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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
7
Albany will host a two day race meet July 3 and 4 with Wayne in charge. The events promise lively horse tilts and a fair on the fair grounds. A parade and games are planned, with minor port events and a penitentiary show noted.
Harry Hunnicutt admitted in May that he falsely accused Irene Zuiderwin of robbery against A L Zul Hin, aiming to have him jailed so he would be out of the way. He received a one year state sentence.
Morris Hayes and Bittner Hudelson journeyed by auto to Black Rock then hiked into the mountains last weekend. They faced snow depths of two to four feet and found the water cold, producing only fair catches.
A seventeen-year-old Bottiger transformed metal transmutation lore into the Meissen porcelain breakthrough known as Dresden ware. Locked in a laboratory by Augustus II, he survived fits and excess before freedom, wealth, and a royal factory gift followed. He later fell into dissipation at age thirty four.
William Wouldhave, the inventor of the self righting Ifeboat, recalls a chance encounter while lifting a heavy weasel of water. A broken wooden bowl piece buoyed, inverted, and promptly righted, prompting him to realize the principle of a stable floating shape.
Edgar Lucien Larkin recounts in the Seattle Post-Dispatch the ancient Egyptian Labyrinth near Amarna on Lake Moeris in Fayoum. He notes 2100 chambers with 1500 underground and 1100 above, grand Klerophants guiding Herodotus, and vivid praise for the marble halls and sculpted ceilings leading to a pyramid 160 cubits high.
The piece notes that flowers and grasses act as barometers predicting rain. Dandelions seed and fluff when weather shifts to rain, clover leaves close like oyster shells, and stems swell before rain, with horse chestnut leaf figures staying flat in dry conditions. Cleveland Pisin Dealer.
The article notes copper was prized by metal workers since antiquity. It cites Pepi I’s hand hammered copper statue from 200 B C and the Great Gate of Chalmaneser II. It mentions the Sirus armor shoulder pieces and Greek warrior and Amazon motifs in copper. European collectors, especially Belgians, possess copper statuary and roof ornaments in large works.
A London Answers item notes that wild oats possess a movement from location to location when moist and left on a table overnight. The effect is attributed to the grain’s awn or spike, which causes the seed to tumble and seem to walk. A large variety from Otaheite exhibited this feature in exceptional degree.
The article explains the danger of using ordinary tools on third-track electric railways where touching a live rail can be fatal. It notes a patented insulated tool with a dielectric handle sleeve and colored insulating material to prevent grounding current through workers, reducing risk during operations.
A trio of aphorisms reflects on bias and suspicion. Jane Porter cautions against quickly assigning blame to the accused. Hugh Frayne warns against a powerful group harming others, while John M. Siddall mocks the notion that time fixes all by itself and urges action.
A Massachusetts inventor creates a versatile drawing tool with a bow shaped frame, a flexible rule, inward studs, a reinforcing spring with slots, and a screw threaded adjuster to vary curves. The device aims to master parabolic layouts of different sizes.
Frederic J. Haskin notes in the Chicago News that authors like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain used adopted names. The piece lists Henry M. Stanley as John Rowlands and other writers who changed names for euphony, including Bayard Taylor Brander Matthews and Grant as Hirmm 8.
Oil from natural springs in Sicily was used in lamps in the temple of Jupiter at Rome. Oil fed lamps burned in other temples and in the homes of the wealthy, showing the long history of oil use in illumination.
Article summarizes sound propagation noting air velocity at freezing 915.60 feet per second and that speed rises about one foot per second per degree Fahrenheit. It explains summer warmth speeds up sound, not density, and states water at maximum density transmits 4707.4 feet per second with experiments by M Callandin across Lake Geneva in 1826.
A Peru highland tribe enforces a death limit for its people by appointing a village official to terminate those nearing old age. Communities differ on the exact limit and the executioner may attend funerals or act when a funeral is certain. The people are described as Indian-descended Quichag or related, living in adobe huts and known for coca chewing.
Popular Mechanics reports the largest range finder yet, built in England for coastal defense. It surpasses wartime models, designed by the two original inventors of the existing British naval range finder featuring an horizontal tube on a central rotating frame.
Popular Mechanics notes a German origin concept being developed here, a gun powered entirely by external power. It promises advantages over conventional machine guns when fully developed, with possible electric motor or gasoline engine operation.
The piece explains that goods shipped between states remain under interstate commerce protection if the original package is unbroken. Courts held imports do not lose interstate immunity, enabling evasion of varying state laws by selling directly to customers in original packages. This affects tobacco and other commodities with differing state rules.
A reflective quotation notes guilt brings horror and shame, worsened when it appeals to those who wield power to betray others.
W B Cuthbert named administrator by Polk County Court to manage the Louisa J Bezanson estate In Independence Oregon Claims must be filed with vouchers within six months D E Fletcher is attorney for the estate First published June 30 1922
C W Irvine appointed by Polk County Court as administrator of the Dana B Constance estate. He has qualified and all heirs creditors must present claims with vouchers within six months to the administrator at Farmers State Bank of Independence Oregon. Dated June 16 1922. Jane B Constance deceased. D E Fletcher attorney.
C W Irvine appointed executor of the will of Henry C Constance deceased by Polk County Court Oregon. All claims must be presented within six months and all debts settled promptly. Dated June 16th Independence Oregon. D E Fletcher attorney for the estate.
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