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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1918)
“I’d Rather Sell My Piano than My MAYTAG’’ Mrs. A. J. Spong of Salem is the OVER T HE S U N S E T guest of her sister, Mrs. A. C. ROUTE TO TEXAS Moore. — X— (Continued from Page 1 Mae Mursh is coming back again anil will visit Independence at the at El Paso and below the boundnry Isis next week. line between Mexico und the United —x— States, into the city of F.1 Special for Red Cross Knitters— Paso and we I came immediately got off the Steel Knitting Needles per set of 5 train and planted my feet on Texas for only 20 cents. Cull on Craven & soil again. I went running around Huff. in the station to get some post —x— cards and lingered so long I came Miss June Seeley, instructor in near getting One of the party the O. A. C., was a week-end vis who wanted left. to jolly me about the itor at the home of her parents. size of my native state said, "You —x— think because you are across the Mrs. O. A. Kreamer returned Mon border you are at home, but you Endorsem ent Says a woman who knows. day from Springfield where she had are only about half way now.” El --------------------- -41 -------- 1 been visiting relatives for some Paso is wide-awake and progres You can buy the new Maytag for $5 down and $1 time. sive. Large smelters, cement mills a week. —x— and factories are located there. It thought of that new is the largest city on our southern who bring their friends here to buy shoes is a suit Have for you yourself or son for Easter frontier and is the door into Mex significant endorsement that is worthy of com wear? Come in while it is on your ico. It handles a large portion of mind. Let us show you good wool our Mexican trade three fourths of ment. We are winning new customers every ens at extremely low prices, at the cattle imported into the U. S. day simply by pleasing our old ones. CONKEY & WALKERS. came through 'this gateway. An, —x— extreme contrast to this progres J. G. McIntosh will install a gaso sive city is Juarez, Mexico, which line service tank at his busy Bung is on t he opposite of the Rio alow store. Grande. It is a typical Mexican —x— Come in and see the Maytag take all the work out of town, full of stupidity and adobe Willis Rickman was in Independ torical missions. There is an inter the wash day and make it onelong play day. The gaso ence yesterday. Ho is a member of esting old mission church still line motor which works just as successfully as an electric the ship building crew at St. standing which was built more than one is under the machine and runs both the washer and three hundred years ago. The next the wringer. Come in and let us demonstrate the Maytag ioned of the best materials. The many little Johns. —x— of interest is Fort Hancock. quality features that distinguish the really well Mrs. M. P. Leitch was a passen place Plainly visible from the station is to you. Saturday morning to Aberdeen, near the banks of the Rio Grande. made shoes from the ordinary kind will be ger Wash., she will make an ex It seemed that all of Uncle Sam’s found throughout our line of men’s, women’s tended where visit, leaving M. P. to get boys were collected at that one post, and children’s shoes. along somehow. there were so many. Paisons, — x— Texas, is the summit of the Sun- The home of the Post is located Set Route. It has an altitude of him a message to meet me. I had dence day and it came this y e a r, on Main street just north of the Isis .5,082 feet. At Marfa there are many a delightful visit with them until with stronger than ordinary ap theatre. Owing to a possible con hot springs and steam can be seen I developed a “grip German" that peal for the patriotic citizen. The fusion with Homer Wood’s post- escaping from the ground in many had been thoughtful enough to grandsons of the women who office up the street, the Post office places. All through the tableland make friends with me on the Pull great drove lumbering wagons on will be called the Post building. region of Texas, everything was un man. You know that's a favorite ahead their of Sam Houston’s army as usually dry. Grazing is the great lurking place of theirs. I thought it “retreated to victory" —x— aveng industry in this region. Besides the Sunny South was quite a joke ing not only the women were and Miss Hazel Seeley, who is teach Buy your rakes and hoes from ing near Seattle, arrived home Sat cattle, the ranchers raise thousands when I reached there, for that was ren of stricken Belgium, but child strik Craven & Huff. of sheep and goats. ThePecos rtv- the first ice I had seen this winter ing a blow for which their hearts urday night and will remain a few —x— er is a beautiful stream and is manufactured ice. To add and muscles are steeleu by the suf Dr. H. C. Dunsmore is visiting days visiting relatives and friends. spanned by one of the notable rail except Miss Pearl Smith was home over with to this pleasure (?) of the temper ferings qf their own great-grand —x— his daughter, Mrs. O. A. Macy, way bridges of the world. This ature they were having a heatless mothers. Sunday. at Salem. Eston Bevens has moved from Bu bridge is 2,184 feet long and its —x— to relieve coal shortage. Hous My time is so full of people and ena Vista to his farm on American height is 321 feet above the river day Have you seen those new silk Ladies, have —x— ton has railroad lines everything, I hope everybody I husband and Bottom. By purchasing a piece of bed. Del Rio and Eagle Pass are im converging seventeen sweaters at CONKEY & WALKER’S. son drop in and your there, which it promised to write to will see this get one of those land adjoining his farm, he will portant commercial gateways into the greatest railroad center makes —x— between consider that it is a personal style hats or caps for Easter, have more work to do this summer. old Mexico. United States Cus San Francisco and New Orleans. and Phone the news to Main 622. at new CONKEY Ieter them. Will tell you later & WALKER’S. —x— toms and immigration departments The city is connected with the sea about for That's the Post. some bard-tack and beans Miss Dollie Dearing, a very clev are located at Eagle Pass. Across port of Galveston by a ship canal. one of the soldiers —x— —x— me. The Smith and Clyde Hill are er young lady who resided in Inde the river is the interesting city of There are army camps and avia h. t. I didn't care for gave The National Mazda Electric at Frank but the Placer, Oregon, doing develon pendence for some time and who Piedras Negras, Mexico. At Noalde, tion fields near the city and the were great. Hope you’re beans lamps can be had at Craven & doing inent work on their mining claims. is now attending school in Port bee farming is an interesting in ship canal now mukes Houston beautifully and having everything Huff's. land, wns an over Sunday guest of —x— dustry and another is the raising —x— seem larger than 175,000. Airships good to eat that Hoover does not 0. A. Macy was over from Salem As a leader this week we have her friends, the Baldwin sisters. of Angora goats. It is the center can be seen flying any time from put a ban on. —x— of a wide area of grazing and farm Camp Logan to the Ellington Saturday and stood around on the reduced the price of one of our best Dr. O. D. Butler VIRGINIA SOUTHERN made a tour of ing territory. We got into dear old fi dds. A visit to the Ellington is Ranges $16.50, a chance for you streets just long enough to greet inspection last Sunday over the San Antonio about 8 a. m.. His to save money. Moore & Walker. fifty of his friends. did not look natural for the DAVID ASHPAUGH, BENTON Valley & Siletz railroad. As a health torical associations make San An really —x— —x— beautiful palms and the magnifi- COUNTY PIONEER DIES he looked over sanitary con- tonio doubly interesting. In Con grounds which Mrs. I. Govro has greatly improv We have the famous Hoosier officer have been so en- i lions ii. all the cities on the new ors of a city with 150,000 hustling Kitchen Cabinets, five styles to ed the looks of her home by having and which usually remain green Corvallis, Ore.—David Ashpaugh, .till )nd. inhabitants, many of the old-time all choose from. Moore & Walker. it painted. were not so pretty because Benton county pioneer, died at his —x— adobes are still standing, remin the year —x— —x— South’s severe winter had com home here at the age of 90. He Lew Stapleton was in town Sat iscent of the days when San An pletely killed W. M. Huff anil family are now Ralph Duvall, wife and two chil urday. While came to this part of Oregon in 1852 A few months back his was tonio was the capital of the Span in Houston my everything. comfortably and conveniently lo dren arrived in Independence Satur no extra-ordinary sister's nigger but re- ish province of Texas. In the fa er regretted very much that I help cated in the Moore residence on II day night on a few day's furlougi.. •cntly it is worthy event; had in a covered wagon. of mention for mous Alamo, in the heart of the city stret. Ralph is one of Uncle Sam's boys Lew is now living at Albany. The an interpid band of 182 Texans a cold. She said, “Honey, it sho Dr. R. E. Duganne, Dentist, Inde is too bad you aint able to git out —x— and is now stationed at Vancouver. boys are running the farm and the withstood the attack of 5000 Mex an’ George Heck, between showers sec somethin'.” My friends pendence National Bank Building. “old m an” and his good wife are icans in March, 1836. When after considered this winter, has grubbed one and Miss Madalino —x— it quite a joke on me. Rawlings, teach taking it easy in town. eleven days the Alamo came to its I left Houston a half acres. Dallas the follow Sloper Bros. & Cockle are giv er of domestic science, in the Al —x— fall not one of the defenders re ing Wednesday for morning. trip ing every woman in this section an —x— bany schools, was visiting friends Monmouth Herald: Fred Huber mained to tell of the siege. “Re over the If. & T. C. was The very in opportunity to make wash day a The city counci I has been re here Miss Rawlings was lias resigned bis position as rural member the Alamo,” rang out as teresting for I saw so many cotton holiday and to banish forever the quested to open up I street from one of Saturday. the most popular instruct mail carrier for Monmouth’s only the watchword of Texan liberty. fields being prepared for planting, weekly drudgery. How nice it will Main to the S. P. tracks. ors who ever taught in this city. rural route and will go to farming Fort Sam Houston here is the lar and passed so many army camps. It be on wash day to let a small gaso —x— instead. He has bought the lease gest military post in the country, seems the state is a honey comb of line motor do the work in a May .Inst arrived a new and complete Bags and Trunks, Bags and Suit which Mrs. A. II. Kisor had upon anil it is certainly alive with camps. At Mexia we had a brok tag washer. Then their ad line of the latest style shoes for Cases. Moore & Walker. the Henry Staats place in the Lucki- Khaki Klad boys now. Just be en engine and had to wait for an appearing elsewhere, again, in this spring in new modes and last. amute country and will move there^ fore we get into San Antonio we other one, though we were enter says that the Maytag washer paper, —x— Widths runge A to EE at CONKEY to put in a crop this spring. Mrs. pas^ the Kelly Aviation Fields. tained with some airplanes from the gasoline motor attached can with Addie Gnhat of Sliver has been on be A WALKER'S. to town. The conductor said we could see a camp in Wuco. A machine had bought of them for $5 down and $1 added to tin* Junior Rainbow Div Kisor will move —x— —x— 40 or 50 airplanes if it were not too lighted in a big cotton yard near monthly. Mr .and Mrs. John Collins were ision by State Superintendent Mrs. J. Dornsife, who returned early. So my little Spttmsh-speak -1 (he station> s0 passengers all Churchill for selling the required the guests of relatives in Portland from Los Angeles last Sunday, says ing friend and I asked the jiorter number of Thrift Stamps. got off and went to the scene, over Sunday. that Mr. Dornsife is no better than to awaken us. Well, he came and While we were there another plane he was when he left Independence. called me and said. “It's between from the fields to the rescue. She came home before she expected six and seven." So 1 hurried into came I reached home anil was indeed in order to see her son. Dean Baugh my bath robe to run out to see the full to be there again, especi man, who has recently joined the manuevering machines. I thought ally of to joy find that dear mother and electrical engineer corps and may he meant, “We can see between father had aged so little. Friends be ordered to France at any time. six and seven planes" hut he did began coming in and calling me up —x— n't. He meant it was between six so much that I thought Theda Barn will be seen at the and seven o’clock, for be came back have time to recover from I'd the never sore Isis theater tomorrow (Wednes and said that it was so early we throat I contracted. day) night in “The Rose of Blood.” couldn't see anything and “twarnt So many people are so interesed She is only one of the famous stars no use to get up.” I said, “W hat Oregon and I've given such a appearing at the Isis on Wednes did you call me for?" He said, in lovely description of our grand day nights. The Isis should he- “Well, I told you I would call you Beaver state that some of the men crowded every week when it is an’ I jes wanted to do what you have accused ’HE bread-making me of receiving a axed me to." So you see I wasn't liooking such high class pictures at NORTH INDEPENDENCE methods of the old salary from the Commercial Clubs in so bad with this porter as the a big expense. Romans may have been one I started with. Out of San An to boost the country. It wouldn’t —x— be bad if it were true, would it? tonio are many enterprising towns One J. D. Hibbs & Co. are using con satisfactory to the people friend said, “I hear the weath —x— in the midst of the rolling agricul siderable space on page 4 of this er man nothing to do but hang of their day, but such methods would not suit Post to show a picture of the Fair- tural lands; then there is a section out the has ‘Rain today and to the fastidious taste of the people of this com banks-Morsc engine for which they of pleasant undulating farm lands. morrow,' sign and go off fishing for Then we pass into the sugar dis are agents. Anything that they munity at the present time. SELLS rest of the week." I said, "Well, may say publicly or privately con trict. The largest canesugar refin the I tell you one tiring, Oregon is cer cerning this well known engine ery in the south is located at Sar- tainly the angler's paradise of the HIGHEST GRADE will be the truth for the Fairbanks taria. At Sugarland, about 25 miles earth and it's mighty hard to keep —At— Morse is giving general satisfaction from Houston, a great sugar plan away from the salmon and the tation is being cut up into farm thruout the country. Mr. Thomas LOWEST CASH PRICES. fr e* ' a / ' • the people of this community be- but we don't have any more says they have already sold a large lots. Thequaint old negro quar trout i-s wholesome, is scientifically made in a We also exchange for Batter ters can be seen in the distance. rain than we need to make the most number in this section. productive country in the world." We reached Houston Friday at 12:30. —x— *y *:* .leery, and is everything that the best and Eggs. We may get some new inhabitants Mrs. F. C. Parker received a teie J had been then on the sleeper five on S’- *3*3 K-uid be. It has the desired home flavor. the strength of this, who knows? Anto Delivery to any part of the gram Sunday from her husband, nights By this time we all knew who is a member of the state guards, each other so well that about a The country here is certainly pros- city. 't:- and cleanliness are the twin mottoes that he would pass thru Salem do?"n traveling companions got off pero's, but when you think of the of this baker p at all times. about six o'clock Mondev morning to bid m -ood bye. Nearly all my streets, warehouses» etc., being con- —x— on his way to Idaho. Mrs. Pec friends w e going on to Wasl ing- gesti I with 32 cent cotton all last fall nd winter you will not won ker and several other» drove to tnn or New York. I stopped over Salem to see him but were disap . , Houston to visit my oldest der that prosperity is rife here. The pointed ns the troop train pa.- ed ' rother who has charge of a large high priced stale is still coming in, Salem before they arrived there. shoe store in the city. 1 had sent too. March 2 is Texas indepen The large number of our customers Honest Shoe Values Every shoe we sell is carefully fash Our stock is large and our prices small Have You Ever Tried Washing with a Maytag run by gasoline Power? Slop er Bros. & Cockle Conkey &W alker Local Briefs Bungalow Cash Grocery Our Bread A P Lochridge J. G. McIntosh.