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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1928)
Found San Francisco. Three prospector slipped In off the desert In battered old auto recently with a story that be gins where Jules Verne and Rider Haggard stopped. It had to do with a burled city laden with millions of dol lars' worth Ot" gold and highly pre served bodies of no less than 700 men bdiI women who grew to i height of Ix feet six Inches and upward. This Golconda of modern times re mains somewhat of a secret as far as definite location Is concerned, but tt Is partly under the Colorado river at a point along the Callfomla-Arlroria line, according to the sponsors of Its existence. It Is reached by a shaft about 28 miles In length, paved with blocks held together by red cement, and lies three miles nnder the surface according to the prospectors. They are 0. J. Howard of Houston. Texas; bis wife, and Reuben King of Denver and San Antonio, Howard, acting as simkesman, at tempted to persuade I'rot A. U Kroe ber, bead of the anthropology depart ment of the Cnlverslty of California, that the university should Ann nee an expedition to uneartb all this vast wealth. The scientist Informed How ard that the university has no funds for such a purpose. Professor Kroe ber, as a matter of fact, was inclined to discount Jie veracity of the Strang thlngs he beard about the under ground city of Babylonian elegance, but hastened to add that "nothing Is Impossible." SUCH IS LIFE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dsaa of Men, University of llliaois. Tbey are slipping the hospital g"wn opoo the patient Just previous to roil ing linn up to x, .v r the operating 14L. room to be an is a look of con cern on his face as he Is present ed by the cur toonist. He Is worried, not about the nitr ation, but about the seriousness of it. "Listen, Doc." be says to the sur geon standing over him. "Is this oper ation going to be somt'tliin' worth while to talk tib'i(?" It Is a mutter of grave concern, this operation business. Surgical o-ra lions hnve grown so common ami s" simple (lint lln-re U often little oppor tunity offered for lurid description and thrilling conversation. Half the plea ure of the exirlene Is tnken awnj when It furnishes nothing worth white to talk about. There was a time when driving one's tonsils out was enough to stir the nelghliorhood to Its emotional and conversational depths and when the removal of mi iipliendlx was us stimulative of talk as the events eoiuieiied with a c.v clone. Not so In these days. It lakes almost complete deletion of one's l cera today to arouse any excited talk A friend of mine last year lost bis np penillx, had hi stomach patched and BE I POP, w t AV kfz0w, yoowe) I I l?lJfF ) ( OR POP! ) ftftl I (are YGOimgTY: I m AMCKEL1 I GEJJERaoSj) JJ - , !BB ' "TAKE "THIS AWAY S.8 MrS QUARTER. Jto : Q TREATffM&l LfOP J L ' COMttW fi06S. f w wu that oo? sS'i-". mm y43P V wS t j" p. "Old Man Winter" in the Offing X mmmm KiiiGwytsTtp- irrj NOT fOIITHfUl tKOOWttORWHl ., SVft 0DAW APS IUt1lrle vsxi Urn wwih. .i . Wonder City "We are only desert rats," explained Howard, "but we know we have lo cated more burled treasure than has ever been uncovered In this country, There will be a lot of sorehemls when we Ond tho help we need and prove we have the goods. "We know we are telling a story hard to believe, but are willing to take anyone with money to the burled COAST COACH Al Shurpe. former coach of Yale and Cornell football teams, who has assumed charge of the Washington university football team which Is shap ing up well. Showing Pop Up By Charles Sughroe a few minor repairs made In his pan creas all at one sitting, and It didn't cause a ripple In the community. We are not satisfied these days to talk about the ordinary or the com monplace, we demand the unusual and the sensational. An ordinary op eration or event or crime does nut stimulate thought or Interest any more. We Insist umd tlie glaring headlines. Mrs. Craves and Mrs. Simpson were conversing Id low tones behind their hands with their eyes turned furtively toward their neigh bors. They had something very Inter esting, very risque, no doubt, to talk ubouL There was a scandal In the neighborhood something unusual had happened, somebody bad gone wrong, the Irregularity for which they bad been looking, or hoping almost, per haps, hnd been discovered, and they bad something worth while to talk about. It Is a curious characteristic of hu man beings that wo more often limn otherwise find pleasure In talking about the abnormal, the disagreeable, the event discreditable to the erson concerned. In one ef t!ie high schools of the sln'e. I saw It tneiit loiied laiely the; are givinz to the young women (who need H hs limn men, I believe) a course In conversation. The young people are taught to find In the nun mohilnre affair of everyday life mat ters rthlcli lend themselves to being tatkcil about, and tbey lire shown lew to work these topics -up sutllclenlly to make them Inteiesilng. It is a good Idili. We leach young ieople almost everyllilnit thoe tiny. Why nol alve them a little bleu of conversation so thai II will not be necessary to have mi e:irtlMiiake or a cyclone or an op eralli-n for gall stones In Hie commu nity hcfoie they will be able lo think up something worth while talking about. . 1921. Western Nwpspr ttnlon ) - mm HIAtun'JOum ae tou mi I'.wJ r:i- mm city and let him see the treasure with his own eyes, "About three years nnd eight months ago we were prospecting for gold along the Culifornln-Arliona desert country. One day I was working In a 20-foot shaft when my pick broke through to an rhandoned mining shaft, tt was paved with square beveled stones fastened with red cement. They looked very old. I followed the shaft for 23 miles and came to the burled city." Howard described In detnll how he entered a great circular chamber with a table extending almost entirety across Its diameter, at which were seated "the almost nude bodies of 73 persons," sit feet six Indies or taller, with "blue eyes," which were open, and with "flesh white and linn, hav ing been preserved In an extraordi nary manner." In another room, which Howard opined might have been the harem, were the bodies of 200 women. The city had trapdoors nnd all kinds of plain and fancy levers and mechanism, Howard declured. He suld tiiey cached 1 8,000 Id gold dust which they retrieved, and King went to Cheyenne to try to nuance the expedition, tly the time the trio went back to the cache the cabin Id which It bad been secreted hnd been washed away by the flood of a freshet, he said, thus delaying them In gelling their story to the world from which they hope to obtain finances. To Follow Old Trail Kansas City, Mu. Widespread In terest In the covered wagon train which will set out from here next spring for Sacramento, Calif., Is being Indicated by letters received by the LUCKY SHOP GIRL S5 i ft. 1 Cecil Sainshury. twenty-one year old grimdsoii of the millionaire founder of (be great Kngllsli provision firm of that name, recently married Hilda I'lum rldge. a shop girl of New Maiden. Mur rey. They ate shown above on their honeymoon at Lake Windermere. Unusual Hosion - What la authoritatively said In be the world s largest collec tion of unusual lltll.i books does not He under dust protecting glass, within the deeps of some great museum or library. It Is gathered In a Utile bouse In llrookllne. The collection Is the property ol James I). Henderson, a I tost on real estate dealer, and consists of npproxl mutely 7011 "volumes," few of which are more than three inches high. Many are small enough lo rest com forlalily on a two cent postage stump In fact, a doxen among the collec tion may lay valid rlnlm lo ranking among the world's smallest books. Mr Nothing Going to Hurt This Baby Orang sBBBaaBsaMHMSJSSHasMaMssasaaawtflaaMnsMSHSMSSM A picture of mnternal protection and aollcitude - shown above In the pose ot "Maggie," the huge orang utan, and her bahy bom recently at the Philadelphia soo, the first to be born In America. At no time Is the tiny Infnnt sway from her mother's protective arms. Chanher of Commerce and Cnpl Charles B. liavls, sponsor of ihr train from n.uny parts of the country. The letters, which contain Informs tlop relative to covered wugoiii, in teams and old trails, come from old "bull Khaikers" (ox team drivers), his torical soi Icllcs and iersotis Interested io the reproduction of the life of 1 H 111 The covered wagon cariunn Is ex pei-ted to start from tho old West win Ijindlng and travel to Sacramento lo lake part In the eightieth annual cele brut Inn o ihe gold rush ot 't'.i. Captain ha vis' tonienllon that many lilstorhal societies do not huve sulll ilciil liifiirmalloD about Hie covered wagon days has been proved In purl b) discovery that the Kansas Slate Ills lorlral society lias Ihi ii iinat'le to as slst In giving Information about the covered wugou caravans. One ol the letters received was from J. E. Long, sixty five years old, Clare mure. Okla., who sold be bad not ban died s team of oxen for several years hul believes he ran bit a ily with nine-foot whip, such as used by "bull hackers." Long said plenty of oxen teams could lie obtained In southern lumber camps. Another till of In forma Hon received In the letters Is that some of Hie cov ered wagons were equipped with speedometer. Borne of Hie wagon wheels, the In formnnl wrote, were as much as eight feel In diameter. The Sieedomeler on the wagon constated of a atlck fastened on s spoke so It would strike a pari of the wagon. A member nl the parly would keep record of the number of limes the stick struck the wugon. At the end of Ihe day's Journey, Hie number of miles covered would lie vnni puled from the numlier of revolutions the wagon wheel bad made. Thus the number of miles from one Library Henderson demonstrates that 12 volumes may be supported at once In a single tablespoon. The books used for this HterRry feat ure a Koran; an Kngllsli dic tionary of I2.is words; a Galileo honk, said to he the smallest In the world with a moveable type; a Team menl; the Mite, which up to 1K!M was ruled the world's smallest book , a Holier! (turns; a I'etll I'oticeli Ihe r'retirb constitution, In a gold stamped leather binding; a Clta, written In Rntiskrli; a Tusclie Knlemlar; a Turns Mosche. judged the sinalli-sl of Jiwlnh hooks; and a book of KcotilNh Irish songs, wllh the music Included. place to another Was learned and maps were made showing Ihe distances he I ween landmarks, trading posts, water holes, rivers and other impurlatil places along the trails. FOR FALL DAYS Velvets, broadcloths nnd woolen mixtures ure the favored fabrics for fall coats. Colors on tin extremely Important Item In chic. Light and dark shades of blue nnd dark nrowns. beige and blink being the most popular at the beginning of Hie season. I (oris tiimson appears In a very new tint) charming version of the full mode In the dim, "Heart Trouble." It Is of gray broadcloth smartly cut and trimmed wllh platinum nmy fox. A wide suede hell of gray lends an air of youth and dnsh that Is most pleas ing. A girl never tries to extinguish the spark as long as a man has money to burn. 4 LIFE'S LITTLE JESTS AN APT PUPIL After a particularly frightful shot,! tils partner turned lo him and Iti quired: j "How long, may I ask, have youl been playing golf)" "Oh, about live years," wiis thai reply. i "Iteally," said the (Irst sealhlng1y, "I had tin bleu It was piisslblo lot acquire audi appalling tgnoriinca oft the game lu so short a time. AGAINST THEIR POLICY Insurance Agent Madam, Is your son engaged In a harardous occupa tion) Lady Why no Indeed, lies a col lege student. I A. Well, you kimw this company f doesn't pay anything on suicides. Wrong End "I'll ct hlesl'" I Hold rtapptr Mr biisst: Bui courra I know 'Ivnuldn't b Whirs h did nI It nmit. Mutt Fall (a Ritt "Paddy," wild bis little daughter as they watched an airplane, "do you think they will ever gel to heaven fly ing away up like llialt" "Not by going any up, my dear." was Ihe reply; "they are more likely! to do It by coming down. "Vancouver Province. A Mighty Stat To young boys were telling about, great deeds, w lien one who was a pro fessor's son Hike up and sold bla futher occupied Ihe chair of applied phyHcs at Cambridge. "Pal's nutting." replied Ihe other,; "mine occupied the teat of applleil electricity at Sing Sing " Making It Up Customer (to watchmaker) I told ynu that my watch lost Imlf an hour every day, and now, that you hnve re paired II. II gains half an hour every day. Watchmaker Well, don't complain. It's only working to catch up lost lime. COMFORT NO OBJECT "This slum Ills you iierfectly. ma dam. You'll Hnd It very comfortable "Then give me a sine sniar, please." , Correct There sr nitlvrs of voire t And niefira nf Ions; ) liul lh hsl of sit nifttra I meat r slnnst ' Going and Coming The Hooking . Agent Old your "Uncle Tom" lent show have a long run on the road) The U'lid Nol a very long run. (tut we hud a nice little hike getting buck. When th Sap Flow Marks There lire summer, winter nnd h ill ii mu resorts, but never any for spring. I'arks That's because spring Is giHid enough for anyone nnywbete. Tha Beginner Club I'ro. Have you played much golf) Novice Well, a fairish bit, ot course. Club I'ro. H'm let's see how you shape up. Take your stance. Novice Which rliih Is limit i it n i Hi f . Si i OTj 1)11 B . Subffo SuaTfcttion Wife Will ynu help ma with (ha dlshea tonight, John Jlhn Yea, but why not tell me you need a new aet and be done with It!