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EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Monday, DmpiuW 28, 1025
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PEPPERMINT II
ES SOARING
BOVTH BRND, Inil.. Deo.
In several Instances, farmers have
been known 10 store thole oil In
safety deposit bixos to nwnlt fur
Iher niHrket advances.
.Manufacturers of looth paste can
dles, chewing mini, various tooth
ache remedies and all other pro
duct which require peppermint fluv-
g, A I ''ring am Interested In' the cooporu-
lioiuiil of peppermint oil Is worth
II h weight In iiih:.
; An acute shortage, resulting from
inncr,uabl(i frost and heat In .May
; In southern Michigan and northwest
Indiana, mi, :r fin per rent of the
world s supply of peppermint Is' pro
educed, reduced (be crop 70 percent
lor to approximately 250,000 pounds.
Throughout the late summer and
tlvo efforts of the growers. Tlio
normal yearly consumption of the
oil Is 400,000 pounds.
Ptppermlnt plants, the oil. of
which Is distilled from the leaves
and stalks, thrive best in hear..'
mucky soli, found 111 the lowlands
along the Imli.iii.i-Mlchiiian bonder.
The farms usually are small jflft
or sixty acres. ruder normal rondl-
early fall peppermlul nil has stead-! "ons tovo crops may be harvested
ily Increased in price until it ex- i c-1'''1 summer.
eeeded 17 a pound. The maximum
price last year was S4 and four
veins nen it wk St. as niausiics snou inai tne united
Gruduallc i lie growers are drift- st,,,os ms! build over 375,000 now
lag toward a Blng'a "pool" through J houses every year, more than
wntca tney would market their oil thousand a day. to keep pace with
wiien the demand price is highest. I the normal growth of population.
Pneumonia Claims
Pioneer of Stated
W.U.I.A WALLA. Wash.. Doc. 28.
(!f- Ooargo W. Hullck, ago 65. an
Oregon pioneer of 1865, died at Ills
suburban homo near here Sunday,
after a short illness with pneu
in mill. He was born 111 Iowa and
name overland iwlth his purenta in
18'Hi, the family settling in the
tlraudo It UJda valley. While a young
man he freighted between t'ututlUu
Lauding ou the Columbia river ever
the mountains to the grand Itoude
country and beyond an.! later be
came a st.'rkinun In Maker county
Oregon, tie leaves his widow here,
two daughters, three brothers and
two sisters living In I'mplne, Keat
ing and Pendleton, Ore. .
3 OfSGOVERIES
OF SCIENTIFIC
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INTEREST MADE
BITTER HUB
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SWEEPS COUNTRY
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Present Year haa Shown
Much Achievement in
Reatm of Research
MAN'S LINK IS FOUND
A new Food Product Liken
ed to the White of Egg
is Boston Discovery
(Continued from I'iiro One)
It will pay you to investigate my
Chiropiatic Health Service
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715 Main Street
Phone 404 Opposite Pins Tree
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The Science of
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Fitting
Onr long experience and carc
Tul study of thousands of cases
we have examined and niade
glasses for qualifies us to
bundle your case.'
Our refined judgment and
broad experience is at your
f disposal.
Dr. Gobble
70! Main St.
We grind the glasses in our
own factory to suit each in
dividual requirement.
REPAIRS QUICK SERVICE
Prehistoric Flappers
Concealed Their Ears
TUCSON", Ariz., Dec. 28. (VP)
Prehistoric flappers who lived in
Mexico about 10,000 yearn ago used
the same care in concealing their ears
that the fair senoritns do today.
The sheiks of that period were
more worried about their leg line
than they were about their waist
.measurement.
These are two prehistoric fashion
notes discovered by Dean Byron Cum
mings. professor of archeology at
the University of Arizona, in his ex
cavations in the pyramid of Cuicuilo
12 miles south of Mexico City.
The flappers of the ancient day
instead of cduceallng their ears under
the now prevalent barrage of hair
used large disc like ear plugs made
of an American variety of jade. Tire
sheiks of that time corded their
thighs to give themselves a bandy
legged effect that apparently was all
the rage.
kinds were noted in other parts of
the world. Lightning Incidental t
a violent storm set fire to sovc.-al
petroleum tanks at Utteuos Aires,
eausing damage estimated at one
million dollars. Severe .earlhqu:'..;es
were felt in several localities l'i
Vera Crua. Mexico while storms
continued to eua.'t u heavy toll In
France. -t La Rochelle. a fishing
boat foundered, drowning seven
and melting siuw .-::: i the streuru.-t
causing several floods".
Canada Shivers
At New York City where the mer
cury hovered about seven above
Sunday, the mind was biting enough
to cause Robert Mayokowk. a vis
iting Eskimo from Alaska and points
north to say "Eet Is cold
.M st of Canada shivered with the
l uited States, the north common
wealth experiencing one of the
coldest weekends in years. One note
of contrast, however was t provided
by West Kootaney In Uritlsh Col
umbia, which reported spring-like
weather, a green Christmas and
growing grass. The cold ifceather
directly or indirectly caused 12
deaths in Chicago, while the midwest
metropolis saw more than a mil
lion dollars worth of preporty de
stroyed by fire in two days. The
fatalities included four men found
frozen to death in the streets.
Many disunities
Three death occurred In Ohio, and
three in Kentucky, trith.othe.r cas
aultles: New York City, Rensselaer, N. Y,
and Baltimore, two each; Philadel
phia, Worcester, Mass.; Yonkers, N.
Y., and Toronto, one each.
In Philadelphia an aged
lighter died of exposure.
While below zero temperatures
NEW YOliK. Dec- iS. t..ji The
achievement!' of science In 1915 are
increased !; three discoveries 'un
nouneod as the year cittern Its Inst
week. ,.
At-Princeton university, Dr. W. n.
Scott, paleontoloxlst and itvoloclsi.
claims to have steeled a question thin
has divided iotnnllala since 1801 by
proving t tint the ".lava man" (bund
:!4 yearn a0 is . true link In the
chain of ninn'a evolution from tlio
lowest forme of life.
Massachuf ettes Institute of Tech
nology aunounuefl thai ono'of its pro
fessor: bust diacoi'i red a means for
making from bet i serum a protein
food which can be used for food as
il substitute for the wblte of egg
and also provide a . heap water p'oof
i Ing and ndhealve material.
CalemUi Solution
Harvard announces the solution of
the ancient mystery of the .Mayan
calendar. It haa been found that toe
Central American Indians of the tub
century before. Christ were exelleut
astronomers and culcili'ted time by
the movements of the planet Venus.
Boston's new food product Is the
result of an experiment by Dr. J.
W. M. Hunker, in the bioloi.-lrnl lab
oratories of the Institute of technol
ogy. It Is made from the Kioto. il'i
and albumin content of beef. and U
produced In the form of a golden
powder. Its food value was demon
strated by making It tlio sole protein
In the diet of some guinea pigs and
white rats, which trlved on it.'
.A quantity of the- new food equal
ling the albumin content of the white
of an egg can be produced for a half
cent. .Mixed with egg yolks. It enn
rs:;.l:- omelets and scrambled egc.s. It
Is. useful for tunning leather and for
various commercial and Industrial
purposes.
The solution of the Mayan calen
dar, which has puzzled scientists fuM
years, is the .culmination of long
work.
Dr. Herbert J. Splnden of Harvard
discovered the secret of Mayan time
j count, based on the appearance of
lamPt Venus as the morning and evening
star, lie set about calculating the
true astronomical positions of Venus
In the sixth c-ntury before Christ
Will Initiate
Scouts Tonight
Close to ;lf boy scollls will be till
tinted into scoutdom hi the Itiveatafw
ceremony tonight at eluht o'clock,
to take place' in the Moose hull. At
tills ceremony tenderfoot lmdt.es will
be presented. .
The tour chair ceremony will be
held with a scoutmaster from the vnr
ions troops In each chair. All troops
throughout the county will be ropro
uctntt'il. , 1
hail men matte
of salamanders In the manner 6t
ronrttseutatUos o the Oregon Trunk
Hues, are business visit u'.s bote,
ISOLATED
TOW
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F.TNA .MILLS. Dalit, Dos. 88.
Cocllvlile, an isolated mountain town
hasn't access to a read lo the out
aide world yttt but bus Its first
anion iblle Just I lie same.
All until and freight for Covll
Villa and the upper Salmon river
e:otntr is delivered by mule train
along 'he trail, (101000 and Arable i
.,ie torolt sorvlco l building.
They wanted to use their car on
a short strip of road between tluilr
home mid Ceollvlllo, built eegrn ami
by a mining company, n Hie.
drove, pushed and P,Ue0d their
UlBtftilne along Until the tmll be
came too sleep and narrow for pro
gress, Then they took Hie car
apart aa.l I ailed II on pack mules
for I bo last lap of the Journey.
POTATO MAHKKT IIUIiIj
PORTLAND, Ore , Dec. ;:s. (d'l
With the Mnso or lite ChrlitiBM
holidays, loan I pntnto iloiilerg, Wi"
have in on following noudltlons ologjb-
h'aruawprtb, Salmon river nilners, D, Int'k for a big linpruvomenl III
H.iie unwilling to wait Iho t wo t he market. Just now tl Iiuittlnti
veiira neces.arv fur Iho comtilel Ion Is unyihliu; but fiivoraiiie. ware-
I of tiie mountain iwngou rand which j
homos tire lull and Hie deniand Is
Heavyweight
OX
Card
Friday, January 1, 1926
Scandia Hall
(Not in tho afternoon, :s previously :mnout'.ved)
MAIN EVENT-10 Rounds
Frank Fanner vs. Sugar Willie Keeler
Farmer has beaten Nig Yeager, Jimmie Delaney ;md muny others &B go6d.
Can he take 2l6fpouttd Keeler down the line?
SEMI-WINDUPSix Rounds
K. O. Hogan vs. Jim Fleming
Six Rounds 1(35 "pounds
Their last fight was a furious draw
HEAVYWEIGHT SPECIAL EVENT -4 Rounds
? Kid Short vs. Buck Weaver
You know them both. Neither weighs less than 200 and both are over
six feet
PRELIMINARY Four Rounds
Kid Sullivan vs. Carl Floyd
sprinkled the entire weather map
o-iurua, u.... anu o..,, "; , and compared tlie.ni with dates on
corn lor uaiiuiiic tiiops an ic . . vj
the northeast. The low point at
Icsj tr -nHKar 1 1
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Harvest your crop twice a day
instead of once a year
With a De Laval Separator you have
a steady cash income no waiting for
crops to mature and" you arc sure of
gelling your money. Crcp- sometimes faii,
but never the milk crcp. Bui more im
portant still is the fact that cream i; your
most prohtable crofj and remove:
fertility from the soil.
Tl. K- w ..in. . ,
i nc uc i.avai Dystcm is steidy, cure
and profitable. We veil! be glad to rive
you information concerning the De Leva!
System of Farming. Cell on us.
Tupper Lake, N. Y., was 28. The
mercury at AInaworth, Nebr., reach
ed 19 below while such ovldely sep
arated points at Miles City, Mont..
and Sault St. Marie, Mich, tied at
1G minus. The cold wavo extend
ed down Into N'ew Mexico, where
readings of ID to 21) degrees above!
were frequent.
loest of Year
In Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas, the mercury was at the
lowest of the year. The Ohio elver
wa.i choked with ice floes and wate.
traffie Was tied up. Continued cold
was predicted for portions of Pcnn
s: lvanla. New York and New Eng
land, evlth snow flurries In many
places.
The s.uth did not escape, while
no snow fell, chill winds brought
a breath of winter to the middle
and south Atlantic states. At Ash
ville, N. O.i the reading was four
above last night, while Roanoke,
Va., reported eight. The average
in the Carollnas wan 20; in Georgia
25; while cold minds shoved the
mercury down to forty at Jackson
ville, Fla., and 42 at Tampa.
the calendar, lie found that tilt an
cient Mayim.-. w.-re so accurate In
their calculations that allowanct-s
were made for the days we Insert In
leap years to off.-et the fraction of a
day over the 365 In each trip of the
earth around tin- sun.
TORKIS
I WOMEN
Tickets at Mecca, Smoke, Waidorf and Rex
Auspices Klamath Falls Municipal Boxing commission
Ladies welcome Johnnie Sylvester
FRIDAY NIGHT- 8:30 P. M. January 1
Salamander Can
Change Its Sex
mi RECOGNIZED
O-.-r2.7X),000
Dci.av:.l Sopn
rolor.. hrj! in use
mom ihaa (n
fhec as many
die rr-rcit
ctuapcuu r .
J. W. KERNS
Moline Distributor
Farm Implements, Cream Separators, Milking Mach
ines, Fencing, Hay, Grain, Feed and Seeds
1.103 South Sixth Street
Phone 557-J
Klamath Falls, Oregon
French Novels Losing
Hold on Reading Public
PARIS, Dec. tS. (P) Changed
times in Kurope ore lessening the
popularity of the French novel.
People In France -are studying
more closely economic and social
questions. Works on history, costing
three times the price of the novel,
have found a remarkable sale, and
there also has been a revival of edi
tions of Greek and Koman classics
in the original text and In transla
tions. Of the 8987 books published In
France last year, only 1,148 were
novels, while 2,t)08 were on social
and economic questions. A compari
son of books on sale with those of
fered lieforo the world war showed
a Krcatly marked improvement In
taste.
CONSTANT! .Vt I'f,K. Her. 28.
(ff) Women are to have a pane to.
themselves In the new Constantinople
daily, the "People's Paper." This in
novation indicate a change of heart
on tho part of tho Turkish press
which two yean; ago was discrimin
ating against the few .Moslem women
who showed Hlgntf of any public ac
tivity. The sheet In tho now journal bears
the heading: "Woman's Duty," It
contains articles written by women,
aueli its a health report by Sefie All
Hi'.nouni, Turkey's first woman doc
tor, and ar art!' I,. i':rltli'li!IUK the wd
men's union and signed "the moth-or-in-law."
There are kceoudtk of women's ac
tivities 111 v4rlotts parts of tho coun
try and from a suburb froth Chica
go and under Mils heading, "the ad
vance of feminism," Is the statement
"we have bad two tens and a ball In
one week."
Ford Motor Company is manu
facturing 9,000 cars a day.
M HtHli:ii AT VKbiA
Surprising their many friends In
this vicinity, Charles D. Dodson.'mlll
Wright at the Forest Lumber com
pany, and MIhii Klvu Arnnt were mar
ried rtt Yrnku, CnHf., on Christmas
Rve. The bride Is the daughter of
Mr. and .Mrs. II. I,, Ardnt of Dairy
and is a Krudtiute of tho local high
school.
For the past six years Mr. Dodson
has been connected with the Forust
Lumber company.
They returned Inst evening and for
the present will reside nt Pine Itldge.
Their many friends here wish them
happiness.
SEW HAVBlf, Conn., Doc. 28.()
Since time Immemorial tho chiim
elun has chained Its colors but II
remained for the salamander, aid
ed by science, to be the first crea
ture to change Its oex, tho Ameri
can society 4jI zoologists learned
today during the rirat meeting of
Its two day session at Yalo Unlver-
! slty. Other scientific achievement:!
reported Included successful trans
plantation of hearts and eyes from,
one species of salamunder to an
other and- the amputation of fore
limbs from living nil ombroys while
still unborn.
Dr. Kobert K. Hums, Jr., of tho
University of Cincinnati, rend, a pa
per reporting the results of experi
ments in grafting different. Hpecles
P. I!. Richmond und C A. Hart,
Siamese twins while still In the egg
stage. .
Dr. Vf. M. Copenhnver of tho
I'ulvorslty of Rochester modlcal
school (old of the transplantation
of hearts, an experiment only par
tly successful In that II result id in
death for ono species, although the
heart of the other spoclcs was uc
'elerated by such operations.
.MILLS RB8I mi:
11KND, Ore., Doc. 28. (P)- IJ-jth
lumber io ii. hero resumed opera
tions, hern eioday after the holiday
i shut down.
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qnOTTBKAtl, Slleila. Unmudj
zled vat:, are le n.-lied 'n
streets by the munlopal dog eatrhet..
An ordinance Just Mated extoadj
do : r.-giilatlotii to follnos.
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All Metal Planes
Start on Journey
DKTItOIT, Mich., Dec. 28. (IF)
The first four nlrplunes blltdo by the
Htoui. all-metal airplane division M,
(he Ford Motor coiuimny and sold
for strictly coinmerclal use. look off
from the Ford airport at Dearborn
ibis morning for Miami, Fla. The
planes nro to bo put. Into operation
between Miami nh'd Tampa,. Fla. The i
by the Florida Airways corporation.
Henry and Kdsel Ford, Win. II.
MyOj chief engineer of the Ford
company, anu wiiium ii. aioui, oo
slgner of the plane and director of
airplane manufacturing for the plunt,
witnessed the tnke-pff.
"It Is n very significant occasion,"
Henry Ford said. "The establishment
of the alrllnn is an important stop
forward for American aviation,"
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