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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1914)
SEMl.wKLV Mfttitttt HECtittPEU, 'fifEsDAV, ftov. n'rH, jtu PAGE TWO UNDER THE OCEAN Changes In the Sea Floor From Shore to Shore. THE BIG MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE. It Starts at Iceland and Bisects tht Ocean Down Almost to Cape Horn. In Places It Rises Above the Surface, Forming Groups of Islands. A Jjfjetch of tho "landscape" of the oceafTwkl In Riven by Dr. A. E. Ship ley lu nn article lit tho Edinburgh He view: "Tho linBsoiiKurs and the crew or k liner racliiK over the surface of the Atlantic are apt to Imagine that undei Ihein Is a vast layer of vntcr of vary lujj depth sparsely Inhabited by a low flail. Ah a matter of fact, the whole of this ;rent ocean is teeming with llfu If Instead of hiking ship we could take to the water and wall: across tho bed of the Atlantic to America, startlnc from the shores of western Europe, w Bhould in effect be traveling through i. succession of now countries. Not oulj would the surrounding physical condi tions vnrj; as we advanced, but thu Miiluial and plant life would vary in Correlation with the altering physics' conditions. "Walking farther mid farther toward the depths of the Atlantic,' .we should soon lose all sight of the algae, and the ttbullow water llsh tm plaice and sole, whiting. Hlintes, doglish and others and cod would give way to the megrim and the hake. The sea lloor would gradually change from roclt or gravel or stones to sands nnd ultimately to mud or oozes of varloirs tints, their original colors often modified by the action of the decomposition of organic particles In them and on them. All these finer deposits areflerlved from tho neighboring loud and are blown seaward by offshore winds or washed down by rains and streams and carried out to the sea by rlwrs. "Tho distance to which line matter In suspension may be carried is 'Very great The Kongo Is said to carry its characteristic mud as far out to sea n 000 miles, and tho Ganges and tho Indus as far as 1,000 miles. "Except In tho neighborhood of such great rivern n subaqueous travclei would soon pass beyond what Sir John .Murray lino called the 'mud line.' a lino that limits tho terrigenous deposits evcrywhero surrounding dry land Ilaving reached thli limit, we must proceed warily, for at tho mud line, At nn average depth of a hundred fathoms, we.shall find ourselves at the edge of tho continental shelf, that rim which extends seaward to a varying distance from all land areas, tho rim on which Great Britain rests. Beyond lies the continental slope, a precipice more or less abrupt and inoro or less high, descending by steep declines or terraced cliffs until depths of 2.000 fathoms are reached. "The Atlantic, compared with the other great oceans, bus an unusually largo area of comparatively shallow water. Of its total area U7.5 per cent Is covered by wnter less than 1.00C fathoms deep; 18 per cent lies between 1,000 nnd 2,000 fathoirs and 47 per cent between 'J.OOO and U.OOO fathoms; the reualnlng 7.5 per cent is still deeper. "At tho foot of tho continental slope lies an illimitable plain of a uniform dull, grayish buff color, flat and foa tureless as tho desert, timl only dlversl lled by nn occasional as yet uncovered rock or wieck or t'm straight Mno of a recently laid cable. This plain con tinues with scarcely a change lu seen- , cry r In level until we approach tho great mid Atlantic ridge. As Itruce has shown, this ridge, which roughlj bisects the Atlantic, extends from Ice. land as far south as llfty-threo degrees of south latitude, with a slight and quite Inexplicable break Just tinder the equator. Tho ridge runs almost parallel with tho eastern contour of North and South America, which, In turn, as the ordinary map will show, roughly cor responds with the western contour of Europe and Africa. From time to time tho rldgo rises above the surface of tho water, as In the Azi-res group, St Paul's rocks, Ascension, Tristan dn Cunha and Gough island. "Having ascended Uo eastern and descended tho western .slope of this mid-Atlantic ridge, we should again traverse plains of grarlsh ooze far more extensive than cny level land tract known to geographers, nnd as wo ipproachod the American coast 'wo should gradually pass through. In re verso order, tho zones of life traversed when leaving Europe. (In the eastern coast of America the Plopo Is much more gradual than on tho western coast of southern Europe nnd Africa." A Queer Leant Precedent. II r. Justice Holmes has tho reputa tion of citing more peculiar cases from tho old lawbooks than any other mem ber of tho supremo court. IIo dug up oiio recently to tho amusement of lib associates, when It was contended lu n libel suit that tho declurullon was In DUlIlclent becrtumi tho offenses weru not Mated properly. "That lend mo to recall a i-hno In the old IhxiUh," audi the Jiullcc "wherw mi I ml lc tin en t ct forth Unit Ilia no dined utrui'k u lli'H) oil the head, plJt Ifug tliu ukull until u (Million foil down (ill if lhr bJiuuMit. nnd the noun held lliu Indh'lliii'lil ilef I- live Ihmjuiimi l did not MlU'Uc Ih" I l hn iiimi nii Mlli"l " Tim JuinU't uhurtl Urn! II wu u lulr KplllllPk' ilu'Wi'ii nd litf didn't Ml' luiiil jl u u ihjuj tiihvr.'mjivw lurk 'mm. UNCLE SAM'S MEN EASY FOR SHARKS Money Lenders Near Gapitol Charge Excessive Interest. CLERKS ARE EXTRAVAGANT. Aggregate Loans Estimated at $500,- 000, and the Average Interest 1!0 Per Cerit, or $750,000 Law of Con gress Evaded by Money Lenders Moving Across Potomac to Virginia. Washington. Of nil the shady In teresta which are carried on by govern ment employees In every department the "loan shark" evil is said to be tho worst, for years department heads and bureau chiefs have failed to stamp out the class of men who carry on the business among their associates of lending small sums at excessively large rates of Interest. In the olllco of the United States at torney for the District of Columbia nre filed at the present tlmo no less than llfty distinct charges of "loan shark ing," tho offenders including profes slonal money lenders. In n preliminary (statement recently given out Assistant District Attorney Given said that no less than 1,000 complaints of violation of the loaii shark law have been re ceived from persons who requested that their names be not made public. A little over a year ago congress en acted a drastic law against "loan shark ing." The Interest rates which had formt'rly rnnged from CO per cent to 300 per cent a year, wero cut to 1 per cent n month. For n time it wns be lieved that the business in Washington was dead. Then tho money lenders put their heads together and several of the professionals who .maintained of fices In tho downtown section of the city tried tho first ovnslon of tho law. It Js about twelve city blocks from the western edgo of the downtown dis trict to tho Virginia side of tho Poto mac river. Within fifteen feet of the high wnter mark on tho Virginia side of the rlrcr two or threo of the lend ers built offices nnd hung out three balls. An lnterurban electric line gave easy access to and from tho city. Signs giving notice of the change of location wore displayed beforo their downtown Washington offices nnd several othei shops bore signs of a change of resi dence to Alexandria, Va., llvo miles down Iho Potomac. Thus by co-operation among the money lenders the entire professional "loan shark" business of Washington was moved to Virginia, with tho ex ception of the "amateur" money lend ers lu the government departments. This, the police found, Is tho thing that tho district attorney's offleo is deter mined to stamp out. It IS said that a negro messenger in tho treasury department accumulated over $50,000 during his thirty-fivo years of servlco through loaning small sums at excessive rates of interest. One of the money lenders established between his Washington office anil his olllco on tho Virginia shore n half hour automobile Hvory servlco for clients in downtown Washington, across Poto mac park and tho Highway bridge Into Vlrglnlo. It proved too expensive, how ever. Washington, filled with residents whoso homes aro elsewhere, has prob ably the most apathetic civic con- science in the world. Its population is nearly as cosmopolitan as that of At lantic City, nnd there Is a spirit .of rlvnlry as to dress nnd "front" in tho very municipal atmosphere. A man with n government posltlou has n pres tige in his home community that few other positions of employment confer. Tho Incumbent thinks be must live up to it by nplng the dress nnd manners of the idle rich. The messenger -with a salary of $000 or $700 a year nhns to dress like his superior, tho clerk. IIo does not want the public to think ho Is n mere messenger. The cleric would be n division chief, nnd ho nsplres to dress j the part. He goes tho messenger one better by nllowlng himself to bo drawn ! Into the ultra atmosphere of petty so cial nffalrs In Washington, which rare ly get him anywhere. The division chief likes to be mistaken for nn assistant- secretary. And thus the merry game goes on. 0 LODGE DIRECTORY ' Masonic. Bandon Lodge, Nd. 130, A. F. & A. M. Stated communications first Saturday nfter the full moon of each month. Special communications Master Mnsons cordiully invited. C. It. MOOUE, W. M. PHIL PEARSON, Secretary. Eastern Star. Occidental Chapter, No. 45, O. E. S., meets Saturday evenings before and after stated communications of Masonic lodge. Visiting members cordially invited to attend. L. KATE ROSA, W. M. ROSA BINGAMAN, Secretary. Rcbcknh Ocean Reboknh Lodge, No. 12C, I. O. O. P., meets second and fourth Tuesdays at I. O. O. F. hall. Tran cient members cordially invited. ELVA MILLER, N. G. MINERVA LEVVIN, Secretary. I .0. O. F. Bandon Lodge, No. 133, I. O. O. F., nieets every Wednesday evening. Visiting brothers in good standing cordially invited. D. C. KAY, N. G. L. I. WHEELER. Secretary. Knights of Pythias. Delphi Lodge, No. G4, Knights of Pythias. Meets every Monday ev ening at Knights hall. Visiting knights invited to attend. ERNEST SIDWELL, C. C. B. N. HARRINGTON, K. of R. S. fe0 ' ' PROFESSIONAL CARDS R. WADE Lawyer BANDON, OREGON DR. H. L. HOUSTON Physician & Surgeon Ofllce in First National Bank build ing. Hours, 9 , to 12 a. m; 1:30 to 4 p. m; 7 to 8 in the evening. BANDON OREGON DR. SMITH J. MANN Physician & Surgeon Ofllce in Ellingson Building. Hours, 9 to 12 a. in; 1 to 5 p. m. BANDON, OREGON DR. L. P. SORENSEN Dentist Ofilce in First National Bank build ing. Telephone at lrouse and oflice. BANDON, OREGON G. T. TREADGOLD Attorney and Counselor at Law Office in Njot Bank Building NofiiV Public BANDON, OREGON w. o. w. "With Charity Towards All" Seaside Camp, No. 212, W. 0 W meets Tuesdays, K. of P. hall, 8 p m. Visitors are assured a hot wel come By order of W. A. KELLER, C. C. C; M. GAGE, Clerk. Loyal Order of Moose. Meets Thursday evenings in I. 0, O. F. hall. Transcient Moose cord ially invited. Something doing ev ery Thursday. 'Cent, YfHl rin nna steal lottltw ami American composition In ury tauion at ioc a Copy i ISHSl'i ll;T-toom aoj concert. 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'it WE Y't ACCOUNT HERE AND YOl CHECKS WILL GIVE YOU A ADDED STANDING WITH MM CREDITORS. BE UP TO D BY HAVING AN ACCOUNT Wl ' AN UP-TO-DATE BANK. OF BAND 01 Split wood $1.75 per" tirr Block wood $1.50 per- tier Fire place wood T... $1.15 per tier I F. L. Christie, Phone 582 P. s rrm-nrimiieiisj;.a Tgaggmy tobbbct gssaavf -mnstiBiBmsaaaxica g DR. ARTHUR GALE Physician & Surgeon Office in EKingson building. Office phone, 352. Residence phone, 353. BANDON, OREGON DR. S. C. ENDICOTT Dentist Office in Ellingson building. Office phone 1241.- Residence phone, 1161 BANDON, OREGON TD. TIT .IS STEIN OFF IJAUNISSK MaN omplete stock of har ness, shopping bags, trunks, suitcases, valises and trawling bags. C itsnra. V 1 DR. I. L. SCOPIELD Dentist Office in Fahy nnd Morrison Build ,'ng- next to Emergency Hospital Phone 1141 BANDON, OREGON DR. H. M. 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