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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1918)
\ Local Briefs Endorsement -J fr " — ... - The large number of our customers w h o bring their friends here to buy shoes is a significant endorsem ent that is w orth y of com ment. W e are w inning n ew custom ers every day sim ply by pleasing our old ones. Honest Shoe Values Every shoe we sell is carefully fash- Dr. R. E. Duganne, D entist, Inde pendence N ational B ank Building. —x— Mrs. Paul Robinson and Miss Rowena Wood retu rn ed to th eir home in Corvallis S atu rd ay after visiting w ith th e ir brother, H. S. Wood. —x— W. Brown expects to leave for Oregon City some tim e this week. He will be succeeded as S. P. agent by S. T aylor Jones. Mr. Jones is quite well know n here, having ta k en Mr. B row n’s place for a few weeks last sum m er. —x— Mayor Moore is prom oting an organization am ong the m en to form a khaki club and agree to w ear u suit of th a t color until the w ar is over. He proposes to call a m eeting for T hursduy night and in vites all the m en to attend. ' The prim ary object of the m ovem ent is to encourage economy. Elm er Ruddock arrived home lust night. —x— Mrs. E. O. Frantz* of Hoskins w as an Independence visitor S a tu r day. —x— A. Compton an d fam ily spent E aster w ith th e ir d aughter, Mrs. G. S tan d ard in Siiveiion. —x— Phone the news to M ain 622. T h at's the Post. —x— Mrs. J. H. Johnson of Sliver was visiting friends in Independence Saturday. —x— Mrs. George Baer and Mrs. Lilian M errick of P ortland are a t the hom e of Mrs. R. L. Clark. —x— Johnson & Collins are offering — x— grocery bargains for T hursday, F rid ay and Saturday. A urora Observer: W ith the re —x— duction of the output of brew eries Ju st arrived a new and complete e-third as required by the food line of the latest style shoes for ad m in istratio n for April, May and sp ring in new m odes an d last. June, there will of course, be a W idths range A to EE a t CONKEY great reduction in the use of hops & WALKER'S used, am ounting to some 10,000 to 12,000 bales. Growers who were last week ra th e r optim istic over hiii° priTii ^ ‘Sock the hop prospects find th e ir hopes sin s in sales, i shall lim it m y credit dam pened by the new restrictions ioned o f the best materials. T h e m any little quality features that distinguish the really w ell made shoes from the ordinary kind w ill be account* to ■ *“ **£*£ found throughout our line of m en’s, w o m en ’s * -X — AriKKr $5 down, $1 weekly are the very and children’s shoes. Conkey&Walker r i Our stock is large and our prices small MAN BEHIND THE ORDNANCE The task of supervising and stim ulating the production of all ordnance supplies is now in the hands of Guy Eastman Tripp, whose appointment as chief of the production division o f the ordnance bureau was recently an nounced by Major General Crosier. Mr. Tripp, who for six years has been chairman of the board of the Waatlugbouae Electric company, prob ably has had aa cloae associations as any man in the country with the de velopment of electric traction. He started his career in railroading when he was seventeen, and v en t over to the electrical branch when h e w as twenty-five. * Mr. Tripp was born in Weils, Me., in 18UT>. He entered the- employ of the Eastern railroad before Its consolida tion with the Boston & Maine. Latter he was employed by the Thomson- Houston Electric company on the work of changing the West Kndi Street rail way of Boston from n horse car system to an electric system. Upon comple tion of that work Hnd at the time of the consolidation of the Thomeon-Houston Arm with the Edison company, out of which came the General Electric com pany, he became traveling auditor for the latter. In 1S!I7 he been are connected with Stone & Webster, aud was vice president of the Stone & Webster Man agement association and of the Stone & Webster Engineering «nrporatUm. He has advised and dlreeted in the financing, organization Hnd rvorgnnlza.t'MO of some of the largest public service corporations In the United Stutes. Subscribe Now ..For The Post.. $1.50 a Year T HE Germans, even centuries ago, were ce famous all over Europe for their ability as bread and pastry makers. They said tc have first invented the doughnut, popular throughout the entire world. O ur Doughnuts v ... i- , l hroughoutthisentirecommunity. Our ’M o vers tell us they are ’’like those mother used i *> ’ and that is the best recommendation a cU ut'.i *1 r any other article of pastry can have. C ¡ib j T -m (y and cleanltneu a n tha twin motion of /An baktty t t ttt tone*. . Lochridge Max Goldman Deals in HIDES PELTS WOOL FURS MOHAIR CASCARA BARK VEAL PORK BEEF POULTRY BUTTER EGOS TARM PRODUCE WOOD ’ WOOD GROCERIES PRETTY POOR Bungalow Cash Grocery NORTH INDEPENDENCE — x— SPECIALS FOR ONE WEEK 3 t-It cans Royal Club Coflee, $1.00 Royal Baking Powder, 1 lb . . . . 30c Schilling’* Baking Powder, 1 lb, 30c Any Tea in the store — x— FURNISUINrS drt 50c a lb Auto Delivery to any part ol the city. ¿ROES coors CASH OR TRADE J. G. I ( ■! I H I I ! ■ ! I ! ■ ! I ! ■! I ! ■( I ! ■ ( I ! ■! | IBI | I MI | I B I | I M I | I MI I ! ■ ! I I B I I I B I I ! ■ ! I I M I I I B I I ! ■ ! I I M I I ( ■ ! I I H y i Thursday, Friday and Saturday McIntosh . I ■ § i i i ■ I i Eagle Peas per can...................................... Blue Ridge Corn, (Maine S ty le ).............. lib Fancy Festival Salmon.......................... Citrus Wasjiing Powder.............. • ............. Pt. Bottle Del Moute Catsup...................... 11c 12c 25c, 22c 16c ALL OF OUR GROCERIES ARE SOLD ON A SMALL MARGIN OF PROFIT 1 § 1 i ■ FOR CASH ONLY Johnson & Collins llll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lln l■ lll■ lll■ llM ll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ il MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS IN SHORT PANTS liberal term s Sloper Bros. & Cockle are offering on the g u aran ted May tag w asher. No need for any w om an to break h er back over the w ash tub in this section. —x— Joe Ohersou is again behind the counter tit Craven & W alk er’s. —x— E aster w as so nice th a t everybody bad tt chance to show off th e ir new hats. —x— Mr. aiu f Mrs. W illiam Q nartier, J r . w ere over S unday visitors in Independence. —x— G erm an m easles, patriotically called “Liberty,” are m ak in g a clean svyeep> a t ¡Monmouth. —x— "Wot’d yon like best about his actin' Mrs. Erf Owen, who lias been in Hamlet?” Portland' for the past three' m onths, "I ttked de music when de curtain retu rn ed 1 hom e Saturday.. comea down at de finish.” — x— Mrs. L. G. Reeves went? to P o rt land S a tu rd a y w here she- w ill re ALMOST THE SAME m ain for several days. —x— Eley Fluke and J, E. Hhdibftrtl have bean sum m oned for' grand ju ry service. They m ust report in P o rtland next Monday. —x— Mrs. V tttna Verstege an d Miss Phylis Bttdv of P ortland w ere ove- S unday guests of th eir auntl, Mrs. M. C. W illiam s. —x— F.. J. Fowler rim ed his restaw an f one day last w eek and will not open again until’ h e can find another building. He am i Mrs. F ow ler will visit over the Valley d u ring their vacation:. —x— For th e benefit of the Red Cross, a play en titled. “M rs' Briggs- of the Mrs.—Are you married, poor man? Cabbage P atch" will he staged at Buenu Vista Friday night. Preced Weary—No’m, but I’ve been caught ing the en tertain m en t, a Hoover in nearly a dozen railroad wrecks an things like dat. su p p er will lie served at Titlt. i —x— A flat c a r jum ped the track here last F riday night w hich delayed the passenger for over a h a lf hour. —x— Otto Hi Ike arrived in Indepen b » dence last S atu rd ay from Pendle ton, being called back here to take th e exam ination for the arm y. * —x—! Have you seen those new silk sw eaters at CONKEY & WALKER’S. I I Ht I A fter AI K uhlander - l — W ent aw ay —x— To hulp liek —x— The H uns —x— O. A. K ream er —x— Got a new jew eler —x— And one day —x— We asked —x— O. A. —x— V W hat the fellow's nam e was * —x— And O. A. —x— Scratched his head —x— And said: “B y td ” •—x— W hat kind of a bird? —x— Asked us —x— And O .A. replied, —x— “You’ve got me.” —x— “ Lyfe b ird ? ”we asked. -x — “’No,” says O. A. —x— “Blue b ird ?” —x— • “No, never blue,” says O. A. —x— “Jay B ird?” —x— “T h at's it,' says O* A., —x— “ He's a J. Byrd —x— And a good jew eler.’’ —x— We will add o u r testim ony \ —x— To O. A.’s And say He can fix a w atch - —x— W ithout tak in g —x— All the m oney —x— A fellow has. —x— Invitations io eat out —x— Have been coining in —x— Rut we don’t accept any - x— Because o u r wife —x— H as to tell us , —x— W hich spoon to use —x— In the different dishes —x— Ever since the tim e —x— We used a big spoon —x— In the finger bowl. —x— A lady —x— Living in the country —x— Tells us —x— A neighbor hoy —x - C.ame to h er house —x— To dinner —x— And she asked him if he w anted to w ash —x— And he replied —x— “No, I w ashed yesterday.” —x— We do n ’t rem em ber —x— W h at lady told us. —x— It w asn 't Mrs. H ubbard —x— Or Mrs. Chown —x— M ust have been —x— Sam Carm ack. —x— G etting down —x— To the end —x— Of the strin g —x— Did you ever —x— In all your life ' —x— Get to the place —x— W here you couldn’t stop? —x— W e can. THAT GLEÉ CLUB * I t ■ ’ - >í ; fífi f= l “How about that glee club you or ganized ?” “We disbanded. After seeing the ef fect of our music we couldn’t call It a glee club. It wasn’t even a don’t worry club.” THE REAL THING First Mutt—Waggle* ««* when be wua In d* pound dey give him meat every day. Second Mutt—Gee! He wasn’t in no pound—dat was heaves.! You Should at once become a Post subscriber.
