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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1982 ST. LAWRENCE TAKES ON NEW IMPORTANCE A Treaty Directs Attention to Great River System. Washington. — The St Lawrence river, Canada’s natural highroad to the West, takes on new Importance since the recent signing of the water way treaty between the United States and Canada. “With its live fresh-water inland seas the St. Lawrence forms one of the great river systems of the world,” says a bulletin from the National Geo graphical society. “While its basin Js^ third in size among North American rivers, being exceeded by those of the Mississippi and the MacKenzie, the SL Lawrence drains in all some 530,000 square miles, an area nearly equal to that of the Republic of Peru. “The name ‘St. Lawrence,’ however, applies only to the lower third of 4he 2,100 mile river system. Actually the stream rises at the source of the St Louis river, near the headwaters of the Mississippi, in Minnesota, (lows into Lake Superior, through the other Great Lakes, and empties Into the Gulf of St. Lawrence at Cape Gaspe, Quebec. But technically the *St. Law rence’ is that part of the main stream which flows from Kingston, at the mouth of Lake Ontario, to Cape Gaspe, 770 miles in length. .t Unique Among Rivers. “In several ways the St. Lawrence is unique among large rivers of the world. Easy-going, it does not dig up much silt, and therefore has no allu vial delta at its mouth. Its banks are clear and sharp to the ocean’s rim, and the channel at its mouth is deep ■enough to clear the largest ships afloat. .. “The St. Lawrence, in fact, may be said to lead a very well-balanced life. Five months during the year it works diligently as Canada’s chief artery of commerce. Then for seven months it rests, all but the lower 400 miles being closed by ice. Floods are almost un known along the St. Lawrence. The ■Lreat Uhkes act as impounding, regu lating reservoirs, and its own occa sional lakelike expanses take tip the excesses of its lower tributaries. The dikes at Montreal and needed only dur ing the spring and fall when infre quent ice Jams cause the river to over flow its normal banks. “The St. Lawrence, in its lower reaches, is a tidal river, like the Hud son. but oddly enough its highest tides are at Orleans island. (*50 miles from the open ocean at Cabot strait. At Its mouth the range is only six feet, but at Orleans island, neioW Quetieo. Hie spread is lb feet. Quebec has 1S*-_• feet of tide, although the water there is almost fresh. “One of the widest of rivers, the St. Lawrence below Quebec Is more like a broad bay or long lake. The stran ger approaching from Europe must sail some distance up the St. Law rence before he realizes that he is in a river at all. At Point des Monts both banks become visible for the first lime, yet the river here is 40 miles across and very deep. At its mouth the St. Lawrence is more than twice as wide. Even at Saguenay, halfway between the gulf anti Quebec, it is still 20 miles across. ' Legends of French Canada. “Historically, sentimentally and seenicully the St. Lawrence is one of America’s most famous and beloved streams. Isnig before English settlers had crossed the Alleghanies. French missionaries ‘and fnr traders pushed down the St. Lawrence and over the portages to the heart of North Amer ica. Today the tiny vilfages, wiiite parish churches, and. the green patch work fields of file desc^tTdantsr of these French pioneers make the St. Law rence valley seem more like a part of Europe than America. Here is a land of legends—‘the Dripping Indian,’ ‘the Phantom Priest.’ and ‘the. Ghost ship’ —far removed from luisy Montreal, < r annda’s largest city, which also shares the hanks of the St. Lawrence. “While vessels of any draft may as cend the St. Lawrence to Quebec, the next 1G0 miles to Montreal are open only to ocean steameys which do not draw more than 30 feet. Smaller ships may ascend the river today to Lake Ontario by using a combination of short canals and open channels, hut il*e locks are~narrow and the current too swift for heavy commercial troflle in many places. This channel is It feet. “With a 30-foot channel throughout, ocean liners could ascend the St. Law ronre to I.ake Ontario, where the new Welland canal of the same depth - could carry them to Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes. Shipping direct by this route na exporter in BiilYnln, for Instance, would save more than 300 miles to Liverpool, in addition to the cost of barge or rail shipment to At lantic coast ports.” Wins $1 for Rescuing Boy From River Waters Camden, N. .1.—“Gee, that's great! I didn’t expect that!” • exclaimed twelve-year-old Victor Soroken when a park guard gave him $1 for saving Robert Banks, ten, from drowning in Cooper river. > After a day of swimming Victor was trudging borne when he saw Robert fall into the river. He plunged in and dragged the other boy ashore. \Jghts of O j WALTER NEW YORK TRUMBULL Joe has been for years The official bootblack of a large magazine pub lishing firm in Manhattan. Years ago when the organization was further downtown, Joe was chief of the shin ers and when the business moved he moved with it. He knew every foot of the editorial departments. As be comes a gentleman of polish, Joe.al- wayg has had literary ambitions. He Ancient As Found Jefferson, Ore.—-What can be done, or was done, with a 17-ounce bronze ax wooden A. Kroechell. The an- •cieot hatchet was found by excavation workers here. It bean tbe figure “3.” with Icltcn “T. C- CL V Jual below. had ap Idea that, starting on a shoe string, he could ns an autho^ reach financial affluence. Customers, he maintained, showed him not only their soles but their hearts. But hard- boiled editors could not see the pic tures he painted with a shoe brush. They kidded Joe in moments of leisure and sushed him sternly when they were busy. One editor put his foot down firmly. To retain his patronage. ‘Joe had to promise not to mention the subject of writing. One day he broke the taboo, and the editor roared: “This is too much! Never darken my shoes again!” But, after many years. Joe found a listener who was sympathetic. “1 can’t wnte,” he told him, “but I have seen much and I have Ideas." The listener was just young enough to be lieve him. So he and Joe went Into partnership. Joe furnished the plots, the other man did the writing. The stories were accepted by the editors who had laughed or sworn at Joe so many seasons. Tltey were glad to print them.. They were real stories. A good bootblack apparently learns to read footprints in the sands of time. ' * * • 1 see by the papers that at Los Angeles the Rainbow division pinned a colonel’s eagle on the shoulder of Ann Harding, in memory of her father, the late Gen. George Gately. The Thir tieth division should pin another eagle on Miss Harding’s remaining shoulder. It was the Thirtieth di vision which General Gately trained at Camp Sevier, near Greenville, S. C. It was the Thirtieth division which be took to France, hihI which referred to him fondly as "Good G—d Gus.” and would have bled and died for him. it was later that lie went to the Rain bow. And on his arrival that division was richer by one tirst-class fighting man. * * * Bob Sherwood. Arthur Sherwood, Donald Ctfrlisle and Norman Steven son came out of tin* Ritz amid started to walk down Madison avenue to gether. The shortest of this foursome is Mr. Stevenson, lie stands a mere six feet fotir inches. A~ studious look ing little chap, who was strolling along in an absent-minded manner, bumped into the four guardsmen, took one startled look, and scurried down a side street in an evident panic. Friends think it would be a great Idea if these four friends could he induced to show dachshunds at the next dog show. • * * A black leopard is no gentle play mate. One of these beasts with a cir cus reached out and drugged a dog through a space not six inches wide, killing tbe animal before anyone could do a tiling about it. The dog was one of the best trained collies with the show. * • * When (’nlvjn ('oolidge was Presi dent. lie sent for a congressman who had Introduced a certain bill. “Is your bill going to get by the house?” lie asked. “Yes. Mr. President.” said the con gressman. “We have all worked hard on it and I think there is no doubt it wijl pass the house.” “Will It gel by the senate?’’—- “Yes. Mr. President. I have assur- anceS front powerful committee mem bers and leaders. Yes. 1 think it will get by the senate.” “Well.” said Mr. CoolUlge, ^t won’t get by me." <& H::2. BcirSyndicate.—WXl! Service. Heat Swells Bank Vault Door; Cash Is Borrowed • Macomb. Ill —The Macomb National bank operated on money borrowed from other banks and shipped in from Chicago because the door of Its vault was stuck. Heat expanded the vault door and nobody could open it. There was ample money in the vault to care for the bank’s needs and it still was safelv in “reserve.” Giraffes Are Mute Washington.--Despite the groat lengtli of its neck and tongue, it is said that the giraffe never utters « sound even when in great distress. This tallest of all animals apparent ly is an absolute mute, necording to the Smithsonian institution. Texas Cops to Let Women Do Talking Houston, Texas.—Pity the poor policeman. Regardless of what they do or don't do. they may be con sidered rude. _ Believing a policeman couldn't be rude If he didn’t say anything, the police department here passed a rule that policemen were not to speak when handing a woman a ticket for traffic violation. And now City Judge Fred Turner reveals women violators think tbe police are rude when they band ont a ticket without a word of ^xplana tion. And if tbe women are In clined to bawl out the poli^emaq be has to take It. Washington. — Paper currency of high denomination has notably in creased In the last three and one-half years. In outstanding $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 notes the net gain has been $732,108,550. Out standing $5,000 and $10,000 b'llls de creased $148,135,000, while other high denomination paper gained $880,333,- 500 between January 31,y 1920, and- June 30, 1932. Neither the treasury nor the fed eral reserve has analyzed the paper money data to the extent necessary to determine the exact reason for the tremendous gain in the $100, $500 and $1,000 bills. Hoarding and the use of money in large units by gangsters, racketeers, bootleggers and other il licit gentry have been advanced as factors in the large amount of out standing bills in the $100 to $1,000 group. Laid to Hoarders. Recently at the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Tirginia, Edmund Platt of New York, vice pres ident of the Marine Midland corpora tion and former vice governor of the federal reserve board, was asked whether he thought $1,000 and $10,000 notes were “money” In the sense of useful circulating medium and why they were issutnl by the federal re serve system. Mr. Platt said that the only issue of $1,000 notes by his bank he could recall had been one which was sent to Cuba. Mr. Plait under stood that the bills were to be used for belting on horse races. Robert Warren of New York assert ed that $10,000 hills were used in stead of gold by those who, lacking confidence in banks, have withdrawn their money\from deposit and trans ferred it to safety deposit boxes to the amount of-about $2,000,000,000. In determining the amount of hoard ing. treasury and federal reserve ex perts have considered the require ments of business and the amount of currency in circulation. On this basis, hoarding lias been estimated as run ing from $1,'00.000,000 to $2,000,000.- 000. including the abnormal volume of money maintained in vaults by banks to meet emergencies. On June 30 the total amount of money in circulation was $5,095,041,717, or an increase of $874,0<X).0uO during the year in the face of declining business. Circula tion at the end of the 1932 fiscal year was $048,000,000 higher than June 30. ~ 192:1, amt $1.174,000.000 higher-than June 30, 19:!0. Use Smaller Bills. Considerable doubt is expressed in Washington whether criminal elements make great use of banknotes of above $1,000. Normally, they use “more ne gotiable’’ money. Not much change in their hanking habits has been noted. Nevertheless, $100, $500 and $L*H»0 hills may he used to a considerable extent in the bootlegging business. Hoarders of large sums undoubtedly use hills of $100. $500 and $1,000. Between January 3f, 1929. and June 30, 1932, the largest gain in outstand ing hills was that of the $100 denomi nation; it was $441,240,300. The $500 lulls increased $177,100,250; the $1,000 hills, $201,987,000. In $5,000 hills i her*- has been an increase of $13.- noo.ooo since January 31, 1930; in the last six mouths it came to Si.ooo.ooo. But from 1929 to this month a net de crease of $48,505,000 is recorded. Five and $2 hills decreased. The reduction in “outstanding $10,000 hills, as shown by treasury books, was $429,- 630,000. . However, of * tluit amount 83:50,000,000 was accounted for by the retirement in May. 1929. of a reserve in gold certificates maintained in the New York assay office, bringing the actual decrease in the $10,000 bills to $90,630,000. As these bills were sent to the treasury for redemption they wore retired. Retiring A' T Y T T T T T T ± T Y f Y Y Y Y Y f Y Y Y Y I I Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y It writes letters as well as “CAPITALS”!! • ■ •> • — . • * . „ i This is a specimen of writing with the newest Ren* ington — a type style really appropriate for cor respondence and other writing work In the home* Has standard 4-row keyboard and other features to make typewriting easy - writes as speedily as any other typewriter* It is built by Remington v in the same factory 9 by the same workmen f and with the same care as fam iliar Remington office models. Light in weighty it can be carried anywhere in its convenient car rying case • . REMIE SCOUT» WRITING ONE SIZE MODERN GOTHIC LETTERS LIKE THIS 'n B. DAVIES x t ~r Barnwell, S. C. , I Ancient Swedish Manors - Are Now Roadside Inns Stockholm, Sweden.—Old Swedish manor houses, formerly seats for the landed gentry, in many cases have been turned into inns and boarding houses for motorists, according to the Royal Automobile club. These road side hostelries are becoming quite pop ular. The spring weather has been good this year for the roads and they now are in excellent condition. Owing to the favorable Swedish rate of ex- ehange. a record number of foreign visitors bringing their own ears is ex pected this summer. OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY awaits you at HOTEL SAVANNAH A distinguished hotel in the hearr of the business, theatre and shoppinq district “Of historic Savannah*• fireproof%)oms Same Family Pastors in Swedish Parish 350 Yrs. Kristdala, Sweden.—For 350 years Kristdala parish, in the Swedish pro vince of Ostergotland, has received its pastor from the same family! The first reverend was named Duraeus Meurling, and his descendant. Dr. Erik Metirling. today holds the same office. In honor of this, two memorial plaques were uirreiled on Kristdala churchyard in the presence of the Swedish minister for cults and educa tion and the bishops of Ltnkoping and Vaxjo. . Saak* Gets Gloss Eye London.—When the l^ndon. Zoo’s pH** Madagascan boa constrictor lost an eye in an accident not long ago. an oculist was called in to see what cult Id be :ie. The remedy was sim ple; the snake now has a glusx eye 2 RACflO IN EVERY ROOM RATES h 50 AND UP .Wfn jULH.IT "XOi'i '' SAVANNAH'S BEST ^ HOTEL SAVANNAH ANDREW A . 5 M I T H , M A N A G ‘ P SAVANNAH . .GEORGIA IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL ADVERTISE IT IN r - .-•i'TLirwT'' ’ ‘ ' Ihe