Aurora observer., December 25, 1924, Image 2

^ A u r o r a Observer
Entered as second class matter March
28, 1911, at the postoffice at Aurora,
Oregon, under the Act of March 3,1879.
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Reginald Deni
Geo. E. Knapp. Editor and Publisher
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EDITORIAL
Opinions of the
►Observer
The wholesale use o f the pardon­
ing power as displayed by the recent
acts o f Governor Hart, o f Washing­
ton, can not receive too great cen­
sure, Were it an isolated ease o f a
pardon granted to a convicted mur­
derer or other criminal, we would
have nothing to say, though we felt
that such pardon was unmerited,
because there is ever present a
possible reason which the governor
may rightfully have and which is un­
known to others, but when it comes
to turning loose the criminals and
underworld vermin indiscriminately
to prey) upon society, the one who
thus takes advantage o f the authority
vested in him by law, is worthy o f
fa r more than he is likely to get in
the way o f a penalty, fa r more indeed
than a good coat o f tar and feathers
at the hands o f an outraged constit­
uency.
The man who wantonly
carries a cage o f rattlesnakes around
and turns them loose amongst - the
crowds o f people is actually deserv­
ing o f death. He, who, under the
protection o f law, releases a horde o f
the vilest criminals to prey upon the
people, is in fact no better.
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When one approaches a:' factory
where dynamite is made everything
seems half asleep. Here and there
among the scattered buildings a man
may be seen slowly wheeling a rub­
ber-tired vehicle that looks not unlike
a baby carriage. He exercises the
greatest care, for his load is nitro­
glycerin, which does not allow mis­
takes to happen twice. The workmen
and these strange carts are used to
take the nitroglycerin from the mix.
Ing room to the refinery for the alter­
nate straining and testing it must un­
dergo until its detonating qualities are
perfected. When the dynamite has
been strained and the sulphuric acid
removed from it the foreman takes*
half a teaspoonful of the liquid,
spreads it thin on a metal surface and
t Yen/strikes it with a hammer. When
he Is satisfied the product is shipped
along to the dynamite building, where
the nitroglycerin Is soaked up by por­
ous Clay and cpt in convenient sticks
for mine use. The dynamite when
pressed into shape is tested out by
the explosion of a small amount on a
ballistic pendulum. This device has a
heavy lead ball mounted on the end
of a swinging arm, which is set In mo­
tion by the force of the explosion. The
gage tells the amount of motion and
from this the power of the dynamite is
calculated.
Thjs popular “movie” actor began
his career on the legitimate stage. He
was born in England and embarked on W ord “ Sleet” Used to
a theatrical career on leaving college.
Convey Many Meanings
He came to America and starred in a
number of road shows. The war took
The word “ sleet” i has three distinct
him back to his native land and he be­ meanings is the English-speaking
came noted as a boxer in the Royal.Air I world,"says Nature Magazine. In Eng­
force. After the war he returned as a { land it is nearly always applied to a
musical comedy baritone, later being ! mixture of snow and rain, and the
induced by a prominent producer to en­ same usage prevails! to some extent in
ter motion pictures.
this country.
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The controversy over the name o f l
Mount Ranier is a veritable tempest
in a teapot and bids fair to challenge
T h r o u q h th e Q la d
as much attention as the noted Canby
E qes o f a W o m a n
wedding affair, fo r it has already
engaged the earnest activity o f one
o f our highly paid representatives
in Congress, a member from the
By Jsn s D os
state o f Washington with prospects
o f taking up at least a portion o f the
time o f all our national lawmakers.
O U R N O SE G A Y GIRLS
This, together with Governor H a rt’s
pardoning' campaign should give
T WAS dilly-dallying alongside the;
Washington \ state considerable free
beauty counters of a big store the
advertising.
other morning, treating my-susceptible
nose to all the fine airs which blow
round these parts.
Middle A ge for Women
And it occurred to me that Jhe fash--
From T wenty to Fifty ionable young woman of today, judging
•‘When is a woman middle-aged?” is from the amount of money she hands
a question capable of many answers, over those popular counters, must be
according to the country in which the a sort of animated pot-pourri of all
; matter is being discussed, and the the most delicious scents that ever
/ number of years to the credit of the blew across Araby, or—er—the per-
fumler’s laboratory,
f
people discussing it.
Her toilet from her hoi:* of awaken­
The other day I was sharing my
¡¡f ‘ eight o’clock breakfast with my small ing until she lays a tired head on the
' and extremely precocious son, Eve pillow of forgetfulness is surely just
Adams relates, in T, P.’s and Cas- one delicate aroma after another.
She Is very liberal, you observe,'with
sel’s Weekly, who seized the unpro-
pitious occasion to remark : “ Mummy, the lilac bath, salts, and she dries her­
I suppose now you’re middle-aged?’’ self on warm towels from a linen- cup­
“ Perhaps I am,” I replied acidly and board that is smelly with sweet, ver­
noncommittally. “ I shouldn’t be sur­ bena. After that she powders with a
prised,” continued this embryo diplo­ gigantic puff.
Her teeth she ••cleans with a paste
mat, “ if you’re even over twenty,!”
“ Neither should I,” I agreed, much more tasty with .wintergreen, and likes a
genially, as I hastened to turn the mouth-wash! flavored with peppermint;
She waspes her face in waters that
conversation into less personal chan­
are faintly milky with tincture of ben­
nels.
,On the other hand, I was talking zoin, which is not 'unlike sweet al­
with a friend the other day, who has monds to ; the nose, and bathes the
passed the allotted span of three score sleep out of-her eyes with -eyecups of
years and ten, and he was deprecating rose water.
Her hair has to be anointed with a
a state of affairs which allows women
to have a take in the politics of their trifle of jasmine brilliantine, and she
corintry. “ At all events,” he grumbled, touches ..up her ljps; with a stick that
“the vote should be restricted to sen­ reminds you o f .cherry.'
sible middle-aged : women.” What! do - Over her cheeks and neck she puffs
you mean- by ‘sensible middle-aged’ ?” a rachel f or natUrelle cloud of some!
I asked curiously. “ Fifty, and not a delicate powder that can be quite ln-
day under,” was the irascible response. toxicatingly like, a wild rose, or a sug­
gestion of honeysuckle after a shower
of rain, or a nodding violet,
H ow Ants “ Sew” Leaves
Maybe, it is a, dance night.
Edward Step, F. L. S., in the Lon­
Another bath—now with mustard in
don Sphere, tells about a little red ant, It. She creams her neck and arms,
widely distributed through all of the and wipes It all off With .a California
countries of the Far East and South, poppy toilet water.
which constructs shelters for its do­
She uses her best perfume, which is
mestic cattle among the branches of very alluring and baffles degcription.
trees, uniting a number of leaves to­
And she goes forth, rustling In silk
gether by means of silken threads. A or taffeta, with the aroma o f the looms
large number of workers pull and of far Chlng or Japan still clinging to
haul the edges of growing leaves into them.
position while other workers bring up
And we don’t see her anymore until
larvae from the nursery, and, holding
she comes back with her feet like bits
them in their Jaws, apply the grubs’ of>hot lead, white -shouders that ,ache,
mouths to the leaves that are to be with the shimmy-ague, 'and a head’ that*
connected, Intimating to them in some feels as If it’s going to burst. •
way that they are to emit fluid silk,
But she is not too. tired to wipe off
The1 threads are drawn from leaf to
ill that powder and ilp-salve and cos-
leaf, and as the silk hardens imme­
metlque with plain, Homely cold cream,
diately upon exposure to: the air, a
or spray her pillow with refreshing
large number of such contacts have
eau de cologne.
the value of stitches, and a roomy
Oh, Very nice!
leuf-hae is constructed.
And how grateful We should be for
our nosegay. girls. ■
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Let ns salute them.
Proper Diet for F ly
Taking respectful care of cherry-
A re you feeding your house flies
property? These delicate creatures, so tasting cupid bows.
charming and desirable about the
home, can’t be happy and healthy on
Just "any old thing” you leave about
fo r them, says the Kansas City Star.
In the Journal of Experimental Zo­
ology R. w. Glaser tells of a series of
experiments to -discover Just what
sort of food is suitable for them. The
housewife will appreciate the informa­
tion.
On, an exclusively protein diet they
live from one to eight days. Eating
only sugar the life period is longer,
but no eggs are laid— no baby filés to
gladden the home.
Mr. Glaser reached the conclusion
that the very best food is sugar and
some form of starch that can be eaten
and assimilated. On such a diet they
thrive, live long and lay plenty of
eggs. The average life of the house
fly is only about:twenty days.
In
general, female flies live longer than
Makers of Dynamite
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A LINE O’ CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs,
^ V W W V V V T r V V V V V V w V W V V V V V W V V J
WHY?
yield up to despair,
Surrendering; to oare,
.
W HY
With
tears and downcast
eye,
When in the morning sky
The glorious sun of cheer
Is shining bright and clear,
And shedding on your way
The golden light of day
To lead you from your stress
Out of the wilderness
If you » But seize the gold
The flying minutes hold?
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Flemish Burghers H ad
True Democratic Spirit
Summons
No. . . . . Y.
In the Circuit Court
The crown prince of Sweden, guest of the State of Oregon for Marion
of the mayor of the ancient town of
County.
Department No. 2.
Bruges in Flanders, expressed surprise
Helen
Powell,
Plaintiff, vs. Edgar
at the democratic manners of the
burghers of the town. They dropped Powell, Defendant.
To Edgar Powell, the defendant
In quite casually at the “ matrle” and
came to shake hands with the heir above named: In the name of the
apparent of the Swedish crown. These State of Oregon you are hereby re­
Flemish burghers have ever been’ thus, quired appear
and
answer to
according to Pierre Van Paassen in the the
complaint
filed
against
Atlanta Constitution. There need be you in
the a b o v e
entitled
no surprise In their customs. When
¡cause and court within six weeks
Louis VM , king of France, arrived In
the
date
of the first
Ghent to be present a t . the marriage from
of his sist'er to the archduke of Aus­ publication of this summons, and
tria, a special entertainment \vas given if you fall so to appear and answer
In the market square. On the one side I plaintiff’s complaint, herein for
o f the square was a luxurious lodge want thereof, the plaintiff will
draped in ermine and velvet, where apply to the court for the relief
seats had been arranged for the car­ ¡demanded in her complaint, to-
dinal princes of the church and the Wit: F o r a decree of divorce for­
king. Some good burghers arriving be­ ever dissolving the marriage con­
fore the king calmly occupied the royal
tract existing between you and
and princely seats. When the king put
¡plaintiff
and granting to plaintiff
in an appearance the burghers refused
may
be
to give up their seats to the cardinals, ¡such other relief as
though they made room for the king ] equitable.
of France. Indignantly, the cardinal
This summons is published for
archbishop of Rheims. .who was pres­ j six consecutive weeks in the Aurora
ent, ordered one citizen thrown into ¡Observer, a newspaper of general
the river. The bailiff asked him : “ On ¡circulation printed and published
whose authority shall I do this?" “ On j at Aurora, in Marion County,
the authority of a prince of the blood
and a prince of the holy church," came | Oregon, the date of the first pub­
the order. “Tour highness,’’, replied lication thereof shall be Thursday,
the bailiff, “ the man you want me to ! December 18th, 1924, and the date
throw into the river is a cloth, weaver, | of the last publication thereof shall
and that means a little more than a I be .January'29th 1925, all done in
mere prince of France with us.”
accordance
with the order of
Honorable L. H. McMahan, Judge
of the above entitled court, which
Two Simple Reasons
order was dated and entered of
W h y Eggs W ere Hard record in the above entitled cause
“Lilybel, the eggs are hard again, on December 15th, 1924.
and you know the children aren’t al­
HANNAH M ARTIN ,
lowed to eat hard-boiled eggs,” pro­
IVAN G. M ARTIN ,
tested an exasperated housekeeper re-1
CAREY F. M ARTIN ,
cently to her colored cook. ; “How is
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
! it that you can’t seem to learn such
Postoffice Address : 413 Masonic
a simple, thing as how to boil an egg
I Temple, Salem, Oregon.
; soft?”
“Ah don’t know, Mis’ Gray,", pro­
Summons
tested Liiybel, amiably, distressed.
“Ah sure does try ter have dem aigs
de way you wants ’em ; Ah Sure does.
Ah looks at de clock de whole time i No. 17326. In the Circuit Court
dey’s bilin’, go’s de hand won’t get I of the State of Oregon for Marion
Department No. 2.
away fum me. Ah cain’t guess how. | County.
come dey’s hard-bilecL ag’in— onless Rosa M . McDole, plaintiff, vs.
’twas Ah kep’ my eyes on de hour Henry McDole, defendant.
hand ’stid ob de minute hand, Mis’
To Henry McDole, the defend­
• Gray.”
ant above named: In the Name
An excuse hardly more acceptable , of the State of Oregon, you are
was that offered by Hannah, a Scan­
hereby required to appear and
dinavian of some experience in Amer­
ica,; for Hilda, her sister, but newly answer the complaint filed against
arrived,: who was employed In the you in the above entitled cause
same household. Hilda had boiled the and Court within six weeks from
the date of the first publication of
eggs too hard. .. .
, Again, a great many Americans, in­
cluding most engineers, have long ap­
plied the’ name “ sleet” to the smooth
coating of tee, due to rain falling in
Cold weather that at times envelops
the branches, wives1 and other objects
and gives, us the beautiful spectacle
of the “ice storm.” British meteorolo­
gists call this "glazed frost,” our
weather bureau has-coined for It the
name “ glaze,” and on both sides of
tlie Atlantic it has sometimes been
known a s. “ silver thaw.”
I-astly, the “ sleet” of weather bu­
reau usage is widely so called in Amer-’
lea, and sometimes so. called in. Great
Britain. A few British meteorologists
have tentatively styled it “ ice rain,“
but this name has never become estab­
lished.
In view of these facts, It is a safe
forecast that the term. “ sleet” is des­
tined td cause meteorologists more
worry in years to come than the tetm
, “It is because she vor alvays too this summons to-wit: Within six
“ eyelone”-*-whlch 'mbst people still . slow,'” explained ..Hannah apologetical­ weeks from Thursday, December
misapply to the1'tornado—has Caused ly. “ She hov alyays .take Heelda- ten 18, 1924, and if you fail to so answer
for many jFe'ars past.
7 Y
mincites to* -boll. hers .eggs free- min­
utes.”—Youth’s Companion.
Queer Marriage Customs
In many pacts of; India, after (he
marriage ceremony tiie bride and bride­
groom are tied together by the corners
of their garments and Compelled to pa­
rade the full length of the village/to
signify that they are united for life!
At a Cingalese wedding the presumably
happy couple are tied together by their
thumbs.
In Turkey,' when the" bridegroom un­
veils his bride to have -the first view
of her after the marriage, they both
look into a mirror and then knock
heads together so that the images may
appear united.
In certain portions of China the
br^de is carried on a servant’s back
over a slow fire, on each side of which
are arranged a pair of the bride:
groom’s shoes. Another custom is. that
of lifting the bride over the threshold
of her new home.
Writing With a “ Hill”
How many people would, associate
the word “pencil” with a peak or a
headland?
The word is derived from ’ the na­
ture of (he districts where slate is
quarried, for the earliest pencils on
record were made from slate. The
word "pen” denotes a headland on the
coast, .or a peak in the country, and
It Is from these old rock formations
that the material is quarried. In this
way we find such names as Penrith,
Penmaehmawr, the Pennlnes, and
Penzance, all of which have at one
time or another been actively asso­
ciated ^ith', the slate Industry.
In the manufacture of the modern
“lead” pencils, the plumbago from
which the writing portion, is made is
also quarried In these regions.—Lon­
don Mail.
Adjusting Compass
As a rule the deviation ,of the com­
pass on steel Ships is compensated-by
means of magnets and soft iron cor:
rectors. These are so placed near the
compass as to almost exactly counter­
act the ship’s magnetism and reduce
the deviation to- zero. Compensation
is never quite perfect, however, and
the operation must be repeated and
the magnets readjusted if the ship
greatly changes* her magnetic latitude
because the earth’s magnetic force
changes as we recede, from the poles,
while the magnets, do not 1
Evidently Much Moved
A little* girl returned home to her
parents,- ;after, sitting for her school
musital examination. They asked her
how she had got on.
“ Very well, I think,” she .answered.
“ What was the’ examiner like?”
“Quite a nice man—and so religious.”
“ Religious! How could you tell?”
“ In the middle of one of my places
he.-putihis head in his hands-and said,
‘Oh, heavens! Oh, heavens!’ very rev­
erently.” ;
Lightning and Radio
The .bureau-of-standards states that
a radio antenna, if grounded," or pro­
vided with a lightning arrester, has
some of the properties of a lightning
rod, but, as commonly installed, has
these properties in such limited de­
grees that it is not to be regarded as
effective protection against lightning,
On the other hand, on account of its
relatively small size, it does not ap­
preciably increase the possibility of a
direct/stroke. A modern lightning rod
system, however, ' is designed and in­
stalled with a , view , of . protecting
against direct strokes, and when this is
properly done, a high degree of protec­
tion is,'obtained. Many lightning rods
in actual use are not properly installed,
and it is to these that isolated cases
of, damage to rodded. buildings are
usually traced.
Few Climb Mount Ararat
or appear therein, for want thereof
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in her com­
plaint, to-wit: a decree dissolving
the marriage contract now existing
between you arid plaintiff and re­
storing plaintiff to her former name
of Rosa M . Huntley.
This summons is published for
six consecutive weeks in the Aurora
Observer, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed and published
at Aurora, in Marion County, Ore­
gon, the date of the first publica­
tion thereof being Thursday,
December 18, 1924, and the date
of the last publication thereof
being Thursday, January 29. 1925,
all done in accordance with the
order of the Hdnorable L. H.
: McMahan, Judge of the above ep-
titled Court, which order is dated
and entered of record in said
cause December 10, 1924.
HANNAH M A R TIN ,
IVAN G. M ARTIN ,
C AREY F. M A R TIN .
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Post Office address: 413 Masonic
Temple Building, Salem, Oregon.
Dec. 18-25-Jan. 1-8-15-22-29.
Mount Ararat has long been the goal
of mountain climbers and its sides
have been, attacked with varying suc­
cess, for generations. With an altitude
of over 17,000 feet, its precipitous sides
present difficult problems in climbing.
A proposed railroad to the summit,
while within the range of engineering
Aurora: 50 minutes from Salem;
possibilities, is an almost fantastic 60 minutes from Portland; 30 min­
scheme. A legend persists that frag­ utes from Oregon City.
ments of the ark still lie upon the
summit of Ararat, hut the few hardy
Climbers who have reached this goal
discourage the belief. Noah, after de­
scending the mountain with i his ship's
company, is supposed to have planted
a vineyard below the snow line, where
he was afterward buried.
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' Chinese Girl’s “ No”
When a silken-coated Chinese man­
darin, resting on his embroidered
knees, pops the question to the lady
of his choice, he never gets a “ no."
So explained Prof. Franklin Lee at
Columbia university, where lie is con­
ducting, a course in the Chinese lan­
guage.
According to Professor Lee there’s
no such word as no in the Chinese
lexicon. I f the Chinese girl spurns her
admirer she lisps something that
sounds like “bushih," which means “not
yes.”—Los Angeies Times.
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.The new pastor observing a poorly
dressed’ individual, who was sitting In
the rear of the church greeted him
and said:
"1 am not sure but that we cotjld
find some place for you in church
work.”
“ Thank you, sir,” the man replied,
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