THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939
THE SENTINEL, OOTTAOE PROVE. OREGON
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SWIFT SILVER MINE
HERE aeem to be three distinct
eras In America during which
mining was most important. 'Die
first was during the Spanish occu
pation, the second after the Civil ;
war, and the last the present time 1
Hut the Swift silver mine belongs !
National Editorial Association. Oregon Newspaper Press Association to none of them; it produced Its
s Iver shortly before the llevolu- j
jon.
LOTS OF WATER, FEW FISH
Swift was the captain of a sal) I
;g vessel of those times. He met I
There is more water ami fewer fish in this vicinity than t man who had been adopted Into
any other place we have ever seen. Not that we wish to be cri ,>n Indian tribe, and this man re- i
tical of the lack of fish, but we would like to know more about vealed that the Indians had dis
why the fish are absent. We have heard several explanations, covered a fabulously rich deposit j
chief among which are that there is too much fishing, both in of silver In Kentucky,
season and out. but in comparison with the plantings in other The mine was in a cave, well
sections, the plantings made in this vicinity are considerably hidden from the casual searcher. It
was all that had been promised, and
smaller, perhaps because the business of suppyling the streams Swift
set to work mining and
with fish is left up to the state hatcheries, whereas in other smelting the ore, running It into
sections of the country federal hatcheries seem to be plentiful. molds and stamping it with n dol
In other words we could use more federal fish hatcheries in lar die which he had brought with
Oregon. It has even been suggested that Cottage Prove should him. When they had made as much
build a municipally owned hatchery and release fish in the lo of this money as they could carry,
cal streams say about ever sixty days. Proponents of this idea, they concealed the place as the In
dians had done and started east
which might be a good one. say that it would be an added in ward—none too soon, for the tribes
ducement for more tourists to stop and spend a few days.
men discovered that their mine had
We don’t care where the fish come from whether it is a been plundered and startl'd on
municipal hatchery, state or federal hatchery, what we need is their trail. In fact, pursuit grew so
more fish. Since it appears to be quite a job keeping any trout hot that the white men were forced
in the local streams, maybe sportsmen will have better luck to bury a large proportion of their
when the dams are built in stocking the lakes thus created with spoils.
Then came the Revolutionary
bass. Of course the fluctuating shore line will be the principal war, and Swift was busy with many
drawback to lots of fish, but the conspicuous absence of fish matters. We next meet up with him
could not be much worse than under the present arrangement. when be came into Kentucky with
Boone, and told the story of the
Indian
mine at Boonesborough.
DIVIDENDS
He said that he could find the
place again, although his sight was
The new law requiring cars to dim head lights at night falling, and a company was formed
when passing another car does not seem to be observed any to go with him. He led them truly,
better than before there was any legal requirements. Light dim and at last toward evening one day
ming is a matter of courtesy as well as safety and is practiced he recognized the location. The
night was spent in dreams of great
in most states even without a law.
Perhaps to establish a gineral practice, more time is re fortune, and at daybreak every one
eager to uncover the hidden
quired and there should be an educational campaign promoted was
shaft—but alas! during the night
to induce motorists to dim at the proper time.
Swift’s eyesight had left him com
A number of wrecks can be traced directly to bright and pletely, and he could not see even
dazzling lights, especially when highways are wet. Night driv- the sun as it poured its rays against
T
ing is hazardous enough without the additional hazard of the bls face.
bright lights and certainly dimming is a safety measure that He tried to tell the men where to
go, but it was useless. They were
will pay big dividends.
MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
forced at last to abandon their
search and return home empty
handed.
That mine baa been hunted ever
sine« thoae days, but it remains hid
In this day and age. we’re used to workers of all kinds
making demands for shorter hours and more pay for less work. den.
But. believe it or not, there is one “servant” which reverses
this familiar process—and which, instead, asks for longer hours
Room Bureaus Set Up
and smaller pay. That servant is electric power.
In the last quarter century the cost of practically every
For New York Fair
thing we use has gone steadily up. Your dollar, for instance,
now buys 30 per cent k*ss clothing than it did in 1913. It buys
NEW YORK (Special)— Two
20 per cent less food. It buys 15 per cent less shelter.
agencies
have been set up in
But there is one very vital adjunct of living of which it
buys a great deal more, and this is electricity. According to New York City to insure
World’s Fair visitors’ getting
the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, today’s electric dollar,
living accommodations at a
measured in the energy it will purchase on a national aver most reasonable price.
age, it worth close to twice what it was worth in 1913.
One is the Mayor’s Official
This has obviously saved us all a lot of money—and don’t World’s Fair Housing Bureau,
Inc., with headquarters in the
forget that the saving was made by a heavily-taxed, strictly
regulated, self-supporting private business, and not by a tax- Chanin Building, 122 East 42d
subsidized, unregulated, deficit-breeding public business. Equal Street, set up by Mayor La
Guardia to locate rooms for
ly important as the saving in cash involved, is the fact that visitors in private homes and
cheaper power has been a tremendous factor in improving our dwellings.
living and working standards, doing away with drudgery in
The other is the Hotel Room
home and factory, and so increasing the output of the worker Information Bureau of the
that his wages have risen. Where the average household used Hotel Association of New York
about 260 kilowatt-hours of electricity in 1913, it uses almost City, representing 180 hotels
four times as much. 950 killowatt-hours, today. That’s real pro with a total capacity of 80,000
rooms. The bureau is at associ
gress—the kind of progress that is felt in every home, and ation headquarters, 221 West
can’t be adequately measured in dollars and cents.
57th Street.
If you don’t believe a little paint helps the looks of build
ings, drive around and see the newly painted houses. In some
instances paint very near doubles the attractiveness of build-
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (?)
Both agencies function with
out any charge to the visitor in
finding him clean and comfort
able accommodations at a price
within his means. Rooms in
private dwellings range in price
from $1 per night per person
upward, with the average per
person $1.50.
Every Western Union and
Postal Telegraph office is
equipped to handle requests for
rooms in conjunction with the
Housing Bure au's operation.
Every policeman in New York
City is familiar with the plan
and is equipped to give visitors
first hand information on meth
ods of obtaining registered and
sponsored rooms.
On making the application
for a room the visitor pays a de
posit of 50 cents per night per
person for which he receives a
receipt. The receipt may be pre
sented to the landlord in lieu
of cash as part payment for the
room.
Greatest Martial Elegy
The greatest martial elegy that
has ever been written, “The Biv
ouac of the Dead,” by Theodore
O’Hara, is said to be the one perfect
and universal martial elegy. It has
been translated into almost every
European language and is one of
the world's most beloved poems.
‘For All Who Wish to Learn*
“For All Who Wish to Learn” la
the motti; inscribed on the building
occupied by the Opportunity school i
in Denver, Colo.
*. . . there are many mile* of foreat roads and some 2000 miles of hiking and riding trails."
dlan tribee live on the prnlnsula.
principally near the coast, for thry
are primarily fishermen and canoe
Indians.
One of the features of the trip
was a ride In an Indian dugout cn-
noe, powered with a modern out-
board motor. Although the Indians
are quite up to date In many re
spects, they still manufacture their
For Oregonians the Olympic loop own canoes by hewing them from
trip makes an ideal three-day motor great cedar logs.
jaunt. It provides a variety of scen The beat close-ups of the moun
ery, mountains, streams, lakes, tains in Olympic park were obtained
from the north side of the peninsula,
woods and bays that is not to be the motorlog party reported. How
duplicated in any other trip cover ever, they are visible moat of the
। way around the loop.
ing the same mileage.
The Olympic national park, lo
The mileage from Portland to Port
cated in the central part of the Angelea, where the loop trip offi
Olympic peninsula. Washington, is cially beglna. la 253 milea. The dla-
washed on three sides by the waters tance around the peninsula and back
of the Pacific ocean, the Strait of to Portland via Astoria totaled 301
Juan de Fuca and Puget sound. Only milea. The party made aide tripe to
12 miles of main highway are Olympic and Sol Duc Hot Springe,
within the park, although there are I ji Push, Pacific Bench and Port
ipany miles of forest roads and Townsend. These trips were not in
some 2000 miles of hiking and riding cluded in the mileage totals.
trails.
The main Olympic loop highway
The Oregonian-Oregon State Mo Is paved throughout Its entire length.
tor association motorlog party
found much of the area traversed
Map of th«- route followed by The
extremely rugged and primitive,
Oregonian-Oregon State Motor
teeming with all kinds of wild life,
fish, deer, bears and elk Many In-
association motorlog party.
This newspaper Is co-operat-
tng with the Oregon State Motor
association and The Oregonian
in presenting a series of motor-
logs designed to stimulate travel
in Oregon and the Pacific north
west. This article was condensed
from a full-page article appear
ing in The Oregonian July 9.
Many Refugees Left Russia
Drinkers Cannot Inherit Land
Inhabitants of Papua Cannibalistic
About 1.500.000 refugees are esti
mated to have left Russia during the
war and turmoil of the years 1817-
1920.
A court which deals with farm in
heritances has ruled that "drinkers
cannot inherit land and arc not fit
to cultivate it properly.”
The inhabitants of Papua, the
Dutch part of New Guinea, are Pol
ynesian In type and are declared to
be cannibalistic.
Capital of Louisiana
King's Children look Name
Ilas Few Earthquake*
New Orleans was the capital ot
Louisiana at the time the stale was
admitted to the Union, 1812.
Children of William IV of Eng
land and his mistress. Mrs. Jordan,
took the name Fitzclarence.
New England has had only some
17 minor earthquakes in the last
900 years.
COMING!
To South Lane County
More People
More Opportunity
More Business
More Prosperity
In addition to the normal payrolls, three and a half
million dollars will be spent in south Lane county within
the next five years.
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