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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
- ASPHALT "a

of the lake It is SO hard it can be
walked on
why is asphalt hot when II comes
out OF the ground ?" asked Jamie. sur
prised.
"oh no. but it is soft because 4,
contains certain kinds of natural gases
which evaporate when it is exposed to
the air. and then the asphalt gets
hard"
How do they get it out of the
lake," jamie asked.
Early in the morning before .he
sun Mas come up. men go to the
edges of the lake with picks. and dig
i out in great, big pieces"
why do they go so early IN tho
morning."
Well. you see in Trinidad it gets
very hot when the sun comes up. and
tho asphalt gets soft and sticky and
hard 20 work with
"Oh. yes. Sometimes when rs hot
here our street gets KIND of soft, too.
doesn't It? Do you suppose If it got
real hot Il would burn?
His mother pointed to honse across
the street. do you see. ;-los, shingles
on that house?" she aslse.
jamie nodded.
''They arc covered with asphalt and
little pieces OF rock. which would pre-
vent the roof from taking fire If i
spark should fan on IT, The asphalt
keeps the rain out. too.
Pretty good ROOF. isn't it? But tell
me more about that Lake. mother. How
big is it?"
The lake is nearly round and covers
about us acres" his mother told him
IT is very deep. too-about 1856 feet
in the center and shallower at the
edges, 1t must be a queer sight to
see that big lake of blackish stuff,
moving slowly all the time. with here
and there an island with trees and
plants on 1t. floating slowly around,
and creased into folds in which the
rain water stands"
Sounds kind of spooky." said
Jamie.
Yes, doesn't it? The center of the
lake is higher than the edges. and
little bubbles of gas keep coming out
Of It. And if YOU put stick on the
asphalt it slowly disappears. Or if
you dig a hole in it. the hole gradual
ly fills up"
"Ugh"' said Jamie. hardly able 80
believe all that about the innocent
looking asphalt street. Il wonder
who ever thought of using it for
streets?"
The first asphalt street was laid
in America about 1876 in Washington.
y. c.. although it had been used for
! pavemcnts before that. But long. long
ago asphalt was used for roads and to
cement things together. The early
PcrsianS and Egyptians used it to
make vases and ornaments of. some
times using It to hold Jewels ana shells
in mace on large statues"
"D,d 1key get 1t in Tr!ridad?" the
little BOY asked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
The Boyhood of An American Poet

strayed to the window and his
thoughts were with the birds and
aowers instead of being fastened upon
his books.
One day the little boy sat dreaming
Of wonderful nature tales and bird
songs that were perhaps already weav-
ing verses in his mind. and much to
the amusement of his classmates he
fell asleep The teacher. who loved
the dreamy, quiet boy, picked him up
from the hard bench and let him sleep
upon her lap. while she continued to
teach the rest of the class their les
sons. Imagine Williams chagrln.
when on opening his eyes he found
himself sitting in the teachers lap.
Jumping up. he ran TO his seat. Il
don't want to be a baby any more"
he cried I'm a man, and 1 don't
want 10 be treated like a little boy"
The other boys did not laugh at him,
for they all loved the little fellow.
Stin they did not spare him when they
wanted to have their joke. one rainy
day they told William to stand outside
the school house and take off his hat.
THE rain water will make your hair
grow" the bows told him and William
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

mother told him.
Gee! / wonder where | could gel
some asphalt to put in front of my
building" the little boy unused.
you might take trip 10 Trinidad
suggested his moi her. smiling.
"Whcre's that?" asked Jamie. II
sounded far-om and interesting.
Trinidad is an island off the north
coast of South America" she told him
rs that where the asphalt on our
street came from p Jamie wanted to
know.
"Most likely some OF 81 came opi
of the asphalt lake in Trinidad" an
swereo his mother
Asphalt lakc?" scoffcd Jamie
asphalt's hard. isn's ~?
1T is hard in :hc street. Jamie
because & has beer mixed with sand
and gravel. but when 1t IS IN the lake
t is soft"
"now dsd 1t get in tar i.lke7" Jamie
asked
"It comes ou: Of tho Sisuna Just
lii:a nc water frorl s.r:ng. and
whsgo 81 comes up it : suf' and oo1y
out tIv-lrd Ire e2@cj os sci, harder
Just ~ OK Of caniy ge;- 'ard at the
eds-s a. 1t cools off. In ome parts
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
The First Month of Winter

friend or fellow in distress. You
should share alike. sorrow and Joys
that come 10 your friends and you
should be ever ready to give of your
love and sympathy. You should be
fair in all your dealings and honest
in thought and deed. Sometimes you
may act quickly and repent later. your
temper may flare up easily and you
may not carefully guard your words
but after reelection you will be sorry
for hasty speech and you will be open
minded enough TO ask forgiveness
when you know yourself to be IN the
wrong. You should be able TO make
up your mind quickly. You will enjoy
a good joke and you will be able to
say as well as do clever things. Every
one will be glad to talk with you. fer
your conversation should be sparkling
and bright.
Are these things true in your case?
The flower for the month is the
chrysanthemum. and the different coll
ors stari for different things. The
white flower stands for truth: love u
symbolized bv the red or pink. and
the yellow blossom denotes detection.
November is a month Of famous
deeds and iIlustrious births. The da'
most universally known in the month
is THANKSGIVING Day. which is usually
set aside by the President OF the Unit
cd states in his THANKSGIVING Procla-
nation. The last Thursday OF the
month has became the day devoted by
the nation to prayers or THANKSGIVING.
family gatherings and turkey dinners.
when you gather about your Thanks
giving dinner table .his ysar. add TO
your prayers Of thanNs. prayer for
the continuance of peace mud. added
nrorpe-f.x durfnF the ye-r TO come
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

ried ost ef the ground before it u
used.
What Is asphalt. anyway" Jahir
asked.
1T is called a bituminous product
1t is something like tar. somethin9
like petroleum. something like COAL
but not exactly like any of theSs
things. When you study chemistry
YOU will find out just what 1t Is made
of"
well, J guess Ill go down to Ok
lahoma and get some to make my
street Of" said jamie. screwing am
other bolt in place. Il wonder nov
I'd make it."
First you aoulo have to grind tEe
rock asphalt into a fine powder. cook
it several hours. then mix fine gTaves
and sand with it and little sofs Trim
idad asphalt. then cook it some more
Then you would have to lay concrets
floor for your street. and before 1t got
too dry pour the hot asphalt on it. ana
smooth it down with a wooden trowe..
pressing IT and rubbing it smooth"
"Gee. That's lot of troubled" ia.
mie complained. But how do yod
know so much about it?" he asked.
suspiciously.
Because watched the men when
they made this street." answered his
mother. smiling. "And then 4 got q
hook out of the library and read about
it. When are you going 20 begin on
your asphalt street,"
"Oh. guess I'll just have gravel
one" the little hoy said. Asphalt
~ axes a fine street. bu. it's too hard
for fellow to get hold Of"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

~VERG boy who rides bicycle
will want to decorate 1t IN somo
way for NOVEMBER ELEV-
NENTH or PEACE DAY. Even
II the peace terms were n"t signed on
this day the fighting etoppcd and no
one living in this age wrl ever forget
the feeling we all had and especially
the Mothers whose boys were in the
front trenches when they received the
glad news that the machine guns anu
cannon had stopped firing.
This Peace Day Flag Holder will be
found easy to make and will be good
decoration for a bicycle at any time
and is more elaborate than an ordi-
nary flag holder. 1t has means FOR
holding three different flags and rcd
white and blue windmill attached to
Il.
The windmill has paddles cut dif-
ferentIy than the ordinary windmill
paddles; they are formed so that one
set turns to the right and the other In
the opposite direction. BY painting
the end of each paddle red. the center
blue. and the rest of the paddle white
n, beautiful effect is produced by the
revolving paddles when the bicycle is
in motion.
Tho part (A) te which the mill and
Gags ere fastened Is cut from a piece
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

~LICK-CLOCK! Click-clock! Click
~ clock" rang the merry tune of
~ .'rotting horses feet on the ave-
~ nue that ran by Jamie's home.
Click clock! Click-clock! Click
clock!" Jamie initiated. slower and
slower as the horse stopped.
1t was a bright autumn afternoon.
Jamie. tired out with playing ball, had
come up on the porch to rest. and was
deep in tho construction OF something
he was making with long pieces OF
steel and many little nuts and bolts.
What arc you building?" asked his
mother. looking up from her sewing.
~ city hall" answered jamie. fas-
;cning On long strip for the tower.
This Ia; gong 20 he Jlni-dandy. with
side walks and fanlp posts aud 4 wide
street IN :ront OF It,
He looked up as TIE music OF the
horses feet ceased. then he Ecem I'd
10 be thinking of som5tAing. Say,
mother. what are streets ms3 of,
anyway" he asked.
Gravel. brick, wood bioc.:s. granite
blocks" his mother suggested.
mo. mean real smooth streets like
ours" Jamie said. sr
'This street is made Of a3i -ialt." his
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

mo. they got it right in their OWE
countries Scientists believe that as
phalt was used in the building OF the
Tower of Babel. for it is mentioned VI
the Bible as Slime" that held the
bricks together. Noah's Ark. too. was
probably Covered with asphalt. ano
perhaps the little basket that the
baby Moses was cast adrift in. The an
cient Egyptians used IT to wrap their
dead in to preserve the bodies"
DO you mean the mummies like
those we saw at the museum" asked
Jamie.
"Yes. and some of them were
wrapped in asphalt 2,5Oo years be
fore Christ was horn"
.'whew. Think of that" the little
boy said. "But say. would 1 have TO
so clear to Trinidad TO get asphalt.
mother? Isn't there some nearer
homer"
well. you might go to France or
Switzerland or Germany-
''Not me for Germany" interrupted
Jamie. Haven't we any in this
country"
There is some in Canada. Cuba.
Mexico"
"I mean the good old U. S. A." said
jamie tightening a bolt on his build
ing.
california has some. so has Okla
homa and Kentucky. and several
other states Oklahoma has the best
in this country"
Lakes of it?" Jamie wanted TO
know.
mostly IN rocks" said his mother.
1T IS called rock aspha,t and IS quar-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

Measure one eupful of iiSh fakes
These may be the fish flakes that come
canned ready for use or left over blis
of FISH may be hRked into small bits
and used.
Add to the fish three cupfuls OF
mashed potatoes.
With large fork, or better still.
clean finger tips. mix the FISH and po-
tato tin Il is-a smooth paste.
If left over FISH is used II will likely
need no seasoning II canned fish Is
used add one-half teaspoonfu of salt.
Mold into neatly shaped palls and
put in a cool place for at least one
hour.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

- HERE was time when Novem-
ber was the ninth and not the
eleventh month of the year. and
- then Il was that II was given It's
name by the Romans. November
comes from tho Latin word which
means mine. ''windmonath" or
wind month is the name that the old
I Saxons gave TO II. for the wintry winds
first begin to show their strength dur
ing the November days. The topaz Is
November's birthstone and II stands
for friendship and faithfulness. An
old verse about It says:
''who first comes TO this world below
with dread November's for and snow
Should prize the topaz's amber hue;
Emblem OF friends and lovers true"
Is your birthday In November?
Durirg wha. part of the month docs
:. conner There are some old super
sttIons that tell Us that II your birth
day falls between the frst and the
tvcn.y-second of the month you Will
D. thrifty. always careful to save. and
h8ve very high ambitions. Have you?
You should also have great strength
OF purpose. and powers OF endurance.
Long walks in the country viii not tire
you. and the coldcst winds will leave
you unchiled and as vigorous as you
rould ever hope 10 be. Ion shoule
be a leader among your classmates
aad know how TO show them all the
way, when playing games or undertake
ing aay new work.
Should your birthday come after
the ;wouty-second OF November. the
hc'ie: - that you should be earnest.
wiihou' fear end ready 10 help n
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
FRUIT ADDITIONS

/. Add letter to u fruit and fin&
4 place of worship.
>. Add letter to a fruit and find
awe-inspiring.
3, Add u letter to a fruit and and
Idle talk.
4. Add a letter 20 fr,li: and fms
fuil and round.
8. Add a letter to fruit: and nnd
S,sAIued.
6. Add letter to frui, ane nnd q
present.
I, Add letter 10 rruc ard ana
"to make spotted"
CROSS WoRL trxnns
My first is In Pennsylvan., w. .-sa N
Idaho.
Ny second is IN Idaho but ~ u
= Nevada.
My third is in Nevada but not in Mex.
leo,
My fourth is in Mexico but not In
Wyoming.
Ny fifth is in Wyoming but not in
Nebraska.
My sixth is in Nebraska but not In
Minnesota.
My seventh is in Minnesota but not in
Missouri.
My eighth IS in Missouri but not IN
Pennsylvania.
My whole IS the name OF a month an
girls and boys like.
ANSWERS
FRUIT ADDITIONS II. PeccA.
Chapel ?. MelOn-Solemn. ;. Peas
Pirate. e. PlHm-Plump. 5. Date Tamel
s. Fig-Giff. Z. Apple.Dapple.
CROSS WORD PUZZLE: NoVembee.
FOOTBALL PUZzLE-AHkle, rcoIise
bone. Thigh, Nose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
TF6 cJUDIOR eOoR

I'ut two tablespoonssul OF meat drip
pings into frying pan, over fire.
When the grease is smoking hot
lay the balls in the pan.
Cook moderately fast till the lower
edges of the balls are brown.
with snail pan cake turner or
large spatula turn the balls and brown
on the her side.
T.Ne up osto a hot platter.
Garn.sh with bit OF parsley and
serve at once.
These are delicious for either break.
fast. luncheon or dinner. A relish OF
home made chilli sauce goeS nicely
with these balls.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06

~ CST one hundred ami twenty-five
ears ago on the t,ird of No
aber. 1894 there was born. in
~ og farm house upon one of the
nUsetts hills:des. a little boy.
i .e h2by's father was a doctor and as
socn Us he heard that his baby was
boy he cried. He. too, shall be a
physician and to start him early upon
the right path he bestowed upon the
child the name OF Z famous Scotch
decor So the wee little boy started
his life with 4 big and high sounding
name William Cullen Bryant -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-06
BIZ FRnNk I.SoLnR

Nsrnucron DEPT Or r1aNusL PUBLIC ScEoelsoTpr-
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lifiIe Soy a sked.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-04

Times-Recorder Want Ads Get re-
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TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if you feel Backachy or
Bladder troubles you-Salts is
fine for Kidneys

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular eat
ers of meat must flush the kidneys occa-
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you feel a
dull misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache, diz-
illness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, 'obliging you to get
up two or three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful ina glass of water before break
fast for a Few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
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Bath-Hour In Daily
Routine Of Big Circus

That cleanliness is next to Godli-
ness is exemplified around the John
Robinson circus, which comes to
Americas Wednesday, Nov. IL. The
daily rule is in effect with the show
and this rule hits the animals as well
as the men.
Early in the morning of arrival,
after the wagons and cages have all
been drawn to the grounds and salts
flying breakfast has been served,
comes the bath hour. In the horse
department Charles Rooney, the SUI
perintendent uses nearly two hun
dred cakes of white soap. Every
horse anil pony is washed from the
tips of its ears to the end of its tail.
Superintendent Chris Zeitz of the
menagerie, uses CASTLE soap on the
majority of the animals under his
care. Some of the latter are so
vicious that they cannot be handled,
but they are given a bath, just the
same. Water is poured in on them
from the hose. The cages are thor
oughly scrubbed and deodorized and
then the beasts are given clean beds
of sweet smelling straw.
The seals and hippopotamus are
given fresh water in their tanks and
revel like human beings in the bath.
Congo" the baby chip" spends
hours each day in his private bath.
He sleeps peacefully in the water
during the hot hours.
Every man in the big show is Civ
en- to understand that he must battle.
Soap, and towels and hot water are
supplied by Governor" Robinson
and the nlen are told quietly, but
firmly, to get busy. If they refuse
they do not remain long with the cir
Gus.
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u Tinker Bob ~
IS a7%astqgles 2Ga7a VI
* ,hvQarNAeH As(eemb !&Y GaSEJ
,kQarksle1A Aqleamh :

succeeded in sinking her claws into
the helpless creatures back and
lifting him from the ground. Then
she started to fly toward the tree
tops.
When the little creature was lifted
from the ground, Tinker Bop realized
the situation at once. The helpless
creature was one of Jack the Rabbits
children.
Drop that Rabbitw cried Tinker
at the top of his voice Mrs. Hawk
was not expecting to be interrupted
in this manner, but she dropped
baby Rabbit and kept on flying to-
ward the tree top.
Tinker Bob ran to the place where
Baby Rabbit fell and there found a
titul sight. The young Rabbit was
badly bruised and very much fright
aed.
"How did all of this happen?"
asked Tinker Bob as he lifted poor
Baby Rabbit froln the ground.
At first the little Rabbit could not
speak for fright, but after few mo-
ments he ventured: 81 am lost and
don't know where to 60"
Tinker wrapped his scarf about
the trembling child of the forest and
said: But how did you get lost?"
81 wandered away from home and
when it was dark | could not tell
how to go back. Then l hoped
about all night, and came to the
edge of the forest, where the Hawk
tried to kill me-"
Tinker was very sad. ooh, how
many are they that wander away
from their fathers house to see the
great, great world! The world is
so big and they go so far they get
lost and cannot return. Then come
trials and troubles"
"Take me back to my fathers
house." said Baby Rabbit Ras he
cuddled close to Tinker Bob's breast.
81 will take you back" said Tin
ker. 81 only wish could take all
back who are lost from their fathers
house"
Tinker Bob did not stop to see Mr..
Red Ant, because he thought it far
better to take lost child home that
was bruised and sore, than to repair
he }Arone of a King.
I5norrow-The Night Patrol.
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c2ening at the edge of the forest his
eyes saw a terrible struggle. The
great forest Hawk was struggling
with one of the jewellers. She finally
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
TO THE CoLoRED POPULATION.

Your snarly, ugly, corse, nappy
hair made to grow long, stright,
glossy by using A. l. Hair Grower.
Every colored man and woman
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hair falling out, use A. l. Hair
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Personal agents wanted. Why not
learn a useful trade? Write for par
ticulars a. once. Parker and Gale
Company, 600 Steelawanna Ave-,
Lackawanna, N. Y.-(adv0
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LUMBER FOR SALE-Framing,
$25 per M; fine flooring, ceiling,
novelty and drop siding, $50 per M,
all TO. b. Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Now shipping from base hospital
area-the finest lumber in Camp
Wheeler. Camp will be cleared out
in three or four weeks. Order i'm
mediately. Camp Wheeler Lumber
Agency, 619 Highland Ave, Atlanta,
Telephone Ivy 8340.-4-10t
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FARM LOANS

We are prepared to make loans
of any size on farm lands Reas-
enable rates. If you need loans
give us a showing. Better not
wait until the last minute, but
come now.
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Bale Of Cotton And
Seed Nets $312.12

GREENSBORO, Nov. 4.-The
largest bale of cotton, for this sea-
son, has been reported by j. A. Tay-
lor.
The bale weighed 715 pounds and
was sold for SO 7-8 cents. The lint
and seed netted $312.12.
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Buy
Ex-Hun Diamond Fields

LONDON, Nov. 4.-(By Associat-
ed Press. "A dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph company from
Johannesburg, S. A, reports the pur-
chase by an Anglo-American company
for one million pounds of all of Ger
many's private and state interests in
the diamond fields of what formerly
was German Southwest Africa.
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BABY. RABBIT GETS LOST.

TINKER Bob, King of the Forest,
= rs honored by the forest dwell
ers because he saved Major Pole Cat
and Jack the Rabbit from being
killed by the Hunter and his Hound.
But really they had saved their own
"es by listening to his words of
wisdom.
Now, the King started on jour
ney to the edge Of the great forest
to see Mr.. Red Ant. 1t was Mr.. Red
Ant and his helpers that built the
Kings throne, and it now needed
repairs, so the King had to see him
at once. AS he drew near to the
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Extraordinary!

When little Junior saw six jet black
bahv kittens the other day, he was SO
surprised to see them exactly alike, he
said. "Oh, mother, come and look why
each one is a twin"
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

Arrival and Departure of PasseD-
ger Trains, Americas, Ga.
TRAINS ARRIVE
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DO
YOU SEE
THIS AID?

OF COURSE YOU DO. IT
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is surrounded with plenty Of
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NEXT TIME YOU WANT
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