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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1918)
the LARGE CALL MADE FOR OREGON MEN P olk C ounty P ost A SAD CASE OF “CHARITY” People who contributed to “c h a rity ” S atu rd ay night by buying a lead pencil of a half paralyzed freak of m isfortune will no doubt be pleased to learn th at the city very gener ously gave him a place to sleep and a good breakfast the next m orning. M arshal A rrell found him ru n n in g over the top w ith an intoxicating beverage and kindly took him by the hand an d led him to the place w here persons in his condition eventu ally get to in cities and towns w here police officers both see and smell. P o rtlan d —D raft officials of the sta te w ere astounded S atu rd ay w hen there arriv ed from W ashing ton a call for 2500 Class 1 m en, the largest yet m ade. The astonishm ent w as due, not only to the size but also to th e fact th a t a call for 1350 m en had been received Friday, th u s m ak in g an aggregate of 3850 Oregon boys sum m oned to m ilitary duty w ith in 24 hours. A num ber of counties will be drain ed of av ailable Class 1 men, tho the reclassification, recently or —HI Y W. S. S.— dered by the governm ent, m ay re cru it the ranks. One county, Jos HENKLE FAMILY REUNION TO OCCUR THURSDAY ephine, cannot fill its quota, having tw enty Class 1 m en before Friday's call. T here is no concealm ent among.l ' C o rv a llis-T h e 12th an n u al re- d raft officials th a t the shipyard ex union of the llen k le fam ily will be em ption has been greatly abused. held on T hursday, Ju n e 27, a t’ the Polk county will furnish 52 men hom e of Mrs. J. E. W yatt, two miles for th is call. ■ west of Corvallis. A nnouncem ent —BUY W. S. S.— of th is reunion has been m ailed to GERMAN LANGUAGE SERVICES 250 fam ilies, residing principally in GIVE WAY TO ENGLISH the Northwest. --------- T he m em bers of this pioneer fam- D allas—A G erm an church, located j ily m eet each year a t the hom e of in the n o rthw estern p art of Polk j some m em ber residing in Benton county, has ceased th e use of the county. A program is given and a G erm an language an d in the future basket luncheon served, after which a t all services, English alone will he a business m eeting is held and re used. The action w as tak en by the ports are read. At the reunion last pasto r an d congregation after a year lit! m em bers w ere present, com m ittee of the Polk county co n n -; The fam ily is dscended from Rev. cil of defense had called on the A nthony Jacob llenkle, who cam e to lead ers and asked them to discon- J A m erica in 1717. He founded the tin u e th e -use of German. O ther ; First L u th eran churches in German- places of w orship th ru o u t the county j town and P hiladelphia, w here the G erm an language is used Jacob H enkle, Sr., one of Rev. Mr. exclusively w ill he asked to adopt H enkle’s descendants, crossed the the sam e course. j plains by ox team in 1853 w ith his Several of the D allas m erchants six children and th eir respective are prep arin g cards to be placed fam ilies and settled in Benton coun in th e ir stores ask in g th e ir custom ty, n ear P hilom ath. ers to speak nothing but the Eng His fam ily consisted of four sons lish language w hile in the building. an d two d au ghters: Ichabod Hen —BUY W. S. S.— kle, Mrs. C hristina B arker, W illiam POLK COUNTY CHERRY CROP H enkle, Mrs. Mary King, Jacob Hen IS BEING HARVESTED kle, Jr., and Andrew Jackson H en kle. All these Oregon pioneers w ith ü j ä M l.onm o iu outh—The cherry crop in one exception are now deceased. is being harvested, and A ndrew Jackson H enkle, honorary • « F IjPcounty e r the local stores are paying ten cents president of the Henkle Association, a pound for them . Many contracts is in his 90th year and resides with for 6 cents, m ade two or three j his fam ily a t M onkland. m onths ago, are now regretted. The O ther m em bers of the association general crop is better th a n w as ex- are d escendants of Abrahnm Hen- pected and no rain has appeared to kle, a b rother of Jacob Henkle, Sr. A d au g h ter, Mrs. M argaret Wood, m a r the quality. Filberts, which have become extrem ely popular in and a son, Zebediah Henkle (both Polk county d u rin g the past few deceased) witli th e ir fam ilies, also years, are reported to be a total fail- settled in Benton county. The ure in most p a rts of the county, children of Miles H enkle, an o th er Despite m any h andicaps and ene- son, later moved to the sam e local- m ies, the p rune bids fair to be king ¡ty. in Polk county again th is year, as it The association has the personal has been in the past. record of over 7(X) direct descend- —BUY W. S. S.— i ants. POLK REPUBLICANS ELECT Those of the Henkle fam ily resid OFFICERS FOR CAMPAIGN ing in Independence are Mrs. Abra _____ ham Nelson, Mrs. W. H. W alker, The Polk County R epublican Cen- Mrs. O. D. B utler, Ross Nelson, d ie s tral Com m ittee m et in D allas S a tu r - j ter H enkle and Miss Em m a Henkle, day and elected the following offi all of whom attend the fam ily re cers: D. M. H am pton, ch airm an ; union unless retained a t home by Mrs. Stella J. H enry, secretary; C. sickness or very urgent business. A A. T hatcher, state com m itteem an; num ber related by m arriag e also at F. K. H ubbard, congressional com tend and enjoy the pleasures of the day. mitteeman. —BUY W. S. S.— —BUY VV. S. S.— Big Crops Indicated W. S. KURRE IS Means Prosperity SUICIDE VICTIM The June government report issued a week ago fore casts a wheat harvest 280 million bushels larger than last year; and a crop of oats near a high record; and private reports indicate a corn area about equal to last year’s record average, and a general crop prospect far better than a year ago at this time. The yield of cotton promises to be near the pheunominal crop of 1014 and 30 per cent more than the moderate yield of 2017. Pasture, meadow and live stock conditions are above the average. The en tire situation justifies expectation of abundant home sup plies, and for export all that ships will be available to carry. The foregoing applies to general conditions and not to any particular section or state. The probabilities are that agricultural production will yield more in money to farmers than in any previous year unless there should be a decided change in prospects due to adverse weather. Big crops at remunerative prices are the best possible assurance of prosperity in the West, and no sort of other conditions can prevent all business activities from feeling the stimulus of highly prosperous agriculture, the trade activities produced thereby and tin; large purchasing power of the farmers. Curtailment of the production and sale of non-essentials and the diversion of large quantities of staples from ordi nary trade channels to war uses will be felt more and more by merchants, but the demands of the home population for every variety of obtainable goods, even allowing for some economy, is certain to be large enough to keep gen eral business active. This has been demonstrated. Fears of merchants when the United States entered the war have proven unfounded. The war news on the whole was of a sort last week to remove the incubus imposed by recent German drives. The Hun advance seems to be effectively stopped and tho Allied commanders are putting out no illusions as to the seriousness of the situation, a more hopeful feeling than for a long time past. Not the least cause for this is the statement of the administration at Washington that eight hundred thousand American soldiers are in France and the number will be a million by the end of this month. Announcements such as this cannot fail to have a cheering and stimulating effect on public sentiment, as it affects business, as well as in other ways, and it is hoped that the administration will see fit to make more of such cheering announcements now that war work has reached a stage which jutifies them. WILLAMETTE VALLEY SHEEP MARION PRUNE ORCHARD ORDERED QUARANTINED SELLS FOR ALMOST $38,000 Salem —Because of (he prevalence Salem —The "Lone M aple” orchard of sheep scabies in some W ilam ette about seven miles south of Salem , valley flocks d u rin g last w inter and considered the largest prune orchard spring, and because of danger of its in Marion county, w as sold this spreading fo o ther flocks in the slate week for a consideration of n earh (he slate livestock san itary board «38,000. The orchard consists of 128 lias declared a q u aran tin e against acres. the m ovem ent of any sheep in —BUY W. S. S.— W estern Oregon th at have been af DOG KILLED; MAN BEAT UP; fected, the q u aran tin e to bold until CASE NOW IN COURT due precautions have been taken. The sheep m u st be inspected and Albany—The fact th at someone dipped at least once, not less than killed his dog caused Jam es P latt two m onths a fte r the w in ter dipping to be sued for «500 dam ages. Platt for scabies, precaution to be taken suspecting th at Joseph J. Boner th at the sheep are not ex|H>sed to had caused the dem ise of his dog, possible infected buildings or cor proceeded to take the price of tho rals. The dipping is to be carried dog out of Boner’s tiide. out under the supervision of the | Boner alleges th a t w hile he was mm l l l l ■ n ■ m m m . l l ■ m m m m m m m m l l » l ■ m m l * m ||l■ll,■ ll,• ll|■ i l state v eterin arian , a deputy or fed- J driving along in his wagon, Platt eral veterin arian s or un d er an in- i climbed in the vehicle and attacked spector appointed for the purpose. him , knocked him from the wagon, Dipping m ust be in dips approved bruised and lacerated his head and by the United S tates bureau of an i otherw ise injured him «5(81 worth, m al industry. lncidently Roner says he knows —BUY W. S. S.— nothing about the d eath of the dog. MRS. CLYDE ECKER CHOSEN —BUY W. S. S.— CHAIRMAN DEFENSE LEAGUE POLK COUNTY THRESHERMEN TO MEET NEXT SATURDAY My Dear Mrs. Ecker: It seem s to be the unanim ous opinion of the A m eeting of Polk county thresh is approaching and the far-sighted housewife ■ ladies of Independence th at you wil erm en has been called to mee* at will this year above all others buy her require- ■ m ake an excellent leader for the ( Dallas on next S aturday afternoon W om an’s Com m ittee for the In d e -1 at two o’clok at the court house for ments early. ■ pendence C om m unity, and I am the purpose of organizing, fixing very glad to ap p o in t you to the posi prices, a wage scale and arran g e for We advise that you do not delay in buying all . tion. handling the lai>or problem w hich of the jars that you need as a traveling sales- ■ You will find th a t Mrs. Swope has is causing some anxiety. man told us that only about ten per cent of the ■ done some splendid work in getting 1 the women organized and I am sure Corvallis—The T hreshertnen’s as ■ glass factories in the United States are run* ■ she will gladly aid you in th e work sociation of Benton county has fixed ning. We have quite a generous supply on " as will m any o ther loyal wom en in threshing prices and wage scale for the com ing season’ and also took hand and are selling Mason’s for— m the city. W IN N IE BBADEN, up the problem of securing help and C m airm an W om an’s Com operating cook wagons. The wage Pints ................................. 85c doien " County scale adopted w as «3 per day anti m ittee. Q u a rts.............................. $10 dozen " —BUY W. S. S.— board for m en and «4 for m an and I team , and the price for thresh in g i/3 G allon s...................... $1.25 dozen § WILLIAM ADDISON SELLS I FARM TO BERT HILKE w as agreed upon a t 25 cents per Zinc C a p s.......................... 30c dozen . stick for w heat anil 20 cents for oats. W illiam Addison last week sold If it becomes necessary to pay a Yours Truly, " ■ his farm consisting of 280 acres, Ire I higher wage scale to secure help, a B rated south of Independence , to j proportionate advance of th e th re sh I Bert H ilke for a consideration of ap ing scale will be made. proxim ately «26,000 -B U Y W. S. S — 9 Canning Season \ j I JOHNSON & COLLINS § William S. Kurre, cashier of the Independence National Bank, shot and killed himself about 7:30 o ’clock this morning at his home in this city. No earthly reason is known for the young m an’s rash act. In the best of humor yesterday and apparently without a trouble or worry in the world, he performed his duties at the bank talked with friends about town and went auto mobile riding. This morning he said to bis wife and her mother, who was visiting them, that lie was going to take a bath. He went to the bath room and in a few moments the shot was fired. Mrs. Kurre made the discovery of what had happened and rushing to a neighbor’s summon ed Dr. Butler. The physician hastily arrived, but it was of no avail as death was almost instantaneous. The shot bad entered his head just behind his ear. He left a note addressed to his wife in which he request ed that a very simple funeral be held, only one song sung, and that Dr. H. C. Dunsmore be the officiating clergyman; that only a plain casket, be used and that it be not opened; that bis body be carried to Portland by C. F. Henkle in bis auto hearse and there cremated. The note was written with a fountain pen and the date for the funeral was first written “ Tuesday at 2 o ’clock.” This had been scratched out aud “ Wednesday at 1 o ’clock” substituted with a lead pencil. No reason was given for the suicide. From thesoiled condition of the note and the change of date, it must have been carried in bis pocket for a day or two. 'Pbe last request of the deceased will be complied with in full. The services will be held at the Baptist church. The entire city was astounded when the tragedy became known, which probably will always remain a mystery. ADOLPH ZUKOR —PRESENTS— Elsie Ferguson IN A PICTURIZATION OF "Barbary Sheep” FROM THE NOVEL OF THE SAME TITLE The popular book by Robert Hichens from which this photoplay was adapted proved this well known author’s greatest seller since “ The Garden of Allah.” In this story Mr. Hichens again displays his indescribable power in sett ing forth the mystery, the fascination, the strange atmosphere of the desert. Blended with this wonderful setting are lives of a young Eng lish nobleman and his wife and a handsome Arab army officer, who plys his seductive arts upon the heroine while her husband is absent hunting. The story is charged with the heat, passion, and swift action that befit a daring ro mance of the Algerian desert and will hold the audience spellbound from beginning to end. THEATRE f |, 4f # » *.*■*. Sunday, June 3 0