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N LU R E R E PO R T OF T H E CO N D ITIO N OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK NEWBERG. OREGON A t the Close o f Business, Sept. 8, 1920 RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts $ 713,266.64 Bonds and Securities 310,608.08 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 6,389.49 Available Cash 151.293.73 ( ____ _____ ___ _ . • . ^ Total • § - 81,181,557.94 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock . Surplus and Profits Circulation Deposits \ 8 50,000.00 63,229.68 49,700.00 1,018,628.26 *1,181,557.94 Total THAT TEM PTED M ANY [ Adv«ntur«r. m Well as Dreamer« Sought Vainly for the Fabled Fountain of Youth. Famous Styles are Now Here In that far-off. ncvcr-to-hs-dlaro*- ered country In tlmi region which haa shifted .and changed Just us men’s minds alter and expand, lu that mys tic Bimini was thought to lie the spring which. If tasted ' hv mortals, would assure them Immortal youth, tin that Inland’ bubbled a fountain whose waters healed all manner of sickness. The lure of the Fountain of Youth seised upon not only the dreamer, but caught the fancy of the hold udven- turer, Ponce de l-eon. and the redoubt able De Soto sought to taste of Its life- giving fluid, and It Is perhaps the mystery and wonder, coupled with de sire. that brought about the discovery, not of the fountain, but o f that part of our country known as Florida. It waa on the 27ih day of March, ISIS, that Ponce de Leon sighted land which he thought wag an Island. On April 8. which was Faster Sunday, he took possession of the country In the name of the king of Spain and called It Pascua Florida In honor of the day. Be explored the country and was obliged to battle with the Indians, and, after many adventures, which Includ ed another voyage In 1521 to found a colony, this Intrepid navigator suc cumbed to a wound Inflicted by a sav age, and died while hla vessel waa making for the Island of Porto Rico. in Complete Assortments Magnificent Exhibition o f Fall Apparel — 7 -------------- ------ ■ > r re siow i » J . C. COLCORD, H A V E T H E IR OW N JO U R N A LS Almost Every Industry Is Represented in List of British Periodical .* Publications. Popular papers by. no means consti tute the bulk of periodical literature. Jfearly every business and profession has Its own particular “trade Journal.” Probably you never knew the bill posters had a pajier entirely their own, but they have In the Placard and Service Billposter, remarks a writer in London Answers. Then there la Brushmaking, the Hatters’ Guide, the Herring Circular, the Gamekeeper, thy Irish Ironmonger and the Post man’s Gazette, every one o f which is devoted to the Interests of the particu lar line It names. Some trades which yon would not think could support one paper alone have their pick of several. For In- . stance, laundry workers have four to choose from, pawnbrokers two. pro fessional conjurers at least three, and vets quite a number. Even the bargee was not »intil recently left uncatered for, there being the Bar^man to amuse him every so often. And un dertakers can wax more or less merry . over the Undertakers’ Journal, while rag and bone collectors may watcb their interests in the Waste Trades Journal. Caretakers have the Care taker to enjoy. Trade Journalism does not stop at that It looks after lesser known busi nesses and hobbles, as witnessed In the existence of the Ringing World, for bell ringers, the Bloodstock Breed ers’ Review, the Racing Pigeon, the British Beekeeper. Talking Machine News and the Flute Players’ Journal. When the Burglars’ Budget and the Marble Player appear, we will let you know. i. L HOSKINS, Vic« hesidènt Ik No electric appliances should ever be placed where a person In a bath Asst tub can reach them. Such Is the as sertion of D r A. Zlmmern In the Presse Medicate (Parts} in comment ing on the death of a colleague. Elec trocution has taken place with a cur rent of only 110 volts under such dr- cuinstances. —— ——.— - -—— The reason Is that the water on the W I L L A G A IN H O N O R M A G E L L A N bands and body provides .exceptionally favorable conditions for conduction of Quadrioentennial of His Famous Voy the current.' It Is not safe- to touch age Likely to Be Appropriately even an electric light, heater or bell Observed in 1921. i when In the hath. Doctor Zlmmern cites recent cases as follows: March, 1921, will be a good time to A woman killed by holding an elec visit the Philippine», for It will then tive light Tii one’wel hand while tam ba an even 400 years since Fernando ing ■ water faucet with the otiter; a de MagalhaCs. as he was named In his woman killed by wiping with a wet native Portuguese, although better cloth the current distributing appar known, as English usage afterward atus for an electric heater; a man changed It, by the name o f Ferdinand receiving a severe shock by faking Magellan, first visited the Islands, dls- bold of a chandeljer while holding an j covering and taking possession of electric light suspended b ^ a wire. them for the crown of Spain. And It la very dangerous to change an plans are now nnder consideration to electric bulb when the hands are wet celebrate that anniversary In a way or the floor Is w et; a slight defect In to outdo any celebration ever held In' the Insulation may ntuse a severe the Orient. One will hear, no doubt, shock or even death. a great deal shout Magellan In the next 12 months, and the first naviga Measuring Sludge. tor of the Pacific will reappear In An Ingenious method of measuring newspaper columns and magazine ar- < tides;, nor is It unlikely that his the depth o f sludge In deep sedimen counterfeit presentment will redis tation tanks 1« employed at the sew cover the Philippines In a proper age disposal works of Fitchburg. pagennt. The celebration. Indeed, Maas., aaya a Canadian writer. The cotnes at an appropriate time, for the’ measurements are made by means of Pacific ocean Is only Just assuming a pitcher pump and 28 feet of 1-Inch reality in the thoughts of the great rubber hose, marked In^-foot lengths. majitrlty of Americans, and It provides The pump Is screwed to a 3-foot plnnk historic background against which the and attached to the hose hy a union In making measurements modem Islands can display their prod coupling. ucts, their development, and their op the plank Is placed across the top of portunities for the Investment of a gas vent and the hose pushed Into American capital. Like Columbus. the tank until It la near the supposed Magellan was not seeking new lands sludge level. The hose Is then low for Spnln. He set out to find a pas ered an Inch at a time. Between each sage from the Atlantic to the ocean shift, sufficient pumping Is done to that Balboa had seen some years Insure a complete change o f water In I earlier on the other aide of the con- hose. When the sludge level Is reach I tlnent, and having passed through the ed, the pump will raise sludge. The straits of Magellan, he believed that length of the hose below the chimney be was steering for the Molucca«, or top Is then noted, and as the distance Spice Islands. And so. Incidentally, from top of chimney to bottom of tank Is known It Is an easy matter to be found the PhlllpDlnes. estimate the depth of the aludge. APPLES WANTED We are now ready to buy your Apples Regular Cider Stock Accepted See us at Cannery Office A. RUPERT COMPANY, (Incorporated) Mexican« Wary of 8now. It 1» possible on almost any (lay In the year to see snowbanks from Mexico City, yet few of the natives there hnd ever touched snow until one day last winter, when There was quite s perceptible fall, rhe first In many year* In the Valley of Mexico. The mountain p e a k s of Popocatepetl and Iztacclhnatl. clearly visible from the capital, are always anowclad. but they are some sixty miles away. Barefooted or lightly shod natives stepped gingerly Into the strange ele ment, and afterward spent most of the day huddled In their homes or In shel tering nooks and cornera. The snow flurry was due to a sudden drop In temperature during a light rain. His Predicament* “What la the matter with old Riley Rezztdew?" asked tile traveling sales man. “ He does not seem to like him self.” <• “ HI tell yon." returned the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “ Uncle Riley has killed the peach crop for the coming season, got the League of Na tions out of the way for the present, snd nobody rsres s hyper whether the cllmste of Msrs Is healthy of not. so he’s kinds out of talking points for the* present snd hssn’t snythlng to argue about until he gets some new one*."—Kansas City Star. Packing Casas for Rubbor. Before the war Japan used to sup ply most of the parking cases osed for rubber sent out of Burma. Owing to the Increased cost and the scarcity of shipping the Burma forest depart ment took up the huslne-s. snd now supplies the boxes required, which yield s fair profit, besides benefiting so important local Industry. Vast purchases are now be ing made at changed and lowered prices FOR MEN Misses-Women’ s Elegant Tailored Suits Hart, Schalfner and H a n , Cloth- craft. and Michael Sterns models give yon a wide selection from which to choose. Styles o f unquestionable superiority. Up to the minute, Youthful, Snappy, Suits of highest grade. Tricotine, fancy silk lining, all the favored materials, treatments and sash adornments, many par ticularly adopted for yonthful figures, a host o f beaut iful styles. ” $18.50 to $75.00 $23.85 to $125.00 •< 1 . ' ■ —i H . . . ki.i. h i . ■■ Fall Dress Goods and Women’s Coats Neither Fixtures Nor Appliances Should Ever Be Touched by Anything That Is Wet. .H OSK IN S, McMinnville, Oregon New conditions prevail, yet superior garm ents'in both mens and womens styles command ready sales on ac count of superior styles achievements. Beal cheapness is not nominal cheapness. The days o f real cheap clothes are gone. When yon pay the right price for good goods, to «a reliable house, it is then that yon really save. D A N G ER IN E L E C T R IC C U R R E N T S L PARRETT, A T N A Y B ER G ER ’ S The delight o f a multitude o f shoppers / in wonderful Plaids, com manding velours snd hand some velvets — for those who like to supervise the making o f their own costumes. $16.50 to $125.00 You may choose your own price and still get all that is coming to yon in authentic style creations. It makes one feel good to observe that there is still a great variety of advanced styles on ooats and all of superior eleganoe that may be obtained at this store at a mode- rate price. J The styles shown here assure you com plete satisfaction in your most earnest desires D. M. N A Y B E R G E R , McMinnville, Or. THE M OST DEPENDABLE STORE IN YAM H ILL COUNTY T O P IA R Y R E V IV E S IN E N G L A N D Tree* Shaped as Paaccck* Are Old Curiosities, and Many Other« Are Being Formed. Traveter* on the great ' highway which tend* through Staines by the Bel font church can see two ancient yew tree« cunningly trained and clipped to represent peacocks, which stand on either side of the wicket gate. They are large trees, ages old. and how many years of care and skill with the pruning knife they stand for Hone can tell. These are. peyhaps, the most familiar examples of the toplarists'art near the metropolis, but In formal gar dens of many srataly old country t/nnaes their like may he seen In abun dance. They are accepted as curiosi ties, survivals of times past when men had more leisure on their hands than today. The shaping of living trees Into birds and beasts of prey, into spirals, pillars, cannon halls, and any other fantasy chosen, still exists as a British industry. In the Royal Kew nurseries, close by Richmond town, la the largest collection of topiary In the world— nearly 3.0ntl trees, each one of them trimmed to some animal or bird or architectural form. The work has been done In rhls open studio, and It has required exemplary patience. The trou ble about establishing a formal gar den In years past baa been that you do not live to see It The next gen eration may enjoy It; but with forms that take 40 or 50. even In some cases 80. years to bring to maturity. It la only the grandchildren who can hope to witness rhelr foil perfection.—1-on- don Dally Telegraph. H A LL OF FAM E FO R TR EES Many Historic Perennial Plants Hava Bean Nominated far a Pisco in » Institution. “Thk great Tree on Boston Common.” and T h e Green Tree Hotel" Le- Clalre. la., the most famous tree on the Mississippi river, have been nominated for a place In the “hall o f fame for big tree«." being complied hy the American Forestry association. The great tree on Boston Common waa blown down In a storm February 18 , 1018. the centennial o f the year In which the colonists gathered aronnd the free and started for Lexington to glee battle to the British. The Green Tree hotel at 1-eOlalre la \ well known on the Mississippi river, hecanse to the river meo It was the watting place of meo out of a Job and looking for a trip. Therefore they gave It the name of the Green Tree hotel. It la considered to be 120 years old. Other nomination* for the hall of fame Include the Da ««to Oak at Tampa. Fla., from which De 8oto start ed for the Mississippi and the West; the octopus tree. In Charles City coun ty, Virginia, the largest and oldest tree j in the state; the two oaks at Marlin- town, W. Va.. marked In 17ftl hy Gen. j Andrew Lewis; the tallest tree In the Balkan* at Podgorttza. homlnated by rha Red Cross, which had headquar ters near It during the war. Fw atss Advw tM na « ■■> i i i » « H v i I T H E A M E R IC A N FRLSS A S SO CIATIO N ! HE Turks are not noted particularly for cleanliness, and th eir ba k ery p ro d u cts would not be considered ap petizing in this country. In this, as in many other things, we are different T Our Bakery Products a re p rep are d in a c le an , m o d e m , s a n ita ry b a k e r y — a fa c t th a t is k n o w n t o e v e r y re s id e n t o f th is c o m m u n ity A n e ve r-in c re a sin g d e m a n d is a n in d isp u table evidence th a t w e p rd o u c e “ g o o d th in g s to e a t** Quality and cleanltnest ar t the twin mottom of thit bakery at all tíme». Good to the Last,Crumb Golden Rule Bread NEWBERG BAKERY Newberg, D. R. SMITH, Prop. Oregon Chinook Salmon 6 Cents Come to Oretown and get choicest fresh fish at 6 cents a pound. Run will be over in about 3 weeks. Call for F O L L E T T & GAGE