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JAMKS J. HILL.
The Successful Farmer
Raises Bigger Crops
and cuts down costs by investment in
labor-saving machinery.
(Jootl prices for the farmers' crops en
courage new investment, more production
and greater prosperity.
Hut the success of agriculture depends
on the growth-of railroads the modern
beasts of burden that haul the crops to
the world's markets.
The railroadslike the farms increase
their output and cut down unit costs by
the constant investment of new capital.
With fair prices for the work they do,
the railroads are able to attract new capital
for expanding their facilities.
Hates high enough to yield a fair return
will insure railroad growth, and prevent
costly tratlic congestion, which invariably
results in poorer service at higher cost.
National wealth can increase only as our
railroads grow.
Poor railroad service is dear at any
price. No growing country can long pay
the price of inadequate transportation
facilities.
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THE HLPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
HOW TO CATCH ELEPHANTS
Some Suggestion! Made by African
Paper Would Seem to Border
Slightly on the Ridiculous.
Half the Inventors in Knglatid seem
to have set to work on the problem
capturing or destroying the Addo Hush
elephants. One man wants to drive
them on to lighters moored in the Sun
day river, and another suggests hunt
ing them In whippet tanks, which, of
course, will go through Jungle like a
hot knife through a pat of butler. We
don't think- much of these ideas, how
ever. They do not appeal to us as
being sufficiently simple and practical.
But as mere destructive criticism is
never satisfying, we put forward the
following schemes, which could he car
ried out easily:
First. Erect searchlights round the
Rush and concentrate them upon the
elephants at night. Dazzled by the
glare the brutes will dash head first
Into the trunks of the trees and slim
themselves. Their feet can then ha
tied together, and they can be dragged
away by donkeys or oxen to cages and
subsequently sold to circus proprietors
or zoological gardens.
Second. Let a big airship (the R-34
would do) move ta and fro over. the
Bush, dragging it thoroughly with
grappling hooks. The elephant fished
up could be carried without a moment's
pause north of the Zambesi and gently
lowered to the ground, so tluit they
could make their way into the wilds of
Central Africa.
Third. Allow several submarines to
sink to the bottom of the Sunday river.
A gang of natives flowing trumpets
and beating tin trays would then drive
the elephants Into the water. As they
were swimming across, the submarines
would come to the surface underneath
them, lifting them out of the water.
The submarines would steam away to
any destination fixed upon, carrying
the elephants on their decks.
Fourth. Scatter several tons of ex
tra strong flypaper throughout the
Bush. This will adhere to the trunks
and feet of the elephants and the more
they nl tempt to get rid of it the mure
It will collect until in the end they
are suffocated. Johannesburg (Trans
vaal) Sunday Times.
Process Hardens Wool.
To prepare the cheaper kind of
woods by a patented method that
makes them more durable is the pur
pose of a concern just organized In
Koge, Penmnrk, according to a com
mercial attache in Copenhagen.
The woods especially to lie prepared
are birch, nyli and elm, all wood treat
ed by this process being called ten kin
wood.
Certain changes in the character of
the wood that normally take place
only after many years of drying are
by this chemical process produced
within 21 hours. Thereafter, when
the moisture that may still be left has
evaporated, the wood becomes harder
and more durable than by the aging
process.
Teakln birch Is of a beautiful gold
en brown color, and, when polished
wilh potash, It take on a mahogany
red hue. Teakln ash is a substitute for
teak. Tonkin elm lias noue of the dis
advantages of natural elm. Teakln
fir is of a uniform color all through
and Is used for office fitting and fur
niture and for veneering.
Period of Heavy Expenditure.
A period of twenty-live months, from
April. I'll, through April, 11!), the
war cost the Fulled Slates consider
ably more than $l,(M)O.0(N) an hour.
Treasury disbursements during the
period reached a total of SL'.'!,."lMI,iK)() .
. of which S1.U.VMKNUX) muv he
charged to the norma! ivw-nse which
would have occurred In time of ro-aee.
The balance may be counted ns the
direct money cost of the war to lb
end of April. 1!l!, a sum of t.'I.SM)..
lMHt,MNi. The figure Is twenty tliuin
the prewar national debt. In addition
to this huge expenditure, loans were
advamvd to the allb at the rate of
nearly f.iin,Ou tin hour. Coiiarm au
thorized for thin purpose llO.uuuHin,.
fXN). ami there aciusllr iiald to
variolic government the mini of
Platinum From Alaska.
The output of platinum, palladium.
ami other metals of the platinum (roup
In Alaska In 101s Is estimated at 2M
fine ounces, valued at S.'W.Ony, accord
llif to the Foiled Stales geohit-liiil sur
vey, department of the Interior.
Platinum was recovered from the
gold placers of some districts la larger
amounts and from some In smaller
mounts than Inst year.
One of the most Interest Ins; rvente
of the jrenr III connection with AlmVs
mining Is the recovery of substantial
amounts of palladium and of soma
platinum from the copper ore of the
Salt Chuck mine, near Ketchikan.
Proof.
"Could you Vto a pore Mler, ranm.
rot's been hitalldnt out o' the arm
tth loss o memory J"
"I don't tc!lre It; you came wltfc
quite another story lst month "
"lU I. mum? Well. er can't want
better proof thnti
Mighty, I on.!en.
that, csn yert
Th Wonii Depositor,
forrj. iiiiidiiin, but your account la
fllreid) oertirn n '""
"Will, wtint of it, young nmnT
HiretTI t s C-'!t to ,1, whnl I x with
n j own an-i uat?" I.tfe.
Tea Far Off.
Ilr III tiet ),m a ais oa the &rtt
ltehli'litit rhi (Inn.
Mir- Im'l llirir any rlr.ti(,n t efur
hat r IL.ston I leniiig Trsre rijiL
TO HER OLD GLORY
Greece Arises to Take Her Place
Among Nations.
City of Athens, Well Called the Paris
of the Levant, Has Made Won
derful Strides During the
Last Century
"Greece, whose classic ideals still
constitute one of the most potent
forces of world culture, Is about to
emerge to a more influential place
among modern nations as the result
of peace adjustments," says a bulletin
from the National Geographic Society.
"The established religion of the land
is, of course, orthodox Greek. The
clergy, headed by the metropolitan ot
Cetinjc, are a splendid lot of men in
physique and character. The Catho
lics, numbering some 13,000, have their
own archbishop at Autivari, and the
few Mohammedans possess a grand
mufti.
"In many ways Greek life remains
unchanged from its classic aspects.
Modern Athens, before the war, was
a brilliant capital well' werthy Its title.
"The Paris of tlie Levant.' Less than
a century ago it passed finally from
Turkish possession, and it was then a
small collection of mere hovels hud
dled beneath the Acropolis.
"In 1914 it was a city of wide and
gay streets, dotted with small parks
and adorned with many handsome pub
lic buildings, most of them the gifts
of rich Greeka who have delighted to
spend in the mother country the for
tunes which they have earned abroad.
"To such generosity Athens owes the
noble group of buildings which com
prise the university, the National li
brary, and the fine classic reproduc
tion which houses the Academy of Sci
ence, and above all and to my mind
the most interesting, the noble sta
dium, built upon the old foundations
ami along the old lines and ingeniously
carrying in its fabric every fragment
of tlie old structure which could be
found.
"In the midst of all this modernity
stand the remnants of the golden days
of Athens sedulously preserved, and
open to inspection and study with a
freedom nowhere equaled. The focus,
of course, is the Acropolis Incompar
able even in its ruins its cliffs and
grottoes still the home of legend and
faille.
"As of old, Hie Greeks swarm the
seas. Before the war the Piraeus was
one of the busiest of Mediterranean
ports indeed, it was the center of
transshipment for nil the east while
the Corinthian canal, after many finan
cial vicissitudes, now seems to be In
the way of becoming each year a more
and more useful route between the
Ionian and the Aegean sens.
"The Creeks are a town people. One
tenth of the population is to be found
in Athens and tlie Piraeus. The drain
of emigration from the rural districts
Is enormous. In the words of a cabinet
minister. It constitutes 'n grave na
tional hemorrhage.' Indeed, Nln some
villages In the Peloponnesus there re
main scarcely enough men to fill the
offices.
"In a land of much sunshine, as
Greece Is. life Is followed much in the
open. The oven Is almost Invariably
to be found In the courtyard, and It is
heated with dried twigs, almost the
only fuel of the country, which are
brought In huge piles Usm the hacks
of the put lent little donkeys, who vie
with the goats In hutng the most use
ful members of the household.
"At Megura the native costume ap
pears at Its best. It la rarely aeen
anywhere nowadays, mid has almost
wholly disappeared from tlie cities."
One Problem Solved.
Fnder some shady trees sheep gates
r.mke a rude enclosure and a woman
t mi old to work alts knitting on a rus
tic bench. About her are dozens of
the happiest, healthiest children and
liable that heart could desire.
1 hi scene shows how one farmer
In Cheshire solved the day nursery
pn.bli tn and cared for the children of
il.s new help.
Help he had to have; men could not
be found, and the women would not
(n.iiw unless their children could he
cared for. He served milk ami biscuits
lo tli.) children In their paddock, and
they grew happy and strong In the
fr.,th rnuntry air. The farmer says his
small outlay has been more than made
up to him In the Increased output of
the women, and many other farmers
are p'sntilng to follow his eutopic.
linden Mall.
Eight Pictures en a Film.
At many a eight photographs msy
be taken en the same Dim by the aid
of a special camera back Invented re
cently. When the him Is loaded there
are two mask In front of It, each of
which may be adjusted so that cer
tain portions of the film were ei
posed. The photograph le then taken
In the ordinary way, but that part of
the film whlrh was covered by the
mask remains unexposed, and anoth
er photograph msy be tsken, without
spoiling the one already taken. One
two. four or eight photographs may
thus be takrn on the snme (I'm.
lobby's View.
I.lttle Jtobtiy Clare, ase fire, a'ter
being housed In on account of rainy
weiuher. was enjoying the outdoor
and bright sunslk'ne. lie stood and
looked at the sun for a long time, then
said
"My. yet) might to hsvelolsnf pomer
after being turned off to loiif In
dienapnlta News.
WON BY SHAMMING INSANITY
How Two British Officers Fooled Their
Turkish Captors by Period of
Feigned Madness.
Are they really lunatics or brilliant
actors?
Sceptical Turks and British asked
the question as they looked at the
weird, ghastly figures of Lieutenant
Jones and Lieutenant Hill in the
prisoners' ward of a Turkish hospital
in the early days of the war.
Here is a picture of Lieutenant Hill,
as described by another British offi
cer: "A tousled scarecrow of a man. His
long, untrimmed hair hung over his
unwashed neck, his cheeks were sunk
en, his hands were clasped over the
bed-clothes that covered his shins. He
never looked at us, but with an expres
sion of the most unswerving austerity
continued to read a book that lay
open en his knees. As I passed I saw,
f rtmi the ruling and, paragraphing ot
' tlie pages, that it must be a copy of
the Bible."
"Jones was in a bed opposite. His
face was unusually white. The young
forehead, was divided and subdivided
by deep wrinkles; a golden ' beard
tufted from the chin ; the head was
covered by a too large fez, made of
white linen.
"He grinned and waved an arm
toward the Turkish orderly. 'I am not
English,' he protested, in Turkish. T
am a good Turk. The English are my
enemies. I wrote to his excellency En
ver Pasha, telling him I wished to be
come a Turkish officer.' "
The reputation of these two officers
as lunatics had spread through every
prison-camp in Turkey, says tlie writer
who tells the story in "Blackwood's
Magazine." But they were not mad.
They were feigning madness the whole
time in order to recover their free
dom ! And they won through.
As soon as the British vessel on
which they were shipped had left
Turkish waters they miraculously re
covered !
It was one of the most amazing
cases of malingering on record. The
marvel Is that Hill's mind did not give
way under the ordeal. For twelve
hours a day lie sat up in bed reading
and re-reading the Bible. He showed
no signs or interest m anything; pray
ed aloud for nearly half an hour morn
ing and evening In the presence of
a dozen people, and never smiled
a task which required almost inhuman
concentration. Jones, on the other
hand, acted farce Instead of tragedy
and both men completely duped tne
Turks.
Only One Thing to Do.
Three-Finger Sam says the only
way to reform n mini who has learn
ed to deal off the bottom Is to keep
him good nud scured.
Many of The
Men
I In Morrow County who have
ij the reputation of wearing good
H clothes had their suits made in
the
Heppner Tailoring
AND
Cleaning Shop
I also represent two of the best
order houses in the United
States.
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Tuesday, January 20, 1920
Defined All Right.
The third-grade teacher was read
ing "Chanticleer" to the children. One
boy did not seem to be giving atten
tion and she thought perhaps he did
not understand the story. So she de
cided to find out by a series of ques
tions. Tlie first one she asked was:
"William, what Is a chanticleer?"
For a minute William was con
fused. He wriggled in hi? seat and
then knowledge came to him and he
returned: "Why a chanticleer is a
hen that crowa."
DR. HAROLD C. BEAN
PHYSICIAN and SURGE6.V
Heppner, Oregon,
Permanently Located Odd Fellows
Building
Office Phone 763 Residence 533
VAUGHAN & BUTLER
DENTIST
Permanently located in Oddfellow's
Bunlding
Heppner, Oregon
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNKY-AT-IiAW
Office in Court House
Heppner Oregon
DR. A. D. McMURDO
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Telephone 122
Office Patterson's Drug Store
Heppner Oregon
WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW
Heppner Oregon
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORXEY-AT-LAW .
Heppner Oregon
F, A. McMENAMIN
LAWYER
Roberts Bldg. Heppner, Ore.
Office Phone Main 643 '
Residence Thone Main 665
ROY V. WHITEIS
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE, LOANS,
Heppner Oregon
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Plume Connections lone, Oregon
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