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namad for a Mr. Salmora. of tha firm of
PUBLIC LIBRARY PERIODICAL ROOM .
VISITED BY HUNDREDS EVERY DAY
P4r, From Warring Nations Are Separated by Wide Space, but Not Deliberately-Vast Enjoyment Provided
Persons Who Want Newa From Old Home Tow ns.
JUNCTION CITY CREAMERY GROWS
TO INDUSTRY OF GREAT WORTH
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atia irfimatt wa tM4 la !
rlT aart af l. a f e'
nriiAtM frmr rii4 taa raa
aikifiiiaa ft a -ira'i rrmT
A af aita war rot4v-4
fnafKad a' r-ra' V4.1;
la ! ''" ' '' tfc
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taa fmMn'!f laalKa. a4 !"
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MEMORY OF PIONEERS PERPETUATED
IN NAMES OF PORTLAND STREETS
f Orf ltlacir.l SaxWIy. Help Gather Material BartJin Hiatory f Trople Who Katabliahrd
Otr Ua Nam, af Baato. a Artri by ITip ef Coin U Ilecallcd.
.Mr. Hi
T aa jaaa a ataaa a k aar-aa.
aia n a'O'ana. M w...a -
r- :.. a
P 'RTUNT'II piaaaar data ara ra.
k.t . af tkair.kiatorr Inira
aaaa. a fwaa dT of IT"H"
aa. f.r .rra.l .hfb, Ta aama af
tna ! I'aatf. I.1 of d ffaraa!
aiafrfcrta, a"J af a -aal atraata
kark awn la la l-oaa ark. a, rartlanal
vaa alTpiT a a.aail claarlaa Im la a-ll-
la t katii 'ha kala:n ka
l r: T.ara la -a I a r-ii
,.411 Taaaaaaaaaa lvmo4 Onr' laok
, a ala. I" ' a-t
Vaa af I miaaiatia. aaa) ad a Ml
af a aar aaar la fa f.--t
af Waa(ta atraat T'r aa aallt
,ni(... tar Ika llta Har Caaaanf
aarti tlm ' Irkaoma. ka
mM k a r at t "a laa f r I". Xat
fr Taaaa. aad mf ll ''
J ttl. ia knoaa af t'.n aad aa a'ort
aa kia atar tt fca Ua racardad at
ra'ftar a aa atar'wia fil la evr-j-aaf-a
aji a-?ar l ' "a na
aa4 atafad Ml' tW'tUI atraal par
aa'aataa h a taia
Ta U.m M" " l "aada of
laxa'.'T aa l I'rtll . akoaa aJVTiaa
ara aiaa fa-nH ar t aa alt f'a-a tsatr
raaaa. a aa ta ait ' poata.
aaata fa i ir a "X
taalu, raaaa aat la Z. rTmtm'na tla
lM airk fa f "t a.ra.i'
k...a.f foa 1 T.-. Ha ! 'a
.4 Vifilif. a f- af 'l Joaraat. at!k
I. Vkk.lavaa aad ralraa4 la l-a a
vtfn i vJortr.
Ca A'lvlMal ol!a aturlpc farm-,,-
k I. . Iarlt ha lb dli'n--
a -t ainain l"a laurala. ana ni'
-ur4 th klak'al la IHa alaia. tVI
Tfca IUI1T in-faa at c u-i
n ih. loxnlxr .f pairana bcoucht alol
t a far a lmrmT P1 A a
aliila la t a 4 hol.diB aaa nal
f...o . 4ua la If ttrakna probtn.
ill aa d4 ! fin4 a - loratiua
an ararl a raacr.la rfaaraary.
s lIV. oa rramt af ! '
1mm. Ik e'afraltva arsaltatla
lixnrparalloO. lth P
I Hal at. at !;. . .
T rr.al alia of ina craamrry t
aothaarl frora loa
twalaaaa la aaauiaaiarr.
jka iitrirxn lrkParrr d'alnaca
,,.ia-r. aa da,!aej and thia l
(.,!,( aO al.frlr.rT Ifal Iba prob
l.m f.- la rr-f' al ia !! la
ra'l-i a . t4. Tba lan allral
ri-4 a ; f t!a t(:ii ;
ir (fan i a rafaaa aatar af a
,f.t..r II I. a rTltr m.
Kk la -kaaJaataa ara opanaal l
ra of iarfcrla a' a m I ara-t
rara-a k a. kha'ri'a ccmanma IH
...i. aafr and ajhaa lhar ara ruin
Ma raidanra In fraon 1111. Ha Waal
lha irl laayar lo aat f "t aa raaa
arvtu and. in romraoa ailk moat law
vara, ha ha4 iaa r,.iral l-anln
a twrama a wall-kaowa raa-nbar af
lja aarlr prayialonal aoaammaat.
rattroa a marrant wka
tiiad Ipto fa Columbia la II on board
tia bark Tama aitk a at.-k of mar
ckasliM la built tha firat rab:n on
I a a ir,Mil loaaalta In Bad proa
parad aatll aaatar.a malaria la Port
Uad'r lrota r.rn la tha aonhrra aaa.
caul, ahara ka'waa ona ot t tound-
ra of larl Taaaaaad.
l-j lhaaa I a a man bad lha land
ifi.i.4 and laa praaaal a-oaparoua
rl baraa a ba. T v a ra war l Mocka
land oal ia tha aaxll than a Itk atraata
faat artda. T ri aaa atraata maat baa
ka'a rnxl of far loo aanarooa width
la Ika maa wka f.tlad t-a hu. lira
aad T-abha.l la atampa ttal atood. la
tX. wkara 'Mii'loa. Aldar. Morfl
aoa and amhill atraaia ran aaw I'ka
a.t too narrow roariac eanyona ba
la.au ta.. cliff'.'ka ko ldmra.
Tka rit of l blorka M to ba
naasad. and lha at.rT aoaa Ikat It bara
I. maa.d tka f:"iltr of baioa rhrka
taaad lloataa. laaaaior. af laaa-hu-aatta.
waa for Boaioa. lttTtoa. of
Mama f. foreland. Tha r I "a aad a
raaa". la fataa wara propitioua. and
liifif't won. Ilaa"a wa aat tka
aa.pra.alnn. aa aflaa aaad -iroil
iria I k'fnl fitataa, to ampra.a tha width
at tla ciliuil. -froan Pof.Iaod. ra
fan ta fortLaad. alatna
It' ia rasa, for rol-lr that lha
paaay fU nl a-aa ua. Tbara ewal4
aiai lha rrfua Irfl la mixed
alih lha toll. Ihua anrlrhinc It.
Thara u a rfrlaraUii plant In tha
craamarr M' kaapa tla buitr In
ai.a.anl condition until markat'd.
Thara la no Iroui.la aHh Ira aa tha r
fricarator la krpi In col condition by
uaa of mahlnary.
Thara ara :a pa iron a of lha rraam
arjr at praaanl. aad durln lha paat aar
lhT raalrd an ot
rnta a pound for bultartat. or Intjil
of llj.lil. maklnc an arraa of I-1.-is:
i a month. ourtcn thouaand
nana kundrad anH alshtr pounda of Mil
lar haa baan roada a month, or i:.7a
pounda. Runnina aipaoaaa for lha )ar
to-a a l3.
VKtm Mhra. Ihr firal a-ralary of
lha rraamarr. raalanad and araptad a
l-oaluon aa n'anaaar of a ro-oparatlva
crnti al tr!nd. fa I V V. Jrnarn.
tha rraaant arrrtrT-',ra'. dn
Irf aood aorfc ll'a o'ira la lix-alad
In tha o!d rraamarr hmMn. arhirh la
aiaa aaad aa a atoaahuaa for tPf
thai lha patrona i!ir to purrl.aaa
throuah lha rraamart. Ta olhar offi
rv ra a hlr (nra tha ioard tf diratira.
ara JV I. JanaTV prraldant: '. II Traa
ton, ira-praaldant : J A. llol--oml.
trraanrar: A. II. iUrtln and II. C.
ITaaton.
ba only ona tlnaton of alaa and Import
anra. not only In Amarica. bat In tha
a or Id I Xtr that nana tha rltr could
kavar haaa raarhad tta prant alia and
proaparity. Ona faala aura that If Port
land had baan namad p.aaton. It would
barVa baan outatrlppa,) by oraaon City,
which wa airaady loundad. or by Linn
Ion, or t- Johna. fundad atout th
aama tlma. Aa It la. rort;arKl. Or- haa
outatrlrnad I'ortland. Ma. by aoma
thine lika it'. to Ja.vM icanaua of
lli.
Tka town waa namad. and than batran
tha namlnc of Ha four atrfria running
bark from t-a rlr.
It la ixiaib'a thai tha natlva wild
rharrr traaa abotin-laal on tha principal
traal and that tia hatchal waa brought
into pla In cuttina lhara down, but
hialorr la ailant on thl point, and wa
muat attributa tha nama of IVa.hintrtnn
atraat lo patriotlam alona. Tha vary
farta of ihoaa da) a ara romantic anouah
without tryma ta Improra on hlatory:
and la p.cnrara d:d not naad any In
rantua to ramind IVm la do honor to
tk. falhar of tha.r country.
ra cannot halo woodarlna about tha
rbarrr traaa. howavar. bacauaa foreat
rowtha did ata namaa lo aayarml of
tha atraata. Aldar waa raamrd from a
croup of aldara naar tha rlvar bank.
iH. Pint and A ah. addad to lha lull
lowaahip al an aarly data. wra namad
from lha pr.aanra of oak. ptna and
aab trrmm. Oplnlona differ about tha
nr.am af Salmon atraat. aoma aaylra
ikat tha nama came f""m tha flab ao
cl.-alT aaaorlatad with the ciKa
waaiib, atkara a)ia thai It waa
Salmon, ak Klllott. In fan ranciaoo, oui
Mr. Hi maa. who la final authority on
ucb mattara. affirm a that the nama
cam from tha ealmonbarry buahes
that road a copaa in a aaampy piaco
running dowa to tha Wlllamclte.
J. t, Marrlaaw catrhaaaa.
Vorriaon atreat waa named after J.
U. klorrlaon. a Scotchman, who came
out In 1 In tha aama wagon train
with Mr. LotreJoy. Ho had a lumbar
and flour depot naar tha foot of the
(treat that waa named for him and
bunt the elty'a firat frame bouae there
about. Yamhill waa named for the trlba of
Indiana that Inhabited ona of the
earlieat aattled parta of lha atate.
Columbia got Ita nama from the river,
which got It from the bark of Cap
lain Gray, who diecovered that mighty
at ream. Market got Ita name from the
fact that It waa tha firat atreet aouth
of a block aet apart, on an early map
of tha town, for market purpoae.
Moat of the etreeta to the eouthward
owe their naraea to mottvaa of polltlca
or patriotlam. Zachary Taylor waa do
ing great deed In tha Mexican war
when Portland waa being put on the
map. Madiaon, Marrlaon. Jarkaon and
Lincoln atreat wara named for Presi
dent. Clay waa for Henry Clay, who
waa much tr lha mind of the public
in Porllond'e early daya. and who died
In 'aS. lirant atraat la wall named, for
tha great I'rerlUent and gtneral waa
tatloned at Vancouver In '63. and
plowed a field there and planted pota
toea to cut down the high coat of liv
ing, a he I. la In hla memoir.
. . , i litttnala namad
for "Flaming Phil." om of whoae
blorkhoueee, built during the aarly
Oregon Indian war, ara tlll tanding
In different parts of tha etale. Other
civil War grneral. Sherman. Meade.
Hooker and Admiral Porter ara all re
membered. C'arwtbera Deaattea Clalaa Uae.
Caruther trerl Ilea on the donation
land claim of a Cnruthere who came
out In t. He dlad without hair and
Ma land, on which much of i'outh Port
land now atanda. wa th aubJVcl of a
long law Bail.
fevers! of tha early governor of
tha atate are reiraa;uiad: Wood. Gro
var. CSibb. Whltlaker. Curry, Pennoyer.
General Joe Unr. who was appointed
by Prealdent Polk In 14. and Ueorge
Abernethy. wbo wa made bead of
lha provlalonal government In 111,
and re-elected annually until the com
ing of Unr.
va'hiteakrr- nam la Incorrectly
palled "Wbltakar" on the sicn posts.
According to a pioneer who knew the
old governor wall. Whlteaker was par
tlcular about lha spelling of hi name,
and th sight of IU mleapelled tha full
length of a street, would make the gov
ernor swear If he were yet alive
-like tha army In Klandera."
.North of Washington street w come
to ftark. named for Benjamin Stark,
who came to Oregon In U4& on the
bark Toulon. He bought out Lovejoy
Interest In the towniil'. wa prominent
In lha early doing of the town. nd
enjoyed the, privilege of being aenator
for ona month, filling out the term of
Senator llaker. a
The atraat. beyond Aab were simply
lettered A. U. ale. following the al
phabet In Ihe moat unimaginative man
nar. Howavar, It was due to this lack
of Inspiration that the streets now
bear tha names ot plonaere. men. moat
of them, closely sssoclsted with the
rites growth. Tha streets remslned
lettered until Juno. ll. when I'ort
land. Kant Portland. Alban. separate
cities hitherto, became consolidated
Into one city. Then the movement to
honor the pioneers began, and all of
lha lettered streets were named for
them.
A. P. Aaheay la lleaered.
A street became Ankeny In honor of
A. P. Ankeny. who owned land In that
vicinity. Ankeny street is not even
(0 feat wide; it la only half of the usual
width, and thereby hang a tale, a
atory told by r. P. Thompson to Mr.
Himes. Ankeny street now runs along
what waa then the boundary line be
tween lha piopertv of Henjamtn Mark
and th rlalin of Captnln Couch. Cap
lain Couch ml-hcd tha alreei surveyed
and engaged I. I. Thompson, then
young aurveyor newly come to OreROn
city, to do the work for him. Mr.
Thompson surveyed Captain Couch- 10
fare but Mr. mark wa not ready to
to have hi half surveyed. He never
did get ready. Soon after his month In
Washln.-tor. he went lo reside perma
nently In the Kest: and the city grew
up along the half surveyed atreeL
llurnslde was an early Portland mer
cbsnl. Couch street was named
for Captain John If. Couch, one
of th most prominent of several
seafaring men who gave up the
,r, m aettla In tha ttttlei township.
Ma sailed a brlir over the Columbia
River bar aa early as 111. In ll he
tooK ur a claim north of Lovejoy and
Petlygrova. It Included moat of what
Is now known a North Portland.
avia was named tor Anthony Pavls.
a pioneer of and Portland s first Jus
lire of the Peace. So far aa Is known
ihara waa no early pioneer named
Kvcrett. and F. street presumably got
Its name from Kdward KveretL a pres-
ent-day business man. who came to me
nty more than tl '. ago. Klsnder
was named for Captain Flanders, a lire
, i -na n.rlner of Captain
lourh. t.llean waa the son-in-law- of
CapLiln Couch. He aettled In Portland
after aervlns U years' medical service
with the Army on the plain, and waa
still active In the service in urr,
from 'Si lo ' during tha Indian hoa
ttlltie. aptala lleyl Plaarrr af
Captain Hot waa a pioneer or "0.
Captain Irving owned tha land where
Irvingtoi. now .lands. A. )L Johnson
waa a pioneer but-her. a partner ot
Perkins for whom the Perkins Hotel
a.rf Mr. Johnson's house, built
not in the earliest days, but In times
that seem long ago now. mj .....
seen on M. Clair street, an Imposing,
though dilapidated, mansion with a
mansard roof.
I Kearney waa for momaa r...
la pioneer tailor, whoae shop. In 1SJ.
'stood on Washington street between
I r-ront and r Iret. lovejoy w for the
'oruinal tow n proprietor, of whom mu-h
U.- k. said. Captain George Mar-
! shall w a a steamboat man. who came
1 to Port end In the early ls. F J.
Northrup was a pioneer of &. a well-
' known business man no lounue..
the business now r.....
l(..neman Hardware Comnany In 51.
i.vrrton and Pettyrrove have already
bean mentioned, rlelgh street was
named for Patrick ltal-lch, a pioneer
tailor and owner of a clothing store.
S.vler waa named for Thomas Savl-r.
a partner of Butnrl.le In the early
.....
Thurmsn probably got Its name from
ona of the family of S. A. Thurman.
w ho lived near Salem In pioneer times.
Th.,. ware several sons in tne lamur
and one of them worked lor Sir. Himes
In his printing oinc-e in 4-...
. r.,,r.er of the O. S. N. I'OmPiltf.
Vaughn was for George Vaughn, who
r.nia out In '! and In "' had a large
Keirk flourlnar mill on Main street
Wilson wa named for Dr. Robert Bruce
Wilson a physician, w no came 10 rmi
i..4 1.1. m '11. and whoso son, car.
rying on b. profession, are well known
to present-day l oriisnuer
Tha nsmes of the older part of the
city are nearly all derived from Its
earlv nmory. aiaojr
k. mentioned. Carter street, on
port. and Heights, wa named for
Thoma Carter, who owned a donation
,1.1m there. King Helaht were
s part cf the claim of A. M Kin. Most
of irvingtona street on th Kaat side
are named for pioneers. So one might
ao on into the anneal iui.
Vet Ihe pioneer name are far from
being evhausted. and no names are
more fitting for the streets of this
great, ever-spreading city.
Ho sr.1 has heeus eperatlrj a new line
f a a.n-,.1- pa tnat ai.l ? J b'I-ao Aa-
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ONE of the aspects of tna turopean
war haa a reflex In tha arrange
ment of the foreign papers and
periodicals in the Portland Public Li
brary. It Is coincidental rather than
studied. For Instance, the English dal
les and matraxlnes are segregated on
the south slue of the big reading-room.
Just 100 feet east of the uritisn sec
tion and In Ihe corner Is the German
salient, where the Anzieger, Wart and
other Teuton weeklies are shelved for
ua by patrons of the periodical room.
Frances sector Is a oit away, juai
enough to keep the two nationalities
who frequent the room apart.
In fact, dividing the entente allies
Rnalnnd France. I-tUSSla and Italy
also Germany. AuMrla-HungWy. Tur
key and Bulgaria respectively are tne
neutral dally, weekly and monthly,
publications. beginning with the
United States and including Denmark,
Greece, Norway. Sweden and others
a division not studied.
. Opaaaent Da Sot Meet.
The aliens from the warring coun
tries therefore do not rub elbows when
they go to the public library to read
the periodical from home. They need
not see each other and do not, so far
as Mis Alice Taylor, who haa charge
of tha department, has ever noticed
since the beginning: of the conflict
abroad.
"And you did not put th arrange
ment In vogue deliberately, so as to
avoid any possible frictions between
nationals here" was asked Miss lay-
lor. . ..
So. that Idea did not enter Into it,
nhe replied with a surprised smile:
"but since It Is suggested It does look
to be more than a coincidence, doesn't
It? It rather seems a bit prophetic and
very practical, now that the positions
of tho papers and magazines rrom
shroad are regarded from that point."
VeS
STEAMER WHISTLES TALK
LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN
Rebounding Din Along W terwgy Through City Has Meaning and Purpose.
Courtesy Greetings, Passing Signals, Calls for Bridges, in Constant Use.
TIERK Is a language or river ana
sea that Is as distinctive as the
vernacular of the wire, and aa use
ful, it is a lcn language purely and
alike read by the ear and eye.
How many of the tnousanas inai
j.iw eroaa fori land' bridge afoot.
on car and other vehicle have ever
given thought to the whistle iney
hear from the river crafts or know
what the, language is they are apeak-
Ing7 "
It Is familiar but not understood,
snve by those who may. perchance, be
directly engaged In handling vessels
or wer once connected closely with
that occupation. Every time a boat
speaks It has a m-anlng. The Gov
ernment has embodied the signal lan
guage In the fabric of Its marine laws.
It la alao international, for all nations
have gone by them ever alnce there
were steam craft. . ,
An old rlverman was asked the other
day lo interpret the whistles heard on
the Columbia and Willamette. They
are so like an open book to him that
the Ignorance of the general public of
their meaning has never occurred to
him. He thought they must know, as
he knew. And ho practically illus
trated thla lesson with a Tessel this
Th'a craft Is above the Hawthorne
bridge. Everything 1 reaedy for her
to move down th river. The pilot, al
ways the one on the craft that does
the talking for It on the stream, gives
. . 1 , Thar means to the
a snort f ' -
mate to let go all line or mooring for
departure.
The Hawthorne bridge looms up big
and athwart. To- get it open, ahe
blows one long and four short blasts.
On down the river she glides blithely,
moving In sight of the Morrison bridge,
to get which open her ladyship lets go
a long and three abort whisilea. As
-1.- me..rfa further down a long and
srhi.riea la notice to the
Burnside bridge tender to ahlft and let
. v.- in,, steel bride arts only a
lona- and a ahort. The sesame to the
Broadway bridge is a long, short and
"suppose the craft aeea another com
ing up the river. She whistles a long
blast and the approaching or up
atream boat does the aame. This
mean that they have apoken each
... 4 will najt tiort to port.
which, to the layman, means the down
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But the foregoing is merely inci
dental rather than the feature of this
story. The point of this story Is to
call attention to the great convenience
and use of this department of the in
stitution by suggesting types that
gather there daily to r.?ad home papers
to get news from home, where al
ways things and people have their ups
and downs, their Joys and sorrows,
their economics and politics.
SOO Read Paper Daily.
Eight hundred persqns, a fair sprink
ling of women among them, is the
averaire daily attendance there. In the
Fall It ran heavier. Later this Win
ter It will be diminished, for it is also
a sort of barometer, showing the ebb
and flow of the. unemployed. As pros
perity becomes more positive, the at
tendance grows less. The reverse is
equally as true.
To the curious analytic it is inter
esting to watch the' straneer as he
enters this room, which Is biff, airy
and spacious enough to accommodate
a thousand or more a day. If it be
tha first visit he or she will inquire
at the desk If "you take" the paper
from a certain city or town. If the
town be somewhat of a center, its
lesding dally will be found on file
with ls others, and the stranger is
taken to It by a page or one of the
attendants.
Mr. General Frequenter, however,
having spied out the place and the
home paper file, goes rlpht to it the
first thing, after entering the big
room, takes the Journal out carefully,
seats himself comfortably at one of
the large tsbles and proceeds to read
with avidity to absorb eevry line of
news.
Let one's mind keep goinir over the
good things read in the home paper
the paper that you and everybody
else In the town have "cussed," also
cajoled and coddled with civic pride
vessel struggling up. but headed a lit
tle on the starboard bow. Two long
blasts and a response of two mean that
they will pass each other starboard to
starboard, that is the down craft tak
ing the left and the up boat the left
also.
Now, suppose the up-steamer or tug.
whichever It happened to be. did not
want to pass the down one on the sig
nal, one long blast. It would give vent
to five short blasts, meaning that the
down craft should consider herself
called down good and proper, because
she Is wrong, even previous.
If the down vessel takes the "call
down" with good grace, which Is not
always so, she traits for the up boat
to signal with one long blast. This
answer is necessary, for it means that
the down-going one will port her helm
and proceed on the port, or left side,
as the reading of the whistles-spells.
Suppose, again, her ladyship is going
down stream with all flags set. ensign
a-stern and Jack forward. That Is the
vernacular to ail the boat population
along the river that an excursion is
aboard. Perhaps some of the docked
craft may want to Join in wishing the
excursion steamer God-speed and . her
Joyful freight a .bon voyage. If so.
those In the slips will blow three long
blasts. Not to be outdine in courtesy,
she answers with the same number of
whistles.
Fact 1. three whistles Is a salute in
river lanruage the world over. It Is
frequent that a new craft, spick and
spsn and atranger to the Columbia or
Willamette, makes her way up. She
la given hearty "welcome-to-our-city"
salutes from the boat families in slip
ana dock. Three blasts is the entente
cordiale that is internationally adhered
to. It is the same as tipping the hat
on the street, or bowing acknowledg
ment of respect.
All boats must be well In hand la
sight of a bridge, so as to stop readily
in case of accident to the bridge. Sup
pose a boat in the dock blows for the
bridge to open and something occurs to
prevent departure or passing through
the bridge, a reverse signal Is given,
and the bridge Immediately closes. The
reverse slsnal In case of the Haw
thorne would be four short blasts and
one long, for the Morrison street, cross,
ing. three shorts and one long, and
ao on.
Again, suppose the down boat wants
to speak the upDoana crait in stream,
the former blows three whistles, and
the other answers with the same num
ber, stops her engines and drifts. The
down one v-ill "land" alongside the
other designating whether the port or
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many, many a time for one reason
and another. But now how familiar is
that old caption Podunk Herald to
your eyes, a stran jer in a strange land
o? an absentee from home lor a year
or many how blest is It to set going
for the nonce those associations ot
back-home days, those friendships and
dislikes, the latter by distance and
time mellowed into likes now, per
haps, those hopes and ambitions, rea
lized or blighted.
After one has watched these daily
comings and goings at the library, he
is finally struck with the thought of
the measure of real satisfaction and
genuine enjoyment this daily paper
department gives to the hundreds that
frequent it. It pays for itself in a
way that cannot be measured by dol
lars or pounds sterling, or marks, or
francs or kopecs.
That they get a great deal out of
them." ventured Miss Taylor, "may bo
noticed by the physical condition of tho
papers after a few days' reading.
"Most of them are simply read to
pieces, as this one I have Just had
taken to mucilage its fragments a
bit."
The files of the rallies are kept for
two months in their respective bins
near the shelves which hold the latest
number. So, besides furnishing the
news from home right out of the daily
mails the back numbers are there, when
you have been absent a few days, a
week or two months, to be read back
with the usual delight that home newa
yields.
There are rigid rules against vandal
Ism, cutting papers and theft. It is
punishable for the first offense by a
rebuke and the second by expulsion.
Miss Taylor says such offenses are
almost unknown. When some one
surreptitiously clips one of the Journals
he Is "so slick about it as to hide de
tection," according to Miss Taylor.
starboard by one blast for port and"
two for starboard.
Where a boat is overhauling another,
both going in the same direction, tho
passing signal is the same, one long
blast by the approaching craft, indi
cating that she will pass port side, and
two if starboard side. The leading ves
sel acknowledges with the same sig
nals. Five short blasts denote danger or
distress. It is answered by all boats
in hearing. Just as an S. O. S. 'wireless
means the distress or sinking 01 a ship
at sea. With the same alacrity all
boats go to her aid forthwith.
All railroad trains approaching"
bridges biow four long whistles and
come to a stop. There Is always a
flagman at each approach of a bridge.
He alone can give the signal to the
engineer of a train to go ahead, the
bridge gate-keeper having signaled
the flasman by bell or other device.
Before the engineer proceeds slowly he
blows two short blasts in acceptance
of the flagman's clearance.
The gate-keeper or bridge tender
signals the flagmen on all bridges of
the approach of all boats, and to stop
all trains or other tralfic crossing un
til the boats shall have passed under
and the bridges in place again.
SPIES WRITE ON BODIES
Germans Bathe Women to Remove
Invisible Ink.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. A neutral, who
has been visiting German-, tells in the
London Times of the extraordinary
close examination to which he and
others were subjected on leaving Ger
many for Switzerland.
The women of the party, he said,
were bathed a la Eve. One of the of
ficials, asked why the women were sub
jected to this treatment, replied that- a
number ot women spies leaving Ger
many had been found to have impor
tant messages written with invisible
ink on their skin.
DEAD MAN GETS POST
Senate Confirms Appointment for
rostmaster of Virginia Town.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Ignorant of
tho death of John B. Hanes. of Dilwyn,
Va., who was nominated for postmaster,
the' Senate voted to confirm the ap
pointment. At the same time today a
delegation was Interviewing Virginia
members of Congress, insisting on tho
appointment of this or that successor
to Mr. Hanes. ... ,
Chairman Flood, of the House foreign
aaffirs committee, bore the brunt of
the attack, Dilwyn being in his dis
trict. Flvj csj.s of tomatoes per capita la the
report for the present season in the United
iiataa and this does not Include the mil
lions of tne fruit preserved in privata houses.
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