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IS RICH REGION Valley of the Rio Grande Famous for Its Early Crops. RIverAfao ? Landmark in Expeditions Of Spanish Explorer*? Heard 8hot Like That at Concord. ?Tlit* Itlo (irunde, flowing between 1 ex as and MonIco, which hus been r1 vIiik mii nil too realistic Imitation of the Mississippi on a rampage. is nor mully ho aliujlow uikI sluggish (hat Im migration agents an<i ?'UHtoiiiH officer* ure kept hmiy >hoolng* hack Mexl<Hn? who would enter the United Htates hy the simple ?ufl Informal proce<Aire of wmlltig in," ways a bulletin from the Washington headquarter* of the Na tional nrngraimtr-TirTrirry III reyardTo the country's Intent Mood region. "It In hard," continues the bulletln, "for' the Mexico-hound traveler to realize under nofinnl conditions that the ribbon of water meandering through a broad bed of sand Is the ?treatri that In S|fanlHh means .'The Great Itlver.' Hut once a .Vear, at leant, and sometimes ftften, the Jtlo (Irande fully Uvea up to its name. "The loam hanks of iho hrnvr Klo CJrando and' It* brond, fertile valley, covered with a heavy growth of the thorny ine?quite- hit?f shrub and half tree was long considered a VV|id0f nesH and given over to deer, wild pigs. armadJIloH and JaCkrabblta. Then caine ranchmen to graze great herds of beef cattle mixing tin* feathery ?ea of green. Large areas somewhat re moved from the river are still given over to rattle raining. "Hut near the stream pumping sta tions and Irrigation canals have come Into existence In recent yearn, and ?ach spring and summer thousands of carloads of watermelona, cantaloupes, onion a, cabbagf, and'other vegetables stream north from the region to help feed the more northern portIoiih of the country. For this region, near the warm (Julf of Mexico and barely otit alde the tropics, competes -with Flor ida and the Imperial valley In produc ing early crops, "Still mort? recently another devetop nient has taken place which promises to make the Itlo (Irande a second San Joaquin valley. Between a million and ?? half arid two million citrus fruit treca have been planted, and In the winter of 1021*22 the first carloads of oranges and grapefruit were shlppinl out. "Historically, the Klo (Jrande has held a prominent place. It was one of the chief landmarks in the famous ex peditions of the Spanish explorers who pushed up Into Texas and on to Now Mexico and California four centuries ago. Later it became a sort of south ern Concord; for If the shot fired In Massachusetts in April, 177.r>. wn* 'heard round the world,' a shot IIret 1 on the hanks of the lower Itlo (Jraude on another April morning seventy-one years Witer by (Jen. Zachary Taylor's soldiers might he Mild to have been heard over an area of half a million square miles. That area was added to. the United States as a result of the shot ; for tt brought on the Mexican war which resulted In the annexation of what Is now California. Nevada. L'tah, Arizona and part# of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. In addition, this skirmish near fin* mouth of the Itlo yrande let! to the confirmation of tlx" ItinexaMon (.f Texas which had brought an additional quarter, million square miles under the Amerlean tlag. "I'an or Tfio region lately inundated wax known to thousands of doiiKhbojs durlrn; ihe iiio|i|||zatI'mi along the Mex ican border, shortly before the 1'nlted States entered the World war. Port Isabel almost at the month of the Itjo 1 Jrntide. came into newspaper fiime In the fall ..i Iu he.i Senator Harding, hnxlng l'l-r !:?.!-}?? I the Mreniious rninpaifii ^ hi ?. <....\ him to the U h.u House w.-nt there for b!^ .. in. fish ing." The Dloom of Summer. TIiitp K :i s11^Mt but potvrpi Ihl* <? <? 1 ? ? f in i'h" :iiiii<-s|itioi'i' <>t" summer. It .1 ( h a I x 1. 11??I* ill wnys w!.t?> tln> lU-lit !'.?i r< t ii!:? I If !?*.'U.s! at t>? <'' h ? n i; -ft sunn-l inuw fa tips \ a . H t: f i>\cr l'mI'Si1 mix! hi*ath. 1! i the A.iMII Ii ? ? \ s .. f \\ 111 'U I MfhlS. urn] r. .i. i. i! ?? rising ^muml there ix - 'iixMliln^ 11;or*? tlmn air It Is nut m!st, U"r the ha/.y vnpm'.r <<' autumn ixt the h!un tints Sli.it eorne ever riis'iui'. hill* and wooils. As thorp is a !<!"<mii upon peach arxl vraj<o, vo thN !s tin- Mooni of smnmor. The n!r '.s ripe nr.'! rich full of tho ? 111<-i >. the rerfuine froiTi .-or:: atxl !? ?er mix! ]<\ifv t-. r It. <-tr1 t r,e^?\ -'f tin- 'i?nn u; 1 not he a c?m; ;m to. > et t \ ftliiT -v. r>! ?\in this a| i*m r:iix ?? In thi* at:u<"?s.here he (!?-v :?;?'??'! 1'u! ;; - u l-lo'ur V Kit h ard Jk :T- r!< - Eas iy Con-.pjted. J !.c .? . V.i I iust I><>'.;c]?t h!? f.:>t i:. r ' k?' .!:>?! set ?>fT <>n n irrnnd t r.r i. ? ? - .n' r\ The first ulght. nf. ? r"i!?? ?!1 day. he put up at \ !. !?? . putt!n<r hla tin ' ?" I . ' ? -' t! >! i? Ni \t ? . v '.t u h.i; en 5 m <? ? >i 1 *' ?? ! ii r'jji* rs r !: ? ? _ , ? , . ?...r J . Q1.1c*? C? g?*ret ? ? P r \ it ?,or s' -h. L i - i vv .wrl. i;r? " ? .vi.r* O x n ln.,u' .. . J I ? , < k ij no Jiour NEW YORK IN FIRST PUCE American Metropolis Hoi Crowded Cut London at the Largest City in the World. Now York tuts surpassed London 'n population, according to the Ni'W York city census committee, If* tin* ?tunc ra<lliiH of territory Included within the Now York elt> limits uh la calculated In the London figures. In a statement issued by Dp. Walter Laid law, executive secretary, flgureh show that within a radius of nineteen miles of the.City hall there was on January 1, 1020, a population of 844.f?08 more person* Mian In the metropolitan po lire district of "Creater London." says the New York Herald. (theater Loudon, it is explained, In clude* not only Loudon county, hut an "outer ring" In which the metro polltan police have specified powers - le*. :??? ~ ~ ^ Tin* Greater- London suburban area, Irregular In outline, extends as far In some directions as nineteen miles fi.>iii t'harlug CfrotM," says I>r. Laid* law. "It seems proper1, therefore, to Include in comparing Greater London and New York WUbgrhan territory within nineteen miles of the lit) ball." This radius reaches Totttju.vllle, Sta ten island ; pint of' Westchester and Nassau counties, and the part of New Jersey that Includes Newark, Jersey City and other larxe population cen ter* Immediately ?djaet*it to New York. The population of Greater Loudon on June ID, 1021, wan 7,470,108, w'hlle that of "Largest New York," includ 111k the outlying districts, on January 1, 1020, whs 7,820,670. London In creased In the thirty years between 1801 and 1020,? 1,844.302 persons, while Largest New York increased, between 10(H) and 1910, 1,870,640 persons. SIAM HAS LEPER "VILLAGE" Plague-Stricken Patients FIJI Offices in the Town Qovernment and Aeeiet In Work. A progressive Siamese leper "vil lage" is described by the Bangok cor respondent of the London Dally Mall. Wonderful progress has been made during recent times with regard to the treatment of lepers In this neigh borhood, many scores having been housed at the Ohiengmal leper asylum, which was established with the Joint aid of the Siamese government and the mission to lepers some thirteen years ago. This asylum Is run on the line* of a Siamese village, with u village head man chosen by the lepers themselves. The leper has been mode to think that lie Is still a useful citizen of the state, and nut a social outcast as hereto fore. They work under their head man. look after the roads, and attend to the clearing of the Jungles. There are tw^ schoolH within the settlement for children of the lepers and the attendance is good, despite the fact that most of {he pupils suf fer from the terrible disease. The plague-stricken boys and girls, with their nerveless, deformed fing?a-s, w?rk as hard-as their more fortunate lej> ros.v-free schoolmates In the other school of the asylum. The asylum has Its own currency, no ttial the coins can be avoided by the outside world Steam Shovels Disturb Indians' Sleep. The slumbers of prehistoric Indian* burhed In the Southwest hefr?re the time i<t ("hrlst will he rudely disturbed this summer by the raucous growl of the modern stonin shovel. Self dumping chi's. trackage. derricks and other up to date paraphernalia j will be used f<>r scientific excavation . In the ancient Pueblo Itonito. In ('haco ( iiUNnii. by I >r "Nell M. Judd. curator j of American archeology of the Smith-! S"iiinn Institution ! Doctor .Tudd loft Wushtngton lo con- j duct thin work under the auspices of I the National (let-graphic society. He , tl !nkv his work may result In connect ing the period in which these Pueblo! Indians lived with the Mayan race | In British HoudnriH of whom there1 Is re. "tit as far ha- k !*.'? |'. (' Mosquitoes Dislike These Odors Where moxfpii toe?> abound a prepar , Mtion combining one uiinct- of oil of ? itronella with four ounces of melted vaseline should be rubbed on the face' and hands Persons who object to ' the odor of citronella could u-e this ] < a*tor oil one oup-v, ab ohol one omio\ oil of lavender one ounce. Hoth prop urafiotis were used by worker* .n the Panum:* - una I >?;one~ ;uj& gave great reU?-f untli the extermination ??f n\o; -j .ito'-s w.i* undertakeu Neither prep < cm 11.< > 11 should b?' allowed !'? v.'? t ! n' o the coy. M ies of In Thj Apparatus A m'll'lon volt transformer -?f 1 -*X> K \ A -iip.i' i!) .s hHng built b> a !(??.! lr* fleetrl-' company for its expert mental laboratory nt Truff >rd (*l:y Ph. n.e wlndlnirs of this transformer contain nearly 70 miles of wire. The terminal bushing Is the largest ever built in the Westlnghauae shops. Spe clal machines had to be fitted lo lure the hushing on this account. Its length !3 19 feet, and It is 41'* inches In d ameter The ststi-' *h!e'd w;;j be ]0 i.-e? in diameter und 2" :tv ! es deep The l u-hlng ?i!i *??;*:. ?*...?;( o.oon poit: l.i when completed. Force of Habit. Poo? bnll Manager? Sm> f ? ?? j r men Sto' e base* .>p yem today. ^ >j vr ; the I. ngest w.nd np I ever >aw nr. her -It's my former environ nunt. bosa. I uaed to be ? maner ?f eight day clocka."?\va>v.le Tal?a. U. S. Paid N& Interest on Oefbt 37 Years Due i L 1 Portland, ore. After lifting of l?Vli\ IV. Mitchell'* in >}\ ey for nenrly.4<? yearn. the Unit I'd IS I mt'S government ' has if turned it to htm without Inter est. While a resident of Umatilla county, 30 years ago,. Mitchell decided it w<ih Impos sible to Uve lender on his Uouie. stead, ho he commuted. (government homestead land was then hrltiKluK fl,20 an acre, ordinarily, hut laud office offi cials concluded Mitchell'*) laud waw in a grant which called for the payment of $2,50 an acre, In the event of commuting- Ah tlmuKh Convinced the land office -watt--Hi- rrrrrr. MiTctTPn^pftTd THe double price. Two yearn later it developed lie hud ? been right, and he filed a'claim to r half <?f his $ KM) payment. A check drawn by tjie govern ment In favor' of Mitchell for wan the reault?37 years after the claim was filed. MESSENGER 55 YEARS l?'or 55 years tedward 1 >onn has noon u government messenger. His duties liuve taken him only between the cap 11?>1 and the War department. At one time he used a horse, hut fur the past few years he has made the Short dis tance on foot. PRINCE AIDS BLOW TO SNOBS Interested in Summer Camp for Brit> ish Boys of High and Low Degree. London, BngRmd. ? The duke of York, second son of the king, will re peat tills year the experiment he made last year for what has been called "the discouragement of snobocraey and the encouragement <>f democracy." So thorough an understanding was tlien established between hoys from Westminster school and boys from a Welsh steel works, following ;t football match, that a summer camp was set up by the duke to encourage good feel* ing between bo\s of different social planes. Two Ifuiidred public school hoys with tin e?pial number from con gested and Industrial area* Aero ln \ Ited to share t he camp. The selection of the boy- and the arrancrmeiil for i lie camp t! is year are m the hands of the Industrial Welfare so< iet\ of which the d ike of York is president, but beyond t! at the society will hn\c noth'ng t<? with the project In order that the boys i:j, .? t ? >:. terms of perfect equality, cricket football and kindred panics will not be played., because it Is felt that public school boys, having more oppoi t uu.t !??* for practice, would ho I an ad\ at, r over the other boys :'f s>jch games*. They will be divided into s?-. \,?ns of -0, ten being public school b..\s and ten Industrial lads They w\\\ share the s tine hlits f>at the sane ' ..i(J and ??Mk'a jf I:: 11: ? ? '?nine sjinrts. ,t ? i [???ore ntb't! U$. COINAGE FOR 1922 DROPS United State# Mint? P^oduca 350 Million Piece8 Less Than for' the Year 1921. ^ IIs* ;:.gr? i T *.ii dot.,est. coin* ice of ?! c 1'nlted si(;tf,?s g tbo fiscal y> :r J :st ei.d?*d fell ..T by more ?h.TT. ,{.'?<? ?*>?..*?> p;k , v "n: pa red v.th the previ ous year, mcc. , ;;t.g to a a ry ? f ? per .?i..n? Is-in d ?.y the r int I* : lie ts \(>.ir i there ?\ere P.?: .".-'i.IT.'i <\:i;s :.;rr.. -s ...it by rh" \ I" ."is : n'? f t1 e in'ry. with . i ? i! \ *i' ?! ?? < f ? , ;' 7 TJ, tga'i 1 ?J O' ). i > . Z.c- C.t> Wmstifr F ncd $ / ? ' H ..I :*. K ?.*.??? ?ni v . .ill I I > .1 ? W K s. v , ; .. VH ,f /*.^-. <*ov , .. irge '? " > * ' a ' ? I ? *; ! .: .- noise a In'' : r f t '.e * . j1 * i ,o!ice 3-.it; M i ? *? ? c. t ' , ? Hasten, *hr> ,!\cs r. a (Jlty. a..* ?* h-vtiing o*)d!v :? * "i. in, uh.lr it, a real lei.liaJ kvv !?<<u. MAN TO BE ENVIED Follower of Confucius Has Many Advantages. Both it Hotn? and Abroad, Writer Point* Out, He l? Favored Ovor Other Nationalities. Wherever the Chinaman may be? and he In found In every part of the world -he ha? certain advantage which, for instance, the Auierlcaman or Knglandman does not have. l^et us first mention the advantages i?f he iitK u Chinaman In hl? homeland, Ohu n?v Chaolln writes In the Now Yu^k Port. For one thin*?, he never has to he bored by political speeches. Chinese poltttcnmB hardly matte any speeches; the few speeches they make are more refreshing and nmre reveal ing, for they tell hi a few phruses the full tragedy of the politician. For ex ample, a Chinese politician Is likely to begin his remarks, he they oral or written, In some such way as this: "I, unworthy ChenllDg, who have neither Upheld the honor of my Illus trious ancestors nor met the expecta tions of the honorable people of this laud, who am without both ability and learning?" How much more'educative political meetings In America would be if tradition compelled the speakers to make such. frank revelations about themselves! Another of the Inestimable advan* tages of being n Chinaman In his home ten id Is the careful way In which the llluHlon of life's drama Is maintained for him. This drama, as Is commonly known, has only (wo actors?man and 1 woman. And this elementary require ment of any drama Is thai the < mechanics of It should be hidden, that j the property man should not get on the stage when the curtain Is still up. 1 Now In China, tUe heroine of life's drama never spoils tke show, as Is done in some other countries, by exhibiting the mechanical processes of makeup right on the stage; she would never ( think of powdering her nose In a restaurant scone, nor would she Inter- i nipt the action to puff out her curls whenever the exigencies of the drama should require that she take off her hat. These are trifles, but then the Illusion is thin enough as It is. Another advantage which the China man shares with the Chinawoman, in a country where marriages are always romantic and must always remain ro mantic, acting romantically toward the husband or the wife Is a part of good manners. In China, romance may or may not co-exist wHh marriage; if It does, well and good. The Chinaman and the Chinawoman are under no circumstances compelled to recall the expressions of endearment us soo? us company enters the home. If the Americaman and the America worn an shared this advantage how much suf fering could be spared! Abroad, as at home being a China man has advantages. Lot It suffice to mention the general advantage of be ing a Chinaman in America. We are anxious to tell this , advantage be cause we have enormously profited by It. The language which the America men use may be hard and perverse, yet a Chinaman, by making tho subject agree?sometimes disagree?with the predicate in three successive sen tences. acquires Instantly tho reputa tion of speaking excellent English. Again, every Chinaman In America who can make any kind of speech or write any kind of composition be comes immediately an authority on China. The thirty American Intellect uals, in view* of the many criticisms they have suffered. must envy the ease of the Chinaman in becom ing an authority on his own country. If life Is so drab, so materialistic in America, mavn't. the solution be in all Americamen becoming Chinamen? I I Monarch's Target Practice. Interesting stories of the late King Iiuno of Swaziland are t?>ld in "Ad ventures in Swaziland." The author Is l>r. Owen Howe O'Neill, who In i spite of his Irish name Is a South African Hoer. King Ituno was a savage of the old school. lie pre- 1 ferred the gin which he couhl drink to gold which lie could only look at. lie , drank the gin all at once, as soon as he got it. On ono occasion, when he had come Into possession of a Mauser rifle and cartridges, he had his whole army paraded in front of him, and be- 1 gan a sort of shooting competition into the motionless ranks. (The savage king slipped a clip into his Mauser, the metallic click 'Intensified by t3>e ? silence. Ho raised the rifle, sighting down first one line of warriors and then the other. The next instant a nhot rang out and a plumed Swazi pitched forward and lay writhing in the sunlight, "Four more shots rang out," says Doctor O'Neill, "and at each a plumed head came down." Keep Hand? Off. The love of the wood rose is right fully in all mir hearts. That city motorcars can take city dwellers to it in a day is a boon th?t the genius of modern civilization has lately con ferred nnd that Is worth much, says ?he ATTnTi'Mn I ' rt-<tr% M.ica/.!ne Tt is neoovsary rhat w.:h privilege should X" !!>?? ? ? f f r?*st tM !nf 'hat r??:?? ' ? - i.; ? oi.ij t<. |(?%e b? .1 i*y but that <>:?.( ? - .i- wi>r: f.\ nu: ? <(UaI!y on "V it Bahy Wanted It. ' F!< a '.ir i .! to 'lie tn?? dad?" "At cu' j >'m)< ?i n.!les so th?- ti$tron onif rs re'.i " "Well. I'm afraid >on LJ have 'o take t taxi Mhy u ant* It." Fruu tycrf. wife of the PKwliwt of <l<?rinmiy, In tlje mother of flrt* ehlk ? Iren, Mini a UioioukIi housekeeper. MIhh Anna K. I>urkee, now head of a million ilolhir mining Corporation, li(>u?in ln?r i-urcer wiling life iuaurauc*' Campers, Tourist* and Contractors We handle TBNTS for all kinds of purposes- W?f 11 Tents, Auto Tents, (itwpri Tents and other styles. Luggage Carriers, Putt U-Outs and MUiute Orah Chains for Mid Trouble, ? 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