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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1927)
fiYm'trmm LIFE’S LITTLE JESTS AFP/CA A car for every purse and purpose IN HIS PLACE HIS YEAR the General Motors line is an Young Preacher (to Profiteering Landlord)— I think It 1» very unjust that you should raise the rent of my poor parishioners over 100 per cent. Irate Landlord— I f I want to hear you preach, sir. I’ll attend your reg ular services where you should do your preuchlng. Young Preacher— You- mny have that privilege next Sunduy. I'm going to preach at the penitentiary. imposing Automobile Show in itself. T Here is every style of body. Every type of design — four cylinder, six cylinder, eight cylinder. Every improvement. Every price, from the Chevrolet touring car at $510 to the Cadillac with special coach work at $9,000. A car for every purse and purpose. Every one of the models now on display is different and distinguished. Yet two uni- fying characteristics bind them all together: E X PLA IN E D Workmen’s Huts In the Belgian Congo < P r*p »r *d by th * N a tion al G eograph ic Society, W ashington. D. C.) LYIN G over the sand« of the Sahara desert, the Jungles of wildest Africa, und the lake country o f East Africa, French aviators recently crossed the continent at Its widest part in a seaplane. Taking the air near Marseille, the two French navy plunes skirted the Spanish west coast of Africa, landing Ht Dakar, the western most city of the “ Dark Continent.” They found Dakar, port of call of vessels plying between European, South African and iSbuth American ports, a thriving city o f about 23,000 people, with well laid-out streets, schools, hospitals and workshops. Dakar owes its importance as a port to the nearness to South America. While Liverpool is more than 3,000 miles from New York, Dakar is only slightly more than half that distance from Pernambuco, Brii7.il, the eastern most port of South America. The Berbers and Fulas represented In the city's population were met with at every stop in the Sudan and N i geria after the flyers turned inland, for both races are scattered over the north and northwest portion of Africa. The Berbers are believed to have been at one time masters of the Mediter ranean, and it is probable that the continent was named for the Afrlgha tribe, a sub-tribe of the Berbers. Evi dence has been uncovered dating back to the Stone age, of the existence of a race of people resembling the Ber bers who inherited North Africa. Unlike other African peoples, some • >t the Berbers might pass for Ameri cans, if they donned American cloth ing. Their skin Is light, their eyes blue, and mnny are blonds. Although the Berbers and Arabs have been closely associated for centuries, and are Mohammedans, the two races have remained distinct. F Fulas Are String. The Fulas were originally herdsmen in the western and central Sudan, hut they extended their doinuin to Nigeria. That they are a mixture of Berber und negro is the most generally accepted theory, yet their reddish brown or light chestnut colored skin, ovnl faces, «•ven smooth hair, straight even noses and delicately shaped lips differentiate them from the negro type. Taken as a whole the Fulas are in telligent people with great strvngth of character. They are famous for their horsemanship and us soldiers are mostly cavalrymen. At Bamako, on the Niger river, one o f the plunes became disabled and was left for repairs. The other plane followed the Niger to Timbuktu, so- called “ city o f mystery” which lies nine miles from the river proper, on the edge of the Sahara. This was one o f the most interesting stopping places on the flight. Whether Timbuktu Is entered from the south by the “ water” route or the bridle paths from the north or w^st, the city seems nothing more than a labyrinth o f narrow streets with mud walls thrown up on both sides with out any sense o f direction. Regard le s s of what street one takes, after a few right and left turns, he finds him self in the famous market place. Timbuktu was founded as a trading «•enter In the Eleventh century and has never lost that characteristic. Of the 8,000 Inhabitants many are no mads who pass through with cattle or engage In the great salt trade from the central Sahara. The “ home-folks” lead simple, fairly cheerful, but un eventful Uvea. Up th a N i g e r and Banua. From Timbuktu, the planes followed the Niger to Lokoja, Nigeria, at the confluence of the Niger and Benue risers In British territory. U>Woja Is the oldest white settlement in the in terior o f Nigeria and was once the M>at of administration for the Inland provinces. At lh# meeting place of \*o great livers. It was. too, the door way to the north. Something of this function still survives, but the com pletion of a railway in recent years, running from Lugos on the coust to the relatively healthy uplands of northern Nigeria, and passing far west of Lokoja, has decreased the impor tance of the latter town. From Lokoja the aviators flew up the Benue river and into French equa torial Africa, in the heart o f which lay another stopping place, Archam- bault. There the flyers had passed from Mohammedan territory into a re gion of fetishism. A sect o f this prim itive people has some unusual fea tures. Its members spurn clothes, wearing only a thin strip of cloth and a bead belt. Ochre clay is daulied over their bodies, and they adorn them selves with glass-bead necklaces, met al bracelets, and ostrich-feather head dresses. Each member ulways car ries a small stool, and much of his time is spent seated on It in solemn dignity. Their secret communications are through prolonged gutterul coughs. Turning southward on leaving Fort Archaiubault, the flyers again left French territory at the Ubangl river and entered the Belglnn Congo. This huge Belgian possession is more than 77 times the size of Belgium. On their way to Stanleyville, metropolis of the Congo, the aviators flew over vast fo r ests. One, the so-called Pygmy forest, covers 23,000 square miles. Seldom is the ground in this whole area touched by the rays of the tropical sun. for the underbrush and the foliage o f the giant trees are so thick that only here and there a pencil-like streum of light pierces the darkness beneath. The Jungles seethe with vicious animals aud insects, and the Pygmies, who sel dom grow more than four feet in height, are the principal inhabitants of this wooded fastness. The Belgian Congo. About 10,000 o f the 8,000,000 people In the Belgian Congo are white. Most o f them live at the numerous stations established throughout the colony by the Belgian government. The natives ure black and include many different types according to their geogruphic lo cation. The resources o f the colony have hardly been scratched. Gold, tin, cop per, lend, rubber, palm nuts, palm oil, and iron «re important exports. Iron stone hills in the southeastern re gions have un estimated deposit of millions of tons of high-grade ore. The rubber supply seems inexhaust ible. At Stanleyville the aviators found a busy little town, built on both sides of the Congo river. On the east bank is the headquarters of the vice gov ernor and many up-to-date residences, while the left bunk is occupied by rail way terminals and workshops. Palm trees lining the avenues In the resi dential faction remind one o f a south ern Florida boulevard. All this mod ernization has come about since the eighties when Stanleyville was little more than a native village. Flying In a southeasterly direction, the plane reached the African Great Lukes, passed over Its second stretch of British territory, and came to the Indian ocean at Killimune, a small town about midway along the coast of Mo zambique. Portuguese territory. The city of Mozambique, the next stop. Is situated on a small island about three miles off the coast. It w h s once the henquarters o f the Portuguese East African government and the center of the East African slave trade. The slave markets have disappeared, yet Mozambique has changed little during the Inst few hundred years. Majunga. largest port on the west coast of Madagascar, required a long hop across the Mozambique channel. From this point the aviators flew to Antananarivo, capital o f the third largest o f the world’s Islands (outside the Arctic regions), thus ending tlta first half of their trip. I 1 EVERY CLOSED BODY is by Fisher. The quality of all body workmanship is Fisher quality, and because Fisher is owned by General Motors, every resource has been utilized to make body and chassis a perfect quality unit. V E R Y M O D E L has shared in the 2 E advantages of General Motors research, purchasing standards and Proving Ground tests i and in the economies of volume production. Dollar for dollar you will buy more value in the car you select because of General Motors quality and the public’s purchase of more than 1,200,000 General Motors cars last year. First Fish— How did he get a sun stroke? Second Fish— Why he got bumped Into by a sunflsh. Would I? I o f t e n w o n d e r If, w h e n M y p u r s e to to u c h , f lo r is t s aim A rose by any other name W ould cost as much. HE GENERAL MOTORS line is a direct result of the record-breaking patron T age accorded by the public in 1926. The Hie W ith Probable They had met at a dance, and from the first moment he knew she was the one girl for him. lie thought he might Just tell her. “ I could face death dancing with you,” he breathed. “ You probably will If my husband sees you,” she answered sweetly.— Stray Stories. economies which this great volume af forded have been passed on to the car purchaser in even better quality. With great pride we invite you to inspect these new General Motors cars and to make one or more of them your own. Recompense .Tones— Sorry, old man, that my hen got loose und scratched up your gar den. Smith— That's all right; my «log ale your hen. Jones— Fine! I Just ran over yotw dog and killed him. GENERAL MOTORS C H E V R O LE T ' OAKLAND OM C T R U C K S Proof Enough “ How do you know that's a tele phone girl that Jiggs is waiting on?” “ Because he said ‘Hello’ and she didn't answer.” — Progressive Grocer. Too Bad Alice— Don’t worry, dear. You have a host o f friends. 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