Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Oregon) 1915-1921, January 10, 1919, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextREACH LIMIT IN ABSORPTION RECORD PRICE FOR SPEECH IN THEIR LAST LONG SLEEP Small T h in g * Like the Turm o il of a G reat W a r Cannot O isturb Chest Devotee*. C hainccy Depew Tells of Occasion When a Few Spoken W o rd * W e r* W orth Much M on*y. B eau tifu l Spot in W hlch H a v * Been Laid Am erican S oldìer* Who Died in L ib e rty ’* C au**. T o It * devotee* cite«* I* the most nhsorhing of all mental activities, the tin me that above all other* bring* complete forgetfulness of the world to those who play and those who watch the moves, observe* a w rite r In the New Y o rk H erald . A striking example of this self-ale sorption has been shown recently In the rooms o f a local chess club when distinguished eximrts struggled for su premacy In the mim ic Held heedless of the stupendous four-year struggle that was fast draw ing to a close on Eu rope's shell-torn, blood-soaked board. W h a t was the reekless slaughter of thousands o f Germ an soldiers In eom- parlson w ith the sacrifice o f a single Ivory pawn standing gunrd before It* queeuT W hich one o f those wtio moved the piece* or o f the greater num ber who watched them w ith fu r rowed brow * and fast-heating heart* thought o f the kaiser's peace offer w hile the queen's gambit was passing before th e ir eyes? The pope ntny lift ht* voice In words o f solemn counsel, but they heed him not. The only ec clesiastical pow er that they recognize 1* th at o f the m itred bishop sweeping Into the h eart o f the enemy's country and sm iting the rock as It stands. T o read the printed accounts o f this tournam ent I* to recall the old Puck picture o f two chess players carried In th e ir ch air* from a burning build ing w ith the hoard between them. Nor do w e wonder at the fact that It was ouly w hile absorbed In his dally game th at the exiled Napoleon could forget S ir Hudson Lowe. In commenting upon the death o f Mrs. Russell Sage, Cliauncey M. IV - pew, who knew Mrs. Sage for 40 years and was an In tim a te associate of her husband fo r a longer period, told how he made n $120,000 speech at her sug gestion. M r. IV p o w st at «si that although M r. Sage accumulated a vast fo rtu ne he rarely gave away any money, adding that the reason fo r this was the con fidence which he reposed In the Judg ment of his w Ife as itu aide and ex- ix-rlcnced philanthropist. H e said that years ago he received a le tte r from Mrs. Sago In v itin g him to tnuke an address ut the Euium W illard school, a t T ro y, N. Y„ upon the occasion of the donation by M r. Sage to the school of a large sum o f mouey fo r use In erecting a building. T ills was the school o f which Mrs. Sage was a grad uate. “I replied," said M r. Depew, “that I was so overwhelm ed w ith engage ments to iq>onk that It would b e ,Im possible fo r me to accept the Invita tion. In answer I received by special messenger a note from Mrs. Sage, sayin g: 'Russell Is going to give $120,000. H e w ill not give one cent unless you make the speech. T his Is Russell's first excursion Into this field. Don’t you th in k he ought to be ei> eoumgedT1 “ M y Im m ediate reply w as : ' I w ill make that speech.’ " On thè wooded siepe o f a sleep bill thut rise* high over a great bend in thè Itlv e r Scine Ile * a little plot of c a rili tim i I* as limoli Am erica ns I* thè uatloiial cenietery ut Arllngton or thè hnllowed ground o f G etlysburg. It Is a qulet nnd peacefiil spot, for nl- thoiigh P a ri* I* nenr— thè aleniler pill imele o f thè E iffel to w er Is In pialli vlew over thè tives— thè city t* sepa rateti from thè Am erican cenietery al Stirtiesues by thè green expanse of thè B oi* de Boulogue. T h e heart of thè city th at Is thè heart o f thè world Is not file ni II os nw ay ; you would thlnk It at toast fifty. I t Is s *i* d far rciuovod freni wnr, and yet there «re enough of thè uccoutreiuents o f wnr abolii it to rondini thè visito r tlm t Mio 700 g rave* Iu re are thè grave* of sol- dlers mosti)- o f soltllera who dled of tlie lr wounds ou thè Journey In freni thè fro n t or ut one of thè hospltnls In o r nenr thè capitai. E u rth er up thè slope fro w n thè rnuiparts o f thè fo ri o f Mouiit V alerteli, one III Ilio cimili o f defenses tlm t surround Ptirls. Dar- lag hostllltles pinne* flew freni fichi lo fichi. Mie (Irono of th clr m olerà never so clear us In Ibis q u id rotinir.vsldc. And more w a rllk e stili, nu occasionai camion shot echoetl from a testlng ground In thè uelglihorhotMl. Tln- lit tle cenietery Itself. w ith Its well- allgncd rows of w h lte wooden crosso*, w i l l some (I h . v he as green and fa ir a God's Hcro as auy In F rin ire . It I* becotulng so as fusi as thè lovlng h au ti* of thè llvtng ran convert It luto otie. Eveti In Illese fresh fa ll iluys, thè g rave* are all nhlooin, nnd hard}' shruhs ndd a touch o f stunher beauty to Mie little corner* nnd round potuta. — Stara and Strlpes. Parts. EPIGRAPHS PROVE A PUZZLE Explanation of Hieroglyphics Adm it tedly V ery Old W ill Surely Be of the Greatest Interest. A m ateu r archeologists o f C alifo rn ia are endeavoring to Interest profes sional scientists of the East In the epigraphs which abound on the rin ks o f Round Valley, not fa r from the city of Bishop, and which are believed to be as old. I f not older, than the hiero glyphics o f earliest Egypt, to which they bear a strange resemblance. I t is believed by many th a t the strange markings constituted the names by which ancient tribes marked the source of w a te r supply fo r the benefit of those of th e ir num ber who lived roving live*. These hieroglyphics hnve never been deciphered, although they are m atters of record iu the leading museums of the country, it is said. T h e Indian tribes now livin g in the vicin ity de clare they are the work of the Indians of N orth Am erica and th at they ante date all aboriginal lore. Some who have examined the strange markings in the flin ty bowl ders say the helroglyphics closely re semble those o f earliest Egypt and may replace the la tte r as the first w ritte n language o f hum anity. They are found always In the vicin ity of w ater supplies, the same m ark ings discovered near Bishop appearing also on rocks extending through the»j Canadian border, down through W ash ington, Oregon and C alifo rn ia to the Mexican line and beyond. This fact. It Is argued, indicates that prehistoric tribes marked a highway fo r th e ir m i grating members or fo r th eir armies, giving specific directions as to the best w ater supplies along the way. French Live Stock on the Decline. T h e United States food adm inistra tion has railed attention to the large decrease In live stock in France since the beginning of the war. In cattle this decrease amounted to up to December. 1917; in sheep the de crease amounted to 6.238,000 head ; in hog* to 2,869.0110 head. In the period since owing to the food shortage there has been a still fu rth e r shrinkage. F ig ures lik e these indicate that there w ill be a large and insistent demand for live stock from this country fo r the foreign trade fo r many years a fte r peace is finally establsihed. Good Am erican Fam ily. T h irty years ago a girl came to this country from Russia to m arry Louis Fleshner, an Im m igrant from the same country. They settled In Springfield, Muss., and when the United States en tered the w a r they had four sons, the oldest 23. A ll of them entered the arm y nnd »he eldest has distinguished him self In battle. H e Is the young man who, having lost an arm nnd an eye w hile carrying ammunition through shell fire, optim istically exclaim ed: “I'm the luckiest Jew In the array. Any other man In my place would have been killed ."— Am erican Israelite. COMPLETE CHAOS IN RUSSIA Inevitable Anarchy as the Result of Insufficient Supplies of Food fo r the People. B y fa r the most te rrib le toll o f the Russian w in te r w ill he taken In the (HMisant village«, the home o f nine- tenths o f Russia's 190,000,000, O liver M. Sayler w rites In the Saturday Eve ning Post. T h e sullen and defiant muzhik, who has planted for him self and only fo r hituself. hasn't taken In to account the possibility that superior force from the city or from his own or a neighboring village may selxe his grain. W hen the calam ity befalls, an endless tra in of disaster and bloodshed and starvation w ill follow in It* wake. Reprisal on some w eaker peasant w ill be the next step, and from that the flame w ill spread to v iru len t bor der w a rfa re w ith whole villages on the tru ll to plunder the grain bins of others or Intrenched to protect th eir own. In some districts, even before I le ft, this most cruel form o f civil strife had broken nut. I contemplated returning from l ’et- regrad to Moscow by sleigh overland In case the Germ an advance enveloped the railroad outlets. C areful Investiga tion. however, disclosed the fnct tbnt machine guns, brought home from the fro n t, w ere mounted on all the roads lending into many villages nnd tra ve l ers upproached them a t th eir peril. W orld's Greatest Troopship. One of the devoted women who hnve not spared themselves at the emer gency nhl rooms told this story among the flying needles the other day to her co-workers. A le tte r from the fro n t has brought the Intelligence: A pompous Germ an m ajor had fallen Into the hands o f our valorous Penn sylvania troops, and a fte r they had questioned him, he ventured to ask them fo r Inform ation. “ H ow many men have you on this side o f the water?” he Inquired. “T w o m illion,” answered a young lieutenant. “H o w did you get them over?" was the Incredulous query of the Hun. “One boat brought them all over,” was the answer. T h e Germ an stared. “ H ow so? W h a t boat was that?" T h e Am erican gave the Germ an n searching look. “T h e L usitania,” he answered, q uietly.— Philadelphia Lead er. T a llo w Dips In Denm ark. Dentnnrk has a lighting problem so serious th at the Danish government r e cently purchased 400 tons of tallow from which to make candle*, Com mercial Agent Norrnnl Anderson re ports from Copenhagen. “T h e re Is a scarcity o f kerosene also, and electricity Is, of course, not a v a il able to the Isolated farmhouse,” says M r. Anderson, who quotes f-o m the T ld s s k rift fo r M u M , which. In dis cussing the possibilities o f «icetylene nnd alcohol Illu m inatio n , stntes: “Acetylene may now legally he used and may be Included In fire Insurance risks. As a result the m anufacture of acetylene lamps has flourished greut- ly and at the end o f the year 180 types had been put on the inurket."— Exchange. “ Olive'» O il. O ver 500 different types of husked Y p erite, New Poison Gas. rice or paddy were under exam ination J. Bn min line and J. de Poliakoff last year a t one o f the government (B u lle tin de 1’Acadenile de M c d ld n c ) ag ricultural farm s In Burma, nnd over call the reader’s attention to the cftl 200 types o f sassamum were grown at another, H ith e rto much o f thp sassa- | denc.v o f hot a ir In the treatm en t of burns caused hy yperite, a gas used mum grown In Burm a has been ex by the Germans In th e ir offensive of ported to Europe, where it Is used fo r M arch, 1918. These burns, even when the production o f the so-called “olive very srrnll, cause extrem ely sharp pain o il” fo r which France and Ita ly have nnd sleeplessness. A number o f cases long been famed. were rapidly healed hy hot a ir a fte r various treatm ents had failed. T r y a Trico rn . Stop to th in k how often a certain clerk in the bakery departm ent o f a certain downtown store helps you to decide on a round m arshm allow cake or a square chocolate In preference to a three-cornered devil’s food. “Look at the tricorns le ft again,” snickered the w hite aproned diplom at. “ Never catch ine rootin' for trl's ; too bard to yrr«j>.”<«-lndla{uijK>ii* N**«. Oh, Boy I T h e w a r departm ent recently Invited bids fo r the follow ing to supply 12T> M o m e n ta : Seventeen thousand five hundred sets o f boxing gloves, >.000 baseball hats, 21,160 hnsehnll*. 35,000 playground balls, 3,000 rugby football* 7.000 soccer footballs. 350 volley halls and 1,750 medicine hulls. WAR DEMAND FOR PLATINUM I* Essential In Production of Sulphuric Acid, Indispensable In M anufac tu re of Explosive*. __ _ T w o universally known products— one a rare m etal, the o ther a common a d d — have lately assumed Im portance th a t Is m ystifying to the la ity . P la ti num has become v irtu a lly the king of m e tal*, and Kiilphurlc a d d the king of chemicals. T h e reasons fo r this arc most simple. P latinu m Is obtained chiefly from the I ’ral m ountain*. Owing to chaotic conditions In Russia. Iltth- o f It Is being mined. It Is absolutely essential la the m anu facture of sul phuric n d d . W ith ou t a sm all amount o f It being present, oxygen, w ater and sulphur dioxide w ill not unite chem ically. Sulphuric a d d , on the other hand, wus probably the most Indis pensable product used In the pfo*ocu- tlon o f the w ar. Its tremendous a (Tin - Ity fo r w ater made It v ita lly Im portant In the m anu facture of high explosive*. I F o r Instance, one obtains a fa irly [ harmless liquid by m ixing glycerin and n itric acid. I f sulphuric a d d Is added. It combines the tw o chem ically bl inkin g an atom o f hydrogen and one o f oxygen from the n itric n dd , an ( atom o f hydrogen from the glycerin, fo rm in g wnter. and taking it unto I t s e lf.* O ne then lias nitroglycerin. In a s im ila r m anner sulphuric a d d Is need ed fo r the m anu facture o f guncotton 1 and T N T . Thus we had the pecu lia r cycle o f circumstances that made It u np atrio tic fo r an Am erican to hnve In his possession more than nn ounce o f platinum In the form of Jewelry. In cid en tally, however, there Is said to i be good reason fo r the belief th at n I very Inrge proportion o f the so-called platinum In modern Jewelry Is corn- I posed w holly or a t least In part of [ cheaper m etals.— Popular Mechanics Magazine. Substitute fo r Tea. I t Is said th a t there are now on ♦he m arket ns a substitute fo r tea the leaves o f a p lant which Niebuhr described ns long ago ns 1775. The p lant Is the Cntha edulls, or Arabian tea, which is cultivated or grown w ild on the East A fric an coast from Abys sinia to N a tal, In the N ile valley, and In A rab ia. T h e leaves are called hy th e natives “ knt," and when boiled give off a liq u or which Is said to he a p ow erful stim ulant. T h e natives d rin k this ten before starting on long inarches or other strenuous labors. T h e tea Is said to have a pleasant arorna and to he useful against neu ra lg ia , w hile In many regions the p lant Is considered to be a protec tion against plague. A ll He H ad L eft. T h e conjuror was giving a sleight o f hand perform ance. One of Ills fe a t* w as to mnke a marked d o llar b ill dis appear In the sight of the crowd, which he did successfully. “T h a t mnrked d o llar hill w ill he found In the vest pocket o f that gen- tleinnn,” said the conjuror, pointing w ith his magic wand at Snrn Law-slug. A ll eyes w ere riveted on Sana, who advanced to the front, took some m oney from Ills vest pocket and snld: ‘‘ Boss, h<*re’s your change. A h’ve bad tw o beers nnd a elgnr out of th at d o lla r you told me to keep In mn pocket till you called fo r It.” Peace Ambassadors. G eneral M angln possesses n vein of sardonic hum or. When, In the autumn o f 1916, he had helped to undo In n few days the w ork fo r which the I crow n prince during eight months had 1 sacrlfied the flow er of the kaiser's arm y, at Verdun, G erm any launched I a pence offensive. Review ing Ills men one day, Mangln eyed them over nnd rem arked w ith a grim smile, "Ab, you're the sort o f peace ambassador« the republic w ant»,” -Jsi $ ov io 0 y^ — 1 .(TV Compare the Food Energy Content of Various Food Products with COLUMBIA BRAND OLEOMARGARINE * I ' u r l e r h i Ml Ht» StU t i k . M u t t o n i 'h o p * C re a m t V I o r y St • Up C ln r k c ii S a lm o n 1 M ilk THE THRIFT SPREAD” .1 UHI Util o r i* ’ * 1 41 5 t i l l o rn 'H 2 3 5 .-» I iir ii'N 3 0 8 c u l o n « ** 0 1 5 c a l o rn'H i l ) 5 c a l oru*N 3 1 0 , ,1 ori«** per per per per per per per III. Ih . Ih . Ih . Ih . Ih . Ih . (The above figures taken from U F u t i r « W in •u t F lo u r It I C C W h ite M i c h .1 1 • r il it ti In 1 «*«1 S u g i» » P o lli t i i l«'|i é T o r n ii lo u t I 1 I § 1 1 'p p b 8. Dept ft RISO u t l o r io * p e r Ih IllL ’O u n lo n u « p e r Ih 121*1 . u lo n « '« p e r Ih 1*50 < u lo n « '« p e r Ih 2115 union«*« p e r Ih U h i u u lo n « '« p e r Ih Ra» « u lon«*« p e t Ih ot Agriculture. Bulletin 142) Columbia Brand Oleomargarine Contains 3 4 1 0 Calories to the Pound and zaveg a worth while sum on your nrorrry bill. Tastes «ood on bread— fine for frying and baking— sweet, pure, wholesome— not touched by hand in manufacture or packing CHURNED F R E S H D A IL Y T U T U P IN W A X E D O DO I a * R O O T L'ARTONH A QUALITY PRODUCT OF THE UNION MEAT PORTLAND, OREGON HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP A food rnnp o f Europe today show* n»>t a single country In which the fit tlire docs not hold threat o f serious difficulties nnd only a small p art which is not rapidly approaching the fam ine point. W ith the exception o f the Ukraine only those countries which have m aintained m arine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest, nnd e \c n In the U krain e, w ith stores a r m undated on the farms, there Is fam ine In the Inrge centers o f population. Belgium nnd northern France, ns w ell as Serbia, appear on the hunger map distinct from the rest o f Europe because they stand In a d ifferen t re la tion from the other nations lo the pen pie of the United .Stales. Am erica has fo r fo u r years m aintained the amull w a r ra tio n * o f Belgium and northern Fran ce nnd Is already m aking special efforts to care fo r th e ir Increased a fie r-lh e w ar needs, which, w ith those o f Serbia, must he Included In this plan, are urgent In the extrem e nnd must hnve Im m ediate relief. T h e g ratitu de o f the Belgian nation fo r the help Am erica tins extended to her during the w ar constitutes the strongest appeal fo r us to continue our w ork there. T h e moment Ihe Germ an s m ile * w ith d rew from her soil nnd she wii h e s t a b l i s h e d once more In her own seat of govern it- ot Mie little nailon s first thouiMil was lo express her grnll lude lo Mie Commission for B elief In Belgium for preserving thu l li c * of ndlllons of her citizens. Germ any, on the other blind, need noi figure In such a map for A m eri can* because there Is no present Indi callón Mini we símil tie called on at all lo lake thought for Ihe fund neei Is of Germ any. G erm any probably can cure fo r her own food problem I f she Is given access lo shipping and Is enabled ♦o distribute food »lo Mie eitles w ith dense popiilnlloriH, which are Ihe tro u ble cenlera. England, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, all . ' which have In..... m aintained from Huerican supplies, have sillfii-lent food to meet liiim cilliltc nceils, hut th eir f lu re présenla seri oils dltfii-nltlcH. T h e same Is true of Spain and the northern tie n im i coun tries Norw ay, Sweden nnd Denmark whose ports h n \i- been open nnd w ho hnve been nMe to draw lo some degree iqion foreign supplies. Most o f lliissla Is nlrendy In Mie throes o f fumine, m il 40.000,000 people there are hoy on I the possibility of help. Before m. other spring thou sands o f them Inevitab ly must die T h is applies ns well to Poland anil p ractically throughout the B altic re glims, w lih condition* m o*l serious lo Finland. Bohemia, Serbia, llom nnnla and Montenegro have already rcuched the j fam ine point and lire suffering a lunvy lull o f dentil. T h e Arm enian pop'll* Mon I* fallin g each week ns l)uu.,er takes Its toll, nnd In Greece, Albani* and Uomini Ida so serious are Mie final shortages Mult film ine Is muir Al though starvation Is not yet Imminent, Ita ly , S w itzerland, B u lgaria and T u r key lire In Ihn throe* o f aerim i* strin gencies. In order In fu lfill Am erica's pledge In world re lie f we w ill have lo export every ton o f food which ran tie hsn died through our port*. T lila means nt the very Ieust •• m inim um o f 20.000.IHiO Ion* rompa red w ith fl.iNHMHH) tons pre w nr ex ports and 11.820,000 Ions ex ported last year, when we w ere hound by Ihn tie * o f w a r to the European allies. If we fall |o lighten Ihe hlnek spot on the hunger map or I f we allow any portion* to heroine d a rk e r the very pence fo r which we fought and hied w III he threatened. Revolt and anarchy Inevitably follow faxulix*. Should MR* happen we w ill a r tr iti o ilie r parts of Europe a repetition of Ihe Russian de bucle and our light fo r world p e a r* w ill have been In vain.