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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL;" PORTLAND; SUNDAY "MORNING. AUGUST -2gf 1920.
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4000 FARM L0AI3
ASSOCIATIONS ARE
TO BE ORGANIZED
Move Made to Put Cooperative
...Farm Borrowers of U. S. Into
; One Great Voluntary Group.
UPPER AIR STRATA
ARE GREAT AID TO
Negro's SpiritWalkediatNight
INSTRUMENTS' MAKE RECORDS. IN UPPER! AIR
TRIES TO LOCATE
True Story Told of Southland
Strange Ckses of "Dead M e n's
i Return" ; Are Related; Want
Delicate Recording Instruments
Sent Up by Kites or Balloons
: Secure Valuable Information.
. Information in
the: -'Search.
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MISSING SOLDIERS
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( Thla to the fourth of aerie of articles era
making of weather forvce-t and : observa
tion. preTJred exclusively for The Sunday Janr.
bat by Edward L. Wells, meteorologist. United
SLatea weather bureau, Portland. 1
By Willis Itay Gregg 1
Meteorologist, V. S. Weather Bursea. Wsshing-
.-.. ton. D. C. . !'
From the earliest recorded times
mankind has always been Intensely
. interested In the weather, and the
literature of all peoples is rich with
weather proverbs, many of which
, are based on actual observation, al
though many others are largely the
result: of superstition, f Probably the
meteorological elementa to : . which
most attention was given were wind
i1 and clouds,; particularly- the latter,
thus showing a. very early interest in
the conditions of the upper air. Fre
quent descriptions, together with In
terpretations of clouds, : are to be
1 found in the Scriptures In the writ-
ings of the Greeks and Romans and
t even on some of 'the recently "dis-
oovered Babylonian tablets.; ; Natur-
': ally these descriptions are confined
almost entirely to the form and dl
' rection of movement of clouds and
of course ' to their connection with
rain.
Clouds can be observed from the
V earth's surface, but there are other
upper air conditions whrch cannot be so
observed. - Of these the most important
are atmospheric pressure, temperature,
humidity and 4 wind. Pressure, always
, diminishes with altitude and is of inter
est chiefly because its measurement en
ables us to compute any altitude reached.
Temperature and humidity usually de
crease, whereas wind velocity in general
increases with altitude, but there are
; many exceptions to this statement For
. example, on a very cold morning we
almost always find a temperature con
siderably higher at a height of 200 or 300
feet than at the earth's surface, Jrt
- fact, on such occasions during tbe win!
, ' ter if we could elevate our houses a
few hundred feet we would find our
: coal consumption : materially reduced,
, On the average, however, there fs a drop
r In temperature of about one degree
Fahrenheit for, every 300 feet increase
in height. .
HIGH VELOCITIES RECORDED
- On the average wind blows twice as
hard half a mile above the surface as
it - does at the surface, ; but again we
find many exceptions. During the sum
mer there is frequently no wind at all
up to four or flve miles above the sur
face,' whereas In winter we occasionally
observe velocities hot far above the sur
face of 80 to 100 miles an hour, and we
! have one record of 185 miles an hour.
, ie Years ago observations of these ele
ments were made by men in Jatge
. balloons, but this method wa!wlto
gether too expensive for general use,
and self-recording instruments, known as
meteorographs were therefore devised for
the purpose.; These instruments are
made of aluminum, for the most part,
and include a windmill type of anemo
' meter, a metallic thermometer, a, hair
hygrometer (an contained in a horixon
. tal ventlfatlngtube) ; also an aneroid
barometer and: a clock-driven cylinder
, to which is fastened a sheet of grradu
. ated . paper. On this paper recording
pena connected with the different ele
ments contJirtfbustyf and automatically
Indicate the changes in weather con
ditions at successively higher and higher
altitudes. This is the type-of meteoro
graph that is used In most of our work,
: but when it is desired to reach heights
greater than 6 -or "ft miles we use a
. lighter instrument having the same gen
eral features except that the record is
made on an aluminum sheet that has a
coating of oot ifrom gum , camphor.
Metallic points, instead of pens, make
the record, and afterwards this Is made
permanent by dipping the sheet in a
solution f shellaev and alcohol.
KITES ARE rSED
The heavier meteorographs are lifted
u into the air by means of kites of the
box type. These kites are about 7
feet square and about 8 feet high and
f are made of spruce framework covered
with a good quality of cotton cloth. They
are attached to piano steel wire of
small diameter but high tensile strength
and this wire Is paid out from a steel
- drum on which- there are usually as
much as 8 to 10 miles of wire. The
kites can be flown best in winds of
. from 16 to 30 miles an hour, but occa
sionally ' successful flights - have been
made with a velocity as high as 60 to
, 80- miles an hour. ' They are used In
tandem, sometimes as many as 8 or 10
; being on the wire at one time. Occa
sionally the pull exerted by these kites
is sufficient to break the wire and it
then becomes necessary to organise a
searching party for the purpose of find
ing the kites and bringing them back
to the station. On one occasion the dis-
ta nee traveled by the kites was about
300 miles". Ordinarily the height reached
by the kites is from 1 to miles, the
average being about 8 miles, but in a
few cases an altitude of more than 4
. miles has been attained. "'
Another method of obtaining measure
ments, of wind conditions at various
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moisture at different heights up to' 4 miles. . Center ' Weather bureau box kites used to carry recording
Instruments into the air. . JJelow, left to right IiaoncLlng a kite f.t Groesbeck, Texas; Theodolite Tbe
small rubber balloons are followed with this Instrument, and thus the wind at various heights is quickly
f measured ; observing haltoon's ascent at Broken Arrow, Okla. t v . . ! t:- .
heights consists in sending up very
small rubber balloons ' and . observing
them through a theodolite. These bal
loons are originally from 8 to 9 inches
in diameter, but are filled with hydro
gen until they have a diameter of about
30. inches. They are then set free and
ascend at a rate of 600 to 800 feet a
minute, ,
RESULTS STTRPRISISO
The theodolites through which they are
watched consist principally of a tele
scope and two graduated circles - by
means of which the balloon's distance
away and its position with , reference
to a north ' and south -line, are accu
rately determined. With these "data at
hand, we can quickly compute the wind
direction and velocity at various heights.
The' results are at times quite -surpris
ing, r la addition to showing high veloci
ties above the earth's surface, they also
indicate, in many instances a ;. marked
difference in wind direction .at "the
earth's surface and at - various levels
above It," It is not uncommon, for ex
ample, , to find a westerly wind above
an easterly wind, and. In fact, as a rule.
winds from a westerly direction prevail
at ail altitudes greater than a mile above
the earth.; Observations with pilot bal
loons are now .being made twice daily at
about za stations m this country.
At the present time more Is being done
in upper air investigations than ever
before, and plans are being made for
greatly increasing the number of sta
tions at which observations with kites
and balloons can be made. ; The data
now being obtained are telegraphed
dally to Washington, where 'they are
carefully ; charted and r. studied. ; Fore
casts based thereon are then furnished
to the aerial: mail service, to the army
and navy aviation services and for the
benefit of such outer aviation enterprises
ae are from time to time undertaken.
POSSIBILITIES XOOM L1BQK
The possibilities in the development
oi commercial aviauon loom very large
and it is altogether probable that in the
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not distant, future - the traveler, . If a
quick journey is necessary, will look
up his aerial schedule and make his res
ervation accordingly. To Insure a safe
Journey the pilots of the aircraft will
need to know what are the wind and
weather . conditions along ! their course,
and these the weather bureau should
be able, and proposes, to furnish, j
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Cigar Lighters Are! -Given
to Devil Dogs
I Of Second Division
,
! Washington, Aug. 27. Twenty thous
and "'cigar lighters", or "telephone cords,"
as the A. E. F. knew the fourragere of
the French army, have been received at
the headquarters of the marine corps1 for
distribution among members, past and
present, of the Fifth and Sixth marines
and the Sixth machine gun battalion of
the marine brigade of the famous second
division. . " . ; ;.
: As the . A. E. F.; iTechrlstened the
canned meat from the Argentine: as
monkey meat." so thex rechristened the
glorious fourragere from its striking re
semblance to the cigar lighters in vogue
with the PolluS. and its rssemblanoa tn
'that part of the prosaic telephone with
wniCh central plugs in to get the wrong
number or the always "busy" Individual,
i Men who have passed: out of the ranks
of the marines into civil 'life, and the
next , of kin of those who were killed
will r receive their decorations through
uie marine corps recruiting service.)
16 Divorces a Month
Granted in Winnipeg
Winnipeg,, Man-,' Aug. !1. Canada's
first ; divorce court," established here last
September, ' heard . 152 applications and
granted 127 decree to- the - first- eight
montrvs or its existence. ; Utvoree in
Canada formerly was a luxury, obtain
able only by the expenditure of " about
s&uqo, as every ' case had to go before
the federal senate. When the privy
council of the empire- decided that Manl.
toba's court of king's bench had the right
to adjudicate divorce cases, fear was ex
pressed that Winnipeg -would become the
Reno of Canada, and . it was believed
there would be a rush - 0f unhappy
couples to the divorce courts. But the
average number f decrees granted a
month in the first eight months was only
20. - It has since declined to 16 a month
and lawyers predict It will soon fall
below five a month. ' , r i
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German Ingenuity L
CSaid Not Dormant
London. Aug. 21. (X. X. S.) England
is f hiding, that German 'ingenuity in
peace pursuits was not dormant during
the war. An Immense number of appli
cations for patents, following reopening
of diplomatic relations, .-reveaJs the Ger
man inventive genius as active as ever
Among Uhe patent , applications- from
across the Rhine are 90 from Krupps for
war materials ana instruments. Toys
run the bevist, however.
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0. A. C. Looking For
Applicant's For a
Rhodes Scholarship
. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis.
Aug.; 21. ApplicaUons for Rhodes schol
arships, of which O. - A. C - may have
four, are desired by the committee of
selection for ; Oregon, writes Professor
C. . H. Gray of Reed college, secretary,
to President W. J. Kerr of O. A. C.
Application should be made before Sep
tember l, he says. ) ' :r- .
Applicants must be between the ages
of 19 and 25. on October 1. 1920. t They
must - possess Qualities' of leadership,
scholarship and physical . fitness, r
Juniors, seniors , and graduates meet
ing theso-ondi tions and desirous of se
curing the Rhodes i honors are being
sought Jby the college. ,jThe scholarship
carries with it 1500 a year for three
years. . ; i . -
"Dead Men's; Club"
May Be; Organized
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2L The form
ation of a "Dead "Men's; club out of the
2000 ex-service men who,1 while 'living, are
officially listed as kllleA in action, is
a probability, it was learned at national
headquarters of lhe! American Legion.
William Wart of Akron, Ohio, one of
the "casualUes," who was gassed and
left on the field In J Ptcardy, has -i sug
gested the formation ; ofj such an organ!-
Columb'ia University
To Get. Oregon Man
1 University of Oregon,;, Eugene, ! Aug.
2L Victor P. Morris, instructor in the
university model high school during the
past year and " a member of the faculty
of the school of education, haa received
a scholarship at Columbia university
and expects to work for r a degree of
doctor, of philosophy at that institution
during the next two years, jar. Morris
was graduated ' from the University of
Oregon in 1918 with a degree of bachelor
of arts. - 1 i ... j . ..:
Teachers at Idaho
School Want Hollies
Moscow, Idaho. Augi 2L That the
University of Idaho is 'confronted with
danger of losing several new members
of its faculty because they cannot find
homes ; to rent in Moscow, was stated
by Dean F. J. Iddinga. head of the de
partment of agriculture in thev univer
sity's recently, at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon. . Dean i Idd intra said he
tad canvassed the town and found only
one noma to rent, and that was only for
a period of six month. He urged the
chamber to take action and try to se
cure residences that can. be rented.
' The American Legion r is carrying
on the search for solutions to more
than 2000 Individual death and -disappear
anoe. mysteries among soldiers
and sailors of the "American expedi
tionary v forces. These are cases
where official action , has run its
course and terminated with .the, Al
ways brief and ' sometimes conflict
ing reports of "missing in action,
"killed in battle" or "presumed tt
be dead.' In each case it is claimed
that definite or detailed informayoa
has not been received byi the family
of the soldier or sailor in. question.
CASES AEB CITED ' " J"
i How many more than 2000 such cases
there may be is not known, 'but the
American , Legion : weekly has received
that' number of letters from the kin
and friends of missing men, - There are
instances where it. appears that men
sailed for Prance and straightway dis
appeared from the face of the earth.
No conclusive word ever has been re
ceived ot their fate. There are cases
by the score of men reported "wounded"
or "slightly wounded and no, other
word. ' Until, months slater, perhaps, the
curt official announcement Of "pre
sumed to be dead. ' Cases are reported
of . men - reported dead, then wounded,
later missing, later "returned to duty."
But the men have not come home. There J
are cases where men have been reported
dead on .a certain date,- but members
of their families received letters written
by their soldier kin's own! hand at a
later date. There are cases where fam
ilies have received unofficial report that
their soldier kin was seen' alive after
the date of his official demise. '
3y far the largest class - of letters,
however,?- are those from gold-star
mothers ; seeking word from a comrade
who, was -with her son when he fell.
The wsr department which; considering
everything, ; has :been remarkably ac
curate in accounting for casualties has
reported the date and place. Mother
desires simply such . details ! as will en
able her to reconstruct in her mind so
many .write the scene In which her boy
made the great sacrifice.; i ;
ITEMS OF INTEREST- i --.V
. The "roll call" department in the
American Legion weekly, where these
communications are , published, is - the
most poignant personal column in the
world. Every Hem carries its burden
of human sorrow' or breathes a hope
that will not die. It Is a column -which,
in bald brevity, sums up the heroism of
the manhood of America and the trials
of those who stayed behind and day
by weary day carry on the search for
those who did not come back. The
greatest human Interest' stories in the
world are told in scant paragraphs such
as these :. it'4 r.-; : ,,,
04 th Aero Squadron jamer Key. toi 118.
HoldenTttle.' Okla. , vronM " to hear' from
soageona who knew Uatninant r Baymond J.
Saundera. and who oouM sira eetaila ratatira to
hU dsath in Franca nd whera ha was buried.
Tst seen in combat with" IS enemy planea ortt
Brenllia, about 15 milae, northwest ot Verdun,
October 22, 1918. - j
John VT. Hotz, formerly S6U company. 153d
depot bHcade, Camp Vpton N. T. Who knows
whether b went to France and was killed of
polled thronrlif Addreaa Miaa Certroda Hots,
435 Second street, Brooklyn, N. T.'
Miaainc in Action Prirate Leonard Delbsrt
Fhilo, B5th company. Sixth marinas. Reported
wonadml in Soioaans driTa. July 19, 19 IS., In
September. 1919, mother received notice that
"Philo Leonard" had died and was buried io
France.' She does not boliere it is her boy. Uom
radea are reported to have seen hita alive and
well in the fall of 1918. Addresa hia sister,
Mrs. H. W. Johns, 10T Oienwood BTenae, Battle
Creek. Mich. .
809th Infantry, ' Company M Lieutenant
Duncan Campbell, wounded November 1, 1918.
died November 4; 'no news after lea vine first
dressing itation. - Information wanted by wife.
Mrs. Campbell. 19 West Ninth street, Nsw ,ocs
104th or 194th P. aI. Battery F ir the
parenta of - Jose H. Johnson will oommunicate
with I. M. Adams, 19 East Verona avenue,
Plassantville, N. J they may receive S Testa
ment and three mapehota belonelnc to John
ton.' which were found on a battlefield in
Francew .. -.. - - "l
958th " Infantry. Company M Will the o.
dier who waa with Sergeant John W. Smaller
when he charged a machine tun neat and was
killed near VUoey, France. September 12. 1918,
write Florence E. Berney, 4A4 Walnut street
Alexandria, Ind.T - '
126th Infantry. Co. t Win the aerseant who
was aaved by Private Bonrtr Whialer oa October
0, 1918, at Ramagne, write to Whlsler'a
mother. frs. Mary K. Whialer. HUlsboro, Ohio,
R F. D. 11? , Information eonoernuis .her soa'a
death wanted by Mrs. Whialer. . -
5th Nones .Unit Ruth O. 'Korean; last
heard of on way to France, Ancast, 1918. In
formation of her fate desired by , B. Baaman,
box 804, Flemingsburx, Kj.- i
-. Miaainc in Action Private Arthur Hill, tlrt
infantry, wounded in : October in ; Arconne- and
seen walkinc off the field. A buddy saw him
in i a hospital in France. Since then : nothing'
has been heard of him. Family fears he is
a miad esse in soma hospital sod has heard
rumors that he is under treatment in the: United
States. Addresa, cousin, W. B, Cawthra, 10
Clsy street, Worcester, Mass. I
109th Infantry, Company B Private Charles
James Hunt, wounded, gassed, eaptered and re
ported died of wounds. Mother would be arate
ful for "any particulars of the encasement in
which her son was wounded sod taken. She
also wants to know what kind of gas it waa
and bow it aifects men. Write Mrs. John I
Hunt. Boats Box 29, Mount Unionj Pa.
. Fifty:nirtth Infantry, M. O. Company Pri
vate Raymond M. Schmidt, reported wounded
October 8 or 4, 1918, and died October 8 at
fourth field "hospital, Cuasey, France, Mother
wants to hear -front anyone who saw her boy
shortly before be died, and knows . whether "he
said anything on his deathbed." Address. Mrs.
Matthew Schmidt.' 807 Rush street, Dubuque,
lows. ; '. .-."
' TJ. 8. 8. Otranto Prirste Clyde Mott went
down with this vessel when she sank in a storm
oft the Irish coast. Bis parents want informa
tion about his death from srmltois. Write his
brother-in-law, John (X Doolittle, 8avannsh, Gs.
lOSrd F.. S. Battalion, Company C Otis
tyle Canady. gassed and died later ia-hospital
st 'Cuincy, September 9 1918. On way to
hospital he cave his personal effects to Sergeant
Tracy fn charge ot ambulance to be mailed to
bis father. . Sergeant Tracy gave . them to a
x. af. C. A. worker to attend to it Anyone
knowing this T" man write to his father. i.
I. Canady, 618 Park road. Ambridge, Pa. Will
the nurse er doctor? with Privet Canady when
be died -also write! -- l- .
" Twenty -third Infantry, Company I Privats
Floyd HolU died Jnly 29. 1918, after hsvuig
been wounded at Tanx, July 1. i Government
bureaus can furnish no other information. Hia
mother died last November while mourning for
bim. Details of hia death are sought by sister.
Mrs.- Florence . Tivua, 88 Bridgeport avenue.
Devon, Coon. .. . ' . , . .
Series of Sermons
At Christian Church
The 'Romance of the Ages' Is the title,
to a series of sermons which the Rev.'
R. H. Sawyer, pastor of the East Side
Christian : church, ' is preparing to' de
liver .in his church on Sunday evenings.
These discourses will provide the founda
tion for a book soon to be published in
England. A moonlight launch party will
be given Tuesday evening by the Loyal
Bereana of .the church. A delightful
evening is promised by the committee,
which consists of Miss Crofoot, Miss
Hoff, Mr. Moore and Mr. ProUman,
By Frank A- Clarvoe c ,
In the first Plate. Jt want it dis
tinctly . understood . that J have, seen
a ghost. . The statement may cause
smiles-among; uhdry : callous indi
viduals, but it is noneTthe" less true.
While not exactly suprstftious, still
there are some ' things. f a superstl
tiouss nature '.thatj appeal to me
strongly, and while a ' graveyard or
a" dark corner .holds- few terrors In
the ; dark ' of ; the ! moon," I would
scarcely be true, to .jny salt if some
ghostly, charicier had - not held a
role at some time or other upon the.:
stage of my existence'. f-rs . -r l-
I saw the ghost, ahdas far as 1
know ? tberV;"ha85nfever been any
physical .or atmospherio Explanation
for the phenomenon, And don't say
that you dont ftejUeve in ghosts,
eitherrfor .-.-y-
Haven't you awakened in the dead of
Sight to see some filmy wraith pursuing
is solitary way past your window, or'
standing In soma remote corner of your
room? Haven't you ever, on a dark
night, with the moon behind clouds and
a -threatened electrical storm coming like
Lochinvar out erf the West,-seen some
flitting white form dodge along the road
ahead of you. er -slip, silently -from tree
to tree, or something else like that? .
The folk lore of the Southland is re
plete with hair-raising tales of spirits
who return again to- earth : and any ne
gro . "mammy" can . tell .weird tales of
such things, can sit before a smoldering
fire and repeat ' story after : story - of
ghosts who come to tread the paths of
the living. "' - ! '
Near the little town of Mayodan, N.
C, a thlckgrowth of pines covers an
acre of ground used in the long ago as
a negro burying ground. The pines cast
thick shadows , even on . the brightest
day; Ivy and Virginia creeper form
heavy carpets over the sunken graves,
and what- rays the -moon is able to cast
through the heavy foliage fail fitfully
upon rough-carved headstones ' and old
bits of iron . railing. It's a gruesome
place, even in the daytime. 1 4 , I
GHOST IiITEB . THERE " !
A ghost lived there. : In one of those
graves the departed spirit of a negro
blacksmith had his .home. It was bis
headquarters when conducting his mys
terious wanderings. I saw this ghost.
Coming' home from town one night, long
after, the time when I should have been
in bed, I trod the cinder walk past the
gloomy - placed .with - my heart in my
mouth and crawly chills playing havoc
with my peace of mind. .Suddenly from
the deepest depths . of the 1 pin thicket
came the sharp ringing of blows - of
metal struck on metal. As If two pieces
of steel rod had been clashed together,
the three strokes carae with - startling
reality . from among, the ivy-coveredj
mounds : and depressions. v I literally
froze in my tracks. The wind swayed
tbe trees with that mournful . swishing
sound so peculiar to evergreens, and a
pale moon shed a ghostly light among
the underbrush. i This much" I noticed,
for I had seen it many times before.
But not that ringing stroke of the iron. I
; After the last stroke, there was ft
pause, and then there came three more
from a point a trifle more distant than
the first series. I was in a condition,
as I look back upon it now, eminently
suited to the needs of a heart specialist.
When I could at last tear my feet frm
the spot and turn to run a rather wob
bling course, a white-object 'arose from
the ground and silently made Its way
back into the woods. - X covered my face
with my arm at this last sight and made
for home with all speed.: V
FOLKS WERE IKCREDCT-OrS i
' My people were incredulous, but I fin
ally found sympathy.' and a. suggestion
that I make "Nigger Town" a visit the
next day for the purpose of having a
talk with old Jim Johnson. 'Jim was
blind, but he was the seer of the coun
tryside for the ' colored , people. Many
came to Jim with their troubles, and
scores claimed that he held nightly ln
tercourse with the dead.-:4 Naturally, Jim
was exactly the person to see. . . -j
The next day saw me, scarcely recov
ered from the effects of the night before,
at the cabin of the colored prophet. He
was on the point of going out to work
(wood-sawing being his means of liveli
hood), and his granddaughter was lead
ing him by a leash as I entered the yard,
I broached the subject, asked him what
the' strange sight might be, and he for
got work for the time being while he sat
down on the woodpile and proceeded to
relate the tale of the blacksmith. And
this waa the tale : . j
ALt CAME TO FUVEBAI, I
When Jim was a boy, and while he
still had the use of his eyes, the burying
ground in question -was the center of so
cial negro activities, being slightly more
popular than the baptlzln' pool, and de
cidedly on a higher social plane than the.
church. - Jim was 10 years old the day
Ephraim Snow was buried, and the
whole countryside had turned out to do
Uncle -Ephraim honor. Colored people
came from far and near, and the festiv
ities were great. The main portion of
the ceremony being accomplished to the
satisfaction of all. : lunch ' was being,
served on: the grass near the hitching'
posts. The grave diggers were fining
the grave, and near . the tossing .dirt
stood Ed Ashby. the negro blacksmith
from near Madison, Ed s duty It, was
to build a low railing around the grave
ta keep the piles ef flowers from being
blown away, , and as he waited for the
grave diggers to finish their labors, he
leaned near the brink of the hole, ham
mer in one hand and the rods that would
later be driven into the ground in the
otheivfe; - '- n- ..--i.vfc-f-f;:!
1 The unexpected happened, es some
times it does. Widow Snow fainted, and
alt hands, went -running to - the', place
where she was lying oa the grass, fanned
vigorously by a committee of her peers.
Even the grave diggers forsook their
toll for the purpose of beholding the un
conscious widow. When, quiet had been
restored - and . they - once more took - up
their . shovels, Ed - had disappeared.
Thinking that he! had gone away for a
moment, they finished filling- the g-rave,
trimmed it carefully and laid the flow
ers on the' mound, sans railing, for Ed
had not returned. 1 Nor was he ever seen
again in the flesh. "
"And Is that Ed's ghost that lives in
the pine woods? IT was eagerly curious.
and instead of fearing the worst, I . wel
comed It. I "--Js
"Sho's y bawn'hU'wasl" said Jim.
"Folks heahabouts flgger dat Jim fell
lit de grave, faintln fit or sumfinY and
dose fool niggers handlin' de shobels
didn't hab de sense to look in de grave
when dey g-ot back!"
JIM JOHSSOX BEL1ETEO J , " ,
Was It as Jlmjhad said? Had Ed
fallen into the open grave, been knocked
unconscious " and been - buried in that
state? And when be fell, did he take his
hammer and tnaterfal with him, and now
nightly go about fixing raiNngS with his
ghostly hands? j - ,
Few white people have seen the ghost
I beheld on that eventful night, and none
would believe that I myself had seen it
But Jim Johnson saw it before he went
blind and also he! saw It since, he de
clared to me. Other negroes had seen
It, and they avoided the thicket after
nightfall avoided It like, the plague.
The negro burying ground in the
course of time was moved elsewhere
probably because the living could not
fancy associating after death with a
sprite they had seen while living; but.
for all ' I know, he graveyard is as
ghostly and desolate as ever. I some
times wonder if Ed's ghost still haunts
the scene of his j familiar labors, or
whether he has moved on before the on
rush of civilisation - . . , -v .
- Do you believe in! ghosts now?
TI. of 0. Graduates
Will Have Chance
To Study in Paris
University of Oregon, Eugene. Aug. 81.
An opportunity for graduates or tne
University of Washington, to continue
advanced study in the large universities
of France will be offered In the future
by the Society of yield Service 'Fellow
ships for French Universities. The fel
lowships for the coming year will be of
the value of $200,
payable before the
student selected leaves, plus 10,000 francs
payable ln France
The fellowships are
but may be renewed
tenabsfi for one year,
upon . application,
stances warrant it-
providing ,clrcum-
Two members of the Pacific states
division of the advisory board of the
society are from the state of Oregon,
Wells Gilbert of Portland and Professor
Warren D. Smith of the -University of
Oregon.
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Act Before the
Rains Set In
W--s:l.w:.-.-.-.3
?'&':"';$ '"'.v'"lv.
HHHERE are many who desire to
remove their 4 sleeping ones
frpm graves for the cleanly perma
nent resting places either in our
Viault Entombing Buildings or the
C6htmbariums 1 I
Now is the time to make removals,
before fall rains begin. Upcn re
quest we will make arrangtmsnts
and : carry through removals. The
cost is very small. For full infor
mation, telephone Sellwood 67.
There are onlyitwo better ways '
Vault I Entombment or Cremation.
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I (By t'nited News)
Washington, Aug. 21. The latest
move : in the rapidly developing ef
fort to organize farm groups was
made known today by the national
board: of farm organisations, which
proposes national organization of
4000 farm loan associations, already
organized as units under'the federal
farm loan act with total membership
of 130,000. i
Thej national organisation would be
distinct from tne federal farm loan
board,! and is urged for the purpose' of
putting cooperative farm borrowers ot
the United States into one great volun
tary self-government, according to the
announcement
W. W. Flannagan, tntll August f sec
retary of the farm loan board, has been
put In charge of the organisation work.
Flannagan does not agree with some
policies of the farm loan board. It was
stated; today by Charles A. Lyman, sec
retary; of the National Board of Farm
organisations, that "the movement to
organise has arisen out of the crisis,
facing the federal farm loan system.
Whose activities are now paralyzed be
cause of a suit to test the constitution
ality of the act now pending In the su
preme court. The farm loan system has
had great opposition from private farm
mortgage bankers," -
Charges'-are made that the federal
farm loan board has not followed a pol
icy of making its loans through the 4000
farm loan associations, but wants to
make loans through its own agents,
f The announcement today emphasized
present actlvilty of farm representatives
In promoting various national organiza
tions. Washington has recently estab
lished headquarters for the American
Farm' Bureau federation,, representing
county ; farm bureaus, the National
Orange, the National Board of Farm or-'
ganlzatjons and the Farmers' National
council, an organisation made up ot
leaders : urging more radical changes In
government than the old established po
litical parties. The other throe groupis
work on a non-partisan basis with the
regular parties.
Rhodes Scholarship
Applications Are to
Close September 1
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; Applications for Rhodes scholarships
are due before September 1, C. H. Gray
of Heed college. - secretary of the com
mittee on selection, has announced. Ap
pointments will be made September 25.
The Oregon committee of selection Is
composed- of President P. L. Campbell
of -- the j University of Oregon ; A. C
Newlll, a graduate of Oxford, member
of the Portland school board and presi
dent of the Oregon Clvlo league ; J. 11.
Harrison of the University of Washing
ton and C. IL Pray, both former Ithodes
scholars. ; - .
The Rhodes scholarship this year will
be open to a great many more men than,
usual, because of the removal of the
Greek requirement. Hitherto the author
ities of the Knglish university required
every candidate to have had at somo
time a knowledge of the Greek language";
which closed the university to many
would-be students. The authorities last
spring removed these restrictions.
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