DRIVING AWAY DEMONS Walker Lake Bulletin

John A. McCarthy, P-h- ancient ceremony recently HELD IN JAPAN. Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada

Superstition Dying Slowly in the Em- BEFORE THE TROUBLES COME pire of the Mikado—Has Been an Annual Custom for Twelve the building of the Co- ment of this vast country. Crown It It for Housekeeper to Be Why Easy Hundred Years. lumbia River highway Point is where the new highway Pleasant in the Early Morn- through the gorge of the makes a turn and then drops 500 feet ing Hours. were held WITHfamous Columbia river, a in two miles, forming a perfect figure Ceremonies recently throughout the Japanese empire—in paved driveway has been provided eight on a grade not to exceed 6 per It was the first thing I noticed in I rising generation will know the smaller peaks of the Maritlmes, shrine and temple—to drive along the precipitous sides of the cent, one of the most remarkable office of the man -a little household, Ihe busy of more of geography than any of the graceful Cottlans, or recon- away the demons of ill-fortune. The gorge and making this section of Ore- feats of engineering tn the country. square of pasteboard with this state- of Its predecessors. Noth- dite Dauphlne. To each region there date corresponds to the old Chinese gon passable for the first time in his- While the highway already reaches ment: "Be pleasant until ten o'clock THEing teaches like is a charm all Its own. And as with the transition from tory for automobiles and all other ve- west from Portland to the Pacific geography In the morning and the rest of the day New Year, marking war, more than any other, this war. the peaks, so with the valleys. The to under the ancient cal- hicles. The national dedication of the ocean beaches and eastto central Ore- will take care of Itself." Pfobably the winter spring South Africa, the Cameroons, East better we come to know them the more roadway comes June opening day gon, the 40-mile stretch through the thing that made it strike in at my first endar. 7, Africa, the Slnaltlc peninsula, the Per- varied do we find them. We soon of Portland's tenth annual rose fes- gorge of the Columbia from Portland glance was the fact that it was after Tradition long observed in Japan sian gulf, Armenia, the Dardanelles learn to divide them Into two main tival. to the Multnomah line has and I had come to ask a favor of holds the demons of ill luck may be county ten, that in- and all central Europe have been the contrasting groups: Those the The building of a highway through made a view of the pictur- a busy man, a writer in the Indianap- kept away during year by pelting possible scenes of dramatic events In which cline northward, mainly into German the gorge of the river has been a from an automobile. Be- olis News says. If he stayed pleaBant them with hard beans and by hanging esque gorge everyone has been forced to take inter- lands, and those that bend south down dream of years until two years ago fore the completion of the hard-surfac- only till ten o'clock I wasn't certain outside the door a branch of holly- est. And those events have In every to the rich Italian plain, and these lat- the work was taken of in the fall of of the successful outcome of my ven- hock and the head of a herring. The up by public-spir- ing the roadway, 1915, case been conditioned by the forma- ter are far more charming than the ited citizens, with the result that the thousands of en route to or ture, but when he entered the little idea is that the herring, whose odor tourists, tion and climate of the countries in others. highway, hard-surfaced from Port- from the in room I saw at a glance that his early Is distasteful to the demon, will keep returning expositions which they have occurred. The world land to the Multnomah is new morning attitude toward life had not Are Essentially Different. the evil one from entering the house, county line, California, inspected the high- scene of warfare has become real to for the tourist off. He was and that if he succeeds in he ready and represents way and marveled at its beauties. yet worn kind, courteous, In ancient the north of entering us through the many detailed accounts days region an investment in of a gentlemanly, and I shall remember will be blinded by the beans. Each road-building Model in Road Construction. printed by the newspapers and the the Alps was mainly a dense forest. sum exceeding as to his motto. of the household takes as $2,000,000. The River is one him living up has been the member Columbia highway memory of what has thus been Im- South of them always In making passable the for But would It work under all condi- many beans as he has years, and gorge of the best illustrations of modern pressed upon us will not soon pass open fertile Italian plain. The winds there has been isn't throws them in all directions and automobiles, opened road construction to be found any- tions? I'd hate to say that it from the north were and iq away. dry cold; up a new viewpoint for the scenic true—the statement that if you're all the rooms of his house. where. Permanency, grade, location Nothing was further removed from those from the south warm and laden beauties of the Columbia river. For the essential ele- pleasant until ten o'clock the rest of moisture. Thus nature It was about 1,200 years ago, dur- and drainage were the minds of most peace-time tourists with fertilizing miles are waterfalls and cliffs, virgin ments considered in the location of the day will take care of itself—be- a different atmos- ing the reign of the Emperor Monbu In their wanderings than to look at the herself imposed forests which the through highway the With a width of 24 cause the man who said it is gone, and these two sundered re- that the first ceremony of demon re- highway. feet, countries through which they passed phere upon winds. In many places it hangs to can't argue the question with me, but was held in Japan. Adopting a maximum radius of 200 feet, bridges, as likely In their own day to be devas- gions; and though now, on both sides, moving the cliffs hundreds of feet above the of all dan- I can say that maybe he hadn't tried the forests have been driven aloft and the rite from China, the emperor in- viaducts, culverts concrete, tated by war. Occasionally one be- river, its concrete and steel bridges It out in ail trades. Tako housekeep- for It have been it with the object of stamp- ger points protected by stone and con- comes conscious of the existence of the lands suitable corporated turbulent house- spanning streams, supported crete the in ing, for instance! Nearly any forts in recondite but tamed beneath the plow, the essential ing out au epidemic that raged walls, highway, engineer- lofty positions, by artistic walls of dry masonry for keeper can bo pleasant until ten difference abides. Fertile climbs the land. ing and construction now presents these he was not permitted to ap- Italy throughout miles of its length. the of modern road- o’clock, for it Is after that time when and seldom aloft from one strenuous Ger- The recent modern celebration was very highest type proach wanted to. If he side; The was the home of Indian Who ever gorge There were things begin to happen. crossed the Brenner by railway from many from the other. The very do- like this: Toward evening house- building. many engineer- tribes in the early days, a fastness the heard of dinner burning before 10 a. Innsbruck to mestic architecture the dif- wives become for the ing problems presented, such as Italy he could scarcely proclaims busy preparing where were safe from to they enemies. from Crown Point to Latour- m ? Agents don't usually begin avoid the fortifications of ference. The Italian valleys of the beans are in descent noticing celebration; crackling was the scene of the fabled It Bridge a of 500 feet in less than ring the doorbell until about that be are old friends of the sun and of and are for elle, drop Franzensfeste, but why they should Alps kettles feasts prepared of the and around its scenic calls be- Gods, two within the maxi- time. Usually the telephone there and what were to the vine. Bacchus and Pan are there the and the Mean- miles, yet keeping they expected family god family. Indian fables were grandeur many mum of 5 cent. This was gin to come in after ten, notifying you attain—as to all that the mere tourist at home. seem to open to the the grade per They while husbands clean the shrine, drawn. Crown Point the Leaving done a of switchback that you must make your number of little and cared less. For no visitor a warm heart. Even where the by sort making thought light the sacred lights and burn in- enters the district which has church calls get some- highway a perfect figure 8, the road paralleling Immediately, landscape In the world Is less sugges- lemon cannot bloom the scent of It cense, while awaiting the beans and given it the title, "The Road of the Itself five miles fur- one to help with your table at the next tive of war than a mountain seems to penetrate. The southern val- times. Several landscape. the feast. Waters." be to attend an Falling ther on, at Oneonta a solid rock church supper, sure Nature seems to have built up moun- leys always seem to draw one from the gorge, Parched beans are offered in a wood- Waterfalls. Important committee meeting, be at as to the north Many Picturesque precipice barred the way and a tun- tains to keep hostile people apart. She Alpine heights those en box to the and the fam- family god, In ten miles' travel 11 waterfalls nel the next club meeting without fall, never can. You not be able to 100 feet long was bored. The ex- might have done the work a great deal may ly clap their hands and reverently bow etc. are passed, the highest being Mult- cessive rainfall necessitated much at- better. Why did she leave here and see the Mediterranean far to the south, before the shrine. Then the master nomah second in the If friends or relatives know and seem feel that falls, highest tention to drainage, and long stretches unexpected there such notable gaps In their but you to It the box of starts carrying beans, round United States. Latourelle are to In for dinner It will did she those is there, and thither are falls, Shep- of concrete-lined ditches and pipes going drop ranges? Why spread you Impelled his house, followed by his children to be after ten o’clock. The the force that has drawn pards Dell, Bridal Veil, Coopey falls, line the road. To reduce the chances postman ranges out so widely from side to side, by strange pelt out the demons of misfortune. all bad news after ten. the men of the north southward since Dalton falls, Mist falls, Wahkeena falls, of slides where cuts were necessary, brings your and dip into them such attractive val- •When he throws beans toward the di- The afternoons more agents, the days when the Dorians swept down Benson park and Multnomah falls, On- great walls of dry masonry were con- bring ley approaches? rection of the god of good fortune he and callers, welcome and unwelcome. the Aegean and long before. eonta gorge, where a subterranean structed and seeds of grass were sown Form No Racial Boundary. upon cries out: "Come in, fortune!" and The baby has the colic In the after- stream sends air blasts along rocks; to hold the earth Intact. Everything There is hardly a mountain range In This southward tendency It was that when he pelts toward the other direc- noon, if he's going to have It at all, Horsetail falls, Cathedral point, St. that could add to the beauty and per- the world that does not Invite men brought the Germans over Into Italy— tion he shouts: “Go out, demons!” and the next sized one is cross If he Peter’s dome pass in quick succession, manency of the highway was taken to traverse it somewhere. The Alps the Franks under Charlemagne, the Children gather the scattered beans and the reaches falls to get his nap, and the older ones tourist Bonneville, into consideration. are particularly thus breached, with Ottonians and the Hohenstaufen later and vie with each other in seeing who come tramping In from school with the home of the greatest fish hatchery The United States government has the result that for all their formidable —and It Is the remnant of their con- gets most. muddy feet, noisy voices and empty In the world. Then on through the recently set aside more than 14,000 There is a stomachs. Then the man of the house superstition regarding tunnel at Mitchell's Point to the acres of land from the Oregon nation- the word "bean” which may explain may put In a call for a hurry-up sup- sunken forests of the Columbia, where al forest for park and recreation pur- why it plays such a part in the cere- seen wa- per so he can get to an important lodge giant trees are beneath the poses. This land parallels the high- mony. The Japanese for “bean” is Tan- meeting on time. In fact, it seems ters; to the petrified forests at way and will forever retain countless "mame” and “mame” means "health.” that all the nerve-racking, brain-fag- ner's creek, with 200-foot trees; to beauty spots for the use of the peo- Therefore the bean is the emblem of ging, back-breaking hours In the busi- the abutments of the Bridge of Gods, ple. Tourists who Journey west over good fortune. ness of being a homemaker come after passing numerous fish wheels, and the Lincoln highway, or in fact any ten o’clock In the morning. Into the Hood river valley. From of the roads through Utah, Idaho or In Uniform. of Maybe some day we will get started there the tourist finds the call Montana, will find good automobile It seems that over there where the and its tre- being so very, very pleasant early In Mount Hood imperative roads leading to the new Columbia war is, if civilian to the the morning that it will be like sliding any goes mendous glaciers are reached conven- River highway. upon any of the missions down a steep hill, Impossible for us to front, grave iently. Notwithstanding the cost of the which a civilian to within stop—but some of ub will have to have permit get Crown Point, where the new road- highway has been enormous, it is al- the lines, he thinks it to a right smart push to get us started. necessary way makes a turn 700 feet above the ready looked upon as the state's a of adopt sort uniform. He rigs him- river, has been selected us the site greatest asset from a tourist stand- self like a Richard Davis When East Meets West. up Harding tor the memorial to the pioneers of point, and one of the best investments war in An amusing illustration of the mod- correspondent, riding breeches the state who encountered untold ever made by an American municipal- and the that with esty of the Chineso In matters of leggings go them. hardships of early days in the settle- ity. Not to two dress Is given by Elizabeth Cooper in long ago, according report, officials of adminis- her new book, "The Harlm and the high the civilian Purdah." tration in Paris went to view the trenches on official business—more or “When one of the imperial princes less. Both followed tho was en route to England,” she writes, fashion. M. "he attended his first, foreign dinner S- was eo.uipped with fine molded In Shanghai. About twenty-five of the pigskin leggings, M. L,- wore put- the kind that round and guests were English and American tees, wrap ladies, dressed in their most elaborate round in spirals. A and a colonels gowns, which means extreme decol- general couple of lete. were on hand to receive the eminent “The attaches of the prince had visiters when they left the train at the last station behind the As tried to prepare his highness for the front. eight he was to witness, but they had they dismounted from the special com- evidently underestimated its startling partment it was observed that M. had his on qualities, because when the prince ar- S- leggings backwards, the effect of rived and gave one amazed look at his giving extraordinary hostess and the line of waiting ladies wearing the calves of his legs in front, he was nonplused. while M. L- had not taken five "He looked pitifully for his Inter- steps before his puttees came un- preter, and not receiving aid from him, wound, and trailed sadly upon the a of slender shins put down his head, shut his eyes, and earth, revealing pair with bravely stumbled around the room, garnished stockings of tender groping blindly for each lady’s hand, purple silk. The general and the as he had been Informed that he colonels did not even dare to laugh. should shake hands with them." Germans Use New Kind of Shell. View From the Breull Forest. Meant Well, But— The Germans in the Dvinsk regions are using a new shell, which has a Viscount French of often tells ■ Ypres appearance they have as often con- quests of Italian soil that Italy is now an about a French re- cast-iron nose grooved internally and amusing story nected as sundered the peoples on seeking to rend from the grdsp of the with a central opening nearly one inch view that he attended a good many either side of them. They form today Hapsburgs. in from several hours years ago. no racial From the diameter, which, boundary. earliest A glance at the map shows that General French—as he then was— after the shell has burst, there still ages the people in the north have tongue of hill country, by nature Ital- attended the men's dinner In camp one comes a strong odor of prussic acid. pressed down over them and even the ian, which Austria holds—the west day, and as he puffed on his cigar he loftiest The shell, which is provided with Italian valleys on the south side of it stretching down due south an to the noticed that 300 young Frenchmen had of Monte are arrangement delay explo- slope Rosa itself colon- from near the Stelvio to the head of the nothing to smoko whatever. ized a Teutonic stock. Thus it sion, generally bursts on ground. by hap- Lake Garda, whence its eastern boun- Crown Point. Accordingly, ho sent to his tent for that the Italian Ticino and Wounds of the slightest character pens Ital- dary slopes northeastward up to the three boxes of Havanas and these were ian both remain from fragments of these shells, in- Tyrol under Teutonic ridge of the Carnic Alps. Within this quickly distributed among the troops. and the evitably and usually very rapidly, advises those who can afford It to government frontier of the triangle is contained one of the love- GUIDEBOOK IN MUCH DEMAND A rare treat, truly. has in cause death. travel from Venice to Jaffa in a Alps never, fact, been the po- liest hlli countries in the world. The gal- To show their gatitude the soldiers, litical frontier of the return 50 Italy. great snowy groups of Ortler, Oetzthal, Caxton’s Famous Works Most Sought ley, fare being ducats, without consulting with their ser- Real Harbinger of Spring. and shows of in- The Alpine playground of Europe Zillerthal and the Tauern do not be- After by Collectors—Throws how all the places geants, lined up in two files, marched The groundhog is accepted by many terest In Palestine could be seen in takes a great deal of knowing. In a long to It. They are essentially Ger- Light on Traveling. toward the English general, and, rais- as giving the first clue to when spring fourteen Chronicle. visitor’s first season the great snow man, these severe crystalline ranges. days.—London ing their right hands to their cars and But may be expected. Others waft for the mountains impose their eminence upon all that is below—the smiling val- The guidebook most sought after by holding their lighted cigars In their robin, but all will concede that among him, and if he is likewise a climber he leys, the crimsoned limestone peaks collectors is “Information for His Views. left as Pyl- Grouchy hands, they shouted with one and the real harbingers of Bpring is the will have little attention to spare for walls of the Dolomites, the rich Unto the Holy Londe,” which “What has become of the fine old voice: small boy playing “keeps.” When the grymes valleys, but will spend his wonder up- valleys that drain into the Adige or in- is valuable because of the light it names like Prudence and Patience?” “Vive la Russia!” vernal Is in the air on the to genuine spirit it glaciers and the high crags and Garda—these are Italian, Italian in throws on fifteenth century traveling, “They wouldn't be appropriated They had mistaken the uniform.— unerringly is manifested by Young the great phenomena of the central atmosphere, in color, in vegetation, in still more because it was declared the old "If I Star. who and printed now," grouch. Washington mountains. But when America instinctively turns to the first flush architecture, in language and senti- by Caxton. The father ot English had a couple of daughters I’d name marbles. The fever is not on him long, of novelty has passed from them the ment, and whatever else char- a 'em and Minces Are gives printing was practical man, who set Extravagance Hysteria.”— Ripe. acter but it is never-failing and always coin- maturer lover of the Alps finds de- to a land. to books for which Louisville Courier-Journal. was the with his with himself produce Jay spending day no loss cident the break-up of winter. lights keen at lower levels. The To the traveler it was a while other grandmother. Being three and is the Dolomite there demand, early only have each a character of valleys their mountains rather than the folk or ruined themselves Knew. one-half he was not allowed the va- any Give Libraries to War printers by print- Bcbby own and the mountains themselves are Victims. other feature that distinguish this re- ing luxurious editions of classics that Uncle Ernest the shin- riety of food that the grown-ups had. When the Russians invaded East (Improving not all alike. There are mountains are in When dessert came and he gion. They their way good to lay in their warehouses unsold. ing hour)—And what do we do with was served built of Prussia they destroyed every library crystalline rock and others of climb, but are far more His setB with a diminutive piece of mince they wonderful and guidebook scrupulously out the flesh of the whale? pie, limestones of different and in the villages cities they occu- qualities to look at. Half a century ago their all that was needed in order to make It. his joy and surprise almost overcamo so the inhabitants are left with- Bobby—Eat colors. It is not necessarily the high- were pied him. With an air of In- peaks mostly untrodden; now a pilgrimage as cheaply and comfort- Uncle Ernest (sarcastically)—Oh, Ingratiating est and hardest that take the out books. The Berliner Goethebund firmest guns have been mounted upon as There were with the terest and he said, points started a ably possible. two do we! And what do we do dtgnlty, "Why, hold upon our affections. has subscription to restore I whose first ascent may have been routes to Venice—then the favorite bones? mamma, didn't know minces were the books. Herr Krupp von Bohlen The great Matterhorns and Schreck- proudly chronicled within the for of the ripe.”—Exchange. memory it with port Jerusalem pilgrims—and Cax- Bobby—Put ’em on the edge horns are headed $1,260. always glorious, but so are of living men. ton gives the itineraries of both. Ha plate.—London Sketch.