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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1915)
STIMULATED BY WAR INVESTORS DO BEST WORK OUR- INQ CLASH OF ARMS. . Value of Antl-Typhotd Inoculation Flrtt Apparent During Britlsn-Boer Conflict Water Wlrslees Im portant Dlacovtry. . i. War ia at best a dismal, wasteful taurines. Yet there li one thing about it It stimulates the bralni ot Inven- ton, and chemlita and aclentlita tn all the eountrlei Involved are working at high pressure. - ; Some are busy about purely mili tary inventions, some to evolve sub stitutes tor materials of industry, oi which the Import has suddenly ceased, others again are working for the bene fit of the sick and wounded. It was the Boerrwar.:whlch taught us the value of antityphoid inoculation, Nowadays, not only soldiers, but trav elers and explorers and all those who may have to risk drinking Impure wa- : ter go in for this inoculation, which in the long run will probably put an end to the ravages ot one of mankind's worst enemies. ' The present war has already seen at least three Important new medical in- ventlona, the most valuable of which Is undoubtedly the new serum called Coagulen. : : Coagulen is the v. invention ' ot the great Swiss surgeonT Professor Kocher. It is in the form of a powder, which, before use, is mixed with water Ap plied to a wound, it almost instantly coagulates the blood and stops, the bleeding, whether external or internal. It shortens surgical operations and makes them less dangerous. - The French medical headquarters speak most highly of coagulen. It will, no doubt, come Into general use in all sur gical operations. Professor Prauher, an Austrian doe .. tor, has discovered - a preventive ' against typhus. It is a mixture con taining anlsot, which almost instantly destroys the hitherto invulnerable in sect which transmits the Infection of spotted typhus. - The odd thing about the discovery is that it came by chance. The pro fessors assistant was told to use anise . oil in the mixture which was being pre- J area. Instead he put in anisoL I A third invention which wiU be al most as useful in peace as in war is, a method for taking almost instanta neous X-ray photographs. Hitherto an exposure of many minutes has been . necessary for X-ray photos. , I The searchlight has hardly been im proved since 1886, when the first per fect parabolic mirror was produced. - The chief disadvantage of the March light has been that it could not be used in a ship that had not an electrlo installation. . ; - This has now been changed. A ner searchlight has been evolved In which mixture of acetylene and oxygen is jburnt and the flame played on a small ipellet of ceria, which emits aa amaz ing powerful light The outfit is quite illgbt and portable and can be carried 'and used by two men. It will be most valuable both on sea and land. t I Water wireless is another product of this tremendous struggle, which will probably in the future save thousands of human lives from collision at sea. ; At present it is being used for the de tection ot submarines; in the future passenger vessels will find it invalu able in times of fog. j The French have a new air bomb which, when it bursts, produces cold so intense that the aviator who first used ..them in November last has placed It on record that he distinctly felt the chill at a height ot 800 feet It is suggested that a modification of these bombs will prove extremely useful in fire fighting, . and will enable firemen to get to close quarters with the Intense flame pro duced by the burning of oli wells. FIND LOOT HIDDEN 35 YEARS Recalls to Old Inhabitant Indian Mae- ' sac re of Early Days In New Mexico. Leo Williams, a prominent cattle man of the Hlmbres valley, and one of hS assistants, Jack Reynolds, were scouting around In the Goodslghl mountains adjoining the cattle ranch of J. 0. Kerr at Florida Station, 1? miles northeast ot Doming, N. M when they saw under the ledge of a rock the end of a bolt ot calico. They Immediately procured tools and com menced.to dig, and were rewarded for their efforts by finding a regular dry goods store. Subsequent to the visit ot Williams and Reynolds an exploring party, consisting of James 0. Kerr, Stgmuod Lindauer, Ralph A. Lynd, Leo Wil liams, Jack Reynolds and Wlllard B. Holt, drove to the spot where the dis covery was made, and upon further Investigation and a few hours' digging unearthed gunnysacks, saddle blank ets, Spanish bridle bits, parts ot guns, a hatchet and various other pieces of merchandise. Including - fine . hand made crochet ' work and laces, the whole including a score or more of bolts ot cloth, much of which was in a fair state of preservation and some of it just as good as It was the day it was hidden. The unearthing ot this supply - of merchandise recalls to SIgmund Lin dauer, one of the veteran merchants of Demlng, who Is known all over the southwest the fact that 85 years ago there occurred In the Hagdalena can yon, about eight miles from the scene ot this discovery, a massacre by Apache Indians under . the leader ship ot Chief Victoria. According to Mr. Llndauers memory ot the trag edy, an ox wagon train was en route from the Rio Grande valley to Stiver City with a consignment ot goods. - It appears that the entire party was massacred. -- -. . After the massacre, which, accord ing to all indications was a total de struction of the entire wagon train. the goods were taken to this secluded spot and burled under the overhang ing rock, the first covering being na tive bay and the second covering aotol weeds and lastly about a foot of earth. Evidently the Indians left the end ot one bolt of cloth sticking out to mark the spot when their plunder was buried. The history of the Indian raids tells ot the subsequent killing of this band of Apaches, although their leader was allowed to live several years there after. Chief Victoria was a terror to the Southwest prior to the time the notorious Geronlmo and his depreda tions formed a part of the history of the Apache tribes. Unique Bird-Box Exhibit Chambersburg, Pa., held a bird-box exhibit in the high school lately, and Our Dumb Animals tells ua about It Boxes and bouses to the number of 258, of all colors, shape and sixes, be sides a row of Interesting nest places mads of gourds 60 years old, comprised the exhibition. The prizes were beau tiful bird houses and books. Kindly criticism of the children's work was followed by painstaking Instruction as to how it could be Improved. They learned that birds do not like strong colors, or too ornamental houses; that they are attracted by quiet tints; that certain birds prefer an entrance placed high, others low, etc.; that tbey are varied tn their tastes and habits and particular about having the home that exactly suits tbem. Soil Yielde Abundan Crops. In some of the Island of the West Indies there are areas of cane which have yielded fair crops for twenty years without replanting. In Cuba the most progressive planters usually allow no more than five or six "ratoon crops, the fields being then replanted. The soil Is so rich that rotation ot crops has apparently mot been found necesst MADE PROFIT OF HIS VISIT Unexpected Call of Fsderewekl ' la Turned to Good Account by Muale Teaoher. : -' Paderewski arrived in a small west ern town about noon one day and de cided to take a walk in the afternoon. While strolling along he heard a piano and, following the sound, came to a house on which was a sign reading; "Hiss Jones. Piano Lessons 25 Cents an Hour." Pausing to listen, he heard the young lady trying to play one of Cho pin's nocturnes and not succeeding very well. Paderewski walked up to the house and knocked. Hiss Jones came to the door and recognised htm at once. De lighted, she Invited htm in and he aat down and played the nocturne as only Paderewski can, afterward spending an Hour in correcting her mistakes. Hiss Jones thanked htm and he de parted. Some months afterward he returned to the town and again took the same walk. -He soon came to the home of Miss Jones and. looking at the sign, read: "Miss Jones. Piano Lessons 81 an Hour. (Pupil of Paderewski.)'' Faith and Oood Work. One Sunday morning a woman who lived in a country district was nearly an hour late to church. Since she was always very punctual, the parson greatly wondered and questioned her at the close ot the service. "The horse that we were driving," answered the woman, "acted as if it was going to run away, so I got out of the wagon and walked all the way to town." "You shouldn't have been fright ened, sister," impressively returned the parson. "You should have put your trust in Heaven." I did until the harness broke," was the quick rejoinder ot the woman, "and then I Jumped." The Shell Shortage. A. J. Drexell, praising the English volunteer army, said in New York the other day: "Oxford and Cambridge undergrad uates fight side by side with coal min ers. Peers' sons and millionaire' sons hobnob with plumbers and black smiths In the ranks. 'There are lota of 'nuts' (dudes) ia the volunteer army and. the kaiser finds them pretty bard to crack, too notwithstanding their lack of shells." No Skeptle. 'Do you believe that there ia really something which can invariably tell when a man is lying?" "I know it" "Ah, perhaps you have seen one of the instruments?" 'Seen one? I married one." Hous ton Post , , Illustration. 'That girl ahead ot us reminds me of a flower, but I can't recall just what one" 'Oh, look! She's just tripped on a banana peel!" "Now I know. She's a lady slipper." Intense Ssrcaam. "What are those, girlie?" "Summer furs." "To ward off the scorching rays of sun, eh? I suppose when you want to keep cool at home you put on a buffa lo robe kimono." Louisville Courier- Journal. . , Leave It to a Woman! He As it is to be a secret engage ment, dearest, It would not be wise for me to give you a ring at nresent sue Oh, but I could wear it on the wrong hand, you know, Boston Tran script, Just It Clerk Couldn't I sell you a niano- player? Smith No, I married one. , Clerk I mean a mechanical one. Smith That's the kind I married, Taking no Chances. 1 Lady of the House If you wash your face, I'll give you a meal. Tramp Better gimme de meal first lady I'm erfraid yer mightn't recog nise me. Boston Transcript Japanese government experts have succeeded In raising tobacco In Korea from American seed. FAMED AS REFORMER WOMAN. HAS DONE SPLENDID WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO. Twenty Years of Active Labor Crowned With Magnificent Result Systematic Efforts Have En abled Her to Do Wonder. tn Saa Francisco' Chinatown Miss Donaldlna Cameron Is honored with two unusual names. Amon the Chi nese highbinders she Is known aa the "Female White Devil," among the girls ot her rescue mission she I called the "Little Mother." Miss Cam eron ha been doing rescue work among the Chinese ot California for nearly twenty year, and during that time has rescued 1.500 girls ranging In age from little tots given away or sold as slaves by their parents or natural guardians to grown girls who had fallen Into the clutches of high binder. She ha gone at midnight into the farthest corners of the rookeries that were the Chinatown ot old Saa Fran cisco. She has chopped down doors, crawled on her hands and knees along secret passages, and tn several In stances rescued at the point ot tho ptstol the miserable slave girl who had appealed to her. In her rescue work Miss Cameron does not go after the girls who are content to live such lives, but to those who appeal to her or who she learns wish to get away from It She has taken more than one girl aa they were passing along the streets and forced the Chinese "owner" to go to court On several occasions she has been followed and threatened by mobs of Chinese and their friends. Of Scotch parentage. Miss Cameron was born in New Zealand. She came to America as a young girl and for twenty years has been employed by the board ot foreign missions ot the Presbyterian church for rescue work among the Chinese ot San Francisco. " She is paid only $50 a month, and In sists that she thinks It quite enough. Once she gets a girl she does not try to Americanise her or keep her away from reputable people ot her own nationality. On tUe contrary, the girls study Chinese books along with English and are encouraged to hold to their own religion. Since Miss Cameron has learned that all Chinese girls wish to be mar ried she does her best for them aa a matchmaker. She sees that they meet reputable men who are able and will ing to give them good homes and proper treatment Nor does her In terest cease with their marriage. Her short vacations are usually spent visiting girls who have been under her care and who have married.' She is entertained as an honored guest and husbands are said to be careful to put their best toot forward, Father Knlcksrbocker's 250 Year. New York city celebrated laat Thursday the 850th anniversary of It municipal government under a mayor and board of aldermen. t When Thomas Wlllett was sworn In as mayor, with his five aldermen, on June 24, 1685 the date appearing: as June 14, according to the old cal endar form, In the early accounts by the English governor, Richard , Nicolls, the last vestige of Dutch rule was obliterated. , There was, Indeed, one break, but ot" so short duration that Its Influence1 was negligible. In 1873, while England and Holland were at war, Captain Colve, with small Dutch fleet ap peared In the harbor. The English recognized that the fort was no more able to resist an attack than It was In the days of Stuyvesant nine year before, and the Dutch again captured New York. In lees than a year, when the European war" ended,' it was re stored to the English. "n