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LOCAL BRIEFS
Peraoaal Mention of People and Activities About the City.
Ll KEW LIFE FOR HOLY LAND
Wttlk Abundant Supply af Water, the
Desert Promises Again to lie
am Like th Rose,
"The desert shall rejoice and bloa
ra Ilka tha mat," old Isaiah proce
ssed. Tha reinitiation of Palestine by tha
rltleh haa at laat opened tha Holy
land to tha enterprtae of tha eat. re
snarka tha Journal of tha American
Medical Association.
Captain Caraon of tha American Rod
Cross commission, which followed On
ral Alienor. Mil ua that tha Brt
problem of Improvement encountered
waa that of water supply. That part
of raleatlna south of Beereheba hat
boon piped with water from the Nile
by British enctneera with American
equipment the realisation. It la said,
of dream thousanda of jrears old.
Several million gallons a day are
pumped from tha canal near Kantara
cross tha Snes canal Into Palestine.
At Kantara rapid aand Altera are used.
The pipes are laid at least eighteen
laches deep In the soil or aand of the
araart In order to protect them and
tha water from heat North of Beer
aheba there la plenty of water under
tha surface, though Tery little, owing
to the geologic formation and meteoro
lecic conditions of Palestine, remains
easily available. On the western slope,
however, the valleys form excellent
reservoir sltea for collecting the win
ter rains, though they would often
have to be treated to prevent losa by
percolation.
The problem of the water supply of
Jerusalem haa been attacked by such
noted men aa Hezeklah who con
structed a tunnel which la today an al
most unexplalnable engineering feat
Solomon, Fontloa PUata and Herod.
In the spring of 1918 the British, us
ing ranch of the Roman work. Installed
a six-Inch line from the springs of
Wady-d-Arab, about sixteen miles
oath of Jerusalem, through which
aeora than 200.000 gallons a day are
now flowing Into the city.
It Is said that Jerusalem could be
tarnished with more than 20.000.000
allona a day of pure water. Almost
every house-In the city haa Its rain
water cistern, and these, with proper
Inspection by the newly organized
health department, are being filled
with safe water.
It la to be expected that the disap
pearance of the picturesque water ven
ders of Jerusalem will be accompanied
by the passing of the terrible water
borne disease prevalent under Turk
ish rule.
Baaing Rome From tha Air.
American tourists may hereafter vis
it Roman ruins the Coliseum, For
ana. Pantheon, Caracalla baths and the
Aesnica of Constsntlne, St. Peter's
ad other Rome gems, not In anti
quated horsed rawn carriages, but In
airships. The Italian navy has es
tablished a commercial dirigible serv
ice for visiting Rome and Its en
virons from the air. The venture has
anet with complete success, for dally
tto aircraft are filled to capacity.
The correspondent of the Associated
-Press viewed Rome from the Italian
aavj's dirigible 51-1. On board were
tltplomatlc representatives of all the
allied countries to the number of 34.
the capacity of the craft The United
Btates representative was Colonel
Bockey, military attache there.
Those In the party of long residence
stated that looking at Rome from the
dirigible brought out features of It
which went unpercelved to the observ
er on the ground.
Get Necessary Knowledge.
Host of life's great mistakes are due
to Insufficient knowledge. In the early
days of the great war battles raged
on the eastern front Tbere are the
great lakes and marshes. Victory as
a rule came to the man who knew the
ground best. One of the great gener
als made It his program to lure his
opponents Into the lake region and then
deliver swift blows in the time of his
foes' bewilderment The difference be
tween grades of mental power Is not
so great but It's the training and the
knowledge and application that makes
the great differences between men.
When a man's ready to do his own
rough work he Isn't lll.ely to have
things "put across on him." The ten
derfoot has always been a Joke among
his fellows. He la common halt Let
him show a little aggressiveness and
the regulars will respect him more.
Blunders he will make, hut he will re
deem them and himself by his attempts.
Twin Brides.
The strangest welding ceremony 1
ever witnessed was a double wedding
of twin sisters. It was not only out
of the ordinary but a little uncanny
to aee the father walking up the aisle
of the church with two brides, one on
each arm, both dressed exactly alike
la white satin trailing robes. They
were so much alike that in the excite
ment of the moment the future hus
bands could not tell them apart and
claimed the wrong brides at the foot
of the altar where they stood with the
father. The two young women al
lowed their future husbands to be
fooled until the preacher asked the
fatal question, and then the mistake
waa made known, much to the embar
rassment of the men. Chicago Trlb-
How They Rank In Thrift" -These
figures represent the number
of savings bank depositors a thousand
sf population; Switzerland, 552; Den
mark, 462; Norway, 424; Sweden, 404;
Belgium, 801; France, 862; Germany,
B46; England, 820; Italy, 232, and
United Btates 119,
Went to Portland
Mrs. G. O. Kelley who Haa been
visiting in the city for several days
left on tha early train for Portland
today.
From Brownsville
Hon. Charles Childa who Is a prom
inent farmer and stock man residing
near Brownsville was an Albany
businvaa visitor again' today.
Business Trip
Prof. W. T. Nichols of Lebanon, the
pioneer music instructor of tha coun
ty waa in the city this morning on
professional buslneea. Pntf. Nich
ols reports business good thla year.
Short of Oil
The paving company of tha city are
being held back in tha work on ac
count of a lack of a supply of crude
oil to burn In tha furnica In melting
tlio material that is being used ill a
final finish on the streets.
Nehergall Market Completed
The work on repairing and enlarg
ing the Nebergall meat market has
been completed. The proprietors will
soon be in a position to increase thtlr
capacity to accommodate the public.
Business Trip to Portland .
Ur VY. P. White pastor of the Unit
ed Presbyterian church made a busi
ness trip to Portland today.
Leaves for Spokane J
Rex Case a wefl known young man
of tha elty left thla morning for Spo
kane where ha la to reside.
Carl Bilyeu of the city left on the
mottling electric train for Portland on
a business trip.
Weather Report
Thia afturnoon and tonight rain,
Wednesday fair. The river stands at
o.8 fuel. The temperature ranges
from 38 to 82 degrees.
Leaves For Portland
Mrs. Ida I. (Well and daughter In
law, Mrs, U K. Covelt left on the
morning train for Portland to spend
tha day.
MISSIONARY MEETING
IS POSTPONED
The meetlaar of the mislonary sncl-
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sty of the First Presbyterian church
to be held at the residence of Mrs. W.
II. Lee at 11th and Kerry street has
been Imatponed one week. i
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This remarkable test showed conclusively
that Three-Point Cantilever Springs exclu
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They protect the car from road shocks
and prolong the life of every part.
They enable the wheels to hold
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They do away almost entirely with side
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Diagonal attachmentof the Three-Point
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