Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 27, 1923, Page 4

LOSE ROR RSI: EASY TO TRACE MOVEMENTS Criminal Would Have Hard Task Get- ting Away From Man Said to Pos- sess Wonderful Perception, In Paris, there is a man who can tell you where you came from; in what kind of work you were engaged; how long it is since you left the place; in- deed, he seems able to tell everything there is to know about an individual, end all his information is gathered simply by examining the dirt of one’s shoes. Yes, this mud expert is just an ordi- nary human being; in fact, at one time he was merely a bootblack, but he spent his spare moments studying the different kinds of soil throughout France. Now, he can tell whether 4 person has journeyed from the north or the south, just by a casual glance at his shoes and when he examines the dirt closely, he can give the name of the town or village any individual has recently visited, ahd, in nine times out of ten, his answers are accurate, In some parts of Central America, too, the natives perform this singular feat. By examining the dust and dirt caked on one’s automobile tires, they can tell whence a person came, and, by the degree of dryness of the deposit. they can accurately gauge at what hour a strange individual passed through certain parts of the country, BOON FOR PARTIALLY DEAF Wireless Telephony Said to Have Proved of Great Value in Restora- tlon of Hearing. Wireless is being used to relleve deafness. People who are hard of hearing usually have one ear worse than the other, so that all the work falls upon one organ, causing strain and breakdown. For some time ear specialists have been tryIng to relieve deafness by re- educating the week ear so that it can catch outside sounds. This has been done by a machine fixed to the ear, which makes simple sounds which gradually impress themselves upon the ear-drum, and so bring it back into use, Now, however, wireless telephony is being used. The headplece is the ordi- nary receiver, and its use brings the sound of the human votce to the dull ear without straining the other. After some time the dull ear gets used to the sounds and becomes serviceable again. Magi Hereditary Priests, The Magi was the name given to the hereditary priests of the ancient Per- sian religion, They were not only “the keepers of the sacred things, the learned of the people, the philosophers and servants of God,” but also astrol- ogers and diviners. They exercised a commanding influence in public af- fairs, superintended the education of the young, and were the constant com- panions of the sovereign. This order of priesthood, having lapsed into luxury and indolence, was reorganized by Zoroaster about 550 B. C., and re-established on Its ancient basis of simplicity and severity. Dur- ing the rule of the Sassanian kings, the Magi declined in importance, and be- came reduced to the ranks of wander- ing fortune tellers and quacks. The word finally came to be used as a generic term for astrologers in the East and was given to the “Wise Men” that went to Bethlehem to seek the infant Jesus. Boomerang Wonderful Weapon. The sport of boomerang-throwing Is peculiar to the Australian aboriginal, the boomerang being a thing of his own invention, and being In a way the most remarkable weapon in the world, 1 have seen an Australian aboriginal stand in the street of a city, throw his boomerang right around a substantial modern building, and have it returned to his hand without moving from the spot, Needless to say, boomerang- throwing Is seldom seen in the large centers of population; but In the coun- try districts it is indulged in not only by blacks, but by white people, who find it a most fascinating game of skill. —Albert Goldie, in Adventure Maga- zine, Telephonio Tit-Bits, How the telephone dawned on the shopping public way back in 1879, is described in Edward Hungerford’s “The Romance of a Great Store.” “Soon after the first electric lamps the first telephone was installed in a large department store. It, too, was a great novelty, and the customers of the establishment developed a habit of ealling up their friends just so they could say they had used it. Event- ually the convenience of the device became so apparent that folk stood in queues awaiting their turn to use it, and the telephone company requested the store to take it out or at least to discontinue the practice of using it so freely,” Today. The crucial moment is ever the pres- | ent. The wise man has not far to Jook to find his future. And when the experience of today is deepened and lifted to its limit of current blessed- ness, from that lofty altitude the mys- teries of the Highest will not be too distant. Jesus’ consciousness of divine things stands ever in from our com- moner circumference of knowledge, drawing us to the heart of the great reality. From the center streams the light that makes our object and our way plain. It 1s the illumination of true, perfect iife shining into and shaming all poorer experlesce.—Ed- LAARARADADRAARE ADDO DR. J. E. REILLY Dentist Office, Nuxoll Block Both Phones oo aero ere eee DR. J. D. SHINNICK Physician and Surgeon Office over Cottonwood St. Bk. > a i a ee DR. WESLEY F. ORR Physician and Surgeon Office in Simon Bldg. Both Phones SeTemeete eet eeercondendenteste sete oeteoete eter ee mreteetordectortertectontecteatrateateeteeiecdectocdentontostoctees DR. C. SOMMER Graduate License VETERINARIAN Deputy State Veterinarian Residence North end of town Both Phones SOSOS PSSST HOS So a an ned 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. S. oeteedoetpedeetetontenteateeteeteeteetpedentondesteatebadeedeateeteaeed reese KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS McKinley Lodge Na. 38 Meets every Tuesday evening. R. M. Matthiesen, C. C. John Homar, K, R. and S. sSeeareseesestoestontonionteatoateateete atonteatonteateateeteetoete ae 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. Insurance in the Northwest- + ern Mutual.—the policy holders POOP PO EH DE ESOP OOD OOD company with a clean record and insurance at cost. ] $ The less fire the less cost. The more fires the more cost. 3 Every policy holder can cut down cost in a mutual by care- fullness and fire prevention. eedentoateteesoeeetordondontosteatertestertontentententeatoeteate LOOPS EOSOSEOISCOOEEOOES JOHN REILAND } CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Estimates furnished om an; class of Work. Repairing promptly done. ys Service Station Y service we mean having your size in Good- year Tires on hand when you need tires, advising you what type of tire to buy, mounting your tires foryou, showing you howtocareforthem, and following them up with expert re- pair care so that you will get out of them every mile of the thousands of miles built into them. Ae Goodyear Service Station Dealers we sell and recom- mend the new Goodyear Cords with the beveled All- Weather Tread and back them up with standard Goodyear Service * JOHN HOENE BEEF. Let us figure with you on a nice quarter of beef, pork, mut- ton or veal. You will find our | prices right. 48-tf SIMON BROS. Ten per cent discount on extra heavy weed chains. Cottonwood 29-48 | tw the sound, RATHER A FINE DISTINCTION Point Made by Indianapolis Man Might Even Be Considered Open to Argument, Some years ago the late Henry Coe was carrying a smal! line of fire in- surance on the household goods of his friend William A—, when the latter turned up in his office one morning with the invoice for a new Axminster rug. A lighted lamp had been upset on the rug the night before and the fire had run all over it, charring its surface to a nasty brown. Coe prompt- ly gave a check for the full amount, but the next morning William came in and handed back the check. “I was too hasty,” he explained. “Yesterday my wife sprinkled some corn meal on that rug and swept it off and when I got home it was as bright and red as ever.” “Can’t help it,” replied Henry, “You'll have to keep the money now. I've sent in my report to the com- pany and I'd lose my agency If I tried to change things, for we are supposed to make dead sure of losses before we settle them,” William protested that it was not his money and Henry declared that it was not his, so they finally settled the matter by indorsing the check and mailing it to the flower mission. “I don’t feel any durn pious glow of satisfaction about this contribution,” remarked William. “It looks to me &s if we had merely picked the pocket of the insurance company for the benefit of the flower mission.” “Why worry?” asked Henry. “The only difference between us who are out of jail and those who are in is that we are lucky and they are not,”—In- dianapolis Star, FINE EXAMPLE OF ‘RED TAPE’ French Official Surely the Limit in His Demands on Senders of Message to Pope, A diocesan congress at Marseilles recently resolved to send a message of greeting and homage to the head of the church, and after the draft had been read and approved two members of the congress took it to the central post of- fice for transmission, The official in charge took it and began reading the address: “To His Holiness the Pope, Rome.” “The address is incomplete,” said the sapient functionary, “and I cannot send it unless you supply a fuller ad- dress.” The two men, stared at him, wonder- ingly. “Pope,” he explained “is not a name; it is a quality. As for ‘Rome,’ that is the name of a city, but you have neglected to give the name of the country in which it is situated, or the street and house number where your correspondent lives.” It was impossible to dissuade him from his resolution and the message was accordingly not sent.—Exchange. “Monitors” Employed Against Indians. In the ‘60s the stage ranches in Kansas, where horses were changed and drivers cared for, were much harassed by Indians. Stables were fired and women and children cap tured or killed. To protect themselves the frontiers men devised and built prairie moni tors. The roof was of heavy logs deeply covered witn earth, the whole rising only a foot above the level of the ground. Loopholes large enough to sight a rifle through were cut on all sides. An underground passage from the ranch house led to the moni tor. Inside the monitor planks rest ing on boxes gave the defenders sup port which brought their heads and shoulders to the level of the loop. holes. These underground forts bafiled the Indians, who could not dog or starve out the garrisons, The besieged had a perfect range from which te fire on the besiegers, and return fire was as futile as If directed into a sand pile. Cow's Pecullar Stomach, A pecullar digestive system enables cattle to use coarse feed called “roughage,” which would not be suit able for feeding horses or other farm fmimals, The cow has a compound stomach of four compartments, which in large animals has a capacity of 60 gallons, The food goes Into the first large stomach or pouch, where It Is softened, and then overflows into the smaller second stomach, From either of these pouches the food may be re- turned to the mouth in small portions or “cuds” for rumination or “chewing the cud.” That is why cattle are called “ruminants.”. The food is again swallowed and goes Into the third, and then into the fourth, or true stomach. Cattle have no teeth at the end of the upper jaw, and in grazing the vegetation is pulled, rather than cut off, by the lower incisor teeth press- Ing on the tough pad of membrane covering the upper jaw. Five Sounds in Every Good Bell, To the casual listener there is but one sound heard when the clapper of a bell comes in contact with the Lp. but to the trained ear there are four other sounds and before a bell is said to be “im tune” each of these sounds must be strictly true. These different sounds emanate from different parts of the bell and they are modified as desired by chip- ping the bell at the lip or by grinding away certain purts in a lathe-like ap paratus made for the purpose. Four or five pounds of metal taken away from a jarge bell makes a great change Sea E The Green Glass “Snake.” What is frequently referred to as the “green glass snake” is not a snake at all, but a lizard. An eminent naturalist, Dr. R. W Shufeldt, says, in a contribution tc the Journal of Heredity, that the glass snake sometimes attains a length 01 more than three feet, It ranges ovel most of the eastern United States and is very abundant In ¢'lorida. Marshy soll Is its favorite habitat, wherein if burrows for earthworms and larvae o insects. Why this curious lizard (dis section of which reveals rudimentary thigh bones) should have come t¢ disguise itself as a snake nobody car say. It is beautifully colored in shades of green, with a dark streak along its back, and the “feel” of its glossy sur face is like that of porcelain o1 smooth glass. Its most remarkable characteristic Is the reptile’s ability to shed {ts tall when desirable, such as when chased by some other snake or beast. Matador’s Life Not All “Pie.” A obullfighter, “matador,” draws from $2,000 to $10,000 a fight, but has to pay his own men or “cuadrilla,” about four in number. Before kill- ing the bull he ‘dedicates’ it to some prominent spectator and takes an oath to kill the bull or let the bull kill him. He must go through (tech- nically) as long as he can stand on his feet. No one of his men can in- terfere between the bull and mutador unless matador is on the ground help- less. A spectator entering the ring would cause a riot and the crowd would demand their money back. A bullfighter is an outcast or declassed from upper social strata, and could never meet socially an upperclass girl. A bull that charges and gores a horse must be killed; if one matador Is laid out, another must take up the task of killing the bull, or “rain “checks” must be issued.—Adventure Magazine. Beards as Security for Loan. Though beards have of late become somewhat more fashionable in the United States, it is doubtful if they ever ugain-will be valued as highly as they were In some European coun- tries, during the Middle ages. In France, three hairs from the king's beard were on special occasions placed under the seal of a royal charter as an extra guarantee for the fulfillment | of the promises made in the document, and the beards of far less exalted folk were held in almost equal esteem. Thus, when the Portuguese Admiral Juan de Castro wished to borrow a thousand pistoles from the corporation of Goa, the pledge of one of his whis- kers was accepted as ample security by the city, Rooke Hotel Has neat clean rooms at 50c and 75c per night or $3.00 to $8.50 per week. When § you are in Cottonwood give us a trial. “Dad” Rooke, Prop. Seatosfodtocgece nied Soe sete Modtostesioetetoet ; Subscriptions must be paid. and green Top prices 18-12 Bring your dry hides to Johann. for main and tail hair. HIDES. We are in the market for all kinds green, salted and dry hides, 48-tf SIMON BROS. CATARRHAL DEAFNESS is often caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect. hearing. Unless the inflammation can be reduced, your hearing may be de- stroyed forever. HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE will do what we claim for it—rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. HALL'’S CATARRH MEDICINE has been successful in the treatment of Catarrh for over Forty Years, Sold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O, Wool We are in the market for Wool and Mohair. Send us samples of your clip, giving amount you have and des- cription of sheep; or ship to us, and we will grade it and quote prices and store wool free of charge until you sell We have Wool Bags and Twine for sale. Mark. Means Co. LEWISTON, IDAHO Just Received A car load of INLAND PORTLAND CEMENT - When in need of cement call and see us Cottonwood Hardware ~) COTTGNWOOD CHRONICLE GEORGE MEDVED Issued Every Friday and entered at Postoffice in Cottonwood, Idaho as sevond-class mail matter. $2.00 . 1.25 Subscription one year .. Six months ..... (Strictly in advance) INDEPENDEN1 IN POLITICS Copy for change of ad must be hand- ed in by Wednesday to insure change FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928 WANTS, FOUND AND FOR SALE FOR SALE—Feed barley. Cottonwood Elevator Co. 17-3 FOR SALE—Early and late cabbage plants. Mrs. Ben Cooper. 17-4* FOR SALE—Single seated open buggy, nearly new. T. Clark, the junk man. 15-4* FOR SALE—Hay, Netted Gem potatoes and home grown seed corn. Bert Schroeder. 7-tf . FOR SALE—Silver Loaf flour it makes excellent bread. Cotton- wood Elevator Company. 7-tf FOR SALE —Single Comb Rhode Island Red eggs, $1.00 for 15. Ben Hattrup, Pacific Phone 53F21. 11-6* FOR SALE—About | thirty sacks of bin selected Gem seed potatoes. Not certified but good clean stock. Also have a few eat- ing spuds left. If you want spuds drop me a card and tell me what you want and I will deliver them to Cottonwood for you. R. J. Carlson. 18-2 ESTAYED—Came to my place Tuesday one dark brown gelding, weight about 1200 pounds. No brands visible. Own: er can have same by paying for this ad and feed bill. Ja Reidhaar. ‘ ace FOR wall paper samples and prices see Peter Bies, 13-4