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i Stan? |h????.I i , m ii 41 cowmun rmom paob ik?xi brown, vellow sad rc4 tint* that appear Id much of the mMuU TW ?d and day in which these trees were b?M ware afterward washed away ud the petrified trunks were thus exposed at the surface alter milUoin of years oi burial. ~ Soiuf of the tree trunks are tlx feet in diameter and more than too feet ia length. In the first forest there ia a fine trunk that forms a natural bridge over a small raviAe, the water having first washed away thr overlying clay and sand, and then, following a crevice, worked out a channel underneath. ' This log is 110 feet long and is four feet in diameter at the butt and one and one -half feet at the top. To support this remarkable bridge, which was on the point of falling, a concrete pier has been placed under one end |W the log. The petrified woods are beautiful objects tor study. When thm sKees are carefully ground dowa- to a thickncss of three-thousandths of an inch or less and placed under the miscroscope they show perfectly the original structure of the wood, all the cells being distinct, though they are now replaced by chalcedony J through nature's chemistry. ( . By studying these thin sections F. H. Knowlton, :.oi the United States Geological Survey, has found hkat most of these trees nfere of the species Aran< carioxykxi ariaooicuui, a tree of very ancient type, which lived at the same geologic time also ia the eastcentral part pf the Uaited States, where the remaias oi some of its associates have also been found. These associated included other coniferous trees, tree ferns, _ cycad.- and gigantic horsetails, which indicate the far ther interesting fact that at that time the rainfall of I lite Southwest was abuadant. 7 Advertises Inspected Mea.. GOVERNMENT inspection is your protectI 1 tion," announces a butchering company in Boise City. Idaho, recently. "Look for the government inspection stamp upon every side of beef, ; pork or mntton from which your order is cut. Let - it be your guide when buying meat. It symbolizes and guarantees parity and clean lis ess. It insures ram clean meat from healthy animals." When laws were enacted several years ago providing for inspection of drugs, produce and foods' I generally?especially meats?there was considerable c resentment tor a while among dealers; but that is | seldom encountered nowaday*. The modern busi; acta man apt only obeys the Federal laws, but ad: vertises the fact to assnre his customers that the I' dring he sells is puje, clean and oat of a sanitary plant. Each piece of meat permitted to go into inter';< state commerce is marked "United States inspected and ' passed," and every can off meat, "United States inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture," assuring thr consumer that the product is from animals in[ spec ted by the government, in a sanitary establishment, and that it it sound, healthful, aad otherwise fit for ' food, and that it did not contain any prohibited dyes, chemicals, or preservatives at the time ft left the placc of manufw luit. Every packing plant doing an interstate or foreign tesncss in meats must operate nnder inspection. Inspectors are placed in it to sec that it fs kept in a ' sanitary condition. Every animal brought ,to it for slaughter is inspected by an inspector of fee Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. If any meat or product Is found to be unwholesome or otherwise unfit ,fpr food it is condemned and cannot be used for human food All animals are killed under the eyes of the inspectors, aad every carcass receives a post-mortem examination to detect any evidence of disease that might have escaped the ante-mortem inspector. Every piece of meat whet ready to be shipped is stamped under the supervision of a representative of the bureau of Aqhnal Industry, and that stamp carries with it to the consumer sm assurance of wholesomeness. Every ani?al brought into the United States and every one shipped is Inspected by Hie bureau. m ~ Jam in Patent Office. , PATENT OFFICE officials have been swamped with-work as a result of a deluge of applications ou new inventions during the last six months. All records have been broken for that period of time and there are now awaiting classification aad filing Patent applications. Congestion has existed for two years in the Patent Office, aad legislation tor relief received a setback during the larch shift in Congress. These conditions are said to have greatly hampered manufacturers and exporters, . OffeUi say .there, fc> little proypert .fog) improvement .unlet*I Cpagret* ?rant? Qdrifciwtal salaries aad ,?er?pn< many hariag left the WTN? -n t / f, >< i (-ancm*) .tell . " " . i j Trees, Aged I REMARKABLE!* I B* T*HR softer stone jtkifh at one time tmromjed this ft I of rain, frost, wind, and lime, to that mom Ike Iran This is probably the only fetrifud stone bridge in I has been fut wider the trunk to prevent further truchitg, a Policies Irreconcilable?Gibbs. COXTTNUKD FROM PAGE THHEB. Would Cripple Germany. LOOKIXG at these facts as a scientific problem the French foreign office says: "The solution is obvious, Germany must be Woken up. She must be cut off from her resources. Her industry and organization must be crippled. France must strengthen Poland and drive a wedge between Germany and Russia, who would otherwise unite for military aggression. The safety of France, her glory and power, depend upon keeping Germany poor, and at a!T costs and all risks that shall we do." France hasn't the. least intention of relinquishing the left bank of (he Rhine. She has every intention of handing orgr the rich industrial districts in Upper Silesia to Poland and so drain Germany of one of her chief sources of wealth and power. She is prepared to see Germany fail in the payment of indemnities, and to force her to fail if necessary, in order (o hare a pretext for applying fresh sanctions and breaking up Germany by economic severities. Now that, in my judgment, is a reasonable and logical policy except for one flaw in the argument and one moral law. The Saw is just this. All countries in Europe and many beyond Europe depend for their recovery of trade upon an industrial revival in Germany, Austria. Poland. Russia and the Baltic States, and they will not support a policy #faich destroys all chance of that for the sake even of French security. If France pursues that policy she will be alone in Europe except for Poland, who is bankrupt, unstable and anarchical. Such a policy may succeed for fifteen, twenty or twerty-five years, but the time will come when France will no longer be able to support a great standing army and when Germany, broken to bits, maybe, and separated into many isolated communities of German folk, poverty stricken and desperately enraged, will reunite in a great wave of racial passion and will relight the fires of he It. That is the flaw in th^ French argument which thrusts itself into British minds. They may believe that a French policy along these lines is suicidal and bound in the long run to bring down Europe into the gulfs of ruin by another monstrous war for our children or our children's children. , Silesian Plebiscite. BUT there is a moral aspect to the French policy which cannot be ignored over this Upper Silesian question which is France's test of British friendship. * ^ France says we arc bound in honor to support our Polish allies. England says we are bound in honor by our own pledge to abide by the plebiscite which was decided in favor of Germany. - To all impartial students of history there can be no doubt that Upper Silesia is strictly and lawfully German, built up by German President Harding spent the greater part of last week m the seclusion of the summit of Mount Prospect, a short motor ride from Portland. Me., the gneit of Secretary of War Weeks. Mrs. Harding and a large patty of friends we*? ihfje. and Mrs. John W-, Darin, daughter of the War,. Secretary, was hostess in the ahsetwe- af Mrs. Wfeks. The place is at the end of cloned private road and lour miles from a telephone. 15,000,000 "| ATURAL BRIDGE iSHSftr "' ^HWfc i4<. > % .<trifled trer, has been unshed away by the uvathermg actum k forms a natural bridge, forty (eel long, over the ravine, he world. Since the picture xixu taken a concrete support ltd the destruction of this wonder of the world. wealth and industry, colonized by German folk half a thousand year* ago, nerer a part of Poland, never claimed by Poland until the peace conferencc less than three years ago, and with a mixed population speaking a special dialect which is no more Polish than German. Korfanty and his bands are insurgents and not local inhabitants, demanding self-government. It seems clear, therefore, that the French demands in behalf of Poland arc not in accordance with international justice, but arc based on a policy of self-interest and self-defense which might be justified in an expediency for the peace of the world. But it is the conviction of most English people that the fulfillment of this policy would make for future war and would ^ quite destroy all chances of some system of gradual disarmament which most of us hope may follow the Washington conference. France, and England will continually compromise on their points of difference, but there will be increasing exasperation, which is already divorcing the public opinion of both countries, unless the French minorities, who see eye to eye with ns, prevail, or, what Is more possible, unless the French people, who, as a whole, are anti-militarist in instinct and are only supporting the present policy for the sake of national security, realize the appalling danger to their future if they are isolated. Desnobflize Russian. IT is necessary to assure the French people of safety by other means than by breaking up Germany, and that may be done, I think, by demobilizing Russia, without whose military support Germany would be impotent in a new war of revenge. Out of the enormous tragedy of the Russian famine that good at least may come, for the evil of Bolshevism and its tyranny may be overthrown not by armed force but by world charity. This famine in Russia which is menacing millions of poor peasants is our supreme test of charity and if all nations^ will follow the quick lead given by the United States in Secretary Hoover's offer the Russian Red armies will be disarmed more easily than by corrupt revolutionary generals seeking to replace the new tyranny by the old despotism. It is time for a truce io Russia as well as in I reland, and the spirit of Christian charity applied to political affairs will destroy the philosophy of force and ordeal by battle. It is, after all, the strongest weapon in the world, though least used by those who profess its faith. I In Great Britain public opinion is set fair for peace at home and abroad and there will be no toleration of any renewal of armed strife in Ireland. It is probable that the present government will postpone an appeal to the country on that issue until after the Washington conference, but meanwhile all sides are preparing for the .next general election, which may suddenly be sprung upon them. It is certain that the present coalition will be broken into many groups, and attempts are now being made in secret conclaves of Liberals to strengthen the opposition by uniting all the moderate liberal thought under the leadership of Viscount Gray in succession to Herbert Asquith, who has disappointed his supporters. Viscount Cray undoubtedly would gain a great following' in spite of his .long. sphmxMke silence because in' the ipnbbc imagination he still holds 'bis place as a noble, idcatistic figure with world peace as his, abiding hop*. ? I i }*?'? ? >. < n 1 i < 1