Page Ten
Friday, Novem1x;r 27 1925.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
FIND DEFECTS
IHITON
WASHINGTON (Al). Defects
lit the wur Mock of army ammunition-now
held In reserve uru dis
closed in the onnjul report or
Major Ucneral o. C. Williams,
chief of ordnnnco, mudo pub; A;
yesterday. They uro due, It sai-J,
not alone to deterioration in stor
age, but to "hurried war dosiffn
or hurried wur production." and
have been discovered as a result
of the- careful Inspection system
Including laboratory teat a set up
alnco tho war,
About one-third of the reserve
ammunition is overhauled annu
ally,, the report showed, making
a jro that the whole slock la In
spected and tent fired at tho prov
ing Kround In percentages of ouch
lot every threo yenrs. Ooiierui
Williams did not indicate the ex
act, nature of the defects except
lo tuiy thai deterioration of the
"explosive clement la inot
marked.
"In connection with tho rapid
production of tho ammunition lo
meet the, emergency of the war,"
tho report pointed out, "It was
necessary to adopt new types of
explosives, tn permit new and
mo lo expeditious inethodM of man
ufacture of existing types, and to
use tiicw methods In loudliiK the
explosives." ,
'J'lie condition of tho reserve
utock of- ammunition has been a
crowing source of worry to tin
war department and a projeet for
building up tho reserve through u
lU-year replacement proffiittli Ii.ih
been -worked o'Jt which involves
around isoo.ooo.tioo.
Kfforls during tho year lo de
velop a cross-country, ditch-jump-inff
cutapillur tractor ear for re
connalsHancu work were without
success, Oeneral Williams snld, but
rornarkable results wore obtained
with Mu Kord tourtiifr car chassis,
equipped with balloon tires, buck
et seats and a low speed auxil
iary transmission. The machine
"apparently rills tho military re
quirements," tho report said,
A "noteworthy achievement"
through application of X-ray up-
panitjH tn study tho structure of
steel end other metals was re
ported from Watortown, N. Y., ar
senal, Defects not otherwise dis
cernible liavo been discovered in
dud I lifts running up4 to two and
otic-hnlf Inches' In thickness, the
working having been extended lo
experimental testing for commc-
elal concerns with the arsenal up-!
pafttlus. Tho new high pressuic. !
steum power plant lino near Ho-f-ton
was among those so examined.
'At th Aberdeen, Mr., provliur
Ktqund, Qcnerul Williams said, Im
uprtant research was helng con
ducted by means of a eumura, ol
sura ' In a scientific study of
ljto flight of bombs -dropped by
alrcrnft. The experiments wre
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started as an Incident to the tent
ing Of I he , bombs bill have dis
closed data which "will permit
the plotting of the trajectory und
development of a suitable inline
table for use by ulrcratt troops.
KLAMATH I K. HIS JtAltICK
KKA.MATI1 FAU-H. Ore. lta-
bles has broken out among coyotes
ranging tho wooded hills und val
leys of tho Keiio and Worden sec-
Hon and as u result cattle und
sheep or the vicinity are soriounly
th reutened.
This Is the word received from
Grant Nelson, government trapper,
und farmer of the Worden district.
Mr. Nelson has already" taken one
emergency measure. A the dogs
in the neighborhood will be treat
ed with Hie special preparation to
render them immune from tho
dlseuse.
No wonder a mantel eann't go
through the eye of a. needle. He's
all tried out by the lime Jiu finds It
In (be haystack.
Work on American Rubber
Project In Liberia Begins
AKltON, o. A1) Clearing
away the Liberia)) Jungle prepara
tory to the planting of I.OOH.OIMI
acres of rich African soil with 100,
0lMi,(M0 rubber trees has been begun
by forces marshalled from the
ends of the earth by llarvny S.
l-'ireslone, president of tho Klre
stoue Tire and Jiubber company.
Hy January 1, 240 representa
tives of the Akron company will be
In Liberia, pushing forward the
projeet which Mr, Firestone snld
will be supplying, between 26 and
33 per cent of tho world's crude
rubber within tho next decude.
The leasing transactions already
are completed with tho Mbcrian
government. The construction Of
wharfage facilities begun nt Mon
rovia, the Llberlnn capital, ami the
planting of tho first CO, 000 acres
is under way.
This first planting will be com
pleted within the next six months
and a quota of ut least . tho sumo
size will bo completed In the six
months following.
The Siberian .acquisition and de
velopment by. tho American com
pany is certain to bring down rub
ber prices which have bounded up
wards In the last several months,
In Mr. Firestone's opinion.
"riunters tho world over have
hud the feeling that America haa
only been bluffing In Us rubber
projects," Mr, Firestone said. "It
lias appeared to them that tho
United Slates manufacturers have
not been willing to Invest money
with n return no nein-er thnn five
or six years. They belloro they
have noted nn American desire to
cash In on Investments at once and
that thcrcforo tho Americans are
not Inclined to make any thor
ough development. This attitude
is rapidly changing now as our work
goes forward In Liberia,"
Following tho entry of tho Fire
stone forces Into tho little African
republic tho company's head an
nounced that 3&.000 acres had been
acquired In Tobasco on the Isthmus
of Teh ua ute pec In Mexico and that
rubber already was being extracted
from trees planted there by other
Intercuts several years ago.
In addillon to these enterprises,
Mr. Kl rest ono capped his world
wide rubber quest with tho an
nouncement that Ito was, seriously
Considering entering tho Amazon
basin in Kouth America where mil
lions of ucres of rubber lunda arc
undeveloped.
Three concessions have been ob
tained by tho Firestone company
from the l.lberlan government. The
first was the b ase of 2000 acres of
land, previously held and partly de
veloped by llritish planters. Twelve
hundred acres of this land, now
planted in rubber trees, Is produc
ing rubber and is to be a nursery
and experiment project for the
larger American project.
J'ho second least-, which Is the
mllliuu-acre acquisition, gives tho
American company not only the
right to plant and produce rubber
on that acreage, but gives It all
other rights, such as mineral,-subsoil
und timber rights. Tho timber
rights are given the company; tax-
lrco, -
A .third grant by tho l.lberlan
government gives tho company the
right to construct its own lines of
communication within und without
the plantation for private use,
without taxation.
In addition lo the planting, care-
taklng, and collecting or rubber,
I he Firestone company is Improving
the harbor at Monrovia, the seat of
Mbcriun government. From the
harbor, roads will be constructed
lo t'udlalo Into the hinterlands. In
Iho entire area of tho country,
which is 43,000 aquure niileti al
most exactly that of the state of
Ohio there are but "100 miles of
passable highway. This mileage Is
segregated and unconnected.
Hospitals also 'will bo built und
laborers' huts will be constructed
for the housing of tho natives who
are to be brought from their pagan
villages Into tho modern sanitary
areas of American-built towns.
Provision Is being made for the
Importation of foodstuffs to replace
the local production that will bo
lost when the natives cease culti
vating their own farms and go to
work on tho rubber plantation.
Several thousand of these labor
ers will shortly be at work, for the
American concern, employment be
ing made on the basis of ono man
to every- two acres. Thus, if 60,
000 acres uro planted wilhfn the
next six months as Is contemplated,
Zfi.ooo natives wlll.be employed for
that, tract.
Tho plantation development con
sists of several operations In Its
crop aspect alone. First, the
ground must be cleared of the jun
gle Tho brush Is heaped high and
in burned In sections covering sev
eral hundred acres, over which the
fires rago for a week or more. Fol
lowing the burning, the area Is
staked off, ono stake for each rub
ber tree. Holes are drilled after
each stako is pulled, and either
seeds are planted or young trees
aro set out.
It will cost $100 an acre to pre
pare tho ground und to plant tho
trees, Mr, Firestone estimates.
It Requires five years for the rubi
ber trees to reach the stage at
which they should first bo tapped
for rubber sap. The trees usually
live to bo 100 years old, furnish
ing rubber throughout this period.
For several -yewrs, tho shipping
facilities "at present provided to
Liberia will be sufficient, Mr. Fire-
stono believes. Ships now ply regu
larly coastwise from London and
other Kuropean ports to Monrovia
and from New Orleans and New
York to Liberia,
VIION.NKSK INFLLKNC'H AGAIN'
FKIjT IN KOMK NIGHT liH-TJ
HOME AP) The influence of
Vienna, before the World war- a
25 Ounces i
rof5cents
jor over
TEARS.
rival of Paris as tho cu filial of
Kuropean gny.i'ty. nsain Is making
itself felt in tho night llfo of Homo.
Vaudeville "turn" and cabaret
p.rforniers from Franco und Eng
land gradually aro giving way to
Auatrlans. Aa a result, tho aoft
Viennese German is heard more
frequently than French In places
where ltomans go to amuse theni
selves. .
NO DOCTOKS, NO CEMKTEMMS
IS TUIS UO.UE-COORING TOWN
CJAKWN'D, Cal. AP) Newark,
a town with a population of 1000
people,' situated near here, has
never had a doctor, dentist, under
taker, ambulance, drug storo or a
cemetery.
Mayor Louis Ituschin, uuthorlty
A SMALL HEATER.
' With. Much Heat.
Tho Westinghouso 'Co;5y
Glow" electric heater will
take tho chill out of these
frosty mornings. Just ut
tach to your lamp socket
the current consumption is
small und the initial cost is
very lo1".
II. & 3. ELECTRIC
Soninicr Hotel Ilulldlug.
When the orchestra stops its surge of music and
the applauding couples begin to leave the floor when
you join the good fellows for jolly talk and friendship
have a Camel! -m'- .
WHEN die orchestra gives you encore after
encore, but finally stops. And the couples glow
ing with happiness reluctantly leave the floor.
When you join the men for jovial talk until the
next dance begins have a Camel!
For no friend so enhances the jbys of life as
Camel. Camel . makes every happy occasion
happier, adds its own charm to every festive
day, every blithesome evening. Camels contain
the very choicest tobaccos grown in all the world.
They never tire your taste, no matter how freely
you smoke them. They're so skilfully blended
they never leave a cigarctty after-taste. Rolled
into Camels is every good feature you have ever
wished for in a cigarette.
So, when you're waiting happily and confi
dently for your time to rejoin the dance
taste the smoke that's known and loved by the
world's experienced smokers. No doubt about
it, you'll never know how good a cigarette can
be until you
dvc a Camel!
Camels t,,,,tam ihc vrr, choicest tobacco gto in all the Purl J. Cameh are
Mended by the wor ds mo,t expert blenders. Nothing is too cood for-Camel.
In the making tins one brand ne concentrate the tobacco knouledee and skill
of the largest organization tobacco exferts in the world. No other cigarette
made is like Camels. Ihey are the ovcrnhclming choice of experienced smokers.
Our highest wish, if you do not yet
know Camel quality, is that yon try
them. We invite you to compare Camels
with tiny cigarette made at any price.
R. J. Reynold Tobacco Co.
for tho statement, attributes the
health at the community to homo
cooking. Newark also is without
a restaurant.
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rjemtch .Fetal
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APPLIGATIpNS
For a limited number, of Student Nurses will he considered
in order to fill our ctass commencing: January 1st, llf-C.
Qualifications, four ycurs h it'll school or equivalent.
For full purtleulurs call ut Hospital or wille SuiHiiiitcndcnl.
The Grande Ronde Hospital
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It's a winner. It's a sandwkh spread un
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