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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1914)
SEMI-WEEK Iff BAN DON ftKCOBbteft, TUESDAY, NOV. lffTH, mi PAGE TWO -."-'-y'- WATCHES THE CLOUDS. On Naw Yorkarti Easy and Wall Paid, but Important, Job. There In one mun in New York who would si-era to hold nn easy and unique job. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 bo puts In bis whole time watching for clouds from tlio top or one of the- tallest sty Hi ruperM. Ho does nothlug dde. la well puld If he performs his duty vigilantly and has no one to boss or bustle him around except the doudB. For tools he works with a tcicscopa. and he can smoke, read pottry or do what he pleases, provided ho keeps bis weatbel eyo keenjy peeled for the flrst sign of a storm cloud sweeping down the Hud son. On that rests Ills whole Job. for should a thunderstorm catch him nap ping it would mean a serious strain on the leading electric light and power company. In no other city 'but New York dc conditions make for such a contingen cy Owing to the compact construction of the huge blocks of downtown sky scrapers an enormous amount of elec tric Hgbt Is suddenly demanded when ever the sky becomes darkened. Thoir sands of bulbs are simultaneously switched on. At ulghtfull this need for light I easily calculated, but no certain provUIoii can bo made against the sudden overshadow of a storm cloud other than by stationing a look out man on the top of a skyscraper. Consequently when ho sees n cloud weeping down tho Hudson or advanc ing from any other direction It is hU business to, watch Its approach care fully. Therein he must uso a bit of Judg ment. If it Is likely to sweep clear of the city Uo need not botker about ft Dut should lie reckon it will piwa over Mrnhattun it is his fouStnofw to tele phone the chl(!f power station n warn ing that a storm cloud Is coining. At once a red light glows In the engiim room, and the stokeni hustle to shovel coal Into tho furnaces. Presently the huge generators revolvo at greater speed to supply tho emergency demand for electricity. Thus when the thou sands of lights arc switched on down town few nro likely to guess how tho ihlden call for light has been met Meanwhile tho cloud wutober Is In no fear that a mechanical device wlH deprlvo him of bis Jqb, for tho weather instrument flint caa record Just tho di rection a cloud wHKHako In sweeping on toward Mnnhim.in is yet in tho dim future of Invention. tfew York Trib unal Course of tho Panama Canal. There la a soaiowhat popular delu sion about tho Panama canal to wit. that the courso from Colon, on tho Caribbean or Atlantic sldo of the Isth mus, to Punuma, on the Pacific side, la from east to west. Of courso tho At lantic Is at tho oast and the PaclUc 1 at "the west, but tho isthmus Is very crooked and at this point tends from a little south of west to north of east, und Colon Is actually farther west than Panama. As a result tho canal runs from north-northwest to soutb southeuBt, and on reaching the PaclUc one Unds himself farther cast than be was when he left the Atlantic. Queer, Isn't it, to go westward by going eust wurd? Dut it's a geographical fact, all the same, which fow realize until they study tho map. New York Tribune. Canine Etiquette. In their relation one with another dogs havo a keen senso of etiquette. Unless they ure on 'very lntlmatu tonus they take greilt pains never to brush against or even touch one another. For ouo dog to step over another Is a dangerous breach of etiquette unlesa they are special friends. It Is no un common thing for two dogs to belong to tho'flanio person and live In tho samo IiotiRo and' yot never take the slightest notice of cui li otlic. Wo hare a spaniel so dlguliled that he will never permit another member of the dog family tu pillow bis hctkd upon him, hut with the egotism of u true aristocrat ho docs not hesitate to maku use of tho other dogs for that purposo. Henry O. Morwin In Atluntlc. No Canea For Actors. Thero Is one profession that has al ways refrained from carrying a walk lug stick. The actor knows well' that on the stage be must walk without ex traneous support, und ho knows that the mere hint of a walking stick In hU hand as be wnLks the streets Is a temptation to lean this way or tlnit Actors, even when out of n Job,- never lean on n stick. They know that their balanced walk is their asset If the whole of society recurs to walking ticks tbo actum will refrain. Loudon Chronicle. Not Evan Dent. Little Eric had dropped a banket containing some oggs on Ida way home Aroiu tho grocery. "IIow muny did you break?" asked fete mother. "I didn't break any," replied Erie, "but tho hulls came lt two or three." Chicago Nows. Tomato Seed Oil. An excellent burning ell ban been ex tracted from tomato scodrf. Then, with tktt akin, are thoroughly dried In the nun. Tim aetnU nn then crushed In a fcydruullc pre and yield u thin yel. Ww oIL Tii In wht'i burned In u lamp fir a brUfht, l4l(v llulit-fom)ou Mte HIm Too Oooti, at wwrilu'i bin) U rvforu) lilwi tA vbuf W (lie h'fUU'f i p4 imw I tin I Jm', nluu'M Si It flipM Wi'Uh" - JiunUiu arniHifP'v ff ao k k 'lb t)fuifwilie' ol IIH1UIU " WHAT ROOSEVELT PLANNED TO DO As Told by Himself In Last Letter From Brazil. TOPOGRAPHY OF WILDERNESS Perils Faced In Attempt to Go Down Unexplored River Resume of Final Stago of J6urney Against Great Odds, Which Colonel Expected to Complete In April. News from Anthonr Mala, the arc tic explorer, that tho Roosevelt South American expedition, of which he to a member, has lost Its equipment may lutorferu with Colonel Itoosevelt's In tentlou to complete bis trip in April. Tho former president sailed for South America on Oct 4, after having received a hearty sendoff tho night be fore from more than 2,000 persons In New York. He spent several weeks In the Argon tine Kepubllc in November and De- coiuber, traveling more than 5,000 miles through that country by evfcry conceivable means of transportation except leroplune. In December tbo party started from Uuenoa Aires by slow stages up the Parana nud Para guay rivers. Colonel's Letter Telle Plans. Tho last letter to bo received by the American Museum of Natural nistory from Colonel Uoosevclt wns dated Jan 10 from Taplrapoan, in Matto Grosso, a large province in tho south central part of Brazil. This letter was re ceived by Frank M. Chupmnn, curator of birds In the American museum. Colonel Itoosovelt stated that the larty expected to reach tho. headwa terstof an unexplored river in a month or sic vr colts and that he expected to go down this, taking with him his son. Kermlt; Anthony Fiala and George K, Cherrle, a representative of the mu cam. Ho also wrote that this cxplor Irg party woalfl be accompanied down the rlvor by Colonel Rondon and other fUnatllaa members of 'the pAity. No mention was made of the name of this unexplored river, but In nitoth er totter to his family the colonel had referred to this river as the Itlo'Dulv ata or tho Itiver of Doubt Tho head waters of this river are at Matto Gros so, between the Madeira aud Tapajos rivers, two largo streams that tlow northward to the Amazon. Tho IlooHevelt party reached Corum bih in Unizll, on the upper Paraguay river, on Dec. 15. A Ijttlo north of. uorumoa tins river is not nnviguuie. The headwaters of tho Parpguay riv er arc In the plateau that extends into Mutto Grosso. TJho sources of rivers that run southward to join the Itto de la Piatu ure sometimes within a few miles of the streams that flow down the uortli sldo of the plateau and become tributaries of the Amazon By Horseback Flvo Hundred Miles. From 'the headwaters of the I'nnv guay It Is u Journey of 500 miles by borscbaclt to tho headwaters of the fUver of Doubt. These headwaters ure on a great plateau, between 3,000 aud 4,000 feet above sea level. From thero tho rivers drop abruptly to the lloor of the Amazon, making navigation ex ceptionally dangerous because of the .numerous rapids und waterfalls. The Madeira and the Tapajos both contain great waterfalls, among tjiem being somo of tho greatest in South Americu, If not In the world. Tho river betweeu those two streams, In which It is thought that tho Hoosevelt party "lost everything." to behoved to havo equal ly dangerous rapids and falls. On March 16 a message was receiv ed in Itlo Janeiro from Colonel Hon- don stating that tho party, after a 500 mllo Journey on horseback, had reach ed Buruo do Mulgato. Ho said no savages had been met nud that Colo nel Itoosovelt wus In good health. Ha rno do Mnlguto Is on the border be tween the states of Matto Grosso and Ainazonas and Is near tho headwaters of two rivers, the Commemoracao Flo riano and Gypnrana. which tlow Into tho upper Madeira. The Madeira river Joins tho Amazon some distance below Mnnnos, the first city which tlio party had expected to encounter on their arrival In civiliza tion. Santurcm, whence Mr. Fiala sent his message, Is several hundred miles below Manaos. AWESOME AMERICAN PISTOL. An Amusing Anecdote Related by Ex plorer Anthony Fiala. Mrs. Anthony Klala, wife of the arc tic uxplorcr, who hi with tlio Itoosovelt expedition, relates nn anecdote from one ot her huHbaud'H letter telling of an oxpcrlouce which he had at Corum bu, im tbo Kollvlau bonier of Ilrn.IL Thin town to the resort of liiwlen ad venturer. Mr I'inln, nccoinpaulnt by his body dervnnt, went to a cortVu hoimo Id Cu rumba with a French eimlneer of bU acqtiuliituiiru, a nd there the party wus Joined by it group of oUiur Crunch' men, After n uliort lluiu one n( h men Miiddmily produced u viimll Ivory hsiidlfil ,rwovrr Hint begun u o wli It. M lierviJPfii Mr FlMluV aw (ini, known "Hitf," iiMiidniluiiiiy Ulvw lm'i lilt ih uii'l dli-(lu)Md ,m I'Mlibir ivsitUnr iiukiiiuir In iu hu klvr, I'li'k'l Ibu dlynlny uf l arm mi M mi u! ilw ttivhttt'i fu (S) LODGE DIRECTORY . Masonic. Bandon Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M. .Stated communications first Saturday after the full moon of each month. Special communications Master Masons cordially invited. C. R. MOORE, W. M. PHIL PEARSON, Secretary. Eastern Star. Occidental Chapter, No. 45, O. E. S., meets Saturday evenings before and after stated communications of Masonic lodge. Visiting members cordially invited to attend. L. KATE ROSA, W. M. ROSA BINGAMAN, Secretary Rebekah Ocean Reboknh Lodge, No. 12C, I O. O. V., meets second and fourth Tuesdays at I. O. O. F. hall. Tran- cicnt members cordially invited. ELVA MILLER, N. G. MINERVA LEWIN, Secretary. I .0. O. P. Bandon Lodge, No. 133, I. 0. O. P., meets every Wednesday evening. Visiting brothers in good stnnding cordially invited. , D. C. KAY, N. G, L. I. WHEELER. Secretary. Knights of Pythias. Delphi Lodge, No. 04, Knights of Pythias. Meets every Monday ev ening at Knights , hall. Visiting knights invited to attend. ERNEST SIDWELL, C. C. B. N. HARRINGTON, K. of R. S. w. o. w. "With Charity Towards All" " kSoaside Camp, No. 212, W. 0 W. meets Tuesduys, K. of P. hall, 8 p m. Visitors are assured a hot wel come. By order of W. A. KELLER, C. C. C. M. 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