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Tuesday, October 2, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON PAGE THREE : K c v 1 t f i i 1 1 ! , ! 1 rl ? Palace of the Maharajah of Kashmir. (Prepared by the National Geographic So ciety, "Washington, D. C.) The Vule of Kashmir has become so famous as a name suggesting superb scenic beauty and delightful atmos phere that it is known to all the world as an epithet. But few of the world's densely populuted beauty spots have been so effectually isolated by nature's barriers; and not nearly so many Westerners have taken the somewhat strenuous journey into "the Happy Valley," India's ideal summer resort, as have traveled to the sum mer capital of India, Simla, which may be reached after the approved west ern fashion by rail. Kashmir, unlike most of the other Indian summer stations, is not on the southern slope of the Himalayas. It Is actually among those towering mountains, and behind a portion of them. In back of the harrier range, passage of which, because of peculiar geological conditions, is unusually dif ficult, the great mountain masses opened up, so to speak, to form the celebrated Vale. This is a great level valley, its floor a mile above the sea, 84 miles long and 2 broad, with fer tile soil, abundant water, most of the products of the temperate zone In pro fusion, the whole surrounded by a majestic wall of towering, snow mantled mountains. To the visitor the Vale can hardly fall to bring thoughts of the legendary valleys of the "Arabian Nights" into which one could go only by the wings o fa roc. Not many decades ago the Vale was almost us safe from casual intrusion, and even now that British engineering skill has been brought Into play In road construction, the 200 nille journey from the nearest railroad Btatlon at Rowalplndi, ver the outer Himalayas, is far from being an easy jaunt. The geologic energies of the present seem in league with the mountain-building forces of the past to pre serve something of the Huppy Val ley's seclusion. The road is con structed over much of its extent through a loose conglomerate forma tion, and hardVv a rain occurs which does not cause lsoluted bowlders or great masses of stone and earth to fall to the highway. The toll of life on this evanescent road is steady, and squads of laborers must ever be kept busy opening the way afresh. The road, superseding the old trails, was the fruit of British nervousness at the steady southward advance of Russia a generation ago. By 1SSS the Russians had pushed through Turkestan and the I'amir to the northern border of Kashmir, and the British felt the need of a highway over which their troops could mi 'Vi? for the defense of this Kashmir boundary. In the face of most serious diliiculth'S the road was pushed forward in two years. Srinagar an Oriental Venice. It is a distinct surprise to the vis itor to discover in this valley far in land, a mile high, and in the heart of the mountains, a city that is a Venice of the East. Such Is Srinagar, capital of Kashmir and the greatest city of the valley and the state. The Jlielum river, fed by Icy springs from the Himalayas, winds through the Vale spreading out in several places to form beautiful lakes. The "main street" of Srinagar is the river and facing It is the palace of the maharaja, government buildings, and tire dwell ings of the prosperous and humble townsfolk as well. Some 15,000 peo ple live In boats on the river and the numerous canals that Intersect It, and most of the traffic Is carried on by water. If one is to spend some time in Srinagar he rents not a house, but a house-boat. Such a dwelling comes "equipped" with the necessary oars men. One completes his menage by renting a kitchen boat manned by cooks. Thus provided for, the visitor may live a lazy enjoyable life, moving his' abode from one beautiful setting to another, with his breakfast, lunch or dinner in the making, trailing along behind. rnf'TTur.-ti'ly the beauty "f their surroundings not seem to l.;.v inspired t lie Kashmiri tu ntt-t-.j ' to protect that quality and elt-.in::ni- in tltf3is.-lv.-M. Mar.v of the j ;-ie are as dirty and ill-kempt as tho.-e in the ugliest slun.s of the East. In f:i'-t Srinugar. away irom us uisn wav. is all too slumlike Itself "ith narrow, dirty, odorous streets hemmed In by houses devoid of sanitary facil ities.' And as in all Eastern cities, there are swarms of beggars. Kashmir's beauties do seem to have inspired art and trades that are es thetic. The most famous of Its artis tic products were the superfine cash mere shawls that were the last word in clothing accessories to the smartly dressed women of the West two gen erations or more ago. Back In the reign of Napoleon Bona parte, when that temporarily devoted husband was looking for rare gifts to please the fancy of his charming and gracious wife, he bought one of the most beautiful of the shawls for her, and from that time on the Kashmir shawls ran a long and brilliant course at the court of fickle fashion and Srinagar developed an industry which kept the shuttle flying through 10,0(10 looms in the state. Beautiful Shawl Patterns. About the same time American whalers and snlling vessels that were plowing the Pacific, exploring, naming and renaming islands in the South seas, made their way into the ports of India in order that the women wait ing at home for the welcome sign of a sail might add to their collections of treasure one of those prized light wraps which have become renowned for the glowing harmony, depth and enduring qualities of Its brilliant colors. One of the most beautiful of the elaborate designs was the "cone" pat tern ; another general favorite being the "ring" shawl, which, though not at all transparent, is so soft that it can easily be drawn through a finger ring. Fortunate indeed was the wom an who happened to possess one laden with the delicate embroidery which made them so handsome and so costly! The production of shawls in Kash mir, however, lias fallen off within the last 2b or 30 years and Is almost non-existent today. The Franco-Prussian war sealed their doom, and the famine in India during 1877-79 played havoc among the weavers. R is said that If it were not for the fact that according to the treaty between the state of Kashmir and the British gov ernment six pairs of shawls of line quality must be paid yearly, probably even the knowledge of the art Itself would die out among, the natives, though it has been practiced since the days of Emperor Buber, the first of the Great Moguls, who ruled India In the early part of the Sixteenth cen tury. In those days and for centuries afterward the beautiful shawl woven and embroidered by the Kashmiri maiden was the chief object In the dowry she brought her husband. The queer part of the story is that these exotic things are not made of wool of slioop, nor do all the animals live in Kashmir. In our every-day pai'Innce. the word cashmere is incor rectly applied to materia! made from th- finest ':nul" of ehe wool of merino sleep raised In Spain, but. the real product is made .Tom the soft, very line and short uiidorwool of the shawl goat which In os for the most part in the mountainous regions of Tibet. There are several varieties of this so called wool, but on the finest of it the maharaja of Kashmir has a monopoly. Transportation a Drawback. In addition to shawl-weaving the Kashmiri have long been famous for gold and other metal work, embroid ery, and for the production of that most concentrated and costly of per fumes, attar, from the roses that grow In such profusion In this fortunate valley. Since artistic products are usually of great value In small bulk, no doubt the economics of Kashmir's transpor tation problem have helped to turn the energies of the country into such manufactures. In the slow-moving bullock carts the trip of freight into or out of Kashmir to the nearest rail road requires close to IS days, while even the carrying of the mall In faster conveyances usually requires three days. The ditliotilties and slowness of transportation adds perhaps ?U a ton to the cost of the products moved. But for this transportation problem Kohl. Mr r;,ight supply ail India with f: slits of the temperate zone, .-.ice t.' -re is no reasonable outlet for :'riit Mid v-g.-i!'!e, and since only ,i Hai:-.-'! number of tourists ent.-rs Ka-'miir. living there Is surprisingly cheap. I.ai'or. t'. Is cheap; and the absence of mi'torboats In this aquatic paradise Is ascribed by economists to the fact that the labor of five oars men for a day is less costiy than one gallon of the meager supply of gaso line that finds its way into the country. DUTCH NAMED CONEY ISLAND Discovered in 1524 by Verrazano, and in the Public Eyt Ever Since That Time. Coney Island, New York's lively and picturesque playground, has a history as lively and picturesque as itself. It has been in the public eye ever since 1524, when, according to some authori ties, it was discovered by Verrazano. Although Coney is long and thin now, stretching about six miles from east to west, according to old maps it was short and fat when Henry Hudson, first sailed past it. The early history of Coney island is as full of romance as that which she is making at present. The Hollanders in Kings county named it Cony en Eylandt, which is Dutch for Rabbits island, and used it for a pasturage for cattle, remarks the New York Sun and Globe. When, in 1642, the English Graves- enders arrived they were met by An tony Jansen Von Salee, nicknamed "The Turk," who claimed the island. Jansen, although originally a Dutch man, had long lived in Barbary, and acted and dressed like the traditional Turk. He had been a resident of New Amsterdam, but got in "Dutch" with the authorities by threatening Dominie Bogardus for dunning him for church dues. The trouble started when Bogardus' wife, Annike, snubbed Mrs. Jansen, who, piqued, gave vent to the gossip about the dominie's wife lifting her skirts too high while stepping over a mud puddle. The dominie retorted by dunning for dues. Junsen's reply was a threat of personal violence, anu he was bound over by the authorities not to carry anything more deadly than an ax within the limits of New Am sterdam. Jansen moved to a farm in New Utrecht, where lie found more free dom, and when the Grave-senders ob tained their patent his farm was part of the western boundary. He defend ed his claim vigorously, claiming the overlordship of Coney island, until the Gravesenders' right to it was established. HUMMING BIRD OF THE SEA Smallest Seaplane Ever Constructed Is Designed for Use on Subma rines of American Navy. The smallest seaplane ever con structed, intended for use on nnvnl submarines, was tested by experts at tne. naval air station at Anacostia the other day. All submarines are to be equipped with this "humming bird of the air," as the bureau of nnval aero mtutics describes the novel craft. In effect the new seaplane will be an enormous aid to the submarine, as it will give it a periscope thousands of feet in the air. It can be stowed In parts in the small space available in a few minutes. It measures eigh teen feet over all and weighs scarcely one thousand pounds and bus a three cylinder, sixty-horsepower engine. Some of the planes already have been delivered to the naval air station at Hampton Roads and it is expected they soon will be in service. The Train Talkers. "My wife's played out sitting around in the heat. Guess I'll have to ship her oft' to the mountains after all." "Mine, too. She says she's all In." "And yet?" "Well?" "Just look at that pretty girl over there. Stenographer, I'll bet." "Yes. I happen to know her." "Now she looks as fresh as a daisy. Instead of lying around in a cool, com fortable home all day she has to work in a hot otlice from 9 to f." "No time to be hot, I suppose." "Must be It" Boston Transcript. Hired. The steady tendency in our clvlll zaJion is to get the same results with fewer employed. This constantly re leases man power for the operation of new industries and expansion of old ones that is, a gradual increase in our average standard of living. Government issues figures showing that American farms in 1920 hail 1,705,000 fewer workers than in 1910. In the same ten years the auto In dustry, mo'ies and railroads added nearly a million employees to their pay rolls. It Hurt. A stone carver was op. the willies'!, stand describing the way in which he Had been assaulted by the defendant : "He walked right into my yard and slammed me up against one of my tombstones," the witness said. "Did he hurt you," inquired the court. "Hurt mi'l" roared the witness, "why, I've got 'Sacred to the Mem ory of stamped all down my back." Philadelphia Ledger. RAGS WANTED C lean cotton rags wanted at Herald office. Knit underwear, e(c, not acceptable. 22-tf Advertise it in the Herald. Charter number 3774 Reserve District No. 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Heppner in the State of Oregon, at the close of business on September 14th, 1923 RESOURCES Loans and discounts, including- rediscounts, ac ceptances of other banks, and foreign hilts of exchance or drafts sold with indorse ment of this bank (except those shown in b and c) $(!07,707.32 Total loans J 007.707 D2 Overdrafts, unsecured I' 1,(103.41 1,(103.43 V. 8. Government Securities Owned: iieposited to secure circulation U. S. -bonds par value I 2T,, (100.00 All other United States Covernment securities (including premiums, if anv) 28 4f0 00 Total 6Mf'0.nO Other ponds, stocks, securities, etc.: 39,105.1)1 Banking House.$:6, 000. (ill, irnil ure and fixtures $".ro(Mi0 31, .100.0(1 Heal estate owned other than banking bouse 4N.4M.lll I-awful reserve with Federal Reserve Hank 4 0,5K S. fB (ash in vault and amount due from national 'bunks 4!I,2!I7.3 Amount due from State banks, bunkers, and trufct companies in the fret'-d States (other than iueiuded in last two ilemsl 24,4-0.34 Checks en other hanks in ihe s.-i uic cit y or town as reporting bunk 140.10 Total of last three items 73r,R.12 Cheeks and drafts on banks i n-eluding Kedi-rl It.serve Itiuik) Ineatid outside of city or town of i-t i ii i !-l il:Lr bank V, Mis'-cllaoc'iiis i-asli it 71)". 07 1 ,5C ft! Keden.'.t i'-tt fund tfi'h ' S Ti'i.nin-r mi'l . from I'. Tr. tiMin-r '-'I "" TOT.M, ' 899,204.45 LIABILITIES Capital sti.'i; paid in nti. mi'- ''it S 't-l'ti's- t';!iwl t.n. '-tilt. Oti 1-T..li,i0i .1 M-n- its S 17. "0 "I K.m-im-: for loll rest ,,m la-i.-s ,-o- : led : . I H-,71-7 tli I.i-s ..snent ; il, l K -l , al;-l : :if s pa id . . . H,12.S 13.577 ! ('ir-iiat I!-.' nnt'-s o-i t a .,! , i, :- l:;:,7-0 i-ti Amount due In oatioiml bat. lis t I ..M Aaa.Mit due In Sta-i- l-.-itins, hankers, and trust rniupahO-H in Ihe I'riiti-d Mate- and fuii-ia enantries intherthan iii'-lndi-d in last item) 1u,.'ii7 tr, Certified ehe-ks outstanding 40. 10 Cfshier's cheeks outstanding 17, '.- :;: Total of last four items 2 7,4 r,0. 1 2 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub. Ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 dayst : Individual deposits subject to check 3SO,f,12.0f. Certificates of deposit die in less than 3D days (other than; for money borrowed t 20,000.00 .State, county, or other munie.j.a! ,oKitH secured ty pledge of asset of this bank or surety bond 30, 4(10.01', Other demand deposits 6,740.64 Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits subjfwt to Iteserve, lau two Items 44ff.fi32.7S Time deposits subject to reserrei payable aft- r 30 dayH, or pubiect to 30 days or more nota e, and postal savings): Certificates of dopoit (other than for money bor rowed) 94, 406. 33 State, county, or other municipal deposits sec ured by pledge of a.sets of this bank or surety ond 30,071.47 Other time deposits . . . ." i )01,0S7.1i; Total of time dejiosits subject to '.eserve, Ur three items 225,(134 ttfl Notes and bills redis' minted. Including a ' ept- ii "f other banks and foreign bii.s of ewliange or drafts n id w.'h indnrn-raen; of tnis nan . ;.,. . , Letters or Credi' ai d T-avcb r--' ( hn-ks sold for lash an-l ouiHt.anu.ng (:, '.a T"TAI HV,' State of Oregon, County of Morrow, sf : I. V. Ii. .Moor". Oa.i.i-r of tin, above-named batik, do sol.tnnly swear that the above nbK-iuHil is tiu to the be, i of my knowledge and belief. W. ;. MOOKE, Csshier Correct Attest: JACK HYN7J, FRANK GII.IJAM, W. V. MAHONEY, . .. , , Diroctorii. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September, 3 523. RUEINA F. CORRIGALL, Notary Public. My commission expires August 38, 1925. At Grade Crossings He Who Hesitates Is Safe Seif-proKorvation would seem to be nature s las-t law. For ln the last five years. 3.101 persons (almost twice tor number killed at the liattle of Uottvshure) have saerilit-.d their lives at highway grade crossings j the United States through failure to Mop, look and listen. Train operation is safe because railway employes nre care fully trained. Except in a few states, automobile drivers are turned loose without even an examination. Trains and street cars stop before- crossing another railroad v.-here there is no interlocking device. If it be necessary for them, bow much more necessary for the auto driver' " For most automobiles carry loved ones and friends of the driver. Yf t, eight out of ten automobile drivers race across railroad tracks without stopping and looking in either direction Many motorists disregard the watchman's stop signal. Dunning through and breaking crossing gates is a common occurrence One-hfth of all train accidents involving automobiles are caused by the automobile running into the side of tlye train. The railroads maintain warning signs and require engine men to whistle and ring (he bell for every crossing, lligbw-ivs ure being relocated to eliminate crossings. But railroads 'are powerless to prevent injury to occupants of automobiles who tail to exercise care for their own safety. It has been suggested that all grade crossings be removed ..here are 250,1100 in the United States and nt $50,000 each it would cost $1 2, 500, 000, 000 -and take at least thirty yen, to remove them. This excuse is about two-thirds of the value of all the railroads of the country, as tentatively round by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and neither the rail roads nor the municipalities bave the money. The "Ktop Look and Listen" rule can be followed- now without cost. It takes a train but a few seconds to pass over a crossing Sureh no one would sacrifice his life and his loved ones to save a few seconds! Lives of rail passengers are imperiled by grade crossing accidents. Recently several trains on eastern roads have been derailed by striking motor vehicles, and enginemen and pas sengers have been killed. (irnilo crossing accidents would nlmolul.ily cease If ovn-y nutoinobile, driver would slop, look mot lis(cn nt every uiale crossing. Won't you do it? Omaha, Nebraska, October 1, 1923. C. R. GRAY, President. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Ice Cream Season NORMAN'S ICE CREAM Place advance orders for Brick Ice Cream for Sunday ' ' McAtee & Aiken iJ , j-' M . i Q Q O Q iU Q Q UOQ ':-t Q 0 ii ii 0 i:l 0 i 0 0 ) v.; .v.t 0 In 0 is- Ifef AS 1 ..-1 if 1 Advertise! Do Y -u wonder why the mer chant across the street gets all the business while you get none? HE ADVERTISES - YOU DON'T We can make your ad as attractive as this one with effective cuts and copy Our contract with the Bonnet-Brown Sale Service brings you the opportunity of put ting your advertining on the highest plane of attractiveness and efficiency. Have us call and show you cuts and ads for your line of business" V HEPPNER HERALD 0 Of 0 0? 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 i 0! 01 y. O 0-i