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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-27
CHAPTER az.

II Is related in the history Of the
Hatfleld-McCoy feud, which burst out
between neighbors over a stray pig,
and claimed it's toll of lives through
half a century, that one Of the Hat.
field girls wrote on white pillar at
the front of her often bereaved house:
There is no place like home" The
sequel tells that cynical traveller
passing that way reflected on the an
nails Of that dwelling and added in
postscript: "Leastways not this side
Of hell"
The story of the Hatfield-McC Coy
feud Is In many ways that of other
wars" which have made of the roof
tree Of the eastern divide land be-
leaguered and unique.
In the war between the Haveys and
the McBriars there was more than the
forgotten episode of stray razorback
which was not surrendered to it's law.
ful owners. They had for decades
hated and killed each other with a
fidelity Of bitterness that made all
their truces and intermarriages fail Of
permanent peace.
Between the territories where they
had originally settled stretched bar.
rier Of hills broken by only one gap
The McBriars had made their first
habitations east of that ridge and gap
where the waters ran toward the sea-
The Haveys had set up their power
to the west, where the creeks and
springs fed the rivers that went down
to the Blue-Grass and to Tennessee
Had the two clans been content to re.
main respectively on the sunrise and
sunset slopes of the backbone, they
might never have clashed, but there
were bright-eyed women to the west
and east. Feminine Havey eyes lured
McBriar suitors, and McBriar girls
seemed to the Havey men worth any
dare that fate might set. So it has
been since young Montagues and
Capulets ignored deadlines-and long
before. Smoke went up from cabins
on both sides that housed men and
women of both clans. Hatred scat
tered and set up new points of infec-
tion all along Tribulation and beyond
its headwaters.
In Civil war and subsequent politics
a line Of fierce cleavage had yawned
between them-and each faction had
been a power
1t was to the leadership Of such a
clan that Bad Anse had succeeded
when hardly twenty-one by the death
OF a father whose end had not come
upon bed of illness.
1t was to the herding of such flock
that he had ridden away from the
cabin Of Fletch McNash on the night
when the girls scornful taunt fol-
lowed him.
1t was an unfortunate thing that
Cal Douglas should, on a February
afternoon, have shot to death his
brother-in-law, Noah Watt, even II, as
Cal earnestly assured the jury, 'he
was Jest obleeged an beholden ter do
It," All the circumstances Of the af.
fair were inOpportune for his kinsmafl
and the kinsmen OF the man who died
with a bullet through his vitals.
Cal bore name for surly character,
and even In land where grudge-bear-
Ing Is a religion he was deemed ultra.
fanatical in tanning the fame of ha
tired. Noah Watt himself was little
loved by either the Haveys, into whose
family he had married, or the McBri
ars, from whom he sprang Neigh
bors told OF frequent and violent bick
erings between the man and his
shrewish wife, who was the twin sis
ter OF Cal Douglas.
Cal Douglas an Noey Watts WON
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
SIGNALS FROM AIR CRAFT.
SCOT Clouds, Mirror Flashes and Torch
Bombs Are Used.

SCOT Clouds, Mirror Flashes and Torch
Bombs Are Used.
To an army commander the value of
a military aeroplane is its power to To-
cate hostile artillery and direct gunfire
rather than its bomb dropping possi-
bilities. Thus 1t is very necessary that
a pilot several thousand feet in the air
the headquarters staff on earth so that
he may convey the necessary informa-
tion for the guidance of gunners hurl-
ing shells at targets miles ahead which
they cannot see.
A very ingenious method of signal
ing from an aeroplane is by means of
SCOT clouds. An apparatus filled with
lampblack rests near the hand of the
aviator, and when he presses lever
some of this SCOT passes down pipe
and is discharged in black cloud. The
pipe is SO delicately arranged that the
clouds may be small or large. The
operator can spell out the Morse tele-
graphic code in little clouds. and they
can be read from the earth when the
aviator is 1900 feet high.
Another clever means of signaling
from air craft is that carried out by
means of lamps and mirrors. A lamp
which has flash of 10000 candle pow
er sends piercing rays of light through
a tube fitted with powerful magnifying
glasses. When message is sent the
operator directs his flasher in the re-
quired direction. presses a button, and
a brilliant light flashes out. long or
short according to the pressure. The
officers on earth receive the message
and may send reply in the same way.
being provided with similar mirrors
and lamps. The rays Of light sent out
are almost as bright as sunlight. SO
that they can be seen with the naked
eye for distance of four miles In the
daytime and at night for a distance of
eight miles.
When military aviators wish to drop
a written communication to the earth
without descending they utilize an In
genious bomb This contains the docu-
ment. and the projectile is weighted
so that it falls sharp end first As the
end strikes the ground trigger is re-
leased. which sets fire to torch on
top. and thus the location of the bomb
Is indicated day or night-Pearson's
Weekly
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
Young Ladies Have Long Hike.

More than the usual perseverance
has been shown by thee young ladies
who arrived in Dallas last evening af-
ter a walk of 265 miles. They are
Miss Minnie Jeske, a Junction City
school teacher. Miss Mabel Jeske and
Miss Clara Nielsen. Junction City
high school girls. They have been on
the road about a month and have
thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the
various coast resorts. They went over
the mountains from Junction City to
Florence and followed down the coast
to Newport, from where they are re-
turning to their home through Dallas.
The longest distance travelled in a sim
gle day was % miles, between a1-
chat 5 and Newport. Fred W. Vog-
Ter of Portland picked the young la
dies up about 25 miles from Dallas
yesterday afternoon and brought
them into the city in his ear. The
girls remained with friends in the
city over night.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

TAFT URGES DEFENSE.

Following are some crisp
sentences from ex-President
Taft's address before the
Portland Press club on Sun
day last:
When we consider what our
lack of preparation is and
how near to controversy we
are, it ought to give us pause.
1t is not material whether
we differ with the administra-
ton on its past conduct of the
Mexican situation, it is suffic-
lent to know that we will
handle it in the future.
We need a navy equal to
any single naval power in the
world, except Great Britain.
We must all stand back of
the administration in its plans
for national defense.
A foreign foe won't dare to
come to our shore until it has
swept our navy from the seas.
The idea that our coast de-
fenses can be destroyed by a
hostile navy is all popycock.
Our army is very weak.
We haven't officers enough
for an adequate army. We
need another West Point.
This country has been hav-
ing too easy time.
We must be willing to bear
the burden Of extra taxation
to provide national defense.
We don't want an army and
navy to wage a war Of aggres-
sion, but to defend our nation
al honor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
NO FOREST FIRES MEAN DALLAS
Smolder at Old Martin Mill Demands
Attention From Warden.

The smoke that hangs heavy over
the city is not from forest fires in
this vicinity, according to W. V. Ful-
ler, supervising warden of the Polk
County Fire Patrol association. Mr..
Fuller says the smoky atmosphere is
quite common at this time of year
and is almost as much haze as smoke.
The only fire reported near Dallas
lately was that at the old Martin mill,
on Salt Creek, where fire of two
weeks ago was not entirely extin-
guished. Late last week the blaze
and smolder demanded the attention
of the wardens who drowned it out
by pumping water from the creek.
This was not serious and made no
smoke, says Mr.. Fuller. Sunday the
atmosphere was so dense at the ma
tional guard range that rifle practice
was ineffective and was abandoned
before the work had been completed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
WHISPERING GALLERIES.
Old World Churches With Remarkable
Acoustic Properties.

Old World Churches With Remarkable
Acoustic Properties.
The most celebrated whispering gal
lery is that which surrounds the base
of the interior of the dome of st. Paul's
cathedral, London. A person speaking
near its surface can be heard distinctly
by one listening near the smooth wall
at the other extremity Of the diameter,
but not elsewhere.
In the cathedral of Gloucester whis-
pering passage leads from one aisle to
the opposite behind the east window Of
the choir. 1t is seventy-fve feet long,
six and half feet high and three feet
wide in the form of half an irregular
octagon. The walls and ceilings are Of
freestone. and the slightest whisper
travels from end to end.
The cathedral of the Tai Mahal in
Agra, India, has most marvellous ech-
oes and reverberating qualities. but is
scarcely a whispering gallery. The
whole cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily.
has this character owing to the pecul
lar structure of its walls. These re-
markable properties also belonged to
the Ear of Dionysius, cut in the rock
at Syracuse in the shape of a parabolic
curve, ending in an elliptical arch. 1t
Is said that the tyrant seated in small
chamber over hundred feet from the
spot occupied by his captives by this
means could hear every word spoken
by his prisoners.-London Answers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
INSTRUCTION ON TAXES
TAX COMMISSION COMMUNI-
GATES WITH SHERIFF ORR.
After October Delinquent Taxes
Must Be Collected in Polk
County.

Instructions which were received
by Sheriff John Orr yesterday from
the state tax commission inform him
that sections 2 and 3 of chapter 1856,
of the 1915 session laws, amending
sections 1858 and 1857, Lord s Ore
gon laws, are now in effect, and that
therefore the tax collector should
make his annual statement and tax
return, and also proceed to collect
delinquent taxes on or Immediately
after October 5, next, instead of Sep
tember l as heretofore.
Advising the sheriff regarding 9th
er matters of procedure in tax collec-
tions for the current year, the tax
commission says:
"Where one-half of the 1914 taxes
on any property was paid before
April l, 1915, the second half may be
paid any time before October l, 1915,
without penalty or interest; if the
second half it not so paid it will be-
come delinquent on October l, and be
then subject to penalty of 10 per
cent and interest at the rate of -
per cent per annum from said date.
"Where one-half was not paid be-
fore April l, 1915, a penalty of one
per cent for each calendar month or
part thereof, on the total amount un-
paid. cumulates during the period be-
ginning April and ending August
81. 1915. For illustration, if tax
bill as charged on the roll totals 800
and the full amount is paid in the
month of August, penalty of 5 per
cent ($5) is to be added thereto
These cumulative penalties are not to
be collected on or after September
l, 1915, being superseded on that
date by the penalties and interest ap-
plicable to delinquent taxes.
"Where one-half of the 1914 taxes
on any property was not paid before
April l. 1915. the entire amount un-
paid will become delinquent on Sep
tember l. 1915, and be then subject
to penalty of 10 per cent and inter
est at the rate of II per cent per an
mum. For instance, the taxes as orig
inally charged on a certain property
amount to 800; if paid in full on
September Is. 1915, the total amount
required would be $110.50. penalty
of 10 per cent ($10) and interest at
the rate of IL per cent per annum for
Is days ($0.50) being added to the
original tax.
"1Section l of chapter 1856, laws of
1915, amending section 1862, Lords
Oregon laws, and providing in part
that "The first half of all taxes le-
gally levied and charged shall be paid
on on before the fifth day of April
following, and the second half on or
before The fifth day of October fol-
lowing,' has no application whatever
to taxes charged on tax rolls Of the
year 1914. Said section will become
effective in 1916 and apply in the pay
ment of taxes to be charged on the
1915 rolls.'
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
II Animals Could Speak.

1t is a startling fact that If some ami
mails could tell their life history they
would be able to recall events which
happened hundreds Of years ago. A
Russian eagle. for instance, would be
able to remember watching with
greedy eyes as one by one the French
soldiers under Napoleon fell exhausted
out of the ranks in their awful retreat
from Moscow in 1872. There are croc-
odiles alive in India today which saw
the first English traveller set foot there,
while there are whales In the sea which
may have skirted the coast Of France
when it was invaded in 1415. A great
many elephants could recall historical
events of hundred years ago, while
there are ravens still living whose
memory could go back twice that Pc
riod.-London Answers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

THE CITY IN BRIEF


Chopping and Rolling at Derry
warehouse Tuesdays, Fridays and Sat
urdays. 30-5t.
l still continue to do business at the
same old stand. Ralph w. Bennett.
matchmaker and jeweler. 33-tf.
For Fire and automobile insurance
see Chas. Gregory, city hall 32-tf
See Van Orsdel and Mansion for
old line fire insurance-the Queen.
Liverpool, London & Globe, company
13. The oldest and best on the coast.
Screen doors and window screens,
Dallas Warehouse & Manufacturing
company, Barham & Son, proprietoTs.
$500 shoes for 1915 at Price Bros.
for this week only.
There is more to hair cutting than
merely cutting off the hair. Try us
for an up-to-date stylish hair cut
C. w. Shultz. 13-tf.
DIR. Turner of the firm of Lowe &
Turner. eye specialists of Portland,
will be in Dallas again Friday and
Saturday, August 1921. At Falls City
Thursday August 18th.
DR.. Rempel, Chiropractor, 513 Church
DR.. Stones Heave Drops cures
heaves. Price 81, for sale by all drug
gists,-Adv. 79-tf.
The Dallas Wood company is ready
to furnish you with mill wood. Good
loads and good service. All wood cash
on delivery. Phone 492. 103-tf.'
Increase your crops with land plas-
ter, best grade, Dallas Warehouse &
Manufacturing company, Barham &
Son, proprietors.
DR.. C. L. Foster, dentist, City Bank
building, Dallas. 73-F.
DR.. Freeze, Imperial, Saturday 21st-
Plenty of good bargains left at
Price Bros. cleanup sale.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
PEACHES OF HIGH QUALITY.
Howe Farm Yields Beautiful Fruit in
Large Quantity.

The peach crop here, although Polk
county lands are not extensively
planted to that very edible fruit, is
of better quality than it has been for
a number of years, past, bHt the
yield is a little less than usual, ao-
cording to W. R. Howe, whose peach
orchard is his particular pride and
hobby. Mr.. Howe has three-acre
tract, planted to peaches number
of years ago by his father, and he is
now gathering some very fine fruit.
His crop comes a little later than
those of the river orchards and for
his selected fruit he receives 81 a
crate. For the remainder the price
is about $3.50 a bushel.
On the river banks between Salem
and independence there are a num-
ber of peach orchards. but in this
part of the county the Howe orchard
is the only one of Importance. Prac-
ticaIly the entire crop of peaches is
sold in Dallas and even then mer-
chants have to ship some fruit in.
Disease does not trouble the fruit and
to look at the huge and perfect spec
linens from the Howe orchards it
would seem that at least certain spots
in the county are peculiarly adapted
to peach culture. Crops are uniform
ly good and prices are fair. so that
many more orchardists could profit
ably undertake the growing of peach
ps
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
The Dustless Highways.

After having visited Benton, Linn
and Lane counties by automobile one
may more fully appreciate the good
roads of Polk county. While the
main travelled roads within those
counties are in fairly good condition,
"dust holes' are annoying through
the absence of oil, even the well ma
cadamized highways being effected to
some extent. 1t is universally men
toned among automobilists who have
travelled through Polk county that the
roads here are considered to be the
best in the valley. Tourists who have
gone north or south by way of the
west side highways invariably return
by the same route, they appreciating
the dustless roads they find in Polk
county, which extend short distance
into Benton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
HINES CASE HEARD BY COURT.
Judge Belt Rendered Decision on De-
murrer Yesterday.

The injunction suit of Voth VS..
Polk county, ct al, to prevent deliv-
cry of county warrants for certain
services rendered by the Hines En-
gineering company, was argued be-
fore Circuit Judge Belt on a demur-
rer to the complaint, raising the ques-
tion as to whether the plaintiff had
legal capacity to bring suit in his own
name. 1t is contended by counsel
for the defense that the suit should
have been brought under the name Of
Mr.. Garfield, county surveyor. At
torneys for the plaintiff and defend
ants have submitted written briefs on
the question of the demurrer and he
court rendered its decision yesterday,
overruling the demurrer. The case
will be tried on its merits.
1t is to be understood that this de-
cision does not settle the question on
it's merits, as the case is not yet al
issue on question Of facts.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
Plenty of Room.

The young man who writes verses
was standing out in the night gazing
at the sky when a friend ran across
him.
What are you doing-studying as
tronomyT
"Go away and don't disturb me. l
am gazing into infinite distance"
81 don't see what satisfaction you
find in that
That's because you never had any
experience with editors. You don't
know what comfort it is to find some
place where nothing is crowded out
for lack of pace."-London Tit-Bits.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
WOULD DESTROY HOP HOUSES.
Attempt Made to Burn Remaining
Buildings of Japanese.

Saturday night the watchman en-
ployed by Frank Mitoma, wealthy
Japanese hopgrower near lndepen-
dence. discovered three men endeav-
oring to set fire to the drying-houses
on Mitoma's ranch. The Waterman
shot at the men and they fled. On
August 10 six large hophouses on the
Mitoma place were totally destroyed
by fire. supposedly of incendiary orr
gin. Only three of the entire group
of buildings were saved from the con-
flagration. and these are the ones en-
dangered SATURDAY. night.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
From Ale House to Celery Farm.

John R. Cooper Of Independence,
who now conducts "thirst parlor, ="
is planning to develop p acres of
beaver dam land near Medical springs
into a celery ranch after his business
is closed up at the end of this year.
He has another $50 acres of land near
the beaver dam land which he also
plans to put into cultivation. He be-
iieves that considerable success can
be met with in the development of
the celery ranch. Mr.. Cooper also
owns one of the best hop ranches in
the Independence section.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

Ex-President Taft was guest of
honor at luncheon yesterday at the
Arlington club, Portland, the func-
ton having been arranged by Ralph
Williams, republican national com
mitteeman for Oregon. About fifty
of the prominent business men of
Portland attended the luncheon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
cUNPoWDER IN WAR.
For Centuries Its Use Was Opposed In
tho Name of Humanity.

For Centuries Its Use Was Opposed In
tho Name Of Humanity.
There was period when any kind OF
explosive" fighting in war was con-
sidered barbarous. The discovery Of
gunpowder put a stop to the old fash
ioned method of attack, in which only
missiles and sharp edged weapons were
considered ethical. but gunpowder did
not come into approval without a
struggle. In fact. it was under the
humanity" ban for almost three CEN
turies.
This remarkable compound of salt
peter. sulphur and charcoal, which was
given its first tryout at the siege of
Constantinople in 1853, had been
known to both the chemist and the
soldier for hundred years or more.
1t is said to have been discovered by
Roger Bacon in England about the
year 1890 and by German monk
named Schwarz twenty years later.
Another independent discoverer Of the
same dangerous mixture was an un-
known and uncelebrated Moor, whose
secret was ultimately carried into Eu-
rope in the fourteenth century. Even
he was not the first to make an ex-
plosive compound. The Chinese "beat
him to it," having used this same kind
of mixture for rocket signals before
the Christian era.
The fall of Constantinople was
brought about by the use, the wholly
unethical and altogether barbarous use,
of cannon balls. and it was not until
about a century later that the world
gave its full sanction to the killing of
men by means of gunpowder.-St Louis
Globe Democrat
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
SALEM CAR KILLS WOMAN.
Members of Family in Carriage All
Are Injured.

In collision at Salem late Sunday
night, between streetcar and car
riage, Mrs. Casper Anderegg was in
stantly killed. and her husband and
three children and Arthur Ghener
were injured. The family were re-
turning from visit to their home at
the corner of Center and Seventh
streets, when the car going down Cen
ter street crashed into the vehicle.
Mr.. Anderegg saw the car and made
an effort to stop, but without sue
cess. Casper Anderegg, Jr., sustained
a broken arm and broken shoulder
blade.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

A good example of one of the ways
in which magical properties became
attributed to natural objects is the
stone known as amethyst The an
cient Indian name of this stone had
the sound represented by its present
name. In Greek this sound happens to
mean "anti-wine;" hence. without more
ado. the ancients declared that the
amethyst was preventive of and a
cure for drunkenness!-Lon Mail
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
Doesn't Want Much, Gets Less.

A new use has been found. or at
least suggested, for the conscience
fund. which now amounts to nearly
s5OO.OOO. A letter TO Secretary Me
Adoo of the treasury, was recently
received from a woman in Oklahoma.
wbs described herself as the wife of
a stbf farmer. She said that as the
conscience fund didn't really belong
to the government she thought $1,000
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

should be sent to her, as she wanted
to buy two cows, an automobile and
set of false teeth.
"All of which articles, as you
know, Mr.. Secretary" she continued,
"are essentials on a farm"
The name of the writer is withheld.
So is the money.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
GRADED THE HASH.
High Cost Of Living In the Early Days
In California.

Hi9h Cost OF Living W the GaTiy Days
In California.
The high cost of living? Bless you,
you don't know the first thing about
high prices in these days. Compared
with what Mark Twain, Horace Gree
ley and others used to pay for
square meal in California's early days.
your eight course dinner at Astrobilt
or Cherry's is really a cheap affair.
But all who frequented the famous
old Ell Dorado hotel at Hangtown
(now Placerville. CALI paid these
prices, and gladly. Those were the
palmy days of pioneer life. when the
hash was graded in two classes-'low
grade and "1S carat" Here is the
way the menu ran: