Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


world 60 per cent Of the persons over
| 10 years old have to work for living.
There are in the State of New York
forty-three villages of between 1000
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
libraries.
The Firms evidently have not found
woman suffrage a failure. Nineteen
women were elected to their first Par
lament Now twenty-five have just
been elected to the second.
Berlin opened rink on Sept. / for
Ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth rmanent Ice rink
in Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich.
The ivory nut, which is SO much
used by button manufacturers, is the
fruit of species Of palm which grows
In Central and South America 1t
forms a valuable crop, particularly in
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
A German statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use OH
this globe is equal to 120,OOO,OOO horse
power. The coal needed to supply this
steam for year would make a freight
train extending ten times around the
earth.
From Mora comes a story of sugar
beets more than two feet long and
weighing only trihe less than twelve
pounds. There are said to be two Of
these monster tubers there, and it is
claimed they were grown on the farm
Of native who lives several miles up
the valley from the town of Mora-Las
Vegas On. M) Optic
The first recorded production Of
play in Australia took place in June
of the year 1889. 1t was called THE
Recruiting Officer" The proceeds of the
first pay night (some f2O) went to the
family of man who had been drown
ed. In January, 1896, rough and
ready playhouse was opened and the
for admission. The payments We're
made in kind, wheat, flour or rum tax
ing the place Of the usual currency
London Standard
Don't mark your stationery any
longer with monogram. That is out
Of date. The latest symbol is the
thumb mark. 1t is engraved in gold or
silver and has all the value of a Ber-
tillon mark Of Identification. Station
ers who have introduced this way of |
use the prints in the center Of
A correspondence card and about half
an inch from the top to make them |
most effective. The thumb is some
times printed in red or blue, although |
the metal colors are more popular
New York Sun.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded In |
lscertaining the cause of the refractory
behavior of the searchlight in certain
'espects and In devising a remedy. The
British admiralty called on Prof. Ayr
on to investigate the trouble some time
go. After making many Investigations
le turned the problem over to his wife
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Who received the only medal ever
wardesl to woman by the Royal So
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In Henderson County, Cain Cox. fly, +
lies from Athens, has not only ad-
red to diverstication in all its forms.
Using fruit, tomatoes and the cereal
I'll hay crops, as well as some cotton. T
1t he has been investing some money T.
other experiments, some of which II
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