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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1920)
Can’t Teach Old Dog N ew Tricks ------------ Britisher Wear American Coat Shirt? No, Sir-ee, It Simply Can’t Be Done. . ------------------------------------------ the advantages o f American shirts. but very reluctantly. One o f the group whom the Americans thought convinced blurted out. “ Well, you see, those coat shirts wear out quicker In the laundry.” What can you do with FIRMLY AGAINST OUR STYLE “ “ kl»J »' Pett Ridge, Englishman Wants to Slip Garment on Over His Head, and He Wants the Collar Button to Touch His Neck, Too. AVIATO R S EA S IC K IN T H E AIR Tokyo.—Lieutenant Ferrarln, one of the two Italian airmen who flew from Rome to Tokyo, encountered such rough air conditions while crossing Korea that he became seasick. “ In my entire flying experience," he said, "I had never before encountered such conditions. The machine pitched like a small boat In a heavy swell, and for the first time In my life I knew what It was to be seasick. “ The most exciting part of my trip occurred In Asia Minor," he added, “about 100 miles from Aleppo, where I was subjected to heavy machine gun fire by the Arub rebels.” the English writer ■ and novelist, said the Americans would better change the subject. So he asked what was the difference be tween tlie English speech and the American. Somebody said the Ameri can speech was a bit louder. “ Yes, you have hit It,” he said. “ Only you stress the unessential word. Your ‘the’ and ‘to,’ etc.” Wife Nagged on Trolley; Another Englishman said: “ We will Conductor Gets Divorce settle It this way. Your shirts a r e ! better and speech worse. But In most Accusing his wife of annoying things we break about even. But do i him while he went about his du you know what John Hay said when he ties as a street car conductor, returned from the embassy here?” All j William L. Stockfleth obtained a asked for Hay’s speech. Here it Is: divorce from Alice V. Stockfleth “I never saw a street fight In Eng In Superior Judge Morgan’s land ; I never heard a story that court In San Francisco. Stock couldn't be repeated In the company fleth said his wife would board of ladies; I never heard a real cuss his car and berate him for an word used.” swering questions of passengers. "Where did Hay live?” one English More than that, she never paid man asked. any fare when she started out “ No,” said another. “You are both on a nagging expedition. right; we break even on those things too.” 1 London.— “ You can’t teach an old dog new tricks" is true when It comes to the question of how an Englishman puts on his shirts. Just u few minutes ago the writer went into a haberdash ery shop in the Strand. “ Do you want your shirts cut Eng lish fashion or American?" asked the litter. “ Why, what’s the difference?” he was asked. “ You see, an Englishman won’t have a coat shirt; he wants to slip it on over his head,” said the shlrtmaker. The fitter then told of several Inci dents about his countrymen who came Into this particular shop. The other day one customer was thoroughly an gry. He had been sold a dozen Ameri can coat shirts. “ I can’t get Into them,” he said. “ All right, we will sew them up,” said the shirt fitter. Another Englishman had bought some American shirts and came back with them in a very bad temper. “ What do you mean by selling me shirts without a collar buttonhole in the back?” was his objection. “ Why, I had to cut a hole through with a penknife." The polite salesman tried to show his customer the benefit of the Ameri can shirts; how fine It was not to have the collar button touch the neck. But lie would have none of those kind of shirts. “ Why,” said he, “ I can’t reach the back of my neck to put the button In.” “ You dont have to,” said the fitter “put it in before you put your shirt on." That made the Britisher angry. “ I won’t do it,” he said. “ I always put my collar buttons In after my shirt Is on my back. And I won’ t have you tell me how to do It.” Bars Hangers on Shirts. Though unconvinced on that pc the salesman tried to tell the English man how fine It was to wear a coat shirt; that it didn’t ruffle up one’s At an amusement park In England war tanks are being used to give the hair when put on. “ No, you can’t sell patrons of the place thrilling rides. me those shirts. I comb my hair af ter I put my shirt on. Besides,” said this customer, “ I don’t want hangers on my shirts.” The writer told shopkeepers that coat shirts had not had a long history In America. “ Well, you see,” said he, “ an Englishman learns how to put on -------------------------------- * — ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a shirt when a little boy, and he won’t change.” This particular shop has a customer Most Powerful Airplane Engine £ ^ ^ ¿ £ 5 * who has bought the same color shirts The new engine, In spite o f Its great Ever Built in United States for forty years, and he Insisted on power, Is no frenk. It Is Intended for Made in Detroit. that color all during the war. Another steady, long-time service, cither for customer for sixty years, now dead, heavy duty or for great speed, and Is always bought one color of neckties— designed for American quantity pro red. duction methods. Races a “ Function.” Made for General Use. One London paper has a paragraph While the men who are handling the nbout Walter Hagen taking off his Capable of Driving Machine at 200 new engine expect that It will push a sweater just as he was about to make Miles an Hour, Says Designer, plane at least 200 miles an hour, the a drive. It simply Isn’t done here. One of Liberty Motor Cre engine was not designed for this pur Bather serious criticism greeted the pose alone, and Is capable of wide and ators— Is Fireproof. first appearance of the American ten general use. It weighs only 1.04 nis players because they dressed so Detroit.—A new 500-600 horsepower pounds per horsepower. sloppily. An Englishman has his The lessons which Colonel Vincent trousers pressed for tennis just as he airplane engine, the most powerful has them pressed for dinner, and he ever built in this country and the most learned during the war In his study of usually wears a beautiful blue coat powerful In the world except for a few the actual performance of the Liberty racing freaks, has been completed here. motor, as well as of the best makes with brass buttons when he plays. The writer asked an English friend It Is expected to develop speeds far from both allied and enemy countries, why he always wore a silk hat and greater than anything yet achieved. are embodied In this design, and as a cutaway to the races. “ Well, you see, In addition It Is fireproof, and It can be result there are several notable ad it’s a function and I must,” he re started “ cold” after a long dive, thus vance». Most Important Is that the motor Is ending two o f the greatest dangers plied. fireproof for all civil purposes. This All these differences were discussed that aviators have had to face. This announcement was authorized has been attained by putting the car by a group last night. The Americans rather convinced the Englishmen of by Col. Jesse G. Vincent, designer of buretor below and outside of the crank case, with all vents outside the cow ling so that there Is no possibility of conflagration from a back fire. This arrangement also has the advantages that It gives gravity feed, thereby eliminating the weight of extra piping and o f the feed pump, and that It makes the carburetor much more ac cessible. Exhaust Valves Changed. Another change has been In provid ing two Inlet and two exhaust valves for each cylinder, Instead of one. The result has been a bigger and steadier flow of gas to the cylinders, and a very high mean effective pressure even at great speed. A doable finger valve lift Is used, and this permits changes In the cam-shaft and rocker-arm me chanism which make this engine much superior to any predecessor In the troublesome matter of leukage from the cam-shaft housing. A third change Is In the use of a single duplex carburetor. Instead of the usual two carburetors. The diffi culty of synchronizing the throttle and altitude controls o f two carburetors has always been a bugbear to aviators, but It had been felt that two or more were necessary to give the requisite flow of gas. It has been found In the tests, however, that this single duplex gives splendid economy and other de tails which. In the opinion o f Colonel The latest development In war ertft Is that of a mother ship for mine Vincent, fully Justify the design He layers that la also a battleship. It carries 12 small mine layers on specially- predicts that It will promptly become constructed steel beds. Huge cranea which lift the mlae layers bodily out of j a universal practice with airplane en- the water ere on both sides o f the vessel glneers. War Machine an Amusement Device Is Greatest Plane Motor in W orld INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE New Type of War Craft Developed Celebrate Return to German Rule Italian Flyer Encounters Rough Air Conditions on Trip to Tokyo. A general holiday was declared In Eiensbourg, Slesvlg, when the German authorities again took over control of the city following the plebiscite In which the people of Eiensbourg voted to remuln with Germany. This photograph shows the flower-bedecked German troops entering the city. SCARS OF W A R IMPROVE SOIL Effect of Deep Plowing Produced Upon Shell-Torn France, Says American. VEGETATION IS LUXURIANT Vigorous Crops Are Growing as a Re sult of French Patience and In dustry— Stick to Antiquated Tools and Methods. New York.—The thought of deep sears left upon the land in France und Belgium by the trenches of the allies and their foes has been one of the gloomiest of post-war reflections. To those who have feared that per manent harm to the agriculture of the war-torn areus would result, the special report made to the American Committee for Devastated France reeeutly by Hal B. Fullerton, agricul tural director of the Long Island rail road, will come as a relief. For In It Mr. Fullerton declures that the trenches und shelllioles have accom plished the one thing dearest to the farmer’s heart—deep plowing. "If a farmer here In America,” said Mr. Fullerton to reporters recently, “ manages to plow to a depth of four Inches he thinks he has done exceed ingly well. For the most part, he gets down two Inches. The best ever done in this country Is nine. Now what has happened in France? Trenches eight to ten feet deep, shelllioles and mined areas from fifty to n hundred feet In depth and often 200 feet square have brought to the surface, without disturbing It, the deep soil, containing vuluutie minerals of which the top soil, used for generations, has been depleted. Added to these minerals Is the organic mutter furnished by the fertilization of deud beasts. Thus the upheaval wrought by the trenches ac tually represents the type of cultiva tion advanced by pructlcal agricul tural experts In America and England. “ I remember one former battlefield where the trenches hnd been filled In nnd wheat planted. . The lines of trenches— French on one slope and German on the other—could he clearly distinguished because the wheat grow ing over them was higher than the rest and had a rich green color that showed It to be the best In the field. It was a plain example o f deep plow ing.” Luxuriant Vegetation in Shell Holes. Among Mr. Fullerton's ninny photo- grnphs was one showing a huge shell hole, perhaps a hundred feet deep, all over the bottom of which luxuriant vegetation, Including clover, corn flower nnd alfalfa, was growing. An other snapshot showed unfilled trenches, with discarded nmmiinltton belts and rifles strewn around, the whole place covered with grass, ferns and shrubbery. Another theory that Mr. Fullerton has exploded Is that of the great harm done to the soil by chlorine gas set free In military operations. On the contrary, he declared, If It has any effect at all It Is a beneficial one, for the chlorine will attract to Itself sodi um and potassium as chemical bases, the result being some o f the very salts that are used In the making of fer tilizer. Mr. Fullerton was full of enthusiasm over the French genius for farming. While amused by some of the nntl- quuted tools and methods the peasants employed, such as hoes with eighteen- inch handles, forcing the user to bend his back at right angles ns ho works, nnd obsolete scythe sharpeners, he failed to find that conservatism nnd distrust of new things with which the Frenchman Is so generally credited. He told of Introducing to some of them the wheeled hoe, or automatic seeder, a device that inny be used for all sort» o f work, from harrowing to weed cutting. “ I took It out to a field," he said, “ where some of the’ French were work ing, nnd started In with It. None of them came up to look—they are too canny for that—but I could see them watching every motion out of the corner of their eyes. A few days later one old man decided to try It, nnd soon he was getting so much more done In a dny than the rest that he was the talk of the town.” “ The problem of restoring French soli,” according to Mr. Fullerton’s of ficial report, the result of three months In the Alsne department at the request o f the American commit tee for devastated France, “ is one of engineering. With the needed tractors and Implements It can easily be brought hack to Its original fertility. Among none of the furmers did I find the slightest pessimism about their land. I noticed also that both men and women had unusual mechanical ability. They are hard workers, ns well. It Is a common sight to see men who have worked In factories laboring In their kitchen gardens until 9 or 10 o’clock at night, making the most of the long twilights. His Only Salvation. "The French countryman is a strong Individualist. It Is with great diffi culty that he Is persuaded to co-oper ate In n community enterprise. The present conditions, however, ninke this his only snlvatlon. With the lack of man-power nnd machinery It Is essen tial that the furmers form themselves Into agricultural syndicates. The American committee and the French government are both fostering this World’s Champion Tennis Team The crack American players, W I I I imid T. Ttlden, second (light), and Wil liam Johnson In action at Wimbledon, England. They won the Davis cup and lawn tennis championship of thj world through their victory over the French players at Wimbledon. f It Cost $6,403,343,481 (to Run U. S. for Year Washington. — The govern ment’s ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year, ending June 30, amounted to $0,403,343,481, according to a preliminary state ment Issued by the treasury. Payments on the public debt amounted to $17,038,030,723, making the grand total for the period covered $23,441,3S3.2t>4. The war department led In the ordinary expenditures, disburs ing $1,010,587,380, with $1,030,- 072,157 charged to federal con trol of railroads next. The navy ranked second among depart ments, expending $730,021,450 nnd the slipping board third with $530,505,04R Ordinary expenditures were heaviest In July, 1010, when $070,273,570 wns spent, nnd lightest In February, when they totaled $295,457,433. system, and the former’s work, with the loaning of tractors, has met with u grent deal of success. “ The Inhabitants of the devastated regions ure In urgent need of shelter, and next to that variety o f food, eggs, milk, etc., nnd domestic farm animals. For the tilling of the soli, they need most a good supply of hand or small motor-driven cultivators and seed- drills, to he hnndled on a community basis and directed by practical agri culturists in the various localities. Ths use o f the tractors, which has already proved of great value, should be con tinued.” Mr. Fullerton went to France Inst April nccompnnled by his daughter. He confined Ills tour to the Alsne dis trict, living In the town of Bleran- court, where the pair occupied a house used ns division headquarters by the Germnns. Mr. Fullerton’s main work wns to establish a model demonstra tion farm, Introduce American tools nnd Investigate conditions. The character of the French soil, weather conditions and articles of food In the Alsne area Mr. Fullerton has discussed at length In a separata report submitted to President Peters of the Long Islnnd railroad, for which road, by the way, he conducts a dem onstration farm at Medford, L. I. Fine Grain Country. "This northeastern section," the re port reads, “ Is u superb grain coun try. Wheat, rye and oats are very vig orous, stalks and heads large and well- filled; apples and pears are fa ir; on ly one variety of grapes, but vigor ous; lettuce, sugar beets, asparagus, Swiss chard, pens, broad beans and carrots all fine; string beuns, onion and cabbage all fair; no corn grown at a ll; grass, such ns red top, meadow grass and fescues, very vigorous, In cluding red, white and crimson, or Swiss clover. Therefore cattle do well and much cheese Is made. The farms run mainly from three to fifteen acres, cultivated often and with pains taking care. Intensive work Is the rule. “ The country Is much like Ohio, long, gentle rolls and many small streams which the French call rivers. The soil Is o f the clay loam type, very tenacious when wet nnd hnvlng many small lumps when rendy for planting. Much lime, mostly In fossil shell form, with henvy applications of thoroughly rotted munure, tells the story. "The rainfall was only about twenty Inelics but extremely well distributed, with brief, gentle showers at Intervals. Dewfall nnd mist were continuous; there were no gullies or washouts on hillsides on account of the presence of heavy rains. “ Bread Is made mostly of nixed dark flour. Radishes, constantly munched In the field and at home, cheese, salads o f many wild plants, chard nnd sugar beet tops are the main food. Chicory c o f f e e once a day, with light, sour, red wine, diluted one-half In water. The people In the devested nrea are patient, cheerful nnd persistent, slow moving hut con stantly. plodding.” Parla to London Flights Grow. Paris, France.—The Matin calls at tention to the recent Increase In aerial navigation, saying that there were 372 flights between Paris and London dur ing Juna.