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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
This Crater Still
a Puzzle

~@HE so-called crater Of Canyon
Diablo. in Arizona. is still as
much a mystery as 1t ever
was, says an unidentified exchange.
The supposition is that 1t was formed
by the impact of giant meteor. Per-
haps the projeetile was comet. The
crater is circular, three-quarters OF
mile in diameter. and 200 feet deep.
but if it was made by meteor he lat
ter was presumably good bit smaller.
Strong support for the meteoric
theory is given by the finding Of thou
sands of fragments of meteoric irons.
some of them weighing many pounds.
in the immediate vicinity Of the hole.
Repeated attempts have been made to
dig for the meteor. 1t should be
mass of metal tchiehy iron. presunl-
ably) big enough to be worth getting
hold of-though. Of course. its chief
value would be as a curiosity Of in
terest to science. One company or
ganized for the purpose started to ex-
cavate at the eraters bottom. but its
operations we're brought to pause by
quicksand, which the machinery could
not handle Now another concern.
calling itself the Crater Mining Com
pany. is drilling with two powerful
rigs on the inner edge Of the hole. IL
Is thought that the huge projectile
from the sky may have struck at an
angle to the vertical, and that conse-
quently the mass may lie not directly
below the crater's center, but OF az
one side. In some OF the scattered me-
teoric fragments above mentioned we're
found tiny diamonds, which lend addi-
tional interest to the problem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
MYSTERY OF SEALS.

No one knows where the seals go in
the Winter. In Alaska they begin to
appear on the Islands Of st. Paul and
St. George about the end OF April or
the first of May. and toward the latter
part of August or in the first weeks Of
september they disappear as strangely
and mysteriously as they came. This
is one of natures secrets which she
has kept most successfully hid from
scientists as well as the prying eyes Of
the merely curious and inquisitive.
Even in the days. years ago. when
the seals numbered FIVE millions or
more. apparently some signal un-
known to man would be given and the
next day the fog-wreathed rocks
would be bare. the seals having de-
serted the islands. With their slipping
of into BerIng Sea, all trace of them
was lost until their return the fol-
lowing Spring. Then some morning
they would suddenly reappear. disport-
ing themselves In the water or on
the shore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

sionally a fair lady was permitted to
reject suitors until she had reached
25. Then, becoming worried over her
prospects, she usually picked the ner-
est young man and embarked upon the
course Of true love.
Their Big Chance.
In a recent novel the heroine was
actually 29 and the hero AZ. The
heroine was a most Independent young
woman and had no particular desire
to marry, She accepted the hero most
ly out OF pity to protect him from the
demands of a most exacting family
Last year was the matrimonial har-
vest for the "old girls" as their friends
jocularly called them. Most of these
women married as wisely and well as
they would have in their eos. Soon
some daring novelist will make an at
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Present Wave Of Prolonged Youth

year she made larger profts. she ex-
tended her nursery as her business
grew. She received orders from all
over the country, and came in contact
with all sorts Of people.
She overcame her shyness and made
normal and interesting friendships
with several men, who shared the same
tastes. She has reached her middle
thirties, but she looks younger and
prettier than her 25-year-old sister
She has learned how to dress and
takes a keen interest in clothes.
In all probability she will marry q
successful professional man who is
about her own age and already looked
upon as q leader in his community.
A few years ago the girl would have
been incapable of attracting this man.
Her shyness and lack OF confidence
would have handicapped her in the
prominent position in which she will
D0 placed.
Hard-WOn Success.
Now that the assurance of hard-won
success is hers, she takes her place
with ease in any sort OF ASSEMBLY
She can even deliver talks on her sps-
cialty, the cultivation and propagation
of perennials, though she passed
through hours Of nervous agony before
she first stepped on the platform.
At the end of her first lecture she
found that her articulation had been
indIstinct and her voice had failed to
carry. With infinite pains she had set
herself to conquer her defects. with the
result that she has developed one Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02


is placed in a baking furnace, kept at
a temperature that turns the coal to
coke. The result is solid mass of
"ferro-coke," a form of artificial iron
ore especially suitable for the smelt-
ing operation. Placed in baskets. with
small addition Of limestone aux and
raw iron sand. this substance is then
dumped into the blast furnace from an
elevated platform, the mouth of the
furnace being plugged with clay. At
the proper moment, the clay is pierced.
and the clean molten iron flows out
into the molds. The pig iron so OBJ
tanned is of such excellent quality that
the finest and most intricate castings
may be made from It.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

mIllas. Ills vast bulk clothed in hired
bathing suit made for smaller man.
snores the hours away, while his
worthy wife. her new Sunday" hat
awry. mods drowsily. But ever and
anon. she starts up TO see that Johnny
and Charlie and little Annie do not
stray too far away.
Having dreamed Of all this the tired
business man pushes the button that
simmons Jimmy. the office boy.
Jimmy" he says. run over to the
railroad station and get me an armful
OF those beautiful folders that tell all
about glorious days by the sunny
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

T\HEsE are the days when the
tired business man lets busi-
ness so hang for . few min
utes in the afternoon to gaze dream
fly out at blue skies and neecy clouds
framed by his office window.
In his minds eye he sees a long
stretch Of sandy beach upon which
white-crested waves break gently
Shapely young things in swimming
suits disport themselves in the water
or loll upon the beach. Pretty women.
with q proper regard for their COM
plexions. recline in awning-covered
beach chairs. Children dig in the
sand. nll buckets and make wondrous
houses. castles, trenches and towers.
Beyond the stretch of sand the
boardwalk looms. On the broad, plank
promenade the rolling-chair process
sion never stops. Girls in summery
dresses and youths in Summer flannel
stroll there. Under the walk pater ia
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
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the pleasantest and clearest speaking
voices that know of. She added about
so per cent to her attractiveness, and
q fat sum to her yearly income.
So she struggled through one phys
zeal handicap after another, as she saw
how II would help her professionally,
quite unconscious OF the effect 1t would
have on her friends or her future.
Typical Of Others.
This girl is typical of many others
whose development has been checked
or suppressed in their youth. In past
centuries this latent bloom would new
er have been allowed them. They
would have been repressed into dismal
old maids, with fancywork and other
peoples duties to fill their lives. But
In these enlightened days the auiet
woman can look forward to the s0s
and 40s as the prime of her life. II she
wishes to marry she need not despair.
as there are plenty Of older attractive
and eligible bachelors floating about.
The majority of these men do not
want a sweet young thing, but some
body that will be a suitable companion
agreeable to their friends and manage
smoothly-run home.
This wave Of prolonged youth has af-
fected even the novelist Sir water
Scott's heroines averaged between 16
and is. His women were aged at "a.
The authors of the middle Victorian era
allowed them to creep up to 20. and
there they stayed. until early in the
present century they were allowed TO
mature till their early eos. and occa-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
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NCE. long ago, when | was very
youthful, created an arrone-
ous impression In a friend s

~ nee, long ago, when was very
youthful, created an arrone-
ous impression In a friends
mind about certain woman of our ac-
quaintance, writes the observant won
an.
The woman was then about rs or 20.
In my youthful callousness thought
that ali youth had fied from her for
ever. and that because at the moment
she had no prostrate suitor on the
doormat, her chance for romance and
happiness had faded forever
"oh, she's past her beaux," ! ex-
claimed to my friend, who made in
ouiries about that subject so intensely
interesting to all young girls.
My friend, a little older and little
longer-slghted than l, understood me to
say, pastor beaux," and spread the
tale abroad that our acquaintance had
a long string of clerical suitors.
This girl had always been the quiet
wheel horse OF her household. Men
had never interested her. The loss OF
most Of the family fortune Obliged her
to go to work, She had always been
fond Of gardening and had an exten.
sive knowledge for an amateur. Now
she took up horticulture as her occu-
patton and started a small nursery for
perennial plants.
Opportunities Limited.
Her opportunities TO work in It were
sometimes limited by household re-
sponsibilIties. During the war extra
labor was almost impossible to secure.
The girl struggled on undaunted. Each
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

seas. Get 'em-even II they iave
poetry in 'em. can enjoy almost any
thing today"
Jimmy returns with both arms full.
The man says = kin have all the
lita-chure y wants" be informs tie
T. B. NJ. But even this threat has no
terrors. Spring is here and the call of
Spring is in the blood. Last month
the coal pile stared him in the face.
Now he has let the heater fre go out.
He looks out upon the world that is
new and fresh and green. He clutches
the folder and plunges into the mystic
maze OF words.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

tractive heroine of over 80 who is nei-
ther widow nor divoroee. who still
retains cheerful outlook on life and is
not in the least despairing of her lot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

for the obvious reason that the finely
divided ore blows out of the blast fur
mace.
BY new process, coal dust is inti-
mately mixed with the sand that is
gathered directly from the beach and,
as described in Popular Mechanics.
the granular compound thus obtained
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Smelling With Coal Dust

TA 1CH as it is in metal. the form
IA Of magnetic known as Iron
sand" has hitherto presented
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13

doubt many repititions Of Friday
night are in store for the club.
X X
Mrs. Dan Castor Entertains for Miss
fl BlO0dwOrth.
CONSPICUOUS among the many
courtesies that graced Miss Blood
worth's visit, was the lovely bridge
party given by Mrs. d. 7, CASTOR at
her home on South Third street last
Thursday afternoon. Jonquils, in
golden profusion, frightened the
rooms where the guests were enter
tanned. Prizes for skill were given
to Mrs. William Burris, who received
a powder puff for top score, Mrs.
George Faison, a tucking comb for
consolation, and the honoree received
a dainty cologne bottle. A delicious
salad and ice course was served dur
ing the afternoon. The guest list m
cluded: Miss Bloodworth, Miss Au
gusta Equen, Miss Georgia Hopkins,
Mesdames Bailey Hardy, Lawrence
Frank, Bob Tweedy, Gus Hauser, s.
B. Trippett, B. G. Hazard, Henry
Sherrod, Willis Pope, H. X. Robin
son, Hunter Walker, Albert Herring,
William and Oscar Burris, Oscar
Locke, Leo Flynn, Carl Glover, Bob
Belts, George Faison, Robert Hardy,
j. w. Slaughter, Julius Rubel, Par
ker Reeves, Ben Owen and Miss Pau
line Harris.
X X
Mrs. T. Bailey Hardy's Compliment
To Miss Bloodworth.
Last Tuesday evening, the gracious
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13

hospitality Of "Itawold," the beauti-
I full country home IF Mr. and Mrs. T.
Bailey Hardy, was extended to the
Prairie Bridge Club in honor Of Miss
Bessie Bloodworth, Of Chicago, Mrs.
Hardy's charming guest. Branches
Of red berries gave an added touch Of
color to the artistic interior Of the re-
ception rooms where games Of
bridge furnished diversion during the
evening. Skill at cards were reward
ed with unique presents, Mrs. Robert
Hardy receiving a hearth broom for
top score and Mr.. George Faison, the
gentleman's prize, memorandum
book, while the honoree was given a
beautiful corsage. After the games,
a tempting menu was served at the
card tables. Later IN the evening,
the guests were invited into the din
ing room to enjoy coffee, nut bread,
and bon bons. Those present were:
Miss Bloodworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Hardy, Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Har-
dy, Mrs. t. W. Hardy, Mr.. and Mrs.
7. c. Billups, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Allison Har-
dy, Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Walker, Mr..
and Mrs. George Faison, and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Herring.
Y K
Mrs. Herman Owen Hostess To Thurs
day Bridge Club.
The carnival spirit Of Tuesday
found pretty expression in the bridge
party at which Mrs. Herman Owen
entertained the Thursday Bridge
Club last Tuesday afternoon at the
Woman's Club. The decorations in
carnival colors of purple and gold
were featured with yellow jonquils in
gilded baskets tied with purple and
gold. The guests were RECALLED with
a delicious plate luncheon at the con-
clusion of the games. The success
full contestants were Mrs. j. W. Slau-
ghter, who won the club prize. guest
room picture with old gold frame,
Miss Thankful Howell, who wen the
guest prize, an old fashioned cor
sage tied with purple ribbon, and
Mrs. Oscar Locke who received a
set of table numbers.
X X
Mrs. William Sparh, of Springfield,
ILL.,, is visiting the family of Mr. c. L.
Wood. As Miss Matte Wood, of
Woodlawn, Mrs. Sparh will be pleas
antly remembered, and numerous
friends will be delighted to welcome
y
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13

and breakfast rooms with, their orr
entail lace table covers, the scintil7
lating rays from crystal and silver,
the fragrance and charm of exquisite
flowers and the mellowing glow from
shaded tapers, artistically arranged
in crystal and brass holders The
hostess received her guests in an i'm
ported gown Of embroidered georg-
cite with a corsage of pink roses,
while the honoree was gowned in
black embroidered georgette Little
Misses Lila Pratt and Carolyn Ken
nedy admitted the guests Mesdames
Ellie Baird and Kittie Kennedy well
coined them and introduced them to
the receiving line, which was com
posed of Mrs Pratt, Mrs. Higgins,
Mrs. Carey Cooke, Mrs. Frank r..
Simms, Mrs. w. ID. Sanders, Mrs.
Hartung, of Kentucky, Miss Bottom
ly and Miss Bloodworth. Misses
Anna Baird and Merrill Pratt presi-
ded at the punch bowl, pouring gold
en- nectar from crystal bowl en-
bedded in a mound of japonicas. Re-
ceiving IN the dining room were:
Mesdames Battle Bell, Louise Land
rum, Lee Caine, Charlton Evans,
Miss Mary Garth. In the breakfast
room, Miss Cornelia Hudson and
Mrs. T. Bailey Hardy poured coffee.
Assisting elsewhere were Miss Sadie
Hudson, Miss Georgia Hopkins, Miss
Ellen Crawford, Mesdames D. T. Gas
ton, Leighton Lide, S. Downs, How
ard King, Misses Minta Haines Bro
Their and Leslie Harris.
The Columbus orchestra discoursed
popular music during the afternoon
Business Woman's Valentine Party.
The Business Woman's Club en-
ioyed its first social event last Fri
day evening. The proximity to the
fourteenth of February suggested the
valentine party, which embodied in
very happy fashion many pleasing
features that delighted the fifty
guests who were present. The party
twas given at the Parish House,
where decorations, score cards, and
games of "hearts" emphasized the
valentine idea. Miss Grace Wright
sang to the accompaniment Of Miss
Louise Peacher, and Mrs. Ebert
Phillips gave two of her inimitable
dialect readings. During the evening
Dr. j. w .Lipscomb and Hon. John
Frierson called to offer greetings
from the Chamber of Commerce. Ice
cream, cake and home made candy
were served. Mr.. Alton Meyers won
the first prize while Mrs. Gum car
ried off the BOBBY, delicious candy
corsage. Each member possessed
the right to invite one guest. Many
of them favored guests from the OPP
posite sex. The Business Woman''
Club, which was organized a few
weeks ago, was instituted primarily
for social pleasure and recreation, t.
develop the social side of the busy
woman of business whose daily worl
stressed only commercial ideas. M
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13
City Delinquent Tax List.
COLLECTORS LANDS FOR
State Of Mississippi,
LOwndes County.
Columns. Miss. February IL. 1921.

LOwnde Ounty
Under and BY virtue Of the authority vested City Marshal and Tax Collector
will the highest bidder
sae
all to
al ito
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13
Reception To Mrs. Higgins.

The beautiful reception Of Thurs
day afternoon at the Woman's Club,
given by the Parent Teacher associa-
tons of the city to Mrs. Milton 7.
Higgins, expressed in a most note
worthy way, the courtesy and homage
due the national president of the as
ISOLATION. A color scheme of yellow
and green developed with jonquils,
daffodils, and ferns, made attractive
the assembly hall and tea room of
the club where the large assemblage
of ladies', who called to meet the dis
tinguished visitor were entertained.
Charming parent teacher officials
and prominent workers of the assicia-
tions were present to entertain the
guests, and contribute to the success
of the elegant social event. In the
receiving line were Mrs. Meadows
Mrs. Higgins, Miss Bottomly, Mrs.
H. M. Pratt, Mrs. H. H. McClanahan,
Mrs. ]. L. Walker, Mrs. T. A. H.
Wood, and Mrs. A. A. Breast. We'll
coming the guests in the hall were
the four vice presidents OF the local
associations, Mesdames Carey Cooke,
Albert Loeb, Gilbert Dempster and
Raper. Assisting elsewhere were
Mesdames J. w. Lipscomb, Henry
Beard, T. C. Baird, Lee Game, Bimey
lines, Ike Simon, 7. w. Townsend,
Misses Bessie Weaver and Maggie
Perry. Presiding over the refresh
ments were Mesdames T. ]. Locke, L.
E. Mayfield, Howard King, w. D..
Sanders, Leopold Loeb, Albert Loeb,
T. A. McGahey, ]. j. Smith, S. b.
Schwab, Charley Jacob. In the tea
room, where refreshments were SER
we'd, Mesdames T. j. Locke and l.. E.
Mayfield poured coffee at a table
where central basket of jonquils
and yellow candles with yellow
shades harmonized with the crystal
and silver appointments. A number
of pleasing instrumental selections
were contributed by four talented col
lege girls, Misses Katherine Waller,
Sallie Rush, and Mary Ellen Adams.
!
Mrs. H M. Pratt's Brilliant Entertain
ment for Mrs. Higgins.
Mrs. H. M. Pratt entertained at an
elegant "At Home" from 4 to last
Friday afternoon complimenting Mrs.
Milton T. Higgins with one Of the
most brilliant social functions that
the society people of Columbus have
enjoyed for many seasons The ele-
giant colonial home, famed for its
lavish hospitality was vision Of
rare beauty with its lovely women
at1d gorgeous floral decorations. In
the hall, wealth Of iaponicas adorn-
ed the colonial appointments with
their rich beauty. The drawing
room, dining room and breakfast
room emphasized color motif Of
green and gold, daffodils giving tons
to the drawing room, roses to the
dining room, and easter lilies IN tn,
breakfast room. Particularly effect
i've were the decorations Of the dining
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13

M. C. VANDIvER, City Marshal and Tax Collector.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-13

doubt many repititions of Friday
night are in store for the club.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-07-08
The Par;sian Paris, Tenn the Paper That Goes Home

ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Olive
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Valentine, little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
Valentine, has been quite i'll for
some time but is thought to be inn
proving Ed Jackson and
Mrs. Hardy Smith entertained with
Gypsie tea Tuesday evening in
the grove near Mr.. and Mrs Jack
sons home in honor of their guest,
Mrs c. Il. Speight and son James
OF Denver, Colo, and her sister, Mrs.
Munson of Memphis. There were
about so people present. The chill
dren We're entertained by Misses
Mary Schroeder, Cora Morris and
Verna Littleton with out door games
After all had enjoyed a bountiful
supper in the grove a delicious ice
course was served at the home
Mrs j. c. Abbott of Durant, Okla,
who was here for a few weeks visit
with relatives received a message
last Sunday. stating her daughter,
Elizabeth. was i'll of typhoid fever.
Mrs Abbott left for Durant the same
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-07-08
Puryear Locals

j. M. Bumpass of Mckenzie Wis.
tied o. A. Harker and family Sun
day.-O. A. Harker, j. M. Bumpass
and r. w Barton spent the Fourth
OF July in MISUNDERSTANDING Cox
lott for his home in Waco, Texas,
Friday; he was accompanied to
Paris by his brother-in-law, D. M.
Trizendine.--Mrs. Dale McSwain,
Mrs. Tennie Bran and son, Fred,
RIr, and Mrs. A. G. Alexander, Mr..
and Mrs. Bob and Luther Humph.
reys, M. C. Veazey, Clint Veazey,
Mrs. Edd Veazey of Paris attended
the funeral of Mrs. d. M Brizendine
Thursday Miss Myrtice Wilkinson
OF Nashville is the guest of friends
and relatives here this week.-The
protracted meeting will begin at the
Christian Church Sunday night, July
10th. Everybody is invited to at
| tend.-Miss Ivie Orr of Cottage Grove
whoA has been visiting her brother,
zellnor Orr, LETT Monday to visit
relatives in Henry Station.-J. M
Parks is quite i'll this week.-Mrs.
Walter Littleton entertained her Sun.
day school class Tuesday evening
with a Gypsie tea near Anderson S
spring.-Mrs j. @. Adams spent
Tuesday in Paris.--George Duncan
and family of Mississippi are the
guests of relatives here--Mr. and
Mrs. r. w. Barton chaperoned 10
young people on a Hay ride Satur.
day night in honor of their guests
| 4 TIL
of Paris; all reported jolly time
" allace Edwards of Paris spent
! Sunday in the home of r. w. Bar.
! ton.-Bert Lee of Paris visited his
| rather, Porter Lee, Sunday.-Miss
Verna Walker of Whitlock is the
guest of Miss Grace McSwain.-Ted
Hays and daughter. Miss Thelma
and Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes Milliker
of Jones Mill were in Puryear Mon
| day shopping. Dan Cunning
| ham of Memphis is the guest of hel
parents. Mr. and Mrs r. P. Duncan
Mrs. Cunningham arrived Monday
making the trip in automobile
Mr. and Mrs Bonnie Jones and b
1 e. Barton attended the funeral Of
Mrs Jones grandfather, Tom Wood
all at Almo, KY, Tuesday.-W, e
ilthridge is very low; no hopes FOL
recovery.-Ross Dobbins left Monda,
for st. Louis, Mo-, where he will b.
employed for a few months.--M Misses
Sue Rowe, Annie May Street, Messrs
Clydus Hooper and w. f. Harris
spent the Fourth of July at Sulphu
Wells.--Rev. w. f. Harris is in Bis
Sandy this week attending distric
conference.-the Minnie English o
Paducah KY, is the guest of MIR. AM
Mrs. NJ. G. Crawford. --Curtiss Bur
ton of Hutchinson, Kansas is visit