The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, December 20, 1924, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextSociety and Churches Theatre and Agriculture . VOL- 67 ' SECOND SECTION GQFGITYS WATER RECALLS DERTAKIfJG -lottrirrei ranch. IrrtLOS AOS' 1 ' " ... I'V ,urood water out ol the aiue- ir the owens Valley liOU miles . .1.. hrines back into the 'A,me oi tUe most spectacular cu- '.: ai-liicvemra" nmn', 1 i I'ulletin from the Washington. . .... t-tAri of the National I L ' . C..,.ift7. 'construction ot Nenr york's " ..,. works iiivnlvpri D",1B . "... ( lnho, and - t"'er ." ,h h-.ll.tin. "hut -if. com"""" ri-m-itic element of conuerins a 'In m lacking. Kven the cnitiu- Jmt icKmiiirvs --- bIOS: t r,.hen canals was lii'tA in the construction of the Tcooduit that snakes way for l-Lilet. to !ive-t a river acr.sa the "rt throiich mountains and over VTonder canyons that the residents (, .real en? yiwyliave abundant water. River uoittg w -In lDM when Los Angeles found ... fur nficld for an i,iti!l water supply, 'oat of llu! ... iiiror. hidden away liehiiid jifrae - -- -ituins and deserts, was coins lo .. )u-na Lake, n Bait water 'Lasivo from which it was lost by if.rtion. Only a few ranchers ,4 in tlic vaucy auu m ...... 'rfitsof most of these were bought i br the city. Later the watershed tit river in the high Sierras was it iside by the federal government . i forest reservation. -More tlian ?20.000,000 wa spent . .k. flitr nn its aotieduct and fin air of iuOO men was kept busy. iMitruction Btarted in xsoventoer, SW, ami water was delivered to no r,.m Hie comnleted aouedlH't iiihiu four years. In order to bring .i. ' u lv from ita far-away writ the city's engineers had bored ..r tnnnpl. und hact built lu aire of Btcel siphons and concrete r.Mt ilej of canal and KIT ailtl of concrete-covered conduit. Fed By sierras -ti. n-nnB VhIIp.- from wliictt Los Jtltlts' water starts on its long iM-desert journey, is a narrow cien lie Sierras. ScveD miles will spaa almost any point, io the easi nro the brown Inyos, to the innraril the white Sierra. This lat- rsuge of mountains forms tne f il.o l!niti! States. Mount IVKtoey, snow-capped monarch of them all, rises to a height ot i-i,-i f...t 'I'wciitv.tliree other peaks iitd 13,300 feet in elevation. -Alum thu Sierra the snows lie top ihrough the yenr. From the we ol ;io streams debouch anil pour ( invon. itiver from a drainage ma of iSUO square miles. To in- site a water free Iroin aiaan, i-o Juries went So miles above the units of the river to build the intake ,1 the auueduet. The first i2 miles, mn the intake to the toe of t ic Ala amt foothills, is in the form of a ml ."HJ feet wide and lO.feet deep, uifmented and at a slightly higher Otillii.n than the river. It is near lit rod ot this open canal that rancli m diverted the canal water back iio the river bed. Works For Keep fulling off the flow of the t.ouc ittidiil not menu all immediate stop ,lt.o( water flowing into the l.os ncrln mains. At llniwee, atew kltjsoiilh of Owens Lake, is a bas;n wing 15 s.piare miles where a re w supply of water, i kept, tin t twrthci n side of the Cast Range hi 1...S Angeles is another reser nujuil suiilh of tli; rnngc arc oth- r.. Tb loss of tiro water is a set a m-Jller to the city, however, be :m the p:ii-t two years hiiu- been i.nruiallv dry. Tlnj coiinal flow is Vni.liiiii gallons per day. bnt it fell w year to less than JI,KMI. EUGENE, tOHEOON, SATI HDAY EVENING. HECEMHEH 20, 1924 EIGHT PAGES m 143 An Escape From Peking T T . W m m m With Valuable Treasures For The University of Oregon Museum , By Gertrude Bass Warner. in IVkltsg. The tVrgusotis liatl iuta d their b.! vh&uged tiwir of Ihint o that tat u Twnihi, ii wcranary Wiry rtntW gt'i along will) f iPMiinJ thai prcawjsrp I hare wrtttfn jrou bow difficult it H? Paid was for us to reach Peking from Tientsin because I'liang So-Lin wan moving his army and his suppUp getting ready to attack the govern- i capital We werr glatl to find room at thp ' 1 i,p 'I'nmtito body was ealkd t- One more it c&mr p and returned Hotel de Wagona lata because it is ; SptiiPr- The natilonals from each at uiglit. Wp thouglit tJist w wouM in the Jrgatioii quarter, and just t'MlI1tT ere rnrefnlly listed. There j go on the sreond trip. Dr. Ferguson across tho street is one of thp cn-j"'0 -Amerunna who might have wna opposed. ii said, "Vow may go 5 fire, beside the one in the fcitvhen. , he trtmght to get that train thrnngh f kiwit ot on hand WtiuM only allow ae gt, it arrival MtuiUy that iiiub. (I IVkiug ihet are no uisht at 7U) and left At -k & ju. Jun j fnrnaceji, ( the rooms are hvatt-d by duy moruiug. tntiie irn stovenK To g ma the InternatHai tras it atr8l frVng is in leagn? with Sv- ' tHwary tn g tu or lsalwu. ' ifi itusnia. The forc gi rerun wnt armed with aKriji. fjirh jerin 'has etnhljNhed jtseif jjot in a J,e- aiiy maitig the request, there nlwmM j gatioa lik the tthr foreign po be nn gwstion as to who wnt aHmrd.1 j ers hut to an emhassr- In the J. 1 W? fr? meh given a MrifHt Ui gs mi i.,.,, !h varrer an amoassaiior fakes iiir train, iae new $ivvwnmvui Actitnliuc to draped over the front of the engine j Pr"dmri over a ntniatpr. and the. very nrarb on the alert to m that betnpeu the was "nld eUrv" ami nn tho xitl j 'm is full of possibilities. J wo nnmnrs of the M vvTmwrnt gs a , IJovd-t'arar in the Amerun rsr.jtmmrt that thut Jfl lh-r hulm$ut, vfof of httrua- rfciwg to r?ht Msrrfl TVu, Tfowld tionul Lmv, tvAciwH jh up of ilip mn-: aAv&iu-iut. not rrtreatins. Vo rrfp! trances to our American legation--; "'n into our i.egamoii if the and we could always give the flag ( Srnmcnt side should nay to tlener just inside the oat i-nnce a silent greet- , t '11 No -vmi don't" and there me i a nam vnmu ine csty. 9 ( Tfin 1. While Chang So-Lin was preparing to attack the government forces, withl It WOtl 111 he ftflfA tn n lAilnin .'.I 1. ii wouin always oe j and atarted back two hon iM'nitjuic io get away. imbiisi me ranroan net ween t ic a "ihi vinrv" n Didi and the tea nmst be kent J Kmrlislr Vmnrh m,,a inon01In fi I Ta government ' party dki say ! tiiuifB r tttm shal Wu'g army was started for IVking. Ome more tieneral Feng left the ciJys this time to fight lijs old chief. through and again you, may be tirnM back ther is fighting all along the We watched the oidiers as they marched out through the city gate. houM g?i away iti dguhic. Aboard at Nlghl In oritur to make sure f our places, w o went aboard the night before, fchortly aftvr thci train canoe in. Thef was- a car for the IMglaH niiuiter, an American car, two Brit ih cars, n dining car. n baggage ear. varsities in She and 1 ocru- along . the t-vmntry was ansolntely ita pied a comftartntrnt, while Mrs. s-Jr4. At the liiAl rtttess fe tu atul Jim VtU'r bad a wctjoa m Wir, awl a few &hIm !arryij the open car, Jt was a second cla " sapplk'!. Suddenly trark, rrack, ear. The seats Everest with ieaihtv trarfc, crark. Th advance Bg"'c was without fiSM4dis or rig, tut ieep . fcing fired upn as s naf to tap iug arttmw3aifS. wa;t, tbea adrance Vremh jtiddiern boib from France nntil fired upon again. The InteTna and Annam. Tomnnies. gurs in hs&d. tiona, train was sot pede4, and th kept goii(g hack sutl hrik all tbfwuglt J wldttr!f d:d uot I" r;c?r K-hat o lh u f tlic f'reigu flags J1yifl iu'ie- It bad been expected that Marshal j pendent ty iwrr the eogiue. After Win forces wouM puh pners ' roupl of these nsnoast eier t'eag's rl?r ul flosec to ths cilf i iutc oir edgioe CkifH, refue4 unul lie wouhl he forcetrto laic fc-jii ct up from his prostrate pnsjtiou fnge injidn the city walls. Th n i imd mn the engiwe. Jne of o5r when food gave the city woWJ Amerkan ffics twk tis !. iurrender. Travel Slowly i We went very slowly, a detached j engine ahead, mith r'uplih tnsrmes. Bag on Trick A fnMtade, a mi. We. wer hurting at au elevation ,of more "ia Ittl feet above seil-level the nwlHfe unlet is still lir.nii feel h'h nhin l.ia Angeles when it reaciieh (.'ohm Unngc. Hydroelectric m have been fstJiblialied nt p-iinu vhiB twenty or thirty mile of the '"rami the wntcr, , nlrealy vnlunhie '"plf. is made to contribute, values il"'er Hint some day may entirely 'itahnrM- the city for its larpe out T fr (lie apieduct project." Prince Of Wales Drives While His Chauffeur Sleeps 't-'NIiu.y I),.,., 20. OP) The nn '"'"V rwuiils nt cDgagoinents vbicb l'riii, i-f vle )8 called upon m 'till oden J.-niaml ibe long hmirs of ''T "ii tltr part ot fii servant and '''oilatiu, it n prin. ia uniforiii- a imp oi'cnsmn (lie iiriiicc arrivpii in (lir rarly bnrs f Ibc morn l'r ii isj djy nml tutil hi uitlf.ir he onll rciirc hi -nr ot "ti'l i (. wantofl to go liiintine ;"o:ni (,a,)r,n- f)B rnanffran'i the uriin- iDuirrtl tbp rrnsin ' it. rlmuffeur replied that "'ill not Imve tim to olenn thi" th prince replied with 'n't tmubli! to clean it. I ll drive "tNES HALL BURNS ''iTTl.K. Dec. 20. Minea ball. ,.. lT fir cauned bj defective v.? " "nine room of tbe I'ni- 'J rebuilt. Miluer Jlaberti. dean ' er,.fffc ... . j "b-rt, ,, i . tt. it an tif mit,; li-i . 'enj Do iusurau'.r. It wa. the object uf moving on to leiiiiiB, Oeneral KenR, the t'hristian general.) was given the task of blocking him. j We reached l'eking in the'midst of i the preparations automobiles, horses mules, cars, everything in sij;ht was commandeered including the men who drove them. Flags Employed Our rickshaw coolies requested American flags to he placed on our rickshaws to protect them andjia. ' Every foreigner flew his flag on any thing and everything that belonged to him, as n warning to the recruiting officers to keep their hands off. General M tin! he's guards the Chinese protection for the Legation Quarter, patroled the southern quar ter of the city in groups of five. Wheu Cietieral Feng's army left, there was a sigh of relief but about this time the Chinese merchants be gan to consider what would happen if General Feng's army should be de-, f eg ted and trunks, boxes, baskets, chests of drawers, every eonceirable kind of a receptacle, was filled with merchandise and taken to the shelter- , nig wings of some foreign frteud, iu the T,egfion Quarter. ISimultaneoiis ly the .Chinese began to send their; women and children to our hotel for refuge. Our first realisation that the ! supplies were low, came when the marmalade which is a part of every Englishman's breakfast gave out: then the butter-lard was substituted. Also although the cold weather had set in, out hotel was not heated. We wore our winter coats in our rooms. t News of Capture j Then two weeks ago, on November ; 0, as I sat in the lobby of our hotel, ; waiting for Mrs. White the I'rincess der Ling Dr. Ferguson came in "Where are you gotugi'" "On an er rand outside the city wall with Mrs. ; White" "Don't you go. The city . was captured last night by Feng'a ! troops railroads, telegraph, and tele- ' phone have been stopped and the city j is guarded in sections so that tio one j shall get nway" lnt Ueneitfll Feng? . I asked. He has deserted the govern- ! ment party and-iaincd 4miee 'with Chang Tso-liug Stay in the Legation Quarter," He waited until 1 had promised. ' We. as well as the Chinese were , considering the possibility of Chang Tso-Lin's soldiers looting the city, and were starting to gather in our Mus- ' eum things. Mrs. White and I were going to a Chinese tailor in the Chin- ese city, outside the walls of the Man-' ch 11, or Imperial city, where I bad left an imperial coat, brought from my ooiiectioH at home, to be made up.. In the case of looting, everything in the shop including that coat would be . lost. ft I Turned Back ! Mrs. White felt that tdie, a Man elm princess, coulld go where she lik ed, and started in her car. IShn went a block, n far ns the city gate, and was turnod back. We were ,uitc short of funds, and not knowing what might be ahead of up, I went to the international bank, located in the Legation Quarter, for money. The Chinese, ferritin that the gor ! ermneiil money might become jnvnltd, ' were making a run on all the hanks, demanding silver in the place of their psiper money. The Chinese banks promptly ch.d their doors. In the ) inclosed secr'nm, set asHc for their Chinese depositors in the Interna M tonal bank, (line was a seething mass ; of people all calling nt once to at- tenet (he atlention of the clerks, and jget their paper money changed to j silver. The young man who waited ! on me unid they would not have to 1 close their doors, as they hod millions in their vaults, j Go After Porcelain In the meantime, Mrs. Sea ton and I Mrs. I'ottnr had taken the bit in their teeth and gone in another direc- tion fr the porcelains that I had left with the denier to be packed. Two trips brought them all hack to onr htel. The Legation Quarter is the safest nart of tht city. It is ; guarded from ibe inside bx the mar- ; inrs from all the Legation d from without so we thought hy tJeneral Munthe's troops. Hut no, when the Hy was captured the Chinese guard were incarcerated and only allowed j to go out one at ft time after a wearing allegiance to their captors, I General Feng said he would main ' tain order and there should be no j looting. Two would-be looters were promptly decapitated and their heads, j each in its box was exposed at the ' city gate as a warning. No one emild ' go in or out of the city on that ntay 'no trains, no telegraph, no telephone, i no mail it was hermetically sealed except far one, means of rommunica ! tion Onr American Legation has a j wireless and sent word of our plight to the world. The president of the republic wa Nmder ftiard in his place. One nffi ! Hal was locked in the pelhir of tien 1 era! Feng's h"u'e. being held for ran j som. The rest of the officials of the I old government came into the Lega tion Quarter, where ther were-hy ' treat immune. They flocked into the Hotel de Wagons Lift until ev ; try available nook and corner was 1 taken. Some came down to the din , ing room fr their metis but mot nf 'them, considering discretion the bet ter part of valour, stayed in hiding in their rooms. The hall and stairs iwere crowded with Chines children. ; a many girls a- bojs, 1 was happy to , When, in Tokin, we talked or the pro- and cms of cominf IVkin iwitb J. Balltutiue, uuf ViwCoiwuL Train Is Sent After a few Java an "Intermitinnsl train was sent up from Tientsin with guards, mad and a reinforcement track if you are turned back yon ' were singing our uymns, ; f,wr cnr ,fr the (mnk To j bl, hmkms Jr hvmbs and dtf-jmnirmm wvrn im will have lost your places in this ho- I , . French Captain lWtraud in rummaiuh j railed tracks. j the track ahead. A rejwft fTom ns tel in the Legation quarter. We wu)d j Mltstr Traaafarra ,Th1 cars vor(, Uot j,pfli The lem-1 Ai n. iu- e fame to tbe first ih&l ihy should te Traanrrd met take you in. but how about Mrs. $ At this juncture the lieisian min- peratuve considerably below , trenches. Thve Jong r.igr.ag trfEH-hs, j lft Tptoxn that if we 'Ki.bei to gt Seaton and Mrs. lotter?" j tster was orlewl to transfer to an- freeing. We tohM see ow btetUhe. j some tliMuuce 4n, rutimug at nghl I. xtti, we coM gJ tt tk itxmt Lack Fyal Ana Food ;Mer p.st. l(te iturtiotiat trato ' Our cruu&s octng wttcjy umtseti m angles wtin our uaca. mere was boi of soldiers for the Legations. The j There is shortage of fuel and food ' was again sent from Tientsin to take the baggage car. we found Mrs. j sign of life in any of tin. Tbst Cntiftnd m VlXh' iixft WETHERBEE -POWERS 1 I ViPEta. m ETHERBEE -POWJBS Electrical Appliances GIFTS OF WELCOME It you haven't thought of some electrical gift for the home, you have forgotten the most im portant one of all. Hero are a few suggestions: Percolator Sets Priced ...... .$17.50 to $40 Waffle Irons at. . .$15 Electrical Toasters ...$6,75 to $9.00 Electric Percolators .$15.50 to $22.50 Electric Irons at ' $6.75 Electric Sweepers . . . $35 to $58.50 BUY GIFTS Pay Next Year f V- - IMC. ! Smoker Stands , For The Man Who Smokes The man who smokes will appreciate a smoking, stand, cabinet, or .table, and will think more of it ' the longer he uses it. Some of these stands have . humidors some are without them. Hundred here to select from, and styles to suit every demand. $3.50 Stand Smoker with Handle, $2.45 $10 Smoker Equipped Drawer, $7.35 $20 Mahogany Cabinet Sioker, $15 $3.50 Pedestal Smoker, $2.45 One Dollar Delivers Any One You Choose Scatter Size Rugs ARE IDEAL HOME GIFTS Colonial Bag Bugs for tho chamber deep pile Axminster Hugs for front of the fire place or in the Imll or perhaps, v reversiblo Chenille Rug all make fine gifts for the Jieart of tho home. 36x70 Axminster Bap, $10.75 24x38 Oval Bag Bags, $4.50 27x54 Wilton Bags, $16,75 Send Home a Davenport A Gift for the Entire Family Model in Mohair $107 The name "BirehfieM" stands for all that is Iwsl in upholstered furniture, and tim new .model at iho special price embodies all the "Birciifield" quali ties. It is built of fine materials and covered in high-grndo mohair in either plsiin or figurrd, Tho deep .spring construction, the splendid design of tho frame, recommends it as a real piece for .Christ mas giving. Overstuffed CHAIRS Arm and Wing Back Styles Covered in Velours, Denims and Tapestries Hugo, comfortable overstuffed chairs, with' spring -backs and spring filled, loose cushions that will add comfort and beauty to any Jiving room on Christ inns morning. Tho stylos offered this .week at tho special prices embrace both the wing back and arm iylt?s, .and are displayed in fine coverings of velours, taposiries and denims. The saving on them this week is exactly 25, ' ''lil A Sale of Cedar Chests Make Her a Real Gift Them is nothing ijuite so personal ns the gift of a Bed Cedar ('!ik!, for, in it he keeps all of her most treasured possessions. The cost nf one now is nom inal, for innny nre lowered in priee until Christmas. Plain clients, copier-trimmed chests, in sizes from 36 to f4 inches are featured. $21.50 Western Red Cedar Chet for $16.00 $13.50 Western Red Cedar Chests for $ 9.00 Delivers Any One Dollar Chest You Choose Choose Your Christmas VICTROLA At Wetherbee-Powers No Down Payment ; Many Models to CHOOSE FROM - Console, Upright, Cabinet, Portable Priced from P5 l 250 WE FEATURE THE Victrola Exclusively NO OTHER MAKES Assuring You of a Victor Service a Com pleteness of Stocks and a Skilled Victor Attention. This Newest , Console Victrola $150 Ho Down Payment We Charge No Interest SPINET DESK FOR HER THE PERSONAL GIFT $.'!0 Spinet Desks in Colonial .Style ... Windsor Style Spinet Desks $23.50 $28.50 "ETHERBEE -POWERS X CAST MIMTH AND OAK J $12.50 Walnut and Chamber Chairs and Rockers Ivory Finished 6.95 PrelJy UMJe rhumbw nr iit-witis thir nd teste! wh ra teabt, tilceiy flnlahod Jn tiiher ltory iti1 w mit nu, utfercd whli juniar Uta l thi moat ntnawA price.