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î SH S fi SMI f t f ¿I waaM s « ' /" ' ’ 7 < > » fe , 'Wtißß, From The Editor and Staff of ♦ •• w -J V O LU M E X X X III GO LD H ILL. PR EP O N , T H U R SD A Y, JA N . i, 1931 grower in the world, followed t h e i r / farm board's program by cutting ’ ’ ou, -hi» spring plant* and, since his huge ucreuge wu* in the drouth area, made money by doing so, ac cording to Chairman Alexander l.egge of the farm board. A, that, Campbell still bud about 9,000 ac res planted, he told l.egge when he wus here recently. This ha* been a great year for the “rainmakers.” L'se of short wave radio fre All over the United Slate* char- quencies of flash market informa tion from markets to agriculture de lutans and fakers have been per partment and farm board stations suading communities to pay them has been proved highly effective for making rain. None of them has during two year* of experimenta produced any rain, but a good lot tion with eight radio stations in of them have collected. Some got California, according to Commis their money first, where they found sion. The federal market news ser- ' u | urticularly gullible community. vice uses Only leased land wires. It Dllier* took the chance that it was is now indicated greater speed can going to r? 11 sooner or later any lie achieved and farmers belter way, and got contracts calling for served by installation of short-wave Ii payment of money to them if it le.r.cil within a given period, which radio sets. wie; usually long 1 nuugh to give the rainmukcr n break. A local statistician recently wast Soon.i or later it ■ hound to rain ed hi* time In discovering tbut the everywhere, e ;ceyt in the desert of gum used on the buck of the post Sahara mid 11 few other arid reg age stump* turned out at the bureau ions of the curth. But anybody who of printing and engraving in u year pays u “rainmaker” to bring on the could have been made into a tapio ruin before the force* of nature in ca pudding Ihnt would have given their orderly progress are prepared dessert for one meal to the popula to deliver a shower is just another tion of greater New York. He name added to the sucker list. reached this conclusion by flguring No human agency has yet suc how much dextrine is used in the ceeded in causing rain to fall. postage gum; since it is a tapioca No method known to science can starch, the rest was easy. cause rain Io full, except ut a cost • • • far greater than all the possible fi Mrs. Mary Bubb of Benton county, nancial benefit of the rain when it Ark., widely known in her neighbor did come. hood ns an artist in weaving cover There is always a certain amount lets, this year donated a loom to the of water vapor present in the at agriculture department extension mosphere, even on the dryest day. worker in the area and agreed to The professional “rainmakers” are teach a brief school in weaving. speaking truly when they tell you Mrs. Babb is unxious that the pat that, but that is as far as their tell terns she has evolved be carried on ing the truth goes. It is true that by the younger women and not lost if that vapor could be condensed a to the future. As a result of her sufficient amount in the air that it offer, nine women from Benton would form rain drops and fail to county and Washington counties. the ground, but all efforts by hu Ark., were enrolled in the school man agencies to bring that about so and are working on their projects. far have failed. • • • Yet the belief in rainmaking is One of the most notable instance* one of the oldest human supersti of 4-H club work renching author tions. The natives of the East In ities here this year is the thorough dies and of some parts of Africa be study of the opera “Mar,ha’’ con lieve that their medicine men can ducted by about 15,000 Iowa club cause rain. One method is to throw girls, this year in preparation for selected individuals into certain of the county music-appreciation con their sacred lakes. Another African tests and the Iowa State college's rainmaking device is for all the peo state contest this year. Started in ple of flic village to carry gourds 1922, music-appreciation work has filled with water from a stream to grown until now more than 90 Iowa a dry field and spray the water into the air, apparently ns a sort of a counties conduct it. “ground bait” for rain. -------- o -------- Because thunder and lightning us ENTERTAIN FOR CHAPMANS ually accompany rain, the natives Rainmakers’7 Pick up Easy Money During Past Drought BY R A D FO R D MOBLKY AUTOCACTER VaAfUINGWN BUREAU The post office department itself is one of its own higgrtl clients. I The deportment uses about 300 tons of stiitimii i> m id 160,1)00,04)4) e n v e l ope* a year, not to mention 5,000,04M) sheets of carbon paper and 55,000 quart* of ink. • • • It may -urprise you but it needn’t worry you, to find that there is no official “yardstick” in this country; when the storekeeper measures your yard of cloth, however, he does it with a yurd stick based on the bureau of standards meter-bar. Il i* exactly 30.37 inches long and is kept in a vault at the burrau, where manufacturers and officials measure off the 36 inches for their yardsticks from it. • • • "Farm relief” of a practical sort is going to be provided produce growers on their next crop. As a .result of passage of the product li censing act lust year, every one of the commission men whom grow ers have accused for many year* of mulcting them, is going to be li censed under federal supervision. For the first time, therefore, gov ernment assurance is being given the vegetable and fruit growers that he will get n fair price and a square deal when he ships to a distant market. • • • Members of the federal farm board would make a good nucleus for anybody’s football team. Of the eight men on the board flve weigh over 24)0 pounds amt are about six feet tall, while all of the others except former governor Me- Kclvie weigh ver 185 pounds. Mc- Kelvie weigh over 185 pounds. Me- lean and hard enough, physically, to ii the gridi.a i< ,< e. • • • When Navy Day was celebrated no, leng ago, many officers of the Navy here appeared in civilian clothes while every army officer in Washington was out in full dress " regulia. It was the first time such a contras, had been offered. Fuilh- ermore, Walter Bruce Howe and Wiliam Galvin, Navy l eague mein- ' bers who made most of the arrange ments for the celebration of Navy Day, nre both officers in the Army reserve corps. • • • The highest salaried of the 1,241 women postmasters in the federal service is Mrs. Elizabeth I). Barnard postmistress nl Tampa, Flu. She re ceives $6,000 a year. Next in order nre Mrs. Florence S. Van Gorder nt Warren, ().; Mrs. Minnie C. True at p Pittsburg. Kansas; Miss Jtary H. Cowie of Boulder, Colo.; Mrs. Ber nice H. Trammel at Breckenridge, Texas.; Mrs. I.iln Miller n, Palm Beach, Fla.; and Mrs. Mamie E. Barnes at Plant City, Fla. • • • Mesdames J. A. Blair, Geo. Ham- mersly and Aurelc Meunier enter tained, Saturday evening at the home of Mi. ami Mrs. Aurele Meun ier, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Reis Chapman, former residents of this city. Cards and games were en joyed until a lote hour when re freshments were served. The fol lowing persons were present, Messrs and Mesdames Geo. Meisinger, M. B. Merriman, C. J. Shorb, Paul Thomp son. Aurele Meunier, Reis Chapman, Geo. Hnmmersly, Joe Blair, Win Ferguson, Floyd Lance, Earl Moore, Cleo Gilchrist, Alva Walker, and Thomas Campbell, biggest wheat Miss Ruth Byerly. of sonic parts of India to tr y to bring on rain by making their horses neigh like thunder. Black horses or horses covered with black cloths in imitation of thunderclouds nre supposed to lie most effective for this kind of magic. In Estonia the peasants strike a steel against stone to make sparks, a sort of min iature lightning, while benting on metal kettles Io simulate thunder. In the East Indies professional rain makers make noises like ducks, or frogs and other amphibious creat ures in the hope of luring rain from the sky, wh'ile other snvuge races attempt Io make it rain by flogging cuch other with switches until the blood runs down their backs like rain; this is supposed Io tempt the rain to fall. You will bear people say that it always rain* on the Fourth of July, because of the amount of gunpowd er that is exploded, the theory being that the explosions jar the water vapor in th sky, causing it to con dense and full. But the U. S. weath er bureau records show that rain is no nidl-e prevalent on the Fourth of July than on any other date, any where. Similiarly, it is a common belief that it always ruins after a great battle, because of the shooting oil of the cannon and small arms. But ii is curious to note that Plut arch. the ancient Homan historian, who died centuries before gunpow der was invented recorded the same belief of ruin following battles. Most modern offorts at rainmak- in;j nre based on the idea of explod ing nuinetliing in the air. Serious scientific efforts to determine if it or any other method within human power could produce rain have been undertaken in the past by several governments, including our own. Nearly forty year* ago R. G. Dy- renforth, a scientist of standing, en gaged by the department of agricul ture to carry on such experiments, spent $17,004) of government money by sending up balloons filled- with dynamite, or with a mixture of oxy gen nnd hydrogen, and exploding them in the upper air. He produc ed plenty of loud noise but no rain. The late C. W. Post, of Battle Creek Michigan, spent 11 great deal of mon ey In bombarding the sky, but the only rain that fell was the tail end of a general rainfall which occur red in that entire region. Another scientific effort at rain- making wnsjiroposed by an English savant, who pointed out that if a sufficiently strong upward current of heated air could be sent aloft, the warm air, on expanding, would cool the water-vapor and precipi tate it. This theory, which is un doubtedly sound enough scientific ally, was propounded in 1839, and many efforts to demonstrate it by building huge fire* in regions that were drought-stricken have since been made, but without bringing a drop of rain. .An investigation by the New South Wales, Australia, government into the cost of carry ing out this program indicated that it would require the burning of at least nine million Ions of coal each day to send up enough hot air to materially affect the rainfall in that region. It. G. Dyrenforth's conclusions were to the same effect. It is hu manly possible to make rain fall, he says, provided there is a rain cloud present, or conditions such as often come close to rain without quite reaching the point of precipitation, but the cost nnd the labor involved would be so great as to make it more economical to lose nil the crops and all the livestock that I would perish on account of the dry weather thun to spend the neces sary amount of money to bring on the rain. Out in Medicine Hat, Canada, as lately as 1921, a tank filled with chemicals was exploded some dist ance above the ground, but the rain which followed was less than fell in nearby regions where there had been no explosions. Conunenting on this, the Cqpadian meteorologi cal authorities pointed out that to cause rain to fall to a depth of one inch over an area of one hundred square miles it would be necessary to condense six million tons of wat er vapor, requiring the lifting of hundreds of tons of air, and that there is no energy at the command of man to do such things. Yet every dry season brings forth the “rainmakers” who collect mon ey for their efforts, even in such an enlightened country as we like to believe ours to be. Just the other day a California chamber of com merce paid one of them $300, and promised him $1000 per inch of any rain falling during the month up to five inches. Rainmaking, it seems, is not a problem in meteorology, but rather one of psychology. SHERRIFF JENNINGS MAKES REPORT ON COUNTY JAIL In a report from the Sheriff's of fice of this county it was learned that 400 prisoners were housed at that institution. Of this number 123 were under the age of 21. In other words 31 per cent of the county prisoners were juveniles and were classified as follows: 20 years of age 25; 19-19; 18-23; 17-18; 16-20; 15-12; 14-5; 13-1. Of the entire number the follow ing classification of crimes were given. Petty Larceny, 36; Grand Larceny, 23; Burglary, 25; Automo bile, 18; Insane, 7; Prohibition, 112; Delinquents, 35; Vagrancy, 16; Arson, 3; Non-support, 11; Investi gation, 45; Game, 5; Assault, 6; Con tributing to the delinquency of a minor, 3; Selling goods without li cence, 2; Defrauding Innkeeper, 1; Forgery, 22; Murder, 1; Dest. of Property, 2; Contempt of Court. 1; Man act, 1; Bank Robbery, 2; Em bezzlement, 1; O. G. F. P., 2; Stills, 13; Possession of Mash, 2; Robbery, 2; Rape, 2; Mahein, 1. ---------o-------- HEDGPETH—CAMPBELL Coming as a surprise to her friends' here was the news of the wedding of Miss Ethel Hedgpeth, teacher in the 2nd grade, and James Campbell of Medford. The cere mony was performed in Grants Pass, Friday and the bride and groom took a short wedding trip over the Redwood highway. Mrs. Campbell returned to her duties in the local schools, this week. -------- o ... RIDDLE EDITOR VISITS Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Gaines of Rid dle, Oregon were guests in this city, Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shorb and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines are now publishing the South Ump qua News at Riddle. N U M BER 38 Outlook Good For Mid-Pacific Empire 1931 Standing on the threshold of an other year, it would seem appro priate to forecast what 1931 has in store for northern California and southern Oregon. At this time of the year in cities all over the world civic leaders usually prophesy what can be expected during the forthcoming months. Their view point is generally optimistic, some times even ultraoptomistic and of ten times their opinions are based on guess work. In forecasting what can be expect ed in northern California and south ern Oregon during the next twelve months, it would seem, judging by developments during the past year, that guess work can be reduced to a minimum, yet still maintain an optimistic tone. Optomistic on January 1st 1930, I am still optimistic regarding 1931, and I believe that we are entering the greatest year of development that this section has ever experi enced. While the Northern California- Southern Oregon Development As sociation has accomplished many things during the past year, a large amount of the work done has been of a “blue print nature.” In other words we have been “putting our house in order” so as to be ready for expected future developments. The physical survey of Crescent City Harbor and the economic sur vey of the country contiguous to it will, in my opinion, eventually bring more prosperity to northern California and Southern Oregon than anything else which could have happened. Our association is expecting, as a result of these sur veys, that Congress, at this session, w ill appropriate certain sums of money for the continuance and completion of the Crescent City harbor which in our opinion wilt bring about a considerable reduc tion in freight rates here and also cause a tremendous development to take place along mineral, agricul tural, and timber lines. Govern ment officials and others are better acquainted, too, with our resources than ever before and L feel that the economic Conferences which we sponsored have, to a certain extent, been responsible for giving our re sources such wide spread publicity. The counties of northern Califor nia and southern Oregon are united in purpose and if we alt stand to gether next year as we have done this year, I am sure that the accom plishments of the Association can be more pronounced during th* coming twelve months. We have enjoyed an active year in our Association work, but space does not permit a resume of our ac tivities. I can only say this, howev (Continued on Last Page)-
