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Did
the battleship
Oregon
reach
Cuba in time to take part in the battle
of Santiago, and what other battleehipa
were in the fightf
Yes. 8he left Ran Francisco under
orders March 11), 1SUH, steamed around
the Horn, reached Jupiter lulet Flor
ida, Ma.v 24, and assisted In the pur
suit and destruction of the Spanish
fleet July 3.
The other ships engntted were the
battleships Indiana, Iowa. Massachu
setts and Texas; the armored cruisers
Brooklyn and New York and some
gunboats.
In the battle the speed o f the Oregon
enabled her to pass some of the other
ships and to force the Cristobal Colon
to run ashore und surrender.
Has thers over been an attempt to
build a tunnel under the English chan
nel?
The advantages o f a railway tunnel
across the English channel at Its nar
rowest purt huve been frequently
urged, and an English company feus
formed for the purpose of constructing
a tunnel halfway ucross from iKiver
to meet u similar tunnel starting from
near Calais. Excavations under the
sea for over 2,1100 yards were made,
but were Interdicted by the British
government for military reasons.
W hat
cause?
is
an echo, and
what
is its
An echo Is a sound repeated from
some obstructing surface so that a per
son In the path of both the orlglual
and reflected waves hears the sound
twice. Sound being produced by wuvos
of the air, when such waves meet un
opposing surface as a wail they are re
flected like light waves
The sound
so heard as If originating la-hind the
reflecting surface Is au echo. An echo
returns to the point from which the
sound originated If the reflecting sur
face Is nt right angles to it An oblique
surfnee deflects the sound In another
direction so that It may t>e heard else
where, though not at the point where
the sound originated. If the direct and
reflected sounds succeed one another
with great rapidity, as bup|>enH when
the reflecting surface Is nenr. the e c h o
only clouds the original sound so that
It Is not beard distinctly, and It Is this
which Interferes with the hearing in
churches and other large buildings.
What is the Almanach de Gotha?
It Is an almanac published by .In»
tus Perthes In the town of (lotlia. In
the Duchy o f Saxe-Coburg Gotha. It
contains much Information about the
royal families and rulers o f the
world, and statistical and historical
Information.
It was begun In 1704
and was originally published In tier
man. After Na|ioleou I. became em
peror It wus changed to French, but
since the Franco-German war of 1S7I
It has been published In Uermun and
French.
What is tha natura of the aotion of
•il in calming wavaa at sea?
It is mechanical. The philosophy of
the operutlou Is that the thin covering
of oil floating on the waves prevents
the wind from entering under the sur
' face and thereby greatly reduces the
roughness of the sea. the height of the
waves and the breaking of their crests,
which is a particularly dungerous fea
ture.
Does a declaration of war by one
country against another have to assign
a reason or the cause of the war?
There Is no set form for a declara
tlon o f war. and It has even been qnes
tinned whether n formal declaration of
any kind is necessary. An American
writer on International law sava: “ An
act o f hostility, unless It lie done In the
urgency o f self preservation or by way
o f reprisal. Is In Itself a full declara
tlnu o f lutentlon; any sort of previous
declaration therefore Is an empty for
mnllty. unless an enemy must be given
time and op|>ortunlty to put blmsclf In
a state o f defense, and It Is nei-dless
to say that no one asserts such qulx
otism to be obligatory.'*
Formal declarations o f war preced
tog the beginning o f hostilities were
more common In undent times and to
the middle ages than In modern times
Investigation has shown that o f 118
wars between 1700 and 1872 less than
ten showed declarations o f war prior
to hostilities, but hostilities may con
slst to the capture of a single ship or
the crossing o f a frontier without the
loss o f a life. Some modern wars,
however, have been preceded by a for
mnl declaration, and there Is no uni
formity o f action In the matter
A
convention o f the second Hague con
ference says: “The contracting pow
ers recognize that hostilities between
them are not to commence without a
previous and unequivocal warning,
which shall take the form either o f a
declaration of war. giving reasons, or
o f so ultimatum with a conditional
declaration o f war.”
Near the ending of the Yuletide,
Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen,
Warming in an easy rocker
By the embers cheer and sheen,
I am musing sad and pensive
And reflecting on the past;
Asking many solemn questions
While the old year’s moments last.
Pleasant was the year now closing
When it first was young and fair,
When with notes of cheer and promise
New Year bell bestrewed the air,
Never broke a morn more gayly
On the eastern sky athwart
Never New Year day enclosing
Greater promise in its heart.
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Real Estate Bargain j
EARLY 2 acres of Fruit, Berries and Poultry.
Good Garden Land. One block from paved
street. All fenced, including two poultry yards.
Poultry house 12 x 48 feet. Running water. Put
a little hungalo thereon and you have valuable in
come property in Cottage Grove. The 2 acres for
$1,000; 1 3-4 acres $850; or 1 acre of it for $650.
$50 fruit sales this year. If interested apply to
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Never, heaped up high for record,
For historian’s tusty pen
Were so many great achievements
Credited to sons of men.
And in arts of peace excelling,
Nations strove for highest aim,
Winning ever greater laurels
And enduring, well-earned fame.
Civilization star ascending,
- To the zenith of its sway,
Looked upon the widest freedom
On last happy New Year’s day.
Every gate and port stood open
Beckoning to the freighted hold,
All the bonds of nations mingling
As did stamped and native gold.
And the truth that men are brothers,
Scions of a common life,
Seemed to’ ve almost won and routed
Every form of war and strife.
And the star o’er Bethlehem’s manger.
Never seemed so near and mild
And Goodwill and Peace the swaddling
Of each helpless, new born child.
But alas, as if at midnight
When from slumber, sweet and deep,
Fire bells arouse to action
And bid all arise from sleep
As when on a summer morning
From a sky divinely fair
Suddenly a clap of thunder
Rends the darkening, lowering air.
So the fondest dream of nations
That a lasting world wide peace,
Was about to find acceptance
And make strife forever cease;
Suddenly was dissipated
By the war drums’ beat afar,
And the world aghast stood trembling
Staggered by this world-wide war.
Oh, the horrors! Oh, the bloodshed,
Of this cruel monster Mars,
Everything he spoils and ruins,
Everything he maims and scars.
Richest valleys fair as Eden,
Like a desert land are left
Town and cities burned to ashes,
And of store and food bereft.
From the icy, flooded trenches
Vollies pour with deadly aim
And by thousands, untold thousands,
Manhood flower lies there slain!
On the sea, beneath, above it,
Waiting for their sleeping prey
Dragons lurk to snatch their victim
In a moment’s time away.
Oh, I cannot help but ponder
On the bleeding mother’s heart
Giving him, her heart’s best treasure,
For the battle to depart.
Sleepless nights and wakeful watching
Over him, who was her joy,
When she first pressed to her bosom
Her new-born, her darling boy.
Sleepless nights and wakeful watching
Now that he is at the fort,
Tearful eyes intently scanning
The long-listed death report.
Men of all the world together.
Soldiers, statesmen, plowmen, hear!
Listen to the plaintive pleadings
Of a mother’s love and fear!
Is there not some stay, or surcease
From this mad and bloody strife?
Is there not some common purpose
Which may end this waste of life?
Should not sacred love of mother
In the heat of battle’s fray
Fall like dewdrops on the lilies,
And make war forever stay?
Could not vision o f a Mary,
Pressing to a mother’ s breast
Greatest Gift of all the Ages
And of all the sons the best;
Could it not unite together
Every mother’s son a friend,
And make mother’s love the Watchword,
Love, can cause all wars to end.
H enry C. S chleef .
California Real Estate
For Sale or Exchange
See Photos in Leader’s Show Window.
24 acres 1J miles from Kirkwood, Pal. I 100 acres 5 miles from Corning, on a
5 room house,.barn 18 x 30, l) colony good road, hog tight feuces, 0 room old
chicken houses, fenced aiul cross-fenced, house, barn, 2 good springs, good soil all
good well with pump, 6 acre bearing or level but 5 acres, all has been cultivated,
chard, no waste land, good soil, price price $40 acre. Will trade for Oregon
$4500, mortgage $000. Will trade lor property.
ranch of same value in Oregon.
10 acres 2J miles from Corning, on
10 acres, some trees and shrubs, fitted state highway, 250 young apricot and al
up for the poultry business, 3 miles ftom mond trees, 3 room bungalo with porch,
Corning, Cal. barn for horse, cow, tools, out buildings, fine soil, good well, half
and buggy, concrete foundation, 0 room mile to school, $2800, will trade for small
house with concrete cellar and hath, ranch.
windmill, tank house, 5000 gal. lank, 50
10 acres improved 3 miles from Pomo-
foot brooder house, price $2500. \\ hat nia, Calif. $7000. 1 residence lot close
have you to trade?
in at Pomona, $050 5 acres improved at
Y'ucaspa, calif. $2500. Will trade all for
1120 acres 0 miles from Corning, on good ranch and some cash.
state highway, all fenced sheep tight, 3
33,acres, 20 in orchard [10 a. prunes,
good springs, good well with electric
pump, 5-room house, large old barn and 5 oranges, 5 peaches] olives around the
sheds, price $30 per acre, will take prop orange tract on two sides, row of large
erty in trade to the value of $0000, some trees north of driveway, house and barn,
cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. Fine hath, toilet, sceptic tank, 1} miles from
for colony, 1J miles west of Kirkwood Corning, Cal. $15,000. To trade for a
dairy ranch.
on macadam road.
For further particulars apply to
The Leader.
Real Estate Bargains.
For Sale or Rent.
60 acres of good land for sale
or rent, 52 acres under cultiva
Wanted, to trade Grants Pass tion, close in. For particulars
residence property valued at $1,- apply to Mrs. S. E. Blair, 215
300 in first class repair and close West Park st. Portland, Or. j22p
in for team and wagon, balance
on easy terms. No place of this
character vacant in city. Ad
Bargain In Lumber.
dress 307 8th street, Grants Pass
17,000 feet of good rough lum
Oregon.
dl6
ber
at Veatch Spur for sale at a
For Sale or Exchange—A fine home
with 3-acres of fruit, lierries and garden bargain, or will trade for cow or
on paved street in Cottage Grove, fruit young stock. Inquire at Leader
sales over $100 this year. Will sell or office.
exchange for ranch or land. Fine home
for a retired farmer or business man.
A Bargain—80 acres, cruises 2,100,000
feet good saw timlier besides piling; 8
room house, frame barn six stalls, stock
shed, good springs, 20 acres slashed and
burned, 4 acres garden, 3 miles fiom
Cottage Grove, $3,200. Ask the header.
An 8 acre berry, fruit and poul
try ranch, one and three quarter
miles from Walker Station, north
of Cottage Grove. All fenced
with wire and pickets, one acre
in berries and fruit, 4-room
house, barn capacity six horses,
100 cords of good wood timber,
large woodshed, poultry house all
new, two good springs, six acres
of woodland pasture, subject to
cultivation when cleared up. On
good county road, near school.
Price $600 cash. Inquire of
J. H. Langston, Walker, Ore.
For Sale Or Trade.
200 acres of Butte Valley, Sis
kiyou county, California land,
ideal for alfalfa, sub-irrigated,
no buildings, 2 1-2 miles of rail
road. For further information
inquire of W. Nichols, residence
3 miles south o f Cottage rove. G
Farm For Rent.
On Row river, about a mile
and a half below Red bridge. 25
acres plow land, 100 acres past
ure, 3 acres good orchard, plenty
of grapes and berries.
Good
house and two good bams. Ap
ply to 0. 0. Veatch of Frank
Fleshner on place.
2t
For Sale—Team of horses, cow
giving milk, spring wagon, sin
gle buggy and wood saw and
gasoline engine. Fred T. Scheib-
ner, East Main.
10-21-tf.
Cottage Grove
Transfer Company
HARREL A COMPTON, Prop«.
We solicit your patronage.
Fire Proof Feed
and Storage Barn.
A tract 100x106 ft, on south
ALL KINDS OF HAULING
Sixth street, about one mi'e from
AND HEAVY DRAY WORK
Main street, Cottag Grove, in fine
view of city. Price $125.
Piano Moving a Specialty
F red W. W aehlte
Phone, Office 72
Morgan Hill, Cal.
Auto Dray Quick Delivery
The dairy cow is destined to be
The new year has started out
You would do well to patronize
"big with promise,” to say the a large factor in Lane county de those business men who adver
Butter wrappers printed while
you wait, at the Leader office.
tise.
velopment.
least.