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forest lqmqunderwater I Submerged Petrified Tree* That Muet Be CenturJee Old Removed/' at Menace to NavifMtion. When thp government efelp canal that Connect# Puget ?ouim1 wltK l.ake WisUtngton was wit tern of I the lake were lowered 12 feet. While j wire-drugging the lake, ??uya t con trib.u'01 the United. coast and if *urvey diacovetfd a snhtei ria* foreat. The tops. of tin* sub merged tree* wore so close to tic sur- j face that they were a menace to nav igation. Under* wafer logging opera tions to clear the lake were there fore dtarted. It Is thought that the forest is piv historic, a remnant of one that grett in the Lake Washington area in (tie days when It wan dry land; or that great landslides In gemote iigfra car lied the trees Into the lake. The treea were vMthoht branches and stood vertical, or nearly so; they were semlpetrlfled. The longest trim? * removed was 121 feet 0 Inches. The top, 10 Incite* thick, rose to within 4 feet of the surface of the lake. The butt was f>* feet 0 Inches In dUuueter. ?ad the roots, tlnnly embedded In the bottom of the lake, had a 20-foot spread. It was found 1,500 feet from the shore. Off the south end of Mercer Island, la Lake Washington, nearly a hundred trees were destroyed. The cleanup gave a count of more than a hundred trunks during the first three months of 1920, off Manltou point. The larg est trunk in that area stoodln 121 feet of waiter, 1,100 feet from yliore, The tree was 111 feet long, with a 5-Inch top and a 3-foot butt* Wherever possible, the trees were pulled put by the roots. .Fastenings were made to the trunks by dragging the bight of a* cable through the water at the required depth. When the hight touched the trunk, one end of I ihe cable wtfs passed through an eye j at the other,' end. and the loop formed was run down to the trees. When tl??* j trees tvere hauled up, they were cut | into 4-foot sections and thrown back into the lake. Since they were water logged, tfiey Immediately sank. Sometimes a trunk wus caught that could not he uprooted. Such trees were blasted off at the top until ves sels could pass safely above them. An idea of the extent of the submerged forest and the difficulty of removing the towering ancient trees may be de termined by the time-? three years and six months? -that It has taken the en gineering corps, working steadily, to make the lake safe 'for navigation. ? Youth's Companion. ^ '? . Wire lew Mast on China's Wall. ? reinforced concrete wireless mast ! ef largo dimensions has been erected ! upon the Chinese wall for the use of \ the American navy. It Is 164 feet In height. The original program called for the making of the mast by the pre- | cast method lh two parts, and then j erecting them by means of derricks, but an accident occurred while the erection was taking place and an American engineer and four coolies were killed. The method of forming In molds wfts then tried, and altftough__ It was wwh more- expensive than~the other, it was successfully carried- out. Soft for the Cook. Dr. Edal B eh rani of Bombay, India, comes to the fore advocating a perma nent menu of shredded cabbage, pink and white; beets, caiTots, whole wheat an<1 fruits, nuts and raisins, all to be eaten ihvt. Applications for perma nent '< in the- Indian army now In order. Line forma on the right.? Uouit* IWfctor. MAIMS FATHER AND BROTHER Qlrl With Pistol Halt* Argument Ov?r Furnace ? Claims Self Defense. Burlington. la.? Kn raged wlion h?>r father and brother* engaged in an ar gument over a furnace about ro l\?> in atftJted In their home at Dail&p < '11 j III.. MN OtjUtu Hair ilicw a |>lsio! ?Mhe shot her father. j^eorge Krtrr j In tlie neck, and her hither. Hubert Barr, In the chin, Both idihi have been j hnftllit to a hospital in Burlington ;*n 1 Mis* Barr Is held In the town la'l at Dalian City. Hospital authorities nay. both men ? will probably recover.- '? . A special <t (split eh nuys thai M m j Barr flocljrwi that she tired in < 1 I Uefen.se. charging that her father at tempted ti> chojte her. While the fnr if&ce dispute w?s n^1' Im.njertliitD ?;iii ? of the shooting, a disagreement ove. the estate left by her mother the j real cause, she say*. FtXES WORKING AGE AT 16 Bureau Urge* Physical Examination for All Children Entering Industry. Washington? Recommendation that a minimum age of sixteen years be set for the entrance ei'>hlldren Into Indus try In.' made in u report by the per manent committee on standards of physical fitness for children entering t employment. The committee conducted an Inves tigation under the children's bureau of the department of labor, headed hy Dr. George P. Barth of the Mihvau kee elty health department* No child, according to the reeom- I mendatlo'ns, should he permit led to i work until he has been declared phys- | Ically tit for tJ?e particular occupation ( he Is nbout to take up. Periodical ex- j amlnations are considered necessary, j _ , j Killed Rattlesnake Family. Poncopog. Mass. ? -A family of l.'l small rnttlers and their mother was slain by a visitor t<* the Blue Hills reservation near here. The ^bother ; wake fought for her young to the last. After she was killed it was an easy matter to dispose of the little ones. This Is considered an unusual ly large rattlesnake family. -j Dream Showed Husband as Father. ? ? Baltimore.? Seeking annulment of ! her marriage to William M. Jones, his ! wife, Anna Belle Jones of Baltimore, ! slfd.. asserted that In a dream it was j revealed t-< her that he was her father Prior to n?M- dream, she said, she had 1 ^opposed her husband ? the father of her two children ? was tier steu,fatb?\ i Goodrich Tires today* cost 25% less than they did in I9IO and give approximately IOO% greater average mileage Compare these prices. < Adjustment 'Basis: Si i.vf.rtown Cords y 8000 Miles Fabric Tires, booo 'Miles FABRIC TIRE PRICES SO* 3 30*35* 32x4 34x454 35x5 25.45 33.85 48.65 65.35 82.75 TODAY I9.IO 23.20 $6.$0 53.15 65.35 Goodrich Tires 'Best in the Long Hun >$ * 1 1 j 1 ? <*' i 1 ' j* > ? > 4? SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY Geo. T. Little, Camden, S. C. Is found in broad, green fields, bracing air and a frosted bottle of Chero-Cola rtff^CS V ?? A/r V ? G OO/J REFRESHING . WiA m Lad after effect 0&/A//C