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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1918)
T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME 1. (TWICE A WEEK.) » I C E Elie 10 BE DEDICATED A nother service flag will be dedi cated in Independence w ith appro p riate cerem ony and th e b an n er of seven sta rs w ill be h u n g in the C hristian church w here it will be a constant rem in d er th a t seven m em bers have now gone forth in de fense of th e ir country. The cerem ony an d program will hike place a t the church next S un day evening, July 21, an d all p a tri otic people a re m ost cordially in vited to be present. The seven sta rs on the Independ ence C hristian church service flag w ill honor th e following: Dean B aughm an Carl B ingm an Percy Gobell Guy Newton Cyril Richarilson M arvin R ichardson Glen Sm ith INDrPENDENCE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918. THEY OBEY, NOT COMMAND Local officers of patriotic or ganizations do not m ak e any rules or regulations. They ju st m erely ca rry out the orders of superiors. The Post has been requested to m ake th is state m ent because local officers have been blam ed in one or two in stances for doing som ething th a t somebody d id n ’t like. LIEUTENANT FLOYD FALLS FROM PLANE INTO LAKE Are “Our” Soldiers Treated Alike? We as a people are doing a whole lot for our soldiers and sailors whether they be over seas or in camp or station in this country. Yet this aid and assistance is not enough equally distributed to be absolutely fair and square. One young man, now in the great battle for his country, may have numerous relatives and friends who keep him generously supplied with letters, papers and knick- knacks. He is made as comfortable and happy as can be. Another young man in the same service, just as much en titled to the help of his home town, has but few rela tives (and they may be poor) and but few friends. He gets but a small number of “ home reminders” that the other young man receives. He notes the discrimination, and there is every reason to believe that he becomes dis couraged and his morale is lowered by the thought that his sacrifice is not appreciated. It is the duty of every community to equally honor and remember every one of its heroes, and over the country there has been organizations formed for just that purpose. Every one of the community’s soldiers and sailors is re corded on the roll of honor and each one is remembered with those attentions that those in uniform crave for and should have to maintain courage and character. Many families in every community have no relatives or close friends in the service. They should be drafted to aid and look after the comfort of the boys in the ranks as well as their neighbors who have a service dag in the window. Probably there is a young man from this community, who might as well be from Chicago, as far as any interest his home town people take in him. He may not be as po'pular, he may not be as much a man as others from the same town, but he is just as much a soldier, just as much a hero, and should be entitled to and receive just as many courtesies and acts of appreciation and remembrance. F rance, Ju n e 25—1 have fin ished all my tra in in g and am qualified for a chass pilot (or single seater battle plane). My last course consisted of aerial gunnery which w as very in teresting as well as fun. W hile at th is school I had several surprises. I m et two boys from Sa lem , old squaw men from the club— K eith W hite and Red Bulfier. My o th er surprise w as th a t the m ajor in charge of the school w as from San Diego and I knew him quite vvi SING THE 122d PSALM FOR THE MARSEILLAISE He w as then a lieutenant and one of the fellows who landed in Mexico. The best and last of my surprises To The Post—W hen I w as a little girl our S unday school teach er set w as a forced lan d in g in a lake, to the tu n e of the “M arsellaise" the w as up some 6000 feet w hen m y gas 122d Psalm for us to sing. It seems gave out. I could do nothing else to me th a t a t th is tim e in honor of hut land. A layer of clouds w as be o u r m arty red ally th is song would low me so I could not see the exact be appro p riate for us to sing after position of the aerodrom e, b u t I guessed a t the direction and glided “A m erica.” accordingly hut w hen I slipped thru A KIND OF A SINGER. th e clouds I found th a t I w as going (An Independence m u sician tried in the rig h t direction but could not o u t your suggestion an d couldn’t m ake the field. A strong w ind was m ake it “set” advantageously. May a g ain st me. At once I started- to be some o th ers m ay be able to m ake look for a lan ding field in my im m ediate vicinity, hut could not lo “line up."—Editor Post.] cate any place except the lake am a forest. N aturally 1 chose the lake, PORTLAND TEACHERS GIVE SHOW FOR RED CROSS being an O regonian and fond of w ater. G liding in as close to shore as possible I m ade a pancake lan d Gervais— P ortlan d grade teachers,, w ho arc picking for Sam Brown, the ing but my speed was a trifle last so over I w ent m achine and all. My loganberry king, took th is tow n by belt broke an d 1 landed about 30 storm one night last week by giving feet-aw ay from the m achine. It all an en tertain m en t th a t netted happened in less th an a second. I $88 for the Red Cross. The scream eon Id h ardly lielieve I w as not hurt. of the evening was a song, “sung to POLK COUNTY THRESHERMEN Of course, th e w ater was not very CROP ESTIMATES FOR THE the tu n e ” of “The Long, Long T ra il” RAISE WAGES AND PRICES NDEPENDENCE SECTION deep b u t I got a good ducking. 1 the chorus of w hich is as follows: w aded to shore and took off my “It’s a long, long row of berries Dallas—The scale of w ages as Crop estim ates for the Independ soaked flying clothes and returned That we are picking for Sam ; to th e m achine to see if I could help ence section as compiled by H. A. adopted by the T-hreshcnnen’s Asso He sends them up to Salem H inshaw , general freight agent of ciation Ju n e 29 w as found too low W here they m ake them iido jam ; it any, but it w as not h u rt to any the S outhern Pacific, are as follows: and men and team s could not be extent. So I started for cam p about My thum bs are full of stikers, E stim ated sm all g rain acreage 150 procured, so a m eeting of the execu six m iles d istan t th ru the woods. My poor back—O, how it aches! A rriving at cam p an hour la te r 1 per cent of norm al, estim ated yield tive com m ittee w as held in D allas But the boys in F rance > per cent of norm al. Yield reduc last S atu rd ay and the wage scale found the boys all gathered in a Are how ling h ard group each one having an idea as to ed on account of continued dry w as revised as follows: Man and For jam on buckw heat cakes.” and team , $4.50; pitcher $3.50; sack my fate. By the tim e they had m iss w eather. O ats—Acreage 75 per cent of nor sew er an d jig on 24 to 30-inch m a ed m e it w as too dark to try an., 58,000 AUTOMOBILE LICENSE mal and yield about the sam e. Must chines, $3.50 an d over 30-inch m a TAGS ISSUED BY MR. OLCOTT search for me in a plane. After ex have rain soon o r yield will be fur chines $4. p lain in g it all, we enjoyed a good th e r reduced. On account of the raise in wages, Salem —The issuing of an even laugh. The plane w as loaded on a Hay—In very good condition and it w as found necessary to fix the scow the next day and landed a t the 58,000 autom obile reg istratio n tags 5 per cent of crop harvested. E sti m im im um price for th reshing at 18 has been com pleted by C hauncey D. dock the next day. Upon exam ina m ated yield norm al. cents per sack for oats and 22 per Butler, autom obile reg istration clerk tion it proved to have a split pro Potatoes—Acreage 1fK) per cent o f ; sack for w heat, P ractically every peller, broken belt and a sm ashed in the office of Secretary of State norm al, while estim ated yield will th resh erm an in the county has Olcott. This total lacks only a few ru d d e r w hich w ere all very sm all not exceed 80 per cent. Early pota adopted th is w age scale and th resh item s in com parison w ith w hat hundred of being 10,000 in excess of toes are badly dam aged, w hile late ing price and has pledged to support m ig h t have happened. the total for the entire y ear 1917. A fter leaving the gunery school I potatoes are looking well, but m u st them . have ra in soon. W. A. Scott m ade his wife a pres sta rte d back to the old cam p, stop Apples and peaches are both in EVERYBODY IN ALBANY ping in B ordeaux and A rchason, a ent of a Clark-Jew el Oil Stove this good condition. WILL PRAY EVERY NOON week w hich he purchased from F rench sum m er resort. I enjoyed P runes have been affected slightly (Continued on Page 4.) C raven & Huff. Albany—In accordance w ith the by dry w eather. E stim ated they resolution passed by the senate, ev | will yield 90 per cent of norm al. ery Albany citizen will offer a short IINiimiBilSIliaillBll^illHIlHIIMIISIIIBIIIBIIlMIlMIIIBIIMMIIMimilMIIIMIIWIIBIIMHlSIl^MII K A I& R BILL'S PICTURE ON prayer every noon for the boys in ON HIS WATCH; ARRESTED France. The bell of the United Pres- -------- | byterian church will ring at noon as ! I D allas—Peter B ursell, a G erm an j a rem inder. An appeal has been [ iving in the northew estern p a rt of m ade by the m inisterial associatiop Polk county w as arrested and brot I th at the pray er be followed by every ! to D allas last week on com plaint of j resident in the city as faithfully as I neighbors th at he had in his posses- j possible. I sion for display a picture of Kaiser-1 -------------------------- Hill. Bursell is nearly 60 years old, SALEM CAPITAL JOURNAL and when questioned as to the facts, IS TIED UP BY STRIKE -------- I produced a w atch w ith a picture of The Salem Daily Capital Journal i ■ the kaiser engraved on the back of the case and two G erm an flags on issued no paper Monday as all its 1 the dial. The w atch w as taken by printers and pressm en, belonging to the sheriff, who presented B u rs e il, the T ypographical Union, walked 1 with an Am erican flag, w hich h e ' out. Objection is m ade by the men I I now w ears on his person. Bursell is to an editorial ap pearing in a recent an inoffensive old m an, and w as one issue in w hich union labor w as call- I of the first aliens in the county to ed disloyal or pro-German, comply w ith a recent law com pell 1 ing all alien residents to deposit fire INDEPENDENCE BOY IS NOW ■ arm s w ith the sheriff. I SECOND LIEUTENANT 1 I Clinton W. McLeod, of Independ « WHBAT FLOUR PRICE 18 e ence, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McLeod, $18.75 A BARREL NOW I i has been com m issioned a second I P o rtlan d —The price of w heat flour lieutenant after tra in in g a t Quanti- ■ h as been set at $10.75 a barrel. co, Virginia. c Definite announcem ent as to m ill ; c ------------------------- ----- £ feed prices is not forthcom ing as yet i INDEPENDENCE BOY ARRIVES ■ SAFELY IN FRANCE * b u t it is expected bran will be $31, i fi shorts $33 and m iddlings $40. Mrs. J. D om sife receiver! a card I i this m orning from her son, Dean H arry Heffley purchased a Steel fl » w Range from Craven A Huff th is | Baughman, inform ing her of his III week. I safe arriv al in France. e H i i I I i i i 1 E i I Canning Season is approaching and the far-sighted housewife will this year above all others buy her require ments early. 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— Pints .............................. 86c dosen Q uarts............................ $1-0 dosen i/a Gallons.................... $1.25 dosen Zinc Caps........................ 30c dosen Tours Truly, s JOHNSON & COLUNS 1 i i i i i (TWICE A WEEK.) NUMBER 30. WILLING WORKERS FOR RED CROSS GOOD LUCK, O. A. 0 . A. K ream er goes to Fort- lam! this week w here he will undergo an operation. Good luck to you, O. A.; you're a fine fellow and w e’re all for you. INDEPENDENCE MONITOR SUSPENDS PUBLICATION The Independence Monitor, w hich has been published by G. A. H urley since M arch 1 w hen Clyde T. Ecker left it to become editor of The Post, has suspended publication. The subscription list w as tu rn ed over to W. J. Clark. The W estern Youth, w hich w as also published by Mr. H urley, w as abandoned several weeks ago. W e have not learned of Mr. H ur ley’s future plans, but w ish him m uch success in w hatever lie m ay do. MR. AND MRS. DEE TAYLOR RETURN FROM AUTO TOUR Mr. am i Mrs. Dee T aylor returned to Independence one day last week, having com pleted a circle by au to mobile th a t took them th ru W ash ington, Idaho, M ontana, W yoming, Colorado, New Mexico, A rizona and California. They left Independence in July of last y ear, but stayed for some tim e in D enver and several m onths in San Diego. ♦ W ork is being carried on very system atically and ener getically at the Red Cross headquar ters, despite the w arm S um m er days. Kuril m orning the m em bers of the T attin g Club cun be found doing th e ir bit to help alleviate suffering hum anity. Tuesdays and F ridays are Red Crass days and a large gathering is nearly alw ays ready for duty. The second and fourth W ednes days of each m onth the N eedlecraft of the Presbyterian church occupies tiie rooms. On the altern ate W ednesdays, th e Ladies Circle of the C hristian church engage in th eir patriotic duty, w hile T hursday the ladies of the M ethodist Aid work assiduously for the soldiers. POLK NOT ENTHUSIASTIC OVER SALEM BRIDGE In the opinion of the esteem ed Polk County Observer, “th ere is not m uch enthusiasm in Polk county over the proposed celebration” of the opening of the new bridge a t Salem and does not believe th a t “our people will go wild over it.” OREGON STATE PRUNE CROP AIRLIE COUPLE GET JOY WILL BRING OVER $1,000,000 TICKET AT OREGON CITY Salem —P rune grow ers of Oregon Oregon City—A m arriage license will receive more th a n $l,00fl,(KK) for th eir crop this year, according to w as issued here S aturday, July 13, M anager P au lu s of the Salem F ru it to Deam or C. G arm ire and Amy union. Since word w as received Johnson, both of Airlie, 'w h o con from the governm ent releasing the cluded to take chances on the th ir prunes for sale, large quantities are teen hoodoo. being contracted for a t the establish Tell The Post. ed prices. “The Garden Of Allah” IN Twelve Acts Helen Ware WITH AND Thomas Santschi NO ADVANCE IN PRICE 8:15 SHARP ISIS THEATRE Sunday, July 21 SATURDAY NIGHT’S “BLUEBIRD” ELLA HALL in “A Mother’s Secret”