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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08
JAVA
First Impression is Pleasant Tourists are Cordially Wei
coined by all sOf6cias
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Java and through their courtesy we visit the
island. Here we are in Batavia, commun-
ity of many peoples enjoying peace and pros
perity under the kindly Dutch rule.
The first thing to find is hotel. The
finding impresses us with the individuality
of the country.
On three sides of square is a two
stroy building. Each room has spacious
veranda in front, facing the walkway which
runs along the entire length of the hotel.
On the veranda is table and big chair.
If the chair had wheels and atop it would
look like one of those victorias so much used
by old ladies and smalltown doctors, when
the latter drove horses, charged dollar for
house visits, SO cents for office calls and fur
nished the pills as sort of premium.
Instead of the wheels and the top the
chair has extension arms about four feet long,
which swing out to provide an elevated foot
rest. The higher the temperature the more
willing you are to sprawl as per the possibil-
titles. 1t is on the veranda that guests are re-
ceived and siroopen and soda is served. Great
life.
At the back of the veranda is the bed
room-for coolness rugless, pictureless,
cherries place, with skinny iron bed,
covered by canopy of net, sort of fortifca-
ton against the mosquitoes. Notice, l say
sort of"
In every bed is a Dutch wife, Oh, it's
quite proper! This lady thing is merely an
elongated pillow, hard and round, upon
which to rest one knee This position is
cooler for sleeping than to rest all on level.
Out back of the rooms is another walk
way used by the boys. Boys in Java may be
anywhere from sixteen to sixty as to age, but
just so long as they are servants, they are
boys.
"Boy!' is the "call of the East"
Somewhere along this walkway is the
bathroom, one of the most popular recrea-
ton rooms in the hotel. The water is in
pen built up in one corner. On the floor are
duck boards. Somewhere around is tin or
wooden bucket The bath is taken by dip
ping water from the pen and pouring it
where most desired. Very satisfying and re-
freshing.
Some hotels boast shower baths, sup
piled from tank on the roof A shower
in the early morn is all right, but usually by
midday and certainly by night, the sun has
made the water too hot for comfort.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08

utterly deliberate the constellation of Lyra,
we would still see these stars in their proper
place in the sky for ten years after they were
destroyed. But this is a mere hop, skip and
a jump in reckoning stellar distances Imag-
Inc stars so far distant that the events re-
corded today by telescopes on these stars
actually occurrd thousands of years ago, and
at the same time bear III mind the distance
that light travels in one year. Many stars
found in the Galaxy or Milky Way are esti-
mated to be at this distance from our earth.
At this point diiression on the rela-
tive speed of light and nound may be of in
terest. Sound only travels at the rate of
1,1OO feet per second. The mean distance
of the moon from the earth is 10000 miles.
Now if a cannon werr constructed on the
moon,-a cannon so large, that when fired,
the flash could be seen, and the report heard
on earth, we would see the flash just one
second and quarter after the cannon was
discharged, but we would have to wait
thirteen days to hear the sound of the re-
port.
The question may arise as to how the
distances of the stars are found. This is
done by an intricate mathematical process
known as parallax. A parallax used
specifically in an astronomical sense is the
difference in direction of heavily body as
seen from some point On the earth's surface
point, as the centr of the earth (diurnal or
and as seen from some other convenient
geocentric parallax), or the center of the sun
(annual or heliocentric parallax). Or again
the diameter of the earth's orbit may be used
on which to base the calculations to deter
mine the parallax. The geocentric parallax
may be used to find the distance of any body
within the solar system, all of which are COM
paratively near to the earth. In this case the
observer constructs an imaginary line from
some point of observation to the center of
the earth which is 1000 miles. This line
is known as the base line. And the apparent
displacement of the sl;ect as viewed from
either end of this line forms the basis upon
which the calculations to determine the
parallax depend.
But in measuring stellar distances,
base line constructed from the center of the
earth to point on its surface is not long
enough to give working basis. In this
case the earth's annual journey around the
sun is used. The observer first sights his
object. Six months later he makes second
observation. 1t is seen that the two obser-
vations are taken respectively from each end
of straight lin which is the diameter of the
earth's orbit, adistance of 186,000,000 miles.
Yet even base line of this enormous dis
tanc is found to be insufficient for measuring
the majority of stellar distances.
The next paper in this series on astron-
omy, entitled, 'The Solar System" will ap-
pear at a near future date.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08
The Dingo-Dog of Australia

The dingo dog is the name given to the
wild canine of Australia. He is a constant
menace to Australia's chief industry, the
breeding of sheep.
Many schemes are devised for the din
COS determination. There are dog trap
pers who spend their whole time trying to
catch dingos, men who have studied every
aspect of their work and who spare no pains,
and avoid no hardship in continual war
fare with the vile and cunning Of this sheep
slayer. Although the dingo is met with from
time to time in almost every part of the
Australian bush, his principal habitat is the
rough range country in the centre and north
of New South Wales and the deep dark
scrubs of Queenland.
The dog trapper's life is the loneliest
kind. For weeks, perhaps months, he camps
in the desolate ranges, setting his traps and
watching with ready rifle in the moonlit-
nights for chance shot at the enemy In
the bush there is price on the head OF
every dingo. In some parts dingo is worth
$50 or even SIS to the man who delivers
his scalp to the PASTORAL board or to the
squatter. For the most part the dingo confines
his attacks to sheep and weakling calves, but
in the far-out Queenland districts, where
large packs travel together, hunger has been
known to make them bold enough to attack
men in their lonely camps after the manner
of wolves. The dingo never barks, but his
weird howl is familiar sound in the bush
at night, and is bloodcurdling in the extreme,
being especially trying on the nerves of the
newcomers in the camps. Owing to the din
COS cunning and swiftness in changing quar-
tiers, he is able to hold his own n.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08

Efforts to raise some of the treasure
from the ill-fated Lusitania will be made
this year. London expert engineers. believe
it will be impossible to raise the steamer or
any Of her cargo, owing to the great depth
of the water in which she is lying.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08

1 Is very easy to enter Java, says
a writer in the New York Sun.
Tourists are welcomed cordially
and the customs officials are eff
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-08

%%lH HE study of the science of astron-
r3Gf&I omy is as interesting as it is vast.
@TS@H The spaces of the heavens are in
finite. Dav bv dav. and vear hv
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HEARINGS TO FIX NEW RAILWAY RATES
 BROUGHT ID END
Investment Accounts of Roads Favored as Minimus
 Basis

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responsibility if this performance be of the acceptable and satisfying type. To bring about this end, the department has appealed to every employe to put forth his every ef- fort and every department do its bit to earn and save for the company the utmost available dollar to pro- vide means for overcoming the diff faculties of operation.
 "It is pointed out, however, that the policy of strict economy which in the end will make for greater efficiency and smaller cost for service, will no be waged at the expense of needed features of service. No dollar i: saved if in the end it is found tha this dollar properly invested would have made more dollars when com puted in terms of satisfactory ser vice to the public"
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HOKE SMITH CANDIDATE.

Atlanta, Ga, March 24.-United States Senator Hoke Smith has def initely determined to permit the use of his name as a candidate tor the democratic nomination for presi. dential preferential primary, April 20, it was announced at the sena. tors headquarters here today. statement embodying his platform would be issued within the next day or two, it was stated.
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Had A Cold All Winter

Colds that Chang on," coughs that rack your body and wear you down
 the weakening that comes from loss of sleep-these are afflictions from which relief is a blessing Nick J
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STORM WARNINGS.

Washington, March 24 4-Southeast storm warnings are displayed on the Gulf coast from Brownsville, Texas to Cedar Keys, Florida. A disturb ance of marked intensity moving eastward was central tonight over Northwest Texas.
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BASEBALL RESULTS.
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 Okmulgee, Okla. sMareh 24.-R II B Kansas City GA. Al --------4 Omaha (Western) ----------9 13 Evans, Hortsman and Brock; Smith Robinson and Hale.
 Los Angeles, Cal... Mar. 24.-R H E Chicago (Nationals) --------4 10 Los Angeles (Pacific) -----2 6 s Alexander, Hendriv and O'Farrell; I Schultz, Thomas and Lapan.
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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-24
AN INTERESTING CASE.

World: On December 9th there
began in the superior court an action
involving the title of 80 acres of as
fine and highly improved orchard
land as there is in the valley worth
$4,000 per acre or $l25,O00 The
property is situated on Castle Rock
Avenue in this city, and, until the
beginning of the action, was Suppcs-
ed to belon" to Henry Hartman, for
many years resident of this local
ity, but now in Europe. His five
children, with their families, now re-
side upon the tract, each claiming
ten acres thereof under some ar
rangement with their father.
The plaintiffs in the action are Sa-
rah f. Upper, Carrie +. FulWilcr
Nellie Westbury. Claude King, Edwin
King, Florence King, Robert d. Ham
lin and Ruth W Hamlin.
These parties claim title to the
place under a sheriffs deed, and q
decree of distribution in the estate Of
7. G. King, deceased.
The defendants in the action are
Henry Hartman, Widower; Henry
Hartman, Jr,, and his wife; Joe Hart
man and Edna NJ. Hartman; Victoria
H. Moore and her husband; Mary II.
Jahns and Otto H. Jahns; Alice Hart
man Moore and George \. Moore.
All these parties claim title under
the elder Hartman.
Story of the Case.
A search of the records and files of
the superior court reveals the follow
ing story:
In 1913 the elder Hartman was the
owner of a $1,000 note which had
been given to him by +. Messerly and
A. +. Messerly. He sold the note to
Julia A. Underwood and guaranteed
the payment thereof. II was not paid
when due and Mrs Underwood
brought suit against the Messerlys
and Hartman. 1t seems the summons
and complaint was served on him,
but he failed to appear in the action,
and about seven months thereafter a
| judgment was entered against all
three parties for $1,27796 and costs.
No steps seem to have been taken
at that time to collect this judg-
ment, and on July %, 1916, Mrs. Tn
derwood assigned it to f. G. King
who in turn assigned a one-third in
terest therein to Robert d. Hamlin.
Soon thereafter an execution was
taken out and levied upon the Hart
man land, and on September 10Th the
same was sold at sheriff. sale 70 T
G. King for 81 SOP, the amount of the
Underwood judgment and interest.
Thereafter in November, 1915. King
suicided by jumping off the ColImb
river bridge, and his widow. now Sa-
rah f. upper. and one of the plain
tffs in the the action, was appointed
administrator of his estate
No one applied to redeem the Hart.
man property from the sherf'- sal,
thereof during the year allowed there
for, and on July II. 1918. the sheriff
issued a deed for the entire tract t,
the administrators Of the King es
tate.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-24
THE WINNING OF THE
CANADIAN WEST.

Imagine the American WEI Of pio-
neer days "going dry 1t is uifi-
cult feat And yet the latest regions
to adopt prohibition are the three
priarie provinces of Canada-Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
which are to be compared in some
ways to such States as Kansas. the
Dakotas, or Montana in the late
eighties The National Geographic
Society describes these most recent
recruits to the prohibition forces in a
bulletin issued from It's Washington,
d. c., headquarters.
"The prairie provinces of Canada
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and AL
berta-are not without their bids to
fame. For example The last of the
wild buffalo herds of America, sur
vivors of the millions of animals
which roamed the plains and wood
lands of the continent, now ranges
through northwestern Alberta. This
province alone is estimated to contain
Is per cent of the worlds known coal
supply.
"The myriad of wild ducks, geese,
and other migratory fowl that fly
most part bound for the northern
parts of the three prairie provinces,
where they build their nests and rear
their young.
"And much Of the weather Of the
United States is manufactured in Al
berta This is not an idle fancy. The
United States Weather Bureau rccog-
nizes that large number Of what
are technically known as disturb
ances' originate near the little town
of Medicine Hat, few miles over the
Canadian line north of Montana,
sweep down along the roots of the
Rockies, and spread out to the east
ward in carrying their trains of cold
waves, wind storms, rain, snow and
billiards.
"The three provinces are naturally
considered at once, for among them
they cover all of Canada which is in
process of bein" settled, west of the
older Great Lakes province of On
tario and east of the Rocky Noun
tains. This is Canada's West,
where restless pioneer spirits from
all lands are carving out an empire as
kindred spirits a generation or so ago
wrought the wilderness of the Mis-
souri, valley and the great American
desert into the rich states of today
"The Canadian pioneers have add
vantages over those who won the Am
erican West in that they have better
railroad methods and equipment,
telephones and wireless. But they
have a relentless new enemy in the
bitter cold of the northern regions of
the provinces. For though the south
ern portions are separated from the
United States by only an imaginary
line and are similar to the northern
reaches of Minnesota. North Dakota
and Montana, to the north the three
provinces sweep to within 500 miles
of the Arctic Circle.
"The predominant part Of the pop
ulation and development Of the three
provinces in their southern halves
In this region Winnipeg, capital of
Manitoba, with its population close to
100000, is Canada's Chicago of a gen.
GRAFTON ago; while Edmonton, capital
of Alberta, is the st. Paul of SINH
lar period. The northern portion of
the provinces is a region crossed by
many rivers and dotted with number
less lakes, region divided between
woodlands and 'muskegs,' or swampy
flats. There the trapper still reigns
supreme and life is primitive"