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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
WHEN THE NEAR EAST is
CIVILIZED

Roughly speaking. Turkey was d.
vided into five great provinces or dis.
tricts-Anatolia, Armenia, Kurdistan,
Mesopotamia and Syria"
With this Introduction William III.
Hail. writing to the National Geograph-
ic society, sketches the resources OF
Turkey, which have an opportunity for
development with measures that may
lessen the horrors of misrule, injustice
deportations, massacres and famines.
He continues:
1.-THE same broad plains that once
fed and clothed a population of 49,
100000 human beings are waiting to-
day for the pillow, the seed and the
reaper. The mountains still hold
riches of coal and iron and copper.
The quarries still have abundance of
choice marbles. The rivers are po-
tent with power to turn the wheels
of industry. The natural harbors in
vite the fleets Of merchantmen and
the river valleys and mountain passes
offer natural lines of communication
and transportation, as in the days
when great caravans passed along
these natural highways, bringing the
merchandise of the East to the mar
kets of the West.
"The whole land has been lying fall
low for centuries-a land that modern
exploration reveals as one Of the rich
est in natural resources and as unsur-
passed by its geographic location for
being the trade center of the world.
Exclusive of Arabia, which was
never more than nominally under the
Ottoman dominion, the Turkish empire
embraced about $4,000 square miles
of territory at the beginning of the
World war. Only about 10000 square
miles of this were In Europe. The
Turkish empire was equivalent to the
combined areas Of the British Isles,
France and pre-war Germany. 1t was
larger than all of the area east Of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers.
1.-THE boundaries were the Black sea
and Caucasus on the north, Egypt on
the south, the Aegean and Mediter-
ranean seas on the west, and the
Syrian desert and Persia on the east.
Turkey In Europe was almost a
negligible area. as the Balkan wars
stripped the Turks of all their Eu-
ropean possessions except CONSTANT
nople and q narrow territory along the
Bosporus and Dardanelles some 40
miles in width; so that when the Turk
ish empire has been referred to In re-
cent years, Asiatic Turkey was nearly
all that the term embraced.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
THE TEMPLE CITIES OF
JAPAN

Many feet have been treading their
way to the shrines in the temple cities
of Japan in recent months.
In the temples of Tokyo many bits
OF American pocket money went to a
priest for writing a pretty prayer on
true pilgrim fashion, pressed to his
forehead and to his breast and then
fastened to the temple wall in order
that 1t might be perpetual petition.
There are 10000 deities to whom de-
vout japanese write. so a few Amer
leans pleas scarcely clogged the &C.
lestial postal service.
There were many native pilgrims on
the way to the shrines. During the
summer months when the crops have
been taken care Of, the village folk,
Though they have the temples of their
own patron deity and the fox god, feel
that they must send out a pilgrim or
two to the sacred mountains and holy
places of Japan to worship in behalf
of those who cannot go, and so they
provide fund for his expenses.
Nor does the emissary travel in
state. Life for him loses most of its
complexities. He is equipped with a
cheap white cotton shirt that can be
easily washed, tight-fitting trousers
and loose white cotton jacket which
he tucks In with a girdle. He wears
an enormous broad, stiff straw hat,
and on his back he carries piece of
mating which serves him as an UNI
brella by day and as bed by night
He carries his luggage in two bundles,
one on his back and the other in front,
usually labeled with the name Of the
shrine he Is to visit, and somewhere
about his person there is hung a little
bell which tinkles as he stumps along
over the weary road from mountain
to mountain.
In August the pilgrim rolls off his
mat and the visitor from foreign lands
climbs out of bed at the crack of
dawn to hear the lotus flower bloom,
for the buds burst with a pleasing
characteristic sound.
III Nlkko is the most Deautlful city
in Japan, Kyoto can be called the most
interesting. Here the feminine visitor
finds herself bewildered by the most
exquisitely wrought of all the exquis-
lite pottery, cloisonne, bronzes, fans
and velvets. After she has bought
more than she can comfortably get
home with, she probably will want to
see bit of the mikado's palace which
covers over twenty-five acres of
ground and is surrounded by great
wall with six gates, or journey out
to see the largest lake in Japan, Lake
Biwa, and the 1,200-year-old pine tree
which stands near 1t.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
HOW SUGAR MADE CUBA
A WORLD Ell DORADO

Sugar, like shoes, we once took for
granted. But procuring enough for
the preserving season was problem
and sugar "speak castles" are still not
uncommon In lands where the supply
is rationed.
Writing to the National Geographic
society, William Joseph Showalter
says:
with a sugar production nearly
doubled and prices more than quad
rupled since 1912, one can readily see
why Cuba is the worlds Eel Dorado of
1920 and why sugar is its king.
1.-THE imagination is almost over
powered in attempting to comprehend
the vast proportions of the sugar In
dustry Of the island as 1t exists this
year.
1.-THE cane produced is of such tire
mendous volume that a procession of
bull teams four abreast, reaching
around the earth, would be required
TO move IL. The crop would suffice to
build solid wall around the entire
two thousand miles of the islands
coast line as high as an ordinary dwell
ing house and thick enough for a file
Of four men to walk abreast on It.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
BIRDS HAVE YANKEE ACCENT
Londoners Complain That Imported
Parrots Are Spelling the Pronun-
citation of Their Fellows.

The American accent has invaded
even the parrot house at the geological
gardens here. according to London
correspondent Of the Detroit News.
A large consignment of birds has
arrived from America. Many have
names that suggest cocktails. Hither-
to scientists may have doubted the
ability of cockatoos to acquire rec
ognizable accent, but two of these
birds fresh from the New York zoo
speak unmistakable American.
They ask repeatedly for "clam
oysters on half shell" and beg their
amused visitors for hominy or Call
fornia peanuts. Sometimes in an out
burst of patriotism they repeat "Cali-
fornla" until II would appear that II is
the only word in their vocabulary. And
now very small green parrot In the
cage next door is trying to say
california" too.
A disguised keeper stands outside
his cage saying London, London,
London" but the small green parrot
does not seem to admire his accent so
much as that of his feathered trans
atlantic friends.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
LUCERNE: THE HOSTESS
OF SWITZERLAND

Lucerne, scene of important confer.
ences among allied statesmen, Is a
precious jewel among Swiss cities
with the lake of the same name for
Its setting-a lake where varied beauty
and historic association are blended.
On that lakes shores William Tell is
reputed to have exhibited his marks
manship to the discontinue of Gessler
and on its waters tradition holds he
won his revenge by Selling the rudder
OF the vessel on which that tyrant held
him prisoner and guided 1t to the rock
where he aimed, not at an apple, but
at his oppressor's heart.
Less picturesque, but more signifi-
cant, was the formulation of the per-
petual league. That famous instru-
ment not only was the antecedent Of
the Swiss confederation, but marked
a mile post in numanitys political
freedom.
Beloved by tourists and crowded
with them in normal years, Lucerne
has retained many of it's ancient as
poets. Its crumbllng wall with it's
watch towers give 1t medieval
stamp; two of It's covered wooden
bridges also serve as art galleries.
On the walls Of one are depicted
scenes of the cty's history and the
other has paintings of the "Dance Of
Death"
Perhaps the most famed art object
N nv &c no I NJ
sidered by one critic "the most appro-
pirate and touching monument in ex-
istence." In a grotto, hewn from the
natural rock, Is a dying lion pierced
by a lance, with his paw protecting
the fleur-de-lys of the Bourbons. Thor
waldsen, Danish sculptor, designed
this tribute to the Swiss guard who
died In seeking to protect Louis XVI
against the mob of Paris revolution
lists that stormed the Tulleries in 1892.
Many quaint houses remain, includ-
ing the wooden structures whose in
fammability gave rise to curious fire
regulations. Wood for building could
not lie in the streets more than "a
hours. No smithy could work between
vespers and early mass. Every citi-
zen was a potential fire fighter and
the citizens brigade when called to
fire had to await word from the mayor
for dismissal. Women were required
To aid at night by holding lights in the
ooorways. Until two centuries ago
the city fathers were assigned special
duties in fire fighting.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
NEITHER WARS NOR RENTS
DISTURB THIS CURIOUS
PEOPLE

The cone jewellers of Asia Minor,
technically known as the Troglodytes
of Cappadocia, are harassed not at
all by the housing problem, for they
live in nature-made apartment houses,
fashioned by trickling streams and vol
canic violence.
Nor is 1t likely that they are con-
cerned in the least about their pollti-
cal fate, for, though they inhabit what
is characterized as the cradle Of civil
lization," they are more primitive in
some particulars than the most be-
nighted tribes Of Africa or the South
Pacific.
A communication by J. r. Sitlington
Sterrett to the National Geographic
society describes the Cappadocians as
follows:
Residing within a stones throw,
metaphorically speaking, of the won
derful civilization which fourished on
the banks Of the Nile 5000 years ago;
of the mighty kingdoms of Assyria and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
DR.. THOUGHT
he WAS DEAD
Three Years or More Bronchial
Trouble and Bad Cough Did
Not Respond to Treat
ment. Was Given Up.
FEELING FINE NOW.

For three years or more / had been
troubled with bronchial trouble and q
very bad cough. l just kept going
down hill, my nerves were completely
worn out 1t seemed and had no appe-
tite and went down in weight from
40 pounds to 10 pounds and the doe
tor that treated me for two years
just gave me up. | was so weak |
couldn't get out of the house and
thought l was going to die.
IL had tried everything there was
to try until l saw Hypo-Cod advertised
In the Detroit paper, so 1 sent for two
bottles and before l had taken half
of one bottle l began to feel better,
and by the time | had the first bottle
was able to get ont and walk around,
so l weighed myself and l had gained
five pounds on the first bottle and in
a few days i was able to walk down
town, and the people that thought
was going to die would ask me what
/ had taken, and l surely told them
Earle's Hypo-Cod. also met the doc
tor that had treated me for two years
and he said why, / thought you were
dead but here 1 am feeling fine, and
working every day, and weigh five
pounds more than / ever weighed.
know If l had not taken this tonic
would have been dead now, or 1 be-
lieve so anyway. l know Hypo-Cod is
the greatest medicine in the world and
l cannot say enough for it," declared
Mr.. b. II. Owen, (painter) 511 n. Syca-
more ST., Lansing, Mich.
You can get the genuine Earle's
Hypo-Cod in the famous orange col
ored carton which has been recon-
mended by thousands of users at your
druggists.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

both ancient and modern times are TO
be found in greatest number In the
shadow of Asia Minors loftiest peak,
snow-clad Mt. Argaeus (called by the
Turks Erjias Dagh), an extinct vol
cano whose eruption In the dim past
laid the foundations and supplied the
material for these remarkable habita-
lions, while the Hays river of the
ancients (now known as Kill Irmak)
In succeeding centuries became their
tireless architect.
The practice of living In caves, In
cliffs or In excavated cavities In the
open plain is to be traced to a state
OF society which we of today have
some difficulty In depicting to our
selves. And yet the central thought
OF the Troglodytic habit is the basic
principle upon which ancient civiliza-
ticn was founded.
"1hey have sought and found for
themselves complete isolation. They
seem to have none Of the instincts of
agricultural man and they are wholly
inhoslitable
he entrances to their dwellings
are high up In the almost perpendicu-
lar walls of the cliffs, and they are
reached solely by means of long poles,
which are light enough to be drawn
up when the lord of the den and his
family are safely housed. And when
housed they really are safe from in
trusicn. for II would require a host to
force an entrance against the will of
the family.
'Onc ancient writer tells us that
some Troglodytes made a practice of
killing all those who were not in first
rate physical condition, on the ground
that man who cannot earn his own
living has no right to live; and when
one sees these dwellings, one can i'm
agine still another reason for killing
off the aged and the infirm-because
Of their inability to get in or out Of
the house."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

THE sugar extracted from this cane
Ing from Havana to New York, with
n ship for every mile of the twelve
hundred that stretch between the two
ports. The great pyramid of Cheops,
before whose awe-inspiring proper
lions millionsl of people have stood
and gazed In open-mouthed amaze
ment, remains, after five thousand
years unrivaled az monumental pile
but Cuba's sugar output this year
would make two pyramids, each out
basing and overlapping Cheops.
THE wealth the outgoing sugar crop
brings in Is not less remarkable in its
proportions. Four hundred dollars out
OF a single crop for every human be-
Ing who lives on the island-a sum
almost as great as the per capita
wealth produced by all the farms. all
the factories, and all the mines of the
United States.
What wonder, then, that Cuba to-
day Is land of gold and gems, richer
than Midas ever was, converting
Croesus by contrast, into beggar?
"How much net profit the cane grow
er reaps at 1920 prices is hard to es-
innate. but that it is large will appear
when the methods Of cane growing are
stated. To begin with, after the first
crop the planter does not have TO
bother with seed time for about ten
years. The soil is so deep and so
fertile that one planting produces ten
harvests. Neither does cultivation
bother him after the first season. for
the blades stripped from one crop
form n mulch that keeps the weeds
from competing with the next one"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
Stomach
on Strike
20 Years

"Eatonic is wonderful" says @. w.
Burton. 81 had been q sufferer from
stomach trouble for 20 years and now
I am WELL"
Eatonic gets right after the cause Of
stomach troubles by taking up and
carrying out the acidity and gases and
of course, when the cause is removed,
the sufferer gets well. If you have
sourness, belching, Indigestion, food
repeating or any other stomach
trouble, take Eatonic tablets after
each meal and find relief. Big box
costs only trifie with your druggists
guarantee.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

Babylonia which arose In the valleys
of the Euphrates and the Tigris, their
power and splendor dazzling the world
1000 years before the Christian era (;
and at the very threshold of ancient
Greece. with It's unrivaled culture and
political advancement, the Troglodytes
Of Cappadocia still retain toward their
fellow men an attitude of mind akin to
that which obtained In the stone age,
when there was no such thing as hui
man society, but every man was his
own law and the mortal enemy Of his
nejghbor.
'Ihe caves, cones and cliff dwellings
Of the Cappadocian Troglodytes Of
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

When school opened this fall, Har-
old had new teacher. He reported
on her to his mother as follows:
"Her name is Miss Albright. and
she is bright, and believe me, she is
going to make the rest Of us bright
or know the reason why"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

and took It and am feeling well and
doing a good days work. When /
commenced taking the Anuric Tablets
II could hardly get out Of bed, felt as
though knife was sticking In my
back.s-A. @. BLoDaETT.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

It's all due to
an over-abund-
ance of that
poison, called
uric acid. The
kidneys are not
able to get rid
of it. Such
conditions you
can readily
overcome, and
prolong life by
taking the adj
vice of Doctor
Pierce, which is,
keep the kid
news in GOOD
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

suits In my family
for years. At one
time 1 was taken
with La Grippe and
1t left me run down
and with pains In
my hips and back.
/ took differ t
medicines without
getting any benefit.
At last l sent and
got som Q A nuric
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

order" Avoid too much meat,
alcohol or tea. Drink plenty Of
pure water, preferably hot water,
before meals, and drive the uric
acid out Of the system by taking
'Anuric.' This can be obtained at
any drug store, in tablet form.
Roy RIVER, MINI. ~ have used
DIR Pierce's medicines with good re-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
Noncommittal.

Bachelor Friend-Can your wife
cook?
Young Husband (evasively)-Well,
she can make good family stew.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
Alrman Lived on Jack Rabbits.

Amman Lived on Jack Rabbits.
Stranded in a Nevada desert, Earl
Ailor, former army AVIATOR. lived for
six weeks on jack rabbits, while re-
pairing q defect in is plane.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28
Ouch! Such Pain!

1t takes you right in the back |
Sometimes in the arm, hip or foot.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-28

Tigers are found only in Asia.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
MAY GAEL SPECIAL
ELECTION ON THE
AUDITORIUM SALE

s, The city commission will hold a
special meeting within the next few
days, at which time definite action
will be taken in regard tt the, pro-
posed purchase by the city of the
auditorium. At that time the COM
mission probably will call a special
election to submit the proposition to
the voters.
r.. B. Gnfnth, E. J. Lander and
Observation-Disclosures the Oratorio
Aociety,Sappeared before the commits
sxlonSysstsrdAy in regard to the matter.
sThcssfor 1i1ittee said that II taken at
once the building could be purchased
for Approximately $4,000. only $4,000
Of which must be paid at once. At
present the committee is endeavoring
to obtain waivers Of further claims
against the building from the holders
Iof the second IN mortgage.
John. Eickhof, building contractor,
told the commission that it would cost
$500 to reproduce the building at
present. All necessary repairs. in
Guiding redeqorating the interior, can
be, niadeSfor About $4,000. he said.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
Tag nay Report
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ORGANIZED AT THE
GRAND FORKS HIGH

+ AZ club, composed Of the Junior and
senior scemmerciaL students of the
}5hikh school. WAS acknowledgements
aftefnoon., for the. purpose OF advanc-
5iNgsfheskudents practica1 knowledge
~ business. Various local business
iriensofsasthe city, Will, address the club
ma ssexplaihst IL. 1.-The members practical
6ustltsss expefiences that come into
sCpnHanefciaI aife.
ESt1ow4ag each session of the club
s4sbuei4is hour Will be held and re-
5kfe16menta slerved. The following
o6pADsS we're Sch6dsen for the club:
sP4eGsdentr--Chesfe Mckay, senior.
E53Nlce Presjd ert-Ruth Turner,
Teess1teF-~Li1lian Leo. Junior.
MISUNDERSTANDING McHa4ne, senior.
s1naeeant ~ A~rfns---Fred Yoder.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18

~ The Dakota Playmakers tonight will
give their first public performance OF
the season. They will present three
one-act plays upon their play-stagc in
Woodwork auditorium. Tonight's per-
Torrance will begin at Sens o'clock.
The plays will be repeated tomorrow
night. y
and the Poet,".a sketch by Lord Dun
sany, author Of "The Gods Of the
Mountain" and many other. very cx-
cellent dramatic bits:, ION Ball. by
George Middleton, who finally has re-
ceived a serious Broadway hearing;
and Suppressed Desires" by George
Cram Cook and Susan Glaspelf, who
Ihave added much to the work of the
Provincetown Players.
Tickets for.the performances are on
sale at Poppier,s Piano company store
and the University. book. store. Only a
limited.:numSe.Eu be sold, as the
WOODWORK auditorium seats only 400.
Thescasts. OF the plays are as fol-
Fame ~ the Poet, a sketch By Lord
go 81 ss Dunsany:
Fame 80 Eerneita .Thompson
Pratt1e So ... Leland Schuster
The Poet ............ Mark Ferguson
Director-George Grain.
Coach-Bcatrice Olson.
On Bail. tragedy, by George Mid
&dleton.
Father .s.t $3.50. Franklin Phelps
Moat 1hses 60 r.. &. Edna Hesketh
Son ~ ~. -. Stewart Clifford
iohn. Grinncl.
coach-Mrs. John Cooley.
1865. -
Suppressed Desires. Feudian satire,
by George Cram, Cook and Susan
.Es.+ Glaspell.
Henrietta Brewster .........
..... ~. Geraldine McNicol
Stephen 4 Brewster ..... Dean Leick
Mabel $3.50. .,..... Annie Mitchell
Director-Ruby Crothers.
CoAch-Franz Rickaby,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
E~ECISEATORS WILL
i HEAR SEN. M'CARRY

Staxeal3EtsiAtors OF Grand Fork
county are to be invited to hear Sen
ator p. f.. McCarry Of. Walker, Mimi.
when he speaks at the special m, NJ
bership dinner to be he'll December. {.
according to II. Mayns Stanton, sec-
Rotary of: the. club.
the Rabcock amendmenthunder which
the Minnesota road building program
will be carried out. AS it is desired
TO have a similar an,endmsnt dis
cEssed in this state. it is planned IL
get all Of the .legisla.or peh;nd the
movement: y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
Personnel OF

The visiting nurses committee of
the Public Welfare association con-
sists OF the following members: Mrs.
j. A. Poppler, chairman; Mrs. A.. p.
Clifford. Mrs. Jas. Collins. Mrs. G.. w.
Denniston, chairman of supply com
Rafttee; o. j. Barnes. chairman Of diet
committee; Miss Catherine Whitley,
DR.. James Grassick. Dr.E. r. Robert
son and Mrs. Robert Green. secretary.
To secure necessary funds. a mem
berahip campaign was i~nauguratedi
lastsssprfng for the. purpose OF inviting
citizens to join the Public Weifareeas-
sociAtion at one dollar per year. c
a. report was given o. he progress
and present results of this campaign.
II being necessary to- secure funds
for Immediate use In July. the Red
eros was asked for help And respond
ed with 5000 which, with q small LOAF
made by local man, carried the asso-
citation through until Tag Day receipts
aary, for h >purchase OF a a for use
by the visiting nurse was 'obtained by
a subscription from local business
men. and the city board of health
agreed to pay for the gasoline used as
we'll rs for the general upkeep Of the
car.aa
Tag nay Report
The receipts Of the Tag Day, arrang-
ed Septemb rs by the finance ON
naittee. amounted to $1.462.31. and
through tho efforts Of Dr.. Grassick
the mount Of 500 was received from
the Anti-Tuberculosis association.
In the course Of the report OF the
work Of the visiting nurse. it was
pointed out that the d:spenMry main
rained ut st. Michaei's hospital is the
only child clinic in the entire state.