Jacksonville post., January 11, 1919, Image 2

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: JACKSONVILLE POTI
Official Paper ut Ut! CH h ct Jacksonville Orrj<>'
A weekly newspaper published every Sabir ky at the county sea
of
County, Oregon. D. W. B agsiiaw , Editor and Publisher
Entered as secon«i-class matter June 22. 1't 'i, at the post < flfice it J . I n.. I«.
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1.79.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 11.
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.50.
Advertising rat's furni
application.
Sharks Useful on harms
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1 o
Columbia is Bri I'f tl
For Milts With 1er
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The Dalles, Or., Jun. 7. For tl e
first time this winter the C< bimb a
river here is bridge I by ice. Th«- j«.nr,
which began to accumulate a c«»uple of
days ugo, now extends for several
miles up the river from this city. Al
steamer anil ferry service has been
¿¡'Continued. J. C. Crawford and N.
A. Leon ird were the first to cross the
river on the ice vest rday,__
San Diego, Ca'., Jan.
6.— Seven
thousand sharks, cut in ha'f, driei an«i
piled up like cordw.Txl in the hold of
the motorship Gryme, formed the prin-
z cipal cargo of that vessel when it ar­
rived yeiterday from G tadalupe Island
and Ensenada, Lower California.
The 3harks will be use! as fertilizer.
Oregon Troops are
Still in trance.
Doug'as Coin ty
Highway is Closed.
Washington, Jan. 6. —While the Ore­
gon boys in "he 91st division will soon
be ordered home, the war department
officials do not expect that ships will be
available for some two or three weeks.
It is n«>t known yet, of course, whether
mtn will c< me into New York or New-
p >rt News.
Additional Locals.
John B. Renault, Jr., who is employ­
ed in a large furniture establishment,
in Tacoma, came’down this week on a
visit. He expects to return to the
north next week.
Uncle Billy Cameron of Uniontown
was a business visitor in town today. I
John Matney of Ruch was a recent '
visitor in this citv.
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Notice of Sale of Estray.
Notice is Hereby Given that on J .n-
nary 30th, 1919, I shall offer for sale
one steer (an estray) to the highest
bidder to satisfy damages, cost of keep­
ing and al) expenses incurred, including
Justice fees and cost of advertising
an«i sale, a id su ’h other costs and ex­
penses as may have been regularly •
made.
Estray is one Jersey steer, three 1
years old, weighing about 1000 poundal
Brand circle n oon with figure 8 and
II. L. on left hip, swallow fork in light
ear.
Sale will be held at ranch of A. M.
McKee, Jan. 30th, 1919, at 2 o’clock '
P. M.
A. M. M c K ee ,
.It is ordered that the above Notice I
of Sale shall be published in Ihe Jack-!
sonville Post in two weekly issues of
said county newspaper. First publt
C ition Jan. 11th 1919.
H enry G. D ox
Justice of the l’eae ■?,
Bandits Hold lip
Camp Lewis Bank.
Tacoma, Jan. 7.—Three men dressed
in rough citizen clothing, with their
faces blackened, In l;> up the tu my haul«,
Green Fark, in the Camp Lewis can­
tonment, shortly after 11 o'clock to
day, after scooping $1000 from tie
counters, attempted to make their
escape in the dense woods bark ot the
amusement zones.
A squad of military police patrollirg
the park met the robbers as they
emerged from the bank, and a ball e
ensued, tn which one of the men «s-
csped. Two of the robbers w< re capt­
ured and taken to a Camp Lewis guard
house.
President James Creham. of the
bank, isBued a statment that all < f
the money had been recovered. Ti e
military p dice are stl«l seuichiaj. lor
th. mi.-si gro 0 .
Sk .«mg Is Royal Sport on
Ponds In Eng ne . eel ion
Salem, <>r., Jan. 7, For the first
time in a number of years ice skating
is enjoyed by young and old on ponds
and sloughs about Eugene. The ice
has bean strong enough for several
days to permit of this sport. Dealers
who have had skates "stored away in
dark recesses of tbeir stores have
brought them forth an I a number of
sal«« are reported, although most of
there who have bell skating al eudy
owned lltetr skate«
Rabbit Drive Nets 500 Animals
Echo, Or., Jan. 7.—The first rabbit
diive of the season was made Sund «y,
12 miles west of Echo, near Survia*
Springs. Nearly 100 people were pie-
sent and participated tn the drive Five
hundred of tha little animals were kill­
ed During the deep snows of three
V ar* ago m »st of ihe raboita pen Ind
in the cold, by drives mid pots >ning,
but s'nce they have been gradually in-
cie sing until they are again a pest
a id vigorous action is being taken to
exterminate them. More drives will
in the near future.
“5Vbt n I wits n v r.v y«'»i rr intuì I
vnu fill I with Slip, IsliGotl-
said n “gli he trotter.’’ ”>ii
thoroughly ill-pell-I from my
however, after a visit to J - pi
that coi'itry there Is a
surroiiinl'tig practically ovei
The Jnpine.-i housewife, for In■:••«.••••,
will m ver sweep out a !••> m It.«;««« <11-
ntely after anyone has left It, f< t f. r
of «Living ii'.my the luck. At a Jrprt-
nese marriage
con- d 'ci'd
wise for either the bride or bib
groom to wear purple. It Is h ,• .1
that purple is a color likely to fade
anil that the marriage will m I bo d'
long duration.
Perhaps the stran­
gest Ideas are those w hich prevail with
regard to finger mills.
“The Japanese believe that th«' cut­
ting of finger nails before starting on
a journey will bring misfortune to
tile traveler when he reaches bls des-
ti^ition. The howling of a «log al­
ways causes considerable perturba­
tion, for It signifies dentil.
It Is u
serious matter for a woman to step
over an eggshell. It is the belief of
the country that if she does so she
will go mad. There is a great fear of
ghosts in Japan and many of the mi
Ilves k< ep lights burning throughout
Ihe night in the belief that the flame
will drive th in away. One of the sir
perstltlons is put to practical use.
Japanese children ar«' told that if they
till a lie an Imp will pull out their
tongues.”
Roseburg, Jan. 8. —O'.vi.g to co -
gf ruction in progress on the Pacific
highway in D «ligias county b.twe.m
Canyonvill» and Galesville th? road has
been closed to travel by th ■ county
authorities. The road will eontimni to
be closed until further n >tiee. Work
will be prosecuted all winter anil it is CITY IN BEAUTIFUL SETTING
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axpected to have the grade completed
First Sight of Constantinople Cannot
next, spring.
Fail to Impress Even the Most
The project is a forest road in wl i h
Satiated Globe Trotter.
'he federal government, the state a««l
Douglas county are cooperating With
However many descriptions of Con
ts combletion the worst section of the stantinople may have been read or
Pacific highway in Oregon will b ■ heard previously, the actual sight of
it must certainly come to every one
liminate«’.
with a feeling almost of astonishment
at the sheer beauty of the place.
IVa/towa Court Adj ¡unis.
Certainly it can be a matter of sur­
La Grande, Or.. Jan, 7. January prise to no on«1 that Constantine chos«
term of circuit court in Wallowa Byzantium ns the spot from which to
county has been najourned un «1 I' b- nil«.' the East, for surely no city ever
had a more magnificent sltuiitl a.
ruary 17, «lue to the illness of J;i'.gi
Whether seen from the deck of tile
!’. Kr.owlis with influenza. H sentite steamer, , ns It nears Constantinople,
family ha. been ill.
coming up
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from th«' sea of Mamora.
or from the head of the Golden Horn
or from the heights of I'era opposite,
Optimistic Thought.
or even I from the Gnllitll bridge, Siam-
A .skeptic is one who knows too
I lioul, rlsinf from the brilliantly blue
much for a fool and too little for a
waters which surround it on three
wise man.
sides, must always take first place fol
loveliness among all the beautiful
',T>
«•Illes of the world. In May, when ail
Llttle New in Warfare.
The use of asphyxiating gas Is a the Judas trees nr«' u muss of pinkish
very ancient device. Smoking out the blossom and the wistaria hangs In
enemy was one of the regular maneu­ pendant pale mauve musses above the
narrow streets between th«' old wood
vers of war In anthpiity, says the Sei
entitle Monthly. Polybius relates that en bouses, Stamboul Is perhaps beauti­
al the siege of Ambraela by the Ro­ ful above nil months In the year.
mans under Marius Fulvlus Nohllor
(It. C. 189) the Aetolhins filled jars
with feathers, which they set oil fire,
blowing th«' smoke with bellows into
the faces of th«' Romans in th«" conn
termlnes. At the great naval battle
fought In the waters of l’onzii In tween
Alfonso of Aragon and Genoa in 1 1‘.
the Genoese carried vessels filled with
quicklime and redhot cinders, th«
smoke from which was blown by the
wind against the enemy. Leonardo du
Vinci, who among hfs many other ac
eompllshments was a notable military
engineer, suggested th'1 us«' of poison
oils powders, such as yellow arsenic
and verdigris, to he thrown from the
topmasts of ships so as to choke the
I'tii'iny. This foniK'd a part of the
war Instructions given by Leonardo to
th«' republic of Venle«' In 14119, when
th«' Turks had passed the lsonzo and
threatened St. Mark’s.
To Renew Land's Fertility,
In the Sim I.uis valley of Colorado
there is an area from 4(10,600 to 500,-
<«K> acres which has almost completely
been deprived of fertility in a seem
Ingly mysterious manner. This condl
tlon Ims been Investigated by Dr. W. P.
Ileaddcn of the Colorado agricultural
experiment station, and Iw attributes
tills condition to tile so-called "black
alkali," composed largely of sodium
carbonate. This carbonate is carried
In th«' waters of the valley, Including
the rivers and the artesian wells, and
the practice of subirrigation Ims
brought It to the surface by capillarity
and evaporation. Doctor Heiiddeii
suggests that th«' rennsly lb's In n
conversion of the carbonates Into sul
pinites by tile use of it liberal amount
of gypsum to one potimi of black a!
kail nml downward washing by means
of surface Irrigation with furrows ot
by flooding.
Hand Shaking.
The practice of clasping or Jolnlne
right hands as a pledge of sincerity
or as n seal of a promise Is of very
early origin. The apostle I’atil. In his
epistle to th«1 Galatians, says: “And
when James. Cephas and John, win
s«>etned to be pillars, perceived th
era«'«' that was given unto me. the.«
gave to tn«' and to Barnabas the right
hands of fellowship; that
t
ir«' shonb
go unto the heath« n." ' In thia ease
evidently, a friendly iigreemont
«
wn>
sealed by giving the right hands nt
fellowship. From this the custom of
giving th«' right bund of fellowship
upon
suitable
occasions
spremi
hrouehoiit <'hrlstendum and Joining
ight hands became a part of the
Christian marriage ceremony.
Tin
custom of limnl shaking certaliily ex
I ted heto.-e Shakespeare's day, for he
refers to It many times ax n kind of
pledge or social greeting. It Is not
confined to English speaking natlou*
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Mexico Had Printing Press in 1537,
Mexico hud a printing pre s about a
hundred years earlier than the Fi.lt
ed States, or, to be exact, 111 1537. The
first works printed upon it were nut
urnly by authors born In Spain who
had com«' to America. The elnltn that
the first book by n native-born Amerl
can was written by a Mexican, and
struck from this press, has stood an
disputed for many years. Recently a
writer of Santo Domingo has been
brought forward as the first American
author. An article In a recent num
her of the new monthly magazine, In-
ter-Atnerlcn, presents a well docu­
mented discussion of the relative
claims. In which the author concluiles
that the honor still remains with
Mexico.
The first book, In his finding, by n
native American author was printed
by Juan de Leon, In Sevilla, In th«' p
year 1594. Ther«' exist copies of this
priceless edition In the collection of
the Hispanic Society of America, in
New York. In that of the Duke do
T’Serclaes In Sevilla.
Jno.M. Williams Co
Phone 142.
The People's Store
O ycuoii
Chrysanthemum In Japan.
Bin k In the sixteenth year of the
'I'.i of Emperor Kwnnimn was the
Irst poem written to the clirysanthe-
iium, or klku. but away buck in Jnpn
,«se mythology the flower was rever-
nc« d above till others. Originally it
vns culled Hi«' knku. presided over by
l.o g idilcss Knku lllnia. The great
« a.a was first kept by Emperor Mura-
'mini In Kill.
And still the guests
follow 111«' empress through her gar-
fin- on the ninth day of the ninth
.i,'iith, lumirlciilly speaking, mid rever­
ently watch th«' crimson crowns poised
,t. si« nder stems beneath their silken
•overIngs.
When the world is Inclined to favor
it overrates ns much as it will uu«ier-
rate when It disfavors.
TWELVE DAYS UTTERLY LOST
Protection foi Birds.
Some twenty states of the Union
h: ve provided bird sanctuaries, or
nws for th«1 protection of migratory
birds on their long flights in search
of feeding places. The matter has
even been made the subjt'ct of an In­
ternational treaty between th«' United
Stales mid Canada affecting practi­
cally all birds that regularly migrate
between the two countries.
The
treaty provides, In effect, that no bird
Importlint to agriculture becntt.se of
iii ««'<•; destroying proclivities shall be
-hot nt any time. Second, that no
open game season on any species of
game i .'Lull extend for a longer period
th.in 3>,i months. Third, that both
th,' countries shall so restrict open
seasons on game birds as to prevent
them from being tuken during the
breeding season.
Noah’s Ark In China.
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a curious Chinese picture is of great
antiquity, and is supposed to repre­
When Alchemy Flourished.
sent Nuih’s ark on the top of Mount
The cult of alchemy was at Its zenith Ararat. As Is well known, the re­
during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and ligious llteratur«' of almost every na­
sixteenth centuries, holding the place tion mid race contains an account of a
with many that religion did with oth­ deluge, but a Chines«' manuscript re­
ers. People believed implicitly In the cently unearthed follows very closely
existence of the philosophers stone, th«- story ns recorded in the Bible.
It Is particularly Interesting In that
and pinned their fnith to Its potency
to an Incredible extent. It was, of the roof of the Chines«' ark Is of the I
gable variety associated with the
course, In the great majority of cm ’
simply a mutter of suggestion accept- Noah's arks which prove such enter-
e<l by those who were on the outlook laln'tig to.vs for our young-tors. The
for the means of Increasing wealth. ('hit i- picture, however, shows a dou­
And there were many who drew no ble st orletl vessel, anil, so far from
distinction between the philosopher's there being only one window In the
stone, which was suptaised to have roof, there are windows In every pos­
the power of transmuting th«' base into sible space, it would be Interesting
Ihe nobl«' metals, and what was called If some Chinese scholar or antiquarian
Ihe elixir of life, a substnnet* which could discover the exact date of the
would promot«' ami preserve health drawing.
and Increns«' longevity. Thus the up
peal was also made to credulity
Literature’s Beginning In Amer'ca.
through the desire for health anti til«'
The North American Review was es
fear of disease.
tf.biished In 1815; Bryant’s "Thana-
topsls" was published In 1817; and
when th«' good-natuteil Monroe, after
Measuring the Height of Clouds.
A scientist attachi'd to one of til«' a pr< sldeney that was called "the era
of good feeling.” went out of office, al-
bureaus at Washington has been «•Il
gaged In measuring the height 0f thot'uh Whittier was st II I a boy on
clouds by photography. Simultane­ Ills father's farm, an«l Longfellow am)
ous pictures of a cloud were maile by Huwthorne wer«> still undergraduates
two cameras placed doo feet apart ami at Bowdoln «toll« go. anjil Emerson w as
connected by telegraph wires. From still n country sclm«.1teiichor, Atnetl-
the amount of displacement of th«' can literature was born Th«1 tiling
settled.—Thonws
Wentworth
elotnl enused by viewing It alternately was
from each cm! of the ttOAfoot has«« |fm> IUggluson.
Its height could lie calculated Smite
F^nch.
of the “mackerel sky" clouds photo
Her FJ
graphed were seven mid a quarter
V bn band's humor
miles high. Th«' loftiest dmtds whose
chaffing. Isu't
«• Is si larais
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elevation was thus measured helot ge«l
to the type known as clrrffk. or “curl
him he^s quite it chauf-
cloud," the h< liiht of whlth w as a lit
tie uni«« than seventeen miles.
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POE'S FLACE IN LITERATURE
America Ha3 Not Accorded Due Honor
to Her Gifted Son, Is Opinion of
Hamilton W. Mabie.
A national literature must have
many notes, and I’oe struck some
Short Period in Which No Record <1
>rhlch In pure melodic quality hud not
American History Was Kept,
been heard before. As literary inter­
and the Reason.
ests broaden, nml the provincial point
of view gives place, the American esti­
Tw. lv«* days in the history of Amer­ mate of I’oe will approach more nearly
ica are blank, an exchange remarks. the foreign estimate. That estimate
If you should try to learn wluit hap­ was based mainly on a recognition
pened In the period between Septem­ of Poe's artistic qunllty anti of the
ber 3 and September 13, 1752, you will marked Individuality of his work.
find no records, for those dates do not Lowell and Longfellow continued the
exist. Under the old style calendar, old literary traditions; Poe seemed to
September 2, 1752, fell on Wednesday. make a new tradition. . . . The art­
The next day the Gregorian or new ist always pushes back the bounda­
style calendar was adopted by Great ries a little, nml opens a window here
Britain and her American colonies, and and there through which the Imagina­
the date set forward to September 14. tion looks out upon the tvorld of which
Up to this time the Julian calendar It dreams, but which it sees so rarely;
hud been followed by the English- anil we are not prone to mete out
speaking world. As reformed by Julius with mathematical exactness our
Caesar In 4G B. C. it made the year praise of those who set us free. If
consist of 3G5 days and six hours, with we lose our heads for a time when
an extra day added to February each Kipling comes with his vital touch,
fourth year to account for the six his passionate Interest In living, the
Poe may have
hours. This was the most accurate harm is not great.
calemlar year yet devised, but It was been over-valued l«y some of his eager
11 minutes and 14 seconds longer than French and German disciples, but,
th«> true solar year of 3G5 days, 5 hours, after nil deductions are made, their
4<S minutes mid 46 seconds, amounting judgment was nearer the mark than
ours lias been; and it was nearer the
to a day in 12S years.
Pope Gregory XIII corrected this mark because their conception of lit­
about 15S2 by dropping ten days from erature was more Inclusive and ade­
the calendar and ordaining that <m the quate.—Hamilton W. Mabie.
one hundreilth year In three out of i
every four centuries the extra day for
Finding Fault.
leap year should not be counted. Six­
Addison says, "What an absurd thing
teen hundred was a leap year and 20<MJ it is to pass all over the valuable parts
will be one. but 1700, LS00 and 1900 of a man and fix our attention on Ills
were not. Even this calendar is 36 Infirmities!" But that seems to be the
seconds too fast, amounting to a year habit. About the first tiling we try to
in 3,323 years, so when 4000 collies find in a man is his faults. They are
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around it will have to be robbed of Its apt to transcend his virtues, even if
leap year day to correct this differ­ the virtues are mountain high. It
ence.
Is n deplorable habit, for It not only
Th«' Gregorian calendar was adopted lines great Injustice to the person criti­
In Catholic countries. Including France, cized, but rt hurts the critic himself.
Italy. Spain mid I’orti: il. In 1582, and It lowers his views of life and confirms
within a short time by the Germans, the habit of seeing the worst skle of
Swiss and Hungarians,’ but not until human experience and losing sight of
1752 by England and her great colonial the bright side. No man can be a
empire.
moral man, or a religious man of any
faith, who Is constantly searching for
faults of people. The first duty a
TO FILL HOLES IN PLASTER the
man owes to Ills neighbor Is to look
for the bright side ami he will then
Ordinary Wire Screen Declared to Be
find, in most cases, that the dark side
the Best Backing That Can
Is much smaJIer than he suspected.
Be Employed.
The thing to attack is the sin, for we
will discover that that Is greater than
The electricinn is frequently re­
the man who Is guilty of It.—Ohio
qnlred, In the Instnlliltlon of wires In State Journal.
finlshml bttlldlmrs, to cut holes here
nml there through th,1 plnstered walls
or ceilings. Before these holes can be
Our Sister In Typhoid.
replastered some sort of backing must
In his "Past and Present,” that open­
be put In which will take the place of ing gun of th«' mldnlneteenth century
th«' lath. The majority of men make radical campaign, Thomas Curlyle tells
use of old rugs or paper for this pur­ a grisly story of a poor Irish widow
pose.
It' Edinburgh, who begged for help.
The writer, In replastering holyfe, *Slie was refused, till her strength
uses n backing of ordinary wire screen. and heart failed her; she sank down
The wire should be cut about one-quar­ in typhus fever; died, and lttfecte«l her
ter Inch larger than the hole to be lane with fever so that 17 other per­
tilled, and when pressed into It will be sons died of fever there In conse­
found to make a good, stiff backing, al quence. The forlorn Irish widow ap­
the edges bold It firmly In place. Far plies to her fellow creatures, ‘Behold,
less plaster will be necessary with this I am sinking. I am your sister; one
backing than with the others, which God made us.’ They answer, ‘No, im­
will cover the cost of the wire screen, possible ; thou art no sister of ours.’
and a more workmanlike and durable But she proves her sisterhood; Per
J««b Is obtained.—W. F. Perry, tn Elec­ typhus fever kills them ; they are actu­
tric World.
ally her brothers though denying It."
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