T he P olk C ounty P ost
POLK’S CLASS ONE
MEN ALL GOING
WOMAN PROTESTS
A la*lv has protested to The
Post ag ain st any Smokeless
Days.
“The female of* the
species," she says, “is suffering
enough now w ithout hanging
an y th in g else on them . W hy if
hubby couldn't suck a pipe for a
whole day, th ere’d be no living
"in the sam e.h o u se w ith him .
Iiis wife and children would
have to move out.”
Prize Fish Stor
GREATEST WIN
Of the Season
OF THE WAR
(D allas Item izer.)
Men from the 1918 class will prob­
ably be drawn on to fill the first of
Following is the prize fish styry of the season. It was
The beginning of the end started yesterday when the
the draft calls for A ugust from this
told
by
an
Independence
man
in
the
presence
of
four
re­
troops
of the Allies, including the Americans, battered
county, as all of class 1 of the 1917
putable
witnesses.
Owing
to
the
gentleman’s
good
repu­
class has been exhausted, or will he
the Hun lines on the Marne and beat the enemy back for
tation in the community for truth and veracity and to
by the tim e all July calls are filled.
In addition to the 52 m en to en­
spare his wife and children from humiliation, his name several miles, capturing twenty thousand prisoners and
three hundred and fifty guns. The Huns are rushing re­
train here next M onday at 8:15 a. in. HOME GUARDS TO PARADE
is charitably suppressed.
AT SALEM BRIDGE OPENING
for Camp Lewis, calls are now pend­
serves to the scene of their disastrous defeat of yesterday,
ing for 175 men from Oregon (of
Salem
W
hat
will
he
the
largest
“
They
don’t
do
much
jug
fishing
nowadays—no,
I
don’t
and
the battle is raging today. Yesterday’s was one of the
w hich Polk county’s quota has not
yet been designated) for w ork in parade of m em bers of tin* Oregon mean what you’re thinking—I mean real jug fishing Allies’ greatest victories of the war as it has stopped tho
logging cam ps and saw m ills; three G uard held since the form ation of
from Polk county to go to Spokane th is m ilitary branch is being count­ where you turn a jug upside down with a three-foot line Hun offensive toward Paris and the enemy is now on the
on A ugust 15 to tak e special train- ed upon as one of the features of and a big cat-fish hook at the end of it, baited with liver, defensive rather than the offensive. The victory equaled
ing in a u to tru ck rep airin g and driv -1 Salem s bridge day c elebration.
Governor W ithycoinhe is expected and throw it out in the river and you follow it in a boat. in importance the defeat of the Austrians by the Italians
ing and a call for eight general ser-
vice m en to lie sent to Camjl F re­ to issue an order in a few days call­ One day I borrowed a boat and a couple of jugs and dropp­ a few days ago.
ing upon no less th an l(XN) uniform ­
m ont, Cal., about A ugust 5.
ed ’em over. I sculled along after ’em for a couple
Hunland is desperate. The military dspots see the
For the lum ber w orkers and auto ed m enbers from M ultnom ah, Polk
from an y class of registered men, an d Marion counties to ap p ear here of lioirs and it looked li^e I was never goin’ to get a bite, hand writing on the wall and defeat and disaster for them
for the form er up to Ju ly 28 and for for th a t occasion.
when one of the jugs suddenly went under close to a little on the West front cannot longer be kept from the German
M arion county will he able to fur­
the la tte r to Ju ly 22. A fter th a t date
if volunteers have not filled the n ish m ore than 400 uniform ed mem island. When the jug came up l grabbed it and I saw right people by lies and deception. .When the morale of the
quotas, the m en will be selected by bers of the guard. Polk county is away that I was in for a big job. The way that fish made German people breaks, the kaiser and his cabal of blood
expepted to furnish two com panies
th e local boards.
off I could hardly hold my seat in the boat and the jug at thirty are done for and they cannot for long drive men to
A ssignm ents to class one from the | an d M ultnom ah will probably be
deferred classes, w hich will r e s u l t 1 ,ookwl to for the rem ainder or about the same time and things got so ticklish once or twice I slaughter like so many cattle.
from the reclassification now g o in g ; f°,,r com panies,
came near letting the jug go. But my fighting blood was
All America celebrated the victory last night. Here in
on, are expected to furnish sufficient i If the troops are assem bled as
men to fill all calls on th is county j Pla »»ed exhibition drills will be p a rt up and 1 hung on. Luckily for me, the old fish headed Independence the fire bell icing am^the people gathered
up to the A ugust consignm ents, but °f the day s program and competi- straight for the island and the boat grounded in the shal­ upon the streets. The G. A- R. fife and drum corps played
it is possible th a t class two m ay tive drills m ay he arranged.
low water. 1 jumped out into about three feet of water martial music with as much vim as they did back 5fi years
have to be invaded to secure two or
POLK COUNTY HAD TOTAL
three at the last m om ent.
and I saw at once that there was a wrestling match on—I ago; From an automobile Hr. H. G. Dunsmore and B. F.
OF 39 FIRES IN YEAR 1917
W ith the announcem ent th a t 300,-
wasn’t goin’ to let that fish get away from me. I dropped Swope addressed the people telling of the victory and the
000 m en are to be called to the colors
bravery of the American boys; Mrs. J. W. Richardson
D uring the year 1917 a total of the jug and threw my arms around the fish about his
in August an d an equal num ber in
sang
as she never sang before. She has two sons .ver
Septem ber, it is possible th a t all of 89 fires w ere reported for Polk coun­ waist, and 1 tried to pull him ashore, but he gave a quick
there
and like all mothers of America looks forward to
the new 1917 reg istran t s in th is ty by in surance com panies to the
county who a re put in class one, will office of Harvey W ells, state fire turn of his tail and in some other way or other seems like victory and the return of the hovs; The Home Guards
be in service by October 1, unless m arshal.
he just got on top of me and down I went with that blamed carried on their twi-weekly drill but they never walked
M ercantile buildings and contents,
quotas are based on m en still
fish on top of me and it looked like I ’d never get from un­ prouder than they did last night.
10;
insurance
$28,800;
loss
paid
$10,-
available in the old class one in
God speed VICTORY and PEACE.
w hich event Polk county and m ost 959.58.
der. Say, I thought 1 was a goner, sure—all the mean
Dwellings and contents, 19; in su r­
of Oregon will be exempt.
things 1 ever (lone in my life floated thru my mind—it
ance $15,770; loss paid, $14,998.28.
F arm dw elling and contents, 8; in­ seemed like I was hours under there. Then all of a sud­
BOYS ARE WELL CARED FOR
WRITES LIEUTENANT FINN suran ce $9,800; loss paid $0,555.51. den I seemed to hear somethin*? holler to me from some­
Hop kilns, 2; insurance $6,000; loss
e
where, ‘Give him the strangle hold and the toe hold,’ and
Lieutenant F inn in a letter home paid, $$j$U0.
Totals—Fires 89; insurance $54- in a minute or less I worked my elbow into the fish’s
says:
I am su re th at the m others of the 870; loss paid $26,518.32.
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The th irty nine fires were a ttrib ­ throat and shot my left hand down and got a firm grip on
boys of the 162d In fantry would
heave a sigh of relief if they could uted to the following causes:
his tail and gave him a twist that almost bent him double.
O verheated or defective flues 8;
know how well cared for, an d how
Say,
I ’ve never heard a fish talk, hut lie made sounds that
clean, neat and gentlem anly th e ir overheated or defective stoves 4;
boys were, th a n k s to o u r Colonel m atches 2; careless sm okers 2; con- were mighty like fish language. We both came up to the
May and C haplain Gilbert.
flagation or exposure 3; lightning,
surface together and I could see in a minute he was all in,
“The regim ent is billeted in a very : electricity i; petroleum or its pro-
quiet village, in Hie country aw ay \ ducts 2; rubbish or spontaneous and I dragged him out. 1 weighed him the next morning
IN
from the evil influences of the larger j com bustion 3; sparks arising from and he balanced the scales at 149 pounds. There was a
cities. There isn't even a railroad | com bustion or ru n n in g m achinery 5;
to disturb th e peace, only a sm all unknow n origin 4; incendiary or piece in the paper about it at the tim e.”
line sim ilar to Joe H irschherg's rail of suspicion origin 2.
road between Independence and
MISS MABEL STEVENS MAY
ORVILLE CROP REPORTS
Monmouth only not half so noisy.”
ARE NOT FLATTERING
GO OVER SEAS TO FRANCE
“The Garden
Of Allah”
Twelve Acts
FORMER INDEPENDENCE MAN
IS KILLED IN MISSOURI
J. D. Reeves received a telegram
W ednesday from Chillicothe, Mis­
souri, bearing the sad new s of the
accidental killing of his brother,
Horace- Reeves. No details were
given in the telegram .
Horace Reeves was at one tim e a
resident of Independence.
Folowing is II h > Oregon Electric
Independence m ay be represented
crop report from Orville:
in FTvuice by* ope of its fairer sex.
All crops are alm ost a failure in Miss Mabel Stevens, who for several
this vicinity account of no rain. Lots years has been the capable English
of the grain in this vicinity th at w as teacher in the Independence high
planted did not come up at all and ; school, is in P ortland now reviewing
w hat did come up w as no good. The her book keeping. Very soon she
farm ers eith er cut it for hay or e ls e 1 goes to Brem erton to receive further
tu rn ed th eir cattle in on it and p a s-: instruction for the Naval Yeomanry.
tured it. The hops are looking fair, j She has enlisted for foreign service
but will lie a light yield, probably and hopes to he of some help to her
not half a crop. Beans are not doing country by going over seas. P rior to
good, lots of them planted here, hut her having the ch air of English hero,
from all reports they do not am ount Miss Stevens had done clerical work
to very much. Potatoes are looking and w as very proficient, hence her
good and if there should he a good friends predict m uch success along
rain in the next short .while there th at line. Should she be called
should he a good yield of potatoes in across, her num erous friends wish
th is vicinity. Corn did the best of her lion voyage and a safe return
any grain that w as planted around to the U. S. A.
here.
(M essage to A m erican head­
q u arters from Com m ander of
U. S. Troops at Givray.)
“Met Boche on his line of re­
sistance. Sharp fight. Boche
turned tail and run like hell,
pursued by our troops. Hope
have more prisoners.”
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is approaching and the far-sighted housewife
will this year above all others buy her require­
ments early.
We advise that you do not delay in buying all
of
the jars that you need as a traveling sales­
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man told us that only about ten per cent of the
glass factories in the United States are run­
ning. We have quite a generous supply on
hand and are selling Mason’s for—
Pints .................................
86c
Q u a r ts..............................
$1.0
G allons..................
'$1.26
Zinc Caps ...........................
30c
Yours Truly, *
y2
doxen
dozen
dozen
dozen
JOHNSON & COLLINS
Helen Ware
WITH
FIRST REPORT OF VICTORY
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I POPULAR SUVER COUPLE.
MARRIED LAST TUESDAY
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P hilip T hurston -and Miss Lulu
both of Silver, and well
known
young people in that
com m unity w here they have m any
friends, were m arried at the home of
the bride's father, Grove Peterson,
last Tuesday. Mrs. T hurston is a
g rad u ate of the State Normal and
been a very successful teacher in
the county.
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SISTERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW
YET ONE ASSAULTS OTHER
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A lbany--M rs. Bertha H ayes and
Mrs.
E tta B ayes are not only sisters,
f
but sisters-in-law , having m arried
9 brothers. Despite this double re­
I lationship w hen B ertha m et Etta
1 1 yesterday afternoon she struck her
| { and pulled her hair. Her dog helped
P | too for Bertha “sicked" him on and
g | he bit E tta several times.
5 ; W hen Bertha plead guilty to as-
w ! sault and battery, she said th a t Etta
nu ®f* had talked about her.
FORMAL OPENING OF
NEW BRIDGE JULY 30
Salem —-F'ormal opening of the
new bridge, across the W illam ette
here, connecting M arion and Polk
counties, has been set for July 80,
and elaborate plans are m ade for a
celebration. The Red Cross will get
all receipts.
Privilege of first crossing the
bridge in a vehicle will be auction
ed off. All w ho desire to w alk on
the bridge m u st purchase a flag
MARY
• MAKES HAY
(M onm outh H erald.)
Miss M ary Rice is doing her
share in helping win the war.
She is sfiending her vacation
w orking for Fred Huber and
has done the m owing, raked
the hay, run the hay baler, do­
ing an y th in g and everything
she can set her hands to in the
way of farm work.
AND
Thomas Santschi
NO ADVANCE IN PRICE
8:15 SHARP
ISIS
THEATRE
Sunday,
July 21
SATURDAY NIGHT’S “ B L U E B IR D ”
ELLA HALL in
‘‘A Mother’s Secret.”