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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

eeIilng about something, usually un
fortunate, that happened to an old
man or an aged woman, the Ohio
State Journal observes. Often the
aged person, 1t develops somewhere
In the story, is f1fty-thrse, we will say,
or somewhere between fifty and six
ty. As every editor has reason to
know, this youthful point Of view of
the reporters not infrequently Is re-
sented by the aged person referred to.
TO be run over by the motorcar was
bad enough but to be called aged Is
adding insult to injury. Nobody IN
der seventy seems old to himself, and
many between seyenty-five and eighty
would rather not be considered aged.
We talk hopefully Of a mans being
only as old as he feels. but no matter
how ne feels man of fifty impresses
the youth of twenty-one as verging
upon the sere and yellow, If not al
ready there. Our memory goes back
to the time when a woman Of thirty
fve looked almost hopelessly aged to
us. and now We know vivacious girls
OF forty. And Daisy Ashford opened
her immortal work by remarking
"Mr. Salteena was an elderly man Of
forty-two." We don't know at what
age elderliness begins for Daisy nov
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
"G0D BLESS YOU'S" MEANI'iil
Be Traced Back to the De-
cline of Athens.

The Greeks and Romans had their
Long life to you ~ Gesundheit! is
now verboten. But we still say
"Sante" and God bless yon" after
sneeze.
This expression of soiicitude con tn
traced back to the decline OF Athens.
One of the terrible devastating
plaques which darken the RACES of
European history was raging in the
famous city. The flower of Greece.
her foremost writer's and artists. The
founders of much of our modern cul-
ture. were ruthlessly cut down. The
dead piled high, and daily Athenian
courage was taxed to the fullest. But
to every home where lay victim. the
elixir of hope. the rainbow of prom
Use, was the sneeze, for it Indicated
to the watchers that the danger was
passed. that the patient would recover.
A few centuries later another cpl
demic assailed Europe, but this time
the sneeze. being symptom of the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

What you see with your soul heiPs
determine what you are. The NINA
cannot contemplate visions without re-
actions. The deeper the vision tne
more potent the reacting influence
Only surface men. men of the non,
thinking type go through life withou'
moments of sober sitting at the shrine
Of conscience and there weighing tne
problems of life. When man sees MS
power and appreciates that every un'
used vestige detracts in multiples ne
seeks to turn 1t to account. ana II
blesses in proportion to the enthusi'
asm with which it is advanced. Inc
good we do returns with greater power
when 1t is done without thought OF re
ward. We are in the world to make tne
most of 1t. We must see the soul II
we are to gather The full reward OF oul
possibilities. This is every man
right.-Grit.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
How Chinese Use Peach Stones.


Women and children are TO be seen
In the markets of China picking up
peach stones. which are put to several
uses. Broken into pieces and dried
in the sun, they furnish excellent ma
terial for fuel.
Another profitable use of the peach
stone is made by artists and engrav-
ers, who carve them into different
forms of animals. Some of the larger
stones, If round enough, are carved
into finger rings. During the season
one may see in the interior of South
China yards of poor people full of
peach stones drying in the sun. After
being cleaned. the small stones are
used for fuel, groups of small boys
picking out the larger ones.
The kernels are sometimes sold to
chemists and druggists. They are
preserved in bottles and used as
cough medicine after the kernels are
turned into white powder. This
white powder is very popular, con-
venient and cheap medicine for poor
people In many villages as a remedy
for coughs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

See right over there In the centerr'
asked VOss. That's where Frank
nearly drowned. Trying to do what
the older and stronger boys did he
got up on the springboard and plunged
on in ten feet Of water. Theo. voss
saw his head bob up, go down. come
mp second time and again disappear.
Theo Owed in, a few feet down the
current, caught him by the hair and
dragged him ashore. We poured the
water out Of him and In a few minutes
ha was AZ right as ever"
"Lowden's swimming hole" is stitl
popular with the boys Of the neighbor-
hood.
Many Of the governors old friends
are now at North Branch, ten miles
from Sunrise. Among them is 8. W.
Runyan, who had something to do
with Franks education.
II taught Frank to hunt squirrels"
said Runyan. we covered MANY a
mile Of this country with our gun and
dogs"
The Lowdens left Sunrise In the
late sixties. The last picture Of
Franks boyhood that remains with
the old residents La that Of a sturdy
little chap. dressed for travel march
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
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ing or down the road behind the
"prairie schooner" that bore all the
Lowden effects to their new home in
Iowa. There was nothing forlorn
about the picture. The boy was cheer
full, wideawake and on the lookout for
something to do. Alertness was char
acteristic Of him.
Said Henry Voss, the village philos-
opher, speaking of his old friend:
Frank was born here In Sunrise.
and it kind Of appears that he has
been awake ever since"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

poets to stay there. For Gov. Frank
O. Lowden of Illinois, one Of the lead
ing candidates for the Republican
presidential nomination, Was born In
Sunrise ffty-nine years ago. His boy.
hood chums and neighbors are con-
scious Of the fame thrust upon them
Perhaps the most enthusiastic Lowden-
for-president club In the country Ia
the one that meets In Sunrise. now In
the village hail. now in Andrew Lind'a
general store.
It Ia many years since the Lowdens
made their home in Sunrise-mors
than half a century. in fact-but the
village has never forgotten the family
least Of all '1ittle Frank" The ole
shed where Lorenzo Lowden, the gov
srnor's father, had his blacksmith
shop, still stands. II is the property
Of the Lowden children. used only fol
storage purposes-and for the ghos
games which, the folk say, were start
ed by Frank Lowden. The Lowdei
home still stands, toe. It is an old
fashioned dwelling that occupies ris'
of ground two miles from the village
There is a third building In Sunris'
that figured IN the governors boyhood
That is the schoolhouse. Lorenz'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
THEATER'S ORIGIN FIT 3A@Y
May Be Traced to Festivals Held "
Honor Of the NEUROLOGICAL
God Bacchus.

Thinking back for the origin OF any
Theatrical performance, our minds nat
|urally revert first to Shakespeare and
Ibis Globe theater. Some Of us would
|go back a little further; and many OF
lus would choose Moliere, the plays he
wrote and staged, often in the open,
for the vain Louis and then. in his own
theater, where, while he was the IA
vorite of the king, he was the rage OF
France.
But these were only steps in the
evolution of the theater and the play.
For the origin of all dramatic repre-
lsentations we must go back to the
days of idol worship, when many gods
were thought to rule the destinies OF
man.
Two brothers, Danaus and Aegyptus
sons of Belus, shared the throne OF
Egypt. After a particularly heater
quarrel, Danaus, with his followers
set sail in search of new land where
| he could rule alone. They landed neal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
AGE AND THE POINT OF VIEW
How the Impression Of the Youth OF
Twenty-one 10 Properly Resented
by His Elders.

That reporting is young man.
business is illustrated In some news
paper every day by some news item
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
GUARANTEED IS MONTHS

Lowden helped to build 1t so his hoy
could have q schooling. The one-room
structure Is but a stones throw from
the blacksmith shop. It IL no longer
q school, having been succeeded by a
more modern building, but Is now the
village hall. A picture Of the Illinois
governor hangs on the wall, and un-
der its roof the Lowdsn club holds
meetings.
The Sunrise folk are full Of stories
about Frank Lowden.
HE was a studious child" said
Henry voss, one Of the governors
sehoolmates. After he had learned
to read he used to walk back and forth
between the school and home. a dis.
lance Of two miles, carrying q book
before his face. The boys would speak
30 him and he wouldn't answer. II
VIC annoyed him when he was interest.
ed he would stop and trounee as. Or"
vsss added, with q twinkle, "at least
he'd try to-"
In q bead Of the river near town Ia
the swimming hole whore Franks
career was almost cut short. The boy
was Passionately fond Of the water
md In the spring could scarcely wait
no the leo 10 20 svA.
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raalauy, was a had omen.

1aIady, was had omen.
In this age of witches, COLLINS. med
icine men and leeches superstition
fourished. Some of the most intel
lectual minds Of the time accredited
charms and soothsayers. 1t was there
fore nothing extraordinary for the
pope to decree the exclamation God
bless you" by anyone who heard a
sneeze. This was supposed to COM
bat its evil powers and prevent the
spread of the disease. And God
bless your with its kindly human in
terest has come down through the
ages.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26
Kill Him.

"Where are you gong?" asked the
returned her0s mother as he strobe
toward the door. d vicious look Oh his
face
ITO find the man who sent me this
letter suggesting that | take course
In physical culture was the savage
response as the door Slammed.-Home
Sector.
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FARMERS TO PUSH LoWDEN
Harvey J. sconee Quits Agricultural
Post to Work for Governor.

Harvey J. Sconce. former baseball
star of the University Of Illinois, has
resigned as president Of the Illinois
Agricultural association to devote his
entire time to organization work
among the farmers Of the middle West
IN the interest Of Gov. Frank o. Low
denis candidacy for president. He will
make a tour of North and South Da-
kota. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Mich
gan, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and
other states, talking to the farmers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

the Greek city of Argus, Of which he
|shortly became king.
Here, to celebrate his good fortune,
he Instituted festivals In holor of the
god Bacchus, who was supposed to
have helped to make his undertaking
successful. These festivals consisted
Of nothing more than riotous revelry,
interspersed with songs, which, after
the manner of the day. were most
primitive and often coarse.
But the festivals soon became very
popular and were held periodically Gil
over Greece. From this beginning, in
the form of kind of public worship,
which was the first entertainment or
performance known, evolved the the
atrical projects of later ages which de-
veloped into the institution of the
theater as we know it today.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

out If she lives long enough she VIII
reach the Point where her way ol
classifying Mr.. Salteena would be 10
say that he was a young man OF forty
two
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26

In this sale you are offered the opportuni-
ty of selecting tires now and paying down ~
deposit on each tire, and your selection Will
be held here until March goth, by which time
you are expected to pay the difference and we
will deliver the tires irrespective of what
the increase may amaunt to-
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
LANGELL VALLEY NEWS

People at the head of Langell Val
ley were delightfully."- entertained al
a sumptuous New Years dinner given
by Mr., and Mrs. A. c. Duncan al
their home. About twenty guests
were present to enjoy the dinner. =
There are in the neigh,borhood OF
$500 head of cattle being fed in
Langell Valley this winter.
The people in this neighborhood
gave both a Christmas and New
Years dance in the old dance hall
They turned out so successfully that
the people plan on having dances at
regular intervals throughout the
winter months. n
Among the visitors in the valley
during the holiday week were; Mrs
Deal, Nola Deal, Florence Bradley
the Misses Flackus, Mr., and Mrs
Silas Obenchain, Miriam Martin,
Fred Grohs, Cleve, Carl, Leola and
Josephine FerrisO
Mrs. Henry Hutton returned Sat
urday from Klamath Falls to resume
her school work here after a vaca-
tion OF two weeks.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
TODAY's EVENTS

The first anniversary of the,
,leath of Theodore Roosevelt will be
observed today with memorial meet
ings throughout the United States.
Many educators are to gather at
Terre Haute today for celebration
of the semi-centennial of the op ming
of the Indiana State Normal Scho,l.
The forty-first annual co1venti III
of the United States Potters' Asso-
citation will open in New York city
today and continue in session over
tomorrow.
A convention to revise the Con-
stitution of Illinois, the first held in
that state in half a century, will
meet at Springfield today for organi-.
cation. s'
Ratification Of the federal woman
suffrage amendment is expected to
be one of the first acts of the Rhode
Island legislature, which meets to-
day for it's annual session.
Improved farm methods and the
benefits of organization will be dis
cussed by the Georgia Federation of
Farm Bureaus at a convention to be
opened today in Atlanta.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
Today's Birthdays

Duncan U. Fletcher, senior United
States senator from Florida, born in
Sumter County, Ca, 81 years ago to-
day.
Ole Hanson, former mayor Of
Seattle, known for his aggressive
Americanism, born in Racine
County, Wis, 46 years ago today.
Henry e. Dixey, one of the best
known, actors Of the American stage,
born in Boston, 81 years ago today.
Adeline Genee, world-famous
dancer, born in Aarrhuus, Denmark,
"A years ago today.
4 Samuel Rayburn, representative
in Congress of the Fourth Texas dis
trict, born in. Roane County, Tenn,
3S years ago today.
Woodbridge N. Ferris, former
governor of Michigan, born at
Spencer, N. Y, 67 years ago today.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
S.F.CH|LDREN
!. HAVE: BANKED
- 0sN- : ,-9g q v .,,Ts !
HALF MILLION

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. e.
Public school pupils of San Fran.
cisco have saved 100000 in the
last eight years, according to a, re-
port made by Philip ]. Lawler,
manager of the Bank of Italys
School Savings Department, to G. A,
Farnsworth, associate director of
the United States War Loan Organi-
zation for the Twelfth Federal Re-
serve District. In 1911-1912 the
bank started it's thrift work in the
schools, issuing school penny stamps.
In the last two years thrift and war
savings stamps have been sold in
connection with the school penny
stamps.
For the last los school days,
Lawler reports, the school children
have saved $41,57s.74, and the
total number of individual students
purchasing penny, thrift, and war
savings stamps was 90,s41. Sales
Of thrift and war savings stamps
amounted to $27,007.65, while
school penny stamp sales totaled
$14,571.09.
1T costs us more than we make
out of it to run the school savings
work." said Mr.. Lawler, but it is
good business because we are build
ing up future bank clientele among
these boys and girls. The import
ant angle of our work. however, is
the lesson of thrift and saving we
are teaching the pupils and the sense
of responsibility they acquire
through having bank account, or
what amounts to the same thing, the
securities of the government. They
are learning the secret of success
and good citizenship, and the bank
would feel well repaid for it's work
because of this. even if we never got
single customer"
The school savings plan operated
by the Bank of Italy in cooperation
with the government is in force in
sixteen counties Of California, with
an aggregate of 23S schools. Law
ler's report, covering the banks ac-
tivities for the 80 school days up to
December ] in the country schools,
shows that 1886 pupils bought
s5,4S5,s6 worth of thrift, war saw
ings stamps, and penny school
stamps. making grand total for the
sales in the San Francisco and coun-
try schools Of $47,O64.1O for 105
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
sMcNARY INVITES ,sI%i
IRRIGATION MEN

r. WASHINGTON, Jan Senator
McNaryS as schsirmans Qfahe Senate
fcommittee on irrigation issued in
vitations Tuesday to the governors
of 16 western states to send dele
gates to the irrigation conference
which will be held in this city Janu-
ary IA. . a'tN A"*r s..t
The conference is one which was
originally conceived by Govern Dr.
Davis OF Idaho, and oit.is understood
that the gathering will put organized
pressure behind the Jones bill ap-
propriating s29p,ooo.ooo for recla-
nation construction in the west.
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and
Montana will be represented at the
conference.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
GAG. TEACHERS
~
!: !; !: LU|RED AWAY BY
y INCREASED PAY

OREGON AGRICULTURE COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. g. That due
to increased cost of maintenance and
to the lure of larger salaries Offered
o. A. c. professors by eastern insti
tutions, the college is now in cri.
sticaf condition, is pointed out by
President w. j. Kerr.
The unprecedented increase In
student enrollment-S6 per cent this
year-has taxed the institution tc
the limit. While the college now
ranks second among the colleges OF
it's kind in the country in point OF
enrolment, funds available are
much less than is provided for other
institutions of this type. Standards
maintained are as high as the high
est in the country, :,
(, An enormous increase in cost is
noted at the institution. In 1915,
$4,000 was expended for janitorial
services-four years later $4,000.
The cost Of heat four years ago was
$4,000. This year it is $4,000.
Telephone and telegraph expenses
were $1,22O and this year it will be
$4,000. With this increase in cost
has come the enormous increase in
enrolment.
From last June to October, 90
new staff members were employed,
and some instructors have been add
ed since that time. Commercial
concerns are offering instructors in
chemistry and other technical lines
as high as four times the amount
educational institutions can afford
to pay, and, consequently, broad
minded teachers are hard to find.
Eastern institutions with large in
comes are offering big inducements
to o. A. C. professors to leave, and
therefore the college is up against
a serious problem.
Every room in the institution is
used all the time-100 per cent. A
condition of congestion exists every
where in the institution. Several
new buildings are said to be needed
and needed badly.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
n. Y. STOCKS TUMBLE
ABRUPTLY ON EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The stock
market was subjected to a heavy
selling movement during today's
mid-session, leading securities re-
cording declines of from two to five
points. The liquidation is attributed
to the statement of Governor Hard
ing, of the Federal Reserve Board,
who urged leading bankers of the
country to discourage all "unessen-
tial loans"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
OREGON GIRL WINS
ORATORICAL HONORs

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. e.
Miss Margaret Garrison, of. William
ette University, Oregon, today is the
holder OF the title of first place in
the national oratory contest last
night, which closed the convention
OF the intercollegiate Prohibition
Association here. She is the first
woman to attain the highest honors
in the oratory contests of the asso-
citation.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
BANKER TAKES
SURVEY Of 1878
! ACHE EVEMENT
Oregon JournaD
BY o. ID. Burke
President klamath State Bank,
klamath Falls,

e 4
klamath county, 100 miles long
and about so miles Wild. contains
within its borders about $4,000, ,O0O,-
600 feet of marketable timber. To
handle this immense resource we
have 10 large and numerous small
lumber mills. These mills employ
ab0ut $500 men, and their payrolls
amount to the enormous sum of
3S00.O00 monthly. The combined
output of these millsiis large enough
to make board walk one foot wide
reaching one and one half times
sr0und the world. G .l
In addition to the lumber mills
there are located in and near 9Klam-
ath Falls five large box factories
which employ about 400 men and
wtmen. Their shipment Of box shook
amounts to 1000 cars annually.
The klamath irrigation project is
one of the largest, in the west; 1t is
under government supervision and
will irrigate about 100000 acres
when completed. The bulk of this
land is already Beihk farmed and in
1918 the average price per acre for
the crop raised on this land was $685.
%, according itoA government esti-.
mate. 80
The receipts of the Southern Paci-
fic railroad at klamath Falls are Sc
cond only to Portland. This in itself
is the best criterion possible as to
our financial development in the past
Few years. ''
Building permits that amount to
approximately 100000, were issued
In 1919. This included permits for 10
or IL business houses costing from
$1,000 to $4,000 each. all of which
were rented before completion. Paw
ing contract for $228,072 were let,
the most of it being completed this
year.
The combined deposits of the Kla-
IudIu Il dis UdHhS Oh november
amounted to $3904,7O2.1S, an in
crease of about $1,3OO,OOO over the
same date in 1918. This increase
raised klamath Falls, in amount of
deposits, from tenth to eighth place
among the cities of Oregon.
Taking conditions as whole ! do
not hesitate to say that Klamath
Falls offers the capitalist, as well as
the wage Garner, opportunities that
are excelled by no other city.
In reference to 1920 will say that
] see no reason why we of Oregon's
finland Empire" should not make
even greater strides in business
way than in the year just closed.
Numerous improvements are being
worked ont in both building and bu-
siness lines. More paving will be laid.
In addition to this the state road
from Bend to klamath Falls and that
from Ashland to klamath Falls to
Lakeview will aid very materially in
making us the metropolis of Central
Oregon.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06
HUN SHIPS FATE FINED

LONDON, Jan. 6.-German war
ships sunk by their masters in Scapa
Flow are to be blown up shortly, it
was said here today. The decision
to dispose of the vessels this way
followed the completion of an in
vestigation by special Allied COM
mission.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-06

A Hindu bride is anointed from
head to foot with grease and saffron.
A women's band is one of the at
fractions of the musical life of
the musical life of Allentown, Pa.