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' 13 GRANDE KVENWO OBSERVJ5K Tuesday, .Tuty 13, 1926. IK Burglars Beware! This Girl Can Shoot Prs Twelve ! " HOLD SECRETS ill: I ! r ! i 1 v I t ! i i i.4 ? . ! X 1 I It !! 1 i FATRTTEVIM.E, Ark. (NEA Special) A hug'i concrete pyra mid thut will preserve rccorda of prewnl-day civilization for mil lion of years. If ncccBHnry 1 hflnfr Aunt among the bank hill of tho Arkansas Ouirku by W'lnlnm Hopo l oln) Hurvoy, wealthy resort ho. tel awner. . On the pnaanffowny leading; i to tho central crypt wilt bo a coppi tablet for some archncologiitt of the year JS1.O07, or thnrwilioii!a, a decipher. It will road: f "When this la mad. sn "hnln and find a record of and thn,raum Of tun death at, it former elvlllzu tlon." - A Frieml of Ilryan. - ., Ilorvey, who wua n closo friend and co-worker of tho lulo William Jranlnirs Ilryan, and a leader In tho free silver movement thut Hry- aa espoused m thn "nineties," be Hrea that eomo day our civilization mult pass away Just when, he doean't protend to know, oxeept that It will bo a great innriy yoanr fceaco. And ho wants future iron rations, who poko around In our ruins, to havo iih full and completa aa account of our customs and In ventions as possible. Hence the pyramid. : "Our civilization of today Is rleh In Intrlcaio Iwvenllons and cultur al devices, but It run leave, little U anylhlnic:ln the wuy of InstlnK. re cords for tho UKea to come,"' he aaya, "Thla pyramid, which I regard aa the greatest undertaking of my life, will preservo records of tho world of tho present for tho (rent er elvillxations of tho future, and those nations and Hrljj. 7 Z'JT li, f. J .ophomor ue rnrnegl. -'--rJ '-rxr-fySatU ' Tech. is no person for burg- I -jjL'jrt " Jfj tara or holdup men to ulfU I 3 " r y y pif JfTT - J with She's the champion rllt I -tt "jX f fe'I hoi of I h whok school. This I " T) " f -j,JeVS photo ahows her on the I v t i mm-' RaLA ' ronge, whera she scored J ' - y L JiJ'' 195 0U' f " ,,0""lb,,' S"1' ' SUPREME COURT BUILDING OUSTS OLD GHOST HA'NT (lly Cliarloi p. Ktrwart) ri;A Scrlce Writer. . TAifHIMfJTON Tearing down clvlllallonsla Khost'a "hs'nt" and chucking the may hare the opportunity to build ' up. a happier world through find trig out the mistakes and advan tages of tho llfo of our age, i "1 have decided to erect iny pyramid hero because geologically the Osurka' aro among the oldest mountulns In tho world. Tho pro ceaa of erosion hus diminished their original height of more than 14,000 feet to leas than 1400 feet above sea level. The hard llmo Mtone base, which 1 have effectual ly protected from tho action of 1 ground water, la as enduring us any substance known, and the hills have already become so worn that It Is Impossible for thn pyramid to become burled through erosion of tho nearby mountains," Work Already Ilcgiiii, ' Work on the foundation of the big pyramid has already begun, and construction of the nmln body will start, within a few weeks. The : pyramid Is to he 130 feet high, 40 fcot-squuro at. Us bnso and six feet square at the. lop.- Its construction will require liliuuo sacks of cement along with 30,000 cubic feet of Bund nml r,s, (mo cubic feet or gra vel. The, tolal cohL Ih estimated at 100.000. ; , The top of a rounded hill has heeu.cxcuvated to .bed-rock llme Mtone for thn foiinilullon, und up proxlmutely 1 50 holes huvo been drilled 20 feel into thn rock, In which cement shafts will bo uiink ' fut protection ngulnst erosion. - In the center ot tho pyramid there will be a room 20 feet square aurrounded by u solid concrete wall right feet thlek. This cham ber will contain two vaults from which tho air can bo exhausted by n system of pipes lending to tho outside. Samples or Machinery In these vaults will be placed Viuious examples or this genera tion's achievement. miniature tilrplanes, radio nets, phonogruphs, linotype machines, steamships, au tomobiles and oilier meehunlcul devices. Muga2lnes and newspap era, their pages covered with wax ed paper to prevent tho Ink from fudlng, will be placed In the vaults a will a copy of ' Common Henso" il book by Mr. Harvey. There will bo nothing to per petuate the names of any people aside from the records In the hooks and mugnilneA. No names will be ongruved on the wnlls. After tho vaults are filled (hey wilt be hermellcully Heated and the ulr will be exhausted by means of tho pipes. Then the mouth of tho shaft leading to the crypt will he scaled and the pyramid will ho left to wall for the prying eyea of some curious scientist, scores of j centuries In the future. ghost out Into the cold seems like a meun trick. ; Nevertheless . that what's the government's talking about doing to one of the; best, known "ha'nts' in Washington the old hoimo tit 25 Mrsl street, Northeast, close to the capltol, where, tho . National Woman's party bus had IIh head quarters for tho lust half dozen year. . I The government wanta tho site for a new supreme court building. Major Henry Wlrz'a irhOHt's nrlor claim docon't appear to enter Into inn government's calculations at all. - ... Major Win wna superintendent of Andersonvllle ntison. where Vnlon prisoners were kept, la tho south, during tho Civil war. The horrors ot Andenibnvllle were a by-word of tho period and for long afterward. The captives died there like files. Wlm wua held up nit an arch fiend. Who knows now? Was ho ns black as ho wua pointed? Or hod he ex cuses to offer, which, In the state of feeling ot the, tlnfe, weren't recognized? They weren't recognized, nt nny rate. v .' ; , Wlrs was caught. when the con federacy fei They hanged him tn thn side garden of that house at 26 Mrst street, northeast. Tho building was In use ns a military! prison at the time, p While prisoners were kept In tho upper roonm, Colored spies wero locked In Hie vaulted brick cellar underneath. Wlrz was not tho only ono put to death, but he was by far tho most famous. Mostly they died facing firing squads. Ho died hy the noose, not llko a soldier, but as a common murderer. STARKEY PERSONALS 8TAHKET, Oro. (Special) An Imlppcmloncu nay nlrnio held Imro July C wuh a Uk hiiccohh. Many ultonrled and nlno fnjoyrd a dunce thftl. nlKht at tho JnJm WcIIb place. Air. ami Mih. John walla, of Ail ed, havii he?n uncndlnr a iVu- day with Mr, and Mrs. It. K. Tho rn an and Mr. und Mm. John Wells, Jr. H, A. ThOr.iburK tin wurdt'n. vu culled tq a flrn Monday on tho forest reserve. Tho fire, which covered an area of uhout HO acres Ih now under control. JeHW T'lunttet was a bunt new vis itor In I-a Orande tho first of the week. . Joe Chuno, Jr., nccompanled hy two brothers, fs'spnndlnjr a few days here on biiflines,t. Mr. and Mrs. fl. O; Ttfoyse, of Pendleton, ure vtsftlnn" at the liome of Jack 8turco. Mr, and Mrs. Hn?vey Ttuckrnan. of Allcel, spent Monday at fitarkey. Mr. and Mrs. . St"onpf and child ren and Mr. und Mrs. Q, J. Bur nett and children' enjoyed a picnic on the river Sunday. They drove as far as tho homo of P.. A, Thorn burg. John Wells and Juek fltureo hnvo purchiuied a new threHhlnn' mn- chlne, r I W. Ii. Br I bps and Dulo Hapey are employed on tho fire put rot. John Wells made a trip to Hll grml after a new hinder recently.,, Jess Plimkett s shipping two carloads of beef to Portland.. - U H. ItiiKsell, of .a Grnnde, maile a trip to Starkey Kilday to receive a report on . tho 1 leaver creek fire. S. 1 TO 1U 11,1) Tl'.IUIIVAIi KLAMATH FAU-6, Ore. July 13, (AP) Application for a build in? permit for ?:i2ft,000, covorihp construction of terminal buildings here, wns mndo lato Saturday by tho Southern- Pacific. Tho plant does not cover construct tun of truckaice or cost of changes in land contours, expected to bring the total to upproxlmutely one mil lion dotlar.s, nccordlng to eHtimates of Southern Pacific engineers. - PARK PERSONALS THE PARK, pro, (Special) Mrs, Urinii Wilson, of Iji Urundn, Is visiting her fut her and mother Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Hunter. r Prank Wlgglesworth Is lielplng iJert Vandex-anter hay this week. Hobert tMlller was'a business vis ; llor at Medical Hprlngs Thursilay. Charley Creen mid Chester rrreen, of Union, were at tho Park Tuesday looking at some venlers. Kdward Wult and A. J. Vnmle Vanter were Union visitors Tues day. John Green, of Union, was rail. Inr on friends hero recently. Huckleberries are source near The park. Many have rought tho berries but few huve been success ful. Tho spring frcew got most of the small fruit. Clarence Vanorder and daughter JHWrt were at Union on business Monday, Bobby Hunter Is slowly recover In from an attack of flu. 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