Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1937, Page 61

'Stage Part 4—8 Pages and Screen SHAD EXPERIENCES Driven to New Playgrounds, Wanderers Sometimes Surprise Followers of Rod and Reel as Popular Sport. By Lucy Salamanca.’ F YOU are a fisherman, you may not yet have heard the end of the Spring floods. You may be one of those kindly souls who helped toss back the floundering fish that were stranded on Hains Point when the flood waters receded a few weeks ago, and by that sportsmanlike gesture may have felt relief that the waters | had gone down, the fish were safely back in their native haunts and all was well with vour chosen sport for the rest of the Summer. But flood time and high waters have more far-reaching effects than that upon the game species that swim our streams hereabouts. There is nothing like a good old-fashioned flood to dis- turb breeding grounds, prevent certain species from spawning, wash out baby “frys” or completely derange the habits of the fish family to an extent that may alter the whole map with re- spect to the luck yvou do or do not en- oounter in your favorite fishing hole this season, or the unexpected bag you Mmay bring in from an area hitherto perch and sunfish, the large-mouth bass or the carp may be pulled in. Another result of flooded conditions is the danger that is presented often- times by the washing in of pollu‘ed waters into streams that have baen heretofore suitable for the breeding and maintenance of fish life. If, for example, quantities of gasoline or oil | are washed with flood waters into the Rappahannock. the polluted waters would be & source of destruction to countless fish life and might easily destroy fishing for a season in that area. Fortunately, however, the Bu- reau of Fisheries assures us that to their knowledge, no such catastrophies occurred this season and that 'they have received no complaints about the pollution of streams as a result of the Spring floods. 'HE bureau has planted quantities of sunfish in time for this year's fishing, this little fellow being a fa- vorite in many localities. In Gunston Cove and Aquia Cove they have set out numerous bass, as well as in estu- aries all along the Potomac. And totally devoid of returns. In the first place, flood waters alter the temperatures of streams. Where heretofore an average ideal tempera- ture has been maintained for the| spawning habits of certain species, a | sudden drop in temperature may delay | the whole cycle of propagation to an | extent that sets you back a good fort- night or six weeks in your fishing luck. The recent floods, for example, in the Potomac and creeks and streams that run into it, caused a drop in the tem- perature of the water that has delayed 4by several weeks this year's shad mi- gration. SHAD, more than many species of fish, are influenced by the tem- perature of waters, beginning their | seasonal migration to the spawning grounds when the streams are not too cold nor too warm to suit that inex- Pplicable fish instinct that sends them heading north from salty Gulf streams | and the waters of the Atlantic as early as February, bound for the rivers of the Northeast. The migrating shad strike the wat- ers of the lower bay some time in Feb- ruary. They work their way up the bay, some to find the streams of the | Susquehanna and Northeast River, others to strike a course along Mary- land’s Eastern Shore rivers, others to migrate up the James and Chicka- hominy Rivers, and still others to set their noses toward the Potomac. ‘The migrating shad, finding in any one of these rivers a suitable spawning ground, lay their eggs, and start their Journey back to salt water. The little shad hatch out in due time, spend the Summer in our streams, and follow their parents’ trail back to the sea. In about three years they return to the inland spawning grounds and | repeat the process in a shad's life from their shad hatchery at Fort Bel- voir, down the Potomac, they have sent out numbers of shad and yellow perch to be planted along the river in its widest areas, and bass w be planted in small ponds throughout the Potomac area in Maryland and Virginia and the District. ‘The yellow perch were planted in | | the middle of April, and it is probable the stock was somewhat depleted by the floods, although an effort had been made to preserve them by plant- ing them below Mount Vernon in protected coves at points where the river is widest. There are certain | areas where young fish do get stranded by the flood waters and when damage occurs to any great extent, rescue crews make efforts to retrieve the trapped fish when the waters recede. Many of the frys, too small to survive, are lost forever. This rescue work is a permanent part of the Fisheries Bureau's activities | in certain parts of this country where Spring floods are regular in appear- ance and dependable in violence and high waters. Along the Mississippi, for example, for years the bureau has been carrying on salvage work to res- cue the fish stranded by the flood waters and trapped in the ponds and hollows when the waters recede. Seining crews comb the country- side along the river for sderal hun- dred miles, after the annual floods, and last year 43,500,000 fish were saved from the land-locked pools and transferred to the main river or dis- tributed to other waters adjacent to the Mississippi. More than 850,000 of these tescued fish were utilized for filling applications at some distance from the river. A strong demand, James informs us, has been built up for these res- cued fish in the Middle West, since cycle. Flood waters this year interrupted | the migration of the shad. just as they | interrupted the early herring run.| Waters were too cold for entrance of the fish and as a result the return to the sea will take place later this| Summer than usual and the young will hatch later. Herring, we learn from M. C. James, assistant chief of the division of fish culture of the Bureau of Fisheries, have been con- siderably delayed this season by the heavy, turbulent, and turbid waters of the Potomac and other near-by rivers. ‘There is good news for the trout fishermen and the small and large mouth bass fishermen, however, for the floods have affected the propa-i gation of bass but little. The trout, | ndeed, have been reported in fine | fettle and in great numbers by those | who have already tried their luck. One reason for their abundance is that! they are planted earlier than any| other species. In the Eastern States| distribution is arranged early in March, | and requests for trout which are sub- | mitted after March 1 are carried over | for another year. Thus, though the| trout fisherman goes forth at the open- ing of the season, when conditions are usually at their worst with melting snows and heavy rains, this year the seasonal disturbances occurred a little late to affect the species. In this | srea, particularly, James asserts, trout were but little affected by high water and melting snows. LXKEWISE. the supplies of large or smell mouth bass—that fish so popular with the sportsman—were ! unharmed by the floods along the Potomac. One reason for this lies in the habits of the bass itself. Unlike the shad or herring, the bass does not | migrate. It is a fish that stays put in its own home grounds, once it has grown to the adult stage. Bass is a ~.fresh-water fish, little given to moving about, although it will travel, if nec- essary, a few hundred yards to seek better water conditions. It has been - known, too, to find its way on occasion to salt water, but this is—as James 4 puts it, “‘a bass with a wanderlust— not a typical, dependable kind of a bass.” : Another reason why those bass planted in the Potomac will probably not have been washed out by the floods is that the Bufeau of Fisheries plants this fish in areas where the river is widest, and where there are plenty of protective coves and estu- aries In this way the small frys come to little harm, although some may have been flooded into other areas % There is no question, James states, that floods seriously derange the hab- 1ts of fishes. For this reason, he states, after a season of heavy floods, invet- erate fishermen =are sometimes con- fused in their efforts to locate good fishing grounds. The old, trusted stand-bys that have in past seasons ylelded a harvest of fish can no longer ‘be depended upon. Due to the swirling waters or turbulent condition of the stream, the fish have been moved from their customary haunts and may turn up on the end of a line hauled in & surprised fisherman miles up or downstream where theretofore fisner- men had had no “luck.” After a flood season, it is anybody’s guess where the they are of large fingerling size when seined and are “highly valuable for stocking. Future shipments from this source will be less and less, however, for the developraent of the 9-foot channel up to the Twin Cities is au- tomatically going to make salvage work unnecessary. The progressive canalization of the Mississippi is pro- ducing a series of ponds' at stable levels where fish can live permanently, so that eventually flood conditions and trapped fish after receding waters will be a thing of the past. For many years, however, & rescue station has been maintained at La Crosse, Wis., where for two months of the year crews as large as 200 in certain seasons have been busy sal- vaging the fish. Gradually this force has been reduced, but this Spring, nevertheless, much rescue work was accomplished. 'HE floods in Ohio this year were responsible for the destruction of large numbers of fish. When the waters receded they were found in the cornfields or in the meadows. The | suddenness of the floods in this area this Spring and the unusual high waters they brought were responsible for this destruction, for the personnel of the rescue stations of the bureau had to give all their attention to sav- ing themselves and others. “We were all too busy saving people this year to give much attention to the fish,’ James states. And he should know, for he made a survey of the devastated area shortly after flood waters had subsided. The ravages of the Ohio River floods particularly affected the Bureau of Fisheries station at Louisville, Ky. Here the hatchery was inundated on January 23, on a Sunday, and the personnel had to flee. On February 20 James went over the grounds and the property. “The entire station grounds” he said, “were flooded to a depth of 4 feet or more and the superintendent's dwelling, pump house, office and hatchery building were likewise under water for a number of days. “Probably the most serious conse- quence is the loss of the smail-mouth bass brood stock. Several hundred adult fish were salvaged, but these comprise other species. Special effort will be made to secure & new brood stock in advance of the coming spawn- ing season. “We found,” added James, “that the floods had given us a very unfair exchange. They had taken our fine brood stock of bass and when the waters subsided we found in their place an assortment of carp and cat- fish that we promptly returned to the river.” The Spring alsc saw the destruc- tion of the Birdsview, Baker Lake, ‘Washington station of the Bureau of Fisheries this season. 'An unusually heavy snowfall in that area resulted in an accumulation of snow on the hatchery roof that caused the collapse of that structure. So inaccessible is the region that, before Spring had opened the roads, precautions could not be taken for removing the snow. This station has been used in the past several years*in the Summer months for the propegation of trout. 'HE distribution of fish and eggs of the game species for interior waters constitutes one of the most important features of the work of ol WASHINGTON, D. FEATURES he Swndy Shae Testing a stream after a flood to determine supply is sufficient to support fish. 4 2 Floods play havoc with “fisherman’s luck,” and what may once have been a happy fishing ground becomes a barren stream. the Fisheries Bureau, and one that is coming to be more and more ap- preciated by that fraternity that takes eternal delight in rod and reel with each recwrrent season. - According to the bureau, requests are most fre- quent for stocking of inland waters with brook trout, Lock Leven trout, rainbow trout, black-spotted trout, large-mouth and small-mouth bass, sunfish, crappie and catfish. While various species are handled to a limited extent, those named are most ex- tensively propagated and distributed. Only areas considered suitabie for maintenance of the life of that species are stocked with fish. For example, applications are refused for black stock waters of the Pacific States and Alaska, now pre-eminent for their trout and salmon fisheries. sunfish, pike and other predacious fish are antagonistic to trout and Yyoung salmon and for this reason their shipment is prohibited to these re- gions. Similarly, cases are taken under advisement when it seems likely that a new species, when introduced, will work harm to the fish already native to that particular region. ‘In this way, the bureau maintains the life of our game fish and protects every species. Before fish are planted in any stream in the country laboratory experts are sent out to analyze the Bass, | food content of that stream. By means of seines bottom samples are secured and these samples measured | for their ability to maintain fish life and also as an index to the numbers of such fish life the streams will support. These survey crews carry their deld laboratories along with them and seine the streams, making analyses alongside the waters them- selves. When, by their findings, the stream is shown to be adequate to support fish life, the assignment to the waters is recommended and in due time the small frys are planted. ‘HE bureau also takes into con- sideration, when stocking streams DA an ARGl U pecTe i e o g T Lonipleasure pRiposes) 5 Species | the popularity of that stream as a fishing ground—or, in other words, how many Izaak Waltons it is called upon to serve. mac, officials point out, by their size maintain the balance of the number caught and the number retained by the waters, themselves, as their area is so extensive that the number of fishermen per acre is necessarily limited. However, when one small stream is the only available fishing ground of an extensive community, that stream will, as James puts it, “get an awful beating” and has to be stocked proportionately. “By using in fish culture the same (Continued on Second Page.) C., SUNDAY FISH AREAS RESPOND TO < The bay or the Poto- | MORNING, MAY 16, 1937. Part Four Hains Point during a recent flood of the Potomac, which played hav nearby fishing waters. Count on 1936 Output of Roving Rooms. Editor's note—In common with many other communities—and perhaps more pressingly than in most cases—Washington is con- Jronted with a “trailer problem,” which will become more pro- nounced as the wvacation and touring season wears on.. Trailer parking regulation is becoming a puzzle in many cities—and more S0 here, because as the National Capital this city is a tourist mag- net of the first magnitude. Eventually a real trailer camp, rather different from the Tour- ist Camp in Potomac Park, be- cause the guests bring their cot- { tages with them, will have to be built, observers are convinced. The accompanying article traces the growth and present status of ing—in American life. By William S. Odlin. OT many years ago there was a man, now quite unknown to history, who wanted periodi- cally to “get away from it all” and pillow himself on nature's bosom. Out of how he solved his problem has grown a major American industry and an entirely revolutionary mode of life for thousands of men, women and children—the manufacture of auto- mobile house trailers and trailering as an existence and recreation. Our unsung hero started with a discarded pair of automobile wheels and an axle upon which he mounted a low oblong, box-like body. Into this he piled a tent, bedding, clothes, food and other necessities of life, attached the contrivance to his car and forth- with hit the trail for sylvan dells, mountains, beaches and other far places. He was the Nation's trailerer No. 1. Ignoring the amused glances of the populace and the occasional hoots of urchins, and in spite of certain ensuing contretemps, mishaps, and temporary discomforts, he got a lot of fun, health and acquaintance with distant scenes out of the wheeled, tarpaulin-shrouded box that bounced along behind his car. And his kind increased. With the growth of trailerers the questive characteristic which has led 50 many Americans into discovery of multitudes of things which add to the this new phenomenon—-trailer- | TRAILERERS |Census Bureau Is Starting Home. supper, contentment. | great outdoors graphically shows why trailerites get that way. | F PAGE F—1 FEDERAL CARE AFTER FLOODS —Star Staff Photo. T AND TAXES Obligations of Citizenship Avoided When License Is Only Address. trailers and one econom is bold enough to perdict that one-half of the population of the United States will have taken up the mode of life within the next 20 years. SO GREAT is the doubt about the % size of the role trailers are play= ing, the Census Bureau at Washington | is starting a count of the output of This domestic scene in the | itself. argued, that thing out behind was not shortcomings. To be of any use at night the tent in it had to be unloaded and pitched, and that was sometimes a nuisance. The remedy suggested itself almost as soon as the ailment was recognized. Why not a trailer one could actually live in? In no time at all the first home- made trailer, a modern land-gaing Noah's Ark, was taking form in some- body's back yard. It does not take a great deal of imagination to picture | the grins, touched a little with envy, perhaps, that watching neighbors could not conceal. That first house trailer really was nothing but a crude and rickety cabin with a couple of wheels under it. But some day the Smithsonian Institution may send out an expedition in search of it to place it in its unmatched “firsts” in the development of Ameri- can civilation. 'HIS pioneer was not destined long to enjoy the distinction of being the only inhabited trailer in the land. Other trailer addicts were building similar wheeled homes and before long they were & not uncommon sight on the Nation's highways. Inevitably the commercial possibili- ties of trailer manufacture in regular factories were soon recognized but it was not until about eight years ago | comfort and pleasure of life asserted | Surely, these hardy pioneers | the ultimate, and it had many obvious | And why not? | that such production got under way. Today it is estimated there are 400 trailer manufacturers in the United States. Only about 40, however, are large enough to be of national con- sequence. Among the 40 is one claim- ing to be the real pioneer and the largest producer in the country. This company’s output is said to be running in the neighborhood of 2,000 trailers a month. The head of this company was an automobile camping fan who con- ceived an idea of making his chassis trailer provide sleeping and living | quarters. Each succeeding trailer- building experiment revealed to him important possibilities and in 1930 he exhibited his latest model at the Detroit Automobile Show. This re- sulted in a patch of orders and he put 20 men to work in a small plant, the nucleous of his present army of trailer builders. i ‘The growth of trailering in the pre- sent decade has been a phenomenon such as periodically sweeps across the American scene. Uniike most others which after a brief reign in glory, sink into oblivion, it appears to be | destined to much longer life if not actual ‘permanence. As with all innovations, the trailer industry and trailering are in a state of flux and it is quite impossible to ascertain just how deeply they have bitten into American life. Some esti- mates are that a million persons are now living part or all the time in NEEDS OF BLIND CAPITALIZED {Industrious Dealers in Fake Causes Reach New Climax With Ap- peal Which Is Represented as From the White House. Gold Brick Used for Receipt. “In his erpenses he was honore able, but ezact; liberal in contribu=~ tions to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects and all unworthy calls on his charity.”” Taken from “The Life of Washington,” by Thomas Jefferson, By Joseph Marian. URING the past week it was our mournful experience to uncover five brand-new charity rackets, the pro- moters of which are prospering through the bigness of heart of that same old good-natured Washington public. But we were pleasantly sur- prised to see that no one had as yet made capital of the Hindenburg holocaust. A tragedy such as this is always “meat for the designing and unscrupulous solicitor. The charity chiseler seems to have ceased employing, for the time being, the poor undernourished kiddies amd direct relief for the unemployed as his weapons of attack, but has gone in a big way for promoting vocational schools for the blind, thereby capitgl- izing upon the recent publicity being given the legitimate enterprises which are seeking aid for the blind, who desire to be placed on a self-support- ing *basis, under a new law which will be administered by the Office of Education in the Interior Department. ‘The promoters are also seeking funds to build imaginary homes for the victims of infantile paralysis and the “indignant” (believe it or not, an old-time solicitor positively used this word in place of indigent, when ex- plaining his pet charity to the writer). But, of course, there are no such plans being made for these homes, indig- nant or otherwise. ‘This indigent racket is being worked by just two of the “boys,” who move from town to town, calling personally upon the members of & powerful se- » cret organization, scope. They ask their prospect to “buy a brick” in the new home to be founded ‘“somewhere in Jersey” for indigent —— And, strange as it may seem, with this crude and raw ap- peal they sell from five to ten bricks in the course of a day. But just guess what they present for a re- ceipt. A small, imitation “gold brick.” Impudence, no end. 'HEY have carried on this “work of charity” for over 12 years, but thes is their first visit to Washing- ton. They have not once run afoul of the law, as they are very careful never to say just when the founda- tion for the “home” will be started. But, according to them, the bricks sold to date would have built at least 10 towers of Babel. They carry faked “creeds” (cre- dentials) and never call upon a prospect, “single o,” which means by one’s self in racket parlance. One of the appeals for the blind being conducted today is operated di- rectly from the office of the promoter, which immediately places it in the questionable class, inasmuch as do- nations are being sent through Uncle Sam’s mail to this address, where there are operating, at the same time, about 25 other ‘‘promotions.” ‘The appeal of his solicitors over the telephone is quite emotional and their take is naturally generous, as the general public is always sympa- thetic to any appeal touching upon blindness, particularly since the World War, They promise vocational training to blind men (s most worthy ob- ject), but, upon investigation there were found just three workers in their headquarters, each with perfect eye- sight, Another appeal for funds being waged in Washington is supposedly Nation-wide in! promoters operate within the law, be~ cause they appeal for the blind wvet~ eran (singular), but no one seems to know who he is. Of course, he may be receiving assistance from these promoters. Who knows? We have been unable to discover any veterans’ organization which will endorse or even approve their campaign. How some of these so-called chari- table organizations are deemed to possess the qualifications necessary to solicit funds in Washington is a deep, dark mystery. Last week the license of just such an organization to solicit funds in the city of Philadelphia was revoked by the secretary of welfare of the State of Pennsylvania. And yet this very same organization is soliciting funds daily throughout the District of Co- lumbia, the money collected to be expended, presumably, to aid the wives and children of our unemployed. There must be an Ethiopian in the woodpile. somewhere, otherwise their license would not have been revoked in the Quaker City. Another group of schemers is work- ing a most contemptible racket, with those interested in the cure of in- fantile paralysis as their victims. Somehow they have managed to com- pile a list of the families who have had this dread disease visit them at one time or other. How they fc- complished this we cannot compre- hend, as the varlous addressing houses with which we are famillar do not carry such a listing. Neverthe- less, they have it and are appropriat- ing it to further a detestable work. [ [N THEIR “pitch” to thelr “tap” they state that a movement is afoot to establish a home for infantile paralysis patients in Virginia. The site has not as yet been selected, but Messrs. and Misses So and So (men- tioning about 10 prominent persons) in behalf of the blind veterans. The are deeply interested and would like during the past year. racketeering here. | to know “if you would care to con- | tribute to this fund and also serve as | & member of our Building Fund | Committee.” The person called, having a heart interest in such a cause, will con- tribute if at all possible, which con- tribution goes right into the pockets of these bandits conducting this the most despicable of all charity rackets. ‘We recommend the blue ribbon for bare-faced audacity to the silver- tongued telephone solicitor who called & prominent Washington manufac- turer last week, stating it was the Executive Mansion calling, and re- questing in a commanding tone & subscription to a fund for the benefit of the disabled and sick members of a fire company in Virginia. However, his prospect had “taken the veil” after reading the first of this series and did not accede to his “request.” Some of the rackets as described in this series of articles may seem whim- sical, but we wish to state most em- phatically that not one word express- ing the modus operandi of any one of them is written before the writer has first investigated and determined its authenticity. And each racket re- counted is being perpetrated upon the ‘Washington public at the present time. Any moment, now, we expect to come across some one who has been solicited to contribute to a fund being raised for the parents of the Unknown Soldier. Not at all impossible, because many being conducted-today are just as unreasonable, IN A previous article we stated there is one sure way to repulse these “fakes” at their beginning. When you receive a telephone or personal call for funds for a certain charity with which you are not familiar, com- municate with the Better Business Bureau immediately ‘and they will v IN CHARITY RACKET EDITOR’S NOTE—This is the sixth of a series of articles exposing vicious rackets being practiced in the name of charity on innocent victims in Washington. well over a half million dollars found its way into the pockets of hundreds of organized ‘“charity chiselers” in the District The way in which these crooks operate, the methods used by them, the schemes and devices they em- ploy to mulct and defraud their victims will be explained in these articles, which reveal in detail actual cases of charity It is now estimated that advise you of the correct status of the appeal. ‘Then, should it prove a “phoney,” sit right down and mail your check to the Community Chest in the amount you had in mind contributing to the “charity” you just discovered a “fake.” Mr. Marshall, director of the bureau, says: “Should just one-half the sum contributed to charity chiselers | be donated to the Community Chest it will be overscribed each year.” And we heartily agree with him. Each week our racketland education is advanced through our association with these fellows who live by their wits, leading lives of sharp practice day in and day out. Since the very beginning we have wondered at the intense hatred they hold for the pro- moter. A solicitor, no matter how long he has worked for a promoter, has never a kind word for him. The “bleat” of a promoter who has been taken by & solicitor is music to the ears of his fellow workers. They would rather hear him squawk than hear the Declaration of Independence read aloud by the original signers. But today we learned of one incident which leaves us no longer wondering at the repugnant feeling they always seem to have ‘for him. Last week a young man, employed by a Washington promoter, was ar- | rested in Philadelphia (register another hit for the Quaker City Po- lice Department) for soliciting “ads” in a publication published in Wash- ington and carrying thousands of dollars’ worth of local advertising. The charge placed against this young man ‘was misrepresentation, but when his attorney communicated with the pro- moter, he denied even knowing the solicitor and said he must be an impostor. Small wonder, then, they rob the promoter every chance they get and loathe the very ground he walks on. the industry during 1936. This will embody the first authentic yardstick. In the meantime, the nation is taking very serious notice of the socialogical implications of the phene omenon and many agencies are strive ing to put their finger on just what it portends for the Am morrow. It presents ma and Legislatures of vi States are grappling with them. The imperative need of intelligent and effective regulation and control of the industry and its consuming public is | quite apparent. To begin with, some means must be found to identify and classify the | component members of the vast army of trailerers. Those closest to the pice | ture at this stage throw up their hands |in despair when asked to describa them. Where does generalization lead, they moan, when trailerers range al} the way from plutocrats in rolling minature palaces down to tin-cal tourists subsisting on most meaged | rations and buying their gasoline by | the pint? Trailerers may be divided. however, into two great classes—those whase only home is just beyond the exhaust of their autom those who g0 gypsying only over week ends or for comparatively short tions. The former principal problem | abode they are not amena | the ordinary obligations of citizenship and the feeling grows that both for their own good and for the public welfare this problem cries for solution. Approach to it must be made through some effort to understand the impelling motive that has created this class of Americans. Trailering received its first real impetus almost coincident with the start of the great depression when there were many who found in the trailer and travel an answer to their economic needs. Thousands who thus were led into the nomadic life are still seeking that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. ANOTHER great segment of the trailer army consists of middle= aged folks with moderate assured incomes and without the necessity of working who find in the trailer their first escape from lifelong, humdrum environment and an opportunity to gaze upon things far removed from their wonted spere. Then comes the trailer class to which the conveyance is a semi- luxury, to be availed of when the spirit urges, and finally the modern “drummer,” who finds in the trailer an almost ideal perambulating display room for his wares. In general, all these contribute to the problems the law-makers must solve. Sporadic efforts have already been made but real regulation will not be achieved unti: there is at least general uniformity in measures adopt- ed by the family of States. These | measures will deal with such questions | as taxation, registration, weight and | size, sanitation ind safety inspection, | parking. Significant information in respect | to numerous phases of trailering has | been elicited through a Federal Gov= | ernment survey conducted in Yellow= stone National Park during the last season and regarded as an excellent index. It shows: The largest number of trailerers, double that of any other class, com- prised business people; the second professional, and the third retired persons. Laborers were fewest. Ale most 10 times as many used their trailers for vacation purposes only as used them the year ’'round. The majority had owned a trailer less than a year; only about one-sixth had had one more than a vear. The largest number had four persons in the party, and the next two and the next three. This survey showed a wide variation in the cost of trailers, but coaches in | the $500 and $600 class led, with those in the $700 and $800 bracket next. There were some costing only about $100 but also reporting were a few trailers priced at more than $1,500. Less than a third of one per cent of these trailerers tried to cover more than 400 miles a day. The largest group contented themselves with 300 and the next largest, 20C. Fifty cents a night was found to be the usual trailer park fee and of all trailer park facilities in which the nomads were interested electricity (Continued on Sitxh Page.)