Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1920, Page 2

PAGE TWO 'SALTON SEA IS " RAPIDLY REGEDING ‘Waters Are Retreating at Rate of About a Mile Yearly. GRAB THE LAND SETTLERS ‘Qpens Up Largest Area of Date Pro- i ducing Land in the Country—Big Fish Cannery Planned by Ari- zona Caplitalists. ’ Los Angeles, Cal.—The Saiton sea, .in the Imperial valley, one of the aatural wonders of the West, is con- Istantly shrinking. At present It is 'about 18 miles long and nine miles 'wide at the greatest point. During the ilut five years the water is sald to 'Rave retreated about a mile a year, leaving a salt-encrusted adobe land, 'which is eagerly seized by homestead- ers. Often their location stakes are ‘planted far out in the water. The sea, which lies 169 feet below the level of the ocean, abounds in mul- \let and carp, which local and Arizona :capitalists are planning to nfillzq ithe creation of a great cannery. The United States department of ag- ;riculture reports state that about the |Salton sea lies the largest area of date- iproduclnz land in the country. Geologists say the Salton “sink,” as it once was known, in prehistoric )umes has changed from desert to sea ) Jnd from sea to desert 50 times or jmore. fine sttained honey has been selling places. prices recently, the following are a are charged: cenrs: veal chops, 28 cents; veal stew, Becomes Inland Sea. For centuries the Colorado river ‘,would flow quietly to the Guif of Call- /fornia and gradually build up a sand- ibar across Its mouth. Then some spring flood would cause & washout in the river's bank farther north, and .the whole torrent would sweep toward ithe Salton “sink.” The desert would become an inland sea, remaining so for centuries perhaps, until some ;great flood would carve out a shorter way to the ocean. The sea would be drained and the region relapse into a desert. Mud volcanoes abound near the sea, a ehort distance inland. They are of all sizes up to great mounds 16 feet tn height. They all emit steam, some in a steady stream, others steam and mud alternately. Many of them give lont a sulphurous gas. At times their 4 cents; porterhouse ®teaks, 18 cents; chops, pound, 33 cents; Pevir steak, 30 to $2.69; women's shoes, $2.48 to $4.98 ASK PA ASKITT; HE KMOWS Just for Instance, He Tells Little Tom- my All About the Death of Jullug Caesar. “Ma, who was Julius Caesar?” asked Tommy Askitt. “Oh, Julius. As far as I know, Thom- as—of course, I'm not nearly as learn- ed as your father—but I am very sure Julius Caesar was a brother or uncle to Nero—maybe his son. Anyway, as they both ruled over Rome, they must have been some relation. Julius was & great fighter, He—" “Dead wrong, Mrs. Askitt,” inter- rupted pa, who had been quietly read- ing before, but couldn't let a chance pass without lording his superior knowledge over his wife and son, since home was the only place he could get away with It “Yes, you're dead wrong. Why didn’t you ask me, Thomas? You come to me hereafter, when you want to know anything difficuit and particular. Your mother says that Jullus was a relation of Nero’s. Why, Julius never saw Nero and—" “But couldn’t he he a relation with- out seeing him? 1 never saw grand- father, but I'm a—" “No, he couldn’t!” snapped pa, “Fur- thermore, Julius was not a great fight- er. He was woman-crazy, that's what he was. E “Julius was a—er—a great—er— Roman senator anntil he met, like all good men do” (there he glanced mean- ingly at ma) “a woman on whom he showers jewels, gold. silver, eau de cologne, rocks, blm\'s—everythlnél And then she treats him like a dog in the end. They're all alike, and poor Julie, although a senator, was no different from the rest. “One day his good friend Brutus whispered, ‘Jule, beware of Ida March!” (That was the woman's name.) But Julle didn’t pay any at- tention to Brutus’ warning and that night they both went to Ida’s house. They had some dumplings; he fell over in a fit. Brutus jumped over to him and just heard his last words: ‘Et two, Brute!" and then he expired. “I'm glad I didn't eat any,” said Brutus. roaring can be heard for miles. More and more the sea is being visited by tourists, and during the heated season, when the temperature lu from 10 to 20 degrees cooler ' than in the valley towns, dances are fre- 4quenfly held on an old whart which once served as a landing place for ifishing boats, but which has been left “hlzh and dry by the receding waters. Of Interest to Tourists. | Of especial interest to the tourists lare the bubbling “paintpots.” As the water retreats it is In a state of con- stant ebullition. Gases from some un- ‘kmown subterranean source are con- " itinually finding escape through unseen ivents in the bottom. Layer after {layer of colored pigment is deposited. “The retreating waters have left uncov- ered acres of this deposit, sald by ex- perts to he fully equal to the dry sienna and umber colors of which so |much is imported. It Is thought that the shrinkage of ithe Salton sea will continue until it |finally becomes a salt “sink™ with a pool of brackish water in the center, lunless a fresh outburst of the great ;Colorado should replenish its waters. - FAMOUS _AVIATOR ARRIVES ‘brute’ for?" asked Tommy. “I don't know, Thomas. He dled be- Prese. Made London Laugh. 1 was working in American head- quarters in London in March, 1919. As we were quartered on the opposite side of the city, we had quite a little ride or walk to where we worked. I arose one morning rather late and rushed off half cocked to work. On the way 1 noticed that every one around me was smiling, some actually laughing. Im- agine my chagrin when in the busiest street, at Trafalghr square, to have a major touch me on the shoulder and call my attention to the fact that I had neglected to put on my leather leg- gings, which left about two inches of white sock and two inches of equally white underclothes between the shoes and trouser legs. Believe me, it did not take me long to climb in a taxi and get back to my lodging house.—Exchange. Froov. “What did Columbus prove by stand- ing an egg on end?” “That eggs in his day were cheap enough to be handled carelessly.” R e M. Marchal, one of the most famous of French aviators, and his wife, who have just come to America for a visit, M, Marchal was the only allied aviator to fly over Berlin during the war. He «dropped pamphlets in the city. At an- other time he flew across Germany to Russia but was captured on the way back. He escaped in a German gen- . eral’s uniform. e e e s e P B Indiané Merchants Put Skids Under Old H. C. L. RAZIL, IND.—That the excuse for exorbitant prices for foodstuffs and other necessities of life is flimsy is being illustrated in this little city in a manner that is showing up the true buying power of a dollar in such a “But pa, what did Julius call him a | fore he could explain,”—<Detroit Free | THE S8EMIDJI fashion- that Brazil is getting some na- tion-wide publicity, while the residents of the city are benefiting from the existing state of affairs. . Competition between rival grocers and proprietors of meat markets Is largely responsible for beating down the cost of living here and it is con- tended that one can buy provisions in Brazil cheaper than in almost any city of its size in the entire country. Farmers have been bringing their apples and pears to the city to sell for $1.50 ‘n bushel, while sorghum has been on the market here at $1 a gallon and at 256 cents a pound, the latter aiding materially during the recent sugar famine, which was on here as in_ other While about everything in the line of eatables has been at rock-bottom few of the prices that prevailed, am argument that soraehody 8 prefiteering In other cities where higher prices Boiling beef, puvund, 5 cents; yonng roast beef, 81-3 cents; beefsteak, 10 20 cents; hamburger, 10 cents; sausage, 1234 cents; matton chops, 22% cents; best breakfast bacan, 34 cents; hams, 33 potatoes, bushel, $1.90; Kansas flour, sack, 24 pounds, $1.9%; peaxs, bushel, $1.50; pure lard, No. 5 pail, $1.35; pork cents; coal delivered, ton (bituminous), $3.25; best block coal, delfvered, $4.40; cabbage, 10 pounds, 40 cents; bread, standard loaf, 9 cents; tollet soap (15-cent cake), 6 cents; laundry soap, 5 cents ; rent, modern five-room house, $20; children’s shoes, 9 to 12 sizes, $1.98 ; men’s dress shoes, $2.98 to $4.98. Low prices here are not due to low wages. Girls at the furniture factory are making from $18 to $30 a week and male labor is correspondingly higher. “He’s a great reader.” “Of what,” s *Gas Hilefs. ~Hitgg CEDAR LOGS IN ELM TREE 8imple Theory Seems to Account for Their Presence, but It Might Be More Circumstantial. Nature provided a surprise the other day for workmen in the Buf- falo (N. Y.) park department, who were cutting down a giant elm and found inside the 100-year-old trunk lthree good-sized perfectly preserved timbers of cedar. ' The theory is that they got there when the city was a village and the elm stood in what was then the mar- ket place. The elm was young, and it is believed that the timbers were placed around the trunk to protect the tree from being nibbled by horses which the farmers hitched to it when they drove into the market place. Time passed, and nobody thought | of taking away the timbers; but the tree kept on growing, and year by year the trunk surrounded them more and more until they finally dis- appeared. The theory seems tenable, but think of the interest that would be added by the verification of an oldest inhabitant, who remembered when the timbers were put in place, and, himself a barefoot boy, cut his name in one of them with his first jack-knife !'—Christian Science Mone itor. "ITs CLASS. | «How ought the science of shop- ping be classified ?” “1 don’t know, but seems to me it ought to be put down as a part of buy-ology.” DON'T DESPAIR If you are troubled with pains or aches; feel tired; have headache, indigestion, insomnia; painful pass- age of urine, you will find relief in GOLD MEDAL . —M a % ‘The world’s standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles and National Remedy of Holland since 1696 Three sizes, all diuggists. Guaranteed. 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