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THE HELENA DAILY INDEPENDENT, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1980 ofanl every by Comstar, Helen, Moauu. Each Day the World li Horn Anew (or him who takei It Russell LowelL WILL A. CAMPBELL. President and Editor Member of The Associated Freu. The Associated Pru la exclusively entitled to the u.e for publication of al news dlapatchea credited to It or not otherwise credited Inthla paper and alio the local published- therein.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dally and Sunday, delivered by carrier or by mall, year In advance 11.61 pally and Sunday, one month, by carrier or mall, in Bu'nday Independent, by mall only, one Pally Independent, by mall only, one year and 4M Cubicrlbera will confer a favor by calling the oMce on lha telephone if carrier, fall to deliver paper, promptly MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1930 ROSS MERITS HONOR There's nothing: especially new in the fad that the human race seldom goes out of its way to reward'the people who have done the' most for it. Now and then, though, something happens to remind you of it again--something that makes you wonder if we really know what's good for us. In London a man named Sir Ronald Ross re cently celebrated his seventy-third birthday celebrated it in ill health, without any too much money to make his old age comfortable and without any great public celebration to mark the anniversary. isn't widely known. But when future historians go to write clown the -names of the men who, in the last three or four decades, have served humanity the best, they will put his name somewhere near the head of the list.

A number of years ago Sir Ronald was a young officer in the medical corps of the British army in India, stuck away in a God-forsaken outpost simmering in the tropical heat. Malaria was a curse there; a curse, and an unsolved riddle. The young medical officer turned his attention to it. He had the audacity to doubt that it was caused by the climate, by the food and drink or by the weather. Instead, he suspected that it was carried from the sick to the well by some insect.

He outlined his idea to his superiors and was scoffed at. Undaunted, he got a cheap microscope and began to investigate. He put the mosquito down as his chief suspect, and went to work making microscopic examinations of the contents of thousands of mosquitos' stomachs. This painstaking work in the tropic heat with poor instruments was terribly hard. It undermined the officer's eyesight and ruined his nerves.

There were years of it, too; for Ross' investigations came to nothing for a long time. At last, however, he found a new species of mosquito, got some specimens of it-and found his malaria germs. Within a short time he had proved his theory to a skeptical medical world and had enabled health organizations to cope with malaria for the first time in history. Nor was that all. It was his work that put the American medical officers on the track of the yellow fever mosquito.

The magnificent cleanup on that dreadful disease in Cuba, Panama and the southern states of America grew directly out of Ross" work. the fMt that when Texas was admitted to th union, of states, congress granted it the right tc form new states "of convenient size, not ex ceeding four in addition to the aaid state Toxas." specific grant of power probably was dragged forth and paraded by Game simply to remind the Grundyites what migh happen if they got too gny with Texas and Texas property interests. Unquestionably it would require a lot of goad ing to drive Texans to such desparate measure 1,3 cutting up their beloved state about th greatness of which they have learned to brai so fluently. In their present state of mind such a proposal, if made seriousfy, would const! tute sacrilege. As members of the older generation will re call, a certain mythical Arkansas statesman once was credited with making a most pictur esque speech concerning a proposal to change the name of that interesting commonwealth There are Texans who could outdo even tha' noble effort if called to orate upon the subjec of the glory of the Lone Star state.

Still the fact remains that it would be good business and good politics to divide Texas. One of. the doctora who writes for the says the application of electricity quickens the mind for example, when you turn on a light switch while molding to a water tap, the mind works quick enough to tell you to let go of one or both. WHEN POLITICS AND GANGLAND COMBINE The Chicago gang situation, brought to head by the callous murder of a newspaper reporter, could exist only by consent of politics and politicians. It is absurd to believe that a small handfu of thugs could go about murdering, terrorizing and robbing in a city of three million peopU and continue this for years without punishment --unless the criminals received active protec- from politicians.

Any city that is drugged into the belief its police to stamp out thuggery and gang warfare should wake up. Unless it was connived at, such wanton crim- Inality could not exist for a week. The idea that the brains and wealth of a city are impotent against a small coterie of low- vowed gunmen is so imbecile that it has but to stated to be recognized as such. When gangsters rule a city--any city--it proof positive that they are linked with those authority. There are no ifs or buts about it.

While it is getting after its gangsters, Chicago should also get after its political traitors. And so should every other city in which crime allowed to flourish. While It Is about time to begin the talk about a rfe and sane Fourth of July, we might also begin share the safety and sanity with all other summer holidays and week-ends. The Sabbath Is celebrated or observed on Wednesday In Assyria. My, what a terrible lot of people they are over there--we should send an army of missionaries at ouce to set them to observe the same tly we do In the United States.

$300,000,000 FOR BEAUTY Washington, today considered by many to be the most beautiful capital in the world, is to be made even more beautiful. A program discussed for some time is now ready to be carried into effect. Some $300,000,000 is to be spent, $26,000,000 of it around the capitol itself -and the remainder in parkways and drives around the city. A list just given out at the White House details some of these improvements. There is to be a new home for the United States supreme court.

The senate and house office buildings will be enlarged, the capitol grounds Will be landscaped down as far as the union station, the old state, war and navy building will be remodeled, and the department of justice and the department of labor will have new buildings, and the department of commerce building will be completed. This is an ambitious program, well worth the money to be expended. And when, with the new memorial parkway to Mount Vernon, the extension of Potomac park and a civic center lor the District of Columbia, it is completed, there will be no doubt about Washington's international rank on the score of beauty. If the purchase of Mount Vernon by the government is included in the program, none could want more. Boy Scout motto to do a good turn, Is not a bad Idea for automobile drivers to keep In mind when rounding corners.

WON'T CARVE TEXAS Native Texans must have smiled broadly recently when Representative John 4 Garner of that state suggested in congress that Texas be carved into five states. The purpose of this, he explained in all apparent seriousness, would be to send eight more democrats 'to the United States senate to offset the influence of New England republican domination. If the colorful Mr. Gamer was not actually spoofing he had better make his Texas constituents believe that he was not talk- iitg seriously. Texas is a big, overgrown bailiwick, but Texans are too.well satisfied with it to allow, politicians to tamper with its present boundaries or general political arrangement.

There is a joker in the situation, however, in WORK THAT ISN'T FINISHED The house of representatives is due to get a ce vacation this summer while the senate has stay in Washington and worry over the navaj reaty; but no one need think that the house gets to go home because it handles pending leg- slation more rapidly and efficiently than the enate. It doesn't. The house, for instance, has still failed to jtke any action on the Norris "lame duck' rnendment, which passed the senate more than a year ago. It has also ignored the three senate bills to elieve unemployment, introduced by Senator Vagner of New York, and put through quickly the upper house. The house almost certain- won't pass these before adjournment; by the ime it gets around to them the unemployment Crisis may be almost over.

No, it doesn't do to suppose that the house its vacation because its work is all done. simply isn't the case. We cannot be really epicurean about our wines and liquors any more, so let us content ourselves with being real epicures about our cheese. Best Editorial of the Day From the Omaba World-Hemld THE LOWING HERD You can't" says Frank O. Lowden, president of lie IIolateln-Frleslan association, any belter ompany for your old age than cows on your farm." How Herbert Hoover must appreciate that pastoral hrnse! Not that Mr.

Hoover, as years ara counted, old. Not yet. But the way things are going he Is Getting there 'A -more supreme bench omlnatlons, a few more commission reports, a few ore tariff efforts, a little more of noble experlmenta- lon and he will--but why view the gloomy side of the ilcture? Let us turn back to Frank 0. Lowden, ormor governor of Illinois, the man whose heart was oported to have been all but broken when tha Kanas City convention withheld from his Itching fingers hi! price It finally gave to Hoover. We don't know whether Mr.

Lowden's failure to each the presidency of the UnltM States produced devastating effect' upon his emotional nature- hat has been reported, but It It did, we wonder If Fir. Lowden Isn't a bit ashamed of Ills momentary weakness. He is president ot tha Holsteln-Frlaslan iroclatlon. He loves cows and cows undoubtely love vim. A understands much better than a polltl is more appreciative, remembers favora longer, doesn't kick over tha traces.

A cow may eat slightly more than tha average senator, but she is quick and iger to return the generosity ot her benefactor good rich cream and milk and butter and all the byproducts thereof. A cow doesn't eat a man's break- ast bacon or his caked and sausage and then go out nd vote the other way. It seems strange that Mr. Lowden, on more thai no occasion In the course ot the past nine years, hould have sought to substitute for tha green paa- ures and still waters of placid Holsteln land tha urbulent tosslngs of the political, arena. Out of tha that sheltered him ha would have precipitated ilmself Into the din and glare of Pennsylvania ave- ue.

Abandoning tha lowing herd, which chews Its ud and Rays nothing, ha would have walked blindly nd foolishly Into the very midst of that hell-ralslug, Ipsnortlng reputation-wrecking stampede of wild and sons thereof who apend most of their Ime chewing tha rag and saying little more of Ira- lortance than tha uncommunicative bovine. All that seenm strange to vs. A now that he a In the waning years, now that he has lived long nd observed closely, we Imagine It seems strange to Mr. Lowden, toej Becoming Air-Minded Almost Overnight SENTENCE SERMONS By the REV. ROY L.

SMITH, D. D. Pastor Simpson M. E. Church, Minneapolis.

UNLESS WE WORK---No vacation will ever have any meaning. --No victory will ever bring any joy. --No achievement will ever give us satisfaction. --No life will ever be worth while. --No soul will be worth saving.

--No tomorrow will ever hold any enchantment. --No yesterday will ever furnish any pleasure. The Haskin Letter By Frederic J. HaatdB BELAIR, THE HOME OF GALLANT FOX Washington, D. June Fox, that grand horse which romped homo winner ot the Ken- uck derby at Churchill Downs this year bringing his owner, William Woodward of Belalr, a purse of 160,750, upheld the traditions of one of the oldest plantation domains In America.

For Belalr has been sending forth race horses of stamina and mettle for more vears the United States has been an udependent nation. Belalr Is not one of the great show places among American coun- ry estates. Not because It Is not worth showing but rather because has been a secluded private fam- ly mansion for nearly 300 years, descending through a long line of distinguished owners. Plantation and mansion, are worthy to rank Ith the most famous In the land. Architecturally the mansion Is regarded as superior to Mt.

Vernon, Arlington aod Montlcello, and op- proachlng Westover in purity of style-and graceful beauty. Belalr is deep in the country in 'rlnce Georges county, Maryland. 't Is not adjacent to any railroad nor near any town. Until the Dc- ense highway, running from Waah- ngton to Annapolis, was recently Bolalr was not even easily approached by automobile, inless the driver -were willing to plough over earth roads, rutted by generations ot ox-carts, many of which still are in use in the neighborhood. It remains as It has been tor so many years, a pleasant, quiet plantation, broodlrg in the louthern Maryland sunshine.

Firm- ng Is carried on as on adjoining and in the pastures and paddocks are to be found horses of nucn the ssme stamp as Gallant Fox. Belalr has International aaoscla- In connection with Its horse- breeding. Gallant Fox Is the son of Sir Galahad, a French horse, himself descended from the extraordinary Flying Fox, widely known on the Continental turf. His dam Marguerite, a filly ot (he great torse Celt. Sir Galahad was pur- hased In France by Mr.

Woodward with Marshal Field, A. B. Han cock and R. A. Falrbalrn participating as a syndicate and brought Belalr where Gallant Fox was foaled.

He was bat one of several Be- alr horsea having International mckgrounds. Samuel Ogle, governor of the proprietary ot Maryand in brought to Belalr he famous Spark, one of the greatest equine aristocrats of colonial days. Spark was the gift the goreraor from Lord Baltimore who, In turn had been given he thoroughbred by Prince Frederick, father ot George the TWrd, king of England. Spark sired an mportant line of feat animals. House Is Oewgfan Colonial Belalr IB noted for governors and race both ot which have produced In Maryland in considerable numbers.

This Is Bbld of the governors because, since Maryland became a state there has been a tradition that no governor should succeed himself and for 160 years no governor did. This meant an unusually large number ot governors In the history of the free state for a term was but two years at one time. The present governor, Albert C. Ritchie, was the first ever to succeed himself In the Free State's his lory. He not'only succeeded himself but broke the broken precedent and now la serving his third consecutive term.

Benjamin Tasker Is the first Important Marylander Identified with the Manor ot Belalr. Hla sister, Anne, married Governor Samuel Ogle and Mr. Tasker presented lair to the couple as a wedding gift. It then consisted ot 3,600 acres and the mansion which was one ot the most pretentious In the proprietary. Since, It has been added to.

Belalr Is ot brick, now mellowed by age to the color ot an old blood stain. There Is a large central portion, rectangular in shape, with wings extending symmetrically from either side. The architecture follows the best Georgian colonial. There it, on the entrance Bide, the small uncanopled welcome porch, characteristic of old Maryland houses but no other veranda or portico. This facade li.

ot quiet dignity. The small-paned windows are evenly set In white trim and the delicate classic cornice and dormers are white. Vlnei climb the checkered brick wall and clutter over window lintels and the wide entrance door. On the garden aide are terraces shaded by many ancient trees and flanked by beds of tha flowers ot an old-fashioned pleaaance. Away and beyond stretch the smiling fields In lond undulations to tha forests beyond.

Leading up to the entrance front, focusing exactly on the doorway Is one of tha famous avenues In tha country. It is of tulip poplars some (0 faet high. Trees and horses ara tha chief hobbles of Mr. Woodward, who commands tha attention ot (ha bait traa surgeons to protect tha health of this avenue, as wall ai tha oth er traes on tha place! Governor Ogle fenced loft acres ANNIVERSARY IS IT YOURS? Send Her Flowers ALWAYS WELCOME State Nursery Co. Phone 827 In his time for a deer park and stocked It with fallow deer.

George Washington stocked tho smaller deer park at Mt. Vernon with deer Trom Belalr and to this day Mr. Woodward has the original lotter written by the Virginia planter to Ike Maryland governor thanking him. It was Governor Ogle who built the first Belalr stables and laid out the track and their fame soon rpread throughout the colonies The governor thought so much of horses that he built the stables beside the front walk ot bis town house In Annapolis, where his duties required him to be a part of the time, so that from his drawing room he could watch the animals. It Is an Interesting thing that Mr.

Woodward, the present owner of Belalr, has an equal enthusiasm. For example, he thinks so mULh of his horses that he finds Prince Georges county grass not good enough for them. He imports blue-gross hay from Kentucky. Mr. Woodward prefers horses to automobiles.

He has even gone so far as to drive his coach and four all the way from New York, to Belalr. The old families of Maryland were closely connected by marriage and the names ot several lords of Maryland manors are as- coeiated with the house. Governor Lloyd Lowdes lived at Belalr, Governor Bladen, Governor Benjamin Ogle and Governor Oden Bowie. The Magruders also are associated. Mr, Woodward's grandmother was a Magrudtr.

All were horse-loving people. At Governor Bowie's neighboring plantation, Falrvlew, another fa- mouse atable waa conducted. Such horses as Dickens, Catespy, Crickmore, Compensation, and Orek- nob were bred at Falrvlew and Governor Bowie's colors were known on practically every track In the country. General Lee was one of the best horses recently bred at Belalr. He was by War Cloud out of Nancy Lee and won huge stakes.

He was expected to win the 1927 Futurity at Belmont park but was nosed out by Scapa Flow, son of Man o' War. But he sired some great horses and brought a lot of money to the Belalr stnbles. Then there In The Scout III, another Woodward horse, which, ran la the derby at Epsom Downs In England the other day and looked good at the start but waa overtaken by fatigue and the field. So Gallant Fox upholds an old tradition and haa further enriched the annals ot Belkir. TJWIXG IW THE WEST To the New Yorker who has devoted his vacation! to seeing Europe rather than America first, It Is a aurprlse to find that tipping Is iot widely observed In the west.

It Is among tha tipped that the pourbolre Is scorned. Tips anfi sometimes actually refused. "I'd rather not take It, ilr." A Ford roadater stopped at A gasoline station at Sunnyvale on the road to San Francisco late one evening ai the attendant was preparing to shut up shop for the night. Air Tea needed for all four tires, water the radiator, tut the tank waa full of gasoline. The driver etktd It hie oil all right.

The service nan had a look and reported, quite full, but I think you have plenty. I Ilka to rua with about that much myself." There waa no fixed charge for any ot this tarvlce, but the man refused a tip. Bvevto tha suggestion that he "buy himself a cigar," ha shook hli head and said, "Oud to help yen out." Easterners who comment on thla strange lack of Interest In tips are told by native sols It la due Survey Shows Rheumatic Fever Sometimes "Runs in Families" By DR. MORRIS FWHMHW tf if aamtjsa BnHa. It hna bean the common Impression among physicians who see cases of rheumatic fever that these caaea are more likely to occur In and that If one child develops the dlaease, other children are likely to have It also.

The exact cause of rheumatic fever hat not bean determined. It la believed to be an Infectious organism which requires perhaps a special type of tissue In which to grow. Certainly the condition Is not contageoua In the same' aeaaa that dlptherla or scarlet fever are contagaons. There ara many views concerning tha cause ot the disease having to do with heredity, constitution and environment. ID an, endeavor to establish definitely the point aa to whether or not cases occur more frequently among children in the same family than among children generally, Dr.

S. N. G. Hill and Mary Allan 'In England looked Into the family histories ot 400 catea ot children who had been treated In the hospital with which they ara connected. Of the 400 families In vestlgated there were children and of the (6 children 640 were rheumatic.

In 61 families with two children there were 66 cases; In 70 families with thre children, 84 cases: In 41 families with four children, (9 cases: In 46 families' with five children, 66 cases. This same ratio was noted in larger family groups; thus oC 450 families there were 640 cases, i In not one ot the large families, those with six children or more, waa there a majority of rheumatic children, and In many of tha very large families tho only ono aftoct- cd was the child that had boen in the hospital. tho disease sometimes comes on rather late, It fieemu possible that another Inquiry a after tho majority of children had reached 25 years of age would show a greater Incidence of rheumatic fever among them. However, at present the Inquiry seems to indicate thta very few of the brothera and sisters of the rheumatic patients developed the disease. These statistics would seem to answer also to some extent the argument that tho environment of the child Is Important, since all of the children lived under the same environment, had about tho same amount of material care and home comfort, the same diet, tho same hereditary predisposition, and bad been exposed to about the same risk of Infection.

Among the children studied theer were eight pairs of twins and In not a single Instance did both twins develop the disease. In only six families did both father and mother report that they themselves had Buffered with rheumatism when young. There seems to be very slight evidence In favor ot tho view that juvenile rheumatism occurs more frequently In certain families a In others. Indeed, the cvidonco to be just about sufficient to cause the family and the physician to arrange for a very careful study of all ot the children in the family In case any ono of them develops symptoms of rheumatism. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our information bureau In Washington, D.

C. This offer applies strictly to Information. The bureau cannot Give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, or undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly.

Give full name and address and enclose two cents in coin or BtanipB lor re urn postage. The reply la scn.t direct to the inquirer. Address The Helena Independent Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskln, Director, Washington, D. C.

Q. Please tell something of Richard Crookes' history as a singer. P. S. A.

Richard Crookes Is a native ot New Jersey. He began singing as a boy soprano in a church choir and kept thla position the time ho was nine years old jntll he was 14. Ills choir master, Sidney Boune, urged him to go Into music as a profession and was at great pains to lay for him the necessary foundation and study. He went to New York City and continued to filng In church choirs, later going Into the larger field of concert work. Not many years ago, he made his first appearance on concert stage abroad and is considered there as well as here one ot the finest Amerlcan-boru tenors.

Q. What states have laws against hitch-hiking? G. A. A. At last report, hitch-hiking was unlawful In Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey abd Maine.

Q. What city has the largest Chinatown? S. C. A. San Francisco has the largest Chinatown outside of China.

Q. Where are the Caea Grande rutna? J. S. W. A.

Casa Grande is a ruined itructure of prehistoric origin' In tho valley ot tha Glla river, near Florence, Arizona. It may have been seen by white men connected with the Coronado expedition, 1540; It was certainly discovered to the fine friendly hospitality of west, to the democratic character ot the country. Transplanted Yankees have a different explanation. They say It is caused jy the tierce competition In all Inea of business on the coast; tha firm that gives the most free serv- ce gets the moat York Times. THUMB TACKS E.

1. KLEMMJE, Seattle SAFE AND SANK SKNSE A good substitute for brains Is silence. Where there's a will, there's a relative. Knowing that you don't know, much Is knowing a lot. Most ot us try to put off every- hlng except a good time.

Life Is a measure to' be filled, not a cup to be drained. The best light on the subject of matrimony Is reflection. flllanca Is golden, but the wheel hat squeaks gets the grease. The more style some neole put in, the more creditors they pat iff. A woman laughs up her sleeve very time a man begins to talk hroagh hU hat.

Nation can't get peace with each ether by trying to get a place ot icb. other. The hardest Job a kid facet Is hat at learning good manner! Ithont teeing them. Tha trouble with' mixing huelneM Ith pelasure li that you are apt ran out of bailieav by Padre Kino In 1694, and -nag le-vlslted by him in In 1S9, congress provided for tlic protection ot the ruin as a monument of antiquity, and In 1S92 (he structure and the adjacent grounds set apart as a public reservation In care of a custodian. It is of cajon or pise construction, i adobe or mud, molded In place.

In walli three to five feet thick at the ground, i i a Tim surfaces weer plastered with a Blu of adobe clay. There are five rooms in the ground plan: portions of three stories remain, niul there may have been a fotiith hi part of the structure. Recent exploration under Dr. has shown that the main blructurc described above is only a fimall part of Ihe ruin. Tho bulldlnes are assembled In great walled rectangle.

1 called compounds, of which lour exist at this ruin. The Casa Grande ruin Is almost In a class by Itxclf. but In pottery, It shows very elronE affiliations with tre Puoblo ruins, of which It may perhaps IP considered a frontlei example. may have been built by the auces- torft of the modern Plmu who Inhabit the country today, but It seems more likely a Its builders were other peoplo of a moro distant Pueblo type. Q.

How many trees are there In tlie Hall of Fame? C. N. A. The American Forestry as- (Delation says that there arc now nearly ,100 trees which have been brought to Us attention and found eligible to enrollment In Its Hall of Fame which Is a register of trees of historical Interest. Q.

Hw many Harvey Eating houses are there on the Sante Fe? C. S. A. There are forty Harvey Houses on the Saute Fe line. Tho Grand Canyon Harvoy House has the largest seating capacity.

Tho system waa started on the Santa Fe line In 1870. Q. the camel used anywhere as a mount for a traffic officer? N. 3. A.

In Egypt, some speed cops are mounted on camels. MoFt of the horses at Luxor perished during a recent plague nnd the traffic offlpers resorted to camels. Q. What Is a phylactery? W. B.

H. A. Figuratively speaking, it Is a reminder. It in reality, a a leathern box, contatn- Igg slips of parchment on whlcli are written Scriptural passages. Iwo such boxes are worn by Jews, one on the head and one on the left arm during the time of prayor on all mornings except those ot Sabbaths and holy days.

The passages are Exodus XIII, 1-10 and 11-16 and Deuteronomy VI, 4-9 and XI, 13-22, and are reminders ot obligation to keep the law. Q. What Is a tracer bullet? C. J5. M.

A. The tracer bullet consists ot a steel Jacket with a core of smoke-producing material. When fired the core burns and the bullet In flight can be traced by th'e stream of smoke. The material of which the core Is constructed loses practically no weight In burning so that the tracer bullet takes tha same path as the regular bullet. Q.

Where was tho tlrst Pro- teitant church built In America? R. V. D. A. It was the brick church built Jamestown.

by the earliest English colonists, who laqded in 1607. The church was dedicated IB and was built of brick brought from England. It was de- itroved by fire and rebuilt and was afterwards destroyed. At the present time only part of the original tower The Island of Jamestown li preferred for tha benefit of the entire pea- "SPAPER IV.