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Boston. June 4.—(AP)—Winter lingering in the lap of summer brought frosts and low temperatures to various parts of New England today. Killing frosts nipped tender garden crops, causing losses to gardeners and farmers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
While frosts were reported in central and western Massachusetts, the mercury sank dangerously near the freezing point in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. Ground temperatures as low as eight degrees below the freezing point were recorded in the cranberry bog region of southeastern Massachusetts.
Carl Dunrud to Exchange Ten Gallon Hat For Parkha; To Lasso Musk Oxen
NEW YORK, May 22.-(AP)-Carl Dunrud, famous Yellowstone national park ranger, is going to exchange his ten gallon hat for a fur parkha, his Mexican heeled boots for snowshoes and Invade the sub-Polar regions to try to lasso musk oxen and walrus.
The cowpuncher who has a national reputation for throwing and tying steers, will sail with the American Museum of National History Greenland expedition early in June.
The St. Lucia correspondent of the New York Journal sends a graphic interview with the captain of the steamship Roddam, which was the only vessel saved when the awful visitation fell upon St. Pierre.
He states that they had only recently arrived, and that they still had steam up though the vessel was anchored. Then he describes the catastrophe :
“A burning mass thrown up by the volcano struck my steamer broadside. The shock was so terrible that it nearly capsized the vessel, big as she is. On hearing the awful explosion that had preceded the shock to ourselves, and seeing what looked like a great wall of flame rapidly approaching us from the volcano, all of us on board sought shelter wherever it was possible to get away from the terrible hail which then began to fall around us.
Situation Holds Critical In Transylvania, Eastern Hungary and Rumania—Damage is Widespread With Demoralization of Communication—Water Receding in Belgium, Holland, and Germany—Details of Suffering Slowly Reaching Big Centers
Paris, Jan. 4—(AP)—Transylvania, eastern Hungary and Rumania present the most critical situation in a Europe which is slowly emerging from one of the worst floods in its history.
The number of dead in these countries and the amount of damage inflicted probably will not be known for several days, perhaps weeks, on account of the demoralization of communications and the fact that vast areas of territory are likely to remain under water for some time. But is is certain that there will be a tremendous death toil and huge financial loss.
The historical jawbone that Sampson used to pacify the Philistines, in the Bible story, had nothing on the jawbone of the Elephas Columbi, or Columbian elephant, which now reposes in the museum of Main Avenue High School. The two fragments of the jawbone measure, together, two feet in length. Each is about nine inches in height and six inches in thickness.
Embedded in each of the fragments are two teeth, each six inches long, four inches wide and extend about eight inches into the jawbone proper. The upper surfaces of each tooth are serrated and convoluted into ridges about one-quarter of an inch apart. The crown of the teeth is of a pearl white enamel in an excellent state of preservation. The dentin, or outer surface of the teeth, that part below the crown, has changed into a friable, chalk-like substance.
Income for Three Months of 1925 Indicate This Year Will Be a Record-Breaker.
Total receipts of the Medicine Bow national forest in southern Wyoming for three quarters of the current fiscal year ended March 31 last are within $400 of ninety thousand dollars.
The major portion, $85,329.06 was derived from sales of timber, principally railroad ties. Grazing of cattle, horses and sheep amounted to $3,554, special use, $743, and trespass settlements of damage done $36.
While there are deeds of daring to be done men will be found to do them. Captain Scott’s terrible story of his hardships, privations and finally his tragic death are still fresh in the minds of all, but it in no way deters others from following his noble example. The North Pole was discovered by Peary in 1906, but science is not yet satisfied. Peary reported that he sighted land and that, in his opinion, there was an Arctic continent. What is this continent made of? Are there any inhabitants? If so, what are their language and customs? What are the fauna and flora of this unknown region? Two men are heading expeditions at present with the purpose of answering these questions and are willingly risking their lives and those of many others to satisfy the demands of science. And these two men are Vilhjalmar Stefansson and Donald McMillan.