K < 7Z/ fyjL4irt\ f / v ¿MtslH T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME l. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, M EM O RIAL ANOBI D ECO R ATIO N DAYS TMX POST SUSTAINED The Post enthusiastically sup ported McNary and Olcott and we are pleased with the vote each received here. Senator Mc Nary carried this section by near ly 3 to 1 and Mr. Olcott, despite tbe Witbycombe landslide, lack ed but a few votes of being firtt Memorial service« w ill be held at the Isis theatre Sunday, May 28, at eleven o'clock. Dr. Dunsmore will deliver the Memorial sermon. Members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C Will meet at the hall and go in a APMIBS ET THOUSANDS body. The Sons o f Veterans are ARE CAUGHT U eordi&lly invited to meet at the hall’ and go with them. The City Corvallis, Ore.—Vetch aphids are 8erviee Flag will be dedicated after literally caught by the bushel in a the services. simple, home-made dozer devised at the O. A C experiment station in On Decoration Day, May 30, the response to the demand for some G. A. R. and W. R. C. with the Sons way to stop the destruction of vetch o f Veterans w ill leave their hall at crop in many parts of Oregon. 0:45 and march to the grade school “This should be the means of sav house. The school children will ing $35,000 to $40,000 to the vetch fall in and march to Main and C farmers if you can get the infor street where the exercise will take mation before them through the place. C W. Barrick will deliver the press,” says Professor A. L. Lovett, address of the day. The school chil the station entomologist. “ If used dren will give a flag drill and the on the fields at once it will save City Service Flag w ill be unfurled. most of the crop.” After the exercises the G. A- R- and The device, 10 feet long or more W. R. C. will go to the hall for a consists of a front and rear section dinned and take the 1:30 train for attached to each of them about 18 Monmouth where they will be the inches apart. The front section is guests of the Normal School at their made as follows: One or more Memorial exercises. boards form the bottom which is 18 inches wide. The back and ends “EMPTIES AT CORVALLIS; are made of inch boards 12 inches INVESTIGATION d e m a n d e d wide. It is mounted on three low runners about 1% inches high. Corvallis, Or.—There were 111 Wires or light ropes are attached to empty cars standing on the yard the front of the outside runners switches of the Southern Pacific, and brought together at the single just outside of this city Thursday tree, which is held high by the o f this week—46 refrigerators, 55 breech straps to keep them knock bo xcars and 10 flats. ing down the aphids. This surprising information was The rear section is made just like given to some of the leading men the front, with the addition of a o f this city Thursday afternoon by cloth backstop stretched full length A. L. Stevenson, a prominent real of the lioard forming the back, and estate dealer of Corvallis. He said an inch strip is tacked on the front he had personally made the inves edge of the bottom, to keep the tigation aud count. Immediately aphids from crawling off. after this statement by Stevenson The operator mounts the horse the mater was reported to the pub and drags the dozer over the field, lic sem ce commission with a de going in a brisk walk. The edge mand that an investigation be made of the first section strikes the vetch at once and quirk action taken. stalks near the ground and dis Reports of the hiding out of cars lodges many of the insects, which in the towns on the main lines in drop on the platform. The plants the Willamette valey have been spring back just as the second sec printed and circulated for the past tion comes along and receive a six months. Several instances of double jolt just as they bend back the storing of empty car* on the over the platform. This almost sidetracks in Corvallis, Browns completely knocks the remaining ville and Harrisburg during the pests down to the platform acute car shortage have been re The aphids are then scooped from ported. Stevenson's report has a- the platforms into a vessel and de roused indignation here, as the need stroyed—either burned or buried. for the proper distribution of cars during the war crisis is seen. $15M REALIZED AT THE RED CROSS SALE AT MONMOUTH I L L U S E COUNTRY CLUBHOUSE W LIL OPEN rOR INSPECTION The Red Cross sale at Monmouth Salem, Or.—The new clubhouse of last Saturday was a great success the Illihee Country club, near Lives- financially and a large crowd at ley, will be the scene of an all day tended The receipts were $1560.49, “ open-house” Sunday, May 26, and and as all articles sold and services a general invitation is extended for rendered were donated, this amount inspection of the new qUartere. An was net informal dance is to be given Thurs day, May 21 The golf links > being put in hater condition and tournaments are being planned An- next month. Players are expected here from Portland, Eugene and Albany. The Service Flag will be dedi cated Sunday morning at eleven o'clock at the Isis theatre. At ten thirty the Polk County Home Guard Band w ill giVe a concert in front of the theatre building. National Committeeman — Ralph National Committeeman—W. H. Horn i brook. E. Williams. I l S. Senator (short term)—Fred U. S. Senator (long term)—Oswald W Mulkey. W est •' U. S. Senator (long term)— Chaa Governor—Walter J. Pierce. L McNary. State Senator-Robert Johnson. Representative in C ongre»—W. G State Representative (P olk )—T. Hawley. W. Drunk. Governor—James Witycombe. County Judge—Asa B. Robinson. Treasurer—Thos. F Ryan. Sheriff—John M. Grant Justice of the Supreme Court— County Clerk—Tracy Stoats. Charles A. Johns. County Treasurer—Doubtful. Attorney General — George M. County Surveyor— Fred Suvev. Brown. County Coroner—Doubtful. Superintendent of Public Instruc County Commissioner — I. M. tion—J. A. Churchill Simpson. Commissioner of Labor—G H. As no Democratic candidates filed Grom. for the state offices and congress Public Service Commissioner— man except governor, it will not lie Fred A. Williams. known until the official canvas is State Senator—1. G Patterson. made who has been nominated by State Representative (joint)—B. having their names written in. F. Jones. State Representative (P o lk )—W. The official returns may reveal V. Fuller. that O. P. Hoff has received the Re County Jadge— E. G Kirkpatrick. publican nomination for State Sheriff—John W. Orr. Treasurer in -place of T. F. Ryan. County Clerk—Floyd D. Moore. Ryan has a lead of less than 260. County Treasurer—A. V. R. Sny Public Service Commissioner. W il liams has apparently defeated Mil der. ler, present incumbent, by a nar County Surveyor—Doubtful. County Coroner—R. L. Chapman. row margin The nomination for County Commissioner — T. J. Justice of the Supreme Court was won by less than 50000. Graves. W. H. Crawford is secretary of the NEAR INDEPENDENCE bureau, with headquarters in Port land. In a recent letter to the sec rotary « f the Dellas Commercial (Polk County Observer.) The Oregon Development Bureau club he says “actual work will he under way at Independence this has concluded negotiations for the month.' purchase of sixty acres of the John son estate near Independence and will soon inaugurate the work of developing a model farm at that WAR SAVXNG8 STAMPS REPORT FÒR POLE COUNTY place. It is the purpose of the bureau, under the personal sup * Total remitted from Dallas * ervision of Prof. Scudder of the * to date <46238.85. * Agricultural College, to ercet on * Sold during week May 21: * the tract model buildings, including a residence for the foreman, ahd * A ir l i e ............ ........< 266.46 • 73.56 * when the land has reached its high ♦..Black R o c k ............. est state of cultivation dispose of it * Dallas ........................ 608.80 * to some homeseeker, and immediate * Falls C i t y ................. 111.18 * ly undertake another similar pro * Independence............. 200.00 * ject <1245.00 The money for the purchase and * Total development of the tract has been furnished by the Chamber of Com merce of Portland, and this organi TWO SCHOOLS W IL COMBINE ' TO OBSERVE CLOSING DAY zation will continue to advance cash for the purpose so long as the un Airlie and Falls City will com dertaking proves successful The bureau is of the opinion that sixty bine and celebrate the .closing of acres may be taken care of by the school next Friday There will be average family without additional a program and sports of all kinds. help, and for this reason it has de The celebration will take place at termined to develop this amount Falls City. of unimproved land. P61k county was selected for the INDEPENDENCE MAN first unit because of the fact that it MARRIES PORTLAND GIRL is the blue ribbon county of the Pacific Northwest, it having won many first prizes in competitive ex Leslie Galbreath of Independence hibits during the past several and Miss Martha Parrish o f Port years, not only for land products land were licensed to wed at Van but for stock and fruits. The under couver Tuesday. .j" Mr. Galbreath has a large circl^ taking is known as the Farm Home project and is receiving much en of friends here who wish him much couragement from many sources. happiness. MODEL — I Pints ........................ 86c dosen Quarts........................ $1.0 dosen Vt Gallons.................. $1.26 dosen Zinc Caps..................... 30c dozen f | „ B Yours Truly, JOHNSON <£ COLLINS 1 * NUMBER 17. Republican and Democratic Tickets I f is ApproAchisg A»d the far-sighted housewife will this jesr above all others buy her require ments early. We Advise that you do not deisy in buying si) of the jers that you need as s traveling sales man told ns that only about ten yer cent of the glees factories in the United States are run ning. We have quite A gesorona supply on hand and are selling Mason’s for— FRIDAY HAT 24, m i f a r m to b e What A n rt You Dqbyto jj» 1— n ■ — —— — « » m i s i ■ ■ m , BILL’S ADDING MACHINE ■ Bill Barnett says he can al ways tell how many girls ther are in a family by counting the wads of gum under tike telephone ahelf. f POLE COUNTY BOYS ARE ON THE FIRING LIKE Dallas, Or.—Some of the soldiers from Dallas and Polk county are at the battle front in Flanders or Picardy. Letters received during the last week from officers and men of the Dallas company state that at least two detachments of the com pany were sent to the allied battle front about the middle of April. These two detachments, each in charge o f an officer from this coun ty, are on separate sectors, and while they may not as yet have participated in any active light ing, the boys have been up where there has been plenty of fighting in the recent great battle aud where more is apt to occur at any minute. One officer, writing of the ter rible carnage that occurred on his sector, says the piles of German dead were so higli on the battle field as to hinder successful use- of machine guns and hand rifles. In order to remove these obstacles, it was necessary to direct the fire of artillery against ¿hem and literally to bhlast the piles of human corpses to pieces. , That all members of the Dallas company are not, or in April were not, on the fighting front is evidenc ed from letters that came from other members of the company stating, that while they had moved from their previous location, they were still on military police duty. “ Bill" White, it was reported, was engag ed in the peaceful occupation of making a garden. Post phone Main 622. R ED M W EEK OH IESUSE It didn't take the grand old state of Oregon but a few hours to over tbetop In the Red Crow drive. Polk county fell in line and was Up a- toong the first ones to report a Rill quote 1 •> i ' ll» Independence tbe response In moM cases was very liberal. > JOHN ANT BACK TO TELL GHAELEY Salem, Or.—“ Hello, Charley. This is John. We are giving you our congratulations. You are carrying the state by about 3 to 2 and pos sibly better.” The good news reached United States Senator McNary early this morning as he was standing in his pajamas in his bedroom at Wash ington, D. G His brother, John H. McNary, called him on the tele phone from his law offices In Sa lem, Or. The conversation only lasted about a minute, but it set hark John McNary’s pocketbook an even $25. He declares it was worth it. PROSPERITY AND GOOD WAGES HELP PALLS CITY News: Falls City is now rated as the most prosperous town on the Pacific roast. Ten saw mills an<| wages just a little higher than in many other places, affords a pay roll worth while. McNARY PROFITEERING RILL ENDORSED AT DALLAS Dallas, Or.—The Dallas Coinmer- eial Chib this week endorsed the hill of Senator Charles L. McNary which deals with profiteering in foodstuffs and other commodities. 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