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The Bend Bulletin
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Entered m Second Cine matter. Jenifer?
I 1917, at the Poet Office at Bend. Oregon,
nder Act of March 9, 1879.
More Specimens Added To
Forest Service Herbarium
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 12. 1918
KNIGHTS OP COLUMBUS.
, (Oregon Voter.)
This CathoUc organization has or
ganized work In our army camps sim
ilar to that conducted by the Y. M. C.
A. There is need for both organiza
tions. While the Y. M. C. A. con
duets its work along the broadest
lines, and includes Catholics and Jews
among its workers as well as among
those to whom it extends the hospi
tality of its huts and service, there
are unquestionably many soldiers
who will be comforted and cheered
it their needs are ministered to by a
Catholic organization.
The Knights of Columbus have ac
cepted responsibility for this work
and like the Y. M. C. A. have opened
their huts to all the boys in the ser
vice, no distinction being made as to
creed or any other affiliation. This
is a noble spirit. There is more than
enough work for both organizations.
For the Knights of Columbus war
fund, the Oregon quota Is $50,000
Next week has been designated by the
State Council of Defense as the time
for the subscription drive to raise this
amount. Everyone should contrib
ute, irrespective of religious affilia
tion. The work is authorized and ap
proved by the national government.
Already the government has auth
orized construction of 73 buildings in
the army camps and navy stations.
Think of the good it will do our boys
to have these huts as social headquar
ters. Let us all back up the Knights
of Columbus as we have all the other
patriotic war funds.
As an aid in the formulation of
plans for tha more economic utiliza
tion of the forage on the Deschutes
national forest, additions are boing
made to the herbarium of the llond
office. This now contans approxi
mately the following specimens: Thir
ty-seven different species of trees
SS shrubs, 155 weeds or non-grass
like plants, 10 grass-like, such
sedges and rushes, and 26 specimens
of grasses. Each of these specimens
have been identified by the Wash
ington, D. C, office of the forest ser
vice and are mounted on large card
board sheets with notes regarding
their abundance, forage value, flow
ering period, locality of collection,
common and scientific names and ad
ditional data as to their relative for
age value or economic use.
W. J. Spront has recently complet
ed a report on "The Flora of the Des
chutes National Forest," in which he
has listed approximately 2S1 plants.
This number will soon be supple
mented by 160 plants collected by
J. C. Kuhns. When complete, the
herbarium will contain information
as to the vegetative cover on the for
est, and it will also be made possibbf
to recognize poisonous plants, in or
der that proper stops may be taken
to prevent loss among the livestock
on the range.
The value of a complete knowl
edge of the vegetation in the forest
range is easily seen when it
is realized that an area of
approximately 2.176,200 acres Is af
fected, which furnishes summer feed
for approximately 40,000 sheep and
4000 cattle.
A knowledge of the prinicpal forage
plants and their relative values as
forage will aid in the making of plans
whereby proper utilization of the
range may bo secured and past abuses
corrected. Abuse does not iHH-ivssur-lly
mean grazing nt the wrong season
for instance, light grazing during the
flowering period may do more dam
ago than heavy grazing after seed
maturity. Again, some plants pro
duco crops of seed with low viability
that is, few of them will grow. Hence
raihge composed of this sort of plant
must receive special attention If it
is to continue producing a maximum
amount of feed.
Improper granlng may cause an
area of good forage to be replaced by
plants of Inferior feeding value. This
Is what has happoned on some of tho
higher ranges In the Cascades. Much
of the original stand of grass was
(Festuca virldula) mountain bunch
! grass. This original stand in many
places has been destroyed and is now
naturally being supplanted by infer
ior species or plants which huve a
very much lower feeding value.
The protection of the watersheds
is another important point which
may be more intelligently hnndled by
knowing the vegetation which will
effectively hold back the melting
snow in the spring. Considerable
damage may result from the denuda
tion of a watershed and thus allow
ing the flood water of the spring to
rush down tho steep hill sides. It
lias been demonstrated that a water
shed covered with a dense vegetation
acts as a sort of reservoir which al
lows the water from the melting snow
to run off slowly, and hence does n
damage, but keeps up the stream flo
until late in the summer when it
needed for Irrigation.
The herbarium is open for the use
of anyone interested, and tho loca
office of the forest service will glad
ly give any available information I
regard to It.
TO AID THEIR MEN
British Women Disregard Former
High Social Positions.
Female Population May Ba Found Any
Place Doing Such Work Will
Help the Cause.
AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS
Creatures Are Regular Farmers and
Their Homes Are Marvels of
Skill and Strength.
Te Salem Capitol Journal says that
peace "settings" are to be resumed
at Brest-Litovsk. Hatching some
thing, probably.
WORK OF MOTHER NATURE
Formation of Cubes and Patterns, Per.
fectly Symmetrical, Character
istic of Gem-Stones.
The original geometrician was Moth
er Nature. Observe her work In the
making of crystals. Each kind of gem-
stone crystallizes on a certnln pattern
of its own, perfectly symmetrical ; it
Is the same way with metals when
they form crystals, says a writer.
If a cupful of salt and water be al
lowed to evaporate slowly in a cool
place, the salt will take the form of
ever so many cubes, each one of tbem
perfect
One mineral in crystallizing will in
variably take the shupe of an octa
hedron, another of a dodecahedron.
Yet another will assume the form of
a multitude of cubes, perhaps half an
Inch on an edge, with a chip accurate
ly cut off of euch corner. It seems
like a Joke.
Gold und silver crystallize as cubes.
A crystal of Iron sulphide resembles
In shape a wild-rose. Water has Its
own crystalline forms, like any other
mineral. Ice, of course, is a kind of
rock as much a rock as granite but
Is remarkable for Its low melting
point. This is lucky for ns, because
this rock, in a molten condition, fur
nishes us with drink.
Homage Paid Joan of Are.
Old nnd new were reunited when
f Orleans nnd New Orleans met In the
; ..fifteenth century hotel de vllle of the
I. city on the Loire at the heart of France
recently, says a Paris correspondent.
I The blcentennry of the new world city
iwns the occasion of the United States
delegates' visit. Homage was paid to
Joan of Arc, the chnmplon of the me
dieval fltruede for freedom. She was
the subject of French and American
speeches, and flowers nnd a bronze
palm, leaf were laid at the foot of
her. statue, A pilgrimage, too, was
made to the fort of Tourelles, so fa
mous In the defense of the city by the
maid. The events of thoso far-gone
centuries served as n distant romantic
background to the present struggle, in
which the most recent figures to ap
pear on a crowded cunvas are those
of the United States soldiers on the
Flanders front. Side by side with the
mention of medieval names and events
were heard, In the old halls of Orleans,
those of Presldont Wilson and the
battle of the Marne.
Texas has many varieties of the ant
family. Out on the "Llano Estacado,"
or Staked I'laln, they are so numerous
that their hills look like the billows
of a rolling sea.
One of the most powerful and for
midable insects In the Southwest Is the
agricultural ant of Texas, observes a
naturalist These busy creatures are
regulur farmers, and t'-elr homes are
marvels of architectural skill and
strength.
Think of a house from 12 to 15 feet
high, built by a little imt. nnd which
Is so strong nnd well supported that .
cattle and buffaloes can wulk over It
und yet not crush In this wonderful
dome.
It Is said that if a horse. In pro
portion to his size, could lwip as far
as a flea, that In one Jump he would
go clear around the world. Nov, If
n man constructed n house according
to the same proportions of nn unt's
domicile, it would be more than a mile
high.
These agricultural ants, next to a
bee, are the most Industrious crea
tures on earth. They sow, reap and
garner Just like farmers, nnd during
the warm season lay by sulliclent store
for winter's use.
Glass Eye That Moves.
Cnpt. J. L. Aymnrd, n British army
surgeon, describes In the Lancet an
Improved glass eye which can move.
The chief drawbacks to the ordinary
glass eye are that, being simply a con
vex shell of glns. it tends to sink
back into the socket nnd is fixed in a
stony stnre. Cnptnln Aymnrd gets
over these difficulties by placing In
me socKet or the eye a sphere of liv
ing cartilage or gristle taken without
risk from the patient's ribs. It Is all
one operation. While one surgeon re
moves the destroyed eye. another sur
geon removes the pieces of curtilage
rrom near the pntlent's breastbone.
two pieces are made Into a little
globe, which Is pinced In the socket,
nnd the thin outer covering of the eve,
the conjunctiva. Is sewn over to hold
It, In plnce. The ordinary glass eye
sneii is Inserted over this nnd Is pre
vented from sinking backwards. Some
movement of the eye by the wenrer is
sain to be possible.
Maize From Venezuela.
As a result of n suggestion from
the American consulate, based upon
the hlsher prices for ninlze In the New
York market than In Venezuela, ship
ments of maize from Venezuela to tli
United Stales have been undertaken
fur the first time on record, and al
ready 80 tons have been sent. If pres
ent New York prices hold until the
new crop of maize comes In there may
he large shipments, us the crop is ex
traordinarily good.
12:30 to 1:30 Sunday, Goose Din
ner at the Altamont, 60 cents. 21c
"lly Jove, I never felt muro like nil
ana In my life, old chup." It was nn
old British colonel speaking, llu had
Just returned from u government mis
sion to the colonies, nnd seated before
n great open lire of his Loudon club,
he was reliitlut to u crony some, of
his experiences while uwny. "It was
while I wus In Sidney. Knew n chup
out there and thought I'd drop lu on
him. Walked up to the house und
rang the bell. Deucedly pretty maid
answered, und, by Jove, so strong wus
tne force or habit, don't you know, I
up nnd kissed her before I realized
she wus my own niece."
And don't think for n minute that
me oiu colonels experience was
unique, except lu n few minor details.
Others may not have developed such
oscillatory lmhlts, but many un officer
has come back from tbu front nnd
found his women folk working us do
mestics In London. Tho pretty young
woman one sees polishing the wood
work of tho hospital waiting room or
busily dusting Hie furniture, of the
club purlor may be a duchess or coun
tess or the daughter of a millionaire
wine merchant. There's no telling
these days, and the English public Is
so accustomed to being waited upon
by Its gentlewomen that It has comu
to accept It as n matter of course.
-Not so with the Sammy, though,
says nn exchange. He'd he the first to
resent the charge of being iiiiilemocrnt-'
Ic, hut still the thought of being
served by one of the "-100" Is almost
too much for lilm. He was u pretty
fresh young man when be llrst hit
England. He hail n reputation for
breezluess to uphold, and by the splku
of Heinle's hat, he was going to live
op to It. Hut when he learned that
the young woman servant was the
daughter of one of the peers of the
realm he wilted.
For one may find the English gen
tlewoman any place und doing any
kind of menial labor. She Isn't the
petted nnd pumpered hothouse product
popular novelists would have you be
lieve her once to have been. Instead,
she's a mighty sensible. Industrious,
patriotic person. Her brothers and
sweethearts are "out there" doing
their bit and she Is "carrying on" back
home. It's no longer a novel sight to
see her manipulating the Intricate ma
chinery of the munitions plant or
skillfully guiding u tnxl through the
fog-shrouded streets of Ixmdou. In a
white uniform she weurs the red cross
In the hospitals of France und her na
tive Island. And now she Is plying
the dust cloth and the mop, washing
dishes, answering doors anil doing the
thousand nnd one other things that
have to be done.
Nothing Is too menial for her to at
tempt If it adds to the comfort of the
men who have given their all fur Itrl-
tnmila. There's Lndy Evelyn King,
eldest daughter of the earl and count
ess of Lovelace, who Is u lioiisemuld
ut n Weymouth hospital. Nhe wns n
debutante Just n few years ago and
it the time she was presented to King
George she was expected to become
one of the lenders of London society.
Mic Is tall, with dark brown hair and
eyes of the same hue. and Is consid
ered one of the most beautiful women
In London. When war was declared
she was rapidly fulllilliig the predic
tions made for her popularity ut tho
time of her coming out. But now sho
Is a servant in one of the many hos
pitals in England.
Plume Hunters.
Florida once upon a time was alive
with wild birds, says the Florida
Times Union. According to William
Honaday, author of American Nn-
turul History, no other state In Amer
ica, except possibly California, ever
possessed a bird fuunn quite compar
able with Florida. Florida bird life
was one of the wonder of America.
But the gunners began to shoot and
shoot.
The plume hunters have practically
exterminated the roseate spoonbill, the
flamingo, the scarlet Ibis, nnd the
Carolina parrakeet, und the llmpkln
nnd Ivory-billed woodpecker have
about disappeared, largely In the In
terest of the millinery business to orna
ment fashionable hats. The robin and
oilier song and Insect-destroying birds
are fast going. Unless n stand Is
taken by well enforced laws the wild
bird life of the state will eventually
disappear nnd the multiplicity of In
sects must Imperil or destroy agricul
tural Interests.
You Can Make one of Our Soldiers In France Happy ij Sending Him
a bulletin Tobacco Kit, 25c
Legless Mountain Climber.
Snow-capped Mt. Hood, n dlfflciiH.
xhnustlng climb for the seasoned
portsmnn, hns been scaled by a leg-
ess newsboy. A few weeks ago, ac
companied by two guides, n forest
ranger, nnd his wife, the newsy's de
termination won out. nppnrfllntf in
Popular iffchnnlcH' Magazine. Part of
the trip wns made on horseback, hut
when the stoop grades were encount
ered It win every man for himself.
The newsboy wns equipped with on Im
provised sled nnd blocks studded with
heavy spikes. These Implements, how
ever, proved more of n hindrance
nan help nnd were discarded, liais
ing himself on his nhnormnlly strong
arms he flung his body up the Incline
several feet at a time nnd often mads
better progress than others of th
party.
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