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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1927 r ioe mat dsn aoito reapH- LEFT 0V TWC QAVIONIAMS . LA rw? i I'wr icn rxMwvtv A BOOT TK AMCIEMT PCOPIE CAMC 9QOM 1M ACCOUMT5 OP fcUAltBAH PRIEST. IWCMOWE eAITOH SOLMER AM& SCHOLAR, wJMfLE TfcAVEtlMG M PCQSt A SOU CARDED MI5M OUTHCFACE OP A PegPCHPlCOLAR CUPF- U MC SPOT WJtAS MOT FAO FStoMf the nwus op oko esmvruM, ghcb a populous crTY, ad oM A ROA TNATMAti eeSM pgQSlAMS.,, AT IMC RISK M15 LlfC, RAVULlMdOM REACHED THE IMSCaiPTIOM AHt MADE COPIES OP THE CHARACTERS. He POONTHAT THET CARVIMQ WAS AH ACCOOUT N 3 iAHOOAS, OP TE V GREAT DEEDS OF HtUQ MARIOS 1 OP PERSIA VJHO RElfiMEt SJU To "4t5B.C JillwETUCtEE LAHauAfitBS SnERS AMCIEMT PERSIAN, K3A3VLOHIAN ANoSVSlAM. RAWUMSOM BEGAil TO CECtPHEQTHE PEP5IAI4 PART OP THE MSCRIPTIOM , BUT WAS IIVEAO.5 W4 iC0MPLETIM6THe TASK . Vl TH THE AID OP THE PERSIAM TRANSLATOM HEBK&AM WORK OH THE 6ABYLONIAM TEXT, DOT FNEVEARS MORE BEFORE HE JECIPheR0 THE COMEIFORH WRITING. i HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY The Bifcyioniaru. By" J.'CARROLL MANSFIELD' GlSSHilH EM wit DOB RATE I European Entries to "Make Try on Florida Beach for New Speed Record a tendency to leave the ground. at -a 2 00-mile speed. Major Segrave Is an experienced pilot. In . 1924 he won -the iS0- mile Spanish Grand Prix. The -following year he -came out Tfrst at the 350-mtIe Grand Prix 4e Prov ence. He Is the holder of the world's four litre record at 153 miles-an-hour, as well as the hold er of the European road speed rec ord oX lour miles at 146.1 miles an hour. He was born ia Balti more. Maryland, twenty-mo' i--rs ago, . Eocrr am ia was the scene of jmahy " WARS IM EARW HISTORIC TIMES, A WD v FREQOeMTLV CMAMGEp HANDS. ThC OLD SOMEQ-AKKADIAM EMPIRE FOUNDED OV SAftOM 1 (2eooB.C )FIMAU.V F&U. otrowe IH& ATTACKS Or IKE WARLIKE ELAMITES FROM THE EAST, WHO IHTuRllAFTEQ A PERIOD OF OCCbPATlOM, WERE bRlVEU OUT BY THE AMORITES, A FIERCE TRI0E OPXOMAD5 THAT CAk& FROM THe SOUTHWEST. -L.T t QOOOT 2.IOO 0AM AmORITE LEAr MAMEd HAMMURAQI MADE THE OHlCK CITY BAQVLOM OH THE EUPHRATES HIS CAPlTAlvAMD SET Up THE FIRST BA&VJ.OMIALJ EMPIRE . ' UMD&ft HAMMURAQI THE 0ABVLOUIAMS DEVOTED HOST OF THEIR TIME TO THE ARTS OF PACE,AMD THE RS5UL7 WAS A J.C4M3 PKQ.IODOF PROSPERrry. TMElRiSHiEF OCCUPATIONS WERE TlLUNGTHC SOIL AKlORAJSiWG CATTLE, BUT THEY ALSO ACOOIRED QREATSKtU. IN WEAVINX5 AHd THE WORXIMS OPJ METALS AND CLAY. 'S.l -1 lujABYXOHiAM Cuneiform CWED56 -SHAPED) VslRlTlMG .' 3 HE BABYLONIAN TRADED WITH THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE OP THE UPPER VALLEV. BARTERING THEIR RUGS AMD CLOTH POR METALS. WOOD AMD PRECIOUS STOUES. FROM THESE MATERIALS THEV MADE. MANY KINDS OF USEFUL. AMD ORNAMENTAL. ARTICLES WHICM THEY EXPORTED rrb OTHER LAMP 5. ln 4iTY I J f? ' "MD AMMUQAB. MADE BA0YLON THE I 11 AMMuRABI IS ESPECALLV , I o AfJLMSS I ICvWtmE GREATEST Crry OF rrs DAY. PKMOOSPoRHlSRBMARKASLe t- 1 a ff d J -II AV-W 1 v )nAT his command great temple-3 I cods of iws.vich, according i 1 r WT-?ff Si J Q MO HUNDRED AMt , EI6HTY OF THESE LAWS , U-IAVE 6EEN PRESERVED. THE JST 1MCLUDES .PEN ALTIES For. VARIOUS T CRIMES, AMD ROauLAT10M5 FOR WAGES AND (WHS 7Y. -UNDER THIS CODE, IFAMANIMJURSJ AMOTHCR,TUe PENALTY WAS MOST LIKELY TO BE jaM EVS FOR AN EVE j , THESE STATUTES Jv . HOWEVER, MADfrjOMe LAW FOR THe MAN OF RANK", AND ANOTHER. FoR THE POOR MAW.' Q HE RELIGION OF THE BABYLONIANS WAS a form of nature worship a no amd Bel. (heaven and earth) were their. CHIEF QODS, AMD THEIR FAVORITE- ..was ishtar , goddess of. j.ove amd beauty. . P17 a ..mm. 'jl. IMm, .PDA PICTURE FROM AM AHClEKlT BAOyLOKilAN CYLINDER SAID TO ( REPRESENT THE FAJJ. 'Adam andvEV 11 HERE IS A STRIKING SIMILARITY. BfeTw&eM some op the religious LEQEMtkS OF THE BABYLONIANS AMD THE HEBREW TRADITIONS IM the Scriptures,- notablv thosf of Adam and eve, the confusion op. tongues, and the flood. Kaa VXiWte 1 CTI HE PRIESTS OF ASYLOKI WEREBEJJEVEd TO HAVE THE POWER TO AKFCAS& tnc ANQfcK AOFTHB GODS AND YRE HELD IN AvlB BY THE PEOPWS.THCX WfcRE 1HC LEARNED MEM OP THEIR DAY. AUD MADE MANvK - nv.vs.v; COMTRJ&OTIOMSTO SCIENCE, AMONd THEM THE DECIMAL. SYSTEM f ' IN MATHEMATICS a .in m i - - x a i 3j til HEY WERE THE FIRST To STUDY THE STARS, AND MSCoVER A ED THE MOVEMENT OF HEAVENLY bcdles.twey named the constellations ,hoted bcup SCS ANb DEVISER A SYSTEM OF ASTROLOGY BY WMlCH THEY ENDEAVORED To POftETELL. FoTotte evEMTS. J mjjy wS 7S QoME OF THEIR OTHER Wrr VlZnMfe n' achievements were a, W' Sl Jl Xid CALENDAR DIVIDING THE M YEAR INTO MONTHS AND CttTBf days, The division of-the Pp,lft If '4 HOUR AND MINUTE INTO syL'!w?L; Smcty parts, and A SSmfi Vgg SYSTEHOP .WEIGHTS. ANb 'raaira hB MEASURES- E3hC BADYLOMIANS WERE w.- CL EXPERT DUILdERS AND ErlNEERS ' FSpCiv They learned, to bake bricks in fhlr 11 ' 0sr WIILMS COM STRUCTEfr SEWERS J f j "t l feJ?y. I FOR bRAIMAGE AND WERE wff&' 'il ' THE FIRST TO " IjOXDON. (AP Europe's four great speed monsters are in an intensive race for the honor of being first to achieve 200 miles-an-hour. One of them, the 1000- horse power Sunbeam mystery car, has challenged all American records and in March will attempt to un dergo a speed on the beach at Daytona, Florida, that may either end disastrously or in the greatest event of automobile history. Another, the 12-cylinder. 450- horsepower "Bluebird" of Captain Malcom Campbell, is being groom ed for a 200-"mlle clip on the beach at Pendine, England. It is an ex perimental machine which requir ed two and a half years to con struct. Parrv Thomas. British racer who recently captured the world's record by achieving 172 miles-an- hour on the Pendine sands with his 26-litre. Liberty engine "Babs" is out to add 28 miles to his rec ord before some one beats him to it. Two hundred miles an hour is a new high objective in speed for an automobile. The mechanical preparations for such an attempt must he perfect. There is no mar gin of safety for -errors. It takes approximately four-tenths of a second for a driver's hand to act on a message from nra Dram. At a 200-mile clip his automobile would travel 40 yards during this time Of all the contenders, the Sun beam mystery car is the most formost in appearance. It is painted red and looks like a" huge aluminium' cigar on wheels. It is 32 feet long and six feet wide. Driving power is furnished by two 500-horsepower motors located over the front and rear axels, re spectively, capable, the designer says, of developing 220 miles an hour. Thev consume four and a half gallons of gasoline a minute The machine weighs 7.0 5 pounds and cost $100,000 to build. After the driver. Major H. O. D Segrave. British racing pilot and winner of last year's Hartford Cup race at Marseilles, leaves the 180- mile mark, he will be travelling in unexplored territory. At a prelim inary shop tire test under full racing load the tires stood up to 120 miles and then exploded. Oth er, oetier tires nave oeen obtbiop- ed. The center of gravity in the car had tkl shifted -when it was learned V A under its previous ar- rangettt ttle tail tne car Buster Brown Shoe 5: ore. High class, stylish looking, comfort' giving, long wearing shoes for tne least money. Come and be con vinced.! .125 N. Com'l. ) MODERN MUFFLER SAVES GASOLINE (Continued from pace 1.) efficient mufflers. Today the fit ting of a cut-out valve to the ex haust pipe should give so little in crease in power, if any. as to be scarcely noticeable to the driver. "The function of the muffler is to receive the hot gases which are exhausted from the .cylinders at high pressure several hundred times each minute and after allow ing them to cool and expand dis; charge them into the air in a near ly constant stream minus the loud reports which would occur if they escaped through a short open pipe. Further, the gases must flow through the exhaust pipe and muffler with so little obstruction that they will not toe held back and prevent j proper emptyfci of "Dodge Brjothers engineers alter ' exhaustive, experiments haTe de veloped an( -improved imaffler . whicti closely 'approaches the ideal. To (insure strength the shell and intermediate expansion chambers V steel -Yith the joints so ma de aa , to be stronger thaA the m4tal sway from the joint. The pressed steel heads are held in the outer shell "by a rolled lock joint made on - special ma chines desisted for -the purpose. There are no eastings ta the con struction -afal the joints are mech anical, no Welds or bolts or rods are depeade d upon 4o -secure the heads, she 1 -and . intermediate chambers 1 ogether : where they mUSt W11U3H&UU oursiing Hiua. "An intelrestlng adtantage' of riMirnJ thn engineers ooint out. is thai4 the heated gases re expanded slid colled In the .large outer chsmbW before .-passing Into the smaller inner chambers. on their -way to the Outlet pfpe. If thp heated sas enters the muTtler rat a temperature of TJ00 to 1S0O degrees and due to the cooling j while passfng; through a murriar of this construction is cooled 100 siderably decr)iased. This pooling and conseauenk decrease In Yolume aids materially in reducing hoth back, pressure iand exhaust sotf&d. B H. Masher. Merchant TaHor. Is turning out Ahe nobbiest 4 4 best ilttlng tailor made salts to measure; 100,i buslaess and pro fessional men; hoy of .Moaher J. Invite Us To Your Nest Blowout ; Smiling Today '8 Kellggrunu A bore is a fellow whose fettrff. always gets a .hearty langh when mine merely provokes smile. Vigorous? You Bet Your Life! - The sections we vulcanize; into a., casing are pliable and naturally vigorous and, when you give ua a ring at 44 we'll show you how vigorous we.'re-rOx. service car will rush out and bring in your tire and, we'll rush around this shop to get the job finished for you. We guarantee every vulcanizing job we do you ' can t lose. - SMITH & WATiflMS High and Court Phone 44 Invite Us To Your Next Blowcat ; : : . i If You Save This Page Each Week You WilJ.Have a Complete History of Man. WILLYS TO MAKE 30.o iii mm Factory Sets High Mark of Production for Workers to Shoot at ed 60 per cent Whippets including the Whippet six and 40 per cent Willys-Knight. Fry's Drug Store. 380 N. Gom'l. the pioneer store. Everything for everybody, in the drug supply line, with standard goods and quality service always. () Production of Whippet and WillynKnlght cars for March will be 30,000 according to a statement iUSt riven nilt v factnrv nffis.4a1a This will bring the total produc tion for the first quarter mp to the number nessary at this season to meet the 300.000 schedule set tor the year. The March production will be 88 per cent In excess for the same month of last year and 60 per cent in excess of February production for this year. Orders on hand for the balance of February will keep the fafctory over sold for the month on the Whippet production and on the production of ... the Wliys-Knight Great Six. both of which cars are bow being built in the largest vol ume In the history of the com pany. Production on the recently an nounced Whippet Six is being stepped up as fast as the factory can turn its facilities oTer to this model. , -.' Heavy production has been the rule on the "70" WUlys-Knight six since the first of the year, but at the present time this model is over jold on two enclosed types. Advance orders already in for March delivery Indicate that total orders for the month will exceed the 30.000 production markwhieh will mean that the factory will not be able to catch up with orders by the end of March. . , . Dealer and fcranrh reports show that the tire,Une f four chas sis types built by WiUys-Overland are selling equally well la their respective "sales fields: " CABRIOLET MODEL NASH INTRODUCED (Continued from page 1.) wheel with comfortable grip matches the inlaid walnut window panel, the crown panel of genuine walnut above the instrument board, and the walnut finished in strument board. . . The new coupe is beautifully lacquered in two shades of green light green for the hood and lower body including the deck, and a darker shade of green for the upper body structure, fenders and side, aprons. A new note has been struck In the appearance and arrangement of the nickeled bars which grace the rear deck. Instead of short bars of nickel, three long, hand some nigmy nickeled bars are used. Two of these are set lengthwise along each side of the deck and the third one crosswise, lending a decorative and substan tial effect.. At the rear of the car. opening. on the curb side, is a large luggage compartment with ample space If or -carrying golf clubs, parcels and packages. The door is equipped with a strong lock and key. , The rear window, looking out onto the rumble seat, may be low ered hv thn KimnlA I urn tt an at tracttveiy lifrrer-flnished window5' lift. Ttm windshield, too, ofcf forward by the turn of a regtr tor, placed within easy reachf the -driver Jband. Silver finf ed hardware,, in period design used throughout. . , J (,The new 'spoTt touring mod. a, long, sweepingly low five Pj enger car on thel 8 ?-1neh and with built-in trunk at rear of body. Like the Nash Ambass ador and Cavalier, the top of the sport touring is fashioned at the rear end in a forward sweeping curve, giving the car the new char acteristically Nash French-type back. The built-in trunk opens from the end and Immediately be hind the trunk is the spare wheel carrie rand spare wheel. The. smaller size 20 inch wire wheels make the car low and add charm to Its appearance, though provid ing ample . room for road clear ance. The wheels are equipped with 32x6.00 tires. The car Is equipped with a Bur bank top with boot to match, and natural wood bows with, nickel trimmings. There are also nick eled steering column, full nick eled head lamps and cowl lamps, .'fulness nickeled and radiator cap. - The beautiful steering wheel is of genuine walnut with unusually comfortable driving grip. There is also a handsome walnut-finished instrument panel. The distinctive untuf ted uphol stery 13 of shark grain leather, black in color to harmonize with the hood and fenders.' Since this five passenger car is built on the ,127 Inch wheel -base chassis, it has been possible even with spacious room in the ton nean, to provide a large .locker pocket, set Into the rear of the driving seat. This locker is hing ed at the lower end. Access to It is from, a large door which opens outward Into the tonneau. . 'in. addition to capacious side pockets on .the tonneau dors. there -are extrHJw---. PLEAS MADE FOR ANIMALS, BIRDS (Continued from page 1.) without endangering himself is deficient in sportsmanship, it is I pointed out. The ruthlessness of individuals reflects unfavorably trpon the whole .body of motorists, the statement asserts. The ranks of motoring; con cluded the AAA head, "are filled with individuals who possess the finest instincts. Once their at tention is called to the need for individual cooperation' looking to ward the protection of animal and Bird life, it is certain that they will respond. If the clubs will broadcast this message on the eve of our greatest touring season, the year will bring a great reduction in these losses." . - i t A '. S )( cession to the animal's inability to act with reason. "In one way there is more than the humane element to the mat ter of giving the animal a chance to get qut of the way." the presi cent of the national motoring body declares. "There Is an element of self protection as welL It is a matter of record that an animal the size of a dpg. easily may cause the .wrecking of an automobile, and this point should be remem bered by all motorists. , "In appealing for consideration for the lives of thses Innocent jay walkers it is obvious, of course, that no one would expect thought- to extend to the absurd limit of jeopardizing the life of occupants of the car. There have been hundreds of such unfortunate cases recorded in the history of motoring accidents, however, and they show the ultimate limit to wbioh some individuals are willing to go in protecting domestic and wild animal life." Night driving devolves a spe cial responsibility upon the mo torist In the protection of animals because they often are rendered blind by the car headlights, it is stated. . . Woodland animals, rab bits and squirrels are the particn-1 l&r sufferers in this respect, and J -r the motorist who does not make St. Helens Knights of Pythias this concession when he can do so start work on new $30,000 hall. Take no chances 'With old meats or stale foodot any kind. Buy your meats here and have the best and freshest obtainable and at a miai- mum cost. Hunt & Shaller. 263 N. Com'l () 4-whecl brakes, 3D miles on a gallon, 55 mile an hour, beautiful body lines, abundant interior room, oversize tires. These features combined with new low prices now mote than ever make the Whippet the leader in light car values. At the recent Pacific Coast Mo tor show in San Francisco, Mar- mon broke three important rec ords.,' A check of results revealed that an average of six to one vis itors at the main -entrance asked for the Harmon exhibit as com pared to any other single car. A new high mark for sales of fine cars was established.! and the number of demonstrations given during show week exceeded any other record. ; t yffbippet CJOMCa . . 625 yffbippetSEDAK . . 725 Whippet TOURING 625 Whippet RO ADSTER69S Whippet LANDAU . 755 Whippet COTJPB . . 625 Prices (tab. factory) and specifications i subject to change without notice. Convenient terms. Willys-Overland, Ino, Toledo, Ohio. mi - m IF J Vi J J f.j V . A . v . .01 n t4 t ..'J . , MacDonald Auto Co. i t Ferry at Cottage Street V 'u. ; 'Tdephoaa 4C3x base chassis, with -! wre wh I I