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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1920)
A - VI ' INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Three K7 SNAP SHOTS FROM TEXAS u F r .... j w . mm Now is the time ing i pick to prepare yourselves. The hoo- ason is close at hand. Yon will H iw supplying your many necessities both small and large at this time. Hop-pickers and hop-yard Retail Quantities at owners will be supplied in All phone and mail orders will receive CAREFUL ATTENTION and PROMPT DELIVERY. May we not receive your order today? It will receive our personal attention. PbUPLES' CASH ST OWE SALEM, OREGON '$hop Where the Crowds Buy" "BEN" FRANKLN NOT FIRST Contention Made That New Hampshire Had the Earliest Periodical In ' the United State. I claim that the oldest periodical In the United States Is the Newllampshire Guzette, published weekly at Ports mouth and founded In 1758, the next In age being the Weekly Mercury, pub lished at Newport, R. L, and founded In 1758. "Benjamin, Franklin did not found the Saturday Evening Post or any other paper In 1728. The Penn sylvania Gazette was founded In 1728 by Samuel KeJraer. who did not make financial success of It and sold It to Franklin. . It was first called Th Uni versal Instructor In All Arts and Sci ence and Pennsylvania Gazette. Ja his autobiography Franklin aays of Kelmer and. the Gazette: He began M paper, hewever, and after carrying It on three-quarters of a year, with at meat ninety subscribers, he offered it to me for a trifles and I, having been ready for .some time te go on with It, took It In hand directly ; and It proved la a few years, extremely profitable te me,'" ' t -1 . . Samuel Atkinson and Charles Alex ander combined the subscription lists of the Pennsylvania Gazette and the Bee and Issued the first number of the Saturday Evening Post on August 4, 1821, and the Gazette and the Bee went out of existence forever. Thomas Cot trell Clarke was th first editor of the Posrt. All old newspaper directories give 1821 as the year the Post was established. , K BOSSY HAD DELIRIOUS "JAG" o No Wall Flower M in intellectual vounr wo- f yet I, understand she's nop- low do you account for "When she goes to checks her brains, speaking, at the door"-Age-Herald. t dance she figuratively -Birmingham Corvalli Corvallis Feed & Seed Co. erecting new building. Mis' Universal Grinder or Grinding Pistons, Piston Rings, Wrist Pins, etc., on komobiles, Trucks and Tractors lias been added to our equipment. )0OD & COZINE, Independence Mt fT LESS PROPERTY' TAX FAVORED ia li-i i t HJS. WSmJ tune vith progress . . . morication has advanced 7 the days of tallow on the gon hub. Today it is a J'ence-wjth a correct grade ""rolene for each type of "fee. Mre than half the automo J" equipment owners of the J Coast follow the rec ordations of our Board of "cation Engineers and use correct grade of Zerolene yv automobiles, tracts, J" and airplanes. Ask ralcr for a Correct Lu booklet for your en- ,TandArd oil company (California) Agrade "foreach engine TRACTORS Thera la a correct grada of ZaroJen for each type of tractor. Salem Raising state revenue by indirect taxation, or fees that will relieve property of a good part of its direct burdens, and protecting state highways against destruction at the hands of commercial automo bile operators who use the roads for their personal profit, are two mat ters which should have considera tion of the legislature at its next session, according to Frank Davey, republican nominee from Marion county for a seat in the lower house at the November election. In con nection with Mr. Davey's candidacy it may be said that he will have no opposition at the general election. "There are two outstanding sub jects which to my mind should have the most serious and painstaking consideration of the legislature at its next session,'' said Mr. Davey. "Probably the most important of these is a means of raising state rev enue by indirect taxation or fees, that will relieve property of a good part of its direct burdens. Other states have found ways and means of doing this, and there is no reason why Ore gon should not find them. "I understand the state tax com mission has given considerable at tention to the gathering and compil- . . . . i 1 i. ation of information on tne suoject ftnd I expect that Governor Olcott, who, as secretary of state, became very intimately acquainted with the needs of the state, will be able to in ,vnfp. n reliable course of action alorg this line. "There is nothing, m my view, that will better encourage a healthy immigration to Oregon . and a pro gressive development of all its lines of industry, than a knowledge abroad that the burdens1 of taxation are re duced tu the lowest possible limit and are not destructive. "An.-ther thing of vitai import- nnce to xne state ia it jwvmanent highways from the des;m(tive effects of i-otor vehicles, too heavily loaded with ut regard to .... It 1 4. Jmirn-n the distribution oi wegiu. too fist, and carelessly and in every way (''ngerous to the Hie or tne roads and travelers, uregon ,i.,M rnfid-buildinc law ana tne curu under its operation will be Oregon 8 most valuable asset. "In justice to the machine owners who are paying for the roads, and in order that there may be encour agement to build such roads all over the state, we must make every rea sonable effort to prolong the life of the roads, and to collect reasonable revenue for their use from those who are making them commercial highways for their individual profit. There must be a law devised that will regulate the loads that may be carried by any motor vehicle of giv en wheel base; that will prescribe the width of machines and their cargoes; that will dictate the max imum speed of such machines; that will regulate license fees in accord ance with loads transported, and that will provide heavy penalties for violation of any and all provis ions of the law. "We shall of necessity be com pelled to depend upon the state high way commission and its engineers for the scientific provisions of the law as to the relation of load and speed, wheel base and such other safety measures as to their trained minds will be suggested. I intend to take this matter up soon with those officials, though others may already be wording on the same proposal. "Irrigaiion will also be an import ant Fubject. Being well acquainted with the great empire of eastern Orepon, I know what irrigation will do fo.' ths state, and I know that wherever it can be brought :nto sue i? an inuJIigent way it will mac? for proswvlty and progress. "I 'nfoitunately irrigation, like mining, has been made an agency by sharpers for extravagant specu lation and the cause has been in jured in places, but that does not detract from the importance of the industry." It is said that Mr. Davey will have the support of the entire Marion county delegation in his efforts to regulate the driving of automobiles on state highways, and it is likely that a measure framed to that end will be introduced early in the next session of the lawmakers. Results of Imbibing Barrel of Home Brew Disastrous to Morals of Sedate Old Cow. Milk, that mild and healthful bever age beloved of the young, usually held In light esteem by the antlprohlbltion 1st, but It happened not long ago since Jan. 16 In the mining camp of Sand Cou lee, Montana. A "Bohunk" miner's wife, apparently seeking to keep her lord and master In good humor, mixed a barrel of. home brew guaranteed to develop a real kick, and set it out In the yard to ferment A neighbor's cow happened along and tasted. One taste led to another, and finally the barrel was empty. But not so the cow. She was most decidedly and sat isfactorily, "full." Anyway, bossy was fighting drunk, and she started out to clean up that mining camp, and suc ceeded almost completely. But she met her Wellington In Deputy Sheriff Adolphson. The cow charged the sheriff, woo dodged. ' Then bossy suffered from the hallu cination that has afflicted humans un der similar circumstances. She gave evidence of seeing a multitude of Sheriff Adolphsons, and finally tiring herself with aimless charges fell down and asleep. When she awoke next day her "Jag" was over. But It Is reported that her milk sold at a premium for several days among the strong men of the camp. Wall Street Journal. The old-fashioned girl who was as fast as a little red wagon now has a daughter as swift as a large red touring car. Another thing When sugar is as high as it is now why don't sensible folks eat more pickels ? Of course it is none of our business but if we were a woman and weigh ed 200 pounds we , wouldn't try to dress like a magazine model, even to please a husband who calls her Chiky-Icky. " Others can do as they please, but personally, we have quit buying; our kind of cigars at a place where the ( salesgirl acta as if she is hired only, for the' millionaire trade. this world is how patient a woman can be with the . kind of a husband who stuffs himself -down town and then complains of the children's ap petites at home.", ' ' " 1 Percy Nodles says that ; .when he asked the capitalist's , daughter what . kind of a man her mother wanted her to marry she, said she didn't know but she thought mama favored MV. - At 11 11 t.W HSMJkli V bfUVO OVA ' vantage of the housing shortage to live at her house. Galveston News. First Aid on the Water Once upon a time the term Ammonia by New Process. . An enterprising American has se cured from the Italian government a concession for the utilization of 800 horsepower of the Marmore cascades near Ternl, about seventy miles from Rome, and maintains that he can turn out nitrogenous plant food for the Italian farmer at a cost as low as 1 lira per kilo (equivalent to $0.08 per pound, with the lira taken at its par exchange value of $0,.193). , It Is said that the falls are capable of generat ing not less than 150,000 horsepower. These are the cascades over which Byron waxed so eloquent in '"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Alfred P. Den nis, commercial attache of the United States embassy in Rome, reports to the department of commerce that the only ingredients In the ammonia are water, air and electric energy. ;&"CK 'Local Agent "Tentoce, Oregon - p -" Or a Fishless Fisherman "Fishermen are now advocating a barbless hook," says the Kansas City Star, "in order to give the fish a fair chance for their lives. What about a wormless fishworm, also, in order to give the worms a fair shake?" Reality of Disease Germs. Replying to a protest from Lee White, publicity department of the Christian Scientists, against remarks on the death from diphtheria of a girl under Christian Science treatment, the Journal of the American Medical Asso ciation says: "Had the nine-year-old girl been buried beneath a load of bricks, even Mr. White would have suggested, we believe, that before giv ing the injured child 'Christian Sci ence' treatment 'absent' or 'present' the bricks should be removed. What Mr. White fails to realize Is that a Klebs-Loeffler bacillus is just as ma terial an object as a brick. It does material damage. It Is true, not.by its material weight, but by the equally material toxins It produces." first aid'' was used only in the restricted sense of applying simple rules in the treatment of victims following an accident. While still retaining its original meaning, the term has broadened to include rules and .practices for the prevention of accidents. In fact, in its up-to-date conception the first principle of first aid is prevention. Reverting from the general state ment just made to a seasonable . as pect of the subject, the primary first aid applicable to water sports and accidents of all kinds occurring on the water is knowledge of the art of swimming. The American Red Cross is now coupling with its previously established teaching of first aid rules for use in saving the lives of persons rescued from drown ing, an intensive campaign on the prevention side. The "learn-to-swim" weeks that have been carried out under the auspices of Red Cross chapters in various parts of the country have met with even greater success than was anticipated, ac cording to the reports thus far made. In many instances the num ber of free swimming lessons given during the designated week ran into the thousands. In some of the di visions the "learn-to-swim" week is still to take place, and if the aver age is maintained the season's ser vice along this line will be of ines timable value. The present season is also marked by the far reaching development and extension of the Red Cross life sav ing corps movement. It goes with out saying that the combination of general interest, training In rescue and resuscitation work and teaching of swimming will prevent many cases of drowning during the sum mer months that otherwise would be recorded. A notable case in point is the record of the Red Cross life saving corps of Galveston, Texas, whose members saved 16 bathers from drowning in a single day. Not one death in connection with the day's mishaps was reported. It is to be expected that ultimately the yearly percentages of drowning ac cidents will show a marked decrease in consequence of the service that has been established, although the number of persons going in for wa ter sports and pastimes is increasing in tremendous ratio. Alaska is not all snow and ice. Potatoes, turnips, beets, sugar beets, carrots, parsnips, celery, rhubarb, radishes, onions, cabbages, cucum bers and peas are grown in Alaska. Simple Telephony. An Interesting development In tele phony Is a new three-wire wall net which operates on two ordinary dry cells, says the Scientific American. The telephone itself is built for the use and pleasure of youngsters. The in stallation is very simple, as the tele phones fasten to the walls with two screws and there is nothing more tech nical for the boy to do than to follow simple Instructions in connecting the wire with the posts on each telephone box. The set will operate up to 1,000 feet, instead of the usual 100 or 200 feet, If two additional dry cells ar employed. Giving Him Room. "Gracious 1 I didn't know you were going away." "Yes, the doctor has ordered my hus band to stop smoking, and I'm going to mother's for the first few weeks." Judge (New York). Pulpwood will be sold frm the Alaskan National forests with such provisions for future supply as will assure the permanence of the industry. According to government estimates it is believed that a, complete ex ploration of the National forests in southern Alaska will show that there is a quarter of a million horse power of undeveloped water power possibilities. ' The records of the weather bu reau in Alaska show that the aver age temperature of the ports of Prince William Sound, 30 degrees above zero, is the 'same as that of New York and Boston, and that of Nome (zero) is similar to that of Manitoba and Montreal. 1 It is of interest to note in connec tion with possible pulp plants m southeast Alaska that labor in Al aska is accustomed to work on a basis rather than on a time basis, and this would probably be reflected in the employment of labor for log ging operations of pulp timbers.
