The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 15, 1935, Image 3
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Very Welcome Comeback
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Bu*y Fellow Prove* Worth
M Natural Engineer.
Washington.—Th« American bearer
is staging a comeback. Sharp-toothed
end Industrious, the little fellow 1*
proving his worth as a natucal “engi
neer. “Once sought bj white men and
Indians alike for his skin, the nervous,
thick-tailed creature, measuring a scant
three feet from chin whiskers to tall
tip, was slaughtered ruthlessly. But
‘ now, thanks to his enterprising nature,
hi is more valuable alive than dead.
> “Hundreds of thousands of beaver
•kins, warn and heavy, were shipped
from the New world during Colonial
times," aays the National Geographic
■odety. "In one year |he Hudson's
Bay Pur company exported 1715,000
hides from what Is now the United
States and Canada. As early as 1063,
a gentleman was not In style without
his beaver hat A good one cost more
than four pounds.
“Beaver pelts provided funds to build
the first parish church in Quebec and
Its furnishings. In western United
States beaver peltg often served as
currency.
“The Adirondack region was home
to at least a million beavers when the
white man came to New York, but by
1806 naturalists declared that If every
stream were searched, no more than
five to ten would be found. Vigorous
new stock has since been Imported
from Yellowstone National park, how
ever, and under strictly enforced game
laws, a rapid Increase has taken place.
Beaver Ponde Put to Uee.
“In Minnesota's Itasca State park,
wherein lie the headwaters of the
Mississippi river, bearers under pro
tection are multiplying year by year.
In 1024, when the Irrigation supply of
the Minnesota and North Fork valleys
ran low, the fruit crop was about to
be lost Fourteen large beaver ponds
located above the head of the Irriga
tion canal were tapped and the water
carried down into the valleys to save
the orchards.
“Beavers have' made it 'possible for
cattle to graze on several ranges In
national forests of Colorado which once
were almost useless because of lack of
water. The busy creatures dammed
up the streams, built ponds and con
served the water, making it available
throughout long, dry months. In Gun
nison National forest, beaver ponds
have proved effective barriers In check
ing forest fires.
“One of the most recent beaver proj
ects Is In Lake county, Oregon, where
the active little fellows are getting
under way with an engineering job
which forestry officials aver will pre
vent soil erosion, preserve timber sup
ply, and beautify landscape. Live
beavers are captured In huge, basket
like traps and transported from places
where they are not needed, to depleted^
areas. There they are liberated to’
liulld dams across mountain brooks-
that dash down the hillsides in* early
spring, washing away the top soil.
Build a Dam, The<u House.
“Beavers begin a dam at a site where
the stream's bed is firm and the banks
surrounded by young trees. Working
from the upstream side, they carry
° sticks and stones, sod and mud, laying
the debris across the brook until the
water piles up. More sticks are
brought to the dam, pushed over the
top, and allowed to lie criss-cross
against the outer side. The ends of
the branches are bound Into the struc
ture with mu^ and stones untyl it Is
strong enough to withstand the pres
sure of the water against It, and high
enough to make a 'lake' at least 6 feet
deep. As the pond rises, the dam must
be extended in length to keep water
from running around the edges. Some
times a'completed dam is many times
the width of the stream. One built on
the Jefferson river near Three Forks,
Mont, was 2,140 feet long—over a third
of a mile.
“Not all beaver-built dam* are made
Widow Pay* Off Debt
in Silver Dollart
Worth little Bock. Ark.—Mrs. B.
Fleschner, eighty-one years old,
paid off a *1,000 mortgage on her
home recently In silver dollars.
g. J. Finch, holder of tb**mort-
gage, was offered a cashier’s check
on a local bank for thf amount of
his mortgage, but refused, asking
that he be paid in legal tender.
Mrs. Fleschner returned to her
bank and obtained the sum needed
in coin. ( * .
Because Finch could not deliver
an abstract after the mortgage had
been paid, attorneys for the aged'
widow deducted $28 to be held by
the county clerk until the paper
was delivered.
Finch was forced to call upon his
bank for an armed messenger to
carry the sliver there for deposit
of mod and willows. In 1890 several
dams of coal were discovered Vln North
Dakota. Beavers had dug the hard
black substance from a nearby cliff.
“Around beavers have grown up leg
end and . fiction. Indians linked the
warm-coated animals with deity, and
some tribes carried a 'beaver bundle,'
a sort of a sacred medicine bag. One
vernkiold-bv white TTion frh*
though long since disproved. Is that
beavers use their broad, flat tails as
trowels In spreading mud; as stake
drivers; and as sleds on which to
transport sod and earth.*
Simple Rules for Guidance of
Those Fond of Sponge Cake and
ike in Slow Oven
Her Birthday Party in the Air
Sponge cake and angel food are In
a class by themselves, and although
hey are called cakes, they are made
so differently from other cakes that
they need a column to. themselves.
Every kind qf sponge cake has
eggs as its basis, and In large ppe-
portlon. It also has sugar and flour
la email proportion. Usually It baa
besides, a little add—vinegar, lemon
juice or crfeam of tartar—to help stif
fen the beaten eggs which lighten the
mixture. .
Quicker cheap sponge cakes which
economise on eggs have a small
amount of baking powder to help
raise .them. This type of cake may
not have the fine texture of real
sponge cake, but It Is so easy to
make, so certain to turn out consist’
ently, and so good with Ice cream,
whipped cream or crushed fruit, that
It Is a standby In many households.
I am giving you my grandmother's
recipe today, says'* culinary expert
It was the first dish I was allowed to
when I was a little glrL.
Tradition made It necessary to beat
the eggs and sugar together for ten
minutes with a silver fork, and
loved to relieve a tired arm for
moment or two. In later year*
found that a wheel egg beater re
duced the time for beating at least
half. i
This Is still my favorite sponge
cake because It has more flavor than
the more expensive cakes with their
finer texture.
The success of any sponge cake
depends first upon using fine granu
lated sugar, well sifted (severs
times) flour, and preferably cake
flour, and upon the baking. A tube
pan Is 4he best for this purpose am
a slow oven (about 820 F.) gives best
results. This allows the cake to rise
slowly and form a crust evenly. This
means baking for a long time—about
an hour for a large cake in’a tube
pan.
When the cake comes out of the
oven, turn it upside down on a cake
cooler and let it come out of the pan,
as It shrinks slightly with cooling.
If It does not come out of Itself, aft
er It Is cool, loosen carefully around
the edge.
Grandmother's Sponge Cake.
t «sss
I cup sugafr
1 cup floor •• .s.
% teaspoon «aft
t teaspoon baking powder
t tablespoon leiuon Juice, or I
spoon vanilla
Befit the eggs and sugar together
Ive minutes. 81ft flour, salt and
baking powder together and fold Into
the other mixture. Flavor and bake
n a long bread pan or In muffin pans
25 to 80 minutes In a Alow even
(820 F.).
Angel Food Cake.
I'cup sifted pastry or sake flour
1 cup egg whites
teaspoon salt
% teaspoon cream of tartar
V tehspoon almond extract
1 cup sifted granulated sugar
81ft flour once, measure, and stft
flour four more times. Beat
whites and salt with egg beater.
When foamy add cream of tartar.
Continue beating until the eggs are
stiff but not dry. Fold In sugar,
little at a time. Add flavoring. Fold
In flour4he same way. Pour batter
Into angel food Fan-i
slow oven (325 degrees F.) for one
hour. Remove from oven and Invert
pan. |
Inexpensive Sponge Cake.
> eggs
1 cup sugar -
1 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Salt
cup cold water
Break the eggs Into a bowl, add
the sugar and beat together ten min
utes. Add the dry Ingredients, which
have been sifted together, alternate
ly with the water. Bake In cake
pan In slow oven, 325 degrees F., for
about one hour.
C Ball Syndicate.—WNTJ Sarrlsa.
* What Is Wealth?
A woman has said In court that
with $200,000 to her name she would
not call herself rich. In another
court a bankrupt said that be did
not feel wealthy on $10,000 a year
and sometimes was very hard up.
An actress who had moi£ than $20,-
000 a year has told how she had ta
spend $30,000. These people have
missed a lot of fun. A man who
feels rich because he has a dollar
in his pocket Is fifty times as well
off as any of them. His Is a grand
and glorious feeling. — Manchester
(Eng.) Sunday Chronicle.
TREES AND RAINFALL
Thera Is much controversy Bus*
die question whether trees sad other
heavy vegetation bring rain or not
A great number of forcible points
are dted both for and against this *
question. But we cannot help noting
with Interest a report from dm Sot*
let government In Bussta.n oom
stderable area, was planted with
trees In 56 foot stripe TOO'feet apart
Rainfall in the area of tbeoe strips
was carefully checked against rain- ,
full In surrounding untreed areas.
The results were astonishing. The
Increase In rainfall in the area bor
dered by the foreat strips was from
18 per cent to 27.2 per cent |p die"
treed areas the evaporation between
the stripe was from 20 to 85 per
cent leas than in the open.
Uidly BUck Widow
spidor’t bit* it docldodly
dnnoorous to pooplo.
Kill All
for tiiom In faraqos, cot
wHK FUT.TOX. It (bo Mb FUSS.
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FLY-TOX
■ Quick, Pleasant
Successful Hiniaatiofl
Let's bo frank—there’s inly one
way for your body to rid Itself of
the waste material that causes acid
ity, get, headaches, bloated fadings
and a dozen other diacopforts.
Your Intestines must function and
the way to make them move quick
ly, pleasantly, successfully, without
griping or harsh Irritants is to chow
a Mllnesla Wafer thoroughly. In so*
cordance with directions on the bob*
tie or tin, then swallow. . ;
Mllnesla Wafers, pure milk of
magnesia in tablet form, each equiv
alent to a tablespoon of liquid milk
of magnesia, correct acidity, bad
breath, flatulence, at their source,
pmi enable you to have the qtddc»
pleasant, successful elimination so
necessary to abundant health.
MUnesla Wafers come.In bottles
at 35c and 60c or in convenient tins
at 20c. Recommended by thousand*
of physicians. All good druggists
carry them. Start ualng these pleas
ant tasting effective wafers today.
Because Jean Schmidt of Newark, N. J., obtained good marks In school,
ner father gave her a special treat on her fifteenth birthday. He allowed her
to have a birthday party in (he air In ohe of the Airline planes. Ted Schmidt,
father. Is the head of the American Airlines flight department at Newark air-
port Hera la Jean cutting h * r MrthAay ***» ^
spears a
one
I
Yeteran Diver to Hunt La Salle’s Ship
Hulk in Lakp Michigan May Be
Mystery Craft
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Menominee, Mich.—Efforts to Iden
tify the water-soaked hulk In Le*
Cheneaax Island waters, believed to
be that of the Griffon, first sailing ship
to ply the Great Lakes which myste
riously disappeared in 1679, will be re
sumed this summer.
John Beattie, veteran diver of De-
Tour, Mich., has offered his services
free In an attempt to learn more of
the Griffon, built by the French ex
plorer LaSalle 256 years ago.
* The ship last was seen at the site of
the present Detroit harbor, Washing
ton Island, Green bay, where It Was
loaded with valuable furs. LaSalle
sent the ship on Its return voyage un
der the command of Luc, a sailor. The
explorer remained to probe Into the
secrets of the ‘Utrange" surrounding
country.
In letters friends after the ship
was never seen again, LaSalle ex
pressed the belief that Luc betrayed
him, stole the fnrs, and scuttled and
burned the ship. Some historians,
however, believe the ship sank In s
storm, carrying all hands down with It
Efforts to raise the hulk In Les
Ghenaux waters were abandoned In
the winter of 1933-34 because of flnan-
HEADS NEW PARTY
clal difficulties. It was found that a
large hole had been made In the bot
tom near tbq stern and thgt the upper
part of the craft had been burned.
Hon. H. H. Stereos; former Canadian
minister of trade and commerce, who
has accepted the leadership of * new
political party having for lt« object a
“reconstruction and reform program”
inch as Its has been advocating for the
jpiat 18 months.' ~ ~ ' -
Couple Stive Pennies to
Provide Park Vacation
Yellowstone Park, Wyo.—The old
maxim “a penny saved la a penny
earned," multiplied 12^07 times, pro
vided a neat Yellowstone.Park vaca
tion for Mr. and Mrs. George R. Swal-
ley of Glendale, Calif. Bach day' aa
Mr. Swalley, a confectioner, totaled np
hla receipts, he separated hla coppers
and, metally repeating the old .adage,
dropped the coins Into a large* sugar
sack. -
When the collection reached an ag
gregate of 98 pounds, the conple spent
several hours on an inventory and
fonnd that their savings were worth
$122.07. They then decided on a va
cation to Yellowstone Park. The sack
ful enable them to go from their Cali
fornia home to Omaha and return by
way of the park.
Water Control Project
Starts Big Boom in Town
New Philadelphia, Ohio.—A boom
has started In real estate and building
activities In the Muskingum watershed
conservation district, where a $34,000,-
000 flood-control project la getting un
der way.
JobB/fSh more than 1,800 persona al
ready havV-bfeen created, resulting 1*
a shortage of houses. Building trades
employment has increased 25 per cent
Real estate transfers are the highest
In five years.
Most sales uf land following the
acquisition of land for the project have
been cash transactions. The district
has paid $881,496 for land so far.
Along with increased real estate ac
tivity, rents have been Raised $0 to *10
a month In some localities.
Fat Teachers Not Jolly
— Enough; Board Bart 'Em
are opposed to fat teachers oh esthetic,
physical, and psychological grounds.'
The f*t are not jolly, It’s said.
That Is the aftbatance of an expla
nation of Its refusal to license over
weight teachers, presented by the board
of examiners to state commissioner of
education, Frank Graves.
For too years the board has been
refusing to license fat teachers. There
had been no formal, protest until It
turned down Miss Rose Freistater.
She weighed 182 pounds when abe,
took her examination In 1981. The
board gave her six months to reduce
to 150.
Miss Freistater made heroic efforts,
but In vain. Dieting and exercise took
off only 20 pounds. She did not get
her license. She appealed to Commis
sioner Graves.
The principal reason for its act, the
ward said In Its report. Is that med-
cal experiencee Indicates that mark
edly overweight or underweight per
sons have a relatively high mortality
rate, so that hiring fat teachers would
deplete the pension fund.
“Teachers shonld be acceptable by-,
glenlc models for their pupils,’’ the r
port continued, explaining Its esthetic
opposition to fat people.
RAINY DAY FOOTBALL
HERE V0U ARE, JOE
THIS BOMS WILL SLOT
msm '
ANO ALL YOU GOTTA
, DQ JOB, IS TO THROW
J IT WHEN THE GOVERNOR
GETS IN THE REVIEWING STAND
ir
mmmsi
SHUCKS I ANY
RUSHER COULD
HAVE SPEARCO
IT — ANO YANKED OUT THE FUSE
IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR
YOU, C'O BE BLOWN TO
xv»' r=t
§1
Arthur “Dutch” Bergman, football
coach of Catholic university, Washing
ton, D. (X bolding the new “rainy day”
football that may be adopted this fall.
The ball was demonstrated daring a
convention of football coaches is
Brookline, Maas.
Australian Bullet Plant
Mak^s Lipstick Cases
Melbourne, Australia.—Aircraft ma
chine guns and llpatldt ^containers are
the proudest products of Australian
defense factories. A small arms fac
tory at Llthgow, N. 3. W., has Just pro
duced the first machine guns built In
tbs empire specially for aircraft use.
The guns can firs through propeller
blades at the rntn of 1,000 rounds a
minute. ‘
A Melbourne munition factory, find
ing Its cartridge making machinery
Idle, turned to the manufacture of
metal lipstick containers. More than
700,000 containers have been made In
the last 12 months.
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THE BATTING ORDER FOR MAKING
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Columbia, Mo.—The only radium ru
nning plant in die United States is |
operated in the University of Missouri
chemistry laboratory hers. The an
nual output sells foe $25,000.
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