CECIL NEWS ITES
Harvesting: has begun on the
hill ranches but ri reports have
been handed a to yield of wheat
as yet. Second crops of alfalfa
Willn'v Creek are beinfr cnt this
week.
Wid Palmateer arived from
Jasper Oregon tn Sat. and in
now busy prep'-ing to begin
harvesting on his "windywork"
ranch near Cecil.
Franklin Ely of Morgan was a
Cecil visitor on Si'"day.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Slender &
daughter Miss Gloria of Seldom
seen accompanied by Mr. anc
Mrs. J. E. Crabtree and child
of "Cuckoo Flats' spent Sat
picnicing at Umatilla Dam.
Johan Thomsen who has beer
visiting in Portland for a wetV
or two returned to his home ii
Lena on Sat.
01
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd
P. itterby Flats, were calling or
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kulles at th
Last Camp, on Sun.
Tartar to Smiting V tut It
The Horn latitude Ii a region
(bout 30 to 85 degrees watt la th At
lantic, where tailing vessels carrying
hursee to the Waat latin were fre
quently becalmed and bad to throw
h animal overboard for lack of
tr.
Rami Viemr at Brmy
The Vicar of Bray, of ballad fam.
waa tb Her, Symoa Symonda, who
four times changed his religious faith
between 1SS3 aad 1358, being Cath
olic under Henry Tin and Mary, and
Protestant ander Bdward aad Elisabeth.
Crf Franck Hpital
The celebrated hospital of Blcetre,
near Parla, waa fonnded by Loola
Xin la 1632. and was Intended to re
ceive only Invalid officers and sol
Ulers. It Is. now a general hocplta!
lor ageo, incurable and Insane poof.
. Milking Hand Mitplaced
it is estimated by a conservatlre
tnathemntlrlan that the enersy ex
pended la shaking the hands of 1.420
While Moose visitors In SO minutes
would hart milked 12 Vermont cow
In the anine period. Fatrmount Times
N ITEMS
returned
. .'rdav.
home
'l ne people who attended the
Fourth of July celebration at
Arlington from Morgan are as
rhelma Morgan was visiting
Edith Ely Saterday and Sunday.
and
and
and
Hall
Geo. Chandler who has been
spending several months Vtrnon.
ia nrrived in Cecil ou Wed. and
i; remain with his parents Mr
and Mrs. W. H. Chandler at
Willow Creek "ranch for lorn
time.
Mr. and Mrs. L L. Funk and
Jaughter Gerald'ne of the
Curtis cottage were visiting in
Arlington Saterday,
Jim Hardesty and family spent
the fourth at Cecil.
Mr. Wid Palmateer came up
''torn Eugene Saturday on busin
ess. '
follows... B. F. Morgan
family , R. E. Harbison
family, Bert Palmateer
family, Thelma Morgan and
Cl.. I M..
"iy'nai'm"Y' Mr. and Mrs. Fay Pettyjohn
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Palmateer an 1 familv enjoyed the Fourth
and son were visiting Mr. and ut No,h rettj Johns on Wil ow
Mrs. E. G.Morgan Wednesday. -r.
Miss Milbred Morgan started
working for Mrs. A. F. Palmat
eer Monday during the harvest.
Early Namaa at Prinemten
Princeton university was known ai
Nassau hall and the College of New
Jersey, before It was finally located
at rnnreton. It opened In Elisabeth
town In 1T4T. removed to Newark
1747 and to Princeton In 1757.
Ta Claan St
Steel that ia maty can be cleaned
with a c onion aad left for the dsv.
Afterward It can be polished, either
with emery powder and paraffin, or
wiu a past made with brickdnst and
turpentine.
fof Climate
numsn oeaiu ana strength art
grestest when the temperature drops
to about M to 60 degrees at night and
rises to somewhere between 68 and 72
degrees during the middle of tht day.
TartaitakaU Obfccti
Tortoise shell, which for centuries
baa been used la tht manufacture of
ornamental objects, is found ea only
one oi uie many kinds of sea turtles
Seleses Berries.
Goes Far Back
A fossil tree. 75 feet long, aad eati-
matea by scientists to be a mlllloa
years old, has been unearthed la tht
Asansot mining area of Bengal.
Nct$$ary Carta
A man's first cart should be to avoid
the reprosches of his own heart; his
neit, to escape the censurt of the
world. Addison.
Mat Wait
Tht meek may inherit the esrth, but
ot until alt the problems that take
the bold to handle art settled. Boston
Transcript
Mountain on Ocean Bid
A mountain 8,000 feet hixh stand
on the sea bottom between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu. Science Service.
It's more fori zvith a Brownie
Making the paddls wheel was fun, and
so was making the picture. That's the
Brownie's job to get good pictures of
good times.
Drop in and look over the line. Folding
Brownies combine Kodak convenience with
Brownie simplicity. $g.oO up. Brownies of the
box type give you pictures the easiest way and at
the smallest cost. $2.00 up. ' '
There's a Brownie you'll like for your . ..
youngster or yourself at our Kodak counter
Bullard's Pharmacy
The Kodak Filling Station
the annua t f ;f fleers
took place a ' t )K,ti Sun
day School v r,-v h Mrs.
AldaTVoedao' ;,i Super
intendent, B. assis
tantSupL J. ... iroeuson Secre
tary, Mrs. Minnie Ely treasuer
and Elise Morgan and Margaret
Ely Librarians.
Turner and Crabtree are har
vesting th Witzel wheatcrop.
Tht y started the combines July
3rd on hard federaion and on July
6.h Jim WarfMd hauled-90 sacks
to the Harbiso.i warehouse. The
yield is a little better than 10
bushels to ll.e acere and the
grade is no.l.
There has been much comp a'nt
in recent years, co n cerning the
overproduction but a trip Hong
the Columbia River Highway
leads one to belive that the
emit is nearly passed. It would
seem that fully one of the pop
ulation are gong straight ahead
at 30 miles an hour or faster
and while in this attitude they
are spending i utead of producing
Tne ontlook lor a shortage in
fo td stuffs is very enciumginr.
FAMOUS FORTS
IN U.S. HISTORY
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
LEXINGTON STATE 'BANK
;harter No. 228 Reserve District No. 12.
At Lexington, in the State of Oregon at the close of business June
tO 1925.
RESOURCES
I l.mim hihI iIIwoiiiiIh, inclumnir railiHCounts shown In Items
IN mid 30. If niiy
3. V. 8. Government securities owned including those shown
in items 30 hihI Xi. if any .....
4. Other bond, wiirrnnte nnd wviiretlee. Including foreign
government, t t. iiitinlclpul cirtioratlon, etc., including
those shown In Ileum 30 and IB. if liny
5. Stocks, securities, cliilnm liens. Judgments, etc.
II. I tn 11 k 1 11 v lioiiw , None; furniture ftiifl fixtures, .
7 Ileiil estate owned other thnn Imnklriir h tiwe, .
U tnlti l imli on IimiiiI In vnulr nnd due from lunik. bunkers
mid truHt compaiiU-s designate I and approval reserve
Hit-lit of tills Imlik
it 1 -1 Ni-t iiiiioiiiitH dun from utile luniks, bankers and
trunt compnulcd . . , ,
11. i.iieukso;! luinkM outHlileclty or town of reporting tin 11 k
Noiie; total cumIi and due from banks, Items , m, hi mui
12. luiercst, taxes and exieuM- paid Unh undivided profits
id. Other usiietH, If any ...
Total
4.V).u0
242.W
2 SMII.Ni
l.mMUK)
1.3X1.00
3.616.00
1.02S. U
4-J.ft
LIABILITIES
103.067.4
16. Cnultal slock paid In ...
17. Kurplus fund
IS. ('i Undivided profits
LaiMCurn-utexpcim-H, Interestand taxvx paid
A Good Time
To Subscribe
for tht? Inde
pendent is
-NOW--
2.247.67
jl.67S.rj
1.02S.16
1, Net amount due other bank uud tresl companies
DEMAND DEI'OSITS. other than banks, sulilect in...
Z. Individual depoeits euhjirt to i-heck. Including ili.nn.nl.
ne the Ktnte of Oreuon. county, cities or other ouhllc fn,i .
24. Demand ccrtlflcats of deposit outstanding .
1. astiier s c-necss 01 mis nana outHtuudlng puyment on
demand'1 ....
!l, Ortllled checks outstanding. None; total of demand ,l,.n,,.
Its, subject to remfrve, IUhiis 23, 24, 25, 2 I I.r,4!i3.39
TIME ANDHAVINdS liEPSITR, subject to reserve and
payable on deinuud or subject to notice:
Time certificates of deposit outstanding
S. WavliiKsdeposlU, payable subject Ut notice, None; total
ii uuir nun huviiikx ueposil ill,TnoiH on demand Or Sublect
to notice, items z7 and 28, 114,151.63 '
llS.tOQ.OO
777.07
3t.R2
45.2X5.B9
ar bonds or other securi-vltUcontlHjrentlbibllltles
ilea Finn uiiiliT nriun:iiitB imiTeillfll m wnu COUlllifrelll liabilities
ii inn ,am,ic nun iciici tu rrmrvo onus, or with Other
bunks or trust comfinnles ....
30. Liabilities other tliitu above, if any
Total
207.S0
14,161.63
12,687.00
1 6,000.00
?it of Oregon, iloiinty of Morrow, sh..
I. W. O. Hill, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly -sw...
that the above atatoineitt la true to the let oi my knowledge and Ml"
Subscrllied and sworn to before me this Nth dnoA'prVljWs1''''1'
K. H. R(M I non Nnt.,.. ,,
OURECT-Atteat : My commission exolres vJtt i.,L.
A "Monument of Folly" .
Much hss been written sbuut the
sliumlnned fsrim of New Engtsnd, but
her abandoned furls are nut so well
knuwn. Of all of these obsolete
strunKholds none Is more Interesting
tlisn fort Knox oa the Nsrrows of the
l'emhcot river st Prospect, Mslne.
This fort, which derived Its nsais
fnira the fart that It wss built 00
lund mice owned by Henry Knox, the
ItoHton benkseller vho bin-sme Wssb
Intnn's chief of srllll-rr In the Rev
olution and the first secretary of wsr
for the fulled Steles, was befun In
the esrly forties to protect the ship
building snd commerce of the Penob
scot, which waa then at Its height
Work hsd progressed far enough at
the outbreak of the Civil war te en
able the War department to use fort
Knox as a training school for ninny
of the artillery oflcera who served la
the Union army. This waa the near,
est that Fort Knox ever came to 1
war record, however, for In 1800, after
construction hsd been In progress for
20 years, work oa It wss abandoned.
"Costing about a million dollars. It
stands a monument of human fully,
writes one historian. "The recent ad
vance In the science of wsr Is sarh
thst Fort Knot would be scares!
more effectlre In time of dsnger thsa
sn snclsnt feudsl castle of the Middle
Ages." "Monument of foby"' though
Fort Knox msy be. It Is also a mono
nieut to the dsya when masonry wss
a fine art Huge white slabs of gran
ite, quarried from Mount Waldo, a
few miles north and floated down the
river In scows, are set In Ita walla
edge on edge with beautiful precision,
snd a grest circular stsfrrase of solid
pieces of granite la the crowning
piece of 'workmanship. "Nesr the
uliors bstterles can still be seen the
brick ovens where the 42 pound can.
non balls were heated, but nearly all
of the artillery plfred In the fort dur.
Ing the Civil war has been removed
to adorn parks, armories snd other
public plsces In New Englsnd.
Designed to be the finest fortress oa
the Atlantic roast Fort Knox Is bow
abandoned, and It U one of the several
forts whose sale has been authorised
l.v congress within recent years. Al
though It lacks the historic back
ground of many other forts, there are
f w which are ai picturesque as this
tilm old "monument of folly" which
stsnds guard over an fnfululled bupa
on the banks of the "Rhine of Ajbst-
j Ira," the Penobscot river.
C lilt. Wntm nwtpn OsJse.)
SUPPLYING THE MEANS
. Bis Wife I saw lovely gown that
1 can get for a mere song.
Mr. Tunellfter Here's a
that 1 wrote the other day,
nnd get the dress.
near-hit
Talc It
Frank Ollllam, Oeo. L. McMlllanDirBpJj r I youtV. Umb. , Tead" T .lng nU
Uncommon
A little atoek of eommoa sanss
WIU boost yea oa yoar we
But common ssnss, you'll gas, is net
As eommoa as Usy say.
Carotou Friund
Investigation into the theory that s
friend might have loosed off the
From a News Item In the whi.u.
Tht Marritd Afsni
A married mai falling late ultra.
tuns la more apt to retrieve hi iltv.
tlon in the world than a single one,
chiefly because hit spirits are luothad
nnd retrieved by domestic endear
ments, and his self-respect kept alive
hy (biding that although all abroad
la dsrkneu and humiliation, yet
there It a little world of love at home
over which he la a monarch, Jeremy
r;tlor. .
Namti by Cortt
The name "California" was applied
hy Cortes tu the bay und the country,
which he supposed to be an Island.
Tin uanie Is thst of an Islsnd lu an old
hpunlsh romance, where great abun
iliinre of precious stones wss found.
Vincent 1)1 moo Ibauea In his novel
"gueen Calulta" gives an tutvrestlng
account of early California.
Most Anciont City
lamacus Halms the distinction of
being the oldest city In the world. It
comes Into religious history with the
advent of Ahram. At capital of Pyrla.
the country -Joining Palestine on the
north, It wss always of Importance
to the Jews. Apparently It baa been
an Important trade center from tht
niost remote ages.
)ST SEEN
"America It characterised by bit-nets."
"Yes very nollceablt In the swelled
heads."
Cultural Prapondtranco
Tht IniallsatUkls '1 msnklbd
Outnumktr ether Hals.
For svsrr moron you wbl Snd
A eonn allsnlsts. . .
"VftaM c Croam"
In Erusdor, a native plsnt known
as ths chertiuoya, la commonly called
"vegetable ice cream," became Its
whits flesh hss tht ronstatenry of firm
rustsrd and the combined flavor of
pineapple, strawberry and banana. It
t zzs xziz'-u tsiir.r tit satires.
Logical
"But," protested Kegliiulil, "don't
you cook much more for dinner than
we ran use, deariel"
"Ur course," returned the young
wife. "Of course, I do, Hilly I If I
didn't how could I economist by mak
ing Ivft-over dlsheer
FiityFUty
Dorcas 1 notice yoa dotil alw tyt
use the broad "a" la pronouncing iht
word half.
PbUlppa 1 know It Rsi iht time
I taw btwt aad aawt tht Unit I sy
bat
Attention Farmers
DON'T
Be Inconsiderate
With Yourself
When you come to know that your
fuel is almost gone.
It pays to investigate fuel prices at
THE FARMERS.
jwhen you are in need of fuel at reas
onable prices-
See Us.
Farmer's Elevator Co.
lone, Oregon.
unit mm 1tMmtt4yHMM,:llH"MH
Cut Machinery-
In Half
Cost
The man who leaves his machines In the fields U pay
Ing, by depreciation, for an Implement shed, but not
getting the shed.
You can cut your machinery cost In half by prolong
ng its lite and usefulness. You can double the life of
an implement by putting It under cover as soon as you
are through using it
The cost of an Implement shed to protect $2,000.00
worth of machinery Is only a fraction of that sum.
We have many excellent Implement shed plans to show
"you. and we have the right material to build Just the
kind and Size DUIIUing you icuiic. uui mane iu
mistake of building before ' you examine our up-to-date
implement shed plans, we will be glad to have you call
and examine them, whether you are building now or
later.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
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