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Plans Study of °
Land Problem s
half the total national area is In
farms, and only about one-quarter of
the total area Is improved land. Many
(»ersons, deceived by these facts, us-
sume that there is un unlimited re­
serve supply o f farm land. Such Is
not the case, however; by far the
greuter part of the 1,000,000,000 ucres
not yet la farms prohaldy can never
tie used for the growing of crops, and
that part of the reserve land which
may he regarded as potential farm
land cun he brought into use only at
heavy expense for clearing, drainage,
irrigation or fertilization.
Per Capita Acreage Decreasing.
Population Increases; land area does
not. The acreage of Improved farm
land per capita, for Instance, 1ms de­
clined at un ever-increasing rate since
1800. By 1000 the total population, at
a normal rate of growth, probably
will be about 100,000,000. This would
require an addition of 243,000,000
acres of Improved lund if the pres­
ent per capltu acreage of improved
lund is to be maintained.
This situation presents the national
problem of how beat to use drainable.
Irrigable, cut-over and lands of In­
ferior quality that heretofore have
been rejected as unsuitable— whether
they should he brought under the plow
qr reserved temporarily or permanent­
ly for forests or grazing.
The rate of expansion of our na-
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
Names Five Scientists to
Make Investigation.
TO BE MOST CAREFUL SURVEY
Consideration Will Be Devoted to
Country'* Present Crop Produc­
tion, Home Consumption and
Foreign Demand tor Products.
(P r e p a r e d by th e U n ited State# D ep a rtm en t
of A gricu lt ure. )
Wu-hlngton. — Secretary
Wail ace
lias appointed a couuuiitee of the
scientists of tlie Department of Agri­
culture to consider the entire problem
o f lund utilization, especially with re­
spect to the country’s future require­
ments.
In appointing the committee Secre-
rItr y Wallace suggested tlmt as the
basis of the work to be undertaken
careful consideration should be de­
voted to the country's crop produc­
tion, home consumption and foreign
demand, relating the lund now under
cultivation to present and neur future
demands. It seems to the secretary
that tills study should be followed by
a more careful survey and classifica­
tion than has yet been made of lands
whh h can be brought under cuJtlvu-
COSTA RICA’S MEDAL
Ali lnterestlng unii expenslve piece of engineering work ls under wny in thè constructlon o f thè Key bridge con­
ce d i ng thè I'Istrlct of (.'obnubili wlth Virginia, lt lnvalvcs thè removai of thè huge stivi spini from under thè con­
crete ardi, thè stivi spati formtng Mie temporary plutfortn. The oivrathms are goTcrnod by thè etili and tlow of tln»
fide, u tloutlng piattono currylng uway thè sputi as thè water recedos. The building of thls huge bridge ls one of
tlie blggest constructlon projeets In thè country, and wlll he compieteti In about a yeur.
Tlie government of Costa Ulca has
distributed medals in gold, silver nnd
bronze In honor of the one hundredth
anniversary of Its Independence. The
king of Spain, presidents of the Cen­
tral American republics nnd President
Harding were recipients of the gold
medal. The minister of Costa Ulca,
Senor Dr. Don Octavio Reecho, pre­
sented the medal to President Ilurdlng
at the White House.
U. S. and Mexico
Claim R ich Land
slon of lami under cultivation during,
say, the next three years. The shrink­
age In the volume of farm exports, the
many Indications of a probable In­
crease of agricultural Imports Into this
country, nnd the present depression In
developed agricultural areas raise a
serious question as to the wisdom of
an Immediate policy of stimulating the
expansion o f farm acreage.
RIVER CAUSES CONTROVERSY
BIRDS
DIE
BY
THOUSANDS
Omaha Park Is Littered With the
Bodies of Victims of Mysterious
Disease.
81,000,000 Acres Like This in United States.
tlon In the future, nnd the conditions
necessary to make It profitable under
the plow.
Survey Arid, Swamp and Cut Over
Lands.
The suggested survey would include
the arid lands of tlie West suitable for
Irrigation, swamp lands which can he
reclaimed by drainage, nnd the cut­
over timber lands of the various sec­
tions. In studying the cut-over lands
consideration will he given to their
possibilities both for cultivation nnd
for reforestation.
The personnel of the committee of
five Is as follows:
Dr. L. C. Gray, agricultural econo­
mist, office of fnnn management and
farm economics, chairman.
C. V. Piper, agrostologlst In charge
forage crop investigations, bureau of
plunt Industry.
Dr. fl. M. Itommell, chief, animal
husbandry division, bureau of unlmal
Industry.
F. Murbut, scientist in charge,
soil survey Investigations, bureau of
soils.
K. K. Carter, assistant forester, for­
est service.
At the present time a Utile less than
tional area also Is an Important factor
for consideration. Despite the Im­
pending demand for n large expansion
of the lund basis of American agricul­
ture, there are many reasons why we
should consider most carefully before
encouraging any considerable expan-
SCHOOL FARM ON ‘LEPER ISLE’
First Efforts to Rehabilitate Hawaiian
Race to Be Made on Island
of Molokai.
Honolulu, T. II.—The Island of
Molokai, the famous ‘‘leper Isle" of the
linwnilan group, will he the scene of
the first efforts to rehabilitate the dy­
ing Hawaiian race. In accordance with
Side Car Used to
“ Exercise" Pet Dogs
New York.—The motorcycle
side-car hns a new function. It
Is that of taking Pekinese pups
for un airing. "It does heat the
dickens,” raid one disgusted
truffle cop on upper Fifth ave­
nue.
“ I rode one of those
things In France, und here now
one comes by me every day with
three small dogs In it nnd n
chauffeur riding the hike part.
He tells me they're Ids b o s s ' pet
dogs and they get their ‘exer­
cise’ this way.”
RCAD TO VOLCANO'S SUMMIT
United States Government Will Aid
in Building Highway in
Hawaii.
Hilo, Island of Hawaii, T. II.—A
-rohd from Kllnuea volcano, 4 , 00 «) feet
above sea level, to the summit of the
great active volcano of Mauna Lon.
which towers 14,000 feet above the
sea, will he constructed soon, with the
aid of the federal government, which
recently set npurt tlie crater of Kilauea
nnd the surrounding region as the
latest National park, according to a
letter received here by the llllo board
of trade.
Prof. T. A. Jaggnr. Jr.. United
States government volcanologist on
the island, and Lorain A. Thurston,
publisher of the Honolulu Advertiser,
promised that the toad he built some
tinie ago, and they have enlisted the
aid of Stephen Malhcr, director of the
National park service.
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White Shirt Scares
Colt; Farmer Dead
Si. X Falls, S *D.—A white
shirt he was wearing while tak­
ing care of horses and cows Is
believed to have t>een directly
responsible for the death of
Hugo
Schroeder.
twenty two
years old, son of a Lake county
tanner. One of the colts, at­
tracted by the shirt, became
frightened and kicked at the
young man, striking him In the
abdomen and Inflicting Internal^
Injuries which caused his death
Mime hours later.
Letting the Tide Do the Heavy Work
Oninhn, Neb.—Local ornithologists,
who have made the study of birds nnd
their ways a life study, are at a loss
to explain the mysterious deaths of
thousands o f blackbirds In the past
two days. Tliotisnuds of dead birds
litter Fontenelle park.
There have been great flocks of the
birds flying over the city for three
weeks, but only a couple of days ago
did they begin dying off In wholesale
numbers.
According to persons living near the
park, the birds fly to a certuin height
und then fall dying to the ground. All
the dead birds are of the “grackle" va-
rlety, and all are males.
tlio Hawaiian homes commission law
passed by congress, It was decided
here by the commission appointed by
Gov. Wallace 11. Farrington to admin­
ister the provisions of the luw.
The commission voted to establish
n model demonstration- farm on Molo­
kai, which ls approximately ¡10 miles
from Oahu, the island on which Hono­
lulu ls situated. The farm will he
on the grounds of Hoolehuu nnd
I’nhiuu, set aside by congress for tlie
Hawailnns, and wlll he directed by
‘‘a part Hawallan of agricultural edu­
cation and experience,” the committee
said.
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Angry Duck Whips Cow.
Charlton, Mo.—It Is being tohl on the
streets of Keytesvllle how a wander­
ing cow was recently badly licked by
nn angry duck.
They have both
ducks nnd cows nt the county poor
farm. Recently one of tlie cows went
to the duck pond to get a drink, nnd
while there was viciously attacked
by the duck, which completely lost
Its ungovernable temper and proceeded
to kick the stuffin’ out of the intruder.
In the final round of the hectic en­
counter, the cow turned tall, and lied
Ignominlously, with the buttling duck
in hot pursuit.
Busy Photographer in Moscow
Property in Heart of El Paso
Now Worth $3,000,000 in
Dispute for Years.
Incorrigibly Vagrant Habits of the
Rio
Grande
Cause
Dispute
Which Has Remained Unset­
tled for Sixty Years.
El Faso, Tex.—When a 600-acre
tract covered with industrial Improve­
ments worth more than $3,000,000 In
the heart of a large American city
does not know whether it belongs to
the United States or Mexico, the situ­
ation may presumably offer faint hope
to victims of Income and excess profits
taxation. Otherwise, however, It Is
fraught with disadvantages which
overbalance these largely hypothetical
benefits.
At least these nre the conclusions
reached by the officials of the Santa
Fe railroad yards here und the own­
ers of the large packing, stock yard,
lumber and milling Interests who In
tlie last twenty years have built mi,
southeast of the El l’aso Union sta­
tion In what Is known as the Chumlzal
1 district, one of the most thriving and
compnet Industrial centers In tlie
Southwest. Also these are the rea­
sons why a statement recently at­
tributed to Undersecretary of State
Fletcher, that In any treaty to pre­
cede United States recognition of
Mexico the “ Chumlzal question will
be settled nnd settled right,” bus
pleased several business men of more
than local connections ns much as any
detailed point in the administration’s
Mexico policy yet revealed.
Sixty-Year Old Controversy.
The Chamiza! controversy, now ap­
proaching the age of sixty years. Is
the result of the Incorrigibly vagrant
habits of the Ulo Grande river, which,
(lowing out of the New Mexico moun­
tains, begins to form the boundary
with Old Mexico a few miles west of
El Faso. It Is by no means the only
dispute arising from the same cause
along the 1/>00 miles of looped nnd
twisted stream bed between ben; nnd
Brownsville, Tex., but It Is the only
one In which anything like so much
valuable industrial property Is In­
volved In so small nn area.
Realizing that the Kin (irande was
not to he trash'd to keep to Its bed,
the Mexico nnd American peace com­
missioners who fixed the international
boundary after the Mexican x'nr In
the treaty of (lundelupe-HIduIgn, 1H-IS,
agreed that when changes In the river
channel came about by accretion, that
Is, gradually, the boundary should
follow the river bed; hut that when
sudden cutoffs were formed by the
river's violently breaking through dry­
land to make n new course—evulsion,
fids process Is called In the technical
Jargon of river experts—the old de­
serted channel should continue to be
the line.
This formula would have sufficed,
no doubt. If. In addition to Its prowl­
ing proclivities, the Itio Grande had
not developed a sly and deceitful dis­
position.
Waiting until the entire
American population of the region Oí
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It takes about 00,000 rabies to have a tintype made. Rut what rare the
'dandies" of Moscow bow much it coots 1 The woman does a thriving business.
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Defiance, O.—When Policeman
Weaner ru*hed up to the resi­
dence of Sheriff Zeschke at 2
a. til., attracted l>y a great din,
he thought either the sheriff was
being murdered or a Jail deliv­
ery was In progress.
Rut be found the sheriff
barefoot. In Ids pajamas, armed
with a broom nnd leaning
against a door rasing In the cor­
ridor of his rosldenee.
His victim lay at hts feet.
"Two of them got In. but I
only killed one," he panted.
It was a bat.
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controversy ns worth an argument un­
til the rapid metropolitan growth of
El Faso began 3.*> years ago. Ry that
time the testimony o f the few Mext-
cuns who lmd witnessed the changes
of the '00s was so confused and con­
flicting as to he o f little value. Con­
sequently, the permanent Mexlcan-
American
boundary
commission,
charged with keeping track of the Ulo
years ago—a few soldiers In far­ Grande's wanderings, hns never been
away military outposts—were away In
able to reuch nn agreement on
the Civil war, and until the Mexican
Chumlzal.
border garrisons were likew Iso busy
fighting for or against the Austrian
usurper Maximilian, the river between LACK MIDINETTES IN PARIS
18(13 and 180S deserted Its old channel
a few blocks below the principal busi­ French Girls Turn to Typewriting and
ness district of El Faso for a bed
Kindred Occupations for
approximately a quarter of a mile
Livelihood.
farther west and south, which. In the
main, It still occupies. Chumlzal lies
I’nrls.—There is, alas, a shortage In
between the old bed and the new.
the ranks of the little midinettes In
Cause of Controversy.
The controversy hinges on whether Furls and there ls n gloomy fore­
this change was accomplished by ac­ boding among the leaders of the
cretions or by evulsion. The United wealthy nnd important syndicate of
States’ position Is that the change, milliners. Despite the many Improve­
though relatively rapid, entne about ments since the war In the working
through gradual alterations o f the conditions of these girls, their num­
channel extending over several years ber is decreasing, or the petite Part*
nnd not at all us the result.of a sud­ slan ls turning to typewriting and kin­
den break through dry lend, lienee, dred occupations.
The rnldlnette's life was not always
say the Americans, the international
boundary according to the ISIS treaty rosy, for she had to pay to he appren­
follows the present river channel nnd ticed, enrned little when the appren­
the Chnmlznl zone Is American terri­ ticeship was ended and faced enforced
tory. On the other hand, the Mexican Idleness when business was bud. So,
government claims that the alterations notwithstanding the gay pictures of
of the *6T>s were the result of evulsion, her painted by Furlslun artists, It Is
not surprising that the Paris working
making Chanilzal Mexican.
Neither government regarded the girl ls turning to other vocations.
W edding Lasts
for Seven Days
the bride nnd bridegroom hut also the
entire neighborhood take part In the
merrymaking, which generally lusts
for seven days.
The celebration begins always on
Monday and the wedding ceremony
Itself ulwnys occurs at dawn on the
following Sunday.
Eys for Presents.
Invltutlons ure sent only to those
Wedding Begins on Monday and Winds from whom presents are expected.
However, any person may uttend who
Up With Breakfast on Following
wishes. Presents ure always in the
Sunday—Neighbors Take Part
nature of foodstuffs, such us rice,
in Merrymaking.
meat, sugar, coffee, flour, butter nnd
vegetables. These are necessary to
Jerusalem.—The marriage customs provide food for the hundreds of guests
of Palestine, demonstrated recently who flock to the bridegroom's house
in the wedding of one of the prettiest dally to take part In the singing und
girls of the city to n well-to-do mer­ dancing.
chant, are among the most interest­
Saturday brings the climax to all
ing celebrations of this ancient city. Joy making. If the bridegroom's father
No person who ls privileged to wit­ is of even moderate circumstances
ness one wlll ever forget either the professional musicians ure hired for
gorgeous costumes displayed or tlie the day.
thrill of the music ami dancing in­
Men nnd women In Palestine do not
dulged In by the guests.
mix together often, due to the general
Not only the respective families of belief that women ure not mentally
worthy of association. Consequently
It becomes necessary to entertain
women separately.
SAVING FAMOUS TREES
On Saturday evening at eight o’clock
there takes place the shaving of the
bridegroom, a feature of the enter­
tainment. Surrounded by scores of
men nnd women who keep up Incessant
mnddeulng yells, which may he heard
for a mile around, the burlier under­
takes the operation.
March to Church.
This done, a procession Is formed,
proc«“od!ng to the church with people
mnrehing two abreast. At the bend
come eight kawnses (guards), followed
by ten children cnrrylng In their
hands palm branches and long cnndles
lighted.
Immediately after hobble
four priests dressed In their church
robes and singing psalms. The bride­
groom, accompanied by bis father and
the best man, comes next, trailed by
200 or 300 men. At the end of the
procession come the women and chil­
dren.
A similar procession having started
at about the same time from the bride's
place, the two groups meet at some ap-
jiolnted place and proceed Jointly t<)
the church. All along the streets me’|
and women, wakened by the noise,
A s|>eclal appropriation has tieen lean nut of their window* to watch
made by congress to save many fa-1 the bridal party.
mous trees on Capitol Mil, planted In 1 After the wedding ceremony Is per­
years gone by by members of con- I formed a general rash Is made to the
gress from every state. Expert tree j bridegroom'* house, where a breakfast
surgeons are busy at their work of j Is served (by this time It being early
restoration.
morning) to all.
Marriage Customs of Palestine
Are Among Most Interesting
Celebrations of Country.
FOODSTUFFS AS PRESENTS
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