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GRANTS PASS DAJl.Y (VIKlk'H
Painting Adds Value to
Home and Preserves Wood
¿fe EARTH
* living conditions that prosperity cm
pro.luce.
Belter living conditlOM Involv« th«
thoughtful ««pension of tb«
syst«n> which would pro««ct h<
all of ua, humble as well as rich, and
| assure us that they will remain home*.
Those better living conditions, <>l
.'oursc, relate to homo and coauuunjty
sanitation, ao that we buve clean wa-
: tor and proiwr dl»i> »«l of vuo «ml
proper attention to disease condition»
and to their prevention. They relate
also to the larger aspects of recre
ation. ae that If America actually be
come« what it may easily be, no man.
no woman, no family will need to
travel many tn Hee te rwneb a public
recreation spot tn community, In coun
ty. In state, in aatl<W, that is Just a»
muc* tbeirs as It is the property of any
body else.
J. HORACE McFARiaND,
President American Civic Association.
1‘«tntlng s«r\r» three very funds
nwatal purposes. It prvtMts th«
woodwork. It add« cash value to th«
home «nd let, making th« home ai>
asset to th« commuutty, and U
tabllshes a firmer credit rating for
your home
Any banker Mil tail you that wall
painted buildings are an indication
ot thrift Appearances In many casM
tuay m ake or break Cb« buahuMS
transaction.
Exposed wood quickly deteriorates
Prolonged Degtoct will menu a repair
bill. Paint la by tar cheaper than re
pairs.
I’alnt ha« a curious effect. Many
an architectural eyesore has been en
tirely changed within the space of a
few days and has become sn asset In
stead of a liability to the community
and Its owner. On th« other hand
It
many an architectural masterpiece
has been ruined beyond bop« of repair
Takes to
by the lack of paint used at the right
When may plaster be painted? Is •
time.
fucati on frequently asked of the bo-
reau at standards. To that qnwUoi
the bureau has made answer tb<it
Ourselves
painting may begin as soon as
Living Conditions plaster
1« thoroughly dry. But
That the United States la entering answer raises the question of
another era of prosperity, fortunately length of tltti« required for th« plaster
Bet connected with th» business of to dry.
J
wr. but the result of Inherent sound
The drying of plaster Is Important
•gas, la quit« apparent.
not only as It affects painting opera
That w« ew« duties t« all tb« world tions, but also in lu relation to the
by reason of our strategically fortu erection of wood trim, ami ixcauee of
nate position has been ao continually Its effect on the time required for eon- I
dinned Into tb« ears of our citizen» structlen projects.
A slow-drying
that th« «verag« man. when h« hears plaster may delay completion of the '
another "call to duty," will mutter, work, end thereby cause financial low
•Oh. yes,” and will, promptly and to the contractor, or it may delay the
probably proparly, forget It.
occupancy of owner or tenant.
|
But as we do enter this era of pros
In order to determine the time re
perity, which never happens like a quired for the dry of different kinds of ,
thunderstorm, but creeps up on one, plaster under atmospheric conditions, .
it is not amiss to point out that we tbe bureau has designed special «quip- ,
owe some duties to ourselves Individ ment which is now In proces» of con
ually and as a nation. We owe onr- struction In the bureau's shops. Tbe |
Mlves better living conditions. We researrfi work will begin as soon as !
ewe the world an example of the best the equipment Js available tor use.
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To Determine Time
Dry Plaster
We Owe
Better
Roof of the “Straight" Street In Damascus.
(prepared by th» National Cleoaraphlc So-
clety, Waahluton. D. C.)
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'"•? Bnd 80 the world knows this Shad«
If Adam and Eve returned to our as Tyrian purple.
Tyre deserves more than a glance
^tinning sphere they could step Into
an American autotuoblle and cowan ute frotn tbe motorist. U was built on s
between the Gurden of Eden and rocky leland with the sea for a moaL
Phoenicians erected walls 150 feet
•paradise on earth.”
This Is no mere figure of speech, be- high around their stronghold and from
«ar.se Christians place Eden in the this port dispatched their sailors who
Cuphrates valley near Babylon, while are said to have been the first to steer
Mohammedans
consider
Damascus by the stars. More than 2.000 years
*T>aradis« of the eartb,” and now Da before Vasco da Gama Tyrian mari
mascus and Bagdad, Just over the way ners circled Africa, striving at the
from Babylon, have been linked by a "Gates of Hercules,” as GHuraicar was
passenger transport using motor cars called- A colony of Tyrians, fleeing
court intrigues, settled Carthage.
•Made in the United States."
On to Beirut and the new EasL It
. The station-caller for the new rub- '
ber-tired caravan is a likely candidate has a monument to the Twentieth cen
for conductor on the Magic Carpet. tury; the American college overlook
Here 150
Before the sun peeps over ML Carmel ing the Mediterranean.
the head gasoline sheik pokes his head American Instructors teach Persians,
fo the door of the best hotel at Haifa, Greeks, Syrians. Arabs, Egyptians, Ar
Jerusalem's Mediterranean port, and menians and the Turks In the same
probably shouts Jn stentorian traln- classrooms. Their heritage of mutual
distrust Is here converted to friendship
«aller tones:
“All aboard for Bagdad! Stops made by hard knocks on the football field.
To Damascus, the “Paradise.”
St Sidon, Tyre, Beirut. Mt. Lebanon
Along the shore route the blue of
Pa as , Damascus, Ramadi, and points
past, leaving Haifa Saturday, 10 a. m„ the sea contrasts with the snow of the
Lebanons and, leaving Beirut, the auto-
arrive at Bagdad noon Monday.”
ka nn
If it is not tbe Magic Carpet, it cer- ^¡*¡¿1^ suirt Xor tlw X&mous
tetaly is • near approach to that ban ths road that ex-Kalser Wilhelm
pung mode of transportation. Even traveled on his theatrical Eastern tour
tn 1914 Haifa was almost a month not many years ago. Olive orchards
from Bagdad by overland travel, and clothe tbe mountain side as of old, but
three weeks of that month had to tie tbe famous cedars are few. Solomon
«pent in tedious, racking camel-travel. and his kith and kin failed to think of
But the hotel entrance discloses no 1 future generations when they cut tim
planes; only three sleek American ber for temple«. When Mohammed
motor ears purring like great cats, and saw Damascus from the pass which
the motor cars mount in the lesser
« view of the blue Mediterranean.
These three motor cars traveling Lebanons he cried out “I dare not go
twice a week between Haifa. Damas in. Man can enter paradise but once,
cus and Bagdad are the latest Jolt to and If I go into Damascus, this para
the changing and changed East. It dise on earth, I shall not be able to
means that products of American me- enter paradise thereafter.” But the
thanlcal genius have conquered what traveler from the Occident will prob
ts probably the oldest trade route ably exclaim, “Beautiful, Isn't It? I
known to man, the sandy waste be hope they have a good hotel,” and take
tween the Holy Land and the rich a snapshot.
Damascus may be compared to Mon
«alley of the twin rivers, Tigris and
Euphrates, where Babylon raised her treal, Richmond, Virginia, or Albany,
gnlghty towers.
New York. They are at the head of
Less than twenty year« ago ances- water navigation—Damascus Is the
tors of these motor cars which cover head of desert navigation. Travelers
TOO miles of desert in two days and cannot escape this significance as the
a half, were snapped up by New York three dusty cars throttle down to push
Sportsmen if they could chug around Into tbe traffic of “the street called
a half-mile board track without stop Straight” where Ananias met Paul.
ping. Wbet wonder that the shuffle- Tbe street Is practically a direct line
tooted camels, masters of this desert between tbe south gate and the north
trail for more than 0.000 rears, elevate gate «nd is said to be the only straight
their noses In painful disgust when street In Damascus. It Is domed with
Akron (Ohio) tires throw sand In their a continuous semi-circular iron roof,
errs.
high enough for a “man on a camel
with spear.”
Motoring Through Historic Land.
A riot of sounds and smells enliven
London Is brought within 10 days of
this corridor. Fez-capped merchants
Eugdad by the new transport which
shout tiie marvels of their candies;
now carries mail as well as passengers.
Travelers can connect with the service brass workers, cross-legged, work their
at Haifa by train from Alexandria or trade when not exhorting. Turbaned
of the desert market cucumbers
ship directly to the port of Beirut and sons
three feet long; rug merchants. Ice i
Join the caravan there. The motor
cars, tn addition to three expert chauf cream salesmen, lemonade men, peddle
feurs, carry a motor mechanic and their wares. Everyone has heard of i
also, on reaching the true desert, an the famous Damascus swords. Here
Arab skilled iu politics as well as they are for sale but they are “Made ,
gravel. Leaving Haifa, on the Bay of in Germany.” Other “antiques" come
from Manchester.
Acre of Crusader faiue, the csrs de
Caravans Halt There.
scend directly to the sand beach. This
As head of desert navigation Da
affords one of the finest motor roads in
fhe world. So closely do the cars hug mascus Is the halting place of many
the ahore that waves often lap the caravans. Men and camels alike re
fresh themselves In the sparkling ’
svheels.
Before reaching Tyre, Gibraltar of mountain stream of the town. It is
tbe ancient world, and Sidon, Its one kn jwd to Bedouins and Moslems alike i
time New York, the swift cars must as “The Pearl of the Desert." Rail
turn inland to evade dunes. But u roads run on three most Important an
perfect pike awaits them, for Allenby's cient routes out of Damascus today
Chicken-wire road stretches before the and the new motor transport follows
motorists. When the English fought the fourth—to Bagdad. One goes north
to Aleppo, another west to Beirut and
the Turks In Palestine they found that
a third to Mecca. The latter carries
prosaic wire mesh would support a
fflvver in the sand, and it is this same thousands of pilgrims each spring.
One of a party of four women who
srar road which the passenger trans
recently made the trip reports only one
port uses.
inconvenience, the prohibition of wash
Tyre, and Sidon, whose destruction ing before lunch because of tbe neces
Ezekiel most aptly pliophesled and sary economy with water. About thirty
which Jesus declared were but little miles out of Damascus the cars are
better than wicked Sodom, look inno right In the heart of the desert. The
cent enough today. Like Los Angeles ground Is even and very hard, so that
«nd San Francisco, these two ports It Is possible to bowl along at a rapid
carried on an ancient feud for suprem pace. Ther.e Js no defined road, but
acy. Today MJ don Js tli« largest. It the same track will be followed each
exports thnusiUKls of cnacs of orange« journey and very soon It is expected
end tigis of olives from the fruitful there will be a marked route. Baring
gyrlan plain. Ancient Sldonese ex delays the convoy bounces along on
tracted a beautiful purple dye from the cobblestones of the city of the
lledilerrunean shellfish but tbe copy "Arabian Nights" by noon of the third
right laws were loose In Solomon’s day from Haifa.
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Clean,' Sanitary Pen" With
Concrete Feeding Floor
Maintenance and National Service
ATT re js both (he ally and
the enemy of the tele
phone. One ot’ her force*, elec
tricity, carries the voice of man
afar. Others, as Hood, tornado
or sleet storm, can cripple com
munications in a large area
through theirdevastating might.
Each pair of telephone wires
in the Bell System is a pathway
for reciprocal speech. When
beaten down by the uncontrol
lable forces of nature, that path
way to fifteen million telephones
is blocked, and none of the na-
fiodi’d voices can paw that way.
Reserve materials must be on
hand, that storm damage may be
repaired without delay. Ade
quate funds must be made avail
able so that the cost of rcstora-
cion may be met.
National telephone service
is only possible through an or
ganization capable of handling,
on a nation-wide basis, the prob
lem of maintenance as well as
of operation.
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The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
BELL SYSTEM
One Policy
PLANS FOR DEFENSE
Paris, April 2
(A. P.) —"Na
tional mobilization" Is the official
title of a bill which the French gov
ernment has Just submitted to par
liament for adoption and which in
cludes a detailed plan for the "gen-
oral organization of the nation 1«
time of war.”
Sponsored by President Milla-
rand, Premier I’oincaire and Minis
tère Maunoury, De Lasteyrin, Mag
inot. Raiberti,
Le
Trocquer and
Sarraut, the bill Is for the purpos«
if "studying at once a formula of
national organization susceptible to
be applied without delay, or prelim-
Inary trial in
the
event of war
breaking out.”
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to th«
subject of building work on the farm,
tor the reader« of thja paper. On ac
count of his wide experlMice ae Editor,
Author and Manufacturer, he 1«. with
out doubt, ‘lie highest authority on all
these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1 «27
Prairie avenue. Chicago, Ill., and only
Inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Sanitary farming has shown us that
the hog is not ttie dirty animal of tbe
past and that it thrives better If clean
living conditions exist. Types of
houses such as shown in the accom
panying photograph are steadily re
placing the mud puddles end clay
holes of tbe past.
Here Is a thoroughly modern barn
capable of holding ten pigs or hogs,
Isolating them so that they will not
interfere with each other. The sep
arate stalls are provided wtlh In
dividual feed troughs. As fanners
know, hogs will run up and crowd
out the weaker animals at feeding
time. This method of feeding is dan
gerous as well as wasteful and the
scientific fanner who keeps a record
of feedings will not use It. The better
method of individually feeding the
animals allows the farmer to keep a
record and thereby watch each animal.
Also, In breeding, many of the litter
are In constant, danger of the row , for
she will He down without looking. If
a clean barn of this style houses Iter,
the young ones are given a better
chance.
The barn is 24 feet by 31 feet, hav
ing a concrete feeding floor 6 feet
One System
Unrearaal Service
can furnish the supplementary m«-
Men have just recently completed
painting the domo of lbo White
The blU provUua tor the Jmiuu-
dlut- mobilisation of all actlvltl*»
ik-stlned "to assure tbe production
ap a huge arnUe nil axaMWts. am
munition and material af all nature
mecessnry to the armed forces.”
This includes tbo Immediate adapt
ation "to a atate of war" ot all
methods
of
communication
nn<l
transportation,
postal, telegraphic,
telephonic and wireless,
and rail
road». shipping,
automobiles and
airplanes.
♦
H oum .
>e««*-«*dP«pn-eeeee«eeeee«««
J Mary Succeeds
on Main Street
By LAURA MILLER
<. l»ll Mr Leur* Millar
COTHAM,
SHORT-CHANGE
ARTIST
' The turn taken by the war o<
Am rna more Mileraated In panel«
1914-1918 at the very outaet found
the provisions, generally admitted yr uiiuga? Would you rattier accumu
as effective before 1914, to be de- late friends or dollar bills? That la
"It be practically the way a successful young
Detent,” the bill begins,
woman lawyer puts the question of
came necessary later ou lo inipro- I
......... The
.................
city vs. town.
town, .....................
she 1» sure,
vise, under pressure of circumstan «ffers more friendships. The city rosy
ces, a completely new organization, | give you a higher pile of cash—If you
the realization of which was both gucceed above the average. Other
slow and difficult.
wise ttie city short-clianges you botli
' ways, she believes.
wide running the length of the build
"Thus
tbe
government
has
If actions apeak louder Uian words,
ing and on both sides. The value of a thought it to be its duty to study
it is slgnllloatw tlMit fieasle Nmueutu.
concrete floor cannot be too thorough immediately the situation which A. B. A M„ J.L Bv f*«l Meta foappn
ly emphasized. 'Hie thrifty farmer would be created
in case of a new (that's the aebolaretilp one, you know),
will see the advantage of this over the
conflict,
In 1914 It was expected «ntlonnl president of Kappa Alpha
wood floor In many ways. All of the
Thetn (that's a social one that's said
feed will be eaten and nx>ne is lost that the war would be purely r mlL
to take in only brains plus good
itary
one,
and
that
the
decision
between the boards. This floor may be
looks), moved from Washington to
easily cleaned and naturally will out would be reached In a very short
Oklahoma City and Okl«hoiuu City to
last the wooden floor. It la far more time-
In
consequence,
salvation
flot Springs, Ark.
sanitary. Since It Is quite a bit more appeared only in the Intensification
The moves were dictated by any
expensive Jn the Initial cost, tbe bam of the production of military weap
thing but fear of failure. In Wash
here given may have a wooden floor. I ons of great power and the ammuni
ington, Miss Newsom, with all her de
Individual swinging doors to each
tion peceqsary to them, The renew- grees accumulated before she was
pen swing out upon the feeding floor
al apd maintenance ot the life o( twenty-four, became a member of a
and allow the animals an exit.
«uccesaful flrm and was mude an «»■
Sufficient light la allowed to enter; the nation was looked upon as a
gociate member of tbe legal and ad-
secondary
matter.
”
to allow the owner to clean and sani
risory war board of the city.
tize thoroughly and a door at each end
TbU proved to be a capital error,
In Oklahoma City, a place on th«
aids In donning and sweeping up. A the bill goes on, and during 5}
•late Itemocratlc speakers' bureau, so
very good plan, an uddition, would be
inoaths the belligerents were called income above the average «alary, a
to build a corn crib at the rear ao
upon
to drgw extensively from all practice that brought her "warmth of
that the feed would be easily ac
Reception und geriulne Juteraat," are a
cessible. Naturally, It 1s necessary for the latent resources ot the nation'«
few of the early successes attained.
tbe aide iu which the wludosra are ' energy.
The story In Hot Springs Is, she
placed, to face the south.
A central organization under a «ays, "just beginning to be made." A
The plan here given la simple enough
unity ot command, Ut the essential digest of Arknnsas laws is on the
so that any man who has bad expert^
(irogrnm for the near future. Her fel-
ence In carpenter work can build It. and fundamental base of the new
ow townswomen describe her as *'•
The concrete feeding floor may be plan tor national defense,
woman who has won a place for not
Irnllt by pouring eoserete over a'1
Tbe duties ot this organization
pnly herself, but for other women In
foundation of loose crushed rock or will be. In times of peace, "contili,
Though yet In her
I I public affair«.
small stones. A good consistency of u.ed and
methodical
experiment« ¡twenties, she 1« one of tbe best-in
concrete is made by adding one part with the most modern types ot ma
formed citizans of the «ntire congtry
of cement to two to three parts of
terial; the grouping together ot all pn topics of tine doj «nd aatfonnl nnfl
sand. When this is poured on th«
ln'ernsfl«o«4 nfr»lm. Wltluil »lie <■ a
crushed stone a solid slab is formed, t?ie Indispensable stocks necessary
winsome, womanly girl, and enjoya
the thinner mixture flowing between to equip and arm the military forces
the good times of her borne club •»
the small rocks. Troweling may bo ready to be sent in line at the be
done with n(straight edge board and ginning of hostilities, and permit well as the more serious affairs of
finished off with a float or hand ting them to operate under condi tier public career.”
trowel.
| tions foreseen and arranged for utp-
Small pigs are used as the essen
1441 uwli Lime as uaLiuual indualry îâa J 4>il íáí ¡' ¿ mbj *X i IMM4 mís
Herels the place
The merchant who
displays this sign is
ready to supply you
with Fuller Paint
and Varnish Products.
It’s easy to sec — a
green enamel »¡gn
with the name
FULLER in white.
Look for it — then
you’ll know where
to go when you need
the products of a
manufacturer who
has had 75 years ex
perience and makes
a “paint or varnish
for every purpose.”
FOR ANY FULLER PRODUCT CONSULT
THE NEAREST FULLER DEALER I
Valley
Hardware Co,
W, P.
FULLER 4 CO.
><M Mi,aMn Su»<-1, S* Franniero
Ï1 Drur te» la tatlie C«at CIR m
F uller
PAINTS Lhÿ VARNISHES
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