Tuesday, December 25. 1923
PAGE FOUR
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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Arab Pearl Diver
.(Prepared hy the National (ipntmiphlc
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Ceylon bus the oldest pearl llxlieriex
In the world wave pcrhiiis those of the
Persian gulf. And the Ceylon fisheries
linve been among the most proline. Mil
flions mill millions of dollars' worth of
those lustrous gems have eome from
the waters olt the western unci north
western shores of the island slnee this
fascinating sort of llsliiuu began prob
ubly 1,000 years before Christ. Most
if the iiearls gathered In this long
period have gone to the rajahs and
princes of India; and even In the re
cent years In which there have been
fisheries, these same insatiable collec
tors of pearls have absorbed from 1)0
Ho Ul per cent of the Ceylon "catch."
One unfortunate feature of the Cey
ilon pearl fisheries Is their undependn
l)lllly. At intervals the peurl oysters
jnyHterlously disappear and a number
f years may pass, without their reap
pearance. Then just as mysteriously
liundreds of millions of the young bi
srulves will be found on the banks and
lucrative fishing will again be possible.
There was such a disappearance llf
4een years ago, and no Important tlsh
Jug lias been possible since. Hut this
year It has been found the sands and
rocks of the banks are covered by count
lews young oysters, and it Is believed
Jhnt once more In 10-4 the famous old
Ceylon pearl banks will be adding
their wealth to India's vast stores.
The pearl "oyster" of Ceylon, like
4hose of other lands, Is really not an
oyster at nil. It Is more nearly re
luted to the mussels than to the oys
ters, and it differs markedly from the
latter In having a byssus, or a bundle
if tough libers, by which it attaches
Itself to the bottom. The maximum
(size attained by the Ceylon pearl oys
ter Is only four inches, anil the shells
i lire so thin that they may be crushed
between the lingers.
, Most of Them In Gulf of Manaar.
' I'earl oysters are'luuiul on all parts
of the coast of Cej Ion, but exist in siif
llclcnl abundance to supurt an impor
tant fishery only In the Gulf of Manaar,
which is a large Indentation between
Ceylon and India, lying immediately
doiith of the line of giant stepping
Hones known as Adam's Bridge.
The pearl oysters are more or less
concentrated on banks, which occupy u
nhullow, level plateau extending from
Ihe shore for a distance of three miles
In the southern section to "0 miles lu
Hie northern and broadest part of the
gulf. This plateau Is bounded by the
ten or twelve fathom curve, and falls
uway quite abruptly, so that within a
very short distance of the Ashing
.grounds we may get soundings of 100
fathoms, or even 1,000 futhoms. The
area of the pearling grounds Is about
KO0 stpjare miles. The bottom Is for the
most purt sand, diversified by outcrop
(dugs of calcareous rocks, which form
fist or slightly inclined ledges, on
hlcb the pearl oysters grow. Aggre
gations of ledges constitute "puars," or
tanks, which centuries ago received
names that are still applied.
The largest and most Important of
throe grounds Is Cheval puar, lying
from nine to thirteen miles offshore at
depth of five to eight and one-half
fathoms, and extending shout six and
one half miles from north to south and
four and one-half miles from east to
west.
The number of oysters produced are
absolutely beyond comprehension.
Home years ago, on one paar five miles
long and two miles wide, smull pearl
oysters were ascertained to be present
to the number of bUHiO per square
yard, In places forming a layer over
the bottom nine Inches deep. One
diver, who was down only ;(0 seconds,
brought up ;t,'-"J."i young oysters by
actual count. This condition of the
grounds was determined lu November
liy government Inspectors; In Decem
ber of t jo-.r !: i v . '. I
4,1 v ci fe-:vl I.!! ! l w ;
With Nose Clip.
ns If by magic. On another bnnk,
known as the I'eriya paar, scientific
experts in the year 1002 estimated the
number of young oysters at one hun
dred thousand million, but so insecure
was their existence that on Inspection
a few months Inter It was found that
all had been swept away.
Under Government Control.
The fisheries have- been under gov
ernment control and the taking of the
oysters is permitted only after am In
spection discloses that they are pres
ent. In sntliclent numbers. News that
a fishery is to be held travels as by
wireless telegraphy throughout Ceylon,
India, and other parts of the East, and
at the. prescribed time 110,000 to oO.OOO
people gather lu u few (lays on a strip
of desert sand, with the Gulf of Manaar
on one side and the jungle on the other,
at u point convenient to the pearl-oyster
grounds. .A town overlng a square
mile springs up like a boom town lh
the West, with regular streets, prlvute
houses, shops, murkets, bunks, a ceme
tery, und government buildings, such
as a court house, post and telegraph
offices, prison, anil hospital. In the out
skirts of the town large water tanks
are constructed to supply water for
washing clothes and for bathing; there
are also wells or cisterns throughout
the town. As there is no harbor, the
fishing boats draw up In a long line on
the beach.
A more heterogeneous aggregation of
humanity could hardly he found else
where, r.esldes the olllcials, with
their assistants and servants and the
force of 1100 native police, there are
the multitudes of fishermen, merchants,
mechanics, pawnbrokers, money-lend
ers, priests, coolies, and pearl buyers
and speculators, of every conceivable
color, speaking a score of tongues, and
representing half a dozen religions. To
amuse, divert, and prey on those who
have legitimate business In the pearl I
town, there are fakirs, Jugglers, danc
ers, beggars, gamblers, and loose char
acters of both sexes.
As soon as the fishery is over, the
entire place seems to dissolve In a day
as if by magic, the people hurry to
their homes, the pearl town lapses
again into a solitary sandy waste, and
Ihe beasts of the Jungle take posses
sion. Marlchchukaddi may spring In
to being the next season, but may re
main non-existent for many years.
How the Divers Work.
The fishing boats start for tin
grounds --soon after midnight, so as to
be ready for work as soon us daylight
conies. They take positions about the
supervising vessel moored over the
particular ground selected, anchor,
and remain actively engaged until
noon, when the entire fleet sets sail
and starts for the shore.
Kxcept for a loin cloth, the divers
are naked. Their fingers are covered
by flexible leather shields to protect
them from the rough corals and shells.
In order to facilitate the descent, each
diver employs a Hut, oval stune, weigh
ing 80 to f0 pounds. The atone is
perforated at on end to receive a rope,
and close to the stone a kind of
stirrup la made In the rope to accom
modate the diver's foot. The stone Is
suspended at a depth of four or Ave
feet below the surface by means of a
cord attached to an outrigger,
When ready to descend, the diver
places one foot on the stone, the other
on the rim of a rope basket attached to
it rope, Inflates his lungs, loosens the
slip-knot holding the stone, and sinks
rapidly to the bottom.
The Arab divers wear nose clasps of
flexible horn attached to a cord around
their necks, while the divers of other
races simply compress their nostril?
by band during the descent.
I'nder the arrangement that pre
vailed at the last great fishery, the
divers were allowed to retain one-third
of their catch, to (Msposf of in tliey
ph'sive.l. Tie ver'vi:"'it fflnrc! tbP
I'ouoiliiror mid sold U i.i i.u.-i.i.,i.
AARV GRAHAM BQMMER.
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TURKEY GOBBLER'S SPEECH
Mr. Turkey Cobbler was In the
barnyard. Near him stood Mrs. Tur
key Gobbler as
well as many oth
er of his relatives
and barnyard
friends.
"Listen to me,
Turkeys," he said,
"for today I wish
to make a speech.
Gobble, gobble,
gobble, I have a
great deal to say."
All the turkeys
gathered around
Mr. Turkey Gob
bler, and after he
hud cleared his
throat and looked
at all the differ
ent animals to see
if they were pay-
Almost Bursting
With Pride.
ing attention to him, he smiled his best
turkey smile, and commenced:
"Ah friends," he said', "it is not well
to boast, but a little real pride Is all
right. We turkeys can be justly
proud. "We are honored on the day of
Thanksgiving. Now Porky I'ig over
yonder in the pen, is never honored in
such a way. His family never receive
the great and beautiful compliment
we do.
"I often look at them, nnd I say to
myself that it is no wonder they are
always digging in the mud with their
snouts, for they cannot hold up their
heads and gobble with pride as we
can. Sammy Sausage, Brother Bacon,
Pinky I'ig, Master I'ink I'ig, Miss Ham,
Sir l'ercival Pork, Sir Benjamin Bacon,
are all right In their way, but they are
not animals of any importance. And
they know it ! That is why they grunt
their way through life.
''Now, the ducks quack nnd swim
and the geese cackle and make a great
deal of noise and quarrel with their
neighbors. Thut's because they're
geese, of course I They don't know
that creatures are far happier and
have a fur better time who are pleas
ant, and who enjoy their neighbors.
But then of course you can't tell by
their family name what they are like!"
Mr. Turkey .Gobbler cleared his
throat again and after seeing that :all
were still listening to him, he contin
ued: "Billy Goat Is all very well, btit
then, too, one can tell by his family
name that he doesn't amount to much.
How glad I am our family name Isn't
that of Goat ! He will eat almost any
thing. There is nothing superior about
his diet, nnd by diet, I mean his food.
"Mr. Booster crows and makes a
great fuss, but he gets pretty fright
ened by an automobile horn ! His
grandfather or great grandfather or
great, great grandfather said he made
automobiles stop to see which way he
was going, ns he wasn't going to let
them think their horns were of more
importance than his crowing.
"He Is of the opinion that roosters
should go up and start some barnyards
In the clouds just so as to show the
airplanes they haven't the right to go
wherever they please!
"But he hasn't gone ns yet because
he hasn't heard of any Rooster air
plane express going to the clouds.
"The hens cackle and make a great
fuss, but they don t amount to so
much. And the chickens aren't great
er. But ah, we turkeys! It Is not
because I wish to boast, but it is be
cause I am almost bursting with pricle,
as Thanksgiving day conies around
nuain. and I think of the honor that
has been shown our family
"Porky Pig's family will do for any
old breakfast. Who has set aside a
special day In the year when the site
clal food at the banquet Is bacon or
nork or ham? No one, und I doubt
If they ever will.
"Who has set aside a special day In
the year when the special food at the
banquet Is chick
en? N o o n e. A
chicken will do
for any meal at
all, though I think
chickens are more
fuvored than pigs.
Chickens do
mostly for lunch
es and dinners and
suppers, and ba
con Is mostly for
breakfast. Where
is the honor In
being eaten by
people who're hur
rying oft to school '
o r business o r
who're still half
asleep and not In
the least appreci
Not In Any
Hurry.
ative? A I say I do not wonder they
grunt their way through life. But we
have had a day set aside when we are
the great and Important feature of the
occasion. And all those big Word
mean that we're The Thing about
Thanksgiving day.
"People take time ovir Thanksgiv
ing lay dinner. They are not In any
hurry. They do us great justice. They
admire our family, too. lhey stop
and say :
"'Look at that magnificent turkey.'
Ah, we are appreciated.
How She Wanted It.
Iorothy (who wits being chnstKed)
- I i.v.sc 'p :u'.: .ft. n;i tin r.
QUEER FACTS ABOUT DRESS
Cut and Make of Some of Our Com
mon Articles of Apparel j
Explained. j
We still have buttons, but no button
holes, on the cuffs of overcoats. They
were originally introduced in the Seven
teenth century, when coat cuffs were
intended to turn back.
The stripes down the sides of some
trousers are a survival from the time
when breeches were made so close in
fitting that they had to be buttoned on.
The buttons are forgotten, the stripes
alone remain, says Pearson's Weekly.
The swallow-tall coat is the descend
ant of that which was buttoned back
to save the lining from getting dirty
by rubbing against the hide of a horse.
Side pockets on coats were the out
come of the slash made to permit the
projection of the sword handle.
The original reason for cutting away
the coat In front was to display fine
linen the wearing of which was a sign
of wealth.
Stockings were once made from a
straight piece of material. The clocks
down the sides are the survival of the
seam that made a fit possible.
The leggings worn today are "direct
descendants" of the leather stockings
once worn by our ancestors.
Buttons were at one time regarded
as ornaments, and many people, be
cause of this, refused to wear any
buttons but those which were abso
lutely necessary to keep their clothes
together.
"First-Aid Auto Kit" Latest.
iiitnmniitiiuts used to he content
with currying by way of extraordi
nary accessories a fire extinguisher,
a swing for the baby and a tow rope,
but with the list of those Injured in
auto accidents growing daily, some are
beginning to add ftjiotner piece oi
oi,w,nienf nnd nn entei'Tirising manu
facturer of hospital goods is capitaliz
ing tills new neeu. says uie iw xoik
Sun and Globe. He has provided an
"automobile first-aid kit," which con
sists of the articles necessary to ren
der first aid to persons injured while
working on an automobile or driving it.
Perpetual Sodas.
There is one girl in New York who
is "fed up." Her job is to drink nut
sundaes, sodas, all the soda fountain
concoctions there are, or to order them,
at any rate, and go through the mo
tions. She is a spotter. Besides de
tecting dishonesty and seeing if the
ticket systems of the fountains work
properly, there Is the service business
to look at, satisfied customers and all
of that. The technic is Just the same
as In spotting in a jewelry store. The
first essential Is complete disguise as
an ordinary customer and the second
is alertness.
, Paid Just the Same.
"What do you make a week?" said
a magistrate to an Italian organ
grinder. "Four pound, snre."
"What! Four pounds for grinding
an organ?"
"No. sare: not for da grind but for
da shut up and go away." London
Tit-Bits.
NOTICE OF TKACHERS'
EXAMINATION
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Morrow
County, Oregon, will hold the regu
lar examination of applicant for
State Certificates at the Court
House, as follows:
Commencing Wednesday, Decem
ber 19, 1923, at 9 o'clock a. m. and
continuing until Saturday, December
22, 1923, at 4 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday Forenoon
U. S. History, Writing (Penman
ship), Music, Drawing.
Wednesday Afternoon
Physiology, Reading, Manual
Training, Composition, Domestic Sci
ence, Methods in Reading, Course of
Study for Drawing, Methods in Arith
metic. Thursday Forenoon
Arithmetic, History of Education,
Psychology, Methods in Geography,
Mechanical Drawing, Domestic Art,
Course of Study for Domestic Art.
Thursday Afternoon
Grammar, G e og r a p h y, Stenog
raphy, American Literature, Physics,
Typewriting, Methods in Language,
Thesis for Primary Certificate.
. Friday Forenoon
Theory and Practice, Orthography
(Spelling), Physical Geography, Eng
lish Literature, Chemistry.
Friday Afternoon
School Law, Geology, Algebra,
Civil Government.
Saturday Forenoon
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon
General History, Bookkeeping.
Very truly yours
J. A. CHURCHILL,
State Supt. Public Instruction.
32-34
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court ot the State of
Oregon for Morrow County.
Charles Beckett, Plaintiff,
TS.
Gladys Beckett, Defendant.
To Gladys Beckett, Defendant.
In the name of the State of Ore-
gon, you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you In the above entitled
suit on or before, six weeks from the
date of first publication of this sum
mons, or on or before six weeks from
the date of service upon you, if
served personally without the State
of Oregon, and if you fail to so an
swer for want thereof, the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief
prayed for in his complaint, to-wit:
For a decree of the court granting
to the plaintiff an absolute divorce
from the defendant and granting to
the plaintiff the care and custody
of the minor children of the plain
tiff and defendant.
This summons is served upon you
by publication in the Heppner Her
ald, a weekly newspaper of general
circulation published at Heppner,
Morrow County, State of Oregon,
once a week for the period of six
weeks, by order of the Hon. William
T. Campbell, County Judge of Mor
row County, State -of Oregon, made
and entered on the 3rd day of De
cember, 1923, and the date of first
publication of this summons is De
cember 4, 1923.
WOODSON & SWEEK,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
32-36 Address, Heppner, Ore.
NOTICE OP SHERIFF'S SALE
UNDER, FORECLOSURE
In the Circuit Court of the State ot
Oregon for Morrow County
Helen V. Knappenberg, Plaintiff,
vs.
A. C. Allison and Cora A. Allison,
his. wife, and tle Farmers and
Stockgrowers National Bank, a cor
poration, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that under
and by virtue of an execution and
order of sale issued out of the above
entitled court in the above entitled
cause to me directed, dated the 30th
day of November, 1923, upon a judg
ment rendered and entered in said
court on the 25th day of October,
1923, in favor of the plaintiff, H,elen
V. Knappenberg and against the de
fendants above named for the sum of
$10,000 with interest thereon from
November 1,' 1920, at the rate of 6
per cent per annum, $640 attorneys
fees and costs and . disbursements
taxed and allowed in the sum ot
$18.60, and accruing costs of sale,
and wherein the court decreed the
sale of the real property mortgaged
by the defandants, to secure payment
of said judgment.
I will on Wednesday the 2d day of
January, 1924, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
at the front door of the County Court
House In the city of Heppner, Mor
row County, Oregon, offer for sale
and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, the
following described real property
situated in Morrow County, Oregon,
and ordered sold by the court, to-
wit:
Southwest quarter, East half
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- - GEORGE McDUFFEE,
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32-37
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