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FALLS CITY NEWS VOL. XI SOUTH AFRICA IS LAND OF PROMISE British See Great Possibilities In Immense Territory. No. 48 FALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 31. 1915 containing iVte well known Ivlm'oerlllo | have becii found lu the tjiboou. Iteth- I auy und Kectmunslioop district», but ' careful lest» have shown them to I h > I harreu'of diamonds.“ Next to the dliimoud held» the cop- per mines rank In lm|»>rtoiiee. The value o f the copper exported lu 1013 was gi.0M2.IMo In ll.u opinion o f eX- |H*rta (here 1» no doubt that the coun try will supply copper and copper ores lu Increasing quantities for muuy years to come. Prospecting work hu» been dune In connection with gold. tin. Iron, lead, Htilphur. etc., but tin* r.*»ultN have been somewhat dlNU|i|K>liiting. nllbough Im mense deposit» of Irou mid tlu ores are known to exist. A »earn of coni has been found, and lit.* Germuns had be gun to exploit Immcinw layer* o f white and colored marble o f excellent quality The second source »f wealth lu the territory Is the pusture laud. Dr William Mncdnnuld. the Mouth African agricultural expert. who visited the colony a couple o f years ago. described It as a land o f enormous agricultural poast bill ties, destined to become one of the fluent ranch countries In the world CANARY ISLANDS HARD HIT BY WAR Exports Have Fallen Off af an Alarming Rate. New York.- T h a t the European war ! has proved a severe blow Industrially to the Canary Islands was the state ment made by Homer Brett. United Mtutes consul at Tenerife. Mr. Brett, who has been transferred to I .a Gualra. D iam ond Fiatda F o rm Traaauro H o u to Venezuela, was a visitor at the branch and B ig Q uantitioa of Froeioua office o f the bureau o f foreign and do- | "Btonoa of Ffro” S till Lie In Banda of inextlc commerce lu tbe custom house. N a m ib — Copper and Coppar Oraa In "The war." suld tbe consul, "has Inoroaaing Quantitioa. forced u great interest In tbe Canaries In everything American Previous to Ca|K> Town, Mouth Afrlva.—Much the outbreak o f hostilities the Island N|>ct'uliitlon Ima l>«*on indulge.! in no ers bought practically all o f tbelr flour to l ho value ua u |>osxi*s»Um o f tho lui from Eugland. most o f tbe commodity niouMo territory o f German aoutliwcat being shipped from Liverpool. Now Africa, wrested hy tho Union o f Mouth they have turned to tbe United States Africa force», under General Botha, for this breadstuff, and Increasing from the German», who had occupied quantities are being received there. It »lin e May, 1HS3. Ml* times the al*c At present only American automo or England, ticing about 322,450 square biles are being Imported, and tbe na LITTLE MONEY WILL NOW BUY BIG BUNDLES lull.*» In area mid Including Ovumbo- tives speak highly o f tbe makes al OF GOOD GOODS IN OUR STORE. THE SUMMER land, Duinaraland und Great Naniaquu- ready Introduced. laud and »(.araely populated, it ha» “ Up to the beginning of the war tbe SEASON IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE WITH US been dcHcribml a» a wllderno»», with a Canary Islands bad an annual export fertile tract only here and there. AND WE WAMT TO SELL OUT EUERY PIECE OF trade o f 7.000.000 (fates of bananaa. A Mouth African authority dexcrltied 5,000.000 boxes o f tomatoes. 1.000.000 SUMMER GOODS WE HAUE LEFT. OUR PRICES recentry In the Cape Tim.*» 11» domi boxes o f potatoes and 400.000 crates of nant physical feature» a» follow»: WILL SOON 00 IT. oulons. A large part o f this trade "A »lowly rising, »audy const licit; a went to southwestern Europe, but the BUT THE WEARING SEASON FOR SUMMER high interior plateau, broken by Iso war has placed a blight on all this lated mouiituin range» ami »tony kop GOODS IS NOW ONLY AT ITS HEIGHT. COME business. Before the war the Islanders jes, and a gently falling eastern »trip depended upon tbe Scandinavian coun of aan.ly country which merge» In the NOW WHILE THE CHOOSING IS GOOO AND BUY tries for all o f the crate material used level expanse of the Kalahari desert. Berkeley, Cal.—There I* a young wo In packing the fruit and vegetable ALL THE WHOLE FAMILY NEEDS. The average height o f the upland» 1» man In Berkeley who saw a baby for about r>.<N»i feet. The climate on the the first time only a few weeks ago. products. This wood ts no longer REMEMBER! BIG UALUE FOR YOUR MONEY x. hole 1» healthful and eminently suited Mho thought it wns a package from available (o any extent, and Inquiries for Europeans, though mnlnriul fever which the wrapping hud been torn. are now being made In tbe United NOW. Is prevalent In the subtropical north. When tho “ package” moved she was States for »books. The packers must have this material and are looking to Before tho war It supported a white astounded. this country to coifle to tbelr aid. population of 1f..S;iO»|K*ople. with some Mho Is Miss Tomxyna Carlyle, aged "Another serious handicap tn the is 250,000 natives." twenty-one. After darkness, due to The territory'» three great natural blindness at birth. Miss Carlyle Is able lands la tbe shortage o f fertilizers. Up sources of wealth are minerals, pas to see today. Her sight Is the gift o f a to tbe start o f tbe war the bulk o f fer ture lund and agricultural land. woman o f meaus. whose name Is with tilizer was imported from Antwerp, and a lesser quantity from London. May» the authority above quoted: held. "The mineral wealth has been the This woman was born blind, too; but, This was principally Chilean nitrate. n out considerable source o f prosperity her sight having been restored by nn This trade has. of course, been greatly Rlnco Its'N. and It ts certain to bo an operation, she has gone o f recent years upset, and when I left Tenerife they among blind Institutions seeking young were negotiating with American Arm« women a title ted us she was. furnishing for needed supplies. There Is also a serious shortage In coal and cement money for the operations. Miss Carlyle 1» u graduate o f the Wis The Canaries are an annual market MODERN FABLES draw the shekels into the coffers consin normal school and ts attending for 1.000,000 tons of coal, practically o f teachers of modern dancing all of which before the war was sup the University o f California here, where six months' more work will plied from Newcastle.” were as easy for him as lying in bring her another degree. The Village Appollo Who Left Town bed until ten in the morning listen Highly educated, she cannot read Dear Wrecks Hat Window. printed English. having heretofore New London. Conn.—A buck deer ap ing to the sound of his father’s studied tho raised point system of tho peared tn New London and after doing blind. Mhe ts taking lessous in reading. much damage was killed. He jumped axe dissecting logs into stovewood. Tho baby was oue of the never end through a window In a millinery store Onee upon a time in a little 1906 But one day Ferdy’s source of ing Neiies of wonders she saw after and proceeded to wreck It. Two po the surgeon's knife brought her from licemen and Eugene McCann, manager model county seat there dwelt un revenue died. After the funeral tho world of durkucss Into the world for Commodore Morton F. Plant's base der the roof o f his immediate pa the executioners learned that the of light. ball team, followed It and attempted to Telling for the first time o f her Im "shoo" It out. Instead o f being ternal ancestor a gay and spritely sole heritage of the legatee con pressions when she saw objects pre "shooed.” the doer showed tight and youth named Ferdinand. And sisted of two hundred dollars in viously known only by the sense of all three men were Injured before It Ferdy’s name bore with it many touch or sound. Miss Carlyle said: unpaid ibi'ls, mostly of his own was killed. •'I was on a street car when a wom tales of evil, for here, be it known, contraction, and about seventeen an got on with a baby in her arms. Ferdy fit into an assignment of dollars in real coin of the realm. I had never seen one before und did uot know what it xvas. I thought It TREATMENT OF WAR SHOCK. labor like a two hundred and Immediately the denizens begun wns a package from which the wrap They London Surgoon Addraaaoa American ninety pound damsel fits into a to see strange illusions. ping hud been torn. pictured Ferdinand in overalls and Inatituta of Homeopathy. "When the baby moved I was dutn- P lioto by American Prees Association. The exercising at real labor. founded. But then I saw the face Chicago.--Treatment o f "war shock," twenty-four inch Spirella. But OKN KK AL BOX BA. clearly and recognized the features oue o f the newest ulfiictions known to village sages figured Ferdy as of Ferdy had no such hallucinations. of a human being. And I knew I was medical science, was brought to the at Important factor In tlu* future develop looking for the first time upon one of tention of the American Institute of no account, the business men Immediately upon being informed ment of the country. The diamond the most precious thlugs on earth." Homeopathy at Its convention here. Helds form a rich treasure house, and wondered just how long the old of his financial status he spent six Her surprises, suld Miss Carlyle, be Dr. James Pearson o f London, a sur Immense quantities of the precious gan Immediately after tho baudages geon attached to the Anglo-American man’s bank account would hold bones for a new pair of dancing 'stones of tire' still lie In the sands of kicks, and that night while the were removed from her eyes following hospital, the homoeopathic war base In the Nnmlb The Holds extend from the successful operuflon. She saw Paris, In a paper on the work of physi out, and the young men secretel.v city slept Ferdy beat it. Conception buy (100 miles south of lingers fo r the first time. They seem cians In the European war. wrote that envied him and wondered how he Mwakopmundl to Angras Juntas, a dls A year passed and none of his ed much longer and fatter than she “ war »hock" had caused much tempo tance o f about 200 miles, but they arc contiuned to get by. creditors heard from him. Even had supposed. rary insanity among the soldiers. Intersected In funny places by hills and Colors made a great Impression on “One o f the great problems has been But the young ladies could see the Ladies Aid lost interest in him riders and tracts of worthless sand. The various producing companies, the her, and It required considerable In (he treatment o f tbe new disease,” Dr. no alloy in Ferdinand and when when the bolt fell. One morning great majority of wllieli are German, struction before she could distinguish Pearson wrote. “ It la an undefined but thorn. Colors In foods rendered eating real ailment, due tn a large part to the ever the folks referred to him as as Deacon Simmons was secretly hold a fifty years' lease from the Ger terrible and Incessant noises o f gun reading the theatrical page c f a man Coloulal company, and together difficult. "I had not seen different articles of nery and the generally acute excite a synonym of shiftlessness they before the war broke out they em city paper, he saw Ferdy's face arose to his defense with the dec ployed about 5,000 natives and colored food beforo." snld Miss Carlyle. “ For ment» und emotions accumulating and smiling at him and below the pic a time I hardly felt like eating aa I laration that he was a perfectly men. From lUOH to the end o f 1IM3 Impressing themselves on tbe nervous “ Brilliant gems (o the value o f $35,522,000 had .'seemed to be eating colors." system. Quiet and sleep are the great divine dancer. Now dancing was ture the type said: been recovered. need of these men, but It la hard to get Ferdy’s long 9uit, his forte, his Young Dancer Signs Vaudeville Nothing Cdub Wears a Smila. “ How long wll|*these fields last? The them In a condition where they can strong point. Bounded anterially Contract at Monstrous Salary.” Cedar Grove. N. J.—A club hns been sleep. experts differ, us owing to the vast ex tent o f the country over which the din organized here to give concerts and “ A most remarkable medical de by the latest model haircut, poste- The reverend gentleman at once momllferotiH gravel Is scattered and otbci* entertalnoncnts at the county In velopment la the wny soldiers are able rially by patent leather, and bod circulated the news over town, the varying depths of tho deposits It Is stitutions. Tbs* badge of the society to stand up to their watsts In Icy wa ily by broadcloth, Ferdy was always backing up with the words extremely difficult to estimate the life Is "A Smile, bo He Worn on All Oc ter for stretches of thirty-six hours o f the Helds. The period has been va casion»." The organization Is to be without visible Injurious results. nimble as a fly on a plate glass “ I always told you he would suc riously put at eight, Hfteen and twenty called Nothing club, because It» mem ‘Trench foot’ has been much In evi ceed.” years. New deposits may be discov ber» are pletVged to give what they dence. but It ts almost Incredible how window. The Palace Prance, the MORAL—You never can tell by ered, although extensive prospecting can to make people happy without any splendidly the mass of men went Gander Glide, the Serpentine Slip, operations have not resulted In any material reward. the noise they make—sometimes. or any of the new gyrations that through the experience." Hulls for some time. Volcanic '¿pipes'’ MINERAL RESOURCES RICH. BIG V A LU E FOR YOUR MONEY # NOW WOMAN SEES A BABY FOR THE FIRST TIME Born Blind, Thought It Pack age Until It Moved. N. S E L IG ’S FALLS CITY D E P A R TM E N T STORE f