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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1915)
WffVWWflKUIIHl. '' hi SECTION . !. j JAW"- - 17 r-. oj Pnrip nf HmnTanFarmMagazine Section Editorial Page or 9 am TO ADVKKTISIJHS. Advertisers In this locality who wish to fully cover nil sections of Oregon and Vj M liiKton mul n portion of Idaho will npplj to local publishers Tor rates. General advertlsei-s may nddrcs t. , L. inn ton, Advct thing ManaRer of OreRon-W nshliiR-ton-Idaho Farmer, OrrRonlan llulM n, I ort Innil, Oiegou, for rates and Information. TO ItKADKItS. Headers nro requested to cml lelters and articles for publication to The I.dltor, Or egon - Washington - Idaho Fanner, Orcgonlan UulldhiR, Portland, OreRon. Discussions on queptloiis and problems that bear directly on the agricultural, me .stock and poultry Interests of the nitmvct, and on the uplift and comfort of the fnrm home always arc welcomed. Xo letters tieat Iiir of ivIIrIoii, politics or the European war re solicited, for the Orcgon-Washlngton-ldaho Farmer proclaims neutrality on these matters. Comparatively brief contributions an; pre ferred to long ones. Send ut also photo graphs of your livestock and farm scenes that jou think would be of general Interest. Wo wish to mnko this magazine of taluc to you. Help us to do it. . . ."i?r..r 7Bt Ttnon Men and Affairs, Following the Tron "--. SS.riS""itrS Headers; Hints Along Linos of ? "" - -; " ,M .;,. umm. sido of tlio world, I consummation, to quota love of fathers auu moumia but it docs mean a public recognition of boy- PRIDE. A QUEER tiling this pride. Few people but hnve pride, but the things upon which they prido them selves nro often widely different. What one person may be proud of, another may bo ashamed of. "Whnt one person prizes above anything else, another may look down upon with scorn. Pride is most elastic. Miladi Knickerbocker can point with pride to generations of noble ancestors, in whose veins ran the blue blood of royalty. That notable scions of her race hud been degenerate whelps with no manhood or nd mirablo qualities does not lower her pride in the strain of kings from which she Is doscended. Mistress Prue, on the other hand, finds pride in the sturdy, honest, God-fearing race of which sho is a worthy representative. The breath of scandal has never been associated for a moment witli the stock from which she comas, and site is proud of this. Prido of ancestry is but one form which pride may take. There is the hid who is proud nf his college athletic record, and tho boy who takes pride in his scholarship. There is tho man who takes pride in his keen wits that baffle tho lawmakers, and tho man who is proud of his ability to trnco tho lawbreaker. fn the municipal court of n large North western city a few weeks ago, nppearcd a woman, guilty of breaking all of tho ten commandments, as well as numerous man mado laws. Sho perjured herself without concern while being cross-examined on tho witness stand. She used language seldom heard from the lips of vile men. In short, sho had plumbed the depths to which a woman can fall, and court attendants looked on with a mixture of disgust and pity. "and this woman was sitting in her room, doubtless smoking, when tho plain tiff" Tho prosecuting attorney was in terrupted by a shrill cry from tho woman. "It's a lie!" she shrieked. "You found miiuo cigarettes on my table, but a friend had loft them thore." Sho drew her.self up with what dignity was at her command. "I never smoked a cigarette in my life!" And this was pride. THE BOYHOOD OP THE COUNTRY. OF all tho "movements" which give pod promise for tho future of Amor-' loan life, none is more important or more valid than tho boyhood movement. No aru growing more appreciate of the value of boyhood, and wo are showing it better ways. This does not mean a new hood as a public asset. The Boy Scout movement is perhaps ono of the greatest National factors toward developing manhood in the youth, in teach inir the youngster the true values of right and wrong, in shaping mu iib ; tree may bo straight. Tho corn-growing clubs, so numerous in the Middle-Western States and now being introduced into the Northwest, and all of such have a valuable work to perforin. Tho Y. M. C. A. may bo commended for its efficient work in tram ing boys, through their own efforts, for tho fulfillment of their obligations to themselves and to society. All this is social engineering of a superla tive kind. The method of social engineer ing is as admirable as tho result, for it np plies the old, eternally sound principle of "helping others to help themselves." It enables boys to solve "the boy problem." The conservation of boys and the guidance of their energies, to the end that their poten tial capacities and powers may rightly be deovlopcd into the dynamic forces of tho social America of tomorrow, constitute ono of the gcratcst duties which we owe to our experiment in democracy. ANOTHER "LOST OITY." ANNOUNCEMENT is mado from Los Angeles of the discovery, confirmed by photographs and relies brought back, of luiother "lost city of the Incas" in Peru. Tho story bears all the earmarks of truth and there is no apparent reason for doubt ing it. In the unexplored areas of the South American Continent, as well as in Central America, evidences of a very ancient civili zation have, from time to time, been found, and while in the past the professors and savants of the nations have given Egypt and the other countries bordering on tho Medi terranean almost exclusive attention, it be gins to look as if these later finds will in future constitute a basis for active study and exploration. There are evidences of a civilization as old as that of Memphis and of Thebes in tho two countries mentioned, and it is by no means improbable that it was as far ad vanced. Certain it is that there arc points nf similarity both in architecture nnd in hiero glyphics as compared with tho Egyptian. Pyramids have been found which, while not so large as those of Egypt, are or similar shape and it is related that many inscrip tions bear a close resemblanco to those found in the land of the Pharaohs. Theso circumstances have been considered by believers in the existence of what has been designated as the lest continent of "At lantis," as proof that that land of mystery onco extended from South America to the Continent of Africa and when destroyed by un immense, upheaval of tho enrth' which caused the waters of the great deep to flood the larger part of its aroa, either the sur vivors of the catastrophe on the western side, or their predecessors in exploration, founded new homos and new nations in the northern portion of South America and in Central America. Of eourso all this is chiefly supposition, but there is a possibility that when thorough oxplorations and excavations havo boon made, that the wise men of our own gener anon may solve the mystery attaching to tho birth and growth of the human race on this Hamlet, "devoutly to bo wished for." For inasmuch ns wtrnpponr to" bo thwarted in our scorch for tho individuality of rutin., ity. ns intimated by Jiophur the Nnamathito in the great dialogue in Job, perhaps wo shall find solace in the study of mankind and his history. Even so wo shall bo well ro warded. In connection with the discovery of thi, city mentioned, it is added that tho Amazon has been traced to its source, where, as a stream not two inches wide, it trickles from a mountain nearly 18,000 foot high in tlio mighty range of the Andes, n no small achievement by the way, nnd ono or great value to geographers. "CATCHING COLD." THE remit cold spell in tho Northwest was heralded by n chorus of sneezes everybody catching cold, except that fortunate and offensively boastful few who "never catch cold." Why? The reasons will be helpful in avoiding cold. The Fall epidemic of colds comes for these reasons: That tho closing of doors and Windows against tho outdoor chill suddenly shuts off tho supply of clean fresh air, which is a sovereign safegunrd against colds; that with less outdoor exer cise most people, eontinuo tlio heavy diet that the outdoor exercise of .Summer en abled them to get away with nicely; and that hi'riiii'tieally-seulcd interiors form hot beds for the spread of the germs that enuso colds for a cold is a gorm disease and is contagious, and its germ is, moreover, dan gerously frit'Tidly with tho germs of tonsil itis, diphtheria, pneumonia, ate. A Philadelphia doolor gives this good nd vice: "To avoid colds, avoid overeating, overdrinking, overwork, exposure and other persons who have colds." Ho should have added, avoid foul air and cultivate ftvsh nir. "Everybody up at our house "lias a cold." Ever hear that? Many times. Think of that, and then or that Philadelphia doctor's advice about avoiding "other persons who havo colds." Colds run through n family for tho Mime reason smallpox might run through a family because ono gets it and gives it to the rest. And don't scorn n cold us a little thing. Generally it is a little thing, but when it Is you are lucky. "Just a cold" covers a mul titude of perils; for a cold often suddenly strikes at a vital point nnd plays the very, mischief. Avoid colds by cultivating fresh air and temperance in food, drink nnd work, by. keeping up outdoor exercise as much as pos sible, during tho Winter months, and by avoiding contagion. And when you get a oold, be careful of yourself. Tho warring nations havo been invited to the biennial congress of tho American Pence Society. At which, remarks tho New York Sun, they ought to be able to stuff a pillow with dove feathers. They are now making mock-turtle soup so well that the only people nblo to detect the diffiwiico is tho mnn who tastes it. If it be true that tho hookworm is in Panama, it is evident that Colonel Goethalr hasn't learned about it yet. - . Venus has nothing on Gertrude Hoffman, the vaudeville dancer, and Gertrude hasn't much on herself. .'. ..:;.!'SK 4