INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Two OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Wcec Briefly Sketched for Infor- malion of Cur Headers. Herbert R. Satchwell has been ap ipolated postmaster at Shedd. i Hop picking has started In Marlon icounty a few miles north of Silver ton. Oregon's twelfth irrigation congress iwill be held at Bend October 5, 6 iand 7. The Pacific Spruce Corporation has begun operation of Its gigantic saw mill at Toledo. The forest fire conditions In Tilla mook county are more grave than for some time. Five persons were killed and 163 were injured in, traffic accidents on the streets of Portland during July. J. E. Phillips of Spring Valley, Polk county, netted 1113.50 this year from the sale of cherries from two trees. John Elder, rancher and hotel man of Mosler, was run over and killed by Southern Pacific train No. 12 at Cres well. The Lincoln county Jersey Cattle club announces that official Regis try of Merit testing will start next spring. The Lincoln County Jersey Calf club, which Is the third largest in the state, has become a member of the American Jersey Cattle club. One hundred and ninety cows were tested in Jackson county in July, of which 33 produced 40 pounds of but terfat each during the month. Cupid took his vacation in Linn county during the month of July. Only 11 marriage licenses were issued in that month by the county clerk. Lincoln county began its fourth year of tuberculosis testing Monday, Doctor Derflinger of the state veterinarian department being in charge of the work! Ray L. Jenkins has been named manager of the Lincoln county fair at Toledo for 1922. The fair dates have been set for September 6, 7, 8 and 9. Governor Olcott has appointed A. E. Clawson of Enterprise as district at torney for Wallowa county. He will succeed A. W. Schaupp, who has re signed. A total of approximately 70,000,000 feet of lumber were shipped from the Columbia river by water to the various markets of the world during the month of July. One man is dead and 15 others are in a hospital recovering from injuries received when train No. 4 of the O.-W. R. & N westbound, was wrecked near North Fork. Fire destroyed the Gibson-Pennington sawmill, on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific railway, 25 miles west of Eugene. The loss is estimated at $35,000. The wheat crop of eastern Oregon is only 60 per cent of that harvested during 1921, according to E. R. Jack man, specialist in farm crops at Ore gon Agricultural college. George A. Mansfield, of Medford, president of the Oregon farm bureau federation, has been recommended by Senator McNary for appointment to the federal farm loan board. Up until July 24 the world war vet erans' state aid commission had com pleted 615 applications for loans ag gregating $1,536,000. This is an aver age of $2597 to each applicant. ' An order calling a special election for September 15, at Oswego, was is sued by the Clackamas county court for the purpose of voting upon the formation of a water district there. Sigert Myers, 26, lineman for the Mountain States Power company, was electrocuted at Albany while working in the auxiliary power plaat. Myers touched a wire carrying 2300 volts. George Howard, who has been in the penitentiary at Salem for more than a year awaiting execution for the murder of George Sweeney of Mal heur county, will be hanged Septem ber 8. The secretary of state has appor tioned among the 36 counties of Ore gon for school purposes a total of $422,088.60, based on a per capita of $1.85 for the 228,156 children of school age in the state. Although existing forest fires are nearly all under control, the con tinued drought is creating a very haz ardous situation which may result in serioug conflagration, according to forest service officials. The Oregon public service commis sion has ordered the closing and elim ination of 12 open public grade cross ings on the Heppner branch of the Oregon-WaKhington Railroad & Navi gation company in Morrow county. Predictions that Bend's population will increase 2000, reaching the 8000 mark in the next ten months, were made with the announcement of the start of construction of a new saw mill unit by the Shevlln-Hixon com pany September 1. The mill is to be finished March 1. There are in Oregon 142 persons ol sufficient prominence to bo entered in Who's Who in America. The seg regated list in the new edition, 1922 1923, just out, shows that number, the greater portion of which is listed for Portland. The prune crop in Marlon county for 1922 will be the heaviest for sev eral years, while the prices will be more satisfactory to the growers than last season, according to reports by field agents of the various fruit organ isations of that vicinity. There were 558 accidents in the in dustries of Oregon during the week ending August 3, according to a re port prepared by the state industrial accident commission. For the first time in several months no fatalities were reported to the commission. Since federal airplanes were sent to Oregon July 15 for forest firo serv ice 41 patrols have been flown, 78 fires have been discovered and the planes have covered a distance of more than 6700 miles, n-ording to a report pre pared by Frank Elliott, state forester. The Lincoln county predatory ani mal club is engaged in a campaign for members, and incidentally raising Its quota of $275 to match the United States biological survey in the plan of putting on an expert hunter and trapper, with a view of eradicating the predatory animals in Lincoln county. Reports have been received at the offices of the state game commission that stray unlicensed dogs of Oregon farmers have been menacing game within the boundaries of the state, and that some dogs whose owners let them run wild are preying on the sheep and cattle in many sections of the state. Ernest E. Faville, chairman of the agricultural committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, has appointed a committee comprised of J. D. Mickle, R. A. Ward and Curtis L. Hawley, to co-operate with the United States biological survey and the city health bureau in an attempt to rid the city of many of the rats with which it Is Infested. Reports from the fish wheels on the Columbia in the vicinity of Cas cade Locks, now out of commission as result of low water, are that the season's catch was large. The wheels of the Warren Packing company caught an estimated 200 tons and pri vate wheels and those operated by the McGowan company are said to have taken 300 tons. Two men were Injured fatally as a result of a companion's lighting a match to look at a wrecked automo bile, under which they were pinned, two miles west of Eddyville. The match ignited gasoline, which had leaked from the tank, with the result that both died within a few hours. The dead are John Schaffer of Independ ence and Wallace La Branch of Val setz. Loss of timber in the Klamath basin thLs season through pine beetle depre dations was reduced at least 50 per cent, it was estimated in the report of the board of control. This esti mate means that the loss of $72,000 worth of timber which occurred In 1920 will be reduced at least $36,000. The project employed 180 men, with a weekly payroll of $3750, a total oi 69,710 acres were covered and 7097 in fested trees were felled. J. W. Berriah, superintendent oi the Butte Fals hatchery, in coopera tion with Alex Sparrow, superintend ent of Crater national park, will begin an experiment which will greatly in crease the finny population of Crater lake wherein rainbow trout only have thrived for years, by planting 30,000 silverside salmon fingerllngs in th( lake. Mr. Berrian and other fish ex perts are eager to see the result of planting salmon in a land-locked body of water such as Crater lake. A monster fir log cut at the Saddle Mountain Logging company's camp was taken out of the water at the port terminals at Astoria and loaded, on two flat cars for shipment by the! West Coast Lumbermen's association to Peoria, III., for display during the coming lumbermen's convention. The stick was 81 feet in length, nearly six feet in diameter at the small end and slightly more than eight feet In dia meter at the butt. It weighted 95,850 pounds and contained approximately 22,000 feet of lumber by scale measure. Six well known Jackson county men, all said to be members of the Ku Klux Klan, and 16 "John Doe's" were indicted at Medford by the spec ial grand jury which made its report to Circuit Judge Calkins in the Jack sonville courthouse. The indictments charged participation in "hangings'' staged by nightriders last spring. Those indicted were: Jesse F. Hitt son, Medford automobile dealer and former chief of police of Medford; Dr. Jouett P. Bray, Medford chiro practor and former pastor of the Meth odist Luoscopal church, south; How ard A. Hill, manager and part owner of the Hill & Hill orchards, near the southern city limits of Medford; Bert L. Moses, janitor at the Jackson coun ty courthouse, and formerly jailer at the Jackson county jail; J. Alexander Norris, janitor at the Jacksonville pub lic school; Thomas E. Goodie, Jack sonville garage owner. ANCIENT CAPITAL OF JAPAN Nara, Rich In Artistic Treasures, Wl Once Classic Center of Shinto Worship. Nurn, ancient Japanese city, is classic cvnter of Shinto worship, and was the tlrst capital of Jnpan. Much of the building and beautifying begun In A. L. 7W, the "Golden Age of Japan," (still Is intact. During the early days of Nara pros perity, the Todaljl, one of the seven Of all Its glories there today re main but few, chief among them be ing the Great South Gate, Nntulul Mon; the great Hull of ttmldha, and the ancient and most interesting old shrine failed Kaldnnln. The tSreut South Gute was built In 7."i2 A. I. and remodeled In 11W. On either side are two gigantic llgures of Klo, or the leva kings, carved by Tnnkel ami ills pupil Unkel. With the two stone lions close by, excellent specimens of Twelfth century Chinese sculpture, they are listed and protected as "Na tional Treasures." The Nnru-no-Pulbutsu. the vast bronze Ituddha east In 749 A. I., Is the largest of the kind in Japan, If not In the world, being 52 ft feet In height. The Kaldan-ln la remarkable for its uniismil construction and arrange ment Inside n series of platforms ris ing one above the other to support the Images of the Deva kings, Indra and Hrnhma, which are said to be among the best examples of the art of Nara era, also are counted among the "Na tional Treasures." , TOURISTS AUK STREAMING INTO NORTHWEST, STATEMENT Over the highways lending Into Oregon, Washington and British Col umbia, there has been pouring- for the past two months a veritable stream of motorists, lured hither by tlu pictured charms of the Pacific North west and by the stories they have Been and hoard of the beauties and pleasures of "America's Summer Playground." Cars bearing the pen- I i:. ,...,., nl.,.,a nf ullllOHt great temples, was the head of Hud- """"" ' "":'.,.,,,, dhlmn In Japan, and the buildings eov- every suue can u w.iu, e red some i.'t acre. eny of the principal highways for n few hours big cars and little uu'.t, some dust-covered and leaded dowu. with camp equipment, oilier mim ing: and unburdened execj-t for U;rb' luggage. Every west-bound transcontinen tal train and the steamer lines run ning to the Const ports likewise hnvo been bearing- their crowds of tourist visitors, many of whom hnvo conn to the Pacific Northwest to escape Um Intolerable heat of the inhnd fm! southern districts, or who huvo been eager to spend their vacr.ticns anvn-; the mountains or along the rnnny water-courses of this wi.r.Ji .him!. Reports from various sections otj the Pacific Northwest indicate that this tourist travel, both by auto and by rail is much heavier than in any previous year and inquiry among the travelers as to why they chose this for their vacation trip shows that large numbers were attracted by the advertising and publicity campaign of the Pacific Northwest Tourist As sociation. "A noticeable featuro of this year's auto travel," states Frank W. Cuil bert, of Spokane, one of the most active good roads enthusiasts of thi j district and a recognized authority on auto travel, "is the high class of the people who are motoring to the Pacific Northwest this season. They seem to have more money and larger percentage of them are stop ping at hotels." Inquiries about touring conditions continue to pour into the office of the Pacfic Northwest Tourist assoc iation from all sections of the coun try, and even from foreign lands. One correspondent from Forfar, or trades, as the "caste" of shoe- Scotland, has just written: "I have makers und the "caste" of sweepers j just read in the New York Tribune, so that nowadays the Iirahnmns alone 'copies of which relatives in the are said to remain as a distinct caste. . United States are kind enough to send Aside from all these are the Pariahs I r ,ar, ,ondid adverti8e. ti,o er.t ..-cf. .af. ia vasks for literature- that no man may lawfully eat with any Individual of any other caste, or partake of food cooked by him, or marry into another caste family; but he may be bis friend, his master, his servant, his partner." OH O and INDIA'S RIGID CASTE SYSTEM Religious Laws, Handed Down Centuries, Are Given Most Im plicit Obedience. for The religious laws of Ilruhmanlsro divide the Hindu people in India Into four principal hereditary classes or costes the Hrahiuans (priests). Kshatlyas (rulers and warriors), vaslayas. (merchants and husband men), and Sudras (mechanics, laborers or servants), the first three being known as "twlceborn" and the last as "once-born." These original four castes, however, have become to a great (extent sub-divided the men being known by their work Cowfoey S Walker Why Not Open a Savings Accuunt? An account in our recently opened savings department enables you to mobilize small amounts so they are available always. ThelndependenceMational Bank Independence, Oregon. Wordsworth's View of Nature. There was In Wordsworth's own character, us we have seen, a certain natural contentment, a sort of Inborn religious placidity, seldom found united with a sensibility so mobile as his, which was favorable to the quiet, habitual observation of Inanimate or Imperfectly animate existence. His life of 80 years Is divided by no very profoundly felt Incidents, its changes being almost wholly Inward; It fulls, like his work, Into broad, untroubled, perhaps somewhat monotonous spaces. What it resembles most is the life of one of those early Flemish or Italian painters who, Just because their minds were full of heavenly visions, passed, some of them, the better part of 00 years in quiet systematic Industry. And this sort of placid life matured In Wordsworth a quiet unusual sensibil ity, really Innate in him, to the sights and sounds of the natural world. Walter Pater, In "Sketches and Re Making Vermilion, For many years in Hongkong the industry of vermilion-making, entirely in the hands of the Chinese, has been an Important one. The factories at Hong-kong have Inviolate trade se crets. The manufacture of this pig ment is among the foremost of the colony's industries. There are some thing like a hundred small plants for the manufacture of vermilion In Hong kong and Kowloon. The raw material comes from Australia, and the ver milion is prepared altogether by what i . . . .L...I -T-. .. ' 18 Known as Hie wei mt-inuu. xne Chinese made artificial cinnabar long before Europe was a civilized country, and to this day there are trade secrets in the vermilion Industry. - uincst ami . J , ,, -.. . . .t H Business Motive Power Hole Acts Like Reversed Camera. Sitting on the old shot tower at Fay ette and Front streets, of wliicli he had been commissioned to paint pic tures, Howard A. Freeh, Iialtimore artist, was startled by the apparition of a man wulklng along the wall, se rene in spite of being upside down. The phantom reached a spot of shadow and vanished. Mr. Freeh investigated. He found that opposite the spot where the uncanny vision appeared was a small hole In the brick wall an inch or two across, where once a padlock humr. Through this aperture the Images of persons passing on the walk outside are thrown on the wall life size, and with all colors exnetly repro duced, but legs in the air. Darwinian, "Why did Percy van Dubb give up trying to trace his ancestry?" "He said that the farther back he went the harder it was, until ut last lie found himself completely up a tree." The time must come when all businesses will con sider the advisability of advertising in the same spirit that a manufacturer ponders over the advisability of adopting a new machine. One does not install a piece of labor-saving mechanism because the efficiency of the business requires it. He expects a new machine to reduce his cost to op erateperhaps to make a better product and thus aid him in meeting cempetition and making larger profits. Advertising is exactly similar. The man who refuses to consider it as a possible expedient simply shuts his eyes on one of the problems of his buiness. He might as well ignore the banks as sources of credit when he needs to borrow capital. On the other hand, the man who looks to advertising to checkmate all weaknesses and shortcomings of his business and to carry it along to victory despite these, has a1 childlike faith in the miraculous. i Advertising will not make his product or his service any better than they are; but it will bring him the full benefits of their merits. It will not eliminate wasteful ness in his factory or his store ; but it will reduce his cost to operate. It will not make illogical selling methods successful; but it will assist good selling methods, and often point the way for improving them. Advertising is the most inexpensive motive power that the manufacturer or merchant can buy today. It is a form of stimulus that brings excellent returns on the investment. Independence Enterprise J