Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1928, Page 5

o 4 THE RVENTNG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. BATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1928. . WIDER BOULEVARD 10 SPRED TRAFFIC Mackall Discusses Safety in Four-Lane Traffic Between D. C. and Baltimore. -Says Polar Bears ! Fled When Nobile Pet Dog Barked By the Assoclated Press ROME, August 4.—Polar bears are far from being the fierce beasts that tradition has painted them, accord- ing to Giuseppe Biagl, radio operator of the ill-fated dirigible Italia, He sufficiently disregarded the policy of survivors of the Nobile expedition not to grant interviews to tell the news- TR | paper Tribuna this impression. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 4—The Wash- ngton Boulevard will be widened to 40 feet for the entire length just as rapidly as will permit, but un- | less a s appropriation is made | by ure, which meets in | January, be two years before | it is completed. John N. Mackall, chairman of the State Roads Commis- sion. declared today in discussing a lan for four lanes of traffic. two each stead of one each way, as at r the plan all slow-moving ve- hicles would be compelied to keep to | the extreme right of the road. leaving the middie lanes to motorists who! at the high speed of 40 miles, | is the maximum on State high- | Mackall has always held to the | belief thet slow-moving vehicles on | ate highways are responsible for more | dents than fast-moving vehicles and has advocated remov all speed an hour has proved on the roads in th A ing with more ease, greater speed | and less danger than ever before. “The next Legislature will be asked to establish a minimum speed of be- tween 20 to 25 miles an hour on the open roads. 1 don't know if it will be easy to obtain the passage of this measure, for the Legislature usually i slow With a minimum speed law the danger of automobiles passing each ether on crowded roads will be Jessened, because there will not be as| much need for them to pass each other.” | Frederick Merchant Dies. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. 1 FREDERICK, Md. August 4—David | E. Zimmerman, 65 years old. for many | years a merchant here, died vesterday | at his home. His widow and one son, David R. Zimmerman, local banker, | survive, 1 ““The bears were so timid" he is | quoted as saying. “that they ran way whenever Gen. Nobile's little rascot dog Titina barked at them.” ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 4 (Spe- cial)—The condemnation jury composed of John T. Sweeney, C. Page Waller, Clifton Howard, D. E. Robey and Harry Hammond yesterday placed a valuation of $243 upon the land of John H. Wil son, colored, needed for the construc- tion of the Hooff's Run sewer at that point. Wilson was given the right to tap the sewer without charge. The city | construction forces started work to clear | the way for the sewer immediately. William Robinson, 14, and Frank Beach, 15, will be given a hearing in Police Court today on a charge of lar- ceny of $12 from Robert Heffner. Ac- cording to the police the money was taken from the pocket of Heffner’s trousers while the latter was in swim- yeste! at the Cameron Street Walton Moore ess from the Eighth Congres rict of Virginia, is in- dorsed for reelection in a letter mailed by officials of the Order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Loco- | motive Firemen and Engineers and | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to members of those arders. | Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Agnes Crupper. 47 years old, wife of William | E. Crupper. who died yesterday at_her home in Fairfax County. will be held | from the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs, | N. M. Brown, 418 South Pitt street, Monday at 3 pm. Services will be con- ducted by Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector | of the Grace Episcopal Church, and in- terment will be in Bethel Cemetery. She | is survived by her husband and three children. Funeral services for Franklin E. Roat, | Lincolnia blacksmith, who died Thurs- | day at his home from heart trouble, will be held tomorrow at the residence at 2 pm. Burial will be in Ivy Hill Ceme- tery. THE EVENING STORY Desert Sense. SCAR L. REESE rolled a black cigar savagely back and forth between his teeth, at every | motion resisting a desire to| bite the thing in two. He felt like biting something in two, as | if he didn't have grief enough With- out Harry going on like this. The | business needed him in St. Louis, he | was needed half a dozen places, and here he was tearing across the coun- try to Portland because that son of | his could not keep out of mischief. It | was a fight this time. Last time it was | & car wreck. Why the deuce couldn't the boy behave himself? He had every- | thing. His father had never denied | him a thing. Harry had not the slight- | est ground for complaint, and yet he| never seemed satisfied. A Well, Reese had decided he would| show him this time. He wasn’t going | to stand for any more of it. He'd xh'ei the young ‘cub a dressing down he'd| never forget. What were these young fellows coming to anyway? Now, in his | day he didn't have cars and motor | boats and money to spend. He had to| hustle for everything he got. He hadn't | wanted his son to go through that. He had seen o it that the boy didn’t have to. And what sort of reward was he The thing hurt Reese a lot v 3 o himsel. He had hoped a lot and| dreamed a lot and—oh, well— He shrugged his shoulders and glanced through his open window. He | eould make out nothing in the flying | @arkness, but he knew that the train was passing through desert country mow. Just as well that there wasn't any light to see the bare hills and deep gullies and cactus-covered flats. Reese did not understand what the desert| had been made for. Of all the earth it | was the most worthless. Without the raflroad it was less than nothing. Be- fore the railroad it had robbed men of | strength and hope and often life, and 1t gave nothing in return. He never saw | a stretch of barren land without a feel- | ing of strong distaste and a desire to| g°t away as quickly as possible. Reese had his arms up to lower his window when the crash came. It was 8 very thorough spill. There were no deaths, but there were enough serious | casualties to make railroad officials rub | their chins thoughtfully for a good many weeks. A span of the old wooden Drosky Hollow gave was the irony of fate that all material was at hand to begin the erec- | tion of a new concrete bridge the fol- Jowing week. Reese was hurled through the win-| dow as his car left the rails. He lit on | The old man nodded. “Now for the salve.” For nearly 20 minutes he | rubbed steadily and gently, working out | the soreness, working in the healing | compound. { ‘With the relief from pain Reese had | time to study this stranger who had | come to his assistance as naturally as | his mother would have come. 1 “One might think,” he remarked, | “that you were used to having people pitched out of passing trains into the middle of your camp at night.” The old man glanced up with a twinkle. “I ain’t never had it happen just this way before.” “Are you, what they call, a prospec- tor?” “Yep. Been up and down these Rockies for nigh onto 40 year, now.” Reese watched him curiously, wonder- ing how far desert etiquette allowed per- sonal questions. The two could still hear people working about the wreck. They saw the flash of automobile lights and heard the authoritative voice of a | doctor. Evidently assistance had been | found in some nearby town. | “Isn't it a pretty lonesome life?” | Reese asked. “Well. now, most any life is pretty lonesome, ain’t it? I mean,” he went on seeing the other's puzzled look, “we mostly got to depend on ourselves, ain't I we?” “Well—'ell, yes, I suppose that’s right. | But there's not much in it, is there?” “Money, you mean? Probbly they's different ways o'lookin’ at that. How much you think you got depends on how much you want.” “And have you all you want?"” Reese's gaze traveled over the simple camp, the few blankets, blackened kettle and fry- ing pan, two worn pack saddles, a can- vas bag, of food probably, swung in the forks of a low-spreading pinion. A cou- | ple of gray burros dozed contentedly in | the outer rim of the firelight. | “Don’t look like much to yox." said | the old man with a smile. “But you | see, what I want and what I got go | right along together.” He looked up | as if about to put a question, then thought better of it. | “I know what you're thinking,” said | | Reese, you're wondering if mine go to- | gether. They don’t. They never did. I | wouldn't want them to.” | The old man nodded placidly. “It'd | be a neck of a world if we all wanted the same thing, wouldn't 1t?" i He slipped a bridle over the head of | one of the burros, saddled the animal and laid a thick pad of blankets atop. | “We'll go find the rest, now?” “But, I don't need to ride.” Reese had an uncomfortable picture of him- | self astride the diminutive mount. “You can get off 'fore we come in sight o’ anybody,” the old man told him, ly lumpy ground and rolled |understanding him down a steep slope in the company of | Reese was zembln:;edm m"cll!lui't l;lx:: sticks and pitch-smeared pinon cones. | oughta keep off that foot all you can boulders of various sizes and the half | for two or three days. “Twon't give you ©of an anthill. | He brought up on hard-beaten | ground in the circle of light from a | a bit o’ trouble if you do that.” Reese mounted gingerly, the burro standing solidly under his awkward fire, pawing at pitch and ants. He tried | movements. “Are they always as pa- 10 get 1o his feet and fell back with a | grunt of pain. One foot seemed to be useless. A volce spoke close to him and tient as that?” he asked. “Well, all of 'em’s generally patient outside. And f theyre broke right | be turned his head dazedly. | they're patient inside.’” “Where you hurt, mister?” | Seeing that Reese was again puzzled, | | Reese looked it the kindly eyes of | the old man explained. 8 gray-headed man who was slooping “It's jest a question o' sense. They're | over him | just like kids. You can whack 'em into | “It's my ankle, I think." | mindin’ and get the work done in a | WoODWARD & LLOTHROP 10™ 11™ F aAND G STREETS These Excellent Values for Smart Vacation v"Frbc'k's ' for Women, $19-50 This group offers a choice of lovely flower-printed chif- fons—such as this one Sketched, in 3 soft grey with contrasting colorings—or well-tailored, washable crepe de chine frocks in the colorful pastel shades that are so becoming. 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Printed Chiffon Rayon Printed Celanese Chiffon Both Unusually B Low Priced $ 1 Yard Another very unusual opportunity for the woman who makes her own frocks-~this selling of printed rayon chiffon, and printed celanese chiffon— both exclusively here, in \Washington. The selection offers a great variety of patterns and colorings—pastels for the most part in the celanese—but dark grounds as well, in the rayon chiffons. 2 . Dress Goovs, SECOND F1LOOR, S He could hear cries and groans and | kind of a way. But ever’ time they get | screams from the wreck and concluded | a chance they’ll run off from you. Then | that hic portion had been light. Still,|you can be what you think is awful | the pain was increasing at such a rate | kind to 'em, and feed 'em too many oats. that soon he was giying it all his at- | And just as sure as ein they'll kick up Etion | their heels and run off the same. What The old man deftly removed his shoe | brutes needs and what kids needs fs | ®nd sock and ge felt of the rapidly | some dicypline and some patiin’ and a | int 3 ed,” was his | Whole heap o' understandin,’ But kicks | t sty bad sprain and 160 many oats—them two things and Il fix you up in a|don't go” i Oscar L. Reese, digesting this phil- irred the fire, laid on more wood | 950phy while he was guided through the gallon pail half | Velvet blackness of the desert night, he added salt | thoughtfully muttered “H-mmp!” me dried le (The End) ese did not rec- (Copyright, 1928) t in a condition to thing. He lay | 0ld man had im and wondered just how & man could stand without Specially Priced at 50c Bandettes of pink novelty stripe and double net are cool and light; sizes 30 to 36. Consers, THIRD FLoOR. i siTthala nmmnifl‘:"“{” .wmwv-glmr . 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