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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON Shaved Foreheads and Ear Straw. The Waklkuyn people of East Africa ire known as the KIkuyu and Afclkuyu and Inhabit the KIkuyu bills, one of the most beautiful, fertile and econo mically Important parts of the British East Africa protectorate, not far from Nairobi. These people have rich farms, great variety of food to eat and are I very finely built race. The good looks of the women, however, are often spoil ed by their curious custom of shaving their foreheads In order to make room tor the headstraps to which they at tach their loads. These people have many curious customs. They are very frightened of the spirits of the dead, for Instance, and when any one of them falls 111 and Is at all likely to die the poor sufferer Is at once put out and left to the mercy of the hyenas, en tirely deserted by the rest of the tribe. The unmarried women wear sticks through their ears as a sort of badge, while the married ones sport bunches of bangles. Wide World Magazine. Dresden's Model Theater Stage. Dresden seems to have theatrically solved the problem of long waits, for the Konlgliches Schauspielbaus brings the technical side of the theater up to the highest point that has ever been reached. The three principal features are simplicity, rapidity of working and the liberal allowance for space, air and light. Instead of having the conven tional stage where one scene must tie taken down before the next can be set or of having a revolving stage the Schauspielbaus Is provided with a stage which Is lowered bydraulically for the purpose of shifting the seeuery. White one scene Is being used, the sec ond Is all set up below on the left band side. The stage Is then lowered, and the first scene Is rolled off to the right by electric motors, the new scene at the same time being rolled on. Then the stage is ugaln raised, and the play goes on with an interruption of but thirty seconds. Exchange. Height of the Panama Canal. Tbe middle section of the Panama canal, thirty-four miles long, has a wa ter level of eighty-five feet higher than the two end sections, which are sea levels. Vessels entering tbe canal from tbe ocean on either side are lifted to the middle section, a height of eighty five feet by three Bets of locks, each of which raises the vessel a fraction over twenty-eight feet, making a total of eighty-five feet These lucks are constructed side by side like u double track railway, so that one ship may be, going up while the other Is going down. Only one ship can be In a lock at the same time, but as the loc ks are con strncted In pairs, side oy sid;. two ships going In opposite direi-tioiis. one going up the Incline rnd the other going down, may pass I'lich other with in hailing distance. Vessels are towed through the locks by electric machin ery. Philadelphia Press A Domestio Disturbance. The trouble began with a tea fight Tbe milk was sour, tbe cake cut up, and the sugar fell out with the tongs. Tbe spoons clashed, and the table groaned The fringes on tbe dollies snarled, and the crackers snapped. The easy chairs were soou up in arms, and even the clocks did not agree Things were no better In the kitchen The pitchers were all set by the ears and stuck out their lips, while Hie teapot and kettle iMikeii men ii'isen into every ADAMS Annual JAN Cle Hundreds of thriftwise buyers will save money by attending our Annual Clearance Sale to beigin at onee. See our corner window for sale prices in heavy coatings and suitings at about 25 per cent off the regular prices. WOMEN'S SUITS and Winter Coats will go on Clearance Sale at tremendous sacrifice, also Dress Skirts, Petticoats, Furs, Sweaters and Children's Coats. A Big Stock of Men's and Boys' SUITS and OVERCOATS now offers the greatest opportunity for cheap baying in our Men's dept. See our Great Clearance SHOE SALE at the busy shoe department. There will be shoes for everybody at Clearance Sale Prices at the Adams Shoe Department. FURNITURE SALE at Clearance Prices-Some handsome Fur niture will be offered at our Special Clearance Sale. Full set or sin gle pieces. Come in and see our Sale Prices. Adams Department Store THE BUSY STORE tning. The range was T-ellfmt which made the saucepan look black und final ly boil over. The bells started Jangling, all the pickles and preserves In the cupboard were Jnrred. and there were any number of wrapa in the refrig erator and meat safe. Naturally when the mistress of the biiiise reached the scene of disorder the rook was put out. Judge. It Changed Hi Mind. A switching engine prevented a Chi cago man from committing suicide tbe other day With a rope around bis neck and fastened to the rails of tbe Rock Island railroad be was crawling between tbe ties, prepared to Jump from a viaduct when a switching en gine cunie along and cut the rope. As he had lost bis chance of hanging him self, be thought better of his project Good Advice. "What would you say," said the prophet of woe, "if I were to tell you that in a very short space or time all the rivers In this country would dry up?" "1 would say." replied the patient man, "go and do tbou likewise." Stray Stories. Confusing. Tommy Flggjam-Paw, doesn't "re verse" mean to "back?" Paw Figg-Jam-Well, yes. It does. Tommy Klgg-Jam-Then. what did Dncle BUI mean when be sutd that he busted up in business because be Had too many re verses and not enough backing? Chi cago Post We Can Try. We can t all be great, but we can all try to lie good And we can all try to be happy and do our best to give happiness to others A Facial Contortionist. Mrs VVumler - Washington was a versatile man. Mr W under-He bad to be to took like all his pictures -Hal timore Amprlcan Just the Trouble. Knlcker-AII men are equal before the law Rocker -That's Just tbe trou ble; they should he equal after tbe law Judge. To know the flit':--. h no virtue, but it Is the greatest nt virtue to prepare for It Samuel Smiles. Land of the World. The area of the earth la 100.712.000 square miles, of which only about 65. 000,000 are land. Tbe average altitude of all tbe land above sea level is 2,411 feet; bence if all tbe land above sea level - 25,000,000 cubic miles - was spread uniformly over the globe it would form a shell 000 feet thick. Untimely. ( "Then you didn't ask for her hand?" "No; when 1 went to interview ber father he was busy with the furnace He said to come down, and after watch. 1 lng his struggles for balf an hour 1 didn't want to get married." Chicago News. The Courier and the.twice-a-week Portland Journal, three papers each week for $1.75 is some bargain. The law says butter must have them aker's name. Get your wrpa pers at the Courier. I Details. Details are something beneath the) notice of the majority. It requires a rare sort of mind to occord to them the proper Importance. It is necessary for every great artist to understand details In order that be may know when they should he ignored. Gulliver discovered this Interesting fact when be woke up one morning. The perfection of any masterpiece depends upon the strategic elimination of Its details. Those who see only those things which lie between the little and tbe great see neither of these. It requires the same capacity of Imagination to master details that it does to master Immensities. To see big one must also he able to see little. Controlling events means controlling details. Nothing succeeds like details. Life. Heathen Hospitality. African Jungle people are not very particular concerning their food. One of our missionary women was down with an attack of fever some tlnw ago This was a source of sorrow to these poor, unlearned yet sympathetic na tives, who tn their own way are really compassionate nnd want to help. One of these "bush mammies" tried to ex press her sorrow because tbe "white mammy missionary" was so ill. After a time she left the station with a bright Idea in her head and started for the Jungle A little later she returned with a large tropical leaf from one of the trees Upon It were several big, crawling green worms, which she had caught and brought to the sick mission ary She thought they would be nice und tender for her to eat during her ill ness Christian Herald. Starting the Day Wrong. There was a gloom on the face of the New England farmer "What's the matter. Elijah?" asked his nearest neighbor. "Flapjacks giv en out over to your bouse?" "Worse'n that." said Elijah. "You know, 'twasii't apple year, and wife says we can't have any more apple pie for breakfast" "Can't you make out If you have ap ple pie noon and night?" "I can. because I've got to," said Elijah "But I tell you. It upsets me starting tti the day wrong like tbat" New York Post New York's Broadway. Few New Yorkers know that the great Broadway was once called Great George street In honor of tbe English king. It was afterward known as the Bloomingdale road before it acquired the name of "the Broadway," which was subsequently changed to Broad way. New York Telegram. A Missed Opportunity. "There goes a man I might have maWled." snld Gertie. "He? Why, he married his stenog rupher!" said Mnbel. "1 know It." replied Gertie. "1 ap plied for the same Job Just ten min utes after she was hired." Detroit Free Press Mars Located. "Now. tell me. children, who Is Mars?" asked the teacher "He's head usher In the theater of war," shouted little Willie. - Buffalo Express Red Trading Stamps Sales LOGAN A successful meeting of Harding Grange was held last Saturday, and as the year was only one day old it was passed for a New Year's meet ing and the dining tables were load ed with chicken and ' other good things appropriate for the occasion. A good, short program was given during the lecturer's hour, and the new officers were installed by L. H. Kirchem, assisted by W. M. Kirchem. Harding Grange starts the new year with bright prospects. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kirchem gave a New Year's dinner and the follow ing guests were present; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kirchem, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Steinman, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kohl, Mr. and Mrs, O. D. Robbins and L. H. Kirchem. Hugh H, Kirchem and Miss M. E. Heiple started the new year by get ting married. May happiness and success attend them through the com ing years. Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Kir chem, Dec. 23rd, a son. The Kirchem family seems destined to be an im portant part of Logan and vicinity. Mr. Babler intends to plant 100 acres of potatoes on the J. M. Tracy place. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Steinman visit ed with relatives for several days last week. New pianos are too numerous to mention, which does not seem to in dicate hard times. CLARKS Ed Mclntyre spent Sunday even ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Stone and daughter. Mr. F. Pack was up at Mr. Scrib ner's place after a load of hay Mon day. Miss Ida Haag was a visitor at Mr. and Mrs. Schivenie's last week. Miss Ellen Mclntyre spent one day last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Parish. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rees were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burg last Sunday. Otto Elmer went over to John Morshell's Tuesday afternoon to have his plow filed. Ed Grace was passing through Clarkes Tuesday afternoon. Will Marshall and son were over to Mr. Mouser's having their horses shod recently. Mr. Gorges moved onto the Madi son place lately. J. Wallace and family have moved to Idaho and leave many frineds be hind them. We all wish them good luck and happiness. - 1 Mr. Wertz and family were in this place recently. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph of Oregon City were visitors at the tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bottemiller, not long ago, Wm. Robbins of Barton is spend ing a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Ed Mclntyre and Hank Grossmu eller and E. Larkiri shot bear on the Butte Dec. 29th. One of the bears was the largest seen in this part of the community. ., V Ed Mclntyre was a caller at Mr. P. Sogen's Monday. Wm. Mclntyre of Clarkes, spent New Years in Portland with friends and reports a very pleasant time. Small book, best premiums SEVERAL COMMENTS ON SEVERAL MATTERS The Road Tax, City Council Action, and Belgian Relief Fund Eldorado. Ore. Editor Courier: I find mvRAlf in the nnsit.inn of the i cook who has accumulated a good many scraps to use them up and get some cood out of them she makes hash, so I will try to do the same. I was a visitor at the citiznes meet ine to discuss the county budget for the year of 1915. Some effort was made to reduce the expenses that was likely proper, and some that I cer tainly did not agree with. The fight made bv Mr. Cross and E. C. Hackett to cut the road levy is absolutely wrong. If we cannot reduce taxes anywhere else then let us swallow the whole bill.. After one year's ex perience as road, supervisor, I find what I always claimed is absolutely true that is we haven't money to build even the common grav el or macadam roads and make much headway in mv district. I had $1.- 474 district money within the neigh borhood of 35 miles or roaa, about 12 miles of. main road or possibly more. Now at S4.0UU per mile ior macadam road it would take over 32 years to build the main roads if every cent was taken for that purpose, and no money used to repair any of the roads built in the iz years. 10 tto this the rural mail carriers would soon have to quit as they could not get over the side roads, ine larmi ers living on the side roads would have to co back to the plans of the pioniers, raise nothing but what could walk out on the trail, and the farmer buy only such things as he could car ry horseback especially would this be true in the winter months. But we are not coine back we are go ing ahead, even if we have a few kickers who do not know wna aus them. Again, I see by the papers that Mr. Hackett introduced a resolu tion in council to bring about hold ing of all road money in city limits of Oregon City. Gladstone, I think, was the first to make the same move at Gladstone, Milwaukie, West Linn, and Molalla, trying the same tning. It seems to me these people are look inc for war and thev will surely get it and in the end the farmer will win out because he is right. As for Hackett. the farmers sure ly should remember him in the fu ture. He has been a pap sucker for quite awhile his reputation used to be that he was too lazv to work at anything except something easy; he is likely U. K. as an onice man, yei if he had more get-up about him pos aihlv the work in the tax collecitne department, where he has held forth, could be done with one less clerk than hn hfinn. At anv rate, men who live off our money had better be careful how they trample on the larmers rights or show the cloven foot if they Bvnnct the farmers to build the roads and all the bridges, and let the white collared gentry run over them in tneir Automobiles, and on ton of that, in sult them by making false tsatements about road work. They win certain ly get what is due them as the farm er has the power if he will use it Should Oregon uity put ivir. xiacn ett's idea in force and the supreme court unhold the nlan. then the prop er thing for the county court to do is that when the bridge at uregon Citv becomes daneerous again is to cut the cables, drop the bridge into the river and let Oregon Uty duuq one if they want one. The sweet morsel that seems to be in t.hn mouths of manv people of the county, is that road supervisors waste so much money. Here is what I find after a year's experience practically all the money wasted was honmioo t.Vin surveyors and viewers established roads where they should not have been laid out ana money spent to open them up, and now will have tn be chantred. One case in my district where $500 was spent by the court from the general luna aDoui fifteen vears airo to ODen a road, and to this day no wagon has traveled over it, and may never do so no per son living today on this road.. An other where the surveyor naa iuu privilege to locate a road on the best n-rarlfi the road was located on about a 15 per cent grade, where a four per cent grade can be had and not in crease the distance over four rods. With mich blunders made bv your city bunch, don't find fault so much with the few mistakes the supervisors make occasionally. There never was sucn a tning as perfection in management of private or public business, so let us nna jess fault hut trv to find the right and best possible way. I differ with peo- pl sometimes but win not aouse mem unless they attempt to take advan tage. In road building, many Deiieve in having an engineer for all work. 'I An nnt. Mr. Hobson I consider a first-class man, but for eome work he is unnecessary therefore money h wanted if he or some one else, at a high salary, is over all the work. But when a special jod is on hand, a man like Mr. Hobson is al right, and the court acted wisely when thev built a few miles of the new kind of roads advocaed, instead of crninir t it too heavv at once, and I am eure the court would like to see the law repealed as it is now in re gard to contracts on roads. If we will be compelled to follow the letter of the law where more than $1000 is at stake, much of our road money win Via urn c f a1 One word about the move to send money or food to the Belgians this ia d1a mif. nf nlnre. tO VMV - ' The Belgians were offered pro tection and pay for all damages, to allow Germans free passage across thoir rnnntrv. Thev chose to cast their lot with the English the worst anamv Amprira ever had or ever will have. The Belgians now , under those same conditions are in the same fix as any nation at war, and simply must take their medicine. Mexico has many poor people on account of war there; Poland, England, France, Germany and even America, at peace with the world, has poor enough when we have given every poor woman and child what they are entitled to a Americans, then it is time enough to look abroad. The Editor of the Courier is absolutely right on this. The English with their crafty dis position are simply trying to get America to take up part of their bur den in taking care of their victims of war on their side of the fence. Are we fool enough or mean enough to play a one sided game ? I hope not. If we do we will simply prolong the war. Ordered the Kings Around. Prince Metterulcb, prime minister to the emperor of Austria, was once ask ed under wluit circumstances und Na poleon, whom he had often met, given him tbo most striking Impression of prestige and sovereignty. It was, he said, one morning at Compiogue, when they returned from a drive In the for est They returned to the castle about noon. The emperor, leaning his back against the chimney, chatted with his guests while awaiting the summons to lunch. There were a number of per sonages and members of the Imperial family present Napoleon began to feel tbe pangs of hunger, so he turned to Murat "King of Spain, go and see why we do not lunch." The emperor resumed his argument, but tbe delay wsa still prolonged. He grew impa tient and, turning to the other side, he said, "King of Holland, try to find out whether we are to lunch today 1" Met ternlch had never before seen an em porer send kings to the pantry to has ten a meal. Baltimore Star. Starting Forest Fires. Engines portable and locomotive- are bad enough. But when it comes to deliberate, willful carelessness the campers are the most criminal mis creants of them all. Hunters, hikers and automobilie parties are prime of fenders against the Are laws of the state. One-third of all the forest tires must be charged against these mental and moral defectives. They make a high grade moron look like a modern Solomon. They should be abated as supreme nuisances. To build a camp- fire and go off and leave It burning or balf put out or to build It in sncb a way and of such size as to make it a constant source of danger while it burns can you Imagine anything that is a more infallible Index of inferior mentality in the individual who builds the fire? Most of them look intelligent and appear to have common sense un til they build a fire in the woods. They ought not to be allowed to carry matches. Countryside Magazine and Suburban Life. , Honesty In War. The French marshal Turenne was not only a great general, but a man of singular honesty of character ns well. Many Incidents which ure related of him Bhow his modesty, generosity nud honesty, as well as bis courage and military ability. A little story of one of his German campaigns illustrates bis rare scrupulousness, even in time of war. The authorities of Frankfort believed, from tbe movwments of bis army, that he Intended passing through their territory. They sent a deputa tion to him which offered bun a large um of money if be would alter the di rection of his mnrch and leave Frank fort unmolested. They were surprised In more way than one by his answer. "Gentlemen," said he, "my conscience will not permit me to accept your mon ey, for 1 have never Intended to lead my army through your town." Rank In the Cabinet. "Do some members of tbe cabinet occupy a higher position or receive a higher salary than others? If not, why do the secretary of state and sec retary of the treasury always head the list!" asks a render of the Indlnnupo lis News, which replies: "They all re celve the Bume salary, but they are usually named in tbe order that tbe positions were created the secretary of state, 1780; war, 1780; treasury. 1780; postollice. 1704; navy, 1708; in tcrlor, 1840; Justice, 1870; agriculture, 1880; commerce and labor, 1003; de partment of labor sepuratcd In 1013 Latterly they are sometimes uumed in the order of their succession to the presidency as fixed by what is called the succession law, which differs some what from the foregoing." Gentle Consideration. The sayings of little folk frequently are saae ob well as suggestive. A lit erary magazine recalls the naive re mark of "Peulnl" Browning, son of the famous poet when, during some childish illness, bis devoted mother bent anxiously above his bed. "Think it's a little boy In the street," the child murmured, desiring to be of comfort "und you won't feel so bad." AVE H VISITED THE GRAND THEATRE SINCE THEY SHOW THE CLASSY FECTURES Oregon City Patron Have Noticed the Difference and are Attending Regularly Why Not You WTien'Tnsy Mined' tlTo Nile. In the Sudan campaign as the Brit ish troops approached Otndurman the Khalifa Abdullah conceived the idea of upsetting the British gunboat ex pedition by mining the Nile. A former officer of the Egyptian army whom he had long held prisoner was order ed by the khalifa to construct a couple of mlues, which were produced forth wjth. They were primitive in form, consisting, in fact, of two old iron boilers - stuffed with gunpowder, in which was concealed a pistol with a string attached to the trigger whereby the charge could be exploded. The first mine was laid by the Ismailia. worked by a native crew, and demon strated its efllelency by exploding on the instant, sinking the IsiualUa and killing the crew, Including the mine constructor. The khalifa was delighted, not at the accident but at the testimony to tbo power of the Invention, and immedi ately ordered the emir in charge of bis arsenal to lay the second mine. The ameer, profiting by experience, insured his safety by putting the Nile into the boiler before be put the boiler Into the Nile. He then carried out the immer sion successfully, to the joy of Abdul lah, who loaded him with "presenta and praises." Manchester Guardian. The Faults of Others. Charity does not require of us that we should not see the faults of others, but that we should avoid all needless and voluntary observing of them and that we should not be blind to their good qualities when we are so sharp sighted in their bad ones. What if others are weak, is that a reason for your no longer keeping any measure with them? You that complain of their troubling you, do you give no body any trouble? You that are so shocked at the faults you see If aU to whom you have been troublesome should return the trouble they have had with you, you would be oppressed with the weight and, besides, even supposing that men had nothing to re proach you with, yet consider, further, what obligations you be under from God to show forbearance toward oth ers for which you know you have such abundant occasion at his hands. Fenelon. Tennessee's Marbles. Although marble Is the most Impor tant product of Knoxville, Tenn., there being thirty-five mills and quarries In the city district producing values which have reached $3,000,000 a year, the great variety and value of Ten nessee's marble deposits were un known until 1853. Between that year and 185T the two large additions of the capltol at Washington, wherein the United States senate and the house of representatives sit were built of this marble. The beautiful East Tennessee variegated marble Is the material of which the desks of the president of the senate and the speak er of tbe house as well as the railing of the stairway leading from the first floor of the capitol to the galleries of tbe house, were built Argonaut German Soldiers Yell by Orders. t iiere is a- cunous uiMuiui-e ui uiv German way of doing things. The German military system does not take Into account the natural impulse of a charging, excited trooper to yell any way under the vociferous conditions of a battle. He Is commanded to yell as part of the shock action to which each man must contribute to make overpow ering. During the winter schooling be actually is drilled in Individual charg ing to yell at a certain point in the charge and ia severely criticised if he does not make noise enough. It la the same with singing. The Germans are naturally a musical people and sing spontaneously, but with regiments in the field songs are started and stopped by command. World's Work. There frere tnree "founders of Borne," the first Romulus. B. O. 752; the second, Camlllus, who saved the 'city from tbe Gauls, B. 0. 805; the third, Calus Marlus, who saved the city from the Teutones and Cliubrl, B. O, 101. Like an Auctioneer. Chaperon-Was that young man who called on you Inst uigbt an auctioneer? Tess Why so? Chaperon-He talked like one. He put up that "going" bluff for balf an hour. Wisconsin Sphinx. Fair Supposition. "They certainly do work their poor servant to dentil in thnt family. What do they suppose the girl is made of'" "1 suppose they think she Is maid of all work." YOU
