/ THE POLK COUNTY Jessie L. Calkins.................... 10.00 Total ....................................$98.12. Anna C.-Hinkle ..................... 25.00 { Road District No. 7. ECKER A CURRIE, Publishers Cyntha M. Hoke . .•.....................17.50 Dallas W'ood 2.50 Ethel E. Overholt ................. 10.00 Farmers State Co...................$ Bank ............ Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Charlotta H. Huffman ......... 20.00 Oregon Gravel >.v Con. Co........ 18.65 18.00 Sarah S. Carter ..................... 30.00 J. R. Il-irrii............................. 67.50 Tuesday and Friday Total ....................................$382 50 Steve Morrison....................... 21.25 Randall Buel ........................ 17.50 Care of Poor. Application made.for Entry as Mail Matter of the Second Class C. L. Siemer .......................... 11.25 E* Huntley, for boarding N. Harty ............................$ 15.00 William Ullery ..................... 6.25 Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year Strictly in Advance; Six Months For boarding J. Oleon....... 15.00 Ed Plaster .............................. 7.50 For boarding U. Saine .... 15.00 P. S. Greenwood ................... 45.00 $1.00; Three Months 50cents. For boarding J. Jarv is__ 15.00 S. W. Blessing ...................... 3.75 For boarding 1*. lichen__ 15.00 Total ....................................$228.15 CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor. J. F. CURRIE, Business Manager For boarding G. Ferren__ 15.00 Road District No. 8. Lelah C. Whitney, nursing iS. H. Crook ............................$ 15.00 and laundry, Mrs. Schmidt 15.00 J. p.. Walker .......................... 15.00 Kaiser Bill, you old fool, why don't you cut it out? Viers Co., groceries for Mrs. ¡Joe Tetherow ..................*.. 8.50 Keyset-, 2 m onths................ 12.00 Total ................................... $ 38.50 Here at flome we can assault the weeds with a hoe. Groceries for George Medley Road District No. 9. 2 months . .•.......................... 12.00 Oregon Gravel & Con. Co.........$ 43.20 Democratic Oswald West does not propose to bow to j Conkey <5c Walker—Groceries .1. N. Jones ............... for Mrs. Kennedy .............. 6.00 Earl Beuf ............................... 115.50 any King. 92.50 Groceries, George Wilson.. 10.00 J. A. Byers ............................ 55.00 Groceries, Wrn. W alker... 10.00 Henry Lehman ..................... 15.Q0 Maybe some time the profiteers will get just what they j King-Smith Dept. Store, gro­ D. Hartman ....................*... 25.00 ceries for Mrs. R. M. Aik- deserve. We all hope so, anyway. H. M. Dickison ....................... 40.0ft I man, months ................... 24.99, George Dickinson ................. 20.00 GETS BILLS ALLOWED BY THE Strickler Jourdan, grocer­ [Henry Knighton ...-.............. 20.00 We suppose that now over in the sheep country FLORIDA WEATHER LOYAL MAN JN BAD POLK COUNTY COURT ies for Mrs. H. B. Schmidt.. 15 00 C. C. Starr ............................. 50.00 the herders are doing the herding with a Ford. Johnson A- Collins, groceries Total ...................................$476.20 (From the Congressional Record) The following hills were allowed for Mrs. J. K. P. Graves ... 15.00 Road District No. 11. MB. SHERMAN. 1 know what at the last session of the county Williams Drug Co., drugs for If the Portland Telegram hasn’t any respect for Mr. these Fanners State Bank ............$ 22.15 marshals will do. I have seen court of Polk county, Oregon, poor farm inmates .......... 13.20 Oregon Gravel & Con. Co. .. 13.20 Ben Olcptt’s feelings it should have for the other 799,- them in operation. They are scat [ Sheriff’s Office A. J. Flum, amount.allowed 10.00 Rex Woraer ......................... 15.00 tered around, hordes of them, ail 999 people in the state. C. V. Johnson, groceries for John W. Orr ......................... $176.66 V. W. Williams ..................... 5.00 over the country, each of them anx­ T. B. Hooker.......................... 90.00 J. VV. Nonamaker.............. 10.00 E. M. T urner.......................... 13.75 ious to distinguish himself. In J. E. Richter .......................... 80.00 W. B. Gerth, groceries for J. Mr. Moser has real cause for being optimistic. Every­ Florida, in March, a man witii a Dallas ............................ 5.00 Co............... 4.90 D. Sipes .............................. 10.00 C. P. E. M. Staats Schweizer ................... 5.00 body seems to be willing to put his picture in the window German name, from a Northern John R. Telephone C. L. Crider, groceries for Mrs. Allgood ................... 3.75 Cecil Embree ........................ State, went down to Palm Beach. County Itemizer ........... 3.00 Arrow ................................. 6.00 Emery Whiteaker ................. 5.00 as long as he is in town. 5.00 He thought that was a real hot Polk Groceries for Mrs . Frank Total ....................................$361.31 Peroy Hadley ...................'.. 5.00 country all the time, and so one Ward .................................... 1.00 H. P. Whiteaker ................... 5.00 Clerk’s Office. Fritz seems to be much pleased when he is taken morning he put on the usual Palm A. B. Robinson Mrs. S. P. Biggs, house rent Jr....................$138.31 Staats .......................... 5.00 Beach suit and went out; but a Edith M. Jackson................... 85.00 for Mrs. Arrow ................. 7.00 J. E. C. E. Simpson prisoner. Jumping from hell into a pasture with barb norther ........................ 2.50 had struck that section of L. D. Brown, rent for Lizzie wire around it ou ght to be pleasant. Edna B. Jackson , .................. 70.00 Total ....................................$186.80 the country, and he nearly froze to ..................................... 6.00 " " Road District No. 16. & Pruhomme Co ......... 17.00 W. Dale death before he got back. When he Glass A. Messner, groceries for V. P. Fiske ............................ 16.06 Hamberger, being of German leanings, we presume reached the boat landing he said Polk County Itemizer............. 3.75 Mrs. Hisey .......................... Gravel & Con. Co. .. $ 12.15 6.00 Oregon John Underwood................... 100.00 considerable disgust, “Damn Dallas Telephone Co. ........... 2.95 Moore & Walker, Mdse, for must be rubbed out. Hot dog ought to have no difficulty with such a country as this," and was J. C. Hayter .......................... 2.10 poor farm inmates ............ 5.80 John W alker.......... .............. 125.00 now in being admitted to full membership in our vocabu­ arrested Lee Roberts ........................... 81.25- by a local •deputy who Meat Co., meat for ....................................$334.92 Dallas ¿Total ....................................$407.40 stood there, under the espionugo Total Treasurer’s lary. Mrs. Hisey .......................... 35 Office. act, on the ground that his state­ A. V. R. Snyder .....................$ General Road. Meat for Mrs. Arrow ......... 1.10 reflected upon the form of Dallas Telephone Co.............. 62.50 Russell Grader Mfg. Co.........$640.00 Eddy & Carbray, Mdse, for While it can be safely estimated that only one out of ment government of the United States, J. C. Hayter ......................... 2.00 E. W. Fuller .......................... 27.00 poor farm inmates ............ 1.00 every fifty* thousand is disloyal, yet when you read the when he simply meant that the Total ................................... $ 62.25 75 Total .....................................$323.44 Dallus Iron W orks................ 120.00 Florida climate was not what he Walter Williams ................. 50.00 papers it seems that only one out of eveiy fifty thousand supposed JaiL Assessor’s Office. it to he. [Laughter.] He Hauser Bros............................ 56.25 Polk Co. Electric Supply Co. .$ 60 is loyal. had to go to all the trouble and hu­ C. S. Graves ...........................$101.00 Total ..................................... 60 Northwest Auto Co..................4736.00 miliation of furnishing bond and Glass & Prudhomme Co.......... 169.50 Graven Hardware Co............... 2.75 Bridges. ......................... 85.00 While there may be some difference of opinion as to employing a lawyer. He had the F. H. J. Clay Holman Oregon Gravel & Con. Co. ... 7.43 Industrial Acc. Com...$ _ 7.21 Fox .......................... 72.00 State misfortune to inherit a German ™ y 0 ... „.W att Ship Powder Co............ 42.20 how General Focli pronounces his name, there is no mis­ name from his German parents, but C. E. Huntley ....................... 66.00 T’ J’ Sulllvan ........................ 5 001 C. Beckett ....................... 27.00 I. H. Sullivan ........................ 5.00 ; Star W. Transfer taking the unanimous idea that he’ll soon be starting he himself was as good a citizen as J. H. Brown .......................... 63.00 Finley ....................... 7.99' Whitney ..................... 1.50 j there is anywhere in this country. Pearl H. Hughes ................... 60.00 J. A. Tate ............................... 104.111 Guy Bros................................. 4.65- toward Berlin. F. H. Runcorn ....................... 54.00 Robertsqn ......................... 3.95- Total ................................... $122.82: A. j J. T. Friar .............................. 49.00 S. L. Burk .............................. 4.05 NO YIELDING TO A Mr. Lafferty is running for congress again in Portland. Ferry. Stella .1. Henry ................. ................ 48.00 Ezra .............................. 3.00 KAISER RILL PEACE E. O. Bainter ..................... ................ 42.00 J. M. Graves ..........................$ 83.00 George Hurt When he becomes tired of the job in the city, he may Fuller ......................... 9.00 ................................ 42.00 Chas. K. Spaulding L. Co...... 30.73 H. A. Robb ............................ move to the country and spend the rest of his days run­ President Wilson’s speech at J. J. K. Bagley Neal ............................. 42.00 Oberson Bros........................... 1.50 j j oe Tetherow ....................... 105.04 4.75 Baltimore had much to say of force, j ning against our Mr. Hawley. Ruth Graves ......................... 21.00 ....................................$115.23 John Donker ........................... 7.50 But there was in it also an appeal | John R. Allgood ..................... 6.50 Stock Indemnity. | F. A. Winslow ....................... 25.00 to of the . Ger- i Dallas Telephone Co.............. 2.25 _ man reason—the , if .. reason . have Wayne I}. H enry.................... $ 12.50 W. D. Gursline ....................... 10.00 As the library board fracas in Portland has been set­ Hrniir people, they not en- L , _ . .................... it. The rn„ kaiser's star Transfer ......................... 1.00 Total .................................... $ 12.50 Total ...................................$5893.56 abdicated tled without calling out the home guards that portion of tirely ...................................$954.75 Agricultural Agent. ----------------------------------------------- vainglorious threat to impose by 1 Total Weights and Measures. C. I.. Hawley the metropolis press so inclined may resume kicking the the sword such a peace as lie de-1 J. Sealer ........................$450.00 JONES 15.09 Tota* ................................... $4.>0.00 Qand(da(e B. |or F. Representative Non-Partisan League dog aroun’. sires upon his enemies, the Presi- j F. Jones..............................$ Polk District Attorney. dent meets with proud defiance Contingencies. and Counties, May Pri- German contention that i Pi&®®cki .......................$ ^ John R. Allgood ...................$ 18.75 maries. We would like to ask Captain Tooze or some other If force it is and the force alone must decide Hollas Telephone Co............... 2.80 V p. Fiske ........................... 5.00 (Paid Advcrtisemen-..) military authority at Camp Lewis if any of our acquaint­ everything, the allies, this-country I Total ..................................$ 7.20 Total ......................... '.........$ 23.75 ________________________________ in men and nion- Surveyor’s Office. ances who enrolled up there intending to become generals ey with as its yet resources Scalp Bounty. CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY JUDGE. scarcely tapped, will ans- Dallas Telephone Co..............$ 2.25 Charles Hinshaw ................. 2.00 I hereby announce myself a can- in six months ever got to be corporals. wer with a force greater than J. C. Hayter .......................... 2.70 O. N. Harrington ....................$ , (>.00: didate for the Republican nomina Germany can array. The official i Total ...................................$ 4.95 Total ...................................$$ 8.00 tion for the office of County Judge After all tin* votes have been put in the ballot box for German press declares that the | County. Court. ! '° succeed myself, subject to the dealt by Hindenhurg and j E.C. Kirkpatrick ....................$112.60 Polk County Advertising. Mr. Olcott and Mr. Simpson and Mr. Withycombe, we blows Observer .........$132.79 voters at the Primary election to are intended to make C. W. Beckett ............. 53.30 County Itemizer .......... 139.19 *,e Ticlci May 17, 1918. can’t imagine that there will be many left for “Wet” LtidendorfT the French and English and Am Dallas Telephone Co.............. 7.75 Polk Total ....................................$271.98 Sane business policy, economical. ericans “submissive," so that they i Court House Harley, “ Dry” Anderson and Gus Moser. not parsimonious administra- will accept the kind of peace which Tlu, Adder Machine Co...........$300.70 Grand total ......................$4592.62 lmt tion. Special atention to Probate will he gracious enough to Ki,,|ev Whitney . 6810 Road District No. 2. I Court.. Respectfully, Bather than take a position contrary to her conscien­ Germany them. To this there is but Oregon PowerCo. 8.81 H. A. Dorton ..........................$ 21.00, E. C. KIRKPATRICK. tious views, Miss Hunt resigned a $125 position in Port­ oiler one reply possible, and President j»()|k Co. Elec .Sup .Co............ 6.40 Floyd Dorton .......................... 17.50 (Paid Adv.) Wilson made it with high spirit. Da|las Water Co...................... 5.00 Total ....................................$ 38.50 | ________________________________ land. When anybody gives up a $125 job, when by keep­ The free people ortho United States Sterling Furniture Co............ 1.15 District No. 3. ing mum, they could hold it, we must admit that con­ will never SWOPE & SWOPE submit or yield to brute J. C. Hayter ...................... ...................... 0.30 Farmers Road State Bank of Inde­ force or a peace reeking with in­ sciences are made in different sizes. LAWYERS Total .....................................$396.46 pendence ............................. $152.20 justice.—New York Post. Circuit Court. I. 0. 0. F. Building Gravel Con. Co. ... 92,93 Candidates for state treasurer and labor commissioner WAR HAS BECOME A Dallas Telephone Co................$ 4.00 Oregon Frank Brobst ..................... 1.25 Independence, Oregon Total ....................................$ 4.00 W. H. McKee ........................ 28,00 may be numerous hut they appear to have been relegated BETTING PROPOSITION Insane. H. G. Keyt .............. 1.25 to the side show. In the big top, the senatorial and guber­ ------- Dr. B. H. McCallon................. 10.00 Clarence Gilson ..................... 7.50 O o o o o o o o o 0 0 oO arrival in full strength Dr starbuck ..................... 10.00 G. G. Remple ........................ 5.00 o E L I Z A B E T H L E V Y o natorial candidates are doing their tricks with the on America's the battle front* has become a Teacher of Violin o ............... .....$20.00 Harvey-Kurtz .............................. 5.00 o 0 elephant. hotting proposition—a sort of inter­ Total „ School Superintendents Office. Joseph Mortimer ................... 5.00 . national Derby or handicap race- Fred S. Crowley ............... . 8153.93 Herbert Lee 2 50 ° 'Vl give lessons in Indepen- which our allies and Germany Floyd l). Moore ................. .. 120.00 Anthony Dent .......................... If there had been as much energy worked off in regu oil o dence for beginners and ad- o o ....................... 11.25 are placing huge stakes. Our allies Alta B. Crowley ................. . 60.00 Leander Conner................... 11.25 [ o vanced students. Best of o lating the price to be paid for the publication of the de­ are we will be there in time, Prices reasonabl.e o ................. 9.00 Total ..................... $323.13 I o o methods. linquent tax list as there has been regulating the price of while betting Germany is plunging heavily J. P. C. S. Greenwood Inquire at the Post Building o Hayter ........................ 3.00 Road District No. 5. that we cannot make it. Dallas Telephone Co.......... .. .. 3.80 o or write E. Levy, 563 Court other legal publications, we would not now be confronted on Mr. the odds E. M. Mitty •.......................$ 50.62 o St., Salem, Oregon. Balfour has just given a o Total ................................ with a hard nut to crack British cheer which we interpret to H. M Reese............................ 42.50 ; O o o o o o o o o 0 0 0 O Health Office. mean that he is not worrying about Dr. H. B. McCallon his country's stake. "The thot up­ Mr. Me A (loo’s confession that I 10 wears patched permost in all British minds," the Total ................... i ........... ........... .$ 84.00 trousers is very pleasing to that portion of humanity foreign secretary said in a speech Indigent Soldier. labor delegates, J. B. Scrafford who have always worn them—war or no war. But in or­ to upset the the American ................... .$ 50.00 plans, that Am Total ................................. .$ 50.00 der for Mr. McAdoo to gain full membership in the erica will German be able to send over her Established .1889 Widows’ Pension. Ancient and Honorable Order of Patched Pants, he must indomitable force in a way which Eliza Lawrence .................... .$ 20.00 no German general staff officer has Etta Bush ........................... . 20.00 come thru with the declaration that he goes to bed ever A Successful Business Career of calculated." Addie Launer ..................... . 17.50 Twenty-Five Years while Mrs. McAdoo does the patching. That’s the bet. It's One of a series Mrs. McNulty ........... . 10.00 the Germans have taken since the Eliza Mike ....................... . 10.00 war began. Some of them have Hattie Nelson The moving picture world is all excited this week. won. ....................... . 10.00 They won on Russia, on the Georgia Biggs INTEREST PAID ON TIME ................ . 17.50 Douglas Fairbanks and pretty little Mary Pickford lkans and on Turkey. They lost Harriet E. Saywors Olin .................. . 30.00 and England. It is now Martha A. South ................ . 10.00 DEPOSITS have become too chummy to satisfy Mrs. Doug and she on for France America to make them lose the Jennie Miller ................... . 25.00 proceeds to make "first page copy. Then, Owen Moore, biggest stake of all, and with it the' Blanche L. Morgan ................. . 17.50 Officers and Directors victorious peace they had counted 1 Mary’s husband, butts in and says his little speech. on. Ki sas City Times. Grace E. Yeatcr ................... . 25.00 H. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. Meanwhile, Doug and Mary say it “ taint so.” It has Bertha J. W alling.............. . 17.50 _ _ __ R- DeAimond, Cashier Sarah A. Pitzer ................... . 20.00 been a horrible way of breaking the news to hundreds of The West Front battle has been | Englehoni ........................... . 20.00 W. H. \\ alker I. A. Allen O. D. Butler romantic lads and lasses that Doug and Mary are married. going on for a month without result G V. Johnson for Bertha K. P O S T . Sticking Top Time & ¿ ! C ? 4 , . L . l 1 ___ & T ________ 1 , \ & \ o The Independence National Bank j