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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1918)
t S S S jfP ( / r ¿ -¿ U Z r u . o q i T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME 1. Letter From France (M onm outh H erald) Soigewhere in France, A pril 12, 1918.—Dear Friends:—Have in tend ed to w rite you for some tim e but M onday is the first day of Red we are k<“?t so busy over here th at Cross week d u rin g which tim e one it is difficult to find tim e to write. h u n d red m illion dollars will be I have received one copy of the raised in the U nited S tates for the H erald since com ing over here and Red Cross. Governor W ithycom be has is w as certainly glad to get it. I have been over here about two sued the following proclam ation: m onths and have truly found out Citizens of Oregon, greetings: W hereas, W oodrow W ilson, P resi th a t there are lots of trials and d en t of the U nited S tates an d presi trib u lations to arm y life. Mostly d en t of the A m erican Red Cross, w ork and little rest. ag ain has called upon the people of We had a vry good trip across th e U nited S tates to support th e th e ocean, and never sighted a sub g re a t institu tio n of Red Crqss and m arin e or had any trouble in tiie W hereas, he h as proclainm ed th e least. It being my first trip on the week of May 20 to 27 for th e p u r sea I expected to be sick and I w as pose of soliciting gifts; not disappointed. 1 w as sick alm ost Now, therefore, 1, Jam es W ithy all th e w a yover but w as able to combe, governor of generous Ore be about al Ithe tim e w ith the ex- gon, call upon all citizens of th is | caption of one day. There \yere sta te to set aside th is week to th e quite a huge num ber of M arines on holy purpose of serving in th is h u board besides a num ber of sailors, m ane cause; an d I urge all private and between the two we m anaged to citizens, if called upon, to serve as ! get tw elve or fifteen stringed instru- w orkers, and to let no private occu \ m eats together and have a concert pation hold them back. alm ost every night in spite of the W hen citizens of Oregon are rocking of the ship. asked for th e ir gifts let them re It w as raining w hen we arrived m em ber th a t they a re helping suf at th e port w hich we were scheduled fering hum anity. for an d h as kept on raining. I Oregon never fails. Let h e r lead don't believe we have had a dozen again! good days in the two m onths. The Given u n d e r m y h an d th is 15th m ud has been terrible, especially in day of May, H118. the trenches, and it has certainly JAMES WITHYCOMBE. discouraged and disgusted m e w ith the country. The last two days have been fine tho and I hope it keeps up. ESTHER BRIGHTMAN WILL GO We just cam e o u t of the trenches TO FRANCE AS A NURSE a few days ago, for a rest and 1 can tell you it w as quite un experience. Salem , Or.—Five young women The day we left the fellow— — w ho w ere g rad u ated as nurses from (Ju st here the censor cut out th e Salem hospital W ednesday n ig h t have volunteered te h ir ser about a hundred words.) We generally are well fed and vices as Red Cross n urses an d ex pect soon to be on duty in France. have fairly good sleeping q u arters, They a re Jennie |L ucile P earce, und also have a large n u m b er of E sth er Louise B rightm an, Ruth sleeping com panions in the w ay of E velyn Ryley, L aura Louise Miller "cooties”, for those not fam iliar with the trench language, this is an o th er and O ttillio C aroline Montag. A s a farewell eoinplifhent to the word for lice and they certainly young wofflen the g rad u atio n ex seem to be on the job most of the ercises w ere supplem ented by an tim e tim e and do very little sleep elaborate m usical program a rra n g ing. W e also have some more pets ed by Miss L illian McNary, sup er in the way of rats and they seem to in ten d en t of the hospital, some of like the com panionship of ,the th e m usicians being brought from soldiers very m uch, especially if they have an y th in g in the w ay of P ortland. eatin g handy. Two things th at have been h ard CITY COUNCIL VACATES to get accustom ed to, are the lan STREET FOR GRAIN PIT guage and the money. W e arc paid entirely in French m oney and in The city council at its reg u lar plain English it is some junk. Tears m eeting W ednesday night approved in two if one looks a t it twice, the a n d passed the ordinance w hich p ap er m oney I m ean, and they use vacates a p art of F street abuttin g so m uch of the o th er kind th at one the property of th e Oregon Milling has a pocket full before one kniw s Co. The vote w as 1 to 1, Sloper it an d it is a nuisance to carry voting no an d B ohannon being ab around. W ell, I th in k I will have to close sent. T hat p art of the street vacated for th is tim e as I will soon have to will become the property of the m ill go to work. com pany an d will be used for the Best regards to all m y friends. purpose of building a dum ping pit Sincerely yours, o n it. As grain* is now delivered JOE CLARK. in bulk it w as necessary for the 79Co., fi Reg. U. S. M airne Corps, m ill com pany to equip itself so as Am. Ex. Forces. to h andle g rain in th e w agon. No o th er site being av ailable Mr. Hoff m an asked for the vacation. Post phone Main 622. i I ■ I I I i 1 I 1 ■ B I ■ q g I ■iiihJiwimiiniii rano wr » i!iivi.aii!i Pints .................... .......... Q u a rts.................... 1 '} C-Ü3US Zh:.c Cap .............. .......... V— rp 85c S1.0 t: **5 I:Oc dozen dozen dozen dozen' r T iiy , JOHNSON cv COLLINS Independence, Vhf ru May i. 15— (Editor Post)—I see th a re 'is a new. »I. llW c „».— h a rte r *- to i... be ---- madfel' P u ') i u h Tip I can keep pigs in ibWfn h U ik l hdhf lick the kaiser; books, should bn audited; divide it into wards elec VOTE IN INDEPENDENCE U nited S tates Senator— M cN ary .................... S t a n f ie ld .................. . Governor— / Coke ...................................... C om m issioner of Labor— In the next d raft call, Polk ty will furnish 31 m en, nil Give every citizen tl-ijlta rd deaf,1 Class 1. These men \v,!l report for duty d u rin g tiie Inst week of May. let nil citizens work together fqr tbej All young men who have reached good of tiie town, let everybody d o the age of tw enty-one since Ju n e 5 the best they know BtM/‘Infill a f f of last y ear will be obliged to reg I will be all right. K eepuw iiw ch! nb | our m oney at home as i\yi;, cujj , ister on Ju n e 5 of this year. As the Good Book says 'lo v e th y | neighbor as thysely," ’• lift1! VverCJ 19-YEAR OLD PAIR GET VANCOUVER JOY TICKET body push and the w ago^ afiljf go 1 over the hill. A ClifF>.FN1.;lT Vancouver, W ash. — H enry. II. | ------------------------ « in m iT tM j Gentry, aged 1!), of Independence,; Ore., and Frieda Gigger, aged 1!), of ji> Gervais, Ore., appeared before the W ednesday, May 15, and wore given a ticket to happiness. The two youngsters were m arried the sam e day . 1 2 3 4 24 11 41 5 36 15 15 11 10 37 14 38 18 22 8 17 17 6 1 2 0 23 11 14 0 o 1 22 14 11 6 4 2 8 15 "BAD MAN” IS STILL ENJOYING OUTDOOR LIFE 2 4 Jeff Baldw in, “bad m a n ” w ho es-j 2 raped front ‘tie penitentiary last 1 0 S unday h as not yet been captured. 10 4 5 13 3 1 11 14 7 5 6 2 23 7 9 3 2 2 The Role of the Nickel 8 6 (M em phis Commercial Appeal.) , 7 Bout de onlies tiling a nickle tit-, *5 te n ’ full now days is f tack it on de . 1 ! price o’ sum pn'. 1 16 11 6 27 15 2 31 3 10 11 8 8 7 16 17 6 7 15 6 13 7 13 1 3 X ational C onm iitteenian— Gram TTTTTTA iT cf. .7.’ . & ! ali of the officers By*'file jMdfi reduce the light ami wtileFexipihisep coun pay off tiie.indebtedm^p i^pooi^ as from can; make economy the watchword. ~13 4 6 4 — The High School pupils gave a I play at the Isis tonight w hich w as quite generously patronized and ! those tak in g p art did well. iff McNary, the W inner Vivian Martin 22 26 27 14 7 17 22 11 W illiam s County J u d g 23 •34 15 17 Gibson County Clerk— 32 21 13 15 25 19 29 14 7 22 10 7 8 14 5 8 Conner ........................ Democrat N ational C om m ittem an— Horni b r o o k ................ Morrow ...................... U n ited S ta tes Senator— W est ............................. K in g ............................. Governor— P ierce ........................... Starkw eather ........... : 9 4 12 5 11 6 12 8 11 4 12 6 18 16 1 5 12 3 9 9 5 11 14 8 INDEPENDENCE TOTALS W illiam s liti, D ennis 42, M cN ary 130, Stanfield 50, W ithycom be 70, O lcott 57, Sim pson 33, H arley 11, M oser 10, A nderson 3, R yan 52, Cusiek 31, W est 28, H off 26, Plum m er 12, Adam s 6, Kelly 85, John s 37, Coke 26, Gram 43, D alzell 40, H o lstein 29, N ickum 26, M iller 89, W illiam s 57, K irkp atrick 102, Gibson 68, M oore 87, U glow 46, Conner 35, H ornibrook 44, M orrow 23, W est 57/ King 16, P ierce 37, Starkw eather 34. Overflowing We advise that you do not delay in buying all of the jars that you need as a traveling sales man told us that only about ten per cent of the glass factories in the United States are run- ning. We have quite a generous supply on hand and are selling Mason’s for— H W Men m ay be asked to giveup th eir sh irt tails to the Red Cross. Some patriotic w om an some w here in tiie U. S. A. has discov ered th a t they m ake nice kitchen aprons, so the word is being sent out to grab all tiie sh irt tails and m ake use of them in the w ar. \ Republican U alzell ...................... . . . . . . H olston ............................... N ickum ..................... .y... P u blic Service C om m issioner- V o ojiv/T bcdalldtfH dT ;0 0 .it SACRIFICE YOUR SHIRT TAILS THIRTY-ONE POLK BOYS TO GO IN NEXT CALL McNary for Senator. Withycombe for Governor Kirkpatrick for Judge Moore for Clerk Graves for Commissioner West for Senator Probably Pierce for Governor H arley .................... M oser ...................... A nderson ............. S ta te Treasurer— R yan ...................... Cusick .................... W est ...................... Hoff ........................ Plum m er ................ A dam s .................... Suprem e Court Jud ge- K elly ...................... h t t i g uuiiqiiJM lM tl RESULT OF PRIM ARY—THESE ARE W INNERS is approaching and the far-sighted housewife will this yeqr above . U others buy her require ments early. ¿ 'M "? c man Canning Season tH iiiaiiiniai iimtmmin Results of the Primary Election a NUMBER 16. - INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, , FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1918. RED CROSS WEEK BEGINS MONDAY VI 'Q tQ i< lÌ7 y //> -IN- Little Miss Optimist ISIS THEATRE W ednesday, May 22