PXGE EIGHT
MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1935.
National Guard Head
IS WHERE
RICHES HIS TENT
Business of State Shifts As
Emperor Moves About
Court Is Held Under
Trees New Touch Seen
By James A. Mills
ADDIS ABABA (AP) Whers the
emperor's red tent Is, there Is the
capital of Ethiopia.
In few countries, are there o many
former capitals a here. Oondar, An
kober, Aksum, Debra Daxl. Magdala
and Harar are a few of them.
Until half a century ago the finest
palace of the grandest emperor was
nothing more than a circular oui
made of narrow wood uprights
pounded into the ground and covered
with a straw roof.
Seventy-five years ago several Brit
ish missionaries and two consuls were
arrested by Emperor Theodore. They
were put In chains and dragged about
from place to place so as to be kept
near him. That was the capital.
Administration Simple
The capital has always followed the
ruler and the system has worked
fairly well because there has not been
much state business to be transacted.
Government was subduing. Adminis
tration was plundering. Taxes were
gathered In kind and often ruthlessly.
Each high official was lord In his
own domain. Ho had little need of
communicating with the king of
kings and was happy not to see him.
The army was a band of retainers
under feudal chltfs. They fed off the
land they happened to be passing
through. Their departure was wel
come. There was no commissary de
partment and no war ministry.
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MEXICAN HIGHWAY
SLATED
GAIN
Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rllea of
the Oregon National Guard waa
choien president of the National
Guard Association of the United
States at the organization's con
ventlon In Santa Fe, N. M. (Asso
ciated Press Photo.
RED-SKINNED APPLES
HAVE MOST VITAMINS,
FOOD BOARD STATES
In her spare moments between pictures In Hollywood pretty Joan
Bfondell takes an Interest In ship models. Here she Is perched atop a
canoe looking over an early type sailing vessel before launching It or
a trial run. (Associated Press Photo)
Link in Alaska-Argentina
Motor Road Scheduled for
December Opening
Scenie Beauty Is Noted
MEXICO CITY (UP) The flow or
auto ' traffic between the United
States and Mexico la due to increase
rapidly, reaching a climax with the
official inauguration of the Laredo
Mexico City highway In December,
according to indications today.
The end of the dry season Is at
hand, another sign that more motor
ists will use the "high drive." On the
Inaugural day 1,500 automobiles are
expected to start from Dallas, Tex..
to Increase the vast cavalcade.
A considerable portion of the rdad
which is 770 miles long is over
mountains. These have been careful
ly graded and "terraced." These ter
races were completed In September.
For all practical purposes, .the road
has been completed, but considerable !
building will continue far into 1936.
Four Bridges Finished
Motorists at various places are now
forced to use ferries. Four bridges
are being built, and according to the
Department of Communications and
Public Works they will be completed
as follows:
Bridges over the Axtla and Mocte
zumt rivers. November, 1935.
Bridge over the Tasqulllo river,
February, 103a.
Bridge over the Tamp son river,
April, 1836.
Approximately 3.500 men have been
working on the highway In recent
months, principally In the mountain
ous region around Jacale and Ma-
talpa.
The highway, which eventually will
oe a link of the proposed Argentina-
Aiasxa motor-roaa originally waa
scheduled to be opened to traffic in
June, 1933. Last year It was hoped to
inaugurate it before the close of 1934.
Various delays, however, have pro
longed the work. It has been more
expensive both in the number of
lives lost In work-accidents and in
pesos than was estimated originally.
Offers Scenic Wonders
Now, however, the road la a reality.
and affords all sorts of spectacles and
scenic wonders to the motorist. From
Laredo, Tex., to Monterey, it Is as
pood as any paved highway anywhere.
This stretch of 151 miles Includes a
45-milo straightaway in the desert.
From the industrial city of Mon
terey often called the "Pittsburgh of
Mexico," the road leads over the ,
mountains to Saltillo, capital of the :
state of Coahuila, through a region
where longhorned cattle abound.
Leaving Coahuila, the drive goes
work of paving, oiling and bridge- through the fruit-growing section of
Mexico to Cludad Victoria, the capi
tal of Tamaulipas state. Then on to
Valles. in the state of Sau Luis Po
toal, and thereafter comes the moun
tain -climb to the Mexican plateau. It
waa In this section where the work
was delayed.
Rises to Tableland
Between Valles and Jacala, in the
state of Hidalgo, the road winds, leav
ing behind the tropical part of Mexi
co's Gulf region, and reaching the
tableland.
After Jacala the motorist arrives
at the big mining center of Pachuca,
and from then on it Is a relatively
short ride into the capital.
Experienced motorists already have
made the trip from the United States
border to Mexico City in two days.
The Mexican government, while
showing a great Interest in the high
way, has at the same time maintain
ed a candid attitude ai
progress of construction.
torists, but strict compliance with all
regulations, posting of bond, etc.. Is
demanded of them. Soma motorists
have said that they considered the
"red-tape" a little more complicated
than they feel would be really necessary.
OSTON HAS SIX
PRE-1 775 HOUSES
True Facts Presented
In the past, when reports would
arise In the United States that the
highway already had been completed,
the Mexican Highway Commission
would be the first to deny it, and to
state the true facts. Such reports,
which circulated as far back as 1932.
were generally attributed either to
mistaken information, or to the mis
guided zeal of tourist seekers.
Even now the road has not yet
been declared officially opened, but
motorists are using it satisfactorily.
Some motorists, who do not care to
make the hard mountain-climb, drive
down to Monterey and then ship their
cars to Mexico City. Once there, roads
leading In all directions will carry the
tourist to places of Interest.
Every facility Is being offered mo-
BOSTON (UP) Only six dwelling
built before the Revolutionary War
remain standing here.
They are:
wnti wni!iA nt Rim Court and
to actual North street. Built about 1680. Only
overhang house left in Boston except
Paul Bevere'a.
Old Corner Bookstore at Washing
ton and School Btreets. Built In 1713.
Marshall House, on Marshall Lane,
off Hanover Street. Built in 1713.
Langdon House, on Unity street.
Built in 1713.
Brick House, at Tileston and Han
over streets. Built In 18th century.
Daniel Pierce House, next to Paul
Reveres House. In North Square.
Built in 1711.
Most of them need immediate re
pairs If they are to be preserved for
future generations.
Mexico to Mark Printing Date
MEXICO CITY (UP) Plans are be
ing made to celebrate the 400th anni
versary of the introduction of the.
printing press In Mexico next spring.
LONDON (UPJ Twice as many :
vitamins are contnincd In apples with '
rosy skins aa in thone with green ;
skins.
Tills Is one of the diBcoverie the '
food investigation board has made.
Another Is that the concentration of
vitamin C is six times as great in ap- '
pie peel aa In the core. '
The board's report for the year also .
states that some fruit and v(7t.ihv '
Wherever the emperor went he waa japped ln i0dized paper remain free
at home. He looked more regal In
led tent than ln a straw hut.
Persons who wanted to see htm
had to page him all over the empire.
Sometimes they had to hunt htm half
a year.
Menellk Founds Capital
But whether business was attended
to this year or next mattered little.
In fact many preferred not to have It
attended to at all. That left every
man master. The strong and clever
dominated.
. Emperor Menellk changed that
ayatem somewhat by limiting the
power of local chiefs and founding
Addis Ababa as a new capital. It
stretches over a vast amount of land
and contains from 60.000 to 100,000
Inhabitants according to the season
of whom 80 per cent live In crude
hula.
There are, however, two palaces,
postofflce, a telegraph station and
number of ministries where one can
never find a minister. It would be
all the same If one did, since they
are virtually Imperial office boys.
There are a few schools, courts of
a kind under trees, a place where
taxes are brought and where salaries
are paid. Imperial ordera are sent out
by post, telephone and telegraph and
a bit of centralization has been estab
lished. But if the city were bombed and
all of the public buildings destroyed,
Ethiopia would remain Just the same
and the task of governing would be
little affected. The principal tragedy
would be that when the bank blew up
the army of war correspondents hero
would not be able to cash checks
from home. Ethiopians who do busi
ness with btg silver dollars would not
lose much.
Country Is Itomb Proof
At first Addis Ababa was only
group of tents clustered about the
Imperial marquee of Menellk. It
could become that again and Halle
ficlaasle would continue to rule Ethl
opla as his predecessors have done for
two mllleniums.
There are no factories to close, no
workers to starve, no vital communi
cations to be cut. All the food and
fuel ln Ethiopia Is carried on the
backs of donkeys and the heads of
men and they can trot to a tent as
well aa to a pnlnce.
Ethiopia Is bomb proof. A land as
large ns France and Germany can't
be put under gas and a nation that
has no houses can't have It homes
destroyed,
Ethiopians may not be able to over
come modern weapons, but they can
evade them. Ethiopia can't be con
quered until the Ethiopians are killed.
That's the way Menellk conquered It.
from mould for much longer periods :
than those wrapped In plain paper.
Some varieties of pluma and peaches,
however, are adversely affected by this
treatment and fall to ripen properly
It haa been discovered that the de
gree of alkalinity of the white of egps.
which rises with ae, can be kcp.
down to that found ln fresh eggs h
storage ln air enriched with carbon
dioxide.
Carbon dioxide storage will also add
many weeks to the life of bacon, it 1
stated.
TREE 405 YEARS OLD
FELLED BY LOGGERS
CATHLAMET. Wash. (UP) A gi
gantic spruce treo.-one of the largest
ever cut In Washington, was felled
by Jacobsen Bros., logging contractors.
near here.
The tree was 11 feet In diameter'
where It waa cut, 10 feet from the
ground. The first aawlog. 16 feet
long, scaled 11.000 board feet. Tht
top of the stump showed It was 405
years old. Jonaa Laraen and Pat I
Jacobsen felled the forest zlant after
a day and a half of work. It took j
John Ashley six and one-half hours
to cut the log In two the first time.
Thieve Profit In Hmntnn
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP) Thieves
made a profit of $7,582.30 during
September, according to Houston po
lice records. Officors recovered 9814.00
In loot. '
FOR NEW SERUM TO
LONDON (UP) Research work
ra are trying to perfect a serum to
check the epidemic which is killing
thousands of cat In all parts of
Britain.
The death rate 1 rising The dis
ease appears to be Increasing in viru
lence, and dm Hi is following more
rapidly upon Infection
A est. one day in perfect condi
tion, may be dying or ded the next.
The attack may even prove fatal with
in 13 hours, and veterinary snrnecna
are helpless In the absence of a
serum.
The dlseaae has been Identified as
a form of gastroenteritis due to a
virus infection. This virus Infection
Is peculiar to cat and there is no
risk to any otheT animals or to hu
man beings.
The research staff of one of tie
finest scientific laboratories In the
world is now cooperating with vet
erinary surgeons In the search for a
serum.
Professors lienerve Pity
BOSTON (UP I The record fori
long names at Boston College wa
broken this year when Nicholas Har
alsmhopoulos registered as a fresh
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