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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1918)
T H E P O L K P O S T . C O U N T Y F o r / A m Queen o f the M a y , Papa ECKER * CURRIE, Publishers Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Tuesday and Friday Entered us second-class matter March 2K, 1918, at the-postoffice at In- I dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year Strictly in Advance; Six Months < $1.00; Three months 50 cents. All subscriptions stopped at expiration. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor. J. F. CURRIE, Business Manager Every Few Days Send Him a pouch of Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug 1 )r. Mark S. Skiff of Salem is winning a place in the sun. A fter <t week from next Friday, Democrats become Democrats again. Think of the welcome he will give it—this con- densed plug of fine tobacco that slips flat into his pocket, ready to give him tobacco comfort and satis faction unywhere, all the time! lien Olcott may commence to look for competent help to assist him in moving upstairs. It’s all right to keep the home fires burning if you jurn wood, ( ’oal must be conserved. Loyalty In The Country KINGS VALLEY (From the Congressional Record) C. E. Rice was an Independence All candidates who are holding back something may MR. BORAH. Mr. President, I ob visitor yesterday. turn it out in our next Tuesday edition. served through tlie press last week The Senator from Oregon, Me Nary, is on the job in Washington and doing exceedingly well. Keep him there. — ------------------------- ----------- _ \ man in Salem declares he is going to vote for Moser. Adding one to the other two, it makes three outside of Multnomah county. that there were a number of people appearing before one of the import ant committees of the Senate testify ing with regard to disloyalty in dif- ! tarent parts of the United States. |o,ie reading the reports of the hear- ings would conclude that the agri cultural sections of the country wen saturated witht disloyalty. I do not know just how accurately these wit nesses were reported, but the infer- C. II. Harter and .loe Cook made a flying trip to Corvallis Tuesday evening hv auto. Mrs. Nellie-Smith visited Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tip Maxfield. • G iv e any man a ch e w o f Real G ravely Plug, and h e w ill tell yov ¿h a t 3 the kind to send. Send the best! O rdinary plug is false e co n o m y . It costs less p e r w e e k to ch e w R j s l G ra vely, b eca u se a -jn.-vii ch ew o f it lasts a long while. It y o u -.nvsVo .clico G ravely v it S yo u r knife and add a little to y -n ir s a jc V ^ tou a cso. It wilt ’ ire -avor — im prove yo u r smoke. SEND VOUK It Till S. StkMcf /. thHim «- nXAVE.Y Dealers all around here carry it in 10c. pouches. A 3c. stamp will put it into his hands in any Training Camp or Seaport of the U. S. A . Even “ over there” a 3c. stamp will take it to him. Your dealer will supply envelope and give you. official directions how to address it. P. B. GRAVELY TOBACCO COMPANY, Danville. Va. 71« Patent Poach keeps it Fresh and Clean and Good —A it not Real Gravely without this Protection Seat The fanners are about through their crops, Established 1 8 3 1 ê Mr. and Mrs. Martin Christenson E. F. Southard, retiring publisher of the Polk County visited Tuesday evening with her Observer, was a bull in the Republican china shop of Polk enee to he drawn from their wtjite , wisfor ' m , A \ it S n «lér term of office has accomplished later chairman of the State Repub more for Oregon than any other lican Central Committee. countv but we are quite sure he had no objections to being m,‘n,s " i,s "'at entire communities , I—indeed, if not entire States—par -pa r ticularly agricultural or rural dis tricts or communities were, as I Someone rises to inquire what the kaiser will do after said, saturated with disloyalty. It seems while these gentlemen the war. W e refrain from reply because in the heat of a I were here advertising the disloyalty political campaign we don’t wish to stop find .argue with of the farmers and farmers' organi zations throughout the country, the some fellow who declares that there is no hell. farmers at home were engaged in j Martie I.ake was at I the store Tuesday. member in Congress in a like . Space forbids further enumera period. tion of the vast amount of work Among his colleagues he is known Senator McNary lias done for Ore There will he services at the as “the man on the job”, and dur gon, but anyone will realize from chturh every second and third ing the present war crisis Oregdh the foregoing tlie Senator has dis Sunday of each month. should consider itself fortunate in played truly remarkable ability, There must he quite an attraction having an opportunity to return him coupled with extra-ordinary dili at Alexander ns Tony Shay has and not be compelled to send to gence and energy. His native state been going there every Sunday for Washington, u new, untrained man. can best show its appreciation of Believing that the supreme obli his faithful and efficient services Justice for ihe people of fill lands, the elimination Gf ;! ,uMl,nK !!! 111,11 n o ,’s nnd S,,l,s,'rih-1 quite a while, gation he owes his scountrv is to by nominating and electing him. Mr. secret diplomacy and militarism and restoration o t right 1 » order that the two sides of the Mr. McCoy McCoy and Friend Racker, tielp win the war, Senator McNary, THOMAS B. KAY, I of Luekiamnte Valiev were In the instead of returning to his state to State Treasurer. and reason. A peace based upon these essentials will for- <i",,s,i,»> nuiy go to the country and of Luekiamnte conduct a political campaign, is at U. W. SLEEMAN, ever banish war from the face of the earth. ' the " u,t world " ,P ,,co',le in ° ,her »,a,'s ° ,| ey T,,PS" ay> may understand that our| Mrs. Joe Miller visited with her tiis post in Washington working for Bus. Rep. of District Oregon and aiding in the prosecu -------------- -------------------------- j farmers are no less loyal and no less \ sjstor, Mrs. Eva West, Sunday. Council of Carpenters. tion of the war. The six Republican candidates for state treasurer may 'looted to the cause than other MRS. GEO. W. McMATH, Our blacksmith, Mr. Whitfield, elass of people f call attention to Always since entering the Senate I’res. of Co-operative beat the tom-tom all they want to, but the crowds /are this item which appears this morn and son, George, went to Portland lie has been a friend of our soldiers League. Monday on business. flocking to the two big tents where the senatorial and ing in the Post: nnd sailors and has introduced legis THOMAS A. McBRIDE, All the states which have Chief Justice of Oregon gubernatorial entries are doing their tricks. Mr. and Mrs .McCoy were in (lie lation giving them preferential homestead rights and repeatedly gone over the top and won hon Supreme Court. Valley Saturday. or flags are largely rural. Mon championed their cause when tlieir T. H. NEUHAUSEN, W e respectfully petition Captain Tooze to have the T. J. Allen our merchant, is do- welfare was in jeopardy. tana, whose quota was $9,000,- Vice-Chairman Hughes ing a rushing business. Championing the cuiisec of the 000, lias reported subscriptions Campaign Committee. military rule annulled which requires that soldiers must Oregon farmers. Senator McNary of $1-1,7-11,000. North Dakota, (Paid Adv.) wear their uniforms perpetually. Recently kve were procured for them a primary wheat with a quota of $0,500,000, has W IGRICH ITEMS close enough to a private to become satisfactorily assured reported more than $10,000,000. market, saving thereby several mil that he had been led to believe that socks are a part of And North Dakota was partieu Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Green moved lion dollars to the wheat growers a U n ifo r m ”” iarl.v subjected to attack by some to Horst Brothers’ ranch on Fri of the Northwest. Realizing the present Food Con of these witnesses. You would think day. trol Law fails to fix prices for many _ ~ .. " “ . that the farmers and it is almost Mr. and Mrs. Will Roberts of commodities. Senator McNary has B. F. JO N E S Ihe Lane county candidate who attempted to ques- entirely an agricultural state, were tion the moral environments of the state university thru pin*-t¡»ally ail out of sympathy with Highland were Sunday guests with introduced, and is lalmring for tlie Candidate for Representative Pollr 11 io later's parents, Mr. and Mrs. passage of a bill, striking at profit and Lincoln Counties, May Pri the voters’ pamphlet and was blocked by Secretary of t m'.d n ^ -H i^ "n .e ! McComas. eering and fixing prices on tlie ne maries. cessaries of life. State Olcott should he satisfied now without further par- ... . (Paid Advertisement) Mr. and Mrs. F.. M. Lichty and Senator McNary lias procured: Indications are that South Mr. and Mrs. Huston of Buena Vis ley. 11 is rich and racy political gem has been given a Government contracts for the first Dakota lias also subscribed its ta were callers at the Abe Porter prominent place in the press which ought to be more sat time in the state's history for Ore CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY JUDGE quota, of $22,000,0011, Minnesota and C.tiown homes on Sunday after l hereby announce myself a can gon products, such as prunes, de has contributed $118,900,000 ex isfying than having it buried in the voters’ pamphlet. noon. hydrated potatoes and vegetables in didate for the Republican nomina clusive of subscriptions from tion for the office of County Judge Minneapolis and St. Paul and Kate and Roy Rooney were rou large quantities. to succeed myself, subject to the Mr. W e st’s proposal that all senatorial candidates Large contracts from the govern Duluth, whose pledges amount tined to their home With the mea ment for army clothing and ship voters at the Primary election to to $.'!7,500,000.. Northern Wis sles several days. withdraw arid leave the Held clear for Mr. MeNarv doesn’t be held May 17, 1918 building and lumbering industries. cousin and northern Michigan, appear to be satisfactory to very many; even Mr. MeNarv Sane business policy, economical, Helen Porterfield is home from Senator Meaty was instrumental which report to the Mitmcpolis but not parsimonious administra school with the measles. frowns upon the proposal. Messrs. Stanfield and King Fedmil itesejpe Rank, have i in P "Muri.n* on sUi»,s | tion. Special .Mention te Probate about $8,000,000 each. have become real peeved about it and rather vehement I v Marie Turner spent Friday with for the shipment of condensed milk ; c nm.( • Respectfully, j and cream from Oregon conden- i Mr. President, a state ot war not F.. C_ KIRKPATRICK. tell Mr. West to look after his own children. All this po I only calls out the great virtues of Nina and Helen Porterfield. series, whereby tlie disaster which (Paid Adv.) Mr Jesse Tann of Parker visited threatened t h i s industry was litical literature, being very interesting, easily won it place the people, hut it calls out other his daughter. Mrs. George De- averted. on the front page next to and abutting the world war. characteristics less admirable. I Forest on Friday afternoon. Senator McNary is working: Conner lor County Clerk trust that these political Pharisees Now tlint all senatorial candidates have elected to stay to who have come here with the Amer For prompt payments of allot I hereby announce my candidacy Mr. and Mrs. Sloped of Inde the finish, it may he some consolation to Mr. West to tell ican Hag wrapped around I hem to pendence visited Sunday afternoon ments to dependent relatives of our for county clerk of Polk county, soldiers and sailors. subject to the decision of the Re him that it will probably all come out in the end just e x - « « .. v ir t u « . .....to de- at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David A comprehensive plan for tlie publican voters at the primary i . i < t \ tin» virtu«** of on1 1 n* com mum Haley. utilization of the water power re election to he held May 17, 1918. I anil «»»tin* s t a f f s will» ot bf actlv as It«' wants it to come out. I ho M r. \N Ost UO (lo u o t sources of Oregon. was I hicii and raised m Polk county acted with the best of purposes, he is plainly guilty of regarded as voicing the real sciiti For the construction of a coast and believe I can successfully per- UNITED STATES SENATOR attempting to rush the season, and he should have never military highway at Government forift the duties of the office. CHARLES L. McNARY war. I trust also that this expense. 10 GEORGE \V. CONNER. submitted any proposal that, might hinder nature from, wholesale denunciation of entire 1 Senator McNary was horn on a (Paid ad. by George W. Conner) classes and communities will re , taking its natural course. farm in Oregon: reared in the Uap- reive the condemnation at the hands I tis t chuivh educated in the public of all sane and patriotic citizens SW O P E & S W O P E schools* worked his way through which il deserves. SE N A T O R M cN A R Y Stanford University: is a lawyer LAW YERS and farmer and has been a life I. O. O. F. Building The Best of All Games. In less than two weeks the Rcpuhlir.-tus of Oregon \till long Republican. He was formerly Independence. Oregon a justice on the Supreme Court nnd select their emuluhite for United ¡States Senator. If prov You're >>irk of the game? \\ ell, now , that !* a shame! ed fitness for the office is the best guide, then Senator Mc You’re smart nnd you're brave, Nary should he nominated. H e has proven himself a amt you're bright. The Independence National Hank thoroughly capable, broad-minded, patriotic public ser You've hint a raw deal. I know; hut don't squeal. vant. with no factional entanglements, but serving all Established .1889 Ruck up. 18) your dnrndest,nnd ! the people without favor and in conformity with the high fight. coaxed out. POLITICAL ADVERTISING 1 est standard of public duty. It's the plugging away that will fn critical times such as the one through which we are win you the day So don't lie a piker, old |>ard. naw passing it is part of wisdom to retain in important Just draw on your grit: it s so easy offices men who are tried and true, men of high personal to quit— It's the keeping the chin up that's character, who know the needs of the state and nation, hard. H who are fearless in the performance of their duty and who have entire public confidence. The Republicans of It's easy to t ry that you're beaten, and die Oregon cannot do better than to keep Senator MeNarv It's easy to crawfish and crawl; where he is. He abundantly merits the nomination, and Hut to keep on and fight until it comes right if he is nominated, he will surely be elected.— Portland „ Why, u.ro," that P!! Is the best game __ ol all! Telegram. MRS F.I.SIF. SHONTS. A Successful Business Career of Tvventv-Five Years ^ « 1 IN T E R E S T P A ID ON T IM E Because United States Senator Charles L. McNary has made good he should lie nominated to succeed himself in the Republican Primary —May 17th. From the day he l>eoame Senator he has loyally championed the pro secution of the war, and during hisj D E P O SIT S Officers and Directors H. Hirschberg. Pres. D. W . Sears, V . P. R. R. DeArmond, Cashier W . H. W alker L A . Allen 0 . D. Butler