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End of Coal Strike Saddened One Although happy the
coal strike is over, Clint Conger expresses sadness as he pon
ders what to do with eight tons of high grade eoal, which
is only slightly less expensive than gold. Conger trucked
the coal to Cleveland from Pomeroy, O., a distance of 250
miles, only to be greeted by Clevelanders reluctant to pay the
$30-a-ton he asked because end of the strike promised more
and cheaper coal. He wouldn't say what the coal cost him
just "plenty." (Acme Telephoto)
LATEST AMERICAN HUMBUG'
World Ridiculed Telephone
At Time of First Showing
By HARMON W. NICHOLS
Washington, March 6 (U.R) It was a blister, that summer day
in Philadelphia in 1876.
Inventors around the country had bought floor space at the
Centennial exposition; Alexander Graham Bell among them.
Bell had a lot of gear on hand to prove that man could "talk
over a wire." He was nervous.1
In a sweat, in fact. The people
were ignoring his exhibit in
droves.
Finally, the judges came along,
including one Dom Pedro, the
Emperor of Brazil. Young Alex,
rabbit-eared, heard one of the
umpires mention that they were
about through for the day and
would complete the judging on
the morrow.
Bell, a professor at a college
in East Boston, on the morrow
would be back in Beantown
grading examination papers.
He sweat some more.
At that point Dom Pedro
recognized the young man in the
jet black beard.
"How do you do. Mr. Bell,"
the emperor said.
The judges kept on melting
their collars. They could not
walk away from their imperial
guest. They had to have a look
at the first telephone, which be
came U. S. patent No. 174,465
just 74 years ago tomorrow.
The judges forgot their soggy
collars and one at a time talked
into the thing, which was strung
all the way from one end of the
building to the other.
The catch phrase on theorl
glnal transmission was "to be
or not to be that is the
question."
One of the witnesses was Sir
William Thomson of England
(later Lord Kelvin.) He return
ed to the isles all steamed up
about the new gimmick and
made a lot of speeches, .para
phrasing the original wth "to be
or not to be that is the rub,
Anyhow, Alexander, Graham
Bell had no bed of roses. -
One Phillip Reis, a German,
claimed to have invented "a
telephone," but it didn't turn out
to the THE telephone." The
thing went to the supreme court
of the United States and Chief
Justice Waite ruled that Reis
had an instrument that was cap
able of speakng if he (Reis) had
known how.
At first only the judges had
heard Bell's invention. The
newspapers commented by hear
say, you might say, and Bell was
pelted with a hailstorm of ridicule."
One paper called him an im
poster a ventriloquist, a
crank who sas he can talk
through a wire."
The London Times, editorial
ly, used the observation, "Latest
American humbug. The idea of
talking at a piece of sheet iron!1
The New York Herald said:
"The effect is weird and al
most supernatural."
The Boston Times of that day
commented:
"A fellow can now court his
girl in China as well as in East
Boston. But the most serious
aspect of this invention is the
awful and irresponsible power
it will give to the average
mother-in-law, who will be
able to send her voice around
the habitable globe."
The Boston Times was looking
ahead of its time and knew not
what it saw. The telephone now
can get you around the world as
fast as sound travels
Happy anniversary, Mr. Bell!
And will you please have one
of your heirs drop around to the
Hyattsville, Md., telephone of
fice and pay my current bill?
It's a whopper.
Worlds, Seen and Unseen,
May Be Traced Thru Space
By J. HUGH PRCETT
Astronomer, Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education System
Let us look around the sky and locate the "other worlds," both
seen and unseen. Excluding the earth and the hundreds of tiny
asteroids, there are eight known planets. Of these, five are easily
seen without optical aid when not too near the direction of the
sun. '
Amity Dislikes
Mail Schedule
Amity Amity commercial
club, at its regular meeting, con
sidered the postal problem con
fronting Amity business men and
the community club as to the
lack of adequate delivery of
mail to Amity from the South,
Since January 1 when Ore
gon Motor Stages terminated its
contract for the early morning
(8:04 a. m.) north bound mail
delivery. Amity has only one
north bound mail delivery,
p. m.
Ths condition is being consid
ered a drawback to business in
terests, man going out at 4 p.
cannot be delivered at the
right time in other cities to fa
cilitate business transactions.
M. Flory, Portland, district su
perintendent who makes up the
mail schedules, sent a lengthy
letter explaining that the postal
authorities must cut expenses
and that the Oregon Motor Stage
company demanded more pay
for its service than was previ
ously paid to the Southern Pa
cific company when it turned the
job over to the stage company.
The club will consider other
plans for a better service here,
Mayor Frank Chambers re
ported from the city council that
the state highway commission
had made another preliminary
price for paving streets adja
cent to the Amity high school
and that the councl is consider
ing the plans.
Floods Subside
In Washington
(By ths Associated Preu)
Flooded lowland farms popped
back into view throughout west
ern Washington today as rain-
swollen rivers slowly coursed
back into normal channels.
The weather bureau said only
light sprinkles were in store for
Tuesday. Then it was expected
that rivers would be back to
normal.
Hundreds of acres of farm
land was covered before flood
waters began to recede. Most of
it, however, was in lowland
areas where spring-time floods
are expected each year.
Primary damage was in the
area lining the Snohomish and
Snoqualmie rivers, north of
Seattle, and the Green river, in
the Renton valley to the south.
Those and other streams
were swollen, by a four-day tor
rent, which in many western
Washington areas dropped more
rain than is normal for the en
tire month of March.
Seattle, where March rainfall
normally is 3.05 inches, received
between ZVi and 4 inches from
Thursday to Sunday. At Aber
deen, 4.63 inches between
Thursday and Saturday night
brought the year's rainfall to
date to more than 30 inches.
In both cities, and elsewhere,
the deluge was accompanied by
flooded streets and slides.' A
rain-loosened slide shoved two
Aberdeen houses 15 to 25 feet
off their foundations with dam
age estimated at $10,000 to
$15,000: The Grays Harbor road
west of neighboring . Hoquiam
was covered by another slide.
Several houses were damaged
at Seattle. One, occupied by
University of Washington foot
ball coach Howie Odell, had a
wall smashed in and the bed
room covered with mud. .
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Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 6, 1950 3
Golden-Colored Drug Scores
Again in Battle Against Disease
By PAUL F. ELLIS
New York, March 6 (U.R) Aureomycin, the golden-colored drug,
has scored again in the battle against disease.
This time, the drug has been found to have "definite benefit"
in the treatment of infectious mononucleosis, a strange but not un
common disease.
Missionary Council
Provides Clothing
Brooks Mrs. Roswell Chap
man was hostess for the Wom
en: Missionary council in her
home last week. The time was
spent working on linen and chil
drens' clothing for Miss Evelyn
Austin, who expects to go to
Chile, as a missionary, some
time in the future. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Attending were Mrs. George
Bacon, Mrs. Amy Fite, Mrs.
Arthur Jensen, Mrs. Frank Tish
ler, Mrs. R. C. Chapman, Misses
Stella Jordan, Dormalie Bunn,
Evelyn Austin, Mrs. Ralph
Archaler and Mrs. McGee.
Kickoff Smiling broadly, Bradford Da Pont, 8-year-old
Easter Seal boy of Glenwood, Calif., presents California
Governor Earl Warren with the first sheet of stamps at the
state capitol in Sacramento as the kickoff for the Easter
Seal champaign of the California Society for Crippled Chil
dren. The National East-Seal campaign runs from March 9
through April 9. (Acme Telephoto)
Yamhill Needs Special Tax
To Fix Winter Road Damage
By C. K. LOGAN
Excessive winter storm damage to Yamhill county roads was
such that only a special tax levy for road rebuilding purposes
will remedy the situation, is the belief of Yamhill County Judge
H. M. Hoskins.
Funds now available are insufficient to repair the damage
which is estimated around $500,-6
000 or even greater than the
amount of damage the previous
The new report comes from
Drs. Harold A. Lyons and Ed
ward M. Hard, of the U. S. naval
hospital. St. Albans, N. Y., who
tested the drug on 18 persons.
Twenty-five other patients were
treated without the drug.
Persons with the communi
cable disease have a high fever,
a sore throat, generally swollen
lymph glands. It's a tough dis
ease to beat quickly.
The naval doctors, in a report
to the New York academy of
medicine, said that in less than
30 days in 72 per cent of the
cases as compared to 36 per cent
in the group not given the drug.
Duration of the hospital stay
was comparable in the two
groups to the duration of the dis
ease, they reported.
The drug also cut down the
high fever usually present. The
doctors said with the aureomycin
treatment, 40 per cent of the
patients returned to normal room
patients returned to normal
temperature in 24 hours after
treatment was started, and 70
per cent within 72 hours.
The disease is difficult to diag
nose because of the numerous
symptoms that resemble other
diseases. Its cause is unknown.
The disease also effects the
blood, but the doctors said that
aureomycin, although it brings
benefit, apparently does not in
fluence the blood.
Aureomycin is one of medical
scientists' newest drugs. It al
ready has been found effective
in numerous bacterial diseases,
and has been helpful in some
types of venereal disease.
year.
Members of the county court
have been meeting with as many
interested persons as possible to
obtain a cross-section of opinion
on the best method of meeting
the situation and restoring the
roads. The court has met with
Willamina and Sheridan groups
during the past two weeks.
Tentative minimum figure
needed is placed at $150,000,
raised by a five mill tax. To
gether with other road revenues
the court would have available
for road purposes between $350,
000 and $400,000. Even this
amount it is believed, will not
be enough to completely restore
the highway system of the coun
ty. Worries Lie Ahead
Another matter that is causing
considerable worry is how long
it would be necessary to levy
the special tax. Anyhow the
question will have to be decided
one way or another prior to
March 10 if a request for f
special road tax levy is to ap
pear on the May primary elec
tion ballot.
Members of the county court
are cautious about the suggested
road levy with their feelings
based- upon past records. A
measure asking for three mills
for country road repair purposes
was soundly defeated at the May
1948 primary election.
Request for a flat $90,000 for
road purposes on the 1948 No
vember ballot was defeated by
264 votes. Only McMinnville
and Grand Ronde communities
expresed themselves in favor
while Newberg rejected the
measure 1334 to 985, sufficient
negative votes to kill the propos
al approved in other districts of
the county.
The county court met with the
McMinnville chamber of com
merce Monday in an effort to
agree upon a workable plan.
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NOTED THROAT SPECIALISTS REPORT ON 30-DAY TEST OF CAMEL SMOKERS . . .
Not one single case of throat irritation
due to smoking CAMELS
Yes, these were the findings of noted throat specialists after a total
of 2470 weekly examination of the threats of hundreds of men and women
who smoked Camels and only Camels for 30 consecutive days.
Gorgeous Venus now rises in
the east southeast about two
'hours before sunrise and swings
somewhat southward as it climbs
7 the heavens. It is at its greatest
apparent brilliance and can be
seen as a tiny pearly-white spot
in a clear, blue daytime sky, if
one knows just where to look.
Between 9 and 9:30 a. m. for the
next two weeks, search a little
lower than the sun's noon posi
tion, If you are on the shady side
of a house, your chances of spot
ting the planet are-the best.
Jupiter and Mercury are very
close together in the dawn sky,
but are too near the sun for ob
servation. Saturn and Mars are
in nice positions in the evening
sky. About 6 p. m. much later
if you are near hills or consider
ably west of your standard time
meridian Mars, very bright
and glowing with a decidedly red
tinge, clears the horizen almost
due east.
On Monday the big full
moon slid up the sky alongside
this fiery planet. The following
evening, Luna will be much far
ther east and will rise over an
hour later. This will give an ob
server a good idea of the moon's
eastward motion around the
earth.
Considerably higher than
Mars, not so luminous and some
what farther south, yellow Sat
urn shines steadily. Still higher
and almost exactly in line with
(he two planets and fainter
even than Saturn we find the
bright star Regulus. This star is
at the end of the handle of The
Sickle, a group of rather faint
stars arranged in the shape of
the common garden tool used for
cutting -grass. The curved blade
extends northward from, the
handle and has the open side up
ward. The most distant planet, Pluto,
which requires 248 years to en
circle the sun once, is very near
the blade of The Sickle. Athough
it can be seen only through
large telescopes, there may be
some satisfaction in pointing to
a spot very slightly west of the
star at the tip of the blade and
remarking, "There is Pluto."
At 8 p. m., another distant
planet, Uranus, is a little south
of directly overhead. Neptune,
between Uranus and Pluto in dis
tance, now appears near Mars.
Both Uranus and Neptune can
be seen through telescopes of
moderate power even through
good field glasses.
On March 27, Mars will be
nearer the earth than at any
time since January 1946. This
column will be given entirely to
this planet on March 19.
PTA Offers Benefit
Willamina Members of the
Parent-Teachers association are
planning a benefit program for
March 10. Funds raised will go
into the "dishwasher fund" the
organization has set up to pay
for the dishwasher at the grade
school cafeteria. ,
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EXACTING 0M THE TH R0AT
7HE 30-DA TEST WON
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FOR MILDNESS
AND TASTE!"
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SECRETARY Agnes Doyle:
"Cigarette mildness la impor
tant to me. I made the 30-Daf
Test and found that Camels
agree with my throat I"
NEWSCASTER George Hayes:
"I cqn't take chances on throat
Irritation. I pick my cigarette
for mildness Camcll And
Camel has the flavor I"
CROWNED the "Queen of
Song" by the American
Academy of Entertainment,
pretty Fran Warren has
rocketed to the top among
the nation s most popular
female vocalists. Her vel
vety voice has put over
many of the best-selling
records of the year.
INFORMATION CLERK Jean
Gammon: "My job is answer
ing questions all day. 1 smoke
Camels. The 30-Day Test
proved how mild Camels arel"
THE TEST! Smoke only Camels
for 30 days. Compare them io
your "T-Zone." See if you
don't agree Camels are the
mildest, best-tastiog cigarettel
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