HOW CLEOPATRA’S
NEEDLEWASSAVED
New Process Invented to Pre
serve Surface of Monclith
in Central Park.
HIEROGLYPHS
OBLITERATED.
Rigors of Western Climate Caused
Khedive’s Gift to Disintegrate,
Painting Ancient Obelisk With
Special Preparation Stay
ed Decay—Ruined Por-
tiene Restored.
New Yorkers awoke one morning to
■nd In their breakfast headlines the
news thst a zealous park employee had
discovered signs of disintegration on
the surface of the city’s most treasured
antique—Cleopatra's Needle. Photo
graphs revealed that the monolith was
peeling, large pieces of sandstone hav
ing fallen from the tall shaft, carrying
with them part of the prized hiero
glyphs.
London’s twin sister of Cleopatra's
Needle was reported as resting com
fortably and enduringly on the bunks
of the Thames, and the rival port won
dered whether a preparation would be
found to stay the attacks of their
harsher climate.
Such a preparation was soon forth
coming. A new paint combination us
a preservative for stone was invented
THE OBELISK.
The Obelisk was presented to the City
of New York by the Khedive of Egypt.
Lieutenant
Com
mander Gorringe, U
8. N., after a three
years' effort, obtain
ed possession of It
and moved it to its
present position, st
an expense of nearly
$100,000. It was n-
nally swung into po
sition at noon, Janu
ary 22, 1881.
The height of this
monument, from base
to tip. is 69 feet. 2
inches.
The meas
urement of the base,
square through its
axis, is 7 foot. 8%
inches
The entire
weight of the mono-
Mth is 219% tone.
Since it was quar
ried near the torrid
zone. It has traversed
the entire length of
Egypt, moot of that
of the Mediterra
nean Sea and the
width of the Atlan-
dis-
tic
tance of 6,400 miles--
proving itself a first
whose age has ex-
ceeded thirty-five
In
the
centuries,
course of its exist-
has seen
ence it
‘Pharaoh and his host
going to their de-
• truotlon in ths Red
Bea; Shishak march
ing to the Conquest
of Jerusalem; Cam-
byses desolating the
land;
Herodotus.
Plato end other Greek
students engaged In
pursuit of Egyptian
lore; Alexander the
Great on hie victori-
cue expedition
through the land ol
Goshen; six and e
half
centuries
ol
Roman
sovereignty
■ nd Christian at rug
ale et Alexandria; all
the long line of Mos-
lem
rulers
since
Caliph Omar;
and
now, leaving alto-
ether its native land,
l olanda looking up
on the million dwell-
ore In this metropolis
whose site was un
known to the Eastern
world at a time when
the Obelisk had been
in existence for two
thousand years.
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ANSWERS WHICH WILL SOLVE
PERPLEXING
PROBLEMS
OF
THIS RECONSTRUCTION ERA.
Query.—The government has launched
an educational campaign to encourage
building in order to put more men to
work. Would not a similar movement to
■how how the old structures can be beet
and most economically repaired and made
good as new also help?
Answer.—It is learned that such a
plan is in effect and ‘s linked directly
with the Washington propaganda.
Industry must be turned back from
works of war to the ways of peace.
Employment must be found, in the
meanwhile, for those whose occupa
tion has been interrupted. There is no
real surplus of labor in the United
States. Rsther there is a shortage,
which would be acute if normal condi-
dit ions were already restored, and one
step towards restoring them will come
with resumption of repair work.
Government restrictions, imposed by
the necessities of the war program,
have for many months past retarded
or altogether prevented construction,
improvement and repairs. These re
strictions are now off, and there is
scarcely a town, a city, a factory, a
dwelling or a farm that does not reveal
a crying need for prompt attention.
Nothing delays such instant action ex
cept the feeling that prices are high
for the time being and may be lower.
That is not logical. No matter what
it costs to repair, the cost is less than
the cost of neglect. No matter what
the cost of paint, the wind and the
weather will collect a higher bill in
deterioration and decay.
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• THE QUINCY MANSION, QUINCY, MASS., BUILT IN 1685.
America's classic example of a clapboard building preserved for ove
two hundred years by careful and frequent painting. It has secret panels
chimney staircase and hiding places, said to have been used by smugglers.
Later the home of great statesmen and of the famous belle, Dorothy Quincy
Query.—What do you think of paint as
an investment, aside from the appearance
it lends? Does it really PAY to paint a
house regularly, say, every thre or tour
years?
Answer.—Good paint properly ap
plied when needed is the main thing la
making a house last long and well. A
house worth $2,500 can be painted at a
cost of about $125. In 60 years that
house will need about 15 paintings,
the total cost of which will be $1,895.
Left without paint, such a house would
fall Into complete ruin In 30 years. So
taking 60 years as a basis for our fig-
ures we find that with paint a home
will last that time in good condition
and will cost, plus paint, $4,375. With
out paint the house would have to be
rebuilt at the end of 30 years and
would be ready for another complete
renovation when the sixtieth year ar
rived. Cost, without paint, $5,000 for
a home ready to fall to pieces. Does
regular painting pay? As the old
Dutch adage says:
"PAINT PAYS FOR ITSELF.
Query.—I have a quantity of old paint
on hand. Can I use It for the first coat in
repainting my barn?
Answer.—On no account should old
paint which has become fat be used
for priming either old or new work.
Old paint In that condition Is best used
on a fence, brickwork or tinwork. If
you value your burn sufficiently to
paint IL do it the justice of a good job.
U. 8. Inventa Anti-Rust “Dope.”
Incident to the war, the government
has faced the problem that has so long
provati baffling to commercial con
cerns of protecting iron and steel from
rust. In an attempt to solve this fed
eral specialists have perfected various
forms of protective coatings. In this
connection It may be pertinent to ask
whether commercial uses will not be
found also for the so-called "dopes”
which the government has Invented to
be applied to airplane wings and which
are possessed of valuable weather-re
by Dr. William Kuckro, chemist of the sisting and tireproof qualities.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many
years previous costing with paraffin
had been tried, but the application had EFFECT OF COLOR UPON THE
DURABILITY OF PAINT.
not entirely accomplished its purpose.
The new painting process, however,
proved a success. Disintegration was
Property owners who may have un
halted and the damaged parts restor der consideration the painting of
ed. New York breathed easily again.
dwellings and other structures should
remember that more durable results
are obtained when tinted paints are
PAINT PROTECTION
AND IT8 ECONOMY.
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used.
Permanent
coloring materials
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THE PAINTER’S BEST FRIEND
Save the surface and you save
all. Disintegration and decay
are conditions which usually
start at the surface of any ma
terial« Protection against de
terioration or rot of substances,
therefore, should begin with
care of the exterior. Provided a
material does not carry within
Itself the element of sure decay,
proper surface protection will
undoubtedly lengthen Its life.
Of all the many liquid sub
stances which can be used for
the binding of paint or dry sub
stances which when dissolved la
water are used as vehicles for
pigments none fulfills necessary
conditions so well as linseed oil.
the king of the fixed oil, and,
what Is of enormous Importance,
does it as cheaply. It is the
•painter's best friend because ft
makes his work satisfactory.
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SENATE the country face to face with the
stern realization of the dangers of
unrest which were thought to be
Denunciation of the action of the purely local, but found to be decid-
senators who took part in the fa edly general in character.
mous filibuster in the United Stat -
Immediate action on the part of
senate which prevented final action of city and state authorities as well
upon a large number of important as federal authorities will in all
appropriation bills as nothing less probability avert the grave dangers
than criminal is a feature of Mayor which were recognized by all who at-
Baker’s report of his visit east sub tended the conference, acordlng to
mitted to the Portland city council Mayor Baker.—Oregonian.
recently.
In this report the mayor reviewed
GRABBED HERE AND THERE
the session of mayors and governors
held in Washington, D. C., told of
A polite man never meets a stranger.
the establishment of a headquarters
in New York for the returning sol
Self-possession is nine points with
diers of Oregon and gave observa- the lawyer.
tions noted in his visits to various
eastern and southern cities.
Even good luck can’t do anything
"My stay in Washington was dur- for n quitter.
ing the last days of the session of
A man never poses as a hyprocrite
congress and I made it a point to
attend a part of the session,” the when he is alone.
mayor's report states. "It was an
A preferred creditor
extremely disappointing and I may never asks for his money. is one who
say disgusting thing to see that body
of men conducting a filibuster at a
One week In the country should
time when the nation was confront make one strong In the city.
ed with the most vital problems in
Its history.
Speaking of votes. It Isn't quality,
"I went into the session at two but quantity that counts.
o’clock in the morning expecting to
PETITION
see a body of great men meeting to
formulate and enact legislation with
In the County Court of the State
out which the nation is suffering se
verely now aud was at that time. In of Oregon for Morrow County.
In the matter of the organization
stead I found congress engaged in a
filibuster.
I consider that this of West Extension Irrigation District
action on the part of these men at in Morrow and Umatilla Counties, in
that time was nothing short of crim the State of Oregon.
To the Honorable County Court of
ina).
Morrow County, Oregon:
“President Wilson should show
The undersigned petitioners re
that he is bigger than they by call
spectfully show:
ing immediately a special session.
That petitioners are more than fif
Conditions are too serious for poli
ty or a majority of the owners of
tics. It should be the last thing in
land irrigated or susceptible of irri
the mind of every man In congress, gation within the boundaries herein-
but, to our sorrow, and. I might say. after described and desire to provide
shame, it is noL
for the construction of works for the
| “The neglect of congress to care irrigation of the same and to provide
MAYOR
which have been ground by machine
Into a high grade white paint base
have the effect <>f preventing "chalk-
Ing” and
checking.
two defects
w hich are often observed when white
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paints are USCI.
The preservation of structural ma-
terials, which may be obtained through
the application of paint, constitutes a
most vital means of furthering the con-
servation of our natural resources. It
is, moreover, the most economical PRETTY COLOR COMBINATIONS.
Ground
Stipple
Stencil
method of sustaining the appearance
Coat
Color
and general upkeep of any commu-
White
Light Rose
Medium.
Blty.
Light Gray
A structure coated with sheets of In
White
Light Gray
Dull Blue.
Gray-Groen
dia rubber would not be as well protect-
White
Light Warm Light Cobalt
ed from decay as a structure coated
Yellow
Blue. Neutral
with a good oil paint. This Is due to
Light Drab
the fact that a sheet of rubber is not Light Gray Same Gray, Gray, Gray-
a little dark- Green or
so durable or as waterproof as a thin
Light Cobalt
er
dried film of paint. The latter mate-
Blue
rial when applied dries to a continuous i Light Gray Light Blue Gray. Blue er
Light Orange
elastic film containing finely divided
Y el low
particles of metallic, wear resisting Light Gray
Green
Light Gray.
pigmenta A square foot of such a
Neutral Drab
Olve Green
Ivory
Ivory or
film upon a wooden surface costs Ivas
Grayish
than a penny, yet It will beautify and
Light Green
protect a dollar's worth of surface for
Light Blue
Light coto,
Neutral
nial Yellow
many years. This la a low rate of in-
Gray. Ivory
Gold
Bronze
Dark
Green
Light Warm
surance.
Drab, Me
Dwellings, barns, outbuildings, sheds,
dium Olive.
posts, fences, stock enclosures, wagons,
Warm Gray,
implements, windmills snd other strue-
Cream.
Aluminum
Delft Blue,
tures, whether of wood, iron or cement,
Pron"
Light Ivory,
should be preserved, through the use
Ughi
Neu-
of paint, from rapid decay. High grade
trai Gray
Ivory
Tan
paint may be used successfully for all
Brown.
Burnt Um-
such purposes. Colored palata will be
hoc Crean
found the most seviceabie, the coloring
Ivor
Dark Brown Light Tan,
matter In the paint adding from two
Cream, UgM
to three years to the life of the coating
Gray Drab
SAVE THE SURFACE.
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BAKER RAPS
FILIBUSTER
for the big things
pending leaves
of Section 28 in Township 5 N. R. 28
E. W. M.; thence running along the
west line of said Section 28 in a
northerly direction 5175.7 feet more
or less to the south boundary of the
right of way of the main canal of
the West Extension of the Umatilla
Project as now permanently survey
ed and constructed by the U. S. Rec
lamation Service; thence running in
a northerly and westerly direction
along said boundary line of the right
of way of the said main canal a dis
tance of 26.16 miles more or less to
the west line of the E. * of Section
23 in Township 4 N. R. 24 E. W. M.
at a point distant 2840 feet more or
less and in a southerly direction
from the N. W. corner of the N. E.
% of said Section 23; thence north
erly along the west line of the E. *
of said Section 23. 2840 feet more or
less to the N. W. corner of the N. E.
Y of said Section 23; thence contin
uing in a northerly direction along
the west line of the E. % of Section
14 in Township 4 N. R. 24 E. W. M.,
5280 feet more or less to the N. W.
corner of the N. E. 1 of said Sec
tion 14; thence easterly one and one-
half miles c ong the north boundary
line of Sections 14 and 13 to the N.
E. corner of Section 13 in Township
4 N. R. 24 E. W. M.; thence contin
uing easterly along the north boun
dary line of Section 18 in Township
4, N. R. 25 E. W. M. a distance of
5807 feet more or less to the N. E.
corner of said Section 18; thence
northerly along the west line of Sec
tion 8 in Township 4 N. R. 25 E. W.
M. 3797 feet more or less to a point
on the south bank of the Columbia
river; thence in an easterly direction
along the south bank of the Colum
bia river 21 miles, more or less, to
the west bank^of the Umatilla river;
thence along the west bank of the
Umatilla river in a southeasterly di
rection 4 miles, more or less to the
south boundary line of Section 28 in
Township 5 N. R. 28 E. W. M., at a
point easterly and distant 1094.4
feet more or less from the S. W. cor-
ner of the said Section 28; thence
westerly along the south boundary
line of said Section 28 1094.4 feet
more or less to the S. W. corner of
said Section 28, the place of begin
ning.
EXCEPTIONS:
Saving and excepting the follow
ing described tracts of land in the
County of Morrow, State of Oregon,
lying within the above described
boundaries, to-wit:
In Township 5 N. R. 27 E. w. M:
All Sections 29, 30 and 31 lying
north of the north boundary of the
right of way of the Main Canal of
the West Extension Project, except
the N. W. 1 of the N. W. % of said
Section 30.
. Township 5 N. R. 26 E. W. M:
and there are 1203 acres.
right lands yet to com, unde "
notice; and this totals 7 265 "
which are now entitled to
That it is the intention of—
ers to elect the first board a
ors from the district at large "
That duplicate copies of tu]
tition are to be circulated 2
purpose of securing the
number of signatures by land"
and the said duplicates are t"
tached together and treated a
petition for the purpose of
tion to the above entitled cour
Wherefore, your petitioner,
that all of said lands included "
in the limits of the proposed d
darles as described aforesaid a
eluding the exceptions mens,
herein, be organized into an sJ
tion district to be known aa thei
Extension Irrigation District, •
the provisions of the Chapter 251
the General Laws of Oregon j
1917.
Dated this 12 th day of
1919.
Adolf Skoubo, O. B. Olson,
H. Hoskie, E. K. Mulkey, Frank J
mer, C. C. CoyKendall, Thr
Grim, Pyrom Powell, F. H. rm
Nancy J. Rieks, Geo. Rand, L M J
vis, J. E. McCoy, J. W. Bracken,
V. Loomis, L. B. Smith, C. w. G
H. C. Wolfe, M. F. Caldwell, ci
Caldwell, D. R. Bronnell, A. E J
Farland, Frank V. Carelle, M
Burchett, C. H. Dillabough, Chaz
Nizer, L. H. Carpenter, S. H. Bou
man, F. L. Brown, T. E. Hendrie
H. J. Cason, Thos. Brew, D. R. Bn
nell, Effie Bullack, R. P. Pike 1
A. Ford, J. G. Camp, A. W.
Leslie Packard, Claude White,
Cohoon, Ray L. Brown, J. W.
er, C. H. Atteberry, A. P.
Jas. W. Long, Ernest Brown,
Partlow, Glen Brown, John
gard, J. C. Ballenger, Jesse 0.
er, Alta Howard, M. Marshall
Wasmer, J. R. Johnson. Geo. E.
ford, F. E. Burns, S. Atteberry,
Partlow, John S. Crooks, M. L
lams, Chas. Hango, W. O. King
N. Hatch, J. A. Lytle, Joe Corran,
H. Weston, Frank Otto,
> McH:
Cummins, C. E. Hein,
H. C. Harrison, Harmon Montg
ery, Ray L. Brown, M. K.
er. Royal Rands, Ingvard
Ira A. Berger, Paul Smith,
Brungard.
NOTICE
In the County Court of the
of Oregon for Morrow County.
In the matter of the
of West Extension Irrigation
in Morrow and Umatilla
State of Oregon :
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY
You are hereby notified that
undersigned, petitioners in the
and foregoing petition for the 01
ization of an irrigation district tn
known and styled as West
Irrigation District, under and
ant to Chapter 357 of the
Laws of the State of Oregon
1917, will present the above
foregoing petition to the Honor
County Court of Morrow County,
egon, at the chambers of said
in the court house of said county
Heppner, Oregon, on Monday,
5th day of May, 1919, at the hour
10 o’clock of said day, that being
special meeting of said court
for the purpose of hearing and
sidering the said petition; and
are further notified that the
and foregoing petition together
a plat showing generally
ed boundary of the irrigation
proposed to be formed in said
tion and the lands included
said boundary will be filed with
County Clerk of Morrow Count'
Heppner, Oregon, on and after
1st day of April, 1919.
Dated this 12th day of
1919.
Adolf Skcubo, O. B. Oisos,
H. Hoskie, ' E. K. Mulkey,
Cramer, C. C. CoyKendall.
Grim, Geo. Rand, L. M. Davis,
rom Powell. Frank V. Carelli J
McCoy. J. W. Brackenburg, V.
is, L. B. Smith, C. W. Grim, "
Wolfe, M. F. Caldwell, C. N.
well, F. H. Rieks, Nancy J.
D. R. Bronnell, A. E. McFarlai
I C. Burchett, C. H. Dillabough,
I J. Niaer, L. H. Carpenter, $
Boardman, F. L. Brown, T. E
drick, H. J. Cason, Thos. Bro"
R. Bronnell. Effie Bullack }
Pike, W. A. Ford, J. G. Camp
Cobb, Leslie Packard, Claude “
Ray L. Brown, W. G. Cohoon,"
Walker, C. H. Atteberry, Jas
| Long. Ernest Brown. Glen 5"
Frank Partlow, John Brengard.
Ballenger, Jesse O. Lower, Alts,”
ard, M. C. Marshall, A. P "
Frank Otto, R. Wasmer, J. R. —
All of Sections 16, 17, 18 and 19
lying south of the south bank of the
Columbia river. All of Section 20
and W. 1, Lots 2, 5, and 6, and W.
% of S. E. % of Section 21, and the
S. * of Section 26 and the S. 1 of
N. E. Y, N. W. % and S. % of Sec-
tion 27. All of Sections 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34. and N. 12 and S. W.
1 and W . 42 of S. E. 1 of Section
35 and the N. % of Section 36.
Township 5 N. R. 25 E. W. M:
All of Sections 25, 35 and 36 lying
south of the south bank of the Col
umbia river.
Township 4 N R. 26 E. W. M:
In Section 2 the following describ
ed area: Beginning at the N. W.
corner of Section 2; thence easterly
2647.26 feet; thence S. 0 deg. 09
mln. 30 sec. W. 105.6 feet; thence s
63 deg. 24 min. 30 sec. W. 1483.0
feet; thence S. 72 deg. 47 min. 30
sec. W. 1188.0 feet; thence S. 28
deg. 04 min. W. 412.5 feet; thence
N. 0 deg. 18 min. 30 sec. E. 1485.66
feet to place of beginning.
In Section 3: The N. W. % and
the following described area:
Be
ginning at the N. E. corner of Sec
tion 3; thence S. 0 deg. 18 min. 30
sec. W. 1485.66 feet; thence S. 82
deg. 51 min. W. 710.4 feet; thence
S. 67 deg. 15 min. W. 1685.5 feet;
thence N. 82 deg. 58 min. W. 386.3
feet to a point on the west boundary
of the N. E. * of Section 3 and dis
tant 453.8 feet, N. 0 deg. 13 min. E.
from center of Section 3; thence
northerly 2186.2 feet to the N. W.
corner of N. E. 1 of Section 3
thence easterly 2640 feet more or
less to the place of beginning.
All of Sections 4 and 9 lying north
of the north boundary of the right
of way of th« Main Canal.
All of Sections 5 and 6 and the N
W. * of Section 7.
Township 4 N. R. 25 E. W. M:
Section 1, E. 14 Section 2, S. 12
and 3. 4 N.H Section 9. S. 1 Sec
tion 10, N. * Section 12. N. % of
N. * Section 16, E. *2 Section 17,
•11 E. * Section 20 lying north of
the north boundary line of the right
of way of the Main Canal and all of
the S. E. % of Section 14 lying S. Atteberry, Paul Partlow, *
north of the north boundary line of Crooks, M. L. Williams, Chas
the right of way of the Main Canal.
for the reconstruction, betterment,
the burden largely on the states and extension, purchase, operation or
cities. For that reason I feel that maintenance of works already con
the conference of governors and structed and for the assumption as
mayors was doubly fortunate for it principal or guarantor of indebted-
awakened the officials to a realiza- j ness on account of district lands to
Ition of the work before them which ; the United States under the Federal
the government should have cared Reclamation laws, and petitioners do
for but did not.”
now propose the organization of an
Mayor Baker. In the report, paid irrigation district to be known as
a high compliment to Senator Cham West Extension Irrigation District,
berlain of Oregon, who. he stated, within said counties and state under
is one of the big men of the coun the provisions of Chapter 357 of the
try. working day and night In the in General Laws of Oregon for 1917.
terest of right and who is big
That the landa of your petitioners
enough to tell the biggest men where are included within what is known aa
they are wrong and why.
the West Extension of the Umatilla
Municipal affairs In Portland are Project built by the United States
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well in the foreground when placed Reclamation Service and are suscep
in comparison with the same affairs tible of irrigation from the waters of
in other cities. Mayor Baker reports. the l matilla river as a common
He stated that as an example, he source and the major portion of said
found a wave of crime sweeping the lands are included within the boun
country and that recent conditions daries of Morrow County and a small
cited in Portland are not nearly so portion thereof are included within
The boundary deaeription of said Hatch.
bad aa in the majority of cities.
the boundaries of Umatilla County, proposed district, excluding the ex
The net result of the mayors' and | in the State of Oregon.
ceptions mentioned above, covers an
governors’ conference held in Wash- i
lagton at the call of federal officials posed irrigation district are describ-
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