Some of Our Lake 



Noted for Their Chemical Wealth 



THERE are several lakes in the 

 United States which contain so- 

 dium carbonate, borax, potash and 

 common table salt. The longer the 

 war continues the more valuable these 

 chemical bodies become. Perhaps the 

 best known of these is Great Salt 

 Lake, Utah's ocean of salt. Others 

 are Searles Lake, Owens Lake and 

 Mono Lake, all in California. The 

 origin of these lakes is doubtful. In 

 some cases they are probably due to 

 an arm of the ocean becoming land- 

 locked. The most remarkable feature 

 about them is the fact that they seem 

 to be continuously fed from subter- 

 ranean sources, since they maintain 

 a uniform amount of salt. 



Popular Science Monthly 

 Waters Are 



407 



California Has the Latest Thing in 

 Tree-Trimming Ladders 



A 



WEIRD-LOOKING 



ladder has made its appearance 



tree- trimming 

 in 

 Pasadena, California. When fully ex 

 tended it is thirty feet high 

 From this height the tree- 

 trimmer is able to cut off 

 branches that are ten feet 

 higher by means of his 

 tree-trimming snips. In 

 the illustration he is 

 shown on the fifth 

 rung from the top, 

 cutting off the un- 

 sightly twigs. He 

 could climb to the 

 top rung of the lad- 

 der without over- 

 turning it. The ap- 

 paratus is collapsible 

 and when folded up 

 it can be wheeled 

 from tree to tree or 

 from job to job. For 

 transportation from 

 one town to another 

 the push-cart end of 

 the device is fastened 

 to an automobile or 

 wagon, and the ladder is 

 towed along with ease. 

 There are few tree-tops, 

 even in California, which it 

 cannot reach. W.L.Geimer 

 is the inventor. 



Two freak faces executed by the world's most 

 original and diverting artist — Mother Nature 



Lo, the Poor Furniture Man — He 

 Sees Faces in Walnut 



MOTHER NATURE has tried her hand 

 at making faces. She chose the wal- 

 nut veneer of Indiana and this is the 

 result — two faces which may be 

 likened to anything from saints 

 to devils. The fact that they 

 are part of the walnut 

 markings of the wood, 

 fresh from the outdoor 

 workshop, is what 

 makes them unique. 

 Of course an experi- 

 enced painter could 

 have made better 

 looking faces than 

 these on any kind of 

 wood . But he 

 couldn't make them 

 so you couldn't wash 

 or rub them off. 

 The faces which 

 Mother Nature has 

 put into this walnut 

 wood are there to 

 stay, safe against even 

 sandpaper and plane. 

 Walnut veneer is gener- 

 ally used as an orna- 

 mental facing for inferior 

 grades of wood. There are 

 some people who could 

 point with pride to faces in 

 their dining tables, calling 

 them lost Rubens cherubs. 



The tree-trimming ladder is col- 

 lapsible. It is thirty feet high 



