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L a rtfo e f Circu lation In T a m h lll County
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
• pu tting potatoes In to tonat
« n a i l piece o ff Ute c a ia o f
T h is w ill let out any moist-
I make them m ealy.
»m ove old pain t or varnish.
plah and let It rem ain a fe w min
ute*. Then scrub w ith clea r w ater.
O xalic acid dissolved l a hot w a ter
w ill rem ove paint from w indow s or
w m a G È È tm o ,
th ttm d at
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RADIO JOINS AMERICAS
Five Stations to
Miles letweert
Bridge. 2,000
Continents.
G|u I pmeflt Planned te Farm N<
A ir Linee Of Communication
In Central America.
Phenomenon of Far West it Sel-
-—
dom Visited.
When Toa Clean Blanket!
through five broadcasting stations, two
A ft e r blankets have been washed o f which w ill be erected In the United
•n d huag on the lin e end ere th or Staten and three In Central America,
o u gh ly dry beat lig h tly w ith a carpet each with a radius o f 2,000 miles, is be
beater. T h e w ool w ill become lig h t ing contem plate« by two Mg western
and soft and w ea r lik e new.
companlèe. the United Fruit company'
and the Tropical Radio Telegraph com
prlnted
at
ths pany. Orders fo r the stattohs have
A u ction
bil
G raphic office.
been placed, says an announcement
from the Radio Corporation o f Amer-
Th e terminals in the United States
o f the proposed system will be at New
d a y o f each m onth at 2: SO p. m.
Orleans, La., where the present station
Duncan’s H a ll, 111 F irs t Strft.
o f the Tropical Radio Telegraph com
A N N A BARTH O LO M EW , F
pany is to be enlarged, and at Miami,
E M M A L . SN O W , S ecretary
h a ., where a new station w ill be con
structed by the company.
1 E W B E R G C H A P T E R V 0 05
Th e three stations in the southern
O rder o i E astern S tar
part o f the group w ill be located at the
»gu lar m eetings first and third corners o f e triangle embracing Hon
Thursday each month
duras, Nicaragua and at Tegucigalpa,
C L A R A H IL B E R T . W . M . the capital o f Honduras. These stations
V E R O N A H . N E LS O N , Secy. w fll connect with the station o f the
United FruR company at Almirante.
VBW BEtO CAMP V0. 113
Woodmen of the World
Oommafllcattou between these five
stations and ahip-to-shore communica
(eats e v e ry M onday n igh t at tions with them will open up entirely
F. ban.
V is itin g neighbors wel- new rentes o f Intercourse between tbs
Americas, one o f which w ill be the
JA M E S M c W H A N N E L . C. C..
I opening o f a 2,000-mlle radio from
TO M T T N D A L L , Clerk.
Colombie, South America, and the
United Stetes.
Th e eran embraced by the fits sta
tions ravers 54,000 squat« miles, with
n network o f smaller stations Joining
INTERESTS FOREIGN SCIENCE
Thls Marvel, Wh Ich Thus FaP Haa At-
traeted So Ltttle Interest, te but
Fsw Handrad Milse Fram Lee An-
0 *lss— Located in the Haart of
H eerte c f the Stupendoue Sierra N e
vada— L lk sly « • Haid Out fo r An»
athar Thousand Canturi aa.
Th e D evil’s Postplle, natural world
wonder sod national monument. Is
crumbling.
Mysteriously wrought In
the cosmic crucible, possibly whan our
planet’s foundations were laid. It grad
ually la succumbing te the onslaughts
o f elemental forces. But let not this
startling statement occasion Usunedi-
ate alarm or regret, fo r hare’s a com
forting paradox. Th e basaltic marvel
o f the California wilds Improves as
Its destruction progresses!
And. as
it likely w ill hold out fo r another
thousand esoteries there remains time
D M n tecra tla c sganci
masonry o f the remark
end fr o s t earthquake,
thunderbolt rend, toppi
Its adamantine support
but always
the newly exposed columns stand -forth
stronger end more perfect o f form,
more brilliant la their pristine glory.
So hug« le the mass, says John L. Von
B io « In Dearborn Independent that it
Most at thorn are pentagonal, where
as elsewhere, as In the Giants’ Cause
way, the (e o e ta l shape Is hexagonal.
Th e D evil's Postplle affords strange
deviation In this respect some o f lu
immense columns being eight-elded,
many seven-sided, and the remainder
hexagons,
in one extensive section
they are straight an sawed timbers
and perpendicular.
In another they
l«pn and are gracefully curved en
masse tren d the individual prisms
twisted end fla t « ] in the making or
the cooling ns sticks o f pliable candy
might be shaped.
A t one point they
have the w avy appearance o f flow
ing water.
A t the southern upper
end they project almost horizontally
end resemble gigantic rattroad ties ok
evenly corded wood on a hillside. A ll
the columns sparkle lik e precious
sfonee In the glare o f the mountain
sun and the sight ie bewildering
They are black In the main, but col
orful withal, some 1ft varying shades
o f green, bine and gray, h few white
aa alabaster.
F or mahy years the handsomest o f
all the columns, ten and symmetrically
tapered, was separated from the
body and stood upright and alone, n
proud, stalwart symbol o f Independ
ence, but It Is there no more. D a r
ing my last visit to the postpile It
was struck by lightning end fell with
n reverberating crash, seated horn end
to end.
Happily, it was broken into
few sections.
Center o f K lectrice I fltorme.
It would be difficult to find e local
ity where more sudden end violent
electrical storms come booming up.
A t midday, while the sun shone
brightly, a smell cumulo-nimbus cloud
floated over the range from the w est-
end In less than aa many minutes
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C t t T 0 7 VEW BER O T A X BUDGET
T h e Budget Com m ittee o f the C ity o f N ew b erg , appointed to estim ate
*ltn re o f said C ity o f N e w b e rg d u rin g the year 1521,
> base the tax to be levied b y aatd C ity o f N ew berg.
estim ates o f Income and expenditures:
E S T IM A T E O F E X P E N S E
1—
In terest:
1— S ew er Bonds
2—
P a rk Bonds ,
2— -Fire Equipm ent Bonds
4— C it y H a lf B o n d s ...........
5— G eneral B o n d s ........... *
2 — Police D epartm ent:
1— Salaries
...................
2— Special P o lice .............
2— S treet D epartm ent:
1— Salaries
.......................
2— Equipm ent and Repairs
4— L ib r a r y Fund .....................
5— S treet L ig h tin g ...................
• — C ity A tto rn ey ’ s O ffice . . . .
T— Special A sseasmenta . . . . . .
ft— Supplies ahd M a t e r i a l s ____
ft— F ir e D epartm ent:
1— S alary o f D river
ft— Equipm ent and Repairs
10—
Em ergency F u n d ..... ..
11— C ity Treasu rer:
1—-^Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ft— Bond and Supplies . . .
IS — Outstanding W arran to . . .
12100.00
650.00
TO TAL
E S T IM A T E O F IN C O M E
ft 1.600.00
2 , 000.00
' 200.00
1 , 200.00
10,330.00
-Licenses and Franchises
-Forfeited B ail
6— S pecial T a x L e v y .................
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..........................
TOTAL
Necessary to raise by general ta x a t io n . . .
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' Dated September 2fttb, 10S2. '
L. P. Moore,
C. H . F itzpatrick ,
L. O. Pike,
3. C. ColeOrd,
Tom T yn d a ll,
H. M. Hoskins.
L. S. Otis,
Geo. H. Lu tz,
E. C. Baird.
Clarence Butt,
8. P. Ttm berlake,
N otice is hereby given that at a meeting! o f the council o f tha C ity
« - N ew b erg. to be held on October 80th, l»2 ft . at f:ft 0 o ’clock P. M. on said
ft »*• at the council room In said C ity o f N ew b erg, any tax payar m ay appear
Aad be heard relative to the above budget or any item thereof.
R E B E C C A W . H. S M IT H .
R ecorder o f the C ity o f N ew b erg.
TIME CERTIFICATES
investment. On certificates issued after July 1, 1989,
the following interest rates will apply:
Twelve month certificates, 4 per oeat, payable semi
annually.
Six month oertifioates, 3% p«r cent, payable at ma
turity.
Barings accounts, 3 per oeat, payable January 1 and
I f you are not one o f our
la rge number o f satlefled cus
tomers, w e In vite you to make
use o f our fa cilities« hollering
that w e san render a service
unexcelled by any bank In th e
W illa m e tte V a lley.
A Roil of Honor Bank
scientists to study the splendid tow er
o f long, dark, gH st^ teff prisma In a ll
its fascinating aspects. This phenom
enon, which thus te r has attracted so
Uttle Interest among our own people,
is but a few hundred miles from Los
Angeles, an easy drive o f a day or so
northward along fo e ra fte ra bash o f
continental America's loftiest moun
tains— a trip o f varied ptetureequeness
and rare charm. From San Francisco
the distance Is about the same vis the
Tosamits valley— also a route o f gran»
dear. The nearest highway la the tr a n »
continental National Booaevelt Mid
land trail, almost direct from Mon-
taule majesty’s reputed post-setting or
pile-driving operations.
The spec»
fa d e Is astonishing and inspires a wo.
tn the heart o f hearts o f the atnpem
doua Sierra Nevada, surrounded by
scores o f white-robed peaks two and
a h alf miles in the sky, residual gla
ciers, gorgeous lakes, dreamy mead
ows, boiling springs, and Ice-chilled,
dashing brooks, the Devil's PostpUd
occupies the center o f a region o f
magnificent scenery, more beautiful
than the Imagination can conceive or
mere words describe. It seems a ¿rim
sentinel holding watch over the mid
dle fork o f the San Joaquin river,
which noisily rushes by within a hun
dred yards. Th e curiously attractlvé
and impressive prodigy is set at an
élevhtlon o f 7,000 feet above sea level
and Is itself a pygmy as compared
with the titanic heights all about
Nevertheless, even a prosaic vlslto f
would give heed to naught else thé
first day or two. Th e one object en
thralls.
Formation of to# Wonder.
The “pile” Is a rails long, half ad
wide, and 400 feet high. The odd tot*
motion, whence ltd appellation Is de
rived, Is not everywhere In evidence«
cropping out only In cdrtaih places.
T h e most Striking columns consti
tute more than 1,000 feet o f Its west
ern face.
They rise more than 100
by M tu re’ k processes. Ultimately all
will lie leveled In this agglomeration.
How te r downward they extend man
knnweth not; It may be that they go
ody. The whole la e forest o f ptn *
tamarack, fl» and SthUT sturdy trees,
which covet even t M postplle where
fo e basalt Is not actually bu m W1M
flowers carpet the meadows end
shaded pieced add sway breast high tn
the balmy a ir —thousands upon thou
sands o f kinds, many o f which grow
here only. Few ate more Interesting
tha n thé squaw’ s carpet or mahSUL
mat. a rich e ret g raeh trailer that lit
erally c o ven fo e ground with Its fo li
age and feathery cluster* Of violet
blossoms and later bears odd scarlet
fr u it Th é botanist who doeè dot go
to the high sierras misses more than
be ever can realise.
A t to * very upper edge o f the crum
bling cliff, where a •‘cornice” has
formed, their roots fastened in ths
columnar Jointing, a
number o f
gnarled, torn, dwarfed cedars are
hanging fo r deer life, even as dying
humans cling to hope, the while their
precarious support is tumbling away.
Tfila carries with It sufficient soil and
pumice to afford a foothold in the
talus below for lustrous quaking
aspens, which spring up rapidly and
shine as fo e breetes stir their leaves.
A meadowsweet locally known aa
Mpostpll* tea” and used by knowing
mountaineers to make a palatable, re
freshing beverage, also thrives amid
ths wreckage o f the scintlllant pillars.
Above, where moisture comes from the
lines o f cleavage, delicate rock ferns
Sad dainty mosses give s touch o f soft
ness trt relieve the harsh glister o f un
yielding surfaces.
W here Trails Meat.
The D evil’s Postplle is at the Junc
tion o f Important trails leading afar
In various "directions.
Close by, fo e
goVerametifnas a log cabin that some
times shelters storm-bound tourists.
A t tim e« It is occupied by trappers,
who bring out thousands of dollars’
worth o f furs. B ig game and wild life
abound.
Down stream two miles, and a pari
o f the national monument, Is Rainbow
Fall, a gem unique and worthy o f ltd
name in that it literally Is the birth
place o f rainbows. Th e San Joaquin
flings Itsoif like s delicate curtain o f
lac* and silver more than 100 feet
over s ledge o f black basalt— a con
tinuation o f the postplle, though with
out the «d a m n s— Into aa abysmal box
canyon.
When the san’ s ray* reach
Into the fa iry box, rainbows arch the
mists that flood ths chasm— rainbows
so d e a r that color photographs regis
ter them distinctly. The setting e f
this fall, in the bosom o f the virgin
ferast sad between exalted heights. Is
« masterpiece o f nature, exquisite,
sublime. Thera Is not another else
where to match I t The picture lives
In memory without fading as tlm*
rubs across it.
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Asks Public Spanker fa r Bad Bays.
A public spanker for boys who are
toe young to send to Jell fo r thair
misdeeds la asked by Chief o f Police
Dickson o f Toronto, Canada. Cor
poral punishment Is better than pro
bation fo r mischievous lads, ths police
ch ief declared.
Since 1907
Beggar Offered te Pay *Cop* far Stand.
A fter offering to pay ftfl a day fo r
permission to beg on a -street com er
In Chicago, John Brooks, a profession
al »»««fa r , was fined $10 and costs for
vagrancy.
Brook, who la a cripple,
pleaded that he wee poor aad unable
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