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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1921)
New Nation Out • : of Oldest Land Ing the golden age of Babylon, rapidly ¡opposed Site of Garden of Eden ' deteriorated. Included in Territory of Splendid, Gay, Wicked Bagdad. “Under the Abbasyid Caliphs, with Kingdom of Irak. a combination of Araliic and l ’erslun culture. Bagdad was fouuded on the Tigris In the very center of the river pjuln—the splendid, guy, wicked Bag ■ M , 9 dad of tlie Arabian Nights. Mesopo tamia's prosperity, though much less, Jnder British Mandate and Arabian was still relatively great, and Bagdad Rule the Section, Better Known as was for awhile the metropolis of tlie Mesopotamia, Is Expected to world, its inhabitants ut one time num Regain Former Glory. bering 2,000,000 souls. r •• . "When the Turks got possession of Washington.—The Impending addl- the Caliphate and curried its seat to lon of n new member to the futnily of tlie west, Bagdad withered; und under unions—the kingdom of Irak, to func- Turkish rule tlie Tigris nnd Euphrates lou under a British mandate—is men- valley entered Into its darkest period. ioued In recent dispatches from Lou- Only a small (»ercentage of the rich lou. How this “new” country Is in valley hns for generations produced •eallty one of the oldest und most his- any crops. :oric patches' of the earth’s surface is “After the Young Turks came Into :old in the following bulletin from the power In 1908 reclamation work was •Vashington headquarters of the Na- undertaken in the Tigris and Eu ional Geographic society : phrates plain and some headway was “Irak has existed as a geogruphiea) made. Since the British occupied Bag tame for ages,” says the bulletin, “but dad In 1917 tills work has been carried n recent centuries it lias had little much farther. wore otlieiai sanction than ’Manhattan’ “It is planned under the new Arab .’or the Aflioklfnii metropolis or T ’rls- stute and tlie inundate to continue the to’ for a thriving l ’acilic port. Yet It work of rejuvenating the country’s an »overs more or less indefinitely a re- cient Irrigation system. But there Is a {iou known, and often famous. In Herruleun task to lie accomplished be »very age of man from the dawn ot’ fore ’the Garden of Eden’ blooms again. tradition to the present—the fertile It was estimated before the World ylaln of the Tigris and Euphrates vul- war that tlie ambitious project of the eys, where the Garden of Eden Is sup Turks to reclaim 3,5** 1,000 acres would posed by many ¡dudcuts to have been cost 000.000. The total jr e a that lituuted. Strip leak of Its alias; call might he irrigated Is placed at ubout t Babylon — Nineveh—Mesopotamia, 12,500,000 acres.’’ ind It is known to every school child. *A Slice ef Turkey. “The country which it is proposed :o erect Into tlie practically hnlepend- jut kingdom of Irak was placed under ■lie mandate of Great Britain on the ireaklng up of the Turkish empire fol- owiug tire World war, ami was gen- »rally spoken of us ‘Ihe mandate for Uesopotamia.’ “It is difficult to exaggerate the ng- ‘leulturul paradise that might lie built Noted Chemists in Conference to lp in the lower valley of the two riv Discuss Improvfed Processes ira, supplemented by the minerul areulth taken from the regions farther of Tanning. Forth, if tlie country were under a (trong government, were peopled by ilert, educated inhabitants, and If the lecessary capital and modern ma- rhlnery were available. Even with lie factors us they ure. the British, vho will continue to hold the man- Plan to Hasten Tanning Process With out Sacrificing Quality—Promi late, uiifl tlie Arabians who will he In nent Foreign Chemists to lumedlate charge of the government, ire counting on the rise of u state Take Part in Meeting. chicli may he compared without dlsad- rantoge with some of the great gov- New York.—Shoe prices may trend imiueuts tl.'at lmve occupied the laud downward as u result of new proc a tlie past. esses of tanning based on studies of “To gain an Idea of what wonderful electrical discharges and other unusual levelopment can lie brought about in factors, which will he discussed by the dcsopotauilu one need only look into leather chemistry section of the Amer lie past. At tlie hegiuiring of history ican Chemical society. The notable progress made In Amer lie plain of the Tigris und Euphrates »as a garden-spot teaming with u well- ican tanning lias gu’ned such recogni led and wealthy people. If there was tions abroad tlmt sessions of the sec i ’grandeur iliut was Greece nnd a tion will be attended by tlie largest {lory that was Home’ , there was us number of Euro|iean leather chemists ruly a splendor lluit was Babylon, which has ever come at one time to ind the splendor of Babylon w as made the United States. Some of these exports will also at yossible 0,000 years ;igo lucgcly by the »eulth that sprang from the Intensive tend the meeting of the Society of niltlvutiei) 'of the rivur plain under a Chemical Industry of Great Britain, {tgantic system of Irrigation which which, nfter convening with its Cana- llnn section, will cross the border to iven the most ambitious modern sys •onfer with Its American branch and ems probably have failed In maio t,, hold a joint session with the Ainer- »ays to surpass. “Babylon’s agricultural L’topia was enn Chemical society. The leather chemistry section of tlie »ot a short lived ulTair, hut continued ’or nearly ten times us long as the American Chemical society will meet period which has passed since whlti it Columbus university. At Its session hen se ttici jn America. The country will lie discussed revolutionary meth iirove with only minor interruptions ods by which the tanning of hides can jnder Babylonians, Assyrians, t ’hal be hastened without tlie sacrifice of Jeans, Greeks and ltomans. But always quality. The saving of time und tlie iie settled civilization of the ugricul- releasing of large sums of money from Jurists was threatened by tlie turbu- its Investment In raw material thus ent hill jieople to tlie north und e a s t , would have the tendency to stabilize finally the I’arth lais captured tlie and/ perhaps, eventually to lower Jountry and.were followed by tlie Per- leather prices, American chemists be iiuis, L’uder these more barbarous lieve. One of tlie marked influences In the •ulers the great irrigation systems, i\en then much less elticient than dur- sessions will he that of Alfred Sey- ÌLICE TAKEN FROM TURKEY Loneliest British Isle Has No Laws. No Crime J * J » i * , * , J > j * J * J * * i • i J 4 London.—A minister has been found who is willing to serve on the Islnml of Tristan da Cunhn, according to the London I »ally Mall. Rev. i laoi Mar- at Alexrou, Uppingham, Rutland and his wife have volunteered to go to Britain’s loneliest p s- session, Tristan da Cunha, a : ttfe Island In the South At- ntie. to ■ ml ■ ister. There are l in- habitants of tlie island, which Is 1,512 miles west of Cai>e- town and is visited only once a year b j a British warship, aad on remote occasion* by passing vessels. The islanders lmve no laws and know no crime. They do not barter, and during the whole of last year the only sum of money on the Island was 5s. Tea. cocoa and flour ure mre delicacies. Dorothy Dalton # J t [ * t * , J , * t J » J * J • • i J t j « J < J J * J # m I + -------------- -------- --------------------------- + Women Fight Eagle, Save Tot. Homestead, Pa.—An eagle gave battle to Mrs. George Williams of this city and Mrs. B. Hutting of Greens- burg, when tlie two women attacked the big bird after it had seized Mrs. Williams' two-nnd-a-half-ycar-ohl daughter and was about to fly away with the child In Its talons. Mrs. Hurting, armed with a club, came to the aid of SB's. Williams, and tlie two, after several minutes of des perate battle, forced the bird to flight, though It hovered menacingly over theta for some time. Barring deep scratches on her body, tlie child was uu njured. girls. Anyway, 1 don't believe In | fairies, only those tn picture books.” lleury was very cross as you see. »«v-sOOI> morning.” sahl Father as and he did not want to see the suu- V I little Henry .-aim Into the din I shtnet s ' he threw himself on lus bed ing room, “i>n’t this u nice, bright I mi his hack to think over how cross morning, son V 1 everything waaiha't morning. llenry did not answer. He Jerked All a t once he heard some one cry- his chair from the table und slid into j ing. It seemed to come from outside it with a sullen air, for Henry was bis win'low. So lleury Jumped up and cross because his mother had not let pecked out. him put on his new shoes that morn The tiniest crvntu’-e dressed in sil ing. ver sat on the sill of the window cry- “Heavy black clouds seem to be ! ¡up. bothering you.” said Henry’s father. “What are yuj crying about?” asked “Better drive them away or you will Henry, w ho really w as u very kind ltt- have an unhappy day.” I tie boy. But Henry did not answer. He kept “I can't get In to do my work,” said h is eyes on h is plate, and a frown on the little creature. “It Is all dark In- his face, hut when he pushed his dish ! side and they shut me out. I am the | smish'ne fairy and I have to dance ' when the sun shines and make people ! happy. But how can l when they will " tY w r A te I not let me In?” yOCSCAy/HC Henry raised the shade and up lumped the little fairy and danced s te p into the room on the sunshine us It ! streamed In. “Oh, haven’t you any face?” asked Being given the chance to display j ihe little creature, “or Is It behind old her cleverness in emotional parts has I black cloud? Sometimes he does hide brought merited fame to handsome faces, hut 1 most always can drive him Dorothy Dalton, a famous "movie” star away.” known to the patrons of the motion Henry went to the mirror, nnd sure picture houses. Her werk in leads has ' enough this time he found that in been crowned with glory and the has place of Ills face there was a heavy pleased her thousands of admirers. liluck cloud, through which he could ---------O--------- I away from him nnd spilled Ihe cream see hut dimly. He looked at the sunshine nnd the Ills father told him to go to his room und stay there until the cloud cleared little fairy had been Joined by hun dreds of others who were dancing from his face. about In tin* Jolliest manner. By C. N. LURIE Henry dbl not quite understand Henry forgot all about the cloud as nhont the “heavy, black cloud,” but he he watched them, and presently a Common Error* in English and did know, of course, thut he had lie- How to Avoid Them stream of sunshine cleared away the huved badly, so lie went to his room cloud and llenry Jumped tip, for yon w w w w kM W M k-hA au M W W kA feeling thut everyone was treating him see he was dreaming all the time he unkindly. “TO STOP AND TO STAY.” had fallen asleep. * - -- “Have not got a heavy cloud on my The wind hud blown Ihe ahada und OW frequently do we hear some face.” he said, looking tn the mirror. Into the room came the bright sun, one aay, or read in a newspaper, Then he drew the shade because some hut Henry could not find the fairies “He Is stopping ut the Waldorf As one hud once told him that little though he looked everywhere. toria hotel.” A moment's reflection fairies danced In the sunlight when “They did drive away heavy black should tell the writer or speaker that It streamed Into the room. i loud,” thought Henry, “and X do feel a person d<n*s not “stop” at a hotel un “Get out of my room,” said Henry. happier. Perhaps there nre sntno less he walks or drives to the hotel “I won't have any fairies In here. I fairies In the sunshine after all.” and hults his progress there. It Is don't like girls, and ull fairies are (Copyright.) proper to say, “The parade stopped at the hotel,” meaning that the parade ceased Its motion when It reached the hotel. But the parade could not “stay” THE RIGHT THING nt the hotel. A |>erson makes a “stay” AT l\y MILDRED MARSHALL at a hotel, not n stop, nnd he stays there. One should not say, “I stopped T H E RIGHT TIME F«ct® a b o u t your n a m e ; I r a b lf r o m m tin > nt the summer resort six weeks,’’ hut ing; w hence It w as derived ; significance; your lu».ky day a n d lucky Jew el. By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE “I stayed there six weeks.” The true meaning of the word “stop” was well understood liy the man who WI I I ’ N SIIE WA L KS . T i l K it E S A . did not Invite his professed friend to visit him. He said: "If you come nt “A little neglect may breed mischief.’’— any time within ton mUeg of my house NE of the prettiest of feminine Franklin. Just stop,” says one authority of Eng x i rllE.V walking with a woman It Is names which for some reason has lish. Y V customary for the man to ask always been associated with France ( O o p jr r l f h t > to carry nuy parcel* she may he bur and yet Is essentially English, Is dened with. It Is a woman’s privilege Theresa. It Is one of the many femi to Insist on carrying them herself, but nine names which come from the har remember that It Is very embarrassing vest nnd its original source Is a Greek for a uuin to walk with a woman who word meaning to reap or gather in a* is burdened ns, besides feeling regret crop. The first to hear the name was a that he cannot nhl her, he Is put lit a false position by those whom he may Spanish lady, the wife of a Roman noble culled Paulinas. Both Paulinas meet. THE REAPING MACHINE, Every well-bred woman should know and big wife were devotees of St. J e that It Is no longer considered the rome. The name Theresn had great l.THOUGII we nre accustomed to right thing for a man to take her arm vogue In Spain and Is finally found as regard reaping by machinery as a In walking unless she Is feeble or the Teresa on a throne In Leon in tlie modern nrt, there are records thut way hazardous. If she happens lo he Tenth century. in Pliny's time the Gauls used a crude accompanied by a man w ho IS hot The most noted Teresa appears la comb-shaped affair of knives to strip aware of this fact she should not take the Sixteenth century When tie Ro ihe heads from the standing grain. offense, hut If he takes her nrtn she man Catholic church produced tt>c r e The first renl patent on a reaping ma should ascrlh* It to Ills Ignorance of markable saint of that name through chine was gruP'ed to John Boyce of that rule of good breeding and restrain the Spanish connection of the boose England Jn 1799. Richard French him by simply assuring him that she of Austria ; the princessed of Spain nnd and J . J . Hawkins received the first can manage much better when unaid Germany were frequently christened American patent rights In ism . But Teresa. ed. It remained for McCormick, in 1831, In France It became Teirese through If a woman Is overtaken or over to make nnd demonstrate the first takes a man of her acquaintance she the queen of Louis XIV and Provence practical reaping machine. Is privileged to ask him to accompany called It Terezon. The cmpress-qncet» (Copyright.) her ns far as their ways go together, lidded greatly to Rs fame, her noble ---------Q-------- - though needless to say she would say spirit winning all hearts. St. Theresn of course brought It to this only to a close acquaintance. She The Moor In Spain. The Moors sprang from Saracens, should not do this, however, when he England through the Roman Catholic that nomadic trllx- of Arabs, which In is accompanied h.v another woman and religion, though Its vogue there did not the Eighth century overran southern would not usually wish to when he begin until after the Reformation. England also rails her Terry nnd Spain. They settled under the genial was accompanied by another man. When taking a pleasure walk togeth Tracy; France makes her Therese. She skies of Andaluslu nnd found their surroundings so Ideal they were con er It Is always the woman’s privilege Is Theresa In Portugal and Teresa und tented to leave tin* northern portion to set the pace nnd make suggestions Teresltn In S|>n!n. Italy uses Teresa of the country to the natives. It was as to the direction In which the walk and Tereslna, In Germany she H Theresia. calling to the Spaniard to behold his should be taken. Theresn’s tnllsmnnlc stone Is amlier. beautiful valleys and vineyard* In the If n woman chances to see that a possession of the Invaders and to see stranger has dropped something, what It promises her gissl health, wards off the crescent take the place of the should she do? This Is a question that evil spirits and warns approaching Ill cross; hut. although much blood was sometimes comes tip. She shonld not ness by paling In color. Thursday Is shed In the Interim, It was not until stop to pick If ununless the »nan Is de- her lucky day and three her lucky the Fifteenth century that Hoaltdll, the ctdely older than she and she Is very number. ( C o p jr r l f h t ) Moorish king, took his last look at young. She should courteously attract Granada on®the s|»ot that has been his attention to the fact that he has ^ ■ ® practically named "El Ultima Sosplro dropped the article and leave him to Kansas Family Prsblsm. del Moro,” the last sigh of tlie Moor. pick It up for himself. However, If An Ein|H*rla family takes the fa m i l y ---------n --------- she Is walking behind the one mho has dog to church once In a while, Last lost the article and not to pick It up for hundny tlie dog was tied to ihe tiwtor him might mean thnt It would be trod car during the service«. Fvegy Hme den upon she may In Common sense the choir sun x the dog howled. I' wa« stoop nnd get It. a question wlicther to take' the dog (Cerrrlcht ) away to keep from disturbing the pence or «top thu ( M r to k eep from disturbing list Uog — F.uiporla Gazette. T 1 IK SlNSIlINi: F A IK Y . HOW DO YOU SAY IT? Study Ways to Better Leather H LOWER PRICES MAT RESULT Vast Amount of Gold Gathered Here Treasury ofllctats weighing bars of gold in the United State* assay office fn New Totk. In this building is about 250 tons of gold In bars and coin, ap proximately one-fifth of the world * supply of the precious metal. It la worth ll.5 0 0 00P.000. mour-Jones, the first president of tlie Internatlenal Association of Leather Trades Chemists. He eo-opernted with Lord Allertou In forming the leather industries department of the Univer sity of Leeds, long reputed to be the greatest leather school In the world. Foreign Chemists to Appear. Another prominent figure In tlie lenther Industry of Great Britain, who will address the section. Is Joseph Turney Wood. He Is the discoverer of processes of tanning In which pan- crvatln Is used Instead of the crude and obnoxious mixtures employed by the old-time Journeymen tanners. Mr. Wood was tlie first secretary of the So ciety of Leather Trades Chemists. Some of the noted foreign chemists whose papers will be read If they can not appear In jierson are I’rof. H. It. Procter, affectionately known as the father of leather chemistry, who was long Identified with the University of Leeds; l>r. E. Schell of Havre, France, and Flni Emm of Copenhagen, lieu- mark. How tanning us a science has ad vanced In recent years is shown by the fact that among those who nre to ud- dress tlie leather chemistry section is 1 >r. Jacques Loch, a noted American biologist connected with tlie Ilocke- ■feller Institute for Medical Research. Original und novel methods of tan ning bust'd upon tlie studies of elec tricity will he described by Join» Ar thur Wilson of Milwaukee, chairman of the leather chemistry section. His discoveries have been termed revolu tionary. His researches have shown the reasons for tlie chemical changes which take place In the tunning process us distinguished from meth ods which rested merely upon undent traditions. Although tunning is one of the oldest arts In the world, It has not come under control of scientific re search to the extent that many other Industries hu»e. it Is expected that the papers of Mr. Wilson and of other lenther chemists of the pioneer class will cause an earnest and heated dis cussion. Studying Electrical Discharges. Closely associated with Mr. Wilson In his Investigations Is I’rof. Arthur W. Thomas, who is making iui|H>rliuit studies of the relation of electrlcul dis charges of materials used in tnnnlng to the manufacture of lenther. His laboratory la in llavemeyer hull, Co lumbus university, where the sessions of the leather chemistry section are to lie held. In It Is unique and costly equipment provided from a special /und given by a well-known Milwaukee tanner. The results of these researches are made available, however, for the entire tanning industry. On a liench in this laboratory, occu pying an area of a square yard, is what is reputed to lie the .smallest tannery tn tlie world. With It compli cated processes of tanging are (>• ly <->>nductcd although on a miniature scale. . , Still Llv* in W a r Dugouta. Uvinsk. I.atvla.— Hundreds of fam ilies in the war-devastated territory about i>vlnsk are still living in the dugouta used by German and Russian soldiers In the early days of the war. IJttle or no progress toward recon- struction has been made In tlie scores of razed villages because of the pnv- erty of the people who for a long time after the war between Russia and tier- many ended were under Bolshevik rule. “ W h a t’s in a Nam e?“ O A A LINE O’ QHEER By John Kendrick Bangs. A COMFORTING | j j | j J T W O LAPS B E H IN D “ Did you follow my advico.” ” Why-«r-yaa. but I didn’t quit* catch up with i t " THOUGHT. L’BT take this - sm tort unto yoor •owl In ths midst of your worries and frsti; Tbs F o o tb a ll n srtr could scorn s Oowl W s r s tl n o t fo r th s kt k s It (C o p y rig h t )
