Saiton Sea Now
Rapidly Receding'
Waters Are Retreating at Rate
of About a Wile
Yearly.
SETTLERS GRAB THE LAND
Opens Up Largest Area of Date Pro
ducing Land in the Country—Big
Fish Cannery Planned by Ari
zona Capitalists.
Los Angel's, Cal. The Sal I on sea,
in ihe Imperial valley, on*.* 1 f the
natural wonders of the West, is eou
stantly shrinking. At present it is
about IS miles long and nine miles
wide at the greatest point. Luring the
last five years the water is said to
have retreated about a mile a year,
leaving a salt-encrusted adobe land,
which is eagerly seized by homestead
ers. Often their locution stakes are
planted fur out in the water.
The sen, which lies 169 feet below
the level of the ocean, abounds in mul
let and carp, which local and Arizona
capitalists are planning to Utilize by
the creation of a great cannery.
The United States department of ag
riculture reports state that about the
Stilton sea lies the largest area of dale
producing land in the country.
Geologists say the Snitou “sink,” as
It once was known, iti prehistoric
times lias changed from desert to sen
and from sea to desert 50 times or
more.
Becomes Inland Sea.
For centuries the Colorado river
would flow quietly to the Gulf of Cali
fornia and gradually build up a sand -
bar across its mouth. Then some
spring Hood would cause a washout in
the river’s hank farther north, and
the whole torrent would
the Snlton “.sink." The
become s»n inland sen,
lor centuries perhaps,
"rent Hood would carve
way to the ocean. The
dratted and the region
sweep toward
desert would
remaining so
until St tm*
out t. shorter
sett would he
relapse into
a desert.
Mad volcanoes abound near tin* sen.
a short distance inland. They are ,.f
all sizes up to great mounds in feet
in he ight. They all emit stearn, some
in u steady stream. > liters steam and
mud alternately. Many of them give
out a sulphurous gas. At times their
roaring can he heard for miles.
More and more the sea is being
visited by tourists, and during the
heated season, when lie temperature
, is from pi to "ti degrees cooler than
i in the valley Towns, dances are fre
quently held mi an old wharf which
[once served as a landing place for
I fishing boats, hut which lias been left
high and dry by the receding waters.
Of Interest to Tourists.
Of especial interest to the tourists
are the bubbling “paintpots." As the
water retreats it is In a state of con
staot ebullition. Gases from some on*
known subterranean source ore cor
tir.ually finding escajio through unseen
vents in the bottom. Laver after
layer of colored pigment is deposited.
' The retreating waters have left uncov
ered acre, nf tiiis deposit, said by ex- |
i ports to be fully equal to tiie dry
sienna and umber colors of which so
much is imported.
It i thought that tlie* shrinkage of
tlie Sal ton sea will continue until it
finally becomes a salt "sink'’ with a
pool of brackish water in the center
unless a fresh out hurst of the great
Colorado should replenish ils waters. 1
HOUSEMAID FOR PARLIAMENT
Hatless English Lass Plans to bsek
Election to Commons on
Labor Ticket.
Louden. Lngland. .Iess>ie Stephens,
a housemaid with a mass of dark hair, |
I and who generally goes about hatless,
lias signified her intention of entering
the race for parliament on the labor j
ticket. She is endeavoring to gain a ;
seat in the local borough council of
I’.ermondsey and will then stand as a I
parliamentary candidate.
She hits been employed as a eonk. j
! housemaid, cook-general, lxisrs of a :
large common lodging liotise in Glas
I gow, porter in a chemical warehouse j
| and driver of a three ton lorry.
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Peer Is a Bartender;
Has Title But No Cash.
London.—A member of the
peerage who Is a bartender, lias
been found in Buckinghamshire.
He is Sir Henry Eehlinhnrt, now
well up in years, who presides
over the drinks In "The Bird In
Hand" pub at Prince’s ltis
bourgh. The family formerly
possessed estates in Scotland
and Ireland, but all bad been
dissipated before the title de
scended to Sir llenry.
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Traditions 1,000
Years Old Upset
Ancient City of Pressburg
Changes Character With
Coming of New Rulers.
RESULT OF PERCE PARLEY
Resentment Shown Over the Employ
ment of Czechs in Government Po
sitions Formerly Occupied by Hun
garians— Many Are Expelled.
Bratislava, Slovakia.—It is only on
Czechoslovakian maps that this an
! dent Hungarian city of I'ressburg can
! he located by its new name, ltuled by
Hungary for a thousand years, it
i passed under the control of the new
Czechoslovakian republic by the deeis*
i ion of the peace conference, and a
large part of its inhabitants do not
take kindly to the new order of things.
Its people are dominantly Germanic
or Hungarian.
The street signs are in German and
Hungarian characters, and now to them
is being added Czech. The old postal
and telephone employees have boon re
placed by Czechs and Czech high of
ficer!* installed in the government.
Slovak regiments on duty here have
been replaced by purely Czech soldiers.
In a city as old and conservative and
routine as this, drifting through the
centuries undisturbed in its social cus
toms. these things have made feeling
run rather high in certain social strata.
Many Are Expelled.
Persons, regardless of sex. who have
not acquired legal residence are being
| expelled. One man who told the Asso
ciated Press he had lived and done
business here for forty years was ex
I polled n few days ago. The list of
those cited for expulsion is said to con
tain names of dead persons.
Some Hungarians do not hesitate to
express their resentment over the em
ployment of Czechs in government po
sitions here formerly occupied by the
Hungarians. Czechs and many Slo
vaks of the educated classes who hold
office under the government say thl3
feeling is due to Hungarian and Ger
man propaganda, and has no real
strength or extent. Also they admit
tllC necessity Ilf Czech Otlii'ialdnl.I. ,,s
Slovakia has little or no educated class
from which to draw executives of abil
ity.
Hard to Upset Tradition.
is hard to upset rudely the tradi
of ten eenniri -s, and talks with
1* ; on-:, huth in otiii ial and un
official ciref.-, would Indicate : the
antagonism uV, 1 tyed toward the
t 'zis Its is ;i uatura. oiidition of this
period of transition at -'. *s not do.-ply
I ion <
many
Probably it is sf.o-gr
burg than in the nthr
the change
in Pr
of Slovakia, wlicrt
so apparent.
Tin* school qm
prominent part in
The government lias
man and Hungarian
schools, and ;hi*
mg of tench"-— ••
holds
tueum
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arts
aot
bolt ] r : y s ; | VI>' f
the siiuaticu 1 ..c.
bob sited toe ( Pgr
languages ,'n the
g AviaTu: oust
r : ion in hunsc
Dehydrated Cecf vtcaks.
Wh-hita, Kan,—A. l;. S: a
flu-mist with a paeking company here. \
is experimenting with a view to reduc
ing tin- liiali cost of living. I!i - , • r '
experiment is with 1 eefstenk. Ity it
process < 1. ■! i \ ijratii n oi.awin; all
the wtiter nut of the meat the steak is ,
in a good state of preservation ami is
eapahle of being kept almost indefl- ;
nitely. When it is desired to Inina the
steak hack to a condition of freshness I
till that is m-eessary, Mr. Stmill says. ;
is to smik it in wtiter. The meat is said
never to lose its oth*r of fresh moat
ami it Is as tough as sole leather
when dehydrated.
NO SIGNS OF “DRYNESS” IN HUNGARY
Such a tiling ns prohibition is unite unknown in Hungary, ami one of tin
thief industries in that country is the cultivation f the grape for wine. Tin*
photograph shows a grower selling grapes by die tubful to a merchant for
wine making.
SCOPE
FOOD
LAW
Misirderstor.diny as to
tion of Act.
Oocc Net Affect Foods or Drugs Con
cumcd ih State vVhere Manu
factured.
Wnshingt.Tn.— -The federal food and
drugs act does not apply, as many peo
ple suppose, to foods and drugs which
ere manufactured and produced in one
state and not thereafter shipped out of
that state, that is, that are consumed
within the state where produced. Such
foods and drugs are subject to state
lows.
The provisions of the federal food
and drugs net do apply to the
foods and drugs which (1) are shipped
or delivered for shipment from any
state or territorr or the District of
Columbia into any other state or ter
ritory or the District of Columbia; (2)
are shipped or delivered for shipment ;
from any state or territory or the Pis- ,
triot of Columbia to any foreign coun
try; (3) are being imported into the
United States; or (1) are manufac
tured. sold, or offered for sale in the
Ihstriot of Columbia or any territory
of the United States,
The words "food” and “drug'’ .as de
fined in the federal food and drugs act
have a somewhat different meaning
from tin* popular understanding of
those terms. For Instance, water un
der tlie food and drugs net is classed
as food. The term “food” includes all
articles used for food, drink, confec
tionery. or condiment hy man or oth
er animals, whether simple, mixed or
compound. The term “drug" includes
all medicines and preparations recog
nized in the United States pharma
copoeia or national formulary for in
ternal or external use. end any sub
stance or mixture of substances in
tended to be used for the cure, mltiga
tii'ii nr prevention of disease of ether 1
111:1 u or the animals.
$4,000 in Shelf Paper.
Seattle. Wash.—How „f ft**
attle improvi«ment hotuK bought liy
a son for an income for ids mother.
Were used by her to paper pantry
shelves, was disclosed when some of i
the mutilated bonds were brought to
the oliice of City Tresisurer 1' J,
lorry to si-e If they had any value. !
According to the story told Account- '
tint A. I!. Lund, tht' bonds are the 1
property of sin elderly woman who has i
been living alone in Seattle several 1
years. 1 Hiring a long illness flve or ;
six years ago she is said to have suf- !
ferod si temporary lapse of memory. 1
and when she recovered apparently
had forgotten everything ubout the
bonds atul their value.
Privation Despite Prosperity.
London.—There we~e 26 deaths from
starvation or accelerated by privation
in England a^d Wales the past year,
though wages were never higher and
unemployment never less, according t>
an official statement.
KNIGHTS CF COLUMBUS OPEN A HOT IN MANILA
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Mi renl Yulfthlf «*r f ■:■ tin minis' inmit < A:
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HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN PARIS GIVES TRACTOR WORK
Following a heavy snowstorm in Paris a new snow plow drawn hy a lioii.ult tractor was put into cotuuUsiou to
clear the walks, with great success.
BURNING OF NEW ORLEANS LANDMARK
UllillS ul l!>o old l-'rflK-li o|ht:i lioti-c ol \c \ Uric. , v. ii.cli t.,
I lire looctul ■. The* tot III loss is t si ilitn ted to !,c :i, , cc^» ,,i' .* 1 i >f
T.'-.'s w; i s till' oldest npcni llouse in North Alllt'l it 11. I” in, Is; it in is.,.i
Its M: Addin:: l':itti ninth: lo r do!.tit.
NEW MORMON TEMPLE NEAR HONOLULU
Vh»w of thr new ilnriimn
Honolulu, whitt* vvns mi'ii tty
I'liurcli ilijuilInrU-*. TltU is t!i
liiitni S’tuiiSv
Ion.I If lit Li.io. oil tlm is|;tml u, i,:j|lu
ijwllcniwj In tlu- |irt*M‘iu-f t.r non- Mormon
r oitiy Mormon tt-mplr ouishie of < utitlimiitnl
MISS CAPITA SPENCER
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' 1 •• ii n;111 iMain.i:m "t th" H'"<1
!' !■ I i , .M Iliad, v. lid is rfrlilitllins H»
: I,.: 1 • <ii 11 . I; H ; Vf!l r-<llfl fit rill lit \\ <•!»
s1«t In! i' r,*, r Franklin, N IF. lin,l
‘-"'sis ii •Jiisiy pir'». 'll." army
!■ i- "I"-- i (!• wuni |»y litT (irdtlnT III
ili" Ar;,m n,- mil Chateau Thierry en*
n.l^'I'IIU'Ills.
Editor's Tabooed Subject.
In order to draw the line denrlv
strut have It understood. this column
will tint in t|H. future permit the
'•I „ htest ioelllni reference to the Col*
lowing Subjects:
I'ttiry Cow. u.Ilk. [tump, butter fat
end proihtcts
I'aradhe- Adam and Eve, purtieu
relerefiee to Kve’s dot lies und ^
• 11i iiitiy over ti new lenf.”
I sotiu silt—Mother-lii-lH'v. wife’s rela
ves, cost of food, h.t poi hotnlrla.
' its nut trlrls may he Joshed without
■nig policemen.)
I’olit is .NO plays mi Kraft ; kld
iiK p: i- dent ahotit I try n n. which is
■esse; iii little reference us possible
to I’uniesoii, mill then In parliament*
iir,v hinituatfe.
Materia Medlen — No nllttslons to tl
liisinns: dneior hills mid substitution
of |ihim water for mpnt pnrn forbid
den All doctors and druggists are
as honest ms doctors and druggists
can he. mid we shall therefore re
stieet their weakness. — Uichiuotd
rimes-Dispatch.