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Show Friday, January u, ibss THE SraARITOrSE BULLETIN THE SUGARHOUSE BULLETIN TO MAKE SHRINE OF A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Printed at Tartan Is Usual Costuma cf Children in Scotland BATTLESHIP OREGON It is only at the Highland games that visitors will see many Scots in tartans, although the tartan Is the usual costume of Scottish children and is worn even by the younger princes and sometimes the older ones of the British royal family, Writes a correspondent' Iri the Los ''-4pgeles Times. t Highland costume is made up of two parts, the plaid, a piece of cloth four to six yards long and two yards wide unfolded, one end of which is caught qp over the left shoulder with a brooch or pin, and the kilt. The Sporran, one of the most conspicuous parts of. the costume, is the shield-lik- e piece usually covered with white horse.hair and black tassels which hangs in front of the kilt. It is both novel and useful, for it is in reality a large purse. Tracing the ancestry of a Scot in Highland costume is an easy matter for one with a knowledge of tartans, for all Highlanders once belonged to clans and each clan had its own pattern for its tartan. Descendants of the old Scots determine what tartan they will wear in one of three ways: they may wear that of their mothers clan, that of their fathers clan, or if they have served in a Highland regiment, that No Scot would of the regiment. think of wearing the tartan of another's dan, and in the old days the clans regarded their particular tartan. so highly that they considered anyone who assumed it to be under their special protection. 2041 South 11th Eoat Bugarhotue, Utah baued every Friday p. m. Bualneaa Office and Plant at 2044 South 11th Eaat Advertising Rates! on Application O. C. CONNIFF, Publisher Ranks With Old Ironsides in Naval History. Portland, Ore. The battleship Oregoi commission is launching Salt Lake City, Utah campaign to finally provide a fitting for the famous old Phone copy for news Items and events of Interest to The Bulletin" resting place that figured so prominentn or Commercial Printing Company Hyland 264. war. ly in the The of fate the decommissioned Copy for news Items, social and sport activities, must be In the office battleship, which waa by the not later than noon Wednesday, for publication In the following Issue of federal government lo given the state of Oregon in 1923 and saved from the The Bulletin." scrapping provisions of the limitations of arms conference, has been referred to the children of Oregon. The pennies of school children will be used to move the vessel from present temporary quarters to Portland city property bordering the Willamette river, and the site will be converted into a marine park. A LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE fund of approximately 8,030 will be needed, the commission estimated. To Be Tanny Fund. Everywhere you go in this fine country of ours you hear The ranks with Old Iron. . . troubles And our are Oregon people saying largely psychological sides in United States naval history most; of us believe it, but wc don't do anything about it. and the same method of penny conIf it is of "such staff" that our troubles are made, it would tributions will be used to perpetuate seem that a nation-wid- e Resolution to abolish pessimism would it as a patriotic shrine. An act of congress passed June go a long way to tewards correcting them. 30, 1890, gave authority to build the This is a sort of perennial beginning-again- . It is our chance battleship, and the Union Iron to scrap the yesterdays and start afresh. One way of making it Works at San Francisco built the a successful year fur everyone would he to begin Spreading opti- vessel at a cost of $6,280,000. Henry mism. We have all seen a practical demonstration of the evils L. Howison was the first command-er- . brought about by a whispering campaign of fear. Why not a The Oregons fame came when it confidence rally. sailed, under secret orders in 1898. Let's begin by telling our neighbor that things look het-te- Around the Horn' the battleship sailed, and 14,000 miles out of San couple this with hard work, and before long well find that Francisco it nosed into Havana harthey are better ! bor, cheered by men .aboard other vessels in the warn-torport. The battle wa fought July 4, when the Maria Theresa, Oquendo, Viscaya and the Colon of tlie Spanish fleet were engaged and beaten. Legislature Votes Praise. The measure adopted by tne Oregon legislature in accepting the' ship - Spanish-America- COMMENTS Many and Glorious Stars in Florence's Firmament Attractions in Florence, Italy, are as wide as the heavens, and in its heaven shine the stars which the world does not forget, observes a ' r, n ife is too short correspondent in the Boston Globe. Here restored almost beyond recognition at 2 Via Dante Alighieri is the house where its greatest poet was born. Here also were cradled Cimabue, Giotto, the Lippis, Del said: Sarto, Cherubini, the composer, the The gallant performance of the sculptors Ghiberti and Donnatelli. whole ship and the valiant deeds of In the Borgo Ognissanti, Amerigo the heroic crew that have manned Vespucci was born; at 16 Via Del her are forever enshrined in the Guicciardini, Machiavelli, the auhearts of the people. thor of The Prince, was born. Not Moving the Oregon will be no less far away is the birthplace of Floroffice ence job than moving a Nightingale. building with a frontage. It In the Piazza San Lorenzo, Brownmore than 20,000,000 weighs pounds, ing bought for 35 cents the old is nearly as long as one and covereJ book which he Portland city blocks (351 feet parchment made the basis of his Ring and the 2 inches), is 69 feet, 3 inches wide, Book. In a wood skirting the Arno carries four guns, eight Shelley wrote his Ode to outside, guns, twelve guns and the West Wind1;. the city is also the four scene of George Eliots Romola, of of Brownings Christmas Eve and veterans and war other patriotic Easter of A. M. Forsters Day, and civic organizations will be Fast of St. Magdalen, and scores sought, and medallions struck from of other books. At the Casa Guida, brass and copper of the Oregon may Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote be distributed. in 1857 her Aurora Leigh. Here died Walter Savage Landor and Theodore Parker. Night Habits of Snakes Here are the tombs of Michaelan-gelNow Interests Science Galileo, Rossini and AlfierL Berkeley, Calif. Whether snakes The firmament of Florence is one have insomnia or just what they do of most famous in the world. the of is one at night the tasks which the zoological department of the University of California has set itJohnny Appleseel Earned Name self to solve next summer. is the name Johnny Appleseed A party of university scientists, to John a native intChapman, applied headed by Dr. Walter Mosauer, of Massachusetts who came to Ohio ernationally-known herpetologist, will spend the next three months about 1801 and earned that name in tropical Guerrero, near Acapulco, for himself from his peculiar occuhis itinerant distribution of investigating all reptilian and am- pation trees. It was his cusyoung apple phibian creatures they may happen tom to clear loamy spots in the virto meet. on the banks of forests, gin done will be Their work largely at plant there the apple seeds night, and for this purpose they will streams, had obtained at cider presses in wear powerful lights carried on the he western Pennsylvania, inclose the forehead after the fashion of minground and then leave the place ers lamps. The reflection of these until the trees began to grow. When in the eyes of the animals and repsettlers appeared in the vicinity tiles is expected to betray their hidJohnny brought them his young ing places to the scientists and demtrees to trade them for an old coat onstrate whether they are laying or a knife. But his needs were or awake nights sleeping. few and he often gave away his The party of scientists will explore trees or left his little orchards to mangrove swamps, lagoons and grow up undisturbed. All over the mountain jungles of the region they through western Pennare to visit. Photographs and col- countryside,Ohio and Indiana, Johnsylvania, ored motion pictures will be made little apple nurseries were lony's of the reptiles. cated. The party also expects to bring back alive as many of the snakes, crocodiles and other reptiles as they The Grand Bank can capture for further observation The Grand Bank is a great shoal under laboratory conditions. In the Atlantic ocean lying off the coast of Newfoundland, famous Cities Lead in Larceny, throughout the world as a fishing Bank here means an ground. Indicates Crime Survey undersea elevation which produces Washington. Major crimes, such a shoal, shelf or shallow. The Grand as homicide and aggravated assault, bank is about 300 miles in length, is show a considerably higher percentless than 600 feet below sea level age in rural communities than in and projects southeast from the urban centers, the federal bureau of Newfoundland coast toward the ceninvestigation quarterly crime reter of the Atlantic ocean. Geologists ports point out. believe it to be the remnant of an The percentage based on each anciet submerged mountain range. class of offense, in relation to the The bottom in this region is covtotal of all offenses, was compiled ered with fine mud and sand and from the crime reports of local the meeting of two currents brings officers. an endless supply of diatoms and Cities led in larceny and auto algae which supply food for crustheft. taceans and mollusks and other Burglaries were 5 per cent higher types of Invertebrates, supplying robberies almost in rural sections, food for the hosts of codfish which per cent, aggravated as- swim in from the deeper waters. sault 2.9 per cent, rape 2.1 per cent, murder 1 per cent and manslaughter, .9 per cent. Inflnenee In cities of over 100,000 population, not easy to tell how the is It Chicago reported 61 murders and is borne into a heart, there manslaughters from July to Septem- to germinate and ripen; for inber, inclusive; 1,195 robberies, 2,967 fluences are subtle invisible things. burglaries. Like the pollen of a flower, which New York reported 83 murders may be carried on the antennae of aiul manslaughters, 273 robberies seme unconscious insect, or borne and 868 burglaries. Oklahoma City into the future by some passing reported three murders, thirty-fou- r breeze, SO' influences which' will yet Washinglobber'es. I1J bursaries. ripen into character and make desJ s and manslaughtini'ton Ii:- i tinies, are thrown off unconsciously 763 burglaries. er-. liil nib! from our deeds, or thy wu six are borne commoni Omaha on .'wings of a chance, I . ry 40-fo- one-ha- lf 13-ir.- hot to live comfortably ' Spanish-America- n To be able to talk with friends to avoid the trouble of trips here and .there are some of the conveniences of a telephone. Saving trips also saves time. A telephone is it constant protection for any emergency. o, Convenient extension telephones for bedroom t kitchen or elsewhere in the home cost less than 2 cents a day Pelicans, Heavy Birds Pelicans are heavy water birds, have a broad, rounded wing and it takes considerable flapping to create enough power to lift them into the air. The white species has the same large bill with the great distensible pouch suspended from the lower mandible. The legs are sliort with large feet of feur toes connected by a web. Nesting in colonies, they are as sociable as the penguin, flying in flocks and feeding together. They favor a shallow spot for feeding where they are able to drive schools of small Ash into a trap. when Their eggs are bluish-whit- e first laid. The young birds are naked at birth and have a short bill which grows with surprising rapidity. Penneys January' CLEARANCE New Basement Store Jan. 19th at 11 A. M. Tiles for Flooring Used as Far Back as in 1222 . In the Middle ages tiles were used for flooring in the churches and er religious buildings. oth- One of the earliest references to tiles is a grant given by King Don Fernando el Santo, in 1222, for the making of tiles at Talavera, Spain. The manufacture of tiles in that country . was imported by the Arabs. It attained great importance in the Middle ages and is an industry in Spain. It is said the Alcazar, at Seville, is a perfect museum of tiles. They form the principal color motif of the gardens and attract as much attention if not more than the flowers, observes a writer in the Los Angeles Times. In England we find they attained a high degree of excellence as early as the Thirteenth century and continued being manufactured untiLthe Sixteenth arid even in some districts until the EihUe..lh century. Lome of the Engl:sh tiles of this time are most interesting. Cn one from Liverpool are the words, Prosperity to the United States. In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries tile was largely used in Holland. The Dutch tiles often show Chinese influence In design, as the Delft painters were familiar with oriental porcelain brought to their country by the Dutch East India companies. Besides a blue on a white ground, other colors such as green, purple and yellow were used with a heavy layer of glaze over all. Bouquets of flowers and birds after the Chinese manner were subjects for decoration. Their r&tatings declined in the Eighteenth century. I The Earliest Dentists Even before the Christian era ancients were trying to patch up teeth. Greeks were skilled dentists and Arabians turned out good false chewers. Later, however, dentistry lagged, says an authority. Medicine didnt see where the care of teeth was so important Dentistrys revival began to speed about 200 years ago, but even as late as the middle of the last century, barbers did quite a bit of tooth extraction. In this country, dentistry came with the Revolutionary war, probably first was practiced among Washingtons troops. But after starting late, the United States set the pace for the world. . I k Wrote the Maggie" Song The words of the song When You and I Were Young, Maggie, were Johnson, a school teacher of Binbrook township, Wentworth county, Ontario, and published in a book of poems, Maple Leaves, in Hamilton, Ont., in 1864. The music, by J. A. ButterThe field, was written in 1866. Maggie of the song was Maggie Clark of Glanford, Wentworth county, who died in 1865 at the age ol written by George twenty-thre- e. W. . Setting January 21st. as the date on .'which members of the Sugar House Business Men's League will gather to discuss several matters of importance to the community, George Lucas, president, and Orson Kasteler, secretary, urged that business men of the district put that date down on their date books and keep it with their fellow merchants. The timeof the; meeting was set at 6:J0 to permit business places to close and allow managers to attend immediately after work, and will be held in the Sugar House Sprague Branch library. Further notices will be cent to members in the league as well as other new businesses that haive started in Sugar louse in the past few months. Turtle Life May Reach to Four Hundred Years In spite of all the fun poked at his lack of speed, the tortoise has an enviable record for long life. Indeed the turtles of the Galapagos islands are probably among the oldest of all living animals. And although they are now practically extinct because of their deliciousness as food, relished alike by the crews of whaling ships and by buzzards and dogs and pigs, none of them has ever been known to die of old age. If they die, asserts a writer in the Washington Star, it is because they have been killed by a human being or some other creature, or because they have met with some such regrettable accident as falling off a cliff. Many of the immense turtles of the Galapagos islands are believed to have lived for 300 or 400 years. When Charles Darwin, the great scientist, visited the islands some years ago, he wrote: I frequently got on their backs and then upon giving them a few raps on the hinder parts of the shell, they would rise up and walk away. Some of them, Darwin said, were four feet long and weighed as much as 00 pounds. n The turtles had paths from the lower regions of the islands to the fresh water springs in the higher parts, Darwin declared, and .in the early days sailors are said to have followed these trails in search of fresh water. Although the tortoises drink a great deal of water, often burying their heads under the surface on and off for two or three days to tank up, Darwin believed that they could live on islands where the only fresh water supply was the rain and the dew. ' Although his pace is slow, the turtle manages to cover several miles a day, when migrating, because he walks tirelessly and determinedly, day and night. . well-beate- to be sic:::: there. This force under Admiral Hopkins of the American colonies landed a detachment on the eastern extremity of New Providence island and marched on Nassau. Forts Montague and Nassau surrendered to them without resistance, and the new Grand Union flag, consisting of the Union Jack in the first quarter and 13 red. and white stripes to represent the independent states, was hoisted over Fort Nassau. The invaders took 100 guns and a small quantity of other war munitions. They left the next day. of munitions believed First Stock Tickers Famous First Facts states that the first stock ticker was a printing telegraph which was patented by R. E. House in 1846 and was first exhibited at the American Institute fair in New York city in 1844. One of Thomas A. Edisons first inventions was an improved stock ticker which he brought to New York in 1868. Records of the New York Stock exchange show that a ticker was first used there on November 15, 1867, this being the invention of Dr. S. S. Laws and E. A. Callahan. Edison himself, as quoted in Edison, His Life and Inventions, remembered the exciting time with the indicators on the Black Friday of 1869 when Gould and Fisk attempted to corner gold. Short Selling Short selling is selling in anticipation of a drop in price; in brokerage practice, the trader need not have the stock in his possession st the time of the sale. If for example a stock sells at $50 and the price falls to $40 before he' has to deliver it, he could buy at that price and make $10 a share profit. The bulls buy in', the expectation that they .can sell at higher prices. Stocks, remain in the owners harnls if there Is no sale. Art of Making Porcelain Credited to the Chinese . Porcelain has an interesting history, many centuries old. When we take a cup of coffee from a porcelain cup we are lifting an object that took hundreds of years to create, for, unlike Topsy, it didnt just grow, writes Claire Winslow in the Chicago Tribune. Most of us have an indiscriminate name for porcelain, faience, and stoneware. We call them china, but this is a misnomer. Faience is an earthenware or pottery, much more porous and less durable than porcelain, and stoneware, while sturdy, has none of the pure white color or the plastic quality of porcelain. Porcelain must always have one ingredient in its composition kaolin. The Chinese had passed through the various evolutionary stages of the art of making porcelain and were producing it as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, Abundant supplies of kaolin, or white clay, existed in their land. Although a few pieces of porcelain reached Europe by devious routes in the early Sixteenth century, most Europeans had not heard of it before the days of the trading ships in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. Then it was brought in large quantities and was considered a luxury along with the introduction of coffee, chocolate and tea. so-call- Regulation of Speed Is Found to Date to 1678 Speed regulation in America date back, not to the advent of the motor vehicle, but to the year 1678, and the first accident ascribable to too In Newport, fast for conditions. R. I., a child was run down by an equestrian and there was great public indignation. The first vehicle weight law seemed to have been a brain child of Napoleon Bonaparte, for on May 19, 1802, he proclaimed a law which fixed a precedent later followed in connection with commercial vehicles. It specified notes a writer in the New York Herald Tribune, that wagons used for traction and commerce be limited to four and lf tons if they had four tons wheels, and two and if only two wheels. Physics being the unchanging science it is, it was recognized even in; that distant day that the more points over which a load was spread the less damage the vehicle would do to the highCommercial vehicles may way. have six or eight wheels but the principle set forth by the Little Corpora still governs them. By 1829 the seemingly d comproblem, the mercial vehicle, had risen to vex and almost vanquish the king of the Netherlands. But the king was not going to have his subjects roads ruined just to accommodate the selfishness of a commercial trucker. So he ordered his officers to check Captured the Bahamas In 1776, during the war between the weight of stage coaches and Great Britain and the American coldraught vehicles once a month and onies, a fleet of eight vessels was if any were found overweight, the owner might go on a jail ration if he sent by the latter to Nassau, capicouldnt pay his fine. tal of the Bahamas, with instruction .t1? capture the large quantities 1279-136- Station one-ha- one-ha- lf 8. W-A-N- ultra-mode- rn over-loade- Calling -T seed-thoug- ht . - First Plows of Trre Branches The first farm plows were made of crooked tree branches and worked by man power. . I one-ha- lf SUGAR HOUSE LEAGUE TO MEET JANUARY aist - -p rubbenu, , casual word. . t i If you have anything to Sell, Trade, Exchange or Rent; or rent a place, buy a place, or need anything, let the public know in this Department W-A-N- -T PHONE THE BULLETIN t Hyland 364 |