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The Press., 1920-04-29
MAKES NEW USE OF ECHOES
Inventors Idea May Do Away With the Old Practice Known as "Heaving the Lead"

An inventor in Oakland, Cal, has found a new and practical use for echoes, and as a result the time may come when the practice of "heaving the lead" at sea will be known only in historical novels and old maritime history. The marimeter, as the new device is called, sends sound from the keel of the ship to the bottom of the sea the sound comes back as an echo. and the journey, automatically recorded on diaphragm, is translated into terms of length. The report shows the depth of water between keel and bottom, calculated from the known speed of the sound-wave in salt water, and the knowledge may be acquired at the rate of four soundings a minute, which is very much faster than by the older methods. The marimeter, to be sure, has only recently gone to sea, if indeed the steamer Governor which will carry the first of them, has yet left dry dock in Seattle, Wash. But the instrument promises to add ma terially to the security of ocean traf- fic
The Press., 1920-04-29

Just resign at once, dear! That will be best" insisted her mother comfortingly. t
 At eight o'clock sharp the buzzer sounded in the tiny hall. On her way to answer Nan instinctively put her hand to her shining brown hair and smoOthed it.
 Mrs. Taylor and Ruth sat waiting patiently for Mans employer to leave. Presently they heard laughter, a mans ringing voice and Nan's little chuckle. She never laughed that way except when she was happy.
 "He sounds young and good-looking. too, doesn't he, mother?" demanded Ruth, listening attentively. "Tliey don't sound businesslike to me, either, talking about plays and books and everything"
 The door opened and Nan called them. When she had presented them she turned to her mother. MT. Hen- derSon wants to take me to see vaude- vile over at the Palace, mother, the nine o'clock performance. you know. Is it all right?"
 Mrs Taylor looked at the young man and nodded smilingly.
 Ruth followed Nan to her bedroom, and shutting the door carefully be- hind her, asked, "Wherefore borrow mothers seaIskin coat and powder your nose and rouge your checks just for your employer?"
 Nan had the grace to blush as she lifted a little swirl of blue tissue that was. if you please, spring hat. "Silly!' she said again, and hurried back into the living room.
 'T was just telling Mir. Henderson it made us quite independent again, her mother said. q told him, too. that I thought it would be wise for you to resign. There was something wrong with the letters. was there not? You are inexperienced, of course" "On the other hand. the letters were perfect. quite perfect" MT. Henderson hastened to assure her. You won't think of leaving us, will you, Miss Nan, that is, not yet? I am going to be right in the office now for two months"
 "No. I like it." Nan smiled up at him from under the bewildering swirl of blue tissue. "I am going to work always" she added emphatically. At the door the good-looking young man paused His hand had posses sive touch on the little fur-clad sleeve beside him. "Of course, Mrs. Taylor I know that some day l am going to agree with you. I am going to urge Miss Nan to resign" He laughed boy ishly, flushing little. --
 "Now, the only difference between sis and me is that I am open and above-board mother" calmly acknowl- edged Ruth when the door had closed on the two. "I'll bet my new red hat that Nan knew about him all the time Mix business and pleasure? All a girl wants is the chance"
 "It is fate, Ruthie. 1 know" said Mrs Taylor when the high-priced purl of MT. Henderson's smart gray road ster had proclaimed that Nan hao found the mice and pumpkin coacf that waits for every Cinderella in the world.
The Press., 1920-04-29
KING OF ALL "RAlNMAKERS'
Sec"~+ of Success of soIiy Grccncup, Who Is We'll Remembered !2 the
 West, Was Simple.

Given an ingenious mind and an eye to business, a live man can make mOn- ey out of almost any old thing.
 Perhaps you remember the extraordi- nary success scored some years ago by Solly Greencup, the rainmaker. If not, you can read his record in port folio of newspaper clippings collected all the way from Nome to San Diego, from eastern Oregon to western Kan sas
 Solly Greencup, indeed, occupied for a while a position unique in the annals of meteOrolOgy. Scientists might doubt and cynics might scOff, but whenever Solly went after the rain clouds he al ways got 'em. Moreover he didn't work on the heads-I-win, tails-you- lose' principle of some other rainmak- CTS. Solly Greencup, when he once de- cded he could produce rain in given district, always backed his opinion with hard cash. If he asked the farm CTS to put up S1 ,OOO for an inch of rain, he put up another $1,0OO himself as a forfeit in case he failed And he always won.
 
 ods. All the farmers wanted was the rain. All Greencup wanted was the money. With the result both were satisfied. His apparatus consisted of a flag pole an electric battery, kite with a metal tail and an air balloon filed with q mysterious gas. If scien- tists demanded the reason for these cOntrivanceS. he shook his head and smiled
 Sometimes Gresncup would have to stay a long time in a locality before he cHu!d find the exact combination necessary to coax the wet forces into action. Sot3>timr.: he had to confess that th" dlyS were 100 strong for him. Eut as soon as ne posted his forfeit and set up his apparatus the desired moisture followed in a few days.
 Once in Elsinore valley he gave the ground a good soaking for paltry $25OO. thus saving a $1 100000 grain crop. Of course he made a tidy for tune, yet at the time no one considered his charges eXorbitant. And everybody admitted he was a good sport. As he grew wealthy Greencup never gave himself frlllS nor assumed the title Of 'prOfessor." These things were after ward remembered to his credit
 A few years ago Greencup went per manently out of the rainmaking busi- ness In street car accident he lost his left foot. which had to be ampu- tated above the ankle After that for love or money he refused TO expert. ment with the weather
 When the secret of his success was finally revealed some carping moralists called him make-believe. He never claimed, like another famous person age, to he in partnership with the Almighty. But at least he had done something that nohody in tie world had ove- done before.
 He had capitalized a corn.
The Press., 1920-04-29
InSures Crusoe's Musket,

The musket said to have been given to Alexander Selkirk when he was put ashore on the Island of Juan Fernan- dez, 400 miles off the Chilean coast, has been going the rounds of British museums.
 It was Selkirk's adventures upon which was based De Foes famous story, Robinson Crusoe" The musket is inscribed with the name of "A. Sel- kirk Largo, 1771." It was purchased by Randolph Berens for $625, but the owner has insured it for $1O.OOO
 Selkirk owned a tavern near Clap ham, England, but died in 1723 at sea as lieutenant aboard a naval vessel.
The Press., 1920-04-29
Science and Soap Bubbles.

Sir James Dewar the English pro- lessor of chemistry, who has made soap bubbles which he kept intact for more than a year, says that when a soap bubble becomes very old, say in three or four days, it offers the only possible example of the molecule wis ible to the naked eye. In the soap bubble ordinarily there are about 100 layers of molecules, but scientific treat ment has produced black spots in which there is only a single layer, so thin that Sir James estimates that it would take one and one-t third mill lion like it superimposed to make an inch
The Press., 1920-04-29
EHSSUSsY54T TysyA> T&sTyAS1SyNIcXsW.S MES&2&SG24ASI1leI&S4&S% hSSGS1sIGa4El1i1EiSaH12 The Most Welcome Tire
 That Ever Came to Market


In every great tire factory, the chief question is: How much can we give for the rnoney?" And the product deper4as, on the policy adopted.
 Every man who hs,S become &C., quainted with Brunswick Tires knows that Brunswick standards are again evident. This famous con- cern-noted as a leader in every line it entered since 1845-has once more proved that its policy is right.
 A perfect tire is simply a matter of knowledge and standards and skill. No secrets nor patents pre- vent making an ideal tire.
 But stan lards come first. For in tire making there is vast room for skirnping, for subtle economies, for hidden shortcomings. Makers with out the highest standards don't build high-grade tires.
 The Brunswick organization of tire makers includes brilliant staff of technical experts. Not a man
The Press., 1920-04-29

"The total askings for the country
 are divided roughly under seven gen.
 eral headings, as follows:-Foreign
 Missions, $107, ,661, ,48S; Home Missions
 1O9,949,O37; American Education,
 78,837, 431; American Religious Edu-
 cation, S5,931,925; American Hospitals
 and Homes, S5,116,465; American Min
 isterial Pensions and Relief, s2O,51O.-
 299; Miscellaneous, $8,770,927.
 "The thirty cooperating denomina-
 tions and the denom1national budgets
 are: Advent Christian Church, 1885,
 GOO; Northern Baptist Convention,
 S130,533 ,OO0; National Baptist Con-
 vention, $10,250,0O0; General Baptists,
 s272,5OO, Church of the Brethren, $3,-
 219, ,598; Brethren Church, $200,0O0;
 Christian church, $727,693; Congre-
 gational, $16,508,470; Disciples of
 Christ, s12,501 ,13S; Evangelical Asso-
 citation, s1,3s4,260; United Evangelical church, S3O5,983; Society of Friends in America, s4,532,0S1; Society of Friends in California; $40,00O; Holi- ness church, $50,000; Evangelical Synod of North America, $1,S46,521; ; Mennonite, $82,000 Methodist Episco- pal church, $34,4s5,737 (of which $21,- 100000, already has been subscribed in the Centenary Movement) Methodist Protestant church, $1,745,866; Free Methodist Church of North America, Sc, ,234 9S6; African Methodist Episco- pal Zion church, $212,OOO; Colored Methodist Episcopal church, $25O,0O0; Reformed Zion Union Apostolic church, $17,263; Presbyterian church in the United States, $44,970,0O0; Presbyterian church in the United States (South), $7,865,445; Associated
 Reformed Presbyterian Synod, $392,- 264; Reformed Presbyterian chur ch in North America, s529,472; United Pres byterian church, s31, ,s77, ,457; Reformed Church in America, $2,136,091; Re formed Church in the United States $16,916,0S5; Church of the United Brethren in Christ. S6546.662
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The Press., 1920-04-29
Mennonites Make Trouble

The MennOnites in Canada are fight ing the compulsory school law, insist ing on sending their children to their own parochial schools. As result. a little schOOlma am has sat at her desk in schoolroom in central Saskatche- wan daily since September 1, waiting in vain for pupils to come to occupy the empty benches.
The Press., 1920-04-29
Put Over

"The gentleman disclaims any knowledge of huge slush fund spent in his behalf.'
 And you will observe he does so without rancOr."
 Quite so. I also observe that the gentleman was elected, which may ex- plain the absence of rancor."
The Press., 1920-04-29
MILLIONS SOUGHT
 IN CHURCH DINE
Interchurch World Movement Getting Ready for Big Simultaneous
 Money Campaign
GOAL IS $336,777,527;
 STATE QUOTAS OUT SOON

"We hope to give out New England quotas for the United Simultaneous Financial Campaign Drive, within a very few days" said Alfred c. Estes, regional director for the New England states in statement regarding the campaign budget of s336,777.572 just made public.
The Press., 1920-04-29
{. t'Dt iyI'.I Y i Tas $ :.Ysw.Sj
 ,s 4, N !I, ! lIS1HN

among them has spent less than 20 years in handling rubber.
 Each is a master of his craft. And the new ideas they bring to the attention of Brunswick direc- tors receive sincere consideration.
 Every proved betterment is adopted unanimously.
 The Brunswick Tire is a conbi- nation of acknowledged features plus Brunswick standards of nnanu- facture.
 The result is super-tire, the like of which you have never known be- fore. The kind of a tire you will gladly join in welcoming.
 Yet Brunswicks cost no more than ike-type tires.
 Try ONE Brunswick. We prom ise a surprise. And we feel certain that you will want ALL Bruns- wicks.
 Then good tires will have a new meaning to you. CO.
The Press., 1920-04-29
Salt in Holland.

Holland has begun to produce salt from wells drilled experimentally in two provinces and may be able to ob- tain enough for all of it's needs.
The Press., 1920-04-29

For up-to-dateness in style, you want . Monroe Suit For good taste. For at. tention and respect. For pronounced value and thrift-because Monroe Clothes sell for less fhan carr'nt prices.
 And you buy them herc-at New l~.a prices.
 Drop in TODAY.
The Press., 1920-04-29
New Metal ladIe Invented

For workers with melted metals adle has been invented that pours from the bottom, leaving the dross and impurities behind.
The Press., 1920-04-29

" EN: IN NEW YORK, where style marches with business triumphs and social successes, one make of clothes towers above the others as strilkingly as the stately Woodwork Building towers above its sister sky scrapers. That make is Monroe Clothes! A make that you can trust--a make that New Workers buy more Man any ofher kind
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
ENCLOSED CARS MAKE
WINTER USE GENERAL

Motorists have learned to beat wint-
or at his own game and no longer fear
mis- cold blasts or road blocking storms.
On the bitterest days they ride In COM
fort, diaregarding zero temperature Oh
raging billiards. Only the most
faint-hearted store their cars away till
spring-the red blooded motorists use
them day-in and day-out, straight
through the coldest weather
The increased winter-use OF aatomo-
biles. says the Travel and Transport
Bureau of the b. f. Goodrich Rubber
Company, is largely due to the extend
ed use OF closed in -tops-and to the al
most universal effort to remove snow
and ice from the highways and city
streets.
Nowadays. the closed car is sweep
ing into favor says the bureau. Occu-
pants Of the cars no longer become
stiff with cold or shiver from the
singing blasts that rush in through
Tapping side curtains. With the clos
ed car it's different-the motorist is
as comfortable as though he were in
a Pullman railroad coach.
The biggest aid in winter driving,
however, lies in the snoy removal ac-
tivities of city. county, state, and ma
tional authorities, A few years ago.
roads were practically forgotten from
fall till spring but now the authorities
in all wide-awake localities feel they
are negleeting a most important part
of their work if they do not keep the
roads open the year round.
The country and state authorities
cooperate in keeping the main arteries
Of travel entirely free from snow. Aft
er each heavy storm, gangs of men
are put to work and within a day or
so the road is again open. Road re-
ports are sent in from all parts Of the
state and when local authorities are
unable to cope with a situation. assist
ance is sent. Snow fences are now
used extensively as preventive.
Deep accommodations of snow and |
ice on city streets are now rarely seen
in more progressive cities. Fleets of |
tractor-propelled snow plows and |
gangs Of men are pressed into service |
before the snow stops flying and it is |
carted away before it has had chance |
to pack and freeze into tsolid ruts.
Communities which have perfected |
systems for removing snow from high |
ways find that the work pays them |
big dividends. Automobiles have be-
come such an important part in the
American work-a-daay world that |
when impossible roads keep them |
from operating, the communities suf-
fer big loss in decreased efficiency. |
The ranks or highway snow fighters
were once confined almost exclusive
ly to Highway officials Today those
forces have been swelled by millions
of motorists who insist that the ways
and means be proEiaed to allow them
S65-day use of ~ highways and
streets each year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

here for the present. According to
factory officials, the list prices pre-
vailiIg since the introduction OF the
present models will be continued. This
decision was reached after a careful
consideration of the problems con-
fronting the automobile industry at
this time, and was adopted as a means
of cooperation with other manufac-
turers who are striving to stabilize
prices for the general benefit of the
country at large.
In making public the course to be
pursued by the company, Mr.. A. G..
Seiberling. vice president and general
manager, said, 'In arriving at the deci-
sion to retain our present prices, we
were forced to choose between fore.
going legitimate profit on our pro-
duct until such time as materials and
other factors of cost decrease in pro-
portion, or of curtailing or postponing
the program for. car betterment now
under way.
These improvements and refine
ments involve greater expenditure on
our part, the natural effect of which
is necessarily increased price. This,
we were confident, would be thorough
ly justified by the result. We were
convinced that the public, recogniz-
ing the value of the improved features,
would willingly pay the additional
price. BY absorbing the cost Of in
stalling these improvements and re-
taining the present price, we are Of
fering Haynes users a greater value
than ever before.
"we do not expect our plans to be
appreciably curtailed or affected by
the continuation of present prices,
Rather we hope that lower material
costs and general stahilizing of the
whole industry will result in no undue
burdens during the next half year.
Therefore we shall 50 ahead along
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

sion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

lines tending to increase the Haynes
owners measure of service and salts
faction, and for the time being keep
our present prices in effect. We havN
announced to all our Distributors ana
dealers that we will guarantee our
prices against decrease before July l,
1921, and will protect them from loss
should the unexpected introduction Of
lower material and production costs
make price reduction possible. And
through our dealers. the same protec-
tion is assured customers-the guar
antee of refund to the new list price
should any decrease occur prior to
July first next"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

women's clubs went on record TODAY
advocating birth control. The resofu-
tion adopted declared for removal af
all barriers of law, tradition, prejud-
ices or ignorance which prevents par
ents having access to knowledse on
this subject BY the medical profess
sion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
HAYNES COMPANY TO
KEEP PRESENT PRICE

In q formal announcement issued
to its Distributors and Dealers today,
The Haynes Automobile Company of
Kokomo, Indiana, outlined the price
policy to which this company will ad-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
NEW YORK FEDERATION
OF W0MEN'S CLUBS WILL
URGE BIRTH CONTROL

UTICA, y. Y. Oct 15.-tU. P)-l
Members of the state federation of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
The Controlling Factors
in Price Making

On September ooh announced sweeping reduction tne
list prices of our At that stated that there was
no economic justification for such action and could only mean
very substantial loss to this company ssf
This loss very cheeruy accept the interests Of worthy
decrease the excessively high costs of living But no
business permanently nonPo6t basis and unless
commodity prices actually decline experiment will merely
prove to be expensive failure.
In brief materials and production costs must come down 10 the very
future the price Of Paige must inevitably These two
and production the controlling factors
in price making and upon them the entire manufacturing structure
We have stated the facts blunt straightforward way Paige
are today selling for less than the Of production and you of
course realize that such condition continue indefinitely
1t merely affirm that shall under any circumstances
depart from the high standards Of quality which have always char
acterzed vehicles Irrespective of cost the Paige will continue
be fine mechanical Poductwoy of your complete respect
and confidence
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
Hoods
SarsapariIIa
| Makes Food
4 Taste Good

creates an appetite. aids digestion.
purifies the blood. and thus relieves
scrofula, catarrh, tho pains and
aches of rheumatism and gives
strength to the whole system.
Nearly SO years phenomenal sales
tell the story of the great merit and
success of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It
is 'ust the medicine you need now.
HVod's Pills help-ilne eathawke
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
MOTOR CAR COMPANY. I

Manufacturer. Of Paige Motor Can and Motor Tr.ok,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
@. E. Holdman Auto Go.

6S2 Cottonwood St. Phone SS7
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-02-24
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 representatives of the Government but it could not be determined defin. itcly whether the island he wanted to lease was under the jurisdiction of the forest department, the fish cries department, or some other de partment and was finally advised to go toNSeattlc and consult with the head of the United States fisheries department located there. He Icft on the Admiral Watson. If he cannot get any satisfaction he purposes to proceed to Washington.
 He wants to lease the island fr fox raising and he wants assurance that after it is leased some oth@r person will not be given permit 10 occupy it after he has spent a small fortune there on improvements. Coombs told about another resident of the westward who leased an lS.- and for fox raising and later th" forestry department gave some other person permission to use tn" tiU- bcr. Since the timber was essential to the industry of fox raising, the fox farmer, who thought he was in mdisputed possession of the island by virtue of his contract, upon lcam- ing Of his mistake has been "talk,n% in his sleep" about the multiplicity of intcrlocking government bureaus and their methods of doing business in Alaska. Coombs is anxious, jt rosSiblo, to avoid similar mistake before investing all of his hard-carn"j cash. The other fox farmer paid tho government $2OO a year for his lease.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-02-24
.! NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that at the hour of n,na o'clock A. aI. on the lst of March, 1920, the registration books Of tno Town of Seward will be open a: the llunnicpa Clerks office, in the Hartman National Bank Building, for ,hn pmpos, of reg Ster.ng aIl quai- ileu eic,.v.s, I,caty.onn years of ag or over, who are citizens of the Unit ed States or who have dcciatel ! their intention to become such, ard who have resided continuously ona year next preceding the date of th, election in the Territory of Alas}a, and six months next proceeding thc date of election within the corpora:a limits of the Town of Seward. AT ,cIectors must, before voting, register their names and qualifications with the Registration Officer.
 Registration books will be open every day, except Sundays and hor'- days, beginning March lst., 1920, during the following hours; From 9 A. M. to l2 Noon.
 From P. M. to , ?. NJ. n.' The said election will be held on thc first Tuesday in April for the purpas' of clccting City Officers and mcmbcE of the School Board.
 The officers of the City to bo ol' t cd are as follows:
 Mayor
 8 members of tho Seward Common Council.
 Treasurer.
 Municipal Clerk.
 City Attorney.
 One member of the School Board Treasurer.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, February %, 1920.
 C. A. Estes,
 Municipal Clsrk.
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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-02-24
ELOISE IN STORM

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the E!oisn had not yet reached Kodiak and was supposed to still be anch 'roi at soldoyia waiting foN' the severe storm to pass over. The gasboat Am erica, dispatched last Friday from Ko- diak. went to where the EIoiSe was an chored and took J. J. Finnegan aboed then put off to the westward Mt. Firnegan is bound for the westward to make oil land locations.