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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1919)
Pftlt Two. ALBA1TT OAIIT. DBWOIAT TCE8DAT, JVVt t, 1111. V Alban "y Daily Defliocfat Entered at the Postofflce at Albany, Oregon, as second claw matter. ' ? W. L, JACKSON Editors end ' , and RALPH R. CRONISK ! Managers Daily published every evening except Sunday. Seraiweek- ly published luesdays and Fridays. : BUSINESS' MATTER to ordering changes of address, subscribers should al ways give Old as well as New address. Established In 1865 TUESDAY, JULY X, TREES FOR WIRELESS iiim On of the most remarkable de velopments of -wireless telegraphy ma recently mad public by Maj. Can. George 0. Squier, chief signal officer of the United State Army. It to that trees serve th purpose of wireless aerials. All who know anything about wire less communication are familiar with. the usual wirs networks, raised high in the air to catch incoming messages and throw outgoing messages intej the ether. It has long been supposed that high buildings or poles, suri mounted by these wires, were abso, lutely necessary. . Th United State government and the big wireless companies, in their preparations for - distant communication, hare reared t enormous aerials of this sort. And now Gen. Sqnier says that they are entirely superfluous. All that any body has to do, in order to handle . .wireless messages, if he has the ne t eessary sending and receiving instru ments, is to drive a nan into a tree a few feet from the ground and run a wire from his instrument to that nafl.' The higher the tree, the better; but almost any tree will serve for ordinary purpose. ; J " CySn. Squier has jen in constant eommunicationV with Europe for th large; radio stations in England. France, Italy and . Germany, with owing out trees tor fin aenals. He himself discovered this device in 1904. His discovery, however, ft eeived little notice. It appears to have ; been used by th American army dur ing the war, though to what extent ' is not revealed. Its serviceability in wartime is too obvious to require comment. No less obvious is th adaptation : of Ui idea for amateur ,worlc Gen. Sqqier aays that he has used trees likewise for wireless telephony. Jhe mere suggestion should arouse ! the . enthusiasm of youthful amateurs! ' ' !!!!!! : STAMPS FOR BIG INVESTORS ' -"Mill!!' t ' A good many of the devotees of the Thrift Card and th W. S. certificate are small purchasers, buying on or ' two thrift stamps a week or an oe caslonal W. S. 8. when they se the opportunity to ssve two bits or: five bones. ' But there are a great many other advocate of the thrift habit who hav f 100 or more to put into the W. S. 8. at on time. They have been discouraged from investing in stamps because the small denomina tions made it fussy work to take them In several hundred dollar lots. For th convenience of these larger investors th government is now is suing War Savings Stamps in thou sand and hundred dollar denomina tions. They are sold on th same basis as the five-dollar stamps, and bear th" same interest. It is Interesting to leam that Uacle Sam had to issue these stamps of higher denominations to meet a def inite demand. It ahowa what any sensible person has been aware of right along, that th stamps are a genuinely good investment, thst they ar not of value only to th person ovitk a very small income who must work if stematlcally to save a quar ter hers and a quarter then. They are equally attractive to th man or woman with thousand dollars to invest at four per cent interest. Th flu last year killed 6,000,000 people in India, which is more than that plague-ridden country loses from th ordinary plague in 20 years. And yet some people refuse to take the flu seriously. -J!,"if : PEOPLE ARE BUYING Here Is an illuminating comment ary on th American business situs uon irora a source who accuracy and impartiality no on will question. It is taken from a bulletin of the National City Bank of New York, the largest and best known financial institution in th country. -IB business situation in the United States haa improved very much in the last month, and th out look is encouraging. The idea that the bottom waa about to drop out of an markets, and that a grave period f 'unemployment and perhaps social usorder was pending, is no longer entertained. Th people, north and outh. east and west, has disposed of hat bogie by simply continuing to uy goods at th greatest rate aver nown. W conclude that th great ody of th American people are dis osed to go along in a normal way, vhatever th rest of the world may fa, and aa their buying capacity is about equsl to that of all the rest ofr tne world put together, they can do fairly well ,11 by themselves, if they Thia statement is of interest not merely because It shows real progress toward reconstructive prosperity, bat also because it indicates so clearly the main thing on which American prosperity is based. , It is not the foreign trade, of which so much has been said and written "hat is important, but it is not by any means th main thing. Th main Hing, and indeed the almost all-tm portent thing, ia domestic buying, be cause the buying canacitv of the Am. erican people right here at home is as great as that of all the reat lot the world put together, and ail the foreign trade we can possibly hope to get will be a smsll fraction com pared with thia tremendous volume of domestic business. Thus the significance of th "buy now" slogan becomes clearer. While going after foreign trad it would be folly not to stimulate domestic trade, because only a little increase in do- ingmestic buying by individual eitl- rene and business concerns wilf ae eomplish more toward restoring boom times than all the orders that manu- 'acturers can get abroad. Sage Roaster Her , G. W. Harris, who was a resident of Albany many years ago and who always maintains a lively interest In Albany affairs and people, came down from Eugene last evening to attend the Knights of Pythias lodge. Mr. Harris and Dr. J. L. HiU ar the only surviving members of the orig inal charter membership of Laurel Lodge No. 7. Mr. Harris formerly corresponded for the Democrat under the nom de plum of th Sag Roos ter, his writings always being en- Joyed by a larg circle of friends. Germany's Big Mistake. Th distinguished Danish vegetarian.- Dr. M. Illndhede, haa made the Interesting, dlscorery that Oermsny owes her downfall to the" pig. Ia 1914 she bed over 2S.U00.000 pigs to feed. For the flrst five months of the war slsughtenng waa discouraged, at th cost of enormous reserves of foodstuffs. Early In lfll.l this poller waa- reversed, son hy April the num ber of pigs had 'ieen reduced by 8A per cent. Then "a reaction In favor of plea set In. sod their numbers were kept at about TO per cent of the pre-war figure. Kot till late In 101T and early In 1018 was the fatsllty of this mistake realised, and then It was too late. Doctor Hlndhede arguea that Denmark avoided starvation by killing her pigs earlr. ALL FEARED MOON Soldiers Regarded Orb of Night at Their Enemy. Lie hted Read a Which' They Wtr Maying, and Thy Oav Inemy ' I Qunner a Chanoa te Deal Out Death. "Ttie war la ended ; the battleflelda ar being cleared of their debris ; th rusty wtr Is being rolled p Th nights can be spent In beds, yet the men of the One Hundred and Nine teenth field artillery vea now look at the aky with dread. says U L: Ste venson In th Detroit News. "The battlefields are not dlstsnt. i Nor ar th daya distant wheo th moonlight waa a menace to th On Hundred and Nineteenth. "We were riding back from Tool, a little company of Detroit men, who had celebrated a birthday anniversary In that old. walled city. W had been discussing many things, principal of which waa the homecoming, plana tor the future and those whom we wished were with us. Then the mooo swung over those forts on the MM. concealed no longer, and fell a silence ever the veterans. , . , , They seemed to draw into them selves. Cam a loud report and the artillerymen half rose In their seats. It wss only a rear tire, yet the effect on keyed-up nerves wss the same as though the blowout had been th de tonation of that which had dropped from the aky. "And simultaneously all damned the moon, as though that Inoffensive orb had been th causa. "Then they told me of thoee nights marching along the highways help less; Jerry sweeping low sod spray-! tng lead at them from the machine guns, of bombs that were silent until they spoke In serents of death. They spots also of the night when Buck waa killed, when Chaplain William A. Atkinson, now quite recovered. Isy In a pool of blood; wheo other with whom I had eaten and slept and ramp ed ap at Grayling, had fathomed the great mystery. "It seemed to be a relief to them, a lifting of the weight, and I said noth ing though all the beauty of the night had departed. Strange scenes danced sbout my eyes; the gaunt unfinished military hospltsl on the left waa a gray ghost; those winking lights gleaming now, but not long ago had they shone they would have been an Invitation to death were far away flares, the deserted ammunition dump was snlmsted with sweating figure, i "It was aa though a weight had been lifted when we entered MinniM I Clear and distinct In the bright light ' f a eentry, a sisiwsrt reuow, nis naturally larg build magnified la the sllrer beams until he waa a giant The 1 way he carried himself, the fit of his ' uniform, told thst he wss a veteran. I "And he wss shsklng his fist at th mooo r" The Aloha Club Will Give A Dance SATURDAY NIGHT .! At There Hall Everyone j Invited 5 Electric fan have been installed 422 1-2 Wert First St. Raima Cathedral. Relma cathedral Is to he rehnllr. or rather restored, for Franc haa taken second thought and decided that such restoration Is far mora desirable for the future than a splendid structure, wrecked by wsr sad left to stsnd In melsncholy demolition ss a perpetual reminder of Its own destruction. It Is even said that "the cold gray of Ha masonry has turned under fire and flame to delicate rose and-ocner tints that will only add to the beauty of the rehullded church." The plana for the restoration are being made under the direction of Mr. Deneux. architect of the French historical monuments, snd the first practical atepa have been tak en toward erecting temporary roofs ever th nave, aisles, crossing, and ebaneeL Fortunately, mot than three quarters of the wonderful stained glass of the cathedral was preserved Intact and can now be put back. A few years hence, when the high-pitched slate roof has been sdded. It Is predicted that the cathedral will have recovered not a little of Its old-time beauty. The High Cost of Economy. Economy Is something practiced by people who don't hove to economize. Mr. Wealthy buys eggs by the doa- ens and pots them down In wster glaas. Mrs. Poor never could afford more than one dozen eggs at one time regardless of price. Mrs. Wealthy buys flour and sugar hy the bsrrel st a great savins. Mrs. Poor buya hers by the pound and It la expensive. Mrs. Wealthy takea advantage of the sales and gets real bargalna In fur niture, ahoea and clothes. Mrs. -Poor can only look In th dlsptsy windows longingly. In short Mrs. Wealthy uses her head where Mrs. Poor must us her hus- bsnd's salary. It la a pathetic fact that It takea money to economize. O. W. Gabriel la the New Tork Sun. Wher He Would Hav Been. In the pouring rain tbe other day. James O. Balfour, the banker, waa atandlng I front of the Quaker City bank, of which he Is a director, when an Irlshinso darted across the street. Mr. Bslfnur. with that kindly and consoling msnner which Is habitual with blov offered a pleasantry. "If this wss good liquor," be said, "you wouldn't be coming so quick." If this wss good liquor," tbe Irish- msn flssbed bsrk, "I'd be Jumping down the sewer bole." Philadelphia Ledger. The Sample Store 1. WE CAN AND DO aav our customers money on every article we sell. Why? Because we do not buy from th middleman; no deliv ery expense, no chance accounta to lose. Which meana a aaving, COME IN AND COMPARE PRICES. Men-a Auto Union Suit . . M.u'e Bh. Bib Overalls . M M Men's Khaki Panta '. '. Men's Summer Work Shoes II.W. . tXU Boys' Bib Overalls Me. 1 1. St Boya' Khaki Coveralls tlM Men's Black Drees Sox 1 S5c Men'a Dress Shirts, without collar SHe, $1.25, I1.4S Men's Dress Psnts . 4.K5, I5.4S Mens Work Pants I 4S. IMS. 12 49 Suit Cues $3.25. $175. $1.2S Ladies' White Canvas Shoe $2.20, $2.5. $J.H5 Child's Gingham Dresses $1.25. J 1. 45 Misses' Gingham Dresses $1.69. $1.79, $2.69 109 Weit First Street , Albany, Oregon To the Public Wa ar continuing our usual policy of aervlca plus uaU Ity whit an Insurance adjustment is pending. Our many . friends hav bean loyal and sympathetic, and w ar grate ful. Th First National Bank haa extended financial sup- , port and our plant will b sbullt at one, D. E. Nebergall MEAT COMP AN Y NONPAREIL Barber Shop Modern and Efficient W wake a specialty of Student and Children'a Work. Expert serv ice for alL Electric Maaaaglng and Shampooing. OPPOSITE POSTOFF1CE BUD STOTER, proprietor VULCANIZE SAVE TIRE BILLS hy having your Urea attended te before It 1 too late. Kspert workmanship a Bd the us of th, beat of materials Insures you th, beat of results. LOOK FOR THIS SIGN EXIDE SERVICE STATION BATTERY RrX'IIARCINO Irviris .Garage J24 Hroadalbin Street Weather Report , 42 to 77 degree. Th riser fell to l.Z Yeaterdsy tempsture ranged from feet 1aj9 .) 1 ri-f! Tell It To The Maijines- The Soldiers and Sailorsj Your Friends, Everywhere THAT ALBANY'S BIG ViCTORY CELEBRATION AND RECEPTION TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WILL BE TIIB BIGGEST EVENT OF THE KIND EVER HELD IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen Will aaslst with their preaence, at age a series of thrilling Isnd snd wster contests. Something Do ing Every Minute Patriotic and Industrial Parade, brimful of New Stunta and Feature; Baseball Came, Street Sporta, Amusing Contest POSSIBLY AN AIRPLANE EXHIBITION BIG FREE BARBECUE AT NOON i HILARIOUS DANCE AND MARDI GRAS IN TIIB EV E.NINO The City's Open and the Lid's Off to Every Man in Uniform COME!! 7C
