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t 5T. JOHNS REVIEW PART TWO ST. JOHN'S. OilKHON', FRIDAY. FKHItl'AItY 28. 11)13. FOUR PAGES 1 t Public Playground Is Glacier National Park Famous Resort in Northwest Has All the Grandeur of Wild In northern Montana, 200 miles north of Yollowstono National Park, lies ono of Undo Sam's newest play ground, Oluclor National Park. Com prising 013,000 acres and embracing In Its confines most of tho natural beauties tbat characterize, othors of the groat mountain resorts, with mag nificent ' lnkos shlmmorlng in God's free sunlight at tho bases of giant mountains, snow-clad nnd rugged; a total of 80 glaciers varying in area from a few acres to fivo squnro miles; flno, trickling mountain streams that, beginning as nothing, widen out into rushing, foaming torrents, to bury thomoolvcs in tho bosom of sotno lnko or to rush on west, north or south Into tho Pacific, Hudson Day or tho 0 u If of Mexico; green, restful glades lying along tho bank of mountain lnko or stream and onttclng tho pass ing tourist to a loll on tho grass that will recall tho clover days of youth. All theso has tho Almighty droppod down into tho lap of naturo that Ills children might spend a part of tbolr days in hoalthful racrcation. Much has been written of tho grandeur of tho Alps and ovory year tourists from America travol Into the far country to sco what tho Old World has to offer as a balm for weary, work-ladon hearts. And somo hnva never viewed tho grandours of our own Amorica, whllo others cotno back with tho declaration that Am erica can boast mountains ns grand, oxporlonces ns thrilling and air as bracing as tho most highly touted sections of tho Old World. Those who htivo visited Glacier National Park pionounca it without compare nnd It, ulong with Yollowstono, Orator Lata, Yosomlto and tho countless other scenlo attractions of tho United States, is doing much to mnko gen eral tho cry "Sco America first." Whllo everything possiblo has boon dene for tho comfort of visitors to this great resort, the tourist must not enter tho park with tho idon of on joying Its splendor from nn automo bile. It is too rugged for that. Tho pony must bo depended upon if ono would enjoy to tho full tho thrills that conio from looking down frem mountain peak seemingly fathomless pared to go much of tho distnnco on foot, sometimes clinging to tho tnil of his pony for nsslstnncn up tho sleep Incline nnd again grnsplng n bush nnd twig by tho sldo of tho nar row trnil. lint to him who makes tho Ventura nml nchlovcs tho heights tho rewnrd Is nbundant. awaits t lio traveler nml guides stand rendy with horses to pilot him into tho wilds. And such a trlpl Words full fnr short of tho power to express the suntliiicnts nnd emotions thnt nrlsn in tho heart of tho trav.olor. In silent wonder ho rides mi, drinking in the beauties thnt rush out to meet On Spcrry Glacier in the Wonderful 'Part in Montana dlitnnces to tho' sblinmorjng llttlo lako below, or fool In tho ocstnclos that ccmo from a fnco-to-faco encounter with n sheer wall of Ice, or tnsto tho delights of virgin solitudo in forest and on lako. And ho must bo pro- 1 Kntrnnco to tho park mny bo gained from Midvalo on tho oast or Iloltou on tho west. Tho government Is rush ing work on rondo nnd bridges nnd tho tourist is afforded ovory comfort. At cither placo a modern chalet him on ovory hand, whon, lol tho party has turned n bond in tho trail nnd thero, beforo him lies tho placid surface of n lako, nestling between pino-clud hills that tower upward to meet tho sky and roflcct In tho bluo MS) mirror below thorn forest, rock nnd snowy ponk. Tho spectntor Is awe struck nml his wonder becomes aud ible, while, tho stnlml guide merely plods abend. Surprises meet him nt every turn whllo ho gropes mentally for words to express his feeling. Over 250 lakes Ho hero and thoro nmong tho green hilts. Lako Mac Donald lies two miles from Helton nnd Is connected with that station by n road. From tho bend of this lako trips nro mndo on horseback to Gun sight Lnko, Iceberg Lnko, .Logging, Quartz, Howninn nnd Kintla Lakes, each with Its own individual beauty nnd points of Interest. In some tho finny trlbn nbound, ns also In tho tumbling torronts thnt find tholr wuy through tho pnsscs. Tho guides nro rendy with Information ns to tho best places to east tho fly. Theso nro but a fow of tho bodies of water to bo found within tho confines of this great resort. As for glaciers, tho most oxactlug tourist ran find tho heights of sub' llmlty In sheer walls of solid1 Ice. Tho trnil leads zigzag over shell rock that threatens to proclpllato horse nnd rider into tho canyon below, but tho rownrd of persistence comes when ono stnuds faco to faca against tho whlto wall of Sporry Glacier, from under whoso depths flow tiny rivu lets, tho beginnings of greater ex panses of wntcr below. 'And if ho wishes to attempt tho climb, tho ox citament nnd perils of tho Ico moun tain nro his. In this grent playground, ovory in terost of tho tourist Is snfegunrdod. Tho streams nro bis for lUhlng, subject 1 1 rcnsounhlo regulations, but nil gnmo birds nml nnlmnls nro under the strict' est protection by the government Tho hook and lino only nro pormlttcd for fishing nnd nil flrcnrms nro ox eluded from tho park. A careful in vcstlgntlon of tho streams wero fish abound 1ms beau mndo by tho gov ernment and tho Information thus ob tnlncd is nt the disposal of tho tour ist Automobllo roads nro as yet few nnd travol In this manner Is limited nnd carefully regulated by tho government. Looking It Over KIHK KILLISSKII, captured by tho Uulgnrlnns from tho Otto mans nfter ono of tho blood iest battles of tho war, has boon renamed Lozeugrad. Kirk Kil llssch means "-10 churches." Tho word "kirk" was left tho Turks by tho crusaders, us It Is tho same ns tho old Scotch word of tho same spoiling nnd is akin to tho Gentian "kircbo." Frank lliiteher was arrested tho othor day at Los Angolcs bocausa ha was a man. For two years be had been employed as n domestic, under the name of Miss Anna Iluteher. Of course, ho wore woman's clothes nil this tlmo nnd none penetrated bis dis guise. His peculiar stylo of vanity was Hotelier's undoing, IIo went to a bairdrt-er to have the wig hu wore "marcelled." The hairdresser know at once that she was working on . u wig, Then, she looked more closely at the face of her customer and discov ered a slight stubblo, evidence of a man's beard. She called a policeman and "Anna" was taken to jail. Butcher told the police that be found it difficult to get employment as a man, "and, besides, I like to do housework." ' One of the next questions to be put to the Supremo Court of the United States is this; "When is an orange ripef" This question comes up as part of an appeal from tho recent de" cision of tho Florida supremo court up holding as constitutional the state law prescribing the age of an orange and its maturity before it can be shipped out of Florida. The London Board of Trade an nounces that the whaling ship Scotia has been engaged to patrol the ice re gions in the North Atlantic, for the purposo of notifying wireless stations on tho coast and steamers of the loca tion of Icebergs and other dangers. The Scotia, which' was formerly en gaged in Antarctic exploration, has been equipped with a powerful wire less outfit. Albert Perkins, whose home is in a little town in California, 1b said to have purchased his freedom from bis wife for $1,000. The husband lacked grounds for divorce and, offered the $1,000, The woman accepted and a (Continued on page two) ' The Farmers New Hired Hand Is a Willing Worker f 3LAME ME IF I AlNT mc nANDY HIRED MAN w" rnin , i 1AKE Ef TO THE PICTURE SfloW ok Take the eo-q-s To MARKET, I'LL BET mcr i EACH ME MILK THE COlM; hNG you know.1 y -1 WMH TOU TO UIN THE I ;3 y mcvt- '(? smsr turn x ' 1 ' fify V' 'Uk-Z 'fcjr-i ' WE IIAVE two horses left and keep them for emergencies, but really have no use for them." That's a statement made by a farmer. who is working a 400-acre ranch in tho west. All of his farm work is done by gasoline power; his is a truly horselqss ranch. Gasoline tractors do his plowing, harrowing, cultivating, sowing, harvesting and threshing, WhenTproduce is to bo taken to town gas power pulls the wagons. When the farmer goes to town on business he rides in a four-cylinder runabout; when his family takes a pleasure ride they drive a six-cylindev touring car. His case is typical, for the auto has taken tho placo of tho horse on hundreds of country places, lightening1 tho work of tl1o farmer, putting him in direct communica tion with the town, making life morp en.ibyablo and work less arduous. Even tho ordinary automobile, leaving out of consideration the special, gas-driven farm machinery that Yankee ingenuity has placed at the disposal of the agriculturist, is used to do much work for tho ranuhoijbj is made to furnish power for fill kinds of machinery, by the simple expedient of caking its wheels off tlip ground and adopting a system of bolts. It is used in stacking hay and in a thousand Suher ways. Golden Days for Mankind Wonder Dream of Scientists In thnt Humanity Mny be Mnde Free from Disease nnd Pain Til Kit I-: Is being dreamed a won der d renin. Theso days mon nro seeing n vision of univer sal happiness, a world of per fect men nnd women nnd happy eyed, strong-limbed children. Thoy nro lift lug tho veil thnt bangs between tho to dny nnd the tomorrow of sclonco nnd showing to us the golden vista of n world thnt Is free from pnin. They dreutn, theso men of science, nnd they work. It Is well that they do droam, too, for It Is of dreamers thnt tho blessings of former nges enmo. Tho abyss between the abstract and tho concrete Is first bridged but by the filmy matter of which dreams are. The dreamers of tho wonder dream work In terms of bacteria and bncllll, microbes nnd serums, vaccines and eul tures. They do not, perhaps, really know that they nro dreaming, yet, so fanciful is their endeavor that cold syllables nnd -black-and-white word etchings di not tell the story. Think, then, thnt tho human body is n citadel, fortified ngalnst nttnekfrom without nnd garrisoned within. Thero are, of course, as nlwnys in real cita dels, traitors within tho walls. Again n h nlwnys, there nro defects In the very walls. The men of science enll the microbe liiliabltnnts "malignant" nml "benevolent." Tho population Is cosmopolitan. For Instance, In the sn liva of the month there may bo half hundred different sorts of microbes, perhaps nil "benevolent," perhaps not. Prnctlcnlly nlwnys thero uro among the hordes upon hordes of the microbes each one of us harbors liiL'nttes. always on the nlert to give comfort nnd aid to the enemy that nttneKs irom wiuioiu, ut ready to tnke pnrt In liitcrnni uprts Inns. On the other hand, thero nro tno leucocytes, I'O'nl nlwnys nnd prepared tu battle for our hwillti Willi invnuer or traitor. The loueoeyto are some times known ns phngoeytos, enters of cells, for they devour uioir eucmi Under tho proper conditions, tho leu . .. -I! 1 1. ..,.11.. eoeytto can iuko onrn i " iinnl" microbes by themselves, uti ilded. It Is when the odds lire ng(uni them thnt disease comes and men must bring old. i u fr.im iim hIiuIv of mlerobo life. ns outlined In untwloiitlfle terms above. that physicians hnvo made of somo 01 their drwims golden truths and ar hv vnar. to tho ultima lliulo of thlr h(iww, n world without diesuse. Tho Jatast development of the theory of vncfllmw i a remarkable thln-t. It Is no leu tlwn this: h mmi l cured by his own disease. The modem phys.eiHti makes n culture "f a Hp. elfic dlseaso gorm. Thnt means tbat bo tuUes some of the microbes who are en imlng trouble and let them propa gate in a tewt tube, boyond tho habitat of the human body- These germs be kills liy bent. Their dead bodies ho injosts lck Into tho body of tho pa tlent. He will use a few million KHrins. but that need not be alarming, for n million gorm would hnvo plentv of room on tho hood of a pin. Also, tho microbes, being dead, ennnot inn! tlply and tho tlssuoe of tho body are able to cope with them. A specific an tidoto is produced by nnturo's Inter mil chemistry nnd this olthor destroys tho troublesome bacteria or renders them helpless beforo the savage rush of the phugoeytes. Chronle colds, In fluetma, bronchitis, carbuneles, iis eased teeth, oven pimples, can be treated this wuy. The physicians speak of tho speelflo that the body makes for itself as "outogcnouB vi rus." . . The possibilities of this form of treatment are Illimitable. Tho mnn with tho ehronle cold or tho frequent and persistont nttack of tonsllitls can thus bo mndo immune from bis par tlenlar typo of minor allmont, as tho man who Is vncoiuated for smallpox annot contract that dlseaso and as the mnu who submits to the typhoid vac i-lno is safo from tbat scourge. Tho Btory of the wonder dream is not ull told hero. Tho tolling will not be completed until it is said that the selontists nro growing new bones, aro transplanting bones, nro grafting skin innVlnrr wlinln men and women of orlppled wrecks, nro, even, promoting morality wltli tno surgeon s scaipci. Is u groat thing, this droam, a wondor ful thing. There Is more to be told.