VOL XVII. NO. }
TRIP ACROSS
THE CONTINENT
Very Interesting Sketch Of a Trip
Co The Panama-Pacific Expo
sition And Western
Canada.
R V HA«HY A BIGGS
INSTALLMENT VIII.
Within the geyser basin sur
rounding Old Faithful Inn. about
which I wrote last, are geyers
boiling springs, paint poU, etc.,
which are the puzzle and admira
tion of the scentific world. Of
course, the most noted one, and
one which is well known all over
the enlightened world is Old
Faithful Geyser, which is located
• just east of the hotel, and from
which the hotel gets its name.
For thousands of years, so far as
we know, this geyser has been
playing, frequently in the davs
of the past with no one to see its
br lliant glory, without an eye to
note its splendor, or a voice to
tell its beauty to the world. Old
Faithful does not owe its popu
larity to its heigth or beauty,
though it possesses both, but its
chief fam« lie* in tb* regularity
of its playing Every sixty to
seventy minutes since this gey
ser was discovered, it has never
disappointed the bewildered SDec
tator: year in and year out, winter
and summer, night and day Old
Faithful sends up its silvery cas
cade to the height of about one
hundred and eighty feet, it has
never been known to disappoint,
fcnd even now while I write this
paper several times this wonder
ful beauty of nature has shown
itself to tie world. Its eruptions
by moonlight and sunrise and
sun set are sights which every
lover of the beautiful in nature
would appreciate. Its eruptions
begin with a few spasmodic
spurts, during which considera
ble water is thrown out, these
are soon followed■ by-m column of
hot water which is sent up into
the air, and apparantly re
mains stationary for about three
minutes.
Tne crater of this geyser is an
oblong opening about two by six ,
fe»t, and just after-an eruption j
it is perfectly safe for one to go
up to it and look down. I did
this and saw only smoke gushing
from the op nirig, and heard
rd:iv>lingi in tha earth as if th ;re
were a combat between the fire
arid water.
At each eruption Old Faithful
* p >urs fourth about one miliion
ft /i; hundred-thousand gallon# of
water, o,* mare than tiirty-three
mdli >n gallons in one day, this
would be enough water to sup
ply Williamaton for many a hot
dustv day during our long dry
summers
The Castle Geyser occupies a
a prominent position jusi in front
of the hotel, it derives its name
from the fact that its formation
resembles the ruins of an ancient
castle, possesses the largest cra
ter in tne whole region, and it
is believed to be the oldest active
geys?r in the Park. Its eruptions
d3notoc3ur with the regularity J
of th>se of iOld Faithful. The
Gait Giyser throws it* bailing
water to a heigth of 250 feet and
it plays for about an hour and a
half; its eruptions occur, how
ever, very irregularly, from sev
en to twelve days, and very
fortunate indeed is he who sees
thisremarkable phenomenon.
A detailed of all the
geyaers in this section would 1
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THE ENTI-RPR-kiii
take up too much space, and I
shall have to forego the pleasure
of describing each one. Some
of them have very attractive
names, as Riverside, Beehive,
Daisy, Economic, Jewel, Spas
modic, Splendid, and the sponge,
which is the smallest of all, it
throws its water only 25 feet,
and lasts only fifteen seconds.
An afternoon and evening
spent in this remarkable region
is an event which one can never
forget, he may have, in after
life, many experiences of the suc
cessful, or thd reverses with
which one may be overtaken, but
no matter what happens there
will be in his memory a distinct
vew of this remarkable spot.
While viewing these wonders
one is impressed with the re
markable beauty of the place,
his mind dwells af?ain upon the
infinite and his thoughts wpnder
into the unknown in an endeav
or to reconcile to his mind what
is the cause of all this marvelous
and grand work of the crater.
Within this area of the active
geysers is a place catted HeH's
Half Acre. It is right rightly
named. Rough, perpendicular
hedges project over a monstrous
gulf of depth, from which great
clouds of steam are constantly
emerging. When a slight wind
causes this smoke to blow away
for a moment, one sees a lake
below, seething and boiling from
internal heat. No one would ev
er suspect this to be a geyser,
but once it burst forth and ex
pelled more water than all the
other geysers combined. These
wonderful geysers and boiling
pools in the upper geyser baisin
make the setting of Old Faithful
Inn one of the most remarkable
of any hotel in the world, and
one leaves this fascinating spot
at 7:45 the next morning reluct
antly, but eager iO explore fur
ther the works of nature in this
retfisn where Almighty God ha
set a special imprint of His di
vine hand.
Again entering "iAva" coach
each of us happy and contented,
our minds dwelling upon the mar
vels which are found within the
geyser basin, we resumed our
journey to Yellow Stone Park, a
distance of nineteen miles. The
route is over the summit of the
Contineritial Divide, which is a
great range of mountains extend
ing from Canada to Mexico, and
j the falling water goes into two
directions, east to the Atlantic
ocean, byway of the Mississipi
river, through the Gulf of Mexi
co, and west to the Pacific.
While driving these well
kept roads one often sees the
many animals which are found
in such numbers in the Park. It
is no unusual sight to see bears
roaming the woods, climbing th-
trees, and frolicking upon the
ground, as one passes along.
Many of the animals were not
near the road when I was'Koin#
through the Park, having been
frightened by the noises ot auto
mobiles which wtre in the Part
that week for the first- tune; buf
faloes are to be found, mountain
sheep, elk, deer and antelopes,
mink and and otter, the comm >n
skunk, the wood chuck, or ground
hog, muskrat and beaver are
seen in large numbers. One
comforting thing is that there
| are but few reptiles in this
region where so many animaU
abound. The snake is nev
er found above €OOO feet altitude
and the average altitude of the
Park is 8000 feet The eagle is
seen in many places; the
eagle ia a high minded bird; also
the gull pelican, vulture, bine
jay, robin, black bird and pheas
ant
About a mile away one catches
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, NOV. 26. IQIS
the first glimpse of Yellowstone
Lake, which is nestled among
the forest crowned hills, and has
the highest altitude of any lake
of its size in the world with one
exception, and that is in the
Andes Mountains in Peru. On
the edge of this lake is the fa
mous fishing cone, which is a
boiling spring, surrounded by
the cold water of the take. This
is the well known spot where
a fisherman can catch a fish in
the lake, which is cold water and
without taking him from the
hook, throw him into the boiling
water of the cone and cook him
within a very few seconds. A
gasoline launch can be taken and
the remainder of the journey to
the hotel can be made upon the
smooth waters of Yellowstone
Lake, The Lake Colonial Hotel
is reached at about four o'clock
and one >is delighted with the
welcome which this delightful
place of rest offers after having
traveled in a coach all day. Thit
is a large structure, buiit in Co
lonial style and has accomodations
for five hundred guests.
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Caught In The Act
Saturday night, Sheriff Craw
ford had a feeling that all was not
well at the jail, and about 9:30
he walked down to investigate,
and found that Henry Slade and
another negroe had dislodge the
rivits in the cell door, having in
some way drawn the fire poker,
which was lying outside into the
cell, and were in the corridor]
breaking away the brick wall be*
neath a window. They were aft
cured and placed in a safer
apartment. A suspicion was
aroused in the Sheriff's mind by
one negro requesting to be placed
with the other. This was grant
ed with the above result. It took
two to do the job, and so they
planned to get together.
A GOODMAN
PASSES AWAY
After Long Life of Usefulness--Fu
nernal Services Today With
Masonic Honors.
After seventy-nine years oi
usefulness, George P. McNauyh
ton fell asleep at Tarboro or
Tuesday evening at 7:35 o'clock
Two weeks ajzo, he went then
to visit his daughter, Mrs Joht
Fraley, hoping that the shantf*
would be beneficial, bht disca;
had so far sapped his
that death soon entered th«
home and took ihe husband afi
lather to that eternal Horn*',
where HU saints forever ar
blessed;
Nearly twenty-five years n;/ ,
Mr. McNautfhton came »• North
Carolina'from Pennsylvania, In.
native State, and settled at, KV«T
etts, where he established a larj.re
lumber plant, which he made one
of the most important indu-tries
of this section.
For several years he and his
wire have been living here with
their children, Mr. and Mrs. Jno.
L. Rodgerson. He was fifty-three
yt*ars old and is survived by his
wife, two sons, Messrs. Charles
and George McNaughton, and
three daughters, Mrs. John L.
Rod person, Mrs Walter Taylor
and Mrs. John Fraley.
For years he had been a faith
ful member of the Presbjferian
church and embodied in his life
those Christian virtues which
mark the people of God. He was
an ardent Mason and "stood four
square to all the winds which
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BETTER AND SAFER SCHOOL
BUILDINGS ARE NEEDED
Williiiniston N*MMIS A NOW
School BuiWliiiy;—Tho Prosont,
Quo ia Wry I ii;il»qut}i©
la a pamphlet Just Isauod by the In
surance Commissioner, he says:
Let us Continue to Brect School Build
ings, but not of the "Built-to-Dum"
Character.
In America we born twelve school
booses and two colleges every week.
In the United States, a fire occurs
every day In some school. The loss ot
life Is great, while the loss of property
amountn to several hundred thousand
dollars. The American peuple havo
given leas thought to the protecUon of
schools and their precious contents
than has been given to manufacturing
plants and buildings In general. FY*»-
*uonUy the lives of our children are
saved simply because Uie fire occurs
while the school Is not in session.
The above statement conta'tin warn-
In K* for us hero In North Carolina. We
•re in the midst of u great educational
uplift and advance. We are building
au unusually large numbor of school
buUdlnfS and collecting In thorn our
children and their teachers. We are
looking after the appearances of these
buildings and their adaptability to
teaching, but paying little or no atten
tion to their safety, or evon economy
of erection. A large majority of our
school buildings are ot Uie most dan
gerous character, calling for heavy de
preciaUon and oonstant repairs, larg
est Insurance rates and fewost exits.
These buildings are not only easily
fired, but of the cWfcvarter to burn
moat rapidly whou oneu fired.
With a view of bringing about a
change in these oondiUons, your care
ful attention Is Invited to the tetters
and other data herein. Let us Inform
ourselves and the people and we will
get the results desired—better end
SftSsr Mheel buildings.
The following correepondence la
given, and explains Itself:
I)r. James Y. Joyner,
Supt. Public InstrucUoa,
Raleigh. N. C.
Dear Sir:—For several years the
loss of school buildings by Are has
been unusually haavy. This liability
to burn carries with it not only the
loss of property, but the loss of lives
of the Inmates -teachers and children.
The reason for this is, no doubt, found
In tbe of the buildings being
erectou, u.,d has evoked the descrip
tion, "Bullt-to Burn."
My duUes under our building and
flre-oscape laws, and the fact that for
the last twelve years we have in
North Carolina built on an average of
orer one school building a day, havo
caused me to give much thought to
this subject, and I desire to bring to
your attention and through you to the
attention of tho school officers and
people of the state the following facts
and suggestions:
1. We are building mosUy frame
and brick metal roof hollow construc
tion buildings. These am net tho
Bafest, nor, in the end, the cheapest
buildings Where over one r.tory, they
are a menace to the lives of the chil
dren and call for the heaviest Insur
ance rates and greatest depreciation
and repairs.
2. The lire-proof roof br>build
Ing, ere« tod on the slew burning oz
mill construction plan, will cost only
about seven (7) per cent, morn than
the brick metal-roof building referod
to above, when provided with auto
matic sprinklers. This building will
bo absolutely safe; he subject to less
depreciation, and call for not more
than on*'half the present insurance
rates.
3. A reinforced concrete building
will copt only 12 per cent more than
the brirk. metal-roof hollow con
struction and occasion for repairs, and
insurance ;it one-third less.
4. Again, at practically no addition
al cost all inside stairways and open
ings Can be cut out of all these build*
ings —framo to concrete — furnishing
safety to children and building by the
ase of tower stairways or fire-escapes.
These tower stairways are desirable
because simple, safe, and economical,
making unnecessary fire escapes and
yet rendering buildings of two or more
stories absolutely safo for children
even in caso of fire.
S. I recognize that it is hard to
change any general custom of a peo
ple, but I ardL jarepared to show that
these ■uggestlfflMlfcaro in accord with
any of the well established rules de
signed by teachers for school buHd-
Ings, and are principles that do not In
terfere with the best efforts and skin i
of architects. These snggesUone have'
been submitted to yoa, your assist
ants, and many aehool sspeiintanA*
eats and teachers, and met with the
approval of aD. Beth associations ot
ardtfteete in the State have heartily
•aimed the suggestions as lidr>Mi
giving additional safety to children
C. An school buildirgs arc being
orected continually, I am anxious to
have your Department (1) urge all
school committeemen to look into the
matter thoroughly before approving of
any plans for now buildings or
changes in old onos; (2) call their aL
tonUon to Uieao suggestions as moot
ing with your approval; and (I) Join
with mo In providing and Bending oai
general plans for school buildings em
bodying those suggestions.
Of course, I noed not say that it will
afford mo pleasure at any time U> give
any further information or dotails de
sired or examine any plans for you or
any school committee in the Htate or
their architect.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMKB R. YOUNG,
Insurance Commlimloner.
November 1, 1916.
H. Young,
Insurance Commissioner,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Hlr: —I thank you for your lot
tcr, written In compliance with my re
quest. and for the practical sugges
tions contained therein for the con
strucUou of school buildings so as to
give better protecUon to life and prop
erty against fire.
I commend Uiese suggestions to the
careful considoraUon of all uchool of
ficials. I have almuly conferred with
our architect about i;i'-nrporatlng
your suggestions for Are protection la
the construction of school buildings la
the net revision of our pamphlet of
plans for public school buildings, la
the mnanUme, 1 shall be glad to oo
operatn with yon In any way possible
la bringing these saggestlons to the
attention of com: Lteemen, boards of
trustees, and other school officials ef
the state
Very truly yoars,
J. Y. JOYNKR,
Htate Bopt. Publis Instruction.
Durham, N. C., July 23, 191 ft
Hon. J. R. Young,
Insurance Commissioner, „
Italolgh, N. C.
Dear Hlr:—The following resolution
was unanimously adopted at our meet
ing at Wrightsvillo Beach, N. C., or
July IGth Inst.:
"Resolved, That the North Carolina
Chapter of the Aninrlcan InaUtuto of
Architects do hrnrtf y (indorse better
construction of public school build
ings, for safety flrßt, as rocommended
hy Hon. J. R. Young, Insurance Com
missioner, Raleigh, N. C."
WILLARD C. NORTHROP,
Bee. N. C. Chapter A. I. A.
Colllrtwood Disaster.
In tho Collin wood school fire scores
of little children died within an arm's
reach of eafety, alnue.t within sight
of frenzied parents, Jammed at tho
foot of a stairway In a solid arch of
flesh and bono, skewed into projoc-
Uone caused by lessened width of tho
vesfibu'o.
Tho building was constructed of
hrlc'. with wooden floors and parti-
Mop • fin same character of building
SIB a rriwj'o i f .y c.f our Lett school build*
ingu in North Carolina.
There are only two classes of build
ings vliero aUandanco is involuntary
—Hi In ol.i ar.»l jai'x If the hou.ie or
flat, in which you live la a flret. ap,-you
fan move out. If you bo'iuve ;i cert sin
holcyl or theatre i:i uii«afo, you need
not patronize It. But jfi, your school
in in daily danger of becoming a fl ry
furnace the law compels your chil
dren to attend, just tho saiae. —Wia-
consin Induuti ial Commission.
A freakish fire in Houston, Texas,
occurred recently where a defective
flue blazo Ignited t! e Insulation un aa
olectrlc wire and the blazo followed,
the COUTKO of the wire across the room
and down t&o wall paper. It was dia
: covered in time to prevent serious
damage
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Dry cleaning in the Irltchen
With "Btuff" and gasoline
Doth fill and "stuff" man's pockeUk
Atao the graveyard green.
▲ night In the winter,
A ere£ in the fine,
A heap of black charcoal
When the lire la through.
Little sparks from matches.
Little piles of treah,
WW tan your pretty cottage
Into amoke and aril.
«mhy trrmy week.
Si.oo a Year in Advance
WAS IT SUICIDE
OR ACCIDENT?
MRS. JOHN WHITTFIEU*
FOUND IN WELi_
Was Apparently in Tht Beit Of
Hralth—Body Found Shortly
[After Leaving House-She
Leave* Hatband And
Foar Children.
Robersonville, N. C. t 28. Hfinv
John Whitfield, aged whl
lived near this place, commit*-, d
suicide here some time yc sterdar
morning by jumping down ;i w*ll
and drowning. While of eorv-
siderable depth, the well i* onfjr
two feet in diameter.
The body was found about t*>:o
hours after it is supposed
took her life. No feasor bqfc
en for her act.
Mrs, Whitfield attended chur-h
Sunday and appeared to be t«
the best of spirits. Monday ioee
ning she attended to her domes
tic duties as usual, got the chil
dren off to school and went
about her Later
disappeard jj J Her husband, to
coming alarmed made aHemA
for her and found the bod> dowia
the well.
She is survived by her hiwUind
land four children, the yeunj{*
being only 8-months old.
Later investigations reveal iV
fact that it is a possibility that nit
might have in some way lost
balance and fell in, as the welU
bucket was down the well.
Her neck was broken and itlie
right shoulder^crushed.
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MOONSHINE KM
lN'i'EltlMJ PTKD
Sheriff Crawford and Revenue Of
ficer James, Capture Still
Men Escape.
Sheriff Crawford and Rev to oft
Officer Ed James, captured 43)
gallon still on Roses Crtek near
Jamesville Wednesday, together
with about «iOO gallons of molas
ses beer, one charge of yvhirk
was in the still with a good (r.t»
under it They also got one n».«r
sngle-barrel f i,r, a fai-h lipht, 1
InurJlaiL- fclvccs. 2 pair of
3 oats, 1 Irs it g pan, a f» v/ lbs
of meat and a car.oe.
The still was complete uith
J cap and two worms, atcut one
! quart of liquor.
| 'l'he till was located on the
jba+ik of the cretk and the operv
tit s were us-ii g water fri m the
cr « k for cooling j ur poses,
j The effieers came up nenr the
Isctne ot outratitns and locktd
'straight at the two performer*
fur several minutes, finally tlioy
were discovered by one of the
' party when they brcke and rcii
through the mud and water jott
like a herd of wild cattle.
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Died Snddenly
Dr. Alexander, of Columbia
N. C-, who for many years has
been selling medicines through
this section of the State, died
suddenly) at the Lathum firms*
last night. His death is attribafe
ed to heart failure. The remaSw -
were sent to Columbia this mintr -
ingonthe Norfolk Sooth era.
train —Washington News, Ham~