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TME GATE CITY JOURNAL OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal E v e n t s of the Week A s se mb l e d for Information of O u r Rea de r s. Bend's first lntra-city bus line was put In operation recently on an hourly schedule from 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. Steps have been taken at Pendleton for purchase of ground for an airport to be paid for by the city at the rate of $15U0 a year. Canning a record bean crop of the Salem section will begin about August 11. About 275 acres of beans are near ly ready for picking. The West Coast Telephone company has begun construction of a new tele phone system for Lakeview. The new plant will cost $12,000. G. W. Kelsey of Pleasant Hill has brought Into Eugene for exhibition oats that stood 7 feet 3 inches high. He claims the championship. Elmer Bjornstrom, 10, was drowned in the Columbia river at Astoria when he fell from a fish boat in which he was playing with bin brother. J. E. Provencher, 41, of Portland, who was working 130 feet under the Owyhee dam, was crushed to death by timber falling down a shaft. Fire believed to have started from a truck, burned about 150 acres of wheat and some hay on the Frank Stanton and U. S. Richardson farms near Helix. A jf l ^ //A y a V v/ htobea r orriTd/rs steamboat Game Warden W. B. Fellows Just released 360 two-thirds to grown Chinese pheasants in the ker and Sumpter valleys and in Durkee district. - ■ i T ‘ HO “ Invented" the itenmbont? Ask ten Americans that question und the chances are that nine out of the ten, remem bering a few outstand ing names in their school histories, will answer “ llobert Fulton," thereby prov ing once more wtint a strange Jumble of fact and Action is the averuge American's conception of the history of his country. For the question of who deserves credit for "Inventing" the steamboat has recently started an other of those controversies over his torical matters, which sometimes re sults In clearing up certain disputed points In tlie annuls of our nation. More often It does not, principally be cause the partisans never seem able to agree upon a strict definition of terms, without which It Is virtually Impossible to settle such disputes con clusively. ’ In this particular case the word “Inventor" Is the crus of the situation. While populnr opinion accords that distinction to Itohert Fulton, and In 1000 he was elected to the Hall of Fnme at New York university ns “ the Inventor of tho steamboat,” being the Srst Inventor and the ninth American chosen to membership among “ Amer ica's Immortals,” Ills right to that title has been challenged on behalf of no less than eight other Americans. Out- Itandlng among these claims Is that In Dehalf of Lieut. John Fitch, who. It Is isserted, made a successful trip on the Delaware river In a steamboat which tie had designed more than 20 years 5cfore Fulton's historic voyage up the (Iudson In the Clermont, Fitch's right to tho title of “ Inven- top” is supported bv his descendants Mío áre members or the Fitch Family association. They have nominated his Dame for Inclusion In the Hull of Fame New York university with the de mand that either the name and bust of Fulton be removed or that those of Fitch be added. They are planning a nation-wide celebration In lOftT* to mark the one hundredth and fiftieth anniversary of “ the Invention o f the Steamboat by Fitch In 1785," and they |sk that this celebration be given rec ognition by the government and that public agencies and national patriotic Societies ro operate In It ns they did In the iludson-Fulton celebration of 1007. They base their contention that Fltcli rather than Fulton was the "In ventor” of the steamboat upon certnln official acts of the government, the Chief one being that both houses of congress by a unanimous rote, ap proved on February 12, 1020, an ap propriation of $15,000 for a suitable monument to Fitch ns “ the first In the world's history to successfully ap ply steam propulsion of vessels through water.” This memorial was ■availed May 27, 1027. In the public Square In Bnrdstown, Ky„ where Fitch died July 2, 1708. In poverty and despair of proving to an unbelieving world the practical value of a steam boat. They point out, too, that the labels on the models of steamboats in the Smithsonian Institution hears nut their contention that he was the "Inventor." These labels rend ns follows: JOHN FITCH'S STEAMBOAT— “ Tieslgned by John Fitch, built In Phil adelphia In 17SU, and first tested on the Delaware river July 27 of that year, when a successful public trial Was made. Equipped with a steam angtne which connected by geared in. <r has full 3u- the The state laLd department turned over to the state treasurer during the month of July a total of $134,030.19. Jefferson county ranchers are har vesting a good crop of wheat and the yield is estimated at 460,000 to 600,- 000 bushels. Farmers living in the Miller Hill section of Klamath county have ap- palaed to the state veterinarian for as sistance in running down three wild hogs that are reported destroying the crops and causing other damage. The rim drive which completely circles Crater Lake has been opened for summer travel, according to an nouncement of E. C. Solinsky, park superintendent. Considerable work has been done on the road this sea son getting it into shape for motor travel. Joe Tyler, 49, and his son Joe Jr., 17, were drowned in a gravel pit near Halfway while swimming. The boy got beyond his depth and both were lost when his father tried to save him. The bodies were found locked in a death grip in 15 feet of water two hours later. Two of the largest rattlesnakes killed in Klamath county for some time were slain near the Algoma Lum ber company mill last week. One of the snakes measured 41 Inches and had 10 rattles and a button. The other was 43 inches long with eight rattles and a button. A bronze plaque, made from dis carded fire hose couplings contributed by fire chiefs of Oregon, will be ded icated at Lebanon, August 18, in com memoration of It. L. Gilson, for many years chief of the Lebanon fire de partment and one of the organizers of the Oregon State Fire Chiefs' asso ciation. BRITISH DIRIGIBLE CROSSES IN 76 HRS. *------------- Arrive* at Montreal With Damaged Stabilizer Fin. St. Hubert Airport, Montreal.— The British dirigible R-100, the largest craft o f the kind In the world, with one of her stabilizer fins damaged, ar rived nt this airport after a battle with squalls which swept the St. Law rence river valley. The R-100 actually covered the 3,228 miles between Cardlugtou, England, her point of embarkation, and her destination In 18 minutes less than 70 hours, which sets a new record for east-west flights across the Atlantic. For nearly two hours while less than ISO miles from her destination after her flight across the Atlantic, the great dirigible drifted at the mercy of the wind above the plains of Abruhum in historic old (Juebee. Tlie fabric covering one of her sta bilizer lins had been torn, she report ed, and her motors were shut off to permit temporary repairs to be made. When tlie lin was patched she contin ued tier slow and labored progress to ward tills uir field while thunder storms swept down tlie valley in her path. Ey an odd freak of fate the acci dent which befell the British u I reraft was similar to the one which occurred to the Graf Zeppelin when she was near Bermuda on her maiden trip in October, 1928. The difference was that the German ship was over the sea while the R-100 was far Inland und so near a metropolis that thousands watched the tight to stave off possible lisaster. The message telling of the trouble aboard the airship when her arrival was thought to be only a matter of an hour or two away came dramati cally and unexpectedly almost on the heels of a bulletin telling of the craft’s progress through weather that was generally fair. A c id ity The common cause o f dlgestlv« difficulties Is excess acid. Soda can not alter tills condition, und It burus tlie stomach. Something that will neutralize the acidity is the sen sible thing to take. That Is why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk o f Magnesia. One spoonful o f this delightful preparation can neutralize many times Its volume In acid. It acts Instantly; relie f Is quick, and very apparent. A ll gas Is dispelled; all sourness Is soon gone; the whole system is sweetened. Do try this perfect nntl-add, and remember it is just ns good fo r children, too, and pleasant for them to take. Any drug store has the genuine, prescrlptionnl product PHILLIPS -i Milk . V 1 o i Magnesia P A R K E R ’S H A IR B A L S A M Removes Dandruff-Stops Hair Falling The Oregon state fair will be bigger, Imparts Color and better and longer this year than ever Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair 60c and $1.00 at DruKRiutti. before in the 69 years' history of the Hlscox C!it*m. W kB.,Patcnogue.N .Y. FLORESTON S H A M P O O — Ideal for use In Magness Jelico of Portland, powder- exposition, according to plans made connection w ith P a rk e r's H a ir Balsam. Makes the man on the road construction project by the state fair board. The fair will Washington.—The R-100 has been ! h air s o ft and flu ffy. 50 c en ts by m ail o r a t di ‘ í : between Corvallis and New*port, was he held this year from September 22 Invited to visit the United States be- j eriata. H iacox C hem ical W orks, Patchogrue. r killed when he tripped and fell under to 28. continuing throughout Sunday fore her return to England. It is ex for the first time instead of only until pected tlie invitation will he accepted. the steam shovel bucket. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Saturday evening as in the past. I Wonderful and Bare. Makes your skin J. F. Fuller has finished a map of I beautiful, also cure« eczema. Prlce$1.26. The blackberry crop in Benton chief of the United States nnvul air | I FreckleOintment removes freckles. Used Redmond. It gives all the late addi I over forty years. $1.25 and 65c. Beaufy service, who flew to Montreal to greet j I booklet Bent f reo. Ask your dealer or write tions, ail sidewalks, water pipe lines, coun'y is almost ready to be harvest the British flyers, extended Hie Invl- j water hydrants, etc. There also is a ed, Corvallis cannerymen report. The tut Ion on behalf of the government. raspberry and loganberry crops in that separate map of all 25-foot lots. It Is understood the ship will cross county have been heavier than was Into the United States, touch first at Tenative plans for a Southern Pa expected at the firs't of the season. Chicago, fly over the larger cities en Whale Leather Gloves Out cific bridge to be cousrtucted across Women of Europe are again finding the Link river have been made at It is estimated that 40 tons of logan route to New Y'ork and Washington, and then moor nt Lnkehurst, N. J. Hie whale an aid to their wardrobe. Klamath Falls by the company. Plans berries were canned, 20 tons of red Whale “ leather” Is being used In raspberries and 30 tons of black rasp call for an expenditure of $50,000. making fashionable gloves, and style berries. Swan Berquist, 50, and Nels Swan lenderes have approved the new ma Turkeys with fence staples In their son, 45, both of Portland, were in terial composed of the Intestines of New gizzards have been dissected at tho stantly killed at the Jack Alanary rock New Y'ork. — Federal prohibition the huge swimmers. The new gloves quarry near Silverton when a dyna Sam Stoller funn southwest of Scio, agents are taking Inventory of a brew are delicately soft, but so tough that where a half dozen of the birds re mite charge exploded unexpectedly. ery and cafe, valued nt $1,500,000. It Is almost impossible to wear them cently have succumbed. After several which was seized in what they de out. The whale has not contributed Berry growers of the Sandy section of the turkeys had died Stoller de scribed ns the "biggest raid In the to women’s styles since the days of will wind up raspberry shipments the whalebone for corsets. cided on a post mortem and discov history of prohibition.” soon, and then will sow oats and vetch ered that the staples had passed the The property seized consisted of the for a cover crop. The yield of both crop and lodged in the gizzard, punc North American brewery and the raspberries and strawberries was only turing that organ and causing death. Palm Garden cafe nt Wilson nnd fair. Greene avenues, Brooklyn. Elizabeth Leona Frederickson, the YVIIIIam O. Nolan, assistant admin A water system is being installed day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. istrator In charge In Brooklyn, led 15 on the peninsula north of Redmond E. Frederickson of Mapleton, is a agents In the raid. They said that where the Crooked and Deschutes riv lucky girl. She was born July 29, with 'arge quantities of beer In thousands ers meet, to Irrigate tho dry land a silver spoon in her moutb, figura of kegs In the brewery as well ns beer wheat ranch operated by John Swan tively speaking. Since she is the on tap In the cafe tested 4.90 per cent A lm ost everyb o d y knows h o w eon. B a yer A sp irin breaks up a cold— 2000th baby born at Pacific Christian alcohol. but w h y not prevent it? T ak e a Lane county road oiling crews are hospital, at Eugene, Elizabeth Leona The brewery Is one of the largest tablet o r tw o when you first feel now working near Wendling in the will be presented with a sterling sil in the country and covers an entire the cold com ing on. Spare yourself Mohawk valley. When the Mohawk ver spoon before she leaves the hos city block. The cafe Is adjacent to It the d iscom fort o f a summer cold. roads are finished the outfit will be pital. Read the proven directions in every shipped to Junction City, it ie an j package fo r headaches, pain, etc. Farmers in the alfalfa community nounced. east of Bend have been warned by Fifty carloads of canned cherries \V. T. McDonald, Deschutes county Miami, Fla.—Tw o Seminole Indian have been shipped by the Eugene agriculturist, to be prepared to battle hoys, one twelve, the other fourteen, Fruit Growers’ association this sea a mass of destructive army worms the past week began their Journey to son, this being a new record for the now moving through fields fo alfalfa the seat of Seminole Justice In the plant there, according to J. O. Holt, and potatoes, causing great damage. big cypress swamp of Florida. manager. A few days ago the hoys stole ar The worms are from an inch to two Foot A rch «. The Oregon, California & Eastern \ inches long. Klamath farmers were ticles valued nt $7 from a filling sta tion. The I heft was discovered by There are four arches In the foot— railway discontinued Us passenger j fighting the worms for some time be other members of the tribe. In ac service between Klamath Falls and fore they appeared in Deschutes coun cordance with Seminole tribal law the the long arch nt the Inside of the foot from heel to great toe, the front arch Bly on August 1. according to notice ty. boys will have their ears lopped off across the ball of the foot, the arch filed with the Oregon public service Gasoline sales in Oregon for June, close to the head by the chief medi at the outside of the foot from the totaling 16,123.131 gallons, show an cine man of the Seminoles at Big commission. heel to the base of the small toe, nnd the arch across the middle of the During July 1625 lots of contraband increase of 865.257 gallons over sales Cypress. foot under the Instep. fruit, vegetables and plants have been for June, 1929, according to reports confiscated at the quarantine station filed with Hal E. Hoss, secretary of l D esign a tin g It on the Pacific highway Just south of state. The state tax on the June sales Dentist— Which tooth do you want the Oregon line, according to F. G. this year amounted to $655,316.62. com Spokane, Wash.—The federal gov extracted? pared with $469,490.58 for the same Perry, in charge of the station. I ’ullmnn Porter— Lowuh seben. ernment has filed suit against the month last year. Increase of one cent Northern Pacific railroad which prob THE M ARKETS a gallon in the state tax during the ably will involve $10,090,099. The ac Portland year accounts largely for this increase tion seeks removal of certain Indem Wheat— Big Bend bluestem, $1.02; in revenue. nity lands from operation of the fed soft white, western white. 8Sc; hard Fifty-two of the 229 banks operating eral land grunt act of 1804 ns modi winter, northern spring, western red, in Oregon June 30, 1930, had deposits fied In 1870 to quiet title of those 86c. in excess of $500,000 each, according lands, to secure an accounting and Hay— Alfalfa, new crop. $17.50; val to a statement issued by A. Schramm, "for other purposes.” The suit was authorized by con Strengthened by Lydia E. ley timothy, new crop. SIS; eastern state superintendent of banks. Port gress June 25. 1929, nnd was filed In ' Pinkham’s Vegetable Com Oregon timothy, $22.50 ©23; clover, land. with 24 banks in operation, had federal court here. new crop, $14; oat hay. new crop. $14; I total deposits of $164.715.563.53, with pound oats and vetch, new crop, $13.50. Salem in second place with deposits T w o Held fo r Burning Baby L a Junta, Colo.— "A fte r m y little Butterfat— 29© 33c. of $11.889,027.74. Eugene was third El Paso. Texas.—Joaefina Agunrre. daughter was bom, one of my neighbors Eggs— Ranch, 19© 24c. with $7.560,719.71. Total deposits of twenty-four, nnd Rosilisn Roja, twen persuaded me to Cattle— Steers, good, $8©8 50. the 52 ban .s was $272,104,765.63, with ty-three, were arrested in connection try Lydia E. Pink- Hogs—Good to choice, $10©11. ham’s Vegetable banks in 91 other cities and towns with the burning to death of Mrs. Compound to Lambs—Good to choice, $6©7. Rojn's eigliteen-month-old baby. having deposits of $18.436.856.20. build me up. The Seattle The oiling crew of the highway com first bottle made Increases Force F ifty P er Cent Wheat—Soft white, western white mission which will put a surface on quite a change in Milwaukee, Wis.—The International me. I got an appe hard winter, and northern spring. 87c; the highway from Lakeview to the tite and can sleep western red. 86c; Big Bend bluestem, state line has arrived at Lakeview. Harvester company will Increase the much better, I am operation of Its local plants by 50 per $ 1 . 01 . Twelve blocks of paving will be laid cent within the next 30 days due to | not ao nervous as Eggs—Ranch. 20©2Sc. I was. I have six in Lakeview daring the next three the receipt o f a large Russian order children and do Butterfat— SSc. weeks. for tractors. all my own work. Cattle Choice steers, $7©8. The state of Oregon Is not responsi I can do so much more now'than I could Hogs— Prime light, $12© 12 15. when I began taking the Vegetable ble for motor vehicles abandoned on S ecreta ry to Gen. Grant Dead Lam bs-Choice. $6.50©7.50. Compound and I shall certainly recom the streets and highways and later Cumberland, Md.—Gen. C.C. SnlffeD I mend your medicine whenever I have Spokane placed in garages for safe-keeping by an opportunity.” — M rs . J o h n O s b o r n , nf Washington, who was secretary to Cattle— Steers, good. $7©7.50. state traffic officers, according to an President tl. S. Grant, died suddenly j R . *1, Box 216, L a Junta, Colorado. Hogs -Good to choice. $10 75611. opinion rendered by Attorney General at a hotel on Towu Hill mountain. Lambs—Medium to good, $5©5.50. W. N. U„ Portland. No. 32-1930. Van Winkle. He was eighty-six. $1,500,000 Raid Is Made by York Dry Force THE B J T T H E CAHQE" O ff THE MÍSSIESJBPI chlnery, sprocket wheel and chain, op erated six oars placed vertically In a frame on each side of the bout "In 1788 Fitch completed Ills first commercial boat for carrying passen gers, and It was driven In a similar manner. Tills boat was 00 feet long and 8 feet wide. She made a trip from Philadelphia to Burlington, about 20 miles. In July, 1788, the long est ever made by uny steamhout up to that date. October 12, 1788, the boat took .80 passengers from Philadelphia to Burlington In 3 hours nm] 10 min utes, u speed of over six miles an hour. In 1700 Fitch built another boat which attained a speed of eight miles an hour and continued to run on the Delaware river, carrying passen gers and freight, for three or four months,” i [_*■ i RUM SKY’S STEAM BOAT — "Pro pelled by Jets o f water forced out through the stern. Tested on the J’q- toinac river at Shepherdstown, Va., 1787." STEAM BOAT CLERMONT, 1807— “ Designed by Robert Fulton, built In the city of New York, and made its first trip from that city to Albany in August, 1807.” O f these labels, the one on Fitch’s model Is tho only one which uses words "successful public trial." If, theu, a "successful public trial" is proof o f "Invention,” It would seem that there Is no doubt ns to the right of Fitch to be given the title of "In ventor of the steamboat.” However, there are those whoso definition of "Invention" Is a vnstly different one and they assert that uo one person can claim the credit for the Invention of the steumbont. Of the other "Inventors" of the stenniboat, the volume "The March of Commerce” by Malcotu Kelr In the Yale University Press, "Pageant of America," has this to say: "Samuel Morey of New Hampshire, who began experimenting with a steamhout In 1790. built a paddle wheel steamer which In 1704 ran from Hart ford to New Y'ork at a speed of about 15 miles an hour. Tills bout had the paddle wheel at the stern. A later boat of Morey's, built at Bordentown on the l>elawnre. was operated with two side paddle wheels. Others who were seised with the 'steam mania,’ as It wns derisively railed at the time, were William Longstreet of New Jer sey, whose boat made five miles an hour ngalnst the current of the Sa vannah river In 1790, and Elijah Ornis- bee of Connecticut, who made paddles lo Imitate ducks' feet and operated them by steam in a boat that he nav igated from Cranston to Providence and Pawtucket and return. “ Oliver Evnns, who Invented the high pressure steam engine and tubu lar boiler, applied It to moving boats ns well ns highway wagons and mills. Steam dredges built by him, such as the Oruktor Amphibolos, operated In 1S04 through the water under theli own power. Robert R. Livingston, afterward associated with Fulton, built n steamboat und ran It on the Hudson. John Evans of Hoboken, N. J., experimented with a half-dozen different steamboats after 1791j and eventually hit upon the Idea of the screw propeller In place of the more usual setting poles, paddles, oars, or paddle wheels. Stevens himself, how ever, soon discarded the screw pro peller in favor of paddle wheels, and It was not until years later— In 1839— that the screw propeller received fur ther attention. “ BebJ&lhih Franklin, who had a fin ger In nearly every pie that was cook ing during his lifetime, wns a mem ber of an association headed by James Rumsey, a native of Maryland, that proposed to try Franklin's Idea of pro pelling a boat by sucking In water at the bow and ejecting It at the stern. A boat was built and run on this prin ciple by Rumsey In 1787. a steam pump being the means of ejecting the water. Rumsey had In 1784 exhibited a steamboat before General Washing ton ut Bath. Va. In this earlier boat the power had been steam applied by cranks to a series of setting poles. Fitch, who had applied for state mo nopolies over steamboats, contested Ramsey's Invention, so Rumsey took Ills Ideas to London but died there In 1792, before they became practical.” In mentioning the men who contrib uted to the success o f the steamboat there Is one name which cannot Justly be omitted. Fitch, Fulton and the oth ers had built steamboats which would operate on gently flowing bodies of wa ter In the East, hut it remained for another man to tame the swift waters of the West. Fulton and Livingston tried It and failed. But Henry M Shreie, whose name is perpetuated In the city of Shreveport, La., succeeded. Shreve culled his boat the Wash ington and Iti It he made two round trips between Louisville, K y„ and New Orleans, making the return trip In the then unbelievably fast time o f 25 days or le s than a fourth of the time It took the bargemen and keelboat pole men to make the same distance. From that lime on steamboats went every where. no matter how swift the cur rent they had to hack. t g by W satsrw N s w n -s e s r U w lo e .) Summer COLDS Seminole Boys to Lose Their Ears for Theft J. S. Begins Suit to Obtain N. P. Land TOOK IT TO BUILDJER UP 'j *
