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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, DECEMBER 25, 1919.
WHERE GREAT MONARCH LIES VICTORY TO SUPERIOR RACE ,
Mosque of Bajazet II la One of the
Sights of City of Con
stantinople.
Teuton Hosts at the Marne Over
whelmed by Men Possessed of
Love of Liberty.
Constantinople bus no mosque more
attractive to natives and strangers
alike than that of Bajazet II. Bajazet,
one time sultan of an empire, known
as the dreamer, raised this graceful
monument and sleeps peacefully in its
Shelter.
It is not, however, In reverence to
the memory of Bajazet that so many
Turks sit languidly in the corners of
the mosque court. They are here to
profit by the visits of strangers in the
city, to tempt them with real Turkish
tobacco, oriental perfumes, amber and
jewelry. In short, they have set up
shop In the very shadow of the
mosque, and that shadow being insuf
ficient, strips of awnings have been
rigged up as further protection from
the glaring sun. Whether Bajazet
would approve of this seeming disre
spect can only be surmised.
Pigeons, too. In distracting numbers,
whirling, cooing, always fluttering
from one spot to another, save the
mosque courtyard from the solemn
silence of the thousand and one other
temples of Constantinople. Bajazet’s
approval of the pigeons’ presence is
recorded from the time when only two
frequented his court By his order
they and their successors have been
always fed and regarded as sacred.
The feathered Inhabitants have be
come so numerous and so much at
home that the mosque has come to be
popularly called the "Mosque of
Pigeons.” Their cooing softens the
sound of bargaining from the corners
of the court and blends with the splash
of the fountain. Could the dreamy
Bajazet behold them now, poised on
his minarets, walking sedately about
his court, and circling like whirling
clouds about the columns, he would
realize that they are the final totfeh to
the perfection of his temple.
The following passage Is from an
article entitled “The New Men and the
Old World,” In Inter-American. The
writer, Jesus Semprum, Is a noted
Venezuelan man of letters, the author
of many biographical, historical and
literary works. He employs the alle
gorical style of writing.
“Therefore, men died by the thou
sand, from Nieuport to the black
Vosges,” writes Mr. Semprum. "An
advance here, another there, thousands
of prisoners, hundreds of cannon; but
the channel ports continued to be de
nied them; Amiens and Chalons and
Paris unattainable In the distance.
The tired chargers went so far as to
drink the fateful waters of the Marne.
"Suddenly the wind of wrath blows
against the monarch’s hosts.. In the
front rank tight with skillful daring
the new men, like veterans seasoned
In long campaigns. Without knowing
the whips of the sergeants, the de
stroyers of free will, without having
lived cowered by the yoke of minute
and Iron discipline, without calling
themselves the favorites of the Most
High, Pershing’s meD pursue the vet
eran conquerors of the world and
throw them back upon the Moselle,
astound them with their numbers,
their strength, their simple and serene
valor. They went forward at a quick I
and measured pace, and under their
feet the soil of France quivered in the
Joy of liberation.
"The new men had arrived In time!" I
TRUE TO IDEALS OF HOME
Woman Conductor Would Have No
Mud Tracked Into Elevator That
She Was Running.
She was a fnt, comfortable looking
Irish woman, You could see her pnt-
ting out a good washing or rocking a
baby, but It was hard to believe your
eyes when you saw her running an
elevator at night In an office building.
There she was, Just the same. And
the little Italian who was scrubbing
the main hall had left water, quite a
puddle of It, In front of the elevator.
All proceedings were stopped. The
elevator did not run. With arms akim
bo she dressed down the hapless little
man and ordered him back with his
mop. “Come here and clean this up!”
she ordered. “I'll not have folks track
ing water Into my elevator." He came.
Memories of muddy feet on home-
acrubbed porches and Immaculate
halls. It was her elevator, not her em
ployer’s, when she was running It, and
tracked It should not be.
Here's a toast to home Ideals tn
public housekeeping, May they blot
out worse flaws than the mere track-
Ing of physical dirt 1—New Tork
Time*.
The price of Red Crown Gasoline was advanced li cents
a gallon on Wednesday, December 17, 1919.
This advance is due to the fact that the Oregon state law
specifies that gasoline shall be of 56 degrees ‘gravity, Baume
'jest to be saleable in the state, which law necessitates our re
fining a special gasoline for sale in Oregon. In refining this
special gasoinel a lower yield is secured from the crude oil than
in refining our regular gasoline,with consequent increase in the
cost of the special gasoline.
The advance of lj cents a gallon in the price does not
fully represent the additional cost to us of manufacturing the
of the
special gasoline. At the same time, the higher price of
special gasoline does not secure for the user any greater value
than is given in our regular gasoline.
The 56-degree gravity gasoline that we must specially
refine and furnish in Oregon is a less efficient gasoline than
that regularly produced by this Company and sold in Wash
ington, California and elsewhere. Our regular gasoline comes
within the United States Government Standard Specifications.
It is refined to a set specification of a chain of boiling points
determined by our exports as being that which will give the
maximum of power and mileage consistent with due regard to
gasolne conservation and the maintenance of reasonable prices
to,the consumer,
YOUNG WIFE’S FIRST LESSON
Mrs. Newlywed Evidently Beginning to
Learn Her Household Dutiea
From the Ground Up.
The newly married man came home i
from his office happy. He was greeted
as newly married men are greeted,
with a kiss, and this, In fashion of his
kind, he returned with interest
“Of course we shall go out to din
ner, darling,” he remarked.
“Yes, dearest" replied the happy
young woman.
“But one of tlfcse days we shall
have a dinner here, darling, shall we
not, of your own cooking?"
"Of course, dearest,” she replied, “I
am getting along famously with my
cooking lessons.”
“And it will be Such a change,” he
continued, “from the monotonous fare
of the restaurants.”
There were more kisses.
“Did you take cooking lessons to
day, darling,” he asked.
"Yes, dearest.”
"And what did JWi learn?"
There was pride in her tone as she
replied. “Today, dearest, I learned how
to boll water."—Ohio Observer.
GRAVETY A FALSE TEST OF GASOLINE VALUE
Gasoline is regularly refined by us with regaid
to its range of boiling points—the only true meas
ure of gasoline value. The Oregon State law es
tablishes a gravity standard for gasoline, which is
not indicative of gasoline quality. That “the grav
ity test is of little or no value in determining the
quality of gasoline” was stated by the United
States Government’s Committee on Standardiza
tion of Petroleum Specifications in its report to the
Government. Later the United States Government
adopted standards for gasoline based on boiling
points.
BOILING POINTS ARE THE ONLY TRUE
Something to It—After All.
The hostess had talked about her
wonderful ancestry until her guests
were bored to distraction.
No one
made any comments, bnt still she was
determined to win some. So she turn
ed to the young woman next so her
and said: “Isn’t It splendid to have
an ancestry of which one can be
proud ?”
Ancient Knightly Order.
The young womaa, who was very
TMe order of Knights of Danne successful Indeed, smiled and calmly
brog was established In 121# hy Valde rejoined: “I really don’t know. You
mar IT, according to Danish tradition, see I’ve been so busy all my life try
as a memorial of a victory over th* ing to <lo something worth while so
EKhonlans, won by the appearance In that my ancestors, should they sud
the aky of a red banner bearing a denly come to life, would not feel
white cross. Historically the order ashamed of me, that I’ve had very lit
date* back to 1671 when It was found- tle time to hunt information abovt
ad by Christian V. It was originally them."
restricted to ,W knights and was fam
ily or court decoration. In Iff* It wa*
Temperament and Watch.
made an order of merit hy Frederick
That jiartlcnlar kinds of tempera
VI and la awarded only for distin ment exercise a baleful Influence on
guished and meritorious »errlees
watches seems to be a common expe
The Insignia of the knighthood Is rience.
a white enameled Danish cross with
“I once carried four In threfi
red and gold borders, bearing In the months," writes a correspondent, "and
center the letter W and on the four all stopped. A watchmaker told me
arms the Inscription “Gud <>g Kon that they behaved as watches do when
gen" (for God and King). The ribbon the spring of the balance gets mag-
Is white with red edging. The rank la netlzed, though why they should have
an honorary one am! entitles the rect|<- done so he could not say."
lent to
‘ use the title "Sir." The rank
The fact when mentioned to Prof.
■nd title are not hereditary.
Syl-anus Thompson.
distinguished
electrician, noticed that the clock-stop
per fidgeted a good deni, and ventured
Snaring Birds of Paradise.
To obtain the much prized feathers to suggest that such movements prob
the New Guinea natives set out for the ably generated a small amount of frlc-1
tlonal electricity at high tension,
forest, knowing that the bird of para
dise seeks to conceal Ills rainbow hues which might at times magnetize the
In the dense foliage of the trees. If spring.
¡they can find no haunt of the desired
birds they start calling In excellent Im
itation of the shrill, ugly cry of the
bird of paradise to its mate. This ruse
Is usually successful, and a bird shows
Itself only to be snared or shot down
with arrows.
i In mating season the male bird
dances before the female he desires as
a mate, to display his beautiful feath
ers. and at such a time so absorbed
■re the birds In their own affairs that
large numbers are easily taken by
the wily natives.—Savannah Morning
New*.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF
GASOLINE
MEASURE OF GASOLINE VALUE
Boiling points determine the vaporizing and
combustive, or power, qualities of gasoline. They
are the only true measure of gasoline value. The
gravety test simply compares the destiny of the
liquid gasoline with the density of water at sea
level. It can tell nothing about the vaporizing and
oombuztive. or power, values of gasoline. Only the
range of Veiling points can do that.
«
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT STANDARD SPECI
FICATIONS FOR GASOLINE.
The United States Government standard speci
fications for gasoline are based on boiling points—
not gravity. Drafted as they were by impartial
Government experts, they are generally considered,
in the light of conditions today, as the most practi
cal standard for gasoline. They insure an efficient
and satisfactory gasoline and at the same time
have due regard for the best utilization of our pe
troleum resources, and the maintenance of reason
able prices to the consumer.
THE GASOLINE' PROBLEM.
The demand for gasoline is increasing faster
than the supply. To hold down the increasing dis
proportion between the demand and the supply, it
is important that every possible drop of gasoline
be extracted from the crude oil refined. At the
same time the producers must continue their con
stant search for new sources of crude-oil supply,
and the automotive engineers must continue their
efforts to get more power and mileage out of the
gasoline consumed.
THE OREGON STATE LAW DEFEATS
CONSERVATION.
The Oregon State law, by specifying a gravity
standard for gasoline, limits the possible extrac
tion of gaaohne from the crude oil and thus oper
ates directly against gasoline conservation, making
less plentiful and more oostly the supply.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
California
On. Frenchman’s Sacrifice.
Thirteen son9 dead, that represent*
ffiirt of the war’s cost to a French
farmer who lived at Renlnghe. near
Ypres—surely a record. He had 86
rhlldreq, and 20 of bls 22 sons fought
on the various fronts. In 1917 the
widow of one of the sons was killed
hy a German shell at Dunkirk. The
farmer himself and one of his daugh
ters mot a tragic end. In October,
1914. they went to Lille to fake part
In celebrating the hundredth birthday
of a relative. They were met on their
return by a German patrol and were
shot.
Notice.
Sealed bids addressed to the county
I court of Tillamook County, Oregon,
and endorsed "Proposals for opera-
' tlon of Woods Ferry” will be recelv-
1 ed by the county court of said coun
ty at Tillamook. Oregon, for the op-
t eration of the ferry at Woods, Ore
gon. from Jan. 1, 1920, to Jan. 1,
1921. Said blds to be opened at 10
o'clock a.in. January 7, 1920.
The County Court reserves
King of Poor Penmen.
1 right to reject any and all bids.
Dated this 16th day of December,
The palm for Illegibility is generally 4
Maklng Mother-of-Pear*.
■warded to the late Horace Greeley,
1919.
' rhe secret of another Gemían
but In our own land probably Lecky fhdnstry has been discovered, the man
Homer Mason, County Clerk.
was king of Impossible penmen.
ufacture of artificial mother-of-neert
There are veteran compositor* aMve J. W. H. Dew. a fellow of the British
Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting.
who remember setting up his "History Royal Society of Arts, fonnd the proc
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of Morals.” Those who could decipher ess after much patient experimenting.
The annual meeting of the Stock-
the manuscript were more prized than
Doctor Dew was engaged during the
Cbelr rivals who took Arabic and Hln- Whole period of the war In recon holders of the Tillamook Hotel Com-
Wuatani In their stride.
structing. step by step, the method of pany will be held at the hotel par-
> To master Lecky the men were manufacture.
lore in Tillamook City, Oregon, on
allowed to take home dubious folios
Artlflclal mwtbef^f-pearl Is used ft* Monday, January Sth, at 2 p.m.
and ponder them In privacy. They say making fancy buttons, dress trimmings
P. J. Worrall. President.
that the author was. In printing circle*, and many other articles. Before the
K. J. Cloussen. Secretary
th* lie*t cursed man of the century.— war moat of It came from German/.
i^zndon Chronicle
A money-maker and hard work saver for land dearers and wood-cutting
contractors. One man can move it from cut to ent Simple and reliable;
Hundred» In use all over the U. S. When not la gee tor wood cutthw, the 4 H. P. motor will
ran mill* teed mill*, teed cutter», pompe, etc.
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wood tor fuel. One Wad*
will do 10 men’s work at
one-tenth the cost Writ*
Sold by Standard Feed Co., Tillamook, Agent
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