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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1921)
.1 tf EfiS PAGH.KVH ESPAY1 WEDNESDAY BARGAIN PAY WEDNESDAY BARGAIN- PAYgj BBH BBBBLV BBBtBBBbV BBBsV BBBT LE STBHE th Stre NPERWEAR COO to $1.26 25c .25c 12c 137.50 $25.00 12.00 (0 3.00 $1.00 !H MKT ill Street JfcS FEET p ' pound WE a l Street LUNCH .'...... 65c . ;. 40c pfwoT Street : Uno LAMP PRE icMain Streets 45GAPS iITI' SHOP I sin .Streets OLPRENS HOSE ,.40o .30c MARKET 1 kird Streets III HAMS .....Mes- .33c hiitco. Street .t 5 .50c Z. U PAY WEPNESPAY; PEOPLE'S IKT 532 Main Street LARP COMPOUNP Regular Price ..... Bargain Pay Price PERKINS FURNITURE HOUSE 126 N, Sixth Street SHEET BANKETS 54x72 Regular Prlco Bargain Pay Price M Seventh and Main Streets SPECIAL PLATE PINNER Regular I'rico " Bargain Pay Price 50c STAR DRUG STORE Fifth and Main Streets CREME OIL SOAP Bargain Pay Price 3 Cakes 25c SQUARE DEAL DRUE STORE Eighth and Main Streets Spiehler's Olive Oil Castile Soap Regular Price j. .800 Bargain Pay Price Cake .'. lie i - 4UA- SSf 5 II Seventh and Main Streets HIGHLANP LINEN STATIONERY Regular Prlco ....... 75c Bargain Pay Price 59c WHITMAN DRUG CO. 520 Main Street BATH BRUSHES Kegular Price - ...WW Bargain Pay Price : $1.45 ! ' H. J. WINTERS i 706 Main Street PATHE PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Regular Price.- ................... ..91.90 Bargain Pay Price BARGAIN PAY WEPNESPAY BARGAIN PAY THE EVENING. HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, t OREGON. PI ..$2.50 -..$1.75 , H ..$4.00 $2.59 y .....i........... ..50c 1 OIL VAGUE ABOUT "RED" LEADERS But Young Bolshevist Soldier Had Heard of Trotz'ky and Incl- 'dentally of Lenlne. ( I Imvo Just hnd n talk with n Bol shevist soiuicr, capiureu vy mo mien 'when ho wns participating In n bold scouting enterprise. Ho Is a young, innn twenty-ono years old, coming from one of tho interior departments of Russia. lie Is Illiterate and a con firmed Bolshevik. Discipline, ho snld. wns very good In tho Bolshevist army; sttll they did 'not ohoy orders becnuso they were or ders, but "ng a mnttcr of conscience." The military forms of nddress hud been nhollshcd and even the officers wero spoken to as comrades. Natural ly the soldiers stand at attention be fore their officers; but that wob be cuuso cry soldier In tho unny fol lows the bidding of his conscience and "It would be foollHh" not to stand at attention beforo one's commander. He had nover seen a general or any of the higher officers, but ho knew the commander In chief was called Trotz ky, and that there was another head man. He pondered a moment trying to rccnll who the second one wns, and then middcnly remembered, "Lenlne." Ho knew nothing more about him, nnd did not know tho" names of any other commander. Ho kent snilnjt "Everyono on our side Is n Ilolshevlk," and seemed to be Impressed with the great power and authority of the Ilolshovlkl. When, asked who Trotxky was ho replied. A very popular Jew." Trie-Jews are much liked In tho army.. Tlioy never ullow themselves to bo captured. They hate tho I'olcs so, nnd tho I'olcs hate them so nnd Invariably murder then that they prefer sulcldo to being made prisoners." From tho Vosslscbe Zeltung (llcrlln). HAS AN IDEA SON WAS RIGHT Circumstances Brought Wife of Unit- ed States Senator to Acquiesce In Youth's Phlloeophy. Senator Miles Polndextcr, from the state of Washington, used to live on a ranch. i Ono hot day ho was In tho garden weeding onions, when Mrs. Polndextcr came across her olcven-ycar-old son Ciolo comfortably ensconced on tho front porch enjoying tho cool shado and a good book. "Why. Galel" she cried, "aren't you nshnmed of yourself to sit here nnd rend while your poor father Is out thero working In nil that heat? Co ij nnd help him this minute 1" "Aw. mother," protested uaie. -i w can't uo nowierca wjm wcvuuik uiuuhb. 1 Besides, 1'vo got an engagement to go V I . 11 ',in,.W ' 1 About an hour Inter Mrs. Tolndexter heard a low whlstlo from the onion patch, and beforo sho could tako In Its significance father nnd son hnd dis appeared down the hill In tho direc tion of the swimming hole. In telling the story Mrs. Polndextcr snld: "I don't know but what Gale's philosophy was the best. Today ns a young navn officer he Is sailing tho high sens; whllo his father well, his father Is still weeding onions l" Valuable Counterfeit. A strange counterfeit turned np at a Washington bank recently queer bey$auso It, wns a bogus $3 gold coin and worth about eight times as much as the genuine, because. It Is mode of platinum. a 4 ' , ,, Tho spurious coin was made about fifty years ago and 'bears "the date of 186$.f sMusty archives of, tho secret service contain a record ,of tbe.speAes and the case Is marked "closcd.YThe coins' were, rondo Jn, Mnlne'.sndfcame to'tb'o notlco of the'Trcnsury depart ment whcn''tho 'scion of a' wealthy family took a quantity of tbcm from n safety deposit box- .containing, heir looms nnd put tbYmn.clrculntlon'. Al known specimens wcrelconflscnted by the secret (Serylcoand. It was not known nutl now that others were stll tn circulation. i - r Great Baby Shrinkage. , v Doctor Jolmson's dictum that "births t all times bear thosnmo proportloh to) the snme number' of peopte' looks rather like n 'wide shot In the pres ence of n row of figures Just published by tho Cnmbrldgo University Press. Theso flcurcs occur In tho report of a pnper rend by Mr. G. Udny Yule, M. A., at the university, nnd they show that In Knglnnd and Wales tho nnntml birth rnto per thousand has been halved In tho Inst -10 years. In tho light of this comparison tho present baby boom In 'London Icrvcs us still far behind our grandfathers In tho art of stretching tho population. In the world-competition for posterity Serbia stands first and Austrnlln lnt. with England last but one. Montreal Herald. The Average Hair Crop. The Bloie tells us that tho hairs of our head aro numbered, but It docs not i tell us even the npproxtmato num ber ta a square Inch., t t put, some pnejlin figured this out for ust Ie counted th.r Imlrs In a - square Inch on, pinny hearts. ' rn"Hi. averaire liMif'thrt-e of6 a t thousand hairs to vich square Inch. Find out the HuwBer orrqtinro incnes In your scalp, nn.d.jon, vlll rood know the "approximate, number" of Imlrs on Ve uto'bIso tolfl'ttifjffW hairs will suspend 'it I one-pdunfl Weight. There fortvm awragv head nftihnjr xhoulrt be able -to support the-, combined weight of two hundred people., Don't l NEVTsTORY ABOUT PILGRIMS Writers Claim Early 8ettlers In Ameri ca Were Kidnaped From the London Virginia Company. Some historians, notably Azcll Ames, who has compltcd "Tho Mayflower nnd Her Log;, from original sources, as sert thnt fho skipper of tho Mayflower wns Capt. Thomas Jones, a rough seadog who had led n more or less piratical career on the high sens. Be tween Capt. Jones nnd Sir Fc'rdlnnndo Gorges nnd doubtless Weston, they nl legp thnt n plot existed whereby tho Pilgrims were deliberately stolen from tho' London Virginia company nnd planted on territory outside of the Vir ginia grnnt. The maneuvering nbout Capo Cod, according to this Interpre tation, wns simply n part of tho plot to discourage the Pilgrims from set tling near tho Hudson, as evidently "they Intended when they left Holland. The exact Identity of "Master Jones" Is not clear. Historians of the Massa chusetts Historical society say that tho skipper was one Christopher Jones, a trustworthy mnn. entirely different from Capt Thomas Jones, who wns known to hnvo a checkered career dur ing his voyages to Vlrglnln nnd other colonies. Tho courso of American colonial history mny hnvo been greatly changed when tho Pilgrims encoun tered tho shoals and unfavorable winds off Cape Cod. hut this bit of destiny can be easily exaggerated. It Is sufficient here to relate thnt the Pilgrim colony wns founded outsldo the Jurisdiction of tho London Virginia company. PRODUCES COTTON IN COLORS Southerner Has Succeeded In Growing Qreen and Brown and It Experi menting on Black. A. W. Brnbham has submitted to the Cotton exchange of Savannah four 'samples of colored cotton light brown, dark brown, light green nnd dnrk green. They nro tho results of years of experimentation. Mr. Brabham says that other colors will appear when n number of cotton plants In his garden that aro not yet fully grown begin to bear. Tho botanist has not yet been nble to puIiico black cotton, but he says he will do so In time. It would have nppeircd thlfl year, he contends. If n package of the seeds of a blue-tinted cotton, mailed to him by n botanist In Delhi. India, hnd not gone nstrny. Mr. nrabhain has sent for nnothcr pack- nge of these seeds, nnd he Is convinced that If he crosses them with ccrtnln of tho cottons he hns already grown the , result will be blnck. T.nihi.r rtnrhnnk nnrn toM Mr. Brnb-' hnm thnt he would produco black cot-1 to Joke about It. nnd tho visiting Flor ton for n million dollnrs. Mr. Bran-' cntlnes were especially vicious about hnrrf rmlled thnt ho thoncht he could . tho matter. Street fights began nnd do lt moro chenply. and thereupon started his experiments. Process of Becoming Convinced, Every day ho called her over the telephone. Every day sho refused to see him. But bis experience with women bnd taught him to understand their co quetry and bo knew that her refusal was not sincere. One morning when he telephoned sho snld that sho would bo glad to tee htm, but she was engaged for the day. The next morning she was sorry to have to miss him again, but sho did not have a mtnuto free. And the next day she wished thnt be bad telephoned sooner, for she had Just mnde an engagement Would he please call again? nis experience" with women taught hlm,,that' her refusal was sincere. Froip Life. ' Canada to Allot Land to Eskimos. It Is' announced from Ottawa that the Canadian government has decided tn reserve for the remnant of the Es kimos n smalt part of the territory over which they formerly ranged at will In tho vnrylng pursuits of fishing nnd hunting, snys the New York Eve nlng'Mnll. The reservation Is to con sist of 'Banks and Victoria Islands, north of tho vast region, wldo ns the continent, known ns Northwest terri tory, and far north of the Arctic cir cle. From this reservation, and nppnrcnt ly the waters Immediately adjacent to It. white hunters nro to bo exclud ed; and those who have begun opera tions on Banks Island will be ousted. Tints tho resources needed to sustain Eskimo life will be preserved. Welsh Belief In Witchcraft Witchcraft In Wales Is still in exist ence, ns was shown recently by a case which was tried at the Glamorgan as sizes. A Welsh former and his family, who wero suffering from n skin dis ease, sent for a local wise woman, be lieving they were all cursed. The woman pronounced the family be witched, and prescribed for a fee of $010 a .small charm made of wood and cinders. Other Instances of the same woman's exploits were mentioned, when for amounts varying from $000 to '$1,600 she demonstrated her powers among credulous folk. Wife Took Up Husband's Duties. When the forest lookout on Tahqults neak. In the. San Jacinto district Call- 'fornla, was Incapacitated this fall Mrs. Iteindorp, wire or tne district ranger, donned khaki, loaded blankets and' grub on a horse, and took oyer his duties, holding the lookout post for more than a week. This Is one of he Incidents reported to the United States Department of Agriculture through the forest service. MONDAY, JANUA11V 24, 1M1. 3. CHARM OF HOUSE OF LORDS lpper 'Chamber of the British Parlia ment Well Worth a'VIM'From the Traveler. As tho ordlnnry stranger takes Ms feat In tho gallery opd surveys tho houso of lords, he sees mtfch to chsrra his eye, to H'ndlo hlsMninglnntlon, nnfl even to stimulate his senso of rever ence, writes a correspondent of the London Times, ifo feels humbled, If not Intlmldntcd by tho nlmost religi ous solcmncss of tho place. It la glowing In gold nnd colors. All tho glory of the "tiger moth's deep da masked wings" gleams In Its splen did decorntions. Tct there Is nothing .gorgeous In tho scene. The Buhducd light of n cathedral "dim nnu yev low," as Shelley found It In Milan prevails, transforming things thnt might otherwise strike upon tho senses ns garish Into n delight to tho eye, nnd nn Inspiration to tho mind. Everything heightens the Impression thnt one Is In the beautiful chapel of nn nnclcnt cathedral rnthcr than In a modern legislative chamber. The lofty stained-glass windows! havo bluo hnd crimson figures of tho kings nnd queens of England. Most of them wero worldly minded men and women, but llko saints tjjey look In their nntlque garments, n. tho seem ing of rapt meditation- r1 ecstatic Introspection on their fi etrt. Between tho windows are pede 71s on which stand large bronze statues of knights In armor, grave and stem of nspect. leaning on their naked swords nnd lances. They rccnll times when tho battle of principles ,wns fought not with words of subtle-minded and rndy-tongued men In frock coat nnd silk hat, but with sword- nnd battle axe, wielded by brnwny soldiers oa prancing steeds. ( FOUGHT WAR OVER LAP DOQ Matter of History That Conflict Be- tween the'Florentlneo and Citizens of Pita Began T,hui. Ono of the bitterest .'of tho minor wars of history was fought over a lap dog. In the thirteenth century a Florentine emissary attending tho cor onation ceremonies of- Frederick II saw and ndmlred a lap dog belonging to n cardinal. The church official, not- Inc tho admiration, promptly assured the Florcntlno thnt tho dog was his, nnd tho emissary agreed to send for It Tho ambassador from PJsa saw nnd ndmlred tho same dog. nnd was Just as promptly promised It on the morrow, Both men sent for the dog. but tho Florentine's scrvnnt, being; first, carried It away. Tho citizens of Iloroe, hearing of tho Incident, began when news of (the affair reached Plsst the citizens seized all tho Florentine shipping in the bay. v The war that followed wns first of a series that ended with Pisa falllna before tho , triumphant Florentines, and tho ' beginning of 'tho 'wane .of her power. "The famous leaning tower of Pisa was'only ono skyscraper of a score or more, although the others have long since crumbled down. These towers proved valuable In the attacks of the Florcntlno army, but ono by ono were overcome, nnd the first city of tho world to have n skyscraper skyline, lost Its unique standing. 1 " 'J"T No Snakes In Ireland. ' It Is said that 'thero are no snakes) In Ireland, but the story that they were driven out by 8b Patrick la probably based, moro on hearsay than historical' evidence. The phrase "Con cerning' Snakes In Ireland," Is frequent ly quoted' In connection with tho above story, but-the phrnso Is Itself a mis quotation) and had In reality nothing to do with snakes In Ireland. The otic , ,na, phra,q does not refer to Ireland at all. but to Iceland. In a transla tion of Hnrcbone's works, "Tho Nat ural History of Iceland," published In London In 1768, chapter 42 Is headed "Concerning Owls," and Is as follews: "Thero are no owls of any kind In the whole island." Chapler 72 is en-i titled "Concerning Snakes," nnd h entire chnpter Is as follews: "No snakes of any kind aro to bo met with. ,tlirougbout tbei, whole of the Island." Tho application of the phrase to Ire land probably at first arose from a printer's .error. New Orleans Times. Picayune. The Printing Telegraph. During tho flve-ycnr period 1012 1017, the printing telegraph came Into extended use by telegraph companies, press associations and railroads. The printing .telegraph consists essentially of a sending instrument, equipped with a keyboard similar to that of a type writer, electrically connected with a' receiving instrument In' such a man ner that tho latter automatically re produces what, is typewritten on the sending instrument. Without the print ing telegraph It would nave been dif ficult or impossible to handle tne in creased telegraph business during the treat war. ' Edible Oysters-ln-Geild Rock, Edible oysters that' live with' their shells Imbedded i solid, rock, like ..the fossil ofjBomo extinct' creatures, have been discovered, tn Coos has, Oregon. The fact that'they ore fairly abundant makes these strange meHwtis no less a curiosity, and the' university of the state Is now engaged In a study1 of their origin and mode f life. Be cause tbey are consIdesetVan .excep tionally delicious food,, (h-. Investiga tors are also examining lalo the possi bility of their propagatlqaior the'mai ketw , . ' rT it