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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-30

COMMENCED in 1870 and opened
~ for traffic In May, 1888 this
world-renowned structure cost the at
that-time unthinkable sum of $4,000
600 Its extreme length approx
mates a mile and half and its over
all width is SO feet.
1t spans the East river, which con-
meets Long Island sound and New
York bay between Manhattan island,
on which New York city proper
stands, and Brooklyn OH Long island,
and carries one Of the densest and
most heterogeneous streams of traffic
In the world.
The calsson on the Manhattan side
measures l02 by 172 feet and the foun-
dation goes down 78 feet below high.
water mark, while the tower measures
80 by 140 feet at highwater line, is
272 feet high and contains approx
mately 1900 cubic feet Of masonry
The bridge is suspended from four
cables, strung between the towers
the calculated weight of the structure
and its load being in the neighborhood
OF 1900 tons. Each cable is made
up of 5,296 galvanized-steel oil-coated
wires wound into a single strand
which measures 15& inches in
diameter and is 3,5785a feet long.
The center Of the river span has
a clear height OF 1875 feet above the
surface of the river at high-water
stage The floor space of the bridge
is divided into five avenues or passage
ways-the center space being arranged
for foot passengers, on either side OF
which are spaces for trolley tracks
while each outside space is set aside
for the accommodation of yehiculaT
traffic
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-30
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
@, Western Newspaper Union.
UNCLE SANS FUMIGATING
WATTS

90 RAPIDLY does the world move
ried are the wonders which are
wrought by the ingenuity Of our e1
pertS in various lines and so quietly
is the work carried on. it frequently
happens that the general public knows
but little of the marvels that are
among us.
For instance, down on the Texas
border-at Laredo, TO be exact-the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture operates a fumigating plant or
vat which is sufficiently large to ac-
commodate a train OF fifteen freight
ears at one time.
Freight cars arriving in the States
from Old Mexico are infected with
live, pink bolworm--a pest which
feeds and devours the unripened pods
of the cotton plant. II permitted to
enter and scatter in this country, Ii
would provided ii gained much head
way, create losses running into the
millions of dollars annually
To prevent this loss and preserve
the crop, therefore. such cars are un-
tremendously shunted into these yats
and the unwelcome bollworms aboard
accorded Knockout reception.
This plant resembles a long, brick
shed. After the cars are received,
the doors are closed and the plant
is flooded with a gas, generated on
the spot, the fumes OF which are sure
an hour or more, the gas Is drawn off,
the cars removed and sent ON their
way and the plant is ready for the
next incoming train.
Other similar, but smaller, plants
are located at various coast points.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-30
THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM

II ARTERY PARK, at the foot OF
ID Broadway holds what is our largest
aquarium 1t contains 100 tanks and
seven floor pools and is equipped SO
that sea water may be heated in
winter (for tropical fish, and fresh
water cooled In summer.
Circular in form, this building has
a unique history. 1t is 205 feet in
diameter erected In 1907 as fort.
Lafayette was received here In 1924
and Jenny Lind sang here In 1850.
For thirty-five years it was an immi-
grant receiving station-almost SO0O,-
coo OF them having passed through its
doors
The character of the exhibit nee
essarily varies somewhat with the
seasons. About $50 different kinds of
fresh-water and marine fish have been
shown. The average exhibit covers
about 200 different species.
Among the most peculiar varieties
are-the sea horse, said to be the only
fish having tail used for grasping
purposes the thread fish, having i'm
rays which often attain length sever
al times that of the fish Itself; the
Nassau grouper which can change Its
color eight times in as many minutes !;
the puffer which has the power to In
fate itself with air and float and the
sucking fish which is provided with a
sucking disk on top of the head and
attaches itself TO the glass front or
side of the tank, from which it can
be loosed only with difficulty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-30

Chairs, rockers, tables-Brillant's
going out of business sale, 321 Maple
avenue.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11

Great Britain. l am not in politics.
and l am not going to be. And /
thank God that in crisis like we had
there were no chickering's between the
English,speaking people. Great Brit
ain took over 40 per cent of our troops.
OF course General Pershing gave them
five divisions, but it had to be done TO
save the allies line"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
SYRIA: UNDER FRENCH
AND ZIONIST RULE

SYRIA. for the control Of the northern
mart of which the Turkish Natlohai-
lists are threatening to fight the French
mandate holders, and the southern part
.,f which is settling quietly under zion
sst and British control, is another name
for s'the Holy Land" for under Iur'
KEY 1t comprised the region extending
from the Taurus mountains TO Egypt
and from the desert TO 1.-THE Great
Sea-"
Its population numbers about three
and a half millions, of Semitic origin.
speaking the Arabic language, ana YET
with so many races ntermnsieu
through the centuries of the various
conouests and occupations that the
neople cannot claim any one race as
their own.
Greek. Roman and European crusad-
or have all blended with the ancient
Semitic stock to produce the Syrians
of today, whom Lord Cromer, in his
memoirs, termed 1.-The cream OF the
East"
In SYRIA was the one green spot OF
Turkey-the Lebanon mountains. 10
ancient times the mountains were ev-
erywhere covered with forests. Tne
cadars of Lebanon not only furnished
timber for the building of Solomon's
temple I'm Jerusalem, but the kings Oh
Egypt annually floated large rafts 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 pracul-
cally denuded the mountains OF the
whole land.
Once more to cover the mountains
and hills with pine and cedar and
oak woull be a 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 wears. of reforestation by nature.
were the herds OF goats. which every
snring roamed over the whole country
and deyoured every green thing. The
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
RESOURCES OF ALBANIA

Now that the Rapallo agreement be-
tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia has
cleared up the status of the northern
part of the eastern coast Of the Adri-
ATTIC Albania is the Onfy country bor-
dering 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 p. Scriven, U. S. A.,
who made a tour of the country short
ly after the Austrians had been driven
out in 1918
1.-THE Albanians 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 i'm the fertile valleys, to herd
their sheep and weave their garments
of wool, If 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.
1.-THE mountains of Albania are prac-
tically unexplored. Mineral pitch, or
asphaltum, has been known since the
time of the Romans, and near Vaiona
l have seen specimens, clean, black
and hard, which promise well. Traces
of petroleum, too, have been found by
the Italians, and am told boring Is,
or Is about to be, undertaken. Copper
and iron are believed to exist In the
hills about the Malik valley, and coat,
silver and lead are said to be present
elsewhere in the mountains. Gold
mines were worked in ancient times
and Albanian silver was known to
the Venetians, but the whole mountain
country has lain neglected for ages.
1.-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 if 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 warm, sunshiny valley and
back again in the fraction of an hour,
1t is well to have a 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.
1.-THE fever of the Balkans is per-
sistent, but is not especially fatal
| Still it is to be dreaded for it's linger-
ing effects and the great debility ii
causes. The usual specific is quinine,
| supply of which is placed on the
mess table or carried about in the
| pocket"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11

Of their domain by Russia does not
entirely explain it.
The TekkintZi rug. more commonly
known by the less distinctive name OF
Bokhara is the loveliest product of the
desert loom. It's charm lies not in in
tricacy Of design, manifold detail, or
symbolic meaning. 1t is not picture
in WOOL Brillinacy Of coloring it does
not have. But in richness of tone the
Tekkintzi wins its rightful place as
queen of rugs
Years of care in selecting the long
fibered, spotless wool, in dyeing it in
reds from Bokhara, blues from At
ghanistan, or blacks from Mey, with
a touch of orange or yellow now and
then, and in weaving it beneath the
hot sun of the dry desert, give the
TekkintZi a character which more bur-
ried 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
exander found here on his way to In
dia, 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 menial, but with the soul
of an artist. Her toll was long, but
it was not drudgery. She was not D
slave, for her work demanded the in
spiration of soul, and she had an
enviable 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 APP
peal was irresistible. Buyers raced
one another across Europe into the
Transcaspian home of history to Sc
cure the priceless treasures of con
QucFeu race. lie skill Olt Tic 1chhS
woman began to win its reward. Her
genius had caused the art world to
wear a 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, consoling themselves with
the fact that if they could not pro-
duce offspring they could at least pro-
duce valuable rugs. The age Of mar
riage hecame higher Caught in a trap
which skillful women had woven, the
young men revolted from the exagger-
ated demands of the avariclous and
unromantic parents and sought cheap
err wives elsewhere, while Tekke WON
en-, robbed of love and enmeshed in
their own skens of fine wool, dragged
out busy lives of hated spinsterhOOd.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11

marks for execution of the peace
treaty while only 17,OOO,OOOOOO
marks had been paid out up to De-
eember / last
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
Germany Says She Will Not Pay
the Reparations Fixed by
Supreme Council.
WOULD ENSLAVE THE NATION
Putting on Poor Face for Effect-Amer-
lean Unpreparedness Receives Some
BIoWs-Dawes Vigorously Con-
dennis War Management Crit
ic-Latest Cabinet Guesses.
Ry EDWARD w. plckARp.

Germany says she neither can nor
will pay the total of PREPARATIONS that
was fixed by the supreme council-o4
billions in IL years and tax of l.
per cent on her exports during the
period. Eminent financial and eco
nomic experts of the allied countries
and America agree that Germany will
find it impossible to pay that sum and
survive Nevertheless, it is probable
that the German representatives in
the Forthcoming London conference
will sign the agreement laid before
them, and that the allies thereafter
will get from the defeated country as
great a proportion of the "a billions
as they can, modifying the terms from
time to time.
The official protest of Germany was
voiced by DR.. Walter Simons, the for
eign minister, and what he said was
concurred in by the reichstag parties
through their leaders, with the eXcep-
ton Of the ultra radicals, who gloried
in the painful position of the govern
ment. Doctor Simons asserted that
the obligations thus imposed on the
Germans would mean the complete
economic enslavement of the people,
and particularly of the workers. He
said the government would offer coun-
ter proposals at the London meeting.
Among the people of France there
was satisfaction with the reparations
pected that the first effective pay
ments by Germany will make avail
able for negotiations or for use as Sc
curity the French share of the 6O.OoO,-
600 900 gold marks in bonds already
delivered by Germany to the repara-
tions commission. Great Britain has
agreed not to utilize her claim on Ger.
many as a basis for loans during the
next five years, and this gives France
the opportunity to make use not only
of her share of the bonds but also her
part of the II per cent tax on Ger
many's expectations, to raise money
to continue the work of reconstruc-
ton in northern France.
That tax on German exports is a
feature that may cause a lot of trou-
BILE. BY many it is held to be false
economics that will react to the in
jury of other countries, and in Wash
ington there is talk that our state de-
partment may feel called on to make
formal protest. Lloyd George says
the tax would be easy to collect, and
he defends the plan in its entirety
If Germany should absolutely refuse
to 1t, he asserts, there is nothing for
us to do but to apply the treaty lit
orally"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11

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 homeiy
race of human beings, and had built
up a complex system of morals in the
heart of Asia, 1t would seem like
sensational story. Yet that statement
seems we'll founded, and love for beau
ty in America has reacted on the ia
cial features of princely race III
TursSestan with deplorable result
Truly it is small world when an ar
tistic recluse in New York studio
fathers a homely son in distant des-
ert. Yet the rising; generation of Turko-
mans are distinctively homelier than
their princely siras. And the conquest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
WHY SALTON SEA is SALT

Reports that plans are under way
to develop water power from the Col
orado river-which gives ample proof
of the power it can exert in the carv-
ing of the Grand Canyon-are said
to have aroused apprehension in the
minds of the operators of irrigated
farms in the Imperial valley of Cali
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 It from the
greater body of water.
"Many centuries ago the Gulf OF
California extended to point about
$50 miles northwestward from Its
present head" says a communication
TO the National Geographic society
from Arthur p. Davis.
1T also extended up the present
valley of the Colorado river at least
to Yuma and probably somewhat
above. The Colorado river, rising i'll
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 filled, delta
built I'D. over which the river flowed
far out into the gulf. 1t encroached
progressively up the shores of the gulf
until it built up a 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 800 feet below sea-
level. 1t is estimated that the amount
of silt carried by the Lower Colorado
river is sufficient to cover So square
miles one foot deep with dry aifuvial
soil each year.
1.-THE river continued TO bring down
it's load of sediment and to build its
delta higher and force it farther into
the gulf. Like all such deltaic streams.
the channel on the top of the delta
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 a 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 It's 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
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
CORK: MOST IRISH CITY
IN IRELAND

Cork, third city of Ireland, con-
siderable part of which was recently
destroyed by fire, bears a very super
fetal resemblance to our own New
York in that it's nucleus is situated
on an island EMBODIED by two arms
of river where its waters meet
bay. The comparison soon becomes
a contrast, however, for Cork is a city
of less than $4,000 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 EMBODIED Cork be-
fore it grew across its watery bar
riers Is the River Lee which rises In
a little lake to the north. From
tiny island in the lake came the pious
hermit, st. Fin Barre, who established
a monastery on the island at the
mouth Of the river in the seventh CEN
fury, and from this start the present
city has grown. Both the Catholic
and Protestant cathedrals of Cork are
dedicated TO this early Irish saint.
AZ lUC VI Vic VI thC hiNs's
harbors in Ireland--a land-locked cove
whose waters are as placid as those
of lake-Cork has been subject since
its establishment to attacks by sea
marauders. Invading Danes burned
the city In 821 and again in 1Ol2.
and after the second destruction
founded on the site a Danish trading
post. The Irish, again In control of
the city, submitted to the English In
1172, who for many years maintained
a precarious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force of arms but by "infiltra-
tion," for before a 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-
ceived and assisted Perkin 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 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.
1uently 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 bag he had rescued to kiss one
of the stones of the tower-the fam
ous sblarney stone"-became irresist-
ibly eloquent.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
little Seeding trees suffered especial

ilttie SeeChlng trees SUFFERED eSpeclai-
ly.
In 1860. because of massacres, the
European powers insisted that these
fountains be made autonomous. And
following that date this little district
became 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 anc
planted to olives, figs and vines
Taxes were low, safety to persons anc
kept in repair. The people constructed
more comfortable homes and sent their
sons to schools and college.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11
TURKESTAN: RUGS AND
WOMAN PROBLEMS

Turkestan has been figuring in the
worlds news lately because of the
activities of the BolsheviH in the
central Asian borderland of the old
Russian empire, but it is known best
to Americans by It's wonderful rugs.
How the rug industry has affected the
people of Turkestan Is told I'm the fol-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-02-11

That opinion favoring German
claims in the matter may be based
on false premises is made clear by
the report of the conference of imam
cial experts held in Brussels, in which
Germany is shown just how to wipe
out the deficit of 10000 100000 marks
I'm her 1920 budget. The experts found
Germany was deliberately putting on
q poor face for the purpose of show
ing the world her precarious financial
condition and her difficult situation.
Certain of her expenses were multi
piled 70 times over those of 1919, and
certain of her taxes vastly below
those the people Of the allied coun-
tries are paying. Furthermore, the
budgets of 1919 and 1920 carried a
number of credits which were only
partly disbursed. such as 16.5OO,OOO.-
600 marks for the allied armies OF oc-
cupation expenses, Of which only f.
SOC. 100000 marks was spent The
budget for 1920 carried 42,O00,OOO,OoO