2 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1935 Foretelling American History. IN summing up the American situation before returning to his home in England, H. G. Wells, the worlds most versatile and prolific author, philosopher and foreteller, declares that immense and irreversible changes are happening. Unless greater unity is developed in their guidance he predicts downfall and disaster. The next generation will anxiously await the passing of the period of predictions made by this distinguished student of events whose specialty is creative prophecy. Freedom of speech and popular government, according to Mr. Wells may last 20 years longer in Great Britain and twice that long in the United States. In his opinion, these blessings are not elsewhere enjoyed. The alternative outlook for this country is regional bosses, local government and social civil wars. At present, he holds, the need of the United States is a clear speaking, well led opposition of honorable men, a Republican opposition as resolutely creative as the president himself, neither obstructive nor malignant, but critically helpful. Whatever may be thought of the prophecies written down by Mr. Wells, he has given some warnings and sound advice which it might be just as well for the public to clip and paste in its composite hat. No description of the syphilitic syndrome has been found prior to 1493 JANUARY : 31 days Zodiac: Capricornus. The Goat. First month. From the Latin Januarius. The month was sacred to Janus, the god of the sun and the year. Beginning of year changed from March 25 to January 1 by English statute in 1752. Diseases most prevalent: Diphtheria, scar fever, cerebro spinal meningitis, influenza, colds, of upper respiratory tract, anginal disease, seizures. Dedication of Hoover Dam. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT will pass through Utah Sunday to inspect the big dam south of Las Vegas, Nev. The original site of this gigantic undertaking was Boulder canyon, but the final decision upon which the contract was awarded was to build the dam in Black canyon, some 20 miles down the river. It was designated in the plans and specifications as Hoover dam, in honor of the engineer president, who was active and instrumental in securing a settlement of differences between the basin states and in starting the actual work. According to official records, the project was called Hoover dam, by which appellation it was known to the workmen, the contractors, the lawmakers and the general public, until the present secretary of the interior deliberately and arbitrarily changed the title to Boulder dam. There was no geographical or legitimate reason for substituting a misnomer for an appropriate name. When President Roosevelt stops to view the dam and reservoir, the first of the coming week, he will have an opportunity to display that liberality and breadth of mind with which the American public, regardless of party affiliations, has accredited him. He may rectify a wrong, erase an affront, allay partisan feeling and set an example in bigness and generosity which always appeals to thinking people. He may disconcert opposition, win approval and cherish the consciousness of performing a noble deed by dedicating the work as Hoover dam. It is a mammoth achievement, inaugurated with great expectations, performed with prodigious industry and should be dedicated with a spirit and a vision as big as the task and the result. Nothing is ever lost by being magnanimous. But reprisals and retaliation are often evoked by such narrowness as that which changed the name of Hoover dam. The president is confronted by an opportunity which may not pass his way again. Mildred Yount, at 15, Now Richest Girl in Southwest KANSAS CITY, Mo. I read the other day that the oil properties of the late Frank Yount had accumulated in and around Beaumont, Texas, had been sold for 46,000,000, making his adopted daughter, Mildred Yount, the richest girl in the southwest.