4 THE COOLIIXiE EXAJUNFR Southwestern Briefs Aquarium The Arizona state tax commission The Most Famous has authorized the Pinal county board of supervisors to issue an emergency levy of $7.500 for outdoor relief. Arizona’s 5 cent gasoline tax pra duced $254,455.89 during March. K. U. Whitworth, superintendent of the nice tor vehicle division, has announced. W. W. Mitchell of Mesa was elected grand master of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows of Arizona at the fifty-first annual state convention of the organization in Phoenix. El Vado reservoir, to be created by the middle Uio Grande conservancy dam on the t'h.ima river in northern Kio Arribii county, may become one of the best stocked public fishing wa ters in New Mexico. Civilian conservation corps officials announced one corps of workers sta- tioned in Phoenix Mountain Park and another in Papago Park would leave for summer stations In the Maulpai mountains east of Kingman, very soon. G. V. flay ton of Artesia. district su- pervisor for the federal emergency crop loans, announced recently that Eddy county. New Mexico, had made the best record of any county in the Southwest In repayments of 1!»33 crop loans. Homo owners' loans closed in Ari- zona amounted to 150 and Involved 1362.794. Evan S. Slallcup, assistant manager of the state branch of the How Toy Fishes Arrive From Germany.

•• Home Owners' Loan Corporation, re- ra Pr*fnr*-! by National C*oar»phle Society. not unique. Swim and "c? icr ported. It brought the total to 1500 Washington. I>. C.—-WNU Servlco. bladders other organs common to larger involving $3,812,678. aquariums in American « fishes are common to them, nnd By SCOTT WATSON depart- homes, once inhabited only by ELMO I>r. E. J. Brown, head of the their fins are the same—caudal, or ****** FISHgoldfish, now are stocked with HEN the special Mother* day ment of economics at the University tall, fins for swimming and propell- finny creatures of strange colors stamps wer* j ’,ar«*d on sale re of Arizona, has been appointed head ing, fins beneath, cnlled ventral nnd and shapes from many parts of the <*ently. there »m «another of the university’s new school of busi- anal, and pectorals (behind the world. The toy fish has chapter to the romantic story of a ness and public administration by merchant gills) for helping maintain equi- W his fish the enlarged stock to Include *alntlng to guarantee her Immortality, yet to ITolemalc and Roman periods, about same aquarium, and male * bureau Wheth- a may the choice of her portrait for reproduction on a % federal climatological 300 R. C.. there is no evidence that kill I$ shortage his mate. ap*earbom. then secretary nutest of crustaceans), annelids, only three other obligated possession es the several women hate had that distinc- of war. and thua CapL John Whistler became New Mexico has spent or Chinese and Insect larvae. tion. They were years ago, spreading to Pocahontas, the Indian prln the real “father of Chicago." The original draft 87.9 per cent of the federal funds al- hundred Raw beef, cereals, roe, and shell- ccea; tha Japan, and thence Isabella, Spanish queen: and Martha for the plans of the fort, drawn by Captain loted for highway construction in this over the western fish, also dried shrimp and other Washington, wife of our world, with the ns its orig- first President Hut Whlatler. Is still In the archive* of the War «le- of state, according to records compiled goldfish desiccated foods, appear on their Anna Bust Whistler in Mathilda McNeill Whistler Is not the only partment at Washington—a good soldierly of Fame, by the highway department. The New inal object of Interest. During the bill of fare, and many experiments one who Job. Hall New York University la honored In thla year’s Mother's day It Is. but revealing none of the artistic qualities Mexico allotment was $6,189,138. Os past 75 years, experimentation with have been made with concentrated stamp. It waa issued also to commemorate the which were later to make the name of Whistler this amount $5,438,194 has been either the balanced aquarium has passed foods, such as cod-liver meal and one hundredth eldest of a family of five children anniversary of the event which so famous. expended or obligated through con- through various salt and fresh-wa- other glandular products, to ascer- took place in It would t** pleasant to be able to record the until, with Howell. Maas, on July 10. 1834 For the next nine year* John Whistler, as tracts. ter phases tropical toy tain their response to vitamin nutri- the birth of fact that It was a caw* of love at first alght for the son who was to achieve such builder of the fort and lta commandant. d«m Arizona schools will receive $387,- fishes, It has reached the peak of tives—experiments which have con- world-wide fame and Cadet Whistler and Anna McNeill. But that la hlmteif to bring a similar lusted the little community In this lonely out- 342.83 In third quarterly school appor- enthusiasm and success In Europe firmed their amenability to a for- wide fame doubtful, for soon after he was graduated from world to her by his portrait of her. post of civilization which waa to become the tionments. according to Herman E. and America. eign diet and especially to substi- It la If any West point he was married, but hot to Anna doubtful other (minting ever put second largest city In the United States. But the Hendrix, superintendent of public In- Not that the goldfish has suffered tutes for the lime, minerals, en- on eanvaa la so well known McNeill. Shortly afterwards young Whi«ler waa to so many people. building and the commanding were not the only struction. Allotments to counties In- a loss of popularity. Many millions zymes and other catalytic agents Iteprodactions of running up ieft a widower and early In the '3os he again it Into the millions contribution* he made to the history of Fort clude $38,461 02 to Cochise; Maricopa. still are reared annually In the present in live food, which air di- In number*. have been printed and these prlnta met the motherly older sister of hia classmate, State*, for Dearborn and the beginning* of Chicago. He $141,300.90; Pima. $50,111.88; Pinal. United largely martyr- gestion, purify the blood, and keep have gone to every of the During William Gibbs McNeil), and married her. In 1833 corner earth. brought with him a growing family, some $19,752 72; Cm, 110.26G.75, dom In the quart globe, and there lustrous. year of Whistler resigned from the army and the next Santa and the skin the last and a half, while It waa In this whose members were for la little diminution In the demand Mouth destined renown even George Washington Whittier and Anna Yavapai. $24,163.62. of Fish Incubator. country under a loan agreement from the French than year to for bizarre and coatly varieties. greater his. Bankers and their wives from all The majority lay eggs and leave government, it was exhibited In 12 leading cities Mathilda Whlatler waa born a am to whom waa the it has Ills eldest ton, William Whistler, accompanied the in re- Among cold water species them to theJr fate, but some carry throughout the United States given the name James Abbott McNeill Whittier, over state met Albuquerque and It is estimated him to Chicago as a second and no rivals. their eggs in their mouths, taking that during Its lieutenant thut perpetuating the name of hia uncle. James cently for the annual convention of triumphal tour more than 2.000,- •erred there throughout the elder Whlatler* Nevertheless, tropical fishes have food Incubation Is In prog- 000 peraona Abbott, the I»etrolt trader at Fort I>e*rborn. as the New Mexico Bankers' Association. no while viewed 1L Several hundred thou- term of service. Hia eldest daughter, Sarah, was superseded goldfishes In many of caring for well as his paternal and maternal families, the Gov. A. W. Hockenhull of New Mex- ress, and subsequently sands more will have been added to that number married In November, James the smaller hatcheries, and some of I*OI. to Abbott, a McNeills and the Whistlers. ico; F. Marlon Uw of Houston. Texas, the young, which swim back Into before It Is sent back to Paris lata this month of thus the goldfish farms have trader I>etrolt. becoming Chicago’s first After Washington Whistler's president of the American Bankers' larger the mouth at the approach of dan- (for the agreement with the French government bride. Another daughter George resigns built for rearing married Lieut. Joseph Association, Williams, conservatories ger. calls for Its by 1) lion from the army he rose to eminence as an and J. C. Kan- return June to resume its Hamilton, who was also a subaltern under them. Some build nests and vigilantly honored place In the I-ouvre. engineer and In 1842 he went to Hussla to euter sas t'lty banker, were among the prin- Whistler at Fort I>earborn. Many shops In the larger cities guard the eggs and fry; others For months of the service of the czar In the construction of the cipal speakers. five the time that the painting But our chief Interest Is in a toddling child j are devoted exclusively to their bring forth their young alive. was on a tour of the railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow, winning Regular monthly sale of state oil country It was exhibited of three who came with his father to Chicago In sale, and a pet show without a dis- Nearly always when the fry re- at the Chicago Art in for himself from ('tar Nicholas the decoration gas in Mexico for institute connection with 1803, His name was George Washington Whist- and leases New play of the colorful midgets would any care It is given by the fa- of of the Order of St, Anne. To Russia with him ceive A Century Progress. But among the thou- ler. Thu* did the ex-British soldier honor the April brought bonuses totaling $16,-; be noticeably Incomplete. But It Is but in mouth-breeding species went his wife and their two sons, one of them ther. sands who taw it there and who also saw the great commander of the “rebels” against whom 074.65. There were twenty-six tracts true, also, that while most Ameri- mother who gath- a slender, weak lad, affectionately known to his It is usually the replica of Fort IVarboro on the exposition he had fought under Burgoyne. Young George offered and twenty were sold. Some can and homes have been mother as “Jamie." And he was to her European ers up the spawn, and among Cl- grounds It is doubtful If one In a thousand Washington Whlatler grew up into "Jamie" of the land in the Hobbs district time sturdy boy of he became ornamented at some by the chlids, which Include the Brazil- realized that there was a not a along to the end her days, even when brought a bonus of $lO an acre. historical. If hood the marshy banks of the Chicago The presence of a few goldfishes, the ian half-moon and Mesonaiita, both cultural, link between a world famou* painter. For the close tie be- sales held monthly under the the world famous paint- river and on the sandy shorea of Lake Michigan are su- majority have not as yet succumbed sexes guard the egg and fry. ing. the highest exemplification of a man's tween the mother and the aon who was to Im- pervision of Frank commis- skill He was only ten years old when, aa the result Vesley, to the allurements of the toy trop- In yet another species, the Chan- In the line of arts, mortalize her on canvas began during this Rus- fine and the crude architec- of a garrison feud, the War department thought sioner of public lands, at Santa Fe. ical, though fish “fans" spring up chlto, the eggs are hatched in a nest ture of a building which had only the very sian experience. utili- It advisable to scatter the officers at Fort I>ear- The New Mexico state agricultural daily like mushrooms, enticed by scooped In the sand by the male tarian purpose of preserving of its She nursed him during thoae bitter year* and the Uvea In- born to varioua posta In the Middle West and and horticulture commission made j the flash of color, the beauty of fin fish. When able to swim, the young habitants from aa«age hatred. That link la the when they were ended in the death of Major the boy accompanied hia father back to Detroit. somewhat of a mathematical record; and form, the remarkable breeding rise and school, the mother leading theme of this story. Whistler and w hen the widow and her two sons And there, two years later, young George Wash- recently in hypothetically estimating, habits undisturbed by captivity, and the father bringing has beginning were reduced to poverty, she brought them out the procession, The story Its In Ireland more ington Whlatler probably witnessed the scene grasshoppers Valley the use with which the aquaria are of the land of snow* back to her sunny North in the Salt River up the rear. than 175 years ago. In the year 1758 there was which made his father in American —and unique Carolina. When “Jamie" grew up he decided to to number 7,214,000,000. The estimate maintained. Hazards of Tropicals. born to an English family named Whistler, liv- perhaps In any other—history. follow the profession of hit father and become was made by C. D. Lebert, who found From All Over the World. The only martyrdom to which ing there, a son to whom was given the name For CapL John Whistler and hia elder son. a soldier. He secured an appointment to West 96.500 acres infested. Os the total Many kinds Imported into the the tropicals are subjected Is acci- of John. le>ng before he bad reached his majori- I.leuL William Whistler, were officers In General Point In 1852. but his career there was a short acreage infestation 85,000 was light, United States are sold and shipped dental. Some expire from the cold. ty young John Whistler ran away from home Hull's army when that flustered American com- one. In fact. It lasted only two year*. 10.000 medium and 1.500 acres heavy. almost the length and breadth of Occasionally an aquarium is left and Joined the British army. In 1777 he came to mander surrendered the fort at lH?trolt to the But the loss to the military if Indeed North America —from Florida to uncovered and the fishes, many spe- America as a soldier In the expedition with British at the outbreak of the War and world, The Western States Highway Patrol of 1812. gain and from to cies of which leap like salmon, clear which “Gentleman Johnny" Burgnyne it waa a loss, was the of the world of art. Association was organized in Phoenix Canada Massachusetts Intended tradition says that the captain was so enraged —but hundreds as equally the rim with one Jump and dry up to deal a crushing blow the After leaving West Point, Whistler went to Paris, recently, and C. R. McDowell, superin- California to American colo- over the capitulation that he broke his sword and as the floor; or an aquarist con- nies. But the ranler resolved to become a painter, and his career in tendent of the Arizona highway patrol, beautiful interesting are yet on thrusts of Daniel Morgan over his knee rather than surrender It to the may that role is too well known to need further was elected president. E. Raymond unknown to the fancier. cerned for their comfort trans- and Benedict Arnold warded off that blow at enemy. Perhaps It was only the shame of a radiator and comment During the years he was rising to The happy hunting grounds for fer their tank to a Saratoga, and the end of the year saw John surrender without firing a shot that caused him Cato, chief of the California highway- fame his mother was In Europe, also, not with toy fishes, explored and unexplored, forget It until they are completely Whistler a priao? er of war along with the rest to do IL Or perhaps It might have been his patrol, was named vice president and him always, hut nearby In case he should have range In the western hemisphere cooked. of "Gentleman Johnny's" army. Mark that fact realization that he was destined to go down In the convention instructed the presi- need of her. For somehow her little “Jamie” from the Carollnas south through Exportation of toy fishes from well, for 1! has a curious aftermath! history as the only British officer who, having dent to appoint a secretary-treasurer, never seemed to grow up enough to be without Florida, and from Mexico through Germany Into the United States be- Before the end of the Revolution. Whistler, aa once surrendered to a victorious American army, within thirty days. Austin, Texas, was his mother. In 1860 Whistler left Ixrndon for Central America. Panama and gan nearly 30 years ago, numerous a paroled or exchanged prisoner, was back In became In turn an American officer who surren- selected as the 1935 convention city. three years more of study In Paris and his South America to the moat south- species having been ,first success- England where he soon afterwards was dis- dered to a victorious British army. All courses included the mother returned to America for a last visit with in summer erly point of Argentina. In the fully bred In that country from par- charged from the army. Then he fell In love In due time John Whistler was exchanged for program of the Eastern New her relatives In North Carolina. For Whistler school eastern hemisphere, Egypt and other ent stock captured in its tropical with the daughter of one of his father’* friends, a British prisoner, and the choleric old captain had decided never to return to his native land Mexico Junior College, Portales, will parta of Africa, Australia and haunts. Though many thousands eloped with her, came to America a second time remained In the American army only until the have been to live. So his mother was going to wind up approved as desirable Asia —including the Island groups now are propagated elsewhere, a and settled at Hagerstown. Md. In 1791 this sol- close of the war when he was honorably dis- what few affairs she had there and then return courses for the Junior college by the of the Malay Archipelago, India, large percentage of those owned in dier who had worn the scarlet' uniform of Old charged. He died September 3, 1829. but he to London, where they would live on the other institutions of higher learning China, Slam and other countries — the United States being “home England put on the nondescript uniform of a lived long enough to see his son, William, win scant means which the son could provide. if conferences with authorities in each been drawn upon for the sup- grown,” considerable numbers still lieutenant adjutant In the levies which made up some renown as an officer In the Indian and have While she was visiting in Cumberland and of the schools materialize as planned, of dwarf fishes appearing in the are shipped from Germany and a part of the army of the new republic. From Mexican wars. ply Bladen counties in North Carolina, the of said Donald MacKay, president. Con- of the Occident South America. that time on he served continuously on the Old Oapt. John Whistler also lived long enough storm home aquaria the Civil war broke and her return to Europe ferences will be held shortly with the habitat is chiefly the swamp, Europe boasts permanent and Northwestern frontier under St. Clair, Wayne to see bis youngest aon. George Washington Their was postponed indefinitely. Finally early In 1864 University of New Mexico and the the ditch, the rain pool, the rice notable exhibits of toy fishes In half and others who were trying to break the power Whistler, graduate from West Point at the age came word from her son that he had returned Normal University. field, clear mountain and a dozen of its public aquariums—- of the savage tribes that were resisting the west- of nineteen and assigned to the artillery branch. streams to London and established himself there. So lowland waters, those of London, Amsterdam, Ant- ward push of the American frontiersmen. But he was not to have the satisfaction of know- Companionate marriage, trial wed- stagnant ponds, she announced her intention of Joining him. brooks, lakes, rivers and estuaries; werp, Berlin, Frankfort arid Leip- In 1797 It was “Captain" John Whistler and ing to what heights his son would rise in another dings and other love nest fads may- But no matter how much her relatives told some make migrations zig. The United States lays claim In 180(1 he was stationed at LVtroit. The Louisi- profession, nor to what greater heights this son's come and go, but for the western co- but either to Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler that it would ed there’s only future old- the coasts or live perennially in to two. That of the Lincoln pari: ana i*urchase had flung our frontier from the son would rise In still another. one —an r be Impossible for her to go to Europe now, her or wholly water. in Chicago, consists of - >S Mississippi hack to the Rocky mountains, hut if While George Washington Whistler was still a fashioned trip to the altar, a little brackish salt aquarium, only reply was the calm statement that her thus far In tanks, showing many brilliant spe- we hoped to make good our possession of this cadet at West Point he once visited, while on home in the West somewhere, and Oceanic species kept "Jamie” needed her and she was going. And go aquaria prin- cies from the Orient and South vast empire there must be garrisons in the heart leave, the home of a classmate. William Gibbs one or two children. In a round table American have been she did. Somehow she arranged to take passage That of the Stelnhart of the Indian country. One of the strategic McNeill. It was a great brick mansion which discussion, the majority of the college cipally gobies. America. on a Confederate blocas.de runner and on It fishes are of In San Francisco, con- places for such a garrison was at the foot of had been built on a plantation near the Cape women attending the Western Inter- Tropical toy many aquarium, 1 arrived safely in England. genera species of 31 tanks of similar species Lake Michigan at a place variously called Chl- Fear river in North Carolina before the Revolu- collegiate Conference of Associated and and even sists There she lived to the end of her days, the In- addition, many brought from cagou, Chikago. Chekakou and a half-dozen simi- tion by one Donald McNeill, scion of a Scotch Woipen Students which closed in of1 many varieties —some natural, and, in separable companion 0 f the man who came to be and Hawaii, which display lar sellings. So. early in 1303, the inspector | I family that had emigrated to America from the Tucson recently, agreed on the an- others cultivated. Their adult body Samoa hailed as one of the greatest painters in the 1 colors and the fantastic the army stationed Skye in 1739. There Cadet question. length measures from 1 Inch to 5 the vivid general of at Cumberland. 1 isle of Whistler made world. swer to that And after mar- for building J of ¦ inches. shapes that characterize the fishes Md., gave orders the of a post there [j the acquaintance Anna Mathilda McNeill, the j & by Western riage, most students assented, a wom- Newspaper Union. anatomy the toy Is of waters today. an should show interest in politics. I The of fish those