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PAGE T WE N T Y-FOTTR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALE.M. OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931 AFRICAN WARS LIKE ATHLETIC GAMES IN U. S. Chicago .Vi Among primitive African tnbes war la not the serious business that It is among civilized nations. It would correspond to American athletic contest, accord ing to two University of Chicago anthropologist recently returned after living a jear In Nimiah, Lib eria. The men are Dr. Georce Hcrzog. research associate, and Charles O. Elooah, son of a Djabo chieftain. ho ran away from his home 20 years ago and came to America to achieve a degree at the UniverMty. Their expedition was made to ob tain an ethnological survey of the Djabo people. "The native Africans play at war and cease hostilities when the fighting becomes furious," Dr. Her Eog said. "Drums beat the war call and there Is a great excitement as every member of the village mar ches off to war. "The drummer serves as a cheer leader and talkji to the men in their drum language as they march along. When the enemy Is met, the play er of both sides talk to each other, pretending complete Ignorance as to the Identity or Intensions of the other tribe. "Next, the two armies mix in formally, starting by arguing with each other, and then ending up by slaps and plows. When the horn blower sees that the emotions are well worked up. he blows the sig nal to reform and the two armies engage In earnest battle with thler bush knives. Horn plavers report the progress of the battle and sing the praises of Individuals who are performing deeds of valor and en couraging them to greater achieve ments. "When one side decides it Is beaten, It retreats to its village. The enemy does not pursue into the town, for It knows that the war will be very bloody If it forces its rival to fight In dcienee of its hearth and home. "One thing that p-.uukd the Africans about our great war was our fjuhire to run home whfn ih- HUNDREDS TUKNED AWAY WEDNESDAY. LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SERVE THE MOB THAT ATTENDED THIS t WRITE A BIG AD BUT READ THESE FEW SLASHING PRICES THEN COME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. X . mmi Wtoatt A Sal oft THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL AND JAMMED THIS STORE ALL DAY BEEN TURNED AWAY. X X I t t All good sit It's li n (I patterns, finest tailored. Heif. up to f.m.OO. To flos out I jj fighting became so terrible." Blooah said the primitive Afri can still believe the whit :nan a witch of great power but they have learned it Is not safe to harm an) European. They could not compre hend why the white man wants to live In huge cities where he can know only a few people and they were puzzled how we could get alon with only one Jc, the txplorcij said. Blooah's return was widely her alded by his tribe becau.se they were in need of an educated representa tive to carry on negotiations before the Liberlan government in a land dispute with a neighboring tribe. MAINTAIN PLANT TO CUTMETEORS Palmer Lake, Colo., (LP) Built on the top of a divide In the Rockies, and numbering oniy 250 residents. Palmer Lake boast the only meteor cutting plant on the western hemis phere. In a large laboratory, scientists take meteorites apart to see what makes them go. Established la, September, the laboratory already has established a reputation In the scientific world. Its work ift guided by Prof. H. H. Nlnlnger, curator of meteorites of the Colorado museum of natural history Meteorites are sent to this tiny town from all pari of North and South America, to be cut, and pol ished for study. The cutting is ac complished by carborundum, an abrasive, and the laboratory can polish a meUorlte at the rate o! about one so... are inch per hour. Once poliishcd, the shiny surlace of the celestial visitor shows j'.s .st nat ion, and seams, caused by In trusions of the various materials which go to make it up. Chemical analysis shows what, these materials are, and in a short time a good portion of any given meteorite's past history can be de termined. They have determined that the speed of a meteorite In flight, be fore it hits the air strata surround ing the earth, Is approximately 30 miles a second 108 000 miles an hour. Once the flying particle strikes the earth's air blanket, fric Mon cuts the pod and the mte- lL(u) IP'S SUETS Just Huston Garters ("lose Out 17c Men's HATS Felts Good colors, new shapes, val ues to $4.B0 (Jg 500 Fine Men's Shirts Arrow, Ide and other makes. Regularly sold up to BSmf f 3.00 To close out SQ1 S 3VOKJ2.75 jrJ Men's Main, Fancy Cotton Golf Hose Good pattern and regularly QQ sold at $1.00. To close out OJC Sleeveless Sweaters Smartest new stvlos; all shades, regularly sold at f:).60 and $4.00. To 21 QPi close out, a real knockout at....tpJLiJ Fine Silk Ties All good patterns. Regular f 1.00 IQ values. To close out CHINESEXvTATORS "TR5INEDBY tt AT" at Fifteen young Chinese are being taught military flying In Southern California by Jtmmy'Angeliono time aviator In tha Orient. Their training li sponsored by the Chinese Nationalist government. They will become efftcert and instructors In their homeland army soon. oiite caic-Lios fire, to the earth. tiling flaming Coronacio Beach, Cal. LP: A fare well tour of Madame Ernestine Schuir.ann-Hcink? Unthinkable! The world-renowned diva, now 70, but looking 15 years younger since she left her home here a year ago made this plain upon her re turn recently. "There will never be any such thing as a farewell tour on my schedule," she said. "With all the world so wonderful and all the peo ple so good to me. Is there any won der that I look on life as a beautiful sonc?' mmwV PARTS OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY EAGER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE FAR EXCEEDING ALL HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS. NEVER IN SALEM'S SALE NOTICE! bold Read the Prices, Then Be Here Friday 6c Saturday For the Great Savings hue Values Be Here FrL and Sat. for Thla Sale of Sale! ROADS CUT RATES TO DRAW TOURISTS Kansas City 'LP) Competition has forced western railroads to adopt drastic measures to attract the summer tourist trade. Several trunk lines have Inau gurated the lowest rates in history, some of which are designed es pecially for vacation travelers. Friday and Saturday tickets on western lines will be cut to three- aimtaiiaptt Sttoclk Iby To the hundreds of cu.stom.ers who made purchases at this great sale the opening day: We wish to thank you for your patronage and appreciation of such wonderful values : Never before have you received such high grade merchandise at such drastic reductions. To the great many whom we were unable to serve Wednesday, owing to the enormous crowds and limited floor space v.e offer our apologies and assure you that the selections in every department is very complete and that these unheard of prices will continue until every garment is closed out. BISHOP'S R. H. Cooley, Mgr. FREE . . . SATURDAY . . To the first 25 customers making purchase and more we will gave a fine $1.50 silk tie. SUITS Men'u and young men's. Very finest makes, new est weaves. Values up to $45.00, to close out Knickers linen ' to $4.5 tolf knickers. CCl ACT i0. Close out 456 STATE ST. Complete Sell Out by Bishop's .1 WAR VETERAN -t-'-f I 15 i A L-F fif'.hs of the one-way fare for the round trip, tt was said. Rate6 ap plicable to Pullman accommoda tions will be cut In haX the round trip fare being the same as the one way regular fare. Rates to the popular Colorado playgrounds will be the lowest they ever have been. There will be a reg ular summer rate to Colorado of $27.85 for the round trip from Kan sas City. For the benefit of vaca- ! tionists restricted to two weeks, a special rate of $18.25 has been ar- I ranged for July and August. Fare to the Minnesota lake re gion also will be pared. The price $29 600 Men's Finest Me, Arrow, all new patterns and newest Regularly sold up to f .1.50. To close out S FOR 14.75 Bathing Suits All wool, all colors. values. Close out of a ticket to California, however, will remain the same as last year. I In the battle to regain transpor j tation which has turned to other modes, the railroads are adding new equipment and modernized features. The Katy Is preparing to Install refrigerated dining cars into the southwest. The Burlington has shortened Its night train schedule to Chicaso two hours, leaving an exact dozen hours of travel between the two cities. v FARMERS NOW TERRACING SQIL Omaha (LP) Otoe iNeb.) county farmers have adopted terracing as a means of controlling erosin fol lowing the example of Carol Os bom, who built the first terraces here a year ago and who Is already reaping the benefit of his policy. Terraces arc not expensive to build according to Osborn. Three men can do all the surveying nec essary in a single day. Tractors and road graders are used In the work. His first terraces were built by Ivan Wood, extension engineer, Lincoln, but two others he built for him himself and a neighbor. The terraces are low ridses which follow the contours of the hills and prevent rain water from running off fast enough to be destructive. It has been found In Otoe county that terraces should not fall more than five or six Inches to the hundred feet lengthwise and should be lo cated on the face of "the hill with not more than five inches fall be tween them. They should be about eighteen inches in height. In building the terrace a back furrow is first turned with a plow toward the line of stakes set in to mark the height of the completed dike. The back furrow Is then plowed the width of the finished terrace about 30 feet. A road grader or terracing machine is then used to work the dirt into a ridge chiefly from the up-hill side. The broad base terraces prevent erosion by draining the water off slowly and giving It plenty of op portunity to soak Into the soil. France has become one of Ger many's best customers for construc tion machinery. . FREE of $2.50 White Sport Caps Regular f 1.50 Close Out - 85 Make Shirts weaves, $11.65 1 tat Raising TIES Rtf. 75c and II To C lone Out $4.50 $1.95 Remember I A Sale by BISHOP'S Is Always a Real Sale! MOUNT VERNON REPLICA DRAWS EXHIBIT CROWDS Paris (LP) The American exhibit, housed In the replica of Washing ton's Mount Vernon domain, with Its opportunity to take an educa tional tour of the world In a half dozen visits, proved one of the most successful features of the interna tional Colonial exposition which President Doumergue opened in the Bois de Vincenr.es. The exhibiU of Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Samoa, Guma and Pana ma have been conceived to appeal to the sightseer. They all show the great progress that has been made in those overseas lands under American government In 30 years. The main American building, as near like the Mount Vernon oilg inal as carpenters were able to build it. Is one of the simplest of the na tional buildings. Its Interior is filled with a collection of product-s j from pineapples to pearl oysters and the process of pearl growing. It is regarded as the mast Interesting exhibit of the great exposition. The Alaskan building houses three exhibits showing methods of mining, rail and water transporla- were in the vicinity or tne treasure, tion and operations in the fur and a professional excavating company timber industries. There is a col- j has come and set up Its headquar lection of fishing Implements which ters too. pictures the extent of the Alaskan fv Indians, according to legends salmon Industry. There are totem which .'.Mi-date the Civil War, min pole. dog sleds and harness and i C(1 ,ne silver, then buried It after outfits of explorers and seal j faliing to find buf one u.-e for the hunters. 1 lr.t:a!. That use, the graybeards say. Strangely contrasting are the j was to decorate the interiors of iropiciii exiuoius, 6iicn as iiiuaua- tlons o: tne complete process oi sugar making from the cane in the field to the coffee cup, winch fea tures the Hawaiian exhibit. This group also shows pearl oysters in process of pearl mukmg. Coifee and pineapples are shown Rrowing. Models of San Juan Gate- San Juan harbor and famed El Morro castle feature the exhibit of Porto K1CO. Blue Beard's castle Is the fea ture of the Virgin Islands display. Guam shows a model native illaco SALE OF SALES. MOST DRASTIC SAVINGS CRASHED HISTORY HAVE SUCH CRO W D S SUITS Newest styles, all new weaves for Reg. sold up to $35.0(1. Interwoven Hose Values to fl.00 Close Out 10c 95c 1 -mm and native clothing, Including tha grass dresses. The effects of trop ical sanitation are featured by Panama, which has been changed from a fever-stricken country dur ing the French building ot the canal, to the present-day healthy region. The Philippines visualize tha ad vance of civilization under tha Spanish and Americans. There wu mu. h interest shown In the native hat industry and in the displays ot copra, rare woods, rubber and oiher Island products, Samoa shows ceremonial weapons, native canoes, murals of native life and a decora tion of cocoanuts and palm leaves. The main American building looks like a well-regulated club house. A great-great granddaugh ter of Washington Is official hq ttts and welcomed the visitors. INDIAN SILVER SOUGHT IN HUNT Scottsboro, Ala. LP, Northern Al abama is joining In a search for sil ver, believed hidden under the niln of the district by Indians years ago, and to be obtainable If certain dun mountain trails are followed care uflly. While residents of the surround ii.c counties have hunted the out ivine sections of the John Wheeler farm near here In the hope they ( ;oi)ios. i stories add that a faint trail on bordered by sandstone and , he farm. limestone, leads to tne stiver. Searchers even claim to have found the trail and followed it up a moun tainside, but here all traces ended. Caves in the vicinity have been ex- I'lced but it is feared that the 1 .. , .i.t treasure caverns uieiiiseivua nc 1 6t'u behind collapsed timbers. Russia boueht last year three times as mucn coiisuuluuim u..i- infry in Germany as in 1929. TOO BUSY TO men and young men. Close Out Fine Hdkfs. Regular 3 for $1.00 Close Out 3 for OCT
