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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1911)
II FT TlV-TTTTT-r To A V-lT-l-S) III w AR9 and rumors of war die bard. Even' at this late time In the world's history. when civilization might be sunnoied to have renresaed the primitive lust for blood and plun der, the alarmist has only to lift his voice in congress to banlab tranquility , from our bosoms. Millions are given to promote the Cause of universal peace. Yet the na tions of Europe compete with each Other for the privilege of bearing the heaviest burden in the way of modern armaments. England trembles at the thought of Germany; Germany, with ber rapidly expanding commerce, leaps to the Dreadnought type of naval construction and Increases her expenditures to overcome England's two-power lead. Austria lays down four first-class battle ships. Russia is aid to be contemplating the expendi ture of $300,000,000 on her navy. The United States is warned that in no long time Germany will oust her from the second place upon the seas. Not the least Important business of peace would seem to be the preparation for war. 1 i One Is reminded of the ancient Chi nese sage who was sent to Europe by his emperor to investigate the merits of the Christian religion. It was a troublous time. The great nations were locked in a death struggle; bat tle fields ran with blood; violent schisms sprang up and were sup pressed with slaughter; the continent was no better than a huge shambles. After the sage had looked his fill be returned to his emperor. "China is too peaceful a nation," be said, "to be adapted to the Christian faith." Peace Dove Is Elusive. It Is Possible to belteva that tht shrewd Oriental had not made a pro found study of Christian ethics; but GUARANTY OF HIS SILENCE Presence of Masterful Wife In Church Stopped Objectionable Noise Man Thought Was Singing. Unexpectedly a city pastor who en couraged congregational singing gained a new parishioner. Keen though his delight In hearing his peo ple sing, there was one member of his flock whose endeavors he never en couraged. But the man sang without encouragement, much to the discom fiture of pewholders anywhere near blm, who claimed that his loud, un musical voice threw them out of time and tune. Repeated complaints convinced the minister that somebody would have to assume the responsibility of si lencing the ambitious singer. He de cided that the man's wife was best fitted for the job. Owing to a dif ference in religious views husband and wife attended different churches, but tbe minister knew ber, so he called and explained his predicament She was genuinely surprised, "Do you mean to say he sings T" be ss'd ... V s - m ' 7lf MMMTW I.,. II. I.M . II, at least he had seen that during some centuries of acceptance It had not availed to put an end to the horrors of war. Perhaps the essence of the thing Is better understood today, and yet he would be an optimistic prophet who should declare that the era of unbroken peace had dawned. The country was recently warned that Its standing army is Inadequate to repel foreign invasion. This was met by the declaration that the sea is still the nation's impregnable bulwark and that while the navy floats no hos tile nation could land k force. What, then. Is the condition of the Ameri can navy and what are Its facilities in the way of naval base and coal sup ply In the event of warT Notwithstanding the greatly Increas ed cost of naval construction, which was Introduced with the Dreadnought type, tbe government has during some years followed the practice of laying down two battle ships annually. The appropriations for the five years end ing June 30. 1911, reach $593,727,861, as against $131,971,877 for the preced ing five-year period. This program has placed the American navy In the second place with a total of 152 ships, carrying 136 guns and having a dis placement of 717,702 tons. N Germany comes next, with 209 vessels, carrying 100 guns and having a tonnage of 666 -035. Many Fighting Monsters. At the present time England and America have four Dreadnoughts each of about equal tonnage. Germany has three and Japan one. But Germany, which formerly built small battle ships, has turned to Dreadnoughts in an attemot to overcome rcnff!nnr great lead, and when the present pro gram of the nations has been carried out she will stand second. Britain will then have seventeen of these monster engines of destruction, Germany thlr- "Tries to," amended the pastor. She though', a minute. "I shall have to come there to church," she aid. y I shall be glad to see you," said the minister, "but what effect will that have on your husband's sing ing T" . The look she gave him was more significant than words, and they meant a good deal. ' "John will never open his mouth when I am around," she said. And John never has. The Laird's Pictures. Some years ago a Scotch laird found on succeeding to his estates that tha house contained two portraits of a dla- tinguisnea memDer oi the family who had flourished during ' the reign of George III., one by Reynolds and tbe other by Raeburn. He knew no more of pictures than a Newfoundland dog, and be decided that two portraits of the same individual need not be kept Tbe Reynolds was retained, while the Raeburn was presented . to a public gallery. The worthy man was struck with constrnatlon some time afterward teen, tie United States ten. Japan stt and Russia and Italy four each. But In the meantime the Panama Canal will have been opened, and tbe efficiency of the American navy al most doubled. Up to now the larger portion of the fleet has been kept in Atlantic waters, but with the canal ppen it would be possible to effect change of . position In case of need without serious delay. A writer signing himself "Navarch" emphasizes, in an article on "The Dis position of Our Fighting Fleet," in the Columbian Magazine, the Importance of the new naval stations in the Pa cific. He speaks .particularly of Pearl Harbor at Hawaii, where a naval base Is now being established, and of the dry dock Dewey at Olongapo, sixty miles from Manila. "The protection of our Atlantic coast," he Bays,, "lies in a fleet based on Guantanamo, and the protection of the Pacific coast lies In a fleet based on Pearl Harbor. Both Guantanamo and Pearl Harbor are Ideally situated in their respective spheres. The form er is centrally located with reference to the Panama Canal and our Atlantic coast, and a fleet based there would command all the avenues toward the canal. Hawaii stands In the Pacific as our outpost, and no power could successfully approach our Pacific coast without taking It and meeting victoriously the strong fleet which we would maintain there." Facts About Magnetic Storms. Magnetic storms are disturbances of the earth's magnetism manifested by auroral displays, excitement of tbe magnetic needle and Interruption of telegraphic communication. They are often associated with great outbursts on the sun. It has generally been as sumed that they occur simultaneously over all the earth, but Dr. L. A. Bauer now questions the correctness of this assumption. Studying a magnetic storm which occurred in May, 1902, simultaneously with the outbreak of Mont Pelee, in Martinique, he reaches the conclusion that the disturbance originated about fourteen degrees west of Martinique, and traveled east ward About seven thousand miles a minute, encircling the entire globe Examination of the records of other storms leads him to think that such disturbances usually travel eastward, but sometimes westward, at the rate of -thousands of miles a minute, so that. In general, they encircle the earth In about four minutes. North Carolina Bear Hunts. Jones county farmers are making a regular campaign against the bears, which are giving hog raisers no end of trouble. A year ago some of the farmers bought a couple of bear dogs, from which they have, raised a pack. Almost daily hunts have been con ducted, and the nine hounds have never failed to get a bear. Recently there was a hunt on Mill creek,. In which twoscore men partici pated, and these were delighted to see the skilful way in which the dogs handled the bear, the latter, true to his fighting style, sitting upon his haunches and fighting. Henry Oliver finished the bear with a bullet. Tbe leading bear hunters are V. A. and W. H. Bender, who are the owners of the pack. In that section there aTe many small swamps, with a thick growth of bay and other trees, In which bears and deer take refuge. - It Is a capital hunting ground for northern sports men in the winter. Raleigh corre spondence Forest and Stream. New York's Debt Is Heavy. New Yorkers are the biggest bor rowers in the world; at least they are so collectively, for the city owes seven times as much as any other city in the country and more than one half as much as the largest 27 other cities in the land. If there Is to be international rival ry, let It be a keen competition to raise the standard of the intelligence, happiness and comfort of the people. Herbert Samuel. when be found that his gift had been valued at $25,000 and probably the picture would now fetch double that amount Where His Thoughts Were. - A detachment of British soldiers was about to attack a band of rebel Indian tribesmen, who awaited them drawn up In battle order. A seasoned old sergeant noticed a young soldier, fresh from home, visibly affected by the nearness of the coming fight His face was pale, his teeth chattered, and his knees tried hard to knock each other out It was sheer nervous ness, hut (the sergeant thought it was downright funk. "Callaghan," he whispered, "Is It trlmblln' ye are for yer own dirty skin?" "N-no, serglnt," replied Callaghan, making a brave at tempt to still his shaking limbs, "O'im trlmblln' for the inlmy. They don't know Callaghan's here." The Hammer Is at Fault "Few women can drive a horse and fewer can drive a nail." "Not with a hammer, but give her a hair brush and sHe can drive a nail as well as anybody." AN ODD LIVELIHOOD! BUG KILLING POWDERS ARE MADE FROM "SNIPES." two Men In 8t Louis Gain Living by Picking Up Cigar and Cigarette Butts That Are Thrown Away by the 8mokera. St. Louis, Mo. London wonders why St Louis Is so wasteful of Its half smoked cigars. The Londoner has heard that we are careless about tak ing care of the cigar butts and cigar ette snipes that fall on tbe streets from day to day. Such wastefulness Is unheard of in the "right little, tight little Island" overseas, where conserva tion of matter Is practiced to the last degree. In a report recently made by a com mission from the London commercial bodies, St. Louis Is taken to task for its seeming extravagance In this one particular. "We. find," says this document, "that no effort is made on the part of the city or Us citizens to take advantage of this waste. There are Do individuals who make of this a business." The members of this learned com mission were surely wrong. They have been misled and misinformed, '"here are two or three St. Loulsans who make of this a means to a liveli hood. It Is a twilight task in St Louis. Late in the afternoon or early In the evenings these forlorn Individ uals pace tbe middle, the right and the left of the street In search of tbe dead and altogether moribund cigar butt. Neither do they pass by in scorn the stubs of the cigarette. Two St Loulsans make a livelihood by gathering these remnants of the Bmokers' delight and grinding them Into dust. The cigar ends are gath ered by the sackful. A sharpened umbrella handle of steel is used by the gatherer. Armed with this and equipped with a cavernous bag slung over his shoulders, be hies him forth about the time that the downtown crowds start homeward. Snipe after inipe and butt after butt is impaled upon the sharpened ferrule. Ground up, these cigar ends become Inseet powders and bug destroyers. Housewives buy them to drive away the plagues that beset the rubber plant and maiden hair fern. Garden ers use these to discourage the atten tions of the white moth among the sarly cabbages. Florists use this bug lust in order to exterminate the plant lice that beset the outdoor flowers. Only the Association of St Louis 31gar Dealers can guess how many butts,, snipes and ends bestrew the streets at nightfall They must run Into the tens of thousands. It is rich picking for the snipe hunter, whatever use he puts them to. In the foreign cities the snipe hunt er is an institution. Since Strr Walter Raleigh introduced the Indian weed Into Europe the hunter of cigar ends has had an occupation. It Is banded lown from father to son. It Is lealously guarded and bought and sold like any other business. Small won ler then that the visiting Britishers were appalled by the seeming waste on 3t Louis streets. BOOK 444 YEARS OLD FOUND British Experts Say This Library An tiquity Was Printed In May. ence In 1467. Oberlln, O. Prof. R. D. Sherman of Oberlln college has discovered part of i book printed In 1467, within a de cade of tbe $50,000 Guttenberg Bible recently sold at the dispersal sale of the Hoe library. The title page was so indistinct that Sherman decided to send It to the Brit ish museum for examination by ex perts. It was submitted by the mu- leum to Alfred W. Pollard, who writes Prof. Sherman that the work was printed 444 years ago and that it Is tollo 40 of the Clementine constitution, lone by Peter Schoeffer of Mayence. This folio was enclosed with a vol- ame of Augustlnlan sermons printed In Basel by Johann Atnerbach in 1496. WOULD HAVE THE HAL0S SHED College Head Telfs Ministers to Shed Their Shells and Learn More of the World. Lynn, Mass. Ministers of the gos pel, Instead of spending their time in the Sunday school and ladles' Bewlng circles should get out and learn the ways of the world; then they might be able to talk intelligently on the ublect of religion," said President Frederick W. Hamilton of Tufts col lege In an address before a large gath irlng of clergymen at the Universal 1st convention in this city. Continuing, he said: "Ministers ihould come out of their shells, for there is no longer any halo about the profession. People have become weaned from the idea of worshiping a man because he wears clothes of a clerical cut" " frOOD ASHES HELP ORCHARD Marked Improvement le Seen In oth Apple Trees and Fruit. Where i Liberally Treated. I (By A. 3. LEOO.) If we could calculate the value of wood ashes as commercial fertilizers are valued we would have near the following value per ton for tbe plant food given a value in commercial fer tilizers. 120 pounds of potash $.05 at.... $6.00 40 pounds of phosphoric acid $ 05 at 2.00 $8.00 The same amount of potash ' is found In 200 pounds of sulphate of potash and practically the same amount of phosphoric acid is found in 250 pounds of 16 per cent acid phos phate, so a ton of wood ashes is worth about the same as a fertilizer 250 pounds of good grade acid phos phate and 200 pounds of sulphate of potash. True the plant food Is in a more available form In the commercial fer tilizers but the tons of wood ashes also contains about 700 pounds of lime which is especially valuable to the clover ' and other legumlnouB crops. Last winter we put wood ashes about some apple trees, 25 to 40 pounds was scattered around each tree, as far around ai the branches reached. A marked Improvement in both the trees and the fruit was no ticed last summer in spite of tbe un favorable early season. The wood ashes can be profitably applied to the garden, the meadow or In fact almost any crop except potatoes. If wood ashes are applied to the potato crop it produces conditions favorable to potato scab. There is not much loss of plant food when wood ashes are applied to the soil at any season of the year since potash and phosphoric acid are not easily washed out of the soil. The ashes should not be mixed with the manure or any other nitrogenous manure as the lime in the ashes may cause loss of nitrogen. If mixed with acid phosphate the lime in the ashes will or bine with the phosphoric acid and render It un available. On many farms there Is a few hun dred pounds of ashes produced that are worth saving and applying to the oil, then where lumbering is carried on extensively there are tons of wood ishes produced each year that are worth hauling for several miles and applying to the soil. TRACTION PLOWING IN WEST tmong Advantages Is Fact That Work Can Be Rushed When Con- dltlons Are Favorable. On the large farms of the rrtt plains and the ranches of California traction engines both steam and rasoline are used to an increasing extent in farming operations, espe cially in plowing land. The make ihlft outfits formerly used for this purpose have been largely renlaced hv beavler and stronger engines and tang plows especially designed for this use. The advantages of traction nlowlng are (1) that the work can be rushed when conditions are favorable; (2) that the work can be done with a mailer force of bands, and fewer horses have fo be kept; (3) in hot dry weather engines can be used when horses could tot stand the work; (4) with an engine it is possi ble to plow very difficult soils, and also to plow deeper than with homos - and (5) under favorable conditions, the cost of traction plowing has been brought lower than that of nlowins- wlth horses. The steam engines weigh from 7 to 20 tons, range from 20 to 60 horse power, cost from $1,600 to $6,000, and will plow from 15 to 60 acres a day. A traction plowing outfit consists of (1) an engine; (2) the plows or disks arranged in gangs; and (3) miscellaneous conveniences for car rying supplies, making repairs, etc. The size and cost of the outfit and the amount of work it will do depend largely on the number of plows oper ted. DAIRY NOTES. To be sweet and clean it Is desir able that the cow stable be white washed at least twice a year. The separator means the greatest profit with the least cost in handling and marketing milk. Cream that la not delivered prompt ly should be thoroughly stirred every time a new lot is added., The cream from the milklngs must not be kept so long that It will de velop a sharp acid, for that would Im part an unpleasant flavor to the but ter. Chicken Lice. Abundance of chicken lice can be raised by neglecting the chicks. This Is probably the surest way to get rid of the chicks
