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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, March 4, 1924
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Admiral Peary's Photograph of the North Pole. i
cirrepnted by tno nhuotihi oentfrHpiiic so
ciety, Wa-HliiriBtun, L. C)
Valuable Information which mny
Uielp fanners, fishermen ami. sailors,
a well as scientific data that will
materially enrich man's knowledge of
Ills spherical home promise to How
Smm un extended survey of the Arctic
regions. Such a survey, to he made
aiext spring, has been ordered by Sec
retary of the Navy Denby with the
authority of President Coolidge, and
(Will be participated In by the National
Ideographic society.
The expedition Is to traverse the
most extensive unexplored region that
remains on the face of the earth. It
lien, roughly, In a large wedge-shaped
lice, nt the threshold of American
Herrltory, between Point Barrow, Alan
1(1, and the North pole. This north
mrn tip of Alaaka Is separated from
Ithe pole by J.287 statute ndles, and
he direct path between the two cuts
tie center of the mllllon-square-mlle
region of mystery. It is not even
loaown whether this Is an area of land
r water or both.
Only the edges of the unexplored
region have been skirted, but deduc
tions have been drawn from careful
observations which seem to Indicate
that land exists there. This conclusion
tiaa been reached by a number of ob
servers from a study of the movement
unfl age of Ice and from tide and wave
measurements. If land exists there
It niny harbor minerals of great value
ti does Spitsbergen In a comparable
situation on the other side of the pole.
It Is entirely possible that Islands, If
tliey do exist In the unknown region,
tuny have such an economic value that
the planting of the flag of the United
ftfatee there may be uceounted an act
of great foresight by future genera
tions. Animal life abounds In the Arctic,
Dsn are plentiful, and as a multiply
ing population turns more and more
to the sea for Its food the svfbmarlne
life of the Polar regions assumes ever
lorreasing Importance. Oceanic mam
mals, especially whales and seals,
emerge Into reach of mankind's habi
tations ipon the Arctic's outskirts.
Should aircraft be used to make a
reconnaissance flight over the 1,287
inlle course between Point Barrow and
the pole the flight will be another mem
orable exhibition of the navy's Initia
tive and daring, hut It will be far
from the rash adventure the layman
might at tlrst Imagine.
Indeed, the flyers would have some
marked advantages over a similar dis
tance across Altantlc ocean waters.
The continuous daylight of a polar
mimnier eliminates the handicap that
darkness entails In the event of ine
.chantcal troubles. In an uncharted
region the 24-hour day Is especially
ielpful.
-I Not So Bid for Flyers,
) Myers would encounter leads of
water short distances apart In much
f the unknown ion. These would
permit planes to alight, nnd would
allow the use of convoy planes to
bring supplies, relief, and additional
personnel. The Ice tloes are virtually
eafvty rafts for the flyers. In trou
iie, a plane alighting in the water
always would be in easy reach of Ice
r, If under sufficient control to land
on the Ice, It could there make repairs
tr radio for relief.
The radio, of course, Is a prime fac
tor In eliminating hazard In Arctic
flyuig.
Another important advantage the
Arctic holds Is the eternal calm of the
waters. No high seas are ever en
countered among the leads, as fre
quently Is the case in the Atlantic.
Comfortuble flying temperatures are
practically certain In au Arctic sum
mer. The weather bureau has record
ed 100 degrees at Fort Yukon, Alaska.
In this respect the use of aircraft gives
the polar explorer a new-found ad
vantage over the pioneers who had
to brave the extreme clil of vrt,-
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Wot the least Important of the sc.l
entitle data that may be gathered are
those In regard to weather conditions,
a knowledge of which would be use
ful In the making of weather fore
casts for the United States. I
Weather Data Are Wanted. . I
Slost of our weather Is not a local
matter at all, but results from dis
turbances that originate perhaps many
thousands of miles nwuy arid "drift"
to us. Thus our weather bill-of-fare
Is made up largely of a series of mov
ing "lows" and "highs" regions of
subnormal and abnormal barometric
pressure made familiar to many read
ers by the roughly circular and ellip
tical lines on the daily maps of the
United States weather bureau. Ac
companying these disturbances are
winds, hot aud cold "spells," and rain
or snow the chief factory that make
up our weather. Forecasting weather
consists largely In detecting new dis
turbances as they show up on the west
ern nnd northwestern borders of the
country, learning their characteristics,
and figuring out the paths that they
probably will follow because f the
prevailing pressures and temperatures
ahead of them.
The great majority of these "lows"
seem to originate over the warm sea
south of the Aleutian Islands In the
winter, and over the Interior of Alaska
during the-summer while the "highs"
are found farther to the east. But
some of the conditions that cause
them to be "built up" In those places
have their birth farther north In the
Polar regions, and a better knowledge
of temperature, pressure and wind
changes there would undoubtedly facil
itate weather forecasting.
In the search for the beginnings of
Its weather, the United States Is not
concerned with the entire Polar re
gions. It Is most concerned, It hap
pens, with the unexplored territory
which lies north of Alaska. The out
standing and dominant factor In the
Arctic's contribution to the world's
weather Is the draining of Its cold
air southward. Air Is "slippery"' and
cold air Is heavy.
When a pyramid of cold air has been
built up near the North pole, tire upper
part slides down the slope and flows
off with a considerable momentum to
the south. This Is true all around
the pole. But there are certain chan
nels in which the flow Is concentrated
by mountains nnd land masses. One
channel Is down the nortliern arm tf
the Atlantic between Kurope and
Creenlaud, others are up the great
river valleys of Siberia ; and still oth
ers are through Bering strait, over
Alaska east of the Canadian Hookies
and up the Mackenzie and other val
leys of Canada. It Is this latter group
of cold-atr rivers east of Siberia alone
that directly Influences the weather of
the United States.
Daily Radio Reports.
Temperature, pressure and wind con
ditions the really vital weather fac
tors are not known In the region
north from Alaska to the pole, and
are now merely assumed for scientific
purposes largely by Inference from ob
servations taken 6n the famous Fram
drift across the Asiatic side of the
wmr u-feiuus. Accurme ouservauons
ui me seusonai cnanges or the fac
tors made on the ground or rather
"on the Ice" would be of great value
In filling out science's permanent rec
ords. Pally reports by radio for a
considerable period from- a ship drift
ing across this region or from some
other sort of base established In Its
heart, would be of Incomparably great
er value practically, for they might
often furnish the unknown factor that
would determine next week's weather
In Minneapolis, Chicago and New York.
Besides adding to the world's knowl
edge of the factors that bear directly
on weather, a study of the unexplored
regions of the Arctic would greatly
o..r l:iov,:i'.-e ,r .. - ci
FUa Critics Terrify,
Says Samuel C. Blythe
The flea government critic Jumps
about and asserts Its flea view that
unless we reform our state to meet
with the flea momentary flea view the
state must perish, says Samuel C.
Blythe In McNaught's Monthly. t
The flea religious critic has entire
moral disintegration Just around the
corner unless flea precepts are heeded.
The flea literary critic consigns us to
Illiteracy unless our literature con
forms to Ms flea standard. The flea
conserver of our morals has us all
sunk In hades unless his standards arc
observed.
And so with the flea political critic,
the flea economic critic, the flea social
critic, so with all the fleas. Adopt the
flea view or be eternally doomed and
damned. No flea was ever wrong. In
fleadora there Is salvation.
Curiously enough, we allow the fleas
to annoy us. The Idea of taking a flea
seriously is preposterous, but we do
take them seriously. Thus showing one
of two things : Either we are too thin
skinned for our habitat, or we have
lost our sense of proportion.
For example, when on English flea,
say, comes over and bites at us, we
shrink from his bltlngs as If that par
ticular flea was a saber-toothed tiger
Instead of the flea he Is. When a for
eign flea Invades us we hurry out our
defenses Instead of pointing out that a
flea Is all the Invader Is. And so with
our domestic fleas. W7e, the most pow
erful nation In the world, squirm and
shiver before our fleas Instead of
cracking them on our national thumb
nail. The fleas have us terrified. We
fear their fleabotomy.
Merely Signing Names
Business of One Firm
There Is n firm doing business in the
heart of the financial district of New
York city which the high officials of
many banks and large corporations
would sadly miss should it suspend
operations. What it supplies In the
way of automatic assistance In lifting
the burden of over and over again
writing the "John Hancock" of this
and that and the other official upon
checks, stock certificates or bonds
makes possible a saving of time that
sends innumerable desk weary busi
ness men to their needed dally recrea
tion upon the golf links, yachts and
motor boats or In summer to the base
ball parks In time for the first Inning,
says a New York letter to the Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
Because of the peculiarly confiden
tial relationships existing with cus
tomers, the firm Is not after publicity.
Nevertheless, the fame of the Institu
tion has spread until It Is a common
thing In Wall street to hear one of the
officials say to another: "I sent those
debentures over to be signed and ex
pect them back very soon now." ''
The machines that perform the
work have a capacity for 20 signatures
at a time. Whatever has to be signed
In duplicate is arranged by trained
clerks.
Choice of Sacrifice
"Mamma," said little Elsie, "I do
wish I had some money to give you for
Christmas dinners for poor children."
Her mother, wishing to teach her the
lesson of self-sacrifice, suld: "Very
well, dear; If you would like to go
without sugar for a week I'll give you
the money Instead, and then you will
have some."
The little one considered solemnly
for a moment and then said : "Must it
be sugur, ma?"
"Why, no, darling, not necessarily.
What would you like to do without?"
"Soap, mamma," was Elsie's answer,
Beaton Transcript.
Really Near-Sighted
A man who was very near-sighted
went to have his eyes tested. After
asking him to repeat the letters on the
test card without success, the special
ist grew impatient and left the room.
Five minutes later he returned with
the lid from a dustbin, lie put It neai
the near-sighted man and said: "Here,
can you see this?"
"Yes," said the man. . :
"What ls'lt?" asked the specialist.,
"Well, it's either a half dollar or a
quarter," was the unexpected reply. ,
King Solomon's Reservoirs.
Two of the reservoirs built by King
Solomon have been cleaned out, and
are being used to supply Jerusalem
with fresh water by means of an aque
duct which passed through Bethlehem.
The masonry work done by the great
Hebrew king's men bus proved to be
very leaky, which Is little wonder,
considering the length of time which
has elapsed since the original con
struction, and money has to be spent
right along to keep It In repair.
Unplsasant Truth.
The teacher, a woman of Question
able age, was having a hard time get
ting Johnny to memorize the names of
the presidents.
"Why, when I was your age," she
explained exasperated, "I could recite
the names of presidents forwards and
backwards."
"Yes'm," replied Johnny, unim
pressed, "but when you were my age
there wasn't nearly so many presidents."
Why He Wept
Hale We had a grand wedding at
the house yesterday. My daughter was
married.
Hardy Yes, I saw you crying foi
her when you gave her away.
ITn'e f"o, not for her. I was cry
' for tbr -wor booh ih-t mr.rr!e1 r-?r.
Harding and Coolidge
Indorse Relief Fund
The late President Harding
wrote a letter some weeks be
fore his untimely death, strong
ly indorsing the efforts of the
American committee for relief
of German children, for pun
chase of food and Its distribu
tion to the millions of starving
German children by the Amer
ican Quakers.
Upon succeeding to the presi
dency, Calvin Coolidge declared
that the conditions were fright
ful in Germany; that millions of
children faced the worst kind of
slow death starvation and
urged the raising ol a fund of
$10,000,000 in the United States
for this relief.
Herbert Hoover, former Ore
gon boy, now secretary of com
merce, caused official investiga
tions to be made by American
agents, all of whom . reported
that unless American aid came,
there would be wholesale death
from starvation.
Major-General Henry T. Allen,
who commanded the American
troops on the Rhine during occu
pational days, is directing the
nation-wide campaign to raise
the funds necessary. "We never
fought children," said he. "And
we will help them now."
In Oregon, Robert H. Strong,
of the Portland firm of Strong
&. MacNaughton, who directed
the Hoover food campaign here
in 1921, is state chairman. The
amount to be raised in Oregon
is $100,000 and he expects it will
be given promptly.
The Season Passes.
The man looked forlorn at his lone
,y table. After suitable deliberation
the head waiter sauntered over.
"Have you ordered, sir?"
"I have."
"And what was your order, sir?"
"Oysters."
"Sorry, sir, but oysters are out of
leason."
"The waiter didn't tell me that when
ordered them. But I suppose they
were In season then."
Largest Thermometsr.
The largest thermometer In th
world has been erected on the board
walk, near Michigan avenue, Atlantic
City. It Is SO feet high, enabling
iromenaders a mile away to read the
temperature. The mercury In the tube
is ten Inches wide and Is operated
by a system of small thermometers
with electrical relays. Lights on the
board Indicate the temperature seen
lately and automatically.
Just Good
RAGS WANTED Clean cotton
rags wanted at Herald office. Knit
underwear, etc., not acceptable. 22-tf
IS THE CIRCI IT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON
For the County of Morrow
First National v
Bank of Roberts, J
Idaho, a corpor
ation. Plaintiff,
I Notice of Sher
iff's Sale on -.
Foreclosure.
vs. . 1
Walter Rietman, 1
Defendant, '
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That undfr and by virtue of a fore
closure execution and order of sale,
issued out of the Circuit Court of the
State of Oregon for Morrow County,
upon a Judgment and Decree of
Foreclosure made and entered there
in, on the 20th day of December,
1923, in a suit wherein the First
National Bank of Roberts, Idaho, a
corporation, was plaintiff, and Wal
ter Rietmann, was defendant, and to
me directed, I have duly levied upon,
and will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, at
the front door of the County Court
House in Heppner, Morrow County,
Oregon, on Wednesday, the 5th day
of March, 1924, at the hour of two
o'clock P. M. of said day, all of the
right, tite and interest of said de
fendant in and to all of the follow
ing described real property, to-wit:-Walter
Rietmann,
Lots Three (3) and Four (4)",
and the South Half of North--west
Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of Section Two (2), in
Township Two (2) North of
Range Twenty-six (26), East of
the Willamette Meridian, con
taining 319.07 acres, according
to the United States Govern
ment Survey, in Morrow Coun
ty, Oregon.
Said sale to be of the whole of said
described lands, or so much thereof
as may be sufficient to satisfy the
Judgment of the Court, in the above
entitled cause, to-wit, the sum of
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-seven
and 05-100 Dollars ($3.-
127.05), together with Interest
thereon at the rate of eight per cent
per annum from the said 20th day
of December, 1923; the sum of Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00), attor
neys' fees, and the further sum of
1 Twenty-eight Dollars ($28.00) costs,
Printing
We cater to the trade of
those who apprecite good
work and demand their
money's worth when or
dering printing. We do
not try to underbid any
one; we simply give first
class service at a reason
able profit and know
the man who charges you
less gives you less, and
the one who charges you
more simply makes a
bigger profit than -we do.
Whatever your business,
the demand for neatly
printed stationery guar
antees a prof itable invest
ment. Prompt delivery i
another claim we make.
THE HERALD
together with the costs and expenses
ot such sale, said sale to be made
subject to the confirmation of said
Court.
Dated and first published this Eth
day of February, A. D. 1924.
GEO. McDUFFEE,
Sheriff of
41-45 Morrow County, Oregon.
GILLIAM & BISBEE'S
COLUMN
A car of poultry supplies just ar
rived. Anything and everything for
the Hen.
Lots of Mill Feed and Dr. Hesse's
Stock Tonic for your Live Stock.
Sheep Dip. and Lice Exterminators
and other Remedies for Live Stock
and Poultry.
Our Spring Stock of Single Trees,
Lead Bars, Wagon Tongues, Coupl
ing Poles, Plow Beams and Handles,
Clevises, etc., just arrived.
Gilliam & Bisbee
Everything in
HARDWARE and IMPLEMENTS
"We have it, will get it or
it is not made."
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