Bellefonte, Pa., May 8, 1925.
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PUTTING ALASKA
ON WORLD'S MAP.
Many stories have been written il-
lustrating the proneness of human
beings to overlook the greater good
lying at their doorsteps and to wan-
der afar in search of treasure. Nor
need we go to the printed page for
examples; we all know of cases
where the fortune-hunter has unsus-
pectingly turned his back on a valu-
able source of wealth, to seek in new
fields the unattainable. We are like-
ly to underestimate the importance
of our own resources and advantages.
No plainer instance of this trait can
be found than in the ignoring by
Alaskans of the possibilities await-
ing us in the development of the Val-
ley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Here,
not forty-eight hours distant in run-
ning time from Anchorage, is one of
the greatest natural attractions any-
where known; in fact Prof. Griggs, in
his report as given in the National
Geographic for February, 1918, says:
“This is one of the greatest wonders
of the world, if not indeed the very
greatest of all the wonders on the
face of the earth.” Language such
as this can scarcely be termed faint
praise.
To quote again from the same ar-
ticle: “There is no other region with
which the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes can be compared. Niagara
finds a rival in Victoria Falls. The
Rotorua district of New Zealand is a
competitor of the Yellowstone. The
Crater of Katmai must stand com-
parison with Kilauea and Crater
Lake. Not so with the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes. It is unique.
Nothing approaching it has ever been
seen by the eye of man. To find a
parallel we must search the records of
geology, for here we have such a vol-
canic outbursts as the geologist finds
recorded in the rocks of the past, but
never before has had an opportunity
to observe in the world of the present.
In the size of the vents and the quan-
tity of smoke given off the valley is
so far beyond other volcanic districts
that no other place can for a moment
be compared with it. Quite well with-
in the truth, we might say that the
sum total of the emanations from all
the other volcanoes of the American
continent, from the Aleutians to Pat-
agonia, except during rare periods of
a dangerous eruption, is much less
than is given off within the radius of
one’s vision from the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes. Indeed, if one
could pick up all the other volcanoes
in the whole world and set them down
together, side by side as close as they
could stand, they would present much
less of a spectacle, always excepting
a period of dangerous eruption, than
does the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes every day in the year.”
We have been hearing much of late
years about putting Alaska on the
map, of correcting the erroneous im-
pressions that outsiders have of the
northland, and of bringing tourists in
so they may see for themselves what
the country is like. It is inconceiv-
able that any other locality or coun-
try, if possessed of a natural marvel
of such stupendous character as Kat-
mai Monument, could allow it so long’
to lie’ unadvertised and unknown.
Whysine apathy on the part of Alas-
ans?
Nor is it as though the Katmai
National Monument were located at
the North Pole or some other equally
inaccessible region; in such case the
delay in opening it to the public
might be understood. The principal
tourist route today, that which takes
the traveler through the Inside Pas-
sage to the westward, thence over
the government railroad to the inter-
ior, could include Katmai with but
a few hours’ extra travel for the
ocean steamer. A beautiful land-
locked harbor, sufficiently deep to ac-
commodate the largest ships, guar-
antees a safe and easy landing on the
mainland.
Less than twenty-five miles up
from the coast lies the crater of Kat-
mai, 3700 feet in height, far exceed-
ing in size the crater of Kilauea in
the Hawaiian, which is 500 feét deep
and which had previously led the list
as the largest active volcano in the
world. An easy pass of 1200 feet
leads over the divide, and a road of
fifty or sixty miles will make con-
nection with navigation on the Bris-
tol Bay side of the peninsula. As a
preliminary step, a road of half that
distance will open up the valley, en-
abling the traveler to reach the
scene of volcanic activity in an hour
or so. Concessions for tent accom-
modations might be granted for the
first season, until hotels seemed im-
perative.
Considering the difficulties of
reaching-the valley at present, one is
surprised at the number of people,
including women, who have already
visited the spot, and who report that
in spite of the hardships endured
they thoroughly enjoyed their ex-
periences. Why should it not be
made an easy thing for the world to
view this wonderful valley and cra-
ter, rather than a diffcult undertak-
ing?
As it is now, travelers who are de-
termined not to miss a sight so stu-
pendous, must make their own ar-
rangements for getting to the main-
land, engaging local guides to take
them into the Monument. Is there
any reason why all this could not
speedily be changed, roads and accom-
modations provided, regular sailings
assured, and the Katmai Monument
advertised as open to the whole
world? Only the short-sightedness of
the Alaskan public prevents the im-
mediate development of this, the
greatest monument which has been
set aside for the enjoyment and bene-
fit of the people.
There is no doubt as to the interest
and inspiration such a spot holds for
humanity. Volcanoes are something
which the majority of Americans do
not have an opportunity of viewing
and once it is made known that ac-
cess to the Katmai has been simplified,
the Territory of Alaska will be a
magnet drawing the entire world to
it, just as Kilauea steadily attracts
people from every country on the
globe. :
It is the people themselves who de-
cide when construction, development
and advertising shall open the region
to travel.
bay and the releasing of the moving
picture recently filmed in the Valley
are two factors which will awaken
new enthusiasm for Katmai monu-
ment, but the general public has up
to this time remained largely in ig-
norance of the wonders of that sec-
tion of the territory, and being unin-
formed is not in a position to make
demands. As long as Alaskans are
asleep, the department of the interior
is not likely to take steps towards de-
velopment work. Would it not seem
time for us to wake up to our resourc-
es? Are not the people of this terri-
tory overlooking the best line of ad-
vertising that the country could pos-
sibly have? Should we not be proud,
moreover, to share with all mankind
this predominant marvel which has
been intrusted to the keeping of Alas-
ka ?—Times, Anchorage, Alaska.
40,000-MILE TRIP
BEFORE THE CIRCUS.
When Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey’s circus passed out of Mad-
ison Square Garden the morning of
May 38, for the last time, it struck out
on a trail that will take it virtually to
every State in the Union, a 40,000-
mile tour before it rolls back into
winter quarters at Bridgeport next
November.
The big red wagons will cross town
and be ferried to Jersey City, where
the longest up-to-date circus train in
the world will be attached to three lo-
comotives ready to haul it to Phila-
delphia.
One hundred and one cars will move
the show this year, and twenty-eight
tents * house the 1,700 persons, hun-
dreds of animals and paraphernalia.
This show doesn’t really get started
until it gets under canvas. Many who
have seen the circus in the old amphi-
theatre on Madison Avenue, doomed
to destruction after housing it thirty-
four years, think it disintegrates when
it departs.
Instead of splitting into two circus-
es, as many believe, the show increas-
es. It has to.
The “big top” seats about 17,000 or
18,000 more than the Garden. To en-
tertain all at the same time it is nec-
essary to enlarge the show by adding
more aerial acts, more stages, more
everything.
Since the advent of the automobile,
towns and small villages in the West
and Middle West now see the circus.
Formerly they saw only the small
traseling wagon show, if any.
The circus pitches its tents in many
villages of not more than 500, much
smaller than the circus itselt. Yet it
does a big business. Between thirty
and forty thousand persons see the
circus daily after it leaves New York.
Blue and Gray to March.
At the next annual reunion of Con-
federate veterans to be held in Dallas,
Texas, the G., A. R. of that city will
march with the wearers of the gray
in the official parade.
The arrangement has been made at
the suggestion of the Union veterans
who received the instant and hearty
approval of the Confederate com-
mander, announcement of which was
made by General Hampden Osborne,
adjutant general and chief of staff, at
New Orleans a few days ago.
In the letter to the chairman of the
Dallas reunion committee General Os-
borne said: “The war between the
States ended in 1865. Since then the
sons and grand-sons of the partici-
pants on both sides have fought gal-
lantly side by side in the world war.
If the G. A. R. will join us in the prof-
fer of honors to our great ones who
have died and the aged survivors with
us still, it will be an announcement to
the world of the solidification of pure
Americanism. Such place in the line
of march as you may assign the local
G. A. R. contingent has my approval
in advance.
It will be an inspiring and touching
sight to see the Blue and the Gray
marching’ through the streets of Dal-
las together.—Easton Free Press.
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Do People Wear Out?
It is disuse that ages and decays
both the body and the mind. This has
come to be so commonly accepted that
to repeat it is almost platitudinous.
Writing on this subject in a recent is-
sue of Hygeia, a Canadian physician
points out that idleness more often
than work leads to early old age and
death. He points out that in many of
the oriental and tropical lands of the
earth, where the people lead sluggish,
unenergetic lives, they die at a much
younger age than do peoples of a
more active, ambitious temperament.
In India, for instance, the life time of
the slow-going, peaceful native aver-
ages from nineteen to twenty-one
years, and in China from twenty-two
to twenty-five years. On the other
hand, in the Occident the average span
of life is from thirty-six to fifty-five
years. Statistics compiled in New
York and Chicago show that the av-
erage length of life a century ago was
from thirty to fifty years, while to-
day our mortality rate has been reduc-
ed by twelve per cent., notwithstand-
ing the furious pace at which city in-
habitants are supposed to live.
Air Race to North Pole During May.
An air race to the North Pole will
take place between Ronald Amundsen
and Gretia Algarasson. It will be
run in May, if plans turn out all right
by that time between the two contest-
ants.
Algaresson will leave Liverpool on
May 1, on the Iceland, in hope of
reaching the ice bound shores of the
North within several weeks, when he
will inflate the special type of airship
with which he hopes to reach the pole.
It is his plan to descend from the air-
plane by means of a ladder, and will
then make a flight to Nome, Alaska.
Amundsen expects to go to Switz-
enberger before the end of May. Al-
garasson is speeding up in the hope of
getting to the pole before Amundsen.
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The proximity of Cold
REVISED MOTOR LAWS
FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
Only an Officer in Uniform May Stop
Your Automobile.
The motor laws of Pennsylvania
were completely revised last week
when Governor Pinchot approved the
bill of Senator Buckman, of Bucks
county.
The bill provides, among many
changes, that cities may establish
traffic boulevards or through-traffic
highways, at which all motorists must
stop before turning into or crossing.
It also provides that all police officers
must be in uniform and show their
badges before attempting to stop any
motor vehicle on any highway.
Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, county de-
tectives, constables, police officers of
any municipality, State police and
highway patrolmen in uniform or who
show their badges may inspect motor
vehicles in any public garage or re-
pair shop for the purpose of locating
stolen vehicles.
MAXIMUM WIDTH INCREASED.
The maximum width of motor ve-
hicles is increased from ninety to
ninety-six inches by the new law. It
also defines as a motorbus any motor-
ized vehicle used in carrying passen-
gers for hire and required to have cer-
tificates of public convenience from
the Public Service Commission. The
law also defines as motor omnibusses
all motor vehicles that carried pas-
sengers for hire and were engaged in
the business prior to January 1, 1914,
and are not operating under the pro-
visions of the Public Service company.
Under the provisions of the new law
it will be possible to use registration
plates for the succeeding year on or
after December 15 of each year at the
owners’ discretion, instead of awaiting
the arrival of the new year. The law
also establishes a one-quarter regis-
tration fee for motor vehicles regis-
tered between November 1 to January
1 for the current year. Full fees will
extend to August 1 of each year and
half fee will then be in effect up to
November 1.
2.50 FEE FOR NEW OPERATORS.
A fee of $2.50 will be charged for
all new operators and this will entitle
them to a sixty-day learners permit
and pay for the final drivers’ license
after a satisfactory examination is
passed. This provision of the act re-
moves the present requirement of
three different payments. A fine of
$100 to $200 or six months’ imprison-
ment is provided for persons who im-
personate the holder of a learner's
permit.
The law establishes a new standard
for judging legal headlights for cars.
It presumes that headlights project a
dangerous and dazzling light if the
top of any main beam of light pro-
jected twenty-five feet ahead on an
approximate level, strikes any object
at a height greater than the distance
of the centers of the headlights from
the highway.
Illegal headlight sales are prohib-
ited, and light must be equipped with
bulbs of twenty-one candlepower. The
act also makes provision for the use
of parking lights along all highways,
but cities and boroughs may by or-
dinance establish zones in which cars
may park without lights.
MECHANICAL SIGNALS O. K.
Mechanical devices may be used for
precautionary signals and signaling is
required, either by device or hand,
when turning, slowing down, stopping
or reversing. Parking along state
highways is permissible if at least
two wheels of the car are off the im-
proved portion of the roadway. No
parking is allowed on sharp curves or
turns where there is not an unob-
structed view for 500 feet.
Important changes are also made to
the Motor Vehicle Title Law by a bill
of Representative Hess, of Lancaster,
whieh the Governor also approved.
Certificates of title to motor vehicles
against which there are encumbrances
will be held by the person holding the
first encumbrance through one change
in the law. The certificates must show
all encumbrances against cars, with
the names and addresses of the hold-
ers. It is also provided that correct-
ed certificates of title may be issued
upon request of the holder when the
original certificate is returned and ev-
idence that encumbrances have been
satisfied are submitted to the High-
way Department. A reduction in the
cost of title fees from $1 to 50 cents
is provided for manufacturers, jobbers
and dealers for new, rebuilt or used
motor vehicles. Where it is necessary
to change engines in any vehicle the
title may be changed.
Air Commuters.
Captain Nungesser, French war ace,
has successfully tested on Long Is-
land a new amphibious plane designed
to meet the needs of commuters. Since
it carries but three passengers besides
the pilot, it will be still more aristo-
cratic than the motor car, but it will
help to make the highways linking
town and country safe for democracy
by relieving the congestion if large
numbers of “commuting planes” are
produced. :
The air, as well as the land and the
water, must assume its share of the
carriage or ferriage of suburban pop-
ulations with business in the city.
That means the creation of flying
fields and parking spaces within a rea-
sonable radius of business districts.
In time it may be feasible to land
within the narrow limits of a roof top,
and when this gentle art is mastered
the costly space reserved on terra
firma can be released for building lots.
The air commuter is coming into his
own, even though for some years to
come he may need the aid of a motor
car to transport him from the landing
place to his office. And before long
the expensive luxury of flying, as in
the case of every other mode of trans.
portation, may be reduced to a cost
within the reach of a modest budget.
AND PAINT UP TIME.
Clean Up and Paint Up time is here,
and it arouses the natural desire to
make the home, the place of business,
and the community in general present
a better appearance.
But how many of us think of Clean
i Up and Paint Up time as tree plant-
‘ing time? Not enough of us, to be
| sure. We cannot have too many trees.
| There is nothing you can do that will
i beautify the community more than to
plant more trees on your own prop-
i erty. 3
The writer had occasion a few years
ago to investigate property values in
a community. And this brought to his
| attention some of the factors that en-
ter into making property values.
[Homes on a street lined with beauti-
| ful trees were uniformly higher in
i value than were houses on bare lots
and streets.
tA well kept lawn, with trees on the
curb, a little shrubbery attractively
placed, and perhaps a garden at the
j rear, all showing the evidence of care
‘and thought, appeal to any prospect-
ive buyer. Of course, we do not ad-
vocate beautifying property merely to
sell it for more money. But if beau-
tiful surroundings are worth good
money to others, they are worth some-
| thing to you.
ain
A casualty insurance company that
had required some additional evidence
to support a claim recently received a
letter from the widow of the insured,
which ended:
“I have so much trouble getting my
monay that I sometimes almost think
I wish my husband were not dead.”
———The election of Von Hindenburg
surprised Washington officials. Prob-
ably because "it was "accomplished
without a slush fund.
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i MEDICAL.
‘Have You a Bad Back? _
| eee
Then the Advice of This Bellefonie
| Resident Will Interest You.
Does your back ache night and day;
Hinder work; destroy your rest?
Are you tortured with stabbing
| pains
When you stoop, lift or bend ?
Then likely your kidneys are weak.
More troubles may soon appear.
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness;
Or uric acid and its ills.
Help your weakened kidneys with a
stimulant diuretic.
Uuse Doan’s Pills.
Read this Bellefonte testimony:
Samuel Weaver, S. Water St., says:
“I almost got down with backache an
mornings I felt so lame and stiff
could hardly bend over to put on m
shoes. During the day I suffered terf
ribly and my kidneys acted irregular
ly. Doan’s Pills from Runkle’s dru
store benefited me in every way.” J
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mr.
Weaver had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 70-19
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Special Sale
Coats and Silk Dresses
I=="We have too ;many Summer Coats on hand, so will eut
prices and Move them Quickly.
Polo Cloths (all lined) in Tan and Rust—val-
Lot One
ues up to $20.00 . . . . Sale price $10.00
In the new cloths—Rose,
Lot Two French Tan and Rust, fur
trimmed bottom, crepe lined ; also Coats
that are not fur trimmed, in the new.
bright colors (values up to $30.00)—spec-
ial $18.00.
: 1 lot of Silk Dresses
Silk Dr €Sses in Canton Crepe, Satin
Back Crepe and Crepe de Chene; sizes
from 16 to 40, all the new, bright colors.
Also Cocoa Tan and Black—qualities up
to $25.00; special price $12.50.
Childrens Coats 1 lot Childrens Coats—
sizes 6 to 14—-special
price $4.98.
. All new colors again in Ladies
Hosiery - Silk Hose. . . Special 95 cts.
S k Childrens Socks in sizes 7 to
OCKS 9; (solid colors only) 3 pairs 50c.
Childrens 3 Socks; solid colors and fancy
tops. from 25c. up.
A beautiful line
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Ruffled Edges and Marquisettes. New
Cretonnes and Over-Drapes to match.
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