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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-30

"Hsah. conductah, "yelled the in
furiated southerner, that was my
station. sub! Why didn't you stop
theaha subj"
I'VE don't stop there no more."
said the conductor. THE engineah's
mad with the station ageni
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-30

but the following list OF lengths Of
the principal rivers Of the world has
been compiled by the United States
Geological Survey, Department Of the
Interior, from various sources and is
probably as nearly accurate as any
other to be had. The United states
has the distinction Of containing
within its borders the longest river
system in the world-the Mississippi
Missouri. Distances given in even
hundreds of miles are approximate:
Miles
Mississippi Omitted States from
extreme source ~...2, 4S6
Missouri Omitted states from
extreme source .....2,945
Mississippi Missouri (U. 1921
Nile (Africa) .............4, 1000
Amazon (Brazil) ......... 1900
OBJ (Siberia) ............. 5000
Yangtze-Kiang (China) S,1O0
Amur (China) .....-. 1000
Kongo (Africa) 1900
Yenisei (Siberia) 2,S00
Hwang yellow (China) 400
Lena (Siberia) ...... 2.COO
Manipulating (Australiaj. 2.31O
Yukon. Alaska sand Canada( I, s.3O0
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
American Influence
CroUs in China

SHANGHAI. Aug. 2o.--An indi
cation of how swiftly American In.
fluence is growing in Shanghai
which Is China's greatest CONNER
cial center, is to be seen in a COM
parison OF the amount of business
done at the American postal agency
in Shanghai with that OF posto ifices
in the, United States.
A report issued recently by the
postcffIce department which shows
post receipts OF so leading postsf-
fices in the United States records
that only 1s OF these made increas-
es in the month OF May. 1890 over
the same month the preceding year
and the largest increase was 1882
per cent. The increase in postal
receipts In Shanghai In April, 1921
over the same month the preceding
year was 17s per cent and the May
Increase was 123 per cent
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
WANT SCENIC
ROAD To LINK
COAST PARKS

YOSEMITE Calf, Aug. 90
Prominent San Francisco and Los
Angeles business men. directors OF
the Yosemite National Park conf
pany. today began a ten days trip
Of inspection to sequcia, General
Grant and Yosemite national parks,
10 study transportation develop
ment and what enlargements and
Improvements In tourist accommo-
dations are needed for the 1929
season.
Included in the party are A. b.
e. Dohrmann, president. A. I. Es-
berg. vice president, John Drum,
Frederick j. Roster. r. p. Schwerin,
and r. s. Shainwald. all of San
Francisco; II. NJ. Haideman, vice
president. Harry Chandler J. H..
Coverley. Gen, NJ. II sreman. and
n II Whittier, all OF Los Angeles.
Travelling by automobile, the par
ty will follow routes connecting the
beauty spots OF the Sierra Nevadas
from Sequoia on the south to Lake
Tahoe on the north. II Is the hope
of these men, as expressed by Mr..
Dohrmann, the president, that Cali
fornia's mountains in the not dis
tant future will become to the world
what Switzerland has been to Eur
ope. With highways ,traversing the
mountains and stage lines cooper
atng with the railroads in carrying
visitors into the open places, they
believe that no other region In the
world could compare with the noun
tains OF the Pacific Coast in draw
ing patronage from every state and
every country.
a start In this direction already
has been made in the operation OF
the Tioga tour over the Toiga road
between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, |
q big touring car making the trip
Dolly in both directions, whether
full or empty. Some day. IL is be-
iieved. similar service may connect
all the resorts of California, perha DIS
extend northward to Crater Lake
national park in Oregon and Rain
Ter national park in Washington.
When that time comes. according
10 keen observers. there will be not
\ few thousand visitors to Caiifor-
mia and the Pacific coast each year.
but million or more, with the
number growing all the time.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20

FIRST BAPTIsT CHURCH, Garner
and Eighth.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
AT THE CHURCHES

No changes win be made In this
column unless the copy is at The
Evening Herald office by o'clock
Friday evening.
SACRED HEART CHURCH. cor. OF
Eighth and High, Rev. Hugh J. Mar
shall. Rev. J. v. Molloy.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
LIST Mass at $3.50
2nd Mass and Bencdictlon at $40.
No evening services.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE society sf
klamath Falls hold services In the
lower room OF the Library building,
corner OF Third and Main streets,
every Sunday morning at II o'clock
and every Wednesday evening Mt s
o'clock.
The Sunday school session 10 from
s:45 to 1o:i5 every Sunday morn
ing. The subject for Sunday is:
Mind"
The free reading room ana free
lending library Is open from $3.50 to-
$3.50 on Tuesdays. Thursdays and
FIRST BAI-TIsT CHURCH, Garner
and Eighth.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
Half of Teeth NosU
Pulled Could Be
l Saued Says Dentist

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Aug. ,2o.-
More than so per cent OF the teeth
now being extracted could ba saw
ed by proper treatment, DR.. J. +.
Biddle OF the University Of Pitts
burg told the national dental asso-
citation here today.
Teeth are in many cases the
source Of body ailments and their
extractions has in some instances re-
suited In cures which seem almost
miraculous" DR.. Biddle said.
However. we must not lose sight
Of the fact that many times teeth
are sacrificed with the hope Of cur
ing almost every disease known to
science.
"Undobtedly abscessed or pulp
less teeth should not be permitted
10 remain in the mouth II they can
sot' be- put in health condition
On the other hand all teeth II
which pulps have been removes
shouid not be condemned"
Proper treatment which DR.. Bid
lie said would save half the teetl
being pulled consisted Of "infinit
care on the part Of the operator
strict observance Of approved meth
DDS of sterilization, the verifying Q
results by the x-ray. and follow-u
BY examination and X-ray at res
ular intervals"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
Astoria Chinese Dead,
Tong War Suspected

ASTORIA. Aug. 20.-The warm
body OF Lum In Y'ng. Chinaman,
was found in stairway with his
throat cut. Money and watch on
the dead mans person were untouch-
ed. Police suspect tong trouble, but
many Cinnamon questioned today de-
NY any surhc uprising.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Tonth and High. Rov. \. J, CLANCY,
pastor, 1905 High st.. Phone b37-w.
. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
corner Sixth ana Pine strocts. Rcv.
Arthur Rico, minister.
90
EMMANUEL BAPTIST. Church
Eleventh and High stroots, Rev, J.,
II. Dickson. pastor; High St; Phone
bO2J.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20

CHRISTIAN CfiUHCn, corner sth
and Pine streets. q. =. Trimbio. pas
tor. 2i07 wantlnnd Avo. Phone
aa0-R.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20

An income tax 10 the price Of sd-
mission to . theatre.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20
Fnz' SCHOOL or POPULAR

I have constructed thru yoars Of
experience tho only course that
teaches you to play tho piano by
NOTE and by EAR In 10 TO 20 ica-
sons. Write for particulars, 70l 1lth
ST., klamath Fails, Orc. Phone 3G7R.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-08-20

Make that Idle doiiar work! Put
Il In the bank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

are populous towns which are wholly
subterranean, not a house being in
sight from the point of view Of an
approaching traveller. 1t is a desert
region, fearfully hot in the daytime,
and beset by frequent sandstorms. ITO
escape the latter, as well as the un-
bearable sunshine. pits are sunk in
the ground and expanded for living
quarters below, rooms and storehouses
being dug out of the sides, as well as
stables for donkeys, sheep and goats
In way, the pit villages of Tunisia
are not very dissinilar to those of
Northern China, the underground
houses being likewise dug out Of soft
rock. But the dwellings are more
spacious and better contrived, with a
sort of central well fifteen feet deep
around which are the excavated
rooms. Even the tables and beds are
cut out Of the rock, thereby simplify
ing the question of furniture. The
walls Of the rooms are whitewashed,
and on the floors are goatskin rugs.
The entrance 10 a house of this
kind is not by way of the pit, but
through a tunnel which opens some
distance away at the ground level, so
as to afford a comfortable slant for
walking or driving the animals. The
circular bottom OF the central open
ing serves as a sort Of courtyard. open
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06
Excavating A House

Great numbers of these "anthills"
have been occupied since prehistoric
times as dwellings. their material be-
ing soft enough TO make 1t an easy
matter to dig them out inside with
pick and shovel, and convert them
into houses which in many instances
have several floors, each story having
windows. There Is. Of course, a door
at the ground level, and sort OF tun.
mel slanting upward serves in lieu Of
staircase. by which to ascend or de-
scend.
On entering one Of these "anthill"
houses, the visitor finds himself in a
spacious room with shelves of stone
cut in the walls, and very decently
furnished withal. There are rugs on
the floor and the'whole aspect of the
domicile is one Of substantial comfort.
Many of the cones are occupied by
descendants of ancient inhabitants.
They are believed to have been ten
anted by the Hittltes a thousand years
before King Solomon was born. and
it is likely that their history as hu-
man habitations dates much further
back.
In the northernmost island Of the
Japanese archipelago there dwell
aboriginal tribes Of hairy people who
call themselves the Ainu. The Jap
anese call them earth SPIDERS" be-
cause in former times they dwelt un.
derground, and even at the present day
many of them occupy subterranean
houses.
Wherever in the world pit-dwellers
are found, their villages date back to
remote antiquity. 1t is so in North
ern China. Likewise in America,
where subterranean towns seem sn-
GENTLY to have existed all along the
west coast from the Aleutian Islands
TO Central America. There is such a
village, long ago deserted. in the
neighborhood Of Cape Prince, Of
Wales, on the Alaskan side of Bering
Strait; and even now the natives Of
Terra del Fuego. at the southern ex-
;remity of the continent, make their
homes in holes in the ground.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06
-H% N2</2<V (>SSS5>S N4~%-<i2
1E2>S1o~ ~NSz& [[<0~,
1t is supposed that the sides between

1t is supposed that the sides between
the roof and the ground were made
weathertight by a waiting daubed
with clay or banked with earth. Thus
the finished dwelling had the appear
ance of a small circular mound, when
viewed from above. the roof being
overlaid with clay. More than 100 of
these houses were uncovered, all of
them substantially alike in pattern,
except that few were evidently
Kitchens. each of them designed for
the use of several families, with half
a-dozen or more hearths and a corre-
spending number of meal-grinding
stones, so that number of women
could cook or prepare material for
bread at the same time. Fragments
were found of the large pottery jars
in which the meal was stored.
1t would be most interesting to know
what people these were who dwelt in
the underground village. Presumably
they had other towns in that region,
built in the same fashion; but If so,
time has effaced surface signs Of them
lso effectually that they are likely never
TO be discovered. The one here de-
scribed had for its most remarkable
feature pit of great size, eighty-four
feet in diameter which was undoubt-
edly an amphitheatre for dances and
ceremonials of a religious character,
its bottom being encircled by bench
of earth for the seating of spectators.
South of the Black Sea and north
of the Taurus Mountains, in Asia
Minor, there is a lofty and rugged
| plateau which in prehistoric times was
the scene of tremendous volcanic ac-
tiyity. Burning mountains over
whelmed the whole region with floods
of volcanic mud, which. hardening
into rock, has in the neighborhood OF
Mount Argaeus given to the landscape
most extraordinary aspect, owing &c
subsequent erosion. The "weathering'
action of water and wind has there
over a wide area, produced an effect
weird in the last degree, hundreds Of
square miles being covered with con.
ical pinnacles which rather strikingly
Fesemble the gigantic anthills built
! by termites in the African tropics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

20 the sky, where the everyday work
of the household is done by the wom-
en-. In the middle of 1t is cistern,
to catch rain, every drop of which Is
precious in that dry country.
One of these subterranean Ncities,
which has population of 5000, is
called Matmata, and is situated about
thirty miles south of Gabes, French
garrison town on the African side of
the Mediterranean. The pit-dwellers
are Berbers, Of Arab stock, and their
villages are very ancient, having been
occupied by this race of people for at
least thirty centuries and probably
much longer.
Inhabited Mountains
Elsewhere in the same region there
are mountains full of caves which
have been tenanted by Berber tribes
since the days Of the earliest Phar-
aohs. The caves, with connecting tun-
nels, are dug out of the soft rock in
such wise as to suggest resemblance
TO anthills. One Of the most remark
able of these inhabited mountains Is
called Ghourmessa. 1t is the top of a
great sugarloaf-shaped hill, with the
point cut off. and in former days was
an impregnable stronghold, crowned
by fort.
Nowadays, under French military
control. there is peace in that part OF
the world but formerly the inhab-
itants had reason to dread the raids Of
the fierce robber Touaregs, who
swooping unexpected upon town
would massacre all the male resident:
and even the female children, carry
ing off the young women on their rae.
ing camels, together with whatever
loot could be secured. Hence the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

tied communities on the earth. quite
recently a subterranean town was dis
covered by ethnologists of the Smith
sonan Institution near Luna, in New
Mexico 1t was evidently prehistoric,
having been deserted bv its inhabitants
so long ago that since their occupancy
a forest of tall trees had sprouted,
grown and died on top of it, leaving
behind many huge stumps.
This underground village, on a slope
above the San Francisco River, might
never have been unearthed had it not
been for accidental observation of odd
looking circular patches of weeds
which grew much higher than weeds
Of the same kind around about. These
patches scattered over a wide area,
indicated a soil that was moister and
more fertile. Why? To find out, the
ethnologists dug into one of them, and
found that beneath It there had once
been a deep hole fourteen feet in
diameter
0 Subterranean Kitchens
Farther excavation developed the
fact that the hole had been a human
dwelling. Circular in shape, It con-
tained a hearth for cooking, fiat
stone for grinding corn to meal, va
rious utensils and implements, and
other things indicating long occu-
pancy Eight tall posts had supported
a roof high enough to rise three feet
above the ground level. and in the
middle Of which was probably a sort
of hatchway, notched ladder serv-
! ing for entrance and exit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06
A Picture Romance 1.-THE Greater Claim Off for a
Vacation Two Comedy Stars-Tom Moore's Mar.
RAGE "Made in Heaven" Real Cowboy.

III 7 was the qu.ntessenCe Of romance
hat eliminated In the marriage at
IL Greenwich. Conn, on the day after
= Christmas. OF Dorothy Glsh, favorite
comctienno OF the films. and James
Rennie, her leading man ia her cur
rent picture. Flying Pat"
Miss Gish arrived In New York from
California about o year ago 20 make
q series OF pictures IN the East and q
few evenings later went 20 the Henry
Miller Theatre TO sec Ruth Chaucrton
In Moonlight and Honeysuckfc." Mr
Rennie was playing opposite Miss
chatterton and Miss Gish was duly and
truly Impressed what "a wonderful
type for pictures" % is related she
whispered TO her sister, Lillian, I'D
like him for my leading man"
Accordingly, an interview was or-
ranged and Mr. Rennie was engaged
as Miss Gish's leading man in "Ro-
modelling Her Husband" Lillian Gish
acted. she now admits. in the dual
capacity OF director and chaperone Tor
her younger sister. Tho picture was a
big success and the acting. be It now
known. was not only most acceptable
70 the public but most agreeable 70 the
principals.
When the plans for "Flying Pat
were being laid, Mr.. Rcnnie was again
engaged as leading man. being most
appropriately cast. as he Is a veteran
Of the Royal Flying Corps. In INC
picture Miss Glsh takes several trip,
among the clouds IN an airplane and
although the story called for another
sr'a..- '1 ar-' 're r1- r w1s Mr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

the little star is great student, and
declares she wants TO learn all about
the history OF every single castle,
cathedral. fortress. bridge. tower and
somb which she will see in Europe
with as much additional Information
about art, period furniture and arehi-
lecture as she can imbibe In three
months.
An my life I have loved travel"
says she. But all my life I've been
30 busy that there has been little
chance for me TO do &C. or course,
have Travelled all over the United
States in the course Of my stage tours.
when ] was a child actress. And since
] have been in pictures, have crossed
the country several times. But those
were all more or less hurried trips.
Renee Adoree
Where are marriages nader In
l7efver. Save ne adare or whatever =
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06
seems to have missed the point.
"Hoot' Gibson

There are scores of motion picture
cowboys who never saw q ranch until
they went on location and who do not
know the difference between breaking
broncho and breaking the Eighteenth
Amendmsnt. But one of the few
simon pure. blown-in-the-b bottle cow
boys who have won fame on the silver
sheet Is Ed (HooO Gibson.
"Hoot" was born on his fathers
ranch near Tekamah. Nebraska, and
rode horseback ever since he can re-
member. When ranch life became
monotonous he Joined Bud Adkins
Circus and Carnival Of Rough Riders
appearing with that organization In
America. Mexico. South America aud
Australia. In most OF the foreign
countries riding contests were ar
ranged with all the local experts, and
Gibson walked or with the palm on
every occasion. In 1919 Hoot returned
10 America and became a contestant
In the Roundup at Pendleton. oregon,
the classic OF the rodeos. Here ne won
all the honors for riding, roplng. bull.
dogging and all the arts OF the COW.
boy.
Gibson has been in pictures for
seven years Aside from his expert
horsemanshlp and daring he Is
splendid actor and has a smile tha,
would win the friendship OF q craven
image.
Virginia Caldwell
Virginia Caldwell, whose dazzling
beauty. dancing and bubbliny merri-
ment made her one OF the most popu-
lar members OF the Ziegfeld chorus a
rev years ago has one OF the leading
roles in What's A Wife WORTH"
She made her debut in pictures SUD.
porting Bert Lytell in THE Right OF
Way" and since that time has d,,,in-
guished herself in "The Desperate
Hero" with owen Moore, THE q, p.
sna other productions
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

honeycombed mountains, one OF
which, called Douirat, still has pop
ulation of 5000 or more tenants OF
cool and comfortable cave apartments
ranged tier upon tier, with stables at
tached for domestic animals.
Armed men hiding in the bowels OF
tunneled and caverlous mountain
whose intricacies are known only to
themselves can put up a formidable
defense against attackers. But, to
provide for the possibility Of defeat,
there was the fort on the summit, TO
serve as place Of final refuge, and in
which stores of provisions and water
were kept sufficient TO last through a
long siege.
It might be thought that the sub
terranean towns of the desert plain
were particularly helpless against as
sault, and that in such a case the peo-
Pile would be caught Ike rats in a
trap This, however, was very far
from being the case. There are SIM
liar underground villages in Asia
Minor, and II is a matter Of historical
record that less than three centuries
ago an attack made upon them by a
Turkish army proved a disastrous fail.
ure. The invaders were unable to
force their way into the pit-dwellings
without. suffering wholesale casualties
and, when they lowered buckets into
the cisterns to get water, the ropes
were cut. There was no other avail
able source of water supply, and thirst
compelled the Turks to abandon the
siege.
Underground In New Mexico
There Is reason to believe that pit
dwellings come. pretty near to being
the Oldest form of habitation for set
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

NJ ITlSulIul luAu any llhN nave "
%A1 Cured anywhere in the world
during the last century, and the loss
of life has been far greater than has
been recorded within historic times as
a result of seismic catastrophe.
The worst sufferers, it is stated,
were the inhabitants of northern cave
dweller towns, who were caught asleep
underground, their livestock. food sup
plies, and portable property being
buried with thems SO that those who
survived found themselves suddenly
reduced to starvation and withouy
clothing to keep them from freezing.
1t should be explained that these
towns are actually subteTanean, the
dwellings being dug out Of soft rock.
They are what are called pit dwell
ings," entrance to them being usually
BY a ladder and through a sort Of
scuttle at the ground level. Below
such a house may be fairly spacious
rooms being cut out of the rock by
horizontal excavation. Rather COM
Portable, too, inasmuch as It is cool in
summer and easily warmed in winter.
The housing problem in China is
chronrally far more serious than at
the present time in our own country
and poverty in its utmost extreme Is
so general that an underground home
Is by no means to be despised. Along
the River 10, in the province Of Ho-
nan, many miles Of vertical clay cliffs
are literally honeycombed with dug
out flats" as they might be called,
which, excavated tier on tier, are
reached by long ladders. These, how
ever, are not in the same sense sub
terranean.
African Pit-Dwellings
In. Southern Tunisia (Africa), there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-06

Rennie who kindly volunteered TO take
her up for the practice spins.
Mr. Ronnie is playing leading part
IN Spanish Love"
Tho Greater Claim
The unyanquishable maternal In
stnct proves The means Of folllng
plot Of schemers with a baby as pawn,
In "The Greater Claim" Miss Alice
Lake takes the part OF Mary Smith, a
beauty OF tho Folllos. who goes
through an exciting series OF advent
ures during which her husband Is kid
mapped Boy his irate father and her
child made the subject OF a Solomons
choice. The little tot is talented Mas
ter Richard Hoadriek, three years old,
and known 10 his screen friends as
'iichle." Besides his accomplishments
as an actor. "Itchie" Is the world s
champion child swimmer and diver
having won two cups and two medals.
and q diploma by the American Red
Cross Life Saving Society for pro-
ilciency.
Mary Miles Mmter
For he first time in over FIVE years.
Mary Miles Mlnter is TO have a whole
summers vacation, instead OF the brief
ten days or two weeks between pic
lures which has been her schedule' for
several years.
It's typical Of Miss Mlnter. however,
that when she takes a three months
vacation. she does not plan to spend Il
In a hammock with the latest novels
and a box OF candy. but that she has
already laid ont a most vigorous cam
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