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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 20, 1922.
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CAMP GRANT UPON
Rockford, Ill., Dec. 15—Camp
Grant, another of the wartime
scenes of bustling military activity,
soon is to go upon the auction block
—one of the final steps in its ultimate
wrecking as a cantonment
tween 1.200 and 1,400 buildings and
utilities nre to be 5,666 acres of land
and housed approximately 60,000
men. Three army officers nov
making a survey of the salvage value
of the buildings, aill located in the
area of the old base hospital site.
Buildings in the areas turned <
to the national guard of Illinois and
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pledge a faithful
the portion reserved for the proposed
reformatory for first term federal
m AIimnN RTnnr offenders, are not included in the
AUvllUil DLuvIV a urvey. The Baldwin, Samuelson and
Johnson farms are to be returned to
their owners. Other properties
bought by the government and
condemnation proceedings
sary in some cases.
It was o n May 12, 1917, that the
War Department submitted to the
Rockford Chamber of Commerce the
requirements for a military camp in
northern Illinois. The site was in*
spected by five army officers May
30 and on June 12 the lands
definitely selected. Leases wei
tained on 3,301 acres. This later
was reduced to 2,249 acres, when
property intended for a range was
found unsuitable. Subsequently
rifle range and safety zone i
selected and the total area ultimately
used was 5,656 acres.
The Eighty-sixth division
trained at Camp Grant. Several
thousand negro soldiers also were
trained here. Hundreds of thousands
of soldiers were discharged
camp after the war. Several public
auctions in the last year disposed of
thousands of dollars worth of camp
property.
The federal reformatory project is
meeting opposition here Rockford
it a representative to Washington
appear before the Howe Judiciary
committee to protest against a favor
able report on the bill, locating th*
prison at Camp Grant.
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PROBABILITY OF LIFE
ON VENUS DISCUSSED
Boston, Dec 8. (By Mail) The
existence of life on the Planet Ve
nus may be considered highly proba
ble. Dr. Harlow Shapely, director
of the Harvard Observatory, said in
:ent lecture here. He added
Uiat the question of life on Mars wax
iversial, but that its small mau
and ita great distance from the sun
ounted heavily against tho proba
bility of fife there.
“Venus," he said, “is comparable
the earth in many ways and if, as
likelj, living organisms develop
whereever conditions are suitable
sufficient interval of time,
then it may bo considered that life on
Venus is highly probable. On no
other bodies in the solar system, i
however, are conditions a tail favor, j
able for the existence of protoplasm, i
Dr. Shapely said that accepting
the tidal evolution theory of a plane'
tary system, even for stars other*!
lavorably located, an en^unterl
of just the right sort with another.
star was necessary for the birth of
aplanetary system.
“And once such a family Is born,”
he continued, “other, stars must not
disturb the family, and the atas’r
light intensity must remain essential
ly uniform for the enormous iterval
of time required for the crustal evo*
lution which moat precede animate
origins.
“Nevertheless, it appears probable
that among the thousands of mil
lions of stars there are here and
there planets that conform to the
requirements. Although the ani
ls probably not duplicated . _
in the universe; there are doubtless 1 A
numerous other living earths, and J |
the chace that life phenomena tur* [ | |
niRumi the responsibilities of the posi
tion. which, If consclsntlouslr adminis
tered, would require a sacrifice of tlmo
and effort that I could 111 afford to
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A. B. MILTON.
of organisms may exist on Man, other countries. But in making
that high frms are very improbable, these proposals, “he continued, “it
and that belongs physically compara- must be understood that because of
ble with men are absolutely im-iour strength he would refuse any
possible." proposals which might tend to humi-
lliate Soviet Russia 1
RUSSIA REITERATES HER I. “ This n ° id ' e boast and day b ?
i j—. we are showing greater strength
Communism, greater construct
ability in reorganization of the
Moscow, Nor. 7^, M.ll).-Mlnl..|"“^ and *" reestablishing
ter of ,War Trotzky and Leo Kame. W "*
neff, president of the Moscow Sovi*
duccet, in recent public addr<
READINESS TO DISARM
in this city, repeated previous assur
ances as to Russia’s readiness to
duce her army providing other stales
would do the same thing.
The occasion was a gathering of
delegates to the Third Internatlon-
Trotzky announced that the
Soviet government “is ready and
ger to cut its armed forces In half^
tenth of the present
strength, provided other countries
would agree to similar reductions.”
minister expressed the hope
that the outcome of the disarma
ment conference to be held in Mos-
>w within a month would result in
reduction of the armies of the Bal
kan states.
Kameneff said he had a message
to the world. “Russia,” he declared”
is indeed eager for peace and is pre
pared at any time to reduce her fight
A review of the Red Army follow
ed these speeches. The troops de
filed past a large reviewing stand.
The Moscow garrison headed the pa
rade and included cavalry, heavy
and light artillery, machine gun out
fits, tanks, armored cars and anti
aircraft guns; then there followed
droves of factory and railroad work
armed with rifles, thousands of
trade unionists, and many children.
The parade has bec n described as
the greatest military turnout
attempted by the Soviet Government.
It is estimated that over half
lion persons passed in review
PATENTS ISSUED THIS YEAR
EXCEED ALL PAST RECORDS
Washington, Dec. 7. Seventy or
eighty years ago an official of the
United States Patent Office resigned
saying there would be, no more use
ing forces, if given guarantees by [for the office “since everything
inventable had been invented.” In ROLLER BEARINGS FOR
1920, when application for “»•, TRAINS SHOW LITTLE WEAR
patents jumped from 76,657 to 102,- | .
940 for the entire year it was be- Philadelphia, Dec. 7. (By Mail) .
lived the high-water mark had The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
actually been Reached, as nothing is experimenting with roller bearings
comparable to that figure had novel for passenger coaches similar
before been attained in the history those adopted by the State Railways
of the office. j of Sweden. For about a year six “P
In 1921, however, the number rose 70” coaches o nthe Pennsylvania
to 107,656, and in the fiscal year have been in operation with barrel
ended last June it reached the total lhaped rolled bearings, but according
of 113,697, according to the annual to mechanicel experts of the
report of tho Commissioner of pany, there has not been sufficient
Patents, just published. [time to draw definite conclusii
The business of the Pstont Office ,r °“ th8 test ' 11 <■ ! “ id *>Y the ct
in excess of whst the present P 88 ? *>>** 50 tar 11,8 bearings havs
force can dispose of adequately and sh8 »" v8r > r Iittl8 w88r -
efficiently, Commissioner Robertson [ One of the things expected 1
reported, and the work has fallen so, accomplished in equipping railroad
considerably in arrears that sub-'stock with roller bearings is the Ies-
stantial provision for more employes ' sening of the tractive effort
is recommended. j quired to start a train whish would
Until three years ago, Mr. Robert-.result, according to railroad authori-
n declared, the office received t * es > * n * **Ying of fuel,
about 8,000 trade-mark applications!
year, but in the year just closed SOUTH AFRICA MAY
celved 7 000 <,ppUcatIona wcre re * j PRODUCE MUCH COTTON
The Patent Office was one of the J Johannesburg. Nov. 10.—(By Mail)
few government departments show- -The cotton Industry In South Africa
surplus of receipts over ex- I® rapidly coming to the notice of the
penses for the year. Cash receipts world, and already it is supplying a
totaled $2,894,286, nnd total ex- visible percentage ot the cotton used
penses, after paying $196,000 as a in cloth manufactured in England.
i, left a net surplus of $172,- Experts estimate that there are four
081. million acres of good soil available In
the Transval, Swaziland and Znloland
for cotton growing which could ba
made to yield a crop worth $15,000,*
000 aonually, and at the aame time
solve the unemployment problem o!
the country.
The possibilities of cotton growing
are evidenced by the fact that In 1909
the crop totalled 12,000 pounds of lint
while In 1921 it was estimated at 2,-
000,000 pounds.
Practically all of the crop is being
shipped to England, where It finds a
ready market because of Ita fine
texture.
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pass in intricacy and ’highness’ j Js
those on the earth is as good as the ,! [
chance that thev fall hclae anr loval * |
%
chance that they fall below our level.
The search for habitable worlds,
he said was largely a search for con
ditions suitable for the existence of
water in • liquid form. This, he
added, was an absolute necessity for
the development oi life auch a* that
the earth, and a definite chemical
constitution for air, land ad water
A planet’s days
and nights, therefore, must not be
so long as to prevent the existence
of water in * liquid form.
“It seems certain,” he said, “that
some water exists on Mara at times
form. The avenge as
tronomical opinion is that low forms
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