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ALBANY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21
SHOOTING AT THE MOON
The Smithsonian Institution has a scheme for sending
a sky-rocket to the moon. It is a rocket of improved design,
invented by Prof. Goddard of Clark College, which is guar
enrrf tr uhi7 unward at the rate of about a mile a second,
maintaining its initial velocity by a succession of explos
ions. ,-.'.' , ,
The idea is to wait till the dark of the moon, then take
a pot-shot at it with one of these rockets, provided with
nmioh ammunition to carrv it ud throueh the atmosphere
and bevond the cull of the earth. After that it should find
its mark easilv. because the moon's attraction would draw
the missile to itself. The rocket would carry a charge of
flash-powder, to be exploded on contact. The astronomers,
havin? fired it. would turn powerful telescopes on the moon.
If they saw a sudden flash on the moon's dark surface, they!
would feel safe in inferring that the rocket had arrived.
What then? Well they would know that they had j
succeeded in shooting to the moon. That is probably enough j
for the scientists. Astronomers are agreed that the moon
is so frozen up that there is no life on it whatever. Thus,
there could be no shooting back, as in the case of the hypo-
thetical Martians, if anybody ever succeeded in shooting;
to Mars and making the natives notice the shooting and.
grasp what it was for." The man in the moon would shine;
on in unruffled serenity. ' j
Still, it would be a triumph from which every human
heinff. learned or ienorant. would surely get a thrill. And
the quest is richly suggestive of the new era.
This rocket inevitably reminds one of the great "strife
guns" with which Germany lately surprised and shocked the
world. . They are said to have fired a shell which itself fired
another shell, thus carrying 75 miles. There is at least as
much profit in shooting at the moon as there was in shoot
in at Paris. .
GROUND O WLS '
(By Guy Htcn Phelps)
I want to go back to the piute (lower,
To the mule deer buck and doe;
To the rainbow trout and aspen bower.
And the white streama cold a anow.
I want to srawl under the red (Ir shade.
On the slop of the Saw Tooth hill.
And aleep on a bed which the good God made
Where the lileno ia wide and still
' I want to drink out of th old mud spring
. -Where th wild horse come at noon,
And th hot wind goes with Korching wing,
And a pitiful mournful croon
I want to get onto a short-barked man.
' And follow the tralls-afar;
Where they wind by the black butt grim and lone.
And the winds of the desert war.
Where the gaunt coyote has tracked the sand
As memory scars the heart, .
And the ghosts of dead men walk the land
Where th salt dusts burn and smart.
I want to ride by the desert path.
Through the scrub sage grim and gray.
Where Thirst sits scowling in sullen wrath
On the brow of the panting day.
Where the rabbit darts from his white sage nook.
Brown wraith of the alkali;
Whirls here and there, sits up to look, .
With startleV and burning eye.
And the lone wolf yap aa the sun goes down
Of a cosmic hate untold;
As weird as the mists on the dim rldgo brown.
As old as the heart is old. .
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Want's Peace
While all the rest of the world
wants peace these Senators want a
debate on peace. They are willing to
let the great concern of America and
the world go on the rocks in order that
they may vent their partisan spleen
on the President and serve their parti
ssn and personal purposes. They are
making a sorry spectacle of America,
whose leadership in civilisation they
would Jurn into a leadership in dis
honor and chaos. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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THE IDEAL MAN
A minister who wanted to preach a sermon on "the
ideal young man" sought advice from his congregation in
the form of a questionare. When the resultant sermon was
forthcoming, it appeared that it takes about 179 virtues" to
make an ideal man.
And it's a safe guess that if any human being were en
downed with all those virtues, nobody else on the face of the
earth would want anything to do with him. Lamentable as
the fact may be, all philosophers agree that it takes vices,
too, to make a man at least, on this earthly plane.
Boiling down that interminable catalogue of real or
imaginary virtues, however, one may get hold of something
tangible and practical. It appears that nearly all of the 500
men and women who contributed their opinions were agreed
on at least three essentials. .
Their ideal man must be honest, he must be religious
and he must be courteous.
Isn't that a pretty good character prescription for any
body, in any walk of life? Honesty, which makes a man de
pendable; religion, which gives him a sustaining faith; and
courtesy, which is a habit of kindness, making easier the
common path of humanity. Can that be improved on, in
three words? ... . -
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Thrift Week -
The only way to atop the useless ex
penditure of money is to stop It - A
.mraim nf duration in thrift is on
this week all over th United States,!. Dr. Bowen 814
under the auspices of th Y. M. C. A.. Or. Charles A. Bowen of Portland
Its purpose U to show concretely how ;birn his week of revival service,
to live decently and still lay by some- 1 Methodist church under th
thing for the time when th capacity) " favorable . circumstancr-a and
.... . mith h Km twMaitiU . anlrit Tk
to earn a living nas paaseo. ieisj- - - - - 1 ru
crow a was not large as irequeniiy
n
Wood worth Drug Co.
(Phonograph Headquarters) .,
gram.
Pandora'a Box
The Capital Journal predicted when
the special of the legislature waa
summoned that Oovemor Okott waa
opening a Pandora' box of troubles
and the result ceriAed it. The peo-
pie breath freer now that the ses
sion is adjourned.
Fish and Political
Fish and game affairs should be
kept out of politics. To leave the
appointment of the commissioners to
the legislature would insure the op
posite. East Oregonian.
j happens on Monday evening, but every
one gave th speaker th closest at
tention. Dr. Bowen's forcible pre
sentation of truth ia arousing the
thoughtful people to a better form of
church work and greater enthusiasm
in their service.
Dr. Bowen has received telegraphic
permission, from the Centenary office
to remain her during th remainder
of the week, and the pastor and peo
ple count themselves fortunate to have
the services of so strong a preacher
for such an extended period. The
Bible readings will be held as usual
at 2:30 every afternoon, and th even
ing service at 7:30.
Good Example
The special session of the Oregon
legislature, which astonished th en
tire state by adjourning Sunday morn
ing instead of taking the full consti
tutional period of 20 days, has offer
ed an interesting demonstration of
what can be accomplished by work
ing at high pressure and reducing
oratory as nearly as possible to the
mnimum limit. Eugene Register.
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