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PLAINDEALER, McHENBY, ILL. J, •' -•( *' ' "*H-\ )**" -V'*' , v -a' , V : .. „ V -•> ' „ Conference k^YJOKTV DicKmsorv SK&RIIXFCVRV* !%? SENATE PASSES FINANCE BILL Upper Branch of Congress Approves Measure Despite President's Vetct EXPLAINS HIS ACT IN MESSAGE WARNING 1 -ft' r Unless you see the name "Bayer" on taMets/yitf not/getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for i jMj^cus, and proved safe by millions.--Say MBayef*l to*- TBZAZW WftT'Qirm^RJOJ&r^ It now seems a national necessity promising the greatest results. ; « -JOHN BART0T PAUfcE A NATIONAL Conferenc^on Parks --the first in our history--was * W' called December 1 last for the second week In January, 1921, In Des Moines. The suggestion came I Afc from John Bartoa Payne, secletary of the interior and ex officio head of the national park service. Gov. W. L. Harding of Iowf issued "the call. The conference wa6 called because, as Secretary Payne says, "it seems a national necessity." It was called to meet In Des Moines because Iowa has become a leader among the states in park spirit and work. Mere than 8,000 Invitations have been sent Ottt to Individuals and organizations known to be ac* tlvely interested. And Governor Harding also announced that the attendance was not limited to persons specifically invited, for everybody interested in the park movement would be welcome; The conference will discuss matters of all kinds pertaining to national, state and local parks. President-elect Harding was in Denver March 10 last--long before the Chicago convention--and ••Id, among other things, in an address before the Mile High club: "I like the slogan 'See America First.' In these days of the motorcar we might revise It and say 'Motor in Atnerica First.' This is the automobile age. All America is motoring and leaving a golden trail behind. I want the golden trail in the United States and the education and pride in the country which attend. "We are so vast, so varied, so physically beyond compare, that It is good to think of America first and know America first, and do the practical things which prosper America first. "I shall never be content until I can motor from Washington to Denver in comfort, and from this gateway motor safely and rejoicingly over a circuit of our national parks and know the Inspiration and rejoicings that ever must attend." This is the keynote of the Des Moines confqiP* ence. But the slogan of the conference goes *# farther and declares: It should be made possible for a citizen of tie United States to travel in his automobile from the Atlantic to the Pacific and camp every night on public ground fitted up for his comfort--national, etate, municipal and local parks. "I have observed that from time to time," sain - Secretary Payne In his letter of suggestion to Governor Harding, "suggestions are made for the creation of national parks out of scenic areas that for definite reasons should be taken up by the states themselves, and there are undoubtedly many parks suggested to the state park authorities that should be taken up by counties and municipalities. Recently there has been a widespread desire on the part of state park authorities to confer among themselves and with the national park service, not alone on this question but regarding the possibility of securing uniform state park legislation throughout the country and the discussion of parte problems in general. "The requests for such a conference have !*• come so insistent that it now seems a national ' necessity, promising the greatest results to th» participants and the states they represent." Secretary Payne suggested Des Moines as • meeting place for the conference because of the "extraordinary results in the field of state pailt creation and development achieved by the state of Iowa under its public park act," from which the delegates can learn much. Governor Harding's invitation to the conference contains the following: •^Co-operating with the Honorable John Barton Payne, secretary of the interior, and in recognition of the Importance of the public park movement throughout the United States, the governor of Iowa has the honor to Invite you to a national conference on parks, to he held in Des Moines, January 10-11-12, Inclusive, 1921. A program will be presented of addresses and discussions by eminent leaders upon the necessity of the establishment and maintenance of national, state and local parks; upon legislation, administration and use of parks; upon harmonizing and co-ordinating these and upon all allied subjects." The truth of the situation is that what may he , called the "national park movement" has grown so big that it must Be organized, regulated and standardized. That Is what fs to be read between the Hnes of Secretary Payne 8 letter. The nationwide national park movement is«one of the livest national causes of today. Its success and Its in-, creasing influence have created an enthusiast* throughout the country for parks of all kinds-- . national, state and local. There are. for example, more than a score Of national park projects. Washington has three. Including the Yakima valley. Iowa and WlscomsW ask the establishment of Mississippi Valley National park. Indiana, Illinois and Michigan want a national park in the dunes at. the head of Lake yi^hipnn, Kentucky proposes that congress purrzk 1 1 mvi&i?aAi),xocKY?foiirrmHr <3 v&LrzD CtmurriMiTairAziv&jz joazr &ixmrj%jsxp chase Mammoth Cave and its environs, and so on. AM: these properly ni|» tlonal park or stall park projects? It is the sanft thing with stat# park projects -- of which there is np, end. Illinois, for example, has just fidi s h e d through n s e m i-offlcial and non-political commission a scenic survey of the states and that body say» \ it finds much state park material and much that is mete properly local. A scenic survey of all the states, made by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, shows areas suitable for national, state and local parks. The conference will wrestle with this embarrassment of riches. It is hoped--and expected--that out of its deliberations will come a classification and standardization of park areas and a draft of a standard state park law, which can be amended ' by the several states to suit local conditions. When Senator Harding declared, "All America is motoring and leaving a golden trail behind," he said something, as the tongue of the day has it. The official national parks attendance figures for 1920 give a hint of this motor travel. In 1916 there 'were 356,097 visitors to the national parks and probably a large majority of them went by railroad. In 1920 there were 919,504 visitors, and , more than 65 per cent of them were traveling in their own cars. In 1917 private cars were recorded to the number of 54,392; last season, 128,074. i These cars bore the license, plates of every state in the Union. , All conference roads lead to Des Moines because it is the capital of a state that has the real park spirit and is doing things the right way. The ^Thirty-seventh general assembly created a state ".'board of conservation. The Thirty-eight assembly endowed this board with $100,000 a year and other- . wise empowered it The members of this board, who serve without pay, are: Dr. L. H. Pammel, Ames, chairman; Joseph Kelso, Bellevue; John F. Ford, FortM>odge, and Edgar R. Harlan, Des Moines, secretary. The Iowa state park law Is a working Instrument. The state board of conservation, with the written consent of the executive council, has the power to establish public parks In all suitable places and to improve them and make them accessible from the public highways. The board has power to purchase or condemn lands for both park and highway purposes. Secretary Harlan, who is curator of the state historical department, delivered an eloquent address July 24, 1919, before the Des Moines Ro- , tarians. The state has published it with the title, "Iowa Law, Policy and Proceedings Upon a System of Public State Parks and Reservations." "In Iowa," says Mr. Harlan, "it is but a short spin from prairie lands to fairy lands." He goes on to enumerate some of the beauty spots and "places of historic and scientific interest in a country of farming land worth up to $500 an acre. "But," he says, "you cannot go swimming, boating, fishing, camping nor play ball, unless in cities, without trespassing." After sketching the situation from the viewpoints of both recreationlst and owner, he says in part: "Recognizing these conflicting truths, respecting these inharmonious Interests, the state set oat to open, acquire and preserve some of these areas. Due compensation shall be made to private owners. Appropriate provision will be made that the healthful may resort to the open air with safety, without contempt of fellow citizens and with full self-respect. Areas unique for scenery will be acquired. Those embracing objects and materials useful or Interesting In scientific study will be reserved. Grounds will be bought whereon occurred important scenes In early and recent social life; where prehistoric works exist; where lie the ashes of our great, where shafts that speak of all these facts should stand. Shore lines of lakes and rivers ; reservoirs; steeps and slopes deforested in . early days will be secured. Some will be replant- * ed, in time, with useful and attractive trees. Small roadside areas on streams, In shade, will be provided where families touring may camp overnight and rise In the morning without passing cars having filled with dust their bed and breakfast All this, In time to come. Is the state's objective." 1 Chairman Pammel, who is a member of the faculty of Iowa State college, reports that in the two ^ears of the board's existence it has secured 14 tracts for state parks. Public-spirited citizens have assisted the board in the purchase by over $100,000. A score or more of areas are under consiaeratlon. It is the hope of the board to have at least one park in each of the 99 counties of the state. Popular opinion is strong for the law "Grand View," pictured herewith, Is a scene in •one of the prospective parks. It gives a hint of Mr. Harlan's "fairy lands," with which the Hawk- eye state Is abundantly blessed. This delightful scenic area is near Decorah, Winneshiek county, ; The deliberations and action of this first natlon- •i conference on parks should Interest the whole country. It Is expected that both Secretary Payne and Director Mather of the national park service will attend. No program has been announced at -this writing, but the call Is broad enough to include all phases of the park movement, of which the following national park features are attracting public attention: Assaults of commercial Interests on the national parks under the new water-power act and necessity of amendment to exempt national parks. The Grand Canon scene pictured herewith Is at the west end of the national park, where there are magnificent waterfalls. Application for power permit has been filed here, as in Yosemite and Sequoia. Irrigation reservoir right of way bill, already passed by senate, covering Falls River basin In Tellowstone National park, and the entering wedge for many other irrigation projects in this and other parks. Diversion of water as proposed would spoil the Yellowstone falls, the crowning glory of ' Tellowstone gorge. Readjustment of national park appropriations. Example: Rocky Mountain National park, with 240,966 visitors last summer, had $40,000; Yellowstone, with 79,777, had $278,000; Yosemite, with 68,906. had $300,000; Mount Rainier, with 56,491, had $40.000; Glacier, with 22,449, had $95,000. Thus Rocky Mountain, with 13,343 more visitors than the other four parks combined, had an appropriation - of $40,000 as against $713,000, with an offset of about $250,000 in revenues produced. On the basis of the 1922 fiscal year estimates the discrimination against Rocky Mountain will be still more marked next summer, as it will have but $150,000 as against $1,615,337. Colorado will turn over to the national park service next season the Fall River road over the Continental divide, through the Rocky Mountain National park. It has been under construction by' the state during the last iwven years at a cost of approximately $162,000. It is the crowning touch of a 213-mile automobile highway circuit from Denver, which globe-trotters declare to be the most magnificently scenic on earth. Its importance to the tourist and the national park cannot be overestimated. The oldest part of the Fall River road (shown herewith) is in deplorable condition. It Is unthinkable that it Should not be put in shape early next season. And the cost of reconstruction will have to come out of the Rocky Mountain National park approprlai tioh. The public campaign of the Agricultural department and the forest service to wrest control of the national parks from the Interior department and their exploitation of the national forests--created for lumbering and grazing--as recreational competitors of the national parks. Federal support of the National Park-to-Park highway, an automobile circuit of 5,000 miles connecting the principal national parks. State parks and local parks of all kinds, from ffew York to California, offer a multitude of inter esting and Important topicrytspeeially if considered in the spirit of the Iowa. plan. In just three centuries we have discovered this land, marched across it and made it ours. The old days have gone. The time has come when we must #ve thought to the ways in which we can g£t from it the most good. One of these ways Is the creation and development of a nation-wide system of public parks--national, state and local. Wilson Declares Resolution tt Aid Farmers Would Raise False Hopes --Resumption of Corporation's Activities Would Be Harmful. Washington, Jan. 5.--The senate passed the resolution to revive the war finance corporation over President Wilson's veto. The vote was 55 to 5. Seuator Underwood said he would vote to pass the measure over the veto, as he had not changed his mind as to the advisability of the action. . Disapproval of the resolution was recommended by Secretary Houston. President Wilson's message vetoing the resolution follows: "To the senate of the United States: "I am returning without my signature, S. J. Res, 212, 'Joint resolution directing the war finance corporation to take certain action for the relief <>f the present depression in the agricultural sections of the country, and for other purposes.' "The joint resolution directs the revival of the activities of the war finance corporation. This corporation is a governmental agency. Its capital stock is owned entirely by the United States. "It was created during hostilities for war purposes. The temporary powers which it Is now proposed to revive, were conferred in March, 1919, to assist, If necessary, In the financing of exports. The general powers of the corporation expire six months after the termination of the war, and the special powers expire one year after the termination of the war. "While we are technically still In a state of war, it unquestionably was presumed, when this added power was granted, that peace would have been formally proclaimed before this time and that the limitation of one year would have expired. "In May, 1920, in view of the fact that export trade had not been interrupted, but had greatly expanded, and that exports were being privately fiuanced In large volumes, the war finance corporation, at the request of the secretary of the treasury, and with my approval, suspended the making of advances. "This resolution was passed by the congress apparently in view of the re-, cent sudden and considerable fall in prices, especially of agricultural commodities, with the thought that some European countries to which certain products were customarily shipped before the war might agaiu be enabled to resume their importation, and that larger masses of domestic exports to European countries generally might be stimulated, with the resulting enhancement of domestic prices. "I am In full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines. I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which' would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to government intervention. "On the contrary, I app***hend that the resumption of the c9(?oration's activities at this time would exert no beneficial influence on the situation in which improvement is sought; would raise false hopes among the very people who would expect most, and would be hurtful to the natural and orderly processes of business and finance." SAFETY FIRST! Accept only an "Unbroken package" of genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains proper directions for Headache, Earache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago, and pain generally. Strictly American) Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets eoet bat a few cento--Larger packages. (fkSHrtn la tk* trftd* mirk *f B*r«r MtMluun mt M ono*©.tlc*cid..t.r mt More Important. A colored doughboy had Just received his discharge and was making track8 at all possible speed for the station when he caught up with another one of his company, who demanded: "Hello, thah, Jackson; whah yo' goin' ?" Jackson paused just long enough to shout back: "Ain't goin* nowhere, but, oh, look where I'se comln' from." Never permit a costive tendency to develop into a habit; if the habit exists have recourse at once to Garfield Tea.--Adr. Continuation. "I want to tell you something, wheel spoke--* "Yes?" "Was it with the ftifefl** of wagon?* Tbe Stop (ke Pat*. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carbollsalve Is applied. It heala quickly without soars. 30c and 60c by all druggists. For free sample write Xhe J. W. Cole Co., Rockford, IiL- ' " A Clean Send-Away. A farmer lad was writing a letter to a city friend. Having no other envelope than a very dirty one that he had carried in his pocket for quite a while, he used it, but annexed at the end of the letter: "P. S.--Please excuse the' envelope. It was clean when it left my hands." Wedded In Airplane. The first wedding ceremony to bt performed in an airplane in India O0» curred recently. The ceremony waa unique from the fact that eight guestfej In addition to the clergyman and beat* man were present In the machine. Tha airplane climbed to a height of over one mile above Calcutta. The engine* were shut off and the airplane glided to the earth in comparative quietness; The ceremony was completed long be^ fore the machine had ground. Important to Mother* Examine carefully every bottle CASTORIA, that famous old remeda for infants and children, and see thattt Bears the BIgnature of j In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorftf Drawing the Line. ! Miss Cora was taking her first on the train. The conductor came throbgh aatf called for the tickets. Cora reatiQa gave up her ticket. ] A few minutes later the butcher* boy, coming through, called: "Chcl*t ing gum." "Never!" cried Cora bravely, can take my ticket, bat not my ing gum."--The Overhere Digest nea polls). WOODS THEATRE, CHICAGO Dont fail to see D W. Griffith's "WAY DOWN EAST" "An unexampled wonder of the 20th century" -- Editorial In U» Bmflm Mats. KctolLSO TWICE DAILY--MATINEE 2:15; NIGHTS 8:18 Hundreds turned away at each performance. sot to taw SOME ODD FACTS ABOUT COAL ITALY STOPS FLOW Tv0 U. S. Rome Government Will Issue No More Passes for Emigrants V .• •• Until America Acts. Washington, Jan. 5.--The royal Italian government has suspended the issue of passports to subjects -eml* granting to the United States, and will refraiq from issuing such passports uqtll informed as to the classes of immigrants desired In this country, the State department lias been ad vised by the Italian embassy. Material Is Not Always Black In Color --Colliery Merely Derivat^o. , From Coalery. ' W*Hery used to be called a ery. Coal-meter is an old name given to one who superintended the meanuring of coals. Coalstone Is a species of hard, opaque, inflammable coal, which does not soil or dirty the fingers when touched. It is Jet-black, and can be cut. Brown coal has been found at Bovey, Devonshire and on the continent Coal-hod is an old-fashioned name for scuttle. Gas light can be traced back over 200 years. A Mr. T. Shirley, In 1669, attributed a burning well at Wigan to the presence of coal underneath it Just about this time a Mr. Clayton procured gas by distilling coal. Practical lighting, however, came very slowly. In 1729 a Mr. Murdoch illuminated his house with gaslight, and a very poor show it is said to have been. He llyed at Redruth, Cornwall. In 1802, Birmingham, in celebrating the peace of Amiens, brightened up a large factory with gaslight Thousands journeyed to see the wonderful sight--which led to gas-works being established at that place, and in Manchester and Halifax --Montreal Herald. • thankless work indeed is imposing your moral beliefs on others. It helps deflate one's vanity to have oo servants to talk about "ALL STRIPPED FOR DINNER" I Butler's Remark That Might Haw* 8et Father of Family to 8mail i Job of Thinking. j Bdward Bok, the talented ex edllMI and reformer, said at a business men's luncheon in Philadelphia: "I claim that business men sra partly to blame for the ridiculoss fashion from Paris which their daugb» ters wear. The business man sboolft not permit his innocent child to ap^ pear in shocking creations designs^ in the Rue de la Palx for the --* mondalne trade. Mr. Bok paused and smiled. "A Merion business man," he on, "entertained a house party tha other week. As he came from hi* dressing room one evening during tha party he overheard his butler saying In a fierce whisper down the dumb* waiter: "'For de land's sake, cook, harry, np de soap. Do ladiea If stripped for dinner.'" > ; " • At a Distance. ® 1 * "Truth Is stranger than fiction," Mfc> marked the ready-made philosopher. / "In some circles," rejoined Miss Cayenne, "Truth is worse th*n % stranger. She is practically ostr% dud." ftufflelentljk Walker--Have an accident? *S;|| Rider--No, thank»; just had SM^f Puppet *:•? SENDS AN ENVOY TO CUBA Admitted Debt to Mother Much of 8ir Walter 8cotfa Literary Success He Acknowledged as Due to Her. * In the Cornhill magazine, Archibald etalkf, writing of Sir Walter Scott's mother, says: «ghe had about £300 a year, of *which a good third went in charities Oo the remainder jbe was able to keep a quietly hospitable house. Out of his superabundance Sir Walter Scott often offered her assistance, which was scornfully refused every time. She lived to see her lame son a baronet, to read not only his verses but his novels, and to point out to her visitor the discrepancies between Walter's plots and the real stories. - "He attributed a good deal of his knowledge of the manner and habits of the twe or three preceding generations to her conversation. She had a fine memory and a gift for telling stories, and all the Scottish passion for genealogy, and could rattle off the ancestry of everybody she knew or had ever heard of. She had proverbs also for every occasion, and two of them were often in Sir Walter's mouth: 'We must do as we do,' that is, as we can do, and 'Well betides bsr that bldsp/ Both o1 these Illustrate a patient mind and a Uippy knack of minimizing present troublesf-- •• Refers to Rail Bird. The saying "thin as a rail" does not refer to a fence rail, as. Is commonly supposed, but to the bird known as a rail. The rails, of which there are several species In this country, live in marshes1 and have extremely compressed bodies' so that they may thread their way between reeds and Wilson Directs General Crowder to Confer With President Menecai sn Situation. Washington, Jan. 5.--By direction of President Wilson, MaJ. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder has sailed for Havana to confer with President Menocal regarding the situation in Cuba. Many Farms Are Flooded. / Seattle, Wash., Jan. 5.--Rising feet in four hours the White river overflowed Its banks, inundating hundreds of acres of farm land between Orilla and Kent in King county. Cattle were moved to higher ground, f U. S. Troop* Are Fired Upon. Williamson, W. Va., Jan. 5.--Federal troops at Merrlmac, W. Va., in the coal strike region, were fired upon from the Kentucky mountains, according to information received here. The attack followed a disturbance. " Man and Child Drown. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 5.--A man and a baby were drowned in one foot of water, and seven other persons were cat and bruised when an automobile in which they were driving skidded and turned over into a deep ditch. ; , Shot by Football Star; Dies. New York, Jan. 5.--Julian Dick, who was accidentally shot^at a New Tear's party by George Bruce Brooks, former Williams college football star, died. A blood transfusion operation resorted to, proved unavailing. • Jfyour Coffee-Pot Has boiled too often £too many cups of coffee ive set your stomach and nerves on edge, put the pot on to boil again- But this time use POSTUM in place of coffee • Boil it a full fifbeen min» tttes after boiling starts •nd you will bring out its rich, satisfying flavor. The benefit to health will soon be apparent. "There's a Reason Had* Vjr Ibstom Cereal Company,lac. Battle Creelc, Michigan.