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INDEPENDENCE
AUGUST 13
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MARK ADAPTABILITY OF MAN
Automobile, Airplane, and Submarln.
Prove Hl Right to Rule Over
the Natural Kingdom.
In the competition for survival, leaf
entiiis Insects must be green.- like
their 'prey, or parish; woodpeckers,
like the bark; the tiger, striped like
sunshine through the rushes. The
IHlt'Sl DUl Hie v. ...... - r
more than a figure of speech. The
struggle for existence demands his
murder In the flock of white, conspic
uous In contrnst. Adnptntlon or death.
The crafty little chameleon Is the
prince of rolor adirfflers.
Faculties used, are sharpened; If
neglected, they waste nwdy Into ves
tigiathe appendix In man. Eyes of
n.nic nnil hnrrowers are Slowly
closed wllth skin and fur. The fluffy
little lap dog has wt-wk eyes. But cav
ern toads, with eyesight almost gone,
will recover dim perception in slowly
graduated light. And night-prowling
cats Improve their sight to penetrate
I shadow lnnd. Man noticed the pupils
of his eyes contract In sunshine, and
enlarge in darkness saw the bat, and
understood.
On nil sides he saw this principle
nt work: Hears, fur coated, restrict
ed to the cold; the dolphin, in the
sea; the eagle, the bird of freedom,
alert always to escape In flight. He
therefore devised the automobile, the
airplane and the submarine, to Jump
from mountain tp to ocean bottom.
This adaptability of his body of di
versified surrouifdings has made him
monarch of the natural kingdom.
RUSSIA LAND OF HOLIDAYS
Almost Innumerable Occasions When
All Work Is Suspended and Time
Spent in Pleasure.
Russian people observe rigorously
all religious holidays five at Christ
mas, ten at Easter, three at Carnival,
and almost every week one extra day,
when an anniversary of some saint Is
celebrated. On these days everything
Is closed, and nobody works. The six
weeks of fasting preceding Easter are
strictly observed by everybody, and the
more devout do not even eat eggs or
drink milk, and do not use sugar, be
cause It Is refined with blood. The
last three days of Holy week are still
more respected, for no food at all Is
consumed. For Easter Sunday, very
large cakes, sometimes three or four
feet high, are cooked with beautiful
ornaments on the top, and eggs skill
fully painted. Both cakes and eggs,
with other eatables, are brought on
Easter eve near the church and placed
all about on the ground. After the
midnight mass a procession of priestsJ
and choirs conies out and walks
around the church, blessing all the
food, which Is arranged before them
as In a market.
Easter Sunday and the two follow
ing days are dedicated to paying vis
Its. Every man calls upon his ac
quaintances. Visitors are obliged to
eat and drink wherever they happen
to go, otherwise they will offend the
host.
WAS A3LE TO DIGEST STONES
French Historian Has Left Descrip
tion of Man With a Stomach
That Wai Remarkable.
Theophile Henolt, a French writer
and historian, gives the following de
scription of a true lithophagus or
stone-eater, whom he encountered In
the northern part of France. "This
man," states Henolt. "wl:a answered to
the name of P.ruiida, not only swul
loiwi flints mi Inch and a half long.
a full Inch broad and half an Inch
thick, hut any stones like marble
which he could reduce to powder. I
examined this man with all the atten
tion I possibly could, finding his gullet
very large, his teeth exceedingly
strong, his saliva very corrosive and
his stomncb lower than usual a fact
which I Imputed to the vast number
of flints which he had swallowed.
"Upon Interrogating one of the
stone-eater's friends I was told that
Brunda had been found three years
before In a northern uninhabited Is
land, by the crew of a Dutch ship. I
-an make him eat raw flesh with the
stones,' said the man who was acting
as his keeper, 'hut I could never in
duce him to swallow bread. He will
drink water, wine and brandy, and ap
pears to be very fond of the latter.
He sleeps 12 hours a day, but always
In a seated posture, with his chin rest
ing on his knees. He smokes almost all
the time that he is not asleep or
eating."
QUEER CLO WEDDING CUSTOM
Idea of "Running Up" in Vogue
Mississippi a Comparatively
Few Year Ago.
In
RUGS USED IN ALL AGES
Ancient Chroniclers Have Left Ac
counts of Various Remarkable
Products of the Loom.
In all ages rugs have been used for
religious purposes. Up to the present
time each member of the Tersian and
Mohammedan family carries a small
rug for prayer. The Mohammedan,
by means-of a small compass, places
the rug where the niche points toward
Mecca, where the body of Mohammed
lies. He then strips himself of all
his jewels, combs his beard carefully,
and then, with hnnds outstretched on
either side, he prostrates himself and.
with head on the earth, performs his
devotions.
In Egypt Cleopatra had looms set
up in her palaces for the weaving of
beautifully designed tapestries-. When
Cleopatra wished audience with Cae
sar, she had a bale of rugs shipped
via Mediterranean. When this was
opened before the Roman emperor, a
most superb rug was unrolled, and to
the astonishment of the court, the re
nowned Egyptian queen rolled out
with It.
Virgil makes mention of wonderful
rugs woven by women. rugs to he
spread under the thrones of kings and
under the knees of courtiers, and laid
upon the backs of horses and In the
chariots of conquerors and generals.
Demi-Gods of Old Rome.
Castor and Pollux, also called the
Dioscuri, were heroes or deml-gods of
early Grecian mythology. They were
brothers and said to be the sons of
Zeus, who In Oreclan mythology cor
responds to Jupiter In the mythology
of Koine. Castor was famous for his
skill In taming and managing horses,
and Pollux for his skill In boxing. Al
though they were burled, says the Ore
clan poet Homer, yet they came to life
every other day and enjoyed divine
honors. The worship of Castor and
Pollux was introduced at Rome at an
early time. They were held to have
aided the Romans In battle with the
Latins, or natives of Italy, and a
temple was erected to them In the
forum. After these two mythical he
roes was the ship named in which St.
Paul completpd his memorable voyage
to Italy, In order that he might appeal
to Caesar for Justice and protection.
f
Eskimo Inherently Honest.
The Eskimo regards honesty as para
mount. He will never misrepresent,
facts, and although he may want to
dispose of an article badly he will
rather depreciate it than run the risk
of over praising. A man who lies or
deceives another Is severely punished.
An Eskimo will not permit a fellow
man to need for food or clothing, once
he has enough for himself and his
family. War, to the parka-hooded men
of the North, la unknown. They de
cide differences by staging dance duels
ind outslnglng each other, and old
men act as Judges to decide winners.
In this way honor Is satisfied. Bru
lallty Is unknown. In combating na
ture, fighting the walrus, the whale
and the bear with primitive weapons,
the Eskimo displays unusual coolness
end plans his way out of danger with
extreme self-possession. .
Value of Snakes.
Most people have a decided shrink
ing from snakes, which Is not to be
wondered at In tropical countries,
where their blta Is venomous and often
fatal. But the grass snake ought not
to be confounded with the rattlers,
cobras or pythons. It Is as harmless
to humanity as a frog and a good deal
more useful. No, greater enemy to
bugs is in existence And slugs are
among the most htytful of garden and
field pests. They keep down the num-
n mi other nests as mice.
nwi niou " -
i - nA nthor small rodents. Bat
as slug destroyers they deserve to be
cherished rather than massacred at
rtjjfct. which is their usual tat
The Roman Sestertius.
Sestertius Is the Latin name for a
nnmnn coin meaning half of the third.
that is. two and half, from "semi"
meaning half and "tertius' meaning
third.
When silver coinage was Introduced
in Rome in 2&S B. C, with the copper
as a unit, the silver sestertius was
valued at 2Va asses. The standard as
retained only one-fourth of its original
weight The sestertius was equiva
lent to the original llbral as; and, as
accounts had formerly been made In
terms of the llbral as, they were now-
made in terms of the sestertii. After
the first Punic war, which ended 241
B. C, the sestertius ceased to be
coined. The weight of the ns was many
times reduced. In 217 B. C. the de
narius was made equal to 16 asses
and the sestertius to 4 asses. With
the reorganization of the coinage sys
tem under Augustus (03 B. C. to 14
A. D.) a copper sestertius of 4 asses
was coined under the control of the
senate. This was about 4 cents In
United Slates money.
A Rainy Day.
A rainy day In Switzerlnnd puts a
sudden stop to many diversions. The
coachman may drive to the tavern,
and then back to the stable; but no
farther. The sunburnt guide may sit
at the . . . door, and welcome; and
the boatman whistle ... at his own
sweet will but no foot stirs abroad
for all that; no traveler moves. If he
has time to stay. The rainy day gives
him time for reflection. He has leis
ure now to take cognizance of his Im
pressions, and make up his account
with the mountains. He, remembers,
too, that he has friends at home ; and
writes up the Journal, neglected for a
week or more, and letters neglected
longer; or finishes the rough pencil
sketch begun yesterday In the open
air. On the whole, he Is not sorry
It rains though disappointed. Ilenry
W. Longfellow.
A unique wedding custom was once
practiced In America. The "run-up
wedding was an Innovation la nmr
rlas:es, unknown In any part of the
world except In southern Mississippi,
but no lonwr than 23 years ago it ',,s
the way In which most southern MW
slsslpplius of means were married.
Some time before the wedding the
groom began to choose from among
his best friends these who should ride
with him. It was considered a great
honor to he thus chosen. Horses were
carefully groomed and he-tasseled for
the occasion, the long, luxuriant mus
taches worn In those days were waxed
and twisted, end particular attention
was paid to every detail of the rider's
appearance. On the given date the
groom and his riders met at some se
cluded spot a mile or two from the
bride's home, and at a signal from the
groom dashed away at top speed, hats
waving and voices shouting. Around
the bride's house ft cordon of outriders
was placed to warn of the approach of
the groom and his party. As a cloud
of dust announced their nearness the
outriders went, out to meet them,
whirling about and returning with
them. On the pflreh of the bride's
home her party strained their eyes to
catch the first glimpse of the riders.
The sounding of the herald's horn
set all hearts to fluttering. In a whirl
6t dust the groom appeared, snatching
up his bride und riding on ahead a
short distance with her in front of
him on the saddle, then wheeling back
and dismounting for the ceremony, for
which the minister stood waiting.
Then came the wedding breakfast.
Varying Opinions.
Deacon Gildrow says that if a man
loves a woman well enough to cheer
fully write a check in payment for
her new ' suit, though he knows It
means that he will have to make his
old overcoat do another winter, It
Is safe to marry her.
And Mrs. Deacon Gildrow says that
If you love a man well enough to
think you Would like to see the floor
of the closet littered up with his old
shoes It will be perfectly safe to
marry him. . "
Proving If
"Smith Is a live wire." ' "L '.
v.l i know It ; He touched m ""this
morning for twenty dollars and 1
was shocked,"
INDUSTRIAL RE
VIEW OF STATE
Astoria
Mvrtl
packing plant .
to have first furdin enn-
f ru it
nory in Oregon.
Creek inrec-.nv. j
built ht'rt'-
Hros
Salem- :''
Calif., clearing truck
lush lniul. i
,storinn radio
000 improvements.
Spilingfuld buildup
"an
Jose,
farms oi -
station get; $:!0-
city
i ... I 4 I
new
hull.
Ashland granite
vived.
Rest
Justiy to bo re-
l)UVK-f I0,(HH) to be .pent this
., ... . w..,- Ijike cut-ell
year or. nuci-v ..,, .
ron'- . ,., .uJnrv
to have new
MARVELOUS IS HUMAN BRAIN
Many Millions of Nerve Cells Make Up
the Mind Which Controls the
Body's Movements.
The highest product of evolution Is
undoubtedly the human brain. This Is
the seat of the mind and. so far as it
can be said to have a seat, of the
soul, ulso. Filling the great cavity of
the skull Is the cerebrum, thrown into
many folds or so-called "convolutions."
This matter Is gray on the outside and
white toward the center. It is in the
gray matter, composed of millions up
on millions of nerve cells, connected
one with another, that higher thought
reasoning, association, memory, etc.,
go on. In the brain there are certain
sensory centers which record the
senses of sight, smell, taste, hearing
and touch. There are also certain
"areas" or parts of the brain whi'-h
move various parts of the body and
these are the so-culled "motor urea-."
The anatomy of the brain has been
carried to such a fine degree of knowl
edge that we are now enabled to put
our finger upon a certain spot in the
brain and say, "This group (or groups)
of cells moves the little toe on the
left foot," or whatever It may.be. Ev
ery movement In the body Is controlled
by these centers, either In the brain
or by the nerves which branch out
from the spinal cord. 'All activities
of the body, however, other than those
lnitinted by the brain, are unconscious.
Hereward Carrington, in Leslie's.
tile factory.
receiving
being
l'nlk County V.
product 1, iWlus
Precinct S!, Jafkijon
Precinct 3, Salt Uk
Precinct 4, spring ,
pieriiK't b, Kola "Y,
;.,.. i! VWt lUckreall
I lev m . , . . , ,,
Precinct 7, Fourth imiepemionce, inciuiiing
part of Independent city ............
Precinct 8. southwest Monmouth, Including
part of Monmouth town
Precinct V, Huonn Vlstn
Precinct 10, Suver ... ...
precinct II. WV-t Luckmmute
,-.... ini.f 12. Hiitigeport , ..,. 4 .
How She Proposes.
Women do propose though they do
not say outright, "Jack, I love you !
Will you please be my husband?" They
sometimes do as did Alice and her
friend Fred. They had been singing,
and Alice searched through the music
till she found a song entitled, "I am
in love with you." Handing it to Fred
she said "Io you know It?" Fred
looked stunned, and Ignoring the song
she held out to him, he said, "No, 1
didn't know It, but I certainly am glad
to hear you say so." And shortly
Alice was wearing an engagement
ring. But sometimes It works the
other way. A young man was taking
a girl home on a beautiful moonlight
evening. Looking into his eyes she
an id. "Er I'm not going to got mar
ried until you do." He asked why, and
she replied "Because so long as you
are single there Is hope." P,ut alas
he took her home and kft her there
and never saw her again !
Eugene
hotel.
t, have
Wood products factory to rv.-u
Ashland-WW) worth of trrawl
t0 be put on Greenspring mountain
road.
hi Flour mill
improvements,
n.itskanie New buildings
cm-tod for poultry project.
Deposits in state banks July 1
totalled $2K0,275,r-i2.
Portland railroad employees get
wage raise of $400,000 a month.
Columbia highway to get tourist
inn two miles this side Howl River.
Eugene cherry crop totals 2.W0,-
000 pound".
Oregon making 100 miles highway
readv for paving in 1921.
Sherwood to have new national
bank.
Eastern capitalists to build tuber
cular sanitarium at Eugene.
North Kerul planning a civic build
ing .
Portland $75,000 hotel goinjr up
at Broadway and Ankeny.
Portland dispatched 17 ships in
July with off-shore cargoes. ,
Large body rich gold ore uncov
ered two miles north of Golil Hill.
Klamath Falls to have new store
and office building.
Portland building code prevents
erection of thousands of houses.
Eight steel ships to load at Port
land during August.
Albany cannery will pack .'00
ton evergreen blackberries. ,
Rainier Menefeo sawmill closed
one month resumes operations.
Corva'lis to form organization to
build large apartment house and residences.
Springfield Local creamery does
business amounting tn $78,000 the
past year, ? 1-1 ,000 increase over last
year.
Eugene to buy 80 acre aviation
field.
Albany Contract let to install
heating plant in high school.
Echo New brick bakery building
nearly completed.
EugT.e Lang & Co.'s r.e-.v con
crete warehouse almost finished.
Thirty-four cities in Oregon have
over million bank deposits.
Lebanon cannery receipts larpest
ever known.
Medford to have tourist park.
Myrtle Point Cannery business
growing.
Springfield New city hall to be
built of cement.
Cottage Grove Estimated I.orane
valley will produce 00 tons liartlett
pears and about 3000 boxes apples
this year.
PalU City, inrludinir
town
Precinct 13. Slt 'l''k
Precinct 14, McCoy
Precinct 1 5, East Klckrettll
Precinct 1. I'"'1 Independence, Including
part of Independence' city
precinct 17, West Halem inrludinir West Sn-
lein town t
Precinct 18, Mack Rock 4
Precinct li. Pe'lee
Precinct 'JO, northwest Monmouth, including
part of Monmouth town
Precinct 21. northwest Fall City including
part of Fall City town
Ileciiut -'J. southwest Kail City, including
unit of raws v u ivwh . . .
Precinct 23, Northeast
part of Falls City
Precinct 24, Itucll ........................
Precinct 2.", Southeast tall City, Including
part of Fulls City town i,...
Precinct W, Brush College ................
Precinct 27. Southeast Monmouth, including
pint of Monmouth town
Precinct 2S, Northeast Monmouth, including
part of Monmouth town
Precinct 2'J, East Luckiamute ............
Precinct HO, Third Independence, including
part of Independence city-
Precinct 31, Second Independence, including
part of lntlcpciulece city
Precict 32, First Pallas, Including part
of Pallia city
Precinct 33, Second Dallas, including part
tf Pnllns city .i
Precinct 34. Third Pullus, comprising part
of Dallas city
Precinct 3.r. Fourth Dallas, Including part
of Dallas city
Precinct 3d, Fifth Dullu;., cotiip. l:t.ng puit
of Dallas city .,
Precinct 37, Sixth Dallas, including part
of Dallas city
precinct 3S, Seventh Dallas, comprising part
of Dallas city ,
Preset 3'., .Eighth Dallas, including part
of Dallas tity .i
Precinct 40. Ninth Pulla, including part
of Dallas city t
Precinct 11. Rock Creek
Dallas city ?
l ulls City town V..
Independence city
Monmouth town
u'.. t Kul. tii town
1. Comparison of population by precincts cannot he mtfr, tcj
districted since HMO.
.14,181
411
402
3;i
:ihi
arm
231
400
310
4Ht
271
303
2r.11
f05
a 13
20
671
r.o2
170
320
210
283
430
354
3l7
282
1U8
203
280
194
316
3..&
r.r.4
2 ID
217
311
301
2G3
r,)5
409
KSO
2J:'7 W
894
1.143 1
5K2 ;
208
f.''T flit"""1 L.-'..ii''l''-''W.pi i mmi m, m..m,,,....m )J
when sturdy pioneers were hewlni? out t iom
and an existence in the West, the manufacture, of
1ST 1Jslaj
i.. ..v r.t.. t rn ..I. .. tv tfflrih likK
was Degun. xoaay uie name iuubr.a ,r:v, J
faith with quality for 71 years. , , , ..
Made for the Pacific Northwent, FULLER Paint U tb D
your house or building.
W. P. Fuller & Ca
1849-1920
Northwest Branchei at
Tortland, Seattle, TaromSj,
Spokane, noise.
CULLING OUT 79 HENS
CUT YIELD BUT LITTLE
aPAlNTSfc
i mm. II 71 WAR I
'"""' II . IEADIRS I
Look Up a FULLER
Dealer in Your Town
ar '.r' jf
Fuller "Paints at W. E. CravenM
Find Old Petroleum Deposits. .
The asphalt springs of Hit, from
which Noah probably obtained the
"pitch" with which he made the Ark
Impervious to the "flood of waters,"
have now been thoroughly examined
with a view to their commercial possi
bilities. The petroleum deposits of
the land of Shlnar, between the Tigris
and the Euphrates, which furnished
the "slime" that the descendants of
Noah "had for mortar" In building the
tower of Babel, have been measured
as well as can be until the bit of the
oil driller Is sent down to prove wheth
er the geologist Is right. And the
sources of bitumen which archeologlsts
have found was used as cement In
constructing the ancient palaces of
Babylon and Nlnevab have undoubted
ly been located.
Vegetable Beef-Steaks.
The vegetable beef-steak grows on
the oak tree. It Is fungus, which Is
dark red above and flesh-colored
below. When It Is cut through, the
alternate dark and light streaks ex
actly resemble the joint from which It
gets Its name. It Is a wholesome ar
ticle of food.
During a wet season this fungus
grows about seven feet from the
ground. It may be broiled, stewed,
fried, or, If preferred, treated like
beetroot and added to the salad bowl
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Culling out 7!) weak layers
from a flock of !)02 hens on the
farm of Ralph Ogleshy, Banks, Or ci
tron, reduced the weekly yield of the
j flock only 50 ejrfrs. The culling was
done by A. S. Weiant, poultry spec
ialist, and Hubert E. Cosby, exten
sion poultry specialist of the state
college.
The flock unculled produced 3576
eggs in the week before culling.
The culled flock of 913 hen 1;,?
3520 eggs the week after cullinj?.
l he culls buckled m and laid 85
under precisely similar conditions.'
The market value of the culls'
eggs was $2.69, Mr. Cosby figures
in the Oregon Poultry Life. At a
cent a day for feeding each hen, the
cost oi ieed alone for the culls was
$5.53 for the week a net loss of
$3.34.
"These figures show the need of
keeping only the best layers" RnV9
Mr. Cosby. "Feed has always been
too high to feed to poor hens, but
never yet too high to feed a high
producer."
Methods of culling can be had by
culliK io v. a. u., Corvallia.
Bids at O. A. C. Too High
No bids for the first unit of the
women's dormitory at 0. A. C were
accepted by the college authorities,
when opened August 2. They were
considered too high, 8ays President
. xverr.
Mre than kit
the moton
of the Pacw
Coa& use
Zeroltnt
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Coned lubrication''
p arade Br
each type
J.W.DEMICK Local Agent