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1 ,'0 '' J. O f) INDEPEND MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS' VOL.5 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1916 NO. 16 ENCE THE RHYMING SUMMARIST The corn exhibition is quite a show With great big stalks suspending Over men and women of the farm And other folks attending; A city chap from Dallas town Was in among the pushes. And said he, "Please tell me Does corn grow on them bushes?" A little woman runs the show, To which the folks are going, She makes the wheels go 'round And has a knack of kuowing; When a grower wants to learn Why his corn is fadin Some one will say, "You can today Learn lots from Winnie Braden." Election time is around once more, But as Mike Goetz tells .the story, "The winners get the cussing And the losers get the glory;" In the affairs of city rule, There is much strife and flurry, If Craven, Sloper, Mix, Are not your picks, Hurrah for Peter Kurre. Yesterday was-Thanksgiving time With the weather rather murky, But the poor man had his chicken baked And the rich man dined on turkey; Of course, not many missed the feast, From the eats restraining, But I'd be glad If I had - For gee my stomach's paining. PREMIUM LIST OF THE INDEPENDENCE CORN SHOW DECEMBER 1-2, 1916 YELLOW DENT 100 ear lots 1st, premium $1.50; 2nd, $1.00; 3rd, .75 10 ear lots 1st, premium $1.00; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 1 ear lots 1st, premium .50; 2nd, .35; 3rd, .25 WHITE DENT 100 ear lots 1st, premium 11.50; 2nd, $1.00; 3rd, .75 10 ear lots 1st, premium $1.00; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 1 ear lots 1st, premium .50; 2nd, .85; 3rd, .25 RED AND MIXED DENT 100 ear lots 1st, premium $1.00; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .50 10 ear lots f 1st, premium .75; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 1 ear lots 1st, premium .50; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 POP CORN 12 ear lots 1st, premium .75; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 SWEET CORN 12 ear lots 1st, premium .75; 2nd, .50; 3rd, .25 & A FALSE ALARM & 9 T ? 9 SIU GEOH'lE HEID. M. P., Is a very lls 'n. wel;:liliii considerably over Sx) pounds. One day, In his cnpa'-lty of hiyli coiiimissloner for Au.-trnlla. he wax vtsi! in-one of the commonwealth cruisers In Sydney harbor, mid after din ner her commander, an unusually small nimi. HiiueHted that Fir George should sleep on hoard and tli.mislst fully surren dered his own cabin for the night his dtstins-iiislied guest. Next morning at the early hour when the captain usually rose the latters sailor servant, who knew nothing of the ar rangement, brought a cup of coffee to the cabin door awl nocked once or twi.-e without re elving an answer. Some what Alarmed, the servant p-pfod In hN head and asked: "Ion't you want y our coffee this morning, sir?'' The only reply was in the nature of a growl, and the ter rified sailor lieheld a gigantic figure turning; over under the bedclothes Hipping the cup of poftVe, the faithful servant rushed to the ship's surgeon, exclaiming: Tor heaven's sake, sir, come to the captain at once! He's siiee- hless aud swollen to ten time hi natural lie:" London Mall. O iti Fair Warning THE CORN SHOW The first Polk county corn show opened in Independence this morning under very favor able circumstances with every assurance of its success. The exhibit is found in the large store building on C street next to the Monitor building, The show closes tomorrow night. The entire interior of the building is appropriately decor ated, the corn being placed on tables about the room. Mrs. Winnie Breden is in charge and has devoted many hours to the cause and purpose of the exhi bition which is to demonstrate that it is not only possible but profitable to raise corn in the Willamette Valley. For a farm er, the raising of hogs is one of his best financial assets and if he can raise the corn to feed the hogs he has solved the feed problem. Corn as a flesh pro ducer and builder for both hogs and cattle has no equal. The prosperity of the farmers of Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas is due mainly to the profits of live stock raising and the fact that they can raise the best feed both in the grain and stalk. Professors J. H. Larson and G. R. Hyslop of the O. A. C. and L. J. Chapin, Marion County Agriculturist, all expert corn men, are in attendance and are ready to explain anything about corn desired and to answer all questions pertaining to seed, planting, culthation and har vesting. In fact, that's what they are here for. They will also judge the corn on exhibition and award the prizes given by the Independence business men. No farmer should miss this exhibiton. Today and tomorrow only. Miss Eva Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Collins, and John Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson, were united in marriage by Pastor F. C. Stephens Tuesday afternoon in the presence of a score of rela tives and close friends. They will make their home in Cor vallis. Ihis young couple "grew up" in Independence and are well and favorably known to the en tire community. Mrs. Nelson gave many months of accomo dating service in the telephone office and John proved himself a very polite salesman of meat in his father's shop. The Monitor joins with all in wishing teem a happy and successful voyage over the rough sea of life. On the same day that John was married his brother, Walter L., became a benedict, the bride being Miss Bertha Stapleton, a very charming young lady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Stapleton, a prominent and well known family living south of The folio win erigram wn rrjtiatel by that brilliant Knginh wit J. K. StI ...en Un th ctlebrated I'rofewr (w.ir Hruwning. who a unitt Inclined to corpulency: O. B-. oh, be oWiieM To nature m'ern 4wTf . For. though ou be l.ut o.'.e O. B., You may be too otfc Independence, performed at church, R.tv. officiating. Mr. Nelson were raised here their friends are many The service was the Catholic Father Forget and Mrs. Walter and who THE CANDIDATES ; hasten to congratulate them and wish them all the blessings of j life. They will make their home in Albany. j Do your Christmas shopping early and profit thereby. For Mayor: M. Merwin .A. C. Moore For Recorder: J. G. Mcintosh B. F. Swope For Couneilmen: W. B. Barnett W. E. Craven Peter Kurre M. W. Mix G. N. Sloper ; Above is the candidates to be voted upon in the Independence city election which occurs next Monday, Dec. 4th. M. W. Mix is on both tickets. Throe coun cilinen are to be elected. Much excitement has been raised in the last few days. Two of the candidates have a statement appearing elsewhere in this Monitor. - - i. T C, SOLD ' T. J. Mahoney, of Heppner, president of the Heppner Loan and Trust Co. and cashier of the First National Bank of the same city, has purchased the interest of C. F. Cosper in the Inde pendence Telephone Co., con sisting of the Independence and Monmouth exchanges, and is now in possession. The transfer was made last week. Alfred Spratley of Portland will become the resident man ager. He will arrive the first of the week. Mr. Mahoney will not become a resident of Inde pendence. Mr. Cosper and family, after Dec. 15, will spend a short vaca tion in California after which he will invest in the telephone busi ness elsewhere. The departure of the Cospers will be greatly regretted "a they have a large circle of friends here and have been prominent in social, club and city affairs. THOUSANDS OF VOTES CAST Nearly ten thousand votes were cast in the Popular Girl Contest. Alice Nelson still leads but is closely pressed by Cressie Bramberg, who made the great est gain in one week so far in the contest. Beulah Howard also made a splendid showing. Only eleven more days of the contest which ends on Dec. 11. Next week's Monitor will give full particulars regarding the closing. Be Bure and read it so there will be no misunderstand ing. As next week will be the last week in wh'ch the standing can be published, it is greatly to the interest of all the candidates to have as many votes in the box by Thursday noon as possible. Votes are on sale at the Moni tor office and Uowe's Jewelry Store at the following prices: 100 votes for 10c. 250 votes for 25c. 500 votes for 50c. 1100 votes for $1.00. Official standing today. Alice Nelson 7900 Crissie Drarnberg 7150 Beulah Howard 4150 Eileen Hewitt 3275 Lela Plessenger C50 Dolly Dearing 525 DIED Helen Taylor, aged four months, died at the home of her parents on Sixth street last Friday. Pastor F. C. Stephens conducted the funeral services at the home on the following Sunday. Keep your Christmas money at home and it will come back to you. CHRISTMAS AND MONITOR ADVERTISERS The Christmas season is again with us, and as in the two years past, the Monitor will be the medium thru which the live merchants of Inde pendence will ask for a share, if not all, of your holiday patronage. Commencing next week, this paper will be well filled with Christmas adver tising and we are quite sure that after reading it from "cover to cover" you will be able to solve the problem of what to get for "himM or "her." BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN Some hae meat and carina eat, And gome would eat that want it; But we hae meat and we ran eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. Robert Hurna. This has truly been a homecoming-week. Those at home were busy making preparations for the absent ones who would gather around the parental hearth to spend the great holiday. There were plenty of "roasts" and plenty of "toasts". While some find it easier to make a roast than a toast, there were willing ones to serve in each capacity. While in the height of Thanks giving pleasures, not one of us failed to recall the sad plight of the homeless Belgians, the starv ing Austriani, and the hungry Germans and a cloak of sadness seemed cast over the otherwise spontaneous joy. The largest and most note worthy event was the Thanks giving stepping party given by the MissesLavilla Cooper, Vivian Whiteaker, Gladys Lindley, Florence Gebo, Beryl Hobinson and Ora Fenton. C. I. L. Owing to a considerable down pour, the Civic club was not so largely attended last Tuesday as the other meetings of the season. The routine business was carried out. A special meeting was announced for next Tuesday as some adjustments need to be made In the corps of officers thru the resignation of Miss Cosper who will leave poon for California. In the event that Mrs. O. D. Butler, first vice president, docs not wish to occu py the prubiJtiit's chair, a new president will be elected. Mem bers are requested to be present at this meeting. of Straus, Waldtenfel, Kubelick and other composers while Miss Emma Ilenkle served the ex quisite five course dinner. DELIGHTFUL DANCI. Dancing devotees are all agog over the elaborate dancing party given at the opera house last Wednesday night by the Misses Lavilla Cooper, Vivian Whit eaker, Gladys Lindley, Florence Gebo, Beryl Robinson and Ora Fenton. Artistic hands had converted the hall into a veritable Japanese fairy gardee. The walls were heavily screened with dainty cherry blossoms, and myriads of Japanese lanterns peeped cun ningly from the branches. Fir boughs, palms and tall standards of ferns were banked on the stage where the guests of hoeor were seated. All over the spacious hall, there was a flutter of latendar butterflies, purple, pink, white, green and yellow butterflies, seeking a sip from the fragrant cherry blossoms. Thruout the evening the flying butterflies overhead kept apace with the dancing butterflies in their fluffy pastel shaded frocks guided by their handsome beaux beneath, the whole creating so beautiful a scene the memory will linger long and pleasantly. Each dance was thoroughly enjoyed by the one hundred and twenty-five participants, who gave the orchestra many in novations. The revelers were refreshened thruout the hours with delicious fruit punch und dainty wafers. In the gathering of merry guents there was a large repre sentation from Dallas, Falls City, Salem, Corvallis, Albaey and Portland. Congratulations poured like an Oregon rain on the fair hostesses for the beautiful event. RECEPTION FOR MRS. CACTMER. A most enjoyable event in clul) circles wa.s the informal re ception riven at the handsome K. C Eldridge home last Satur day afternoon by the members JOYOUS HEP AST. Delightful in every detail was the elaborate C o'clock dinner presided over by Mrs. Ilattie Hankie assisted by her daughter, Miss Emma, on Thanksgiving eve' The long festal board was appointed with handsome eilver, ! of the Civic League for Mrs. hand painted china and sparkling! Carrier, president of Oregon's cut glass. An art basket with a fluffy, yellow tulle bow, and bearing the season's chokeit fruits, centered the table. Yel low baskets of mints favored the guests while saucy turkey gob-; biers perched on a high fence marked places for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker, Mr. and Mr. Abe Nelson, Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Butler, Dr. H. C. Dunsmore, Uoss Nelson, C. IUnkle, and Mrs. Hattie Her.kle. A cabinet Victrola discoursed the melodies Fed. rated Clubs. Mr. Ca.itner is thoroughly in formed on not only conditions Gf hUle clubs but on national club dom in the most minute phases. She spoke interestingly concern ing club work and gave a graphic description of personal experi ences at the 19th biennial con vention in New York city. Mrs. M. Merwin anJ Mrs- J. E. Hub Lard agisted Mrs. Eldridge in (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6)