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The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
RESOURCES OF ALBANIA

Now that the Rapallo agreement be-
tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia mas
cleared up the status of the northern
part of the eastern coast of the Adri-
attic, Albania Is the only country bor-
derlng on those historic waters about
whose boundaries there is still some
doubt. As one of the countries whose
confines will probably be fixed In the
near future Albania takes on an added
interest. The resources of this portion
of the Balkan peninsula are dealt with
In the following communication TO the
National Geographic society from
Brig. Gen. George z. Scrlven, U. S. A.
who made a tour of the country short
~ after the Austrlans had been driven
out In 1913.
1.-THE Albanlnns are probably neither
so good no so bad as they have been
painted. but certainly they are worth
the effort necessary TO manage their
own affairs and to work their little
farms in the fertile valleys to herd
their sheep and weave their garments
of wool, II only they are let alone.
They do not submit easily to govern
ment; have no love for chance strang-
ers, and are slow to accept change
in the manner of living or Of cultivat-
ing the fields.
'The mountains of Albania are prac-
tically unexplored. Mineral pitch, or
asphaltum, has been known since the
time of the Romans, and near Nalona
| have seen specimens, clean, black
and hard. which promise well. Traces
of petroleum, too, have been found by
the Italians, and 1 am told boring Is
or is about to be, undertaken. copper
and iron are believed to exist In tn"
hills about the Malik valley, and coai,
silver and lead are said to be present
elsewhere in the mountains. Cold
mines were worked IN ancient times
and Albanian silver was known TO
the Venetians, but the whole mountain
country has lain neglected for ages.
The climate of Albania is consid-
cred healthful in the uplands, though
subject to violent changes, which are
trying to the stranger, at certain sea-
sons, even II he is confined to one To-
cality. But when traveller, moving
rapidly about the country In motor
the only practicable way of travel
ing in these days-rushes several thou
sand feet from mountain height,
cold and windy and probably snow-cov-
cred, into a warm, sunshiny valley and
back. again in the fraction of an hour,
It is well to have care.
MAY Is the pleasantest month of
the year and the valleys then LOOK
their best. Snow, of course, lies In the
mountains until well into the spring,
but seldom lasts throughout the sum
mer as the tallest peaks do not attain
an elevation of more than 5000 feet.
"The fever of the Balkans is per
sIstent, but is not especially fatal.
Still it is to be dreaded for Its linger-
ing effects and the great debility it
causes. The usual specific Is quinine,
supply of which is placed on the
mess table or carried about in the
pocket"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12

Of their domain by Russia does not
entirely explain II.
"The Tekklntzl rug, more commonly
known by the less distinctive name OF
BokhGra, Is the loveliest product of tho
desert loom. Its charm lies not in In
trieacy of design. manifold detail, or
symbolic meaning. 1t Is not picture
In wool. Brlllinacy of colorlng Ii does
not have. But In richness Of tone the
Tekklntzi wins Its rlghtful place as
queen of rugs.
Years OF care In selecting the long
flbered, spotless wool, In dyelng 1t In
reds from Bokhara, blues from Az
ghanIstan, or blacks from Merry. with
touch OF orange or yellow now anu
then, and In weaving 1t beneath the
hot sun OF the dry desert, give the
Tekklntzi a character which more hur-
rled methods cannot give. 1t reveals
no trace OF foreign accent, for Its
language of lasting beauty Is bred In
the blood.
For centuries, possibly extending
back TO the Iranlan peoples whom AL
exander found here on his way to In
dla. the Tekke maiden had been taught
to dye and weave. When she was
married TO her Mohammedan husband,
the young bride took with her to her
masters hut the rugs her patient toll
had formed, and he In turn paid cor
responding price to her parents. Her
dowry was her skill and its product.
She was a menlal, but with the soul
of an artist Her toll was long, but
it was not drudgery. She was not n
slave. for her work demanded the in
splratlon of soul. and she had an
envinble position compared with that
OF many of her Oriental sisters in
polygamy.
Gradually these masterpieces In
mahogany, deep chocolate, terra-cotta,
old rose, burnt orange and black found
their way to America, where their ap-
peal was Irresistible. Buyers raced
one another across Europe into the
Transcaspian home of history to Sc
cure the priceless treasures of IA CON
quered race. The skill of the Tekke
woman began TO win Its reward. Her
genius had caused the art world to
wear path to her hut and her open
air loom. But there was the unhappy
side.
"Only the rich young Turkomans
could afford to buy a wife at the ex-
orbitant price her skill made possible.
Parents raised the price of their
daughters, consollng themselves with
the fact that If they could not pro-
duce offspring they could ut least pro-
duce valuable rugs. The age of mar
riage became higher. Caught in trap
which skillful women had woven. the
young men revolted from the exagger-
ated demands of the avarlcIous and
unromantlc parents and sought cheap
er wives elsewhere. while Tekke wom-
en-, robbed of love and enmeshed In
their own skeins of fine wool. dragged
out busy lives OF hated spinsterhood."
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
little seedlIng trees suffered especial.

little Seeding trees suffered especial
ly.
In 1850, because OF massacres, the
European powers Insisted that these
mountains be made autonomous. And
following that date this little district
became a living demonstration of what
good government will produce and OF
what the people of the land are cap
able OF becoming.
The steep mountain sides were ter
raced TO height OF 1000 feet and
planted to olives, figs and vines
Taxes were low, safety to persons and
property secured. good roads built and
kept in repair. The people constructed
more comfortable homes and sent their
sons TO schools and college.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
SYRIA: UNDER FRENCH
AND ZIONIST RULE

Syria. for the control of the northern
part of which the Turkish National
lists are threatening to fight the French
mandate holders, and the southern part
of which is settling quietly under Zion
LIST and British control, is another name
for "the Holy Land:" for under Tur-
key It comprised the region extending
from the Taurus mountains to Egypt,
and from the desert to "the Great
Sea"
Its population numbers about three
and a half millions. of Semitic origin.
speaking the Arabic language, and yet
with SO many races intermingled
through the centuries of the various
conquests and occupations that the
peopIe cannot claim any one race as
their own.
Greek, Roman and European crusad-
er have all blended with the ancient
Semitic stock to produce the Syrians
of today, whom Lord Cromer, in his
memoirs, termed "the cream of the
East"
. In Syria was the one green spot of
Turkey-the Lebanon mountains. In
ancient times the mountains were ev-
erywhere covered with forests. The
cedars of Lebanon not only furnished
timber for the building OF Solomon's
temple I'm Jerusalem, but the kings of
Dgypt annually floated large RATS of
logs from the Syrian coast to supply
the demands of the cities of the Nile
This constant demand from foreign
lands, together with the lack of any
system Of reforestation, has practi-
calIy denuded the mountains of the
whole land.
Once more to cover the mountains
and hills with pine and cedar and
oak woull be simple task IL carried
on systematically, and under the new
control this work is now being under
taken. The chief enemies. in the last
few years, of reforestation by nature
were the herds of goats. which every
spring roamed over the whole country
and devoured every green thing. The
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12

lowing communication to the National
Geographic society:
"If some one asserted that the
American love for Oriental rugs had
changed the marriage customs of
nomadic people, had brought forth on
this globe a comparatively homely
race of human beings, and had buils
up a complex system of morals In the
heart of Asia, 1t would seem like
sensational story. Yet that statement
seems well founded, and love for beau
ty In America has reacted on the IA
cial features of a princely race in
Turkestan with deplorable result.
Truly 1t is small world when an ar
tistic recluse In New York studio
fathers homely son in distant des-
ert Yet the rising generation Of Turko-
mans are distinctively homelier thnn
their princely sires. And the conquest
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
CORK: MOST IRISH CITY
IN IRELAND

Cork, third city of Ireland, CON
siderable part of which was recently
destroyed by fire, bears very super
nclal resemblance to our own New
York In that its nucleus is situated
on an island enfolded by two arms
OF river where Its waters meet II
bay. The comparison soon becomes
n contrast, however. for Cork is city
of less than 10000 souls, has few pub
lie buildings or thoroughfares OF I'M
portance, and was built on low,
swampy site instead Of on the rocky
ribs of Mother Earth.
The stream that enfolded Cork be-
fore Il grew across Its watery bar
rlers is the River Lee which rises In
little lake 70 the north. From i
tiny island in the lake came the pious
hermit st. Fin Barre, who established
monastery on the island at the
mouth of the river in the seventh cen
tury. and frols this start the present
city has grown. Both the Catholic
and Protestant cathedrals OF Cork are
dedicated to this early Irish saint.
At the head of one of the finest
hnrtors in Ireland-a lnnd-locked cove
whose waters are as placid as those
of a Inke-Cori has been subject since
Its establishment to attacks by sea
marauders. Invading Danes burned
the city I'm S21 and again In lOl2,
and after the second destruction
founded on the site Danish trading
post The Irish, again In control OF
the city. submitted to the English in
IlT2, who for many years maintained
precarious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not Ivy force OF arms but by "lnfiltrd-
ton" for before great while the
one-tIme English post was the most
Irish city In Ireland. Its government
entirely In the hands of the people
of Erin.
A tragedy overlook Cork the year
Columbus discovered America, and
was visited most heavily on Its lord
mayor. During that year the city re-
ccived and assisted PerlSin Warbeck.
pretender to the English throne. The
mayor lost his head and the city Its
charter.
Cork's wonderful harbor has given
It a maritime Importance since early
days. Recognition of this fact is seen
in the title of admiral of the port
bestowed on the lord mayor of Cork
by Edward ~ and held by the lords
mayor to the present day.
Queenstown, at the head of the outer
harbor. and practically part of Cork,
is the port of call and departure for
transatlantic liners. This fact has
made Cork a city of sadness to many,
for perhaps a million or more men
and women. in largest part mere boys
and girls forced by economic pressure
to emigrate, have there hidden good
by with set faces and streaming eyes
TO the land they love so well.
While there are practically no points
of great interest in Cork, close by Is
one of the best known and most fire.
quently visited spots In all Ireland.
Ii is the ruined tower of Blarney cas-
tie, stronghold of Cormac Mccarthy,
who, legend has it, instructed by an
old hag he had rescued to kiss one
OF the stones of the tower-the fam
Gus "blarney stone"-became irresist-
ibly eloquent
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
WHY SALTON SEA is SALT

Reports that plans are under way
to develop water power from the Col
orado rlver-which gives ample proof
of the power it can exert in the carv-
ing of the Grand Cunyon-are said
to have aroused apprehension In the
minds of the operators OF irrigated
farms In the Imperial valley Of Call
fornia, near the shores OF the Salton
sea. The Imperial valley depends on
the Colorado for Its irrigation waters.
The Salton sea Is really part of
the Gulf of California with great
ryke of silt separating 1t from the
greater body of water.
MANY centuries ago the Gulf or
California extended to "a point about
$50 miles northwestward from Its
present head" says a communication
to the National Geographic society
from Arthur p. Davis.
at also extended up the present
valley of the Colorado river at least
to Yuma and probably somewhat
above. The Colorado river. rising In
the Wind River mountains OF Wyo-
ming and the Rocky mountains of Col
orado, carved the rocks along its
course and brought the resulting sands
and mud down in It's swift current
discharging them into the arm Of the
gulf near Yuma.
"As this process went on, without
cessation century after century, the
valley was gradually filed, a delta
built up, over which the river flowed
far out into the gulf. 1t encroached
progressively up the shores of the gulf
until 1t built up delta entirely across,
Joining the foothills OF the Cocopah
mountains on the western shore. This
cut Off the head of the gulf, and the
arid climate rapidly evaporated the
waters thus separated and left an in
land depression, which at its lowest
point was nearly 300 feet below sea-
level. 1t is estimated that the amount
of silt carried by the Lower Colorado
river Is sufficient to cover 53 square
miles one foot deep with dry alluvial
soil each year.
"The river continued to bring down
its load of sediment and to build its
delta higher and force 1t farther into
the gulf. Like all such deltalc streams,
Is constantly shifting, cutting one
bank, building up the other, overflow
ing both banks, and during high water
sometimes entirely abandoning an old
channel for new one. In this way
the river has from time to time flowed
into the Salton sea for some years
or centuries, and anon has shifted to
the eastward and discharged again
into the gulf. This is the general
course the river has followed ever
since its discovery by the Spaniards
in the Sixteenth century.
"At high water the river normally
overflows its banks in the valley re-
gions all the way from the Grand
Canyon to the Gulf of California. In
unusually high water. such as oc-
Cured in 1891, the overflow running
into the Salton sink has been suffi-
cient to materially raise the level OF
the lake and overflow the tracks Of
the Southern Pacific railway. which
are built along Its shores
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
Three-Leqqed Whale.

A whale with three legs. the frs,
ever discovered has been caught at
whaling station near British Columbia.
The legs project four feet from the
body near the tail and are about six
inches broad. The whale is female
fifty feet long.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
TURKESTAN: RUGS AND
WOMAN PROBLEMS

Turkestan has been figuring In the
worlds news lately because of the
activities of the Bolsheviki in the
central Asian borderland of the old
Russian empire, but it is known best
to Americans by its wonderful rugs.
How the rug industry has affected the
people of Turkestan is told In the fol-
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
Poisoned by Cream Cakes.

Doctors Lesne, Wolfe and Langle re-
port to the Press Medicale (Paris) a
case of many children being poisoned
by cream cakes that had stood for "a
hours In a window show case. So
many of these cases occur in the sum-
mer time that II Is suggested that
such fllings-made of sugar. gelatin.
ETC., be forbidden.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-12
wh,I, sauaaoe and Steak.

Delicacies made from the flesh o.
whales are now being put on the mar
ket by Newfoundland whalers. Among
them are sausages. meat extract,
canned steaks and tongue.
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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-09-03
LATEST RULING ON
DUCK OPEN SEASON
ATTORNEY GENERAL RULE THAT
SEASON DOES NOT OPEN
UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST

Inasmuch as the game laws of Ne
yada are revised and changed at
every session of the legislature, leav-
ing the sportsmen a more or less
vague comprehension, misunder-
standing of the law prevails at this
time as to the opening season for
wild ducks and geese. Several state
papers have announced that the duck
season opens ON October 16, when as
matter of fact, the season does not
open until October /. This has been
substantiated by the officials of Doug
las county in verbal opinion handed
down by Attorney-General Fowler
The law was changed by the last
Nevada legislature and will open on
October | and close on January Is.
This conflicts with the federal law
governing the opening season on
migratory birds, but holds and gov
erns hunters in Nevada, according TO
the attorney-general.
There can no longer be any confu-
sion as to the opening of the duck
season in Nevada since the attorney
general has announced that in this
instance the Nevada law will take
precedent over the federal law and
those who hunt or kill ducks before
October l will violate the law and be
subject to nt.-Gardnerville
Record-Courier.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-09-03
TWO GREAT EVENTS WILL
OCCUR HERE THIS MONTH

Winnemucca will be treated to two
great events this month, one being
the Rodeo, given by the fire depart
men on Monday, Labor Day, the other
being the gigantic reduction sale to
be held Tuesday, the day following,
by Reinharts.
Reinharts affair will be ten days
duration. and will will be big de-
partment store sale. Each depart
ment will have big reductions.
The department managers have be-
come very enthusiastic over the COM
ing event, and each are trying to
outdo the other. seeing who can give
the public the greater values and re-
ductions. Judging from the full page
advertisement appearing in today's
silver State they huvc~ c~nceernpiished
wonders. The prices look like pre-
war, bring back fond memories. when
a dollar bought hundred cents
worth.
Everyone attending Reinhart's sale
will be given ticket that will entitle
them to an ice cream or ice cream
soda at the Stephenson Drug store
fountain. Everyone in Winnemucca
who happens into Reinhart's on Tues
day will be Mr. Reinhat's guest at
Stephensons. The beauty of this in
vitation, you are not obliged to make
purchase.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-09-03
LONGLEY GOING AWAY

F. NJ. Longley expects to leave soon
for Fort Mckenzie, Wyoming, where
he will be engaged in the building q
a new public health hospital. which
is being erected under the supervision
of J. A. Kirk, formerly in charge OF
work on the local postoffice. Longley
Is to be general foreman of building
operations, it being expected con
struction will require eighteen
months work. Whether Mrs. Long
ley and children accompany him Inn
mediately will depend upon school
conditions there.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-09-03
FIRST OF CLEANUP
SQUAD HERE TO-DAY

Miss Dorothy Williams, advance
representative for the Veterans
cleanup squad" arrived In Winnie
mucca today. Miss Williams is Red
Cross field representative, the Red
Cross cooperating with the govern
ment in reaching disabled veterans. Il
will be her duty to look up men
with claims and make preliminary
arrangements so that the work may
be completed as rapidly as possible
Miss Williams VIII lrmain here
over Sunday. and anyone knowing OF
disabled soldiers or sailors should
communicate their kaowlea~e to he,
at the Overland Hotel
Arrangements here are in charge OF
Duane Bush. chairman of the loca
chapter of the Red Cross. and Nor
man Bell, commander of the Local
post, American Legion. from whom
Information may also be obtained.
Transportation will be furnished
to applicants writing to Contact
Unit. 240 Flood Bldg. San Francisco.
Winnemucca will be headquarters
for the cleanup squad and here the
members viii, take up all cases known
of in Humboldt, Pershing and Lander
counties. The squad will be here
September % and "a, meeting in the
Legion rooms at the court house.