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Tillamook Headlight, April 17, 1913 have three sworn enemies he drunkard, heavy drinker, e man who craves rough, , high-proof whiskey Cyrus Noble WOMEN OF DENMARK. TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK, Tillamook, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business April 4, 1913. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ........................... Overdrafts, secured and unsecured Bonds and warrants ............................. Stocks and other securities.............. Banking house ..................................... Furniture and fixtures.......................... Other real estate owned ................... Due from banks (not reserve banks) Due from approved reserve banks Checks and other cash items.............. Cash on hand........................................... $300.112.08 366.12 35,874.42 319.14 36,492.79 3,200.15 4.500.00 215.14 105,363.55 10.542.02 21,396.67 $518,382.08 Total LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in • $ I 75.000.00 5,500.00 Surplus fund 103.18 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 130.00 Dividends unpaid ...................................................... 263.38 Postal savings bank deposits ... ..................... 5,000. U) Deposits due State Treasurer ............................ Individual deposits subject to check ............. 319,987 00 2,995.50 Demand certificates of deposit........................... 13,327.89 Certified checks ..................... ................. 34,154.79 Time certificates of deposit .................... - Savings deposit.................. .................................. 61,918.34 2.00 Liabilities other than those above stated - . ..$518,382.08 Total State of Oregon, County of Tillamook, SS. I, Erwin Harrison, Cashier of the above named bank, do mnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of knowledge and belief.—E rwin H arrcson , Cashier. ■ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, 191® - Myrtle O. Mills, Notary Public. ■Correct—Attest : M. \V. Harrison, D. Fitzpatrick, Directors. Keep Abreast of the Times IN OLDEN DAYS, when I vying a cook stove, people would buY the one they could get the cheaj *<• that’s because there were only' * few makes on the market a ?<i were all practically the same i * construction and material. /fi "Different Now I There _ -------- are close to a thousand different range* on the market today—good, bad and indifferent. Wise people use a little foresight in selecting 1’ieir range, and they make no mistake in selecting T he R ange W ith a R eputation —■the range that is recommended by txdy user; tbe range that has stood the test— The Great Aa a Rule, Th*y Ar* Wage Earnara Evan Though Marriad. There Is an outstanding point of dif ference between the activitiesAof wo - men In Denmark and in other coun- tries. In Denmark tbe sole alm ts economic Independence for women throughout their Ilves. Thus in Copenhagen more than 1,000 married women work as clerks In of fices. By far the majority of actresses are married In order to enter the school of the corps de ballet It ts nec essary to be of good family. Tbe greater part of tbe busbands of ballet dancers are In bigh positions. Three hundred and fifty to four hun dred of the teachers In the free schools In Copenhagen are married. They re reive exactlv the same salary as the men teachers—that Is. £04 yearly. A head teacher. man or woman, com mences with fltiO and rises to 1208. In tbe gymnasiums and secondary schools many of the professors are married women, who also form a con slderable proportion of tbe prlvat-do- eenten In the universities. The mimic- Ipal council of Copenhagen has several women members. In brief. In Denmark it Is the mle rather than the exception for tbe mar rled woman to be economically inde pendent through her own labors.—Lon don Spectator. WATCHING WATER FREEZE. An Easy Way to Mak* th* Growth o* Ice Crystal* Visible it ts not commonly known thnt fresh water may Hometimes be "colder than ice" and that the growth of Ice crystals may be,made plainly visible. An In terestlng ex|terituei)t to show this may easily be made. Fill a clean pint bottle with distilled water. Make a hole In the stopper large enough to let the thermometer The kind of ther pass through it mometer used In physical laboratories Insert the stop is most convenient per In tbe bottle and let tile thermome ter reach nearly to tbe bottom Pack snow or Ice and suit round the bottle as you would pack an Ice cream freezer If tbe bottle Is not Jarred the temperature may be seen to drop several degrees below the freezing point without freezing the water If the stopper and thermometer are now removed and a small piece of Ice free from any trace of salt is Inserted tn tbe bottle afid pushed down into the water crystals of Ice may be seen to I shoot out in all directions from it After this experiment has been tried you will have some understanding of the network of Ice girder* which is be neath the ice coating of «mall pouds.— LoDdon Telegraph. Thackeray at tha Minstrtls. When the Christy minstrels cam* to London In 1857 Thackeray was en chanted with them. “1 heard not' long since,” be nay* in od * of bls letters, “a minstrel who performed a negro ballad that, 1 confess, moistened these specta cles I d a most unexpected manner I have gazed on thousands of tragedy queens dying on th* stage and expiring In appropriate blank verse, and 1 never ■anted to wlp* them. They have look- a be It said, at many «cores of ed up. — without being dimmed, snd. clergymen ••bond, with a corked heboid, a vak sings s little song face and a banjo, • which sets tbe and strikes a wild not. nity.” Glad heart thrilling with happy , of lb* •tone. too. was an admirer b* Christy minstrels and was often u seen listening to their songs with rapt attention.—London Cbrooicl*. Almanac*. and we can prove it! lex. McNair Co t Almanacs were not allowed In the hands of the common people of (tome ontll atwwit 300 B C. Until that time all knowledge of the calendar was en tlrely In tlie custody of the priests. I fld one wish to know the date of a feast day. the boors of the sun's rlstog or setting or when there womd be a new moon be must consult the prtesL a* these occult laws were only to tie re reeled by , him But one day a pre sumptuous ,'aymsn named Flavine, sec I artery of 'Ius Clendlns, obtained Ibe i secret either by stealthily oMaiuingec 'ess to the d< ramenta or by .•epeate.lly consulting ths priests He engraved bls records nr, wk ite tablets and exhibited « them ofwnh to the tomra ami so he came the pr, tub her of the Oral almana. -Harper's Buildings ' The Lost Atlantis That Was Swallowed by the Sea. A NATION OF MANY LEGENDS. Plato Got Hi* Story of th* Continent • nd Its Ruin From Solon, th* OM Lawgiver—Tha Thaoriaa That War* Built by Ignatius Donnally, Far out beyond the Pillars of Her cules, where tbe Atlantic ocean stretches broad and deep today, men of Imagination like to believe there lies a buried kingdom. The sea washes over Its once fertile plains, and creatures of the deep float In and out among Its top less towers. Seaweed and silt have buried its temples for 10,000 years. Here, scientists of a romantic turn will tell you, lies the lost Island of Atlan tis, where once there ruled the richest and most powerful of the earth, a world power while wolves still howled upon the seven hills of Rome and tbe glory that was Greece lay yet un THE ZERO MARK. dreamed. But today all that remains of the lost Origin of the Mathematical Symbol kingdom is a little group of Islands, That Stand* For Nothing. the Azores; mountain tops these that It Is the peculiar trliiinpb of the were not wholly overwhelmed when mathematicians who constructed the the proud island sank into the sea. Hindu Arabic numeriils that they were Many years ago an Irishman, Ignatius led <o Invent a symbol for "nothlug." Donnelly, who possessed an active Im The Invention arose out of the ditttcul- agination and a mind which worked ty which was encountered when cal along interesting and unusual lines, culations were transferred from the wrote a book about Atlantis, in which ancient aliacus hoard and became a he proved, to his own satisfaction at least, that the lost kingdom really ex written operation. On the abacus board, which mny per isted and was not a fable. Tile earliest authentic Information baps be seen still In Infants' schools, the rows of beads or couutera repre about this mystery laud we fiud In sented the numerals 1 to 9. but each Plato, who averred he had it from bls counter or bead In the row above rep grandfather. Solon, the famous law resented ten times as great a value as giver. who had spent some years In the row below Thus 591 could be among the Egyptians. Plato told of a transferred from abacus board to pa great continent whkfli had existed 9.000 per without difficulty, but 5 (0> 1 taken years before lying to the west of the from the abacus might tie 51. since tbe Pillars of Hercules and making war upon the nations to the east Only vacant place was no longer Indicated. Accordingly mathematicians were led Athens aud Egypt were able to with to Invent a character for the vacant stand the onslaughts of the Atlantans, place. The Invention of this symbol and then suddenly, “In a day and a for “nothing" with the crowning, tran night" the Island was overwhelmed scendent achievement In the perfection and sank Into the sea. This was thb of the decimal system and lay at tbe story Solon had from the Egyptians base of all subsequent arithmetical and which his grandson wrote down, progress. Among the Hindus tbe sym and the legend has persisted ever since. Diodorus Siculus, a Roman writer, bol was at first a dot. but It was soon tells how the Phoenicians discovered superseded by a circle. O Its symbol, says Professor E. R. Turner In a mag “a large Island In the Atlantic ocean azine article on the numerals, has va between tbe l’lflars of Hercule», sev ried greatly, and its uatne baa a pedi eral days' sail from the coast of Africa. gree of its own. Tbe Hindus called it This island abounded in all manner of sun.va—void. In Arabic this became riches. Tbe soli waa exceedingly fer tile. The scenery was diversified by slfr. In 1202 Leonardo Fibonacci trans rivers, mountains and forests, it was lated It zepblrum. In 1330 Maximus the custom of the Inhabitants to retira Fla nudes called It tzlphra. During tbe during the summer to magnificent fourteenth century Italian writers country bouses, which stood in the shortened it to zenero and cenro, which midst of beautiful gardens. Fish and beenme zero, now in general use game were found In great abundance; Meanwhile it has passed more nearly the climate was delicious and tbe trees In Arabic form Into French as chlffre bore great crops of fruit at all seasons and into English as cipher, taking on of the year. Soundings made by British nnd new significations. American vessels have shown conclu sively that surrounding the Azores WILLING TO GIVE CREDIT. there is a submerged plateau, which It does not require much Imagination to Jefferson’s Admirer Wa* Mixed, but H* Identify with the "rich plain" mention Roa* to th* Occasion. ed by Plato. From this lost continent Jefferson was the most delightful Donnelly lielieved that ridges of land story teller I hnve ever met writes ran to the present coasts of South Mary Shaw In the Century, describing America and Africa, originally, »<> that The Human Side of Joseph Jeffer before tbe time of which Plato wrote son." Ills varied life and experiences the enstern and western hemispheres Uuce were connected by land Thus be ac were wonderfully Interesting we were In Terre Haute. Ind., and the counted for mnuy similarities In the theater was near a hotel. We got out plants and animals of the two hemls- of the cab and were strolling through pherei which otherwise are very dif the hotel corridor when a very pom ficult to explain. polls man came up to Mr. Jefferson, as The continent as described by Plato persons frequently did, and. extending was mountainous, but was surrounded bls hand, said: by vast fertile plains. It was rich In "Mr Jefferson, yoo do not know me. precious metHls Hnd bad numerous tem but I know you very well, and, sir, 1 ples and statues of gold and silver and am very glad to nee you In our city Ivory. You are a great actor. I have seen In the sudden and violent destruction you ever since 1 was a little boy”—he of Atlantis. "In ene dreadful day and Icmked fully as old as Mr. Jefferson— night." Donnelly believed he saw the "and I have always looked forward to origin of the legend of the deluge. >JO your visit to this place.” universal among the followers of all He went on praising Mr. Jefferson, The Biblical deluge, the religions who presently said; flood in which the Greeks believed. “I thank you very much. You are from which only Deukalion and Pyrrba very kind " etna[>ed. the overflow which Chaldean Upon wblcb tha old gentleman want legends tell of all these. Donnelly Le on: Reved, had their foundation in the de "I tell you everywhere In this town ■traction of Atlantis people are glad to see old Josh Whit Plato tells us thnt the race of the comb ” Atlantan» hnd fallen from their high There was a moment of silence, and eatnte and committed »Ins, and tlia then Mr Jefferson said: Zeil» determined to overwhelm them. “1 think you are mistaken. I play An earthquake preceded the sinking Rip Van Winkle Yon must mean of the land, and there cam® n great Mr Tbornfmon He plays Jonh Whit storm which brought Ibe sea rashing comb " In over the on>® fruitful Intid. The effusive gentleman paused long i Before this deluge Atlantis was th* enough to collect his wits and then I greatest power In the world. Donnelly said cheerfully: anld. Not only hnd It made war against “Oh. yes! Ko you are the old fellow '-<» played Rip Van Winkle? Well, (he Infant nation* of Europe, conquer- ¡Ing France nnd Kpaln nnd Africa a* w 11. ’•»nd too.” [far aa the Nil*, but colonies were c*- you re ________ ! tabllahed In Mexico, In Central Amer- « Portland Vaa*. 'lea and along the valley of the Missis Tha Famou . » iamoua Portland sippi The mound builders were colo Tbe material of tb. -so engraving, nists from Atlantia After the d«-str\* vase Is glass, with can. layer* of tlon of the fin rent continent the «ast 'Hie vase Is composed of two ern and the western hemls|di<Tea lost . over dark J-Th blu* glass, white away by band 50 all remembrance of each other, a* Isith » bit* was __ __ ground . as to leave th* design Io white upon „* them at ln»t forgot tbe great Atina- the blue background. It la one °f ,be tla. vf remembered at all re- tragedies of the British museum that nii-mlierffl It only an a legend, n faint tills priceless treasure waa aoiaabed and sbrtdowy tradition. to pieces by an Insaua visitor It baa. ; Only a few of the thousand« of In however, been repaired with greet «kill habitant* of Atlantis enraped. hut then* snd la now guarded with extra care few carried to Europe tlw seeds of th* Thia beautiful specimen of Greek art white man'* civilization. They a*ttled 1* ten trxbe* in height, with a diame In Egypt and In aaatem Europe and ter at Its broadest part of «even were the forbe*r» of tbe Arj«n r»r*.- Inches Ila present name cornea from Kanazs City Star. th* fact that It waa once owned by th* Duke ot Portland. who loaned It Never too poor, too ugly, too dull, to tb* British muaeutn In MHO.—Ex too sick, too friendless. to lx uaaful to soma on*.—Kato Gauuvtt Wall*. Bottled at drinkin? strength Report of the Condition of the A LAND OF WHITE HOUSES. In Barmud* Ar* Whitewashed Coral. All of The most striking things about a Bermudian bouse ar* its color and ma terial. White does not begin to ex press tbe vivid, radlaut. peuetratiug pu rity of Its smooth, unbroken surface*. In tbe Intense sunlight tbe dezz.ing roof* glv* forth a halo of reflected tight where tbe roof line Instead of standing out sharply against tha sky blends lm perceptibly with it Bermudian bouses are built to*’,.i;, k • they were centuries ago, of cortl blocks literally sawed out of the I U sides. A Bermudian quarry is a queer Institution. For convenience it la usu ally located on tbe side of a kill where only a thin layer of soil covers th coral. The blocks are sawed out negroes with long, coarse toothed Land- Baws and cut in uniform sizes meamr- Ing about two feet long, one foot wid* and six Inches thick. The roofs ar* covered with overlapping slabs an inch thick. When taken from the quarry ct-ese coral blocks and slabs are very soft, but after being piled up for a monta or so and exposed to the air they n*- come hard nnd firm. Even then, hows ever, the coral Is porous, so thnt aB Bermudian houses are covered with ■ thick coat of whitewash or lime a quar ter of an Inch deep. This bides all cracks and Joints and gives the sur face a beautiful, smooth finish. To keep the bouses In good condition a rout of whitewash is applied each year. What little wood is used for floors, verandas, Interior trim and shutter* can be obtained from the cedar tree* that grow on tbe same hills where tb* stone ts quarried. With material *w handy and ready for use with so lift* work It does not cost much to build In Bermuda. In some of the older bouse* and churches the cedar tieams are lock ed Into the masonry exactly as a ship builder would do It Big chimneys, sloping roofs to catch th* rainwater, Btone porches and windows filled with green shutters that push outward ar» features common in many Bermudian houses.—Country Life In America. PERSIAN RIVERS. They Taka a New Nam* at Every Town Upon Their Bank*. In Persia a river la generally called by ths name of the town on its banks, and therefore changes Its name at eat h town It reaches. "Till*." write« Colon,. 1 Stewart In “Through Persia In Dis guise.” “makes It very difficult to l*«rn tbe right uames of the rivers. "My groom wa* an Armenian and very much more Intelligent than ordi nary Persians, since he bad been edu cated nt a mission school at Ispahan. One day he was swimming about In some water we passed, and I said to him, ‘No doubt you learned to aw’m In the Zaycudeh Rud’—the river that flows by Ispahan. 'No, air,' h* rcplkd, ‘I did not learn to swim In th* Zaven- deh Rud, but In th* Ispahan rtv. lie actually did not kuow that ill* large river passing his native town was called the Zayendah Rud, or. In other words, that tbs Ispahan river and tbe Zayendeb Hud wen- one i -><J the name “Another instance of th*« confnstsn Is shown by what people ci.. Abrlshtnl river. The name of 'i* • In tha Kai Mura, but the luajon:. of Persians and also Europeans cr . 't on the main post road between Me«,.c-1 and Teheran by a bridge that W-S built by a silk merchant and fl it 1* called 'Pul-Abrlshml,' or the -liken bridge; so they cal) the river th* 'Abrlabmi' or tha ailken river, which Is certainly not Its name, The river, which flow» by Kbusf, although at thia point very slightly bracklab, lower down becomes very salt Indeed and finally la loat In the desert. "Karez, or underground canala, car ry the water of this river In every di rection over the country. I think the wonderful patience shown by the Per sians In the labor of excavating tha** underground channels for water la sur- prlslng Every drop of water har to be (wired for nnd tunneled through nd'- -ind miles of ground before ’>» pre lull* liquid reaches the crop for which It Is Intended " Arabia's Orang* Grevaa. lb Onia there are groves of data palms . overIng an area of sixty mile* long 'r.<! averaging two inllea In width In the eoaat country known as the Bah- flnuh, an estimated half million tree* In the Wadi Rematl. large grove* at llostock—In fact, everywhere that wa ter la to be obtained this wonderful plant la cultivated, and In the entire country there ure probubly no fewer than 4,000.000 trees. A Mean Man. “Why are you weeping, ar ehlldr »aid the auftervlaory relative, "Has your husband hurt your feeling* V “Terribly! lie »aid that If I marched In the suffragette proceaalou I would look a* funny a» he did the da h* wore s Ixirrowed ti til form and rode a h»r*e flint whs ordinarily occupied lu hauling brick*."—Washington Star. A Chang* *f Heart. "Peek Isn't happy. His wtf* Is <*»■• tlnually saying «harp and snappy thing* to him " I "Why. he told me Ixfor* be married her thnt »11 what be admired moat •bout her." “Yea. but be conal<ler*d It Wit then.“ — Boston Transcript Vary Plain. The Rix Reasons Glrt-Too ask ma to marry you. Can't yo* a** my aar awar in my far*? Th* Hon. B*rtla (ah*antly>—Ta*. If* vary pUln.-Lo»- dou TaUac. _ ___