TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. JUNE 26, 1919,
ACTION BETTER THAN WOROS
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Cl.menc.au Wanted to Come Into C o n
tact With the Private Soldier,
and He Did!
How Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey
Answered the Boche Demand
That He Surrender.
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Lieut. Col. diaries W. Whittlesey,
On one occasion .when Premier
commander of the “Lost Baitallon." Clemenceau visited the French army
and winner of the first congressional at tlie front,' says a contributor to
medal of the war, has been dubbed Je Sals Tout, the general who was tils
Go-to-Hell Whittlesey, because of his host suggested a sightseeing trip, but
reputed pithy answer to the German the premier declined the invitation.
demand to» surrender. Now comes
“General," he said, “I did not come
Lieut. Arthur McKeogh. adjutant of here as a tourist; I have only one
the battalion, with the complete story purpose, amt that is to come into di
which he tells In Everybody's. “As rect personal contact with the private
a matter of fact." writes Lieutenant soldier. I wish to see him as he faces
McKeogh. “the colonel sent hack no the enemy.”
written answer whatever. To those
“In tliis sector,” was the reply, “It
nearest him he did suggest that the is easy to do that. At post 8 there
Boches could take the well-known easy are only four meters between
descent. But the most complete, prac pollu and his adversary.”
tical and splendid answer that could
“Very well," said Clemenceau,
have been made to the German pro-
wish to go to post 8.”
PC*tU he made as he finished reading
Complete silence reigned in
•t». nota.
trenches where the soldiers stood,
“Qn the side of tlie hill our nlrplane in hand, ready to go “over the top."
liaison agent had spread out tils panel * ' Their races were tired and deeply
to Indicate the battalion’s position to i
lined; In them were the traces of
the divisional planes that had been try i I suffering
and of anger. These men
ing to drop message cylinders nnd
even food within reach of the com asked no favors, but they forgave
mand. That panel was an equilateral nothing. In their eyes shone a de
cloth triangle, more than six feet long. termined resolution to win, and then
Moreover, with the exception of a small to punish. When the party read, d
black patch. It was white. The the covered passage leading to post 8.
thought sprang Into the colonel's mind the guide told M. Clemenceau that for
that.Inclined as It was on comparatively the remaining distance he would have
open ground, the big signal device whs to crawl upon his stomach, and In
probably visible in the Boche lines. that fashion the premier advanced
And It was white. Messages and food until he met a sentry. There for an
were essential enough. God knows, but Instant he forgot that he was not In
suitpose the Germans mistook that the tribune of the senate and, speak
ing loudly, said:
panel for surrender!
“Well, my friend, what----- "
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“Whit ordered It taken In nt oh ce.
A hard slap cut the sentence short,
That was his answer.
“What words could have been as “Shut up!" hissed the sentry. “Can’t
you hear that Boche coughing?"
magnificent I”
The soldier never doubted that his
had saved the man who was
WILL NOT BE MADE RELIC blow
destined to lead France to victory.
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He hnd treated M. Clemenceau like a
Clemenceau’s Coat to Be Missing From
comrade. The premier had been near
Collection of Mementoes of the
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indeed to the private soldier; he hnd
World's Famous.
come Into direct personal contact with
him H*; desire was realized.—Youth's
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Apparently M. Clemenceau’s prac
Companion.
tical mind and hate of show are going
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The all-wool tailored suit
costs more than the shoddy
"hand-me-down,” too.
to deprive his admirers of the right
of gazing nt the fatuous perforated
coat and waistcoat In one of the Paris
museums, for tnls is not to fie in
cluded among the reties of greatness
for a future age. like Nelson’s coat and
the Napoleon relics. There have IteeB
some very curious souvenirs of the
kind, apart from the half smoked
cigars of royalties which are treasured
by some. Most curious of all undoubted
ly was Lord Ang'esey’s “leg." Lord
Anglesey lost a leg at Waterloo, and It
was buried in the garden of the villa
to which he was taken. In after years
he used to recall how parties of people
visited the spot “to view the grave.”
A relic of another kind was George
Il’s famous coat, and it was a pleas
ant trait In the fiery little king that he
squeezed himself at Bettingen Into the
coat be had worn years before at
Owlemrde. Horace Walpole’s “re
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“I have found that you do not need
hands and feet, but you do need cour
age and character. You must play
the game like a thoroughbred,” said
Michael Dowling at the International
conference on reconstruction.
“You fellows know how It Is In a
handicap race. A handicap ta put on
the horse that has proved himself, so
that he may not beat the others too
easily. But the hors« with the handi
cap is the one to bet on.
“Yon fellows sre handicapped, but
we know you can win th« fight, You
have been handicapped by the Hun,
who could not win the fight, For
most of you It will prove to be God's
greatest blessing, for few men begin
to think until they find themselves
np against a stone wall.
“And you other folks—don’t treat
these boy« like babies 1 Treat them
like what they have proved them
selves to be—men. Don't spoon-feed
Don’t coddle them.
They
them,
would rattier get llieir own faces
down into the blueberry pie and ent
it for themselves.'
The Tillamook I ransfer Co., has
contracted the wood output of the
Coats Lumber Co., Mill. If the wood
supply from this plant is not suf
ficient for the local demand we will
fill orders from other sources.
Place your orders for wood with us.
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America possesses some of rhe larg
est chicken hatcheries In the world,
a single establishment sometimes hav
ing a capacity of 225,000 eggs. One
room tn such a hatchery has 33.000
eggs In process of Incubntlon at one
time.
An Interesting by-product of
the Industry are the shells which ac
cumulate tn mountainous piles. They
are not wasted, however, but ar«
ground sod sold to chicken raisers for
feed, principally »« hone builder, thus
e«<>t >pletlng the eyrie to everyone's sat-
left ctloti.-I'opular Mechanics Magu-
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The United States Fish Crop.
The total value of the American
fish crop. Including that of Alaska and
the fnsulnr possessions, is estimated
now to be $150,000.000, allowing for
the advances In value of the Inst year.
The capital Invested In the fisher
ies of the United States, Including ves
sels and tlie land establishments for
hnndllng the fish. Is estimated at ahont
$75.000.000. and the number of per
sons employed Is 220,000. The value
of the sen products turned out by
canneries Is $50.000,000.
Food experts did well during
war times to urge Americans to
more fish, not only because this helped
conserve the supplies of beef and pork
product« hut also because eating some
good fish frequently means a change
In the average mnn’s diet which la to
hla benefit, The same argument holds
He Wear« a Necklace.
true tn regard to vegetables and green
Did you ever hear of a man wear, things, of which many people In cff-
Ing a necklace? Well, that Is what les do not eat enough for their own
the male Canadian warbler does, u hits good.
on the female of this nttractlve bird
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there Is only the slightest Indication
Ghost Altogether Too Real.
of a necklace, says the American For
Otte of the most amusing mishaps
estry association, Washington, which
1« conducting the nation-wide bird- that ever happened In any production
IL L. KING, Tillamook and Bayocean,
hot»« building contest among school of Str Henry Irving was In "Hamlet.”
Poet Office Address, Tiliamook, Oregon.
children. The warbler's necklace of during the first appearance of the
black spots shows up very strikingly ghost. The actor Impersonating the
on his olive green and yellowish throat dead king of Denmark was suddenly
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On the back the bird 1« seized with a violent fit of sneezing,
of a stHte gray color with the tall more hut songtit valiantly to go on with his
of an olive brown tone. This la a very lines, thereby giving a new and curl-
lively bird. It Is very seldom still one rendering to the words: “Hnmlet
for more than a few seconds before It j—action '—I am—action!—thy father's
dashes out at some tempting hit to | —s<-hou !—spirit!” The house was tn
eat.
It 1« partial to the woodett an uproar, and when next the ghost
banks of streams. It usually keeps appeared a chores of sneeze« resound-
I e«l from the gallery and another epi-
In underbrush near the ground.
. node of the great tragedian went from
the sublime to the rldlmlous.
Shall« aa Feed.
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Kitchen Ranges and
Heating Stoves.
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Wounded Soldiers Not "Out" In the
Battle of Life and Do Not Ask
to Be Coddled.
fight, and the «pur which King William
stnrck into the flank of Sorrel's” are
famous.—Westminster Guardian.
Charles E. Sweet has discovered •
preparation, of silver which may he
made tn a plastic form like wax or
clay, and also thinned down to the
consistency of paint, according to the
Little Journal, Cambridge. Mass. Cop
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per, copper alloys and bronzes may be
worked tn the same manner. By sim
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ple technology, the preparation may
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be reduced to the pure metal with
out any change tn Its form or shape.
A sculptor may work It in the rough
or tn relief. Just as he does Ills usual
materials, or in dilution It may he ap
plied to a metallic surface with a
brush. It greatly simplifies the prob
lem of artistic work of a high order,
although, of course. It Is more expen
sive than stamped wares. Medallions
and figures may thus be presented In
the original without the need of cast
ing. and such articles as silver seta
may be made of which every member
Is original and unique. It provides a
■ew medium for artists. The tnven-
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They are prepnrtng to plant trrea
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Denmark, but this Denmark Is a town
In Wisconsin and white there may he
hull« and bear« also on this Wall
afreet they are not the one« usually
aasoclated with that thosoughfare.
These memorial tree« «re being plant
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