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h $ If, T- T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME 1. SELECTIVE DRAFT TAKES TOLL FROM THIS COUNTY NO MEN FROM INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, NO. 101 We add the nam e of W illard Reeves to the S outh Polk county service list. -I RE ELECTION OF RALPH WILLIAMS IS URGED FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918. County Seat Vision o f Office Chasers Numerous candidates have entered the race for county offices; the weeding out to take place May 17 after which is a political heat down the stretch to November, This year, as in years gone by, we have a number of the same kind of candidates. Those fellows whose vision does not extend beyond the corporate limits of the county seat. (In using the term “ county seat”, no reflection upon Dallas is intended for if Independence or Falls City was the county capital it would be just the same.) They conceive that not only is public sentiment but the intellectual seat of the county found upon the square near the court house. While acknowledging that of her parts of •»the county may be inhabited, they take it as a matter of course that the unfortunates so located cut no particular ice in the contest as this vote is split about fifty-fifty anyhow, and should one of the hicks appear to be a little brighter than his environments and have a mind mentally sufficient to wonder what it ’s all about, these short-eyed candidates take it for granted that he is bright enough to read one of the county seat papers. Of course, they have to canvas among the unfortunate lest their opponents take advantage of the unsophistica ted and the sacred ratio of fifty-fifty be violated. Other wise the unfortunates would never see one of them or one of fheir cards—invariably printed in the county seat. And to cap the climax, these short-eyed candidates as a rule do not reside at the county capital. They come from without but would crawl upon their bellies across the county for the privilege of spitting in the shadow of the court house. In a statem ent prepared for the Voters’ P am phlet, and signed by SELECTION six R epublicans and Progressives who were m em bers of the H ughes cam paign com m ittee, the re-elec tion of R alph E. W illiam s, as n a 23 MEN ARE CALLED tional Republican com m ittem an is TO THE COLORS urged on the ground th a t he was the chief factor in effecting a re union of the R epublicans an d Pro Men W ill Be Obliged To Report For gressives in 1916, and on the fu r th e r ground th at his seniority in Service W ithin The Next service would give him prestige over an y new m an th a t could be elect Few Days. + ed. The statem ent reads: “Ralph E. W illiam s, of P ortland, Polk county w ill fu rn ish 22 m en native son of Oregon and present for the next d raft an d the following Republican national com m ittem an, is a candidate for re-nom ination have been selected: and election. All Oregon know s Fred B arnum , P ortlan d th a t Mr. W illiam s was the chief G ustave B lehm , P ortland factor in bringing about the re G. C. Davis, D allas union of the Republican and Pro G. B. G round, M onmouth gressive parties in the state in 1916 Dale Gotfried, Falls City resu lting in Oregon being the only H enry H ickart, Sum m it state in the W est to cast its elec M. H artless, D allas toral vote for Hughes. T hat Mr W. L. K rinon, D allas W illiam s' splendid w ork in harm on Edwin Larsen, Suver izing the various elem ents of the E lm a M atheny, D allas Republican and Progressive pat C larence M errick, Sheridan ties is also recognized nationally is George O tte,'F alls City attested by strong letters of indorse Ben Pollan, M onm outh m ent, w ritten by W illiam R. Wil A rchie Pollock, F alls City cox, retirin g ch airm an of the Repub H arlan Powell, Airlie lican natio n al com m ittee George W P eter P apas, P ortland P erkins, ch airm an of the execu J. W. Quive.v, A storia WARMTH IS NEEDED TO tive com m ittee of the Progressive MASONS TO HOLD FLAG C hris R itner, F alls City UNVIELING SERVICE DEVELOP OREGON CROPS party, and W ill H. Hays, recently- L. L. Scott, Airlie elected ch airm an of the R epublican Wm. H. Tice, Millwood, W ash. Crop conditions in Oregon are M embers of Lyon Lodge, national com m ittee. These letters Roscoe T albott, G rande Ronde generally good, but b etter progress A. F. & A. M.; Independence refer not only to state and national Denme Wood, F alls City w arm er C hapter R. A. M.; an d A dah would be m ade w ith cam paigns of 1916, but also to the Floyd W orden, R ickreall weather. The weekly state crop re C hapter, O. E. S. are requested to recent m eeting of the R epublican All are obliged to report for ser national com m ittee at St. Louis atten d the unveiling of the Service port of the D epartm ent of Agricul vice w ithin a few days. w here Mr. W illiam s' activities mu Flag, next Monday evening, April ture, issued yesterday says: Continued cold, cloudy w eather terially assisted in establishing the 22nd, a t the M asonic Hall. AUTOS IN STATE NOW stitt retarded the developm ent of W hile the service will not be a spirit of co-operation and harm ony NITMBER 48,632 CARS w hich now prevails in the party public one, it is desired th at the vegetation. Heavy precipitation In m em bers of these bodies invite such some localities delayed farm ing Salem , Or., April 18.—Today w ith thro u ghout the U nited States. "A descendant of Oregon pion personal friends tis they w ish, to operations, hut w as beneficial to- less th an h alf th e y ear gone, the reg istratio n s for m otor vehicles in eer stock, his paren ts hav in g cross atten d the service. A program will grain s and grasses w hich w ere be S ecretary Olcott's office passed the ed the plains to Oregon in 1845, be presented and Dr. D unsm orew ill ginning to need m oisture. F arm work keeps well in hand generally R alph W illiam s' A m ericanism has deliver the dedicatory address. 48,632 m ark , the total for 1017. and w ith favorable w eather would W ith fees doubled (his y ear it is found ab u n d an t expression since the still be m uch in advance of the av a p p a re n t the am o u n t of m oney to o u tb reak of the w ar by participa DAIRYMEN ARE GIVEN erage season, although reports of he tu rn e d into the sta te highway- t 'on in all patriotic w ar activities, HOPE OF RELIEF shortage in labor were received from fund to pay off the interest and the I “As is generally known, senior Lane and W asco counties. principal on the $6,000,000 bond is- ity in service gives prestige an d in Amity, Or., April 16— (To the Edi W hile the grow th of w inter w heat sue will keep up to, th is y ear at fluence on the Republican nation tor.)—I take th is m ethod of a n least, and probably exceed the pre- i al com m ittee in the sam e m easure nouncing to the dairym en of the and oats and rye w as not satisfac dictions m ade by th e cham pions of t as on congressional com m ittees. At W illam ette Valley the result of my tory, on account of the cold w eath Ihe bond issue before the Ju n e elec - 1 the present tim e he is ranked as to efforts in th e ir behalf d u rin g my er, these efiops m aintained a thrifty tion of last vear. | seniority on the national com m it recent visit to W ashington, and condition and were m uch above ; tee by two m em bers only. This puts would kindly ask th a t you would the average for the second week in April. W here the stand of w inter Mr. W illiam s in a position of power give the enclosed m a tte r space. INDEPENDENCE FURNISHES w heat is below fair to good the I and distinction such as no new ‘To the D airym en of the W illam MUCH WAR MATERIAL ground will be re-seeded to other | m em ber of the com m ittee could ette Valley: j grains. The Independence section is fur i hope to attain . His re-election will "I have ju st retu rn ed from W ash- Seeding of barley, oats and spring n ish in g m aterial for the Allies on ! in su re to the state of Oregon all ugton, D. C., w here I w as sent by w heat continued where the w eath th e added benefits w hich w ill na- th e W estern Front. Tons of hop the d airy interests of the W illam er perm itted, with a larger acre w ire from the yards here is being ’ tu rallv accrue from bis increased ette Valley to try to get relief w hich : age over th a t in 1917 being pre shipped to F ran ce w here it is being | standing, as needed to save the d airy in - .., _ . . ., , , ,, . . pared m the eastern counties. That used for various purposes. ! “Signed — Thom as II. Tongue, d u strv of this section, and not being . . , , , , , , , , : „ ,, * ,. , , " Inch is up looks well but cold --------------------------Clyde G. H untley, W alter L. Tooz,> able to see all personally, I thought , . . , , , , , , , . , ,, , | nights and cloudy days are unfav- New sum m er goods are com ing in Jr., W illard L. M arks, F. H. Lewis best to m ake a statem en t th ro u g h ! „ , , , . .. , .. ,, , , , . , | orable to germ ination and growth every w eek at Conkey & W alk er s, j and D. L. Povey." the press so all would know w hat , B , , *, ,. , , of the later sown, had been accom plished. . , , , , , , , , , . , , G rass im proved but little where I am glad to be able to report 1 1 rain s fell, owing to low tem pera iiiivn th at through the gooil work of Sen tures, but as a rule meadows were i" ato r M cNary and R epresentatives m ak in g a good sta rt in most dis ■ H aw ley and M cA rthur, I w as able tricts and pastures were furnish to get relief asked for in reg ard to ing sufficient feed for present needs. o u r m ilk, and as to the change Stock continued in fine condition of stan d ard w ish to state thill S ena demands that we eat less wheat, sugar, meat j w ith a norm al increase in cattle tor McNary is still w orking on that and fats. We claim to be patriotic and are doing \ while the nverage increase in line and he hopes to get relief all in our power to uphold the Government. I lam bs w as about 100 per cent. Con asked for, but it will take tim e to siderable stock is already out on the I accom plish it.” —SUBSTITUTES— range. I C. R. MATTHIS, M I). The dam age to fruit by frosts on cost more than wheat flour but it is no fault of I the th ird , w hile severe, w as less the Food Administration or of ours that such is th an anticipated, and w as confined OREGON BOYS’ CAMP the case as congress did not give the Food Ad IS FREE OF SICKNESS principally to apricots, early cher ministration control of the grains from which ries and peaches. The cold w eath I substitutes are made but you may rest assured er is retard in g bloom of the later g M ayor B aker of P ortland yester- j fruits, w hich so far, have not been that our price is as low as we possibly can sell I day received a letter from M ajor M. injured, so th a t prospects are good them under the present circumstances.. B. M arcellus, of the old 3d Oregon , for upples and pears. S pring sp ray Senator McNary of Oregon has a bill before the regim ent, now in France, to th« ef ing is u n der way. feet that the Oregon boys are re -! Senate now which if acted favorably upon by An increased acreage of ground reiving the best of care and all are congress will place the control of other grains for corn and beans is being pre enjoying splendid health. S uperior besides wheat in the hands of the Food Admin arm y officers, he said, have fre pared. P otato p lanting is progres istration. Until that time we must pay the little quently com plim ented the Oregon sing, w ith scattered reports of a extra price and do it cheerfully and patriotic contingent on the san itary condi 1 do* i ••t»*.*d acreage, and larger gard- • a- h i being m ade. S unshine and tion of th eir cajjip and at the tin ally. I the letter w as w ritten there wa wa nitli re needed for all emps. Buy Less Candy—Be Saving of Your Sugar— I not a case of infectious o r contagi ! But bear in mind that we are here to serve you ous disease in cam p. He branded i W in - - 1 .veather is com ing, and we I at Cash prices which are considerably less than ns false reports w hich have been j a r beginning to th in k of shedding a in ter underw ear, and circulated to the effect th at the bo\ o'** ( .v , the stores who do a credit business. of the old 3d Oregon are no» receiv .1 vou need i couple of su its for a Yours Truly, g ing proper treatm ent. Dr. Marcel change, go in a t Conkey & W alk I lus w as city health officer of Port , er's and g it them . The Having i 1 land for several years prior to hi. b ight earlv will save you the ad- ■ v mce In pr.ee. mmmamiN c w w tB iM iia iii entry in the arm y. IN THIS LATEST FOOD CONSERVATION I a JOHNSON & COLLINS NUMBER 8. I I | | | | BOND SALE NOT OVER ----- T here is an erroneous impres- sion c u rren t th at the Third Lib- erty Loan drive is over. The cam paign does not close until May 4. I j j | 1 CANDIDATES WHO HAVE TILED IN POLK COUNTY REPORT FROM THE LOCAL CONTEST ON IN REPUBLICAN LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE PRIMARY FOR CLERK, JUDGE S tanding of the nineteen school AND COMMISSIONER districts in the Independence terri tory, W ednesday evening, April 18. C am pangn closes May 4th. All district chairm en report m ore com NO FILINGS FOR SUR ing. VEYOR OR CORONER No. 1—Zena . $1,300.00 No. 4—Eolu 1 ¿50.00 No. 11—P ark er 950.00 No. 1 7 -B eth el ................... 4,550.00 Asa B. Robinson Is The Only Inde No. 19—Oak Grove 750.50 pendence Man Entered lu No. 27—O akpoint ............. 1 ¿50.00 No. 29—Independence . 18¿50.00 The Primaries No. 31—B rush College 2¿50.00 No. 32- W est Salem ........ 5,100.00 No.. 33—Buena V i s t a ........ 4¿50.00 The following candidates have No. 35—S pring 'V a lle y ... 350.00 filed in Polk county, W ednesday No. 36—Popcorn ........... 500.00 being the last day: No. 40—Lincoln ............. 450.00 Clerk—Floyd Moore, J. C. Ug- No. 43—S uver ................. 1.500.00 low, George Conner, R epublicans; No. 52—Lone S ta r ........... Tracy Staats, Democrat. No. 61—M ountain View. 1.400.00 Judge—E. C. K irkpatrick, F ra n k No. 47—Greenwood ___ 3.400.00 Gibson, Republicans; Asa B. Robin No. 63—Hopville ............. 2,40000 son, Democrat. No 64—H ighland ............ 1,750.00 Sheriff—John W. Orr, Republi can; John G rant, Democrat. $51,650.00 Com m issioner — C. W. Beckett, T here ure a num ber of applica T. J. Graves, Republicans. tions in the banks being held for T reasurer—A. R. V. Snyder, Re checks. These are not taken into publican. acount. No one filed for surveyor and C hairm an has been prom ised sev eral good applications from outside coroner. parties and these should come in before the close of the cam paign. F rank Berry left last F riday for Indianapolis, Indiana, w here he en ters the employ of the governm ent un d er the civil service. He is em ployed in wugon m aking. W alter Givens, leading m erch an t of Estacnda and an influential Re publican of C lackam as county, was in Independence yesterday. Mr. Givens is passing the good word along for “Bob” Stanfield w herever he goes. A Nation Honored and Obeyed Her Commands........... Across the dark horizon of France there flashed the figure ofthe greatest woman who ever lived. From a peasant she rose by her wondrous works until she stood beside kongs. At seventeen she was commander in chief of the French armies. At nineteen she was burned at the stake by the people she loved. THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND It is a story which has thrilled men, women and children through the centuries. Now it is told, beautifully, wonderfully by the marvelous photo-spectacle. JESSIE L. LASKY PRESENTS Geraldine Farrar As the Immortal Maid of Orleans ------IN ------ “Joan the W om an” ISIS SUNDAY April 21