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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1920)
J ADVANTAGE ALL WITH DAVID ------T h e — -------o Scrap Book ■ ■ i i ■■ -■■■■■ ' » ■ ■ ■ ■ ' ■ I. ~ Uncle Sam Sets a Good Example Modern M ilitary Men H a v e Figured T h a t Goliath Never H a d a ) C hance to W in. « ■ ■ : P o p u la r sy m p a th y has a lw a y s been the side of David In his little bick ering with the G iant G oliath. It ought to be q u ite the o th e r way, be cause th e re never w as a m in u te when Goliath had a c hance ag a in st an agile a n ta g o n is t who could choose his own position and distance, and who wua equipped with a long-range weapon. T h is is a problem which ha s been thoroughly worked out by m odern mili tary men and naval tac tic ian s. A fight of th e kind cHn have only one re sult. * We a r e accustom ed to th in k of th e sling a s an old-world w eapon, but th e re Is no question of th e fa c t t h a t It w ’ ms in common use am ong th e n atives of Mexico. C e n tra l America an d Peru long before G oliath and David were horn. “ Dr. Philip A. M eans has been looking up (lie subject for the S m ithsonian In stitution, nnjl he says th a t th e early Spanish con q u e ro rs in A m erica found the sling a fo rm idable weapon In the h a nds of the aborigines. A S panish historian, Del Castillo, de scribing u b a ttle w ith M exican natives, w r i t e s : ‘‘As we app ro a c h e d w ith our a rm y th ey shot from above so m any stones t h a t they covered th e ground. T hey had slings an d plenty of stones, and they shot a rro w s an d sto n e s so fast th a t they w ounded five of ou r foot soldiers and tw o h o rse m e n .” In P e ru have been dug up m an y a n cient vessels th a t b e a r p a in tin g s Illus tra tiv e of com bats In which slings w ere used. X eres, a n o th e r Spanish histo ria n , de scribing the c a p tu r e of a P e ru v ia n city, says of the n a tiv e tro o p s : “ In th e v a n ’ of th e ir a rm y cam e the stlngiueu, «’ho FROM THE PREHISTORIC A G E ; on C a rl Hagenbeck’s S ta tu a ry of Monsters of the P ast Is One of the Sights of Ham burg. * 1 4 * U ndoubtedly the oddest collection of fdatuitry In the world Is t h a t of llfe- Mlzod cem ent Images of th e dinosaurs, which Carl H agenheck, th e fam ous collector of wild anim als, who supplies most of the zoos and circuses in the world, has m ade upon Ids e s ta te at Hamburg. As you probably know, th e din o sa u rs were a s tra n g e race of a n im a ls who In habited the e a rth millions of ye a rs ago, before man and th e o th e r m am m als a p peared. Some of them were much larger th an elephants. Some were harm less, grazing, c re a tu re s , but o th e rs were terrib ly carnivorous. T h e a p p e a ra n c e of the din o sa u rs Is known from fossil rem a in s which have been found, a n d Mr. H agenheck has had a c c u ra te likenesses m ade and placed In lifelike p o stu re s In a park about the edges of a little lake. If a man who knew n othing about It were to come suddenly upon th is place on a moonlight night, he would prob ably know Just how some people who do not live In dry c o u n trie s occasional ly feel, j t Pink e le p h a n ts and p u rp le k a n g a roos would be n othing to th e image of dlplodocus, the largest c re a tu r e th a t ever walked the e a rth . Mr. Hagen- beck’s cement likeness of this anim al Is (16 feet long, and Is seen quietly . grazing In a little glade. N earby u frleeratops, w ith th re e h o rns on Its head and w eighing a couple of tons. Is lust em erging from the w a te r, while a ty ra n n o s a u ru s — a c a rn iv o ro u s b ru te bigger tban a buffalo— is rep re sen te d In tile act of devouring Its prey. T h e re a re HO of the m o n ste rs and more a re to be made. YANKS WOULD NOT BE DENIED .. ------------ j Boys Made Good Aqainst Heavy Odds In the Largest Battle in Am er ican History. / T h e Argonne-Meuse buttle fought by o u r First arm y was the largest b a ttle A ncient P eru v ian P ain tin g Showing Use of S lin g in Battle. la American history, su.vs A rthur \V. l*age In W orld's Work, General P e r hurled pebbles from slings. T h e s e shing's forces engaged were about ten sllngm en c a rr y shields m ade from n a r tim es as large as those of General Lee row hoards, very small. T hey also at Gettysburg. It was a vital elem ent w ear a rm o r ju c k e ts m ade of quilted In the conquest of the G erm an forces cotton.” * an d our main contribution to the w a r ’s Many of the a c tu a l slings used by decision. T he ttrst great battle of th e | early a n d even p re h is to ric A m ericans new llrltlsli arm ies the Somme—«>«*• j have been o btained from g rav e s or ctirred m onths a f te r Great B ritain o th e rw is e recovered. T hey a r e m ade entered the war. Our arm y went Into of v arious m ate ria ls. Including hum an Its first great struggle 1M m onths a f t e r j h a ir, w o o l , llama h a ir and vegetable ou r declaration. H alf of the troops fiber. and divisional stnP's were green, and our c o r p s and a rm \ stuffs had had hut T h « Reform of a Poet. the very scanty b a ttle experience ac H a rry Kemp, “ tr a m p poet.” who left quircd In the Maine Vc-le cam paign i K a n s a s u n iversity ten y e a rs ago to under the French and our own o p e ra figure In m any esca p a d e s in the tion at Si. Mlldel. T he place to be a t F a s t and finally to become a suc tacked ' mis extrem ely difficult, an d cessful poet and playrlgbt In New Gen. von dor M arwlta and Ids tro o p s } York, has a d v e rtis e d in a L aw rence were seasoned and form idable o p p o p a p e r a request asking his c re d ito rs n e n t s . F a d e r the c.rcutnstanees it w a s of e a rlie r d ay s to get to g e th e r their Just as reasonable ft» look for a t e r r i old hills that th ey may ta k e them ble c u tas.rnphe such «s befell the B r it to a d in n e r he will give th e re s h o rt ish at Gallipoli, the French in the ly. A fter the d in n e r he prom ises (Miampavne In 1017. or the G erm ans to pay, all his old debts. A s the old In the Cham pagne In July. 101S, «s to hym n ha s It: “ W hile th e lights hold look for a decisive v icto r' * -p " e r h a p * s $ out to b u n H nful poets may re tu r n .” w o rn no. • — D e tro it !• ree Press. T h e sta te of ottr arm y would natn- | ra lly have suggested spending live or six m onths more in prep a ra tio n for such a tusk. T he s ta te of the w ar In c o n tin e n tly demanded that " e tackle th e problem Immediately In w hatever s h a p e we w ere to handle It. y H .s Occupation. “T h e y put the •«•turned soldier a t th e n o c k m a k e r s to p utting figures on th e dials.“ * ♦ “T h e n he m u s t have felt a t bom# m a rk in g tim e.” V IE W OF U. S,. C A P I T O L D U R IN G P A IN T IN G . T h e dom e of the U nilea m a t e s Capitol a t W ashington is kept in excel lent condition by paint l u ; It every few years. F o r th is work forty p a in te rs a r e steadily employed for th re e m onths' time. O ver five th o u sa n d gallons of paint a r e required for one coat. T h e reason for p a in tin g th e Capitol dom e a t re g u la r i n t e r 'u l s is to p rev e n t d isin te g ra tio n of m etallic surface.