The Hermiston herald., December 20, 1923, Image 3

THff HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Cato, Dogs, CanarlaA
Feuttry aa Well as Children
Off to Dream of Santa’s Visit
times Caught
On« Impression gathered from sev­
eral months spent by the aide of an
overland motor tra il la that tha talk
of race suicide la bunk. Broken down
fllrvers with from one to three adults
and six or seven children are not un­
common. T h e car without two or
three children la a rarity.
Practically always there are either
children or pets, and usually both.
Dogs are exceedingly common; cuts
and canaries only somewhat less so.
But I have seen chickens In coops,
pigs, aheep, goata, monkeys, goldfish
and wildcats. A certain class of car
can be counted upon Invariably to con­
tain children, pets and old, dilapidated,
uncovered bed springs.
A youngish looking workman sat In
the front seat o f a car with hla rather
formidable looking old mother beside
him. On the running bourd a dog
dozed In a box, and five canary birds
tw itted In a cage bung to the back
seat
“IIo w are the live stock standing the
Journey?" 1 asked.
“A ll right,” replied the young man.
"When the engine goes the dog sleeps
and all the birds sing."
In another cur 1 saw n dog loose, a
domestic cat In a cage and a bowl of
goldfish.
“Women come In here,” said an In
dlan trailer who sells blankets, baskets
and curios to the tourists, “and buy
rings and bracelets, explaining that
they have no room In the car for any­
thing larger.”— Albert W. Atwood In
the Saturday Evening Post.
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Mora anonymous letters are being
w ritten today than ever before. This
la the alarming verdict of a well-known
handwriting and forgery expert.
Seventy per cent of the w riters go
undiscovered, the remaining SO per
cent being traced by various methods,
says London Tit-Bits.
The Investigator ascertains. In the
first place, whether the recipient of
the letter suspects any particular per­
son. I f he does, the Inquiry natural­
ly Is confined to one direction, steps
being taken to secure an example of
the suspected person's handwriting.
W ith this to guide him, the Investi­
gator compares the bandwriting In the
example with that In the anonymous
letter.
H e uses the microscope to enable
him to detect minute similarities and
differences, and the camera to record
and enlarge these details.
Usually the anonymous letter Is
photographed and enlarged bodily,
each Individual character In the en­
largement being cut out afterward
and pasted In a reference album.
A ll the A’s are pasted In one row,
all the B ’s In another and so on. This
makes the work of oomparing the let­
ters consldesably easier.
Frequently It happens that the
w rite r of the anonymous letter Is
given away by a trilling detail. An
uncrossed “t" repeated three times In
the same letter sufficed to convict one
of these criminals, while joins In the
middle of strokes have often led to
their downfall.
On ths Great Divide.
The Great Divide is a blgh ridge
o f land in the United States where
occurs the parting of the waters which
flow to the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans. The name, “T he Great Di­
vide,” Is now commonly applied to a
greater e x i*» l o i couniry than the
“Continental Divide,” or watershed
proper, says the Detroit News.
It comprises that region In Montana
and Wyoming wherein so many of the
large rivers of the United Spates have
their source and which possesses with­
in Itself all the characteristics of a
continent
The arrangement of the
elevated land masses In relation to the
valleys arid plateaus Is continental. Its
waters flow to the Gulf, the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans and streams
rise on Its eastern borderland whose
waters flow to the Arctic ocean. It is
the natural geographical center of
North America.
ANCESTOR OF GARDEN GREENS
X-RAY USED TO FIND PEARLS
Sea
Cabbage a Weed That Grows
W ild Near Dover and Some­
times Is Eaten.
Oyster Shells Looked Through to Lo­
cate Gem Stonee, Much Tim e
Being Saved.
I f you are walking on the chnlk
cliffs near Dover you inuy notice a
tall weed w ltlj pale yellow (lowers
which begins to bloom In May und con­
tinues to do so right through the sum­
mer. It grows ubout two feet high
and has leaves of a deep green tinged
with yellow and purple.
This homely looking plant Is the
sea cabbage, and Is actually the ances­
tor o f nil our garden greens, cabbages,
cauliflower, broccoli and the various
kales. It Is, or was, very common on
the Dover cliffs and Is sometimes col­
lected and the leaves stripped off and
boiled.
Many of the vegetables we cultivate
In our gardens come from the coast,
where their ancestors still grow wild,
soys London Tit-B its. The sea beet
grows In many places on the shore,
and has green blossoms and thick,
wavy leaves.
But the thick, red,
fieshy root has been obtained only by
centuries of cultivation.
Sea kale Is purely a maritim e plant,
and this is proved by the fact that a
little salt— not too much— Is an excel­
lent fertilizer for the cultivated va­
riety.
Celery grows wild on marshy ground
on the shores of salt-w ater estuaries
and asparagus Is a native of similar
land. Both these, when grown In gar­
dens, can be stimulated with a little
salt.
T h e sea pea Is not a common plant,
but may be found In places growing
on sunny banks a little above hlgh-
tlde mark.
I t has butterfly shaped
blooms and Its pods contain peas
which, if small, are quite pleasant to
the taste.
Science has come to the aid of the
pearl hunter, whose task has now
been much simplified by the employ­
ment of X-rays to delect the pres­
ence of the gem which, If It means
only trouble for the oyster, spells
money fo r 'th e man who can find it
and bring it to market.
Every oyster had formerly to be
opened before It could be ascertained
whether or not it contained a pearl,
says Lofidon Answers. When one real­
izes that thousands of oysters are bar­
ren und days may be spent opening
oysters without finding a single gem,
the u tility of the newer process is at
once apparent.
A fte r the oysters have been dredged
or collected and dispatched to the
harbor, they are now examined by X-
rays. I t a pearl Is present In one of
them the “shadow pictures” at once
show it.
Speed In handling Is not the only
advantage of this system. Oysters
which are shown to possess no pearls
are not harmed In any way, and can
be returned to the w ater In the hope
that, later on, pearls may develop In
them. Sim ilarly, oysters shown to
contain only small pearls are replaceo
In special tanks, so that the pearls
may be given a chance to grow larger.
This should mean that in a few
years’ time we shall have more, bet
ter and very probably cheaper pearls.
Paying Wages In Food.
WOMEN S T IL L DOWNTRODDEN
Translated Into food, at the prices
the farm er gets It takes 83H dozfen, Management Won’t Lot the Oppressed
or 702, eggs to pay a plasterer for one
Creatures E vtn Smoko in This
day of eight hours’ work In New York
Office Building.
city. I l takes 17H bushels of corn,
or a year’s receipts from h alf an acre,
Poor woman! She gained the right
to pay a bricklayer one day. It takes to vote, to smoke, to go to boxing
23 chickens weighing three pounds matches, to participate In athletics, to
each to pay a painter for one day’s enter business— In fact, she’s on a par
w o rt In New York,
it requires 42 with man in every Held of activity,
pounds of butter, or the output from says the New York Sun and Globe.
14 cows, fed and milked for twen
And not on an equal footing with
ty-four hours, to pay a plumber $14 man, bnt surpassing him in ninny
a day. To pay a carpenter for one things, she insists.
day's work, It takes a hog weighing
But, alnsl In one Instance at least
175 pounds, representing eight months' she Is doomed to defeat. The scene
feeding and care.— Dearborn Inde­ Is a downtown office, where smoking
pendent.
is prohibited.
Yes slree, not even
the manager can use his favorite
His Prayer Interrupted.
weed while sitting at his desk, hut
M ax Cohen, the artist, has two chil­ must join the office boy and lowly
dren of whom he Is very proud, but the snlcsman out in the corridor when he
other night, when his w ife was at
desires to smoke.
tending her Thursday elnh, he got the
Not so for milady, who has just as
shock of his artistic existence. L ittle. much work and responsibility as at
Bud<ly was trying to say his prayers, least h alf of the office force.
She
hut his sister kept tickling the soles of likes a “drag” occasionally, too, hut
bis feet. At last, looking upward very where can she have It?
The rule
sadly, he said: "D ear God, please ex­ denies her the privilege of deriving
cuse me for a minute, till 1 knock the Inspiration from the weed while she
devil out o f H arriet."
type», and only the men occupy the
hallway and In the lounging room the
Huge Enterprise In Bavaria.
matron absolutely refuses the girls the
Bavarian engineers are building a right to smoke. Poor girl, what good
tunnel nnder the Alps, to divert part do women's rights do her?
o f the Isar river into the Walchen lake
for an enormous hydro-electric plant.
Few Aliens In New Zealand.
When completed the work, which Is
At present In New Zealnnd lees than
well under way, w ill furnish enough one-half of 1 per cent of the popula­
electrical power for all the Bavarian tion consists of aliens, according to a
railways. Industrial plants and city recent report to the Department of
New Steel Tempering Precess.
Through a new process of tempering
steel, chopping a cold crowbar into
chunks with an ax or w hittling a steel
rod Into shavings with a pocketknife
are simple performances. In fact, It la
claimed by the two Investigators In the
M ate of Washington that a steel ax
and pocketknlves tempered hy the m-w
process have actually been made to
perform these seemingly iin|>osslble
acts. The process consists In the use
o f certain chemicals in water or afl to
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TALMADGE
In Her Greatest Screen Prduoction
Smiling Through
Modern Bungalow Replaces Wigwam
of Yore on Kiowa Reservation
In Oklahoma.
Tipped w ith Iron Alloy That
Emits Sparks When It Is
Rubbed.
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An eminent scientist discovered
some years ago that a certain ■ Iron
alloy on being lightly rubbed with a
file, would emit intensive sparks that
Instantly ignite gas.
The practical application of this
discovery consists of a metal rod hold­
ing on Its top a little piece o f this
alloy. On the lewer end of the roti
la a button which on being pressed,
rubs the alloy against a rough sur­
face, and the spark Is emitted. Up­
right and Inverted lamps may thus be
Ignited.
Another very useful application of
this principle Is seen In a stove-
lighter. The alloy is fastened on the
end o f the lower leg which, on being
pressed upward, rubs against a ver­
tical roughened surface. In releasing
the hand pressure the lower leg jumps
back to its original position by means
of the springlike action of the rod,
thus causing the alloy to spark vio­
lently.
I l Is even possible to light gas
lamps at the top of masts, merely by
turning the cock, a slight gas pres­
sure starting a mechanism to light It.
T he alloy Itself is practically Inde­
structible and very cheap.
PLAYHOUSE
INDIANS FORSAKE THE TEPEE
HERE'S USEFUL GAS LIGHTER
Rod
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Carried Overland.
Commerce from Vice Consol John E.
Moran. Wellington.
O f the 5,44«
aliens, more than fonr-flfihs remained
In North Island, where climatic condt-
flona were more to th rir liking. The
m ajority of the Syrian», centered In
Dunedin, are merchants and manufac­
turers of clothing, while the Indians
follow no p a rt'rn ls r occupation
Of
the 3.271» Chinese registered. 21 per
cent ere merchants. 3B per cent market
ganleners and 12 per cent lannderers
The aim nt the New Zealand govern
ment la to enforce the Immigration re­
striction act and prevent as fa r as
possible an undue Increase over the
present percentage of any «liens.
The tepee, traditionally symbolic of
Indian life. Is fast disappearing. The
Indian Is leaving the wigwam of his
fathers In favor of the white man’s
house.
The picture of the Indian
brave, sitting stolidly In the entrance
to his tent, must be discarded for the
actuality. H e la now much more likely
to be sitting on the porch of a cozy
bungalow.
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So reports the Departm ent of the In ­
terior and gives as an example of the
Indian’s altered housing system the
situation on the Kiowa reservation
near Anadarko, Okla.
Here out of
1,940 Indian families, only 75 are still
living In tepees. This “stride toward
civilization,’’ as It Is characterized, Is
a rapid one. Twenty years ago prac­
tically every one o f these iDdtans was
living In tepees and every one of the
adults had been reared in a tepee.
Now they are ensconced In homes ad­
vertised by real estate companies as
“modern in every respect.” Many of
them, says the Department of the In ­
terior, are better than those of their
white neighbors.— Christian Science
Monitor.
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WEATHERING TESTS OF STONE
Alternate Freezing and Thawing Em­
ployed at Bureau of Standarde
In Waehington.
Weathering tests, consisting of freez­
ing and thawing of the specimens until
disintegration occurs, are In progress
at the bureau of standards on twenty-
two samples of limestone and twenty-
three of sandstone. Some of the best
limestones have withstood 800 freez­
ings without showing any appreciable
amount of decay, while the poorer
grades of this material were disinte­
grated by 100 freezings, says the Scien­
tific American. Tests on the sand­
stones have only recently been started,
and so fa r the samples have shown no
great amount of decay.
A number of limestone and sand­
stone specimens are also being tested
hy soaking In a 15 per cent solution of
sodium chloride and drying afterward
to obtain a crystallization of the salt
in the pores of the stone.
This produces an action Rlmilar to
that of frost, hut more severe. I t has
been found that limestones which
stood up under several hundred of
the freezings were disintegrated by
less than 100 crystallizations in the salt
test. However, the actual disintegra­
tion seems to be sim ilar to that pro­
duced hy the action of frost, and
hence it Is believed that there Is a
poastbillty of using this method as
an accelerated weathering test.
W e Suggest-
FOR HUSBAND OR GENTLEMAN
FRIEND—
Tools, and we have many kinds
Pocket Knives (K een K u ttc r)
Easy C h air
R adio
Set
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Ax
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear Tubes
Borne Needed
A u to
Accessory
Gun
A m m u nition
A la rm Clocks
M echanical Toys
Map Puzzles
Games
Wagons
Skootern
Keen K u tte r Knives
R o lle r and Ice Skates
F lash lig hts
Tools
C h llre n ’H Chairs and Beds
Pencils
Rock Horses
Bicycles
Radio Sets
Lanterns
Lunch Box
FOR THE GIRLS
Sm oking Stand
Dolls (.Mama as low a„ $ 1 .0 0 )
D o ll Carriages
Rock Horses
Toy Carpet Sweepers th a t sweep
Toys o f a ll kinds
Doll F u rn itu re and Dishes
Pen Knives
F lashlights
R o lle r and Ice Skates
Wagons
Radio Sets
Ash T rays
Bicycle
Ths Wiss Doctor.
FOR THE EOYS
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The doctor waa calling on old Mra.
Canny. She was not very 111, bnt she
always had some question to ask the
doctor that had nothing to do with
her own case.
“Doctor,” she said on this occasion,
can you tell me why It Is that some
people are born dmnh?”
The doctor thought for a moment.
"W hy— hem— certainly,” he replied;
" It Is owing to the fact that they come)
Into the world Without the faculty of i
Cream Separator
H a y K n ife
Flash lig hts
Razors
Shaving Cream (K een
Cream Cans
P ru n in g Saws, etc.
K u tte r)
FOR WIFE OR LADY FRIEND—
Rugs
F u rn itu re
Bed and Spring
Dishes
Keen K u tte r Scissors
Glassware (see our complete lin e )
M ajestic Ranges
O il Stoves
Radio Sets
Linoleum
Iro n in g Boards
W ash Machines
Heaters
Candle Sticks and fancy candles
E le c tric Stand Lamps
Coleman Lamps
Flashlights
Pen K n ife
M anicure Set
Dresser Iv o ry
Cooking Utensils
Pyrex Ovenware
C om m unity S ilverw are
Rogers 1847 S ilverw are
Shopping Baskets
W o rk Baskets
'Clothes Hampers and Baskets
Percolators
T he above covers but a p art of the many things yo't can fin d as g lftb a t our store and on la rg e r p u r­
chases we w ill arrang e tim e paym ents, so do not buy your C h ris tin a * present» w ith o u t looking over our
stock and com paring our price*.
The old woman gazed at hlm In ad- l
mlratloa.
“There. now." ahe remarked. "Now 1
just aee wbat It means to bave an edn- i
estimi. I asked Thomas more thsn
a hundred tlmes why It woa, end all
he could say was, ” '( 'ause tliey to '
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