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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1918)
^Jm r y « i i « k T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME L chu cu s is • in me iikbi (TWICE A WEEK.) COMFORTING THOUGHT 1 . ------ “W ith a good and am ple cherry crop u n der the can tops," says the M onmouth H erald, "the w inter need have no ter rors for citizens of the W illam ette valley.” INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918. Report of Civic Club President U nder the direction of the W om a n ’s Council of N ational Defense, th ere is on foot a m ovem ent for special care of the youth of o u r city Officers and members of the Independence Civic Club: WIGRICH RED CROSS GIVES an d com m unity. T hat such a move Another club year has drawn to a close. I have often SPLENDID, ENTERTAINMENT m ent is a t all tim es, im portant none been discouraged and thought we were doing little, but in w ill deny. At th is m om ent its im W ith h u ndreds of sm all Am erican portance is peculiarly great. going over “ Memories Tablet” I find we have consider The school district w as divided in Hags suspended from invisible w ires and stretched here and there over able “ worth while” to our credit, as follows: to four precincts an d the following com m ittees have been listing child the well-kept law n of the ranch Army and Navy Emergency $25.00 ren between the ages of six m onths hom e of M ajor and Mrs. Rose, w ith Red Cross booths, each offering an Oregon Soldiers’ Hospital 10.00 and six years. D istrict 1—Mrs. E. N. attractio n and w ith m any trysting Scholarship Loan fund 10.00 Johnson, Mrs. A. C. Moore; District 2— Mrs. George C arbray, Mrs. H. places and rose-covered prom enades To help girl through Normal this year 10.00 and h u n d reds of Polk and M arion M attison; D istrict 3—Mrs. K. C. El- State President’s traveling fund * • 2.50 dridge, Mrs. O. D. B utler; District 4 county people enjoying the activities —Mrs. S. E. Owen, Miss Genevieve w hile the Polk County Home Guard Cooper. In the Oak Point district, Band generously dispensed m any of Total $57.50 th e ir choice selections, the Rose Miss Irene W illiam s has m an g ardens presented a genuinely fes Besides the above the ladies met one afternoon and aged the cam paign, a t P a rk e r Mrs. tive ap p earance for the law n carn i Jesse W alker has had charge of the sewed for a needy family; twenty five tea towels were se val which w as given last night for und ertak in g and at H ighland Mrs. the benefit of the Red Cross. Under cured for the soldiers to be sent through the W. C. T. U., W ill M orrison is the capuble leader. These ladies hatfe w orked en th u sias the direction of Mrs. Rose, artistic 100 post cards were sold for the benefit of crippled child tically and u n tirin g ly a t the cause hands had m ade the large Coloniul ren; last but not least, the beautiful Service Flag of seven for they realized the g reat necessity veranda w ith a stage extension a setting com plete enough for any ty five or eighty stars. of the m ovem ent, and Mrs. Ecker, th e local chairm an, w ishes to th an k production. Well kept potted plants “ Each star means a hero, an d 'fe rn s w ere banked on the porch each one of these ladies most ab u n A boy of yours or mine, es and m yriads of Japanese lanterns dan tly for rising so m eritoriously to | w ere used w ith splendid effect. Fighting, suffering dieing th e occasion. M ajor Rose w as the clever chairm an Somewhere along the line; In our intense interest in w ar we of the evening and delivered the are in dan g er of losing sight of our And by these flags we greet them opening address. In fact, he and young. Yet they are those for whom No matter where they are, Mrs. Rose/were the hosts of the fete we fight. Surely all u n derstand and a t once m ade the im m ense These little flags of crimson, th a t to w in th e w ar w ere useless if g athering feel th a t they w ere thrice Each with its one blue star.” thereby o u r own national life were to disintegrate. A heglected gener welcome am id true English hospi I want to thank you for the loyal and hearty support tality. One th in g the M ajor is es ation of young peoplfe w ill1 m ean pecially proud of is the large Am eri you have given me and to wish the club unbounded success lowered vitality , lessened productive can Hag and a "Union Ja c k ” w hich power, increased ignorance and im float proudly from the sam e flag in the future. m orality, low er ¡dealt in all our Respectfully submitted, staff. He declares th at if he should nation al life, perhaps for all time. retu rn to his nutive land, England, The period of the w a r calls upon * Ruth A. Eldridge. the S tars and Stripes would go w ith those who rem ain at home for re him. A handsom e flag, presented doubled effort on behalf of youth. CROWLEY AMERICAN WOMAN by the ladies of Buena Vista to the EARL WHITEAKER SEES Medical skill and health authorities MUCH OF THE EAST CONSIDERED ALIEN ENEMY Home G uards of that place, w as on m u st do m ore th an ever before, be- display. R eferring to the Am erican ' cause they m u st replace the efforts Camp Mills, Long Island, N. (Polk County Observer.) Eagle on this Hag staff, Major Rose ot the doctors, nurses an d other Notwithstanding the fact th a t th e said, "Do you know the difference | Y., June 23— I derided I would health specialists who have gone betw een the Germ an Eagle and the : try a northern clim ate so I cam e to ancestors of Mrs. Gus Grab, nee Jes w ith th e arm y . Those who oversee A m erican Eagle? It is this: The | Now York. The 29th division left sie B. Dennet-t, em igrated to A m er th ,> w ork and play of children and ica in 1030, one section of it landing Germ an Eagle descends to disgrace, youth m ust fill the places once oc dishonor and defeat while the A m er Cam p McClellan last Tuesday. We at Plym odtli Rock and the other in cupied by th e ir elder brothers now ican Eagle soars to honor, liberty cam e th ru Georgia, Tennessee, Maine; notw ithstanding flu1 fu rth er in tra in in g cam ps, on the high seas and victory.” The entire audience North C arolina, South C arolina, Vir fact th a t the D ennetts fought in the a n d in the trenches. Every in stitu sang "Am erica" and the hand play ginia, M aryland, W ashington D. C., French and Indian w ar, the Revolu tion for child train in g , the fam ily, tionary w ar, the w ar of 1812, and ed stirrin g patriotic airs until D elaw are, New Jersey and New th at those who gave th eir lives in th e school, the church, the m unici patriotism was aroused to the extent pality, m ust be alert to protect th a t the kaiser received another York. Of all the southern states I the Civil w ar left scores of children young life. blow from the A m erican Red Cross. have seen, I would sooner live in without fathers, this young wom an, M alnutrition, the child death rate V irginia. There is sure some pretty who more th an a decade since m a rr and juvenile crim e are all increas Judge K irkpatrick and A. V. R. country there, and some of the coun ied a G erm an while residing in Vir Snyder of D allas m ade splendid ing, sim ply because we are absorbed try homes are as pretty as they ginia with her parents, is obliged • talks on the doings of the Red Cross. by the w ar. May we heed it now, Dr. Dunsm ore delivered an elo m ake them . At Richmond the Red under the law to register and to se lest when o u r soldiers an d sailors quent patriotic address and elicited Cross met us at the station and gave cure a perm it to come from her have won the fight we find it but a us candy and cigarettes. Crowley home to Dallas which has barren victory, because its spiritu al I m uch applause. The Misses VtMi W ashington, D. C., is sure some w ithin its corporate lim its tin a r ] Avery w ere m uch appreciated in m eaning h as been lost! As a com swell city. I saw the capitol and the mory, because under the rule now m u n ity Jet us be alive to th is call | th e ir num bers. J. G. M cIntosh and m onum ent and other sights too obtaining she is an alien. To the Mrs. Claire Irvine and Ernest-Chown to service. * v v 1 ft» r * the listeners with excellent num erous to m ention. At the sta registering official Mrs. Grab has ’V. s. ; delighted vocal selections. A num ber of little tion the Red Cross gave us lunch. m ade protest, but there is little like gilds appeared in a motion song There is some beautiful country in lihood th a t it will have effect, for SALEM CANNERY CANS these eastern states. At P h iladel the rule is universal and is being 90,000 CANS A DAY j w hich w as happily received. D ainty phia the people w ere lined up and applied th ru o u t the commonwealth. i little W innie P lant of Salem , a niece | of Mrs. R ose,' presented the dance cheered and w aved as we went by. Salem —An average of m ore th a n B uttercup.” She received a At the station the Red Cross m et us PORTLAND IS RECEIVING 1)0,00« cans a day, m ostly cherries, I . and gave us ice cream , cigarettes MANY CALLS FOR HELP were filled a t the Hunt Bros. Co. i b»rst of applause and w as repeat and post cards. The women and (Continued on Page 3.) cannery d u rin g the past week. girls went along the cars and shook P ortland—“H elp save the w heat hands w ith us and bid us good bye. of E astern Oregon, the hay of the The Red Cross is sure a great organ W illam ette valley and the fruit of tl IHIIIIBIIIBIIiAUlBIII ization when you come to know it counties w ithin half a hundred lhBi|iBlliail>BII!l I (■! I Iki I Wl I IBI I HI I HI I HI I IMI I Ul I Ml I HI I 'Ml I IMI IW ! IBI I IM ■ and feel the benefits derived from it. m iles from P ortland." m These Eastern people realize that This is the appeal going forth there is a w ar going on and th a t it from the Liberty Tem ple vacation takes soldiers to win it, so they are farm help head q u arters to the men sending them aw ay in a first class of Portland. m anner. M ultiplied calls for help received In New York city we eith er took from farm ers th ru o u t the state im the elevated or the subw ay. W e st press the seriousness of the situation rived at night. Going out here to and the necessity for men to forget Long Island we took a subw ay for pleasure and convenience and give a distance of five miles. W e can go th eir an n u al vacations to farm p to New York city in an h our's tim e work. is approaching and the far-sighted housewife s j a n d every m an in the com pany will will this year above all others buy her require J have a chance to see it.. POLK COUNTY THRESHERMEN * W ell, I guess you know th at w hen \ ments early. FORM AN ORGANIZATION B troops are sent to the eastern seal We advise that you do not delay in buying all P coast they may go over seas soon. T h e Polk County T hresher I would like to see Roy if I go over, men s A ssociation” has been organ of the jars that you need as a traveling sales 2 | hut there's ubout one chance in a ized, the purpose of which "shall be man told us that only about ten per cent of the 1 1 m illion of doing it. We carry um to bring about a n acquaintance and I ^ I m unition for the artillery and he's better glass factories in the United States are run u n d erstan d in g between 5 in the infantry. thresherm en and co-operation be ning. We have quite a generous supply on ■ EARL P. W HITEAKER. tween m em bers in standardizing | hand and are selling Mason’s for— threshing m ethods, reducing costs, POLK COUNTY IN GOOD recom m ending uniform and stan d Pints ................................ 85c dozen SHAPE FINANCIALLY ard m ethods of m aking charges Q u a r ts.............................. $1*0 dozen , j which will be fair and equitable to D a lla s-A report of the financial (hregherm an and fan n er, and i/2 G allon s...................... $1-25 dozen condition of Polk county for the first | jn |(nv othep way 1() work ,or fhP Zinc C a p s.......................... 30c dozen half of this year shows th at the : ,nlerw |ts of the m em bers of this as county is financially in good con- WK.illtion aluJ , he farm ers of this Yours Truly, dition. The total receipts for the 1(K.aljty - first six m onths w as $212,590.02 and __________ the total disbursem ents $178,200.9« The Italians have the Austrians leaving a b alai^^ °n hand of $154,- on the run. 990.60. RnamatiianiMiapiMiMii« Canning Season JOHNSON & COLLINS (TWICE A WEEK.) NUMBER 29. MANY TOURISTS A PATRIOTIC FAMILY Five m em bers of the Car m ack fumily have gone the lim it and each purchased $1000 w orth of w ar savings stam ps, besides buying Liberty bonds an d supporting the Red Cross liberally. The five are S. E. C arm ack, Mrs. S. E. Carm ack, Mrs. Elizabeth S tew art (Mr. C arm ack's m other), Ethel C ar m ack and Milly Carm ack. Such patriotism is w orthy of special com m endation and sets a splendid exam ple for all other loyal A m erican fam ilies of m oderate m eans. H undreds of tourists in autom o biles are passing th ru Independence every week. Cars from m any states are seen. The W illam ette valley is certainly a beauty spot where na tu re shows its best and the folks “back E ast" become enrap tu red w ith it. U nfortunately, they do not speak so highly of o u r crops and ask, “W hat is the m a tte r? ” They can highly believe th a t it is due to a lack of m oisture, th eir conception of Oregon being th a t it rain s here continually. Incidently they w onder SUVER RED CROSS ELECTS ITS YEAR'S OFFICERS w hy we don't irrig ate and insure the biggest crops in the world every The S uver Red Cross has year. ^ ^ ^ e l e c t e d the following officers: Mrs. Minnie Ketzer, chairm an, Mrs. HOCHING THE KAISER T ressia Conger, vice president; Miss G rethen Steele, secretary; Fred (Polk County Observer.) Stum p, treasurer. Little seven-year-old M elburn Miller, son of Don M iller, who EVERYBODY MUST WORK IN is in the A m erican arm y, was CITY OF NEWBERG looking at a picture a t Dallas a few days ago He asked Mr. Newherg—This city has adopted S m ith, the proprietor, who the an anti-loafing ordinance. The m an in the picture was. “The penalty fixed is $25 fine or ten kaiser," replied Mr. Sm ith. “Are days im prisonm ent for any person you sure,” again asked Mel- who is found not to be engaged in burn. “Perfectly sure,” came some useful occupation at least 30 Mr. S m ith's reply. “Then th at's hours per week. the old devil my fath er's got to lick," replied the youngstor. VETO FOR $2.40 WHEAT WASHINGTON -President. W il son today vetoed the ag ricult ural hill fixing a m inim um price of $2.i0 a bushel for w heat. Tell The Post. »DEPENDENCE GIRLS MAKE A SERVICE FLAG K o la -R a y Ferguson joined the arm y July 5 and left for Fort Mc Dowell, Cal. W hen his paren ts and other relatives returned from Salem (Continued on Page 3.) THE POPULAR SCREEN STAR Margarete Clark IN “THE Amazon” This is an interesting picture and an inter esting story that will appeal to everyone. Don’t miss it, expecting to see something better— there’s not many better. ISIS THEATRE Sunday, July 14 SATURDAY NIGHT’S “ B L U E B IR D ” Monroe Salisbury and Ruth Clifford in “ The Red, Red H eart.” «