HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1925.
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Red Light Easily Best
for Signaling Purpo$e$
It Is ascertained from the bureau
of standards, In the Department of
Commerce, that the red light leads
all the rest for signaling purposes.
Its visibility far outranging lights
of any other color. A grasp of the
truth now scientifically demon
strated of course accounts for the
selection of red In the railroad serv
ice, on the highway and In theaters
for the "danger" light Its use In
theaters and public halls, where It
might; suddenly become necessary
for a crowd of people to seek safe
ly through emergency exits, has
been criticized on the ground that
green, not' red. Is the ''sufety" light
But there Is common understanding
of the meaning of the red light
when It murks a fire exit, and the
use of It to guide a pnnlrky assem
blage to safety Is Justified, Inasmuch
as for catching the eye there is no
color so effective as red.
No departure from long custom
ary traffic practice Is to be expect
ed as a consequence of the Intensive
study of signal lights, which the
bureau of standards Is making In
co-operation with the national safe
ty council, the railroads and high
way organizations, although some
difference In the shades of the col
ors now In use may be recom
mended. Ureen Is scientifically
proved to be a fair second to red
In visibility, yellow and blue follow
ing In order, coucludes the Provi
dence Journal.
Man Long Hat Sought
Dominion of the Air
The desire to conquer the air and
emulate the birds Is no modern
fancy, but has agitated the minds
of men mechanically Inclined for
ages. Records of a meeting of the
Royal society, held In London, Eng
land, In 1G79, give the Information
that "Mr. Hooke read a paper con
taining a description of the way of
flying, Invented and practiced by
one M. Besnler, a smith, the con
trivance of which consisted In or
derlng four wings folding and shut
ting to be moved by his bauds be
fore and his legs behind, by which
he was, it was said, able to Ay
from a high place across a river to
a pretty distance," the Montreal
Star says. One of the members of
the Royal society apparently cast
some doubts upon the practicability
of the Invention. "Mr. Henshnwe
conceived that by reason of the
weakness of a man's arms for such
kind of motions, It would be much
more probable to make a chariot or
such like machine with spring and
wheels, that should serve to carry
one or more men In It to act and
guide it."
New Cue Champ
Here is Edward Horemans, Bel
gian cue sensation whose ' skill
wrested the World's Billiard Crown
from the brow of young Jake
8haetTer. This is the same crown
that Willie Hoppe held for so
many years. Who's next 7
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' As tronomical Theories
The naval observatory says the
belief Is commonly held among
astronomers that Mars Is an older
planet than the earth. The old
theory of the origin of the solar sys
tem, called the nebular hypothesis,
was first proposed by Laplace a
hundred or more years ago. Accord
ing to his view, the sun was once
so large that It extended as far as
the orbit of Neptune. In the process
of shrinking to Its present size It
left bits of Itself behind, each of
which became a planet ; so that the
further out a planet Is, the 'older it
Is. , However, there are many as
tronomers who do not accept this
theory; several different theories
are now given to explain the origin
of the solar system.
Pattor Easily Supreme
Three small boys were talking
about their fathers. The son of a
writer snld :
"My father Just writes a few
words on a piece of paper and gets
2!5 for It."
"Oh," said the lawyer's son. "my
daddy Just sits In a room and tells
people what to do, and they give
him JW) for It."
"That's nothing," snld the par
son's son. "My dad gets up In the
pulpit, preaches for a few minutes,
and when he's finished It takes eight
men to carry the money to the
vestry."
Preserving Trees
Large wounds in frees made by
the removal of branches of con
siderable diameter may be protect
ed by painting the cut surface with
a heavy coating of white lead. A
large number of wnxes, paints and'
washes have been tried, and the con
clusion has been drawn that any
substance which Is nofTeorrosive or
detrimental to growth and which
will protect the heartwood from the
attacks of rot spores, will prove a
satisfactory covering for a cut sur
face. Among such substances may
be mentioned white lead, yellow
ocher, coal tar and grafting wax.
Awakens New Hope
Some enterprising California citi
zen discovered that goldfish are
much more valuable In a pond of
stagnant water than In a glass bowl.
It Is said that a few goldfish placed
In sluggish waters where mosquitoes
breed will In one season eat every
vestige of mosquito larvae, freeing
the neighborhood of this pest. Just
about the time we had given up all
hope thnt this metallic colored fish
had any value other than as u par'
lor pet, along comes this news (lis
patch. There Is hope for the gar
pike yet Detroit News.
Oriental Rug Designs
Authorities on oriental rugs say
that the rug Itself typifies the uni
verse and the various designs the
ever-changing course of life. The
principal color, If red, typifies life
of victory; If blue, royalty; If
white, purity; If green, devotion,
and If black, evil. In patterns the
Swastika means good luck; the
flower and knot, fortune and life
everlasting; the circle, Immortality.
The star of six points represent
Allah.
Lotus in America -
Nelumbo nelumho, the Egyptian or
Indian lotus, grows In abundance
In a bayou of the Orand river, In
Ottawa county, Michigan, and In
but few other places In this part
of the country. The bayou Is about
three miles from the village of
Spring Lake, a short distance up
the rlvr from Lake Michigan, and
n boil t thirty miles west of Ornnd
Rnplds. Every year brings many
visitors to the spot. Incidentally,
the American lotus, Nelumho lutea,
also a very rare plant, grows In two
locations near Cleveland. Both of
them are In the vicinity of Huron,
Ohio.
Sleuthing
"Look at Chat mesenger boy gum
shoeing along with his nose burled
In a dune novel."
"He's on the vllloln's trail 1
betcha," Louisville Courier-Jour-
By A. B. CHAP1N
Far North Alto Hat
Its "Emerald hie"
Were not the title pre-empted,
Kodlak,- In the Katmal district of
Alaska, might have been called the
''Emerald Isle" quite as well as Ire
land, for its situation In the Pacific
Is similar to that of .Ireland In the
Atlantic ocean, Is the assertion
made by a writer In the Washington
Star.
Although the Island of Kodlak Is
LOO miles from Mount Katmal,
which In June, 1912, gave one of the
most tremendous volcanic explo
sions ever recorded. It was buried
nearly a foot deep In ash. The ashy
blanket transformed the "Green
Kodlak" of other days Into a gray
desert of sand, but after a period
of two years the ash-laden hillsides
were again covered with verdure
finer thnn ever before.
In the words of a resident of
Kodlak, "Never was such grass
known before, so high or so early.
No one ever believed the country
could grow so many berries, nor so
large, before the ash."
The Island owes it's climate, as
does Ireland, to the tropical ocean
current which bathes Its shores.
The eastern half of the Island Is
occupied by a forest of spruce,
whose trees reach a great size. Then
comes luxuriant gruss land, equal
to any grazing land In the United
States, and finding a parallel only in
the "guinea grass" of the tropics.
Armenians Have Long
Survived Other Races
The Armenians have remained
unchanged In all vicissitudes and by
their courage have preserved until
our days their nationality, their lan
guage and their customs, asserts
Herbert Welsh In the New Armenia.
The races that the Armenians
knew In their Infancy have vanished
from the face of the earth. Their
brothets, the Phrygians, , are today
only a vague memory. Among the
contemporaries of the Armenians,
only the Hellenes, the Italiotes and
the Oaul8 have survived, not how
ever, without undergoing many
changes and .abandoning many of
their former customs. Except the
Greeks, one must seek the kinsmen
of the Armenians among the na
tions who were brought from the
steppes of the North toward the
shores of the Mediterranean by the
same flood that brought the ances
tors of Halk towards Thrace.
It Can clearly be seen that the
titles of nobility of the Armenian
race date back to more than 8,000
years before our era, and that they
are much more Ancient than those
of most of the European peoples.
About the time when Rome was be
ing founded. Halk, the eponymous
hero of Armenia, led the Armenians
to Ararat The Perslnns were Just
commencing their political life when
Armenia had already constituted
herself a state.
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Pharaohs Built Well
Toe stone used In the construc
tion of the Egyptian pryamlds was
from the Turah quarries. It Is es
tablished that It took 100,000 men
working for ten years to make a
causeway 8,000 feet long to facili
tate the transfer of the stone, and
20 years more to complete the
pyramid of the Cheops. This pyra
mid contains 2,300,000 blocks of
stone averaging some 40 cubic feet.
The blocks came from the Mokat
tan hills as well as the Turah, both
of which were on the opposite side
of the Nile.
Caves of Various Origins
Scientists recognize a number ot
different types of caves. To the
American the most familiar are
those tunneled In limestone and
gypsum as a result of the solvent
action of water. In muny coun
tries lava caves have been produced
by the expansion of steam and
gases. Some Immense caves have
been hollowed out In cliffs on the
coasts by the Incessant and age
long beating of waves. Philadel
phia Ledger.
Production of Tea
The tea plant is cultivated In two
varieties In China Thea bohea and
thea varldes In the provinces of
Kwang-Tung, Fu-Klen nnd Che-KI-ang.
The tea plantations are usual
ly formed In a deep rich loom, never
on low lands, but on low hilly slopes.
The leaves are gathered three
times. In the middle of April, In the
beginning of May and when the
leaves again are nearly formed. The
first gathering yields the finest and
most delicate tea, but with consid
erable Injury to the plunt.
Didn't Exhibit Themselves
The old gentleman was very fond
of golf, but his play seemed to get
worse and worse.
Finally, after missing the ball
every time, he turned to Ids patient
caddie and remarked: "Dear, dear!
There can't possibly be worse play
ers than myself."
"Well, perhaps there may be
worse players," said the boy consol
ingly, "but of course they don't
play."
Central Market
C. W. McNAMER, Proprietor
FRESH AND CURED MEATS, FISH
AND POULTRY
Call us when you have anything in our
line to sell.
Phone Main 652
Heartiett greetings and Heft Wishes to
. oAll Our Friends and Customers
Phelps Grocery Company
PHONE 53
Zoo Has Big Food Bill
Choice Items on the bill of fare
of the animals In the London Zoo
logical gardens during the past year
Included: 440 hordes, weighing 220
t'ins, fed to the carnivores; 4 tons.
15 cwt. codfish, fed to the walrus;
Xi tons of herrings and whiting,
1.Mt0 pints of shrimps, 343 gallons
of fresh milk, 14.0(h) tin of con
densed milk, 12S pounds of honey,
258 pounds of ants' "eggs," 77
pounds of menl worms, 150 bunches
of onions, 108 heads of lettuce and
213,0i5 bananas. The food con
sumed In a year cost $50,000.
Keep Sweet
"Suppose you look at the world
through a yellow pane of glass,"
said the late beloved Doctor Jowett.
"Why. then yon have a yellow
world. Suppose you look through a
dirty pane of glass. Why, then ev
erything is defiled. Suppose you
look at everything through a yellow
pane of Jealousy, or the red pane
of envy why. then you disfigure ev
erything. And If you look at thing
through a soured disposition yoi
will not see anything that Is lovely
or sweet. The cynical heart has a
charmless world."
On the Job
Business Man Get out o r I'll
throw you out!
Book Agent Can't I offer you
this pamphlet on "How to Control
Your Temper?"
JAMES J. CROSSLEY
of Portland, Oregon
hereby announces that he
is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for
U. S. Senator at the May,
1926, Primaries.
Will work zealously for develop
ment of Oregon and support of meas
ures for real benefit of farmers as
suggested by their organizations. Fa
vor World Court and Reform Senate
Rules. s Paid. Advertisement
Ivy Not Harmful
Ivy on the walls does not make a
house damp. The leaves of the Ivy
act as tiny umbrellas to deflect
much of the rain from the wall.
(t that which reaches the wall,
some would be absorbed by the root
lets of the Ivy, so the net result
would be to keep the wall dried.
While If Is true the Ivy might pre
vent some of the water absorbed by
the wall from evaporating quickly,
yet this effect would be very small
compared with the quantity of wa
ter screened off. A fair growth of
Ivy on sound walls that afford no
entrance beyond the superficial at
tachment of the rootlets, or clasp
ers, Is very beneficial, as It pro
motes dryness and warmth and re
duces to a minimum the corrosive
action of the atmosphere.
BeSt Wishes for a
Merry Christmas
and a Happy and
Prosperous New
Year
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All Ages Have Suffered
Flow often do we bear old people
say that the world la less healthy
now than It was in the "young
days," when most of th diseases
which our doctors are, fighting
seemed to be quite unknown.
These aged pessimists will get
rather a shock as the result of dis
coveries which hsve Just been made
at Solutre, near Macon, London Tlt
Rlts says.
Fifteen skeletons, some of them
fifteen to twenty thousand years old,
have been found, and many of these
show that our modern maladies are
by no means so new as our grand
fathers Imagine. Primitive man. for
Instance, seems to have suffered
Just as much from rheumatism, tu
bercnlosls and dental troubles as
do his descendants.
Heppner, Ore. p