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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1909)
^JLLA moqk HEADLIGHT OCTOBER 21, 19C9. queer animals . Th« Harpy Eagla. tha Aye-ay» and tha Tasmania Devil. ■fke world has been so thoroughly uAored that one might imagine it ¡¿oaslble that any noteworthy ape- J, uf mammal or bird could still re Lain unknown. Yet every now and something new turns up. For ex ample. it was "ot 80 very lon« ttgo that acquaintance was made with ike barpy eagle, a fowl native to the region of the Amazon, which feeds rlrlefly on monkeys. Another curiosity sot long known is tbe aye-aye of Mad- •ascar, a mammal which has one fln "er of ™'b ,ian‘* ino8t curlous|y akel etonUvd and elongated for the purpose of dragging from their burrows the earthworms on which it feeds. As is well known. It is from Australia aud Zealand that come the flightless iilrds. some ut which readily breed In captivity. Tbe fur seal rebels in captivity. Tbe «eale which one sees captive and which do «uch Intelligent tricks are Irair seals, belonging to quite a differ ent ipecies. So opposed is the fur seal to tbe very notion of deprivation of lllierty that it will Invariably starve ltw|f to death rather than submit to such a condition. Likewise it is with tbe Tasmanian devil, a queer little marsupial about two feet long, some what resembling in appearance a baby hear, which Is found only in Tasmania, i large Island formerly known as Van Diemen's Land, to the south of Aus tralia. it is almost incredibly fero- floua. preying upon the sheep and poul try of the farmers, and never yet, though captured in earliest infancy, has It responded to kindness by manl- festlng an amiable disposition.—Phila delphia Ledger. TALL AFRICAN GRASS. Btiutiful Scenes at Night on tha Veldt When Fire Spreads. fnlike a good deal of South Africa, Rhodesia Is largely wooded. In some places the forests are of value, but a Urge proportion is not valued for Its timber. The grass In this part of Africa grows to a phenomenal height I d the valleys, and especially in the valleys of the Sabi and Zambezi rivers It reaches its greatest height. To say that tbs grass is often twelve feet high 1> no exaggeration. Naturally It Is very easy to lose one’s way in this gran If one Is unfortunate enough to itray from the beaten track. It is the custom there to burn this grass off each year when It gets dry. This Is usually In August and September or rren la October. Fires burn for miles, indas the country Is largely a wilder ness little damage is done by this method of destroying the grass. It Is i beautiful sight at night in the Are ■etaon to see the bills for miles around encircled with flames. After the grass has been burned the nloy season usually begins, and it Is ta that the country is at its prettiest, ft grass Is then green, and the foli age on the trees Is beautiful. The old lures drop off gradually, and the new ones take their place before the trees ire bare. The new leaves are of all ibides of the rainbow, and it is much like the fall scenery In this country ’ben the dead leaves are falling from the trees. Waterfalls are numerous in tbe mountains, and there are many of great height, although the rivers are Wally small in volume.—Springfield Bepubllcan. The Winze. Tbe superintendent of a western mlQe In driving a tunnel »truck a of ore. The vein was vertical and had a sharp dip. To develop it *“<i get ready to mine the ore it was »««ary to put down a winze—that is '“«ay. to sink a shaft, in this instance 10 Incline. Elated over the discovery, he tele- wphed the board in the east that he " «truck rich shipping ore and re- <*rid tbe laconic reply to begin ship ping at once. He wired that he could not ship any “ ontll he had a winze on the vein. 'nucb ’will a winze cost?” was ’KMelegraphlc query. One thousand dollar»,” he replied pmntptly. ¿J® “Mt query floored htm. It • you buy & secondhand “w Reaper?”-New York Post, »* ,J01” of Mark T wain’s. U,th,Wy iew P^P'e are aware that i..t “trlcal godfather of that famous William Gillette was Mark ,M F° wns a frUow townsman Nun t d of hls father. Mark Utatwh1* referr'nK to the matter suld jmn, cm he Used hls Influence to get W w, , Ou the 8taSe he thought Bun ’ Pyxing a great Joke on the |»te for he did not think GU- I d , t. ,e ’lightest aptitude for act- tfter “ turned out to be no joke Ttgln don’t know.’* said Mark Gillette ’rbleb 1 Ilk« better—having •eia» „„ e a ,rea>en<>ous success or °Be °f my joke» go wrong." breakfast fruit . b'a next dour neighbor a , Ul‘"“"u^ uiau student the ... ’ ’ g “'r wurt ch.“ at ^ T?100 MUiet >f hh lodging, hadl| “'M1 '■d by her smgiig disturb. The court was incl|«e.| to to regard tbe proc-eedings Uhwarraut.-a How much do yoU ,lu the defendant. * be asked ed °"L,r hcur’«da> “ ^«ns, she aud aiiswpr- .? nlgbt h0Ur U*‘~« - —1 oue “Two hours!" said tbe Judge It afe ^ars_ unreasonable to complain ol • uuuor, internospti '“‘«rposed ^“P'alnant. starting up rii excitedlv ---- «I» HPUIV "1 ,?.O yuu unH y°U r“1 ' Dot “Ot decid decide u 'be ,be UU, “‘“»er "1Ug.’ “ be“rd ,h* defendant tn’in d,'f:Ddau' «ot at all loath S a 1U iU< t' heF l>Prsional assur- to mn’k ,br eS“l0,“‘l ,’rld,‘ ur"p<1 "er 0 make the most of this opportunity in the interests of high art. She began an aria from Wagner but she had sung but four or five oars when tbe court Interrupted her. .. ”1 lint will do—that will do." he said “No further testimony need be taken. The court’s judgment is reversed.”— Youth’s Companion. A Bobolink With • Canary Song. A friend of mine tells of a bolx.llnk which learned to sing like a canary He was captured when quite small and given a cage beside a fine singer, for which he soon exhibited a great attachment. He would sit perfectly still on bls perch for a long time watching his friend Intently, then try his best to Imitate bls sweet notes. He tried for three or four weeks before making any progress; then he succeed ed In sounding one note almost cor rectly. When he realized bls success his wild Joy was pathetic, and the canary’s pleasure was very evident. Then he redoubled bls efforts until he could sing nearly the whole canary song. After that be and Dick always sang in concert. But. strangest of all, bls character seemed to change with his song. Instead of singing but a short time iu the spring, as bobolinks do, he sang all the time except when meriting. And be imitated his friend's characteristics so perfectly that be be came a canary tn all but appearance.— Ella H. Stratton In Suburban Life. Was It Worth It? oX .U diMtilH "> bl“"h «'vi-a. aq.e Juice aids greatly iu reducing the ln“TUHt °f '"“Wf-tiou found in the Intestine, of nearly all ^nums «ho are submitted to clinical labor..- lory tests. Gra|>e» are another fruit that should always be eaten freely wlieu obtainable. Apple, are preferalrfy eaten before re- tiring, and two are about twice as good as one. The apple habit, persisted iu. ofteu works rather surprising results With persons who are naturally list- less. Lentous can hardly be eaten as as a fruit, but lemonade Is a valuable verage. When used as a laxative fresh tigs should form the dessert when not obtainable the dried figt form a good substitute. Of the value of bananas there seems some reasonable doubt. Manv persons complain that they find them'indigesti ble. They are quite likely to reach this conclusion it the bannua be eaten frequently as the needless complement of an already hearty meal Ou the other hand, there can be no doubt that the growing popularity of the fresli olive Is fully deserved, it surely ranks with the orange and the grape and is. of course, much ahead of either in cases of sluggish intestines or constitu tional thinness —H Irving Hancock in Good Housekeeping. TOO COMPLICATED. The Reason We Say “You" instead of Using “Thou.” The reason commonly given for the substitution of the secoud person plural for the second person singular, "you" instead of “tbou’-that It origi nated as a fad of courtesy—may ex plain Its origin, but its universal adop tion Is due to a deeper reason—namely, that the second person singular of the verb is a complicated and difficult form, while the second person plural is simple to tbe last degree. With every principal verb in the lau guage and with every auxiliary except “must" the pronoun “thou" requires a special change in tbe form of tbe verb, which is often the only break in an I otherwise uniform series. Thus in the present tense ot every verb, with the single exception of the verb “be.” the pronoun "you" employs tbe unchanged root form of the verb, as “you love, have, can do, shall, will." etc., while “thou" requires a change of form, as “tbou lovest, hast, canst, dost, shalt. wilt.” etc. In every such choice the unchanged root form has always the right of way. Thus “you” has become everywhere current in the busy activities of life, while “thou” is carefully laid up in the museum of antiquity or tbe shrine of religion.—.lames C. Fernaid in Har per’s Magazine. Workemer Smeargent. royal acade mician, was painting the portrait of Lady Anstrutber Anstruthers, and Lady Anstruther Anstruthers was very plain—well, as a matter of fact, sbe was Jolly ugly. And. though she was paying him 300 guineas merely for painting the pertrait and was going to pay him 600 guineas more for the por trait itself when it was completed. Workemer Smeargeut was not satis fied. He felt he might be going blind. Looking at her face so much hurt bis eyes. Making Sure of the Architect. "Now. what I want. Mr. Smeargent,” Norman-AI-Oouar, an Arabian king said the unfair lady. "Is for you to do who reigned long, long ago at Illrab. me plain, simple Justice." "My dear lady," replied Smeargent. I I commanded tbe architect Seunemar to "what you require is not Justice, but build him a wondrous palace. Thia mercy. When I tell you to look pleas the architect did and when it waa ant you don’t look natural, and when done a single stone fastened tbe whole I tell you to look natural you don’t structure, and the colors of the walls changed frequently during the day. look pleasant."—London Express. The king was greatly pleased and showered all kinds of rich gifts upon A Cod Liver Oil Fiend. “Wheu I was anaemic,” said a pale the builder with the lavishness of ori ental kings. But monarchs were man. “I took cod liver oil. I bad a treacherous in those old days, and it careless habit of leaving the oil un occurred to the king that Sennemar corked, and it began to disappear. might build a palace equal in beauty Soene one was drlnkiog it. There was or even superior for some rival ruler a cod liver oil fiend in tbe house. I de The more be thought over it tbe more cided to trap the thief.” he went on. Jealous be became until one day be gaziug thoughtfully at bis large white ordered the architect to be thrown feet, “and one night I purposely drank from tbe top of the palace to make two cups of black coffee so as to keep certain that no duplicate palace would awake. Gentlemen, you will hardly be he made. After this tbe king was sat lieve what happened. Tbe thief was a isfied that bls palace was the only rat-a big. sleek, fat rat. Tbe oil. I one. and tbe Arabians regarded It guess, had agreed with him. As 1 one of the wonders of the world. watched him from the bed he leaped silently on to tbe bureau, dipped hls As Good as He Sent tall In the bottle, lifted it out and At a recent meeting of the directors licked it clean, and then dipped and an eastern railroad a prominent licked it again and again till a good of railroad man repeated a story that he two inches of the oil was gone."-Ex Just had from a conductor on one of the limited expresses between New change.______________ York and tbe west. Tree, That Explode. It seems that a dapper chap in the All lightning blasted trees explode as first chair car had managed to become overcharged boilers do. Tbe flame 0 unusually friendly with an attractive the lightning does not burn them up. young woman in an adjoining seat. nor does the electric flash split them When the trtiiu pulled into Buffalo the like an ax. They simply exp'ode, over masher. In taking leave of tbe lass, re charged as may be a boiler wlUt marked: . ••Do vou know. I must thank you for Steam. The lightning is the damp Interstices of the rank and an awflly. awfllv pleasant time, but Fm afraid you would not have been so nice to me bad you known that I was a married man.” -Oh as to that." quickly and pleas explosion blows the tree asunder. antly responded tbe charming young woman, "you haven’t tbe leMt advan Philadelphia Bulletin. tage of me. i am ar. escaped lunatic. The Firet Dey Out. -Exchange. Steward—Did you ring, s gt ard Fast «nd Slow. eler-Yes. steward. I-I raD« iAuythlttglcanbrlngy^^; The F.tber-I learn with sorrow. son that you are getting to be what they term quite fast The Son you shouldn’t believe all you hear. Ld. I’ll introduce you .0 . man who »olid, if you can '•sus will tell you «aofb" ’,ory L London Tit-Bits. _____ the -And Who is he? The Son-My Lflor. He ««I« I ra ,he ,loWegt , IUP »««list C*ref,d 8»ndy. k tbe An<1 why- didn’t ye come kMno*,rk last Sawt’ath? 8andy-I Iht'D 0» bUt a 8hmtn’ in my claes w»tnbnuerttUCkle sE£,er to P*t ln th’ Some men «11 at ait» time.-Lon- band of music moves d n flinging out P^Xn ^ Sraod he’s got on his books. Childhood’. Unf.iling Joy. As long ss there are children in the wirld gold*" «»<’ objectle- <*-•» woriu f lz.|<,rg, wni <rn od ; tbe Xu V«« -- Beoa warf ’S« «en i. hP8 •T0ur -friend for H*«: Beecher.______________ ■fc . 5,nt h<ni »50.- At th. Boatato* by rules or purpose. Stltf, , Bnt be’» not my friend Unattractive sPla^*rBMbfoi Clert- Chronicle _______________ «tt k . !’r''P°"e to :a»k him for It u’y.’’— Lotrt «ville Courier - m. - a Man to U"? Ba. Er-*h. fou.n,‘f“t‘r-Unci. B»m« at tbe next counter. «■•«-; Hl, vg0|,_ Magazine- ------------ «ine tnudfif. Bobby T ^•ottt?.’0 • «Di immense for- af loIUd 1 Wftle invention ’’ plained Bobby-l»“"*“*’ J**? Notw d,d Ue tud defend It.-wen. ’I»«««—•C* "“« you dub' He wO 7 Cleveland Luder. “ “Ur wZX. OFFICIAL BALLOT Th‘ 3,,t 8«id '» B. orang.,, Grape, •nd Fresh Olivas. deservl\^reU^J,St irUiU ,b,‘ for FOLEY PRECINCT, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 26th, 1909. Mark between the number and the name of each candidate or answer voted for. Shall that portion of Tillamook Countv, State of Oregon, described as : Beginning at the north west corner of Tilla mook County. Oregon, and running thence east on the north line of said county to the north east corner of township three north ofrange six west, W.M.; thence south to the south east corner of section twenty-five, township three north <>t range six west. W.M.; thence west to the south west corner of section thirty, said township and range ; thence south to the quarter section corner on the east line of section one in township two north range seven west. W M.; thence west to the west line of section three, in said township and range ; thence south to the south west corner of said section three ; thence west to the south west corner of section one in township two. north range eight west. W.ld . thence south to the south east corner of section fourteen, in said township and range . thence west to the south west corner of section sixteen, in said tow nship and range ; thence north to the north west corner of said section sixteen ; thence west to the south west corner ol section seven, in said township anti range . thence north to the quarter corner on east side of section twelve, in tow nship two north of range nine west, W.M ; thence west to the quarter corner on the west side of section ten. in said tow nship and range ; thence south to the south east corner of section nine, in said township and range ; thence went to the s< uth w«»t corner of section seven, in said township and range; thence suu th to the south east corner of section twenty tour in township two north range ten west. W M.; thence west to the west line of said Tillamook County. Oregon ; thence northerly, follow ing the west boundary line of said Tillamook County, to the place of beginning. Be incorporated as a municipal corporation, to be known as the PORT OF NRHALEN1.” in accordance with the provisions ot that certain act of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon. passed at its regular session held in 1909. entitled 1 An Act to provide for the incorporation under general law of Ports in counties bordering upon bays or rivers navigable from the sea or containing bays or rivers navigable from the sea and to provide for the manner of incorpo rating such Ports and defining the powers of Ports so incorporated.” VOTE YES OR NO. 300 . Yes. 301 No. Tillamook Lumber Manufacturing Compy KILN DRY FLOORING, CEILING, RUSTIC AND FINISHED LUMBER. ALL KINDS OF MOULDINGS, We Make the Best CHEESE BOXES for Tillamook County’s Most Famous Cheese, The Best Equipped Saw Mill in the County. New Machinery, Experienced Workmen and Hirst Class Lumber of the Best Quality. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR LUMBER BILL. irnffaflWTirfriMi •cV.'crl'i HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STEEL STOVES & RANCES. We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors. Window Sashes, Fine Line of Choice GROCERIES ST Agents for the Great Western Saw. ALEX McNAIR CO The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County. NEW HOME FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT. The PACIFIC SALVAGE CO. Now open for Business in the Mason Building on 2nd Avenue East, carrying a line of Parlor, Library, Dining Room, Bed Room and Kitchen Furnishings, Pictures, Stoves, Ranges, etc. X o T e _ We are experienced auctionen and appraiser». Will buy you out or sell you out. PAGE BROS., Proprietors Í
