TOWN FDR
C R O C K E Y JO Y
ADVENTURES
UNDERGROUND CAVE
REAL WONDERLANL
C a v e rn o f R a re B eau ty
■ r BPTTT B a ilS V B
if
N e w M e x ic o .
(C osritgkt.>
R uth M e e t* th e T h u n d e rjo y
I ) I'T H 'S baby brother waa asleep In
An underground wonderland, sur
passing in size, sublimity and beaulj
anything of the kind hitherto known
his crib. Ruth had been left to
baa been discovered by Ltr. W illis T
take care of him while her mother
Lee, who baa Just returned lo Wash
went on an errand. He lay as sth'
tngloo a fte r a summer spent In aur
’ ami quiet as the toy dog which he had
»eying and mapping a portion of th»
taken to bed with him.
INSIST I Unless you see tha
"He does not
need watching." 1 cavern* which ruu uuder (he Guada
lupe uiountaina, near Carlsbad. N. M.
“ Bayer Cross” on tablets you
thought Ruth. Then her mind wan
Ltoctor Lee and bis associates, work
. dered. She found herself looking at
are not getting the genuine
Ing under (be auspices of the National
a splash of sunshine which flooded
Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by
Geographic
acutely,
traced
the
rain
id
i through the window. In the sunshine
millions and prescribed by phy­
cations o f the main caveru, an under­
, tiny bits of dust were dancing.
ground avenue almul a h alf mile wide
sicians for 24 years.
“I wonder what becomes of all those
for two miles under the mountains
i dust specks,” whispered R uth to her
How much fa rth e r it extends is not
; self. At least she thought that she
A c c e p t o n ly *
known.
was whispering to herself until from
Bayer package
A
great
number
o
f
the
smaller
a
r
e
right beside her came an answer.
nues
branch
off.
No
attem
pt
was
mads
“I'll show you," said the kindly old
which contains proven directions
to follow these. T here Is every Indi­
i Crockeyjoy’s voice, fo r It was he who
Handy “ Bayer" h o x rs of 12 tablet*
had heard her. This time the fr o c k - cation, Doctor Lee said, that the dla
Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggist*
evjoy carried two Immense balls of covery of the Carlsbad cavern Is Just
Aselrts Is the tro ts m e t of B arer U tn s -
a start of the wonders which further
l e i u < o f Mfsxiassucssiusslsr of B s .k /U c s c l*
Ford which were wrapped on big reels
exploration
o
f
the
Guadalupe
moun­
like Ruth hnd seen the boys use when
they flew kites
On the ends of hts tain region in southeastern New Mex­ N e w C a th e d ra l F a c a d e
ico and western Texas will disclose.
1 cord were two anchors. Before Ruth
B e lfa a t W a r M e m o ria l
I could even ask the Crockeyjoy how Texas h at already taken steps to set
this cord was to be used, she and the aside her section as a state park. It
Belfast is < omuiemoraliug its service
Is prol>ehle that the mountains are In the World w ar by erecting a new
’ Crockeyjoy had shrunk so small that
they were no bigger than the dust honeycombed w ith subterranean re­ facade for Ils Protestant cathedral as
atoms which she had seen floating In cesses, Doctor Lee said.
a victory memorial. T he first stone
The most striking feature o f the was laid at a ceremony that was given
j the sunshine. T he Crockeyjoy had Just
Carlsbad cavern Is the extreme deli­ state and civic dignity. T he duke of
cacy of the architecture of the stal­ Aberrorn attended, as <lld the lord
actites and stalagmites In the mam­ mayor and ror|foratlon of Belfust. The
moth chambers All sorts of fantastic, Protestant prim ate was present ami
beautiful designs are worked Into the was accompanied by 14 bishops, some
onvx ma rtile.
of whom came from England. T he
Doctor l.ee found the caverns of Presbyterian church was represented
Otiadalupe mountains the home of a by the m oderator of Its general assem­
prehistoric civilization. Tw o skeletons bly and the Methodists by the chair­
have been sent rn the Smithsonian In­ man o f the Belfust synod. Lord
stitution
for identification
O ther Glenavy, chairman of the Free Slate
skeleton * buried In hasketa. were senate, attended as an Invited guest.
found on shelves In the w a lla
B y J O H N D IC K IN S O N S H E R M A N
T he people who Inhabited the caves
D e a d F a ilu r e
|H E tim ber shortage In the
are believed to have been close reta
Senator t'am eron was analyzing at
United States which the
lives of the basket.weaving people a luncheon t h e . m ercantile m arine
experts have been predict­
farth e r west
The caverns are a geo- situation. He >n V lu d e d :
ing for many years, is no
logical and biological treasure house
“So the business men who are try ­
longer a theory, but a con­
T here are lite ra lly millions of hats, ing to build up our mercantile m arine
dition. Here's the situa­
blind crickets and worms and spiders for us w ill soon be In the position of
tion : The original forest
finished lox,king the anchors io an of hitherto unknown species
the medico I f they don't watch out.
totaled 822.000,000
Entrance to the cavern now Is verv
opening between two floor boards
"The medico was dashing along at
T here now remain 138.000,-
difficult.
It
Is
necessary
to
climb
I
060
when a slight breeze came rustling
a good pace when his horse pulled up
000 acres of virgin fo re s t;
feet
up
a
mountainside
and
then
go
through the window. A w ay they blew
short before a certain bouse. The
250,000,000 acres of sec­
flown through a hole In the roof in a medico frowned a * black aa a thun-
like kites on a windy day. only Instead
setts Forestry association. It Is for
ond-growth or third-growth forest,
guano bucket for 170 feet
o f havlDg some one on the ground let
A walk o f der cloud and gave the burse an angry
much of it of poor quality and some free distribution for the good of the
about two miles la then necessary over cut srlth the whip.
ting out the cord to them, they un
cause.
o f It of no present merchantable value,
very difficult flooring before the end
reeled ll themselves.
" ‘Go on.' be hissed
The “Tow n Forest” booklet carries
‘Go on, job
and 81,000.000 acres of burned and
o f the main cavern 1« reached
Vp and up they went. H ig her than
fo»d. H e ’s dead.’ "
a foreword by Charles Lathrop Pack, of woodland In four tracts, established
logged-over lands. Idle, unproductive,
T
h
e
avenue
lead«
downward
through
the housetops; higher than the church
president and founder of the A m eri­ In 1914. T he maintenance cost o f the
Hnd for the most part unfit for fa rm ­
gre„t chamber a fte r chamber, until
ateeple; as high as the clouds them-
can Tree association, who gave Im ­ forest has been $4.405 and the returns
G e ttin g th e W o r t t o f I t
ing. O f the original forest there Is
one Is 800 feet below the surface o f
petus to the movement by presenting from lumber and fuei wood sold has selve they soared.
Mrs. Ferguson rear bed over, took a
le ft In area one-sixth and In bulk of
the earth outalde. At thia point the
"It's about to rain," said the Crock-
a thousand-acre demonstration forest been $3.518; It w ill show- a net annual
long, dark h air off her husband'*
tim ber less than one-third.
to the New York College of Forestry profit. Plymouth appropriated $3,000 c.vjoy, “and I want you to watch <-arX avenue drops off abruptly iMJ.feet This •boulder, and held It up for Inspection.
The northeastern states cut 55 per
has
to
be
negotiated
w
ith
a
w
ire
lad
fu
lly
and
see
Just
bow
the
rain
is
at Syracuse university.
His associa­ last year, bought 150 acres and planted
’T h a t." he said, angry • • the Im ­
cent o f the nation's output In 1850; In
der.
M r. Ix-e explored a series o f
made."
tion, incidentally, Is unique in that 15,000 young trees.
plied suspicion. "Is from the horse's
1900 they cut 6 per c e n t F ive per
basement
chambers
never
before
seen
Ruth was very much surprised a
there are no dues, and the only way
mane.
1 have Just been currying
Thus 42 towns now have their town
cent was the output of the Pacific and
moment later when she saw that the by human eye.
him."
to become a member Is to plant a forests.
T here are 105 others w ith
Rocky mountain states in 1890; In 1920
T T'* cavern I* In dense darkness
clouds were nut solid, _
aa ___________
she had al-
tree and register ft. And anyone who committees appointed, and a large- per
"W h a t made yon suppose," she
It was 35 per cent and Increasing.
ways Imagined
Instead, they were T h *‘ • ' " ’Pdratore rem ain* all the time
asks may have “tree planting Instruc­ cent o f these towns w ill take favorable
asked haughtily, "th at I thought It waa
T he regional shortage hag marched
made
up
of
tiny
dust
pieces
like
those
’
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<Je$T*
*
*
F
ah
re
n
h
e
it
a n ,th in g elseF’
tions" and a “tree day program" free. action this year. It might fa irly be
across the continent. Today 75 per
she had teen floating In the sunlight
"O ur idea," says M r. Pack, “is to said that the town forest Idea has been
At which he shrank back behind his
cent of the virgin growth and 80 per
Clinging to these du*» pieces were
U t e f u l B r ie f C a te
newspafx-r again, feeling as If he
get the stranger to trees Interested sold to Massachusetts and eventually
cent o f all the usable wood are con­
shiny globules o f water. Right now
Few b rief cases are used 10 csr-y had kicked bard at something and
centrated on one-fourtb o f the acre­ In one tree. W ith the Individual sold every | OWn w ltfi Idle forest land within
the cloud she waa looking at waa
b rief*.
W atch the crowd« going to missed It.
on
one
tree,
we
then
Introduce
him
to
lt
,
boundaries
w
ill
have
Its
town
forest.
age o f timber-producing land— In the
and
coming
from
w ork— t»oardlng
the large phases of the sub ject The It is possible fo r about 300 o f the 355 soaking wet.
states of the Rocky mountains and Pa­
A Lady o f D at
"Look, now !
Look—quick
cried
T o w n Forest’ Is one o f these phases. cities and towns In Massachusetts to
trains or leaving ferries d u rin g 'th e
cific coast states.
la re«-<.gnlze<l by the delicate, fascinat­
In hundreds o f Eurojiean towns the have forests, and w ith each of these the Crockeyjoy. "There, right In front
commuting hour«— end It w ill soon be­
T he states from Wisconsin and I l l i ­ citizens receive a little check every
of you. sails the storm boat w ith Cap­ come apparent that the city could not ing influent« o f the perfum e she use*.
A bath w ith fJutlcura Soap and hot
nois east to the A tlan tic seaboard con­ year Instead of a tax b ill because of planting a few thousand trees annually
tain T h u rd erjo y in command."
possibly contain so many lawyers or
w ater to thoroughly rleanse the pores
sume 50 per cent of the national cut. town forests. R ather an engaging the result w ill he far-reaching.
"Boom '“ went the thunder gun. The so many briefs as the cases Indicate.
The
creation
o
f
a
town
forest
from
followed by a dusting w ith O ktlcu m
the supply mostly coming from the Idea, I think, In these days of Income
storm broke. T he lightning flashed.
As a m atter of fact, the brief esse
South and F a r West. T he railroad tax returns and the high cost of liv ­ the legal standisdnt Is simply a m atter
W a ter streamed from the cloud as has become a sort of carry-all for men Talcum powder usually means a clear,
of routine.
There are a few states
sweet, healthy s k in — Advertisement.
haul from the South la about 1,200 ing.”
though lt were a great saturated
and women alike lo New York, and la
that have specific laws pertaining to
miles, and from the F a r West about
«(•onge which some giant hand was
found useful In the transf-ortatioo of
M r Reynolds sets forth In one chap­ town forests, and these outline the
2.750 miles. The railroads carry an­ ter that In 1913 a law waa «ffiacted tn
fn t e r e t t H a t M o u n te d
squeezing.
a surprising variety o f objects. The
nually in excess of 32500.000 carloads Massachusetts providing that cities method to be followed. W here no such
T here ia entered In a bank liook
R uth knew she must h urry home or
b rief case la a very genteel a rticle Ob­
laws
have
been
enacted
the
general
o f tim ber and wood products. The and towns might set aside lands for
she would get soaking wet. so she serve the shopping crowd, especially In owned by M rs M. C lifto n Ed«on. Fjist
freight M il is between S25o,UOO,uOO and the express purpose of growing tim ­ laws applying to m unicipalities w ill
reeled in the k ite cord as fast as she the better neigtitiorhoods A large p ro Bridgew ater. M ass, a deposit o f $5
probably he found adequate to enable
S3Kl.OU0.000.
could. In a few seconds she was back
ber. T hat law authorizes municipalt- the city or town to acquire a fo rest
portion o f women atioppera w ill be by her toother. H a rrie t A. Holbrook,
In the national forests In 1923 forest | ties to purchase lands o r to accept
In her home, sitting right where shs found carrying b rief rases. Tow ard made (le t»her 20. 1848, and uptxi which
The states that have special legislation
had been when the Crockeyjoy cams
fires covered 373.214 acres; the timber gifts or bequests for this purpose. A
the end o f the day** purchasing expe­ nothing more la recvtrded dejxvslted or
regarding municipal foresta are Massa
to see her
and
Is . set
with property
. « . . » „ K loss
t
_ at *494.965.000
,
, .
| towI1 m,ljr lncur de,’t w l,hln ,he l* g* 1 I chusetts.” Minnesota, New lls m p s h lr*
dition these hags, ordinarily fla t ahow w ithdraw n. T h e $5 has accum ulate]
ith intangible losses incalculable, lim it, and any town can establish a New Jersey New Y o rk . O h io » ¿ r .,... !
Raindrops were splashing on her many mysterious bulges. I f they con­ interest until it lias grown to $1544.10.
face and her middy blouse was damp.
insect pests cause an annual loss in forest by a two-thirds vote of any reg vanla, and Vermont.
tain aauaagea or onions the public will
B u r ie d W a tc h
She Jumped up am] closed the w in­ be none the wiser.
excewt o f $100.000,000. The forest serv- u lar town meeting, or a city by a alm-
There are thousands of towns In
dow and. as she did, the screen door
1 e expends more than $2.000,000 a lia r vote o f Its council. When a for­
A woman'« watch plowed under 17
which many acres of land are lying
slammed snd she heard mother com­
year fo r “fire protection and protec­ est Is established by such official ac­
years ago on the farm of Joba Briggs
idle, producing little or nothing for the
P la g u e o f L o c u tt»
ing up the stairs.
at Avoca. N Y.. baa Just been recov-
tion against Insect« and tree diseases " tion the state, through Its conservation
owners and only a few cents per acre
IsXTists in Persia practically de eretj when potato diggers came upoo
“I'm glad I can tell mother about
Lum ber prices b ate Increased all out commission, w ill give trees to the town In taxes. In Its present condition it is
stroyed the entire grain crop in the ft in a h ill of potatoes. T he cry •ta i
the
window
being
open
and
rain
dash­
• >f proportion to a point where they ob- i to reforest the land.
more of a lia b ility to the town than an
Mosul district. This was followed by was not broken and the watr-fa was 1*
viously bear no relation to the cost of
The Massachusetts Forestry assoc), asset. The average owner o f such land ing in. Instead o f about my trip to
a w inter o f extraordinary severtty. gcMxl condition.
cioudland
and
getting
wet
that
way."
production
and
distribution
Per atlon started a campaign of education either cannot afford to reforest It or
which killed off Mt per cent of all live
capita consumption ha» decreased In to persuade the cities and towns to la unwilling to put bis money Into suck thought Ruth as she ran her Angers
stock. Now the locust I« io greater
onsequeoce. hut this Is offset by In­ acquire forest« under the act. In the a long-lime Investment. But the town, through her bobbed h air and brushed
N o t M a n y W o m e n V o te
oumhera than last year, and another
crease In population. Moreover. there last three years, since the association a corporation, can afford to w ait for several moist ringlets b a'g from her
It Is estim ated that not many over
failu re of harvest* must he expected
Is still a housing shortage, and 1925 has offered to plant free of charge the crop to mature. By putting this
T h e shortage of grain In the Mosul 10 per le n t o f the women of the L'nlt-
Is apt to net a new building record. 5,000 forest trees for any city or town land lo work now Ihe lowri w ill even
area la so great and the price Is so ed fita fta avail tbemaelvea of tha
The pat-ermakera have th eir own sep­ which w ill establish a forest of one tuully reap a handsome profit.
N o a h W e b t ie r R an k»
high ’ bat the movement of M*-so;>*> privilege of voting. T he approxim a’e
arate and distinct problem, which they hundred or more acres, the Idea Is
number of potential women voters Is
The booklet jiolnts out that the
tarolan a rtille ry to Mosul was ran-
A
m
o
n
g
“
B
e
tt
S
e
lle
r
t”
26/MMi/MM>.
regard a t even more serious. They gradually being accepted.
town forest stands at the threshold of
ce'ed
on
account
of
the
extra
co»t
of
Juwt three weeks trefore Daniel Wefe
have been using spruce, fir, hemlock
January 1, 1925, 42 towns had set Ihe American home. It la the property
feed'ng the boras«.
T he kx-irst lias
• • ¡ » a and b ote to t e able to use aside Isnd for town forests or voted of the people, m aintained for the peo­ ater delivered hts Bunker H ill add re««
never ’x-en known to be ao fa r south
another
Wet.ater
died
who««
name
was
Icrch, beech, maple and other woods. j to do »'• when the committee could ole ple and operated for th eir common
no l e t a bouaebold word among hl» before.
All o f which makes Interesting the tain the land. In the aggregate over benefit.
It la theirs, w ithin their
'»»untrymen No other Am t-rhsn of the
“Town Forest“ movement which is get- 125.0«, has been appropriated by these reach, lo use, lo enjoy snd to protect.
tim e had w ritten upon ao great a
G ro u / U n d e rg ro u n d
ig under way in the East, and espe- towns. 32MM, acres have been Included It pays Ita own way, yielding a reg­ variety of sub Jeer,. T w o
of
Queer green pisnt algae 11,at live
y In M ass»'husetta F o r there is In h a r t forests, and nearly half a mil
ularly m aturing crop of tim ber on
widest ns’ Mina I fam e were his
Eaeti snd thrive in complete "r-t-nras
Sooth i nq &nd Henlinq
Blue
'o jxtwsthte doubt that a town with a lion trees have been planted. The as­ which, for local conantnptlon, no ra il­ had played an Im portant p art la th *
feet deep m the w il are teeing Investi­
"J cessfui forest of Its own Is in luck— i sociation has planted 80.000 trees road colled« the freight. It stands as nation's aortal history.
Aids
Poor Complexions
gated by Dr. fieorge T. Moore, d irw -
' t.d from many points of view. Any- (about 60 acres, for 12 of these towns a conatant leaaon In forest protection
Due of the volumes waa small lor o f the Miaw url Bexar , a| garden
e interested should send to the that have qualified with KM, or more ’ and respect for common rights, wblc
enough to he s lip p 'd h a u d lly 1am •
St. Ixm la In spite o f the fax’ that
American T ree association. 1214 filx- tt-reo.
I may be neither wasted nor abused
coat pocket. I t bad gone th rough on« f» ''" 'r.a of them ‘nhahtf a clump of
• nth street, N W „ Washington, D. C., I t it the town forests already cri’ated ; Without conflict, healthful recreation e d it;-.« a f t e r a n o th e r, u n t il its
tid in g
earth, th eir true fu h e tp « |g p y, ,s
' ■ booklet Just off the press. "Town more than on«- fourth have been oh- and pleasure may here go hand Io of N o e tx/arda was as fam, t r to A rn e r
known. One stweie. of these goNer-
tslned
through
gifts
o
f
land
or
of
band w ill, common dollar pntfll. It la le a n s as th e c o v e j of the b
•rests: T h e ir It-c re a tio n a l snd E'-o-
t old
ranean algae la surprisingly ubiqub
•ralg Value and H ow to Establish miiney from citizen* Interested In for­ a vital aid In the education of srb'xd
• • ' »
, j
m A *O N A * U l - M O M I U M fl]
•00a
Dig a helw three os four fees
II n atu rally becomes T his w a s N o a t, Wet,«ter a “S p e e c h h
nd M ain tain Them ." by H arris A. estry and In the future of their (own. boy* and girls
deep in any parr of tt-e world an*
M M PMC i r « Ufl FUMOSO
T he City of Fitchburg baa KM, acre* a sanctuary fur the b ird * and wild life. published it when he was tw eaty five
".vnoida. secretary of the Masaact.u- |
(here the algae ran he found.
styling It T a r t I" of "A Grarottmtl»»,
Institute of the Eng'lab Language “ At
Dicfcer'i OLD RELIABLE Eye Water
>aa th e Z 'llk e r tx a o h, which drains tlie (h * n*w detn«wmtlr forr»»« Th» l»Fyor Its s u tb o r 's d e v -h . p, 1843 Bot far from
S h ie ld to Be R e tu rn e d
r « b
ar>4
w
l &
d
•*« *
A f r i c a n R iv e r in F lo o d Heidelberg
I
^ r n t h u rt.
<> w o » ! f , w fn
Nigel district
tin March press hila
ai
the doughty dean 2t,/SMDMMl copies had tn
T lie city of QuetM-r has Just
» • « . the a t all 4 r * « l a t a
by m a il
rcula tad.
Ik, six years ago a tremendous flush of at every opportunity. He did not Tliia. be it remem’ierevi. « » , ci
oottfled that the shield is ken fyam tha D IC K E T D R r a oc
p, ,
EriaiM . Va -T»
The Vsal river In flood aa an out­ w ater came down four times the ea<B|ie Ila barba aven on Ida re­ fry of which the population waa 17.-
gates of the old City a fte r the captor»
visit to tha United
fitste«
come o f cob tin U"U* rains baa drawn qustitlfy registered Ibis year, when cent
Bkscbeei Syrup
of the place from the French by Geo
1**11,*» Annual aalsw of the sped ng
' uaanda o f MgMacera. The barrsgs the rote of flow averaged I6,<*»» < ul»|c as Is shown by the following continent *MM.k rose to near the m!l|>on mark
er«l W olfe w ill lie returned to It by
F am ily Herald
by Ihe Londoii D ally Herald, organ ol fibortly a fte r the hegtaniag o f the pre*,
i » • steadily regulated the O'CW The feet per second
'he town ot Haatiaga England as fix
Coughs and
tha llrltlah Labor l i t r i r ■ “ Ite e te rln t eat century total distribution »»■ e *
quantity of w ater which waa let d«rwn
reault ot a vote by the town council
at Vale university on Monday last, tlm ated at tome n . r r f ngg copies T hat
T1>e st, leid had ****** Into th*
througti the pistr gs’ ea In one day
Lung
Troubles
H a r th W o rd t lo r D e a n
I Dean Inge declared that modem min
would have been swlfl'.etd to supply
aloe
G m W olfe M urray who pre
eetnhHi^es a recard foe Txwr
■ v ■S^e ter la r-wm
British labor has no lose for Dean , latera who Bought polorlely were a by A m erl'a n i c l o r » — IteB ’ or M *
th« Rand w ith K> j O> m ,.'M mi gailosis a day
aewfed ft to his home town T lie towt
Ue se* We -rete» —
ALL b t
i Tfl
danger to
thg <7ir1sflaa One.
f r two years
T h e only trib u ta ry of Inge, who e . Iola II»« tifili» « i»f flie poaltl-re
of HnwHaga TflSed St first to keep tlx
shield but reversed the dem
the Vaal which had n -f given soy sp tAii « rls fi-rra tlr fird rr Mi ItrMatn and iih it n h . Well, sutely ba ought ks
H . U. N , fcan Franptat«, Na J l-ig z h ,
II»«
lyrutfíMtlUI «Í Ihm «*
r-eclapia response la Us« recent rslns 'Jk'ÄMWO*
Say “ Bayer Aspirin”
o
Their Economic and
Recreational Vcilue
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