Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1939 — Page 11

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1939

Hoosier Vagabond

of scientists and adventurers on Pack trips Sh oushont

: KAYENTA, Ariz., Aug. 8.—~Back at Mexican Hat it is the Nevills, and in Monument Valley it’s the Gouldings, and here at Kayenta it is the Wetherills

Even on some of the road maps, under the word

‘Kayenta you will see printed, in parenthesis, (The , And well-deserved | that recognition is, too, for they |

Wetherills).

have been here nearly 35 years, even before there was a settlement. If you come to Kayenta you will stop with the Wetherills. There's no place else to stay. And they can’t put up very many so you'd better stop early. . Their home is a Mexicanish affair—a long one-story strip of

rooms, with wings and a hall- |

way running the full length. In- - side, it has the aimdphere of an old Spanish mission. John Wetherill is one of four brothers I am not sure, but I suspect they have had more todo with the discovery of archeological ruins in the Sou hwest than any scientist. Since early in the 80s they have ‘veent at it. One of the brothers lost his life—the seidenthl victim of an Indian fracas. John Wetherill is best known of the br thers. Books. have been written about him. He is getting and takes a nap in the afternoon. He is a smallish man, with a rounded head and a gray mustache. He smokes cigarets, wears a white shirt and tie, and overalls. After supper each evening he has fo jump up and go milk a cow. ” s 2

Acted as Guide for Teddy | =’

It was the Wetherills who did most of the early discovery at Mesa Verde Park. They were at Chaco

Canyon and Canyon de Chelly, and John Wetherill |

was in the party that discovered the famous Rainbow Bridge in Utah. And all these 40 years, hunting Indian ruins has been just a sideline—a hobby—with John Wetherill. His real’ business, his livelihood, was taking parties

Our Town

I wonder what! ever became of the famous madstone that ubed to belong to Mr. Thompson in West Indianapolis. It was supposed to be the biggest of its kind in America—even bigger than the one owned by the descendants of the Fred family-in Virginia. The Virginia madstone was two inches long by one inch broad and:about' half an inch thick whereas the one in Indianapolis was every bit of two and a half inches by-three and a half and about half-an-inch thick. Which was about five times the size of the madstone down in Terre Haute. Strangely enough, both madstones came from Scotland. The ‘stone in Virginia was brought over in 1776 and was supposed to be the one mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in “The Talisman.” As for the Indianapolis madstone, it was brought to this country . some time around 1809 from Glasgow by a lady named Chloe Stout. It had been handed down by the members of her family from generation to generation and was believed to have been in use for hundreds of years before coming to America.

It Came in Hontis

Mrs. Stout settled in the neighborhood of what is now Lincoln, Neb. I don’t know whether she picked the place ‘because of its mad dogs or not, but the way things turned out, the stone came in mighty handy. She was eccentric, however. Had she taken the trouble to advertise she might have made a lot of money, but she seemed to have an idea that the stone was a gift from Heaven to be used only for her immediate family. Which was why more people didn’t know about it at the time.

The death of Mrs. Stout brought her stone into prominence and some time around 1893 or thereabouts, Mr. Thompson acquired it. I don’t know how, or what he paid for it, but I seem to remember vague-

Washington

+ WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Don’t jump too quickly - to the conclusion that abrogation of the trade treaty with Japan is going to be followed by stiff action against Japanese-American trade. It may be . true

that the abrogation was generally regarded as a step

in the direction of an embargo. At least, it made the laying of an embargo possible. But the best opinion here is that the country ‘ought to study the situation pretty carefully before going ahead with any embargo action. ‘In the first place, the normal _way to put an embargo-on exports of any given commodity is to make the embargo apply to all nations alike. The Administration and Congress might like to stop shipments of: scrap iron or petroleum, say, to Japan; but they might be less eager about barring such shipments to England and France, and a general peacetime embargo on all shipments of war-essential materials is hardly conceivable. An embargo applying to one naiion alone is a pretty rare thing in international intercourse. It would inevitably be regarded as an extremely unfriendly act—just about the last possible .step short of an actual declaration of war. # ” ”

Why Guam Wasn’t Fortified

And while anti-Japanese sentiment is fairly strong here, it might be remembered that this last spring Congress refused to appropriate money for an air base on the island of Guam, on the ground that such actionymight make war with Japan more likely. Fortifying Guam wouldn't compare with a trade embargo, as far as increasing the chances of war is concerned. Furthermore, such an embargo would hit American producers squarely in the pocketbook. American exports to Japan last year were. valued at $239,620,000.

: HYDE PARK, Monday—I am reminded daily of the statements which I heard when WPA was cut off by Congress last spring: “If people have to, they will find jobs.” “It will be cheaper to support people on straight relief than on WPA.” “We have got to be practical about this situation and cease being sentimental about the unem-

ployed. . . .’ “Business is ready to take up the slack, if it feels

that Congress is not subservient

to the President and it gets some laws they want.”

Well, I wish the Congressmen who enacted the bill which is now being put into effect would answer some of the questions 5 which come to me. Perhaps, “ . you, in your various communities will get them to do 50, now that they are at home. “A woman writes me: “I have a family of six. Our WPA pay has been $4250 a month. ‘We . haven't saved anything on that, could you? Now, it is coming time to get the children ready for school ‘and there is.a new rule as to the hours we work { a month and then we lay off 30 days. How do we iive, Mrs. Roosevelt, and ‘how can we get clothes sO as to. send the children to school?” 3 another s r “Man; i me

along now, |

ly that, at one time, he wig offered $700 for it and

| for.

and prevents hydrophobia. Honest.

| the dog got the cop, too. When Dr. Wright arrived, he

By Ernie Pyle |

the Southwest. It was John Wetherill who, in. 1913, -led Teddy Roosevelt on the long pack in to Rainbow Bridge, for John Wetherill was the only person who knew how to get there. - At the Wetherill’ home you eat at a great long table with the family. Their granddaughter will be ‘one of your waitresses. And, after supper, they'll clear off the table and the Indian girl who cooks will come out and play Chinese checkers with the others. | At the head of the table is Mrs. Wetherill, as regal and dominant ‘as a monarch. She commands: the situation, speaks with Snaliy to her guests. ” 8

AH ardy Pioneer

There is nothing much at Kapents exzept the Wetherills, an Indian’ school and a fine little Indian hospital for tubercular Navajos. The one trading post is run in partnership by John | Wetherill and Clyde Colville. In the back of their |store is the postoffice. And it is, incidentally, more |distant from a railroad: than any other postoffice in the United States. It is about 145 miles from Kayenta to Flagstaff, the nearest railroad town. Mail comes twice a week, by truck, from Flagstaff. People from {all over America send mail to Kayenta to be posted, | because of its small fame on the postal map. Just before dark a rickety old car drew up to the Wetherills. A man in overalls got out and asked for water for his canteen. construction jobs, and was moving, with his family from Colorado to western New Mexico. They had, that day, driven in their old car across {one of the worst roads in the Southwest. | © When he had gone we spoke of the bad road he ‘had been over—the McEImo road. “Have you ever been over that road?” I asked Mrs. Wetherill. Her mouth opened slightly, her expression did not change, only from somewhere came that devastating chuckle. “Have I? Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh! Have I? By wagon, horseback, afoot, by truck.” You could live in the desert 40 years, and still be a tenderfoot beside Mrs. Jchn Wetherill.

By Anton Scherrer

turned it down scornfully. 1 Maybe some of you youngsters, brought up to believe that civilization started with Henry Ford, don’t know what a madstone is. Well, that’s what I'm here It's a stone which when applied to a wound caused by the bite of a mad dog sucks out the poison

If you don’t believe it, listen to what happened to little Johnny Schmidt, the son of Gottlieb, a tailor living on Virginia Ave. Some time around the sprimg of 1893—the year of the Chicago World's Fair—Johnny was playing near his tatner’s shop when an awful-. -looking dog sneaked up on him and bit him. He yelled so loudly that the neighborhood cop heard him. Sure,

immediately thought of Mr. Thompson's madstone. ” ” ”

Here's How It Works

Soon as Mr. Thompson saw Johnny, he had his doubts, however. To make the madstone work, said Mr. Thompson, it had to be applied directly over the | wound which was next to impossible in Johnny's case. For the reason that Johnny had the misfortune to put his fingers in the way of the dog's teeth. The only thing left to do, said Mr. Thompson, was to pick a spot nearest the wound to cover the surface of the stone. ~ After a good deal of figuring, they picked a place midway between the right wrist and the elbow. Even then,:Mr. Thompson had his doubts. The skin was first carefully scraped, but not sufficient to cause the flow of blood. After the stone was applied, the arm was bandaged to prevent air from getting in. The stone immediately took hold and 10 minutes later, a sizzling sucking sound could be heard —that is to say, if you held your ear close to the bandage. At the end of one hour and 45 minutes, Dr. Wright tried to remove the stone, but it refused to budge. Fifteen minutes later, it fell off of its own accord. When the stone was soaked in warm water, the whole pan filled almost immediately with a green-ish-yellow material. don’t seem to recall what the policeman did to cure his dog bite.

By Bruce Catton

Tn ave been above $20,000,000 ever since the end 0 3. It has been suggested that pressure might be exertedion Japan through restrictions on the: importation ‘of silk." Silk'is unquestionably Japan's most sensitive point; most of her farmers are able to- make both ends meet only by producing raw silk as a sideline venture, the average Japanese farm running about two acres in size.

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Might Strike at Jap Fisheries

But it would take an act of Congress, in the form of an amendment to the tariff act, to cut silk imports. Countervailing duties can be applied by the Treasury Department to imports in whose production a subsidy. is involved; but they can be applied only on imports Vika already pay some duty, and silk comes in duty--e One hitherto overlooked point where American pressure could be exerted is the matter of Japanese fisheries on the West Coast. Japanese fishermen have made substantial inroads on certain Alaskan fishing grounds, and have swarmed about southern California so much that they have made the Navy pretty nervous. Various efforts to bar those waters to them have been made, but the State Department has always pointed out that this could not be done under the trade treaty. With the treaty out of the way, such action would at last be possible. It is, in fact, apparently one of the most likely forms of pressure. It is no secret that the Navy would be just as well pleased if something were done to curb the Japanese tuna fishermen, who seem to find such excellent fishing grounds wherever the U. S. fleet is anchored. And, in view of the fact thaf the rights of American nationals in China have been limited by the Japanese invaders, such action would make a rather apt reprisal.

: (Raymond Clapper Is on Vacation)

By Eleanor Roosevelt

weeks as so often stated, and they wait for that. | Their regular pay checks are never large enough to cover all their living expenses. They cannot apply for home relief for 30 days and it may be four to six weeks before they get any help. . . . As I write, another ‘pink slip’ has just come for a youngster who supports his invalid mother and his sister on less than $17.00 a week and who yesterday, a week before pay day, had to borrow money to come ‘to work. A finer worker I have never known, unusually bright, energetic and dependable; indispensible to the werk he has been doing. . . . How can the men who have enacted this legislation go home and face their wives and children, when they .have decreed starvation for other men’s wives and children? . “They have said they were legislating against Communistic activities in WPA. Such crass stupidity is beyond belief. - They have made 10 potential Com=munists for every one such now existing and have, incidentally, increased by great numbers the members of the ‘radical’ organizations they dislike.” “I am a veteran of the last war, my father, his father, and his father before him fought in the wars and I think that I am a loyal and true American, yet I am not sure that 1 wouldn’t rather have a full stomach and shelter under some other regime than to be hungry and homeless under the present one.”

He was a ‘workman on dam|.

By Ben Licien Burman ritten for NEA Service

And wherever she goes, she leaves behind a broad wake of color and humor, typically American. From Capt. Buck, the genial giant who presides over her destinies, and his veteran pilots, you can learn how to hunt ducks at night with the smokestacks of a towboat, merely by turning on the searchlight to dazzle the foolish fowl, and then charging down on them furiously with the vessel, causing the stacks to strike the birds and let them fall into the outstretched basket of the cook waiting below. From them you may learn the - exploits of the greatest steamboat of all time, the giant Huronico, so tall the eagles were always nest- - ing in the smoke stacks and spoiling the drafts, and with a wheel so huge its driving shafts went into their cylinder heads today and came out tomorrow.

ND you can hear the true, story of Capt. Jack and his famous prophecy. “There’'ve been some wonderful’ weather prophets on the river,” Capt. Buck will tell you as he chews at a thick, black cigar. “But the best of all was Capt. Jack, who had some steamboats up one of the tributaries. Every riverman in the valley felt safe when Capt. Jack was- around, because they. knew nothing would happen on the earth or in the sky without: . Capt. Jack's knowing about it beforehand. :

“Steamboat H umor'—

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Troubled by Witches? Salt Will Melt ‘Em

Light as summer breezes off the Mississippi are the stories that Ben Lucien Burman tells of the river steamboat | folk in a series which was written for ‘NEA Service and The Indianapolis Times. distinguished author whose most recent novel of river life, “Blow for a Landing,” has been given the Southern Authors’ Award as the best book of 1938.

Here is the first article by the

HERE must be some curious quality in the atmosphere lying over the Mississippi that causes everything floating upon its muddy surface to acquire a rich mellowness. It was rich in color in Mark Twain’s day; the present Mississippi steamboat is a museum of picturesqueness. The steamboat Golden Eagle has her home port at the weather-beaten water front of St. Louis, from which she plies to St. Paul, to Cairo, up the Tennessee, or wherever : the wandering steamboat spirit moves her.

“And then one day he fell in love with a girl on shore and decided to get married. He made. plans to give up the river and went away for a long honeymoon. The rivermen were all feeling pretty badly about it, for they had been relying on him a long time. Now whenever they looked up at the sky, they were worried, be-

cause they had been out of prac-

tice, and couldn't tell what any . particular kind of cloud meant. ~ “Then ‘one day in June. when the weather was the finest it had been in months, with the sun shining and not a cloud anywhere, one of the wharf masters received

a telegram from Capt. Jack way

off in California: ‘For God’s sake get all your crews aboard and tie up with every line you can steal or borrow!’ “The .wharf master sent the news up and down the river, and all the pilots looked at the blue sky and wondered. But they did what Capt. Jack said. The next day the worst cyclone that ever

hit the river rolled all the way .

from St. Paul to New Orleans. It's a fine thing to be able to tell the weather like that, all the way from California.” : 2 8 8

VEN the rats on the packetboat have a special discernment. The jaunty Capt.. Wright, owner of the Waterways Journal, the rivermen’s Bible, and sometimes a passenger on the Eagle, has long been an interested ob=. server of their habits. : Like the rats on all vessels, the

“The Mississippi steamboat is a museum of picturesqueness.”

“From Cant. Buck . . . you can learn how to hunt ducks at night with the smokestacks of a tow-

(Sketch from “Blow for a Landing’)

“Chicken swelled up like a potato going to bust on a hot stove.”

- packetboat rat lives far down in

the hold, unseen by any passenger and known only fo an "occa-

sional . roustabout; there in the darkness and the river silences he studies the rules of_.navigation with all the intentness of a cub pilot applying for a license. A veteran packetbcat rat can tell without hesitation; the differ ence between the signals for a - way landing, and a regular landing, the way landing being one of those hasty pauses when the boat merely thrusts her nose against the bank for an instant to let the rousters throw off two or three bags of sugar for some waiting moonshiners. 1 Le HE packetboat rat, having acquired the leisurely temperament of the river, is not in-

- terested. in any such hurried pro-

ceeding. But when the signal is for a long stay that will permit a decent recreation, his ears instantly become alert. When the gangplank goes dovn, like the passengers and crew, he will saunter off to visit his friends in the town. There he will remain, exchanging the latest gossip of the river, until the warning whistle blows, when ‘he comes scrambling down the levee, leaping aboard just as the boat is pulling out from th=2 dock. You can learn many valuable facts from the Negro roustabouts on the Golden Eagle. : How the best wa: to catch a witch that is troubling you is to put: some salt on the chair where she will be sitting; the salt will melt her where she ‘ouches, form a glue, ‘and she wil! not be able to rise except with such difficulty that she will be betrayed at once.

You can learn that the best way

to kill a man is to place his picture under the eaves at the corner of your house during rainy weather and let the water. pour upon it for seven days—at the end of

which time he will drown in agony. : » 4 ” HERE is one tattered roustabout on the Eagle named Jelly Roll who is my favorite. Jelly Roll had a roustabout friend named Chicken who was worried about the affections of his wife off in Louisville, and Jelly Roll went with him to a hoodoo doctor in St. Louis to learn the truth. “We stayed there waiting a terrible long time,” Jelly Roll will tell you, as he eats some of the river buffalo that forms his supper. “We was sure a-shivering, ‘cause there wasn’t nothing there except big old cages full of the worst looking spiders and lizards you ever seen. And then the hoodoo doctor. come in. He talked for a minute to the spiders, calling ’em Johmny and Charley and

*- petting ’em jest like they was dogs,

And then he looked in his hand, “‘I know what you come for, Chicken,’ he said.. ‘Your wife’s atreating you mighty bad. I see her right now in one of : them dance halls in Louisville a-danc-ing with a big no-count colored man who works in a saloon.’ “Chicken swelled up like a potato going to bust on a hot stove. He run out-of-town fast as he could go, and took the train for Louisville. He seen the two of ’em, coming around the corner holding hands, and he jest naturally had to kill ’e “But when they, tried him, the judge was mighty nice to-him. He sure was mighty nice. They didn’t keep him in jail more’n a couple of days. And then the judge let him go, ‘cause the judge said it was what they calls a home-cide—that they was abreaking up his home, 2

NEXT—Big Un . ... the perils of voice throwing . . . Captain Mary + + o the mighty turkeys ... and the Ghost of Bustapha Island.

Con ven tion

Aug. 28 at Murat Temple,

ernor M. Clifford- Townsend and Mayor Reginald Sullivan. Delegates will register on Monday, when the exhibit will be opened to the public.

C. D. Alexander, Chamber of Commerce president, also will speak at the Tuesday morning session. A lecture. on “Steel—Man’s Servant,” by a U. S. Steel Corp. representative will highlight the Tuesday afternoon meeting. Wednesday has been designated as Purdue Day. A. A. Potter, Purdue's dean of engineering; and William T. Miller, associate professor of heating and ventilating at Purdue, will speak. Mr. Miller will speak at 11 a. m. on “If I Were Again an Operating Engineer,” and Mr. Potter at 3 p. m. on “The Problems Before the Operating Engineer.” National officers will be elected Thursday and public installation ceremonies will be at 9 p. m, Friday. - Speakers Thursday and Friday will include S. C. Casteel, president of Towa N. A. P. E., who will discuss “The N. A. P. E. and Its Ideals”; G Burgess, past national president, “Exnibits,” and C. R. Daubenmire, Columbus, O., “License Laws, a Public Safety Measure.” The ladies’ auxiliary of the Associatio; og-will hold its annual meeting at the national convention. Activities will include a style show at L. S. ‘Ayres & Co., a visit to the Real Silk Hosiery Mills and a penny supper. ‘A grand ball will be staged by both groups at 9 p. m. Friday in the Murat’s Egyptian ' room, following installation of national officers. The engineers’ exhibit will include displays of all iypes of engineering equipment related to the production of power. It will be open each day from 10a. m. to 10 p. m. Dan C. Harris of the Indianapolis | trustee Power & Light Co. is chairman of the convention executive committee and J. R. Morris, also of the

‘ | Power & Light Co., secretary. Mrs.

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Nellie Fowler. is in charge .of ar-| Hy

2500 Expected Here at

of Engineers

Approximately 2500 delegates are expected to attend the 57th annual convention and exhibit of the National Association of Power Engineers

Welcoming addresses af the five-day meeting will be given by Gov-

THREATENS TO SUE IN HOOVER QUARREL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (U. P).— Drew Pearson, co-author of the syndicated . column, “Washington-Merry-Go-Round,” disclgsed today that he has instructed is attorney to bring legal proceedings against acting President Frederic C. Woodward of the University of Chicago for a “damaging statement”. made regarding him during ‘a broadcast last Sunday. Mr. Pearson said that Dr. Woodward, responding to a: protest from former President Herbert Hoover, apologized for a statement made by the columnist regarding Mr. Hoover's alleged campaign to enlist the a | support of Southern Republican del-

|egations in 1940. ‘The statement was made on the University of Chicago Round-Table radio program. t is significant,” Mr. Pearson a “that Woodward, an old friend of Hoover's, stepped into a situation

DEMANDS $5000 IN FALSE ARREST SUIT

‘RICHMOND, Ind., Pen, 8 (U.P). —Charles: Miller .of Danville, Til,

Department of Agriculture em-|"

ployee, brought suit for $5000 against the Whitewater Valley Loan Co, Von C.- Anderson, its agent, and Sheriff: Arthur Quigley in Circuit Court Yesterday for alleged false arrest. He charged his character was damaged when he was arrested by Sheriff Quigley on a charge of having removed mortgaged property

‘from Wayne County.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—What causes mes roiahodE? 2—Name the capital of Connecticut. 3—How many gallons are’ there in a cubic. foot? - 4—1Is Col. F. C. Harrington the Administrator of the WPA or - PWA? - 5—Where is ‘the Palace of the . Louvre? 6—What is the - correct pronunciation | of ‘the word inviolable? 7—Is the name of Gene. ‘Mako associated ‘with golf, swim- _ ming or tennis, : ; s 2 = Answers

‘1—Light from the sun or moon refracted and Teflected, ' raindrops, 2—Hartford. . s—Approzimately 748 ‘gallons.

which did not concern him and re-| 4—

garding which I told the university

I would take full responsibility. 2 Mr. Pearson said it was “significant” that Mr. Hoover made no pro-

test to him personally, but directed | it instead to Dr. Woodward, who}

“tqught. for many- years at Leland Sano where Mr.- Hoover is a trustee and a power in the university.’

“1 am : “that Mr. Woodward acted Without consulting President J utchins and also tha

am informed, » he contihtied;

5—Paris, France.

6—In-vi'-0-la-bl not. in-vit™-a-bl. 11

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PLANT AT ANDERSON TO RECALL 800 SOON

ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 8 (U. P.). —More than 800 workers who have been laid off at the Guide Latap plant, General Motors unit here, will be back to work by Sept. 1, F. L. Burke, ‘general manager of the ‘plant, said today.

Workers will be recalled as equipment is made ready for. them, Burke’s announcement. said.

. [Mountain Spotted Fever,

STATE HEALTH RECORD G00D THIS SUMMER

Harvey Points to Lack

Of Serious Outbreaks Of Diseases.

Dr. Vern K. Harvey, State Health : director, “knocked on wood” today." The reason is that the State has been spared thus far this summer from any general outbreak of sume mer diseases. Dr. Harvey said that for the first time in many years there has been no typhoid epidemic reported any place in the State. Many types of : diseases, which normally come in waves, have not “broken out” this summer. a

Reports Lids Pollution

Dr. Harvey also reported, that there has been less pollution of streams thus far according to coms= plaints investigated, than for several summers in the past. “I had better knock on wood though” he said. “The summer is not over.” Dr. Harvey reported that there were “four or, five” cases of Rocky an ine fectious rare disease that emanates from certain types of ticks. > Last year however, there were more than a dozen cases of the diss ease, he said. Also, at this time last year, Dr;

‘| Harvey said, State health officials

were fighting a mild epidemic’ of typhoid which broke out in the vieinity of a roadside eating place in the southern part of the State. :

60 Cases Treated :

More than 60 cases of typhoid tesulted from a bad well and sewer connection, he said. Dr. Harvey said the decrease in the number of cases of dysentary and typhoid was “natural” with the constant improvement in general sanitation conditions, and in sanie - tation of public and private water supplies and in the handling - of food, in particular. :

Watch for Paralysis

Another of the “summer diseases,” and by far the most feared, is ine fantile paralysis. There were about a half a dozen cases of this dreaded infection last summer. Only two cases of infantile paralysis has been reported in the State this summer, Dr. Harvey said, There have been none since Jun . Dr. Harvey attributed the de= crease .in stream pollution to periodic heavy “flushing” rains that have fallen over the State so far during the summer. HG

ECONOMY BARS MODERNIZATION

Works Board Sees Little Chance : of Replacing Garbage: Trailers,

F There is little likelihood that the City’s “open air” garbage trailers will be replaced to any extent next year by modern, metal-covered cole

lection trucks, Works Board mems bers said today.

Economy is the main reason, for the trailers on which garbage. is shielded from the public view only by canvas shades last indefinitely, members declared. There are 40 trailers and six streamlined, all-metal collection trucks now in service, according; to Ray Herner, Garbage Collection sue perintendent. Their service is die vided into two geographical locae tions, according to collection plans. The canvas wagons serve the heave ily populated districts on the East, West, South and immediate North Sides. The big, streamlined trucks operate almost exclusively north of 38th St. The Works Board has planned to replace all the trailers with "the

of the necessity of cutting expenses. in the Sanitation Department. 2 The Sanitation Department hag received numerous eomplaints be-

cause of the action of some drivers in leaving the Shades up.

Everyday Movies—By Wortman |

trucks, but has not done so because