New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1928, Page 23

~ FOUR STATES VOTE HIGHWAY ISSUES Towa, Lonisiana, Missouri and West Virginia Chicago, Noy. 23. UP—Four states will undertake gigantic road build- ing projects in 1929 .as the°result of bond issues, totaling . $240,000,- 000 approved by voters im ‘she No- vember election. ¥ Jowkns are preparing to ‘“get out of the mud” at an even faster rate than during 1928 as the result of a $100,000,000 bond issue ap- proved by the electorate. The bonds will make possible the im- provement of 6,600 miles in- the (Hi state's primary system, and the “taking over.of $60,000,000 indebt- edness voted by 61 counties, Louisiana, Misseuri and West Virginia are the other three states |} their | I planning an expansion of road building programs as the re- sult of new bond issues approved. Louisiana voted 1o raise its gas tax to four cents a gallon to pro- vide a $30,000,000 bond issue for improvement of the state highway system, Missourl is preparing to com- plete the state's system of 7,640 3 : NEW BRITAIN DAILY BHERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928. %—_ miles of improved roads, and the construction of “farm te market” roads over a three-year period. The | bond issue of $75,000,000 is to be divided into three parts with an equal portion being used during each of the next three years. West Virginia's approval of a $35,000,000 bond issue makeg pos- sible the improvement of rural roads an@ the construction of new sections of the state’s road net- work. > Plans are under way for the immediate oeginninig of oper- ations ugder the bond issue voted. Two states, Pennsylvania and Colorado, turned down proposals for new highway bond issues at the November election, while Califor- nia frowned upon a proposal to spend $10,000000 for. the elimina- tion of grade cromsings. DIANOND YIELD S WUGH 00 LARGE As Result, Market Is Comsider- ably Dulled Captown, Nov. 23 (UP)—Inside & barbed wire fence eaclosing some thousands of acres of sun-scorched, wind-swept Namaqualand a ifttle band of white men are scratching and burrowing the earth for the wealth prized most of all—diamonds. A year or 80 ago this bleak, neg- lected stretch of Africa was a des- ert. Today this little band of min. ers are taking from the earth'some of the finest and most valuable stones the wofld has ever seen. Indeed so valuable and so plenti- ful is the yield that the government who are responsible for enclosing this strip of the country and placing a police patrol to watch over it are in a gre-t difficulty because the more the.e wonder stones are placed upon the market the lower falls their value. At the time of writing it is egti- mated that between four and five million pounds worth belonging to the government are Iying in the banka at Capetown and every week CH LDREN LIKE MILK B\I\IRS \\\Ill A AND SUGA an aeroplane is bringing from this new Eldorado more and more s(one.l to swell this priceless hoard. Store Incxhaustible Already the government has an- nounced that at least $50,000,000 of the money obtained frem these state diggings shall be devoted to a great irrigation scheme. & Little by little these stones in the Captown banks are being released— about $30,000 worth a month. More cannot be taken from the hoard without bringing down the [market price. And the store in Namaqualand is believed to be well nlsh inex- haustible. ! The story of their dlscmery sa romanic one. A year or so ago F. C. Carstens found a small diamend six miles north of Part Nolloth. A little later Dr. Hans Mirensky, the geolo- gist, came upon the scene at Alex- ander Bay. He noticed that at the cliffs and at Buchuberg the diamond was associated with the shells of an extinct oyster. On the banks of the Orange river he found an outerop of promising shingle carrying oyseer shells. This proved to be the north- ern end of an extremely rich line of these oyster shells and among the shells were discovered diamonds of exceptiondl quality. ‘With a rapidity with which such discoveries become known in Africa, Namaqualand quickly became flood- ed with prospecting parties. Government Acted Quickly The government acted swiftly.. It prohibited all further prospecting on Crown Jands and this vast dia- mond f.:ld was subjected to an al- most miscroscopic - examination by experts. The colossal magnitude of the dis- covery soon becgme apparent. The minister of mines himself has stated that if you walk about the scene of the discovery on a windy day you can pick out stones on the surface. He himself picked up diamonds wprth $3,000 in less than an heur, and today stones are being taken from the wired enclosure at the same rate by men who are being paid the magnificent sum of $1.87 a 'day! The government started their workings with 60 men. A mess room and dormitories have since been built and there is a kitchen in which their food is cooked. No women are allowed im the camp and intoxicating liquor is barred. ELLINGWOOD ELECTED IRIS SOCIETY MEMBER Organization Will Send Repreésenta- tive Here in Spring to Plant : Garden, Claude M. Ellingwood, superin- tendent of parks ,has been advised of his election as a member of the American Iris Society by John B.! Wallace, Jr., of New Haven, national secretary.. The society consists - of Wise Smith & Go. HARTFORD CYAT SPECIALS EXTRAORDINARY VALUES! '29 Here are the coat successes of the season! 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Dyed Marmot .Natural ...Man- churian Wolf (Chinese dog)...and Meskin Beaver (coney)..Fashion’s foremost furs are evident in this group. horticulturists all over the country who are interested in the raising of iris plants .Among its features is that of the interchange of bulbs and general information, as well as the exchange of reports on experiments in iris raising. The society Nas offered to send a representative go this city next spring to assist SBuperintcndent El- lingwood in the laying out and de- veloping of an iris garden in Wal. nut Hill' park, facing the hospital, and immediately adjoining the rose garden already planted. Steps are being taken by Mr. El- lingwoed to procure iris of many fa- miliar varieties, and arrangements | are being made for the transplant- ing of a hundred or more iris plants from the old nureery ,where they have not bloomed in years, to the hillside garden where they will be essary. mantown, Pa. which to ponder by Justice n the care and cultivation nec- | “stick ‘em ‘The president of the national as. | sociation is John C. Wister of Ger- —_— PICKED POOR SPOT Bandit Without Weapon Fails fa .Cow Town Holdup Las Banos, Cal., Andrew M. Wood has 30 days ia up-* He then domanded harshly that the cashier hand’ over §200, “and make it snappy” ” 4 But the holi-.up didst ters according to expectations I fiszled completely, nomuuueu-nmth bold intruder and political @igcus- sions calmly comtinued. : There scemed nothing else to do, Nov. 23. (UP)=— over his faux pas in attempting to gef away with an old fashioned bluff in this town. 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