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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1920)
vV V '" W JMGK TMItHB THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON W.DNKHIMY, VOVKM 9, II CAMELS 1 GET PUBLICITY "WASHINGTON, Nor. .1, Tho a case at tho national museum bora . constitutes thn solo relic of two ship- loud of camol brought from ilif Far Kaal in tho "fifties" wh la Joffersun Dnvla was socrotary of war In itn ef fort to aolva tbo problem of trans (k .porting military supplies botwnoa (ha 1 'Mississippi river and tho ponU teal tcred across tha wostern dnshrts, Hostility of nnllv) inula driver to tha "ship of thn diarl" nnd tha beginning of tho Civil war aro as signed by government authorities on tha reasons for lha failure of tha of- fort to utlllxo cniimU burdnn car riers ovor the western plalm, r. Chorion C. Carrol, of tho department of agriculture, hat writ ton an official history of tho It.ipor tntlnn of camel. Ho anra tho Idea of transplanting tho beasts to Amor- lea originated with tho Spanish after tho conquest of South Amor Jra and toward tho end of the 16th century thoy wort Introduced Into l'eru. Tho camela wero not looked upon with favor by tho ruling offl rial, howevor, and they dwindled away. Home camela alao wero trans ported to Virginia from Uuloea In 1701 but there la no authentic record of tho enlerprlao eicept tha' it fall d. Transportation troublea during tbo alubborn Indian war In Florld.i raus ed Major (leorge If. Croaaman to ad vocate tho uto of tho desert beasts for military purposes, but nothing mmo of tho plan, Hume ynani later Major Henry C. Wayne suggested to the war dupsrt rirnt and to mrmbora of congicaa a Clan for government Importation. Ilia Idoaa wero endoraed by Jotferaon Davla, Ibnn chairman of the sonata military committee, and after Mr. Davla became aecrotary of wxr un der President I'lorcu he prosiod tho skeleton of a camel which ataada In project. Finally In December 164 congreaa approved an amendmiini by Senator Hhlela, of llllnola, to Hie an nual army appropriation bill provid ing 130,000 "to be oxpcndnd under the direction of the war department In tho purchaao and Importation of camela and dromedaries lo be em ployed for military purpoaea. ' Secretary Davla at once aenl Ma jor Wayne to the I.evanl to rouud up . the camela, the socruMry of the navy placing at tho disposal of Mr. Davla the atoreablp aupply, with her crew, under the command of 'Lieutenant David II. Porter (aftorwurd Admiral 1'orter.) It waa ordered that the ahlp land at a Tmm port aa It waa supposed tho ctlmatn there vould more reaemblu that nf the Far Knit. Major Vnno and Lieutenant I'or ter bought their first nnlmnla In Tun It In August and upon applying lor a permit to bring the camel nwjy tho lley of Tunla prrtonted to tbo I'nlted Statos two other anlmala, ono of which finally because tho veteran of I ho American herd. The ahlp then went lo Constanti nople, whoro the officer doclln-td an offer of Ihu HuUan of Turkey to pre aent four camel to the United sltates bocausn It waa found Mil' anl mula would have to bo brought from Aala nnd thn officer did not want to wait for them, Tho Hupply went from Constantinople to Aloiandrla, Kxypt, where It waa propound lo pur chaao ten dromodarlo and 30 camels but "rod tape" ao dUguated the Atnorlcana that thoy loaded threo dromodarlo and mndn ready to anil. Ileforo leaving, howovor, they recur ed, all fairly good boasts. Tho ahlp . aaltod with nlno dromodarloa nud thn enmol presontod by tho liny of Tun la, tho two othur obtained In Tunla having been Hold to n Turklah butch ei for 144 attor thoy woru found to t:avo algna of Itch. flwyn II. Heap wn aent on ahead to Hmyrnn and when the Supply ar rived at that point tho remaining camola woro found aasomblod. Mr. Ilenp had purchaned them n. pi Ice tanging from $100 to $400. Tha voyago hnmn waa bo nun on February in, 18G0, with 3) unl mala, nlno dromedarloa, or runner, S3 camola of burden, and one calf. Six Arab wero engaged to go along with tho anlmnla a It wan thought thoy would provo uaeful In their naoful management. A Turk waa em ployed aa a "cumol M. ).," but hla wodlcnl aorvlcea wero dlapenaed with after It waa found that hla euro for J m cold waa a piece of cheoar, for 'swolled log, tea mixed with gun powder, and for trifling complaint, tickling the nnlmnla noae with a chameleon's tall. i Tho cargo waa landed nt Indl- ' anoln, Texan, May 14, lfcf6 and tho beast h wero taken by easy atagea to Ban Antonio, 120 mlloa away, where Major Wayne planned to ostahllrh a camel ranch nnd to attempt tho brooding of tho animal but Secre tary Davla Inatructod him to find out whether tho animal wore adapted to military usea. ' Major Wayne found the anlmala highly satisfactory for the purpoaea for which they wero aecurod mid aa fldmothlng over $20,000 of tho orlg ltml appropriation remained, I.lou tonant Porter waa aent for another till I p load. Tho Sultan of Turkey gavo six dromodarloa .which worn In eluded In tho lot of 41 anlmalu land ed nt Indlanola February 10, 1857. Tho camola wore token 4o Cnmp Ver de which had been eatabllahod ut the camol station. Five of th cflrnt herd had died, one It waa said from b'ows received from a mule drivers Tha sonata In February, ISC", di rected (ho aocrotnry of war to inako a report on tha camol oxporlmunl which wan done nnd John II. Floyd, who bocamn secretary of war under Pronldont Iluchai'inn continued to urgo buying of mura camels, saying In hi annual report of 1868: "Tbo eiperlmenta thua far made and they are pretty full dem onstrate that camel constitute uae ful mean of of transportation for men and auppllea through the great deaerta and barren portion of oar Interior." j flocretary Floyd recommended that congreaa authorise an appropriation for th purehaao of 1000 camel, but tho law-makers did not agree with him and no furtbor expenditure worn authorltod. During tho summer of 1RS7 tho camol wero used In carrying wator and for scout duty. That fall Lion tenant Kdward Fltigerald lloale opened a wagon road from Fort tie fiance, N. Mexico, to tha eastern frontlor of California, ualng part ,of a hard of camels. The Journey took 48 days through unexplored wilder cess, plain and deaart. The camola carried water for the mules on tho deaert, traversed atratche of coun try covered with the sharpen, of vol canic rocka and awam river without limitation. When Lincoln' administration be gan In 1161 the war department had JH camola lo .California. These with a-veral otbera brought on from Tex an wero held In various forts and mil itary reservations In California with out being pat to any nse. In 1881 Lieutenant Dealo wrote Secretary Stanton of their Ideal condition and proposed to nse thorn for further ex ploration and In packing supplies across thn Oreat Tiasln, but his pro posal was rejected a was one a year later to use tha camels In carry ing mall between Fort Mchavi, N. Mox., and New Ban Pedro, Cat Tbo herd finally was sold by tho government to Samuel Mcl.au(;htln, In whose care the herds had ben for aomo time. Some of the camel found their way Into circuses and hand of ether parties. At the beginning of tho Civil war tho camels at the Camp Verde itatlon In Texas paaaed Into tho hands of the confederate government which paid little heed to them and aorae wandered away. Of these thero is an official account of three captured In Arkanaas by the Union forrea and "nt to Mr. Peden, near tho Dea Moines river In Iowa, for tho bone fit of hla care and economy " tbelr support." Rome of the herd Is thought to have wandered Into the Texas pan rcudle, Arliona and New Mexico where they lived free and half wild, the prey of 4hlte and red hunter. When the federal government came again Into control of Camp erde at tho close of the Civil war they found 44 camela which were finally ordered sold at public nuctlon. Did were opened In New Orleans, three person being willing lo buy. Horace Hell orrercd $r. each, Joseph Hallam $10 each and Colonel (lethal Coop wood's bid was $3 each. Some of tho camel eventually wero driven Into Mexico and a late n 1903 tho Han Antonio Kxprcss tpoke of having observed a camel In n midway show with the brand of tho United States on It and tho conn tcrbrund of a subsequent pufthuser . m Blight. Resitting JsVaaWarft . 7jsta m, ff flMW I .- m iVVda.VMMM ' T OrW VALLEY. Cal., Nov. 3. The world'a largest stock of pear seedlings"' ofs a wild, bllght-rejiitlng varloty., found-In Manchuria, Is loca ted on 'the Loma Rica ranch near Grass Valley, The yoking tree arc from aeed brought directly from China and number nbout 100,000. Three pomologlcal expert from tha U. S. department of agriculture, Professors, Allison, Wright nnd Kins nun, recently Inspoctod tho Hock nnd approved the experimental yrk. Tho original troea, known ai tho pyru uiurlcnsls, aro found growing In tho ancient burying ground of tho kings of the Munrhurlan Dyn raty, nnd It la only since tho over throw of the dynusty, that tho seed became available. Tlio. tract It sold tc bo vust and to, be grown to trees ot Immense alio. Wy grafting tbo commercial vari ces of pears upon this stock good results nro expected to bu obtained. , s TourUt Busines. Hurt by Pi$ordert DIUU.IN, Nov. 3. Tho tourist butlness In Ireland ha boon Injur iously affected by tho revolutionary disorders, Tourist agents and liotol kc opera are In despair. North Wales and, tho Isle of Man have captured tho visitors whp used to come lo Kil ls rney and dlengariff. Thero hus been a notable absence of tho usual Influx of Amrolcana. Dublin has suffered leak propor tionately than other places, but Dub lin's visitors did not take the risk of leuvlng It for the provinces. There wuc no dangor to life or limb, but the dislocation of tbo rallw.iy aor vlco cuusod by the refusal ot tho railway men to carry soldlors, police or munitions made the train service 30 uncortaln that nobody could count safely on roachlng or roturnlng from any given destination within tha lliu- Ita ot a holldny. The "Babe" Ruth of basketball Is Johnny Henchman, whose ploying contracts w,th the Original Celtics of New York city are said to net him $1000 a month. MADE EXCHANGE OF SWORDS Amsrlcnn Offletr In Havaria Was Nor to Da Outdon In Courtesy by j Any Cuban. MJ, C. Ormando Power, Dnlte4 Urate army, says tho most' embarrass-.' Ing moment of hla army .life wis In Havana when he was a lieutenant la 1B08. 'The United Stales bad Just takes control of Cuba and Lieutenant Power was sent to Havana to sW about taking over some,,' property While In a restaurant ha saw foot On ban officers, Immaculately garbed, la truo Latin manner they1 -rose bowed ceremoniously, and Invited hlist to alt nt their table. ' "Sir," said one of the officers, ris ing, "It gives us the honor very dis tinguished to have an American offi cer Join us to have the vnllant Ameri cana In control of our country. My feeling Is so great thnt I beg of you to glvo me the honor of accepting my Bwonl." With that he whipped out bis beau tiful Toledo blade, mado of a steal the like of which no American ever potamaed. As lha young American awkwardly waited tbo Cuban stuck tha point of bis Toledo hlsda In the center of the table, bent It double, snd as It whipped back Into ehapa spa ciously handed It to Power. Feeling It tip to blm to do some thing gracious. Lieutenant Power begged the Cuban accept bis sword to stabllah relations further. Wltb that he whipped out bla $10 blade, bought from a department store on tho Bast sldo of New fork, Imitating the Cu ban, he stuck the point In the middle of the table, bent It double and It slsyed bent I ' Without a tremor, Lieutenant Power calmly handed the blade, now bent like a pretzel, to the Cuban, and mado him aweeplng bow. From tho Am aroc New Official Newspaper of the American Army of Occupation. DEMAND FPU, HIPPO TEETH uysra Flock to Antwerp Four Tims Year to Attend Auction Where Thy Are Sold. The chief Ivory market of be world Is In" Antwerp, where buyers from everywhere assemble four times a year to attend an auctlou of this material. Most of It consist of the tusks of African elephants, but considerable quantities of hippopotamus teeth alao figure In the astro. The latter, at an auction a few weeka ago. brought prices all tlie way from thirty-five cents to $3 a pound, according to quali ty. A centary ago hippopotamus Ivory was much more valuable than It la to day, because It was the preferred ma terial for artificial human teeth, being very dense and hard. George Wash ington had a set of teeth mode of It Ilut nowadays much better ones are mnnufactured of porcelain by tbe mil lion. At the recent auction above men tioned rhinoceros horna brought $13 a pound. Tliey nru Ingeniously carved, mostly for curios. Tbe horn of the rhinoceros, by the wny, Is one of the oddltlct of nature. Iielng composed of closely compneted hair. "Good Anosl" Unappreciated. Many times our best angels are not appreciated. Tho very fact that we nro so accustomed In their mlntstry makea them commonplace. 1)111 was handy man nt n certuln collece. He didn't got rich on whnt he dld(but he know more about things than any one there. Ho Just naturally took the re sponsibility for everything. Dot' no ono appreciated htm. In fact he be came something of a Joke and every body took occasion to shove off re sponsibility on htm knowing that he could be counted on putting anything through that bo undertook. So they worked tho willing horse until ho wss picked up by a more appreciative con cern nnd the college lost n good angel. Incidentally I might aild. two men nnd n Oplkt are doing the same work. Grit. rUvereed. A famous Scotch minister of the Inst .century was very absent minded and many amatlng stories are told of this awkward falling. On ono occa sion he had arranged to preach In a certain church a few miles from Aber deen. Ho set out on a pony In good time, but when near the end of tho Journey he felt n desire to tako a pinch of snuff. The wind was blowing In his face, so he turned tho head of the pony around tho bettor to .enjoy the luxury. Pocketing hla snuffbox, be started tho pony without thinking to turn It In- the right direction, and be did not dlscou'r his 'error until no found himself back In Aberdeen, ft the very time when he ought to have been preaching aeven miles away. Buffalo Commercial. No Fuel Problem Here. The French town ot Chaudce Alguot In' the Augergno mountains, with a population of 2,000, probably la the only place outalde the tropical and sub-tropical sonoa where the heat ing of homes Is no problem, the scarci ty and high cost of fuel notwithstand ing. The town la' built In the crater of an Inactive volcano. A number of Btone-eoverod wells furnish boiling wntor which, flows through mains be neath tho rows of houses. In tho liner ot each house, aro several holes lead ing to tho main pipe. To heat a house, the covers of tbo boles nro removed; to prepare a menl a pot la lowered to tho flow of boiling water, Outside tho town la a large pond of hot water, where the woman wash clothe 4 t If ' .'i .. . 'of i ) i f J ', ' V? I I. WWJf r. K a,, tjas)4fja)s)jja ' W" V' 3 V v. TMW'I i , m - h i The Central Hotel if . f J '4trr a, S ' rllaavar I mi0wmmtwmmm ' ui , i ' L rwwMmw - New Throughout IN THESE DAYS OF HIGH PRICES THE , AVERAGE CITIZEN WILL BE GLAD TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE THAT IB WITHIN HIS REACH. AND WHICH FURNISHES EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD WISH FOR-f A GOOD BED, A CLEAN ROOM, .PERFECT VENTILATION. THB3EYOU . WILL FIND AT THE CENTRAL HOTEL. SEV ENTY ROOMS IN THIS, GREAT HOSTELRY ARE NOW READY AND THIS NUMBER IS BEING .7 ADDED TO AS FAST AS THEY CAN BE FIN ISHED AND FURNISHED. SPECIAL RATES MADE TO PERMANENT ROOMERS. NO BETTER SPRINGS, MATTRWS OR BEDDING ARE MADE THAN THOSE FOUND , AT THE CENTRAL HOTEL. J. J., KEELER, 4 f -f iJ f V,i .,-! ' at i Big Auditorium Built by Soldiers NOQALE8. Arlx., Nor. 3.--The biggest auditorium In Arliona, so described by the architect. Is nearlng completion at Camp Stephen J. Lit tle here, where tho 26th Infantry is stationed, having boon built com pletely by hitherto uneducted negro roldlers in the 25th Infantry studying In tho army vocational school M the post under direction of Major John ,' ..U C. Fairfax, morale officer. The new .building la a complete theatre, equipped for either motion pictures, jaadeville, or legitimate productions. Tha seating capacity Is 2000. - Present plana call toi opening the cow theatre by Christmas day. Tho theatre will be conducted by men' at the army post, from publicity man to scene shifters. The building Is of wood construction. 'The lumber waa obtained by the morale officer from tho aalvago material of the U. 3' re clamation service. Practically tLt en tire work kaa been dona by 23 ! uier atudenta In tha vocational eefcaol at the poet. Nena of them. Uay stated to MaJ. Fairfax. ad ever handled1 earpeatars' toola when thar began the course last Keroaaaar. Many of, these jbb eould not avail read or write when thoy entered tho school. A 'number of well-koawa playera in both the major and minor league are, arranging to put In the off sea son by pastimtag with tha new Flor ida Winter leagme. ' r The Culinary Studio Thecomtant tight of a worn and tjkrolorad floor fii the kitchen has a dpr$aiag aflact It is a very easy matter to knprove its appeaxanoa with color and glees by refinishinf'the surface with W. P. FULLER C& OOZS Rubber Cement Floor Paint 4 e A fenitfjrT, Waterproof and Wsrwa Paint for Fleora of Bstkatat, Bathroom aod Cloaata. Dries wkh auch hard floaa that dkt and serma cannot Bad lodpnteat on the suriaea. Mot your floors wkh Kabbtr Cement Floor tPaint and aa aocasjonal mopptnf wis keep them MgM ant Madam 12 oolara - 7QYT . r ., '' . W. P. FULLER & CO. aaAMUFACTUItKaS Knameli, Btaing, VarnJalwa. Woniir Waise 1 Paint for every twpoae. QyaMiy m eteiy dreaw i fl w aLaaaaVm smaaaa! I Ik. 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