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About Dayton tribune. (Dayton, Oregon) 1912-2006 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1925)
Plebes of West Point Get Field Work Practice Patriotic Celebration by Young German Order The "Young German Order," a large and Influential organization tn Germany, Is here seen holding patrioti« exercises on the sixth anniversary of the adoption of the constitution. At the right la Captain Wabraum, leader of the order. Jerba Is Rich in Romantic Interest Was Fabled Home of the Ancient Lotus Eaters. Washington. — Jerba, the North African island where an nnclent Greek treasure galley was discovered re cently. Is not listed as a stopping place on the Mediterranean cruise", although It possesses a background of rich historic and romantic Interest. Tradition places <>n tills little Tunisian island, almost midway between Gibral tar and Suez, tiie home of the lotus- eaters, of whom Homer tells In one of bls sea tales. "The present-day natives, mostly Berbers of the Kharijite sect, would probably tell you they have never heard of the fabled sweet forgetful ness that wax • said to come to the Lotophagl. us the enters of the lotus plant were called," says n bulletin from tiie Washington headquar ters of tiie National Geograpl.k society. "There Is nothing today about their busy little pnltn shaded towns, or harbors full of fishing boats, that lends the atmosphere oY 'a land of always after dinner.' Secure In their Insularity against the attacks of nomndlc Arabs, the Jerba Islanders tend their fruit groves ami vegetable garden«, vying also In Industry with their kinsmen, the Noznbltes. as trad ers to alt the seaports of the Orient. Sponge S'd Polypus Fisheries. “The sponge, polypus nnd other fish eries. ami the oyster beds In the Canal d'AdJIm, the ship channel through the narrow sweep of water flint sepa rates Jerba from the mainland, nre productive. Every morning the queer looking craft of the Arab sponge fish ermen put out from the long wharves, with tings flying, for the great stretches of shallow water that extend In all directions from the island. Large steamers must be met by native sailing craft and rowboats, as It I* Impossible for most of them to ap proach within two or three miles of the shore. "Jerba lias been made, through the efforts of Its Inhabitants, one of the most fertile nnd prosperous »pots along a great stretch of sun-bnked Mediterranean coastline. More than a million date palms wave their fringe* over the white-roofed towns and vil lages of tills Island oasis, which Is approximately twice ar large ns Malta. Its British neighbor 250 miles to (he northeast. In addition there nre ex tensive groves of olive, orange, lemon and peach trees. "To the stranger coming from the bleu . nnd parched Tunisian nmlnlnnd this fertility seems a miracle. There nre no rivers on Jerba, no streams worthy of the name even, nnd rainfall Is ns scant nnd Infrequent ns on the mainland. Tiie answer to the riddle is underground water, obtained through artesian wells. * "Humt-Suk, the capital nnd princi pal city, lies on the sandy north coast about half n mile from thu sen and J Plan $3,000,000 Copy > of Solomon’s Temple • [ft £ ¡ft ft ft [ft ft ft >J [ft ft ftf Philadelphia. — Something of the glories of a civilization long past will be presented In mlnuta and historical accuracy for vial- tors at Philadelphia sesqulcen tennlnl exposition next year when plans furthered by Mayor Kendrick's presentation of GO acres of the exposition site to John Wesley Kelchner of New York nre completed. The plan contemplates the construction of an elaborate replica of King Sol onion's temple nnd citadel at n cost of $3,000,000. Tiie plan centers about n tower, which will rise 210 feet, The house of the forest of Leb- anon, tiie palaces of the king nnd queen, tiie molten sea and the tower of David will be parts of the exhibit. J V ft, $ ft ft iji ft: ij ft[ teftxxxxxft»»: ft ft :* ft * ft * ft ft: ft ft > J ft $ ft J ft ft ft ** >:>:>:»2Ce;A five miles from tiie anchorage* of steamers. Its countless little bulldhigs of one or tw® stories all have domes and from the roof lops the city looks like an array of Inverted zaucers, with the graceful minarets of tiie mosques breaking the skyline like slender light houses Public gardens nnd a numtier of wide, curving streets show the be neficent Influence of the French. Down by the sea Is the spot where a great mound of Christian bon®< called 'the Skull fort,’ stood for centuries. The bones were those of several thousand .Spaniards who were massacred by the pinite Dragut In 1500. They were col lected anil burled In the Christian cemetery near by In 1848. Roman Ruins Everywhere. "All over tiie Island are Homan ruins, decayed causeways, baths, tern plea—the subsoil of all tiie Mediterra nean world. But ¡.aide from the mau soleum of Borgba nothing remains In tact of this one-time Important Roman colony, tiie birthplace of two Roman emperors, Vtblus Gallus and Volu senus. "Hara-Serlra, a village of 1,500 In habitants five miles south of the capi- i tai, is I* resort of Jewish pilgrims J from southern Tunisia and Tripoli- tanla. The Gherlba or synagogue, Is built on the spot where, according to tradition, one of the table« of the law of Moses was found. It la much re- vered also by Catholics and Moslems. Not f/ir away, at Gallala. Is an unex- plolted Eden for photographers. Tlds Is the center of pottery manufactur- Ing, where all day long the statuesque native women. Twentieth-century Re beccas, carry graceful white water- Jugs to the stone-rimmed wells. "Of the lotus, or JuJubler, as the French call It, there are few rem nants. There hns been much disagree ment as to the identification of the Homeric lotus. Lotus Is a popular name applied to several plants, and whether the one that the Greek poet had In mind was - a tree, a bush, a flower, or the seed of any.of them, has not been determined. “One visitor was taken by a native guide far Inland to see what the guide said was the only living specimen of the lotus on the Island. It was a bush or vine, trained up the wall of an Arab house, shoulder-high, and grew In stout, hardy stocks. It was almost leafless and bore no blossoms. “Some of the natives contend, how ever, that the lotus has nothing to do with the stranger's forgetfulness of home. They point to the soft glow of tiie sunset on the white-domed houses and minarets, the rippling blue green Mediterranean and the waving palm trees along the sandy shore— nnd then ask if any such loadstone Is necessary." . “ Heaviside Layer” Theory is Proved layer. This relation could be and was worked out mathematically. "Joint experiments with the Car negie Institution of Washington ap Washington.—Existence of a "cell proached solution of the problem ing" over the earth, which exerts a from a different angle, demonstrating strong influence on radio communica definitely the existence of two waves, tion, lias been established by the naval one of. them arriving by way of the research laboratory, in association earth and the other by way of the with the department of terrestrial layer. "The knowledge gained will play magnetism of the Carnegie Institution, It was announced by Secretary of the an important part In further advanc ing the radio art.” Interior Wilbur. Experiments have confirmed the long-disputed theory advanced sev BRINGING SKY TO EARTH eral years ago by the lute Sir Oliver iienvlslde of an iolzed region In the higher levels of tiie earth’s at mosphere, It was announced. Ob servations indicated that the plane of maximum density, or celling. Iles at a varying distance above the earth s surface, rising nnd falling as at mospheric conditions vary. -, Importance to Radio. Behind this purely scientific an nouncement Is news of vast Impor tance to radio development, both com mercial and broadcast. It means: That the short-wave transmission field now may be opened with, In the near future, mathematical certainty as to what may be expected In transmis sion and reception. That, within a brief lime, the com mercial radio field will expand tremen dously, with moderate power, cheap short-wave stations supplanting pres ent high power ones with prohibitive erection costs. That transmlslson nnd reception of broadcast programs will undergo Im portant changes. That fading, the bugaboo that hns At the bureau of standards Iti Wash ruined many a. tine evening. Is well Ington high altitudes nre brought lo on the way of being overcome. The condition Is further explained the ground. The low pressure existing In the air at high altitudes causes the as follows: airplane engines to give less power "Tlds layer acts as a deflecting sur So to study how this can be remedied, face to electro-magnetic waves. Re the same air pressure is brought to sults obtained are based on an analy tills room, the engines started nnd sis of the phenomenon known ns 'skip their performance studied. distance,' checked by a simple me- ehanlcal device by menus of which Raid Jail Garden the effective distance of the de Lnwrence, Mass. -Depredations of flecting layers may be actually meas potato thieves raiding the gardens of ured. In seeking to account for this, n the county Juli have become so seri theory was developed nt the research ous that George M. Banting, master at luborntory that there was n relation the Institution, appealed to the police. between the earth's magnetic field, In some Instances the thieves have frequency of waves used, skip dis scaled the Jail fence to dig up the po tances observed nnd height of the tatoes. May Open Way to Great Strides in Radio. Fourth-class men of the military academy ut West Point, usually called “plebes," are -seen above setting up camp during a week's hike taken for the purpose of field practice. They learned a lot about road discipline, camp sanitation, field cooking and the care of the feet. Tonawanda Indian Woman Brisk at 116 Mn. Nancy Miller Older Than City of Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y.—Smoking a clay pipe nnd weaving many colored baskets in a tiny workshop on the Tonawanda In dian reservation, 25 miles from here, may be found any day the woman who is older than Buffalo. She is Mrs. Nancy Miller, nee Black Squirrel. If being bom on the banks of Buffalo creek makes her a citizen, then she Is Buffalo’s oldest native. Nam-y Miller la one hundred sixteen years old, says the Buffalo Express. Born tn 1800, Mrs. Miller’s memory goes back to when she was three years old and her father. John Black Squir rel, left to fight In the War of 1812. She was six years old when he re turned three years later. Both inci dents stand out in her memory of those early days. It was during this aged squaw's childhood that the shadow of the man of destiny spread over the Old world. While Mrs. Miller, a papoose, was be ing toted on her mother's back through the winding trails of the Buffalo creek reservation Napoleon was at the height of his power and glory and reigned over all Europe. She was a little girl of six years when heimet bls crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo In 1S15. Mrs. Miller speaks only her native Iroquois tongue. Through an Inter preter, Chief Nicodemus Billy, she chatted freely with an Express re porter. Buffalo, a Trading Post. She remembers little of Buffalo—tn effect there Is little to remember. The Buffalo of her childhood did not aspire even to the low standards of the pres ent one-horse burg. It was but a small trading post, a little clearing cut In ’ the midst of n dense forest, and nar- ! row Indian trails were the only | streets. 8 $ J ft J ft * ft J ft J ft # ft ft i»: ‘Gold-Paved’ Highway • for Nevada Motorists J ft Reno, Nev.—A highway paved J $ with gold really exists In the ft ft state of Nevada. An analysis of ft * the gravel being used In paring ft ft the highway between Ruth and ft In 1838, in accordance with the i » Ely, eastern Nevada towns, ft terms of the treaty made that year, : ft shows that the budding material * the Indians agreed to the sale of the ft contains flour and flake gold, ft Buffalo Creek reservation, and the * The gold is not present 1 b quan- J Black Squirrels with all their kinfolk ft titles to make It a paying mln- ft were virtually turned out of their * Ing Investment, so the construe- ft homes and forced to depart, like refu ft tlon company la applying It to ft ft gees In face of advancing enemy J the road. troops. »iXXMXXXXX»!* > M * > > > > “I remember long lines of Indians carrying blankets on their backs wind ing slowly down all the trails leading something is wrong and I He down," out of Buffalo." said the centenarian. she said. Mrs. Miller Is the oldest living Sen “Some went to Cattaraugus, some to Allegany and others. Including our eca Indian and perhaps the oldest liv family, to the Tonawanda reserva ing person In the United States today. She has two daughters, the elder being tion." In 1842 a compromise treaty gave sixty-five years, twenty grandchildren the Cattaraugus and the Allegany and fully thirty great-grandchildren. reservations to the Senecas. The Ton- She has two great-great-grandchildren, wanda band purchased in 1858 the res- ; Irving and Doris Sundown, four and ervation near Akron for $20 an acre— six weeks old, respectively. All live “land that we previously sold to the on the reservation. Frequently one sees In the papers whites for half a cent an acre!” com mented one-hundred-and-slxteen-year- pictures of four generations. It usu ally takes a family reunion or a gold old Mrs. Miller. en wedding to bring together such a Though now In her one hundred and group to pose for a picture—but on seventeenth year, Mrs. Miller could the Indian reservation a reporter pass as a squaw in her nineties. She stopped at Mrs. Miller's home and In goes barefooted in summer and takes a less than a minute gathered a group daily walk of four or five miles about for a four-generation picture. He was the reservation. While attending* the told that If he could wait half an hour Batavia fair a few years ago she went one of the Sundown children could be up In an airplane and since then has brought over and thus make a five- been an enthusiastic avlatrlx. She's generation photo. still talking about her ride with the Mrs. Miller has lived so long that "great engine bird." living on and on has got to be a habit Always Smoked. with her. She Is healthy and spry and AnJ here's a good argument for dev does fine basket work without the use otees of the weed: Mrs. Miller has of glasses. Money interests her just smoked tobacco back as far as she like it does a monkey in a zoo. Buy can remember. And she's one hundred one of her baskets and pay her, then and sixt - n years old! “Some days watch the huddled old lady sit in her when I don’t want to smoke I know chair and count and recount her coins. Famous Violin Found in Vault Bears 24th Child in 24 Years as Wife J Yuma, Arlz.—Mrs. Jose San- J Thuringia Gets “Strad” After chez of Yuma has borne her [ft Long Litigation. twenty-fourth child In twenty- J four years of married life. She Is thirty-eight and her husband fifty-one. The twenty-fourth child Is a healthy girl. The mother Is pur- suing her usual household du- ties. Only seven of the twenty- four children are living. All were born singly in consecutive years. ft J ft * ft ft; ♦ ft ft. ®--------------------------------- the strength of a clause In the will of the donor. Concertmaster Koempel of the Weimar Court theater, that they should have an option on the pur Weimar. — A famous Stradivarius chase of the violin whenever ft was -iolin, mute for years In a safe-deposit offered for sale. The heirs rejected vault, recently passed definitely Into one compromise made by a lower the possession of the Thuringian gov court and appealed to the Supreme ernment. which had been bequeathed court, which refused their claim. Herr Koempel, who was the favorite the instrument but was later sued for its recovery by heirs of the donor. pupil of Ludwig Spohr, had first given his beloved instrument to the Thurin The litigation continued many years. Fabulous offers made for the Stradi gian Asylum for the Blind, a govern varius. led the heirs to start suit on ment Institution, but now it has been Intrusted to the care of Professor Reitz, present concertmaster of the German National theater of Weimar. Radio Pleases the Wranglers Mummified Woman Is Puzzle to Italians Naples.—A striking example of the mummification of a human body by natural processes has been discov ered at Vatolla, in the province of Salerno, with the exhumation of the body of a local resident, Rosa Scarpa, who died In 1912. The body was found to be in a perfect stnje of preserva tion; even her clothing were in a sort of petrified condition, but retained their original colors. Thinking the mummification proc ess might have been due to peculiar chemical qualities of the soil, the au thorities ordered the opening of an adjacent grave, but the corpse In the latter grave had completely decom posed. This, therefore, led to the be lief among devout natives that a mir acle had been wrought. Suit Lasts 23 Years Radio has won its way Into the hearts of the cowboys of the West. No more are the long winter evenings or the summer afternoons spent in telling tales, but in listening to the music brought from far away by the modern wizard. The chief wrangler, mounted, shown In the group above, Is Prof. T. D. Kegler, Instructor in chemistry in the University of Wyoming In winter and horse Wrtngltr In summer. Westernport, Md.—Wearing one suit of clothes 23 years Is the record of J, R. Wilt, a farmer of Swanton, Gar rett county, Md. He appeared In a clothing store here, where the pur chase was made In April, 1902, nnd was presented with a' new coat and vest for the old. Sixty-three per cent of the people In Who's Who are college graduates.
