INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL.6
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917
NO. 17
THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
This saving thing is going strong,
They've even grabbed the duck' bait,
The rations of the family cow
Are doled out under mandate;
And if there lives a counterpart
Of ancient Mother Hubbard,
The dog would die
Before she'd pry
The cover off the cupboard."
The verse above is no doubt true,
Keep up the good work brother,
But to his thought so well expressed,
We're going to add another;
Tho Jack Sprat could eat no fat
And his wife the lean meat neither,
And both do lick
The platter slick,
There is not much for either.
Sometimes Old Man Grunt is dissatisfied
And doesn't give a d ern,
"If I could trade the piano in," he says,
"I think I'd buy a ham;"
Then again, "If I had a hen
And the little hen was layiug,
I'd pack my grip
And take a trip,
Don't print what I am saying."
Sadie requests that all her beaux,
From Greenwood down to Suver,
Bring her spuds instead of chocolates,
She follows Mr. Hoover;
Christmas holidays approach once more
With their yuletide burly,
'It's up td you t
And you should do
All your shopping early.
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BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN
MBS. SFRATUY HOSTESS
The beautiful Yuletide was
gaily ushered in at the A. L.
Spratley home last Wednesday
afternoon when Mrs. Spratley
was a very charming hostess to
the members of her Literary
club. The reception rooms were
aglow with Christmas decora
tions and the entire house pre
sented the appearance of a veri
table Chris Kringle land. A
Christmas tree bearing a token
of remembrance for each guest
present added much merriment
to the event, for the eager faces
of the grown-ups to see what
Santa Claus had brought them,
was as interesting as if the
gathering had been composed of
children. Table appointments
were also made with suggestions
rddfodos to the merry season.
Mnday evening session until
Wednesday evening when they
enjoyed a Beaver dinner. Later
they went to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Conkey where
the genial hosts furnished a
splendid evening over the. whist
tables.
WEDNESDAY CLUB
The members of this club dis
pensed with their regular social
meeting last Wednesday after
noon and (fathered at the Red
Cross sewing rooms where they
spent the hours doing sewing
for charitable purposes.
NEEDLECRAFT
The Needlecrafters are busy as
the proverbial bee now, working
overtime putting the finishing
touches to their many dainty
Mrs. Spratley concluded the de- and useful articles which they
lightful event with a most ex- will offer at their bazaar Mon
quisite repast day afternoon. The workers
met with Miss Florence Barton.
OWLS PLAY Thursday afternoon Mrs. O. D.
On account of the Chautauqua, Butler was hostess to the Needle
the Owls postponed their regular craft.
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The above word tells the story
of how ' Independence came out
with the Chautauqua this week.
There is a deficiency of $80 which
will have to be paid by the fifty
or more citizens who signed the
guarantee. From the beginning.
the Chautauqua had a hard road
to travel. Many of those who
signed the guarantee were under
the impression that they had
only pledged themselves to buy
one or two tickets, that their
signatures had not been obtained
fairly and this made it impossible
to arouse any of what is called
che Chautauqua spirit in the
community. Then, one of the
financial managers, representing
the Ellison-White Co.. did not
add anything to the popularity
of the "cause" by the manner in
which he acted.
It will probably be some time
to come before Independence
has another Chautauqua or lec
ture course. Many of those who
have taken interest in such
events in the past, say they are
"cured" and will be entirely
"immune" to the persuasive
arguments of contract bearers in
the future.
As far as the program was
concerned, it was not entirely
satisfactory. The Orioles have
been here several times before
and the Hawaiians were dis
appointing. Instead of being
five men as advertised there
were three men and a woman.
Moron Olson was probably the
most popular of those appearing
and the Comus players were
acceptable. Both lectures were
good.
FERRY OUT
The ferry which has crossed
the river many thousands of
times may never cross ag;.in. It
broke loose last Saturday and is
now anchored down the river
about half a mile. The old and
decrepit tub may be fixed up and
used again temporarily until a
new boat can be secured. When
the ferry broke loose last Satur
day it was heavily loaded and it
was feared for a few moments
that the passengers, men, women
and children, teams and auto
mobiles, might be thrown into
the river. The boat, however,
righted itself and the voyage
down the river tho not enjoyed
was welcomed.
This week's Dallas Itemizer
says: "The Polk county court,
after an inspection of the boat,
condemned it as no loner safe
for service and took steps to se
cure another, inviting the Marion
county court to join them in the
transaction. Judge Bushev,
speaking for the Marion county
court, replied that since Polk
county had shown no disposition
to assist Marion county to build
a new bridge at Salem, they
would have nothing to do w ith
the ferry at Independence. But
in this Judge Bushey has over
looked a 6Utue passed by the
1009 session of the legislature,
requiring Polk and Marion coun
to maintain the ferry at Independence."
A lot of gfirls are now getting a business train
ing that will enable them to support husbands
after the war. DesMoines Register.
RED CROSS AT PARKER
An Auxiliary of the Red Cros-s
has been formed at Parker with
an enthusiastic membersnip. It
will be an Auxiliary of the Inde
pendence Branch. The officers
are Mrs. Jessie B. Walker, chair
man; Mrs. Peter Peterson, vice-
chairman; Mrs. Arthur E. Hor-
ton, secretary and treasurer.
Says Craven to Huff pae 3.
i Says Huff to Craven page 3.
CORN SHOW
Polk county's second annual
corn show will be held in Inde
pendence on December 21 and
22. Mrs. Winnie Braden, who is
director of the same, met a num
ber of business men Friday and
the preliminary arrangements
made.
for a starter, the one held last
year was a great success but this
year's event should be much
better. More corn was raised in
the county and tho dry weather
might have been somewhat detri
mental to its growth, the season
for maturing was good.
TO INVEST $1000
Postmaster II. S. Wood of In
dependence was in the city today
on rrofessional business. Mr.
Wood stated that the sale of
thrift stamps over in his city
started off with a jump. Five
minutes after he had opened his
office for business Monday morn
ing a prominent citizen of the
town wanted to purchase $1000
worth of stamps, , but as the I
limit is $100 for any one indi-1
vidual in any one day, Mr. Wood
siys his investor is now buying
$100 worth of stamps each day
until he has all of the $1000 in
vested. Salem Capital Journal.
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FOR SENATOR
According to ihe Salem Capital
Journal, I. K. Patterson of Eola
will be a Republican candidate
for state senator from the Polk
Benton district to succeed C. L.
Hawley wno will not be a candi
date afcain.
0RVILLE BUTLER REVIEWS OLD TIMES
WALKER RESIGNS
Dean Walker has resigned his
place on the Independence school
board because of his continuous
absence from the city. A special
school meeting will be called
soon to elect his successor.
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MARRIED
Cornelius Bukler and Martha
Aebi and Fred Aebi and Anna
Fleischman, well known young
people of the Airlie section,
were united in marriage last
week.
Says HufT to Craven page 3.
(rtvd Lock ley in Portland Journal)
While in Monmouth recently 1 spent
an hour or so with one of Polk county'
oldest residents, Orville Butler.
"I came to the Willamette valley.GS
yars Hgo," said Mr. Butler. "1 wi
born in Pike county, Illinois, in 1840.
In 1S49 my people decided to come to
Oregon. Just after we pasted St. Joe
we fell in with the government troops
and traveled with them elenr across
the plains. There were over 1500 men
and only three women. There were
my niothe r, her sitter, Roxey lngalls
Kaiser, and Mrs. Sarah lngalls. There
were only three children in the whole
train-my aelf, my btother Nehemiah,
who Wfcs seven years old, and my
brother Henry, five.
"Wo landed in Oregon City in the
full of 1S41. Father rented a log cabin
on 'what was then called Abernathy
green, on the bank of the river, in
Oregon City. My sister, Sarah Jane,
now Mrs. Luther Ground, who livee
here in Monmouth, was born that win
ter. "In the spring of 1850 father bought
out the store of Charles (lay in Port
land. We stayed in Portland until
ls52. In that year we moved to Eola,
in Polk county just across the river
from Salem. Hill liurand, who owned
the townsite, named the place Cincin
nati, but some of tho settlers there
thought it was too long a name to
meeting was called of the citizens to
select a shorter name. They picked
on "Eola."
"Father put up the first store at
Eola.
"Father took up a donation land
claim just north of Eola. I went to
school at Eola to Jane Scott, a sister
of Harvey W. Scott, Her name was
really Abigail Jane Scott, but after
she was married she always signed it
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway. Her
husband, Ben Duniway, crossed the
plaint with us.
"The book we set the moat store by
wat the blue-backed speller. I re
member one of the books had a picture
of Franklin sailing kite to catch the
lightning. We tat on rough planks
with pgs for legs. We did not have
any desks to put our books into, as the
children do nowadays.
"When I was about 1ft I went to
Monmouth to go to school to Jessie
Stump. Jessie Stump was one of the
best teachers I ever taw. I boarded
at Tom Lucas' house. The winter 1 1
went to Monmouth to school was the
first time I ever took girl to a party.
I can remember yet how I nearly had
heart failure when I asked alia Davis'
folks if she ceuld go with me. In those
days the beys and men wore high toota
and when they went to dance or
wanted to dress up they wore boota
with red or yellow tops. They did not
have any suspendert in those dsys.
Every young fellow had a broad sash
with tassels. When we went to a
dance we took along white socks and
pumps. My father was a clipper to
danee. I remember the first time he
broke me in to dance. He paid a 15
Heaver gold piece for my ticket; this
included supper. There was an aw
fully nice, gentle old girl named Julie
Chitwood. She must have been 22 or
2:!; I know the other gtrla called her an
old maid. She was the first one I ever
danced with.
"They did not dunce as ignorantly
then as they do now. They waltied
and had dances like that. I have noticed
the young folks dance nowadays and it
looks like a lot of turkeys hopping
around. There is no grace nor style
nor science to the way they dance.
'.'In those days everyone had acayuse
for his own riding horse, and an extra
one to take his girl to dances, singing
schools, literary societies, debating
slubs, spelling matches and barn rais
ings. I got hold of a dapple grey pony
and bought a side saddle and riding
habit. Every young fellow waa sup
posed to furnish the side saddle and
skirt for the girl who waa to ride. I
put en this aklrt and got on the side
addle and broke this pony for a girl to
ride. I had a lively time for few
minutes, and I felt pretty helpless in
the skirt. We used to take the girls
to dances at Lafayette and McMinn
ville. The girls would bring their
ball dresses in a carpet bag, for the
roads were something fierce ia those
days, and one eould not wear a good
dresa on the way to the dance.
"I suppose they have pretty girla
nowadays, but I never run across any
of them thai were as pretty as the
girls I used to know when I was aboat
20. I used to work all diy cradling
grain, and then go to a dance at La
fayette and dance all night. Jim
Cooper and i went !n together aid
bought one of Looper's reapers. It
beat a scythe and a cradle all hollow.
A man stood on the front of the ma-
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