Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1924 — Page 5

WWW VvvvwVT-TW THINGS Hi ! UNUSUAL :? •? <. I By T. T. MAXEY ’ ‘ T ( , 1924. Western Newspaper Union.) the ashokan reservoir The Ashokan reservoir Is an nrtlficlnl lake created us a water-storage r ,.s?rvoir for the city of New York, altuated 111 the Catskill mountains than I<M» »‘l'es away. The Esopus watershed, carrying the waters of the streams which flow fr„ai the high forest lands In the Catskills, emerged from the mountains through n deep gorge and drained into the Hudson river. The construction of a dam 4,050 feet long, with a maximum height of 252 feet, across this gorge, stopped the flow of water ami created a reservoir 12 miles long, from one to three miles wide, with a maximum depth of 190 feet and n capacity of 139,000,000,000 gallons of water. In the construction of this gigantic project, 15.222 ucres of hind, on widt h dwelt n population of 2,0b0 persons who bad to find new homes, were m- , Hired; 2,s<mi bodies from seven cemeteries were re-interred; 11 miles of railroad were relocated 04 miles of highways were discontinued and 40 miles of new highway* were constructed : 2,500.00 t» wagon loud* of enrth mid rock were moved; enflianknients containing 7,300.000 wagon loads of material were built anti (too.tH'O cubic yarils (or wagon loads) ~f masonry work In which 1,200,000 barrels of cement were used, tere constructed. Three thousand men, 30 miles of railroad. 33 locomotives, SSO curs, derricks, steam rollers, steam shovels, concrete mixing outfits, ami miscellaneous equipment without end were employed. As the lower division of the reservoir is 587 feet above the tide In NewYork harlmr, the water flows to and Is delivered within the city by gravity. Although the water of the Esopus drainage is <>f unusual softness and the sparse settlement of the country makes for purity, the water is drawn from the reservoir through 1.5 M» noz- I zle« which break it into a spray ami permit th* escape of any odors or gases which it may contain. The water flows, for the most part, through an aqueduct 17Mt feet wide ! and 17 fort nigh, with an average > drop of 1 1-10 feet per mile, Cement- | lined tunnels carry It through tin- j avoidable hills and under valleys. It passe* under the Hudson river through n tunnel driven In granite lock 1.114 feet below sen level, ami reaches the city mains in a tunnel i bored through solid reek. Irt'k from I 2tk> to 730 feet heloyr the strict level. ■ The maximum capnMty of twin tupm- ‘ duct Is 20.833,333 gallons per hour. VT< TTTTTTV f ftr r~r THINGS | UNUSUAL | By T. T. MAXEY J r+<•>>•< <C. 1S1«. vuntstn Ntsspspsr Inton.) LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK Mount Losses, which urologists are pletiwd to term “a dying volcano." I’ located In tha southeastern part of Shasta county in northern California Lassen, standing between the ends of two mountain ranges noted far and wide for tlfe beauty of their scenery— ' the Sierra Nevada* and the Cascade* —rise to a height of 10.4kV» feet, and haa the distinction of being the . uiy voicano located within the conßnes of our I'nlted States that mny be regarded as being St ail active. Although there were outward Intflrethma of the fnrt that tremendous Internal heat continued to prevail, vlth the exception of tile escape of »>>me smoke or atenm at somewhat irregular as well as Infrequent pcr:<-<l». j no sertflM eruption hart occurred for so long (fllmut two centurle-l that the present generation of the world at large has practh-ally forgotten that there was such a pt‘»k as let alone the fact that it had volcanic tendencies. Con»e<iuently, in H’l’s nhen Mount Lessen, with surprising s-iddeness broke out In a series of violent espiosloiis ami eruptions which sttractcd the attention of the nations of the world to its doing. there as* a rush for histories and geographies to l->«t up on thia mountain. Although students of volcanic action contend tbnt recent eruption* sere fertile li) violence a* compared with those of Ums ago, nearby residents declare that these latest ones "'•re terrifying to the nth degree Tremendmia, bread-spreading mimin'* of dense smoke were forcibly eg polled from the crater; small stone* were thrown a mile or more, many bowlders not an far. semi and Isva dust reined down mt the surrounding country <ner n r.-tdltt* "f t* n miles. A blast of heated gas escaped, •wept dean a creek valley, melted the •now and created a torrent. The only poaalble sight of the kind •" tile United Klatt's, following mil Ito policy of preserving the mo«l dis iimraisfled id on.- scenic possibilities "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of ’he I'eopl..,*' congress. In 191'1. ■ rented ’he peak and the wlcanie and <*»» •*M». lakes, oyrlngs. ami res.-ent •hlch surround It. in all 124 squire •Wits, at a uattonsl park. i

ii THINGS I :• UNUSUAL II II .. .. 1 :: By T. T. MAXEY ! I 1 I ++>+++++->-H-+++ ++++++^+++ * ( ©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.) THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS The Vnlui stock yards In Chicago bundle so much stock thnt when one I Saunters about the yards, It saetus us though nil the farmers hi the country| hml decided to ship all their stock to Chicago at the same time, and that! It «H arrived on the day you were 1 there. Established In 1865, these yards lune grown to bo the largest in Amer-' leu. If not In the world. The great' hulk of our live stock, especially bogs, ‘ Is raised In the states between the Allegheny anil the Kooky mountains. Railroad construction was converging toward and expanding from the city nt the southern eml of bake Michigan. Chicago, therefore, was the logical location for America's greatest live' stock mart. Naturally, the production of live stock has Increased ninny fold during the Inst 57 years. This fact, plus the scope of the territory from which these yards draw patronage, accounts for the condition mentioned In the fust paragraph, and the staggering figures which follow. These yard* today contain about lO.tMM) pens and cover an area of about 320 acres. In 18'15, 013 cattle, 17.704 hogs, and 1.433 sjieep were received. The average number of head of stock handled dally during a recent flve-year period was: Cattle. 10.930; calves, 2.338; hogs, 20,753; sheep. 14.005; horse*. 212; a total of 55.044 head or 930 curs every 24 hours—an average of 39 cars per hour, tiny ami night. The receipts of stock vary wltlely between seasons and because of market fliictimtions. The largest rt-celpts recordisl on nny one tiny, according to recently coniplle'l statistics, were; Cattle. 49.128. on November 10, 1008; calves. 9.520, on March 25. 1920; hogs. W..!*14. on November 29, 1918; shet p, 71.792, on October 10. 1911; horses, 3.228. on .January 11. 19iO. The greatest aggregate value of all stock tecched during any one year was In 1918 when this total reached j the antoundlng figure of 5P1H.715,357, j nn average of 12.478.072 week days and ■ Sun-lav, too, throughout the year, i I luring that year. 3.789 922 cuttle. 057.T8T calves. 8.011,1fm hogs. 4.029,730 sheep, ami 57320 horses were revetveti—nn average of 3,273 head of live stmk every hour, flay and night, I for Ihr entire year. 4--;+v THINGS il | UNUSUAL ii| Ey T. T. MAXEY C**4-v4-+-: +++4-*>++’H-+>>*++* ' (A- i* J| . *«wt*.s»»»e«wr C•«>« ) THE YERKES OBSERVATORY T<> avoid the tine and numeroua pnrticlea of dust and smoke which naturally hover in the air over a big city and CUI down the efft-ctiieness of tlie observation*, the Jarring—even though mliiute—whhli upsete the calculations of tlie okseiveis. and the disturtdiig reflections from the nlalit Illumination, powerful lelr»co|*» ar« [ usually sin'loneii at points where | rh.-<• conditions do not have tu be. m honed witfl, | Accordingly, the great Yerkes ol>-«,-rvi|ti>ry (cmilici ted wltli tlie I idversity of <'hit ng")-on* of the gn atest of all the aatronoailrel lai" r,, ‘ i torlea on enrth, Is perelied upou tlie ' treat Os a bluff «lxne beautiful I like ' tb-nevn. near the town of William* Itny. WI. aliout seventy miles northwest of I'ldeugo. In tlie Inrgeil of the three .h-mre I which sunmMHH th* oi'»enutory l« : mounted the world's lergret refracting. ; i..i,......pc it i» • | «"«»»»"' le ;! moitc, being io use both <biy end. night tlie year round, weather cotidl | tleiis poiinining In the center of thio d<mie. which in ; ;j ie t in diameter nn the Insltle. bal- ' anc.it across the great pier which I rots upon a »“»d foundation nf con-1 I , re ,e nml MUpports the weight. Is Hie barrel of this treiuen.loua Instrument. > | |t is «2 feet long an-l weighs about ! 1-...1.H) pounds Each nf the two grea Htses which fit insl-lc of this barrel ' are fortv ln< lies aero**I The barrel of tMa Instrument ran 1... swung m.imid In nny dlrcfl.m nm rMi .e.l or lowered to any angle ho rt.s.r »f the dome la morablo and ih», retire roof of the Junto rmohe.- a l end that Ihe Observer can «£ I sene In M"X dlretdlon and at «' F necesrery in order tn prei*rly ! s!nn tha l-nh-u»«r b'b in .•••«■’ After the barrel ha« been IrntisT I it be mljna’ed m *»"«* * nrt “•** Xw the objeei •»*' nbrerwloo rele’ng the cb-ner having m owp "XX,.,th and font!' hl« telraimpe. , m casltim mte-mir-liun-Adjitaint** •» h * : I (j rP , ltt( „f an inch r»n hg ,. f ! WPh th'* u , «|th great j ; XX ■ i- ; Xnwi " 05 I | wire this • 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1921.

PROPERTY IN (Continued f l(J m p aMe Oue) the value was Increased |. r >34. More people reported money anti notes ou hands this year, flm total being 1,150, -i gain of 120, but a loss in value of $112.(34. Seventeen fewer returns were made on merchandise, the nuni■

gl fife* 0 Wrß W B Worlds Largest Single Clothing Plant Offers You a Demonstrated M 0 VALUE in Men’s Serges at $29 s -° I The CLOTHCRAFT Shops in Cleveland are . • not only the worlds largest clothing plant under one rturf, but one of the most famous manuiacturing institution* in existence. Man- . ■ A • • A a ulacturing experts from every country nn the 2®* J r JL - - - -t- DM) • fl S OST h 3 ITsO US 7CO,eeO Suits a Year Men’s I Sil it Prices for you! x | /X .’fere ore specific reason* wAy c A. JL JL Mb JL JL every CLOTHCRAFT Suit and /\ \ A -w—w w--W —w Or.rcoaf ia $lO SO LOWER \ O HP T> fITT 1 in price than tht VALUE I \ .J X I ' I J I" , you'll find in tha garment. / \ I ™ 1 CLOTHCRAFT Clothing is / \ W A \ A manufactured in the world’s / \ l\ I \ I / \ JKff » largest single v lothit g plant ... / \ l\ I. I / \ fW with a capacity of 700 000 gar- / \ I\l | 1 / \ /*rß UM UIU I menu a year. It ia the most / \ ’\l fl / \ £ HIS IS the mOSt Wonderful i\ / i \ \H I .'• value that has ever been offered at* that manufacturers from every // I '/ j I I famOUS men’s Serge in America. -‘<>V / \ / l CLOTHCRAFT “5130" Sergei ever they come to America You / I \ II o l\ A S4O Value at the $10.50-SA V- -****ls®«l O *** know what auch manufacturing L \ / / I 1KT ~ . rrmcnl C" — has dona in other hnes to cut j I II I - I INGr price of $29.50! i o coot*. You get the CLOIH- I / / C> I i • o. Vsm**** 1 * - **** - craft Shops’ manufacturing / f I / / I I y ou have been paying S4O crTfV mJU h «’ C k / \ / / \ I or more for your Suits, come in and see this CLOTHCRAFT n m xt <>f the important im- V ' / hz) q \ I “5130” SERGE at $29.50. Try one on. See how tlie garment tureTf mre*7dMtoi < tn , ’the‘urt — J / \ I settles and comfortably, adjusting itself to your figure. SjaWCSTS \"' \Z- 0 A CLOTHCRAFT is tailored to FIT. mean* that CLOTHCRAFT IS \ \! —I | | I Feel the “body” of the Coat. The shape is built in, stitch by stitch, to m e »v, Pi Z e win n (t .v e .*yo» more \ Z/ I STAY! CLOTHCRAFT will ketp it* shape for seasons. VALUE for what you pay. N? // / \ I I Look for the little details that give style and distinction .. . the cling. 3V' J'mllrer»*< 7*CLOTH- / \ *• I I ing collar, the Hat lapels, the fit of the neck, the hang of the sleeves. CRAFr'c"fbe- are Ihe”oid»»t II CLOTHCRAFT has style ... sensible, enduring style in every fine. m" n A U Xu r Z , *Tbey*Mv« O / I | /I pM Then, feel the firm texture of that wonderful Serge. Whether you know making* honatt Uothea honaatiy / k I /,| if/ fabrics or not, you’ll KNOW that THIS fabric WEARS, and wears we 11... for it year*t /**’ I J U keeps its good looks and its shape. CLOTHCKAI-T Clothe* i* I 71/ / lT You’U find as much lOOc-on-the-dollar VALUE in a CLOTHCRAFT not* hidden pr<>mi»e. but quality I/ // | I Suit as in any suit you ever paid S4O for .. . and it costs you $10.50 a h CLOTHLRAF‘T £ // Il /«*« for the simple reason that it's tailored m the mo»t completely equip|ied *iu»ed mi<> a buelret «< water, J- // , I I men’s clothing plant in America, by the most scientific manufacturing ih iruughiy dremthed, hung up, /I // |.j methods ever developed. That means ECONOMY. . . and you get the dried and repreaaed wilboui in / I If / i I • • • rem en any way ham.mg ti» m. |«» K- I /J f il eavtng in the price of $29.50. i uk..rrr. color! Tailoring of )U« I / / JI CLOTHCRAFT “5130” SERGES are offered in Blue, Gray and Brown relt'TwAri'i'/’he' eniire Suit. I / /' <1 in a variety of attractive Men g and Young Men’s Models at $29.50. fih I | 1 1 I Don’t make the error of judging CLOTHCRAFT Clothe* by the priceK W-. I I I tickets! It can’t be done! Every time you buy a CLOTHCRAFT Suit you ~ 7 11/ / gave $10.50 ontheprice. It’sa S4O value. A CLOTHCRAFT "5130 ' SERGE Illi at '• NOT a $29.50 suit for the simple reason that it represents the YT jJSRh I I most highly developed and scientific manufacturing tn the United States of I / 1 America. CLOTHCRAFT always gives you $10.50 more value than you If Rnd an F au ' t at the aame P r ’ €e * / ’ i Clothcraft De Luxe Serges f I I The same wonderful VALUES are offered /SF ree -~- / I in fl heavier weight Serge. CLOTHCRAFT i’t'* v-Hti.n ©‘’•2S,’.7 I “4130” DeLuxe Serge In Blue, Giay and ®4 ,‘l Jf •» •‘•'F cLOr.f- ew I Brown. A finer quality of fabric for men who- *' r ~lU’ I like the heavier weights. •/*» . |\k I Under ordinary manufacturing condition*, would retail hr x--<’ A k Holthouse • ■ j Schulte & Co. i Scries B—No. 1

her being 220, with a lohs in value of $48,727. The grmifl total'of the propel ty assensed and coiiipiled by the county j assessor is $5,763,702. Not Includ Jig , all (he returns, a gain of about $5,000 f was iiKide. Such property as hay, i grain, tractors and o.her articles not - reported to the stale are not included

i in the above total*. The total value of the personal pro petty In the county lust year was $‘J. 753,10, including the state's assessments of utilities. ! The county board of review will i meet mi June 2nd and will be in ses- ,, s on for 30 days during which time I j all te assessments will be compared II ami adjustments made.

Will Attend State Meeting Os K. Os C. J. C. Lament, grand knight, and Ilermau Gilllg. past grand knight, of the Knights of Columbus, will leave Sunday night for Indianapolis where they will attend the annual state ; convention of the K. of C. Tito elecJtioit of state officers will also lake

phonal the meeting. BOILEX FOR BOILS ttru.v and remove core without pottitice pr lancing. Al any Druggist.