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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1935. BAR AGIST FOES Heat In Desert And Semi Waterless Waste Goes High As 167 Degrees Natives Cruelest Savages WASHINGTON, D. C. (Spl) Heat mo great that shirt buttons jrrow too hot to touch, men so MvaRfl that many of them prize trophy of murdr above all elae, cruel denerta. waterless barrens mich la tho Dannie II country, most forbidding of Italy's thre routes Into Ethiopia. "81711 ng In tropical heat that aometlmes reaches 167 degrees, three-fourths as hot as boiling wa ter; moat of It either totally desert or at best a aemi-waterless waste, the Danakil region of eastern Eth iopia Is one of the world's most desolate and deadly spots," says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C headquarters of the National Geographic society. Fierce Men, Fiercer Nature "A country where men are fierce and nature If anything, is fiercer still, the Danakil covers an area roughly the same aa that of Kan sas, It Interposes & feared and commonly-avoided barrier 400 miles long and ISO miles wide along the boundaries that separate Ethiopia from southern Eritrea and much of French Somallland. "Not nil of the Danakil Is a waste, however. In parts of It there are forests, graasy plains, large herds of game and some agricul ture. Near Its eastern border the Awash, one of Ethiopia's 'disappear ing rivers' loses Itself In the ground on Its way toward the aea, but be fore vanishing It waters a large area of the southern Danakil. "In the north Is the Danakil Depression, the Danakil at It worst, 100 miles of desert sunk 300 to 400 ffet below sea level , deeper below the aea than California's Death val ley . and many degrees hotter. Raw Meat, Milk Oanokll Meal "The Danakil people who eke out an existence In this Inhospitable country are primitive men In almost every sense of the word. Some of them, explorers have said, live more like animals than men, sleeping on the bare ground and subsisting on nothing but raw meat and milk from their thirsty, half - atarved flocks. "Their method of making fire by rubbing stinks Is more primitive than that used by the Egyptians 4.000 years ago. Many tribes kill all strangers on sight, are constantly attacking and plundering each other, and have a marked hatred for all wlittr men. ' Many a Danakil warrior wears feather tn his hatr as a proud sign that it Is leas than a year since he has killed a man. In some tribes a man may not marry until he has taken at least one human life. Mixed i;gvptlan, Arab IHot "Though the Danaklls are dark of skin, explorers believe they have llttls or no negro blood but are a, mixture of Egyptlsn and Arab strains. The typical Danakil Is clear cut of feature but almost painfully emaciated, for at tho best his life Is hard In the desert, and famine not infrequently kills whole tribes when lack of wnter wipes out their canty flocks. t , "Some Danakil tribes, until re cently at lenst, never had seen a European. The rulers of Ethiopia never have had more than nominal control over them. Along the bor ders of French Somallland an arm ed truce exists between Danaklls and French garrisons. Moat of the Danaklls are Mohammedans, "The Danakil country la an anc ient ocean bed. most of which is now upralwd. It has huge deposits of salt and potanh. chalk beds, lava fields, and In the north sev ers! active volcanoes. Crocodiles and hippopotami thrive in the waters of the Awah in the south. There also are herds of wbra. antelope and wild boar, and farther north hardy herds of wild aw find a precarious living around the far scattered water holes. ncfrt Wet of Minna All "West of Musna All (Mountain o! Moses) in the vicinity of whk-h Italian forces have been advancing, the DnnaKO Is a dry wiste of hills, low mountains, deerte, boulder- strewn barrens, basalt cliffs and canyons. Available maps show only 'occasional waier' scattered througn the region. "This area roughly marks the center of the Danakil. To the nortn it Is even more forbidding, with volcanoes active or quiescent sur rounded by rough lava flows, a chain of huge salt lakea along the western edge of the Danakil De pression, and many of the water holes so mineralized as to make the water almost unfit to drink. "Even in the shsde temperatures have been registered from 140 to 156 degrcs Fahrenheit, so mucn greater than the normal tempera ture of the human body that trav elers cool their hands by placing them under their armpits. "In the southern Danakil. jus; north of the railroad from Djibouti to Addis Ababa, the country la more Inviting. High mountains rise from 6.000 to 8,000 feet. A belt of forest extends along the course of the Awash river and game U plentiful. There are hot springs, swamps and many water holes, with grassy plains and thorn bush scattered here and there. ' "Farther north this country merges into treeless plains, some granny and others barren. Plains and hills alternate with open scat tered bush. This type of country continues to the southern border of the AiiMa Sulanate, due west of French Somallland. Where the Awash river nears the, border there, is enough water for cultivation or crops and grazing for abundant game end herds of cattle and cam els. "Most of the Danakil people are nomads, except those along the coast of the Red Sea In Eritrea who are fishermen. They live largely on their herds of sheep and goats, with some caravan traffic, and in the past at least, an occasional slave raid or plundering expedition "Rifles are comparatively few in the Inner Danakil. A lance ana curved knife, a water skin and the , scantiest of clothes in some cases Utile more than a loin-cloth com prise the entire equipment of most of the Danaklls." VET COMMISSION SALEM, Ore. (UP) The world war veterans state aid commission re turned to the tax rolls 9383.480 worth of property In the first ten months of this year. The commission made 154 sales of state-owned property to get It off the tax-free list. Last year the whole twelve months aaw only 63 salea totaling 133.023. , The business upturn Is reflected In the commission's revenues, saio Governor Martin. During 1934 de linquencies Increased 9150.000. To date this year the Increase has slowed to about 910.000 since Jan uary. Since the commission's estab lishment It has sold for 91.355.986 property for which it paid 9133,023. LONDON (UP) The Rev. O. R. Ballelne, vicar of St. James', ' Ber mondesy. recently addressed his con gregation as follows: "Worshippers who are kind enough to contribute buttons to the collections are'request ed to bring their own and not pull them off the hassocks." BY GHOSTLY FIGURE IN NORTHERN WILDS KASKESIO, Sask. (UP) Appear ance of a weird, hooded figure which stalks and attacks settlers during the night has aroused fears among In dians and superstitious whites that a "Wectlgo," mythical Indian devil, again Is roaming this northern coun try. The legeudary evil spirit Is de scribed as a ghost-like figure of a man, wearliig a sack over the head with slits cut out for eyes. Several settlers and Indians have reported to police that the figure had sneaked near their lonely homes and cemps In the north area around the National park and frightened them with weird antics. One Indian said the figure stalked out of a bush to bla camp, seized a kettle of boiling water and threw It at him. scalding his back. Indians In the district swesr the figure Is a "Weetlgo." an erll spirit with no eyea and no mouth. White settlers say it Is a "crazy Indian." The "spirit" disappeared after wandering around for several weeks, but the Indiana predict It will return. lnated by collections from New York. California and Florida," said Dr. K. D. Kohler, president. "The men who owned them were millionaires, with whom we cannot compete. Klrh Stamp Exhibitors Barred SPOKANE, Wash, (UP) Wealthy stamp collectors will be barred from the semi-annual exhibit planned by the Spokane philatelic club next win ter. "This year our exhibit was dom- Schilling Wuncjarian Rrtm.' Deficafe flavor. J GET READY FOR THE This week is the time for menu planning and bargain shopping for the Thanksgiving Feast. And that is exactly why we've made such' a big ef fort to offer you a wide variety of it ems on which you can realize extra savings. Values on eveything from Soup to Nuts await your selection. Do your shopping now. 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