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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1923)
LIFE ON TH E OTHER WORLDS Astronomers Less Optimistic Regard ing Existence of Life Than the Enthusiast. Discussing planetary Ufe, so fai as It bears on the planetary system ol the sun,, we may state the average as tronomical- opinion,; It' Is far less op tl mistier for • the diffusion of life thar is the opinion ‘o f the enthusiast (1.)- Venus, s o . far as we can see more nearly fulfills the condition! than any planet other than the earth Its mass and orbit are certainly favor able, Its- distance, rotation, and- chem leal constitution„ are probably not un favorable-, though-we cannot pénétrât« Its dense covering of clouds and seel out the mysteries of its surface. (2.) Low forms of life may exist oi the planet Mars, where the thin at mosphere does permit onr telescopi explorations. High forms of life a the present time are, however, gen erally deemed improbable, and being) comparable with man and other ter. restriai mammals are considered ut terly impossible. (3.) The other planets oí the sola; system are now quite unsuited ti protoplasmic life.—Harlow Shapley director of Harvard College Observa tory, In Harper’s. Couldn’t W ait Longer. ATTACKED BY A RHINOCEROS Doctor 8helby Tells How He Killed the Huge Beast With a Snap Shot KIN OF NAPOLEON With one exception Napoleon’s brothers and sisters proved to be in competent, ungrateful, or openly his foes. Napoleon made- his eldest brother, Joseph, king of Spain, and Spain proved almost as deadly to him as did Russia. ' He made his youngest brother, Je rome, who deserted his American wife at the behest of Napoleon, king of ¡Westphalia, says the Detroit News, fand Jerome turned the palace into a ’pigsty and brought discredit on the very name of Bonaparte. His brother Louis, for whom he had starved him self, he placed upon the throne of Holland, and Louis promptly devoted himself to his own interests, conniving at many things which were inimical to France. He was planning high ad vancement for his brother, Lucien, when Lucien married a disreputable! actress and fled witlt. her to England, where he was received by the most persistent of all Napoleon’s enemies. Napoleon’s three sisters have been styled ‘‘the three crowned courtesans.” ; He made Elsie a princess in her own right, and gave her the grand duchy of Tuscany. He married Caroline to Marshal Murat, and they became re spectively king and queen of Naples. Caroline urged her husband to turn against his former chief, and Elsie threw in her fortunes with the Murats. For Pauline he did very little, yet she alone stood by him to the end He gave her a marriage dowry of half a million francs when she married the- Prince Borghese. On one expedition—notable in my memory because I was unaccompanied by any other white men—I spied a huge rhinoceros under a fig tree not more than a hundred yards away, writes Doctor Shelby, the big game hunter. As soon as the boys saw that rhino they grabbed up their loads, and start ed on down the trail. I decided not to kill the huge beast,I and was about to turn in my tracks,1 when he rushed me snorting and low-1 erlng his head. , He was upon me before I was in a position to shoot, so there was noth ing to do but leap nimbly to one side. He put on the brakes and almost stopped, then continued on down the trail in the wake of the porters. They were heavily loaded and would have difficulty in escaping, so I made up my mind I would have to kill him. As I raised my rifle he was just turning a bend 20 yards down the trail. And, scarcely taking aim, I fired. It was a snap shot for his body. I fancied that he lurched forward. At any rate, he disappeared around the bend and I could hear him rolling over and over down the trail, while the cries ef a dozen or more terror-strick en natives rent the air. I hurried forward. Around the bend I found loads scattered everywhere. Some boys had scrambled upon large rocks. Two had jumped into a tree. Some had jumped aside. One of these had been bowled over by the rhino, which then rolled over him, but luckily the boy had fallen between two rocks, which received the ponderous TH EY weight of the beast instead. OUR SALEM ADVERTISERS JUST ONE PURPOSE 136¿N. Commercial Street CLOTHING & WOOLEN MILLS STORE Salem, Oregon U. G. SHIPLEY COMPANY outfitters to W om en, Misses and Children 145-147 North Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon Originators o f the Pay as You Go Plan Quality Merchandise Popular Prices “ EVERYTHING MUSICAL” Alligator Gar Fights Captor. Porter Davis, local fisherman, eaught a mammoth alligator measuring six feet and five inches in length and weighing 114 pounds on a trot line out in the Ohio river a short, distance below the gravel pit, says the Mount Vernon (O.) Democrat, Davis said the creature put up a game fight, com ing at him in his skiff with his mouth open and its long teeth gleaming, Davis used a grab hook in landing the gar. The creature was kept alive and exhibited by Davis on the court square. Fishermen say the gar could inflict serious Injury to swimmers and that it constitutes a warning to the host of small boys going into the river near the gravel pit. "Fat King” Claims Award. The- “ Fat King«” as Maj. G. W. Ellis o f the British army, was known to the troops in France during the war, is a claimant before the royal commission of awards to in ventors. The claim is for an inven tion that the major perfected whereby the food waste at camps and bases was treated in such a way that the fat was separated .from the rest of the refuse, sent bar'l to England and used for. the manufaci..,-e of glycerine, Patent Given to the People. “ Sherm an, Clay & C o.-P ian os” “ I f interested in Piano, drop us a card or call” Moore’s Music House 415 Court St., Salem, Ore. Last Tuesday afternoon the officers o f the Christ Lutheran Church at Au rora together with the Building Com mittee o f that congregation, passed through the remodeled church to in spect it. .A fte r copsidering every de tail, they unanimously passed a resolu tion to the- effect that the contractor, Mr. J. B. Ratzburg o f Aurora, had done a very good job. They also re solved that this resolution be given publicity in the local paper. Mr. Ratz burg received payment in full, and both the Building Committee and the contractor expressed their mutual sat isfaction. Mr. Ratzburg employed Mr. Geo. Muessig to do the carpenter work. The Committee: Joe E-ibaland, Otto Knorr, Fred Keil. His Sister Pauline Alone Was Faith We wish to express our sincere ap- fu l to the Emperor | preciation to the friends and neighbors to the End. An old lady was on a visit to he married daughter. One day there wai company, and little Theodore, the hop of the bouse, was doing his best t amuse his mother’s visitors. Present ly he left the room, to return sooi afterward with a zinc bucket. Thi he planted right in front o f his grand ma, while the others sat wonderin; what was about to happen. TIRE OF GIVING LIF T “ Grandma,!’ said little Theodor« “ will oo kick It?” Motorists Find Th«ir Kindness to “ Bless the child,” said the surprise) Strangers on Road Sometimes is old lady, "why do you wish me t' IRVING OFFENDED SOCIETY Grossly Abused. do that, darling?” “ Because,” replied the young hop« Any automobilist going out West ful, “ I heard pa say we should be aw But Author of “ Knickerbocker’s His tory" Became So Famous He chester way, particularly on the roads fully rich when oo kicked the bucket 1 Couldn't Be ignored. leading to New Rochelle and Rye Beach, will find himself besieged by His Boss-y. Society’s hauteur and pride in ances young men and boys seeking “ a lift ” All good farmers like their cows, bu Lewis Owen either carried matters to try inspired Washington Irving to Occasionally but not so often two girls extremes or else he must have had ai write his “ Knickerbocker’s History,” “walking” .will ask a similar favor. One man complains that he even especially likeable cow. This is th- which lacerated the sensibilities of the New Yorkers, went out of his way to be obliging to way they tell the story down in Craw ancestor-worshiping ford county, Indiana,, where Mr. Owen writes Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, his “ guests,” but that how the world a Kentuckian, recently bought a farm in the Ladies’ Home Journal. Eventu may walk for all he’ll care, says the One of his neighbors was James H ally Irving’s fame became so great New York Sun and Globe. The other Clay, also a Kentuckian, and from hin that the social system was obliged to day, hailed by three youths, he stopped Owen bought a cow, but the cov accept the man who had affronted it. and they all piled in. The man’s wife Society’ s association with Irving did was with him on the front seat and didn’t want to leave her family-pas ture. She liked the Clay farm, sb little to make it think more kindly of passing through New Rochelle she re was contented there. So they trade) the professional writer. He was a membered there was a call she wished farms and Owen moved over with tin moody man, subject to fits of sullen to make. The three alighted grumbling. Later cow. Everyone is said to be satisfied depression caused, the romantic said, by the death of his betrothed, Matilda the automobilist found that his pas espeelally Bossy. Hoffman. He never married, and her sengers had burned holes in his floor picture always stood at his bedside. It mat, and scuffed the woodwork of the ! Yea, Why? “ Do you think I shall live until Tn Is now in the New York Historical panels on the front seat. society. 90, doctor?” “You got off lightly,” a friend re English authors carried on the work marked. “I make It a point to give “ How old are you now?” of making their profession socially un no one a lift, for I understand that in “ Forty.” “ Do you drink, gamble, smoke, oi popular. One of the first of these to the event of an accident a self-invited come to New York was Thomas Moore, guest could sue me and likely obtain ; have-you any vices of any kind?” “ No, I don’t drink, I never gamble then at the height of his fame. He was substantial damages.” i I loathe smoking; in fact, I haven’i a lofty and superior little man, patron | any vices.” izing in his pleasant moments and at Naming Pullmans a Task. He “ Well, good heavens, why do yot other times surprisingly rude. The first pullman car was a remod snubbed New York society, which had eled Chicago' & Alton day coach, No. want to live another 50 years?” welcomed him. 9, and continued with its original des Dickens and Thackeray did nothing ignation. It was first decided to letter dnring their American tours to re-es pullman car A, B, C, etc., but when Wanted—To hear from owner o f tablish literary men in the good graces 26 cars had been lettered, numbering good ranch for sale. State cash price, of society. They were scornful and was resumed. However,, to avoid con full particulars. D. F. Bush, Minne caustic toward American institutions, flict with railroad car numbers,, it was decided to give each pullman car a apolis«: Minn. 30-8t even American aristocracy. baptismal name, copying the custom of naming locomotives in the ’70s after officials and other celebrities, says the Detroit News. “The Pioneer” was the first name used on a pullman car. Later names of women, flowers, birds, cities, towns, rivers, lakes, soldiers, poets, battlefields and camps were adopted. There are now so many ptill- man cars that it has been found nec essary to take names from ancient To supply the Men and Young Men o f the Willamette Valley with history. the best o f Clothes and Furnishings at Reasonable Prices. BISHOP’S Vote o f Thanks CARD OF THANES INGRATES For the benefit of the public, the government has patented a water-re sisting glue developed by one of its research departments. Any person may obtain the directions for its manu facture by applying to the bureau. It is an Improvement on a glue made dur ing the war by adding certain copper salts to the old formula, giving It more strength, resistance to moisture, and better working qualities.—Popu lar Mechanics. for their kindness and beautiful flow ers during the illness and death o f our beloved husband and father, Charles Hager man, Mrs.-Charles Hagerman, Mrs. Edna Bloomfield, Mrs. E. A. McKellar, Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends and neigh bors for their kindnesses during the illness and death of our beloved rela tive and to the choir our heartfelt ap preciation of their valued services, Fred Wagner, Mrs. Henry Becke and family. Chris. Giesy and family. Aurora Lutheran Church “ UTE-FOOT Powdered Wm. Schoeler. Vocal solo.by Mrs. A . Potter^- t’ We' Shall Know as We Are Known,.” Sermon in English, by Rev, L. Ludwig. Anthem by the choir, “ I Will L ift up Mine Eyes’ ” - Short, adr deess m German, by Rev. , H. Lucas, Song by the choir, “ Victory Through Grace. ’ ’ THE AFTERNOON SERVICE AT 2:30.--Anthem by the- choir, • “ Thou Art the Way.” Sermon in German, by Rev. Aug. Krause. Vocal solo by Mrs. Wm. Schoeler, “ Jesus Thou art Standing ” Short address in Euglish by Rev. Geo. Koehler. Anthem by the choir, “ Teach Me, O Lord.” THE EVENING SERVICE AT 8.— Anthem by the choir, “ I Will R ejoice.” Liturgical service with reading o f Scripture. V o c a l solo, by Mrs. Wm. Schoeler. “ Ashamed o f Thee.” Sermon in English by Edward Buten- schoen. Song by the choir, “ The Whole Wide World for Jesus.” A cordial invitation is extended to the citizens o f Aurora and vicinity to worship with us. A t the noon hour lunch will be served in tbe basement to all guests who have come from a dis tance. Once more, a welcome to ev erybody! Wm. Schoeler. Next Sunday we intend to rededicate our remodeled church. The. program for the dav is as follows: THE FORENOON SERVICE AT 10-30.—Anthem by the , choir, “ From Aurora: 50 minutes from Salem; the Rising of the -Sun.” Dedicatory 60 minutes from P o rtla n d ;'30 min ceremony by Rev. L. Ludwig and Rev, utes from Oregon City. BANCE FLOOR WAX Gives smooth, glid ing finish to h a r d dr soft-woo a floors. JÏO A d D , G & B A S H ÓR D U ST. Y o u r druggist has it. If not; send u* stampa, 76c for one- pound package« TAKE the TRAIN CLARKE, W OODW ARD DRUG Co* P o rtla n d , O rego n . S A L E AN D COMFORT and SAFETY p l u s DEPENDABILITY W A N T A D S. Dr. Osmar K. W olf, Wondburn, Ore. is fully equipped to fit your eyes with proper glasses. tf Low Round Trip Fares reduce cost o f travel $ 1.55 $ 1.15 NOTICE: The sale season is at hand and I am prepared to handle all kinds of sales to your satisfaction. When ready,, call Will . Heinz;, Auctioneer, i Aurora Route. I or Canby 13-16.35-14tp i j — — ^ "r - - - - - - - - - ;— i— ; — • '— '■ On sale daily Limit 15 days i T o PORTLAND We have plenty o f money to loan on ' farms at 6 per cent. No commission, j Reliable Abstracts, Oregon City A b -! -tract Company. 44-tf & Low Round Trip Fares to other points Roomy, well-heated and ventilated equip ment makes travelling on the Southern Pa-. eific a pleasure. DANGER—Lurks in all wires I i You never can tell when they are hot, telephone or Elect ric. Warn your-children. Molalla Electric Co. tf. You know that- irrespective o f rain, fog, snow or other unfavorable conditions, the train can be depended upon—that efficient and courteous Southern Pacific men will look after your comforts. For Sale or Trade—l Mare and Colt. 1’rade for sheep, goats or hogs. W ant ed a Guernsey BuH. Fred Drager, Au rora, Route 3. 44-i-tp Ask agent for a Southern Pacific time table and for information regarding, fares, etc., or write JOHN M. SCOTT Ass’ t Passenger Traffic Manager Portland. Oregon 1 set CHEVROLET curtains/ Never been used. Trade for spuds. OB SERVER, tf For Sale—6 room house with bath, J lots; three chicken houses; some ruit; opposite Luther an Church. 45tc On sale Fri.. Sat. & Sun., limited to Tues. Southern Pacific Lines THE ANNUAL Red Cross Roll Call is Now at Hand Send Your Subscriptions TO MRS. DIANA SNYDER, SECRETARY