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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1918)
■* SjJfi / xf&uh'ZtiJ S WcêJfr b/.déit f / ' / J / ' f l / . -rld ^ -y ^ t T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME 1. (TWICE A WEEK.) INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, ONE PLACE TO SAVE ON SCHOOL BOARD W. E. Craven a n d E. E. Paddock w ere elected m em bers of th e Inde pendence school board at the an n u al election Monday night, place of Mrs. Ruth Conkcy resigned, Mr. Craven w as elected to take the and has one year to serve which gives him the office of chairm an. Mr. Craven is saying now th a t he is undecided w hether he will accept the place or not. He is already a m em ber of the city council and thinks he is being som ew hat im pos ed upon hut Mr. Craven m u st re m em ber th a t his efficient and ec onomical record as a councilm an prom pted the tax p ay ers of th is city to give him a place w here m en like him self are needed. E. E. Paddock elected to th e long term has served on the school board for a num ber of years an d is right a t home. He u n d erstan d s school conditions an d affairs exceeedingly well. Mr. Paddock h a s gone th ru m any storm y periods d u rin g his tenure of office and h as alw ays stood like a stone wall for w hat he believ ed to be rig h t, let the chips fall w here they may. John S. B ohannon is the holdover m em ber w hich m akes the m em ber ship a trio of good ones. The Polk county court has annnounced th at it will curtail im provem ents anil economize on every h a n d d u rin g the per iod of the war. In conform ity w ith such a policy, the court should refuse to appropriate but a sm all sum th is y ear for county fair pur poses. The appropriation for state and county fair purposes is $2000, a sum far in excess of that appropriated by most Ore gon counties for a like purpose. Even in tim es of peace such a large appropriation is a m is take. W hat about it in w ar tim es? MULE’S BRAY IS CUT OUT BY VETERINARY SURGEONS TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918. The 1918 Army Of the Republic (By Provost Marshal General Crowder.) One year ago occurred the first registration for military purposes of the young manhood of the Nation. Ten mil lion men responded in a single d<iy. This accomplishment was nothing short of marvelous. The task of utilizing this enormous force seemed unachievable. Hut the work of classification of this great mass of man power in such a way as to permit of its organization and molding into an <m effective army was intrusted to local boards and lof) district boards, constituting a force of nearly 15,000 of the leading citizens of every community, who, assisted in their work by more than 100,000 equally patriotic vol- untees, have performed a work that challenges the atten tion and excites the admiration of all our people. Well may we pause today, while another million of our vouths enter the lists, and survey the results of the year’s work. Each registrant has been examined and his avail ability for military service has been classified in such a manner that the Nation may now call for them to come forward into the Army. No call can be so large that it will not be filled immediately, whether the number be such as may be filled by those who have been found to stand in the first rank of avaifables or so great that men standing in the second, third, or fourth ranks of availa bility must go forward. In other words, all these millions of men who one year ago were an inert mass have become a mobile army. Each has found his place and each in his proper turn has marched or awaits the order to march. These results could not have been accomplished except thru the devoted and unselfish labors of patriots. The local and district boards have scored an unprecedented triumph and have earned the undying gratitude of the Nation. Their achievement is one of the great successes of the war. They have already*sent into camp, including those under orders for June mobilization, an army of more than a million and a half men. They have already pro duced as soldiers one man out of every six registrants, and the world stands in profound astonishment as it views this accomplishment. P o rtlan d —V eterinarians of the N orthw est yesterday successfully re moved the bray from the mule. The devocalized an im al tried re peatedly, several hours after Hie clinic, to engage in his vocal pa: tim e, but w ithout success, and tine only will tell how perm anent the operation was. The rem oval of the bray w as a feature of the convention of veteri nary surgeons of Idaho, W ashington and Oregon held in P ortland. Dr. W. II. Lytle, Oregon S tate V eterinar ian, perform ed the operation w ith MAN AND WIFE ARE KILLED the aid of other v eterinarians, before WHEN ELECTRIC HITS AUTO a large gallery at the stables of Dr G. II. H uthm an, 415 E ast Seventh McMinnville—G rant Sm ith of this Street. In term s of the laym en, this is city, aged 49, w as in stan tly killed, his wife, aged 48, w as fatally in ju r w hat happened: A cartilaginous ed and died two hours later, and partitio n in the nose of a m ule, th e ir daughter, Dorothy, aged 17, w hich serves to form a sep arate a ir w as bruised about the face an d on pocket an d a w all ag ain st w hich the one leg, in an accident w hen th eir a ir is vibrated w hen the m ule essays au to w as stru ck by a tra in on the to bray, w as removed after the uni Southern Pacific electric line in this mal had been thoroughly anuesthe tized. city S unday night. The operation is a sm all one, and Mr. Sm ith, who is em ployed in one of the ship y ard s in Portland, should it not prove perm anent, other had sp en t S u n d ay at hom e nod was operations will la* attem pted. One being tak en back to bis work when of these is to sever the m uscles the accident occurred. He became w hich lift the tail, as it has been dis aw are of th e approach of the train covered th a t no m ule can bray w ith w hen nearin g the crossing on Fifth out lifting the caudal appendage. street in th is city, but th e w heels Still an o th er possible operation is to slippped and the auto was struck a lte r th e vocal cords, but the opera by the sw iftly m oving tra in and w as tion perform ed on the nose, it is carried 100 feet before the train thought, will be m ost effective and POLK FURNISHS THREE MEN in no w ay now know n im pairs the UNDER AUTO FOR SIX HOURS could be stopped. FOR THE SPRUCE DIVISION IN ISSOLATED SECTION Mr. Sm ith w as seen to fall or a t functions of the m ule. The operation has long been ta lk tem pt to leap from th e auto an d was Polk county will furnish three D allas—Ole A urland of Falls City in stan tly killed, his head strik in g ed of an d recently used w ith m odi the rail w ith g reat violence. Mrs. fied success on the battle front in is in the hospital in th is city in a m en for the spruce division. Those Sm ith w as tak en from the au to in France, w here the m ule's b ray often critical condition, the result of in picked for the places are George H ar an unconscious condition and w hen is a m enace to the safety of the juries received when his autom obile moil of Independence and A ustin L. overturned w hile he w as driving j T itus and Theodore Nillson of Dal she p artially regained conscious arm y. The tail operation is a heritage alone over a lonely road in the Siletz las. They will report at V ancouver ness, she com plained of violent pains in the back. She w as found from C aesar's tim e as th a t doughty basin. A urland w as pinned u n der Ju n e 30. to have several bones broken. She leader discovered th a t by ty ing a his car for six hours before an o th er w as tak en to th e surgical hospital w eight to the tail, sufficient to keep car cam e along and he w as rescued. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS COMES IN “WILD AND WOOLLY” w here she died two hours after the him from raisin g it, the m ule could Gasoline from the tan k com pletely accident. The d au g h te r w as not not b rin g him self to a braying a tti satu rated his clothes b u t did not In accordance w ith th eir policy catch fire. The fluid, however, blis of presenting “the biggest and best" seriously h u rt aside from abrasions. tude. tered h is entire body. W hile in a in motion pictures, the m anagers of Mr. and Mrs. Sm ith have four chil serious condition, it is believed he the Isis theatre, announce the en dren. Two New Bankers X tv ill recover. G ì %» t*w gagem ent of the second Douglas Thrift Stamp Week F airbanks pictures released by Art- Dr. H. C. D unsm ore and H. B. craft, “W ild and W oolly.” Wolfe com m enced work a t the In- BERRY AND FRUIT PICKERS The week com m m encing Monday, pendence N ational B ank th is week ARE LIKE HENS’ TEETH The story has to do w ith a city youth whose wild fancies of the as bookkeepers. Two N um ber Ones. Ju n e 28, is T h rift S tam p W eek. Salem —The labor situ atio n in great W est eventually get the better W illam ette valley berry fields and of him. Clad in a n im m aculate cow- orchards has reached a very c riti l>oy attire such ns one m ight w ear at u iK ii»ia iiM iiiiiiin i»iii»ii»ii»ii»ii»iiiii'B iiiiin i'i'ii»iin iiK ii»iiB iiiiii!n iu iim cal stage and fa n n e rs who m et at a m asque ball, he trav els to the land the Commercial club M onday after of his dream s only to find th at his noon declared th a t unless citizens outfit is as unique as it appeared to come to th e ir rescue a largo per be to the in h ab itan ts of New York's centage of th e ir crops will spoil on Fifth Avenue on t h e ‘m orning that the vines and trees. A fter days he set out on his journey. M any in of cam paigning for w orkers the cidents of typical F airbanks vuriety shortage is still about 80 per cent. occur w ith th rillin g situations. | Canning | Season is approaching and the far-sighted housewife will this year above all others buy her require- ments early. I I " t | 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— * I | j ! Pints ............................... 85c dozen Q u a rts ............................. $1.0 dozen y2 G allons..................... $1.25 dozen Zinc C a p s......................... 30c dozen Yours Truly, 1 JOHNSON & COLLINS i NUMBER THE ROYAL ANNS ARE HERE The Royal Aims are ripe and ready for ta rty tastes. The Royal Ann habit is not only popular, but its healthy. There seem s to be a good sized yield of th is p a rtic u la r kind of cherry. TO CELEBRATE 4TH AT KINGS VALLEY Independence, about-every lxuly- in-town strong, will celebrate the glorious Fourth of July and m ake the eagle scream at Kings Valley. TULIP TREE IN BLOOM The Vail >y and Siletz railroad will ÏS~WONDERFUL ATTRACTION tu rn over its entire m illing stock if need be to carry the hundreds to the A tall tulip tree grow ing in tin* fam ous little valley, nestling am ong parking at the hom e of Mrs. H attie the hills, a garden spot Allied to Henkle is a ttractin g m uch attention overflowing w ith congenial and from passers-by. T hetree is covered whole souled people. with beautiful lilliaceous blossoms C. W. Irvine and W. M. Huff, rep and would be a w onderful atraction resenting Independence, visited the in an y park or the m ost exclu valley and m ade tentative arran g e sive gardens. Mrs. H enkle decorat m ents for the celebration. Mr. Huff ed the a lta r of the P resbyterian said yesterday th at they w ere church w ith some of the tu lip flow charm ed w ith the visit, th a t the ers la st S unday and they proved a handshake of the King Valley peo rarity to the entire congregation. ple w as hearty an d w arm and th a t in looking over the section and be NINE PRETTY UNIVERSITY holding the beautiful hom es and GIRLS ON 125 MILE HIKE well im proved farm s, he felt th a t a m ore happy an d contented people F.ngene—Dressed in khaki hiking did not live anyw here. suits and w earing big tan w alking A com m m ittee consisting of E. N. boots, nine m em bers of the Gam m a j Johnson, F ra n k Dickson, George l’lii Beta sorority of the university ! C arbray, B. (). S m ith and C. O. will leave today to hike the 123 Sloper will go to Kings Valley to m iles to P ortland. The girls plan morrow and com plete the arran g e to do tw enty m iles a day, s to p p in g ' m ents and confer regarding pro at hotels each night on the w ay and gram and en tertain m en t, etc. The cooking most of th eir ow n m eals.’ j celebration will he a safe and sane They are com ing on the W est side affair a picnic in which all m ay and a re scheduled to reach Inde “ease up" and banish for the day pendence on Thursday. all the cares and w orris of business. In searching for a place which n a t REFORMERS ARE DEFEATED ure had best created for just such a IN SALEM SCHOOL ELECTION purpose an d where the people were kind an d accom odating, Kings Val Salem —In the most hotly contest ley w as thought of and im m ediately ed school election held in Salem in chosen. The celebration will la1 un m any years, the candidates who fa der the auspices of the Independ vored the elim ination of dom estic ence Business Men’s League. science, music and m anual train in g The Rial Cross ladies id Kings a n d such “new tangled" ideas from Valley will have charge of the re- the schoools, w ere defeated. freshm ents for the day. Let’er Buck! p* _ _ _ America’s Greatest Exponent of the Smile Douglas Fairbanks He Hits the B ull’s Eye of America’s Popularity IN HIS LATEST SURE FIRE HIT "wild and woolly” Branded as the Greatest Mirth Provoker A WESTERN COMEDY BUBBLING OVER WITH HEARTY LAUGHS PUNCTUATED BY TYPICAL FAIRBANKS THRILLS A Rouldup of Laughter Som ew here in the U. S. A . g | S I § (TWICE A WEEK.) ISIS = TW TRIM i mis \m nnTEAi Ibi I 6*«, I H um- THEATRE A iV Sunday, June 16 = m § ■ I ■ lS U IV ;M I«l»l«IM I«.l«l« l«f 'B I:B i«l«IB l:a iB I»I.B I* i* IB I«lia .lB I \ , QvtA fat