The Sayre Headlight, Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 2 Thursday, October 28, 1920 Page: 2 of 10
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THE SAYRE HEADLIGHT
MUY SPINS
GREAT DESERT
I Road in Australia Crosses Inhos-
pitable and Waterless
Stretch of Country.
Great Air Mail Hangar at Omaha
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TOOK FIVE YEARS TO BUILD i
Daring and Skill of Engineers Con-
quer* Most Desolate Waste in
World—Heat and Insects Make
(life Unbearable.
Melbouro*,—When the Prince of
Wale* decided to make 111* recent
Journey from Perth to Adelaide by
mean* of 'Australia * first transconti-
nental railway, It was a compliment
to the during and skill of the Austra-
lian engineers who conquered one of
the world's most formidable deserts.
It was ttye lute Lord Kitchener who
suggested the line, pointing out that
for strategical aDd other reasons
western Australia should be linked
with the other states of the common-
wealth by an Iron road.
Bat the great Victorian desert lay
between, a barren, Inhospitable and
waterless stretch of country. Not a
rivulet Is to be found In the whole of
this vast region. It Is one dreary ex-
panse of sand and limestone rock,
relieved here and there by salt-bush,
which even cattle refuse to eat. Worse
still are the Intense heat and the blood-
sucking Insects which abound.
Five Years Required.
The fact meant a five-year battle
against terrible odds. It was only com-
pleted Juki before the armistice.
The surVey work alone occupied
two years, and cost £20,(KJ0, the total
expenses of the undertaking amounting
to over £7,000,000. Camels bad to be
A SURVEY OF NEW
TAILORED STYLES
The transcontinental air mull liangur ut Uuialia. oue of the stops In th*
New York to Sun Francisco air service.
As the country was for the most purl
flat, and not a river or a noticeable bill
Intervened, little grading work was
necessary. It was simply a case of
ranking an even bed on which the
sleepers were quickly laid. Then
came the placing of the steel mils
rate of about a mile a day, the engi-
neers realized thnl If a really efficient
service was to be maintained (be pro-
posed method of obtaining water
would have to be modified.
So they sent for a boring plant, and
at a point 350 miles from Knlgoorlle
across them bv mentis of a track layer, began boring for water, hveryone
and spiking and bolting them. shook their bends, declaring there was
Very trying, however, was the heat,, no water In tlie whole of that barren
particularly during the summer) land. But n^n depth of 1,300 feet
months, it was often ImpossIbD at) water was found.
midday to touch the steel rails orj This discovery of wider not only re-
handle a shovel without fear of tills-1 lleved (he engineers of considerable
tering the fingers. The men had to he anxiety and greatly lessened thelt
provided with rubber gloves to enable work, but It has changed 'lie whole
them to handle their tools, and also to
save their finger nails from splitting,
and wear masks as a protection ngalnst
the Insects. Life was only made pos-
requlsltloned to carry the surveyors j gihle by a liberal daily supply of Ice,
and their stores. The chief engineer obtained from the refrigerating cars
records how It was Impossible to use ] attached to the construction trains
Ink, as It Instantly dried on the pen , which followed them,
and the leads dropped out of the shrlv- ] Discover Water,
eled pencils. To secure relief from At Intervals of 50 miles or so. water
the rays of the midday sun they had tanks were built, the intention being to
to bury themselves In Jioles In the use .Ihese In connection with the
sand, where they were attacked by working of the trains. They were to
fierce Insects. he supplied with water pumped from
The route having been decided on, the reservoirs at Kalgoorlie. But after
the steel rails were laid slmulttlneous- j two and a half years' work, during
ly from each end across the desert.1 which the track had progressed at the
Dives of West
Being Closed
aspect of the country. Sneep now j
graze along the track, which a few j
years ago was n bnrren waste. Ex- j
ports declare that the once formidable
desert will become a great grazing
country, carrying at least 3,000.000
sheep-
“DANDERINE"
Girls! Save Your Hair]
Make It Abundantl
Immediately nfler a "Danderlne
massage, your hair lakes on new life,
lustre and wondrous beauty, appear-
ing twice as heavy and plentiful lie-
cause each hair seems to fluff and
thicken. Don't let your hair slay life-
less, colorless, plain or scraggly. You,
too, want lots of long strong, beauti-
ful hair.
A 35-cent bottle of delightful
“Danderlne" freshens your scalp,
checks dandruff and falling hair. I Ids
stimulating “beauty-tonic" gives to
tldn, dull, fading hair that youthful
brightness and abundant thickness—
All drugglsls!—Adv.__
Oh, Those Husbands!
Wife—I won't stand your staving
| out so late nights.
Hub—Itenlly, my dear, you are mi-
! reasonable. I ou know very well E
| acquired the habit while courting you.
Resorts That Have Bulked Large
in Traditions Will Soon Be
Only a Memory.
"OWL" IS THE LATEST TO 00
cent of half a century ago, and a num-
ber of plain seats and benches for
those not Inclined to the expensive
semi-privacy of the “boxes."
From near the theater section a pas-
sage led to a space surrounded by sev-
eral hundred small rooms, colloquially
' known as “the yard,” where outcast
women lived.
New Government of Mexico Frowns Much cf the costly gambling para-
. ... a cuii Ton I phernalla that was used In this old es-
on Gambling and O h r Evil Co*. | WM favH lhe
ditione Along the n er | jng burned aDj was used later In the
Boundary—Orders Clean-Up. | „Owl.”
Mexicali, Lower California.—One by Ordered to Close,
one the resorts whose names have ( September 4, when orders
Used Stolei. Money to Pay
Attorney Who Freed Him
John Hartman of New York
oltv, ncpii«ed of stealing a pnek-
etbonk containing $10 from the
home of Hose Avey, near Bry-
ant, Ind., was acquitted when
tried before Justice of the l'eaee
Whiteman of Bryant.
As soon as the decision was
reached Hartman produced a
pocketfcook and look 12 from It
to pay Ids attorney, Urban Boni-
fas, a young man recently ad-
mitted to the bar.
“Why, that Is my pocketbook,''
Mr. Avey said, when he saw
Hartman produce It and the
money. Ho was right, but Hart-
man could not be placed In Jeop-
ardy twice for the same of-
fense. and lie left town $8 to the
good.
SURVEY of the styles In tailored
J\. clothes, especially In suits, dls-
| closes a divergence of opinion among
j their designers. It results to the ud-
; vantage of women, giving them a
I choice of at least three silhouettes,
| with the assurance that the most be-
j coming one Is just as much In lhe
mode as the others. There are suits
that Ignore the waistline entirely
| with straight or tinring box coats, olh-
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are popular types, showing consider-
able restraint In tlie matter of deco-
ration. One of those deep, clear
blues Hint look so rich In duvetyn
was chosen for Du* suit at the left. It
shows a little definition of the waist
line with the skirt portion plaited at
the sides and front forming a length-
ened panel at the center of the back.
Across Die sides there are two bands
of fur. There Is a double belt fas-
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* the hips aud apparently diminishes j tlnement at the waist line, where n
T i , if ........t.wt lw,olil/xo 1 ili.til.lo h/ilt I flc nn MMV tusk. Til©
brought up about die throat and fas- !
that hnrdly Interfere with the straight
lines of long coats, and still others
that are shaped In to follow the lines I tened.
of Die natural figure. Quite often n j In the suit at the right the coat
fullness in Die skirt of Die coat widens ! hangs straight except for a little con-
"Pape’s Cold Compound" instantly re-
lieves stuffiness and
distress
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! A dose of "Pape’s Cold
h straight or tinring box coats, olh- I of fur. There Is n double belt tas- | cmn!K)UIKi" fuki-n every two hours lin-
ers acknowledge Its location with holts j toning with large buttons finishing the {j| t||rpf doxeg lire taken usually breaks
“ i sleeve. A wide cojtnr of fur may be ^ gevpre co|j an(i ends a|| grippo
misery.
| The very first dose opens your
elogged-up nostrils and the air pass-
ages of the head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dullness, fever-
ishness,sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
“Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, surest relief known and cost*
only a few cents at drug stores. It
acts without assistance, tastes nice,
contains no quinine—Insist upoo
Pape’s!—Adv.
Poor Marksmanship.
Cub Reporter—Don't you think my
articles have a lot of fire?
Proofreader—Yes, considerable fire,
but no aim.
the size of the waist. And besides
these differences there Is considerable
latitude In the length of coats and
skirts.
But In one respect nearly all crea-
tors of clothes seem to be fully agreed.
double belt Las an easy task. The
skirt portion of this coat Is spilt at
Hie sides to the waist line and the
sleeves follow this lend, being split at
the wrist The small muffler collar Is
made of cloth. Braid and embroidery
Everything Is more or less decorated— combined make the handsome motifs
usually more. The plain, severely | that border the coat; they look very
tailored suit has almost disappeared, [ rich In the same color as the coat
and It would be hurd to find an undeco-' with their sheen of silk. A few bone
rated tailored frock. ! buttons fasten the coat and collar and
The two suits which are shown here two of them finish off the sleeves.
1,300-FT. SERPENT AS MOUND
Left by Ancient Peoples in Ohio as a
Symbol of Religion—Built of
Earth and Stone.
4 Lovely Furbelows of Ribbon If fflUR KIDNEYS
n J ______
| West Union, Ohio.—A great serpent
„uo llre 1W.„ ______ ................ came j T3oo feet long, built of earth ami
bulked large In the traditions of the , from Mexico City, where the new gov-\ stone. a symbol of the religion of
West are meeting an end. Latest to eminent had frowned upon the gam-1 ancient peoples, stands a few miles
go is the "Owl" at Mexicali, which Its bllng an,j other conditions along Die from here ns the most Interesting and
operators and officials of the Cantu international border, to close the important earthwork, left by the
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regime In Lower California freely ad-
mitted had paid large sums for per-
mission to operate.
Jn the Owl were to be found all the
attractions that went to make up the
typical dance ball of frontier days.
place, a dramatic scene was enacted, mound builders of Ohio.
Manager Cobum read the order, look-1 situated in a rather secluded spot, j
efl for a moment over the crowd of j supposedly selected by the mound i
hundreds, representative of nearly ev- Guilders for privacy In performing
ery nationality, and summoned the j their ancient rites, the massive reptile
typical uauc.; — ________ • house police. He gave th<*m hasty In- winds gracefully back from a glen to
The building Itself was new, the "old stnjCtions and they, starting at the ’ higher land. The serpent's head rests
Owl” having been destroyed by fire r(<ir 0f the main room and shouting 1 on a rock platform which presents a
JaBt February, but the traditions of the word as they went, cleared the | precipitous fnce to the descending sun j
the place were much the same and piare within a minute or two of all and Is about 100 feet high. The jaws :
those familiar with the older estab- except the dealers, lookouts and other1 of the mouth are widely extended In ,
Jlsbment were at home in the new, ' employees. Many Chinese, not under- j the act of swallowing nn egg, repre-
A Busy Place. j standing the order, stampeded through j Rented by an oval ridge of earth.
j The old Owl was a huge, barn-tike, tj,e doors to the street. j--
structure. Gaming tables and some 1 Tlie dealers quickly gathered up the j Tribute to Former Foemen.
pool and billiard tables, surrounded , p,!g piles of silver coins and the gam- j Knoxville, Tenn — Hector W. Churcn, J
by high seats for spectators, occupied ; bllng paraphernalia. Soon the arch! UniotSveteran, resident of Oxford, N. |
its front spaces. Along one side rang- 0f lights above the entrance, that, Y„ has left his estate to the United j
ed a lengthy bar, where In busy timej spelled out the name of the place,! Daughters of the Confederacy, pro- !
or a dozen bartenders were no un- j flickered out The “Owl" was closed, vlding that the Income be used to per-
n) sight Further back was a According to the order from I'rovl- petuate the fame of Jefferson Davit,
tace with flimsy scenery, curtained ' sional President de la Huerta, It never ; Gen. Robert PL Lee, Gen. John B. Gor- I
“boxes,” that were strongly remlnls- la to re-open. | don and Gen. Juba I Early.
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Millions of people-grown folks and
children allke-are bothered with over-
active kidneys either during the day or
it night ,
If you or your child are among those-
eflected with kidneys acting too free-
ly or too often don't wait until some
serious kirtnpy trouble develops but get
1 a bottle of Liquid 8hu Make from the
drug store today and stop this disorder.
| Druggists carry Liquid Shu Make or
I will get It for you In small or large sis*
bottles, so why not give this medicine a
1 ebance to relieve that overactlve kidney
; eondition?—Adv.
Use Both Hands.
I A French surgeon has recommended
the French Academy of Medicine to
( advocate teaching school children to
make equal use of both hands.
v|> GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER
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SEVERE ON TOURISTS
ci—mi, I ondon Building, Six Cen-
Famous London Building, Six Cen-
turies Old, Will Be Offered
* at Auction.
London!—After six centuries the
listorlc Clifford’s Inn, oldest of the
tine Inns of Chancery, Is to be offered
.for sale by auction.
The first authentic record of Clif-
ford's dates back to 1310, when It was
granted to Bnron Clifford by Edward
II. It was first let to students of law
In the relgtt of Edward III.
In the quaint old hall Sir Mathew
Dale and seventeen others sat after the
great fire of London In 1006 to adjudi-
cate upon claims of landlords and
tenant* of burned houses. There are
preserved In the British museum forty
Many Traveler* Take Ships to Mar-
seilles or Venice to Escape Argu-
ments at the Frontier*.
Constantinople.—Nine vises are re-
quired to carry a traveler from Con-
stantinople to Paris on the Oriental
express, and the task Is so great most
travelers take steamers to Marseilles
or Venice In preference to the Jnmbled
rail trip across the Balkans, which ne-
cessitate* endless controversies with
officials at various frontiers.
An American going to Paris by rail
must start with tlie vise of the United
States consulate on his passport then
preserven m w* or,.,*,......... go to the Swedish legation to get the
thick volumes recording their decisions.. Bulgarian vise. The 8erblan slump Is
1 next In order. It must be followed by
Belongs to the “Old School."
Cdnm rsvllle, Ind.—A woman called
for Jury sendee In a magistrate's court
here refused to serve. She said she
had dishes to wash and housework to
do and tf forced to serve she would
va> return & Just verdict
three Greek stamps.
Then vises must be had of the Ital-
ian and the French military controls.
Many passports are not large enough
to carry all the stamps. An English-
man who recently attempted to get
the o«D*U3ob on an old passport ex-
A Marvelous Remedy for Indigestion.
Those who suffer from nervous dys-
pepsia, constipation. Indigestion, tor-
pid liver, dizziness, headaches, com-
ing up of food, wind on stomach, pal-
pitation and other Indications of dis-
order In the digestive tract will find
Green's August Flower a most effec-
tive and efficient assistant In the res-
toration of nature's functions and a
return to health snd happiness. There
rould be no belter testimony of the
value of this remedy for these troubles
than the fact that Its use for the last
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led all the blank space In four p VERY year we are exhorted to he-1 er. Two of these hows nppenr at the years has extended Into
His embassy would not permit ^ gm onr Christmas shopping enrly top of the group pictured, one of very n]a;,y thousands of households all over
to attach a blank sheet to bla an() evpry year we make ourselves n | narrow ribbon and one of ribbon about! jhe civilized world and no Indication
port Consequently he had to i wjemn prnm|se to follow this nerve- three Inches wide. Wide and narrow j 0f any failure has been obtained In all
a new one Issued and started j spar|ng (1dvlce. And now along comes ^bona nre used on the breakfast cap that time. Very desirable os a gentl*
again on the round. „ flork 0f lovely accessories made of; of H||i( iace an,i for making the cam- laxative. Bold everywhere.—Adv.
ice the Polish disaster, bolshevik ' rlbhonH In anticipation of the holidays. ‘ - '
agitation has become so acute In Tur^ i 1( evident that ribbons, which have
satin ribbons nre used, with narrow
widths and lace furnishing the trim-
ming. On the lace-edged camisole.
three tiny sachet bags appear suspend-
ed from bows of narrow ribbons. Two
rosettes nnd nn elastic girdle finish up
this small collection of furbelows. Flat
elastic has satin ribbon shirred to form
agnuuvu 1 ^ it |k evident inai nuouiin* wuiui
key that travelers are watched more a]way(, contributed gnyety and other
carefully than ever before by the al- jellghtful flavors to apparel, are about
lied officials. | ^ (]0 more than ever before. The
On a recent passenger ship from npw things made of them Include fa-
Batum, a so-called Russian colonel,! ramar articies in new Interpretations
whose conversation with British offl- (ind a (l w luxuries that nre novelties.
clal* showed a decided Ignorance of acre orles shown here nre select- elas(|C bns sntln ribbon shirred to form
military affairs, was arrested. He had p(j because they are practical ns well n frm each side nnd sewed over It
five passports In his trunks, with great a„ prctty Bnd every dainty woman j wUh H rosctte made of Die ribbon,
quantities of soviet literature's many ta)lM satisfaction In their own-1 ...
languages. The bogus rolom-l w«* pr#lllp ,|iat ttiey make perfect gifts,
sent to General Wrengel tn the ^(a,. ia|lj. they represent the work
rimea. | of tbelr donors.
----- ' ' 1 Lingerie bows of narrow snd of wld-
Tlie rear sight of a new sporting i p0tiD r|bhon mnde m light tints are
dork a* i ... _i.i. n,no MU safety pins.
| with a rosette made of Die ribbon,
1 blossoming ont at ench side. It Is a
delight to work on these easily made
aud lovely gifts.
iiir - •----goiin riuiiwu ... •
rifle can be adjusted In the dark, as i ,ded w|Di little gilt safe
every turn of the thumb screw make* tt,e hack of the how,
■ clicking sound. „ „,n be easily taken off nnd
___________ .JBHI so that
B oTn he easily taken off nnd pot on,
or changed from on* garment to anutb-
(©. HIS. Wnlirt N*w»p»p«f Cnloa.)
A Wise Owl. •
At that, he who hesitates Is a wise
old owl compared to the fellow who
Jumps at a get-rlch-qulck scheme.
Imporinnt to Mother*
Examine - .trufully every botlle of
■’ASTORIA, that fnmous old remedy
tor Infnuts and children, and see that it
TWurs the
Signature of {
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Canton*
If yon would please a woman say
nothing and listen.
The man who trusts no *ne does*’!
know what disappointment Is,
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