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MONDAY, MARCH 4,

1940

The

Indians

polis Times

‘SECOND SECTION

Hoosier Vagabond

PEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, March 4—We came “very near passing up Honduras: entirely, and how Zglad I am now that we didn’t! For in the tuture,

*) {when we hear peo:le telling what a terrible place

* Tegugalpa Is, we can argue that it isn’t terrible at all, ; We certainly came here with a bad picture in our minds. It started last December, when employees in the Honduran consulate at New Orleans treated me rudely. If that is Honduras, I thought, I can do without a great deal of Honduras. And then all along the line, from dozens of travelers, we have heard nothing but horrible descriptions of Tegucigalpa— how the streets were so bad you couldn't walk on them; how the (4 people were mean; how the ho- ! tels were uninhabitable. Only once have I heard a. kind word about Hon7 duras. That was from an Englishman, who said Tegucigalpa seemed mystic and legéndary fe him, and reminded him of an old wood-cut. So despite everything we came to Tegucigalpa.

‘And we find one of the most fascinating places we

have visited.. You can get along the streets all right, The people -are pleasant, and you don’t see any mean faces, and somehow there is a dignity here that has gone from other Latins submerged in the noisy throes of trying to be “progressive.” The one justified criticism : can find is the hotel. The Hondurans sre proud, and don’t like you to say anything bad about them. And that’s the reason I mention the hotel situation—in the hope they'll get so mad they'll do something about it.

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‘Hotel Badly Needed

We have looked far enough to realize that the § hotel is not representative of ‘the city at all. But + most travelers by necessity get their main feeling about a new place from their own living comfort while ¢ there. And travelers to Tegucigalpa go away cursZing the city because of its hotel. There are only two places to stay here.

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One is

§: : E ; : "Our Tow ' THERE IS A LEGEND around here that Rudolph Schwarz, during. his stay in Indianapolis, employed

the “lost wax process” of casting bronze—the one

Benvenuto Cellini used back in the 16th Century ; when he turned out his famous statue Perseus. The Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument brought Rudolph

Schwarz to Indianapolis. More

specifically, it was Bruno Schmitz, of Coblenz, Germany, whose design was adjudged the best as the result of an architectural competition held in 1886.

By the time Architect Schmitz - had all his working drawings done, it was 1887. It required 10 years to complete. the building ; of the foundation and the shaft The foundation went 30 feet into the ground; the shaft, 246 feet into the air. Which still left somebody to do the carving of the two side groups. At this point Architect Schmitz realized that he needed a man with artistic training who could not only do the actual work of carving, but also train and direct others. He combed the studios of Europe and, in Berlin, found Rudolph Schwarz, a sculptor in his early thirties who had profited by training in the Academy of Vienna. Mr. Schwarz was engaged to come to Indianapolis and stay until the ‘Monument was done. When the "Monument was finished, he kept right on staying. As a matter of fact, he stayed until the day of his death in 1912, o ” »

{Lost Wax Process’

: _ When the Monument was done, Mr. Schwarz had to look for another job, of course. As luck would have tit, just about this time, he heard about a ~ompetition in Detroit, the terms of which called for a statue ‘of Governor Pingree. There were 16 competitors and Mr. Schwarz came out on top. The winning design

Washingt WASHINGTON, March 4.—Dear Mr. Weir: I find :that your letter to me ot Feb. 28 has been distributec 28 a generzl press release by the Republican National

iCommittee. Therefore the controversy must be of more public interest than I had assumed.

Nothing is more important, in a system of private enterprise, than that Government and 'business have reasonable working relations with each other Our system rests fundamentally upon private enterprise But sometimes conditions reach a point where Government must do certain things to cushion the effects of maladjustments. In response to public demand, and I think to real public need, we have adopted Federal guarantees for collective barssining, for wage and hour protection in the bottom levels, for old-age and unemployment insurance, for stock-market regulation and supervision of those who handle the invested funds of the public. But many businessmen fought most of these and did everything possible to prevent their enactment. I believe you fought Government efforts to protect collective bargaining. Only two months ago you said “fascism, communism, naziism and New Dealism all came out of the same box.” : 2 Hopes He’s Wrong Hence, when the Glenn Frank report was issued, accepting most of these reforms in principle, I said it would be fine if you got behind ‘this report and pushed it. But I doubted if you would in view of your recent speech linking the New Deal as of common origin with communism and naziism. : I am happy to have you say that I am wrong. hecause a leading and highly respected industrialist like yourself can do much. As you go about in your capacity as chairman of the Republican finance committee, collecting funds, you can induce your busi-

GOLDEN BEACH, Fla, come te leave Florida and I am afraid this lazy life

4s going to be hard to shake off. I have discovered

that there is much in. a change of atmosphere. I imagine : that the President most reluctantly neared his home port again. However, he has already taken up the threads of all the state affairs and I feel sure that when I reach the White House this evening I shall forget in the twinkling of an eye that there are such things as days which are not scheduled and hours when one can lie in the sun or sit and read a book.

It has been a delightful holiday and I feel a deep sense of gratitude to the kindly people who were so considerate and allowed me such freedom. Among other things, I shall miss the lavish use of oranges. On Friday afternoon, I had a few visitors: Mr. and Mrs. James M, Cox, Mr. and Mrs. John Knight of Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sporborg. I feel. I owe Mr. Sporborg a special debt of gratitude for having found me this house, which I leave so reluctantly. «1 have just @: most charming ¥ircular

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- of Honduras.

Sunday —The day has

By E rnie Pyle

the hotel, the other the TACA Staff House. The latter is an old Spanish mansion in the grand style.

| Gattup Poll

55% Want

built around a patio; it is run by TACA Airlines as;

a place for its American pilots to live; 1t is clean, pleasant and delightful. But it is almost filled with pilots and: permanent residents—and there is only one room available for ‘transients. It was oeeupied when we came, but we got into it later. The regular hotel is hard to describe. It is ancient. It nas a roof, and it has floors. And-the help are, as pleasant as they can be. But you .have to stop there. The beds are patterned -after a relief map, You have a bowl of cold water in your room. Thegtoilet is public, and unsavory. The rooms have been made .by partitioning off larger rooms, and the partitions do not go clear to the ceiling. Consequently you are living with your neighbors; you hear them breathe, snore, and change their minds. And the radios shake the building, The screaming need for a hotel in Tegucigalpa makes me itzh to put up one and run it myself. Tegucigalpa is being misrepresented to the world <p its hotel. ‘The city owes itself ‘a better show-window. |

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A Restful City

As for the rest of Tegucigalpa—the Englishman |

had ‘a good thought when he said it reminded him of an old wood-cut. For it is picturesque. It lies high ‘in green mountains. It runs part way up the mountainside. Some places are so steep you pant heavily when you walk. The streets are of cobblestone, rough and antique. Autos drive over them in second gear. And many are so narrow that an auto has to stop at a corner and back up into the side street in order to make the turn. There are burros and beggars and naked babies and stray vendors on the streets. And at the same time there are handsome clean children in their white school smocks, and there are Hondurans who are perfectly at home in New York, and there are modern stores and good movies and plenty of autos. And | there is a little cantina. with a sign saying “Fatty | Moore's Place.” And over 1t all, there is a restraint and a quiet that is like a blanket of peace after the hideous hornblatting of most Latin cities.

By Anton Scherrer

portrayed the seated Spire of Michigan’s Governor and measured 11 feet over all. Schwarz modeled and cast the figure right here in Indianapolis in a ramshackle. back of what was then called the Home Brewing Co. on E. Washington St. It was the first bronze statue ever cast in Indianapolis. What's more it was the first casting turned out around ‘here to use the “lost wax process.” The “lost wax process” (or “a cire perdue” as it is sometimes called, especially by art historians) was used by the great artists of the Italian Renaissance and was minutely described in the “Trattato della Scultura” which was translated into English by John Addington Symonds. It is possible, of course, that Mr. Schwarz had a copy of the book. Either that, or he remembered what he hac seen’'in Europe. Brandt Steele, who remembers the old Schwarz studio, tells me that the “lost wax process” | was used by a foundry in Munich and one in Vienna. With this - difference, however, that they limited their work to small casting whereas Mr. Schwarz didn’t let anything bluff him in the way of size.

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He Had His Troubles

Which doesn’t mean, however, that Mr. Schwarz didn’t have his share of troubles. He had to cast the enormous Pingree statue twice before he was successful which didn’t leave him a czn} of profit. Theodore Stempfel who was one of Schwarz’s best friends used to refer to the Pingree statue as an “artistic success but:a disastrous financial failure.” Schwarz ‘had the same experience with the bronze memorial tablet he turred out for Wabash College, the one commemorating the names of those students who had served in the Civil War. As a matter of fact, it wasn’t until comparatively late in his caree: that he turned out a bronze statue necessitating only onz casting. That was the figure of the grieving woman which identifies the monument erected in memory of Mrs. | Albertina Allen Forrest in Crown Hill.

By Raymond C lapper

ness friends to see the light also. For I suspect that some of them are still loyal to the Mr, Weir of oid, when you were fighting collective-bargaining legislation and: before you saw the great light. The La Follette Civil Liberties Committee report asserts that you were prominent among anti-union forces and that your Weirton Steel Co. “purchased large quantities of munitions in 1933 during a strike and, in 1934, when there was a threat of a general strike on the issue of union recognition. Weirton Steel Co., it will be remembered, was instrumental in incapacitating the National Labor Board under the NIRA when it refused to comply with the board's order for an election to determine employee .representation, and obtained an Injymetion against the board.” ; : : ” » Criticized by Green You were singled out as an unfortunate example of an .anti-vnion employer py William Green, president of the A. F.of L., in his recent hook, “Labor and Democracy.’ . . .

So when you say you fully approve of *he Glenn Frank report, I assume that the past is to be forgotten and you now subscribe to the report, including this passage: “The right of the American workers to organize under leadership of their own choosing and to bargain collectively with management is essential ! to protect the interests of the workers. It is proper that a right so basic should be guaranteed by law.”

It is encouraging that you have come to a more broad-minded attitude about these questions becausc nothing could be more salutary than revival of the Republican Party on a basis that would inspire public confidence. The country as well as the party has suffered from the stupidities of the opposition in recent years. Note: I hope you will induce the Republican National Committee to grant me the courtesy of giving. this reply the same circulation which" it gave your letter to me.

Sincerely yours, RAYMOND CLAPPER.

By Eleanor Roosevelt,

Democrats | To Win

By Dr. George Gallup

RINCETON, N. J, March 4.—As the American people approach one of the most critical Presidential campaigns in history, the nation-wide soundings of the American In- ~ stitute of Public Opinion indicate that a small majority of U. S. voters at the present time favor a Democratic

victory next November. In other words, apart from the question of candidates, which cannot be settled until the two major parties meet in convention this summer, the Democratic Party must be regarded for the present as the “majority” party

and the Republicans as the “minority” party in the country as a whole. : This latest measurement of political sentiment is based on personal interviews with more than 18,000 U. S. voters who were asked: “Which party would you like to see win the Presidential election this year?” The. results show that 55 per cent of those with’ opinions on the question want the Democrats to win, while 45 per cent want the Republicans to win. One person in six said he was undecided or had no opinion.

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S THE recent Congressional by-elections in Ohio and elsewhere have dramatically shown, however, the Democratic party is not as strong today as it was in 1936. A study of all the by-elections held so far this year outside the South shows an average Democratic drop of about 5% points. Institute surveys reveal a par-

allel trend. Mr. Roosevelt. was | elected with 62.5 per cent of the 2

‘major party vote four years ago. Since only 55 persons in every 100 now favor a Democratic President next November, the nation-wide drop in Democratic sirength has ‘been about 71% points. What has happened to American political sentiment in the intervening years is shown in the Institute survey. Out of every 100 “ persons who voted for President Roosevelt four years ago, 19 now | say they favor a Republican Presi-

Where Loos New Deal s Support Come From?

DEMOCRAT

Lower Income Group (Less Than $20 a Week) 69% REPUBLICAN 31%

W. Central REP.—49%

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South

($20-$40

Middle Income Group

DEMOCRAT 51% REPUBLICAN 49%

a Week)

U (Over $40 a Week) REPUBLICAN 64% DEMOCRAT 36%

pper Income Group

| As the campaign enters its first phase, the Democratic Party has the support of a majority of American voters, : |The above figures show the sections of the country and the population groups in which the Democrats have their

I greatest strength, and also where Republican support is concentrated at the present time. The naming of candidates, foe | gether wie: events here and abr oad, may change this picture as the campaign continyes,

isive effect on “the outcome next sie ete | First, the sharp class division in /American voting, which became pparent in the 1936 election, has continued during the past three and a half years. At the present [time the Republican Party has its lcenter of gravity in the upper

|income group—the class of busiJressmen, successful farmers, pro- | fessional people and salaried work- | ers earning more than $40 a week. | Republican strength tapers off as

| you go down the ‘income scale,

| until, in the lower income group, | ‘only a few Republicans in propor-

dent. A few ‘Republicans have 3 tion fo Democrats are to. be found.

‘changed camps, too, but not so many. hundred Landon voters now say they favor a Democrat. As the Democrats and Republic ans gird themselves for the coming campaign, however, the Institute survey points to two other fundamental facts about U. 8S. sentiment which may have a de-

CYCLISTS ASKED’ T0 RIDE DE SAFELY.

Officials Tits. National Figures of Mishaps In Plea.

With the advent of more favorable weather and increased bicycle traffic, safety .officials here urged riders) to heed suggestions of the National Safety Council t6 check the rising toll of deaths and injuries in accidents involving bicycles. : { The council urged that cyclists assume more of the responsibility for keeping out of accidents. It cited statistics showing that 72 per cent of bicycle-auto collisions involve traffic violations by the cyclists. Correction of defects in cycles also was urged, since 23 per cent of those involved in accidents were defective or improperly equipped. Licensing Also Urged

The council urged the restriction of riding privileges as an effective remedy for the youthful offender of traffic rules. Revocation of the right to ride for a week, month or

of the offense, was urged. Licensing of - bicycles also was urged. Indianapolis recently re-

cent license fee. - The council’s report showed that bicycle fatalities increased, from 350 in 1932 to 700 in 1939. Latest figures available for Indiana, those for 1938, ‘showed 19 fatal bicycle accidents in the state, 1.7 per cent of the total of all deaths in traffic. South Bend, Ind., was one of the cities used in a nation-wide survey

lems involving bicycles. : ! Cutting In and Out Is Hazard In 1938, in. South Bend, 70 per

about a. book published by the Caxton Printers, Limited, of Caldwell, Idaho. It .is called:

cycles ' occurred during daylight,’

Only four out of eversay

longer, depending upon the’ gravity :

pealed an ordinance requiring a 50- |

to show trends in the traffic prob-|

we HE reverse, of course, is true

| ‘AL. of the Democrats. Their most | concentrated strength, except in

| the Solid South, occurs in the lower income group—including persons on relief and others earn- | ing less than $20 a week—and they also hold a small majority: of

! voters - in the middle income

22-Ton Eagles Are Sent East

Ze mo ORD, Ind, March 4.— To 2 the. largest and most elaborate figures to be carved

| from Indiana limestone for many

years have been completed and

| shipped to Harrisburg, Pa.

The figures are 22-ton eagles,

measuring 8 feet 6 inches tall with a “wing” spread of 7 feet. The original stone blocks from which they were carved weighed 36 tons each. Nearly three months of carving and “roughing” were required to fashion the birds, which will grace the entrance and support flagpoles at the Liquor Control Board Building in Harrisburg. Joe Anthony, of Bloomington, supervised the general construction of the figures.

FIND BLOOD DONOR AFTER STATE SEARCH

Times Special SEYMOUR, Ind, March 4.—A woman whose blood was wanted for transfusions in ‘Stamford, Conn., because she once was a victim of streptococcus infection, and who was sought “here, has been located in the east, authorities learned. A local chemist, Max. B. Van Osdol, was asked by Connecticut authorities to. locate the woman after it was reported she was s visiting in Seymour, ;

Shortridge Safety Courses Described for Magazine

{ Eiperiences in teaching safety at

cent of the accidents involving bi- Shortridge, “first Indianapolis high | and wrote -

school to add safety as a full se-

“With a only 20 per cent were blamed on pester course,” are described in the

Sketch Book Along the Old Mission Trail” by Maude weather conditions. and 18 per cent pfarch issue of “Safety Education.”

Robeson Gunthrop. The story is chiefly told by the, sketches, but each drawing is accompanied by gghrief note. I can hardly wait to get the: book itself, be le of this charming folder. The proposal of ex- -President Hoover, that this Government donate 20 million dollars for Polish relief, is interesting. I think his statement that, when the: war comes to an end, all of Europe will be starving, is discouraging in the extreme, but not very far from the truth., Unfortunately, it is always the little people who starve. They ‘are starving now, not in Finland, for there food is one of the few things which they do not need, but most certainly there is starvation in Poland, and to a great extent probably in Germany, and probably in Spain and Italy, and, to some extent, even in France and England. Mrs. Dorothy Canfield Fisher has already begun to bring home through the newspapers the story of her effort to arouse the children of this country to share what they can with the childrén who are in want in other countries. I hope she will be successful, not only because of the help which may go to children of other lands, but because of the educational value which the plan holds for our own children, who are so

apt to take for granted their “relafjvely happy ‘sur-|

on the condition of the road surface. In South Bend, 18 per cent of the

ting in and out of traffic, one of the major hazards in the country. Nineteen per cent were caused by disregarding traffic control devices. Accidents occurring between intersections represented 55 per cent of in | the total in South Bend.

. NEW TRIAL GRANTED

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, March 4— Judge ‘James. A. Emmert of the Shelby Circuit Court has granted the motion of Indianapolis Railways for a new trial in the suit for damages: brought by Miss Emily ‘J. Lewis of Indianapelis. On. Nov. 3, 1939, the Shelby Circuit . Court awarded Miss Lewis: damages of $14,479. She had asked for as ,000, Heging that in

cycle accidents were caused by cuts

The magazine article is written by Al J. Kettler, Shortridge faculty director of safety. He said that in ‘the first year—1938—when safety ‘was a full course at Shortridge a hundred juniors and seniors were! enrolled. The second semester of this year 532 pupils enrolled for the course and study halls had to be pressed into use to make room for all the 16 classes necessary. Six teachers aid in giving the course. Mr. Kettler says that such a new course creates problems in techniques because ssafety education is new and engineers and technicians are constantly making new improvements in mechanics. Unusual methods used in the teaching are an arrangement of a

she was tions

miniature village by pupils of Miss Ellen K. Ocker. In this exhibit the.

| pupils set up various traffic situa

and yiolatidns and the solution

group, which earns betwesn 52 and $40. Second, on a secraphic basis the Democratic Party today has a firm hold on both the South and the West—sections which account for 24 of the 48 states and 211 of the 531 votes in the electoral college. - The Republicans, on the other hand, are the “majority” party in New England, with its 41 electoral votes. In the region between—from the Hudson River to the Rockies—Ilie 18 states where opinion is closely divided at the present time, and where the next Presidential election is - almost certain to be decided. - The results-of the Institute suryey outline the problem which Republican - Chairman John D. Hamilton and the yet unnamed G. O. P. candidate will have to turn their party into the majority party next November. The findings also indicate where the Democratic Party must hold its lines, and where those lines are weakest.

SCOUT LEADERS

Local Boys to Give 4-Part Program as Part of Regional Meet.

A four-part program will be given tonight by local scouts as.a part of an all-day regional Boy Scout meeting at the Hotel Lincoln. The meeting was called to discuss regional scouting problems and opened today with members of the organization present from Indiana and southern Illinois. Cub Pack 6 from the Broadway Methodist Church will present a sioneer transportation pageant meer the direction of George W.

Hofmayer, counsellor. Mrs. A. D. | Bosley is den ‘mother and the Scout

in- charge will be John Hays of].

Troop 4 from the First Presbyterian | Church. The saxophone choir from the Boy Scout band will be led by R. G. Oster, band director, and Norman . Hill of Troop 36 will play . a drum solo. The general Sessions this morning were headed by Sheldon Clark, of Chicago, vounteer regional chairman. Guest speakers were Arthur R. Baxter, Indianapolis and Central Indiana Council president, and C. J. Carlson of Chicago, regional Scout executive.

i Another class arranged a cemetery epitaphs for traffic

Piclaters like:

. Simeon Bright . hs érossed the street : Against the light.” : In other cases, pictures are used. Some pupils were required to “take [six pictures of various kinds of, {hazards or of case histories in safety work. Posters and the Shortridge Echo also were used in an attempt “to make the whole school! safety-conscious.” Six weeks of the 16 in the! semester are given to trafic safety training, four weeks to home safety and three weeks each to play and school safety and industrial safety and first aid. Washington High School now has,

and the five other public ‘ high schools and the six parochial and private high schools all have some safety training. Safety work in all these schools is co-ordinated by William A. Evans, |satety director of the public schools, and committee hes ward 8

a full-semester safety course also, acre hatchery,

NSTITUTE studies in the weeks . ahead will show how the various states stand. The following figures, however, give the sec-' tional and group picture: For ‘For Dems. G.O.P,. 36% - 64% 51 49 69 45 53 .49 cess D1 . 75

Upper Income .... Middle income ... Lower income .... New England..... Mid Atlantic ..... East Central West Central

31 55 47 - 51 49 25 41

HATEVER platforms are VV. written next summe?, and whatever speeches are delivered, ‘the above configurations of political sentiment cannot be ignored by any pargy that hopes to win. From the Republican point of view the problem is made especially difficult by the fact that the upper income group— where the Republicans are strongest—numbers only about 10,000,000

of the. 60,000,000 persons who make up the voting population, In the months ahead- two fae= tors will be of great importance (1). the choice of candidates and

[- (2) the course of events here and

abroad. - Whether Mr. Roosevelt decides to run for a third term or not, sentiment ‘is bound to change to some degree after the candidates have been nominated. The war, too, may have a decisive effect. It already had an important effect, in fact, for prior. to the outbreak of the war a .majority of voters (51%) said they ed a Republican victory in That was in April, 1939. October, following the outbreak of war, sentiment had turned around and. now favored the Democrats. The trend of sentiment has been:

For For Dems. G.O. PB, April, 1939 civ... 49% 51% October sebosnsecy 57 43 November sesso 54 48 January 999 se0eses 54 46 TODAY ccovesseee 35 45

Wall-Ey es Hive Affection

mn JOE COLLIER, One of the reasons the Fish and Game Department will rear and plant three miilion blue gills this

|year as against one million bass is|

because a mamma blue gill has 40,000-tuplets when she has chilluns. But that isn’t the only reason. The other is to be found in the chilluns themselves. They are polite and eat what's put before them, not each other as do bass and wall-

eyed pike. ; As a matter of fact, the department won't even try to raise wall-, eyed pike owing to an experience it had a couple of years ago. Ten thousand three-day-old pike were put in a rearing pool and when they were big enough they were fed outside minnows. ; This apparently taught them the {value of other fish as a food, and ‘they lost little time testing dietary theories out on each other, with severe results.

The 65 Were Fastest

‘In spite of all the outside food the department could shovel to them, they continued to eat each other and when the pool was drained there were exactly 65 walleyed pike, each seven inches long and each casting those wall eyes at the other 64. The department decided that if this was the way they were going to act, it would have nothing to do with them. Bass are almost as bad, bub not quite. If the department gets to the little bass before they Sormmale their canabalistic philosophies, : can thin them out and keep | from mutual destruction. But it ‘has to keep a sharp eye on them, land sometimes it is only a nick of | | time. It arrived too late at one pool and found about half as many live fish as it expected, but they were twice as big.. If a fish eats another fish, he gets about .as big as both of them.

3,000,000 to Be Produced

So, the plans this year call for the production of three million blue gills, one million bass, one million a sunfish, 500,000 rock bass and 500,000 crappies and assorted other fish. Last year a total of 3,650,000 fish were reared by the State and dis-

tributed. The increase this year is|-

due to new facilities. A new 13known as the Drift‘wood State Fish Hatchery, has been built in the Jackson County State Forest at Vallonia and its 10 ponds will go info prod ction this year.

SCAN PROBLEMS ( Appetite) for Each Other

| but not onerated last year by the Orland Conservation Club. This ‘has four Ponds and is 12% acres | large. Thus, the acreage in operation by the State this year is a half greater than last year; thus there will bs 'a greater number of fish produced, | Workmen now have prepared the beds of the ponds. They will fill the ponds. the first two weeks of this "month and will put the breeders in (the ponds the first two weeks: of (Avr. The breeders have wintered in deep ponds, in most cases fed {by spring ‘water, | The department is going to exe periment this summer with artifie cially feeding some bass with ‘slaughterhouse scraps. It's been tried before and. failed, but some’ |changes will be made this summer. Meantime, all the .ets have been repaired and the equipment put in shape during the long winter months, :

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Do flying spiders have wings? 2—To what post did President Roosevelt appoint former Gove ernor George H. Earle of Penne sylvania? 3—Which anniversary of the United States Supreme Court was celee brated recently? 4—Does it take more ‘or less power to move a vehicle with large wheels than one with small wheels, other things being equal? 5—Which country has the largest ‘number of automobiles? Who owns the Rock of Gibraltar? |” ~—Name the four commonwealths in the United States? 8—What literary work made Tabard Inn famous? ”

: __ Answers 1—No, 2—Minister to Bulgaria. 3—One hundred and Dfieth, 4—Less power. 5—The United States. 6—Great Britain. T—Kentucky, Massachusetts, Penn» sylvania, Virginia. 8—Chaucer’s ¥Canterhity Tales.”

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