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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1921)
m Fatigue 4 Menace to Progress In every line of human endeavor it’a the same atory —the pace is getting swifter — cempatition fiercer. To conquer one must not only have the brains, in itiative and viaion but .the energy and endurance to “ put it over," at wall. Fatigue is a merciless handicap. According to Dr. Harrington of th i Mas sachusetts Industrial Bureau, “ fatigue c a s e s os more quickly from eye strain than from any amount of muscular work.” Most of ua— 70 per cent—sutler from eye strain—unknowingly. Know—don't “ guess” where you stand. Consult us. Mr. and Mrs. O, L. Foster Fourthed in Alb ny. J. L. B1JSICK Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kreamer were joined here Sunday morn ing by Mrs. Harvey Douglas of Canby. The party motored to Eugene to visit Mrs. Richardson, the mother of Mrs. Kreamer and Mrs Douglas. Salem Albany 2 Stores The regular monthly service at Calvary Presbyterian church n xt Sunday morning, July 10, at 11 o’clock, with preac .ing by the pastor, t r. H. Chas. Duns- more. A cordial invitation isj extended to ail. % W e sell only the well known brands of groceries at prices that defy competition. Call or write the neatest store. Send name and address for price list. Read our ads. Get the habit of saving. PUTTING MORE MILK Postmaster Wood is in receipt IN FOOD OF FAMILY of the following letter: Post Office Dept., Washington, Numerous Dishes Are Enumer SALEM, OREGON D. C. — Postmaster, Independ ated by Home Specialists. Oregon’s Largest, Most Modern, ence: in view of the findings of Best Equipped Exclusive Optical Establishment ' the inspector who recently made Milk Toast, Cream Soups, Creamed Fish and Scalloped an investigation at your office, it Vegetables, Dishes Are Favored— Recipe has been- decided to authorize for W hite Sauce. the establishment of village de-) Milk tonst, cream soups, creamed livery service with one carrier, vegetables, cream ed fish aud scalloped are all good ways of putting when advised by you that houses dishes more milk Into the dully food of the have been propel ly numbered family, say home economics specialists the United States Departm ent of and suitable private mail re In Agriculture. The milk for all of these Is thickened Into a sauce, thick or thin. ceptacles secured by the prospec Mr, and Mrs, Eph Young h tve To make the sauces, melt the fat, Hubert Work, stir In the flour, add the milk gradu returned from a sojourn at Wil- tive patrons. and cook until thickened, stirring First Assistant ally, j.oit Springs. constantly unless a double holler Is N. B. Get your boxes ready. used. All m easurem ents are level In these recipes. Thin W hite Sauce. USED “CANNED” SPEECH. Sam McRlmurry and "ife and 1 cup milk Vi teaspoon salt son, Henry, celebrated at Al Lady Edmund Talbot, wife of the 1 t tablespoon flour V teaspoon pepper tablespoon fat bany. lord lieutenant of Ireland, probably Medium W hite Sauce. SHORT STORIES OE TOWN AND COUNTRY Miss Madeleine Kreamer passed the Fourth in Salem. Mrs. Frank Miller left Mon day for Denver, Colo., where she will visit an aunt, Mrs. Miller. WAY TO FOLISH SILVERW ARE A fter Soaking in Sour Milk W ash In W arm W ater to Which Ammonia Has Been Added. It Is not necessary to ruh all morn ing polishing the silverware. Next tim e soak ll for three hours or longer In u pan of sour milk. Wash in warm w ater to which a small am ount of am monia has been added, and polish with a clean chamois cloth. Shining sliver makes the dinner table look doubly attractive. SOLE OF SHOES WATERPROOF Place in Melted Mixture of Eight Ounces of Vaseline and One Ounce of Beeswax. You can save leather and make your shoe soles fairly waterproof by plac ing the soles for 15 minutes in a melt ed m ixture of eight ounces of vaseline and one ounce of beeswax. The mix ture should not he hotter than can be borne by the hand. WAY TO HEM STRAIGHT EDGES Run Corners Together W ith Needle and Thread Before Putting is the only woman who has ever 1 cup milk H teaspoon salt Goods in Hemmer. flour teaspoon pepper used a talking machine in elec 2 2 tablespoons tablespoons fat tioneering. When Lord Edmund W hen you have a num ber of straight Thick W hite Sauce. was a candidate for parliament some edges to hem—towels aud like—run teaspoon salt milk corners together with needle aud years ago, he fell ill and was unable :up :ablrspoons flour H teaspoon pepper tin' thread before putting ihe goods In the to meet his speaking engagements. tablespoons fat This will make a continuous He delieverd an address into a For milk toast and w ith vegetables hemmer. heiu and avoid the trouble usuully ex gramophone, which Lady Edmund, te the thin snuce. For scalloped or perienced In starting the hem neatly. who was touring the Chichester con earned vegetable and meat dishes use sauce. The chief use for stituency for him, took upon the e e medium sauce is as a binding ma- platform and operated, so that his j rlal thick in croquettes and loaves. Mr. and Mrs Claude Hubbard of Portland were ene for the Fourth. Together with tne J. E. Hubbards and their guest. speech was made in his absence. Mrs. Minnie Johnson of San FLAW IN EINSTEIN'S THEORY. Francisco, the parly celebrated Einstein’s theory that space may “ blackberryi .g”. not be of infinite extent seems to have obtained indorsement by many eminent physicists. Nevertheless it would appear that, if this idea be accepted, the cosmos is not to be re garded as alarmingly shrank. For Einstein's own opinion is that a rav of light traveling 186,000 miles a second would require 100,000,000 years to make a complete circuit of its outer limits. — Philadelphia Ledger. BALANCED RATIONS FOR MAN > p Of INTEREST TO §l/¡ THE HOUSEWIFE Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grain», Always remove stains before wash Milk, Eggs, Butter and Nuts Are ing. as soap Axes hem. Most Healthful. • • • A pinch of sugar a little vin How many hum an beings eat bal egar will m ake the or stove polish anced rations? The best foods for stay on. health and strength are fruits, vege • • • table». whole grains, milk, eggs, but A salad m ade with chopped cahb«ge. ter and nut», with meat liy moderation. ¿rated raw carrots and chopped pea Heavy m eat eating, artificial sugars, white flour, ¡tollshed rice, peeled i>"tu- nuts is delicious.* * * toes—these are said to create acidosis An asparagus stalk is edible only as which is the forerunner of many terl- far down the stem a* It will snap eas ous diseases. ily between the hands. CLUB GIRL’S WORK RESULTS IN BUILDING NEW HOME FOR FAMILY Father—“Where did you get this delight ful, juicy roast, mother? It's just right and ‘the taste lingers longer.’ Mother—“When you buy a roast, if you want another like this, go to the City Phone 611 NOW IS THE TIME TO GET OUT YOUR HOP SPRAYERS And let us go over them so they will be in shape to kill the bugs at the right time. OUR SERVICE TO YOU INCLUDES Expert Machine Work of all Kinds Auto, Truck and Traetor Overhauling Sunoco Motor Oil The Oil that Is different Sound Tires Sound all around Michelin Famoua ring-shaped red Inner Tubea T o w i n g —D a y o r I N ig h t Yours for Service H a lla d a y & J u s t in M o to r C a r R e p a irin g INDEPENDENCE, OREGON | FARMS AND ACRRAOE WANTED Tell The Post. For real service and results Hat your property with us. W e have six salesmen with machines. We inspect and photograph your prop erty and advertise extensively, and a have a demand for property a t all times. Fred W. German Co., 732 near Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Port 4-3 land, Oregon. “WORST IS YET TO COME.» The Montana man who decline« to pay his bachelor tax on the ground that he has not found spinster who will have him is likely to receive a lot of letters in the future.—Boston Transcript. Thousands will go Back East this summer because of the Low Round-Trip Fares offered by the big cross-continent railroad Union Pacific System M e a t Market GUS MILLER Woodburn South 1st St. Retailers at Wholesale Prices 2 0 4 to 211 Bank of Commerce Bldg. Miss Dorothy Fitchard has re turned from Eugene where she has been attending Oregon U. • SONS West 1st St. MORRIS Carrier Delivery Awaits Optical Co. Putting Up Mail Boxes Eyesight Specialists & Serving the transportation needs of the Great Pacific Northwest Main Street and giving through service via the popular direct routea to Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago on these two strictly first class trains. The Independence National Bank Established 1889 AN ACCOUNT in a commercial bank is the most convenient aid to modern business. It systema tizes payments, is a check on all expenditures and shows you just where you stand each month. Open one with us today. It will pay you to do so. Officers and Directors H. Hirschberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin, V. P. Ira D. Mix, Cashier W. H. Walker D. W. Sears O. D. Butler I Home Demonstration Agent As'-istln* Gir!»' Club Members in th o .n tion of a Garden Spot. (P rep ared by the United S ta te s D epart Irene learned from her Huh leader m en t of A g riculture.! how to finish floors and woodwork and Three years ago Irene d arn er of to paper a wall. Then she and Madison county, Ala.. Joined a girls how small brother put the lessons Into car Idling and cunning club. Each a practice, Hie whole Interior of the year siqye she has cleared a good house was ami finished by their efforts. profit on her work. She gave this to Her own room she furnished with a her parents on condition that the' build themselves a new home as soon quaint old suite of furniture which as possible. The time before they do she made over. The rag rug on the elded on the step seemed long to the floor she made herself as well as the little Huh girl, but meanwhile she curtains at the window. Little money kept Industriously at the Huh work was expended, hut much taste and In are! followed her leader's Instructions genuity were put Into the room. Besides being an expert gardener ?oon the result« of her efforts be came apparent In the home. Then and oanner. Mils Madison county girl she persuaded her father to rake up can em broider and sew, can cook nice newer lines of development on his ly. and kerve a properly balanced farm. Hnd last year he hull! the mod meal. Lust hut not leaat. she finds eru. attractive country home which time to lie a leader of her community In all social affair*. had been promised her. “Oregon-Washington Umitod” and “Continental Limitad" Tickets on Sale Daily Until and including August 15th. Return limit *0 days, but not later than October 31at. CHICAGO . . S110.05 DENVER . . 80.65 KANSAS CITT 90.85 MEMPHIS . MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA . S114.85 90.85 90.85 P'JEBLO ST. PAUL ST. LOUIS 580.15 90.85 104.15 8 per cent War Tax to Be Added Proportionate reductions to many points East. Stop-overs at pleasure. Side trips may be arranged for Yellowstone, Zion and Rocky Mountain National Parks. For complete detail» as to routing», train schedules, side trips, sleeping car rales and reservations, and other travel information desired, address J. H. O NEILL, Traveling Passenger Agent, Wm. McMUlRAY, General Passenger Agent, Port lend, Oregon.