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# . THE TIMES-GAZETTE| " Thursday, August 15, 1946 SITHSON HONEY FOUNDED NOTABLE 1S, INSTITUTION Great Washington Scien- tific Centre Given by Eng-. * lishman Century Ago By ALEXANDER » SEOROE Washington, Aug. 15, -- -- One hundred years ago the United States Congress established the Smithsonian Institution after de- pating for eight years whether to accept the bequest of "a blue-blood- ed foreigner" born out of wedlock, James Smithson, son of the Duke of Northumberland and of Eliza- beth Keat Macie, lineal descend- ant of King Henry VII, died in 1829 and left his half-million dol- lar estate to the United States. His will provided that the money be used 'to found at Washington, un- der the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowl. edge among 'men." Smithson, an English. chemist, was at one time a president of the Roy- al Society. He never married and in his later Years was an ill and lonely man, spending most of his time in France and Italy, The cir- cumstances of his birth rankled in him and apparently played a part in inducing the bequest, for he once wrote: "The best blood of England flows in my veins, On my father's side I am a Northumberland and on my mother's I am related to kings, but this avails me not, My name shall live in the memory of men when the titles of the Northumber- lands and the Percys are extinct and forgotten." Smithson inherited most of his fortune from his mother. His will bequeathed his estate to his nep- hew, Henry J, Hungerford, with the stipulation that should Hungerford die without heirs it would go to the United States, Hungerford died in 1835, unmar- ried and without heirs, The Ameri. can in London notified the state department of the strange bequest and President Jarkson brought "friendly suit" to obtain the legacy. Two years later a Brit~ ish court approved the bequest and Richard Rush of Philadelphia was sent to London to obtain the estate. The estate totalled some $550,000 a great fortune in those days, Rush had $508,000 converted into cash. In 1838 the clipper ship Mediator brought to New York 106 bags, containing '1,000 sovereigns m ' Why Smithon chose the United States as his beneficiary is some- thing of a mystery. He had never visited America and he didn't know anyone there. One supposition is that he considere® the young re- public, comparatively remote from pe os aoa 18 4 ufos ous! pro] 'The insti Bay LARGEST SHIPHENT (Continued from Page 1) io By Pe, Do busy, hi see the coun Ww. he train is passing. Loading they are loaded on the cattle are all cleaned rushed so that they will good show when they arrive. They were taken from the home farm to the station in trucks and the load- ing oper; The breeders making the ship- Men; have = Pickering an 850-acre arm, or rather group of farms, on which they have some 450 head of origina) land, for thirty years, proud W le prize-winners and record m nc By producers that they * Their home farm was the origin. |" al site of Pickering College, gutted by fire in 1905, and is pilgved side of Pickering. The College, which is now altusted DP PIMPLES' DRASHES i M 1dly medicated i ER except | ag most others in the Great-Grandma Dunks Third Zh, 'Generation Bathing a baby may be some folks' idea of a good time, but-three-month-old Dennis Joseph Barrett seems to be protesting lustily as Mrs. Catherine Kirschoch (left), and her twin sister, Mrs, Mary Franzen, celebrate their 92nd birthday by dunking him in his tub. Mrs. Kirschoch is Dennis' great grandmother, which was celebrated in their Jamaica, L.I. home, The birthday, near Newmarket and is for boys only, used to be a co-educational Quaker school. The chapel has be- come the home of the farm's own- er, and one of the reminders of the fire which gutted the school, can be seen on a tree growing near by. Here, a skate, probably hung there by & schoolboy, is now deeply im- bedded in the tree trunk. the home farm are four others, one of them south of the highway, and there the cattle are bred, 135 are milked, and crops for feed are grown, Expectations this year are for a bumper crop, parti- cularly of corn, During the past two winters these breeders, ag well province, have had to purchase feed for the animals, due to crop fallurs, but this year they hope to supply their needs from their own acres, Raglan (L. M. Luke, Correspondent) aRglan, Aug. 14. -- Mrs, Harry Heays spent the past week at Loon Lake in Haliburton with her daugh- ters, Mrs, E. Towns, and family of y | Oshawa, and Mrs, H, Davies and family of Port Perry, John Uhrin and Anna visited relatives at Sudbury over Civic Holiday. Anna was a bridesmaid at the marriage of her cousin on were guests of Mrs, M. Stone at 'Sunday. Religious Group Runs Summer Camp For Youth Winnipeg, Aug. 15--(CP)--In a a corner of Indian Bay on the west ern tip of the Lake of t"e Woods, ardent youth leaders of the Inter- Varsity and Inter-School Christian fellowship of Manitoba are trying a social experiment in community living. It is a non-profit, non-denomina- tional camp which gives two weeks' vacation and training to Catholic, Jewish, Anglican, Presbyterian and Christian Science children alike, The camp 1s situated on a rocky, 193-acre island, and is accessible by a six-mile launch trip from Waugh, Man, through the island-dotted waters of the bay. Thirteen United States army pre- fabricated huts were brought from Churchill, Man., and used as dwell- ings for the campers. A log pavile fon and dining-hall, three-bed hos- pital and smaller cabins have been constructed by the campers. Among the camp leaders are both of Regina, and Ruth Kjars- gaard, Moose Jaw, 'The girls' camp operated July 4- 17, and a camp for boys is being held Aps. 1-21, Laura Larmour and Dorethy Pearce, |, The s som ng that n white things bought them. TURNING kling, sno Only blue in the rinse . . . PREVENTS CLOTHES YELLOW! whiteness of all your white things is never grow dingy or yellow--if . remember to add Blue to the rinse water. on wash day. Blueing operation must be separate from the washing, it must be the Jast step before you hang out the clothes to two of Reckitt's Blue in the final rinse water w really WHITE--lovely and gay as the day you Fhe . A swish or keep your RECKITT'S BLUE PREVENTS CLOTHES TURNING YELLOW Queensland Observes Founder's Centenary By JACK HOLDSWORTH (Ci Press Correspondent) Brisbane, Australia, Aug, 15 -- (CP) -- Queensland is celebrating the centenary of Sir Thomas Mit- chell, explorer and soldier, op- ened up vast tracts of rich land which immensely increased Austra- lia's importance as a primary pro- ducing country, A special stamp is being issued, and there will be special celebra~ tions at the western Queensland township named after him. His name also survives in a mountain, a river, and in Mitchell grass, a well-known native fodder, and the Mitchell cockatoo, a crested pink parrot. Mitchell is not as well known as many other men who helped fill in the huge blank spaces of Australia in the early 19th century, but he was one of the most capable early pioneers. He was born in Scotland and en- tered the army at an early age. He served under Wellington the Peninsular campaign when he prov- ed himself a capable cartographer. Maps he made then were used years after as models at Britain's S8and- hurst Academy, . i By the time he was 20, he was one of Britain's most famous engi- neers and mathematicians, and was offered the post of Surveyor-Gener=~ al of New South Wales, He had several expeditions through virgin territory in New South Wales, Victorls, and Queens- land, during which he had to cone tend with many harships, but his most fruitful expedition for Aus- tralia was that made in 1846, Mitchell discovered the rich Darl. ing Downs in central Queensland and, moving northwards, discovered three rivers. His discoveries opened up vast tracts of rich, fertile coun~ try. Bettlers followed closely in his wake, and soon hundreds of thous ands of acres were under cultivation, He received a knighthood for his work, He died in Sydney in 1955 at the age of 63, TIMELY RETREAT Mossley, England -- (CP)--The front walls of two houses crashed into flood water here an hour af- ter the families had been svacuated, A third house, nlso empty, also crumbled as a culvert underneath the houses was flooded, «+» YOU WANT THE BEST IN SERVICE . "Don't Say Recap"'--Say "DURE~ CAP," Fast, Efficient, low-priced Service! Our men are all Factory Trained Experts on Durecapping! We will co-operate to keép you driving until our new "Silvertown" +s +0 "The Tire that OUTWEARS PRE-WAR TIRES is Available!" B.F Goodrich STORES Corner King & Ritson F ! 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