenue. Elimjnation of taxes on admissions and club dues, cutting the nation's income $37,000,000 yearly. Reduction of tax on passenger auto- i mobiles from 3, per cent to 1% per | cent, costing $50,000,000.r Graduated scale reduction on Lp- i c?nies between $15,000. and $60,000. | MICHAEL, a golden-haired child not yet six years, old, is now king of Rumania, for the picturesque King Ferdinand succumbed on July 20 to the malady that made his death, imminent for many months. Until the ?ew monarch reaches his eighteenth pear the country will be ruled by a regency comprised of his uncle. Prince Nicholas. Miron Cristea, patri arch of the Rumanian orthodox church, and Judge Buzdugan of the supreme court. in announcing the death of Ferdi nand the government Issued an of ficial stattnem saying It will not **ver from the decision of the crown cmmctl on January 4. 1026. at which Prince Carol was disinherited and Prince Michael, his son. proclaimed crown prince, and that the govern ?cnt will support the regency, and if necessary, resort to arms to pre fcnt the reinstatement of Carol." The commander of the Second army COpP8. stationed In Bucharest, issued a waternent informing the country that state of siege continue*, and ?anting newspaper men that if they spread "false alarms they will "be liable to cottrt-martial. Prince Carol, at his home of exfte te NeuiUy, near Paris, received word his'father's demise and at once se cluded 'himself, sending word to the press that he expected to be recalled to Rumania and calling lumself **king." Ferdinand's last words, as he died in the arms of Queen Marie, were: "I am feeling tired." His body lay in state in Cotroceni palace outside Bucharest until Saturday, when the state funeral was held. Then the. cas ket was placed in the family vaults at the monastery of Curtea Arges. j 'Premier Brutiano took strong meas ures to prevent any uprising, public I buildings and strategic points being j occupied by troops and meetings be ! Ing forbidden. Queen Marie received messages of condolence from all over the world, including one from Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge. and the Brit ish and Belgian courts went into mourning. TAKING ?advantage Of a strike of protest ordered by 'Vienna Social ists because of the acquittal of some Fascist slayers, the communist agi tators there tried to get control of the city and set up a soviet govern ment Mobs, stirred to riot, marched through the city, looting public build ings and burning the palace of jus tice. and fighting the police fiercely. The local contingents of troops were disinclined to fire on the crowds, so the Seipel government called in troops from provincial garrisons. These, with the help of the Social Demo crats, soon gained control of the sit uation. and the civil war which the communists were trying to stir up was averted. The strike had stopj>ed all trans portation. and threats were received from Italy that if Italian trains were not permitted to pass through the country, troops would be sent into the Austrian Tyrol, occupying the rail road line op to the German border. The government of Austria threat ened to take radical steps to end the strike, and the nationalist villages, the anti-socialist peasantry and the loyal Heimwehr or home guards gave Premier Sepel full support. So the labor unions and Socialists of Vienna yielded and the strike was called off. The flurry, however, was costly to Austria hi several ways. During the rioting scores of persons were killed and hundreds wounded; the destruc tion of property was great, and in the burning ef the palace of justice all the nation's financial records were lost. The government was fearful lest the disturbances might keep many tourists away from Vienna. i DOWN in Nicaragua one rebel lender. General Sandino. refused to submit to the pence terms imposed by the United States, and last week he led his brigand band of 500 in at tacking a small detachment of Ameri can marines and native constabulary at Ocofal. Cnpt. G. D. Hat field was in command and his little force fought back desperately. .Marine scouting planes carried word of the battle to Managua and five bombing planes commanded by MirJ. Ross E. : Howell flew to the rescue through a | severe tropical storm. With bombs j and machine guns they speedily rout ed the rebels, of whom about 300 ! were killed. The marines lost 6nly j one man. Sandino. still defiant, fled to the mountains and a column of | troops was sent our with orders to , get him. Delegates to ? the fifth congress of the Pan-American Federation of La bor. in session in Washington, de nounced this killing of Nicaraguan citizens, and President William Green of tbe American Federation of Ijabor, who presided at the opening of the congress, sharply denounced Ameri can intervention in the domestic af fairs of Latin American countries and wrote a letter of protest to Sec retary of State Kellogg. In reply Mr Kellogg warmly defended the action of the marines, and set forth clearly the conditions in Nicaragua which had resulted In the outlawing of Sandino. who had neither the support nor the approval of any of the lead ers of the political parties in Nica ragua. The resolutions committee of the Pan-American labor congress adopted a resolution asking the Im mediate withdrawal of American forces from Nicaragua. P.rigndior General Frfnnd. com- : manding the marines Tn Nicaragua, has recommended that the distin guished service medal be awarded Major Rowell, who, 'he says, saved I the little garrison at Ocotal from I great loss of life ??fd almost certain destructkm. Great Britain ana jnpim reached some sort of accord on the cruiser question in the conference at Geneva and the plan was present ed to the Americans, who did not seem especially pleased with it. Then the "British government called Vis count Cecil and W. C. Bridgeman to London for consultation with the cab inet, and -at once there were reports that the conference was on the verge of a breakdown. This was strongly denied in London, where a foreigh office spokesman asserted that the hope for an agreement was stronger than at any time since the conference began. The Japanese delegates In Geneva also were optimistic, predict ing that an agreement would be reached by the middle of August. The British before leaving Geneva had consented to reduce their demands for cruisers and destroyers from 800, 000 tons to 500.000 tons, as Insisted upon by the Japanese, and hoped this would induce the Americans to agree to bar eight-inch guns on all but 10 000-ton cruisers: but Mr. Gibson | would not surrender this point. FIVE transatlantic flyers?Ryrd. Noville. A costa. Balchen and Cham berlln?returned to the United States by steamer and were given New York's usual noisy reception, with parade, pa per confetti, banquets and medals. The two first were awarded the navy's distinguished flying cross. Lieuten ants Maitland and Hegenberger, who flew to Honolulu, had a triumphant trip across the country on their way to Washington, where Secretary of State Kellogg and other government officials greeted them warmly. They; too. will receive the distinguished fly ing cross when President Coolidge re turns to the capital. Colonel Lindbergh picked up his "Spirit of St. Louis" at Mitchel field New York, and started on a tour of the country to tell the people of the advance of aviation and the needs of ntore and larger airports. His first stop was at Hartford. Conn., where he spoke at the Hartford club. Capt. F. T. Courtney. British a via tor. was all ready Tor his attempted flight from England to America, with a stop at Valencia, Ireland, hut was delayed by unfavorable weather. He was to carry a crew of two men and intended to fly from the Irish town di rect to Newfoundland. JACK DEMPSKJY. former heavy weight champion, "came hack" in the fight with Jack Sharkey in New York and won the right to challenge Gene Tunney for the title. He knocked out the Boston lad in the seventh round with a hard left hook to the jaw. The battle was lively and aroused the enthusiasm of 83.000 per sons who were present. Sharkey claimed that he was foqled in th* final round, but this was denied by Dempsey and by Referee O'Sulllvnn IOWA'S Lowden-for-President club announces that more than 100 000 persons in that state bnve signed the petition asking Frank O. "Lowden to seek the Republican Presidential nnm Hintion and pledging him their sup port. Among the signers are Gov. John Harnmlll and more than 90 per cent of rive employees in the Iowa stale captfol building. Action of the governor in signing the petition nulli fied the hof**? nf his friends that Mr Harmuill. who. like Mr. Rowden. bar been a leader Hi the farm relief flgbt might become a vice presidential can dldnte next year on a Ceolldge ticket MINOR items of news: . Aaron Saplro has dismissed his mil lion-dollar libel suit against Henry Ford, accepting the automobile manufacturer's apology and a "sub stantial sum" of money. Standard OH Company of New Jer ?py announces It will have no busi ness relations with the soviet govern ment of Russia so long as that gov ernment declines to recognize private property rifftitiU Hankow and Hanyang. China, were occupied by Gen. Ho Cblen, a Conscrv j atlve southern leader. Mme. Sun Yat I sen. widow of China's first President* j retired from political life. America to Go After Speed Record in Air w "h the hope of recapturing for 'Trtca the world'a alrplaDe speed a 1,000-horse-powered machine * built at Garden City. N. V ?r 'he navy pilot. Lieut. AI Williams. "* world'a record la 278.48 miles an held by Warrant Officer Bonnet ? r ranee. '?othusiejta are discussing speed "??iblliuea Can a man bnild a ?y "tachlne that baa more endurance thaD his own body? Can ft creation of man's brain outride its creator? Maj. Louis If. Bauer, medical corps, D. S. A., expert on aviation medicine, thinks the mechanically possible may I be the physically impossible. A speed may yet be attained which \ will not allow a turn to be made. Even If the plane can stand it. pres sure oo the stem of the brain caused by a sharp carve may cause sadden death. Although it has not yet been tested in the airplane. Lieutenant Williams' new engine has already developed 1.000 horse power. What Lieutenant Williams la coin? to do with it is a different, if not a greater, feat than straight distance flying over oceans and deserts Any good flyer, according to one of them, can fly a good plane anywhere. If he starts to race he inoi learn all over again. The ordinary flyer pulls the stick and climhr a nice slope. If a racec Just thinks of pulling the stick be is liable to shoot op ->t a tremc* dons speed " - ? "It HER PLAN WORKED OUT SPLENDIDLY <?) by D. J. Wtiih.) IF ANYBODY bad told Edith Kent as she sat dawdling over a late breakfast that morning that she would receive an Invitation to dine with Mrs. Jasper French that eve ning she would not have believed it, for, although Mrs. French had always taken pains to be gracious to Edith, her friendliness had never gone so far as an invitation to dine. Edith was havihg a holiday. Her employer had been called unexpected ly out of town and the oitice would be closed for a day or two. That was why Edith was enjoying a leisurely j breakfast instead of hurrying to her work. It was a real treat, for iu Edith's life, since her parents' death, there had been all too few times that she could idle away a hit of time. She was a wage earner and had only recently arrived at a time where her earnings made it possible for her to have two rooms in which to work out a semblance to a home for herself. True, to most people her home, as she culled it, would have seemed poor enough, but to Edith, long used to ball bedrooms, this sunny room, with its couchbed, tea wagon and few pieces of ancient furniture, seemed a para dise. It is true that Edith did not expect to pass un idle dayf for there were stockings to darn, her office suit to be sponged and pressed, and a new rec ipe for sponge-cake, which she wished to try. Therefore, when Mrs. Hess, who owned the bouse in which Edith had her "home," came toiling up the stairs to announce in a wheezy voice, "Phone, Miss Kent," Edith had no idea what was in store for her. When Edith had taken down the receiver and culled, "Hello I" she re ceived the announcement that it was Mrs. French, and that she wished Edith to dine with her at six that eve ning. "Perfectly informal," Mrs. French assured Edith. "Only Miss Gordon and my nephew, Harry Case, whom you already know. Afterward we will have a gauie or two of cards." At Edith's ready acceptance Mrs. French murmured a conventional phrase or two and said good-by. Edith was in the seventh heaven of delight. To dine with Mrs. Jasper French, who up to this time had mere ly been pleasantly neighborly. To dine and s{>eiid an evening in Mrs. French's cozy home, which from the glimpses Edith had caught through the lighted windows as she passed to and from her work must be lovely. To meet the beautiful Miss Constance Gordon, whom she had long admired, but never met, and to be in the pres ence of Harry Case, whom she had known since their school duytf, but had seen little of since. Edith's beurt fairly danced for Joy. She pinched herself to make sure she was awake and not dreaming. Upstairs she flew. There would not be u moment to waste. The organdie must be put through the dye bath and pressed, her hair brushed until it shone. Oh, there was much to be done before she would be presentable. And all the time she worked her heart sung a merry iiule accompaniment to the grateful thoughts which duuced through her mind at the kindness of Mrs. French in asking her?little Edith Kent?to her house. At a quarter before six, when Edith ran down tlie street toward Mrs. French's house, she was sllii Joyously happy. Snow flukes were falling and Edith laughingly held up her face to their caress. What a wonderful world U was! Forgotten were the sorrows and troubles which had beset Iter nine teen years. Tonight she would be feauuy. A in in maid admitted Edith and showed her to the parlor where Mrs. French ami Miss Gordon, who had already arrived, were seated la fore the lirepldce talking. Aa Edith en tered the room Mrs. French arose and in a delightful, cordial manner wei ! corned her, and taking her hand led | her to the lire and introduced her to Miss Gordon. For a moment Kdltli waa j quite speechless. Never la-fore had she seen atijthing wo perfectly lovely as Miss Gordon. Mis* Gordon might have been thirty. At any rate, she bad tbe air of sophistication which ia ao fascinating to nineteen. She waa blond and far more beautiful than na ture bad intended her to be. Though of tbia Kdith waa unaware. She, too, wore a pink gown, but of a ahade that could not be bought for ten centa at tbe corner drug atore. It waa aatin? one of those gowna that defy imitation and empty one'a parse to buy. It had cost Dearly as much as Kdltb could bATf earned in a whole year. Soon after Edith's entrance, the maid ushered in another guest; this time It was Harry Caae. From that time on things became very Interest ing. Indeed. Harry Case was a One, manly look In; fellow of twenty-one. He had fin ished college and was spending a year working In his father's office learning what he could of the business before entering the firm as a partner. The dinner which followed was per fect In every detail. Edith, complete ly absorbed In the pleasure of her tirst really fine dinner party, was uncon scious of anything save her own en joyment. She was simply an attrac tive young girl, beautiful, as youth Is always beautiful, and her lack of self consciousness enhanced her charm, but beside Ulss Gordon she was as a tiny taper compared to an Incan descent light. Mrs. French, however, saw that every attention wus show ered Impartially upon her guests and she also seemed to be thoroughly en Joying herself. wuvu uh: reiurueu 10 wit parlor Miss Gordon seated herself up on a big gray davenport and. patting the seat by her side, said to Edith: "Come, my dear; sit beside me. Let us get acquainted.** Under the bright light which the chandelier threw directly on their faces Edith looked like a pink rose bud, while Miss Gordon, with her touched-up^ skin and penciled eye brows, looked decidedly artificial. Harry Case, who had seated himself directly facing the two girls, looked from one to the other at first in sur prise and then in growing conviction. Miss Gordon was in her liveliest mood and all went well until Mrs." French was culled to the telephone. Then Miss Gordon's wit seemed to vent It self on poor Edith, who was bewil dered by the change In the woman's manner. The fifteen minutes which followed were the most uncomfortable that Edith had ever endured. Sh* felt she was being dissected for Ha* ry's benefit, but she endured It all po litely. She was, however, glad almost to tears when Mrs. French returned to the room and the maid brought in the card tuble. The bad quarter of an hour had done its work and left Edith with the Joy of the evening dimmed. At ten Miss Gordon decided it was time for her to go home, and to Mrs. French's offer of her car Miss Gordon shook her head and w ith an arch look at Harry Case said she preferred to walk. But Harry failed to catch the look and, turning to Edith, he asked her if he might walk home with her. Thus the party left the house. Miss Gordon laughing merrily and insist ing that she had had a most delightful evening, "dear Mrs. French." but with scarcely a good-night to Harry and Edith, who walked away white she was still saying good-by to her host ess. As Mrs. French turned from the door and reached to turn off the lights she caught sight of herself in the long mirror over the fireplace and smiled at her reflection. Her little plan had worked eery nicely, and Harry's ca reer was safe In the bands of Kdith and all she stood for. It had been a daring tiling to do, but Harriet French loved her nephew as if he were her own $on. She had resolved that he would not lie'ome involved in an af fair which would hinder or complicate hit future. She had bj?en troubled by ; the growing friendship between Miss Gordon and Harry, for he was at the j age,where his fancy might he caught i by the charm of an older woman. She was sure Miss Gordon was only amus ing herself, but to Harry It might be serious enough to spoil Ids future. Therefore the risk was too great? ! hence die dinner party. Mrs. French switched off the fights' j and ascended the stairs to her room, J humming happily to herself. Napoleon99 Firtt Wife Josephine, the first wife of Napo leon Bonaparte, was horn In the Is land of Martinique, a French |>oxses sion In the West Indies. Her first husband was Viscount Ih-aubamois, by whom she had two children, Ku- j gene, who became viceroy of Italy, | and Hortense, wife of Napoleon's ' brother and mother of Louis Napoleon | or Napoleon III. Napoleon divorced Josephine In 1S09 in order that he ; mfitbt marry Maria Louisa, daughter of the emperor of Austria. Jose- t phlne died in 1814. Tested and Labeled **IIow old are you?" inquired the 1 visitor of his host's little son. ' ''That is a difficult question," an swered the young man, removing his spectacles and wiping them reflective ly. "The latest personal survey avail able shows my psychological age to he twelve, my moral age four, my anatomi cal age seven, and iny physiological age six. I suppose, however, that you rider to my chronological age. which la eight. That is so old-fashioned that I seldom think of it any more."?Suc cess Magazine. Capacity for Love In the most perfect love, the lovers* happiness will not be exactly the same, be their union ever so close; for the better of the two needs must love with a love that If deeper; aud the one who loves with a deeper love must be surely the happier.?Mueter Jinck. ? LAVA BEDS IDAHO -<M An Old Fumarole- or Sputter Cone. (PrfjMirwl by th? National Gffi?r?pblc Society, Wuhiuton. D. C.) IN THE West the term "Lava Beds of Idaho" has always signified a region to be shunned by even the most venturesome travelers?a land supposedly barren of vegetation, destitute of water, devoid of animal life, and lacking in scenic Interest. In reality the region has slight re semblance to its imagined aspect. Its vegetation is mostly hidden in pockets, but when ? found consists of pines, cedars. Junipers, and sagebrush; its water is hidden deep in tanks or boles at the bottom of large "blow-outs" and is found only by following old Lndian or mountain sheep trails or by watch ing the flight of birds as they drop into these places to quench their I thirst. The animal life consists prin cipally of migrant birds, rock rabbits, woodchucks, black and grizzly lienrs; its scenery is impressive in its grandeur. A glance at a map of Idaho shows that the southern part of the state,, lying between Arco and Carey aud north of Minidoka, is a vast region labeled desert or rolling pluteau. This region is about 100 miles southwest of Yellowstone park. Although almost totally unknown at present, tlds section Is destined some day to attruct tourists from all Amer ica, for Its lava flows are as Interest ing as those of Vesuvius, Mauna I.oh or KilMuea. Part of it Iims recently been made into the craters of the M<?on National monument. The district consists of some (S3 vol canic craters, lava, and cinder .cones, all at present extinct or dormant The largest and most conspicuous is 0UU feet high, rising In the midst of a belt of craters two or three miles wide and 30 miles long. The craters or cones are .close together in the north and west; in the south they are miles A ?. Among the Craters. In entering from Minidoka one of the firm nia>?r landmarks encountered Is Kig Dome. A few hundred yards north of it 1* a crater several hundred yards In dfuineter and about 200 feet deep. Ttie bottom of this crater was utilized us a camping site by a recent exploration party. They found thein selves * hi a gigantic funnel whose sloping sides of red and black formed weird surroundings in the reflections of the campflre A peculiar feature of the bottoms of the crater* was that they seemed to act as sounding Imurds for the notes of the birds migrating northward far overhead. Their faint calls are gathered and intensified until the birds seem only a few feet away. Half a mile east of Big I mine is an Immense crater ring that looks as If the top of a mountain bud collapsed and fallen back into the volcanic throat. From the center, crags of bright-red lava and burned cinders Jut up. In some place* the lava is black, as If smoked in a tire. The crags have magnetic properties, and tlie compass neeule cannot be de pended u|*?n when near them. About a quarter mile to the northwest is a large fissure, which was iqiuied Ver milion canyon. The floor, a hundred or more feet in width, is composed of cinders; the walls of lava are a bright, almost a vermilion, red in the sun light. Fifteen fett south of this Is a hol low cone, built up 4 or 5 feet. One side has fallen in, exposing the throat, which goes down 25 feet and then angles off, an unknown depth. Fifty feet to the north is another cone, about 4 feet high and 2*4 feet in di ameter at the base. This has a 0-inch hole in one side, which opens up as it goes down. Not far away is another crater sim ilar to the one already described but having interesting variations. From Its rim one sees below a hundred or more larire lava blisters or bobbles. In many Instances the tops have (all en In. disclosing rooms from 8 to 10 feet across and as high as 6 or 7 feet. The shells of these leva babbles are from e to 8 inches thick. Their color is a grayish brown. West of the crater beside Bobble Basin are channels winding through the lava flat Just as meandering brooks might cross a level meadow. Kxamination showed these to be lava gutters. Here the plastic lava bait flowed down grade, assuming all the shapes of a mountain stream. It was in wares, rolls, twists, and levels. Ten miles to the northwest, beyood buttes and Inva beds, lies Echo Cra ter, one of the most beantifnl in the region. It is 700 feet deep and Is on* of the few craters having a growth of timber on its sides and bottom.' The dark green of the pines and cedars emphasizes the vivid coloring common to these craters. --- ?- - About a quarter of a mile east of Kctio Crater is Ice cave. There Is a rush of cold air from the entrance. The cause Is immediately apparent. The floor is a conglomerate mass of huge lava blocks. These and the walls are incrusted iu water, with abont 2 inches of Ice as clear as glass, through which the structure of the rock can easily he seen. Hanging from the ceiling are many lee stalactites, wme 4 to 8 inches in ilianieter at the base and front 3 to 8 fee^Ionc. In places, especially where there is a ridge In the ceiling, they are in closely packed clusters. Cobalt Bills Lava Flow. One of the best vantage points In the craters of the Moon country is Big Cinder Butte, about miles south of the town of Arco, and within five miles of the highway from Carey to Yellowstone park. From the summit one looks over numerous craters and (lows and the other features that make up the weird region. To the north are many sputter cones and the shadowy outlines of huge craters. Two miles northwest Is a row of sev en lava sputter cones caused by mol ten lava which had been thrown out of a vent, piling up to a height of 00 feet. Stretching to the southwest fof a distance of about XI miies ia one of the most remarkable lava Bows in the world. Its color Is a deep cobalt bine, with generally a high gloss, as If the Bow had Is-en given a coat of bine varnish. The surface is netted and veined with small cracks, having the nppearaare of the scales of some pre historic reptile. It has been nameB the Blue Dragon Flow. It merits the nana-, as In many places it bas burst through the crevasse of an older flow, and the ropy twists of blue lava, spreading out In branches, together w ith Its scaled surface, need but a Ut ile stretch of imagination to suggest the claws and legs of a dragon. It i,* piny or ugm at sunset across tills lava that charms the spec tator. It becomes a twisted, wary sea. In the moonlight its glazed sur face has a silvery sheen. With chanc ing conditions of light and air. It va rlrs also, even while one stands and watches. It Is a place of color and silence, broken only by the wan of the coyote and clilrp of the rock cony. Beyond the north end of Bine Dra-" gon Flow is an immense cinder cone, the west side of which has breached away, leaving the floor of the crater exactly as it must have appeared when the eruptioD of lava ceased. Here are bubbles, rolls, folds and twists, as if a giant's frying pan of thick gravy furiously boiling had beea frozen instantaneously. This flow had broken ont and traveled northwest tor several hundred yards, sad then, har | ing been dammed up, bad broken ? through a low place la the cfndw ridge gone east.
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