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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1919)
Airplanes Spy*Out Hidden Fish on Coast Schools That Escape the Eye in Crow’s Nest Readily Seen From Plane. USE IN CATCHES IS SHOWN Flight Made by Navy Craft Bares Worth as Locator and Tim# Saver— Act as Guide to 8team#ra. FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATRIX ing time on smull, scattered bunches of fish. “ It Is quite possible also that schools o f large fish might be distin guished from those o f smaller, leaner fish, although this would require ex perience In observation. Another field for experiment would lie In the guid ance o f fishing steamers to large schools not visible from the crosstrees, but plainly visible from aircraft, and communication by means of wireless telephone, harking buoys or other de vices would enable the boats to set the seine around the fish invisible to them. Such co-operation would be of great advantage to the naval air serv ice as well as to the fishing Interests, as It would provide for the naval avi ators excellent practice In scouting, station finding and communication.” New York.—A new use for air planes hud been found. Schools of fish for which the fishing fieets along the coast may search vainly for days can be detected from a seaplane, ac cording to a report by W. W. Welsh of the bureau of fisheries. The report of Mr. Welsh followed a trip he made In a naval seaplane from New Vaccine Method the Cape May naval air station. The Used to Check the Flu flight was made at from 500 to 1,000 feet and at a speed o f 70 miles an London.—A new method of hour. At the time of the flight no preparing vaccines, which may schooling fish were breaking water on result In complete mastery of the surface, and none could be seen Infectious diseases. Is de from the crow’s nest of a vessel or scribed In the London Lancet from fishing piers. by the discoverers, Capt. David “The plane ascended rapidly^ to Thomson and Capt. David Lees, about 800 feet, and most of the trip doctors who served In the Brit was made at that altitude,” Mr. Welsh ish army service. They say they reported. “ Few schools of fish were can detoxicate a vaccine, which seen at first, but as ray eye grew ac means that the poison In it can customed to the conditions mnny small be removed. schools o f menhaden were observed, “ Using the new method I have all moving at some depth, and none been able to inject without toxic of them breaking water. Some schools symptoms doses of vaccine ten were so near the surface that they to one hundred times greater appeared ns a reddish brown granu than was ever dared before, with lar mass, ameboid In character and the result that a greater degree changing form constantly. o f Immunity is developed,” says Large Schools Observed. Doctor Thomson. “ Deep'er schools had the appearance Doctor Thomson believes a of large masses of sunken gulfweed, few doses of a compound detox and others were so deep that they icated vaccine given In October could be distinguished chiefly by the and again in January will af shadow they caused on the suspended ford considerable protection particles in the water. From a com frbm Influenza. parison with other objects seen at known depths It Is estimated that the depth of the schools varied from Has Gem of a Smile. about two feet to ten feet, or pos sibly more. Cleveland.—Police are looking for a “ One school of silver fish was ob woman with a gem o f a smile. She Is served breaking water Those were wanted for pocket picking. She wears possibly weakflsh, certainly not men a diamond In her teeth. haden, as they laejced the characteris tic color o f the latter. A school o f porpoises was clearly seen and could be followed under water. The most evident opportunity for the practical use o f aircraft In the [ commercial fisheries at the present time lies In their employment as scouts for the purse-seine fishermen, In the pursuit o f such species as menhaden, mackerel, blueflsh, bluebacks, kyacks Laurentic, Torpedoed During and other schooling fish. In the case War, Carried $35,000,000 o f the spring mackerel fishery It Is believed that the use of aircraft would in Ingots. save much time In locating the fish upon their first appearance and In en abling the fishermen to keep In touch with the fish as they appeared farther north. The chief service rendered would be notification o f fishermen o f British Salvage Ship Conduct» Oper the general vicinity o f the schools and ation» Off Shore of Ireland— It would require actual trial and prac Precious Metal Brought Up tice to determine how much could be .In Buckets. done In directing the fishing vessels to particular schools by menns o f radio Portsalon, Ireland.— Salvaging $35,- telephone or other methods of signal 000,000 worth of gold Ingots and bul ing. • lion the White Star steamship Lau Most Promising Field. “ It would appear that the menhad rentic Is reported to have carried when en fishery offers the most promising she was sunk the night of January 25, field for experiment In this direction. 1917, off Fanad Light, one of the In the case of a region like the mouth northernmost headlands o f Ireland at o f Chesapeake bay, where there are the entrance to Lough Swllly, is be lnrge menhaden Interests, and where ing conducted by the salvage ship there Is a naval air station convenient Racer. The princely cargo, lay at a depth ly located, the conditions would seem to be excellent for the development o f 22 fathoms. The gold and bullion of tactics In the use o f aircraft to as were contained In the strong chamber sist fishing operations. The benefit amidships, rendered almost Impreg- to the fishing fleet would be In time nnble by its thick steel walls and heav and fuel saved In the searching for ily bolted doors. At first portions of fish and In the concentration o f ef the Laurentlc’s decks were blasted fort on large schools instead of wast away and a passage was made clear An elaborate program was arranged for the formal dedication, September 29 to October 1, o f these new labora tories of the federal bureau of mines In Pittsburgh. Inset is a portrait of Dr. Van H. Manning, director of the bureau. Answering Census Questions W ill Help Out Farm Profits Full and Fair Replies When the Enumerator Calls Are Likely to Aid the Farmer to Success— Every Question That Will Be Asked Is an Essential Question— Not Too Early to Get Facts Ready for Census Man. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Capt. Jane Horveux, the famous French aviatrix, the first woman ever to receive a license as pilot, has ar rived In New York to teach aviation to American women. Captain Horveux, who has been a pilot since 1909, was stationed during the war nt Villa Coublay and following the armistice was assigned as a mail carrier between Paris and Brussels. Photo shows her with “ Toto,” her flying mascot. Get Gold Bullion from Sunken Vessel IS RETRIEVED BY DIVERS WHERE TRIP OF ARMY TRUCKS ENDED for the divers. On June 20, the re trieving o f the treasure began. Gold Brought Up. The first bucket sent up contained only copper pennies and n few silver coins. Then for several' days, bucket after bucket containing three or more gold bars, each worth more than $5,- 000, were hoisted to the surface and dumped on the deck o f the. Racer. The first of these bars brought lusty cheers from the crew o f the salvage ship, but tossing fortunes about soon came to be merely another form o f manual la bor to these sallorraen. Most o f the gold bars were 9 Inches long, 2 Inches thick and 4 Inches wide and weighed about 28 pounds. For days l o t one was found, ns many of them were hurled clear o f the wreck by the blasting necessary to make the strong chamber accessible. Several feet of sand have now been washed over these scattered bars beneath masses o f twisted steel and it fre quently requires hours o f patient la bor to pry them loose. The record day’s haul so far had been 47 bars— worth approximately $350,000. Thus far several million dollars’ worth of treasure has been salvaged. Diver* Work In Shift». The Racer carries eight divers. Their "tricks” are so arranged that one diver Is at work throughout the day. Each works half an hour and then must spend 30 minutes in coming to the surface as otherwise the sud den relief from the tremendous deep water pressure might cause partial or complete paralysis. They are brought up In ten-fathom “ hauls,” with ten- minute “rest” Intervals. When the day’s work Is over, the day’s “ catch” If considerable, is dis patched to London with an armed con voy. When first built the Racer was a square rigger man-o’-war—one o f the “ Wooden Walls o f England,” ns the ships o f the British navy at that time were known—a century ago. Had No Change for $20, So Court Raised Fine Mayor Rolph of San Francisco and Col. Charles II. McClure, commander of the fleet of 72 army trucks which made the 3,000-mlle trip from Washington ] to the Pacific coast In 62 days, They are Inspecting the stone put up to mark the end of the trail. NEW BUREAU OF MINES LABORATORIES IN PITTSBURGH Herbert F. L. Funk, nil-round sportsman o f Flushing, N. Y„ was caught speeding by a motor cycle officer on the Merrick road and haled before a justice o f the peace. “I will fine you ten dollars,” the rural Justice said. “Mr. Funk went down In his pockets and extracted a large roll. He peeled off the smallest bill. “ Can you change a twenty?” he asked. "No, but I can change the fine,” the judge replied. “You are fined $20.” Mr. Funk paid the fine. Washington.—When the census enu merator comes around to the farm shortly afteg January 1 next year, he will ask some questions that may sound like prying Into the purely per sonal affairs o f the farmer. Now, the farmer, like every other self-respect ing man, dislikes having his private affairs peeped Into and, unless he thinks about this thing 1A advance, mfiy have a disposition to be unrespon sive if not actually resistant. In actual fact, every question that the enumerator will ask is an essential question and has a direct bearing on the personal welfare and prosperity of the Individual farmer as well as upon the advancement of the agricul ture of the nation as a whole. When the bureau o f the census de cided to take the farm census In Jan uary Instead o f In April, It did so upon the advice of the United States department o f agriculture. The farm er is less likely to be very busy In January than at the spring planting and breeding season, and his products and live stock are in better shape for statistical treatment. Also, every new question—and there are a number of them— inserted In the agricultural schedule was placed there after con sultation with the department of agriculture and for the purpose of clearing up some specific situation in which the department o f agriculture Is trying to aid the farmer. Here are some questions that will be asked: “ Do you own all of this farm?” ‘‘Do you rent from others part but not all of this farm?” “Do child Is grown—the farm paid for and the money that used to go to puy oft the mortgage available for sending the children to college. » Now to the department of agricul ture thut looks like a thoroughly nor mal, healthy and beneficial process. To Just ihe extent that tenancy leads to farm ownership, it Is a good thing for the country and for the Individual. Full Answers Essential. But It has not been possible to get a complete, nation-wide survey of the situation. The forthcoming census offers the opportunity for doing that. If every farmer will answer the enumerator’s questions fully and fair ly the department o f agriculture will have the data from which to analyze the situation accurately and to deter mine what things can be done to best advantage to help the tenant In his aspiration to become a farm owner. One of the directions that aid may take Is encouragement o f rural cred its finding all of the ways possible of helping the young farmer to get the money that he needs to borrow. It Is necessary, therefore, to know what proportion of farmers who advance from tenants to owners have to bor row money to make the change, and how much, in proportion to total value of the farms bought, they have to borrow. The road toward ownership does not necessarily start with tenancy. A great many farm owners were first farm hands, .then tenants, then owners with a mortgage, then owners debt free. The census will show, If the questions are answered fairly, how many years, If any, every fnrmer If You Aim to Climb This Ladder, Tell the Census Enumerator All tho Facts About Yourself So That the Government Can Help You. you rent from others all of this farm?” “ If you rent all o f this farm, what do you pay as rent?” “ If you own all or part of this farm, was there any mortgage debt or other en cumbrance on the land so owned on January J, 1920?” “ What was the to tal amount o f debt or Incumbrance on land on this farm owned by yon, Jan uary 1, 1920?’ Pertinent— Not ImportinenL "What the Sam Hill,” you may In quire, “ has the government got to do with how much money I owe on my laud?” Well, two o f the things to which the department o f agriculture has been giving deepest thought dur ing the past several years are farm tenancy and rural credits. The past three censuses have shown an In crease In the number o f tenants. Alarmists have felt—and said—that the country Is going to the bow-wows by the landlord route. The department of agriculture, however, looked Into the matter as well as It was able, and refused to be alarmed. Where It was able to make surveys It discovered that while the number o f tenants 25 years old was greater In 1910 or 1890, the number o f tenants 45 years old was considerably smaller In 1910 than In 1900 or 1800. The Inference Is that tenancy Is a step toward ownership, that the young fellow wbo becomes a tenant farmer when be marries, say, Is likely to be 9 farm owner before bis first worked for w ages; how many years he was a tenant; and how many years he has been an owner. The depart ment o f agriculture will have the baste Information It needs to help men to success In farm ownership. Other Important Queries. Here are some other questions that will be asked: “Has this farm a tele phone?" "Is water piped Into the operator's house?” “ Has the opera tor's house gas or electric light?” Now that looks like an effort to find out whether or not the furm fam ily hns the modern comforts— and It Is just tlint, but It menns something more than mere Inquisitiveness. Sev eral months ago, when the bureau of farm management was In process or reorganization, the secretary of agriculture railed a conference of heads of schools, social workers and others from all over the country. When the people were assembled In Washington, he asked their opinion as to the most useful thing that could be done hy the office of farm manage ment. For a whole day those people discussed the matter. Just before night, with a score of Items on the ballot, they took a vote. The work of promoting the comfort and con venience of the farm home received an overwhelming majority of votes. That, then, la on# of the things that th# department of agriculture Is try SEEK JOBS FOR CONVICTS Dr. E. E. Duddlng, founder and head of the Prisoners’ Relief society, and his assistant, Miss Evelyn Abbott. The society has organized a campaign to raise a million dollars from a mil lion people. One of Its chief activi ties is the placing of ex-convlcts In suitable Jobs, 6,000 having been placed last year. The headquarters o f the society are In Washington. Doctor Duddlng Is himself an ex-convlct, who hns devoted his life to prison relief work without pay. ing to do la aid o f the farm popula tion o f this country. In order to do the work intelligently, the depart ment needs as full Information as possible as to how the farm homes o f the country are equipped for com fort and convenience. Another Way to Help. Every farmer will be asked how many acres o f drained land he has and how many other acres of land there are on his farm that could be made suitable for cultivation If they were tlle-dralned or dltch-dralned. When these questions are asked you, remember that they are asked every one o f your neighbors. Possibly you have a tract o f land that would be' the tnost productive field on your farm If you could get the surplus wa ter out o f It, but you can not do It because, to be effective, the drainage ditch woqld have to go far beyond the borders of your own farm, would have to be a county enterprise, and the county Las not seen fit to do any thing about It. If that be true, several of your neighbors have land that should be drained. If all o f you tell the census enumerator how many acres you have that need drainage, the department of agriculture will have the facts to show what la needed In yonr community. When the oppor tunity offers, it will be In position to do what It may to secure for you what you need. Those things are fairly typical of the questions that will be asked In taking the agricultural census. In order to answer all of the questions Intelligently, the farmer will have to think about the matter a little before the enumerator calls on him. He ought to give the enumerator the most accur ate Information he can. What the Indi vidual fanner tells the enumerator Is likely to benefit any number o f other farmers. It Is not too early now to get the facts straight In your mind. Love for Hairless Dog Lands Mexican in Jail Dallas, Tex.— His love for a hairless dog from Chihuahua, the home of his birth, got Jazza Morales In Jail this week. The dog catcher hooked the Mexi can’s canine and took him to the city pound. Morales went to the pound and demanded his friend. When he was refused he broke the gates down and attempted to take the dog. He was arrested. Morales’ canine went the way of hundreds of other#— the gas route. 9 :