The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 16, 1920, Page 2

FRIDAY-SATURDAY SPECIALS— no C. O. D. or phone orders; one to a purchaser — these specials will not be delivered; can be easily taken by purchaser Sale: odds and ends, special--- & Very select asso cont roasting " cur amounting tment of dost g50.- $75— 8100— $126— $150— $200— 8300 $500 pam; aime 10x1T Inches: eel; regular price bic; spe 29c 59¢ regular price Te this exetting beard of trade gnme “PI te for old oy to comer the market: The, spectal Friday-Haturday 100 smokers’ stands: $1.25 regular price $2— —fumed or natural oak, var- nished; height 28 inches, 7144 inches square; has ash tray and convenient drawer; regular price $2—-; special Fri- day-Saturday..... $1.25 for... (ue or young pie. Rach player tries tauier vie BOG, Instructo Blocks— of these dandy Little wash a 4% Inches; epectal 18c “ -~ THE SEA Your Lighting company number of B. TT. The Seattle plans to reduce the as that hisses thru the ‘The com Ua in the burners in your range. pany already fas eut down the B T. Us twice. The rorvice loommission granted perminsion for urely ax an expert com mimetor to be held here ernber 20 and 81 What's a B. T. U.? Welgh out a pound of water f your old kettle and place it on th gas burner, The gas must have one B. T, U. to ralse that pound of (water one degree Fuhrenheit—sup- posing that you don’t use some of the gas to heat the kettle and all the heat that comes from the burner iw utilized BUT YOU WAST \7¢ PER CENT OF YOUR GAS Becaum you waste three B. T. Us to beat a pound of water one degree, That's about the efficiency of the modern gas range and other appliances, When the eax companies changed from illuminating companies to fue! comparios, they adopted the stand ard of 600 BK. T. Ua for each ouble foot. The I. T. U. means “Beriuah thermal unit." It'® the phyates pro fomsor’s yard stick for measuring beat In October, the public services con. tminsion permitied the gag companion of the state to rextuce the B. T. Us to approximately 620 tn each cubic foot of gaa Several weeks lator, with the commission's conmnt, the mtandard was again lowered. Sounds as if the company wus slipping over a raise in rates by a sort of absent treatment method The state public service commis stom mys that that tant quite the fact. CONSUMER NOT HIT IF APPLIANCE 18 ADJUSTED “The experiences of other com munities,” says the commision, “shows that whore the thermal stand ard was dropped from 00 BT. U to 450 B. T. U. it dows not remit in any considerable disadvantage to the consumer—provided that proper steps be taken to adjust the consumers appliance” ‘The commienion doeen’t chim that the gas user won't burn up more eae with the BT. Us reduced. It dectares that the average will not be more than five per cent in ox treme casos, | That this is not in accord with the [experiences of Seattle housewives (does not phase the scientific commis sion, Managers of the gas companies thruout the state say that the of! |aituation browght on the need for cutting down on the BT. Ua The Seattle Lighting company’s contract has expired, and the price of ofl un. der a new contract is declared pro hibitive. The Senttle plant manufactures two kinds of gas—water gas and coal | kan Th water gas is made by squirt jing hot steam thru an oven filled | with coke at a white heat Water |ga* contains only about 320 BT. Us | to the cuble foot, and is more expen jive to manufacture, The coai gas |'a made by baking coal in ovens. The coke from the ovens goes to the + water gas plant, where fh is used to —this dolly hess blue dress, tm white, trimmed and has —thia ls am exceptional sais; through « spe- cial purchase special Friday-Sat RCOND FLOO regular price 25¢ —siase aah (ray Pictured: 4" diameter safety mat lar Hee Zhe; etal for Friday-Satur day, 19c THIRD FLOOR lar apec regu LIST YOUR Baturday 4 inches high, € inches long tm our DOWN. STAIRS §=6TOT wrORR (mo maf orders) collapsible doll cart— $1.19 reeuler heimht price $6.50 ial Friday pair . MAIN FLOOR HOMES FOR RENT Stand ‘ESTABLISHED- SEATTLE SECOND AT PINE CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY Cut out this slip, enclose with be @nd mail it to Foley & Co, 2835 BhefGeld Ave., Chicago, Il, writing your name and address clearly, ‘You will receive in return a trial Package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills for pain in sides and back; rheuma tism, backache, kidney and + ailments; and Foley Cathar lets, a wholesome and thore Hiliousness, headaches, and sluggieh bowels.—Advertisement. Le. pries #140 of handle 21 “TACOMA: / SCHOENFELD Spats Sleep? dler-i-ka! | | “Have only taken one bottle Adler r tka and all soreness and tender feel ing in my side ts gone. and have good ) Mre. L, cus or I rest fine ppetite.” J. MeDantel OTH upper and removing foul matter sour stomach ount of foul. } TRY STAR WANT ADS | EDMONTON, Alberta, Dee. 16.— If the present plans of the Dominion game authorities are carried out, A) berta will have a new animal park It is estimated that there are 175 antelopes running wild In the Brooks and Lake Muir districts, and it is proposed to construct a strong fence in which to inclose and protect them. “UP JUMPED THE DEBBIL” v “COME SEVEN” AT THE | make water jam CAN'T GET OU, 80 THEY “DO THE BEST THEY CAN™ | ‘The only way to increase the B. T. Un im water gas in to add a little oll to the hot steam when it enters | the oven. \ ‘If we can't get off, or have to |pay @ prohibitive price for it, we | will have to mix the coal and water | wae together and do the best we |oan,” groan the gas managers. “That will make the gus about 456 1. t | Coal gas contains from 460 to 700 |B. T. Ua" | With the profeseed intention of } | TOMORROW NIGHT MEANY HALL SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA dohn Spargur, Conductor FEATURING SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 1 First Performance in Seattle Arthur Middleton Greatest American Bass Baritone SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. Prices: 50c,. 75e, $1, $1.50, $2 CONCERT BEGINS AT 820 B.T.U. Are You Getting Plenty These Days? Hearings On, Next Monday and Tuesday. Gas Company Is “Experimenting.” Not Philanthropic, Says Kennedy. haa | © per cent of | your gas, it takes @ little more than | ¢ j | >) — Give the Gift Which Never Grows Old TTLE STAR AMENDMENTS Would Take Car Supt. Out of Civil Service Charter amendments taking the! position of gé@neral superintendent of railways out of civil service jurtadic tion and making the commissioner of public health @ member of the board of public works recom mended by M aldwell to the , | elty council We The amend would Popular ap al at th jowertng the cost of gas to the con rumer, the public service comn >» as permitted the gas comp > duct a gigantic experiment in ering the BT Ua have resulted ir Beattie, | rr | Pre England, according to the gat) In behalf a, there it @ law making it @/ the mayor # to manufacture gas with more | is now too | n 426 B, T. Ua per ouble the latter, that the health This Was necessary during the war ment should have representa it has been approved by war ex a board nce sanitary |! It xperiment 1a aUsfaction in nad require cretion holce It of depart n on breed with supervision of | Y Kermit peeding © Want the opportunity to study how (0 gvt the che the conwumer,” suyn the gar man “That is our ¢ {rT ISN'T PHULANTE , SAYS COUNSEL KENNEDY LONDON .—Rathen ts oy town in | But Thomas J. L. Kennedy, a} Scotland to vote “dry.” slvtant corporation counsel, who ts) - — conducting the city’s fight aguinst the Seattle Lighting company de) ares that the lowering of thermal rtandarde ie far from being @ philan throple movement. “The Seattle Lighting company wants the thermal standard low nik for ken } Roosevelt | fined $25 wines Mh speedometer excu a br YOUR TEETH X-RAYED FREE ered.” he anid, “because it wants to use water gaa And ft wants to ase | | | water, gan, which is more inexpensive than ‘the other varieties, becaum it can be of skilled labor—most of which une tr poration manufactured without the ald ka red ther words, the private cor. | le waging « battle against the unton® and making the public pay for it.” | Kennedy declared that « hearing would be held before the public ser-| vies commission, on or shout De cember 23, to determine whether the |e company could continue to nerve | the public with inadequate and obso lete facilities | Thin hearing will follow the pubtic | hearing on the proposed lowering of the BT. U. wtandard. In the mean {time, when the gus flickers remember that it { public service comminion's | ment.” | SAYS STOCKADE FILTHY PLACE Health Officer Declares It Is, Overcrowded; Dirty | * Dr. HM. Read, city health oom minsioner, scathingty arraigned con-| ditions at the county stockade tn a communication to the city council | Dr. L. R Cart each morning between the hours of 9 and 10:30. No cost or obligation whatever. We have a fine, brand we are ¥ 4 your withers Charge be- 6 tioned above. REGAL DENTAL ‘OFFICES Ba L. B Clark, Manage 406 THIRD AVENUE | Nertweest Corner Third Avemne and Unien Street aanerted. Dr. Read areed that the contract under which city prisoners are St the stockade be canceled, | that a modern, sanitary building constructed by the city, 19,777 tourtets during the 1920 son. THURSDAY, DRCHEMTTR 16, Ta, He Coughs Up Bullet NEWPORT, Eng, Dec 16.~—Erie ‘arter, 20 years old, was examin * Laborer Is Killed by Stump Blowup ROSEBURG, Dec. 16~Ala friend's revolver when it wen laborer was killed at the road con-\ nd the bullet entered bia o truction camp near G Valley | lent fight of coughing follow era aay ee ee Te eee r brought up the bullet. He ‘Wednesday: | is none the worse for his experience, A blast under « big stump threw} . part of the wood high in the air| A plant for the mannfactare of and it struck jelly from seaweeds hie beon om taken refuge tablished in California. the head, ki was a Rupes in Beattie ore., the man, who had behind a on wniagile y him instantly. He! ‘The United States supplies 69 pes and leaves a brother! cent of the world’s output of petro tree, “The Hands That Make It Painless” GOOD TEETH IE Are something the value of which cannot be over- estimated. 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