October 21, 1921
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circulation of Unrfvcrstly ot
L library books from January
of the present year wan 100,-
Ibe 'library now has a total of
i volumes.
.four members of last June's
iting class of the University
m are row teaching in Ore-
:he women mostly in the high
,nd many of the nu-n as prin
md superintendents.
O. A. C. STUDENTS
" 10 WILD UMON HALL
A petition for a $.100,000 student
urrlon building finaT,ce4 by C tu
nl and friond of th(J innlim
wiHh to aid, ha been approved y th
board of reifcmtd. "
Tl.o student voted unanimously
lat nprbvg in favoring thr plan of
PylnK $3 each term to w Into the
Whim funl. The ,cioP clttM con.
nbuted $1,000 a nucleus The
idea oriffinnlml with the students who
want a building to erve og head
nunrtcrs for studt body activities,
and tt pluc, whero the alumni and
other cullcico visitors, may be enter
tained. It will bo modeled after stu
dent union budding of the east. No
burden will bo imposed on the Oregon
tax payers, it M plainly pointed out
by the. student. A committee of th
"l,ur" 01 rwnu was appointed
work out a definite plan.
to
0. Garrett, w ho waa graduated
;m from the school of business
jtration of the University of
n, is terving: as aecretary of the
wills chamber of commerce.
it University he was president of
dfftt chamber of commerce-
Ytt the crippled children's law,
Jvenrity of Oregon medical
has given frw surgical atU-n-more
than sixty crippled
Ifii of the state. .
H.D. Sheldon, dean of the Uni
i of Oregon school of education,
'ike in address before the State
.-Ji association at Portland
r the Chritjtmn holidays i
life and Service of J. II. Acker-
niing to an announcement of
tool of music of the University
W the number of public
music teachers graduated last
t not sufficient to supply the
"A in the state for music sup-
henius, the scientist, asserted
'Jn ir surrou ruling the earth
oming warmer on account of
N acid gas arising from burn-
al.
MADE FIRST METALLIC PEN
Unfortunate Frenchman, Victim of
Courteaan'a Enmity, Waa the In
ventor, According to Hlatorlana.
Tl.o Invention tof the metallic pen
belongs to France, the first writing Im
plement of this character being used
by the famous state prisoner, La Tude,
who called down tlie wrath of lime,
do l'oinimdoiir by his passionate let
ters, I.a Tude whs the natural son
of a prominent court olllelul and was
brought up for u military career, but !
in Ms mistaken youthful adoration he
misinterpreted tin; smiles of Mine, de
Pompadour. In nu effort to prove his
fidelity his friends devised a harmless
toy which exploded noisily when Mine,
do Pompadour opened It after receiv
ing a letter from La Tude warning her
of Impending danger from tier enemies.
When the contents of the box were
found to be nothing more dangerous
than alum powder. La Tude was
clapped Into n dungeon, where h
Iietit .'15 years. In-order to occupy
his time In Tude tried to write his
memoirs by menus of an Improvised
fishbone pen. When this broke he
begged a copper coin from the prison
priest. Tills he ground Into the shape
f a jK-n by rubbing It against the
cell walls. lie also made the first
known Ink tables by preparing bread
crumb pellets with his own blood.
This happened about the year 1740,
according to the French researchers.
Metal pen points were not marketed,
however, until nearly CO years later.
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
FIND RELIC OF OLD LONDON
Page Three
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Built Centurte, Ago just
Brought to Life. ,(
don ZI 'ntftrestlnKlcofold Lon-
has come to light, according to
ti e Undon Times, u arch of old Lon
Jm rl,L, whjch WM (Jemullljhc,u dur
J -e construction of the new Lon-
. it 1 ' , w,llc" b"Kun ,n 18-5-
Z ZV t'r11 from
' nort h side of the old bridge, and
"ho to St. Mg,w. church. I was
Closed during SWI.e building opera
Hons now In progress.
The first stone bridge over the
hijinei was )Ui,t In 1170, but the
hnilgo whs constantly repaired and
mtoriid, so that there Is no evidence
of be exnet dnte of this particular
..';' W."H UW'-'"1'7 medieval, and
ih imllt of Itelgnte stone with a very
flat trajectory. At the beginning of the
I'-Witeenth century, however, three flat
wrotixht-stono supporting ribs were
Put In. and the middle one of these Is
IM 1703. The arch Is not yet en
t rely uncovered, but a springer at each
de Is Just being disclosed, and the
jpnn Is estimated to be about 30 foot.
Hie under surface of the arch Is con
siderably wuterwoni between the add
ed ribs. It Ih one, of the arches close
to which the mill wheel stood for the
raising of water Into the wutertower
that stood alongside the bridge. This
arch stood in the river, and Is, there
fore, an evidence of the limits which,
s time has gone on, have been Im
posed on the Thames, the river being
now much, narrower than It was In
medieval times. It Ig understood thnfr
:hls relic of old London Is to be care
fully preserved.
NATIONAL RAILWAY
ORDERED
STRIKEJS
II
Five Brotherhoods Are In
structed to Walk Out on
October 30.
Dig for Fish In Florida.
I zii ak Walton scarcely would be
lieve his eyes If he were to walk
through the country near here, ac
cording to a telegram from New Smyr
na, Fin., and encounter negroes dig
ging live lish from the ground as If
they were potatoes, and even persons
accustomed to the miracles of this ago
would look twice and then set out In
search of an oculist.
Hut the mudfish, a queer nienibej of
the finny tribe, Inhabits streams or
ponds which have mud hunks or bot
toms. The fish Is black and weighs up
to five or six pounds. When the water
In a pond evaporates, as It does dur
ing certain seasons of the year, leav
ing only a rnnss of mud which on the
surface Is practically dry, It doesn't
worry the fish. They merely burrow
Into the mud to wait for rain and ap
parently continue to live as long as
(he earth Is wet. The negroes locate
them by exploring the mud with their
bare feet.
The fish Is edible, but Is not a fav
orite because of Its stringy and course
flesh.
CROWDING THE SEA SERPENT
Old Friend of the Ocean Summer
Resorts Makes Way for Plrats
Ship From Russia.
We believe but one sea serpent has
been sighted so far' this season. Per
hiips It Is still a little early, hut the
weather has been hot enough to bring
our old friend to the surface, and no
doubt the frightened and delighted
visitors at shore resorts and those
who go out to sea In bouts for a
short distance will soon be rewarded
with a sight of his ugly head or fascl
anted by the water churned up by
the swishing of his angry tall. How
ever, It Is possible, that the sight more
calculated to thrill will be the pirate
ship from Russia that Is moving In
inch a mysterious way Its wonders to
perform. If this Is so, we are certain
that for every view of the sea ser
pent that Is recorded on the part of
credible witnesses there will be 20
equally credible witnesses who caught
n glimpse of the new terror of the
deep, long, low and dark, either Just
before It submerged or at the moment
It came to the surfuce to cast Its eye
about for a new ship to capture an(l
sink or to drag away the crew In Irons
to Bolshevik Russia. To the elderly
skeptic who Inquired where such a
craft secured Its necessnry fuel the
less critical young woman answered
that It probably operated by electric
ity. What could be more probable?
Hartford Counint.
Chicago. More than half a million
American railroad men Saturday were
ordered to Initiate a strike, October 30,
while other unions whose membership
brings the total to about 2,000,000 an
nounced officially that they were pre
paring to follow suit and make the
walkout general on the same date.
The strike orders were issued to
the big five brotherhoods, oldest and
most powerful of the railway unions,
and they specifically included mail
trains.
Cessation of train service with a
minimum force only sufficient to
guard against fire and damage to rail
road property on duty In shops and
depots, was indicated by the drastic
regulations issued by the railroad
brotherhoods in connection with their
strike calL
The strike was announced following
an overwhelming vote, said to be up
wards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike
because of a 12 per cent wage reduc
tion authorized by the railroad labor
board of July 1, and after it was de
clared by the Association of Railway
Executives in session here that a fur
ther reduction would be sought by
the railroads.!
The country was divided Into four
groups, In which the men were au
thorized to walk out progressively,
one group every 24 hours.
Loganberry growers should put the
canes upon the trellises before the
winter rainy season if tip dieback
is to be prevented. Although very
severe winrter might injure the canes
to some extent, investigation con
ducted this year by the O. A. C. Ex
periment station show that the year
ly loss due to dieback exceeds in mi
portance the possibility of another
excentional winter. As soon as tied
up they should be sprayed with Bor
deaux 4-4-50 to protect against fungi,
psneciallv the bases of the canes.
Botany and Plant Pathology.
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It takes more than
a theory to develop
Correct Lubrication
No advantage of science, of vast resources, often
xperlence, of up-to-the-minute equipment and rnem
ode, Is overlooked by this company In making Ltxo
lane a lubricating oil of the highest quality.
If it wor. possible to make a b.u.r oil than Zerolene,
hit company would make It
I l mad. In five consistencies, of which laexactly
suited to th. needs of youf car.
Uae Zarolen. for Correct Lubrication.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
MONEY ASKED FOR
WESTERN PROJECTS
Washington, D. C. As a means of
giving employment to 16,000 workers
this winter the United States reclama
tion service has recommended to the
public works committee of the presi
dent's unemployment conference that
congress be called upon to appropriate
16.200,000 for speeding up work on
11 Irrigation projects in the west.
Representative Smith of Idaho In
troduced a bill in the house appro
priating $20,000,000 for immediate con
struction work on western reclamation
projects as recommended by the re
clamation service to the president's
unemployment conference. ,
Of this amount $7,800,000 would go
to projects in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
CHIEFS CALLED TO CONFER
Action Regarded as First Step In De
termining Efficiency of Labor Board.
Chicago, 111. Telegrams summoning
the chiefs of the big four brotherhoods
and theSwitchmen's union to a con
ference with the United States rail
road labor board in an endeavor to
forestall an actual walkout on the
nation's railroads were dispatched to
the labor chiefs.
The conference was called for 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon, October
20, at the labor board headquarters
here.
Washington. The action of the rail
road labor board in summoning rail
road union chiefs to Chicago for con
ference was described in high official
circles as a first step to determine
whether the railway board is to be
regarded as an efficient government
agency or a failure.
Honor For Japanese Requested.
San 'Francisco. A telegram from
Secretary ' of State Hughes was re
ceived by Mayor Rolph in which Sec
retary Hughes, in diplomatic language,
asked the people of San Francisco,
and through these of all California, to
be cordial tlie Japanese disarma
ment conference delegates, upon their
arrival here.
Wise Expenditure
is not meanness or stinginess
it is careful regulation.
Regulate your expenditure to
your income and always save a
surplus. Open an account with
. the Farmers State Bank.
4 Interest Paid on Savings
Accounts
Farmers State Bank
Independence . Oregon
DAIRY UNIT AUTHORIZED
AT UNION BRANCH , STATION
Establishment of a dairy unit at
the Eastern Oregon Experiment sta
tion, Union, has been authorized by
the board of regents. A herd will be
purchased and suitable buildings
erected. Sufficient funds are in hand
in the treasury of the branch station.
Action taken followed an inspeciori
of the Union Branch fetation by a
cmirimittee of the board of regents,
together with James T. Jardine, Ore
gon Agricultural station director. The
committee was much impressed with
the possibilities of dairying in Eastern-Oregon.
FARM POINTERS FROM
O. A. C. EXPERIMENT STATION
. Exhibits for the corn shows coming
on this fall should be ca:-efully
cbosen for uniform, heavy, and ma
ure ears. It i3 usually advantageous
to put them in a warm, well venti
lated place and dry " them before
sending to the show . Green ears in
many cases do not show their real
maturity and often mold in transit.
Badly discolored or shredded cobs
may be an indication of root rot and
should be discarded.
The Enterprise is still 91-50 a year
Little Wonders,
adam
that you can work yourself
with paint, varnish or enamel
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Seventeen Burned In Oregon Mine .
Marshfield. Seventeen men were
burned by the explosion in the Beaver
Hill mine, near here. All who were
in the mine were rescued, but five of
the injured may die. Three were
overcome gy gas and the others were
burned. As most of the men were
wearing only undershirts, they are all
burned from the waist up.
Wheat Supply Cut Down.
Washington, D. C. Wheat on farms.
excluding that required for use by
the farmers, was estimated by the
department of agriculture in figures
made public here at 318,000,000 bush
els this year, compared with 447,000,-
000 bushels last year.
War Horses and Mules Are Honored
Washington, D. C A bronze tablet
commemorating the services of the
243,135 horses and mules attached to
the. American forces during the war,
68.682 of which . perished, was un
veiled In the state, war and navy
building.
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