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From flat Mt. Roraima the explorers-T. D. Carter, G. H. H. Tate and G. M. Tate (younger brother of G. H. H.)-leveled their binoculars across lower flat-topped mountains towards Brazil, British Guiana and Venezuela. They saw, through the frequent rain & mist, water dropping in a vertical fall...
In the art of portraiture we find several examples that are worthy of attention. The portrait of "Hervey Wetzel" is one of the best with its fine composition, line, and tonality. It is a three-quarter length in profile against a silvery grey background. Henry Wetzel is seated on a...
Leaving Jasper on June 22 with 25 horses the expedition headed south on the Athabaska River toward its source, which is the Columbia Icefield. After several minor climbs en route Ostheimer and Fuhrer made the first ascent of Mt. Dais. The day was bad and the climbers found themselves in...
Picker, In lowland fields, cotton crops ripen unevenly, cannot be picked all at the same time. The mechanical picker had to be so de-signed that it would discriminate between ripe and unripe bolls. On the new machine, two arms reach out and gather in the spreading branches of the...
Judge Gary's rise in the world was complete by 1901. Thereafter his vertical progress became lateral. A trust-building period was just closing in 1901. A "trust-busting" period was to follow. Judge Gary met Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 and, when the investigation of the U. S. Steel...