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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1922)
Friday, July 7.10 laje X VVU JU-IUi, AJii.H.Li-ii.t JU mumn . Iis tt r mmmyi voir 60 20 Too heavy an oil, or one lacking in certain qual ities, may reduce the power delivered to the wheels of the automobile as much as 20?. The ideal oil is the thinnest oil which will keep the bearing surfaces of the mechanism sepa rated. Providing this oil has "oiliness," stability and purity, it will give perfect lubrication, and per mit the development of the maximum power, speed and gasoline mileage of the car. "Oiliness" Stability Purity Zerolene meets the conditions perfectly. It has great "oiliness,' due to the crudes from which it is made, and our own patented process of high vacuum distillation. It has great stability, as a result of which it re sists engine heat and forms only a minimum of carbon of a soft, flaky nature which blows out with the exhaust And it is pure. This company has always con sidered the removal of all detrimental proper ties and compounds as essential in making Zer olene. Zerolene of the correct grade gives perfect lu brication and permits the development of the maximum power, speed and gasoline mileage of the car. ..utter (pomi STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California! CO more powerfispesd less faction and wear thru Gnrect Imbrication -J ONION SMUT PROBLEM I the seeder, through a tube having a SOLVED BY EXPERIMENTS five-sixteenth inch bore, is the most Oreeon Agricultural Colletre. Cor- effective method of controlling the vallis Onion smut, which has been J smut. destroying a large part of the onion I Last year land treated in this man .crop in the northern Willamette val- ner yielded 364 sacks of onions per ley, may be controlled by use of a for- acre, while adjoining land produced maldehyde solution when planting, only 88M sacks. according to H. P. Barss, head of the! This year effort was made to test department of botany and plant the efficacy of dusting the seed with pathology. various materials, but this was found Onion smut, a fungus disease, in-, to be of only slight benefit. When fests the soil, and has led to the ' powdered copper carbonate was dust abandonment of some of the best ed into the drill rows well mixed with ground, according to Professor Barss. j soil covering, a definite benefit was Experiments have been conducted evident. It remains to develop a through the cooperation of the botany ! machine to deliver the dust ef fee and plant pathology department, Ore- tively, since the hand method is lm eon ExDeriment station, and farm bu-' practicable. Whether an effective reau of Washincton countv. Thev mechanical means for dusting the have found that a formaldehyde solu- soil can be found remains to be seen tion, in the proportion of one ounce The experiment station will work on of formaldehyde to a gallon of water, this problem another year, says Pro- run into the drill row from a tank on fessor Barss. Vacation Trips Cost less this year Why not take advantage of this opportunity to realize big profits in transportation costs to Tillamook County Beaches Newport By-the-Ses Crater Lake National Park Oregon's Forest. Lake, River and Mountain Resorts Oregon Caves National Park Shasta Mountain Resorts Yosemite National Park or Eastern Cities V Via The Scenic Shasta Route On jour way East stopover at SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO Three world famous and beautiful cities. Visit 'California's National Parks and Charming Seashore Resorts . "Oregon Outdoors" and "California for the Tourist," beautifully illustrated folders are FREE on request. For further particulars, ask agents Southern Pacific Lines John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent ! r in Brief Form The Halsey State bank Is Installing a burglar alarm system. James M. Keyton, 86, veteran of the Civil war, died at La Grande. Plueback BUlmon are entering the Columbia river la largo numbers. Construction of new buildings In the burned area of Prlnevlllo Is well under way. The "Royal Anne' cherry crop around Canby will be somewhat short this season. Operation of La Tine's second saw mill, now under construction, will be started soon. Peach growers in the Sllverton com munity report that crops will be abund ant this year. The date for the second annual New berg berry festival has been set for Saturday, July 8. For the first time In many years three cuttings of hay will be put up In Deschutes county this year. Bend was chosen as the next place of meeting by the Oregon Fire Chlfs association In session at Marshfleld. The state highway commission start ed from Portland July 5 on a circuit of the road system of the entire state. Because he changed a license plate from a Dodge to a Marmon car, S. C. Rogers was arrested at Bend and fined $30. Former Salemltes, now residents of Portland, gathered in Laurelhurst park in Portland. Saturday for annual re union and picnic. Walter Hall of Princeton, Or., has been appointed to the United States military academy at West Point by Senator Stanfield. Mrs. Connelly, an elderly resident of Bridge Island, was knocked Into the Snake river near Nyssa by a passenger train and drowned. S. C. Seeds, assistant postmaster at Bend, Or., has been appointed acting postmaster, succeeding C. S. Hudson, who has moved from the state. Resolutions opposing the divorce ment of the Southern Pacific and Cen tral Pacific railroads have been adopt ed by the Salem Commercial club. Approximately 200 former residents of Brownsville gathered at Laurel hurst park, Portland, Oregon, for nn annual reunion one evening last week. Mrs. E. B. Kingman, wife of the president of the Alsea River Lumber company of Eugene, died at Modesto, Cal., where she had gone In search of health. Fred R. Meillis, active In Baker business and mining circles for the past 30 years, was found dead on the floor in the office of the Oregon-Idaho Investment company. A general advance of 1 cent In milk prices has been announced by Port land distributors. The Increase Is due directly to the Increased cost of pro duction, the dealers say. Stephen A. Lowell, pioneer lawyer of Pendleton, was a speaker at the Old Oregon Trail pageant in Baker on the Fourth of July, together with Gov ernor Ben Olcott and Ezra Meeker. Seymour Jones, Marion county rancher and at one time speaker of the house of representatives, denies the re port that he might be a candidate for governor on the Tax Reduction league ticket. Construction work on a large scale has been launched by the Phoenix Utility company, now engaged on a new $1,250,000 power plant on Hood river fur the Pacific Power & Light compaffy. Professor E. R. Fockler of Colum bia Falls, Mont., has been selected to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of R. W. McNeal, professor of chemistry and athletic supervisor at Albany college. Henry A. Schnorenberg, a young farmer soutft of Eugene, played the hero when he 6aved the lives of two men overcome with the fumes from a dynamite blast in the bottom of a well they were digging. An $8000 bond issue to aid in the financing of the school construction program In La Pine was voted by the La Pine district in the annual school election. The school building was recently destroyed by fire. The Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association has gone on record as op posed to the dissolution of the South ern Pacific and Central Pacific lines. The organization Included manufac turers of western Oregon. Durk Steadman, ft rancher and cat tleman of Sumpter valley in Baker county, reports the loss of four cows killed from eating mash that had been dumped out when officers destroyed stills discovered in the valley. Organization of motor corps by the Oregon state motor association, to entertain large croups of visitors t.j I',, Vit,d from time to time, Is requested in a letter sent to A. II. Lea, president of that organization, by Mayor Baker. The city of Coquille, Coos county, has launched a project for a municipal water system involving construction of Rink creek storage reservoir, which, together with Rink creek would furn ish the necessary water for the city. Advertising signs along the right- j , of-way of Oregon highways wtu bs re moved at once, and bIrds n private ( property removed whenever pernils-, slon can be gained, according to u. decision by the Btate highway com' mission. K. H. Thomas, for fourteen years school clerk In Portland district and for fourteen yesrs prior to that principal In the schools of Portland, ncrttfled members of the school board that he will not be a candidate foi re-election. Triplets, t?ie aggregate weight of which was eighteen and three-quarteri pounds, whs burn to Mr. and Mrs Carl F. Palmer of Cottage Grove at the home of Mrs, Palmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Deer, 791 Grand Avenue, Portland. The public service commission granted authority to E. O. lHhani, operating the Isham transfer at Grants Pass and vicinity, A permit was grant ed to W. A. Cornell of Newberg, auth orlzlng him to conduct a freight trans portatlon business at Newberg and vicinity. Cannerymen, fishermen and citizens of Astoria were Jubilant over the an nouncement from the Washington state fisheries department that no puree seiners had been licensed to fish inside the three mile limit and that the fish commission would not take such aotton. Reports of friction between the com mercial fisheries bureaus of Oregon and Washington over operations ofj fishermen at the mouth of the Col- j umbla river are without truth, accord j Ing to Carl D. Shoemaker, master! fish warden of the Oregon state fish , commission. j The Marlon-Polk County Realtors; association, at a meeting in Salem, decided to start an investigation toi determine whether or not an oil pro- j Ject at St. Paul, several miles east ' of Salem, Is being honestly conducted ' and the money of Investors is being used in sinking the well. 0 tfie independence national INDEPENDENCE, OltEGON. Member Federal Reserve System Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent fl successful business career of ever 30 yean Officers and Directors II. Hirschberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin,Vice Pre I, D. Mix, Cashier, 13. R. Wolfe, Ass't. Cashier W. II. Walker D. W. Sears Otis I). BuUer OH Iwiry and eocenes HAY CROP IS SHORT The dry season in western Oregon and the cool spring in eastern Oregon are making the hay crop look rather short. Several farmers in previous short hay years have saved their stock by filling their silos with various available crops during the summer. Weedy grain, Canada thistles anJ grain, road siue mowings, omer wasi crops, etc., while often not making the best of silage will carry much stock through a winter. Every silj should be full this fall. O. A. C. Ex-! periment Station. c on Key Walker Spray for Coddling Moth Adult codling moths are continuing! to appear in limited numbers andl eggs are being deposited. In orchards CONTRACT WITH POULTRY PRODUCERS HELD l.w;AL Dallas In a derision handed down by Judge Harry H. Belt in the Polk where the apple worm was at alI,t0Unty tlr('ult f"' permanent re. serious last vear a Drotective poison ! draining order has been made requir poison spray should be applied at once. Because of limited numbers of moths appearing if the worms were wtarce in the orchards last year it is possible to keep down infestation sufficiently by delaying the thinning process somewhat and then paying especial care to thinning out the wormy fruie. O. A. C. Experiment Station. ing P. II. Ituhler, a prominent chicken laiser of this county, to sell his pro duce to no other concern but the Pacific Poultry Producers' association of Portland. Buhler signed a contract with the concern about a year ago in which he agreed to turn over all the poultry products he had for sale. In the hearing for a permanent restraining Farmers sending in grass seed order it was alleired that he broke his samples for test at this time will be ( contract and had for some time failed ready for early sowing this fall and to make deliveries to the plaintiff, will know how much to use. O. A. : but sold to other persons, which was C Experiment Station I against the terms of the contract. In addition tu the agreeiwst to sell to others Ituhler Sffrwd . if he did dispose of his prodac others he would jny the plaintiff r puny a certain amount on each 4 of eggs so sold and this the tm tion also claims that he hat do. As the casts now stands Mr. Ei will have to sell his produce thw the Pacific Poultry Producer! t elation or carry the case to I k j court. The case hs been witr with considerable interest by i U number of Polk county people in r of the fact that the contract wu ( ilur to those of a prune packer cern operating- in this vicinity anc which a large number of fruit n hnve joined and would now like to f out of. JULY CL "URSUANTto our well-known policy of J starting each season with a brand new stock we are determined to inaugurate, beginning FRIDAY, JULY 7th, the most remarkable CLEARANC SALK of Women's Apparel ever known in Salem, including Women's Coats, Suits, Dresses, Waists, Skirts Millinery and Furs All thoughts of profits abandoned and prices cut to the quick SALEM, ORE.