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T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME 1. ' City Fathers INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, SERVICE LIST PUBLISHED The South Polk County serv- | ice list, excepting those living i in Monmouth, is published in | this issue. We hope we have j left no one out, but if we have it | is certainly unintentional. We trust that relatives of all | the boys will send them a copy THEODORE COOPER DESIRES TO j of this Post. Wrestle With Old Claim KNOW CITY’S ATTITUDE IN OLD TOWN CASE McNARY INTRODUCES BILL TO FIX PRICES USUAL GRIST OF BILLS ALLOWED FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918. Service List o f South Polk County Edward Anderson Charles Atwater Ira Baldwin John Ballard Aubrey Bascue Dean Baughman Hyman Bear George Becker Charles Bennett Arthur Black Hoy M. Breedn Dewey Broadwell George E. Brown Neal Buchanan Uda Burke Chas. Burright Lester Butler Marion Butler William Cassidy Charles Chase Robert Clark Hoy O. Clark Harry C. Clinton Elmer Cook ■I. S. Cooper, Jr.—(Lieutenant) C. F. Cropp—(Lieutenant) Floyd Crowley Dean Curtis Hobart M. Dickson Dan Dodson Joe Eaton Shaler Eldridge Leonard A. Fitzgerald Ralph Floyd—(Lieutenant) Kyle French Dean Girard Emerson Groves Lyle Harpole Ernest Hartman Herbert Hosier Byron Howard Linn Huntley Lee Jordan Wellington Kester Frank Kirkland Harold Kleppler Albert Kullander Archie Lacey Carl Larsen Walter Lembke KNIGHTS AND LADIES GO S A L E * CONVENTION Over fifty Independence Knighls of Pythias and Pythian Sisters went to Salem Tuesday night by special train where they attended a district convention of both orders. Initiations, speaking by promin ent men and women of the state and of the order nnd a genuine Pythian time was the program of the evening. BUY A BOND. Ivan Loughary—(Lieutenant) Guy Lucas Frank A .Martin Elmer Maxfield LeRoy MeCallum Oren McElmurry Rola McKinney Clinton W. McLeod Harry Miller Sam Muhlcman Leon Murphy John N„ash Harley Nelson James Oberson Harry Ord—(Captain) Beiden Owen F. O. Parker Earl Peterson Oscar Peterson Owen Peterson William Pickens Harvey Prather Cyril It. Richardson Marvin P. Richardson Charles Sawyer Verd Schrunk Elgar J. Seeley Charles Seymour George Shafer Ernest Smith George Snyder Hary II. Stalnaker Dewey Steele Roy Stevens Merritt Sutton Herbert Thurston John M. Walker Ray M. Walker—(Lieutenant) Arthur Warner Julius Weinart Clifford Wells Jesse Wells Roy VV. Whiteaker Dewey Wiley Jesse Wiley Arthur Williams Ira Williams Raymond G. Williams Wayman C. Williams Armin Young ODD FELLOWS WENT TO DALLAS LAST NIGHT Between twenty and thirty Inde pendence Odd Fellows automo- biled to Dallas last night where they were enthusiastically received by their Dallas brethern. Initiations and a supper made the occasion a great night for Odd Fellowship. R. A. BOOTH APPOINTD STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER Yesterday Governor YVithycomhe appointed R. A. Booth of Eugene, Republican candidate against Sena tor Chamberlain four years ago, as State Highway Commissioner to succeed E. J. Adams whose teim ex pired this week. ENGLISH AND FRENCH SEND FORTH THEIR BEST Mrs. W. Plant has sent the fol lowing letter to the Oregonian: “Some litle time ago a woman whom it was stated was an artist wrote to your paper anil compared our English and French boys in France t«> the American soldiers just arrived there, the flower of the American army. To me an Eng lish woman, her letter seemed rather unkind, for she ought to know that England and France have been giving of their best for three and one half years." SALEM BANKER FOUND DEAD IN BED Salem, Or.—J. P. Rogers, presi dent of the United States National bank of Salem was found dead in his apartments in the Rogers build ing. Evidently he had been dead since Inst Friday evening. He lived alone. FORMER INDEPENDENCE MAN FOR SENATOR A. Slaughter, of Salem, a resident of Independence for about two years, was nominated this week by the Socialists of Oregon for U. S. Senator. While Mr. Slaughter does not be lieve he ran be elected, he expects I to receive more votes than has any I other Socialist candidate for the ! office in the past. Liberty Meet WE CAN’T GUESS ; ! j Washington—Senator McNary in troduced a bill to extend price-fix ing to a large number of the neces sities of life, including hides, shoes, clothing, wool, cotton, jute, wheat Firemen, Marshal, Recorder and substitutes, corn, rye, livestock and oil. The bill was referred to the Street Cleaner Present Their committee on agriculture. Explaining thè purpose of the Monthly Claims. bill, Senator McNary said: “During the consideration of the food control bill I took the position The present city council pro poses to look out only for its own that the law, to be effective, should troubles, figuring no doubt that be comprehensive in its application they are a big enough load to carry ! to prevent profiters from gaining as it is without adding the trials control of those commodities not and tribulations of a former coun coming within its operation. The cil. So when Theodore Cooper ! ever increasing cost of all uncon- appeared before the honorable ! trolled products anil materials has body Wednesday night and want confirmed my opinion and has per ed to know what would be done suaded me to propose this bill which about certain damages certain if passed, will correct some of the North Independence residents would wrongs now practiced upon the pro like the city to pay, growing out of ducing and consuming public. This the old sidewalk line controversy, measure empowers the president to the members, collectively, and in fix the price of pretroleum and its dividually, after wrestling with Mr. j products, hides and skins and their Cooper for forty-five minutes, in products, such as shoes; hemp, jute, formed him that he was talking to cotton and wool and their products, the wrong council and adjourned. | such, for example, as clothing, and The following bills were allowed: ( also on wheat substitutes, corn, rye, barley, oats and their products or A. Tupper, March salary and one ■ dog, .................................... $00.50 joint products or products of two or Oberson Bros., hose to fire.. 1.00 more of said materials, livestock Taxes on Kibbe property.... 37.55 and its products. Farm machinery B. F. Swope, March salary .. 10.25 and implements are also included, Alfred Oberson, March salary 80.00 j Experience has taught that congres- Oregon Power Co., light and i sional action is necessary if abuses of the past are to be avoided in the water claim $214.06, allow ed ........................................ 211.84 future. Unless a change of policy Gid Newton, fireman .......... 1.00 is made it is inevitable that the Homer Mills, fireman............ 6.00 price of wheat substitutes will ad Ed Oberson, fireman ............ 6.00 vance until actual suffering will Fred Oberson, fireman ......... 6.00 come upon poor people and those Glen Newton, fireman ......... 5.00 of moderate means. I am going to BIG FERRY MEETING AT Henry Oberson, fireman . . . . 6.00 press this legislation in the senate BUENA VISTA APRIL 10 It. C. Stoats, fireman .......... 3.00 as early as posible in the belief that the people «)f the country will profit There will be a meeting at Buena by its enactment." TWO GERMAN ALIENS ARE April 10, for the purpose of getting ARRESTED BY SHERIFF ORR a free ferry established at Buena EVERYBODY MUST PUSH Vista. The county judge and com WRITES M. L. FRANTZ Sheriff Orr went to Hoskins this missioners of Marion county and week where he arrested Fritz Kooze the commissioners of Polk county In a letter to the Benton County and Gus Copello, two German have agreed to be present. There aliens. Kooze, it is alleged, threat Courier, M. L. Frantz of Hoskins, will be a short program at 11 o’ ened the life of Postmaster Fiske says: We are in the war to >vin clock followed hy a basket supper. at Balias b'ecause he was forced to and are going to win, but to win we Everybody invited. register and Copello is charged with must all get our shoulders behind VV. J. Turnidge, G. P. Locke, C. making seditious remarks. Both the ball and help roll it along and P. Wells, VV. S. McClain, John Krebs men were sailors on an interned who will insist on making a robb and .1. K. Neal .are the progressive ing profit and will not get out of our sailing vessel. Buena Vista men who have the way after being warned, we should meeting in charge. | better roll the ball over them and MRS. H. ERICKSON crush them by sending to our rep DALLAS GIVE POLK’S EIGHT DIES AT SALEM resentatives in congress a petition ENTHUSIASTIC FAREWELL j asking them to give our President Mrs. H. Erickson, who formerly lived north of Independence, with ! power to fix all prices he sees fit to. Dallas, Or.—Dallas people gave her husband and seven children, We believe our servants in congress the eight drafted men from Polk «lied at her home in Salem this will answer our prayers." county a n enthusiastic farewell week. when they left here Sunday nfter- noon for Camp Lewis. The G. A. BUY A BOND. R., Boy Scouts and Girls' Honor Guard, headed by the local band, BUY A BOND. ecorted the men from the court Let The Post know. house to the depot, where a big crowd awaited to bid them goodbye. TH E T H IR D TIM E Thes are the first men that Polk I ’m not a superstitious man as superstitions go; county has sent out under the sel I have no qualms on Friday and will ladders walk below; ective service law. The men who Rut I ’ve heard one ancient saying since my boyhood on left are: John H. Greenwood, Dal las, in charge of the party; Lloyd the farm, Porter, Sheridan; William R. And I hold one superstition— that the third time is the Thompson, Rickreall; Earl W. Mc charm. Namara, Wiilamina; Frank A. Mar And somehow I ’ve a feeling, tin nnd James Oberson, Indepen dence; Darvon Watts, Siletz, and That the bells will soon be pealing; John Mekkers, McCoy. Mckkers The bells o f joyous laughter, the bells o f golden glee; does not go as part of the Polk coun The bells which tells the story ty contingent, having (>een drawn Of a world peace won with glory, at Broken Bow, Nebraska, but is In the days which come soon after our third pledge to sent from here at the request of the board of that district. Watts is an Liberty. Indian from Siletz reservation. America must do her share! And shall she lack the bit W hich you can give and I can give who are not battle fit? W hen millions give their blood and tears, what craven would withhold The poorest thing a man can give, h s last rod ounce o f gold? Now this third loan is needed, Let the call by all be heeded; Let responses, love revealing come from factory and farm ! ’Tis the third time, O my brothers - Let vour answ er drown all others, And the bells will soon be pealing! M are the third time prove the charm. — LEE SH IP L E Y . NUMBER 4. ! I Under the postal regulations we cannot send The Post to any one unless ordered to do so and our mental capacity is not extensive enough to pick those out who wish to sub- scribe but have failed to let us know. A t the Isis On Sunday _____ • WILL BE OPENING GUN OF THE INDEPENDENCE YOUNGSTERS CHAMPION STAMP SELLERS THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Alice Baker and Carl Byers, two Independence youngsters, have hung up a record for selling War Savings Stamps. Both have over $2000 to their credit. Without doubt, no other children in the state have done as well. DISTRICTS 1 AND 19 TUE SD AY-THURSDAY DRIVE Patriotic VALLEY & SILETZ RY. TO USE S. P. DEPOT Program Consisting of Addresses, and Songs W ill Be Given It is stated upon excellent autho rity that before niuny more weeks are past, the Valley & Siletz rail A patriotic meeting of all citi road will be rumjjing into the zens will be held at the Isis theatre Southern Pacific depot. Sunday night, April 7, at 8 o’clock. It will be the opening gun of the MAYOR MOORE ORGANIZES Third Liberty Loan drive. KHAKI KLAD KLUB The same kind of a meeting will be hold at the schoolhouse in Dis Upon invitation of Mayor Moore, a trict No. 1 on Tuesday evening and number of Independence men gath another one Thursday night in ered last night and organized a kha District No. 19. ki club. Membership involves a Following is the program for Sun duty to wear a suit of khaki colored day night: cloth and by the number who have Invocation—Rev. T. D. Yarnes. expressed a willingness to join, it Patriotic Chorus. looks as if this club would be a live Address—D. E. Fletcher. one. Quartettee. Address—Rev. McKenzie. Emerson Groves Heard From Solo—Paul Blackstone. Letters have been received from Address—Dr. IL C. Dunsmore. Emerson Groves. JJe is in Wash Patriotic Chorus. ington, D. C. and very anxious to “go over." The 20th Engineers, of which he is a member, is the largest COUNTY POLITICS SIMMER BUT DO NOT BOIL regiment in the world, consisting of As far as county politics is con 17,500 men. cerned, the pot is just simmering, not boiling Candidates are slow BUY A BOND. to get under way. H e ’s W ea rin g the Blue Shirt A ga in ! The most beloved star o f motion pictures is reappearing in one o f his famous, favorite roles o f the great north woods. W illiam Fox — PRESEN TS— W ILLIAM F ARNUM — IN — The Heart o f a Lion Based on Ralph Connor’s Novel, “ The Doctor” Staged hy Frank Loyd STANDARD PICTURES ISIS THEARE W ed n seda y Evening April 10 i