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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1920)
TITE NORTIT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. BATUM: CENTER OF CRUDE OIL AND CLASSIC STORY Mlnglo nn nll-pcrvadlng odor or pe troleum with tlio uromn of 1,000 yours of history; picture the physical as pects of a Texas town of the pusher region, Including pulling trains lumber Inc through the principal street amid a swarthy human content of Turk, Ar menian, Georgian ami Greek, and you get an Idea of the Incongruity of Rn turn. Datum has grown like n mushroom wlihln n generation because a pipe line poured precious oil through its Dluck sea port. It nestles at the foot hills of n stream of history that paral lels the pipe Hue anil the 550-mlle course of the railway to lliiku, which links the Hlack sea to the Caspian, and passes such peaks of legend as the 18,000-foot Alt. Elburz, where Pro inctheus was hound to a rock as the vultures consumed his llesh. From 1007 to 1011, Inclusive, nearly one-fifth of the world's oil supply came from the Caucasus region, and In nor mal times Datum was credited with exporting more petroleum than any other port In the world. Datum won this boon by the natural advantage of a harbor ranked as one of the best In the world, despite the occasional storms that render Its shelter treach erous. The city came to Its Industrial own when It passed from Turkish domin ion to Itusslan hands In 1878; hut po litical troubles, even before the war bolts of ll)M, arfecfed Its commerce, lleforq tho World war n movement had been launched to boom Dntum as a health resort. In that Held It had some assets, despite Its get-rlch-qulck anomalies and unkempt appearance, such as a climate where the foliage was thick In mhl-wlnter, and Its boule vards, shaded by palms, acacias and banana trees. In 1003 Datum had an economic ex perience that affected It more deeply, perhaps, than political disturbances. It never recovered from the general Ntrlko of that year, which spread over the entire South Itussla, and, In Da Hun, brought paralysis to 'business, suffering to citizens and palsy to prog ress. Datum Is built In a sort of amphi theater facing a beautiful bay. Wine was produced In the vineyards In Its vicinity; und In tho spring tons of strawberries were grown In the tlelds nearby. Doth products were exported before the wur. In those days auto mobiles, sewing machines, tireless cookers and wilting materials passed Its custom house on their way to the Caucasus or Persia. WHAT'S IN SOME GEO GRAPHIC NAMES 1 Names of such women as .loan of Are and Edith Cavell are written In del Inly upon the hearts of people for ail ages. Generous and well deserved tributes have been paid lastingly to others, but so much have their names become a part of our dally lives that many who frequently pronounce them are unmindful of their significance Cities, rivers, provinces and Islands bear tho names of women of distinc tion. Lady Franklin Island, near Daflln ts Innd, Ii tho nretlc circle, Is named for the wlfo of Sir John Franklin, tho ex plorer who lost his llfo In tlrst tlndlng the Northwest passage through the great Ice of the polar regions. There Is perhaps no more beautiful story of untiring devotion and persistent ef fort than that of Lady Juno Frank' Hn who, after tho failure of many at tempts, fitted out a ship which, though It brought back to her the definite proof of tho loss of her husband's ex peditlon, established his achievement of his object. Tho picturesque, stories of the lit tie Indian princess Pocahontas nl- ways will hold n loved place In the hearts of American childhood. Coun ties In Iowa and West Virginia, vil lages In Dond county, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau county. Missouri, and In the Rocky mountains In Alberta, Cnnnda, are named for her. Queen Victoria's name Is wrapped arouijd the Drltlsh empire from the capital of Drltlsh Columbia, over the heart of Africa at Victoria Nyunza and Victoria falls, ami beyond Into tho Queensland and Victoria In far-avay Australia. America, too, In Its early days of colonization paid Its tribute .to the queens of the mother country and to the gracious ladles who braved the dangers of untried shores with their lords. Elizabeth, a cape In Maine, and Elizabeth City In Virginia, as well as tho state Itself, together with some 25 other places In the United States, bear the namo of the clever witty, vorsutlle coquette, who took the dissension-torn England and whipped It Into u place as u world power. Elizabeth Carteret, the charming wife of one of the aristocratic proprl etors of New Jersey, shares with Queen Elizabeth somo of tho honors at the name. Ellzauethtown, In Nortu Cnrollnn, and Elizabeth City, In Now Jersey, are mimed for hor. Tho nittno of Clara Darton Is perpet uated In Darton county, Kunsas, and tho wife of George Washington, who before her llrst marriage was Martha Dandrldge, Is honored In tho town of Dandrlilge, Tenn. Alaryland and Virginia are fairly be spattered with tho names of the queens and princesses of England, the state name of the former being taken from that of Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I. Then, too, there are Annapolis, named for the wife of .lames I of Englund; and Anne Arun del and Caroline counties, In Mary land, called after the wives of two of the Culverts; Fluvanna county and the North Anna river In Virginia, named for Queen Anne; and Charlotte, Amelia anil Caroline counties and Charlottesville, the home of the Uni versity of Virginia, all called for the wives and daughters of English kings. Marietta, O., iis named for the haughty, charming Antoinette. The Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska, when that territory was Itus slan, were known ns Catherine archi pelago, In honor of Catherine the Great. Ekaterinburg was named for the Russian Catherine who ruled Itus sla throuuh her husband. Deter the Great. VERA CRUZ: TRAVERSING A CONTINENT IN 75 MILES "While fully aware of the llgh per centage of error most sweeping asser- 'linns contain, I nevertheless venture to claim that the country lying be tween tho cities of Vera Cruz and Mex ico City possesses more varied nat ural attractions than any other aren of similar extent In the world." This Is the statement of Frank M. Chapman, In a communication to the National Geographic society concern- Jug Vera Cruz, which figures so con spicuously In news dispatches from Mexico. Doctor Chapman continues: "De one student dr tourist, there can he no question that one should enter Mexico from the gulf. A Journey from the coast to the capital follows a nat ural succession of climatic zones as well ns the sequence of early historic events. The day, indeed, should begin nt sunrise, some hours before disembark ing at Vera Cruz, with' a hope that one may havo tho raro good fortune to see the first rays of the sun touch (ho summit of Mt. Orizaba, the first, ns It will be among the most lasting, of onus .ImpressloiiH of Mexico. Tho shore Is still some .'10 miles distant, the mountain Itself about 100 miles, und one Is with dllllculty convinced Unit the glcnmlng pink cloud high above the horizon Is part of the still Invisible earth beneath It. Doubtless the Aztecs were not familiar with this view of Mt. Orizaba, but from no other place Is their name for It Clt- lultapctl (the Star Jlountaln) so up pllcublo. "Time wns when ern Cruz was dreaded as a pest-hole, and trains nt once took one from the steamer up the Sierras on the way to Mexico City, Usually as far as Orizaba. Now, how ever, sanitary conditions and hotel ac commodntlons huvo been so Improved that one may stay here without dan ger or discomfort. "In our Journey from the gulf to the summit of the Sierras wo pass through tropical, temperate and boreal zones the Tlerras Cullente, Templnda and Frla of the native. Our actual Jour ney, In pnsslng from sea lovel to snow' line, may be a matter, of 75 miles, our change of altitude approximately three miles; hut If we were to seek the Canadian zone not on mountain top but on the coast, It would bo neces sury for us to travel to Maine or Nova Scotia. In other words, a Journey of some l,t00 mlleo would be required to rench conditions which are hero ills tant but three altltudlnal miles. "It follows, then, that one citn nctu ally stand In a tropical Jungle, where parrots, trogons, toucans, and other equatorial birds are calling, from the lluna-drapcd trees, und look upward to forests of pines and spruce, where crossbills, Juncos, pine siskins, and evening grosbenks are among the com mon permanent resident species, "Later wo may ascend tho snows on Orizaba to discover at approximately what altitude the palms bf tho Tlerru Cnljente give wny to the oaks of the Tlerru Templada. to he In turn re- niiimwi hv the somen of tho T erru I'-lii i ,r nitArvc. ANriFNT AIMO Vjun.w. - if Ani-ntt MUUtKH Do you regard cold cream us nn ul tra-modern palliative? Or pure food nnd drug laws as u com paratively recent typo of legislation? Or tho familiar "cure nil" us an up- to-date quack device for the twentieth century credulous? You are wrong, according to the statements contained in a communica tion to the National Geographic socio- ty from Dr. John A. Foote. A part of the communication states: "Most people nt some time or an other use cold cream. It seems quite a modern luxury. Indispensable alike to peor and perl, und adapted to many and varied uses. In fact, one traveler tells recently of having some of his cold cream eaten by a fnt hungry valet In Germany. So we are Inclined to re gard It as a fairly modern product. And vet unguentuni reirigornns, conn cream, has come down to us from Ro- mnn days. Tho first formula is at tributed to Gulen, who lived and wiote in the second century. What we use today Is practically the same, though 'Dr.' Galen's original formula was lni Hated and 'Improved' huiu.icu.i of times. "limperor Frederick II. of Sicily, In 1240 or 1211, published the first puro food nnd drugs act. He was about 700 years ahead of Dr. Wiley, for he speci fied strict regulations of the standard of drug purity, and provided for drug I.. . .1 I ..II (V I .. ' , impei'iui , aim mien it 1 1 uih.-ihh.-i.-.. I "The practice of medicine was also 1 regulated. A physician wns required to have a diploma from a university before he could study medicine; then he took a three-year course In tho ( Mfiioui oi inciiiciue ami one yi-ur prui-- ( tiee under a practicing physician. Spe- elal post graduate work- In anatomy was required If he was to do surgery. "AH this was In the so-called 'dark ages.' Kvcn the fees or pnysicians and pharmacists were strictly regulat ed by law and were In purchasing val- 1 ue about the same as the charges of the present duy. Physicians were not allowed to own drug stores ntid drug niliilterators were severely dealt with. Mlthrudutlum was the name of the great antidote of Uoman pharmacy. It had from I0 to 50 vegetable ingredi ents, few of which had any real me dlcnii.l value except opium, und these drugs were blended with honey. It remained for Nero's physician, Audromuehus, to put the finishing touches to this wonderful compound. indromachus added viper's flesh to tho formula and culled his new compound Theriucu. He wrote some verses dedi cated to Nero, describing this medicine and claiming virtues fin1 It which In our day would subject him to prosecu tlon. Evidently he believed he had created In this one compound u veri table phurmuccutlcul monopoly. "Gnlen, one of the fathers of medi cine, went even further. He recom mended It us a cure for all poisons, bites, headaches, vertigo, deafness, epilepsy, apoplexy, dimness of sight. loss of voice, asthma, coughs, spitting of blood, tightness of breath, colic, the Iliac passion (appendicitis), Jaundice, hardening of the spleen, stone, fevers, dropsy, leprosy, melancholy, all pesti lences, etc. Nowadays he would prob ably have Included coupon thumb, golf shoulder and movie eye. "As Galen's writings doiiilnatcd med ical thought for over 1,500 years, It Is not surprising that this advertisement made Atlthrudatlum, or Therlacu, u valued remedy. Every physician of note for centuries afterward claimed some improvement on tlto orlglnul for mula." SAGHALIEN: A LONG TIME POLITICAL PERPLEXITY The Island of Saghallen, recently subject of dlploniutle correspondence between the United States and Japan, has been a political perplexity both to Itussla and Japan for many years Soon after the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the east coast of North America, a Japanese feudal baron dispatched an agent to this far northern Island of the group that swings south from hl- berlu, at the mouth of the Amur, to Formosa and Fuklen on the China coast. Within twenty years after that the Russians had landed on Sagha llen. The Japanese subsequently made several trips of Inspection but a small handful of Russian colonists remained and today the majority of the perma nent inhabitants of Saghallen are Rus sian, while to the Japanese it Is lit tle more than u summer llshlng re-. sort. In 18.13 Russln sent nn nmbassador to Nagaskl anil n band of troops to Saghallen. While the ambassudor conducted negotiations the troops built n fortress but, after repeated attempts, the boundary question was still un settled. Dy 1S75 the sen-going Japanese gave up ull rights In Saghallen to the Rus sians In return for full rights In the Kurlle Islands nnd this condition of nlTalrs continued until tho Treaty of Portsmouth which gave southern Sag hallen, up to the fiftieth parallel, to Japan. Japanese Saghallen has little agri cultural land but hns largo forests of both deciduous and evergreen trees, amounting to more than 8,000.000 acres. Japanese paper mills nre sit uated in Otomarl nnd elsewhere and nn effort Is being made to develop tho pupermuklng Industry. Dut It Is on fishing thnt the ma Jorlty of the Japanese Inhabitants de pond for a living. As soon ns the sum mer season is over uw nsuermeu mi grille lO UlU wuiiuiriu minima m uiijniu for tho winter. .nauKti, on me west coast or Mugunueii. is me cvmer in ,i,-,.i, .ulw.rlna nml much of lio I k " v." ' - - - ,. ,1,,,.., nnnonmpil In the Far East comes from this .little town. A post road connects Mnuka with Toyohara, which is tho capital of Karafuto. tho name which the Japanese have given to the southern part of Saghallen. Saghallen has less than sixty miles of railway and white, red or blue lines are painted across tho windows of tho ears to prevent tho people from trying to stick tlyjtr heads through the glass. The average annual temperature of Saghallen Is near the freezing point and If the Japanese nre ever to colonize the Island they will have to change their methods of dressing and building. Karafuto bus much coal and there Is considerable gold, but In the past the Russian residents have largely con fined their efforts to farming and the Japanese to fishing. Saghallen has not been developed to any great extent, but what natural de velopment has tnken place has been done more by the Russlnn exiles whose permanent homes were there than by the Japanese whose llshlng camps nnd trading centers have dotted the shore line. Scene in rfatl Path $e'rve Ion national park, in Utah, has The Illustration shows the entrance to Deck view of the Spunlsh warship when the wnr with Spain began. The Ready to Try Niagara Falls Again If he Is ottered sufficient money, dovll, may again undertake to shoot the the steel barrel In which he performed which he is sitting In tho photograph. Army of Occupation's First Baby Mrs. Carl R. Perkins, wlfo of Captain Perkins, United Stntes army, nnd their baby, Mary Catherine, who has tho distinction of being tho first Amer ican baby born with tho army of occupation In Germany. Mrs. Perkins hns been In Germany for more than a year. Her homo Is In Leavenworth, Knn. the New Zion National Park Just been formally dedicated and Is sure Zion canyon. In the purk. First Spanish Warship Here Since 1898 Alfonso XIII. the llrst Spanish warship vessel Is lying In the North river at Dobby Leuch, tho flfty-nlne-ycar-old dare- Niagara Falls. He says he mny use the stunt on July 25, 1011, nnd on to attract many tourists next season. to arrive on these shores since 1808, New York. HIS DAILY STUNT In order to preserve the delicate meteorological Instruments on tho dome of the federal building In Chi cago from the effects of weather and to insure their operation at all times. It Ls necessary for them to be cleaned nnd oiled every dny, especially In the case of the revolving wind recorder, which surmounts the top of the steel pole on the highest point of the dome. Tho top of this polo Is nbout 300 feet high. To nttond to this work, Harry Rrostoff, wearing a gas mnsk, has to climb the pole by means of steel ladder every morning In nil kinds of weather. This task Is particularly dllllcuit and hazardous on stormy or windy days. ONLY ARMLESS AVIATOR L. C. Thornton of Fresno. Cul., W; tho only armless aviator In tho world. Despite handicap ho can dress him self, drive Ills own automobile, und ho. hns Just graduated from a California Hying school. i
