- - . t.-r TH1BGQKSlXATES?JAN.:SAIjE1I0REGQN, - - . .. .. . , , , : t.- -r, SUNDAY MORNING; UARCIL21. 1926 1 ' w 4bt - la 1 f 1 1 SUMS Sir 4 Walter.; Raleigh's j Six- ;; . teenth Century Search, t r: Still Pursued, r I i , American capital Is rushing to-.yard- the legendary EI Dorado irlilch the Spanian' gallanls and Sir Walter Raleigh sought In the Ctxteenth century In South Ameri ca and has a" far better chance of reaping fortunes than did the ad ten turers of the 15008. The geo graphical El Dorado was in what Is now the-Outch colony - of Suri nam, on the north coast of: South America, and to. that less roman tic land "American capital rushes ' now to mine gold and . bauxite and to develop large areas for j the growth of . sugar cane and sea is land cotton." ' ' -; ' ' if " . 'SurihamT sometimes called Dutch Guiana, "has Vr Oman tic his tory.:,: The Dutch hsm beeit prais ed for their sagacity f or" cehturtes because -they; ' bought Manhattan Island from the Indians': tor about $25, but it Is a, little remembered historical - tact that ; they 'turned around in 1 6 J 7 and . traded off Manhattan Island for- Surinam, thea: a somewhat more - Obscure colony than" I t;Ia today, f Its area is 54,000 square miles of tropical JongWand 1U population' Is hard ly1 more than 100.000 of? whom only-a' few hundred' are white. " "i In " the days when the f Dutch made their great mistake In deal ing in real estate -somewhat un der "pressure by England," It must be admitted Surinam was known as a golden land of dreams, where eTen the Indians were said to wear armor of solid gold ' when ; they went to battle. - For centuries ; a -moderately large amount of gold has been mlnel erery ear ?n Sor- inam", but the- work has been car ried on by Individuals end not by any large groups of capital Now the Dutch there talk ot the possi bllity of a "Klondike, in the trop ical Jutigles to which gold seekers shall rush" from the ends of the earth, and of ''thlsr possibility " a traveler. ' 'John : Wv Vandercook. writes in the March issue Of the "World's '"Work magazine " tinder the tide A Klondike In the Tro- PlCS i f, : Looking for the Mother Lode. "Promoter : are dreaming" riow ot finding some mother lode back in lthev Impenetrable jungle! writes Mr. Vandercook, "and re- - cently a geologist spent six months in' the interior hunting' tor tnat mother lode which Is expected will be the 'mountain1 of gold' of the legend. - 'Ithas; been, suggested that .this legendary lode, it found, might be reached - by airplanes from Paramaribo: it is assumed that the m6Untain',is about three . hundred miles airaj. to the Tumn- cumaque Mountainsr on the border - between Surinam "and "Brazil. ) The authorities rand the few white residents ot Surinam, are ot two minds in their opinion of this ' visionary project ? for the;exp!od Jng'or.. the- proving of the legend wlUch has. beset' this, El Dorado for centuries., I The. Compagnle des Mines d'Or de la Guyana Hol landaTse "has ; sought Surinam's gold, for years, but with ever-lessening ardor. . and , the 'possibility of the arrival ot new capital : is considered with mingled emotions fn 'Surinam. The' residents 'are ' "-' quietly but ' enormously" xcited, but, being cautious Hollanders, they are" equally alarmed by the thought : that "Surinanl 1 might be the tramping ground ; of another gold rush,' one of those vast ad Teittures ; which destroys ? as creates. . -"-"!' -. -i v-A' rush to a ' tropical Klondike would be1 filled with suffering and death'! Hhe trackless jungles' are full of malaria and x disease; and let " the 'imagination picture the - scenes- that- might5- beJenacted around the1 treacherous' and' bars on the Jungle Tlrera1 when' hordes of men, tar from the restraints ot law.- battled lor the- right to pan the gravel washed down from the . mountains. j-4--ttx"' r" ," "Gold ' Is one ' feature of '. the wealth of Surinam.""" But El Dora- do Ta ?bein'g""sbugnt'f in 'another way by a 'group of American' busi ness men headed by 8. "WJ Xock hart, of New York. ' They have or ganized a tbmpany In New Tork and'in -Surinam to exploit a 2,000, 0 0 0-acre ' concession- tor ' the, cultl vatfon fcf Sea" Island'; cott6n, one of the rarest crops' In the textile Industry' ' The 'concern "formed In America is IcnowA'aa fte;Amer can- Dutch-Gulaha' Cotton ! Corpo ration, and the same group has r incorporated' "under" rthe'lawf' of Surinam as the 8urinaamsche Ko toen Landbouw en Handel Maats cbappli in plain . English, ' the Surinam Cotton Growing and Tra- - ding Company." ' ' ,t v ' : r':'"Bem .Island. .; Cotton. "Sea Island cotton has been de scribed as the. 'cotton that- slUt - shirts are made of. It is a long staple, beautiful plant that -has for "many -years been considered the best product of the finest cot ton plantations. In formar years the1 southeastern United States held a practically monopoly on its production; but the boll weevil charri all that. Americen fields land cotton In' 1916 and none In 1924,- though the demand has steadily - increased. . !The .Surinam Tfenture is an at tempt to 'edm'e to the" rescue Er haUstlve . experiments '' conducted by the American - concern ' in co operation with the Dutch govern ment have - brought out dertaln truths"- v r'' r"T. 1 "Two crops of the staple can be reaped' each twelvemonth; the number of cotton3 bools per plafit at each reaping 'ire from five to six times' greater' than .: the' best yield ever achieved in the United States;' and;' what Is still more' to the pointy the' boll kweeHi :is not indigenous to Surinam, and. even If it does appear," it can, be extort mlnated-fmmediately and rheaply by the simple 'expedient ot flood ing the cotton fields;. - f : "Another .'commercial - venture has latelyTTeen established in Sur inam by"AmerI(nsthe''o.Uarry ihg'bf bauxite depoeit-a mineral in which the land of the colony ap pears to be singularly Tich. Baux ite "la the" ore" from which alumi num Is derived, and, as many peo ple : know, the- demand ' for-it in recent-years has grown rapidly. - New Bauxite- Billies. ManyearsN ago prospectors senixut by American" aluminum interests found the pfnklsh stoAo the scouU Jla, .both,,patrol8 And In Surinam and proved It -to-be1!. ,Wat, .kf,i- bauxite of a:-particularly high grade, but not until 1812 did the j American company Incorporated as the Surinaamsche Bauxite Maatscboppi begin shipments of the crushed ore to the home""milIs ih the United States. An incredi ble amount of labor preceded" the first boatloads" The regions In which s the V richest - ore - deposits bare been found" are, : like every other location In Surinam, densely forested, t ' Prospectbrs were sent duf to ascertain ; If ' the Ore ' caps vast layers of bauxite that lie Just below the surface of lbe"earth4 were thick enough and accessible enough to warrant mining," Tho work carried them across' nearly impassable malarial swaps, up rapid-broken, -unnavigable streams, and -' over sun-echorched stretches of equatorial prairie. r j- I "After the extent ot the field had been determined; the' Ameri can company" "built a town; popu lated it with eight hundred engi neers and laboers, shipped a min iature railroad and ; mining and crushing machinery to the spot, and started j tort5 At ' present banks of bauxite ore are being at tacked at the rate of 100,000 Eng lish long tons j per yearall of which -is : crushed to small' lumps and lifted into steamers which tugs convoy ' toT the. mines more than a hundred miles up' a deep, jungle-bordered river that: drains one of. the least populous and least known parts of Surinam. ;! Portland Every industry operating in the territory served ; by porta Tthis btsiness. - fr : . Theentire oi seasonal aecunes wnicn may aiiecx one or vwo unes.oi inaustry. - your"mvestmentwiththis Company .'is 'as 'secure as the safety of all the ' industries comme . . i - -; ' :J ' . v j V' Its earning power is actually based on the "law. of averages v ' As, the prosperity of Portland and more than 50 other communities in our territory increases, your investment's value increases, too. - t Portland SCOUTS PLAN OVER f : NIGHT MOUrJTAlU TRlP 4(CoBtina4 trm pace .)' . per cent attendance of' thetroo p.. The Scout executive will accom- panjf the "party. '(PJ- SLHe.'rlil drive the TtrVck.)' V j j The ; annual vf ield ; meet " which will be , held at COrVallis - ott the Z2nd of May will test every troop".' Every Salem troop should make It' a point to 'be presentral -CorralllR' so . that his troop may report flOOt per cent attendance 'and ItiTs only by doing this that your troop will make a good ; showing The5 Cor- vallis troops are hot after the cup.: and If ' the cup ts to remain T ln Salem the capltarcity scouts win have to! strut.'their : atutf,; The program will be printed vand di-! tributea as' ; soott ; as f, possible.1 However, it isnow announced that there will be simalllng. knot tying, first aid; fire by- frictlonv water boiling contests, wall" stal ing, etc.k Your troop -will -do well by I starting: to work on1 some . of these; things at once. .1 ';''..' .' ". :"; s Here's a slick game for, an, odd five ' minutes ; ife' any troop meet ing. Let Boms" patrol-challenge another' patrol to an ,"Eagle Eye" contest. , Then' draw a large chalk lead them nil into the circle. thor rbnghly. Take one member of each patrol' and send both of -( these scouts out' of the room! then have all remaining in the circle remove tltieir blind folds. The scout; who ,9, 'AT(Jontino4 t BusyReaders assisted by the prison of ficials i and some Salem business men. Morethan'fpur hour jwiBre'' spent in the inspection, visitors leaving with enthusiastic predictions ioi the future. !- Repeal of. the motor vehidlejcertif ieate of title law enacted at the 1925 session of the leslatdre. will, be sought at .the general election lrt November throngh art Initiative measure filed in the offices of the secretary" of state. " ' : - ; , Fridar, lHarch, 19 Questions of dirt fills in certaiH "parts of the city came into state prominence Friday nighti at' arf Informal 'meeting of the council! Particularly was. consternation' voiced by 'the mayor, obuncilmen, street commissioner and city y engineer ' against "the proniiscous dumping of dirt'Lnear.the south end of the $outh High"street bridge, dntie west side. t'An injunction, it was intimated, would be sought t6 halt additional dumping as a slide had threatenedto' dam the Mill stream: ' '" ' At a meeting of the Salem. Council of organizations of . the Marion county child health' demonstration, 18 organizations in the city were represented ahd reports were made bjr a 'num ber of .chairmen. Fred D. Thielseri, president of the council, presided.- Progress In child health education was reported. ' s : Eastern parties are Iodkirig jo the Salem district' for. the flax waste that comes from the scutehing plant, it was learn ed, with "the thought that the by-product coiild be used in the manufacture of paper string.: FoDowing- the revelation inves tigation has been-started to detenriine the practicability tof the penitentiary adding this process which Would aid addition ally iri making the prison-self-supporting. " " 4 Electric Power Securities : ict ieroes nVht 'on" usinsr electric h'ght Write or call for information' about i our, '?-"'. ' , " " 1 . INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT- 237 N. Liberty St., Ealcra Salem Ore joa City Vcircouvcr, Vyarh. . . v, ... . . ,. - - .- . ; ' first calls out the name of the missing' one from"1 the other patrol scores : points for his patrol. . HEARTrHQPJE PROBLEMS SEEN BYT REALT WOMAN V (Coatlnmd from pas X.) f n J', - -.-. ., . .? m ft --i- 'V friends. He just spit In my face. Imagine a father' " doing such a thing to his owa'girl.-'' I felt terri ble. and got so' mad I told him he could just look for a housekeeper. Do you think I am doing a wise thing t I am getting to be a mis erable wretch, thin and pale. I . r DESPERATE BLUE EYES. I - Yon must understand, D.'B.'v E., that your mother's Invalid Ism has put a strain upon your; father which-, has ? made bis '; temper short. However, this Is not an -excuse for his -gross and. uncalled for inconslderktlon. ' You are' old ' enough ' to stand I for yourself,- and I , think you ' should tell him that you do not' intend to stand to Such treat ;ment I thmk-'you' should try ltyou can to stay at home and -. help 'your ' mqther but you - should also demand the right - tO!"have yottr 'friends visit you" ; and'td gbut 'dccasionally. - I . think that when - your father - sees that he is likely to lose you,; j he" will mend hisr ways.Tr E Baker Mother Lode Copper plans- $500,000' development-pro-grami " 1 iro -'-y'-i 4 "-' ' 1 t" i Linn county has assessed valua tion of 30,O13,06: -: ram pC i3 y - this Company- rop- - ! -v" arid nower remrdless - i - i vuomDaiiv YOUNG INVENTOR MAY : PASS;VI2ARD EDISON plants by selective breeding ; and erossin?. " By planting "seeds' and selecting for further breeding the plants which tend toward the vari ation he desires, he' has directed evolution,, bringing -back tend encies hidden in 'plants for gener ations. ''. r; .r ;;.-'Ct:'';- '- -. r His first achievement was the development of the Burbank pota to when he was 2 2 years - old in Lunenburg." Mass.1 ; In 1875 ' he came to Santa- Rosa. Cal., where his Important results have been obtained; :-- ' ' -. i " ' Some Achievements. ' Among his 'greatest- aehleve- j ments is the spineless ractus, whereby : he turned an obnoxious weed Into M forage plant. 'He gave perennial growth to' a species of rhubarb, increasing its stalk from pencil" size to ' the' thickness ' of a man's wrist. r. He thickened--'the skin of California plum's, that they might beCter stand . shipping. He developed the stone less plum and many kinds of grapes, among them a "'.white, seedless variety. These improvements have been of ines timable 'value to those Who have taken advantage of them. l l " Prom' the common yellow Calif ornia poppy he made a flaming crimson" flower." By" crossing" "two white varieties he created a red variety. - He'orlginated the' Shasta daisy, ' ' ' ! "It was Henry Ford who con vinced him of the wisdom of turn ing over1 his 'experimental gardens to science. Thomas A. Edison, in ventor and likewise an Intimate of -Burbank. suggested - the same course." ' ' ' " '"' ,!" : ' SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON i ,OonlBued from-pa 1.) i to the tree of life. 2." '" The'Truth 6. He is not merely the teacher, but the Truth Incarnate. In his incarnation the spiritual and ma- teriarworlds were united. There fore every line of truth, whether spiritual or material, converges in Him. No one can ever1 have the real truth about anything who -does not have Christ. In Him esneclallv we have the truth about God. - To pretend to know God, while at the same time re jecting Jesus Christ Is utter folly. Only as Christ reveals- God can man know Him John 1:18. 3. Th Life 6. ( Christ is not merely the giver : of life,' but He Is the essence of OvdprrBuy Thip eai?j r - r u, .- I-: - i - j Thousands of people overrbougit last yearr" Money was. plentiful. and it was spent "DONT GO SO HUNS WILL SfUll IUUK rLIiAOUiui. , For a New . -4 1 You the price of a new one thatwiljye you r practically r the same ; service: In fact our nearly new Fords are guaranteed the same as a new one Here Are a Few, Bargains 1925 Touring;;..:.;.:.... 192S Roadster :.. 1924 Tudor 1. 1924 Coupe ...U. 1923 Coupe 1922;Coupe I.. 1 923- Touring...- 192i Qyeriand Rqadstex...::' And.33 Others" State $., Yz n; life. Only those , who receive Christ have life In' the true sense. jThis Is a truth,' which can not "be arrived' at-by1 intellectual process es. rit l a mystery' which can 6n ly be penetrated by faith nvv ' j j ; IIL ? AssiiringlThem .That ..His Work"Wa to Ctonttoe--lt'ti.': I l"Jes'us';,gbIng;tawa "was not f to end; the work which He had be gun. 1 This no . doubt means l that through the ministry of the spirit filled disciples the work which He bad began would assume larger proportions. After f the Day of Pentecost the Gospel took a much Wider range. During his ministry the message was confined to : the jews. wh:he!un4er the' 'ministry of the disciples It a" only limited by the world itself. " The ? disci ples' ministry was" ushered in by the" conversion : of 'three thousand intone 'day. " ' ' ; ; ,: i s o 1" . I more ti DEEPLY IN DEBT THAT THE WORRY OE Car when every car that you see oh the street Buv a USED ;....:.5350 ....:.5335 ...;...;425, .;.....5415 ...:...S265 S200 r ........ to Choose From' izzi West Laridsh Danli . : V I V."? Promises Another Com- forer--i6.ir. '-' l! r. The word comforter" means literally bne called'to the side Of another to-givehelp," protection knd' deliverance". 'This comforter j as the oly Spirit, iesus was the comforterwhne here" in" the' body; The Holy Spirit : was to be anoth er 'comforter. ':- V' . : . -t y. ' Assuring Them- of ' His Re turn to Thero-T-1 8-24 V '"' " f Although Christ went away He dIdhot leave : His disciple as ' or phans. He is spiritually present with r them" always 'The rather and r the Bon make " their ; abode wit h, the disciples .who loire ; and . bber Jesus - Christ.-?; ' -X? VI. Assuring 'Then That the Holy' Spirit WouldAid Tem la Remembering and' Understanding HlW6rds25.6. ' This the Holy Spirit does.by 11- i ff' T- mw How to Kijl Diversified farming is 'a the-weeds on your acreage. " By rotating" your and uie uniiea states xttuuuai -kxiwo, hwiumjjvuvuvvu farmers, that this menace' can be controlled. Then if good seed is planted, crops will have a chance to thrive and bring in a bountiful harvest. ' r ? United States National Bank ;Salem:Oregori.v ' L -'inT-T-.i-ir' .h-Ami ni,-' i ' R I FORD for Abdiit HALF 90: DAYS FREE : " -anpWhW?vieans ' Ifs within 90 days from the date of sale any defect either in construction, parts or 'labor materializes we will replace same . . IE- C77 "ZT iuminating the minds of the dis biplesv ' V -'" .:" ' ' j .' TIL ' Giving the Legacy of Ills reace 27-31 ':,,- .By'Hls peace is meant the ser enity, of :soul, which one enjoys who' knows 'that his sins are for-givenn'r-?' t ' " t: - " - ., ' - Vienna Publjh Hcyses ' Serve 100,000 Every Day I v VIENNA Twenty-eix public bath-houses have been built by the city . government since the war which,-" with"' the three already existing, can take care of upwards of 20.000 people at one time." ' - About 100,000 persons dally avail 'themselves ot these facilities at"acostWeach Of the" equivalent bf five. cents J 4 This" Includes soap ad towels.- - V . ".' the Meeds splendid way to get rid of - ' .-. other , cultivated crops, - YOUR OBLIGA- -f -as. tas. is a car. f. . - i. . .. SEi i i 1 '."-.. vO. - TOE N