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Mil aM"l"WIM WIMWWHWH t Ml tmmwwNmn 1i Thursday, August 3, 1016 ASHliAND TIDIXGS PAGE SEVEH A TRUCELESS WAR The Unending Struggle Between the Sea and the Shore. VICTORIES GN BOTH SIDES, Sometime the Ocean Lashes Its Way Throujjh Rosky Cliffs, and Some times the Wind and Land Combine to Beat the Dillows Ea'.k to Defeat. It Is a trucclcss wur tlmt the waters of the world are waging ugain.it Its lands. John Oliver I.uGoree. associate editor of the National Geographic so ciety, lias prepared for that lostitu tlou a study of this striking struggle between the earth and the sea with the shores Hues of the worid as the far flung theater of war. After culling attention to the fact that the processes which have trans formed the polar regions from dense Jungles of tropical growth Into lands of perpetual Ice and snow, which have brought the tops of mountains to the bottom of 'the sea aud the bottom or the sea to the tops of mountains, are still going on. although the hands upon the fce of the clock of geology move so slowly that we cannot perceive their movement, Mr. LaGorce con tinues: 'Along every coast line on the faoc of the earth there is perpetual warfare between the land and the sea. with the wind us the shifting line, uow throw lug its weight Into the balance on the ouc sldo and now on the other. Mere the land U taking the offensive, driving the sea back foot by foot, always with the aid of the wind; there the sea mar shals a great drive and eats its way landward slowly and laboriously, but none the less successfully. "The varying fortunes of this relent less and age long war which neither truce nor treaty will ever briug to an end can be read lu the shifting sands cf the seashore. At many points along the coast of the northeastern states are found bold cliffs, and the charging sea attacks them with the shot and shell of loose shingle. Some of them, how ever, are adamsnt and Impregnable In their frontal fortifications and hold out against the sorest siege, but between them have occurred stretches of softer rock which have been literally pound ed to dust by the ocean's heavy artil lery, thus permitting flank attacks on the hitherto unoonquered defenses. . "Along the southeastern coast how ever, the rock bound cliff is the excep tion and the long stretches of glittering sand the rule. Here the sandy beach reaches out farther and farther into the sea, and the water Is thus enabled to penetrate farther and farther Into the land because the attnek of the sen 1b usually a frontal movement and thai of the land frequently a wedje attack Thus we can account for the long straight shore on the one hand and the split on the other. "The formation of the bejeh lmmedi ately guarded by the Cape Henry light Is not changing so rapidly ns Is the case only a few miles on either side.be cause of Its somewhat protected posi tion, due to the many sand bare or reefs far out from shore which, acting ns the first trenches, serve to break the charge of the white horses of Father Neptune as they dash in from the ocean, and. because of this knowledge of defenre. It is plain to be seen that a good quar ter of a mile of beach has been added by the defender since the old light was erected. ''Roekaway beach, Long Island, grows westward at the rate of nearly a mile' every' twenty years. At Nag Head, N. C, the land has extended Into the sea at the rate of thirty-five feet a year. In ISM Dr. Nathaniel Bowdltch prepared a chart of Salem and Marblehend harbors, giving the soundings over various ledges of rock. Ninety years later similar soundings were taken, and in all cases the water was found to be considerably deeper, once again telling the tule of endless wniTiugs. "On the shore of Cape Cod, near Chatham, the land Is retrentlng at the rate of a foot a year, and on the south ern shore of Marthas Vineyard it Is giving up the fight to the enemy at the rate of three feet every twelve months, while on the southern face of Nan tucket the retreat has been as much as nix feet a year, the records tell us. "In Its incessant warfare against the land the sea literally takes its cup tared hosts and makes them do battle under its command. The bowlders that are shattered from the face of a cliff are dashed up against it again and again, hammering others loose, the .while being worn round and smooth us the projectile of big guns must be. As the process goes on these huge shells are worn down and crumbled un til there remains nothing to tell the Ktory of forced fighting against their own Rtronghold save gruius of sand on some distant beach or the soft enrpet spread upon the floor of the sea many fathoms deep. "How rapidly this process goes on is sometimes strikingly shown. A schoon er ludeu with bricks is beached on some bare shore In a storm. These bricks are rolled and tumbled a dis tance of five miles or so in the course of a year, nud by that time attrition has usually completed its work. Au thorities say that on the shores of Cape Ann a fragment of stone as big as a nail keg has been worn complete ly round by its constant turning during the course of but five years." A propensity to hope and Joy Is real riches, one to fear and sorrow real poverty. Hume. Chickens Come Home to Roost So Do the Dollars That Are Spent In Town When you spend your dollars in this town you profit immediately by the general prosperity. Prosperous Merchants Mean a Prosperous Community. A prosperous community means prosperous individuals. The home merchant Spends bis dollars here in wages, rent and taxes. Spend Your Dollars With Him Pass Along the Home Dollar When you pay a dollar (or something in this town, that dollar, nine times out of ten, comes back to you. The butcher, the baker, the dry goods man, the grocer, the druggist, all employ help. They pay rent and taxes. . In turn, the home merchant pay out their dollars. Some of them are sure to come your way. When you send a 'dollar out of town it takes that dollar out of circulation here Trade With the Home Merchant TELEGRAPH WITH LIGHTS. Battleships Can Send 8iQnalt Twlv Milei In Daylight Although searchlight signaling be tween battleships was a means, of communication at sea long before the Introduction of wireless telegraphy, It la still utilized. The latest battleships of our navy are equipped with projectors designed especially for this purpose, while the older vessels use their regular search lights, for which auxiliary shutters are supplied. Levers operate these latter members, hushing the lights on and off quickly so that messages may be spell ed out In dots and dashes, either ut day or night. For day signaling the light shaft is directed squarely ot the observer, and for enulillng this a telescope Is mount ed with the projector. When atmos pheric conditions are good the radius of communication is about twelve miles in any direction. At night this Is obviously much Increased, for light may be played on some prominent cloud und seen for a distance of forty or fifty miles. When there are no clouds the search lights may be directed skywurd and their shafts of light seen ut closer range. The feasibility of launching captive balloons as substitutes for cloud banks has been suggested. Pop ular Mechanics. EARLY TRADEMARKS. When First Used They Were Without Any Protection In Law. , The recognition of trademarks by English law may be said to date only from the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the use of trademarks was, of course, of far earlier date. So far buck as the reign of James 1. a certain clothier applied the mark of another clothier to bis own inferior goods, but the reports of the lawsuit which ensued leave it doubtful whether the action wus brought by tne owner of the mark or by an indignant customer, in which latter case it would simply be an ordinary action fur fraud. In 1742 Lord Ilardwicke declared that "every particular trader has some particular murk or stamp." At the same time his lordship refused to grunt the protection of the law to the "Great Mogul" stump on curds. He was ap parently under the impression thot the legal recognition of trademarks meant the creation of a new kind of monop oly, (Hid be made up bis mind to obvi ate such possibility. Lord Eldon. on the other band, re peatedly granted injunctions to re strain one trader from fraudulently "passing off" his goods as those of tin other and thus helped to lay a founda tion on which the present trademark law has been built up in successive stages. London Standard. Shakespeare Plus Cervantes. There la an old tradition which links Cervantes with Shakespeare In connec tion with the lost play "Cardenno," or "Cardenna," which was twice acted at court by Shakespeare's company In 1613 and was announced for publica tion some forty years later as "The History of Cardenlo, by Fletcher and Shakespeare." The publication never took .place, and nothing la otherwise known of the piece with certainty, but Sir Sidnej Lee believes It to have been a dramatic version of the adventures of the lovelorn Cardenlo, related in the first part of "Don Quixote." Shelton's translation of which appeared In 1612 Why Salt Causes Thirst Salt has been described as a natural element of the blood in about the same proportion as in the water of the ocean. Under general conditions we do not feel the existence of salt in our bodies because its effect is counteracted by a due proportion of water. When we eat an excessive amount of salt thirst is created by the demand of nature that we also take a propor tionate amount of water and dilute the salt to Its proper relative amount Any food that tends to absorb the moisture of the body will cause thirst for the same reason that our physical welfare requires a balanced quantity of water. Scared by the Elephant Tradition has it that Caesar brought elephants with him to Britain and that they contributed to his conquest f the island. Having unsuccessfully attempt ed to cross the Thames, Caesar built a large turret on an elephant and, load ing it with bowmen and slingers, or dered them to pass the stream, where upon the Britons, terrified at the sight of the unknown monster, fled In confu sion. Loudon Chronicle. Tebby. 'Tabby" cat ought to be really "atabe," being derived from "atab." the name of a famous street In Bagdad which used to be the great market for silks. A tabby cat's coat was thought to be like the wavy markings of wutered silk. Questions and Answers. The time elapsing between a ques tion and an answer is almost as Impor tant as the answer itself. It may be wisely long or short but the longer it is the wiser must be the answer. Manipulating Bones. 'Top, what's osteopathy?" "The art of manipulating bones, my son. 'Then Is an osteopath a minstrel end man?" Baltimore American. The Disappointing Movie. Tve seen it 'taint no good." "E gets 'ung, don't 'e?" Tub, but they don't show yer that" London Punch. Be a whole man to one thing at a time. Carlyle. Letter Will Help Get State's Share Portland, August 3. The pioneers of Oregon were forced to undergo I many hardships In carving out homes In the wilderness. To help those pi oneers, the federal government grant ed to the Oregon-California railroad company a large grant of land to as sist in building that road and to give Oregon more settlers and more tax able property. j iThe government received Its pay, all it ever expected, in the building of the road and the concessions re-1 ceived. Had the land grant been' disposed of according to the terms j of the grant, Oregon would be profit- Ing today by many more acres of taxahle lands and many more Bettlers. Oregon alone is the sufferer, yet: when these lands are disposed of ac- j cording to the bill recently passed, she gets but 50 per cent of thepro- ceeds. Thousands of acres of arid lands thirsting for water, yet 40 per cent of the land grant fund go to the gen eral reclamation fund, instead of to these lands! Representative SInnott is making a last fight for the 40 per cent and has introduced a bill amending the original bill, asking that the pro ceeds from sale of land and timber apportioned to the general reclama tion fund be expended on projects In the state of Oregon. Is there any Injustice In this re quest? Is this state asking anything unreasonable? Did the federal gov ernment or any of the reclamation states expect to get anything from these lands under the original grant act? Oregon did expect something from the original grant, so why should she not expect It now? It seems that there is little room for argument as to the real merits of the issue, but it Is necessary to present the facts to those who should know. If the members of congress are given the facts with regard to this, there is some hope that they will see the justice of it and vote to give to our state that to which she is en- titled. Personal letters to members of congress or to persons who may have influence will prove an effective means. Write such a letter and by so doing contribute your part in se curing this fund for Oregon's arid lands. Sixty-five-pound sack rolled barley and oats $1.25. Ashland Mills. Phone 49. ,19-tf State officials have Inspected drainage plans to reclaim 50,000 acres of Malheur lake. The Call To Has a new appeal those who awake breakfast of Mew Post Toasties These new corn flakes bear a unique deliciousness because of their self developed flavor and improved form. The flavor is the true essence of choice, ripe Indian corn. Unlike ordinary "corn flakes," the New Toaslies do not depend upon cream and sugar for their palatability. Try some dry they're good that way and the test will demonstrate their flavor. Then try some with cream or rich milk. Note that New Post Toaslies are not "chaffy" in the package; and that they don't mush down when cream is added. New Post Toaslies are know by the tiny "bubbles" on each flake, produced by the quick, intense heat of the new process of making. They come in a wax sealed package that preserves their oven crispness and delightful flavor the most perfect corn flakes ever produced. For Tomorrow's BreaRfast-New Post Toasties A Big, Roomy Tool Box With Yale lock and suit case Ql CA clasps. Size 22x9x7 elv We Pay Express Anywhere C. E. MEDFORD, SISKIVOU HKAIH.KJHTS. Mrs. N. A. RIclnrds and children left this week for a visit of several weeks atBandon, with Mrs. Rich ards' daughter, Mrs. Phillips. While many autos daily hum or chug their winding way over the Pa cific Highway and through Siskiyou on their course to north, south or east, it seems that our region is at tracting more of campers than ever before. Camp Wa-hu-da was created weeks ago, and now the Beebe-Kln-ney camp Is established, while Mrs. James Ferguson and family have set tled near the Hendrlcks-Spencer-Stinson camp, and several solitary tents dot the woods near at hand. Just beyond Siskiyou is Engineer Davis' settlement, and the Rose camp, leading toward the lively larger camp at the rock crusher. No getting lone ly up here. Haying Is In full swing on the Dol larhide ranch. Antone Bonderson returned Satur day from a brief trip up Portland way. Mrs. Charles Brown's camping party of girls scouted the woods all the way from Hendricks' springs to the summit last week, Incidentally visited Siskiyou school, and seemed in general inspired by our cool, fresh days to all sorts of vigorous deeds. Mrs. U. S. Ragland and Miss Ruth returned last week from a six weeks' trip to OnfVlo, Canada. Cupid and Mt. Pitt flour In five barrel lots $5.50. Every sack guar anteed. Ashland Mills. Phone 49. 16-tt Phone news items to he Tidings. BreaKfast for to a Sold Gates OREGON HUM GOU) HILL. Gold Hill News: A great many people seem averse to any move which looks like an Inducement to Increase taxes. This Is particularly true In the matter of a municipal bond Issue. It is true that many such cases have not been well considered, and have resulted in a burden with out any corresponding benefit. Such cases must, therefore, be avoided. There are, however, many Instances where the interests of the community call loudly for funds to meet greatly needed Improvements which, when made, more than offset the expense and induce a condition which results In large profits, and lays a founda tion for increased growth and prog ress. We all realize that there are things which, If we could accomplish, would give to our town increased growth and progress, enabling us to do greater things without apparent difficulty. We have an instance at our doors": Ashland voted $175,000 for its mineral springs and park en terprise. Many people could see nothing but great burden and no profit by It, yet its recent celebration. Induced wholly by this great enter prise, is conservatively estimated left in that city not less than $150,000. and this before the money of the bond issue had been fully expended. Many other advantages have appeared that have already reimbursed the city, and this in less than two years after the fund was made available. 1 Mrs. Lllible G. Black of Portland is in Ashland on business and Is con sidering trading Portland property for a home in "Oregon's Famous Spa." by Grocers everywhere.