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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1926)
FLOOD-WRECKED LEON INTERESTING PLACE Happiest and Busiest City of Mexico, Wsshlligtou. Nearly thousulid people were reported drowned when Own broke aud a will of water de scended uiuii l.fcuu, Uflli city of Mexico, "(Hotting out of tlm center of Leon In a KurhtUK cutnatrp!ie to Mtulco," say a bulletin of tlm National Geographic society fruiu rt head gunners In Wellington, D, 0. "Com paratively It l it greater disaster tliHu the Johnstown or Puytou floods, because Leon U ou of the iiiuitt Im portant uiuuufut'turlug center of Mexico. "Leon' leiislv tanneries, cottou Slid MooleU tlllll, Hlltl Otliur lIlHIIUfBO- turles wore clou to tilt) mouiiliilu slreuin which rum through tlm town. Uoiues, tli rlvr I culled, ud wlmu III water broke loos It scut Hood through the heart of whut ha boeu called 'die hupplest tud busiest city of Mexico.' Into tlm wash of tint flood the workmen' houses of adobe earth dissolved like lumps of sugar lu hot leu. ow and Rsp it th Ism Tlm. "Ullteu of thli luduslrlul city can Dot be held to accouut for Dot guard ing against such a menace, After I.eon hud been swept, lu 18XK, by similar flood which drowned ttW peo ple, retaining whIU mid dikes mora tbau a uille lu length went built lu pruttx t tb city. Hut apparently these walla could not cup with th ruab of watr. "I.eon, full mini Leon da loa Aldanins, la on tha main Una of tha rallroud from Mexico (Ity to Kl 1'aso, In the westernmost corner of Texaa, and baa a population of Mt.OUO. It la 'Mt mile uorlliweHt of Mexico City, and therefor Ilea In tha famous Muil cau highland! where altitude baa de nied the rlglita pf latitude. A region that ought to be iteaiulugly tropical or a hot desert liaa been elevated lo a teinMralexoiie climate. It la Dot uncommon to aea barley being sown In one fluid while It la being reaped in the iu L "Leii Ilea lu audi a fertile valley that utfrlrulturu liolda Ita own eaally agalual the compvtlug deinauda of mlulng and niauufacturlug. Irriga tion, bowuver, I at once Beceeaary aud ih'turequ. The fjrtlle Valley round about la dotted with email res ervoirs mirroring the clear blue axles. "t.'ltlr.eiia of Leon are proud of Ita luduatry. 'We are not rich,' they tell travelers, 'but we are worker!.' They are proud of I.a Horinlga (The Aut) the largest tannery lu Leon and pre aumahly In Mexico. They grow en thusiastic o er the cotton and woolen and !lk mllla ualng modern New Kug land niaihluery. Vet large atnoke aiai ked fui torlei are not to be teen, for two reaaoua. First, that electric power la the free gift of mountain aireama and aecoi-d, much of the man ufacturing la done lu the home. The bridle and aaddl -a for which Mexico la famous are made largely at Leon. Their beauty Ilea In the tooling, tha embroidery and tbe Intricate allver ornament. Thla la a taak for the craftaman, aud Ilk the craftaman of lb Middle ague, be work, la Leon, at lila home, "Name of the garnieatt made In Leoti are new to tiie average Ameri can. 1 afferent fashion reign bo there la the erae, the roboxo, the manta, aud the poncho. Tbe roboxo la the peou womau'a egnivalent of tbe ex pensive mantilla of the upper classes. The Dianta la the white cotton gar ment worn by labor era everywhere. Tbe poncho nud aerape art woolen ahawl wlilcL serve a overcoat, blauket or raincoat aa the need arises. Circuit of Romance. "A belle of Leon la very particular thut her father aliall live somewhere ou Leon'a atreet car Una. It lan't that ahe la concerned that her father have easy trauaportntlon back and forth to work. It lan't that ahe wor rlea about bringing the faintly sup plies home from market Street car in Leon are vehlclca of romance. Ie aplt the Hollywood movlea the senor duea not come on prancing uiustaug to lila aciiorlta III thla corner of Mex ico, lie cornea by atreet car. "Wooing I called "pluyliig tht bear in Mexico. Uuce a young blood of moat Mexican towna baa Died lila fancy on girl be atunda long hours before her houae. Hometlmes he fol Iowa her a alia promenudea, but at a respectful dlstunce. If bla alien tloua aro encouraged he receive an InvltHtlou to cull with tha family pres ent durlug the Noailon, Iiut lu Leon the belle and beaux begin differently, Tbe atreet car line In the city niuke a loop. The beaux, therefore, Dud It expedient to board a atreet car and ride puat the houses of their beloved. Not once but ugiitn aud aguln aud round nud round. And aa the car roll ulimg, each wutebe hi eapeclul houae for a algnul. for the girl, of ruurae, tbe cuatom intro duce a delightful element of expect ancy. One never know Just when the atreet car will round the corner. One i. ever know whether the 'bear will be on thut car. For the wooora of Leon It hu thl additional advan tage, they K'.'t to e all the girl on the circuit." ' Clever The) Ciechi Berlin, An automobile driven by a Cxeeh In n spuudwuy race looped the loop Htitl kept on racing. It turned I t (omerauult und landed on all four ; among the apectatora. Nobody wo I killed Juat then. NAVAL ENGINEERS INVENT ENGRAVER New Device Makes Charts and , Maps in Metal. Waihlngton. A new method of en graving chart and map lu metul ha been devlied by the United State hydrographlc office of the Navy de partment, Till proce, the Inven tion of J. H. Larrabee and T. Peter Lampe, engineer of that office, re ulu In Increased accuracy aud a con aldurable aavlng in time, a It opera tion penult the engineer to compile cliurt aud map directly on metal printing platea without the necessity of preparing a fliilalied drawing. Thl machine, ' named tbe Panto graver by It Inventor, produce a chart plat from which chart are made which contain oceanogruphlc and topographic feature neceaaary to navigation, thvae platea being ap proximately BO per rent complete when they leave the machine. Aa partial evidence of the value of thla machine, Mr, Larrabee aald, one of Ita attachment for engraving Bounding easily can engrave 4,900 figure In a day, whereas a (killed hand-engraver can engrave only about 800. Laying an acid proof etching ground on a highly polished copper plate, the operator aeta tha Instrument for the required reduction and compenaatlon, to make allowance for any dlatortlon of the tracing original, due to paper ehrlnknge, moisture or other cbuh. Carefully following the dealgn on the data print, the operator transfer the dealgu by the pantograph principle to the copper plate by mean of a dia mond point, varying the depth and width of the line by weight sup. ported by thl engraving tool. Although there are a few symbols which the machine cannot Insert, It waa pointed out, such aa bluff and aanded beachea, It la possible to attain absolute uniformity in the varlnu aymhola used In navigation a well aa in the lettering, another of Ita In genious devlrea being a method of In aertlug lettering on a curved Hue. Infant Is Rescued by Novel Operation Brooklyn, N. T. Removal of a cop. per ring with a bronchoerope recently from tbe throat of Joseph Keaaelman, thlrteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mr a. Leo Keaaelman, Intercepted the possible death of the child from chok ing at the I'nlted Israel Zlon boapllal. About a month ago Joseph waa play ing with a toy and In some manner he detached the rtug and pat It In hi mouth. The parents were aware of the Incident at the time, bat took no alarm. Later the ebtld developed difficulty In awallowlng, and after an examina tion the family physician ordered him to the hospital. Aa X-ray picture waa taken, which ahnwed the ring lodged behind the windpipe. Tbe baby re mained there for observation and two daya later a second picture showed no Ign of the trouble maker. IVaplte the evident departure, Jo aepb continued to awallow with In creasing hardship and a third picture again exposed the ring. By this time the child couM hardly make a Bound. With an Instrument known a the bronchoscope, consisting of a long metal tube about half an Inch In diam eter and a (mall book attached to a tempered wire, the ring wa removed wl tli out any Incision. Tbe tube, fitted with a (mall elec-trlc-tlght bulb, wa Inserted In the child' throat It wa then a elmple matter to reach down with the booked wire and extract the ring. "The proce I ilmllir to fishing." said on of the doctors, "only In thl Instance you do not wait for the fish." Itecovery wa speedy and the child returned borne the next day. Human Skull Unearthed ; Thought 20,000 Years Old Glbraltar.-Mlsa D. A. E. Oarod, a student of the Institute d Paleontolo gle Humalue, Paris, who baa been ex cavating here, baa made an Important discovery of portion of a human akull belonging to a youug person. The And wa embedded In hard tufa with typical Mouaterlan Implement. The akull I of the same age and type a the celebrated "Gibraltar akull" discovered at Korbes quarry In the 1840 and now at tli College of 8urgeon museum, and according to a conservative estimate It I probably not less than 30,000 year old. tMf Find Widows Prefer Single Men as Mates Sacramento, Calif. Qentle meu may prefer blonda, and then again they may not ; but it can be atated positively,' on the au thority of the itat board of haultb bureau of vital atatlstlcs, that widow prefer bachelor. "Widow," ay L. K. Itoaa, atatlatlclan of the bureau, who know juat bow much business the marring license clerk do each year and with whom, "show a very markod preference fur slugle men." Among widower, on the other band, single maiden are no more acceptable than widow when a aecond journey to the altar 1 contemplated, and either a widow or a alnglo girl has a better chance of bulng pmpnecd to by a widower than has a divorce. ' $jiS)i)Mia SUN VARIABLE STAR, SCIENTIST ASSERTS Measure Changes in Energy From Orb to Earth. Washington. The sun 1 a variable atar. This centrut fir of the plane tary system doe not glow with a steady heat but flicker from day to day and from year to year, and the vagaries of our earthly weather must depend at least partly on the sun' vurlutlon. Thl opinion, which ha been supported for many yeara by Dr. O. O. Abbot of the Smithsonian Insti tution, find new support lu evidence produced by a Dew system be ha de vised for measuring and recording the changes In tbe energy reaching tbe oartb from tbe aun. Doctor Abbot call attention to the work of II. IL Clayton, who ha an nounced that he finds variation of weuthur caused by solar change. But many meteorologist bave not been convinced that tbe aun really varlea. They fear that the compli cated measurements of Doctor Abbot, hindered a they are by ties baxlnes and buiuldlty of tbe eartb'a atmos phere, are not conclusive. The vari ability which he reports, they suggest, may all be due to unavoidable atmoe pherlc sources of error. Announce a Direct Test Doctor Abbot now announces a very direct teat that should settle tbe questlou. Although It Is Impossible to do the measuring from a point out aide the atmosphere, yet It Is possible to select times when the transparency and other affecting qualities of tbe air are closely alike, and the sua stands at equal height above tbe borlion. At such time the solar heating about d vary only If tbe sun does. Selecting the month of July In tbe years 1U10 to 1VM for his test a collected results observed on Mount Wilson for all day of practically con atant atmospheric condition. The average monthly values thus selected he compared with those obtained by the usual proce a and heretofore pub lished, lie also compared them with the average monthly numbers of sun spots. Tbe three curves that express tils result run along very closely to gether. Tbey show that the tun's heating In July, 1017, averaged over 2 per cent above that of July In 1010 and 191L Correspondingly, the un spot numbers were 117 In July, 1917, and only 14 and 8, respectively, la July 1U10 and 1911. Not content with thl proof of tbe reality of long-rang solar changes, Doctor Abbot rearranged tbe meas ures In a way to test short-Interval solar variation, for thla purpose be picked out from the new data all the days that fave high values of solar beating, and all those which give low ones. The average excess value for 91 high day was plu 1.43 per cent and the average defect for 01 low day wa mlnu 1.47. . Rang Not So Great The same day, as already pub lished four years ago, ludlcated on the average plus 0.31 and mlnua 0.42 per cent, respectively. Tbua the day shown above normal by the new method of selecting times of equal atmoeoherlc clearness bsd already been ahown as above normal by tbe usual process, and vice versa. Of course the range aa formerly pub lished could not be so great bees use the errors of observstlon could not be expected to fall the aame In the two aeta of data. Home days would be high and some low, not because of tbe auu's condition, but because tbe small observational errors helped to make them so. Doctor Abbot's new method, be hopes, may be convincing of tbe sun's real variability. Thla wlU make all tbe more Important aud Interesting his tatyhnient under the joint aus pices of the National Geographic so ciety and the Smithsonian Institution of a new solar observatory on Bruk karoa mountain in southwest Africa, this site be selected last March after studying on the ground conditions In Algeria and Raluchlstan. The moun tain Is 8,200 feet high In a desert where tbe yearly rainfall averages only 8V Inches. Koada and construc tion are rapidly going ahead under the supervision of A. Dryden, Inspec tor of public works for tbe govern ment of southwest Africa. The com plex apparatus required has been pre pared and the expedition i expected to go forward soon In car of W. IL Hoover, director, and F. A. Qreeley, assistant Religious Bodies' Wealth Placed at Three Billion Waihlngton. The total wealth of all religious organisation In the United State In 1022 I eNtlmnted at $a,271,Kr8.000 on a buali of return re ceived by the federal rommlsalon, The study I part of a voluminous report on national wealth and Income made In reaponae to a senate resolution. The wealth of the rettglou organl intlon. It Is disclosed, Is slightly more than 2 per rent of the total esti mated wealth of the country. The largest single rellglou denomi nation, both In property and In mem bership, I the Roman Catholic church. It membership embraced 88 per cent of the estimated entire church mem bership of the country In 1022. The estimated value of It church property represented 28 per cent of the total church property. In proportion to It site, however, the Protestant Eplaco pal church I the wealthiest of all, It church property being estimated at a value of $223 s member. FATTEN BROILERS FOR MARKETING For the most part, farmer and poultry rahter who keep Leghorn chicken pay most attention to the production of egg. They think of egg as the chief end of poultry keep ing. My experience baa been that by paying a little more attention to the fattening and marketing of Leghorns, the Income from thl source can be considerably Increased, (ay a writer in the Bucceuful Farming. Especially I thl true when marketing broiler. Leghorn broiler fatten easily when confined and force fed for about two week. They will consume about two pound of feed during thl tlm and ahould show a gain In weight of one half to three-fourth of a pound. There are two method which I hsv employed In fattening broilers. These are pen and crate fattening. Tbe simplest end most logical method for farm conditions I have found I pen fattening. Following thla method, the bird are confined In email pen when about on and one-half pound in weight and are fed tbe following maab : 25 pound cornmeal, 13 pound middlings, 8 pounds meat scraps, and one-hulf pound salt This Is fed as a wet mash by adding sour milk, buttermilk, or skim milk. Tbe bird are fed this mash three times a day and are permitted to eat for half an hour at a time, when the uneaten portion Is removed. It I Important thst the intervals between the feedings should be as Dearly equal as possible. The object of feeding tbl wet mash I to get th bird to eat large amount of food o tbey will make maximum gain in the hottest time. Corn meal and milk in any form ahould be tbe foundation of any good fattening math.' It ahould also be re membered that when milk Is used In fsttenlng fowls, not a too large amount of meet scraps should be used. One reason for the wide spread In prices paid for Leghorn broiler and those of tbe heavier breed I because tbe Leghorn, being more ac tive, will not take on flesh aa readily as the heavier breeds when on free range. Roosters Can Be Sold Now, Says J. H. McAdams Now that the Incubation period Is over there Is no further need for roost ers In tbe flock end sll bat one or two of the best male birds csn be sold, advisee J. IL McAdams, extension poultryman at the Kansas State Agri cultural college. Every flock owner know, according to McAdams, that the male bird la unnecessary so far as tbe production of msrket eggs Is concerned. Male blrda now represent just so many extra mouths to feed, be says. The bltcb to selling male birds comes largely from the price consid eration, according to McAdams, who ay that when these birds were pur chased last fall or early winter they ware valued from 12 up to possibly $10 each. Today with old rooster commanding 10 cent a pound an ex ceptionally hlgb price prevails, but as soon as th old roostetrs start moving to market tbe price will drop probably to about 10 cents a pound. "Even though old roosters were such a drug on the market that he could not sell them at all, no farmer could afford to keep them In his flock." McAdams warns. "To live, a rooster must eat and the feed bill on each Individual one will be at least 10 cents a month, making a total cost of at least 80 cent to bold tbe old bird over until Feb ruary." Poultry Hints Tbe results of chickens eating car rion or spoiled feed are llmberneck or Indigestion. e e Egg eating I a vicious habit and the best method to combat It 1 th Slaughter of the offending blrda. e Convenience for both hen and care taker should be considered conveni ence mesns cleanliness and cleanli ness mean health. e e '. A laying ben I about the only ex ample of a going concern that can sit (till and yet produce dividends, e e The first quality that makes for success and profit In the poultry flock Is vigor, vitality or constitution. Choc your own name for thl quality. A chicken that I liberally fed doe not, a a rule, exercise enough to run off flesh but only enough to keep In good general health and to have a good appetite. Egg will remain fertile up to ten days after tbe male has been re moved from the breeding pen. see Given a chance, poultry will return good profits on the Investment Clean liness Is one of th best guarantees of success. - e Poultry diseases spread principally In four ways: By the birds eating dead dlseaaed blrda, by contaminated atr, through drinking water, and through the droppings of dlseaaed bird. PORTI AlSin 1 KJIX 1 LMllJL J jtmm 1 t-.-r'WM ni ii i 1tth nd Salmon Pras. I. M. Walker ALL WORK GUARANTIED Dundee Auto Repair & Machine Works The Oldest and Best Equipped Repair Plant In Oregon Kaat Water and Halmon Ms., Portlnnil, Oruoa Et 1191 iVLINDIR ORINDINO CRANK HAT GRINDING OeN. OVERHAULING DROP IN- FOLKS! IRELAND'S SANDWICH SHOP 'Whereto Eat Bos Lunches to U out 2Sc and 35c I. - rr, , , THEKr 8 A DIFFERENCE IS 4 1 real 125 Math fttratt PORTLAND, er H Washington R tract L Cafeteria cH ett ulldlng), Yew Came From Europe The yew I a large European tree with dark green foliage. Tbe leave are long and narrow and given oft from all aide of the branch. The fruit la In the form of a red fleshy cup nearly Inclosing the bony aeed. "Czar" of Latin Origin The Slavic word csar or taar ulti mately represents the Latin Caesar, but came, according to MIkloslch, through tbe medium of a Germanic language In which the word bad tbe general sense emperor. Scenery at Night Night mountain scenery in all It weird beauty I to be made visible along one of the tranacontlnental rail way linea thl maimer by the aid of batterlea of floodlight on observation car platform. Alarming Symptom. One of the best schoolboy howler that we bave beard la the definition of rhubarb aa "a kind of celery gone bloodshot." The Outlook. ' Napoleon's Wooden Horse Probably the most expensive toy ever bought was a broken-nosed wooden borse that bad belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, and which waa sold In Paris some years ago for $2,400. One Explanation Our troubles come often from this: We do not live according to tbe light of reason, but after the fashion of our neighbors Exchange. Rank Foolishness After all. It's foolish to lose your temper. You can't expect anyone to rush around trying to help you find it. Until Time's End The question of the hour is, "What time I It r John Hopkin Black and Blue Jay. An alligator weighing 1,000 pounds consumea 40 pounds of meat dally. DISTRIBUTORS WANT ED IN EVERY TOWN Men and women to sell our bitf line direct to the home; appoint agents under you and niuke $100 per week. Our line has been on the market 13 years. Manufactured in Portland. For further infor mation call or write our sales mannfier, Mr. Hnmish, 293 Weidler St., Portlund. Best Horse Collar Made All lone rye straw stuffed. Insist on having tbe ooUaj with the "Flab" Label a your dealer sons not handle this brood collar, write to us dlroct Every collar guaranteed. P. 8HARKIY A SON M Union Av Portland, Ore. CUT FLOWERS AND FLORAL DESIGNS WEDDINGS A SPECIALTY Clarke llroa.. Florists, 187 Morrison St. KODAK PINISHINQ FREE ENLARGEMENT with every Uk ordar. Kawllnss Film Co., Portland, Or. MARRY IF LONELY: Join Th Successful Correspondent Club." Re liable; Descriptions tree. BOX 684, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, WE BUY Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mohair, Tallow, Cascara Bark Horse Hair. Sand as rear shipments. We mail jron shack tbs same day w reeatve good a. Portland Hide Wool Co. IM HOSTS SNRMIrtRVI, NSIUra, P. N. U. No. 33, 1S28 OFFERS A MARKET FOR YOUR PRODUCE ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST . BUSINESS COLLEGES If you are Interested in a GOLDEN INVESTMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Yielding a Comfortable Cash Income; a Blggsr and Better Position, and Independence and Happlnss, Writ for catalog to Buslns College Streets Portland, Oregon latino Place In the City, Th Finest ana Pastry a Specialty. Reasonable Broadway at Stark (Oreoen Hotel Portland, Oregon. America's First Bank Probably tbe flrat bank on thl con tinent waa one established in 1680 for tbe convenience of the planters of South Carolina. Five or six years later a bank of issue was established In Boston by John Blackwell and bis associates. Explanations Harmful Avoid explanations. Friends do not need them; enemies will not believe them. They are Indicative of weak ness rather than strength. As a rule strong men seldom have occasion to engage In explanations. Grit. North Carolina's Tale Talc suitable for sawing into cray ons and pencils is found mainly la North Carolina and Georgia, but some pencil stock Is produced In California, Vermont, Virginia, Maryland and number of other states. Fable Once upon a time there waa aa ao tor who not only realised that hi his trionic abilities were enormously lim ited, but likewise appreciated that fact that bla salary was altogether too high. Despair Despair is tbe thought of the an attalnableneaa of any good, which worka differently In men's minds; sometimes producing' uneaslneas or pain, sometimes rest and Indolency Locke. Giant Deer The largest member of the deer family that ever existed waa the Irish etk; be stood six feet high at tbe shoulders, and bla antlers weighed about one hundred pound. Latest Stags Scenery Stage scenery now is made In which two scenes are combined in one com posite drawing, one scene of which la visible under red light and the other under blue light Fishermen's Enemy. One cormorant will destroy two and one-halt tons of fisb in twelve months. These birds are a serious menace to rinlilng, especially on the south coast of England. Salt Bath for Goldfish. Tbe bureau of fisheries savs that If the tail of a goldfish Is fringed or rrsyed out, thla Is caused by a fungus growth, and it is advisable to slva it a salt bath frequently. Gold and Silver The value of gold compared with liver i said to bave been estimated In the time of the Greek historian Herodotu. 450 B. C, about 10 to L At the time of the Greek phlloopher, Plato, 380 B. O. it wa II to 1; today It ia about 30 to 1. BE The world is a playground for those who are healthy. Nature knows the way to health. Take Barkroot Tonic Psel Much Improved. 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