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8 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY', OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 19i6. A LITERARY RIDDLE. GREAT SALT LAKE. You can have more Waists and prettier PFaists for a given expen diture if you buy them here IT'S easily understandable why our values in Waists are always so greatly superior. We have united our own buying power with that of hundreds of other good merchants (just one in every city) and it's this very unusual arrangement and tho tremendous economies resulting therefrom that makes possible the very moderate prices at which our Waists are always sold. We have won the place of leader ship in the sale of Waists because we were entitled to it through showing at all times better styles and better values. The Wirthmor the finest and best of all dollar Waits is sold here exclusively. They are always $1. 00 and always worth more. New styles on sale tomorrow. Models Illustrated 1ASONIC TEMPLE BLDG. OREGON CITY, ORE. NOW IT IS RIGHT Oregon's Lumber Record Not Correct ly Given in Last Week's Issue Last week the Courier published some statistics in regard to Oregon's output and consumption of lumber. The figures were obtained from the Forest Service, but appear to have contained errors. The Forest Ser vice has sent out a further bulletin on this matter correcting the mis takes made in the former announce ment; and according to the latest government figures Oregon's lumber stacks up as follows: Oregon consumes annually over 2,200,000 cords of fuel wood, which, reduced to board feet, amounts to over two billion, or 27 j per cent in excess of her log production. She draws heavily on Washington for this excess. Oregon produces approximately three and one-third million linear feet, but consumes only about one-half a million feet. The railroads of Oregon consume over 18,000 hewn ties and the mines 22,000. Oregon also consumes 00,000 linear feet of round mine material. Oregon produces over two billion feet of lumber, approximately 160 million lath, and 275 million shin gles. Of this quantity, she consumes nearly 23 million lath and over 116 million shingles. Of the amount of lumber produced, Oregon consumes 19.8 percent, or 411 million board feet, , over half of which is used for build ing purposes. Nearly half of the i building material, of the lath and i shingles, is used in Multnomah and Clackamas counties. "Most original and attractive job I ever received," says one of the patrons of the Courier job department. The Thing That Puzzled tho Patient. "Yon may be thankful for your ex cellent constitution. It hmi pulled you through many a spell of sickness." "Hut. doctor, If I have such a bin mod strong coniitltutlon why am 1 always getting sick V"-Chicago Tribune. Alligator Eggs. More than 100 eggs have been found In one alligator. They are eaten in the AVest Indian Islands and on the west coast of Africa. They resemble in shape a ben's egg and have much the same taste, but are larger. Inevitable. "1 snw stars In that railroad colli sion." "Naturally, when the cars were tele scoped." Baltimore American. Without courage there cannot be truth, nnd without truth there can be no virtue. Use the Courier classified col umns when you have anything to sell. Getting the Dollar From Under the Stump How Up to Date Farmers Are Easily and Economically Realizing on Land Hitherto Impossible of Cultivation. i ROUT 400,000.000 acres of land liii'liidi'd In farms throughout jjw the United States are unim proved. Figuring that each acre could be made to produce at least $25 worth of produce per year, there is approximately $10,000,OOO,OX pro duction being lost nnnually. Quite a tidy figure. And when we take into consideration that In many cases It re quires only tlio removal of sundry 8tuni)s and boulders to tniike this laud profitable, It certainly looks as though something might be done to save the waste. "Stumping with dynamite" is both an economical, quick and labor saving method as well as one that is growing In popularity dally. The method involved in the blasting of a stump U to confine a Quantity of explosive in such a manner that when exploded the expanding gases will lift the stump out of the ground. To se cure best results the charge should be placed in the Boll well under the base of the stump nt the point where the resistance offered to the force of the explosion will be equal on all sides. Where the soil is of a heavy clay or plastic nature a slow acting powder is preferable, such as farm powder or stumping powder. Where the earth is sandy or loose and is apt to permit the easy escape of gases a fast explo sive, such as -10 to (to per cent dyna mite should be used. The condition of the soil with respect to moisture also has a great Influence upon the amount of work that a certain quantity of pow der will do. After heavy rains when the soil is saturuted to the base of the stump and the subsoil is Just damp is a most favorable condition. No set rules as to the amount of powder necessary to Mast a certain kind or size of stump can be given, since different conditions govern all cases. Two stumps of the same size, kind and age of cut, when one is grown on well drained soil where the roots must penetrate a great depth for water and the other Is grown on soil where there is always water near the surface, will demand different treatment for extraction. The older stumps, especial ly If from timber free from resin, re quire less powder. The exact amount necessary for set conditions can, how ever, be readily determined with a lit tle experimenting. Few tools and supplies are required. A one nnd one-half inch wood auger with a shnnk about four nnd one-half feet long, a medium sized crowbnr. a round pointed shovel and a wooden tamping stick, together with the pow der, fuse nnd caps, will serve to fill the bill. Why Dots a Woman Writa Differently i From a Man? Wby is It that you can always tell a story written by a man from one writ ten by a woman? 1 saw the thing put to a rather severe test within the last month, with results that were starring. Ten men and women, all of whom do considerable novel reading, bad had dinner together. One of the men asked the question 1 put at the top of these paragraphs. He was In his own home and went to some trouble to prove that the sex of authors Is an easy thing to determine. Giving to each of the nine others a pencil and piece of paper, the host pro ceeded to read extracts from twenty different books and magazines, select ing pnrts In which proper names would not Identify the story. As he read each person wrote down his guess as to whether the author wns n mnn or a woman. Of the 180 answers made by tho ulne persons to the twenty tests all but eight were correct As he kept tho books from wblch he read concealed It was impossible to get aid with the eye. But, although everybody guessed right almost every time, no one could still give a good definition of tke conun drum. Why does a woman write dif ferently from a man V Philadelphia Ledger. INFLAMMABLE BOMBS. 8ubatancei Used In the Making of Thete Deadly Explosives. The incendiary bomb used by tho Zeppelin aircraft, as a rule, is conical, of ten inch diameter at the base, wrap ped round with tarred rope and having a metal handle at the apex. The base Is a flat cup, Into which a pierced metal funnel Is fitted, having the ignition de vice and handle fitted at the top. The funnel Is generally filled with thermit The latter, upon Ignition, gen-' erates Intense heat and by the time of the concussion has taken the form of molten metal, having the extraordi nary high temperature of 5,000 degrees F. The molten metal Is spread by the concussion. Outside the funnel is a padding of a highly Inflammable or resinous mate rial, bound on with an Inflammable form of rope. The resinous material creates a pungent smoke. There Is generally some melted white phosphorus In the bottom of the cap. which develops nauseous fumes. In some cases celluloid clippings are add ed, and occasionally a small quantity of gasoline. Philadelphia Press. Buildings. Buildings are contrivances which sur round trouble, despair, pleasure, enter tainment, business, Indolence and plumbing. Buildings ore built with brick, mor tar, cement, wood, steel and mort gages. It also takes sand to build buildings, but they should not be built on snnd. Some buildings are public and some are private. Public buildings are usually very Imposing, and usually the public has been Imposed upon to build them. Private buildings are frequent ly privnte In name only, especially If occupied by several Inquisitive women: Such buildings are made up of a large number of stories and most of them are without foundation. Rats, mice, fires, earthquakes and rent collectors are buildings' worst enemies. Judge. Long Days on Uranus. Uranus can he claimed for a British planet It was discovered at Bath in 1781 by the elder Sir William Flerschel. the musician who became private as tronomer to George III. Uranus Is so distant from us and has an atmosphere bo dense that little is known about the rotation, position of the axis or num ber of the satellites. But the inhabit ants, If they exist may console them selves for living In n temperature ap proaching zero with the fact that thoy can seldom be dunned for Income tax, because their year contains more than 80,000 days. London Maa The Bull of Perlllus. Perillus of Athens Is snid to have In vented for Phalaris, tyrant of Agrlgen tum, 670 B. 0., a brazen bull which opened on the side to admit victims who were to be roasted by the Are which was built underneath. The dy ing groans of the sufferers resembled closely the roaring of u mad bull. Pha laris greatly admired the Invention and by way of test roasted the luventor first Later the populace rose.tn rebel lion nnd burned 1 halarls. Venison, The prime Joint of venison Is un doubtedly the haunch, though a shoul der or neck of venison properly cooked Is a very toothsome dish. The loin Is best cut up Into chops and cutlets, the breast being only suitable for Soups, ragouts and pies. . ZZZZZZZl ; 1 y : r-v in im urn niiMMMin.p.. ii-..r.mM miT r r l.i.tt.-vt-iiiim,i . j mnrv..'aA-.'kU THE WAV V 'Its Water la Saline Simply Because It Has No Outlet. - " Great Salt lake has no outlet The Jordan river, which enters it from the south, is the outlet of Utah lake. Bear river, coming from the north, carries )he outflow from Bear luke. The wa ters of Utah and Bear lakes and of Jordan and Bear rivers are fresh, and so Is the water of Weber river, the third great tributary of Great Salt lake, but the luke into which the three rivers flow is saline. It is saline be cause It has no outlet. The freslj waters of the rivers con tain some saline matter, but the quan tity Is too small to be discovered by taste. As stated by the chemist, in parts per million, the quantity seems minute, but when account Is taken of the total volume of water brought by the streams to the lake In a yenr their bur den of saline matter is found to be really groat, amounting annually to more than 500,000 tons. Year by year and century by century the water which they pour Into the lake Is evaporated, but the dissolved solids cannot escape in that wy and therefore remain. . They have accumulated until the lake water is approximately saturated, holding nearly as much mineral matter as it can retain in solution. The lake contains over 5,000,000,000 tons of com mon salt and 000,000,000 tons of glau ber salt (sodium sulphate) as well as other mineral matter. New York Tele gram. ROMANCE OF THE BAHAMAS. Life In Nassau Was Once a "Purple Princely Thing." During the American war between the states Nassau of the Bahamas was very much ou the tongues of men, as the devil-may-care emporium of contra band cotton, whereby bangs many a. dashing sea story, some of which you can still hear from the Hps of the men who took part in them. The whole history of the Bahamas, since Columbus made his first landfall In the western seas on Watllng's is land, has been n fantastic record of desperate opportunism. The prose of "legitimate" business has seldom dull ed the edge of precarious prosperity on these derelict islands, whose very ex istence still seems at the grudging mer cy of the sea. Buccaneering, wrecking and blockade running no more tedious employ than these masculine professions occupied the Bahamians for generations, and so long as there were merchantmen to be boarded or scuttled, rich cargoes to be harvested from the white fauged reefs or cotton to be run to Wilmington at a profit of $100,000 the trip life In Nas sau ;vas a purple princely thing, and even the shoeblacks In Bay street play ed pitch and toss with gold. Klchard Le Galllenne in Harper's Magazine. Burial Customs. of the Hittites. Although the tombs of the necropolis bad Jieen rifled at an early, date, a great deal that is new was learned about the burial customs of the Hit tites. Graceful vases, simple in design and undecorated, held the ashes of the cremated body, together with any trln kets the person was wearing at the time of death. A small vase about a foot high was inclosed in a footed ves sel of cylindrical shape, which was beautifully decorated in patterns like those of Crete nnd Cyprus. Around the middle vessel were grouped -various dishes containing burial gifts or oil, most of them plain, but some of beau tiful shape and as thin as modern china, though unglazed. It can well be seen that these two vessels would pro tect the ashes from dampness from be low, but as both were open at the top there was a large cover, like an enor mous bowl, inverted over the other two vessels. Christian Herald. Coffin Pasties. Mince pics now are generally round, but there was a time when they were of a long, coffin shape and were. In fact, often referred to as "coffin pas ties." But this somewhat grewsome name and shape do not appear to have detracted from their popularity. Seogln, for Instance, In the edition of tils "Jests" published In 102G, is re ported to have said on his deathbed, "Masters, I tell you all that stand about mee, If I might live to eato u Chrlst nnisse pye I care not if I dye by and by after; for Chrlstmasse pyes be good meat." London Chronicle. Couldn't Get at Him. Grubbs Young Blower tells me that at the trial of the last case in which be participated he moved the Jurors to tears. Stubbs Yes, so one of the Jur ors told me. He said that they were hemmed in by a high railing and two bailiffs were constantly on guard. The tears were tears of rage. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Old Fashioned. "Daughter, you should not be seen constantly with a young man unless you are engaged to him or expect to become engaged." "Uow old fashioned you are, ma! That's my dancing partner."-Pitts-burgh Post Luxuries Cause Cold feet. Tight, narrow shoes, high heels, tight waists and the habit of candy eating cause 111 many women benumbed, ten der and Icy feet and age them early. -Ileallh Culture. Indispensable. Knlcker IMd he make himself India pensable to the firm? Bocker Yes. so much so that when he left they set three detectives looking for him. New York Times. L AN UNPROFITABLE' STUMP COVERED HELP MONTHS M-TEB aOQW0l?TH OrCElEEY PLC ACRE Oswego Dam Damaged Flood waters rushing into Oswego lake Tuesday morning raised the sur face of the water so greatly that the north end of the dam gave way. In order to prevent further damage to i the dam causing a flood that would j tear out the county bridge just below i it, the south end of the dam was i blown out later in the day, and the j water ran off harmlessly into the Wil- I lamette. i To buy one of these pretty new Blouses at $2.00, it would be well worth your while to make a special vis it to to our Waist Departm't tomorrorw TAe Welvorth A Better Slouae at $2.00 THERE really is a considerable sav ins in buying the Blouses we sell at $2.00, or to put it in an other way, the Blouses that we isell at this price are very much like what we would ordinarily have to pay considerable more for.. ...The styles are always so new so distinctive and so very appealing, and they are so well and so dependably made that they are sure to give complete and lasting satisfaction If you' want to save on the Blouses you buy (as we believe every woman does) it will pay you well to acquaint yourself with what we sell at this and various other prices. Welworth Blouses at $2 are sold here exclusively " KUsONIc'fEMPLE BLDG. OREGON CITY, ORE. LIGHT TURNED ON IN FESTIVE WAY (Continued from Page 1) galleries to consider postmaster poli tics. House Put Secretary Lane's eulo gy of the Democratic party in the Record. The rest of the proceedings were about equally impertinent. With H. R. 10037, an omnibus pen sion bill, before the House, three hours were given to "debate" on a wide range of subjects, mostly poli tics. Wilson, Ricketts, Heflin, Ste phens, Scott, Sears, Dickinson, Coop er of Ohio, Borland and Charles, un der leave-to-print privileges, inserted undelivered matter in the Congres sional Record. February 1. Senate Wasted some time getting a quorum. Considered Philippine bill a while, and then had a reptition of no quorum difficulties. Conference com mittee appointed to reconcile differ ences between statesmanship of House and Senate on urgent deficiency bill. House Humphrey, of Washington, got unanimous consent to put into record a newspaper interview by him self. Took up urgent deficiency bill, which had passed both branches. At tention called to items which had not been challenged when the measure was before the House. One provided $6,000 for traveling expenses of the three Civil Service Commissioners. Vouchers showed that some of the $2,500,000 appropriated by the Sixty third Congress to fight the foot and mouth disease had been used for var ious other purposes, such as "lectures on cheese and wool," and trips 'to con sult turkey breeders." The appoint ment of ii conference committee on this urgent deficiency bill was finally accomplished by the naming of Fitz gerald, Eagan and Cannon. Continu ed rambling debate on the Indian ap propriation measure. February 4. Senate Spent some time getting a quorum and some more on a resolu tion concerning the burning of Cana da's parliamentary home at Ottawa. Got another quorum and finished Phil ippine bill, the measure passing 52 to 24, with 20 not voting. Worked from noon until 6.20. House Paid Clerks of deceased members a month's salary and appro priated $1,250 for the widow of a House clerk, with $250 extra for the funeral. Devoted most of the after noon to the Indian appropriation bill. February 5. Senate Rested. c' House Continued on the Indian bill. There is more much more. Those interested enough to read the rest should join the National Voters' League. And say, just in passing, wouldn't a record like that of th legislature at Salem be well worth reading, too? TWO BOYS ARRESTED Violations of Pool Hall Law Result in Troubles for Youngsters Because Merrill McCormick and William McBride 'would persist in frequenting pool halls, though they were under 21 years of age, Chief of Police Blanchard gathered them into the fold Monday on complaint of Cox's pool hall. The boys were arraigned before Recorder John W. Loder, and McCormick got 25 days in jail to think if over, while McBride was given a suspended sentence and a repri- i mand. ' After the trial one of the spectators present wondered why the sentences were so different when both boys were arrested on the same charge. Recorder Loder was asked about this later, and smilingly answered: I "Well, the McCormick . boy is a member of the same church as I am, j and I didn't want any favoritism ; charged." FOR SALE at Highland, Ore., - Bay Team, 5 and 7-year mares, weieht 2800 lbs.; new 3 'wagon and narness; sow with 7 little pigs. Frank Adams, Jr., Oregon City, Rt. 4, Bx. 70. Facial Fol.age. "Do you think whiskers would Im prove my appearance?" "I hardly know, old chap. What va riety do you contemplate cultivating, the kind that bristle or the species tuut droop?" Kansas City Journal. Two Test3. "A speedometer Indicates ho7 fast one 1 going." "So does one's bank bal nnce." Iloston Truuserli.it. Have a Purpose. A life without a purpose Is a languM, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves, "This day let me take a sound begin ning, for what I have hitherto done is naught." OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASS.N Strongest Mutual in the West M. R COOPER, Agent " ! Enterprise Bldg.. Oregon City. You can get the Courier for one j gj year for $1.00 if you pay in advance. I M THURSDAY and FRIDAY The Strikingly Beautiful and Original Five Part Photo Drama SHOULD A WIFE FORGIVE? A' story of intense emotional force, in which a man of the world learns a bitter lesson SUPERBLY STAGED AND PHOTOGRAPHED Saturday Only SS'Stos!: duced, with a HAIR RAISING WRECK SCENE "413" V- f J