Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, March 2, 1923, Page 3

pte: Courtyard (Prepared by the National Geographic So- ciety, Washington. D. C.) Morocco, one of the latest of terri- torles to be added to the vast French colonial system, and the region out- side Europe to which France is now periiaps devoting greatest attention, constitutes one of the world’s queer- est mixtures of the ancient and the modern, the Hast and the West. But ns yet the things of the modern world are chiefly physical and superficial. In distance Morocco is as, close to Western Europe as any Mohammedan country, and is alone among important Moslem communities in touching the Atlantic, the great ocean highway which has spread the ideas of the West. But in customs and institutions Morog¢co is more Bastern than Turkey or Egypt, and as Moslem as the Hed- Jaz. Up to ten years ago when France assumed her protectorate Morocco was less affected by modern ideas and In- ftuences than any other elivilized coun- try in the world; it was to the West in 1912 what Japan was in 1850; a hermit land living according to its own traditions and rigidly excluding beth the people and the ideas of the rest of the world, The ten years of French control have brought marked external changes, chief of which are the exten- sion of means of transportation and communication. Before the French cume there were no roads, Not a wheeled vehicle existed in the country outside a few coast cities. Now there is a network of: wonderful highways rivaling those in France itself, and over them automobiles rush bearing men and mail and freight. Railroads, too, have been built, but the rail sys- tem is still in its infancy and fs not marked for its efliciency. Wireless towers have been erected and air- planes now carry French officials be- tween the cities of the country. To much of Morocco's extensive territory—it is close to Texas in size— the French have brought order and a better government than ft has ever had before. But to a great extent it has been necessary to leave local and regional authority in the hands of na- tive administrators. Affairs are not conducted, of course, according to European or American standards. Life is cheap to the Moroccan. Turbulence has always been the rule, As in medieval Europe it is still necessary to lock the gates of the cities at night and the Westerner who ventures abroad after nightfall does so at his peril. In some of the more remote towns foreign visitors are even locked in wblock-houses at night “for safe- keeping.” The Troublesome Rif. The region close to the Spanish zone | of in the north has given the French great trouble. The Spanish “have never really controlled an appreciuble part of this theoretical sphere of their influence—the Rif. It has been in- fested by bandits, and to it have re- paired the tribesmen unfriendly to France. It has been Impossible to maintain railroads in French Morocco near this boundary. Bands of mal- contents have made night sorties froin the Rif, tearing up the rails and de- stroying bridges. Until the French took control Ohristians had been rigidly excluded from Morocco since the Fifteenth cen- tury. Jews had been admitted all along, but they were compelled to live in separate quarters, and though not the objects of hatred and contempt to such an extent as were Christians, they were looked down upon by fol- lowers of the Prophet. In Fez, the inland capital, is a mosque@ looked up- on by Mgroccans as more sacred than any shrine outside Mecca. Even after the French protectorate was set up Obristians were not supposed to go within two blocks of this sacred edi- fice. In late years this rigorous rule has been changed and Christians may now pass in mosque, but they are still supposed not to look at it. The western traveler to this coun- try, which only yesterday was “for- bidden land” to the Christian, runs across amuzing incongruities. Brass bedsteads and grandfather clocks. are set up against walls of exquisite mo- eaic and intricate arabesque patterns. Arabs pitch their tents at thefoot of great wireless stations. Veiled women of the harem ride through new-made streets in automobiles. The streets themselves are indicative of rapid change; for a few years ago no roads ran into Fez, and even yet some of the thoroughfares are so narrow that the street beside the Moroccan Inn, not even an animal, much less a vehi- ‘ele, could squeeze through them. If one looks down upon Fez from an uirplane, as flyers now do, it would seem to be a strectless city, Many, of the narrow aisle-like streets are latticed over to protect the hooded, ghost-like pedestrians from the sun, Others burrow under great estates by tunnels, as does the famous cur Walk at Newport under several of the gardens of summer homes there. Funerals Are Gay Sight. Perhaps the gayest sight of a Mo- recean city is a funeral. The wife who has been cloistered in life is paid every honor in death, She is borne eloft in a great carved box of many colors, and behind her sing choral societies organized to follow funerals. A mere man is swathed in cloth and bound to a board, He has no box. The more pretentious homes of Fez are built around a courtyard, with tiny rooms opening out upon the court, resembling the setting of a room in some little theater. The guest in a Moroccan home passes through the court with its inevitable fountain, lays off his shoes before the dining room compartment, as he would upon entering a Chinese temple, and sits down upon a cushion opposite his host. The host would commit a se rious breach of etiquette if he touched any food before the guest had finished his meal. After the guest has con- cluded the host partakes of a leisurely repast, und not until he is through is the food he leaves sent to the wives, concealed, but audible, on the upper floor. y The Moroccan wife has somewhat less freedom of movement than an American domestic, Friday afternoon is the “wives’ day out” but they may only go to the cemetery then, from which men are excluded for the after- noon, The cemetery 1s not at all gruesome, to the Moroccan way of thinking. Markets are held there, and in various ways the cities of the dead do duty for public parks. Water wheels are as numerous {io Fez as windmills in Holland. The city is netfed with tiny streams so that it is almost literally true that every house has a waterway beneath it. Is- lem contributes to this abundant water supply for the Mohammedan must wash before he enters a mosque to pray. And he prays, though not always In a mosque, five times a day. Fez touches the average American —in a ve literal sense—by virtue of his pocketbook. In Fez Moroecan leather is cured. One of the most in- teresting industrial sights of the city is the hollowed out rocks, resembling the cross section of a honeycomb, in which leather is dipped in a solution lime by natives who, strangely enough, and in the mixture up to their waists without injury to their skins. Travelers In French, Morocco pay special tribute to the efficiency of French administration there. In south- ern Morocco lived Glacui who, next to Raisuli, was the most daring of Mo- roccan bandits. He was made ad- ministrator of the region he formerly had plundered; and, visitors say, there is not a kindlier, more courteous, and more agreeable gentleman in those parts. Nor has there been any trouble with banditry since he became an official. Country Has Four Capitals. Theoretically Morocco has four cap!- tals—Fez, Tafilelt, Marakesh and Ra- bat. But the chief French officials re- side at Rabat on the Atlantie coast, and like MacGregor's seat at the table, that is the real head. The sultan still maintains his palace in the three other cities and visits them from time to time. Perhaps the most Interesting city in Morocco next to Fez, is Marrakesh, the old southern capital. There the cguntry is drier and hotter and camels me the characteristic beasts of bur defil“and draft as tiny donkeys are in the north. Both the buildings and walls of Marrakesh are of red mud, which gives the city an aspect in striking contrast to the brilliant white city of Fez. These mud walls are 800 years old, but due tu the dryness of the climate are well preserved. Marrakesh is a contrast to Fez also in that tt is a roomy city. Its walls were built to enclose a city of a mil- lion inhabitants, but have never shel- tered» more than a quarter of that number. And today the city’s popula- tion Is only about 160,000. _As a re suit there is much unused land within the walls, much of which is used for gardens. — —-—- HOT ON MOON AT NOON Temperature Drops Below Zero at Night, Says Professor. Heat Measurement Involves Use of Delicate Instrument Which Will Detect Heat of Candle Miles Away. Cambridge, Mass.—The tempera- , ture on the moon probably ranges from well above the boiling point at “noon” to far below zero during the night, scientific observations indicate, Prof. Donald H. Menzel of Princeton said in a paper submitted to the American Astronomical society. The paper outlined new methods of calculating the temperatures of the planets, emphasizing that the tenta- tive results reached by these methods were not final. re “Whatever the amount of water vapor present in our atmosphere,” he said, “the indications are that the surface ‘of the moon is definitely heated. “The values for Venus and Mars are very dependent upon the water vapor and very little can be got from the observations. Both planets have an atmosphere, Mars’ being very thin, | and that of Venus more like ours. The results indicate the temperature at the quarter of Mars during the day may be as high as 20 or 25 degrees centigrade, with a large fall during the night. Venus’ temperature is higher than our earth’s. “For the two larger planets, Jupiter and Saturn, they radiate some heat of | their own. If they were warmed only by the heat of the sun they would be 160 to 190 degrees below zero centigrade, “The temperatures obtained for these planets are probably fairly ac- curate and’ we bave for Jupiter ob- tained something less than 90 below zero centigrade, while Saturn is hot- ter by some 20 degrees.” The heat measurements as made at the Lowell observatory in Arizona, involye the use of a delicate instru- ment known as the thermocouple, which is capable of detecting the heat from a tallow candle at a distance of many miles. SMALLEST TUBE RADIO SET Presented with the smallest tube radio receiving outfit by his associates at the federal board for vocational training of war veterans in Washing- ton, R. Edwin Joyce is shown listen- ing to a concert that was broadcast from St. Louls. Joyce was in the hos- pital at Washington, where a leg was recently amputated. The miniature tube set is the invention of Barney J. Foy, who is in charge of the electrical training course at the Washington bureau for war veterans. Tests made prove the small set to have the receiv- ing scope of the largest audience units, The complete set may be carried easily in the palm of the hand. HE BELIEVES IN RECIPROCITY A Negro Tells Judge Buckner “Same to You” When Offered Advice. Kansas City, Mo—It happened at the session of the Jackson county parole board. Sixty-five men on parole from sentences in the county jail or the penitentiary were being questioned by the Circuit court judges ; as to whether the various provisions of the paroles were being obeyed, Jesse Harris, a negro, was one of those questioned, Jesse declared he was working now and keeping out of trouble. As the negro started to leave the courtroom Judge Thomas B, Buck- ner, a member of the parole board, admonished : “You be a good boy, Jesse.” “You do the same, judge,” returned the negro. Hanementeeesensenenssennnys Woman Deposits 2,800 Cents and 634 Nickels Pittsfield, Mass.—A deposit of 2,800 pennies and 634 nickels, making a total of $59.70 was de- posited in the Great Barrington Savings bank in that town by a woman residing in New Marl- boro. The coins weighed 18 pounds and were the accumulation of nine years’ savings. This is the first time in the history of the bank that a de- posit of this size in small coins hag been received, j IN AND ABOUT THE CITY | BASED ON FALSE IMPRESSION Rather than be a leader many 2 man prefers to follow his own inclinations, Church going is merely the Sunday supplemen* of many a man’s religion. The man who goes to extremes would bet his bottom dollar to get oa top. Virtue js its own reward, so don’t look in the Lost and Found columns ‘for it. Tell a fellow he is full of pep and he will naturally concludé that he is hot stuff, If matches are made in heaven, where are the fire extinguishers man- ufactured? You never can tell. Many a man aims high who bas neglected to take out a license, Opportunity sometimes knocks at the door, but Op never knocks as loudly as his: brother Imp, The Cynical Bachelor observes that if you would feed a. woman’s vanity idon’t offer ker bread and cheese and kisses. “The devil is not always as black as he is painted,” quoted the Wise Guy. “Nor is a woman always a8 pink,” added the Simple Mug. Tommy—"“Pop, what is content- ment?” Tommy's Pop—‘Contentment, My sox, is a feeling that comes to us when we have more than we can pos- sibly use.” Blobbs—“That girl is certainly pret- ty.” Slobbs—“Yes, but she’s so fat. She has the biggest waist of any girl I ever saw.” Blobbs—"You’re right; there's no getting around that.” DARKY PHILOSOPHY De bacon dat ain't hung up belongs to de cat. _ Ef you wants yo’ lie believed, make it soun’ likely, A little man doan ‘look no biggah on top a hitchin’ post, Many a man ’magines he’s a phi- losopher when he’s Jes’ plain lazy. Hit am de swellest paht ob de watermelon dat’s fullest ob seeds.— Boston Transcript. WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS All men like all girls who talk baby talk. All men are afraid of all girls with brains. Every telegram should contain ex actly ten words, Any fool can learn to keep house “when the time comes.” The ideal husband {is one with a knack (1) for fixing plumbing In an emergency, (2) for looking adorable in dress clothes.—From Life. ONLY WITH THE MIND’S EYE A humorous correspondent inquires if we've ever seen these things: Any one sitting in the lup of luxury. A contingency in the act of looming. An onus resting on any one. A publie speaker weighing his words. A hark on its way back. A man bowing to the inevitable. A man answering the welkin when it rings, SNAKES AND INSECTS There are no fewer than 1,800 known species of lizards. No snake, frog, toad or lizard. has ever been seen in Newfoundland. One fly has been found to carry 6,000,000 disease germs on its body. The housefly becomes full grown within about four weeks after its birth. ODD FACTS Paris entertains on an average near ty 500,000 foreign visitors each year. Bolivia has become the second larg- est tin-producing country in the world. The Chinese, it is estimated, eat 6,000,000 dogs annually. ‘The dogs are of special breed, raised wholly for food purposes. MEMS FOR THE MARRIED The happiness of a married couple docsn't depend on their loving each ther, but on their not lowing anyone else. Wreryone knows how wonderful a womap can Icok, but it is only the hus baod who knows how wonderful It Is that be can look s0 ice Cia | Singular Misunderstanding Said te Have Led to the Invention of the Telephone, A false impression, due to lack of knowledge of the German language, led Dr. Graham Bell to attempt his successful invention of the telephone. Bell’s father had been @ professor of elocutioa, and his grandfather, too, 80 an interest in the mechanism of speech was a sort of a family affair, and as a boy he tried to learn everything which bore upon what he thought would be his professional work through life—the correction of errors of speech, When he was seventeen he made the discovery, which he thought was original, that the resonance of the mouth cavity varied in making different vowel sounds. He afterward discovered that this had been discov- ered long before by Helmholtz, who had obtained vowel sounds by tuning forks to different pitches, Bell could not read German, and knew nothing about electricity, so got the false idea that Helmsholtz had been able to transmit vowel sounds by electricity. Believing that, he saw no reason why speech should not also be transmitted, and having that false idea, he set to work to see whether he could not do so. “In considering an invention,” says Doctor Bell, “the attituae of a man toward his subject is important. That false idea undoubtedly helped me to produce the result at which I aimed.” ASTONISHING AGE FOR HORSE Animal Owned in the United States Declared to Have Lived for Fifty-one Years. A horse owned by a United States clergyman named Meyers is probably the oldest of its kind, having reached the astonishing age of fifty-one years, Clover, as this remarkable beast ts called, has astonished. the experts by his feat in lying for more than half a century. It is undoubtedly a world’s record, The house surgeon at the Royal Veterinary college in London admitted that he had never heard of a case to equal It. “The oldest horse I ever knew,” he sald, “was a pony in the Midlands which lived to be thirty- nine and which was at work until. 12 months before its death. Race horses are usually past their prime after six years, and hunters and working horses after twelve years of useful life.” A surprising sight was a black western pony, over thirty years of age, which, though still hale and hearty, had be- gun to turn gray, and presented the appearance of having passed through a snow storm. Another expert sald that he believed {t was quite possible for horses to live for half a century or more, but added that in his expert ence the oldest creature was thirty- eight years of age. How long it lved after that he was unable to say, French Perfumes Universally Used. When the Turkish lady arrays her- self for the afterndon or evening her dressing table holds the same French perfumes that the women in Paris or New York are favoring. The daintily painted, daintily scent- ed Japanese maiden is likewise alded in her beauty. Curiously enough, however, the loy- alty to French preparations ends with perfumes. The women of both coun- tries prefer American madé soap, tal- cum and creams, Lip sticks are con- sumed in unbellevable quantities in Turkey, Japan, Spain, and Cuba, since the standard of feminine beauty in each of these countries is inseparable from the heavily made-up effect, The Cloisters, President Meiklejohn of Amherst college said at a dinuer in Amherst: “New York is developing an accent as hideous as the cockney accent of London. “a New York second-hand dealer moved to Brooklyn. He called his new home The Cloisters. “It's a nice joint ye got here, aw right, aw right,’ his partner sald to him, ‘but why do ye call it The Clols- ters? Wot's the idea?’ “‘T call it The Cloisters,’ the sec- ond-hand dealer explained, ‘because it’s cloise to the movie palace, cloise to the trolley line and cloise to the theayter.’” Ever Coast on Sand? Most youngsters think of sleds as delightful playthings, - but, alas! they're for use only during snow time. However, a group of young citizens who live near the Hunt's Point sta- ton of the N. Y., W. and B, railroad have found a hill of a dusty sand whieh ig slippery enough to allow of the use of sleds at all times. Any Saturday, or, Indeed, any day after school hours they may be seen there in great numbers coasting down the hif, which is about 200 or 800 feet high and not far from the railroad tracks. Apparently they get all the thrill and fun out of It that comes with snow sledding—New York Sun. A Good Beginning. The other day Jobn Sullivan of ‘Terre Haute won a prize of a” bushel of potatoes for running a good race at the Kiwanis club picnic. And then his friends began to twit hii about getting married, since he had a start at supplies for two. “What good’s a mere bushel of Irish spuds to a real Irish family?” Sullivan retorted, these home and plant 'em. And when I ralse enough to feed two one whole winter through I'll be open for pro- posala, but never a day before.”— “T'm goin’ to take} _DR. J. D. SHINNICK Physician and Surgeon — Office over Cottonwood St. Bk. DR. WESLEY F, ORR Physician and Surgeon. Office in Simon Bldg. - Both Phones DR. C. SOMMER Graduate License VETERINARIAN Deputy State Veterinarian Residence North end of town Both Phones KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Cottonwood Council, 1389 Meets the first and third Vednesday of each month. Visiting knights welcomed George Terhaar, G. K. Barney Seubert, F. 8. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS McKinley Lodge No, 38 Meets every Tuesday evening: R. M. Matthiesen, C. C. John ‘Homar, K. R. and 8, THE AMERICAN LEGION Cottonwood Post No, 40 Meets 1st Monday of each month at I. O. 0. F. Bert Schroeder, Com, Frank Albers, Adjutant FELIX MARTZEN Secretary Treasurer COTTONWOOD N. F. L. A. If it is a loan you want we can accommodate you. 5% per cent for farm loans. i Insurance in the Northwest- ern Mutual.—the policy holders company with a clean record and insurance at cost. The less fire the less cost. The more fires the more cost. Every policy holder can cut down cost in a mutual by care- fullness and fire prevention. JOHN REILAND CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Estimates furnished «4. class of Work. Repairing promptly done. Rooke Hotel Has neat clean rooms at 50c and 75c per night or $3.00 to $3.50 per week. When you are in Cottonwood give us a trial, “Dad” Rooke, Prop. Posuooer FOR OVER 40 YEARS HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE has been used successfully in the treatment of Catarrh, HALL’S CATARRH bar ee ea sists of an Ointment which Qui ‘ Relieves by: local application, and the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts through the Blood on the Mucous Sur- faces, thus reducing the inflammation. fold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. CHICKS FOR SALE. The time is now on hand to order baby chicks as we have a limited hatchery right at home it would be well to order your chicks now, in order to get them at the time you wish them. White Leghorn baby chicks, $15 per hunderd, Rhode Island Red, $25 per hundred. . 20 per cent with order. Also bagged: cone for Queen incubators brooder stoves. 5S, E, Trautman, Cot- tonwood, Idaho. C4 We print butter wrappers.