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7 INDEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL. 5 INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1917 NO. 23 L THE RHYMING SUMMARIST A man went to the postoffice, His mouth it held a chew, He licked a stamp, it wouldn't stick, It seemed to lack the glue; He asked the boss to lick it too, So it would stay on good, And felt abused When refused, He thought that Homer Wood. Two girls stole a married man And went to the river here, Jumped into a boat the' found And got out in the clear; The oars were very heavy ones And the boat it wouldn't go, Then said one, "It weighs a ton, Let's make Harry Rowe." To wash and clean a mule one day, The man went into the shed, He came out thru the roof at once And neighbors thought him dead; They finally brought him to at last And told him not to worry, But he raised his head And this he said, "No mule named Maud Will Kurre." A belle a girl on rural one Went out to get her mail, She had nothing but a night gown on And it was rather trail; It shocked her mother very much, Her nerves were torn asunder, But the miss Just said this, "Why would Eddie Wunder?" BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN Informal affairs the week past have kept the social caler d ir from being a blank. However, following a short period of dull ness many smart functions ae being planned which will be hailed with delight. Early next month one of society's fairest maids will join the ranks of the wedded. The event will be a home function characterized by charming simplicity. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLUB. The members of the Wednes day Afternoon Club and a few additional guests gathered at the home of Mrs. J. G. Mcintosh on Wednesday of this week to par ticipate in the delightful in formal afternoon for which she was a most interesting hostess. During a short business session Mrs. Gillispie wa3 re-elocted president and Mrs. Cook was elected secretary to succeed Mrs. Paddock. Club members responded to roll call with clever quotations. A season of sewing and chatter followed the business session, the hostess rounding out the pleasant afternoon with an appetizing collation in which the club color, pink, was featured in the ices. Mrs. Merwin will be hostess for the next meeting. Besides the club members, Mrs. Mcintosh had as her guests, Mrs. Hunt from Cordova, Alaska, Miss Robertson from Seattle, Mrs. Pearl Hedges and Mrs. Claire Irvine. KILL KARE KLCB. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Craven assisted by Miss Eva Robertson, will er.tertain their whist club this evening, when a delightful time over the card tables is assured. CUE CLUB PLEASES. The Eugene Bible University Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. H. P. Filer, delighted the listeners at the opera house last Wednesday evening with a very versatile offering. Harold K. Humbert, first bass, was in especially fine voice for his selections. . Messrs. Burke J.nd Leavitt weie enthusiastically applauded in their humorous impersonations. TUPFER ON AGAIN i "PLAN" STOLEN Andy Tupper once more heads the Independence police depart ment by grace of the votes of five of the six councilmen at the regular meeting Wednesday night. W. E. Craven, elected to a place on the city council by a vote of the people in the recent unpleasantness, appeared and accepted the job. As Council man Fletcher was in his seat, the entire six were present and answered to roll call. VV. S. Kurre was re elected city treasurer over W. L Bice by a vote of 4 to 2. The following selections were made by acclama tion: Street commissioner, A. Oberson; health officer. Dr. 0. D. Butler; attorney, B. F. Swope; president of the council, W. II. Craven. AID FOR RIVER In the Rivers and Harbors ap propriation bill, recently passed by congress, $300,300 is given for the improvement of the Willamette river above Oregon City. Most of this money is used for the purpose of keeping the river, open from Harrisburg to Oregon City. It is much desired to have a four-foot stage of water in the river at all times, but government engineers state that to secure four feet of water at all times of the year, the river would have to be dammed and diked up and the channel con fined to such a narrow Btream that the river would be made eo swift that boats would not be able to make it above Inde pendence, FOLK'S MYSTERY The popular mystery of Polk county does not have to do with hidden gold r haunted houses or misBing murders, but it has to do with railroads. What ia the in fluence behind the Valley & Siletz railroad? Who is building it and what for? If, as some think, it is to be extended to Newport, it will give this par ticular section a shorter route to the ocean. Monmouth Herald. MRS. GOFF PASSES Mrs. Katherine Goff, wife of Sam Goff, died at her home in Independence, Friday, Jan. 12, aged 54 years, nine months and seventeen cays. She had been an invalid tor some lime, re sides her husband, she is sur vived by two daughters, Mrs. George Dickinson and Mrs. Wood, a brother and sister. Mrs. Goff was born in Benton county and since her marriage at the age of eighteen has re sided in Independence. The funeral services were held at the residence on Sunday, con ducted by Dr. H. C. Dunsmore, after which she was laid to rest in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. A friend, in speaking of the departed, said that "she was the most patient, lovable woman in this town". Tho physically dis abled and a sufferer for many months, she attempted at all times to be cheerful and happy and tried to be as easy as pos sible upon those who were obliged to care for her. Just as sure as there is a God in Heaven, she has found a haven where there is no suffering nor sorrow. Part of the plans of the pro posed Salem bridge was stolen out of a desk in the county court room sometime between Thurs day night and Saturday morning. The blue pJint was of no par ticular value to anyone unless somebody wished to secure some advance information for the pur pose of making" a bid for the work. SLAUGHTER TO FIGHT A. Slaughter told the conven tion of creamery men in Salem this week that butter and butter fat prices should not be con trolled by Portland manufac turers and he "did not believe in begging the Portland Ex change for a crumb". "After we find out what is rightly ours," he said, "we should tell them and if refused, to take steps necessary to get them." Mr. Slaughter is president of the organization. OREGON'S BONE DRY LAW MILLINERY BURNED "JACK" HOUSE DIES "Jack" House, who has been sick for a month, died at the Beaver Hotel last night, where he has been employed for a number of years. He ia survived by two ions and a daughter. "Jack" was a good natured fellow that everybody liked. The funeral will be held at the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. BELT WOULD HELP Judge Belt says that he hasn't enough work to do and would not object to another county be ing hitched onto his district. Such frank statements as this makes the judge many friends and puts him among the patriots to want to reduce the high cost of living in Oregon even if he has to do more work to accom plish it. GIRLS, HERE'S JULIA! Iiostoii. a. J ii i iu Mici'iird, pros perous funnel- of Horry, N. II., ia uo uble to find a w ife at Imine lipcause of his uildille iiuiue. ho tins come to MiiNsnelmscltH to look for one. Ite eently lie wan "IooUIiik thi-m over" In Holyoke. "I am twcnlyni'veu yours old, am making cood money uml wish to have 1 real home," lie wild to a reporter there. "If there Is a (,'lrl who in look ing for a inn n like me I would le Kld to have her write to tne." FARMERS MAY UNITE A number of farmers in this section are advoeating the or ganization of a non-partisan league in the interest of good government and economy in public affairs. Such an organization should be formed. THE BEST WAY As suggested by A. O. Yates in a letter published in the Moni tor last week, the best way to solve the bridge problem at Saletn is for Polk county people to do their trading in Polk county. McCALL ARRAIGNED M. II. McCall was arraigned in the criminal court of Multno mah county Monday, charged with murder in the aecond de gree. He will be given until next Monday to enter a plea and counsel was appointed for him. Its principal provisions makes it unlawful to "receive, import, possess, transport, deliver, manu facture, sell, give awav or burter" intoxicating liquors, save under certain drastic restrictions set forth in the voluminous act. Hospitals, public infirmaries, laboratories, medical colleges, licensed and practicing dentists, pharmacists, and wholesale druggists may handle ethyl alcohol under permits granted by the district attorneys of the re spective counties. Ethyl alcohol may be sold at retail only upon a licensed and practicing physi cian's prescription, and no per son is permitted to buy more than two quarts in any four suc cessive weeks. The ailment and the name and address of the patient must be included in the prescription. Doctors may pre scribe intoxicating liquors to their patients, but they are held liable, and the illegal prescribing can be construed as a sale. Vinegar unfermented wines and winee for sacramental pur poses may be made in the state, and the wholesalers who supply manufacturing concerns of flavoring extracts and similar commodities may continue to supply ethyl alcohol, but under the same restrictions that exist in the original bill. Ethel al cohol may also be sold under certain restrictions for mechanic al and scientific purposes. It will be unlawful for a per son to become intoxicated on any highway, street or public place or in the person's own home or the home of friends, which sounds the death knell for so many of the partiei which have been highly popular since the state went dry. The pro vision carries with it a penalty of a fine of not less than $10 and not more than'$100 and a jail sentence of not more than 60 days. The measure carries the emergency clause aud will be in full force and, effect about Feb. 1. MR. BASCUE IS 72 j Editor Monitor: On Jan. 13, several members of General Gibson Post G. A. 11. wilh the members of the Woman's Helief Corps gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles liascue to help him celebrate his 72nd birthday and spent a pleasant afternoon in social intercourse. During the afternoon the hostess served a splendid luncheon and all present expressed the hope that Mr. Bascue live to see many happy returns of the day. E. INDEPENDENCE When God from heav'n looked down on earth, To find a home for men, Where happiness and peace and joy Should be their lot, 'twas then That away from the city's crowded mart. And far from desert's plain, He found a a,uiet, peaceful spot, And gave the name of Inde pendence, Around on valleys and sloping hills Lies fertile soil in fields. Which at the farmers' skillful touch, Abundant harvest yields. Since no one needs tofiuffer want, And none need go a?tray, Then we'll stand true, to dear old Independence And her ideals, alway. -XYZ. WHAT HURTS OREGON The following letter from A. O, Yates was published in Wednes day's Portland Journal: "It is just such advertising stunts as the Portland Ad Club resorts to such aa that 'hot weather march' of about year ago, and the 'ship picture' of Portland's harbor spoken of in the Independence Monitor of January 12-that hurt Oregon. It is something like the grain yields published some years ago and which reached Minnesota, that 60 bushels to the acre was a common yield, and whieh caused a number from that state to sell out and purchase here, only to find that they had been badly fooled. Dees the Portland Ad Club think it is a benefit to this state? If it would confine itself to facts and busy itself with increasing the payrolls by legitimate advertising, it would would redound to its fame as be ing a benefit to our 'beautiful state'. "And now the latest schemeof the Portlanders is to run a tax on their people to keep up the Rose Fiestas, by which only Portland is the gainer. If she would in terest herself and her wealth in manufactures, it would benefit the people all over this coast, l ook at the millions going out evtry year for things that should bfe mada here. We have almost everything that grows above and below the soil for those purposes. But, instead, the raw material goes out and the manufactured article comes back, at perhaps over 100 per cent. cost more to the consumer." STEEL BRIDGE At a meeting of the county courts of Polk and Marion yes- Fire broke out in the millinery parlor of Mrs. Alpha Bascue last auiuraay mgni anu wime u w . j;jj i.;ij j soon extinguished, a large per-1 'l u ucu tionofthe stock was damaged, j steel bridge and place it on tne I It was insured. I site ef the old structure. "BILL" FOUND SOME VERY SMART MICE A snake story published in the Monitor last week aroused another fellow, whom we will call Bill, to come in with another story. T his time it is a mice story. Hill says that he set a trap to catch some mice but they didn't catch; so he sat up one night to find out the reason and he found out. The mice would run up to the trap, read the words, "mouse trap" printed on it, squeal and go away. Bill told Willard Craven about it and Willard said he would fix it and sent away and got a German trap. That night the (Coi.tinurd on page 4)