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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1920)
I 1 'I1 1114 T I SI 14 H mmm$ t mi i m mmm ii n it a l i) n I.' II V H , If A It N 14 V (' O t V TV 0 It 13 a O N ''Ciirilii'y, May ua, tbilo VK' CONDENSED CLASSICS THE WAR OF THE WORLDS By M. O. WKLU CtnJtntelhn h AlfttJ S. Clark Herbert Qonrito Vcll, tho moot dlHCURKfld MvltiH novelist, was born ut Itrninltiy,. Knit on Srpt. 21, 1S01 tho boh of n (n moan prnfevfllmwl crlnlcot plnycr. liiullur hum an I n n k o o p o r ' u iliiUqhtcr who llitil bcrti a luily'a i-mlil before her nmr ' rlnno. The un hud ii n irrcKiilu. education, but hi wan it u I o k to learn, find at tin KU of 1R, nflor working iik iiii nt tunilant In a store, h nccuiva n post tlon nn tinlwtnnt In a irraiiuunr school. Ho ob tnlnril a Hchnlnr hip nt London unlvornlly. wan irrmlu tiMl with hlfch honors and UukIiI nclcnre in a prlvuto school. In 1893 ho boirun to writ, doing articled for, nnd lutor bocomtnrr lrrt ntlo orlUc of. the Pull Mail Umotto. Ho w"n already Intcrrntml In nodal condition nnd nn untiring; ntudent of Ketone. Tlirae two Intcrcntu ho com bined In tho rcrltH of romance that opened with "Tho Tlmri Mnchlno." In novoln nnd abort Morlra ho crentrd startling fnntUKlrn of tho future, ilia t-Uylntr hi moat ubundnnt Invention In 'The War of the Worlda." Iln oflon tlmim dlacuaaed future wan In thrie ittorlrn and his fnrrcnata worn nmnslnif ly llko what wn aeen on tho battlo flelda of Europe. In the meantime he had been writing; utoTlra ntiotit onntemporury life and beokn about aoclnl rondltlnna, Theae bo turned to more and more with tho year. Of hla Inter novcla, bristling with wit and Idt-na, thoao that have ben moat widely rend nnd dlacuaaed laclurio "Klppa." "Tono-llunjroy." "Ann Veronica." 'Tho New Mnchlavolll," "MarrlogV and "Joan and Peter." hla latent novel. Moat popular of ull waa -Mr. Ilrltllnit Beca It Through." gen rally regarded na the beat war novel written in Kngllah. faaaaaK? aay 'aaaBui WHAT I nmrvcl nt now, when I recall tho (layi when tho Martians. wero speeding eMrthwnrd, In our unconcern. Tho nkles wore peopled with incredible rvll, with unimaginably repulsive Monsters armed with superhuman weapons. Tho rutastrophle Things were hurtling on, covetous f our Kvf iKr mill wiirmor plunet, and Invert wandered through Kngllsh tunes, with no thought of tho Hwlft and scorch leg death uhovu their houds. Through u telescope, I hud watched one of tho colossal squirts of flutno on tho rim of the tiny, red planet. It did not occur to nio that these gRfo ouh Join nccoinpuuled the firing of h mighty gun that had launched ten luare cylinders Into spare. Learning to rlilo it hlcyelo Interested mo more than eruption on Mars. The planet Kceined po remote. Forty million Tnlles nwuyl Ogllvy, the astronomer, found the flint messenger. Ho had wen It fall lug and supposed It a wandering mete orite, hut It.s shupo surprised him. II wus cylindrical, fully 'M yards ucron tho cxpoK'd face. It wim ho hot that ho could not yet near It. Then, to hlx utter uinazeineiit, the top heun in iiii wrcw. There was somolhliiK In It, wimelhlnK nljvol Not. until then did he link It with the (lashea on Maro. Lad) that afternoon I naw the Mar linn. I was one of n curloiiH crowd In front of the cylinder when tho lid fell iitnt:e Icltm like an cxuiiKeriitod ttl pdd drtvItiK on with an cxpren8'traln' peed hiuhkIiIiih everything Is, their pttth,' At the top-i, crouched in metal hoodH, lay tho MartliuiH. Lookinx out from my windows at dawn, I beheld an abominable defla tion, a blackened world that had been Krccn nnd fair. I struck out for ton don and for.mllen saw not a living; bo tiff. I had readied the ThaaieN when I Haw tho ThlntfH comlnff, five of them., I ran for the water, HtrulRht toward mo, Nped one,, hut I might have been an ant In a ninn'r path. It strode throuKh tho river and towered above Shcppcrton. Then pIx hlddet kuiih belched toRcthcr. One hIicII Htruck the hood and there .was a horrlblo confusion of (li'Hli nnd blood and me tnl. Something droyo tho uncontrolled machine on, cranliln tproiiKh the vll tune. toppllnK over thu chuiTh-tower, collapHlnir In tho river. Tho olhorH I'UHhed to the apot and the air wax lUled with hlH.itnK of Heat Itayn and crachlliiK of lire.-. Whcpperton lonped Into Hume. 1 uttiKKeivd to (hu. xhom and when I louhcd up, the TIiIiikh wero bearlnc away thu KinuKlied ma chine. I Ktumhlcd on, pnnlc-Ntrlcken, dazed. Tho world wiih doomed. These mon Htera could Hlay with I lent Hiivh be yond tho rniiKu of our blsncHt kuiik. Not nKtiln could wo kill one of them by HunirlHo. Terror Htalkod through London, To thu horror of Heat Hays had been added tho Illack Hmoke, a cloud of poison that bllKhtcd nil llv Iiir things. Ho London Ktrcnmcd In filRht, 0,000,000 people roflrlnjf out along (ho highways until they were rlvera In flood. 1 fell Into a doze under n hedpe and there tho curate 'Joined me. He waa half-mad with fright and clung to pie. We plodded on to n suburb where we sought refuge In a deserted house. At midnight cumo a blinding flash. When day broke, we peered through a, peep hole and In tho garden wiih ii Martian. Kmbedded In thu earth waa another glowing cylinder. For fifteen day" I waa penned there, so I saw more of the monsters than any other mnn now living. I watched their Intrlcatn machine tho auto matic digger, tho Hensltlvo handling mnchlno llko n metallic spider, so flexible nnd no swiftly sure that they seemed centuries In advance of our' rigid machinery. I could study too the Martian habits. I learned that evolution had made them all brain, cold, remorseless Intelligence un swayed by emotion. They neither slept nor ate; they were seiless and their young were budded off, llko thu young of corals. Most horrlblo to mo wan the fact that they Injected men's blood Into their veins for nourishment. It was. thin that drove mo to act as I did when the curate went raving mnd. I knew that hH shouts would wnrn tho MnrtlatiH of our presence and I tried to sllcnco him. He broke away nnd I causht him la Hie kltcboa where I felled him with a meut-chop per.' He dropped stunned and then I anw two dark eyes nt tho window. I fled to the coal-cellar and above me I heard a tapping, tnpplng, and then tho noise of a heavy body being drug gcd ucrosH tho floor. I piled wood nnd conl over me when I heard that tapping ut tho cellar door, Through erevlcen I could see tho terrible arm of u handllug-ma chine, waving, feeling, examining. Once It ran acres the heel of my boot and I nearly Hcreamed. Then It went away, A week passed beforo I dared look ' 0l mii. .iioui i no peep uuio was mussed ' (Illlllitltli-S of tho I I'll wi'i'il Hint llm COthOr. .Martians had brought evidently vege tntlon on Mans in red. I pushed It aside and gazed out. Thu garden wiih deserted. I crept Into n ihTflate world. About mo was a smashed village. I struggled In through tho outskirts of Loudon and not until I reached Wimbledon Com moli did I. meet u man, Ho bod food and drink and plans for (ho future. Dan Reed Makes 27 Pounn Gain Btnd Oregon. Man In ail Shape Takes Tanlac and FeeU Like New Man. Now. A nmllo In bettor than u scowl, ami ; If you keep thin fact In mind you will be doing your own child nn Inestim able Service, ono which will do much toward shaping his career in after llfe. This' of course can not' last indef initely With safety to tho republic, but it is difficult to conceive how wo are to leaat tho American people back to earth again without bringing a disastrous crash about our heads, "I havo actually gained twonty novon pounds in weight and fool Junt llko a now man since I begun taking Tunlttc," said Dan Hoed, a woodman, who lives at Douri, Uro.,1 while in the Owl drug storo recently. Continu ing, hu.uald: "Dome time ago I began to havo trouble with my stomach. My uppo- tlto became very poor and I filially got to whore I would havo to forco down ovory mouthful I ate, and when 1 did thin I would Httrror with Intense cramping pains In my stomach after wnrd. 1 would nlso bloat something awful mid my heart would palpitate terribly and It would bo all I could do to gut my breath. 1 lost so much weight that I finally beenmo ho weak 1 could hardly drag mysalf around. When I got up in tho morning i nl ways felt worso than when I wont to bed, and I had no energy and just felt tired and wornout nil tho time "I had boon reading no much about Tanlac in the newspapers and the good it was doing othurs 1 decided to give it a (rial, .and It commenced to hoU mo almost at onco. My ap petite improved and I began to pick up in wolght and strength. 1 havo taken novon bottles in nil now, and am glad to say I havo boon complete ly relieved of all my troubles. I can cat anything I want without suffer ing any bad effects and all that tired wornout feeling has gone. I c?n sloop alt night long without waking and nlways get up in tho morning I feeling ready for my days work, and ' whllo tho Job of woodsman naturally roqulrcs it great denl of physical strength I can do as much as I over did. Tnnlne did mo a great service in restoring my healjh, and I am al ways glad to toll others about It, and never miss an opportunity to do so." Tanlao Is sold in Hums by Ilo?rt Hrothers, and In Crane by Valo Trndlng Co. Adv. o ' Prediction is mndo that within tho next ten years a majority of tho American people will forsake their comfortable homes and take up their rcsldonco in hotels. Hut wo don't bo llovo it. Tho American homo is an institution sacred to every citizen of normal Intelligence. It affords pri vacy and an opportunity to live In quiet and contentment. It is thu Ideal environment for tho rearing of children, for tho porpetuatiou of tho race. It is as far superior to tho crowded hotel as sunshliio Is to tho blizzard. "Homo, Sweet Homo," will endure as long as thu republic stands, for without its uunodllng In fluonco wo would bo but little rumov- froni tho anlnmlH that herd to- Save Your Eyes -' Eyo strain cmiHCH lioHtlacIioH, nervoiiHticHH and other trou bles 1 fit fflaiweH nccuratcly and Hclcntificaily. All Work Guaranteed. MAURICE SCHWARTZ Optometrist Office with Dr. II. F. Smith 325. fAYflfthL 2QLUJI By developing Oregon's jjrmenee re a o tir oes ws are attracting outside wanufac burers into tho State. By making our products auparllatively , good wo ai4o ortuvting a demand for Ore gon (joodd in tho m&rts of tho warld. Thus aro wo adding to the payroll dol lars of Orogou and making Oregon the ideal plaoo to live Asiooiated Industries of Oregon 1111 IIL'PJ THE UNIVERSAL - March 3, 1920 the Ford Motor Co. advanced the prices of Ford car because of the tncresed cost of Production. No specific announcement was deemed necessary at the time, but it has developed that misrepresentations and misquotations of. these advanced prices have been and are being given out. So to safeguard the public against the evels of Misrepresentation, we herewith give the present prices: , Runabout . $550 ;;'rt'rtl; Touring Car Coupe Sedan Truck Chassis C7C with aWal eUctric startlhc mmi Ifchtinf ytt $60 aattHM anal -iametinlakU riaaa fgSO $875 witKdual aUctric atartwc mmI htktlc aya4H and tJaneuRtabU rieai . $97 1 with aeM tlraa and cKaehar rim (with piMmaaatic tiers and dem. rima $40) Ta ptUtt urn alt f. b. DatfoM $600 Ford.on .Tractor $850.00 f. o. b. Dearborn Mich. Burns Garage off. A iH'ercMl Into tlm iliw.k Inforhir " - 1 If IM Ma I'Mllin IU II V til U and fancied I saw hIiikIowh ritlrrlnjr. vlHlonn of n ienilu HvIiik In tho Kreat iw i Mimuiaiiiff iiko n unaiio wriRRicu dmhiH until they had nclence enomrli Into hIkIiI, 1 atood xtrlcken with tor ror. A round body, about four feet aeroHK, milled Itnelf painfully to the Ieilnp. I had expected to nee Hnmethluc llko n man, faiitaHilc porluips, hut two.ej,Kcd. ThlH thliiK was Just an oily, leathery body lejdojiH and arm leH, with a elihilt'fM and imwcIoss fnce. Two jjreat eyes, dark and lumlnoun, were mlrroiH for an extra'ordlnary liniln. The creaturo pantoil and lieuvi'd, weighed down by tho greater pull of gravity on earlh. An InteiiHo loathliiK cinc over me, Suddenly, the monxter toppled over, into tho pit. Then I ran, madly. lroni ii distance I watched tho Depu. tatlon that went out under a white flag. I mnv three IhiHhen of greenlHli light and dartK of fire leaped from ono to unofher of the little flgurex. Even h I saw them tofiehed with death, I did not realize whnt was happening. Suddenly I know and again I ran. People nearby nlept uiicourernedly that night, although tho Heat Hays liad net half n do?,en vllhiH uflamo tuid plno trees were red torches. Wo were Hunt that these dangerous Invaders were fatally sluggish, A well-ulmed Hhell would finish them. And while we rdept, tho Martians wero method Ically rearing ihoue mighty machines that wero so soon to shutter our neat theories about their helplessness. That night another cylinder fell and eight moro were driving on. It was the next night that I saw tho striding Martlana. "Hollers on Htllts" 1 heard them called later. I paw them by flashes of 'lightning und tho glow of countless fires, clanking maohlneK 100 feet high, moving upon three gl to conquer their comiuerors. I stayed with him until I had regained my strength nnd then walked Into dead London. The metropolis was stilled of all Its humming life. Here und there were heaps of dead, withered by lllaek. miioko; here ami there were signs of destruction hut It was little changed eveept for the horrlblo quiet. 1 was near .South Kensington when I heard tho mournful howling, ''ulla, nihil" Xot until the next day did I nee tho hood of the glaut that was making this sobbing wall. Ho did not move nor did three others that. I saw, stand ing strangely still. Driven hy fear, I resolved to end It till, 1 walked toward the Thing nearest mo and saw birds circling about tho hood, tearing at something within. I scrambled hastily up n great ram part and below mo wus the Martian i-ainp. They wero nil dead, nearly no of them, some In their machines ami others prone upon the ground. Thoy could conquer man hut they had fallen before nam's most relentless foe, tho dlsenso bacteria of earth, "WhatQver ' destruction was done, tho hand of tho destroyer was atnyid. All the gaunt wrecks, tho blackened skeletons of houses that aturcd so dis mally jit tho sunlit grass of the bill, wouid presently bo echoing with tho hammers of the restorers, nnd ringing with the lapping of (he trowels. At the thought I extended my hands toward tho Blcy und began thanking God. In a year, thought I In a year ..." Copyright, 1010, by tho Post Publfahlng Co, (Tho Bouton Poat). 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