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VOLUME 1.
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1918.
MASONS UNVEIL
SEDUCE FLAGS
' USE S H E
KEEP ON PROTESTING
We should protest to our
| senators and representatives in
| congress ag ain st the u n ju st dis-
| crim ination and u n fair m ethod of
I depriving the sm all flour m ills
| of the right to grind w heat rais-
j ed in the section in w hich they
! are located.
W hile the sm aller m ills have
! been closed down, the big m ills
have been ru n n in g night and
| day and as the Salem Journal
| p u ts it “the m illing tru st has
been robbing the public, since
th e w ar began, as boldly ns the
shoe m anufacturers."
President Proclaims
Liberty Day April 26
BOOT THE TEUT
We have got to take the toot
out of Teuton, and the best
w ay we can do it is w ith the
toe of Uncle S am ’s boot.—Bill
Hart.
T here is yet tim e to buy a
Liberty Bond.
NUMRER 9.
INDEPENDENCE IS
STILL IN THE
HOP SECTION
An enemy who has grossly abused the power of organi­
POLES ARE BEING PUT UP
zed government and who seeks to dominate the world by
AND STRINGING IS
might of the sword, challenges the right of America and MEMBER OF NORMAL SCHOOL
the liberty and life of all the free nations of the earth. FACULTY IN U. OF O. CLASSES
BEING DONE.
Our brave sons are facing the fire of battle in the defense
of the honor and rights of America and the liberty of M onmouth, Or.—M. S. P ittm an
of the ru ra l school departm ent
-nations. -To sustain them and to assist our gallant associ­ head
BLUE LODGE HAS 10;
of the Oregon N orm al School since NO NEW ACREAGE
ates in the war, a generous and patriotic people have the organization of the departm ent
CHAPTER HAS 4;
IS BEING PLANTED
been called upon to subscribe to the Third Liberty Loam in 1913, hus been granted a leave of
absence,
and
he
is
now
regularly
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the
“DRIVE” SOON TO OPEN
enrolled as a stu d en t in th e Uni­
Outlook For Good Prices This Fall
Nearly All Represented By Service
ON OREGON SPUDS United States of America, do appoint Friday, the twenty- versity
a t Eugene. Mr.
sixth day of April, One Thousand Nine Hundred and P ittm an of has Oregon,
Is Promising and Growers
become w idely known
Flags Had Relatives
"Oregon hus 880 earlouds of su r­ Eighteen, as Liberty Day. On the afternoon of that day in inspecting conditions in ru ral
Are Not Worrying.
plus potatoes, say $250,000 w orth a t I request the people of the United States to assemble in schools, and is the second m em ber
Present.
retail, w hich will spoil by sum m er
their respective communities and liberally pledge anew of the faculty to be granted a leave
if not eaten.”
of absence to atten d college. E. S.
T h at the Independence section is
W ith over one h u n d red present, I This is the big m essage of an an- their financial support to sustain the Nation’s cause. Evenden, of the education d ep art­
still
in the hop business has been
Patriotic
demonstrations
should
be
held
in
every
city,
Independence M asons last n ig h t nouncem ent bein« sen t broadcast
m ent, is now atten d in g a college in
unusually so m uch in evidence in
unveiled an d dedicated th eir ser- over *be s ,a t° by A rth u r M. Church- town and hamlet throughout the land under the general New York City.
the past ten days. Every yard is a
vice flags. B eginning w ith the sing-
state conservation chairm an. direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and the imme­
busy place. Poles are being put up
ing of "The S ta r S pangled B an n er’ W idest publicity is to be given the diate direction of the Liberty Loan committees organized DEFENSE COUNCIL WATCH
and
strin g in g done. If the nice
p
ropaganda
urging
people
of
Ore­
w hich all A m ericans so loudly ac­
LOGGING CAMPS w eather continues, it w on’t be m any
by the federal reserve banks.
Let the Nation’s re­
claim until "A m erica” w as given as gon to tu rn to the use of potatoes
days before the train in g season w ill
a finale, patrio tism held sw ay in the as a m euns of conserving other sponse to the Third Liberty Loan express in unmistak­
D allas, Or.—W. V. Fuller, county be on.
h earts of all who h ad g athered to fo°dstuffs needed for w ar purposes, able terms the determination of America to fight for
ch airm an of the Council of Defense,
Nobody pretends ih a t the raisin g
honor those boys an d young m en
P a rt of the conservation direc- peace, the permanent peace of justice.
organized a local council a t Camp 2 of hops will be engaged in for m an y
who h ad answ ered th e call of th eir to r’s appeal to the public follows:
For the purpose of participating in Liberty Day cele­ of the Valley & Siletz Lum ber & more years. It seem s to be inevi­
"Our soldiers and the allies on
country, liberty an d dem ocracy.
brations,
all employees of the federal government Logging Com pany, above Hoskins, table th a t this in d u stry m u st soon
D uring the evening, a trio of soloists, the blood-drenched fields of France
m
u
st
have
75,000,000
to
90,000,000
throughout
the country, whose services can be spared last S unday and A. W. Easton w as give way to Something else. No new
Mrs. C. W. Irvine, Miss Gladys y 1-
appointed chairm an.
acreage has been started , this year’a
vine an d P au l Blackstone, gave bushels of w heat between now and may be excused at 12 o ’clonic noon, Friday, the twenty-
Councils have been organized in “p lan t" being in the old yards.
h
arvest
or
quit
fighting.
patriotic selections an d Miss Mary
sixth
day
of
April.
the various logging cam ps th a t
“Potatoes are cheap. W e m ust
C ontracts and a very reasonable
Irvine rendered a piano solo w hich
In witness whereoff I have hereunto set my hand and quicker action m ight be obtained fact
eat
them
and
send
the
w
heat
to
th a t prices this A ll will be at
w as m uch enjoyed. Dr. H. C. Duns-
on reports of sabotage, incendiar­ least fair m akes the grow er not
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
the
front.
We
are
actually
not
ea
t­
m ore in his very able an d eloquent
Done in the District of Columbia, this eighteenth day ism o r an y disloyal act or utterance. particu larly alarm ed about the im ­
way delivered an address, one of ing as m any potatoes th is year as
All the employees of the various
those kind th a t h its the spot and last, w hen potato prices w ere sky- of April , in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine cam ps are m em bers of the Loyal m ediate future. He can, w itho u t
high.
Isn
't
th
a
t
ju
st
like
hum
an
m akes people think. It w as one of
Hundred and Eighteen, and of the Independence of the Legion. The w ork of the councils doubt, break even. This is the last
n
nture?
Every
person
in
Oregon
year for a num ber of the yards an d
th e best eulogies ever h eard in In ­
over ten years of age should eat United States of America one hundred and forty-second. will be to investigate all new em­ unless the unexpected happens, th e
dependence.
ployees com ing to the camps.
WOODROW WILSON.
about half a bushel of potatoes
acreage w ill be gradually reduced
The Blue lodge has ten sta rs in its
m
ore
in
the
next
three
m
onths
than
Robert
Lansing,
Secretary
of
State.
until it is b u t a m em ory an d —
service flag in honor of Ju liu s Wcin-
EXCELLENT PROGRAM GIVEN
AND D R DUNSMORE GIVES
SPLENDID ADDRESS.
a rt,
Ilanie
B urkhead,
A rth u r
B urkhead, M arion B utler, R alph
C herrington, S h aler Eldridge, K. L
F rench, A. L. K uhlauder, Ivan
L aughary and Clarence Eaton.
The C hapter four for C. F. Cropp,
W. D. B utler, K. L. F rench, an d A.
L. K uhlander.
_
A nother pleasure of the evening
w as the presence of relatives of
nearly all r e p r i n t e d by the ser­
vice flags.
“STOPPING” THE PAPER
he usually eats. T here are 270
m eals in three m onths, and this
m eans we should add a n average
of n early two ounces of potatoes
to every one of our m eals every
d ay until July.
"Can we do it? The G erm ans eat
three tim es as m an y potatoes as we
do. They are literally w inning tiie
w a r on potatoes. Shall we do less?
W e m u st fight the kaiser m a n for
m an and shell for shell and potato
for potato.
T hink of thé wheat
Oregon can save by eating h er su r­
plus potatoes."-
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GOVERNMENT CONTROL A
The Post continually receives
GODSEND SAYS HILL
com plaints from persons who
allege th a t despite “everything
Oregon new spapers th a t have
they can do" some p ap er is sent
been try in g to discredit governm ent
to them . It is so easy to stop a
control of the railroads m ay pub-
p ap er th a t we som etim es th in k
th a t m any of thes com plaints I lish w h at Louis W. Hill says, any
tim e they care to. Hill is chairm an
are not m ade in god faith.
A p ap er is “stopped" by leav­ of the board of the G reat N orthern
an d he says:, “G overnm ent control
ing it at the postoffice or having
of railroads is a Godsend, both for
the c a rrie r re tu rn it to th e post
the country and the railroads. It
office.
w as the only logical th ing that
The Post is not sent to anyone
could be done u n der the circum ­
unless ordered an d paid for and
stances.”
He indorsed Director
is stopped a t expiration.
I-
General McAdoo as the “right m an
in th e right place."—Benton County
Courier.
Tell The Post.
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FOOD CONSERVATION
demands that we eat less wheat, sugar, meat
and fats. We claim to be patriotic and are doing
all in our power to uphold the Government.
SECRETS OF GERMAN SPY
DELL BLANGùTT, FAMOUS
SYSTEM REVEALED IN DRAMA
BUCKAROO, FALLS N FRANCE
An A m erican's sacrifice of life and
Pendleton, Or. —- A lbert (Dell)
all it holds d ear to him , to save his Riancett, since 1911 one of the prom ­
countrym en and learn the secrets of inent figures am ong Pendleton
the G erm an spy system forms the Round-up contestants, w as killed in
them e of the stirrin g W illiam Fox action March 13, according to word
production, “T he Spy," w hich, w ith received by his hankers here from
D ustin F arn u m in its lead, comes the director of records of the C ana­
to the ISIS T heatre on W ednesday dian governm ent at Ottawa.
evening, April 24, for one night only.
He is the first Pendleton m an to
D ustin F arn u m , one of the few m eet this fate.
Blancett w as one of the men re-
popular m en sta rs of the screen,
pluys the role of M ark Q uaintance, ! sponsible for the form ation of the
a m an of w ealth and social posi- Cowboy Cavalry Troop, w hich left
tion, who u n d ertak es the hazardous [ here last sum m er as" Troop D. Ho
task of gaining a list of the Ten i w as unable to pass the physical ex­
tonic spit's in the United States.
! am ination, and w ent to C anada
In Berlin he finds it necessary to i w here he succeeded in enlisting in
enroll him self am ong those spies be- the cavalry. After reaching Eng-
fore he can learn w here the book ■ land his troop was m ade over into
containing th e ir •names is kept. ! infantry, hut Blancett, because of
Then he gets possession of it and his superior horsem anship, was
sends it to th e A m erican A m bassa­ tran sferred to fill a vacancy in the
dor, w hile he him self is court-m ar­ fam ous C anadian cavalry—the Lord
tialed.
S trathcona Horse.
The odd feature about tjjis th rill­
As a frontier show perform er
ing dram a is that it contains all the Blancett was known everyw here
vigor and excitem ent of w ar, w ith­ these shows were staged. He w as
out a single battle scene being flash­ an all-around cowboy, and often an
ed on the screen. Realizing th a t the event w inner. Iljs relay strings
public has a surfeit of such views, w ere w inners, and w ith his own
the Fox com pany arran g ed its story troupe B lancett him self staged a
in such fashion th at it w as found n u m b er of shows. B lancett’s wid-
unnecessary to fire a shot du rin g ow, B ertha Blancett, a famous cow­
the ta k in g of the picture.
girl, is now living in Independence,
In the cast are, besides D ustin Far- Oregon.
His m other is in Union,
num , W inifred Kingston, C harles California.
Clary, W illiam Burress, H oward I
_____
Gave and W illiam E. Lowry.
j
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B
BENEFITS OF PORTLAND’S
PROSPERITY TO STATE
PROJECTS MUST WAIT UNTIL
WORLD WAR IS FINISHED
Salem —But few enterprises th at
seek financing by the bond method
■
During and a fte r the w ar Port WIH be npproved by the Capital is
§ land will be exceedingly prosperous. SU(.S com m ittee unless they con-
= 1 he establishm ent of one ship plant trib u te directly or indirectly to w ar
1 1 w ith orders for ships at a contract | work,
according to instructions re-
f price of $75,(X)0,000 is but one indica- reived by State Engineer Lewis to-
B ,m n of w hat a lively city P ortland ^ d ay from th at committee.
P is and how m uch livelier it will be.
Bonds on a num ber of projects
W hile m any rush from the sm all have been rejected and apparently,
= valle) towns to the m etropolis for from the attitu d e taken by the com-
^ j well paid jobs, we on the outside , m ittee, a project will have to have
_=!
beneficial effects of the un- strong reasons justifying its dcvel-
^ usual in d u strial stir in th at city, opem ent if it receives the sanction
■ . We are given a better hom em urket, Qf ^ « t body.
fi
prices for o u r products of the
The com m ittee has given State
jj! farm s, and m any employed in Port- j E ngineer Lewis some suggestions
g land, whose fam ilies still reside in ns guidance to applicants who are
I th eir own hom es in the sm all towns seeking the com m ittees approval
B ; m ake it a prim e objeet to save while for bond issues.
H j the picking is good an d to send the
In all cases, it is declared, full
savings back to th e ir home towns, reasons should be given why the
j , —W oodbura Independent.
proposed issues cannot be post|>oned
u n til a fte r the w ar, or why the
City Charter
necessity is greater th an the p ara­
"
After the Liberty Lonn Drive is m ount need of the N ational Gov­
B I over, the com m ittee appointed by ernm ent in conserving the finan­
fi! the m ayor will get to w ork on the cial resources, m aterials and labor
ItM M M U C lM M M W iia n j i : M M M » M M I W m M l l f i M l ! ,,'>w cit>r chi,rt,’r
of the country for the war.
—SUBSTITUTES—
cost more than wheat flour but it is no fault of
the Food Administration or of ours that such is
the case as congress did not give the Food Ad­
ministration control of the grains from’ which
substitutes are made but you may rest assured
that our price is as low as we possibly can sell
them under
the present circumstances..
Senator McNary of Oregon has a bill before the
Senate now which if acted favorably upon by
congress will place the control of other grains
besides wheat in the hands of the Food Admin­
istration. Until that time we must pay the little
extra price and do it cheerful1 and patriotic­
ally.
Buy Less Candy—Be Saving : Your Sugar— .
But bear in mind that we are hern t> serve you
at Oash prices which are con m ’ rably less than
the stores who do a credit business
.
Yours Truly,
JOHNSON & COLLINS
g j
P rim aries Mav 17.
som ething sad about it, isn’t there?
T otters
When an American youth, fighting against
insuperable odds, gives up everythig
lor the glory of his country
William Fox
DUSTIN FARNUM
-PRESENTS—
The Spy’
—IN-
This story exposes a little-known chapter in
American diplomacy and German intrigue
Written by George Bronson-Howard
Directed by Richard Stanton.
ISIS
W e d n e s tla y ,
April 24