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INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Seven nnrp 7r?n n (mfii(?m I I V I I II KJ II I V II I I I 1 I 'national park- Nature's Most Wonderful Laboratory and Out-of Door Paradise The wildest geysers in the world, dancing amid thounands of boiling springs, their basins arrayed in gorgeoua colors like glganti flowers. Hero, too, nro hilln of npnrklhig crystals, hills of sulphur, hill of gin, mountain of every style of architecture, icy or frosted, mountain boiled soft like potatoes and colored like a sunset hky,-Juhn Muir, the great naturalist. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR DAILY Portland to West Yellowstone Operated by the Union Pacific System MUST CAR LEAVKS PORTLAND 5:00 p. M., JUNE 18th Round trip Yellowstone way $10.80. ,r camp ex I will depend j. li. o'ni; with heiulqun iriff, Portland ,n anyone w rrngo U roil fare from Portland to Went $.18.25. Sleeping cur fare one Thin doe not include th hotel .t isxe while in mo i arx, wnicu n lhi. lenirlh of UtaV. ILL, Traveling I'anwngor A Kent, rters at ?ul Weils largo liuild , will be glad to fail personally tshirtg to vint Yellowstone, and detail. Prop him a card, or address. WM. McMURRAY GKNKUAL I'ASSENCEK AGENT PORTLAND, OREGON MANY LEGENDS OF THE OAK Tree's Orindeur and Beauty Seem to Have Impressed Each Ancient Race in Turn. The ancient races, struck with the noble aspect of the oak, have In all ages enveloped It In the clouds of their legends and carried It back to the re motest antiquity. Of this claw was the holm on k, .which In the days of Pliny still exluted near Borne, on the trunk of which was an Etruscun In scription In letter of brass stating that before the existence of the Ktermd city It was already the object of popu lar veneration. The Hornan naturalist also assert that In the environs of Heracles, In the kingdom of I'ontus, there was a tradition that two oaks which overshadowed the altar of Jupi ter Hlniglu had been planted by Her cules. The origin of certain trees Is lost In even remote antiquity. The Imposing terror of the Her rynlnn forest has deeply Impressed all those who have described Germany, and I'liny and Tacitus especially. The aged oaks of Its somber vales, where wandered the elk and the aurochs, es pecially aroused the admiration of the Roman historian. "The majestic gran deur of the oak In this forest." he says, "surpasses all Imaginable belief: this tree has never been touched with the nx; It Is contemporary with the crea tion of the world and appears to be the symbol of Immortality" ti fc.fiir- i-liiii'n'i'1 r--r L irSTi Turnins Good Late Teed j Defoliating catorp.IIers, so preva- nooerW u.a , A "fl Turnips t.ooo uw era ( majority of cur Hayter of Dallas, had his lefL Pomeranian white globe turnips nt thrn ar, rein ' on & gcra. !nunl in June make excellent late ttt . nd. observation i per which was being used to level up limmer feed, especially in the const imJicilU. iiUe likelihood of repetition the Dallas ball ground. , district. C-ows will netxr an extra 0f this years abundant crop or mese j ., of ., m.u.rl.l wh'1,.f f.H,lcn,., p.ltic mHPcU I trad it or find it, try n EnterprUe . ruMr, . .h.rt.r-0. A. C very .ctiv, thom at Pnt.0. tr.d. W Jmd It. try J. ten you lo ok at a 30x3MiUSCO' at S IO.90 lOURtire dealer is naturally enthusiastic whenhc shows vou the 30x3'a USCO at $10.90. To him USCO has al ways represented a tire value that he felt more than justified in offering his customers. At the $10.90 price he can hardly be blamed for putting it to the front as the value he would most like to be remembered by This much to keep in mind- United Stales Tires rg CC2lTlrS Cojrnghl C.8.x'irC, USCO has always sold as a quality tire of known standards and perform' ancc. Today at $10.90 it vm the worth or vour tire dollar at . a new maximum by reason of its own dtstin- guished values. A A A i M 1 AC) ea No War-Tax charged United States Tires j ymWiA r ' ';Lo. Ruhher Company ' JJMM fSftv-thnt 1 riX" :a WKere You Can Buy U. S. Trrcs; Independence Garage INDEPENDH1JN U J, uxvuuwx. RED COW UNDER SUSPICION Silly English Superstition That Her Milk Would Make the Hair of Baby Red. A director of a London dairy com nnnv told a correspondent recently at a dairy show n circumstance llhistrat Inz a belief that existed not long ago In connection with a cow's milk. It was In the days when iniuiy Lon don dairies kept a few cows at the back of the establishment, partly to give the Impression that the daily milk supply was all derived from these cows.' or to enable the proprietor to meet the wants of hi customers In special cases for Infant feedinz. The shop had been closed for the day, when a tvf.nmn cntlcd to ask for new milk for n baby. This was supplied. Shortly after the woman called again and asked : "fan you tell me the color of the cow you took that milk from?" The owner of the establishment said he was not quite sure, but would go and see. He went and returned say ing: "It was a black cow, but why do you want to know?" "Well, sir," she replied. "If it had been a red cow my mistress would have asked you to change the milk, as the baby would then have bad red hair, nnd she does not want that." London Blorning l'ost. MARK. TWAIN IN WASHINGTON Good Stories Concerning Sojourn of the Famous Humorist at Capital Are Current Still. ' When Mark Twain lived In , Wash ington the streets In the national cap ital were In such a condition that an Intoxicated philosopher aptly described them by saying ! "When it' dry you can't see where you are going, and when it's wet you can't go." Mark Twain remarked that the win ter visitor would probably wonder, if there happened to he a thaw when he came to town, why the city fathers were so shortsighted a not to dilute the mud a little more and use the streets for canals. Another storv told about Mark Twain during his stay there which Is probably better known, had its be ginning when the humorist culled to see Oovcr Cleveland at the White House, The President and Mrs. Cleve land had invited Mark Twain and his wife to dine with them, and the latter was ill and unable to o. Mark Twain went alone, apologized for the ab sence of Mrs. Clemens, solemnly handed Mrs. Cleveland a paper, and Bfcked her to sign it. In surprise she Inquired what It was and why she should sign It. Murk Twain turned the paper over and showed her a line In Mrs. Clemens' handwriting: "Don't wear your arctics to the White House." Mrs, Cleveland wrote underneath the line: "He didn't." , While in Washinjrton Mark Twain, who for nearly two years was a newspaper correspondent, having sat In the press galleries of the senate nnd the house, wrote two humorous articles: "A Late Senatorial Secretary ship," and "Facts Concerning a Recent Resignation." Both of these articles were written about his own experi ences, as he bad been private secre tfirv to Senator Stewart of Nevada, but net finding his duties congenial, he re signed. Notice That Certain Street Improve ment Bonds Will Be Paid. Notice is hereby given that therec are sufficient funds in the Street Im provement Fund of the City of la dependence, Oregon, to take up for payment and cancellation Bonds Nos. 29, 30, 31, 32, bearing date July 1, 1914. That on July 1, 1922, said boJ will be taken up and cancelled an paid in full, principal and interest U said date and thereafter will cease t bear interest. Dated May 22, 1922. ; C.W.IRVINE, m26-5t. City Treasurer. NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING Notice is hereby criven to the leral voters of School District No. 29, ot I'olk County, State of Oregon, that the ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING of said district will be held at public pcnooi Dunaing; to Degin at tne nour of 8 o'clock P. M., on the tmrdT Monday of June, being the 19th day of June, A, D. 1922. This meeting is called for the rrar- pose of electing one director an clerk and the transaction of busbies ccual at such meeting. Dated this 29th day of May, 1921. C. G. IRVINE, District Clerk D. E. FLETCHER, Chairma Board of Directors. J2-3t. A Yankee Samecm. For lonir time Grandfather Higgrlns insisted that he was a very light sleep er and that a slight noise would al ways waken him. On the other hand, grnndmother was sure that he could sleep sounder than the ordinary per snri ro sure, indeed, that she declared she could cut oft his whiskers some night without his knowing It until morning. Grandfather retortea mat, If she could succeed In doing it, ne would go with her to visit their son in Idaho. For a few days grandmother said n. mor nhnut it: apparently both had forgotten the conversation.' But one morning when grandratner ewom m throat and the lower part of his face felt unusually cold. He sat up In bed, put his hand to his face, and utter ing a little cry, Jumped up and hur ried to the mirror. Sure enough, his whiskers were gone. He looked round in bewilderment and saw a mass of grayish-white hair and a pair of grsnd mnf'hor'n Rhears on a chair beside the hA firandmother was right! Youth's Companion. NO SECOND TIME FOR HIM Retailer Will Have Things Properly Fixed for the Next Customer He Brings In. "This Is a customer of mine," said a man in a local wholesale Jewelry house recently, as he introduced ms com panion to the proprietor. "I want to give him absolutely wholesale prices. Strictly wholesale." "All right replied the wholesaler to the retailer who was a regular cus tomer of the house. "Whatever you 6a y goes." 'Tlds is done sometimes, it is said, but the usual custom Is that when a retail Jeweler brings in a customer, a profit is added to the wholesale price and this goes to the retailer for his services. The customer in this case purchased several hundred dollars' worth of goods. In an hour the retailer, who had in sisted on "absolutely w holesale" prices for his customer, returned to the wholesale house. "What profit did you get for me? he asked the wholesaler. nnp." was the renly. "You Insisted that the prices be strictly wholesale." "But didn't I kick you unaer me table?" asked the retailer, "lou should have gotten wise to that." "You never kicked me," replied tne wholesaler. "You must have been kick ing your own customer who sat next to me." ' - - "iff or this." was the reply, "the cus tomer will sit on my Bide. Then there will be no mistake." Kansas city Star. PROFESSIONAL CARDS SVOPE & SWOPE Lawyers , ' Campbell Buildine INDEPENDENCE. OR. D. E. FLETCHER Cooper Building Attorney INDEPENDENCE. OR C. C. WRIGHT, M. D. C. Veterinarian Residence, "Uncle RillvV Have Your Piano Tuned by an Expert Moore - Dunn Music Store Masonic Bldg., Salem Phone 506 Brotherhood of American Yeomen Meet in K. P. Hall 2nd and 4tt Wednesday nights. Visiting JMei- , bers Always Wrelcome. f Foreman, Bliss B. Byers. j Arthur Black, Cor. Efficient Service Courteous Treatment A. L. KEENEY Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer Calls Promptly Answered Day or Night Reasonable Prices Phones 9821; 9822 Independence, Oregon LEGAL NOTICES MirHi Gra at New Orleans. Tho Kow Orleans observance of the Mardl Gras has been growing steadily since Its establishment in ibu, ana it now numbered among the most Dru liant of the public and social festivi ties of the United States. Ills Ma thi kinc of the carnival, first rode at the head of a body of Arabic troops in honor of the Kussian Grand Duke Alexis in 1872. The ex periment was a success, and Rex be came an established favorite. The "Mystic Crewe of Comus," however, antedates this portion of the carnival by some 15 years, for it was In 1857 that the first "Mystic Crewe" appeared In a fantastic night parade of gor geous floats, manned by masked rev- elers. But so many uuui" -been made to the Mardi Gras that now Rex and Comus are only two f eatores of a magnificent celebration wnica em braces the entire city. nnnA Whistler Story. ' stories was Of "Ulie i - , , Burne-Jones ami himself going to a unit wiuiderinii into a sideshow to see a tattooed lady-and he was afraid to say how many suu j. ,ara tattooed on her on one knee EaL'le. on the other, the Union Jack, and on her back Leonar T,st Sunner. And she really was thev enjoyed It hugely cnme four or five years afterward, In t,i Ttnrne-Jones burst in upon Whistler, and told him the same tat . a i wna nt the Aauarium, and i., ...ot tm and see her again. Ana Viit v uiuci e" thev weut and she had grown very i..... i th meanwhile and when they BIVUI. til - . at th T.nst SuDner. all tne a. . .. vn no .n a hroad grin." From "The Whistler Journal" by B. R. Jo J. Pennell. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Notice is hereby given, to whom it may concern, that the undersigned C. W. Irvine has been duly appointed executor "of the last will and testa ment of Henry C. Constance deceased, by the honorable County Court of Polk County, Oregon, and has quali fied. All persons holding claims against said estate are hereby notified to pre sent the same to the undersigned, duty verified, on or before six months from the date hereof and all persons know- ine themselves indebted to said estate to make immediate settle ment of the same, with the under- j siened executor. Dated and first publication June 16th, 1922. C. W. IRVINE Executor of the Estate of Henry Constance Deceased, Independ ence, Oregon. D. E. Fletcher, Attorney for Estate i WindMill Barber Shoo 1 WATKINS & WEDDLE, Props. We appreciate your trade. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned C. W. Irvine, has been ap pointd by the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County or Polk Administrator of the Estate or Jane B. Constance, deceased, and ha3 oualified. All persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby required to Dresent them, with the proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to the said Admin istrator at the Farmers State Bank f Tndenendence. Oregon in said county and state. Dated and first publication June 16. 1922. . . C. W. IRVINE Administrator of the Estate of Jane B. Constance, Deceased. ' D. E. Fletcher, Attorney. Pioneer Employment Co. 14 North Second St. Portland, Oregon Furnishes Hay, Harvest and Farm Hands Write for Magazine Em ployment Service., our publi cationFree to All. 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